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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-02-02
This Weeks Prizes!
Lewis and the Miners Fight

While the operators are straining
every nerve to defeat the miners and
destroy the union, Lewis finds time
to take up the cause Of the oppressed"
judges. These capitalist agents are
only getting $500 year and Lewis
demands that they be given $4,000
Regarding the miners demand for a
mere 10 per cent raise in wages Lewis
has shown no anxiety to enforce It
AS matter of fact he was willing to
accept a per cent increase for the
miners. Lewis has more in common
with the judges who issue injunctions
against the workers struggling for
better living conditions than he has
with the workers.
A Real Policy.
The miners are more and more real
izing that Lewis is not fighting their
battle. They are now more inclined
to listen to the policy of the progress
sive miners. committee which has is
sued the slogan of a 1902 strike by
Withdrawing the maintenance men,
and alliance with the railroad men,
no compromise on the demands drawn
up at the tri-district conventio and
no arbitration.
The separation between Lewis and
the miners is becoming wider every
day. Lewis does not do all in his
power to secure the defeat OF the OPP
orators. He is trying to agree to the
demands of the operators and at the
same time prevent the miners seeing
thru his trickery. Between these two
stools Lewis will fall.
Lewis flinders Fight.
The miners fight is made more diff
fcult by them having at the head OF
their union a man who defends the op.
orators against the miners, and who
continually schemes to aid the oper-
ators to lower the living standards OF
the miners.
The miners can win this struggle
by putting into effect a real policy Of
struggle against the operators in
spite of Lewis.
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must make the most of our appropria-
ton, and we only secure what is fun
damental. We could use an almost
unlimited number Of political books.
The library committee members each
make list of the books which they
think are needed, then the commit
tee meets and discusses each book,
in order to select the ones most valu-
able to the workers"
In the reading room is the Lenin
corner Each theater, club factory
and school has its Lenin corner. This
Lenin corner takes up one side OF the
reading room. In the middle Of the
wall is a large bust Of Lenin, placed
on a stand draped in red. Inside the
stand, made by the factorys carpent-
ers, are shelves on which the books
OF Lenin and stories of HIS life are
placed. In each corner, at the sides
of the bust, are suspended lighted
pictures OF Lenin's activities and some
Of his books. These are cclored, and
are given the effect OF lantern slides
by placing electric light bulbs be-
hind the thin colored paper, an effec.
tive method Of propaganda which is
extensively used IN Russia.
THE factory's wall newspaper, "The
4 Red Needle" 70 also IN the reading
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-02-02

MOSCOW, U. S. S. R., Jan. 10
AVA Near the old Chinese Wall not
far from the "Glubyanskii Plostche"
is the dormitory and workers club OF
the Comintern Clothing factory. This
factory is the one which many Amer
lean clothing workers, members of the
Amalgamated Clothing Workers
Union, helped to found. We visited
the club with a comrade who had been
assigned to the factory nucleus for
two years. AS we entered, a meeting
of the factory workers was Just end
ing. The workers closed In on us,
crowding around in dense throng,
firing one question after another.
First they established that we were
from America, and displayed hungry
eagerness TO know what the workers
OF the United States are doing and
thinking.
Are there any Communists In the
army in America" one young worker
asked. "What about the Clothing
Workers. Union in America" was an.
other question. us the coal strike
over yet: what do the American work
ers think OF Russian"
With the help OF our hosts transla-
ton and some atrocious German, wo
told them about Paul Crouch. about
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-02-02
VISIT TO RUSSIAN FACTORY CLUB MmwI~@rEaF@w

the convention of the Garment Work
ers in Philadelphia, the movement for
Soviet recognition and the beating up
of the militant Amalgamated workers
by Hillmans thugs. Then we had to
remind them that we were there to
learn about the lives of the Russian
workers, and asked few questions
in our turn.
THE social and cultural life Of the
L Russian worker, as is well known,
is conferred around the factory. In
the factory clubs which are supported
from percentage of the factories
earnings, the workers educate, enter
tain, and inform themselves. We saw
the library, the reading room, the
Lenin corner, the Young Pioneers
room, the class rooms, the dormitor
les and the dining hall. Each is run
by soviet Of the workers themselves.
There are 1000 workers In this fac
tory and in addition their wives and
children also participate in the life Of
the club.
Comrade Feinstein, an American.
who has been In Russia for three
years. has been placed by the soviet
In charge of the library. He showed
us their collection Of books. The po-
litical works far outnumber the fic-
ton. The books are worn and tat
tered from constant USE I'VE have
in the fiction most OF the works OF
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Workers with Large
Is Family Must Toll
For $40 Per Week
BY NJ. PERLIN,
worker correspondent.)

The other day, while l was in the
employment office Of one of the large
laundries in Chicago, noticed two
hurley, well-dressed men sitting in
comfortable rockers smoking cigars.
Both looked well-fed. One could easily
see that they were men of wealth and
had time to burn.
AS; these two were sitting in their
easy chairs a thin, pale, underfed
worker walked in and stood near the
railing, waiting for someone to come
to ask him what he wanted. His
clothes were shabby.
Hesitatingly, with tears in his eyes,
he pleaded with one of the fat boss
es for job. Il am a married man,
with three small children. l will
work loyalty and honestly for you;
give me twenty-five dollars week"
The boss seeing the condition of
this worker, smiled and said, 1--WE
have an opening. Twenty dollars a
week. You can start Immediately. 1t
is an easy job. All you have to do
is to sit near the engine from nine
In the evening till six in the morn
ing, put some coal in the engine when
necessary, and see that everything in
the plant is in order-and that's all"
The worker then told the boss that
he could take care of the engine and
that he could satisfy the boss with
his work, but that he could not live
on the twenty dollars a week and
that he needed more.
The other boss then declared, "Well
if you don't want to work say so.
There are other men who will
The worker looked around saw
about ten standing in the Office wait
ing for the chance and accepted the
lob.
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Jack London and Upton Sinclair" said
Comrade Finestein. 1.-THE workers un-
derstand that part of Sinclairs writ
ings contain confusing economic theo-
ries. We have a few such American
books as 'Comrade Yetta' not because
they are valuable for their ideas but
to give an insight into the lives of
the American workers"
THE political books are many, in.
= Guiding, Of course, the works OF
the leading Russian Communists, as
well as Marx and Engels. Recent
pamphlets are kept in large rack,
made by the workers, which is shaped
into a red star. Pamphlets are dis.
played here which are OF immediate
interest. During the celebration of
the 1905 revolution, pamphlets on
that subject were provided, and now
works by and about Lenin are put up
to observe the anniversary of his
death. Along one wall are hung artis-
tically executed covers. also made by
the factory workers. in which are
pasted typewriter comments which
the workers wish TO express. One
worker wrote OF his part in the 1905
revolution, another of his impressions
OF a revolutionary book.
I'VE are very careful In selecting
our books said the Librarian. I'VE
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was wasted. The next day where
ever workers of that shop were
found the article and The DAILY
WORKER we're talked about. Never
was there so much excitement and
talk among the men in the shop as on
that day. ~e
And no wonder. Last week in De-
partment 3S4 without any notice
whatever the men got another wage
cut. That makes the third cut in a
short time. When pay day came and
the workers received their envelopes
the following conversations were
heard. 81 am short $110O," 81 am
short $780," Il am short $1,000" and
so on. Every one on the job was
short on his pay without being told
that there would be cut in wages. /
The orinigal price for the job, piece
work, was 81 cents. They gave us a
big cut some time last fall and we
refused to work with the result that
they gave us IS cents. Since then
there was another cut to 70 cents.
And this last cut brot it down to so
cents.
Speed Up to the Limit.
Since this is piecework the men
speed themselves to the point Of col
lapse to make up some of the money
stolen from their wages by the bosses.
The men say they can stand this
speed-up system no longer. The
worker in department 3S4 who re-
lated these conditions to me was so
desperate he said he did not care
whether his name was used or not
He said he is so worn out he doesn't
care what happens to him. At the
end of the day he is ready to sink to
the floor with exhaustion. He is sure
he will not be able to stand it even
one week longer.
OF course that does not mean any
thing to the boss. When these men
are worn out they will be replaced by
new men. What If the men did strain
until they have burst? What if their
families will die of starvation? What
if they will lose their homes?
Workers in the Studebaker Motor
company shop of South Bend, Indi-
ana: Organization is the only solu-
ton to our present troubles. Shop
Nucleus No. 1 is calling to you. Join
us and work for an organized demand
to end these wage cuts that are
the source Of all our present misery.
Thru organization we will better our
conditions. When we complain they
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-02-02
Undercover Men Are
Plentiful at Briggs
Auto Body Mfg. Co.
BY A Worker Correspondent.

DETROIT, Mich, Jan. 31.-At the
Briggs Manufacturing company, auto
body making contract sweat shop for
the Ford Motor company and Hud-
son cars, six times day a clerk
makes the rounds to see that all the
men are at their jobs. In addition
TO that private thugs are employed
by the company as spoilers to report
anyone caught not hustling. His
badge number is taken and he is fired.
These spoilers are stationed at every
doorway and around the plant. Such
is the slave driving system employed
at this plant.
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NON-UNION. CANDY
WORKERS ABUSED
BY FORELADIES
Low Wages, Bad SAM
tary Conditions Prevail
(Ry a Worker correspondent)

Wy q WOIhCT OOTTCSpOUOCULJ
BALTIMORE, Md, Jan. Blow
wages and bad sanitary conditions are
what the girls in the Chocolate Prod
ucts company plant in Baltimore have
to suffer while making Happiness
candy.
The place is not unionized and the
boss does as he pelases to the girls
that are working in the shop. During
one of the busy seasons this company
advertised heavily for number Of
girls. In weeks time they had 200
new girls at work in the plant work
ing from in the morning until in
the evening for $12 a week. After
they had been there one week, the
boss heightened the work hours from
1870 in the morning to $3.50 in the eve
ming Some of these girls stayed on
after the busy season. Most of them
were laid off.
$14 Highest Wage.
In the shop there are but few girls
who have worked many years for this
company. One girl who has been with
the company a number of years is
earning $14 while another who has
worked there ten years is receiving
the same. This is their highest wage.
Conditions are the worst in the
packing room. Here the girls must
stand on their feet thruout the entire
working day. If they sit down for a
few moments, the forelady bellows
Don't fall asleep thereI" The girls
were not allowed to speak to each
other. If any of the girls started to
whisper or talk to each other the fore
lady would shout: "Cut out your talk
ing! You are paid to work not talk"
Abuse Beginner.
One girl who had started to work
in this plant tieing packages was not
performing the work as quickly and
as skillfully as the assistant forelady
wanted her to. Instead of showing
the girl how to do the work the assis-
tant forelady began to call her
"dumbell," horse" clumsy fool" and
number of vile names.
One of the girls took a few pieces
VI Cduuy anu put Luem INTO n6f p0ck-
etbook. She was going to eat the
candy when she left the plant. AS
she was punching the timeclock her
purse opened and the candy dropped
out to the floor. The forelady saw
this and began TO call the girl a thief.
Every one of the girls were searched
as they punched the clock that day to
see if they were carrying candy home
with them.
Eat Lunch Near Toilet.
During the half hour the girls get
for lunch, they sit in a small room
next to the toilet. Disagreeable odors
of all kinds assail the girls as they
eat their MONDAY meal. The boss in
order to show he is alright" gives
the girls cup of coffee every noon
hour free. The coffee is, black and is
served out of dirty tin can into tin
cups the sight of which makes ones
stomach feel sick. The girls need a
union organization badly to clean up
some of the filthy conditions that are
prevalent in the shop.
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Moscow Letter by Karl Reeve

before their door, during the Lenin
anniversary. They gave us the Pho
neer's salute, which is used instead OF
a handshake, and after little CONVEX
sation, went on with their work. One
of the girls began to saw the wood,
and the other Pioneers crowded
around her, all singing, with the back
ward and forward movement OF the
saw beating out the rhythm OF the
song: American children don't
sing like that" our guide told us.
The most interesting OF the class
rooms is the one where the wives and
relatives Of the clothing workers are
taught how to sew and make gar.
ments. Everyone should know at
least a trade" IL was explained to us.
but the most important thing is that
the relatives OF the workers are brot
in touch with the life OF the factory.
They are drawn into the educational
work, and in this way. many OF them
get their first schooling"
TN the assembly hall the workers
= have their meetings, plays. concerts
and "Kinos." They were very proud
that they were able to secure the Aim
of the Moscow TO Tokyo airplane flight
which we are going to see tonight.
The workers here are not only In.
tensely interested In the activities Of
the workers Of foreign lands. They
are kesnly alive to the economic, DO.
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litical and social growth OF the Soviet
Union, in which they are taking an
active part. "At first we thot we had
TO have foreign loans" one worker
said, but now we are prepared 10
build up the country ourselves. Plans
have been completed for a subway in
Moscow. and within a few years It
will be completed" Another worker
showed how the Chinese wall Is being
restored for it's historical interest
Another showed us a large clock near
the club, and told us that in the last
few weeks 6s such clocks had been
put up in Moscow.
THE lives OF the Russian workers
- seem happy and complete. They
are very busy, studying, acting in
plays, reading, carrying on their pro
letarian art, going to the best thea
tiers, the tickets for which, as In an
the factories, they obtain at half price.
and above all, consciously building up
the workers and peasants state. They
are looking forward to the time when
the workers OF foreign countries will
understand their endeayors and rally
to their support against the common
foe Of capitalism.
In few days will visit the Com.
intern clothing factory itself, and WIN
write about that. Later viii wriE
about q large textile factory hara.
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can tell us to get out if we don't like
1t but when we organize our COM
plant we can force them to listen.
Read The DAILY WORKER, the
only workers paper in the English Ian
guage in the United States. In it you
will learn about the struggles of other
workers and you will receive encour-
agement in your struggle.
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Prizes for Contributions

Every offered prizes
contributions. These
whose produce article will interest
other workers. The should preferably point conditions
labor n factory, mill mine.
The winners articles In the Friday every
They will give you ideas you
splendid articles written by workers.
This Weeks Prizes!
FIRST PRIZE; "Hsoea Materiasm-A System Sociology"
by
closely scrunzd interpreted from the merst
SECOND PRIZE Capital" by Karl Marx, list volume.
THIRD PRIZE: PRUSSIA Today" Report of
Union Delegation.
All three valuable books every library
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BOSSES TRY TO CHASE DAILY
WORKER NEWSIES OFF STREET,
BUT WORKERS WANT THE PAPER
By a Worker correspondent.

SOUTH BEND, Ind S1When newsboys
distributed the front studebake
tanned worker correspondents article
long yon for inventory the beled
them off the sidewalks
DAILY WORKER Wins Friend.
But the workers
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VARIETY BILLS
WILL HAVE MANY =
NOVELTY EVENTS
Miller and Marks, Yorke and
King, Gene Greene Are
Booked.

The headline position at B. F.
Keith's, starting Sunday matinee,
will be shared by two comedy acts
They include Chic Yorke and Rose
King, and, William and Joe Mandell
Bill includes:
CHIC YORKE AND ROSE KING
Present their comedy classic, 1.-THE
Old Family Tin Type" 1t is the
old style tin type from the old fam
lily album that this pair Of clever
entertainers are giving new life.
They are using it as the basis for
an eccentric bit Of comedy and pat
ter.
WILLIAM AND JOE MANDEL,-
In "Quiet, Please" offer a mirth
provoking comedy acrobatic act that
is out of the ordinary.
MODENA'S FANTASTIC REVUE
Featuring Countess Madena the
well-known violinist, is made up of
ten people, including Bishop and
Lynn, international dancers. Thu
act is a musical singing and dane
ing novelty,
BILLY LYTELL AND TOM
FANT-Known in the two a day as
1.-TWO Chocolate Cake Eaters" They
are blackface comedians who are
musicians and soft shoe dancers.
HARRY SMITH AND JACK
STRONG-In Golden Voices From
Turn to Page y
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is vastly different from anything he
has done heretofore.
He plays the part of coroner, but
this doesn't mean that he exudes
gloom. 1t is due at the Apollo SUM-
day.
You'd Be Surprised" is an origi-
nal screen play written especially
for Griffith by Jules Furthman. The
plot abounds in comedy and mystery
with dramatic trimmings. And Grit
f1th's support includes such favor
ties as Earle Williams, long star in
his own right; Dorothy Sebastian,
late Of George Whites Scandals, Z"
and Edward Martindel.
Most Of the action is laid on board
houseboat where a famous dia-
mond is stolen at a party given by
the district attorney. In order to
give the thief chance to relent, the
host assemblies his guests. places
the empty jewel case on a table, and
extinguishes the lights. When they
are flashed on the district attorney Is
found with knife through his hear,
and the jewel case has disap-
peared.
At the behest of a police captain
the coroner undertakes to solve the
puzzle, and from this point on the
story is fraught with strange and
mysterious happenings without the
slightest clew as to the perpetrator.
Just how the coroner, at the risk
Of his own life, discovers the identity
Of the criminal brings the tale to a
tense and most extraordinary eli
max. Other films will include a Bus.
ter Brown comedy, Busters Narrow
Escape" and the Fox news weekly
J. Russell Robinson and his orches-
ira will open an engagement at the
Apollo Sunday. Robinson is noted
as a pianist and composer Of popu-
lar song hits. AS a special number
the orchestra, featuring Eber B.
Grub, singing comedian, will offer
a comedy oddityN called when Ba,
mana Skins Are Failing I'll Come
Sliding Back to You" Pasquale l.
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Floyd Thompson and his singing
orchestra will be heard in two spe-
ciaity numbers, one featuring Bob
Jones in ooh, Boy! How 1t Was
Raining" and in addition the organ
ization has arranged musical set
ting for the picture.
Director Edward Sloman. who
gave to the screen the character pic
ture, Ellis People," Is responsible for
THE Old Soak" and he selected
George Lewis, who made such hit
in that picture, to assist Hersholt.
Others in the cast are June Mar
lowe, William V. Mong, Louise Fa-
zenda, Gertrude Astor, Lucy Beau
mont, George Siegmann, Tom Rick
etts and Arnold Gregg.
The story is full of forceful heart
interest drama with a strong
sprinkling of comedy. 1t is not a
drinking picture photoplay fans
might judge from the name and
being unacquainted with the remark
able stage offering, but 1t is a low
ing picture Of grand old Dad who
goes to the front for his son, who
has deceived him and assumes re-
sponsibility for a theft of bonds they
are trying to fix on the boy.
The son played the stage door of
a musical comedy show and became
enamored Of the leading woman, who
returned his love and aided the old
man in saving the boy when she
learned Of his troubles.
There are number Of brilliant
dancing numbers in the colorful
scenes Of back stage life.
The supplemental screen features
include an Arthur Lake comedy,
Tiddle-de-Winks," an Aesop fable,
1.-THE Phoney Express" and the cur
rent International News.
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is in love with the prettiest girl at
State, who is Esther Ralston.
Everything is all set for the annu.
al Colton-State contest when a news
paper accuses Dick of professionalism
and Esther proves to be the only per-
son who can prove his innocence.
At the last minute he is showed into
the lineup and the game starts in
a vertiable sea of mud.
The same vigorous tactics which
won Fielding II. Yost, University OF
Michigan's famous coach. his title OF
Hurry Up" were employed by him
in preparing the opposing teams of
players who do their stuff in this
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included in the supporting cast.
which also features Esther Ralston,
Harry Beresford, David Butler. Rob.
ert w. Craig and Mona Palma. The
picture was directed by Fred New
meyer from the film adoption by Ray
Harris.
Richard Dix is cast in the role of
the son Of a man who has been at
tending university since 1889, be.
cause he promised his wife that he
would stay at Cotton college until
their eleven beat the crack State
squad.
Twenty-seven years have passed
by. His wife is dead, his son is now
the Cotton quarter back. and he is
still studying. Needless to say, Dix