The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-05-06
AS WE SEE 1T
BY T. J. o'FLAHERTY

Fred r. Marvin, editor of the Search
light department of the New York
Commercial, is whining because the
papers are not taking himself and his
red exposures as seriously as he
thinks the product of his fertile mag
ination deserves. His department car
ries from day to day "up-to-date and
reliable information on the activities
of destructive movements seeking
directly or indirectly to overthrow the
government Of the United States" He
is sarcastically referred to as 100
per cent American" by even some OF
the capitalist papers that do not knoy
better, he complains
r
OF course he continues it is not J..
prising that such papers as the Ct N.
munist DAILY WORKER Of Chicago
should ridicule him but the "pinksD
too have entered the fray. He is think
ing of getting out an injunction re-
straining the press from criticizing
his actions, particularly his efforts to
shake down the bankers for cash, He
swears that all his published stuff is
authoritative. All those who have ribs
prepare to break them now laughing
at this idiot. Who do you think this
gentleman considers reliable author
ity? Well, no less person than the
well-known crook and liar, Harry M.
Daugherty, and his predecessor in Of
Co. - A
Mitchell Palmer Marvin says he does
not mind the hostility of the Com
munist press but the ingratitude of
the capitalist papers is what makes
him shed salt tears and stay awake
nights cogitating on the thorny path
that patriots must trod.
The Pullman Company really had a
pretty way of giving its employees rep
resentation. 1t was a fifty-fifty PROPOSE
ton. Right off the reel you will agree
that nothing could be fairer. Instead
of having labor union where the
workers would have to rely on theiIy
own mental efforts, they had the ad
vantage of having in their organiza
ton the leaders of the company tot
consult with, as to how best advance
the interests of Florence Pullman, her
beefy husband Frank o. Lowden and
the fat swine on their ideal Farm"
Let us say, five workers from the
shops and five executives appointed
by the company met to discuss their
problems. In the event of no decision
the head of the company had final say
in the matter Quite fair indeed. Re-
lieved the workers of lot of think
ingi
When the Pullman company wanted
to reduce the wages of their slaves
25 per cent. they announced 40 per
cent cut. The representatives Of the
workers in the Company Union sue
ceeded in beating this down to the 25
per cent the company originally in
tended to cut them and thought they
had won victory Even this fake
sample of industrial democracy" was.
irritating the big guns of the company
so they finally decided to come outN
boldly and say they could no longer
waste their time in this manner but
would run their plant as they saw fit.
Perhaps the workers may follow suit
and decide not to waste their time but
join up with the Brotherhood of Rail-
way Carmen which is organizing them
into a real union.
The Southern Railway is trying out
the policy of class collaboration with
it's employees. The latter were grant
ed fiat increase in wages of approx
imately five per cent-not stunning
|raise-which will be in effect until
March 1927. To this is added boz
nus system which is expected to re-
duce the operating expenses of the
carrier without costing an awful lot
in the way of disbursements to the
workers. The total operating expen-
SEES to gross revenue on the Southern
Railway in 1928 were 21.42 per cent
and this is known as the test ratio"
In February, 1925. the ratio of these
eAptuStS W bIOob Will Dt dSCeTldlueui
for 1924. and If despite higher wages
the 1924 ratio is not in excess of the
test ratio" the management will pay
in February 1926, a bonus to each en-
ploye of IL percent of his total 1925
salary. But IL the 1924 ratio is found
to be in excess of the test ratio" such
excess will be deducted from the liz
percent. The company however, gen.
erously agrees not to wipe out the 5
percent increase no matter how the
ratio" goes. Under the most favor
able circumstances, that is, granting
the workers should worry the whole
year round about saving fuel on their
masters railroads, ETC., the bonus al
lotment Of worker receiving $4,000
year would be just $40.
This idea Of getting the workers to
feel that they own the railroads by
hanging an imaginary $50 bill in front
OF their noses appeals tremendously