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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-01-31
Roll in the Subs For The DAILY
WORKER.
Discharge Telegraph
Operators With the
Speed-up on the Job
BY SIDNEY Topper
(WOrker Correspondent

Hundreds of Morse telegraph oper-
ators are being discharged by the
Western Union Telegraph Co. and
many more put on q part time basis
all over the United States, as a re-
suit Of the speed-up system and
ECONOMY drive"
The men and women discharged or
given indefinite furloughs have been
with the company between two and
fifteen years.
For years these workers have shaved
for low wages, long hours, single
time for overtime after hours, with
the hope of having a permanent job.
During the war the government
compelled the company to grant the
s hour day and time and half for
overtime, in large offices only.)
The slave driving supervisors were
always on the workers necks, asking
for bigger records. The company
spent millions Of dollars to devise
new speed up machinery. A general
discomfort swept through the tele-
graph workers. Hundreds joined the
union Of commercial telegraphers.
The company being alarmed by the
general restlessness Of the workers
sent stool pigeons to spy upon the
men. Every union meeting was filled
with stool pigeons who are ready to
sell their fellow workers for few
dollars, higher job or smile from an
official. The most active workers
were reported and fired.
A strike was called in 1918 but it
was lost. There are three reasons
why the strike was lost. ~ Union
called the strike in one office only
while the other were unaffected.
Scabs brought in from other places.
(2) Stool pigeons demoralized the
ranks and (3) many men were afraid
to lose their. "steady jobs"
The Western Union alarmed by
these events looks measures to safe
guard itself against their repetitions.
They organized the fake company un-
ion and discharged anyone who was
suspected of still belonging to the
commercial telegraphers.
OF this company union and the
other welfare" measures We will
write in future articles.
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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-01-31
PAPER BOX STRIKE PARALLELS PASSAIC

In that dampness and darkness, the
paper box workers spend their labor
hours.
Workers Driven
The seasons vary IN intensity and
there is approximately eight months
of each year part time employment.
Always there is the most hellish driv-
ing of workers. The wages, the state
department of labor reports, are next
to the lowest Of those paid in any in
dustry. And sanitary conditions are
indisputedly the worst.
Here we have truly a sweated in
dustry, one Of the last survivals of
that hated race, the principal cure for
which is organization.
A Second Passes
For fifteen bitter weeks the strug-
gle has gone on. Picket lines have
been maintained morning and eve
ming, with both men and women ap-
pearing upon them. Young girls in
their teens have braved the snow and
the rain and cold in helping to keep
them. They have been one of the
most effective ways of demonstrating
the strength of the strike. Police
mems clubs have been welded upon
unprotected heads for the offense OF
walking along the sidewalks and in
forming would-be workers that a
strike was on. -Four hundred pickets
have been arrested, in almost every
case for no legal offense. In nearly
every case the person has been dis
missed because he has committed no
crime. Union men and women have
been beaten by the thugs employed by
the manufacturers.
This has been another Passaic
strike in all except two details. The
details are: 1. This is a strike to de-
fend union already formed, rather
than one to establish new union. 2.
The police and hired strong-arm men
have been wise enough not to attack
reporters, so the strike has not been
given the newspaper publicity that
the Passaic strike received.
In most other respects we have a
Passaic strike here right in our midst.
Come quickly with your help. Con-
tribute from your own pocketbook.
Get your friends to contribute. Get
your union to contribute. In a des-
perate struggle like this, every dollar
sent soon has twice it's value. Help
the paper box workers to win.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-01-31
ANTI IMPERIALISTS IN
MEXICO C0NGRATU-
LATE

Mexico City, Mexico, Jan.
20.-In the name Of the Con-
tinental Organization Commit
tee of the All-American Anti
Imperialist League, | greet the
DAILY WORKER on the occa-
sion Of its first New York is
sue.
| take advantage OF this OPP
portunity to wish all success
to the newspaper which has
been the greatest defender in
the United States of. the
workers, and peasants Of Latin,
America and ia the champion
Of the struggle against Impe-
lialism.--JULIo A. MELLA,
Secretary. 10
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-01-31

figures might be available.
About Two Men Per Job.
The last index of the Illinois Labor
Department gives Chicago applicants
for jobs at free employment bureaus
as 172 to every 100 jobs available.
This is for December. Officials at
the Chicago office of the department,
while they are reluctant to make any
sort of estimate, even roughly, as to
the actual number, say that every in
dication points to the fact that since
December the number of jobs has
materially decreased In November,
for example, the ratio was 1877 to 100,
showing a steady decline Of jobs.
Keep On Tramping.
Building trades workers and ma
chinists to whom l have spoken tell
of interminable tramping from build
ing to building and shop to shop.
Stoczyards workers relate that there
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-01-31
Long Live the Daily
Worker i'll New York City.

Editor, DAILY WORKER: With
unconfined joy, add my voice in
welcoming to New York, the only
English language labor daily in
America voieing the hopes and aspir-
ations Of the working class move
ment.
The arrival of The DAILY WORK
Err in New York will serve not only
20 dissolve the countless falsehoods
spawned by the mainstays of capital
ism, such as the New York Times
and the rest, but viii also counterfeit
directly the vicious fabrications and.
fairy tales disseminated by the yer
low socialist New Leader.
The first day out on New Yorl1's
sea Of struggle saw the sale of The
DAILY WORKER rise to great and
glorious heights-and my newsdealer
who often complained Of left-overs,
was more than glad to announce that
all his dailies, fifteen in all. were
sold out. In feverish hunt thruout
the lower Bronx. for copy, l dis
covered much the same situation.
Comrades and fellow workers!
Keep up the good work, and let the
reactionaries know that our much
heralded weakness and oft-reported
"slow death" is only fanciful dream.
Long live The DAILY WORKER in
New York City.-JoSEPH J. PAD
GUG.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-01-31
ON a worker correspOndent)

NEW YORK, Jan. 3O.-Another
labor organization is being attacked.
Another group Of workers is waging
desperate struggle to maintain its
union. Again organized employers,
using hunger and cold as their
weapons, are seeking to annihiliate a
labor organization that it has taken
years to build up.
This time it is the paper box work
ers Of New York City that are carry
ing on the struggle. For fifteen
weeks they have fought against the
mandate of their oppressors which
would reduce them to the status of
unorganized workers,
Would Crush Union
Fifteen weeks ago, the hundred and
fifty paper box manufacturers of
Greater New York determined that
their employees give up their union.
They themselves were bound together
in a solid organization. They pre-
ferred to act as unit, although they
wanted their employees to act as in
dividuals.
The workers did not yield to the
demand, although they stood desper-
ately in need of employment. They
held to their union and struck for its
maintenance.
Standards Low
Surely, these workers need a union
if any workers do. 1t is very badly
needed to build up the terribly low
standards that prevail in this indus
try. The factories are housed in the
most desolate section of Manhattan,
along Greene and Mercer and Prince
Streets, where old buildings stand
that have been out of date for many
years and whose contemporaries in
most part of the town have long since
been pulled down to make way for
modern structures. In these dilapi-
dated edifices of the middle of last
century the paper box workers are
huddled. Go down and look at them
some day. A large part of the work
is carried on in Easements, for the
rent of upper floors is not as cheap
as the discarded, uninhabitable base
ments.
The misery Of the easements is in
tensified by the fact that the heavy
cut board must be carried up by the
workers as there are no elevator ia
cilities in 30 per cent of the shops.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-01-31
Policies and Programs
The Trade Union Press
Strikes--Inj unctions
Labor and Imperialism
Organizing Cab Drivers
Union In Philadelphia
In Spite of Discharges

PHILADELPHIA, Jan. 80 (FP).--
TaSicab drivers of Philadelphia are
seeking to build up a union. More
than 80 men suspected Of union SYM
pathy have been fired, but the move
ment continues. The Yellow Taxi
Co. now owned by Thomas r. Mitten
interests, discharged 10 Of these
drivers, when they were seen read
ing copies Of the Cab Drivers Bull
letin.
The Cab Drivers Union demands
call for a guaranteed wage Of 81 a
day; 10-hour day and 6-day week
time starting on arrival at garage
time and half for overtime; abolition
Of criminal identifcation-fn
printing and photographing; install
lation Of lockers and sanitary wash
rooms; no discrimination, and recog-
milton Of the union.
Mitten has lost much Of his popu-
larity in Philadelphia. Poor service
on his Philadelphia Rapid Transit
street car system is being criticized
severely. Quaker City citizens, bus
iness groups and district associa-
tions are bowling that Mitten keeps
the p. X. +. street cars few and far
between, while pushing his Yellow
cabs under everyone's nose. Mitten
cabs solicit crowds waiting on COR
ners for the long delayed Mitten
trolleys.
Clifford Pinehot, before his term
as governor expired, urged the Pub
lie Service Commission to make "ar
immediate inquiry into transit con.
ditions in Philadelphia" Pinehot's
regular Republican successor, Joh1
Fisher, has not yet called for re
port.
Cab drivers boosting the uniOr
hope to forestall the famous "Mitter
plan" of company unionism which
Mitten is trying to extend into tax
service. Mitten has fought trad.
unions since 1911 when he broke {
street railway workers strike il
Philadelphia. His son boasted re
Gently that the father spent 95,OUO,
600 breaking a Buffalo car strike
which ended with the introduction Of
the company union.
The Nlitten plan calls for employ,
stock ownership. But Robert w
Dunn, speaking before the Young
Democracy Open Forum in Philadel
phia, pointed cut that though tn,
workers owned large minority Of
the common stock their share in the
total outstanding securities of tbs
company amounted to only about
three percent and their share in the
total earnings of the company was
therefore far below what it was
cracked up to be.
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WORKER.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-01-31
An Appeal to Women

Dear Comrades: Reading The
DAILY WORKER every day, your
challenge" letters have interested
HE very much. because they show
how little the majority Of your Party
are doing to help Keep The DAILY
WORKER.
If every member of yoEr Party
would have done his share, you would
have gone "over the top" long time
ago. II the majority would have
any interest in the paper or really
realize that The DAILY WORKER
was in a precarious condition, they
would answer those challenge" let
ters much faster,
Appeal to Women.
Although neither my wife nor
am a Party member, I would like to
make a suggestion. On account Of
what my wife has done, the thought
has come TO me that If you make an
appeal to the wives Of the Party
members and to women in general,
20 come to the rescue Of The DAILY
WORKER, the response would be
surprising.
When the Passaic Relief Commit
tee sent out an appeal for relief
funds it was my wife who urged me
to go out and collect funds for them.
We raised $500.
We received another appeal from
the same source. Again IL was my
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-01-31
STRIKE FOR UNION SHOP

TILToN, y. j., Jan. 30.-Two
hundred members Of the United Tex
tile Workers employed in the Elm
mill here struck and tied up che
shop when an attempt was made to
establish non-nuion shop by hav-
ing John Perthel, weaver. Withdraw
from the union, and continue at
work. This scheme was tried once
before, four years ago, by the same
man. A short strike resulted IN the
company giving him orders to JOIN
the union.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-01-31
BRITISH UNION REJECTS LONG
HOURS.

NEW YORK, FP).-The United
Textile Factory Workers Association
Of Great Britain has rejected the de-
mand # employers that working
hours be increased. say Manchester
dispatches to New York textile
journals. The union is asking parlia-
ment TO amend the factory act and
make AZ hours the legal limit. The
proposed amendment is intended as
bio wat overtime.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-01-31
BRICKLAYERs' RELIEF INCREAS-
ING.

WASHINGTON, (FP).-Old age
relief and mcrtuary benefits paid TO
members by the Bricklayers, Plaster
ers and Masons' international Union
in the fiscal year ending June 80.
1926, were respectively $955,00s and
$318,311, according to Secretary
Treasurer Gleason. This was the
highest total for each Of the two
funds that has yet been expended.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-01-31
BELATED WAGE INCREASE TO
SHOPMEN.

ELMlRA, N. Y. (F. P.).-At the
tail end Of other roads the Erie Rail-
road has come forward with small
wage increases TO it's shopmen. Tho
road granted 2 and Sd cents an hour
more pay, retroactive to January I,
1907 i -a3s As.-s.Fassse
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-01-31
Organized LabOr-Trade Union Activities
CHICAGO SLAVE MARKET SHOWS FEW JOBS SOLD;
OPTIMISM is ALL IN RANKS OF BIG BUSINESS
By THURBER LEWIS.
Especial To The Daily WOrker)

CHICAGO ILL., Jan aAs Januars parting wnry blasts cut thru
the bones of the thousands Chagos unemployed the problem the
oess critical than the winter Of
statistics this with
Madison, Hased South
convincing
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-01-31
Rest For Hotel Employees.

ALBANY, N. r., Jan. 30.---Hotel
employees would be granted one day
Of rest in every seven under bill
introduced In the Legislature today
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-01-31
RACINE LABOR DENOUNCES
COOLIDGE.

RACINE, Wis. IF. P).-Condem-
nation Of the Coolidge imperialist
policy toward Nicaragua and Mexico
was formally expressed by the Ra-
cine Trades and Labor Council in
resolutions forwarded to the Wis
colsin delegation in congress.
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tsS WORKER. .sl.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-07-02
INDIANA BELL
DIVIDES STATE

The Indiana Bell Telephone Com
pany has been divided into two
divisions, one to be called the In
dianapolis section and the other the
out-State section.
The Indianapolis division is COM
prised of Beech Grove, Cumberland,
Greenwood, New Augusta, Smith
Valley, Southport and indianapolis.
In the entire local division there
are 8o,876 phones. Out-State there
are 114,144.
Numerous changes in personnel
were made in the various depart
ments. Important appointments
follow: Out-State division, w. F.
Johnson, division traffic superin-
tendent; A. D. Lewis, formerly Of
South Bend, division commercial SUI
perintendent; L. j. Goeller, for
merly of South Bend, division plant
superintendent; c. G.. Swan, division
plant engineer. L. H. Kirkhoff was
appointed traffic superintendent
central district. F. Stanley was
maze CTaIIlc englneeer.
Indianapolis Division-E. w. Hill
debrand, division traffic superinten-
dent; Phil M. Watson, division COM
mercial superintendent; George
Page, division plan superintendent;
G. r. Plummer, division plant en-
gineer.
The traffic department in In
dianapolis will be operated in three
districts as follows: A. M. Tay-
Tor, superintendent in charge of
manual offices; w. E. Shively, in
charge of dial system Offices; L. A.
Wilson, transferred here from Ma
rion, in charge of long distance Of
flee.
w. J. McWilliams will be general
auditor and H. Romberg will be in
charge of plant accounting depart
ment.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-07-02
WHEAT TRADE
DISAPPOINTED
AT NO RALLY
Fails to MateriaIize, BeariSh
Reports 0ffsetting Bull
iSh News.

CHICAGO, July with the
Kessinger bill killed by the legisla-
ture and December futures restored,
holders of wheat anticipated a
sharp rally in the grain today, only
to be disappointed when the hnllish
legislative news was Offset by bear
ish reports from several points.
Heavy pressure was brought to bear
on all grains from the opening and
prices were trailing downward late
in the session. Wheat closed q
lower to Is higher than Thursdays
close.
There was good buying in corn,
but the grain showed no rally1ng
power, and pressure was more or
less apparent. The July continues
the record discount from the Sep
TENDER established Thursday, and
late in the session was quoted 8
cents lower. Some rain was reported
in parts of Iowa. Liquidation in
July toward the close, with con-
tinued good weather reports and
better prospects for a new crop, sent
prices down 39s to 39s from the
previous close.
The private crop report in oats
came about as expected with an APP
proximate figure of 100000
bushels and the market sold off on
the news, closing rs to is lower.
Action in the pit was quiet.
Provisions closed lower.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-07-02
S635,8O9,921
SAVED BY U. S;
is new RECORD
Greatest Surplus in History
Reported by Govern
nent.

BIZ United Press
WASHINGTON, July 2.-Acting
Secretary of the Treasurer Mills Fri
day announced the Treasury surplus
for the fiscal year closed June 80
as $685., 300, 921.70, compared with
$377, 767,816.64 for the previous year.
This surplus was the greatest in
history.
Ordinary receipts for the year
amounted to 4,129,394,441; and ex-
penses chargeable against such re-
ceipts were $3,493, 584 $3.50.
Income tax receipts aggregated
$2,225, 100000 as compared with
81, 982, 100000 in 1926.
Custom Return Climbs
Miscellaneous tax receipts totalled
1864 100000, as compared with a
yield last year of O00,O0o.oOO.
Customs receipts were $605, 600, 600
as compared with a collection of
579,OOO,Ooo last year.
Already 100000 on the
surplus has been applied to retire.
ment of the public debt, and is not
available for tax reduction or any
other purpose, while $24, 100000 has
been carried over as an increase in
the net balance in the general fund
and will be used later for debt re-
tirement.
More than half of the surplus was
due to receipts on account OF dis
posal of capital assets, back tax
collections in excess of tax refunds,
and other items of fast disappear
ing or homecoming character, Mills
said.
Back Tax 300 Million
Back tax collections for the year
will exceed 100000 and collec-
tons on account of capital stock tax
of corporations, now repealed, will
amount to more than 100000. \
Receipts from capital assets on
account of railroads aggregated
about $9o,00O,0 900 from Federal farm
loan bonds and other minor securi-
ties 100000, and from the wal
finance corporation, $27,000,00o.
ut will be apparent, therefore
that without these special and non
recurring items which aggregate
$3.50, 100000, the surplus would have
been. about $265. 100000. of which a
considerable part is to be attributed
to decrease in expenditures, some
of which represent postponement
rather tina nactual saving" Mills
said
The total gross public debt at the
close of the fiscal year amounted tc
$18,511 ,906,931, as compared with
SIS, 643 ,216,315 on June 80, 1926.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-07-02
- > - ; : > -
.SACC0 AND VANzETTI
5 PUT IN DEATH CELLS

Prisoners Moved Unexpectedly From
Dedham to State Prison.
BIZ United Press
BOSTON. July 2.-Prison gates
have closed behind Nicola Sacco and
Bartolomeo vanzetti perhaps for
the last time.
In the early morning darkness of
today the two were Unexpectedly
transferred, under heavy guard,
from Dedham Jail to Charlestown
State Prison. There, unless Gov
ernor Alvan T. Fuller intervenes,
they will be put to death in the
electric chair Aug. 10 for two muir
ders committed more than seven
year sage.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-07-02
CATCHES QUEER INSECT
Girl Finds That Captive Is a Cory
dalis CarnutO.

A large insect resembling a grass
hopper, although many times larger,
was brought into The Times Office
in a glass bottle today by Mary
Thomas, Is, 1924 w. TwentySeventh
ST., who captured the bug alive after
it had flown to the porch of her
home.
The unknown insect was identi-
fed at the State department Of en-
tomology as a Dobson fly (corydalis
carnuta). 1t is not a rare speci-
men, although only one has been
reported so far this year to the de-
partment.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-07-02
MRS. WOODWARD DIES
AFTER LONG ILLNESS
Services for Native Indiana Woman
to be Held Sunday.

Funeral services for Mrs. Vestal
W.. Woodward, 1889 Sutherland Ave-,
who died early Friday morning fol-
lowing an illness of several years,
will be held at F'lanner g. Buchan-
ans Mortuary at Q p. m. Sunday.
Mrs. 4 woodward was born at
KnightStown, Ind.
She was a member of the Meridi-
an st. M. E. church, the Sororis
club, a charter member of the
Aftermath club, and a life member
of the Woman's Home Missionary
society, and the Order of Eastern
Star.
Surviving are her husband, a
daughter, Mrs. Joseph e. Reagan,
and two grandchildren.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-07-02
In the Cotton Market
nv Thomson a McKinnon,

(By Thomson g. McKinnon)
NEW YORK, July During the greater
part of today'S session fluctuations were
slight, the volume of business small and
this condition was in entire harmony with
the news from producing as well as con-
Stunning centers of cotton. Weather condi-
tionS at present time may be called nor
weevil in the South, but the extent of the
damage from this pest cannot be estimated
at this time as it will depend entirely on
continuous wet weather that any appre-
hension need be felt. Under the circum-
stances we see no reason for any unusual
price changes and therefore suggest that q
trading position be held, preferably selling
on the bulges SO long as the crop reports
continue favorable.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-07-02
Commission Row
PRICE no RETAILERS
by Thomson & McKinnon

hANG ~ RE AhALEh0
FRUITS
Z: Extra fancy barrel apples-Ben Davis.
S3.oo@4.50. Fancy barrel apples = Ben
P Day a ss25gsso So, Basket p apples go lbs
parents, 40 lbs. s3@4.50.
A AprSot California. rs lbs. $3.50.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. standard crates
g; pony crate. $s.5o@4.5o; fiat crates, $3.50
~ Cherries ,i't CALIFORNIA, $4s;5o@5. box tah
Gooseberries-- c., So half blu.
Grapefruit-Fancy. $5@5.50.
Honeydew melons.$3 crate;
oTangescaifOrnia R RsfI nanafe0 crate
Peaches. Heiey Bells, s2.75 bu
PPiineapplhee les, ,s4@4.25;..
G. black, "a pts. $3.50. - ''''' 20 a.
straaywberriess.. Indiana, "a qts.. 81; Michi-
Observation-Disclosures: average 80
lbs, 65@90c.
VEGETABLES
do Aspa arssu odda e. fancy white. s5@45c
BBsainsIGreen. $3.50 hamper.
esSbage f. g. sD' $3.50 1885, b asW 'u'0' 81 0u
caulifiower-Crate, $3.50. A' - w.
GGe CELERY MAN twashed) $3.50 doz.
Gucumbers~ Hothouse, $1a1.1o doz.
Garlic-Fancy California. zoe ID.
Kale-H. G., Use bu.
-Lettuce,-Iceberg, CRIT, $3.50; H. c.. $1.25
15-lb basket.
Mangoes-Loaisiana 50 hamper
: Onions-Egyptian yellow. 100 lbs, IS: H.
c.. green, SOC doz.
PParsleyTaL; e. 50 soc dozen.
Potatoes-Michigan whites, $50 lbs, $7.50
as: Virginia Cobblers. Sc Dbl. California
Radishes-H. g.. long red. or white, IS
@45c; dollhouse buttons. 40@50c.
Rhubarb-H. G., 35c doz.
Spinach-Texas, 81 bu.
Sweet potatoes-Nancy Halls. $190 ham
per.
Tonatoes.aH; g; Eothouse, 10 lbs, sl.4o.
Turnips-$2 bushel.