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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-01-18
.LOlly-PobS and US.
Flags in AFL Strike
Parade IN PhiIa.

by Worker Correspondent
PHILADELPHIA, Pa. (By MaiD
A parade was staged by the A. F.
of L. takers in protest of the lock-
out by the Aberle Hosiery Mill. The
takers had speakers installed at the
union headquarters and told of the
splendid cooperation Of the police
heads who gave a permit for the
parade and then gave each striker
an American flag and a candy Jolly
pop and advised the paraders not
to be violent.
Then the parade started out Lee
high ave. away from the mills into
the nice residential district, then to
22nd ST., and as the ranks became
larger, as hundreds of unemployed
workers fell in line, thinking it was
a demonstration for the unemployed,
the takers got scared, as the crowd
became larger, swelling into thou
sands.
The line of march went into Fifth
ST., again away from the mills, and
passed but two mills on the line Of
march, # over six miles. And the
finale: A further supply of lolly
pops-this is a god-damn fact, and
into Bristol st. and there they
marched the thousands Of workers
onto a vacant dump square away
from a large graveyard, and the
workers were dazed and were told
to beat it, the car line was up the
street. The parade never went
within three miles Of the Aberle
Mill, as the A. F. of L. misleaders
were afraid to offend their real mas
tiers, the bosses.
Aberle strikers, watch such lead
ers, elect mill committees, spread
the strike, organize the unorganized
and join the T.U.U.L. which will
lead you to final victory.
W. C. P.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-01-18
Efficiency FOR
Detroit JOBLESS
The Sort of Stuff That
Makes Trem Militant
(By d Worker Correspondent

(BB W0T6ef Correspondent
DETROIT, Mich (by MaiD.-As
reader Of the Daily Worker and one
of the unemployed, l would like to
draw your attention to the so-called
American efficiency exhibited in en-
ploying workers to clean off the
snow from the city's streets since
the last big storm. One must stand
in line 6 or 7 hours in order to get
a ticket to go to work-then wait
until the trucks are ready perhaps
2 or hours more-then after all
this get about 8 hours work if lucky
then in order to get another days
work-must again get in line and
repeat the same. In order to get
s hours work, one must stand in
line from II till about to p. NJ,
go home, get bite to eat, sleep at
the most 4 to hours and be back
again, if you want to work. And so
many want to work that they stand
in line 7 to 10 hours.
Why the city could not avoid all
this daily lining up for a chance to
work, is beyond my comprehension.
If some of the white collar officials
had to trade places with these work
ers, they would, 1 think, plan out
some better system. But what does
the life or the health of a worker
amount to them.
So much for this. I am merely
writing this to draw your attention
to the fact that it is with such con-
ditions existing, that they are knock
ing out lot of hot air about free
dom, prosperity and a lot of other
poison being handed out by the capt.
talist dailies. Now, as sober
minded worker, | ask you, why
should any American worker have a
worry? All they need do, if they
haven't a penny to rub against an
other, is to take a glance at the
headlines Of the daily capitalistic
papers: Ford raises wages to 5000
IN. BY laying off old hands
andspeeding up the younger and more
robust.) They talk of keeping the
auto industries running IL months
year. Ford spending $3O,0OOOO0
for new factories in 1880. (And
since his workers can't buy back
what they produce, he will send his
, agents to Mars and get new mar
kets). Lets organize in militant
unions; let's fight the system that
exploits us workers! Join the Com
munist Party!
Detroit Worker.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-01-18
F ord ORDERS
FORE:ME:N TO
SPEED EN- Up
Few More Pennies AS
Bait For Speed-up
(BY q Worker Correspondent)

(BY q Worker Correspondent)
KEARNEY, N. j., (By MaiD -
In a cross section of the Ford Mo
tor Company at Kearney, N. j., you
can see the result of severe indus
trial depression.
The speed-up and stretch-out
system of the motor industry is well
illustrated by Superintendent Screen
giving hot and heavy monologue
to circle of foremen in his office
telling them how to get more work
out of less men and do it efficiently.
The superintendent also shows his
executive abilities by bounding the
porters who sweep, taking the
broom out Of their hands and CIV
ing an exhibition for few seconds
of quick and snappy sweeping.
This superintendent has lay-off
on the brain. Every once in while
he gets hold of foreman to lay off
so many men but he wants such
and such a job done.
Meanwhile on the line we are well
sweated by pushers who want us to
earn our nickel raise and great
deal more. The same production
with less men and the bait nickel
an hour.
A Kearney Ford Worker.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-01-18

In many cases this is the only
condition on which an agricultural
worker can obtain employment.
The sheriffs and deputies are all
recruited from the American Legion,
and are vicious and degenerated
They forced the striking workers
back to their jobs at the point of
guns.
The workers are seething with
discomfort and ripe for organization.
In the Palo Verde Valley in River
side County, hundreds of families
of poor whites from Texas are liv-
ing in tents and out Of doors. Many
are only kept from sheer starva-
ton by the miserable doles of corn
meal and fatback which the county
authorities throw to them like to
dogs.
The need throughout this section
is for good organization. The ma
terial is here and we are ready.
AGRICULTURE WORKER.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-01-18
LAY-OFFS, WAGE
CUTS FOR Ohio
Mine, Steel MEN
Triadelphia Min er s
Look to NMU
BIZ q Yorker Correspondentl


YORKVILLE, Ohio (By MaiD-
The conditions in this section are
getting worse I'll the time. 1 am a
steel worker myself, and have many
friends who are working in the
mines. In the mills we have been
getting a dirty deal. One and two
days work a week. This week we
may work one day and may be two.
We haven't worked for the last three
weeks. The other day a worker in
a mine in Triadelphia told me that
they are trying to cut their Threats
and get away with it.
The mine was cut on New Years
Day. You know the Happy New
Year day. That's the day when
everybody wishes everybody else:
a Happy New Year, and some are
crazy enough to believe that its
going to be one, 1890. Well on this
beginning of 1880 the miners in
No. 8 Mine of Triadelphia felt the
beginning of their prosperity spread
ing over them. They were pleasantly
informed, after they got in the mine
to work, that they would receive a
cut Of II cents on the ton. They
were getting the "great" price of 81
cents a ton. Now they will have to
work for 40 cents ton. That's
nice thing to bring in the New
Year with, amt it? The men were
furious at this information. They
walked out of that mine almost 100
per cent! Only three men were left
in the mine!
They stayed out all day and were
eagerly waiting for an N.M.U. or
ganizer to come along. They said
they would wait until some one from
the National Miners Union would
come to tell them what to do. The
rest of the story is very unfortu-
nate.
No one came from the N.M.U.
The miners went back to work the
next day. And the incident was
finally reported to some organizer
of the union.
The miners in this section have a
great deal of confidence in the
N.M.U. They recognize them as
leaders, and know that the N.M.U.
is the only union which can lead
them. l ask you to publish this so
that the N.M.U. Eastern Ohio and
West Virginia will know of the rot
ten conditions Of the miners, and
get an organizer on the job who
will put enthusiasm and spirit in
building the N.M.U. here.
-YORKVILLE WORKER.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-01-18
Werman Shoe Co.
Bosses Scared by
Workers. Ml}itancy
(By q Worker Correspondent

by q Worker Correspondent
The workers of the Werman shoe
factory are forced to work 10 hours
day. We work piece work and
often are forced to work overtime.
The majority of the workers in our
factory are young workers. No
oganization ever tried to organize
this factory until the Young Com
munist League distributed leaflet
telling US how to fight the bosses
and fight against the miserable con
ditions that we are forced to work
under.
The boss was afraid of the work
ers reading these leaflets. When
the young workers distributed these
leaflets the boss and his foreman
beat up the young workers. That
was about three weeks ago.
Next Friday members of the
League came again with leaflets
and the foreman jumped on young
worker who was giving out leaflets
and began beating him up when he
saw, however, that there were more
workers with leaflets and that the
workers who were coming out of the
factory were grabbing the leaflets,
he ran upstairs and called up the
police.
About twelve cops and detectives
came and arrested three young
workers who were giving out leaf
let's. When the cops saw, however,
that the leaflets were already dis
tributed they told the workers,
"Don't come around any more or
you will get your god damned head
busted" and Tuesday an open air
meeting was held before the shoe
factory by the Young Communist
League where a representative of
the Independent Shoe Workers
Union spoke. The boss called the
cops again and about II cops and
dicks came, but the meeting was
held anyway. The workers across
the street came over to the meet
ing in spite of the bosses standing
in front of the factory and listened
to the speakers; the boss then rang
the bell whistle for the workers to
come back to work but they did not
respond but stayed out later than
the time allowed by the boss to stay
until the end of the meeting.
We workers of the Werman shoe
factory should now understand that
the boss will do nothing for us. We
must organize ourselves into shoI
committee and join the Independent
Shoe Workers Union, which is q
militant fighting union. All the
young workers of the factory should
join the Young Communist League
which is helping the union to organ.
ize us and to fight for better condi-
tons. The workers must also write
to the Young Communist League
about the conditions in our factory
Write to 1928 Union Square.
--Werman Shoe Worker.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-01-18
Use American Flag in Effort to Fool Miners

err was never accounted for, and
the miners who paved for this
building did not have a voice in
regard to their share of it. So
the miners who had been so duped
from their hard earned money,
failed to respond to the call Of the
old betrayers, President Cirque and
Vice President Pacificco. A big
meeting was called under the aus
pices of the National Miners Union
where a vote was taken to reaffirm
our stand and we decided to severe
our connection with such cor
rupted organization as the U.M.W.A.
So the smoke screen of the Ameri-
can flag stunt proved a miserable
flop.
The N.M.U drive is going strong
in this section. Hurrah for the
N.M.U.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-01-18
(By a Worker Correspondent

10y WOTheE SOTIcSpOItucht.J
WHEELING, w. Va, (By Mail-
Here is another example of the
U.M.W.A. and their loyalty to the
capitalist class. When the flunkeys
of dictator G. l.. Lewis decided on
what he thought would be good
scheme to catch some of the miners
off their guard against their old
tricks, Lewis and his gang decided
to fool the miners of Ohio and
Northern West Virginia by hosting
the American flag above what once
used to be the subdistrict five of
district six Miners Temple for
which the miners of this subdistrict
paid something like S1,OO0,00O to
erect. 1t was recently bought in
from the receivers by Mr.. G. l..
Lewis for the sum of $4,000. The
total cost of the building to con-
struct was S365,000. The remand
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-01-18
FORCE WORKERS
To FIGHT MONT.
FOREST FIRES
Driven to Slave at Low
Wages
(By a worker correspondent

(BV a worker correspondent
SEATTLE Wash. (By MaiD.-l
was in Montana this summer when
the forest fires started. Two other
workers and myself had been work
ing on the railroad. We came to
Great Falls, Montana, on August .,
about a a. M, and had some hot
cakes and coffee, as we had not had
very much money left after the rail
road got thru taking out for this
and that THAT is out of our checks.
About 2 in the afternoon a big
cop walked up to US and said, are
you working? l said hell no.
Well come along with me, and he
had about 20 more workers up at
the Jail. When got there the Judge
said either fight fire or 80 days in
Jail, so 1 took the fire fighting.
They made us sign contract that
they did not give US a chance to
read. When they took US down to
the station they loaded us in a can
and some of us had to sit on the
floor, there were no seats left. We
rode the rest Of that day and all
night until 10 o'clock the next day.
When we got off at Bolton, they
loaded US in truck, and we rode
in that truck which was an open
one, from II o'clock in the morning
until 1 o'clock the next afternoon
when we got to the camp. We did
not have anything to eat from the
time we left Camp Falls until we
got to the camp, that was 33 hours,
We hiked to the fire camp it was
not very far the ranger said-only
% miles.
One mans feet were so sore that
he could not work at all. We went
out to fight fire that morning, climb
ing over logs and through bush. 1t
was not so hard for me as it was
for some of the boys because | was
raised in the mountains. A wind
storm came up and the fire got so
strong all we could do was to get
out of there as fast we could.
For three days we had enough to
eat to keep a cat standing up. We
did not go to work the fourth day
and l told the boss | wasn't going
to work and to give me my time.
We were getting 35c per hour, and
when they gave me a check they
took off $3.50 for fare and $1.5O
for eats on the way up-that we
didn't get. We had to sleep with
out blankets one night because the
fire burned the camp up-grub and
all. The boss sent US to fight fire
and he stayed in camp, he was toe
yellow to go out, but when the camp
burned up the boss was out of luck
too.
his is what we have to take be.
cause we are not organized. Let:
organize! Join the Communist
Party! Join the Trace Union Unity
League.
Young Worker Correspondent
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-01-18
.LOvestone Misleaders
Bar Intl Defense from
Furniture Frame Strike

Max Perloff, president of the A.
F. of L. furniture workers. union
which is conducting a strike at =
shop on Newport Ave, Brooklyn,
yesterday consulted by telephone the
Lovestone headquarters and on in
structions received from the Love
stone gang made it impossible for
Sam Nesin, New York District Sec
rotary of the LID. to address the
strike committee.
Nesin wanted to offer the services
of the LID. to strikers arrested.
Perloff told Lovestone's office Nesir
was there and asked what to do.
He was informed to look at the
story in the Daily Worker yesterday,
which pointed to some of Perloff's
treachery, and told of the distribu-
ton of Trade Union Unity League
leaflet advising the strikers to take
control of the strike, and not be sold
out.
Perloff then conferred with the
strike committee, and when Nesin
appeared on the floor, the chairman
Weinstein, said the LID. represen-
tative could not speak. Nesin de
manded the floor and the question
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-01-18
Child Delinquency
Increased in 1929

The number of cases of child de-
linquency, brutal treatment of chill
dren, etc, has increased consider
ably during the past year and has
been greater than at any time in
history, records in New York show.
The increase in child delinquency,
as well as the tremendous increase
of crime among adults, reflects the
decay of capitalist society and the
developing crisis.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-01-18
PLEDGE TO FIGHT
CAPITALS M TO
! END, IN CONTRACT
USSR Sailors Pledge
Socialist Upbuilding
(By a Seaman Correspondent.

(By Seaman Correspondent
The conditions on the S. S. Bon
ME Brook are terrible. In the first
place, we had to endure terrible
food, and what there was was abso-
lutely poisonous. Several times dur
ing the trip we went to the captain
and made a complaint in a mass.
The result was more terrible food.
The steward was allowed an ample
amount to feed US with, plenty of
fresh meat and vegetables, but in
stead of vegetables and meat for
the crew there was plenty of booze
for the officers. The focsle was
lousy with bedbugs and reaches, and
even the food was full of reaches.
Before the trip was over we were
eating weevils in the bread, and
every time that we broke open a
piece of bread we would find it full
of worms.
All ships gear is supposed to be
rugged before the ship leaves port,
but while we were under way we
had to go aloft and rig up the booms.
This is very dangerous, as the ship
rolls very much, and whoever is
aloft is in great danger of falling
into the sea.
When we reached Russia we COM
planned to the master, but as it did
no good, when we came aboard the
Soviet ship, Krim, we drew up an
agreement with the crew of this
ship, and l can say that our ship
has lived up t. the regulations Of
this contract. We pledged to do our
best to organize the seamen on the
capitalist ships. They pledged to
do all to build up socialism.
When We c, NE aboard the Krim
the first impression that we re-
ceived was as if you were coming
from a madhouse to an orderly
home. Everything was like one big
family, which in reality they are.
The above contract is good
example of what example the prole-
tartan life has on young workers of
this country.
Our crew realized that the time
has come when all of we workers
must unite and present solid front
to the capitalist element of the
world, and demand our rights.
SEAMAN.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-01-18
by q Worker Correspondent

by q Worker Correspondent
ELD0RADO, ILL. (By mail)-I
am writing you few lines to let
you put in the Daily Worker. At
Equality, III. there were 10 or 20
men working at the Pekin Mine,
getting 81 1/2c per ton. Then the
company told the men to clean up.
Five men returned to work at the
rate of 81 1./2c per ton. The Coto
shoot the coal for them. Tho
U.M.W.A. went to the company and
gave them the right to operate.
The mine has ran for five weeks.
Also, all the mines around are pay
ing So to So day. And the scale
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-01-18
ON NEW BEDFORDFRONT
Oyeanize Dartmouth Mil Local

and they stayed back until after the
meeting and fellow worker Beal,
explained to them there duties.
We are going to try and get more
members into our local and beat all
the other locals and get the ban
ner. We are going to get out a
mill or shop paper for the workers
in the Dartmouth mill and tell about
the rotten conditions. We are
going to hold dances. We must
build the National Textile Workers
Union in all the mills.
Dartmouth Mill Worker.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-01-18
Negro Farmers in
Arkansas BeInQ
Cheated on Crops
by a Worker Correspondent

by Worber Correspondent
MARIANNE, Ark, (By MaiD.-
AS a poor working man here in
Arkansas where a working man and
a Negro have no chance at all the
farmer is lost in some places. The
Negro is not getting any settle
ment for 1929 crop at all. 7 haven't
had no settlement yet for my crop.
So I beg for a membership in I. L.
D, so l can have some protection.
Friends I have no money at all. Use
me as you see fit. l beg to be your
friend. Yours and oblige.-M. H.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-01-18
(Bu a Worker Correspondent

(By a Worker CorrespondentJ
NEW BEDFORD, Mass, (By
MaiD.-Fred E. Beal, our leader in
the New Bedford strike in 1928 and
whom the bosses in the South are
trying to send to Jail for 20 years
for organizing the southern textile
workers was at our meeting of the
Dartmouth mill and formed us into
a mill local. Many workers from
other mills also came to hear our
fellow worker, Beal. An executive
committee of the mill was elected
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-01-18
Fire Men; Cut Wages in Half At EldOrado, iii

of wages is $6.10 per day. The
U.M.WA. officials don't even try
to get the mines to pay that scale.
We are going to see what we can
do in that locality. We have told
the men, if we come and get them
out they must come to the N.M.U.
as we are the only union that will
back the men in their struggles.
We would not have known about
these mines. But the men that
worked there were in Eldorado look
ing for q U.M.W.A. local, and some
boys sent them to our N.M.U. Hall.
They did not know that they were
in a N.M.U. Hall. So they lst Iae
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-01-18
MONEY FOR MISSIONARIES.

John D. Rockefeller, Sr., has an
nounced another gift of 100000 to
foreign missionary work of the
baptist church These foreign mis-
sionaries act as agents of American
imperialism in China and elsewhere,
and it may be said that the Stand
ard Oil tankers follow the mission
aries.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-01-18
Agricultural
Workers Ready for q
Widespread Rebellion
By a Worker Correspondent

BRAWLEY Cal (By MaThe agricultural workers here, mostly
Orentals and Mexns recently rebed ntoeabe
long hours starvation the forcing children
fields alongside with the system rights
daughters
which the American ranch workers adopt.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-01-18
N. Y. Vel. TO WELCOME NEG.
MEMBERS.

The New York District of the
Young Communist League has ar
ranged an inter-racial affair for
Saturday, January IS, at the I'M
perial Hall located at 100 w. 10th
Street.
This affair is to be a real well
come for all the comrades who are
coming directly from the district.
Comrade Tetherow, youth organ
izer of the National Textile Work
ers' Union in the South, Jerry AL
lard from the Illinois coal fields, as
well as many other prominent men,
bers of the NEG. will be present.
was raised why Ben Gitlow, Love-
stoneite was allowed to speak sew
eral days before. The defense was
that Gitlow "representated no organ
ization in particular" evidently not
even the Lovestone group!
One member Of the committee, de-
manded vote on the motion to al
low Nesin to speak, but the chair
man railroaded the matter through
and permitted no vote.
Previously the Lovestone and re.
dictionary leaders had agreed to use
the Civil Liberties Union in the
strike.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-01-18
LEAGUE FOR MUTUAL AID
GIVES DANCE.

The League for Mutual Aid will
hold a Rainbow Costume Ball, Fri
day, Jan. 25, at the New Webster
Manor, 1875 East 18th Sts Tickets
in advance, which can be obtained
from the League for Mutual Aid at
104 Fifth Avenue, S1.50. At the
door, $500.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-01-18

cat out of the sack for us to catch,
and we will sure catch the cat or
chase it to its den, as we have
some determined men.
A Miner.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-01-18

Every Factory a Communist
Fortress! Build Factory Nuclei.