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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-06-19
81 A DAY WAGE
In OIL FIELDS;
$3.50 DEDUCTED
Soak Men for Board
and Meals
(By a Worker Correspondent


CRANE, Tex. (By MaiD.-The
conditions for the oil fields workers
in the western part of Texas get
worse each day, for the men are
without any kind of union to protect
them against wage cut.
There are over 5000 unemployed
workers in this section and their
chances of getting work are nil. To
keep a job in the oil fields you have
t. work IA hours day. The regular,
work day in West Texas is now II
and IL hours day. Overtime is
not paid for except at straight time
in many fields, but some sometimes
pay time and a half after IL hours
a day.
The wages are what the individual
empany wants them to be. No STAN
dard rate. The companies average
i 81 to $3.50 a day of IL hours. Board
and lodging are usually furnished
the men-but at price. The price
you are soaked is about SIS a week
for food that is awful stuff. Coffee
is dishwater, meat is stale and makes
enc vomit; bread is hard and
mouldy.
The hunks are filthy, and vermin
spread diseases among the men.
A worker over 40, sometimes As is
out of luck. He is fired and a
younger slave taken on who can
work harder. Once a man of As
loses his job there's no chance of his
getting another one. It's simply
get out of the oil-fields to him. And
anywhere else in Texas he probably
can't get anything except a watch
mans job at So week.
The A. F. of L. here has made lots
of talk about organizing the men
into its "Oil Workers Union"-prac-
tically paper organization. Let
an oil corporation pay the officials
of the A. F. of L. organization
money-and away fades the A. F.
of L.
The oil workers would welcome a
militant organization.
The work in the fields is danger
Gus, fires threaten them. A mill
tant organization is needed here; let
the Trade Union Educational League
come in. The same applies to the
California fields; 1 worked in Bakers
field there, and the hours are just as
long and wages as low.
OIL WORKER.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-06-19
BRIGGS GYPS WORKERS
Hire SLAVES at Piece Rates, Pay by Day

be discharged, quit or for any other
reason leave the Briggs employment
before the end of the pay period,
that they forfeit all claims to bonus
or piece rates earned.
Briggs pays twice month. The
end of the pay period fluctuates. 1t
may be the 18th, 18th or 18th of the
month. The time office sets the
date.
What beautiful arrangement for
the Briggs Co. This explains why
SO many workers who are laid off,
are laid off day or two before the
end of the pay period. The master
mind that doped out scheme like
that is capable of kicking a crutch
from under cripple. 1t also ex-
plains why so many Briggs workers
are joining the Auto Workers Union.
When enough Briggs workers see the
light, condition like the above will
cease to exist.
~ ss se~t~s BRIGGS SLAVE.
aAa..
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-06-19
(Bp a Worker Correspondent

by Worker Correspondent
| DETROIT. Mich. (By MaiD.-A
metal finisher hired out at the
Mack Avenue plant of the Briggs
Body Manufacturing Co. He was
given day rate Of as cents an hour.
III days in all and then quit. On pay
he was placed on piece-work job
finishing loose panels. He worked
day he was paid for his IL days of
piecework with an amount that was
short by about half. He figured up
his jobs and the piece-work and de-
handed the difference.
He was informed that the pay
xiven him was correct, that he had
been paid for II days at his day rate.
He protested vigorously until his
attention was called to form that
he and all new employees must sign
before starting to work. This form
Rtates that the signer, whether en-
tagged in working day work or piece
lyork. agrees that should he or she
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-06-19
Warning! Scab
Agency Active
to Bust Strike

by a Worker Correspondent
PHILADELPHIA (By MaiD.-
1t was learned by this corre-
spondent today that spy-sup-
plying organization, with head
quarters in Philadelphia and
branches in every city in the L.
S. was quietly organizing a scab
agency to break a street car
strike in some city in the South.
On being interviewed, an Off
cial of this organization stated:
1--WE expect a street car strike in
a large city in the South and shall
employ about 500 men from
Philadelphia, New York, Pitts
burgh and Chicago. We expect
the strike in about week and
are getting ready for it as
quickly as possible" he said. ut
is hot here. but it will be whole
lot hotter down there" He
wouldn't state the point where
the strike is expected, but it is
thought by the correspondent that
the city is New Orleans. La.
Communist organizers located
throughout the South should be
on the lookout. The scab recruit
ing organization mentioned is the
Railway Audit and Inspection Co,
5th floor, Franklin building, 5th
and Chestnut SITS. Unemployed
workers, keep away from there;
don't scab on your fellow-work-
ers. CORRESPONDENT.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-06-19

Red Dust and the Motive"
Newest Theatre Guild Plays

TINE THEATRE GUILD sends
l. out an announcement of two
more plays, which may be seen
here next season. The scripts are
titled, "Red Dust" and "The Motive.
"Red Dust, by Kirchon and Gu
pensky, is study of contemporary
life in Russia under the Soviet
regime, while "The Motive" is by
the same Leonhard Franck who
wrote "Karl and Anna" which the
Guild will present as it's first play
of the coming season. 1t is, however,
radically different in theme and
deals with the motives behind crime,
more of psychoanalytical study.
"Aha!".a musical comedy, will be
Morris Costs opening production
sometime in October at a theatre yet
to be determined. The book for
"Aha" has been written by Mon
tague Glass, well-known for his "Po-
fash and Perlmutter" stories and
plays. Glass and Newman Levy
are co-authors of the lyrics. The
music has been composed by Dmitri
Tiomkin, Russian composer-pianist.
Ethel Barrymore is now in her
last two weeks of her engagement
in "The Lo-e Duer at the Ethel
Barrymore Theatre, thus bringing
to close her first repertory season,
which also included "The Kingdom
of God". Miss Barrymore begins
her tour in these two plays, in Colo
RADIO Springs on July 8.
Ferene Molnar's comedy, "The
Guardsman', will be revived by the
Village Troopers at the Province
town Theatre Playhouse tonight
and tomorrow. The players include.
Henry Manfred, Tama Axel, Gladys
Noll, and Walter Noll.
The English Players, an organiza-
ton new to these shores, are plan
ming to present here some time in
the fall, Sacha Guitry's comedy,
Desire. The play has been trans
lated into English by Nine. Andre
Merry and Edward Sterling. The
production was first produced in
Paris two years back.
Will Morrissey's revue, keep 1t
Clean, which was first announced
for Monday night will open tomor-
row night at the Selwyn Theatre.
Another opening has been added
for this week. "Hot Chocolates, a
Negro revue is scheduled to open at
the Hudson Theatre tomorrow
night.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-06-19
N. OAK. FARMERS
Wise TO HOOVER
F Ak E R ELIEF
Prices Low, Producers
Penniless
(By a Farmer Correspondent

WILLISTON, N. D. (By MaiD -
The farmers here are not much in
terested in the Hoover farm relief
bill. They are already aware that
the bill is fake, a compromise
among capitalist politicians and will
do the small farmers and farm work
ers no good.
A Fake Farm Union.
The Farmers Union, which has
been organized here during the last
few years, is losing ground among
the farmers because it is doing bust
ness just like any other capitalist
organization, takes in bankers and
business men as members and does
not carry on any real educational
work among the members. Not SO
long ago the Farmers Union lead
crs and organizers CT the Northwest
held a banquet, together with the
members of the Chamber of Com
merce of this little city. 1t is be-
coming clear to the farmers that
this is not the way to run an or
ganization which is supposed to be
theirs.
Farmers Are Penniless.
Farmers here will tell you that
times are tough. The outlook for
bumper crops was never better, but
prices are very low and the small
farmer knows now he won't make
anything this fall. Right now the
farmers have no money, Just a
cream check coming in now and then
and this does not reach far in meet
ing the family expenses. There is
no credit to be had in the bank for
the small farmer, so he cannot get
any money there.
1t. is significant that banks are
still closing, both in North Dakota
and other states, indicating that
capitalism has not succeeded in
"stabilizing" agriculture.
A Fake Farm Paper.
A So called farm paper, called the
Farmers Press" is published here.
One man who has a mortgage of
$4,000 on this paper dictates to the
editor what material shall be printed
in it. There are supposed to be
about 400 farmer stockholders, but
these have nothing to say about the
policy of the paper. In general, this
farmers organ supports the So
called progressives like Frazier, Nye
and Sinclair and is able to keep 60
ing through advertising from the
business men and it is also the Off
cial paper of the county.
Many farmers here are interested
in developing a new political move
ment, in forming a political alliance
with the city workers against the
capitalists as well as the psuedo-
progressives.
Such a movement, once started
would soon spread, because the OBJ
iective conditions are favorable fol-
its growth. A. X.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-06-19
BOSSES USURY
Makes WORKERS
WORSE SLAVES
Conditions as Bad as
in Gastonia
(By a Worker Correspondent


BESSEMER CITY, N. c., by
.Jail) .-Bessemer City is a little
town about seven miles outside Of
t;astonia, North Carolina. 1t has
lie American (owned by one Gold
sergl Gambrill and Usage mills. The
.5nion Hall is located on the main
sem almost opposite the Gambrill
nils. At least at this writing it is,
lut a strong rumor is afloat that a
.lenchman of the Goldberg outfit has
fought the property from the owner
rom which the union hires. Since
he past few weeks meetings are
led almost nightly in the open air
n front Of the hall.
Us southern workers in the mills
ere have sure enjoyed the talks
ven us by the organizers of the
-.ational Textile Workers Union.
and we have enjoyed the copies Of
he Daily Worker we have seen.
/ just want to tell you some things
that go on here in these here mills
ii Bessemer City. The pay here is
.ow like all the southern places, but
hey have schemes that make the
pay much smaller than it looks. /
IN a spinner on ten sides. We are
imposed to get $14 week and one
dollar bonus if we work full time,
that is if we are not late or do not
stay out during the week. So they
advertise they pay SIS a week on
this job (60 hours) but just see
what tricks they play US. There are
lots of people loafing here and the
BOSS called them in and sends us out
for day. We are willing to work
a full week but the boss won't let
Us. Then they not only take out the
days pay the boss makes US lose,
but they take out an extra dollar
for the bonus, so you see we hardly
ever get more than few cents over
ten dollars for a weeks pay. The
lixers here have to furnish all thei1
rools, even make them buy the hack
saws they use. They only get S2l
Tor fixing so wide diapers.
Yes, then they have other ways of
making still smaller the small money
we get. Nearly ever worker that
goes to work goes in broke. This
means that he wants some money
right away. Most of the mills hold
back a weeks wages. But then they
are good" enough to loan you some
after you have worked short time
Some make these small loans for
from seven to twenty-five per cent
per week.
Figure it out yourself and see
whether usury has been banished
Many, many workers borrow five
dollars as soon as they can to pay
the grocer who has been good
enough to give them some few
groceries on trust the first day they
worked. By the time their first pay
day comes they have borrowed al
The pay they have coming. Bear II
mind the company keeps back one
weeks wages so at the end of two
weeks they have one weeks wages
they can draw. So they get a pay
envelope that tells them they hav'
borrowed SIS on three different oc
casions, SIS plus charges of z pc
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-06-19
Ukraine Engineers
Approve Measures
Against Sabotageurs

MOSCOW (By Mail).-Reports
are coming in from the industrial
districts in the Ukraine and in other
federal republics of meetings of
workers and engineers, ETC., at
which approval was expressed at
the just severity exercised by the
State Political Administration
against the counter-revolutionary
sabotagers in the gold and platinum
industries and on the railways. The
resolutions adopted also appeal to
all industrial workers to keep care
full watch in order to prevent sabot-
age, etc, in industry.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-06-19
GASTONIA Mill
STRIKERS DEFY
BOSSES terror
eve Will All Fight,
Stick Together"
by Worker Correspondent

(By q WORKER correspondent
GASTONIA, N. C. (By MaiD.-
Would l be allowed to say few
words in the Daily Worker as US
strikers in the Loray mill have not
the privilege of saying a word in
the papers here?
Anything that is written to the
papers here is printed if it is from
a mill thug, Gastonia officer, mill
deputies and strikebreakers.
Now we strikers are treated like
dirty dogs at present. Our leader,
Fred Beal, is lodged in some North
Carolina county Jail and isn't al
lowed to be seen by any of us union
men. Gastonia Jail is full at pres
ent with our leaders, committees
and guards.
We are out on strike to have a
union, better wages and better con-
ditions. I have worked in Loray
mill nearly two years. Ever since
have worked there I hsVe worked
II and IL hours at night, five nights
a week for $13.75.
My rent, light and fuel were taken
from that. I have a wife and two
babies, so you see ! had nothing left
out of my wages to support my fam
ily with. I have worked so hard in
Loray mill that when / would arrive
home in the morning I would be so
tired that I could not eat breakfast.
l would go to bed and sleep pretty
well all day, eat my supper at .
p. m. and go to work at 6 p. m.
Beal is fine man, man that IS
sticking to us poor people, and l
wish there were many more like
Fred Erwin Beal to come here to
help us. Beal's life is threatened
by mill scabs and thugs. We are
all out to fight and stick together.
LORAY STRIKER.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-06-19

Our own age, the bourgeois age,
is distinguished by this-thnt n
has simplified class nntngonisms.
More and more. society is splitting
up into two great hostile camps,
into two great md directly contra
posed classes, bourgeoisie and pro-
Ietarint.-Marx.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-06-19
WALL ST. WAR MANEUVERS

mitchell FIELD, L. l., June 18.
Six Curtiss Falcon biplanes have
left here for Camp Dix, N. j., where
they will take part in the maneu-
vers of the first division infantry,
which is encamped there for sum-
mer training. The planes will re-
main at camp for two weeks. The
are part of the Wall St.
war preparations.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-06-19
NEW NAVAL JUDGE

WASHINGTON, June 1S.-The
navy department today appointed
Rear Admiral David F. Sellers, for
mer commander of the special SER
vice squadron stationed off Nicara-
qua, as judge advocate general of
the. navy, succeeding Rear Admiral
E. H. Campbell, who will assume
Sellers former post. Sellers viii
now, with sentences of loss of pay
and Imprisonment, enforce the ar
bitrary rule of the officer caste.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-06-19

After every revolution marking
progressive phase in the class struS-
gle, the purely repressive character
of the State power STANDS OUT III
bOIder and holder reIicf.-Marx.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-06-19

The working class cannot simply
lay hold OF the ready-made state
m machinery, and WELD It for its own
purpose. This ne.- Commune (Paris
Commune) breaks the modern state
pOEer.-Marx.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-06-19

union man I had some words with
him. asked him what he intended
to do with that gun. He replied as
the aforementioned. / said then
am union member and there are
rs or more members to date in the
mill, now, damn you, use it. This
is only one instance of many such
cases continually going on down
here.
New Britain herald., 1929-12-23
Boy Scout Handicraft
 Exhibit on January 18-19

Plans are going forward rapidly for the second annual Boy Scout handicrart exhibition, which will be held in Tabs hall on Friday and Saturday, January IS and 19. En- couraGcd by the success of last years show, Troop il of the Stan ley Memorial church is sponsoring the exhibit again this winter and plans much larger affair.
 In addition to the exhibits of handicraft work, there will be en- tertainment provided by tho various troops. Troop 1 Of Berlin will put on q minstrel show, Troops and q will compete in first aid, the Troop 4 orchestra will play. and other numbers will be presented.
New Britain herald., 1929-12-23
Driver in Collision
 Fiees Without Lights

Joseph Indcr of 97 Main street, East Hampton, complained to Su- pcrnumcrary Officer Spooner about 9;15 o'clock Saturday night that his car Was struck at Elm and East Main streets by q car whose driyef aid not stop but put-out the light. and sped away. Tho plainant's car was damaged about the left front fender and an arm of the bumper was broken. He was un- able to catch the registration of the offending machine.
New Britain herald., 1929-12-23

Mrs. Nahlstrom's fine soprano voice deserves special mention. She not only added brilliancy to the choral numbers, but was heard to advantage in the quartet selections. To the organist goes much credit for putting the musical services of Bethany church upon such d high standard and in comparatively short time.
 Quartet and JnStrumcntaliStS
 At the First ConGreCationaI church, where Theron W. Hart pre- sides at the organ, the special pro gram was given by the quartet as sisted by Herbert F. Anderson, vio- linist and Sol Reubin, 'celIist. The vocal quartet is composed of Ruth Goodrich Norton, soprano, Jane Sar- tori Futile contralto, Philip C. Mag nuson, tenor. and John A. Lindsay. baritone. Carols were prominent in the program, and one of these, "Thu Babe in the Mangcr," from Norway. was given in a modern harmonic dress from the pen Of Dickinson. Mrs. Horton sang "Thc Christ Child," by Coombs and being in good voice, it was well done and highly appreciated. Mrs. Futile gave 'The Little Old Manager" by Wilson in a most affecting manner. The Instrumental forces played numbers from Beethoven, Mozart. and the strings were added to the organ in other numbers. Mr. Ander- son gave q delightful rendering Of the slow movement from the Bruch concerto, accompanied by the organ.
 There were other choice pro grams that well deserve little de tailed analysis but for solf-cvident reasons-it being impossible to be at more than one place at a time this is impossible.
 One of the comparative noWcom- CTS in the organist field is Warren Hale, who after special academicaI studies in New York to fit him for this work, some time ago took his first organ position with the MemOr- Iti dbhIol NiltI tll. It lS lIlttlfSllllS to note what the young man did with his first Christmas service. He has every reason to feel proud of himself, In addition to guiding q womcn's choir into proficiency he put on cantata, "The Song and the Star" and to make sure everything would be of a high standard Mrs. RarSch was employed to give choice violin solos. That, We think. is mak- ing a very fine start in ones pro- fcsSion. .--G II.
New Britain herald., 1929-12-23
oalvages Woman's Bag,
 Also Gallon of Tic,,or

Norwalll, Dec. 23 P}-Rival- ling the fellow who picked up the rope, and the COW followed, Richard Jones of Water street, was the most surprised man in NorWalk when Officer William Brown opened the little black bag that Jones was carrying, and revealed a gallon of gin to the astonishcd eyes of both men.
 A colorcd woman had left the bag on the sidewalk; Jones said so, He couldn't locate her so he was carrying it around. Jones deserves greater place in this life. The police believed him, so he wasn't detained.
New Britain herald., 1929-12-23
Fay Collects S44 Fee
 For Advertising S;gn

The building departments cam raiSn to bring in revenues from sign companies has resulted in rc- cript Of $44 in fees from a poster company advertising thcatcr at- fractions.
 Detailed by Chief Inspector A. x. Rutherford to locate agents of this firm, Deputy Thomas B. Fay found the workmcn and his chcck-up dis
New Britain herald., 1929-12-23
NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD MONDAY, DECEMBER 23 1929

crnoon at 4:30 Judson Scccry of . Winchester avenue. Winstcd, caught between the gates at the Elm street crossing with train from Hartford almost upon him, stepped on the gas and escaped the train but brola the two gates on the opposite sido of the track.
 He explained his predicamcnt Q the police when accounting for the broken gates. He was going north on Elm street and failed to sec one set of gates lowered but was half way across tho tracks when he saw the others go down. At the same time he saw the Hartford train ap
New Britain herald., 1929-12-23

ator. At 1o:45 the same company Was called out for a fire in dump 0n Glen street. The worst fire of ,he three happened at 1G;36 when the controller box on a big trolley car from PlainyiIlc on West Main strc~t burst into flames at Cedar street and before the Engine Co, No. could reach the scene the vrstibule of the car was badly charred. The motor. man escaped injury and there were no passengers on board.
New Britain herald., 1929-12-23
FLOOD CAUSE OF WRECK

Washington, Dec. 23 tP}-DcraiI- ment of a Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific railway train near Stratton Colo, July IS, 1929, resulting in the death of 10 people, was held today by the interstate commerce. com mission safety bureau to have been caused by the undermining of the road bed during a flood.
New Britain herald., 1929-12-23
TIrEE NEFE-ISD ErIRE.S

Three slight fires marked the weekend but only stin alarms TO- suited. At 2:14 Engine Go. No. i Waa called out for a lively gTusa fire on Dover road on property be longing to the Commercial Trust Co due to sparks from an incincr-
New Britain herald., 1929-12-23

closed that work for which $44 should have been paid in fees had been executed without permits. This tax Was promptly paid and threat of prosecution brought as suranc" that legal requirements would be observed hcncoforth.
New Britain herald., 1929-12-23
SMASHES R. R. GATES

Vsinsted Driver, Trapped on Elm
 Street Crossing With Train ip-
 preaching. Drives Through Bars.
 Winstcd automobile drivers sure ly do some queer stunts when in New Britain. Last week two Win. stcd young women started to driyn along the railroad tracks under the impression they were on their way to their home town. Yesterday aft
New Britain herald., 1929-12-23

Arranged systematically and cir cuiation ara the two major points in Herald Classified ads.
New Britain herald., 1929-12-23

There was only on,, thing to do and he did it.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-07-21

An old dra,Uing which shows the
debut Of zoe" Jefferson on the stage
at the Washington Theater. The boy
Jefferson, released from a bag BY T. d.
Rice, danced the ''Jim CrOw."
the hall was named, was grand master Of
Masons Of Tennessee from 1922 to 1923.
Judge James Shields was the orator for the
occasion, and in his address spoke at length
on the life Of Andrew Jackson The building