The Daily Worker Newspaper, February 6, 1934, Page 2

Page Two Toilers Were Driven Downward (By a Metal Worker Correspondent) { NEW YORK.—I am an auto me-| chanic working in this industry for) over 13 years. Now I'm working one of many repair shops, a branch of the General Motor Car Company. All their works now are based on Piece work. Before this piece work system, in 1924-25, we used to work on an hourly basis. Mechanics used to get from 75 to 90 cents per hour for 8 and 9 hours a mple, | F on a job of eight c' pe ; res grind in valves, those who could make | thes job in two days were considered as & good mechanic After ‘introduction of work system, $12.80 flat was paid forthe very same job. If the me- chanic would work on the job one dex or three days he would get! 312.80, and that is all. Then the bosses installed the piece work sys- | em. to get workers to compete} against each other. One man made that job in 12 hours, another, one in.10 hours, some one else in 9, and $9-.on. Men forgot about lunch hour, anf used to swallow their Sandwiches right on the job, while 4iraining water out of the radiator. No. one would think about or men- tion organization. The bosses abol- ished the gang foremen (slave driv- ets) because the slaves drove them- selves. the piece Prices Cut ‘s¢ Furthermore, the bosses found ex- necuses to reduce the piecework prices, which rolled down full speed until they reached the bottom of $414 from $12.80, the previous price for the very same kind of work, plus cleaning and adjusting carburetor, Spark plugs, etc. Before the boss used to supply the necessary tools for certain jobs, such aS on the carbon and valve job. Now men buy their own. * And now we haven’t got enough work to do for the boss. If there was something to do or not, you have | te come to the shop every day at ie. &, punch your time card, reg- ist yourself ‘on the board by the bosses office and sit down so he ean see you all the time. Sometimes We_sit all day Jong without a minute's productive. work. The boss doesn’t permit us to go home before quitting time, 5:30 p..m., but he doesn’t pay Many days, especially in winter etdme, we have to come to the shop, Spend ovr carfare, and go home withcut a cent made that day, be- cause the boss pays us only for actual productive work “piece wi If we get no job that day it is our hard luck. If for some reason we come later than the regular time to work, we have to go to the boss and explain why so late. If we don’t come to the shop for one day and don’t notify the boss that day he lays you off for good as not steady man. Some of the bosses ‘ are very mean, especially those who don’t permit us men to talk to each other or read the papers nor books while we are waiting for jobs, ex- cept their monthly so-called “Sery- jee Man.” _ ‘Daily Worker’ Popular The Daily Worker became’ popular emong the workers in the shops. In spite Of repression from the bosses, workers are reading it. The very same workers which used to call th> “Daily” a “backhouse gazette,” and used {6 spit on it when given to them, are now “asking for the Daily Worker “and reading it. They like it because the Daily Worker talks their own language. =; Workers are discussing organiza- ton. But how to organize? Most Of us don’t like the A. F. of L. The Steel and Metal Workers Industrial Union made an attempt to organize the auto workers, but for no reason ; gave it up. I suppose for Iack for tumds and experienced forces. Then all of a sudden Mr. Roose- velt’s N. R. A. was introduced with brilliant promises of better condi- «tions. The bosses were “compelled” #0 reduce the working hours from 48 to 40 hours per week and increase wages from 63 to 69 cents per hou- ag you see in these two productive ime tickets of mine. But the piec: ‘Work system remained to better con- ditions for the bosses, By increasing the wages, bosses decreased the time allowance on piece work. For example, adjustin~ _70ur-wheel brakes. Before that usec bg “7 of an hour, now only .6, or or we where these were 1.2 (76 cents) now only 1 (69 cents). But, the enthusiasm and hove among the workers was great. oz Bosses of “Scles and Service” shop- qhich ordinarily used to employ 4¢ ‘mechanics now put to work 70 mer But, by increasing the amount oc” amechanics, they could not increas: eg@he work for them, only divided the same jobs of 40 men among 70 men ean the same old piece work basis. sgBetore, 40 men used to make ar basverage of about $20 per week of 49 «Mours, now 70 men get only about *$40-f12. Inexperienced men get onlv wabout $6-$7 per 40 hour working ~aweek. iee’Many men lost their “jobs” when tthe Auto Code was signed in Wash- ne aati canteens City Events —— “LOCAL 38, 1. L. G. w. v., ROLDS OPEN FORUM agThe left wing group of local 38, 1. L. G. _W. U., will hold an open forum tonight at Imperisl Lyceum, 55th St. and Third Ave., to Séliscuss plans for election of union officials, of present. officiais to intensified _ eSpeed-up in the shops and to giving of work ie Contractors will be discussed r “# DEMONSTRATES AGAINST STUDENT OF EXPULSIONS PI of 21 students of O. ©. N. Y. for op- _ posing ‘war activities of the Roosevelt regime. A committee will visit’ Mayor LaGuardia and Ydemand reinstatement of the students. “Soviet Salvages Ship ‘Sunk in Intervention (Special to the Daily Worker) «» MOSCOW, Feb. 4 (By Radio) —In Stormy winter weather, the 6,00-ton ! iter “Generosa,” sunk in the _ Black Sea in the period of interven- | Mon in 1918, has been raised. = 7h ott ‘This was accomplished by use of -Special pontoons invented by a Soviet engineer. The salvaged freighter was sere into the port of Novorossisk, £ the red flag flying from its bow. ea in| t e scale aid off | nereasing | 44 per i 50 um wage troduction other weeks 0 he Citivons your job. 1,000 Chicago Jobless March to Place Relief Demands Before Mayor (Special to the Daily Worker) CHICAGO, Feb. 5—In the face of heavy snowfall, 1,000 jobless men and women marched in a demonstration} through the workingclass sections} here, and past stagnant factories, for two hours today demanding jobs or cash relief. Committees representing the work- ers were given either flat denials or vague promises when they placed their demands for the unemployed be: fore the loc2l relief administration and Mayor Kelly. There was a large mobilization of police. and the Red Squad to terrorize the unemployed. Supports N.A.A.C.P. So! Can’tAidScottsboro Boys, New Orleans Pastor Says NEW ORLEANS, La., Feb. 5.— Support of the program of the re- formist National Association for the Advancement of Colored People precludes support of the mass fight for the freedom of the 9 Scottzboro boys or condemnation of the at- tempt of the Alabama w ruling | class to legally murder bo; nis is the attitude of Ri pastor of the First Street Epjscopal Church. of this ci Jan. 24, the pastor donated the church for the instal’stion of the new Officers of the New Orleans branch of the N. A. A.C. P.. On the following Sunday, he opposed a resolution presented by the New Orleans Section of the International Labor Defense ondemning the Scottsboro frame-up and demand- ing the release of the nine young Negro v:cti The tor refused permission for the I. L. D. secretary to present the resolution to the congregation, or to make an appeal for funds to finance the defense of the Scottshoro boys. He informed the I. L. D. that he was whole- heartedly supporting the program of the N. A. A. ©, P. Workers’ Enemies Exposed William V. Banks, of Detroit, Mich. where he is well known, especially mong Negroes (himself being a Negro and a lawyer), has been ex- pelled from the Communist Party ‘or actions and conduct which bear all the earmarks of an agent pro- vocateur. He joined the Party over one and a calf years ago. About a year before that he had joined the International Labor Defense and, lately, in the fall of 1933 he even became the ILD. District: Secretary in Detroit. When, shortly after that, on in- ‘ormation obteined by the Party, Banks was accused of having friend!y connections with the police and of raving informed the police about croceedings of inner Party commit- 2e meetings, he tried to sidetrack he investigation (and consciously to Usrupt the Party and the LL.D.) by tandering the leaders of the Party ~s white-chauvinists and by dub- ving the leading Negro comrades, who brought forward damaging: in- ‘ormation against him, as “double- crossers.” He tried to use the same methods 1 @ hearing before the Central Con- 21 Commission of the Party, to hom he appealed against the Dis- ict deciston—but, while loudly de- laring his innocence, he thought- ‘ssly admitted himself having gone 2 the police (after his expulsion) ad having received friendly co- peration from the police in his ef- arts to “check-up” on a leading ‘egro comrade, who gave evidence vainst him, He also admitted having been in ‘ose contact with the Murphy tical machine in 1929, receiving m it 2 political job of supervising lief work and soup kitchens in egro territory and, on top of that, naving mede over $200 weekly in craft from the funds assigned for curchase of relief supplies, The C.C.C., naturally, has rejected she appeal of Banks. He is plainly an enemy of the working class. Description: Negro, 30 years old, about 5 fest 10 inches tall, weighing about 175 pounds; eyes, brown: hair, black; complexion, brown; has reg- ular features and a small mustache, is a smooth talker. Is a lawyer. eS RE RRERECR I. L. D. ASKS SUPPORT FOR HOTEL STRIKERS NEW YORK.—All members and sympathizers of the Midtown Section of the International Labor Defense are urged to gather this morning at! 11 at Palm Garden, 52nd St. and Eighth Ave., to support the cemon- stration of striking hotel and restau- rant workers. The cali was issued by the Midtown I. L. D. Section Com- mittee. WOOLWORTH PICKETS ARE CONVICTED *|for a project to su | didn't. like the “kick back,” and d Forces Interview by’ CWA Administrator | (Continued from Page 1) | “What is your nosition e nemployment Incurance- Bill”? s esked, “Who first proposed ‘s bill"? ‘The Communist Party,” ren) was the | relief approprixtior 2 “unemv!oyment insu: n general.” | The delegates demanded an end to | the wi ead firing, graft and ‘A. | F. of L. racketeering on C.W.A. jobs. They demanded the right to organize, | They demanded an end to discrim- ination against Negroes and single men and gave documentary proof to substantiate their charges. | “E will look into the complains at| once against race discrimination,” | Hopkins said, “The charge has been} made here that Civil-rights were} flaunted and abused, | “I believe everyone has the right of free speech, the right to kick, to complain and organ‘ze. I will- look into the charges very careful'y. Tre7e is nothing more important than the maintaining of. civil rights under all circumstances. I don't care whet your political views or complaints, “you have a perfect right to express them.” Phil Fran‘feld answered, “On “the | way here, the police broke up our) march several times. We got here. only after the police broke us up into groups of six. We had difficulty in secing Mr. Hopkins. This doesn’t} look like civil rights. Mr. Hopkins tells us we have the right to org: The answer is, we will go bai = night and organize, and we will win our demands for’ C. W. A. j adequate relief; the d out into spontaneous apr Hovkins said he wou'd the charges of. graft in. He said the proposal of Shoe Workers Union of se. “Jock into” Pittst New... York :y shoes to the} unemployed “has m He said he plored the “inadequacy of -reliec” in some plates. He said in answer to the: damning es; of _ deletate= Pos: of New Or’eans, a seaman, that se: men are headed into forced labor. camps and treatcd-as-t: lents, “} mn,” % He said he “helioves in. cast e and not groce: . I. will) look un the chezges of irzegutarities this afterncon,” he said. The young r rs spoke demanding relief for Singie Mien. —'“Thete is ho answer to that argument,” he said. “Hoptins admitted thet “a person caii’t Iive| on $3.50 a week relief. I don’t be- lieve in half starving the unem- Pleyed to death.” “Naw investigating them to death| eitl Frankfeld interjected. Opes“ $aid the “rétusat to ‘permit C. W, A. fires: on the job, of which ample proof was given by the dele- gates, was “absurd.” When the dele-| gates told of detectives working as! C. W. A. bosses, he said, “I don’t like that.” Then problems of the ‘unemployed... Hé thinks unemployed insuzance re=| serves is the only way to achieve it,” Frankfeld viv:dly portrayed the miserable condit‘ons of the C. W. A. workers and the. unemployed in his opening spcech...He gave facts and figures, newspaper clippings,,. state: ments and documents to prove every point. “Read it, Mr. Hopkins, read it,” he said, handing Hopkins a clipping showing thet salt pork is spoiling while stored in warehouses by the Government, white tHe — workers starve. “The seventy-four C. W.-A. workers delegates here, from 22 states hold you responsible Mr. Hop- kins,” said Frankfeldt on behalf. of the delegates. Specifically demanded. an énd to the lny-offs on C. W. A. jobs, graft, A. F. L. racketeering, discrimination against Negroes, wo- men and single men; he demanded} on beha!f of all the unemployed, ade- quate ‘relief for all unemployed. workers. The delegation demanded, the right of the C. W. ‘A. workers and the unemployed to have their elected committees on the relief and C. W. A. administwation boards. They demanded an immediate end to evicticns. The delegates living in Washing- ton spoke; showing that the C. Wz A. workers here gct no back pay, many have been. fired, and thousands get no jobs or relief, “Right. heze. in the Capitol, where your office is, these conditions prevail; we want to know what you are going to do on all these questions,” Frankfeldt de- manded. Delegates from Boston. and! Lynn, . Pittsburgh, West . V:rginia, Detroit, C'oveland, Cincinnati, New York, the South, women, youth, and Negro delevates, gave evidence in suvport of the spesch of Frankfeldt. Hopkins is now “investigat'hg” and | “considering” the charges and de- mands. The delegates are going back to organize and: force. Hopkins “to keep his promises, and to increase | relief and C. W. A. jobs. + poweriul anti ‘The cast is headed by Wladimir Sokoloff, of the Moscow Art Theatré The rE ical score by Hans E'sler, composer of “The Com- came | Hopkin’s “coriclusioii, |. He belicves “Relief can't’ sptve - the |. DAILY WORKER, N GUTTERS OF THE “KICK-BACK” of Comptroller Arthur Cunningham shows that in the years 1932-33 bankers collected $15,000,000 in tax refunds). (Report By DEL (Due to & “téthiiical” mishap. were not recognizable,” They were NOTICE the characters in yesterday's cartoon Norman Thomas and Heywood Broun). Stage and Screen “Hell on Earth” Anti-War Film Cont:nites’ At Acme Theatre For Second Week, “Hell On Ee national talkie, will continue for second week at the Acme Theatre The picwure, which, was produced. it four different cauntries and iny four languages by Victor Travis, is one of the most forceful anti-war films* ever seen in America. “Holl On Earth” treats’ war at differ; angle. . Five are Man’s Land. Their’ common: peril ‘rings them toget It is this thétn> that .V-ctor v e into,a of4axceptional qu: -The Mornirg Frehe‘t in its revie' says: “The piccure timely at this moment when the in Usb nations of the w g for a new world-wer ell on Earth’ is a , now in exile, intern.” The same program which gives closeup hassador Troyanovs! and others, Karl - Radel ‘The Two Orphans,” Opens Today At 55th St. Playhouse nearance in talking” films St. Playhous? today. film is scveened from D”@nnery and The picture Cormon’s famous. novel. which has English titles, was directe by Maurice Fourneur. The new progrem-at the»Trans- etre includes i if the » at arate fj 7 ae sep 'Tis| School in Brooklyn for leading the Sorin7,” a musical comedy. with| Protest against the high prices and Hugh Herbert and Patricia Ellis; a| 00r quclity of the food in the school Cubby Bear cartoon and pictures of ng his cteden- inin of the U? S. S. R., which heads the newsreels. “I Am Suzanne,” with Lilian Har- yey and Gene Raymond is the streen n at the Palace ‘this week. is ‘Headed by the Radio City Music: Hail Choral En- W. C. Bullitt pre: tials to President attra The v: deville semble. Give direct practical: aid’ to’ the struggle of the German work!nz class Have you svoken against Fascism! in your orsan'zaticn about the Feb: tuary 11 affoir at the Bronx Cot seum., all proceeds of “which go to, the German Communist: Party? Directory +++ BUILDING MAINTENANCE WoRKERS UNIONS» 799 Broadway, New York City Gramercy “5-0857 es FOOD WORKERS’ INDUSTRIAL UNION 4 West 18th Street,.New York City Chelséa. 38-0505, FURNITURE WORKERS INDUSTRIAL SOOWION = 812 Broadway;-New York City Gramerey, 5-8956 : METAL WORKERS INDUSTRIAL UNION 45 East 19th Street, New York City Gramercy 7-7842 NEEDLE TRADES WORKERS INDUSTRIAL UNION 131 West 28th Street, Lackawanna w York City 4010 th,” the first Inter- soldiers—a German, a Frenchman, an Englich- man, a Russian’ Jew and. a Negro—| cavght in @ ‘shelJ-hole “in: No includes the latest Soviet Newsreel from Moscow gnes.of Am- Y¥ette Guilbert inakes her first ap- in“ “La. Frochard ‘et les Duox ‘Orpheliness” The Two Orphans’) at the 55th Trade. Union| ‘Chicago NRA Board Postpones Action No Ruling on 25 Fired from Container Corp. md BY DAN DAVIS CHICAGO, Ill, Feb. 5.—“Final ac- tion has been reserved until we learn what action the National La- bor Board in New York takes in a similar case in New York,” was the derision of the local NRA Friday in the case of 25 Container Ccrpo- ration of America employees fired last December for organizing 500 workers into the Paper and Wood Box Workers Industrial Union. The “similar case” in Now, York will no doubt be the recent Mcimen Sanger dress shop case in which the entire factory force, organized in the militant Need!e Trades Work- ers Industrial Union, were locked out. The workers wore then told by the NRA that nothing could be done “in the case of a Communist union, the first on record here.” Green wired the board yesterday to “resezve decision” until the out- | ccme of the New York case. On the local N.R.A. board are Rebert Hutchins, president of the University of Chicago, chairman, John .Fitzpatrick, president of the Chicago A. F. of L., Leslie Goudie, head_of ‘the teamsters’ union district cohncil, and direct representatives of the bosses. Dr. Benjamin.M. Squires, profes- sor o feconomy under Pres. Hutch- ins, is head of one of the msot high-powered labor rackets in Chi- cago,..the cleaners and dayers, it is being revealed here in @ court case Arrest NUHS Student for Lunchroom Protest NEW YORK. — Morris 8, Oshatz, |young h'gh school student who was expelled from New Utrecht in a Kk This French d cafeteria, was arrested today when he with four other students, went to the office of Principal Harry A. Potter to protest against his recent transfer to Boys’ Hizh School, and demand reiristatement in New Utrecht. The four other students were taken to the Beard of Education offices, where they were questioned by school officials. Oshatz was held in $100 bail by Magistrate Hughes in Coney | Island’ Court for trial Wednesday tmorning on a disorderly conduct . | charge. ~|. The International Labor Defense has essigned David Schriftman to de- tend Oshatz, and urges studerts and workers: to pack the courtroom. (Brooklyn) Wilitamsburgh Comrades Weleome De Luxe Cafeteria 94 Graham Ave, Cor. Siezel St. EVERY BITE A DELIGHT SOKAL CAFETERIA FOR BROWNSVILLE PEOLETARIANS 1689 PITKIN AVENUE I. J. MORRIS, Inc, GENERAL FUNERAL DIRECTORS BROOKLYN 978—4—8 PHOTO! BL S...of the better kind AT REDUCED PRICES UE BIRD STUDIOS 1595 PITKIN AVENUE, Near AMBOY STREET BROOKLYN, N. Y. — Phone DICKENS 2-1096 EW YORK, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 1934 ‘Mcintyre Refuses to Deny Military (Continued from Page 1) country looking for something to eat,” continucd Amter. “Now we know from the mouth of Woodrinz that these camps wore not intended for thet prrnose, a3 the Unemoloyed Councils charves in the betinnins. Thes? camns vere, accordiny to Wootrine, the first army mobilize. tion test "ner the amended National Defense Act.” McIntyre interjected: “Woodring is as far from wont jn his statement as you are in yours.” Amter shot back: “There has been no officia! repudiation, and since there has been no such repudiation. we must acecpt this as the official policy.” McIntyre remained silent, exhibit- ing annoyance. “These boys,” resumed Amter, “are being trained into a fascist army to be used against the unemployed when they demonstrate for bread and against the workers who go out on strike.” In presenting his demands of Un- employment Insurance for the pres- ent unemployed, at the expense of the government and the ernployers, Amter declared: “This is a committee representing the unemnloved orzan- izations, trade unions of the T. U. U. Cc. and A. F. of L., the Veterans, Farmers, Home Owners, the C. W. A., the C. C. A., the P. W, A. and Nezro and white, native and foreign-born workers. “Last week I wrote President Roosevelt asking for a conference and asked for a reply at the con- vention hall not later than 9:30 to- day. We were not favored with a reply, I’m sure that bankers and manufacturers would have received a reply. This shows that President Roosevelt is net interested in the unemrioyed, that in spite of every- thin, > contends, there are sixteen million * unemployed and _ millions working part-time. The bills that are being introduced in Congress,.except eur Workers Unemployment and So- cial Insurance Bill, are an evas‘on and are nothing more than job in- surance and job reserve plans, “I want to know whether President Roosevelt has anything to communi- cate to us regarding the C.W-.A. work. He has cut down the hours and there- by the wages so that workers are earning $3 and $4.50 a week, which is even less than the relief they used to receive. Now he has decided to fold up the C.W.A. entirely by May 1. What does he propose to do about this?” McIntyre indicated by silence that his chief proposed to do nothing other than what had already been announced. Amier also minced no words about the Negro discrimination in the capitol. He said: “Now I want to refer to an inci- dent which occurred recently in the House of Representatives in connec- tion with two Negro clerks of Mr, Oscar De Priost, who pretends ‘to represent the Negroes in Congress. We want to know the President's position on this matter of Negro dis- crimination right here in the U.S. capitol,” McIntyre remained silent, “And also in regard to the dis- crimination against 135,000 Negroes in Washington who are directly under the jurisdiction of the U.S. government. “I’m presenting here the demands of the present convention which, in substance, were presented on March 6 last through Mr. Howe.” McIntyre received the memoran- dum containing the demands, and the Washington Red Sausd to have House side steps. The unemployed delegation con- tisted of the following: Amter. N, Y.; Burlak, R. I.; Minerich, Pa.; Reeves, Iil:; Paxton, Ala.; Cross, Wash.; Ny- gard, Minn.; Benjamin, N. Y.; Con- nelly, W. Va.; Middlebrook, Okla.; Allender, Colo,; Taylor, Conn.; Sey- more, Ore.; Johnsen, Ohio; Lynch, Tobacco Workers Industrial! Union Shop EL TROPICO Manufacturers of 100% HAVANA CIGARS 320 7th Ave., Cor. 28th St. OPTOMETRISTS yy) ort ICIANS 1378 ST.NICHOLAS AVE* 1690 LEXINGTON AVE. at 179" ST.RY at 106th ST.NY,, WILLIAM BELL orrictat Optometrist OF TRE 106 EAST “TH STREET For Internationa! Workers Order Near Fourth Ave. N. ¥. C. Phone: Tompkins Square 6-8237 ee SPECIAL PROGRAM ° ener Seen NEW YORK.—Eleven young work- ers, arrested on Jan. 13 for picketing the Brighton Beach Woolworth store to show their solidarity with the Woolworth strikers of Cuba, were sentenced to a day in jail each on! the charges of “walking in circles,” and “causing a crowd to collect,” | when their case came up for trial yesterday at the West Kighth Street Conrt. Coney Island. CAMP NITGEDAIGET — on the —— LINCOLN BIRTHDAY WEEK-END February 9th to 12th : “Cars leave 10:30 A.M. Daily, from 2700 Bronx Park East—EStabrock 39-1400 Reduced Week-end Fare has now REDUC ON THE APARTMENTS AND SINGLE ROOMS CULTURAL ‘|| =Bimdergarden; (lasses for Adults and Children; Library; Gymnasium; ‘Clubs and Other Privileges ‘Take Advantage of the Opportanity. NO INVESTMENTS REQUIRED Lexington Avenue Road. Plains Station. Tel) Estabrook 9-1400—1401 Workers Cooperative Colony 2700-2500 BRONX PARK EAST (OFPOSITE BRONX PARK) traim to White| Office open daily Stop st Allerton Avense) Friday, & Saturday ED THE RENT . ACTIVITIES & SINGLE ROOMS AVAILABLE 9 a.m, te 8 pm. 9 a.m. to 5 pm. ‘Sundey 10 a.m. to 2 pm, Aim of C.C. Camps the delegation fited out followed by, their pictures taken on the White, COLLEGE (N. Y.) has a close rival te Cooper Union honor of being the worst team Naturally, City College alumni (the “influential” alumni, I mean) didn’t like the way the fortunes of their team were going. = a fund a buy a real football team. Their first step was to hire Benny Friedman, the former All-American quarterback and professional star, as Zoothall coach. ° 2 e IEDMAN is expected to get a salary in the neighborhood of $5,000 a year (about a hundred a week to you), which is @ good deal higher than “most {nstructors and Professors get in City College or in sny other university, for that matier. But never fear, workers of New York. The money will not come out of your nockets. The alumni of C.C.N.Y. is caking care of the complete cost. “There will be no general drive among the alumni of the college,” re- vorts Jacob Holman (class of '04, sec- retary of the Alumni from 1916 through 1920). “The money will be guaranteed entirely by a small group of prominent graduates, and most of it has already been subscribed.” All that is needed is Dr. Fred- erick (Umbrellz) Robinson's official approval And approve! from the agile Parasol-Wielder for any act of the “prominent alumni” js al- ways forthcoming, Witness the re- cent expulsion and suspension of 31 students for demonstrating against the R.O.T.C. Witness the suspension last year of 19 students for protesting the ousting of Pro- fession Orkley Johnson. All Fred- erick B. needed was a little hint from the “influentiel” gradurtes that the “red menace” must be for- ever eliminated from the fair name of City College. Friedman will replace Dr. Harold J. Parker as coach. The latter will stay on at City as an instructor in hygiene. Parker hed his day once, too. When he came to C.C.N.Y. in 1922 he coached the freshman team. In 1924 he tock over the varsity and gave the Lavender the best team it ever had. But times have changed, and so have football coaches, Benpy's record is a more spec- tacular one. After he got out of col- lege, Where he starred as a quarter- back, he didn't haye much trouble finding a job. “He joined a profes- sional football team in Cloveland and then the New York Giants, He ended his playing cazeer (so he says) with the Brooklyn Dodgers, last season. ° Same UBTEDLY there is something dzep in the minds of the “promt- nent” alumni~and President Fred- erick Barnacle Robinson. They will never reveal their true intentions as Brownsville’ Pharmacist Directory B. ESECOVER, 447 Stone Avenue. WM. GARDEN, Ph.G., 386 Hinsdale St. WOLF N.PECKER,Ph.G..168 Belmont Ave, |] FRANK SUSSMAN, Ph.G., 501 Powell St. J. NOVICK, Ph.G., 408 Howard Ave. Dr. E. EICHEL Dentist * 150 East 93rd Street, New York City Jor. Lexington Ave. Tel. ATwater 9-882 “Tours: from 9 a.m. to 8 p.m, Sun. 9 to 3 Member Workmen's Sick and Death Rene*t Fund 1 By JERRY ARNOLD (Batting fer Si Gerson) Benny Gets A Job never been a major power in C the football world. In recent years the teazm has been losing more often than winnins. season City College had its pcorest campaign, since 1923, losing five, tieing one and winning only one. Such a record makes it During tke 1938 football and Brooklyn College for the in the city. CR ee to why they hired Benny and why they want to put City College on the football map. to their most innermost “id” they won't adm‘t it. But here's the reason: Robby has been complaining re- cently about the of the City College students, C. C. N. ¥. graduates can’t get into medical colleges becanss they have no “per- sonality,” and no “social training.” He even advised asainst applying for admittance to medical schools, leaving the graduates to their prac- tically only other alternative of soda-jorkers, But Robby end the Alumni are wise, Benny Friedman, as coach, will at- tract students to the college who have’ more “social training” and better “personalities.” That will raise the level of City Colleve among the other universities of the country. There will be 3 new influx of athletes all wanting to get the benefit of Friedman’s expert grid- iron tutelage. It is hoped that these new students, too, will be more de- pendable in the way of helping out the admin'stration in breaking up demor; etc. Athletes af City College now ace pretty punk, not only on the gridiron where they don’t win many games, but on the campus itself, where their aim in throwing eggs and tomatoes af student gatherincs is more or less askew. 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