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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-02-10

struggle for the preservation of their
unions and union conditions, in which
they would have to encounter the most
determined opposition Of the combined
forces of the union bureaucrats, the
bosses and the state authorities. The
months that followed are a record of
the most shameful provocation and
treachery ever practised by so-called
union leaders against workers.
Gave Up Workers Gains.
In order to force their domination
on the needle trade unions, the
bureaucrats had not hesitated to work
in fullest cooperation with the bosses.
They gave up the most important
gains of the workers in order to get
the assistance of the bosses in their
attempt to force the cloak, dress
makers and furriers at the point of a
gun to join their dual unions. The
40-hour week has been abolished,
wages have been reduced, and piece
work, the speed-up system and gen.
eral sweat-shop conditions have been
re-established in the industry.
The bureaucrats of the needle
trades, who had at one time pro-
fessed at radical views, had gone over
completely to the camp of the bosses
and have in conjunction with the as
sociations taken out the most sweep
ing injunctions, agitated for and
caused the wholesale arrest and i'm
prisonment of workers who insisted on
their right to strike and picket. The
ruinous war that has been on in the
needle trades for the past year has
practically destroyed the unions and
has brought conditions of abject
slavery in its wake for She workers.
No Struggle Possible.
Even the most backward workers
realize to-day that so long as the re-
dictionary bureaucrats will have a
'vestige of power in the industry, no
effective Struggle against the bosses
is possible. The workers have come
to realize en- masse that they can
make no distinction between the
bosses and the bureaucrats, that both
have but one object, which is to force
the yoke of slavery on the workers
and use them as tools for their per-
sonal ACKNOWLEDGMENT. The internal
struggle of the needle trade workers
is now recognized by all class-con-
scious workers as struggle against
the bosses and their labor ieueenants,
the officials of the International. The
needle trade workers, who had tasted
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-02-10

forces, while the injunction epidemic
was spreading to every industry
paralyzing every strike, while the
bosses were making tremendous cuts
in wages attacking one union after
another, the officials of the A. F. OF
l.. sat in high councils, celebrating
on plans to destroy the needle trade
unions, who under left wing leader
ship had been the only ones to take
up the challenge of the bosses and
had gained improvements in the con-
ditions of the workers thru the strike
weapon. All the financial and moral
resources of the Federation Gas Presi-
dent Green had stated some time ago.
will be modified not to fight the coal
barons, the textile kings and other
exploiters of labor, but to carry on
the holy war against what he termed
"the Communist menace"
Aid of Lewis.
AS far back as 1925, when Sigman,
the reactionary president of the l. L.
G. w. u, expelled $4,000 members,
the Lewis administration came to his
assistance by giving him loan OF
$4,000. To-day the bureaucrats are
united in the effort to subjugate the
workers to the bosses and CONVEX
their organizations into company
unions"
The latest statement of Matthew
Woll on the question of anti-strike
legislation, where he openly endorses
The proposal of the Bar Association
to introduce legislation that will do
away with strikes, exposes the Mat
thew VOLS, the Lewises and the
Greens as the open agents of the
bosses and proves conclusively that
only thru the defeat of these repre-
sentatives of the bosses in the labor
movement can the workers hope to
successfully build organizations that
will fight for the improvement of
their conditions.
The struggle of the needle trade
workers, the struggle of the miners,
the struggle of all other workers, or
ganized as we'll as unorganized, has
become struggle on two fronts,-
the labor bureaucrats and the bosses,
both of whom are united in their eff
forts to keep the workers in sub
mission. The heroic struggle of the
miners in face of hunger, oppression
and brutality, the determined strug-
gle of the needle trade workers, the
spirit of revolt against the treacher-
les of the officialdom in the other
unions, is proof that the workers of
This country are alive to the present
LANCER.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-02-10
Carrying On Communist
Work Among Women

has achieved comparatively more
than any one other district in this
branch of work But our forces were
not properly concentrated or directed.
Not sufficient attention was given
to the most important work of all,
the work of women's industry. Wo-
mems work in general requires per-
>haps more than any of our daily ac-
tivities, concentration, patience and
energy.
The comrades in charge of women's
work in industry were surrounded by
other activities and did not contri-
butte sufficient attention to their func-
ton and the chief reason for that
was no guidance or direction from the
center.
Considering our strength we made
a pretty good achievement in the
work among housewives, known as
the Working Womens Councils"
These played a considerable part in
the relief work in the various strikes,
such as the Passaic, furriers, paper
box, etc. They also took an active
part and led campaigns for more ana
better schools, for better housing fol
working people and for lower rents.
Some OF these campaigns have an i'm
portant immediate political signific-
ance, for example, on the housing
question. They organized large com
mittees, or rather demonstrations tc
visit Mayor Walker at City Hall.
You can well understand what a re-
ceprion these working women received
by our strike breaking, anti-labor
governmental administration. In tn
next political campaign these women
will remember by their experience
that the democrats and republican.
are entirely too busy to pay atten-
tion to their needs. In other words
they will be completely disillusionea
from the poisonous capitalist propa.
ganda about our impartial govern
ment which is supposed to be elected
by and for the people"
Success in Work.
The women's councils made a fail
success in their work regarding tht
entire women's conditions but they
have been working on too narrow
basis. They attract into their ranks
the vanguard of the working class
and very close sympathizers. 1t con
sists also primarily Of one national
ity, mainly Jewish working elias
women. This situation must be re-
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-02-10
By OLGA GOLD.

At the last National Convention of
the Workers (Communist) Party
which was held in New York City in
September, 1927, comrades directly
connected with women's work discus
sed the achievements in this field as
well as the mistakes and shortcom-
ings. However, there is still lack of
adequate interest and attention from
the Workers Party as whole, to this
important phase of activity. There
are still many comrades who have a
skeptical attitude towards the organi-
zation of women, or who do not give
it proper evaluation. This is especi-
ally true of sections in small towns
which are isolated from large cities
and where the active part of women
in the daily struggles of the working
class is not witnessed. The theological
difficulties are a great hindrance to
cur development of this activity.
Now more than ever before with the
sharpening of the class struggle, we
must intensity and increase our wom-
ems work. We must realize the inn
portant part that women play in the
most important campaigns we are car
rying on at present, such as the Bit
ter fight against injunctions, the
struggle against discrimination
against foreign-born, and especially
for the fight for the organization of
the unorganized, and also to certain
extent in the campaign for building
a Labor Party. 1t should be noted
that in eleven important manufacture
ing industries women predominant. We
will not elaborate on the conditions
prevailing in knit goods, hosiery,
PAPER box, candy, textile, biscuit and
other industries in which women form
majority of the workers. They are
known to be among the industries in
which most wretched conditions and
most miserable exploitation prevail.
Analyze Work.
We must, however, analyze the
work of the party among women gem
orally, especially in the past two
years. Quite good work was done
!, by our Boston comrades, known as
the New England Mothers League,
also some work among various ma
tional women's organizations in De-
troit.
The New York district, an example
Tor other districts on women's work,
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-02-10
By ROSE WORTIS.

Two unions are today engaged in
a bitter struggle, the outcome Of
which will have a far-reaching effect
on the future Of the American trade
union movement-the miners and the
needle trade workers. To the casual
observer it would appear that these
two struggles are of an entirely diff
ferent character. The needle trade
workers are apparently engaged in an
internal conflict, while the miners are
fighting the bosses. Those, however
who have followed the struggles OF
both the miners and the needle trade
workers, know that the crisis now
facing them can be traced to one and
the same cause, namely, the coward
ice and treachery of the official lead
ers of these unions.
The Struggle in the Needle Trades
One year ago, after the Furriers
and Cloak & Dressmakers' Unions of
New York under left wing leadership
carried thru successful strikes in their
respective industries, resulting in the
establishment of the 40-hour week,
increases in wages and other impor-
tant gains, the right wing bureaucrats
of the International Unions, fearing
these accomplishments of the left
wing administrations would greatly
enhance their prestige among the
workers, and so constitute a serious
menace to right wing control,
launched an attack on the New York
organizations. They expelled the
Joint Boards, representing more than
70 per cent of the New York men,
bership and precipitated the present
civil war which has gone on unabated
for the past ID months.
Aid of Bosses.
Having no support from the work
ers, the bureaucrats invited the aid Of
the bosses in their efforts to wrest
the unions from the control of the
left wing administrations, which had
The enthusiastic support of the great
mass of the workers. The bosses
readily enlisted in the crusade against
the left wing, seeing an opportunity
to weaken the organizations thru in
oernal STRIFE and win back the con-
cessions they had been forced to grant
IN the recent militant strikes. Before
long the workers realized that the
struggle against the bureaucracy was
not merely for the right to democratic
administration of their unions, but a
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-02-10

Under the pressure of the attack
from the bosses and the treachery
of the bureaucrats, the workers are
turning to the left wing and the pro-
yressives for guidance in their strug-
giles. The time is fast approaching
when the rank and file, under mill
ant leadership, will wrest the unions
from the control of the bureaucrats
md the bosses, and convert them into
lighting weapons for the defense Ct
workers interests.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-02-10
R E B ELS

Socrates drank deep of the hemok ancient Greece
And the knights took big chance at Runymede.
Every window of the Bastile dead mans eye
Ere Marat strobe through the Tribunes halls.
Five innocent men swung from hempen rope in 81
And in 27 two burned
Centuries of bitter reckoning EsH
And scales that weigh the truth
For those lone souls that risk their little moment of life
To make the gesture of dissent.
And guy says to me the other day:
Nov that you've good job
Fergt this radical bunk
An make yerself some real jack!"
But, jeeze, guys got CUTS
Who stands in the cold and
An walks in the rain the picket line,
Cause maybe the kids amt fed enough
An may be yet, mans man sometime
JAMES A. MILLER
New Britain herald., 1928-03-13
McNANEE IN HARTFORD

Graham McNamee, world famous
 announcer of WEAF, is to appear in Hartford on March Is, in a program of songs and anecdotes. The eve ning's entertainment, which is to be i held at the Broad street auditorium.
 IS being given for the benefit Of the hospital fund Of the Phoenix Mutual club.
 Many people who were not able to hear Graham McNamee in person when he appeared a year ago at the Chamber Of Commerce banquet will welcome the opportunity 10 see this popular announcer in action and hear him tell the many interesting experiences which he has had
 through coming In contact with the worlds most famous personalities and most important events. But MT. McNamec is, at heart. an artist. He still sings---and his rich baritone voice has been heard ty thousands. He has the soul of an
 artist the quiet. confident stage pres
 cnce and the vibrant quality Of voice
 so much to be desired in the concert field
 Tickets for the evenings entertain
 ment may be obtained at Crovell' S Drug Store.
New Britain herald., 1928-03-13
WILLIAM HAYNES AT CAPITOL

The wisecracking play boy of the
 screen. William Haines, is now at the Capitol today and Wednesday in
 side-splitting comedy romance
 "The Smart Set" Audiences have liked him in this role very much and he is as lively and breezy as ever as the smart youth who had ambi- tions to play pony polo and win the girl Of his own choice. Jack Holt, Alice Day. and Hobart Bosworth are featured in the cast in support.
 Beginning Thursday for the last half of the week Wallace Beery and Raymond Hatton are again feature d in their new comedy hi, Wife Savers This couple has given to the screen in the past some very funny photoplay and in Wife Savers their admirers will have a wonderful
 series of laughter watching their comedy antics.
 The co-features will offer May ! McAvoy in The Little Snob,' a de-
 lightful comedy drama
 Beginning Sunday Chicago" that
 sensational film that is the talk Of the show world. will be offered for four days with Phyllis Haver and Victor Narconi featured. Coming soon to the Capitol Is
 "The Enemy" the photoplay that
 hung up a record breaking run on Broadway.
New Britain herald., 1928-03-13
THE CROWD" \ HIT.

strand patrons Were tr lted 10 one of the finest bills of tb4 season yes tarday when King hldor's sensa - 'ional epic of ey',N day life. "The Crowd was pres nted together with q fast moving vaudeville program that was bubbling over with good entertainment. 'The Crowd" has made wonderful impression on strand audiences and will be shown gain today and tomorrow for the last times. The vaudeville includes Ruiz and Binta and company; the tamous Dixie Four. rho, incidental lv scored a tremendous hit at each performance: Barrett and Cunneen; Dolores and stanton and Dan Cole man and company, who took the comedy honors = sharing them with Barrett and Cunnecn,
 The new program for Thursday brings Bebc Daniels in Feel My Pulse" and a new vaudeville show headed by Sid Hall and his Nidship- men. Thursday night the Vaudeville rarnival will consist Of eight acts in cluding Louis Schwartz of New Brit in in Magical Fantasy"
New Britain herald., 1928-03-13
(By tAe Herald Revtewer1

The stage presentation of 'Sev- enth Heaven cannot but suffer by comparison with the remarkable photoplay Of the same name-and this is said without the remotest crit icism of the work of the Poli Play errs who are presenting this drama in Hartford this week. In the films it was possible to get so much more action and greater scenic effects that the stage grama seems bit slow. Then. too. such a large percentage of the audience has seen the film version that it rather takes the edge off their enthusiasm by knowing what the outcome is. Sort of like picking up detective story but turning to the last chapter before starting to read. Steals the kick. Withal. the Poli Players make the most Of their opportunities and give some very good acting, Frank Lyons as Chico. Ruth Nugent as Diane and Jay Ray as Pere Chevillon being especially good Others. however, do not suffer by comparison. and the play is very we'll done and quite en- ioyable.
 The story Of Seventh Heaven" is too well known to need outlining.
 Next week the Poli Players pre- sent John Golden's famous comedy. Pigs
New Britain herald., 1928-03-13
WARSH|P PROGRAM IS UP IN HOUSE
S274,M0,000 Measure Is Being
 Considered

Washington, March s l4l - An other major piece Of Iesisla tion-the S274,o10,o00 new warship construc- ton program-today held the right Of way in the house.
 With it's disposition predicted by }"aders before the weekend tn. house vii have cleared it's calendars nt practically all of the big ltgis- alive proposas I, ,portei ny its com- mltteeS.
 Today Nas Set aside exclusively for general debate Of the program. which, as recommended by the naval committee, proposes the construction of D cruisers of 10000 tons dis placement aud on" aircraft carrier Of 3.S0o tons. The cruisers would cost ',0oo,"0p each and the carri,r >16,0oU.noo.
 In recommending thlS construction the committee materially reduced tho administration program as submitted hy Secretary Wilbur. This proposed l 25 cruisers, five aircraft carriers nine destroyer leaders and S2 sub marines at q cost of S74o. .00o 00o.
 Prior to slashing the program th, committee held extensive hearings turing which representatives ot world peace and church societies argued that new naval building by the United States would be construed as d move against international ac- cord. On he other hand, tho Daush ters of the American Revolution. the American Legion and other patriotic urganiZatio urged the construction of such ships as might be needed to keep the navy in first class fighting condition.
 The committee approved the bill with McClintic, democrat, Oklahoma. alone dissenting. At that time he announced that he felt submarines were in greater need than cruisers and would cnacayor to amend the program on the floor along this line.
 Ugh officials oi the navy have in formed the committee that il is the departments plan to build the neW cruisers along the general line of thr tight lO.o0O ton cruisers aut horizcd in 1924. Of these eight, two, tn" Pensacola and Salt Lake City, are under construction. and funds hay' been provided for starting others.
 The ships are designed to carr nine S-lnch guns. the maximum pei mitted under the Washington nav, treaty, and to have q speed of abou, SIS knots. This speed approximate that of the ships of this class con- structed by other nations.
New Britain herald., 1928-03-13
Seeking to Divorce His
 Movie Actress Wife

Hartford, March l3 LP-Decision WASH reserved here today in the di- vorce suit brought by George Ar thur Palmer. a trolley man Of Bridgeport. against his wife. Mrs. Beatrice Mary Palmer on grounds Of assertion. Mrs. Palmer motion picture actress, was formerly of Norwich, and attended school in Hartford, where the couple met and married in 1919. Shortly afterward they moved to Bridgeport They sep arted in 1921, after which Palmer said he had contributed nothing to- ward the support of his wife or the year old daughter. The little girl has been in the care of her grand mother Mrs. Valentine in Norwic h since the separation. Mrs. Palmer has a cross complaint of assertion in the suit. and is represented by Attorney David Goldstein of Bridge port Her income from motion pie ture work, sh. said average s1oo per week.
New Britain herald., 1928-03-13
TOWN STILL SNOWBOUND
De'onr. Michigan, People However Are in No Danger of Sufferin. From Lack of Food,

Sault Ste. Marie, Mich, March i3 Dp-Two relief parties bearing mail have made their way through fLr huge snow drifts that glrdle the vii age of Detour. near here. but noth- Ing has been accomplished to reliav. Jhe food shortage
 4 crew Of volunteers from Goetz- Vile, 15 miles from Detour reached the marooned village yesterday after several days Of effort The crew carried 5t0 pounds of mail. Another party from this city. also laden with mail. reached the place after tra- Nerstng q circultous route.
 The 60Q inhabitants are in no ianger Of star-ation, officials advised oyer the telephone today, \ sufti- e..nt supply of meat and some vega tables are available. but the flour supply has heen exhausted. as well $ all lines of staples.
 Local merchants planned 10 send Hour 10 Detour today.
New Britain herald., 1928-03-13
Neipp Made Basketball Captain
 at Alabama Southern University
New Britain Athlete Will Lead Quintet Next Sea- sOn-Three Letter Man at College.

Ernest G. VI. Neipp. son of Mir. and Mrs. Martin Neipp of 49 Gris- wold street, an athlete at Alabama southern University has ben elected captain of next years basket ball team. according to information re- ceived in this city today He IS a junior at the university.
 Neipp was the winner or the Will liam r. Burns Memorial award W hen he was graduated from Senior high school in 1925. He had played end and center on the football team for three years, center and guard on the basketball team for three years and was catcher on the baseball nine for three years and took part in field events on the track team. He ls the only athlete of modern times who won four letters in sports for two consecutiEe years.
 He IS also three sport man at the university.
New Britain herald., 1928-03-13
City Items

4 toy gun which was stolen from 9 Main street store was turned over to Officer Hanford Dart by a small boy yesterday afternoon. It was on. of a number of articles stolen by an- other boy. according 10 the inform CT. and an Investigation Is being made.
 A Nash Co. Spring line Suit, Tex edos. sc2,9o, Joe Ryan. Tel. 29o9. -adyt.
 The sewing society Of Martha Chapter. No. 2l, 0. E. S, will meet Thursday afternoon at ? o'clock at the home of Mrs. Carroll Golf, :" Lake street.
 Tickets exchanged for the Wen nerberg Chorus Annual Concert, starting Wednesday 9 a. m, at lIultgren's Jewelry Store.-advt.
 Phoenix lodge. I. o. o. F., will hold a roll call and smoker this eve ming at o'clock at the lodge room at IA Arch street. There will be an entertainment and a short talk on Thomas Widley. founder of Odd Fellowship in America. Johnston's clean coal is good coal. City Coal and Wood Co Tel. o17. -advt.
 Miss Gladys Patterson of Meriden is spending the week with her aunt. Mrs. William II. Dagle Of 155 Dwight street.
 May Peterson and Wennsrberg
 Male Chorus at the Capitol Theater sunday. 5 p. m.-advt. The Sons of Union Veterans Of the Civil war auxiliary will hold q family supper Wednesday evening at 6:30 o'clock, followed by regu- lar meeting.
 MT. and Mrs. William II. Caldwell of West Main street are in New Orleans, La.
 Frank Rachiiffc. Jr., of the Rack life Oil Co. is attending the New England Independent Oil Mems convention in Boston.