The Daily Worker Newspaper, November 5, 1928, Page 4

Page bour WOMEN WORKERS “Me for Lettin’ NS ‘Alane” BACK RED TICKET AT MASS RALLY Over 1 000 ‘ Militants Present At Irving Plaza Hall, Irving Pl. apd 15th St. on Friday evening, over 1,000 women workers, engaged in various industries, listened to lead- ing women militants expose the antt- labor role of the democratic, repub- licean and socialist parties and urge all women workers and workingclass Housewives to support the class struggle program of the Workers (Communist) Party. Mnthusiastic applause preeted the yneeches of the women ‘Communist campaigners, each of whom is play- ing a leading role the fight of women workers t exploitation. Speakers renresenting several in- a ies outlined the struggles in their respective plants which opened the eyes of the workers to the neces- sity of carrying on a bitter class struggle against the present capi- talist system. The meeting was opened by Ray Ragozin, Communist candidate for assembly in the 23rd District of Brooklyn! The speakers were Gertrude Welsh, organizer of workers in the food trades, who briefly brought out the anti-working class nature of all the candidates but those of the Workers (Communist) Party; Rose Wortis, who spoke of the needle trades workers; Grace Campbell, Negro woman militant, who was greeted enthusiastically by a spon- taneous singing of “The Interna- tional”: Eva Shafran, who spoke of the problems of the millinery work- ers and the trade union btreau- eracy; Rebecca Grecht, running in the?5th Bronx assembly district and active in worke struggles for wears, who spoke of the treatment tiven women workers by the capi- ‘alist parties and made an appeal “or new members to join the Work- ~rs (Communist) Party; Pauline Rogers. active in the Working Women’s Federation; Kate Gitlow. seeretary of the United Councils of Workingclass Women. and Juliet Stuart Poyntz, candidate for at- torney general of New York State. and for years a leading organizer of women workers. She urged greater: solidarity for women workers, in- dustrial and political and touched on the international significance of the 1928 elections. During the meeting two delega- tions of women workers marched in with horns blowing and wound their way around the hall before taking seats. The United Councils of Working Class Women turned in to the Com- munist Campaign Committee $300, collected through their members, and many donations were made from the floor by women workers not members of the councils. Several application cards for membership in the © Work (Communist) Party ~ were received at the close of the meeting. MISERY IN N.Y. GANDY PLANTS Girl Correspondent De- scribes Conditions (By « Worker Correspondent) No doubt you are aware of the slavery of the girls that toil in the eandy factories, but I doubt ‘wheth- er you know that such rotten con- ditions exist in a city whose bosses boast giving the best wages and the shortest hours. Yes, they do. Just listen to this. There is a factory, which pro- duces candy known as the Martha Washington Kiddy Pops. This fac- tory is located at 137 Wooster St., and employs 25 to 30 girls (all col- ored). The following are the con- ditions they have to slave under: A beginner gets $12.25 a week, and when she shows that she can produce a whole lot, she gets a raise of , making a total of ($14.70, her weekly wage. For this, she must produce 35 trays of can- dy. When she shows that she is still faster, she gets the highest salary, which is $19.60. For this, she must produce 46 trays of candy. Working conditions are such that one has to stand either in such a ‘hot room that the scantiest of clothing must be worn, or in such a cold room that a sweater must be worn all day long. The work consists of dipping the candy in all kinds of coloring to cover the marks made by the sweat and blood of the swirls’ toil. They start to work at 8 o'clock in the morning and get a half hour for lunch, and finish at 6:30 p. m. On Saturday they work until 12, making a total of 54 hours of work a week. If they _THE DAILY WORKER, NEW YORK, MONDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 1 928 * WORKERS RECEIVE MISERABLE WAGE Employes Struggling | Under 14-Hour Day (By a Worker Correspondent) The Allerton Housing Corporation, i prosperous concern of a value of about 3,000,000, controlling hotels in | Chicago, Cleveland and New York |is among the very worst ex- |ploiters of human labor. The fol- lowing will tend to show how the ‘employes are exploited. Chamber- | maids are paid $55 a month to take jcare of 31 rooms and are compelled |to come in to work every day in the week, The only time the maids are off from their continuous grind of |making beds, sweeping carpets, |emptying cuspidors and the general upkeep of the rooms are Sundays a \half day and Saturdays and holidays \a half day. For sickness or any other cause, the maids suffer the loss of |having all time lost deducted from |their semi-monthly pay check, The maids are paid an average of seven cents for the upkeep of an average size room. Housemen are paid $85 a month and work under the same conditions jas the maids. Their work consists of polishing and waxing floors with a heavy polishing machine which tires the housemen very often. Other work the housemen are burdened with are polishing nickel and brass, | sweeping the corridor floors, taking waste paper down and bailing it in a bailing machine, and carrying WORKERS RUIN LUNGS PACIFIC TRADE IN OPEN-SHOP PAINT CO. (By a Worker Correspondent) varnish that em- I work in a paint and factory in Newark, N.-J., ploys about 200 men—var ers, mixers, barrel cleaner hélpers—besides electricians, car- penters, mechanical helpers, and truck drivers. In this factory only one man belongs to a union—the head electrician. In the varnish division, the un- skilled workers get the hardest jobs for the lowest pay. A worker who cleans dirty varnish barrels with caustic soda—a strong, destructive, chemical injurious to hands and face—gets $23.50 a week. Get T. B. Workers in the varnish chimney |who stand by tremendous fires, and are subject to intense cold in win- ter and insufferable heat in sum- mer—and who often develop lung trouble on account of the varnish fumes—these workers get $23.50. Factory helpers who carry heavy sacks of gums and rosins, and who shift barrels weighing from 400 to 500 pounds, get $24.75. Machine cleaners who are forced to dip their hands in corroding chemicals like benzol, and breathe the sharp, destroying fumes into their lungs—they get $23.50. Gets Sick—Fired. I could mention a dozen other oc- cupations in the varnish factory— getting into and cleaning 8 foot varnish tanks, for instance. One man was fired last week because he couldn’t stand the vapors and got sick. Lifting hundreds of gal- lofis of varnish during the day from factory ‘to truck; canning and la- belling; mixing chemicals. Every Christmas *the boss gives |tade unions, struggle against the | fourteen hour day with one day a| the workers a drink of liquor from his private stock, a cigar, and an tra week’s salary—and that’s supposed to keep them satisfied for a whole year. Union Is Answer! The varnish industry is notorious for its exploitation of unskilled workmen. It needs organizing. It is dangerous work—the hours are long—in my factory 491-2 hours a week, with only regular pay for|not easy to reach Hankow, and the fresh linen to the maids on every | floor. They also must do many other tasks too numerous to mention, that the housekeeper might require them to do. Elevator Operators Slave. Elevator operators earn $75 a month for a 9-hour day with one} day a week off. Night elevator op- erators are paid $50 a month and) are forced to work fifteen hours— Past Year’s Work trom six p. m. until eight a, m. Dur-| ling the night shift each operator is| Continued from Page One |permitted to “swing” three hours. | perialism, with the world movement;| The night engineer is paid $120 | the assistance to the strong but con- | per month for twelve hours with | fused trade union movement of Aus- one night off a week. |tralia, aid to Japanese and Korean) Waiters earn $40 a month for a NIONS TO MEET Secretariat Reviews war danger and imperialist oppres-| week off, and the waiters depend on sion. | the “tips” to bring their salary up. When the Pptus was born, the| Dishwashers are paid $75 a month forces of revolution and counter-| and work under the same conditions revolution were contending for con-/ 88 the waiters. The better , paid |trol of the city where its congress Workers are the heads of depart- |was held, Hankow. There, 600 miles ments, such as the housekeeper and from the sea, on the muddy waters | her assistants, the porter who is in |of the Yangtze, 38 battleships of the charge of the trunk room, the chief} | imperialist powers lay in an attempt | engineer, the head manager and the \to terrorize the revolution. It was/| Yet the heads of departments aren’t paid the highest scale of wages pre- assistant manager and the chefs.| by Feed Els HOTEL COMPANY “Crashing Through” : - Unreal Tho Entertaining A HIGHLY improbable drama whose entertainment value is its only asset, is now playing at the Republic Theatre where “Abie’s Irish Rose” was presented those many years. It! jis called “Crashing Through,” and |is written by Saxon Kling, a former actor. It is his first play. The story concerns the aristocra- tic Poole family who live in Gram- ercy Park and who trace their an- cestry back to the time New York was known as New Amsterdam. Into their usual day by day activity is thrust a riveter working on a build- ing adjoining their home. Falling from the uncompleted structure he jlands in the Poole’s sun parlor. | Hence the title “Crashing Through.” Of course, Poole’s daughter, | Consuelo, is on hand to meet the handsome young worker, and as ex-) pected they fall in love and logically conduct an affair. Events follow one} another in neat coordination and the| alert spectator can easily tell what is going to happen next. The re- |deeming feature is the entertaining way it is presented and the fine act- ing of a notable cast. | The last act is the best part of! the three. It shows a dinner party at the Poole home in which the} | Zuests include Consuelo’s father and |his fiancee and Consuelo’s mother and her fiancee. Others present is \the riveter, Grandma Poole and a | bishop. Consuelo in plain English an- nounces to the dinner guests that she is about to become a mother. and of course they are all severely |shocked. She says that as her lover is a worker, they decided not to |marry. However, Grandma Poole |gets into action and convinces the |conveniently available bishop to ‘marry them. Thus the blessing of | God is bestowed on the unborn child. Then the fireworks begin. The mother and father of Consuelo make a great deal of fuss over the “unbe- | Chicago Youth Plans Red Dance Nov. 17) | CHICAGO, Ill, Nov. 4—A Red | Balloon Dance will be given by the |Young Workers (Communist) Nov. 17, at the Southwestern Tem- ple, Albany and Roosevelt. All members of the Young Workers | | | | Workers (Communist) Party and sympathizers are invited to attend. | NAVY FLYER KILLED IN CRASH WASHINGTON, Nov. 4 (UP).— Chief Aviation Pilot Enoch B. Mc- Intosh, was killed and Ensign Irving H. Howell, was injured when two planes collided today at the Pensa- League of this city on Saturday, || |(Communist) League and the) jit civic REPERTORY 148t..6thav coming” action of their daughter. Once again Grandma Poole takes the center of the stage and points out that the moral conduct of the par- ents are nothing to brag about, She then orders Consuelo’s mother and father to leave the house, the girl and her proletarian lover being vin- dicated by the tirade of the old lady. Major honors must be given to Henrietta Crosman, who portrays Grandma Poole. Her natural poise helps a great deal to bolster up a play that is unconvincing from the first curtain until the end of the third act. Others in the cast ‘are Rose Hobart, as Consuelo, and Ga- vin Gordon as the steel worker. If there were enough available skylights to fall through, all work- ers could become millionaires and end the capitalist’ system. That is the message this play is apparently trying to preach to the theatre- goers of New York—S. P. Scott Nearing to Talk in Boro Park Nov. 8 Scott Nearing, candidate for gov- ernor of New Jersey on the Work- ers (Communist) Party ticket, will address a meeting at the Boro Park Workers Club, 1373 48rd St., Brook- lyn, Thursday evening, Nov. 8, at #:30 o’clock on the War Danger. A big part of the proceeds will be given to the Daily Worker. All are invited to attend. MOISSI OPENS IN TOL- STOY’S “REDEMPTION” | NOVEMBER 19. The engagement of Alexander Moissi in Max Reinhardt’s produc- tion of Tolstoy’s “Redemption” will | be for only two weeks at the Century | Theatre, opening on Monday eve- |ning, November 19. Moissi’s com- / | pany is still playing in the German /{ |capital and will continue to play. | until it embarks for New York. | The roster of Moissi’s company in “Redemption”, drawn from Rein- hardt’s three theatres in Berlin, the | Deutsches Theater, the Kammer- {his Theater in der Josephstadt in Vienna, has just been received by cable by Mr, Gest. The cast of play- jers for the fortnight here at the | Century and for the tour of a dozen | American cities will be as follows: |Hanna Krueckemeyer, Emilie Unda, | Irmgard Richter, Karl Ludwig |Diehl, Charlotte Schultz, Rudolf | Amendt, Willy Schmeider, Emilie | Unda and Lydia Li. MOVIE OPERATORS GAIN. PEORIA, Ill, (By Mail).—The organized movie operators of this city have secured a two-year wage agreement, which gives them a wage increase of $2.50 a week. | MORE FOR IMPERIALISTS. | RIO DE JANEIRO, Novy. 4 (UP). |—The state of Rio De Janeiro is seeking a $4,000,000 loan for the purpose of constructing a canal along the coast. It was also said that the city of | Bello Horizente is attempting to ne- | gotiate improvement loans of $2,- | 500,000. | A vote for the republicans, democrats, or the socialists is # | vote against the Soviet nion. Remember the terror of the Tammany police during your strikes! Do not vote for Tam- many Al. 8M: SEE. =e) ae 146 West 57th Street American Premiere | 2nd Production of S. DYNAMIC Acclaimed by European Critics: News Reel of the Russian R. M. EISENS' other Theatre in the world. and Modernist Lounge. Eves. 8:30 50c; $1.00, $1.50. Mats. Tues.&Sat.,2.30 'EVA LE GALLIENNE, Director Tonight, “The Cherry Orchard.” Tues. Mat. “The Would-Be Gentle-¢ man,” Tues. Eve., “La Locandiera.” Wed. Eve., “The Cherry Orchard.” Thurs. Eve. “The Would-Be Gentle- Little Carnegie Playhouse -_ TEN DAYS That SHOOK the WORLD The Little Carnegie Playhouse is entirely different from any ]f There is an entire evening’s entertain- | ment in the Ping Pong Court, Ball Room, Bridge Room, Art Gallery J overtime, and the speed-up two- | trade union movements of the Philip- shift system when it’s busy—and/| pines, Ausctralasia, India and the wages are low, because the bosses | countries on the Pacific slope of vailing in the hotel business. Workers of the Allerton Corpora- cola, Fla., Naval Air Station, the | ; “The Cherry Orchard.” |navy was advised. |. “Hedda Gabler.” know there is no union to back up their workmen for better pay, short- er hours, and protection. from health-destroying chemicals. 3 —M. BEEBE. (Written for the Worker Corre- spondence class at the New York ‘Workers School.) STILL DREAM OF TSARS White Guards Abroad Keep on Hoping PARIS, Nov. 4. — Grand Duke] Nicholas Nicholaievitch, head of the monarchist White Guards, left his heavily fortified chateau at Cheigny, south of Paris, for Antibes today to recuperate from his unsuccessful ef, forts to finance another army of in- | vasion against the Soviet Union. | It was reported in Russian emigre | circles in Paris that Nicholas intends | |to abandon his counter-revolutionary efforts and leave his post as supreme chief of the White Guards, com- posed of former officers of the Wrangel and Denikin armies, to others who still hope that they will be able to overthrow the workers’ and peasants’ government. Efforts Fail. He was elected head of the Whit Guards at an emigre congress in Paris several years ago. Ever since his escape from the Soviet Union, via the Crimea, he has tried to in- cite the governments of Europe into another war of invasion, but he was unsuccessful due to the increasing power of the Soviet Union and the fear of workers’ uprisings in Europe. NEW UNEMPLOYMENT CAUSE. | Elmer A. Sperry, inventor of the \gyroscope compass has now in- vented an electrical track walker to be used in detecting defects in tracks, and will, when put into gen- eral use, displace all workers now |employed as track walkers. The device is somewhat like a covered |handear which travels at a rate of |speed of approximately 7 miles per |hour, at the same time shooting electricity into the tracks. |fissure in the track, however small, When a} He went into retreat at Choigny, which is owned by Prince Radziwill, leading fascist of Poland, and there, surrounded by a counter-revolu- tionary staff, headed by Baron De Stael, he attempted to lay every pos- sible hindrance in the way of the Soviet Union, both by instigating spies and counter-revolutionary ele- ments and by influencing the Euro- pean governments. Mounts Machine Guns. So great was the feeling of the French workers against him and his | White Guards that he found it neces- sary to heavily barricade his chateau, mounting machine guns in the park, Before leaving, Nicholas conferred at length with his followers, in- cluding Prince Oblensky and Gen- eral Koutiepoff,, commander-in- chief of the white army, leaving them to continue the insidious cam- paign against the Soviet Union. | Latin America either had their dele- | gates stopped or could not send any. | New Affiliations. | Since then, however, the Filipino \Labor Congress, with 80,000 mem- bers, the Australasian Council of | Trade Unions with 500,000 members, and the New Zealand trade unions, | )have affiliated to the PptuS A conference of representatives of the |Latin American countries, Chile, , Peru, Colombia, Equador and Mexi- co, recently resolved to work for af- filiation of their respective trade unions to the Pptus. These will eventually be added to the trade unions of China, Japan, Java, Korea, |the Soviet Union, and the revolu- tionary trade union minorities of |England, the United States and France as members of the Pptus. The call of the Pptus quotes the agenda as follows: “1, The struggle against the danger of war in the Pacific. 2. The fight for independence of the op- pressed colonial peoples. 3. Inter- |national trade union unity. 4. Im- migration. 5. Program of action.” It is signed by Io Chao-lung and |Chu Pin-kun for the All-China La- bor Federation; Domingo Ponce and Jacinto Manahan, for the Congreso |Obrero de las Filipinas; Shimasaki |and Tokuyama for the Hygoikai, the \Japanese revolutionary trade |unions; Briskin for the Central Council of the Soviet Trade Unions; |and Earl Browder, general secretary of the Pan-Pacific Trade Union | Secretariat. The most thoro and problems confronting today. 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