The Daily Worker Newspaper, August 26, 1933, Page 3

DAILY WORKER, NEW YORK, SATURDAY, AUGUST 26, 1933 Page Three Lawrence Mill Workers Tell “Daily” Reporter of Hunger Under NRA Codes Big Layoffs Hit Lawrence Woolen Mills; Cut Wages Boss Refuses to Give Statement on Code to “Worker” By CARL REEVE (Editor's Note:—This story on the woolen industry is the first of, 2 series on shoe and textile in New England.) ek LAWRENCE, Mass.—Mrs. A- . for the last sixteen years a winder in the Wood mill of the American Woolen Co., observes the sixth month of Roosevelt’s “new deal” by taking her 13-year-old child out of school so that he can earn 50 cents a day at a paint job and help support a starving family. The American Woolen Co., the trust owning mill, celebrates THE SIXTH month of the New Deal by announcing a 6% million dollar profit covered up by adéing it to the “inventory.” This is how the new deal and the NRA code works out for the 23,000 wool | textile workers of Lawrance, of whom over 5,000 are unemployed. There Is No Minimum “What’s the good of the 40-hour week and the 8-hour day for us?” said Mrs. A . “I worked Mon- day, one day this week, and then I was sent home and told not to come back the rest of the week, until next Monday. Since the NRA code came in, my wages have averaged $7 a week because I am now on part time. My boy here can’t go back to school this fall because I can’t support my- self and my three children any more.” The wool code, which began Aug. 1, is similar to the cotton code, except that it calls for a minimum wage of $14 instead of the $13 in cotton. But this code, like ALL the other codes, calls for wages AT THE RATE OF $14 a week. In other words, this code, LIKE ALL THE CODES, CONTAINS NO MINIMUM WAGE WHATEVER. It calls merely for a minimum hourly wage of 35 cents an hour, and now, under the code’s protection, workers are being put on part time wholesale. How They Do It In the Patterson silk mills whole- sale unemployment undoubtedly will take place in the near future as a result of the speeded up conditions under the silk code and the glutted market. IN LAWRENCE THIS SLACK PERIOD OF WHOLESALE LAYOFF AND WHOLESALE PART TIME WORK HAS ALREADY BE- GUN. The wool workers of Law- rence, along the streets, in the mills and in their homes, refer to the present period which began in the past two weeks, IMMEDIATELY AFTER THE CODE, as SLACK TIMES. SLACK TIMES are here again and the textile workers of Lawrence are beginning to realize that the propaganda of the NEVER RECOVER ACT is not working out the way they were told it would work out. And let no one believe that the relation between the operation of the wool code and INCREASED UN- EMPLOYMENT AND SPEED-UP is accidental. “The office of the De- partment of Labor in Lawrence is busy night and day ‘interpreting’ the code so that the mill owners can keep down wages and increase pro- duction,“ a cynical “labor” reporter for a capitalist Lawrence newspaper said. “They told me over there they have twenty or thirty calls a day for such ‘interpretations’ from the mill managements.” Crowds Gather Again ‘The crowds are gathering again in front of the employment offices of these giant woolen mills, which cover acres of ground. “YESTERDAY I TRIED TO GET A JOB AT THE WASHINGTON MILL, WHICH IS ALMOST COMPLETELY SHUT DOWN,” one worker said. “THERE WERE ALSO 200 IN FRONT OF ‘THE WOOD MILL. BUT NOBODY WAS HIRED.” Unemployment has’ not yet reached the point where mills are empty, but the “pick-up” with which the mill owners prepared for the code by rushing production for a time, is definitely over. Just Like a Jackass “I don’t see any difference be- tween after the code and before ex- cept that now they work you like a Jackass, and it’s slack now,” a wet finisher from the’ Wood Mill said. The beginning on Aug. 1 meant the beginning of increased speed-up. Those who are on piece work, are told “make your $14 a week minimum by piece work, or get out.” Therefore ALL THOSE WORKING PIECE WORK ON A FULL FORTY-HOUR WEEK HAVE TO MAKE THEIR $14 MINIMUM WITH INCREASED OR ARE LAID OFF, g June Croll, the organizer of the Na- tional Textile Workers’ Union in Lawrence: “Three months ago, the same week as the Amoskeag strike in Manchester, N. H., which is nearby, the mill owners, seeing the threat of a strike in Lawrence, gave a 121% per cent increase in wages. At the same time the sides attended by a spinner were increased from 4 to 10. As one woman spinner said, “We make a little more, about $1 a week, but we have to give it to the doctor, we're speeded up so.’ The spinners sent in a committee to demand the workers be put back on four sides. Now the spinners run nine sides, and in some cases seven. The winders in the Wood and Pacific Mills were told as soon as the code came in ‘to produce enough every week to make their $14.2 week piece work or get out.’ “At the same time as the code went into effect, the winders, draw- ers and combers were told they would have to take a one-day-a-week ‘holiday,’ and many were put on the 30-hour-a-week schedule. Of course, |these workers get less than the $14 | minimum wage. How many are home | two, three and four days at a time? For example, winders in the Pacific|Lawrence, HER BOSS TOLD HER) Mill are getting $10-$11 on this short |SHE MUST SET AN EXAMPLE TO hour week, and the code protects the | THE OTHER WOMEN AND SPEED mill owners. THE WORKERS| UP STILL FURTHER. Practically WORK TWICE AS FAST IN MANY |every department in the mill has in- CASES AS THEY DID BEFORE/creased speed-up since the code, THE CODE, AND MANY GET LESS | OR THE SAME WAGES.” i Mr. Lamont Is “Out” | Mr. Lamont, the general manager of the Wood Mill, employing from 5,000 to 6,000 workers, issued a state- | ment just before the code that there | would be no further speed-up and} no night work. Then he speeded up| the workers and installed night work | for women, after promising not to do it. While members of the Na- tional Textile Workers’ Union were selling DAILY WORKERS at the mill gates, I went inside to see Mr. Lamont. I wanted to face him with the evidence of speed-up and lay- offs, and in some cases wage-cuts in his mill, in direct violation of his| rosy statements to the press. | I wanted to ask Mr. Lamont, also, | about the case of a French drawer | in his mill, who, in spite of her 20 years of experience in the Wood Mill, and the fact that she is one} of the most expert in the mill in| multiplied machinery, hundreds laid off. Mr. Lamont’s secretary wanted to know “what kind of a paper is the} Daily Worker.” When he heard it, was a labor paper, he went in and} saw Lamont and was gone some) minutes, “Mr. Lamont says he can- not give any statements to the press, you will have to get in touch with our New York officer,” came back the answer. bs BUT THE WORKERS WERE GIVING THE ANSWER TO LA- MONT AT THE SHOP GATES) WHEN THE DAILY WORKERS THE UNION MEMBERS HAD WERE SOLD OUT AND THE WORKERS READ THE SPECIAL TEXTILE EDITION OF THE DAILY WORKER WITH INTER- EST AND APPROVAL. eee and hence (A second article on the wool in- dustry in Lawrence will appear Sunday.) CHICAGO, Il., August 25.—7500 strong for unity. The International is conducting the strike with an appointed strike com- mittee of 100, most of whom are known machine supporters and none ers. Many on the committee are famous for their role in the 1924 dress strike here when the dress- makers went back to their shops without any real improvements in their conditions. At the mass meeting called by the International prior to the strike calls from the floor by the rank and file for a discussion of the Industrial Union’s proposals for unity and for demands were sidetracked and the meeting hastily adjourned after the workers had shouted down Ziskind, labor editor of the Forward. The dressmakers then jammed the In- dustrial Union headquarters to dis- uss strike policies. On the day of the strike members of the Industrial Union were on the picket line jointly with ILGW members. Bialis and Shane, the ILGW of- ficials here are int their drive to smother any rank and file discussion of strike policies. Members of the Industrial Union are being ejected from the halls for asking questions and industrial union mem- bers, elected by the strikers as shop chairladies, are being denounced as scabs and removed from their posts as part of the attempt to split the strikers’ ranks, Great confusion exists among the strikers now due to lack of guidance by the ILGW officials. Their chief demand is union recognition and the wage scales proposed are those of the blanket code with a minimum of $14 @ week. A union representative was sent to Washington to take up the strike with the NRA it was an- nounced by the officials yesterday. The Industrial Union is mobilizing the strikers against the tactics of supressing rank and file expression and to prevent a sell-out. Phila. Party Unit to Raise Anti-Nira Fund Here is how it works, as told by STAMFORD, Conn. PICNIC National F. S. U. Day Sunday, August 27th PULASKI PARK, Pepper Ridge Rd. Workers Laboratory Theatre — John Reed Club. SPeaker: LISTON M. OAK strike call last Monday and tied up a good part of the dress industry here. | | In accordance with the policy of the International Ladies Garment Workers ; Union, local union officials refused all proposals for a united front offered | by the Needle Trades Workers’ Industrial Union and rode roughshod over | the will of the rank and file which is¢————-——_—— a) of whom are rank and file dressmak- | LLG.W. Heads Ignore Workers in Dress Strike Run Strike With Self Appointed Committee ; Oppose Unity With Needle Union dressmakers responded to the general | Government Code to. | Raise Milk Prices | All Over Country WASHINGTON, Au. 24,—Fol- lowing the reports that the Roose- velt administration has succeeded in raising the yrice of bread, butter and eggs. The announcement came today that the Farm Administration is considering the raising of all milk| prices by one cent per quart all over the country. A blanket code covering the en-| tire country is being planned with increases to be adjusted to the va- rious localities. Severe restriction of milk production is also being con- sidered, officials said. Reactionary officials of farmers’ organizations such as H. D, Alle- bach of Pennsylvania have already fallen in with this proposal by pro- posing the shooting of every third Pittsburgh Election Conference to Endorse €. P. PITTSBURGH, Pa-——The United Front Ratification Conference for the endorsing of the Communist Party of Pittsburgh and the city election platform, takes place on Saturday, August 26, at 2 p.m. at the Walton Hall, 220 Stanwix St, Pittsburgh, Pa. In order to vote, the workers of Pittsburgh must do the following things: 1. The last day for assessment in Pittsburgh is Wednesday, Septem- ber 6. Comrades must go to the treasurer’s office, Room 108, in the old court house. 2. Registration days are on Thurs- day, September 7th, until Tuesday, September 12, and Saturday, Sep- tember 16, from 7 to 10 am. and from 4 to 10 p.m. 8. Register non-partisan. 4. A tax receipt is good for two years. A tax receipt for 1932 is also good for 1933. 5. Citizens who are not over 22 years of age on November 22 can register without a tax receipt. 6. Naturalized citizens registering for the first time must take their naturalization papers and tax re- ceipt when they go to register. 7. A tax receipt is 50 cents. 8. The units should arrange affairs and raise money to pay for those comrades who cannot get their own tax receipts. Help improve the “Daily Worker.” send in your suggestions and criticism! Dam Leak at Milford Endangers Lives of Children Campers MILFORD, Pa., Aug. 24—Lives of several hundred boys and girls in camps here may be endangered due to @ leak sprung in the big dam at Lake Wallenpaupack. The lake with a circumference of 57 miles drains into the Delaware Valley. The Fighting Vets By H. E. BRIGGS Hi! Comrades! Here we are again. The answer to the remark, “Has the Fighting Vet Stopped Fighting?” | is an emphatic NO. The only alibi we have is that we can only take care of ome major engagement at a time. Now, we have some ques- tions. Where are those news scouts who promised to send us informa- tion about the doings of out of town vets? Remember, Comrades, this is| not @ one-man battle. We must all) get behind the big push or we will not gain our objective—the 3 point) program. In the Deep South Atlanta, Ga. wants information about forming a W.ES.L. Post. OK. Atlanta! We're with you. Every Post strengthens the foundation for the veterans’ demands. Decatur, Ala—Persecution of black and white veterans in Alabama is only spurring the vets to further mass action and solidarity. Build a Post, Decatur, and show the South the vets mean business. Anti-War Committee Formed Salt Lake City, Utah is sending out @ call through the W.ES.L. to form an Anti-War Committee. New! York is sending two delegates to the National Conference. This is the most important thing on the Inter- national horizon and we vets who went through the last Capitalist hell should get behind this Anti-War Con- ference. Let’s hear more on this from other States, Coming Events The coming Legion Convention in Chicago in October is stirring up the rank and file legionaires to de- mand rank and file representation on the floor. Every post is buzzing with news about it. And from what your correspondent hears, there will be plenty of rank and filers in Chi- cago to fight for the three point pro- gram. How about it, Buddy! The WESL pledges a brotherly co-opera- tion for the three point program, Regional We notice that the capitalist pa- pers are bragging about the review boards being controlled by veterans. Yes, veterans, but what kind? We don’t want generals who are now bankers to represent the rank and file. We want rank and filers to rep- resent us. Come, on Buddy, get be- hind the WESL demand for rank and file representation! Veterans’ Bureau Spills the Bunk At a meeting of the veterans’ bu- reau in Boston, Judge Leon M¢Cord of Montgomery, Ala. sent from ‘Washington, D. C., told the V.F.W. that they must be patient and patri- otic as they were in '98. He told them to “turn their pockets inside out and give until it hurts if teh government needs the money.” He blamed the tax-evaders and holders of war bonds, not paying interest for their plight, but said, “Let us not fight them. Let us recall the words of the Great Carpenter. ‘Forgive them, for they know not what they do.’ Let us inflate the treasury and pay them off 50 cents on the dollar.” Mutter- ings and growls were heard on all sides. One rank and filer remarked, “Great Carpenter—sounds like a cheap chiseler to me.” Attention Ex-Servicemen A. Basil Wheeler, who used to hang around the Liaison Committee in Washington and who was rewarded for his seeming “honesty” and “faithfulness” by being made trea- surer of Post No. 1 on his return, is missing. Not only is he missing but $25 of the post’s treasury has also flown. This is an example of the in- gratitude of rats and stoolpigeons. Beware of this shady individual. He is about 5 feet 10 inches weighing 175 pounds, light brown hair, high cheek bones and speaks Russian. His real name is Zaviotkin. Was last seen in Newark, N. J. From the Land of Brown Terror Hugo Graef, secretary of the IAC,, is reported in a concentration camp at the mercy of the Brown Brutes. American ex-Servicemen will re- member his visit to the Cleveland Conference where he brought greet- Delegates Leave for Cleveland ze (Right to Left): Earl Browder, General Secretary of the Communist Party; Clarence A. Hathaway, Editor of the Daily Worker, and James W. Ford, Communist Candidate for Vice-President last year (behind Hathaway), are shown as they left on a bus for the United Front Trade Union Conference in Cleveland, Other delegates are alse shown. Bietand Trade Union Meeting Opens Today 1,000 Delegates Expected . “Conference to Fight NRA Lowering of Standards for Jobless Insurance CLEVELAND, Ohio, August 25.—On the eve of the historic united front trade union conference which convenes on Saturday morning, delegates from the centers of the important basic industries and from many other points are streaming into the city prepared to tackle the important issues to come before the conference. When the conference opens Saturday morn- SS Diamond Cement ing at 10 a.m Engineers Audi- | torium, Ontario and St. Claire Sts., 1,000 delegates are expected to be present representing trade unions of |the A. F. of L, of the T. U. U. L. .|0f opposing “dual Unionism,” mem- Crew ‘Shanghaied’s 22222 nzesencen: unions as wa we . | About 80 delegates are expected Strike Going Strong from New York, and delegations | Youngstown, from the steel centers of Buffalo, ary, Pittsburgh, from PHILADELPHIA, Pa., Aug. 25.— | the auto wo , textile workers, Manned by a crew of Negro workers, | coal miners, needle workers and from who had been “shanghaied” aboard | many other trades from North, South by police and company agents with| East and West will be present when promises of big pay and free trans-|the chairman opens the first session portation back to Baltimore, the|on Saturday morning. 8. S. Diamond Cement arrived in| ‘The Cleveland United Front Con- Philadelphia after a difficult journey | ference of Trade Unions will bring of 70 hours, Twenty-four hoursafter| together workers from hundreds of landing, the cargo had not been re-| organizations regardless of their po- moved, in spite of the company offer litical affiliation for the central ob- of 60 cents an hour for longshore-| jective, of forming a united front men. The crew, after being paid off,| against the lowering of the workers’ left the ship. Return transportation | standards under the NRA and for was refused them. the defense of the interests of the At the time the men came aboard , unemployed. the ship in Baltimore they were un-| A nation-wide program will be aware that a strike was in progress; | developed at the Cleveland confer- when the news leaked out, many at-/ ence for: tempted to leave, but were retained! 1) Immediate and substantial in- by force. creases in wages in all ind and The men refused to listen to three | for all workers; 2) social and unem- professional strikebreakers aboard, | ployment insurance; 3) against forced and did no work while the ship was labor camps and for cash payment at bea. at full union rates; 4) for the pre- Under cover of a cordon of Phila-| servation and recovery of workers’ delphia police a group of scabs, sup-| rights, like the right to strike and to plied by the municipal flop house,| belong to any union of their own were taken aboard the Diamond | choo: ing; 5) to intensify the struggle Cement at midnight. Several newly | ag: autocratic, corrupt and rack- hired ships officers “changed their|eteering elements in the unions and minds” after signing up and walked | ag: off. Despite this action they will be | offic’ barred from the M.W.L.U. and de-| nounced as scabs. The waterfront is greatly aroused over the strike, and many who had vhich supports and tol- the A. F. of L. and socialist | PHILADELPHIA, PA. NEWS BRIEFS | Lindberghs Continue Flight. LERWICK, Shetland Islands. — Permission has been granted to Col. Charles A. Lindbergh and his wife by the British government to fly from here to Scotland and England. Their plane has been refueled and conditioned for the hop which will be made today to an unknown desti- nation * . ~ Girls Marooned. GODEFFROY, N. Y.—One hun- dred twenty girls in Camp Achvach near here were marooned last night when the Neversink River rose to nearly twice its usual depth. Fear was expressed for their safety until this morning when the river again began to sink‘to its usual gage. Fire- men stood along the banks all night in the attempt to rig a breeches buoy across the swollen stream. * | . * Plague Sweeps On, ST, LOUIS:—All doctors in this city have been enlisted in a cam- paign to fight the epidemic of sleep- ing sickness which has claimed 28 deaths since July. Local health au- thorities estimate that there may be as many as 600 suffering from a mild attack, Jacksonville, Miss., three persons died of there yesterday. reports that the disease Flood Imperils Delaware Valley. PHILADELPHIA, Pa.—Swollen ee the recent 3-day storm, the Jelaware river is rapidly rising. | The whole valley, from Easton, Pa. | to this city may be flooded # the | waters continue their rise. The | water level has already nearly ap- proached that of the disastrous flood of 1903. Forty-seven lives were lost ip the storm of the last three dapa, sORGS7y, ORDERS Directly to every city im U.S.S.R. {RUSSIA} Sending your orders through us will enable your relatives or friends to obtain various merchandise at reasonable prices, without delay. By special arrangement with R.C.A. we are in a position to offer OVER - service at greatly reduced rates . | SEND US YOUR ORDER BY MAIL, Ask for information by mail er telephone. TORGSIN DEPT. AM-DERUTRA 261 FIFTH AVENUE (10th Floor) Phone: LExington 2-4117 The Bosses Do Their | W Part to Put Over the | N.LR.A.:— | Maximum Hunger Wages; | Stagger Plan; | Speed-up; | High Living Cost; Starvation Relief; Company Union: Outlawing of Strikes; War Preparations. been hostile to the Union have now | joined in the struggle. In spite of | A. F. of L. officials, who refuse to} call a sympathy strike on the plea bers of the International Longshore- | men’s Union, affiliated with the A. F. of L,, rejected the commands of their leadership and responded to a united front call from the Marine Workers’ Industrial Union. A to Wickwire Strike BUFFALO, N. ¥., Aug. 25—De- | = claring that in spite of the notice | fj to renew negotiations with superin- | tendent Johnson of the Wickwire- | Spencer Steel Co., no trust is to be | placed in the company that it be given a “fair chance,” the chairman | of the strike committee, Nickel, yes- | terday called for the widest organ- | ization of all working class forces in | orders enable your relatives in Soviet Russia to purchase all sorts of domestic or imported articles at low prices, ings from the German ex-service- men. This is his reward for fighting for the “Fatherland.” Our reward is the “Economy Act.” All the more reason why we must fight Fascism both abroad and at home. Protest Let us know what fhe workers in milk cow. your shop think about the “Daily.” his arrest. Demand his release. Down with Fascism! Up and down the state of Cali- fornia, on a battle-front of 2,000 miles and more, strikes of the agri- cultural workers have been raging. ‘The berry pickers, pea pickers, let- tuce, apricot and grape pickers have been putting up the gamest fights against starvation wages. So brave ®& battle have they put up that even in the East, the New York Times had to devote considerable space on the front page of a recent issue to the “menace of the widespread strikes in the California fields.” The cannery workers too have joined theee struggles. The organization which has been leading these strikes is the Cannery and Agricultural Workers Industrial Union, affiliated to the Trade Union Unity League. Filipino, Japanese, PHILADELPHIA, Pa., Aug. 25— The Anti-Nira Campa: Commit. tee has arranged for city-wide tag day to raise funds for campaign agf.inst the NIRA. All workers and working class organizations are urged to report to the center near- est their home for tag boxes. Open-air meetings will be held throughout the city on Saturday at 7 pm. to popularize the Anti-NIRA Campaign in Philadelnhia. Chinese, Hawaiian, Mexican, Negro, native and foreign-born white work- ers have been united by the CAW.LU. Recently, on August 5th, the union held a District Convention at San Jose, California. In conjunction with the Convention a District apparatus was set up. ‘This made the lead- ers of the union feel that “we have laid the basis for really building a mass .union that will have not only membership, but active, organized California Fruit Strike Covers 2,000 Filipino, Japanese, Chinese, Hawaiian, Mexi- can and Negro Workers Take Part Under Leadership of Agricultural Union membership.” Forty-eight delegates were present, representing 3,000 organized agricul- tural workers, The opening report by @ Union organizer, Jack Wright, show- ed why the agricultural workers of California have been engaged in strike struggle after strike struggle recently. Wages are the lowest in history, Wright gave a picture of actual starvation in the fields and canneries, A problem that the C.A.W.IU, has had to face is the efforts of the mis- leaders of various nationalities to split the workers ranks on a basis of nationality, The activity of the Mexican consulates, of such organi- zations as the Filipino Chamber of Labor, and of the A. F. of L. too in this direction were told by Wright. ‘The many youth and women work- ers paid less and made to work faster, are also a special problem the Union must take active steps to solve. Both Wright and Caroline Decker exposed the National Recovery Act in as far as it affected the agricul- tural workers, pointing out its bene- fits for the big ranchers. The AFL has for the first time come into the field, trading on the N.R.A. and the recognition granted the AFL as a strikebreaking union. Decker recom- mended that each local set up an unemployed committee, for the lem of the union local to win relief is sharper than ever. A report by Reese on the El Monte strike told of the calling by the CAWIU of a mass meeting at which the strike was voted, the solidarity of the nationalities, the forming of @ youth committee, which became the backbone of the strike and the winning of 20 instead of 15 cents an hour and 50 cents a crate in- stead of 25—35 cents, were described by Reese’s report. A report was given on the pea strike in the San Jose section. In this strike not only were economic gains made but the union was rec- ognized, For orders on Torgsin apply to your local bank, companies listed below or their author- ined agents Amalgamated Bank, N. Y. ‘Am-Derutra Transport Corp. American Express Co. Gdynia-America Line Hias Manufacturers Trust Co. Public Nat'l Bank & Trust Co. R.C.A, Communications, Inc, Hudson Co, National Bank, Bayonne, N. J. The Pennsylvania Co., Phila Union Savings Bank, Pitts. Amalgamated Trust & Sav- Riverdale and Blackrock te support | the strike and aid the picket line. ‘The scale committee is meeting the company, but if no settlement is | made today the strike will follow the line of the struggle in the Acme Plant, involving new thousands of workers in the suburbs of Buffalo, Mile Front Delegates representing 1,100 small MAKE NO OTHER ARRANGEMENTS. ANTI-NIRA CAMPAIGN COMMITTEE, 1225 Germantown Avenue, TORGSIN. in Soviet Russia Jorkers Do Your Part! Help to Organize the Workers Into T. U. U. L. Unions and Unemployed Councils to fight for better conditions. PARTICIPATE IN THE MASS TAG DAYS UGUST 26th and 27th BE A SHOCK BRIGADER. there are Torgsin stores in over 1,000 localities. Torgsin orders may be sent to anyone, in any quantity. To cities that haveno TORG- SIN stores, Torgsin mails your order by parcel post, CENERAL REPRESENTATIVE in U.S.A. farmers, mostly in the San Jose and} Sacramento Valleys were present and pointed out that they recognized that their interests did not lie with the agricultural capitalists but with the ranch workers. In discussion a Filipino told how to approach the workers. A Mexi- can told of the terrible conditions of the Mexicans. A Japanese worker told of the filling of the ranks of the Japanese with stool-pigeons. The C.A.W.I.U. adopted a code for the agricultural workers. It called for’a 40 cents an hour scale for all) unskilled workers in canneries, fields and sheds; 75 cents for skilled; all) negotiations between union and/ bosses to be finally decided on by workers; 6 hour day and time and a half for overtime; abolition of child labor; same pay for same work for men, women and children, aboli- tion of yellow-dog; right to freely ings Bank, Chicago WORKMEN’S SICK AND 58,235 Members $4,888,210.93 Total: Death Benefit: both classes: at the age of 44. Parents may insure their children ba apne east iarainte caste: Death Benefit. aceording to age $20 to $20 Mef and federal unemployment in- Ried fe gurance; no discrimination of race|{ *°Wey ‘tts or color; and other lesser demands. |] for another forty wee For further inform: ‘The points in this code were adopt- ed only after thorough discussion. 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