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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-10-21

BUENOS AYRES (By MaiD =
Two workers were killed and nine
badly injured in the Vulcan Iron
works in the Barracks district when
some oxygen cylinders burst.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-10-21
Labor and Fraternal
Organizations

National office now located at $40
Broadway, room 512, C.. o. w. l. r.
w. w Weinstone. All speakers are
In duty bound 10 be present on time.
Bronx Membership Meet.
A membership meeting viii be held
tuesday evening in the auditorium
the CooDerative Colony, 2700 Bronx
ark East A prominent speaker
ill lecture on Workers Defense in
lmeriea.
Theatrical and Art Workers.
The formal organization meeting
Il the Theatrical and Art Workers
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-10-21
Communist Activities

, Industrial Union, affiliated with the
Trade Union Unity League, will be
| held Thursday, Oct "a, 8 p. M. at
| 131 w. 51st st. All camera men, mo-
ton picture operators, workers in
fairs, carnivals, parks, etc. s well
as theatrical workers of all lam
guage groups requested to be pres
/ ent.
Brownsville Tea Party.
Brownsville Council 7, UC.W.w.
| will give a tea party Tuesday, S:3(
| p. m, at 20 Chester St, Brooklyn
/ interesting discussion. Members and
/ friends invited
Iron and Bronze Workers.
| Quarterly meeting of the Architec.
tural Iron and Bronze Workers
| Union will be hled Tuesday evening
| sharp, at the Rand School, Z e
| 18th St Financial report and re.
| ports on the general conditions ir
the industry will be given.
Join Frciheit Geznng Farein.
+ Workers able to sing now have
/ opportunity to join this famous band
of revolutionary singers. Paterson
| nor St. Bronx Section, Tuesdays
l472 Boston Road: Downtown
Brownsville sections, Wednesdays
! 106 e. 14th St; Cooperative section
| Fridays, 200 Bronx Park East.
Paper Makers Election Rally.
Paper Plate and Bag Makers
! Union. Local 107, will hold an cleo.
| ton campaign and Gastonia defense
meeting Tuesday, y. m. in Miller's
\ Grand Assembly Havermeyer and
Grand SITS, Brooklyn. Prominent
/ speakers. All welcome
Williamsburg Workers school.
The first session Of the williams.
burg Branch of the Workers School
4 will be held Wednesday. p. m, al
Sc Manhattan Ave. All students and
instructors requested to be on time
|
Residential Unit 4.
| Educational meeting today. $50 D
m, at p T.. 4th st.
| Unit CT. Section 7.
Educational meeting Tuesday. csc
D. nn' at q y: 4th st.
NNWU Wants Volunteers.
Apply any time during the day al
! 10A Fifth Ave- = ~, I'M.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-10-21

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, 1929-10-21

wa " y NothUtceFS.
Apply any time during the day al
i0A Fifth Ave- 7 ~, 1TnT.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-10-21

Educational meeting Tuesday. G:30
p. M, at q u. 4th ST.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-10-21

Paper Makers Election Rally.
Williamsburg Workers school.

The first session Of the williams
burg Branch of the Workers School
will be held Wednesday. p. m, at
Sc Manhattan Ave. All students and
instructors requested to be on time.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-10-21

Brownsville Council 7, U.C.W. W.,
will give a tea party Tuesday, $3.50
p. m, at 20 Chester St, Brooklyn.
interesting discussion. Members and
friends invited.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-01-02
HELD AS THIEF
Il WAS HUNGRY
WITHOUT JOB"
81 O bless Criminals"
Says Police Chief
(By a Worber Correspondent

(By Worker Correspondent
81 was broke, hungry and sick.
That's why l did it!'
In these words Edward Freeman,
20, explained the charges of break
ing into the residence of E. H.
Wbitehouse, 2287 Glendale Boule-
ward.
81 came here about IL days ago
to Los Angeles" he said. Il
couldn't find job. didn't have a
cent. l felt half-starved."
What's a youth to do when he is
hungry, broke and without friends
or a job? Edward Freeman wants
tc know.
Well, Chief Justice Taft answered
a similar question put to him while
he was President of the United
States: "God knows, I dont!" he
said.
every worker out of a job is a
criminal" says Chief of Police
James Edgar Davis.
Unemployment creates crimes,
olass-conscious workers say. They
also hold that unemployment will
always be with us-until we organ
ize strongly enough to get rid of the
capitalist system and all the para
sites in the world.
L. P. RINDAL.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-01-02

Lets clean up this pile, boys, if we
want to get out of here before mid
night. You know, the company
hates to pay for overtime"
$12 Week.
The wages for this semi-skilled
work under conditions of continu-
Gus speed-up are characteristic of
this era of prosperity" I know of
adult, married workers in this de-
partment who were started off at
S18 a week! Most of the workers
won't tell what they are getting be-
cause the company forbids it, and
also because most of them are rather
ashamed. Other workers here were
getting from $40 to $22 week.
In conversation with girls in store
found that many Ct them were get
ting the measly sum of rs cents per
hour. That amounts to about $12
week. In view of these wages how
ironic was the bulletin of the COM
pany which advised the workers to
"eat sufficient good food to avoid
the flu" There are numbers of
young boys in the store (the child
laborers, who were told in school
that they had a chance to be presi-
dent), who get wages even lower
than the girls.
In addition to the speed-up, there
are other little refinements of tor
ture that make life in Hengerer's a
constant series of miseries. There
are several efficiency experts
(named deficiency experts" by the
who keep prowling around
the store on che lookout for mis-
takes. The packers, for example,
are required to work at the fastest
possible speed, to be economical of
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-01-02
GOVT POISONED
1855 LAST Year
Mostly Workers Are
Victims

Liquor poisoned by the United
States government caused 1866
deaths in 1928, an increase over
1927 Of 256. an examination of the
report of Chief Medical Examiner
Charles Norris yesterday disclosed.
The report stated that only 100
deaths, directly traced to alcohol,
were recorded during the year, but
that there was "a marked increase
in homicides. motor accidents and
in accidental deaths from falls.
Most OF these were directly trace
able to poison alcohol"
Commanding special attention is
the fact that of these deaths caused
by liquor, which the government
poisons at its source, but takes no
steps for its destruction, most of
the victims were workers, who are
unable to afford the protection that
the government vouchsafes to the
wealthy lin their luxurious night
clubs and cafes. Executives and
heads of big business are allowed
to drink the best LIQUOR unmolested
in the uptown residential district,
protected by the same government
which poisons the liquor to be sold
later to workers.
The report of the medical exam
iner ended with prediction that
more deaths would be caused by
poison liquor in the present year
than in the year just ended.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-01-02
PLAN sALYAGE on LINER.

Cobb, Ireland, Dec. 31.-The
Iner Celtic, having survived the
tress Of sea and weather, experts
rere today considering 70 salvage
in parts.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-01-02
SPEEDUP XMAS
Gift FOR men At
HENCERER PLANT
S12 a Week for 12-Hr.
Day
(Bu q Worker Correspondentl

tDY w OFheT COTTeSpOHUeHCI
Buffalo, N. Y. (By MaiD The
'peace on earth and good will to-
wards men" that is supposed to be
the dominant spirit at Christmas
time evidently does not apply to the
workers. The employees of the de-
partment stores had an especially
fine" opportunity to see the con-
trast between the increased profits
of their bosses during the holiday
season and their own intensified
misery.
The writer had his good will"
presented to him in the packing
room of one of the departments of
the VIM. Hengerer Co. store here
in Buffalo. 1t came in the form of
huge piles of bundles that had to be
packed for delivery the day of sale
even if it meant working until late
into the night for the packers. The
losses have a rule that all packages
must be packed the day of sale, but
during the Christmas rush it was
impossible to get out the mountains
of merchandise without overtime
work. This led the company to
make an arrangement which was
very profitable for them. They shift
ed the starting hours of the packers
from 9 a. m. to II a. m. This brought
the working day for packers to
close at 8:15 p. m. Of course it led
to "sleep, eat, work, sleep, eat,
work" existence for the packers, for
by the time they arrived home,
washed, ate, ETC., it was just time to
catch some sleep for the next day.
But it helped the company. The two
hours of business before the pack
ers arrived resulted in a very stable
pile of packages being accumulated.
Starting work under the handicap of
a two hours accumulation of work
the packers were forced to speed up
to the limit, and keep speeding all
day to get out the work. Especially
was this so because the afternoon
rush was well under way by the time
the packers had succeeded in over
coming the handicap" of the morn
ing's business. The foreman kept
playing on the very natural desire
of the packers to get out of the store
as soon as possible by urging them:
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-01-02
MITTEN, SCAB
HERDER, PAYS
PHILA. OFFICIALS
Worker Has No Chance
in Court
an a Worker CORRESPONDENT


The newest scandal" in Phila-
delphia politics involves the Mitten
scab-herding traction interests, the
Philadelphia Rapid Transit Co.
Councilman Harry j. Trainer
charged openly in councils that a
high city official had been on the
rayroll of the Philadelphia Rapid
Transit at a salary of $4,000 per
year. Such a charge is really not
shocking, at least not in this city
where it is considered the usual
thing by many of the higher ups in
the republican administration to be
compensated financially by public
utilities to whom they render "ser-
vices" at enormous expense to the
people of Philadelphia.
Councilman Trainer himself is a
good product of the old Penrose-
McNichol school of politics, and in
recent years has been valuable as
set of the corrupt Ware machine.
At any rate. Trainers charges
frightened a considerable number of
the leading politicians, who are now
on wild rush to "cover up" before
the big storm, in the form of an Gin
vestigation," breaks.
One of the first to do so was Di-
rector of Public Safety Lemuel B.
Schofield, one Of the leading lights
of the present administration and
formerly assistant district attorney
under Monaghan.
Schofield made a declaration, stat
ing that he had been counsel for the
traction company from early in 1926
until December 1, 1928, few weeks
ago. when ne resigned, as his new
duties as police chief interfered with
his legal work. 81 handled about
SO damage suits monthly for the
company and argued many appeals,
one of them in November" said
Schofield. "While l received hand
some salary, it was not $4,000. AL
though I am a director of public
safety, still l am entitled to prac-
tice law"
Ernest R. Lowengrun, first as
sistaut to the city solicitor, declared
that several members of the city's
legal staff have been retained as at
torneys for the traction company.
"There is no harm in this" Low
engrun is quoted as saying. "You
cannot expect a man to give up his
entire practice for the meager sal
airy he receives from the city,"
Oh, No! There is no harm in all
this. Of course not. Especially
when one considers the fact that the
Philadelphia Rapid Transit Com
rany and the republican party are
practically identical.
What harm can there be in the
fact that an attorney ostensibly
working for the city is in reality
working in the interests of the P. R.
T.? No harm, except that workers
injured by P. R. T. vehicles, upon
coming into court, find the decks
stacked against them and have no
chance of winning a case at all. But
this is but typical of the justice
meted out to workers. And a few
workers with legs cut off, or bodies
paralyzed, what does that mean to
the City of Brotherly Love? Moth
ing &C. A. RABIN.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-01-02

Tsarist nobility in general, rather
than on the small town officials
whom Gogol was forced to take as
symbols on account of the Tsarist
censorship. Meyerhold also introduced
number of technical changes in
the staging and produced a play of
striking calibre. Altogether, Meyer
holds influence has undoubtedly
been the most powerful leaven in
the transformation of the Soviet
theatre.
The Theatre of the Revolution was
greatly influenced by Myerhold and
for time was under his personal
direction. 1t has produced plays like
Lake Lyul," "Air Pie" Ernst Toll
ler's "Man and the Masses" and
Bella Ilyish's BUY a Revolver"
To Be Continued
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-01-02
LEADS IN FIGHT
ON WAGE CUTS,
SPEEDUP system
AWakens Militancy of
Workers
(Bu q Workcr CorresnondenN

by a Worker Correspondent
A month ahead of Christmas ii
was announced in the shop that q
reorganization would take place in
the near future. From previous ex-
periences the workers knew already
what it meant to them-more speed
up, lower wages, more discrimina-
ton against union members, a
firmer policy against the trade
union, etc.
After keeping the workers out of
work for three months, the firm re-
newed its production in a much
larger shop, with more modern ma
chinery, with less workers in the
shop, but producing a LOT more than
before. Furthermore, as it was ex-
pected, more exploitation and an at
tack against the union.
The three party members work
ing in that shop felt that it was the
opportunity to become more effec-
tive in the shop.
At a regular meeting of the
nucleus, it was decided to issue a
regular monthly shop paper, deal
ing directly with the bad conditions
in the shop, to expose the treacher-
Gus role of the ex-socialist man
ager, and calling upon the workers
to resist and fight back the attacks
Of the boss.
The shop paper created an alarm
in the shop. We were glad to see
with what an appreciation the work
ers read and discussed the contents
Of it. "Thesc Communists are after
all good bunch of people," one of
the workers told me. 81 would like
10 know who the hell they are any
way; they must be smart people"
One of our sympathizers looked at
me, I looked at him back, and we
smiled at each other meaningly.
The shop paper is issued regularly
every month. The workers of the
shop are looking with anxiety to-
ward the Forthcoming issues. The
number Of our sympathizers in the
shop grows steadily. Two workers
were gotten into the party nucleus.
That is the significance Of a shop
paper in places where a large num-
Der of workers are employed.
S. WERNER.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-01-02

materials, to check up the sales-slip
of the clerk for mistakes, to check
up on the article being packed for
price, number, condition, etc., to
turn out neat-looking packages, to
male every package secure against
all possible breakage. Every pack
err must stamp each article with his
number so the office can check up
on his work.
Stool Pigeons.
A report is sent in each night as
to the number of bundles packed
each day by each packer. During
the holiday rush, with the sales-girls
rushed almost to death, many mis-
takes are bound to occur. The "defi-
cheney experts" kept insisting that
when we packers found an error we
inform them, so that the girl could
be bawled out. In our department
there was sort of feeling of soli-
darity that made the packers slip
out into the store when possible and
tell the girl, thus saving her the
scolding and possible loss of her
job. But when the office saw so few
mistakes being reported, they bawl-
ed out our foreman, and held up as
an example for us to follow the
packing room of few floors above,
whose foreman was always eager to
report the mistakes Of some poor
overworked girl in the store. With
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-01-02
Judge Says publicity
Car" Whalen Would
Drive Anybody to Sin

efTohn johnson. arrested in the
cf5Iice roundup Saturday night as a
suspicious character, was brought
5efore magistrate Hirshfield yester-
lay by detective Joseph Mccarthy
Who said that information against
Johnson had not been drawn up. He
Sized for az hours to get the plain
if before the court.
Magistrate Hirshfield refused the
detectives request and added: 81
Won't be party to the whim of the
iolice commissioner to make the
ront pages. / won't help this car
f publicity. It's enough to drive a
nan to crime"
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-01-02

this cross checking system the store
attempted to make stool pigeons out
of the workers.
The conflict of interests between
bosses and workers was clearly
dramatized when one day our floor
manager popped his head into the
packing room, and looking at the
huge piles of bundles waiting to be
packed, said, "Great day, boys, one
of the best of the year." AS soon as
he was out of hearing, a packer re-
marked bitterly, Hell! That guy
doesn't realize that a big day for the
store is hell of a day for US"
IRVING GREEN.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-01-02
NARROW ESCAPE IN PLANE
CRASH.

PARIS, Dec. 31.-Jean Assolant
lad a narrow escape from death to-
lay when his plane flew into a hill.
lie was thrown away from the plane
nd very slightly injured.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-08-02
FILES SUIT FOR $25, 900,
CHARGING FALSE ARREST
Eric Edmonston Names Four De-
PENDANTS in Action Ask
ing Damages.

Alleging false arrest and detainer,
Eric Edmonstoh, 225 Rhode Island ave-
nue., today filed suit to recover SOS, 900
damages from C. G. Sloan e. Co, Inc;
Mark M. Sloan and George H. Emmons,
all of IT'S Thirteenth street, and Law
renee O'Dea, detective sergeant Ed
monston tells the court that he was in
duced by the defendants to enter an
automobile, which was driven through
the streets and stopped in front of the
second precinct station, where he was
forcibly placed in cell and detained
for "a hours, with the exception of the
hour about midnight.
At that time, he states. he was taken
to police headquarters. in the District
Building, where he was subjected to the
indignity of violent, abusive and insult
ing language and was deprived of the
right of communicating with his wife
or others. He is represented by At
torney r. w. Mcmahon.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-08-02

The Assistant Secretary of War and
Mrs. Patrick ]. Hurley left at noon for
Manchester, Mass, where they will be
guests of the Secretary Of War and
Mrs. Good over Sunday.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-08-02

daughter Mary leave today for New
York City. They will sail tomorrow on
the De GrasSe for Europe, to be gone
two months. Upon her return Miss
Mary Shields will enter Converse Col
lege. in Spartanburg, s. C.
Capt Edwin S. Ferrand, u. S. A., and
Mrs. Ferrand have arrived in Washing
ton and are staying at the Willard.
Mr.. and Mrs. Russell T. Edwards of
Chevy Chase, who have been up to the
Delaware Water Gap and spent some
lime in New York City, have returned.
Mr.. and Mrs. William L. Guthrie
and Mr.. George L. Williams will sail
Friday on the Statendam for a two
month motor trip in England and on
the Continent, returning to Washington
in the Fall.
Mr.. and Mrs. c. Mathews Dick, who
are at Newport for the season, were
among those entertaining at dinner last
evening.
Mrs. H. l.. Miller and children, Phyl-
lis and Dick. are at the Chalfonte- Had
don Hall, Atlantic City, N. j., for a
short stay.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-08-02
MOTHER SUING SON
FOR $4,000 DAMAGES
Careless Driving Of Auto Denied by
Edwin S. Walters in Answer
Just Filed.

The answer of Edwin s. Walters,
1928 M street, to the suit for $4,000
damages brought against him some
weeks ago by Mrs. Leonora N. Walters,
Burlington Hotel, reveals that 1t is a
case of mother suing her son for
injuries sustained while riding with
him in his automobile. The suit of
Mrs. Walters did not disclose the re-
lationship, but the son frequently refers
to her as his mother in the answer.
Walters admits that his mother was
a passenger in his machine May 80,
1928, but denies each and every other
allegation excepting those relating to
her injuries, which he says, he can
neither admit nor deny.
In her suit Mrs. Walters said she
was injured on an unpaved road on
her way from Washington to the Girls
Friendly Home when the car was OPP
Grated negligently, she asserts. Attor-
neys Charles B. Tebbs and Frank II.
Myers appear for the son, while the
mother is represented by Attorneys
Robert L. Williams. Henry A. Schwein-
haut and James C. Wilkes.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-08-02

Vice Consul to Picking, With
Mrs. Smith, Arrives at Post
Mr.. and Mrs. Horace Harrison Smith
have arrived at Picking, China. where
Mr.. Smith will at once assume his vice
consular duties as student of languages
at the American legation. Mrs. Smith
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-08-02

Representative and Mrs. Richard S.
Aldrich, who are in their home at
Narragansett Pier, were among the
guests at luncheon yesterday of Mr..
Henry Brevoort Kane of New York, who
entertained at the Dunes Club.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-08-02

Mr.. and Mrs. Paul Moore have gone
TO chicago, where they will be for a
week at the Lake Shore Athletic Club
Later they expect to 90 to their Summer
place at Garrison Park, Pentwater.
Mich, visiting also Mrs. Moore's sister
and brother-in-law, Mr.. and Mrs. Lester
McAuliffe, in Chicago.
Mrs. George r. Shields and her
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-08-02
Labor Outbreak Thwarted.

BY Gable to The Star.
GUAYAQUIL, Ecuador, August a.
Possibilities of labor outbreak in the
near future have caused the police to
tighten vigilance over Communistic and
other radical groups throughout the
country. Editors of Guayaquil newspa-
pers, in an effort to alleviate the sit
uation, have agreed not to publish any
news regarding labor activities.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-08-02
Kahn Lauds News Service.

NEW YORK, August 2 H1.-Back
from abroad, otto H. Kahn, banker. is
beginning to catch up on what has
happened abroad. II am better posted
on European affairs by reading the
newspapers in America than by going
to Europe" he said on his return.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-08-02

S The Engineer Commissioner Of the
District and Mrs. William B. Ladue will
entertain at dinner tomorrow evening
at the Army Navy and Marine Corps
Country Club i'll honor of Maj. Gen.
and Mrs. Edgar Jadwin. Gen. Jadwin,
Who is chief Of engineers, will retire
the middle of next week.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-08-02

Mrs. John G.. Schilling of Houston /.
at the Grace Dodge Hotel for q brie1
visit. She Is accompanied by Miss LIS
IDA Mulligan, also of Houston.