The Daily Worker Newspaper, August 4, 1928, Page 2

sJocsiambl Two THE DAILY WORKER, NEW YORK, SATURDAY, AUGUST 4, 1928. By HARVEY O0’CONNOR. (Federated Press) Thirst quenchers who patronize the Nedick orange drink stands are supporting the 12-hour day, When they fork over a dime for a drink, they are lending direct financial assistance to a low wage corpora-!juice 12 hours a day for 36 cents tion, specializing in mean tyranny 8" hour. If he stays with the job Gvencwuabce’ livekolwhicn “in cae and passes the incessant spying of : a small army of snoopers, he is disguised by marble slabs, shining raised to 40 cents. This increase is nickelware and gaudy fixtures. supposed to be granted after six The Nedick worker, recruited, weeks, but actually the employee from the ranks of unskilled high has to kick long and hard for the school graduates, pumps orange extra 5 cent This is the highest wage the Nedick worker can hope to get on the fountain. But after a few years, he may become an inspector at $30, gradually increasing his wages to $35, Then he works only 11 hours a day. At the summit of the ‘Nedick seale is the day manager, open to g those with years of experience. This pays $40 and represents the last step The Nedick.“juiee squirter” must be busy every minute of the 720 which constitute a shift. When trade is dull he is busy bagging candy, polishing nickelware, washing and scrubbing, Snoopery is developed to a fine art in the Nedick “big | family.” The snoopers stand across the street or push to the stand when the employee is catering to a rush crowd. Then he tries to shortchange the worker or trap him by insulting remarks into a lapse of courtesy. Elaborate Spy System. Often the snooper works with a small boy, who creeps up to the, stand where he can’t be seen by the fountain man. He then watches carefully, reporting at intervals to the man. standing around .the corner. The Burnee Corp., which operates the Nedick business throughout the | est, is 5 primari y a a real estate cor- poration. It buys or leases build- ings in which its stands are located and by shrewd speculation makes as much that way as through the sale of drinks and sweets at the rent free stands. It employs about 550 workers in metropolitan New York. Nation-Wide Drive Is Now On for the Organization of New Powerful Textile. Union WORKERS PARTY German Sailors Participate at New York Rally SACCO- VANZETT| CONFERENCES TO BE HELD THRUOUT EASTERN STATES Convention in N. Y. Sept. 22-23 e A nation-wide drive.is on to or- ganize the exploited workers of the textile industry. In every textile mill center of the country workers are being aroused to the need for building the new textile workers’ union as a powerful weapon against the textile trusts. For this purpose the national convention is called for Saturday. Septemlter 22 and 23, in New York. In the meantime local conferencets, to be attended by progressive work- ers and‘ delegates frem mill 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 Bedford, Fall River, Providence, Pawtucket, Woonsocket Arctic, Natic, Taunton, Connecticut Valley District, Boston and Black- etone Valley District. The Philadelphia conference is scheduled for August 5 at 2:30 p. m,. at 581 N. 7th St., and will take in also Chester, Trenton, Easton, Allentown, Bethlehem, Phillipsburg, and some other towns. The New York conference is to be held at 26-28 Union Square, August 4 at 2 p.m. and will have repre- sentation from all the surrounding territory, including Passaic, Pater- son, Rutherford, West New York, Csrona, Bridgeport and Shelton, as well as New York itself. The the unionizing of the workers. The national office of the Tex- tile Mill Committees, over the sig- nature of Secretary Albert Weis- bord, has issued a call for the na-| tional convention of textile work- ers organizations, to meet in New York, September 23-23, for the for- mation of a new union in the tex- tile industry. WORKERS STRIKE IN ROLLS ROYCE Reinstatement of Mili- tant Demanded Continued from Page One “Mascot” began to lay definite plans for the organization of a shop committee: That is when the company began ta act. They tried te: line up the Englishmen in the shop, asking them to spy on their fellow-workers. “Nothing was , ob- tained from this source. The com- pany then began firing for various reasons those whom they suspected of being connected with the paper. When it same to Fortoul, his whole department backed him up, de: manded his reinstatement and Textile Mill Committee con-4 tinues an. energetic preparation for | ‘ganizations that have already Citizen Soldiers Aid One Another eg it ever the country the American militarists are training workers to fight their battles for them in the coming imperialist war, The picture shows one citizen soldier cooling another with an electric fan after the fatiguing marches which the men are forced to;make in camp. The Workers (Communist) Party is arranging demonstrations thruout the United, States on Aug, 4, the anniversary of the World War, the next confliet. to protest against the militarist preparation for CLERKS TO AID IN YOUTH MEET At its meeting, Tuesday, regular the Union, last r ss Grocery Clerks’ organization of the various fruit and grocery stores thruout the city. call of the Prov’ al Committee for a Working Youth Conference to held on September 25-26, at Labor Temple, 14th Street Avenue clerks working in endorsed the 01 be and Second This union has just completed a strike which lasted many weeks and |which resulted in the organization of several hundreds of fruit clerks. Tho the union mo longer has any workers out on strike they are car- rying on an organization campaign among the fruit clerks. in the Bath- gate Avenue district in the Bronx. This is but one of the many labor unions and working class youth or- en- dorsed the call and who will send delegates to the Working Youth Conference. Mine Workers Burned In Dover Explosion DOVER, N. Aug. 2.—Nine workers were badly burned 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 Pussyfoot on Sex?’} This ig the subject of the debate between Michael Gold, editor of the “New Masses” and V. F. Calverton, walked out when their demand was | editor of “The ey ‘Quarterly, ” refused. Competent Worker. Fortoul is one of the best auto! electricians in the industry. The eompany 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 bfought in from other depart- | ments, except one mechanie who had been helping in the electrica! department just hefore the walk- out 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- breaking purposes. The house elec- trician, who was supposed to have taken over Fortoul’s work, has ad- mitted that he is helpless without the helpers in the department. Prac- vieally no work is leaving the shop, and that which goes.out is fixed up temporarily. Spirit of Workers Good The spirit of the men is very good. The strikers are maintaining complete solidarity, The workers of the 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, But workers say that this is not enough. The whole shop must be Wrought into this fight for the re- | instatement of Fortoul and the men fi his department. This is just one move of the bosses to kill every or- pose of bettering conditions. _ jganizational attempt for the pur- | next Friday evening, August 10, at the Labor Temple, 14th St. and Second Avenue. The chairman will be announced in a day or tw Proceeds from the discussion will go to the “New Masses” which was recently resurrected under the editorship ot Gold. Going anywhere i 2 weeks 66c ° 1 month $1 Any time : e 2 months $1.50 3 months $2 Over any Line ? a Enclosed find $.....sseee+6 Tickets over all lines, including sold at established rates. Visaes, good Tourist, Ren-entry Permits, mservations. 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., N. Y, C. Algonquin 8254 MINERS’ FAIR HERE SUNDAY ' Vivid Strike. Film to Be Shown Continued from Page One Scenes of the historic April 1 con- ference, showing mine leaders speak- | ing—John Watt, Pat Minerich and others. These are only a few of the vivid | close-ups of the great mine struggle | that will be shown at the Solidarity Fair Sunday. Soccer, Entertainment. ‘oohey, Toney WILL HOLD-FIRST NJ, CONVENTION Candidates Will Speak | Sunday The recent election frauds dis- leovered in Hudson County, New | Jersey, will give an added impetus |to the Ratification Convention of 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- day and the Red Proletarian ban- quet of Saturday, August 4, at 8 p. m. will mark the beginning of a |politieal revolution in New Jersey. This will be the first year that the Workers (Communist) Party will hold a state convention there, and an unusually intense election drive will be launched at the banquet and convention. * The banquet, which all 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 the banquet is the same as that of the opening of the World war fourteen years ago. Scott Nearing, Communist candidate for governor of New Jersey, and Al- bert Weisbord, Communist candi- date for U. S. Senater, will be among the speakers. * Arrangements are being made at the Workers Progressive Center for free overnight accommodations for those banqueters who are also dele- |gates to the convention and who come from distant parts of the state. ‘All workers’ organizations, labor unions and fraternal organizations aro invited to send delegates to the convention and to the banquet and participate in a historic event of the first political magnitude. In addition, there will be a hig} program of other entertainment. Music by the Russian Balaleika Or- chestra and two Lithuanian choruses, Polish children dancers, | tableaux. by the Workers’ Relief Scouts, an elaborate program of | games and sports in which the Frei- heit Soccer Club will take part, open- | air dancing and many other attrac- | tions will be included in the day's activities. One of the chief features will be~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- tivities, beginning early in the morn- ing and lasting until late at night, are only 35 cents each, They can be bought at the office @ the Na-| tional Miners’ Relief Committee, 799 Broadway. ATLANTIC CITY, N. J., August} 2. (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 months subscription weeks : to The DAILY WORKER. Name .. Street .. City .. State DAILY WORKER . 26-28 UNION SQUARB NEW YORK, N. ¥, U.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 yarious American cities, The type of equipment to be used jfor increasing the Moscow ' water supply will probably be determined las 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. C., Detroit, Chicago and several | other cities. | Schlesinger, who on the outside, at! A group of sailors from the in the picture with their revolutionary banner. New events, including a big rally on t German vessel Tirpitz are shown While they were in York harbor the sailors participated in a number of labor he waterfront. (Photo by Peter Aprijasky). MOBILIZE ACTIVE CLOAK WORKERS To Launch Intensive Organization Drive Continued from Page One lay before the active dressmakers, “The preparations for our organ- | ization drive have struck terror into 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 shouting that the left wing is seab- bing. Poor Schlesinger! “But actually, despite their at- 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 jiike aie 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 our entire cam- paign. We have a,tremendous task before us, but we haye a strong union of the workers to gain if we are successful.” Urges Paying Tax. Boruchoyich urged the active members to pay up their back dues and the $10 tax with which all cloak and dressmakers have been assessed to furnish funds for the organiza- * 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..... ..Daily Workers Name Street City sonevccre cee vscnnumames State y 0. cloak and active members to be preser.* at the Bronx Stadium next Wednesday at 4:30 p. m. in order to make arrange- nents for handling the large crowd. After Boruchovich, Zfmmerman spoke again and emphasized the necessity of all the active members | volunteering’ for organization work during the drive. There were also several speeches by rank and file’ workers from the floor. MEMORIAL: HERE “ON AUGUST 2 lL, D; to-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 Seetion 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 Sacco-Vanzetti demonstrations last. year ‘in the same place. Working class organi- zations throughout the city are be- ing invited. to cooperate, prominent speakers will address the thousands of workers that are expected, and *|the entire meeting will be turned into a demonstration of working class solidarity and struggle against the capitalist class that murdered Sacco and Vanzetti, and to demand the liberation of Mooney and Bill- ings and other political prisoners. The memorial meeting was ori- ‘laneuvers and Plans ‘or 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, whieh 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 chancellor, was really an armed al- 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 in France within a period of. four- teen days after the commencement of the war. The position assigned to the British troops was marked on a map. ginally ichedulad 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, REMEMBER AUGUST 4TH, 1914 THE OPENIN FIGHT THE 3 OF THE WORLD WAR! 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, Best Miller, Richard Moore, John J, Ballam, Ben Gold, D. Benjamin, Ray Ragozin, pooh Nearing, Rebecca Grecht, Paul Crouch. Mas ee Saturday, August 4 at 1 P.M.—Union Square, Near 17th St. Auspices: Workers (Communist) Party and Young Workers (Communist) League 26-28 Unien Square ba First Showing MINERS STRIKE FILM! Movies Taken of Solidarity Parade ‘Sports « Athletics Dancing - Games ADMISSION 35 _ MINERS SOLIDARITY FAIR aucust § Pizasant Bay Park Bronx, New York Take Lexington Avenue Subway te 177th Street, Union Port Car to Last Stop — Busses Wilf Walt ALL DAY CENTS