The Daily Worker Newspaper, January 31, 1929, Page 4

< nN § §; i a * workers found out who were their AVERAGE FROM $14-518 A WEEK IN BIG MILLS National Textile Work- | ers Union Succeeding | (By a Worker Correspondent) FALL RIVER, Mass. (By Mail). | Slayery is now at its worst in Fall tiver, one of most important xtile centers of the United States. Vhe workers of Fall River have in he past few years received many vage cuts, have had their hours nade longer several times, and the peed-up has been increased often. Misleaders and Bosses. They have been forced to accept hese. cuts and worsening of condi- ions. by the traitors to the working lass, the American Federation of Textile Operatives and the United ‘extile Work The workers of | omposed of Portuguese, | ‘rench-Canadian and English work- | vs. For the past twenty-four years | | } | e Fall River Polish, | are he misleaders and corrupt officials | f the A. F. of L. unions had pre- vented the workers from putting up : strong fight against their slave onditions. Unemployment Grows. In the lower section of Fall River ‘ou can see the miserable conditions n which the textile slaves live. Un- mployment increasing daily. ivery day there is a huge crowd of vaggard workers looking for em- loyment at the mill gates These workers walk back home istractedly, knowing they will see heir starving children crying for ‘ood. Mother are forced to work a -eek or two after the child is born, yreed by poverty. A Working Mother's Slavery. A working mother at Fall River as a long and terrible day of sla- ery. She must get up at five or ix o'clock in the morning to pre- are the breakfast for the family, ‘nd then must prepare the dinner ‘or the children who stay at home r go to school. At 7 a. m. she is lone with this and eats a scant and | curried meal; dresses the baby, and yoes out in the cold with the baby 9 find some friend to take care of t. After a day of slavery at the aill, this mother comes home to Jean the house and get the supper eady. After supper, she must sew lothes. What joy has this woman out of ife? What happiness has this fam- ‘iy? “Under the capitalist system this vill always be the lot of the work- 7 This is the typical life of the Fall River textile worker and his family. For twenty-four years no militant ion entered Fall River until the tional Textile Workers Union de- the bosses and their police and nized thousands of workers. : Slavery at Seaconnit. he weavers in the Seaconnit Mills are running 60 looms for $18 a -week. The battery boys, who slave from 5 p. m. till one in the mérning, receive $10.50 for five nights (I worked on this job for two the American Printing Co., the largest plant in Fall River, the syotkers receive on an average from $14 to $18 a week. In the majority of inills the workers slave 55 to 65 hous a week. Some of the workers tn the American Printing Company Mills are working up to 75 hours a week. Strike Against Wage Cut. On August 6, 1928, the National Textile Workers Union, formerly the Textile Mill Committee, called a sttike against the 10 per cent wage cut and speed-up. After a great fight on the part of the strikers ard much police brutality, the strike was broken by the scab agencies of the American Federation of Textile Operatives and the United Textile Workers. ‘The local papers, the church, union fakers, and the mill barons used every possible means to break the strike. The strike was lost, but the enemies and who their friends were. After the strike, the National Tex- tile Union continued to organize suc- cessfully. Join National Textile Union, The workers of- Fall River are joining the National Textile Work- ers Union because they know that under its leadership the workers wil? gain a better standard of living. All the textile workers throughout the country must join the National Tex- tile Workers Union. Every textile vorker must be a reader of the Daily Worker. is MANUEL PINY. Lewis Gang Arranges With Companies for Prohibition of Strike HAZELTON, Pa., Jan. 30.—Dis- trict officials of the skeleton organi- zation of the United Mine Workers of America, co-operating with the companies to enforce a check-off on the coal miners, have arrived here to “study” and spread the system they. have set up in this coal mining ‘region. The coal miners on the job by this special arrangement, de- ived of the right to call strikes, only the district officials, |in the yard—the commissar. DAILY WORKER, NEW YORK, THURSDAY, JANUARY 31, 1929 renin Slavery of Fall River Textile Workers Is ‘A Story ot the Revolution in Ukraine WHAT HAS HAPPENED BEFORE. A wealthy Ukrainian nobleman flees before the oncoming Red Army in 1918. His young son, by | accident, loses his way and returns to the mansion where Anton, the old family caretaker looks after the estate. Anton hides Paul from the Red troops who find the fam- ily jewels and treasure buried in the garden. The story continues: PART IV, Down in the courtyard two sol- diers were strapping the box of val- uables on to a transport horse. An- ton’s son, the Red Army commander, Andrey, stood by and gave instruc- | tions to send the box to divisional headquarters. Up in the attic Paul looked out of the narrow window. “The dirty swine,” he . muttered, “the dirty | swine.” Old Anton stood near him} looking out of the window also.| “To think,” he said, “that I have raised my own son to become a Red.” The boy looked up sharply. “What?” “Yes, it’s true. That’s him down And now he is sending his excellency’s | valuables away.” | Paul’s delicate face became alive | with rage. His eyes flashed. He was} furious, He rushed to the wall and| tore Andrey’s picture down pulling} it to bits. He threw the pieces on} the floor, stamping on them. | “Your son,” he shrieked, “your son | —the devil.” | “Calm yourself, little master,” An-! ton said reassuringly, “calm your-! self, they will soon go, you will see.” | Paul sat down on the only chair in the room and gritted his teeth with passion, his face white with anger. cu A courier rode up to Commander Andrey and handed him a letter. An- drey ripped the envelope open and read: MILITARY DEPARTMENT | (Secret) | * Our army is retreating for } strategical reasons. You are ordered to remain among the workers of the town. Instructions attached. | | He read the instructions hurriedly | and ca''xd one of his comrades. “Orders from divisional headquar- | ters are that we retreat. You take) charge of the squadron and I will} join you later. My orders are to) remain here.” A bugle sounded and in a few min- utes the Red squadron was on its way. Andrey remained behind. He) went down into the cellar of the} mansion and divested himself of his} uniform and soon appeared dressed as a worker. Looking cautiously around him Andrey cut across the} fields in the direction of the town. He had the address of a good com-j rade where he could remain in hiding while the White Guards remained in possession of the district. Upstairs in the Krasnofski .1an- sion young Paul sulked and glowered in the direction of old Anton who sat dejected and dull in the corner of the room. He could not understand the boy’s anger. “Why are you cross with me, little master?” he asked after a long si- lence which saddened him and which he could no longer bear. “Because you didn’t kill him.” Paul was on the verge of tears. “Kill who?” old Anton stammered. “Your son” —he was nearly screaming now — “Yes, kill him— your son—the Red officer—the Red devil—” “J—kill my own, little master— what are you talking about?” | “Little master—little master,” Paul mocked. “Don’t little master me.” The old man buried his face in his hands and tried to understand. The room was silent and a coldness crept up the winding staircase lead- ing to the attic. Downstairs in the vast house not a creature stirred. After a while Paul spoke: “Didn’t papa tell you to guard the family plate and money?” Anton made no reply. | “Didn’t he?” Paul shouted. Anton looked at his little master’s face with dismay. The boy’s eyes were alive Bill to Compel Tail Lights for Walkers in Street After Dark ALBANY, N. Y., Jan. 30 (UP). —Pedestrians out after dark will be equipped with tail-lights, if the legislature approves a bill intro- duced by Assemblyman Edwin C. Nutt, republican, of Yates County. If the bill passes persons out after nts of the employer are allowed 9 dc that. And they don’t do it, no itter what grievances exist, dark would be required to carry a light clearly visible to persons ap- proaching from the rear.” |checked himself and in a cold voice | | Anton the youngster doubled down MAN OF GOD”. ~ SPEEDS UP THE PACKARD MEN | Royalty (By a Worker Correspondent) DETROIT (By Mail).—While the president of the Packard Motor Car Co. was giving the heirs to the Spanish throne a fine time in De- troit, the workers in his plant were receiving wage cuts and “enjoying” said: the speed-up. At about the same “You—you are an old fool. _| time the capitalist “Free Press” an- At that moment the boy looked | ounced an extra cash dividend of 5 out of the attic window and saw | Per cent. Andrey, dressed in his worker’s|, Workers in Department L. M. B. clothes, striding off in the direction of | Have had very little bonus money the town. Without a word to old {im the last three or four months. |Before vacation this year, for which |Packard slaves do not get paid, these workers were getting about 20 per cent bonus; now they are 2 per cent with impotent fury. At once he the winding staircase and followed the disguised Red Army comme ader. Across the fields and down the| road leading to the town the sol-|!ucky to get dier went, followed by young Pau! | ™onths. who sneaked and hid and dodged so | that the Bolshevik could not observe |!” = that he was being followed. him because he did not speed up the Eventually Andrey came to a|™men sufficiently. Now he has to humble little house in the workers’ | Play second fiddle to a man tamed section of the city. He cautiously | Grover, Who swears like a trooper looked about to see that he was not |9t the workers, He is a Sunday being shadowed and dodged into the | School teacher. ' : house. | ie re sees a noes inf a He i e tle, he goes into convulsions; noweam behind a telegraph pole Paul| strides down the aisle after him. If smiled an almost imperceptible jhe thinks any Wor Sek Ae the toulet, smile. Well, Mr. Commander, he | this “man of go AU ae ies Salk thought to himself, when the White |boss in to kick him out. One of Guards arrive you will pay for your! the straw-bosses es particular Ui the thievery. worst slave-driver. You can’t sit Turning around he ran all the way back to the mansion. Inside the house Andrey was wel- | comed by the good comrade who bade | him be seated and brought out the samovar. In reply to a question An- drey stretched his legs and said: “Don’t worry, comrade, our sol- man in this department and warned |poking around and suddenly dis- cover all kinds of jobs for you. Grover has a little stool-pigeon called Mickey who bosses everybody around. He is a personal friend of the boss and no one can talk back to him. If he does, the boss will i i re i thing wrong, diers will soon return ai r come around, find some’ : he. Whi it pes and fire him. The stool-pigecn re- Going the. ies, wl mots oh, ports everything that goes on, and af eats dette oth eee lips |e anyone talks organization out he | goes, END PART IV. | Produce Well Acted Screen Version of “Bellamy Trial” IN “FOLLOW THRU” — PACKARD SLAVE. © WELL-ACTED and _ well-pro- Boss Dines the Spanish | in two | The higher-ups got after the fore- | |down a minute, for he will come duced screen version of Frances | Noyes Hart’s famous murder mys- | tery, “The Bellamy Trial,” is now | at the Embassy Theatre. | Directed by Monta Bell, who ob- | tained his training under Charlie Chaplin, it is an entertaining pic- | ture. Only on a few occasions does | it take liberties with the story and | they are only to quicken the action. Having read the book, I can com- pare it with the picture. The pic- ture is as accurate as possible and follows the story closely, The cast is a noteworthy one and includes such old favorites as Lea- trice Joy and Betty Bronson. While all the members of the cast give a creditable performance, Edward Nu- gent, a neweomer, portraying a young reporter, is the best bet of | them all. An unnamed actor in the | part of the school teacher is also | worth special mention. A caption at the end of the pic- | ture requests that the name of the | guilty party not be divulged, so fu- | ture audiences will enjoy the picture | to the utmost. Therefore, only al partial recital of the story is pos- | sible in this review. | Mimi Bellamy is stabbed to death | in a Long Island cottage and her husband, Stephen, and Sue Ives are arrested, charged with the Grime. The entire picture is taken up by | showing their trial and the confes- | sion by the actual murderer. Any- | one who has any interest in an hon- est-to-goodness sensational murder | case will like this picture. Witness after witness take the stand and for a long time things look very black for Stephen and Sue. Of course, the picture has talking sequences. While they are not necessary to make it interesting, they are so well done that at times one actually feels he is in court lis- | tening to a real trial. In the part | of the picture devoted to talking Charles B. Middleton, who plays the part of the district attorney, stands out. When viewing the district at- torney cross-examining the defend- ants, it is not difficult to realize how many workers in real life feel when they are brought into a cap- italist court, In the picture, of course, it is different; Stephen is wealthy, and it is brought out in the testimony that he was the re- publican party candidate for state senate. He is therefore given a cer- tain amount of consideration by the judge and district attorney. If he were a foreign-born worker, like Sacco and Vanzetti, the treatment meted out would have been differ- ent. All in all, the picture is good and is worth seeing. U.S.8.R STUDIES SNOW PLOWS CHIPPEWA FALLS, Wisc., Jan. 29.--A representative of the govern- ment of the Union of Socialist So- viet Republics is here, studying the use of egterpillar snow plows. The Soviet Union intends to secure the best performers for models to be used in the U, S. S. R. | day, February 11th. Margaret Lee, comedienne.of the new Schwab and Mandel musical play, “Follow Thru” now crowding the capacity of Chanin’s 46th Street | Theatre. EUGENE O'NEILL'S “DYNAMO” HERE FEBRUARY 11th The Theatre Guild production of Eugene O’Neill’s new play “Dyna- mo” is announced to open on Mon- The theatre will probably be the Martin Beck. The play has a cast of eight people and two settings, one of the hemes of the two opposing families and the other of the dynamo room of a hydro-electric plant. Lee Simonson has designed the settings and Philip Moeller is directing the play. The cast is headed by Glenn An- ders, Claudette Colbert, Helen West- ley, Dudley Digges, George Gaul! and Catherine Calhoun Doucet, One Negro Killed, 3 Others Made Ill by Jim Crow Law ST. LOUIS, (By Mail).—Russel Bumpris, a Negro passenger in a Gregory Line bus, was killed by carbon monoxide poisoning, and three Negro passengers were over- come, All were segregated by Jim Crow law into the back of the bus, which pulled in here from Memphis. None of the white passengers in the front of the bus suffered any ill effects. ‘DRY’ SPY HAS GOOD TANKAGE Jacob Erkills, a dry sleuth, who said he was commissioned by his superiors to “consume evidence,” testified under oath today that on one evening he had drunk 53 high- balls and straight ryes. This is con- sidered a record, even for officers of the law. story of al x noclety in ti class xtruggles.—Karl Marx (Com- munist Manifesto). | Daily. Becoming Worse; Unemployment Grows | | | { Photos above, by a worker. correspondent, illustrate dangers the v dergo. torturing disease, “the bends,” which paralyzes workers’ muscles. Abo the mountain.. Many deaths from falling rock during blasts occur. Tunnel Construction Workers Forced to Take Great Risks; Pay Is Low Lower right, tunnel workers at work in interior of tunnel; atmospheric pressure produces the of a tunnel. Left, view of mountain, down which water comes; the workers burrow thru the heart of ~ Wace eu, 1 | "HOUR DAY FOR CHILDS SLAVES Fired if They Make the Slightest Complaint (By a Worker Correspondent) Just to write a few lines on cor ditions of the exploited slaves o Childs restaurants. They used t give a bonus here, but this has bee discontinued. This bonus scheme, o course, was a scheme to keep th jworkers satisfied with their wages and long hours. Their next step was to get rid o their old employes, who had worke | years for Childs, and replace ther with young workers at lower wage: The average wages of the orde }cook at Childs used to be $6 a day | When I had begun to slave fo | Childs it had been reduced to $5 |day. I worked there a year, the | qu T came back on the same jo later, and then the wage had bee | reduced to $4.50 a day. The hour had been increased to eleven a da} | This meant a ten per cent increas in hours and a 10 per cent reduc |tion in wages. The bus-boys and dishwasher: | porters, ete., slave in the Childs res |taurants at $3 for an 11-hour day }1f they dare make a complaint abou \their conditions, they are instantl \fired. The Childs workers must o1 lov underpaid tunnel workers must un- ve at right, a blast in construction ganize into a fighting union to gai decent conditions. A CHILDS WORKER, Freight Yard Workers Know Need of “Daily” } ‘Workers Will Protest I am a worker on the New York ‘War Preparations in Central, in the operating depart-)} Sat ment, at the foot of West 62nd St. Kenosha on Saturday KENOSHA, Wis. Jan. and North River, New York City. I am a bridge tender. s eee anti-war demonstration, which | x san s will aim to center about itself the | Pda Mente nies was mong \huge discontent of the workers of | fe workers who realized that Bol-| Kenosha and direct it against the | shevism was the hope of the work- | way preparations of American im- ers. Once a stool-pigeon reported | perialism, will take place in the} }me to the yardmaster, because I downtown ti was talking “like a Bulshevik,” as | Saturday, Feb. 2, ceo ee bel: he said. The yardmaster reported|” The de ree . monstrati ~ me to the general yardmaster, who | ganized by the Workers Pane is my boss. Next day I was sus-| pj i i vended. The boss said: “Keep your eyes Seeger ea ees vaouth shut, otherwise out you'll go.” | Milwaukee, Racine, Kenosha In this freight yard a dozen of | Waukegan and Chicago units of the us read the Daily Worker. But|Young Workers (Communist) there are many workers who don’t | League. In Kenosha the workers realize that the Daily Worker is the | have witnessed the iron fist of the only paper in English fighting for |capitalist government used as a (By a Worker Correspondent) |them. You ought to send someone |strikebreaker, and all the workers | over to the yards to distribute the are urged to participate in the | demonstration. (Jemoy Uren Sq. Sibn Service WORKERS CENTER SIGN SERVICE, 1578 UNIONS N Y ory wise, | ben primack, DISTRIBUTE A BUNDLE OF Daily Worker Order a bundle of Daily Workers for dis- tribution in front of the large factories, in union meetings and all other places, where workers congregate. 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W. 45 St. Ey. 8.50 Matinees jPLYMOUTH yrats. thurs. & Sat. 230 I * i Wed, & Sa THIS SERIAL STORY NOW RUNNING IN THE DAILY WORKER is based on the remarkable Soviet Revolutionary Film which will be shown for its American Premiere on the Opening Program Starting This Saturday, February 2, at 12 Noon FILM GUILD CINEMA 52 WEST 8TH STREET (Between 5th and Oth Aves.) CONTINUOUS PERFORMANCE DAILY 12 to 12 — Popular Prices SPECIAL MIDNIGHT SHOWS THIS SATURDAY AND SUNDAY 1 block from GO TONIGHT! Grove Street Theatre crim ‘sx’ Avr sun" suation Sheridan Sq. 7th WHERE ALL NEW YORK RADICALS MEET 'TO SEE Singing Jailbirds A Powerful Revolutionary Play of the Class Struggle in America! Directed by Em Jo Basshe and presented by the New Playwrights Thea. ' MATINEES SATURDAY—PLAYING SUNDAYS No Worker Should Mixs It—Many Come Back to See It Again! POPULAR PRICES Discounts allowed on block of seats and to workers’ organizations. For information call Comrade Napoli, Business Manager of New Playwrights Theatre, Watkins 0588.