The Daily Worker Newspaper, April 24, 1928, Page 4

Page Four THE DAILY WORKER, NEW YORK, TUESDAY, APRIL 24, 1928 EY UR, TO eninenedinn eee ae PATERSON SILK WORKERS PLAN UNION DRIVE AS UNREST STIRS ALL TEXTILE INDUSTRY (By a Worker Corr PATERSON, N. is an enslaving ind the spotlight again. country are lifting up their hea all the great industrie The w er in (By mail).—The y for the toiling ma: in the , along with the other workers espondent) Dov ile indu » Which tex! is coming into all over indi the mitted. stand fr Some of the mills are organized and others are not. smaller mills, which do not have union conditions, are in compe- tition with the larger ones and all kinds of conditions are per- wn in Paterson, the “ om 10 to 12 hours a day at the looms. Silk City,” the workers are forced to The piece work. day. The larger mills run two 10-hour shifts. 55-hour week most of the workers earn from $18 per week for There have been many attempts to establish the eight-hour But all the workers who come out for it, all left wingers who put up a fight are fired and black-balled from many places. All in all for a against conditions, ing shorter hours of work, The textile workers of this city, nevertheless, are again be- ginning to mobilize their forces for a united front to battle We must never forget that the first great textile strike took place in Paterson in the early eighteen hundreds. must also fight now against’ the unemployment crisis The workers by demand- —SPERRY. Allen-A Agents, Not Workers, Threw v Bricks at Scabs, Correspondent States STRIKERS ALWAYS ORDERLY; FIRM’S MEN TOTED GUNS Co. Hurt Big Walk-Out Mail) ker Co Ww (By a Wor rr NOSHA, to tell " W ants ‘Viole nee to if WORKER thrown w th. “th 2 The Bosses Dream ‘of the Perfect Slave on them the papers began} ay the strikers did it. They did not do it. | I am sending you a copy of the Kenosha Hosiery Worker with this| f y in it. I wish you would print] _ The bosses have driven their 1 so that ever;body can see that | we did not do this | anne f a _KENMORE. | Since the application of machinery, EDITOR'S NOTE: The copy of | tists have tinkered with ideas of a the Kenosha Hosiery Worker, pub- day and all night and never union American Federation joned Hosiery Work- locked out by the is reproduced in lished by the of Full-Fa: ers, Branch 6, Allen-A Company. part below. On the night of March 6, were bricks thrown through the windows ‘ikebreakers of the Allen- These bricks b on them, telling to “BE- who were Roosev elt Lourigan, 5132 25th Boss Press. Immediate! local newspaper played up VIOLE headlines, the = it was str’ The d ett charged wi sumption being ers. who threw the fact was, “that no one > could be remotely th this rash action, which | POMthe union had condemned in no ¥euncertain term ‘arr On the of February 28, ton’ more bricks were thrown. Evident- ic’ e not sa’ tory ed” were: Roosevelt were thus arises: Who It is an im- mv We , to call cer- acts to the atter ople of Kenosha, for it is worth strikebreak before gh his e the da went thr permission of to carry a that he knew ": throw- are more more ve notice i connection. union rep tives had warned the wo that ny wante the beginning what the comp an excuse t This was ¢ men familiar Urged I tection Moreover, t presenta- tives had madc request of | the police de but on seve police mill to the « hed mphasized at one A..R. | M seporatd, popularly known as | “vellow dog” MacDonald, had been | called in by the com the re about a frame-up, backs of the wo! the compan) on for an junction. The officials knew that | in Joliet, Tl., Burns Detec had been caught red- ing a bomb into a garage, in order to blame it on strikers. They knew of other frame-up attempts of this sort, and did not want an excuse to be given the company, under the plea of property protection, to se- cure action in the courts which would hamper the workers’ case. The besser a printed “Ten Com- \CE in first page | “h has been | important [ Allen-A | This | y to break j in- { invented by R. J. Wensley. Pe Gn hip of hunger to slave most of the day and most of the night in the mills. But the human sluves have learned to fe~m unions against their class enemies Ever however, the bosses and their scien- mechanical man who would slave all nize. Their latest robot, above, was BUILD LYNN SHOE MILL (By a Worker organized shoe worke | country. These loca! groups in turn@ must be combined thru a nationally delegated body into a powerful or- ganization wh‘ch will be able to fight the reactionary machine. Can’t Confine Activities. | The progressives will not be able | |to fight effectively the combined at-| |tacks of the bosses and the reaction- ary officials and develop a fighting | organization if they confine their ac- | been the case in the past. This is especially true at the pres- pene time when only a small minority lof the shoe workers belong to these |unions, and since last year a steady | falling off has taken place, this is | particularly true of the Boot & Shoe | Workers’ Unions. Betray Shoe Workers. Wherever the progress jany signs of activity in their Pegs! | tive locals in behalf of the shoe wor! k- n even minor disputes with the . the reactionary general offi-} s do the dirty work for the shoe nanufacturers by reporting them to | their bosses and these militant work- lers are then fired. When the local union has taken any action to. im- prove conditions these corrupt offt- ‘eia!s blacklist the local as a whole lrevoke the charter and put the local) | into local “0.” | The progr | the shoe wo: |impossible to ves must point out to therefore, that it is hieve any er tivities to the existing unions as has | improve- | COMMITTEES, IS PLEA) Correspondent) BOSTON (By mail).—The major task of the progressives in the shoe | industry at the present time is to organize both the organized and the un- | into progressive groups in every shoe center in the | 3 8 -|signed by Hiram Johnson as gov- ae ments in wages and working condi- tions until the shoe workers throw out the present officials from top to bottom and take control of the unions into their own hands. The shoe work- ers should then set up a movement |\for the consolidation of all unions into one organization, | and |will sweep all the shoe workers into \this mass union. | Opposition Groups In Lynn. The corrupt officials have become so bold persecuting the rank and file in carrying out the orders of the bosses, that the workers, realizing the impossibility of fighting thru their local union, have begun organiz- ing clubs as a means of resisting} ‘wage cuts, but in order to make these! | ves show | lforces of opposition a factor among | |the shoe workers in the city of Lynn, | junorganized workers must be drawn} in, since only few shops are organ- ized in this shoe center. The watchword of the progressives must be, on with the organization of {the shoe workers in the progressive movement irrespective of whether they are Boot & Shoe Protective, or} | unorganized, Under the leadership of the pro- gressives the shoe workers will crush | the reactionary machine and turn the ‘attack of the bosses into an offen- ‘sive struggle for better conditions. —V. ANMAHIAN. | mandments for Pickets,” which in- structed all of us workers in peace- fu! and orderly picketing. No Violence. Not one finger of accusation has been pointed at us strikers by way of arrest, breakers, has ever sworn out a warrant of arrest against us. And had we been guilty of any violent actic the people of Kenosha may be sure that the unscrupulous pol- icy ‘of the company would have |b driven it to fill the jails with us workers. .-But. it was given no op- portunity to do this. There was a very definite reason for our orderly and peaceful course. We knew very well that we had the company completely defeated, thru the thoroness of the workers’ refusal to go back under anti-union conditions. As the union publicly stat “Violence can only injure our cause.” It was only the company that could profit from alleged violence. Refused Mediation. It is particularly noteworthy: that. the second brick throwing came to pass the night after the company | rejected the six local clergymens’ offer of mediation. Every one knows that the company at that time, by reason of its arbitrary ac- tion, was in bad publie odor. The second brick throwing came to the Allen-A like a plank to a drowning man. It again screamed VIO- LENCR, even though no. one could tell_who had committed the act. The bricks, in all instances, were so nicely placed that they broke windows with abandon but touched not a hair of the strikebreaker’s head. We consider this a strange phenomenon, was merely a spectacular way of throwing mud at the workers, by inference. We were so concerned with these developments that we made a man-, to-man survey of our workers. zw si vasbad oth inonae Not one of the strike- | The whole business | This survey assures beyond doubt | that not one of our members en- | gaged in any such stupid acts. ' These members have too much sense than to rush about, advertis- ing to the wide world that we are violent people. They have enough sense to know what will help them and what will hurt them. We had no desire to be rushed into court in injunctive proceedings. It only the company ‘and its associated agencies of strikebreakers which could wish such a consummation. Labor-Baiting Bulletin. Even the worker-baiting organ’ zation known as the Wiscons Manufacturers’ Association, with headquarters at Madison, bears out this thought. In a confidential bul- letin to its members, under the title: “A Horribly Misguided Group,” it says, “How a group of 250 people holding jobs like those strikers had could be so horribly misled by agitators responsible for the strike is almost beyond com- prehension.” We want to say: It is beyond comprehension. It is un- true. We committed no such acts as have been alleged. (Incidental- ly, this anti-union bulletin mis- states the case, as usual. Every- one in Kenosha knows this is not a strike. It is a lock-out. It is an attack by the company on the workers. ‘The only group respon- sible for this unfortunate dispute is the company, which forced it on us against our wish.) Company Gangsters. Our workers have been cautious about violence for other reasons than those mentioned in our first article. They have not been anx- ious to be the marks of the strike- breaker gunmen who are now let loose in Kenosha. In case after case, our workers have had shotguns, revolvers and blackjacks drawn on them. They have also had red pepper thrown in shoe | must start an organization drive that | is | Bi UNEMPLOYED SLEEP ON 140 FT. -FLOPHOUSEFLOOR | Diseased ‘and Healthy Lie Side e by Side (By a Worker Correspondent) arrested by officers of the health department “as the first step in e |eampaign recently inaugurated by| \city health officer George Parrish |against unsanitary conditions in bar- | ber shops.” Flowers In Spring, Tra La! This caused me to think about the | health-destroying conditions in the lodging houses of Los Angeles, 2 city advertised. by the open shor element as a health resort of sun- shine and flowers. Lousy. flop-joints are numerous here, and the bed-bugs have a strong majority’ ever the angels. These lines, however, will deal only with -|Midnight Mission, a place the writer inspected the other day. Gloomy Mission " In the spring of 1917, just before the war to end all wars broke out. I worked as headder-setter in a Kern county road camp. During that time I learned to know, more or less, the workings of those teeth- |less labor laws of California, made by “progressive” legislators and ernor. Like all the rest, the law dealing with sanitat‘on was violated right and left. A kick was made to the department of immigration and housing. One of the answers was |that the law provides for a floor space of one hundred square feet for each person in tents or houses used as sleeping quarters. In the Midnight Mission, however. the floor space for each sleeper is about six and one-half square feet. as 750 men. (conservatively esti- mated) are crowded into a single room about 140 feet long and 35 feet wide. So figure it out for your- self. There are at least 600 bunks (4-high) in™the place, and a fifth man is sleeping on the floor under- neath the bottom bunk of each of the 150 (or more) rows of bunks. | Like sardines in tin cans, healthy and diseased men are crowded to- gether on a small, filthy loft of an old building into which the |fornia sun never shines. A dead person occupies at least 24 square feet of ground, so ever potters fields are 4 times as libera’ with space as the Midnight Mission Cleanliness is next to godliness. they say. But if the latter ir measured by the former, the godli- ness of the Midnight Mission is of a very low grade in quality if not in | | LOS ANGELES, Cal., (By Mail).| —A few days ago five barbers were} Cali- | THESIS on honor called “Forbid- den Roads,” is now playing at the Liberty Theatre. The play) is an adaptation from the Spanish of Jose Lopes Pinillos, by Roland Oliver. In its native land the play was known as “El Caudal de los Hijos.” (The Heritage of the Children.”) While the story is told with not a little dramatic force it seems unreal most of the time. Altho it concerns | itself with Spain, somehow it is dif- ficult to disassociate the action from Long Island or any other part of the | live. Whether the adapter or the di- rector is responsible will not be taken up here. The play is presented with a small cast headed by Judith Vosselli, Rob- ert Bentley and Alan Birmingham. Mr. Bentley gives a fine perform- ance in the role of Don Augustin, who prevents his wife’s elopement and spares the life of her lover, Gasper Gomez, (Richard Farrell) for the sake, so he says, of his young son Fifteen years later, the son finds himself in a similar situation. His mother, Dona Isabel, (Miss Vosselli) confesses her love affair of years gone by to persuade the son, Rodrigo. (Mr. Birmingham) from killing his wife’s lover, Dr. Javier (Richard Nicholls). In the end the mother her- self kills the young wife, Marta (Maxine Calvert). The play suffers a great deal from repetition, which after a while be- comes boring. The tightening of the story throughout, and the bringing back of its Spanish atmosphere would help a great deal to strengthen the production. The play is staged by Henry Still- man and produced by Walter O. Lind- sey and James E. Kennedy. quantity. Preaching takes up 15 hours every day, and the men are permitted to sleep only from four to five hours a night, namely, ‘from one to two o’clock a.m. to six in the morning. Unsanitary conditions, garbage- like food and lack of sleep, etc., are killing off the unfortunate “guests” very fast. Soiled towels may be dangerous enough to health. But barber-shops are, generally, cleanli- ness itself compared with said in- stitution operated in the name of the holy ghost. So why not clean up the dirtiest spot in the city first? Don’t Waste Literature. A book as big as the jungle coul¢ and ought to be written on this sub- ject. Anyhow, the — progressive forces within the labor movement are making a very bad mistake by completely ignoring the needs of the unemployed of this city. L. P. RINDAL. 4 ANTHONY BIMBA JOHN REED Vv. I. 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The layman too, takes advantage of the occasion and often carries away the best prizes for original or comical cos- tumes. This year $500 will be distributed to the wearers of fancy, original and comic costumes. The judges will in- clude Broadway celebrities, both from the stage and screen. Three orches- tras, the Kentucky Kernels, the De- troiters and Milt Shaw’s Arabian Or- chestra will furnish the dance music. “Czar Ivan the Terrible” opened at the Yiddish Art Theatre last night for a run. This is the first East Side showing of the famous Sovkino film which created such a sensation both at the Broadway showing and on the Continent. Blast Kills Workers DENVER, April 23.—Seven work- ers were killed and 19 injured.when three explosions rocked the Alexan- der Industries plant at Englewood near here. Eugen gac* Strange Interlude Jol Golden Thea., 58th, E. of B’way Evenings Only at 5:30. ALL THIS WEEK VOLPONE Th., W. 52d St. Evs. $:30 Guild siatsYinurs. & Sat, 2:30 Week of Apr. 30: “Marco Millions” 32nd WEEK RAcun | Bway, 46 St. Evs. § FULTON Mats: Wea.eSat. 2.30 “See It and Creep.”—Eve. Post; |ERLANGER sires wed. a gat. 2:00 GEO, M. COHAN (HIMSELF) ‘ouniiss MERRY MALONES COMEDIANS IN THE ‘Theatre, 41 £t. w. W. of 8 way Bvs.8:3¢. Mts, Wed.&sat.2:36 National “The Trial of ti nc with Ans Harding-Rex —— The Theatre Guild | presents - — H “| Madison Sq. Garden “TROUPERS” HAVE TO BEG SICK AID FOR HURT ACTORS Theatre Owners Pile Up Enormous Profits (By a Worken Correspondent) The week of April 8 to 15 inclusive was set aside by the National Vaude- | ville Artists (N. V. A.) as the twelfth annual jubilee week. During the whole week collections were made in the various vaudevilles and theatres in this country and Can- ada for the benefit of the artists who are injured during their work. It is a shame that these vaudeville artists should go around begging from the theatre-goers to help their unfortunate brothers while the the- atre owners are piling up millions in profit. These artists will sooner or later realize that if they organize they can force their bosses to provide for them in case of illness or injury. In the Soviet Union the govern- ment provides for the sick artists. Of course, our. government is “too civilized” to do such a thing. —GATTI. Preachers and Fuller Favor Herbert Hoover The latest recruits to the boom to nominate Herbert Hoover for presi- dent at the republican party national convention are Gov. Alvin T. 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