The Daily Worker Newspaper, February 12, 1929, Page 4

DAILY Wi ORKER, We YORK, TU ESDAY, FEERU RY 12, 1929 Vew Vew Needle Trades Union Leads Strike in Two Philadelphia Shops, Worker Says AGHT WING HAS REACTIONARY MISLEADERS OF HATTERS UNION WORK WITH BOSSES COMMUNITY FUND | Officials Urge Wage. |}Carthy ard Joe Young, reactionary “I Might Lose My Job a Mr. Manses, the head of the Par- (By a Worker Correspondent) He told the men present that they ex-president of the local, said “So you see, gentlemen,” said the | agon Shop, the largest in the city, ORK FR FIRED CHICAGO (By Mail).—On jan. | should accept a wage cut of 15 per! men should ept a voluntary wag tionary organizer, “I have to went to New York to see the big 9 special meeting was called by|cent from the Siegfeld Co. The}cut from t you to take the wage cut. If chief fakers of the union, Messrs. Local 9 of the United Hatters of reason we should a the wage) Another the not, I might lose my job.” Gazen. (not that other mislead ‘a in regard to the settlement cut, the reactionary o: als of the wage cut, this misleader McC ‘arthy continued: “They might m) and Lawler, to arrange for en the union and the firm of | United Hatters said, was that if|“I got a letter from New Yo York that I am a hell reduced prices for the work- eld Bros. McCarthy, the re- onary organizer for the United rs of America, presided at this “the union should fail to come to Wag" s Cut 20 Percen in{Dudkin Shop the firm would open an open shop. Sanna ld the an agreement with Siegfeld Bros. rn Mey ae Me- o/a fice, and the International secre- tary, Martin Lawler, ins' to settle with iegfeld {Bega Worker Correspondent) PHILADELPI & » al\so-called “unior umon “agreement” ‘actority by the lsinger right wing clique and the employers. Gne of the emp! Stoglin, became a member of the Needle ‘Trade Workers Indus Union, and | nd consistent and keep | due to his fearles fight to better condition WRewages, he was popular amongst | @ other workers and the I. L. G. s efforts to }2 imidation of the them to agree to have “fired” from the shop. or] ” Stoglin Of course, thistaet was also prearranged with the ‘boss. When Stoglin returned | from the convention and fired, | seme of the workers left in sym-| yathy with him. | Now there is a full fledged strike | with Strong, effective picket | “pesoon duty daily. The usual “Tib- | 1"-supply of squads of police are} is@spresent, and the scabs ‘march | and from the shop under escort | Police and “strong-arm” be hlesinger-Hochinan & Co. | GSinee the discharge of Stoglin, Wages have been cut 20 per cent ve conditions generally Th speed up, disregard fogs and dangers. e is fierce competition between the great imperialist nations for ocean going trade. ia Ships Wrecked Off English Coast Ships Here «re two which have dropped out of the race, Left, French ship Le Crabe, on rocks off Beachy Head, England; right, Liner Merauke, ashore at Hythe, England. Gause-of constant agit mut, by the Needle Trades Woters ‘Adustrial Union, conditions for a atory for the strikers look prom- ‘pg,-diespite the fact that arrests ‘ke place frequently and that pick- are assaulted by Schlesinger > and then arrested by the po- Reinisch Shop is located in an} Workers of ‘of Cleveland Wapidated building near 12th Demand Ousting rch Streets. There is no sani- or ventilation, beeause of the _ r ‘ ad electric lights are obscure. CLEVELAND Ey Mail)-—At a Seales few in number, and|t0U= 2s meeting under the auspices | train on the eves of the work-|% the Workers (Communist) Party 1 ii rire t bak Srienace gies ‘Sais Meal. and the Young Workers League, dealing wit this important question HENs Grexsinkkers know this about 350 Negro and White workers has ever been given. The offering died place Me ts avoided. There passed a resolution demanding that of this course has as its aim to call RES giher dress pany aloe Safety Director Barry and the |to the attention of the militant Glas Philadeiphis, just as bad, Negro councilmar, Tom Fleming, be workers of this city the importance | pt Reinisch & Co: averaged zemoved from their office. |of the Negro question for the work- | iiefeom $10-$12 per week. Barry, after a raid on a night club ing class haha orn and the policies recently declared that he would not that must be followed to win the) tolerate the mingling of White and |Negro workers for the working 'Huiswoud WIll Teach! NEGROES SCORE Esisvoud, wit Teac CITY OFFICIALS °° Nozters Soo! The most eae new feature | introduced into the curriculum of the Workers School for the coming Spring Term is the special course jin American Negro” to be given on Fridays at 8:30 p. m, with Otto| Hniswood, as the instructor. This is the first time that a course { istory and Problems of the | HAYWOOD FOUGHT TEXTILE BOSSES Teader of Today in a Tribute to Big Bill The workers of American indus-| try who knew “Big Bill” Haywood respect his memory because he was| a leader of their struggles. In the same manner, they rally to the aid of the Daily Worker because it is! the outstanding proletarian voice| leading the workers of American| | industry in their battles against the} employing class and its tools, the| | A. F. of L. bureaucracy. | That is why many workers are} i | an, and put in another man. So you see, you have to accept the cut.” So the fakers put the wage eut through. TEST ABILITY OF | APPRENTICES TO STAND SLAVERY State Urges. Them to Stick to Servitude (By « Worker Cor ers. The old prices for the fiscal year June 1, 1928-29, is $3.25 for ishing, but the new price, which secured by the bosses by ar-| Trash of A The American premiere of the lat the lat- | est Soviet to be presented in this country may now be seen at the meo Theater. “The Lash of the Czar,” called “The White Eagle,” in the U. 8. S. R. It is a Majhrab- pomfilm picture, directed by Protoz- with a scenario based upon anov, | Andveyev’s story, “The Governor. The cast is one of the best ai sembled even in a Soviet picture, in- eluding as it does V. I, Katchalov, of the Moscow Art Theater, seen here in “Ivan, the Terrible.” V. E |Meyerhold, director of the famous | Left Theater in Moscow bearing his |1iame; Ivan Chuvelev, seen in “The | |End of St. Petersburg,” and Anna | Sten, one of the most promising of the younger film actresses, recently jin “The Yellow Pass.” espondent) (By Mail).—Wis- ist apprentices are to keep all trade and busi- secrets” from their fellow rkmen, under a apace contract | i Tt vad “and it is agreed that the second pert ts conform to and for the government whether heretofore inafter adopted, and that all ! keep ali trade and from his |ernor fellow | (Katchalov), who is told by one of the czar’s high officials (Mey- “Lash oft Cezar” Far Above f.|re)etition four cr f The story is of a provincial gov- | rangement with the union reaction- ary misleaders is $2.75. The men and women of the Para- gon and other shops are greatly dis- tisfied with the new wage cut. The old prices are still in effect i HUNGRY CHILDREN ie the Paragon, but Mr. Man: ‘on head of the firm, is visiting union officials in New York ‘Freeze in Cold Shack; May Lose Blankets business.” (By a Worker Correspondent) MILWAUKEE, Wis., (By Mail)— Here is one cf the reasons workers sre call the loudly advertised Mil- waukee Community Fund a fake. A lfamily of cight has been found |starving on the county line. This Community Fund, supposedly all to be used for the support of the poor, «, A HATTER. | merican Movies taneous burst of applause from the audience in the prison scene, where the workers defy the governor’s re- | quest that they betra; ir strike | ee ie ‘in the eel | 3 Sra MO aoe ame he visits be to sing # revolution- | from the workers of Milwaukee. y song, W aken up in every | Employed workers are politely ceil in the prison, and as he de-|{07ced to contribute to it, by their parts, we see them at the bars of | P¢ wa el oy te eo their windows, singing in defiant in the papers as the result of solidarity, a hig donation from their shop. The Wineten workers aren’t mentioned. ture some I do not know of a case where a ally indigent family has been re- ved by the Community Fund. This | family, whose condition is so bad that it has excited local “sob sisters” and broken into publicity, is that of Fred Zeigler, his wife and eight jchildren. The father was unem- | ployed until he got a job a few days | ago at West Allis. The family have been livirg on a sack of potatoes and 'a can of salt for days. They have a shack, 20 by 13 feet, with a stove y captions mar the pic- | hat, esp y an obvious | times: “How did it happen?” referring to the| |shooting down of the workers. This picture is not in a class with “Potemkin,” “Mother,” “The End of St. Petersburg” cr “Ten Vays,” but it is a good picture, especially when | contrasted with such rot as Barry- | more’s recent Russian film “The Tempest,” with Dolores Del Rio’s | “Revenge,” and the like. regular contract reads that erhold) se. ips firm with _ labor —A. G. RICHMAN. burned thru so that it gives little troubles in his province. He is wil- Con ey GREATS | Ps is the anprentice must slave i5 heurs ino put i hat aed 4 Tow The etariat of each country |hcat. For this they pay $20 a ing, but is somewhat soft, and love muni-¢, of course, first of all settle | nicnth. Only one of tha children a week and on top of this the boss is allowed to iimpese 20 more *eurs of overti month if he wishes. reef ‘much uneasiness of conscience. Testing His Slavery Capacity. « | When: a opcwatedr (Chuvelev) | Bofore the apprentice is accepted |in the employ of the police incites he gets a three months’ tryout, so la mob of workers to defy the gov- | the manager can see if he can stand | erynor, the latter has many men, the strain of 10 or more hours @ women and children shot down. The day slavery, with the speed de-|povorness tries to shoot him, but manded of him. During these three | hasn’t the nerve, since she is in love | months the apprentice is allowed to| With him. His ‘attempt to be “qib- | attend a full day each week of | oral” js, of course, defeated by the school, but the exploiting boss does not have te pay for this day, until the contract is signed, and when it is signed, the apprentice’s school hours are cut to four hours a week. In most shops the apprentice don’t leven a uch as begin to learn the | machi trade, because he is kept lon automatic high speed productive machines where no skill is required |to operate them. 35 Cents Hr. After 4 Years. Their wages are very low, start- ing with 18 cents an hour and at} the end of four years 35 cents. It seems that the Wisconsin In- jdustrial Commission affiliates with the big bosses, judging by the letter it sends to the apprentice, which reads something like this: for his little daughter and especially | | for her governess (Stenn) cause him | ly a cog. He is finally shot by the spy, who has been dismissed because |appeals in vain to the governor, tell- ing him that it was due to his work the order of the white eagle from the | czar. The acting is at all times good, | far above that to be found in the \directing is also good. ja high point, which caused a spon- the desire to learn a trade. But we jwish you the best success in your) | apprenticeship and hope you.will de- | cide now to stick it out no matter | Czarist system, in which he is mere- | the workers found him out, and who | that the governor was able to get | better American pictures, and the | It reaches | matters with its own bourgeoisie— Karl Marx (Comunist Manifesto) ‘has clothes enough to go to school. UL RS ALE i, We eith-Albce -CAiEO 42nd Street and Broadway Best Film Show In Town Now AMERICAN NEWEST SOVKINO PREMIERE PRODUCTION “The LASH of the CZAR’ with KACHALOV, MEYERHOLD, CHUVELEV and ANNA STEN, Russia’s Greatest Artists Worthy Successor to “Potemkin” and “Caar Ivan the Terrible” ARTHUR HOPKINS he old I. L. G. W. U. did nothing ut this or similar shops, where : ‘ Negro girls which was deeply re- sented by the workers of the city. | ditions are about the same. ye. new tnion, however, young Vigorous, took the initiative in Fleming who is supposed to be the representative of the Negroes of | ims city, was characterised by the armg a strike to better condi- s and secure good wages in this resolution as having done “nothing to help the Negro workers of this | city against Jim-Crowism, segrega- tion and discrimination.” The resolution ends: » he Needle Trade Workers Indus- L Union crganized the workers, } went out on strike, and formed ood picket line at once. 9 efficiently has this picket line | ‘ed, that the bosses, attempting | ‘ep up work by taking on lea are daily losing these learners, are daily taking on new learn- who quit as soon as the pickets ain the situation to them. Altho/ police have made and are mak- arrests, the picketing goes right with no wavering on the part hhe newly organized workers. At “Resolved ment is abclished and a Workers end Farmers Government is estab- lished as in the Soviet Union, will the workers get their full rights re- gardless of color and race, and war be put an end to.” UNION, N. same time the police give full|Gas escaping from a water heater | jtection to scabs, and at the Dud- i shop, to the company scab trade tion people. ‘The season being now in full pg, and combined with ihe splen- “Pieketing activities of the work-| it eppears that the bosses wil ‘eo come to terms with the Cc. RABIN. jtoday killed Mrs. Amelia Bittman, \85, and her two children, Romer, Jn, 2, and Wilbur, 13 months. Not only has the bourgeoisie forged the weapons that bring denth to itself; it has also called into existence the men who are to wield thore weapons—the modern working class—the proletarinns.— Karl Marx (Communist Manifesto). Forking Class Women Back Needle Trades Union Strikers "The eral strike, Wednesday, Feb. 6. has the left-wing movement. been answered. Thousands of dress-| The conditions 02 the piers ‘makers, most of them women, re-lors and the rest of the N. T. W. ‘sponded. | “The strike is under the leadership} level. The sweatshops have been left wing. The dressmakers | | brought back, union conditions have a part of the recently orcanized | heen aly oliched. child labor onc cre tional Needle Trades Workers reigns supreme. ial Union, Among the many! Glory to you dressmakers. We of this new union the chief/hail your heroic struggle against to organize the unorganized, your enemies, the enemies of the} back union conditions for working class. The workers re- ‘kers, to build a needle trades | member your. nart in past struggles to fight for equal rights for and see hope for the better in your that this meeting declares that only | {when the present system of govern- | |GAS KILLS WOMAN, CHILDREN | i., Feb. 11 (UP)— dressmakers call for a gen-'the right-wing reactionaries to beat | have been reduced to a very low it class movement, and also to help | iti th i ¢ thi develop a strong movement tmong | W™U"S in their appreciation of the \the Negro workers for racial eman-| Daily Worker for its enterprise in cipation. | publishing Haywood’s life story, | which gives to the workers of to- Otto Huiswood, head of the Na-| day in the course of their present} {tional Negro Department of the | ctrugel ggles the lessons of the past de-| Workers (Communist) Party of cades told by a real fi te | America, who has lectured thruout} leader, Bill Haywood. |the country on the problem of the : | American Negro, has made a special | A Lawrence Striker. | | One of the letters received in an-| study of this question, REE, Ltd NY swer to the invitation (extended by) the Daily Worker to all workers who knew Haywood during his ac-| |tive years in the American class| struggle) to write in letters telling us of the circumstances and how they were impressed by him and) inspired to struggle, comes from al {leader of the New Bedford textile |strike and of the new industrial union of textile workers in the mills ‘DEMAND BILBO BE REMOVED | Workers ‘Assail Lynch | | of this country, Fred E. Beal. His Law Governor | letter states in part: CLEVELAND, oo (By Mail) — “Just a few words about “Big A mass meeting held under the aus-| Bill Haywood,” as the workers of |League of this city has adopted Lawrence, Massachusetts, like to a resolution condemning the lynch-| Call him. I heard Bill speak from ings in the South and demanding|the bandstand on the Lawrenc: \the impeachment of Governor Bilbo,| Common in the year 1912. He was for refusal even to investigate the| one of the leaders of that memor- | cases. | able textile strike. | Among the speakers were Dr. E.| “Though I was young at the J. Gregg, member of the City Coun- | time, I remember well how forceful \cil, and Chas. White. Both of these) was his logic, and how well fitted \Negro speakers openly condemned | | his voice was for carrying his speech | \the actions of the howling mob in| | to enormous crowds in the open air. |the South, and declared that “lynch- | He made a lasting impression on me ing of the spirit” is taking place in| as well as upon thousands of other | the North, and the Negro workers! textile workers in Lawrence and and the progressive white workers, elsewhere. He is greatly respected | | must get together to put and end to} by the textile workers of all New) | England, Capitalist Parties Corrupt. | “I am anxiously awaiting the Nell Amter, speaking for the! time to read in the Daily Worker Young Workers (Communist) League, and I. O, Ford for the | Workers (Communist) Party, raised | the issue of the Negro councilman of this city, who has been indicted for) receiving a bribe in getting a claim | of an injured policeman settled. | They declared that Mr. Fleming, rence strike, as told by himself. Fraternally.—Fred E, Beal.” Many More Interested. Many other workers will feel that | } their interest in Haywood’s memoirs jis inereesed as the Daily Worker, the | publishes “Big Bill’s” accounts of about ‘4's experiences in the Law-! “Since you could not continue in school, entering apprenticeship is the most foresighted move you could make. There may be times when things will seem not to go as smoothly as you like. Because of ighter and |this you may be tempted to give up! what happens.” In two years’ time I have not seen any one from the Industrial Com- mission in the plant I work in to investigate the slave conditions the | young workers have to stand. J. LUCAS. Needle Trades 4 Strike Benefit eneneeeeeenl A AAAAAAALAAAAAAAAAAAAAS Costu Militant Workers! With the Nee SELL TICKETS! | Workers’& Farmers’ me Ball PYTHIAN TEMPLE 70TH STREET (EAST OF BROADWAY) FRI., FEB. 15! SAAAAABAALALAAALAAALL4444 SPEAKERS: BEN GOLD and M. J. OLGIN AUSPICES: LOCAL NEW YORK WORKERS INTERNATIONAL RELIEF Show Your Solidarity dle Trades Strikers! COME! —ADMISSION 75c Tickets on sale at Local New York Workers man involved, is part of the corrupt republican machine, and that the |workers can expect nothing as long as they follow either of the capi- talist parties, in the trade, ‘equal pay for present heroic struggle, Your fight | in, for the protection of women jg a decisive fight. It will be the, -and mothers. |final blow to the right wing, over | present ciemands of the union| whose ruins a powerful Needle | vo ‘a we: anc aot ol and Trades Workers Industrial alae 3 Sadie Van Veen, of the Women ise \an increase in the | will be established. | Workers Progressive League, took We, proletarien women, Wives Of |» the cases of the lynchings in de- and, above all, recognition the workers in the N. T. U., stand | ital, and ahiwed thet iad attacks wing union. with you dressmakers, furriers and | are only part and parcel of the capi- bravery of the dressmakers cloakmaters, and will support you | |talist attacks on the working class n to the labor movement for | through all your struggles. jn general, She appealed for soli- years. Their struggle to We pledge to continue to support \darity of the white and colored, their union as an instru- you and stand by you in your pres- | working class in the fight for full) protect the interests ofthe ent struggle until victory is social, political and economic rights s during the last few years, achieved for the dressmakers and |of the colored workers. ‘the combined reactionaries,|for the N. T. W. We stand for a) The following resolution m met by the officialdom of speedy victory for your strike and adopted: ited International S. P., for a powerful Industrial union for 1. The immediate enactment of a ‘orward and the A. F. ithe Needle Trades Workers. | federal anti-lynching law, which will | CENTRAL EXECUTIVE COM. send to the penitentiary any man or MITTEE, UNITED COUN- CIL OF WORKING WOMEN, Kate Gitlow, Secretary. See) “Tas the police bru- ups, the jailings | pates in lynching or mob violence. 2. The impeachment of Governor | woman who encourages or partici- Bilbo of Mississippi for refusal to| struggles more recent than those of his earlier life, because more work- ers were touched by his influence. subscribe to the Daily Worker now, wood’s story most them. | that those who are or were inter- ested in Haywood and what Hay- wood stood for, are possible sub- \seribers to the Daily Worker and ishould be asked to take advantage | of reading Haywood’s book in the | carry out the law and as being un- fit for office. \of the country, as the only possible | guarantee of the protection of Negro life im this country. | For that reason, all workers should) | so as not to miss the part of Hay-| interesting to. And all Daily Worker sub-| scription agents should remember | Daily Worker without extra charge. 3. The formation of Negro self- | defense organizations in all sections | International Relief, 799 Broadway, Room 226 To All Labor and Fraternal Organizations, Workers Party Sections and Affiliated Organizations! SCHEDULE A PERFORMANCE AT ONCE OF— Airways, Inc. JOHN DOS PASSOS PLAY OF A GREAT MILL STRIKE Opening on Feb. 20 at the Grove St. Theatre Make $240 for the Daily Worker and the Needle Trades Strikers. ie Call Paxton or Napoli at WATKINS 0588 for Arrangements, 4 ! “In AIRWAYS, INC, John Dos Passox attacks boldly the major problem of our Age and our America—namely, the class war. This ix the play of the Am workers awakening to class co! ee aks New Playwrights Theatre, 133 W. 14th St., New York City Fay Bainter = xax1Ne presenta bane | in JEALOUSY "2 TLOLIDA | West 39 St. | | with Eves. 8:50 Comedy Hit by PHILIP gain Mae Wea. | RRDRDIOR 14St..sthav | fIVIC Extra “T"ixtra Holiday Mat. ‘Tuesday. Eves. 8:30 50c; $1.00; $1.50. Mats, Wed.&Sat.,2.3¢ | EVA LE GALLIENNE, Director | Today, , “Peter Pan.” | m Gabriel ‘Dorkman.” Theatre Guild Productions EUGENE O'NEILL'S DYNAMO MARTIN BECK THEA, aot W. of 8th Ave. Evs, 8:50 thurs & Sat. 2:40 \RA’S COMEDY _ CAPRICE GUILD boar! W. bend St Eves, 8:50 Mats., Wed., Thurs., Sat., 2 Extra Holiday Mat. Tw | Wed. Mat. Wed. aan aa with Frank Mcintyre & Jeanette MacDonald | | Thea. 44 St.W.ofB way. | | SHUBERT Evs. 8.30. Mats. Tues. and Saturday WALTER WOOLF inthe Thrilling The Red Robe| Musical Hit with HELEN GILLILAND. No sooner is the exploitation of the Inborer by the manufacturer, so far at an end, that he receives his wages in cash, then he ix set upon by the other portions of the bourgeoisie, the landlord, the shop- keeper, the pawnbroker, ete—Karl Marx (Communist Manifesto). Wings Over Europe By Robert Nichols and Maurice Browne ALVIN THEATRE 52nd St, W. of Broadway, Eves, 8:50. Mats. Tues. & Sat. 2.40 EUGENE O'NEILL'S Strange Interlude John GOLDEN ,Thea.. seth EVENINGS ONLY AT 5:3 The history of all hitherto ex~ isting society is the ory of class struggles.—Karl Marx (Com- munist Manifesto). > —THE SOVIET FILM REVOLUTIONARY WRITERS ARZ ACCLAIMING! “TWO DAYS” A WUFKU-AMKINO PRODUCTION The Russian “Last Laugh” A tremendous tragedy of an old man torn in his devotion between the Whites and the Reds—caught in the changing tides of the Soviet Revolution—introducing SAMCHYKOVSKI RUSSIA'S GREATEST SCREEN ACTOR “\.MERITED ARTIST OF THE SOVIET REPUBLIC” “*Pwo Days’ exhibits the class struggle bays the revo- lution personified in a single individ correctness as far as presentation of chi eters concerned, This powerful tragedy is a hum: universal appeal.” —MOISS. “Pwo Days’ is the first Soviet film production which shows the struggle between old and new orders in the breast an individual.” —MICHAEL GOLD. “"Pwo Days’ is a film of class revenge which workers will deeply appreciate. It ix done in a remarkal the fire scene particularly held me spellboun ot the three leading characters is unforgettable.” —MELACH EPSTEIN, Editor “The Fretheit.” THIS REMARKABLE FILM PRESENTED IN THE RADICALLY UNIQUE CINEMA OF REVOLUTIONARY DESIGN FILM GUILD CINEMA 52-54 WEST EIGHTH STREET, West of Sth Ave. Continuous Performance Popular Prices Daily 2 to 12 (Box Office Opens 1:30 P. M.) Saturday, Sunday and Holidays 12 to 12 (Box Office Opens 11:30 A. M.) —PHONE: SPRING 5095 | | ay =a Direction SYMON GOULD ED 000 O0000OO9490000000ED sae ©