The Daily Worker Newspaper, July 27, 1928, Page 4

THE D. ALLY WORKER, NEW YO NORTH DA (By « Worker Correspondent) BISMARCK, N. D. (By Mail).—| Tn this state of North Dakota where | wages for waiters, HANaOuT'S DEMAND UNION It that y ahen and impressive impromptu bvations” which greeted Hoover’s train on its trip io the coast were organized by C. Blascom Slemp, na- tional committeeman * * is now announced the * Under capitalism the law is sup- posed to apply to rich and poor alike. But if you have a bank ac- count with five or six figures it doesn’t apply quite so vigorously to you. The rich have never had the slightest respect for the law except when they use it as a weapon to keep the workers enslaved. The men who are supposed to enforce the law have even less respect for it. This can be seen from the fol- lowing words of District Attorney Stuart Culbertson of Meadville, Pa., describing the convention of the Pennsylvania State Sheriffs’ Asso- ciation in a hotel at Conneaut Lake, | Pa.: “When wa got there we could hear them cursing. I broke into the place and found them reeling about like a lot of drunken hogs. Jt was the worst mess I ever saw. waitresses and | their full salary. If they are absent H DAKOTA RESTAURANT WORKER restaurant workers are considered high, the waitresses are working for seven dollars ($7) per week. These or not on time they do not receive full pay and find that at the end of the week their pay-check has been girls are working seven days a week | lowered. and ten hours a day in order to get| These workers, like almost all other workers here, have no union Trufood Workers Picket in Rain to help them in their struggles for higher wages and better working conditions. One of the waitresses in making a statement in answer to a question asked her in regard to a union said: “I cannot see what a union could do for us as the bosses‘are all organized and they would fight against us, and there are s0 many unemployed restaurant workers at this time that we would have no chance at all to win out. RK, FRIDAY, JULY 27, 1923 == S’ GLORIOUS WAGES TOTAL AS HIGH AS $7 A WEEK--SOMETIM Just a short time ago I told my boss that I couldn’t live on seven dollars a week and he replied that it was not his fault and that if I didn’t like it I could quit.” However, this is not any particu- lar case as the conditions of these | time. | workers are terrible. They are not} Talk about exploitation, we have | allowed to sit down once during the| + here in North Dakota as devel- jpoeire GAY oe Joe oe: they ae i) oped as in any other state in these | duty and do not get a minute off ess ee |to themselves during their working | United (capitalist) States. . RECOGNITION; PAY INCREASES. Open Shop Scheme Is Checked (By a Worker Correspondent) Owners of the Trufood Vegeta- rian Restaurants are vainly trying their best to break down the spirit of the striking waiters and wait- r While the strike is enter- ing its fourth week the pickets are doing their duty in the sweltering heat as well as in the rainstorms. “Close or Sign Up!” The slogan of the workers is the same as it was the first day of the walk-out: “Close up the stores or |sign up with the union.” Patrons of the Trufood Restau- rants walk down to the picket line and assure the strikers of their Future Fighters for the Working Class by the right wing officialdom at the have been held for elections of aj of capmakers are walking the streets sympathy. “Don’t give up, kids, we Bottles were being hurled about, | won't go in to eat unless the bosses men were fighting and two of them attacked me. We arrested give you union conditions.” The result of this wide sympathy The picture shows a group of young Pioneers who participated the bellhop as he was serving |on the part of the patrons was that ~ in o drill at a recent meeting of the International Labor Defense at liquor [They] destroyed a whole bathtub of bottled liquor which was packed on ice. “They were all in a bad way. I told them who I was, and they asked me to free the bellhop, but I refused. There were at least 40 men in the room, and all of them were drunk.” ( * * * If a worker thinks it’s all a mis- take and that the sheriffs really administer the law impartially in- stead of only where the graft is ‘hickest he should listen to the fol- Yowing words of Thomas Garfield Sterrett, president of the Pennsyl- vania State Sheriffs’ A “To hell with the Di ney of Crawford County hibition, too!” * rict Attor- and Pro- * “We Are Lost” * rf {the Trufood bosses were forced to close up one of their restaurants on 40th St., between Broadway and Gth Ave. The bosses tried to use this event |as a maneuver for their ends and called a conference with the strik- ers. Then they invited them to go back to work without recognizing the union. “Otherwise the Trufood will be closed and will be trans- formed into a cafeteria,” they | threatened. Won't Give Up But the strikers will never |give up their just demands. Those who were freed from picket line duty as.a result of having their restaurant closed were sent to work on union jobs with the understand- ing that. as soon as the Trufood re- | opens, they would be placed back on the picket line. The closing up of a restaurant is |looked upon by the strikers as a | partial victory. It shows them how strong they are with their deter- mination to win better working con- |ditions, shorter hours and higher | wages. H. S. CIVIL SERVICE LABUR GAGGED Must Not Take Part in Electioneering WASHINGTON, July 25 (UP).— The U. S. Civil Service Commission issued a formal warning to all fed- eral employes today against par- ticipating in political campaigns this fall. The commission stated that gov- Cleveland, Ohio. These future fighters for the working class are preparing themselves physically as well as mentally to join in the struggle against the capitalist system. (Photo by George Elson, Cleveland) PLUMBER OFFICIAL GIVES OUT FAVORS WORKERS PARTY IN MINE MEET (By a Worker Correspondent) Many plumbers of Local 463, Bronx and Manhattan, are of the opinion that their president, “Bill” Doran, is a “good” man. “What! does his goodness to the plumbers consist in?” I once asked a member | = of Local 463. reas hye Gets Boss Favors Anthracite Subdistr ict “Well, you know, ‘Bill’ can get more favors from the boss for us Active (Special to The Daily Worker) WILKES-BARRE, Pa., July 26. —Delegates from the Workers Par- ty nuclei in the anthracite sub-dis- trict will meet this Sunday, July 29, to discuss the present situation, to work out plans for the future and to mobilize the Party for the carry- | ing out of these plans. During the past months, the an- thracite Sub-district has showed def- inite progress in its work, as proven by the gaining of about 70 new members, the improved activity of {the membership and the formation of new units, including 5 mine- nuclei. The organization of mine- nuclei is especially important. Experience has proven that the| turning of the Party’s attention to- wards the place-of work does not only put an end to the remnants of la language branch spirit, but it means increased activity in the than any other men in the local,” {he replied. | “Do you think that the bosses are fools, that they give favors for, nothing? Don’t you think they de- mand something in return?” | “You’re all wrong; ‘Bill’ is a good guy,” and that ended the argument. Halt Employment Many plumbers are out of work }now. While they are walking the | streets others are working overtime | jon week days and Saturdays. This |is a violation of the rules of Local 463, which says that no one may | work overtime unless he gets the |permission of the union. In some |places work is also being done on | Sundays. Of course “Bill” Doran | |and the other officials of Local 463 | |do nothing to stop these evils. Now we understand why “Bill”! Doran can get favors from the bosses. Not only do not these fa- vors help the workers but they pre- vent a good many of them from be- ing able to earn a few extra cents CAPMAKERS WIN GANG VICTORY. But Militants Expose Jobless Fund Fraud (By a Worker Correspondent) A ridiculous comedy was staged meeting of the Capmakers Local 1 last Saturday night, which was to executive board. Rank and File Stay Home. The worst elements in the organ- ization, the proud possessers of “life-jobs,” these working bootleg overtime with the consent of the of- ficialdom at a time when hundreds new jobless, were mobilized to come to the meeting. But the great majority of the capmakers, those compelled to come to the bureaucrats for a} job, remainéd at home. When it comes to permitting bal- loting, so that all the membership can have an opportunity to partici-| pate in the elections for union func- | tionaries, that is out of the question Zaritsky and his club-controlled lo-| cals will never permit secret elec- tions and can maintain control only | so long as they know that the mem- bers would fear to be seen register- | ing their vote against the adminis- | tration. | At the meeting it was seen that no one, not a member of Zaritsky’s | club had any chance to be elected | Even those openly speaking against the left wing, but not members of his clique, lost out when the gang vote was “counted.” The cynical railroading thru of Zaritsky’ hand-picked executive board was in no way delayed by the left wing speakers’ exposure of the unio wrecking activities of the Zaritsky gang. J. Schogel, S. Boer- um, Abe Jonas and others assailed the “reelected” right wing executive board for supporting Zaritsky in his campaign to force piece-work and the return of the 44-hour week upon the membership, and also his delib- erate destruction of the organiza- tion by expulsion of all progressive elements opposed to his sellout poli- cies. “Regular Boys,” Exposed. .The militants speaking also ex- pose the officialdom’g criminal neg- lect in collecting the three per cent unemployment insurance fund from the manufacturers. This was con- sciously done in order not to irritate the friends of the right wing, the employers, it was explained. As a result of this the employment fund which provided the jobless with ¢ dole enabling them to carry on, was completely shut down. and Heat: Force Cafe Closure, Correspondent Says RIGHT WING IN Film Record of a Scientific Expedition at the Cameo Ga SNOW’S picture story, “Hunting Big Game in Africa,” now being shown at the Cameo Theatre, is one of the films that) merit revival. Originally shown on Broadway a few years ago it still | stands as one of the best of its kind, | It is a record of two years spent in the African jungles in search of specimens for the Oakland Museum of Natural History. The opening scenes allow a glimpse into the MONESSEN TIN COMPANY BUYS GIRLS CHEAPER Their Labor Costs Less Than Men’s (By a Worker Correspondent) | MONESSEN, Pa., (By Mail).— |Am sending another letter about RAMON NOVARRO a: } { est by the Film Arts Guild makes a trip to the Cameo especially worth- while to the proletarian arm-chair | traveler whose traveling must neces- | sarily be confined between the fac- tory and the home. Charge Bank Official With Stealing Funds last night’s meeting was a special | Work Steady and Save for the Rainy gathering to welcome the co-opera-| Day,” and so forth. A fellow work- tion of the stage unions. ler asked me the other day as we Members of the American Federa- | Ve Reanding | and Foading these tion present pledged the support of | Posters, How in the hell can a fel- the organization. Edward Canavan, | 2%, save for the rainy day, when president of the State Hands’ Union; |*/! he can make goes for the upkeep |Frank Gilmore of the Actors’ of his family? The workers here | Equity, and Joseph Weber of the | roger see tne Most rotten | American Federation ot Montel |conditions imaginable. We do not 1 ees Gn, hails bo att usicians,/ have washrooms or lockers where and to pledge their sup-| we can keep our clothes or wash. At the so-called vote count, the chairman, one of the regular boys 1852 THE SAME ADDRESS OVER 75 YEARS 1928 BOSTON, July 25 (UP)—| Port. ae Charged with misapplication of ap- | : — proximately $30,000 in bank funds, ty | Frederick Salder of Jamaica Plain, assistant treasurer of the United | States Trust Company, was ar- | ee} raigned in federal court on a secret) ———______ ATi cot a pi TAR te = indictment here today. | BOOTH Thea., 45 st., W. of Brwa i | ° y The Heart of Coney Island He pleaded not guilty and was Mais, “Thana cd Thttacees Hii LUNA Battle of Chateau Thierry ordered held uner $5,000 bond. The indictment, containing seven counts, charges that Slater, over a period of years, by negotiation of fictitious notes and mortgages for which cashiers’ checks were obtained and negotiated, converted to his own use the proceed. concluded with a vote total far larger than the entire attendance at the meeting. These are the details of how the right wing of Local 1 achieved a great victory for them- selves. —M. M ernment employes under its juris- diction who violated the edict would be dismissed. If a poor working class mother ae. ak manages to save up sufficient car-| WASHINGTON, July 25—In fare to take her family to Coney spite of the warning issued by the Teldnd on a hot afternoon she can| Civil Service Commission, issued congole herself, leisurely, w yt ly, with such | for the purpose of intimidating the reveries as “I wonder if John is out mine and the union. More mine-| in order to make an appearance that nuclei will lead to a bigger Party | they are living. and a bigger left wing. | CASSELL. | ‘The conditions today are favor- | pee | able for this work. The situation in| | the tri-district. with the bankruptcy ACHADO TERROR of the fake opposition leaders, the | sell-out of the soft-coal miners by| | Lewis, and the increase in unem- MEErRoeouran'savines ba ASSETS EXCEEDING $29,000,000 g Deposits mude on or before the 3rd vi draw interest ai MS tao from the Ist day of the month, Last Quarterly Dividend paid 1 on all amounts from $5.00 Vy>% to $7,500.00, at the rate of Open Mondays (all day) until 7 P. M. Hanking by Mail Soclety Accounts Accepted May Wirth, Phil & Family PARK anew Great serimming B ina’s Great Swimming Pool 50 Acres of Real Fun Keith- Albce CAMEO % is. 1789 CAPT. H. A. APT. H. A. “HUNTING BIG GAME IN AFRICA” THRILUING—AMAZING—REAL and “ARCTIC SEAL HUNT” GRAND ST. FOLLIES | CHANTN' W. of Broadway 46th St. Freeing at 8:26 Mats, Wed. & Sat. SCHWAB and MANDEL'S MUSICAL SMASH | Good NEw | with GEO. OLSE. d HIS MUSIO The LADDER SEATS NOW ON SALE | 8 WEEKS. IN ADVANCE, | SORT THEATRE, W. 48 St. | Eves. 8:30. Mats. Wed. & Sat. Money Refunded if Not Satisfied With Play. Read This First! & Bway DRAMATIC CRITIC DEAD LOUISVILLE, Ky., July 26 (UP). —Henry Tilford Parker, 45 former New York dramatic critic and prom- inent in newspaper and_ theatrical circles here, died today after an ill- ness of 18 months. past his depth? I do hope Mary doesn’t fall off the scenic railway.” Also, if she has six children, she is lucky if she gets through the noon without losing more than two. In fact, dozens of children misplace their parents at Coney Island every day. Above is a group waiting to be called for at the police station. No such problems trouble a rich woman if she ig so indiscreet as to have a couple of children. Her chil- drn are sent out to bathe surrounded with 80 many governesses that at the end of the day you are more liable to be shy a governess than a child. Gems of Learning | John J. Raskob, Catholic, Demo- ératic National Chairman:—‘There comes a time in the life of a nation when men not in politics feel called upon to take an active instead of a passive interest in government.” If you wonder who calls them, remem- ber money talks. ‘Restaurant to Donate Ao Election Fund Drive The Health Food Restaurant, at 1600 Madison Ave., between 107th ‘and 108th Sts., will donate 20 per “vent of its income of today and to- morrow to the Workers (Commun- ist) Party election campaign fund. This has been procured by the mem- vers of Unit 1, Section 4 of the Vorkers (Communist) Party. Some time ago, the Health Food Seataucant contributed 25 per cent if its proceeds for two days to the iking miners. All workers in New prk City are urged to patronize ¥ restaurant for the purpose of “ng in their own drive. ad | thousands of workers holding down low-salaried government posts, the higher post-office officials and the leaders of the Civil Service Com- after-| mission have every year been iden- | tified with the campaigns of their parties in’ organizing and agitating | ployment, together with the attack CLAIMS VICTIM | of the operators, is opening the eyes of many miners. They are answer- |ing with strikes to the offensive) HAVANA, Cuba, July 25.—Con- against the union conditions. They | tinued terrorist activity of the Cu- jare beginning to realize that after | ban police in their campaign against the destruction of the union in the|the workers came to light today on behalf of their parties in power. | ry | bituminous fields, the anthracite Thi i | 2 e white collar slaves employed Twill’ follow: Chey are. becoming by the government are among the and more receptive’to ‘the ines: most exploited and intimidated in | Ore a i alana tac | sage of the Party and the left wing. PROTEST HALTED $18,000 SHORT IN ON GAS MERGER TAMMANY GRAFT Prendergast Rejects'Glee Club Does Its Bit Liberal’s Appeal to Uphold Tradition William A. Prendergast, chairman A shortage of $18,000 in ‘the books jof the Public Service Corhmission, | of the Police Glee Club was revealed | announced yesterday that he has| yesterday after an inquiry conducted telegraphed Morris L. Ernst, attor-| by Police Inspector Lewis J. Valen- |ney for the Public Committee on| tine. Tammany police Commission- | Power in New York State, confirm-| er Warren, whose attention was |ing an earlier rumor that the com-| called to the shortage, refused to mission does not consider his clients | declare himself on the issue before |a “proper party” to the proceedings | he communicated with Mayor Walk- Consolidated Gas Company of New| pretty ladies of filmland in Holly- | York to acquire the stock of the| wood. Brooklyn Edison Company. | The findings of Inspector Valen- Prendergast has been exposed be-| tine disclosed the sale of “benefit” fore this as the city comptroller of | tickets by certain members of the New York, who in 1911, together; Glee Club to owners of night clubs with Mayor William J. Gaines and| and speakeasies and to others thru- the entire city Board of Estimate|out the city. These tickets, it is and Apportionment, was bought up| asserted, were sold “over and over by the traction interests, | again.” | | SHERIDAN, Wyo., July 26—A| STEAMFITTERS WIN UNION. union of federal employes has been DETROIT, July 26.—Steamfitters organized here. The organization| here won a union-shop and better has 60 charter members. working conditions. | growing out of the petition of the| er, who is now cavorting with the | | with the announcement of the dis- covery of a new “plot” to assas- |sinate President Machado. The report, which resulted in the \immediate arrest of Miguel Gon- |zales at Santiago de Cuba, was made \|by Chief of Judicial Police Alfonso L. Fors. | | Cuban police have engaged in a| leampaign of persecution since their |conference with Machado, when} |plans for the present activities are alleged to have been laid. {HOW DOES YOUR | NUCLEUS WORK? | What problems is it con- fronted with? : What questions would you like answered? 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But the “Diary” speaks for itself, Price, Workers Library Publishers 39 East 125th Street New York City child in sympathy with will co-operate fully in We say “read this first,” because this requires Every man, woman and the struggling coal miners our National Miners’ Relief aver ay, Sts * 5 oe a ae more creative. Such ‘ $2.50 and Defense Week. Every subscriber of this paper must take the con- tribution list sent him and collect funds in shop and factory, in union and lodge, from friends and neighbors. Every subscriber of this paper must register with the National Miners’ Relief Secretary or the Inter- national Labor Defense Secretary of his city at once, and take part in the big house-to-house collections on Saturday and Sunday, July 28 and 29. If you have not received a contribution list for this special drive for funds then write us this minute and we will send you one by special delivery mail. Everybody must help just a little more at this most critical period. If the Coal Miners and Their Families Ever Needed Assistance-- They Need It Now! National Miners’ Relief and Defense Week Conducted Jointly by the National Miners’ Relief Commit International Labor Defense | patents Heeler Address all mail and make all remittances to the Miners’ Relief Committee, 611 Penn Ave., Pittsburgh, Penna, whaling industry on the African | | the working conditions here in Mon- coast. From then on the pictorial | essen. The American Sheet and Tin 3 | records of the expedition follow | Plate Company is supposed to start systematically the progress of each | | to work Sunday nights and work till || atep into the: jungles, | four o'clock Saturday. t Modes of travel in the different The company sure can work the sections of the country are an in-| men as they are pleased now with teresting feature: By mule teams, | plenty of men standing at the gates to oxen, to camels, then by Ford | (3 ash wakes the pele ale ent stages are reached the animal | NOVAISIRO! | toy wabh idoubied. (uni) tdansied. ip life of each section is given with| aie Dene wicks Pst startling success. Since this was| Vonly--seeaives, nik aa Gace pay. as the purpose of the expedition, the | “he would if he worked alone. And human life of the jungles is only) Featured in the new film, “A | now when the hot weather is on they secondary. © What there is of it in) Certain Young Man,” now show- | make the workers work every day the films—the native customs and| ing at Loew’s State Theatre. and also make them work on Satur- eee nel a welcome | ~ day till four o'clock, wae ee addition to the story, a they only worked till eight o’clocl Securing specimens is a danger- NEM HOLE wn cba jin the morning. ous task. Leopards, rhinos, buffalo| « JCOME PARTY | “How long will the workers stand and elephants particularly are not| : for the dirty work that that com- willing to give up their hides with-| . The recently organized Associa-| pany plays on them year after yea out a battle. As a result some of | tion of Theatrical Agents and Man-|In the mills here we have the insur- the incidents of the hunt are thrill- | #&¢rs held @ meeting last night in ance and safety first signs all over 9 » ing. A charging elephant dashing | the Fisk building. The organization | the mill. They have posters tacked into the lens is obvious danger. recently received a charter from the| up which read as follows: “Be a The #evivel of Aliist euch thes American Federation of Labor, and|Tight Wad. Save Your Earnings. ‘iy’ }