The Daily Worker Newspaper, April 23, 1928, Page 4

rei Page Four Bologna Kings Fire Workers for Mentioning Union, Correspondent SLAVES STRUGGLE . = =i — =] I) =i rm = cD — = = Le J Fight for Organization Despite Firm’s Terror (By a Worker Correspondent.) q at the York are beginning to working bad in industry, the e worst of all the e e ons, receive 50 s to slave the bol- Most of the workers But a pinnacle generosity their worn-out r very long the + at the plants on the slight- if the workers or they est pre become the capitalis the worker sweat and blood rivilege to be “fust one step away from stai Unionization must tt the plants. e bolo Mention th vicious for pre A few Lhen and ers were pected of ago Comrade Emil other fellow work- for being ing the wor! from the Kearns will not stop the rést of the forming a union of their own ting for the betterment of the conditions the Gobel-Kearns plants. But their disc plant of charge of our fellow work- us more determined to o ganize ourselves into a strong body as the only means of protection) against the exploitation of the saus-| age kings. WORKER. PICTURES CITY ON STRIKE MORN Textile Strike Worries Merchants, Clergy (FP).— sang and men front of the mill gat 8 mills of the d to the New Be Manufacturers Ass’n wove and not spindle nm one of the r as the went out in defiance of a 10 per cent wage cut. 13 mills employ- ing 8,500 workers are still busy at the old rate. In the bright sunlight of the early morning, workers went to the mills. 8 swung open and two police- tepped before each portal to silent guard. But save for mechanics going in to fetch out tools not a worker deigned to enter. About 8 a. m. the gates squeaked shut as ssed defeat. On Strike. ated wholly to mili owners co. news- waiting od will of labor, ing friendly advice and expre ing cooperation. chers from pulpits flay in- which cannot pay a living wage. itors swear that they know labor’s cause is righteous. Business men grieve over empty cash box and p.cad with tears in their fore the textile barons, plea: rescind the wage cut. 90 per cent of the town gets its living from the mills and a good por- tion of that 90 per cent, now strike, also form the majority church audiences, of n readers and store traders. cops are courteous yet. To Organize 22,000. The Textile Mill Committee, active ob- on of yspaper ven the throughout New England, opened headquarters to organ 000 un- nized workers on strike. The Tex- Council embraces for the most only skilled crafts. The Textile Committees disclaimed any intention of working against the A. PF. T. O. unions, which th pointed out, only include skilled wor ers. The committees will seek to line wu the 20,000 anskilled, with union to a mill and all craft lines dis- d. They demand a 20 per cent increase in wages. the 5-day week, the 8-hour day, and elimination of the speed-up system. PAINTERS FOR 5 DAY WEEK SAN BERNARDINO, Cal., April 22.—Painters local 772 has» voted in _ favor of the five day work weck for the trade. i Gobel-Kearns conditions Gobel, yw wages and ality they show to nrced to leave | “|Dear .|the heat enough to dr i jigs inj} 0,000 cot- ‘lof the “bad odors” one | —— a Midshipmen on training ship §N from Cuban maneuvers as they wa Get Short Leave Between War Maneuvers THE DAILY WORKER, NEW YORK, MONDAY, APRIL 23, 1928 Jewport reading mail upon returning it in Brooklyn dry dock before leav- ing for summer maneuvers in Hawaiian waters. nducted in the int After arriving at Panama |Fort Slocum, we are in quaranteen lover a month with no passes and with There are quite a few men in the hos- |pital with f so you can see why I haven’t written sooner as I promised. As to the trip down here, you can imagine what it was like, and since I “|see you already had something about this in your paper I will just say it |was hell. . We are walking post six hours in- |stead of two. And besides this when ithe sergeant told the officers in charge that 9 1-2 hours in the hot sun is impossible and that it means sui- cide for the men if drilled that long, he said, “Drill them until they drop!” So you can see how “pleasant” the lofficers become once they get down with the men for amusement. More later. “CASUAL.” TRUTH ABOUT, NICARAGUA. |Dear Friends: | One of the men here showed me a copy of your paper which contained | a letter from another “bluejacket” | telling a few of the truths which have jleaked out lately about Nicaragua. I |want to say that I more than agree to everything he said, and only want to add some things. We have been a “taxi” lately between the Zone ragua, tho we are stationed in Balboa no nd we got near enough’ to the fighting to smell some which are being of the bosses’ {sort of carefully kept out press. Not Enthusiastic Long. Even some of the young fellows who may ‘be fooled when first leav- jing for Nicaragua, aren’t fooled long after they get there, and I have talk- ed to many old timers who are half crazy to get away from the whole af- Especially some of the boys who have done duty in early campaigns, and like the Nicara- jguans. They are more than ready to |tell you their good features and to point out the odds against whicp the |marines are fighting, with the entire l 2 side of Sandino’s ded to the “guer- kes even the most ant shake his head illa warf “hardboiled land anxious to g | Almost h in diseases, and sufficient of these are bad enough hit to have lto be withdrawn. Also, altho only a |small proportion of those with mal- {aria are being shipped back to the | States, it is reported that an evert (larger number have the fever to some degree or other, while there is a con- siderable amount of other tropical sicknesses, Bring Wounded to Zone. There are several of the wounded marines here in the hospital where they were brought recently, tho the lofficers are eareful to see that no one visits them, a wounded marine |knows too much about Nicaragua and |isn’t as safe as a dead one. Of course, |the first thing everyone wants to know when you get in from gua is what is going on ther y ways surprised to find how few of the details we know, as the officers don’t talk the same way about Nicaragua down here as they |do in the states, and they do their best to keep t what they pre- usly described as “just an adven- ture.” }. But you can bet your life that those \who aren’t pulling for the rebel forces lor who haven’t the nerve to go over to \them in the fighting, like some of the {boys did—are more than anxious to |get out of the hell and tired of doing the dirty work for Wall Street. U.S. S, Denver. Balboa, ©. Z. “8 T UTEJACKET.” butions should be from | into one of these “hell holes” where} there is nothing to do but raise hell) caragua during | ARMY" NAVY ee men and ex-service men army and navy addressed to The DAILY of the writer will not be erest of The name *INSULTING THE UNEMPLOYED!) |To Daily Worker: Being one of those who joined the army after being out of work for a long time, I want to give a little ad- .|vice to some of the rest who have been unemployed for a long time and may contemplate doing the same. Rotten Conditions. Once you get*in you not only find rotten conditions in respect to food, living quarters, hours of work, etc., but you have to pay the price for the measly $21 a month in more ways than one. By this I mean all the rough treatment you have to accept |from any officer if he feels like step- ping on you or if he doesn’t “like your face.” Of course on a job there is a limit to what the boss or foreman can make you do—but once you get in |the army you will find that there is “no limit” and if you talk back: you can be sent to the guardhouse with- out the least pretense at a trial. Then if you are foolish enough to {sign up for service in one of the U- |S. possessions where it is “never cold” {according to the recruiting leaflets— ‘then you have to endure conditions jeven 100 per cent worse. New Recruiting Bunk. But I don’t want to go into all the details in this letter, as I mainly in- {tended to write a few words about ‘how the army is taking advantage of |the growing unemployment with a inew fake slogan: “Employers prefer ‘army trained men!” This new appeal |placarded up everywhere that unem- |ployed workers may see it, coupled with the-recent news that the army is making arrangements with employ- ers to place servicemen when they finish their term, is liable to fool many young fellows into joining, who otherwise would never join. Of course, everything is done to hide the real purpose of the army, the reason bosses “prefer” army trained, and the “dirty work” that those who join may |be called upon to do before they fin- ish their term of service. What Kind of Jobs. Of course, even if the war depart- ment backs up this latest recruiting appeal with some kind of an arrange- ment such as they now “promise,” it should be obvious what kind of jobs the U. S. army would furnish once it started acting as an employment lagency. Certainly it would not fur- nish jobs with good pay and good conditions, but rather when it would not furnish strikebreakers where ac- tual strikes existed, as would often be the case, it would put you in jobs at much lower wages than others could have been expected to work for. So rather than to be fooled into the army by any such tricks, you should fight for the unemployment relief which who have piled up big profits during the years you were working, and whose local and national govern- ments have so much to spend for every other purpose—except to aid the jobless workers. So take the ad- vice of one who made the mistake of joining the army, and can tell you that once you get in you won’t be much better off than if you went to jail, and your measly pay will soon dwindle down to nothing once all the necessary expenses are subtracted, And don’t imagine that what the recruiting officers promise as to a fu- ture job will amount to anything good, as the only way you will get good jobs is by organizing with the rest of the workers and demanding wages and conditions from the boss. Fort Jay, N. Y. - “PRIVATE.” N. Y. Airport Planned | Half a million dollars has been voted by the board of estimate for the building of New York’s first muni- cipal airport on Barren Island, at thc, foot of Flatbush Avenue, Brooklyn. The airport wilf be a valueable instru. ment for the American war forces daring the next war. “ i _i | stories. | At Bentleyville, Pa., March 30, a you are entitled to from those bosses | - COSSACKS DRIVE HORSES ON BOYS’ MASS PICKETING Slug, Jail Men; Women | Refuse to Retreat (By a Worker Correspondent) | BENTLEYVILLE, Pa., (By Mail). —I am not very good at writing You can fix this up. motion was carried for a meeting of the United Mine Workers of America. About 300 were present. A motion was carried that everybody should be ready for mass picketing, Monday, April 2, at 5 o’elock. Henchmen. Before the motion was carried a }couple of Lewis men got up and said hould wait until Sunday at meeting to see what our { of the United Mine Workers |of America of District 5, had to say about mass picketing. | The mass meeting was held at |Bentleyville. About 2,000 strikers jand s zers were present. But the officials did not mention a thing «bout picketing or about anything else that would benefit the strikers. The strikers did not keep order because the speakers told us the old story of |“how, when and where” the United Mine Workers was organized, and all that stuff. Boys, Girls Sing. Some girls and boys, mostly from Bentleyville, sang some songs and gave yells after each speaker. They said we could not sing, but we did anyway. One of the officials made a mistake and clapped for us. Money for Music. The officials don’t give any money to the strikers. They are always cut- ting down on the little they are giving out. But they have money to hire bands to play at the meetings they address. : ‘ Monday morning many of the young workers showed up on the picket line. With a number of girls and boys and strikers we started out with our signs, “Down with Charles Schwab and his open shop system,” and seven other signs that would hurt the big bosses. We picketed the Acme mine of the Bethlehem Steel Corporation. Going down we sang songs, “Hold the Fort” and “Solidarity,” and called to the men going to work that they should come out and join the union. After we had passed Aeme Mine on our way’ to Hillman Mine, not ‘far from. Acme, two state cops came up and stopped us. They said to the boy who . was. carrying our biggest. sign, “Let's sée that damn sign.” Then he asked for all the signs. We did not want” ‘them trampled on, it took us too long to make them. We weren't going to break up either. But the cops trampled on them with their horses when they made us throw our signs down. Two of our strikers told them to let us go‘thru, but the brutal police caught George Maran by the collar and struck him with a club about a yard long. Then the other cop told George Pekovich and another striker to get a move on. Then he started to go after him with his horse. Then two of the brutal cops started after the boys again, going after a paralyzed boy who could not run and knocking him down in a ditch with their horses. | Brother George saw this and spoke to the state cops about aie cop said: “What’s the matter wi you?” and_ struc i i with his’ club. ert The case of the two strikers was called for 10 o’clock, then for one ’clock, then for 3 o’oclock. When we urrived at Ellsworth for the trial it was all over. All the cops testified against us with lies, calling us all inds of names. They fined the strikers $10 each, but the men re- solved not to pay it and stayed over night in jail. They stayed 36 hours in jail without a bite to eat. The next’day we got the officials out of jail, but they had to be coaxed a great deal before they could be per- suaded to leave it. AGON. coupon stating where you ings, ete. _-Name of business place ... Address Your name .... Address tS 3 FIRST STREET TO ALL OUR READERS ONCE RAE TE LT I PATRONIZE OUR ADVERTIZERS Do not forget at all times to mention that you * are a reader of The DAILY WORKER, Fill out this Mail to WORKER UNION TRAITOR SEEKS TO SMASH MINERS’ RANKS Hocking Valley Men to Fight Daugherty (By a Worker Correspondent) Oral Daugherty, subdistrict presi- dent of the United Mine Workers of America, District Six, sub-district) one, has divulged his true intentions once more, and this time in the ac- tions of about.250 men, according to| report. Daugherty has been allowed to remain subdistrict president, al- though for months he has been adyo- cating an “adjustment” of the scale. so that. both.the men and the opera; tors would be satisfied. There is only one adjustment that would please the operators and tha. is an adjustment downwards, and in Daugherty they had a man who be lieves in this method. Lewis knew foi months that Daugherty was knifing the miners, but Lewis did nothing but recommend his removal, while Lee Hall pleaded for him. Daugherty con- tinued his vile work. The miners of the} Hocking. Valley have been accustomed to taking care of such people. Whenever scabs were brought into the mines, the miners marched to the pits and brought them out. All new scabs will be treated in a similar manner. Hocking Valley has not its reputation merely for the inauguration of the United. Mine Workers. Hocking Valley still has its fighters, and if Daugherty believes the men will support him, he has “an- other think coming.” What has this to do with Lewis? Everything. There is no question that Lewis is using Daugherty in order to induce the miners to return to work on a reduced scale, so that eventually Lewis will be able to shift the responsibility to the shoulders of the rank and file. What does Daugherty get out of it? He gave up his salary on January 1, and yet always has plenty of money, and undoubtedly there is plenty where this came from. Farrington told Lewis a few years ago about his corruption. The present situation certainly pre- sents an unusual opportunity for making hay. Daugherty-Hall-Lewis a fine trio! —SHARP. “Czar Ivan the Terrible” At Yiddish Art Theatre, With the close of the Maurice Schwartz season last night at the Yiddish Art Theatre, the management decided to book the Sovkino film “Czar Ivan the Terrible,” which created a furore at the Broadway run —four weeks at the Cameo Theatre to crowded houses where the tense and engrossing story made by the Soviet film regime in Russia received highest praise by both press and onlookers. In bring the film to the Yiddish Art Theatre, where it will begin-a lengthy run this evening at popular prices, the management no doubt had in mind the engrossing appeal the film will have to East Side residents. Not onl; the historical value of the mad Czar who ruled millions of Russians, but the splendid realistic work of the} players should appeal to the residents of the district who love and appreciate excellent material in their film plays. “Czar Ivan the Terrible” was made in Soviet Russia by the players of the Moscow Art Theatre. The cast is ‘headed by Leonidoff who gives a splendid interpretation of the mad Czar who ruled with such a cruel hard. Two additional features will be pre- sented in connection with the show- ing of the film: The “Official Pictures of the Tenth Anniversary Celebration of the Russian Revolution,” and a special reel “Views of Moscow,” showing the city in i s past and pres- ont. historial viewpoints. A special orchestra will furnish Russian music. buy your clothes, furnish- NEW YORK CITY “The Trial of Mary Dugan | EAST SIDE THEATRES Writes -——DRA MA——+ The Nugents Go in for Melodrama at the Klaw ~~ MeKAY MORRIS. “THE Breaks,” a melodrama of the backwoods of Texas, by and with Elliot and J. C. Nugent, is now play- ing at the Klaw Theatre. While the play has an occasional the -whole disap- pointing. The play gives us a glimpse of the farmers. of that state who have to of their crops to the landowners, disclosing the vir- tual peonage that is their lot. It is regretable that we more of the landless Serena Dale do not see farmers: The central theme is nothing to get | excited about. fixtures of the ordinary melodrama, including a will, several guns and re- volvers and a sheriff . The story tells of how Jed Willis, played by J. C. Nugent, the land- |4 owner, who decides to marry. his ser- vant girl, to meet the requirements of his grandfather’s will which calls | for a male heir to inherit the property. Otherwise, under the will, his cousin, Jim Dolf (Elliot Nugent) will gain control of the land on his death. To make it possible for the play to continue, the servant girl, played by Sylvia Sidney, is engaged to Jim. Jed then schemes to get his young rival out of the way and finally frames him up for horse-stealing which results in a 15 year prison sentence. During the many complications st] the production, Jed is operated on for hernia and is told by his doctor that he is sterile and can never be a father. He thén displays his generous heart by. agreeing to divorce his young wife and marry Jane, (Helen Carew) a neighbor, who had loved him for more than a score of years. J. C. Nugent, is miscast in the part of Jed Willis. No matter how much’ he tries to appear cruel and mean, he is only partly successful. With another actor in his part, the play would undoubtly seem much ~ more realistic. ‘ The other members of the support- ing cast do their utmost in their re- spective parts. They include Serena Dale, Claude Cooper, Harry Blake- blakemore, Frederic Burt and Maleom Williams. The play is staged by Augustin Duncan and _ produced by Richard Herndon.—S, A. P. “Sharks” Threatened Federal indictments will be returned Monday against several money lend- ers named in the present inquiry, ac- cording to an announcement by As- sistant District Attorney Blake. good point, it is on} tenant); give three quarters | It has all the usual) | i ie % In the Theatre Guild production of “Volpone,” playing this week at the Guild Theatre. Vaudeville Theatres BROADWAY Julia Rooney and Walter Clinton and their Orchestra; Josephine Har- mon and. Georgie Sands; James Burke and Eleanor Burkin; Arthur Aylesworth and Company, in “A Love Lie” by Vincent Lawrence; Larry Meehan and Gertrude Newman. On the screen: “The Leopard Lady,” with Jacqueline Logan, Alan Hale and Robert Armstrong. JEFFERSON Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday— Boze Snyder; Sybil Vane; Medley and Dupree; and Kelso and De Monde. Feature Phctoplay—‘“Thanks For the Buggy Ride,” starring Laura La Plante. Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday—Little Billy; Mr. and Mrs. Jimmy’ Barry; Dave White’s White- hawks;*-- Feature photoplay—“Sky- scraper” starring William Boyd. PALACE Frances White; Harry Carroll and his new Revue with Ken Murray, as- sisted by Helen and Milton Charles- ton; Ann Greenway; California Col- legians; “In the Gym” with Ken Mug. ray; The De Marcos. Union Celebrates WASHINGTON, April 22 (FP).— Representatives of nearly 200 locals of the International Hod Carriers’, Building and Common Laborers’ Union of America joined with their executive board in celebrating at a jdinner in the LaFayette Hotel in Washington the 25th anniversary of the union. —— The Theatre Guild presents — | Bu gene cas" Strange Interlude John Golden Thea,, 58th, E. of B’way Evenings Only at 5:30, ALL THIS WEEK VOLPONE Snild Th: W. 52d St. Evs. 8:30 Guild mais inure & Sat 2:80 Week of Apr. 30: “Mareo Millions” 32nd WEEK DRAcuH T Bway, 46 St. Evs. 3.30 Mats. Wed. &Sat. 2,36 “See It and Creep,.”—Eve. Post, ERLA W. 44 St. Evs. 8:30 NGER Mats, Wed. & Sat. 2:30 GEO. M. COHAN (HIMSELF) ‘omeettns MERRY MALONES COMEDIANS IN THE Theatre, 41 St. W. of B'w: Evs.8:30. Mts. Wed. &sat.2 National ” with Amm Rarding-Rex Cherrymas | BROTHERS AND COSC aco eee ——$—$—$______— Madison Sq. Garden 2? &,°° Sts; Twice daily (except Sun. nimrice dally (except Sun.) 2 and 8 BARNUM & CIRCUS BAILEY Including Among 10,000 Marvels GOLIATH, monster sea elephant ADMISSION TO ALL $1 to $3.50 (inch. Seat and War Tax). Children under 13 half price nt all Aft. Performance: - cept Saturday. ee { KEITH-ALBER VERA, COUNTESS AMEO CATHCART'S 4zstesmy ¢ “THE WOMAN See TEMPTED” ® Daring Picture of English Life. HUDSON Tteatre, West 44m Street. 8: ats. Wed. THE ABSOLUTE HIT of ine TOWN” WHISPERING FRIENDS By GEORG POHAN. SAM Thea., 42a, W. a. HARRIS ohrty. hye aat Mats. Wed. & Sat. . LOVELY LADY With Wilda Bennett & Guy Robertson eer * Are you a “DAILY WORKER” worker daily? ars eneae YIDDISH ART THEATRE 2nd Av. & 12 St. Phone, Stuy. 7105 Direet from Broadway Every day from 1:30 P.M. to 11 P.M. . The Popular Player of the Moscow Art Theatré LEONID LEONIDOFF in a Sovkino production CZAR IVAN ‘The TERRIBLE ADDED ATTRACTION Pictures of tha Tenth Anniver- sary of Russian Revolution; also “Views of Moscow.” Popular Prices—Aft, 30c, Eve. 50c, Abts. S35‘ EVGS. SoW'S Rol, Mon., Tues., Wed., April 23-24-25 BOZO SNYDER—SYBIL VANE i Other Keith-Albee Attractions, URA eae _ BROOKLYN THEATRES FULTON 8ST. & MOMAR ROCKWELL PL. NOON TO 11:30 P. M, First Brooklyn Showing Amazing Russian Masterplece! =“CZAR IVAN THE TERRIBLE” .. ...With LBEONIDOFF 2tand Moseow Art Players; Afts, 35¢,Evs. 50c, exc.Sat.,Sun.&Hol, ||R. R. Seeks Fare Boost Cross-examination of J. EB. Slater, | |“railroad cost expert” by J. Henry Esser, corporation counsel of Mt. Vernon, was concluded before the Public Service Commission in the New York, New Haven and Hartford Rail- _|voad re-hearing regarding proposed : Lape increases for commuters of that - |line. c Therease proposals have d an increase on 60, 50 and 48 t Co pe