The Daily Worker Newspaper, February 20, 1929, Page 4

_ behind. Frequ (By a W (i SOUTH BEND, Ind., (B ers. on the new ca passed a week wit minor L in the various strikes and w common alrea new to more money reason was th promised 78 cents an hor the pay check came they ceived 68 cents hour. Fisher, the superintendent, was not satisfied with the e. But the men told him: “We have children just as you have. From the wages we are getting we e not able to pay our bills for the grocer.” On the two dollars a day the men are getting we would like to see Fisher get along. The men got a lot of promises. Women S The women workers went out on| strike in one department demanding the old hour. gether. One denartment in the foundry went on strike. The wages here were fixed so that no one could tell how much he was getting until the pay check came. After we have been notified here that we go on piece- work, when the pay check came we received our wages as per day rate. | We went on strike to get our piece- work rate. It was more than the day work rate. The foreman promised that everything would be taken care of and so the men went back to work. But so far we got only promises. a Another significant example as to how they are trying to steal some! more money from us. It is not enough that we get the lowest rate. But when it comes to counting in the job, instead of getting paid for the full amount, th f: and pay us for less. We co! about that and the result was the boss sent another timer to time the job over again. “No Labor Trou These are only a few instances of wages Lack—45 cents an They got it by sticking to- | strikes. A number could be men- tioned about the machi op, wood shops and other dep: It is no wonder that the company is ad- vertising in the “Chicago Tribune,” in big Help Wanted ads, boosting | with big No Labor Trouble.” is putting this in the ad it means that there is plenty of trouble. There are lines of men waiting e the employ ment office each da Frequent Ac mis. | The old buildings in which we} have to work are almost like trap holes. Accidents occur daily. Fires are frequent. But what difference does that make to our bosses? They | sit in their offices, coming out only! occasionally into the shop. Their| lives are not endangered. application card big letters say that) the company is not responsible for | any accidents. When a worker is| hired he has to pass thru a most} thoro physical examination. After | he passes this examination he is) taken with a group to the “safety! directors,” who direct the safety by making a specch to the new em- § ployes about the company’s not be- ing responsible for 99 per cent of ithe accidents. “The other ten per} ‘cent could be eliminated if the men} would watch how they work,” h-| says. | He must think we have great fun) in having our bones broken, or our} fingers pulled out by the machine, | jor being blinded by the gases, even} Company Neglect. | The plant hospital is crowded ‘every day. The men stand in line) to get attention almost like in the| employment office. All these acci- dents are the fault of the company. | ‘There are not enough safety devices. | The rates are so low and the speed-| up so great, that we are forced to work under any unhealthy and) make something. The other day a! men was killed falling on a machine. | A wife and three children were left The bosses do not worry | bout them. “The company is not | ponsible for any accidents.” Men} working nine, ten, twelve | on the nicht shift can hardly! nd on their fect. It is no wonder | it a man oiling a pulley loses his | ince and falls on the machine be- him. n accident happened in another | ment, end the injured man ‘so poor that he had no means; while he was forced to stay i ent Walkou dangerous conditions in order to || (By a Worker Correspondent) il).—The capi- been full of a fficer Manning—and ck memo: of a trip on the Presi- and a few days of oatmeal, liver ) d me in the face— at the next table the petty of- fed on corn flakes, ba- 3 were up ee my sup- to ¥ anc M ed me to play painting the super struc a piece of liver. So I told kind of a meal I w aloft, and ex- He jou see their Imperialist Capitalists, Potiticians, an n | plained the difference in food given } |the P. 0.’s. He came back with, “Yes, you must realize that they are petty officers. | I said, “Yes, but being a P. O. doesn’t maks his stomach any di {ferent from mine.” And I told him if they couldn’t feed us the same, at least they could stretch a piece of canvas or build a partition between the tables. He said he tried to get the company to build the partition, but the company refused. But he jmust have wanted the structures painted, for shortly after I went} down to the “dungeon” the messman | {came in with pork chops. | | A few days later there was the | me kind of a breakfast—and some of the A. B’s started grumbling at | | | Studebak y MANNING, ‘LADIES HERO,’ LED IN EXPLOITING SEAMEN ON PRES. HARDING Bosses ATTEMP] DAILY WORKER, NEW YORK, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY. 20, 1929 the table. I said: “As you are not organized there is little we can do— but, if we dv grumble, let’s go up | where the boss can hear us, and, if | we grumble hard enough, we will | get something to eat or be thrown in the brig.” Well, they were afraid of being hlackballed, and, as they were only | making one trip, they could stand it. So I went up alone and Manning greeted me with: “Now, what do you want?” I said: “Individually, I have little chance of changing con- itions.” So I asked why there was a difference in food at the tables, He said that during the winter months the company did not make much profit, so hence the liver for the A, B's. er So. Bend Auto Plant Due i Miserable Co nditions But I reasoned: “It is to make the A. B’s compete with one another in |pleasing the officers and given a as the work is safer in port. So I went looking for the captain and ran into Manning. He greeted me: “And now what do you want?” “T want to see the captain,” I said, “to see if he gave orders for the painting of the outboard side of life- boats at sea.” He said: “No. The captain doesn’t know anything about it, but I gave the order.” I told him if one of the mer lost his life there was going to be a big ease and I was going to be the star witness. There was another mate nearby and Manning said: “Mac, did you ever hear of any- one falling overboard painting life- boats 2” res |chance to leave the table of liver for the one of bacon and eggs. Also, during the winter months, there are |thousands of seamen unemployed, and when the A, B's who don’t like liver quit it makes—‘good shipping.’ Then the thousands of unemployed won’t wake up as they would if | those who have jobs stayed at them | and the unemployed, seeing no pos- | sible chance of getting work would | wake up.” Just before getting back to New York we got orders to paint the out- |side of the lifeboats. And it is |veally an unnecessary risk of life, Mae said. “The George Washington lost a man last trip.” | Well, there were no lifeboats painted | at sea that trip on the President | Harding. | And, as for a hero—from what I | saw of him I’d call him a “ladies’ RE hero,” as his work consisted mainly of giving the females of the para- | —e site class some romance. Neneh 8 ? If, individually, I could get the Spit in Foreman’s Face slaves pork chops and save an ar Was Charge (By a Worker Correspondent) | WILKES-BARRE, Pa. (By Mail), |—Sam Licata, militant Pittston (P. S-—Am enclosing a dollar,|miner, yesterday was found not which is one millionth of what I’d| guilty on the frame-up charge of like to give to help a paper fighting | having spit on a mine foreman’s for the laboring class.—A. 0. |face during the strike last Novem- necessary risk of life, just imagine | if all us slaves got together—what we could do, A. 0. at ep d Hired Man Jenry Ford and Harvey Firestone, auto and tire manufacturers, talking over with handy man Hoover, the necessity of grabbing a colony somewhere to raise rubber. Thos. Edison, the inventor, in to advise as to the best way to handle the rudder, They have Hdison has been making a study of rubber plants lately. Left to right: Hoover, Ford, Edison and Firestone, - Lumber Slaves in Tennessee. Paid in Bosses “‘Scrip’’ Money (By a Worker Correspondent) CAMPAIGN, Tenn., (By Mail).— In the last five weeks I have trav- eled about 2,000 miles thru Iowa, Missouri, Arkansas and Tennessee. I find room for much work for our Party thru southern Missouri, Ar- kansas and Tennessee. The army, , Marines, are drawing many workers from Little Rock, Ark. The Negroes are especially in need of aid from militants of the working class, I am now working for the Rocky River Coal and Lumber Co. I re- ceived the enclosed letter from this company today. (See letter print- ed_ below.) I am also sending you a five cent piece of scrip, which is made of all denominations that silver coin is made in. I was told by some of the workers here that a third of the men working here never draw any} real money, but get paid in this scrip, or money issued by thé com- pany, at certain stores. Day labor here is 16 cents an hour. , Piece workers get from $2 € | to $3.50 a day. The working day is 10 hours. All workers are com- pelled to take at least $3 a week in scrip, or else a 10 per cent cut in wages. Perhaps 300 men work here. (Editor’s Note——Here is the let- |ter sent by the Rocky River Coal} and Lumber Co. to its slaves, an- out of work. A collection has been his fellow workers. The company did not pay any attention to this worker, Studebaker Profits Grow. And at the same time notice what we read. The “South Bend News Times” prints with a big headline that “Studebaker Profits Increase.” The earnings ver share,” this paper says, “were $7 for 1928 as com- pared with $6.09 earned in 1927. It is estimated now that earnings for 1929 will reach $4,000,000.” Take note of this, fellow workers for some idle rich who perhaps have never seen the factory, while if one of us gets injured producing the On the| Profits we have to take up a collec- | tion among us. We need an organi- zation of auto workers here in South Bend. And the sooner we realize this and build a union the better will our conditions be. Sse ZAP QAM MARCH 18ST WEBSTER HALL KICKETS 81.50 NOW; $3.00 AT DOOR, ON SALE ATi NEW MASSES, 39 UNION SQ. WORK~ ERS BOOKSHOP, 28 UNION sq. BUY TICKETS EARLY, }mouncing a wage cut in their al- ready starvation wages if they do not accept the “scrip” money of the company. } Rocky River Coal & Lumber | | Company. I | Campaign, Tennessee. December 8, 1928. To Our Employees: Business in the timber line con- tinues dull and with very little pros- pects for improvement. We have gone considerably out of the way to hold our organization together and in order to do this it is necessary | that we economize and that our em- | ployees cooperate with us in every | | way they can. We expect under the | circumstances, this cooperation at) \least to the extent that such co-| | operation will not inconvenience our} employees. | | We are very much pleased to know | that at least 80 per cent of our em- | ployees are giving us their full es | | operation which we appreciate and it is not fair to this 80 per cent) | who are cooperating with us and! helping us to continue, to give every day employment to such part of the remaining 20 per cent as may not be cooperating and therefore in justice not only to the company but to the 80 per cent or more, it is) necessary that we make a slight re-| | duction in our rates of pay under | certain conditions. | On and after December 15th the} ltaken up in his department among/ Tate of pay to all employees at Campaign, Tennessee, will be re- duced 10 per cent. This reduction is not to apply to such employees who give us their trade to the ex- tent of drawing scrip to the amount of $6 each half for those who board or live with their families; to the araount of $10 each half for men rated at less than $2.40 per day, and to the amount of $14 each half for men who are rated at $2.40) or more per day. | In case of those boarding or liv-| ing with their families the $6 is to |We will produce $4,000,000 profit | apply regardless of the amount of | wages for the reason they do not | need to pay out for anything ex- |eept board and this amount they WRIT OUTLAWS SHOE PICKETING | Makes It Contempt of| Court in Haverill HAVERHILL, Feb. 19.—Judge | Alonzo Week of the Superior Court here has ruled that an injunction shall apply against the striking shoe workers in the New England Wood Heel Co. factory, because they have | been compelled to sign individual contracts. The Shoe Workers Protective | Union had a contract which expired | Dee. 31, 1928. The company refused to negotiate another, and announced that after Jan. 1 the company would: cperate open shop. It discharged before Jan. 1 all of the union mem- bers in its employ and hired some of them back, and others, on the basis of individual agreements. The factory was picketed. The | new injunction, recognizing the | validity of the individual contracts, | | makes picketing contempt of court | | and conspiracy to break contracts. should arrange of course to apply on such board bills. The store is instructed to pay 25 per cent in cash on scrip issued in every case when desired by the cus- témer, and it will strictly abide by the foregoing rule. In cases ious cases where application is made to Mr. Simmons, he will when sure of the merits in the case and when they have sufficient credits, give any and all employees such amount of money as necessary to meet these emergencies and such payments will be recognized as scrip. As a result of our past experience | it is now and for several months has been in our opinion that those who are cooperating with us in spirit and in fact, are really worth 10 per cent more to our business than those who are not. Yours very truly, ROCKY RIVER COAL & LUM- BER COMPANY, By J. F. Simmons, Vice President. THEATRE author o: hhh & & & & 4 4 4 4. & 4 t 4 tr 4 a DAILY WORKER BENEFIT PERFORMANCES Tuurs., Frt, Sat., Eve. 8:30 p. M. FEBRUARY 21st, 22nd & 23rd AMAAAAALAAAAAAAA ———_— NEW PLAYWRIGHTS —a dynamic vivid drama AIRWAYS, lac. By Joun Dos Passos “Three Soldiers” ete. —a bold revolutionary dramati- zation of the economic and social conflicts of the past ten years in America. « — Grove Street Theatre VIVIV IVT TCC TS BUY YOUR TICKETS NOW! Dairy Worker Business Orrice, 28-28 Union Square—Room 201. of the machine age f ‘Manhattan Transfer’, at the VVvVvVvVvVvVvVvVvVvVvVvVvVvVvVvY of emergency where}; | some one is sick or in other meritor- ‘Katchalov Is a | American audiences the name | of Vassily Ivanovich Katchalov, \Hard to Breathe; Can’t playing ibe leading role of the Goy- | mh ‘ernor in “The Lash of the Czar,” the | Get Some Air newest film importation from Soviet | 5 Russia, and now showing at the | (By a Worker Correspondent) Cameo Theatre, is sure to bring to | SO. DARTMOUTH, Mass. (By memory that superb Russian actor Mail).—I am a young worker, 18 who was seen here in leading parts ars old. I work in the Achushnet in nearly every play given here by | Mill. I work from 7:15 a. m. till | the famous Moscow Art Theatre |5 p.m. My job is a double-tender. | several seasons ago. Katchalov has We used to get $21.85 before the 5 heen with the Moscow Art Theatre per cent cut. Now we only get |for over a quarter of a century and $18.35. But the wage cut is much | aj] that time he has been the shining ,bigger because of the speedup sys- | light in the brilliant array of acting jtem here. We used to run three/tglent. When great actors are men- ‘doublers before the strike and now tioned anywhere in the world, Kat- we run five for less pay. chalov’s name will not be omitted, Sanitary conditions are very bad) He js regarded as the greatest ac- also. The air inside of the factory |tor of the Stanislavsky troupe with, is always so, full of cotton, making perhaps, only Stanislavsky himself it almost ‘impossible to breathe. |as his equal. Every time we go into the open, or/ yet, when Katchalov looks back | near and open window, to get air, * bs e che testes unig Ohauk) it hc een eee his career, he is fond of dwell- : ing not upon the moments of his realy ee ee eee great triumphs, but on the discour- three days, but when we do we work | }2."&, Sep Le Tart ana phidbes alot | the Stanislavsky Theatre. He joined e the group in 1900 and was put on |probation. His debut in a leading | part left much to be declared. Kat- |chalov himself thought he had made | ja mess of it, and Stanislavsky told | | him with characteristic Russian can- | dor that he had “a terrible lot to | |learn,” rather—to unlearn, for Kat- | . a »|Chalov’s talent had been warped by “Airways, Inc.,” John Dos Passos’ |© : new ‘play, will open this evening at | 2VeTsl years of playing on the road | the Grove Street Theatre, the second By ith inferior companies and under mediocre directors, | During the production of a roman- production of the New Playwrights’ group this season. iepix ‘ The story of “Airways, Inc.” con- |tic piece called “The Snow Maiden” cerns a typical middle-class Ameri- Stanislavsky had great difficulties ean family which is caught in the |im casting for an important part. eross-fires of a modern industrial | Having tried and rejected all likely struggle, during which a young Jew- | candidates for the role, the director, ish strike leader is framed-up on a |in Sheer desperation, turned to Kat- murder charge and is finally eiectro- | chalov as a last resort. This proved cuted. tc be the “making” of Katchalov. The plot for “Airways, Inc.,” sug- | Stanislavsky was beside himself gested itself to Dos Passos two |With joy and fairly wept as he said years ago when the Sacco-Vanzetti | t? the novice: “You have grasped | Defense committee telegraphed to|¢verything, you have absorbed all | Lindbergh appealing to him to plead | We had to give you, and in so short with President Coolidge to intervene |2 time. It is simply amazing!” on behalf of the two imprisoned rad-| Since then Katchalov was never icals. out of the limelight. His fame and The cast includes: Edith Meiser,| prestige as an actor grew apace Winston Lee, Harry Gordon, Juanita | with those of the Moscow Art The- Nunn, Charles Kraus, Herbert Borg-|atre. He has been acclaimed by man, Doris Troutman, Edmund |critics at home and abroad as. one Fordo, Samuel Schneider, Mary Hall | of the greatest actors: of all time. and Ross Matthews. The Russian actors of the Moscow Art Theatre have tried their art on ig mut o arcana feteerencareanes (oo. ec ierone ae balsa lated labor. In Cor:muniat soctety, |Who became known in the United accumulated labor is but a means | States by his playing in the picture | fe rriden, to enrlchy to promote cen| | ‘Polikushka” and “The Station Mas- | Merx (Communist Manifesto). |ter.” and only Katchalov kept aloof — juntil the present time from the cin- | jema. In the Cameo picture, “The Lash of the Czar,” Katchalov gives —E, 0. “Airways, Inc.,” ‘by John Dos Passos, to Have Premiere Tonite In bourgeois society, living labor But every class struggle ix 2 poli-+ tieal struggle—Karl Marx (Commu- nist Manifesto). To All Labor and Fraternal Organizations, Workers Party Sections and Affiliated Organizations! 3CHEDULE 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. Call Paxton or Napoli at WATKINS 0588 for Arrangements, “In AIRWAYS, INC, Jolin Dos Passon attacks boldly the major problem of our Age and our America—namely, the class war. This is the play of the American workers awakening to clas: sclousness.” ot IKE GOLD. Famous Moscow Art Theatre ts | ber. | Licata was arrested and Mayor Prod uct of | Gillespie of Pittston threw him into |jail until he was released by a | habeas corpus order, secured |through the anthracite sub-district of the International Labor Defense, Later on he was put under $1,000 bail on a charge of assault and bat- tery. | At today’s session of the jury, |several witnesses appeared against |Licata, mostly mine foremen, all testifying that he spit into Alex. Kay’s face. There were many rank and file miners who testified to the contrary. Their testimony and the address of Attorney Sheporowich of the I. L, D. offset the pogrom-talk of the prosecutor and the instruc- | tions of Judge Jones, who made it | plain to the jury that they must be- lieve rather the respectable foremen than the “foreigner trouble-mak- jers.” The frame-up was so clear, | however, that a verdict of not guilty |was rendered and Licata was set IN “AIRWAYS, INC.” Juanita Nunn, who has an import- ant role in the New Playwrights latest offering, John Dos Passos’ | free, “Airways, Inc.” which opens this! May, Hi fe ii i i V » D | ayor Gillespie is a union-hati evening at the Grove Street Theatre. | baedeusats te told evoaninant from the National Miners Union, “If you start that union here I'll sec that a masterly portrayal of a Czarist 7 it is broken up.” governor. YOUR LAST CHANCE TO SEE THE REMARKABLE SOVIET FILM! LAST 3 DAYS! Added ar ‘Two Days’ ce . AD ay with! A Wufku-Amkino Production Pana eeeneesese ena Tolstoy 4 Tue Russian “Last Laucn” A trémendous tragedy of an old man torn in hix devotion between the Whites and the Reds—caught in the chang- ing tides of the Soviet Revotlutiontt? ACCLAIMED BY Revotutionary Writers! Special and authentic an actual fi figure in the intimate pects of his dally actt on his estate at Yai Poliana .Commencing This Saturday, February 23rd. Authentic! Actual! Astounding! THE SENSATIONAL POLAR DRAMA WHICH SHOOK THE WORLD! “KRASSIN” THE RESCUE SHIP THE OFFICIAL MOTION PICTURE OF THE SOVIET EXPEDITION WHICH SAVED THE NOBILE CREW! AN UNDYING EXAMPLE OF PROLETARIAN HEROISM! : e e fi film guild cinema . 52-54 W. EIGHTH 8T., Went of Sth Ave. Continuous Performance. Popular Prices. — Daily 2 to 12 (Box Office Open 1:30 p.m.) : Saturday, Sunday and Holidays 12 to 12 Direction (Box Office Opens 11:30 A. M.) 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Based on the famous story by Andreyev, “The Governor.” Theatre Guild Prodections EUGENE O'NEILL'S DY NAMO MARTIN BECK THEA. 45th W, of 8th Ave. Evs, 8:40 Mat., Thu Fri. & Sat. xtra Mat, Wash. Birthday ‘APRICE GUILD ‘Thea.. W. buna Bt Eves. 8:60 Mats,, Wed., Thurs, Sat., 2:40 Extra Mat.” Wash. Birthday Wings Over Europe By Robert Nichols and Maurice Browne ALVIN THEATRE 52nd St. W. of Broadway, Eves. 8:50, Mats. Thurs. Chanin’s MAJESTIC Theatre ith St, West of Broadway Eves. 8:30; Mats. Fri. & Sat. 2:30 ‘The Greatest and Funalest Revue Pleasure Bound Comedy Hit by PHILIP BARRY Thea, W, 46 St. Ev. 8.60 PLYMOUTH Mats. Thurs. & Sat. 2.35 Extra Holiday Mat. Washing- tons Birthday. fivic REPERTORY be . 60c; $1.00; $1.60, Mats, Wed.&Sat.,3.3¢ EVA LE GALLIENNE, Director Today Mat., Fri, & Tonight, “The Would. Gentleman.” Extra Mat. Wash. Birth Thurs, Eve, “The Cherry Orchard.” ee ee ONEIL e Interlude ‘The modern laborer, on the con- rining wi trary, inntead ag with the signe aa conn FORTONN ry. Ll lecper ‘hea., Rnd. deeper Tine conditions BoB wis of exiatence of own clane—Karl os ONLY AT 6:36 Marz (Communist Manifesto)