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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-09-03
TaiIors Plan
General Fight
OnNRACode
n al Meet Rejects
the Present Custom
TailOrs' Code

NEW YORK. A National Con-
ference of the Custom Tailoring
Workers Industrial Union was held
Saturday, August Is, in Philadelphia.
Representatives of New York, Phila-
delphia, Chicago and Milwaukee
were present. Los Angeles and San
Francisco were represented by proxy.
This Conference was called to
discuss the Code of the Merchant
and Custom Tailoring Trade signed
July 31st. After a. thorough dis
cussion, the Conference unanimous
ly rejected the Code and demanded
a new public hearing. At the Con-
ference it was decided to prepare
for q general struggle on a national
scale against the Code and for the
demands that were originally pro-
posed in Washington by the Gus
tom Tailoring Workers Industrial
Union at the Code hearing January
Is, 1884, which is as follows: q a
thirty-f1ve (35l hour week; ca time
and one-half for overtime; 90
$4,000 minimum wage for tailors and
$500 for finishers and helpers; "a
the immediate abolition of home
work; 90 the right to belong to the
union of the workers choice; (6)
demand for a representative on the
Code authority of the Merchant and
Custom Tailoring Industry.
The Conference greeted with great
enthusiasm the decision of Local
No. 86 of the Milwaukee Journey
men TailorS Union of America,
breaking away from the Journeymen
Tailors Union of America, and join
ing with the Custom Tailoring
Workers Industrial Union, as a pro-
test against the leadership of the
Journeymen Tailors Union of Amer
lea in accepting the Code.
The national secretary, Alexander
Hoffman, of the Custom Tailoring
Workers Industrial Union, has been
instructed by the National Confer
ence to Immediately proceed through
the districts for the purpose of as
sisting the districts in making the
necessary plans in carrying out the
decision of the Conference.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-09-03
Theatre Boss
AidsOWnUniOn
To Fight AFL
Allied Obtains Order
Barring Local 800
From Picketing
BY F. s. L.

Harry Brandt, head of the indie
pendent Theater owners Associa-
ton, at a recent meeting named a
committee of ten to devise ways and
means to counteract pieketing and
other activities by Local 306, A. F.
of L.
Allied" the company union
owned and operated by and for the
interests of Brandt and Company,
obtained a show-cause order last
week to restrain Local 306 from
picketing I. T. o. A. Theaters.
In the face Of all this, the L A. T.
S. E, the parent body of Local $685.
is still pursuing it's policy of passive
resistance.
Only through initiative and ener-
getic action of rank and file mem
bership was any progress made in
the fight against I. T. o. A. and its
company union.
Holmden, the new leader Of Local
306, who promised to economic, has
appointed several committees" con-
sisting of supporters of the former
Kaplan and Sherman cliques. The
committee men" about a score Of
them) receive salaries ranging from
$50 to $135 per week plus Expenses"
Holmden, an l. A. T. s. E. appointee,
spends approximately $500 q week
more than Sherman did. Decisions
are made without union sanction.
Members of Local 306 must de-
mand the following:
l. Regular union meeting.
2. Immediate democratic election
of officers.
3. Drastic reduction in cost of
union administration
4. No decisions without sanction
of the membership.
5. Regular reports on expenditures
of union funds.
6. Abolition of all committees not
elected by the membership.
T. Uniform wage scales in the
trade.
8. Abolition of "all day" jobs.
9. One union in the industry.
10. Rank and file control of the
union.
IL. Exemption of dues for the
unemployed
IL. Minimum of SIS per week re-
lief for unemployed members.
Is, Six month moratorium on
initiation fee payments.
Every member of Local BOG should
write to his congressman demand
ing enactment of the Workers I'm
employment Insurance Bill, H. R.
1898, which provides for unemploy-
ment and social insurance at the ex-
pense Of employers and the govern
ment. The members should also
send kilograms to the A. F. of L..
convention demanding the endorse
ment of H. R. 1898.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-09-03
The New Agreements and Settlements With the Shoe Manufacturers

Of facts, and once we were con-
WINGED in our contention only a
Diet I lined position taken by the
unioA brought the manufacturers
to the round table to discuss wage
increases.
1t is difficult to go into details
by examining shop by shop and
department by department in an
analysis of the settlement. Neither
space nor the technical differences
as we go from one shop to another
and characterize the various opera
tons permit detailed analysis. We
shall therefore use examples, choos-
ing specific factories to illustrate
the nature of the settlement.
Take the cutting departments of
few shops.
Artistic cutters received an in
crease of 10 per cent. Prime cut
tiers received an increase of II per
cent on base price, Shoemode 10
per cent On base on seamless pumps
II per cent increase on base price
on all other styles. Sellrite out
side cutters received Is per cent
increase on base, trimming cutters
received 10 per cent increase. In
all cases cutting prices have been
adjusted and settled on the basis
Of the minimum rates per hour or
above.
Take for example the lasters and
sewers in the bench nade shops.
The lesters and sewers received an
average of five cents on the base
prices. The heelers received two
cents on the base price
Take for example, the goodyear
lasting departments of few shops,
such as the Shoemode. Sellrite. Ar
tistic. Seymour Troy. Banner. Sacks
& Shame Lax & Abowitz, Warner,
Milan. Shoemode from so cents
base to 55 cents; Artistic from SO
to Sc cents with several new extras;
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-09-03
Needle Trades Union
Urges Support of Its
Week at Nitgedaiget

NEW YORK. i In a statement
calling upon all workers to patron
ize Camp Nitgedaiget for the next
IL days, the profits of which are to
60 to the Needle Trades Workers
Industrial Union, the N. Y local
of the organization urges registra-
ton at once at the Office of the
union.
The statement follows:
"All needle trades workers and
their friends and sympathizers are
urge to make their arrangements for
the outing to Camp Nitgedaiget.
Special prices will be available dur
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-09-03
CURTAIN WORKERS STRIKE

NEW YORK.-The workers of the
Style Curtain Co. are on strike I'M
der the leadership of the Curtain
and Drapery Workers Union, with
headquarters at 40 West 18th ST.,
N. Y. G. The workers are striking
for higher wages.
The Union is preparing to call a
mass meeting to acquaint the work
ers in the trade with the progress
the union is making in organizing
the Curtain and Drapery workers.
The date will be announced in the
near. future. All workers are called
upon to be prepared to answer the
call for the meeting.
The organization committee of
the Union meets every night at 500
p. m. Workers are invited to come
up to discuss their problems and
organize.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-09-03

week each. Everyone of these five
week workers was receiving mini
mum, or about the minimum, prior
to the signing of this agreement. In
the Continental shop IS week work
ers received a total of $26 per week,
averaging approximately 50 a week
for each of the Is workers In
the Colonial the union secured a
total of $33 increase for 16 week
workers, averaging again 50 a
week. In some cases the increase
is as high as 81 and SIS per week
for some workers.
AS we go through the cleaning
and packing departments, the in
creases range from one-half to one
and one-half cents on a pair for
cleaning, 10 to Is per cent for
packing. The same proportion we
find in the finishing departments.
In a number of shops where the
lasters did not receive any increase
on the base, because the earnings
were above the minimum rates. we
succeeded in getting additional
extras, as in the case of the Bilt-
more, Continental, etc.
And SO, as we go through shop
by shop we find that there is not
single shop which did not re-
ceive increases in the majority of
the departments. In most factories
every department received in
creases.
A few words must be said about
our membership employed in the
shops where negotiations went on.
With very few exceptions our shop
crews demonstrated a high degree
of discipline. 1t was no easy task
to handle 40 different shops by a
very limited staff of business
agents. Every crew naturally was
eager to get first attention by the
union, very often our shop crews
were disappointed because of the
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-09-03
LaundryUnion
Officials Keep
Locals Split Up
Thugs Beat Worker
Who Dares Criticize
Organizer
By a worker Correspondent

BY a worker correspondent
NEW YORK; address this re-
port to all members of Local go of
the Laundry Workers International
Union.
Brothers and Sisters:
At the last meeting of the local
the executive brought in recon-
mendation to raise the salary of the
organizer. Some of the members
praised the organizer, Mr.. Levine,
for his good" work, and therefore
the organizer shall receive a $40
raise. This makes the wages of
the organizer $45 a week. This is
being done at the same time when
the workers are earning, at the best,
$25 a week. Listening to this, a new
member said he thought that it was
crime that Levine should be Or
ganizer and that he Is not capable.
At this, Levine's patriots beat him
up.
We must Immediately stop the
bulldozing and the terror in our
local Every member of the local
has full right to criticize the Of
ficialS for mistreatment of workers.
There is no difference between a
new and old member so long as he
is in the organization.
1t is nothing new that the buro-
Gratis of the A. F. of L. have strong
arm men around to terrorize any
worker who speaks up against them
in order to keep their jobs. The Of
ficials know of the dissatisfaction
among the rank and filers because
of the favoritism in giving jobs, be-
cause Of no protection, low wages,
and the general inaction of the
union. Therefore the officials are
trying various means to raise fric-
ton among the workers.
What are our interests as workers?
We are interested to earn more
money and better living. This can
only be done if we are united.
The fact is that our officials are
against the unity of the workers. In
our own local the members are kept
separate and meet separate. The
statement of our president that he
has nothing to do with the move
ment for unity of all laundry work.
ers proves further that the officials
are not for unity
Brothers and Sisters:
We cannot depend on the NR.A.
but on our own strength. We must
demand rank and file control in our
union and the right to criticize in
order to better our local. No terror
and bull doing, no favoritism, no
separate meetings. Let us organize
and unite all laundry workers.
A WORKER OF LOCAL go.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-09-03
STRIKE AT THE vITREOUS
ENAMEL & STAMPING co.

Fifty-five workers of the Vitreous
Enamel and Stamping Co., Bronx,
N. Y, went out on strike on We'd
nesday, Aug. 22nd, under the lead
ership of the S.M.WIU. The work
ers are demanding a Is per cent
wage increase, division of work, less
speed-up, recognition of the Shop
Committee and the Union.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-09-03

ing the IL days for which the camp
will be taken over by the Needle
Trades Workers Industrial Union.
THE 12-day period is to start with
the Rosh Hashono weekend, Sept.
9Th, and will include Yom Kippur.
The price for the entire 12-day
period is only $13, tax included.
Special buses and cars are ready
to convey all corners.
"In order to facilitate and hasten
the final preparations, the union
urgently requests that the needle
trades workers cooperate by regis
tering at once at the Office of the
Union, 131 West 18th st.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-09-03
Strikes Called
In 2 Cleaners
ShopsbyUniOn
Organization Drive for
Out-of-TOwn Shops
Is Begun

NEW ORK-The Oriental
Cleaners and DyerS, 808 E. 139th
ST., Bronx, and the Bedford Clean
ers and Dyers, 500 Leonard St.,
Brooklyn, were declared on strike
by the Cleaners, Dyers and Pressers'
Union, Local 1892, A. F. of L., 799
Broadway, New York, to enforce the
agreements which these shops had
with the union.
The Oriental, in order to evade
the agreement with the union, sent
out the work to be finished in
sweatshops under non-union condi-
tions, while union members in the
shop were working only part time.
The shop also hired non-union help
at lower rates. Union members
were threatened with firing and
being starved out unless they would
accept the voluntary wage cuts.
The Oriental also operates a
chain of seven stores under the
name of Clayton, with non-union
help. The union has extended the
picketing to these stores as well as
the shop.
60-7O-Hour Week
The Bedford, also, while having
an agreement with the union to hire
only union workers, took in non
union help. Instead of observing
the 40-hour week, which the agree
ment calls for, they put some work
ers on the steady" system, which
means that they had to work so
and 10 hours a week until all the
work was finished. The boss also
made an attempt to intimidate
workers who belong to the union.
One member of the union was fired
for attending union meeting.
In the past few weeks the Clean
ers, Dyers and Pressers' Union had
a number of strikes and stoppages
at the Motzkin Bros. shop in New
Rochelle, the Old Manhattan in
Brooklyn, the Jamaica in Richmond
Hill, the Columbia in New York,
and in several others in order to
defend itself against violations of
the union agreement, such as not
paying the workers their wages on
time, firing of union members, hir-
ing non-union help, etc.
There seems to be a concerted
effort on the part of the employ
ers to eYade the agreement with
the union and to break the union
altogether Many wholesale shops
have opened chain stores of their
own under different trade names,
where the work is done with non
union help and under sweatshop
conditions. The retail tailors COM
plain bitterly that these wholesale
firms, while doing the work for
them, are opening chain stores
which undermine the existence of
the tailors.
Begin Organization Drive
In order to blast the hopes Of
the employers and their association
to break up the union, an organiza-
tional drive has been started to
carry union organization to the
non-union shops, wholesale, retail
and chain store shops. For the
duration of the drive, the initiation
fee for new members has been re-
duced. The union has also decided
to organize helpers and unskilled
workers who have been unorganized
until lately. A lower dues system
for the unskilled low paid workers
has been established.
The union is raising the follow
ing demands:
No firing.
The right to belong to the union.
Increased wages to meet the
higher cost of living.
Shorter hours without wage
cuts.
Time and One-haIf for overtime.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-09-03
BRAMSON WORKERS WIN
VICTORY

Twelve workers of the Bramson
Siphon Equipment Co., after sew
eral days of strike won a $16 mini
mum wage, $40 for casters, increase
for the rest of the men, time and
one half for overtime and holidays,
equal division of work during the
slow period, recognition of the Shop
Committee.
The Washington times., 1934-01-23
TIMES DAILY PATTERN
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The Washington times., 1934-01-23
SNAPPY WISECRACKS

The secret service at Wash
ington was very anxious to get
hold of a very slippery coun-
terfeiter who was reported to
be in Oklahoma. So they
sent six photographs of him.
taken in different positions, to
the local sheriff, with instruc-
tions to get busy. The sheriff
got busy. and that very night
he wired back: "I've identi-
fled the gang and arrested
all six"
Bunk-You talk a lot less
since you got married. What
has changed you?
Funk-My wife thinks I'm
the smartest man on earth
and I have to be mighty care
full what I say.
Friend-What's the matter
with you?
Goldie Diggs-I'm terribly
worried, I wrote Jack CASH
more in my last letter to for
get that I had told him I
The Washington times., 1934-01-23

didn't mean to reconsider my
decision about not changing
my mind, and he seems to
have misunderstood me.
Tony-Are you going to
Helen'S birthday party?
Henry-What birthday is it?
Tony-Her twentieth.
Henry-No, I went last year.
Wilbur-I don't believe In
using a long word when a short
one does just as well.
Dean-Nor me, either. For
instance instead Of saying
"profiteer'' I just say "robber." "
Visitor-Nice family Of chill
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Visitor-He seems to be the
healthieSt looking one of the lot.
Mr.. Bobo-YeS. by the time
he came along, his mother had
run out of theories.
The Washington times., 1934-01-23
FKIEhMSHlP IS
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The Washington times., 1934-01-23
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Evening star., 1934-07-05

sisters, Miss Louise Elizabeth Norris
and Miss Marion Pritchard Morris, and
Miss Lucy Currie OF Davidson and
Mrs. Deryl Hart. They were dressed
alike, In white embroidered organdy,
two over green taffeta with accessories
to match and two with peach taffeta
and accessories of the same color.
They carried bouquets of Summer
flowers in pastel shades.
The bride, who was given in mar
riage by her father, wore q Rudolph
model of blush pink satin, with bateau
neck, long, close-fitting sleeves. and
draped girdle. Her veil of blush illu-
sion was caught in halo cap effect
with clusters of orange blossoms. She
carried a shower bouquet of orchids
and lilies of the valley. DR.. Sheldon
Payne of Duke Hospital was best man,
and the ushers were Or. Deryl Hart,
DR.. A. D. Doak and Dr.. Snowden Hall,
all of Duke Hospital.
A reception at the home Of the
brides parents followed the ceremony.
Mrs. Norris wore periwinkle blue lace,
and was assisted by the mother OF the
bridegroom, who wore ffowered chiffon
of rose and pastel shades. After the
reception DR.. Cooper and his bride
left on their wedding trip to the
mountains Of North Carolina. They
will be at home later at the Erwin
Apartments in Durham. The bride,
who is q popular member Of the
younger set in that city, is graduate
of Salem College in Salem
while DR.. Cooper received his M. D.
degree from George Washington Uni
versity in 81. later going to CARRIED
(Continued on Third Page.)
Evening star., 1934-07-05
Wedding of MISC Bellows
In MINNEAPOLIS Today.

The wedding Of Miss Eleanor Bel
lows, daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Henry
Adams Bellows of 2l01 Connecticut
avenue, Washington, and sMr. Philip
winston Pillsbury, son of Mr.. and
Mrs. Charles S. Pillsbury of Minne-
apolis. Mimi, takes place this after
noon in Plymouth Congregational
Church, Minneapolis, the Rev. Harry
P. Dewey, D. D. officiating.
The bride will be preceded by two
bridesmaids-Miss Harriet Sexton of
Grand Rapids, Mich, and Miss Bea-
trice Wells of Minneapolis-and by
the maid of honor, Miss Louise Marck-
valid Of Short Hills, N. j., all three
having been classmates of the bride
at Smith College.
The ushers who will take part in
the bridal procession are Mr.. Pills
bury's brothers-in-law-Mr. Oswald
Bates Lord of New York City, Mr..
John Becker, jr., of Castleton-onthe-
Hudson, N. Y; Mr.. E. Bates Mckee of
Mount Kisco N. Y, and Mr.. Charles
Sanger Bellows of Washington. Mr..
Pillsbury's best man will be Mr..
Watson Pomeroy of Milbrook N. Y.
Following the wedding there will be
a small reception at the Summer
Evening star., 1934-07-05

in her home, in Ashton Heights, Va.
her son and daughter-in-law. Mr.. and
Mrs. Mitchell Gary, and their family,
of Kalamazoo M-ch.
Mrs. John A. Mcknight of Claren-
don and Mrs. E. F. Inbody of Cher
rydale left Wednesday for Intermont
W. Va. where they will spend several
weeks at Capon Lake Inn.
A wedding of general interest in
nearby Virginia, where the bridegroom
is we'll known. was that Of Miss Mary
Norris, daughter of DR.. and Mrs. Carl
Pritchard Norris, Of Durham, N. c., to
DR. Albert Derwin Cooper. son of Mr..
and Mrs. A. L. Cooper, of Aurora Hills,
Va, Saturday afternoon, June. 80, in
the Watts Street Baptist Church,
Durham. DR.. J. Clyde Turner of
Greensboro. uncle of the bride, Of
ficiated, assisted by DR.. J. T Riddick.
pastor of the church. Easter lilies and
Evening star., 1934-07-05

white gladioli were used in decoration
banked with cibotium fern and foliage
plants and flanked by cathedral can
dies with white tapers. Before and
during the ceremony a program OF
organ music was given by the uncle Of
the bridegroom, Mr.. J. v. Cooper Of
Mount Vernon, N. Y, and Mrs.
Cooper sang Grieg's Il Love Thee"
and Calm as the Night" by Bohm.
Attendants of the bride were her two