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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-12-04
Real Estate
Boss Assails

B a Worker Correspondent

NEW YORK.-Exactly two days
after the Daily Worker had exposed
its brutal oppression, and ironically,
on the eve of Thanksgiving, the real
estate corporation of Meyer and
Steffens undertook to lecture to its
service employees on the useless
ness" of joining a union.
Smiling suavely into the grim
labor-worn faces of thirty of his
slaves, janitors, handy-men and
elevator operators, Mr.. Steffens de-
clared:
There is nothing to gain by join
ing a union, because the wage in
crease agreed upon by the board of
arbitration LA Guardias) will OBJ
tain in union and non-union build
ings alike"
"Of course I cannot prevent you
from joining union; neither the
union nor we are allowed to intimi-
date workers. But, as you see, join
ing union means paying to join
and paying dues for nothing. There
fore, for your own good" cajoled this
enemy of the working class, IT ask
you not to join"
In other words, this boss meant:
do not strengthen the union that is
now fighting for your wage increase.
Instead, avoid paying dues and
cripple the union. Then there would
be no union. But that is nothing.
you would be paid the wage that is
won by a non-existing union.
Mr.. Steffens then dealt with the
matter of strikes. eff you are in a
union" he explained, you'll be or
dered out on what is known as a
sympathy strike-like the garment
workers were recently. For the days,
or weeks, you are on such a strike
you'll receive no pay from your en-
ployer nor from the union"
Whereas" and Mr.. Steffens
beamed, eff you are not in the
union, you could keep working, and
would give you enough police pro-
lection"
Emulating the strikebreaking elo-
quence of LaGuardia, Mr.. Steffens
continued:
you elevator operators are much
different to, let's say, garment
workers. If the garment workers
are on strike and you can't get 9
new pair of socks, you can wear
the old pair regardless of holes. But
elevators must keep running; it is
a matter of health. Suppose a strike
is on and somebody on the top floor
is dangerously sick. Then, whatf
Don't you see how un-h humanitarian
an elevator strike would be?"
Well, some of the workers saw
and some did not. Many of them
looked at the frail, sick man who
has been running their elevator ur
and down for % years, who never
theleSs will be thrown out by mere
ly a tenants request, and saw moi
only "un-humanitarianism," but g
studied fiendish brutality.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-12-04
Spivak's Expose Helps
Block Fascist Lecture
By a Worker Correspondent

ny q hUthcE Correspondent
COATESVILLE, Pa. - Viola
lima, ambitious young fascist, was
to have spoken at the Coates
vile Y. M. @. A. Auditorium,
Sunday, Dec. 2, but she was not
there.
Miss lima had chosen a mild
sounding subject, "What Youth is
Thinking" Furthermore, the local
publicity on her, described the
young lady as an AbySSinian Prin-
cess. No suggestion was made of
Nazi connections. But, thanks to
the timely exposure by Spivak,
folks here were completely
aroused, and let their state of
mind be known.
Mr.. Hoffman, Y. NJ. c. A. Sec
rotary, VINO engaged Miss lima
through the Nelson Bureau
at Pittsburgh, was interviewed
promptly. SpiVak's article was
brought TO his attention.
And then, Mr.. Hoffman did the
logical and correct thing. He can
ceIled Viola Ilma's contract.
This is an instance of mass
pressure. What was done in
Gainesville can be done anywhere
else, and must be done.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-12-04

and that improvements of machines
and speeding up of the line was
already in projection for 1885 to
deplete the Ford payroll of many
thousands. These statements still
stand.
Fords Plan More Drive on
His Workers
For the last few years many Ford
car bodies were made in Murray
Body Corporation and Briggs Body
Corporation. The contract price
that these companies received from
Ford was so low that the Murray
Body Corporation loss on the Ford
contract in 1884 was $1,500,0O0.
Briggs loss in 1884 was little
less on the Ford contract. But this
company has in some way been able
to make others pay for what they
lost on Ford's work.
The contract price for 1885 Ford
car bodies from both Murrays and
Briggs was given at a much higher
figure than formerly. Neither Muir
ray nor Briggs could continue max
ing Ford car bodies at a loss. Con-
sequently, Ford was compelled to
build his own dies, lay out new
assembly lines and generally build
up new department to make the
bodies for the Ford car of 1885 in
his own plant.
The intention of Ford is to show
Murray and Briggs what he can do.
He proposes to build his own bodies
at less cost than the Murray Body
Corporation, who went into a ST.
100000 hole for Henry in 1884.
Methods have been laid down to
drive the men on the Ford Body
assembly, throughout all the pro-
cesses to the utmost limit. Many
processes have been mechanical to
make workers almost unnecessary.
For instance, for the paint spray
ing of bodies and parts, there were
about TOO men employed in the
various spray booths in 1888 1884
For the 1885 plan, a machine has
been developed which can be filled
with paint and set and will auto
matically spray the bodies and
parts as they pass by on the con-
veyorS. This machine is to cut
down the number of workers in the
spray booths from TOO to about 100
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-12-04
Militant Expelled
From Hudson Local
Greer Exposes Own Connection With Secret
Service in Initiating Anti-Red Drive

Greer had access to the company
records and whether Greer owned
any stock in the Hudson company.
Greer, replying, said he didn't get
the information from the company,
but from a secret service man.
Feeling himself guilty, he immedi-
ately said that he himself wasn't
secret service man and that he
wasn't getting any salary outside OF
the union.
The Greer gang made motion to
expel this worker and it was
carried, thouh a number of mem
bers abstained from voting.
Another matter that came up at
this meet ing, which showed this
company agent in his true colors,
was the Slight" change the Greer
clique had made in the proposals
regarding wages and seniority that
were to be presented to the COM
pany. At a previous meeting the
membership had defeated the eff
IOTIS OIL bIl6 Cll4ut W uAC1uuC Ol1S
company union proposal that I'm
dividual skilT' and workmanship"
should be considered in laying of
workers. The committee to present
the demands, consisting Of Greer
and two of his henchmen, Doll and
Chuck Hayes, ignored the wishes
of the membership and stuck back
this defeated proposal. At the last
meeting members objected to this
trickery, but the Greer gang, using
all kinds of demagogy, finally Sue
ceeded in putting over this merit
clause" on the plea that they needed
it as an arguing point.
1t becomes more and more clear
that Greer, who originally helped
organize the Hudson company
union, is nothing but company
agent who is pretending to fight
the A. F. of L. in the interests Of
the Hudson company. The men,
bers of the local should get wise
to his tricks and take action to de-
fend their interests.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-12-04
Cuardsnan
Exposes Co.
DuesRacket
BY a Soldier Worker Correspondent

BY Soldier Worker Correspondent
NEW YORK; am a guardsman
in New York regiment, supposed
to be one of the honest good
ness traditional outfits in the state
state.
I joined, like most of the fellows
here, SO I could have something to
do during the week, play ball with
other fellows, go to dances and do
all the rest of the things young
fellow likes to do. I did not join
the Guards because I am such
he'll of a tough buy, or bloodthirsty
or anything like that. To come to
the point. This is the news:
Just a week ago, got together
with four other fellows in my out
fit who felt the same way I did
about the raw rackets being run
by the skipper of our company at
our expense. We don't know ex-
actly what we are going to do to
stop this grating on us but it won't
take long before we work out some
pretty definite ways of taking his
fingers out of our pie. Especially,
when we get most of the other men
to act with us.
You might find it hard to believe,
but in spite of the fact that most
of us were not born dumb, our
skipper manages to collect five dol
lars from every mans pay every
three months. He says it goes for
company dues. A baby, even a baby
guardsman, can figure out that five
times forty equals 5000 every
month into the captains pocket.
Maybe he shares it with the Looey.
Once in a while, maybe once in
six months, we have beer racket
which gives the captain trick ex-
cuse to account for the four hundred
bucks.
If I were not afraid of wearing
out my elbow, I would tell you
the details of the other rackets he
works, such as buying and selling
uniforms, reselling discarded equip
ment and charging for lost equip
ment. I know you would print
this. That's one thing you fellows
have a reputation for doing, pub
fishing stuff that other papers are
afraid to touch.
Private, LIST Glass.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-12-04

The intensive competition between
the General Motors Corporation
and Chrysler and the Ford Motor
Co. in 1895 will be taken out of
the skin and blood of the auto
workers of Detroit. They are all
ruthless in their methods, but Ford
is the father of them all. The Ford
Plant in 1885 will be so inhuman
that it will be hardly possible for
men to stand it. Already the Ford
service system senses what may
happen and workers seen talking
together are being suspended for
one or two weeks or laid off alto
gether.
Ford Intimidates His Workers
Intimidation against workers Is
one of Ford's pet schemes. To at
tempt to put fear into Ford work
ers, to stop any talk about what
may be going on in the plant, to
express what the Ford workers say
is Ito know nothing, to hear
nothing, to say nothing" That's
Henry Ford's ideal of modern
Ford worker.
But We Ford workers are not
quite so dumb as Henry thinks we
look. We are determined to give
Henry a tremendous job before
he finishes. We are human enough
to put up fight against the drive
that Henry Ford has set for us in
his 1885 plan. We shall get meet
ings of Ford workers wherever we
can to organize them. We shall
get leaflets outside and inside the
Ford plant showing up the difficult
ties of the Ford workers. We shall
make definite demands on Ford.
We shall show up the corrupt and
grating bosses wherever they are
and no intimidation by firing or
suspension will hinder us. The work
of organizing and agitation will go
on at the Ford plant. We shall
organize groups sooner or later in
every department of the Ford plant,
and we shall make all our demands;
at all times, in no uncertain voice
and no power that Henry Ford can
devise will stop us. We Ford work
ers know we have a big job ahead
The circumstances and conditions
of the Ford workers demands strone
! action.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-12-04
Ask For Raise, Get CNt
In Birmingham Foundry
By a Metal Worker Correspondent

BY a Metal Worker Correspondent
BIRMINGHAM, Ala am a
worker in the McWane Pipe
Foundry. The conditions in this
shop are lousy. The sanitation is
very bad as the company will not
employ a man to keep the shop
clean.
The moulders' helpers have to
carry rail on which they put the
molds.
We were working four days a
week, and the local Of which I
am a member sent a committee to
the bosses for a raise. Instead of
giving us a raise, they gave us
cut. We were making 40 cents an
hour. After the committee went,
they added one more day, gave us
a sevena hour day, and 80 cents
an hour.
Before that we were getting 40
cents an hour. This shows why
every worker should fight for rank
and file control in Local 1878 OF
the A. F.. of L. here in Birming-
ham.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-12-04

Ihey md out morning after morn
ing that Ford has no jobs for them.
The only thing Ford has for them
are mounted police, who chase the
workers away before they can be-
gin to make any trouble. The I'M
employed workers had some hopes
that Ford's publicity stunt of hir-
ing another $4,000 men was per-
haps true. They have again found
out that Ford is a rotten rat, that
Ford has no concern about any
thing but HENRY FORD.
In our statement to the DAILY
WORKER, two weeks ago, it was
pointed out that any auto worker
who expected that Ford was telling
the truth about his 1885 plan was
in for a disappointment. 1t also
stated that the Ford plant as it
was laid out in 1894 was capable
Of manufacturing 100000 cars in
1885 on a payroll of $4,000 to 10000
workers at the peak Of production.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-12-04

Furthermore, to save costs, the
old spray booths exhausted the ex-
cess paint spray to the roof into
the atmosphere. The new paint
spray booths will draw the paint
not used on the bodies down to the
floor where water is continually
flowing which carries the excess
paint TO tanks where this paint is
Salvaged. It is expected that Is per
cent of the paint that used to be
lost will now be salvaged. If Ford
can salvage his workers excrement,
why not paint?
But the paramount feature of
Fords efforts to cut down the cost
of the 1885 cars, is the driving
Speed-up Although, the factor of
the automatic machine I told about,
where one machine dispiaces the
work of SO men, is also important.
These instances can be multiplied
a hundred fold.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-12-04
Driue Cannot Be Prolonged;
Daily Needs Funds Now

BRANCH of the Florida district sent the highest contrD
ton last Saturday SAB cent
its 5000 contributions from the TWO came from
Branch Pittsburgh from other branches IN
Cleveland contributed total of about SIS
Newark Melted S11 for the drive From
Working Womens Federation Cleveland comes
sd1O. the Canton Section IT, Cleve
land contributed Jewish Sec sent the
The fact that prolonged after Dec Is should
acyize putting their best efforts into raising
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-12-04
in THE HOME
Mrs. Walker Says, ''DOn't Pickett"
BY ANN BAR TO

ACT like ladies! Don't picket! Limit
n your strike activity to making
coffee and serving refreshments to
the men!
THIS was the policy laid down to
i a meeting the other day of the
wives and sweethearts of striking
Los Angeles Railway employees,
called by the officials of the Anal
gamated Association of Street Rail
way and Bus Workers in the
Simpson Building, Los Angeles.
A story sent to the Daily Worker
by Harold j. Ashe shows how mar
row is the place in the labor move
ment assigned to women by reac-
tionary labor leaders. 1t shows how
the strike itself is being weakened by
the officials attempt to hold back
the fighting energy Of the women
that might be used directly to
strengthen the actual struggle.
While their husbands we're being
urged to strike peacefully by P. j.
O'Brien, international vice-president
of the union in another hall, Mrs.
Walker, sent in by the union, was
urging the same thing of the
women.
The following is Harold Ashes
story, in part.
AT the women's meeting, despite
n friendly offers of sympathetic
women's organizations to participate,
all those who were not wives and
relatives of striking street carmen
were barred on orders of a Mrs.
Walker, bigstick, holding down the
auxiliary work.
1--WE don't want any outsiders in
here" said Mrs. Walker, who is
herself an outsider, having been i'm
ported by the international officials
from Washington. No opportunity
was allowed the women to discuss
the strike problems freely. She
cautioned them that they must not
do anything that would bring the
law DOWN on Jnem.
WYE must all act like ladies'" she
W admonished the working women.
"And we are not to join our hus-
bands in picketing. Our picketing
will consist Of bringing refreshments
to themn
CHE repeatedly cautioned the
y women against Communists. This
while Communist leaflets were going
up one aisle and down another to
every woman in the audience. Real
izing that she was losing her grip
on the women, she RECALLED them
with tales of how hard she was
working in their interests. She I'M
blushingly admitted that she had
asked for police protection for the
Saturday nights strike benefit
dance Later she asked all reporters
to leave, because they were really
going to get down to business and
they didn't want the press in on
the discussions. This secretive work
consisted Of finding out what women
had homes in which coffee could be
made for pickets, and appointing OF
entertainment committees.
ONE militant woman got up and
v said she had gone out that morn
ing to talk to street car riders.
IT told everyone that there was
a strike and not to ride she de-
clared. IF they did, I told them
we would scalp them" Mrs. Walker
promptly gaveled this speech out
Of order.
The women ousted from the aux
Hilary meeting went TO the Labor
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-12-04
By an Auto Worker Correspondent

By an Auto Worker Correspondent
DETROIT, Mich.-Arthur Greer,
company agent at the head Of the
Hudson local Of the recently organ
lied Associated Automobile Work
ers of America, has launched a
campaign Of explosions against mil
liant members. At the last meet
ing of the local worker was kicked
out by the Greer clique on the
charge of being a "disrupter" and
having at one time attended a
meeting Of an A. F. Of L. rank and
file group.
In launching his expulsion drive,
Greer made a vicious attack on the
Communist Party, quoting from the
red-b attn g propaganda OF the
Hearst paper, the Detroit Times.
However, he made one slip of the
tongue, in which he revealed his
connections with secret service
agents.
Greer started off with fiag-way-
ing speech, telling of his own "serv-
ices to his country" Che was IN the
U. S. Secret Service during the
World War, working up to the
point where he began talking about
there being members in the organ
ization who are getting their or
ders from oscow. He then read in
full one of the lying red-baiting
articles by Richard Washburn
Child, special Hearst writer, and
also the so-called quotation from
Lenin which the Hearst papers have
been printing almost every day.
Greer told the men they could go
to any public library and find this
quotation exactly as stated in the
Detroit Times, despite the fact that
the Daily Worker had exposed it as
a, complete distortion of Lenin's
words. Greer said that the A. A.
w. A. doesn't want such people in
its ranks.
Taking the tip from their boss,
members of the Greer clique, evil
IDENTIFY by pre- arrangement, started
the attack on one fellow worker,
saying he had sold the Daily
Worker from house to house and
had called Greer a company agent
The worker in question got up
and defended himself. He exposed
the fact that when he applied for
membership, Greer told him his
record with the company was not
favorable. He wanted to know how
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-12-04
Lecture on Sterilization


FERTILIZATION, a Fascist Weapon,
y will be the subject of the lecture
given by DR.. Claude Heaton, under
the auspices Of the Medical Ad-
visory Beard tomorrow evening
"wednesday, Dec. 81, at $3.50 pm,
at Irving Plaza Hall, 18th Street
and Irving Place. Admission is Is
cents. All proceeds go to the Daily
Worker financial drive.
An inexpensive Tooth Powder
n O., Bronx, N. Y.-The following
". may be used as a tooth powder
and mouth wash: Mix together one
cup Of each of the following: Dry
salt, dry sodium bicarbonate and
dry borax. Mix well together, then
place into jar. When used as a
tooth powder, place small portion
in palm of hand and dip wet brush
into it, then brush the teeth.
Make the mouth wash with one
teaspoon Of the above mixture in a
glass of warm water. Rinse the
mouth carefully after brushing to
remove loose particles Of food
Brush teeth twice daily.
Rely more upon proper use of the
tooth brush to keep the teeth clean
than on powder, which is only an
aid to the brush. No tooth powder
or paste can maintain a hygienic
condition about the teeth as claimed
by many manufacturers of these
dental preparations.
Many pastes and powders are
harmful, especially the powders
which contain gritty substances
such as pumice and poor grades OF
chalk, which scratch the enamel
Very often grooves are worn in the
teeth by their use. Numerous OF
the widely advertised tooth pastes
and powders contain too high per-
centages of acid, soap and starch
which are harmful to the teeth and
tissue. Some preparations are
harmless, but at the same time use
less. A few powders and pastes
have cleansing action similar to the
mixture described above and with
out injury to teeth, but are not
worth the so cents or Is cents
asked for them; when table salt is
5 cents box or less for 5 pound;
and broax too is cheap.
Naturally, a manufacturer Of
dental cleansing preparations, in
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-12-04
HOLDING OUT

Nothing today, but in day
or two, a goodly sum has been
promised by none other than the
head of the Worker Correspond
ence Department who went way
out to Lakewood, N. ]. to appeal
for the Daily Worker.
Total to date Sl50.57
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-12-04
NOTE

MUTE
We publish letters from steel,
metal and auto workers every
Tuesday. We urge workers in
these industries to write us of
their conditions and their efforts
to organize. Please get these let
tiers to us by Saturday of each
week.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-12-04
Can You Make En-
Yourself?

Pattern 2083 is available IN sizes
IA, 1s, 10, 20, 80. "a, 36, SO, 40, A and
A. Size is takes 3k yards 36 inch
fabric. Illustrated step-by-tep sew
ing instructions included.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-12-04
CONTRIBUTION FOR A SPORTS
COLUMN

New York City.
Dear Comrade Editor:
The Spartacus Athletic Club,
affiliated with the Labor Sports
Union and located at 306 E. 149th
Street, Bronx, is happy to send
this contribution to the Daily
Worker, and so help in the 100000
drive.
AS an athletic club, our mem
bers are very much interested to
read about sports, mainly L.S.U.
sport activities. We regard with
regret the lack of such news, and
we hope that our contribution will
help towards bringing back within
the pages of the Daily" sports
column.
For more workers sports news in
the Daily Worker.
Spartacus Athletic Club.
ACCORDING TO HI. L. HOPKINS
Los Angeles, Calf
Dear Comrade Editor:
I have been moved to write my
reactions to news item in a local
newspaper.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-12-04
Lured by Promises,
Are Met by Police
determination and Speed-Up to Increase Output
With Shorter Payroll
By an Auto worker Correspondent

morning during the past days
thousands workers have been down at the Ford
Factory the jobs promised weeks
The unemployed early the night before and
at Fords to
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-12-04
CELEBRATION IN THE SOVIET
UNION

New YORK, N. Y.
Dear Comrade Editor:
I received letter from a friend
in the Soviet Union, parts of which
I thought might interest readers of
the Daily Worker. quote:
Dear Vim general, the spirit
accompanying the Nov. holidays this
year, according to everyone, was
more lightheartsd, joyful and proud
than ever before. The great cam
paign for the Identification and re-
construction of Moscow gained ire
mendous impetus during the last
few months of preparation for the
18th anniversary celebration. The
two grandiose hotels near the Thea
ire Square stepped out of the forest
of wooden scafolding at last, proudly
receiving the amazed stares of Mos
cows millions: products of the high
level of socialist labor: perfectly
planned construction, enthusiastic
socialist competition, complete mas
terry of the machines, the very best
material that the country has with
in it. New squares were paved,
broken streets repaired, houses
painted outside and in, new and
beautiful stores opened up with
everything one can desire for sale.
Hardly do products appear in the
windows and on the counters than
they are gone. The buying capacity
here is tremendous, Unsuitable al
most. Nothing is too good for the
worker!"-K. p" v. N.