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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-03-13
THIRD WINNER
Revolutionary Activity in the Trade Unions

way out. Therefore an energetic cam
paign must be waged to strengthen
the unions.
We find that in addition to the great
number of our fighting comrades in
the unions there still exist among us
the following elements:
/. The kicker who lets others do
the fighting while he very literally
contributes to the kicking.
2. The pessimist claiming it is i'm
possible to accomplish anything with
the working stiffs."
8. The ineligible, that on the mere
ground of being kept out of the unions
refuses to do anything to further the
cause of unionism.
A strong effort must be made to
have all members active in the union
Unorganized workers, it is your duty
to join and be active in the unions II
this country and make them real mill
tant organs of the class struggle.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-03-13

the mill announced that we would be
paid time and a half for overtime
and double time for Sunday work.
But we worked overtime and Sunday
and never got the extra pay. II is
now seven years after the war and we
have not seen a cent Of that money
Our shop committees. who were sup
posed TO fight for this, never got us
a cent and we don't even know II they
ever mentioned 1t in their secret meet
ings. The only group Of workers who
got their back pay was the electrical
department. They didn't wait for any
shop committees TO ask for It. They
tied up the plant for several days and
the bosses had to give II TO them.
We have waited for seven years and
we haven't got it yet. The shop com
mittees haven't won for us any de-
mand for the eight years that they
are functioning. This proves that the
committees are not representing oui
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-03-13
THIRD PRIZE WINNER.

handful of scattered and separated
radicals. Therefore the progressives
must form a force to meet the big
problems in an organized way.
The unions offer the most fertile
field for developing the class-con-
seriousness of the workers because
they take part in the everyday strug-
giles of the workers. BY gaining the
confidence of the organized workers
we can point to them the real role
of the exploiting bosses with their
press, politicians, preachers, police
men, militiamen, judges and fake la
Dor leaders.
Workers Must Keep Up the Fight.
The workers must soon realize that
the entire brutal system of capitalism
is responsible for all of their suffer
ings. The unity Of the workers means
the death blow to the labor bureau
cracy and the establishment Of reyo'
lutionary leadership to show them the
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-03-13
BY JOSEPH r. BOOTH,
Worker Correspondent.

All class conscious workers must
recognize the absolute necessity OF
STAYING within the unions in spite OF
their backwardness. This necessity
has fully been demonstrated by the
hostile attitude on the part of the re-
dictionary labro oficialdom to expel
progressive elements.
Bureaucracy Fights Progress.
The labor bureaucracy want no
fighting opposition within that throws
light on their betrayals of the workers
thru class-collaboration, labor separa-
ton and by their opposition to anal,
gamation, world trade union unity and
other important progressive measures
The policy of leaving the unions
was due to the fact that the perform
ing of this big task was left just to
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-03-13
HUBIC DRIVERS
TO FIGHT WAY
BACK TO union
Thank Daily Worker for
Its Cooperation
BY a Worker Correspondent

CINCINNATI, March II. = The
drivers OF the Hubig Pie Company
wish to express their thanks to the
DAILY WORKER for aiding them in
their struggle to unionize the places
and receive justice from their BUSH
ness agent.
At the last meeting Of the Drivers
Union the agent came to the meeting
with copy Of the DAILY WORKER
in his hand. When the membership
demanded an explanation he said that
the drivers Of the Hubig Company
would not pay any more dues unless
the union called them out on strike
and paid them $50 week strike ben
efits.
This was a deliberate falsehood, but
as there was no one present who
knew the real situation he tempo
rarily got away with it. But the driV-
ers are determined to fight this case
to a finish and will carry the matter
higher.
They will fight their way back into
the union and force the company TO
grant them union conditions and
wages in spite of the business agent
Jacob Hesselbrock.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-03-13

BETHLEHEM. Pa, March IL.
The Bethlehem Steel Mills, located az
Bethlehem, Pa, now employ lz,oVo
workers, the great majority OF them
Americans, Hungarians and SlovaKs.
There are also small number OF
Italians and Mexlcans.
Wages.
The majority OF the workers work
an eight.hour shift with no time on
for dinner. The laborers work ~
hours day and get only 81 cents an
hour. None OF them make over sso q
week. Experienced carpenters get ~
cents an hour and make about wa a
week The other workers are on
niece work and the best machine hand
averages between $50 and $50 a week
There is no union in the industry
and the workers must accept what the
boss offers.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-03-13
DITCH DloeERs REVERE.
ev a Worker Correspondent

The alarm clock rings at a. m.
Then / work ten hours or more
nweat until my shirt is Wet
And earn three dollars or four.
Saturday comes, ! draw my pay
NV wife pays some OF our plls.
Ne see the dough, for an hour. or SO,
Then we're clean, as the wInd-s"ePt
hills. N4
Now, there's guys that's got Tot OF
Jack,
And fellows with plenty Of coin,
There's men that's got mazuma eaiore'
And birds with money to burn.
There's snobs that wade in currency
And dudes with dough that need sense
more. s.4tf -
But / can't Get hold Of the tinklno tin
Tho / work while the rest OF them snope'
This world may be fine old place
And / surely hate to complain
But is thls--as they say---Just rainy DAY
or a iIfe-long lasting rainE ISL
To hell with their Coolidge prosperity
it's moonshine without kick.
/ believe it's right, what they called m'
last night, Nf
! am a Bolshevik. ft4
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-03-13

months for the firm can vote during
the elections.
Control Of Shop Committees.
The workers In the shop have no
way OF controlling instructing or adj
vising their committee. Shop meet
ings are never called. Shop commit
tees never report and never issue bull
letins. shop committees are bound IN
secrecy Even the meetings OF the
shop committees with the representa-:
tives Of the firm are held secretly In
some office OF the Arm. When a
worker asks committeeman what
was considered at the shop committee
meeting he invariably gets the an.
swer: Its none OF your business.
Get to work.
shop Committees and Back Pay.
During the whole period in which
the United States participated In the
World War we worked 10 hours a day
instead OF s. Big placards all ovel
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-03-13
The Barber Worker
BY M. PERLlN.
(Wodker Correspondent

To learn the barber trade, it takes
at least from three to five years, and
after the barber passes his examina-
ton, gets his barber license, joins the
union and gets job, he must not fail
to please his boss.
Every customer is boss because
if he does not please every customer
he will soon get fired. The result is
that the barber whom many consider
progressive, is really more backward
than many other workers.
The BARRIERS wage is low, thirty
dollars week being the union scale.
His working hours are very long.
This is the routine of union bar
Der shop: From 5 a. m. to z p. m.
during week days; from 5 a. m. to 8
D. M. on saturdays and before holt
days.
The customers who come in before
closing time must be attended TO-
Many times a barber is forced to
work an hour or two overtime with
out getting paid for it.
Because of these long hours the
BARRIERS have no social life. A proof
Of this is the fact that when local un
ion 54S of which l am member, anC
which has membership of over 5000
meets, you cannot find more than a
or rs members including the officials
For this reason the leaders Of the un
ion can do as they please.
At the end Of 1925 the BARRIERS ur
ion expelled all progressive mem
bers. They took them off their job
and now they are forced to work /
omen shops, and no one mention
their names at the meetings.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-03-13

committee refers the nominees to the
boss for approval. II there Is any
objection to any worker he is simply
not placed on the ballot. The work
ers are then given an opportunity TO
vote by secret ballot for any man
that the boss has chosen for them.
In almost every instance the commit
tee consists of foremen, leaders and
such. The ballots are counted by the
old committee. With these restric-
tions It Is practically impossible to
elect real representative of the
workers. In order to be eligible one
must answer to the following quail
flcations:
/. Must be a citizen.
2. Must have worked in the mill for
one year.
g. Must be not less than 81 years OF
age.
4. Must be a loyal worker for the firm
only those who worked for two
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-03-13
SEND IN A SUB!
Applicants Sting
Shoe Scab Herder
BY a Worker Correspondent.

PHILADELPHIA, March II r Mr..
Bains, very windy gentleman con-
nected with the J. Miller and company
shoe store at 1885 Chestnut St., is hir-
ing scabs to take the place Of strik-
ing wood heel makers at the Miller
manufacturing plant in Long Island
City. New York.
The advertisement in the local pa
pers state that there are no labor
troubles on. Mr.. Bains, on being ques-
toned, however, admitted that there
was "some trouble" He explained:
1--WE had some radicals in the place
but they were discharged and cannot
get their jobs back"
To the ten men who had answered
the ad, he handed out 1928 each, with
the injunction to Get the first train
over to New York" They took his
money but went instead to a nearby
lunchroom where they all enjoyed the
finest breakfast they had ever known.
That is as far as they get. Miller's
plant in Long Island City never saw
them.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-03-13
IOCents
Observation-Disclosures
FIRST PRIZE WINNER.
The Story of the Bethlehem, Pa, Steel Mills
BY a Worker Correspondent

by worker correspondent
his fellow workers had contributed
for him.
Another instance. A foreign.born
worker had his leg crushed by crane
trolley. The usual collection was
taken and again sent to the City Char
ity Fund. Again the same or a similar
woman. But this time came the great
discovery that this worker owned an
old and dilapidated Ford. The charity
woman advised that II he sold the
automobile his wife and eight chill
dren might have something to eat.
Not one cent OF the money collected
reached this worker
As long as the steel industry re-
mains unorganized will this condition
prevail Only by establishing an or
ganlzation win we get real shop com
mittees to fight for our demands, to
win us our back pay, human treat
ment, higher wages and better work
ing conditions. - -
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-03-13
Unemployed Workers
Have Hard Time at
State Job Agency
az a Worker cOrrespOndent

l have been one of the hundreds
who have gathered at the State EN-
ployment Bureau, Jefferson and Mon
roe, every morning seeking some kind
of a job. Conditions were such that
the men looking for work gather in
front Of the door at $50 in the morn
ing and wait until s o'clock, when
the office opens.
If you don't get there early chances
are against you Of getting some kind
of a job, because the moment they
open up there is a grand rush for the
entrance to get lined up inside in
front of a little desk where they dish
out the jobs.
There are two small desks in diff
ferent parts of the spacious room
There is room for about five to eight
men in front of each desk, and if you
are not among the first few you are
out of luck.
They have a card system they use
Every time you get job they stamI
the back of your card. You are en-
titled to only one job a week. j
the Job only lasts four hours of on'
day, as most of them do, that is you
quota for the week.
The men handing out the jobs as
sumo defiant and hostile name
and do all they can to make life dis
agreeable for the unemployed worker
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-03-13
DON'T LEAVE 0 UT YOU /
NAME AND ADDRESS When
SENDING IN YOUR ARTICLE

Due to the volume Of Worker cor
respondence that comes to our oftice
every day and the necessity often to
ask for more detailed information
and send suggestions and instrue-
tions, we make the following request
from our Worker Correspondents:
At the top of each page of your
manuscript, in the right hand cor
ner, write in plain hand, if you do
not use typewriter, your name, ad-
dress and date. At the end of your
manuscript add note stating
whether you wish your name to be
used and any other instructions re-
earding the signing of your article.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-03-13

they toll long hours. JOnn was
senior in high school, had only about
hree months to go in order to re-
ceive his diploma. To be able to go
to high school, he worked nights at
a Y. M. c. A., for his parents could
not afford to keep him at school
otherwise. His working hours were
usually from p. m. to IL p. m. every
day. Homework for school robbed
him of sleep; he never got to bed
until early in the morning. Very Oft
en-. after a hard evenings work and
homework late at night, he found 1t
physically impossible to get up in
time for school and he was late.
Sometimes, he was too exhausted to
even attend. So this workers son,
this worker, became truant in the
eyes Of the educational authorities
The school system could not under
stand this working class situation.
The father was summoned &c
school. But he could not afford tc
stay away from work in order to Wis
It the school. Something had to bt
done. The boy, in an innocent way
to get rid of this truant trouble caus
ed by his situation, signed a doctor
name to slip of excuse for absence
He was found out John was e1
PEELED. To American capitalism, Z
the American school system, JON
was not a boy struggling for an edit
cation amidst many difficulties, an
hardships, but he was only a forgel
a cheat, thief. Expulsion was nc
enough.
The school authorities immediatel
notified the Y. M. G. A. where tn
boy was working, that John was
forger. He was fired-branded Il
! life as a "forger."
l John does not think there is equ'
: opportunity for education and deve
Q opment for the. rich and the poo
: He wonders where is this much lau
I ed american freedom and opportu
ity."
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-03-13
Why | am Striking.
BY MARY BROWN,
Youno Textile Striker.

l am a young striker Of the Passaic
Worsted Spinning company. The girls
and | walked out on strike because
our wages were so small and our con-
ditions so bad. Sometimes we were
even compelled to do the work of
the older girls for the same wage Of
$16.65 a week which we were receiv-
ing.
We would not stand for these con
ditions and wage cuts any longer when
we knew that the united front com
nittee was willing to help us, so we
walked out on strike. r
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-03-13
Philadelphia Labor
Faker Imprisoned for
Stealing Strike Funds
BY a Worker Correspondent

PHILADELPHIA, March thames
A. s. Bratton, prominent labor fakir
of this city, has been sentenced to the
state prison at eMoyamensing for steal
ing 1000 OF funds of the Painters
District Council No. 81 of this city.
Bratton offered the defense that he
had lost this amount in two weeks
of gambling.
The money had been collected from
the locals as assessments to establish
a strike fund for use this spring.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-03-13

THE next (sixth) issue of Prolet-
l. Tribune, the Russian living news
paper published by the worker cor
RESPONDENTS of Novy Mir, willtbe out
Saturday, March 20, at p. M, at the
workers House. 1902 w. Division St
The issue will be devoted to the Paris
Commune. Admission is rs cents.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-03-13
shop Democracy.

During the world war when there
was strong feeling for organization
and there were frequent walkouts
from the various departments, tho
firm established shop committees
which the workers were made to be-
lleve represent their interests. It is
important to say a few words about
the election OF these committees to
show that these committees are moth
Ing but tools in the hands OF the
Bethlehem Steel corporation.
shop Committee Elections.
Every year there is an election for
the shop committee. The rules for
nominations are very liberal. Any
worker may get himself placed on the
ballet provided the boss has no OBJ
iectioffs. All the nominations are
handed over to the old shop commit
tee, which conducts the election. The
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-03-13
Next Weeks Prizes

First Prze-An original DAILY WORKER cartoon by one OF the
noted American artists Robert Minor Fred Ellis or Lda
Gibson .
Second In American History oy a. W.
stons Nav edition lust issued by Publishers This
book gives economic Interpretation OF the origin ana CROWN
Of American nation. ia
Third Prize-incon and Slavery" by Herman senue
the only book on Lincoln revolutionary standpoint
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-03-13

Why a worker correspondent Why
not? Is there nothing Of interest hap.
penins around you? Write il up and
send II lnl
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-03-13

"The pen is mightier than the
sword" provided you know how to use
II. Come down and learn how in the
worker correspondents classes.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-03-13

Is the shop where you work union
shop? Do they follow up the union
rules? II not, why not? Write Il up
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is THERE EQUALITY OF EDUCATION
FOR THE WORKER UNDER CAPITALISM?
Rx .. eENJAMlN, Teaeher cOrresp0ndent.

One Of the American democracy is
universal and rich alike Judge o
and hypocrisy from the follow"
o a boy
John student of De Witt Clinton high school,
He is Of working parents exc out living aho
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The more you'll write the better
you'll like II.
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SECOND PRIZE WINNER.
TEXAS COTTON
WORKERS Toll
FOR Low WAGES
Organize and Demand
Better Conditions!
BY CHUNKY BILL.
(Worker correspondent)

HOUSTON, Texas, March lin
the vicinity of Houston, farm hands
receive S25 month producing the an
nual cotton crop.
The worker is hired thru the city
employment bureau. After being
thoroIy investigated by the mediators
between the plantation owners ana
the workers, the worker at once puts
a kink in his back and leaves ttnere
tIII the crop is picked.
He is automatically converted INTO
a "vag" the moment the crop is mar
vested and remains so till it Is the
pleasure of the boss to tell him that
he may work again which is next
planting time. The average wage 1or
cotton pickers is $1.5O a day.
The Cotton Gins.
The workers in the cotton gins ex-
tract the oil from the cotton seed and
convert the residue into cotton seed
cake and meal. The season is very
short and the mills work in two
shifts of twelve hours each. The
wage is 25 cents an hour both, for the
day and the night shift. The major
ity of the workers lose one hour go
ing to work and one hour coming from
work so that they really put in four
teen hours for $780, Five months is
the average season. The worker
works In a continual rush for $500
day; the remainder of the year ht
lives again on the halo" shed from
the flag of prosperity.
The Cotton Warehouse.
Big husky guys who have passed
the company's rigid examination ar
employed in the cotton warehouse
They juggle 500 pound bales OF cotto'
all day long.
While it is true that they get con
paratively large wage for their 10 t
Is hours of labor, (35 cents an hou
q and no overtime) there is reaso
for it. They know that to hold the
Jobs, they have to keep up with tn
company speeders. The season
short and they must save enuf durin
the five months to exist on LII -
next year. In the event of their fai
ing in this frail hope, they will hay
TO reform again and be saved" Il
the 'teenth time at the Star of HoI
missions.
Lonushoremen Are Organized.
Tho the employees at the warehou
work harder and handle more cott'
in one day that do the longshorem'
belonging to the international Lon
shoremen's Association, Local No. 3
vet the longshoreman gets $1,000
day and works eight hours or le
while those in the warehouse wo
10 hours for $3.50. The bosses "
give the workers nothing until :
A workers begin to organize and
mand more. Even then if we are I
careful they will try to make us sat
fed with minor concessions.
We must be militant. We must
xanize and demand better wages
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-03-13
Minneapolis Central
Labor Union Protests
Teachers Dismissals
Rv a Worker correN pOndent

MINNEAPOLIS, MINI, March IL
IIuon a resolution brought IN by the |
painters No. 1856 and the report OF the
educational committee, the Mlnneap-
oils Central Labor Union took stano
against the action of the Superintend-
ent of Schools Webster in refusing
renewal of contracts for seven teach
ers. The action of the School Board
affects teachers which have been &C
five in the local labor movement, Doth
in the trade unions and the Farmer
Labor political movement.
Organizer Weir, speaking on tne
proposition, declared: This is not
tho first time that the present school
hoard is discriminating and persecut
ins members of organized labor" he
than cited a case of school engineer
who was denoted because he was an
active and enthusiastic union man.
The present school board is pre-
dominantly reactionary and is thoroly
anfagonistic toward any progressive
idea or practice. They must nave
sensad that the two teachers in par
t;cnlar who were members OF the
teachers Federation would be an OBJ
struc;ion to some reactionary policy
that is to be put into effect, SO they
took steps to remove them.
Aside from passing the resolution
tho Central Labor Union Instructed
the executive board to follow up the
matter and be prepared for any new
developments.
Teachers Union Against Board.
Il was reported that the Teachers
!; Federation at one Of its best ATTENDED
+ meetings Of the year pledged its 1uii
3 est support to the dismissed teachers
e in obtaining a trial to present ther
!. case. which is required by the boar'
j. regulations. The board ignored IL
own regulations that no teacher cal
be dismissed by the board without
= fair trial., if she has worked in tn
Minneapolis school three years.
1'he butchers and general driver
e aies carrying on an active campalg
toabuild their organization.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-03-13
The WINNERS

The winner o first prize the original OF DAILY Wonnen
cartoon framed the Bethlehem Steel Mills ses
hem Pa. lis appears this page
The price, Capital Volume I goes 70 le~as
cotton worker Chunky article describing the lie OF the
cotton worker appears this page
The third prize Awakening" by James r. ooson goes
- chaao militant trade unonst outlined the struggle in
the trade against econay leadership His article appears
on page.