The Daily Worker Newspaper, October 18, 1928, Page 4

B Two Phila. Grafters Page Four THE DAILY WORKER, NEW YORK, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 18, 1928 Newspaper Plants Try to $ litarist Meets U. S. Militarist German Mi USE INSURANCE, BONUS PLANS TO KEEP MEN DOCILE Workers Pay Dearly for Crumbs Worker Correspondent) country, of “friend- have the mo photo shows Capt. Hugo Eckener, commander of the German what milita militarist dirigible Graf Zeppe and Admiral Moffet, American Be officials w pahesee a a Jingoist. Both are being primed by the financial interests of their ty countries to lead in the slaughter of workers in the next imperial- ist war. ul all but a thing o be taken ‘ ai man feels Correspondent) nd, William Randolph the fellow who puts ‘all the pay-envelope, looks welfare eerne + ter our 0 carefully and This probabl sees to it that we keep our nose to Maen von t , the grind-stone and our minds in magnani Y pr eas “Benevolence.” How does it happen that our dear = But how does this thing work? /ftiend and employer, Mr. Hearst, Deca on ac during the great Who all his life has been a democrat WE dup epid the Times de. @nd has been elected to a office: as sided to pay checks instead of cash |® democrat, has now seen the light Me A vote of th of the true faith of Andy Mellon Seken ari f accepted checks |and the Ohio Gang? Does the leo- while the rest ded cash money. | Pard change his spots? Not a leo- Sesh’ men shortly fell ill. The | pard of Mr. Hearst’s kind. He just me who had taken checks was calls them by a new name. for the time I his illness; Heads or Tails? the other did r ve a cent.’ Hoover or Smith—heads and tails When inquir © made, the in-| of the same coin minted and owned Ochs | by Wall Street. Whichever wins, omever}the printers and all other work- ers, working class loses. Whichever ee Hearst knows that his profits S, ad wit is safe to say, neverthless, that |0N't suffer and that his wage- he attempt to break the power of | !@Ves will get just as little of those he union has failed. And the work- | Profits as they do now. ors. reali all they get in|, Looking over into the camp of ‘magnanimity” they have produced, | the blushing “progressive,” our own which by 2 ewe of fight and jus- Al Smith, chief servant of one of tice should belong to them. | ~—_the_ most corrupt, most labor-hating political machines in the history of the country—Tammany Hall, we see another old friend of all printer Major George Leonard Berry, pr dent of the International Printing Pressmen’s Union has been selected to serve on the democratic national committee to sell the labor yote to Speed-Up Shop. The I'imes is regarded as one of the speed-up shops. The operator who does not come up to the exnec- tations or the handman who does ot carry a pair of ler skates with him gets little encouragement from the office. wall © 4 The Herald Tribune resorts to a| Wall Street. This is the eon ene bonus system to keep the slaves |“ arted out as international president ‘docile. The typographical union With not a cent to his name and as has ruled against. the paying of @ result of 20 years of hard work| onuses ever since the establishment Md devoted service managed to salt tee time . but still it ex- 2Way about a half million dollars, sts in sor or other, The in addition to acquiring. much land, one on this somewhat dif- | Property and ownership in several BE fro hat pre- | business firms, sails in Chic: you work Two Fakers. Major Berry, one of the worst traitors, grafters and fakers that the what you have American labor movement has pro- en a percentage | duced, supports Al Smith. nid William Randolph Hearst, the specified champion yellow journalist, Ameri- he expe at ca’s most consistent liar and war- i Oe aeibevo Focketellue oF monger extraordinary supports hardest and pays | ‘erber’ Hoover. Actually Berry and Hearst are pith interest for every erumb shoved cpertog tp ae eae Wa Besides, for a new office, the Her- | Sttect’s man. ld Tribune building has a ventilat- |. Actually Berry and Hearst are| ng system which is positively rot-| fighting against the same class — en, The proof room is in the cen- where |S in the printing trades, who know er of the composing room, uts a strain on the vocal organs of the readers, | thich makes it possible for errors | Hearst and Berry best, that’ should! be the first to realize thi Vote Communist! " HEARST, BERRY BOTH _ ENEMIES OF PRINTERS |that Berry and Hearst hate. Prniters of whatever craft, don’t vote nst yourselves! Vote Com- munist!—L. T. | ‘et PROGRESSIVES” SHOW SELVES UP 23rd I.T.U. Conventon Proves Reactionary (By a Worker Correspondent) The 23rd Annual Convention of the International Typographical Union, which met at Charleston, S C., the early part of September was undoubtedly one of the weakest and least productive of results of any heretofore held. Such important! } questions as amalgamation of the printing trade crafts, the organiza- tion of large non-union offices and action against the ious trade schools were either entirely ignored or else dealt with in a half-hearted manner. The merging and closing of newspapers received no considera- tion whatever. But this is not surprising. Not much was expected from the present convention. The so-called progres- sives have not taken office as yet, giving them an excuse. The change from a dictatorial and autocratic ad- ministration of more than 35 years has left the mass of the member- ship in a state of political incom- petence and ignorant of the most important questions affecting the larger jurisdictions. Phoney Conventions. These conventions are held an- nually and have become a feature | of the organization. They seem to! serve chiefly as social functions. They also have become a sort of ad- vertising medium for small fry mayers of medium sized-cities for the advancement of their political ambitions. Inquiries as to why Charleston, a city with only 47 printers, located in the South with the convention set for the first. week in September, the hottest period of the year—was selected as the convention city brought forth the information that the mayor of the city made the best | speech at the last convention. Every important question or prop-| |osition submitted by the progressive | ws the workingclass, and it is the work-/ New York delegation was defeated. | tu Squash Progressive Proposal. | Th proposition to give the local) union the power to strike, if they| wards separation which all advo-| jare sufficiently strong, without the | sanction of the Executive Council was defeated, as was expected. | The matter of the mailers; while| words thrown out of the organiza- tion, the action taken to negotiate against strike-break-|the scale of the mailers separately | and reactionary. The rank and file| kind—and that is| from the compositors is a move to- | members of the union must build up Needle workers. Get collection lixts ‘Trades Campa Committee, 90 Union Sauare, Room collect funds for the election vn of the Workers (Commu- | TYPOGRAPHIGAL JOURNAL LAUDS TRAITOR BERRY Union Magazine for Corrupt Misleader (By a Workers Correspondents) “George L. Berry, president of the International Printing Press- men and A tants Union of North America, has been selected to act as chairman of a committee to advocate the election of Gov. Al- fred E. Smith to the presidency of the United States. Major Berry and his committee will confine their activities to the members o! organized labor throughout the | regardless of party af- | Major Berry is a native | ‘ennessean and lives at the Press- | men’s Home, Tenn., where the home of the International Print- | ing Pressmen 4nd stant’s Union is located. Major Berry is | not only favorably known through- | out this country by members of | organized labor, but enjoys a wide acquaintance in the business and professional world. He is a fluent | speaker, ready debater, and is an excellent organizer.” Typographical Journal (September) | This is the way the officialdom| of the International Typographical Union acquiesces in the notorious} methods used by this strikebreaker. It is well-known by every member| of the New York union that this man is probably a greater menace to the typographical union than any person in any of the printing craft unions. If the organized printipg trades were not officered by such a bunch of milk and water yes men, this man > would not only have been exposed a long time since as nothing but a tool of the employing class, but would probably be enjoying the “sweet bliss” of some penal insti- tution. Even such a reactionary as Matt Woll said some time ago in a private conversation that Berry was no longer regarded as a part of the labor movement. But then, | this reactionary clique which has been selling out the rank and file! for so many years has a warm spot) for this arch-traitor. Had the Typo- graphical Journal told the truth it would have treated this bit of news) as follows: George L. Berry, a convicted thief and strikebreaker, who, through the! services of the Burns Detective | Agency at the behest of the boss| printers, is president of the Interna-| tional Printing Pressmen’s and As-} sistants’ Union of North America,| has been selected as chairman of a committee to sell the labor vote to Governor Alfred E. Smith, favorite |son of Tammany Hall. Major Berry is the notorious trai- | tor to the labor movement who stole} from the union $165,000 and also| broke the strike of the New York pressmen some years back. He is also on the democratic national com-| mittee, placed there by the publish-} ers in order to reward him for his faithful services to their association. and also to give the major a chance to reimburse himself at the expense of this other big wing of capitalism, the Publishers’ Association having become tired of carrying the “gentle- man” on their payroll. —H. L. Needle Worker! Get a collection list at the headquarters of the Ne: die Tradex Campaign Committee, 28 2, and collect ‘ampaign of (Communist) Party. the Workers, cates of amalgamation must condemn ‘as reactionary, showing the in- competence of the “progressives.” Of course, the proposition to in- | | crease the number of delegates from | Big 6 was tabooed. The whole con- | | vention, to say the least, was weak | |a real progressive movement that | ts | will force out these fakers and re- jactionaries and put a_ militant | leadership at the head of the union. —S, P. C. ONE DAY'S WAGE o happen and “call-downs” or dis- In the coming elections there is harges to take place. only one party that is fighting) Try to Crush Union. against the Berrys and Hearsts, the mailers were not in so many Then the Daily News gives a two | 2 the speed-up, against intimi-| seeks’ vacation to every employe. | ation of the workers by flunkeys they also pay a bonus on all the |Of the bosses, jime you have worked at the end |ing of the Ber f the year. This, of course, pro-|the Workers (Communist) Party. “yuces “good will” and, incidentally,| The candidates of the Workers | ; peed-up. The Harvester Trust can Party for president and vice-presi-| fom, the, Needic vell afford this as the Daily Nev dent, William Z, Foster and Benj s’one of the big paying di -|min Gitlow, represent everything jist) Party: ‘ dors. of capitalist. misinformation @ ace Avtogether with the Chicago Tri- a r% une, owned by the same corpora-| f(t = on, Is in the first rank of liars bout the working cle rs ie : The New York hers have mePt alive to every new method to estroy unionism that has eminated prom the minds of the r emin | mt” exploiters of labor And | Afherever possible they have been for the ver zealous in their underhand mork in deceiving the members of he working class. OLD TIMER. Jontinue Cases of GREAT COMMUNIST ELECTION CAMPAIGN Bd PHILADELPHIA, Oct. 16.—Mat-| || | pew Patterson, republican ward mreler and member of the state legis- | qture. and his friend. police cap- | Kein Schoenlever, failed to obtain a || Bytit of certiori today from Ince Hw" Moschzisker of the State fiyreme Court, and their ip ontinved before the grand jury ‘on “@yiarges of bribery and extortion hato™ & number of saloon keepers. j More policemen of the dry enforce- gent Unit No. 1 are to be arrested fiday. ‘This unit was especially or- anized by Brigadier-General Smed- y D. Butler of the U. S. marines Su- 43 E st 125th Street CONTRIBUTE TO THE $100,000 CAMPAIGN FUND Send your contribution to ALEXANDER TRACHTENBERG, NEW YORK CITY National Election Campaign Committee : Forrest is a trashy production. ‘aim is to show that the wages of gin is murder, the electric chair or suicide. with a wild party which is being thrown by a young man in his apart- ment in honor of his first birthday. After the drinking is over and the guests depart, the young man un- dresses for bed, comes down, only to rise again after a few minutes with a negligee-clad | lady sitting on the young man’s Militari On Air Photo shows German air militar- ist, Capt. Eckener, of the Graf Zep- pelin, broadcasting militarist propa- ganda thru American radio station, SILK WORKERS FIGHT FASCISTS ‘New London Strike to, Prevent Frame-up Continued from Page One er to be arrested in New London. |The others so far are Artro Pettin-| ari, Agust Perroni, Lorenzo Mon-| \tali, Angelo Giano and Raymond Giustiani. They are charged with “breach of the peace and inciting to |riot’ and have been released under $500 bail each. The capitalist press reports that special precautions are taken by the |police in the Italian section, and that a search for further arrests is | being made as a result of the dem- jonstration of hostility on the part of the Italian workers. ‘Fast. Lite: Moves Slowly and Gets Nowhere 'HIS melodrama by Samuel Ship- man and John B. Hymer at the The first scene opens up and the curtain knee. A regular scandal is forestalled by the appearance of one of the |guests who returns and gets killed. The young man is arrested for the murder, but of course he was inno- cent—the deed was committed quite accidentally by another member of the party who happened to be the governor’s son. The play winds up with the con- demned man getting snatched from the jaws of death and the suicide of the governor’s son. You may {imagine how much hokum took place in between. The play is opposed to sin and gin and capital punishment. A man sitting back of me expressed his disapproval of capital punishment “Only god has a right to take life,” he said, The only worth while scene in the play is the prison scene which shows four condemned men in a row. One |of them did not believe in god. He| killed three men but regretted that he could not make it a quartet. He| died game after telling the chaplain | to go to hell. st Propaganda é Its | Speed Up Workers, Break Union by “Benevolence” Plans ‘Light of Asia,” with Walter MANY SLASHES Hampden, Appears Unreal |N WAGES FOR ‘acces | AUTH SLAVES ae Machine Ousts 7 Men (By a Worker Correspondent) DETROIT, Mich. (By Mail).— We enameling room workers at the Chrysler plant work nine hours on |the day shift and 11 hours on the |night shift. A short time ago we | got an “increase” in production of | 20 per cent with 25 per cent less in |our bonus rates. Those of us who | kicked were taken by the foreman | to the office. Here we were told |we were no longer needed as the |line-up outside the employment i 'HE life of Buddha, who was born| in the sixth century before Christ, jis the basis of “The Light of Asia” | with Walter Hampden, now playing at Hampden’s Theatre. It is in a’ prologue and four acts and is writ- ten by Georginia Jones Walton. The play will appeal to two groups, those interested in the teachings of| Buddha, and the devout fans of Mr. Hampden. As a bona fide dramatic! | production, it just does not click.! |In addition’ to Mr. Hampden, a cap- able cast of 75 have been assembled | who do their utmost to put the! |breath of life into the play that at} no time seems real. The play covers 87 years in the life of Buddha, born as Siddartha, prince of the Sakyas. Of course, Mr. Hampden plays the part of Bud- dha. It shows how his family tries gate was growing larger daily and to prevent him from knowing that |we could easily be replaced. |there is any old age, sickness and | Co-author and one of the chief| No wonder Chrysler’s can pile up | death in the world. All those with) players in “By Request”, the new| enough profits to buy out a big | [aliments are banished from the court.| comedy at the Hudson Theatre, concern like Dodge, involving ‘an | Suddeniy an old leper appears and| joutlay of about $200,000,000. | | reveals the truth of life to the young | Final| In the crankshaft department they prince who then leaves his wife and} |have a new machine installed that ae to try and save mankind. He |does the work of seven men. Not | Says that his mission in life will be| ae that, but the men in the crank- to heal the sick and end all suffer- Tenant’ Ides ‘comedy. e Thane a Fs t and the camshaft departments ing. Ashes,” Going to the woods, the prince) the cast, |lives with various groups of wander-| |ers over a period of seven years,| | when suddenly he becomes inspired} and calls himself the Buddha. This |is the best act in the play, some re- | markable dances being performed by) la group of nine girls, which accord-| ing to the program is staged by| Ruth St, Denis. Temptations in| all forms appear before him in this! act, but he sits quiet and vows to| fulfill his mission. In the last act he returns to his | court, and to the dismay of his wife! and family refuses to take his place} in the royal family. Instead he says he will travel the earth and preach! his ideas to all who will listen. While Mayor Jimmie’ Walker has closed up Mae West’s “Pleasure Man” may it be known that the Buddha’s court is called the Pleasure Palace. One of the women of the court asks in suprise how can it have such a name as long as the prince only wants one wife. The prince's wife is played by! Ineborg Torrup, while other mem- |bers of the cast include Cecil Yapp, | Eugene Powers, Le Roi Operti and Louis Polan.—S. P. of David | Balance.” Pinski’s “The » * * * The Shaw-Nathan production of| will have Ellis Baker, in} cent. More men on the employment lines, more profits for the Chrysler Kenyon Nicholson, co-author with| Corporation. John Golden of “Eve the Fifth,” the| comedy at the Little Theatre, is! now occupied completing a new play| written expressly for his wife, Lucile Nikolas, who was seen here recently in “The Big~Pond.” —WOR-COR. Needle worker! Get a collection list at the headquarters of the Nee die Trades Campaign Committee, 28 Unton Square, Room 202, and collect funds for the election campaign of the Workers (Communist) Party. .. Keith-Albee AME C 42nd Street and Broadway “Three Comrades and One Invention” “A Shanghai Sensational Film of Recent China Uprisings The First Soviet Comedy American Premiere EXTRA ADDED FEATURE— “KILLING THE KILLER” A Cobra and Mongoose Fight to Death Document” JOLSON pe 7th Ave. & 59th St. | Evs, 8.30 Mats. 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