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,000 Havre Dockworkers Defy Copyright, 1929, by Internationa Publishers Co., Ine. BILL HAYWOOD’S BOOK The Routine of Prison Life; Jim Thompson Finds the Boss Unpopular Everywhere; the Prisoners Cheer When the “Wild Cat” Shows An Escape All rights rese,ved. Republica- tion forbidden except by permissicn. Haywood, after telling of his leading the great strikes of the Western Federation of Miners and the I1.W.W., and of many inci- dents of the class struggle during the quarter of a century he was connected with it in the American labor movement, relates how great Red raids swept the country during the world war, and how he was placed on trial in Chicago for sedition, along with a hundred other members of the IL.W.W. He relates the history of that frame- up, and how at the end of it he was sentenced to 20 years in a federal penitentiary and taken to Leavenworth. In the last issue he told of arriving at the prison and being “dressed in.” Now go on reading. By WILLIAM D. HAYWOOD PART 105. ee Deputy Warden inquired as to what I had worked at, and I told him that for seventeen years I had been most of the time in an office or on the lecture platform. He put me to work as an assistant bookkeeper in the clothing room. My duty there was to keep track of all clothing that was dispensed to the prisoners. The cells were small. In the one in which Los- sieff and I were confined for nearly a year I could stand with my shoulder against one wall and with arm outstretched could touch the other wall with the tips of my fingers. It was about 10 feet long. I slept on the upper bunk. At 9 o’clock at night taps were sounded by, a bugler and the lights were turned out. In the morn- ing we were aroused at 6:30 with the bugler’s notes of reveille. At noon hour. we were lined up in long rows ready to go into the dining room, when we were surprised with the music of a brass band. We marched in long files down the aisles, the first taking the rear seats. In a few minutes all were seated facing the music. Then the waiters came in with huge trays of bread, of which a man could have as much as he wanted. Other waiters with soup or stew; boiled potatoes aplenty. The kitchen was arranged with big copper boilers and prac- tically all the food except the bread was steam cooked, a method that seemed to make everything taste alike. Our numbers were already stamped on our prison clothes across the shoulders of the shirt and across both knees. Mine was 13106. Our records were not yet complete. The next day we were photo- graphed with our numbers on, our heads measured by the Bertillon system, and fingerprints cf both hands were taken. * * 'HEN we had an interview with the Chaplain. In my brief conversa- tion with the prison sky-pilot I told him that three institutions in the country used bars and locks. One of them was a prison to confine a. man’s body. One was the church to imprison his soul, if he had one. And one was the bank that kept his money guarded. Our almost united opposition to churches or religions of any kind resulted in an order being issued that men who did not want to attend chapel on Sunday morning should remain in the cells. But many men, though not interested in the Chaplain’s sermon, wanted to get out of their cells, so they went to church. The following day we were all taken to the hospital, where we were stripped and weighed, vaccinated, and had our teeth examined. Now it might be said that we began our prison life. A big gang of men were working in the “A” cell house which had not been com- pleted. Jim Thompson was given the job of foreman over a gang of concrete men, many of ‘whom were members of the I.W.W. One day a colored prisoner asked one of our boys “if that big feller Thompson was en I.W.W.” He was told that he was. But the colored man said: “Ah doan think he’s an I.W.W. He doan act like an I.W.W. Why’s he hurrin’ round for all de time? Ah tell you, feller, Ah got a little sab cat up in mah cell, an’ if that feller Thompson doan quit hurryin’ round like that, Ah’s goin’ to turn that sab cat loose.” One morning Thompson and his gang went into the cell house to their work, The night before they had filled a form, that is, planks set up and bolted together with the liquid concrete in between. They had left this form to set during the night, but the nuts were not on the bolts and the concrete spread the boards apart and flowed all over the floor. It was set, as hard as concrete could set. The guard reported the matter to the Deputy Warden, who issued a court call for Thompson, and the next morning he answered at the office, When the Deputy Warden read him the law against sabotage, what, it meant in the way of fine and imprisonment, he asked Thomp- son: “Is there any one in your gang who has got it in for you?” Thompson said he didn’t think so. The Deputy Warden then askei “Well, how did this thing happen, then Thompson could only reply that he didn’t know. He went back to his job somewhat crestfallen. One of the boys said to him: ‘Well, why did you want to assume the responsibility of foreman? Your job’s no better than mine, you don’t get no more money than I do, and I don’t get any! You better quit this job of foreman.” Thompson quit. A black fellow took the job, and there was no more trouble with the sab cat. ~ * GROUP of the I.W.W.’s were working in the stone yard. St. John was foreman of this gang, but he wasn’t hurrying around any. It was the guard that seemed to think that there wasn’t enough work being done, and had begun to exert his authority. One day the guard was talking threateningly in a rather loud voice to one of the boys when some one knocked him on the head with a hammer. He dropped unconscious. An investigation was made but no one had seen any one hit him, so the matter was dropped but not forgotten. He recovered with nothing worse than a sore head. “C” cell house was for Negro prisoners. There were some hun- dreds of them, among them men who were serving life sentences for a so-called mutiny in the army at Houston, Texas. I got acquainted with many of these ex-soldiers who had formerly been quartered at Brownsville, Texas. Among them were some who were in the army at the time the soldiers were sent to the Coeur d’Alenes strike in 1899. They were honest enough to regret that they had been compelled to guard the miners who were then in the bull pen, My sight became so bad that I could not work longer on the books, so I was put in charge of the dressing out department. This was * where the prisoners who had served their time and were being re- * leased got their new clothes. A suit, hat, shoes, underclothes, shirt, collar and necktie with a new handkerchief were given to every man parting from the prison. The whole outfit cost less than $13. I called the place where I worked the “Happy Corner.” It was the last place the prisoners came to .before they left the penitentiary. It was the only place where one could see a real happy smile, There were vomparatively few guards in this big institution. , The risoners did all the work. The records in the office of the main build- ings, the Bertillon system, photographs and finger prints, all were’ taken by the prisoners. The filing clerks were prisoners. Typists and bookkeepers were prisoners. é . t Aside from the guards, there were other civilians employed in the prison, One, a member of the Department of Justice who was sup- posed to look after the records; a physician, the steward, the boss tailor, the Chaplain, and there may have been one or two others.’ There were several escapes from the prison while I was there.’ After the count and discovery was made that a prisoner ras gone, they would blow the wild-cat whistle, the siren at the boiler house. As soon as the wild-cat would begin to blow, a terrible yell would zo up from the prisoners in the different cell houses, though none of them knew who it was who had escaped, they would sing éut in 1 mighty voice: “Good-by, good luck, good luck! Don’t come back! 30 Ht! Go it! you son of a bitch!” * 8 In the next issue Haywood tells of a prison, mu food. You can get Bill Haywood's Bool: j,ce wiih «a & ome year to the Daily Worle . tiny over bad sorption for Scud it in, either new or vencwal. HAILY WORKER, NEW YORK, W. Bosses’ Ultimatum, ESDAY, MAY 8, 1929 Page Three EDN tor Conditions \French Imperialism Tries to Forge Ahead in Race for Above is “L’Action,” largest submarine in the French navy, just launched at St. Nazaire, for use in | the coming imperialist war. In the same shipyards France has also been building submarines and war- ships for Poland, for use against the Soviet Union. Huge War Nav ‘REBEL’ PAYROL ~ FOUND ON ATEGA Clerical Group Was Escaping With Loot Among the papers found yester- |day in possession of Salvator Ateca |one of four men arrested here Sat- urday while preparing to leave wi $750,000 in cash and securities, w jan undated oll for the army c¢ General Escobar, one of the Mex! |can “putchists,” who tried to seiz |power for the Catholic chureh by purely military methods and with- ha popular mass support. The Mexican government consul- general he: announced that t Bank of Mexico will prefer char against Ateca and his companion and demand the return of the fund which they claim were seized Ty General Escobar from of its branch banks. | Gambler and Other Things. ome Friends of Ateca trying to expiain the sources of this money in sub. antiation of the claims that it is New Shob Committees Electing Delegates to Unity Convention “Preparations for the Trade! tailo hod carriers, food workers | Union Unity Convention in the var- will be represented. ious districts” is the title of a large section of the latest issue of Labor Unity, the officigl organ of the Trade Union Educational League. The convention is now only three weeks away. It will be held in Cleveland, June 1-2. To it will come} representatives of the militant min- ers, needle trades, textile, shoe A delegation of seven is being ar- ranged for from Bethlehem steel and textile plants. Fifty new mem-| bers have joined one shop commit- tee in Philadelphia. Chester Represented. In Chester and Wilmington, dele- gations representing shop commit- workers, food workers and other tees in the Ford plant, the Sun Ship- new unions, of locals in the old yard and Baldwin Locomotive work- unions, and lef. wing groups, where ers will go to Cleveland. Shop com- the workers are fighting both the mittees have been working for two exploiting employers and the treach-| months in the Irving Textile Mill erous union bureaucrats, and the Viscose Company. Chester Roster ca Obieuves. and Wilmington will send nine dele- +, i“ A‘ ‘ates t sleveland, | |,, The third of a series of articles on) @%°° 0 Cleveland the convention's aims and organiza-|,.I" New York there is much ac- tion written by William Z. Foster, tivity. Labor Unity prints a state- tional secretary of the T. U. E. L., ™ent from the local T. U. E. L.: Papel in Ps ince, Its conclu-| , “The Needle Trades Workers In- Moh atabex: dustrial Union, the Shoe Workers’ | ph Weideds alee csseenis q| Union, the Hotel, Restaurant and Wistienens aes ee nats | Cafeteria Workers’ Union and the the} G ea? We oh : Fi > srocery Clerks’ Union are arrang- Cleveland convention, will be a real ing for shop delegate conferences section of the Red International of f a 7 to elect delegates to Cleveland and Labor Unions. It -will be a fight-|t9 the New York Conference, which ing labor movement, waging War] will be held on May 18 and 19.” . 3 on all the’ misleaders of labor} Textile Strik whether they appear under such} ,—_— on oS fey Saee 3 open capitalistic guise as Green| Labor Unity’s main article is on) and Woll, or attempt to hide them-|the May Day celebrations. It covers selves under radical sounding all the news of the week, running phrases as the socialist party and pecial column: “Sidelights on the the so-called Muste group. Every and con- effort must be put forth to make tinues publication of “International \the T, U. E. L. convention a real| Experiences in Strike Strategy.” mobilization of all the best fighting) The book review this week is by elements in the whole American Gertrude Mueller on “Labor and working class.” Silk,” by Grace Hutchins, a volume There will be a fourth article next | {¥!! of facts about this angle of the week by Foster. peeaule cetrnea le : Actual results are reported from), With original pictures of the G many cities. In the Chicago district ev iatloy) Eeropeweyandsedi: organization work is going on in the abor Unity is a very read- Northwestern railroad. shops; 175 able Paper, and as the special source workers joined the T. U. E. L, at a/°f information on the | |mass meeting in the stockyards,|Vention called by the T. U. E. L., jand shop committees are established ™USt be circulated by all clas jin Swifts and in Armours SN a meat |” | packing plants. Mass meetings in the Crane Harvester plant resulted Hughes’ Son Solicitor Lin a shop committee. ie Western G eneral of U.S.; Father Electric shop committee is a fed- erated body from all departments. Aids L.R.T. Fare Steal | Leads Wayne Strike. In_ Detroit district, where the T.. WASHINGTON, ‘U. E. L. and the Auto Workers’ pointment of Charle ans Hughes, Union lead a strike of 500 workers Jr., to be solicitor general of the at the Graham Page plant, Wayne, United States was announced at thc food workers and rubber workers White House. Hughes, son of tho are also organizing, and at least 50 former secretary of state, is a law |delegates will go to the Cleveland partner in his father’s firm. | convention, | Hughes will fill the post left va- Pittsburgh, besides being the cen-| cant when Attorney General William ter of the National Miners’ Union,/D. Mitchell was named to the cab- which has endorsed the convention, inet. will get representation from the un-| His more famous father is now organized miners in West Virginia the chief attorney for the Inter- to go. Mill committees are organ-|borough Rapid Transit Co., of New ized’ in. the McKeesport Tin Plate! York, and is fighting hard to raisc plant, the Ambridge Seamless Tube subway and elevated fares to seven Company factories, the Cannons- cents. burg Standard Tin Plate, and the Westinghouse plants. T. U. E. L.! 0 toria. 3 7. — Ap- Equal Pay for Equal Work! 10TH COMINTERN ANNIVERSARY ISSUE of the COMMUNIST INTERNATIONAL Articles by prominent leaders of the Communist International. oCco00G: This issue will be increased to five times the size of the ordi- nary issues. This special number will sell for 25 CENTS PER COPY Combination of the Communist International and Communist $3.00 PER YEAR WORKERS LIBRARY PUBLISHERS 43 East 125th Street New York City DOSOSCODISOOSOCOCEOOCOCGOCO000900000 | OOCOCS: ccoce9occooce % nity Con-| a his own, said he amassed a fortune Jof $3,000,000 in Mexico in a few eral Marcelo C as governor of Chihuahua and also during the re- BOLIVIA FIRES U. S. Imperialism Out interests they said that Ateca w cori melde he principal automobile dealer |Chihuahua. He also reaped big profits from silver mines owned by ASUNCION, Paraguay, May 7. British-American antagonisms — General Caraveo and himself. These in/mines they said have now been Paraguay were again reflected in Seized by the Mexican government. Agent For Someone. sounds extremely un- ‘eonvincing since Ateca has been in the firing of a Bolivian military | patrol Paraguayan upon a small troop detachment onerating in the Mexico only a few vend, neighborhood of the Vanguardia ed up with Ateca are W. H. fortress. The conflict has its origin , a former assistant United in the struggle of the two imperial-| States attorney at El Paso and Ru ist powe. sell B. Matthews, assistant U. s for the newly discovered oil fields in Chaco. The Bolivians who are almost entirely under the domination of the Americans are reflecting the aggressiveness of Wall Street in Latin America and taking the offensive against Paragvay which is flirting with the British. toll Bat | director of immigration at El P. It is charged that these two men were aiding the Mexic to escape. 0. Soviet Woolen Trust Improves Production MOSCOW, U. S. S. R., (By Mail) —According to the “Commercial and Industrial Gazette” the So Pan-American Fakery. WASHINGTON, May 7.—General F. R. McCoy, chairman of the Com- called the so-called neutral commis- ing fine wool from coarse sheep. The sion members to discuss the new out- new method devised by the Wool break of hos After the meet-| Trust yields as much as 75 per cent ing of the “neutrals” the re: tatives of the two countries will be called in. The neutrals are gen- erally members of the State Depart- ment and their Wall Street a ors | to which Soviet Russia has for the who are watching the situation for last three years imported three mil- American financiers. lion roubles worth of breeding sheep. | There are about 120 million| |coarse sheep in the U. S. S. R. and if the success of the laboratory ex- perimen will be repeated on al larger scale, the prospects for the} development of the woolen industry will immensely increase. ordinary sheep. Increase Production of Peat in U.S. S. R. MOSCOW, U (By Mail). —During 1928 a total of 7.5 million tons of peat was produced in the S.R. This is times as much} produced in 1914, The methods employed in the pro- duction of peat have greatly prog- ressed since pre-war day Thus in 1928, 62 per cent of the entire peat output was produced by the means of elevators, 14.4 per cent by hy- draulic methods, 1.9 per cent by baggers, while the share of cut peat amounted to 21.7 per cent. } The five-year plan provides the doubling of the peat output. | JOIN PROTEST STRIKE LEIPZIG, Germany, May Workers here will join the protest strike against Berlin police brutal- ity tomorrow. Police in Duisburg entered the Red Front Fighters’ hall and stole the banners and rec- ords. The Communist paper Tri- bune in Magdeburg was suppressed for three wee for) front the \ proletariat alone ary—Marx, We Have Just Received from Great Britain a Very Limited Number of the | Report of the Sixth World Congress of the Communist International 12 “J Contains a complete stenographic report of the most important Congress since 1920. 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He held gambling and slot} machine concessions for two years during the administration of Gen- in} |Posals by stating that en-|of fine wool from the wool of the} « Heretofore 90 per cent of merino wool has been imported, in addition ‘Heads Open iam B a borver* VONDAY, DATE SETBY BOSSES, DISREGARDED IS ui EmployersPreferProfit to Safety of Workers HAVRE, Franc May 7.—Defy- ing the ultimatum of the employers and the local government here that e 2,000 do: orkers who came out veek must go back to work or they would be permanently fired their jobs and driven from vicinity, with a blacklist hem, the strikers continued top all movement of The United ‘ates Chamber of erday the Commerce, chief organization of contemptuous u open shoppers, has elecied Wiliiam dressed to the strikers by the bosses, Butterworth, above, its president, to and posted under police protection lead in the fight to reduce wages xbout the working class part of and conditions of the workers. t The ib treated the at- at intimidation with the same or more contempt, and not a man ‘ a argo on the ks of this, one of we the | in France. i De 1@ AAC The ; against the ua Wc j dangerous and conditions naintained the Havre wharves. ams Ee “Yy stevedore bosses and stevedor- Statement Falsifies the ing employers have found it more profitable to overwork and kiil their Actual Facts mployes than to make the condi- tions better id provide real fae f t. The wo: eda o their policy. present situation continues spread to other ports. ties for mov (Continued from Page One) Gibson and the Ame an delegation In relation to the American “equ alent values” formula the Japanese the strike will ambassador already indicated that his delegation might have a counter proposal when the question is again discussed in the fall. he British made their tions to accepting the Ame the Build Soviet Foreign Trade in 5-Year Plan; rien ma Grain Export to Grow the formula! oscow, U. 8. S. R., (By Mail)i cannot be considered as a proposal, 5 eee racers - : H thod ee : a —The five year plan of development Di y as a method of procedure, : y a Procedure, of foreign trade provides for ex- atl they eet un aepnotd decision ‘ports amounting to seven million pis Wanhineeni aerua’ Proposal youbles and imports to 6,200,000,000 2 ee ae roubles for the whole period. The In addition, there is the fact of export for is expected to the denunciation of the actions of exceed the exports by 164.6 cent, while the i the conference made by both Ger- per mports are to many and the U.S.S.R. It is of increase by 80 per cent. Accord- entirely untrue that the jing to the plan there is to be a cans ever made any proposals favorable balance during the five to change the word “limit” to “re- duce.” Only in Gibson’s opening speech did he use this te This use he later repudiated with his vote against the Litvinov motion to titute “reduce” for the word mit” on the agenda, rs of 800 million roubles, the ten- y being towards a constant in- crease of the balance in favor of the The plan anticipates considerable development of the grain export which will not, however, reach the ar volume even at the end ve year period. The cipal places in the exports are signed to lumber and oil.“ The import plan provides for STONE-MASONS STRIKE. AUCKLAND, N. 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