The Daily Worker Newspaper, August 3, 1928, Page 2

t ‘ i territory, { the unionizing of the workers 4 t id NEDICK ORANGE DRINK WORKERS. SLAVE FOR TWELVE HOURS A DAY UNDER ELABORATE SPY y HARVEY O’CONNOR. (Federated Press) Thirst quenchers who the Nedick orange drink stands are Supfiérting the 12-hour day. When they fork over a dime for a drink otal are lending direct financial patronize Nation- Wide Drive Is Now On for the Organization of New Powerful Textile ( Union WORKERS PARTY —_ Sailors Participate at CONFERENCES T0 BE HELD THRUOUT EASTERN STATES Convention in N. Y. Sept, 22-23 A nation-wide dctye is on to or- ganize the ited workers of the textile industry In every textile workers aroused to the need for the new textile workers’ a powerful weapon against xtile trusts. For this mill center of the country are being building purpose the national convention called for Saturday. « Septemter and 28, in New York. Tn the meantime local conferences, to be attended by progressive work- ers and delegates from com: mittees and other organizations among the textile workers, are being arranged. In Boston, at 36 Causeway St., on August 12, will assemble a con- ference of representatives of Man- chester, Nashua, Concord, Fitch- burg, Maynard, Lowell, Lawrence, Adams, North Adams, Salem, Wal- tham, New ‘all River, Providence, Pawtucket, Woonsocket Arctic, Natic, Taunton, Connecticut Valley District, Boston and Black etone Valley District. The Philadelphia conference is scheduled for Aug 5 at 2:30 p m. at 531 N. 7th St., and will take in also Chester, Trenton, Easton, Allentown, Bethlehem, Phillipsburg, and some other towns. The New York conference held at 26-25 Union Square, 4 at 2 p. m. and will have repre- sentation from all the surrounding including Passaic, Pater- West New York, and Shelton, as itself. is to be August son, Rutherford, Corona, Bridgepor well as New York Thé Textile Mill Committee éon- tinues an energetic preparation for The national office of the Tex- tile Mili Comm. , over the sig- natute of Secret Albert Weis- bord,jhas issued a call for the na- tional convention of textile work- ers drganizations, to meet in New York; September 23-23, for the for- mation of a new union in the tex- tile ihdustry. WORKERS STRIKE IN ROLLS ROYCE Reinstatement of Mili- t tant Demanded Continued from Page One Mascot” began to lay definite wans for the organization of a shop committee. That is when the epmpany began to act. They tried > line up the Englishmen in the shop, asking them to spy on their fellow-workers. Nothing was ob- tained from this source. The com- any then began firing for various Yeasons those whom they suspected of being connected with the paper. When it same to Fortoul, department backed him up, de- “manded his reinstatement and walked out when their demand was refused. Competent Worker. Fortoul is one of the best auto electricians in the industry. The ompany has found it out, now, if “they did not know it before. At Present, in spite of a slack period, there are row working in the struck department three foremen, two helpers and -two other mechanics who help occasionally. These men were brought in from other depart- ments, except one mechanic who had been helping in the electrical department just hefore the walk- gut and who is now scabbing. One of the foremen is the head elec- trician of the factory at Spring- field, brought here just for strike- In ing purposes. The house elec- trician, who was supposed to have taken over Fortoul’s work, has ad- initted that he is helpless without the helpers in the department. Prac- _ Heally no work is leaving the shop, d that which goes out is fixed up porarily. Snirit of Workers Good. The spirit of the men is very |. The strikers are maintaining mplete solidarity. The workers of e whole shop have expressed their sympathy. A leaflet distributed Wednesday by the “Mascot” com- mittee for the organization of the Brewster R. R. shop was well re- ceived. An open-air meeting, held Tuesday noon by the “Mascot” group, was successful. Bnt workers say that this is not enough. The whole shop must be brought into this fight for the re- ~ instatement of Fortoul and the men ‘of his department. This is just one of the bosses to kill every or- _ganizational attempt for the. pur- pose of bettering conditions. his whole | THE DAILY WORKER, NEW YORK, FRIDAY, AUGUST 3, 1928. ; 7 assistance tion, over worker disguised nicke shining from school Citizen Soldier Alt over the country the workers to fight their battles for war. The picture shows one electric fan after the to make in camp. The Workers demonstrations thruout the United, of the World War, to protest against the the next conflict. American citizen soldier fatiguing marches which the ice 12 hours a day for 35 cents) This is the highest wage the pays $40 and xepresents the last an hour. If he stays with the job| Ne can hope to get on step. passes the incessant spying of the fountain. But after a few yei The Nedick “juice squirter” must small army of snoope he is he may become an inspector at $30, be bus every minute of the 720 raised to 40 cents. This increase is gradually increasing his wages to which constitute a shift. When trade sed to be granted after six hen he works only 11 hours a|is dull he is busy bagging candy, weeks, but actually the employee y. At the summit of the Nedick polishing nickelware, washing and >» kick long and hard for the scale is the day manager, open to scrubbing. Snoopery is developed 5 ce those with years of e Xperience. This to a fine art in the Nediek “big Aid One : Another militarists training the coming imperialist cooling another with an men are forced (Communist) Party is arranging States on Aug. 4, the anniversary militarist preparation for are them in CLERKS TO AID IN YOUTH MEET meeting, day, Grocery Clerks’ T m thant organization of clerks working in the thruout of the P: Wo various fruit anc endor: city visional Gomr be Labor Second n Conf to Temple, 14th Street Avenue. nich la resulted which of several hun Tho the ‘kers out on s uit union h g on an org: among the fruit gate Avenue distric This is but one of the unions and working class ganizations that have dorsed the call and delegates to the Conference. Mine Workers Burned In Dover Explosion alre en send Youth who will Working DOVER J, * Nine workers were badly k in a fire following an explosion which oc- curred in the arsenal here. The building was destroyed when the 100,000 pounds of smokeless powder went off. A similar occurrence took place two years ago when the naval ar- senal, one half mile from here was destroyed when powder blasted. Gold and Calverton to Debate on “Sex” “Do Radicals Pu This is the subject between Michael Gold, editor of the “New Masses” and V. F. Calverton, editor of “The Modern Quarterly,” next Friday evening, August 10, at the Labor Temple, 14th St. and Second» Avenue. The chaitman will ‘be announced in a day or two. Proceeds from the discussion go to the “New Masses” which recently resurrected under editorship of Gold foot on Sex? of the debate will was the Going anywhere Any time Over any Line ® Tickets over all lines, including Tourist, sold at established rates. Ren-entry Permits, Visaes, good reservations. SERVICES FREE Information about travel to all parts of Europe. — Illus- trated folder on request. |—— COME WRITE OR CALL ——| A. WESSON & CO. 309 East 14h. Oe HE A]gonquin 8254 a) MINERS’ FAIR HERE SUNDAY Strike Film to Be Shown mtinued from Page One historic April 1 con- ® Vivid ce nes of the | covered | WILL HOLD FIRST N.J. CONVENTION Candidates will S Sunday Speak The recent peruan frauds dis in Hudson Ceunty, New Jersey, will give an added impetus to the Ratification Convention the Workers (Communist) Party to be held at the Workers’ Progressive Center, 93 Mercer St., Newark, N. J., at 10 a. m. Sunday? August 5 The Ratification Convention Sun- ot A group of swathes from the in the picture with theirs revolutionary banner. SYSTEM or leases build- stands are located rs stand across) east, the street or push to the stand when the employee is catering to a rush It ings in which its is primarily a real estate buys stand where he y can’t be seen by the cor-| poration. Rewd, (Chen He:tries to ahobe han ae fountain man. He then watches and by shrewd speculation makes the worker or trap him by insulting carefully, reporting at intervals to as much that way as through the remarks into a lapse of courtesy. the man standing around the sale of drinks and sweets at the Elaborate Spy System. nha rent free stands. It employs about Often the snooper works with a The Burnee Corp., which operates 550 workers in metropolitan New small boy, who creeps up to the the Nedick busines Ss throughout the York. Maneuvers and Plans tor Last War Revealed By British Documents LONDON, August 2.—British of- ficial documents disclosing some. of the data relative to the last -war, and which covers the period between 1898 and 1904 have been published today. The documents, which are the most important of the series, dating from 1904 on were not pub lished. What has been published reveals the entente between English and French imperialism against German imperialism and according to the statement of Von Bulow, German chaneellor, was reaily an armed al- 4 liance. The documents also reveal that it had been settled between England and France that if Germany were to invade France 100,000 British troops and 42,000 horses would be landed Yew York Rally @ 4 ACQ_VANTETT| MEMORIAL HERE ON AUGUST 2 iL | a Dh to E Hold Meet | | at Union Square A huge memorial meeting for Sac- co and Vanzetti will be held Wed- nesday. August 22, at 5 p.m. in Union Square under the ‘ auspices of the New York Section of the In- ternational Labor Defense. Preparations are being made on an elaborate scale to make the me- morial meeting in Union Square as large as the historic Saceo-Vanzetti demonstrations last year in the same place. Working class organi- 5 German vessel Tirpitz are shown While they were in day and the Red Proletarian ban- New York harbor the sailors participated in a number of labor quet of Saturday, August 4, at 8 events, including a big rally on the waterfgont. ‘ p.m. will mark thpebeginnins: of a (Photo by P ij | political revolutiof in New Jersey. baile ees This will be the first year that the Workers (Communist) Par will hold a state convention there, and an unusually intense election drive will be launched at the banquet and convention. The banquet, which aill‘the dele- gates and other workers will attend, will also be turned into a demon- stration against the war danger end American imperialism. The date of thé banquet is the same as MOBILIZE ACTIVE CLOAK WORKERS To Launch Intensive Organization Drive that of the opening of the world Continued from Page One War fourtech years’ "SEO. “Scéttliny before, tha active cloak and ae Communist candidate for dressmakers pe hata Zl “Toy, ization drive have struck terror into date ~Tor- Serater, “Will” be the none too courageous ranks of the right wing union wreckers. In a pitiful attempt to discredit our efforts they have been trying to whoop up some sentiment for their own fake organization drive and | among the s Arrangements are , being made at the Workers Progressive Center for free overnight accommodations for those banqueters who are also dele- Pee: ee .. gates to-the convention and who nee, showing mine leaders speak-| oF. from distant parts of the| Shouting that the left, wingtis scab- | ng—John Watt, Pat Toohey, Toney «tate, bing. rich and others. All workers’ organizations, labor), Poor Schlesinger! ese are only a few of the vivid| unions and fraternal organizations But actually, despite their at- ps of the great mine struggle that will be shown at the Solidarity Fair Sunday. Entertainment. there will be a big other entertainment. Russian Balaleika Or- and two Lithuanian Polish children dancers, by the Workers’ Relief an elaborate program of games and sports in which the Frei- heit Soccer Club will take part, open- air dancing and many other attrac- will be included in the day’s activities. One of the chief features will the Solidarity Parade, in which many workingclass organiza- tions will take part. Arrangements have been made to have moving pic- tures taken of this parade. Tickets for the entire day’s ac- s, beginning early in the morn- ing and lasting until late at night, are only 35 cents each. They can be bought at the office of the Na- tional Miners’ Relief Committee, 799 Broadway. Soccer, In addition, program of Music py the chestra choruses, Scouts, be ATLANTIC CITY, N. J., August (U.P.)—Senator-elect William S. Vare of Pennsylvania ‘was reported ‘slightly better” early tonight, but still in serious condition. Vare, who suffered a stroke of paralysis Wed-| ¢. nesday night, had been at his sum- mer home at Ventnor City for sev-| eral months. Take the DAILY WORKER With You on Your Vacation Keep in touch with the strug- gles of the workers while you are away on’your vaca- tion. This summer the Elec- tion Campaign will be in full swing. The DAILY WORK- ER will carry up-to-the-min- ute news concerning ihe campaign ef the Workers (Communist) Party in the various states, Daily cable news service from the World Congress of the Communist International which opens soon in Moscow. Vacation Rates 2 weeks 650 2 months $1.50 1 month $1 3 months $2 Enclosed find $ months subscription weeks to The DAILY WORKER. Name .. Street . City State DAILY WORKER 26-28 UNION SQUARE NEW YORK, N. ¥. tempt to show a brave front, there | is complete demoralization in their | ranks, The Sigman and the Schles- inger groups are ready to jump at| each other’s throats. And poor Schlesinger, who has been ostensibly | left in command while Sigman is | raking in, the shekels at his swell! summer resort in Iowa, is on the| verge of resigning. This same Schlesinger, who on the outside, at meetings, roars like a lion, bleats like a lamb in his office, “Now is the time when the rank and file workers have a chance to build a union of their own. You ac- tive cloak and dressmakers must! show the way. Each one of you dur- ing the next few days must become a propagandist among your shop-| mates and co-workers and see to it that the meeting in Bronx Stadium next Wednesday is jammed. The success or failure of this meeting will to a large extent determine the success or failure of qur entire cam- paign. We have a tremendous task before us, but we have a strong union of the workers to gain if we are successful.” Urges Paying Tax. Boruchovich urged thé active members to pay up their back dues and the $10 tax with which all cloak are invited to send delegates to the convention and to the banquet and participate in a historic event of. the first political magnitude. U.S.S,R WATER EXPERTS ARRIVE Will Visit Leading Cities in U.S. J. Andronov, president of the Borough of Khamovniki, City of Moscow and member of the Moscow Municipal Council, and officials of the Moscow Water Supply Service have arrived in the United States to study the water supply systems of various American cities. The type of equipment to be used for increasing the Moscow water supply will probably be determined as a result of this visit. A member of the delegation is C. A. Ozerov, chief chemist of the Moscow Water Supply Service. The delegation expects to visit during the six weeks of its stay in the United States, Philadelphia, Pitts: burgh, Baltimore, Washington, D.|qnd dressmakers have been asséssed Detroit, Chicago and several to furnish funds for the organiza- shee citie: tion work. He also instructed all the Order a Bundle! Let The DAILY. WORKER help you in your Election Campaign Work. 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). Enclosed find §..........for.. Name Street +++++Daily Workers zations throughout the city are be- ing invited to cooperate, prominent in France within a period of four- active members to be preser.+ = P at th teen days after the commencement Bronx St seta! next Wednesday at ments for hand! oh Fong aedgon Meat ‘ j naling the Iatge: Crowe thes kitinas inweting “elit he ‘toed |e UAp. After Boruchovich, Zimmerman spoke again and emphasized the necessity of all the active members into a demonstration of working class solidarity and struggle against : the capitalist class that murdered volunteering for organization work Sacco and Vanzetti, and to demand during the drive. There were alsoithe liberation of Mooney and Bill- several speeches by rank and file'ings and other political prisoner workers from the floor. The memorial ginally scheduted to be held in a hall, but it was decided to hold it in Union Square where many thou- sands of class-conscious workers will be able to join in a tribute to the two great workingclass martyrs. meeting was ori- REMEMBER AUGUST 4TH, 1914 THE OPENING O¥ THE WORLD WAR! FIGHT THE WAR DANGER! 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, Phil Frankfeld, Albert Weisbord,. Bect Miller, Richard Moore, John J. Ballam, Ben Gold, D. Benjamin, Ray Ragozin, Scott Nearing, Rebecea Grecht, Paul Crouch. Mass Demonstration Saturday, August 4 at 1 P.M—Union Square, Near 17th St. Auspices: Workers (Communist) Party and Young Workers (Communist) League 26-28 Union Square MINERS SOLIDARITY FAIR aAucust § ALL DAY Prieasant Bay Park Bronx, New York Take Lexington Avenue Subway to 177th Street, Union Port Car to Last Stop ~ Busses Will Wait First Showing MINERS STRIKE FILM! Movies. Taken of Solidarity Parade w~ « Athletics : Fogel + Games Other Attractions Galore! CHOY: bs ain’ sls ee -aare'e eit.o.n:0 a 0 ace Ge ROMEO oe PRR Shiga ae N98 CARER