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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-11-30
RADIO WORKERS
ORGANIZE ASSN
IN Wiz FACTORY
Employees Meet After
Strike

An enthusiastic meeting of the
workers of the Wiz Manufacturing
Coz any, makers of knight" ra-
dos, was held Wednesday night i'm
mediately after work at Irving
Plaza Hall. Despite the fact that
the bosses, getting word of the fact
that a meeting was to be held, tried
to prevent it by making the men
work overtime, about fifty men at
tended and most of the others had
pledged themselves to abide by the
decisions of the meeting.
The meeting was called as a re-
suit of the success of the spontane-
Gus strike which broke out last Fri
day when an attempt was made to
force the men to begin work at 7;30
a. m. instead of at 8:15 q. M, thus
adding forty-five minutes to the
working day.
At the meeting it was unani-
mously decided to organize the first
association of radio workers in New
York. The name chosen was "Radio
Workers Association"
A president and secretary-treas-
urer were elected by reclamation.
An executive committee of ten, rep
resenting all the departments in the
shop, was also elected.
Although most of the men were
young and not experienced in or
ganization, they showed a fine mill
tant spirit. The work of the meet
ing was carried on in an efficient
manner.
An interesting discussion took
place on conditions in the shop, fu-
ture tactics to be used and other
practical points. Many from the
floor took part.
The meeting ended with three
rousing cheers for the new organ
ization, the Radio Workers Associa-
ton.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-11-30
New Masses Ball Next
Friday to Be Colorful
Working Class Event

Revolutionary workers and artists
are expected to turn out by the hun
dreds to attend the annual New
Masses Ball, which will be held next
Friday evening, until dawn, at Web
ster Hall, 18th St. between 3rd and
4th Ave. AS in the past, the Masses
Ball gives promise of being one of
the most colorful proletarian events
of the year.
All the decorations for the event
have been done by Hugo Gellert,
famous revolutionary artist whose
murals grace the wall of the Prolet-
cos Cafeteria on Union Square, and
by other distinguished proletarian
artists. Workers from the trade
unions, as we'll as artists and
writer's, contributors of the New
Masses, will be there galore.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-11-30
Editor of Wall Street
MagazineExpOsesHigh
Finance in Own Office

A privileged position in the Of
flee of The Magazine of Wall Street
and marrying the editor and foun-
der of that journal of brokerage
and stock manipulation was too
much of a lesson for Mrs. Richard
Wyeoff the aforesaid editor, says
he, in his suit for recovery of g.
C00,000 worth of property.
Wycoff alleges that his spouse,
once his secretary, "nagged and ca
joled" him until he decided the rest
of the paper to her, after giving her
a quarter of it as value received for
marriage with him. Wycoff should
have known the rules of business,
and the lack Of business morality
around Wall Street, but in this
case, according to his statements,
he fell for Mrs. Wycoff's promise
to hold the property for their joint
use, and got swindled thereby, as
Mrs. Wycoff promptly took full
control of operations and profits.
So he is now in the courts, with
his pitiful tale.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-11-30
PROTEST TEXTILE
TERROR AT MASS
MEETING MONDAY
Gold Issues Statement
to All Furriers

Several OF the defendants in the
trial of the 662 New Bedford strik-
ers and strike leaders will be
among the speakers at the big pro-
test meeting to be held Monday eve
ming at 8 o'clock at Irving Plaza,
18th st. and Irving Place, under the
auspices of the New York section
of the International Labor Defense
and the National Textile Workers
Union.
The meeting will rally the work
ers of New York in the nationwide
mass movement to smash this at
tempt on the part of the mill
barons' courts to outlaw militant
unionism and to railroad the best
fighters in the great textile strug-
gle to long Jail terms. Among the
other speakers will be William w.
Weinstone, district organizer of the
Workers (Communist) Party; Al
fred Wagenknecht, national secre
tary of the I. L. D.; Norman Tai
lentire, assistant secretary of the Z.
L. D.; Albert Weisbord, secretary
treasurer of the National TaXtte
Workers Union; Fat Toohey, secre-
tary-treasurer of The National Min
ers' Union; Ben Gold. manager,
Joint Board, turner's Unicn; and
Paul Crouch, secretary of the ALL
America Anti-Imperialist League.
Gold Issues Call.
All fur workers are urged to at
tend the protest meeting in a state
ment issued by Ben Gold last night.
The statement declares:
"The fur workers Rave their
Mineola case and the textile work
ers their New Bedford case. Both
cases are the cases of the working
class; both in Mlneola and II New
Bedford it IS the worf1ng class ~
a whole that is being attacked and
it is the bosses and the A. f. of L.
and yellow Socialist betrayers that
are doing the attacking.
Workers Solidarity.
"When the new National Textile
Workers Union was launched, the
fur workers sent their greetings
And now when an attempt t. smash
the textile union is being made by
the falling of 662 of its best fight
ers, we furriers who are getting
ready to launch union of cur own,
must stand behind our brothers
and force the capitalist courts to
free them.
"Furriers, the protest meeting on
Monday is your protest meeting and
the fight to free these victims of
the textile bosses hatred is your
fight. Show your solidarity in this
great struggle by attending the
meeting 100 per cent"
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-11-30
TO Consolidate Border
Patrol as War Measure

WASHINGTON, Nov. 29.--Under
guise of prohibition enforcement and
economy, a bill to strengthen and
make more efficient the border pa
troll on which American imperialism
relies in the next war for preventing
any drafted men from resigning
via Mexico and the seaports, from
war which is against their own in
terests, will be pushed for passage
at the coming session of congress.
Under the proposed bill the immi-
grafton customs, prohibition and ag-
ricultural border patrols will be con-
solidated and put under single,
centralized direction.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-11-30
Spanish Fraction of
Workers Party Plans
Affair December q

The affair that the Spanish Frac-
ton of the Workers (Communist)
Party of New York is arranging for
the night Of Saturday, Dec. %,
promises to be a real international
affair, according to the statement Of
the arrangements committee. Be-
sides workers of the standard 81
Latin American countries, Russians,
Italians, Orientals and Negroes will
attend. There will be exhibitions of
Latin American dances, and songs.
To acquaint the sympathizers with
the costumes of Latin American
workers, every one of the Spaniards
will come in the costume of his coun-
try of origin.
Tickets for this event are on sale
at the Workers Book Shop, 1928
Union Square; at the Spanish Work
ers Center, So w. 18th St., and at
the offices of the New Masses, 80
Union Square.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-11-30
irish PEASANTS
IN STARVATION
Thousands in Kerry
Barely Alive
Continued from Paoe One

Continued from Page One
ing, and it is questionable if day
clothes are discarded at night. There
is generally no possibility of separa-
ton of age or sex.
There appears to be either COM
plete ignorance or total disregard of
the most elementary sanitary regu-
lations. Animals are frequently
found in living rooms, and, probably
of necessity, their welfare app ears
to be considered more precious than
that of children. Windows-if there
are any-are generally nailed up or
fixed so that they cannot be opened"
1t was in Kerry that the civil war
between the republicans and the
Free Skaters was the most intense.
Here the battle for land was motive
force of the rebellion. Today these
Kerry peasants remain alone and
isolated as if they were far removed
to some island in an uncharted sea.
In the cities and towns the indus
trial army of unemployed increases.
On building job there were thirty
unskilled workers called for. Over
three thousand applied for the jobs.
Yet despite this deplorable state of
affairs the unskilled workers who
are organized are able to maintain
their conditions.
Armistice Day began with a
tremendous roar throughout the city
at five in the morning. 1t was the
noise from landmines that had been
placed under various statues to i'm
perialists.
The hind leg of the horse that
King William of Orange so defiantly
strobe hangs limp with the foot
pursuing the back of the head of
King Edward the Seventh, father
of the present King George.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-11-30
CHICAGO BANKS
Demand SEAPORT
Dawes Agrees Rails
Can Keep Freights Up

ST. LOUIS, Mo-, Nov. 29.-The
Mississippi Valley Association
wound up its tenth annual conven-
ton here today by electing William
f. Dawes, banker, head of the Chi
cago Chamber Of Commerce and
second cousin of Vice-President
Dawes, president of the association.
General 7. O. Ashburn, head of
the government owned river barge
line, announced to the association
that he would negotiate Dec. II with
representatives of all railroads con-
cerned to make joint tariffs for rail
and water transportation, under the
Dennison act, passed at the last ses-
sion Of congress. With the rail-
roads assured that high rates would
still prevail, the bankers and indus
trialists who make up the Missis-
sippi Velley Association believe that
a big program of improvement of
water transportation can be put
through congress without being
blocked by the railroad interests.
For Nine-Foot Channel.
By resolution the convention
unanimously asked congress to do
the following:
a. Authorize funds in amounts
sufficient to complete the approved
river projects within five years.
b. Authorize an immediate sur
vey for a nine-foot river channel
from pittsburgh to Kansas City,
Mo-, or Yankton, S. D., and from
the Twin Cities to New Orleans.
c. Immediately liberate the $780,
600,0C0 increased capitalization for
the Inland Waterways Corporation
authorized by the Denison act.
d. Increase the annual rivers
and harbors appropriations from
SOS, 0OG,0 to $75,000,000 and the
flood control allotment from $24,-
900, 00O to $35,0O0.O00 annually.
e. Include a nine-foot channel in
the Tennessee River for distance
of 648 miles from the Ohio to Knox.
vile.
The convention also adopted 6
perennial resolution endorsing the
work of the U. S. army engineers
corps, although opposition to that
was presented in committee by
Mayor George Leach of Minneapolis
who deplored the corps failure tc
approve nine-foot channel for the
Upper Mississippi. Failure of the
corps to prevent floods did not in
terest the bankers.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-11-30
/ Killed, | Injured
by Rum Chasers

NIAGARA FALLS, N. Y, Nov.
20. CUP Carl Anderson was killed
and Edmund Sahr seriously wounded
today when coast guardsmen fired
on their motorboat on Lake Ontario.
Anderson and Sahr were half a
mile off Youngstown, N. Y. They
were challenged by Coast Guard
Cutter 1854.
Examination showed that the
motorboat did not contain any liquor.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-11-30
Dry Spies in New York
Number 200, Says Chief

Two hundred prohibition agents,
including some who are privileged
to drink in night clubs as part Of
their regular duties are stationed in
New York City, said Prohibition Ad-
ministrator Maurice Campbell yes
terday, in an interview. He admitted
that some of these agents were con-
siderably terrorized over the pros
pect of being discharged soon for
failure to pass the civil service tests,
but refused to state who and how
many, nor did he say what sort OF
pull would be recognized in new APP
pointments. He said that his office
during the coming year would fol-
low the same plans as in the past
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-11-30
Biggest Morgan Bank
Observation-Disclosures
York; Third Recently

The Chase National Bank, the sec
ond largest bank in the country
and Morgan's biggest bank, recently
swallowed another sunfish, the Gar
field National Bank, and so increased
it's resources to S1,17700,000. The
Garfield Bank had assets of $21,-
100000.
This comes upon the heels OF its
absorption of the Mutual Bank last
year, of the big Mechanics and
Metals Bank in 1926, and the Metro
politan Bank in 1921. R. W. Poor,
chairman of the Garfield Bank, and
H. F. Poor, its president, will be-
come vice-presidents of the big Nor
gan bank. The Poor brothers VIII
not exactly starve at their new jobs
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-11-30
Anxiety" for What?

LONDON, Nov. 29.-Dispatches
from Bombay, India, appear in the
capitalist press saying that-"The
ling's illness is being followed by
all classes in India with anxiety"
There are known to be among the
enslaved 300,000,000 Indians a con-
siderable number whose anxiety"
may be misrepresented by such dis
patches as indicating that they are
anxious for the kings recovery.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-11-30
OPEN-SHOP WAGES.

BINGHAMTON, (By MaiD.--
With not labor union in any manu-
featuring industry in this city, wages
are lower here than in any other city
in New York state. Over S5 per cent
of the workers in the factories are
paid on a piece-work basis. Half of
the 1000 women employed receive
less than SIG a week.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-11-30
Belgium GivesNanking
Observation-Disclosures

NANKING, China, Nov. 20 (UP).
The government issued today the
text of the treaty with Belgium,
whereby Belgium relinquishes all
extra-territorial rights and recog-
nizes the right of Chinese tariff
autonomy. The treaty is effective
Jan. l, 1929.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-11-30
REPORT MANIFOLD
ACTIVITIES or The
GROWING LOCAL
Observation-Disclosures
Workers Confidence

A report to central headquarters
of the National Textile Workers
Union in New York, by its organ
3 izer, Clarina Michaelson, on the
progress of its organizations in Fall
River and New Bedford shows the
swift growth of the local units
there.
This is the city where American
Federation of Textile Operatives, a
so-called union, got the aid of the
A. F. of L. United Textile Workers
Union in issuing a joint order that
no strike would be allowed to re-
gain wages cut and to, assist the
New Bedford workers win their
strike. From authentic sources it
has been ascertained that the U. T.
W. offices are about to be vacated,
while the N. T. W. gains greater
confidence from the workers.
Organizer Reports.
The report of the organizer fol-
lows:
"The silk workers of Fall River
are joining the National Textile
Workers Union. Last Saturday
local of silk workers was organized
at a meeting and an organization
committee of three elected. There
are six silk mills in Fall River, the
Elgin, Liberty, Watuppa, Bay State,
Wilbur and Irving, and the Las
soy. In one Of these mills all the
workers have already signed up
with the local. and in every mill
there are workers who are men,
bers of the National Textile Work
ers' Union.
The silk mills are being covered
with leaflets. A dance under the
auspices of the Silk Workers local
viii be held in December. Due to
the organization drive that is being
carried on it is expected that all the
silk workers of Fall River will soon
be members of the silk local.
Cotton Workers Meet.
"Peter Hegelias, organizer CT tt
National Textile Workers Union,
with headquarters at 381 Columbia
St., Fall River, stated that three
min meetings of cotton workers are
held each week and there are fire.
quent mass meetings. The big let
on the corner of Marlboro All
Spring Sts., which was bought by
the union during last summers
strike, has been used continuously
for meetings until a few days ago
when the weather got too cold.
"When all the Fall River lis
are operating there are about $4,000
workers; now this number has been
reduced to about $4,000. Vici )us
speed-up has been introduced. The
workers work very long hours--in
the American Printing Co., for ex-
ample, the usual working day is 2
to ID hours. For this the workers
receive SIG and SIT a week. This
is the mill where Mr.. Tansey of the
A. F. of L. advised the workers to
scab when they were called out last
summer by the National Textile
Workers Union on strike against
the 10 per cent wage cut. The av-
erage wage is SIS a week. There
is much unemployment; workers &C
tive in the strike are blacklisted
and many workers have been dis
placed due to the speed-up that has
been put into effect. The textile
workers of Fall River know which
organization has had the right pol
icy and is fighting for their inter,
ests, and are signing up in larg,
numbers with the National Textile
Workers Union.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-11-30

Organize the unOrRnnixed! Or
ganize new unions in the unOrgan-
fZed industriesl
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-07-11
BEDTIME STORIES
BY THORNTON
". BURGESS

| watched the Black Shadows come
| creeping out across the Old Pasture, and
| finally down across the Green Meadows.
He saw the twinkling little stars come
out He heard Reddy Fox bark some
distance away. He heard Old Man
Coyote howl still farther away. From
over in the Green Forest came the
hooting of Hooty the Great Horned
Owl. These sounds sent little ShiverS
all over Whitley.
Il iust don't dare leave this bramble-
tangle." he kept saying over and over
to himself Il just don't dare do it
oh dear, what shall 1 do?"
That was the most uncomfortable
night that Whitley had ever had in his
short life. 1t was uncomfortable be-
cause of his worry. He wished himself
back in the dear Old Briar-patch, yet
he didn't dare go back. Once Old Man
Coyote came trotting down the cow
path right past the little bramble-
tangle He was in a hurry anc he
didn't stop to look into that bramble-
tangle. But his very presence gave
Whitley fright Later in the night
Lightfoot the Deer passed Whitley
didn't know who it was. for he had
never seen Lightfoot The mere size
of Lightfoot made 1t seem dreadful to
little Whitley ana the latter'S heart
went pit-a-pat. pit-a-pat. with fright
He became so nervous that every little
sound made him Jump inside. He was
homesick. Yes. sir. he was homesick
He certainly did want his mother.
At last he heard hesitating footsteps
coming along toward the little bramble
tangle. Every moment or two the sound
would stop. Presently he had the worst
fright of the night. The sound of those
footsteps had ceased right on the very
edge of the bramble-tangle. When he
heard that sound again. 1t was inside
the bramble-tangle Whitley didn't know
what to 90. Very wisely, he did moth
ing. In a moment there was a faint.
very faint thump Such a relief as
that sound was to Whitley! No one
but Rabbit could thump like that.
He thumped back The response was
immediate with still another thump,
Whitley had sat up to thump. Now
there was a sudden little rush, and
there was Little Mrs Peter, Whitey's
mother. You should have seen them
rub noses.
My dear. my dear I thought I never
would find you" cried Little Mrs. Peter.
Why did you run away? Didn't I tell
you that the dear Old Briar-patch was
the safest place for you?"
"Yes'm," replied Whitley very meekly,
You see, he was too happy to argue.
tCopyrght, 1927
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-07-11
LITTLE BENNY
ny LEE PAPE.

Me and ma and pop was in the living
room after suppir and ma sed, Willyum
wat are you looking at your finger all
time for. watts a matter with It?
There's a splinter in it, confound it,
pop Sed. and ma sed, Then for goodness
Sakes why don't you ask me to take it
out?
Well I did think of that, to tell the
truth, pop Sed, and ma sed. Your lust
big coward that's watts a matter with
you
And she sent me to get q needle and
took hold of pops hand saying, Now
just hold still and it will be out before
you know it.
I hope so but I doubt 1t. owtch, pop
Sed, and ma Sed, Why the ideer, I
haven't even touched it with the needle
yet
Well you were just about to. pop
SEQ, and ] sed. Hay pop, got ideer
now to take out splinter without using
needle or tweezers or anything like
that Do you wunt to hear how? I sed.
Don't be silly, ma Sed, and pop sed.
Let him speak, would you snatch a
straw from q drowning man with o
splinter?
And he quick took his finger ayay
from ma, and sed, Well the ideer Is.
to take it out with a magnet.
] told you not to lissen to him, ma
sed, and pop sed For Peet sake don't
you know the war is over. people hav-
emit had steel splinters in them for
yeers, this thing In my hand is a big
log Of wood.
Well that's Just the ideer, the ideer
is to tie peece OF steel to the end of
II and then wen you put the magnet
neer it the whole thing will lump out
/ sed.
zee gods, on with the slawter. pop
sed. And he gave ma back his finger
and pulled 1t away agen about times
and BY that time the splinter was out
and ma was almost mad,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-07-11
Dreams

In oiden times, when some one
dreamed a dream, he followed up well
established scheme; ne sought the seer,
a man Of second sight. who could trans
late the visions Of the night. 81
dreamed last night, and exc the night
before, that was falling seven miles or
more: the more I fell the more seemed
10 fall, was 50 scared couldn't cater
waul. az last, ii seemed, landed on my
head, and found I'd fallen from my
doyny bed. What means this dream,
oh. prophet good and wise?" 1T means
that you to noble heights viii rise;
dreams always mean the opposite to
what they seem TO mean, so do not be
dlsIraugnt" When I have dreams
do not hunt a seer. but seek the doctor.
who is dwelling near. And describe
my vision Of the night, in which I'd
fallen from a dreadful height. The
cd doc listens with disguised nien, and
says. BY James. it's easy TO be seen
you have ignored my schedule all com
piete Of things you should and things
you should not eat. I've told you twice,
I've told you 20 times, that eating pie
ranks high among the crimes; If you
must eat before you go to roost, a cup
Of bran should straightway be pro-
Guced: head Of lettuce or a cracker
dry-put you must eat some deadly
sort Of pie. You won't obey the goodly
rules ! make you eat some Jam, some
ice cream and a cake: you eat and eat
till your surcingle bursts, then talk to
me Of falling IA veTStS My wise de-
crees you laugh TO scorn and mock
avsunt. aroint, CO. get another doc"
To rather take the story Of my dreams
70 some old seer who sympathetic seems.
WALT MASON.
fCopyrsgtt, 1927
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-07-11

Whitley, the little white son of Peter
Rabbit had felt so elated over his own
SnartneSS in staining his white coat
With mud that it was douhly hard for
him now when he realized it had all
been III vain. You see, a heavy shower
had washed his coat as white as 1t had
ever been, Moreover. Whitehall the
Marsh Hawk had almost at once dis
covered him in that bramble- tangle.
So poor little Whitley felt all his courage
oozing right out Of his toes. He just
didn't dare move. You see. he was no
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better off at night than in the daytime
That white coat was bound to make
MIN easily seen at any time of day or
night.
"Oh dear," thought Whitley, Il wish
I had done what Mother wanted me
10 do. and stayed in the dear old Briar-
patch. I don't see what was given
white coat for anyway. What shall /
90 now? There isn't enough to eat in
this bramble-tangle and shall have 10
get out and eat I wish I knew more
about this Old Pasture. I wonder how
far 7 shall have TO go TO get 70 the
next bramble-tangle"
He saw Jolly. round. red Mr.. Sun 60
% bed behind the Purple Hills, he
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Whitley Has a Surprise.

Fear turns to Soy. when least expected,
Or cen its presence is suspected.
Mrs. Peter RABBIT.