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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-12-20
Miners Strike i'm Austria

VIENNA (By MaiD.-The strike of the
miners in the Salgotaryan mining district has
now lasted for six weeks. Not single mine
is at work in the district. The emergency work
is being carried on. Strike-breakers imported
from outside have been driven off by the
strikers. The authorities are proceeding rigor-
ously against the strikers and daily arrests
take place, strike committees are dissolved,
their members flung into prison, strike meet
ings broken up, etc. The authorities have for
hidden the miners of the various pits to get
in touch with each other.
The social democrats are doing their best to
throttle the strike in the usual fashion of
placing themselves at the head Of the move
ment. Up to the present the miners, wise
through long experience, have rejected the eff
forts of the social fascists The government
supports the social fascists by offering to ne
gotiate with the miners, but as it will only
agree to negotiate with the social democrats,
there have been no negotiations.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-12-20
Strikes Grow in France

PARIS, (By MaiD.-The strike wave which
has been spreading over France since last
year and which, according to the information
given by Comrade Monmousseau to the tenth
plenary session of the Executive Committee a
the Communist International, embraced q
thousand strikes with 100000 participants, is
extending.
Apart from the strikes Of the miners in
Champagne, the foundry works in st. Naz-
aire, the transport workers in Lyons, the
talors in Paris, the bakers in Montpelier,
there have been numerous smaller struggles
In the iron-ore basin of 'Briey a conference
took place at which 81 delegates Of the miners
of the district were present. The conference
adopted a number of demands, including q
wage increase of francs per day, and the
abolition of the piece work system.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-12-20
BY MYRA PAGE.
(Continued)

The village school system offers practically
no opportunity to adults for participation in
its activities. No village has any responsible
relationship to the school system. AS a non
taxpaying and unincorporated community, it
has no power to elect the school board which
directs local school affairs. Such board is
selected by the company and composed largely
of its officials, or, if it is a county-owned
school, the county administration appoints the
board. In the Parker District near Green
vile, S. c., change from this older system
was inaugurated few years ago, so that the
school board of this mill district is now elected
by the village populations. At first the mill
owners opposed this change, but they agreed
as soon as they understood that mill officials
would still compose the school board.
Each local school has, or attempts to have,
a Parent Teacher Association This organiza-
ton is supposed to interest parents in the edu-
cational policies and functioning of the school
which their children attend but in practice
the P. T. A. limits itself to the task of raising
funds for school piano new curtains. Ex-
cept for the teachers, who feel an obligation
to attend, the only members are wives of the
two pastors, and of one or two company fore
men or higher officials. Mill employees do
not belong or attend. When a P. T. A. is
having sale or social donations are solicited
from house to house, and then mill workers
are called on to contribute pound of tea or
sugar, but this is usually their sole connec-
ton with the P. T. A. It's meetings are often
held in the afternoon when those at work in
the mill cannot attend, even if they wished
to do So and mill villagers generally feel the
class distinctions drawn between themselves
and mill officials and their wives, and do not
wish to minge with them. "They doan wan
us to jine," one woman stated; "That's fer
bosses wives, that amt fer u.s." Another
said, 81 amt got the money to dress fit to go
nowhere. They'd look at me funny" "They
(the officials) can build bridge on my nose
but not walk acrost it," another mill worker
said proudly, when discussing why she stayed
away. Others related experiences which they
considered proved that they were not wanted
in the P. T. A. 1.-TWO of US went and when
the teacher called the roll, she forgot to men,
ton our names, so we knew we warnt wanted,
n we never went back"
Some village schools offer one or two eve
ming classes in textile subjects, and opportuni-
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-12-20
By BILL QUNNE.

THE steady development toward fascism in
Austria has as its purpose the welding of
new link betweerft the fascist blocs of Hungary,
Jugo-Slavia, Italy and South Germany-Bavaria.
Many national and imperialist antagonisms
place obstacles in the way of actual alliances
but there is not the slightest doubt that fas-
cism backed by the imperialist powers and the
native capitalist class, clearly understands its
role as the executioner of the working class
and enemy of the social revolution.
Other considerations are secondary
Austrian ocial-democracy has laid the basis
for fascism. Its role is obviously social-fascist
and it remains now, according to latest dis
patches, only for the "Austro- Marxists" to
make one more concession to Schober-the mSr-
derer of the Vienna proletariat, to abandon
their request for peoples referendum" on
the proposed changes in the constitution which
relegates parliament to the background and
establishes fascist dictatorship.
The Inprecorr for November 20, under
Vienna date-line says:
"The only question which has not yet been
settled is the social-democratic demand for
peoples referendum On this point the gov
eminent remains firm in its refusal. The
adoption of Schober's fascist constitutional
proposal will thus be voted by the social demo-
Gratis without any concessions. The parliament
airy settlement of the constitutional changes
is expected to take place within the next few
days. Today the leaders of the district Helm
wehr, Pfriemer and Pabst, were in parliament
where they had consultations with the christian
social members"
Under the guise of preserving the peace
Of the state the social-democrats have sur
rendered to fascism in the streets, in the fac
tories and in the countryside. The social-demo-
cratic Schutzbund, composed of an overwhelm-
ing majority of workers, has had its morale
systematically Slapped. Its leaders have sought
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-12-20
Would Fool Workers.

This convention was held to create the i'm
preston that they are still union, that they
decide on strikes, and that they will grant re-
forms-all this is done to mislead the back
ward sections of the working class.
The class conscious workers, however, know
that the reforms decided upon at this COM
pany union convention just as much
fake as the fake strikes they will decide upon
in order to expedite the process of company
unionzing the needle industry; that in reality
these fake strikes have already been decided
upon long ago between the bosses and Off
Gals of the state and of the national CAPT.
talist government The class conscious and
revolutionary workers are on their guard
They have taken up the struggle for class
unions and will not be deferred from their
task.
The Needle Trades Workers Industrial
Union will continue it's work of organizing the
unorganized workers, will lead them in the
struggle against the capitalist class and all
its agents, and will force the bosses to give
union conditions to the workers
The jubilations of the labor traitors will
not go on very long. The miserable conditions
under which the workers are compelled to
slave, the tremendous inroads made on their
living standards, the speed-up, long hours,
low wages, unemployment, which characterize
the present conditions not only in the needle
trades but in other industries as well, is fast
rousng the workers to struggle against their
class enemies
The Needle Trades Workers Industrial
Union as the fighting vanguard of the needle
workers. will intensity it's struggle against the
bosses and their agents, and will lead the
needle trades workers through struggle to
victory.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-12-20
Five Y ear Plan Gains In Soviet
Union

MOSCOW, (By MaiD.-According to the
figures of the Supreme Economic Council of
the Soviet Union industrial production in Oc-
tober, the first month of the second year of
the Five Year Plan, totalled "a per cent more
than in October last year. Heavy industry
increased its production by 2S.4 per cent. The
production of light industry increased by 81
per cent, including textiles as per cent, leather
49 per cent, rubber productions 40 per cent,
chemical industry 33 per cent, etc
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-12-20
PARTY RECRUITING DRIVE.

1. Secure at least one new member for
the Party.
?. Secure at least one sub for the DAILY
Worker"
8. Be responsible for the distribution every
day tor 2 copies of the Daily Worker"
4. Sell minimum of the following ltera-
ture:
(a) 10 pamphlets of "Why Every Militant
Worker Should Join the Party"
(b) Sell at least copies of the TUUL
Program.
(c) Sell at least 8 other pamphlets.
I'D Every Party member is to contribute
so cents to literature fund for which he will
receive so cents worth of pamphlets. Every
time he sells one, he brings the money to the
nucleus literature agent, who replaces the
pamphlet sold, gives him another pamphlet,
if the one sold has become old and is no longer
in circulation.
5. Attend at least one of the classes of the
Party School to start the first of the year.
6. Bring at least workers to the Lenin
Memorial Meeting.
7. Bring at least two workers to the Sun
day Forum.
8. Help publish and distribute the eAhop
papers.
TUUL and Union.
1. Join union, if not yet a member-and
become an active member. 2 Bring at least
10 workers into the union. g. Sell two
copies of Labor Unity" every week. 4. Dis
tribute the "Auto Workers News"
Negro Work.
l. Sell at least one copy of every issue of
the Negro Champion. 2. Help build the
ANLC, and recruit Negro workers into the
Party.
Womens Work.
l. Help distribute the working Women"
2. Help in winning the working women to
the Party and TUUL.
Young Communist League and the Young
Pioneers.
1. Help distribute the. young Worker" and
the Young Pioneer" g. Help build the
YCL and the Young Pioneers.
General Organzational Tasks
/. Attend every meeting of the nucleus
beginning with the first of the year, all nu-
cei will meet once every week. 2. Pay dues
regularly-after the first of the year. all
members will pay their dues weekly at the
rate of 2 per cent of their weekly wage. In
employed comrades must get exempt stamps
to keep in good standing. 3. Attend the frac-
ton meetings of your trade union, and the
other mass organizations of which you are a
member. A.. Take seriously every post to
which you are elected, and perform the func-
tions to the best of your ability.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-12-20

world, struggle against it is part of the whole
struggle against imperialist war and for de-
Soviet Union.
Build the revolutionary united front of the
workers and colonial peoples against the social
democratic betrayals and for the defeat of
Austrian fascism!
Wall Street government, the hacker of Hun
garian fascism in the person of Horthy, like
wise finances the fascist drive in Austria. To
fight Austrian fascism we must organize our
class in the United States for struggle against
Wall Street government and Hoovers fascist
council.
Build the united front against fascism in
the shops and factories! Build militant unions
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-12-20
Workers! Join the Party of
Your Class!

Communist Party U. S. A.
43 East 125th Street,
New York City.
l. the undersigned want to join the Commu
mist Party. Send me more information.
Name ...,.......'... .........."..,.
Mail this to the National Office, Communist
Party, 43 East 125th st., New York, N. Y.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-12-20

Julius Nelson one of the biggest and what
Schlesinger terms "the best union jobber.''
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-12-20
Unemployment.

Inside manufacturing jobs are closing down
daily, or are being re-organized on smaller
scale. Here are a few illustrations:
Wilkins and Adler, one of the most import
ant firms in the trade, has closed down it's
cloak department. Friedman Bros, shut down
its factory altogether. The aristocratic firm
of A. Beller demands reorganization and re-
auctions. Grossman, president of the Indus
trial Council, sends orders to the members of
the association to observe the agreement, and
has his own work made in contracting shons
which have open shop standards, and where
workers slave under most miserable conditions
for starvation wages. According to latest in.
formation, Grossman is having even his dupli-
Gates made up at piece-work rates.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-12-20
Trick Each Other.

The contractors organization raises a kick
every now and then, but ends by always fol-
lowing in line with the leaders of the con-
tractors who get brides from the jobbers in the
form of better paid garments, etc. Juveler,
the manager of the contractors association and
his friends are bluffing the other contractors
just as Schlesnger and Dubinsky bluff the
workers.
When the contractors begin to revolt, con-
ference is trumped up for them, or they get
a hearing before the Elger Commission, with
decision that their demands are justified
and everything will be Strengthened out, but
they must depend on the good will of the
iobbers.
Brooklyn and Bensonhurst and other sub
urban districts are working on section work
with maximum wage Of $35, as is the case
of the G. and G. shop, which operates 26
machines and works exclusively for the jobbcr,
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-12-20
A Convention of Labor Traitors

Industrial Union in the dress trade. In this
strike, thousands of workers were organized
and came into control of several hundred
shops This warned the alliance of right wing
union bureaucrats, bosses and state, which
recognized in the N.T.WIU a new and more
threatening menace to their company union
plans.
One of their answers was fake strike and
lockout carried through in the cloak trade
in July, of this year, under the slogan of
Sterilization" Some time later similar
maneuver was carried through in the pleating,
hemstitching and embroidery trade, and now
they are planning a "stabilzation" lockout in
the dress trade.
The objective of the bosses, the capitalist
state authorities and their lackeys the trade
union bureaucrats (the former leaders and pres
ent traitors to the workers., is clear.
1t is to company unionze the needle trades,
to fight the Needle Trades Workers Industrial
Union, and thus secure for the bosses the
possibility of permanently installing the speed
up system, piece work, reduction of wages, ETC.
In this they are in line with the policy of
the capitalist class leaders everywhere, who
try to stave off the inevitable breakdown of the
system resulting from the relatively narrower
market, international competition, growing
army of unemployed, ETC., and to put through
naturalization schemes and place the burdens
on the workers. This "stabilization' prop
uganda to mislead the workers goes on in all
branches of the needle industry and particu-
larly in the cloak trade.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-12-20
Standard of Production.

AS for the conditions in the Italian shops
situated in Brooklyn, Bensonhurst ETC., it is
common knowledge that they work piece work
at the rate of 35 cents, 40 cents and so cents
per garment.
In the garment district of New York. in the
shops where week work still prevails, a new
system has been introduced, which is nothing
but standard of production. When worker
receives bundle of garments he is instructed
that it must be completed within a certain
definite time and the work is paid in accord
ance with the number of hours to produce
those garments, which is decided by the boss.
If the worker takes longer than the hours
prescribed by the boss, he is paid that much
less.
The present company union administration
consists of the most corrupt, the most dis
credited elements. Among the leaders, the
following have lately been added to the list:
Metz, LANCER, Breslau, Heller, Fenberg,
Slutsky, Gold mot Ben Gold, the militant).
The record of treachery and corruption of
every one of the above reactionaries is COM
mon knowledge to the workers.
Many of them have quite recently been
bosses themselves. A good illustration is the
business agent, Gold of Local 35. In 1926,
after he had been defeated as business agent
by the left wing, he became manufacturer
operating open shop. During that same
year, when the union sent a committee to
organize his shop they were beaten up and
wounded.
These are the circumstances under which
the company union agents of the bosses gath
cred at their fake convention in Cleveland.
The capitalist class and its servants loudly
acclaim and sing the praises of these traitors
of the working class.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-12-20
By JOSEPH BoRUCHowITz.

The Twelfth Convention of the International
Ladies Garment Workers, which has Just been
held in Cleveland, proved to be a continual
ticn of the treacherous policy of the right
wing garment trades misleaders that started
many years ago. This convention is nothing
but an assembly of company union agents in
whom the workers lost confidence long time
ago, and who then began, and have even moro
so since, relied on the bosses in their fight
with the workers.
Even in 1916-1S, the leaders of the IL.GW.
came to the bosses for support against the
progressive opposition and got it.
Gradually the line of demarcaton between
workers and union misleaders grew wider, and
the leaders, hating and fearing the members,
relied more and more on the bosses to keep
themselves in control. When in 1929 the
workers accepted the theological principles of
the Trade Unional Educational League this
alliance of the takers with the bosses took
open and distinct forms.
In 1926 the clique lost a round with the
Joint Action Committee because of the sup
port given the committee by the membership.
Left Wing Victory
During the 1926 cloak strike, the left wing
movement presented itself as menace to both
Ine employers ana the right wing officials and
the alliance between them was further cement
ed by their fear. 1t included now the state
officials, and when the left wing waged war
on the governors commission report, the triple
alliance saw that this new movement menaced
the whole class collaboration scheme of the
ALL. A united front of all reactionary forces
was created to try and break the cloak and
fur strike. The workers won, by courage and
great efforts partial victory.
Then the "holy' trinity of bosses, misleaders
and state, fought to eliminate the left wing
leaders and part of the more class conscious
members by terrorism and force. In 1923,
after tn Boston convention of the Internation-
AL the class conscious workers became con-
WINGED the officers had completely gone over
to the bosses and there organized the Needle
Trades Workers Industrial Union, in 1929.
This is union based on the class struggle,
and the needle workers were convinced that
through such an organization only could they
conduct struggle against the employers for
the improvement of their conditions. Thou
sands Joined its ranks.
The first struggle for the organization of
the needle workers undertaken by the
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1929-01-21
Photo 81 Internatlonal

RUTH BLOCKS ADOPTION PLAN
BABE RUTH, Yankee home hero, made the
first to keep little Dorothy Ruth, above under
his control when he moved her from Massachusetts to
an unknown point after the death Of Mrs Ruth in fire
at WATERFOWL Mass. This is the latest picture Of
attended
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1929-01-21
OPEN FIGHT
ON SUGAR
TARIFF
Br WILLIAM 5. NEAL

BY WILLIAM B. NEAL
Sweeping demands for sharp In.
creases in the general tariff on
sugar imports. wiping out Of dis.
ordinations in favor Of Cuba and
removal Of Philippine sugar from
the free list were placed before the
House Ways and Means Committee
today as the bitterest fight of the
tariff revision hearings got under
way.
American beet sugar farmers and
manufacturers led the fight which
is expected to bring international
complications and to continue until
a tariff bill is finally enacted.
Tariff boosts all the way from
eigilt.tenths to one cent a pound
to 1.55 cents a pound were urged
by the various American interests
seeking more protection.
Farm Groups Demand
The American Farm Bureau Fed
Grafton. it was announced. would
demand the highest increases.
Spokesman will urge an increase in
the tariff from the present rate
of 40 cents a pound to 3.75 cents
a pound. with no Determinations In
favor Of any country,
Fred Cummings. representing the
Mountain State Beet Sugar Grow
ers. proposed an increase from 2 20
to $40 cents a pound. Beet sugar
manufacturers. 1t is said, would de-
mand a boost from 2.2O to 500
cents. without disturbing the so
per cent differential in favor OF
Cuba. making the net rate against
Cuban sugar 2.4O cents 8 pound.
Cummings declared that the boost
would make little difference to the
American housewife.
Import 55 Per Cent
official representatives Of the
Philippine government were re-
inforced by Mai. Gen. Frank Mo
Intyre, chief OF the Bureau Of In
sular Affairs OF the War Depart
ment, and statements Of Governor
General Stimson in opposition to-
any restriction upon Philippine
sugar production.
Cuban producers were officially
represented through importers and
Hawaiian refiners were present for
the hearing.
At the present time, according 20
figures submitted to the committee,
the United states Is importing SIS
per cent Of her sugar supply, Of
which 3 per cent comes from the
Philippines.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1929-01-21
AFGHAN REBEL
REPORTED
KILLED

BOMBAY. India. Jan. II d.N.sl.
Rumors were prevalent here today
that Bacha sakao, Afghan rebel
chieftain who proclaimed himself
king last week, had either been
killed or had fled from Kabul.
There was no confirmation of
these rumors nor were there any
reports indicating who was re
sponsible for the rumored death or
flight OF Sakao.
Amanullah Khan and others Of
the royal Afghan family are still
reported steadfastly opposed to Civ
ing allegiance to the rebel leader in
any way.
Supporters of Amanullai1 on the
Indian side Of the Afghan-Indian
frontier held huge meetings at
Peshahawar and Lahore at which
they pledged their support to the
former king and urged the British
government not to recognize Sakao.
All indications here point to
Amanullah making determined
fight to regain his throne.
(