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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-08-14
Bridgeport Shirt
Strike Holds Solid
A. F. of L., Socialists
Fail to Disrupt

BRIDGEPORT, Conn-Every at
tempt of the A. F. of L. and social
ist leaders to disrupt the strike of
$50 workers at the Mitchell Bros.
Shirt and Dress shop has met with
defeat. Mr.. and Mrs. Cederholn,
former socialist leaders tried to
cause disruption by bringing in a
group of college girls to distribute
right wing leaflets, but they were
Immediately removed by the strik-
ers. The Cederholms are known
for their assistance in betraying the
strike of the Stylecraft Pocketbook
shop here.
Sem Krieger, organizer of the
Trade Union Unity League and Gus
sic Weiner, organizer of the Needle
Trades Workers Industrial Union
are both out on bail after being
arrested for participation in the
picket lines. Their trials take place
Wednesday.
The strike is in the hands of a
committee elected by the workers
and has the full cooperation of the
Trade Union Unity League
The demands are: A minimum Of
$13 weekly, which is a so per cent
increase for most workers and as
much as rs to 100 per cent for some
operators. Recognition of their
shop committee. against unsanitery
conditions in the shops, for a five
day, 40 hour week, against speed up,
and against all bulldo7ing tactics on
the part Of the foreladies and bosses.
They also demand the return of all
girls fired because they could not
keep up with the terrific speed up
brought on when the boss became
member of the N. R. A.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-08-14

selves in power and tyranize over
the miners. II stceaG Snans . a.
lance. Of the corrupt union officials
with the operators against the rank
and file of the miners.
We stand for The mine committees
democratically elected by all the
miners.
With the majority of the miners
unorganized, ard with the existence
of at least recognized unions in
the field, the UMWA, the PIMA and
the NMU. all contracts signed must
include all the unions and not give
the monopoly to any one union. Es-
pecially in the mining industry where
there has been a tradition Of many
unions and where we have seen the
miners forming new unions such as
the NMU and the PIMA is it neces-
sary that all the unions shall be rec
ognized in the contract. In the IL
linois fields the workers are or
ganized N two unions. the UMWA
and the PIMA. In the Pennsylvania
bituninocs fields many miners be-
long to the NMU and wish to remain
in the NMU. In the fields of Utah,
New Mexico and E. Ohio, West Vir-
ginia there are thousands of miners
organized in the NMU. In the fields
in the North there are tens of thous-
ands Of unosganized miners. TIL
miners of Kentucky, Alabama and
other Southern fields are almost
completely unorganized. This en-
phasizes that there can be no mono
poly to any one union not even to
the UMWA which thus far has the
largest number in its organization.
We stand unreservedly opposed to
the open shop policy of the steel
trust and the big coal companies.
We however do not stand for closed
shop arrived at through top agree
ment of some officials with the OPP
orators without the consulting of the
miners, we stand for the closed shor
only when it is arrived at as result
of the decision of the nsa jority Of the
mi
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-08-14

for their sick family" she observed.
"We demand that no deductions
shall be made by the employers from
the miners pay for anything, that
the miners be paid in full in the
U. S. currency"
Borich declared:
The operators have increased the
wholesale price of coal in the last
weeks by 25c ton while wages on
the average have been increased by
only &c per ton.
Unemployment Insurance
1t is generally admitted that due
to overdevelopment of the coal in
dustry, the, development of new fuel
substitutes, the long hours of en-
ployment, the low standard of living
Of the masses throughout the coun-
try about one third of the miners,
or about 275,000, will never again be
employed in the mining industry.
This does not include the unemployed
and part time workers. Further
more there is constantly growing
output per man as result of new
naturalization schemes.
There can be only one answer.
The government and the operators
must provide for and pay unemploy-
ment insurance to the unemployed
miners. Many miners and taeir
families live on merely flour that
is given to them in insufficient guam
titles. There is no reason for this
situation in a country where there is
plenty of everything.
Company Towns
The company controlled towns EN-
body some Of the worst forms Of
slavery and peonage. The whole
life of the miners and their families
is dominated and controlled by the
compans and its agents. There are
no civil rights. The company Off
Gals and their company police rule
and tyranize over the miners. The
miners in these towns are not even
permitted to receive their closest
relatives and friends without the
permission of the company police.
In many instances even neighbors
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-08-14

work get &c per pound for halves
and &c for pieces, which brings them
from $3.50 to S2.75 most wages a
week. Working conditions are un-
bearable.
On July 26th a committee of nine
went to see the boss, Mr.. George G.
Papas demanding piece work at 12c
for halves and &c for pieces, 8-hour
day, A hours on Saturday, one-half
hour for lunch daily, equal distribu-
ton of work to Negro workers, sani-
tary toilets, no deposits on equip
ment, equal pay to Negroes and
whites and recognition of our own
shop committees at all times and the
right of the workers to join the Food
Workers Industrial Union.
Strike Called
He fatty refused these demands,
and the women went Immediately out
on strike organizing their picket
lines in front of the shop.
Thursday the picket line continued
with the help of sympathetic Negro
and white workers of the neighbor-
hood.
On Friday morning the picket line
was stronger than ever. Some scabs
tried to get in the shop, including
the floorlady, but the pickets did not
let them enter. A dozen of Maxwell
Street policemen attacked the picket
line. Eight workers were arrested,
four Of them women strikers and
four workers from the neighborhood,
two Negroes and two white. Women
were held two hours and released
while the men were kept in Jail and
bailed out by the international La
Dor Defense.
Raid by Red Squad
The Red Squad raided the head
quarters Of the strikers four times
that afternoon, clubbing workers ED
some of those known as
militant leaders.
Shultz and Adair of the Red
Squad, specialists in terrorizing mir
litant workers and the boss, Mr..
Papas, threatened the landlord of the
strike headquarters, who then re-
fused to rent the place any longer.
On Monday afternoon when the
pickets tried to stop the truck TAX
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advertisements in the newspapers
openly state that prices will rise
again and they are rising almost
daily.
Opposing the code of the coal
operators who are supported by John
l.. Lewis, president of the United
Mine Workers of America, Frank
Borich, president of the National
Miners Union presented the code of
the NMU at the hearings here yes
terday.
Agnes Steer of Library, Allegheny
County, member of the women's
auxiliary of the National Miners
Union, denounced the company stores.
"All the miners are forced to deal
in the company stores" she said,
though prices are much higher on
all the necessities of life than in
private stores. To force the miners
to deal in the company stores the
coal operators in most instances
have abolished the payment in the
US. currency and have instituted
the company money generally known
as the company scrip. This scrip is
good in the company stores only.
"By forcing the miners to deal in
the company stores the operators
are robbing them of at least 25 per
cent of their earnings. Families
that receive checks, are | so
forced in many instances to go to
company stores. Due to this policy
most miners receive no money for
their hard labor.
Therefore, we demand the COM
plete abolition of the company store
in all mining towns"
The operators, she said, have also
system of deducting for doctors
and other similar things from the
miners pay.
"Yet when miner, his wife or a
child is sick it is impossible to obtain
service of these so-called doctors and
the miners are forced to pay for an
other doctor if they want services
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-08-14
Pay Of Post Office
Substitutes Cut IS
p. c. Johnson Is Told
$4,000 Send Demands
to Administrator
of MIRA.

WASHINGTON, Aug. 13.-General
johnson has received letter, en-
dorsed by $4,000 post Office substitute
workers, pointing out that on top
Of drop Of so per cent in their
earnings, these workers have been
given a Is per cent wage cut by Roo
sevelt. This represents a total cut
of rs per cent.
The letter was sent TO the admin
istrator of the NRA by the National
Association of Substitute Post Office
Employees, and demands a code for
these workers.
"The past two years have seen
more than so per cent drop in
our earnings" says the letter to
General johnson. I'm 1928, we
averaged $1,000 and in 1881, $1,000.
At present our average wage
over the nation is less than $3.50.
Yet the government has seen fit
to reduce what little we earn by
Is per cent, and this, over a reduc-
ton of 81 per cent for the retire.
ment fund.
Inc puruen OF all economy ana
efficiency measures have been borne
by us to such an extent as to leave
us in critical position, economic
ally. We find ourselves unable to
buy the bare necessities of life be-
cause of the fall in our income. Adj
ded to these burdens, the substitute
carriers are forced to maintain two
uniforms"
Among the demands presented, by
these post Office workers are: All
substitutes to be appointed to regular
positions. Withdrawal of the is per
cent cut. All substitutes not ap-
pointed to regular positions be guar
anteed minimum wage of $1,000 a
year. Substitutes to work not less
than 4 nor more than hours day.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-08-14

E1ntion 10 the popular talk on the
NRA, as most Of it is propaganda for
the workers. Behind the scenes the
bosses are told not to pay much at
tsntion 10 the codes, but to do as
they please. y
The letter statess
Washington will no doubt wink
at certain attempts of fixing lists
and discounts, which under the pre-
sent law should be called Illegal.
"On the other hand, we have been
definitely advised that Washington
does not intend to read over, en-
dorse and then enforce the thous-
ands of little local codes covering
small industries or minor branches
of large industries"
They urge the readers of the letter
not to discuss it publicly saying:
"Please understand that we are
giving you our thoughts on this sub
ject and must ask that you refrain
from expressing your opinion in
local circles or when you find every
little branch of bushes trying to
organize under code which they
are foolish enough to believe Wash
ington will accept"
Proof that the big auto companies
will not increase their total payrolls,
but will speed up, and cut down
higher paid workers is shown by the
two following main points in the
letter, referring to all branches of
the General Motors:
First. They must make up for
additional cost brought about by in
creasing the payroll at the bottom.
"Second. If loyalty, willingness to
work few hours overtime and extra
effort still means that some more
help must be taken on to have all
the work within the DO hours maxi
mum time, we as a company must
look at our total cost and simply
divide certain amount of money
over the total number of people it
takes to do a job"
From this it is very clear, that no
matter how many workers are hired,
the total payroll will be the same,
all the workers will be asked to work
overtime to be '4oyal."
At the beginning the secret letter
of General Motors tells it's branches
to contemplate certain staggering
of help, and even though you might
not at once be able to work a 40
hour maximum week"
They wind up saying: "Please do
not publish the fact that this might
result in great dwelling out of
wages, so that a large number Of
people may have employment at
least at minimum wage rate rather
Than permit smaller number divid-
ing the work as consequence of
getting more money for their SER
vices"
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-08-14

The company has also gotten the
following war orders: A $122,422 Or
der to supply haterodyne frequency
meters and crystal control calibrator
equipment fcr the navy; $17,97o order
- ~'7~'7'1 ofrc-aft transmitting equip
ment for the coast guard; an order
Tor subway type transformers for the
air corps at Wright Field; an order
for coast guard erlplifiers,
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-08-14
ALL. Heads Try to
Organize Co. Union

MILWAUKEE, wis, August Is. -
American federation OF Labor off,
Gals have openly come out IN this
region az agents of the companies in
the formation OF company unions.
This was revealed last week when
400 workers Of the Fa1k Co., manu-
featuring machinery, were asked by
the company to elect representa-
tives Monday, July II with the
bosses. On Sunday the eight Me-
tai Trades Unions Of the A. F. of L.
called the Falk workers to a meet
ing in Waukesha Inn on the ques-
ton Of the company union. The
chairman of the meeting was a
Socialist Labor Party sympathizer.
He made a pretense Of democracy
and called for speakers. But about
seven A. F.. of L. business agents,
including Nickerson, International
vice-president of the Machinists,
monopolized the floor for four hours,
not allowing anyone else, even the
workers from the shop, to speak.
Proposes A. F. L. Men Be Elected
Nickerson proposed that instead of
the workers voting in the elections
for someone from the shop, they
should vote for A. F.. of L. business
agents, including Friedrichs, Oil,
Handley and other state officials Of
the A. F. Of l.. If the workers had
done this, it would mean that the
A. F. of L. business agents would be
Incorporated directly into COM
pany union.
The same thing was proposed two
days later in paper mill at Com
bined Locks, Wis, showing that it is
h regular policy Of the A. F. Of L.
Il At Combined Locks the scheme
y was put forward by AL Benson,
Socialist and former Milwaukee
sheriff.
The A, F. of L. officials talked for
several hours to the Falk workers
and persuaded many of them to sign
up for the union.
Members of the Metal Workers
Industrial Union In the Falk plant,
and Of the Communist Party, imne-
diately drew up leaf1et showing
that the A. F. Of L. leaders were CO.
operating with Falk Go. The S. M.
w. I. U. called on the workers to
elect representatives from their own
ranks; to hold meetings drawing up
their demands; to compel their re-
representatives. to present these de-
'mands to the company; and to back
the demands up with further organi-
cation and with q strike If these de-
'rands are not granted.
The result Of the Ieaflet was
that the FAX workers when they
voted on Monday, repudiated the
A. r. Of L. and put up their own
candidates for representatives.
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with Jnem, OCnef IMAM Inrouyn
the State troopers and police, until
the strike had been broken. Reply
ing to the offers of the strikers to
call a truce in order to permit the
setting up Of board to study their
grievances, Lehman said;
Il recognize no truce. When
the strike is definitely called off,
but not before, / shall be glad to
do all in my power to see that the
Milk Board extends a hearing on
the matters presented"
Deliberately concealing he real
cause of the strike, the miserable
starvation prices paid to the farmers
by the big dairy companies, Lehman
denounced the strikers as follows:
"This is no organized strike. 1t
is not the usual conflict between
worker and employer. 1t is strike
to nullify authority of the State
ITSELF"
A similar speech over the radio
was made by Senator Royal S. Cope
land.
Farmer Replies
In reply to these attacks on the
strike, Stanley Piseck, one of the
local strike leaders and dairy farm
er, sent the following telegram to
Copeland.
Dear Sir: You stand shamed in
the eyes of the farmers of the
Upstate. When a man of your
standing becomes a rubber stamp
of the damnable forces that d:ssi-
pate the honest labor of the men,
women and children on our farms,
it is a sorry day.
For two weeks we begged an
opportunity to present to the Gov
ernor and legislature facts and
figures that cannot be disproved.
Thus far this has been denied. The
millions of dollars of the nation
wide Dairy organization which
you spoke for last night are being
used, with the aid of the armed
forces Of this state to beat down
the destitute farmer and force on
him an unjust price"
Signed STANLEY PISECK.
Letters from the workers in the
towns and cities of the strike area
are pouring into the offices of the
local press, pledging support of the
strike and the strikers. Thus far,
only the Utica Daily Press, liberal
paper, has dared to print these
letters.
Lehman, who made it clear that he
supports all the decisions of the Milk
Board, is directly connected with the
big milk monopolies who are grind
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-08-14
Boss Signs NRA, Then
Raises Working Hours
from IL to 16 Each Day

NEW YORK.-A sixteen hour
working day at wages formerly
paid for a twelve hour day Is the
workers share Of the NRA Code
in effect at the Columbia Plush
Company, McKibben St., Brook
lyn.
Before the adoption of the code,
workers had a 72-hour week at
$17. Now, with the NRA sign in
the window, they work 16 hours on
shift for the same wages.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-08-14
Striking Miner Asks
for the Daily Worker
to Help Build Union
tBy a Worker Correspondent

UNIONTOWN, Pa. - I am letting
you know how the H. C. Prick is
treating Fayette County. Please let
me know why thsy are stopping the
Daily Worker in U'liontown.
We put our Union back too much.
II you can send me about 10 papers
We will try to bind OUT Union up
We still haze a local in Uniontown.
If you send the papers, we can find
some good news in the paper.
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Do YOUR part to establish the
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Secret Letter Tells the
Auto Bosses How to Hit
Workers With MIR A
Total Payrolls Will Not Be Increased, But
Loyal" Workers Will Be Worked Over
time, and More Speed-Up Coming

privately letter
automobile circulated by the General Motors
poEasion the Workers Union
letter Daily Worker They tell the
kadera Of Corporation
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-08-14
Lehman on Radio Tries
to Break Milk Strike
Local Farm Leader Replies, Denouncing Milk
Trust; Communist Party Pledges Aid

Ex-Governor a
strike of the milk farmers entering the third
Discarding his
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-08-14
The G. E. Wage Raise Hoax

SCHENECTADY N Y, Aug TO- The General Electric has adj
vertd widely that has granted But this
into
the form of a "group insurance and pension plan"
This a per
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UNEMPLOYMENT RISES,
WAGES DECLINE, BUT R.R.
OWNERS INCOME GROWS
Canadian Pacific and Natl Railways Workers
Ready for Strike Vote Against Pay Cut
By LABOR RESEARCH ASSOCIATION.

nearly employed
roads than 1892 S15OeooeO
period according to latest figures these railroads had
their operating in
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-08-14
Chicago Nut Pickers Get
as Lou as $1.5O per Week
National Pecan Products Co. Gets Red Squad
to Attack Workers Striking Against
Starvation Wages
tBy a Worker Correspondent

enthusiastically accepted by the
of the striking pkers Of
the National Pecan Product Co, 18th and Lafin SITS.
40 white employed White
working piece
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10000 Miners Watch Capital AS NA1U Presents Demands

CONTINUED FROM PAGE oNE)
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1933-06-29

Glen Smith and William MCGEE left
Sunday for Hackensack where Mr..
Smith will visit few days at the
MCGEE home.
Mrs. E. B. Snyder was a Tracy
visitor Wednesday.
: Ole Kaale and son, Ross, motored
to Alexandria Friday on a. fishing
trip. They returned Saturday eve
ming.
Mr.. and Mrs. Glen Meyers and lit
tie son of Walnut Grove were Lam
berton visitors Sunday evening at
the home of Mrs. Meyers parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. E. B. Snyder.
Mrs. Eva Dickinson who spent the
winter with her son, Fred Dickinson,
at Sanborn and her sister, Mrs. E. B..
Snyder of Lamberton, left Sunday for
Montana to visit her daughter.
John Bittner who is employed at
Butterfield spent Sunday with his
family.
Mr.. and Mrs. Irwin Wegner and Mr..
and Mrs. w. P. Keller left Thursday
to attend the Worlds Fair at Chicago.
The Misses Lucille. Vivian, Juani-
ia and Aileen Grundt left Saturday
for visit with relatives at Aberdeen,
South Dakota. -
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1933-06-29

ed home Wednesday from Minneap-
oils where they had been to attend
commencement exercises at the un-
iversity.
Mrs. E. Anderson of Hendricks is
visiting at the parental Albin Ander-
son home.
Alma Nelson and brothers, Karl
and Miriam Wilson went to Buda,
Illinois to visit friends and will also
attend the fair at Chicago before re-
turning.
DR.. and Mrs. E. Jameson and
daughter, Doris, returned Thursday
from Chicago where they had atten-
ded the Worlds Fair.
Mr.. and Mrs. C. M. Virgins and
daughter, Dorothy, of Springfield Wis
tied at the G. H. Fordham home Sat-
urday night and Sunday.
Mrs. L. T. Ellefson and Mrs. Albert
Danielson and son. Robert, who have
been visiting at the home of the for
mer's daughter, Mrs. Smith at New
Havon the past week returned home
Saturday. They were accompanied by
Mrs. Mozart of Minneapolis who is
visiting at the A. Danielson home.
Mr.. and Mrs. C. w. Bulen and
mother, Mrs. Masters, were Marshall
visitors Thursday.
Mrs. Lutte Addison is i'll at her
home.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Prail and DR..
and Mrs. T. w. Prail and children at
tended the wedding of their neice,
Harriet Dimmel, at GAINESVILLE Tues
day.
Miss Lenora Virgins and Wallace
F. Kron were married at the home of
the brides parents, Mr.. and Mrs. j. P.
Virgins, Saturday evening by Rev.
w. E. Brann. They will live at Mora,
Minnesota.
Mr.. and Mrs. C. M. Virgins and
daughter, Dorothy, of Springfield, Mr..
and Mrs. Bruce Bell and family Of
Mankato and Mr.. and Mrs. Mozart
ney of South St. Paul and Mr.. and
Mrs. Clarence Johnson of South St.
Paul attended the Virgins Kron
wedding Saturday evening.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. E. McComb ann
ounced this week the marriage of
their daughter, Carrie McComb. to
Leo V. Glib of Lucan. The marriage
took place March 80, 1888 at the home
of the brides parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
j. E. McComb with Rev. George Ham,
ilton officiating. They will make
their home at Tracy.
Miss Luella johnson was married
to R. G.. Shaeffer Tuesday at p. m.
Brides maids were Gladys Gilpin and
Elsie Peterson of Walnut Grove while
Edwin Larson of Tracy and Clarence
Johnson of South St. Paul were the
groom's attendants. Rev. o. j. Govig
officiated. They left for a wedding
trip to Winnipeg. After their return
they will make their home at Balaton.
Miss Bonnalyn Butcher of Bigelow
and Jerome Brudeli of Revere were
united in marriage Wednesday at 2:
80 p. m. by Rev. Jackson at Sibley,
Iowa.
Mrs. julius Arnold, So, died at the
Tracy hospital Friday at a. m. after
lingering illness. Funeral services
were held Sunday at the home and at
the Trinity Lutheran church in John
sonville. Burial was in the Johnson
vile cemetery.
Mrs. Arnold leaves her husband,
Julius Arnold and seven children be-