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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-01-03
MEN DROP ON SIX
DAY P. @. WORK;
FIRED AFTER RUSH
Vaunted Govt Relief
Is Now Over
by a Worker Correspondent


BROOKLYN, N. Y.-Out of ten
thousand who applied for jobs dur
ing the Christmas rush in the post
office two thousand were hired. In
the newspaper blurbs it was her
aided that every worker would get
from eight to ten hours of work. I
worked in the post office during
Christmas.
l started work on Dec. 10 at 10
o'clock in the evening, exactly six
days before Christmas, For the first
three days the amount of hours one
worked depended on luck or on
whether you had a good pull.
Those who had no pull worked any,
where between , to 6 hours The
first day men waited about seven
hours before they were given hours
work. 1t is unnecessary to add that
they were not paid for the time they
wasted waiting. The second day
more efficiency was used. Some
came in, worked two hours and were
sent home, Others worked a few
more hours and we're Shooed out
And 50 the first three days of UNI
employment relief were passed.
Terrific Speed-Up.
The fourth day we worked a full
eight hours. On the fifth and sixth
days we were allowed to work as long
as we wanted. The foremen were
even begging us to stay longer than
it was physically possible Through
out the whole week the speed-up was
terrific.
worked in the mailing depart
ment, with the various supers and
foremen from Firnin, the postmas-
ter, to Mcknight, another high
muck-a-muck, down to the ordinary
mongrel watchdogs did their stuff
The phrase rush 'em up" was the
order Of the day. With your face to
the wall, which contained about 60
boxes for mail which had to be clas-
sified, you ground out hour after
hour. No chairs were provided, al
though the regular workers have
these.
No Relief Given.
The only relief was the half-hour
lunch III lunch-room dirtier than
4 modern pig-sty. I asked a regular
clerk why he didn't come up to eat
with me and he answered that once
you eat in that joint you never want
TO do it again. Some workers tried
to catch their breath by going to the
toilet, but many were caught there
and Immediately fired and put on
a blacklist. 7 went to this filthy
toilet once and was told by watch
man that I'd have to keep moving
unless 1 wanted to be canned"
Most of the workers, unemployed
for months, tried to make up for some
of the lost time by working IA to 16
hours during the last two days. The
speed-up and working conditions IN
der the glaring lights, without a
chance to rest or smoke, were so bad
that three workers collapsed within
"a hours.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-01-03
FORM JOBLESS COUN-
CHS; FIGHT FOR JOBLESS
INSURANCE!

over the cost Of raw materials, of
about $57,6oo. For their labor in pro-
ducing this immense value, the Is
workers get 70 cents per hour, free
medical service, ETC., and consider
themselves pretty lucky, although
they are producing $3.50 worth Of
value per hour in return for. that
70 cents. % s., ID. G,
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-01-03
(By a Worker Correspondent

SEATTLE, Wash. Dec. about
a week ago new slop kitchen was
opened, known as the Sunshine
Club" The day it was opened pic
lures appeared in the Seattle star"
showing the staff of the kitchen and
the tables set for the unemployed
workers. The bosses had the auda-
city to state in the second picture
that the women and children were
to be allowed to sit while eating. but
the men had to stand up. They
hungry workers to sit while eating
the garbage handed out to them.
] went there to get a line ON their
handouts. found out the real pur-
pose of this fake outfit. About LOO
workers were lined up in the cold
waiting for their daily "slop." In
addition to the unemployed and the
charity" takers, there we're about
30 cops rSsesnk As the workers
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-01-03
Negro Ash Cleaners
Forced to Pay Big
Interest on Loans
(By a Worker Correspondent

N6y worker correspondent
PHILADELPHIA. - The workers
working as ash cleaners for the City
of Philadelphia at stable A, 9th and
Diamond SITS. are all Negro workers.
The heads of the departments are
all white.
The Negro workers due to exploit
tation by landlords, corner groceries
and other parasites as well as smal
wages, are nearly always in debt. This
white heads Of the departments knee
this and force the Negro workeu
borrow money, that is make theis
loans from them.
From every $500 lent them these
municipal shylocks charge" SIPS
The Negro worker must pay or he
loses his Job.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-01-03
fBr a Workers Corresnondentl

tBy Workers Correspondent
CLEVELAND, o. The Brown
Hoist Company which has the Hoo
yer stagger plan working was very
good" TO its workers this Christ
mas, First Of all those who work
In the shift that did not work on
Christmas do not come back until
Jan. 5. Second, all the workers were
given n calendar for Christmas
present: Inn - the gall of the
bossesl After a seriS . wage cuts
and. laying off and stagg,-'iug iihcy
haL@26e nerve to give calen4.f
totSeaa Ir pure christian spirit.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-01-03
Layoff Is Christmas Gift at the
Brown Hoist Company, Cleveland, O.

Once upon a time, some of the
workers recall, the company used to
give SIS gold piece or turkey.
The single men got the gold piece
and the married men got the
turkey. But--them days are gone
forever! Now the only thing they
get is the gate and its damn few
who are left even to receive the
calendar!
Net only the factory employees
we're cut or laid off, but half of
office force was laid al. .. few
weeks ago.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-01-03
NEGRO TUNNEL
WORKERS RISK
LIVES DAILY
TUUL Must Organize
These Workers
tBy a Worker Correspondent

(By a Worker Correspondent
NEW YORK.-While the Party at
the present time is considering seri-
ously the Negro question, we should
not neglect to begin in organizing the
tunnel workers Of the Patrick Nc
Govern concern, which is operating
the line from Yonkers all the way
down to Brooklyn, with II or Is
shafts, no less than $50 men work
ing in every one of the shafts OF
the tunnel.
The conditions Of work In them
shafts are unimaginable. I worked
in the silver mines and we used to
drill 6 holes at 6 feet deep, which
was called a days work, and in this
tunnel workers have to drill 9 holes
10 fet deep and tear down the ma
chinery and connections, load the
holes with powder, and blast, and
only then do they cali it q days
work. Yes, in order to do that they
drive you, curse you, fire you. yes,
if you will try to do the best they
will make you work hours and pay
YOU for 8, and do what they please
with you because they are working
for Jimmy Walker, and McGovern
and Jimmy are dancing every night
Many Killed, Injured.
Due to the fact OF rush work, seal
ing the ceiling Of the tunnel is not
done in the proper way, and many
get hurt and some killed. If anyone
is interested in Patrick MCGovern
concern and workers in them tunnels
go on Vernon Ave. in Astoria, where
they have their own private hospital
like affair, and you will see as many
as rs men, some with missing fin
gers, others with broken heads, and
still Others with smashed bones,
scratched faces and what not, COM
ing for the treatment, and when it
comes to get compensation, colored
people are treated worse than any
other.
Workers in the tunnels are com
posed mostly of colored workers.
A. F. of L. Wants Money Only.
There are five delegates of the A.
r. Of L. who come once in while
to try to collect initiation Of $50 and
dues, but they are not interested
when you tell them that they have
not been paid for overtime, or that
the safety of men in the tunnel is
in danger They are interested in
dollars only and they have hard
time to collect any money lately be-
caySe the colored fellows refuse to
be ~obbed of their hard-earned
money. I have never seen group
of people who can be more oppressed
in their performance of work than
these tunnel workers, and if our T,
U. U. L. is meaning business to Or
game the most oppressed indus
tries, it should at once begin to or
ganize them, and in organizing them
you VIII be organizing those who are
waiting to be touched only, and they
will all roll in.
They work three shifts, one begin
Ming at z q. M, one at 3 p. m. i'd
the ti2ird shift goes down at II p. m,
SO there is chance for all Party
members to participate in helping to
organize a group of the most op-
pressed colored people in the city of
New York.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-01-03

missioner stated awhile ago that his
office succeeded in collecting only 40
percent Of the claims against employ
ers and that it had no real means Of
making them pay the workers. Then
why he Is holding the job is no work
er's business. The robbing Of work.
en- and farmers will go on if they
do no organize themselves militant
ly into the TUUL and support the
Communist Party in its fight for the
proletarian republic.
Join the TUUL. Meets every Mon
day night at 110ls Second ST., Room
$50.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-01-03
(By a Worker Correspondent

(By a Worker Correspondent
FAIRHAvEN, N. IT YVES en-
ployed till Christmas by the Dean
Co greenhouses In Little Silver
N. J." an unemployed worker told
me.
work there was shoveling coal
or manure at a terrific speed.
Two men are expected to unload
q carload in less than day and
that means shoyeIling without
stop. Part of the time was there
I was washing manure, my arms
numb from being submerged -
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-01-03
Rose Greenhouse Workers Forced to
Work Amid Most Ensanitary Conditions

the elbows In Ice cold water. While
the work Is dirty there are no
conveniences for washing, not even
toilet is provided. And the men
are forced to evacuate outside In
full view Of q heavily settled
neighborhood and drink water
from pipes through which liquid
manure is pumped:.
The OUTFIT is owned by the presi-
dent Of the local bank AMI they do
splendid business selling roses from
60 cents to s2S q dozen. -
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-01-03
4. & H. PROFITS
FROM LOW WAGES
Stockholders Get Huge
Swag
(By a Worker Correspondent

Wy hOIhCI correspondent
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. the year
ending September 80. 1880 Horn and
Hardart Company of Philadelphia
and its subsidiary, the Automat Cor
poration of 4merica reported net
earnings Of S1,462,l61 after depreci-
alton, reserves and payment of Fed
eral taxes had been deducted. The
earnings were equivalent to $1493
per share. on $3.50 shares of stock.
Workers may we'll wonder how In
a year of acute economic crisis these
chain restaurants, cafeterias and au-
tonlats operated in Philadelphia and
New York could make such huge pro-
fits
Wages Are Low.
The answer is simple. Horn ana
Hardart make their profits from this
workers who work at Horn and Hard
arts and the workers who eat at
Horn ana Hardart's.
Mattresses receive IS cents per hour
to start with. Bus girls receive Is
cents per hour to start with. Sand
wich shop girls get 80 cents per hour.
Steam table girls get IS cents pc
hour very hard work..
Men and boys get the same except
coffee men who get from 80 to IS
cents per hour.
Prostitution Wages.
III the fancier Sandwich shops" of
this corporation which are run only
in Philadelphia H. g. H. pays sl2 per
week. The customers are supposed
to furnish the rest Of the tips which
on many q day amounts to as little
as a dollar
II Philadelphia every n & H. wait"
resc must be nanicured and hair
dressed once a week. whether they
need il or not and must pay II a
II, for the service at the cost OF
the waitress. This does not apply
to New York as yet and the Phila'
delphia mattresses are kicking.
The raises" such as they are, ara
more rapid In New York taNsn IN Ynta
ladnln1i ls-a-llse
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-01-03
Cloak Girls Get
Their Wages Cut
by a Worker Corresnondsnt.l

IBy a worker Correspondent.l
NEW YORK, - The cloak girls
IN the Hotel LenoX get low pay and
are threatened with big wage slash
at that, They work twelve hours,
standing on their feet all day, half
hour for lunch.
The cloak girls must stand lots Of
insults from the bourgeois customers.
The doormen also are threatened by
a layoff too. D."
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-01-03
CHASE ,J0BI,ESS
FROM THE DUMPS
Is Graft for the Petty
Officials
cBy a Worker Correspondent

NEW HAVEN, Conn.--While the
opponents Of the Soviet Government
are doing their best to create feel
ing of hatred amongst the workers
against the only workers country,
there is nothing in their own CAPT.
talist system that is not full Of graft
and corruption. This graft they try
to cover up.
Here in New Haven even the public
dumps are sources of graft. This Is
what one can see at these dumps.
They are situated on Welton Street
at the extreme northeastern end Of
the city. In close proximity is an
ether dump controlled by the town
OF Hamden. The uamden dump is
bossed by an eA soldier while the New
Haven dump is possed by an ex-cop.
Each of these men receive thirty
five cents per hour and they are en-
ployed every day in the week with
no lay off. other men that are en-
ployed at the dumps get three days
work every two or three months.
Chase Jobless.
The chain stores and other large
concerns dump tons Of discarded
wooden boxes, metal cases and hun
dreds of bottles. Many Of the unem-
ployed workers In this city would be
only too glad to use some Of this ma
terial but they are forbidden to do
so. The dump bosses chase them
and say that they come before any
unemployed because they served their
country. In this capitalist country
everybody comes before the worker.
These worthy bosses collect all the
wood and sell 1t to the poor people.
The bottles and metal are sold to
Junk dealers. The poor unemployed
are left flat. That's the way the
bosses government treats its workers.
Even the aaaAsa sprans are run by
svafterA
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-01-03
INDUSTRIAL INCREASE ON

ALBANY, N. Y. During the
month of September the deaths Of
1872 men and women as result Of
industrial accidents were reported to
the State Department of Labor. This
represents an increase of 81 over the
August total and is II more than
the September average for the past
five years.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-01-03
$3.50 Wage for
Phila. Mattresses
tBy a Worker Correspondent,

W 70 'IOANVI NUIAVopuuucAt'I
PHILADELPHIA. - Taking adj
vantage Of the unemployment stu
alton the bosses of many restaurants
in Philadelphia are paying girls as
low as $3.50 per week and tips, if
they can get them.
Eight dollars is now considered
good weeks wages in the average
Philadelphia restaurant. Night work
consists of ten hours nightly and the
highest wages paid per week for this
work is $40 per week.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-01-03
AGE LIMIT FOR RICKSHAU
DRIVERS

The Bureau Of Public Safety in
Shanghai, China, has fixed an age
limit of II years for drivers L.
censes" on rickshau, deciding that
youths under that age are mot suf-
ficiently matured to pull the one
man vehicles through the streets"
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-01-03
400 JOBS; 1000 APPLY.
By a Worker Correspondent

tBy Worker Correspondent
NEW HAVEN, Conn. - Four hun
dred subs were to be hired here to
deliver the surplus mail during the
Christmas rush and over 1000 unem-
ployed workers applied for the tenn
porary jobs.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-01-03

friends and another big one Christ
mas Eve.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-01-03

They work three shifts, one begin
Ming at q. m, one at 3 p. m. Id
the Third shift goes down at II p. m,
SO there is a chance for all Party
members to participate in helping to
organize group of the most op-
pressed colored people in the city OF
New York.
Evening star., 1931-06-16
Trace Meteor Fall Here
Shock Revived BY Weather Bureau After 23
Years-Siberian Saw Phenomenon.

. ting up on all sides the great wind
winch had stripped the forests.
Somewhere in the, course Of it's fall
the meteor had split into several frag-
inents, each Of which had penetrated
the earth like high explosive shell,
causing the earth vibrations which were
recorded on seismographs but which
were dismissed as those of slight earth
tremor The Russian geologists esti-
mated the total weight of the fragments
of the meteorite had been about 100
tons. They could obtain no informa.
ton as to its constitution.
Earth's Greatest shock.
Il was by far the heaviest celestial
visitor within recent times. The impact
might well have been one of the major
disasters Of history. Had its path been
little different. 1t might have fallen
in the heart of the modern City of
'Irkutsk instead Of the thinly populated
northern wilderness.
The recent announcement Of an Eng
lish meteorologtst that he had found
the disturbance recorded on barograph
records In England started the search
here, with the result that the time and
direction OF the hitherto unexplained
disturbance were found to check almost
exactly with what might have been cal
culated mathenatically from the actual
event. The fact the waves recorded
here came directly over the North Pole,
1t was explained, was because this is
the shortest distance between Northern
Siberia and Washington.
Evening star., 1931-06-16

Bullets Of stone were used in 1914,
leaden bullets coming into use shortly
before the end Of the sixteenth century.
Evening star., 1931-06-16

come valuable to us or to the tele-
phone industry. They already have
had experience, and in the next three
months they will be shifted from one
department to another, as quickly as
will be practicable. You will have to
ask them about their salaries. The
company does not give out personal
information.
Miss Native Sports.
"Sixty a month";" broke In Fernando
Ortiz Rubio, rather proudly.
That's right" agreed his brother.
The social life Of the various strata
of New York's society will not be
neglected. 1t was admittedly source
Of sorrow to Fernando that there would
be no bullflghtS in this vicinity during
his vacation, but his brother asked
hopefully If it would not be possible
to f1nd a cockfight in New York.
Informed that the sport was forbidden,
he sighed with resignation.
The young men have not yet visited
a New York SpeakeasN but they have
heard much about that institution and
intend an inspection before their
return.
I'VE don't know where to find one,"
said Guillermo, Solemnly, land we have
very few friends here"
They had no difficulty in finding the
theater district, however, and while
Fernando admitted a penchant for
musical comedies, his older and uuieter
brother said he preferred the drama.
Both are fond of base ball, and Fer
nando, who was welterweight champion
at college last year, inquired about the
coming prize fights around New York
Guillermo was more interested in golf
and tennis clubs.
Both like dancing and pretty girls,
and say that the Mexican restaurants
Of New York are myths because they
have no Mexican food.
What I would like" declared the
elder. would be some real mole de
guajalote and excellent enchilladas."
IT have been seeking well prepared
arroz la Valenciana," returned Fer
nando.
Impressed by Buildings.
Both boys are voracious readers
when they are at home, and pro-
nounced their favorite authors to be
Vargas Villa, Victor Hugo, Gomez Car
rillo and Luis de Val. They we're not
intrigued by English or American
writer's. -s $685. - q
They have been around the harbor,
and by now have found the high spots
Of the city. Guillermo Is most i'm
pressed by the skyscrapers.
But even If they caused US to get
lost in Brooklyn" grinned Fernando
Ortiz Rubio, my choices are the Hud-
son Tunnel and the Manhattan Bridge"
During the interview q brief refer
ence was. made to the recent tragedy
in Oklahoma, in which cousin of the
two young men and another Mexican
youth were shot to death. Instantly
the bright manner of the boys changed,
and the elder said, quietly:
"Of course, we were profoundly
shocked, but we cannot discuss this
because we have been directed to re-
main silent"
Copyright, 1881. by North American News
paper Alliance, 1nc.)
Evening star., 1931-06-16
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