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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-02-20
should arrange of course to apply
on such board bills.

SnOulQ arrange OI SooISe W Apply
on such board bills.
The store is instructed to pay rs
per cent in cash on scrip issued in
every case when desired by the GUS
toner, and it will strictly abide by
the foregoing rule.
In cases of emergency where
some one is sick or in other meritor-
ious cases where application is made
to Mr.. Simmons, he will when sure
Of the merits in the case and when
they have sufficient credits, give
any and all employees such amount
of money as necessary to meet these
emergencies and such payments will
be recognized as scrip.
AS result Of our past experience
it is now and for several months
has been in our opinion that those
who are cooperating with us in
spirit and in fact, are really worth
10 per cent more to our business
than those who are not.
Yours very truly,
ROCKY RIVER COAL & LUM-
Der COMPANY.
By j. F. Simmons,
Vice President.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-02-20
"Airways, Inc.,' y by
John Dos Passes, to
Have Premiere TOnite

"Airways, Inc.," John Dos Passes
new play, will open this evening at
the Grove Street Theatre, the second
production of the New Playwrights'
group this season.
The story of "Airways, Inc.," con-
Germs a typical middle-class Ameri-
can family which is caught in the
cross-fires of a modern industrial
struggle, during which a young Jew
ish strike leader is framed-up on q
murder charge and is finally electro
cuted.
The plot for "Airways, Inc.," sug-
gested itself to Dos Passos two
years ago when the Sacco-Vanzetti
Defense committee telegraphed to
Lindbergh appealing to him to plead
with President Coolidge to intervene
on behalf of the two imprisoned rad.
icals.
The cast includes: Edith Meiser
Winston Lee, Harry Gordon, Juanita
Mum, Charles Kraus, Herbert Borg.
man, Doris Troutman, Edmund
Fordo, Samuel Schneider, Mary Hal
and Ross Matthews.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-02-20

the table. / said: GAS you are not
organized there is little we can do
but, if we do grumble, let's go up
where the boss can hear US, and, if
we grumble hard enough, we will
get something to eat or be thrown
in the brig"
Well, they were afraid of being
hlackballed, and, rs they were only
making one trip, they could stand it.
So l went up alone and Manning
greeted me with: "Now, what do
you want?" I said: Individually,
/ have little chance of changing con-
ditions." So l asked why there was
q difference in food at the tables.
He said that during the winter
months the company did not make
much profit, so hence the liver for
the A. BIS.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-02-20
WAGE CUT IN
ACUSHNET MILL
Hard to Breathe; Can't
Get Some Air
/Ru n Worte,. Co,,resno,,dent1

(By a Worker Correspondent
so. DARTMOUTH, Mass, by
Mail).--I am a young worker, Is
years old. l work in the Achushnet
Mill. l work from 7:15 a. m. till
5 p. m. My job is double-tender.
We used to get S21.85 before the 5
per cent cut. Now we only get
s18.35. But the wage cut is much
bigger because of the speedup sys-
tenn here. We used to run three
doublers before the strike and now
we run five for less pay.
Sanitary conditions are very bad
also. The air inside of the factory
is always 50 full of cotton, making
it almost impossible to breathe.
Every time we go into the open, or
near and open window, to get air,
the bosses jump on us. 1t is very
seldom that we work a full week.
Sometimes we only work two or
three days, but when we do we work
hard and produce lot.
# q
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planned the difference in food given
the P. O.s. He came back with,
"Yes, you must realize that they
are petty officers"
I said, eyes, but being a P. O.
doesn't maks his stomach any diff
ferent from mine" And l told him
if they couldn't feed US the same, at
least they could stretch piece OF
canvas or build partition between
the tables. He said he tried to get
the company to build the partition,
but the company refused. But he
must have wanted the structures
painted, for shortly after / went
down to the dungeon" the messman
came in with pork chops.
A few days later there was the
same kird of a breakfast--and some
of the A. BIS started grumbling at
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-02-20

as the work is safer in port. So /
went looking for the captain and ran
into Manning. He greeted me:
"And row what do you want?
II want to see the captain" said,
ito see if he gave orders for the
painting of the outboard side of life
boats at sea-" He said: "No. The
captain doesn't know anything about
it, but / gave the order"
/ told him If one of the mer lost
his life there was going to be a big
case and / was going to be the star
witness. There was another mate
nearby and Manning said:
"Mac, did you ever hear OF any
one falling overheard painting life
boats?"
"Yes," Mac said. "The George
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-02-20
Qkos IN udebae So Bend Auto Plant Due Miserable Conditions


Washington lost man last trip"
Well, there were no lifeboats painted
at sea that trip on the President
Harding.
And, as for hero--from what |
saw of him I'd call him a ladies
hero" as his work consisted mainly
Of giving the females of the para
site class some romance.
If, individually, I could get the
slaves pork chops and save an I'M
necessary risk of life, just imagine
if all US slaves got together-what
we could do. A. 0.
Up. Sam enclosing dollar,
which is one millionth of what I'd
like to give to help a paper fighting
for the laboring class.--A. o.
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But I reasoned: at is to make the
A. BIS compete with one another in
pleasing the officers and given a
chance to leave the table of liver
for the one of bacon and eggs. Also,
during the winter months, there are
thousands of seamen unemployed,
and when the A. BIS who don't like
liver quit it makes-'good shipping
Then the thousands of unemployed
won't wake up as they would if
those who have jobs stayed at them
and the unemployed, seeing no pos
sible chance of getting work would
wake up"
Just before getting back to New
York we got orders to paint the out
side of the lifeboats. And it is
really an unnecessary risk of life,
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-02-20
(Bu a Yorker Correspendentl

by u w Object Torres DGFtueHtt
CAMPAIGN, Tenn, by Mail) -
In the last five weeks 1 have trav-
eled about 1000 miles thru Iowa.
Missouri, Arkansas and Tennessee.
l find room for much work for our
Party thru southern Missouri, Ar
kansas and Tennessee. The army,
navy, marines, are drawing many
workers from Little Rock, Ark.
The Negroes are especially in
need of aid from militants of the
working class.
I am now working for the Rocky
River Coal and Lumber Co. I re-
ceived the enclosed letter from this
company today. tSee letter print
ed below.)
I am also sending you five cent
piece of scrip, which is made of all
denominations that silver coin is
made in. I was told by some of
the workers here that third of the
men working here never draw any
real money, but get paid in this
scrip, or money issued by the COM
pany, at certain stores.
Day labor here is Is cents an
hour. = Piece workers get from So
to $3.50 a day. The working day
is 10 hours. All workers are COM
PEELED to take at least So a week in
scrip, or else a 10 per cent cut in
wages. Perhaps 300 men work here.
u. M. H.
Editors Note.-Here is the let
ter sent by the Rocky River Coal
and Lumber Co. to its slaves, an
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-02-20
Lumber SLAVES in Tennessee
Paid in Bosses "Scwb" Money

nouncing a wage cut in their al
ready starvation wages if they do
not accept the scrip" money of the
company.
Rocky River Coal & Lumber
Company.
Campaign, Tennessee.
December s, 1928.
To Our Employees:
Business in the timber line con-
tinues dull and with very little pros
poets for improvement We have
gone considerably out of the way to
hold our organization together and
in order to do this it is necessary
that we economic and that our en-
ployees cooperate with US in every
way they can. We expect under the
circumstances, this cooperation at
least to the extent that such CO.
operation will not inconvenience our
employees.
We are very much pleased to know
that at least 80 per cent Of our en-
ployees are giving US their full CO.
operation which we appreciate and
it is not fair to this 80 per cent
who are cooperating with US and
helping us to continue, to give every
day employment to such part of the
remaining 20 per cent as may not
be cooperating and therefore in
justice not only to the company but
to the 80 per cent or more, it is
necessary that we make slight re-
duction in our rates Of pay under
certain conditions.
On and after December 18th the
rate of pay to all employees at
Campaign, Tennessee, will be re-
duced 10 per cent. This reduction
is not to apply to such employees
who give us their trade to the ex-
tent of drawing scrip to the amount
of S. each half for those who
board or live with their families;
to the amount of $40 each halt
for men rated at less than S2.40 pei
day, and to the amount of $14 each
half for men who are rated at $2.4(
or more per day.
In case of those boarding or liv.
ing with their families the Sc is t.
apply regardless of the amount Of
wages for the reason they do moi
need to pay out for anything ex
cept board and this amount they
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-02-20
BOSSES ATTEMPT
TO FRAME COAL
MINERS FAILURE
Spit in Foreman's Face
Was Charge
by a Worker Correspondent
WILKES-BARRE, Pa. {By Mail)

10Y VUFheT CUFTeSpOUuSHtI
WILKEs-BARRE, Pa. by Mail).
Sam Licata, militant Pittston
miner, yesterday was found not
guilty on the frame-up charge of
having spit on a mine foreman's
face during the strike last Novem-
Der.
Licata was arrested and Mayor
Gillespie of Pittston threw him into
Jail until he was released by a
habeas corpus order, secured
through the anthracite sub-district
Of the International Labor Defense.
Later on he was put under $1,000
bail on charge Of assault and bat
terry.
At today's session of the jury.
several witnesses appeared against
Licata, mostly mine foremen. all
testifying that he spit into Alex.
Kay's face. There were many rank
and file miners who testified to the
contrary. Their testimony and the
address of Attorney Sheporowieh of
the I. L. D. offset the pogrom-talll
Of the prosecutor and the instruc-
tions of Judge Jones, who made it
plain to the jury that they must be-
lieve rather the respectable foremen
than the foreigner trouble max
ers." The frame-up was so clear.
however, that a verdict of not guilty
was rendered and Licata was set
free.
Mayor Gillespie is union-hating
bureaucrat. He told organizers
from the National Miners Union, "If
you start that union here I'll see that
it is broken up"
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-02-20
by a Worker Correspondent


DETROIT by MaiD THE capt.
talist papers have been full of a
hero-Chief Officer Manning-and
that brings back memories of trip
! made when he was on the Presi-
dent Harding in 1927.
I shipped as A. B. and a few days
at sea, a breakfast of oatmeal, liver
ard potatoes stared me in the face
while ct the next table the petty Of
ficers were fed on corn flakes, ba-
con and eggs.
So I strolled up to see my sup
posed to~be-superior, Manning, and
asked him if he expected me to play
monkey painting the super struc-
lures on a piece of liver. So told
him with that kind of meal was
too weak to hang aloft, and ex-
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-02-20

In bourgeois society, living labor
is but a means to increase accumu-
lated labor. In Communist society.
accumulated labor in but a means
to widen, to enrich, to promote the
existence OF the Iaborer.--Karl
Msrx Communist Manifesto).
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-02-20
IN "AIRWAYS, INC"

Juanita Num-, who has an import
ant role in the New Playwrights
latest offering, John Dos Passos
Anyways, Inc.," which opens this
evening at the Grove Street Theatre.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-02-20

a mastery portrayal of a Czarist
governor.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-02-20

But every class struggle Is poll
teal struggle.-KarI Marx (Commu.
mist Mnnffest0).
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-02-20
A Strike nearly
every Week DUE:
TO EXPLOIT
Buildings re-Traps;
Labor Must Organize

by a Worker Correspondent
SOUTH BEND, Ind, (By MaiD.
Conditions in the Studebaker
automobile plaat in South Bend are
no better than in any other auto
mobile plant. On the contrary, con-
ditions here are probably much
worse than any other plant.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-02-20

trnry. instead VI risinG with the
progress Of Industry. sinkS deeper
and deeper below the conditions
~ cxfstehce ~ hts own clnss--knrl
Marx (Communist ManifestoD
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1929-01-28

aid treatment to the rescued sea-
men as they were brought aboard,
saving the 80 men from dangers of
pneumonia and shock.
1t was during the midst OF the
storm that baby baby was born
on shipboard. it being necessary to
strap the mother to the operating
table during the arrival of the son.
Moreau is a son of Mrs. Augusta
Moreau of 1923 West Main street and
is a nephew of the late DR.. z. T.
Fromen. He has seen service in the
U. s. Marine corps. He attracted ma
tional attention in 1926 when as a
private In the marine corps he and
another private, oliver Bliss, were in
swimming when the explosion &C.
Cured at the L. S. arsenal at Dover,
N. ]. Both young men. reported as
having escaped injury, disappeared
from the arsenal. They turned up
in Tiledo. O., a month later, where
they were found In a railroad sta
ton a few miles from Bliss home.
They were suffering from shell
shock due to the explosion and both
spent considerable time in a U. s.
military hospoital.
At the home Of the young man
today it was stated that he had not
been heard from since he was in
Europe and no word had been re-
ceived indicating that he might be
on the way home.
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!. ". t. A. NOTES
Health Education Dept.


Schedule for pool and gym for the
new term as follows:
Monday. So. swimming classes.
Tuesday. 1o-11, private gym class,
4:3o-5:15, junior plunges: SO senior
plunges; $50, private tennis; 1870
s. reducing; s-S:45, jolly Jim.
Wednesday, 1905. Plainville high.
Thursday, 10-11, private gym
class; 4-6. Normal school; 4:15-5.
tiny tots dancing; 60, senior
plunges; 1908. reducing.
Friday, 60, swimming classes.
Saturday. 9-11:30. junior swim
ming classes.
Pinnacle Club Notes
The Pinnacle club will meet Mon
day in the Y. w. c. A. club rooms at
1870. After the regular business
meeting there will be discussion on
plans for a Valentine party. annual
banquet and for initiation Of new
member Nine new girls have join
ed the club this month. After the
business meeting Miss Helen Hayes
will talk on current events. and Miss
Misterly will discuss the articles to be
cooked for the dinner Saturday
There will be music and fun. We'd
nesday night is basketball practice
Come and learn a new cheer with
Mary Marriott. Friday night basket
ball coaching with Miss Eichstaedt.
Girl Reserve Dept.
All Girl Reserve clubs will meet on
their usual days this week.
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Trying to Find
Source of LIQUOR

Baltimore, Jan. 28 R-FollowinE
the suspension Of three students in
the Eastern High school for girls for
alleged intoxication in class last
week DR.. David E. Wegiein. super
intendent of public instruction
sought today to determine whether
liquor can be purchased by students
from neighborhood speakeasies as
has been reported.
One private house where students
are said to have gathered during re-
cess hours, already is under surveil-
lance Of school officials. The address
of an alleged speakeasy close to the
school was received by Miss Laura
J. Ciarnes, principal who says she
will submit 1t to DR.. Weglein.
The girls were suspended after
they had caused a general disturb
ance In class. School officials said
the girls were under the influence Of
liquor. Search revealed an empty
liquor bottle in q rest room.
Members OF the Public School as
ISOLATION, and the Alumnae associ-
alton of Eastern High school. plan
to offer their aid In the investigation
to determine whether or not speak
castles flourish In the neighborhood
of the school.
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1929-01-28
PARLIAMEN7S IN
SESSION IN EUROPE
Many Countries Interested in
Bills Up Before Solons
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
Parliaments are in session in many
Of the chief capitals of the world,
their members maneuvering either
for scheduled domestic political
campaigns or to force or avoid such
events according to whether they
are pro or anti-government. Great
Britain. France, Germany. the Union
of South Africa. and Japan are in
the office and law making stage.
A notable exception is Italy where
the old parliament has passed and
the first set election under the one
party fascist system is in the offing.
Jugoslavia is approaching that sort
Of campaign, King Alexander hav-
ing announced that he intends to
restore the national legislature an
soon as his dictatorship ministry can
reorganize the body polite after dis
solving all the old political ma
chimes. The king said that these
parties had shown distrust and dis
sension among the Serbs, Croats.
Slovenes and Montenegrins. whereas
main were as one in being South
Slavs.
Japan's new diet, the first under
| universal manhood suffrage saw the
government of Baron Tanaka on the
defensive early in the session. The
premier made an important speech
at the opening of the diet, discussing
foreign relations at length. He re-
ferred to the United States immigra-
ton laws as having created a ques-
ton which still needed patient treat
ment.
To Preserve Interests
! He also assured the diet that
Manchuria's action in hosting the
! flag of the Chinese nationalist gov
/ eminent and the subsequent events
! in the territory ruled formerly by
Chang Tso-Lin. friend of Japan. had
not changed the Tokyo determina-
/ ton to preserve Jaran's special in
/ terests there. He said that Japan
would respect China's sovereignty
and do all in its power to forward
/ the principles Of the open door and
equal opportunity but desired above
all that China should be made safe
| for foreigners and natives alike. He
counsellcd the present governors of
China to use restraint and careful
ness.
| Another attempt is being made to
settle the differences between the
two countries, the japanese minis
/ ter having gone from Picking to
| Marking to reopen the negotiations.
| Hitherto China has refused to treat
unless Japan first withdrew all her
troops from Shantung The latest
advices said she had modified this
to demand for an absolute guar
antoe of evacuation.
Great Britain and France have
again been discussing the boring of
a tunnel under the English channel.
/ In former days this was vetoed by
| English circles which had not for
gotten the Spanish Armada or Ma
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1929-01-28
JOHNSTON To Be
IN COURT TODAY
Oklahoma Governor Faces Sen.
ate Impeachment Charges

Oklahoma City. Jan. rs IN
Henry s. Johnston. suspended COVER
nor OF Oklahoma. and the third
chief executive in the last eight
years to face impeachment. was
called to appear before the senate
court OF impeachment today to an
swer five impeachment charges. He
will be summoned later to plead to
three additional charges. while still
two other articles Of impeachment
against him await legislative action.
Meanwhile the house of repre-
sentatives investigating committee,
which preferred the 10 articles
against the executive, prepared for
another busy week to probing into
alleged misconduct by state officers.
Asks For Funds
On the eve OF his appearance the
suspended governor last night ap-
pealed to my fellow citizens" for
funds to aid in securing counsel. He
said that when the Impeachment
charges were filed they found me
without a dollar with which to Or
gapize counsel for my defense"
His statement said: ut will re-
ouire weeks Of unremitting toll day
and night to meet the issue. Many
OF my lawyer friends have volun-
teered their services free of charge
but / cannot expect them to sacrf-
flee so much without being COM
pensated."
The suspended governor said: 1T
is distasteful for me to be forced to
appear before my fellow citizens IN
this light, but l am confident that
the masses who sent me to the state
house to direct their government
have the same abiding faith in me
today as they had when they ex-
pressed their choice for governor
two years ago"
The executive has not announced
names of his attorneys and the exact
course of procedure for the trial
remained in doubt. 1t was believed,
however. that Johnston would OBJ
ject to each charge on the grounds
LnaL IL uOcS uOL COAotAtueo Ola AAAe7
parchment offense.
The five charges to be answered
today are:
Article II-Unlawful diversion and
Misrepresentation of funds to pay ].
w. Buck" Eldridge.
Article III-Unlawful issuance OF
deficiency certificate for extra help
in the banking department in 1921
IS.
Article IV-Unlawful issuance Of
deficiency certificate for support and
maintenance OF issues commission
1929, after legislature refused ap-
pripriation.
Article VII-Unlawful issuance Of
deficiency certificate for support and
maintenance Of issues commission
in 192s-2s.
A senate investigating committee
has ended its hearings on the al
legged bride rumors In connection
with the ending Of the purported
impeachment session Of the legisla-
ture In December, 1897, and will
make its report today, according to
Senator Ira Hill. a member.
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1929-01-28
Canadi~n Boat to
Aid Norwegian Shin

Sydney. n S.. Jan. % tP-The
Canadian government steamer Stan
ley has been ordered from North
sydney to attempt to release the
Norwegian freighter Terne, ice
blocked between Margaree and
Cheticamp.
The Terne. laden with potatoes
from Georgetown. p L. l., for Ha-
vana, Cuba, has been fast on the ice
half mile off shore, for a week.
The Stanley, en- route from Halifax
to Cape Tormentine to replace the
crippled steamer Prince Edward Is
land. was unable to set through the
ice in the strait Of Canso and was
ordered to assists the Terne.
The government steamer Mont
calm which received orders on Sat
urday to release the steamer San
bro from the ice in Bay st. George,
Newfoundland, sailed from here
yesterday.
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1929-01-28
.icians believe he will lose his hand.

sicians believe he will lose his hands
and feet.
Guests SOrced Out
Guests at the Gaylord hotel at
Columbia Falls. Mont. were forced
out into 10 degree below zero wealth.
er when the structure was destroyed
by fire Sunday. J. E. Lewis, pro-
prietor. saved three valuable paint
ings by the late Charles M. Russell.
Montana's cowboy artist. One of the
works was 1.-The Three Wise Men,"
Butte last night reported a new
snow fall ranging up to six inches.
while two feet of snow fell at
Thompson Falls. Mont. The mercury
dropped to ~ degrees below zero
at Choteau. Mont. and other north
ern Montana points reported read
ings nearly as low.
Untold suffering has been caused
range livestock in all the mountain
states, and it is feared the losses
will reach high figure.
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1929-01-28
ST. JOHNS CHURCH
HAS new TRUSTEES
Pastor Submits Annual Report
on Progress During Past Year

Edward Lanske and Gustave Hurts
were elected trustees OF St. Johns
German Lutheran church yesterday.
succeeding Richard Vogei and
Charles Hepp. who declined to be
candidates for reelection.
Rev. Martin ". Gaudian. pastor.
reported that there had been 20
deaths, 81 baptisms, - marriages