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TELEGRAPHERSIN USSR

month, a total of 2Os hours per
month.
We should also not overlook the
mental strain TIE American cper-
atoT undergoes, resulting from the
Speed-up and what is more. the
co1-tant fear Of losing his job.
The workers are divided into four
shifts. Each one works alternately
each shift. The changing over from
night to Gay also helps to reduce the
moo0tc1y of work. While in the
United States when one works
either TIE late or early shift, he does
so for ten or fifteen years.
Another favorable feature of the
conditions of the operators. in the
Soviet Union is the fact that he
uses no artificial light during the
day time. The operating rooms of
the Moscow Central Telegraph Sta
ticn have very high ceilings. The
windows reach from the height Of
the operating tables to the very CELL
ing. We may call them glass walls.
Fellow talegraphisss, let's have an
exchangc Of information on working
conditions between the telegraohers
of both systems, capitalist and So
cialist. If you have any questions I
will gladly answer them. Address
al letters to Wcrcorr Department,
Daily Worker.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1935-02-15
BY a Telegraph Worker
Correspondent

MOSCOW. U. S. S. R.-For a long
time have been following with
great interest the letters of tele-
graph operators and messengers in
Friday issues Of the Daily Worker.
These letters have stimulated in me
the desire to describe the working
conditions Of telegraph workers in
the Soviet Union.
A few words about working hours
Of all workers in the Soviet Union.
In the U. S. S. r., the workers. as
far as working hours and vacations
are concerned, are divided into two
categories. The first consisting of
those working in on-injurious
work, or in work not requiring a Sc
we're mental strain, work seven
hours a day, twcnty-four working
days per month. The second con-
sisting of those working in indus
tries that are either injurious to the
body or the nerves, such as mining,
chemical industry, telegraph and
telephone operating, wcrk only six
hours per DAY, tEenty-four working
days a month, lie, IA hours per
month with one months vacation
each year. The telegraph operators
in the United States work eight
hours PEI day, twenty six hours per
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1935-02-15
Safety Meeting
And After

By r. r. Worker Correspondent
CINCINNATI. Ohio. - Just yes
terday YES working on the second
trick and before we started to
work, the General Yard Master
called the two engine crews and
sw3tchmen into his Office for a
safety meeting. The meeting lasted
ten minutes and it was a safety
meeting. BE careful - don't get
hurt" and such like baloney.
About 5.45 p. M, transfer car
crew came over the river from
Kentucky and we, the yard crew,
had to couple up four classical
tions, double them up and give
them to the transfer engine, 20 cars
in all. Just as fast as we coupled
the cars, the General Yard Master
would reach in at every pause and
couple the air hose.
There is one air man on duty,
when they can always use two, yes,
even three. This brother carman
was bleeding train that just
backed into the yard and he never
knew we doubled up all those cars
and were on the way out of town
(air o. K. and everything).
There you are; a safety meeting
before you go to work and then
you see the man who called the
meeting jumping in and out between
cars, riSking his life and limb in
order to speed up production and
keep men out of work, who are
expert shop mechanics, and starv-
ing when they should be at work.
I say the American railroad
workers better not wait too long to
unite their forces and put stop
to this crazy speed-up, these viola
tions Of cur agreement which we
are forced to accept because we
know that we would be talking up a
fue to demand from our Grand
Lodge officials that they put a stop
to this crazy way Of rsilroading.
Their safety meetings look nice
on paper but in practice they don't
mean a thing.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1935-02-15
Boss Paper Distorts
Stand on Bill
BY a Worker Correspondent

JACKSON, Mich.-T am sending
you some clippings from our most
.reactionary newspaper. These clip
pings were taken from the issue Of
Feb. 6, 1895.
On Feb 5, 1885, one Alvin Tolls
a delegate from the Washington
Conference appeared before the
beard CT Supervisors of Jackson.
Mr.. Tolls spoke on the Workers
Bill and the Wagner-Lewis Bill and
asked the Supervisors to consider
the workers Bill H. r. 1897 and
give support to this bill. Conrade
Tells did not ask them to support
the Wsgner-Lewis Bill as you will
see how the news reporter distorted
the facts.
There were committees elected
and sent to the Supervisor and I
was on that committee. Another
article Of note is "Elks here back
movement for anti-red laws" This
shows clearly the Fascist activities
being carried on here. Another ar
ticle of note is Russian millions
starving" which should be answered.
Also an article Recipients of Age
Pensions will pay more" Also
New jackson Bank formed to fin
ance gambling institutions" This
newspaper is continuously attacking
the labor movement here.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1935-02-15

CHINA'S MURDER REIGN

have heard of the Ruegg case. where
a man and his wife are doing a life
+ sentence for being Communists.
They are white people, too. Two
girls in Canton were arrested on the
suspicion of being Communists and
shot the next day.
Girls can be bought here just as
easy as a pup can be bought in New
York City. 7 had a beautiful young
( girl offered to me the other Cay for
$3.50 Chinese money, which is less
than dollar in American money.
The people who sell these girls are
/ in some cases their parents. and in
others are people who buy them for
speculation.
There are many people who come
to Shanghai and stop at the first
class hotels who would not believe
these stories about the girls. But
have been here long enough and
have been around so I know.
About ten foreigners have COM
mitted suicide here since the first
Of the year They we're out Of work
and starving to death.
There are girls and boys working
for about fifteen cents a Gay in
American money. In a great many
cases they do not get anything at
all, they are called learn pigeons.
1t is quite common for boiler
to explode and kill many workers,
in some - ;ss as many as $50 have
been killed 1t happened twice at
a rubbec plant. There is no factory
inspection. The factories are poorly
lighted and there are no safety de-
vices. Many people have been
crippled.
The settlement officials wanted to
have the factories inspected, but
Mayor WI would not have it.
believe that most of the work
ingmen in China are Communists.
The big American interests like
Dollar, Standard Oil, Texas Oil and
the other powers keep a large navy
and armed force here to back up
the Marking Government. 1t will
probably be a long time before it
will be Communist country.
T, V. Soong has left for England
and the United States to borrow
100000 pounds and he will get it
too
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1935-02-15
Boss Union Head
Retreats
BY a Worker Correspondent

LANCASTER, Pa.-While the eff
forts Of the Armstrong Cork Com
pany to destroy the Linoleum
Workers Industrial Union have had
an intimidating effect on many
workers in the factory, they have
also had the tendency to provoke a
militant feeling among other sec
tons of the workers. This is evil
denced by the growing militancy Of
the representatives in the company
union.
Recently, in heated debate in
the company union, the Assistant
Geenral Superintendent Of the fac
tory who is chairman of the COM
pany union) was forced by the rep
.regentatiYes Of the company union
to apologize for an adverse general
statement Of which he was guilty.
Slowly but surely the fear that
dominates the workers at Arm
stgongs is breaking down. The
workers are learning to express
themselves in more militant terms.
While it is true that the Linoleum
Workers Industrial Union has lost
in membership as a result of the
anti-union campaign carried on by
the company, they were at no time
able to break the militant spirit of
all the workers by any means. In
fact, their efforts have had an OPP
poSite effect in many cases.
None Of the representatives on
the company union believes that the
company union is a medium through
which they can solve their prob
lens, but know that it can be
utilized to instill fighting spirit
into the workers which will sooner
or later have a good organizational
effect in the shop.
Most all the workers in the shop
have abandoned the idea that the
N. r. A. was their Moses that would
lead them out of the wilderness of
depression. They are beginning to
realize that within themselves,
through strong mass organiza-
ton, lies their Moses.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1935-02-15
Notes the Basic Errors OF the Vienna Uprising

Inc February armed struggle of
the heroic Austrian workers was
defeated. This defeat had its roots
deep in the development of the
Austrian workers. The Social Dem
ocratic Party under the leadership
OF Otto Bauer and his coterie. had
used the policy of class Cancellation
since the war, They had put them
selves on the defensive although
they had almost 70 per cent of the
Austrian workers behind them, On
1913, the Austrian Social Democ-
racy polled an absolute majority of
the votes cast and had So per cent
OF the seats in parliament. They
resigned, however, from the Gov
ernment, saying they would rather
remain in the opposition until they
had a real Majority This theology
of defense took hold on the work.
ingclass and brought the defeat of
the armed struggles of February,
1884. Fascism was able to estab-
lish its rule.
In the week of the 5th of Feb
ruary, 1894, the Heimwehr at
tempted putsch in the state of
Tyrol. Tyrol always was a strong
hold of the clerical movement. be-
cause the population is composed
largely Of poor mountain farmers
This putsch was not interfered with
in any way by the Government
forces. The Socialist party houses
were subjected to searches for weap-
ons all over the country. The
Heimwehr were concentrating their
men and arms. The police and army
were under riot orders. All signs
pointed to put5ch from the Helm
wehr, which would be smiled upon
probably aided by the forces for
law and order.
Linz. The largest city in the prov
ince of Upper Austria, had it's share
OF weapon searches. The workers
were OF the opinion that that would
Dc the next province after Tyrol
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1935-02-15
Traffic Increase
Brings Speed-Up
By R. R. Worker Correspondent

BY R. R. Worker Correspondent
CINCINNATI, Ohio. - Saturday.
Feb 2, the New York Central rail-
road abolished six more clerks Jobs
at the chief clerks Office here in
Cincinnati and we have had one of
the biggest days we ever had
$500 cars through our terminal.
Every day for the past month we
have used one to five extra yard
switching crews, but still they
abolish clerks jobs and expect the
shop crafts to increase their speed
up without calling any furloughed
shopmen back to work.
We hear the car foremen. and the
pushers (shop employees who have
been chosen at a few cents more
on the hour to speed up the BOYS
and cooperate with the yard masters
by inspecting few Lift Blue
Flag" so yard crews may grab a
bunch and switch them, then 60
back and grab another handful of
cars.
Grab what is inspected, switch
them, then come back and get some
more that have been inspected
while the crew was SWITCHING the
other cut of cars" The car fore
men wanted to call back some more
furloughed men, but the big shots
said no, speed up what you got
and if necessary let the men work
their lunch period. Let them earn
eight hours pay instead of the Gus
tomary seven.
The foreman was successful in put
ting six more carmen back to work
in order to keep our terminal open
and not congested with bad or
ders.
The Big -Four shopmen at the
Cincinnati Terminal took it upon
themselves about three years ago.
that in order to keep our brothers
on the payroll, we would take one
hour for lunch off our pay and give
it to one Of the men younger in
point of service SO that he will not
be cut of.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1935-02-15

they would have to write it them
selves.
First Of all the Seamen's Look
out will fight for complete unity of
all seamen and for the Marine Fed
Grafton. This is the most urgent OBJ
iect that the seamen have to ac-
comphsh. The shipping companies
are locsing no time in trying to
smash the Seanlen in their efforts
to come together with the long
sho1emen and other workers of the
marine industry. For example, the
shipping companies are assessing
themselves twenty cents per ton of
cargo handled, to smash the marine
unions
Neither will the Seamens Look
out neglect to expose the miserable
misleaders of their union. These
gentlemen have found it to their
advantage to make it as miserable
aS possible for those seanen who
advocate rank and file control.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1935-02-15
Fight Was Defensive

The Social Democracy had built
an army-the Republican Schultz
bund, They had not learned the
tactics Of revolution. They didn't
know what to do in street battles.
The entire body Of the workers had
been assured that the Schutzbund
would fight when fighting was nee
essary, the rest of the workers
don't have to do anything. Since
the SchutSbund was only tenth
of the workers, since they hadn't
learned to mobilize the entire pro-
letarist, they were put on the. foot
ing Of bourgeois army, without the
weapons of the bourgeois army
They hadn't learnt the first primo
pies of the proletarian revolution as
Engels formulated them.
"Audacity always audacity!
"a revolution in the defensive is
lost!
THE revolutionary forces must
always produce a victory and imme-
diately broadcast it among the
workers to hearten them.
"A revolution is war, special
kind CT war, and the advantage lies
with the revolusio1arics, bec2u-c
the terrain IS th3irs-t,.,a city
street,. They must take advantage
CT this
Instead of thu above the workers,
betrayed by the Social Democratic
leaders, barricsded themselves in
the city tonements, isolated them
selves from their class, waited pa
hently each in their own houso, to
be attacked, and hou5e by hoa-e
were conquered.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1935-02-15

impossible to revive the victim.
The two men, of whose death
they were accused were kidnappers
foc the Marking government. They
kidnapped a young girl, who was
brilliant writer, here in the settle
ment about a year ago. They killed
one man in doing it. and took the
girl to Marking. She was never
heard of again.
Madam Sun, DR.. Suns widow,
tried to find out what became of
her but she never found out. Every
one knows what became Of her, she
was killed like rat in a trap
Well, these five men killed those
stool pigeons and several mere.
You have no idea how unjust
these Chinese officials are. A
woman was shot here last month for
smoking opium, at the order Of
Chang Kai Shek. I suppose you
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1935-02-15

was received too late. The police
started to search the workers
homes; the workers shot at them,
the government brought rein
forcements, and shot the house to
pieces with howitzers.
This was telegraphed to the
leaders in Vienna and they again
did nothing. The Yiennese work
ers, when they heard of this,
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1935-02-15

fering with the transport of the
trains. Only few of the police sta
tons were raided for arms. Not a
single street was torn up to hinder
the transport of troops and NUM-
lions through the streets. Not an
attack was made on the government
or city governing buildings. Not a
printing press was put into use.
Neither newspapers, bulletins. leaf
let's, nor proclamations by the revo-
lutionaries appeared. The two large
broadcasting stations, both lying in
workers districts, were not touched.
The workers were not informed of
the movement of the workers of
their neighboring districts. The
workers in the oil ref1neries had
the entire garage full of oil tank
trucks.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1935-02-15
Coast [. S. u. Men
Launch Paper

By Marine Worker Correspondent
SAN FRANCISCO, Cal.-Follow-
ing up the honest and militant ira
ditions Of the I. L. A., the rank
and file OF the I. S. U. have
launched an excellent paper, the
Seamen's Lookout.
This paper appears upon the
scene of action none toe soon. AZ
ter years of Paul Sharrenburg's
"Seamen's Journal and few
months of the Pacific Seaman" the
men decided that if they were ever
going to have a paper that was for
their interest. and not the takers.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1935-02-15

practically on the border between
the proletarian slums and the mid
die class district. Not a single one
OF them was attacked. The railroad
stations were left unmolested. The
tracks leading out of the city
weren't touched The workers
watched the re-enforcements rolling
into the city without being organ
lied to tear up the tracks or inter-
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1935-02-15
Told Not to Resist

on Sunday. February IL, the
leaders in Lirz tclcgraphed to the
Psrfy Central in Vienna in code.
that they cGuid nc and would
not submit to this. The telegram
was received IN Vienna in the
afternoon. 7 he revolutionary
l7sdcrs CT the Social Democratic
P2r.y did netting about this tee
cram until Monday mcrning. when
hey ordered the Linz er-anfzs-
ton to be quiet. The telegram
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1935-02-15
A RESOLUTION

The following resolution should
be sent to:
Dist. Attorney N. McAllister,
Att. General U. S. Webb,
Governor Frank E. Merriam,
Superior Judge Dial Lennon.
All at Sacramento, Calf.
(we), the undersigned, pro-
test against the frame-up of 10
workers in Sacramento, Califor-
MIA, under the vicious anti-labor
Criminal Syndicalism Law.
1 (we), demand their immedi-
ate, unconditional release; and
further demand that the Crimi-
nal Syndicslism Law be wiped
off the statute books of the State
Of California.
This law denies workers their
fundamental rights to organize,
strike, and picket, and the right
Of free speech, press, and as
s,mblage.
'''''''''''. ....'.'...
Individual or Organization.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1935-02-15
BY A PARTICIPANT AND OBSERVER

threw down their tools, ran to
fetch their hidden weapons. There
was still time to call the general
strike, which the Communists adj
yised in leaflets, but the Social
Democratic leadership was not
thinking of successful revolu-
ton.
1t is a tradition in Vienna that
when the electricity works stopped,
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1935-02-15

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the general strike was proclaimed.
The workers in the electrical works
went on strike; some of the facto-
ries followed, some didn't because
they had received no commands.
The fighting began, disjointedly.
without energy, with the goal of
protecting democratic institutions,
not of winning workers victory.
The armories and arsenals all lie
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1935-02-15

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organization to elect committee
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BY a Worker Correspondent

SHANGHAI, China.-I am send
ing you a clipping from the North
China Daily News, published in
Shanghai, Of five Communists be
ing executed through being stran-
gled. probably one Of the worst and
most cruel ways one can be put to
death.
When they lose consciousness,
they are revived again, and slowly
go through the same thing again.
They do it over and over until it is
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1935-02-15
NOTE:

NUIE:
Every Friday we publish letters
from workers in the transporta-
tion and communication indus
tries; railroad, marine, trucking,
taxi, traction, telegraph, teIe-
phone, etc. We urge workers in
these industries to write us Of
their conditions and efforts to or
ganian
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IL d M r
l. ! = &
- BY
Ann Barton

HERE is description Of COM
"A rsdely marriage in the Soviet
Union writes Mother Bloor, call
ing our attention to an article in
international Press Correspondence
by o. saslavszi, called "The Fam
lily in the Scvist Union"
Especially since there has been
much discussion in this column
about home conditions. relationship
between husband and wife, in this
~cuntry it is extremely interesting
. see what the Soviet Union has
shade of family life.
A young wife wrote to one of the
Soviet newspapers that her husband
was so active in his social work
that he had no time for comrade-
ship with her. A food of letters
came to this newspaper the "Kom-
sCmolskaya Pravda," the paper Of
the Young Communist League. con-
dsmning the husband He must be
a bad organizer" the majority of
the youth wrote. If he is unable to
organize his private life satisfac-
to-ily."
One letter in particular, COM
meuting on the letter of the young
wife, shows clearly the new fam
ily life Of the Soviet Union, shows
the new woman, the new wife, the
new mother. Saslavskv, in his ar
ticle, quotes the letter Of young
Olga LugaSlevitch.
CHE writes that she and her hus-
" band went through difficult
times together Both worked and
studied They had difhculty in or
ganizing their life so there would
be no friction.
when we look back today" Olga
writes, we can both smile, We have
the right to laugh happily because
we did not give up trying in the
face Of our difficulties, and today
we are enjoying the reward of a
happy and carefree life, and grow
ing up with us is a healthy and
strong child.
If you knew how happy we are
when we go out together into the
country on cur free day, or into
the recreation park or to visit other
comrades! We often take our little
girl with us on outings with the
workers at the factory at which my
husband is employed, and we often
go together to the cinema and to
the theatre.
A little while ago, the district
commander declared my husband to
BIZ the best man in the military
training course in our district. Two
weeks ago he was in the military
training camp and returned with
the badge Of a VoroShiloy marks
nan and diploma.
I AM very happy when I see that
i he is in the front ranks of the
young Communists and I am doing
all can to help him 1 know that
his study depends on me. Imme-
distoly have finished my studies
end can start work he will begin
his studies at the Institute and I
want to make that possible quickly.
In few days he will Join the
Fed Army, but we shall still be to-
gether. He knows that his wife will
not throw Up her studies and that
she will do everything possible to
see that the child is well educated
Il love him with all my heart and
I have complete confidence in him,
end therefore I give him joyfully
r the Red Army where he will
sam to defend our frontiers.
OLGA LJGASFEVITCH"