The Daily Worker Newspaper, September 6, 1928, Page 4

Page Four New Bedfo HAnaOuTS YOUNG WORKERS The sanctimonious Cal Coolidge who went Wisconsin, to fish and attend church grass-hopper to Brule, sto the click of news photographers, has just made a sickening bid for the approval of timid churchgoers by an act which will work extreme hardship on his faithful guide George Babb. The president has or- dered him categorically to stop Swearing. * * ¢ Egg Men Her Meat ek Everyone knows that Herbert Hoover’s ‘wet stand varies from west to east and republican party workers cautioned to have a map handy to know at any time ex- actly what Hoover's platform is in any given locality. Mrs. Wille- brandt lost hers and began to apply Kansas G: O. P. tactics to New York state. Herbie called her on the carpet and told her not to be a child. The rum raids are over now. Above is Helen Morgan who was forced to the indignity of put- ting up $1,000 bail before the mad- ness ceased. This is quite irriating to Helen who could hardly shake that are much out of a butter and egg man| in an hour and a half’s heavy hand- patting. pricy 2 Bossy’s Act prey Newburyport, Mass., isn’t as big as Chicago or New York, but it also has a vaudeville sketch for mayor. Bossy Gillis decided his love for hu- manity could best be satiated by supplying its needs and proceeded to put up a gas station in what is laughingly referred to as he respectable part of the The neople who reside there, who made their money originally peddling pig tron and exploiting girls in their ‘eens, were horrified. Bossy decided the best way to satisfy individual wants is to get a public office, so he became mayor. The council re- fused him a permit for his station 80 Bossy built it without a permit. He was then sentence of gasoline city. given a $30 days in jail. This irritated MM Aiko. now says he will start a paper called “Bossyisms” in which he will regale everybody with inci- dents’ in the private lives of his enemies. All of wh would be a rather mildly amusing Hippodrome for the factory workers if the cost of production was not so high and didn’t all come out of their wages. Peete Gems of Learning Senator Smith W. Brookhart: “Herbert Hoover has handled two Dillion dollars worth of farm sur- vluses. He did it successfully and to the prosperity of the farmers all through the war and for a year and a half after the war was over. His acceptance speech shows that he ‘“nows how to do the same thing in ime of peace.” Another “friend of the farmers” foes out. ae ree | Norman Thomas, 8. P-ite: “Gov. Smith’s speech is a clever wd emotionally appeal to liberals lor support of a program impossible #f achievem cratic part Almost as impossible of achieve- ment as the S. P. program. : M. C. M. THE DAILY WORKER, NEW YORK, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 6, 1928 FROM MILLS LAY DOWN POLICIES Child Labor Delegate Reports (By a Worker Correspondent) The textile youth conference held at New Bedford was one of the most successful conferences ever held in the textile industry in Ma sachusett ft was a very success- ful step towards the organization of the youth in the textile industry. At this conference there were delegates, representing 25 mills, in 5: hi 50,000 textile workers are king for the most miserable wages. Twenty-five to thirty per cent are young kers. There were representatives Fall River, New Bedford, Lawrence, Rhode Island, Revere and Malden knitting mills. The bulk of delegation were from New Bedford and Fall River. Due to the bitter struggle that is being carried on in New Bedford and the beginning of an intensive the mill owners in F the young workers are begin to under- stand the class struggle and the need for organization, and this was pointed out by the report of the T. M. C. organizer, Keller. The conference was a very con- structive one. Very littie time was spent by all the reporters and par- ticipators in discussion in geners izing things. Analysis of local nations and concrete proposals to start work were discussed and plans laid for further activity. Keller Reports. Keller, the first and general re- porter on the T. M. C. and strike leader, reported on the situation in the textile striking regions and the betraying role of the Batty crowd. He further pointed out the role of the T. M, C. and youth activity in the T. M. C. and in the strike. At the end he called upon the confer- ence to send delegates to the Na- tional Convention to form a new National Textile Union, which is to be held September 22, 1928. Edith Slaff, youth organizer in the textile industry. reported on the youth in the textile industry and the need of the youth to organize nnd fight side by side with the adults to organize and improve their. conditions. E. Donelly reported on child la- bor in the textile industry. She pointed out the relation of the ex- ploitation of child labor and public school education. At the end she called upon the youth conference to help to organize the children and win them for the working class. Winn, fraternal delegate of the Young Workers . (Communist) League, pointed out the role of the young worker in the struggle against capitalism, with all its educational and military institutions. He prom- ised 100 per cent assistance from the League to organize the youth and make soldiers of the working class. In conclusion, he analyzed the program and the aim of the con- ference, and then the main thine— to carry on the work after the dele- gates return to where they came from. Terrible Conditions. Very interestine were the reports of the young textile deleeates. You, could notice the exploitation and speed-up system of the youth in the textile industry, the low wages. Jong hours, speed-up system and ork in danger, expecting to get injured any minute from certain machines. A child labor delegate of F. R told of the wages the children get and how early they have to come in, At the end he told the delegate that he is a member of the T. M. ©, and that he is going to get all ‘the children from his department into the union. The revorts and dis- ‘cussions were typical, interwoven with anxiety to find a gates to discuss and report on the conditions in their mills was a sur- 4 Every delegate wanted eak and th's proves of the youth in the textile in- dustry, Resolutions were passed on the organization of the unorganized youth, on Porter. on the youth de- mands, on tex on the new union and on cl labor. What can we learn from the con- ference? First of all it is clear that the strurgle in the textile in- dustry against the low wares and the speed-un svstem has created a basis ta organize and mobilize the youth arainst the mill owners for orgenization and improvements in conditions. Secondly, it demon- strated auite clearly thet the exist- ing union in the textile industry not only failed to recognize the necessity to oreanize the entire in- dustry, but deliberately jenored tha mass of unorganized textile work- ers, among whom there are thou- sands of vounz textile workers, in the most favorable situation It is important to note that for the last f've months of bitter strne- gle in New Redford the vyonth played a very important and mili- tant role. The A. F. las of L. hes never at- t through the demo- tempted and never will ettemnt to | carry on organization work smong | the young workers |knawn to every militant worler as Their noliey is n misleadine noliev. The rte that | they play at present in New Bed-| es rd Textile the ? solution. | Spontaneous desire from the dele- | = : th Conference Is Success, Correspo Arm in Arm With the “Law;” Mrs. Knapp % Mrs. Knapp is third day of the thirty-day sentence imposed on her for grand larceny in ad- ministering the $1,- 200,000 census fund. O, capitalism takes care of its own. Un- der the Baumes laws a person can be held for the theft of a few cents. Mrs. Knapp is in the Albany County Jail, not in the common Florence on the TAXI “BUCKERS” THE PARIS VISIT OF THE ON WATERFRONT VAKHTANGOV THEATRE By Vv. LUNACHARSKY Commissar for Education and Fine Arts. | |[HE SOVIET THEATRE repre-| | * sents an exceedingly interesting Yellow Cab Co, Hogs | 7 ee Its general trend, Depots, Ferries | which has become fully observable | now after ten years existence, is) characterized in regard to its con-| tent by a gradual approach to the) theatrical illustration of the basic WORK WITH COPS (By a Worker Correspondent) Altho no ban has bgen made on cruising taxicabs on the water- ndent Writes ¢ MARC LOEBELL. |front from South Ferry north, taxi jail, but occupying | a room in Sheriff Henchey’s quarters where she is served specially prepared meals. Capitalism | takes care of its| own. She %s said to be indignant at re-| ceiving a thirty-day | term (which she| probably will not | complete) when she | expected a suspend. | ed sentence. PUTTING PA RTY ON | BALLOT IN OHIO By N. SHAFFER. Campaign Manager, Workers (Com- munist) Party, Ohio District. In order to put the Workers (Com- munist) Party on the ballot in the municipal elections in the City of Cleveland, in 1927, it was necessary |to have in the four districts into which the city is divided, some 800 signatures in a district. We started the campaign for signatures rather early, and yet when we were ap- proaching the date for filing the pe- titions, we found we had not enough signatures in any of the four dis- tricts to put the Party on the ballot. In the 1924 presidential election, we did not even make an attempt to put the Party on the ballot in Ohio. With this experience in mind we entered the national election cam- paign of 1928. Organize Drive. Many comrades, when they heard we need 20,000 signatures in order to put the Party on the ballot, shrugged their shoulders. “It is im- possible,” they smiled to themselves, but dared not say it aloud in face of the political importance. We organized the campaign for signatures according to territory. Each section elected a campaign committee with a responsible com- rade for manager of the section. We did the same thing in each local outside of Cleveland. We placed the question of securing signatures at every meeting of the nuclei, frac- tions, section, and even fraternal organizations. 20,000 Names Needed. During the three months the cam- paign for signatures lasted, our ma-| jor work was signatures—always keeping in mind that 20,000 were necded in order to put the Party on the ballot. Now after the campaign for sig- ford and Fall River is a submissive stand to the bosses, and a bitter at-| tack against the militant union of the T. M. C. The A. F. of L. and its branches in the various towns show bankruptcy and gradual de- cay. A very good example is the! Central Labor Union of Boston. At} its last mevings we noticed the| fear of the state officials. Speak- ing on the textile situation they all jTaised the “cry” of the militancy of the T. M. C. against the A. F, of L. The Central Labor Union of Bos- | ton shows its decay in not doing any work at all, members do not |[) attend the meetings and there is no | interest. Myers of the Cigarmak- ers Union, a rank and file delegate, |speaking at the Central Labor | Union, at its last meeting, pointed | out that the A. F. of L. and the | | Central Labor Union are not carry-| ing on any activity on behalf of the workers, and that is why there is/| discontent. He further pointed out | the role of the “socialist” party in| the unions and he exposed them as | the worst betrayers of the workers, The above illustrations need no comment, they are self-explanatory. The only ones that carry on the strugle for the workers, and carry on organizational work among the adult workers and also realize the necessity to organize the youth, are jthe T. M. C. The Young Workers League nas given full support to this work of the T. M. C. The program of the Leacne in organizing the unorgan- ized youth, in spite of all obstacles from the state and the labor fakers, is a correct one. The conference was ginning, but the work has to a good he- be y | continued or else the energy spent up till now will be in vain. The ex- eeutive committes that was elected must carry out the decisions of the conference and fav additional plans. Among the chief things for the ex- leeutive to do are: 1, The popular- ization of the textile youth confer- ence among the young textile work- ers in all textile centers. 2. Local | conferences and youth mass meet- ings to he called and have T. M. C. assistance. Build local youth committees. 4. Intensifying the! activities of the youth in the strike | regions, such as picketing and nar- ticipation in all committees. 5. Mob- ilizine the youth for the sunnort of the New Bedford strike S. WYNN. | natur jonly a few comrades?” s over and we were able to! get the necessary amount of signa- tures, it is necessary to point out| some of the drawbacks with which| we weer faced in the signature drive. | We will take as our object a com-| rade who refused to go out for sig- natures, advancing the following] reasons for it: “Do you mean to tell] me that if Foster and Gitlow are| elected and they go to Weshington| and get $75,000 a year, they will re- main Communists?” He added, “I| don’t believe in this election bunk,| where the Party is going to spend $100,000 for nothing, when we can take this $100,000 and spend it for] the hungry miners, striking textile| workers, etc.” | We argued with the comrade, we| asked him: “Are you in favor of| the Party conducting meeting?” “Yes,” he said. “Are you in favor of the Party distributing pamphlets, books, increasing its circulation of | the Press?” “Yes.” “Are you in \favor of the entire membership be-| ing mobilized for this work and not| “Yes.”| “Then,” we argued, “why not utilize| this political situation in the coun- try, when the workers are thinking| moremore politically than at any| other time during the year, and} speak to them through meetings, leaflets, etcetera, on the issues with| which they, the workers, are con-| jcerned, from a Communist view-| point?” “Yes,” he said, “but if| Foster and Gitlow are elected and| get $75,000 a year, will htey remain} Communists ?” | Get Signatures. | To prove our contention we will| point to only a few comrades at! this time: Comrade Moskogianes, a Greek, who does not speak a clear Enclish was able to get more signatures during this drive than the whole membership during the 1927 elec- tions. Comrades Sisco, Pyotsia, H. Le- vine, Vranovsky, Bonati, are a few comrades in this district who were able to get hundreds of signatures and at the same time sell many Party Platforms and make connec- tions for the Party among. the American and foreign-born workers despite their handicap, |stranger leave the stand. drivers complain that cops stationed along West Street have, for the} past three weeks, been chasing them) into the side streets. This despite the fact that hundreds of people who} want cabs are unable to get them} and are forced to ride in the cabs run by “buckers,” who operate the| high-rate cabs, These “buckers,” drivers say, work hand in hand with the traffic cops, whose palms are} “greased” to keep independent drivers and those working for fleet owners away from the ferries and boat lines, This discrimination on the part of | the Tammany cops has been going on now for a number of years. In- side the depots the open shop Yel- low Taxi Corporation is strongly en- trenched and outside are the “buck- ers” who work off the public hack- stands. Altho the stands, which are established by the city are theoretic- ally for all cab drivers to work from, drivers of low rate cabs who try to work these stands soon find them- selves surrounded by a gang of hos- tile “buckers” who demand that the If the drivers don’t move quick enough, the tires on their cabs are ‘“‘needled” and oftentimes the driver is given a beating by these gorillas, while the cop takes a walk. | Cops Helps “Buckers.” At the Hudson Day Line pier, at the foot of Desbrosses Street, the traffic cops stationed there are said to be very active. In fact the drivers say these cops actually | exerted themselves. These cops, in order to please their “bucker’’| friends, picked up the credentials of a number of drivers. This, of course, | means that the drivers will be un-| able to provide for their dependents | until fourth deputy police commis-| sioner in charge of the hack license bureau sees fit. This may mean) days, weeks and perhaps months. ! ther drivers were summoned to the traffic court for “hacking other than a hackstand,” or “obstructing | traffic.” This to serve as a warn- ing to other drivers for more dras-| tie action. | Not only do these “Buckers” hold full sway over the waterfront but on the hackstands in front of hotels (on the receiving end. phenomena and fundamental prob- |lems of our _ post-revolutionary realities. In order to be able to make full use of theatrical art | past in carrying out this task, we are so solicitous about preserving the heritage of our theatrical past, On the other hand, the Soviet theatre has been looking for a form which would enable the fullest and most flexible representation of the new and tremendous content engen- dered by the Revolution. Now we have already the first manifestations of the splendid syn- thesis in which the fundamental notes of social realism are richly blended with various methods of stylization, fantasy, hyperbolic treatment, etc. Genius of Vakhtangov. In the path-seeking of our post- revolutionary theatre a quite excep- tional role was played by the genius of Vakhtangov. His death prevented him from completing those profound lines which could be discerned in his fundamental productions.’ This re- markable man was constantly en- gaged in seeking for new lines to- wards evolving a profoundly artistic and at the same time essentially popular theatre. The unusually graceful and whimisical “Princess Turandot,” composed of the ele- ments of fantasy, naturalism, and the grotesque; the Maeterlinck play “St. Anthony’s Passion”; the mys- tico-poetical and eerie play of “Hadi- buk,” and a number of other plays produced by him, have served as one of the chief sources for the further development of our theatrical in- novations. Example of Creative Liberty. Fortunately for our theatre, the death of Vakhtangov did not mean the end of his efforts. His young and talented disciples did not become scattered like a flock of sheep after the death of the shepherd. They | continued his work with the greatest success, and in a number of plays paid nightly, and about 6 gortlllas The doormen get paid by the week. Each “buck- er” donates his bit of one dollar. About twenty-five men work a’ night club. Not a bad racket. and apartment houses and the night clubs. Altho it is against the hack} regulations to maintain a “closed| line” on pain of revocation of livense, these fellows for obvious reasons are able to get away with | 1t. In front of the night clubs, where | no hackstands are established, and| where these “buckers” work hand! in hand with the doorman of the) night club, who oftentimes is a well-) known gangster, and who also lends | his hand in slugging up of taxi drivers who try to pick up passen-! gers who hail them from in front of | these clubs. The only “calls” out-| side taxi drivers are allowed to pick} up are the fares who are going al small distance or are obviously| sober. It is estimated that there are about 500 fifty-cent pieces which are low, Workers Party States of America. | Levestone, the achievements of ating Convention. splendidly done. Acceptance Speeches Just Published FORTY-EIGHT page pamphlet con- taining the acceptance speeches of | William Z. Foster and Benjamin Git- | ident and Vice-President of the United Included also is the nominating speech delivered by Bob Minor, Editor of the Daily Worker, and the closing address by Jay Executive Secretary of the | Workers (Communist) Party, summarizing | Each pamphlet carries a plate with the | latest photographs of Foster and Gitlow PRICE 5 CENTS. In lots of 100 or more 30 per cent off. | National Election Campaign Committee | 43 EAST 125TH STREET . NEW YORK, N. Y. All orders must be accompanied by payment ® | | | | | | candidates for Pres- the National Nomin- —TAXI. achievements and traditions of the | In “The Grand Street Follies,” | | now in its fifth month at the Booth | Theatre, | | |they have portrayed our contem- | porary life, taking first rank among |) our social theatres. At the same) time they did not give up the culti-| vation of the art achievements of the past, reaching at times a stage | | of real virtuosity, whilst at the same | |time imparting to their play the} |breath of modern realism, The young Vakhtangov Theatre has aj | femendous diapason, and may therefore be considered to a large lextent a characteristic representa- | tive of our theatre in general. The play which the theatre is now taking |to the West, “Princess Turandot,” | like any other play taken by itself, |naturally reflects neither all the {nuances of the Vakhtangov Theatre |nor all the original features of the | contemporary Soviet Theatre; never- | \theless this old Italian play, con- | ceived in the form of free myth and | jesting, was transformed by Vakh- | tangov and his able assistants into, jan unusually brilliant example of ‘ereative liberty and unrestrained originality in enjoying the art of, | theatrical presentation in genial and/ humorous vein. Perhaps, it is char-| | acteristic to show this splendid jest \by one of the most serious masters | jof our serious theatre in order to | show thereby how far we are from! |pedantism of any kind, and how |little we are trammelled by ten- |dency. We believe that Europe will lyet have the opportunity to become introduced to our more serious pro- ductions, not quite so readily ap- Interesting-- Comfortable Reasonable Via— : LONDON preciated by the spectator, which are COPENHAGEN at time impregenated with the art) HELSINGFORS portrayal of the great and strenuous —| LENINGRAD life of our serious and infinitely MOSCOW glorious epoch. ‘g : Return— BSNY: : i MINSK WARSAW ~ ~ ea —-—___. BERLIN ~ CHANIN'S46th St. W. of Broadway PARIS 2 ats. Wed. SEEN THE LADDER EXTRA MATINEE LABOR DAY IN ITS REVISED FORM? CORT Thea., W. 48 St. Evs, 8:30 Mts. Wed. & Sat, Money Refunded if Not Satisfied With Play. 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