The Daily Worker Newspaper, April 9, 1928, Page 4

Page Four THE DAILY WORKER, NEW YORK, MONDAY, APRIL 9, 1928 Jobless Swarm at Gates of Oklaho > 6,000 NEAR RIOT Seaman W AS FORD PLANT DOESNT OPEN rites of Sheep Ship’s Voyageto USSR Worker.) | SR, (By) | mise I am go-| (Special to The Daily LENINGRAD, U. Mail).—As per my ing to write and tell you about our We shoved off at 7:00 trip across. p. m. October 7 on a Swedish ship SELAHOMA CITY, (By Mail) | Hielmaren” and for a ship of 4,500 We nearly had an ‘ tons it was a pretty good canoe to| on Madison Street, but in the North} expected to have real! on West s the North Atlantic, especially | Saco at this time of the year. The ship| the Ford rolled and see-sawed like a good drunk for ov giving emp! The we had just the weather, The day before we reached bad we op- pos. | ‘north of Se got news thru a big storm| at about 4 Yorth Sea, but by the time we > 900 still in the 200 still out - : Fi got re it was nice and quite and in front of the e ment door, all| ¢. Ease G ites is | wondering where re going to - : | One and a Half Miles Per Hour. LABOR FAKERS IN ma City The Deadly Toy POLITICS REFUSE HELP T0 JOBLESS “Do You Live in My Ward,” Nelson Says (By a Worker Correspondent.) CHICAGO (By Mail).—Equally as | dangerous as the labor fakers at the head of the trade unions are the so-/| called representatives of labor in| political office. These “representa- tives of labor” continue the policy of | betraying the workers on the poli-| t field. No better example of | his role has occurred than the recent experience of the Chicago Council of Unemployed in their attempts te get} aid of the city administration thru the fake “representative of labor” in the City Council, Alderman Oscar Nelson. Betrayed Traction Men. The Chicago Council of Unemployed The toy airplane in the hands of | Hans Klemm, above, is a model of one in which Kern and Seypelt | flew across the Alps recently. The | air conquest of the Alps opens the air-ways for the bombing flights | which European wmilitarists are | planning between Germany and the Mediterranean countries. Landlord Geis | with FORD RE-OPENING; VERY FEW HIRED $15 a Week Is “Good Pay” at Swift’s (By a Worker Correspondent.) ST. PAUL, Minn., (By Mail).—A few years ago this citv was blessed a great assembling plant by Tenry Ford. At that time he agreed {to employ thousands of workmen all year round if he could have every- thing his own way in the line of street-crading, pavement, sewers and sidewalks to be provided. This was |all accomplished. The city sank itself into a few million dollars worth of |dehts and to cap the climax a new bridge was built across the Missis- cipvi River, adjoining the Ford plant for the special convenience of the Ford people. Auto Factory, Correspondent Says THOUSANDS AWAIT ~——DRAMA——+ MANY THRILLS FOR CIRCUS AUDIENCE MUSEMENT to satisfy almost GEORGE M. COHA every taste can be found at Madi- son Square Garden where Ringling | Brothers, and Barnum and Bailey’s circus is ‘now playing its annual three week visit to New York. One sen- sation follows an-| other with such} rapidity that to see} allethat takes| place, at least! three visits to the! zarden would be| “necessary. And inj many ways it) would be time well) spent. To sit. at} the cireus munch- | ng peanuts or visiting the freaks has satisfying ef- fect — those who} . - fear they are be- | coming old can revitalize themselves Author-producer and chief player in “The Merry Malones,” the satirical musical comedy which returns to Er- langer’s Theatre this evening. eat. I don’t } lying! that’s wh talk, but MM. and) ity a hur went down It a great lot/he didn’t think the Baltic could ever |Worke of April f am sending} have. you a clip one of the three dailies h lls about it. There a 35,000 unemployed! When it in Oklahoma City. But when we reached the Baltic}which was organized two weeks ago, e the fun began. We ranjunder the leadership of the Workers ane that the captain said|(Communist) Party and the Young s (Communist) League, led a It rained and sleeted and rolled|march to the City Hall to present to} and jumped so bad that we thought|Mayor Thompson a resolution calling | that we would lose half of our sheep.|for work or relief to the unemployed. me to the count we only | Following this the committee went to} e decks were under water!see Oscar Nelson to ask him to lead | | lost one. $40,000 On His Investment |year or since March 5, 1927. (By a Worker Correspondent.) Closed Down: |and at the same time spend an after- The plant was built and run for | noon or evening of actual enjoyment. some time with a considerably small-| This year the circus is bigger and er crew of workers than was at first | promised. Then it stopped and closed its doors. It remained closed for one possible. While Zip is among the missing, almost all the old favorites are in their places supplemented by A few days ago our daily press in lone front page articles and display | better than ever, if such a thing is} many new features that add to the! l Vaudeville Theatres | BROADWAY. N. V. A. Week: J. Francis Dooley and Corin 5 “Dear Little —J. all the time and it took all the skill! \of a flag pole sitter to cross four feet | |from our corridor to the steps of the hold, besides getiing a free salt bath| every time we had to cross. Anyway,| although the ship made eleven and} bitter story of the failure of Ford’s | eleven and a half miles an hour nor-| Oklahoma City plant to open, In | mally, we made one and a half and| this city of 130,000 population |two miles an hour. | fully 35,000 are jobless. So you can imagine what fun we! Hundreds of had. As to the six of us who went,| swarmed around we had three Russians, one Finn, one| Ford Motor Cc Armenian and myself. And if I say plant on West 1 so myself, it was the best crew that “looking for w jever handled 1645 sheep, 4 bulls, 27 “Officials had nothing to say on the|Chickens and one dog. No one was| definite time when the plant will start | Se®sick or had any other ailment with | assembling autos : |the exception of being able to eat| Tt had been nounced the. plant| W¥ice as much as we normally do. | would open during the week of April| "2% it would have done your heart | 2, and the unemployed were taking | £204 to be in the same room with no chances of the doors opening} von bidet berks cote Where While they were away. jall went I don’t know, but we cer-} ee conval-wee | tainly kept the cook puey and sure Bechet got our money’s worth. The fir Se jnight out the feed machinery didn't ene ctithe’ job hunters’ were on| Work so well and we didn’t get thru} Mt at dayiveak, milling around, until eleven o’clock. But after that a everything went lovely. sitting on the curbstones and always| ‘The «ee. looking wistfully at the doors. an ee ee ee . interpreter between our crew wh pat had been reported that the plant | couldn’t speak English and the ship's would requi m 600 to 800 men to | ¢ who couldn’t speak English cr open on a regular bas with close to | . With the exception of the 1,400 when production is in i and second mate who spoke very. swing. |litue English. , jof the EDITOR'S NO" The follow- ing clipping from an Oklahoma City paper, sent us hy the above Worker Correspondent, tells the yed men doors of the assembling treet Monday unemp. the new machinery . Mechanics _ AMERIGAN BEGS ANY JOB AT ALL“ | good Sv 1,000 Like Him “Easy to | and radic Find” | during the Sa crew how long it would take to jaround thirty times so then I knew| ould take fifteen days. All in < had a good trip and a good time. the Red Flag. $ were a bunch -f pretty and all quite progressive They were in Stockholm co-Vanzetti demenstra- and a couple of them got arrested | tion sation to see the red flag wave | the first time. We were in the Baltic when a ship carrying the Red in mail). a suburb of ows in a morn- | Flag went me treat for sore nee again, just as we uld like to | Were sailing into the Gulf of Finland. hing that three ships flying the red flag th mer and sickle led out najestically. ‘or the past two days in Russia, I kind of | have been eating my dinners at the} , I will|government dining room for ste-. sailed \dred names of unemployed who had jof the members of the council asked | |showed his real character So when I asked cn2} jget to Leningrad, he would take cut} his watch and start at twelve and go| ‘ , * My landlord invested $50,000 in the | she Hehh a we a ea in the | nouse we live in. He told my mother | eh; -COunEE. a ieres ee resolution | tat since then he had taken out the | would be taken up. The interview with Nelson is an impressive lesson to the workers as to the role of these fakers in political office who have done nothing in the way of aiding the workers in their struggles against in- junctions, intimidations of militant workers, ete. Do You Live In My Ward? When the Council of Unemployed | $35,000 and would sell the house now | for $90,000 which means his money | back and $40,000 profit. We will get} |a raise in rent in December according to the new law which will enrich the landlord for the roaches we get, not |to mention the mice. This is the rotten system we live presented the resolution to Nelson minder; SEBDly, propking.) to <énrich asking him to take up their struggle | ethers. And what pris in She aa in the: City Council the first question | Ut Sickness, poverty and many: of us he asked was, “How many of you (De to get rid of ourselves are residents of my ward?” Out of [9d our misery. the small group of the executive| In Mexico the Mexicans had a rent there was no one living in his ward {Strike and did not pay a cent to the and the only reply that Nelson | landlords for two years. The land- made was that he could not do any-|lords were afterwards begging for thing for them since they did not live |help. in his ward. However, when the | S. Council presented a list of three hun- | —M. signed up as members of the council,|him. He replied that he was, but of which many were members of his |that he would have nothing to do with ward, the reply he made was this,|Reds and Communists and then open- “Well, see that you fight for thejed a vicious tirade against the Com- Thompson bond proposals for the \munists as instigators of trouble and building of subways-and then we will | unwarranted agitation. He concluded see what we can do for you.” {that he represented labor and would The next question put to Nelson|have nothing to do with Communists a ee in this manner terminated the re you/jinterview with the council. representative of labor. not a representative of labor?” one S. GLOTZER. $50,000 and also cleared a profit of | © FRUIT. GROCERY CLERKS | AWAITING STRIKE CALL Important Tasks Ahead. | (By T. L.) Thousands of unorganized groce We are now facing a much more | <s are waiting for the call to or-|difficult and important situation. We | This is the conclusion which |have come to the point where we feel that we must come out for a general } ganize. 1 all workers connected with the Retail | for taking pait. Oh, say! it’s quite] Grocery and Dairy Clerks’ Union have |°rganization of our trade. We have jrealized that only a general call and the fruit |@ general strike can accomplish this section | Purpose. come to. As an example, there i and vegetable work of our trade is me y ex These clerks have no regular of work, they are employed from 14 to 16 hours daily hould be added nightly. They work six and one-half days per week, an average | of 100 hours each week. Hard Work. STRIKE! | Beginning with Monday, April 9, a general strike of all the fruit and vegetable clerks of Greater New York is called by our organization. As agai the 14 and 16-hour day we are demanding the 10-hour day. Amer- | vedors. It’s a red brick building with | kniesicnt ta at big chimney. The size of the| ardent is about 60 100 feet. I} t the buildin 2 some a power the enand the government c anged o a dining room. It has thre ows ef tables the full length of the ilding, covered with oil-cloth of al b? P design, and individual! an They serve two kinds of| $s ready to » one for thirty kope S| work at anything and at any price teen cents and one for forty-| that they can live on, Where is the koy or twenty-two and a half job? sites cent 0 far I have been eating the They are kicking s|thirty kopek dinners which are two and other foreigners cheap. courses. TI get a great big bowl of | Here you see what 100¢ nericans |Soup witt a big piece of meat in it | @re forced to do. E, J. vrefa- |The meat in the soup is just as big thers landed in this country at the|@8 a regular order of meat in an | time the first Negro slaves were be- | American restaurant. And then y ing brous the jungles of|@et your choice of four differ a Africa. Now of their offsprings | kinds of meat for your second plate are unemplo; rage them-| Which includes potatoes and onions selves. Don’t blame foreign-born and a large order of black bregt workers for in the mino line of the White rolls are three kopeks extra. There are two different kinds of soup, one vegetable and one with groaty and some other kind of stuff that looks like peas but taste different, And of course, as you know, no meal is a meal in Rus without tea. There are those who bring their own meals and use. the knives and fork: salt, ent misery, Altho y are in the front ous cla: Why don’t the old-timers of the 1 workers, y take a } Then they would brag about. in organization? something to P. RINDAL. A court action to te: * | Ibs. iz < feonew Their work is not easy by any/ raeans and in some instances is even the first step. ry injurious to health. hey ar We are out for a 6-day week, union | forced to handle and lift heavy boxes |conditions and a minimum wage of} of fruit, stables, heavy bags of |$40 per week; a $5 raise for al} those | potatoes and other supplies. Some | workers” already receiving the $40 of these weigh between 150 and 200 |scale. We demand the union shop and headlines announced that the Ford plant was again going to open up and | mnloy an army of workmen. On the day set for the onening, several thousand workmen showed up ready to go to work, but compara- tively few got jobs. Our servile press, however. was on the job the next morning and carried a front page picture of thousands of | enthusiastic reopening of Henry Ford’s great as- sembling plant, spectators, you know, svectators viewing the not hungry workers. A few days ago I met a woman who was the daughter of a former neighbor of mine. She is married and has a family of children. “Is your hushand working?” I asked. “Oh, yes, he works for Swift and Co..” she said, “Ts he getting good pay down there?” I asked. “Well.” she answered, “he earns ebout $15 a week!” I have not figured out yet what may be the gorgeous dinner spreads of that family. ‘ —NEROS. will fight for our conditions. These demands are conservative. They are merely the next step. But at the same time they will effect al- most a revolution in our trade. Our workers have rich and power- ful bosses to fight but we will win if we can reach our trade and receive the support of other workers whose battle we are fighting. We have al- ready made a start. One of the larg- est firms in the trade has been forced to sign up with us. The firm of Massin and Forman, controlling 7 large shops and markets and which employs about 32 men, thought it could discharge one of our members. When faced with a strike of all its workers, it took the firm only a few/ hours to make up its mind to sign up with us and reinstate our member. Enthusiastic for Strike. The workers in the trade are now {enthusiastic for the union and for the | ang money spent.—S. A. P. general strike. We are confident the movement will sweep the city. We call upon the entire labor move- ment to support our fight! We are struggling against conditions which all workers have left behind them. They must help us in their own in- This is not yet thd 8-hour day but is terest and in the interest of the sol- | idarity of labor, A general strike of all fruit and vegetable workers. Strike headquarters: Bronx Lyce- um, 3690 Third Ave., corner 170th St. Telephone Bingham 1505. | mntract pneu- | Many of our cler monia and other from work- ing in cold stores and damp cillaree and from washing celery and other vegetables in ice cold water. The average wage is about $20 per k! Some of the better paid re-| ce a little more; a few reach $40 per week but this sum is for a 100 hour week or only 40c per hour! \ This explains why the fruit clerk ‘ has lent a willing ear to unionism. Aggressive Unionists. { These workers on their own initia- | ve last year organized a union. Un- fortunately, however, they applied to | the United Hebrew Trades, an organ- | ization disguised as a labor body, for | an organizer, A man by the name of | Morris Goldofsky was assigned to} them. In spite of the fact that the | union had 200 men when he came on | the job, he succeeded in completely wrecking the organization. We have overcome this bad start. | The Retail Grocery and Dairy Clerks’ | yo SUBSCRiI 1 YEAR .... $2.00 pepper and mustard free of charge. Well, I will close for thi ime, I Autionality of the ng the emergency rent law will be instituted) Wish I could see The ‘ Dail rain by the United Re ers’ everyday, it looks darn good frura Association, according to an here. Will write more in 2 fuw days nouncement by Stewart Browne, presi-| Give my regards to all my Red| dent of the organization. friends in the U. S."A. | 25 aOR AL, «| TROOPER SHOOTS FAKMER. et i kd | WORCESTER, Mass., April EDITOR'S NOTE—This letter | was received from a worker who helped deliver a shipment of sheep from New York to the Soviet Union. It is presented as it was written. | Joseph Giuaitsky, a farmer, claiming that he mistook him for a bandit he was chasing. Giuditsky is in the City } | 8 State trooper Euchers yesterday shot Hospital in a dangerous condition. ZF Union is a militant organization which | stands for fighting unionism, amal- | gamation, in favor of a labor party and for other labor demands. | When we first issued. the call for | an amalgamated union of all clerks in the trade, the workers were a little distrustful because of the United He- brew Trades’ betrayal of last year. After only one month of experience with our organization, its rank and file leadership and its honest policies, we could say in July 1927 that we had won the confidence of the work- ers in the trade, 1 YEAR .... $6.00 s y 2 PTION THE COMMUNIST 6 MONTHS .... $1.25 The “Communist”—Better than ever! Boost it by keeping up your subscription. “INPRECOR” 6 MONTHS .... $3.50 Do not fail to renew your “sub” for this indispensable organ—Do it now! WORKERS LIBRARY PUBLISHERS 39 East 125th Street, New York, N. Y. Ieee eee COYXY NENA E LAVA AXE XXXL AK ERA KX AAI AXE AAI XIX KKAAI IIIT! 4 a prestige of the entire production. | | Many of the new members are| among the best that are to be seen. The outstanding act on the program is the tight-wire walking of the troupe, a group of iron-nerved young} men and one girl from Germany.) Their wire is stretched to the very rafters of the Garden, and there is no net below for protection. These dare- devils performed feats of daring that completely unnerved the audience. There are many other acts of un- usual merit including Lillian Leitzel, a favorite of past seasons, also the} Tugony sisters who are in a class by| themselves. : One of the most amazing feats ever performed in the Garden is when} Gunga sticks his head in the mouth of his elephant Yasso, and is carried from the ring in that position. The new acts also include the Saharas troupe of desert riders whose equitation is as astounding as any- thing presented in any circus and Mile. Leers, a Parisian importation who specializes in culture gymnas- ties. An amusing feature is a burlesque of the Jack Dempscy-Tunney fight. Parading under the names of Demp- sar and Tooney they should us how Gene took the long count in the fa- mous battle. One must not forget Goliath, the much advertised sea elephant. It is said he eats 300 pounds of fish a day, and after looking him over, it seems that he might with the least bit of appetite-sharpening exercise,| “The Waltz of the Dogs,” a post- raise it to 400 pounds daily. Ihumous play by Leonid Andreyev, £ Of course, the clowns are present jwill have an independent production in all their glory and whenever there lat the Cherry Lane Playhouse, 40 is a slack moment, they trot out to [Commerce Strect, opening Monday, keep the tempo of the production at {April 23. The dran which is in the speed it is noted for. four acts, has been translated by Her- | The congress of freaks is still one {man Bernstein, authorized translater | of the most popular attractions and jof Andreyev’s plays, and has never contains the midgets, the giants and |before been performed in English. | others that one expects to find. The direction is by Celia Avramo, | The entire production is full of and the cast includes Sylvia Hoff- |thrills and surprises making a visit man, Harold Johnsrud, who did the jto the Garden well worth the time lead in “The Prisoner,” Jules Art- ‘field, and Antoinette Crawford. Rebel” with Nancy Gibbs; Hal Cham- berlain and Vivian Earl; Bob and Margie Dupont; Marguerite Padula and Monroe Purcell; the Caits Brothers. Feature photoplay “Chi- cago,” starring Phyllis Haver and Vietor Varconi. JEFFERSON. Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday— Ann Codee; Florence Vernon, with Jack Deakin; Revue Fantasy and Harris and Griffin. Feature photo- play, Syd Chaplin in “The Fortune Hunter” with Helene Costello. Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday—Herbert Faye and Com- pany; Borde (Crossword) Robinson in “Figure It Out”; and Larry Mee- han and Gertrude Newman. Photo- play Richard Barthelmess in “The Noose.” PALACE. Eugene O’Brien, star of stage and sereen, in “Restitution,” staged by T. 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