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

fast s — pian komen, —— THE DAILY WORKER, NEW YORK, MONDAY, JULY 30, 1928. Woman CAMEL, PRINCE ALBERT. UNFAIR TOLABOR, CHARGE Campaien Against the Bosses Begun THER LOWELI IM, N. C..(FP) Josephine Joyner has been lining up members for the wbacco workers’ union in Winston- Salem’s big Camel cigarette factory that Local 145 w isly voted her its president Women work were pregominant ing which elected 3ut a man nominated anion hall where the k nmense orofits m [ workers put up that buildin, Received Only $17.95 a Week. “Yes, I worked in the R. J. Rey- aolds factory for 14 y Mrs. Toyner said. ‘“‘And when I was fired for belonging to the union I was getting just $17.95 a week. But that was more than most of the 12,000 workers in the tobacco factory make. “When I started in as a stripper { got $5 a week. Now colored girls and women do that work for as low as $2.65 and an average of $7 a week. White and colored” work at the same tables, but the company is airing more and more colored work- ors. They needn’t think they'll beat he union with colored workers, be- sause they join eagerly and are among our best members,” says Josephine Joyner. The Negro union- sts have a separate local. Strike Shortened Hours. Mrs. Joyner’s husband was a to- yacco worker for Reynolds until the 1919 strike. His activities for the anion blacklisted him; so he has be- tome a barber. The three children, the youngest 5, are cared for by a grandmother while the parents work. The 1919 strike raised wages and c shortened hours to 48 instead of 60 for the Reynolds tobacco workers. Josephine Joyner’s pay was $10 to $11 a week at the time of the strike. The union was recognized for about 2% years, Tobacco work is not the healthiest, Mrs. Joyner finds. She herself seems to have retained her youthful good looks. “But it never has agreed with my sister. And one of our union girls looks as though she were tight sick with the t. b.,” says Mrs. Joyner. “Tobacco dust gets all over the workers and the smell is sicken- ing at first.” Factory Disregards Union. “No, there isn’t much else a, woman can do in Winston-Salem. The Hanes knit underwear factory | pays even less than Reynolds and the cotton mills still worse. Even the stores pay only $9 to $12 for clerks.” Most of the tobacco workers are organized, the union asserts, but the company flatly refuses to deal with them. It has fired over 600 white and colored workers. Now the union is beginning its campaign to ad- vertise Camel cigarettes and Prince Albert smoking tobacco as products of a firm unfair to organized labor. SOVKINO FILMS _ IN BIG DEMAND Productions Running in Many Countries MOSCOW, July 29.—The mass cinema which has been developed by Sovkino since the existence of the Soviet Union is being sought more and more by foreign markets, re- eent reports state. Sovkino recently sold a Chinese film, “The Shanghai Document,” to a German firm, giv- ing it world rights. Holland -has purchased the revolutionary film, | “Qind,” and “Soroschinsk Faic,” an- other Sovkino production,” is now ) being shown. in Austria. In addition. to these films, three others, “October,” “The End of St. Petersburg” and “Forty-First,” have een bought by a big South Ameri- ean concern, which will present them in Uruguay, Paraguay and Argen- tina, Many Soviet films are also to be enjoying great suc- “cess in the Raltic States. r ther great successes are being in Manchuria, Australia, and the Philippines. §. Loses Davis Cup Doubles; , July 29—America’s hope of raining the Davis Cup received a we blow today when the French of Henri Cochet and Jean tra prevailed over the veteran d States combination of Wil- 7. Tilden and Francis T. Hun- in the doubles match~ of the lenge round, By the sheer brilliancy of their lividual play, Cochet and Boro- fa defeated Tilden and Hunter, 6: 7-5, 6-2, in a continuation of match halted Saturday by rain. victory gave France a com- ing lead of two matches to over the United States, with ork Soviet Union Vessel to Search for Amundsen Soviet under; er Is Chosen the Head of ITZBERGEN eo. » °° FRANZ & gvoser o 8° LAND Sy ARCTIC OCEAN 3 eran BARENTS SEA going repairs. When the | is reconditioned it will proceed w: sen, celebrated Norwegian explo: who flew to hunt for Nobile and Amundsen is shown in the pictur of which the Krassin rescues were made. which rescued 16 survivors of the Nobile expedition recently, is ith the search for Roald Amuni- has been missing since then. The map at the right shows North Bast Land in the neighborhood YOUTH IN SOVIET UNION HAS MANY AD VANTAGES (This section appears in the Daily Worker every Monday and Thurs- News of young workers’ activities should be sent to: Young Workers York.) oe day. League, 43 E: Street, New _ * Te following letter has been re- ceived at the national office of the Young Workers (Communist) League from a Komsomol nucleus in the Soviet Unio. “Dear Comrades: “On behalf of the Y. C. L. nucleus of the “Pishchevik” (The Food- worker) Works I am writing you this first letter in order to establish a firm contact with you. This is the desire of all the young comrades in our nucleus. We trust that our vontact will be a steady one, con- sisting in regular correspondence be- tween us devoted to the description of the life and activity of the young workers, particularly of the young ‘ommun In this letter I gvill briefly acquaint you with the work of our nucleus in regard to the young workers and to the industry in general. Advantages of Soviet Youth “Our nucleus is an industrial one, nearly all the young Communists are working at the “Pishchevik” Works; altogether there are 58 members in the Y. C. organization, including pioneers transferred from our squads into the Y. C. L. Our nugleus used to be considered one of the best in this district on ac- count of its activity. However, the effect of summer and vacations has naturally lessened the scope of our activities. Just now we are devot- ing a good deal of attention to cul- tural work. The nucleus organizes mass excursions on the Volga to- gether with non-party young work- ers. At these excursions the young people enjoy sport and recreation and at the same time become inti- mately acquainted and closely asso- ciated with each other, whilst at the request of the young people themselves educational talks are or- ganized. Every fortnight there are held general young Communist meetings and meetings of the bureau of the necleus are held once a week. Meetings of Workers. “The questions discussed at the meetings are chiefly concerned with the industry—the rationalization of production, the position of the young workers in the industry, the signing of collective agreements, ete., also questions relating to the interna- tional situation. An interest in the efficiency of industry is taken not only by the young Communists, but also by the unattached. young work- ers. Thus, during the last few months there has been considerable reduction in the number of cases of young workers failing to report for work, whilst seamping has been en- tirely eliminated; the Y. C. nucleus is waging a reientless fight against scamping, and one member was re- cently expeiled from the Y. C. L. for seamping. “T will mention 2 number of facts iNustrating the interest taken by the youth in the industry and in the industral conferences. Only re- cently the question was raised by the apprentices that the apprentices at the candy works shall be taught the manufacture of all kinds of candy, which previously was not the case. Whilst previously they used to break up and burn the old boxes, the young Communists have raised the question at the Industria! Con- ference to take steps towards the elimination of this wastefalness, and the administration has acted ac- cordingly. Youth Day in the U. S. S. R. “There are a great many other litle facts showing the affectionate care of the young workers towards industry. At the time of writing, our young people are preparing for the festivities associated with the “International Youth Day.” You probably know this festival and are preparing for it. Here it is going to be earried out under the slogan of fortifying the defense of our country, and of increasing and im- proving the production in our par- Heular industry. Our nucleus takes active part in the preparations, hav- | ing outlined a number of :neasures, such as addresses at young work- ers’ meetings, short articles in the wall newspaper, an evening at the club, and #0 on, By the wey, we publish a provincial paper for the | i | cessors), to which the young Com- | munists subscribe nearly to the ex- tent of 100 per cent. Requests Letters From America, “We invite all young workers and members of the Young Workers | ‘Communist) League to write us about their conditions in America. We are interested to hear about rour conditions of work and about | e problems and work of your nu- cleus. Yours for Communism, D. ARKHAROV, pondence Secretary “Pishche- Works, Y. C. L. Nucleus, Kostroma, U. S. 8. R. * * * All communications of young workers or branches of the league | to the above nucleus in the Soviet | ‘Union should be sent to the Young Workers (Communist) League, 43 E. 125th St., New York. The Na- tional Office will immediately send these communications to the parties addressed. TELLS OF GAINS IN SOVIET UNION Komsomols Like to Get Letters From America | The following letter has been re- | ceived by the Young Workers | (Communist) League from the | Komsomols of Leningrad, in which YOUNG WORKERS STUDY TO FIGHT School Step Forward in! Class Struggle To Young Worker Section, Daily | | Worker: The Young Workers League Edu: cational Courses began in Hancock, Michigan on July 16th. We are for- tunate in having Comrade Hayes and Rahkonen as instructors. There are forty-two students in all from Minnesota, Wisconsin and Michigan, The subjects being taught are: Sociology, Role and Program of the Communist Youth, Public Speaking. | American History (the workers! viewpoint) and Marxian Economics. We also read the’ Daily Worker Young Worker and the Tyomies, The studies make clear to us, as young workers what our position is, and how we can better our condi-| tions. We are given a true outlook on the chance worker at present and the possibilities he would have in a Communist society. We have interesting lectures, discussion cir- cles and meetings. The students themselves organize the activities | about the school, and thus are given training which may be of help in the future. We have a Discipline Committee. Sports Committee and Wall ewspaper Committee. The Newspaper is to be called Yowles Echo.” The instructors are doing their utmost to have us realize the im- portance of organization of young workers. We must cooperate with “The CLOAK WORKERS SCORE MACHINE OF RIGHT WING Meet Called by Clique Proves Boomerang Philadelphia, July 29.—A meeting of all the members of the cloak- makers’ union called here the other cay by the Sigmund-Schlesinger machine for the purpose of making another of their well-known attacks on the militant and progressive ele- | ments turned into a boomerang when member after member arose and de- nounced in unmistakable terms the union-wrecking tactics of the machine. Expose Fake Elections. The local bureaucrats were pro- voked into calling the meeting by a leaflet issued by the Trade Union Educational League which exposed the fake elections for business agent of the union which were recently held. The leaflet also revealed the terroristic tactics employed by the Sigman lieutenants against the rank and file, At the meeting, not only left wing and progressive workers, but even several of Sigman’s followers, spoke in denunciation of the trickery and | hypocrisy of the machine. The chief defender of the right-wing clique ap- peared in the person of a gentleman who at at one time made overtures to the left wing and been rejected. He has since lost no opportunity to vent his gall on all who oppose the policy of betrayal and union-wreck- ing practised by the machine. | Sharp Replies. | Sharp replies to the slanders of this individual came from L. Seltzer and Asher Libak, two left wing union members, who, together with a number of other speakers, pointed out the sad state of the union in this city as a result of the policies of the the Sigman clique. Shop after shop is slipping from union control, they declared, while the bosses cut wages, lengthen hours and in general do what they please, reaping the fruits of Sigman’s efforts at “rebuilding” the union. OPEN SHOPPERS “WRITE PLATFORM ‘Old Parties Adopted All Demands | Continued from Page One | ination and election of practically Cigarette Factory Union in North Carolina Tammany Contractor and His Puppet WITH WORKERS’ CAUSE”-PORTER Fear Keeps Them “Loyal” to Bosses FORT ADAMS, R. L, July 29.— “You have no idea how many sol- diers realize that they are used against the workers, but are afraid to express their ideas publicly,” stated John Porter, sentenced to two and a half years at hard labor after he told a court-martial that the army is the tool of the bosses. | Porter’s statement is supported by the comments of the soldiers here, many of them declaring that they regard the militant young worker as a hero and that he told \the court-martial “just what we would say if we only had the cour- age.” | “Ready to Face Any Sentence” “I know that my severe sentence was on account of my stand,” says Porter, “but I am ready to face even | any sentence for the workers.” The ‘officers have made every effort to McFecly, sidtamiot Bernard No Me break Porter’s spirit and force him Feeley, director of public safety of, After carrying on a fight in the | to repudiate his views, even giving Hoboken, in connection with the! supreme court here for some time| him to understand that he would be sewer graft investigation being con-| i released within a raonth if he would ducted in Hudson county by a re-| more than 2,600 claimants have won| take back his militant statements, publican legislative committee, is/ $1,000,000 in back pay from this city, The authorities have refused to scheduled to be investigated today], . . | deliver some of the mail for Porter. by Attorney General Katzenbach,| This back pay was won by the pain-| An official letter from the National it is announced. ters in the department of plant and | Executive Committee of the Young Many important officials of Hud-| bee Workers (Communist) League, con- son County, including the democratic | STuctures. gratulating Porter's splendid spirit, protest at the | was not deliyereg/by ou officers. * * The picture shows left to riyht, Governor Alfred Smith, Tam- many democrat candidate for president of the United States, and William F. Kenny, millionaire contractor and heavy contributor to the Smith campaign fund. They are pictured at the funeral of the son of John Raskob, chairman of the Smith campaign committee, who recently went thru a gesture of resigning as chairman, of the finance committee of the General Motors Corporation. | TO PROBE SHADY PAINTERS FIGHT SEWER EVIDENCE WINS BACK PAY Jersey Inquiry to Be Resumed Sept. 10 Conflict in the testimony of Mary But Mechanics Lose} Out Because the mechanics Mayor Hague of Jersey City, are} had entered no official believed to be involved in this |. agen ‘ latest. graft scandal which it hae | ime they were given the lowered been authoritatively predicted, will] wages, they are without legal basis | |surpass the Queens sewer scandal World-Wide Drive for Porter. The National Executive Commit- tee of the Young Workers (Com- in both the extent of graft and the munist) League has announcéd that number of high officials involved | will, therefore, not pay thém their|the Porter case, instead of being There are also indications that +i abe money. ended by his sentence, is just he- direct connection exists between the | - ginning and that a world-wide drive Queens and the Hudson County; The painters had amounts of! will be made te obtain his release bit gaia reoea | back pay returned to them which | by the Rael Eee ; e republican legislative com The International or Defense mittee which is conducting the in-|T@nged from $200 to $2,000. The| 1.” states that the organt#ation quiry into the rival party’s mal-| workers had signed the original pay-| i] continue its efforts in Porter’s odorous graft activities has tem-) rolls under protest. \ behalf. porarily adjourned and will resume! |the investigation in Trenton Sept 10, ADMITS MARINES DEFEND BANKERS ‘Teacher Tells Purpose | of Intervention to fight their case in court. The city ADMITS MARINES | BLUE RIDGE, N. C., July 29.—| In a speech at a student conference |here, Dr. W. C. Jackson, vice-presi- | our instructors and our comrades| Very president in the past twenty |dent of North Carolina College for while we are here, in order that we| years since its organization, which| Women, admitted that the purpose may keep other young workers and| controls scores of state legislatures|of the American Marine forces in _ explain to them how our present/and has been shown to have in its| Nicaragua and Santo Domingo is system of society is wrong. We) pay scores of the officials of the|to protect the investments of bank- | should try to learn the ways of, labor movement. + ers, they tell of the advantages enjoyed by the working class youth of the Soviet Union. : | Replies should be sent to the Na- tional Office of the Young Work- ers (Communist) League, 43 East 125th St., New Mork City. | e “All-Union Leninist Communist Union of Youth (Komsomols) “Leningrad District Committee, “19 Skorohodova St.. “Leningrad, 22, U. S. S. R. “Dear Comrades: “With the greatest pleasure we will correspond with you on the fol- lowing subjects: the labor move- ment, and the Communist youth movement Of the greatest interest for our foreign correspondence, of course, is the work of the Young) Communist League in your city and | country. | “We are the Esperanto section of | the Leningrad Committee of the | V. L, K. S. M. (Komsomols) Our | task at present is to establish con- | nections between our Komsomols and the Communist youth of other countries for the purpose of devel- oping the world knowledge of our comrades, exchange of experiences and propaganda value in other countries by letting you know of our achievements. We must help each other. “We have completed courses in Esperanto and now are beginning ‘living’ correspondence with the Communist youth organizations of the whole world. “The economic situation of the youth in the Soviet Union is quite same work. Young workers from establishing more stepping stones! The platform of the msociation |. Dr. Jackson declared that imper- | for our Communist society. Com-| was officially presented to the major | ‘lism gives a great field for the rades, let us all cooperate and do/ parties by John E. Edgerton, its | b&nker, and that capital invested in our bit for what we set as our goal.| president. Edgerton, it is known, Nicaragua gives a return of 10 per | Rauha L. Laitala, | spent hours with the leaders of both Ce"* Profit as contrasted with four | Box B., Hancock, Mich. | old parties directing the drawing up ""4 ® half per ‘cent in New York. of their platforms. The leaders of | Four reasons, according to Dr. | the American Federation of Labor |J#&son, had caused America to CORRESPOND WITH THE Order a Bundle! U.S. S. R. Letters are received almost daily from the young workers organiza- tions in the Soviet Union requesting correspondence with young Ameri- can workers. -Correspondence with the Soviet Union will enable young workers to get “first hand” information on con- ditions and the achievements of the workers Republic in detail. Those who: wish to correspond with the U. S. S. R. should send their letters to the Young Workers League, 43 East 126 Street, New York City, and the letters will be translated and forwarded to the Komsomol organi- zations in the Soviet Union. To Demonstrate __ Against’ War Calling upon all sympathetic in- dividuals, labor and progressive or- ganizations to join in with its next received about ten minutes from | these parties, “Full Thought” There. Emery announced yesterday that “substantial parts of the associa- tions’ program, and in some cases the full thought were incorporated in either or both of the national platforms.” | Among the planks dictated by the open shop association which has | carried on the most relentless was against the organized labor move- ment, Emery admits, is that of “tax- ation, economy, immigration, mer- chant marine, foreign policy, gov- ernment competition with business |and reorganization of government | departments.“ Both Alike, ¥, the republican party platform “meets the urgent demand of in. dustry to open up revision to apply to the free lists; while the demo: cratic platform makes political his- In the tariff planks, Emery says, | Let The DAILY WORKER help you in your Election Campaign Work. “embark upon a policy of economic imperialism.” These were: Surplus production, necessity of the finding and holding of new fields, develop- ment of transportation facilities, | demanding an ever increasing vol- | ume of goods to transport, need of |the United States manufacturers for | raw products, such as rubber from |the tropics and the surplus of cap- | | ital in America (despite the millions | of unemployed workers) seeking | jnew fields for investment. | Enclosed tind $. a DETROIT, Name Order a bundle to distribute and sell at your open air meetings, in front of factories and at union meetings. Special price on Daily Worker bundles during election campaign. $8.00 per thousand (regular price $10.00 per thousand). SC ae -++++--for........Daily Workers (FP) July 29,—A union catering service, plain or fancy | according to the purse, is offered by Cooks & Pastry Cooks Local 284. Pienics, banquets and special gather- | | ings are served. Banquets up to | 1000 plates are handled. Street .. + stecene UES as Biase CES Cos Sina op SMO wpe els kenge | . REMEMBER AUGUST 4TH, 1914 en, THE OPENING OF THE WORLD WAR! demonstration against the war| danger, the New York branch of the | All-America Anti-Imperialist League tory and cites the necessity for pro- | tection to maintain ‘legitimate busi- | ness and a high standard of wages | FIGHT THE WAR DANGER! yesterday announced that it would hold a meeting Saturday, August 4 at Battery Park, South Ferry dur- ing the noon hour. The last demonstration of the oj | ganization held on July 3, was il- out to a number of demonstrators by for American labor.’ ” 'NO VACATIONS good. The young workers do not legally broken up by the Tammany | receive-less than the adults for the | police and jail sentence were meted | FO US, MARINES 16 to 18 work four to six hours Magistrate Gotlieb under orders, it| daily. They receive a month’s va- cation with pay every year. “All workers who are ill receive without charge accomodations in the rest homes at health resorts. Expenses are paid by the trade unions and the government. “At the present time, many fac- tories have introduced the seven- hour day. In Leningrad, the ‘ge clothing factory, ‘Volodarsky,” in- troduced the seven-hour day May 1. “In other letters, we will write is believed, of the democratic admin- istration. r “The coming meeting will be held -as scheduled,” Harriet Silverman, | secretary of the New York branch |declared. “Our League and the American workers will not be pre- | vented from demonstrating their op- | position to imperialist war.” | revolutionary struggles, and perse. |eution of the workers. | “We await your reply. We will ‘Bosses Not Grateful +» for “Protection” | WASHINGTON, D. C., July 29.— Due to the demands of American imperialism for profits and protec- tion of investments in the colonial | | countries, the marines will be minus their “furloughs” this year. No vacations will be given to the | more about the living conditions in reply in detail to any questions you) marines who are protecting Wall Leningrad and in the Soviet Union. “Write us in detail about your work, tasks, salaries, the work of the Communist youth nuclei, the general tasks of the Communist may wish to ask. “With fraternal greetings, “Komsomol Esperanto Section, “Correspondence Department, “Leningrad Committee, V. L. K. S. | Street interests in Nicaragua and China, and the number of | usual number, in spite of the ex- tremely unpleasant life and hard- “fur- | loughs” will be less than half the PROTEST AGAINST GUNBOATS IN CHINA MARINES IN NICARAGUA PLOTS AGAINST THE SOVIET UNION | Down With Capitalism—Breeder of Wars! SPEAKERS: | ‘ Ben Gitlow, Robert Minor, M. J. Olgin, | Nastia € Phil Frankfeld, Albert Weisbord, Bert | ; Miller, Richard Moore, John J. Ballam, se a ae A ‘ Ren Gold, D. Benjamin, Ray Ragozin, Scott Nearing, Rebecca Grecht, Paul Crouch. i} . Mass Demonstrrtion Sunday, August 4 at 1 P. M--Union Square, Near 17th St. Auspices: Workers (Communist) Party and Young Workers (Communist) League 26-28 Union Square ‘singles matches left to play youth of your city and country, the, M. (Komsomols).” i ships in the Tropics, ‘young workers. “Smena’” (the Sue-. 7