The Daily Worker Newspaper, October 24, 1933, Page 4

Paze Four DAILY WORKE EW YOR <, TUESDAY+ OCTOBER 24, 1933 Resolutions of Party Units) On Carrying Out Open Letter Conerete Examples on | | | How to C arry Out Open! Letter in Practice Excerpts from Unit Resolutions on the Open Letter—New York District: SECTION 6, SHOP UNIT 16: ‘1. We members of Unit 16, Sec- tion 6, after reading and discussing the Open Letter to the Party mem- bership’ adopted at the extraordinary conference of the C. C. have clearly understood the importance of mak: ing a turn toward mass work “2. For the last year we 2. have failed to orientate ourselves and bring | the face of the Party into our shop Struggle. Due to our sectarian at~- titude we have failed to develop and draw new forces into our midst “3. Although we were able to de- yelop and lead sharp struggle, like| many stcppages against reduction of | wages in our shop, we have failed to| draw new blood into the Party. Our meetings have until recently been nothing but personal petty quarrels he extent that for many weeks io have any poliical dsicussion. tion of the Open improved many of since then cond successful strikes, wo correcting our mistakes of the first in the s d. The workers in our shop look upon us Party members as their During our last strike e to formulate con- We were able to pre- workers during e to the other for a united struggle. From an indifferent divided crew in an open shop, solid united one for the Industria! Dni a union p und ship of the Sh ers Industrial Union. SECTION 1, UNIT 13: crete ci pare the from our sir‘ 1 “In order for our unit to make turn as exp in the Open r of cur Ce ¥ its last Ex in duly, 1933 membership to out the folloy e next three one functioning Block ganized - the Daily to each point. mn and belonging | jon and taking! the three | to} the leader- | nd Leather Work- | 9 95 | ; the organ- | part therein. | 7. At least one street meeting to} be held during the week by our unit | in our territory. 8. To draw closer to our Party workers belonging to the Z—— Club} and set our task to organize a func- tioning fraction in this club. Com-j rade K. to be responsible for this as- signment to the unit. Request of the Section to assign other comrades from the language fraction to this club to} actually accomplish organizational | work. | “9, That every unit member must devote as a minimum one evening| whole plant is filled with such tramps) phe workers m a week to unit block and other | activities; (b) that no comrade of our! unit be excused from carrying through such function. “10. That mew recruits attend either the Workers School or a sec- tion special class. | “11. That the sale of Party litera- ture be increased a minimum of 15 per cent more than what it is today and that each comrade be assigned to sell the Party literature. | “12. That well functioning study circles be organized where most of the comrades be drawn in, in order to raise the political and ideological) I of our comrades. | “13. ‘That our unit meetings begin | sharp at 8 p.m. and adjourn sharp | at 10:30 regardless of what the is- | sue may be “14. That the Buro be held re- | sponsible for the activization of every omrade in the unit 5. To give all assistance to the Section in its concentration work at | the metal shop in our territory. “16, One hundred per cent at- tendance of all members at each unit meeting.” UNIT 1, SECTION 15 | “On the basis of this analysis the | unit pledges itself to put through |the following plan of work for the | future: Concentration work—the unit | territory, which consists of six blocks, is wholly residential. The unit de-!| cided to put most of its efforts to nizing house and block commit- | Also to develop a_ struggle} t eviction of unemployed and employment Insurance. To} open-air meetings in the U for hoid weekly | neighborhood. On the Daily Worker—increase the sales from 60 to 90 copies per week. On the membership drive— e canvassing in the territory to cial ettonpion ih lal most talks so as to enable ey to enter the Party and finally bring them into “4, To raise the political level of the unit membership it was decided | to build a circulation library of Party | literature. To have weekly study | circle discussion on current issues. Al the unit is sending three unit members to the speakers’ vlass. ‘3. The unit is instituting a strict | up of the activities of every | | unit member and will demand from | every member an earnest and serious | attitude towards his or her tasks.”! | men, and most of them are working Speed-up Kills Steel Workers in “Pest Hous (By a Steel Worker Cor respondent) | SPARROWS POINT, -Where the sheet mi to be known as Pest Hou Tt used to send workers there who ha | | the dreaded smallpox, to die. Today it is still a pest hous Corte, O'B: nowles, Bol- and stools as the Wilsons, Lewellyns, eskes, Bucks, Schlimmer, Marie, Still- wells, Barrs, Bwisoni, Burgen, Baker, Northwoods, cops running all around increasing speed-up and lay-off. ne, | Proof of the pudd is in the eat- ing. Witness the lay-offs in the pipe mill, shipyard, sheet mill, warehous? and elsewhere. How about those workers who have been killed as a result of spe such as Joe Black of S. P., Hearth, laborer; K lar Schriener, fabricating shop | worker, Otto B. Ucholtz of Dundalk, shipyard pipefitier. Those unsung martyrs have left behind them wives and children who | must faze privation in this crisis. What have the A. A. officials done about these conditions? Nothing, of course. They will not take any chances of offending the company Fellow workei Join the Steel and Metal Workers In’ r The only rank and file j union ee the stzel indusiry. (where the Amco plant is) three |put a sticker in the shop demanding missive, we'll not g | other metal facto: have begun the | hot water. This was done, and the get death by speed-up or starvation | Sa%scr_ plea, to divide the work —|bosses at once got busy and made Gen boe, ‘ | under the guise of giving more work- |arrangements to furnish hot water ers jobs. Where for all shifts. Steel Mill Arms Against Workers ~ (By a Steel Worker Correspondent) NATRONA, Pa—tThe Allegheny | Steel Company employs about 2,500 | know what receive their | tonnage and do not they make until they By HELEN LUKE By HELEN LUKE Seme ‘ime ago I tributed by + comrade eavse it is in to out-o: foliow later. comrades, IN THE HOME—AND UNDER THE BRIDGES—By BONITA A rev ress in Cooking” Village, Chicago. ew of a “Century of Prog- down in Roosevelt n This strictly original No R: members attest, which is no new deal to these ex-workers. The empty tin cans and the Plug-Hat-Hole merely suggests Outdoor Cookery—camping, hunting, outdoor and emergency cooking. 1—Emergency Cooking For euipment a hunting or pocket | knifé. A pocket lighter, magnifying or flint rocks may be used to Kindle fire if without matches. Birds, tame fowl or fish may be made ready to eat with little prep- gration. Make 2 paste of ashes and water and encase the bird in this | paste after the insides have been femoved and the giblets replaced. Lay the bird or fish in a bed of coals. When the shell has become cemented like a sugared almond in appearance and sufficiently brittie to break off, Meat will be cooked. The feath- amd skin or scales will come off ag Well and you will have clean, tasty i animals, young rabbits, sq , etc., as well as game, may bei skinned. In case of birds, run knife around the throat and ankles and down the breast; take a in each hand, put your thumbs on his back, and pop him out of his skin. Make a flat spread of the animal or bird on forked branches, Use hickory aaa by fire. for the fire if you can get it. | Avoid pine and strong-tasty woods. | ie ee "Make for the food easiest to get— ing on the locality and season of ithe year. Autumn affords nuts, bitten paw-paws, persimmons, grapes; honey from a hollow bee-hive. (Hands must be cov- | and face veiled with a cloth when you plunder from bees.) ‘ , Maple juice or hot greens @ all speedily strengthening agents “you are exhausted. " Summer gives many seeds, such as so the | ke of a tract on outdoor cooking that had been con- vom the “great open spaces.” ing io read, and too, beczuce it may contain advice of use | This is only the first part; the second part will I am using it here be- sunflower, grain, ete. Corn is splen-! asco parched. Fist boil the corn kernels; then dry and roast slowly |to a golden brown. Salt if you | have it. Springtime: Tap or | trough | There are wild ber- Beware of jous plants coms. Take no chances those growing in damp, shady) or foul places. | | | Greens are good. Alfalfa, dande- | lions, turnip, beet or sweet potato | leaves. Pigweed. They need to be | cleaned and salted; then wrap them | |up like a hot tamale in corn husks | | or grape leaves, heavy brown paper | |or cloth. Tie them around. Have! stones in the F. D. Plug-Hat-Hole pot, put in the rolled leaves, cover over with sod and again with earth, | Leave for about one hour. | | Small fish may be roasted under- | ground—small game, too. Put ah | stones inside after the entrails have | been taken out, They must be well- | jcleaned, of course. When done it's all so good you can throw the meat | away and eat the stones if you feel | | Maple juice. | cut into a maple-tree; make a n | to your mout! » too. | equal to it. How to start the fire to heat the | stones? How to get a light from | | flint stones? Where do you find | |them? Ask any Young Pioneer. | | How do you catch the fish and birds? | Fish line of tled grasses; or unravel a sock. Wire for a fish hook. Bait? | Any pari of a whale. If all fails | wade into the water and risk one| toe on a crab. | Crabe can be broiled in a jiffy | and they are good. I've heard of clam | bakes, too. I’ve even eaten worms— | in crabapples. Next for camp cooking—where or- ganized planning is as necessary as organized boo’s at a capitalists’ “peace” conference, | (To Be Concluded.) Another little household wrinkle to |help lighten the labor: This one is reprinted from “The Working | Woman.” For cleaning windows: make a bag of several thicknesses of soft muslin and fill it with pulver- ized pumice stone; stitch along the upper edge after filling. Windows wiped with this pad will be shining | and clean, and Metal Worker Correspondence INRA Cuts Pay $3 to $4 per | Week at America Can Co. BROOKLYN, N. ¥—The N.R.A. has proven a means to lower the wages of the workers of the American Can Co. In the Brocklyn Plant there are tod | young fellows and g What does the e y about 150 to 200 workers, majority © give abe workers Those making $15 to $17 a week now get 32 cents an hour, er hour week, a cut of $3 to $4 a ¥ Tete: |'The conditions inside the shop are | | Quincy Plant Gets” bad. A half hour for Saeed time you have to wash ai Big Cruiser Orders locks to ea ys increasing. Ww ¢ remain at the even turn around— (By a Worker Correspondent) E. WEYMOUTH, Mass.—As you | } \oerhaps know, the Fore River ~for and cannot | this will tip” the belt and this| |Shipbuilding Yard in Quincy, means a bawling out from the floor | | Mass. has large orders from the foreman. The-girls are supy to | | government for cruisers, etc. | get 15-minute rest periods twice daily, | | Work has begun here on a large but never take it because they would | bridge building project that ad-| have to leave the belt and incur the | joins the yard. All ships must displeasure of the for |pass under this bridge. The new Lay-offs are | bridge will be made to span the and no Ww | water at such a height that the | When a | usual tug cr small cruisers will | | not require the use of the draw. —D.L. || anakilted work do the as about 25 plants | , Supplying the as General | Tris some of the other plants the | | workers have organized and fought for better conditions. In Philadelphia | they are out on strike no In New | Jersey the workers were recently on |strike. In the Hudson (Jersey City) plant, a group of workers, disgusted at the lunch period, which | m to swallow food in five | went to the superintendent and forced the company to grant a | double lunch shift. In the Bush Terminal in Brooklyn Won Wy Protest By a Worker Ccirespondent ANDERSON, Ind—A_ grievence was organized in the sundry department last week to take up the question of getting hot water for our shower bath. \, The company did not furnish hot water for all the shifts, the 2:30 |shift being forced to bathe in cold water. So our committee decided to beforg workers re- ceived $25 a week. now they get $16 A Delco Remy Foundry Worker a week, with double the amount of —___——_- workers, but they only work four For Unemployment Insurance, dave a week—and get less pay, about} Immediate Cash Relief — Vote i Communist! Seattle Workers Cut Wood To Help Save Daily Worker pay check on pav day | SEATTLE, Wash—We have com-{ DIST. No. 7 DIST. No. 18 They held a meeting of all em-| bined Sections 2 and 8, and have| Um: % Sec. 7 Det. | Anon, Ukiah 20 |ployees and zet them to|!aid down a plan for increasing) attair 1.25] Cakiand "7.93] organize a company union, but the | bundle orders “of the Daily Worker.| Betzyk 10 men would not do ww’ they are | We ect to open soon a Workers’) ZeMs cae trying to force them to Pus ea ty ai gid also expect to ex- | 2 _ They have also repara- | °&& y a considerable amount our} Total Oct 21 1.65 ti A of ‘le 3 P ¢- {Quota in the “Daily Worker Fund | Total to date 510.03 -* ions in case of a strike by get- | Dive. “We are “organizing dances for | DIST. No. 8 Alerich 50) ting machine guns, riot guns, sawed |.” 1 Anon., Chicago 1.00} Marella 50 off shotguns, tear as bombs, food, the Daily Worker and also wood cut-| J. olenik Jugum 25 and have hired thugs to protect j ting groups for raising funds. You| P- oe Radalf 25, paguented jean look for the Daily Worker to| + e Gphate Qahdal 4 : laa go over big in our Section, x, jawson 2.00) 35 + . Sates, i * bd ba w. Tauate 1.20 15) Unit 4, mn 5, Detroit District, ie P. Krawets 1.55 | 35 more than trinted its quota in the Cae Ahir pa Action ©. Cook, vinis 1.00] £40,009 Daily Worker Drive. How ice tee ae ee | © Bras, | 33 about the other units? Macedonian ‘Workers’ Educational| _ Vilnis 1.00 25 ei Be Club and the Macedonian Progres- | ¥; Jureficz 06) eee pe! sive Group of this city send their) “yess Cou» , .,) Dusan $0 greetings to the Daily Worker. Our| Women’s Coun., Marcellas 30 quota in the $40,000 Drive was $15.) No. 7 aioe - aa x Women's City epin 2 We have already raised and sent in| “Committee 5.00| Zilosilo (33 to the “Daily” $30, or 200 per cent| 1rup., Tera- 1.00 jof our quota. We are the first to| German Buro 3 fulfill our quota in this District. We | ScD. ,Tarest i “Long Live the Daily Worker 10 e teady to support the ‘only 2. 16 an “Daily” which is leading] Ht 2 | the struggle of the working class of 2.85 30 America.” Signed, A. Nicoloff, Sec- 5.00/ Martin 23 ——— | retary, B.M.W.E. Club. .50| Zwerling 38 | ee ue | 1.00] Makela 35 td beet 1.00) Freiman “50 Can You Make ‘Em} contributions received saturday, 10.80] Barker 50 Yourself? Oct. 21, follow: | ef} Tupplte, 38 cE . Total received Saturday ....$ 428.91 cl. by Tarkom ~ reviously recorded .. . 12 7 2.00| Savteck 50 ‘The dress shown here today would | ear webs = | be especially becoming to the heavier . 28) ‘Evans fa figures. Many women like a dress [Rotel bodate anit ies ‘i pe with short sleeves, like these, as they} A. Ross 1.00 2 Goldstein 38] Stum 10 do not interfere with the accomplish- = ous 00 4 Eas 35 Cuming 5 5 #4 . Prie A. Rabine 3.00] Bruno :28| Martin 80 ae ae Gers bere requiring} yp Roth 2:00| Grade Sol A: weeirek 10| McCarty 10 | Putting the hands in water. : Anthony 2.00! Eisenberg 25| Silverstein 50) M, Martin 235 Pattern 2597 is available in sizes! wenn 1.00} tt 25 tae -25| Col. 4 Timont, 6, 38, , 44 s' g | N.¥-U. Eve. | a5| T. Sfiverstein .25| Eureka eee aa a ne a b: at = bs opegatand 1.30 23] S. Silverstein 25] Sarl akes 354 ‘abris - | Georg Magen, | Dime Tubes— | 10} Rouege | lustrated g instruc-| ccl. box 1.40 2.00] 10] Paaso ‘ions ir Cvs. Tailors, 120 19) Maki 28 | 60 im 10} Weijola box 10.10] 110] Albert £0] Nergard U., Dis, | Mostovoy Go. 3.00) Total Oct. 21 105.00 a TS. 85| Total to date 1188.91} Total Oct. 21 Col. by Con- z. DIST. No. 9 ‘Total to date stantine 4 31; ¢. P. St. Paul .85 DIST. No. it 3 names 1.85| 1 Greenberg 1.15 tron at Un. 4.10) Newark Col. by Cracium .15) M, Padwa. 52 Un. 7.62) Col. by A. A. Cracium 1s “$3 | Proviousty, crbatt- Febranck Papar -15| N. Newton, ed to Dist. 18: Cernak Pajian +18}. 3 of 12.45| Group of Sup. Janasik Col. by Andros ‘Thompson 1.40] _Wers. 1.60] Kral BE. Andrews 50| Col. Parties Conover, Wis. .25| Rac N. Andrews , -.50| Suberoff $.30| Gleason, Wis. 5.20) Pennyak Dobrinen :25| Mc, Knockow F. Fabranck Gregora :25| Morgenstern Total Oct. 21 19.82] Orusky Fund 15) G, Send 3.49| Total to date 136.29| Mealaci Spingelo 05) Lists— DIST. No. 16 Okuty Ses. 6, Un. 16 | Col. by Reider 8. Silverman, Col. by Janosik A. Shapiro 7 | Rand .3| Austin 2.00] Radich 16 Chuminits Col. by ae, Lulop Boy Krall ‘Amer. ¥, Total Oct. 31 2.00] Juskovic “10 Modiano Jackson -19| Total to date 58.25) Ras 318 Burstein Ross ho DIST. No. 11 Sulek 1.00 Raasch Perlman .05| W. Willard, Anon. 05 Daneck Helland 05| Nampa 1.00] Valex 10 Libster Prank 12] Dist. th Minot 4.50] ‘Smith 3 Sam 1. by Chodrow ——| Bednorik 128 Shapiro R. Prenzel 50| Total Oct. 2f 5.50/ Janostk 38 Kueger Thoming 50] Total to date 39.59 — Sam K. Brenzel 5 DIST. No. 12 Total Oct. 31 3.75 Volunteers |. Zits 123| Powers Un. 2.00] Total to date 243.78 o 29.00) Col. by Milgrom 50) Un. 3, Sec. 2, “DIST. No. 15 1.00} Ana. 2.00) M. Rooshek, 1,00} Hood River Bridge. 2.00 to] Par. Cl. 2,08 erry 135| Skid Rd. Col. 1—| Total Oct. 21 2.00 Rosenthel b 2100] Baskia .20| Total to date 112.10 Roider 10) Rachlip so] Un. 1 ) DIST. No. 1 ‘Anon 25| Un. 9-A 1, . V. ©. Leidloff, Shiller 25) Portiand 4.85| Wiley 2.00 Providence 50! 6 names 2.00| Un. 5, Portiand 6.65 = | Doda, stoughton 1.04] Col ndwa Everett Sec. §.00} Total Oct. 21 2.00 n. 1.60) .08| Symp. "25| Total to date 25.55 Lett, Wng. Men ¢5| W. Patric 20 DIST, No. 18 Assoc. .05| Mr. Bourgeois .25| Madison 6.50 | John Red ct Poshel 10] B. Bourgeois 30| Unit 209 1.50 | Grossman 110} Aberdeen Sec. 19.00] Unit. 219 1.00 2.25) Silverman 25) Un, 9-, 63, Meyer aa ct. 10.90! Feinberg 10 ‘Unit 104 ae. 05 25) Tit 101 Total Oct 21 29.20 10 .28| Tnit 207 Total to dete 687.01 10 .25| 8. Gyorty DIST. No. 2 38 L. Mueller 1.00| ‘Total Oct. 21 149.83] A. Yekeloft 38 13.25 ©. Gerrity 1.00] Total to date 6104.10) 3 Friends 3180] Deduct trom Dist. : DIST. No. 8 Weathers .2§| 18 donations to 5.00) J. Monroe | Nethan and be credited to Col. by Shapin Vatvald .35| Dist. 9 7. Farber 80) Sol. by Norman .30 Sendler 25) Cherson 05| Total Oct. 21 Sanders -%5| Mistola .05| Total vo date Send FIFTEEN CENTS (15c) in bas Pert ae Aya, 8 bre GS coins or stamps (coins preferred) for | }"perain coe va a0} maceeation Hiatt this Anne Adams pattern. Write | H. Cheensky, Yendrickson: -10| Total Oct. 31 plainly name, address and style num-| Jsclowits 1.80] Total Oct. 21 6.25] Harju ‘n3| Total to date ber, BE SURE TO STATE SIZE pad K. 1.00| Totel to date 647.79 Sandstrom 08 salen rf | Fishman “50 DIST. No, 4 Tkkala o7| Br. Address orders to Daily Worker] p. wy. 1.00] Christtenson 25) 3. 3. Koldos, ‘Br. 62, Pattern Department, 243 West 17th) B.A. 1.00) Holm :25| Spokane 00| Hemmond 5.00 YY . Ross x anit St. New York Clty. Patterns by! i & Ross $.00| Total Oct. 21.50 | Total oct, 21 18.35 mail only, Total to date 50.96 Tort i sped 317,61 | Total to date 989.36 Westinghouse Cuts Wages by Re-Classifying (By a Westinghouse Worker Correspondent) NEW YORK.—The electric code was signed by President Roosevelt on Aug. 4, becoming effective on Aug. 15. What have been the concrete results in Westinghouse? Workers are being constantly trans- ferred from one section to another with a change in classification. When the classification is lower, it is al- weys accompanied by a correspond- ent reduction in rate, even though the change is “temporary.” But when the change is to a higher class of work, jt is usually difficult to get the rate raised. When this point was brought up by an elected member of the shop committee, Mr. Phillips, works man- ager, replied that this was not in- tentional, but is due to the failure of the apparatus to function as intended. The vicious speed-up under the group system and standard time |makes it hard for many of these workers starting in on unaccustomed work to meet the limits. The ner- vous strain increases the accident hazard enormously, especially since many of the machines are in bad con~ dition. This is particularly true of the older employees, many of whom have been demoted from the super- visory board and have not worked with their hands for years. We may be suré that these bad conditions will continue and grow worse unless we workers, ourselves, take some measures to prevent it. Chisel Down Pay At Steel Kitchen (By a Steel Worker Correspondent) WAUKEGAN, ll—The Steel itchen Corp., where I've been work~ ing for some time, employs young workers mainly. The workers of this shop are unorganized, the wages paid to them are the lowest in the city. The wages, according to the rates on the bulletin board, should be as follows: Day work—30 cents per hour. Piece work—35 to 40 cents per hour. But the piece rates are so ar- ranged that it is impossible to make the day rate even and nobody knows when you work piece work or day work and how much you make on each job. If a new worker starts it takes him some time to find out what's what, because the foreman himself claims he doesn’t know what the rates are on piece work. And if you figure out the hours you put in at 30 cents you always find a shortage. In asking the boss, he replies that you are failing off on 5} your piece rate and if you want to | work, better step on it. One of the other plants came out with a statement in the local paper that they signed the N. R. A. and 3| have increased the wages 25 per cent. the workers in the Ste This was talked over among 1 Kitchen, ‘and then the firm put up the Blue Eagle and a notice was put up on the bulletin board that the wages are being increased 25 per cent in order to make 30 to 35 cents per hour, + The Steel Kitchen bosses are not going to improve our conditions on their own accord with or without the N. R. A. Only through the efforts of the workers in the shop, through the formation of militant organiza- tion and the election of a shop com- mittee can we improve our condi- tions. Calls to Navy Yard Men to Organize Against Layoffs (By a Metal Worker Correspondent) BROOKLYN, N. ¥.—To quiet the >; sentiment of the metal workers at the Brooklyn Navy Yard for a mas: Protest meeting, we were promised all sorts of things: Return of our Pay cut, better conditions, more work, oo etc. We know that this has not even to be @ reality. Where is the spirit of the yard workmen? We continue to live like slaves, just about getting along by the skin of our teeth, with the mis- erable wages given us. Through the threat of our last protest, we were able to get back another half day's work and pay. Don’t you think if We really had a protest meeting we might get back all of our pay. I would like to hear from some oth- er yard workmen who realize that all {8 not well, and don’t believe in empty premises any more, and are teady for some real action. In this way, we can organize effectively against this new deal of wage cuts and speed-up (ask the men on the New Orleans.) A lay-off of about 1,000 to 1,500 men will. most certainly take place by the end of this year, unless we organize and fight it. Anyone desir- ing to communicate with me for the purpose of getting together, kindly Write to this paper at once. Portiac Workers Face Layoff and Starvation (By an Auto Worker Correspondent) PONTIAC, Mich.—Pontiac workers are faced with layoffs and starvation. “Feas| The officials of the Pontiac and Fisher plants announce a 6 or 8 week complete shutdown, and Archie Allen, czar of the city welfare, announces that a worker must be out of the shop for six weeks before any relief will be given. This means that unless a militant mass protest is made against this policy, the Pontiac workers will starve. The United Welfare Workers, who are demanding increased relief and are actively carrying on a campaign to raise the living standards of Pon- tiac workers, will accept the fight of laid-off workers as members. How to Improve Our Work Among Jobless in New York More Clarity and 1d Boldness Nee Needed’ in Struggle for Unemployment and. Social Insurance ~ By I. AMTER (Conclusion) What is to be done? The follow- ing steps have already been discussed and agreed upon, and must be put through with all energy: 1. A thorough clarification in the Party and all mass organizations on the N. I. R: A. as an instrament against the werkers and for war. 2. Clarification on unemployment and social insurance and the bring- ing about of a conviction not only of its need but that it can be realized through struggle, 3. The application of the principle of concentration—with Upper Harlem and a section of the west side as the concentration points, This concen- tration to be mate more specific and to embrace a small, well selected area from which to begin and spread out. Neighborhood Work (a) The leading comrades of the City Council to be assigned to these concentration points, to spend their major time in the neighborhood with the workers, finding out the immedi- ate issues and organizing and leading the struggles. (b) Comrades assigned by the two sections are to work at the same points. Thy should be comrades with initiative, who should seek to come ine leadership through their actiy- y- The sections must cease giving or- ders to the Unemployed Councils. They must build the Party fractions in each assembly and council and bring forward the Party line and proposals through the fractions. 4. Similarly in the other sections, a few active comrades with initiative are to be assigned, not as leaders but to work among the unemployed. Within two months in all sections they shall have participated to such a degree, built up such forces and helped in such struggles, that elec- tions can be held in every assembly and council and the most militant comrades be elected into leadership. Whether Communists will be elected into the leadership will depend on whether they have proven through the strugele that they have the con- fidence of the workers, One of the main tasks of the com- rades will be to bring forward new workers—partieularly Negro workers in Harlem and- the wes side—and to recruit them into ther Party and Y. C. L. The sections and units, on the _pther hand, must not seek to use these comrades for other work, but allow them to develop further the unemployed work. The work*'of the, Unemployed Council must be popularized through leaflets, open air meetings, the Daily Worker, Hunger Fighter, open hear- ings, etc. This has practically ceased. 5. The T. U. U. C. and each union shall immediately take up the un- employed work ‘and assign forces to work among the unemployed work- ers of the various industries, coor- dinating the work with that of the Unemployed Councils. Efforts shall also be made to activize the rank and file of the reformist unions. a). Comrades must be assigned to work on the work relief jobs. They ee epee to soa committees on and build organiza~ tion, with the palepective of forming @ relief workers organization in the city. Work relief will remain a per- manent form of work and permanent organization will be need with it. The aid also of ist trade unions must won, for the conditions and the character of th lowering the scale of union In Nassau County, for instan: building trades workers’ scale same as that of relief workers do the same work, namely #8 a 6. In accordance with the situation, plans should be launch the campaign for the ers Unemployment. and Social Inser- ance. Bill. These are only a few of the most immediate steps which cannot be de- layed not only in New York but in a s Ha SReto ae : problems and obligations imposed. the situation, be RISE IN COST SHOULD NOT BE MINIMIZED New York. Comrade Editor: Saturday's edition of the Daily Worker had an article concerning the rise in the cost of living as esti- mated by the National Industrial Conference Board. Their figure of 9 per cent is ridiculously low. It is based on the assumption that retail prices have not risen very much, If we were to estimate the rise m the cost of living using the Fairchild Re- tail Price Index we would get an en- tirely different picture. Comrade Rochester, of the Labor Research Association has reached the conclusion that up to the beginning of September there had been an in- crease of more than 14 per cent. And for the month of September Robert Dunn has estimated another rise of about 6 per cent, making 20 per cent in all. I may add that the Nationai City Bank in its monthly letter states that the Fairchild Index is the most accurate in the country. While it is important that Com- munists should not exaggerate eco- nomic events it is equally necessary that we should not minimize these harmful effects on the working class. Fraternally, JULIEN KENTON, Pen and Hammer. LIKES LEIPZIG REPORTS Chicago, Tl. Comrade Editor: Your reports from the Leipzig trial are good and very useful to show up Letters from Our Readers Hitlerism. I also enjoy the news from Moscow; It 1s a disappointment to me not to be able to send you a dolar in contribution to the Daily Worker fund. But if I can get back to work again, I should be glad to hiya tte —J. S. NO OTHER PAPER EXPOSED PLOTS aii cago, TL Comrade Editor: . Please find enclosed $1 ‘as my con- tribution to the Daily Worker, I’m @ regular subscriber and can hardly wait for the postman to”bring my copy. I sit right down'and devour every bit of news, even look over the book reviews, stage and screen, etc. Since the expose of. the Nazi skunks and their treacherous murder eg ‘ ‘m aaah anes than ever e Worker the only paper for the working class of this country. No other paper dared or cared to expose these Nazi plunder- ers. The Daily, Worker gets right to the bottom of the strike~ situation and the A. F. of L. bureau- crats and socialist renegades, Ann Burlak, that fearless revolu- tionary fighter; is leading the work- ers to victory in the NTWU. I en- joy reading of her activities on the fighting front. More power to you, Comrade Ann. Long live the Daily Worker and long live the revolution- ary movement. .,, —M. BR. Clappe. (ignature authorized.) By PAUL LUTTINGER, MD. ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS Instructions in First Aid. ¥. R.: The Manhattan Medical Unit of the W.LR. gives practical lectures and instructions in First-Aid work to as many workers as it can enlist for the purpose. You can obtain further information at the office of the Workers’ International Relief, 870 Broadway, New York. « Sleeping Tablets. B. MeCarthy: Whether one can die from an overdose of sleeping tablets depends on what kind and how many tablets are taken, There are many cases on record where death followed an overdose of Veronal or of Mor- phine. Your wife is right in object- ing to your taking anything for your sleep, especially if you do not carry life insurance. Better have yourself examined by a competent physician who will find out the cause of your insomnia (sleeplessness) and treat you accordingly, ‘ To An Old Timer. Chris W., Little Falls, N. J.: If it were not for our firm determination not to publish letters of appreciation, we should have delighted in having yours printed. To the younger com- fans it would be a valuable lesson in steaclfastness. Fancy, 40 years of loyalty to the revolutionary move- ment! ‘Thanks for the, contribution. “teh.” F. 2.: As per your request, we are not mentioning the nature of your itch. From your description, it seems that you are suffering from a here disorder. If it were an organic di. sease. some of the treatments and operations you have undergone, should have given’ you relief. If the debing ot Seats ol eee do anything. for you; unless we refer you to a psycho- analist. There are strong indications in your letter that you are suffering from some psychic, sul Phiebitis. Henry J. P., Great Falls, Mont.: Phlebitis following. surgical removal of the a) is hard to.cure com~ pletely. The method used at the car es ay residt of infammae ways a [ue o} tion left in the veins. We ate surprised that the unable to help you; but the osteo: paths have often been successful in the treatment of phlebitis (inflamma- tion of the veins). Have pd tried baking and massage? delay in replying. We are,300 ita behind our mail. Helping the-Daily Worker Through Dr. Luttinger Contributions weceived to the credit Daily Worker $40,000 Drive: Camp Nitgedaiget Ca aad Theodore Dreiser ‘orkers’ Club, Chicago . Gaylord D. Kmowiton .. 5.00 Joseph Katz, ee N. J. 1,00 Frank, Bronx, N. Y. adaiesee 1,00 Sylvia Clarke». 50 Eva Cohen «4. 10 Previous tote, secede A806 Total to dete... 490.81