The Daily Worker Newspaper, April 11, 1930, Page 3

| a NEW YORK, FRIDAY, APRIL 11, 1930 THIRD OF WORKERS IN TRI-CITIES IN ILL. ARE UNEMPLOYED Harvester Plants at Moline, Rock Island and Rock Island Railroad Lay Men Off Wages at Rock Bottom for Those Who Are Working in This Sestion (By a Worker Correspondent) ROCK ISLAND. Ill.—Just a few lines on the Hoover “prosperity” From my experience the last week I would estimate the unem- ployed of the Tri-Cities at from 15,000 to 20,000 or about one-third of its working population. There is no place that I have been that are hiring, except the Farmall Works of the International Harvester Co, in Rock Island. The International Harvester has recently put up a new assembly plant in East Moline, but will not begin hiring before April 21, so the man in the employment office said. The International Harvester is known the country over for its long hours and very low wages. The starting rate is usually 40 cents an hour, and after the first week they put you on piece rate. The piece rates are so scandalously low that many men fail te make even the small day rate of 40 cents an hour and either quit in disgust or are “canned.” The McCormick Trust does not guarantee any base rate as some firms do. This the Illinois workers should remember, for Ruth Hanna McCormick is trying to get re-nominated again this year for congress-woman. A number of other firms are standing still, “watchfully waiting” as it were. Among the firms laying off are the Rock Island R. R. shops at Silvis—the John Deere Wagon Works in Moline and the Roek Island Plow \Co. in Rock Island. longer the workers of the Tri-Cities can stand this “watchful waiting” is a question they themselves must decide. They must join the Trade Union Unity League. —TRI-CITY WORKER. Things Are Stirring at Westinghouse Electric (By a Worker Correspondent.) , ‘This is how one girl got fired: NEWARK, N. J.—A word about Hawkshaw was eavesdropping on the straw bosses and foremen in the her and overheard or thought he Westinghouse Electric. The assist-|overheard something that did not ant foreman, Grossmichle, better | sound quite right to him, and out known as Hawkshaw is such a|she went. All the girls are afraid sneak that he is hated by all the| to open their mouths now, for fear workers in D2 department. All day/of having Hawkshaw listening in long he hides behind pillars or racks | or catching them talking. The girls and watches who talks and listens/ will not stand for this much longer in on all that is said. And pity the| Things are stirring and Jelly-Fish the worker who is caught by him.|and Hawkshaw will get a surprise He immediately runs up to the fore-|one fine morning. The T.U.U.L. is man, Al. Koch (Jelly-Fish), and the | at work. lirty work begins. A Westinghouse Worker. An Echo of the Battle at Ford’s (By a Worker Correspondent) DETROIT, Mich.—I am writing to let you know what was done at the Ford Motor Company on April 1, to let you know the truth by an eye witness. There were 20,000 men looking for a job and the company called the police and they came with machine guns, rifles and shot their tear gas at the men and clubbed them. The clash wit the workers continued all morning. The company did not want thc people to sce how many workers were out of work. The police were not considered brutal enough, so Ford called his service men who are his police or snakes. And these snakes woul pick out and beat up the smallest-man they could and one small Negva they beat and kicked when he talked back. Three of the rats flashe:! their guns and were pointing them at the workers all morning. Most-of the workers said, you could see with your eles now to « whom this government belongs: to the Ford Motor Company and the other big bosses. The police were sore about March 6. I wish to see the end of this system soon and the workers victors in this class struggle. —A CLASS HATER. i » Rhode Island State Cuts Building Workers Wages (By a Worker Correspondent) to chuck the bluff, “We get it back PROVIDENCE, R. I—How the|for our boys.” Boloney is the re- “Hoover Hooey” is being slammed} tort by the rank and filers who around even by those who are sup- | know better. posed to be its friends. The state} The men also used to get carfare institutions here in Rhode Island|over one zone. This, too, has been have just passed it to the up-keep | sliced off. This means a still fur- men (carpenters painters, elec-| ther cut of about 46 cents a day to tricians, ete.). Just pulled the | most of the men employed. scale down to 90 cents. This is —A card man in the A. F. some slam. The union scale here for carpenters is $1.11%4, plumbers $1.37% and painters $1.121%. Some of the “business agents” are trying of L. who attended the March 6 demonstration and has been seeing a little red- der. A Victim of Westinghouse Rationalization (By a Worker Correspondent) NEWARK, N. J.—As a result of the introduction of new machinery Yand the speed-up system, more and |more workers are being thrown out “ of work in the Westinghouse Elec- tric Co. The latest victim in the meter test section of the Westing- house is Lucille Woods. In this section there used to be 22 girls employed to test meters, Now six girls are forced to do the same work with practically no increase in wages. Lucille used to be the sey- enth, When the bosses found that only six, Lucille was picked out to be fired, because she is suspected to be an “agitator.” When she was fired she got paid off at the rate of 34 cents an hour. She protested that her rate is 37 cents as she got a three cents raise ‘a month ago. They denied that she argued as much as she could, they did not give her the rest of her moey. The Westinghouse workers are waking up and they'll soon join the T, U. U. L. —WESTINGHOUSE SLAVE. THE PARTY ORGANIZER An indispensable hand book which must be used by every functionary of the Party and every member who must be trained for leading work in the Party. Its contents should be discussed at Unit mectings, at meetings of various fractions and in reading circles, PUBLISHED MONTHLY, and will continue to do so pro- viding the Party membership makes its appearance possible through regular purchase of bundle orders and secur- ing of subscriptions. Ten cents per Copy—Yearly Sub, $1.00 Combination Offer with The Communist for One Year for only Two Dollars Send all orders and subscriptions to the WORKERS LIBRARY PUBLISHERS 39 East 125th Street New York City they could get the work done by | got that raise and though she | and Countless Thousands Pm. K PoTORA. | t | } | \ | The pope talks of “freedom of conscience!” Dr, John W. Dra- per, an American scientist, in his | book, “The History of the Con- | flict Between Science and Re | ligion,’? shows the constant per- secution of the church, and par- ticularly the popes, against the | advancement of science at every step, HUSH-UP BOSTON POLICE GRAFT Governor Clamps Down) Lid on Cop BOSTON, April 10.—Hurry-up maneuvers of Governor Frank G. Allen and Caspar G. Bascon, presi- dent of the Massachusetts state sen- ate, to hide wholesale exposures of police graft were revealed today. Allen and Basecon’s efforts were directed to shutting up police officer ' Oliver B. Garrett, one-time senior {member of the police department | who threatened to “Blow the lid off | the Boston police force.” | Garrett was demanding a pen-| j sion, and with his threat he seems | sure to get it. |Cleaners Led by TUUL in New Haven Strike |for 40 Hours; More Pay NEW HAVEN, Conn., April 10.—} | All of the workers in the spotting | department of the New York Clean-| ing and Dyeing plant here came out! on strike Tuesday. They are led by the Trade Union Unity League | which has issued circulars to the workers in the driving, washing, and pressing departments, about 40 being still at work there, urging them to come out in solidarity with the spotters. The bosses took drivers and placed them in the spotting depart- ment, where they were kept at, work until 11 at night, trying to/ do that work. The strike is against. long hours | and low pay, and the demands are | for eight hours and the 40-hour week, a minimum wage of $20 aj week, increased wages for all other | workers, safety devices and full, | wages for all injured, no speeding | jand no piece work, and recognition of the T. U. U. L. All laundry, | cleaning and dye workers are urged | | to come up to the League’s head- | quarters, 211 Spruce St, | |Farmers Start Fight | | Against Wall Street | | Federal Farm Board | a earmat | WASHINGTON, April 10. More and more the farmers ealizing the true nature of th | Wall Street controlled federal farm board, which hands over $150,009. 000 to the grain gamblers while the farmer is impoverished. Throughout the mid-west farm belt there is growing mass discon tent among the farmers against th: federal farm board, Hoover and Legge, its supporters, as revealed in | uncontradicted reports received in | Washington. | Even the petty-bourgeois dailies, | which go into the farm regions, | supported by the local ban! are forced to reflect this growing mass discontent among the farmers. are Police, Teachers Try to Smash the Chicago Eisman Demonstration CHICAGO, April 10.—A sharp ; struggle occurred between a grovp of Young Pioneers and children, under the leadership of | the John Reed group of the Chicago | Young Pioneers, and teachers, back- (ed by pavrol boys, when a demon- | stration was staged April 9th in | front of the La Fayette School de- | manding the release of Harry Kis- man, | The day preceeding the demon- stration hundreds of leaflets were distributed to the school children exposing the boss schools and courts working against the unemployed. Police came to the aid of the teachers and arrested the speaker. Though the school bell was wrung a few minutes in advance, the chil- dren did not pay any attention to ic bur listened to thy speaker. On Saturday, April 12, at noon sharp, another demonstraticn will be staged in front of the Board of) } raised 20 to 30 per workers’ | MOVE TO YOKE CRISIS Cut Unemployed Support 300 to 400 Million Marks at.One Blow Communists Expose Ra German Toilers Pri ag discussed BERLIN (By Inprecor Service)—The Reic! the proposed increa |many s of German were invested abroad, cial-deme tie “Vor ted that 2 milliards of Ger tal were invested in § alone. In the last three y German steel trust alone vested 300 million m: capital the so- on articles of mass consumption, Anzling for the support of the German Nation- alists the Reich’s minister of fi- prance, Moldenhauer, declared that it was impossible to reduce the un-' gument of the employed support by 300 or 400 prime .ninister, million marks at one blow, suggest- { had i . The ar- s al-democratic Hermann Mueller, sary to reduce ex- ing that this could be done, how-! penses and increase taxation on ar- ever, if it were done by instal-/ ticles of mass consumption while ments. Moldenhauer also an- | reducing taxation on property in nounced that the income tax would be reduced, whereupon the Commu- nists shouted, “Yes, but the taxes on articles of mass consumption in- creased!” | Speaking in the name of the Communist fraction, Comrade Neu- bauer declared that the proposed in- crease of the motor oil tax con- cealed the idea of the oil monopoly and contained already a part of the|should be dealt increase in price which would re- | taxation proposals. sult from the exclusion of Soviet) from the German oil. With regard to the accumula-|the social-democrats rejected this tion of capital, he pointed out that proposal. order to promote capital accumula- tion was a deception aimed at con- cealing the fact that the -dem- ocrats and the bourgeois parties were loading the burdens of the Young Plan onto the shoulders of the masses. The Communist fraction de- manded that its proposals on behalf of thet three million unemployed ith prior to the A united front Growing Achievements of Five-Year Plan MOSCOW (By Inprecorr Press Service).—I the first five months of the current economic year (the second year of the Five-Year Plan) the total production of industry increased by 28 per cent, a record achievement and in advance of the increase in the same period last year. The production of heavy industry rose by 35 per cent and the production of light industry by 23.5 per cent. The “Pravda” commenting on this amazing achievement declares that it is the result of the introduction of the five-day uninterrupted working week. By March no less than five per cent of the workers were working the uninterrupted working week. French Raise Tariff PARIS, April 10.—A general in- erease in the tariff on American automobiles imported into France was voted yesterday by the Cham- ber of Deputies. Against U. S. Autos for a substantial inerease, in order to keep back the flood of American automobiles. The American auto- mobile bosses, however, are getting around the tariff by building plants The rates were in France. General Motors Co. has cent. The a large interest in the French automobile bosses agitated| French auto factory, Citroen. French Bloedhounds Jail Communist Candidate PARIS (By Inprecorr Press Service).—Comrades Dutilleul, Fal- lasse and Becret have been sentenced to two years imprisonment each and fines of 2,000 Francs each for press offences, The first two com- rades were Communist candidates in the municipal elections in the Paris proletarian suburb of St. Denis and Becret was the business manager of “I’Humanite.” Comrade Marouf, the secretary of the department of foreign-born workers of the Paris trades council has been sentenced to a year’s in- ternment in Algiers. Spanish “Socialists” Cleverly Aid Monarchy Reports from Spain tell of in-)‘ creasing sentiment against the mon- archy on the part of the masses. ¢ This opposition to the monarchy is, ‘ however, subject to attempts of th “socialists” to sidetrack the mo e the republic.” ists” are willing to co- e with bourgeois parties for republic,” but the fact nly the lependent revolutionary - action of the wor and peasants ment into harmless channels by the put an end to monarchy. The “socialist” plan for a capitalistic Spanish “socialists” are aping Ker- parliamentary “republic,” hence the ens The Communist Party raises monarchist government it not at- the slogan of “Down with the mon- tacking but rather permitting the archy,” coupled with “Fight for a “socialists” to hold meetings and) Worker and Peasant Government delude the masses with shouts of ‘of Sovie Czecho-Slovakia Feverishly Arming PRAGUE, Czecho-Slovakia (By|state undertaking the Bruenn Small Inprecorr Press Service). The| Arms Works, is now preparing to Mini of National Defense is|take up the production of airplanes. ‘ g feverishly to extend and! At the moment the Skoda works stvengihen the Tchechish war indus e only ones which build air- iction of chemicals for use in wai Il arms factory Janecek fare is being erected in Falkenau mmenced producing mo- with funds put forward by the min- | t s and will have an annual stry through the Zivnostenska Bank. | capacity of 10,000 a t from its Anothe: rge factory is being built | normal luction. This increased prod being carried out at and with the support Ministry of National De- y Slovakia for the production of shell and cartridge ca : the init The Bohemian Kolben A.-G., which} of the is under the control of the semi- fense. Bitine hows NEW HOTEL NiTGEDAICE BEACON, NY. ROOM IN NE CAMP NITGEDAIGET HOTEL NITGEDAIGET Price $17.00 per week Address; CAMP NITGEDAIGET BEACON, N. Y. Camp Tel. BEACON 731—s02 N.Y. Phone ESTABROON 1400 DIRECTIONS: From Grand Central or 125th St, Direct to Beacon. ‘Trains Leave Every Hour, Education, 460 South State St. sing of Living Costs of | ig BURDENS ON WORKERS, ° N a MIDST PROTEST Page Three (They Murdered Bruno FIGHT GERMAN BOSSES pFLERATES OF JOBLESS TRIED Leaflets Call All to|"™ SEs Union Square May 1 (Continued from Page One) sands of workers represented by the United Front May Day Con- ference, we declare that we will not surrender to the provocation of th bosses and their agents, we will fight for the right to demonstrate at Union Sq. in New York on May Day!” states a special manifesto is- ence for distribu- sued by the confe tion in hundreds of thousands of copies throughout the city at one The org tions which sent | from the nizations d p on to n Square demonstra ork the largest ever delegate: tion in New Y held, and to ca the battle sign workers in the March 6, for work or wages, no speed-up, no wage-cuts, unemploy- ment insurance, for defense of the Soviet Union, against imperia fascist and social- , for the war, against the fas agents of the bosses seven-hour day and five-d Mass Political Strik It is a demonst by a general ma t of all workers who still have jobs, and when they strike they will dem onstrate along with the thousands of unemployed in Union Sq. Whalen Mouthes Threats Police Commissioner Whalen yes terday issued a flamboyant state- ment to the press, mentioning myth- ical “instructions” from the Com- | munist International he says his spies have secured, and threatening |to use 19,000 police and threatening | a “police cavalry charge” and “po- lice clubs beating a rataplan” on the skulls of the workers. “If there is going to be any queen of the May lin this town three weeks from today biggest | | | | is that | | | it will be me,” said Whalen as he snarled over his proposal to club down the workers and the unem-| ployed. Whalen is all for the job- less starving in some back, black hole somewhere, and not daring to show their emaciated forms where the world can see. Fascisti Fail Whalen’s order bears out the evi-| important matters ous ow Every must un and that Distribution and Sale of the Daily Worker will mobilize workers for the May Day demonstrations. We must reach the workers in shop, mine and mill, with the Par- ty’s M and t Daily erease the mas March 6. Mass use of the Worker to i response ey on above Philadelphia has placed an or- der for . Seatth want! Detroit has ordered 100,000 cop New York is planning a ¢ tribution of 140,000 copies. Rush in Your Order Any Regular Daily 4-Page Issue $6.00 a thousand Any Regular Saturday 6- Page Issue $8.09 a thousand oun Dame May Day Greetings! to the DAILY WORKER! to the \it is passed. | “| P | Sun., April 13, 2 p. m. Revolutionary Working Class Movement! «+ May Day greetings to the Daily Worker and through the Daily Worker to the revolu- ry movement of the working class are on the order of the day. We call upon all workers in mass organizations, all to request their organ tions to send Greetings to the Daily Worker for the May First edition of our paper, Send in a $5, a $10, a greeting, show your solidarity with the Daily Worker, and at the same time help to dis- tribute tens of thousands of copies among the workers in the big industries. Daily Worker 26-28 Union Sq., New York teadily accumulating for | , that the fascist organizations CENSUS FIGURES have completely failed to rally the ex-soldiers for a brutal attack on t the World War | for this attack | 5 5 The work- s will answer the tion by a Union Square dem- | tration on May 1. provoc ARE JOBLESS Hungry Hordes Crowd to Read Want Ads (Continued from Page One) and a cut in working forces, as for unemployment.” rnes and Proctor call, “ins Philadelphia Protest April 18 PHILADELPHIA, Pa., April 10. Thousands of leaflets are being dis- | tributed throu nut the city the call of the International Labor Defense for a mass demon jobless and workers at noon, | April 18, at City Hall Plaza to p ring July 4 Convention Il sides come reports to the test the rail of the 1 secretary of the committee 6th fighters. The demonstration a ! of elected 2! the National Pre- week from today takes the place of | liminary Conference on Unemploy- a demonstration originally planned | ment held in New York, March 29 for today. | and 30, of active organization of un- area {employment councils and of prepa- | rations for the building of a delega- ‘tion of 10,000 to the National Con- V ion of Unemployment in Chi- Fight Gag YOUNGSTOWN, w 0., April 10. Workers of Youngstown will meet oyaly 8! “he ainemnloved in mass protest April 21, at 6 p. m., havea dy shown by numerous before | demonstrations, factory gate and ro-| employment office meetings that hibit the May Day demonstr they will join full force in the May Planvod here, and all ¢ inist | 4 demonstrations in every city. and organizational street meetings. : i The b ribits such meetings un- less a permit has been obtained | Hungry Sean Want Ads from the traffic commissioner.| NEWARK, N. J., April 10.-Mobs | When the bill came up for second |of ragged and hungry men, some- reading Monday a delegation of 100 | tim as many 1,500 of them, workers, Negro and white, was in | crowd the street around the office the council chamber to protest, The |of the Newark Evening News, day Communist party has already is-|after day. They gather at dawn sued a statement exposing the pur- | and wait, clutching pennies in their poses of the law and declaring that | hands, to purchase the first edition the workers will never observe it if | and search the help-wanted columns for possible jobs. MAY DAY « BUTTONS WITH OUR SLOGANS WORK OR WAGES DEFEND THE SOVIET UNION Are Re Ordered from the DISTRICT OFFICE OF THE PARTY Prices: 19¢ per button to individuals Te ner button to unitx and organizations COMMUNIST PARTY U.S. CENTRAL OFFICE 125th Street New York City as Ready and Shon! 4% East EN GREAT EVENT! A Remarkable Program ! JUBILEE CELEBRATION oF THE |; MORNING FREIHEIT AT THE BRONX COLISEUM EAST 177TH STREET SUBWAY STATION, BRONX RIVER EXCELLENT PROGRAM THE FOLLOWING THE UNIQUE PROGRAM OF THE OUTSTANDING CELEBRATION 1. Freibeit Gesangs Verein 500 singers will participate in the specially prepared pro- gram for this occasion under the leadership of J. Schaefer. 2. Red Workers Ballet A of let of dancers in a new program under the direction Edith Siegel. 3. Freiheit Gesangs Verein and Red Workers Ballet In a new experiment of revolutionary mass dancing and mass singing. Sport All sections of the Labor Sports Union will participate with the assistance of revolutionary music. 5. Anti-Religious Mass ' Performance Performed by the “ARTEF” ensemble, with all the sec- tions of the Freiheit Gesangs Verein under the direction of Benny Schneider, director of “Ristokraten.” 6. Children’s Chorus 150 charming and resounding voices from the chorus of the Non- n Workers Children Schools, under the direction of Jaeob Schaefer, will conclude the program, Comrades Foster and Olgin Will Speak A program worthy to be remembered. miss this great event! No worker should ‘Tickets in advance 75 cents and $1.00.. On April 13 the tickets will be $1.00 and § A ticket in advance will assure you of a better place.. ‘Tickets to be obtained in the office of the Morning Freiheit, ...,. 30 Union Square, New York City.