The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-03-14
Mine WORKERS
NAIL SENATE lie
ABOUT RELIEF
Show Penn. Ohio Gives
Real Help
(Continued from Page One)

Gooding of the senate committee now
conducting the investigation into min
ing conditions, that the miners were
opposed to receiving help from the
Pennsylvania Ohio Miners Relief So
ciety, the four miners became indig-
nant.
''PIain Lie"
81 want to call that a plain lie"
Peterson, a Swedish worker said,
"and you can tell that political sena-
tor that we miners know that it is a
trick because everybody has told him
different If it was not for the Penn
sylvania- Committee, you would
see no more strike now in Pennsyl-
vania, also Ohio and other states.
Why not the senator tell that the
Lewis gang and Pagan sabotage all
relief and give only pennies so that
they can say they do something"
Campbell, who came to America
number of years ago from Ireland,
was equally emphatic. He was rein
forced in his testimony by Cullen R.
Miller, member of the same local
in California, Pa.
Real Facts.
"Let me give you the real facts"
Campbell declared to a DAILY
WORKER reporter yesterday. Sin
my local there are about 152 families
and over three hundred children. At
first we received about $3.50 per
week for the whole local. This was,
Of course, very little We sent a COM
mittee to District headquarters at
Pittsburgh and told them that our
wives and children were starving.
They would do nothing. We asked if
we could get any money for coal be-
cause the weather was very bad In
stead of helping US or explaining why
they couldn't do so, if that was the
case, they cut down our allowance
to 1925 per week; that meant only
a few pennies a, week per person.
Help From P. & o.
"Then we heard about the Penn
sylvania-Ohio Miners Relief" "DidI
they come to you to offer help?"I
Campbell was asked mo, that is not
the way it works." he replied. "You
have to go to Pittsburgh to get sup
plies from them, they don't deliver"
Campbell went on to explain that
the usual allotment was about 10 lbs
Of flour, lbs. of sugar, 8 lbs. of
corn meal, 8 lbs. Of barley and .
cans of milk per family every two
weeks.
"That isn't so very much either?"
it was suggested.
Evenly Divided"
''No, it isn't much. But thew ex-
plain to us Just what the conditions
ere. The food is evenly divided. Each
local is kept on the list at Pittsburgh;
they receive you as brothers and there
is no red tape"
Peterson becauee emphatic in his
story of distress ard suffering.
"Thsre ore 1A3 families in my
union" he said. "we got from Fagen
machine maybe $500 per week, maybe
little more little less; about three
quarters of cent day for per.
son. We ask Pagan maybe hundred
times for more help. He do nothing.
ha say nothing. Then we send a com
nittee to Pittsburgh. | 20 too.
"'Why you here they say to us.
"We say, we are here to see In.
ternaticnal Vice President Philip
Murray.
Accused of Seeking cleft
"They say, we know why you here,
on want more relief
1--WE argued for about half hour.
hey do nothing Then we ask for
zoe foT dinner so we can eat some
ching. They no give us. So we went
out. What we going to do now?' wei
say to ourselves. Orr hro4ho~ -nvI
Let's try Pennsylvania Ohio Relief
So we go to 611 Penn AVG. ia
US where we come frcm, what local
and SO on. Make record All right.
They ask us how much. is railroad
ticket from California to Pittsburgh.
Give us carfare- Give us money for