The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-02-17
W. Virginia Miners
EnSlayed in 125
Chicken COOpS'
(By a Miner Correspondent

$1,000
MORGANTOwN, w. Va. - Mrs.
Roosevelt has built lbs chicken coops
for the forgotten miners at Arthur
dale, Preston County, w Va.-the
so-called Homesteaders. Many work.
erS call these homes Pennsylvania
Box-cars." They are like prison
camps.
Last summer, this farm was used
as a concentration camp and many
youths have been trained on this
farm for military purposes, but these
| YOUTHS h"Ve ~~-' '>aen transferred
to some other camps.
The miners who now live on this
four acre slavery farm are under
strict laws by signing the slave agree
ment. These slaves cannot leave with
out a permit from the warden. Also
these farmers cannot raise what they
want, freely, but only as the warden
tells them to, for the government has
to receive half interest Of the crops.
The miners are not allowed to
move in any Of their old furniture,
not even a water cup, SO as to put
the miners in more poverty. Furni-
ture to supply these coopS will be
furnished by Mrs. Cook-one Of Mrs.
Roosevelt's close friends. This is the
first part of the graft.
A mailbag factory is to be built
on this prison camp Mrs. Roosevelt
Gays that there will be a guarantee of
three davS' work p week for these
"farminers" so that they can pay for
heir chicken coops, which will cost
$4,000. The interest will amount to
$500 in 20 years.
Mrs. Roosevelt knows that this is
nothing but a bluff of the politicians.
This factory will put the Indiana
workers IN more misery since tH"v
produce the mail-bags for the U. s.
Post Office Department.
Not very long ago, a truck driver
had an accident with one Of the
C.WA. trucks that was used to take
workers to the prison camp Of Mrs.
Roosevelt. The result was that
seven workers were badly hurt and
most of them will be crippled for
life No investigation was made and
no compensation will be paid to these
workers.
Another young worker at this
prison camp took sick and died from
bad working conditions by working
in bad weather and water holes in
freezing weather.
Paw Overdue on C.W.A,
Not long ago, M Hopkins notified
IL his stool pigeons to cut all C.W-A.
workers from 80 hours to is week,
and Is per cent to be laid off en-
tirely. On Jan. 10, $40 workers were
laid off on projects in and around
Monongalia County. These workers
on projects No. 3012 and No. 3014
have not been paid single penny
for their work yet. Some of these
workers have worked four and five
weeks and have never been paid.
There has been no politician or
CRATER laid off or reduced in salary
Some grafters in charge Of the
eva, such as Mrs. Davis, get a
salary of $1,000 year. There are
more than 200 such high salaried
officials on Mrs Roosevelt's jobs, but
still they say there is no money for
C.W.A. workers or the unemployed
One more thing I want to notify
the workers about is Mrs. Roosevelt's
policy to outscab the scabs. All skilled
workers, such as bricklayers. car
rentc~~s, electricians, pipefitters,
should get according to the price the
government has set, from 80 cents to
$40 ~ hour We're thew are only
paid SIS cents an hour. Who gets the
othe- SIS cents?
Only few bootleggers and a few
American Legion dues collectors are
-N--'-7" this $40 rer hour.
The workers are divided by the
bosses on these proiscts. The whites
work one day and the Negroes the
next day.