The Daily Worker Newspaper, July 25, 1933, Page 3

JOHNSON MOVES TO GAG WORKERS’ OPPOSITION TO LUMBERMEN'S CODE Permits Statement on revealed today in the reply received follows; “Re Lumber Code hearing, under ‘procedure statement must be filed asserting specific provision of code on which you want to be heard. Confine statement to elimination or N\ modification or addition of specific provision. In order to be suré of notification suggest wire.” From this wire, it is clear that the Recovery administration is placing obstacles in the way of permitting the real representative of the workers in the lumber industry to present the working conditions of the industry and the workers ‘demands. It will be permitted to deal only with certain specific provisions of the code. On the other hand, the administration has given ample time to the repre- sentatives of the Four EL, the com- pany union in the industry, to pre- sent its facts in support of the manu- facturers. It \has incorporated the demands of the Four El in the code of fair competition which is now re- leased in printed form. This is not surprising, since the Four El representatives have openly endorsed the minimum wage scales proposed by the lumbermen of 221% cents an hour, declaring that they are higher than the wages paid to the workers in 1929 before the crisis. Wages actually ranged from $19.20 to $45 in the camps. William Green was also given the floor to testify for the lumber work- ers, although there is no A. F. of L. union in the industry. He repudi- ated the Four El as a company union, forgetting to say that the American Federation of Labor officials spon- sored the organization of the Four Fl and endorsed it as a patriotic in- stitution, urging the workers to sup- port it, nar The representative of the Lumber Workers’ Union will appear at the hearings on Tuesday to present the ering wages, hours and working con- demands of the lumber workers cov- ditions in the camps and mills. In tomorrow's issue of the Daily we will publish the full program presented by the Lumber Workers’ Union to the administration. Rank and File to Aid Rogers Peet Strikers NEW YORK.—The rank and file committee of the Amalgamated Clothing Workers alarmed at the failure of the Amalgamated Clothing Werker officials to take steps to assist the strikers of the Rogers Peet Co. to carry on mass picketing and or- ganize a real struggle is taking up the fight to protect the interests of the strikers. Workers of the company came out union conditions in their shop. The rank and file committee is calling for a special meeting of the Joint Board of the union and the Executive of the Local Union to breaden the strike. It proposes or- ganized mass picketing, open ‘air meetings at the shop and at the retail stores of the company “to ex- pose working conditions, and appeals to workers in neighboring shops to picket. Billings Thanks LL.D. for Prisoners’ Relief NEW YORK —Indication of the appreciation of class-war prisoners of the prisoners’ relief distributed by the International Labor Defense is seen in a letter to the LL.D. from Warren K. Billings, framed with and now serving a life term in San Quentin. Billings writes: “Your letter of July 7, with en- closed check for one dollar, at hand and I thank you and your organiza- tion sincerely for your kind thought- fulness and continued support. “T assure you that ail contributions to the aid and comfort of prisoners are greatly appreciated under pres- ent circumstances no matter how small they may be. “T realize the great demands made upon your. organization at this time and for that reason your efforts in my behalf are more deeply appreci- ated. “Sincerely yours, “Warren K. Billings.” FUR DYERS MEET TONIGHT _ ON STRIKE NEW YORK.—A mass meeting of @the dog dyers, fancy dyers and Sa- > line dyers, will be held tonight at 7:30 p. m. at Manhattan Lyceum, 66 E. 4th St., where the final vote for a general strike will be taken. Fur dyers of New York, Brooklyn and New Jersey, who have been re- cently organized into a branch of the Needle Trades Workers Industrial Union, have already reduced their working hours from 50 and 48 to 44 and increased their wages from 25 to 35 per cent. Now, in preparation for this strike, they are demanding the establishment’ of the 40-hour week and guaranteed minimum wage scaleS, The Labor Sports Union will pro- vide exhibitions and organize games at the ‘Daily’ picnic, July 30, Pleas- ant Bay Park. Code Only; Aims to Prevent Report on Working Conditions, Workers’ Demands | WASHINGTON, D. C., July 24.—How the Recovery administration is | trying to gag all working class opposition to the employers’ codes was Workers’ Union from General Hugh Johnson answering his request to appear before the hearings on the code proposed for the lumber industry. The reply received by wire reads as> on strike two weeks ago to establish | Tom Mooney on charges of murder, | Specific Provisions of | by the representative of the Lumber ‘Pocketbook Strike | Settled at Bosses | | Terms by A.F. of L.’ | iRank and File Vote! | | Today; Are Urged | To Continue Strike | | NEW YORK.—The : officials of the) International Pocketbook Workers’ | Union have agreed to settle the strike of 4,600 New York Pocket- book workers, now in the fourth week, at a conference with the boss-| es yesterday. i The rank and file are urged to re- | | ject the terms of settlement and to} |continue the strike when they meet | today at Webster Hall, East 11th St. between 3rd and 4th Aves. 1 p. m.} Though the spirit of the workers is) splendid and it is on the eve of the! pocketbook making season, the de-| mands agreed to by the A. F. of L.| | officials are: } 1. The unemployment insurance / fund to which both bosses and wotk- ers (the bosses contributed $60,000, | last year) contribute is to be done away with entirely. +} | 2. Hours to be reduced to 40 per | week from 44 but not until next Sep-_ | tember. | 3. No minimum scale for general help (unskilled). | 4 “Reorganization and readjust- | | ment” clause (right to fire 5 per cent) of workers once a year and to cut) staff) abolished. 5. Workers hired given two weeks | trial instead of one as. demanded by| strike. |Turkish Workers Who Resent Insults Are) Beaten Up By Police | NEW YORK.—Six workers were | beaten, one probably fatally, when police attacked workers in Yonkers veturning to New York from a picnic arranged by the Turking Workers Ed- ucational Club, Sunday night -at the Tibbets Brook Park, The worker most severely beaten, Mohammed Ali, is now in the Yon- kers General Hospital. No informa- tion on his condition, though the hospital admits it is serious, is given out. The attack started when police called the workers “lousy Turks” and | tried to hustle them into the busses. |Release °2 Who. Were Beaten and Arrested; Served 25-Day Term) NEW YORK.—Duke Lona, Negro worker, and Joseph Gray, both job- less, were released yesterday after serving a twenty-five day sentence on Welfare Island for exposing the Salvation Army fake relief collection being taken up at an open air meet- ing on East Sixth St. June 29. Both Gray and Lona were severely beaten by the police just before their | arrest and as they were being taken to the police station. Though they were charged with disorderly conduct, the Tammany Judge, Capshaw, in the Second St. ant dealt _the workers the 25-day | term, DONATES $15 TO I. L. D.. “DAILY” AND FREIHEIT NEW YORK —In appreciation of the services rendered him by the In- ternational Labor Defense through their attorney, Frank Scheiner, Os- car Reiser donated $5 to the I. L. D,, $5 to the Daily Worker and a like FLOAT SOVIET BOND ISSUE IN U. S. MARKET! Offer of 10,000,000) ‘Rouble \Issue Safest | Investment in World | —_—- | NEW YORK, July 24—The govern- | ment of the Union of Socialist So- | viet Republics is floating a bond issue of $10,000,000 rubles through the So- | viet American Securities Corporation, 30 Broad Street. They are issued in| denominations of 100 gold rubles and | pay 7 per cent per annum, payable | quarterly on January Ist, April 1st, | July 1st and October Ist each year. | They run for 10 years. One gold ruble contains 0.774234 grams of pure gold. The price of one 100 ruble bond is $71.69 This bond | issued is a part of the Second Five- Year Plan Loan and will be used for reproductive works in the con- struction of socialist industry. Since Soviet economy is rapidly advancing while the capitalist world is sinking into decay it has become an axiom in the financial world that | the Union of Socialist Soviet, Republics is the only. goy- ernment on earth that is pay- ing in full its obligations, hence | investments in Soviet bonds are the | safest in the world. These bonds are | exempt from any taxes in the Union | of Socialist Soviet Republics or any of its constituent sub-divisions. Cope Beat Him By GUS DRACOS, Greek worker, | whose beating police now say was | through “mistaken identity.” WORKER, BEATEN, SUES CITY COPS Police Now Say They Were “Mistaken” NEW YORK.—A suit for damages against three policemen from. the 14th Precinct station who pounced on him while he was playing with his chil- dren before his home at 326 W. 40th St., will be brought by Gus Dracos at Magistrates Court, July 27. He will be represented by Morris Levy and by Max Krauthamer, I. L. D. attor- ney. The assault occurred on May 27. Police, who later explained that it was “mistaken identity” beat up Dracos and kicked him as he lay unconscious on the sidewalk, then left him where he had fallen. His | injuries were so severe that treat- ment at the French Hospital at 330 | W. 30th St. was necessary. Dracos is a member of the Nick Sponondakis Branch of the Interna- tional Labor Defense and is active among Greek-speaking workers, Try 11 Workers In Coney Island Today | NEW YORK.—Eleven workers will be tried this morning in the Magis- trate Court of Coney Island, Eighth’ Street and Surf Avenue, on charges | ranging from disorderly conduct to felonious assault because they fought against the numerous evictions that have taken place in Brooklyn. Bessie Horn, who was arrested be- | cause of her activities, was threat- DAILY WORKER, NEW YORK, TUBSDAY. STEEL WORKERS ROUSED TO ACTION, DAIRY FARMERS JOIN STEEL METAL UNION; FIGHT CODE ™ STRIKE Tin Check Comp’y Union, Organize Local Union at Wallworth Foundry Fifty thousand “steel workers’ codes” containing the demands of the steel workers in answer to the code of the steel trust reached the workers of every mill of major im- portance in the steel industry last week as the result of the activity of the Steel and Metal Workers In- dustrial Union, A survey of the steel centers by the Steel and Metal Workers Indus- trial Union reveals that the steel workers are responding in large numbers to the call for struggle against company unionism and for the right to organize into unions of their owns : From Steel Union Local GREENSBURGH, Pa., July 24— The Steel and Metal Workers Indus- trial Tnion checked the election of a company uninon in the huge Wall- worth Foundry here and sent up a local of approximately 300 foundry workers last Wednesday. Instead of writing in nominees on the company union ballots, the workers wrote some of their own opinion about it. At a mass meeting attended by 900 workers of the foundry last week the workers voted to endorse the Steel workers code annd rejected the com- pany union. A temporary organizing committee of the workers was set up. Although the A. F. of L. men and company agents attempted to smash the workers’ attempt to organize into |@ union of their own, a regular local was set up by the workers, who elected their officers. It 1s expected that a majority of the workers will sign up at the next meeting of the local. Ambridge Workers Aroused AMBRIDGE, Pa., July 24.— More than 800 steel workers of the Amer- ican Bridge Co. attended a meeting JULY 25, 1933 A typical scene in a giant mill, with workers feeding the roaring furnaces. Amidst the Heat of a Steel Plant ty, at this meeting and to éndorse the Steel and Metal Workers Industrial Union. | Several hundred application cards were swallowed up in the crowd. The workers voted to call a special meeting to discuss the constitution of the Steel Workers’ Industrial Union and to elect delegates to the hearing on the steel code in Washington sche- duled for July 31. Workers Protect Steel Union Organizer At a meeting of the “independent union” the following night with a company agent in the chair, the work- ers were not permitted to admit the called by the Steel and Metal Work- |S. M. W. I. U. organizer. “No out= ers’ Industrial Union to form a union of their own last Tuesday night, Com- pany agents maneuvered that the workers set up an independent union and put their own men on the leading committee. A former member of the A. F. of L. was made chairman The Steel and Metal Workers Industrial Union exposed this “independent” union and called another meeting for Wednesday to which 1,000 steel work- ers responded The steel workers voted unanimous- ly to approve the steel workers’ code siders,” the chairman ruled, and at- | tacked the Union’s code as radical. | He was met with a tremendous outcry by the workers, who shouted “Read it.” Forced to read the union’s de- mands point by point, the workers shouted approval and attempted again to denounce the S. M. W.I. U. “This is the kind of union we look to for leadership,” declared the secre- tary of the “independent” union, at- tacking the company chairman, “red Mary Rozick, 24, Killed When Briggs Speed Breaks Wheel DETROIT, Mich.—Mary Rorick, 24 years old, worked in Department 21, Highland Park Briggs Plant, Detroit, was killed on July 13 by the in- humah speed-up? She worked on a punch machine for nine hours on night shift.» Though there is a law against night work, it was never en- forced. Women receive 30c an hour and bonus, providing they reach the quota of production, which very seldom is ®- reached, so as a result they only re- ceive $1 a day. There is hardly a day that a girl hasn’t a finger cut off or injured. The foreman is con- stantly speeding them up. Only Support Of Family Mary Rozick had to support a family of five; she is a mother of. MARY ROZICK three year old boy, wife of a hus- ened by the complaining policeman! hand xho lost a leg in the Ford with “Ill have you put away for @/ Motor Co., and is still ill, an old couple of years.” The International Labor Defense who is defending the workers urges | the friends and sympathizers in the ' amount to the Freiheit. neighborhood to attend the trials. The startling film which is ex- pected to arouse many new millions of Americans to the innocence of Tom Mooney had its premiere at the Cameo Theatre, 42nd St., just off Times Square, last Friday. Titled “The Strange Case of Tom Mooney,” the film tells the story of the frame- up in graphic form, Theodore Dreiser, at the request of the Tom Mooney National Council of Action, was screened in a prelude to the film on the day before the show- ing opened. The famous novelist went to the Pacific coast a few months ago to ald the Mooney cam- paign, He told Federated Press at the screening of his part of the new film that he became interested in the case several years ago. Tom Mooney sent him a transcript of the case, Dreiser said, which he turned over to a conservative lawyer for an opin- fon. The lawyer read the transcript and reported that Mooney was in- nocent, on the face of the evidence. The National Council of Action has arranged for an appeal to go to thou- sands of trade unions asking | their Urge Workers to See Mooney ' Film at Cameo Without Fail support in the effort to get the film shown, at local theaters. Powerful influences are blocking the distribu- tion in an effort to keep the facts from the people, it is said. So resolu- tions from every local union in America to the local theater man- agers, asking for a showing of the film, is being asked by the council. In New York arrangements have been made with the Cameo Theatre by which labor organizations can get tickets, each good for a nickel on the price of admission, to sell among their members and friends—the or- ganization keeping the nickels. Tic- kets are obtainable from the National Council of Action, 2929 Broadway, New York. The necessity of sending the film off to a fiying start throughout the country is stressed by the Tom Mooney National Council of Action. For this reason, they urge that hundreds upon, hundreds of work- ers attend the Cameo performances today and tomorrow, to see the movie and to demonstrate at the same time for Mooney’s freedom. mother, and a brother who is 21 years old, out of work for the last three years. They had a notice to move, no lights or gas in the house, or food. Mary Rozick met her death at the punch machine, the machine was old and worn out and not oiled. The axel-of the fly wheel was cracked. No inspection was ever made, A steel net of % inch thick is sup- posed to be around the place where she worked. No safety devices were ever given to the workers. Speed Up Kills Mary Rozick Under the rapid speed, the wheel broke off and smashed her face. It demolished her face beyond recogni- tion, She died instantly. It took four people to lift the 800 pound wheel. Mary Rozick had a hard life. She had past experiences of speed-up. Her husband was crippled in the Ford Motor Co., her father was kill- ed on the railroad, while working there. Mary Rozick often told her friends that she was sorry she had to part with her husband, not being able to support the family. She had not enough to live on, Her little boy, whom she adored as a mother would, has often mentioned that she would rather take care of her boy than work in the factory under this in- human speed-up, These facts were given to an edi- tor of the Working Woman Maga- zine by a worker from the plant, Commenting the editor said: “Such are the conditions in the Briggs Highland Park, Speed-up. Breaking down the workers health, dividing families, suffering, starva- tion for the benefits of the bosses. ‘We must organize and prevent many cases like Rozick’s. Form grievance committees in the shop, Demand safety devices be installed in every department. Ask for a living wage. Stop the monstrous speed-up system. ‘Women, you who are doubly ex- ploited, organize! Negro and white; we must organize and fight these conditions. Join the Auto Workers Union.” Workers to Discuss Millinery Code Today NEW YORK.—The Millinery Work- ers’ United Front Committee is call- ing all millineray workers to an open forum today at 58 W. 38th St., 2 p. m., to discuss the workers’ code for the trade. Proposals for the millinery industry drawn up by the United front committee include the aboli- tion of piece work, a 5-day 30-hour week, 35 hours in season, minimum wages ranging from $35 to $75 a week, unemployment insurance and the abolition of contracting. Browder to Speak On “New Deal” and War NEW YORK.—Earl Browder, Gen- eral Secretary of the Communist Party, will speak on “Roosevelt's ‘New Deal’ and the War Danger,” tonight, at 8:30, at the Premier Palace, 505 Sutter Ave., in Brooklyn. Need Car For Chicago Trip NEW YORK.—Editor and manager of New Masses going to Chicago for John Reed Club regional conference want five passenger car, preferably Ford or Chevrolet, first week of Au- gust, Please communicate New Mas- ses, CAledonia 5-8524. Opportunity for car owner to go to Chicago with expenses paid. LABOR UNION MEETINGS MEETINGS OF ALL DRESSMAK- ERS, left wingers and right wingers, is called for tomorrow (Wednesday), right after work, at Bryant Mall, 41st St. and Cth Ave, ‘This meeting, called by the Dress De- partment of the Needle Trades Workers’ In- dustrial Union, will uss preparations for one general strike instead of twostrikes, and the necessity of presenting one set of demands to the Washington hearing on a dress code, LEFT WING OPPOSITION OF LOCAL 22 je International Ladies’ Garment Work- ‘Union has issued a leaflet calling on all dressmakers, members of Local 22, to come to the meeting tonight, after work, at Bryant Hall, 4ist St, and 6th Ave. to discuss proposals for one united strike for higher wages. applauded, | shouting down the speaker when he; or not” A fight developed which pre-| vented ‘the reading of the steel union constitution, when the company chair. | man attempted to attack the S. M. W |i U. organizer, Egan, who finally Thousands of Steel Workers Vote on De- mands of Ind. Union fh addressed long eulogy of Ri New Deal I. R. A. He boasted union did not want strikes, conf 1 nicely with ry clauses contained the Walter Marcus, local SMWIU or- asked permission from the an for Pat Cush, National man of the SMWIU to speak. ; This was refused and the chairms Williams would answer Cush took the floor sed the reaction- slid: policy mark: ces, the sell and vish “no- rike” policies of Tighe and the other stated that AAISTW offici: The chairman of the meeting started to thr Cush , but after being invited to “come- on” by Cush, he changed his mind. When the AAISTW called the work- ers to sign up and pay $3.00 in tion fe Cush and Marcus walked out of the meeting with the whole at their No the AISTW. nizers then a n Polish Hall for Wednesday, July 26. Win 30 Percent Raise. neels sigr P SMWIU ‘The ounced th McKeesport, Pa—Members of the S3MWIU working in the Columbia tor Co. here organized a one- gained admission to the hall He was i forced to retreat when the workers|@@Y Walk-out in this foundry de- crowded around Egan to and pro-|™nding a 30 per cent wage i tached lin frotiy attack crease. Some 500 workers particip- jated. The company immediately | At the next meeting supporters of | the S. M. W. TI. U. will put up a fight |to affiliate the “independent union” | |to the S. M. W. I. U. Four hundred | | workers have already signed up | Endorse Union Code. | PITTSBURGH, Pa, July 24.— The Steel Workers Code is being discussed and endorsed by thousands of work- ers in the giant mills of the, Jones and | Laughlin Co., the McKeesport Tin- plate, the American Bridge, Ambridge, National Tube Corporation, Alleghany Steel Co., and many other mills in | this district. Delegations are being | elected to appear under the leader- | ship of the S. M. W. I. U. at the) hearing of the code, which will take | place in Washington, D. C., July 31. Repudiate A.F.L. Union. The Amalgamated Association of | Iron Steel and Tin Workers (A. F. of | L.) has announced its “belligerent in- jtentions” of organizing the steel workers ofthe U. S. Steel Co. in the Pittsburgh district. The ultra reac- tionary “Post-Gazette” mouthpiece of | the steel and coal trusts, was the first to break the news in a big first page writeup here this week. | The first big meeting of the} AAISTW was called Saturday, in| McKeesport of the McKeesport Tin | Plate workers. About 700 workers attended the meeting. The AAISWT | formed a united-front with the Com- | pany union: acting as chairman of | the A. F. of L. meeting. The meet- ing was held in Malta Hall. Williams, AAISWT organizer from 8 ed a 15 per cent increase. The work ho returned to their jobs are now consolidating and preparing for a struggle for the additional 15 per cent demanded. Midland Steel on Strike. MIDLAND, Pa.—Steel workers of the Midland Steel Co. here are on trike. SMWIU organizers are help- ing the workers in the strike. 500 Endorse Union Code JOHNSTOWN, Pa—Five hundred teel workers of the notorious Cam- | bria steel works of the Bethlehem Steel Corporation attended an indoor mass meeting called here Thursday by the SMWIU, The first meeting, called in the National Theatre was sabatoged by the light company who refused to turn on the lights. Many workers signed up in the dark. Another meet- was called the same night where five hundred responded from the in- famous “Black-list” Cambria Mill. Over one-hundred workers applications into the SMWIU. The steel workers Code was endorsed by the workers. < During the day, before the. mass meeting, the management of the.com- pany tore down the fences of the mill and herded the workers out to prevent them from receiving the call for the meeting and the Steel Work- ers Code. The following day, the bosses and the office force organized | a “picket-line” around the mill to stop the distribution of the Code and other leaflets. '3 More Strikes Won | | At Metal Bed Shops NEW YORK.—Workers of three metal bed shops, ‘the York, the| Strong and the King, won wage in- | creases of 15 to 65 per cent, a 44-hour) | week and union recognition, after a two weeks’ strike. | | Last week five refinishing metal] | bed shops settled with the Furniture | | Workers’ Industrial Union for union} conditions. Strikers and unemployed metal) | bed workers are meeting this after-| noon (Tuesday) at 2 o'clock at 818| | Broadway, to hear a report on strike | activities and settlements. |New Union Enforces Store Closing Hours NEW YORK.—To enforce the de- mand of the newly formed Dry Goods | Workers Union that stores on the | East Side dismiss their employees at | 7:30, 350 workers of about 65 stores on Orchard St, stopped work at that time under the leadership of the Union and the Office Workers Union, Sunday night. These stores are not open on Sat- | urday. Hours for these workers have been from 9 a. m, to 10, 11 and even 12 midnight. Workers met with the Union later, | many joined, and prepared to estab- | lish a picket line if the bosses do not | | recognize the closing hours. Jobs Won In Week for 75 Jobless Furriers NEW YORK.—Seventy-five unem- ployed furriers were placed cn jobs last week as a result of the campaign being conducted by the Fur Depart- ment of the Needle Workers Indus- trial Union against overtime. Thirteen shop strikes, involving about 200 workers, are still going on. The union reminds the members of the decision at the last membership meeting for a voluntary tax of $1 a week in support of these strikers. An important meeting of plate makers will be held tonight, Tuesday, right after work, at the office of the | union, 131 West 28th St., to take up proposals for a code. The executive | Tecommends week work, a 35-hour week, and guaranteed minimum pay scales. Serve Injunction On Union in Paint Strike NEW YORK.—An injunction has been granted against the eight pain- ters on strike at the Homes Leasing | Company property. The workers are striking under the leadership of the Alteration Painters Union. Though the attorney for the Union, prepared an affidavit proving that the injunction was not served on a Union official as required, and another affidavit against the issuing of the injunction, the judge disre- garded both, signed | Page Threv HIGHER PRICES | Many Urging Commit- itees of Action for Rank | and File Leadership ALBANY, July 24—-Another strike of dairy farmers against the cours of the Milk Control Board loomed today twenty dairymen, headed by Albert Woodhead of Rochester. |appeared before the board and de- manded that the producer receive: 45 per cent of the retail price of but- terfat milk. If this demand is not | met said Woodhead “the farmers will keep their milk home after August First.” | Soaring Prices to Consumers. | When Governor Lehman appointed he Milk Control Board he said it would be an agency that would guarantee a fair price to the farmer for his milk produce. Instead of paying the farmer enough even to cover the cost of production the Board raised the price of milk to consumers in the towns and cities in order to help the dairy trust. When F were boosted to the consumer the Board announced that it was to enable the farmer to get a price that would cover production costs. This jhas not been done, so the farmers are now demanding that they get 45 per cent, of the retail price, leaving jthe other 55 per cent to the dairy | trust, the retailers and the railroads On a number of occasions the Milk Control Board has penalized milk dealers who refused to boost prices to consumers Woodhead Doubtful Figure. Woodhead and the 20 men who came with him are members of the newly organized Empire Producers’ Association, with a membership: of more than 1,000. These, he said, rep- jresent 45,000 dairy farmers through- Jout the state. He was one of. the | leaders of the strikes that recently | took place in the Rochester area and | his actions in discouraging mass ac- |tion of the farmers lead many to | believe that he will try to gain lead- ership of the moyement against low | milk prices only in order to reach a |compromise with the dairy trust. Many farmers are urging the cre- | ation of committees of action, demo- | cratically elected, to ensure rank and | file leadership of the fight for cost jot production prices. | ‘Bosses Increase’ Their Offer, But Hatters Vote ‘to Continue Struggle NEW YORK —By 8 unanimous vote, members of Local 8 of the United Hatters of America, meeting | at Beethoven Hall, yesterday rejected | the offer of the bosses to settle the | hatters’ strike by an increase of. 25 cents a dozen in the finishing of hats. The hatters some time ago had rejected the bosses’ offer of 15 cents a dozen increase. The strikers voted yesterday to continue their strike for a rise of 50 cents a dozen. This unanimous vote came in the face of the officials’ lukewarm stand on the question. The officials in their report were careful not to be definite, but threw out hints that the workers should give in to the bosses’ proposals. A motion by the opposition in the local for a demonstration Wednes- day morning in that district, be- tween 8th and 4th Sts., was carried by an enthusiastic majority. Members of Local 7, hat trim- mers, will meet today, and a similar motion will be submitted for that local, \Knit Goods Section Reports Organization | Drive Is Progressing | NEW YORK.—The action taken at the conference of knit goods workers alréady brought results. Shop com+ mittees from large open shops and | coming up to the office of the union declaring their readiness to fight for | conditions and asking to be organr | ized. In some instances, the bosseé | hearing that the workers will be or- ganized, granted voluntarily some in- significant wage increases, but the * workers understand the maneuver of the bosses and are ready to fight for better conditions. | The Knitgoods Department of the | Needle Trades Industrial Union is calling a series of important meet- ings. A meeting of all ,unemployed hand knitters will be held Friday, ip the office of the union, 131 West 28th | Street, on the Sixth floor at 2 p. m. | A mass meeting of all knitgoods | workers of Brooklyn will be held on Thursday, right after work, at Flush- ing Mansion, 1088 Flushing Ave. All knitgoods workers of Browns- ville are called upon to help picket | the shop of the Modern Knitting Mills, 1 Chester Street, Brooklyn, NEW YORK. — Arrangements | have been made with the workers’ | camps around the metropolitan | area to accomodate three workers who attend the Daily Worker pic- nic for two weeks each, the ar- rangements committee announced | yesterday. The picnic will be held Sunday, July 30, at Pleasant Bay Park, The New Dance Group, it was announced, needs but one final re- hearsal to be completely ready for | its performance at the picnic. | The Labor Sports Union has) prepared its entire sports program, | both exhibits by trained athletes ! Three Workers Will Get 2-Week Free Vacations at “Daily” Picnic July 30th | and games and contests for all the workers at the picnic, The Armenia workers have promised that their shashieek will be especially flavored to suit the gaiety of the occasion. “This,” the committee points out, “is no empty boasts. The Armenians are famous for their shashleek.” The John Reed Club artists have sharpened hundreds of crayons and pencils, and haye ordered three times as many drawing sheets on which to do the por- traits of individual workers who will be present at the picnic on Sunday, July 30. | Circulates Petition for Hoan’s Recall MILWAUKEE, Wis., July 24—Peé- titions are being circulated in every ward for a recall election of socialist Mayor Daniel W. Hoan a group of politicians, Hoan and the socialist machine have now held their jobs for 17 years. The po~, political gang asking the recall is headed by a real estate owner, Forte ney Stark. iH Things have been Aerie | very! badly in the socialist city hall since City Controller Kotecki shot his as- | sistant, Wendt, and then killed him- self in city hall, The controller had been arrested on March 6 for mal- feasance in office. } Graft and corruption is rampant PREPARE NOW FOR THE DAILY WORKER PICNIC AT PLEASANT BAY PARK, SUNDAY, JULY 30! YOUR ORGANIZATION OR CLUB TO BUY TICKETS! BRING YOUR FAMILY AND FRIENDS! _———