The Daily Worker Newspaper, May 30, 1928, Page 4

kitts anets IN FIGHT ON SPEED-UP, STARVATION WAGES — time to stand up and demand the granting of these reasonable demands? General organizers will be around explaining ali about the union that is being formed. Make your application when you are approached. Fall in line. Let us all work and fight together for a better life for all. (By a Worker Corre A very enthusiastic m candy and chocolate fa + The foundation for Rulated to start an or of exploited slaves of in New York City. ndent) A joint organization committee was appointed which issued they pay you for your exhausting drudgery, the snooping and repre f ie following appeal to the workers: spying on you, inside and outside the factory and the many wily ories was held ] Every and woman working in, and fer, the chocolate tricks and dirty chicanery you have to-.put up with at the hands mil ies at whatever job he or she may hold, must of the bosses. Only these you run a chance of losing, nothing on and fight for better working conditions. else, you have nothing more to lose than the savage, ding-up at your work, the starvation wages which Fellow workers, get ready to fight for a decent, human treat- ment and the immediate wage raise. Don’t you think it’s high —BOND, 2 ae te — SS 09 ae ~d ~ LDH ais Fo oo lS /§ OE os 1a SY O es > SYS &Q ~ Q ~ a aS S a Ss lg Ls & > © aS ES SS ™~ oe ~ Peers * Worker Risks Life For Pink Girl NO UNION BOOKS BOYS FORGOTTEN 9s AMA \ | vies 'or FQR EMPLOYEES IN LOS ANGELES “Get Me #» the Movies” a papa Alsi Good Satire on Hollywood Sat se DF-AMALGAMATED JAIL FOR WEEKS cms o wane 38557 camaneN— was drowning in the icy | | _ JEAN CRITTENDEN TO WIN STRIKE Strikers Told Labor| ged is Vital Need 34 « Worker Correspondent.) | OSHA, Wis., (By Mail) —En- 1 is a copy > leaflet w ing Workers League of Ken-| a the picket lines r e, third time the distr them, The men are get-| ting gr tired of Budenz’s tac- tics and they are glad to get the} leafle’ -ALLEN-A. . * * To Striking Workers of Allen-A. | The march, open-air meeting and} dance were powerful} peer farce based on conten: | porary life in the movie colony in | wos i | uae A yoo, California, called, “Get! Disillusioned Judge Trate; Now About tomer Novice” ts now playing About Officials , 600 Labor Prisoners water. Silver is shown with his wife, indicating ‘Workers the spot where his cour- | ageous rescue was made. | lat the Earl Carroll Theatre, ‘where ae Enso banige el Rae Oe eee | aes {laughing audiences are nightly mal j | _ (By a Worker Correspondent) | (By a Worker Correspondent) ng this satire about the cinema Last Saturday I had iunch.with a} LOS ANGELES, Cal., (By Mail).— | |group of my friends. We were dis-} Mr. G. A. Arnold, 668 W. en by Charlton Andrews and | existence aroun New jcussing the necessities that a work-| San Pedro, lost his automobil Phillip Dunning, the latter one of the York harbor where they |ing girl has today. In the group of|9, San Pedro, a seaport. of Los An-|authors of “Broadway,” the play is |six, two were operators, one was a is the “Fink City” of the lumber |the first ‘serious attempt to portray ‘ : | saleslady and three were clerks in the | shipping inter and the fish-| Hollywood life since Glenn Hunter plotted ay harbor. wort Amalgamated Bank. ing industry, ete. This place wa’ thei peared several seasons ago evs. Their barges are One of the operators has been out | hottest hell-hole of police brutality in|‘Merton of the Movies.” While writ- often overloaded so that \of work for a long time. She had al the country during 1923-1924, Even|ten along the lines of broad farce, ‘ chance to observe all the beautiful Upton Sinclair was arrested for read- |the play in an unusually entertaining and wonderful things you can buy if A manner manages to bring out a great |you have the money. | States and the states of Cali’ornia deal of the things the motion picture head and said to the cl f |The reading took, place on. private ‘fam has been reading and thinking demor the workers of Rae [petious; halt himiorona ways: Vou se>'| capes, “LibertysuHll, Mth the er ue ton ery In the new “Grand Street Follies” j ¥. girls a ip &2- | -onsent of the owner, a liberal-minded! The ¢ mirrors the adventures of which opened Monday night at the Ken e thousands of Kenosha} 2 _ {mated Bank. I suppose you are get- 1 re ie kers 0 pa ed in last 2 o woman. |Johnny Loring, winner of a scenario | y workers who participated ting good since you yourselves are Ss: |Booth Theatre, urda affairs, pledged their solidar- AMP hes unten! : ns Now, to come back to the main;contest, who from the day he arr ee tiecaiar bees sie. de ity with the militant youfg strikers TRAMP. TRAMP TR : “What Union?” story, two young men, Babe De Lajin the cinema center is constantly an- |at the theatr While not of any per- of the Allen-A Co. Young Work Thiwaviswariaean Ende The clerks Cruz and Marvin Dennison, were ac-;noyed by potential movie queens and|manent importance, the play is the League of Milwaukee came all the ED THO USANDS iold Ge ERE adie’ Eom Molone to cused of having “borrowed” Arno! d’s| their mothers who request his help |equal of many of the current suc- way to Kenosha to participate in O STAR - the Bookkeepers’ Union. They pay no |2Ut®- The boys were arrested in Ne-| in placing them in the movies. cesses along the Rialto. Saturday’s demonstration. Another thies: “Uhesshnva: nei nuisneboukecend ce City by Deputy Sheriff Dan| In an amusing manner the various In addition to Mr. Holloway, capi- group of the Young Workers League 2 ie Wy eee Bee 5 iif thew are working oveetiies they ao | Crowley, who transported them back jgils tell ae ae are willing to “pay tal performances are given by Mildred eame from Ch All this was fur- eee es Buh te UY Sten po Tebu eae ne wr a groat call is|not got pald until three or four weeks {#0 the. Los Angeles County Jail,|the price’ for fame, but none of the |Van Dorn as his sweetheart; Helen ther proof that you have the support OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla. (By ¢ summer a eg tire veutl inter March 21. They were put under $1,500 offers tempt Johnny who remains | Baxter as a movie star and by Lenore of the overwhelming majority of issued thruout Oklahoma, aneas and Ne ras and prey fons cet) Wiel a tensa thie tela dion had bail each and “forgotten” for two|trae: to his ers In addition | Sorby and Sheila Trent as two of the young and adult workers. hands. A good r y worker come out from the eas’ Dt heada tale vk (a late ea Tee ane months without a hearing. |the contract he has signed with the | girls willing to “pay the price.” Other What must be done now in order |far away : from*i) the more northern states have |few weeks ago for discharging a clerk | After two months’ loss of memory |Motion picture corporation states that | members of the cast includa Courtney to win the strike?. The remaining ther New Engl Q plied with “eombines,” which |for being active .in the-Bookkeepers’ {PY -the police department, the “mis-|he is not to recommend any one for | White, Alan Devitt and Evelyn Car- unorganized, semi-skilled and un- | Na Joba: bad as Oklahoma. Be- Union, They asked me if knew how |t@ke” was discovered. ~The youths |harts in.any of the company’s -pro-|ter, Carrington Hathaway. skilled workers must be called out | But be warned this f the news absolutely no work to lit was investigated and told me it was | Were brought into Municipal Judge Ling —S. A. P. on strike. These workers are piling papers print lo cles about the | b« in the big towns of Oklahoma.|thru the press. “0,” they said, “we |Baird’s court for arraignments. Po-! The. part_of Johnny is superbly a eNRRT RS Se ; up profits for the company by re- |thousands of men who are wanted Shoot Starving Worker. long: for the time when we shall be- |lice Officer E. R, Dunthy of San Pe-| Played. by. Sterling Holloway, remem-} The operetta based on the life of maining at work. That is one of the (the harvest fields _ Don't cor ; this morning a poor starving ||ong to a union like yours and be pro-|4ro was made the “goat,” in a wa) bered: for! his fine, worke in the: Carede tedece pene pry PN eek reasons why the All-A Co. has been jas you can’t ge broke into a restaurant for |tected against hiring and _ firing, | but the judge also attacked ‘police d ck Gaieties and the “Grand Street Romance,” which the Messrs. Shubert able to hold out so long nst the jany price. food and was shot. He was taken to|against reductions in wages, incfease |Pattment inefficiency,” saying, in| Follies. Mr. Holloway’s portrayal will present in Atlantic City June il, strikers. Zs year there were 1,700 “com- the Oklahoma General Hospital in ajin working hours and discharge for | part, as follows: ee the see jerker from Sheboygan, will have in its cast Se If these unorganized workers | pj), : ying condition. This is the third! union activity. | “This outrage of constitutional] Wis+ Laide won the scenario prize, is | John Cumberland, Geotes Beers - were not of any value to the com- |threw 4,000 harvest hands out of aurant that has been entered About Amalgamated: |rights of these men is directly trace- iS a the finest characterizations on |lan Rogers, Ernest La’ s M Lax pany, they would have been dis- |york. ‘This year thera are so far (for food within one week. — When I heard this beautiful dream |able to the gross inefficiency of the| Syne" hy Misa Pam cee ane ae se Nb tie ea eH SUS RH charged long ago. The firm em- |4045 “combines,” which cuts out all| Men are breaking into high school|of my friend about my union, I did | police department,” exclaimed Judge | mR Hs pas of yellow hair, all add | Marchante. oe pueie te es a ploys them because their labor is | jobs, One north-east county alone has |¢afeterias here for food. not want to disappoint her, but I told | Baird. “There is absolutely no reason | feo 13" 2 he pacer S coniry yousn AJOL) Dele side ly iee By, profitable. Yousmust get them ott 699, | Five thousand dollars was lately |her a little bit about the “wonderful” | why men should be thrown into jail wi a ‘ v oe ‘ost of motion pic- | Smith, on strike and deal a really powerful | mye above is the official statement |Paid te a visiting Chicago preacher |things in the Amalgamated of which|and kept there for two months be-| fone ee ope io. ‘want: to use:‘him es cee blow at the#Allen-A Co. When this laipeasina pa ‘paze 15 of the May 8 |{0P four day: s’ “work” here, while all} am a member. cause police officers fail to carry aS agra tga shia Prominence in Jetta Goudal will play the role of open-shop firms sees that other |:cco of the Oldahoma City Times, tte Way from Grand Ave. south on Here are some of things I told her. | their duties.” 5 sie uaa _ Simone in “Her Cardboard Lover,” in workers in its employ are joining | Robinson St. to the Frisco tracks,}On paper we have a powerful union,| No Los Angéles judge, or any other! Of course, in the end Johnny tri- | which Marion Davies is starred. This the ranks of the strikers it will give | [hundreds of unoccupied workers, | but not in the shops. =When the union | judge, had anything to say against|¥™Phs, but the complications leading |is the adaption by Carey Wilson of up its vicious struggle against the of the state of Wisconsin, ; |many of them married, were starving | was in the shop we had a chairman.|the wholesale violations of the con-|UP te that make an enjoyable evening ‘the stage hit of a year ago. union and come to terms. Discuss |importation of gunmen aud profes-|and begging for even a loaf of bread.) ‘Today we have a collector as well as | stitutions of thisthate aid Raion GES ee — - this among yourselves and take de- nal strikebreakers, it is not carried Mothers “Hustle.” Scor captains, both whites and ce a bare Negroes, me cently are among the most ex- they sink in the heavy |ing the Constitutions of: the I harbor wash. Drownings are frequent from thi in Oklahoma alone, which finite action to call out the unor- ganized. All Day Mass Picketing. In the last few days, you have oc- easionally keted one of the Allen-A plants as the scabs were lea, home. What w the results scabs saw that your r: strong and unbroker ? The and that you intend to fight on until you win. This| ean they expect anything from LaFol- causes dissention and pessimism i their ranks and eventually some of| them will quit scabbing and get out | of the firn jtake any action. ng for) nks were still} out, as is evidenced by the importa Lots of unemployed married work- tion of thugs by Allen-A while the | ors here have been forced to stay with state and city authorities refuse té/the children at that lor place called ‘home while their wives are compelled The workers cannot look to any of/to take to the street and “hustle.” the bosses’ parties for aid. They can; J] saw a good woman, a christian, expect nothing from the democratic,!/and the wife of an unemployed la+ republican or independent parties that borer, being forced into this the other serve the interests of the boss Nor/day, She said it was either that or arve and when she heard her little i lette, who denbdunces the two old par-|ones erying for something to eat she ties before the election and then goesiwas driven to it. back to them when the elections are; And yet capitalism doesn’t want to lover. No, the workers must organize | destroy the home! The rats! business agents and organizers. ing the free speech fight in San Pedro} Since the Amalgamated gaye up all | in 1923 and 1924. The “ire” of judges’ mA) its principles of class struggle it has gone far with compromises. So the workers have lost their confidence in their ‘union leadership. Today’ the Amalgamated is surrounded by busi- ness agents, organizers and strong- men, ‘not for the organization but for the machine; to keep the workers back from constructive work. We, the workers, knowing the won- derful possibilities of our union, have lost no'real respect for it. Altho some of WS Keep quiet, deep in our hearts was not “aroused” over the jailing of | more than 600 innocent workers at one time, the railroading to San Quentin, the kidnappings and the hot! water “cure”—which tortured women} and children to death. The notorio: Oaks, former chief of police in’ Li } Angeles, got away with his brutalities| and other forms of lawlessness—with- | out protest by legal lights who are} decorating the benches in courts of| | law. Well, these boys were sent to jail| HAMMERSTEIN AQ AN PREMIERE TONIGHT AT 8:40 ARTHUR HAMM THE RUSSIAN FILM CLASSIC “The End of St. Petersburg” THEATRE, B’way at 53d St. PHONE, COLUMBUS 8380. N presents we feel very bad about it. ,If any- | i Seri: § sian. CholtS i Orohaar However, more effective results can|# Party of their own, a Labor Party,, ] am broke and out of work, but and permitted to rot there. The po- Music “by Herbert, Stothart—-Russian. Chol syn phony <Orchese te obtained if ee aati regula? | which will fight for the interests of! jthere are thousands like me here. body eel ual say pale He or she lice department, however, is very ie, Nights S40; 50¢ to $1.50. Mats. Daily 50e to $1, Incl, Tax. shifts to picket the Allen-A Co. from| the working’class. It must be a party |Just stand at Robinson and Reno any ie piaites ane = Pea 'B 4 these days protecting gamblers and| — - the time the scabs go to work in the | composed of workers and poor farm-;day and all you hear is tramp, tramp, ae pat watcht ee aye stint aa other crooks from getting in closc||—— The Thentre Guild presents —~ | BOOTH ‘Thea... ak 45 St. Eves. 8:30 morning until they leave for home | ers; With a real working class pro-j|tramp, just like clock work. mg for the time when contact with smelling jail-birds. Eugene eas ON ear This all-day picket line should be held) #t®™- Its candidates for public of-| Sgiaim-e sWINWIRLD, Wey tae oo at ie eee ee gas" Strange Interlude | THE GRAND ‘ST. FOLLIES | | i : ; they have no real union ‘now and then TL. P. RINDAL.....1] Pray. 3 fice must be representatives of labor A A jet hgei Go. the peta ae Mg hie gPhe raat OH 2 : Gt eames they will get busy with organization Joba Golden Thea. 58th, E. of B'w OF 1928 ., the one where ( | 4 f s 5 1 6:30, r PaEe ewan ; | work and will make improvements in | of piece-work. bab ae ole ies work is done by the scabs, and the oiow, workers,~:Rally.:to your jour working conditions. There is not enough organization other plant across the street. demands. They are: 4 At the last convention two years |among the workers. The new inven- Special efforts can then be made to 1. Organize regular daily mass |ago, the Amalgamated decided to es-|tions, the speed- -up ‘system, overpro- yeek—Extra Mat. Wed. Sugene O'Neill's Marco sie dal yi Evs. 8:30. Mats, Winter Garden” ys. 8:30: Mat | call out the unorganized semi-skilled} picketing around both plants-of the jtablish a forty-hour week instead of |duction without the control of the 7 | Greenwich Villag € Follies and unskilled workers on strike. This| open Alen-A Co. |the forty-four. We worked hard, very |union, and piece work are ruining. Guild 322," 2 #30 GREATEST OF eg REVUES, all day pic ng of both plants will) — Call out on strike all unorgan- J hard for it, but they came to the con- All this shows that the Week a ; 3 23 - ca prove effective keeping any van workers who are at present | clusion that the easiest way of get-|leaders are carrying the organization Lier lCMANIN'S 46th St. w. oe Broadway 2 ent ¢ th ei y Allen-A Co. | 2 vee 2 nings a) Mamie be scabs from entering | ema ee larch ot the | (SW # Worker Correnpondent) _|ting the fort-howr week ie by bring hackwards, ‘We are going tom teal! PQ) RG Y sae, ie ae -/ ‘o. in the. morning, and - ti 2 e | npn CAE es old sweat shop system ‘ : Ss and X EL’ , 25,000 guarantee made by the | BAYONNE, N. J., (By Mail ca py n | to worse. I wonder how far we can | SCHWAB and SANDEL'S would, in a short time, completely de- moralize a large number of the scabs,| union to the Allen-A Co. The union |member of the Young By holding all-day picket lines about! must not guarantee a cent to the | League, Sol Berman, was arrested re the two plants, the scabs will see how | Allen-A that the workers will | cently for distributing leaflets to the determined the union forces are. Fel-| speed-up and produce .as much with | oil strikers in Bayonne. Here are some low workers, we ask you to see that; One machine as with two. There | of the questions that the police asked this is done immediately in order that; must be no speed-up! him in the black maria, together with you may win soon, Your strike must; | 4. No agreement with the Allen- | the worker's replies, not be allowed to drag along for| A Co. unless they accept the closed Police: Are you a citizen of the months, giving the company time to} shop where only union workers will | United States? import additional scabs and ata | be employed. Worker: Sure Iam. ‘ sional strikebreakers. 5. An 8-hour day, a 5-day week. Police: Are you a Communist? A Laber Party. Two weeks vacation with pay. Worker: Yes. Whether democrats, republicans or party of, by, and for the The worker was arrested after the so-called independent progressives are | 's, a Labor Party. strike had been called off. After in power, the government remains an} ‘ S LEAG OF! the judge, Markey, had questioned him instrument of the bosses against the| he was released. —S. workers. In every strike of the re * ers to better their conditions, the gov ernment latte she real s by WHO WILL Wr suing injunctions and sending police | THE REVOLUTIONARY BANNER? to beat and arres in the so-called pr Come and find out at the Wisconsin, where LaFollette wea cone ere | Great Concert and Dance ers against the labor-hating Allen-A Ww O R K ER S$ CEN‘ , ER Co, and in the widely advertised model 26-28 UNION SQUARE city of Milwaukee, where a “socialist” | on SATURDAY EVENING, June 2nd MUSICAL SMASH OOD NEW ~ | with GHO. OLSEX and HIS MUSIC | |g in that. directio: | arene THEA. West 42d vaRe | REPUBLIC Mats. WED. & “YOUTH | The Heart of Coney Island 3 MEO ASTR Ss Battle of Chateau-Thlerry { | p ( K AAMEO Step MILE SKY Luna’s Great Swimming Poel — Tea Party To be given by the PROLETCOS Iyvi., June 8 8:30 P. M. To celebrate the: begin- » ning of the work on the "See Russia for Yourself” TOURS to SOVIET RUSSIA THIS SUMMER ‘(bree Vises--Extensions arranged for to visit any part of U. 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