The Daily Worker Newspaper, March 8, 1930, Page 4

_Page Four $1 TO $3.50 PER DAY FOR WOMEN IN GLOVE PLANT Negaunee W omen Must Organize money to pay the r fuel to keep the fire ing to put on b worn out and di money to buy even soap. every day to get a s her h i, and| what is the re: You see us strol- ling back home again. cast face, with a disgust and a d spair. No job today, and none to- morrow. What will become of us? Time to Think Women, it is time that we begin to realize that there must be some- thing done. It is time that we be; to get our share out of this wo and time to think. Why, if we keep on like this, what will happen to us? What WILL HAPPEN? Are we to starve and die? Are we to freeze to death; are we to let our childreri die as we are dying right now? And I have come to the conclusion that there is only one thing to do, and that is to join in with the mass- es of other workers, those workers who we see down at the factory gates trying to get jobs and they are as hungry and cold as we ar There are thousands of women w ing for a job every day in fron the Rayon Company in Clevelan There are hundreds of women w ing of jobs in front of the cigar fac-} tories, the laundries, the knitting mills on the west side. At the Auto Plants The Briggs Body, the Fisher Body —we go there and wait for jobs every day and find the same an- swer. Then this means that there will be no jobs unless we do some-j thing and there is only one thing} Join the unemployed council} to do. under the leadership of the Trade} Union Unity League, and demo: strate with them. They are the only ones that are putting up a howl about food and maintenance, and work and wages, and the Communist] Party, the working class Party. International Women’s Day meet-} ing will take place at the Sachsen- heim hall, 1400 East 55th Street or Sunday afternoon, a at 1:30 p. m. on} March 9th, in Cleveland, Every woman should attend this meeting and join in with the worl ers of the world and demonstra There is only one thing to do and that is for every working woman to join the Communist Party. 2046 East Fourth Street, Ohio. Cleveland, —CLEVELAND WOMAN WORKER. rgeots age. is—that ntagonism: ed eimplifice cl ap into two great hostile camps, at and directly contra- bourgeoisie and pro- letariat——Marx. EXPERTS FOR SOVIET BUILD- and signers of the Ford and other auto plants, have concluded an agreement with the Soviet Union to act as con- sulting architects for the building Inc., architects engineers, de industry The Daily Werker is the Party’s hest among the masses of workers, build a mass Communist Party. [Sun Oil Slaves” | Hitched to Rope || to Pull Tanks | | | (By « Worker Correspondent) | CHESTER, Pa—Speaking ‘the Sun-Oil Tank Farm near Mar- | cus Hook, They pull stunts out \there that most folks think could happen only in a backward coun- try like China. You ought to see the gang pulling things around | in the mud of the Tank Farm. | The other day they wanted a pump moved to the opposite end of a ditch. The mud was so deep | that neither tractors nor horses could get across without getting mired. One of the mucking gangs | was called and a rope hitehed on the pump and they dragged it across the field. This brought to |my mind the Volga Boatman tug- |ging away up the bank under the lfear of the lash. Fifteen minutes {later the pump was moved, and ‘about 20 workers were wiping |the sweat off their brow waiting \for further orders from the boss. They get 45 cents for this sort ax work and they have to work \in all sorts of weather. Sun-Oil ‘yorkers organize against this \degrading slavery. Join the Trade | Union Unity League! —SUN-OIL WORKER. i ee with a down- Write to} ety is splitting | “Albert Kali, | DAILY WORKER, NEW YORK, SATURD: AY, MARCH 8, 1930 WOMEN’S DAY, 1930, FINDS ‘WORKING : WOMEN IN THICK Ok STRUGGLE WOMEN WORKER { (By a Worker Correspondent) Iam a Negro worker that, after being unemployed, have joined the | Unemployed Council. I was working on the New Jer- sey Central Railroad on the docks at Pier 10, foot of Liberty St., | New York City. ae Women workers slaving at the | lard department). | tion which fights for equal wages f night work for women, full safety women workers, and all militant de’ The work was very hard, the wages poor, and sure was some speed up. Worked there three years. The work was very dangerous and it was even worse that way on ac- count of the speed-up system. How the foremen push the work- ers! Winiias, aia at Belt: Fight by iene T.U.ULL belt in a packing house (Swift's, Tle Trade Union Unity League is the organiza- ‘or equal work, the 7-hour day, no and sanitary protection for the mands. | FAKERS CORRUPT Workers Jobs | (By a Worker Correspondent.) | The International Longshoremen’s | Association here in Philadelphia is! tricking us more and more each day. We find the delegates letting non. union then on the job if they will ‘AFL DOCK UNION GASH REGISTER GO. LAYS OFF 1500 |Demand Bribes to Give “Dayton Workers Must tt | Organize in TUUL” (By a Worker Correspondent) DAYTON,. Ohio. — The National | Cash Register Co. of Dayton, known to the bosses the world over as the model” factory, home of “welfare” work, and for dividing its workers into four classes, according to a instrument to make contacts) to} sign slips to the effect that they | isting of A, B, C and D employees, will give the delegates a percentage | \has just laid off 1,500 employees, of their pay when the job is done.|which represent about twenty per For instance, the other day, one of | cent of its factory and office force. our fellow workers went on a job | Since October 1 these workers have |at Pier 36 south, and when he came | worked only three and four days a lon the docks there were about 200 week, and now they are forced to union men waiting for a job. There | swell the ranks of this country’s was a non-union man inside the | army of unemployed. gates. The delegate went over to| This town, by the way, is also the home of the city manager, or com- mission form of government, foster- ed by the late John H. Patterson, " some seventeen years ago. This Cheated by Bosses. ‘form of government was put over The other day a truck load of us | when the workers became dangerous were sent to Chester to unload aj to the bosses, by electing two work- |ship, and our contract called for |ers to the city council. free transportation to and from the} The workers mi job. The bosses took us to Chester, | the Trade Union and when the job was completed |the employed workers of N. C. R. and w ked the boss stevedore for |Co, must cooperate with the unem- }earfa aid, “If you haven't got | ployed in fighting for work or wages talk to him, and the non-union man | was seen to slip a bill into the dele- | gate’s hand. he dough that is your own hard luck, |and against the speed-up. jyou liad better start walking now —DAYTON WORKER. Jas it is a long walk pantie ; Many other things could be told Every new Daily Worker reader jabout this A. F. of L. union of |you get is a potential Party memy “ours,” and we are beginning to ber. realize that we must have a real | union of the workers to fight for | onthe waterfront, and we will help them to build this union to beat down the LL.A. fakers. --A LONGSHOREMAN. |We want | League the Marine Workers’ to continue their meetings | bis organize under nity League and WITH THE SHOP P APERS F. le Brotherhook Fakers Help Lay Them Off International Women’s Day this year finds the working women throughout the world in the thick of the class struggle, in the front ranks of the working class fighters against unemployment, rational- ization and the capitalist system which produces these. Photos show working women in electrical apparatus plants (first 2 photos, cutting glass tubing, insulating, transformer coils in Gen- eral Electric plants) and right, women workers in a canning factory. The danger is this. Coming down the steep runs from the ship to the dock, you’re liable to be run down by other trucks. Or the load is liable to drop on you, overbal- ance you. One time a load fell on | me. Besides doing the work, which is hard enough I tell you, ae have to bee watching.’ out that you dont get run down by other trucks, always be on the lookout. Wages were 49 cents an hour. Supposed to be eight hours a day, but often make you work 10, 11 and 12 hours a day, straight time overtime, that’s all. No union for | the truckers. WEVE BEEN giving our column eae eas once over. We decided that it must have a definite purpose. But here we were stuck. And then in drifts a letter from Cleveland that makes us see the light. “We appreciate your column... and will act upon your Criticism.” ww to serve the purpose of being a medium for stimulating, criticising, reviewing, and helping organize shop papers the com- rades engaged in this work must contribute to this column. And so without further ado we broadcast a call to all agitprops, shop nuclei secretaries, shop paper editors, to contribute to the Shop Paper Column and make it the medium for more and better shop papers. CLEVELAND COMES BACK STRONG! SOMETHING has arrived from Cleveland that has warmed the cockles of our heart. No less than a beaut of a shop paper. It is the “Spark Plug” issued in the Fisher Body Works. It was formerly an anemic two-page mimeo sheet. printed! Comrade John Lawson, District Agitprop Director, writes us that our panning (constructive under all circumstances) got the local com- rades on the job of getting out better shop papers. The District Agit- prop herewith gets the blessing and cooperation of the With the Shop Papers Column! Let’s take a look at this splendid shop paper: The organization of shop committees and the fight against all forms of capitalist ration- alization are the leading issues on page one. The March 6 demonstra- tion holds down page two. One letter from the shop and an exchange letter from Detroit have found their way in on page three. Don’t forget your letters, Cleveland! The last page is called the “Young Spark,” the youth page, which is well gotten up. All in all a cracker- jack. Comrade Lawson suggests exchange of mats for printed shop papers. A good idea. To start it off we’re going to send Cleveland several, But in this connection we would suggest that the comrades try to get or buy mats of demonstrations, etc., from local capitalist papers. We have another suggestion: What about using some of material we run in this column for exchange matter? Also worker correspondents letters. Try it, Cleveland! And let’s hear from you again. We can’t resist printing the poem in the “Spark Plug.” So here goes: * THE AUTO WORKER AUTOMAT Stooped and silent, homeward bound, He wends his weary way; Eats his supper, seeks his bed, So ends the work worn day. Tired and grouchy, half awake, His bronzed voiced master calls: Bolts his coffee, grabs his lunch, And back to work he crawls. * * At his place machinery like, He puts in bolt two-ten; And never knows from where they come, Nor why he puts them in. Stooped and silent, homeward bound, He wends his weary way; Eats his supper, seeks his hed, So ends the work worn day. Tired and grouchy, half awake, His bronzed voiced master blows; Bolts his coffe, grabs his lunch, Again to work he goes. Stooped and silent, homeward bound, He wends his weary way; Eats his sup—oh what's the use! It’s just the same next day. Now it is a meaty four-page shop paper and | Come you get hurt you has to go through a great deal of red tape to get treated. Report to checkman, he report to foreman, he report to superintendent and you lying there hurt all the while. | Then after the speed-up they | go and lay you off. I'm going to spend all my erie | | time helping 'N. J. CENTRAL SPEEDS UP, MAIMS NEGRO TRUCKERS, LAYS THEM OFF > “T’m Going to Spend All My Spare Time Heloing ih2 T. U. GE: L. and the Communist Party” the Trade Union Unity League, the Communist Party and the International Labor Defense, cause they fight for all the workers and for race equality —NEGRO WORKER. Tell the Advertiser—“I Saw Your Ad in The re Dany Worker.” The railroad workers are being thrown into the ranks of the un- employed by the thousands weekly, rail bosses in laying these worker: their future battles against unem leadership of the Trade Union Un EVICT WORKER, SEIZE CHILDREN ‘Overthrow w Capitalism’ Says Jobless Toiler — (Bu a Worker Correspondent) SAN PEDRO, Cal.— I, James Devlin and my wife, Mable Devlin, are two more victims of Hoover's “prosperity.” On. February 20 we were thrown out of the only home we had, at 267 West Fourth St., for being unable to pay the rent. Our three children, all under the age of 12, had been taken away at an earlier date by the probation offi- cer, because I was unable to support them as they should have been sup- ported, T have been all over southern Cali- fornia trying to find steady work, , lack of clothes, just like the sou- (By « Worker Correspondent.) | thern textile workers. MARTINSVILLE, Va. — Here 12 and 13 Hours of Slavery where the American Furniture Co, and the Hooker and Bassette Furniture Ce. make fine and lux- uriant furniture for the rich, the rush from these factories to go they might rest their weary bod- | lives of 4,000 workers are being | ies, to get ready for another day’s } ground into profits for these big | grind. bosses. Our wives and children No! This is not always true. | are suffering hunger and for the | They are supposed to get out af- The workers, tired and thin, | home and lie on a hard bed, that | | tramping the streets looking for ter 5:30 p. m., after a ten hour grind, but often you are not let go by the boss till 8 and 9 at | night, This means 12 and 13 hours per day slavery for the employed workers while thousands are | skill and the kind of a job. But | whatever the job they must go on a run from 7 a. m. until the whis- tle blows for quitting time. You get thirty minutes only for lunch, Organize Against Speed-Up on his work apron after the whis- One must not be caught putting tle blows. We must be ready for work. . On the Run All Day The workers in the furniture factories receive from 20 to 35 cents an hour, depending on their ) work at 7 a. m. sharp. When a worker was seen getting on his apron late one day last week the boss began to curse, “I'll be god | dam if we'll have this, If you can’t have your apron on and be | ready for work before the whistle blows you can look for some other job.” This slavery is forcing the work- ers to organize. They are getting and the union misleaders help the 's off. These workers will fight ployment and speedup, under the ity League. but in vain. Every where I go its the same, there is no work, so I jam unable to settle down and bring Ve the children in the right manner. They came and took our children oy our only consolation and com- rt in our misery, although Miss eee Johnson, the probation offi- jeer, told us that the court did not | want to keep the children if we |eould show proof that we could care for them in the right manner, for she said, we have enough of them to care for already. Is there no justice in the land? They can give me no work yet they expect me to be able to provide for my children, and when I cannot they take my children away and hypocritically tell me they will return them if I will provide for them. I have been reading The Daily Worker and I know our only salva- tion lies in overthrowing such a cor- rupt system that forces millions of workers out on the streets while the rich are increasing their profits. THOUSANDS OF MARTINSVILLE, VA, FURNITURE HANDS STARVE 12 and 13 Hours a Day Slavery ; Bosses Grind Out Liv Lives of 4000 Workers militant. Workers must fight back through organization. Workers, join the Trade Union Unity League. Fight the stretchout and speed-up. Forward against the bosses! —MART VILLE WORKER, Write About Your Conditions for The Daily Worker. Become a Worker Correspondent. , IN W.VA. AND OHI ARE MILITAN Negro, White Toilers | Fight Side By Side (By a Worker Correspondent.) WHEELING, W. Va—IN Ohio at | West Virginia there are to be foun |thousands of Negroes, the bigges majority of these from five to si | children in each family, ages rangin, |from 2 months to 8 years. $6 a Week for Negre Women | | A large majority of the Neg women are employed in the rag fac tories and laundri They are paid from five to six dollars a week fo! working from nine to twelve hours las They are forced to eat theii |Innches in 30 minutes and oftime@i they are only allewed 15 minute: , fhey ave not allowed te quit earl; make up for this time nor ar@ lage paid extva for it. | They ar | pushed to death to make more prof lits for the bosses through the speet Bosses Encourage Race Hatred In these factories there are {to be found white women laborin | under the same miserable conditions |The very clever bosses are puttin, jon a supposed to be friendly rival) | competition. They are using the fol lowing policy. They tell the Negri women that the white women put oug |more work than they and the next: jdey the white women are told the same thing. This system is respon sible for several things, first it i {ereases the bosses profits, second |keeps all cf the women in the fea \of dismissal and third it arous _| hatred hetween the races. Shonlder To Shoulder? The Negro women in the minir section are just militant es tlt | whites in the-picket line. They fig shoulder to shoulder down in Po haton. are out every morning at fo |to fight oppression. They see ¥ difference in races or color. If the women can fight and work side side then every other woman ne maf ter what kind of work she is doi | would feel the same, that you are al | fighting for a right to live, to o! ganize, sc women of all races, rall to International Women’s Day cell ibrations, on March 8, in Canto Warren, Conneaut, Toledo, Chagri Falls and Youngstown, and March Sunday afternon, in Ceveland at tl Sachsenheim Hall, 1400 E. 55th St Jin Akron, Ohic, at the 144 E. Ei lchange St., in the evening 8 p.'my and shew your working class soli | Join the Communist Partyy jun in cach of these towns, write t 2046 E. 4th St, Third floor, ,Clev@ land, Ohio. —W. VA. WOMAN WORKER. § ‘Sun Oil Proves Jobless, Those at Work Must Join | (By a Worker Correspondent) | CHESTER, Pa. — Three work |ers were severely burned whe | fire broke out in the No. 7 plant }of the Sun Oil Co, at Mareus | Hook on Friday night. (From thi | Chester Times, Saturday, March 1. 1930.) | Plant officials attempted te | soft pedal the news, and reported that none were seriously injured. The workers are at the mercy o! the Sun Oil bosses. When a work- er gets a job here he is asked| to sign away his rights and t leave his welfare in the hands of, the Sun Mutual Benefit Associ-| ation, who can give a worker, just as little or as niuch as they please in case of injury, and get! away with it. Workers with pangs of hunger ] driving them to desperation, sign] © up daily. They are sent to work in oil, mud, and all sorts of dirt and grime. The other day a heavy rain fell all day long. The workers were} forced to stay out and work inj) the mud. The next day, a few did|) not report for work, and when} they did show up they were frankly told that the Sun Ojl Ce. expected men to work every day if they were asked to, regardless of the weather. A husky Negro, tired of being driven like an animal, replied: “Say, I'm willing to work when IT can stand up and walk around on my own feet: But when there is so much mud that I need help to get around in and pull out of the mud, then I’m leaving. Is it any better out there today? expect you'd etter give me my time right away, now.” “Fine,” replied the pusher— “There are a hundred men wait- ing for a job right now and we will get somehody to take your place right away.” Here we have evidence to prove the necessity of organizing the unemployed and forcing the bose- es to pay wages to all jobless workers. Then the bosses could not threaten to fire workers on the job and these workers could organize and refuse to work un der such miserable conditions. —A SUN OIL WORKER Se