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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-02-15
HEARST DRIVES
SLAVES TO Limit;
.LOLLS ON RANCH
Entertains royalty"
of Russia
(By a Worker Correspondent

(By Worker Correspondent
While the William Randolph
Hearst family is entertaining the
remnants Of the Russian royalty at
the Hearst ranch in California, no
thought is given by Hearst to the
workers who make it possible for
them to pile up the millions of dol
lars, to enable them to do this sort
of entertaining.
This so-called "friend of labor"
though the wealthiest of publishers,
cares the least for the men and
women employed by him. Other
newspapers, paying the scale, offer
the men and women in their employ
vacations with pay, Christmas
bonuses, free insurance policies and
many other concessions. In the
Hearst publications attempts have
been made to put up straw bosses to
act as drivers of the men.
Printers in the newspapers at
present are preparing for their new
scale, which occurs this summer.
The publishers are threatening to
install tele-typesetter and photo-com-
posing machines and to defeat the
bogus law. We must counterfeit this
by organizing so that our reactionary
union officials do not betray us
again, by accepting long contracts,
which are always against the in
terest of the workers, and a small
increase in wages spread over
number of years. We must insist
that the hours be shortened, to pro-
vide employment for those men and
women displaced by the new
machines.
"A PRINTER.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-02-15
BUSINESS POOR,
is BOSSES whine
TO WAGE SLAVES
Labor Must Organize
to Get Increase
(By Worker Correspondent

(By q Worker Correspondent
In our shop everybody gets low
wages and it is worth while to
know how they manage to keep
wages low In spite of the fact that
the company's profit goes above the
million dollar mark every year, the
company officers cry their heads off
telling how bad business is, so that
you should not come for wage
raise. If you do ask them, as one
who is asking for big favor of
course, and not as one in a mass,
you may be turned down or given a
dollar a week raise.
Most of the fellows do not even
ask any longer, but try to get along
on the little they get. The heart is
taken out of them, especially when
they see how many apply every day
and are turned down. Their expert
ence bellies the much boosted pros
perity bunk.
The young workers start with S14
a week, and do not get further for a
year or so. Married workers, skilled
mechanics, get S25. l wish they
would become conscious of the fact
that while they think only off them
selves, they are easy prey of the
boss. Conditions would be improved
If only the workers got together and
organized.
WAGE SLAVE.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-02-15
Nine Delicutessen Clerks
Assall Union MsleQdeHs

Nine members of the Hotel ant
Restaurant Employees Internationa
Alliance belonging to Local 302
delicatessen clerks, have submitted
statement condemning their illegal
suspension by officials of the local
because they told of conditions in
the industry and demanded militant
action.
The formal charges against them
are that they asked members of the
local to join the Workers (ommu-
nist) Party of America, and Gre
quested members of Local 302 to
form new local in opposition"
Quizzed on Politics.
The nine members when they APP
peared before International Presi-
dent Edward Flore and Vice-P resi-
dent Lehman at the headquarters of
Local l, where the hearing was held,
were asked a series of questions
which indicated only that the right
wing gang want to punish all really
working for the union. Questions
were asked as to whether the nine
were group or individuals in this
fight, and whether they belonged to
the Workers Party. They objected to
the question as to political affilia-
ton, and one of them asked vice
president Lehman, who is a demo-
cratic politician, about his affilia-
tons. Lehman said the democratic
party supported the present social
system, and intimated that the union
officialdom would support capitalism
intellectually against the workers.
Bring Scab Agent.
Heller, agent of the scab union of
the Hebrew Trades was brot in by
Lehman to testify against the nine
suspended workers. He said that
they picketed firms with which his
scab union dealt. This is no crime
but Lehman tried to make some
thing of it. Officials of the local
made fools of themselves in their
testimony, which had to do with dis
covering Workers Party books in
the workers pockets, seeing them
maintain booth and sign at the
Daily Worker-Freiheit bazaar, etc.
Flore reserved judgement on the
suspended workers, who are: 1.
Dreazen, I. Himmelfarb, A. Beder-
son, M. Berkowitz, M. Zimmerman,
M. Chorover, F. Frank, M. Budesky,
and M. Schneider.
Issue Statement.
These workers have issued the fol-
lowing statement signed by all nine,
in answer to the charges against
them:
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-02-15

eve, the undersigned, wish tt
submit to you the following state.
ment in regard to our illegal sus-
pension and regarding the conditions
in our local.
81. Our suspension is now
months. We have been denied our
rights as members of the organiza-
ton and accordingly were not given
full rights in the participation of
the elections.
SO. We have been denied admis-
sion to membership meetings lille
gally.
SO. We have been subjected to
terrorism and gangster methods de-
spite the fact that the constitution
calls for regular procedure regard
ing suspensions and trials which
constitution has been ignored by the
officials of the union.
81. We demand the lifting of the
charges and reinstatement with full
rights.
IS. We demand that the officials
of the local be removed for their
violation of the constitution.
''In view of the fact that the sus-
pension has taken place because we
have been fighting for the improve
ment of the conditions of the men,
bership of our union; in view of the
fact that the policy of our officials
has been destructive to the interests
of the membership; in view further
more of the fact that the majority
Of the delicatessen clerks are un-
organized, almost half of them un-
employed, and the conditions of the
members of our union growing con-
tinually worse, we demand that
these matters be called at once TO the
attention of the membership of the
locals by the officers of the Inter
national, and that the International
protect our rights in bringing these
conditions before the locals and see
ing that these conditions are i'm
mediateiy remedied. We propose:
81. That the local at once under
take campaign for the organiza-
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-02-15

tion of the unorganized delicatesser
clerks.
"2. That this campaign be con.
Quoted thru the establishment Of
rank and file committees.
SO. That the local condemns the
use of gangsters.
"a. That the local take the mi
tiative in the calling of conference
for the unification of the culinary
workers in order to organize the I'M
organized and overcome the unem-
ployment situation and the disunity
of the food workers. We believe
that it is necessary that new cleo
tons be held in order that this pro-
gram be carried out as our present
officers will not and cannot carry
thru such program to build our or
ganization.
SIN order that the elections may
be fair elections, expressing the will
of the membership, we propose that
adequate protection be given for
the conduct of such fair and demo-
cratic elections.
1--WE emphatically protest against
the procedure of removing members
of our union from their jobs on the
grounds of difference of policy with
the officials of the union. Such a
policy is leading to disorganiza-
ton of our union and is establish
ing a lack of confidence in the
ability of our union to express the
interests of our members"
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-02-15

Dear Comrades: / am one of the
slaves in the Ford factory of Detroit
where the workers are forced to ex-
pend every ounce of energy for the
sole purpose of making profits for
Mr.. Henry Ford. There is a highly
developed production system in the
Ford factory in Detroit. Everything
is mechanical in such a way that
the workers need make as few mo-
tons as possible and there is prac-
tically no waste. But all this new
machinery and scientific discovery
does not go to the benefit of the
workers in capitalist United States.
The workers are speeded as much
as possible with the result that they
become human machines.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-02-15
Lou Pay Bad Air. Dvaine Recreation Rooms at Eagle Pencil Co.


man for office of nationally known
shekel-swine. Must be good steno-
grapher, familiar with double entry
bookkeeping, able to operate adding
machine, Ford truck, addressograph,
linotype, slide rule and elevator.
Some knowledge of chemical engi-
neering and dog biscuit business es-
sential. Personality, neat appearance,
character, intelligence, docility and
ability to draw up legal papers alb
solute requisites. Splendid oppor-
tunity for ore not afraid of hard
work and long hours. Answer in
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-02-15
Canada and Australia
Build More Warships
for Imperialist War

LIVERPOOL, (By MaiD Repre-
sentatives of the Royal Canadian
Navy, from Ottawa, have arrived
here with contracts for the con-
struction of two destroyers lor Can
ada. The ships will be built in the
Thornycroft Shipyards, Southamp-
ton.
The Canadian naval program is
par- of general naval increase
program on the part of the dominion
governments of the British Empire.
Australia has also contracted for
considerable naval construction in
English shipyards.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-02-15

shade Co. starts off it's girl decora-
tors at So weekly, or about Is cents
an hour. To qualify for slavery in
that hole a girl must have attended
art school or had previous expert
ence in printing shades! Such are
the fruits of brainwork!
Most of the cases listed are those
on the higher" level of white-collar
serfdom. What of office workers
with less specialized skill, the ordi-
nary bill clerks, bookkeepers and
so on? Draw your own conclusions.
FRED MILLER.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-02-15

own handwriting, stating age,
schooling and experience in full, ma
tionality, height, weight, size of
adenoids, family history and reli-
gion. Enclose photograph and refer
ences. Salary to start S13.23. Box
Z-432, Daily Noserag."
Day by day the pay gets smaller
and the requirements get sitter.
A short time ago one Philadelphia
SLAYER was in the market for a
young man, typist, able to take
dictation." In other words, a full
fledged stenographer. The magnif-
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-02-15

the home-study scale; he offered
SIC. Nor is this an isolated in
stance. =
Sample AID.
Slave-herders are bleeding the
white-collar serfs as never before.
The jobless office stiff who has
nothing to do but pillow thru the help
wanted columns while he slowly
starves to death on his share of
prosperity" knows this fact only
too well. Out of the thousands CD
of want-ads he has read energies a
composite come-on: "Wanted-young
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-02-15
White Guardists Kill
Communist Worker i'm
Yugoslavia; No Trial
(Red Aid Press Seyvice)

BELGRADE, By MaiD.-A Com
munist chauffeur named Vladimi,
Matovitch has been found dead by
the police.
Matovitch has been murdered by
some persons or persons unknown"
In fact, however, exiled White
Guards from Russia are concerned
in his murder and the police know
this very well, but refuse to make
any arrests.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-02-15
Ford Plant SLAVE Writes
to Soviet Union Workers

visit the U. S. S. R. and I hope to
do so in the near future. I should
like all the workers outside of the
Soviet Union to visit the U. S. S. R.
because it would be an impetus for
the development of their revolution
airy spirit and bring nearer the world
proletarian revolution.
Greetings to all the workers and
peasants of the U. S. S. R. and
people working in their interests;
also everlasting life to the Russian
revolution and hopes for a speedy
world revolution.
Revolutionary proletarian greet
ings from
A FORD wORKER-A. B.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-02-15

icent honorarium of $12 went with
the job.
Brain Work.
A third firm was looking for a
thoroughly experienced commercial
artist, a job requiring a special
talent developed thru years of study
and practice. And the boss was will
ling to plank down real money to
the right man-$18. At that, it is
an enormous figure when compared
with the measly wage doled out to
women workers who are engaged in
the same line. The Maid-Rite Lamp
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-02-15
MORE POVERTY IN ST. LOUIS

ST. LOUIS, Mo. (By MaiD The
Provident Association, the largest
charity organization here, reports
that it spent almost twice as much
for charity in 1928 as five years
ago. In 1923 this body spent $174,-
092 for needy families, while in
1923, in spite of lower budget for
family needs, and more strictness all
around, it had to spend S306,956.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-02-15

The following letter from a slave
in the Ford plant in Detroit, has
been sent to the Daily Worker, to
to be forwarded to the workers in
automobile factory in the U. S. s..
R. Other workers in American fac
tories are urged to send in CORES
pondence, to be forwarded to the
workers in similar industries in the
Soviet Union. In this way, the
American workers and the workers
of the Soviet Union can establish
a regular correspondence with each
other.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-02-15
(Bv a Worker Correspondent

PHILADELPHIA, PA. (By Mail. }
The local capitalist rags recently
carried Camden manufacturers
advertisement for a mechanical
craftsman with at least two years
experience" Now a craftsman is
supposed to be at the top of the
labor aristocracy architectural
drafting is even rated among the
professions" "Be a draftsman!"
the correspondence schools urge you;
"earn $50 to 5000 a week"
The Camden SLAYER did not pay
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-02-15
Could Be Used.

This system of production would
be great if we had it in our own
U. S. S. R. Then the workers would
not be speeding their health away
only to be dumped by Mr.. Ford,
when they become overworked or i'll
from undernourishment and bad liv-
ing quarters.
1t has been my great ambition,
since the Bolshevik revolution to
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-02-15
DEFEAT WAGE CUT.

McADOO, Pa, (By MaiD.-A
strike of the fifty weavers working
in the plant of the Arrow Silk Co.
here defeated a proposed wage cut.
New Britain herald., 1929-10-23
NATIONS SICK BILL S600,000,000 AYEAR
Physical Educator Stresses ln-
 pOrtanCe Of Good Health

Satisfies were given by s. NJ. Brewster, physical education direc- tor of the central junior high school last night, before members of the Exchange club in their week ly meeting and dinner at the Bur ritt hotel, regarding the financial as well as the physical loss involved in ill health.
 He brought out the fact that at least onc-third of the men in the |. s. army during the World war were unfit for duty, and that at least 30 per cent of the school children are retarded because of their physical ineligibility to cope with the de- So much more is demanded of the scholar, the grades having higher i peak then formerly that the average 1 student has to spend much more time in studying more in fact than 1 he ever has done before and Ahere is very little time left for physical exercises, he brought out. And | just as a machine with which many of you men are familiar, needs alignment and balance, so does the | human body demand~paise and per lection for the best work possible VI he said. Unless this balance and poise are obtained by a machine the best work will not be turned out and so it is with the body
 Figures have been compiled foI the loss to industry from fires and tornadoes but very few people realize that loss from physical i'm. perfection is almost as great, h" added. Mir. Brewster showed that absence from work due primarily
 from inability to cope against sick.
New Britain herald., 1929-10-23
CAR FORCED AGAINST CURB

Frank NJ. Hughes of 1G7 Slater road was driving north on Franklin Square about 5;15 o'clock last eve ming and Arvid E. Peterson of 62 Pendleton road was driving a box body car from Franklin square into lights of another car and the rain, Hughes did not see the Peterson car on account of the binding head lights of another car. and the rain, and d collision resulted, driving the Peterson car against the curb and damaging both vehicles.
 Pctersor'S electrical tools, cable and wire were scattered about the road but he was unhurt, as was Hughes. Officer Clarence Kumm re- ported no cause for police action.
New Britain herald., 1929-10-23
DRIVER 0YERTURNS TRUCK
 REACHING FOR CIGARETTE
Forces Fender Down on Wheel, Causing Vehicle to stop sud
 denly in Franklin Square.

When Joseph Allocco of 139
 Washington street stepped onto a
 front fender of an automobile truck
 on which he was riding, to reach for
 a cigarette in his pocket, he forced
 the fender down onto the wheel and
 the trucI. overturned on Franklin Square, near St. Peters church about 9:30 o'clock this forenoon. An automobile registered in the name of Mary Hall of 333 Chapman street was parked at the curb and the truck struck and damaged it con siderably. Alfred Hall. high
New Britain herald., 1929-10-23
WEDNESDAY
Eastern Standard Time
oS3-WTIC, Hartford-1O6O

7:O5-Summary of program; news bulletins 7:15-Viennese Nights-studio en- semble in descriptive music by Viennese composers S:00-Favorite tunes of five nations played in a concert directed by Erno Rapee from NEG studios 3:3o-The Bakers from NEG stu dios
 s:00-Seth Parker's Old Fashioned Singing School s:30-Paul Oliver; Olive Palmer; Elizabeth LennoX; The Revelers from NEG studios l0:30-I Pagliacci from NEG
 studios i2:00-Time; news bulletins; wealth CT report; Atlantic Coast Marine forecast
New Britain herald., 1929-10-23
3O3-WBZ, Springfield-99O

5:00-Final closing stock markets 5:30-Lost and found; positions wanted b:45-The Safety Crusaders 6:00-Time; weatherman 6:02-Agricultural market reports 6:15-Dinner music 6:50-Eskimo time 6:59-Chimes 7:00-Twilight Melodies from NEG studios 7:30-Radio Nature League s:00-The Foamers from NEG studios S:3O-The Foresters from NEG studios s:00-The Smiths from NEG
 studios
 s:SO-President Hoover at Louis vile Io:OO-The Voyagers from NEG
 studios 10:30-Orchestra directed by Guy Fraser Harrison from NEG studios 11:0o-Amos n Andy from NEG
 studios 11:15-Time; weatherman 11:17-The Champs Corner-Cor-
 bett vs. Fitzsimmons 1o:00-Time
New Britain herald., 1929-10-23

school student. had left the car after having driven it to school.
 Officer T. C. Dolan reported the details of the accident and found no cause for police action. The truck is owned by Sebastiano Dorio Of 9S Lafayette street and was driven by samuel Dorio of the same address. The fender was loose and had been wired up off the wheel, so that it was unable 10 withstand the weight of Allocco's step. Nobody was in iured
New Britain herald., 1929-10-23
REV. DIR. SNEETSER DEAD

Philadelphia, Oct. 23.-fP}-Rev, pr. Edwin Chapin Sweetser, for 50 years pastor and pastor emeritus of the Universalist church of the Messiah, died at his home yesterday. He was 82.
 Dr. Sweetser was a graduate of Tufts college and of the Universallst Seminary, Canton, N. Y. before con- ing to Philadelphia in 1879. he serv- ed churches in Syracuse. N. Y, and New York city. He was president of the Universalist General convention in 1886 and 1887.
New Britain herald., 1929-10-23
Jos-NIW, Cincinnati-7,

l2S-WLW, Cincinnati-700 5:0O-Tea Time Trio 5:30-Live stock report 5:4O-Closing stocks 5:45-Polly and Anna, the glad girls 6:0O-Cincinnat club orchestra G:30-Dinner music 7:00-University of Cincinnati series 7:15-Tony's Scrap Book 7:30-Great Moments with Great Adventures S:00-The Foamers from NBC studios S:30-The Forcsters from NEG
 studios 9:O0-The Champions 9:3O-President Hoover at Louis- vile 10:O0-Night club l0:30-Special program 11:00-Amos n Andy from NEG
 studios 11:15-Your English 1I:20-Chime Reveries 12:OO-Gibson orchestra 12:3O-Howard Melaney, the singin;
 fireman 1;00-Sign off
New Britain herald., 1929-10-23
344-WENR, Chicago-S10

6:0O-The Air Juniors
 S:15-The Farmers Farmer 10:OO-Weener minstrel show 11:OO-The Smith Family l1:45-The Music Parade l2:OO-Marion and Jim'S Grab Bag 12:20-The Candle Light Chorus 12:5O-Stucio Gossip
 l:0O-DN Air Vaudeville
New Britain herald., 1929-10-23
213-WPB, Atlantic City-11O0

S:0O-Shelburn dinner music S:20-Organ recital
 9:O0-Little Club entertainers
 9:3O-The Reeves Brothers
 9:45-Silver Jubilee quartet 1O:OO-Margaret keever contralto 1O.15-The Subway Boys 10:30-Charles Fox and his Cups I1:00-Silver Slipper orchestra
New Britain herald., 1929-10-23

ness mounts to over $500, 1000, ,000 yearly.
 The club discussed having ladies' night and it was thought that this occasion would be arranged in the near future.
New Britain herald., 1929-10-23
3s9-WBBM, Chicago-71O

9:OO-Golden hour of music 9:15-Regal music
 9:3O-Ted Weems' orchestra 1o:OO-Illinois concert orchestra 1n:l5-Terrac Garden orchestra 10:3O-Ted Weems' orchestra 1:O0-One Hour with Chicago
 dance orchestra
New Britain herald., 1929-10-23

WOR this evening at 5:S0. MT. Daggett, who has devoted his life to the study of the spoken word, will describe how wrong accent and bad and careless speech in children can be corrected evenly more effectively at home than in the schools. Poetry, he believes, is a great educator of the voice.
New Britain herald., 1929-10-23
Through the Static

1 pagliaCcl, LeoncaVallo S 1a1llouS opera of the clown with the laugh ing face and the weeping heart will be presented by the National Grand Opera company over the WEAt' NEG coast to coast network this evening at 10:30.
 Because of a revision of the opera schedule. this week it will be given on the above date instead of on No- vember G. as previously announced. 1 The Witch of Salem, an American ! opera by Charles Wakefield Cad man, will be broadcast October 30. l and Verdi's celebrated Rigoletto is 1 to he presented November $. There will be n9 opera on November 13'
 The story of I Pagliacci Is a simple one. A prologue, sung be- fore the curtain, invites the audience to witness a genre drama. A com- pany of strolling players has come l to an Italian village on the Feast Of the Ass 1mption and is busily setting LID it's propertieS. Canio is the leader of the troupe and plays the role of | Punchinello. He is madly jealous of his pretty wife, Nedda.
 She repulses the advances of the ugly comedian Tonic, who there fore swears vengeance. Tonic wit nesses a love scene between Nedda and Silvio, 9 young farmer, who promises to flee with her that night. Tonic reports all this to Canio who, ] maddened by rage, demands the name of her lover from Nedda. He is restrained from violence only be- cause the villagers arrive to see the show. Silv!o is in their midst.
 In the course of the play Canio's insane jealousy again gets the upper hand. and at the point of his dag ger, he seeks to wiring a confession from Nedda. When she refuses he stabs her as well as Silvio who has rushed forward at Nedda's call for help.
 Rosalie Wolf will sing Nedda; Julian Oliver will portray Canio Fred Pattin is cast as Tonic, Theo- dore Webb as Silvio and Harold Branch as Harlequin.
 Another broadcast of importance more or less. will take place this evening at 9:30 when President Her bert Hoover will speak from the middle of the Ohio river at Louis, villc His address, delivered from { boat, will officially open a new bridge spanning the stream the mythical Mason and Dixon line - linking Kentucky and southern In. diana. William Hard, Washington correspondent, will introduce the president through the WEAF chair of the NEG system.
 Windsor T. Daggett speech critic of the New York theater and { teacher of diction will speak ovcl