The Daily Worker Newspaper, September 11, 1933, Page 4

@age rour by Vuistsaat, ‘Daily’ Can Help Clarify Problems of Organization Birmingham, Ala. Workers Say “Daily” Has Improved Much; Offer Suggestions By ED SIMMONS Organization Secretary, District 17, Communist Party In line with putting the Open Letter into practice I must say that the Saily Worker has helped 100 per cent insofar as more news of strike strug- gles throughout the U. S. A. is concerned. The Daily has gained new readers here in Birmingham since the 6-8 pages have been put into effect. workers’ paper that they a chance to put their hands on, and I can say that we will see to it that the “Daily” continues to grow as it has in the past month or s0 Don’t you comrades think that if we would have a column of organ- izational questions that this would help very, very much? Now when I say organizational questions I don’t an questions that are al- lear” to the leading func- tionaries, but, instead, basic ques- tiens on organization that would hep us overcome some of the diffi- culties that confront us This applies more or less to the Black Belt. In this part of the coun- | try we are infants, so to speak, in| the Revolutionary Movement, but I must say we are willing to learn,| and to have questions like the fol-| lowing ones, I believe, would help) yery much 1. The Unit, What is a unit? And above all—what is a unit buro, nd how should it be elected, and after elected what are the specific tesks that it must carry out 2. Centralized leadership. On this question there should be a thorough explanation on just how! our Party functions, beginning at the very bottom, the unit, and ex- plain step by step until we get to the B.C. C. I. Now, comrades, know very well that it would be foolish to think that | these two questions could be run in the “Daily” every day, but what I am hitting at is that I believe that we should lay a base, more or less using the above ques from day to day havi e questions revolving around these two poinis. Before I close I must say that we| here in the South do not have the opportunity to attend any kind of Workers’ School, and a v very little time to do any studying, as we are on the go from 7 in the morn- ing until 10 to 12 at night. I there- fore say again that questions on or. ganization should occupy j much space in the “Daily thing else. It is needed very much. Editors Note: We certainly agree| ready that it is important for the Daily| write more often of shop struggles, | Worker, Central Organ of the Com-|of block activities, so that our daily | munist Party, to publish clear, simple 2xplanations of organizational prob-| {ems as suggested in this letter. We| are now attempting to do more of| this, and have recently published let- | vers from units. As soon as possible | we will run such material system-| atically as Comrade Simmons sug-| gests. The workers say that ever had®— \ ° this is the best Open Letter Being Put Into Practice by Unit Discussion The views expressed by Unit 12, Section 1, District 2, in connection with the discussion of the Open Let- ter that took place at a recent open unit meeting, clearly showed that the extraordinary document was, and will be more so in the future, fruit- ful of results. Judging from the serious approach to the questions discussed, we may fairly assume that our Party members are firmly de- termined to bring about a thorough change in their attitude toward the fulfillment of the great tasks the Party is confronted with Further, not only were the Party members keen to the present situa- tion of the class struggle, but the non-Party workers pz2sent at the unit meeting also evinced a desire that the instructions of the Open Letter be incorporated in the daily activities of the revolutionary move- ment. It will not be amiss to cite a few | critical remarks by the comrades to prove the healthy spirit in which the discussion of the Open Letter was conducted. For Instance: A comrade plainly and unequivocally criticized our unit organizer, an American born comrade, with a mas- tery of the lauguage and a fair un- derstanding of the Partl line—for her persistently refusing to speak on the platform, because of “stage fever.” Where is her revolutionary weakness? Again, another praising the Daily comrade, Worker in its | achievement of influencing the M. ‘olds to become contributors of our aper, nevertheless expressed fear that the Daily Worker might go to the other extreme and become a paper of and by the M. Golds. He, therefore, urged the comrades to organ really and truly mirrors the struggles of the workers. The plan of work for our unit for the next three months adopted by the unit meeting and the control figures guaranteeing that this plan is lived up to, will undoubtedly be a@ means of helping us make the es- sential change in our work. Today’s Menu | BREAKFAST Fresh Fruit Bojled Rice, Sugar and Cream Mill:—Coffee i cup rice 2 quarts boiling water 1 tablespoon salt Wash rice carefully, rinsing and changing the water until it is almost | 5 | Add rice slowly to boiling salted | water, sufficient to cover. Boil thirty minutes or until tender. To test rice pinch a grain between thumb and finger. Drain in a strainer and pour | two cups of hot water through the Ties to separate the grains. Save any rice that is left over for #morrow’s lunch. Mix it with ¢heese fad milk and bake. ir i LUNCH “ee Tomato Toast Boiled Onions ‘a Greamed Potatoes Milk—Tea Place toast on a platter or in a serving dish and pour over it hot stewed or cahned tomatoes seasoned with salt, pepper and butter. il onions until tender, season salt and pepper and add butter. Add white sauce to freshly boiled ‘or cold boiled potatoes. Serve hot. DINNER Stuffed. Steak | Spring Beans Stewed Potatoes | Buy a thin slice of round steak, ask for a little suet. Make stuffing by soaking stale bread crumbs in hot water and seasoning with salt, Pepper and sage. Add small pieces of suet. Roll the steak in flour and fasten it around the stuffing with tooth picks or sew it with twine in & large needle. Sear the roll of steak in the hot melted suet, put pieces of suet on top to keep the steak from getting dry. Add a little hot water, cover tightly and bake! for thirty minutes. If string beans are tough, cut them into narrow strips lengthwise. Boil in salted water, drain, add salt, pep- per and butter. Bake the sweet potatoes in the oven with the steak. NOTICE: We ask the worker who wrote us sbout the role of the Jewish National Vorkers Alliance in the eviction of Can You Make ’em Yourself ? or in a printed wool challis, should be easy to wash and iron, {1594 yards 36-inch fabric and % sewing instructions included with this Pattern. _ SEND FIFTEEN CENTS (15c) in coins or stamps (coins prefer- red) for this Anne Adams pat- tern, Write plainly name, address and style number. BE SURE TO STATE SIZE. Address orders to Daily Worker Pattern Department, 243 West jhe tenant from the cooperative house, © come: to see us 17th Street, New York City. (Patterns by Mail Only) fervor | |and bolshevik zeal to overcome her| while | Pattern 1594 is available in sizes} 4, 6, 8, 10 and 12, Size 6 takes reel ee heir! lodgings. yard contrasting. Illuustrated step-by-step | children to go to school. In the schools A Pictorial History of the Great Steel Strik | (Based on Wm. Z. Foster's book, “The Great Steel Strike”) No. 1—Sttike sentiment con- | tinued strong till about the middle | of the third month, when a feeling | of pessimism began to manifest it- | self. Consequently, at the next | meeting of the National Committee I submitted the following figures: 365,000 men on strike on Septem- ber 29, and 109,300 on strike on December 10. The feeling was to to continue the strike. ( No. 2.—The situation was bad, Reports showed that production was beginning to approach 60 to 70 per cent of normal. Possibly 100,000 men still held out. But it seemed like merely punishing these | brave fighters to continue the strike. There was no hope of a set- tlement. NuwW WORM, MONDAY, SUSTUMBUER 11, 1933 eof 1919 » "| Finnish Comrades No. 3—On January 3, the Na- tional Committee met at Pitts- burgh. At this gathering it was deemed that the strike was hope- less. All organizations were notified. A telegram was sent to all strike centers, and to the press notifying of the decision to call off the strike. Wishing to give a clean slate to | the work ahead, I resigned my position as Secretary-Treasurer. | No. 4.—In justice to the loyal strikers, and to enable them to go back to the mills with clear rec- ords, the meeting adopted the vote that the sirike be called off. We determined that the campaign for the eduction and organization of the workers in the steel mills go forward with unlimited vigor. The great steel strike was ended. Blue Buzzard Attacks Workers on Land and Sea, Correspondents’ Letters Show Fishermen and _ Cannery Workers On Coast Organize (By a Worker Correspondent.) SAN PEDRO, Cal—The fishermen {and cannery workers of San Pedro have been feeling the crisis intensely during the last four years. The price of fish has been cut so low that it is limpossible for them to make a liv- ing. In 1929 the price of tuna was $130 per ton for bluefin and $140 for yellowfin. In 1931 it was cut to $60 a ton and the Van Camp Can- |nery, which is the biggest buyer here, | held out 35 per cent of the catch with | the promise to pay after the season. They accumulated half a million dol- lars in this way, but the fishermen never got back a cent. Now they are | paying $90 a ton, but the fish are not running, so the fishermen have not made a cent this season. Sardines, in 1929, were $13 a ton, | that is, the boat owners got $13, but the boat pullers only received $11. In 1931 the price of sardines was cut to $6 and the same price is offered this | year. At this price it is impossible |for the fishermen to make a living. Speed-up In Canneri The most oppressed in the fishing industry are the cannery workers. The crowded conditions they work | under, the smell of the fertilizer, and the speed-up are terrible. Most of the workers are women. The wages are 27% cents per hour. But they are working under the contract system. A worker has to pack 11 boxes of 48 cans in an hour to get the 27% cents. Very few can do it. The pay is according to the punch- es. Thus many times a worker puts |in 15 hours’ work and only gets paid | for 10. The workers are at the call of the cannery bosses day or night. Many times the workers have to stand for | hours around the cannery after t have been called to work before the; | get an hour’s work or so. No pay for lost time. If a machine breaks down | for 5 minutes, a half hour is deducted from the pay. Industrial Union Formed ‘The Fishermen and Cannery Work- ers on the Columbia River and Puget Sound struck for higher wages and better conditions. Out of this strug- s an€ Cannery | Jnion wes organ- Ti has enrolled in its ranks | thousands of workers from Alaska to |San Diego. The fishermen and can- nery workers of San Pedro heard | about the strike and how the workers won all their demands under the |leadership of the Fishermen’s and |Cannery Workers Industrial Union. | Whe: organizer of the Fisher- men id Cannery Workers Indus- | trial Union came here, 41 joined at | the first meeting. A meeting was | called for Sunday, August 27, at the | same hall, Carpenters Hall. Sunday | |morning when the workers came to} |the hall the doors were closed and | Mr. Daly, the business agent of the Carpenters Local here, who is in charge of the hall, told them that they cannot have the hall for their aed unless they join the A. F. L. Another hall was secured and the meeting held and 36 more joined at this meeting. Where the Workers and Farmers Rule By a Worker Correspondent KISHEMA, Soviet Union—I am a Bashkir, and in the tsarist Russia the | national minorities were extremely. oppressed. But now we work here joy- | fully, because we know that all the resources of our country belong to the proletarian masses, I am working in a small ship-re- pairing works in Kishema. When the ship-reconditioning campaign will be over, we will get_a leave of absence for one month. The most of us will spend it in a rest house or in a health resort. Six Dwelling Blocks Built Six big dwelling blocks have been built this year for our transport work- ers. We are all provided now with It has been made possible for our they are provided quite gratis, not only with the necessary school books, but also with shoes and clothes. Be- sides this they get hot lunches at school. Our workers usually spend their time after work in the trade union club. They have study circles to in- crease their knowledge and raise their qualifications. There is a good library and reading room at the club, | where we read newspapers and mag- azines, Tussupov, ; impossible to work more than three | tion. among the mén, but through |the efforts of the Marine Workers Some of the men make as low as $20 a month. The seamen, deck hands, coal passers, and firemen are Negroes. Also all of the stewards ex- cept the head steward, are Negroes. In the steward department there isn’t any pretense of a watch. You work just as long as there is anything | to do. I, myself, have worked as long as 18 hours in one day. It is almost impossible to work more than one season on any pas- senger boat, as your hours are so long, the speed-up so fast, that it is month, Forced to Gatttble The waiters work on the tip system, This is practically the only source of income unless you can gamble. Gambling is bossed over by the head- waiter, who cuts every game, and derives a nice profit, any man refus- | ingto gamble is discharged on his} return trip to port. ‘You also have another petty offi- cer who bootlegs whiskey, the assist- ant steward, selling his rot-gut to the men, and also deriving a nice profit. There is little if-any organiza- Industrial Union they ‘are begin- ning to talk about organizing. ‘There is one ship, the S. S, Ontario, sailing from Philadelphia. to Boston, of which the crew went out on strike in the port of Philadelphia for higher pay. The ship-was tied up for six hours, until the port captain in- [Railroad Men \Club Together for | Daily Worker Sub (By a Railroad Worker | Correspondent) ROANOKE, Va—I think the six-page Daily is fine. It has been displayed to a number of railroad men on the Norfolk & Western, jand they like it so well that they have made a collection and in the few days you will receive the inscription to place the Daily on the reading tables of the Norfolk & Western Y.M.C.A. in Ohio and West Virginia. How’s that for a start? I have three cr four good pros- pects in line for party member- ship. They are old timers in the | railroad and are well known for their work in behaif of the work- | ers. would be raised when they reached Boston. The Marine Workers Indus- trial Union was active during the strike, talking to the men, and tell- ing them how to form committees. There is a possibility that these men will line up in the union in the near future. The men have agreed to fight for higher wages, the stop- page of gambling, the stoppage of bootlegging, and all are dissatisfied with the tip system. A Waiter on the S. 8. | formed the men that their salary Ontario. Letters from Our Readers A UNIT PLEDGE New York City Comrade Editor As a result of our increased in- terest in the new six-page Daily and our revolutionary desire that the Daily shall continue to improve and reach more and more readers, we, the members of Unit 9, Section 2 (New York) pledge ourselves to con- tribute $1.50 weekly to the Daily Worker Sustaining Fund. Our first contribution was turned in last week. We would appreciate it very much if the Dajly Worker would carry no- tices in regard to the successful can- vassing of workers’ homes, with all suggestions as to how this canvass- ing was made possible. We feel that this will help very much with our We invite all comrades involved in house to house canvassing of pions f Worker to. write us of experiences in’ winning new readers for the Daily Worker, the difficuities they encountered, how they overcame them, etc. We will then print them so that all the comrades may benefit from these experiences.—Editor). A CLEAR EDITORIAL New York City Editor of the the Daily Worker: I liked your editorial in the Sept. 7 Daily Worker—‘Hands off Cuba.” This editorial explained the Cuban situation to me so that I really un- derstood it for the first time. Can’t we have all our editorials of this kind?—that is giving us real detailed information and explanation. NEOL. . NEW YORK CITY. Comrade Editor: Before I proceed any further with the main thought of -my letter, I offer you my “congrats.” It’s a swell job, this new 6-page Daily. , Get hold of the Times of August 17 and Jook to page 1, column 7, and you will see a headline. which reads “Factory Jobs Rose 72 per cent in July. There you have to wade through a mess of figures about how the unemployed are starving without government help and then you come to page 2 and right upon the first line you see the basis for the head- | payr | line. Employment in July stood at an index figure of 67.3, compared with an index figure of 66.8 for June, “an increase of 7.2 per cent.” Weill, comrade, I am no Einstein‘ but 67.3 does not represent an in- crease of 7.2 per cent over 66.8 re- gardless of how you figure it, but only 7/10 of a per cent, which is ten times less. They also presont some figures on olls. Though the rate of inex: by the figures they show happe to | be correct I was moved to go back| to the Sunday Times of July 30 in the special features section. where an article bf Russel Owen attempts to show by charts the advance the country is supposed to be making in production, employment. payrolls. etc. There I find the following: That the payroll index for June, 1933. stood at 45.9 instead of 43.1. as the Times of August 17 shows. These figures were obviously twisted around. to hide the fact that while there are men going back to work, the payrolls remain at the same approximate level, while pro- duction is at an index figure of 90, Here you have it all. Not only the stagger plan but speedup to a killing degree. More men working, but the buying power remaining the same, which of course results in more dis~ astrous consequences when wages compare with relief in money stan- dards. N.I.R. A? Bah! N. 1. &. A. and nothing else but. IB. WHERE WAS ‘Tit, DAILY? Queens, N. Y. Editor, Daily Worker: Saturday night, Sept. 2, I attended a street corner meeting of the Com- munist Party at 47th St. and Grecn- point Ave., Queens, The purpose of the meeting was to open the election campaign of the Party, Mrs, Bur- roughs and others spoke. Over 200 people listened attentively to the speakers, including five policemen, whose noise failed to drive the crowd of workers away. Not one copy of the Daily Worker was sold or seen, This is a great error because the listeners are not fcllowed up with the valuable infor- mation and instructioa which only a workers’ paper can give them. Neither do these listeners, who are mainly workers, get the application blank for the Party which is pzinted in the Daily Worker. J. ‘No Limit to Working Hours Food on Banana on Merchant Marine Ships By_a Marine Worker Correspondent PHILADELPHIA, Pa.—The merchant marine has ships running from Philadelphia to all the leading ports on the eastern coast, hauling both pas- sengers and freight. I have in the last two years been shipping in the stew- ard department, in the capacity of waiter. I wish to report that the working conditions on these ships are miserable, both for the men working on deck, and also for the men working below.o— Liner Not Fit for Seagulls By a Marine Worker Correspondent PHILADELPHIA, Pa—The S. 8. Yoro, of the Di Giorgio line, runs be- tween Philadelphia, Mexico and Cu- ba, carrying bananas. The company is making money on these ships, but they are not paying the crew any of it. I am signed on for a lousy $45 a month and even then they steal part of my wages by paying me $20.30 every 14 days, thus cheating me out of 70 cents each two weeks. There is no messroom or mess boy on the ship. Only two pounds of cheap Mexican coffee a week is al- lowed for eight men. One can of sar- dines a week is handed out, and there is.no night lunch or coffee. In the morning the crew gets two eggs and a half cup of weak coffee. Every day for dinner we get pea soup, beans and rice, and on Sundays, we get the bones, wings and necks of the chickens. The officers get the good par. of the chickens. What little meat we get is rotten. Sometimes they mix everything up in a “sea pie,” and even the sea gulls can’t eat that. We have to work hard and do a Jot of unnecessary work. For. in- stance, the cylinder tops have to be cleaned every watch on our time, and we don’t get any overtime or time off. The sailors work nine hours plus overtime, and the quartermas- ters work four hours on and four off —12 hours a day. This ship flies the Honduras flag, but is owned by American capital- ists. There are several members of the Marine Workers Industrial Union on this ship now. Garage Worker Tells How Restaurant Cuts Pay by Stagger Plan By a Garage Worker Correspondent NEW YORK—I am employed by a bus company of this city, where conditions of labor and wages are of such nature that, in order to sus- tain my family, I am forced to seek extra jobs. I am a night worker, leaving the garage at 4 am. and the only job I could get for a few hours to help | me make the balance of my budget, | was @ job as extra counterman, Now this boss of mine, who “signed the agreement” with our President, has hired me as an “extra” counter- man, for the hours of from 11 a.m, to 2 p.m. at the tremendous wages | of $4 per week, for five days a week. The ‘boss promised me that he would raise my wages to $5, but his promis? did not materialize. Fearing that he is playing the game on me, I inquired from other workers, countermen and dishwashers from the restaurant, as to the system of work there. They did not think much of the NRA. They told me that the boss had before the “application” of the “agreement” with the President full time countermen, at $11 to $16 per week, and steady full time dish- washers, at $9 to $13 per week. But American efficiency, NRA plus busi- ness interests, told him that he could serve all, if, instead of a full time counterman, he ‘can hire two “ex- tras” for the few hours of lunch and supper, at $4 a piece, that is $8. Moral—Workers, organize against the NRA. Try to Round Up Transient Jobless to Scab in St. Louis, Mo. By a Worker Correspondent ST. LOUIS, Mo—The Blue Buz- zard’s picture is up in every place you go here in St. Louis. It is in all stores, bakeries, butchers and res- taurants. It 1s also up in the M. P. R. R. shops and was on there right away. Thousands or more unemployed workers pass through this city daily. Most of these workers are young— just in the teens. Some have suit- cases, some are in rags. When they ask for food or means of earning food from any of the places where the Blue Buzzard is in the window, they get turned down. The railroad dicks and city cops ride the freights out 10 miles and make the train riders get off and walk back to town. At present here, there are many strikes, but the bosses can’t get any of the unem- ployed to do any scabbing. This is @ way the bosses intend to get the migratory workers to scab, by beat- ing them off the freights and starv- ing them while in the city. Pledge to Carry Out Party “Open Letter” | ‘Activity of Finnish Party Members in Past | Too Much Confined to Federation Work’ 1 By HANS JOHNSON | Phe Open Letter of the Party Extraordinary Conference, after its trans- lation and publication in the Finnish press of the Party, has been very enthusiastically received by the Finnish Party members a8 well as the non- | Party members in the Finnish Workers Federation. Reports are coming in from practically every district that the Party | fractions as well asthe Finnish mass® jorganizations have called special | meetings, or are at this moment call- | ing special meetings for the purpose jof discussing the Open Letter. In |Illinois a district meeting of the | Finnish Feder&tion was held where |the Open Letter was discussed and a | resolution was passed for the carry- |ing out of the tasks laid down in ;the Open Letter. Reports are com- ling in from Michigan, Massachu- jsetts and other districts where reso- jlutions have been passed and con- |crete tasks laid before the member- |ship to be carried out on the basis of the Open Letter. Consider Weaknesses The Finnish Buro of the C. C. has adopted a resolution on the Open Letter in which all the past weak- nesses of the Finnish Party mem- bers and also the Finnish Buro it- self are very sharply brought before | the entire membership. This reso- |lution, together with the Open Let- | ter, as well as the resolution adopted by the Extraordinary Conference on the agrarian question, has been pub- lished in the Finnish language, in pamphlet form, of which 5,000 copies |have been distributed to the frac- | tions and the Finnish mass organ- izations. There is one very important fea- | ture in the resolution of the Finnish Buro of the C. C, Concrete tasks jare placed before the membership in every district and especially in the concentration districts of the Party. The Executiye Committee of the Finnish Workers’ Federation has | unanimously approved of the resolu- | tion of the Finnish Buro of the C. C. and is applying the resolution for the entire membership of the Fed- eration. One of the main weaknesses of the Finnish Party membership in jthe past has been their isolation |from the inner life and general problems of the Party, they have in the main been confined to national segregation and their work has too much been limited to the work within the Federation. A large number of the Finnish Party mem- bers in the past have excused them- selves from participation in the work of the units on the basis that they are “too busy” in the work of the Federation. In the past this weakness has not been sufficiently brought before the membership with the object of correcting it. Thus they have, much neglected to participate Y#f the Party work in fac- tories and shops, thereby also to a large extent neglecting to help in building the T.U.U.L. Also, there has been a noted isola- tion from the work among the un- employed, such as block work and building the unemployed councils, although it is fair to mention that |the Finnish comrades have fairly well participated in the national, state and local hunger marches, and also in other demonstrations. Nev- ertheless the fraternalization of the Finnish Party members with Ameri- can workers is still in a too large of the C. I. to the Finnish comrades in February, 1930, clearly pointed out to the Finnish comrades the neces- sity of this fraternalization. The Letter stated: | “Down with national exclusiye- ness! In this connection it is necessary to include in the pro- gtam a plank on organizational contact and fraternalization with \a degree lacking. The Open Letter the American workers. Wide and active participation of Finnish workers in the class struggles and organizations of the American proletariat should always be con- sidered a great honor...” And, further, the letter states: “The Finnish proletarian comrades must | olution, consider their object to be direct fusion with the — revolution- ary militant working —_clas« movement in America. American- ization ‘in this means to them a most important and most decisive step towards real internationalism.” The resolution of the Finnish |Buro points out that although the 14th plenum resolution of our Party was published in pamphlet form in the Finnish language and thousands of copies were distributed among the Finnish Party members as well as the non-Party members of the Finnish Workers’ Federation, the resolution, as far as the Finnish Party membership is concerned, in the most part remained on paper. Until the Open Letter of the Extraor- dinary Conference only a small num- ber of the Finnish comrades knew of the concentration plans of the Party as laid down in the 14th plenum ‘resolution. This weakness will now be corrected. ‘We must, however, point out that the Open-Leter by no means shall be understood to mean that the Fin- nish comrades must stop doing work in the Finnish Federation. They must still continue to carry on the work of building the Federation and the other mass organizations of the Finnish ‘workers and farmers. They must, by the correct application of the united front policy from below, be able: to win thousands of new members into these organizations and away from the leadership of the Finnish bourgeoisie, the social re~ formist_and the social facists. This is part of the general mass work of the Party and its importance should not be underestimated. At the same time each member of the Party, even though he or she is carrying on work in these language organizations, must be able to devote some time to other Party work, such as building shop and factory nuclei, work among the unemployed by helping to build negihborhood and block com~ mittees, unemployed councils and |the building of the revolutionary trade unions of the T. U. U. L. The Finnish Buro of the C. C. is confident that the Open Letter and the resolution of the Finnish Buro has stirred up the entire Finnish membership. Judging from the re- ports and resolutions passed by the fractions so far, the indications are that the membership itself more than anyone else realizes the weak- nesses in the work and is correcting itself. Tasks Set The Finnish Buro is confident that a real turn will take place in the Party work of the Finnish mem- bership. Unquestionably the Finnish comrades are loyal members to the Party and by correcting their weak- nesses and shortcomings, they will on their part help to carry out all the important tasks laid down to the Party membership in the Open Let- ter, Among other tasks the Finnish Buro has set itself out to bring a thousand. new members into the Party from the Finnish Workers’ Federation, the Women’s Clubs and |the Workers’ Co-operatives. This task is to be accomplished before the 16th anniversary of the Russian rev~ ‘Also @ drive is being con- ducted to draw in thousands of new working class elements into the Fin- nish Workers’ Federation, the Women's Clubs and Workers’ Co- operatives. A copy of the Finnish Buro resolution wil Ibe mailed to all districts of the Party and the Dis- trict Cotiimittees are urged to study it and help, by giving guidance and co-operation to the Finnish comrades * to carry out the tasks laid down in that resolution and the Open Letter. By PAUL LUTTINGER, MD. ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS Cancer and Capitalism Leorard S.—Sorry we ¢annot use your elaborate treatise on Cancer and Capitalism. There is no ques- tion that under capitalism, the occu- pational forms of cancer tend to increase. But there is a relatively larger percentage of the bourgeoisie who die of it. Savages and bar- barians die of cancer. People died of it in the middle ages and the number of deaths from carcinoma (cancer) in Soviet Russia does not show the decline registered in those diseases which can be definitely pre- vented. Writers and other artists who express themsleves fully are not immune to cancer, nor are the wom- en who express themselves sexually to the highest degree. There will be an article on cancer in due time which will discuss briefly what we |! know about this dreadful scourge, and more fully what we don’t know. We are returning your manuscript because it is not sufficiently sub- stantiated by facts. The writer at one time edited a quarterly journal on camer. You may trust his opin- ion, see Hay Fever N. I, Brooklyn—You have a typical case of hay fever. See the Daily Worker of September 6 for more de- —T. S, tails, Leucodermia or Vitiligo Robert F., Philadelphia—From yout description the light patche on yout Grin recta po: be wane, i eaove ad ‘ucodermia or vitiligo, They are posed to.be.due to some violent eee tal emotion..or prolonged depression from illness or anxiety, Some derma- tologists ascribe it to extreme cold. The,neurotic factor I et é Be 38 * Disease of Old H.W.Y.,. Sedalia, sd couple of, medical books on - trics (treatment. age), but'they are 8 you “are ci ‘ou are too old (79) for an tion on the prostate and are right to refuse..it. Continue your bladder irrigations and your mineral ofl, soe oe Readers desiring health inform- ation should address their letters to Dr. Paul Luttinger, c-e Daily Worker,” 35 East 12th St, New