The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-03-04
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Company Tools InAame
National Antagonisrns
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WARREN O., March 2-Racial dis
elimination, against foreign-born
workers is practiced to a great ex-
tent in the steel mills around here.
The cases of two workers come to
my mind which I wish to call to the
attention Of the readers Of The
DAILY WORKER. The first case is
the case of "a Greek worker in the
Mcdonald mill of the United States
Steel corporation. This worker has
been in the mill for a few years and
is capable of working at any of the
ordinary jobs about the plant, but is
not permitted to advance beyond the
job of inspector, because he is for
eign-born Greek.
His case lis only one of the many
typical cases where the fact that a
man is of foreign birth bars him from
participation3in the higher paid jobs
about the plant, and who are thus con-
fined to the lower paid jobs, where
they must stay or quit, and go to
ence will be the same as at this plant.
The policy Of the bosses and the fore
men in general is the same turnout
the plant. In many instances the
men in the plant make the life of the
foreign-born workers miserable try
ing to ape the bosses in their actions.
This workers case stands out in
my mind because he is of more than
ordinary intelligence. THAT damned
Greek" was one of the common ex-
pressions have heard applied to him
time after time. even by those whom
he was superior to in his work and
in his intelligent treatment of his
buddies in the plant. He not only
read the Greek radical paper but he
also had gone to night school and
knew much more about the English
language than many of the men about
him, who n1aliciously prosecuted him.
Time after time have seen this re-
peated in other cases of a like kind.
The second case is much similar,
except that it is a case of a colored
worker who, like the Greek, was cap
able of holding a much better Job
than the one. he held in the mill in
which he worked. His occupation was
a common laborer in the cold rolled
department Of the mill, but he was
capable of holding a shearman's job
which paid much better wages but
because he was colored he was not
allowed to work as shearman. He
was marked, bounded and denied his
rights because he had had the mis-.
fortune Of being born black.
AS property in mills, mines and
factories is now held by those who
profit from the labor of the wage
slaves, they see that the fiction of
color brings grist to their pockets,
and by keeping race hatred and color
bigotry alive among the workers, who
have not the sense to see that they
are preyed upon by these parasites
who are interested in keeping them
divided thru religion, the color line
or some other hocus pocus.
This colored worker was a splendid
fellow He saw in race hatred the
reason why the workers did not get
together as they should in a battle
against the exploiters. He would
often say to me when we were con
versing about ten race question that
he was glad the Communist move.
ment was growing stronger for, he
declared he could see that this was
one Of the Big movements which was
destined to wipe out race prejudice
and usher in the day when there
would not be any recognition OF a
color line The wiping out of race
hatred and national bigotry lay in
some movement which would wipe
out the ownership of the few in the
means Of life was plainly seen by this
member Of the colored race, who
while he deplbred the fact of his be-
ing barred from work he was capable
Of doing, yet sheld no hatred in his
heart against those who showed by
their ignorance of the question that
they did this as the blind tools Of
those who profit by their stupidity
and lack of proper political and eco
nomic education.