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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-11-02
Disguised With Way
Wage Scale Was
RaiIrOaded
By a Marine Worker Correspondent

By a Marine Worker Correspondent
NEW YORK.-As we all know
the men on the West Coast would
not put up with the working con-
ditions, graft and rackets, that
existed along their piers. When
they threatened to strike if these
things were not stopped, Ryan did
his best to kill the strike. When
he saw he couldn't fool the men,
he was not long in getting back to
New York.
We, the longshoremen of New
York, with the same grievances,
racketS, and working conditions,
continued to work and be loyal to
Ryan. We have been made the
goats. We are not getting the wage
scale and conditions the men won
on the West Coast.
We did not give our vote to
accept Ryan's wage scale. 1t states
in Section 4, article IA of the con-
stitution of the I. L. A. that:
mo agreements shall be made
by any local, or number of locals,
without giving all interested locals
notice and sufficient time and
voice in making the same"
An outrage has been pulled by
the RYAN mob! When there Is
something for vote to be taken on,
this is what happens, Four hours
before they call a meeting they put
80 or 40 leaflets on the dock. That's
their alibi. We were supposed to
be notified. How in hell are men
living in Long Island, Brooklyn and
other parts of New York going to
attend a meeting without notice?
At least three days notice should
be given.
A very small percentage of Local
7e1 knew of a meeting on Saturday
night where they put through a
motion to accept a $1.50 increase
in dues. Article 7, section OF the
T, A. Constitution states
whenever the Executive Council
finds it necessary to levy an assess
ment. the international Secretary
treasurer shall notify all locals OF
the amount"
How many Of you were notitled'
In 1929 when we were getting
plenty of work, higher rate OF
wages, and better working condl-
tons our dues were So. Now they
are going to be $3.50, unless we
kick like hell and stop it. How can
we pay $3.50 in dues out OF our
miserable wages? Some of us DOM
even earn in two months what
Sampson gets in one week, and az
to Ryan's salary. +. WELL! one
of the jobs he has pays him $4,000
a year plus expenses.
And, by the way, why is Samp'
son not at the shape up in thu
morning?
What's the matter? Can't we d.
without these fakirs, and do wha'
the West Coast longshoremen did
build rank and file controlled
union which would increase gangs
cut down drafts, stop the speed
UP, reduce the working day to si1
hours and put more men to work
That's the most important thing
CUNARD LINE LONGSHOREMAN
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-11-02
No'O
Gets After
DOckers
Bv a Marine Worker Correspondent

BY a Marine Worker Correspondent
NEW YORK-We longshoremen
in Local 1858 of the I. L. A. don't
have to look at Joe Ryan's fat belly
to see that our overstuffed pres
ident knows which side of his bread
is buttered.
Now that he has hung his deep
water men with a miserable little
concession, he is preparing to per-
form the same operation on the
coast-wise longshoremen.
The rank and file group in this
local has been carrying on hot
campaign in exposing the takers in
the leadership of our union. We
have shown the brothers that Ryan's
announcement that he is going to
organize the unorganized docks
comes as a result of an agreement
with the ship owners. In return
for the approval and help of the
ship owners in this organization
scheme, Ryan has agreed to settle
separately for the coast-wise docks.
1t is clear to many of us that this
is done for the purpose Of ham
stringing the united struggle of the
deep-water and coast-wise long
Shoremen.
Ryan expects us to accept without
fight an even smaller concession
than the frightened ship owners
made to the deep-water men.
The rank and file group in Local
1858 is rallying the longshoremen
behind them in the fight for our
original demands, the demands OF
the Baltimore Unity Conference.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-11-02
CreUBdckS
MiIitUn /
Delegates
By Marine worker Correspondent

BY Marine Worker Correspondent
NEW YORK.-A delegate of the
Marine Workers Industrial Union
and myself went aboard the Amer
lean Importer and we ran into
"Bozo," the I. S. u delegate. We
spotted him in one of the foc'sles,
so in we went.
He was telling the men that we
were through. To which our dele
gate replied, Were not through,
Bozo, it's your outfit that's through,
because you openly shipped scabs on
the Texas Ranger" Bozo then said,
1--WE were not on strike" Right
there our delegate pointed out that
Bozo was exposing himself.
We had Bozo in that room for
over an hour, and our delegates
were doing all the talking. When
we would pause for breath, Bozo
would try to say something, and
the members of the crew would tell
him to shut up and let our delegates
finish.
So, fellow workers, keep clear of
Bozo and the rest of his phoney
outfit. Bozo started to say some
thing about our outfit being red,
but one of the members of the crew
stated that being red is better than
being yellow. So, fellow workers,
those of you who still believe in
the I. S. u, make it q good union
by ousting the phonies you have as
officials. If you are unorganized
Join the Marine Workers Industrial
Union, he only rank and file organ
i7aion that fights for better condi-
tons for the Seamen.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-11-02
Men Urged
To Answer Wage Cuts
With Communist Votes

will still look forward hopefully to
the Chiefs in the Grand Lodges for
further orders on how to proceed.
Brothers, think of where the pre-
vious orders of these same chiefs
have led. A wage cut in 1921, an
other 10 per cent cut in 1881.
Promises of more employment re-
suited in more unemployment.
In one country in the world the
railroad workers are securing one
wage increase after another. In that
country, railroad men as well as all
workers, have old age security and
complete social insurance. That
country, brothers, is the Soviet
Union. There the workers are on
the track to a Communist society.
Brothers, let us also get on the
right track, the track to Commu-
nism, to Soviet U. S. A. Only
the Communist Party program can
bring us security in old age or in
sickness. Vote for Unemployment
and Social Insurance Bill H. R
1891 Vote Communist!
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-11-02
Quick action FOUOuUS
Morris Pork Expose
Permanent Grievance Committee for Similar
Conditions Is Lesson To Be Drawn

this condition for a long time. They
knew of the complaints. Yet. did
they do a thing about it? Never a
word from them!
I am for the Daily Worker for
life. I appeal to every man in the
shops to read and spread the Daily
Worker.
We must learn some lessons from
this:
l. We must organize permanent
grievance committee to be respon-
sible for raising sharply every rot
ten condition that exists.
2. We must call the attention Of
the men to the inactivity of the
company union and A. F. of L. del
egates. These worthless must be
made responsible for every rotten
condition. They are responsible
because they play hand in hand
with the bosses in refusing to raise
these grievances.
Long live the Daily Worker, the
fighter for the improvement of con-
ditionS of the railroad workers!
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-11-02
IRT Spies
Never Quit
SMitchnlen
BY a Subway Worker Correspondent
NEW YORK The conditions the

BY a Subway Worker Correspondent
NEW YORK.-The conditions the
switchmen contend with on the 1.
R. T. are almost unbearable. To
start with, we got 10 per cent
cut. At the same time we had a
working time cut. AS the news
papers truly admitted at the time,
our pay cut in many cases ran up
to 80 per cent. Then came the pen
sion fraud on top Of that.
All this does not satisfy the
Keegan- Murray rule. The "beakies"
make a venmous onslaught on us
once in while, stripping us Of our
pass if we are caught sitting in the
shack when there is nothing to do.
If we sit in lay-up and play an
innocent game of cards to while
away the few minutes between re-
lays, the "beakies" move in again.
Yet many station agents throughout
the line are robbed by gunner who
know there is no protection for the
employee.
We also have to idle an hour
sometime between move, and
never light a smoke. Then lunch
time is horror, for we are not i'm
mune from the 'beakies" mixing
with us in the restaurant to catch
us drinking a bottle of beer with
our sandwich. If you're caught,
you're fired.
At last comes time to go home,
and we must watch again. For a
five-minute move ahead Of time we
are stripped of our pass and any
thing from one to ten days Suspen-
sion awaits us. We are nervous
wrecks from these things alone, not
counting the chances we take with
our lives getting down to cut-in
trains, which creates an additional
neurotic condition.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-11-02
By a Railroad Worker Correspondent

By Railroad Worker Correspondent
ERIE, Pa.-Brothers, members OF
the Brotherhoods and the A. F. OF
L., once more we find the right OF
way to adequate retirement pen
sions blocked by capitalist obstruc-
lions.
This time it is the decision OF
Justice Alfred A. Wheat of Oct. "a,
that the Pension Bill enacted at the
last session of Congress is uncon-
stitutional.
Brothers, only last week the ma
iority of us thought that at last
the blocks were clear right to the
end of the line. We thought we
had reached the top of the last
grade and could drift into the sta
ton of Old Age Security, and on
Feb. LIST, those of us 65 years of age
or more could retire and enjoy the
few remaining years of our life at
ease.
Yes, brothers, we are on the side
track once more and many OF us
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-11-02
By a Railroad Worker Core
spondent

JAMAICA, N. VI sent in a
letter to your paper exposing the
terrible conditions on track No. 5
where a paint job was being done
and where the men were forced to
work under a dangerous condition
affecting their health.
Well, do you know what hap
pened? Last Saturday the letter
was in the Daily Worker. This
Tuesday the men were already re-
moved from their dangerous posi-
ton. AS a matter Of fact, the
foreman was ordered to see that
no spraying was done while men
were working. At one o'clock when
the men returned from lunch the
spraying was stopped.
This is a great victory for us in
the Morris Park Shops. We have
the Daily Worker to thank for this
improved condition. The company
union and the American Fedora
ton of Labor delegates knew OF
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-11-02
In THE HON E
''What Can a Woman DO?"
BY ANN BAR TON

WHAT can 1 do?" a housewife
W asks the Working Woman
magazine And the problem she
wants the Working Woman to solve
is so vital that the Working
Woman has published her letter in
the November issue of the magazine
(Which is off the press, and for sale
today in the Workers Bookshop in
New York, and will be in your city
in few days, providing the District
Literature Agent has ordered
bundle).
1t is the problem Of woman who
wants to be active in the working
class movement, but whose husband
protests. Her letter reads:
ITO the Working Woman,
Dear Editor:
81 am interested in the working
class movement. / worked ten
years in the two mills in our
town. Now 1 would like to join a
real working class organization
and attend meetings.
BUT MY HUSBAND WON'T
LET ME. I've been married five
years and have two kids. When
ever tell my husband (who has
just gotten his third wage-cut)
that I want to go to these meet
ings, we always quarrel. It's no
use quarreling all the time and /
HnnU xph IN 10 ho
all kinds of interests outside work
and goes to all kinds of meetings.
But when it comes to me, that's
different. read your magazine
for women and wonder whether
you could tell me what l can do.
/ would surely appreciate it If you
would"
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-11-02
Marine Workers Tell Of Rising
ReUOIt in East Against Ryan
SeGnIet in Hospital
Greet Strike NetUS
BY a Marine Worker Core
spondent

BY a Marine Worker Core
spondent
STATEN ISLAND, N. Y
The seamen in the U. S. Marine
Hospital in Staten Island gave
all the support they possibly
could to the marine strike.
Ar I. S. U. delegate posted an
I.S.U. bulletin, calling the strike
off, on the door of the social
room. Within half an hour
some seamen had written in
black ink "sell-out" on the bull
letin.
Copies of the Marine Workers
Voice and the United Front
Daily Strike Bulletin circulated
throughout the hospital
Unable to picket, to fight for
the strike. the men in the hos
pital read anything they could
get about it. Those who could
walk, gathered around some bed
and held discussions. The fell
lows flat on their back. eagerly
listening, called for dope about
the strike.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-11-02
Red Watch
Hits 1. VI. NJ.
Belly Robber
By a Marine Worker Correspondent

BY Marine Worker Correspondent
S. S. WASHINGTON.-Last trip,
on sailing day from New York, two
fellows came aboard to put out the
Red Watch, regular bulletin pub
lished by the Young Communist
League on this ship. One of the
fellows was put off by a Master at
Arms. Then the alarm went out
Mr.. Dooley, the chief officer, and
Mr.. Beverlander, 1st officer, came
down the crews quarters looking for
Reds.
They finally spotted the other
fellow and hauled him up on the
bridge into the mates room. There
they began to question him. Even
ing to sea. "a little over four
years." was the answer. That's the
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-11-02

improvements Forced
By ''LOngshOre Unity

BY a Marine Worker Correspondent.
NEW Y0RK.-Since the Com
munists on Pier N. R., United
Fruit Doc, have put out Long
shore Unity" things are some
what better on the United Fruit
Docks. The bosses don't hOller so
much. Gangs that work only four
or five hours get lunch.
Lots of men talk about strike.
They say that the West Coast
workers won their strike. They
say we should do like that. They
don't trust Ryan and his gang.
They believe more in the rank
and file.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-11-02
NEW SUBSCRIBERS FOR THE
DAILY"
New York. N Y

Dear Comrade Editor:
I am running little business in
strictly Democratic" neighbor-
hood, but I have been working and
I am still working very hard for
my living. I therefore consider my
self a worker. My views were al
ways radical and I read the revo
lutionary press and support it heart
and soul.
The Daily" like many other
workers, I used to read irregularly
Recently, subscribed to the Daily"
for two months. Now I enjoy read
ing it every day and hope to be
Daily Worker reader for many years
to come.
I have been trying to influence
some youths for some time, with
the result that two of them good
baseball players, their father a Re-
publican captain) read the Daily
Worker and find some interest in
it. Today they greet me with Hello,
Comrade," They are ready to join
the Y. c. L. What did the trick?
Careful approach, discussion of
economic conditions, an occasional
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-11-02
Dangerous Drop Of 81, 200
In Wednesdays Receipts

IN ALARMING drop to previous days total of $lS6 is
recorded Wednesdays York district which
the Sage paper sent only $6
The Plainhed Club follows recent 81 con-
tbtion John Reed Club student in New
York modest bit is better than what the
entire club has thus far-nohing!
r. c, which holds regular Symposs
and lectures ignore the Daily Worker financial
campaign membership prod their inert leaders
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-11-02

Pioneer; one year sub. to Working
Woman. Fifteenth best letter re-
ceives five posters from the U. S.
S. r. showing Soviet life. The six
teenth prize is three large, glossy
photos of Lenin, Stain, Marx.
WHAT WOULD YOU DO? The
Working Woman invites you to
answer.
Contributions received to the
credit of Ann Barton, in her Social
ist competition with David Ramsey,
Jacob Burck, Del, Harry Cannes,
Mike Gold and the Medical Advis-
CRY Board, in the Daily Worker
drive for 100000. Quota-S5OO.
Members of form. Prog. CT. .S1.OO
J. M. 100
Previously received ........ ITO
Total to date $3.50
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-11-02
LOngshOreman Exposes
MisIeader at |. L. A.
Meeting

BY Marine Worker Correspondent
NEW YORK-In Local 1858 of
the I. L. A. the takers have put
over a couple of phoney manouvers
Of the kind for which our demo
cratic" President j. P. Ryan is
famous.
Polly" Bakes, a well-known rat
in the Philadelphia local of our
union, was brought into New York
to tell in five minutes everything
he knew, mostly about the Reds. Z"
After Baker finished with his
spiel, our delegate pal" Sullivan
railroaded through a motion to
expel any longshoremen in our
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-11-02
NOTE:

NOTE:
We publish letters every Friday
from workers in the transporta-
tion and communications indus
tries - railroad, marine, surface
lines, subway, elevated lines, ex-
press companies, truck drivers,
taxi drivers, etc., and post office,
telephone, telegraph, etc.
We urge workers from these
industries to write us of their
conditions of work and their
struggles to organize. Please get
these letters to us by Tuesday of
each week.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-11-02
FAsCIsM IN THE UNIVERSITIES
New York, N. Y.
Dear Comrade Editor:

New YORK, N. Y.
Dear Comrade Editor:
The following incident took place
in my military science class last
week. To illustrate the use of the
rifle grenade, the instructor, Cap
tain Ridgeway P. Smith, gave the
following example: IF there are
people in Union Square saying
things we do not like, we put the
rifle at 18th Street, and with the
grenade attachment it is easy to
make a direct hit on Union Square"
Incidents of this sort are typical
of the Military Science Department
of City College (C.CN.Y). The en-
tire department is the acme of jim
goism. The professor, Col George
Chase Lewis, darling of the OAR,
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-11-02

is bitter red batter. The depart
mental bulletin board would appear
bare we're it not for the Hearst
papers. However, the cadets are
awakening and the next war will
not find us fighting our class broth
ers.
For the abolition of the R.O.T.C.
C.C.N.Y. CADET.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-11-02
Can You Make EN-
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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-11-02

Contributions received to the
credit of the Workers Correspond
ence Department in it's Socialist
competition with David Ramsey,
Jacob Burck, Del, Harry Cannes,
Mike Gold, Ann Barton, and the
Medical Advisory Board, in the
Daily Worker drive for 100000.
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Send FIFTEEN CENTS (15c)
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Address orders to Daily Worker
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Street, New York City.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-11-02
Letters from Our Readers
Daily Worker, New Masses, Moscow
News, etc.

The most difficult case was Ne
gro worker who read the Daily News
and followed the horses. 1 bought
him two tickets to "Stevedore" and
the play won him over to our side.
I am proud to mail you with this
letter a dollar for his subscription
to the Daily Worker. P. l..
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-11-02
Our Reply

From your letter, it is quite app
parent that your friend is suffering
from a condition knows as "Detach-
ment of the Retina,' which means
a separation or tearing away of the
substance in the eye which is COM
parable to the film in camera.
This condition may occur in people
who have been "short-sighted" If
this condition only dates from the
LIST of September, an attempt should
be made to operate on his eye soon,
because the success of the opera
ton Call other things being equaD
depends upon how soon operation is
performed.
AS to his question: A torn retina
may at times heal by itself, although
the chances are very meagre. The
Mayo Clinic is very good institu-
ton for that sort of operative in
tervention.
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Contributions received to the
credit of the Medical Advisory
Board in it's Socialist competition
with Del, Mike Gold, Harry Cannes,
Jacob Burck, David Ramsey and
Ann Barton, in the Daily Worker
drive for $4,000. Quota-s1,5OO.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1934-06-14
SUMMONS FOR PUBLICATION 2H1RA

In the District Court for the Ter ritory of Alaska, Division Num-
 Der One. At Juneau
 CHARLES WAYNOR, Plaintiff, vs. A. R. MAESER, doing business as the Pacific International Fur
 Company, Defendant.
 The President of the United States of America, to the above named
 defendant, GREETING:
 You are hereby required to ap- pear in the District Court for the Territory of Alaska, First Division, at Juneau, within thirty days after the last publication of this sum mons, namely, within thirty days after the 18th day of July, 1884 in case this summons is published, or within forty days after the date of it's service upon you, in case this summons is served upon you personally, and answer the com plaint of the above named plaintiff on file in the said court in the above entitled action
 The plaintiff in said action de- mands the following relief: judg ment for the reasonable value of work, labor and services performed for defendant by Melvin Hurley, at Tebenkoff Bay, Alaska, between February 1, 1884, and June 8. 1884 as caretaker, keeper and custodian of defendants fox farm, amounting to $640O0, with interest thereon from June 8, 1884, all assigned to plaintiff above named; a reasonable attorneys fees; and plaintiffs costs and disbursements: in which action all the live foxes on defendants fox island at Tebenkoff Bay, Alaska, together with said island, buildings, fox pens, feed houses, and appur- tenances are under attachment to secure judgment.
 And in the event you fail to ap- pear and answer, the plaintiff will take judgment against you for want thereof, and will apply to the court for the relief demanded in his complain, and as herein stated.
 Witness, the Honorable George F. Alexander, Judge of said Court, and the Seal of said Court, here unto affixed, on this 18th day of June, 1884. t
 ROBERT E. COUGHLIN,
 (SeaD Clerk.
 By: vENETIA PUGH,
 Deputy Clerk. First publication, June i4, 1884. Last publication, July 12. 1884.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1934-06-14
PRINCETON IS IN PORT WITH
 DELEGATIONS
Eight Juneau Boys, Girls, Return from Sitka Young
 Peoples Conference

The Presbyterian Mission boat Princeton, which is being used to return delegates to their homes from the Young Peoples Confer ence at Sitka, arrived here this forenoon at 10:15 o'clock
 Eight delegates from Juneau were aboard, Jean Taylor. Lewis Fay Tor, Irvine Krause, Jane Blomgren, Helen Beistline, Joyce Morris and Hazel Peterson and Gunnar Blom- gren.
 The Princeton had 49 passeng- CTS aboard when leaving Sitka, nearly all of them delegates. Haines and Skagway representa- tives were dropped off at their homes before the boat came to Ju- neau There were three for Haines and nine for Skagway.
 Yet to be returned are two for Rake, three for Wrangell, one for Ketchikan, five for Metlakatla, two for Hydaburg and six for Craig.
 Rev John A. Glasse plans to have members of the delegation give reports on the various activi- ties and matters of interest taken up at the convention as part of his Il o'clock service Sunday morning at the Northern Light Presbyterian Church.
 Seven of the Juneau delegates were from that church and one from the Native Presbyterian Church.