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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-08-30
HUGE PROFITS At
81. AvES EXPENSE
INWESTINGHOUSE
Electric Workers Are
Driven Harder
(Bg a Worker Correspondent

PITTSBURGH (By MaiD.-The
Westinghouse Electric Company re-
ports that last year, 1928, its net in
come amounted to $20,814, $40 which
exceeded the previous record by $3,-
100000. Not so bad, for the COM
pany. The net income per share, pre-
ferred and common was $8.78 COM
pared with $3.50 of previous report.
A neat gain for the company.
The total current assets are $780,
579,223, a gain of over $13,00O,0OO
which is nothing to be sneezed at by
the company. The surplus is $67,-
10000, a gain of 100000 in nine
months and the value or orders re-
ceived in that period was increased
$2O,OOO,0OO.
All of this is good news for the
company. But the important ques-
ton is, what has this prosperous
period brot US workers. To US who
produced all this profit, it has only
meant continued cut on limits, wage
cuts and speeding-up. Whereas the
coupon clipping stockholders have
gained tens of millions, our condi-
lions have become more miserable.
Not being satisfied by the tremen-
dous profits, the company is goug-
ing US even more. 1t seems that
Mellon and his fellow plunderers
must be even more satisfied at our
expense.
Just to review a few of recent
steals to show how they are accom-
plishing their aims.
The change in girls quitting time
from AIS P. M. to 4:22 P. M. which
robbed them of 7 minutes day, the
cutting out of the insurance, the in
crease in relief dues and at the same
time frightening the time period be-
fore relief is paid; the cutting of
limits; putting the shop on the pay
basis which robs US most of the time
from making our "high" rate; trans
ferring men to poorer paid jobs, etc.
The company no doubt has many
other plans for further worsening
our conditions. We must put a stop
to this and it can only be done thru
organization. With a real workers
shop committee we would put up a
real fight against the company's
wage cutting policy.
We must form shop committees
in every section. Every worker in
the section must join. 1t must meet
regularly at noon and discuss ways
and means to better our conditions.
We must elect the most honest and
militant workers as our spokesman
and have them report to us at the
noon meetings regularly.
Later each group must elect dele
gates to a general shop committee SO
as to insure united action and an
exchange of opinions.
This is a brief sketch of what
must be done.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-08-30
Setting the Workers Right

MONG the valuable the paper
explain them workers.
their nexpeence fighting the exploitation the BOSSES
avoided in the future
The Westinghouse Workers Shop Bulletin printed
little shop published by the Communist
big Westinghouse Electric shops Pittsburgh following
it:
Not 10 Organize
The workers Section MEL have presented
how organize.
their pet
which the product of the speedp
resentment against the they short time
hour elected who collect 25
this section and when worker this section who contributes
this fund his yellow slip he hands the
pays him for the work he strapped.
In opinion this is remedy this condition
fear of resentment which backed organ
cation and surely has objection the workers
for work which the company has robbed them.
Only a shop committee which will company they
will abolish this other
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-08-30
WITH THE SHOP PAPERS

XXIORKERS bare wrten many letters about THE shop paper
department, telling besides the bouquets, bow might
Improve the department.
"Tb pictures and sketches the last fen shop paper columns
them"
Many shortcomings bae been pointed ont through these Ork
ers LETTERS and bob the workes Wbo wrote these think Wep
done better ibis time. But if they think bavenf rant them
TO nve again All workers asked Hre their opinion Of
the shop PAPER department.; tell yond like TO see appear
frequently, and wbat )ou think would Improve it,
Ao you comrades charge of shop papers, send them in
that may revieW them.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-08-30
Graf Nears End of
the Imperialist Tour;
Tries for Speed Mark

CHICAGO, Aug. 29. After
skirting storms which delayed its
progress over Texas last night, the
Graf Zeppelin, bound for Lakehurst,
N. j., on the last lap of its imperi-
alist tour, was making fair head
way today and seemed likely to
lower the globe-girdling speed mark
set by two American lingo fliers in
1924 The German war bag, whose
cruise over the vast territories of
the Soviet Union demonstrated to
the imperialists the practicability of
attacking it by air, scared over
Kansas City at noon, headed for
Chicago.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-08-30
"A "a Use "A ENTI>
Annoy FACTORIES RED RAIDS

Annoy, China (By Mail)-In raids
on two factories here the police ar
rested IL as Communist suspects.
The authorities claim to have seized
evidence connecting the men with
the leaders of the Communist armies
operating on the borders of the
province.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-08-30
Aid GastOnia Defense,
Communist Press, by
LID Picnic at Canton

CANTON, o., Aug. 29.--To plan
an tensive drive to raise funds and
mobilize for the Gastonia defense.
a conference of workers organiza-
'tions has been called by the local
International Labor Defense for Fri
day, Aug. 20, at s p. m. at Bondi
Hall, 1908 Belden Ave. N. E.
The Daily Worker, the Gastonia
Defense and the "Radnick," Jugo-
'slavian Communist paper, divided a
sum of 500 collected at an I. L. D.
picnic here Sunday.
Many workers joined the defense
following the Sacco-Vanzetti men,
orial meeting.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-08-30

*Resolution adopted by National
Conference of Cinema orkersy
Moscow, April, 1928.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-08-30
"HONOR" BUTCHER

CHANGSHA, China (By MaiD.-
Upon his return to this city, the
capital of Human Province, General
Hsu Ke-hsiang, the militarist who
started the massacre of the peas
ants policy of the Kuomintang in
1927, was given a grand welcome by
the local Chamber of Commerce.
They arranged a big meeting at
which he was greeted as the Com
munist Exterminator." Several en-
thusiastic merchants suggested a
temple be erected in his honor with
brass statue Of this "hero" guard
ing its portals.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-08-30
YOUNG WORKERS
FIND T 0 R 7 u R {
in K|LBY PLANT
Is Hour Day Frequent
in Metal Co.
(By a Worker Correspondent

CLEVELAND, O. by Mail. -
To say the conditions in Kilby Metal
Products Co. are rotten, isn't saying
half the truth! Foundry, boiler
room, machine shop - all three de-
partments are pure hell holes of
torture for the young workers and
older workers = white and colored,
Shaving away here.
One of the new features instituted
by the Kilby bosses is the introduc-
ton by wholesale of young workers.
Fully half of the whole shop con-
sists of young workers. Well do the
bosses know that young workers
can work harder = faster - at
lower wages, than the older
workers.
Clippers Have Rottenest Job.
One of the rottenest jobs in the
shop is the clippers. A model chip
per for the bosses is one with busted
ear drums - broken back - and
no brain. These men work some
nights till midnight. This makes
16 hour day. And believe me, when
you hold up a 20 pound hammer
against hunk of iron all day you
are sure tired at the end of the
day.
Fake Safety Committee.
We workers Just learned the other
day that the bossess organized a
safety" committee. This safety
committee, we are told, has been
meeting for the past month and
half. This is the first we've heard
anything about it. The bosses never
get real worker on that committee.
All of them are straw bosses. The
workers are now demanding a real
shop safety committee - composed
of workers controlled by workers.
We workers don't recognize this
fake safety committee of the bosses.
This committee will look after the
safety of the bosses profits not
after the safety Of the workers
health.
Workers Organize.
We workers and young workers
have just about decided that we
must do something to change our
conditions. Working IL and 16 hours
day, most of US at straight over
time, would force anyone to fight
back for decent hours, wages and
conditions. Delegates - both youth
and adult, will be sent to the T. u.
E. L. convention to prepare the or
ganization of Kilby.
-KILBY WORKER.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-08-30
DIG SUBWAY; POISONED
Auto Exhaust OUeyc0naes LabOyeys

by Worker Correspondent
The laborers working on the new
subway for which excavations are
being made along 7th Ave. are often
The victims of poisoning from car
hon monoxide gas, due to the fact
the contracting bosses are too
yreedy for profits to install safety
devices, such as blowers for venti-
lation. Therefore, these workers
have to work eight hours straight
without breath Of fresh air all
day, except for a brief spell at
unch time. Many of them are
overcome. /.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-08-30

On Tuesday Negro worker was
knocked out by the carbon monoxide
fumes. The fumes are given off as
exhaust from motor trucks which
are lowered to bring up the rocks
and dirt during the excavation. The
men are working sixty feet beneath
surface level on the 7th Ave. job.
These laborers are unorganized,
and are hired for temporary work.
The most job lasts is for two
months or SO. The A. F. of L. never
bothers to try to organize tlese
casual" laborers as they are called.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-08-30
RAILROAD GREEDY
FOR BIG PROFITS
SCORNS SAFETY
Limbs Cut Off Testify
to This
by a Worker Correspondent

by a Worker Correspondent
CHICAGO - (By MaiD. - The
many accidents in the Chicago
shop, at Proviso yard and else
where on the C. & N. w, result
ing in serious injuries to US work
ers and in some cases either the
crippling for life or the loss of
our lives, should bring home to US
the most brutal manner the real
fleets of the company system Of
apeed-ups for the sake of profit"
and what it means to US in broken
lives, untold suffering and misery
and lastly, the industrial scrap
heap of capitalism, to which we
are consigned when the bosses
cave no further use for our broken
bodies.
These accidents" (they are Ger
;ainties" under the speed-upD
lew months that several issues of
Shop News" could be filled with
their details. A few are enumer-
ated here for illustration:
Proviso Yard-Young worker
loading scrap transoms into scrap
qars had finger on left hand badly
rushed, necessitated amputation.
Only II years old. Most workers
employed on this job young fell
pwss1 IT to IS years old. Policy
f company to employ very young
5orkers on these jobs who will be
more docile slaves under company
peed-up.
Proviso Warehouse - Worker
while testing air brakes had finger
IN right hand cut off. Piston too
hort on one end and set tight on
cher; brakebeam loose on cylinder;
3iston slipped, caught finger.
Proviso Yard-Helper on Ford
2uck, using hoist to lift wheels.
brennan driving truck-helper fix
ng cable on pulley, Foreman
tarted cable catching helpers fin
.er between pulley and cable, bad
J smashing finger. Clear case Of
company negligence.
M-5O-Machine Side - Worker
ending drill press hit by heavy
piece of steel; safeguard lacking
ugs not applied; worker was
Knocked unconscious; this was
apring equalizer job; this worker
overlooked own safety due to pile
work on hand and bosses jump
1g on him to "hit 'em up faster"
Company responsible.
Chicago Shop Yards-Laborer
elimbed into end of steel gondola
ar loaded with bridge beams to
answer the call of nature; switch
ngine coupled into string of cars,
7hich shifted steel beams against
ar and-worker crushed from
Gist down. This worker feared
% take the time necessary to go
- toilet because his foreman was
lways after him to speed up. He
a direct casualty Of the com
Any SpSSd-uP oyoOCAil e'llN LIIS ~ u
=. W. is responsible
We shop workers must at once
uild up rank and file shop COM
ittees in every shop department,
onnecting up the department shop
Committees into a general rank and
lie shop council. Our shop council
must meet with other shop councils
on the l. C. R. R., c. R. l. & P,
and other railroads for the building
ID of a joint railroad council in
Chicago which will be the means
Of organizing a powerful indus
trial union of all railroad workers.
Only in this way can we abolish
the killing company speed-ups and
other naturalization measures that
are taking our very life-blood. For
ward to the shop committeesl For
ward to ONE INDUSTRIAL
UNION on the railroads.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-08-30

gro" No more than the big Pa
rade" was an epic of men in war.
The film lacks unity of conception.
The story was merely an excuse
around which to weave series of
events "for-art' s-sake." The plan
tation Negro laments. Why? The
Negro loves to gamble and dance?
Why? The fTegro is easy prey for
religious bunkum. Why? Nothing
matters so long these things can be
used to form plastically beautiful
patterns on the screen. When shot
of the cotton pickers leaving the
plantation after a days drudgery
was flashed on the screen, the high
hated gentleman sitting next to me
sighed a soulful "How beautiful"
And beautiful" it was, but far
from real. Everything shrouded in
soft, romantic halo. How easy
it is to forget that Tennessee, where
the action takes place, holds a rec
ord for lynchings when we hear
those loving "darkies" singing their
spirituals. And what will you think
of a cast picked mostly from Har-
lem cabarets? This is an unpardon-
able infringement of good cinemat-
les, especially in a film in which the
subject matter calls for close contact
with life. This alone is ample proof
that Vidor was not really sincere.
There is a world of difference be-
tween talent and life. Any attempt
to portray the American Negro in
the movies will have to be as close
to the documentary as possible.
There is so much living dramatic
material in Black America! What
pity that men like Vidor, who
gave us "The Crowd" cannot learn
anything from the Russian method
of applying the fertile art of the
screen to something more than stu
dio cliches. But, as famous pro-
Queer recently put it: ga director
must rarely think of his films, but
always of his obligations" So there
are limitations, you see.
Technically, "Hallelujah" has not
escaped the ravages of sound. We
repeat here for the thousandth time
that so long as the time-value of an
image will be determined by the du-
ration of dialogue or sound, so long
will you fail to produce true cinema,
the conventional and Interchangeable
prerequisite for which is rhythm.
Sound and talk are progressive in
the cinema only when they serve to
emphasize, balance or counterpart
to the image. "Hallelujah" is there
fore stacy and haphazardly timed
due to the necessary limitations i'm
posed by the stationary mike"
"Hallelujah"-a failure.
S. B.
Resolution adopted by National
Conference of Cinema Workers,
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-08-30
2 Killed, / Dying in
Crash of Derby Plane

BOSTON, Aug. 28. = Two men
were killed and woman was be-
lieved to be dying tonight after a
monoplane participating in the Phil
adelphia to Cleveland air derby
crashed into the mud flats off the
airport in attempting a gun-runner
landing. Edward Deveraux, pilot
of the plane and his passenger, E.
j. Refs, oil salesman, both of New
York, were killed instantly. Mrs.
Deveraux, the flier's bride of three
months, suffered compound frac-
lures and internal injuries.
Build Up the United Front of
the Working Class From the Bot.
toY Up--at the ENTERPRISES! -.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-05-24
SUCCESS is PREDICTED
FOR HARTMAN PROJECT
Proposal to Electrify Central Po-
land Is Published to Permit
Filing of Objections.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
WARSAW, Poland. May PA pro-
posal to the Polish government by the
Hartman interests for electrifying Gen.
trail Poland. after being given approval
in principle by the central government,
was published in the Official Gazette to
permit the local authorities on whose
territory the plant and tranmsission
lines would be to express any objection
within three months.
Apparently there will be no serious
objection and it is presumed that the
contract will be closed some time in
the Fall
500, 1000 900 plan for Cougar electrical
concession, providing for construction
of power plants and overland trans
mission lines covering more than one
fifth of all Poland.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-05-24
CITY TO CENSOR PLAYS.
San Jose, Calf, Appoints Amuse-
ment Commission.

SAN JOSE, Calf, May "a CAo).-Ap-
pointment of a municipal amusement
commission to review motion pictures,
vaudeville acts and other stage presenta-
lions in San Jose for possible indecent
scenes or obscene lines, has been an
nounced by City Manager C.. B.
Goodwin.
The commission is made up of four
women and three men, including a
Roman Catholic priest. 1t will make its
recommendations directly to the city
manager. and should a play prove OBJ
iectionsble. he will take legal steps to
bar its production.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-05-24
Grandma's Bathing Suit Taboo.

WILDWOOD. N. j., May "a (Py-
Grandma's bathing suits are taboo here.
Just a few have been in use recently.
and Capt. Dykes of the life guards has
found it necessary to give warning that
knee and elbow length garments with
pantalette boomers make the surf dan
gerous for the wearerS.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-05-24

going back into the Government service
and accepted only after Attorney Gen
eral Mitchell and the President had in
sisted that he accept
Copyright, 1929
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-05-24

Splendid $3.50 value, in
sturdy tan or patent leath-
er blucher oxfords for
girls or boys. Up TO size
= $l.95
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1929-06-10
CHICAGO LIVE STOCK

CHICAGO, June O.-Hogs- Re
ceipts, $4,000; market 1oc lower. Top,
s11.15; bulk. $S,7501l.1O; heavy.
weight, $1O.7O@1foO; medium weight,
$1o,6O@11.15; lightweight, 10000
Ills; light lights, $1o.15011.1O;
packing sows, $s.2509. 80; pigs. $3.50
@11.0O; followers, 5000.
Cattle-Receipts, 10000: market
strong. Calves; Receipts, 5000:
market SOC lower. Beef steers: Coco
and choice $14.00@1525: common
and medium, $12@13.T5: Yearlings,
$11.0O@15.25. Butcher cattle
Heifers, $9.00@14S0; cows, $1,000
1880; bulls, $S50@12.O0; calves,
$12.0O@15.50; feeder steers, S11.5O
1875; stocker steers, $11.OO013.25:
stocker cows and heifers, SSm12.
Sheep-Receipts, 10000: market
steady Medium and choice lambs
e16@17; culls and common. $1,000
114.00; yearlings, s1O.So612. 50; com.
mon and choice ewes. s4.5067.OO:
feeder lambs, $11.50013.50.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1929-06-10
DR.. Fegan to Address
GEORGETOWN Graduates

DIR. Hugh J. Fegan, assistant dean
of Georgetown Law School, viii
address the graduating classes OF
Georgetown University at it's one
hundredth and thirtieth annual com.
mencement this afternoon at AIS
o'clock.
Degrees will be conferred by
President w. Coleman Nevis upon
445 seniors in all departments.
Prizes are to be awarded honor
graduates. and Lieut.. Col. Augustus
A. Dannemiller, U. S. A. will pre-
sent candidates for seniors in the
f. o. T. c. for commissions in the
Officers Reserve Corps.
For the first time Georgetown
will dispense this afternoon with
its custom of having each Eraduate
receive his diploma in person. In
event of rain. It was announced that
the exercises. which are scheduled
to take place on the campus will
be held in CASTOR Hall and Ryan
Gymnasium,
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1929-06-10
COPPER STOCKS
LEAD MILD
Squirt
BY w. s. COUSINS

NEW YORK, June 10 u.N.S).-
The oil stocks and the coppers were
the leaders in a mild squirt of the
industrial stocks near the end of the
first hour of trading today. The
weekend grist OF buying orders
from the outside points was mcager
In the extreme, and the early trad.
ing was confined to small lots OF
the active stocks which had fur.
nished most Of last weeks fire
works.
Buying of the oils and coppers
accompanied reports of improve
ment in the respective industries.
The coppers are expected to benefit
from the successful negotiation of
the reparations payments and the
consequent opening up OF bigger
avenues of consumption of the red
metal. Leaders of the oil industry
are working desperately to bring the
flow of crude oil under control.
Atlantic Refining moved up about
a point to II and the Standards OF
New York. New Jersey and Califor-
MIA were in good demand. Indian
Refining sold up about points to
5O15 in the lead of the Independent
oils. Andes was the leader In the
coppers, with 2-point advance to
521z, while new gains Of q point
or so were scored by Anaconda,
Greene Cananea and InspIraino.
The utility stocks were quiet. No
very great response was made to
the formation of the new tobacco
merger, and the same was true Of
the food stocks, with the exception
Of Fleischmann, which sold Up
about 2 points at the opening.
Money was In good supply at !
per cent for cali funds.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1929-06-10
CHICAGO PRODUCE

CHICAGO, June 10 Q.N.s).-But-
ter-Receipts, 1888 tubs; creamery
extras, 42hc; standards, 421sc;
extra firsts, 41042c; firsts, S9A q
401kc; packing stock, S10S2c; spe-
Gals, 43043hc.
Eggs-Receipts, 33.49S cases; orii.
nary firsts, 2792shc; firsts, 200
291bc; extra firsts, soc; dirties, &c:
checks, &c; storage packed extras,
S1Ac: storage packed firsts, S0%c.
Cheese-Twins new, 22c; daisies.
22%c; young Americas, 2sc; long
horns, 221hc; brick, 21c.
Live poultry-Turkeys soc; hens,
2S029c; leghorn hens, 27c; spring
chickens, csc: roosters, zoe; geese,
Is; ducks, heavy, zoe; small, 1Sc;
spring geese, 25c,
track, 2SS; U. 8. Shipments, 1874;
wisconsin sacked round white, csc
@1.10.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1929-06-10
POSES
FOR ARTIST

The members of the Cabinet are
being painted by Douglas Chandor,
famous British portrait artist, who
has come to Washington and estab.
lished studio.
The Secretary OF the Treasury.
Andrew w. Mellon. was the first of
this group to pose for his portrait.
He is sitting with one slim hand on
one slender knee.
Others whose portraits have been
finished include Secretary of War
James w. Good; the Secretary of
the Interior, DIR. Ray Lyman Will
bur, and the Secretary Of Com
merce, Robert p. Lamont.
The Postmaster General, Walter
F.. Brown and the Secretary of
Agriculture, Arthur NJ. Hyde. are
next.
The artist usually takes them
three at a time-that is, he has
three caDvesses to work on inter
mittently. This provides for I'M
hurried posing.
Mr.. Chandor works very swiftly,
often completing portrait in a
week. He has won high distinction,
although he is now only 80 years
old. He has been in the, United
States on other occasions and has
painted many of the country's out
standing personalities. He has ex-
hibited in New York and other
cities.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1929-06-10
LOCAL STOCKS
FURNISHED by w. B. Hibbs & Cor
w SALES

FURNISHED by w. B. Hibbs & Coz -
W SALES
City & Suburban SIS, $1,000091h.
Washington Gas 5s, $1,0000991a.
Washington Gas IS "B", $1,000
@1Os.
Potomac Electric cons. SIS, $4,000
Q1O1N.
Capital Traction Co., 15G941z, 10
994h, 1895, 6@951s, 5095b, 100
IS, 10M93&, 10694A, 2m95, 100
94h, 10@941a, 1Om94, 56937s.
Potomac Electric SIS pfd., 16111%.
Potomac Electric 51as pfd., 100
1861.
Washington Gal, 1924.
Wash Railway and Electric pre-
ferred. 6G991s.
Second National Bank, $685..
American Security and Trust,
10G451, 40451.
Barber and Ross common. 25919.
Lanston Monotype, 2G127, 30n12s.
Mergenthaler Linotype, 106105.
National Savings and Trust, "a
SOS.
National Mortgage and Invest:
ment, preferred, 1909 Az.
AFTERCALL
Barber and Ross common, 100
1877.
Mergenthaler Linotype, 109105,
goa 1855, 15M 1855