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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-08-11
OUTPUT UP s. Pc;
WAGES DOWN 1P.C.
Cost of Living Rises,
Says Labor Bureau,
Incorporated

NEW YORK.-Wages have drop
ped in the last IL months while pro-
duction went up, said the Labor Bu-
reau, Inc, in it's bulletin facts for
workers just issued.
Covering the year June 1882 tc
June 1898, they say that production
rose 55 per cent, employment rose 9
Der cent, but wages dropped one per
cent,
At the same time the cost of living
is going up.
Using the semi-annual govern
ment figures of the change in the
cost of living, the Labor Bureau, Inc.
has brought up to date "the require
ments in terms of dollars for the
minimum health and decency' and
the skilled workers budgets. De-
pending on the locality, the cost OF
living for a family of five on the
minimum basis this June ranged
from $1.558 in Schenectady, N. Y,
to $1,988 in San Francisco. For a
skilled worker the range ran from
81 1877 in Reading, Pa, to $2,603 in
New York City"
Under the codes the workers wages
in every industry are cut down to
about half of what the government
bureaus say is necessary for mini
mum health and decency."
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-08-11
ANOTHER FOREST
YOUTH Is KILLED
Falls Under Roller.
Skull Crushed

PROVIDENCE, R. 1.-THE con-
stantly mounting list of forced labor
dead has added another victim.
Charles Baxter, 20, was crushed to
death in Camp Burlingame, under
meath q tone-ton roller used to level
off the ground.
Makeshift ropes and pulleys were
connected to the huge roller, and Is
boys were dragging it over the uneven
ground. The momentum of the roller
gradually increased until the boys
were forced to start running in front
to keep up with it. Baxter slipped
and picked himself up. He was run
ming with the center rope in his
hands. He slipped again and this
time the roller passed over him,
crushing his skull and body.
He had been cutting brush when
he was called to assist the other boys
on the roller.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-08-11
Officials Try to Blame
Lifeguards for Death
of 7 Orphans at Beach

NEW YORK-An attempt was being
made yesterday by Anthony Babiak,
assistant District Attorney of Queens
County to shift responsibility for the
drowning of seven children at Edg-
mere Beach, Tuesday from the ex-
ecutives of the pride of Judea Home"
to the lifeguards at the beach.
Babiak announced that he had
called upon S. Meredith Strong, SUI
perintendent of Public Buildings and
Offices in Queens, to produce records
of the activities of the lifeguards I'M
der his charge.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-08-11
Sentence Commodore
Workers | to Is Days,
But Strike Goes on

NEW YORK, Aug. 10. - Three
workers arrested last Friday at the
demonstration of striking workers OF
the Hotel Commodore were sentenced
today to / to 10 and to is days in
the Tombs prison.
These militant workers were ar
rested along with "a others, who were
released Monday after the demons
tration of the striking food workers
of the Commodore had been brutally
attacked by police. The workers,
Roberto Snleja, Frank Boud and
Ramon Salavia, are active members
CT the Food Workers Industrial
Union, which intends to continue the
struggle for the recognition of the
strikers demands, in spite of police
terror instigated by the Commodore
management.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-08-11
"Took a Poke or Two
Out of Their Captain
By a Worker Corresnondenll

BROOKLYN, N. Y.-The train on
which I just returned from the West
was graced By the returning, angry
disconnected, enraged forest workers
whom Roosevelt sent to plant trees,
but who according to their own tale
spent more time fighting with the
authorities.
Five New York boys were on the
car I was on They all. had dis
honorable discharges. They had
"ganged up" and taken "a poke or
two" as they put it. out Of their
Captain at Camp Furnwood in Idaho.
They were telling the truth as all
the other lads in the car knew about
it too. Also they showed me their
papers. These men were not class
conscious but just naturally pugna-
cious.
They said the food was rotten, as
did all the boys. They stated that
the camps in that region were ra-
pidly being depleted Of men due to
the discomfort. Also that medical
service consisted in the main of &C
pills. iodine and aspirin. One Of them
made the remark that he thought
the Government did not care a damn
for them as they were just unem-
ploueA
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-08-11
WHAT'S ON
Friday

DANCE, MOVIES, PARTY, Film Photo
League, pm. Adm. l0c. 220 e. i4th st
MARGARET COWL, member OF MOPR
Russian /. L. d. for 5 years. on THE
WORK OF THE MOPR," at Tom Mooney
Br. LID, 8is Broadway. $3.50 pm.
FAscIsM vs. THE DICTATORSHIP OF
THE PROLEFARIAT-Jule Karsten, Labor
Temple. l4th St. and 2nd Ave. Auspices
F.S.U. Downtown Br.
MUSICALE at DR.. Greenstone's, 3572 d.
Kalbe Ave, Brooklyn. Entertaining pro-
gram has been arranged, refreshments
served. Moshulu Br. F. S. U. $50 PM
!, REGISTRATION FOR OUTING TO CAN'T
KINDERLAND, Aug. 10, by Harlem Pro.
gressiye Youth Club. Round trip ST. 1888
\ Madison Ave Register in advance to BE-
sure OF . seat.
AN ENGINEERS REPORT ON TWO
YEARS WORK IN THE SOVIET UNION
Ben Levine. $50 pm. Sholem Aleichem
Auditorium s4si Giles Place, Bronx Aus
pices Sholem Aleichem Icor Committee.
Adm. free.
STEVE KAToyIs BRANCH I. L. D., I'm
portant meeting, 95 Ave. B. pm. sharp.
Adm. membership books onlyl
LECTURE-Will the Recovery Act Solve
tho Problem Of the Working Glass? Harry
Wcks, Bronx Workers Club, 1910 Boston
Rnad Small 49,
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-08-11
RathrObe Strike Still
On AS Bosses Grant
Only Partial Demands

NEW YORK.-The strike of the
bathrobe workers, under the leader
ship of the Needle Trades Workers
Industrial Union, entered the 9th day
with the workers of a number OF
very important shops joining the
strike. A conference between the
strikers and the bathrobe contractors
took place last night at the Hotel
Martinique.
The union and the strikers de-
manded an increase of 20 per cent in
wages and a reduction of eight hours,
without a cut in wages and the re-
cognition of the union. The associa-
ton agreed to recognize the union
but offered a Is per cent increase
in wages, which the strikers refused
to accept.
The strikers held a mass meeting
yesterday in Irving Plaza, where they
decided to settle only with such
shops that grant the immediate 20
Fer cent increase in wages and the
reduction in hours and to continue
the strike against those that refuse.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-08-11
TO SPEED DRESS
STRIKE IN HUGE
MEET MONDAY
Workers to Gather at
Cooper Union Hall

NEW YORK.-A huge strike mass
meeting of dressmakers will be held
at Cooper Union Hall, 9th st. and
Fourth Ave, on Monday, Aug. IA, at
5 pm, called by the Needle Trades
Workers Industrial Union, Dress De-
partment, to speed the strike against
sweatshop conditions in the dress in
dustry in New York
The strike meeting call was de-
cided on after an enthusiastic shop
conference of dress workers held on
Aug. 9, where it was decided to ap-
prove the call of a strike in the
dress industry. A committee Of 100
dress workers was elected to coop
crate with the trade board of the
union to organize the strike. A 81
tax assessment was made and all
union members are urged to pay their
dues four weeks in advance to pro-
vide powerful strike fund.
Thousands of leaflets are being is
sued to all dress workers in Italian,
Yiddish and Spanish, calling on all
workers in the trade to join the
strike.
1.-THE sweatshop conditions must
go!' says the leaflet. "All dressmak-
ers, Negro and white, all nationali-
ties, left and right wing, must unite
in one general strike"
The Dress Department OF the
Needle Trades Workers Industrial
Union has strike headquarters estab-
lished at the following places: New
York, 131 W. 28th ST.; Bronx, 1882
Third Ave; Brownsville, 1878 Pitkin
Ave; Williamsburg, COL Broadway.
The International Ladies Garment
Workers Union is making fake man
euvers and talks of strike, hoping the
government will step in, and through
arbitration bolster up the right wing
takers.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-08-11
CHARGE FRAUD
IN CLOAK VOTE

NEW YORK. - Representative of
local 8. International Ladies Garment
Workers Union, who are on the re-
ferendum committee, are challenging
the results of the baIloting for the
selection of the piece-Work or week
work section of the new cloakmakers'
code. They declare that it was not
referendum but an outright swindle,
charging serious Irregularities at the
polls, which made the vote 2-1 in
favor Of piece-work.
Workers were intimidated and ter
rorized at the entrances of the yari-
Gus polling places. Those workers
who were known to be in favor of
Week-Work had their ballots spoiled
or torn up. A broken wooden box was
provided for the balloting, and ballots
could be deposited through the break,
as well as the regular opening. Re-
ports also came in that dress cutters
were brought in to vote at the code
referendum.
Committee members who favored
week-Work were removed, and others
put in their places. This was the
case with the three members of the
five representing local l, and the en-
tire representation of local 40. The
executive of local 9 will demand a
new balloting under the control of an
impartial committee.
The stcppage of the cloakmakers
was announced by Mr. Klein, man.
ager of the Industrial Council, the
manufacturers organization, for next
Monday. The workers are wondering
why the bosses manager knew about
the stoppage before the union mem
bers were informed about it.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-08-11

measures to be taken by the Brother
hood in regard to the unemployment
situation facing the carpenters.
The concrete measures adopted by
Local 1851 and sent out to the 1860
locals of the International for action
by members of these locals include
the following proposals:
Measures Proposed
1. Exemption of unemployed menu
bers from regular dues, and keeping
them in good standing.
@ Cutting the high salaries of the
officials to the prevailing rate in the
industry. Reducing the numbers Of
the paid officials and cutting the
general expenditures.
8. A struggle for the payment of
the prevailing scale of wages on all
city and relief jobs.
4 A struggle for Federal Unem-
ployment and Social Insurance at the
expense of the government and the
employers.
The communication of Local 1851
points out that the carpenters trade
has been extremely hard hit by tho
crisis and by changing conditions
such as metal taking the place o.
wood
Inability of unemployed members
has caused many to be dropped from
membership, thus weakening the
union. In May, 1926, the Brother
hood had 415,000 members. In May,
1888, there were only 102,655 mem
bers, less than one-fourth of the 1926
membership.
Maintain Big Salaried officials
Yet in the face of this, the reso-
luton of Local 1851 points out, the
Brotherhood is still maintaining an
apparatus of high-salaried officials
with enormous expenditures.
Amendments to be voted on to
carry out the concrete measures pro-
posed in the resolution of Local 1851
would reduce officers salaries from
$500 week to SOS, and $3.50 to $50 and
would also change the constitution to
include organizational measures for
volunteer union work, and for the
struggle for the payment of the pre-
Vailing scale on city and relief jobs,
and would call for mobilizing the
membership for a fight for a system
of Federal Unemployment Insurance
at the expense of the Government
and the employers.
Another amendment also provides
that when a member is employed
for less than five days month, he
shall be kept in good standing and
given a working card upon payment
of 25 cents month.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-08-11
Bosses Get Wire from
johnson and Hold 2
IncOnnmunicadO

ST. LOUIS, Aug. 10.-The first
prosecution under the MIRA and the
use of federal courts against the
strikers took place here when after
wire from General johnson, the
Levin Metal Co., where 300 work
ers are striking, cooperating with
the federal authorities ordered the
arrest of two strike leaders, Bill
Sentner, Trade Union Unity League
Secretary, and Sol Ovlan, active
strike relief assistant.
Both these workers have been held
incommunicado in prison by federal
authorities.
The arrests took place when the
company officials received a wire
from General johnson declaring
that the strikers were violating the
NRA, especially the no strike edict
Of Roosevelt. The action was taken,
also, because the strikers had Joined
the Steel and Metal Workers IN
dustrial Union.
Almost the entire crew of the Mil
ender and Sons Leather Co. were
organized into a red union Over
20 Mississippi waterfront workers
Joined the Marine Workers Industrial
Union last night The union is
launching a drive to organize all
barge workers.
The A. F. of L. officialdom is in
furiated over the failure to split the
ranks of the workers. Instead, 300
Monsanto Chemical workers walked
out of an A. F. of L. meeting. A
large number of these workers joined
the chemical workers industrial
union.
The A. F. of L. officials are for
intervention of the government.
In the meantime legal attacks
were made in an effort to pull
wagons loaded with finished iron and
brass material out of the plant OF
the Levin Metal Co., on the ground
that it was designed for the U. s..
War Department. The Levin Metal
Co. manufactures war material. The
strikers succeeded in keeping the
locomotives out Of the companys
gates, also winning over the rail-
road sWitchmen who refused to
switch the cars.
Rapid organization Is going on in
steel and other industries here in
response to the strike of the Levin
Metal workers.
Thirty men of the Shanfield Iron
and Metal Co. struck yesterday, and
the boss is now signing up an agree
nlent of 35 cents an hour and re-
cognition of the shop committee OF
the Steel and Metal Workers IN
dustrial Union.
Company officials requested the
arrest of Setner and others, promis-
ing support to the police against the
strikers and workers choosing to
join the industrial union.
The Party has boldly appeared
from the beginn'ag of the orgaiiiza-
tional drive.
The Levin strike leadership an
swered the company and A. F. OF l..
leadership by calling. on more work
ers to join the Communist Party.
Ten strikers have already Joined the
Party and formed shop nucleus.
A call is being sent out to all
workers to send cash or food relief
to the strikers on the picket lines to
Deluxe Hall, 1902 Walnut Street,
East st. Louis.
Protest resolutions are being sent
to the President Roosevelt and 70
the district federal court. against in
reference with the rights Of the
strikers, and demanding the release
of the jailed strike leaders.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-08-11
Sentence 4 Today
Who We're Framed

NEW YORK-The four militant
workers Of Coney Island who have
been framed because of their aeti-
vities in fighting evictions, are to
be sentenced at the Magistrates
Court, 9th Street and Surf Avenue,
Coney Island, this morning. Judge
Hershfeld, who is noted for his pre-
JUDGE towards workers and who pres
ided with obvious unfail1ess at the
trial which took place on Wednes-
day, will render the sentence.
The defendants Bessie Horn, Pau
line Horn, Leminoff and Kramer,
who were arrested on June rs on
various charges ranging from as
saut to disorderly conduct, have
been selected by the police as Eek
amples," in an effort to terrorize the
workers active in the neighborhood.
Workers are called upon by the
International Labor Defense, which
is defending the case, to pack the
courtroom in order to demand the
unconditional release of these milit-
ant fighters.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-08-11
2 St. Louis Strike Leaders Are
Arrested for "Violating NRA"
Many Features in
Saturdays Issue

"The Sordid Scene in Chicago"
a first-hand description of the So
called Century of Progress" will
be one of the highiights of the
Saturday feature page
OF especial interest in the same
issue will be an article by Earl
Brewder, General Secretary of the
Communist Party, on the forth
coming anniversary of the Party.
Other features on the literary
page of Saturdays paper will be a
review by Harry Cannes, DAILY"
staff writer, of "MeIIOn's Millions:
The Biography of a Fortune" by
Harvey O'COnnor. On the same
page will also be found a review
of current Soviet fiction, movie
notes, and other features.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-08-11
Assaulted Policeman"
Is Charge on Worker

NEW YORK. - Framed on the
charge of having assaulted police
man at the Home Relief Bureau DEM
onstration at Belmont and Christi
opher Streets which was held on July
81. Dan Rubin is to be tried at the
Magistrates Court, Pennsylvania and
Liberty Avenues, this morning at 10
o'clock.
Sophie Fishman who protested at
the brutal beating of Rubin by the
police was also arrested and charged
with interfering with arrest
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-08-11
Shoe Repair Workers
Meet to Plan Code

NEW YORK.-The new shoe repair
department of the Shoe and Leather
Workers Industrial Union, which al
ready has $50 members, will meet
Sunday, 10 a. m, at Irving Plaza
Hall, Is st. and Irving Place.
The bosses association which met
this week decided on code of So to
$22 for the highest skilled workers.
In opposition to this the Union pro-
poses scales of t18 to s35. They now
work seventy and more hours pei
week for as low as $1A
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-08-11
Workers Thea. Holds
Conference at Midyale

NEW YORK.-The political and
artistic program Of the League OF
workers Theatres was the theme of
the two-day regional conference held
at Camp Midvale, N. j.
Fifty-one delegates and guest dele
gates attended the conference, rep
resenting the Workers Dance Group
the New York Pen and Hammer, the
Youth Cultural Committee of the
International Workers Order, the
egohn Reed Club dramatic group OF
lNhiladelphia, the Cleveland League
OF Workers Theatres and Other
groups.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-08-11
2 Girl Sample Card
Strikers Beaten and
Arrested by Cop, Thug

NEW YORK. - Two girl sample
card strikers were brutally beaten by
a policeman and gangster in front of
the J. Widen Company, ITO Fifth
Avenue last night, and then arrested.
The girls, who are striking with
sample card makers throughout the
city, were taken to the West saith
Street night court for arraignment.
While the policeman used his club
on the girls the thug welded black
jack.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-08-11
Miners to Picket All i.
Indiana Union Mines
Observation-Disclosures

CLINTON, Ind.-Strikers at the
u. S. Steel owned mine, Benson
No. 4, voted to picket all union
mines within the area, in an eff
fort to close down the mines. AS
result of the killing of Sam
White by guards while he was
pipketing the Benson mine, the
workers have been aroused to 4
fighting mood.
Penanti, United Mine Workers
of America organizer, tried to stop
the picketing vote from going
through, But the rank and file
pushed his opposition aside
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-08-11
2 COney' Workers Are
Railroaded to Jail for
Defending Ped er

NEW YORK-Two workers, Harry
Tense and Isadore lien were rail-
roaded to jail yesterday when they
ing of peddler on the Coney Island
Court on a framed charge of 'inciting
to riot" Sentence will be passed in
the same court Monday, August 81.
The two were arrested July 16
when they protested the brutal beat
ing of peddler on the Coney Island
beach by policeman.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-08-11
1900 NOW OUT in
SLIPPER STRIKE

NEW YORK.-It is estimated that
1900 slipper workers are now out in
the general strike called by the
slipper section of the S hoe a n d
Leather Workers Industrial Union
Four more shops joined the strike
yesterday.
The strike committee, whose head
quarters are at Manhattan Lyceum,
66 E. 4th ST., called upon all workers
yesterday to join the strike without
waiting for the committees.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-08-11
50 WIN STRIKE
IN WHITEG0ODS

NEW YORK. = Fifty white goods
workers of the Anchor Underwear
Co., won a thirty per cent wage in
crease, recognition of their union at
the end of their strike yesterday I'M
der the leadership of the Needle
Trades Workers Industrial Union.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-08-11

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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-08-11
Cleveland Conference Will
Fight N0-Strike Edict' Music
Says Trade Union Meeting on Aug 1921 Is
Greatly Increased in Importance by Latest
Strike Breaking Steps of Roosevelt

noske tends vastly increased
United be held Ceve
chairman
Progressive a statement issued today
united action to rally
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-08-11
CARPENTERS LOCAL ASKS
$500 LOCALS TO VOTE ON
UNEMPLOYMENT ACTION
Propose Exemption of Jobess from Dues,
Reduction Of Officials Salaries, Federal
Unemployment Insurance

YORK-The communication
United
which Philadelphia stat
that the
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-08-11
Must Punch Clock
Five Times a Day
(By Needle Worker Correspondent

(By Needle Worker Correspondent
BROOKLYN, N. Y-Things are
much worse in the Julius Kayser Co.
here than before the code. Yester-
day 1 had to punch the time clock
five times in six hours of labor. The
idea, according to the foreman, is
that when there is nothing to do for
ten minutes or SO the worker will
have to punch the time card at once
and then wait for more work to ar
rive from other operators. Another
thing-Why should any operator or
worker be called at pm. or l pm.
or at any other time of the day, as
has been happening in this factory?
All jobs that paid $l.25 a dozen
three years ago are cut to SO cents a
dozen at present. This is the high
rate in this concern.
A few days ago the administration
notified the workers that there is
going to be a raise. But the raise,
compared with the high prices now,
is like grain of pepper in the
stomach of good-sized elephant.
The 36 cents a dozen rate was re-
duced to 25 cents, and the IL cents
raised to IA cents. That means cut
ting on one article to compensate
for the raise in others.
AS there is no union in this shop,
the bosses do as they like without
any trouble. If you do not conform
with present conditions, you have
nothing to say but pick up your
things and go.
know of many girls in Kayse-s
who are good readers of the Daily
Worker, and they would all be gl-d
to see an investigation here and pub
lish how we are slaughtered here for
few pennies a day.
lQinnafuraS Of CaueI
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-08-11
Retailers Begin to Reap
Benefits of Blue Eagles
THE TRAINED SEALS

Above is reproduction of the front
page of Milwaukee Leader of August
7th. The slaVe-brand NRA upper left
hand corner) has replaced quotations from
Eugene " Debs and others formerly pub
lished in that position. While 1000 work
ers in the Newport, R. l. navy yard
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-08-11
(CIaSsified)

LARGE RO0M-Partiy furnished, to let. near
Bronx Park; I'll convenienees; private en-
trance; reasonable rental; near subway
Write XYZ, CO Daily Worker.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-08-11
signatures Of Seven
Workers in the Shop.)

Editors Note: The Needle Trades
Workers Industrial Union has been
requested to make the investigation
the workers want. The address is
131 W. 18th ST, and they will be glad
to get in touch with any of the work
ers employed here.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-08-11
.ROSSI, COD0S
FLY 81 HOURS
WITHOUT STOP
SMASH DISTANCE RECORD
I252 MORE here
| join IN MAKE
| WORK CAMPAIGN

paraded with banners demanding that the
NRA code be not applied to them-as it
would mean a 16 per cent wage cut-the
Milwaukee Leader" heralded the news
that RETAILERS BEGIN TO REAP
BENEFITS OF BLUE EAGLES"