davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-10-27

Properly attended by the press with
reporters and photographers, two bal
lyhoo sub-officials to prompt him on
the mans name and insure respect
full attention from the workers fam
lily, the president himself arrives-to
pin a tin medal on the 10-year man.
When a troupe of old-fashioned dane
ers appears and the boss goes thru
the reels with them, there is no doubt
of who is being carricatured.
Speed-up Portrayed
Refreshing throughout the play is
the young daughter of 10-year service
Jim. She slangily but refreshingly
faces life, which her parents try to
fill with various shams. She works
in the factory office and comes home
dead tired as the mechanics those
human machines who stoop over the
belt eternally turning in the same
screw, dabbing paint on the same
spot, or whatever their monotonous
task is on the endless line of flivvers.
The girl gives the tip of the 10
months lay-off when the stool pigeons
summoned by her Ku Kluxey father
try to "get" her boy friend who sees
through the speed-up game.
Then the strike breaks out. Work
ers seeing the play wonder what's the
idea of the jazzy dancing to lure the
men from the belt. The symbolism
seems a sudden intruder because the
rest of the play is more realistic, ex-
cept for the slightly styled lold-
fashioned dancing of the first act.
The boss appears and exhorts the men
to return:
Shots and Arrests.
"You can't quit. We've got to go
on. You're holding up the belt. We've
got to beat Boston Mass production
high wages-more purchasing pow
er-higher standard of living" ETC.,
he mouthes. But when the 10-months
lay-off threat is hurled back at him
he quails minute. The workers
start throwing the half-finished ma
chimes from the belt and then quickly
the stool pigeons bring in armed
forces. The workers COVER back. The
young leader is told to accept arrest
on pain Of general shooting into the
strikers if he refuses. His girl has
already been shot in the shoulder
shielding him with a quick leap.
The strike leader turns to the
workers, tries in a moment to explain
what they are doing, concludes:
Learning to stand on our hind legs"
And the workers behind him straight
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-10-27
Cap Worker Attacked
By Right Winger Is
Arrested By Policeman

Morris Roth, militant member of
the Cap and Millinery Workers
Unon, Local I'd, was arrested at noon
yesterday after being attacked by A.
Beck, right wing member of the
union.
Roth was distributing union cleo
ton leaflets issued by the Trade
Union Educational League section of
the union at Blocker and Houston
SITS. Beck tore the leaflets from
Roth's hands and threatened to hit
him. A patrolman then arrested
Roth.
Roth was first taken to the third
district magistrates court. in the dis
trict of the arrest, and thence to the
second district court, where Magis-
trate We'll was trying cases.
Mrs. Carol Weiss King, Interna-
tional Labor Defense attorney, recall
ing severe sentences that Magistrate
We'll had melted out to workers in the
past objected to his trying the case
She argued the case was not in Mag
istrate Wells jurisdiction. The hear
ing was continued.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-10-27
Mrs. Knapp to Tell
Of State Pay Rolls
in Craft Exposure

ALBANY, Oct. 26. Fear that
Forthcoming defense affidavits by
Mrs. Florence E. S. Knapp would ex-
pose a greed for graft in both re-
publican and democratic circles was
felt here today.
Mrs. Knapp, republican and former
New York secretary of state, is
charged with delivering large chunks
of the 1925 state census appropria-
ton to relatives and deserving" poll
ticians. Observers say charges were
brought against her at this time to
lower the prestige of the republican
party in the election Nov. 8. Mrs.
Knapp, however, is said to resent be-
ing forced into the role of "sacrificial
lamb" for the republican machine.
In her affidavits she is expected
to defend herself individually as be-
ing at least no more culpable than
the other capitalist party job holders
at the state capital. In her first af-
fidavit, made public yesterday, she
denied all personal guilt.
At the last session of the Moreland
Act hearing of formal charges
against Mrs. Knapp testimony show
ed checks made payable to c. B.
Knapp, a step-son of Mrs. Knapp,
were deposited to Mrs. Knapp's cred
it at the L. w. Edwards and Son De-
partment Store at Syracuse.
It Was Good Job.
Patrick J. Sullivan, manager of the
Edwards Store took the stand and
swore that check for $2,875 bearing
the name of c. B. Knapp had been
deposited at the Edwards Store in
February 1926, to the credit of Mrs.
Knapp.
Sullivan testified that two other
checks made payable to C. B. Knapp
and c. H. Smith, one for $208, and
the other for 1888, were deposited at
his store to the credit of Mrs. Knapp.
Sullivan testified that Mrs. Knapp
now owes his store S1,885. He said
one purchase made by Mrs. Knapp
at his store was a fur coat costing
$3.50.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-10-27
RED RUSSIA" AND RUTHENBERG MEMORIAL
FILMS TO OPEN ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION

Red Russia film showing conditions
Ruthenberg memorial film will the Irving
18th street and Irving Place. Sunday The will
and the films will run continuously until p m.
The Ruthnberg funeral will recall wildly profund
of the loss suffered by the workers this
than and will
activity is being energecaly carried by his comrades.
Red Russia is the comprehensive film record made of life
and conditions Soviet Russia fragmentary
but major picture.
The picture will be introduced by Workers (Cmmunis
and will mark the
Anniversary of the Russian Revolution.
Tickets be obtained for so cents the district office of
Workers Party los 14th street Jimmie Higgins Bookshop
106 University Place. They should be bought
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-10-27
Needle Trade Defense

. "A nine-day bazaar of the Defense
Committee will start December %
at the Grand Central Palace.
To make the bazaar a success the
entire progressive labor movement
must support it. Tickets must be
sold and advertisements secured. A
hundred thousand dollars worth of
new merchandise will be sold.
MineOla Case Developing.
The special Mineola defense cam
paign started by the Joint Commit
tee through issuing special Mineola
collection lists is developing. The
workers realize the importance of
the campaign to raise sufficient
funds to carry thru the appeal for
the nine victims of the Mineola
frame-up.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-10-27

en- up as he reaches out for the hand
cuffs to clasp his wrist.
a.
This is DAILY WORKER week at
the theatre Tickets are being sold
at The DAILY WORKER office, 1903
East 18th street.
Proceeds also from tickets to "The
Belt" that are bought through the
Joint Defense Committee of the
Cloakmakers, Dressmakers and Fur
riers for two weeks beginning Mon
day will be added to the defense fund,
the committee announced yesterday.
"The Belt" is the first of series of
plays to be given at the New Play
wrights' Theatre, 40 Commerce St.,
where a special appeal is being made
for a labor audience. "The Belt" is
based on revolt of workers in one
of the large automobile plants, such
as the Ford Motor Co.
The New Playwrights' Theatre is
offering a prize of $40 to the best
criticism by worker of "The Belt"
These essays should be not more than
500 words in length and should be
mailed to Michael Gold, New Play
wrights' Theatre, 40 Commerce st.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-10-27
Count Commuters Noses.

A census of suburban passenger
traffic, to be conducted for "a hours,
was begun at midnight yesterday I'M
der auspices of the port of New York
authority and the Suburban Transit
Engineering Board.
Cards were distributed yesterday to
all train riders and ferry patrons
passing between Manhattan or
Brooklyn and suburban points in
Westchester, Long Island and Staten
Island.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-10-27
"Auguie" Killed in Feud
Over |. L. G. w. Spells
Continued from Page One)

Continued from Page One)
now show that Little Augie's" earn
ings as a boss and recruiter of thugs
and gunner against the left wing
workers Of those unions were excess
sive. Rivals for his business" ap-
peared on the horizon of the under
world.
Little Augie" Arrogant
Little Augie" appears to have
grown arrogant, over-confident and
greedy for more of the spoils Of the
right-wing strikebreal1ing campaign
that nearly destroyed the workers
solidarity in the needle trades. Tins
campaign was carried on against the
rank and file by Morris Sigman,
president Of the I. l.. G. w, his pro
totypes in the furriers' admnlstra-
ton and Edward F. McGrady, needle
trades organizer of the American
Federation of Labor.
Finally Little Augie" is said to
have accepted $4,000 payment from
an unnamed source to break a GER
tain strike. Others believed it better
business to let the strike drag along,
on the theory that smaller payments
over long period would exceed $780,
600. This quarrel was settled but 1t
left an ugly scar.
Little Augie" Scabbed.
Little Augie" still later dispatched
one of his lieutenants into strike
zone which a rival gang recruiter
claimed as his territory. His pockets
bullying with Sigman's 1. L. G. w.
administration cash, Little Augie"
was becoming Little Corporal" Ma
poleon in the guerilla warfare of the
fur market. Rivals then decided to
kill him and did so, according to re-
ports yesterday.
Jobbers Pay S175,000.
Meanwhile the Cloak and Dress
makers Joint Board charges that the
Merchants Association, the jobbers'
branch of the industry, has agreed to
nay so per cent of it's back dues to
the I. L. G. w. unemployment insur-
ance fund. Recent court hearings
have shown this fund is now controll-
ed exclusively by the Sigman admin
istration. Joint Board officers said
yesterday they believed large part
of this sum of $175,000 may be spent
in the employment of other Little
Augies" for continued gun and black
jack terrorism against the rank and
file left wing constituency of the
Joint Board.
Sigman Controls Fund.
When Sigman and his henchmen
gained control of the fund through
the resignation of employers repre-
sentatives from the board of trus-
tees, $3.50, 600 were on hand. Sigman
recently testified in a formal court
hearing on another question that
$4,000 of that amount was loaned"
to his international office, at time
when bis efforts to destroy the left
wing Joint Board were at their
height. Only $4,000 of the fund was
actually used for unemployment re-
lief, Sigman testified.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-10-27
10000 Insurance Toilers
In Union Is Goal Drive
Continued from Page Ome)

Continued from Page One)
which his clerks are sending to
Bright. In his last speech over the
Debs radio Bright read snatches from
some of these letters to the workers
listening in.
II WISH" said one Metropolitan
letter writer, Someone would force
the autocratic Haley Fiske to attempt
to live in New York on $12 per week.
But no, the exclusive gentleman
won't even ride in the elevators if
one of his children happens to be in
them. l, not knowing the gentleman,
and not knowing his commands, once
endeavored to ride with him, and was
unceremoniously showed aside with
the door slammed in my face"
Said another: twenty-five years
ago 1 entered the employ of the
Metropolitan at salary of So per
week, that being the starting wage
for women employees at that time. In
1919, seventeen years later, l was re-
ceiving $14 week. 1t is now, 1927,
$24 a week, total increase in %
years of $18. In the work l am doing,
may not, under the present system,
receive more salary even if l work
for the Metropolitan % years more.
"The work is very exacting, the de-
partments are usually underclerked,
the amount of work to be done in
creases rapidly; the high-pressure'
system is employed generally thru
out the home office. 1t is common
among the clerks to refer (confiden-
TALLY, of course) to the home office
as the 'sWeat-shop.'
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-10-27
Open Forums Sunday.

The Cloak and Dressmakers Joint
Board will hold open forum lectures
Sunday, 1890 a. M, one at Hunts
Point Palace, 163rd st. and South
Boulevard, with Louis Hyman as
speaker, and another at knights of
Pythias Hall, 1854 West 21st St.
Coney Island, with Joseph Bor-
ochowitz as speaker. Latest union de-
velopments will be discussed at both
meetings.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-10-27
Grayson and Filler Quarrel.

OLD ORCHARD BEACH, Maine,
Oct. 26.-Strained relations between
Mrs. Francis Wilson Grayson and her
America to Copenhagen pilot, Will
mer L. Stultz, this afternoon reached
the breaking point.
Stultz, it became known, has de-
cided to quit the expedition. Miss
Grayson blames him for turning back.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-10-27
Postpone Olgin Banquet.

The jubilee banquet in honor Of M.
J Olgin has been postponed to Fri
day, October 28th. 1t will be held at
Stuyvesant Casino, Ninth st. and Sec
ond Ave, under the direction of the
Shop Chairmen's Council of the Fur
riers' Union.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-10-27
Neckwear Makers Strike.

The Neckwear Makers Union is
more than holding it's own in strikes
in Poughkeepsie and Glen Falls, N.
Y, union representative reported at
a membership meeting in Cooper
Union. Fourteen girls and two cut
tiers also walked out of an open shop
in Philadelphia to join the union, he
reported.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-10-27
Dance November Sth.

A dance to celebrate the 10th An
niversary of the Russian Revolution
will be held Tuesday, Nov. 8, at Irv-
ing Plaza Hall, 18th st. and Irving
Place, by the Workers (Communist)
Party. Dancing will continue until
dawn.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-10-27

HARTFORD, Conn, Oct. 26.-The
deportation of all aliens who have
lived here for five years without hay
ing become citizens was urged yes
terday by Addison P. Munroe, gov
general of the General Society
of Mayflower Descendants.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-10-27
Subsection 2B Meets Tonight.

Subsection 2B will hold sub-sec-
ton membership meeting tonight at
$50 p. m. at 100 West 28th st. Elec-
lions of officers will take place.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-10-27
Workers Party Activities
NEW YORK-NEw JERSEY

Section Executive Meets Tonight.
An enlarged meeting Of the exccu-
tive committee of section will be held
Thursday, $50 p. m. at POTS Clinton
Ave. All branch organizers must be
present.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-10-27
LABOR And FRATERNAL
ORGANIZATIONS
Cooperative House I. l.. d.

An important meeting of the Coop
erative House Branch of the InteIna-
tional Labor Defense will be held
tonight in the auditorium t
2700 Bronx Park, East. A speaker
from the national office will be pres
ent.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-10-27
Banquet for Bazaar Volunteers

The banquet and dance for The
DAILY WORKER-FREIHEIT volun-
teers will be held Nov. 4 at the Am
bassador Hall, 1875 Third Ave, the
Bronx. The affair was originally ar
ranged for Oct. %.
Admission to the dance will be so
cents; banquet and dance 81. For
those who helped at the bazaar, the
banquet and dance viii cost only 81.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-10-27
Philips Speaks Tonight.

II. V. Philips will speak tonight
8 p. M, on the Negro Youth in In
dustry at 81 East 10th St. under the
auspices of the Young Workers (Conl-
munist) League.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-10-27
Settle For Tickets.

All comrades are instructed to set
tie for The DAILY WOREER-FREI-
HEIT Bazaar tickets at orce.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-10-27

At last the peedup system of American industry climbed
onto the New York stage At the New Paywrights eater
Paul Sftons play The Belt showing something of the inside
of easily recognized factory In the first the big
boss to honor the who has served years plant
almost the only with that much time behind him the
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-10-27
Freiheit Sport Club Dance

The Freiheit Sport Club will hold
its first anniversary concert and ball
Saturday evening at the Boardwalk
Hotel, West 22nd ST., Coney Island.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-10-27
Automobile Needed.

All party members and sympa-
thizers who have automobiles are
urged to allow them to be used sew
eral hours day for the campaign.
Communicate with IRWIN Franklin,
108 East 18th st.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-10-27

Delegates to the fourth annual con-
vention of the Young Workers (Com-
munist) League will be guests at a
concert and dance at Harlem Casino,
116th st. and Lenox Ave-, Saturday,
Oct. 20. The convention will begin
Oct, 30.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-10-27
Volunteers for "Icor" Bazaar,

Volunteers are needed to assist at
the third annual Tcor" bazaar that
will be held at the 165th Infantry
Armory, Nov. % to 26. The funds
raised will be used for Jewish coloni-
zation in the Soviet Union. The office
of "Icor" is at 112 East 10Th St.,
where all volunteers should report.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-10-27

BUY THE DAILY WORKER
AT THE NEWSSTANDS
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-10-27

GET A NEW ADER!
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-10-27

en- up as he reaches out for the hand
cuffs to clasp his wrist.
Milford chronicle., 1927-04-01

thing of the honor of winning rib
bons and badges for themselves and
the school. Let each parent get
back of this and all other school en-
terprises.
The boys of our school. have a
base ball team and want games with
teams composed altogether of elc-
mentary pupils. ALI games to be
played after o'clock. Send all
challenges to the principal of the
school. The boys prefer games with
Milford, Harrington, Greenwood,
Lincoln City, Frederick. FELTON, and
Magnolia or schools they can reach
within one half hour.
Nearly all the pupils have recov-
cred from the mumps ana our
school attendance is again normal.
The results of the January testing
program for the state have been
made known. The results are very
gratifying to the parents, pupils and
teachers of Houston, when the Hous-
ton averages are compared with
those of other schools. The follow
ing are some results we feel we
have a right to be pleased with:
Second grade, reading, second in
county; 3rd in state, Miss Wharton,
teacher.
Third grade. geography, 1st in
county; 1st in state, Miss Vinyard,
teacher.
Fourth grade history, 1st in coun-
ty, 1st in state, Miss Vinyard, teach
er.
Third grade history, 1st in coun-
ty; 1st in state, Miss Vinyard, tea
cher.
Fourth grade geograph, 1st in
county; 1st in state, Miss Vinyard,
teacher.
Seventh grade spelling. 1st in
county; 4th in state, Mr.. Britting-
ham, teacher.
Eighth grade spelling, 1st in coun-
ty; 10th in state, Mr.. Brittingham,
teacher.
7th grade reading, 1st in county;
4th in state, Mr.. Brittingham, tea
cher.
9th grade reading, Srd in county;
3rd in state. Miss Hughes, teacher.
Seventh grade arithmetic, 2nd in
county; 9Th in state, Miss Hughes,
teacher.
Sixth grade geography, End in
county; 2nd in state, Miss Hughes,
teacher.
Fifth grade geography, list in
county; 1st in state, Miss Hughes,
teacher.
Seventh grade history, LIST in coun-
ty; 3rd in state, Mr.. Brittingham,
teacher.
Milford chronicle., 1927-04-01
Wood and Mrs. Henry Barker at

Wood and Mrs. Henry Barker at
Millsboro.
Joshua James celebrated his 80th
birthday on Monday, March 2Sth.
Mrs. Mary Daisey has recovered
from an illness.
Rev. A. B. Frye, wife and two
sonc have been assigned to the
pastOrate of the Methodist Church
at Fruitland, Md
We regret their departure from
here as their work and interest in
oar midst has been evident. Their
fine presence and pleasing person.
alities have won them many friends.
The new minister, Rev. z. w.
Branford and wife have been ap-
pointed to take up their ministry
here. They come from Pocomoke
City Md.
Miss Sallie Evans spent the week
end with Miss Fannie Shorter at
Roxana.
Capt. and Mrs. Irwin Bennett and
niece, Miss Virginia James of High
land Park, Pa, motored here and
spent the weekend with Capt. and
Mrs. Warren Evans and Mr.. and
Mrs. Harvey James.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Lamb of High
land Park, Pa, visited Capt. and
Mrs. VIM. N. Nelson the last of the
week.
There will be a chicken supper
held at Christian Church Hall on
Saturday, April 18th. Everyone i'll
vited.
At the Presbyterian Church Sun
day school service at 2 D. NJ, fol-
lowed by preaching at 3 o'clock by
Rev. w. R. McElrOy, D. D.
The WOmen's Christian Temper
ance Union met at the home of Mrs.
Georgia Johnson. The president,
Mrs. Georgia Richards, presided.
The program was as follows:
Hymn. Lead on o King Eternal.
Prayer by vice president, Lille
Belts. Scripture lesson read by Mat
tie Hudson, treasurer, and then
minutes read by Mae Derrickson.
recording secretary. Then Mrs.
Georgia Johnson, the corresponding
secretary, read reports of bills in
troduced at the legislature at Dover
for the people to consider. Prayer
by Name Evans. Hymn Cheering
Someone On" Then current events
from Washington, D. c., were read
by Cora Frye. Ethel Davidson and
Name w. Evans. Closed with bene-
diction. Prof. Grassmyer entertained
with slight of hand. Delicious re-
freshments were served by the hos
tess and Mrs. Eva DerricksOn as
sisting.
NOTICE - Mrs. A. B. Lawrence,
Frankford, has a new line of wall
paper at reasonable prices. 1tp
Milford chronicle., 1927-04-01
Long Neck

VIM. Dorman, progressive farm
er of Angola, died in the Beebe Hos
pital on Friday, after a lingering
illness of many weeks. Last winter
Nj. Dorman was patient sufferer
of many months in which he never
fully regained his health again.
Much sympathy is extended to his
bereaved family by his many friends
of this community.
Pennel Smith met with what
might have been a serious accident
one day last week when lighting an
oil brOoder stove preparatory to
heating his broOder house. The stove
famed up and Mr.. Smith was Oblig-
ed to throw the burning Stove from
the building TO save both it and him
self from flames. No other damages
were done than the destruction of
the stove.
Mrs. ]. D. Warrington and three
children spent Sunday afternoon
with Mrs. S. A. Warrington.
Mr.. and Mrs. Foster Shayhan of
Angola called on Mr.. and Mrs. e. u.
Lingo on Saturday afternoon.
Mrs. Aollie Mears and family who
have been residents of near George
town, and are now occupying the
POPLAR Thicket farm of Long Neck.
Try our cent-a-wOrd advs.
Milford chronicle., 1927-04-01
SeIbyvine

Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Watson, Mr..
and Mrs. Pasher Watson, Sr., and
Miss Helen Watson spent Sunday in
Lincoln.
Miss Pauline Moore attended the
Theta Chi Formal Dance" at Old
College Hall, Newark, last Friday.
Miss Hilda Evans has returned
from Aireys, Md.
A number of people from town
went to Washington on the eXcur-
sion that left here Saturday night.
( The Defamation Contest will be
held on the evening of April 5th, at
the Ringler Theatre. The program
will be arranged as follows: Part1-
Recitations by the grades of the
Selbyville school; Part 2-Declama-
ton Contest by high school Music
high school orchestra. Admission:
1Oc and zoe. Proceeds Will be di-
vided equally among all the grades,
Mr.. and Mrs. ThOs. Rawlins, of
Seaford, were the guests of Mr.. and
Mrs. Charles Hastings on Friday
night,
Miss Lillian Birch, of Berlin, Md,
has accepted the duties of night op-
orator at the telephone exchange.