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The Washington times., 1935-11-20

Tuesday. November 1g, 1885. william
z: ATKINS. He is survived by two sons.
Thomas p. Atkins. of Tuscaloosa, Ala,
and 7. d. Atkins, of Alexandria, Va. Re-
mains resting at the W. W. Chambers Co.
southeast funeral home. SIT Eleventh
Services and interment in Reform Ala
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1935-01-01
UNITED, ORGANIZED STRUGGLE
OF NEGRO AND WHITE LED BY
COMMUNIST PARTY AGAINST
FASCIST TERROR

AOOhiyAy Az.
Dear Comrade Editor:
The capitalist press uses every
opportunity to SANDER our move
ment. When lynch mob in Ten
nessee burned court house, a
Negro hotel, and terrorized the Ne
groeS of the town, the boss press
chanted, See, Mr.. Citizen. how ter
rible and brutal a mob is. This is
what the Reds are teaching us to
do. We must rid ourselves of Reds
and save our country"
Now! Anyone who has studied
Lenin and knows the program and
tactics of the Communist Parties
everywhere, knows first, that the
revolution will be waged against the
bourgeoisie and not against Negroes
who are our fellow workers, but
with them. Second, a proletarian
revolution is organized and disci-
plined. 1t is not mad, drunken riot.
Its purpose is to seize power and
any blood that will flow will be
caused by the counter revolution
airy forces. We will not kill, save
when it is necessary for the success
of the revolution.
1t is slanderous land bitter, too,
when it comes from Socialists and
labor leaders, to compare us to a
lynch mob, we who are fighting
with all our strength to save the
workers and farmers from such
fascist terror. M, E.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1935-01-01
BY Worker Correspondent

GARY, Ind am not. as yet. a
Communist, However, 1 have for
long time realized that the working
people of the U. S. did not have a
newspaper that conveyed to them
other than news which those who
own the industries and the banks
want them to have. Therefore 1 am
glad to know of the Daily Worker.
Conditions, such as are in vogue
in the Indiana Transient Bureaus,
should be remedied by those who
inhabit them, and workers who be-
cause of the unequal distribution of
money, should not allow themselves
to be further misguided in the be-
lief that they will again have Jobs
and live other than they exist at
present. There is every indication
that the unemployed are being pre-
pared for living as they are, and
become accustomed to the newly ar
ranged poor7house, the Transient
Bureau.
Men become docile, lose ambition.
When this Bureau becomes over
crowded. and there is only room on
the floor to sleep, about Is are
loaded into truck and transported
like livestock to camp Is miles in
the country. Bosses around these
institutions are selected from those
Of the inmates who are of the types
that you would find scabbing on
job in case of a strike.
If man at one time has stayed
at another one of these Indiana
poor-houses and leaves and applies
for relief" at another Indiana
poor-house, he is denied food or
shelter as a penalty and is cast out
to beg, steal or kill.
The horrible conditions should be
changed. They will not be changed
by the controlling class. The unem-
ployed workers and the workers
that still have job should see that
these institutions are institutions of
working class thought and manage
ment and the present boothckers
dethroned and class conscious work
ers installed in their places. Notice
was received today (12-1e34 that
the State is out of clothes and shoes
and none to be on hand until late
in January. Good news for the
thinly clad workers
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1935-01-01
By a Worker Correspondent

DETROIT. Mich.-The so-called
Cadillac plant elections carried
through on December 18th in De-
troit by the Automobile Labor Board
fell far short Of the expectations
of the open shop auto manufactur-
ers who engineered the whole bust
ness.
The employers wanted to achieve
two results from the poll: CD Pile
up an overwhelming vote for the
company union-the Cadillac En-
ployees Association, and ~ Regard
less of how the vote turned out to
establish the company union works
council" based on proportional rep
resentation, as the sole representa-
tive Of the employees in collective
bargaining.
The employers failed to achieve
the first point and succeeded, at
least for the time being, in putting
over the second point. "As far as
Cadillac is concerned" writes Athel
F, Denham, Detroit Editor Of Auto
motive Industries, the employers
magazine, "the question Of proper
tional representation versus majority
representation lie. company union
ism VS.. real unionism) is a dead
issue as long as President ROose-
velt'S automobile settlement Of last
spring stands" But even the poll
itself clearly shows that the issue
of real unionism is very much alive
in the auto industry. 1t is true that
the Presidents settlement still
stands but it already has one foot
in the grave and the other foot
on banana peel Under mass
pressure, even the arch reactionary.
Francis j. Dillon, representative of
the A. F. of L., had to recently come
out against the Presidents settle
ment.
In examining the Cadillac vote
we must keep in mind that all the
bona -fide unions protested against
the poll and the A. F. of L. and
Mechanics Educational Society of
America called for boycott of the
election. We must also keep in
mind that the Cadillac plant has
the most favorable set-up for the
employers or they would not have
picked it for the first test in the
works council' elections.
Out of 1900 eligible voters. 1893
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1935-01-01
WORKERS EXPOSE MCORMICKS JOB SELLING SWINDLl
AN APPEAL

This page on Tuesday Is re-
served for correspondence from
steel, metal and auto workers. In
glancing over tOday's page it can
be seen that there are only three
letters from workers in these in
dustrieS.
Certainly this is not so because
the workers in these industries
are not confronted with grave
problems or that nothing is hap
pening in these industries.
In the automobile and steel in
dustries the bosses are making
desperate efforts to force COM
pany unions upon the workers.
Countless incidents have occurred
in both these industries showing
how tn eworkerS are resisting this
campaign of the bosses.
In the automobile industry, the
sO-called season" is about to
start. We have had some fine
letters from Ford workers on
what the 1885 season will mean
in the Ford plant. We want more
such letters from the other large
auto plants.
In the steel industry the A. A.
is conducting an Organizational
campaign. The rank and file
movement within the A. A. is
gaining strength. Still, these de-
velOpments thus far have not
been reflected in the columns Of
the worker correspondence page.
We appeal to all workers in
steel and auto as well as the
various metal crafts to write us
of the developments in their in
dustries and thus help the Daily
Worker become a more effective
weapon in their struggles.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1935-01-01
Terror Used No Clothing
10 Smash U.C. For Transients
In Evanston In In diana
By a worker Correspondent

EVANSTON, ul-December 18th
q committee from the newborn IN
employed Council of Evanston took
a worker who had been refused re-
lief up to the relief station to de-
mand that he and his family should
be given their order. Instead of
giving food to this worker the relief
officials called the GODS and the
whole committee was arrested. At
the trial the charges were dismissed
against all Of them.
A couple Of days later every one
of these workers were picked up in
their homes. and charged with in
citing to riot and disorderly con-
duct. Jury trial was demanded, and
the case will come up the 18th of
January. All Of the arrested are out
on bail
Evanston is the city of the big
millionaireS. In the shadow of the
palatial mansions of the parasites
We have a big number of workers.
a great percentage of these are
Negro workers. 100 families are
on relief rolls in Evanston today.
There is only one relief station.
and this station has to take care
of workers living as far as twenty
miles out of Evanston. The unem-
ployed workers from Palantine.
twenty miles off, have to either walk
or hitch-hike early in the morning.
and in most cases sit in the relief
station all day before they get their
order. In some cases we have re-
ports that they were sent home and
told to come back the next morning.
Des PLANES and Winnetka are
beth eight miles from Evanston, and
In these towns quite good number
of workers are on relief.
Before the big lay-of of case
workers about a month ago, each
case worker had to handle more
than 800 families a month. Since
the lsy-offs naturally the load is
higher. One case worker reported
to one of the members in the Unem-
ployed Council that Miss Buford,
the supervisor of the relief station,
some times keep the workers wait
ing for the fun of it. One day she
had IS orders laying en- her desk
ready to OK. which can be done
in fifteen or twenty minutes. She
waited to close to six O'Clock before
the orders were given to the work
ers. The workers had to spend all
that time waiting just because it
happened to look good to Miss
Buford
In Evanston the Unemployed
Council is growing, and leading
struggles of the unemployed work
ers. A mass meeting in protest
against the arrests and finger print
ing the relief committee and for
better relief and more efficiency at
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1935-01-01
Pechter's Committee Is
Stool Pigeon A gency
By a WORKER COrrespondent

By a Worker Correspondent
NEW YORK.-Some time ago 1
wrote to you of conditions in the
Pechter Baking Co.
Well, conditions haven't i'm
proved any in the least since then.
The drivers still work 81 hours
week and are still responsible for
unpaid accounts, which very often
means about $40 for an S4-hom
week.
Oh, yes, Mr.. Pechter saw my
letters in the Daily Worker and
decided to do something for the
workers. He organized a commit
tee of four among the workers to
settle grievances. He picked four
faithful" workers, and so far this
committee has assisted Mr.. Pech-
ter in firing the less faithful ones.
With those about whom he is
not very sure he has adopted diff
ferent tactics. Every evening he
personally drives one of the work
ers home in his own car. There
is a swell boss for you!
My previous letter stirred the
workers a bit, most Of them read
1t in the Daily Worker. They are
wise to Mr.. Pechter's rides" and
to his COMMITTEE"
All they need is a little organ
izatiOn and they can force Mr..
Pechter to slice about twenty five
hours off the working week and
raise salaries by at least ten dol
lars, just as their fellow workers
in the Bronx branch Of the same
company did.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1935-01-01

CHICAGO, Ill.-How are the en-
ployment Office bosses Of the Nc
Cormick Co. scheming new workers
when they are hired. Our friend
Mr.. Kieffer one of the head man of
the employment Office who was in
charge Of hiring workers has been
exposed by the workers of McCor-
mick as a fancy swindler.
Mr.. Kieffer charged new workers
from $40 to s25 for a job. Those
workers who paid $50 or s25 received
q salary between SIS and $50 per
week.
What workers did he hire? Mostly
young fellows from farms or out of
town. Most Of these fellows that
he hired never worked for McCor-
mick before.
What has happenend to some Of
thel new fellows? Some of them
lost an arm Of a finger and other
accidents have happened, meaning
that these young workers are tenn
porarily or permanently disabled.
A young man in Dept. IS tin shop
was working for a few days after
being hired by Mr.. Kieffer. He was
grinding a mushroom head on a
chisel. His fingers got caught be-
tween the emery wheel.
This means that he is disabled
for life This young fellow came
from a farm. He had never worked
in a shop before.
Why do these accident happen so
often? It is because We the old
timers, are speeded up too fast and
we haven't time to help out the
new workers. Therefore when the
company puts new workers to work
they should have an ld-timer with
him for about week and pay us
the same wages as per our schedule.
This is not the only accident
which has /2ppened to these new
workers. There are a large num-
Der Of workers being hurt daily, in
the foundry especially.
Some Of us have spent all our
lives with Mccormick. We have
raiSed our families and now when
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1935-01-01
BY a Worker Correspondent

NEW YORK; want to write
brief letter on the present condi-
tons in Robins Dry Dock. belong
to the nucleus Of the Communist
Party that has concentrated there
for the last two years.
We have been successful enough
to draw into our nucleus few
workers working in that yard, and
I am glad to say, that it seems we
lately have made some Roadway, al
though 1 think that, according to
the long period of concentration
and the many favorable possibilities,
we should have progressed consider
ably more than we have, not only
for one but for several reasons.
For instance, there was time,
when we held open air meetings
once or twice a week outside the
dry dock. At these meetings we dis
tributed leaflets, Daily Workers and
literature. The trouble was, how
ever, that very often the assigned
speaker did not show up which, of
course, discouraged the comrades
assigned to carry the platform, flag,
Daily Workers and literature in
vain.
Lately we have held very few
open air meetings. I will again en-
phaSize that the comrades assigned
to speak should carry out their as
signments for the future open air
meetings.
Our only form of activity in
Robins Dry Dock, at present, with
exception of an open air meeting
now and then, is personal contacts,
and the sale of the Daily Worker.
The conditions in Robins Dry
Dock are and have been for the last
SIS weeks worse than ever, with
more speed-up, more discrimination
and especially more and more fir
ing of workers. At every shape-up,
which takes place three times daily,
namely, 7 am, l pm. and 4 pm,
hundreds Of workers, the majority
Of whom have worked in the yard
for years, "shape-up" regularly in
hope of getting hired. The usual
result is that only handful of the
most privileged" get hired, while
the great majority of workers whom
the big cheeses made profit on dur
ing the years they toiled in the
shipyard, leave in disgust with abb
solutely no guarantee of the big
cheeses, who have made huge profits
on them, ever again diving them
chance to earn a living.
We have discussed these various
questions in our nucleus, and have
come to the conclusion that some
concrete demands must be raised
in favor of the bulk of workers who
eagerly, but in vain, shape up for
work day after day.
The main demands, we thing,
should therefore be:
l. A thorough investigation of
all ships, as to their sea- worthiness.
O. All ships not found in proper
seaworthy condition should not be
permitted to go to sea before a
thorough overhauling and repair.
We know that hundreds of ships
leave the Port of New York which
are absolutely not seaworthy. This
would not only give plenty of work
to dry dock workers, but would also
mean safety to human lives.
In behalf of the hundreds of Dry
Dock workers who in vain daily are
spending their last nickels and
dimes for carfare, in hope of land
ing a few hours job, we have de-
cided TO hire hall nearby the yard,
for registration of all the unem-
ployed shipyard workers. In this
way, we hope to build strong I'M
employment council right in the
heart of Robins Dry Dock, And
since there Is such great unemploy-
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1935-01-01

AyOUO
This election was carried on in
side the plant. The atmosphere of
company coercion and fear Of losing
the job hung heavily over most of
the workers. Yet despite this the
company could only muster 1872
votes for their own pet company
union (the Cadillac Employees AS
Sociation) out of the 1898 ballots
which were cast. Some of the work
ers showed their contempt for the
poll by voting for such people as
Babe Ruth and Herbert Hoover.
The bona-fide unions, according
to the official report, received a vote
Of 122. But according to direct re-
ports we have received we can safely
declare that the number of workers
who consciously boycotted the poll
was far greater than the number
who voted for the company union.
The conscious boycott vote was an
expression for bona-fide unionism
in this poll. One thousand, one
hundred and seventy-Six workers
showed they were not for the com
pany union, but they also indicated
that they had not yet made up
their minds as to which bona-fide
union to support or feared to ex-
press their real opinion on this mat
ter in an election conducted inside
the plant.
If this Cadillac plant election is
big victory for the company union
or in any way settles the question
OF company unionism versus real
unionism in the auto industry, then
let the employers make the most
Of it. They will be grinning on
the other side of their face when
they are once again confronted with
mass picket lines against the I'M
bearsble conditions in the industry.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1935-01-01

news in them was just to my liking.
But if you want to do something
for us comrades out in the remote
fields, why just print small book
let covering those six articles and
link them up with fascism.
A pamphlet like that would be a
help in exposing the little Poison
Priest. When one has people come
to the house asking to pledge for
this and that and join the Union
of Social Justice and such stuff, it
would be good to pave the way with
a pamphlet. r. B.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1935-01-01
W age Cut Is
Xmas Present
In FERA Job
BY a Worker Correspondent

ny NOrkeC correspondent
PONTIAC, Mich. - The Oakland
County F. E. R. A. workers were
handed very fine Christmas pres
ent from the F. E. r. A. when they
went to work on the morning of
Dec. 20-a six-dollar cut in their
monthly budget.
This is the second cut for most
of these workers. On Nov. most
of these workers were cut So to
$12 per month. The next day.
the big layoffs started, and left
only about $50 workers on the pro-
jectS in Pontiac.
In order to create jealousy among
the workers, no two budgets are
alike. Some with five in the fam
lily may ge more than some other
worker under identical conditions.
The purpose of this, obviously, is
to get the workers fighting among
themselves instead of against the
administration. Here is a sample
budget for family of five:
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1935-01-01

blank so when there is a job he will
be called to work.
One day later a bunch of new
fellows were put to work and our
sons are still waiting for the call.
1t was too dangerous for Mr..
Kieffer to ask $40 or $25 from our
sons as he did from new workers.
When Mr.. Kieffer was finally
caught in this swindle he was not
fired. But, instead he is given a job
in the tractor works.
All Of us workers should demand
that Mr. Kieffer be fred Immediate
ly for good.
Fellow workers; The only and the
best way to get rid of these money
swindlers, and accidents will dis
appear when the workers are organ
lied into militant fighting union.
This union is non other than the
Steel and Metal Workers Industrial
Union.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1935-01-01
Old Budget

The work of those still on F. E.
r. A. projects (labor) is paid for at
the rate of fifty cents ar hour
for a six-hour day.
The condition of those of us on
relief is about the same as of those
on F. e. R. A. jobs. There has been
a cut in this direct relief but it
seems to have been only for the
larger families as the check for two
people still remains at $3.50 for fif-
teen days.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1935-01-01

THERE are no "oId maids" in the
1 Soviet Union! This is the very
decisive statement made recently
by Elias Tobenkin, novelist, and
former instructor at the Univer-
Sity of Wisconsin, after travelling
extensively through the U. S. S. r.
Tobenkin states that students Of
the family and marriage are flock
Ing to the Soviet Union to see
how the dictatorship Of the pro-
letariat affects these relationships.
These students of the ways of the
Soviet Union, Mr.. Tobenkin says,
find much to grow enthusiastic
about.
TOR two persons to marry" says
Mr. Tobenkin, "all that is re-
quired is that they love each other
and that they be eighteen years Of
age When these requirements have
been met, nothing can keep them
apart, neither family, nor money,
nor school, or any other author
tiles"
mo young man in Russia" he goes
on to explain, would think it neces-
sary to postpone his marriage to
the girl he loves in order first to
save up something for their future
"a nest egg.
THE economic considerations =
and rawbacks-which enter into
the marriage question elsewhere are
unknown in the Soviet Union. Mar
riage involves no serious rearrange-
ment of ones economic status. Hus-
band and wife each go on with their
former work and routine.
Very many university students
are married, and even in secondary
schools, marriage is not uncom-
mon"
IN an interview with him, upon
his return, Tobenkin showed
how the Soviet Union makes these
conditions possible. That men
and women need not worry about
unemployment, we already know.
The women of the Soviet Union
have every possible protection. If
there is to be child, system of
industrial and maternity insur-
ance provides the women with the
necessary comforts for herself and
with clothes fer her future in
FAINT. There are homes for such
prospective mothers, where they
may stay with full pay-A.B.l for
two months prior to the birth Of
the child, and two months AFTER
OF course there Is the physician
who looks after the mothers
health, and sees that everything
possible is done, to make sure the
coming baby will be healthy.
Tobenkin speaks of "a chain of
nurseries, kindergartens, day
homes, clubs, and sanatoriums,
that look after the child.
AS the January issue of the Work
n ing Woman will show, these con-
ditions under the dictatorship OF the
proletariat, are very different from
the conditions prevailing in Czarist
Russia, where women married to
become slave to her husband, to
live under conditions of degrada-
ton, hunger, and brutalizing SUBJ
mission. No wonder, then, that