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worse in the canneries.
Here women and girls as well as
men are driven twelve, fourteen and
eighteen hours day under constantly
implied threats of dismissal. or Of be-
ing reduced to lower wage level if
they slacken in the least the killing
pace required Of them. State laws are
fouted and laws of humanity are I'M
heard Of. L.,
Women collapsing from nervous
strain and being dragged away, are
such commonplace sights as to. pass
unnoticed while practically every we.
man in the industry has had medical
advice against working in the Gamer
les. 81
Wages are lower and hours much
longer than in any other iindustry.
Jealousy and ill-feeling among the
workers is instigated by giving favors
and small increase in wages to those
who show a sufficient willingness to
spy upon the rest and to otherwise as
ist the bosses to Cypress their com.
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WIL|NSKY and CO.
G0RRIJPT LEATHER
WORKERS union
In Setting Prices Sell Out
to Bosses
nx a worksr corresponaent

NEW YORK, Jan. TN the pocket
book manufacturing plant of Meter
Bros. and company, New York, so to
20 operatives are ordinarily employed.
This firm is notorious for underpay-
ment Of its workers and maintenance
of poor conditions of work. In the
halcyon day of the open shop the or
iginal Meter, who has recently re-
tired, fought the union tooth and nail.
And he was always successful. He
would shift his factory to Brooklyn,
or he would put the very leaders of
the strike to work in the factory at
increased wages, thus breaking the
strike. Again he would put private
detectives at work beating up his
striking employees. The firm would
maintain an open shop with its SO a
week to girls and $12 to boys, allow
ing no attempts at unionization to be
come successful.
Several months ago the place be-
came unionized. This after the en-
ployes of the shop had been members
of the union for over a year. What is
the explanation?
Every month Ossip Wilinsky, head
of the Leather Workers Union, or
some other official of the union, would
come to ask the elder Meter if he
would allow him to unionize the place,
but the latter would always put him
of. l suppose the protector of the
workers rights got something for him.
self. Then, three months ago, Met
ter, tired of the game, recognized The
union.
In settling prices, according to a
story heard member Of the firm
tell friend of his, in the shop meet
ing, Wilinsky started to shout at Met
ter that he, Wilinsly, was there to
protect the workers rights and that
Meter would have to pay the work
ers the union scale. And then, walk
ing behind a partition, he told Meter
that he knew times were hard and
that he was willing to settle for the
lower price. He told Meter that all
the thunder was for the beneft of the
employees exclusively. s-s4
In the union, Wilinsky and his crew
rule the works, throwing out anyone
who attempts to dissent from their
high-handed practices. Several known
Communists have been thrown out OF
the union by Wilinsky and SO all op
position has been successfully stifiled
Wilinsky and company now rules
the totally reactionary Leather Work
ers' Union.
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airy business agent, O'COnner, the
progressiyes made determined fight
to have him replaced by man more
active and appropriate. However, far
be it from a faker to let a well paid
Die-card go without fight, so he set
his machine In motion, with the re-
suit that a most unscrupulous election
was staged by his standpatters, and
O'Conner won. aH
Altho defeated, the progressives did
not accept the results, and adopted a
procedure very harmful to o'connors'
treasury; they simply transferred
from his union to another one in this
city, thus depriving him Of the pay
ment Of their dues. o'Conner, in or
der to appear rich in jobs and thus
to prevent any more transfers Of men,
bers. got in touch with the Bulle-
tin and entered this interesting adj
vertising gem: Plenty work for
painters seen here" Work will be
plentiful for union painters and pa
perhangers in San Francisco during
the coming spring and early summer,
according to survey of the building
program made by T. j. O'Connor, sec
rotary OF Painters Union 1853. The
larger buildings include four schools.
four theaters, Ave large business
buildings and 900 new houses in the
Sunset district alone. The outlook
for busy season is better than II has
ever been at this time Of the year.
Our union is in the best condition of
it's history. We have taken in more
members during the last three months
than in the nine months preceding.
Comparatively few members Of the
local are idle now, the records show,
and there is capacity demand for
paperhangers."
or all the barefaced lies this one
beats them all. There are hundreds
of painters idle here and the union is
in the weakest position in all its his
tory both numerically and financially.
The Bulletin Of course is only too
willing to advertise California and to
food the city with nonunion men. The
Bulletin sold It's space in 1916 to Lord
Northcliffe. for British war propa-
ganda and IL owned by Dohrman and
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company, notorious members of the 10
cal chamber of commerce.
Editors Note: The motive be-
hind the transferring from o'con-
nor's local to another one is healthy.
But the tactic was wrong and the
results will not be what was ex-
peeted. The progressives in trans
ferring simply left o'connor in COM
plete control Of the local. The tenn
porary loss of per capita will soon
be made up. He will have the un-
questioned support Of the employ
ers at the same time his opposition
has been removed.
The progressives can fight o'con-
nor more effectively from within his
own local than from without. This
maneuver carries (unconsciously)
the germ Of the effectiveness" Of
the splitting tactics as a weapon
against the reactionaries. Withdraw
per capita from a local union can
very easily lead along the road to
Withholding per capita from the in
ternationsl.
We offer this criticism as food for
thot to our worker eorrespo ndent
and to the propressives in the
Painters Union mentioned In this
article.
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Pasadena to view this parade. It is
a day of recreation looked forward to
by all.
A Parade of Ambulanees.
The parade started at 1880 in the
morning About IL O'clock crash
was heard and down went one Of the
several grandstands burying the peo-
pie under the debris. Immediately the
streets were crowded with ambu-
lances Within several hours the hos
pitfalls were filed. Two died from the
shock Thus the tournament of roses
came to a tragic end.
On investigation. the writer learned
that the owner of the grandstand, a
certain Mr.. Mahoney, living at South
Pasadena, was the owner of several Of
those stands. The year previous the
PROFITS obtained by him from the col.
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lections on those grandstands en-
abled him to make trip around the
world He is the owner Of several
buildings and no doubt draws com
Portable income from the rents. But
what should prevent him from making
a yearly haul with rotten lumber dur
ing the yearly festival? 1t is alright
under capitalism.
Communists and I. W. WIS must rot
in the penitentiaries on frame-up
charges of being dangerous to life
and property" Anita Whitney is fac
ing a 14-year sentence for no other
reason than that Of having raised her
voice in protest against graft and in
justice. But capitalism goes on and
the making Of profits is given legal
protection.
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Worker Correspondents Meet.

The Chicago worker correspond
ents' class meets every Thursday
evening at o'clock in the editorial
room Of The DAILY WORKER,
1918 West Washington Blvd. The
class is conducted by the editor Of
The DAILY WORKER, J. Louis
EngdahI. If you don't think you
can write attend this class and
you'll soon disagree with yourself.
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ex A WORKER correspondent

THERE appeared in last weeks
l. issue of The DAILY WORKER an
article telling about the conditions of
the women workers in the millinery
shops in Chicago. eagerly watched
the reaction OF some of the millinery
workers to this article. Some of the
girls read it with enthusiasm and APP
probation. "It'syust like in our shop"
they said i'Everything is true"
Others still under the hypnotic in
fiuence of the Christmas gift present
ed to them by the boss, did not think
that the boss isfquite so unjust. Those
workers went Hs far as to say they
do not consider il necessary to or
ganize a unionI
The Holiday Spirit.
The giving OF Christmas presents
to workers by the bosses reminds me
Of an old Russian tradition: to kiss
ones slave In the name of Christ on
Easter eve,
A notoriously savage general In the
army used to come to the soldiers
barracks on Easter eve and kiss every
soldier on the lips saying piously:
Christ has risen" The soldier would
have to reply: Praise God, for Christ
the lord is reborn"
Next day II a soldier in meeting this
general didn't stop twenty feet in
front of him with the salute OF honor,
the general inflicted upon his last
nights brother lot OF misery.
Some Of the millinery workers re.
ceiving a present and few words OF
fattery from the boss forget the past
year OF underpay and long hours of
work. They forget that every year
there is the same ceremony OF pres.
ents and compliments but also the
same disappointment when the holi.
days are over.,iThey forget that after
ten and twelve hours of work during
the busy seasonc the boss piles home.
work on to the 'hand.workers.
have talkedp with millinery oper-
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DAILY WORKER ARTICLE FORCES
MESSENGERS To GUST MANAGER
By RUFUS P. HEATH, Worker c0rrespondent.

BY RUFUS p HEATH, Worker Correspondent
No
Grand Ave. article by
for being incompetent the
exposing Emercs mlsemen Of work
showing his Determinations
complaints from
the matter and on
the third Of January Emery lost his
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-01-09
THE SECOND PRIZE
LABOR FAKER ENLISTS AID OF
BOSSES3T FIGHT PROGRESSIVES
BY a Worker Correspondent.

SAN FRANCISCO Cals JAM may
amiss big headiner the s. Bulletin
that there plenty for
of Painters
Union enlisted the paper per-
Local Painters Union No 15S
officers Thinking reaction
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WORKERS ARE LAID OFF.
BY A Worker Correspondent

DETROIT, Mich, Jan. Briggs
Auto Body Making company. sweat
shop contractor for Ford laid off all
It's employees for 2 weeks for invent.
DRY. Every employe was paid off, and
made to check in tool checks and
badges for entry into the factory. A
good many will not be notified to re-
turn after the two weeks are up.
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NEW YORK, Jan. THE class in
worker correspondents conducted
by Joseph Freeman meets every
Monday evening, at o'clock
at the New York Workers School,
1903 East 14th street.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-01-09
SPIES PUT into
. BRICK and CLAY
WORKERS union
Whole Building Trades
Menaced by Move
BY A wopker Correspondent

NEW York; Jan. 7--Brick and
clay workers can be on guard against
activities of industrial spies in their
union. Proof aHat spies operated in
Connecticut claya products plants dur
ing the recent strike Of United Brick
and Clay Workers Union is contained
in a letter by Commissioner H. A..
Jung, National Clay Products Indus.
tries Association affiliated with that
representation of employers-Na-
tional Industrial Conference Board
bidding for spy business from North
River Brick company of Saugerties,
N. Y: .Ill
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ators who deny this. OF course the
operators cannot take their machines
home with them so that let's them
out of the additional slavery. But the
hand-workers know that this is a fact,
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not only during the season, but even
now, tho the season has not yet
started, it is evident.
Between seasons the manufacturers
design complicated new styles to send
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-01-09
The Boss Letter.
% 2 Sent. 26. 1

Sept. %, 1925.
Dear Sir: Find herewith excerpt
from confidential report received from
one of our staff representatives in con
nection with the Connecticut situa-
ton:
"'Lowrie did not speak tonight Of
using any violence, but begged the
men to stick for the sake of their
wives and children, saying further
that next spring when this battle
opened up again, the Hudson River
district would be organized so that
no influx Of Negro labor could &C.
cur, as is now the case, and with
this road blocked, the c. B. M. A.
would have to come to time.
at is essential that this fall, winter
and next spring, the Hudson River op
orators get together and formulate a
definite labor policy and it would be
advisable to have the writer address
you on the subject matter of What
is the U. B. and C. w. of A.?'-'What
Do They DoT%'What Have They
Done What Should We Do to on
set Their Activities?' Very truly
yours, (signedpoH. A. Jung, commits
sioner." sc1C
From Big Business Center.
The letter IS from the offices Of the
National Clay Products Industries
Association, Chicago Chamber of Com
MERGE building. Industrial Rela
lions" is the caption above the as
ISOLATION name, cloaking the indus
trial espionage activities Of thes,
open shoppers.
Brick and clay products are mad
in various parts Of the country, bu
Hudson river Is an important district
Haverstraw and 'Saugersties are bricl
centers which send fleets of barge
downstream for New York city build
ing construction. In White Plains
New York suburb, building trade
unions have been enjoined agains
striking to hare contractors use onl,
union made building materials. TIL
spy-using clay products manufaC
turers' association is one of the mos
powerful open shop employing groups
sndangering not only its direct EN-
oloyes but all building trades workers
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DAILY WORKER BUILDERS
CLUB TO HOLD MEETING
SUNDAY IN new YORK
Especial to The Daily worker)

Especial 70 The Daily worker)
NEW YORK, Jan. AFTER The
Daily Worker anniversary concert,
which will take place this Sunday
afternoon, Jan. 10th, In YorkviIle
Casino, Seth Street & Third Avenue
The DAILY WORKER Builders
Club Of New York will hold it's off.
eIsI meeting, 10 the same hall.
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THE THIRD PRIZE.
ROTTEN GRAND STANDS PUT UP BY
PROFITEERS BRINGS TRAGEDY THIS
NEW YEAR TO MANY IN PASADENA
BY a Worker Correspondent.

PASADENA, originate
stngy illustrated accident which hap
pened
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Worker Correspondence win make
The DAILY WORKER a better paper
send in a story about your shop.
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THE, FIRST PRIZE.
WORKERS IN CANNERIES THE
MOST EXPLOITED AND ENSLAVED
(Rx ! Worker correspnodentl

OLYMPIA WashWesen Washington
exploitation The thot the conditions mills
veritabe
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Says:
1T is a complete
miSabbrehenSiOn to

UITSUppT tT6HoTOH 10
suppose that precisely the HterateS and
almost exclusively the Hterates Gin the
professional sense of the cord are ca.
babIe of successful cork upon a neaCS-
paper. The reverse is the case; the nescS.
paper does not aUaken to real life or
capacity for continued life until 500 or
5000 nOn-literafeS add their confribu.
t0nS to the cork of five leading and per.
manently acfive HferafeS."
Lenn How Are Our Newspapers to Be Made In
to Real Organs Of the Labor Movement?"
$3.50
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1926-04-27
R.owN 500 CLUB.

Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Measley,
of Hammonton, were hosts toh-
Own 500 Club at their home IN
Hammonton Saturday evening.
High honors for the ladies was
won by Miss Elizabeth Anderson
and for the men by James e.
Vickers. Those who went from
Pleasantville were Mrs. Annie +.
Gaskill, Mr.. and Mrs. James Z.
vickers and Miss Elizabeth An
derson, while from Hammonton
the guests included Mr.. and Mrs.
Dana J. Saxton, Mr.. and Mrs.
Herbert Measley and brand Mrs.
r. J. Cunningham. The club Will
meet next at the home OF Mrs
James C.. Vickers.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1926-04-27
In Honor of Miss Horton.

I A party in honor of Miss Mira
Horizons sixth birthday anniver'
sary was held at the home of her
mother, Mrs. A. B. Lingo. The
decorations were all pink and
white. Games were played and
refreshments served. Those at
tending were: Florence Stretch,
Irene Nestle, Betty Haffert, Eliz
abeth Bachelor, Grace Dix, Mary
Steelman, Mira Horton and Hor,
ace Haffert.
Loyal Order of Moose.
The Loyal Order of Moose, No.
845, held it's election of officers
at their headquarters in the Sill
yer Moon Hall on Wednesday ev-
ening and elected the following
officers for the year: Dictator,
Walter Johnson; Vice-Dictatob
Roy Thompson; Prelate, J. Orr;
secretary, Thomas Birch; treasu-
rer, Walter Clark; inner guard,
John Naughty. A smoker and
luncheon were enjoyed after the
business meeting.
Silver Moon Council.
The Silver Moon Council, d. of
p, held an initiation at its meet
ing Thursday evening in their
hall, when Mrs. William Stow
was taken in as member. Dane
ing and a social time was had,
following the business session,and
refreshments were served by the
retiring entertainment committee,
Mrs. Otto Lingo, Mrs. Allan Tall
man and Miss Margaret O'Don-
nell. The new entertainment
committee for the coming month
is composed of Mrs. Madeline
Spitz, Mrs. Kathryn Ford and
Mrs. Anna Meisle.
Notes and Personals.
Mrs. Harold Megronigle enter
tanned the following guests from
Philadelphia over the weekend:
John O'Connell and daughter,
Miss Kathryn O'Connell, Miss
Rose Bonner and Miss J. Dorothy
Hopkins. Mr.. O'Connell is a bro
Their of Mrs. Megronigle' and the
party motored here in his new
Essex car
Mr.. Price, of Ocean City
crushed finger repairing his au-
tomobile at his garage on Second
street.
Mrs. Garwood, of Gloucester, is
the guest of Mrs. R. J. Anderson
at her home on Shore Road.
The new house of Roy Lewis
is nearing completion.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Wigan
have returned from visit of
several days in Philadelphia.
Mr.. and Mrs. c. F. Hanson, who
have been visiting the mother of
Mrs. Hanson, have moved to 20
West Jersey avenue, Pleasant
Vile. Mrs. Hanson will be re-
membered as Mrs. Edna Dilks, a
teacher in the Pleasantville
schools for eight years.
Lewis Sooy and George Sooy,
of Oceanville, were guests of Mr.,
and Mrs Chester Conover.,
Mrs. C. Somers, of Philadelphia,
spent several days with Mr.. and
Mrs. George Saar.
Mrs. Lille Mathis was a guest
of Miss Emma Sooy, of Atlantic
City.
William Tanguay was a Satur-
day visitor to Philadelphia.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1926-04-27
SOCIAL and PERSONAL NOTES
GOFF-cOLLINS NUPTIALS
Ceremony At Brides Home SUM-
day Morning.

Among the first of the Spring
weddings was that of Leslie Golf,
of North Second ST., and Miss
Ida Harriet Collins, of Stenton
Pl., which occurred at the home
of the bride Sunday morning, at
$3.50 o'clock. The ceremony was
performed by the Reverend ]. J.
Messler, pastor of the Wesley M.
e. Church, and the ring service
used. Ferns and palms were
tastefully arranged in the parlor
where the ceremony took place.
The bride was becomingly at
tired in a gown of green georg-
cite with trimming of gold braid,
and hat and shoes to match. She
carried shower boquet of lilies.
The matron of honor was her Sis
ter, Mrs. Roy Somers, who was
gowned in blue fiat crepe trimm-
ed with ecru lace, and wore a hat
of orchid. Mrs. Somers carried a
shower boquet of sweet peas.
Roy Somers, brother-in-law of the
bride, acted as best man.
The groom is teller in the
Second National Bank of Allan
tic City and with the bride is pop
ular in social circles. Both are
members of Wesley M. E. Church
choir They left by automobile
for wedding trip to Niagara
Falls, after which they will be at
home to friends at IA N. Second
st. Many beautiful gifts of linen,
cut glass, silver and money be-
speak the esteem in which they
are held. Among the guests
were: Mrs. Mary Golf, Miss Els
Their Goffo Miss Nellie Collins,
Ruth, Frances and Dorothy Coll
ms, Mr.. and Mrs. Wilbur Reed,
Mrs. Susan Reed and Mr.. and
Mrs. Jethro Adams.
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pHlLATHEA CLASS
ENTERTAlNS.
Give Delightful Surprise Recep-
ton to Musicians.

ton to Musicians.
Mrs. S. Monroe Van SAINT, Mrs.
Arthur P. Ryon and Herman Mad
den were given a surprise recep-
ton Friday night, by members OF
Philathea class of Salem M. E.
Church, at the church, in appre-
citation of their splendid work in
directing the Easter chorus. The
gathering took place in the dining
room following the chorus rehear-
sal. The tables were arranged in
triangular shape with decorations
In yellow. Mrs. Nettie Martin was
master of ceremonies and presid-
ed. Among the speakers were
Rev. S. Monroe Van SAINT, Mrs.
Emory Helfrich, Miss Helen Rls-
ley and others.
Present were: The Rev. and
Mrs. S. Monroe Van SAINT, Mr.. and
Mrs. Arthur P. Ryon, Mrs. New
bold R. H. Varian, Mrs. William
Lee. Mrs. Elwood Watt, Mrs.
Thomas Hamm, Mrs Abraham l,
Ditmas, Mrs. Milton Clark, Mrs.
Paul Christman, Mrs. William
Hoffman, Jr., Mrs. Earl Sanders,
Mrs. John Pask, Mrs. Wiggles-
worth, Mrs. Harold Stanton, Mrs.
Byron Martin, Mrs. Emory Hell
frich, Mrs. Frank Babcock, Mrs.
Howard Horton, Mrs. Young, Mrs.
James Blackman, Mrs. Jack Mac
Intyre, Mrs. Harry Sutton, Miss
Lillian Scull, Miss Lottie Fairbro-
Tiers, Miss Helen Risley, Miss
Hannah Scull, Herman Madden
and Tom Wolfe.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1926-04-27
ENrRE NOUS CLUB.

The Entire Nous club of Mt.
Pleasant M. P. Church held a well
attended meeting in the church
hall, Thursday evening. After the
order of business, music and re-
freshments were enjoyed. During
the course of the evening fine
lamp was presented to Mr.. and
Mrs. Percy French. About thirty
members were present.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1926-04-27
ROSARY CARD PARTY.

The Rosary Society of st. Pet
er's Roman Catholic Church,
which is giving a series of card
parties, will hold the second of
the series tomorrow night at the
home of Mrs. Ella Cassidy, at
118 East Charles avenue. A
large attendance is expected.