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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-06-07
TR|-CITIES HARD
HIT BY LAyOFFS
Big Bosses Preparing
Drastic Wage-Cuts
(B5 a Worker Correspondent

(BJ a Worker Correspondent
ROCK ISLAND, Ill. - Hoover's
prosperity" has hit the Tri-cities
(Rock Island, Moline, Davenport) an
awful wallop the last couple of
weeks. The International Harvester
Co. was the only concern working
full blast until a couple of weeks
ago.
Now the I. H. c. has laid off their
entire night shift of 1900 men and
500 day men.
There are two rumors out here
as to just what this l. H. c. lay-off
means. One is that the men will be
called back in couple of weeks at
reduced piece and hourly rates as
the !. H. c. took names and address,
SEES of all those laid off.
The second rumor is that the "bot-
tom has fallen out of International
Harvester" The /. II. c. has been
laying off large number in Chi.
cago, also. Last week there were
1900 men of the /. H. C. laid Oft
there. I'm inclined to think the Sec
ond rumor that the bottom has fall
len out of I. H. c." is the more cor
rect one.
Nearly all the industrial plants
have been laying off the last few
weeks--so that now there are one.
half or more of the workers of the
Tri-cities out of job.
John Deere & Co. have been par
ticularly active in laying off their
workers.
The Minneapolis-M Moline Plow Co.
has laid off over half their workers.
The Rock Island R. R. shops at Sill
uis-7 miles east has. several hun
bred on vacations"
Women are not being exempted
from these lay-offs.
X. Y. z.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-06-07
IS Take Place
of 800 4

DETR0IT.--I wish TO write about
the rotten conditions here. To be-
gin with, all the large plants are
laying off men and speeding up the
workers on the job under threat Of
losing their jobs. For instance, l
know of factory that last year at
this time employed between TOO and
800 workers, but at present they
have less than IS, including the Of
flee force. It's a plant that makes
automobile hardware for the differ.
ent auto makers.
Just few days ago a worker
with a wife and three kiddies went
out in the back yard with a pretense
of putting up swing for his little
ones, and, instead, hung himself
with the rope. would like to know
what is the matter with the work
ers. Is it that such are SO good
100 per cent Americans that they
would rather commit suicide to the
joy of their masters than to fight?
Wake up, workers, don't put off
until tomorrow what can be done
today. My idea of a 100 per cent
American is one who will join the
Communist Party and fight for a
Workers and Farmers Government.
We, the producers, should be the
dictators, and not the slaves of the
capitalists.
"A NEW COMMUNIST AND
EX-CATHOLIC.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-06-07
Low PAY, SPEED
Up, REX NOVELTY
Hurry Up" Is All You
Hear All Day

by q Worker Correspondent
NEW YORK.-We work in the
Rex Novelty Works, located on
East 18th Street, corner Univer-
sity Place. There are about 800
workers employed in the various
departments of the factory. Speak
ing of being underpaid, wages range
from SIS a week and down. Is this
enough for a family now? 1t is
interesting to note that about half
of the workers are young, around
the age of 20. These young work
ers, although they are doing the
same work as the adult workers are
that much more exploited. Their
wages run from S12 to $14 week.
When approached on this question
the boss replied, "Sure, this is
enough. Why should l pay more
for these Spaniards. They are even
not worth this much" The cutting
of wages seems to be the next thing
coming for we can hear the fore
mer and, straw bosses talking about
it.
Sanitary conditions are intoler-
able. Even the bosses admit that
the washroom is g filthy place. But
.hsy say it is good enough for the
workers and nothing is done 10
change this. condition. We could
tell yoq plenty more about the tot
let's but you can't print such stuff.
The foremen, true 10 their boss
es. rash ms workers to the limit.
"This job must De done today
"This JOB must go by IL O'Clock"
ana so on. We are forced &c work
overtime when there is lot Of
work ppt we get straight pay. When
the temporary rush is over out VIC
go--fired. Tnsse so-called "rush"
jobs lay around for two weeks @,
50 before they are shipped. 5nt
this doesn't mater. "Rush!" "Hur-
ry-rp." etc, are the word: ycn bear
ail along from the straw bosses
IF YOU don't like 1t, you can &C."
you are told If you dare say any
thing. aS
allow workers, many workers in
oar SHOPS are willing to be organ
lied into union or shop committee.
We call upon The Trade Union
Unity League to cooperate with US
BY giving us militant leadership.
a Group Of Workers in the
Novelty Shop.
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of work. The M2rmon company laid
off 700 last week. Officials of these
companies openly stated that they
have TO businesses on hand but tried
to picture the situation TO the effect
that some Of the European countries
have developed bad feeling toward
American-prOduced cars.
Building in Bad Shape
Bricklayers, carpenters as well as
building laborers are walking ae
streets. Nc life in the building IT,
dustry here. Very small number Of
workers still employed by the build
ing supply concerns had their wage
cut as low as 80 and IS nts d.
hour.
AT the last meeting of the i.
Labor Union, an American Fedora
ton OF Labor body, not one word
was said about the big unemploy
ment problem in this city as well
as all over the country. The meet.
ing was opened and closed in about
Is minutes and when left wing dele
gates tried to bring up the problems
facing the workers, the big belly
boys didn't give them a chance.
T.U.U.L. Organizing Jobless
The Council of Unemployed work
ers was organized here some time
ago and is meeting every week with
hundreds of workers already in and
new ones coming in at every meet
ing.
Nearly one half of the member.
ship enrolled in the Unemployed
Council are Negro workers, and
they express themselves at the
meetings. A Negro woman worker
is taking an active part in the I'M
employed movement.
A big mass meeting is to take
place on June 18th where a delegation
of unemployed workers of this city
will be elected for national meet
July As in Chicago.
The Communist Party is planning
local, county and district convention
to nominate its candidates for
county, state and U. S. Congress.
Placing Negro workers on working
class ticket along side with other
workers and have real campaign
in this coming election. A militant
campaign that will attract all the
working class of this community.
Indianapolis Worker.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-06-07
.UMWA LAWYERS
HELP BOSSES CYP
INJURED MINERS
Illinois Miners for a
Fight on Takers

by a Worker Correspondent.)
SPRINGFIELD, Ill.--A word to
all war veterans. I am a former
soldier. Served during the war and
often wonder what some of the boys
are thinking of when they join the
damnable thing, the tool of the
besses-the American Legion. 1t is
no secret that a section of the legion
is made up of misled workers. Be-
cause it could not be anything else
if the members saw service. The
bosses never got any further than
West Point or New York or Paris.
Have been out of work for two years,
with thousands of others like my
self, while the few that are working
are worked at such a speed that the
men are burned up in their prime.
No protection from the U.M.W.A.
takers or protection below. Be-
cause it is cheaper to take a chance
on the workers. lives than to timber
up the working places. The reason
that it is cheaper is because the
rotten U. M. w. A. lawyers that
fight our compensation cases are in
cahoots with the coal companies ar|
about one-fifth of the men that get
crippled get paid about one-half Of
what the law eafls for, while the
other 80 per cent are told that they
have no case. Or their other tool,
the company doctor, will testify that
it is an old injury or any damn thing
to get rid of you.
The U, M. w. A, don't only know
this, but help to put such things
over. l defy anyone to deny this,
I have the living proof right here
in Springfield, and not one but
many.
l have a brother that is crippled
for life with his back, and the damn
U. M. w, A. lawyer, Longran, sold
or gave his case away. To the min
ers I say, let's get rid of these god
damn takers. All of them are alike,
the Howats, Fishwicks, Hindmarchs,
Lewises and Van Bittners. Join the
National Miners Union and the
Communist Party. Do your own
fighting and all together against
the takers. Let's go. The longer
you wait the more you and yours
will suffer. Yours for 100 per
cent convention.
P.S.-Above all, read the Daily
Worker.
"A MINER WHO'LL FIGHT.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-06-07
Poverty Widespread
hruout Rural Sections

CHICAGO, Ill.-As | have trav-
eled through the country recently
l noticed so many empty farm
houses, and others inhabited by
farmers that looked like a grave.
A few pieces of rotten furniture
and old doens-of- times washed out
clothes, these were all they had.
In some families l counted five to
fifteen children. Many farmers
had to leave with their skinny,
hungry children on account of
water pumps and other things
they are not able to buy. ] have
seen similar conditions in all the
northern states in the open cOun-
try, also in the towns.
In the southern states among
the white and Negro share-crop-
pers it was still worse. Nothing
else but lousy bed and broken
chair they had in what couldn't
really be called a house.
%. J.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-06-07
Philadelphia
UphOlsterers

PHILADELPHIA, Pa.--The
uphoIstering trade is hard hit bv
the crisis. For instonce, in the
biggest shop here, the d. Becker
and Son Upkolstering Co. auhsys
about 1875 aOorkers were employed
ta0o gears ago, there are now
about Is to go qUorkerS.
And the bosses are cutting
wages. Take the Parkstde Up
holstering Co. aohere the aUorkers
got $3.50 for a suite, noD get So;
iohere they got SO suite (for
better grade) and noy get sS.eS
and the same all do,om ths line.
It's clear that unless ,ve up.
holsterers put up a fight mo.V tkst
conditions ,oill continue to Get
U0rse.
-UPHOLSTERER.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-06-07
Layoffs, Wage Cuts
Spread Turnout
County
Cincinnati
LayOffs
by Worker Correspondence

CINCINNATI, 0hio.--Fhe pros
perity of Mr.. Hoover was again
shot full of holes by . renewed lay
ing off of workers by the, thousands.
Within the last week or so a great
number of plants in Cincinnati and
it's vicinity have laid off the remain
ing part of it's part'tirns employees
for two weeks.
Among those shutting down are
the Tennessee Chemical Plant, To-
Gated at Loekland, Ohio, a suburb
of Cincinnati employing 1900 werk-
ers, and the Cincinnati Shoe Fac
tory, one of the largest plants of
its kind in this city. The hours Of
work in these factories when in OPP
Grafton were between 10 and 10h
hours per day. The Tennessee
Chemical Plant paid on the average
az cents per hour.
In the last several weeks, before
the laying off took place, the bosses
of the Tennessee Chemical concern
specialized in hiring workers who
have come from the South, mainly
from the state of Georgia, Prac-
tically all of them were Negroes and
were used to reduce the wages of
the older workers.
These are among the few which
came to our attention, The laying
off Of workers and the shutting
down of plants has increased lately,
with the result that unemployment
has tremendously increased.
CINCINNATI WORKER.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-06-07
Soviet Young
Peasant Tells
OF NeW Lite
Soviet Young Peasant
70 American Workers and
Farmers

farmers
Dear Comrades:
send you my sincere greetings
and l wish to tell you about our
achievements here and about the life
of the peasants in our village.
Thanks to the October Revolution
the poor peasants and also middle
class peasants have received land,
which formerly belonged chiefly to
landlords and kulaks.
And so we have begun a new life.
We cultivate our land and we i'm
prove our living. We have built new
houses, which are the pride of our
village (for the cooperative and so
on), we have organized two cooper
alive societies (grain and consumers
with approximately 500 members
each. These cooperative societies
have absolutely displaced private
merchants. The kulaks of our viii
lage are also restricted and kept in
check by US.
We have organized "The House
of the Peasant" in our village, in
which there are many different circ-
les and where the cultural work is
carried on; different performances
are organized by peasants themselves
and we enjoy listening to broad
casting.
We have two more cooperative
societies (of poultry and dairy-pro-
ducts) and two agricultural commit.
tees. In our village we have also
our Party organization, Party nue.
leus and a nucleus of Communist
Union of the Youth (KomsomoD.
The life of the peasants is speedily
becoming better and better especi-
ally of course for those who are
members of collective societies and
collective farms. There are still
some defects, but our Party and our
government are working for the
elimination of these defects. The
peasantry advances steadily on the
way to socialism.
l have told you but small part of
what there is to say about our life,
because l have little free time, now,
as we are occupied with our work
in the fields.
Another time / shall speak to you
in more details, but now I want to
ask you to answer me, as I should
like very much to be in CORES
pondence with you American work
ers and farmers, and to learn little
about your life.
So l am waiting for your reply
and please let me know where / must
sent my letter (direct address,.
A young peasant Tuntula Isaak.
Horol of the District of Lqbni. Viii
lage Novo-Ivanovka, SovieE Social
list Republic of Ukraine, USSR.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-06-07

ny u Gorhe2
wendell, Pave miners In
the Irwin Yield work : and 3 DAYS
week. The wages are so big that
ore has he'll OF a time making
ends meet. Especially il one works
for Hillman Coal & Coke Co. Con-
ditions in the mines are so rottcr
that IT is rather hard to keep
track Of every thing that happcrs
here. EVERYDAY we get new in.
structions as for instance, lump
up your cars or the driver will no,
III them.
ntzhugh, leading coal is maid ~
the ton it is supposed 10 be we'o
Cd. Well, the bigger car you TO-,
tie mere they can steal, as VI,
miners have 10 check weighman.
The coal is weighed by the com.
pany weighboss. Then there is the
company store. Every miner is
told to deal with the company
store or you don't work for Hill
man Coal Co. There are miners
here that for years did not know
what pay-days are, pay-days
mean nothing to them. The com.
pany store has them shackled, and
collects their pays.
On Nov. 23rd five of the miners
children were drowned in the COM
pany reservoir. Hillman Co. calls
'"' m """''"~f. Yes that may
be an accident but building fence
around the place means expense
and the bosses don't want any ex-
pense regardless of what happens
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-06-07
HEAVY LhYOFF At
HUDSON MOTOR,
the WORST YET
Elk Soldier Calls for
Militant Struggle
by Il Worker Correspondent

10y WGFFeT N0TTtSpOEutHt'
DElRpJT, Mich. - The Hudson
Meteor &c. mas been laying eff work
ers FOR the last and 6 months, out
this weeks was the worse yet.
met a fellow working at Hudson's
for the past II years and he got
laid off until October LIST. He had
worked one and half and 2 days
q week for the past and months.
Now he is out of work and he has
three kids and also got the T. B.
He went to the Welfare depart
ment asking for some support. So
they sent investigators and the,.fol-
lowing week told him, you can't
get support. You have lots of fur
nitures. You got to sell that be-
fore you will get anything at all.
We can't afford to take care of any
more. We have about 10000 fami-
lies to take care of now" He asks
me, What can l do now? l can't
get a job to save my life.p
Fellow workers.! The best we
can do is to join in the working
army (the revolutionary trade uni
ons-the unemployed councils and
the Communist Party, because we
are not safe any more with the
bloody bosses getting us where they
want US.
-EX-SOLDIER.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-06-07
Init Harvester
Lays OFT 17OO,:
Speed Up Rest

(By Worker Correspondent
CHICAGO, Ill.-Last week there
were between 1900 and 1900 workers
laid off indefinitely at the Farmall
plant of the International Harvester
Co. at Moline, III. The workers who
remained in the factory have now
to produce more per day than form.
erly and for the same wages, which
makes them feel very dissatisfied.
WORKER.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-06-07

Searching for Food in GARBAGE Cans in PROSPEROUS T. S. A.

On left, Seattle iobIess workers
rummaging through garbage cans
for something to eat. Workers,
you must fight to live! Organize
into the Unemployed Councils and
on to the July 4 Jobless Conven-
ton in Chicago to demand Work
or Wages!
A scene in recent war maneuv-
ers Con right) in preparation for
another world war for the pro-
fits of the bosses. Read below
how one pay-triotic boss made
millions while masses of workers
were slaughtered for the profits
of his class.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-06-07
$500 Miners Cut
Down to 1000 in
Illinois Mine
by a Worker Correspondent

by a Worker Correspondent
WEST FRANKFORT, ILL., am
working in Mine No. 2. This mine
is considered the largest in the
world. In 1927 we were $500 min
ers, but now only 1000 remain.
There are loading machines and
conveyOrs. Two men work on a
conveyor. They load ten cars, each
car weighing six tons. Two men
work eight hours daily en- that.
There is no time to get a drink of
water. If the car is not fully loaded
the boss comes along and says:
well get other men to do it bet
ter" (meaning more speed-up).
That's the way they treat us around
here. And half of the miners are
out of work and starving.
Miner of No. 2 Mine.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-06-07
Rank Race and Class Rule in Alexandria. Va.
By q Worker Correspondent,

ALEXANDRIA, Va.-Virginia
is the symbol of race and class
prejudice. Mil hands woyk IN the
mttls for IS per aoeek, dig city
sewers for So cents an hour for
ten hours at a stretch, live in tar
paper shacks.
The public schools are run BIZ
the capitalists aud clergy, who
see TO IL that no student gradu.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-06-07
Carmen Takers Vote
for Layoffs; Speedup

PITT SBURGH.-W orking to-
gether with the street railways COM
pany the street Garments union Off
cia)s have voted to aid the cor'nanv
in its naturalization
Thirty-three men were imrns
Topped off and more layoffs are
promisci as The remaining men will
be speeacd up.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-06-07
Still True to His
Fellow Imperialists

WASHINGTON.-Hoover and At
torney-General Mitchell lost little
time in denying that the statement
of the Baltimore Sun that the ad-
ministration intended fighting the
trusts, was contrary to their posi-
ton on the question.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-06-07
Natl Cash Register
Lays Off 1000

DAYTON, ohio.-Thousands Of
workers are being laid off each
week. The Frigidaire General Mo
tors Subsidiary laid off 900 work
ers last week. The National Cash
Register laid off 1000 men and is
bringing in workers from the South
to work for % cents an hour.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-06-07
$500 Now Do 80
Work Of $500 "

SAGINAW, Mich.--A year ago
the big General Motors foundry
place hired about $500 workers an
auto parts work. Since thst time
they have been putting in new de.
vices, machines and speed-up
schemes. Today only $500 men
work in the plants, the rest being
on the outside begging for work.
-r- ~.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-06-07
Use Girls to Cut Wages; Many Jobless
(By q Worker Correspondent

COITeSp0NueWU
NEW fORKOuerheard the following conversation shich took
pace osween ttoo girls do 1oo?" NO. of pork
Jour months y too am out Of ,por for aboa Could
nct restrea impulse to ak to these yong girls 20
aro"no starvg hearing
s 'hy '0onaen oters must organize together ooers
because ne BOSSES the agGiR lovcr their
@ages said: ayes machine shop uhee men were for
merly employed and get only SIS per aoeek"
YOUNG WORKER.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-06-07
S. Laid Off At
Underwood

HARTFORD, Conn.--Just heard
that So workers were laid off IN the
Underwood Typewriter plant here
in Dept. IA. One was fired instantly
when he was heard talking about
the arrests of Communist speakers
before the shop gates. IN. r.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-06-07

ates a0ith any intelligence. They
are euem militarizing the women
students IN Virginia, for use IN
their Wurs.
As worker, I pledge my sup
port to the Communist Party, 10
the acorking class of all countries
and to the freedom of the exploit
ed Negro workers Of this town
and the entire country.
"A RAILROAD WORKER.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-06-07
Cooks Takers Empty Treasury for Own Purpose
(By a Worker Correspondent


NEW YORK-Sometime when Meyer secretary of Cooks
Local 7 and other officials ped the treasury everything
was it, the workers wanted being done
these raketeerng meaders hot started
odoze the cooks and had the
we are using for that's business this
We ought to make it business picking rackeee out
RESTAURANT COOK.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-06-07
DIG LAYOFFS IN INDIANAPOLIS THROW
WORKERS ON STREETS TO STARVE
Answer to Growing Crisis Must Be Organiza-
ton and Fight for Jobless Demands
(Bu a Worker Correspondentl

INDIANAPOLIS Ind-Ihe Beech shops OF the
indefinite 1000 workers lost their
60GG unemployed workers this
industrial and capital of Indiana.
works closed with i100
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-06-07

LONDON NEWSIES ORGANIZE.
LONDON .-Newspaper sellers
have organized into the National
Union of News Vendors.
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Support the Daily Worker Drive!
Get Donations! Get Subs!
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Fight for Work or Wages!
Evening star., 1930-12-07

ElndS DateS announced.
The national finals of the 1881 con-
test will be held May %, while the in
ternational contest Is to be staged here
next October "a.
The United States contest is under
the jurisdiction of q publishers COM
mittee which includes some of the out
standing journalists of the country.
They are Frank B. Noyes, president of
the Associated Press and president of
The Evening Star Newspaper Co.:
Adolph 8. Ochs, publisher of the New
York Times; Harry Chandler, publisher
Of the Los Angeles Times; Walter A
Strong, publisher of the Chicago Daily
News; George B. Longan, publisher of
the Kansas City Star, and CLARK
Howell, publisher Of the Atlanta Con-
stitution.
The American sponsors for the con-
test are the New York Times, Wash
ington Star, Los Angeles Times, Chi
cago Daily News, Kansas City Star. At
| lanta Constitution, Birmingham News
Birmingham Age-HeraId, University oi
Vermont, Springfield Republican
Springfield Union, New Bedford Times
Oklahoma City Daily Oklahoman, Ok
lahoma City Times, Louisville Courier.