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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-05-03
Amalgamated
FaReYs Slave
Drive POYteyS

(By a Worker Correspondent
Being unemployed, / went to
the Eagle Employment Agency to
get a job. They sent me to the
Amalgamated Temple, 81 w. 18th
St., which is the headquarters of
the right wing Amalgamated
Clothing Workers Union, and
owned by the right wingers.
Greenberg is in charge of this
building.
was forced TO pay the agency
10 per cent of the wage to get
this job as a porter. The hours
were from 6 a. m. to 6 p. m, II
hours of slavery a day. When
meetings were held. the hours
were from 6 a. m. to IL p. m.-
II hours a day.
The wages were SIS a month.
They promised to give me room
in the building as part of the
wages, but they failed to do this.
GreenEerg is slave driver.
The first day l came there to
work at a. M, and found the
doors locked. / had to wait out
side in the cold for three-quarters
of an hour before l could get in.
So, naturally, the next day, /
came a little later, for l didn't
want to freeze again.
This Greenberg, supposed to be
labor man." bawled me out,
called me wise guy" etc.
My fellow worker, Bert s.
was a handyman there. He also
had to take lot of abuse from
these self-styled friends of the
workers." He told me he would
walk out if | did, so we both quit,
not being able to stand it any
longer.
Bert had worked there one day,
and / worked there and half
days. had to keep coming A
days before they would give me
50 as my wages.
They wouldn't pay Bert his
wages, saying he had only worked
one day, and had nothing coming
to him. That is the way these
takers of the Amalgamated treat
the workers in their building.
-DOMINICK.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-05-03

Anne Forrest Does Best She
Can for Poor Old "CaruiUal"

William R. Doyle, writing Gear
nival" which is now running at the
Forrest Theatre, picked his plot with
real conservatism. It's the idea of a
bad, bad woman, who inadvertent-
ly or thoughtlessly attracts a good
pure boy, conceals her sinfulness
from him, hopes for. happiness, and
then by accident or in a convulsion
of remorse, bares her true character
and exposes her sordid past to save
the young hero from herself, in
spite of her breaking heart, ETC.,
etc.
Everybody seems to have had
try at this plot but Shakespeare,
and if he had ever got sick he proba-
bly, would have written something
Oh it too.
With so many good actors unem-
ployed, Irving Lande, the producer,
seems to have decided anything that
put them to work would do.
He got his good actors. Anne
Forrest, as Helen Herbert, bad bur-
lesque lady, is great. Visible evil
dence of recent accident didn't de-
tract from the character sketch she
gave. Norman loster, as Bobbie
Spencer, the innocent hero, did as
well as anybody could, probably,
with that rather sappy part.
Josephine Evans as a nice, fat
and frolicsome Mildred, another
tent show star.
The good scene in this play is the
first, where small town family life
is really faithfully done. You hear
the swish of the hose on the win
dow screens, and Frank C. Bond, as
Mr.. Spencer, Boobies father, cusses
out the paper boy with native real
ism.
But from that point on, the in
exorable mechanics of the well tool
ed plot crush everything. The show
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-05-03

the boss and attempt to hit on some
sort of cooperative scheme that
would increase profits and make it
possible for the boss to increase
wages.
AS far as organizing the workers
went, his solution was, eff any of
you want to join the union, come to
my office And this for the benefit
of the mattress and spring workers
who are eligible for membership in
the upholsterers' union. He promised
another meeting with Henry Oil,
state federation head, as speaker.
Not far away, in the Nash auto
mobile works, the speed-up is being
intensified to such an extent that
spontaneous walkouts of depart
ments are occurring frequently.
e. o.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-05-03

girls are slandered in two ways at
once. They are made to act as
though they were drunk even when
they are not, and sentimentalized
until you wonder how they could
ever make a living even if they
do get drunk. What chorus girl
ever thought she was a bad match
for a Main Street corner grocer's
son, anyway?
The play does give a chance for a
slam at the regular Kiwanis or Ro-
tary smoker. In the course of the
high links one Blackie takes shot
at the hero, although the logic of
events and speeches later in the
play would indicate that it was
Bobbie who should shoot at Blackie.
And the local business men whose
wives don't know they are there
hush the affair UP. That is all
right-that is the way things go.
Blackie is the tentshow barker and
is one of those types who pose so
long they talk that way even after
the whistle blows; not an impossi-
BILE thing, and very well done by
Walter Fenner.
But why should such good crafts
men be driven into this kind of
work? Can't anybody write any
thing better?-V. S.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-05-03
DUcO SpRAYERS
INHALE POISON
IN AUTO PLANT
Unprotected Against
Deadly Vapors
by a Worker Correspondent

DETROIT (By MaiD.-While en-
ployed in the various factories in
Detroit, it was my opportunity to
gain many facts concerning the con-
ditions under which both men and
women have to work. The first that
l might call attention to is the un-
healthful conditions. The most hor-
rible of conditions of this kind that
| have ever seen or experienced was
that of the Duco sprayer's booths at
the Briggs Mack Avenue plant. In
this department mostly Negroes are
employed. There was a continuous
fog of paint throughout the day that
these men were forced to inhale.
Ventilation could be had only from
the elevator shaft. Respirators of
the very cheapest kind were used
hard rubber-which cost, retail, 35
cents (the company bought in large
quantities. and which cost the work
er $3.50 in case of theft or loss. The
pipes were insufficient to take away
the vapor from the spray guns.
Inhale Poison.
A number OF women and girls
were working at the end of these
booths-tape papering. Much of the
vapor escaped which they had to in
hale, for they had nothing at all to
protect their noses.
The girls worked as long as the
men-from 10 to II hours, both day
and night shifts. They braved the
cold as the men, although they were
less adequately dressed. 1t could be
plainly seen that many were under
the required age.
In the press department also, there
were a large number of women en-
ployed. They handled the heavy
sheet iron just as the men who
worked alongside them, and were
equally as greasy and dusty. This is
true of all of Briggs Plants and is
even worse now than ever before.
Particularly the sanders, Duco
sprayers, not to mention the many
other Embellishments and conditions
of many other workers, unless
changed miraculously and lately, are
laboring under deplorable conditions.
Wages of sanders are SIS cents,
sprayers 10 sanding is the
hardest job in the plant. Production
was increased from $50 up to 500
bodies without changing the rate of
pay. The entire shop suffers from
the speed up" Many departments
strike frequently.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-05-03
"COME TO MY OFFICE"
A. F. L. Man Tells Simmons Workers
(By a Worker CORRESPONDENT

by a Worker Correspondent
KENOSHA (By Mail The hope
Of $500 workers in the huge plant
Of the Simmons Bed Co. for organi-
cation into union was dashed with
cold water, not for the first time, by
representative of the A. +. of L. to
whom some Of the workers turned
for aid.
Last week spontaneous demand
for an increase in rates on the part
of the mattress and box spring
workers brought A. F. of L. organ
izer Felix Olkive face to face with
strike situation. In a speech
directed to the more skilled workers
In the mattress and spring depart
ment, Olkive made it plain that he
did not believe in strikes and that
the best policy for the men to fol-
low was to talk matters over with
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-05-03
Aged Workers
Lett to StayUe
By Capitalism

(By a Worker Correspondent
GARDENVILLE, N. Y. (By
MaiD old men are no longer to
earn their living in an honest
manner. I bought my home and
for years | pinched and saved to
pay for it. Now / am old and |
am not wanted on account of my
age.
am hungry, my wife is slowly
starving, and l must lose my
home to the mortgage who has a
few dollars yet unpaid. What is
left but to take a gun, and take
food and necessities by force?
This country is wrong. What do
the charity" people say? "Who
was your grandfather, why don't
you do this and that, why are you
hungry" They do nothing but
write long reports.
EDITORS NOTE-This let
ter from a worker who has
given his best years so that the
parasite class might grow rich,
and who now finds himself cast
aside now that he is old, and the
bosses have sucked his strength
from him, illustrates another of
the evils of capitalism. In the
Soviet Union, a Workers and
Peasants Republic, the old
workers are not thrown into the
streets, but receive old age PEN
sions to keep them in comfort
for their remaining years. This
is one of the benefits the Soviet
Workers have won under the
first Workers and Peasants
Government.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-05-03
ACTIVE TEXTILE
WORKERS FIRED
Viewers In Whitman
For Increase
By a Worker Correspondent


NEW BEDFORD, Mass. (By
Mail.)-Two very active workers in
the weave room No. 2 were fired at
Whitman Mill for the simple rea-
Sc that they dared to stand up and
fight for their rights and the rights
for better living wage for the rest
of the workers in the weave room.
Our Union, the National Textile
Workers Union IT. M. c. must
take stand. We must show the
boss that we will all fight for the
same demands.
We want an increase on the style
No. 381. We are getting SOL, we
should get SIPS.
Weavers of the jacquard Looms,
we have been shaving for $500
long enough, let's all make a stand
together to better our conditions.
Loomfixers are forced to put stop
motion and then are forced to keep
fixing it all the time. The weavers
are blamed for bad cloth, even if
it is not our fault.
MILL SLAVE.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-05-03
WORKERS BEAT
oil,
BOSSES SLATE
in u. S. RUBBER
But Co. R efuses tc
Recognize Vote I
(Bu a Worker Correspondent

by a Worker Correspondent
Detroit. (By MaiD.-In the re-.
cent elections of members of the
"Factory Council" in the Detroit
Plant of the U. S. Rubber Co..
severe opposition on the part of tbs
workers presented itself. This Fac
tory Council is company unicb
organized by the management Ia q
desperate attempt to divert the
strong spirit for workers organiza-
ton developed in the strike of a
month ago, into the swamp of work
er-employer cooperation.
The management presented 8
slate of their own which they ex-
pected the workers to okay without
opposition. But the workers had
their own states worked out in mos
departments and in spite of load
of propaganda by the bosses tht
votes in most cases were almost 6
tie and in the machine department
the workers slate carried and the
management refused to recognize the
election.
The strike of several departments
on Monday, March A, against the
introduction of the Bedeaux speed
up system and wage cut plan
showed that the rubber workers here
will fight against any furthe,
worsening of conditions. After -four
days the company had to give in to
the strikers because it was the busy
season and they couldn't afford I'd
have the plant tied up by the strike
which it was. A. 2.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-05-03
FARM FALLS IN
HANDS OF Land
SHARKS IN END
Then Sold to Another
Sucker"
(By a Farmer Correspondent

NY dFHeF corresponding
OLYMPIA, Wash. (By MaiD.-
The price asked for the small tracts
IF cut-over land to be sold to work
ers is from 500 to $500 an acre,
depending upon the chance for jobs
n the vicinity, which is really what
he worker buys, since he cannot
hope to make the monthly INSTALL
nents, to say nothing of making a
living unless he is sure of a job.
Frail Buildings.
The initial payment is whatever
he worker can pay His buildings
are made Of unstable lumber which
the mill companies supply at reduced
nrices, which, of course, is deducted
from his wages.
All building, cleaning and other
improvement must be done evenings
md holidays and Sundays, and dur
ng such time as the mills or camps
re not running.
Buying an auto"
Being now "bona fide" settler
he is at first given little more con-
liberation in matters of credit than
he worker who merely rents his
Aome, and il is possible for him to
make an initial payment on an auto
by having all of his monthly bills
carried over and his entire monthly
ay check, usually about 500, APP
nlied to the purchase of car.
This practice is encouraged by
he companies and business men, for
t enables the worker to go many
miles to compete for jobs and he
IAN always be depended on in case
Of labor troubles.
His auto is usually an antiquated
wreck, which has been put in run
ring order and repainted especially
for the trade, with a price entirely
cut of proportion to the value of the
car.
Interest, insurance and financing
the deal brings his payment for the
car to $40 or $25 a month for II
months, in addition to the initial
payment. He soon discovers that it
really amounts to another reduction
in wages, for when he has driven
the car many miles day to and
from the job for year it is ready
for another overhauling, the boss
having got all the good out of it.
and the best the worker can do is
to trade in the old wreck for an
other and begin his payments all
ever again.
All Owned by Mills.
His farm" and auto are as much
the equipment of the mills and
camps as the big cranes and donkey
engines or the company shacks.
There is little or no income from
his land, and sooner or later he
finds himself unable to meet his
payments. Sickness or unemploy-
ment overtakes him. Credit is re-
fused and the only thing left for
him to do is to get out and stay
cut, which he does. His land and
all improvements revert to the land
shark and are "sold" again to an
other worker.
A. S., WORKER-FARMER.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-05-03
home Scheme TO
TIE Up WORKERS
Mill Bosses In Plan to
Crush Revolt
by Worker Correspondent

fNNf'N~NfeN/
PHILADELPHIA (By MaiD.-
Thousands of workers have been
thrown out of their homes by sheriff
sales in Philadelphia, and the mill
owners and the capitalists are to
finance the new slaves to buy these
homes and in this way have the
workers further in their power.
This is the new scheme being
planned by the Real Estate Dealers
and Manufacturers Association. The
worker will purchase home, part
payment made by the boss, and the
boss will hold first mortgages and
in case of revolt against wage cuts,
etc, the boss will promptly evict the
slave, thus making another company
union scheme.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-05-03
PIPE WORKERS STRIKE.

ROCHESTER, N. Y. (By MaiD. =
Fifty pipe coverers are striking here
for a wage increase from SLIT to
$1.37h an hour.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-05-03
NEW SHOP BULLETIN.

MASSILLON, Ohio (By MaiD. :
The first bulletin of the Communist
Party, Central Alloy nucleus, was
distributed among the workers. The
shop bulletin is called the Red Billet.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-05-03
COMBINE DISSOLVES

MANCHESTER, Eng. (By Mail)
After completing its purpose of
forming several combines, the Cot
ton Yarn Association, Inc, COM
posed of big owners, has dissolved.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-05-03
BUILDING STRIKE.

GENEVA, N. Y. (By MaiD.-
Workers in all building trades crafts
in Geneva are on strike for a five
day week and wage increase of 81
a day.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-05-03

Philosophers have been busted in
trying to EXPLAIN the world,
ench after his own fashion. But
the real question In. How are we
to CHANGE it:--Marx.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-05-03
BUILDING STRIKE UPSTATE.

KINGSTON, N. Y. (By MaiD.-
Six hundred painters, electricians
and carpenters are on strike here for
a five day week and wage increase.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-05-03

front the bOurSeOisfe today, the
prOIetnriat alone is really revolu-
tiOnary-Marx.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-05-03

The working class cannot simply
lay hold Of the ready made State
machinery, and WELD 1t for its own
purpose. This new Commune paris
CoBsmune). breaks the modern
State pOwer.-Marx.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-05-03

1t is the ultimate MIN of this
work ("CapitaI") to reveal the
economic law of motion of modern
sOclety.-Marx.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-05-03
IOWA PLUMBERS STRIKE

OSKTLOOSA, Iowa (By MaiD y
Union plumbers here are on strike
for better hours and wages.
The Washington times., 1929-07-29
|1TODAYS
Bu,KIRk MILLER - D

pinch hitters Barnes looks to
me to be headed for the minors)
and Goslin playing like he can,
would put us up considerably
in the running"
1t is a pleasure to print Mrs.
Veihmeyer's views which repre-
sent in many ways very sound
thought. She speaks her piece
with no undercurrent of malice,
but rather with the calm re-
Election of a mother who would
want her own sons fairly judged.
But she probably would like
to know what some of you fans
think, not of her observations,
but of the troubulous times
through which the team is pass
ing, its causes and probable cure.
So would we, and If any Of
you have anything on your
chest in this respect, now is the
time to get it off--these dog
days when any contribution, be
it ever so small, will be appre-
ciated.
Skillet Finn, } Esq, says:
Money isn't everything. You
can't enjoy life without good
health, but you cant enjoy good
health without money.
The Washington times., 1929-07-29

runs in the first inning and kept on
adding To it until they had that
many more in the following innings
as they whipped the Hess A. c., II
10 S. James and Henley hit homers
for the Minners. while Duffy and
Pope hurled strong ball.
The scores OF other games:
shady Oak A. C., 8; Isherwood A.
c., 6.
saks. n; Leonardtown, q.
BelmGnts "a; Monroe A. c., 3.
Gorinthian Midgets, II; Lsfayettes, 2.
Corinthian Midgets IL; Carolinas, 8.
Mackays, s; Nortberns, 5.
White Haven. z: Maekaya, 5.
Washington Red sox. .: Fredericks-
burg EIks, 1.
Cherrydale, 1S Whltehaven, 0.
Wreco. 6: Anacostia Eagles. t12 in
nings).
Brookland Boys Club. 8; Hartfcrds, Z.
Montrose. 6; Miller. 8.
THYME Aces, s D. j. Kaufman, !.
Del Ray, 1s; Hay Market, 3.
Del Ray, IA; White Sox, ..
Bowie, s.: Press Building Cards, 3.
Hiser's All-stars, IS; Silver Spring
Army Medicos. 10: Boiling Field. /.
Langleys, II; Ty Cobbs. I: y
Vics Sport Shop. Is; Murphy
Lioneis, g.: CaIhouns. /.
George Washington Post. 5; and
spenglsr Post. s; waleott Post. /.
Llncoln Post, z. spengier Pest. 2
Chevy Chase arays. s-a' Union
Georgetown Aces. .; American
Laundry, s.
The Washington times., 1929-07-29
Sc I
|. FOR COBB BOUT

BALTIMORE, July 2s. - There
seems to be considerable interest In
tonight's feature bout at Carlin's,
in which Marty Gallagher, of Wash.
ington, meets Walter Cobb, West
ern heavyweight, now making Bal.
timore his home.
Cobb is said to have shown so
much ability in his work that the
local ringsiders are of the opinion
he will be able to carry the District
battler along at q fast clip.
Gallagher has shown his wares
here a number of times and Is
quite a favorite with the local fans.
He is slow getting under way but
packs mean wallop.
Tonight's test Is carded for 12
rounds and this should be plenty
long enough for Cobb to prove
whether he is as good in the ring
as in the gymnasium.
In the six,round SomifinaI Mike
Lichtenstein is carded to meet Joe
Finazzo. The opening bout begins
at $50 o'clock.
The Washington times., 1929-07-29
ADMIRAL LAUDS.
REGAT TA

Enthused over the performances
in the Tri-City Motor Regatta held
at Herald Harbor Saturday and
Sunday, which events were capped
by glowing compliment paid the
organization by Admiral s. S. Robin.
son, commandant of the United
States Naval Academy at q tesu.
monial dinner rendered by the Herald
Harbor Citizens Association, plans
are today on foot to make next years
regatta even more successful than
the one which closed late yesterday
afternoon. Ten thousand people
witnessed the regatta.
Commodore Conrad G. Smith and
Vice Commodore Earl F. Waldron
or the Chesapeake and Potomac
Power Boat Association under whose
auspices the regatta was held. pre-
sented the trophies. The complete
results follow:
a5~Horse-Power Runabouts-WOn by
w. B. Harrison, Herald Harbor.
25-Hcrse-Power Runa bouts-Won ny
w. Saunders. Washington.
150-Horse Power Runabouts--won by
Y, De la Vega, Washington.
Unlimited Runabouts--Won by l., De
La Vega, Washington; second, Hunter
eTTsis, Washington.,< and third, John
Ladies Runab, It-won by Mrs. Ralph
Rex, Cleveland
Surf Board tAIen)-won by Norman
owens. Annapolis
surf Board (I4adies)--won by Dorothy
Winter. Annapolis
Family 0utboard--Won by Elmer
Ste Emire, Baltimore; second. C. r.
Cromtn. Washington 5s
Class Outhoard---won by Elbsr
Stagemire. Baltimore: second. Norman
owen. Annapolis; third, A. Blumberg
! Baltimore
G Glass Ontboard--won by Frank os-
valid. Norfolk: second. Elmer StaEmirs
naItlmore; third. A, Blumberg, Balti-
3unlimited outboard--won by J. zev-
efiy. Washington: second, Frank o.
Wald, Norfolk; third, Norman Owens.
Cruiser Chance Race--won by W. E.
Hawkins, Baltirtore; second, w, F..
1U,ronch, Raltimo e; third. =. C. Baltz,
MIXED Doubles Csnoes--yRon BY Mr.,
| and Mrs. w. Havens, Washing fonss
Outboard Marathon--W Wen by Awily !
liam KHmmerer. Baltimore second,
Frank Oswald Norfolk thifd, G.
snyder, WashinEtonZ
Ftlting Contest--Won b. Mr. and Mrs
James Bsrch. Colonial CLUB tstst
Maryland Yacht Club Sscutser Race
Won by ". e. HAWKINS NoonsAiSe /;
second, ", Crowley Neptune; est
mated time psfeoFFna&ee Won by a;
Zieglsr EraEeslie setcrd J. ". Broganv
Kittiwsks. al e DaltiEAefs.
The Washington times., 1929-07-29
Distance Swimming Title
Is Regained by Ray Ruddy

MASSAPEQUA, n. r., July 29.--
Ray Ruddy. 11-year old swimming
star of the New York Athletic Club.
today again holds the National A.
A. U. senior long distance cham.
pionship which he lost last year
by default to Edward Lee, club.
mate.
He negotiated the 4A.mile course
in Great South Bay in hour 1S
minutes and % seconds yesterday,
finishing 100 yards ahead of Lee
and -220 yards in front OF Walter
Spence, OF Philadelphia, the national
all around indoor swimming cham
pion