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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-03-22
12-HR. DAY FOR
FOOD SLAVES IN
FILTHY Cellars
Work in Muck for Pay
of S14 Week
(By a Worker Correspondent

(By a Worker Correspondent
BOSTON, by MaiD.-The Boston
food workers are not only the larg
est single industrial group but are
also the most exploited of workers.
4 Workers in other trades who are
out of work get jobs as dishwashers
or bus boys and so to work without
any experience at all. Because the
entire unemployed army is at the
disposal of these ptomaine poison
/ undries the food workers are forced
u stand for the longest hours and
the most wretched and filthy condi-
tons.
A few weeks ago l got job in
the Apollo Lunch Room in Chelsea,
Mass. My work was to clear off the
tables during the busy hours and
clean the floor and walls at other
tines.
IL Hours a Day.
The hours were from 7 a. m. to Z
p. m, with half an hour to eat lunch.
The manager was burly fellow
who made his regular rounds every
hour or SO and told the workers to
speed up or get out. The pay was
tS14 week with the privilege of eat
ing the cheaper articles of food.
The place does a large business
and is unusually filled with workers
who do not realize the kind of stuff
they are eating. / am sure none of
them would like to follow up their
meal by making trip to the base
ment where the stores of food are
kept; it would make them vomit.
Filthy Conditions.
The ice chest especially is filthy
and there is an inch or two of muck
on the floor.
! went into the toilet once, but
never again. had no wash basin.
When the pies and other articles
from the bakery are cooked they are
put on the tables ''--use there is
no other place to keep them. The
basement is large and piles of boxes
and boards arc scattered about and
these are frequented by big rats and
cock-roaches who lake fora-- ITO
the bakery.
Great Speed-up.
My job as bus boy was hard and
the speedup beyond reason. Another
worker and l did four or five mems
work so that by quitting time we
felt dead on our feet. The heavy
air, filled with tobacco smoke and
fumes from the kitchen made me so
sick l was not able to enter lunch
room for several weeks.
One of the worst places was the
.dishwashing room. Here two slaves
worked like madmen to take care
of the mountains of dishes sent down
to them. The drain was unusually
stopped up and the floor flooded.
One of my jobs was to wade thru
this and wiring the floor mops and
empty the scrubbing pals in the sink
where the rots and pans were piled
for washing.
When the food workers become
tired of the slavery and have to quit
this means more money for the en-
ployment agency sharks, who often
get weeks wages. "
j. w.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-03-22
She Got What She Wanted
N01U at the Wallack Theatre

Ardell, appears. Complications fol-
low, and for three acts there is
round of divorce and reconciliation.
IN the end, Mahyna goes back to
her first love-Boris.
Occasional wise-cracks make the
dull play fairly amusing. Galina
Kopernak, as Mayhna, is inferior.
Others in the cast are Boris. Will
liam Pike and Aubrey Beattie.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-03-22

vice, they'll tell you Like hell I
will, they'll have to kill me before
l do"
On the river fronts one can see
men and women sleeping on the plat
forms, in empty boxes, on wharves,
etc. Mostly Negro workers are af-
fected in this section; the sights are
pitiful. These Negro unemployed
workers have scarcely any clothes on
their backs; they fight in mobs of
hundreds to get hired for unloading
cars and ships and for every man
hired there are fifty to a hundred
for the job.
w. C.P.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-03-22
Pershing to Speak on
Hoover Administration

George Pershing, former soldier
and member of the Hawaiian Com
nlunist League, will speak on "The
Hoover Administration and its Sig
nificance for the Youth" at the
open forum of the Mckinley Square
Unit Of the Young Communist
League, Sunday, March 81, at s p.
M, at 400 Boston Road.
Following the speech by Pershing
and discussion there will be a dance.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-03-22

tons of pig rcl "a hours All go the
workers. dwellings, well for building industry"
These worker and peasant correspondents
describe the achievements Of the in
the Soviet unon letters the They
wish States thew will write to the
American workers and N
Write today to worker of the Soviet
letter to the worker department Daily Worker
We viii forward it to a Soviet worker peasant.
The photo above shows steel Tom steel mill
Unlike the slave mills of the u Steel Trust where the
workers labor under indebabe conditions the
mills control their factories
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-03-22
BANK MERGER.

Consolidation of Bank of America,
~. A., and the Banc America Cor
poration, its affiliated subsidiary Sc
curity company, with the Interna-
tional banking house of Blair and
Co., was announced yesterday by
Elisha Walker, president of Blair
and Co. The new institution will
have capital and surplus of more
than $125,000,OOO and total re-
sources of about 100000, 1000.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-03-22

of swank, they make the stewards
row in the water to show that "every-
thing is perfect"
We, members Of the crew, treated
like dogs by passengers and Of
ficers alike, do not care about these
parasites being lost in time of dis
aster, it would be good radiance; but
do not forget that the crew will be
made the goat, and most of the lives
lost viii be those of the crew.
Betrayed by Labor Takers.
There is great discomfort among
the slave driven crew Of the Van
dyck. The white seamen, mostly
from England, have long ago taken
to drinking when they get ashore,
to forget their torubles. They have
had experience with the misleaders
and corrupt officials of the British
Seamen's Union, headed by the bos-
SEES man, Havelock Wilson. Wilson
has made the B. S. U. nothing but
an organization for the ship owners.
When the British men aboard the
Vandyck grumbled, and / spoke to
them about organizing, they would
say, whats the use, look at the
leaders Of the Labor Party, bosses
men"
Negro Workers Militant.
The Negro workers on the ship,
the worst oppressed, were the most
willing to organize and fight against
the slavery. They are the most mil
liant on board the Vandyck. They
hate the name of the British en-
pire.
An interesting thing, showing how
the shipping bosses appreciate what
Havelock Wilson has done for them,
is the fact that the ships library
on the Vandyck, besides the life of
the king and the Prince of Wales,
and history of the British empire,
consisted of several volumes of the
fife Of Havelock Wilson,
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-03-22

and other mills and fight for de-
cent working conditions and bet
ter wages and against the killing
speed-up and the women WORKERS
will rally and join this new union
which will lead them in their
struggles against the capitalist
mill owners who even poison the
workers to speed up the profits.
w. C. p.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-03-22
j. TEXTILE WORKERS FAINT WHILE AT WOR]

So to SIS . week and run q ends,
which alone is enough to slowly
kill the workers, are speeded up
so that some of them are forced
to run up to a hundred ends. This
is beyond the limit of human
endurance.
Poison Vapor.
But this does not satisfy the
exploiting capitalist mill owners.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-03-22
Mill. Slaves
IN south wade
while AT WORK
Water One Inch Deep
on Floor
(By a Worker Correspondent

NORTH CHARLOTTE, N. c., (By
MaiD.-Jrst to tell you of the con-
ditions in this mill, the Highland
Park No. Mill, today. There is
water on the floor over an inch deep.
Two women worked all day walking
in the water in the alley. Of course
the warps got wet and made soiled
places on the cloth-then they had
to go to the cloth table and be dock
ed for it, when they could not help
it raining in the mill.
1 have worked all day with wet
feet. We sure do need union.
will do all I can to help build this
one. 1 think everybody here will
join for they see the need of it.
HIGHLAND PARK NO. 8.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-03-22

she is fired and that is all there
is to it as far as the mill bosses
and the law are concerned.
When they complain, the graft
ing politicians, serving their mas
ters the mill owners. who even
control the compensation bureau,
say you have no case" to the
worker.
1t does no good to sue the mill
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-03-22

owners as you no longer work
for the firm. You were dis
charged.
There is no union at present in
Kensington to protect the women
workers against speed-ups, wage
cuts and poisoning. The new mil
liant National Textile Workers
Union which is being organized
in Kensington will organize this
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-03-22
POISONOUS VAPOR

Scores of girls are made sick
and forced to call doctors who
declare that their illness is caused
by poison, at the Monarch Silk
mill, Howard and Jefferson Street,
Philadelphia.
The stencil is so bad that it
causes the workers to faint while
working. The winders, who get
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-03-22
AIR POLICE FORCE.

HACKENSACK, N. j., March 81.
The first air police force in the
United States has been organized
here. Four small planes will be used
by the air police. The activities of
the force will be statewide.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-03-22

Monarch mil owners, when they
report to work again.
A short time ago all the girls
were fired and new girls taken on
because the doctors attending the
girls complained to the mill own
ers about the girls having been
poisoned.
The compensation law is
joke. When a girl becomes sick
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-03-22
CUBAN ROADS FOR TOURISTS.

HAVANA, March 21.--Plans for
the construction of a chain of auto
mobile highways in Cuba to attract
Americans tourists have been an
nounced by the Automobile Club.
The money will be raised by taxing
the Cuban workers and peasants.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-03-22

They use a poisonous vapor to
moisten the milk to make it wind
faster and increase their profits.
This sickening Odor causes the
girls to become ill; poor ventila-
ton forces the girls to inhale the
vapor.
They sometimes faint while at
work. The girls who become sick
and stay home are fired by the
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-03-22
a. q Worker CORRESPONDENT.

PHILADELPHIA (By MaiD -
The mills in Philadelphia are us
ing a poisonous, sinking substance
to moisten the silk and make it
wind faster. The grating pOliti
clan officials do nothing to en-
force laws to safeguard the health
"a ~ lives of the women mill work
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-03-22
SEAMEN HAVE
Been betrayed
BY MISLEADERS
Shipping Bosses Honor
Wilson, Faker

Qn this concluding part of the
letter from a seaman correspond
ent telling of the conditions aboard
the Lamport and Holt slave liner
Vandyck, we are enabled to see
how the disaster on the Vestris,
resulting in huge less of life, came
about, thru the drunkenness of Of
ficers and the antiquated lifebOats
and other equipment. The Vestris
was a sister ship of the Vandyck.
and the same conditions existed
aboard her as on the Vandycli0
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-03-22


The officers of the Vandyck were
always drunk on the trip to Bueons
Ayres and back to New York, on
which | was a pantryman. Coming
back from Bueons hyres, when the
Vandyck reached Cape Hatteras, the
spot where the Vestris went down,
there was nearly panic aboard the
Vandyck, because most of the Of
ficers were dead drunk.
Officers Drunk.
The chief steward had been lying
in bed for three days-dead drunk.
The majority of the officers abso-
lutely did not know their business.
Besides slave driving the seamen
and kitchen workers almost to death,
they were interested only in having
good time among the first class
passengers. At the balls and feasts,
to prepare which the kitchen men
had to slave "a hours, the officers
Of the Vandyck always got drunk.
The officers always have the best
food and quarters, while the seamen
and kitchen men get trash to eat.
The lifeboats are not up-to-date
There was too much business of
turning handles to lower them, for
them to be efficient in case Of dis
aster.
The ship is undermined. One man
had to do the work of six men. to
save expenses for the Lamport and
Holt Co. The pantrynan had to do
cleaning of ports, enamel, tin gear,
ETC.; the walters had to do scrub
bling, etc, the glory-hall steward,
that is, the man who looked after
the slaves quarters, had to wait on
table, for S43.50 a month. Every
slave aboard has to do five or six
extra jobs, besides his own, with no
extra pay.
Unseaworthy.
The ship is far from seaworthy.
AS had to clean the ports, besides
many other duties, l can state that
no matter how tightly the portfolios
were closed, the water kept coming
thru nthe Vandyck. This is the
same thing the seamen en- the YES
iris said about that ship. l don't
think the Vandyck stands a better
chance than the Vestris did in a
storm, with drunken officers and rot
ten equipment.
When any member of the crew
complains to the chief officer about
such things as water getting in thru
tightly shut portfolios, ETC., he is
told, "Never mind, everything is all
right"
To fool the passengers, as an act
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-03-22
AIR MAIL WRECK.

BALTIMORE, March 21 An air.
plane carrying mail was wrecked
near Glenburnie, Nd. today. The
pilot was not injured.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-03-22
WHERE WORKE RS RULE
Soviet Workers Letters TO be IN DAILY

Here is what worker in the Donetz Basin the works
of the Makievka Steel Trust in the the
of the Soviet Union
Our mill made three half million rubes profit
We binding hearth which win 800
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-03-22

ings, March so and April 6, will be
Rarrie's "Peter Pam" with Eva LIE
Gallienne in the title role.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1929-11-05

prize of a paid-up membership -
offered to the unit member who
makes tho best poster showing some
Auxiliary activity. These posters are
to be exhibited and eligible women OF
the community invited to the unit
meeting. The unit hopes in this way
to make the community better ac-
uuainted with the great program of
service to the community. state, and
nation. which the American Legion
Auxiliary offers.
The jamestown unit made an cy-
ceptional rccor by enrolling 81 mcm-
bcrs at an October meeting. The unit
at Hcttinger has been having such
excellent publicity that its meetings
have been outstanding IN attendance.
Among the unit features was a most
successful meeting at tho Northwest
crn ranch. where the members en-
loved a novel afternoon. The unit
at Valley City has organized its mcm-
bership work and the dues arc rap
idly coming in. This unit entertained
the members of the Business and Pro-
fcssional WOmen'S club at a musical
evening. New Rockford claims a dis
tinction in having as a member Of its
unit a descendant Of S~akakaWca. Mrs.
Hillstrom. the granddaughter Of
Sakakawca lives near Shcycnnc and
is a gold star member. The New
Rockford unit is especially strcsslng
the enrolment of the mothers OF men
who saw service in the World war
and recently entertained in their
honor.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1929-11-05
AUXILIARY UNITS
STRIVE FOR AWARD

Accounts from American Legion
Auxiliary units in all parts of the
state showing they are striving hard
for the 100 per cent paid up member
ship award, arc being received by
Mrs. r. M. DcPuy. jamestown. de-
partment secretary Of the Auxiliary.
who also serves as membership chair
man.
Although the month Of November
has been designated as membership
month in the Auxiliary department
calendar, several units started their
membership work after October 10Th,
the date 1880 dues are payable. Every
unit in the United States that has It's
1880 membership paid up by January
LIST, 1890, will receive a national cita-
ton from the national headquarters
of the American Legion Auxiliary at
Indianapolis. Twenty six units IN
North Dakota won the National Ct-
tation last year and from the activity
at this time it Is certain that moro
will have the honor this year. In ad-
dition to the National Citation as q
goal for 100 per cent membership,
each unit has a district prize IN work
ing for q complete honor roll. This
year the North Dakota department Is
offering an award Of five dollars to
the District that has the highest per-
centage OF units with q 100 per cent
paid up membership for 1880 by jan
uary LIST. Figures have not yet beer
compiled as to the membership BY
Districts, but the units that have
made an outstanding record by NO
yelnber 1st are Heaton. Dlckey,
jamestown. Reeder. Linton. Edgeley,
Luyetne, Berlin. Galesburg, Adams,
Wishek and Valley City.
The American Legion Auxiliary
Unit Of the Florence Ktmball Post a
Lisbon is conducting q most unique
poster contest In its unit, sponsored
BY the unit membership chairman. 4
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1929-11-05
Personal and
Social News OF
Mandan Vicinity

Mr.. and Mrs. John Zimmerman an
nounce the birth Of a son Monday at
the st. Alexius hospital.
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Mrs. L. f. Smith and Mrs. ]. r
Heater left Sunday for Seattle. Wash.
to be with their mother, who is Seri-
ously i'll.
Mr.. and Mrs. c. C. Atkinson have
returned from Fargo, where they were
guests of Mr.. and Mrs. Ralph Keller
over the weekend.
Mrs. H. H. Williams. who has beer
a patient at the st. AleXius hospital
for some time, has improved suffl-
GENTLY to return to her home.
X X X
MI. and Mrs. Robert Cummins have
returned from a weeks visit In Min.
neapolis. From here Mr.. Cun1mln'
went to Glendivc to get their children
who visited Mrs. Cummins parents
during the time Mi. and Mrs. Cum.
Minis were in the cities.
Mrs. A. j. Sylvester entertained thu
members OF her bridge club at q din
ncr party Saturday evening. Later
bridge was played at six tables at till
home of Mr.. and Mrs. F. W. NC
kcndry. Mrs. L. F. Lyman and D. =
Scothorn held high score.
X X
Guests for three tables were enter
tanned at the bridge party given b.
Mi. and Mrs. Clifford Cook Saturda!
evening. Mrs. H. l.. Bohm and Pete
Jones held high score in the games
A chicken dinner was served at mid
night.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1929-11-05
VETERANS BANQUET
PROGRAM IS SHAPED
Mrs. M. Hunke, 1. G. Thompson
and John Kennedy Speak
at Armistice Event

A tentative program for the annual
banquet In honor of war veterans OF
Mandan and Morton county to be
given the evening Of Armistice Day
BY the auxiliary Of Gilbert s. Fur
ness post Of the American Legion and
the Mandan War Mothers was an
nounced this morning BY Mrs. H. <.
Jensen, president Of the Mandan aux
Hilary.
The program and banquet will be
given in the Mandan Presbyterian
church. $40 Second Avenue North
west. at $50 p. m. Nov. IL. according
to Mrs. Jensen.
J. NJ. Hanley. Mandan attorney and
former district judge, will be toast
master at the affair. Heading the
speeches on the program will be a
historical sketch Of the War Mothers
organization in Mandan given by
Mrs. M. Hunkc. Other talks will be
given by l.. G. Thompson, command
err of the Mandan Legionnaires, and
John Kennedy. former state COM
mander. according to Mrs. Jenscn's
tentative plans. Several talks BY
other war veterans r planned also.
Patriotic musical numbers will be
given by a vocal chorus. members OF
which are not yet selected, and a
male quartet. which has not been or
gained yet either. Other entertain
mcnt features r planned.
Mrs. Herman Leonhard will be III
| r1,o,vo Of Anr0rotinn IN thu ho ,nntaot
hall.
Mattresses at the banquet will be
the Mesdamcs William Sullivan. Wal
ter Rcnden, J. r. Fitzsimmolls, J. A
Kaspcr, James McGillic, Herbert
Hoeft, Joe Sullivan. n. r. Handt
mann. J.. A. Murphy. p. G. Sc0thorn
Clara Fundcn. g. H. circuit, E. II
Tostcvin. J. J.. Murray. Walter Toste-
vim. and Miss Margaret Handtmann
Those on the kitchen committee are
the Mesdamcs c. M. Leckly. Oscar
Morck. M. Hume. Charles Kidd
Chris Sakerissen. John Handtmann
ST.. Charles Kidd, w. p. Keller, Jot
Williams. E. w. Tobin. Louis H. Con-
molly. Paul Shannon, l.. A. Paxton
and B. s. Nickcrson.
A public speaking program and
patriotic musical program at the
Palace theatre. at 10 a. M. a football
game between Mandan and Bismarck
and q dance at the Dome pavilion ar.
other Arnlistice Day features. Gov
ernor George F. Shafer will be thu
principal speaker on the morning pro
gram planned by the American Lee
gion, according to Commander L. G
Thompson.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1929-11-05
Two Men Plead Guilty
Before Mandan Judge

Pleading guilty to q charge Of driv-
ing an automobile while intoxicated.
Paul Smith. of Schmidt. yesterday
afternoon was sentenced to six
months in the county Jail and ordered
TO pay $25 court costs by Judge H. L.
Berry. Mandan. in Morton county dis
trict court.
Smith, while intoxicated, drove a
car on memorial highway between
Mandan and Bismarck a short time
ago and crashed into a Bismarck au-
to. He was arrested shortly after the
crash.
Arthur Barchcngcr. New Salem.
pleaded guilty to a charge Of third
degree forgery yesterday also. but
Judge Berry will not sentence him
until Nov. IL. He signed the name Of
a prominent New Salem farmer to a
$50 check and cashed it with a New
Salem business concern.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1929-11-05
PROSECUTORS LOST
IN ARCTIC 3 WEEKS
FINALLY ARE FOUND
Fight Frozen Death Until Res.
cued and Guided by Eski-
mos to Trading Post

Toronto. Ont, Nov. 5.-(Fl-Bricf
radio messages from the isolated
Arctic trading post of Cambridge bay
on Victoria island today told Of the
battle against the frozen north waged
for two months by eight aerial pros
pcctors before their discovery by
wandering Eskimos.
The party. headed by Colonel c. d.
II. McAlpine. president Of Dominion
Explorers. Ltd. had been missing
since Sept. 3 when they took off from
Baker Lake. Man. i'll two airplancS
OH a prospecting trip.
News Of their rescue. terscly told III
a radio message labor'ously licked off
by Jack Mckinnon. an amateur opcr-
ator at Cambridge Bay. brought to an
end the greatest man hunt eve con-
Quoted i'll. the north. A half dozen
planes, a supply ship and land parties
were engaged i'll a search which
covered mOrc than 10000 miles.
McAlpinc III a message 10 the
headquarters Of Dominion Explorers,
here. said they had become lost In
the Arctic fogs and had landed in the
sea.
With the greatest difficulty they
pulled their heavy pontOOn equipped
planes ashore OH a sandy beach and
erected a rude shelter about their
planes and built a fire. Despite a
widespread search each day they were
unable TO find amy sign Of human
habitatiOn.
Finally. three wandering ESkimOs
arrived at their camp. attracted by
the fire which they had kept burning
night and day. Through the "Pidgir
English" OF the north they acquainted
the Eskimos Of their plight and tho
later agreed to lead them to tho
nearest settlement.
Footsore and exhausted they
| reached tho Hudson's Bay company
| trading post OH Victoria island las,
Sunday.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1929-11-05
Sale of Tickets for
The Patsy Launched

Ticket sale for the Patsy three
act comedy which will be presented
Thursday and Friday by members Of
the Sarah Bernhard chapter Of the
Junior Playmakcrs. Mandan high
school. is In progress.
The play will be presented at Ills
o'clock each evening in the high
school auditorium. It is probable
that . matinee performance will be
given Friday afternoon but no def
mite plans for an afternoon showing
have yet been made.
Members Of the cast are Francis
Ford, Lila Clark, Kitty Gallagher,
Josephine Hess. Lloyd Spielrlan,
George Toman. and Lucille Dahners.
The production Is directed by Miss
Mabel Frey, member Of the faculty.