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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-09-16

NEW YORK, N. Y.-How would you
like q trip to the Soviet Union?
The competitive spirit aroused by
the Daily Worker Financial drive
among the workers of New York is so
high that the City Committee Of the
Daily Worker has decided to give
some grand prizes. Among which is
a trip to the Soviet Union.
The voyage to ''the land where the
workers rule will be given to that
organization which does the most
work in the drive. The organization
in turn will give the trip to the in
dividual member of the organization
who does the most active work.
The second prize is library of so
volumes of MarXist-Leninist books,
published by International Publishers,
the value of these books is over $100
The third prize will be library of
25 volumes of MarXist-Leninist books
There will be six additional prizes.
No organization whose quota is less
than $3.50 will be eligible to receive
either the first OF second prize.
The City Committee announces that
the contest will officially close with
the planned DailyWorker Banquet. All
donations received by the City Office
of the Daily Worker from the various
organizations will be credited them on
the drive. The only money that will
count on the drive will be that which
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-09-16
Seamen Face More
Hunger in Code
Given by Bosses
Seamen's Union Officials Aid In
Move to Put Over $40 Month
Scale for Sailors

ported code once the conditions nm.
der which American seamen work
become known to him." Endeavoring
to get the seamen to place their con-
t1dence in the general and MIRA, Az
tell conceals the fact that Oleander Is
on MIRA and that the MIRA itself
admits it accepts only the codes pro-
posed by the bosses.
He further states, IT fear that
thousands of seamen will walk OF
American ships What is to be
feared" by the seanen If they do
walk Off and tie UP American ship
ping and enforce their demands?
Nothing; but Axtell voices the ''fear"
of the bosses, whom he really rep
resents.
Axtell goes on to state that the
IS.U. is in favor Of three watches,
but opposed to four watches. Why is
the I.S.U. opposed to four watches?
This would mean more work for the
thousands of jobless seamen. 1t is
looked on by sailors International
as one OF their major demands.
Following this opposition to four
watches (and when did the I.S.U.
ever fight for three, or for anything
beneficial to the seamen, for that
matter?) Axtell advances an unheard-
of, utopian demand" Eve are for
the carrying of extra men In case Of
sickness or accident among the crew"
Axtell states. He doesn't state
u-l, atl,or nv. not {bora v,oav, 49, T.. -
paid and thus leaves the door open
for legalizing workaways. The real
demand is for full time off equal to
any such work done, and payment of
overtime, along with increase Of the
manning scale as demanded in the
code of the Marine Workers Indus
trial Union.
What must be donea The Marine
Workers Industrial Union has already
had its code endorsed by over 1000
Seamen and endorsements are still
pouring in. 1t did what no other
labor organization has been able 10
do: forced General johnson to hear q
delegation authorized to present iH
code.
The code submitted By the MwI.U.
calls for the payment Of the 1899
Shipping Board scale, increase of
manning scale by 50 Ia per cent,
and a MINIMUM YEARLY PAY AT
THE Alb. RATE OF $3.50 or $625.0o
a year for 40 weeks, no ,workaways,
full time off for extra work because
no navigation needs, etc. It provides
the right to strike and to enforce the
demands at any time, no discrinins-
ton because of race, color, creed, age
or sex.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-09-16
School Again

School Is on! Thousands of us
children have come back to school
from summer vacation"
Everything isn't as rosy as the
newspapers say. They have cut down
the budgets for school purposes. Wen
bet they have cut down lot in your
school.
We want you TO write in what has
taken place in your school since you
left it last spring. Have they cut
out any activties2 Have they shut
any Fairgrounds? Did the teachers
get pay cut2 We will print the best
letters describing what has taken
place IN your school.
We are especially interested In
knowing whether OF not they give
free food or clothing In your school;
and also what you are going to do
about it. We want letters from Pho
neer troops telling us what they are
going to do in The schools.
Which will be the nrst troop 10
write in? Who will be the first Pio-
neer to send in letter about his
school and what Is going on there?
Please don't forget to write TO us
on what they are doing about the
NRA in your school, and how you
are going to fight against the Blue
Vultrre in your school. Don't be
afraid! Let's start big campaign
for free food and clothing for chill
dren of unemployed and part time
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-09-16
BY JOHN ADAMS

The new DEAF is on it's way
for over 100000 American
seamen and it is opened with
deuces from the coolest deck
ever dealt.
The American Steamship
Owners Association proposes
$4,000 month as the minimum
wage for able bodied seamen, and
equally low wages in all other de-
partments. This announcement is
greeted with indignation" by Silas
AXteI Victor Oleander and the other
traitors of the International Seamen's
Union.
One would think that they had
nothing to do with the drafting of
this code, yet the contrary is the
fact. The proof?
Victor Oleander, vice-president of
the I.SU. and head" of the alleged
Great Lakes section, was drafted onto
the National Recovery Administra-
ton board as the representative" of
the Seamen.
The New York Times of Sept.
states that several shipping men,
representatives of the prominent pas
senger and freight lines, have been
invited to Washington to talk over
the code with Shipping Board men
and William Davis, NRA deputy"
Oleander was then member of NRA.
Not word of what was going on
in these secret conferences was given
to the seamen. Joseph P. Ryan, head
of the racketeer ruled International
Longshoremen's Association, and
Oleander were invited and attended,
while representative of the Marine
Workers Industrial Union was refused
admittance.
AS late as Sept. II, Davis sent a
letter to the MWI.U. denying that
any code was submitted or that one
was expected within the next two
weeks" Yet on Sept. IA she capital
list press announces that a code is
ready for submission.
The gentlemen heading the I.S.U.
are reported to have held a meeting
in the office of Axtell. At this meet
ing they authorized Axtell to be their
spokesman. Axtell was disbarTed by
even the corrupt courts of New York
for his defrauding seamen in acct
dent cases.
With a record like this behind him
Axtel stated: 81 do not believe that
General johnson will accept the re-
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-09-16

this small strike would not have been
carried on successfully. One of the
main weaknesses of this strike re-
suited from the failure of the Phila-
delphia T.U.UL. and Party to under
stand this fact, and the consequent
weak mobilization for support of the
struggle.
The strike of the Diamond Cement"
followed by one on the "Cornore" for
higher wages, reused the seamen in
many ports, and already there are
indications that many other ship
crews are preparing for action.
LongshOremen Swing Into Action
The progress made among the long
shoremen since the convention has
been the most encouraging since the
birth of the union. Nine hundred
longshoremen are on strike in st.
Louis, under the leadership of the
M.WIU., for an increase in wages.
Several hundred of these have Or
ganized the st. Louis Branch of the
MWI.U. In Savannah several hun
bred Negro longshoremen have APP
a.. IL J.
One of the most significant strug-
giles carried through in this period
among longshoremen in Norfolk re-
suited in winning relief for unem-
ployed members.
The mass struggles, long maturing
in the marine industry, are rapidly
reaching a head.
Sentiment for the M.WI.U. has
never been stronger and campaign
for the recruiting of thousands OF
new members is being launched. Quo
taS are being set by each branch, and
the utmost attention being paid to
the consolidation of ship groups, the
maintenance of close contact with all
ship groups, in preparation for the
calling of conferences in the near
future to discuss action on a mass
scale.
In order to carry through the tasks
Immediately confronting the union a
campaign has been launched for a
$1,000 Fighting Fund. Such fund
is Immediately needed and all work
erS and sympathizers interested in
building a revolutionary union in the
marine industry should join with the
Seamen and longshoremen in sup
porting this fund. Collections should
be taken up aboard ship, at meetings
and affairs, and sent Immediately to
the National Office, Marine Workers
Industrial Union, 14o Broad ST., New
York City.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-09-16

a lettering or wages and conditions
in the marine industry. The present
longshore scale for coastwise long
shoremen is from 40c to Csc per hour.
The lila. deep water agreement calls
for 75c per hour straight time. In
dependent companies pay as low as
Csc per hour. The number of men
employed in loading and unloading a
ship has been reduced by half. The
amount of cargo these men must
handle has been more than doubled.
Safety and sanitary provisions have
been practically eliminated, and graft
and favoritism are found on every
dock and in every gang. The
Marine Workers Industrial Union
continues to organize these groups
and campaign for rank and file con-
troll of the lila. At the same time
the M.WI.U. is actively working to
organize the unorganized and to de-
velop dock and action committees to
struggle against the already miser-
able wages and conditions and for
the demands of the rank and file
longshoremen contained in the rank
and file Iongshoremen's "code." The
longshoremen are moving! They will
answer the attacks of the shipowners
with the workers weapon which is
being used everywhere. The long
shoremen will strike! Our task is to
prevent the rank and file from being
isolated from the coming struggle
and to isolate the takers Of the LILA.
by developing an understanding and
acceptance of the correct class-strug-
gle policy, methods and tactics OF
St11Ipc1e
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-09-16
and Longshoremen Rally Against Slcve Code
Marine Convention Laid the Base
For Future Victorious Struggles

this program of action would be
realized.
Prior to the convention, and during
the entire period of the crisis, par
tial struggles, mainly defensive, in
volving few workers. were carried
through by the MWI.U. Since the
convention, for the first time in many
years, struggles for an increase in
wages, improvement of conditions,
have taken place under the leader
ship of the M.W.I.U. These attempts
mark the beginning of mass strikes
in the industry, offering the POSSIBLE
tiles of rapidly building a mass Ma
rine Workers Industrial Union.
The code of demands for the ma
rine industry, covering seamen, long
Shoremen, harbor workers, worked out
at the convention has received wide
popularity in all ports.
Mass support OF these demands,
and strikes that were being conduct
ed, forced General Johnson to give a
hearing to the delegation authorized
to present them. The MWIU. dele
cation was the only trade union that
succeeded in forcing an interview
with johnson and in breaking the
silence of the capitalist press in con-
nection with delegations representing
T.U.UL. unions.
The Strike of the Diamond Cement
The strike of the Diamond Cement,
which forced SIS increase in wages
and improved conditions, had far
reaching effect although it directly
involved only Is or 80 men. In sup
port of this strike, united front of
thousands of seamen and longshore-
men, employed and unemployed, Ne
gro and white, was formed. Although
Baltimore officials of the lila. were
opposed to the strike, the rank and
file supported it. A crew of unem-
ployed shipped from New York re-
fused to work the ship when they
reached Baltimore.
The strike of the Diamond Cement
was carried on in the ports of Bal
timore, Philadelphia and New York,
and q mass boycott declared against
one shipping shark because of scab
herding.
One Of the distinguishing features
Of this strike and most strikes in the
marine industry, is the fact that this
small strike Immediately involved the
masses in other ports and necessitated
a prompt reaction by the M.W.I.U. in
at least four ports. Without a func-
tioning apparatus in these ports even
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-09-16

Wet Union who would be glad to cor
respond with troops over here :. i.
Pioneers at the MIRA parade on
Thursday said that 100000 was a
pretty big number, but that all the
marchers were forced to march (. !.
At our demonstrations workers come
because they want to :. and one
tenth the number make ten times as
much noise and show hundred
times more pep than forced parade
of 100000 /. and the bosses didn't
get that many anyway :. workers
who could got out of it ;. and why
weren't pamphlets sold and leaflets
given out by our comrades along the
lines7 The band played Happy
Days Are Here Again" but more than
one spectator said Merits :. We've
gotten lots of letters from Pioneers
who were at Pioneer camps this sum-
mer, telling enthusiastically of their
activities there Now to carry this
same spirit into the schools . f. The
Pioneers of Camp Wo-Chi-Ca put on
a swell entertainment last Friday
night Everything about it was
good, including the discipline :. :.
Here's a problem in arithmetic; if
ten workers in workers demonstra-
ton can make more noise than a
hundred in an MIRA Parade, how
many times more noise than the
whole MIRA Parade can few Pho
neers singing the international"
make? :. Last, is this column too
Winchellish for Pioneers?
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-09-16
FAULTY WINCHES
KILL DOCKER
Safety Law Ignored in
Olympia, Washington
(By a Worker Correspondentl

Wy q VNUIACE OOlTCSpOlluCubI
A few weeks ago Paddy Morris and
Bjorkland, LILA. delegates, held a
meeting in Olympia with 10 men
present. At that time they told the
men that the MIRA gave them the
right to join labor organization.
Several weeks later Tom Evans, man
ager for the Olympia Stevedoring Co.
also held meeting. He told them
that hey had the right 20 organize
under the NRA, but they could join
either the lila or build a company
union like the Loyal Legion of Log
gers and Lumbermen. Bjorkland and
Paddy Morris got the group to apply
for charter.
This is the first time any lila.
organizers have been around here.
Six years they had a charter but the
organization died off. They never
conducted struggles and the workers
left 1t alone. But now, with the
Company'S permission, they are active
once more. On the Norwich City four
years ago they were handling such
heavy loads that gear and four booms
ana mastS were pulled down. Yet,
these lila fakirs never even let
peep out of them.
Two weeks ago on the T. & O..
Liner a winch driver was killed while
handling a deck load. On this ship
the winches are sticky and hard to
control, never overhauled, and are
working with sticks dashed to the
valves, the oiler goes around with
wrench in his pocket, a can of oil,
looks at the winches with the yowl
of the officers ringing in his ears:
Let Go! Winch drivers, when hand
ling a deck load are by law supposed
to stand on platform above the
load, but this is not done so this
worker was caught like rat in
trap and killed. The lila did nothing.
HI. Jackson,
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-09-16
Seamen Church Outfit
Makes Woman Slave;
Charges Her For 1t
by a Seaman Correspondent


MARCUS HOOK, Pa.-Hyar Fellers:
Passing through Marcus Hook the
other day, I stopped by the Sea-
mems Church Institute and got talk
ing to some of the fellows there I
met. 1t seems the SCI has a new
racket. On investigation this is what
found out
About six weeks ago an engineer
and his young wife bummed their
way in there from Galveston and
asked for relief. They got relief for
a couple of days and then the en-
gineer caught job on Sun Oil
Tanker. The Holy Racketeer promised
the engineer he would take care of
his wife.
This is how he did it. He gave
said wife room in the Holy of
Holes CHATS the SOC joint, not the
Csc one. They are kept SEPARATED
He got her to do the housekeeping
and cleaning of this dump which is
a days work in itself any day, and
she kept the place clean and made
beds there, doing nice job by all
accounts.
few weeks later the husband came
back and the Rev. had the colossal
cell i p-..1-3-iss him bill which in
Guided the light and gas bill, for his
wife's room and board. Needless t.
say he didn't get it.
The Stroller.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-09-16

the longshoremen marched from an
open air meeting held by the Marine
Workers Industrial Union to the IL.
A. Hall, and there demanded an open
meeting to discuss the negotiations and
to act upon the proposed agreement.
This opposition, although broad IN
character, was without leadership.
The LILA. officials were able to iso-
late the militants and sign the new
agreement. Despite the looseness OF
the opposition, the LILA. officials were
unable to stop its growth, and as the
militancy increased the takers sought
new methods to keep control. A few
meetings were called, but at each OF
these meetings the demagogy of the
leadership failed and motions were
made and carried by the membership
to remove the leadership. The off,
Gals declared the motions 'unconsti-
tutional' and hastily adjourned the
meetings.
This Elgh-handed procedure weak
ened the position of the bureaucrats
SO they resorted to their lace in the
hole" revoked the charter of Local
ZIG and established a new Local
1891 with the same officials. Members
were accepted into the new local on
an open charter" basis but the mill
tants of the old local were refused
membership under any conditions. A
large group of members of the old
Local l116 tried to secure the renewal
OF the charter International Presi-
uent Joseph P. Ryan answered with
ev&sions at first and finally with a
dcgmatic refusal to even carry on any
further correspondence.
For ten months the new local has
held no meetings.
--~ Polly Baker, International vice-preS-
ident of the lila, is the Interna-
tional delegate of the port Of Phila-
delphia. Recently using the MIRA IS
an organizational weapon, Baker has
placed extra delegates upon the
waterfront and launched member
ship drive. The loading and unload
ing Of deep water ships in Philadel-
pflia is done by contracting stevedore
companies. These companies main
tain the LILA, which, with a regis
tered membership of 2,100 members,
collects dues from an average of
sbout $50 men month. These COM
panies have now started rumors that
they are signing up under the NRA
nnd raising wages. At the same time
Joseph Ryan, president of the LILA,
is called to Washington to confer
WITH shipownerS and NRA officials on
& proposed marine code.
TIE purpose OF this NRA propa-
canda is TO Iull the longshoremen
ilto sitting peacefully by while new
f2reement adaptable to the marine
code is prepared and suddenly foisted
rScn them. To do this, the MIRA
{ Icisl-, shipowners and LILA. Off
{ as ere working hand in hand; but
in TIE meantime wages remain the
safre and speed-up has been in
creased upon the docks.
u The 1cng5horenen will not accept
s1.cel1s. wage cut or further worsen-
] 10 C their conditions. The nature
81 the new agreement and the code
h is icing prepared by the ship
z nc.s IS probleriatical. II IS safe
T. 2seuire, however, that neither the
fcla nor the new agreement will mean
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-09-16
Here and There

lie Red Star Troop of Brooklyn
had an affair for the Scottsboro boys
at which they raised S.. They plan
to raise money for the New Pioneer
and the Daily Worker in the near
future A troop out in Michigan
wrote to the Red Stars whose letter
describing its activities appeared in
the Daily few weeks ago, asking
for information rs to how to start
these activities In their own troop
-. Lucy Pavlovsky, an Always
Ready News Reporter from Detroit,
writes Of the plans of her troop for
the opening of school and wants to
know what other Pioneer troops are
doing along this line =. What are
you doing, troops? =. The New Pho
neer wants Pioneers to send in more
drawings =. They should be done In
black ink The Pioneers of Lanes
vile, Mass, wanted uniforms but had
no money. They started selling re-
freshments at all affairs given at
the Workers Hail. Now every Pho
neer in the troop wears spruce blue
uniform to demonstrations We
have addresses of several troops of
English speaking Pioneers in the So
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-09-16
tBy a Seaman Correspondent

Aboard Fellow workers: This 10000
ton ship, Santa Elena Of the Grace
Line, is operated on deck by 8 ABS,
4 Ordinaries and the Bosun. They
work two twelve hour shifts (you
couldn't call them watches) but &C
tually work only about 9la hours of
the twelve at present. This trip they
fired the two salon deckmen, SO we
will find the shift pretty well filled
up. Besides, they gave the Bosun and
Ordinaries cut. The Bosun was cut
from $65 to $3.50. The Ordinaries
got a dollar taken off their $780,
They won't cut the ABS till later,
when the OS. has got used to their
cut.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-09-16
DON'T CALL THEM WATCHES ON
GRACE LINE" WRITES SAILOR

The Qusrtermasters work four on
and eight off, but the watch below
is broken into with field day of
four hours shining brass and clean
ing woodwork, or anything else. So
they work 12-hour day too.
Last winter Mr.. Grace was blessed
by the Pope because he gave his
ships Saints names, and Clipped in
a chunk of dough for the church
That blessing is passed on to the
crews in the form Of more work and
less pay.
What these ships need, and some
Of us are working for, is three
watches full crews and full wages like
the MWIU calls for In its code of
demands. AT B.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-09-16
Wages Low, Overtime
Plenty On COastwise
By a Worker Correspondent

PORTLAND, Ore. - Fellow Work.
ers: We are here on the intercoastal
freighter Sidney M. Hauptman. She
is not any worse than any OF the
other intercoastal freighters. The
eats are pretty fair, but the deck
hands get plenty Of overtime and no
time back. The wages are $45 for
Seamen and firemen, Oilers $50 and
BoatSwain (signed on as Mainten-
ance Nam S55. So, we think this is
about the average.
Chairman, Ships Committee.
Tell your friends about the new
6-page Daily"
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-09-16
~ Doctor
,LAAHnqeh
n11Ga:

date neighborhood. The writer Is
member Of the I. w. o. and will
consider it privilege to speak before
the Youth Section-in Manhattan OF
the Bronx. rhr
BoiIs ono
p. K.-Newark: Boils are assesses
Oh the skin. They are due to germs
CASUALLY the staphylococcus) which
enter through the hair folicles. Irri-
tation of the part favors the multi
plication of these germs and some
boils attain respectable" sizes, If
improperly treated, they may cause
blood poisoning. The pus from one
boil may infect another part of the
body if scratched in by infected
finger nails or when the pus Is
allowed to trickle down. Observe
meticulous cleanliness, live on q
vegetable diet and drink plenty a
pure water. If this does not help,
have your blood examined, you may
need treatment by what is known ~
autogenous vaccines. Anybody who
can suffer from boils and retain his
sense Of honor. as you dc. deserves
special medal.
Csnse q steriiitv
Mrs. z. T., Chicago: II Is tnpos-
sibble for physician to guess Why
you have no children. We are writing
you privately for more detailed In
formation, but even then we doubt
whether we could venture, anything
but poor guess. One can become
pregnant without experiencing any
feelings; witness the women who
were raped during the war. Is there
no. physician in Chicago that you
could trust? go
-fsNt
Readers desiring health infornatiss
should address their lstters to DR.. Papl
Luttinger, co Daily Worker. Is =. 1ash
&C., New York City. ,.,..,