The Daily Worker Newspaper, December 26, 1934, Page 4

Page 4 Workers in Two Shoe Vote Down | Plants ‘Independent’ Union Joint Council Leaders Block Militant Action to Enforce U. S. and L . W. U. Contract in Chelmsford Shoe Co. | By a Shoe Worker Correspondent LOWELL, Mass—Previous to the vote take 1 at the Chelm ford Shoe Co. to decide whether workers that shop wanted the United Shoe and Leather Workers’ he Lowell Shoe Workers’ | (company) Union to| them in collective bar- the Independent Union had managed to sign an agreement ient gaining. with the United Wood Heel Com- | pany 1 or here in Lowel this entrenchment Dempsey uffolk St.” under their banner when the Chelmsford Shoe crew voted for the United/ Shoe and Leather Workers Union. | the chagrin of “Mickey Mouse” and the “Sultan” was boundless. But} that isn’t all, imagine how these rats felt when a few days later the} crew of the United Wood Heel; Company threw out the agreement with the Independent Union and forced a U. S. & L. W. U. agreement to be signed in this factory. } This was victory number two} gained by the United Shoe and Léather Workers Union | As far as the Chelmsford Shoe is| concerned, that shop is still operat- | ing without an agreement of any kind. The blame for this rests on the shoulders of the Joint Council | who will not call the crew on strike to force the owner of this factory | to sign a contract with the United | Shoe and Leather Workers Union. | This is the kind of leadership we) shoe workers in Lowell have at] present | Intead of taking concrete action | of the rank and file must be obeyed | | the American Federation of Labor. as is the wish of the rank and file, | the local leadership dickers and gab: hile the manufacturer is get- | ing his work out | The agreement presented is un-/| derstood to be a regular “General Office” contract which has a clause giving up the workers’ right to strike and another clause calling for gentenvé } eS | settlement of through an arbitration board. The the all disputes bone of contention between the manufacturer and the union is the} article that calls for an increase in wages if the cost of living rises in the future. There is an undertone among the! rank and file shoe workers here | that real action must be taken in the near future or there will be the devil to pay. Everywhere that | shoe workers assemble there is talk of strike, a general strike in the/| shoe industry, some go as far as mentioning Jan. 15 as the date for| action. The dictatorship of the Joint Council is meeting with resistance in the local meetings and they have been warned that hereafter the will or drastic action will be taken. | Letters from Our Readers Beeanse of the volume of letters re- ceived by the Department, we can print only those that are of general interest to Daily Worker readers. However, all Iet- ters receive are carefully read by the sditors, Suggestions and criticisms are weleome and whenever possible are used tor the improvement of the Daily Worker. COUGHLIN ON WAR New York, N. Dear Comrade Editor: A few of us think that a pamph- let on Coughlin is imperative, if it can possibly be done | I have just read the letter asking for it in today’s “Daily” and I can add my few words to say that your | correspondent is not only right, but’ Bronx Workers -- PatronizeO VANITY BOOT SHOP 1289 WILKINS AYE., near Freeman St. Station Arch Built SHOES FOR THE ENTIRE FAMILY X-RAY FITTING UNION SHOP e | ing them in almost wholesale. it has been a shock to us to realize how that beastly demagogue is rop- His attitude on ‘war is even more| brazenly put in the World-Telegram of Dec, 18, wherein he states, “I'm against war but let’s be practical. We are going to have war. Human | frailties make it inevitable.” man has all the earmarks of l and dangerous misleader, so please if it is only possible, see if we can get out a pamphlet ex-/| posing him, Enclosed’ is a dollar to help out. | We wish it could be a thousand. Constant Reader. »— Elevator Union| DAILY WORKER, NEW YORK, WEDNESDAY Lowell Shoe Workers Gain Victory DECEMBER 26, 1934 Over Company Union) Chiefs Attack Militant Action) By a Worker Correspondent | NEW YORK.—The remarkable | Militancy of building employes, which won the admiration and sup- | port of the entire garment center | during their brief strike in Novem- ber, is systematically sabotaged by the officials of Local 32-B, section of | To paralyze all calls of militancy, | these leaders resort to extolling “the virtue of patience” and uttering grave admonitions against paying heed to Communists, who “love to create violence” at the behest of | “bosses 9,000 miles away.” Grumblings of unrest, or dissatis- faction with the entire arbitration procedure, sweep through Local 32-B. Growing into open denounce- ments and increasing in volume, this wave of dissatisfaction threat- ens to overwhelm the officials. And so, patient Griselda together with the favorite “red scare” are intro- duced. “Patience! You must have pa- tience!” cried the secretary of the union at a meeting on Dec. 18, at 200 West 135th Street. Then, with | @ typical A. F, of L. philosophy, he explained that “nothing built quick- ly is ever built well”; and that the jact of waiting in expectancy en- hances the enjoyment of benefits, “whatever they'll be.” “We stand for a gradual increase. We don’t expect to get everything, or very much, now, But year after year, as soon as the contract is up, we'll demand some more. We must climb the ladder, rung after rung. And I'm speaking to you new mem- bers, especially, who are always talking about action!” That is the demagogic sponge he is employing to absorb the militancy of the members, and at the same time he is deftly effacing the illu- sion for getting a “square deal” from the Arbitration Board. Craft- ily he is preparing them for disap- pointment. Already he confesses that not much will be won. But yet, he bids them be content. Little by little, rung after rung, year after year, is his message to them in the face of living conditions, food prices and rent rates that leap, day after day, hour after hour, and with tax | after tax. But the secretary is a radical. “We are radicals,” he declared. “But there are sane radicals and insane radicals, Don’t listen to sup- posed friends who try to tell us how to run this union. All they want to do is create violence—they love vio- lence. They are not your friends. They are working for a boss; a boss 9,000 miles away. They don’t want to win a strike; what they want is revolution. What they want is to have you call them Commissar.” We publish every Wednesday letters from textile, needle, shoe and leather workers. 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PODELL WATCHES - JEWELRY Wateh Repairing on Premises 737 Allerton Avenue College Lunch Bar TRY OUR DAILY SPECIALS BML East 170th St. (cor, College Ave.) BAR and GRILL 1401 JEROME AVENUE (cor> 170th St.) Below Headquarters Mt. Eden Branch F. S$, U. i | lawyer A. C.W. Officials Stall In Making From Jobless Fund Workers Forced to Appeal to Boss to Get Justice, at the Hands of the Union Officials By a Needle Worker Correspondent NEW YORK.—Here is some ex- perience we had with Hillman’s ad- ministration of the Unemployment Fund in the Wolner and Smith Shop, 110 Fifth Ave, We had a very bad season this year. It lasted only about five weeks. At the present time we are only turning out 250 to 400 coats @ week and the shop las a capacity for a thousand, so you see how slow it is. Before the season we were out of work completely for four months, until we got a reduction in prices, We workers tn this shop, all members of the Amalgated Clothing | Workers of America, went to see the Business Agent Weiner of our Local 25 about getting some of the money that is supposed to be paid out of the unemployment fund. Weiner told us he couldn't do any- thing, the shop was working. He didn’t give a damn about the fact that that we had been out four months and were hardly making anything now. The next day we went to see Hol- jander, in the general office of the Amalgamated, and asked him about the unemployment insurance. He said that it was no use talking to him, he had nothing to do with it. Seeing that we couldn’t get any- thing from the union officials we went to one of the bosses. Plotnick, a member of the Socialist Party. We told him that we werent getting any payments out of the Unemploy- ment Insurance Fund. Plotnick be- came very angry when he heard about it, and told us, “I'll see that you get what is coming to you. I just sent these people a check for the fund, and I didn’t know that my workers weren't getting any- thing out of it.” He then called up Hershkowitz, Werke Dercribe: Suit Of Scabs Against Bergoff By a Worker Correspondent NEW YORK.—I happened to drop into the Municipal Court at 59th | Street a short time ago and took @ seat in the courtroom for a while. A witness was bickering with a lawyer. “Don’t yell at me. TI can hear well.” The lawyer, bald as a vulture, yelled even louder, “I'm not yelling at you, besides, doesn't Bergoff yell at you? You should be used to it.” Bergoft? I knew the name. The scab-herder who boasts of breaking strikes. The man who rounds up hundreds or thousands of gangsters whenever Big Business is threatened, Sure enough. There sat Bergoff, surrounded by a battery of four or five attorneys, leaning back in his chair, smirking at the vulture-like lawyer haranguing the witness. I listened to the testimony. The | witness is saying that he scabs for Bergoff and knows that the scabs Were not promised “waiting and travelling time” for the days in question. Quietly the lawyer asks him, “Do you have a gun on you?”, and learns that he has. Assuming an air of shocked amazement, the rants on about “private citizens who come to court armed.” Sued for Nonpayment of Wages I turn to my neighbor, a fat, drooling individual and ask him what the case is about. He explains through the corner of his mouth that Bergoff is being sued by seven- teen strike-breakers for wages he had refused to pay them. They had scabbed six days in the Bibbs Mfg. Co. strike in Georgia last September and had been paid for only four and a half. Besides, they had been promised pay for time spent in wait- ing to be sent South and in travel- | ling. They had been double-crossed, Bergoff claiming that the company had paid him only at the rate of four and a half days ner scab. “The son of a bitch has been vulling this stuff for 20 years and this is the first time we put up a fight,” my informant says. The next witness is Wilson, who, it develops, is another of Bergoff’s faithful scabs. Wilson gets excited when he is asked whether he has the reputation of being a stool- pigeon, and shouts to the lawyer cross-examining him, “That's your monicker. You're also a rat. I know Who you're protecting,” and leaves the stand with a satisfied smile. Bergoff's lawyer who says never 4 word during all of these quarrels, next calls Bergoff himself to the stand, Berzoff on the Stand The self styled “King of the Strike-Breakers” takes the oath and sits down. He answers his lawyers politely and smoothly. Yes, he knows the presidents of all the rail- roads personally. He once worked for the District Attorney of New York County. He’s been in the “business” for many years and quit to go to Florida where he lost sev- eral millions, The judge becomes interested and discusses Florida Real Estate with the witness off the record. Bergoff brags about his son, Earl, who is now running the business, the father acting, “in an advisory capacity.” He tells how he organ- izes scabs, how they are also his friends, he who consorts with rail- road and bank presidents. Some of his “men” he informs us, have been working for him for years, hav- ' 4 t OTTER Bi ing bouncéd his son on their knees as a baby. He takes a fatherly in- terest in the scabs and is interested Payments a union official and a bigshot in the} Socialist Party. Plotnick told him that we were all good standing members of the union and paying dues as he himself checked up on this. He even said over the phone, “Tf this is a racket I’ll stop paying to the fund.” Later Hershkowitz promised that we will get the $10 which is due us according to the rules under which the Unemployment Insurance is supposed to be run. Two day later our union books were taken up in the shop for the unemployed payments, This was done very quietly and due to the fact that it is very slow three work- ers were not there and did not turn their books in. All of us, with the exception of these three received our money. | One of the three happens to be a very ojd man, aged 72 years, he actually started to cry when he heard that he had been left out. The shop spoke to Weiner, the Business Agent, and he said it was too late, these workers had not turned in their books on time and therefore could not get their money. The old man was told to come to the meet- ing of the Executive Board of Local 25. He went there and after waiting for three hours was told that he could not get his money. He be- gan to argue and they just threw him out of the office. We again went to Plotnick and took up the case with him. Plot- nick immediately phoned Hollander, and made him promise immediate action. These three workers have turned in their books, the checks were made out for them, but a week has gone by and they haven't gotten their money. WAat we workers in the Wolner and Smith shop want to know, is what happened to this money? | in their welfare. He interjects “God | Bless Him” at every opportunity, whether he is speaking of his cus- tomers, his faithful scabs or the dis- gruntled ones who are now suing him. There ts only one exception to this rule. He never asks God to bless the strikers. Bergoff Becomes Sentimental Bergoff never loses his sancti- monious bearing. When the name of Two-Gun Regan is mentioned he objects politely, “Don’t call poor old Harry Regan that name.” He admits he gave his witnesses {unch money, for after all, “The poor devils have King of Strike Breakers to eat.” But he forgets himself Jong enough to say-“they may be hang- ing around to be paid for this, but they won’t get it.” The lawyer asks Bergoff whether he knows Raymond. “You mean Harry Raymond?” he asks. “Raymond of the Daily Worker who was formerly an editor for the Telegram,” the lawyer informs him. | He realizes a trap is being set. “No I don’t know that Raymond. But I represent the daily worker.” He then amuses himself by wrang- ling with the lawyer about whether he means “daily workers” or the “Daily Worker,” succeeding in lead- ing his inquisitor away from the danger of explaining away his prosecution of Harry Raymond of the Daily Worker for criminal libel, as a result of articles exposing Bergoff as a strike-breaker. Another Bergoff “Man” The next witness testifies against Bergoff. He is one of the scabs suing for the money promised him. When Bergoff's lawyer accuses him | of having served time for a “stick- | up” he denies the charge. “I'm no stick-up man,” he protests. “I only served time for shooting my girl friend.” Finally the case is finished. The judge reserving decision flees to his chambers. Outside, the horde of thugs present during the trial, most of whom are suing Bergoff in other cases, are swearing at the double-cross by the boss scab. “We'll get the bastard,” shout. Bergoff runs the gauntlet of their scowls and eurses, a smug smile lighting up his jowls, and well can he smile. For a letter from the Bibbs Company stating that Bergoff had been paid at the rate of six days ner scab had been kept out of they ExpulsionPlan For Transients By a Worker Correspondent JACKSONVILLE, Fia.—Consider- able has been printed in the press recently about the deportation by Jugo-Slavia of 27,000 Hungarians, | between which two countries war | appears impending. Not much has been said about the deportation daily of hundreds of U. S. citizens by one state to another in this country, wherein a state of war has not yet been declared nor threat- ened between such states. About Thanksgiving Day of this year, the State of Florida, requiring a large amount of improved high- way and county road construction to be done—and the thousands of multi-millionaire, New York State tax evaders who several years ago established their legal residence in the income-tax-free State of Florida for the purpose of evasion, being too poor to pay for this work in cash— the State let it be known, through the media of Associated Press and United Press, that henceforth “tran- sients” without funds or visible means of support would no longer be thrown into the chain-gang road building camps wherever inter- cepted, but would, on the contrary, be given their choice between the chain-gang and work for the Fed- eral Emergency Relief Agency at the U. S. uniform standard wage of 90 cents a week cash and three squares a day and a place to flop. in exchange for 30 hours labor per week. As anticipated, this widespread publicity brought about desired re- sults. But it came quicker than conceived by its sponsors. Within ten days the state was flooded with thousands of hungry and discour- aged applicants for these jobs at a 3 cents per hour wage. In déspera- tion, the humane governor, Scholtz, of this great state, which at as late a date as 1932 fashioned a 20-pound iron ball attached to a log-chain or else a sixteen-inch-long pickaxe shackle welded to the ankles of its freight-train riding convicted pris- oners, and which locked them in iron-barred lion cages at night in those mosquito-infested swamps— this humane governor was com- pelled to broadcast to the nation that already more than eleven thousand had responded to the call; that the state “cannot handle any more” transients, and at the same time appealed to the Governor of Georgia to help in the noble work of preventing the “disappointment” that must inevitably ensue to per- sons now enroute to this Utopia | unless intercepted and turned back at the northern borders of the State Florida Adopts) WORKER’S HEALTH of Georgia. The Governor of Georgia is al- ready seriously considering the problem, and the newspapers are practically a unit in endorsing it. No more are the transient wayfarers taken before “the squire” and 30 or 60-day sentences imposed willy- nilly, but they are now hustled into trucks and hauled by the dozens to state lines and told to stay out of Florida on penalty of arrest and conviction. “The Law” is much in evidence at state line highway points and county road entrances, as well as at the railroad terminals, within the state. Florida welcomes tourists (with money), but the guy with only a gallon of gas in his tank and “no visible means of support"— as well as ‘the bum” out of work— keep out of “our Southland.” Negroes Pay High Rents In Rockaway By a Worker Correspondent ROCKAWAY BEACH, N, Y.— As workers and fighters for the rights of the working class and the Negro people, we decided to write a letter to the Daily Worker about condi- tions of the Negro people in Rock- away Beach. ‘We know that this paper is a friend of both Negro and white workers. For that reason we want you to know the condition of Ne- groes in Hammel. We read that the Negro and white workers in Chicago and Detroit are fighting for their rights, It is high time for the Negro and white work- ers of Hammels to wake up as con- ditions are very bad here, The Ne- groes in Hammel are discriminated against in many public places. They are forced to live in houses where Removing Tonsils MRADE M. H. R. of Hartford, Conn., writes:—‘I have had in- bedded tonsils for five years that don’t trouble me at all. Some doc- tors have told me to have them re- moved, and others have told me that as long as they don’t bother me to let them stay in. What is the best thing to do under the cir- cumstances. I would like to know just how the throat looks when one has laryngitis.” eres Our Reply 'E believe that the tonsils are an ifmportant link in the chain of throat protection. They protect the throat and also the bronchial tube and lungs from invading germs. In the light of the above theory and, in so far as your tonsils do not trouble you, we see no reason why you However, we advocate the removal of those tonsils that are infected, that are irregular in contour, and are diseased; particularly those tonsils that are troublesome and produce repeated sore throfts. © In laryngitis the throat is red and inflamed and the>vocal cords are red and swollen. There is hoarse- ness and speech is difficult. Seek ae) Dr. Casten to Lecture Tomorrow Night D*. DANIEL CASTEN will lecture tomorrow night on Venereal Diseases, Cure, Prevention and Social Significance, under the auspices of the Medical Advisory Board at Irv- ing Plaza Hall. 15th Street and Irving Place at 8:30 o'clock. Dr. J. Alonzo will discuss the control of this problem in the Soviet Union. ite ae Tears of the Womb IOMRADE M. M. writes about complaints which are associated with tears of the neck of the womb (cervix) due to childbirth. A tear in the womb such as you describe is considered a very simple case for operation. You were unnecessarily alarmed about this operation being a risk to your life. This is a safe procedure. Treatments with medi- cine take too long and do not pro- duce a cure. Do not worry about the care in By ANN The Reader The readers of the column have the floor today, to voice their vary- ing opinions, their comments, criti- cisms, suggestions. 'ROM Brighton Beach, Brooklyn, “L. Z.” writes: “I believe it is up to the women to start a cam- paign for the vepeal of the sales tax. Let pent-house dwellers and coupon clippers bear the burden of the tax. For those of us who count our pennies and make about four purchases per dollar, the rate of taxation is really four per cent, I think that middle class store keep- ers would gladly sign petitions against the tax, as well as work- ers!” (“L. Z,,” and others who feel as she does, should get petitions against the sales tax from the United Council of Working Class Women, 799 Broadway, New York, N. Y,) witeeiiy 'ROM Cleveland, Ohio, “R. G.” writes in regard to the woman whose husband won’t let her attend working class meetings. “My hus- band, also, felt I should stay at home, and only occasionally attend a lecture or an affair, but I became interested in the class struggle. He became furious, after several months, and demanded I give up my organizations or my home. How- ever, I was doing all I could to have him join me in. the organizations. I had several comrades approach him. Finally, after something like a revolution in my own home, my husband was sold on my being ac- tive. He began to notice many things, owing to his better under- standing of the working class move- ment. I became able to express my- self at meetings. This made my husband feel proud. He would even go so far as to help me look up good subjects for discussion, rane wa “The Woman's Section of the Daily Worker, is the feature I never miss. Many times I refer back to certain problems. Espe- there is no electric light nor steam heat, where there is bad water con- ditions, and still they have to pay high rents. Take a place like the court between 83rd St. and 84th St., which is too filthy for a human be- ing to live in, There are two restaurants in Hammel, the heart of the Negro district, which don’t hire any Negro help. These are the Seven Brothers and the White Palace. Something should be done about it. Or take the case of a family liv- ing at 230 8rd St. They have five children. They have to pay $30 per month rent for the house which contains no electricity and no steam heat. There is no one’in the fam- ily working, and they can’t get any kind of help from the city, the Welfare in Richmond Hill, because they have only been in the State seven months, There are many such cases in Hammel. In fact, they are too numerous to name. Negro and white workers of Rockaway, wake up. Make-an ef- evidence on technical grounds! “Honor among thieves” was never meant to apply to scabs. fort to help yoursleves, and the ones that are suffering in Hammel and cially do I use ‘In the Home’ fea- tures for our Womens’ Counciis.” (The Working Woman Contest ends Jan, 25, 1935. So if you are going to write a letter to say what you would do, if your husband would not let you attend working class meetings, do it now. Send it direct to Working Woman, 50 East 13th Street, New York, N, ¥.) “Wy. C. B.” from Roxbury, Mass., writes to say: “Lipstick eats up the skin. The sale of lipstick, rouge, etc., is a business racket. What we should do is to tell the girls the reason why their faces are pale and they need make-up. What our girls need is not linstick, in order to mix with the workers, but the correet appreach.” (Comrade “W. C. B.,” I certainly did not want the readers of this column to believe that I advocated lipstick alone as an approach to young girl workers. What a very superficial statement that would be! I have no quarrel with your state- ment that cosmetics are no necessity, but a racket. I have no quarrel with the idea that the better thing would ockaway Beach, be healthy, rosy, cheeks and lips. 1 should have them removed. | Conducted by the (The Doctors on the Medical Advisory Board do not Advertise) the hospital. You are mistaken about doctors practicing on you, | Most doctors and nurses in hospitals are kindly human beings. Often | they (especially nurses) are tired, | overworked, underpaid and badly |fed which may account for their | irritability. | As to your difficulty with your | husband along sexual lines, we are Sure if you will explain to him your physical incapacity he will be more sympathetic, Our advice is to go to the hospital and have the neck of the womb operation at onee. You will heal up quickly and after a short con- | valescence get on your feet again | and resume your duties as a wife and mother. . ey Nickel Itch C., Grand Rapids, Mich.: |°"* “Nickel Itch” or nickel eczema is very common in nickel-plating plants. The actual plating solution has nickel-sulphate, nickel chloride, sodium chloride and boric acid. The rash appears first on the worker's arms and unless he is quickly taken away from work in the plating room, it will spread over his entire body. After the first attack the worker is very liable to a second one unless his occupation is changed. The second attack is usually more difficult to cure. As a rule, the victims suffer itch- ing, soreness and burning and sometimes swellings. A large per- centage of workers in nickel-plating shops suffer from nickel-eczema, Medical research in this field is cer- tainly needed in order to provide protection to those who must work in such places. To provide adequate medical care and medical research requires an investment of money by the big industrialists and, as we have said before, these gentlemen find it much cheaper to fire sick workers and hire new, fresh victims. They will continue such a policy until the workers organize and stop them, We would suggest that your brother apply calamine lotion to all the itchy parts. He can buy this at any drugstore. IN THE HOME BARTON Has Her Say did not go into that at all. I simply jsaid that many of our girl organ- imors found that by dressing more like the American girl, even to the point, sometimes, of using lipstick, she found she could get closer to | the girl workers. Naturally, with- out the correct approach, any or- ganizer would be completely inef- jfectual as a Communist or trade union organizer.) Can You Make ’Em Yourself? Pattern 2096 is available in sizes 36, 38, 40, 42, 44, 46 and 48. Size 36 takes 4% yards 36-inch fabric. Illustrated step-by-step sewing in- structions included, Send SIXTEEN CENTS (16c) in coins or stamps (coins preferred) for this Anne Adams pattern. Write plainly name, address and style number. BE SURE TO STATE SIZE. Address order to Daily Worker, 243 West 17th Street, New York City. Send for your copy of the ANNE ADAMS WINTER FASHION BOOK! PRICE OF BOOK SIXTEEN CENTS BUT WHEN ORDERED WITH AN ANNE ADAMS PAT- TERN IT IS ONLY TEN CENTS, TWENTY-SIX CENTS FOR BOTH, 4 i i e