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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-01-05
n MY Ss A71I N
|. uI9,ID)EIhI / BOSSES
STRIP WILL Ace
left Slaves to Starve
]. : in Barren Tract
by WorE;er Correspondent

by W0rlceT Correspondent
DOLLARVILLE, Mich. (By MaiD
You don't hear the hum of the
sawmill in Dollarville any more.
There are only about rs families
left in this little. village. When l
CAME here about Is. yeafs ago, this
was one of the busiest lumber camps
in the upper michigan peninsula!
The lunberiac4s used tesslave here
IL or IA hours a day for about $15
or 500 a month and board. One of
the men who owned most of this
village was that old slave-driver,
who turned from getting rich out
Of the sweat of the lumberjacks to
getting richer out of the slavery of
the seamen.!The village got its name
from that old buzkafsd, :,DeAar, or
rathe1-theSHame awas--feteed on the
town. The lumber bosses wanted to
get rich as quick as they could, so
they speeded up the lumberjacks so
much that what was once one of
the finest lumber belts of virgin
pine is now one barren stretch. And
the old slaves that sweated away
for so many years, what became of
them? Well, after the lumber bar
ons got nice and fat, after they had
got all they could out of this lum-
Der belt, they left the town flat,
and the slaves and their families
to starve for all they gave hang.
Where there were once hundreds of
families, there are only rs or so
now.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-01-05
Lo1ney Construction Co Charges SLAVES Wo1y=4ood
BOSS FEARS POWER OF AWAKENED SLAVES

making so much trouble here lately,
l am going to make a cleanup of
my shop" The boss wants to keep
the girls in slavery, by terrorizing
them, but they are all determined
to continue to work, to organize
into a real union.
The girls have begun to realize
that there is an organization which
fights for them. AS result they
refused to work overtime on Satur-
day, when the boss told them to
work till 3 o'clock in the afternoon
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-01-05
BLESSING BLESSING OF OF z z
HOUR WEEkFOR
FOOD WORKERS
$16 Pay for 6 Days at
II Hours a Day
by a Worker Correspondent

(By q Worker Correspondent
On Dec. 26, l saw an ad that
restaurant wanted a dishwasher.
Being out OF work, I answered the
ad. The name of the place is the
Princeton Cafeteria, Broadway and
21st St., New York City. The boss
asked me if | could run a dishwash-
ing machine. Naturally I answered
l could. Well, there was more than
washing dishes to this job. I also
had to peal potatoes with only a
dilapidated machine and a table
knife to do it with. l had three
sacks of potatoes to peal and a
bushel Of onions and carrots. This
I had to do from 8 am. to IL noon.
Then l had to help the dishwasher
for two hours. The speed-up was
terrific. At the end of my watch |
was ready to lie down, l was so
completely tagged out. My partner
in slavery told me that we should
eat. What the restaurant boss gave
JUS to eat was sloppy stew, muddy
'coffee, and bread. After I gulped
down that garbage, I resumed my
former work of peeling vegetables
to 6 p. m. The boss yelled that I
was very slow. The hell with him.
l shaved very hard. The day man
quit work at 6 pm, then l had to
take his place to pm. washing
dirty dishes. | received the most
magnificent sum of % cents per
hour, or SIG fer days at IL hours
per day. | guess the boss thought
that l needed a little rest so he
let me go to bed so l would be able
to resume labor the next day.
The following day l was offered
"better" job, as counter bus-boy.
l was working under the head coun-
ter man, a slave driver. He was al
ways. at my shoulder pushing me
along, getting food ready to sell
I'd. other slaves, all the dirty work !
to do, cleaning up, etc.
When one slaves for twelve solid
l lrs, he doesn't feel very good. 1
worked on this job for one day, /
twelve hours, $3.50 am. to $50 pm,
at SIT per six days, 1888 a day.
Spanish-speaking workers pre-
dominNe in &he cafeteria. I 4ssew
arc tara huc hoyJc fo1,,. Of +ba,,, ,,,o,A I
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fouf Thurs per dSs.E NSrK twe1w
noks Stasl6 lpsk Mi ,Mw, couIf

SNAAA1SAA WIN INClhC IOuIS Vic llldH
each for the following jobs, silver,
glasses, dishes, vegetables. There are
three women cooks who work twelve
hours. They also must do other
work, one cook serving hot dishes
on the counter; another washing
silver and other work. The wages of
the countermen and cooks | was I'M
able to find out. Perhaps they were
so low that they were ashamed to
to say.
The need for a fighting union in
these places is very great. When
we organize the union, we will have
an eight-hour day and decent wages,
job protection and digestible food.
Restautrnt wgrkers, organize! ~,
e.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-01-05
FIND RUNAWAY BOY.

PHILADELPHIA, Jan. 6 (UP).
-Twelve-year-old Billy Anderson
of Crum Lunne, Pa, was in the
House of Detention today while
authorities checked his story of
running away from home because
his father threatened to beat him
unless he found 81 of a Christmas
gift he had lost. He was found
last night, cold, hungry and frozen
under the porch of Mrs. Mary ORR
elias home.
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with no extra pay. The girls are
resisting the exploitation of the
boss.
John Novak, a member of the
Young Workers League, was arrest
ed the other day for distributing
leaflets to the girls. The boss came
out to chase the young militant
worker away from the shop, saying
"my girls are getting good pay, you
have no business here" The girls
accepted the leaflets and were very
glad to do so. E. J.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-01-05
WHY'S CHEATS
AUTO WORKERS
sS.t--t3 " 4 - p, q 4,
Pay Less Than They
Were Told They'd Get
(By a Worker Correspondent

by q Worker Correspondent
CLEVELAND (By MaiD-A
week ago my partner and I got a
job through.s the National Employ,
Ement Agency in Cleveland. 1T was
| a Job I'M Toledo, and we were told
that we would get 80 cents al hour
day-work, or S1.30 to S1.50 for
piece-work. The agency paid our
fare to Toledo and everything
seemed 0. K.
We left for Toledo at a. m. and
went to the Willys-O Overland plant,
where we were to work. We were
told that it would be night-work,
and we agreed.
When we arrived, we were told
that the work would be night-work.
We began to work at 6 p. M, and
had to work II hours. We worked
IL hours, and, instead of getting 80
cents, we were told that the scale
was 40 cents -an hour. My boss
gave me another job, which brought
in So cents. We worked like mad
and made 100 pieces that night, and
in twenty hours of work, this gave
us--according to the time slip
only 1924.
We decided that we would not
stand for this cheating, and I de-
cided to leave. / went to the toilet
and took a smoke, and, as result,
they fired me.
J; When i wanted, to get my pay.
and take out,-fny TOOLS they would
not let me take them out. They told
me to get badge, which they did
not give me in the beginning. When
I got that, they told me to come in
for my pay on Monday-thar was
5 days later. | protested, and then
they told me to come in at three
o'clock the next day. l got there in
plenty of time, but when they pre-
sented me the slip calling for 1924
l refused to accept it.
"What are you kicking about 2"
said the paymaster. "Can't you see
there are two slips" One called for
Sill, and the other for 1924. /
signed them both, but they gave me
only $5.24-the rest being for sex
the company stood.
What is the result? I work 20
hours, spent SIS out of my own
money, because / had to stay there
four days, and got 1924 for my
work.
The Willys-Ov Company is
a slave-driving concern, and workers
should be advised to stay away from
there. The men working in the
plant should organize into the Auto
Workers Union, and fight for de-
cent conditions. The auto manu-
facturers think they have the work.
srs by the throat. They must be
taught that we workers will not
stand for it. Get organized, boys,
md fight back:
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-01-05
Or q Worker Correspondent)

IBY W0fKeT C0ffeSp0ndentJ
NANTICOKE, Pa, (By MaiD. -
Mr.. Greenbaum, who owns a sew
ing factory here, with about 30-40
young workers, working under the
most miserable conditions, low
wages, long hours, unsanitary con-
ditions, fired 6 young girls for sac
cepting" a shop bulletin issued by
the Young Workers (Communist)
League. The bulletin told the work
ers how to end the slave conditions
they are compelled to work under.
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The boss thinks he will teach the
girls 'lesson" by calling in every
girl asking who is guilty of the
crime of giving facts of the shop"
He said, GLOW would you like to
take a ride to the Wyoming Bar
racks?" (The state barracks where
Anthony Minerich, organizer for the
N.M.U. was locked up then on a
frame-up charge.)
The boss also hired a "stool
pigeon" He said, eff it costs me
$1,000 to find out who has been
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GERMAN FLIGHT RECORD.

WASHINGTON, Jan. 5 (UP).-
The time flight record for planes
refueling in the air is held by the
German crew Ristiz and thinner
man, according to the National
Aeronautic Association. Their time
was IS hours 25 minutes.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-01-05

rock, clearing land, cutting twpod,
and moving dirt be, provided forsex-
IRENE cases OF. :indigents, onlysafter
investigation; and tfSs. wages "a. be
paid COR this to be So per day, and
81 per day in the form of meal and
bed tickets for, single men who are
bona fide residents Of the, city. By
ORDER the City Of Vancouver"
Y ThaSs-what happens, latter the
bosses of Vancouver got rich af-
ter they made us slave double time
in order to produce such surplus
that they could lay thousands off.
The tens Of thousands of unem-
ployed in the West Of Canada ought
to organize, and marchon the city
IF Vancouver, to show their power.
BOB SLAVERS
The Washington times., 1929-05-24
ROAD BUILDING
BOOSTED BY
MORE CARS

CHICAGO. May "a u.N.s.l,-v.
Greatly increased registration and
mechanical improvements ii motor
vehicles III the past nine years
have caused drastic changes In
Federal road-buiiding practices. &c.
cording to Charles M. Hayes. presl.
dent of the Chicago Motor Club.
Government highway engineers
today are concerned over adeuuate
widths OF rights Of way and the
roads proper, not only with respect
ID present but future traffic. and
81 banking curves and the radius
OF curves. Hayes declared IN en- iil.
terview, Hayes Is chairman Of the
road widening ana grade separa.
lions committee Og the American
Automobile Association.
.sIn 1920 there were approx.
irtately 5000 900 motor vehicles III
the country. whereas today there.
are more than $4,000, 600, 7 HAYES
declared. sE'urthermore, the aver.
age speed Of cars in the open
country has Increased 20 miles per
hour IN that period, AZ = result
81 improved motors. four-wheel
brakes and other features thar
make for speed and safety.
ssln 1918 only three States per
rnitted cars to Be driven from 81
to 40 miles per hour. Twenty five
miles was the average maximum.
In 1928 thirty.slx States permitted
IS to AS miles. while three Etatss
prescribed no limits. Sixtesn.foot
roads were regarded as fairly asie
quate decade ago: road shoulders.
or the space adjoining the edge Of
the road surface where cars may
stop for repairs. received little or
40 consideration.
The Washington times., 1929-05-24
Mai. DAWSON VIII Make
Study 0f TncineratOrs

Major Donald a. DaYiaon, Assis-
tant Enrineef Commissioner of the
District. yesterday left for Boston,
Mass, where he VIII study modern
incinerators.
Major Dawson was ordered 20
ro there by the District Commits
sioners at their last board meeting,
with the understanding that his
report win be factor III pur-
chasIng two IncineratorE for Wash
ington
The Washington times., 1929-05-24
3 Buried AS Ditch Wall
C0IIapses, Due to Rain

& CONSH0EI0CkEN. May 2t:-xw wo
men we're injured. one seriously,
when constant rains caused the
walls 81 ditch 10 collapse upon
them near West Conshohocken.
They were saved from slliothefing
by frantic efforts Of other work.
men,
Andrew shubert, King 0e Prussia,
In III Montgomery Hospital IN 3
critical condition with internal In
iuries. william MItISa. the other
man hurt, was treated at the scene.
The men were employed BY g con-
tractor constructing d ditch from
Swedeland to West Conshohocken.
The wall gave way without warn
ing. buryfng both. Other men
extrIcated them after five minutes
frantic shoveling.
The Washington times., 1929-05-24
Whitehurst to Speak
On Street Extension

cant. HI. g. Whitehurst. District
engineer, will speak ut the meeting
of the Mid City Citizens Association
Monday night at the Thompson
Community Center. Twelfth and Il
Streets Northwest. on plans for
street widening and extension
IA committee working on plans Tor
the wideLing of Thirteenth Street
will submit It's report
The Washington times., 1929-05-24
Two Appeal Fines on
Liquor Law Charges

sTAUNToN. Va. Nav 24.-Tom
Parr and sam Moore, Of Waynes.
born. Va. were convicted in magis-
trate's court there Of liquor posses
sion and destruction OF evidence.
Moore did not deny possession Of
the whisky. but Parr contended he
was ignorant Of its presence In the
in the house. They were fined $50
each with costs Of $39.50 each. ana
neted an appeal through their at.
t0rney. Marvin Bass.
The Washington times., 1929-05-24
Ancient Chinese Scroll
rs Presented to Hoover

Methodist missionaries from the
WI district III China, where Presi
dent Hoover worked a. n1intlg
engineer III 1900 yesterday presented
him 4 Il ancient Chinese siiken scroll,
taken from an old church there.
THE presentation was made BY
t.ev. II. M. Pyke. who was q boy IN
Tfentsin when Mr.. Hoover built
the barricades there during the
boxer rebellion.
The Washington times., 1929-05-24

The second Annual City-Wide sale
II Good Used Cars makes nntoInnhlla
s,tylerahln possible for every WmahInG-
fnnIan-fAat u. The ears are PMtEED
reaa0nabIy enough. See them listed
III sadaysa Classiflesl ads.
New Britain herald., 1929-03-09
German MinOrities
Question Up Again

Geneva. March . llr-The ques-
ton Of German minorties IN Polish
upper Sllesia again came before the
council Of the League of Nations TO-
day. causing some excitement.
Tie council voted that no inter
v"ntion would he made 10y it FOR the
NOM nj in the arrest 10y Poland Of
Deputy Tits. leader of the German
mnoritics IN J. lish upper Sil"sia
fh" council hold that Polish justice
should hc allowed TO function and
that it had no authority TO interfere
I1r. Gustav .Strescslann. The Ger
man foreign minister. Who has Wig
oroHsiv deferred the risl rs of Ger
man Ininorifics in Poland. warned
tho council that the German minori-
tics considered the arrest Of thor
header as a blow deliberately aimed
n-alust them. and that the incident
Is causing considerable excitement.
He reserved the right 10 raise the
question when the Ulitz trial is con-
Guided.
NJ Adatchi OF Japan. who re-
ported on the question informed the
council that Ulitz was charged with
completely in the evasion Of military
service. The German association in
.iilesia claims he was unjustly ar
rested and had petitioned the coun-
Gil to obtain his release. tlitZ was
arrested Immediately after dissolu-
ton of the Silesian diet when his
immunity as member lapsed.
New Britain herald., 1929-03-09
MANHATTAN TRANSIT
CONCERN UNDER FIRE
"Timcs' Charges !. II. T. Is Listing
Legal Fees In Rate War as
Operating Expenses

New York. March I9-The New
York Times today said that the In
terborough Rapid Transit Co.. in its
fight to raise its fare on subway and
elevated lines from five to seven
cents has spent more than 5000
900 Of which $aS0.0o0 has gone for
special counsel fees in a little more
than a year The case now is be-
fore the supreme court.
All these expenses, the Times
says. have been charged to operat-
ing expenses. to be deducted before
computation is made Of any returns
to which the city may he entitled.
Under its contract with the !. II. r.
the city owns many Of the lines the
|. Il. r. operates. II has filed a pro-
test against such charges.
Included in the Times computa-
tons Of the lawyers feets are $50
600 to Charles Evans Hughes. $o5.-
600 10 the law firm of Hughes.
Pounds. Schurman and Dwight.
$55.ooo to Harry l.. Butler, mid
western expert on public utilities
law. $4,000 to William l.. Ransom
and other smaller fees to other law
ycrs. The company has its own
corps of law experts.
New Britain herald., 1929-03-09
Laredo is Nervous

Laredo, Ten. March tP-Scpa-
Grande and with only small
American garrison TO protect it from
possibi" cross fire, Laredo heard to-
day with SOM. trrpiIation that au
Antonio. had =, MED its request that
l.ouo Ameri' troops be sent here.
The tors announcement that
troops uoult u he moved was
night between Brigadier General
Frank s Cocheu and his staff OF
Fort sam Houston, the army $
Eighth corps area headquarters, and
Mcintosh. Laredo.
No Information was available
herc concerning the Mexican gov
crnnonl's announcement that Wash
iugton had granted permission TO
Genera. Matlas Ramos Mexican
federal, TO come 10 Laredo 10 reor-
-anlze his forces. The strategy in
this reported movement could not be
understood here as the MEXICAN gar
rlsou at NueNo Laredo, across the
border, had left for Monterey TO
Join thu federal consolidation there.
1t was believed by some that the
garrison would have been detained
here under the Ramos plan.
New Britain herald., 1929-03-09
Big Federal Army Moves


Nr|lco eI'E' va re" '''
si'dt's' army M@t'Fo 'baS NHo"H
S'i'ce VIZ "4S u A''HI'o ''-'a '''o'
"a Horti' warn ioN9'4 l'' d." -lF4ll ~
70 suou'e '''9 ''-' 'o'' III 'i'e
Ao''h'
At III head was General Plutarco
Elias Gales, secretary Of war. VINO
IN lSb rode with General At'dro
Obregon at 'he head OF NoXico~ last
such great army that winch crush
ed VITA.
The immediate objective nas IAN
itas. q junction point in tie state o.
Zscatecas. apture OF the city would
open way westward TO Durango.
whore General Crta lcJo held out. or
mort Inward 20 Torreon where Cen
cral jose Gonz8lo Eecobar's troops
were located.
Existence Of thus t.r1e army
New Britain herald., 1929-03-09
No Aid For Rebels

Washington. March 8 P.-De-
yelopments were growing out OF the
rebellion in MeAico give no comfort
TO those WHO are seeking the over
throw OF the present Mexican gov
eminent.
The state department has ap-
proved q request OF the McNic4n
government for surplus war ma
terial and probably Will supply sucn
material out OF stores now held b>
the war department. Secretary OF
War Good said the Mexican govern
mcnt had asked only Tor rifles ana
ammunition and that a survey was
now being made 70 determine the
supIus and whether 1t would lie sent
Ivy water, or through one OF The
border towns
The state department also ap-
proved a request by the Mexican
government 20 import priIate'v
made airplanes from the United
States. Eepor,s from Yuma Arizona.
stated that bulletins had been posted
by Mexican officials offering Ameri-
can ayiators $50 a day and that
federal troOus were pr"pa ring a
landing fold at San Luis, on the
Sonora border. capable Of accom-
modating Is 10 90 planes. This
vas taken to mean an aerial attack
in prcpa ration on the rebel strong
hold of Nigales. Sonora.
Along with approval given 'he
purchase OF planes by the Mexican
government went ar embargo OF uN-
authorized shipment OF planes in'o
Mexico. this be ing done pres umahiv
to prevent tn" huying % aircraft in
this country by the rebels.
Whether the arms 10 he sent 20
No1iCo viii go t,y water or throush
one OF the border towns Will prob
bly, dcrend unon Developments III
tn" north Of Mexico. The revolt
ton apparently * spreading in son'n
northcn sections ard tho suggestion
was advanced that the war material
might fall into rebel hands II s"nt
by way OF the border.
New Britain herald., 1929-03-09
Jaurck Again Quiet

FL Puso. Ten, March 9 LP-Jaurez
Vas quiet today following yest.r-
Gays seven hour battle thai took its
toll % Americans and left the key
city Of northern Mexico in the hands
of r., oIutionary forces.
Two Americans were KILLED and
anothcr founded during the fight
ing.
( Lydia Roberta. . Years old was
fatally UoundcI by stray bullet
while she vas playing in the yard
of her home here. Another Aneri-
can. Teddy Barnes. a bartender as
founu dead IN Jaursz after the
hattie. His body lay beneath slain
soldiers near the federal hea4quar-
ters at The hotel Rio Bravo. An
other FL Iaso child, s Years old,
struck by A stray bullet. Was "a
Iectcd 20 recover.
Official casualty lists Of the battle
"ore not avtiIaile. but II vas esti-
rdateI That - federal soldiers and
rebels ~"re killed and more than a
score on each side y ounded,
On Inc American side OF the Dor
der. 80 Mexican federal troops and
their families we're informed al Fort
Bliss under the terms Of a true"
Which ended the BATH. The truce
, as conciudc1 at conference or
tho International bridge bc'Wccn
General iiallas Ramos, commander
q federal troops. Gen"ral Miguel
Nltlpz ral,l loader and Brig Cen.
New Britain herald., 1929-03-09
AGED WOMAN LOSES
Deportation fight
CONFINED from First Pas }

continued from First laE)
lie found her in good health ana
able 10 travel with only minor phNsi-
cal aim MIS- common to her age.
While there is a disagreement be-
tween the conclusions Of local
doctor and the governments physi-
elan as to the woman's ability 20
travel without danger. In" public
health officer is presumed to be com
Ietent and disnterestei. There is
no motive for him to make a certi-
tiCatc unfaNora bic TO the aliens de-
sires unless compelled to do SO by
the facts.
While realize that there is n
degree Of hardship inNo lved in this
matter. mainly due to the thought
of the woman's separation from her
daughter. such hardship is the dj-
rect result OF the action Of the
woman in coming 10 the United
States fraujulently
"The record shows that Mrs.
Pcra entered :he United States on
January -. 1921 having an immi-
grafton visa that was not valid be-
cause the same Was secured by
fraud or Misrepresentation.
II am indeed sorry that the facts
do not Justify A favorable reply.
CORDIALLY yours.
JAMES J. DAVIS.
t'c \ = =, -
New Britain herald., 1929-03-09
Suit for $50 Is Ended;
On Docket Four Years

Aft"r more than four years So
lourn in the files of the city court.
the case Of Joseph Milucas against
Charles EWincski, WAS entered in the
books today as done. although
never heard before any judge. The
action WAS brought in August. 1924.
the plaintiff claiming $50 damages
or the ground that the defendant
took for his own use a window sash
and frame owned by the plaintiff.
The case was stricken from the
docket in May, 1926 only to be re-
entered in January. 1929. and final
ly was withdrawn today. The de-
PENDANT in his reply. stated that
while tearing down the house for
the plaintiff. he threw the sash and
frame away as worthless. Attorney
NJ. A. Sexton represented the plain
tiff and r. J. Cabelus was counsel
for the defendant.