The Daily Worker Newspaper, June 30, 1928, Page 2

JOIN WITH BLASS MANUFACTURER IN HOLDUP OF TRADE Get $500 to $5,000 From | Hundreds of Firms | (Special To The DAILY WORKER.) | CHICAGO, June A million dollar a year union « ial and em- ployer graft cc n was dis- closed here en the fed-| eral grand two glass manufai > officials of the in a con- spiracy to cc The graft over the entir and distributing and vicinity Charles Pheiffe: deal jess agent, one of the di- organization. How | implicated has not On the em ‘s princi- pal figures are George H. millionaire president of the George H. Meyers Glass Company and | ’ side the Compan: High : While charged with conspiracy to violate the Sherman Anti-trust law, these union officials and employers are known to have participated in much more direct manipulations n is indicated by the charge. Over a_ score manufacturers | | | | | | | | i of | vere compelled to annua’. lump sums each of) from 0 to $5,000 yearly, for “strike insurance” and premiums on being permitted to manufacture their articles. In other'| cases a bonus of 5 was exacted from each dealer on every cabinet o: similar article produced In addition over wholesale | dealers in kitchen and bathroom sup- plies, and scores of’ members of the Iinois Glass Dealers’ Association were compelled to pay a correspond ing tribute. Over a million dollars ear is believed to have been the to the ring. he refusal to install the products rreseribed by the ring or the failure to pay tribute or “strike insurance” wss met with the immediate calling 2 strike by the union officials. ethod usually brought a stub- sployer to terms. same time the workers in trade are known to receive little cr no protection against discrimina- tion by the bosses. They are gang- ster-controlled and in many instances work far below the union scale. The exposures among the officials of the Chicago unions are expected to follow. It is known that corrup- tion here as in other large cities, es- pecially among the building trades unions, is rife. Ble PROGRAM AT DEFENSE AFFAIR Workers of All Trades to Attend Carnival The huge sports carnival and jam- boree of the Joint Defense in Star- light Park next Saturday will be a demonstration of solidarity on the part of the militant workers of New York with their comrades among the cloakmakers, furriers and dressmak- ers who have been framed up by the hosses in co-operation with the right wing. | Workers of all trades will gather | to view exhibitions by hundreds of the leading workingelass athletes of the city, The program includes a pa- | rade of all the athletes, boxing, | wrestling, gymnastics, pyramids, a} moonlight swimming contest, fancy diving, soccer games and music by tha | p Hungarian Symphony Orchestra, The organizations that will take part will include the Scandinayian Workers’ Athletic Club, the Greek- American Athletic Club, the Workers’ Gymnastic and Sports Alliance, the Metropolitan Women's Soccer League, the Bronx Workers’ Gymnastic Club and the Young Pioneers, The admission will be 50 cents and all the proceeds will go for the de- fense of the nine needle trades work. 1CALO Labor Unio nN THE DAILY WORKER, NEW YORK, SATURDAY, JUNE 30, 1928 Officials Are Exposed in a M | big ew | for ers who have been sentenced to serve from two and a half to five years for strike activity, NOBLE ART OF Textile Child Jabor has its problems, too, for the efficlent, up-to-the-minute mili superintendent, Just how to make the kids produce has engaged the study of one cotton mill manager who, veiled under the initials, K.C.L., gives the benefits of his researches Barons Perfect Techniq them are children, Children of the Poor Make the Best of the Sweltering Heat Toll Heavy Because Of | Speed-Up (Continued from page one) cale industries, the council says: “Apparently the increased sness of accidents during the last few years has been the direct result seri- Xu: of the increased intensity of indus- 1 aetivity during that period. here ave, however, forces inherent mechanization itself and in the sequent speeding up of industry ich have a direct tendency to in- ease the seriousness of accidents.” Earlier government figures place the average annual accident rate in ec jthe auto industry as 315 for every 10,000 workers. This means that about one worker in 30 is injured, |at least to the extent of causing re- corded temporary disability, every year. This figure includes about three deaths, 40 permanent disabili- ties and 272 temporary disabilities every 10,000 workers annually. In. addition there are the almost daily minor injuries, small ents and bruises that are patched up in com- pany first aid stations and hospitals. A student who worked in the Chrysler plant last summer found that despite all safety rules, “the number of minor accidents ‘such as splint seratches, bumps, etce., is alarmingly large. Even those ex- perienced in their speeded work grow careless or suffer because of a defect in material or equipment.” This student estimated that there is at least one cut per worker per day and that the dangers of infection are very great because of the materials they are required to handle. Employers are interested in acci- dent prevention purely from the standpoint of production. As the safety director of the General Mo- tors Co. puts it: “Our increased pro- duction has paid for all our safety ork and it has done a lot more about time we got at it. Other. e we will have more stringent \ laws.” The labor movement, in other words, might secure legislation that would raise the compensation rates, thus interfering with profits, The employers’ safety movement, though often saturated with humanitarian phrases, is basically an outgrowth of labor’s struggle for compensation measures. It is sustained in the fear that labor may become more power- ful and secure more legislation harmful to company profits. Workers in many Detroit plants complain that accidents are due to speed-up methods employed which render caution and care almost im- possible. It is also observed that the largest percentage of accidents oc- cur in the last hour, or hours, of work, thus indicating the influence of the long working day—or working night-—on the accident rate. Fiesta For Mine Relief PlannedBySpanishClub The recently organized Pro-Miners’ Relief Committee of the Spanish Workers Club of New York City has arranged a tea-party for Saturdty evening, Tho party will be held at the elub rooma, 65 West 118th St. Workers and their wives have been invited to attend this fiesta, which eecording to all present indications. will be » “boomerang.” Although no charge will be made at the door, all those attending have been urged to donate whatever they ean to the cause of the striking miners, which {a also the causo of {the entire American working clasa. trade paper. In an article entitled, Management of Qperatives, he sug- gests: “It requires a great deal of diplo- macy on the part of the spinning room overseer to bring all his help up to the same standards of effi- ciency, due to the fact that most of Children do not into speeding up juvenile workers to] respond to the requirements of sys- readers of Textile World, standard'tematic work as readily as grown- ue of Sweating Child Slaves, Workers Go on Strike JEFFERSON CITY, Mo., June —The strike at the Tweedie Footw | Corporation factory here was in full |swing last night when the striking workers issued a statement to the effect that they would continue their struggle until the company agrees to meet their demands. The workers went out on strike when a new clock system was installed | at the local factory last week. When they learned that the new system | would reduce their wages from $2 to $6 each week, a storm of protest arose. At a meeting held the same | evening, the workers voted unani- mously to demand the reinstallation of the former system. When their | demand was refysed the next morning, | they went on strike. The same day a statement appear- ed in the Daily Capital News, the Jefferson City business-controlled pa- per, signed by W. R. Tweedie, vice- | president of the corporation, asking every “loyal employe to return to work.” This failed to have any effect | on the determination and morale of | the striking workers. The next day the following notice appeared, occupying a quarter page in the paper: “Factory jobs dpen; an opportunity for those who want good | steady jobs making shoes at good prices. Inexperienced and experienc- ed apply now at Tweedie Footwear Corporation.” It was signed by W.’ Wheeler, superintendent of the plant. | MORE CHARGES AGAINST PORTER Forced to Shovel Coal | 10 Hours a Day (Continued from Page One) |terday in his cell at Fort Adams |prison, Newport, R. I. Crouch re- |ports that Porter reiterates his stand | jin admitting his desertion, though he regrets not having stayed in the army to convince other soldiers that | | the army was the greatest enemy of |the working class. Confiseate Check. Porter is a member of the Young Workers (Communist) League, and a check sent him by the Boston dis-| trict of the League for organization work was confiscated by the army czars. Isaac Shorr, retained for Porter’s Defense is preparing the case for when he comes before the court mar- tial scheduled for next week. Por- ter’s jailers refuse to give the check either to him, or back to the League. | It is beli \it as evidence in the trial. Crouch reports that conditions in} |the prison are extremely bad, but} |are many times worse for Porter. He ls compelled to work 10 hours a.day } for seven days a week shoveling coal. | The mother, sister and sweetheart | of Porter visited him in his cell in} prison yesterday. Though they came} {from New Bedford especially for | this purpose, they. were permitted to {see- him for only ten minutes with en officer standing watch over them.| CHILD LABOR IN N. Y. Nearly 54,000 boys and girls under 16 years of age were released from full-time school attendance in New York State and were granted employ- ment certificates during the year ending August, 1926, according to figures recently compiled by the New York Child-Labor Committee in co- operation with the State Education Department. EXPLOITING CHILDREN defense by the International Labor !# ed that they intend to use) 4 Photo shows 4 r | group of poor chil- A dren in the city making the best of the sweltering sum- mer heat. The Chit- : dren of the poor can- ; not go to the country to escape the heat; | thousands are forced to share. the few playgrounds 4 provi- wal ded by the city. 'WIGH DEATH RATE! Jefferson City |TEXTILE STRIKERS IN AUTO INDUSTRY, S2¢ TO MARCH TODAY Will Parade in Spite of Police Threats (Continued on Page Two) held last night by the Textile “His Committee in the union head- quarters. More than five hundred Polish workers attended. Thruout the entire duration of the meeting, and especially after it was adjourned scores of Polish strikers swarmed around the committee signing up new members of the Textile Workers Union of the Textile Mill Commitice. Despite the special Polish organizers imported by the A. F. of L. union they have never as yet succeeded in holding so large a meeting. M. Pele- zar spoke in Polish after the Textile Mill Committee leaders and addressed the meeting. Police Sargeant McCarthy yester- day morning tried to halt the ef- |fectiveness with which the picket- | ing is now being done, After the lines from the North and South End had converged, strilzers began form- ing in double file, to start a picket march to other mills. This attempt of the police failed, however, when the workers continued to march. The police are seeking to stop the march- ers by declaring the picket lines a “parade.” A. Gensalves, one of the picket leaders ordered to break up the “parade” was arrested later on a special warrant issued against him. This is the fourth time he has been placed under charges of “peace dis- turbance.” ; OUTWIT POLICE: HOLD MILL MEET IN FALL RIVER Paid Hall Closed, 3,000 Meet on Open Lot FALL RIVER, Mass., June 29.— Despite elaborate preparations by the police force here to prevent the Textile Mills Committee from hold- ing a mass meeting of the textile workers, a successful meeting at- tended by about 3.000 workers was held yesterday under the joint aus- piees of the Textile Mill Committee and the American Civil Liberties Union. The meeting was held on an open lot after the owner of tha largest hall in town, the Casino, had refused to open his doors to the assembled workers because of police intimida- tion, despite the fact that a contract for the hall had been signed and was in the possession of the sponsors of the meeting. Led: by James Ried, organizer of the T. M. C. here, and by representa- tives of the American Civil Liberties Union, the thousands of workers were led from the hall to the lot that had been prepared. beforehand, thus catching the police completely eff their guard. After an introductory speech by | the Civi! Liberties Union speaker, Rey. Smith O, Baxter gave a talk in| which he declarcd the meeting a free ane fight and turned it over to the Mills Committee chairman, Ried. Al- bert Weisbord, head of the National T. M. C., a Portuguese speaker and Ried then conducted the meeting to a suceessful conclusion before the city authorities had time to decide to |" break it up. Every mention by the speakers of the necessity of the Fall River work- ers to begin a struggle to regain the wage cuts they had suffered, by join- ing the general strike of the New Bedford workers was met~ with the 1 greatest enthusiasm. Toward the end of the meeting hundreds attending the meeting surged forward to stand in line and || wait fill they were signed up as members of the Textile Mills Com- mittee unit, The union leaders announced that another mass meeting would be held in the same lot, which can accommo- date 7,000, on Monday. ry Million Dollar Graft Ring Form Textile Research Institute For U.S. S. R. WASHINGTON, June 29,—An in- stitute for textile research has been established in the Soviet Union, ac- cording to information made public by the Soviet Information Bureau here. A All state colleges will place their laboratories at the disposal of. the Institute during the time special’ re- search laboratories are built for. them Every phase of cloth making, from vegetable, animal and chemical fibres down to the manufactured piece of. clothing, will be investigated and im- proved on by the institute. ARREST ALLEGED SPY. BERLIN, June 29.—Captain Lem- bourn, a Danish army officer alleged to be a French military spy, has been arrested. at the Danish border and brovght to Berlin for examina- tion. 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