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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-12-16

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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-12-16
Pay Cuts Make Snry MIRA

the same as their wage slaves who
produce the wealth which the rich
appropriate; that in all acts, the gov
eminent moves without interest," In
any class.
Weirton Steel
The symbol In life Of what Green IS
actually trying to justify Ia seen in
the Weirton Steel Co. situation where
Green on the principle of mutual
purpose" drove $4,000 steel workers
back into the mills with MIRA. prom
ises through the idea of the "chair-
manship Of the Government repre-
senting national welfare Today the
workers find they have been shame
lessly betrayed by the A. r. of l..
bureaucracy, the MIRA. and the
Roosevelt regime; while Mr.. Weir,
president of the company now has
been able TO build UP a company
union to drive down wages and in
crease his profits.
In fact, Green himself in his edi-
torials is forced to admit the fol-
lowing:
"The National Recovery Admins
tration has greatly concentrated
power in the hands Of the industrial
executives"
Here We have from Green himself
a refutation of the balancing of in
terests. The MIRA. has greatly in
creased the oppressive power of the
not industrial executives" as Green
tries to say-but of the big bankers,
capitalists exploiters Of labor.
How have they used this power?
Impartially, under the craftsmanship
of the government We do not have
TO step out OF Green's own editorials
to learn that with the help of the
MIRA. the capitalists have used their
increased power to slash wages Of the
workers.
Under the heading: Watch real
earnings" Green writes:
N.R.A. Cuts Wages
when it takes IS to buy goods
that formerly cost $3.50 the wage
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-12-16

What are the workers to do about
|it7 Green answered that question
from the point of view of the A. F.
Of L. bureaucracy in the very first
part of his article. He urges the
workers to depend on the same forces
that in six months have succeeded
in driving down their standards of
living.
Furthermore, he tells the workers
that If they are fired for joining trade
unions nothing can be done about it.
Right to Organize
Companies which want to deny
employees the right to representation
through unions can develop most re-
fined methods for eliminating workers
active in the union. Though the
workers themselves may be absolutely
certain why active trade unionists
are laid off, it is practically impos-
sible to prove the intent Of the en-
ployer."
When the MIRA. was first passed
Green declared it was "a new charter
of labor" ReamS of ballyhoo were
spread telling the workers they had
the right to organize. Huge strikes
developed in coal, steel, packing, tex
tile, for the right to organize. Now
that these strikes have been smashed
through the help of the MIRA. and
the A. F. of L. takers, Green defends
the MIRA. and the bosses by telling
the workers sit is impossible to prove
the intent of the BOSSES" Green tells
the workers II they vote against the
company unions and are fired, moth
ing can be done about 1t.
Now that the bubble Of N.R.A.
promises Is bursting. we must point
out that the only one who accurately
forecast It's deeds and exposed It's role
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-12-16

tinue his strikebreaking, wage slash
ing deeds. Again, the A. F. Of L. rank
and file must demand he leave these
boards, that he does not represent the
workers, and that he uses his posi-
ton Gas do all other A. F. Of L. takers
on the N.R.A.) to help the bosses in
crease their profits at the expense
Of the workers.
He knows the workers are begin
ming to see through the NR.A. and
the deeds of the A. F. of L. official
dom and he tries to build up their
faith by these new Shiny means OF
partial admissions.
Build Opposition Groups
Every A. F. of L. member should
bring the facts we here CLEAN from
Green's own article to the attention
Of the rank and file in his union
Green writes his own indictment. He
should not be allowed to continue his
criminal action. The A. r. OF L. bu-
rcaucracy, II allowed to pursue its own
way will continue to strengthen the
power Of the industrial executives"
and to lower real wages. Only a
well-organized opposition group
among the rank and file, basing it
self on program of o united front
with all workers organizations for
struggle against the bosses attacks
through the NR.A., will be able to
defeat the strikebreaking policies Of
Green and Co.
All members of the A. F. Of l.. have
the task of protecting their own in
terests by doing al they can to build
the opposition.
Members of the Communist Party
in the A. F. Of l.. unions have
revolutionary duty to bring before all
A. r. of L. workers, the real strike
breaking role OF Green and 90. as
shown in their deeds and in this ar
ticle to use the attack against Green
and his open strikebreaking deeds for
developing rank and file opposition
In the unions
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-12-16
Steel Union Builds It's
Group in Ambridge
Despite Terror
STEEL AND METAL WORKER, Dec.
1888. Room 2SS, so East 18th ST.,
New York City. Reviewed by G. r..

NEW YORK.-The building Of de-
partmental committees of the Steel
and Metal Workers Industrial Union
in the Wickwire steel plant in Buff
faIo has consolidated the gains of the
unions victorious strike and has en-
abled the Wickwire workers to sue
cessfully take up grievances.
"Ali grievances between the bosses
and the men were thrashed out" says
John Hunter, secretary of Wickwire
local 106, S.M.W.IU., writing in the
December, "Steel and Metal Worker"
Increases from 10 percent to rs per
cent were gained by the Department
Committees. Each committee elected
one worker to represent their depart
ment on the General Shop Committee
which went before the General Man
ager and gained a 10 to IL Ia per
cent general increase on tonnage and
day rate scales"
Committees Enforced Demands
The functioning Of the department
committees of the union enabled the
workers to build stronger union and
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-12-16
Lose Day If Late on
Bronx Relief Job
(By a Worker Correspondent

NEW YORK. At Echo Park,
Bronx there are about $50 to 300 men
ON relief work, the men are required
to check in at q. m, take half hour
for lunch and begin to check out at
AIS p. m. There is one man to do
the checking and with the amount
of men checking out it takes at least
80 minutes, causing the men to leave
the job at p. m.
A man came 20 minutes after Z
o'clock and was not allowed to work,
despite the fact that about an hour
will be lost to some men on checking
out. On many big union jobs men
have been allowed to turn on ct 9
and in some cases 10 O'Clock, and even
making half day in some cases but,
at Echo Park few minutes late and
you lose an entire day.
There is no place on this Job to
shelter from rainy weather. The men
have to run into Easements near the
park and in many cases are wet be-
fore they can find a place to shelter.
There are many carpenters some days
on this job, a rough shed could be
easily thrown up and few long
benches made attached around the
shed. The toilet is the most terrible
thing one can enter If one is forced
to use it he gets enough Of 1t.
Every part time worker was paid
a day short last week, although ne
leaves a week behind and none seems
to know the reason for this. So there
is an entire shift Of three days pay
behind and day from four weeks
$50, because of this the workers on
the 9 days month were only paid for
days last month or $500 Moreover,
many men made their shift and did
not get their weeks check. These
men had to go to Clairmont Park
on their own time for their checks
and by the time they signed four
slips standing in line, they lost at
least onc-half day
These abuses are part of the new
deal.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-12-16

union for February. sums up the les
sons of the Ambridge struggle. After
the terror in Ambridge, he points out,
the union members could not be
brought together for a long time be-
cause no departmental committees
had been formed, or no groups of five.
TN short" writes Mellon, I'VE went
into battle with the Steel Trust with
a big unwieldy machine based on
loose mass organization, instead of
mass locals based on and rooted in
the department"
Another article from Ambridge re-
ports that now four organizational
meetings were held in one week in
Ambridge to reorganize the locals
there and organize these groups of
five in every department, and to
organize functioning department COM
mittees.
The December issue of the "Steel
and Metal Worker" contains the new
draft preamble and constitution which
is to be discussed by the membership
and adopted in final form at the
February national convention.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-12-16
Lies Fail to Trick the
Hungry Jobless Out
of Pay
(By a Worker Co<responSsues
BY a Worker CoErespOn6ank

by q WORKER CO<rcSpOD0G0s
DETROIT, Mich, Dec. 16.--1 as~
on one OF those C.W-A. projects, nwrsA
Der on Schoolcrsft and River Rouge.
We had trouble in getting oGr pay q
week ago Saturday and the report
came on Dec. 8 that we would have
to wait for our pay again. This burned
up the men on the job and they
Immediately started to organize the
men to 60 to the super and demand
the pay for Saturday. We succeeded
to get AL of the men on the job to
shoulder their tools and march 70
the super's shack.
Scare Officials
This movement of a couple Of hun
bred men made the officials shake ia
their boots and they immediately sent
out for the cops. We came up to the
shack and the super didn't have CUTS
enough to come out and speak to the
men, but had one of his fiunkies,
bark, bring out q report that the
main office was responsible for our
pay. And also he stated that If we
wanted to go down town to see about
our pay, we would have to check out.
Thence Stuart, a tinekeeper, said il
we checked out we would lose our
Jobs. This Stuart struts around like
he owned the place. Some of the
men stated he was drunk on the job.
Go to Main Office
we then decided to all go to work
and meet at the down town Office in
the morning. We got about $50 down
there and tried to find out who the
officials were there. Nobody seemed
to know, but we all went up to the
5th floor Of the Kerr Bldg. to see
a Mr.. Stark and he passed the buck
to Mr.. falsely on the first floor We
got in to see him and he made a
pretense of looking over the books
and stated that our time wasn't sent
in. We believed this and were ready
to raise cane, with the timekeeper
(Stuart). The men on the job have
no use for him. That is the reason
that Haisely's ahbi was SO willingly
accepted, but as we were going out.
we ran into two of the tinlekeepers
and We gave them q piece of our
minds.
Lie, ON Time
But they said that the time was
turned in on Tuesday. We told them
the only way to square themselves
was to go in to see Mr.. Haisley and
tell him that the time was turned in.
They went in and at once falsely
came out and tried to alibi out OF IL
again, that the time was in q diff
ferent department. Well, then some
other guy came out and told the men
that he'd see to it that we get our
checks within an hour and an half.
We waited about 31s hours before
we finally got the checks.
Others See Results
There were hundreds 81 men COM
ing in for checks from all over the
city, but we're told they would get them
next week. They saw that the school
craft gang got theirs and asked Us
how we did 1T and they all said that
wait when we get on the Jobs we
will tell those men something abous
how to get results" These officials
don't give damn how we get along
for the weekend without money. We
do not stop at this, We are going back
and organize for more concessions.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-12-16
was the Communist Party.
Merit Clause


was the Communist Party.
Merit Clause
But Mr. Green, didn't you say the
employer is acting in sweet harmony
with the workers, under the chair
manship of the government Mr..
Green, wasn't it you who opened the
way for firing militant trade union
lists by granting the auto industry the
merit clause" which gives the boss
the right to hire and fire unrestrict-
eddy to maintain the open shop?
Now you want the workers to stand
by helpless while they are fired for
trying to organize trade unions for
struggle so they can beat back the
attempts to reduce wages.
Whereas previously, Green and all
other A, F.. of l.. leaders declared the
N.R.A. helped the workers to organize
trade unions. gave them the right to
organize trade unions, gave them the
right to join unions of their own
choosing. now Green says:
Workers, therefore, have right
to expect the government and society
will interpose no difficulties to their
efforts to organize"
Green here again, to bolster up
the faith of the workers In the N.
II. A., hides the fact that the real
purpose Of the N. r. A. is to keep
the workers from organizing.
1t is clear that the whole policy
of the A. F. of l.. officialdom is one
of trying to keep the workers from
struggling while their living standards
are lowered even further than is adj
mitted by Green.
Green's Responsibility
Green makes certain admissions
about wage cuts. But he fails to add
the fact that the A. r. of 1. bu-
reaucrats sitting on the National La
Dor Board have been parties to every
code that helped slash wages. Green
is trying to slip out from under his
responsibility. He wants to protect
his position on the N.R,A. to con-
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-12-16
Pay for Relief Checks
WhileWaitingfor CWA
Wages in Lebanon, NH
(By a Worker Correspondent

LEBANON, N. H-The unemployed
of Lebanon are experiencing RooSe-
velt's Welfare Relief for the unem-
ployed particularly those on Roose-
velt's Civic Works Jobs. They have
to wait many weeks for greatly over
due pay and in the meantime have to
go to the Welfare Department and
pay for relief while the Civil Works
officials and their hangers on are
playing baseball with the payrolls.
The Welfare Department Is using
new stunt now. which is instead
of giving these c. w. A. workers the
usual grocery slip paid for by the tax
payers giving them a slip of paper on
which is written notice stating
that this unemployed worker will
pay for his slip order as soon as he
draws his pay" or words which mean
the same thing. This Is called unem-
ployinent relief from the Welfare De-
partment. The unemployed provide
their own relief from their own
pockets.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-12-16
CWA WORKERS FIGHT FOR JOBS WAGES DECENT CONDITIONS
Detroit C.W.A. Men
Win Pay by Protest
Jim Crow, Beat Up,
Jail, NegroCWA Man

EVANSVILLE, lad. -- A Negro
C.W.A. worker was beaten mp and
arrested by forenlen here, when he
attempted to board o truck ON
which white workers were being
transported to the projects.
The Negro waited until all the
white men had entered the trucks
and when he attempted to board
one of them was seized and held by
one of the thugs while another beat
him over the head with a blackjack.
He was then arrested on a charge
of creating a disturbance.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-12-16
Playing Politics With
CWA Jobs Is Charge
of Former O. Mayor

YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio. - Charging
bosses with playing politics in the
distribution of Civil Works Admins
tration jobs" here, former Mayor
Joseph L. Hefferman, speaking before
the United Labor Congress, urged
that Federal investigator be sent
down. He also charged that veterans
were being mistreated in the distribu-
ton OF C.W.A. Jobs.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-12-16
CWA Man Finds Dead
Baby in Garbage Pile
BY A WORKER CORRESPONDENT

BY A WORKER CORRESPONDENT
DETROIT, Mich.--I am working
this week for the Public Welfare
and they put me to work shoveling
garbage in the incinerator. We must
work hard and fast.
Tuesday morning worker said,
There Is another baby" I asked,
''Where?" He pointed TO it. Sure
enough! A boy about three or four
pounds wrapped in small rag, so
called all Of the fellows around
and one fellow who was working
one Of the C.W.A. Jobs said, ''What
do you suppose q woman can do
when her old man makes only SIS
per week, with eight in the family?"
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-12-16
KEEP FISH UNDER WATER

Patchogue, N. z.
Daily Worker,
Dear Comrades
Here is one dollar TO keep Mr..
Ham" Fish under water, Signed,
Phea A. How many workers Will
send a dollar to help build the
Daily Worker and to keep Ham"
Fish under the waterf
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-12-16

Send your greetings to the "a
page Tenth Anniversary edition Of
the Daily Worker. Rush them to
us before Dec. 50.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-12-16
UNEMPLOYED SEND So.

ROCHESTER, N. Y.-The Unem-
ployed Council, No. 3, sent a dona-
ton of So to the Daily Worker. not
50 as was incorrectly reported.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-12-16

LOWELL WORKERS AID DAILY
LOWELL, Mass.--Through the
use Of collection lists, workers OF
this city raised $1085 FOR the Daily
Worker to help the $4,000 drive
&c over the top, and to help the
Daily meet down payments on
the new press.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-12-16

when it takes 50 to buy goods
that formerly cost $3.50, the wage
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-02-09
WAR is WACED
UPON FEDERAL
GASOLINE TAX
Discrimination Is Charged
Against Motorists by
Automobile Men.

WASHINGTON. Feb. 9-Oppo-
nents OF the house bill to continue
the cent a gallon federal gaso-
line tax are prepared to fight it in
the senate on the grounds that the
United States thus is approving
diversion Of gas tax revenues to
uses other than highway and bridge
construction and maintenance, and
that auto operators already are
overtaxed
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-02-09
lectoral College Class of '33 to Graduate

the various state capitals and can
vassed the vote for President has
established headquarters at the
feet of the nations stony great in
Statuary hall at the Capitol
The headquarters boasts a spare
desk in the Office of house clerk
South Trimble. the inactive services
of an honorary chairman and vice
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-02-09

chairman. and the active services
Of an executive chairman and exec
utiYe secretary.
The commencement exercises will
consist Of a dinner March 3, the
eve Of the new deans installation. a
place Of honor at the intugTal cere-
monies, and a chance to march in
the narade
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-02-09

The meeting, first in the colleges
history. is the idea of James A.
Farley. who likes to handle crowds
and saw in the electoral college a
good chance to put the forgotten
man" policy into effect.
AS a result the college, which
recently held forty-eight classes at
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-02-09

III UIfU IfffF
WASHINGTON, Feb. The
electoral college-class of 1885
tired of taking It on the chin. and
viii hold roaring old get-together
on March 3.
It is tired Of being treated like
an ordinary correspondence school.
Evening star., 1933-10-19
Costume Slips, s1'9s
We're S2.95

Is, in lace-trimmed and tailored
styles, silk crepe, bias cut and semi
fitted; sizes a and a.
8 S1.oS Tailored silk CreDs Cestune
Slips in tan and blue; sire 80. Now
reduced to o................. .e6e
9 Is Sflk CrsDe Costume Slips with
lace bandear tops. with lastex at back:
sizes "a 10 80. Now ..........SS.45
COSTUME SLIPS. THIRD FLOOR.
Evening star., 1933-10-19
Lounging Pajanas
Greatly Reduced

8 S7.95 Blue Silk Crepe Pajamas, in
smart style with long sleeves. Now re-
duced to 1896
2 SO One piece Silk Crepe Pajanss.
in rose. Now $685.
1 SI6.50 Pajams Ensemble In rough
crepe, with short Jacket. Now. .S1I.s5
1 1896 Tailored Wool Albatross Robe.
with shawl collar and scaiioped edges.
"As is" Slightly damaged. Now. S5.0S
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400 Pieces; plates, platters, vegetable dishes,
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Evening star., 1933-10-19
Foundation Garments
$1.95 We're IS and $3.50

and one-piece garments, some in white Sizes
(girdles) Is to 81; (one-piece garments),
36 80, 1912.
8 Girdles. in broken sizes. Reduced to. -. .75c
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Il Sanitary Belts. Were soc. now. ....... ESQ
lace top. Sizes "a. 35. SO. SO. 40. Were $40,
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Evening star., 1933-10-19
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Evening star., 1933-10-19
Women's Handkerchiefs
De Were SOC

An assortment Of women's initiated
handkerchiefs; sports size, in
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HANpKERcHIETs, AISLE II
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Evening star., 1933-10-19
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75c. Now .......... SOC
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black. Were zoe dozen. Now q
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Toilet Soap, 81 dozen cakes
Specially Priced

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fu%e Were 81 Nov s2;So g:
fume. Were So SO. Now -. 30
Imported Glass Powder Dishes with
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Prints and Mirror In TOP Of hd Were
5Oc. NOW .Soc
ToILETRrEs, A1sLEs 10 AND 20,
FIRST FLOOR.