The Daily Worker Newspaper, October 25, 1933, Page 4

Page Four Detroit Check-Up Finds Laxness Enemy of ‘Daily’ Betrayal Worsens Dipping Into the “Garbage Cans of New York” | By B. MAGIL. | “And I continue to insist that we can start establishing REAL | contacts only with the aid of a common newspaper, as a single, regular, | All-Russian enterprise, which will summarize the results of all the diverse forms of activity and thereby stimulate our people te march forward un- titingly along all the innumerable paths wh Same way as all roads lead to Rom>.” eV, LENIN, “What Is To Be Done? . HE Daily Work ix pages of type and par The Daily V Presents th in our repetition o from Lenin out the Cust of yea One of Letier exposed regard to period of tens of other sec’ tion the circulation class d r declined cobwebs Is Born. the Cnen Le! THass cir end co lective ference, yor won't find a single one nai ce the Daily Worker of our concentra- r ke it an integral part of our efforts to build the Party and the Auto Wor! Gay-to-day s' How have thes Tied out? Daily Worker subscrip- newals were secured Detroit, but 39 2s were lost. 2 The Dail Was not sold | recularly at 2 single factory 3 the paper increased by this direction, bt sult of the provement of the paper. gement and Chea During this period the sales of about 100, mot because of any special efforts in entirely as a re- im- This brings | ch lead to the revolution in the ales to the total of 825 d and 1,150 on Saturd: which is still about 300 below what th were a year and more than 1,000 less han were being sold about three years ago. 4. Of about 80 Party units in Detroit, only 36—less than half— were getting the Daily. 5. Only 30 carrier routes were in existence in the entire city. 6. In Henry Ford’s Dearborn, | chief concentration section of the ct, a city with a population of 5,000, where a mass workers’ united | nt election movement had been | developed, involving thousands of | worke! a grand total of 55. (fifty- five) Daily Workers were being sold | each is Wrong? What I yvrong Were the reso- adopted bad reso- s discuss the Open Let esolutions making the 1 part of their concen- and then don’t even the Daily! How is bother this possible? ar that nothing was funda- yrong h the resolutions, ything wa rong with car- out. In other words, in of resolving to mak ge demanded in the Open in regard to the Daily Worker g was left unchanged. An But the Open Letter is | not an oid story; the Open Letter means business! E share of the blame for this situation must be placed on the District Daily Worker Commit- | tee and the District Buro. In fact, it was not until September 20, more than two months after the Open Letter was issued, that the Daily : Committee and the Buro fin- hecked up and learned the dis- mi The section committees re also to blame—not the units, hich in many cases have not been hown how to work, how to solve facts. '.| their problems, how to carry out in e the Open Letter. But the m committees can say quit ism or guidance from those com- Daily Worker in this district. And they can also say that no efforts | were made to popularize the new 6- page Daily; in fact, this question | was not even discussed by the Buro | and the Daily Worker Committee. This situation is reflected also in the siicial campaign for the Daily Worker. No organizational prepara- tions were made in advance of the eeks after the start of the drive, the Detroit District has raised only abcut one-quarter of its $2,000 quota, while many of the Party units have not yet turned in a cent. we find that section committees adopted ambitious plans, calling not only for raising funds, but for secur- ing subs and increasing sales—and then promptly forgot about them. Among the various language Sn THE HOMI = I must add my voice to the chorus of pleas for financial help for the The women should be able to help materially by means of benefit “Daily.” house parties. Of course, for mining out of the question; but I feel sure evicted to date, and as for the food, you don’t always have to buy it. In the Astoria branch of the LL.D. of which positive ing fcod for such af- fairs from sympathetic bakeries and hops. On short notice they could @ather up enough food to feed all the Buests we could assemble. -In case you would like to do a little baking for such an affair, a letter I have her2 comes in just right: Dear Comrade Luke: | “Here is a very successful chocolate \ @ake recipe: © 3 squares baking chocolate 4% cup butter 1% cup sugar 1 cup buttermilk 3 eggs 2%4 cups flour 1 tsp. baking powder 1 tsp. baking soda % tsp. salt, 1 tsp. vanilla ‘Melt the cut-up chocolate in a little »° on a small fire. Then cool. butter well, add sugar, and again. Combine with choco- 4 Add unbeaten eggs, mix, add the sifted flour with soda and bak- powder gradually with the milk, salt and vanilla. ‘Turn into 3 buttered pans. It makes i a big 3-layer cake, so use half of the if you desire. Then here is icing, which never fails. Put 3 baking chocolate, cut fine, in lgspoons milk, a few drops vanilla. if over a small fire, and stir con- gntly to prevent burning. Cook 5 ites. I use this as a filling and spread. recipe is followed the cake in your mouth. It does so jourgeois where I am work- ig, only we know the workers are lved of everything. Comradely yours, —Anna R. . . It surely sounds good, though I have it tested it as yet myself. Comrade Ma doesn’t mention the temper- Wiure, etc., but 350 to 375 is usually ght, and it’s done when a toothpick to entertainment. Ask all your talent to be prepared to furnish ic, speeches, chalk-talks, or con- ite such amusement as they can. elf I think such affairs are much me success if games or something ar are prepared beforehand, at to “break the ice’—after that By HELEN LUKE or striking comrades, it is pretty much that not all of our readers have been The old timer “Forfeits,” for ex- ample, with class-conscious penalties, such as a speech against fascism, or about the political situation in India jor Spain. Or a “tug-of-war” with the bosses on one side and the workers on the other. Here's a suggestion for a game. It's an “untested recipe.” Perhaps someone will have some fun testing jit. Call it “Strike Against the Wage Cut.” Divide guests, making two equal teams, One-half are the work- ers, the other half the boss, scabs and police, Divide the room in halves by a line on the floor. One half is the factory. Let the workers be in this half, the others outside. Blindfold the boss. ; Have the workers elect a leader, si- lently, ’ This leader must distribute among the workers sheets of paper, repre- senting leaflets calling for strike. Let his allowed time be short as possible to accomplish it. Take cover from boss's eyes, If he can guess who dis- tributed the leaflets, 25 per cent of them are forfeited to him. Then the workers spread the Papers on the floor of the factory and come out on strike, forming a picket line between the factory and boss, scabs and police. The object of the latter group is to get into the fac- tory and bring out the papers (each player may carry ‘only one paper at a time), and place them on the floor outside the factory. The workers are e try to prevent it, or take the papers ack. Nobody is allowed to take a paper out of someone else’s hand; it must be placed on the floor, and then can be picked up. At the end of 15 minutes, or more if you like, if the papers, the strike is won. The losing side will sing the Comintern entire, Let me know how it works. I hope nobody gets a black eye. But once more I have to repeat the sad fact that if the response to the financial suddenly, we shall no longer have the “Daily” with us, Save the “Daily” by holding house parties and other affairs. Invite that they received no criti-, rades most actively in charge of the} campaign, and the result is that four Here too| ED SDAY, OCTOBER 25, 19. DAILY WORKER, NEW YORK, W Job Conditions By a Worker Correspondent | §8T. LOUIS, Mo—In the laundry dustry the'A. F, of L, members of the rank and file on October 12 voted on strike for higher wages for | the truck drivers. The leaders of the | | A. F. of L, Laundry Workers’ Inter-| national Union did not notify the| rest of the workers in the laundries | and the bosses put over a fast one by locking out the workers. The routes of the drivers were} made longer and the hours were} lengthened without higher pay. They | took off trucks in every laundry and} doubled the routes. PRAISE FOR THE “DAILY” FROM | A NON-PARTY MINE LEADER | Dear Comrade Editor: | Under separate cover I am mailing you a copy of the “Fighting Miner, organ of the left-wing miners of America. We appreciate the exchange for the Daily Worker. My impressions of the new Daily Worker is that it has made a tre- | mendous step forward. Frankly speak- | ing, I seldom ever read the news| jarticles in the old “Daily.” The edi- | | torials and feature articles were my | {main interest. Now, however, the | news articl & great asset to me. The news articles sparkle with life, | | and, above all, with a tone of truth- | fulness, Take Dunne’s articles, for} instance. They stand out as the best | | labor reports on the A. F, of L, con-| |vention. Articles by Sender Garlin, | Harry Gannes, and Mike Gold's col- umn are big features. The editorials are beginning to speak the American language. The sport news should not be so flamboyantly reported. The pic- tures are original and timely. | In all, the Daily Worker has the making of a paper that no class-con- scious worker in America can afford to miss reading, even for one day. Congratulations! JERRY ALLARD, Editor, The Fighting Miner. Editor's Note—We will review The Fighting Miner in an early issue of the Daily Worker, clearly puiting for- ward our position on the problems before the Illinois miners, and our attitude toward the various group-~ ings among the miners there. In the meantime we appreciate the expres- sion of confidence in the “Daily.” | groups it is the leading Party com- trades who have shown the greatest apathy and even pessimism regard- ing the campaign; they have had to be corrected by the rank and file,| often by non-Party workers, who! have shown their readiness to raise funds to maintain the Daily Worker. Steps are now being taken to rem- edy this situation, both in regard to the financial campaign and the cir- culation of the Daily Worker. But it will require persistent work on the part of all leading comrades) (the rank and file are always willing | to work if only shown how) before the picture can be radically changed. Can You Make ‘Em Yourself? Pattern 1640 is available in sizes 2, 4, 6, 8, 10 and 12, Size 4 takes 24 lyards 36 inches fabric and 3% yard | contrasting, Illustrated step-by step | | sewing instructions included, Address orders to Daily Worker Pattern Department, 243 West 17th Street, New York City, Patterns by mail only, Send FIFTEEN CENTS (15c) in coins or stamps (coins preferred) for this Anne Adams pattern. Write plainly name, address and style num- ber. BE SURE TO STATE SIZE. Address orders to Daily Worker your friends. Get them acquainted with the “Daily” and with the revo- Iuticnary movement Pattern Department, 243 West 17th Score Official Photo shows a group of unemployed men and one woman going through a garbage can in the hope of finding some slop to eat. The demand for immediate, adequate relief is one of the chief planks of the Communist platform in the present mayoralty campaign. Concealed by (By a Worker Correspondent.) ST. LOUIS, Mo.—At the Statler Hotel here we are still only getting the mangle and on the 20 cents. The Mayfair, re on the code and the 6 and 23 cents an hour. hotels are now sending 1 the guests’ laundry over to us to do and when work is done it is put in bask and sneaked out so that Statler do not see v the guests in the at is being done. ‘This laundry is hidden and all the porters are tdid not to let anyone see \Exploitation of Laundey Girls Hotel Statler what is being done. Many of us workers in the laundry are on the city charity lists, although we work more hours than most of the workers here in St. Louis laundries. A Daily Worker was put in the hands of a friend and I looked up the agent and told him of this hotel. Iam a member of the International Labor Defense and am studying the fundamentals of Communism and in the near future I will join the Com- munist Party, Iam not going to quit this job, I am staying on to help fight against starvation. ‘Los Angeles Speeds Drive LOS ANGELES, ond Daily Work: here recently, raised for the aily,” bringing the total in addition to previous amounts sent to the Daily Worker to a total of $300, The Conference emphasized the need of obtaining subscriptions for the Daily Worker and for increas- ing the bundle orders through the mass organizations, Our present concentration is on the Daily Worker affair to be held on November 5th, Los Angeles will raise $1,000, of which $500 will go to the Daily Worker and $500 to the Western Worker. Comrade Gordon and Kramer are in charge of the $40,000 Dr here. * | 38 e Blind “Reader” Gives $5 BUFFALO, N. Y.—William Radeck, blind and lame, a non-member of the Communist Party, who has the Daily Worker read to him every day, re: sponded to the appeals in the “Dai for funds by contributing $5, which was collected by a mem of Unit 401, Section 4. The blind worker ex- pr his ap! n and bes wishes to Comrade Hathaway, editor- in-chief of the Daily Worker, Luttinger Leads in Socialist Competition NEW YORK—The second week of the Socialist competition among the most popular Daily Worker colum- nists to be the first to raise $1,000 through their respective columns in the Daily Worker $40,000 Drive, de- veloped two sharp changes, Dr. Luttinger grabbed the lead away from Michael Gold, and Edward Newhouse, sports columnist on the “Daily” threw his hat into the ring making the race a three cornered one. About thirty campers at Camp Nit- gedaiget, the majority non-Party members, took up a collection and after an interesting discussion in which the enlarged and improved Daily Worker received high praise, a motion that the collection amount- ing to $15.25 be credited to Dr. Lut- tinger, was carried by a narrow mar- gin, both Michael Gold and Edward Newhouse receiving eight votes each, while the doctor received 9 votes. The discussion on the “Daily” was led by Morris Colman, member of the Daily | Worker staff and by Paul Klein, Bal- timore section organizer of the Com- munist Party, The standing of each columnist Tuesday was as follows. Dr, Luttinger . Michael Gold . oes $92.81 vee 66,94 St. New York City, Patterns by mail only’ Edward Newhou: » 450 Total received Monday .,..$ 1,024.15 Previously recorded ..., 12,640.68 Total to date .. «$13,644.83 DIST. No. 1 raun 1.00 Un. 1, Bee. 6, Mitchelt 1.00) Worcester 2.85] Mortenson 1.00 H, Troy, Wor, 1.00] D. L. Mend 50 J. O'Hara 1.00] Benenson 1.00 ——.| Dr. Luttinger’s Total to date 681.86) Column Total Oct, 23 4.85] Ancn. DIST, No, 2 R. Drew J. Odin 1.00] A. Vandermear Sally 110] Appleton Nettio 1.06] Waters Rebecca 110] J. Rediener Savings Box '55] I. Diamond Pulinger 25| A Friend I. Benson 20.00] Bath Beach Comrade Louls 35] Wkrs. Cl. 4 ILD. Latvien Cincinnatt 2.00 Br 7.00| C. Pubal, Ital, Where. Fairpoint 1.00 a 2.45 Clarte, Fr. Total Oct. 23 5.00 ‘Wirs. Ct. 2.35) Total to date 515,93 Custom Taulors, DIST. No. 8 ol. box -85) Theo. Dreiser Pen & Hammer— ‘Wkrs. Cl. 7.09 by Silver, Calumet Sec Col, by Russ. ppES., Orgs, 20.00 5.00] Buneta, Bt. Post 1, WESL .25| Louis 7.85 Whrs. ‘Maiman Un. 2, St. Louis 6.28 Sanger 15.50] Pollack, Unn 11 8.00 Mill, Wkrs, ~ Garden Lane §.00| Total to date 1238.04 Bridge Plaza Previously Recorded Whrs. Cl. 12.00] H. J. Wenat 15 Bridgo Plaza 8. Simonson 220 cl. 17.00] J. Bredsky -10 Downtown ‘Worker 5.00 ‘Wkrs, Ci. 8.65| F. Carlson 1.25 Lists J. Sjodin 1.00 19 names 1.47] J. Wertberg 1.00 kowlts DIST. No, 9 Col, by Lett: Lh. B. Bontinck 1.00 | Dance, Roch. §.00 E. Cashion 41 names 12.50 2.00 Col. by Perlow idpwski, 2 names .50| Rochester 1.00 Col. by Gra- Conover Un. lowits 4 names 92 15 names 3.70| Marengo Un. Col. by Miller 1.00 10 names 1.10 25 Col. by Grusinsky 1.90 7 names 25 205 | Col. by Meny — 2.00 95 Col. by Toorock al | ames 2.25 mes 15 Col. by Friedman | 2 names 50 unen Col. by Beregener M. Mattson 10 names 1,75] ©. Somppi Col. by Rubin 3 names .55| Total Oct. 23 13,1 Col. by Brody Total to date 149.26 2 Ists, DIST. No. 10 | 22 names 2.80| H. ©. Shed, Col. by Apple- 1.00 baum Cok 45) Springs 50 .50| Total Oct. 23 1.50 1.42| Total to date 56.75 1.00 DIST. No. 12 Sec. 2, Un. 9 2.50] E. Stewart, Sec. 1 79.37) Irrigon Unit Lists Col. by Palgannt ‘Total Oct. 23 6 names .00| Total to date Col. by Huren- DIST. No, chik, 8 names 3.50] T. Lozano, List 52059 ‘Westwood 1.00 11 names 2.30| E. W. Thienert, Col. by Popko ‘Tueson 1.00 2 names Lith. he List 57481 L. A. 1.00 4 names: .85| 8. Seller, 1.4, 2.00 Col. by Duron E..C. Rusfeldt, 7 names 1.80} San Francisco 2.00 Uist 52058 psd 5 names 20| Total Oct. 23 17.00 Col. by Wlady Total to-date 344.09 7 nemes No. 14 DIST. @.Stack, Belmar 1.00 ‘Total Oct, 23 Total to date DIST, No, Anon, Allen town’ Wm. shawitz, 231.47 —— Total Oct 28 1.00 Total to date 244.70 DIST. No, 15 B. Bladen, New Haven 6335.57 3 2.00 1.00 Total Oct. 23 s’ Sabotage i | day. 33 Laundry Drivers’ Strike Stifled by A. F. of L. Leaders; Lumber Workers n Strike Need Militant Leadership (By a Striker Correspondent.) BROOKLYN, N. Y.—We were called out on strike on Monday, Oct. 16, by the American Federation of Labor, | Local 282, for demands which the workingmen think are impossible to get—$35 a week for driving 114 ton trucks; $40 for 342 ton trucks and $47 for 7% ton trucks. The strike has been going on all | week and we have no answer from | the bosses as to what settlement they are going to make. We were working for $26 and $30 a week, while the yard men worked for $16 and $18 a week. We held a meeting last Friday and there were about 600 workers present. You could see that they were not or- ganized because they want to get back to work for the same salary as before, as some have families and have no money to pull through the week, The lumbermen have never struck before. They have always cotten the smallest wages in the city. Leaders of the American Federation of Labor promised the men that they | will win the strike for them, and that | they are going to have a meeting with the N.R.A. committee .on Monday, | Oct. 23. No other press had anything on the strike in their papers, except the Frejheit. —From a Lumberman. a ar Editor's Note: We suggest that the writer of this letter communi- cate with the Trade Union Unity Council, 799 Broadway, New York City, who in the meantime has sent an organizer to meet with the strik- ers, Insurance Firms Chisel Agents’ Pay Down to $15 (By a Worker Correspondent) NEW YORK —The great mags of insurance agents working for billion dollar corporations are beginning to manifest distinct signs of uneasiness. While the salary of the officers in most insurance companies range from $75,000 per year and upwards, the agents, directly responsible for the development of the companies, and the building up of huge profits, are forced to work under very bad conditions. When an agent is hired, he is forced to post a bond of $250. In addition he is compelled to deposit with the company cash security in the sum of $250. The company charges the agent 6 per cent interest on his bond, deducting these charges — >} from the piteously small salary paid to the agent. For the cash security deposited with the company, he is allowed no interest whatsoever. Thus the situation arises where the com- pany, having obtained $250 from thousands of agents, has the use of millions of dollars without obli- gating themselves to pay one dollar in interest. Try to borrow from an insurance’ company; see whether they will loan you a nickel without exacting their pound of flesh. Pay Cut In Many Ways In addition to deductions made for interest on the bond, the $25 salary promised the agent, is further slashed by charges for canvassers’ license. The company holds each agent responsible for losses, short~ ages, adjustinents and resort to any other pretext in order to flatten the pay envelope of an agen‘. Rarely have I seen’an agent earn ;more than $15 per week, and most of them are married men with fam- ilies. We are compelled to dress de- cently, though lord only knows from where we are exvected to get suffi- cient money to dréss at all. Then there is the question of com- ; missions. We are paid a small com- mission on new policies obtained for the company, provided that there 4 are no lapses in the original list of policies. Mn times like this it is clear that millions of policyholder: are dropping their insurance every In short, seldom does the com- pany pay for the new business it ac- quires, and these new policies arc the greatest asset owned by the in- surance companies. Regardless of the number of years an agent might have been employed, his failure to produce new policies for a period of twoeor three weeks means his immediate discharge with- out notice. We are forced to work days and nights, collecting, canvassing, solicit- ing, distributing advertisements. Sat- urday afternoon and holidays are de- voted to.“pep” meetings which we must attend under threat of losing our jobs. * 8 6 Editor’s Note: Advice on how to ; organize against these conditions can be obtained from the Trade Union Unity Council, 799 Broadway, New York, Workers’ Mail Bag 2.00) Total to date 112.95 12 SPEAKERS IS TOO MUCK bets face ms os fo. 16 New York, N. Y, and Suit Co, » Cooper. Charies- | Comrade Editor: Affair pnts, sitaa] ow 8% 5.00; Enclosed is $1 for the new, fight- Col. Phila. 97.17 pee ae 23 «8.00; ing Daily Worker, au is ee — otal to date 9.75} a swell “turn” on high speed. ‘otal fordate 116879| acitn” N "ya9| T especially like Sender Garlin's in- DIST, No. 4 Un. 303 10.20] terviews and book-reyiews, He is W. §S. Bennett, Un. 308 ~~ 1.80) always clear and swift. His writing ety 700) eames go] Proves how human and natural the Rochester’ 1,00 Mrs. Levner 2.09| Party line is; and his wit is con- Ren iy 190] ‘otat Oct. 23 27.20 hes ga bap i habe 27.20) A couple of additional points, Will Slovak Br, 2048, 10.00) Total, leethe ont’ **| you, comrade editor, explain why it | Col. by Al. De, ©. G. Berry, Was necessary to have twelve speak- Grands Pairbanks, 1.00} ers at the election dinner on Wed- Mere 1.201 otal Oct, 29 109| BeSday, Oct. 18? I had to wait until Total Oct 23 22.55| Total to date 2.09) @fter midnight to hear Mayor Ny- se ue 73.51 aot ply . Although I left when the . No. 5 chul: §, Le meeting was still continuing I got Oe | te gen, 120 home at 2 am. I brought another MeMechem, E. Pky. Sch. 240| worker—he is a plumber—with me ‘W. Va. 1.00 >| to the meeting. Do you think that Total, Oct. 28 35.00] Total to date qov'si| 2 Plumber can be on the job the next Votal’to date 281.85 DIST. No. 19 | Gay at 8 am. after attending such x Pp ale sad eerie eae a late meeting? : .00} Col. f erring s AW.F, Steckel, ‘4 names ah pies iar seh jetta Col. 1.00] Col, by Cohen 6s] fer_to Dr. Luttinger. 2B. E. Grusd, 4 names Incidentally Comrade Mayor Nyga*? PARTY LIFE re-examination and re-adjustment. tion must, in the first place, rely for its finances upon continuous and growing mass contacts and mass sup- port. 2) There must be established with the utmost firmness, a strict system of accounting for all finances and the establishment of guarantees that they are expended for the purpose for which they were intended. Auditing and reports to the membership must be made, 3) The personnel handling finances must be carefully selected from among the most trusted comrades and the financial apparatus should be small with the strict fixing of personal responsibility, This is especially im- portant in the mass organizations where organizational looseness often results in unreliable elements drifting into positions of financial responsi- bility, and by their misuse of these positions discrediting the movement. 4) Methods of making money col- lections in mass meetings must be seriously revised. The existing ten- dency to make long general collec- tion speeches as the main feature of the meeting without any clear ex- planation of what the money is for, must be decisively done away with. The collection of money at mass meetings must be politicalized. The purpose of the collection must be very definitely stated. The audience must be moved to contribute by arous- ing its interest in the purpose of the collection and not by intellectual bludgeoning which defeats its own purpose. The carrying through of this change in methods of money raising will be such a relief to our audiences, they will be so thankful to us, that they will be more gen- erous than ever before. Our pres- ent methods drive them away from us and seal up thdir pockets ito our appeals, 5) The Party organizations must absolutely respect the independence and integrity of the financial systems of the mass organizations. The Party can place no tax upon these organ- izations. When it needs financial support, if must approach these or- ganizations and independent bodies, stating the definite purpose of its needs and requesting these bodies to make voluntary donations for the stated purpose. ‘The financial rela- tions between the Party, and non- Party organizations must be known and approved by the non-Party mem- bership. 6) The distribution of finances must be reviewed and revised accord- ing to the principle of concentration. Underproductive overhead expenses must be drastically reduced. First consideration must be given to the needs of the lower organizations which are closest to the mass work. ‘The needs of finances for mass agit- ation, our papers, leaflets, pamphlets, schools, etc., must be given preference over the maintenance of unproductive apparatus. The most serious econ- omies must be carried through, espe- cially by the elimination of unneces- sary traveling expenses, long tele- grams that can well be substituted by air mail letters which will arrive tw or three hours later; and this is a very serious question for the Daily Worker comrades. When it is neces- sary to send a telegram, there js such a thing as telegraphic language. Some ‘Financial Respon and Our Accounting | By EARL-BROWDER. ~4 The whole system of finances of our movement reauires a thorough <s sibility oo ee Sens It is necessary to have from top to bottom an improvement of our financial system carried through my every responsible committee, applying the following principles: 1) The source of financial support must he broadened out, must-be placed upon a mass basis. Every organjza-@ tain its own, sources o revenue, to cover its own.expense. It is clear that with the diversion to the lower or- ganizations of much of the present revenue now received by the national office, the Center must. make a very sharp cutting, down of the present subsidies it gives to the weaker dis- tricts. This ‘will have to be done gradually, while’ these weaker com- mittees will, With “the -assistance of the Center, build up their own sources jy of revenue. We must take always into account..certain organizations, which by, their very nature require . help from the ‘other organizations, Here I refer particularly to the Na- tional Committee of the Unemployed Councils, which is a very important strategic organization for us, and now plays an important role. The Unemployed Councils always and necessarily will'for a long period, con~ sume all the revenue they can raise in the local organizations, ‘The Na- tional Ofice cannot depend upon them for money. For such an or- ganization as this we must work out @ regular system, a continuous sys- tem, which operates ‘month after month, of all the organizations which support the program of the Unem- ployed Councils giving a very small amount each month to the National Committee of the Unemployed Coun cils. If our organizations would give, for each member, five cents a year to the Unemployed Gouncils, this would support the whole national or~ ganization of the unemployed move~ ment. « * 8) The system of financial respon- sibility and accat must also be applied to the departmental activities within the Party which have their own financial system. Funds for lit- erature must everywhere be main- tained Intact; literature bills must be paid. This is not a business ques- tion, this is a political question, and you cannot have a serious mass edu- cational movement until literature is sold, literature’is “paid for, literature funds are established and grow by the accumulation of the profits of literature sales, The proceeds from Daily Worker sales and collections imust be strictly accounted for to the ae ia and not ir aboni to any other purpose. Som our comrades take advantage of the busi- ness management of the Daily Work- er continuing to. send them papers although the bills are not paid; they people think they are too important to consider such things, but everyone must consider them. 7) The whole financial policy must be directed toward the aim that each organization shall build and main- sell the papers and then use the money for whatever purpose happens to suit the fancy of the moment. Sometimes they want to start a new business, ‘so:they take the money of the Daily Worker and open up a book store, or further replenish the stock of the literature. By what right do they take the money of the Daily ‘Worker to build the book shop? “Well, it doesn’t make:any difference—take it out of one, pocket and put it in another, what, difference does it make?”—“It all belongs to, the move- ment anyway!” But comrades, this is the kind of attitude that destroys our organization,‘ destroys system, de~ stroys responsibility and prevents us from building up anything. - ‘We must have the most strict, in- tolerant attitude toward any kind of irregularity in the handling of fin- ances and we have got to begin to make the entire movement under- stand this in mmistakable terms. And if it is impossible to carry through these measures otherwise. we must begin.to.make examples out of people who violate these principles before the entire movement, By PAUL LUTTINGER, M.D. 2 ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS “Bad Breath” Anthony B., Boston, Mass.—Avoid eating onions, garlic and spices. Drink plenty of pure water. Rinse your mouth several times daily. Do not go to sleep with particles of food between your teeth. Keep your bow- els open. Ask your druggist to give you some powdered charcoal. He'll tell you how to take it, Let know if you are suffering from “heartburn.”. You can write us in Italian again, we understand it, but we can neither write nor speak it fluently. . Carlsbad Salts-—Goldglan—Brinkley John M., Omaha.—There is no harm in taking one ounce of Carlsbad salts in a gallon of water. But don’t imagine it's the salt that made you feel better. It’s the water. Anybody suffering from rheumatism will im- prove from drinking plenty of pure water, without any imported salts in it, Incidentally, you can make Carlsbad salts yourself by mixing 18 parts of bicarbonate of soda and 44 parts Glauber salt. Goldglan is a fake gland remedy did a remarkable job by explaining with the greatest clarity the tasks of a Communist Mayor, Another excellent example of a direct, human appeal to the audience was comrade Browder’s speech at the dinner, Comrade Browder has the have to be propagandized all over again in the same, stereotyped fashion that so many speakers in- dulge in, Yours for simplictiy in writing and speaking, and for meetings that ad- journ before the milkman comes around. Fraternally, E. W. ! gift of understanding that we do not | and the Medical Aid Bureau of Chie cago, which sells it, are swindlers. The claims that bong: life, manly vigor, feminine charm and beauty follow the taking of Goldglan are fraudulent. There is no medicine which will restore youth, virility and beauty. Any money you spend on the Goldglan quacking is absolutely __ As to “Doc” Brinkley, he is another goat-gland swindler, He has been us; Xposed again} asd again, but his radio advertising still attracts the gullible and lecherous farmers of Kansas and Iowa, on the’ guest of a Fountain of Youth. Better listen to your doctor and follow his advice on diet. From what you write, he seems to know his busin Through Dr. Luttinger } Contributions received to the , of Dr. Luttinger in his a ian petition with Michael Gold and Ed- bay pen naite to raise $1,000 in the jaily Worker $40,000 Drive: H. Troy nr Ago sbi Mike and Soni Previous Total Total to date , Communist Party 35 E, 12th STREET,’ N.Y. C, Please send tion on the Helping the.‘Daily. Worker “me more, informa- Seeanaiet Party. Name yo. pnd. convict Meluies'see Street City ‘ |