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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-12-18
BIG PAPER BOX
COMP ANY SIGNS
With STRIKERS
N. Y. Struggle Looks
Better Now
BIZ a Worker correspondent.

NEW YORK, Dec. 16.-The pros
poets are bit brighter for the settle
ment OF the paper box makers union
strike. The biggest firm in the loose
federation of five employers associa-
lions has broken away and signed with
the union. Altho this means only 75
workers go back to work, the effect
will be widespread in other shops.
Union Manager Fred Caiola expects
so more settlements to be made al
most Immediately as a result and
states that this settlement breaks up
the determined stand the employers
federation had taken for an open shop.
Charges of police brutality are be-
ing investigated by Chief Police In
spector Thomas J. Cummings. All
victims are reporting their versions
Of events to him at his office. The
inquiry is the result Of pressure from
the union and the American Civil Lib
critics Union In presenting affidavits
on the subject to Mayor Walker and
Police Commissioner Mclaughlin.
Women sympathizers with the strik-
ers Joined the picket line the day be,
fore the big shops settlement came.
Eight workers were arrested, but the
police we're careful to hide any VIC.
lent treatment OF pickets from the
observers. Most OF the strikers ar
rested were girls and they were
booked on disorderly conduct charges.
Like their fellow strikers In the
paper box trade. the skilled optical
workers are now seeking financial aid
for their four weeks fight. About 300
workers are out. almost completely
tying up the eyeglass making industry
in New York About so workers are
in settled shops. The workers seek
union recognition chiefly.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-12-18
(FIRST PRIZE WINERY
JOBLESS SWARM VALLEY OF STEEL
AND IRON IN SEARCH OF WORK; SEE
NO SIGNS OF COOLIDGE PROSPERITY

were crowded in there as tho they
were sardines and about twice as
many were waiting outside for some
of the crowd to come out so they
could step in and wait in this slave
market.
Seek More Production.
While the army Of unemployed are
walking the streets the efficiency ex-
perts are busy in the mills doping
out what piece of machinery can be
brought in that will increase the
amount Of production and reduce the
number of employees.
Red Cross Strategy.
A few weeks ago the Red Cross
made it's usual begging trip thru this
city. Apparently knowing that mill
workers were wise to them and would
give nothing to such an organization
on it's merits they sent their most pull
chritudinous lassies in to beseach,
with cunning smiles, part of each
workers small pay.
In the street car / heard one Red
Cross dame remark that the foreign
ers were not contributing as they
should and that they had no love for
either "god" or Old Glory and should
be deported to the land from whence
they came.
Need Organization.
How and why is it that no effort
Is made TO organize the steel workers.
Conditions are as ripe as can be. A
good militant organizer could make
wonderful Roadway, why not try.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-12-18
By a Worker Correspondent.

YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio, Dec. 16. =
The workers of this city, situated in
the Valley of Iron and Steel, are CIV
ing up all hope of getting either a
scent or taste of the prosperity" Of
which politicians have so eloquently
boosted in the months preceding the
recent elections.
The unemployed workers are going
from one employment Office to an
other seeking master and begging
his leave to toll. But alas, we can
not find one who is even willing to
let us work at his own price.
A few days ago I visited an employ
ment bureau. After learning that some
of them had been around there five or
six hours, had seen nobody getting
hired and had received no information
pushed my way to the front. And
not knowing anything about steel mill
etiquette / stepped into the office
where the employment agent sat on
his throne.
Mr.. Agents reply to my inquiry for
work was a peremptory, mo, no there
is nothing doing, and if you want to
get anything around here you will
have to have manners enough to stay
cut where you belong until l call you
in"
Employment Office Filled.
went to the City-State Employ
ment Office in the basement of the
city hall. Approximately eighty-fve
men and about one hundred women
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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-12-18
WOODEN TRUST
SEEKS NEW WAYS
OF EXPLOIT
More "Manpower" Is Its
Chief Objective
BY SIDNEY BLOOMFIELD.
worker Correspondent


WORCESTER, Mass, Dec. 16,-The
merging of many New England textile
mills and the removal of still more
mills to the south is part of the re-
organization process that is now TAX
ing place in the textile industry
The strongest of the New England
combines is the powerful American
Wooden Trust, This corporation main
tains a miniature cotton mhl in Bos-
ton, Mass, which is mechanically
equipped for duplication of the opera
lions of the larger mills. Connected
with this experimental mill is unique
laboratory containing the latest de-
vices for trying out various processes
as well as new mechanical inventions
to enable the wooden trust to maintain
its supremacy in the textile industry
through greater exploitation of its tens
of thousands Of textile slaves.
Workers Considered Slaves.
The cold, calculating manner in
which the textile slaves are consid-
cred as nothing but slaves and the
manner in which the textile barons
exploit their slaves in this machine
age is frankly discussed in an article
contributed by Edwin F. Greene, treas
urer of the Pacific Mills, one of the
Lawrence units of the American
Wooden Corporation, in the current
issue Of the Textile World, in which
he writes, in part, as follows
Get More "Manpower."
Control of production in the va
rious processing stages is subject
to which Pacific Mills gives close at
tention. We have planning depart
ment thru which orders are plotted
against capacity and are kept in sight
and on schedule all the way thru the
plants. And in plant operation more
intelligent use of manpower and an
improved position for operatives are
constantly kept in view.
Cotton mills operatives are ma
chine tenders. They work when
threads break. Hence the road to
more looms per weaver, which means
lower costs, is via evener threads
from the spinning frames and so on
back thru the earlier processes. By
technical research, Pacific Mills has
succeeded in improving the threads
and thus increasing the machines per
operative-in some cases, fourfold."
Have Company Union.
The Pacific Mills is one Of the larg-
est mills in the largest textile center.
It uses each year the cotton product
of more than 100000 acres and the
wool clip of almost 100000 sheep.
1t produces over 800 miles of finished
cloths every day and is one of the
most profitable of the wooden trusts
units. It's so-ealled company union
scheme is but one of the means for
staving off unionization of its many
thousands of textile slaves, among
whom are a great portion of English
speaking workers, The present speed
up conditions and the low wages,
which average about SIS per week for
operatives, is naturally creating ire
mendous discomfort which should be
crystallized in organization work.
There is a crying need for organiza-
ton of the unorganized, and the time
to do it is now.
Get a copy of the American Worker
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WORKER CORRESPONDENCE
CLASS MEETS TODAY; ALL
STUDENTS SHOULD ATTEND

The regular meeting Of the Chi
eago class In worker correspondence
will be held tonight, Friday, in the
editorial offices Of The DAILY
WORKER, f11s West Washington
Blvd. Members of the class are
urged to be on time at this meet
ing-6:3o o'clock-ln order that no
time will be lost.
Students who have missed one or
two sessions are urged to be at the
class session tonight as new fields
of work are being opened and all
should get this valuable experience.
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Photos of Living Paper
to Be Taken Here Sat,

The next number Of Prolet-Tribune,
the Russian living newspaper pub
lished by the worker correspondents
of Novy Mir, will be out Saturday,
Dec. Is, at p. m, at the Workers
House, 1902 w. Division st. A picture
of the audience will be taken at the
request Of the worker correspondents
of the Soviet Union. The picture will
be sent to Soviet Russia.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-12-18
(SECOND PRIZE WINERY
HOOD RUBBER CO.
WORKERS STIRRED
BY PLANT PAPER
Five Distributors A e
Arrested by Cops
BY H. J. cANTER
Worker Correspondent


WATERFOWL. Mass, Dec. 16. -
The first number of the Hood Rubber
Worker made its appearance Wednes-
day at WATERFOWL, Mass, where the
big factory OF the Hood Rubber com
pany, employing nine thousand work
ers is situated.
The paper was received with mixed
feelings. "Just what we need-a
union" cried the workers, as they
cad the headline. But the bosses
thought differently. They got blue
n the face and chased the distribu-
fors off the company property.
Time to Resist Here.
The Hood Rubber Worker is the
product of a group of workers in the
factory who feel that the time has
come to resist the bosses speed-up
campaign. Born of the struggle it
was issued just at the time that an
increase in the ticket" or quota Of
daily production, had gone into effect
in the tennis department, where 800
girls are employed. In soma instances
these girls were required to make
30 per cent more shoes without extra
pay. A similar speeding up has re-
Gently taken place in the gum shoe
department and other departments
were due for the increase. At pres
ent the average weekly earnings Of
these girls are between $500 and
$1,000.
Read 1t Eagerly,
These down trodden slaves of the
hood rubber" barons greeted the
paper with enthusiasm. Little knots
of workers soon gathered on the
grounds, eagerly discussing the paper
and its contents, while the bosses
went from group to group, exhorting
them not to heed the socialist" liter
ature.
Arrest Five.
The distributors did a most effect
i've job in disposing of the issue in
short time, and no copies were left
by the time the bosses got the dicks
on the job, and the guardians of the
law apparently, because it was the
proper thing to do, arrested FIVE, who
were at this time enjoying coffee and
'sinkers" in nearby lunchcart. At
the police station no charge could be
found against them and after an hour
they were released.
Those arrested were H. ]. Canter,
Melvin Sack, Abraham Roisin, Louis
Blume and l.. Strauss.
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WRITE AS you FIGHT
Use your brains ana your pen to aid
the workers In the GLASS struggle.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-12-18
union PAINTERS
JOBLESS, WORK IN
HANDS OF SCABS
Los Angeles Faces Big
Organization Need
BY RAPo
worker Correspondentl

LOS ANGELES, Dec. ia group
of us jobless union painters went out
over the city searching for work. We
visited many new buildings in the cen.
ter of the city, which are being done
with non-union labor.
In new building where large stores
were under construction we asked the
men if there was any chance to get a
job. While talking we asked one of
the painters If he was a union man.
mo" came the reply. 81 was carry
ing card for six years and lately l
had to drop it,"
''Why?" he was asked.
81 was out of work, l couldn't go to
work under the scale, and our trade
isn't organized. The bosses pay six
and seven dollars a day only. / had
to accept a job and drop the card, "
the man told us.
Are Unoreanized.
The painters in this city are unor-
ganized. The biggest jobs in the city
are being done with non-union labor.
The workers who are in the union are
unemployed; they have been forced
out by the cheaper non-union labor.
Many painters, seeing no protection
and security Of q job by the union,
are getting discouraged and are drop.
ping their cards.
The question arises, what is to be
done? ~.
The Problem.
Only about one-fourth of the painters
in the city are organized.
Shall we allow the open shoppers,
the chamber of commerce, the NJ. and
NJ and the other bosses organizations
to lower our standard of living by
smashing thes union, or shall We or
ganize and fight for job control and
a hundred per cent union town?
At this moment, when our union is
facing life and death situation we
must get busy and put life into the
slogan, "organize the Unorganized!"
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-12-18
N0vy Mir Raboors' Dance Dec. Is

A Russian masquerade for the bene-
at Of the Russian Communist weekly
Novy Mfr. has been arranged for Sat.
urday, Dec 20, at Mirror Hall. if4o N.
Western Ave-, near Division street.
All friendly organizations are re.
quested not TO arrange other affairs on
that date
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-12-18
THIRD PRIZE WINERY
RIGHT WING IN
DETROIT TRIES
TO STOP MEET
But Cloakmakers' Relief
Goes On
BY LENA ROSENBERG.
worker Correspondent)

DETROIT, Dec. ia successful
meeting was held here at the Macal-
lester hall for the relief of the New
York cloalzmakers on strike.
The meeting was called by confer
ence organized for this purpose, con-
sisting of trade unions and other or
CARNATIONS made up of workers. Al
this conference there were present
many right wing delegates who are
supporting the Sigman machine and
tried to break the conference by claim
ing that the strike is over and that
there is no need for relief any more.
However, the majority OF the organi-
cations voted for the continuance OF
the relief work until the strike is
won completely.
Would Disturb Meeting.
And SO the meeting preparations
went on, but that did not satisfy the
Sigman supporters, and so they
thought that by coming to the meet
ing and creating a disturbance and
perhaps little fight "a la Sigman"
they could yet succeed in breaking
the meeting, but the committee in
charge of the meeting was well pre-
pared for them. When the chairman
OF the meeting, who is a business
agent OF the painters union. called
upon the 500 workers assembled at
Manchester hall to give and TO prove
to the workers all over the country
that the workers In Detroit do not
believe what the Forward says, one
OF these right wingers made an at
tempt TO start something. But the
committee was on the job and in
formed this friend Of the working
class" that he could either stay and
listen or leave. and they looked so
determined that there was no more
disturbance that evening.
Collect 5000.
A collection OF over $500 was taken
up and then Coretzc, who was sent
here by the general strike, was called
upon. Amidst great applause in which
he pointed out that the cloakmakers'
fight Is not over and that the attack
Of the right wing Is making II stili
harder and that all workers must sup
port them TO finish. A
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-12-18
SOMETHING NEW

For the New Year and the coming
Lenln Memorial Day these two features
new on tho press will soon be ready.
Send your orders nowl
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Evening star., 1926-05-23
BIARRITZ REGRETS
WALES DEPARTURE
Princes Modesty Pleased Resort,
Which Blames Strike for Call
ing Him Home.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
PARIS. May 18.-It will be long
before BiarritZ forgives British labor
for the general strike which shortened
the visit there Of the Prince Of Wales.
The prince Charming with the
pale cheeks" as he has been called.
failed to charm the weather god, for
the storm sulked and ragged during
his stay. once for three days and
three nights in succession, driving
him to inland Pau and hunting with
the pack of fox hounds of which
Frederick, Prince of Boston, is the
master.
The Villa Helianthe. Il combination
Of hotel and rest clinic, fitted with
all the latest health devices. made no
change In it's regular routine when
abe Duke of Chester" arrived. Two
pots of flowers on the mantelpiece Of
the entry hall were the only supple
Evening star., 1926-05-23

mentary ornaments to be noticed.
The order and calm that mark the
establishment were not interrupted
and life continued it's subdued way,
exactly as before.
The Prince with Gen. Trotter
his aide. and sometimes the British
consul, often dined in the general din
ing room. He still preserves his air
of shyness and often in the baccarat
room at the Casino would lean his
brow on his left hand, covering his
face as his right placed his modest
stakes on the beard. why should
those ladies stop playing because I
am here?" he asked one evening As
some abandoned their own game to
watch his.
His visit was a smoking jacket"
visit. real incognito holiday from
which all ceremony was banished.
He danced many times to a phono-
graph at tearooms that did not have
an orchestra.
Evening star., 1926-05-23
BOBS IN MINORITY
AT PARIS ART SALON
Strange Picture of "Amazons"
Gives Promise of Creating
Furor at Exhibit.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
PARIS, May 22.-Parisian women
were quick to observe that not one
shingled coiffure or short skirt a la
1926 is to be found in this years ex-
hibition Of the Society Of French Art.
lists and the Beatlx Arts
A few discreet bobs. softly curled
or classically straight, are the sole
recognition of the mannish trend. The
only short skirts exhibited are on
little girls or for the tennis courts.
The portraits of women of fashion
follow the general rule of art before
style. The newspaper Comoedia com
menting on these portraits, says they
are of two classes-thcse with pearls
and those without.
A canvas called 1.-The Araazons, :"
painted by Robert Pugheon, French
man, promises to be the storm center
Of this salon. 1t depicts three richly
Evening star., 1926-05-23
INSURANCE CONCERNS
! OFFER DEBUT POLICY
Plan for Babies Now Will Mature
in Time to Pay for Court
Appearance Attire.
~ the Associated Press.

LONDON, May 22.--While numer-
Gus debutantes, including several from
the United States, are preparing to
make their bows to royalty at Buck
ingham Palace June 3 and 10. an en-
terprising insurance company has
taken advantage of the moment to
show parents how they may easily
arrange for the coming OUT costs
of future debutantes now in their
cradles.
Peeresses and others who have
entree into high society have been
informed by the insurance company
of a plan by which the cost of court
dress IS years from now may be paid
for. Any girl up to Il years of age
is eligible for policy of $500. payable
at the age of IS. The premiums are
announced as:
Age year. f21 II shillings per an
Evening star., 1926-05-23
TEACHERS AID FARMERS.
Mortgage Loans in Wisconsin Come
From Retirement Funds.

MADISON, Wis. May 90 tLp))-Wis-
consin farmers are making use OF
more than, three million dollars Of
state funds which eventually will be
paid as pensions to teachers.
Outsta nding real estate mortgage
loans of State teachers retirement
funds total $3.424.932. Most of the
loans are on farms.
The money Is obtained from pay
ments by teachers who choose to ac-
cept the provisions of the retirement
act and equivalent sums provided by
the State. The interest rate charged
on the loans Is 5 per cent.
Evening star., 1926-05-23
SOVIET HONORS ENVOY.

BERLIN, May 60 CP).--The Soviet
government. not to be outdone by cap
italistic countries. is beginning to
decorate its diplomats in the manner
of the bourgeoisie. Soviet Ambassa-
dor krestinsky at Berlin has been
awarded the Order of the Red Flag,
in recognition Of his services in CON
nection with the promotion and con-
clusion Of the Russo-German amity
treaty.
Evening star., 1926-05-23
FRENCH PRESIDENT PINES
FOR "HOME" VACATiOh
1mplores Senators to Find Some
Excuse for Him to Escape
"Prison' in Paris.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
PARIS. May 22.-President Dou
mergue wants to pay IL visit to his
home country in the south Of France
as he has a longing for some sunshine
a thing that has been missing in
Paris for weeks.
lie implores every senator and
deputy that comes TO see him in the
Elysee Palace TO find him some ex
cuse for an official presidential visi,
to the neighborhood Of Aigues Wives
but without success. There are stat
ues to distinguished persons to be un-
yelled In the south, but unfortunatel,
fer the Prisoner of the Elysee," nOt
one is considered distinguished
enough to warrant the personal at
tendance of the President.
Evening star., 1926-05-23
fewer MOVIE FANS.
Berlin Theaters Report Decrease in
Gross Receipts.

BERLIN, May % LP).-The movie
craze, which started in Germany years
later than in the United States. has
fallen off little. The Association of
Motion Picture Theater Owners re-
ported that gross receipts of the 80
largest theaters in Berlin were 250 900
marks a month less this year than for
the corresponding period in 1925.
Even now Berliners spend 200 ,O00,-
900 marks a year for movies. The as
sociation has appointed a committee
to find out what the people want to
see on the screens and to give it 10
them.
Evening star., 1926-05-23
SHAW FINISHING BOOK.
Socialistic Work Harder Than Six
PLAYS, He Says.

LONDON, May % LP). - Bernard
Shaw is busy at work finishing a
book on socialism called "The Intelli-
gent Womans Guide to Socialism and
Capitalism" He has been at work on
this book for many months and says
it has cost him more effort than half
a dozen plays. 1t will contain about
AZ Nnn WnrdSe
Evening star., 1926-05-23
mum; age 8. f35 shillings; age z.
f37: age 10 fh4

t37; age 10, fb4.
At the present time the cost Of a
debutante's wardrobe during her first
season ranges from $500 to f450, pro-
vided the gowns and extras are pur-
chased now. The present quotation
includes court gowns at $50. a low
estimate; six evening gowns, f15 each;
10 day dresses. including those for
race meetings and boatings. fS4; nine
pairs of shoes. f21: Is pairs of stock
ings. fl each; IL pairs of gloves, Fl
each: town and country coats. skirts,
jumpers. wooden clothing, f75, and
opera cloak. f12.
And there are other essentials and
luxuries in a young woman's ward.
robe for this great event.
Evening star., 1926-05-23

tanned young women against the
background of a dapple-gr horse.
One of the women wears only a gray
glove. Another nude from the waist
up, wears q black derby and volumi-
nous riding skirt. The canvas, many
visitors to the salon protest. is not
fair to the modern sportswoman.
Evening star., 1926-05-23
Proof.

From the Barcelona Esquella.
Ibid you have a successful seance?"
Very. We had the spirit of Napo.
leon present"
How do you know"
THE medium said: If you are
not Napoleon. rap once. If you are
Napoleon, don't rap There was no
aD"
Evening star., 1926-05-23

American competition is causing
Frances largest tire manufacturer to
standardize on straight-sid automo-
bile tires,
Evening star., 1926-05-23

The South African Ostrich Farmers
Cooperative Society, with 579 mem
hers. has been organized to increase
the value Of ostrich feathers.