The Daily Worker Newspaper, January 11, 1935, Page 4

Page 4 = Ships’ Crews IRT Comp any Union Delegates Receive Non-Confidence Vote Majority of Brotherhood With Transport By an LR.T. Worker Correspondent ss ¥ <— t Friday night meeting of Employes. n-confidence allied ed when the new ad off to the men. states, that the men The trouble agreement w a cla i no longer be compelled to join any other union that they may choose. While the following clause that any man not abiding by and regulations of the iz ‘ood nstitution, liable to dismissal from the company. When asked to explain this con- tradiction, one of the delegates, P. that the men do not the Brotherhood, lly acivised them to r own good. Asked was a threat, used and could no’ Then he blurted are Sus- moking or hours, the Brotherhood certair won't fight case with the company if they are not members. The President of the local, H. ended the asey, stated he became co: ansy for awhile. the men that the» will not be discriminated against ic they join any r union. The then brought up the di m in some of the departments the new hours which went 0 effect on Jan. 2. Since of the eight- © adopting y, most of the departments ed work at 7 a.m. were red to start at 8 a.m., while 250 to 300 men were still to come in at 7 am. This tem, which to- placing of work ers in the various departments in the past two weeks, has estab- lished a vicious speed-up system, by yhich the company can get nine 1ours work in eight hours from the men. The delegat ecould remed if some of the o' suggested that they € dissatisfaction her workers would Letters from Local Declares Solidarity Workers Union ling to change their hours a be w bit (Thu still maintaining the stagger system.) On this the dele- gates were told that if they had represented the men properly, and not signed the new agreement in its present form, as the men re- quested, they (the delegates) would not have to worry about hour dif- ficulties now. (The workers’ de- mand was for the return of the ten per cent cut and a 40-hour week without a reduction in weekly | pay.) The delegates thought this answer unjust. They said they had been running themselves ragged for the past few days, trying to straighten things out for the men. On this they were told that it was about time they did something be- sides walk around thé shop. Right after this, a proposal to vote non-confidence in the dele- gates was put on the floor by a) worker. The president of the local refused to put this to a vote. He gave up his chair, thus forcing a vote through as to whether or not | the chair was supported by the men. Of course, the men did not uphold the decision of the chair. The president was forced to allow the vote to go through. Local One| unanimously in the delegates. The men then tried to suspend the constitution for the remainder of the meeting. This also was re- fused by the chair. At this point | the workers were so aroused that various speakers stood up and de- nounced the delegates as a bunch of misrepresentatives. One of the delegates brand a worker as a sucker, This worker threw back the slur, and then openly declared himself and | the majority of those present as members of the Transport Workers Union. He also told the delegates |that 80 per cent of the workers in the shop were behind thé Transport Workers Union and that they, the delegates, were no better off than the workers. The job of a delegate | |was no more secure than that of | the workers, therefore it is advisable | for the delegatés to go with the | majority. To this the delegates had no answer. The meeting adjourned. | Our Readers tried to Because of the volume of letters ie- ceived by the Department, we ean print only those that are of general interest to Daily Worker readers. However, all let- ters received are carefully read by the editors. Suggestions and criticisms are welcome and whenever possible are used for the improvement of the Daily Worker. FRONT PAGE FOR “A SPEECH IN EVERY POT” Les Angeles, Calif. Comrade Editor Burck's cartoon, “A Speech in Byery Pot,” nublished in the “Daily” of Jan. 9, could be re-run to geod advantage on the front page—im- mediately, because it is very timely after the Unemnloyed Congress in ‘Washington. The cartoon placed on the unper part of the front page directly below the headlines would sell more napers and get more non- Teaders interested in the Daily Worker than the headlines of the voted non-confidence |< | who plavs DAILY WORKER. NEW YORK, FRIDAY. JANUARY 11, 1 $111 Longshoremen’s Average Pay for 1934 By a Marine Worker Corresondent NORFOLK, Va.—Local 978 of the I. L. A. has just made a check on what was earned by each man belonging to the local during the past year. Figures show that $111.05 was earned per man for the year of 1924, Out of this wage $24 was paid per man to the local for dues and assessments, leaving a grand total of $97.05 for a man to feed a family on for a year. Formerly there were grafters at the head of this local who stole $5,000 from the local. These were expelled from the local and lead-. ers from the rank and file were put in their places. Ryan, the in- [of the International Seamen's ternational head of the I. L. A., | Union of America and the Seagoing protested against the longshore- | Personnel Committee of Atlantic men’s attempts to run them off the docks, but never did a thing |¢ about the $5,000 that they had stolen from the local. The Waterfront Council of the I. L. A. révoked the charter of Local 978, but mass pressure from | the longshoremen won it back. Seamen Block Forced Labor Relief Plans By a Marine Worker Correspondent NEWPORT NEWS, Va.—The fol- lowing happened the day before Christmas when the relief fakers were trving to put forced labor over on the seamen. An elected committee of three amen, together with the restaurant | owners, went to the Relief Bureau to protest the cutting down of the meals. They were met by Mary Judy's (a relief faker) committee which consisted of the Chief of Police. the City Manager, and a riot squad which was concealed in and outside of the room. After much discussion, Judy stated that the money alloted for relief was ¢xhausted ‘The Chief of Police stated that when he was down in Fi-rida he was eating fifteen-cent meals. After a little more arguing back and forth, one of the restaurant owners, | ball with the police, | agreed to feed the seamen at fifteen | cents a meal, thinking that he| would get all the seamen in his| place by feeding them on soap. But | the ‘stage was set in case this vetty business guy weakened, so the other business people also agreed to the, five-cent cut. | The City Manager stated that he himself had gone to the trouble of | haying Seamen's Relief heré in| Newport News. We, the seamen, and also the citizens of Newport | News know that the City Manager | was opposed to anv seamen’s relief, | pany is not a party to the agree- ment which was signed on Dec. 21, 1934, by and between the officials and Gulf Shipowners, but they are graph (b), Section 1, of the agres- | rights to strike for betterment of | their conditions, ete., etc. the agreement was tested last Sat- ‘urday in Philadelphia, but failed to be practical, when the crews of two ships owned by the Merchant and Miners’ Company, the S. S. Volusia and S. 8. Providence, threatened to strike unless they were served bet- ter food. Refuse to Work Until They Receive Better Food By a Marine Worker Correspondent PHILADELPHIA, Pa—The Mer- chant and Miners’ Steamship Com- rying to take advantage of Para- I. S. U. Crew Praises Efforis of M.W.LU. By a Marine Worker Correspondent NEWPORT NEWS, Va.—The §.S. Mangere, of the Ore Steam- ship Company (BethIichem St: subsid: as Visited by a del gate of the Marine Workers In- dustrial Union in Newport News. The crew of the ship belongs to the International Seamen's” Union. They were compel! j the I. S. U. under t being fired Many of them praised the changes the M. W. I. U. made last spring on these ships. These changes consisted . "Wey! wHaT Are STEERING you x. | ment, which denies ships’ crews the The validity of Paragraph (b) of The trouble started Saturday | morning during breakfast. “The grub was so rotten,” said one of the | firemen, “that we refused to turn to until we got something fit to eat. We asked the bos’un, an ex-I. S. U. delegate, to go up to the bridge and lodze our complaint; that we would back him up. When he hesitated to act as our spokes- man we decided to go up in body. This we did, and believe me we got action!” “The mate grievances and disputes would have to be adjusted by the ‘Mediation and Conciliation Board,’ and that he would make a note of our) trouble. We then told him that we | the Parmelee Garage is located, to land know that the rélief was es- | had no confidence in ‘Mr. Olander's | which belonged some of the most | militant groun of workers during | the strike. We feel sure that if a/ Red Builder is placed there he will) meet with a fairly good response. DRIVER, 23RD SR. GARAGE. ELEVEN HUNDRED VOTERS FOR H. R. 2827 IN TIFFIN Tiffin Ohio. Comrade Bditor: In spite of counter-revoiutionary efforts made by certain elements in the Unemployed Léague to discredit the Congress for Tnemployment In- surance in Washington, the work- ers of Tiffin and surrounding ter- ritory have signed more than eleven hundred ballots, a large number of which should already have been re- ceived by the Daily Worker. i | This proves conclusively that the rank and file workers are not be- ing led by these reactionary mis- many trins to Washington by the | seamen. | So, the credit goes to the seamen, | men here have stopped the queés- | tion of forced labor for the time | being. Still, the seamen are or-| ganizing so that anv attempt that | is made by the relief fakers to put | over the forced labor plan can be topped U.T.A. Offers Way ‘Daily’ Give? for our rights; that a strike was | ‘“ | tablished through a hard fight and | Board,’ nor were we going to wait, for the decision of his board; that if we didn’t get a decent breakfast | immediately we would strike both |Mot to the City Manager. The sea- ships and put a strong picket line | around them. “This is when the mate began to consider the situation as serious. | He not only realized our UNITY, | but also our determination to fight | “Very well,” an- Out, mes: hou eg | this dispute because the stewart of changing the tin dishes into China, forcing repairs in the washrooms, improving the food, forcing an increase in wages and improving conditions generally. These men know what can be accomplished under rank and file leadership. They are going to see to it that they get it in the I, 8. U. As a start they have sent a vigorous protest telegram to Olander against the agree- ment ‘signed by him with the shiowners. | swered the mate, “I will go a and ee what I can do.” The mate came down room and ordered breakfast for us. “And this is not all,” interrupted one of the sailors, “we have plenty | |of grievances to settle. | tresses on our bunks are walking | away with becl-bugs and there is no | At} times the odor in the foc’sle is un- | | bearable. |find a remedy for these conditions | we'll see what a little strike action | will bring.” Both these ships were involved in ‘ds’ | department of the S. S. Volusia has been laid off until the ship is roady | \to sail, and the crews of the two | |ships are being fed aboard the | Providence. nitary system in the toilets. If the company When the Petition. fection of the seamen.” NOTE We publist every Friday letters from workers in the transporta- tion and communication indus- tries; marine, railroad, trucking, traction, telegraph, telephone, etc. We urge workers in these indus- tries to write us of their conditions and efforts to organize. Please get these letters to us by Tuesday of each week, Says Telegraph Worker ac ~% Ar eT i What Aid Can Has Program of Struggle Against Merger, Layoffs, and Wage Cuts By a Telegraph Worker 9 to the another In about a halt we were served with ham and) south america. The mat- | can’t merging of the two, | unions was mentioned, the crews of | | these ships showed their approval | of the idea by signing the Merger | Of the many favorable | remarks, this is used for its logic, | told us that all’ «That's what we should do, all get | into one union and strike until our demands are granted to the satis- | 35 Act Despite No-Strike Clause! WORKERS’ Of I.S.U. Pact with Shipowners Conducte Daily Worker Medi (The Doctors on the Medical A M. W. I. U. Local Helps Asthma Fight of Greek | O.F writes: “I am a man of 42 | vears d, and employed in a Seamen | aroce: Since childhood 1 | have suffered - 7 sas | with heavy breath- By a Maine Worker Correspondent jing put for the last four or five NEWPORT ay Be ws, Va. Tr he | eors I have had constant, sever other day there was a Greek ship] 4 .tnmatic spasms. I alw: |in this port whose crew all belonged | ®8tameatic spasms, 1 am aiw oe irritable, miserable and discon- to the I. S. H. There was a strong ship's commitie2 on the ship. The conditions of the ship were| _ “C ‘ They had been away | advise? Do you think that the cli- tented—no ambition whatsoeve: “Comrade doctors, what do you unbearable j fags ; aa from their home port for two years. | mate of some warm, dry country, | Three men had been sick for|Arizone, for instance, would help the captain had re- |me? Or would vou recommend aj} One | Specialist? I personally am quite sure thot all my troudles are caus2d |mentns and fused them a doctor's care. | comrade that was sick aboard the {chip had been without food for |>Y foods, because when I fast a | | eight days, the captain having cut while I don't get attacks. Would |him off, saying that he was lying | You please help me in my predica- down on the job. This comrade | ment? | was sick and unadle to work. | | They were waiting for this ship | |to hit a port where they could get | support and strike there. As soon | ls they saw the hall in Newport | |News with I. S. H. on its window, | j they came in to ask us for help, | | which we gave. We got them in touch with a! | lawyer who knew the laws, and, to- | | gether with the threat of strike, | they made the captain get a doctor |for the sick men, and a steamboat | inspector. By some law or other they made the captain pay these men off. There were six altogether, and the hip was out in the stream without | a crew. Since then the ship got a crew from somewhere and sailed for see | Our Reply The attacks that you describe 2em to be attacks of asthma. Asthma is not a single, clear-cut disease like typhoid fever. It is a | symptom that occurs in many dis- eases, such, as heart and kidne; diseases, tumors and infections of the bronchial tubes, etc. | The most common type of asthma is called bronchial asthma and this disease occurs only in certain in- dividuals. These individuals are Dorn with a tendency to become “sensitive” to many substances. There are hundreds of such sub- stances, ranging from the wheat in jbread to the dandruff in horses’ hair. These sensitive individuals will | get attacks when exposed to one or several of these substances. At one period of life, the substance may be a food, or at another it may be the feathers in a pillow. In other words, an individual who is born “sensitive” or is scientifically called “allurgic,” retains the sen- sitivity throughout the greater part of his life. In many cases the sen- | sitivity is lost after the age of fifty, | but until then he will be susceptible | to attacks of asthma. The proper treatment of an indi- | | vidual with asthma can be arrived | at only through verification of lack | lof disease of the heart, kidneys, bronchial tubes and nasal sinuses, taking a very detailed history of the | The ship was so bad that these | comrades did not want to go back after they had gotten what they wanted. The ship was forced to raise the wages to get a crew to ake her out. | We have also gotten these men | on relief here, and, from reports, they have been given sixty days to stay in the country, There are / meny Greek ships that come in this port. as well as German and Span- ish ships. On all of these vessels we find members of the I. 8. H, The thing we need here is Greek, Spanish and German literature. Letters of ‘Daily’ Agents To Be Printed As cne of the features of the present circulation drive, the Daily Worker will publish letter: from Red Builders, canvassers, carriers, subscription getters and other sellers of the Daily Worker. | These letters should tell the | problems and experiences of | | By ANN those who sell the “Daily.” They should relate their difficulties in selling the paper, as well as their successes — and the effective methods used. They should give experiences in selling the paper to Socialists, A. F. of L. members, women, Negro workers, white- collar and professional workers— before factories, at union meet- ings, on street corners, at mess meetings, in the homes. Daily Worker sellers—send us your letters! Ts de'egates are all back by now from the Unemployment and | Social Insuzance Congress — and now the werk really begins. The widest united front must be forged on the basis of struggle for com- | mon needs. Women who attended the women’s | | sub-session, must lead in their com- | munities, in drawing women into | the fight for the needs of the un- | employed. | . eae | 'WO items show us how bitter are those needs. In New York City, the N. Y. Times tells us, the clocks _' bonged in another year. And a | short space of time afterward, ot “Even the United States Army) the Bellevue Hospital, three babies and Navy urged the commission to| we-e born. The first three babies permit unification for ‘National De-| of the year in that hospital, all had fense,’ but not a single word did! jobless fathers! they say about workers’ defense; There are mothers, like the | when |to place the patient on what Take Militant Action to Improve Conditions HEALTH d by the eal Advisory Board advisory Board do not Advertise) and execution of skin symptoms tests by ® specialist. The careful | hisuory and skin tests will determine | what substances in the food or environment of the patient are re- sponsible for the atta The sub- stences are then elt ated from the diet envircnment or if that is impo’ le, the patient is vaccie ainst the guilty substan: attacks are appa:entiy by sensitivity to certain s, since you improved when you received injections at the clinic or yeu starved yourself. You shou'd heve been told, however, that skin injections alone are unsatis- factory. The tests should only be used to find out what foods you are ensitive” or “allurgic” to. These foods should then be eliminated from the diet and the attacks. will | cease. | dividual will usually show skin + | actions to a great many foods that Unfortunately a sensitive in= are generally necessary for a well- balanced diet. The best procedure, therefore, is is known as an “elimination diet.” A very strict diet is ordered under a doctor's supervision in whieh all foods likely to cause an attack are eliminated. This will cause relief of symptoms. Then one food after | another is added to the diet. The particular food responsible for tha attacks will in this way be discov- ered. It is then eliminated from the diet and the patient will no longer get attacks. You can understand,, therefore that cases of asthma due to sen= sitivity to food will not be helped much by going to another climate such as Arizona. Such cases require careful study and individual treat- ment by a specialist. You have not received such treatment at the clinie you are now attending, which we believe, is the fault of the par- ticular clinic. You will probably get more adequate treatment at special “asthma” clinics, Show your determination to support the Daily Worker against the efforts to suppress it. Send your greeting on its Eleventh An- niyersary! Get your friends and shopmates to become regular readers! IN THE HOME BARTON Now Work Begins izations and individuals—send in your greetings now! For contribu. tions of one dollar and over, your name will be printed, but even a smell amount is useful!” They want that $200 in g:eetings by February 20th. Certainly this magazine deserves every woman's support. It has’ steadily improved, and _ reaches meny women who are new to works ing-class struggle. All class-con- scious women should help it grow, by helping build the reserve fund, oy popularizing it among their friends, and by getting to work to get subs, Can You Make ’Em Yourself? Pattern 2150 is available in sizes 14, 16, 18, 20, 32, 34, 36, 38, 40 and Jan. 9 issue: “Councils Get Hunger ance. which I found very interest-| against insecurity and unemploy-| mothers of these babies, all over 42. Size 16 takes 4% yards 39-inch March Plan,” and “Conference Is Called On Scottsboro.” I don't know whether there are any technical rules against it, but leaders, and we will show them up in their true colors. In Roosevelt's new relief set-up, anyone who is not eligible for can- | non fodder does not get the starva- Asks Worker | Hudson Street calling for a mass} Correspondent NEW YORK.—Who ate these, people distributing circulars at 60) ing, knowing that I may be forced into the army of the unemployed MPU Aes preted the country who must be reached and drawn into the actions that workers very shortly, Program for Workers The representatives of the C.T. U.A., an A. F. of L. organization, dwelled on the financial conditions will take place all over the country. growing out of this Unemployment fabric and % yard contrasting, Tilustrated step-by-step sewing ine structions included, I do know that the Hearst paper By a Telegraph Worker |meeting to protest against the| We next heard from the Presi-| of the industry, as though the com-| Congress. The discussions at the in L. A. has bought off one of the tion relief furnished by the govern- ment. Does it take anything more front page cartoonist, and if Hearst poltet hares Spear | can learn technioue from the L. A. if the Workers’ Unemployment In- | Times, why not the Daily Worker? | surance Bill is not passed? | You will nardon my getting sore., Here's for putting unemployment but every time T sce a brilliant Burck | insurance over the top. Workers, cartoon that would catch the eye |it is your bill, and you must fight of thousands in one stroke, tucked | for its passage. away on the back nage, I can't help institutions of the L. A. Times. their H. H. Correspondent NEW YORK.—I never bought a copy of your paper yet. Several times someon? either mailed or} placed on my desk a copy in which they marked off correspondence supposedly from telegraph workers. I read the first one or two indiffer- ently. True, they had the “goods” but the fect thev were in a red merger, to protest against speed- up and wage cuts? Reds, Commu- nists, agitators! | My supervisor on the 19th floor of the teletype told me that he had attended one of the meetings and} it was “just a bunch of reds try- | ing to stir up trouble.” It was then that I became interested, and took a chance on losing my job just to dent of the U.T.A., who first read the statement as presented by him at the hearing in which there were the following recommendations to protect labor: 1.—The right of all communica- ‘ion workers to join a union of their cwn choosing. 2—A 30-Hour, 5-day week with- out reduction in pay. Vacation panies stand financially. like the present be made effective. demanded The A.W.U.E. performed by the telegraphers. didn’t know where they When they were asked what protection labor, should be given, their answer was, an act “Transportation Act” would be alright if it could “compulsory erbitration on account of the public service sub-session on a mother’s Bill of Rights, for unemployment insurance and relief fo: women, for the re- pealing of the anti-birth control Jaws, and the establishment of free birth control clinics for unemployed | women, for maternity insurance — were watched by many women not present at the Congress. The day .| the Congress opened, although no newspaper killed their merits, Since then I heard rumors of an getting indigestion even when I with i 5 haven't had breakfast. ith full pay. 3.—Increase in wages of all com- |POLITICAL ACTIVITY ON WHICH campaign had been laid down,’ and only discussion called for—a peti- Burton went so far as to say, “Em- find out what was behind this or- “ Ployes are never satisfied, anvhow. ganization. S, SIDE? independent union being organized. munication workers so that the! th - 4 s ; ey weren't even satisfied in 1929.”| tion list came to the Daily Worker, et | Then leaflets were distributed call-| Again, a few innocent looking | “ a Duluth, Minn. ing for a mass meeting. Most of us|firls were handing out circulars Sea cs pti aa ig “Bot | This ls, the. Rind of Yensseentatian, trom a conservative women’s lodge. RED BUILDER FOR THE TAXI F DRIVERS NEEDED | Comrade Editor: | did not attend because we thought New York, N. ¥ | To a Federal Civil Service em- | you reds were behind it and also be- "| ployee all political activity is taboo. | cause we meds afraid of resulting | is ‘ crimination. | Shae UPR Bs Re ee yheemiet 8 CorMionh Are getting worse. I |and most of my fellow workers are convinced that our official union, which may be backed by the com- pany, cannot or will not help us. We must organize or join a strong | It came, filled with signatures, say- ing “We, the undersigned members of the above organization, endorse the Mothers’ Rights Bill.” These are things showing how vitally neces- sary to women is such organized ac- tion as was laid down in the Con- gress. labor got fom the A.W.U.E. and the A. F. of L. leaders at the hear- ing, she explained. U.T.A. Represents Workers But. we are quite fortunate in having the U.T.A.. which had gone there with a real program. Recom- mendations to protect your inter- ests were given the commission. It was your voices they heard at the hearing. telling them how you do the work of three operators, sending from 70 to 89 messages an hour, nounding away hour after hour, only to receive a wage cut er A furlough in return. All kinds of | discrimination and terrorism is be- ing practiced by all the communica- tion comp-nies. Your health is be- ing ruined by the crazy speed-up. All of these conditions were thor- oughly described and official docu- ments from vice-president Willever were usd to prove our statements. Now you can see how your repre- sentation came only through the U.T.A., she concluded. I can understand it alright now. I can se? where one sincere worker can honestly represent another. They can call the U.T.A. red, green, biue—any color but vellow. this they are not. Here you find the real fighting spirit, honest but fearless. I will never miss a U.T.A. meetine, and from now on I'm a U.T.A. member myself. I want’ to urge évery telegraph worker to get in touch with this organization and I am urzing the calling all telegraph workers to a meeting of the United Telegraphers bi America, 63 Park Row, where &| oven distribution of work, no op- ‘ull report of the proceedings at erator to handle more than 45 mes- the Federal Communication Hear- | sc0s per ‘fhbur. ing would be given by a delegate ae: ¥ who pan just returned from Wash- re mere pe Sainaiprcent sea ington, D. ©. I had already read | surance, such as the Lundeen Bill an article in the New York Times. trp 7593 (now HR 2827) Seber cot Hs Behe ae He vigorously protested against re “|a merger’ which would result in Even through this scant article, T/ mass unemployment and the fur- saw that the only representative labor had at this hearing was the | tae wer Sg noancy. we one unified system. 4—The élimination of speed-up, Comrade Editor: As a result of the las! two strug. 5 f E gles put up by the taxi cab drivers Tuling of the Civil Service Commis- of New “York City, many drivers | sion (as reported in the capitalist have learned that the Dailv Worker | press) forbids anyone in government is the only paper that published | employ from writing or acting either the truth about their strikes. for or against the Veterans Ad- | They already know that the capi- | justed Compensation certificate pay- | 4 posed talist press only Hes and. distorts | ments. Pian Ge Moe vate eS the truth. This is evidenced by| I've been told by “old timers” in |pelieve you are sincere. their shouting ae Digi “Boy- | the bureau ig pahecles) that “you| However, your correspondence cott the News ani e Mirror,” at|don’t want talk socialism in the their + Ab eadiagta at City Hall) Bureau.” You must just “obey and | Hani os a aes i Po ete eee. Wasi ws le aig ge ae how we , be eee sca thie ee er to go about it. The letters are fine, portunity to hear these same rep-| wap va ag es a ike ue A. ee oan aerated puis a capiealite but. i gattlaeta a unless they Peciepe eral pies cl ae would Bate tie hae and pai cies ‘i sid us somewhere. ‘e are not afraid is going stop me. urriedly mcr faa Fane rong pees and | of the reds as we can take care of|walked to the old World Building, alr ead ee Lou "At 23rd Street and the East River, Ps ourselves. We would unite with the | looked arcund to see if I knew any- eset 1 ¢ eee : -‘S:_| devil if it means better conditions. /one and then straight into the Ite tiures on the income of nite i sciatic niece eter) i | companies and how economic sav- What help can you give us? |meeting of the United Telegrag- ney ties Hl IL THE 0 ILY WORKER! ois Se eps 20 A A . \Phers of America. duction in personnel. 11th Anniversary and Lenin Memorial Edition Familiar Faces ) Theré I saw quite a few familiar| After this delegate completed his report, the chairman gave an in- SATURDAY, JANUARY 19, 1935 I send revolutionary greetings to the Daily Worker, the organizer telegraph workers can make any |faces and was completely over- \ | real steps in the direction of im- |Whelmed to see those who were | teresting talk on the principles of | \the U.T.A. and what it stands for. of the American working class, the leader in the fight for a Soviet America! 'HE other item comes from Labor Research Economic Notes for | December, 1934. We are told that “retail food p:ices are still 28 per cent and retail clothing prices about. 27 per cent higher than at the be- ginning cf the New Deal. Roosevelt declares that he expects the 7 of living to continue rising . . . 8 HE ‘Wo-king Woman” announces a subscription drive for 1,500 new subscriptions by April Ist. Any- one who receives the highest num- ber over 200 yea:ly subscriptions, may have a political prize, or a housewifely one. The prize is a choice of Lenin's works, or cast aluminum cooking pots, two of them guaranteed for long wear. Anyone who sends in ten new yearly sub- scriptions, may have a free sub for herself, or have her sub zenewed. Also, if you want to boost one par- son for the Grand Prize, you can have all your subscriptions credited to that person. At the same time the “Working Woman” asks for greetings to the magazine, for March 8 Interna- tional Women’s Day. “The Wo:k- * | say nothing.” I can't see the Workers’ Bill | sed in a capitalist Congress, but right’? and we should fight for Fditor’s Note: The adjoining | letter contains an excellent an- swer to this worker. Before the proving their conditions, they |furloughed just a few weeks ago. must have a strong organization What, is this organization for the | Then, he introduced the secretary | of their own to lead them. This | unemployed operators, too? I asked. |Of the U.T.A. who was also a dele- | organization, in our opinion, is |The A.W.U.E. doesn’t take them. I|gate to the Communications Hear- the United Telegraphers of readily found out that thé U. T. A,|ing. I don't recall her name but | America, 63 Park Row, New York was a bona fide workers’ organiza- |She certainly gave us a fine picture City. Our help consists in bring- tion Zor both employed and unem- of what went on in Washington. ing befere the workers the neces- ployed workers in the telegraph | Employers Are United sity of organizing and pointing industry. It is the only organiza-| “One of the best examples of a out to them along what channels tion in existence fighting company | united front I ever saw. Every of- theit ecrganization must travel. (unionism as represented by the A.| ficial of the telegraph industry, the Send SIXTEEN CENTS (16c)_ which includes 1 cent to cover hae York City Sales Tax. in coins or stamps (coins preferred) for this” Anne Adams pattern. Write Clg Ase... St SMOUME RUA cs es vc vknnced ocean eee We urge this er to get in |W.U.E., and managers’ meetings in| company-controlled A.W.U.E., the| Daily Worker to publicize this onlv| ing Woman needs a reserve fund| name, address and style number, ‘ | tench with the A. and heip [the Postal Telegraph Company. Postal Telegraph, the Western|rank and file union of telograph| of $200, A the price is to remain] BE SURE TO STATE SIZE. % : (All greetings, which must be led by cash or money | build %: inte an organization cap- During the evening there was a| Uni .. the AT, & work: Unite with all the mem- 50 cents a year and 5 cents a' Address orders to Dally Worker |_ able of lished, in_the.. om