The Daily Worker Newspaper, March 1, 1929, Page 4

Four DAILY WORKER, NEW YORK, FRIDAY, MARCH 1, lyzy Right Wing Corrupt Officials of the Pocketbook Union Make the Elections a Farce SHIPLACOFF MEN READY TO STEAL ELECTION AGAIN Tools Feree Workers tu Vote for Misleaders The Shiplakoff-Wolinsky clique : recently performed the fi wu. of the election farce which is to bring in a “new” administration in the Pocketbook Workers’ Union. « ” Shiplacoff’s Gang. f, lauding himself to the ity” of votes he received in the 1 ]t known f:ct that the Objection Committee does the vot- ing. These tools of the clique stand by every voter and give him on how to vote, For a worker n this conduct of the com- to endanger his job, to say the least. The ballot is taken} away and the “boys” add another | vote to Shiplacoff’s great “major-| ity.” Despite all this terrorism! there were at the last election a few} hundred workers, who did defy this terrorism, and cast their voce for| the left wing candidates Now, the administration is pre-| e of the “great major- | Incugural Claptrap of Imperialist Bulldog to Be Stage — din Washington - The plaza and east front of the capitol building at Washington, where preparations are being made to inaugurate Herbert Hoover on March 4. Here he is to swear loyalty to the “nation,” meaning, of course, to Wall Street and its imperialism. Kenosha Officials Paid CHARGE BOLIVIA Pinkorions in Hose Ss") (UU I (By a Worker Correspondent) the role of the capitalist govern- | In the semi-monthly bulletin is-|ment. While large numbers of un- sued by the Alien A strikers, the |¢mployed workers in Kenosha are | Paraguay Halts More “Kenosha Hosiery Worker,” an ex-|€ntirgly ignored by the local capi- 1 the second | POse is made of the methods used by | talist government, and no funds set | War Exchanges AUTOCRAT RULES | SOCIALIST’ CITY: GARBAGE PLANT Workers Fired If They Make Any Complaint (By a Worker Correspondent) -—The city of Milwaukee is going to | switch the basis of pay of the work- | men at the garbage disposal plant |from an hourly to a monthly basis. plant of the municipal government, erable. Although the time cards of the workers carry a statement that workers are asked to make any com- |plaints to the foreman, in case of | atisfaction, if you dare to make {any complaint you are either fired outright or you are laid off for five or ten days. One man complained to the time- keeper about the rotten conditions jand was instantly laid off for five days, done because he complained to the | |timekeeper instead of to the fore- |man, but this was a lie, as you are jlaid off even if you complain to the | | foreman. Lucky to Choke. controlled by “socialists,” are mis- | He was told that this was | “The Broken Chain” Opens at Maxim Elliott Theatre NYONE interested in viewing life e»:ong Chasidic Jews, a fan- y iind “The Broken Chain,” by William J. Perlman, now at the Maxine Elliott Theatre, an unusu- ally fine play, while others will claim that it is very dull. There is one thing, however, that everyone can agree upon. That is, the play MILWAUKEE, Wis. (By Mail). jis well written and acted by a large cast headed by Frank McGlynn, who plays the part of Reb Velvele Slom- ner, The play will not have a ver Conditions in this garbage disposal jbroad appeal, due to the fact that i is rather odd, and to a certain e::- tent severe in its interpretation of the Jewish religion. Reb Slomner, the rabbi, is shocked when his son, instead of following in his footsteps, decided to becom« |a prizefighter. Then his grief is in- |tensified when his married daughte: jleaves her husband to live with an- other man. rabbinical student, Slomner places Gabriel, who had married his daugh- |ter. When the girl leaves him to \live with a boy she loves the old |rabbi considers his daughter dead, according t- Jewish custom. Re- |ligious 1° of the rabbi then scheme i nove him from the synagogue, pointing to his daugh- ter’s actions for their justification. atical set of religious worshippers, | In his son’s place as a} UNION ALUMINUM SLAVES FIRED BY ‘SUPERMAID 00. | ForceChainGang Speed on Workers (By a Worker Correspondent) CHICAGO, Ill, (By Mail).—In a |scramble for more and more profits, |the Super-Maid Aluminum Kitchen | Utensil Co. is waging a war on or- ganized workers. When the officials of this company, said to he con- |trolled by the family of Andrew Mel- llon, Secretary of the Treasury, found jout that over, 100 of the slaves of ‘the Super-Maid plant were organ- \ized, they were all locked out. This company had forced rotten condi- |tions on the workers, and wanted no junion around to better their condi- jtions and thus cut down the millions {in profits, even tho the men were organized into the Metal Polishers’ |Union, whose president and secr |tary-treasurer is a regular conserv- ative of the A. F. of L. and a sup- |porter of the bureaucracy which is ‘always ready to sell the union men out. | The company knew that they would have to pay a price to the la-| "IN SIL-VARA COMEDY Alfred Lunt, who plays one of {the chief roles in “Caprice,” Sil- Varas’ amusing comedy, the The- jatre Guild production at the Guild | Theatre. {A NEW PRODUCTION FIRM FORMED Irving Berlin and E. Ray Goetz par'ng itself to: perform act cf the yearly ele wn tools mittees. 4. chine is tightening One of the workers at the gar-|However. they do not succeed, for |have formed a new producing firm, bor fakers, and Ai cot ment beet d -— | bage plant wag nearly overcome by |the rabbi performs a “miracle” and | SPecializing in musical enterprises. jout any money if they could help it, ture of the expenses of the district |ample funds to hire stool-pigeons. | Beregany. Bata! to sproses with | smoke and fumes, due to a defect in |saves his job. He then forgives his lane tat Prodaetlony now under con- (per 2. Pipes sd attorney's office is shown, by the | Pinkerton detectives and other no- ae Bisa Lads ed Velen: a cde the apparatus, and when he reported |daughter and everybody is happy. ie ie a . eae sted Mil- tha other meiinaica® greasing the la- following quotation from an expense |torious upholders of bourgeois “law | Bolivia, which were ‘axen by each it to the superintendent, L. L. Hanni- | This stupid and weak ending to the |/!on Frenchmen. e book is by n comedy by |the city government of Kenosha, aside to relieve their ciniceees thet i |Wis., to break the strike, The na- | city manager regime in power finds . ROSARIO, Argentina, Feb. 28.— on the var‘ons in the ma its screws against the membership. The administration knows full well that it could not hold on to power in face of strong resistance on the part of the left wing sec- tion committees to the administra-) tion’s company union tactics. It was precisely for this reason | hat the administration ousted the} Pocketbook Makers section commit- tee in 1926. Shiplacoff felt the) bill of f District Attorney |a@nd order” at $15 to $25 per day, pay Ww. Dowell: fa eo. snoop about, intimidate and frame | December, on the grounds that one up the courageous young strikers |Paraguayan soldier, named Mar- Services of operator K. F. B., lof Allen A Co. tinez, was taken prisoner by Boli- June 2 to 4, inclusive (4% : |vian troops, but does not appear days at $15 per day)....$ 67.50 | The above expense account is a |among those to be exchanged. It is Services of Sup. W. H. G., small part of an item of over $10,- |intimated that Paraguay believes June 2 to 8, inclusive (4% days at $25 per day). Services of E. E. H., June 5 to 8, inclusive (3 days at . 112.50 | months to break the strike. |pense bill is the iron voice of the| |capitalist class saying to the work- The ex- |and while a prisoner. The Bolivian general, Gumucio, who participated in the side in the Chaco conflict during | tun, the super |000 spent in the period of a few | Martinez was killed after capture) Carlos | snapped at him, rking, aren’t you!” answered the worker, who | was half knocked out by the smoke. “You're damned lucky you have | being courageous enough to write a job, aren’t you?” yelped Hannmi- fan. Socialist Discipline. every garbage handler +o be at! read end write English perfec: 2 to for Hannifan says that he ex;ects |heve things turn out in the usually | Pao: ‘expected manner of a happy ending, | R.R MECHANICS WIN INCREASE play is absolutely unjustified and | prevents it from being considered as |a truthful portrayal of a group of {exceptionally religious people. After Irene Bordoni’s song, “Paris.” Her- bert Fields is well known in mu- sical comedy circles, having written the book of “The Connecticut Yan- kee,” and in collaboration on “Hit the Deck.” two and a half acts in a logical and sane manner, Mr. Perlman appa- |rently got cold feet and decided to While he succeeded in his purpose, Herbert Fields and the lyrics by |bor fakers’ palms. Cole Porter, who is the composer of | The wage scale is far below the’ junion scale, wages being as low as $14 a week. The bonus system, by, | which the worker is robbed of nearly) half of his earnings and is speeded |up to the limit, is in force in the | Super-Maid plants. | The company has hired a large ‘number of operatives from detective growing influence of this eommit-| $15 per day). 45.00 |ers: peace Paragean of vhaheaction of tne the miserable wages paid the slaves |he has done his play @ great deal leaccnhg Uae, Piette mcmsanatee autora eee tee among the Pocketbook kers | Services of W. R. H. “ i | ant. ee pau i i and Helpers, and what is more he| 6 (1 day at $15).. 15.00 | : Tolerate your chains. Toletate exchange, saying that Bolivia has igo tid has instituted a discip-| Jn cdditi Mr. McG} the me al: sore ae TR een knows that with such committees in| Expenses—train fares . Ba ee ee Relat ee #6 yc, |2° such Paraguayan soldier captive | jing as strict as army discipline, and Sy esp tndegs faa Frag a ae ea. office he will be forced “to produce |Car and bus ...... ee eee eae plata. |e Matting. , Gunitelo Jias arrived |ine men are told they must “live te eee ee ed oor ash ee ; the goods”—he will be forced to|Meals ........... . 24.75} Do be whee ss aL Fanart jhere to carry out the exchange|t, every letter of the regulations. ese te aenen cers see that the interests of the work-| Hotel room rent 16.75 | We are prepared to use the harsh- | wither here or in Corrientes, as| 7 : v8 | at | ers are protected—that the agree- ment with the manufacturers does | not remain a scrap of paper—an impossible task for a “socialist” manager. Wages Forced Down. | The dual system of piece work | and week work in the same shop has not been checked with the result that in one and the same shop half! 19.79 | est measures, at whatever the 45,00 | cost, to maintain our profits.” S. A. HERMAN. Bolivia declines to make the ex- jchange at Formosa, because of the {predominant Paraguayan popula- pe sae RR iae ee ests tion in that Argentine town. pe ee een David E. Kaufman, U. S. Minister DAYTON, 0., Feb. 28 (UP).—/to Bolivia, announced his resigna- s: 5 Lieutenant Harry Johnson yesterday | tion will be handed in automaticall: ent total. .$415.24 | Lieutenant J y Law etorcement, (opal: -S418-54 | ratte tn: his fourth gerexank to’ bet |at the iclses-ak Ereeiiant Covdees a new altitude record when the alti-|term of office. Kaufman made the Auto and eab Lire Expenses of informant . Fee to informant for service | —1 week Telephone and telegraph. Incidentals (Paid by check No. 7327 to Na- “Discipline must be rigid,” says this autocrat who does the dirty |work of enslaving the workers at} |the municipal garbage disposal |plant of the “socialist” controlled | government of Milwai | The men knew nothing of the jchange from the hourly pay basis to the monthly basis until after it was in effect. The garbage he~ of the pocketbook makers are work- |tional Pinkerton Detective Agency.) meter on his airplane. froze when he |announcement on return from|/ers in this “socialist” city are not ing and the other half starving. The pockethook makers committee: has| done nothing to check the vigorous | movement of the bosses to declas-| sify the pocketbook makers work-|as distinguished from bags, but also | shop evil. Framers are working for| progressive committees the framers | ing on bag work. The manufactur- ers in their refusal to recognize these workers as classified mechan-| ies, taking advantage of the fact/ that the agreement does not defi-| nitely specify the work they do as being mechanic's work, are forcing down the wages even below the minimum scale. The union is about to enter into negotiations with the employers for a new agreement. A leadership hated and discredited by the mem- |undermined because of the admin-' are taking full advantage of these | This bill throws a searchlight on! was at 35,300 feet. Bolivia aboard the Southern Cross, are suffering enormously’ thru the] with constant lowering. of their| tain the standard guaranteed by the slackness of pocketbook production, wages, because of the growing open| agreement. Under the guidance of the cutters, who are suffering from) as low as $30 per week. The Ama-| could be made to realize their fra- unemployment, because of the in-|zon leather goods concern is an ex-| ternal duties and solidarity and| troduction of cutting machines and|ample of this open shop competi-| would join hands over the heads of | clickers, will begin to feel the whip! tion. The administration is doing] the clique with the rest of the work- of the employers. The conditions of | nothing but lip service to check all/ers in a decisive struggle against the operators are gradually being | these evils and naturally the bosses | the bankrupt administration. The election of left wing section istration’s policy to permit non-union | conditions. | committees would be a warning to temporary operators to work in the! The intersection transfer system|the manufacturers to keep their shops during the season and then|as proposed by the Progressive | hands off our union, and would throwing them into the street in- | Group must be established in order| serve as a check against the admin- stead of taking them into the union} to regulate and balance the uneven | istration if the negotiations with |and having control over them, Even / distribution of employment in the | the employers are not to end in the | |the framers are already confronted | various sections and thereby main-| destruction of the union. bership for its incompetence, that | John GOLDEN Thea., ssth |} 4 has been working hand in glove with! AND THEIR DEVELOPMENT DURING 1928 IN AMERICA EVENINGS oNLE yebiry fivic REPERTORY beta Pf the employers against the workers, | can only conclude in a complete sell- | out of the very basic conditions of | the workers. Right Wing Sell-Out To Bosses. Is it Morris White that the lead- ership expects to fight for the main- tenance of union conditions in his shop, when day by day they give him all the necessary aid and com- fort in discharging workers for the flimsiest excuse? Or is the Maxix shop, the new up-to-date hell hole, | where Goldman, the secretary-treas- | urer, makes his daily round and does not consider it a day's work until he exchanges confidences with the boss how to make production in his plant more efficient a la Morris White? The 600 workers employed in the above shops constitute the very backbone of the organization. /Nith this mass of workers forced against the wall (and they are not the only ones, but typical of the trade) by the bosses with the help of the union officials, the entire or- 3 (ganization becomes but a name that ee frighten a cockroach boss, When such a union leadership speaks of conferences with the ses they have in mind not to “fight against the bosses but betray-| al of the interests of the workers. Propose Employment Bureau, The proposition of the Progres- sive Group for the establishment of an employment bureau which is to consist of five members represent- | | READ N EW SERIAL VvVvVTVVY “BILL HAYWOOD’S BOOK” (EXCLUSIVE RIGHTS TO REPUB. LISH BY SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT WITH THE INTERN, PUBLISHERS) TVvVVVVVVVTT UW considered worth being informeu, when a change in their wage condi tions is to be made, The pay is so poor that many of the garbage handlers are forced to| work in the field during the day! \plan to construct a factory for the}! USE TOBACCO WASTES. MOSCOW, (By Mail)—The Com- missariat for Trade has ratified a Theatre Guild Productions EUGENE O'NEILL'S DY NAMO MARTIN BECK THEA. 45th W. of 8th Ave. Eys. 8:40 Mats., Thurs. & Sat. 2:40 production of tobacco extracts and | nicotine from tobacco dust and waste, The output of the factory | will not only satisfy the internal | demand but will permit the export | “£ 1,000,000 rubles’ worth of nictoine | and tobacco extracts annually. SIL-VARA’S COMEDY CAPRICE GUILD ‘thea... 2na st 0 Eves, Mats,, Wed., Thurs,, S 40 and the plant at night to receive a| wage anywhere near a living waze. i J. K. 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Hun- dreds of workers prefer to swallow the lowest insults of their bosses and foremen, to shut their eyes to the miserable conditions prevailing in the shops rather than leave their jobs, knowing that they will be forced to walk the streets for mon’: before they can expect the least consideration of the employ- ment clerk. One readily sees that this plays into the hands of the bosses. In fact it is a scheme for the bosses’ advantage only. Evi- dently the employers do not expect such favors for nothing. Real and fraternal intersection lationship is another burning ques+ tion of the day, Unless this rela- ‘tionship is established not only the pocketbook makers and helpers, who 5 A A de ed i START READING THESE MEMOIRS TODAY! IN THE 26 UNION SQUARE, New York City ON SALE AT ALL NEWSSTANDS IN NEW YORK AND VICINITY Tar absorbing story of the class struggle by one who has a distinct place in the American Labor Movement. 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