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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-06-04
Textile Trimming
Workers. Prepare
For General Strike
Hold Craft vi lettings
To Prepare Demands
For Struggles

Workers in the textile trimming
trades are holding craft meetings,
discussing their demands in prep
arstiOn for a general strike in the
near future" said Samuel ]. Stem
Der, organizer of the Textile Trim
ming Workers Union independently d.
The bulk of the workers in the
industry are in the union, such as
kuitterS, braiders, winders, weayers,
Wrappers, SpinnerS, etc. The present
situation is that since seven months
ago, the union has won substantial
wage increases for the workers, and
the bosses have been forced to sub
init to hiring and firing by the shop
committees" SLENDER clar d,
"knitters who previously had been
getting $14 to $16 week are now
getting SGT but due to the rising
cost Of living they are preparing to
strike for $35, for a 40 hour week
and $33 for extra men during sea-
soual ruShes."
''The evil of the so-called COM
mission houses, in which workers
have not been organized is the main
point OF concentration for the I'M
ions work at present. The union
Winders are getting s18 minimum for
40 hours and time-and- a-half for
overtime but winderS in commission
houses are getting from S12 $14
for 40 hours and $3.50 for 4S hours,
or Bic an hour. THE unorganized
WlnderS are running so spindles
whereas organized winders are run
ming 36 Spindles."
Samuel J. SLENDER says that
unorganized shops must be brought
into the union in order that better
conditions may be won for all. The
union while working on the unor
gained shops, is going ahead with
separate meetings for each craft in
the union and the workers are grid
ing themselves for future struggles
preparing to win greater victories in
the future than they have won in
the past.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-06-04

Seventy rank and file delegates.
representing Left Wing groups from
35 Of the largest locals of the IL.
G.WU., with membership Of 1897
900, met in conference on Saturday
and Sunday, May 26 and 81, 1894
laid the basis for a broad national
movement and adopted a program
OF action for effective resistance
against the attacks of the bosses,
and OF building the International
into a militant union.
The coming forward of new and
young leadership was the outstand-
ing feature of the conference. AS
one adult comrade put it, "the youth
is challenging the methods of the
Old and they certainly did.
Concrete Examples
One after the other, young work
ers stepped forward with reports
from different centers.
In Philadelphia, reports one
worker, the dressmakers are disil-
lusloned ever since the betrayal OF
the general strike. They have
divided us into two different
branches, cotton and silk, a sepa-
rate local for the presSers, so that
they can rule unchalIenged
1.-THE sl3 minimum of the cotton
code is being established as the
maximum, not only on cotton
dresses, but even on blouses where
the minimum is supposed to be
$500. Negro segregation is widely
practiced in the trade. Negro press
OTIS are being exploited by white
preSSers who act as sub-contractors,
without the union doing anything
about it, In one shop, the mana
ger, Reisberg, forced some of the
workers to sign an affidavit that
they agree to work below the mini
mum Of S13 Despite this, in many
shops where there are militants and
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-06-04

worked in the Pride Dress Shop.
When the bosses attempted to cut
his wages and fire him, the worker
in the shop Immediately reacted
and forced the boss to come to terms
with the shop committee. This was
done hardly without assistance on
the part Of the Negro Committee of
the Union, proving to what extent
the workers are educated along the
lines of the Negro question, thanks
to the energy and education that
the union develops in all of its
shops and departments.
In order to battle the rising wave
OF discrimination and prejudice, we
must be steeled in the theory of the
trade unions in regard to the ma
tional question. The Committee on
Negro Work will start again,
course Of six weeks in the union, on
this important topic. We must de-
velop q broad struggle against the
betrayerS of the Negro workers, and
Solidify our ranks for the decisive
exposure of Zimmerman and other
takers, and misleadecs OF the
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-06-04
Who Are the Betrayers
OF the Negro Workers
In the Needle Trades?

others in her place. The other two
girls did the same work at a far
cheaper rate. No aid was given to
the discharged girl by the officials,
to reinState her.
In blouse and shirt shop on
18th st. known as the HalIer Dress,
where the workers recently came
down on strike, under the leader
ship of the Needle Trades Workers
Industrial Union, it is shown that
the International not only did not
come out to fight agaist the nom
living wages given to the workers,
but now actually send workers with
tickets to scab on the strikers. Sew
eral Of the workers sent by the In
ternational refused to work after
they learned the shop was on strike.
In this shop the bosses used the
MIRA. Code Label but paid the
workers the following wages: opera
tors receive as low as $685. instead
of the 1880 minimum provided in
the code; the finishers receive as
low as S. instead of the SIT, pro-
vided by the code.
The leaders Of the International
boast they are for the unity of the
Negro and white. II this is true,
then why did they send white work
ers to scab on this shop when the
majority of the workers on strike
are Negroes The workers are now
convinced as to who really are the
Ku KluXers. They realize now that
Zimmerman and the whole Inter
national leadership only come out
with sweet phrases during elections;
and after election, continue to be-
tray them further. This is seen
concretely with the issuance of the
infamous scientific schedule which
really is a slightly disguised method
Of slashing the already low wages of
the workers.
The Negro and white workers
must raise every issue of the out
standing examples of betrayals be-
fore the eyes of the masses. We
must throw back into the faces of
the yellow bosses politicians all
evidence of discrimination and bad
treatment directed against the
workers. We must force them to
live up to their honeyed words,
promises and phrases that they give
the workers during election time.
The Committee on Negro work of
the Needle Trades Workers Indus
trial Union handles Immediately all
problems in the shops affecting the
Negro workers. No red tape, no
maneuvers. The workers know
through experience that the N. T.
W. I. U. fights effectively against
discrimination and abuse of the
Negro workers. We do this effec-
lively because it is a fundamental
principle on which our union has
grown. The union does not make
the Negro question a pure labor
problem alone but develops this
question into serious political ques-
ton Of national significance.
Let us take one outstanding case.
The case OF John Prexley, who
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-06-04
Continued from Page y

the dreSSmakerS, white and colored.
He also stated that any attempts to
divide the workers would only serve
the interests Of the bosses
We remember quite well when
facts we're given to Zimmerman,
leader of the International, proving
concretely that segregation did exist
in shops of International control,
his only comment was that the
shops in question did not belong to
local %.
Why didn't this Zimmerman, who
yelps about justice to the colored
people, use his power to stop this
southern Jim Grow practice in any
local Of the International?
Glaring Example
The L. 81 H. Dress, 1913 w. 18th
Street, shop of the International,
stands out as a glaring example OF
rank prejudice used against Negro
workers. A Negro examiner was
paid as little as $1075 instead of
the $21 minimum She was also
given bad checks and when she de-
manded the money due her, she was
beaten up and fired. She went to
the office of the International and
complained to Zimmerman and the
business agents. Was anything done
about it? Not a thing, The worker
had to collect her money through
the medium of the court, without
any assistance. from the union. The
manager of Local %, Zimmerman
and the other Officials, when this
case and others were exposed, find
ing themselves unable to concretely
answer the charges disclosed, in
leaflets came out with leaflet, pre-
sumably in reply calling the Left
Wing, Hitlerites and Ku KluxerS.
Negro Girl Fired
Now that the ballyhoo of the cleo
ton campaign is over, the workers
see clearer just exactly what these
corrupt leaders mean to them. Only
recently a group of Negro workers
embittered in their resentment
against Zimmerman and other lead
ers of the International, exposed the
fact that on March 18th a Negro
girl in an International shop, be-
cause she voiced her opinion of the
bad treatment accorded her, was
fired. The pretext given was that
she had spilled coffee on a dress.
She went to the union several times
and asked her to regain her job as
she knew nothing about splitting any
coffee Skolnick and Oliver, the
district manager and business agent
told her they could do nothing.
maybe if this was during the cleo
ton campaign, they might have
settled.-our emphasis). No attempt
was ever made to reemploy Miriam,
the girl. This is from Local %,
where the same Zimmerman is the
manager.
In Local so of the International.
a dress shop on Stage Street be-
tween Union and Lorimer, Brooklyn,
fired Negro girl and hired two
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-06-04
RadiOWOrkers
Try for Unity
In Struggle
AFL Tries 90 Sabotage
Efforts To Weld A
United Group

NEW YORK IS delegates
representing the various radio work.
ers groups, organized and unorgan-
lied shops, were present at the Joint
Conference of Radio Workers
Groups which took place Saturday,
May 18th, at Irving Plaza.
The Conference was called at the
initiative Of the Shop Union Of the
General Instrument Co., whose
workers had recently concluded a
partially successful struggle for
wage increases. The Independent
Radio and Metal Workers Union
gave its full support to the calling
of the Conference which marked
step forward in the direction of the
Unity of all Radio workers.
Represented at the Conference
we're the General Instrument Shop
Union, Independent Radio and
Metal Workers Union, Steel and
Metal Workers Industrial Union,
Mechanics Educational Society OF
America, an A. F. L. controlled shop,
the Insuline and an observer" for
the A. F. L.
The Conference was essentially
called for the purpose Of uniting
all the radio workers groups and TO
make possible united struggle
against the employers for better
conditions. Sentiment for united
action was unanimously expressed
by the delegates present. The dele
gates elected Provisional Commit
tee to carry on the work Of the Con-
ference and to prepare for a much
larger and broader Conference OF
Radio workers to be held within the
next two weeks.
The position Of the A. F. L. Of
ficals was shown to be unfavOr-
able to the unity Of the radio
workers when it was pointed out
ttitah du 1AaNAbaNhDA 10 AAaC IA H. no
to participate i'm the Conference
had been rejected by them on the
grounds that ''they were the only
bona fide Representatives OF ths
radio workers and would refuse
to participate ia any conference
OF radio workers groups.
Nevertheless the workers from the
InSuline Zone Of the two shops in
the A. F. OF L. endorsed the pro-
posalS for joint action.
The A. F. OF L. observer" seeing
the large representation of radio
workers and their unanimous sentl-
ment for Unity nominated the vice.
president of the A. F. of L. union
to the Provisional COMMITTEES. This
was seconded by the delegates TO
effect the unity of all groups. How
ever radio workers should be on
guard against the Sell-out and split
ting policies of these individuals
Radio workers regardless OF the
organization to which they belong
should Immediately effect unity in
their shops on the basis OF common
struggles in the shops to result in
the betterment of the conditions of
the workers. To this end the In
dependent Radio and Metal Work
ers Union pledges its full support
and calls upon its members TO unite
in joint struggles with all radio
workers regardless OF the organize
ton to which they belong.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-06-04

The dictatorship of the prole-
tariat must be a State that EN-
bodies a new kind Of democracy,
for the prOletarians and the dis
possessed; and a new kind of
dictatorship, against the bOur-
ge0jSie-Lenln>
Imperial Valley press., 1934-06-30
SAass&SsS.~.
FOURTH g. MAIN Ell CENTRIC
NOTICE OF PUBLIC WORK

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN
that a resolution of intention being
Resolution No. 404 was on the 26th
day of June, 1884, adopted and
passed, wherein it was proposed
that a certain alley therein referred
to and hereinafter described be va
Gated and entirely closed up. Said
alley is described as follows:
That certain alley shown in
Block 26 of the Townsite of Ell
Centro, according to Map No.
953 on file in the Office of the
County Recorder of San Diego
County, copy of said Map be-
ing on file in the Office of the
County Recorder of Imperial
County, more particularly de-
scribed as follows:
COMMENCING at the South
east corner of Lot IA in said
Block; thence North along the
Easterly line of Lots IA, 13, IL,
II, 10 and 9 to point five feet
North of the Southeast corner
of said Lot 8; thence East par
allel to the South line of Lot 9
to point on the West line of
Lot Is; thence South along the
West line of said Lot Is to the
Southwest corner thereof;
thence West to the point of be-
ginning.
Said resolution of intention is
hereby referred to for further par
ticulars.
FURTHER NOTICE IS HEREBY
GIVEN that any person interested
objectng to the said closing of said
alley may make written objections
to the same within ten days after
the expiration of the time of the
publication of this notice and such
objection or objections will be given
nearing by the City Council as
provided by law.
PHILIP w. KNIGHTS.
Street Superintendent of the CITY
of Ell Centro. 27t1o
Imperial Valley press., 1934-06-30
! Here And There
| In Sport World
lBy United press)

LOUISVILLE, KY, June 30
Jane Sharp of Pasadena, Calf,
seeded first in the Kentucky state
Women's tennis tournament, enter
ed the semi-final round today
through a victory over Josephine
Gray of Cincinnati, 6-2, Us. Miss
Sharp teamed with her singles VIC
tim to defeat Catherine Wolf OF
Elkhart. Ind, and Louise Karl. Of
Indianapolis, in a semi-final dou-
bles match, 6-1. Ga.
HAVERFORD, Pa, June 80. -
Gene Mako. sensational University
of Southern California tennis play
er. and Gil Hunt, Massachusetts
Tech sophomore, met today in the
finals CT the intercollegiate cham
pionships at Merton Cricket finale.
Mako eliminated Wilbur Hess, Rice
Institute, yesterday, and Hunt beat
Bill Breese of Georgia Tech. The
doubles final is an all-California
affair, Jack Tidball and Charlie
Church of UCLA, playing Mako
and Phil Castlen, Southern Cali
fornia.
LOS ANGELES, June 80. = A
new city golf champion was in the
making today following the defeat
of Guy E. Hanson, defending title
holder, by Jim Tebbe of Los An
geles Junior college and in the
annual municipal tournament at
Griffith Park yesterday.
Tebbe meets Bruce Mccormick
and Stanley Seymour battles Cecil
Noe today in the semi-finals.
LOS ANGELES, June 80. The
Santa Catalina Island tennis tour
nament proceeded today without
the competition of Ebert Lewis,
tourney favorite, following his de-
feat yesterday at the hands of
Johnny Law, Stanford Sophomore.
in two quick sets, 6-3, 6-2.
DIR. Gerald Bartosh and Jess
Millman, who also had been doped
to move along into the final elm
nations, lived up to predictions
and blasted their way through
| double victories yesterday.
HOLLYWOOD, June 30 = Fred
die Miller, of Cincinnati, today re-
manned the outstanding feather
weight after an easy triumph last
night over George Hansford, Young
Los Angeles fighter, in 10-round
battle at Hollywood Legion stadium.
Miller, who is N. B. A. feather
weight champion, hopelessly OUT
| classed his opponent, staggering
him several times during the fight.
Hansford appeared flustered at
his chance to battle top-notcher.
| Each weighed 1861 pounds.
The title was not at stake.
Imperial Valley press., 1934-06-30
Church Dinner Was
Splendid Success

Thanks to all those who attend
ed the dinner given at the Roland
hotel Thursday to aid the Church
of God in Christ, were expressed
today by Mrs. Halle Gray and Mrs.
Bessie Giles of the committee in
charge.
The dinner was a splendid sue
cess and goodly sum realized for
the aid of the church fund.
Imperial Valley press., 1934-06-30
REAL ESTATE BARGAINS

HOME $l750--Located at
l743 Cable ST., Ocean Beach, Cali
fornia. S rooms and bath. Also
3 room cottage in the rear on the
same lot. Both streets paved. H.
B. Yakel, 507 Bank of America
Bldg, San Diego. Main 0208.
30t3
Imperial Valley press., 1934-06-30
IrssIE q ,INNER

JESS SIZE ONN E r
795 Main Phone 474
"For Better Ell Centre Homes"
Excellent unfur. on paving, five
rooms, $17.50, summer rate - Tile
sink and bath, rooms, $40, fur
nished Electrical refrigeration, 2
bedrooms, $25 - Neatly furnished
rooms, $40.
Imperial Valley press., 1934-06-30
POULTRY FOR SALE

FOR SALE - Leghorn cockerels, 4
weeks old, 81 per hundred. FL
Centre Hatchery. 27t4
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PROFESSIONAL
J. D. FOSS

PUBLIC ACCOUNTANT
1876 Brighton Ave. Phone 1885
Auditing, Income Tax, Bookkeeping
Associated With
CRENSHAW, DIEHL & WRIGHT
Certified Public Accountants
Santa Ana -Riverside--L Los Angeles
Imperial Valley press., 1934-06-30
FOR RENT HOUSES

FOR RENT-Uniurnished, modern
4-room house, sleeping porch. 856
South Sixth st. 23tf
Imperial Valley press., 1934-06-30

WANT TO RENT-Modern cabin
al Jacumba or Live Oaks from
July Is till September Is. Tele-
phone 81 after 3 p. m. 29tfdh
Imperial Valley press., 1934-06-30
POULTRY WANTED
EXCHANGE

FOR TRADE-For Imperial Valley
property, my equity in 5-acre
poultry ranch Slightly improved
all modern conveniences, well 10
Gated. For information write
owner, J. Fanesca, P. o. Box 80,
Fontana. Calf. sat-4t
Imperial Valley press., 1934-06-30
MISCELLANEOUS FOR SALE
HELP WANTED

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tro and vicinity. Sell 'PLUSS," )"
amazing new cleaner and water
softener, always repeats, BIG
profits, write for particulars
Magic Products Co., 2143 w.
Washington Blvd, Los Angeles,
Calf. 30t2
Imperial Valley press., 1934-06-30

FOR RENT-Small furnished house
at 838 Adams st. Inquire of
Reynolds, 642 Brighton. Phone
991. 28tf
Imperial Valley press., 1934-06-30

FOR-Rent Houses ana apartments
furnished and unfurnished, large
and small. Marie Land, 235 North
Sixth st. 21tf
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FOR RENT-Four-room furnished
house, summer rates. 5l3 Brigh-
ton. 28t3
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FOR RENT-Small, neatly furnish
ed 4-room cottage; tile sink,
shower; water paid; $40 month.
1895 Woodward Ave. 28t3
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FOR RENT-Four room unfur-
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634 So. 9Th. 18tf
Imperial Valley press., 1934-06-30

FOR RENT-Furnished house with
Frigidaire for couple, close In
at 642 Brighton. 5tf
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FOR RENT - 3-room furnished
house, all conveniences, $3.50 per
week. TIL Park. 29t3
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HME1II[ :%2 Advertise I2II1A{}l{! 81 !!
FOR RENT HOUSES

FOR RENT-Three-ro furnished
house. Inquire 571 Olive. 30t3
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FOR RENT-Desiraple front room,
outside entrance, fan furnished.
ITO Olive. din
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FOR RENT-Room, with meals If
desired. Phone 676-J or inquire
566 Brighton. 28t3
Imperial Valley press., 1934-06-30
WANTED MISCELLANEOUS

WANTED TO BUY-Small two or
three-room house. Box 461, Holt
vile. 3Ot3
Imperial Valley press., 1934-06-30

FOR RENT-Room, evening meal
if desired. 1892 Brighton st. oh
Imperial Valley press., 1934-06-30

FOR RENT - Furnished room fol
boys, cool. 704 State. 21t!
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FOR RENT - Apartments with
sleeping porches. Also bachelor
cabins. 3O5 So. 4th st. 28t4
Imperial Valley press., 1934-06-30
ROOMS AND APARTMENTS

COUNTRY CLUB INN-Sixth and
Holt. Has nice apartment with
electric refrigeration at $500 per
month. 29t3
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-07-07
CORN CROP is
CALLED BEST
Never Saw 1t Look Better
Farm Editor Writes;
Wheat Also Good.

The weather may have been most
unpleasant for city jewellers recent
ly, but it has been splendid for their
country cousins crops.
For that, you may take the word
of E. G. Faust, Indiana Farm Bureau
official and editor of The HooSier
Farmer.
Crops are in excellent condition"
Mr. Faust said today. Il never saw
the corn crop look any better at this
time of year.
Reports from where thraShing is
going on indicate a good wheat
yield. I'd say it was yield of from
twenty to thirty-f1ve bushels an
acre. It's good quality, too.
Almost all of it No. 2 and quite
lot of it is No. l."
The oats crop, at first believed
virtually wiped out by the early
summer drought, is short one-third
to one half.
In the northern, and particularly
northwestern, portion of the state,
chinch bugs have attacked the crops,
but the central and south sections
have not been menaced seriously by
these pests.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-07-07
Aha, the Butter Side!

Mr.. BORAH may or may not be aware that the
4f1 freedom of the press" for which he thunders
was used by many as cloak to retain child labor
in the newspaper industry. It was used by others
to prevent the spread of organization among en-
ployes on all these matters Senator Borah was dis
creetly silent This so-caled western radical can de-
tect the butter side of his bread from any distance
up 10 ten thousand yards.
After noting the fact that his address fell upon
the Fourth of July, Senator BOrah began: Let us,
therefore take in a full breath of pure American air
and speak our minds old-time naked American
isn-naked and unashamed. Let us pay simple
tribute TO American patriots, to American instltu-
tons to American character to the flag and TO that
conception of liberty and personal freedom which
finds its finest expression in the Declaration OF In
dependence, its nOblest embodiment in the Consu-
tuition Of the United States and its highest practical
exemplihCatiOn in the daily deeds and lives OF Amer
lean citizens the real builders Of American ciyza-
ton"
That is a long sentence and it contains many
time-tried phrases which have often served to buoy
up the hopes Of men whose situation was desperate.
1T was the practice Of Augustus Caesar, when
preparing to take some new bloc of power, the
senator said to deliver eulogy the virtues Of
the republic and announce his deep solictude for the
liberties and the happiness Of the people"