The Daily Worker Newspaper, April 15, 1929, Page 5

NATLY WORKER, NEW YORK, MONDAY, APRIL 15, 1929 City Engineers, Flouted by TRIKE MAY BE RESULT YET OF DISCRIMINATION flake Secret Plans for, Continuing Struggle If the board of transportation de- | rends that underpaid men receiving | heir checks today are to sign any yellow dog” agreements or pledges | | o be good or waive other rights, | here may yet be a strike of over | thousand city engineers, that will | ie up $800,000,000 worth of city onstruction, mostly subways. Marce] E. Scherer, organizer for | he Union of Technical Men, has is- | ved a statement, which reads, in| art: “Beginning April 15, the engi- | eers employed by the board of | sansportation who have not been ‘ranted the new minimum of $3,120, | ¢! ow in effect in all other city engi- | eering departments, will accept | hoir checks under protest, | Insist on Protest. “This is the gist of the decision f the Union of Technical Men, “hich is directing the fight to se- observance by the board of | ransportation of the board of esti- wate decisions. “The thousand engineers affected, vorking for the board of transporta- ion, will only accept their pay hecks under protest. The men} nave refused to sign away their ights and any efforts to prevent | hem from accepting their checks nly under protest will result in one housand engineers rejecting their say checks on Monday, April 15. Th procedure will continue each -day until the $3,120 salary is raid out.” Meyor Refuses. Building Workers’ Bodies Ai f fe CLOT The Bronx Workers Athletic Club, one of the most active of the organizations affiliated to, the La in building the bodies of workers t class wor. Photo shows the members of the club, 133 Organizations Conference (Continued from Page One) the Soviet Union. He urged slogan of the seven-hour day the five-day week. Other Sneakers. and bor Sports Union, believes firmly o make them better fighters in the math cet ie doinesBeeedcot the | Needle Trades Workers’ Industrial Communis | Party Members, Notice! Tickets for the May First demon- stration at the Bronx Coliseum m: jbe had at the District Offic secretaries should sec ection ma poster for distribu- n- their |quota through the at once, The EB ready April 1 tion in shops will be ready April 21. Sections and units should organize machinery accordingly. Comrades pageant reh m., at the Workers Center, | Bquare. Further information nto at the District Office. Union from LOCAL 43 PICKS ITS DELEGATES: ‘Demand Re- Re-admission, | Unity With N.T.W.1U Local 43, of the Cloth Hat, Cap and Millinery Workers’ Union, ille- gally ex, elled a year ago because it refused to accept the Zaritsky fake the | formulated plans for the huge dem-| onstration. Other speeches were }made by Bert Miller, secretary of the May Day Conference; a ouatesidential Nuctens ¥. | Santo, for Labor Unity, official or- ba pean Seabee ‘| gan of the Trade Union Educational | ‘8 8 League; Charles Noble, Negro work- | Unit 2¥, Section. 1. er of the Harlem unit of the Com-| t Activities Residential Nucleus 3, at! Plumber ‘Adds to Big actually being put into practice in like many hundreds in that section, | the| where workers live. oh nder the chairmanship of Morris | filling the toilets with dirt and ice. Union, the conference discussed and| ld water only. There is no bath, “Daily” Expose (Continued from Page One) In the winter, all these toilets are out of order. The pipes and the | water apparatus freeze and burst,| Dark Rooms. The kitchen has a black sink, for and the workers must use the wash tub as a bath. The rooms are not painted. The rooms are so dark, } John Di, the workers have to keep the gas \light burning all day. Only One Window. { There is one window facing a brick wall air shaft. The bed rooms Five Jof the branch at the Auditorium, 27 700 | | MANHATTAN }| Bronx Park Hast, 8:30 p. m, Tuesday, = April 16. Theatre, tre, 231 E. 9th St is a Dream,” Is Not In.” by * * « Prolab The Prolab The ent “Love Thentre. fonday, m., Workers Laboratory The theatre meets eve ednesday and k the Mayor, Will Accept Low Pay Today Under Protest MAKE PLANS FOR BAD CONDITIONS iE ‘raternal Organizations WORKING WOMEN TO JOIN PICKETS Support Food Strikers, Harbor Allen; and “Two Blind Bes 15th St - Asks Communist Party gars and One Less Blind,” by Philip ed in aw ° Moeller,” Saturday, ed to attend. § ° j oe Ge ees Lo nety or een (Continued from Page One) Sie tuitineky will etemie ow “our cea They ask support in building up a Children and We" at the Hungarian BRONX ||fighting union in this fundamental E. 8ist St., Mon- 8 p.m, chee United Council Working Women. | Workers Home, |day, April 15, induscry, * Women Help Especially. “Especially are the women work- ‘ouncil members will meet un bs f : days April 15, 10a.m., at the Dr P. April 16. a ody ae e give scene help makers Loc 6 2ist St o the food workers, as they are Cateteria e will be on th BROO! strategically much more able to do * LSaeeiEs Council 17 W. U. C. W. We important strike work, even, than Iron, Bronse Workers’ Union. K. Garelick will lecture on “The|the men. Workers in the recent section eral strike of uation in the bro: and the ussi th the Iron, Bronz Golem” 8 p.m, at 7 Brighton Beach Ave., Monday. Discussion follows. * Prolet Buehne, German Workers * dressmakers’ strike against a united battery of the bosses, the police and ers’ Union at 238 | nee oe underworld, and the yellow social p.m. Tuesday, Apr | aged ‘ democracy, were able to win only eee “The Hozqurm” will be given at : : Cooperative International Labor |the Queens. Labor Lyceum, Re-| because of a solid class front with Defense, {hearsals will be held the following the other workers, as shown in the M. Taft will address the meeting! Saturday, | splendid picketing demonstrations, A business meeting will be 1 1a) : ¢ | childr t in their fight. today, 615 p. ms 93 Ave, B. ‘The| munist Party, District 2; Mershon,/ have no tor lack ELeR Noha: | Herrick Corpse Just | nN Women workers , show your soli Executive Committee meets at 5:30/ of the Independent e Workers’ | 8re pal le, for lack of air. No sun- li ibe Sebel Mice tg Unte ction 1, Hisman, of the Young Pioneers and breeding rooms. Plaster is always) jors, in the cafeterias and. restau The T. U Congress will be two Gastonia, N. C., textile) falling from the ceilings. The land-} (Continued from Page One) _{rants. Help build a powerful food discussed at 9 Ave, B, 6:30 p. m le ied il serene anything until the “K-K-Katy, Benuclful Katy,” and| Workers’ union. Come in bodies to Sipe a) ia < working committees were | 0!d tenant moves, and will paint the | the olive drab lines straggled as the |the Monday mass era cones Unit. meets Speen moday, 154 u,/ elected, the Ways and Means Com- goons =O atts ea men slouched along. qoratieiy th thei mpadla: rades ue: 40th St : mittee, under the chairmanship of Geen s - * rites é 2 . nee cleans ihe at ee Grado eialk rooms lool; the same as before, for ManyOr peuliatineAia Jimmie and Gorgeous Grover. ee | wnit. meets 6:30 p.m. today, 93] Ci ittee with I. Himmelfarb, of| they paint them with water, not i ‘ j | A detachment of Frencb marines INDIA ANTI-LABOR BILL. | | it, mete f0"D. mi, today, 93] Committee with 1. Himmeltanb, of | MSY, Textile, Mine Relief | elated their disgust for she long DELHT, India, April. 14—With MS ees ee as ee ts Se - 3 * streets ric cities as y Mass arrests continuing thruout BROOKLYN j;man, Pledges at financial (SUP Cheat Spanish, Negro Workers. (Continued from Page One) | aieddes ue pence une they Tudla the Council ak Re today Soha aa | Bort were ge Bh, the 133 or- Re I ered i minty houkee nae was collected for the relief of the rest of the gang. Jimmie Walker's | Passed the trades dispute bill, which the: ase | #9ol eeu One) DAEHC DAUR panish-speaking workers live. They | striking workers. The Independent | gig was passed by the legislative as- An anti-war meet under pices of the Party, Y, the League and All-Ame: will be held ‘Anti atthe re by the and means com- Ww: up He Workers Center, | Sty 8 p. m, Friday, April 19. ence by Bert Miller, advanced 2 ee s ic i M E | Section. Nine Membership. Meet: es “Down Tools on May Day”; A_ membership meeting will be| —~ \ held Monday, April 15, 8 p. m., at| FiveeDay Week”; “Against Capital- |the Turn Hall, 14th A fonalization SneadeUn": Gay Ae one : ist Rationalization and Speed-Up”; 2 ‘For the Organization of the Un- ee alpen pe: keane i RRONX || organized”; “Fight the War Dan- “Defend the Soviet Union”; Section 5, membe meeti ial, E to the Oppre: | Act | continued at the & onomie and! y [ceilings are off. The May Day proclamation, drawn! pay more rent for a flat than the others. Two and three families live 154 W. ome mittee and presented to the confer-| together in order to pay the high the} rent, They very seldom ask for re- “For a Shorter Work-Day and the| pairs, for they are afraid the land- lord will put them out. The Negro workers also pay very high rent. The Negro landlords get a good harvest from robbing the Negro tena I see flats that have not) been painted for y Half of the ars, No toilets are in The men decided to visit the! amalgamation scheme, has elected | hranch at $:30 p.m. tomorrow, 1330] x. Sass : nayor. The secretary to the mayor | delegates to the convention of the Wilkins Ave. ~ © 0 Boer giace 5. ‘The full text of! the rooms, only in the halls. The netted “6 sarrange ‘a coiterensa | Cop) oaaqutad far May a, Gheduph le Ae ne this proclamation will be published halls are swept once a week, The ut later refused, stating thet the! referendum vote, and secret bal-| Branch meets 8p. m. today, 715 ¥,| 2 tomorrow’s issue of the Daily landlords make more money. 128th St | Worker. Workers Must Act. | vayor did not want to see the com- | rittee, The mayor considered that | ris matter was in the hands of the | card of transportation for action, | and he did care to intervene, He | suggested that the men again see | he board of transportation commis- sioners, of which John H. Delaney chairman. The “committee of 16” represent- | ng the board of transportation en- zineers, held an executive session on | Saturday, April 138. While mem- of the committee are working »n several plans outlined at this ses- sion, the only decisions allowed to | secome public were the instructions | to accept pay under protest. and the ; sending aletter to the governor of | he state of New York. ‘WORKERS HERE TO AID FOOD STRIKE Will Join in ‘in Picketing Demonstration (Continued from Page One) lot, being the only local in the in- ternational union which did that. The eluctions took piace in the of- fice of the union. All delegates elected ran on the program of de- manding reinstatement of Local 43 | and all other expelled members and locals, organization of the unorgan- ized, unity in the ranks of the| Cloth Hat, Cap and Millinery Work- ers and unity with the Needle | Trades Workers’ Industrial Union. Those Elected. Delegates elected are the follow- ing: Gladys Schecter, 1,002 votes; Syl- via Blecker, 992; Frieda Fraidis, 988; Ida Kreichmar, 957; Edith Co-|; hen, 950; Anna Cohen, 926; Gussie Rosen, 923; Yetta Lenberg, 895; Frieda Ackiron, 872; Adele Goldig, 849, Alternates are: Nettie Caruso, 844; Mary Teich, 665; Rose Sacks, 727; Len Richman, 726; Francis Broder, 581. routed from the ruins clety, has not done away with sa antngoninms, hax but established new classes. new conaitions wf oppression, new forms of struggle in place of the | old ones —iKarl Mars (Communist Manifesto). two got suspended sentences, and District of the Communist Party, in jottlieb was forced to waive aside|support of the Grocery, Fruit and Program For Meeting. The program for the celebration at the New York Coliseum, as an- nounced by Bert Miller at yester- day’s conference, will include the following: the Hall-Johnson Negro Choir; the Guild Dancers in a series Labor Sports Kisatoverit Beats lof revolutionary dances; the Frei- Basketball Team of i, Gesangs Verein; James E. Casac A.C. by 73-16) Phillips, noted bass; the Finnish | Workers Band; a parade by the The Kisatoverit A. C. basketball| Labor Sports Union; speeches by team of Brooklyn defeated the Ca-| leaders of industrial unions and of sac, a crack Negro team of Perth} the Communist Party; and, finally Amboy, N, J., Saturday night, by aj the huge mass pageant. score of 73 to 16. The Perth Amboy A letter has been sent to Police team was only able to hold its own| Commissioner Whalen to obtain a in the first quarter of the game. | permit for the parade, which will be From then on it was all Kisatoverit, | organized on Union Square at 1 although the Casac put up a stub-| o'clock, May 1. At 2:30 p. m, the/ born fight to t to the! last minute, | workers will begin their march | through the streets, All work will | be carried on under the auspices of yesterday’s conference, to be known as the May Day Conference of | Unions and Fraternal Organizations The Eastern District Champion-|°f New York City. The work of hip Boxing Tournament of the La-/ the conference is actively sponsored hor Sports Union will be held in! and led by District 2 of the Com- Progressive Hall, 15 W. 126th St.,) ™unist Party. Hold Bir] owe Boxing Tournament Saturday next Saturday at 8 p. m. In all Before the meeting was adjourned, probability there will be fifteen| late in the afternoon, John Di Santo nree-minute rounds of boxing. Called upon workers to participate Tickets are on sale at the Workers | in the mass pageant at the coliseum. harges against two others because | Dairy Clerks strike Friday night at of the complete lack of evidence. 1. L. G. U. Members Scab. Several strikers report that I. L. W. U. members are following the » tactics pursued by their corrupt | adership by patronizing struck | staurants. evertheless, the solid will to vic- roy manifested by the pickets is ay narked feature of the strike, union organizers declare, Two Chinese workers who de- nanded due wages from the Munson , Jafeteria before striking Saturday were forced off the premises by rolice. Fruit Clerks Convene. | ‘orty-two delegates, representing | six womens’ councils, one workers | lub, the Ukrainian Labor Alliance, | he Hungarian Workers Club, the Workers International Relief, the | international Labor Defense, the| Young Workers Communist League | she Young Pioneers and the Com-| aunist Party attended a conference | alled by Section 5 of the New York DR. J. MINDEL SURGECN DENTIST 1 UNION SQUARE Room 803—Phone: Algonquin 8183 Not connected with any other office ‘Dr. M. Wolfson Surgeon De: ra angone SVaNU Th Se Cor, 9th St. |the Workers Center, |to call mass meetings ‘against arrests and severe sentences. 1330 Wilkins Avenue, Bronx, William Johnson, section organizer of the Communist Party, opened the conference. Support Strike. A resolution pledging full support jof every organization represented | Was carried unanimously. An action committee composed of members ‘from 15 organizations was instructed Details of the meeting will be an- nounced later, and in the meantime a leaflet will be issued appealing to St., Bronx workers struck stores, not to patronize Strike funds will benefit from a concert and dance, to | be announced later by the action | committee. FURNISHED ROOM WANTED, or share apartment; strangers | from West. Apply Box 1, Daily Worker. Cooperators! 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Tel: OLInville 9681-2—9791-2 Phone: Stuyvesant 3816 John’s Restaurant SPECIALTY: ITALIAN DISHES A place with atmosphere where all radicals meet 302 E. 12th St. New York |, Unity Co-operators Patronize SAM LESSER Ladies’ and Gents’ Tailor 1818 - 7th Ave. New York Between 110th and 111th Sts. Next to Unity Co-operative House Hotel and Restaurant Workers Branch of the Amalgamated Food Workers 1383 W. Sist st. Phone Ch TErBUSINESS MEETING held on the tirst Monday of the 8 month at x p.m, One Induxtry—o —Join and Eight the Comm, Enemy! way Phone: DICkens 1096. Office Open from fa. m, to 6 p.m Blue Bird Studio} (ricci. cnn mone “Photos of the better kind.” || ‘ere. For lrranetn write to 1598 PITKIN AVE., Cor, Amboy St. || The DAILY WORKER BROOKLYN, N, Y. Advertising Dept. 26-28 Union Sq., New York City | Tel.: DRYdock 8880 | FRED SPITZ, Inc. FLORIST AMALGAMATED FOOD WORKERS | NOW AT 31 SECOND AVENUE 4468 «Third Ave. |) Baker's Loca) 164 Bronx, N.¥. Union Label Brew 40) ABV ! (Bet. Ist & 2nd Sts.) 5 | Flowers for All Occasions }) 15% REDUCTION TO READERS OF THE DAILY WORKOR { Do you, fellow workers, think we | can bring Up healthy children in such houses? And when we come| home from our slavery we have m0 | place to rest and get a little ai with a family of five in three little | rooms. | Fellow workers, and housewives, | we can’t live any longer in such| houses, which breed tuberculosis. | We must unite and act at once, NAT. CHERNOV, All workingclass tenants are | asked to write to the Daily | Worker about conditions under | which they must live. The letters | will be published as they come in.—Editor. CULD IN NEW ENGLAND. BOSTON, Mass., April 14. — A} heavy snowfall and low tempera- tures made life miserable yesterday | for many workers, especially migra- | tory building and _ construction! workers who were hoping for spring | ‘ weather and jobs. Communications were interfered with and flood tides menaced the waterfront at Hamp- ton. Celebrati the Colise volutionary Mayday at | Meet your Friends at GREENBERG’S Bakery © Restaurant 939 E. 174th St., Cor. Hoe Ave. Right off 174th Street Subway Station, Bronx | should send it to the national office of the Workers International Relief, | Room 604, | City. “For Any Kind of Insurance” | sipated looking countenance peep- ed out of a closed carriage, and | behind him came Police Commis- sioner Whalen in another, puffing out his flower-decked coat lapels. | Gorgeously clad generals and dip- Workmen’s Circle, 116, at a meeting at 1400 Boston Road, donated $25 Painters Union 905 at its regular meeting contributed $10; Bakers Lo- eal 1, voted $50. A collection of $50 was taken up at the Russky Golos | ball at Webster Hall, Saturday eve- | ning, while $28.21 was collected at| the affair of the Jewish Workers University held at Harlem Casino. New W. I. R. Branches. | The Hungarian Sick and Death terrorists. closed cars. Herric! body was in a box, | perched precariously on another box, set on a gun ca ; *:/and board of conciliation. riage, nobody paid} any attention to it. The crowds! were small. It was all in the day’s sembly immediately upon its recon- vening after the recent bombing by The measure is sponsored by the | Anglo- Indian government and aims lomats lolled at ease in still other|t? give the government power to in- terfere in labor disputes and assist the bosses in defeating the workers thru a so-called court of inquiry Celebrate May First at the Coliseum. Benefit Association, at its national | convention now in session at 350 Fast 81st St., yesterday voted $25 for the relief fund and passed a mo- | tion instructing its branches throughout the country to immedi-| ately set up W. I. R. branches which are to start a local drive to aid the | [striking textile workers of the South, | The W. I. R. stated last night that a full report of the results of the tag day will be made public in sev- eral days. All those having boxes, irrespective of where they were ob- | tained, can return them to Room 221, 799 Broadway. All workers who want to send a donation to the striking workers work, and those who arranged the affair hope it may make some mili- tarists out in the small towns, where they read what the capitalist press reporters write. Comrade Frances Pilat MIDWIFE Demonstrate for World Labor Sol-| Tel. idarity May First at Colixeum. Rhinelander 3916 cone Demonstration for the Organization of the Unorganized; Against Imperialist War; Defense of the Soviet Union Wednesday, May 1 RED BALLET—PROLETARIAN MASS PAGEANT FREIHEIT GESANGS-VEREIN International May Day BRONX COLISEUM, EAST 177th STREET 1 Union Sq., New York Telephone: Murray Hill 5550 ', East 42nd Street, New York CARL BRODSKY | ———— CO-OPERATIVE Dental Clinic 2700 Bronx Park Kast Ap't C. L. TEL ESTABROOK 06568, DR. I. 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Y. 6 excencensancencansancencansencaneebe ncancuncancenvancancenrancenrancencensansencemani() “Build the Union” BAZAAR THURSDAY ~°FRIDAY - SATURDAY - SUNDAY 18, 19 April 20, 21 BARGAINS <« The Bazaar Arrangement Committee announces that nothing will be sold un- less it will be a REAL BARGAIN. All merchandise will be on sale only at prices far below the real value. COME AND TEST THIS STATEMENT Dancing Daily STAR CASINO 107TH STREET and PARK AVE. “Watch Me at the ‘Build the Bazaar.” Union’ Arranged by the Needle Trades Workers Industrial Union