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The St. Paul echo., 1926-09-11
September 8, 1926.

September 8, 1926.
Editor, The st. Paul Echo:
called to express my admiration
and respect for my Spanish war COM
rade, Charles Sumner Smith. He
wrote me a cordial letter from the
hospital just few days before he
died. ....-.
missed your paper so that I saw
no announcement of Editor Smiths
death. Let me say this-The Amer
lean people are sustaining a great
loss in the death of Charles Sumner
Smith; we do not see his like every
day. Let us learn from his life pa
triotism, tolerance and loyalty to our
friends, for he was loyal to his
friends.
o. T. LUNDEEN,
Former Congressman From
Minneapolis.
The St. Paul echo., 1926-09-11
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episodes Revolution for American ndepen
will amazed vivid fashion the great fireworks spectacle
Boston the making the first
stirring early American
scenic background than 400
battle Yorktown depict
surrender of TO Washington.
The St. Paul echo., 1926-09-11

An alligator weighing 1000
pounds consumes 40 pounds of meat
daily.
The St. Paul echo., 1926-09-11
WORLDS TWO GREATEST TIIRnLERs COMING

The two biggest thrls in the world Of establishment in 1925 win be
Exposition
Gladys
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Climbing up is a difficult task /;
climbing down is an easy job.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-08-21
THIRD PRIZE WINNER.
WORKERS Get
W ORSE END OF
BRIGGS SPEED-UP
Increase Production and
Get Laid OFF
BY a Worker correspondsnt.

DETROIT. Mich. Aug. 10. - The
speed-up in the Briggs plant here has
reached an intolerable rate. The plant
that made the Essex cars moved from
the Harper plant to the Mildrum plant.
Many men working in the assembly
line were transferred. seventy-three
cars an hour was considered sufficient.
But since the company changed men
so frequently, production dropped
about about rs cars for two hours.
To make up for lost time they made
the men speed up on the line and
turned out SO cars an hour for two
hours. The men were forced to work
so hard that after this strenuous work
many were too tired to stand In the
line. Two hours before quitting time
the boss told them that the days
work had been completed and they
could go home. They were not paid
for these two hours.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-08-21
Unorganized Freight
Handlers Stand Firm
for a Wage Increase
81 a Worker CORRESPONDENT.

NEW YORK, Aug. 19.-Half a mil
lion dollars worth of fruit for New
York City consumption remained un-
moved on Erie Railroad piers while
freight handlers struck
for an increase in wages.
About 600 men stopped work in sup
port of their demand for rs cents an
hour, time and a half for overtime
and Sundays, and no work fractions of
hours without pay. The union rate is
So cents an hour. The non-union men
had been getting so and 50 cents an
hour, straight time for overtime and
Sundays.
Strikers Parade, scabs Quiet.
Officials of the New York Marine
Co., which employed the strikers, inn
mediately Communicated taxicabs and
rounded up proposed strikebreakers
in the Bowery district Many OF the
strikebreakers quit when they learned
what was expected of them.
Strikers paraded up and down the
waterfront, led by Thomas Riley,
Michael Drenyo and few other ac-
tive workers. w. ]. Hayes, superin-
tendent of piers, tried to get the strik-
ers to go on working while the wage
matter was taken up by the company
but the strikers answered that their
demands had been put of too often
before.
The Brotherhood Of Railway and
Steamship Clerks, Freight Handlers
and Station Employees has jurisdiction
over the men. This union was ousted
by the American Federation of Labor
at the beginning of December, 1926
when the A. F. of L. sustained the
teamsters' side of a jurisdictional
fight.
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The business agent of the union
pleaded that the workers in that shop
speed-up and increase their production
and warned those who might object to
speeding-up that if they failed to
measure up to the standard of produc-
ton that would be set by him for the
shop they would be brot before the
local executive board.
AS rule in test cases that are
made before the executive board, the
business agent stands in back of the
workers and watches every move. If
the worker measures up to the stand
ard of production that the business
agent and the boss have agreed upon
then the worker stays on. II the
worker fails he loses his job, is kept
out of work for some time and never
allowed to return to the shop in which
the test case was staged. The test is
carried on for a week, some time long
er. After the worker has lost his job
in test case and goes to another
shop he is closely watched in the new
shop to see whether he maintains the
standard of production.
The shop chairmen are supposed to
represent the workers and the union
in the shop. They seldom fulfill their
duty to the membership of the union.
More often the shop chairmen are
found working for the interests of the
boss. They are forever on guard that
the standard of production is main
tanned. To maintain the standard of
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-08-21
Carpenter Shows How Jensen Held His lob

they were there. Brother answered on
phone.
Bedrova told the committee that
when he called at the home address
given by the man who called for the
ballots he found police station there.
Campaign on Whisky.
President Novak of Local 1886 was
questioned:
Odd Jensen come to your house
four years ago and offer you whisky
and want your support because he
thought you were big man In your
local?
A.-Jensen came in our local about
four years ago and offered US whisky.
He was never In my house. | was
sore at him at that time, and COM
planned to all the members he is try
ing to make campaign on whisky.
Q.-What did you do in reference to
recover the ballots that we're stolen?
Al told Bedrova to go to the dis
trict council, but this fool did not go.
O. Ito Bedrova)-Were you told to
go to district council before you went
to work?
A.-No.
O. Ito Noval)-Were you In corner
with Jensen in saloon on 67th and
Elizabeth street talking with him p?
And Immediately afterwards you went
to the bar placed $40 bill upon it and
said: Lets have a drink on the boy
from Cicero?"
Ayes, but II was my money I was
spending, because ! had $40 with me
when went over to Local 1922.
Would Elect Bobzln.
Q-Would result of votes In your
local change election?
Ayes, I understand Jensen Is
ahead by 1909 votes. Our local gave
5obzln 351 votes and only gave Jensen
1866.
@. Committee before President Jen-
sen)-Were you at saloon on 67th and
Elizabeth street Wednesday night, pre-
vious to election, and came from Local
1922 meeting.
A--Not that remember. don't
remember OF saying ten words TO the
man in my life.
Q-Didn't Novak say to you in the
presence OF the members at that place
that he would deliver the votes OF
Local 1856 to the present administra-
ton?
A.--No.
Odd you give out bottle Of
whisky to telIers and officers Of 1876
at their eleotlon7
Ayes. gave them some.
Q.-pid you take Novsk home from
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saloon the night after 1922 meeting?
Ayes, took him to Cicero, be-
cause was going north. Brought him
right home.
Q. Ito Jack Conelly)-Did you ever
make this statement, or was It ever
heard by you, in the hour of IL and l,
in the carpenters district council?
Jensen made the statement that he
had 1922 lined up and that he was out
with Novak and that he (Novak) was
his friend?
Ayes, heard Jensen make that
statement.
Struggle Against Jensen.
The struggle of the progressive ele-
ments in the carpenters union locally
dates back about five years. At times
they have acted individually, then
united under the title of the Pro-
gressive Caucus. The reactionary Of
ficialdom under the leadership Of
Harry Jensen and Charles Sand have
always stood in the way of progressive
policies. Efforts to frame new by
laws for the council have been frus-
trated by Jensen and Sand.
Last spring the progressives and the
general opposition to the present ad-
ministration organized for the purpose
of defeating the Jensen administration
rather than sponsoring progressive
policies. The experience Of the pre-
vious year proved that two opposition
tickets would kill the chances of both.
The new anti-Jensen caucus and the
old progressive caucus Joined forces
and hammered out a joint program,
the progressives agreeing to eliminate
their planks for amalgamation and
for labor party in the interests of a
united campaign.
Progressives Suspicious.
They agreed on a forty-hour fve.day
week, closed shop and no renewal Of
the present agreement. The progress
i've caucus was suspicious OF the sin
certify of some Of their allies and their
suspicious were justified. When some
Of those members failed TO get nomi-
mated by the unified caucus they sud
denly lost all interest in getting rid
Of Jensen as president OF the council.
The campaign then went ahead under
the name OF the United Progressive
Caucus.
Over $1,000 was collected for cam
paign purposes and 100000 pieces OF
literature distributed among the
10000 members of the union.
Lacked Volunteers.
When election day came around the
progressives lacked volunteers to
watch the polling places. due 70 the
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-08-21

production means to maintain the
speed-up system.
The present business agent put in
the same scheme at Kuppenheimer's
The examiners were told to increase
their production and they would re-
ceive a wage increase. Before the in
crease in wages was made the work
ers had to increase their production
for several weeks by per cent.
The examiners turned out "a pieces
OF cloth a day. Each piece of cloth
examined was fifty yards. This made
a total of 100 yards day. Now the
examiners must turn out AZ pieces of
80 yards long-making total of 21OO
yards. Previously the workers in this
department received about S34 a week
now they receive from $3S to $40 a
week. They must examine 28S yards
of cloth for every dollar they earn.
Before they examined but 234 yards
for every dollar. Nine workers were
employed previously, today there are
but six. These six are not able to
get in full weeks at all times. There
are many weeks in the years when
they work but three or four days.
The plan that he now brings forth
to increase wages for the Hart, Schaff-
ner and Marx spongers will have the
same effect on those employed there
that it had on the examiners at Kup-
Denheimer's shon
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Continued from page II

(Contlnued from page IL
authorized to take the ballots to the
office of the district council. The Sec
rotary states that he called up the
district Office on the following morn
ing and talked to a person he believed
to be Charles Sand, secretary-treas-
urer of the council.
The person at the other end OF the
phone said the ballots reached the Of
fee. This was denied afterwards and
the secretary of the local got confused
about who was talking to him.
Had the votes cast in the Local 1886
election been counted by the tabulat-
ing committee, Fred Bobzin would
have been elected. The count would
be: Harry Jensen, 1881 votes; Fred
Bobzin, 9,027 votes, giving the latter
a majority of SO votes.
Refused an Appeal.
Harry Jensen, president of the coun-
Gil, refused to entertain an appeal
from the tabulating committees count.
The findings of the investigating COM
mittee elected by the council to probe
alleged irregularity submitted a re-
port that in their opinion the ballots
of Local Union 1885 failed to reach
the council because Of Irregularities
and corrupt practices.
Secretary Was Suspicious.
When Joseph Badrova, secretary of
1ocal 1856, was questioned by the in
!. -estigating committee elected by the
/ district council to probe the loss of
that locals ballots he admitted that
somebody who stood to gain by the
stolen ballots was probably respon-
sible for the theft.
Here are some of the questions and
answers:
Q.-what, to your opinion, would
be the motive OF stealing your local
union ballots, and who. to your opin-
ion. is back Of It?
A.-Somebody who got something
TO do with the election-somebody at
the top.
"Jensen or Something"
y Q.-What do you mean by "some-
Pbody at the top?
\ A.--Jensen or something.
Telling how he gave away the locals
ballots, Bedrova testified that he was
rnonkeying on couch in basement"
hghen his son informed him that a
ltranger wished to speak to him. The
testimony continues: e'1f
a Q--What did the man want7
\A.--Man said "Is this Bedrova, re-
ing secretary of Local 1887" ]
Yes"
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-08-21
SECOND PRIZE WINNER.
TYPISTS Get
Low WAGES AT
jim BARRY'S
Girls Must Work in IN
sanitary Room
sy . Worker CORRESPONDENT.


PHILADELPHIA, Aug. 19.--After
getting a test as to speed and accu-
racy on the typewriter l was given
work at Jim Barry's. l asked for the
measly sum of SIS a week, but was
told that they only pay S12. Being
very much in need of job, for had
been out of work for quite a long
time, accepted the job.
Twenty-Five girls work in a small
room. There are two windows in the
room, which are very seldom opened.
They are opposite the entrance door,
thru which people go in and out
nearly every minute of the day, and if
window is open it causes a draft.
There is practically no air coming into
the room. The room is dirty and
dusty.
Some of the girls go out for lunch,
but most of them bring it from home.
They sit in that filthy place and COB
BILE down their couple of dry sand
wiches as quickly as they are able,
for they want to hurry down and take
walk in the fresh air before they
set to work again. l heard one girl
say: Gee, wish was getting more
money and could afford to eat my
lunch out, instead of having to lug 1t
with me every morning"
1t is no cinch working in a place
like that. You have to keep the type
writer running every minute Of the
day, and you are not even allowed to
speak to the girl beside you
Even tho the girls are supposed to
get the miserable wage of S12, when
pay day comes around very few re-
ceive that amount. They are locked
a cent for every minute they are late,
regardless of the fact that they must
work more than two minutes to earn
that cent. ~
When girl is fired she is only
made aware Of that fact when she
receives her pay Saturday at quitting
time. She finds yellow slip in her
envelope, Your services are no longer
required"
Therefore" one Of the girls said to
me. when leave won't give them
any notice either"
Now, if we were organized we
wouldn't have to put up with such
outrageous conditions. We could
bring forth our demands for better
wages, shorter hours and sanitary con-
ditions and win them.
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Q.-What did the man say?
Asked for Credentials.

Asked for Crede initials.
Al talk with him for half an hour.
thought something was crooked !
asked him for credentials and his
union book.
Odd he show either?
Add not show any. Man said,
do you take me for crook?
Q-What did you say?
Al did not want to give it to him.
Q.-How is It that you gave II to
him?
Ale gave me correct address of
president of our local union.
Q-Then you gave him everything,
ballots, official poll lists, talley sheets
and official returns?
Ayes.
Odd he show you note Of any
kind?
A.-No.
Q.-Are you in favor Of corruption
in your local?
Alto, that's why make a mis-
take this time. fies
Q.-Then why did you give away
your election matter, DISTINGUISHING
your local votes, and that Of 10000
carpenters of this district?
Ballots No Good!
A.-WeiI, Mccormack said, "Don't
be afraid, ballots are not worth any.
thing and ! can't get anything for
them" tirr
Q.-What did you do then?
A.-The man said he Is from the
tabulatng committee from district
council and they want to start to count
the ballots Monday morning. He gave
President Novak's address--he said
Novak sent him here.
Q.-What did You do then?
Al gave him the ballots and he
gave me receipt, and his address,
5317 West Chicago avenue. became
suspicious and went after the man. He
walked south.
Had Bottle Of Booze.
Q.--Durlng election did you get any
drink Of whisky?
A.-Jensen give TO Novak a bottle.
Give to US behind the table.
Q.-When you called up district
council in reference to your local bal
lots what was said?
A.--Radcliffe said ballots were there,
and nothing the matter with them. |
went to Novak on Monday after cleo
ton to find out II he sent Mccormack
TO my house Noyalv said no. went
with Novak to district council on Fri.
day, June 10. asked Sand what hap
pened TO our ballots. were sure
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WORKER CORRESPONDENTS GET
PRIZES FOR WEEKS BEST STORIES

First prize "oH Imperialism Chicago
that
Amasamaed Clothing
tlon the workers story entitled
"unon Business Agent Seeks speedUp Hart
sehaffner Marx"
Second prize "Fyng osp" goes Pha
depha
Her shows that workers doing
but those story
"Typists Get Low Wages In Jim Barrys"
Third prize, Awakening of China"
the Detroit automobile the article entitled
Briggs
necessary
car nas been assembled lay them
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DETECTION of the fake militants and
their friends, who deserted when they
discovered they were not wanted as
candidates. Had they stood true to
their agreement not only would Jensen
be defeated but the majority of his
reactionary machine would be run out
Of office. The carpenters will remem-
Der their conduct.
Violations of the election laws were
observed in many locals, but instead
Of ordering a recount the tabulating
committee called in the Yiolators,
questioned them and then dropped
the matter. All the sworn affidavits
were ignored, which is clear viola
ton of the union law.
Bylaws Violated.
Section 16, paragraph 2, Of the dis
trict council bylaws reads: 1.-THE tab
ulating committee shall recount all
voted ballots where a protest is made
of violating the election laws of the
united brotherhood only upon a sworn
affidavit setting forth the violation"
But what is the law between friends,
particularly when the friends are
takers?
Next year the progressives must de-
vote more attention to organization
and see that delegates get elected to
the district council who will insure
that a proper count of the vote is
made, and that the votes are sent in
in time. AS long as Jensen or any
other reactionary administration con-
trolls the council delegates they will
see to 1t that an honest tabulation is
not made.
Must BE Organized.
The progressives must organize In
order to make sure that irregularities
will not occur in the future as in the
past. Secretary Bedrova of Local
1856 testified that he gave the ballots
to man calling Mccormack, tho he
never saw him before, and did not
know who he was. The stranger had
no credentials. Yet he was given the
ballots because he could tell the sec
rotary the address OF President No.
vakI This man Novak is a boon com
panion OF Jensen's, according to the
latters testimony before the investi-
eating committee.
Because OF their lack OF organiza.
ton the progressives elected only
Frank Larson Of Local ls1 as warden.
The appeal 10 General President
Hutchinson against the whole illegal
procedure Is expected TO result in a
decision for the Jensen machine that
keeps this big district safe for Hutch.
esoR at International conventions.
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Bunny speculaions upon the problem capital and labor
not destined remain academic Spending his Christmas
holidays Paradise he found Paul looking serious
asking what would be Dads attitude towards the matter of
in this field There organizer carpenters
here and Paul had talked with him. and decided that
duty to join Some Of the men had joined secretly but Paul
wouldn't have his Ross
Bunny answered that his father didn't think much of unions
certainly wouldn't object to Paul joining Paul thought
right anyhow they'd talk So that evening
session. which wasn't quite the class high school
Dad believed in organization he always said that hts
formula would apply woringmenat theory But
practice Dad had observed that labor
officials live off the work of the real workers. these
looked out for themselves and not for labor They naturally had
make for their existence apt
stir the workers to discomfort which otherwise the workers
wouldn't feel.
of fact it just work the wayhe would
be disconnected and officials would be trying
uray wanted the workers to fall into line Didn't
reasonable account for disputes industry by fundamental
fact that selling labor and the other
it? Nobody surprised that a who was buying
forse didn't value it so high as the
You could Dad didn't like that because was view that
made his business difficult He said that what troubled
him about unions they deprived his personal
erty he longer free American citizen s part
of machine by politicians, often by grafters
had made this country great individual enterprise
ought to protect that And Paul said but the employers
set the bad example, they had joined
poyers Federation which ruled the industry strictly
had been told that in his early days Mr. Ross had paid his
dollar day than regular scale the
but when he had into the Prospect Hill field had to
join the Federation and wasn't allowed pay than
regular scale.
That FASTENED to explain he
reduced anybodys wages his business had SO fast
he had put his into higher classfcatons when he
engaged old Jobs they had got the regular price
But when Paul pinned him down Dad admitted really was
union he belonged and he had sacrificed his liberty
to that extent clear enough there had order
among the employers to keep them from cutting
hroats and Dad fair enough admit maybe he were
a laborer, he'd see the same necessity.
CTe be couinusd)
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VIGIL Radio Program

Chicago Federation Of Labor radio
broadcasting station VIGIL is on the
air with regular programs. It is
broadcasting on a 491.5 wave length
from the Municipal Pier.
ToAIoHT.
500 to 7;oo-cheaao Federation of la
Dor talks and bulletins; Instrumental
solos.
700 to 7:so-The FIorentine String Trio,
dinner music.
1880 to 5;3o-Little Joe Warner, char
acter songs Velia Cook, contralto.
$3.50 to 1o;oo-WcFL Ensembles; Al
Scotts Trio; Cook Sisters, harmony.
WRITE AS you FIGHT
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Five Negroes Die
In Ark. Hurricane

WILSON, Ark, Aug. 19.-Five Ne
groes are dead and twenty persons
injured here today as a result of a
tornado that swept a section north
west of here last night. Property
damage is estimated at $4,000 to
$4,000 most of which was confined
to farmhouses and crops.
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FIRST PRIZE WINNER
UNION BUSINESS AGENT SEEKS
TO PUT OVER SPEED-UP SYSTEM
IN HART, SCHAFFNER AND MARX
BY Worker Correspondent.

Hart Schaner Marx Franklin Monroe
their sponng department
FOR all Agent Maurice MacEegett
at meeting Clothing Workers Of America
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"Say it with your pen in the worker
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