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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-06-28

American history, didn't he promise
the support OF the entire A. F. of L.
to it? The talk about "contending"
for higher wages has as much signi-
ficance as Green's violence" threats
for higher wages Of last year.
2-The leading bosses accepted
General Hugh s. Johnson's declara-
ton Of the wiping out Of collective
bargaining as another victory for
them, as an indication Of how the
bill will actually be used. Collective
bargaining, as one of the adjuncts to
classification Gas an expression Of the
new class collaboration was one Of
the greatest boons the industrial re-
covery act contained the A. F. OF l..
told the workers. Commenting on
General Hugh 8. Johnson's first bull
letin, eliminating collective bargain
ing, one Of Wall Streets News agen-
cies writes;
He tJohnson) makes 1t plain
that their (the carteiS) provision
need not be arrived at by collective
bargaining"
But this blow must be covered up
by a new rnaneuvre. and that Is left
to two experts in this line. with no
Nttls AID from the A. r. Of L. These
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-06-28
Prostitution Is Part I
of Young Girls Job in
Selling New Deal Beer
nv a WORKER Correspondent, !


BOSTON, Mass.--A New York firm
began to run Venetian Night here,
and arranged with an employment
agency to get rs girls. Out Of 300
who applied, rs passed the test on
the following-pretty, nice bodies
singing ability, good mixer, daring
inasfar as sociability is concerned
and selling beer No pay except a
commission of 7 cents from every
dollar Of beer sold
The first night the girls worked
from pm. to am, and they
hardly made rs cents apiece. They
had to stop work, jump on the stage
and sing and dance, then again keep
sociable on the floor and force beer
sales. 4
The management refuses to hire
union mattresses, as they will have
to pay union wages, and the firm
will not be able to do with union
workers what they can get away with,
with unorganized girls.
Such exploitation and driving
young girls to prostitution is the new
fruit Of the Roosevelt New Deal. The
mattresses union has registered
protest, and the entire labor moves
ment should join in this protest.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-06-28

two experts are Secretary OF Labor,
Frances S. Perkins, and DR.. Leo VOL
man, head Of the labor advisory out
fit of the Industrial Recovery Board.
Within very short time these wor-
thies will try to replace the corpse
of the collective bargaining provi-
sion by some sort Of mediation COM
nittee that will wipe out entirely the
phrases about workers representa-
ton, or trade union rights in dis
cussing wage agreements.
A Wage Cut for 100000
3-The continuation Of the wage
cut of 10 per cent for all railroad
workers in the period Of rising prices
and initiation with the industrial re-
covery act, if it means anything at
all, makes certain still further rises in
the cost of living) completely shows
up the lying nature Of Roosevelt's
promises about the meaning of the
industrial recovery act. After the
passage of the bill Roosevelt said;
Throughout industry the change
from starvation wages that is, the
cutting Of wages) and starvation
employment TO living wages Tin
crease In wages) and sustained en-
pioynent cans tn large psxt, BE-
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-06-28

ing at Bryant Hall, where cloakmak-
erS packed the hall to hear their rank
and file action committee report on
how Dubinsky had rejected their de-
mands that he help the cloakmakers
in their struggle for the retention Of
week work.
Referendum Thursday
The fake referendum called by Du-
binsky on the question of piece-work
will be held on Thursday. The work
ing OF the question on the ballot
shows how Dubinsky is trying to
swindle the workers into accepting
piece work slavery.
do the workers" the question
reads, insist on week work under all
circumstances, or will they author
ize the conference committee to ne
gotiate an agreement on piece
work basis with safeguardsp"
Duhinsky tries to spread the illu-
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-06-28

the employees effected and accord
ing to locality Of employment"
The minimum wage in the textile
industry--that Is the starvation wage
as a guide to the bosses in the steel
mills, coal mines, automobile indus
try, etc.-is restricted only to GER
tain, differentiated workers-and is
not a minimum wage in the indus
try at all
mediate discomfort swept through
the textile industry among the work.
ers when this fruit Of Roosevelt's
dizzy promises was known, with the
result that the very same A. F. Of l..
leaders who supported the bill and
helped to put it over, inviting just
such action, were forced to grumble
little in order to save appearances.
The New York Herald Tribune in
a special dispatch from Washington
tissue of June 22) reported:
Organized labor leaders today ex-
pressed dissatisfaction with the draft
code submitted by the cotton indus
try and indicated that labor expects
to contend for higher wages, shorter
hours and further protection. :"
But didnt Green say this was the
most forward looking legislation" N
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-06-28
Baltimore's Mayor on
the City, Rock Pile
nv = Worker Correspondent

BALTIMORE. Md.-There is an ar
tiele in 1.-THE Post" of Mayor jack
son swinging a sledge hammer on
the city rock pile. In my travels all
over the U. S. A. ! have seen many
workers swinging sledge hammers
and their suits are of the zebra
stripes and to keep them on the job
these workers were chained. In Mayor
Jackson's mouth there is nice big
cigar. probably made in one Of Tam
pa, Florida, factories where child la
Dor is exploited.
He only crushed one stone on this
rock pile and he tired very fast. On
the city relief plan workers that have
worked in offices and in factories are
put on this project.
Workers demanding more relief or
talking against rotten conditions in
front of the stool-pigeons, on other
Jobs are sent to these projects. The
Mayor and all the other city Off
Gals that visited these jobs went in
city cars, but the workers have to dig
down into their own pockets and pay
20 cents a day car fare out Of their
measly pay.
1t is up to the workers in Balti-
more 10 demand the abolishing Of
project 56 and that is to organize
Negro and white in the Trade Union
Unity League. Only by unity of work
ers will such projects be abolished.
AL
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-06-28
Rank, File Calls for Real Strike

for assistance to this program"
Green replied that he would give
this assurance. page 121 of the
hearings.
Now let us see what the program
is in action, in life and not in words,
which Green assured the trainers of
the industrial recovery bill he would
attempt to drive the workers to sup
port.
1.-The setting of minimum wage
OF $40 in the South and $11 in the
North for textile workers under the
industrial recovery act will serve as
a precedent to be followed for mini
mum wages for the entire working
class. Not only that, the so-called
minimum wage (Which in practice,
as admitted in the hearings, will
usually become the maximum wage)
applies to only part of the textile
workers. excluding apprentices, clean
ers and other outside workers in the
textile industry. This fully shows
how Section 7, paragraph c of the
bill will work in practice as we ex-
planned in the previous article. That
section reads.
"The president may differentiate
according 70 experience and skill Of
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-06-28

should ignore the letter concerning
the wsge-cut, that they could and
would force the bosses to stick TO
the old contract. When strike vote
was taken, the membership was con-
fused on the issues at stake. I'M
agine local of 1900 members str1k-
ing for a days pay when is per
cent cut was staring them in the
facet
However, the strike was called. AS
soon as the business agent took the
workers from the shop, he called
them to the Labor Temple to form
strike committees. When they re-
turned to picket. they found scabs
already at work unmolested.
The strike was called off in about
a week. Results Minimum wage
cut from s1725 to SIS. Loss Of holi-
days with pay. Guarantee Of full
day when called to work, cut to guar
antee Of four hours. However, the
officials claimed they saved the
Union-a place to pay $1.25 monthly
for women and SITS for men.
The strange part Of it all Is that
no sooner had they gone back to
work than the question OF the July
4th pay was again taken up. The
Business Agent reported he was still
working on this and expected re-
suits soon.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-06-28
FOUR FURNITURE
STRIKES ARE WON
Get Wage Increases of
Is to 20 P. G..

NEW YORK.-Four strike victor
les, resulting in wage increases of IS
to 40 per cent are announced by the
Furniture Workers Industrial Union.
The wage increases were won at the
Blumenthal, Ovington, Livingston,
Feldstein and Ficarri Bros. shops.
The Furniture Workers Industrial
Union is carrying on campaign in
the rest of the furniture and uphol-
stery shops in the city for similar
demands.
The strike against the Parlor
Frame Co., Bronx, for an increase Of
wages is holding solid
Fifteen workers Of the Cornell Up
holstery on De Kalb Ave, corner
Broadway, Brooklyn, are on strike
for the following demands: Rec
ignition of shop committee; Pin
crease of wages; Equal division of
work.
A mass meeting will be held Thurs
day at Manhattan Lyceum, 66 e. 4th
ST., of all workers working in the
furniture industry.
The National Industrial Recovery
Bill will be explained and plan Of
action will be proposed.
Speakers will be Ben Gold j. Ru-
bin, OSWALD Eusepi and M. Pizer.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-06-28
ASKS FOR GOVT
AID TO CRUSH SAN
GABRIEL STRIKE
Mexican Consul Uses
Recovery Act Against
Agricultural Workers

LOS ANGELES, Cal. June 81
Officials of the newly formed Union
Of Mexican Farmers" organized by
the Mexican Vice Consul Ricardo G.
Hill, who was responsible for betray-
ing the agricultural workers in San
Gabriel, Venice, Sawtelle and Santa
Monica, on strike against the hun
ger wages which are being paid, wired
President Roosevelt last week to set
tie the strike through the machinery
of the National Recovery Act.
The consul together with preach
err. Manuel Gonzales, came into the
strike Of 5000 agricultural workers,
stirred up race hatred among the
workers, organized the fake "all Mex
lean Union" and after driving out
the organizers and sympathizers OF
the workers struggle succeeded IN
sitting the workers militancy. Hun
dreds of scabs we're brought into the
field while the consul advised the
workers to wait for Roosevelt's aid.
False Promises of Strike Relief
The consul reported last week that
the President Of Mexico had sent
81 900 to the strike fund, but thou
sands of workers locked out by the
japanese bosses are starving and
have not seen any of that money,
Nineteen Mexican agricultural
workers, who refused to accept the
consuls policies, were arrested.
Workers Back at Same Low Pay
In Ell Monte, where the major
struggles took place, militant work
ers sympathetic to the Agricultural
Workers Industrial Union are being
terrorized and inundated. Many Of
the workers have gone back TO work
al IS cents an hour.
In Torrance, 300 workers Of the
Mexican Association" are out on
strike for 80 to 35 cents an hour,
other workers in Centennial Valley
are also striking.
Reactionary managers Of some OF
the Unemployed Cooperative Relief
Associations send their members to
scab on the strikers, the unemployed
workers getting one-thtrd Of the crop
they gather.
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sion among the workers that they can
get piece work with safeguards. !"
The word Safeguards" is the bait
in the referendum trap set by Du-
binsky and the bosses.
Afraid to Face Workers
Dubinsky dares not come out
openly at mass meeting of work
ers, such as is demanded by the rank
and file, and see at an open vote
whether or not the workers want
piece-work, Instead he wants a "se-
cret" ballot where the counting will
also be done in secret by Dubinsky's
henchmen.
The cloakmakers showed in yes
terday's demonstration what they
think of this Shiny attempt to in
troduce piece-work. In Thursdays
referendum, they must be prepared
to block Dubinsky's attempt to fall
sify the results Of the vote.
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ting schemes and for the restoration
of the colliery rate sheet and work
ing conditions where wages have been
cut. The demands include also pay
for dead work for all yardage, tim
bering, props, building of chutes and
pitching coal, the establishment of
the colliery rate on all mechanical
mining, such as mechanical leaders,
shakers, chutes and the abolition Of
all special contracts, 30-hour week
without reduction in wages and no
discrimination.
Plans for struggle against the Lewis
machine were formulated and pro-
gram drawn up to demand that Of
ficials be subjected to recall by a
majority vote of the locals that a
drive be launched to exempt the I'M
employed from dues payments and
also those miners working less than
8 days month. The rank and file
will also work for the abolition of the
cheek-off, the reinstatement of all
provisional locals and the return of
all uILeQ charters.
Demand Right to Draw Up Code.
The conference went on record to
demand special convention accord
ing to the constitution which per-
mits IS locals in good standing to
ask for a special convention.
A telegram was sent to Lewis from
the conference condemning his move
to draw up code for the miners I'M
der the National Recovery slavery
Act without consulting them. The
miners demanded that the workers
themselves should have the right to
draw up their own code.
A committee of action to put the
program into effect was elected con-
sisting Of II miners.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-06-28
FIRST MEETING OF
NATL MINE UNION
IN GEROME, PA.

YOUNGSTOWN, PA National
Miners Union meeting was called for
the first time in Gerome, Pa, on
June 10, 1883, on few hours notice
Every worker came to the meeting
who had been notified. Eighty EIGHT
miners were informed by word of
mouth. Eighty eight new members
for the N. M. u signed up, On the
short notice it was impossible to see
more Of the miners at this mine,
Mailman Coal Co.
There was stool-pigeon present,
of course. I wouldn't rate him as
man. anyway, so he doesn't count.
But he tried to break up the meeting
and lasted just a few seconds. The
workers present told him to leave or
he would be thrown out. He looked
at the faces of the angry workers and
decided to leave the meeting, and if
he had not left I am afraid to say
what might have happened to him
This damned stool-pigeon for the
company is named Mike Benson. A
dirtier rat never breathed. He was
exposed by the speaker and by some
Of the workers present.
The speakers held the crowds at
tention and every word was food to
the miners. When they exposed John
L. Lewis and the other leaders" of
the A. F. OF L., the miners cheered
wildly, saying: Down with the Lewis
machine To hell with the U. M.
w. Al We want the National Miners
Union and nothing else! To hell with
the American Federation of Labor.
We won't have the damn grafters
here in central Pennsylvania.
The Unemployed Councils of this
section are cooperating with the N,
NJ. U. in any way they can, and
furnished speaker to help us out.
These SO miners that joined the
N. M. u. today warn the U. M w. A.
organizers that they will not tolerate
their presence in the Gerome section,
and warn them to stay away.
There are a number of meetings
lined up for the N. M. U. for the next
several weeks here in this section,
which means the miners are going to
have a mighty union here soon.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-06-28
Notorious Zausner
Steals Painters
Council Elections
Bosse s, Underworld
Pad Ballots to Elect
Him

NEW YORK.-Philip zausner, no.
torious thief who stole 100000 from
the treasury of Painters District
Council No. Q In 1927, was elected"
secretary treasurer Of the Painters
District Council at the election held
last Saturday, 1t is reported that
the Master Painters Association, to-
gether with the Washington Heights
Association, paid $4,000 to elect"
zausner.
How the Election Was Stolen.
According to the ballot count of
the official machine, zausner re-
ceived 1900 votes, only "a per cent
Of the total vote. Four other can
didates received between 300 and
1000 votes each. Besides mobilizing
the whole underworld under the lead
ership of Jake the Bum, 300 books
were issued by Zausners gang for
members who were nom existent, and
each person was given bride of IS
or $40 to vote with the book.
Last year the General Executive
Board, the Master Painters Associa-
ton and the politicians in the Dis
trict Council combined to bring
Zausner in as an appointed man
ager of the District Council, but the
mass revolt was so great that the
Executive Board were forced to
withdraw him. This year they de-
cided to put 1t over by stealing the
elections.
Rank and file painters are up in
arms against this election and are
taking steps to GUST Zausner and his
gang. Every local union is urged by
the rank and file to adopt resolutions
of protest demanding the ousting Of
the agents Of the bosses in the Dis
trict Council and TO take organiza-
tional steps to put honest rank and
file representatives in this office who
will fight for the members against
the bosses,
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-06-28
Clothing Bosses
Grudge Worker
Time for Funeral
(By a Worker Correspondent


NEW YORK.-Recently I worked
as a salesman in mems clothing
store. My hours were from am.
to IL am. Every two weeks we dress
ed the windows, so my boss gracious
ly selected Sunday-our supposedly
day of rest, for that job. In all
was allotted one day of rest every
two weeks.
There we're two other statesmen and
a tailor also working the same hours
under the same conditions. These
men are married and have small
children. One salesman and myself
tried to make the other salesman
and the tailor class-consciouS. At
first they opposed our arguments
against capitalism-bu when we held
our boss up as an example of the
capitalist system, they gradually be-
came enlightened and read the revo-
lutionary propaganda that my fell
low conarade and I gave them.
One day the salesman received a
telephone call informing him that
his brother had just died. He i'm
mediately asked the boss to allow him
to go to his mothers home, so as to
comfort her The boss refused.
The next day the salesman told
the boss he was going to the funeral.
The boss said: "All right, go, but
don't take too long as the funeral
shouldn't take more than two or
three hours.
He stayed away for five hours. At
the end Of three hours the boss grew
angry, and when he returned, the
boss flew into wild frenzy. 1t did
not do any good to explain that the
mother was in Mysteries and would
have collapsed had her only remain
ing son deserted her at that time.
The boss insisted that his business
came first, and the salesman was so
Infatuated that he finally quit the
Job, preferring to starye.
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} more determined than ever to win
their demands.
False rumors have been spread in
the capitalist press that strike set
Element is under way based on the
offer made by De Priest in behalf of
Sopkin granting 20 per cent increases
to workers getting $5 week
and IS per cent increases to those
earning So. The scheme is intended
to eliminate the militant girls and
those earning the lowest wages.
The strikers are demanding Csc per
hour for operators and 35c for
pressers as a minimum wage rate, an
8-hour day and 44-hour week.
Reformists for Arbitration
Reformist agencies and De Priest
are actively working for arbitration
in order to force out of the leader
ship of the strike, the militant Needle
Trades Workers Industrial Union The
strikers are demanding their own
union representatives at all meetings.
At meeting held on Monday, De
Priest raised the red scare and ex-
pected to split the ranks of the work.
ers thereby. But the strikers answer
ed with a tremendous ovation to
James Ford of the Trade Union Unity
League and to union speakers. De
Priest was unmarked and exposed as
attempting to prevent the workers
from fighting for improved condi-
tons and from joining union of
their own choice although at the
same time supporter of the Ma
tional Recovery Slavery Act.
A number of workers, misled by the
capitalist press reports went back to
work but came out again when in
formed of the meaning of the offer.
The strike committee is determined
to carry on the struggle to abolish
sweatshop conditions and stop dis
elimination against the Negro work.
ers.
Loyett Arrested
Robt. Morse Lovett of the University
of Chicago and Tom McKenna of the
Civil Liberties Union were thrown
into jail on Monday when they APP
peared on the picket line and pro-
tested against police attacks on pick
eterS.
Lovett and McKenna, both present
as observers, saw the workers organ
ize their picket line and march in
orderly manner past the shop. They
also saw the police attack and at
tempt to disperse the pickets When
they stepped forward to question the
police, they were arrested and thrown
into crowded, filthy and unsanitary
cell. They were released on $25 bonds
in the morning.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-06-28
MILLIONS FOR
REFINANCING OF
FARM MORTGAGES
Bankers Alone Get Aid
While Farmers Get
Nothing

WASHINGTON, June 27.-Ffty-
four men on the payroll of the Fed
eral Farm Credit Administration are
at work in Wisconsin, 'refinancing
farm mortgages. They are to buy up
from the mortgage sharks some $50
100000 in mortgages. The price to
be paid for them is limited to SO per
cent of the appraised value Of the
land, plus 20 per cent Of all farm i'm
provements.
Doesn't Benefit Farmers
No farmer will get one penny OF
this money being spent in Wisconsin.
Only the mortgage sharks who have
not been able to realize anything off
their paper because Of the resistance
of farmers to evictions and foreelos-
ures will benefit. Their paper will be
bought up by banks and then the
federal government will use its power
to compel the farmers to pay the
bankers. The Reconstruction Finance
Corporation has loaned a st. Paul
bank $35 100000 to enable the bank
to buy the mortgages.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-06-28
.SEATTII,EIL,lAUNDRY.
WORKERS SOLD
OUT BY OFFICIALS
Officials of Laundry
Union Confuse Them
and Defeat Strike

By Laundry Worker Correspondent
SEATTLE, wash.-Last summer
the laundry workers went on strike
for the payment Of the 4th Of July
wages.
This question was being quibbsed
over in the union when the bosses
sent letter that the wages should
be slashed IS per cent. The whole.
membership was in an uproar and a.
strong strike sentiment prevailed
Certain officials in the local took
the floor and told the workers they
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-06-28
Heaay Boevs Workers Days Slavery Act

made by an industrial covenant to
which all employers shall sub
SCRIBE"
The railway workers got an ex-
tension of the cut in wages, a con-
tinuation of, as Roosevelt himself
Gays starvation wages" and not
sustained employment" but more
unemployment under the same bill
that gave them the cut, the railway
coordination act.
But perhaps the best commentary
on this wage cut action comes best
from those whom it benefits most,
the bankers. Their ideas are epitom-
lied as follows:
"Such an extension tof the 10
per cent in railway wages must be
considered in the nature Of a vic
tory for the arrangements, for few
of them seriously thought they
would be able to achieve this action
without prolonged struggle"
Herald Tribune, June %, 1881.
A victory for the railway bosses!
A victory in which the American
Federation of Labor contributed by
its yoeman service is helping to put
over the program Of Wall Street as
written by Roosevelt q Co.