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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-06-29
Penn. R. R. Cheats
Workers
BY Railroad Worker Correspondent

BY 2. Railroad Worker Correspondent
LONG ISLAND CITY, N. we
dining car workers of the Sunnyside
Yards have plenty of grievances.
Here are some Of them:
/. Fourth cooks should not wash
dishes and work in the pantry with
only r fourth cooks pay. He should
get the pay he is now getting and
regular pantryman be tapen on,
so increasing employment without
cutting wages.
2. The No. 1 waiter should not
do pantry work where The Penn
has stationary pantries. TIL e
Penn should put on a pantryman,
so easing the burden of the No.
waiter and increasing employment.
3. Where there is no stationary
pantry, the No. l waiter should get
higher pay. The Penn saves the
wages of a pantryman at the ex-
pense of the No. l waiter.
They should also pay the No. 7
waiter, who has no station, for
there are trips where he has no
orders outside of upstairs and
doesn't make nickel extra.
The No. 7 walters are also re-
quired to canvass with the coach
lunch. They are supposed to get 5
per cent, but there is no way of
telling whether they get it or not
because of the way the company
figures its books and takes its time
in paying.
q. They have cafe car on the
Philadelphia run, where the chef
gets s145 month, He works
harder than when he is chef on
regular diner 90 to IA hours q
day., but gets less than if he were
chef on the regular diner. You can
see what the company saves by such
a rate. We must fight for higher
pay for cafe chefs or the company
will cut all the chefs.
5. There are walters in charge
at $50 per month doing the stew
ards work. The walters on the cal
are required to pool their tips and
divide equally with the waiter in
charge. In this way the Penn gets
rid of a steward at $3.50 per month
ard forces the walters to pay part
of the wages of the waiter in
charge. Also they keep the walters
from rising to stewards at $3.50 and
stop them advancing higher than
waiter in charge at SO per month
Fellow workers, every one of II;
should join the Brotherhood Of
Dining Car Cooks and Walters and
make it our union to fight for bet
tering our conditions. We know the
leadership of this Brotherhood does
no fight for our needs. We can get
our own fighting leaders if we are
in the Brotherhood. We who are
in the unity groups urge all the
dining car workers in these groups
to join the Brotherhood. We know
that without organization we can't
get anywhere. Let's all join and
make the Brotherhood of Dining
Car Cooks and Waters real rank
and file unicn and, under the lead
ership of a fighting organization
win better conditions for all of us.
RAILROAD WORKER.
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/ a motion. Then Kehoe offered a
resolution to refer the matter back
to the committee which will de-
mand arbitration, and, in case Of
refusal, to call for a strike re-
ferendum. This resolution was also
carried.
After this, Kehoe came out with
a great speech praising Roosevelt
and digging into the contemplate
communists. Well, the Commu-
nistic element among the member
ship of Division 241 are paying
back this compliment to the
racketeers, who are bleeding the
men. The main demand of our
group is to get rid Of all racketeers,
whether they are of "old" or
young" blood. We demand rank
and file control of the union thru
the depot committees elected by the
members and subject to recall.
Such rank and file negotiating
committee would not have star
chamber sessions with the Surface
Lines officials. The men would be
informed about every step made by
the committee and every maneuver
made by the company officials,
Moreover, the men would be mObil-
lied to put pressure on the company
during the negotiations. There
would be daily meetings in all the
depots instead of meeting once
monthly for the entire city Of Chi
cago.
There would be no arbitration,
because this is the game in which
tails I win, heads you lose" from
the boss's point Of view.
All the other demands-pension,
pay for fallbacks, hour day, were
fatty rejected on the same grounds
poverty" of the company.
What shall the men do at the
next meeting on Monday, July q?
Reject arbitration!
Reject the misery handout which
Kehoe will bring back as something
substantial! Call for a strike re
ferendum vote!
Organize groups in every barn, be
they only of or 4 men.
Write to the Opposition Group of
Division 241, Room 800, 100 N. Wells
ST., and if you are afraid to give
your own addresses, use your
friends.
Let us correspond. Meanwhile
write us about the grievances and
about the stool pigeons in your de-
pots. In the near future our group
will print a magazine of our own
The Chicago Traction Worker. ;"
We want your correspondence.
M. NELSON.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-06-29
BY a Railroad Worker
CORRESPONDENT

LONG ISLAND CITY. N. Y
After two weeks of hardest work as
a coach cleaner of the PR.R. at
Sunnyside Yard. you cannot cover
the simplest household necessities
and two or three days after pay day
you go borrowing ten cents here
and fifteen cents there for car fare.
Wages especially those of the coach
cleaners are entirely out of proper
ton with the cost of living and
therefore an adjustment of the
wage rate is anxiouSly awaited.
The unmindfulness of the higher
ups to note that the price of bread
and butter for them is the same
cost for coach-cleaners eats into the
very bones, and is tearing every
vestige of hope from the coach
cleaners of the PR.
The system of hiring coach clean
ers during the regime of the ex-
forman now a gang leader was most
pernicious. 1t was something like
this: six men are wanted this
morning. There are many whites
as we'll as colored, waiting. Six
whites are whispered to and told
to wait.
Mr.. Foreman goes into the Office
and returns stating that no one is
needed this morning. All but six
go away, then the six whites are
put to work. Now it is a fact that
not a single colored man was en-
ployed during the foremanship of
this man and more colored men
were turned off the job than at
any other time the writer can re-
member.
Another grievance is one which
does not concern coach-cleaners
alone but all in general. This is
the habitual holding up of en-
ployes' checks to satisfy an oppo-
site party of some business trans
action without first finding out if
the employe is in the wrong and
that such action on the part of the
company is fully justified.
I wonder if the superintendent
and others concerned in such prac-
tice realize the dire hardship to
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children if they continued to send
the relief check, the bureau in
formed her she was not eligible as
guardian because she had only
lived in New York City for one
year. When Mrs. Castro offered to
act as guardian, she was told only
a relative of at least the second de-
gree was eligible.
I forgot to tell you that Mrs.
Castro has several kids of her own
and cannot feed the Moves family
much longer. So maybe the fine
job your welfare department started
will be successful after all, and
maybe there won't be any need OF
a monthly check because there
won't be any Nieves around to re-
ceive it Xix.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-06-29
CRIT oT~M OF SOME UNEM-
PLOyED DEMONSTRATIONS
New York Cit,

New York City.
Dear Comrade:
Much Of the effect of demonstra-
lions are utterly lost due to the be-
havior of us workers.
Imagine a worker making the
world know about his destitute
condition by crying: eve demand
the right to live" and at the same
time laugh and jump as with joy.
Not enough criticism is being Of
fered in the Daily" concerning us
workers turning a life and death
struggle into a picnic.
have known workers with
empty stomachs shou- ing, I'VE de-
mand food. clothing and shelter"
but the way they acted one would
have thought each of them won an
Irish sweepstake or something.
Eyeryone's eye is focused upon
demonstrators and comrades. That
eye is sure critical. Now what can
gentlemen of the full belly type
think when demonstrators against
starvation, eviction and police bru-
tally act like "kibitzers" and as
if they didn't mean whatever they
say or do? Surely every worker is
aware of the seriousness of every
demonstration.
A demonstration is not being
Staged" nor is it an amusing af-
fair" 1t is, on the contrary being
forced upon US by unbearable con-
ditions, directly by the boss class.
No joke or laughing matter can be
here, workers!
1 hope this criticism will be, taken
in comradely fashion, as I I'm
also one who suffers plenty along
with 100000 o her unemployed
workers.
ComradelY
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NOTE:

We publish letters every Fri
day from workers in the trans
portation and communications
industries-railrOad, marine, sur
face lines, subway, elevated lines,
express companies, truck drivers,
taxi drivers, etc, and post office,
telephone, telegraph, etc.
We urge workers from these
industries to write us Of their
cnditions Of work, and their
struggles to organize. Please
get these letters to us by Tues
day of each week.
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good guess as to the cause of her
death was the rich diet made pos
sible by the monthly relief check.
This death in the family meant one
mouth less to feed and consequently
less need for the check. The Bu-
reau of Child Welfare evidently
realized this lessened need and on
June 10 sent the following letter
to the family:
Dear Madam:
This is to inform you that the
Board Of Child Welfare has taken
action to discontinue your allow
ance.
Yours truly,
(Signed) JOHN T. EGAN,
Executive Secretary.
So here you had five children,
paren less, and their 2O-year-old
aunt starving in their Hudson Ave.
quarters. There was no money for
rent either and that meant future
residence in the gutter. Only, as
you know the jobless help the job
less, so Mrs. Emilio Castro, whose
husband has a part time job and
earns SIS week-sometimes-took
the children and their aunt into
her own home. Mrs. Castro lives
in slightly less sumptuous rooms on
the top floor of wooden shack on
213 Sands st.
Maybe all this is boring to you,
Flo, so will cut the recital short
with few subsequent develop
ments. When Mercedez-the aunt
told the Bureau of Child We'll
fare she would take care of the
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-06-29
dtrfdce Car Union
Try TO PreUent
.o'e for Wage Raise
spmy's Dfer of Cent Hourly Increase for
Every Million Extra Income Rejected
Under Pressure of Workers

CHICAGO, In.-The long awaited
response Of the Chicago Surface
Lines to the demands of the men
was revealed by the unholy trio
running the union-Division PAL
Kehoe. Taber and Quinlan. at the
AiSfdhip meeting on Monday,
TT, S. It was a brazen chicanery
y, My the crooked brains Of
IL lawyers could conceive.
Oartere pleading poverty, in
cNFof President Richardson's
Ut 1t that in the worst year
1.-The net return on the watered
sstmeht (including the mules
at died before Richardson was
rnO was AIS per cent. Since that
me tho traffic, according to his
IN Statement, increased 1914 per
mt. The increase Of new runs did
ot amount to even one fourth Of
ais percentage.
q So the company offered-in case
the gross income will reach 4S mil
hons-(it is now At millions annu-
ally) the men will receive one cent
more per hour, and an additional
mt for every additional million of
loss income to the company's cof-
srs, but not over 81 millions. After
he increase will reach that figure,
ne men will not be entitled to ad-
,itional pay. 1t might bring in too
,luch prosperity into their homes,
nd they will not be able to stand
It.
Millions for the Capitalists! Pennies
for the Workers!
A very even match from the cap
italistic point of view. A very good
lesson for those workers who still
believe in collaboration with their
exploiters, as preached by the
American Federation of Labor mis-
1eskers.>
Ks I wrote in the Daily Worker a
month ago, the Chicago Surface
Lines were offering a three-cent in
crease per hour and the Quinlan-
Kehoe-Taber outfit we're listening
to their masters voice" and we're
ready to bring this offer to the
membership The revelations in the
Daily Worker spoiled their game.
Their stool-pigeons brought in re-
ports that the men will not stand
for it. The men were quite openly
expressing their opinions that the
old sell-out artists shall go, that
what we need is new blood in the
leadership. This talk was putting
real fear in the hearts of the old
gang. So they brought in this
clownish offer of the CS.L. and,
posing as the champions of the men
recommended to reject it. OF course,
there could be no opposition to such
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Y We give here the concluding
part of the letter from Mrs. Rosa
N, farmers wife of New York
State, an open letter which is to
be forwarded to Comrade Anna
Vasilevna SnegireyN of the Soviet
Union, one of a group of six So
Wet women who wished to estab-
hsh correspondence with women
in America. The letter from Rosa
told about the hard conditions on
the N. Y. farms, and said the
youth were anxious for war until
she explained what such a war
would really signify. She speaks
now about organizing the farmers:
II know the farmers should or
ganize, and they might do it; only
ii l tell them to lind a leader
among themselves, they don't seem
to understand it. I told them to
organize with the poor farmers
organization, and not with any
capitalist organization. But some
seem afraid, and others wait-I
don't know for what. 1t sure is
not their fault, and if I would be
more clever, and know English
Z better, I am sure I would find
way.
we live very isolated, and there
is too much work to do, to go more
around. We went a little on Sun
days, only our time is too short.
Most have no money to buy news
papers, we too: and we were in no
show Tor Yeas.
I lived before I married all my
life in the city, SO I knew how the
workers live there. always tell the
farmers here to hold with the work
ers, and go together with them
They say I am right-if they get
no unemployment insurance, they
can't buy farm products.
Now we received a letter from
the creamery, telling us there is an
effort to make a new bill SENATE
Bill 1920. If this comes through,
our markets could be forced to limit
or discontinue purchases Of our
products, and we could be directed
as to where we sold our products.
Il only want to let you know that
receive letters from Germany,
from my mother. ALI her letters
are dictated She even had to write
He'll Hitler in her last letter, but
she tells me in way, as we made
put before Hitler came to power,
Nat they have to hunger as never
Rfore; anybody saying something
zones in prison or away. On
1pthers' Day Hitler gave a party
pr the mothers; they got flowers,
oncert and He'll Hitler, but the
mothers had an empty stomach.
Best regards,
MRS. ROSA N"
This letter will be forwarded
promptly to the U. S. S. R. Any
other letters received for one or all
of the six Russian women who want
TO establish correspondence will /
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Now, fellow workers, let's get subs
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also be forwarded if sent here; and
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to us.
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This letter will be forwarded
promptly to the U. S. S. R. Any
other letters received for one or all
Of the six Russian women who want
10 establish correspondence will
The tribune independent of Michigan. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1933-1935, 1934-02-10
Aka. Celebrate
10Th Founders
DAY

In celebration -of its Twenty
sixth Founders Day, the Alpha
Kappa Alpha Sorority OF Detroit
played hostess to the other Greek
Letter Organizations and their
friends at a lovely dance held at
the Lucy Thurman Branch of the
Y. w. c. A. on Saturday. February
3. The auditorium was beautifully
decorated with ivy and various
colored balloons with "A. X. A." in
electric lights.
Posters marked the twenty-sixth
milestones of the Sorority's pro-
gress. Prominent members of the
other organizations and their
wives. husbands and guests ming
led with other gracious friends of
the Sorority TO make it Il memoir
able affair. Beulah Whitby, re-
gional director Margaret Cros-
iheraite. Basilens of Alpha Rho
Omega and Angel Lambert, Basil
Gus of ri were prominent among
the charming hostesses presented.
The Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority
awarded a scholarship last week
foi the new school term. The
recipients were the Misses Betty
Cain and Hertha Priest, both stu
dents at Wayne University. Be
cause OF the acute need of so many
students. the scholarship was
awarded TO two girls instead OF
one.
The tribune independent of Michigan. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1933-1935, 1934-02-10
Florence Ames Tenn
pie No. IL
NURSES UNIT

Mrs. Ethel Long OF Brush street.
opened her home last Thursday
for an Adjournment party and brief
meeting 1t was quite an unique
affair. several games Of cards
were played earlier in ~'ho eve
uing. Those present were: MI
and Mrs Hosea IIulburt, Mrs S.
X Bottoms. Miss Nettie Bryant,
Mrs. Dollic Young Mrs Lula Will
SON tn, officers Of the unit are
as follows President Mrs. Marie
Cobb Recording Secretary Mrs
Elizabeth Smith: Financial Secrc-
tary Mrs Lottic Talbot; Treasur-
cir Mrs H. G. smith, Sergcant-at-
Arms Mrs Carrie smith; Report
err Mrs Mary r. Johnson
The president asked Mrs. Lu-
ellie Hulhurt and Mrs S. X Bot
toms 10 speak. All present were
Iplit,cd by their encouraging re-
marks
The Unit expresses their sym
pathy and wish for rcedy re-
coscry of those that were report
cd Mrs Blance. Of lIamuamck
is on the HIST. Mrs. Ford Mrs J
Walker. Mrs. Lcola Dyl, and Mrs
Dplie Young are among the con
yalesccnt
A very delicious buffet luncheon
was served
The tribune independent of Michigan. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1933-1935, 1934-02-10

(Written BY Ben Andrews, pinch
hitting for L. w. 3D.
Hi Cronies, They say the pen
is mightier than the swori.'
That is. only in a mental sense,
not a physical sense. So don't run
up against anyone with a sword
having only-a pen in your hand.
On the other hand. don't neglect
the mediocre pen too much, be-
cause 1t is truly written, What a
good columnist perceives-that
shall he write"
You should know that
A truly gala array of the upper
crust of Detroit's society made
their presence felt at the A. X. A.
ball last Saturday at the Y. w. G..
A Among the elite who attended
were: the Misses Elsie and Virgie
Marlborough, Marion Carter, Win
fired Welker, Ruth Jason, Helen
billiard. Sarah Davis, Sarah Tur-
ner and the Messrs. Hugh Peter
son. Bill Kemp, Bill Thompson,
Floyd Penick, Ske Moore. Jim
Dunbar. Bill Osby, Allen Lederer,
Oscar Solomon, David Northcross,
Freddie Guinyard and Len An
drews.
| spied three popular young la
dies at the American Legion Sat-
urday night, partaking of quite n
few of the popular 100 per cent
proofs. Dua TO certain senti
ments, l am not at liberty to di-
vulge their Identities, but do re-
member describing them as ex-
otto, alluring and tempting. Keep
that "adaga' in mind girls, I'll not
be so lenient next time.
Friday night found quite a few
OF the set at the G. A. A. party at
Brewster Center, given in honor
OF Miss Sonora Logan, on her
graduation from Northeastern high
school. Those attending were the
The tribune independent of Michigan. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1933-1935, 1934-02-10
Lawyers Sponsor
History Program

The program of the West Side
Improvement Association on the
evening of Feb.15, will be given bv
the Wolverine Bar Association.
Attorney Herbert l.. Dudley will
talk on Frederick Douglass; At
torney Judson B. Powell, on the
Origin of Negro History Week:
Attorney Percival r. Piper, John
Mercer Langston; Attorney Char
les b. Berry, Alexander Puskin.
and a vocal solo by Attorney Jo-
seph Brown. The New Light Ban
fist Church Choir will also sing.
A grievance committee was Gre
ated at the last meeting of the Bar
Association. This committee will
receive and adjust all complaints
against any of its members. How
ever. these complaints must be In
affidavit form and sent TO the
president. These matters will be
treated in a confidential manner.
The following officers were re-
Gently elected for the year 1894:
Willis M. Graves, president;
Herbert L. Dudley, vice-president;
Judson r. Powell. secretary; Rob-
ert ]. Evans, treasurer. Franci W.
Dent, Frank d. Stoney and IA ~
val r. Piper were elected to the
executive committe of which Piper
is chairman.
The tribune independent of Michigan. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1933-1935, 1934-02-10
Human Family
Feast At Y. W.
February 9th

An unique and enjoyable dinner
will be sponsored at the Lucy
ThurmanY. w. C. A., Friday eve
ming, at Z o'clock. by the Wom-
ems Auxiliary of the Detroit N. A.
c. p. A special program will be
rendered.
The principal speaker of the eve
ming will be Miss Marie Rasey, SUI
pervisor of the Parental Advis-
DRY Bureau. She will give a re-
view of Edwin Poole's book, Great
Wind" dealing with racial prob
lens all around the world.
Interesting Program
George Hoagland, assistant di-
rector of the Metropolitan Com
munity Church choir, will sing. A
SYRIAN song will be rendered by
Mosa Nassau. A recitation and
piano solo. NJ. l.. Walker and Miss
Louise Henderson will represent
the \. A. A. G. p. on the program,
and the Y. w. c. A. will be repre-
scented by the chorus of Y singers.
The chairman of the program,
Mrs. Robert Davis, will close pro-
gram with brief general discus
sion on ways of Removing Pref
udice by the Aid of Science
The public is invited.