The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-07-07

III Cne CdCSKlllS.
Let us take Fleishman's, one of the
largest resorts in Catskills. The
walters must be students. Special
care is taken that they be handsome,
well built, and excellent dancers.
Why? They are required to enter
tain the small boss parasites when
they come to 'recuperate' For this,
besides their work as walters, they
get the magnificent sum of one dol
lar for the whole summer! If they
complete the season, they get $25
bonus, If they quit, they get no.
thing! When the season is far ad-
vaneed conditions become so I'M
bearable that they are usually forced
to quit.
Eighty Cents a Day.
Or take the Furst Hotel. The boss
offered to hire waiter for S25 per
month. That's bad enoughl But the
experienced workers know that he
will not keep a worker for the whole
season but wanted him for July 4th
week END. Therefore the worker he
had hired was to get 80 cents day,
and what day
In the whole of the Catskills, there
are four well-known employment
agencies. Agencies are known among
workers to be cracked. There are
four agencies, Elkin Scheineman in
Woodbridge, Meadoff in Monticello.
and Feldman in So. Fallsburgh. = I
will take Feldmans since 1 spent
much of life time the;e. They have
small ramshackle store in which
they sell candy, cigarettes, etc. The
place is equipped with a kitchen and
meals are served. Up above the store
are rooms which are let out to those
who are seeking jobs. Now, here
is the racket. They do all they can
to get the unemployed to hang a.
round SO that they will eat Gf they
have the money! and sleep in the
rooms.
I don't think they had ten jobs
for the July 4th weekend, but their
place was full. Everyone is darling
sonny gentleman
In this way she squeezes the last
dime out of the unemployed.
What are some of the jobs that
the Feldman's had? One worker, ap-
parently a Russian, about six feet tall
weighing about 100 pounds, strong,
healthy, was offered a job as handy
man general slave) for $40 a month.
In addition he had to know gasoline
engines and how to drive a truck.
He didn't fill the requirements. He
didn't get the job!
Maids, $40 Per Month
Another job for a girl :. cham
Der maid to care for "a rooms Ga good
days work. at $40 per month. In
addition she was informed by the boss
that she would have to help in the
kitchen. He wanted to make her as
sistant cook or something like that.
Typical Hotel
1 want to describe a typical hotel.
Take HENDERSON Hotel at So. Falls
burgh. The sixteen mattresses sleep
in rooms under the social hall. There
is one toilet and two wash sinks for
about 40 people that are CHARTERED
there. The noise from the social hall
keeps them awake till about one
o'clock. BY that time they are so on
edge that they can't sleep. Their
work starts at Gas a. m. They work
for about II hours with scarcely time
to change uniforms and wash.
Bosses Fear Workers
The bosses fear the fighting mood
of the workers. When Hotel Work
ers Club was organized, they were
scared out of their wits. The diff
culties are great but can be overcome
with proper methods. There are many
revolutionary workers, employed and
unemployed. Mary are sympathetic
workers who have at one time or an
other participated in or belonged to
revolutionary organizations and ac-
tions.