The Daily Worker Newspaper, January 2, 1933, Page 4

\ ew — Ss Page Four Dail Yorker Porty US.A Published by the Comprodaily Publishing Co., Inc., daily exeept Sunday, at 50 R. ‘13th St., New York City, N.Y. Telephone ALgonquin Cable “DAIWORK. Address and mail checks to the Daily Worker, 50 E. 13th Sj., New York, ¥. ¥. : SUBSCRITTION RATES | | By mail everywhere: One year, $6: six ‘months. 93.50 months, Sf: | month. excepting Borough of Manhattan and Bronz, New York { reign oad Canada: One year, $9: 6 months, 35 i} Defeat the Alabama . Murder Drive See JAMES, militant | Bentley, active member of the ur More are added to the victims i Tor in Tallapoosa. Cliff James, gave their lives in the attacks of the capitalist-inspired lynch for the cause of Negro liberation. They the entire working class in the nancipation struggles from capitalist exploitation and slavery t workers have not died in vain. Their death will kindle the fle f the Share Croppers Union and Milo Two ion, are dead. Foully murdered! recent outburst of ruling class ter- and the other share croppers, who and heroic to the murderous gs at the battle of Reelton, died e their lives for the cause of stubborn resistance "These hation throughout the country. The deepening crisis other stable products of t ern agriculture. Tt brow vast masses of Negro and white from the land, the theft of is on the order of the day. tryside. The whole Negro farming population bear the full brunt of these Conditions inasmuch as they are brutally beaten down by the most barb: ous national oppression. This naked robbery of the impoverished farmers is upheld by the lynch terror, the c and the governms But the Negro farm conditions of vi have begun to move. y have tant Share Croppers Union in important counties in the I Belt. The spirit of revolt is break through oppression. All the accumulated hatred again ing out in or- ®anized resistance. They have formulated their demands: the right to sell their own cotton, no confiscation of livestock or attachment of imple- ments, no evictions or forced collection of debts, the right to organize for bread and to fight against terror and war. These are living demands Already the struggles for these deman ve wrested many concessions fro: the landowners The white ruling class saw in this to their regime of murder and plur of the growing revolts against Jim which the landlord class has maint Negro masses. Their aim the organization by attackir of their bloody attack in Reeltown on Decembe It was a deliberate Provocation. They singled out Cliff the leader of the share crop- Pers in Tallapoosa County, against whom to serve the attachment and foreclosure notice—as the first step in their drive to smash the union. accompanied by a sharp fall of cotton prices and ne breakdown of south- has re hardships for the Wholesale evictions alk through the coun- t in silence these ro share croppers built up the mili- art of the Black nization a direct threat aw in this the first signs lynch reaction on the basis of mal oppression of the movement, to behead This is the essence mes, But they reckoned without their . They failed to realize that the Negro masses will refuse to remain “in their places.” They did not reckon with the growing sympathy among the poor white farmers for the de- T™ands and struggles of the Negroes. They thought they could incite them to vicious lynch-hatred with the old bogey of “race-riots.” They ‘Were wrong. ‘Thus thwarted in their of the poor farmers, they cow the arrested leaders of this heroic struggle, James and Bentley. received complete support from thi cringing servile spirits of the im- Pperialists—the Negro reformists. Cliff James, sorely wounded, hunted down like a dog by the bloodthirsty ly posses, sought refuge in the ‘Tuskegee Institute. The Negro authorities of the institute, at whose head is the despicable lackey, Dr. Robert Russa Moton, turned him over to the bloodhounds, just as they had only a day previous turned over ‘nother share-cropper. ———This ‘disgusting act treachery a rs Negro masses to remain aceful” in the face of the murderous landlord police attack, and a call to the Negro p! to lay down on publicity on their militant struggle. But this foul treachery of the reformist mis- Teaders does not stop here. Dr. Eugene A. Dibble, Negro head of the ‘Tuskegee Hospital, went to the extent of fabricating a lynch incitment statement for the police. He gaye them the false information that Cliff James had confided to him that “he was sorry he didn’t kill any of the Officers.” Thus the reformists of Tuskegee have well earned the applause of the Southern press and the lynchers. Sheriff Golden of Montgomery County puts it quite clearly: “We are proud that we have the same intelligent leadership here in Montgomery that is exemplified at Tuskegee Institute...” the organized movement ught to vent their class hatred on ‘They call to the 'T is for “services of this kind that Dr. Moton, a member of the National Association for the Advancement of the Colored People, was awdriled the Spingard Medal at the last national convention. His “services” are in complete accord with the whole policy of betrayal of the other leaders ofthe N-A.A.C.P. who have remained conspicuously silent during the en- tire struggle. Is the N.A.A.C.P. maintaining this conspiracy of silence for the same reason that it did in the vicious frame-up of the 9 Scotts- boro toys. Is it waiting to be “convinced” of the truth in the case? Cliff James is dead-——Bentley is dead! It is clear who is responsible for their murder. We charge the rich landowners of Alabama from Goy- ernor B. M. Miller down to their state and county officials with the mur- der, But the South -: landowning class alone are not guilty. They are the allies of Wall Street Finance Capital which controls the basic in- dustries and large plantations of the South. We charge the imperialist ruling class of the United States and their Roosevelts and Hoovers who have sanctioned the whole lynch drive against the Negro masses for this hieinous crime against the entire working class and the Negro people. We charge the Negro -eformist misleaders of Tuskegee who represent an integral part of Negro reformism as represented by the N. A. A. C. P— lqsit-the murder and the betrayal of the struggles for national liberation of the Negro people. “Let the voices of the masses of toilers—white and black—ring out clear and decisive in condemnation of this bloody murder. Let the power- fal unity of the Negro and white protests thunder through this unholy siliance. Against this reactionary united front weld closely the unbreak- able unity of the Negro and white toilers Answer this shameless murder of the Negro farmers by developing a nationwide movement of protest and action embracing every strata of the Negro and white toiling population. Organize huge demonstrations and mass meetings, in every locality, in support of the struggle of the Southern toilers. Demand the stopping of the reign of terror against Negro sharecroppers and tenants in the South! Demand the disbanding of the sheriff's posses! Demand the stopping of the disarming of the Negro farmers which leaves them helpless before the murder gangs of th white Jandlords! Demand the unconditional release of arrested Negro share croppers and punishment for the murderers! Demand the immediate stopping of evictions, no seizure of mules, cows, farm imple ments or household goods for debt! Vor the immediate unconditional freedom of the Scottsboro boys! ‘oiling 6 of the South! Strengthen and broaden the movement = Tandiord-capttalist suppression around these demands. Build up ‘conferences in every vicinity drawing into active participation the and file membership of the reformist organizations, unions, frater~ societies, churches, etc. Form Committees of Action in the neigh- . in the factories, on the plantations, in the schools. Southern Workers and Farmers—Negro und white! Do not be fooled the fake investigation proposed by the Southern bosses. ‘This is an at- npt to whitewash the lynchers and to prepare the ground for destroy~ the militant organizations of the toile Organize your own workers ane farmers investigation with represen from the toilers. Expo: tothe world the gruesome conditions under which you are forced to live and Bentley are dead. Hundreds of militant fighters should rise ke the place of our dead comrades. Build up fhe workers and ts organizations. Build up the Share Croppers Union. Build up n st Party, the leader of mass struggles against starvation ttle on December 19 again exposes the basis of the frightful ion of the Negro masses as well as the exploitation and 1 poor whites. It is the monopoly of the land by a small ‘Southern white ruling class slave-drivers backed up by the of the state, which enables them to keep these masses of whites in grinding poverty and misery © struggles of the Negro share-croppers In Tallapoosa Coun} e ohapber in the struggles of Negro toilers for brea freedom. ‘This struggle under the adership of the Con#- nity, with ‘he alliance of the white toilers, must lead to the Wi of the Jad of the zich landowners and capitalista for / Negro and tollers: for the establishme mi for the tor people in the Black Helt as national emancipation from landlord ee ‘| Galigrem& rpyiow by W. Phelps | ‘ DAILY WORKER, Niu, .GRK, MONDAY, JANUARY 2, PARTY LIFE ‘What Kind of Students for Our Schools? By SIDNEY BLOOMFIELD N the Fall Term of Workers 1,600 the classes. So large was the that some had to be tur because the school was accommodate all. | Every evening the school session eight classes in the first period from 7 to 8:30 and eight classes in the second period from 8:40 to 10.10 o'ch making a total of 16 classes in session every night of the school week. Besides the evening classes, 4 classe: con- ducted in the daytime during the fall term for unemployed and night worker: LARGEST SCHOOL OF KIND IN U The Workers School of New York is the largest institutict: of its kind in America, For the winter term, whch starts January 9h, the | school has provided a teaching staff of 38 instructors who will con- | duct 53 classes. Some of the | courses in the winter term are: | | he New York School students we registered for respor una 12 classes in Principles of Com- munism, seven classes in Political Ecoomy, three classes in Marxism, three in Leninism, two in Trade Union Strategy and two classes in History of the American Labor | Movement. The School has had a steady growth in the ten years of its life but it has a great number of very serious shortcomings which can be eliminated without much difficulty if the proper attention snd co- operation is given by the revolu- tionary trade unions, opposition | groups, clubs, Women’s Councils, | fraternal organizations, and above | all by the Communist Party and the Young Communist League. iE outstanding and most serious shortcomings of | the poor social comp the school is sition of stu~ dents. There are still too many | non-worker types of students. | While the school welcomes the non-worker students, they are by far too many in proportion to the | number of student who are workers. | While the school administration itself has not done enough to at~ tract the worker ‘type, the main responsibility for this situation lies on the shoulders of the Party and Y. C. L. w ho are indiscriminate in their selection of students, if and when they send students. In many cases the units do not concere themselves about the burning prob- | Jem of training forces, although the leadership of the units are willing to admit the correctness of Lenin’s statement that “without revolu- tionary theory there can be no revolutionary practice.” The composition of the students of the school can very easily be | changed” if only the responsible | | | | functionaries in the party unions and other mass organizations stop groaning about “raw elements,” and instead take steps to put this raw material through a féw terms of training for the class struggle at the Workers School. The short- sighted attitude that reasons that there is no money to spare or that the raw material cannot be spared for training simply intensifies the critical situation where, in the face of the sharpening struggle and the increasing need for trained fo there seems to be less and less such | forces on hand SCHOLARSHIP STUDENTS | There are many ways in which these organizations can raise money to pay for their members. The School is only too glad to arrange for special scholarship rates for groups of students coming from such organizations. The selection of students should be on the fol- lowing basis: Workers, young and Negro workers preferred; the rec- ord of activity and degree of loyalty, sacrifice and responsibility should be taken into consideration, and also the possibility of develop- ment and usefulness of the student after studying at the school. ‘The problem of raising the theo-~ retical level of the workers must be tackled in a practical manner and at once. In this field the Workers Schoo! musi be utilized by the workers’ organizations .in a planned way, All workers’ organi- zations should begin at once before the Winter Term starts on Jan. 9. | If the responsible functionaries don’t act, they should be prodded along into action by the member- ship. | HOOK’S REVISIONISM | OF. MARX ANALYZED IN JANUARY “COMMUNIST HARP interest has been aroused by the announcement of the publication, in the January “issue | of The Communist, of the article, | “Unmasling an American Revi- sionist of Marxism.” Written by V. J. Jerome, the article is an an- alysis of the writings of Sidney Hook, who, in the name of Marx, revises Marxism-Leninism. The article is especially timely, first, in view of the recent attempts of the Socialist Party, Musteites, etc. to utilize left phrases to drape them- Ives in “Marxism;” second, be- use of the 50th anniversary of the death of Marx, on March 14. ‘The January issue is significant because of the articles on the 12th Plenum of the E.O.C1. The issub also includes: 1. Forward in the Line of the 12th Plenum of the E.C.C.1. —- Editorial; 2%, Economic Strugzle—The Fundamental Link in Winning the Masses — Jack Stachel; 3. The End of Capitalist Stabilization and the Basie Tasks of the British and American Sec- tions of the ©. L—by I. Gusev: | 4. Unmasking an American Revi- sionist of Marxism — by V. J Jerome; 5. Spinoza and Marxism— by M. Mittin; 6. Stalin Develops the Teachings of Marx and Lenin; 7. Book Reviews: A Bourgeois At- tack on Philosophic Idealism — A review by Milton Howard; Class 1933 “OH PROSPERITY, WHERE ART THOU!” i! | | “Lynch Masters Know Their Enemies--and Their Friends! THE SIGNIFICANCE OF ALABAMA STRUGGLES yy» In his first article published in Saturday's Daily Worker, Comrade Ross described the background of the recent battle in Tallapoosa County resulting from the attempt of a white landlord's sheriff to seize the mule and cow belonging to Cliff James, a Negro share-cropper. “The outstanding fact in this strug- gle,” wrote Comrade Ross, “was-the remarkable unity of Negro and white farmers,”—EDITORS NOTE, * ¢ By NAT ROSS It Despite all attempts of the land- Jords and their murder agents and the entire capitalist press includ- ing part of the Southern Negro reformist press to whip the white farmers into a lynch spirit against, the Negro farmers, the scheme failed. Instead, the white toilers in the Black Belt united with the Negro farmers in helping them es- cape, in caring for the wounded, in protesting Sheriff Young’s ac- tions, in gathering in large crowds on the highways, in watching the action of the posse to such an ex- tent that when Sheriff Young cal- led off the man-hunt, he declared he was afraid some innocent citi- zens might get hurt.’ When all the details are known, it will be estab- lished that the white croppers and farmers no doubt joined and united with the Negroes against a mob of murderers. HE white farmers in this terri- tory had seen the union gain partial victories for the Negroes which affected them. They saw the Union was fighting for their own needs. They saw power be- hind the union, especially in gain- ing the acquittal of Hugley. They were recognizing that the race is- sue was*a hoax to hide the class struggle. And they knew the de- mands of the union were the de- mands of all the toiling farmers, croppers and laborers, both black and white. These demands were: 1. Minimum price of 10 cents fer cotton, 2. The right to sell own cotton. 3. No forced pooling of cotton. 4. No confiscation of the live- stock or attachment of farm im- plements. 5. No evictions, forced collec- tiens of debts. 6. Free school buses for chil- dren without —_diserimination against Negro students. 7. The right to. organize for bread and fight against terror and war. The second major reason why the man hunt was called off was due to the heroism of the Negro croppers. They were fighting with the determination of people who know what they are fighting for. On Tuesday afternoon just before the man hunt was called off the press reports that “leaders of the posse received information that the Negroes (who had taken part in the battle against the deputies) had sworn to resist all efforts to |, Place them under arrest. Another gun battle was expected when these Negroes were found.” Another story relates how one Negro got away into 2 swamp from a posse of 10 who shot at him six times. Another item reports that the “Ne- grocs were seen in every town in~ the county and at their homes along the road by newspapermen who followed the activities of the posse despite Sheriff Young’s or- ders.” Jn other words the Negro masses did not hide but were out” in the open protesting and follow- ing every step of the lynch mob. ‘The mob feared the power of the Negro masses. And for that mat- ter, the white toilers were right with them and the boundless energy, courage and ingenuity of the Negroes hunted in the struggle, was an inspiration to the poor mas- ses of the countryside. That is why things became too hot for Sheriff Young and his murder crew FLOODED WITH PROTESTS. And finally the flood of provests and telegrams trom every mart of | - the country (which in many cases were printed in the press in full) was a sledge hammer blow to the Alabama ruling class and their hired thugs. Any one who doubts the effect of mass protest should See some of the southern papers and any one who also happens to doubt the importance of the Daily Worker should have been in the South or in Birmingham and imagined the knock-out effect the “Daily” of Dec. 21 had on the rul- ing class and the inspiration and power it gave to the masses. This whole flood of telegrams and the struggle in the “Black Belt” simply staggered the ruling class and sharply brought out the deepening crisis in Alabama. It was not en- tirely accidental that on Dec. 20 Gov. Miller called another special session of the state legislature to convene on Jan. 21 and that day Representative Lovelace of Talla- poosa county declared that he will ~have a bill passed in thé legisla- ‘tion to enable courts to convict on “sedition” and “inciting to riot”. ‘This is very important for land- lord Lovelace because he himself admits that “all the Negro tenants on my farm are on the mailing list of some Communist organiza- tion in Birmingham”.” The fact, that one third of the schools thru- out the state involving 125,000 chil- dren are closed down and that tax strikes are spreading, forced the millionaire Will Leedy to say that these actions “smack of Commu- nism and would serve to further the ends of a group of Commu- nists of Birmingham who are bent on bringing chaos to the state.” in caer IN these first few days of ‘the strugfie the united front was created ketween the finance capi- talists of Birmingham headed by the Tennessee Company (U. S. Steel), the big landlords of south- ern and central Alabama the Ne- gro reformist leaders and 6ther agents of the lynch masters. The main line was a savage attack on the Communist Party. First the press shouted in its headlines that, the struggle was a race riot, race war, inter-racial clash etc. in an attempt to have more blood spil- led. The wish was father to the thought. For this purpose lying stories were invented the first two days. Is it any wonder that many peopie are thinking how is it pos- sible for the lynch inciting press to call the Communist Party “drill sergeants of hatred” and “harpies that spring up in troubled times”? But lies do not stop the lynchers from frothing at the mouth. The Inier-racial committee of Alabama~ ‘Tennessee consisting of white bos- ses ¢hd Negro reformist. leaders says among other things: “Certain sinister, alien, influences are at work seeking to sow discord be- tweef black and white. Behind the malevolent activity there is able leadership, tireless energy, world- wide organization. Communism in its hope of world revolution has chosen the southern Negro as the American group most. likely to respond to their revolutionary ap- peal.” Having failed to “create a race riot” the press in its editorials, Ins: to deplore the episode. A ical editorial says the following: “The deplorable affair in Tallapoosa County is an example of what comes of the activities of Com- munist agitators who prey upon ignorant Negroes in these times of unrest, and stirring up bitter- ness among them.” Not a word is said about the deplorable condi- tions under which both Negro and white farmers live in the Alabama Black Belt, Not a word is said about the issue involved, namely the struggle for the RIGHT TO LIVE. The only trouble ,it seems, is that the Communists are mak- ing the “good Negro” as “bad Ne- groes” that the Negroes ‘naturally” accept the customary barbarism of the South peacefully but that the Reds simply stir up these ‘ignorant Negroes” to protest their condi- tions. Such is the line of many of the Southern papers who echo ‘the interests of the rich, y * * | ‘HILE the lynch masters { their friends. The landlords have | come to recognize the ASSISTANT | HANGMEN of the Negro masses are the Negro reformist leaders, Quotations from editorials from the Post and Age-Herald declare: “That the dreadful affair should have taken place in a section ornamented by so useful and hope- ful and enterprise as Tuskegee Institute serves only to deepen one’s sense of defeat.” (Post) “Happening in the shadow of ‘Tuskegee Institute where Booker T. Washington preached his sermon of racial co-operation and where Robert R. Moton has carriéd the work on since; these incidents are doubly unfortunate.” (Age-Herald) It is clear that the capitalists and landlords see the Negro masses slipping away from the control of their shrewdest betrayers, the Ne- gro reformists, and turning to Communism. How well they regret it. The role of assistant hangman in the Alabama croppers struggle Which the misleaders are called on to play is grabbed at by most of the Southern Negro newspapers, who are dominated by the ideal- ogy of the churches, big lodges and the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. SEEK TO SMASH PARTY Long articles discussing ways and means of smashing the Com- munist Party appear d Attor- ney General Knight of Scot sboro infamy promises to prosecute the District leaders “res for the “Tallapoosa. riot Bir- mingham police are congratulated for . keeping tabs on “the Red “leaders.” They quickly raided the office of the I. L. D. the day after the Reel:own battle. They break into @ private house meeting’ and jail Alice Burke, They shout that the Birmingham leaders are res- ponsible for telling the croppers that “the war question should be the daily agitation of all the com- rades,” they declare that the Bir- mingham leaders are teaching the Negro. masses the principles of Sovietism, of the workers owning the mills and land with the cap- italsts overthrown, and the elim- ination of racial and social lines.” It is clearly necessary to prepare for the sharp terror that‘is coming. 6c \N the whole the District leader- ship of the Party reacted quickly and correctly to the first news of the struggle. Our fundamental line was correct—that it was a planned murderous attack by land- jords’ armed deputies on Negro poor. farmers defending themselves and their means of livelihood which the landlords could not tun into a ‘race riot’ because of the tremendous ‘support given the heroic, Negroes by the toiling whites. We issued publicity leaf- lets and resolutions quickly, our leadership worked tirelessly and the entire District membership was swept into motion, organizers went into the field, legal defense was put into action, a commitee left to see the Governor etc. But aside from this, many bad mistakes cropped up the first few days, growing primarily out of a failure to understand the Leninist ap- proach to the national question, a blurring over of the national aspects of he Negro question. One comrade thought that we were pushing the Scottsboro case aside by taking up the fight’ for the Alabama croppers. This comrade did not understand that the struggle of the Alabama croppers and the Scottsboro case must be linked up, that they both stand on common ground, the. struggle for Negro rights and against the whole system of Negro oppression. Eyen the capitalist press ad- mitted that the croppers gave “a featured place to the Scotts- boro case in all their agitation.” Another comrade put forward a resolution saying that the condi- tion of the white farmers were just as bad as the Negro farmers, which of course is absolutely untrue. In one resolution the winning of the white workers was placed on the basis of blurring over the Negro questign. FROM THE BLACK BELT By M¥RA PAGE. ‘These sketches of the life and struggles of Negro and white workers in the South are taken from “Gathering Storm,” by Myta Page, just publizhed by International Publishers—EDITOR’S NOTE. i. EORGE burst into the room where Aunt Polly was busy over her washtubs, scrubbing the dirt out of the while folks’ clothes, She flung up her hands, holding one dripping garment aloft in fright. “Lawsy, boy, how bustin’ in thataw: ing his expression Is it— “They'se wantin’ you right away, Mammy,” he caught his breath, “down at Perkinses.” Quickly she dried her hands on her apron, grabbed a few things and, mumbling to herself, hurried off, the boy at her heels. He caught phrases, “Her time's come— that, washin’ll wait—Lawd-a- Mighty be with us this day—” Then, noticing George she said sharply, “Be off with-ya. No time and place for young’uns around.” George disappeared in the opposite direction. As she neared the Perkins’ cabin, two women, relief on their faces, yan out to meet her. From inside came sounds of moaning. “She's in a@ bad way, Miz Johnson. Took sudden-lak, she was.” ‘ou scairt me, Then, spy- “What's wrong? e os Coe Ma Johnson set to work, and the other women followed her directions throughout the morning without a murmur of dis- sent. For Polly Johnson had brought more than one colored in- fant tnto the world without mis- hap, with prayers on her lips, shrewd eyes and hands busy mean- while, carrying out the rites which her mother had taught her and which Aunt Polly had amplified by twenty years of experience. Yet the hours pessed, and still the woman on the pallet moaned and tossed. Ma Johnson beckoned to one of the women to come out- side. Taking her apron, she wiped der dripping face. the sun, it's high noon. Mill folk'll be comin’ home fer victuals any min- ute now. Liza, you go down ‘n send 'em scoutin’ fer a doctor.” Liza protested. ‘You know no white doctor’ evah come down hyar to Back Row. She's in a her others off in ‘three different direc- tions. Maybe this once,*one of the four white doctors would come. Back Row swallowed its noon~ day meal in silence. A foreboding gloom settled over the cabins. This wasn’t the first time that death threatened Back Row, and there had been no doctor to fend off ‘his approach to the “sick ene’s bed. Moodily they returned to work. The rumble of looms and spindles drifted into the sick room. Many a one, pushing cotton bins or sweeping up lint, was busy with thoughts of pretty Julie, tossing on her pallet. Earl, sweat pouring from him, and panting for breath, stumbled into thé room. “Wor none come with you, nuthe Aunt Polly spoke hoarsely. The strain was telling on her. Shaking his head, Earl walked over to the pallet. At the sight of Julie’s pain-twisted face, he slipped down beside her, and began to sob like a child % After a moment, Polly took him gently by the shoulder. “That ain’ helpin’ Jwie none, Earl. Brace up, ’n go heat me a big kettle of water.” Obediently, he started off. Liza followed him out, and asked timidly, “Hadn’t ya better go back to the mill? Plenty o'uns to do here. Woan the boss fire ya. fer stayin’ off?” Earl, fumbling for the kettle, started over to the creek, so Liza went back to the tai room. HEN Back Row folk returned home from work that evening, they found that Julie Perkins and her infant son were dead. What made it most bitter, all felt her death unnecessary. If a doctor had come in time,arl wouldn’s be there now in his shack, by two still bodies. So all felt. Back Row followed the pine cof- fin Pa, Johnson and Uncle Ben had made, in which lay Julie, in a white dress, her baby by her side, to the small cemetery, back of the country’s colored Baptist Church. Here, the parson in a black coat and white vest, intoned “The White Doctor Wouldn’t Come.” By QUIRT bad way, Ma, ain’t she?” “You tell’em to tell the doctor it’s life or death fer her’n the young’un. We'll held her on, ‘til they comes, ‘Tell the doctor it means operatin, ‘n mo'n Polly Johnson kin do. It’s in his 'n the Lawd’s hands, now.” Liza groaned. Ma turned back to where Julie Perkins lay on her pallet. “This ain't no time for groanin’, Liza. Git a doctor.” ‘HE noon whistle blew, mill gates opened, and from one gate is- sued a stream of white mill hands hurrying home for a meal, from another, a shorter stream of col- ored folk. Liza grabbed Earl Per- kins by the elbow. “Earl, run fer a doctor.” She relayed Aunt Polly's words. “My Gaws, where'll I go?” and he was off, Quickly Liza sent sorrowfully, “The Lawd giveth ‘n the Lawd taketh away.” But Black Row knew that it was the lack of a doctor that had robbed Earl of his Julie. Ma Johnson was a day late with the Haines’ washing that week. “Her .girl who brought it said that Polly had been sick a day,” Miss Haines studied her, polished finger-nails, “But of course, ¥ know she was lying, They're all a trifling lot, ‘n can't be depended on. Probably, there was a picnic, or some frolic. washwoman, so I ‘usually overlook things. “By the way, don’t you think, Eleanor deah, I should have a new evening gown for the club dance, this Saturday? One can’t afford to appear twice in succession in the same dress‘” - Letters from Our Readers READER DOESN’T LIKE PHRASE “POOR FARMER” Dakota City, Nebraska. Editor of Daily Worker, Dear Comrade: I am a farmer and I think the wey most speakers use the ex- pression “poor farmer” is offensive to a good many farmers, as it sounds like the farmers who are being considered are those who are inefficient. I therefore think that, it would be better to change it to some other phrase like impover- ished farmers or farmers who are victims of the system. I am writing this to the Daily Worker because I think it is the best and quickest way to make the correction, Ww. AN OFFICE WORKER DISCOVERS ‘DAILY° Bronx, New York, Editor of the Daily Worker: Comrade: I have been a reader of the “Daily” for two weeks now and am fully convinced of its great role. As T am an-office worker in a large products company, it is necessary for me to keep my be- lefs to myself, otherwise I might lose my job, which is extremely low paying. However, as I am a young worker, I read with great pride of the many workers and farmers that the Communist Party ‘is leading in struggle. Having been a close follower of the Socialist Party, I can now clearly see that the ©, P. is the tute press and magazines. The best: way to counteract these press cam- paigns against the Communist Party and the Soviet Union is te continue to build the class press, especially the working Daily Worker. ‘4 ‘Yours comradely, AN OFFICE SLAVE. EDITOR'S "NOTE: The writes says that it is necessary for him ‘to keep my beliefs to myself” However, we would s: that he get in touch with the Office Workers Union, 799 Broadway, © which is energetically working to organize the miserably exploited office and department store works GOOD way to start the Nq Year is to make it possible fpr at least one worker's child to gf the “New Pioneer” for the year at a small subscription The January issue is off the and will be a welcome first 3 ber to any worker's child, : With a clever cover of kids kn ing the snowman boss out » “jey” snowballs and the i story of George Terban, youngster, who, rescued from. classroom suicide attempt, has | come a leading child this country, the kids ought to: this issue especially, ai The “New Pioneer” is But Polly’s a good mans Be ‘ 4 ¥ yi Nit C1 a . “ ait ni) ais “ N ‘ « kt rv Jy [Ad AoW \ i §) oot ee id 2 | i marl “Void | q 0 « 4 o o «