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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-11-14
Machine, New Addition
to Stool Pigeon System

An innovation was added to the
system of stool pigeons and spys
in the form of machine, at the In
ternational Exhibition of Inventions
at Westminster, England.
The machine keeps a record OF
the work done by an employe in the
absence of the boss. 1t can be con-
nected between the office of the
boss and any machine, without the
knowledge of the worker on the job
When the boss arrives after an
absence he can see at glance
whether or not the machine has beer
running in the standard speed of the
factory or whether or not the worker
has been taking well-earned few
minutes rest, The machine also
records the number of articles turned
out.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-11-14
OF A
COMMUNIST WATCHER
(By a Worker Correspondent

by Worker Correspondent
Last Tuesday afternoon election
day. | went down to our section
headquarters to see whether / could
assist the committee in charge of
the election campaign. The chair
man of the committee instructed me
to go down to one of the election
districts in the sixth ward and act
as watcher for the Workers (Com-
munist) Party. After receiving my
official credential headed to the
assigned place which happened to
be in one of the east side public
schools.
Arriving at the place the first
thing noticed was the suspicious
looking characters hanging around
inside and outside the polls.
walked inside and started to inquire
for the chairman of the election
board. l was approached by broad
shouldered gentleman" with big
cigar in his mouth who was very
much interested to know who I was
and whom represented.
A G. o. p. Ward Heller.
| kindly informed him that I had
only business with the chairman OF
the board and that I couldn't see
the reason why he was taking such
a keen interest in me. He got more
suspicious Of me and asked whether
l was socialist or a Communist.
He said that if l was socialist
Il had nothing to fear from him as
he was good friend of Mr.. Hillquit.
When again l informed him that it
did not interest me even if he was
friend of Norman Thomas, he said;
Don't be afraid to tell me who you
are, l won't punch you in the nose"
Afterwards l learned that the gent
was only the Ward Heller of the
republican party and that he sus-
pected me to be a representative Of
the Honest Voters League.
A Tammany Repeater.
This being the first time that
ever acted as watcher, | had q
chance to observe things that we
only read about in the workers
press. The "strong fellows" inside
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-11-14
Packard Auto Workers
Learn Tricks Played
by Speed-up, Bonus"
Reprinted from "AutO Workers
News.")

Reprinted from auto Workers
News.")
DETROIT, Mich, (By MaiD. -
Last summer Packard proudly an
nounced that economies in produc-
ton made possible $500 price cut
All loyal Packard workers partici-
pated in this joyous Economy of
production" in the form of wage
cuts. Men in the service depart
ment participated to the tune of q
cut in wages from Soc per hour to
4Sc. Workers in other departments
also participated in the general
harmony of wage cuts for the work.
ers and more profits for the stock
holders.
When the workers returned from
their compulsory summer vacation
without pay, they discovered the
bonus performing strange tricks
No worker ever knows how the
bonus is figured, but he did know
that before vacation" he was get
ting bonus amount to 1920 per
cent of his wages, while now he was
lucky if he got any bonus at all.
One worker received a bonus once
in two months amounting to per
cent. Another worker reports that
he used to get bonus of 20 per
cent, when the group turned out
100 jobs a day, now they are put
ting through close to 1870 and feel
ing lucky to get 2 per cent.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-11-14

and outside the polls were all ready
to carry out orders at a moments
notice.
Some Of the republican "boys"
recognized a Tammany repeater
who was such a supporter of Smith
that he went from one voting place
to another in order to cast his vote
for his favorites. When he arrived
at our place he was recognized by
the Hooverites who did not like the
idea of him continuously voting for
their opponent. He was Immediate
ly attacked and received a good
beating and if the police had not
saved him would probably have
had to appear as witness in a muir
der trial. One also could see how
whispering deals were made with
voters openly. Not only were hand
fulls of cigars passed out and vot-
ers reminded that those were ere
publican" or democratic" cigars
but money bills were given to non.
smoking voters. Of course the po-
licemen on duty were too neal
sighted to notice those things. One
of the cops remarked 20 me "those
guys sure are tough bunch, ain't
they?" only shook my head in
the affirmative. The 400 voters
that casted their ballots at that place
were mostly small business men as
far as one could judge by their ap-
pearance.
Most of them were known by their
names even before they walked over
to the table. They were approached
by the "boys" as chow is business
Mr.. Finkelstein and 81 hope you
will vote for the right man, Mr.
KATE" Very few voters did l no.
tice that one could recognize as
workers, and therefore l was much
surprised in the evening when the
votes were counted that eleven votes
were cast for the Workers (Com
munist) Party.
LOUIS DRUCKER.
written for the Worker Cor.
respondence Class in the New Yorl
Workers School.)
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-11-14

man coins of the tenth and eleventh
centuries and Byzantian coins of
Emperors Basile and Constantine
lend of the tenth century,. Arabian
coins were also found, showing that
there were commercial relations be-
tween Scandinavians and Arabs
through the Bulgars on the Volga.
Excavations also prove that the
vikings colony near Lake Ladoga
carried on commercial relations with
Russia during the period when the
foundation of the Russian State
was laid in the tenth and eleventh
centuries.
These archaeological collections
were sent to the Biographical Mu-
scum at the Academy of Science for
investigation and restoration.
Professor Arne, director of the
Stockholm Museum, participated in
the expedition.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-11-14

contribution he can possibly spare.
We appeal to all Negro organiza-
tions, to lodges, clubs, societies, etc.,
to make this question of relief a
part of their order Of business at
the very next meeting. We particu-
larly appeal to the Negro church to
rally aid for these destitute storm
sufferers. Checks and money or
ders may be sent to the Negro Work
ers' Relief Committee, 461 Lenox
Ave-, New York City.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-11-14
..SpEEDUP COADS
WORKER; SHOOTS
SELF And BOSS
"a Cents an Hour for
Lumber Slaves
(By a Worker CoryespondemtJ

w " ~ NfNVf' OOfTCoDONUCUt/
FORT BRAGG, Cal, (By Mail).
firing of the slave driving
methods and continual speeding up,
Paul Rasmussen, aged Sc, shot and
wounded Verne Moore, night fore
man of the Union Lumte r Co. here.
After firing 1T Moore, the old work
er attempted to take his own life by
firing twice thru his abdomen.
Inhuman Speed Up.
Rasmussen later died in the hos
pital after ne was shot twice more
thru the stomach by the town night
Waterman and city marshall. Work
ers of the sawmill state ttat the
foreman was inhuman in his speed
up of workers, and that Rasmussen's
last words were: "He was very bad
to me-"
Maybe the rebellion of the op-
pressed lumber grader will serve as
a warning and reminder to other
foremen of the plant in their relent-'
less speedup of the workers.
81 Cents An Hour.
Working conditions are bad in this
neck of the woods. The average
wage paid to the sawmill workers is
Sd cents an hour, and slightly more
in the woods, plus poor meals and
quarters. The workers stood
months shut-do during the sum-
mer, due to overproduction resulting
from electrifica.ion and labor saw
ing machinery being installed. The
common laborer has paid for the
new equipment.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-11-14
Canadian Wireless Man
Com m un Gates With
Byrd Arctic Pole Trip

MONTREAL, Nov. 10 W.D).-For
the first time since Commander
Richard E. Byrd's expedition left
for the South Pole, Canadian wire
less operator has been in two-way
communication with one of the
ships.
Alec Reid, who operates amateur
station 2BE, revealed he had been
in communication with Karl Peter
son, operator on the Eleanor Boil
inr
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-11-14
Breaker Boys Strike;
Close Down Colliery,
Bring Out 1900 MI e N

PlTTSTON, Pa, Nov. 49, -
Breaker boys, who pick the slate
from the rushing coal in the chutes,
closed down the Pennsylvania Coal
Co. colliery 9 by unanimous pro-
test strike against discrimination by
the company in promotion of the
boys. The boys charged that the
company was showing preference to
favorites of the bosses, who have
acted as aids to the company against
their fellow workers.
Due to the solidarity of the boys,
the entire mine had to shut down,
bringing 1900 coal diggers out.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-11-14

children resolved that all workers
must vote Communist.
Demonstrate on 81"
On the way home the Pioneers
organized big demonstration on
both down and uptown stations of
the 14th st. elevated station. The
Pioneers sang Solidarity" and
other songs. The people in the
trains were impressed with the
spirit of the Pioneers. The children
expressed great spirit through songs
and cheers for the Communist Party
and for Foster and Gitlow.
l will never forget the Sunday of
October % that I spent with the
Pioneers. S. KESSELMAN.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-11-14
HUTCHINSON IN
FEAR THAT men
Will REV0L 7
He Is for legal" Per
secution
BY MIKE ROSS.

General President Hutchinson is
evidently afraid of an open revolt
among the membership of the Car
penters' Union because of his des-
potic and unconstitutional expulsion
of the progressive leaders, who be-
lieve that union should be run in
the interests of the rank and file
He now wishes to give a legal face
to. his autocracy in the future and
therefore he proposed to the last
general convention, held at Lakeland
Florida, nat the rights Of the local
unions, to try members, be abolished
and that this authority be given to
District Councils, which are bodies
far removed from the membership
and where Hutcheson's henchmen
are in complete control.
Vans Legal Persecution.
Here, they can expel or persecute
with legal face, all who have the
courage to criticize them for THEN
t." cherry to the rank and file.
Hutcheson didn't even consider
this sufficient safeguard against
the progressives, so he decided to
make a dynasty out of the union,
with himself as ling. He proposed
that, "a member, in order to be elig-
ible as candidate for general office.
must be a full beneficial member"
There is no such thing as a "full
beneficial MEMBER" in the constitu
ton, so the term is hard to under
stand. A full beneficial member is
supposedly one who receives $500
after he dies. In order to be entitled
to this reward" he must have beer
in the union five years. Why did not
Hutcheson propose that member
must be in the union five years, in
order to become candidate for gen
eral office?
Herein lies the swindle.
Fake as Usual.
This proposition, in order to be-
come an amendment to the general
constitution. must be submitted to q
referendum vote of the membership
and in order to fool them into sup
porting it, the arguments need only
be raised, "that surely one would
not expect any other but full bene-
fetal member to be eligible as a
candidate for general office" This
of course, is only the first step in
the fake. AS soon as Hutcheson wins
the above proposition, all he has to
do is to advocate small increase
in the death benefit, to those who
have been in the union for twenty
five years. Hence, one would have
to have been in the union for rs
years in order to be eligible for gen.
eral office. With tears in his eyes
Hutcheson will weep and say, "the
wives and children of the deceased
members must be better taken care
Of"
Fighters Being Eliminated.
Why should his highness worry
about his dynasty any longer? Any
opponent of the machine who can
remain in the union for thirty years,
without being expelled, is relic in
the Museum of Natural History.
Beginning in the third week in
Nos ember, all the proposed amend
ments to the general constitution
will be voted on in the local unions.
Progressive carpenters should ex-
pose these fake tricks to the men,
bership and get them to vote against
the proposed amendments. Not one
Of these is in the interests of the
rank and file. Militant unionists
should be sure to watch the vote
fer Hutcheson and his cohorts will
steal the vote if it can't be gotter
in any other manner.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-11-14
Rockefeller Donates
Half Million to Aid
Jewish USSR Colonies
(Bv United Press.)

John d. Rockefeller, jr.. has con-
tributed 100000 to a fund being
raised in this country for the de-
velopment of Jewish farm settle.
ments in Russia. Rockefeller said
the work, which began in 1922 and
which has enabled more than 100,-
600 persons to settle on land in the
Ukraine and Crimea, had impressed
him as "a notable and creative ex-
ample Of social engineering"
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-11-14
INDUSTRIAL ACCIDENTS GROW

DETROIT, Nov. 13.-The end of
the first quarter of the fiscal year
l928-29 shows big increase in the
number of industrial accidents in
this state. In July, August and
September, alone, 50 workers were
killed while at work.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-11-14
UNEMPLOYMENT INCREASE

SAN FRANCISCO, Cal, Nov. II.
The Federal Employment Service
has just reported that unemploy-
ment in this state has made enorm-
Gus advances during the past month.
There is great excess of labor
throughout California. Every city
reports an over-supply of workers
a the building trades industry.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-11-14

SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 3D.
Every city in California has re-
ported a huge over-supply Of work.
ers. Unemployment is steadily on
the increase. all cities in the state
report
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-11-14
WORKER LIKES
YOUNG PIONEERS
S Thrilled by Spirit of
Big Meeting

EDITORIAL, NOTE: The follow
ing correspondence was sent in by
building lab0rer who is now learn
ing English as student in the
Workers School. Four weeks ago he
could neither read nor write the
language. The letter, except for
some minor corrections, is substan-
tally as he wrote it,
(By a Worker Correspondent
Sunday, October 20, I went with
the Young Pioneers to Webster
Hall. When we came into the hall
the Bronx section of the Young
Pioneers came in singing the song
Solidarity" All the 300 children
present in the hall joined the sing
ing. Charles Wilson, the chairman,
opened the meeting with the singing
Of the international"
Never Saw Such Spirit.
/ never saw such spirit put into
a song as / heard that night. The
chairman explained the issue of the
meeting.
The first speaker was H. Fam.
He explained to the children the is.
sues of the election campaign and
why the children have to see that
their parents must vote Communist.
The next speaker was J. Rubin
stein. He told the children of the
struggle of the New Bedford tex
tile workers and how the children
Of the textile strikers were helping
CL the picket line. The children an
swered with a storm of cheers.
The other speakers were Jesse
Taft of the Young Pioneers and B.
Miller of the Workers Party. The
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-11-14
EX-PoLICEMAN IN KILLING.

BOSTON, Nov. 13 W.H.--Charged
with accepting bride from a pris-
oner, Theodore F. Miller. former
Boston policeman and until recently
a prison guard, was arrested today
in connection with the killing of
Turnkey Frederick Pfluger at
Charlestown state prison Sunday.
Pfluger was shot to death by
Charles ]. Trippi, jr.. 21-year old
highwayman, serving 10 to 18 years
for robbery, while the latter was
making an unsuccessful attempt to
escape.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-11-14

CIVIC REPERTORY last srhAv
- Ewes $40
soc; $l.OO. $3.50 Mats Tues &sat 2.sO
EVA LIE GALEIENNE. Director
Mat Today, sSThe Cherry Orchard.
Tonight, "L'Invitation au Voyage"
fhurs. Eve, ''ibc CAerry Orchard"
+ Il Eve. "LIny.tation "a Voyage.
5at Mat. The N.sus.i- De Gentleman
Sat Eve, ''Fae Eradic Sona.''
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-02-27
More Contributions to
Ruthenberg ID ally
Worker Sustaining
Fund

Donescu, New York City ..1.50
James r. Jones, Brooklyn, N. Y. $500
A. H. Johnson, Chicago, H.. 100
Geo. Rupert, Salt Lake City,
Olah 5.O0
James r. Jones, Brooklyn, N. Y. 200
w. Beck, New York City .1.50
Donescu, New York City -. ..2.75
G. Powerman, New York City 25.10
Menach, New York City .2.75
King, (collected) New York ..11.75
King, (colle.ted) New York ..11.95
Ubegy, New York City ..1.75
Section No. a, New York go. 1000
Camp Nitgedaiget, Beacon,
New York ...............2 4.00
w. C. l.. Assn. (L. Levi), st.
Faul, Mimi. ............15 1000
Lithuanian Working Womens AL
lance of America, B'klyn,
N. Y. 1000
Finnish Workers Clubs, Ontonagon,
Mich. 1000
A. Slavianudakcs, New York -. 200
John Horn, New York ........ 600
Mrs. Pouse Beck New York 100
UCWCH No. II (Levine), New
York City ..........5. 500
Finnish Workers Club, Phelps,
Wise. .................. 500
St. Nucleus No. 8, Section No. 3,
Chicago, Illinois ..... .9.25
Chas. Cassell, Kalamazoo, Mich. 100
w. C. Bioyed, Canon City, Colo. 100
Carrie NJ Chapman, Boise, Idaho 1900
John Partac, Long Island City 200
Leo. P. Lemley, Philadelphia, Pa. .95
James R. Jones, Brooklyn, N. Y. 100
John w. Langley, New York 100
P. Grekin, Detroit, Mich. 300
Section 4, New York City .20.00
Int'l. Br. No. 2, Section 5, N. Y. 1900
f, NJ. Frankal SS6C, New York 80. so
Raspi-Sec 7, Int'l Br. No. l,
New York City .6.75
Eeidman, New York City ......1.00
IS Of, New York CITY ........1.85
C. Q. Peterson, Br. 8, Sec. 7, New
York City ...........S 1925
SSSE, Eds, New York City, 800
Ubogy, Int1 Br. GA, New York 200
1B 2F, New York City ...2.00
Ionescu -SS3B, New York City 1850
Com. Munse Per A. Ionescu, N. Y. 500
Sol Auerbach, Phila., Pa. 80. $500
Emil Peterson, Armonk, N. Y 200
L. Cooper, Bronx, N. Y. 200
M. G. Vawter, Rialto, Calf. :. 1900
Stephen Passover, Chicago, III. 100
Ukrainia Womens' Society, Cleve-
land, Ohio 1000
~. Maximovich, Detroit, Mich. 500
Henry Brink, New York City loo
~. Martins, Milne, III. .... 500
G, w. Murphy, Rayenna, Ohio 500
DR.. Milsig, New York City 49,. 500
Com. Ionescou, New York 800. 200
lib IF, New York City ........4.00
Journeymen Painters Union, No.
1893. New York CITY .25.Oc
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-02-27

The kindergarten to the university
but the same cannot be said of the
organized worker particularly in the
ease of growing children. The seduc-
i've atmosphere of prosperity" is the
ever-present shibboleth that befuddles
him and of the ten children are sent
to these lethal chambers of mind de-
stroyers.
l make bold to add that every con-
ventional school product is a poten-
tial scab or snob, we'll fitted for the
ranks of the reactionaries, unless
some incident in his life opens his
mind to the real state of affairs and
escapes the disease of dependence
upon those higher-ups who do our
thinking for US.
/ can only reiterate the century-old
slogan that the struggle for education
must be made part of the great strug-
gle for complete change in the
conditions of life, and that our chill
dren be prepared for its adaptation.
A TEACHER.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-02-27
Bosses EnsLaUe
POYters IN NeW
York Building
(By a Worker Correspondent


1 am a porter in the Benenson
Building on Cortlandt st. and Broad
way. This building has 80 stories,
and about one porter for each floor.
The porter has to clean up whole
floor, and the work is very heavy. l
get only $24 week l must mop the
floor, sweep it, polish the brass, and
carry large loads of rubbish and other
things.
have wife and four children.
Is S24 week enough to bring my
family up? We never get a raise no
matter how long we work for the
Benenson Building.
The owners of this building are
millionaires. In this building are the
offices of rich lawyers, brokers and
large corporations. The officers and
bosses in these offices do not know
we are alive except as machines to
clean up after them.
l am unable to buy decent food for
my children, and my youngest child
is very sick and needs fresh country
air. But it would cost me $24 a week
alone to send her away. I have boy
who is IL. He is a smart boy in
school, but 1 will soon have to take
him out of school. Ny wife is i'll,
but she has to take in washing.
have been trying to get a better job
for over year. but every place l
go there are many hundreds of unem-
ployed porters trying to get the job.
have been on every employment
agency on Sixth Ave-, but they offer
jobs at SIS for unskilled workers, and
there are hundreds of men to even
grab those.
A PORTER.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-02-27

Bella's Customers


On exhibition at the Comedy is
Simon Gantillon's play, Maya" trans
lated by Ernest Boyd and presented
by the Actor-M Managers. 1t is a
picture of a series of events trans
piring in the room of Bella, a prosti-
tute on street of a red light district
leading to the harbor of the Mediter-
ranean seaport, Marseilles.
Her customers are workers from
the dockyards, sailors of every coun-
try, and some of the drags of hui
mainly. One Of the impressive scenes
is when she talks with another deni-
zen of the district about the con-
ditions that drive women into the
oldest profession"
Throughout the whole performance
there is the recurring theme that the
woman and her customers are victims
of conditions, of a social system over
which they have no control. 1t is a
cynical, pessimistic theme, without
solution. The first scene in the
girls room reveals her teaching an
other girl how to knit. Then ensues
series of episodes, all variations of
the main theme, for three acts, and
in the final scene she is still teach
ing girl to knit and saying that it
"must go on and on and on" Thus
we have hopelessness in place of a
solution.
The play is well acted. Aline Nc
Mahon, in the chief role, is excellent
and the supporting cast is good.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-02-27
BroadVay Briefs
BROADWAY

The Broadway Theatre, beginning
today will have the following acts on
the stage: Gladys Clark and Henry
Bergman; Eddie Nelson; Jack and
Ruth Hayes and the Dalese. Glove
Me and the World is Nine" will be
the silent drama of the occasion.
Mary Philbin, Norman Kerry, Betty
Compson, Henry B. Walthall are in
the cast. Another screen attraction
''The Head Hunters of Ecuador
will be shown. This is pictorial record
of the Ecuador expedition sponsored
by the American Museum of Natural
History.
PALACE
Will Fyffe, Scotch comedian, be-
gins his American tour at the Palace
this afternoon. Other acts on the
bill include: Florentine Singers
thirty-five celebrated vocalists from