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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-06-06

about 81 an hour. In the non-union
shops that we have come across we
find girls working for the lowest wages
imaginable. Some of the girls work
their heads of to make SIS a week.
For the same work in the union shops
their wages would be from $50 to $35.
There are no regular working
hours as a rule In the non-union
shops" went on the union member
"The girls come In early in the morn
ing and work as late as they please
The rate that is paid on piece work is
SO low that the girls must work long
hours to make living wage.
There is no such thing as a dinner
hour or half-hour in most of the shops.
They eat their sandwiches as they
work. After the girls in the union
shops have gone home and are prepar-
ing to enjoy themselves the girls in
the non-union shops are still bending
over their work trying to make enough
to live on.
Bosses Fear Union.
In our organization drive the posses
do all they can to hinder US. That
can be expected. The moment their
shop is unionized they must pay better
wages and the hours, instead Of being
81 and 60 a week, are then but "A.
This cuts into this profits. In a num-
Der of shops that we have already or
ganized the bosses sought to spread
dissension among the workers. They
try to play the single girl against the
married one and try in every conceiv-
able way to get the girls to leave the
union by making all kinds of promises.
1.-THE present organization drive of
the union is bringing many new work
ers into the union. In this drive many
Negro workers have been brought in.
We are determined to carry on this
drive until the Chicago market is fully
organized"
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Soviet Authorities
Cooperate With
Student Delegation

The New Student throws additional
light on the prospective student dele
cation to the Soviet Union, as follows:
"a group of students from Barnard
College, Columbia University and
other schools have organized tnde-
pendently an American student dele
cation to Soviet Russia. The Russian
authorities are cooperating to the full
with this group and It looks at the
present writing as If the trip viii be a
successful one"
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-06-06

The ninth number of Prolet-Tribune,
the Russian living newspaper issued
by the Chicago worker correspondents
OF the Novy Mir, will be out Sunday,
June 6. at Marvel Inn Grove, MIL
waukee Ave. opposite St. Adalbert's
cemetery.
It will be the first summer issue OF
Prolet-Tribune. During the summer
months the paper will be issued out
doors.
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This Weeks Prize Winners!

The book "Ten That the
World by John Reed the writer Of the "klanmn Fall
Attempt which
section WORKER Thursday
The 10000" by Sinclair writer Of
the Dunt PERIOD appearing today
The third PRICE Education Russia Nearing
the author Of "unon Girls Ludck Shop"
The prizes be offered at the Of this
your
WORKER 10 f1s Washington Blvd Chicago, III.
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THE THIRD PRIZE WINNER.
union ORGANIZES
GIRLS IN LUDICK
And CROSS SHOP
Cut Hours, Raise Wages
of Garment Workers

Before we joined the union" de-
clared one Of the Negro garment work
ers in the Lndick & Gross shop at 22S
South Market street, I'VE had to work
all kinds of hours and at the end of
the week we got $12 to $40 week.
Long Hours.
1--WE had to go to work at $3.50 in
the morning. We worked until about
1890. Then we took a few bites to
eat. We started to work again as
soon as we finished the couple of
sandwiches and bottle Of milk we had.
Then we worked until $3.50. That was
supposed to be our regular work day.
After $3.50 we often worked to s or 8
O'Clock at night.
ION Saturday we worked from $3.50
in the morning until 3 OF 4 in the
afternoon.
Low Piece Rates.
"All our work was piece work. We
did not know what prices the boss had
on the piece work. We worked hard
and at the end of the day we knew
the number Of pieces we had made,
but we did not know how much we
had made until pay day came around.
The boss was able in this way to do
as he pleased"
These conditions existed in the Lu-
dick & Gross shop until the rank and
file organization committee of the Chi
cago Joint Board of the International
Ladies' Garment Workers Union sue
ceeded in organizing the shop. After
the 80 workers, mostly Negro, were
organized into the union the boss was
then forced to sign a contract with
the union.
Union Shortens Hours.
The hours of the girls were imme-
diately shortened. The eight-hour day
and half day Saturday is now In force
in this shop. Piece rates are no longer
at the whim OF the boss. The girls all
know what they will receive for each
garment they work on.
Bosses Sore.
'4The boss certainly was sore when
we Joined the union" declared one Of
the Negro girls working in the shop.
But he'll soon find out that II he
wants work done he'll have to get
over 1t. We know why he is sore
He's sore because he has to pay us
higher wages and can't make us work
all kinds of hours as he used to do.
Seek to Divide Girls.
1.-THE other day he went among the
girls trying to antagonize one against
the other He promised us If we left
the union he would make things better
for us. But we know his game. He
knows II we stick to the union he will
have to pay union wages and have
union hours. II we give up the union
and listen to his promises, why we'll
have the very same conditions as be-
FORE" declared a second girl.
One of the girls In the shop told how
she received but s41.S0 after making
80 dresses. The union representative
pointed out that this operator would
have received s72.10 IN a union shop
for the same number of dresses.
Union Fixes Piece Rates.
'In union shop the union decides
the price the boss must pay for each
garment. The decision of the union is
based on the principle that each
worker must be able to make a mini
mum of 90 cents an hour" declared
one OF the Chicago Joint Board Inter-
national Ladies' Garment Workers or.
ganization committee.
Average Wage 81 an Hour.
THE average wage that the girls in
the union garment shops receive is
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CHICAGO NOTES.
CITY ORGANIZATION coNFEH.
ENCE,

vi Y Vn6fAiNAGNl tOlN O0ASI
ENcE.
Monday, June z. 8 .. M 1904 WssA
Division street AgendaS
Report Of district ezec1t4Ws run%
mittee.
1. Organ1zatiOna1 repoFt Hn4 ~
QUESTION, one hour.
2. AntimIlatar1st actfYfty d&RDss-
sion, one hour.
8. Sports, THIRTY minutes.
A delegate from every commemorative
group must be present
Al Chicago League nganbeEs uznaf
be present at the next city membGE-
ship meeting, which viii be held Exi-
day, June II, 1925, az 1909 ". D.
vision street. The report Of the recent
national plenum Will be given BY our
national secretary, Cou1rads Sam
Darcy. Questions and discussion VIII
follow the report. Reports TO the va
rtous locals thruout District WIN fol
low BOON after the Chicago meeting
Locals take notice and arrange cor
membership meeting
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. Ranny that she would rive him
the divorce that ne wanted. ltut
she must make him understand
that the thing would have 10 pe
done decently and quietly He
must promise not to see labs un.
I'll he was free. He must do y.
on his own account A Bcanda1
did Il mans business no good.
Her whole thought Was TOR
him. as the taxicab cut its way
through the traffic and StOpped
at the hotel.
Can't Find RanIiy
The doorunan touched hia cap a
grsstIng Is ne opened the door
Tor der. Many time ne had
greeted her ana Ilanny thus. ~.
the last five years. FOR the grill
room vas RAINY favorite lunch.
ms place, ana be tipped walters
and doorInsn 50 well. always. that
they sever forgot Money flowed
from Ranny pockets ike water,
except when she wanted some 81
~ Then Il stuck to them IKE
glue.
She got out ana stood before
him on the pavement. She let
him think that she was going to
meet Ranny here for lunch, 80
she often had before partic ularly
ii the Iong-ago days e their en-
gagement.
Mr.. Phelps left the hotel about
two hours ago. he said. spread
ing her fingers expressively.
myself saw him leave
She paid her driver and started
across the sidewalk TO the re-
voIving door Of the building. She
would so IN and see IL Ranny had
spent the night at the Antiefs.
and IL he had checked out this
morning. But. suddenly. she
stopped and came back to the
doorman.
.sYou didn't happen to hear
what address Mr.. Phelps gave
the driver, did your" she asked.
not caring al At once what Henry
thought Or guessed about her and
Ranny!
'.It was Prospect Park west.
think. Henry said. taking of
his plum-colored cap to scratch
his head.
Tfen Peggy knew. That was
where Babs lived. Why hadn't
she thought OF IL In the first
placer She flew across the side.
walk ana flung herself into an
other taxicab.
She was IN such q frenzy OF
haste to set there that the ma
chine seemed TO crawl with the
sIoWness OF snail. But present
" It stopped before the apart
ment where Babs had taken =
suite.
There were eight bells and
house. telephones in the little
vestibuie 81 imitation marble.
Seven u them had cards tackled
The Washington times., 1926-07-12
e Romance Of Capt. John Smith

should become one OF the com.
pany for the Settlement Of Vir.
GINA, and fortunate was It for
Virginia that such was the case.
Even with Smith, the colony had
a hard time Of it, and for q long
time it locked blue indeed. Could
Smith save them? The efforts of
Sir Walter Raleigh in North Caro-
lima, alter more than one earnest
attempt, went down. Was the
same cruel fate to mark the at
tempt OF the Old Dominion?
But for this mans superb cour-
age and resourcefulness, declares
John Fiske, one can hardly be-
Iieve that the colony would have
succumbed like Lanes colony,
and Whites, and Popham's; one
more would have been added to
the sickening list Of failures, and
the hopes built upon Virginia in
England would have been sadly
dashed.
The utmost ingenuity on the
part OF Smiths detractors can
never do away with the fact that
his personal qualities did more
than anything else to prevent
such dismal calamity; and for
this reason he will always remain
q great and commanding figure
in American history.
The past week I have spent
many hours at Jamestown, living
in the type OF 1907 years ago,
and this know-that Smiths
dominating character, his will
power and pluck pervaded every
thing.
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BY Rev. q. G. GregOry
WTHEN the average person, In
wv talking OF Capt. John Smith,

"HEN the average person, In
w talking OF Capt. John Smith,
has spoken OF the Pocahontas
episode, you need not look for
much information besides. for
that is about all that the gen.
eraI run Of people know about Il.
They do not know that the
man whose life was soVed by
q beautiful Indian maiden had
already experienced one Of the
most romantic Of lives: had
faced death, and mlracuIously
escaped from It, scores OF times;
had, In = word, about boxed
the compass of human fortune,
and seen about all that life
has to show of joy and sorrow,
Of pleasure and of pain.
Born on a farm in Lincolnshire.
England, in 1880, Smith was from
his earliest years the victim of
an uncomfortable wanderlust. At
the age OF Is he sold the few
effects that had been left to him
by his father, and made ready for
sea, but, being apprehended by
an uncle as he was about to sail,
he was put out as an apprentices
to q merchant.
But the wanderlust was too
strong for the merchants vigil.
lance. and young Smith was off
and away after adventures.
He had no money, but he had
pair OF excellent legs, and after
tramping over a good part Of
Western Europe he got a Job
The Washington times., 1926-07-12
You Will Want to Know Beautiful Peggy Starr Heroine Of
the Most Interesting Story Of Young Love Ever
Penned by Beatrice Burton.

ing the Phelps money was dread
But il was Mother Phelps to
whom she telephoned a minute
later from the private phone
booth in the big, busy outer
office.
AS she waited for Mrs. Phelps
to answer over the phone. Peggy
looked out ct the girls In the Of
flee. Most Of them were pretty
and graceful as they bent over
their desks like dropping flowers.
One-a fluffy blond young thing
was really beautiful.
If Ranny had to fall in love,
why couldn't Il have been with
one OF those pretty girls instead
OF Babs2" she found herself think
ing.
But she knew the answer to the
question almost before the ques-
ton had taken form IN her brain.
He had fallen In love with Babs
becauses she gave him the fiat
terry that no one else ever gave
him.
There had been D. time when
Peggy had had words of praise
for him, too, and she had meant
every one OF them, with all her
heart. But she knew him now.
I She knew that he would never be.
anything but q half.successfu
salesman. He didn't know the
meaning Of real work.
MOthers Boy
His mother sadored him, but
even she had to admit that her
only son was unstable. Her af-
lection for Peggy was founded on
her sympathy for the girl.
His father knew that he had
no business ability. and had final
ly made Thomas Boyle his right
hand man In the firm.
LoIly, who read him Ike =
book called him Lazy Susan.
His shiftIessness had become =
by.word ID the Phelps family. No
one took Ranny seriously any
more.
II remained for Cabs Delano 20
come along and tell him that he
was q misunderstood genius. Her
fIattery soothed his wounded
vanity. He felt that she alone,
OF all the world, appreciated him.
Peggy saw all this suddenly,
as she sat in the stuffy little
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Tense Situations, Thrilling Cimaxes and the AmOus q
Ot-Headed Youth Feature This EngrOsslng
and Exciting Serial Novel

beside them. But Babs, card waa
Z not there
weverishly she rang the ~.
Darintemdent.s bell and after sew
eral minutes she heard slow loot
steps coming along the basement
and I1p the stairs.
Finally woman stuck her
capped head out of the door.
Miss Delanog What ~ the
number OF her siite7 Percy
Tie woman shook her head
ana looked DIanlxly ct Peggy
with dun gray Wafery eyes.
Si1a ain't got no suite mum
her here no more she answered,
She's gone. z
'soid she g0-alone2 Peggy's
soft voice fingered on the words.
AGAIN the woman shook her
head if1 answer. No. tndeedy
she said. with q world wise alF.
Al man come Tor her ID q taxi,
cab and she drove off with him.
YEARLY she climbed back into
her faxfcab and set her face 60.
ward Mother Phelps house.
She found Rannya mother
dressed for the street. III the
expensive black clothes that made
Her look like q dowager empress
Or what she thought q dowaeer-
empress looked like. at any rate.
well, you've been long
time getting here, she greeted
Peggy, acidly, as she came run
nl4ig M the steps II tell you
what I'm going to do. I'm go
ing t0 see this DelaFio woman
and talk to her. This thing has
gone far enough. It's time !
put b stop to
AZ she spoke Barnes drove the.
car around 70 the front OF the
house and got out to bold the
door open.
Babs Leaves
mo. There's no use IA your
going, Mother Phelps. Peggy
said, with 3 wan little mile.
Babs DeIano isn't there any
more. she's left her fiat. was
Just there. andI think that
Rannys gone with her.
She did not cry, but dry sobs
began to shake her. Mother
Phelps took her firmly BY the
shoulder and marched her into
the house and upstairs to her
own cheerIess bed room.
NOW! NOwl Now she scolded
her. This d no time TO 80 20
pieces. What makes you think
that Rannv and she have gone
away t0gether9 Why, he wouldnst
do such thing. Hanny may b.
foolish, but he's not common"
Peggy told her story
Mrs. Phelps picked up the ex-
tension telephone that stood on
the table beside her bed and
called the Antlers Hotel
fro 30 Continued TOmorroW.)
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ROBBER-FLY'S
METHOD
TUE robber-f1y is known as the

THE robber-fly is known as the
most savage member Of the
insect world. It shows no mercy
to its victims, putting them to
death with terrible cruelty. When
in great need of food, it will
attack it's own kind. There are
even some instances where the
females have devoured their
weaker mates.
With it's keen vision. its long,
powerful legs, and bristling head,
the robber-fly is well able to take
care Of itself. 1t does not hesitate
to attack such formidable oppon-
ents as wasps and bees, swooping
down on them and bearing them
away between Its fore legs.
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! Her head felt as IL It were
stuffed with cotton wool that
deadened all her thoughts.
But she gave no sign Of the
panic that had taken hold Of
her. Her blue eyes were as cool
as the sea when she got up from
Fathers Phelps desk.
Eve just got to get hold Of
Ranny," she said quietly, and
moved toward the door.
AS she nodded goodbye at him.
he said, wait minute.
She saw his thin, half-paral.
yzed hand go out to the top
drawer of his desk and open it.
She knew that he was going to
give her some money-probably
the money that Ranny had
spoken Of in his cruel little note,
and she shook her head.
s.'Oh, no!'' she said. She didn't
want any OF their money. She
had taken care Of herself before,
and she could take care OF her
self again. The thought Of touch
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NOU Continue

noN'T divorce him." Phelps.
ST.. said, when he gave It back
to her. "He doesn't really want
one. He doesn't know what he
He stared out of the window
for q minute. Then his eyes
came back to the girls anxious
unhappy face.
Where DO you suppose he IL
today?' he asked. Was he at
his own house last night?"
Peggy shook her head. She,
had stopped at the Little White
House on her way down town
ana had found it empty. Empty
and silent and deserted.
Peggy was utterly at sea.
II Eanny hadn't spent the night
az his fathers home or Rt the
Little White House, where on
earth had he spent 1T Where had
he been all night? Where was he
now?
She tried TO think Of places
where he might have gone, but
she couldn't think clearly at all.
The Washington times., 1926-07-12
THE ELUSIVE
MINK

MO wonder the price of a mink
Az stole is so prohibitive! The
little animal is known as one Of
the most elusive members OF the
whole animal kingdom. Equally
at home on land or water, a
swift runner and a swifter jump
er, 1t has little trouble in escap-
ing from its enemies.
II near the water when at
tackled, the mink dives in and
swims under water, as much at
home as the fish themselves. If
surprised away from the water,
it can easily outrun or dodge it's
pursuer, even darting up a tree
In an emergency. Should q mink
be cornered with no chance Of
eSeapst - Will fIeh4 vtsieHslys
The Washington times., 1926-07-12

told her. HE left our house yes.
terday afternoon and took his
clothes with him. He ism com.
ing back to me, he says. So I'm
going to tell him Ill give him
divorce. But / can't get hold Ct
him to tell him 30. and ! thought
perhaps he'd called YOU up.
':No, Mother Phelps answered
promptly. 81 haven't heard from
him. Hasn't he been ct the of-
fice this tnorning?'
Then. without waiting Tor
Peggy TO answer, she vent on
brigkly. I'm tell you what to do.
You hop into q cab and come
here to my house and well talk
This over. And on your way
here stop at the Antlers Hotel,
Ranny may have gone there.
uOh, that's wl1ere he -, 81
course, = Peggy thought, e. she
stood IN the outer office, Weip
ing for her cab.
She was unaware Of the TACT
that the girls around her were
looking her over and WONDERING
why young Mr.. Phelps wife did
not have more money TO spend
on her clothes.
sWhy, she's been wearing that
same suit for three or four sea-
sons. Father Phelps secretary
said to Melba Young, the switch
board operator. The last time
size was down here she had It on
and that was before her first
baby died.
Looking Her Over
Media Young shrugged her
shoulders. She should worry
about clothes when she has 8 face
like that, she retorted
could have her eyes I'd wear
calico FOR the rest Of my sweet,
young life. 3
She. herself. put vaseline on her
Iashes every night.in the hope Of
making them Just half as long
and thick as Peggyss. And she.
was coming to the unhappy con-
clusion that the only way to be-
come beautiful y 70 be born
beautiful.
Her eyes followed PeREy visit
fully as she went down the front
steps and climbed into her cab.
'.The Antlers Hotel. she said
to the taxi driver.
She would 70 there and tell
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Test Your knowledge With
Times Daily Dozen
by A. L. WiIbert, M. A.

slavery in the British Empire
in 1888.
8. GEOGRAPHY. Lake Okee-
miles wide, is the largest lake
in Southern United States! It
is located in the southern part
OF Florida.
4. BUSINESS. About 41,0O0,.
900 persons are employed in
American industry.
5. MANKIND. John D. Rookie
Teller, jr., has donated $1,600,00O
to the Imperial University OF
Tokyo in order to restore its
library recently destroyed by an
8. HUMAN NATURE. A per-
son Is most susceptible to day
dreaming during adolescence.
Z. GENERAL SCIENCE. Caus.'
tic potash is used to detect cot
ton in wooden goods.
8. LAW. A fire insurance COM
pany cannot refuse payment for
losses on the grounds that the
fire was caused by the careless
ness OF the insured.
8. GIVICS. The annual rev.
enue from the Panama Canal is
about $12,000,000.
10. ART. "Some portrait paint.
ers, consciously or unconsciously,
read into every face, their pre-
conceived ideal" This accounts
for the striking resemblance man.
ifested by their productions.
II. MUSIC. Gluck's "Orfeo ed
Euridice" laid the foundation OF
the modern opera.
IL. HEALTH. When our ner.
vous system gets sufficiently
poisoned or otherwise put out of
gear, it is practically impossible
to say what pains we suffer,
and self-deception is limitless in
its possibilities"
The Washington times., 1926-07-12
For Fine Hair

HEALTHY hair Is beautiful hair.
IA If your hair is to have that
soft, fluffiness and gloss that we
associate with well-groomed hair
1t must be clean at all times. You
must never permit it to become
oily or sticky or too dry.
Brushing is, of course, the most
important item in the care of your
hair. For that is a matter that
must be attended to each day,
morning and evening. But even
If you are most careful about
brushing your hair as you should,
your hair will not be beautiful I'm.
less yoNa WlaAAapOe IT preporly&s
The Washington times., 1926-07-12
CAPTAIN KIDD
BIRD

A MONG the smaller maritime
n birds the Jaeger is as much
feared as Captain Kidd was in
his palmiest days.
Gulls are so afraid of this pirate
that they will disgorge a whole
meal which they have just swal.
lowed rather than submit to the
harrassing attack of their more
powerful tormentor. The jaeger
is such bully TO other birds
that it will feed on the fish and
other food which they have cap
turcd in preference to catching
it's own meals.
When very hungry 1t will even
devour the young OF other birds.
Because it lives largely on the
result Of other birds efforts, the
jaegaU IL known as one OF the
worst parasites Of the bird world
The Washington times., 1926-07-12

1. LITERATURE. What 10 ba.
thos?
2. HI STORY. Which great
American statesman founded the
University of Virginia?
3. GEOGRAPHY. From which
country is kingwood obtained?
4. BUSINESS. Which industry
Is considered the best barometer
of business conditions?
s. MANKIND. Which street IL
the fashionable shopping center
8. HUMAN NATURE. Does
criminal go in, as a rule, for all
kinds Of crime?
Z. GENERAL SCIENCE. What
are the four principal parts Of ..
s. Law. When is the title to
goods considered to have been
transferred to the buyer?
9. CIVICS. What are the three
rules that a wise government fol-
lows with regard to taxation?
10. ART. Which celebrated
German artist made the SO pen
drawings for Erasmus Praise
OF Folly" which are one Of
the most priced possessions Of
the Museum of Basel?
IL. MUSIC. What are the three
principal kinds Of trombones?
IL. HEALTH. What affords
the most perfect kind Of rest?
Answers to Last Saturdays
Questions.
1. LITERATURE. Samuel Tay.
lor, Coleridge Q772-lS34, the .cele.
brated English author. wrote.
the story called Kubla Khan"
2. HISTORY. The famous Eng
lish statesman and philanthropist,
William Wilberforce (1769-1S30)
through his tireless efforts
brought about the abolition Of