The Daily Worker Newspaper, June 7, 1933, Page 3

DAILY WORKER, NEW YORK, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 7, 1938 Page Three MINIMUM WAGE COMMISION AIMS TO REVIVE AFL IN LAUNDRY INDUSTRY Laundry Industrial Union Exposes Labor Fakers on Commission; Demands Right to Speak for Laundry Workers NEW YORK.—On May 26 the first meetizg was held of the Minimum Wage Advisory Committee which is in- vestigating conditions in the laundry industry to establish a minimum wage. to be investigated under the Minimum wage Law. In the Advisory Committee Rose Schneiderman of the Women’s Trade Union League represents “labor.” She is a close friend of the A. F. of L. machine and subscribes to all its betrayal policies. ¢signed by her appeared in the Bronx LAUNDRY UNION BORN IN FIGHT ON RACKETEERS Has Led Militant Fight Against Bosses | Racketeers can be sm=sited! The | brief history of the Laundry Workers Industrial Union, now numbering 1,100 members, proves this. The 50 workers who formed the nucleus of the union in 1931} were directly] drawn |from_ the | “Greater New! York Laundry Workers Union and Cooperative,” organized under a state charter by the notorious racketeer, Larry Fay. This racket was instituted by Fay LEON BLUM when he learned Laundry Union that 50,000 New Leader framed for Y or k laundry his activities workers could be “organized” to pay him weekly dues of $2. By boasting of his political pull, which he claimed would win strikes and settle disputes, Fay bam- boozled 500 laundry drivers into sign- ing up. Later, he started a “strike” in the Lux Laundry, but failed to ” “Geliver the goods” when the Seabury investigation interfered with his ac- | tivities. i | It was then that an opposition of | militant workers was started in Fay’s | organization and their efforts bore fruit by September, 1931. When 18 insurgent shop chairmen, .represent- ing practically the whole union, held a meeting in the home of a union member, Fay, in alarm, communi- cated immediately with the Laundry Owners Association. From the em- ployers’ outfit he received $17,000. He then called a final meeting of his organization dissolving it. Fifty workers attending this meeting got together to lay the nucleus for the Laundry Workers Industrial Union. Union Wages First Battle When gangsters beat up the shop chairman at the Active Laundry, the union called its first_strike, The strike, called in November, 1931, last~ ed six weeks. In its conclusion, the union membership doubled to over 400 in February, 1932. Since that time the union has con- ducted a number of strikes revolving around wage cuts, payment for over- time and against the firing of work- ers. In some cases the mere threat of a strike has won the demands of the shop committees. Such struggles were those at the Superfine Laundry in April, 1932, and the Jennings and Fairway Laundry strikes in October. All three started when one of the drivers was fired. And all three were victorious. As a result of these successful bat- tles, shop committees were recognized in gix other laundries until at pre- sent, the union has organized drivers and inside workers who have won reeggnition in 20 shops. Pretty Laundry Strike ‘he Pretty Laundry strike, lasting three months, has been the most bit- ter \light yet conducted by the Laun- dry Workers Industrial Union. De- spit; daily battles with gangsters Béred by the bosses and the arrest of # workers, mass picket lines were on the job every day. The strike was significant for it marked the first time that inside workers struck and over a proposed wage cut. Fur Workers Continue Fight on AFL-Bosses NEW YORK.—The new maneouvre on the part of the Associated, to- gether with the A. F. of L. in taking out an injunction to legally rob the furriers of their conditions, received a smashing blow yesterday. The fur- riers are class conscious enough to understand all these moves on the part of the bosses and the A. F. of | LAUNDRY MASS MEET | A giant mass meeting of organ- ized and unorganized laundry workers to fight the attempt of the bosses to put over a starva- tion “fair wage” minimum, will be held Thursday night at St. Lukes Home News under the headline| “Women Laundry" Workers in Har-| lem will be the First to Benefit by the| New Minimum Wage Law.” Discussing the failure of the| Women's Trade Union League to or-| ganize the women laundry workers! she continues: “We have been unaiis | to do much up to the present because there is no organization within the| industry itself,” ignoring the militant | Laundry Workers Industrial Union| and its gains for the workers in the} two years of its existencg Defunct A. F, of L. Unions Represented At the meeting of the advisory committee presidents and vice pres- | idents of the two dead A. F. of L, unions were invited. Laundry Work- ers’ Union sent its delegation of workers. ‘ Sadie Reich of the Women’s Trade Union League acted as chairman, She explained that all attempts to organize the workers in the laundry industry have failed because “the workers are cowards, who are unwill- ing to fitht.” She also pointed out that workers would have to organize in the A. F. of L. unions because the Industrial union is a Communist or- | ganization. Lomndry Workers Ready to Struggle Jesse Taft, secretary of the In- dustrial Union demanded the floor and repudiated these statements, She stressed the fact that the Union has a membership of 1,17 in the laundry industry, showing ti~t they are willing to organize, that Reich’s | Hall, 125 W. 130th St., 8 p. m. Laundry workers will elect their own three representatives to serve on the Advisory Committee of the | Minimum Wage Commission and | to speak for Tabor. A mass turn- | | out of laundry workers is expected. | remarks are a slur against the work- | ers for their struggles under the In- | dustrial Union’s lead points directly to the contrary. She exposed the | role of Schnneiderman and Reich in) the 1931 needle «struggles as agents of the bosses and declared that these misleaders intended to get the aid of the state to force the workers into the} A. F. of L, so that their wages could | be cut to the lowest minimum with- out opposition. She then told how the grafting boss-controlled A. F. of | L. officials have permitted the work- | ers to endure the most unbearable conditions without conducting any struggles. She demanded representa- tion on the Minimum Wage Commis- sion and the right to determine the minimum wage for the workers in the industry. Gold to Speak Tonight to Left, AFL Workers | NEW YORK.—The role of. the | leadership of the A. F. of L. and the | present attack on the conditions of the fur workers union will be dis- cussed at a meeting of all left wing opposition groups and other mem- bers of the A. F. of L. Ben Gold, secretary of the Indus- | trial Union, and leader of the Fur- riers, will lay the facts about the present situation before the members of the A. F. of L. the role played by Green, Matthew Woll, McGrady, the Socialist Party, and their efforts to destroy the militant furriers union. The meeting will start promptly at Irving Plaza, Wednesday, June 7 at 8 pm. Workers, members of the A. F. of L. and other reactionary un- ions, building trades workers, print- ers, Amalgamated members, 1.L.G.W. ‘U. members, Millinery, and all other class conscious workers are urged to come to this meeting and acquaint themselves with these facts. LL. scab agencies. In every shop where the injunction was served, workers immediately walked out on strike. Yesterday, 7 more shops were de- clared on strike. The laundry industry is the first Recently an article WORKER TELLS OF CONDITIONS IN LAUNDRIES Negro Girls | Suffer Special Abuse; Speed-Up yy a Laundry Worker Correspondent We work under the filthiest and most rotten conditions in the S Laundry. The bosses and their agents use the meanest tricks and the vilest language in order to speed up the girls. The bosses try to speed us in for one day. We work nine hours every day~ At least 3 nights during the week we have to work overtime with no extra pay. When the inspector from the Department of Labor comes around the boss takes him in the office and slips him some dough. No Room to Move and the dirt which is not even fit for dogs. There’s hardly room to move around, it’s so crowded. The floor and the tables afe all broken. Every day at least 3 girls get splinters in their hand, There are holes in the roof and when it rains we get a The place is never swept and its no- thing to see vermin crawling on the walls and even on our clothes, treatment by the bosses who insult them and give them the dirtiest jobs. In this way they try to divide the “shop. If the girls would all stick together I am sure we could make the bosses treat us like human beings. —A LAUNDRY WORKER. Labor Union Meets HOSPITAL WORKERS LEAGUE Mem- bership meeting, Wed. June 7, at 8 p.m. 108 E. 14th St. All hospital workers in- vited. NEW YORK.—A meeting of all active dresemakers, members of the Industri Union and the International will take pla tonight, right after work, at the head- quarters of the Industriel Union, 131 West 28th Street. All active members are Today, Wednesday, at 1 p.m. an open forum of unemployed dressmakers will take place in Memorial Hall, 340 West 36th 8t. NEW YORK. — The fur pointers of the who for the first time last year organized into 2 union, are now launching # campaign for complete unionization of the tr: ‘On Saturday, they concluded a new ment with’ an open shop, L. Hochman, W. 29th St., New York, as @ result of w' they secured an increase of wages from 25-35 per cent and reduced the working hours from 50-44 hours. This shop em- ployed 80 workers. A meeting of all fur pointers is to take plece Thursday, June 8 1983, at the head- quarters of the Industrial Union, 181 W. 28th St, New York, where plans for spreading this campaign will be discussed. oe 1 hich A meeting of the dog skin fur workers will take place on Thursdey, right after work in the headquarters of the Industrial Union, 131 W. 28th St., New York. At this meeting the question of enforeing the agree- ment and plans against sub-contracting will be taken up. A meeting of the furriers ex-servicemen and the war veterans will take place on Thursday, June % 1933, right after work at the headquarters of ‘the Industrial Un- fon, 181 W. 28th St, The fur ex-servicemen have recently organized a post and are now fighting for the right to belong to the Union of their own choice and against po- lice interference. All furriers and ex-ser- vicemen are urged to attend this meeting. NEW YORK.—A pressers meeting of mem- bers of the Industrial Union will take place today, Wednesday, right after work, at the headquarters of the Industrial Union, 6th floor. A report will be given by the ‘com- mittee which visited local 35 of the In- ternational with proposals for unity and plans for mobilizing the cloak and dyess pressers in connection with the forthcoming struggles in the cloak and dress trades. All Cloak and Dress Pressers, members of the Industrial Union, are urged to at- tend this meeting. Have the DAILY WORKER at ev- ery meeting of your unit, branch, union, or club. } urged to attend! | |Workers Given Cut As | | order to finish the work Friday night | so that we will not have to work) on Saturday and our pay is docked | ‘The worst thing of all.is the filth shower of dirty water on our backs. | The Negro girls especially get bad/ Needle Trades Workers Indugtria! Union, | | SALEM STRIKERS HIT CO. LOAN OF $100,000 TO CITY Pequot Mill Profits Were Mounting SALEM, Mass., June 6.—While 1800 workers of the Pequot Mill here are on strike against an increase in work which actually amounts to a cut in wages, the company loaned the city $100,000 at 5 per cent interest, it was announced in the local press today. The loan is to be used to meet the city’s obligations. This shows clearly that the com- pany is not so hard up as it pretends to be when it declares that it must increase the speed-up to compete with other mills. Furthermore it also shows up the real purpose of the mayor's interest in the strike. He has been posing as an “impartial” mediator. On Friday Mayor Bates met with the strike committee. He promised that a conference with the mill man- agement and McMahon would take place on Monday. Strikers notified him that if the conference was not arranged they would meet with the mill_ management themselves, U.TW. Board Declares Strike Illegal. The entire officialdom on the Ex- ecutive Board of the U.T.W. approved MeMahon’s action in attempting to drive the strikers back to the plant under the new company plan and de- clared the strike “illegal”. N. T, W. Warns Strikers. In a leaflet issued by the National Textile Workers’ Union the strikers are urged to continue the strike for their demands. “There is nothing il- legal about your strike”, the leaflet declares, and informs, the workers that while textile workers in Dover and Manchester are winning wage increases through their struggles the fake officials of the U.T.W. want them to go back to wage cuts. The National Textile Workers Union warns the workers to beware of the disinterested “impartial” mediation jcommittees which are disguised agents of the bosses, and urges them to con- tinue control of the strike in their own hands. U. SIN ATTACK ON AUTO UNION Federal Agents Arrest Wald, Org. Sec’y of Union DETROIT, June 6.—An attempt by the U. 8. Department of Labor to cripple the Auto Workers Union is seen in the arrest of Robert Wald, organizational secretary of the union, by immigration agents. Wald was at first charged with illegal entry into the United States but this charge was later withdrawn and he was held for deportation for being “a member of an illegal organization, the Auto Workers Union.” “The charge is ridiculous, of course,” Philip Raymond, secretary of the union, told Federal Press. “The Auto Workers Union is a bona-fide labor organization embracing all auto- mobile workers, regardless of politica] or religious beliefs. The arrest of Wald is merely an attempt on the part of the auto manufacturers to cripple our organizational work. It is significant that he was arrested just as preparations were being com- pleted for the hunger march on the Ford plant.” The Auto Workers Union led four successful strikes in Detroit this spring. Get your unit, union local, or mass organization to challenge another group in raising subs for the Daily SeamanOrganizer Held| by Immigration Cops | NEW YORK.—A demonstration is planned soon before the Norwegian Seamen's Church to protest the arrest by immigration authorities of Erling Paulson, Paulson has been one of | the most active organizers of the Norwegian seamen and has carried} on organizational and agitational| work among them and has gained | more than 50 members for the Inter- national Seamen and Harbor Work- ers Union. Attorney Joseph Tauber, is fighting | to prevent Paulson's deportation. RAINEY LEADS MOVE T0 SLASH WAR VETERANS Roosevelt Gang Tries) to Cover Up Robbery of Ex-Soldiers WASHINGTON, June 6,—Speaker Henry T. Rainey announced today that Roosevelt will submit to house leaders a “compromise veterans’ economy program.” Democratic leaders are trying to create the illu- sion that Roosevelt is actually con- cerned about the veterans. They is- sue statements to the press that the “compromise” proposals will reduce by some $170,000,000 the administra-| tion’s economy program—a program | to help the bankers and government} bondholders at the expense of the| workers, the farmers, the war vet- erans, the enlisted men and federal employees. Try to Cover Up Robbery. | * The job of Rainey and other lack-| eys of the Roosevelt administration | is to try to,deceive the veterans; to) try to mak? them believe they are fighting in the interest of the veter- ans. Yet every democratic and repub- lican congressman and senator fav- ors the slashing of hundreds of mil- lions of dollars off the pensions and disability allowances. Not one of the professed friends of the veterans has| come out with the demand that there | be no cuts and that the government immediately pay the bonus to the! world war veterans. Fear Growth of Vet Movement. Administration supporters are car-| rying out the sham fight in the hope of stopping the growing movement of veterans who are more insistently de- manding no reduction in pensions, compensation and who fight for pay- ment of the bonus. Leaders of the American Legion, World War Veter- ans, and other such organizations, are finding it increasingly difficult to} hold their own membership back | from engaging in open opposition to the whole government program. The manouvers and hypocrisy going on in congress are calculated to help these reactionary leaders of the vet- erans organizations who are carrying out government policy, while pre- tending to fight for the veterans. Make ‘Record®’ for Congress Elections The sham fight going on over the question of how much the veterans be slashed at one blow also fur- nishes congressmen and senators who come up for election next year an op- portunity to talk for the record so they can appeal for the veterans’ vote. The Workers Ex-Servicemen’s Leagues and opposition groups in other veterans organizations through- out the country are demanding that the yeterans be paid in full at the expense of the government and the big exploiters, the Morgans, the Rock- efellers, the Mellons, the Fords. The game that is now being played in Washington will be expased all over the country and every participant in that game will be held accountable in his home district. | | Appearing at the end of the month which has seen the greatest wave of strike struggles since the beginning of the crisis, the June issue of Labor Unity deals with the most important of the strikes. They are written about ard analyzed by workers and organizers right from the scene of the struggles. At the beginning of the June issue is a detailed record listing most of the strikes that either continued from April or started in May—causes of the strikes, the leadership, and the results. This record is valuable, espe- cially in view of the fact that the U. S. Labor Dept. is attempting to conceal the extent of strikes by dis- continuing its weekly strike record. Lessons from the Wisconsin Milk Strike After a week of the most heroic struggle ever seen on the Wisconsin countryside, the farmers were be- trayed. The farmers who are liv- ing ving blag conditions, especially during the present period of severe agricultural crisis, went on strike against the Milk Trusts. The state government mobilized all its * forces of oppression—police, deputies, National Guard—to crush the farm as farmers’ leaders, succeeded in doing what it was impossible for Gaseoee Schmedemann’s bayonets to do. Wal- ter Singler and other traitors called off the strike just as it was spreading into other counties, in the same way that they called off the February strike when victory was within the farmers’ grasp. The bi homey signed by the Pool state leaders is a shameless surrender. The farmers did not win their de- mands. The Pool state leaders feared Statement by the Milwaukee District of the Communist P. The heroic six day mass sttike sold out by the leaders of the state Singler. The Milwaukee district of the Communist Party of the United States has issued the following statement on the strike. arty, U.S. A. of the Wisconsin milk farmers was milk pool, in particular by Walter In this strike the Communist Party showed it is the only leader of the Oppressed. Through the United Farmers’ League, it gave the only correct program for the striking farmers. Tasks of the Communist Party. The Communist Party, which prior to the two strikes, was little known to the farmers, is now well known to them, All the sections must con- tinue activity among the farmers, ex- plain to them the shameful betrayal, expose the role played by the state leaders of the milk pool in the strike, bring before the farmers the pro- gram of the U.F.L. and our additional demands, show that besides fighting for higher prices at the expense of the trusts, that we have also to fight , for tax exemp- tion of debts. We must warn the farmers against the marketing scheme proposed by Singler and other Pool leaders. We must point out that co-operatives are limited under capitalism. In them- sclves they can never be the only weapon against the stranglehold of monopoly capital. Struggle generally, including the strike weapon, is the most effective weapon. Only when capitalism is abolished and the rule of the workers and farmers is es- tablished can cooperation play a de- cisive role in the building up of So- cialism, as is shown in the Soviet Union. Socialist Strike Breakers. We must stress particularly the strike-breaking role of the capitalist state, politicalizing the . We must show that it is not only the Democrat but also the Republican Gen. Immel, and the so- cialist mayors of Milwaukee and West Allis who took part in break- ing the strike. ‘We must emphasize more the class differences amongst the farmers. In the strike, the farm laborers, poor farmers, farm youth, and farmers with proletarian background, were moést militant; while the rich farm- ers sabotaged and scabbed. We must get the most militant, and poorer section of the farmers to join the Communist Party. We must show to the farmers that our Party is the only Party working in the interests of the working class, which is the only class that can give leadership to the toiling farmers and lead them to abolition of exploitation. The dramatic character of the farm struggles has misléd many comrades into believing the farmers to be in advance of the city proletariat. This is not true. The proletariat is the vanguard class, the primary force of the revolution. The farmers are a secondary force, allies of the workers, best. fight in the milk strikes was put up in places where the Unemployed JUNE ISSUE OF LABOR UNITY REVIEWS AND ANALYZES GREAT STRIKE WAVE Jack McCarthy, a militant trade union organizer in New England, in “The Shoe and Leather Strikes” gives the complete story of the recent mass) struggles of the shoe and tannery workers in Massachusetts. A 2,000 mile strike front! This was the area covered by the recent strike of agricultural workers, initiated by the pea-pickers, in California under the leadership of the Cannery and Agricultural Workers Industrial Un- ion. Living in a state of semi-peon- age, in disease-ridden camps, suffer- ing wage-cut after wage-cut, the ag- rieultural workers revolted and un- der militant leadership defeated a wage cut. This strike is described by Frank Thibault from the scene of the strike. Who Fight Racketeers Green pretends that he will fight the racketeers in the A. F. of L., but. the militant rank and file members of the A. F. of L. carry out this fight, as shown in the article “A Real Fight On Racketeers,” by A. Karren, which tells the struggles of the rank and file of the milk drivers in Chicago against the Al Capone type of lead- ership. This article is a valuable con- tribution to directives on opposition work in the A. F. of L. Jail Threat for 2 in Ravenna for Refusing To Do Forced Labor RAVENNA, O., June 6.—Two un- employed workers here have been charged with non-support by city of- ficials because they refused to work without pay on city jobs in return for unemployment relief. The work- ers—one of whom is 64 years old— are to be brought up for trial June 26, 7 Die on City Beaches | NEW YORK.—Seven le died | Sunday, six by drowning and one from sunstroke aggravated by lack of immediate medical care, when only 44 of the 235 lifeguards assigned to the N. Y. beaches, frequented by al-/ most a million workers each week- | end, were on dutyy } \ | strike and to build the union. Chicago ILGW Officials Refuse to Hear Unity Proposals CHICAGO, Il., June 6.—On Thurs- day, an elected committee of the Dress Department of the Needle Trades Workers’ Industrial appeared before the I. L. G Dress Local No, 100. The Committee came a Conference for the Inion V. U, makers on a program of struggle for (1) higher wages, shorter hours prices, equal division of work, and for the right to the job! The committee was not permitted to enter. After the credential was sent in, a guard came out, stating that “We don’t recognize anybody that hasn’t a book from the Interna- tional.” The committee asked him| if he speaks in the name of the loral| and his answer was: “I speak in the name of the chairman.” Officials Refuse Unity | with another worker. This credential| newspaper announcement was handed over to the Secretary After a consultation between th chairman, secretary and Mr. Shane. ie Pious Reformers Sing Hymns But Neglect to Pay the CampWorkers (By a Worker Correspondent.) BOUND BROOK, N. J.—I thought you might be interested in how the | help at Northover Camp here (con- | nected with the Cristodora House, | Eighth St. and Ave. B, New York City) is being exploited by the Dire tor, Mrs. Forsyth, while the guests | of this philanthropic institution are encouraged to sing hymns, wave flags | and make patriotic speeches. The waiting on table is done most- | \ | raised the the credential was note signed by the secretary, that they refuse to recognize credentials and the committee they do not recognize the Trades Industrial Union. Members of the In tional whi on of admitting th . Shane stated that thi U-T.W. TRIES TO sent ba committee, BREAK STRIKE OF SUNTAG WORKERS ALLENTOWN, to break the that American Federation of ers, in reality the UT. nounce a strike settle mi striker comm ent on Sunday so enraged t here that they appointed a of five to attend the meet- at a against the open ike rs remem- ber very well the t role of the U-T.W. in 1931. | The Sontag strikers for mass picketing during the n week. Plans being made to pread the strike to other silk mills The rank and file strike commit- tee working in cooperation with the United Front Action Committee has established connections with the Uni- ted Farmers Protective Association of Pa., and the Workers International Relief, Philadelphia D: Already in the last few day r 100 quarts | of milk have been distributed among the strikers. Relief is now being ex- | tended and broadened. ng are prepar: Ford Lays 0 As He Announces 7,500 New Jobs Open EDGEWATER, N. J., June 6,—| | | th c Pa., June 6.—Effort: rike of the 220 Suntag | Silk Workers made by U.T.W. offi- The committee refused to accept|cials here resulted in failure when his word and sent in the credential| the strikers exposed the attempts. A | workers’ r that was opp war didn't receive the sup- 0| port of membership, Cla few lieutenants, | plauded refusal to r | dentials to Workers For One United General Strike On Friday, the market was seeth- ing with sentiment for a united front general strike, and all one heard was that “in spite of Shane and the rest of them, there will be a united front strike, even if it is necessary to unite with the Industrial Union over the heads of the International official- dom! The Industrial statement Ss Union issued a nat in spite of this actior on the part of the officials of Local 100, the Union will make every at- pt to unite all dressmakers for a mon struggle against the miser- able conditions in the Dress Shops. Within a few days a mass meeting of all dre: ak in Chicago will be will be dis- nm will be ss meeting. PIONEERS CALL CONFERENCE ON CHILD WELFARE Organizations; Offers Program for Rélief NEW YORK.—The central buro of the -Young Pioneers of America, a children organization, has addressed a letter to all children’s organizations which claim to have an interest in the welfare of the mass of workers’ and farmers’ children in this country. The letter is especially addressed to the leaders, teachers and parents of the children. It calls upon them as those nearest to the misery of the taken following this ly by school girls who are induced | |4®unccment recently that Ford | | children to join for a struggle against to come out for week-ends. They get | | Wwld take on new workers in De- | | these conditions. no wages and have to depend on tips. Under these conditions they might make $2 or $3, but last week-end | some of the guests left their tips with | the Director who kept them for her- | self instead of giving them to the| girls. The Director's Secretary, who has a mother dependant on her and whose brother and father are in the hospital, came out at Easter. She was promised $5 per week but since then she has collected just $5. The | Negro kitchen help work from 6 a.m, to & p.m., and hard too. Why don’t some of these reform- ers’ make their employee's lives liva- | ble? | Employes’ Conditions in High-Class Hotel]! Described by Worker (By & Food Worker Correspondent) | LAKEWOOD, N. J.—In the fine Grossman Hotel, in this resort town, this is the kind of food the employes | get. The bosses believe in variety, so this is the way they work it. One day we get fish and potatoes, the next day we get potatoes and fish. | For dinner we get potatoes and beef and vice versa. Fruit of course is/ @ stranger, we never see it, except when we serve it for the guests. Well, after all this kindness do not think that we are neglected dur- ing the night. We have bedbugs and rats. The following incident happened to one of the chamber- | maids. During the night she felt a | sharp pain at her ear. Sitting up in bed terrified, she immediately reached for the light, clutching the WHAT'S, THAT ? That's FRuT. (o-m thing that she felt was biting her. As she turned the light on, she found to her horror that she was grasping a rat. Screaming for help, she ran into the hall, waking all the girls up. They called for the doctor, who, up- on finding cut that she was not a Quest, refused to go over, giving the | excuse that it was too late and only | giving precautionary instructions as | to what to do. This may sound like | a bedtime story, but it is the truth, | as I was a witness. And workers, | this place is considered the best place | to work in Lakewood. We can only fight against these horrible conditions by organizing and joining the Food Workers Industrial Union. Textile Strike at Hudson for 25 P. C. Increase Is Solid HUDSON, MASS., June 6,—About 200 woolen mill workers from the Wottoquotoc mill struck for a wage increase of 25 per cent last week. The majority of the workers here are girls and women ranging in age from 15 to 25 years. For a 48-hour week the highest pay is $8 while most of the girls get $3 a week. The strike is being led by the Na- tional Textile Workers’ Union. The union organizer came here after the strike had been called, helped jhe | workers organize to carry on the troit, followed by the report in the | | New York American of.May 24| | that the Edgewater plant was to take on 7,500 workers was de- | nounced as false today by a work- | jer in the plant. Instead of taking | |on new men, the plant declared a | | general lay-off beginning May 25 | | |at the rate of 300 a week. During |the month it is expected the en- | | tire plant will be laid off. RAIL “CZAR” BIL PASSED BY HOUSE WASHINGTON, June 6. — The House today approved the Railroad Co-ordinator Bill which has the spon- | sorship of Roosevelt. It has already been passed by the Senate, and will go to Roosevelt for signature. The Bill provides for the complete cancellation of the $300,000,000 debt | which the railroads owe to the gov- | ‘ernment under the provision of the | Transportation Act of 1920, | It also provides for a railroad “czar” whose function it will be to reduce | the expenses of the roads by abolish- | ing working agreements, assisting in merging roads, laying off railroad) workers, etc. | It has been admitted by the authors | of the bill that it will lay off from 200,000 to 300,000 more railroad work- ers, in addition to the 500,000 who} have been laid off since the crisis} began. | A report of the Interstate Com-| merce Commission reveals that the roads who owe the most money under the Transportation Act) are roads within the Morgan group. Some of the roads with large rebts to | the government are owned by the U. 8. Steel Corporation. Intern’l Workers Order DENTAL DEPARTMENT | | | 80 FIFTH AVENUE 15TH FLOOR All Work Done Under Personal Care of Dr. C. Weissman Hospital and Oculist Prescriptions Filled One-Half Price Filled Frames___$1.50 tL Nepamenecameagy * 1°) Lenses not included COHEN’S, 117 Orchard St. First Door Off Delancey St. ‘Telephone: ORchard 4-4520 WORKERS—EAT AT THE Parkway Cafeteria 1638 PITKIN AVENUE" _Near Hopkinson Ave. Brooklyn, N. Y. ARMY TENTS 16x16 $8.00 up cors—si00 BLANKETS $1.25 up Fall Line of Camping Equipment MANHATTAN MILITARY 478 WATER STREET Absolutely Lowest Prices Garment Section Workers Patronize Navarr Cafeteria 333 7th AVENUE Corner 28th St. DR. JULIUS LITTINSKY 107 BRISTOL STREET Ret, Pitkin and Sutter Ares., Brooklyn PHONE: DICKENS 2-301 Office Hours: 8-10 A.M., 1-2, 6-8 P.M. WORKERS PATRONIZE CENTURY CAFETERIA 154 West 28th Street Pure Food Proletarian Prices The letter contains Among these are Unemployment Insurance for the workers, for immediate relief of the homeless youth and children, against child exploitation and for the defense and relief of the thousands of child victims of the Hitler regime. Approach Organizations The letter states: “Due to the fforts of the crisis upon the children, a large response is expected among the teachers and leaders of children’s organizations who stand near to the children and see their conditions worsen, every day. Many Scoutmasters of the Boy and Girl Scouts have already been ap- proached on the question of united fronts on such specific issues as Scottsboro, or a free food struggle in the schools. Leaders and teachers of such organizations as the Pioneer Youth of America, and various for- eign language schools controlled by the Socialist Party are being ap- proached with this united front call.” six points, Would You Like to Learn How to Dance? A DANCE GROUP WILL TEACH YOU AT THE DAILY WORKER :PICNIC: SUNDAY, JULY 30th Would You Like to Take a Trip to the SovietUnion? Get the DELIVERED TO YOUR HOME EVERY MORNING! MAIL THIS AD TODAY! DAILY WORKER 30 East 13th St., New York, N. ¥. Ploase have the DAILY WORKE! livered at my home (before 7 every morning. { will pay the route carrier 18 cents at the end of the week, NAME ADDRESS . APARTMENT | _ BOROUGH __