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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-12-22
UNITED FRONT TO
FIGHT BOSSES is
need OF CANADA
Canadian Labor Defense
Calls for Unity

TORONTO, Ontario, Dec. 20-The
Canadian Defense Labor League which
is defending the "a Drumheller Goa
miners, who are now on trial before
Canadian class justice, has sent out
the following appeal calling for a un
tied front of all labor organizations t.
combat the attempt Of the capitalist
powers to deny the right of strikers
to. peaceably picket:
Five workers have been sentenced
to Imprisonment for one year and q
boy of fifteen has received a suspend
ed sentence of six months.
The crime they were charged with
was unlawful assembly"
The truth of the matter is they were
"pickets." The fright to picket" has
been established by law. Organized
labor has suffered much for this right
Under pretexts of one kind or an
other, employers and courts use other
names for this right
The Imprisonment of these five
workers is a challenge to the entire
trade union movement. 1t is the chal
lenge of destruction
The right of picketing must be main
tanned as an international right" II
is bound up with the right to live
Workers who picket must be protect
ed against misinterpretation
1t is the duty of organized labor to
protest vigorously against the impris.
onment of the four men and one wo-
man who are to be deprived of their
liberty for one year because they were
"pickets." These workers who strug-
gled to maintain a decent living wage
must be supported.
The Canadian Labor Defense
League urges a united labor front for
the protection, support and defense of
our fighters.
You are urged to build up your La
Dor Defense branches. Bring your To-
cal unions into activities.
Help the workers who have helped
the labor movement to maintain its
wage standard.
Help the families of the men who
have gone to prison for the right of
the workers to live.
Issued by the Executive Committee
Canadian Labor Defense League.
John Young, Chairman, Florence
Custance, Secretary.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-12-22

all humorous, showing up some indivi-
dual or incidenb gave real
zest to the evening. There we're let
tiers to the editor and his reply and at
the end the advertisements and an
nonncements.
At twelve o'clock, tho | did not un-
derstand one word Of the language, /
left as reluctantly as the rest Of the
workers in the audience and thoroly
refreshed, they with the intellectual
and spiritual treat they had received
imbued with the spirit Of the atmo
sphere, and with a warm appreciation
Of every one Of those workers who
came up to the platform.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-12-22
Workers Write About the Workers. Life
PRIZES FOR CORRESPONDENTS!

livery DAILY WORKER presenting prizes
- the stories during the by ts worker
This prize winners will be their
contributions published Worker Correspondents Thurs
days issue there will be Friday Christmas Day
prizes IN as follows:
FIRST PRlzE"Flins osip" stories Of New Russia, Of
which appearing the New Magazine Section OF The DAILY
WORKER
SECOND PRzE-Leon Troky's "My Flight from Siberia" In
which is told the story Of Trotskys from exile
THIRD PRlzEAn original framed, reproduction
which will appear the Worker rrespondens' Page.
your contributions Immediately. Editorial
partment, DAILY WORKER, 11s Washington Hvdy
chicaao51iI
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-12-22
Speed system Defined.

1t is not to sing your praises, how
ever, that now undertake to write
but to give the readers Of The DAILY
WORKER an insight into the work
ing conditions in the Western Electric
company plant on the southwest side
of Chicago.
The Hawthorne works, as this plant
is called, is 100 per cent an open
shop. have worked in various de
partments of this plant. The same
specialized system prevails in all de.
partments which compels each en-
ploye to produce a specified amount
in the eight and three.fourths-hour
day. The speed-up system is in force
and the less efficient slaves are weed
ed out--except in the so-called good
times" when they are transferred to
different departments. Very little
mechanical skill is required since, as
l stated above, the work is special
lied.
AS is to be expected, the spy sys-
tenn is in force. The lockers are mys-
teriously searched in some depart
ments and II anyone is caught read
ing anything except the reptile press,
sensational novels or religious litera-
ture, some subterfuge is found to dis
charge him.
When hired, one has to fill out a
long application blank, give four city
references and undergo a physical ex-
animation. After the examination, if
accepted, he is handed a little book
let and pass and told to report next
morning. gae.fs
Pension-A Form Of Exploitation.
The booklet contains the company's
rules and an explanation of the pen
sion system, one of their methods to
keep workers enslaved. Clauses stat
ing that the company reserves the
right to abrogate said pension at any
and all times are prominently dis
played.
Perhaps the most remarkable thing
about this institution is its system of
publicity with which it poisons the
minds of its slaves. 1t publishes a
weekly paper, the Hawthorne Micro
phone" and a monthly magazine, "The
Western Electric News" besides host
of leaflets announcing its social ac-
tivities consisting of baseball clubs.
basket ball teams, bobbed hair con-
tests, etc., all saturated with ruling
class ideas. To back all this up this
huge combination has its hosts OF
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-12-22
MESSENGER men
kept DIVIDED BY
Determinations
Co. Magazine Mum on
Workers Conditions
BY RUFUS p. HEATH.
(Worker correspondentl

A recent issue of the Monthly
Messenger, the magazine issued by
the Messenger Lunch Rooms COM
Dany, tells of the decorative and
artistic atmosphere of its lunch
rooms, the courtesy of its employees,
the low cost of food. Not word is
mentioned of the twelve-hour day or
the low wages paid to workers. The
outstanding purpose of this issue
seems to be to boost their new house
at West Grand Ave-, calling it a
palace Of art, etc.
The company knows how to boost
its own business. 1t stops at nothing
to get the publfc's interest. to arouse
people to take favorable notice of
them. But what do the employees of
Messenger lunch rooms do to tell the
people about the conditions under
which they work. Do they ever try
to show up these lies? Do they ever
bring to the attention of other work
ers facts concerning the miserable
conditions of work they have to put
up with while in the employ of this
company?
How Unions Are Kept out.
Now l will tell you fellow workers
something about the new house that
the Monthly Messenger failed to
mention and incidentally about the
working conditions in all Messenger
lunch rooms.
The manager of the new house is
a notorious slave driver by the name
of C. B. Emery. 1t is impossible to
do enough work for him. The more
you do the more he wants you to do.
To keep the workers divided he con-
ducts systematic campaign of dis
examinations, treating the workers on
some jobs better than those on others,
thus creating an aristocracy of jobs.
This division is plainly seen in his
treatment of the porters and dish
washers. He submits them to all
manner Of humiliations while he plays
trivial favoritisms to the cooks and
countermen. The porters and dish
washers must eat their meals in the
cold concrete basement while the
cooks and countermen are permitted
to eat out in the dining room. The
colored workers he treats worse than
the white workers. This is one of
the most successful methods of keep
ing workers from organizing into a
union and that is the purpose behind
it.
As l stated in previous article the
wages in Messengers range from
$14.O0 to 5000 a week. The day
crew works ten hours daily, six and
a half days week, while the night
crew works twelve hours daily seven
days a week for the same pay.
simple Thing to Get New Workers.
The least little thing is cause for a
worker to loose his job. And why
not? There are several thousand I'M
employed workers in the food in
dustry In Chicago. At the present
time 1t is easy enuf to get new work
ers. The only remedy for these con-
ditions is for the food workers to form
an industrial union in the city and
take up the fight for the eight-hour
day. Organized into a union the
Messenger lunch room food workers
could do much to improve their
standard of living, lower their work
ing hours, raise their wages, do away
with artificial determinations and all
the evils that are keeping the food
workers in the position of the most
badly treated and enslaved workers.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-12-22
NOTICE TO new YORK
WORKER correspondents
Il. M. wlcks will be

CoMRADE II. M. Wicks will be
~ in New York City, Saturday,
Dec. 26th, and will hold a meeting
of worker correspondents and those
interested in taking up this work at
the party headquarters, 1o8 East
18th st. All comrades who want to
know the details Of this work and
to get practical suggestions that
will aid them in becoming efficient
worker correspondents should at
tend. The meeting will start at 2
o'clock sharp in the afternoon.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-12-22
SEASONS
GREETINGS
to The DAILY WORKER
and Its Readers.

and Its Readers.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Williams and
Children.
MIR. and Mrs. Waino Williams and
children.
Mr.. and Mrs. Vic Vanne.
MIR. and Mrs. Jno Lekti and children
Mr.. and Mrs. Santer Mertola and
children.
MIR. and Mrs. Fred Alto and children
Mr.. and Mrs. Peter Krsser and
children.
Mr.. and Mrs. Leonard Luoto and
children. y
Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. E. Hill and
children.
MIR. and Mrs. Mike Lohti and
children.
Mr.. and Mrs. Elias Kump0Ia and
children.
Mrs. Jno Mattila.
Alvin, William, Mary, and Jno Paul
etleh.
Sam Pauletieh.
Joe Marinado.
Joe kefos.
Mike YerbIch.
Albin MlkoIln.
Jno Luoma.
Mr. and Mrs. Jack WaIsanln mad
children.
MIR. and Mrs. Jno Lelno and e.,IId-
rem.
MIR. and Mrs. Frank KIobos and
children.
Mr.. and Mrs. JJno Parkkoo and
children.
Mr.. and Mrs. Nestor White and
children. +
MIR. and Ms. Oscar AnnOIa and
children.
Matt MathiIa.
Alex RaIha.
Arvid Saint
Aug. LappaIs.
Leonard Leivo. -
Jack Kunutlla
Hanna Wyo.
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Mr.. and Mrs. Walter RookoIa and
children.
MIR. and Mrs. Joe soarin and child.
rem.
Mr.. and Mrs. Mike Pskolonl and
children.
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children.
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children.
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rem.
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children.
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rem.
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Frank viitaaho.
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children.
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rem.
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children.
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Mr.. and Mrs. Matt Wakkuni and
children.
Mr.. and Mrs. HjaImar kandoIIin
and children. saa
Anselin Hakola and children.
Mr.. and Mrs. Jno Huhtala.
Arthur, Bertha, Hanna, Hulda and
Peter Puro.
You do the job ttcice as vell-I
iChen you distribute a bundle of
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-12-22
French Airplanes in
Syria Drop Dynamite
on Druse Villages
Especial to Tho Daily wOrksr)

JERUSALEM, Dec. 2O.-French air
plane squadrons have started cam.
paign Of aerial bombardment of the
Druse strongholds near the Pa1es-
tine borders. No attention is being
given to whether bombs fall on wo-
men and children or armed men, in
fact, well-placed bomb in a village
full Of women and children earns the
aviator a croix de querre.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-12-22

Wrap your lunch in a copy of
the DAILY WORKER and give
it (the DAILY WORKER. not the
lunch) to your ishop-mate.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-12-22
SICK AND DEATH Benefit
SOCIETIES

Frauen- kran ken. Unterstuetxunos verein
Fortschritt
Meets every LIST and Ord Thursday.
Wicker Park Hall,
2040 w. North Avenue.
Secrafarv
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-12-22

You do the JOB ttcice as pelI-
phen you distribute a bundle of
The DAILY WORKER tcith your
story in ii.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-12-22
WESTERN ELECTRIC EMPLOYE TELLS
OF SPY SYSTEM AT CHICAGO PLANT
BY VIM. MASON, Worker Correspondent.

months
The Worker Correspondents
things, there
you
thatad
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-12-22
NOn-psrtIsan League.

Later came the non-partisan league
which secured many progressive eco
nomic advantages, some of which are
becoming Of great advantage TO the
farmer. Other states also took it up.
Some secured great advantages thru
its work-it too passed away, having
repaid the farmers in money and
training a million times its cost.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-12-22

''DD t111NH O41tIO g~U VI ~~'V171SU y
,velop that ability.
New Britain herald., 1925-12-18
Road Conditions
 In Connecticut

East Hampton Portland East Hampton road Is under construc- ton. but Is open for traftlc
 Cromwell River road is under construction. Short detour.
 Suffield -- West suftield East Granhy road is under construction, but Is open for trafic,
 southington - Cheshire and Meriden, Waterbury turnpike is under construction. but is open for one way traffic.
 Middletown Middletowu- Hart ford road Is under construction Short detour.
 Montville - Raymond Hill road is open to traffic, shoulders are in complete.
 Chaplin Willimantic Hamp. ton road Is under construction, open to trafIic,
 Norwich - Gallow Hlll road is under construction. open to traffic
 Killingly Norwich Putnam road Is under construction. open to traffic.
 Bozrah Bozrah street Is under construction. open to traffic.
 Norwich - Montville. Norwich New London road is under con- struction. Through traffic between New London and Norwich should use road on east side of Thames river.
 Franklin - Norwich Williman- tic road Is under construction. Open to traffic.
 Killingly - Bridge over Five Mile river at Danielson on the Danielson- Brooklyn road is closed to traffic, Short detour posted.
 Canaan - Lime Rock South Canaan road. shut down for win ter.
 Hartland-East Hartland Noun tain is under construction. Present road open for travel.
 Sharon Amenia- Union road Is under construction. No detours.
 
 Torrington Goshen road is un- der construction. Open for travel.
 Watertown - Waterbury. Wa wn-Thomaston road Is under construction. All approaches post ed. Traffic control on Waterbury road. Shoulders incomplete.
 Bethel --- Newtown road, bridge construction and steam shovel grading on new location. No de- tours are necessary.
 Roxbury - Southbury road, ma cadam base course completed and the surface is in good condition. Shoulders and gutters uncomplcted.
 New Milford - Gaylordsvi'le bridge, work on the new bridge and approaches are under way. No de- tours are necessary.
 Washington - Grade crossing elimination. Road and bridge con- struction are under way. No de- tours are necessary.
 Greenwich Boston Post road, COllSi! uCllOll Un tIle [ OSl IOd1 near the New York state line, No delay 10 traffc.
 Greenwich Boston Post road. concrete is under construction near Condo Mast. No delay to traffic Stamford Noroton Hill. Con- crete completed for this year. No delay to traffic.
 Westport -- Boston Post road concrete road completed. Shoulders unfinishcd.E Fairfield --- Post road is being widened. No delay to traffic Westhrook - Macadam is being built on cutoff from Westbrook
New Britain herald., 1925-12-18

Center, west, Trafio uses old road with no delay
 Shelton -- Huntington road Is under construction. No delay 10 trafflc.
 Westbrook - Patchogue river bridge Is under construction. No delay to traffic.
 Old Sayhrook -- Cutoff to the Connecticut river bridge. No delay to traff1c,
 Waterbury and Cheshire - Wa terbury and Cheshire road Is being graded. No delay to traffic.
 West Haven and Milford-Oystcr river bridge is under construction Temporary bridge provided.
 Plymouth and HarwInton - the Poland brook road is under con. struction. trafIlc passing through.
New Britain herald., 1925-12-18
SUNDAY CONCERTS ' AT WTIC STATION
First of Series to Be Given on December 20

New Britain radio fans have greeted with enthusiasm the state ment that WTIC, the Travellers h. surance Co.,, at Hartford. will be on the air for several Sunday eve- nings and also on several Sunday afternoons. Concerts of high merit have been arranged for broadcast ing andDana S. Merriman. musical director Of the station. has secured the best talent available. The first concert will be held on Sunday evening next and will be- gin at 9 o'clock. The program will consist of sacred concert of Christmas music and among those taking fpart will be the Travellers double quartet; J. T. Dowd. tenor; the Travellers Ladies' trio; Miss Ida Yudowitch. soprano; George Duvaul. baritone; Dwight Allen, bass; Travellers mixed quartet; the Travellers male quartet, and Miss Gertrude McAuliffe. contralto, The program follows:
 9:00 p. m, eastern standard time Sacred concert of Christmas music Song
 Sing. 0 Heavens ........ Tours Tenor solo
 Jesu, Bambino .... Pietro Ton
 J. T. Dowd Two old carols
 a. Sing We Noel ........,...
 ........ 18th Century French b. The First Novel;. .Oad English
 Travellers ladies trio Soprano solo
 Brittany Noel ......... D'Arcieux
 Miss Ida Yudowitch A short Christmas carol-anthem The First Christmas ... Barnby
 Travellers double quartet Baritone solos
 q. Angels Song ....... stickles b. Night of Nights ..........
 .......... Van de Water
 George Duvaul Duet
 a. He Shall Feed His Flock
 (from "The Messiah"D Handel b. Come Unto Him (from "Thc
 Messiah") ...... Handel Miss Ida Yudowitch and Mrs.
 Gertrude McAuliffe Bass solo
 The New Born King ... L'Espoir
 Dwight Allen Two old carols
 q. To How A Rose (160e) .,
 ........ Michael Praetorius
 Travellers mixed quartet b. Down In Ton Forest
 Travellers quintet . Two contralto solos
 8. Bethlehem .... Dudley Buck b. A Manger Lullaby ,Merriman
 Mrs. Gertrude McAulifte Two Christmas songs
 a. We Three Kings . Hopkins h, 0 Little Town of Bethlehem
 .,..,....,..... Rednet
 Travellers male quartet Finale
 Hancluiah (from The Messiah"D .......,...... Hahdci
 Travellers double quartet 1h:t5 ?, m, silent
New Britain herald., 1925-12-18
Unmarried Turk Brings
 Reform to Girls School

Constantinople, Dec Rl-Emine Bcy, a young unmarried Turk, has become director of the Normal School for Girl here - a position which a few years ago only beard cd patriarch could have held.
 Many radical reforms have been instituted by the new director. Ira Giional lattices have been remov- ed from windows and now the rooms are flooded with sunlight and air. The old white head covering worn by students has been banned and they now attend classes bare headed
 Tennis, basket and volley hall courts and other athletic grounds have been provided for the 32o girls and no longer is attendance at reli- gious services compulsory.
New Britain herald., 1925-12-18
Rehabilitation of
 Tornado Area Incomplete

Chicago, Dec, IS UP,-There is a He'd Cross roll call finds this or ganization jus, finishing its biggest dsaster relief job of the year-in the secton of Missouri, southern Illinois and Indiana, Ketucky and Tennes- see, swept by the disastrous tornado of March IS.
 Nearly two million dollars has been spent by the Red Cross in aa sisting the residents of the affected urea to re habiitate their communi- ties, and a back to school" cam paign is now in progress.
Evening star., 1925-08-16

breaking, murder, intrigue and pursuit
of excitement. The process of re-
producing them in pictures could not
have been completely outlined in ad-
vance. / meet my problems as /
proceed l live with my people. They
help me in working out details.
Critics may question the desirabiIity
of buying stories and using their titles
if they are to he radically changed
but | will disagree with them. The
author furnished the idea. He de-
serves credit for it. What we will do
is try to develop it pictorially by
means of it's chief characters. Mo-
ton picture audiences win decide
how far we have succeeded"
Evening star., 1925-08-16
HOME,

Today Lois Wilson and Warner
Baxter in Welcome Home" and ju
venile comedy, Dragon Alley; tomor-
row. Florence Vidor in Marry Me-
and comedy. THE Sleepwalker"; Tues
day, Nazimova in THE Redeeming
Sin" and comedy. Smoked Out;
Wednesday, Peter B. kyne's Beauty
and the Bad Man" and Sennetts
Good Morning. Nurse; Thursday,
Bebe Daniels and Norman Kerry in
Daring Youth" and comedy, Tour
lists de Luxe; Friday, Fred Thorn
son in THE Bandits Baby and com
edy, When Dumbbells Ring; Satur-
day, Yakima Canutt in white Thun-
der" Ben Turpin in THE Marriage
Circus" and "Sunken Silver" No. 10.
Evening star., 1925-08-16
AMBASSADOR-"The Desert Flower

Colleen Moore. supported by Lloyd
Hughes, Kate Price. Frank Brownlee
and Anna May WalthalI, Will be the
star at Crandall's Amba ssador Theater
the first three days of this week,
inaugurating the Greater Movie Sea
son" with First Nationals production
of Don Mullally's play, The Desert
Flower" The comedy will be Lige
Conley in Beware" and there viii be
added short reels and special pipe
organ music.
Wednesday and Thursday. Nine.
Ala Nazimova in j. Stuart Blackton' 5
production. The Redeeming Sin, !"
with Lou Tellegen opposite. and Mack
Sennett's "Skinners in Silk; Friday.
Virginia Nalli in Universars produc-
ton. up the Ladder, - together with
Neal Burns in Call Cop and a
Grantland Rice 'Sportlisht'': Satur-
day. Raymond Griffith in The Night
Club with Vera Reynolds, Wallace
Beery and Louise F'azenda, also Our
Gang in The Mysterious Stranger"
a Pathe Review and Topics of the
DaV''
Evening star., 1925-08-16

differ from the scenario writer's treat
ment. it may be unlike my own con-
ception of It.
when first read Edwin Balmer's
story, That Royle Girl which / am
making as my first Paramount pic
ture, il seemed like a series of stu
ations; 7 could see the pictorial posi-
bilities of these, but the characters
seemed jumbled They lacked clarity
of outline | re-read it and then read
it again. | worked with Paul Scho-
field who made the screen treatment
of it. The theme worked itself out
in my mind as conflict between
stern justice, as typified by the dis
trict attorney, and human nature, as
typified by the modiste's model, the
Jazz leader and the ganEster-boot-
logger But individuals have to be
something more than types; they must
be distinctly interesting.
ut seemed to me that the girl was
a remarkable figure, the daughter of
no-good, dead-beat father, working
hard for a bare living and craving the
jazzy excitement surrounding her in
Chicago and yet with strength of
fiber that led her out OF her surround
ings. She gropes her way with an in
stinct for fine things. Her converse
tion with the statue of Lincoln is sym
bolic of her faith in a kindly power
that will guide things Alright. Her
loyalty to the weak, egotistic jazz
leader has a sacrificial quality, and
her love for the district attorney is
deep and fine. 1t conquers the austere
spirit that would reform the world
single handed.
"In the background ] could see the
lovable old rascal of d father, too weak
to earn an honest living, but with a
Mica wber-like humor that could pol
ish off the rough edges of life with
laughter.
IL had to visualize these characters
in sharp outlines before / could begin
to weave them into the story of law
Evening star., 1925-08-16
SAVOY.

Today, Peter B. Kyne's Beauty
and the Bad Man" and Earle Fox in
"A Spanish Romeo; tomorrow, Doug
las MacLean in Introduce Me" and
comedy, "Kickin' About: Tuesday
Eleanor Boardman in THE Way of a
Girl" and Neal Burns in why Hest
tate; Wednesday, Alice Terry In
"Sackcloth and Scarlet" and Senhett' $
Water Wagons; Thursday, Doris
Kenyon and Milton Sills in II Want
My Man" and Larry Semon in "The
Dome Doctor; Friday, Milton Sills in
THE Last Hour" and THE Fighting
Ranger" No. 9; Saturday. Marie
Provost and Monte Blue in Kiss Me
Again" and Cliff Bowes in Wake
Up"