davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1929-07-05

Bolivia and Paraguay shopped
around and found that protocol was
the cheapest and best war measure.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1929-07-05

Fame and Photography
The Joy of passing Fame is done,
For the elusive present.
Photographers a man will shun
When ne cannot Look Pleasant"
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-09-18
The Steamroller Gets Drop Charges Against
Into Action Against IL Pioneers Jailed in
The Militant Painters Protest Meet Saturday

Twelve members of the Young
Pioneers arrested Saturday after
noon at Lexington Ave. and 105th
ST., when demonstrating against the
six months sentence given Harry
Eisman, member of the organi-
cation, for his activities against the
Boy Scouts, had the charge of "dis-
turbing the public peace" dismissed
when they were arraigned in Chill
dren's Court, 22nd St, near Lex
ington Ave. Fourteen members of
the Young Communist League, ar
rested at the same time, were dis
missed in Night Court Saturday.
Before dismissing the charge, the
magistrate stated that "children
should not take part in politics and
should act like children and 20 in
the fresh air." He attempted to
have the Pioneers promise that they
never again would be arrested on
similar charge. Jacques Buiten-
kant of the International Labor
Defense appeared as attorney.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-09-18

by q Worker Correspondent
PONTIAC, Mich. (By MaiD At
the meeting of the Painters and
Decorators Union local, of A. F. of
L., the militants of the rank and file
fought for the floor TO be given to
the Representative of the l. L. D.
and a member of the Auto Workers
Union to speak on the defense of
the Gastonia N. T. U. workers fac
ing the electric chair.
Comrade Antov was given the
floor for 5 minutes. Antov spoke
briefly and applied for relief from
the local union. The national bust
ness manager was at the meeting
so as soon as comrade Antov spoke,
he ordered him out and MCGEE, the
agent of the Green and Woll, de-
nounced the militant. Mr.. MCGEE
said that the American workers
should be thankful for being in one
of the richest countries in the
world"
No discussion was allowed the
rank and file membership. Yes, if
the A. F. of L. rank and file could
have the prosperity Hoover and
Green have, sure they would do very
well. We know very we'll that Mr..
Green with his company draws
big salary from the A. F. of L. and
tips from the bosses.
We workers know better than any
one else that we need industrial
unions which include all workers
from sweepers up to mechanics,
which will stand and fight for the
right of all workers. Then we will
win.
PAINTER.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-09-18
TO FIGHT BATTLE
WITHOUT Benefit
OF Green, A. F. |.
Stick to Their Militant
Demands
by a Worker Correspondent

CARTERET, N. ]. (By MaiD -
On the morning of Sept. 10 the ru-
NOR spread over the U. S. Metals
Refining factory that the mechan-
ical department and the riggers did
not report to work. The electri-
clans, bricklayers and masons went
home at noon and the tank men
followed.
All Men Out!
The afternoon shift reported to
work and finished their work at ~
midnight. Nobody reported at IL
that night. The followir, morning
$500 workers appeared at the gate
to see if any scab entered the fac
tory. All the strikers, as one, chat
ted and joked with each other.
Without Benefit of Green.
The foremen and subs joined with
the workers outside and no man en-
tered the gates. 1t was 100 per
cent strike, Thus we organized
workers, without the leadership" of
Mr.. Green and Woll and Co. and
walk out to a man and demand our
rights. What are our demands ?
The walkout is evidence that we are
demanding what we are entitled to.
In the past few months the company
initiated the so-called bonus system.
1t is a bonus for 100 per cent at
tendance. If a worker does not miss
day in Is he receives cents per
hour bonus. That is, those with full
attendance receiving as cents an
hour normal rate get 1914 cents
with bonus.
If man feels i'll and stays home
one day he loses the bonus for two
weeks.
The company posted the notice the
day before we walked out stating
the losing of one day week affects
the bonus. When the management
discovered that the bonus did not
affect the men another notice was
posted stating chat the bonus sys-
tenn was abolished and the 5 cents
which was formerly called the bonus
was now to be an increase. We did
not fall for the second bait and
walked out demanding 10 cents an
hour increase in wages and time and
half for Sunday work
The shift men, numbering about
1900, work days week, no rest
except on Christmas and July A. The
work is heavy and dangerous. Most
of the workers must wear respira-
tors and goggles. The dust, smoke
and gas suffocate. Working seven
days a week at straight time in
gaseous places and at 491s cents to
81 cents an hour is what we would
no longer stand for.
Militant Demands.
We demand 10 cents on hour in
crease, abolition of the bonus sys-
tenn, and time and half for Sunday
work. We viii stick 100 per cent
till we win. Unemployed workers,
accept no jobs in New York for the
U, S. Metals Refining Co., Carteret,
N. j.
MAXIM TRAMP.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-09-18
Italian and Russian
Courses to be Given
at Workers School

The Italian and Russian Bureaus
of the Communist Party of the
U. S. A. announced yesterday the
completion of arrangements of the
Workers School for courses in the
Italian and Russian languages, as
we'll as in English for the training
of active militant organizers, among
the foreign born workers and the
drawing of the mass of these for
eign born workers more closely to
the class struggle in the United
States.
For the Italian Bureau L. Can
della announced the organization of
one course in Fundamentals of Com
munism and another in the History
Of the Labor Movement, both to be
given in the Italian language. In
addition to that, all Italian workers
are asked to join the English classes
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-09-18
OFFICIALS OF s
ENGINEER UNION
PAID ROYALTY
Of Course; They Con-
troll the Funds
(Bu q WorEer COrrespondent)

(By q Worker COrTesp ORdeNt)
CHICAGO (By MaiD.-In 80
years of organizing efforts on the
part of our international union Of
steam and operating engineers with
it's headquarters right here in Chi
cago and its many locals (400, 401,
402, 339, 629, 115, 143, 1896, 464, 464A,
$50 and past local 81, millions of
dollars of the working engineers
hard earned money has been spent
in paying the international and local
organizers, business agents, secre-
taries and what nots, "for the pur-
pose Of making organized labor
grow" and organized labor is today
worse off than ever.
What are the reasons for the lack
of growth of our union, lack of
solidarity, for the fact that each
local Of 800 to TOO membership has
100 to 200 members mainly unem-
ployed and very glad to get a mere
living existence?
The officials of the union, failing
to keep abreast of the development
Of industrial technique, of the in
vention of new machines for speed
up, have fought consolidation and
amalgamation.
Our locals should have amalga-
mated into an industrial union to
meet the coming onslaught of the
bosses against the workers.
Our international still has a fund
Of near a million dollars in the treas
ury of the death benefit fund. But
what have we to say about it?
Nothing, absolutely nothing. 1t be-
longs to the officials to do with
what they please, But by right it
belongs to the engineers. I will tell
more of this graft in lat,~ letters.
ENGINEER,
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-09-18
NMU INVADING
MING0 COUNTY
Unto the South" Is
Miners Ne wSlogan
Continued from Page One)

Continued from Page One)
which the tremendous interest, en-
thusiasn and readiness to organize
under militant leadership, indicate
will be successful, are scheduled for
the near future.
According to the announcement,
the campaign will center in South
ern West Virginia, Eastern and
and Western Kentucky and the coke
region of Southeastern Pennsyl-
vania. Squads of rank and file or
ganizers, under the supervision of
the Executive Board, have been as
signed, and will organize represent
alive conferences in each of the
sections.
The main Southern conference is
tentatively set for Charleston, West
Virginia. Preceding the Charleston
Conference, number of sectional
and State conferences, in Eastern
and Western Kentucky, Northern
West Virginia (Morgantown-Fair-
mont), in the Georges Creek coal
belt of Maryland, as we'll as the Up
per Potomac field of Maryland are
scheduled.
Tremendous obstacles confront the
Union in it's work in Southern West
Virginia, for practically every town
is closed and admittance refused un-
less the proper" credentials are
shown. Coal company gunner are
here in hundreds. Scores Of deputy
sheriffs, deputized by the state but
employed by the coal companies,
also exist. These gunner exert ex-
IRENE vigilance to keep unionism
out of the region. Company spies
and stool-pigeons pollute the region
from end to end.
Thirty thousand circulars are be-
ing distributed to the Southern West
Virginia miners, calling on them to
mobilize for the big Charleston con-
ference, organize and strike for
union wages, hours and working
conditions. Organization work in
the Northern West Virginia area,
involving the Morgantown, Fair
mont section is already under way.
The Northern West Virginia Con-
ference will include the Georges
Creek and Upper Potomac coal
fields Of Maryland. Rank and file
organizers already report good re-
suits from these fields where q
union has not existed for many
years.
At the same time, the National
Miners Union is challenging the gun
men rule Of the coal barons in the
infamous coke region" Of South
eastern Pennsylvania, where 10000
miners are held in virtual slavery
by the Prick, Rainey companies as
well as in Westmoreland and Somer-
set counties.
The entire organizational drive
is under the direct supervision Of
the Executive Board. In all this
organization work, the utilization
of squads of rank and file volunteer
organizers will play a major part,
Unto the South. the slogan laid
down at the Cleveland T. U. U. l..
Convention is being put into effect
with bang.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-09-18
To Hold Cleaning and
Dyeing Workers Shop
Delegate Conference

A shop delegate conference Of
cleaners and dyers will be held soon,
it was decided recently at meet
ing called by the cleaners and
Dyers Section, Trade Union Unity
League and held at the Workers
Center, 1928 Union Square. Re-
ports were given on shop conditions
and it found that the need Of form
ing shop committees at the present
time is absolutely necessary.
L. Hoffman, of the Laundry
Drivers Section, T. U. E. L., report
ed on the Cleveland Convention and
called for united struggle of all
laundry, cleaning and dy Ell n 6
workers.
Build Up the United Front of
the Working Class From the Bot
tom Up--at the Enterprises!
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-09-18
Entire Families SLAVE in
Roberts Canning Company

these women are forced to work at
a terrific pace. Painting and col
lapsing are not uncommon as a re-
suit of these conditions.
Thirty minutes are supposed to be
allowed for lunch but as the whistle
blows several minutes before start
ing time and not at quitting time,
the workers are robbed daily of sew
eral minutes. No time is allowed
off for supper.
After 10 p. M, P. H., the fore
man, reminds us that if we speed-up
more we will get home earlier.
Entire Families Slave Here.
Whole families slave in this hole
in order to exc out bare existences.
Children who are too young to
string beans tend the babies while
their mothers are working. Just be-
fore midnight it is common to see
young children half asleep waiting
for their mothers to take them home
to bed.
Organize!
While we are Unorganized this
will continue. Only when the work
ers organize under the leadership of
the Communist Party and kick al
the parasites off their backs as the
workers in Russia did will this
slavery end and will the women anc
children be especially cared for, as
they are in the U. S. S. R.
L. W. B.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-09-18
BRITISH RAIDINC
4 R A B VILLAGES;
THREATEN DEATH
Abuse Peasants; Zion
lists Killed Many

Heavily armed British patrols are
rushing through the villages of
Palestine, searching houses, arrest
ing men, and threatening the whole
Arab population that their rifles
and machine guns will be loosed on
them and wipe them out if they are
not absolutely submissive, say CAPT
talist press dispatches from Jeru-
salem.
One of the officers in a patrol &C.
companied by a correspondent is
quoted as saying, after terrorizing
a peaceful village: "That is, why
these patrols are valuable: for the
moral effect on the Arabs. The pa
trolls put the fear of god in them"
Machine Guns.
One such campaign is described
as being made by platoon of the
Kings Regiment, and platoon of
the South Wales Borderers, with a
machine gun detachment equipped
with eight guns. They rode in mo-
tor trucks and smashed through
three villages in single afternoon,
stopping all work, insulting the vii
lage officials, lecturing them sew
erely in Arabic, forcing all the men
to come from the houses, which were
being searched, and sit under guard
of bayonets while they listened,
The women are abused and driven
to the house tops, where they must
watch their men facing the ring of
British bayonets, and looking into
the muzzles of machine guns.
Zionists Ambush Arabs.
The evidence is so clear that the
Zionists at Acre attacked the Arabs
instead of the other way around,
that "A of them have been arrested
by the government in gesture of
fairness" and confined in the
citadel there, to await trial for am
bushing and numbering peasants
and workers.
They are not considered in any
particular danger, and the Zionist
flour mill at Haifa and bakeries are
providing them with good food, and
making much over them.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-09-18
All But Two Brussels
Shoe Factories are Idle
Thru Strike, Lockout

BRUSSELS, Belgium, Sept. IT,
There are 1000 shoe workers locked
out here, and in addition the work
ers in two more factories, the Franz
Fills and the Sanders firms, have
struck. There are only two Brus-
sells shoe district factories operat-
ing, the La Chaussures and the
Chaussures st. Martin.
Two other districts are working,
the 1seghem and the Turnhout. All
the work in these districts is done
by hand. The cost of living in these
districts is lower than in Brussels,
and the wages about the same.
A strike meeting last week re-
fused the offers of the Brussels en-
ployers.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-09-18
(Ru a Worker Comespondentl

(By a Worker Correspondent
BALTIMORE, Nd. (By MaiD.-
BEAT it, here comes the Inspector"
"All kids who have no permits,
outside the back door,"
Don't worry, your pay goes on
just the same!"
This is what heard in one of the
Baltimore canneries. This was just
before the inspector arrived. l would
not have believed it had l not been
there myself.
How the Inspector" Inspects.
Children of 8, 10 and II left their
jobs and made themselves scarce I'M
til after the visit of the inspector.
A cursory glance over the factory,
a joke with the foreman, and the
inspector" vas off again. So much
for the child labor laws of Maryland.
Slave 1916 Hours a Day.
! got a job at the R. H. Roberts
cannery but only lasted three days.
AS l was 81 years Of age I received
a mans wage of thirty cents an
hour. "A number of kids did the
same work for wages of Is and 20
cents an hour. For this munificent
salary we logged forty and sixty
pound cases of vegetables, for II
and 16 hours a day. Women work
ing on the belt receive 25 cents an
hour.
Women Collapse.
Among the dust and the heat
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-09-18
Strikers the S. Metals Refining Co. Will Remain Sohd Says Copden
"Down With England"
Shout Indian ThrOngs
At Funeral of ]. Das

CALCUTTA, India, Sept. IL
With shouts from the throng of
workers and peasants along the
way of, "Long live the revolution"
Down with the British govern
ment," the body of Jatinranath Das,
who died from hunger striking last
week, was borne in funeral process
sion yesterday.
Thousands accompanied the bier
along an eight mile route to Keora-
tala, and many more thousands as
sembled to demonstrate against the
Anglo-British government as the
procession passed.
Das was one of those arrested in
the British governments drive
against officials of trade unions,
and members of the Communist
Party, He went on hunger strike
against the brutalities in prison,
and the warders calmly let him
starve to death.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-09-18
KILLED IN PLANE CRASH.

LONDON, Ont, Sept. II U.P.-
Injuries sustained last week in an
airplane crash near here today
proved fatal to Mrs. Loretta Golem,
of North Tonawanda, N. Y, secre-
tary of Maj. Reuben H. Fleet, presi-
dent of the Consolidated Aircraft
Corporation. The latter suffered
minor injuries,
The plane, on the last lap of
10000 mile air tour, crashed 20
miles west of st. Thomas, Ont,
pinning Fleet and his secretary be-
meath it.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-09-18
WELLS EVIDENCE
IS RULED OUT
Barred Since He docs
Not Believe in God"

CONTINUED from Page One)
finished his testimony, one of the
Manville-Jenckes lawyers asked him
If he believed that god would punish
him if he lied to the court.
Rule Out.
Wells said he did not believe in
any such superstition.
The lawyers then demanded that
his testimony be stricken out as his
lack of belief in god disqualifies
him as witness in North Carolina.
The judge ruled that Wells should
be disqualified.
This means that no one who does
not state on the stand that he
shares this medieval superstition is
disqualified to testify in court.
In Charlotte, for the past three
days the Manville-Jenckes lawyers,
defending in the preliminary hear
ings, the fourteen charged with kid
mapping Wells, Saylors and Lell and
flogging Wells, have been framing
up alibis for their clients and the
superintendent and hirelings of
the Loray and other mills. They
have brought into court business
men, mill superintendent and Off
Gals, all enemies of the workers
and Of the union. willing to swear
to anything to help their fellow
members of the bosses black hun
dreds. Leaders in the gang that
beat Wells, that were recognized by
number of witnesses were able to
prove that they were far from the
scene of the crime" by the perjured
testimony of their fellow conspira-
tors against the union, in other
words, the ones who were not recog-
nized and arrested.
Try To Get Unions.
The principle purpose of the
charges of conspiring to overthrow
the government placed against the
eight National Textile Workers
Union members, and which were
dismissed Monday because of the
resentment of the workers, who
clearly saw them as part of a plan
to disarm workers so that they
could be more easily murdered by
the bosses, had another purpose.
They were intended to outlaw the
National Textile Workers Union
ard all other workers organizations.
This has been temporarily de-
feated. But that new measures
will be taken to assist the murder
Gus offensive of the bosses by out
having all organizations in which
Communists are active is to be seen
in the announcements of Governor
o. Max Gardner of the past few
days and statements of other state
officials calling for illegal" meas
ures to help the fascist attacks led
by the mill owners.
Boss Press Calls On State.
The newspaper editorials are also
bowling for state action against all
Communist activities, at the same
time condoning or even openly sane
tioning the terrorism and murder
that has already taken place.
The murderous attacks of the
bosses black hundreds Of Monday
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-09-18


and Saturday are compared favor
ably to the Boston tea party by the
editors of the Southern capitalist
press.
Fake Probe of Murder.
The white washing proceedings
went on in both Gastonia and Char
lotte Sunday and Monday.
The coroner's inquest was held
Sunday in Gastonia by Solicitor
Carpenter, one of the ringleaders
of the bosses, offensive. He was
forced by outraged popular opinion
to take some action and after a
fake investigation had six of the
hirelings of the Manville-Jenckes
Company arrested. Manager Baugh
of the Loray mill, where they are
all hired, signed their bond of
$1,000 each.
Already the Manville-Jenckes
lawyers are preparing alibis and
perjured testimony and working
feverishly to clear their hirelings
of the murder of Ella May.
One More Liar.
The superintendent of the Amer
lean Spinning Mills in Bessemer
City, G. R. Spencer, testified at the
inquest that the shot that murdered
Ella May came from behind a
nearby house, not from the cars full
of thugs that had chased the work.
ers' truck from Gastonia.
The manager also charged that
the workers in the truck had guns.
1t is evident that the state will at
tempt to clear the thugs and fasten
the guilt on the unarmed workers
themselves, who were attacked. AT
the inquest the driver and other
workers on the truck testified to
the facts of the murder, how the
truck with over 20 Bessemer City
workers was turned back when it
approached the South Gastonia
speaking grounds, was trapped and
wrecked by car driven by the thug
Morrow and how the mill bosses
and their gunner in the other cars
pulling alongside of it opened fire
and killed Ella May, besides wound
ing two other workers.
Many of the worker witnesses
were not summoned at all. Attor-
neys for the International Labor
Defense who were present were told
to "keep out of this"
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-09-18
Shoe Union Hits ALL.
us. Labor Department
Attack on the Toilers

The attack against the Independ-
ent Shoe Workers Union by the U.
s. Department of Labor, assisted by
the American Federation of Labor
and the Association of Shoe Manu-
facturers, is assailed in a statement
issued by the Joint Council of the
union. Letters were recently sent
by the Labor Department to all shoe
manufacturers having agreements
with the union, in which they were
instructed to break their contracts.
"This attack is made against us"
the statement points out, because
we have successfully organized the
shoe workers and achieved job con-
troll under the workers direction
that strikes fear into the hearts of
the bosses who are exploiting work
ers to the very marrow of the bone.
Want To Lower Wages.
1.-THE statement made about our
union being a Communist organiza-
ton is just camouflage to cover the
true intent and ultimate object
namely to re-establish the open shop
with low wages, long hours, speed
up and the yellow dog contract for
which the workers are compelled to
deposit $4,000 and be faithful wage
slaves to the bosses.
"The charge that our general
manager, Brother Biedenkapp is not
citizen is a brazen lie-Brother
Biedenkapp was raised in New York
City and is citizen of over 20 years
standing.
"The attempt on the part of the
police to force workers to sign ques-
tionnaires against their will is moth
ing less than Tzarism intended to
intimidate and brighten workers.
particularly the foreign born non
citizen workers - into submission
and to intimidate them by threaten
ing deportation, ETC., all of which
we oppose with all our might.
"We have paid bitterly for what
we have won and we don't propose
to have it taken from us--the road
backward is closed-we march for
ward only"
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-09-18

where special attention will be paid
to the correction and accent.
G. Rubin announced for the Rus
sian Bureau the organization Of two
courses in the Russian Language, in
addition to the special English
courses for Russian workers. The
first of these is the History of the
American Labor Movement with in
structor B. Borisov, and History of
the American Labor Movement, in
structor to be announced.
The fees for both of these courses
are very low and registration for
them is now going on at the Work
ers School.