Bérmunkás, 1934. január-június (22. évfolyam, 773-798. szám)

1934-02-24 / 780. szám

8 oldal BÉRMUNKÁS 1934 február 24. Junior Column ODE TO MY SON Little Pal, little Pal, are you happy now? Are you alone? With a burden of care? Have you given and taken, And still been forsaken, And left a million miles from nowhere? Are you as tired az I am now? Do you feel broken and beaten at heart? Well, that’s just how I feel, For the things that were real Are now shattered and all torn apart. Little Pal, I’m wondering, where are you tonight? Are you cold? Are you hungry too? Are you living the pain All over again The same way I lived it with you? The rich men do not stop to think, When sweat and strength they rob, That thousands roam Far away from home And have pals like you for their job. They sit and plan their future gains, And grin and laugh and smile, ’Cause the things I have planned With you, hand in hand, They ’ve been stealing all the while. While they’re hording gains, I’M hording pains — Hording my pains and sorrows life pelf; A tear with each smile; A curse with each trail — For I can’t hide the truth from myself! But little Pal, it can’t last long, ‘Cause your daddy’s getting wise. To trail the road to joy, And my little boy I’ve got to think — and ORGANIZE! Frederic Schopf (Camden, N. J.) Incentive under an industrial democracy Often the argument is adv­anced against the IWW and socialism in general, that there would be no incentive for men to cultivate the finer things of life under an Industrial Democracy. It would be well for us to look into this matter and see, first of all, whether there is any incentive under capitalism. What incentive is there for the millions of unemployed men and women today under capitalism ? What incentive is there for those still employed? Is there any possibility for mil­lions of men to get higher positions at higher wages ? There is absolutely none; when we realize that thousands of experts in technical work, scientists, chemists, etc., have been thrown out of employ­ment because profits, under capitalism, comes first and when there is no immediate profit in view, scientists and other technical experts, as well as “common” workers, become unemployed. A recent report by the U. S. Commissioner of Education, Zook, shows that the industrial crisis is keeping 2.280.000 children out of the schools and 200,000 teachers out of jobs. Two thousand rural schools failed to re-open this Fall. Paul Scherer of the Federa­tion of Architects, Engineers, Chemists, and Technicians told the Federated Press that, “Fifty to seventy-five per cent of the technically trained men in the country will never find work in their professions. Unless research means immed­iate profits, there will be no research.” Scherer instanced the patent on an electric bulb that won’t burn out. The patent has been bought up to save the incand­escent bulb companies. “And then there’s the tungsten razor blade that won’t become dull,” he added. “It’s not on the market and is won’t be.” What remains of an incentive under capitalism when wé note the above? Today there are thousands of technicians and scientists employed by the mrge compan­ies whose inventions are worth millions to the employers, but who only work for wages, which is a small part of the wealth they help to create. Are there any incentives for these men ? We may lok around in any industry and, if we are un­prejudiced, we will see that there is very little, if any, incentive under capitalism. Under capitalism, every scientific improvement in the production of commodities is used only for the further ex­ploitation of the working class. Let us now point out the incentives that are possible under an Industrial Democracy. Assuming that capitalism is abolished and the system of production for use is in opera­tion, what do we see? We see the World”s work divided among the World’s Workers. We see unemployment abolish­ed. We see poverty, misery and degradation as nightmares of the past social order, in which these things were inevitable. We see one of the oldest institutions, prostitution, gone from the face of the Earth. Such an evil was only possible where women had to sell their bodies in order to make a liv­ing. We also see war abolished because there is no more eco­nomic antagonism between various nations; which was the cause of wars. We see this, and more. We see children, for the first time since primitive times, born into this World — free! Free from the evils that millions of us had to go through under cap­italism. Do we still hear someone from the gallery saying, “The­re is no incentive under an In­dustrial Democracy?” The voice, is very feeble. John Feczko, Jr. (Work People’s College.) COMMENT, I just know, Fellow Juniors,, that you are all rejoicing!!! Sure an’ I’m glad! ‘Tisn’t every day we have the pleasure of hearing from our friend and Fellow Worker, John Feczko, Jr. — heed his message. . . Do you think we might persuade him to honor us shortly with another contribu­tion? There is something in the air. . . is it Spring, d’ya think? No? Then it must be “ban­shees” a-visitin’ from Ireland. Well, whatever! Sufficient is to say that New Jersey is being represented by Frederick Schopf. His “ode” is unique; he himself is inimitable. And that “ain’t” all. ’This more of them we’re after Fellow Junior. May we have then, Fred? Jr. Ed. CLEVELANDI HÍREK Jól látogatott gyűlést tar­tott az IWW gépipari munká­sok 440-es csoportja az elmúlt héten az east sideon levő Ifjú­sági Egylet nagytermében. Nem a magyar népgyülések hallgatóságai töltötték meg ez­úttal a termet, hanem gépipari munkások, akiket az uj éra még az eddigi kizsákmányolást is felülmúló igyekezettel haj t a minél nagyobb profit kiter­melésére, de most már a kor­mány által meghatározott éh­bérért. F. R. Cederwall, a 440-es gépipari munkások szervezője közel egy órás előadásában is­mertette az itteni gyárakban uralkodó viszonyokat, amelyek­kel szemben a munkások mai helyzetükben tehetetlenek. Is mertette, hogy a kormány ál­tal ajánlott unió az American Federation of Labor mennyire nem törődik a gyári viszonyok­kal. Ennek a szervezetnek min­denek felett a legfontosabb, hogy a havi illetékek befollya- nak a pénztárba, hogy a nagy­számú tisztviselők megkaphas­sák azokat a fizetéseket, ame­lyek sokszorosan felülmúlják a gyárakban dolgozók legma­gasabb fizetését is. Ha a mun­kások öt cent bér javítást kí­vánnak, ezt a hangulatot azon­nal elnyomják, hogy megszol­gálhassák a kormány és a bos- sok pártfogását. Ismerteti az IWW harci mo­dorát, amely a munkásokat a napi szükségleteinek az emelé­se mellett a végcél a bérrend­szer megszüntetésére neveli. Az ipari fejletség, amely mellett Amerikában a termelés folyik megköveteli a munkások részé­ről is az ipari szervezet fel­építését, amint azt az IWW tant ja, hogy a munkások az Egy Nagy Szervezetben tömö­rített erejükkel képesek legye­nek a végcélhoz is eljutni. Cederwall mtárs felszólítá­sára, hogy csatlakozzanak a szervezethez, többen beléptek, mig mások elvitték a belépési nyilatkozatot, hogy azt a szer­vező bizottsághoz beküldik. A kérdések megválaszolása után a gyűlés véget ért, de az érdeklődés, amely itt megnyil­vánult bizonyítéka annak, hogy rövidesen kiépül Clevelandon is az IWW gépipari munkások 440-es csoportja. MOST SZOMBATON este tartják az IWW cle­velandi csoportjai műsor­ral egybekötött TÁNCMULATSÁGUKAT a Carpatina Hall nagy termében, 1303 W. 58 St. közel a Detroit Avenue- hoz. Belépő dij 25 cent. CLEVELAND EAST SIDEON minden pénteken este össze­jövetel a csoport 8622 Buck­eye Road alatti helyiségében. Vita estélyek vagy előadá­sok a munkásságot érdeklő eseményekről. CLEVELAND WEST SIDEON minden szerdán este össze­jövetel a csoport helyiségé­ben 4153 Lorain Ave. (első emelet) Előadások, viták. Minden olvasónkat szívesen látunk.

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