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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-08-04
STANDARD OIL FAMILY HELP PUT
ACROSS NEW DEAL BY WAGE-CUT

on. The plant is now In operation
from 7:12 am. to 10 pm. Workers
have been hired for the day shift
and some for the night shift g to
100. Day shift workers who have to
work nights come in at 1:l2 pm. and
stay to 10 (83 hours. That is done
so they will not have to pay time and
one-half for overtime.
The regular working week is 81
hours but they now work 48 hours
This was put over as the last wage
cut.
This plant is owned by the Pratt
family of Standard Oil fame. Not
only did the Holy Family give us
wage cuts, in some cases from so to
78 per- cent. but they also gave us a
taste of the Standard Oil stretch-out
system, rotating the help.
The new help hired at the plant
received their first wages yesterday.
A number have already quit when
they found how little they were max
ing. Workers on the night shift made
between Sc and 81 for 25 to "a hours,
No wage cuts put over lately but
rates cut through Manit system Jug
Cling, bonus, etc.
To think that the capitalists will
now voluntarily raise wages, with
hundreds of workers crashing the
doors for chance to work Gas they
are doing where I ann is to believe
in the Flew Deal. -. III. S.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-08-04
200 in Bridgeport
Iron Plant Strike

BRIDGEPORT, Conn.-Close to 200
workers from the Malleable Iron Co,
are out on strike for $3.50 a day, an
8-hour day, and 5 day week, under
the leadership Of the Trade Union
Unity League. The workers, molders,
coremakers and other iron workers
repudiated the leadership offered
them by John Egan, labor faker of
the Connecticut Federation of Labor,
and stuck steadfastly to the lines laid
down by the t. U. U. L. organizer,
Sam Krieger.
The workers in the Malleable shop,
all highly skilled, were paid piece
work, which gave them anywhere
from SO to SO weekly for their dan
gerous work. The boss has offered
measly 10 per cent increase, mean
ing less than 81 weekly in most cases,
but the workers refused to be salts
fled with this, and are now picketing
the shop militantly.
One of the first actions of these
strikers was to march to the hall
where the strikers from tn Style
Craft Leather shop were meeting.
Here Negro striker from the Male
able, Noel Haley, gave solidarity
strike greetings.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-08-04
Macy Store Is Under
manned Despite Boast
Of Having Huge Force
(By a Worker Correspondent

NEW YORK-The most exploited
group of workers are those en-
ployed in the department stores.
Starvation wages are melted out to
sales clerk, stock clerk, packer and
shipper alike. The wretchedness of,
the working conditions at Klein's
con the Square (?)) is unsurpassed.
Bloomingdale, Gimbels and Macy
are three leading department stores
of the city. In these stores, girls
work all day for as little as eight
and ten dollars a week.
Macy's boasts of huge force Of
employees. When this ballyhoo is
boiled down to plain facts, we
find great majority of these are
diem" workers who work day
by day and have to wait to be
called in only on the busiest days
(if they are lucky); many are part
timers" and 'quarter-timers" who
work during the busiest part Of the
day and who do proportionately
greater amount of work than the
regular clerks, but get paid much
less. However, there is always an
insufficient number OF clerks at the
counters, and customers are COM
PEELED to wait while the clerks rush
around making an inhuman effort
to serve everybody.
Mays has a camp where they
send their rundown workers to be-
patched up after they get nervous
breakdowns. Then they throw the
workers back into the machine until
they need another patching-up or are
declared unfit for further work.
If any of your readers buy at
Macy's, they may be able to serve the
Macy workers a good turn by COM
planning to the superintendent Of the
poor service they get due to the in
sufficient number of clerks. This
may do something to relieve the Sit
uation.
But the employees can help them
selves much more by pooling their
forces in a strong organization by
means of which they could success
fully fight the powerful Macy or
ganization.
An opportunity to do this is offer
ed by the Department Store Section
of the Office Workers Union. Many
Macy workers have already joined,
but many more are needed.
If you work at Mays or any other
department store in the city, send
your name COR any name by which
you can be reached) to the Office
Workers Union, 80 East 18th st.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-08-04

unemployed and various other eco
nomic organizations.
One of the largest delegations to
the conference will be sent from
western Pennsylvania where nearly
5000 miners are striking. The min
ers conference on August IL will give
great impetus to the National Con-
ference in Cleveland. A report from
Southern Illinois to the committee
states that so miners will be in the
delegation from this state.
A local conference is scheduled in
Minneapolis for August IA which will
take steps to send large delegation
to Cleveland. From this center rep
resentatives will come from Metal
mining, packing house, and the metal
industries, besides group from the
unemployed.
Directives sent out by the arrange
ments committee emphasizes the need
CT electing delegations from the
mines, steel and textile mills and the
important plants and trade union
locals in basic industries.
From cities where strikes are now
in progress or where workers have
recently been ON strike efforts should
be made to get the election of dele
gates.
The committee points to the need
of making this the broadcast confer
ence in order to weld together the
largest number of workers to resist
the attack upon the workers carried
through by the Industrial Recovery
slavery Act In calling for an in
tense drive in the remaining three
weeks the committee mentions the
call which stated: 81
mo matter what your form Of or
ganization, no matter what your pe-
Iitical beliefs, no matter what your
leaders may be doing or saying-we
call upon you to discuss this pre-
gram"
1t concludes with the appeal to
"elect your delegates in every shop.
trade union, Unemployed Council and
league, every workers economic or
ganization."
Delegations are to be elected on the
following basis:
/. All national organizations are
entitled to delegates.
2. City central bodies, district
councils, state organizations are en-
titled to 2 delegates.
8. Local organizations up to 500
members-1 delegate and an addi-
tional delegate for every 500 or major
| fraction.
A. Shop organizations and unor-
| ganized workers are entitled to one
! delegate for every so workers or en-
| dorsement through signature.
The arrangement committee re-
quests that funds be sent to its head
quarters at 70 Fifth avenue. The
preparations for the conference en-
tails tremendous expense. 1t also
| points to the fact that each organi-
zation sending delegates must provide
fare and 50 for the two days stay in
| Cleveland.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-08-04
The Strike
at Hollywood

HOLLYWOOD, Cal, August a.
With the installation of the million
dollar equipment sent in by the Am
erican Telephone and Telegraph Co.
and the Radio Corporation of Amer
lea, technical men who had been I'M
der The influence of unionism in other
fields were called in to install this
equipment. The International Broth
erhood of Electrical Workers were
first in the field but when other
men were called in to operate the
equipment that the IBEW had in
stalled, the International Alliance Of
Theatrical Stage Employees insisted
that they had jurisdiction over ali
equipment that was used for the
making of entertainment.
CameraInen, propertymen and 9TH
ers were already organized under the
banner Of the 1. A. T. S. E., and thru
their pressure the sound men were
organized into a local under the same
Jurisdiction The IBEW. local prac-
tically deserted the field and the
I.A.T.SE. was able to bring nearly
all the sound teehnicians into their
fold.
The jurisdictional fight was carried
to the convention and it seemed that
it was settled in favor of the IA.TS.E.
When the strike call was issued the
IBEW. refused to come out, and it
has since proceeded to soab on the
job hoping that the TA.T.S.E. will
lose the strike and then leave the
field open to them.
TlAa I.A.TS.E. has SOS men in its
local while the IB.E.W at the time
of the strike had but seven men
working in sound At present about
200 men carrying IB.E.W cards are
trying to fill the places left vacant
by the strikers.
Protest kilograms are being sent to
ali actors, actresses and directors who
are working with the seabs in the
studios, asking them to support the
strike.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-08-04

BY Textile Worker Correspondent
NEW YORK; am employed in
a jute mill, manufacturers of jute
yarns and twines. This is normally
the slowest period of the year. The
carpet yarn season starts in the fall.
The plant has been in the dumps
for the past four years, having cut
its help from 800 TO 20o-250 workers.
But with the first talk of initiation
orders came in, orders which would
have come in in the fall and spread
out through the winter months. Now
these orders have to be filled within
the next two months. This cuts the
working time in the mill by about
six months. This will give the carpet
manufacturer a low price product to
be sold at an inflated price.
In order to get their commodity
out as quickly and as cheaply as
possible night shift has been put
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-08-04
400 at Button Plant
in Amsterdam Strike

AMSTERDAM, N. Y.-Four humid
red workers, mostly young girls,
struck at the Chalmers Button Fac
tory against miserable conditions
and for increases that vary from
IS to 40 per cent, according to spe-
cific kinds of work. Speaking to the
strikers as they were gathered in
the alleyway leading to the factory,
a member of the Y. G. l.. found
many of the girls to be 10, IA and Is
years of age. Asking as to their
wages, he found some earned 50, So
and 81 a week. The highest made
was $40. One girl last week drew
SIS cent pay check. The girls work
Sc and more hours a week.
The YCL member suggested that
they elect their committees to lead
the strike, since as the girls put it,
Were all striking, and we're all
leading.' The suggestion was re-
ceived in good manner. He also
warned them of A. F. of l.. mis-
and here, too, they agreed.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-08-04
TOBACCO TOILERS
HOLD CONVENTION

NEW YORK Under the auspices
of the Tobacco Workers Industrial
Union, the tobacco workers of New
York City will meet in a convention
this Saturday at 8 pm, through
delegates elected in the shops and
factories. The convention will take
place at the New Harlem Casino, 100
West 116th Street and Lenox Avenue.
1t is expected that delegates from
nearby cities as Philadelphia, Jersey
City, etc, will also be present at the
convention.
The call issued by the T. w. L U.
states:
Fellow workers, This is the su-
preme moment to organize and unite
with the workers of Tampa, Phila-
deIpnia, New Jersey, etc, in vast
and positive movement Of organiza-
ton to protest, and if necessary to
call a general strike for standard
of prices, less hours Of work, better
conditions lin the shops and fac
tories, and control of machines
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-08-04
GOOD WORK!

NEW YORK.-With the help of
the City Central Committee of the
International Workers Order in Chi
cago, the English branch No. $50
was built in short time from 10 to
about 100 members. This growth is
especially significant because it was
brought about by the winning of
about 80 Negro members.
The experience in the building of
this branch in Chicago proves the
possibilities of the Order to become
an organizational gathering basin of
black and white workers for mutual
aid. We must use this basin. We
must approach the Negro masses for
membership in the Order. We must
build everywhere English branches
with a substantial Negro member
ship.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-08-04
Milk Strike Spreading Fast;
State Police Attack Pickets

pire Dairymen's Association" led by
r. j. Clemens. The kind of leader
ship that can be expected from Gle
mons can be judged by the fact that
he finds the swift spread of the
strike movement alarming Glenn
ons is apparently anxious for quick
decline of the whole movement.
The farmers are striking against
the present plans of the State Milk
Board which is dominated by the
big Dairy Companies. The farmers
are demanding a minimum price
from the diaries of Az cents a
quart of milk. At present the big
diaries such as Borden's and Shelf
field, controlled by Wall Street
banks are reaping fat profits at the
expense of the farmers whom they
underpay, and the city consumers
whom they overcharge
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-08-04
BY MAX PERLOW

On Monday, July "a, 800 parlor
frame workers went out on a general
strike under the leadership of the
Furniture Workers Industrial Union.
The workers demanded 40-hour
week, in season, and a 35-hour week
in slack time; 81 an hour minimum
for cabinet workers, machine work.
ers and carvers, $35 for 40-hour
week for cleaners, unemployment in
surance, equal division of work, time
and a half for overtime, and no hir-
ing and firing without the workers
consent.
The strike hit the. bosses on a sore
spot. The shops are piled up with
work and the bosses expected to get
higher prices for their frames with
out increasing the wages of the work.
ers.
Years ago the parlor frame work.
ers had a business agent by the name
of Epstein. This angel" betrayed
and sold out the workers to their
bosses. At one time he was beaten
up and thrown out of the union,
Now he is the president of the Land
lords Association of Brownsville. In
Powell st. he got the police to throw
half block of families on the street,
Now this same person has come
to the parler frame bosses and has
offered them his help to break the
strike and organize company union.
The rank and file carpenters will
have to help us in this fight. They
will have to raise their voices against
the leadership of the Carpenters
District Council for helping the
bosses and sending in scabs against
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-08-04

NEW YORK, Aug. $50 swiftly
has the strike of the dairy farmers
of upper New York spread that the
large milk companies reported today
that in many cases their milk supply
has been cut from one half to three
fourths of the normal supply.
Ten thousand more farmers Joined
the strike today as the movement
against the big companies swept on
in the Western and Southern coun-
tics.
The state police have been called
out and are already making violent
attacks upon the strike pickets. Near
Schenectady five farmer pickets
were knocked unconscious by steel
helmeted State police when they at
tempted to picket the highway to
New York.
The, strikers are under the leader
ship of recently orga 2ized En-
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-08-04
ARREST STRIKER AT THE
PARAMOUNT SHOP

At the Paramount Cleaning and
Dyeing shop, SOC East l2lst Street,
New York City, where the workers
are out on strike for the past six
weeks against non-payment OF
wages, demonstration and open
air meeting was held Wednesday
night, at which time worker, who
is at present scabbing in the shop,
attacked some of the pickets and
a fight took place. One of the
strikers, Felix Boratko, was arrested
and kept in Jail until Thursday
morning as result
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-08-04
Nine Steel Workers Faint
from Heat and Exhaustion

Republic Steel is hiring every day
- and laying men off every day.
Over 1870 men were laid off last week,
and this week two open hearth fur
naces have been shut down.
Among the workers there is a
widespread demand for the 6-hour
day with no reduction in pay. A
petition demanding the 6-hour day
was signed here by all the workers
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-08-04

YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio, Aug. 8. -
Nine men had to be carried out of the
Open Hearth Dept. of Republic Steel
Co. on one of the shifts here yester-
heat and exhaustion, and had to be
sent to the City Hospital after first
day. All Of them were suffering from
aid applied at the mill did not bring
them to.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-08-04

the full terms of the union agree
ment which include a 40-hour week
and $32 to sa6 week with $23 for
helpers.
They remained on strike despite the
attempt of the A. F. of L. leadership
of the International Pocketbook
Workers Union to settle this one
strike without winning the full de-
mands of that in Bridgeport.
The action Of the New York work
ers has made those in Connecticut
more determined to win their strike.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-08-04

OWHtu ny tne same DOSS.
The Bridgeport workers were re-
ceiving four, five and six dollars for
a fifty hour week and are striking
for a $14 scale for unskilled and S22
for skilled with the right to organize
the shop which is now open. The
boss has offered them 20 per cent
increase which would amount to a
dollar more week. Stronger picket
ing was the answer of the workers.
At the New York plant the work.
ers who continue to strike, have won
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-08-04
The ParlOr Frame Strike

the strikers.
Also the workers who live in the
vicinities where there are strikes go
ing on can help a great deal in this
strike. Picket demonstrations of all
strikers, together with the workers
in the neighborhood, can help ire
mendously in winning the strike.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-08-04
SECTION 7 OPENS NEW
QUARTERS WITH DANCE

NEW YORK,-Seetion of the
Communist Party opens new head
quarters with entertainment and a
dance Saturday night at 1872 Myrtle
Avenue.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-08-04
DONATE SIS TO SIX PAGE
DAILY"

NEW YORK. - The Cooperative
transportation group, which drives
workers to the various workers
camps, donated SIS to the new six
page Daily Worker.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-08-04
Rising Feed Prices
Now Burden Farmers

(By a Farmer Correspondent
EATONVILLE, Wash.-The feed
the farmers must buy for their stock
has gone up so high that farmers who
hailed windy Roosevelt are getting
disguised now and begin to wonder
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-08-04
800 Riga Nazis Jailed

RIGA, Aug g. Three hundred,
Latvian Nazis we're reported arrested
in raid on their headquarters here.
The police said they we're plotting an
uprising.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-08-04
Win Strike, But Remain
Out to Help Conn. Shop

NEW YORKThe Morris White Pocket Book Shop
500 Seventh though the to all their demands de-
cided continue their strike solidarity with the 125 workers
striking Bridgeport, plant Leather Goods
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-08-04

what is wrong. 1t won't be long and
they will euss Roosevelt as they did
Hoover.
The prices Of eggs have gone up
very little, while chicken feed costs
now over so cents more per sack, and
this long before the price of eggs
changed.
Yours for a United Front Of Work.
ers and Farmers.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-08-04
CLEVELAND CONFERENCE
TO have LARGE MINERS !.
DELEGATION; SO FROM ILL.
Committee Urges Collection of Funds Needed
To Make Conference Preparations

YORK-Repos industrial centers the
the Trade Union Conference for United
Cleveland August rs and 81 will be the most
representative all of the United States The
of trade unions
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-08-04

As mentioned last week, all shop
workers are invited to write for this
column. Bring your news, write
ups from the shop to the office or
your union, 936 Arch st.
Seward daily gateway., 1933-02-17

heavy cigarette smokers, including the two girls from Chicago, and they were hard put to it to find l substitutes for cigarettes. They ran out of tobacco on the 18th of that month. They then began trying substitutes, and finding some tea three years old, which was not useable as tea, they en- deavored to smoke that. They re- ported this substitute as tasting like soap and smelling like the city dump. Their next substitute for cigarettes was dry powdered yeast, but this was given up at once. It had an indescriba bly, bad taste. Musty hardtack found in the loft of the cabin was likewise tried and at once given up.
 The best substitute they dis covered for cigarettes was alfalfa, which had been left on the island as horsefeed. Into the alfalfa they rubbed mentholatum and dub bed the product 'Chirikof Spuds. They told me that this was almost paSsable as smoke. However, they ran out of mentholatum the day before the Tallapoosa arrived.
 FEW MATCHES LEFT
 The party was nearly out of m a tc hes in the middle of January, and then seriously began to husband them. They would use one match in the morning to light two fires, and thereafter use the fires for lighting instead of any more matches during the day They had one penny box of match es left when they were rescued
 "The matter of ammunition was approaching a serious point. It was necessary to be armed in walking across the island, as there are numerous bulls in the cattle herd and they are quite ready to charge anyone on foot. They had only 20 rounds of ammunition left and had begun to break down shotgun charges and melt the pel- lets into slugs big enough to kill bull and thus maintain their meat supply.
 With the highly unbalanced diet and total lack of vegetables in the latter part of their stay, they found themselves hungry no matter how much bull beef and musty bread they ate"
Seward daily gateway., 1933-02-17
THOMAS DOING WELL

Thomas Neville, son of MT. and Mrs. Thos. Neville of Seward and Seward graduate, and winner of Alaska scholarship to the Colorado School of Mines, has completed the first half of his first year with the following grades: Chemistry B; Descriptive Geometry-C; Eng llsh-B; Geology-B; Mathematics A; Military Training-C. The above are the semester grades, the examination grades are as fol- lows: En glis h-85; Descriptive Geology-97; Geology-78; Military TT a nj ng-78; Mathemat tics-96; Chen1istry-77.
Seward daily gateway., 1933-02-17
THE WEATHER

Portland 48 above, Seattle 45 above, Vancouver, B. C., 40 above, Winnipeg g below, Edmonton 36 above, Nelson, B. C., 31 above, Grand Forks, B. C., 32 above, San Francisco, rain and 54 above, Prince Rupert, rain and 32 above, Los Angeles GA above, Seward 36 above, Tunnel 27, Anchorage 21, Talkeetna 0, Deadhorse 4 above, Broad Pass 12 below, Healy 20 be- low, Fairbanks 15 below, Tanana A below, Nulato 20 below. UnaI- akleet 16 below, McGrath 20 below, Tacotna 20 below, Holy Cross 4 below, Ruby 8 below, Flat 20 below, Crooked Creek IT below, Bethel 2 above
Seward daily gateway., 1933-02-17
LEGAL NOTICE
NOTICE

NOTICE is hereby given that the Alaskan Fur Corporation will sell at public auction on March l, 1883, at Long Island, Alaska, it's ranch complete with all foxes, mink and racoon, buildings, boats, pens, and all improvements. A going fur farm on an island approximately six miles from town of Kodiak leased from government at small yearly rental. Island about three square miles in area ideally situated for fur farming and cattle raising. Reasonable terms will be arranged, but best offer will take property as sale is imperative. Address bids to A. W. Bennett, manager, Kodiak, Alaska, by mail or wire. Particulars can be obtained from MT. Bennett or E. P. Harwood, attorney for company, Seward, Alaska. The right to reject any or all bids is re- served.
 Alaskan Fur Corporation
 A. w. Bennett, Manager.
 Pub. Jan. 28, Feb. 4, 13, IS, 25.