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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-12-19
Women Domestic Workers Tell Of
lJnbearable MiserieS Of Unemployed
Waiting for Back Pay Boston Jobs
Forced to Live From Hand to Mouth Often
Have No Roofs Over Their Heads

in her boots? You could see that
her cynicism and hardness was the
natural outcome of going from
agency to agency, sleeping, as l am
sure she did, in 25-cent dumps when
she could get the 25 cents. She was
reading the paper aloud: 81 see 81
people got bumped off in train ac-
cident. That's pretty good toll for
one day. Yes, that's good. It's al
right There are too many people
anyway. What's the need of more.
Believe me, it's good business
producing people. Production goes on
all the time. Too many. It's great
business bringing people into the
world to starve. Yes, and what are
you laughing at Ito a Swedish wo-
man beside herr, the Swedes are pro-
ducing too much, too, and look at
us here all waiting to starve"
The agency woman comes in from
her office. All look awed and
breathless. Maybe Lady wants
a green girl-somebody just landed"
"Say," says the Irish woman,
don't she know there's been no
green girls for five years-don't she
know immigration is closed? She
must be pretty ignorant woman not
to know that. And, thank god, bless
the lord, immigration is closed-too
many people"
One woman says: '"They say
there1l be nothing doing until there's
new war"
well, hope it breaks out soon,"
says another.
Our Irish friend: what do you
want war for? Fight without know
ing what you're fighting for? And
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-12-19
SYRACUSE TOIIlEIRS
SUPPORT OUR Bill

SYRACUSE, N. Y. - Despite zero
weather, $50 workers crowded into
the Workers Center in Syracuse, and
enthusiastically endorsed the ma
tional ana local relief measures for
unemployment as proposed by the
Communist Party and the Trade
Union Unity League.
The large percentage of workers
present were native born workers.
Faces that have never been to other
meetings arranged by the militant
workers Of Syracuse. Twenty-nine
signed up Immediately for the Unem-
ployed Council, and plans are being
perfected for large demonstration
to be held before the City Hall, in
preparation for the Washington Con-
ference demonstration when the mil
lion signatures are presented to
Congress-
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-12-19
TygQytGlassCo.
Bosses SLAVE,
Drive Workers
by a Worker Correspondent

WASHINGTON, Pa.--The Tygart
Valley Glass Co. workers are sure
hard hit this fall as this company
has the latest speed-up system No
matter whether the worker is man
or young girl, he or she must keep
up with the pace, or else go home
because Inc slave driving bosses care
no more for their workers than stray
dogs on the street.
Most of the girls that work at this
plant must have extra dresses and
aprons at work due to the fact that
as the sped up is great they tear
their clothes. And if they did not
have spare dresses and no clothing
on hand more than one girl would
go home all tern TO rags.
Men and girls receive the lowest
possible pay in this valley.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-12-19
CZECH JOBLESS SHOW AN
INCREASE SINCE SPRING

PRAGUE-Accordin to official
figures there were $4,000 unem-
ployed workers in Czeehoslovakia at
the end of October, as compared with
$4,000 in the spring. These figures,
however, include only those workers
Who are in receipt of unemployed
benefit, or small fraction of those
who are unemployed The Prayer
Tageblatt" admits that there are at
least 100000 unemployed in the coun-
try. In reality the figures are far
higher. The Textile Workers Union
reports that there are 80 per cent
less workers employed at present thap
at the same time last year.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-12-19
SUTRO HOSIERY
STARTS I4AY0FFS
Weed Out Those Who
Can't Speed
(By a Worker Correspondent

PHILADELPHIA.-E. Sutro g. Son
is a hosiery manufacturing company
Even in the days when hosiery work.
err made a tolerable wage, Sutro and
Son knew how to keep the wages
low.
The company is housed in a dirty
building with poor lighting facilities
Altho the building was built in the
nineties, it must have been built
cheaply for it is in a state of decay,
that collapse seems close at hand
The plant" is located on E. Thomp-
son st. near Clearfeld st.
Many Layoffs.
Lately, the economic crisis COM
PEELED Sutro's to lay off many work
ers. Now some of these workers had
been working in the same place many
years.
New pretexts had to be invented
A glazing example is one young wo-
man who was called into the Office
She had been working there in the
dim light many years. How much
do you weigh" she was asked, One
hundred three pounds, she replied
well, we can't use you any more
you have to weigh LOG to work il
here"
She was good enough a few year.
ago at her weight, but now natter
are different. Layoffs are necessar,
and obviously you can't gain weigh
working at Sutro's.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-12-19
West Side Youth Clubs
Plan a Housewarming

NEW YORK. - The Youth Branch
of the International Workers Order
and the West Side Youth Club is Civ
ing a housewarming
There will be an entertaining pro-
gram, dancing until 1880 a. m. The
affair will take place at the head
quarters. 3342 w. Roosevelt Road,
Saturday December 20. at 9 p m.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-12-19
BRIEFS
Wireless By Imprecorr.)

wireless By Imprecorr.)
LONDON, Dec. 17.-Unemployed
workers marched yesterday through
the fashionable quarters of the city
to the Council Building where the
Deputation lodged demands for
Xmas relief,
The deputation was recognized and
was invited to meet for the Public
Assistance Committee tomorrow. The
demonstration marched to Hyde
Park where a mass meeting was
held. The Workers Charter Move
ment led the unemployed,
PARIS, Dec. l7,-Three thousand
tramTaymen in Lyons came out on
strike under revolutionary leadership
to secure the reinstatement Of VIC
timized workers, plus wage increases,
The municipality is trying to run the
skeleton service with scabs.
BERLIN, Dec. 17.-Yesterday there
were collisions in Nuremberg between
Reichsbanner and workers. Many
were injured. A Reichsbanner
stabbed bakers assistant, Junker
to death.
Yesterday the Bonn Fascists shot
at a group of workers. They acct
dentally shot a fellow fascist. A stu
dent was stabbed in the stomach.
Tomorrow's Fascist meeting at
Magdeburg, with Hitler scheduled as
chief speaker, was prohibited by the
police. The Reichsbanner, and Com
munist counter-meets were also pro-
hibited.
Yesterday Kunkel, a Communist
member of the Prussian Diet, was ar
rested by the Polish Police for adj
dressing an ironworkers' meeting il
Upper Silesia.
Today the diet unanimously adopt
ed a Communist protest resolution
instructing the government to lodge
protest demanding the immediate
release through the foreign office
with the Polish Government.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-12-19
AMAICAMATED REFUSES
TO JJNEONEZE If BOSS Los

CHICAGO, Ill. Dec. 1s.-Open re-
fusal to unionize the workers in
clothing firms where the boss is not
making as much profits as the Hill
man bureaucracy thinks he should,
was voiced here by high official OF
the Amalgamated Clothing Workers.
This official stated that when work
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-12-19

what did we get out of the last one?'
A Negro girl in the room breaks
out: What gets me is the way they
fool the people of other countries
into thinking we got prosperity here
and then they come here figuring
they'll get rich and what happens
to them-make slaves out of them
like they did out of us, only they
call it a nicer name"
II don't see many of us getting
chance to be slaves either says an
other.
Well-the more I see Of the bosses
system the harder I'm gonna work
for a workers government!
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-12-19
DEMAND BUNDLE OF
rs FOR WASHINGTON

We are in receipt Of the following
wire from A. Rowgitzky, Washington,
u. c.:
Send seventy five copies Daily
Worker daily to S. Shiuberg (address)
Would like to get papers early NOM
ing for sale on streets"
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-12-19
GALVESTON RIPE FOR
CIRCULATION INCREASE

Al Nc Bride writes" Send thirty
five copies to Galveston pronto.
Sentiment good. Look for a big in
crease in circulation in Treasure
Island Galveston. I am challenging
Kansas City, Mobile and New
Orleans"
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-12-19
RAISE SlO.25 FOR DAILY
| AT GOLDBERG FAREWELL

NEW YORK.-A group of workers,
mostly from the capmakers Trade
Union Unity League group, who got
together at Comrades Jones house to
celebrate Comrade Gussie Goldberg's
departure for the Soviet Union, took
iup a collection of $lo.25 for the Daily
|Worker after a speech by Comrade
tilenstein. who pointed out that the
DAILY Worker is one of the sharpest
Weapons in the hands of the Amer
bcan working class to put to naught
nhe i,,sidious efforts of our class enc
flnies to prepare the ground for an at
tack on the Soviet Union.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-12-19
DIT" DOT Fi7F I'M
TTTcT Phr'EETS
icy a Worker Correspondence

icy a Worker Correspondent
PITTSBURGH. Pa.--The people of
South Side Pittsburgh are terrorized
by the agents of the bosses who are
going under the name of govern
ment body, the keepers of law and
order in this city. Two of these
agents, Ed Mozer, a police lieutenant
and Goose" Guslan are the czars of
the CLEARING house and slot machine
rackets IN this city All their actions
are backed up by the ward council
chairman, F. Dingler.
Near the schools. children from 8
years of age are playing these games.
The Joints which have these slot
machines sell liquor to the girls who
get drunk themselves and act as
agents for all the DRINKS in the
neighborhood.
Cops Protect Joints.
Night captain Smitty McFerrlain
visits each of these joints in order
to make sure that they get sufficient
protection. Those operators of the
gambling joints are allowed tc do
whatever they please, the others are
Akiven out of town.
Not long ago F. Dingler the ward
chairman arranged banquet for the
benefit of the unemployed He used
the police to force the people to buy
at least $500 worth of tickets. He
threatened that those who would not
buy would be bounded out of this
| part of the city.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-12-19
CLOSED FOR A YEAR-HIRES
RACK 125

RICHMOND, Va.-After the entire
force of the Lavino Furnace Co.,
making ferromanganese, had been
laid off for whole year. the fer
romanganese and chemical plants
reopened, taking back but 1875
workers.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-12-19

One oil soc S Gus
toners is an old
and very poor lady
of IS years" writes
Alexander. "Shc
says that it is the
best paper she has
ever seen in her life.
A pretty strong
statement in this
church ridden town.
1 told him to tell
her about old folks
under Communist
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-12-19
JOE PENN CHALLENGES
DETROIT ON PERCENTAGE

H. P Alexander, of Jonesville, Mich,
writes in telling of the experiences
Joe Penn has had selling the Daily
Worker.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-12-19

The Daily Worker discloses the
complete circulation situation in
tables each Wednesday. Watch for
them. Study them.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-12-19
10000 Campaign Gathering
Momentum in Connecticut
Scattered Increases Come In

coming to that? But it is funny
kind Of competition when our OPP
pOnPnts help us TO beat them"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-01-26

has the war to pay for. The billions
of money borrowed from the American
people Is being paid back at the rate
of approximately q billion year. But,
in addition to this there are the ten
departments of Government TO be kept
going. Agents of the United states are
located all over the world. In every
foreign capital there Is q minister or
an ambassador with q star to assist
him. And in addition to that, at every
important port there is consul. Large
industrial cities have trade commits
sioners whose duties consist in advising
the washington Government Of what is
taking place there.
The scientific departments, Hike the
Department Of Agriculture, have men IN
far places, in the jungles of Africa, in
the wilds Of the Amazon BaSin-in
short, all over the matchmaking m
veStigations and learning all that there
Is to be learned which would be useful
to American farmers and business men.
How the Funds Are Raised.
All Of these activities cost money in
large sums. When IN 1917 the United
States entered the war the national
debt was q little more than q billion
dollars. With all the huge sums lent
to the allies and the cost Of sending
1000, 900 men into the Army. with the
tremendous program Of building ships
and airplaneS, buying munitions and all
the other war activities, total Of debt
was rolled up which makes it necessary
to pay back every year an amount equal
to what the entire national debt was
before the war. n.
But these Federal Government ex-
penses, In spite Of the war, have not
increased IS have the expenses Of the
States. For example, State govern
ments in 1927 spent 33.3 per cent more
than they did in 1928. County and
municipal governments spent in 1927
25.6 per cent more than In 1873, but
the Federal Government spent only AZ
per cent more. Nearly $4,000 600, 900
more was spent for ali governmental
purposes in 1927 than in 1923, and Of
this nearly $l,750, 100000 was expended
| by the local governments, with only
! $l84, 100000 being spent in addition by
the Federal Government. Most of the
money was expended by cities and
counties, their expenditures showing an
increase in 1927 over 1928 OF $l,31S,-
100000.
The States, counties and cities raise
their funds in various ways. Real
estate taxes account for q very large
part of the money used. The Federal
Government imposes no real estate taxes
whatever. That is peculiarly the pre-
rogative of local governments. Then
there are such taxes as those upon
automobile license tags and operators
/. permits. The States also impose gaso-
F, line taxes. Cities have various license
taxes for businesses. For example.
restaurants must take out permits and
pay 6or them.
How far the cost of government will
go Is matter for conjecture. Not only
Mr.. Coolidge but others as well have
warned against governmental extrava-
gance and declared that the breaking
point will be reached some day. Yet so
prosperous Is the Nation that 1t seems
that money always is forthcoming as
it is needed, and when governments call
upon their people either for taxes or
for loans the response is immediate
: and overwhelming
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-01-26
Tea and Politics.

To tea or not to tea is stirring the
woman politicians. Mrs. Nellie Tayloe
Ross, former Governor Of Wyoming and
at present vice chairman Of the Demo-
cratic national committee, Is aroused
thoroughly by the announcement Of
Mrs. Louise M. Dodson, new director of
the women's division Of the Republican
national committee, that she intends to
use tea as q medium to develop q
stronger Republican organization. Over
the teacups the Republican women are
to reach important political decisions.
To the former Governor of Wyoming
and the great wide spaces Of the West
where men are men" and the women
perhaps are not 30 much inclined to
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-01-26
CONE LAW"
BY THE RIGHT REV JAMES E. FREEMAN. D. d. L. D.
Bishop of Washington.

Tert, Exodus, Eti.49: "One ldtD
shall be to him that is honieborn,
and unto the stranger that So
joaTneth among you."
We are being admonished that our
cardinal and besstting weakness is law
lessness. When we are soberly reiec-
tive we all concede that law is indis-
pensable to our individual and cor
porats well-being. To be "a law unto
ourselves" means to set ourselves In
opposition to the well-being OF our
lneighborS. A household that rearS its
children in an atmosphere of irreSpon-
sibility, and carelessnesS of the rights
and privileges of others, is menace TO
the community in which it is placed.
A corporation that employs counsel to
interpret law to its own satisfaction,
or to evade and circumvent it for its
own selfish ends, creates disorder and
ultimately affects the stability OF the
large corporate interests of which 1t
is a part. We brand the individual
who wantonly disobeys the laws that
are designed for our social well-being
as an anarchist and destroyer Of the
veal and wealth of the community,
whose benefits he shares, but whose
obligations he refuses to bear. In 0
Nation as great and varied in its racial
deposits as this one, Nation that
stands for the highest expression of
liberty, there Is always the danger that
its ideals and traditions shall be set
aside and ignored by the alien, who
would impose upon it the customs and
practices and ideals of his home land.
Every now and again some one speaks
of converting our American observance
of Sunday in accordance with the So
called continental ideal of its observance.
AS matter Of fact, more and more we
are setting aside that which the fathers
Of the Republic gladly recognized and
reverenced, in favor Of that which we
import from lands in which the day is
neither recognized or reverenced. Again,
in other more recently enacted laws
law made by constituted authority and
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-01-26

skill Of the highest order was necessary
TO pilot the early-day machine.
Engines have likewise shown a very
distinct improvement. The introduction
of the radial air-cooled motor, which
did away with the complicated cooling
systems formerly used, made perform
ance Of unusual consistency possible
In this connection it is significant that
in the Army round-the-world flight a
few years ago the big motors were
changed after only so hours Of fight
but In the establishment of the duration
refueling record in 1929 one motor ran
continuously for more than 420 hours.
It is obvious that as planes and
motors are still further perfected human
failure will be the cause of a higher
percentage Of such accidents as &C.
cur. While the 'foolproof" plane
will never be constructed, ships of the
air will probably become so free from
structural and engine defects that the
human element will be responsible for
an overwhelming percentage of the &C.
cldents. In motoring this stage has all
ready been reached. The automobile
of today is just as safe as the driver
makes it. Motor car manufacturers
and airplane manufacturers seek to
improve their products, but, human ma
ture being what 1t is, there is little pros
pect Of comparable gains being made
in its betterment. So it is up to the
manufacturers to turn out the safest
product that 1t is possible to construct.
After they have done that the human
element will have to look after itself.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-01-26

the cheering cup of tea, this tea
drinking idea of her Republican oppo-
nent seems trivial and idle and lar too
feminine. The Democratic women are
much more interested, she says, in doc
trine" than in the teacup, more con-
cerned in what the Republican tarifi
threatens to do to the family budget
than in a pleasant gossip over the cups
that cheer but do not inebriate. DOC
trine," however, has a cold, harsh
sound, especially as substitute for
afternoon tea. Perhaps Mrs. Ross may
discover that tea. after all, has its uses,
even in the field of politics, Tea
played an important role in Boston
Harbor more than century and half
ago and upset a number of politicians
in America and in Great Britain. And
now there is row over tea among the
woman politicians, with some of them
inclined to view Mrs. Dodson's tea plan
as a noble experiment and others
attacking it.
Mrs. Ross takes the tea issue seriously.
She fears that If the women attempt
to mix tea with politics. the men will
hold them in contempt. So she has
put forth statement through the pub
licity bureau Of the Democratic national
committee, in which she announces her
doctrine" substitute for afternoon tea.
When was elected Governor Of
wyoming" says Mrs. Ross, some of the
newspapers that were shocked at the
advent of a woman in that position
suggested that the State House would
become the seat Of pink tea govern
ment." She fears that the advent Of
five o'clock tea as a campaign feature
would confirm rather than dissipate
such an unflattering opinion.
1t is not quite clear why Mrs. Toss
should be so disturbed over the tea
plan of her Republican opposition.
There is no present tariff duty on tea,
nor does there seem to be any plan
among the Republicans to impose such
duty, strange as 1t may seem. Perhaps
a national referendum on tea drinking
might be of assistance in settling this
important dispute.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-01-26
SHOOTING STARS.
BY PHILANDER JOHNSON

New Ceremonial.
The pages Of fiction
Display dereliction
'Mongst mortals Of various kinds.
The shy tender slances
OF youthful Fomances
No longer ale dear to our minds.
The bride quite securely
Refuses demurely
A promise that once seemed to suit.
No talk Of "obeying"
Is hers; she IL saying,
BE true to me, dear-or I'll shoot"
The cooking school teacher
May frequently reach 'er,
But that Is not all she win learn.
The serious fact is
She tries target practice
As heroines please her in turn.
This lass hercely Jealous
Won't weep when she's jealous,
Or NOPE in q sorrowing mute.
She gives warning merely,
And speaks quite sincerely,
BE true to me, dear-or I'll shoot"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-01-26

under our system of government-we
are admonished that those who seek
asylum here from foreign parts will
govern themselves according to the
habits and practices inculcated in the
fatherland. According to this dictunn.
there must needs be two kinds of law
one for the "homeborn" and one for
the stranger that sojourneth."
The ultimate test, not only of our
integrity as people, but of our stability
as Nation, will be disclosed by our
capacity to compel obedience on the
part OF the homeborn and the stranger
to the law of the land. Here again let
us insist that laws without ideals are
imperative. Nations are not made
stable and secure by law alone. essen
tial as this is; they are made secure by
recognizing and reverently observing
Ideals. II America is to grow more and
more pagan, II it is to renounce the
Christian principles reverently recog-
nized by those who gave 1t birth-yes.
by those who gave their lives in de-
tense OF its principles and idsals-then
we may readily learn, from the history
OF other strong peoples and nations, the
inevitable results. Just now we are
amazingly self-confldent. Our increas-
ing wealth, our man-power and our
horsepower have intoxicated us. Ac-
cord1ng to the recorded story of another
Self-confident nation it may be written
OF us, Every man did that which was
right in his own eyes" It is the part
OF folly for any man or any seemingly
secure corporate interests to look upon
the. present drift of things carelessly
and without deep concern. We may
not need a gloomy dean" to over
emphasize or overstress certain perils
that loom on the horizon. It only
requires little bit Of serious reflection.
modicum of common sense, q brief
perusal Of the history Of other peoples,
to make clear to us the supreme sig
nlflcance of the ancient word quoted
above: "One law shall be to him that
is homeborn, and unto the stranger
that sojourneth among Won