The Daily Worker Newspaper, October 1, 1928, Page 4

Vege Four THE DAILY WORKER, NEW YORK, MONDAY, OCTOBER 1, 1925 Police a EFFORTS ¢ COME AFTER ATTACK ON MINE MEET South Slav Fraction Defies Jingoes (By a Worker Correspondent) PITTSBURGH, Pa. (By Mail).— The police and patriots are bus in Pittsburgh, as well as in the other cities in other states. They have decided that they will not allow any Speeches even when the speeches are made in halls. The South Sla- vie fraction of Pittsburgh held a meeting Sept. 16 in the Polish Hall, at the corner of 46th and Plummer Sts., with Comrade S. Zinnich, the editor of Radnik, as the speaker. The meeting turned out to be a de- bate between Comrade Zinnich and two reactionaries who recently re- turned from a visit to Jugo-Slavia and the Soviet Union. The two re- actionaries, Steve Polyak and J./| ¥Yagovich, not only condemned the Soviet government, but stated that they would inform the government on every South Slav they knew who was in this country contrary to the laws of the country. In fact, these two reactionaries gave every evi- dence that they had begun their in- forming in Riga while they were in Europe. While the meeting was still in Progress a real estate dealer by the name of Jacob B. Mance called the police and the meeting was broken up, in spite of the protests of the workers present. Smash Up Second Meeting. The second meeting broken up Was srranged by the Central Bal- kans Committee, at Bohemian Hall on Sept. 18. Comrade S. Zinnich was to be the speaker. However, even before the speaker had a chance to begin to speak the police, under a police sergeant from the north side police station, came into the hall and informed the commit- tee that no meeting could be held. Zinnich and the commitee told the police that permits were not needed and that he would call an attorney. But to this the sergeant. said: “No attorney is going to dictate to us; we will tell you when you can hold meetings.” This came after the breaking up of the National Miners’ Convention and after the promise of heads of the police and public safety depart- ments, Walsh and Clark, had prom- ised a committee that visited them | that meetings could be held. The} breaking up of the meetings is be- ing taken up by the International | Labor Defense and the Civil Liber- ties Union. W. J. WHITE. and Profess ional Anglo-American Female ‘Reactionary Great Britain holds few more bitter reactionaries than Lady Astor, American product of southern slave-driving landholders, and | wife of an expatriate American millionaire who purchased a British title. She is shown arriving with her daughter, Phyllis, in the United | States, the country from which she collects the other part of her in- | come. WOMEN GRIND OUT | leaders” |tion workers. |done with | the workers refused to fight. |was a spontaneous strike in which | many | casualties, there were meetings to which workers came and were pun- | Patriots Try to Break Up Communist Meeting in Pittsburgh RAPS TAMMANY MAYOR'S PALS Civic Repertory Opens Tonight; ROOF OF HOVEL FOR SELL OUT OF TRACTION MEN Workers Fighting for Real Union (By a Traction Correspondent) Now that the New York “labor Smith and Tammany it would not be untimely to ask them a question in regards to a union for the trac- What the Traction Workers Union? Why don’t they take the union out of the vest pocket, where have | ic was mislaid, and do a little organ- They cannot say that | izing now? There traction workers suffered ished for it. What have the “leaders” done? | They shooed aside the local leaders in whom the workers had confi- |dence, they killed the initiative of Ld VES ON ON = ORD BELT. Increasing numbers of women are! now employed in the auto industry, lowering s of the men and with them suffering all the evils of the speed-up and This is one of the aspects of the situation today among the auto workers, ac- cording to Robert W. Dunn, labor economist, writing in the October issue of the “Labor Defender,” monthly workers’ pictorial. a “Here, for example,” he writes, “is a picture in the Detroit Free Press of August 26th, headed: ‘Packard Perfects Paint Device— She Replaces Ten Men.’ A girl shown using one of the new devices that can paint stripes on bodies ‘faster than could half a score of men wielding brushes.’ Not only does this invention mean the firing of ten bread-winners. It means hir- ing a girl who gets 35 cents an hour in place of men who received $1.75 an hour. “The workers in this industry have no organization and hence no measure of economic freedom. They live in constant fear of losing their jobs. An official of the Y. W. C. A at Flint told us recently that the girls making $18 to $22 a week in |the General Motors plants in that |city were afraid to tell the amount GOP CONVENTION of their wages, or to describe their conditions of employment, even to .the sympathetic investigators of hat organization. ‘Girls have been CONCEALS ISSUE Power and Traction Gang in Control Continued from Page One water power resources of the state to a subsidiary of the General Elec- trie Company. | Another “Public Servant.” For lieutenant governor, the par- ty named Charles C. Lockwood, one of the members of the New York State Transit Commission, bank di- rector, friend of the Metropolitan) Life Insurance Company, and said to have made a half million dollars during the last year in connection with tips given him by Samuel Un- termyer. Alanson B. Houghton, ambassador to Great Britain, was named for U. §. senator, to give an “interna-| tional” flavor to the slate; Harry B. Crowley, of Monroe was named for associate judge of the court of ippeais. The big stivk of the convention was Edmund Machold, new republi- ean leader of the state and big pow- er magnate. Big Business Platform. 4 On water power the platform as- Yserts its adherence to the “republi- can policy as heretofore declared in “its platform.” On labor it makes ‘elaim to having written the compen- _ sation laws without, of course, stat-| ing that its own Industrial Survey ‘Commission is now moving to re- peal these laws ineffectual as they Al Smith also claims credit fe patie through this same law. r issues are similarly misrep- ne No mention is made of in fear that the New sentiment for modification be alienated by the national a Ernest J. Penderleith, former of the Calvary Baptist here, has been found guilty ecclesiastical court of charges orality involving six girls of yanuel Baptist Church, ag C., where he served re- fired for talking too much about such matters,’ this official told us. Spies at Work. “Spies are used by all the com-} panies. We find them even boast- ing of it. Here, for example, Ford employment office telling a group of student troit this summer in reply to a ques- tion as to whether the company used spies, that ‘the Service Depart- ment covers a multitude of sins.’ ‘This employment man boasted that he himself had been instrumental a few months ago in ‘weeding out agi- tators.’ As he put it, ‘we got the , information and we cleaned them out.’” Wage cuts, occupational diseases and dangers and unemployment are also part of the grievances of the auto worker, Dunn says, The pic- | ¢ ture presented, however, is not one of desp; “In spite of all these methods to block unionization shop papers are issued, and the Auto Workers’ Union is carrying on consistent edu- cational work in front of the Detroit plants. Sporadic strikes of work- | ers indicate the unrest among the workers. No amount of welfare work, grop insurance and company athletics, now used by some of the companies, will be able to blind the workers to the fact that conditions | Special They must r that organiza- road out of their are growing worse. learn sooner or | tion is the one present difficult: illustrated | The article is with three unusual photographs of the “Belt” speed-up system in the Ford | factory, showing both Negro and white workers equally exploited “on| production.” Batty Gang Trying to Sell Out Strike Continued from Page One meetings we held all last week in Elm Rink sh that the mass of| the strikers are supporting us. At} every session a vote was taken on| the five per cent wage cut and on| every occasion it was unanimously against acceptance of the cut. “The strikers are opposed to oe cepting the wage cut and are termined to continue the strike a they are victorious, The T. W. U.| will lead the workers of New Bed- ford to victory.” | Pinto Arrested. | A. C. Pinto was arrested this) morning at the Page Mill. Pinto| and Murdoch, who was arrested last night, were this morning fined $20 each by Judge Milliken. The editors of the New Bedford| Standard, Times and Morning Mer- cury e been called to the office} of the Citizens’ Mediation Commit- tee and were instructed to support the wage cut plan. They were fur- ther told to bar all news of T. W. U, activities, such as that published in local papers in the last few days. reference was made to stories telling of great rallies at Elm Rink. Doctor Scores Ousting of Young Negro Nurse The ousting of Gladys L. Catch- ings, a Negro nurse, from classes at the Sloane Maternity Hospital | workers |the rank and file by bandying the | issue among themselves, the soma | pany and their dear litle Tammany | |mayor. Now they slyly hide the is- sue in a vest pocket and the dough, probably, in a larger pocket. Well, do the traction workers have a union? What became of all \the meetings and organization work? Is a Tammany victory more | important than a union for the} traction workers? And are traction | satisfied to keep quiet and \let them get away with this? Why not get up an election cam- |paign committee of traction work- ers, or ex-traction workers, if you |cannot get workers stout enough to take chances about their jobs, and see if you cannot ferret those little | politicians out from their convenient holes on this issue? is a good chance for those who have | some contact with traction workers | to do some good for the Party and | perhaps lay the foundation for a |real union. I hope that the Work- ers Party will take advantage of | this situation. WwW. M. ‘SPEED WORK WORK OF ‘DAILY’ BAZAAR Women’s ~ Council Meet Tonight Continued from Page One to| members are aiming to far surpass this sum. Paes Autos, Trucks, Wanted. | Automobiles and trucks are needed by the Daily Worker-Frei heit Bazaar Committee. All sym- pathizers who have any that they) can,lend to the committee are re- quested to come to the office, 30 Union Square, at any time during | the day or evening, Carpenters, Sign Painters. | Carpenters and sign painters who/ can volunteer their services are re- quested to report to the office of | the Bazaar Committee. | "=f 8 Last Call For Greetings, Names | The souvenir bazaar program is| have come out stoutly for | they | Surely, here | | del aria, a German group, a French was characterized as “another flag-| already in print. The Bazaar Com-| rant which Negroes are forced to suf-|the printer to hold up the final) fer in the United States, by Dr. W.|closing of the forms so that late-| G. Alexander, executive secretary of comers may have their greetings and | the National Medical Associatio1 ,| Red Honor Roll names included. | the national Negro doctor's organi-| The bazaar office will remain open | zation. |today and tomorrow until midnight If the Sloane Maternity Hospital|to receive additional greetings and | does not soon revoke its action, or| honor roll names. make, redress for it, Miss Catchings * oe example of social atrocities” mittee has made arrangements with | has signified her intention of bring-| ing suit. LOCOMOTIVES FOR MEXICO The National Railways of Mexico has sp just placed an order for six -ton locomotives the Mallet » with an American firm. of Settle For Tickets; Bring Articles. All tickets must be settled for by | tonight, the Bazaar Committee an- |nounces. All articles must be in the ommittee’s office no later than Wednesday night. Thursday morn- ing the booths will be stocked up and put into shape. THE PLATFOR of the CLASS STRUGGLE of the NATIONAL PLATFORM WORKERS (COMMUNIST) PARTY 64 Pages of Smashing Facts—Price 10 cents NATIONAL ELECTION CAMPAIGN COMMITTEE Workers (Communist) Party of America 43 East 125th Street, New York City Make checks and money orders payable to Alexander Trachtenberg, Treas. CLEAN UP IN PHILADELPHIA : ‘Get Fat ‘Contracts, Is Charge (By a Worker Correspondent) PHILADELPHIA, (By Mail)— \George C. Klauder, former law | partner of Mayor Mackey, has been |a very active man since the mayor | was elected. First of all he is president of oe Philadelphia Surety Co., which . the agent in this city of the Union Indemnity Co. of New Orleans. | recorder of| || James V. Hazlett, |deeds and chairman of the repub- lican city committee, which also dominates the democratic organiza- |tion in this city, is vice-president of the same company. Supplied Bonds. This company supplied nearly all the bonds on the municipal contracts and also for the city officials, who evidently know only too well on which side their bread is buttered. All of which does not look so well) to the city comptroller and his de-| partment. The city comptroller has| had the mayoralty bee buzzing| around him for some time. And to make things worse the | Union Indemnity Co. neglected to file a semi-annual report which is | required by law. So the comptroller’s office threat-| ened to hold up all contracts bonded |by the company. Finally a report | was filed. ‘Fat Contracts. Then it was discovered that) George C. Klauder was attorney for | the Keystone Machinery and Equip-| | ment Co., and the Philadelphia Con- tracting and Machinery Co. He was also vice-president of the Good Roads Equipment Corporation. All of these concerns have been getting the contracts from the | municipality and some rivals have {complained that tho they were the |lewest bidders, nevertheless Klaud- | er’s concerns got the contracts. And there seems to be a considerable difference, too, between the bids of |¥lavder's affiliated companies and | these of other concerns. Start “Probe.” | &c |is going ahead with a general in- vestigation of all municipal con- tracts awarded where there has been | specifie complaint. His honor, the mayor, of course | denies any favoritism. But it is dif-) | ficult to forget that it was not so| |long ago that his honor was a law | partner of Klauder’s. | In the meantime the city of Philadelphia has lost much money |and this affects every worker di- | rectly and indirectly in some way. | Philadelphia is the same city as slvays, corrupt in ever}! possible | way. —C. RABIN. William Haines in his new star- ring vehicle, “Excess Baggage,” con-| |tinues at the Capitol Theatre. This| is a filmization, by Frances Marion, of the stage play of the same name. Watt W. Webber, tenor, at his re- cital in Town Hall on the evening of October 9th, will present a Han-| group and an English group. Ernest Davis, tenor, and the Rus- sian basso, Ivan Steschenko, will ap- | ton, Joseph Wagstaff and Ina Hay- now the comptroller’s office) Hampden Season on Thursday Tee will be an interesting week in| the theatrical world, on the main, |highway called Broadway, for no| less than nine new productions are | | scheduled for first showings. Of) these, the Civic Repertory Theatre| and Walter Hampden’s opening play | should make this a banner week. | The Civic Repertory will open | their season tonight with “The | Would-Be Gentleman” Anstey’s adaptation of Moli- ere’s satirical com-| edy “Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme,”with John Eldredge, Beatrice de Nee- gard, J. Blake Scott and Jocelyn Gor- den in the chief roles. Miss Eve Le Gal- lienne will play the leading part in the} second new play by | the same group, opening on Thurs- day in “L’Invitation au Voyage,” | by Jean Jacques Bernard, translated | from the French by Ernest Boyd. Of | revivals, two, Sierra’s “The Cradle | Song” and Ibsen’s “Hedda Gabler” presented last season, are scheduled to be shown during the week. : Eva le Gallienne “Billie,” George M. Cohan’s mu-| sical play, in which Polly Walker | is starred, opens at the Erlanger to- | night. Other players include: Robin-| son Newbold, Val and Ernie Stan-| ward, Another opening this evening is at the Garrick Theatre, where Sir Nigel Playfair’s play “When Crumm- les Played,” will be presented with! the following cast: Halliwell Hob- bes,. Nell Carter, Hugh Miller, Maureen O’Moor, Nancy Bevill and Hilda Plowright. “The Command Performance,” by C. Stafford Dickens, opens at Klaw Theatre on Wednesday. The cast) includes: Ian Keith, Jessie Royce Landis, Charlotte Granville, Hubert} Druce and Beatrice Terry. William Hodge will return to} Broadway in his mystery play| | Robert Lively. | been on tour, having played continu- MINOR WATSON KILLS CHILD OF ARMOUR SERF Tiny Shelter Houses Family (By a Workers Correspondents) OMAHA, Neb., (By Mail).—Irene Gaylord, aged four, daughter of Wilbur Gaylord, Armour Packing House worker, was killed when the wind blew the roof off their tem- porarily constructed hovel recently. Gaylord with his wife and six chil- dren had been living in a basement with a poorly constructed roof to shelter them because they were too poor to build a more substantial home. All narrowly escaped death when the debris from the roof covered the beds in which they were sleep- ing. The little girl’s head was crushed by a falling chimney. The family is now being cared for by neighbors. The father is not : even able to work because of an ac- Featured player in “This Thing cident at the packing plant last week Called Love,” Edwin Burke’s com-|Which injured his left leg. edy a tthe Maxine Elliott Theatre.| The storm did much damage to many of the poorly constructed and “SUNNY DAYS” AT THE | ‘dilapidated houses in the working CENTURY THEATRE. |class sections of the city. The Gay- “Sunny Days,” the musical com-| | lord family lived in Hillcrest, a sub- urb of South Omaha, where hun- i A |dreds of the families of workers ody which ran at the Imperial the-| who slave in the packing houses live uae ges Cees theatre tee | RUS house workers resire aU |$16 to $18 a week for long hours limited engagement beginning to- | under deplorable working conditions Bight ae ae Nen ts fonsured 1) Ty han nat been reported that any e cast, which, among others, in-|o¢ the strongly built expensive cludes Douglas Leavitt, Jack Shee-| homes of the rich parasites in Dun- dan, Mildred Keats, Gattison Jones,|dee were damaged. Here most of Audrey Maple, Ruth Lockwood and/the exploiters of labor in this city “Sunny Days” has) live. —ROY STEPHENS. ously since its departure. _ Walter Hampden will begin his “Pleasure Man,” the new comedy | season in a new play, “The Light of drama by Mae West, comes to the! Asia,” based upon the life of Budd- | Biltmore Theatre tonight. ha and written by Georgina Jones | Walton, at Hampden’s Theatre next At the Booth Theatre tomorrow Thursday evening, playing the role |night, Edgar Selwyn will present|of Prince Siddartha, afterward the his new comedy “Possession,” with| Buddha. There will be a musical Margaret Lawaence, Edna Hibbard | setting composed by Elliott Schenck and Walter Connolly in the cast. on Hindu themes. “Straight Thru the Door,” opening} jon Thursday at the 49th Street The-| | atre. Rita Neve, English pianiste, will | give a recital at Town Hall October | | 18. | Vaudeville Theatres This is the second week of the comedy star, Jack Pearl, with Chas. Marsh and Billy Harris and Winfred | | Pearl, in “The Flirtation”; Frankie. | Heath; “A Night at the Club,” with, Hollis Devany; Fuzzy Knight; Hal Jerome and Gloria Gray; Felovis. | Ne Sa | PALACE— | | | BROADWAY— Harry J. 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