The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-04-23
Berlin Station
Group Carries
on Daily Fightl
Spread Leaflets, Paint
Slogans Regularly in
Railway Terminal
BERLIN, April 1. CBy MaiD-
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BERLIN, April 1. (By MaiD-
Two sets of leaflets have been
distributed at the Anhalter Station
in Berlin, sent by the railwaymen
of Paris, and financed from the
patronage funds of the Care du
Nord. When the first leaflet was
distributed, a signal man was
obliged to hand over to Na1
commissar the greatest part of the
consignment. The con1missar had
noticed the arrival of the package
with leaflets. In spite of this par
tial confscation, however, the con-
tents of the leaf1et became known
in all the departments of the sta
ton.
A second distribution of leaflets
passed off without hindrance. A
number of the leaflets were also
sent to the different departments
of the Potsdamer Station in Berlin.
The appeal sent by the Paris traffic
workers to the German anti-fascist
press has also been taken up with
enthusiasm by the railwaymen of
Berlin. Unfortunately very few
copies of this leafet are available.
but obtainable numbers have passed
from hand to hand, and are read
by all workers.
United Front Groups of Berlin
Railwaymen at Work
In spite Of the continued terror,
the anti-fascist fighting will of the
railwaymen is increasing. The lead
ing functionaries have long since
been taken to concentration camps.
In some cases hundreds of railway
men have been arrested at their
place of work. The slightest sus-
picion leads to dismissal. The
workers continue however to pro-
test, and to issue protest leaflets.
The following is an example of how
fighting organs are thereby formed:
At a railway station in Berlin.
IA railmen formed a fighting COM
mittee. They divided themselves
into three small groups for militant
work. Four of them have since
joined the illegal G. P. C. All three
groups paint up slogans regularly,
and distribute leaflets. The de-
partment in which they work was
disbanded by the shop council. One
hundred and ten of the workers
were transferred to other depart
ments. Some of the more militant
workers came under strong sus-
picion and were dismissed. But
the work is going on more ener-
getically than ever, and on an ex-
tended basis.
Struggle of Glass Workers in the
Bavarian Forest
BERLIN, March 31.-At the be-
ginning of the year the EMPLOYERS
in the glass industry in the Bavar-
ian forest gave notice of consider
able wage cuts, marks weekly to
be deducted from the wages of
skilled workers. On February 10
consultation of the glass factory
owners decided to reduce the guar
anteed wages of the best paid
skilled workers from 80 to 80 marks.
In the lower categories the differ
ence is not so great, but at least
marks.
The workers protest is finding its
| first expression in the refusal of a
number of workers to pay further
contributions to the Labor Front"
Textile Workers Strike in Thuringia
On Jnauary II a spontaneous pro-
test strike, lasting two hour, broke
out in textile undertaking in Err
furt. The pieceWork rates were to
be reduced by 40 per cent. A week
later a protest was made in dye
works in Gera, where the deduc-
tionS made from the wages had
reached an intoleEable total. A great
discussion arose among the workers.
-Four workers were sent as delegates
to the management to protest. One
workman threw his pay envelope on
the floor, exclaiming that he could
not keep his family on the few
pence. Next day a notice was posted
up that for the future the "Gera
Relief Fund" contributions Zone of
the many voluntary" contributions
would De only deducted fortnightly
instead of weakly as hitherto. A
small success.