The Daily Worker Newspaper, November 14, 1933, Page 4

* Page Four 500 Laid Off in Two Days As Output Declines in Gary Sompany Union Representatives Say No Word Against Dismissals (By a Steel Worker Correspondent.) GARY, Ind.—It seems that the famous N.R.A. went down and bouncing Wke a rubber ball. And it seems like it’s looking for the Hoover's 60 days’ corners, that cannot be found. The first half of the month of October we made four days weekly in the Gary Steel Works Transportation De-¢——— partment, but in the second half of | Letters from October it dropped down to two and piel three days a week. Saturday, Oc- tober 21, the mill went down for 36} hours, and at the same time three| engines were pulled off for good, to~j| O R d N gether with one stripper, and that ur ea ers means 36 work turns were taken|} ON THE DAILY WORKER away from the workers ea week. An@ not only that, but some of the BUILDING THE DAILY WORKER. Hibbing, Minn. a week e five days Hed plant repre- ot say anything to the the time in | Especially i Workers are given a day some are told to st And yet our sentatives can bosses to divic the workers. portation 4 making less t Comrade Editor I will tell you what we hi so far to build the Daily Wot got a bundle of 10 a few weeks ago| and we went out and tried to get| ubs, and the result was that in three days we had to enl: the bundle | to 20, and now we have all of | out. We have a committee in| ze that sees to it that the paper is delivered properly, and that the subs do not have a chance to expire. It is important that we give the Daily Worker more attention as you can easi. from the fact that this is the only town that we have actu- ally made any attempts to get a house to house route. I can see that there nothing hard about selling the Daily Worker on the streets or build- ing these routes. It is only a ques- tion where we have to stop all the useless palayer and go out some real work. rs are wn any other de- r Will be » and tt tion in the workers’ unior and Metal Workers’ In has a ers’ de- A ee and he bosses. On Monday, Oct got laid off, and men were | Besides tt given recom presented at th Nef stations for The production for Weeks has been going Seems as if it were never Stop going down worker 300 m is —R. L. OUR NAZI EXPOSE WINS NEW READER. Newark, N. J. Dear Comrade Editor: By reading your secret letters about Nazi propaganda here in America, | Noy. 4, 1933 Editor, Daily T.would be g settle a dispute ateiul if you would between two workers Comare A says that nationalism and | I started to be interested to read your | chauvinism and the same/| paper, which I find more true than | thing. Com: ys that these | our capitalist papers. two terms two different Seeing in your paper that you have | a collection fund, I send you one | dollar, and appeal for every honest ion of man to do likewise. through the coh —M. G. | Worse? bik Petinccad a RADIO PRIEST ASKS DONATION | Answ st BUT DAILY GETS IT. ntiate be- Jew Yi and chauvinism Nee Chauvinism a particular Kind of nat reactiona: nationalism, the exits ession 0 rmination of Over another ofthe aim of another people. The nationali: oppressed people that is struggling to pane) (white poppy), Detroit. F ate itself from the oppression of an| _ Ask your good comrade, Dr. Lut- oppressing nation is nationalism, | tinger what we obtain from the lit- tle white poppy. Karl Marx, back in It-is n tween nation: Comrade Editor I have just finished Coughlin, Papa C the menace of the ophy of Communism.” from the Shrine of the Little Flower adio priest. “mud-hut philos- of an but is is an hi ically progressi nationalism. It cannot be termed| the 1830's knew. | chauvinism, which in its essence is| Please accept my $1 toward the the expression of tt ilitant-cap-| Daily fund to maintain the only} new| newspaper to combat the Fascist | propaganda of Roosevelt's paid p1 Father Coughlin. Perhaps it is wrong for me to ad- | ar you as “Comrades,” but in aj short time I shall ask for the privi- lege of admission into the Commu- the super-exploitation < of national minorii the territo’ perialist a | company }comments of the and do Re listening to| the weekly radio address of “Father” oughlin has just told us of | All this comes | DAILY WORKER, NEW YORK, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 14, 1933 oe R.C.A. Plant Runs Bowling Alley = To Stop Struggle | (By a Metal Worker Correspondent) | CAMDEN, N, J.—At the Victor, R c. A, plant in Camden, where I | slave, the company officials have ap- | plied a psychological principle to pro- ht for dear old Victor” 5) been formed a bowling league composed of teams representing various plant departments. A keen but friendly rivalry has sprung up in the race for the championship. There is also weekly paper published by the and distributed to every- one in the plant, dealing with the bowling league. It contains personal players and dat f the te something with each e work, which concerning the stan’ The workers nc of live interest to disc other, and so their pi is so dull and tiresome, becomes less | distasteful to them, resulting in their working more conscientiously and ef- | ficiently. The work must bear in mind that the ga ys | are not donated free by the com-| pany, but are instead available to only thos workers who can pay the i 5 cents for about s Ww stool pigeor re not suffi- s strike to better our working conditions, then Victor's is an ideal company to work for. Workers at Victor's, we must or- | ganize under militant leadership to | fight these evils and to halt the | wholesale lay-off that's inevitable a few ‘wees before icchasnese Dravo Workers Learn Lesson of A.F.of L. Sell-out: By a Worker Correspondent PITTSBURGH, Pa—About three fo a large majority of the in the Dravo Co. were for the A. F. of L.} upposed to get a charter The fees to join We haven't got the char ‘e $3. Now | thing the officials so that eve! should ha their own that in case one department goes on strike, the others will work, which is not right. The fees are going to be $5 instead of $3 which the work- ers are not able to pay. Like myself, some weeks | work only one or two days a week and have family of five children. At pr I am not able to buy any clothes for the children, need so badly, a need coal and | as the little | that I earn goes for food alone. Please print in the Da as soon ssible what the workers should companied by riority and persecution Birth Con 1 Reviey icon article which It's written by W. J. Ruth, and called “Popu- | ployment.” The gist of it is this: jous causes for the current unemployment, but “all teat war must be considered a contributing factor.” sbsstitely takes the pi lation Control for Une Economists cite va seem to agree that the : Se isigl gan oe icine | Reber vat canno ers are supposed to be living for | a Be writ anyway. With a blithe flip of the MeThe Dole,’ as it is called ix Bng-| Wrist he robs the workers’ lives of Jac ts 3 be adopted! one of thet jeys. No doubt the Bis'ss s permanent measure of nitered and moth-eaten old bour-| Mef as was cone and for| gecis formula about the sanctity of ‘| the home (with babies, of course) fh i i | j ‘vent a revolution Popul: ly the | will be scrapped for one extolling the a, Slory and nobility of Living to Serve| eThis (says Mr. Ruth) is only tial solution, however, and “will|—the Boss Bt. be sufficient to hold the work-| But why go on with a fifth, and classes indefinitely in a state of | sixth? itentment. Some means must be; “The fecundity of the lower classes” for taking up the slack| —oh, boy, how I like that! All these by the substitution of ma-| years we have cried for legal birth for manual labor. control, which had been denied us; “fn the final analysis limitation of | now this writer would fling it in our ion must be recognized asthe| faces with the remark that we are ical means of ultimately} too fecund. permanently overcoming our un-| The “Working Woman” magazine ment difficulties.” | states that over 7,000 letters a year So (according to Mr. Ruth) birth| are received by the Birth Control : I must not only be legalized| League and Mrs. Sanger, begging for| but made compulsory, “controlling| birth control information; following | fe’mumber of births in poor fam-/ this the same magazine prints a and limiting such births to the| sample pair of letters that are nomic capacity of the parents to| enough to turn any sensible person’s gin, nourish and educate their) hair white. One of them ends: “I ie can’t afford more children. I have} who can afford it are also| practiced home-made methods to use, be | and I average at least. two abortions} be compelled to have kids or dd. a year, which I do for myself, and which are ruining my health. I {asked the Health Bureau in our city fecundity of the lower classes| what to do, but so far find no place already placecl a very heavy bur-| to get information.” on the State...” | Yes, we want birth control legal- off, according to Mr. Ruth's) izea; but if nobody minds, we'll use seyed logic, when a workingclass| oy, ‘own good judgment in the ap- ion of six will suffice to keep! plication of it! Big Shots comfortable, then the) “Mr. and Mrs. Roosevelt have beat @ population should be reduced to/ mr. Ruth to it; they are getting the i is ,,,| indigent young fellows into one set pond, he does not state WHY he| of camps and the girls into another: listen to this gem from Mr. nt want a revolution. The| no more marrying; so why worry fs will not need the second and | about birth control? ‘guesses to know why, though. | e ; a folks are to be allowed only “many kids as they can “afford,” the writer neglects to tell us kind of a miraculous machine : fs ibis gto be used to determine this} Helping the Daily Worker factor. Perhaps a seismograph | Through Helen Luke assist in locating and foretelling| Contributions received to the credit fidustrial earthquakes, so a/of Helen Luke in her Socialist com- # will know ten or fifteen years | petition with Michael Gold, Dr. Lut- ice whether he will be em-|tinger, Edward Newhouse and Jacob not. And at what wage!| Burck to raise $1,000 in the $40,000 |, Mr. Ruth neglects to tell} Daily Worker Drive. (Tomorrow—a different kind of treatise from the same magazine.) seen $2622 | Deer 10 Co. | were in the hospital Jeaders and we don't *, of L. union leader: The: only rob us the y could g ‘st char in are trying hi t their | < | fees back because ‘the: at the | A. F. of L. officials are not t ng to do anything for them. even able to get a charter for them. pel Union has recent with several of th shep and organ! ceeding, workers in this ation worl Weir ton Workers Learn Unity in Strike Struggle (By a Worker Correspondent) WEIRTON, W. Va. — TI wish to thank you for that small editorial in the “Daily” of Wednesday, Oct. 18, under the name, “The Weirton Be- trayal.” Because every word is true about the Weirton strikers. I was one of the spectators to what was going on among the workers. I could see that with that Union of the Amalgamated Association (A. F. of L.—Ed), the strikers would not suc- ceed, Weirton and Cave deserve great praise for their unity, something that will not be forgotten easily. Also I was attending their meetings. There was nothing definite in their leaders’ talk except “Stick together, we're bound to win.” After the Oct, 13 meeting, we ail went down to the Main Street. As usual the workers stood there on the sidewalk edge, Every third machine the state troopers machine would fol- low behind the scabs, while workers would begin booing those scabs. That day for the first time in my life I saw how the state troopers used gas bombs and clubs, chasing and lashing the workers. As a two (I heard the Weirton Steel will pay the bill). and | many hurt badly. I want to mention about Miss Dova Unkovich from Pittsburgh, Pa., the statement she gave in the “Sun Tele- graph.” It was far, far away from the truth. She should have been at the meeting and heard the workers | indignation, | ede penile | DISTANT READERS AID “DAILY” | Daily Worker $40,000 Drive come from far corners of the American conti- nent and islands, A reader in Faire banks, Alaska, sent in two contribu- tions of $1 each; another a resident, of Honolulu, Hawaii, sent in a dollar to help keep the Daily Worker alive, ! the millions of childless Total to date ...... of Neville | They are not | | But just the same, the strikers of NEW YORK.—Contributions to the! Communist Leadership Wins Strikes, Writes J amestown, N.Y., Steel Worker 'N. E A. Ballyhoo. Fails in in : Plants as Layotts| ¢ Yontinue and Hours Are Lengthened (By a Steel Worker Correspondent) JAM OWN, N. Y¥.—A large scale lay-off is taking place here in Jamestown. All this ballyhoo about “New Deal” and the “blue eagle” to put unemployed back to work bas failed. | Tietal Desk laid-off 125 men out of 150, and iuclo 25 still at work | haven't received their Pav for the last two weeks. Metal Equipment laid —~toff 300 men indefinitely. Jamestown Table Co. laid off about 100; Johl- strom laid off over 200. Tilittson, a furniture plant, about 30; National | Furniture Co., about 20; and many | put on the stagger plan. Empire Cass Goods, took many off the night shift. Many plants have gone back from 40 hours a week to 45 and 50, with ; the same wages as before. This is ‘the N.R.A. for the workers: Working at the White Motor Co. felt litile ene Se toe Merl need for an organization so long 8S | per cent more for the commodities in work was steady, wages were fair White Motor Co. Workers Ready For Real Action (By An Auto Worker Correspondent) CLEVELAND, Ohio—The workers a |stores. This means that the workers and they felt a certain measure of| must eat less, buy less clothes and security. But the » ever-deepening| tye} for the winter. crisis has reduced us all to a state of poverty and insecurity, until we are compelled by economic pressure to unite so we may-retain the few crumbs left to us. The Art Metal Construction Co. strike of about 550 men, which lasted 20 weeks, is ended, but the workers made no gains. When the Steel and Metal Workers Industrial Union tried In three months’ time we have or-);to help them, many rank and file ganized the factory 90 per cent into} were affilated to the S.M.W.LU., but the Auto Workers’ Union, and the| reactionary leaders were able to swing remaining 10 per cent will be in the|the majority to them. Then came organization in a very short time. a man from Buffaio, N. Y., in the Now that we are organized, what | ‘@Nks of strikers, and started a paper, course must we purse? Shall we| The Review. This paper is one of opt the policy of delay, linger and the biggest ballohoos for the “New | wait, with endless negotiations get-|Deal” and the N.R.A. that I ever | ting us nowhere, meanwhile breaking | S4W:_ This editor did all he could to | down the morale of our newly-formed | break the strike. | organization, or shall we adopt a ghting, militant policy and thereby | build up an organization that will | really mean something? It took courage and determination | to start organizational work in a shop that had ‘never known” what | unionism meant. We-must now con- solidate our position and set earn- pee to work and make our union a | in the paper, from the AF.L. and the United Workers of America, rallying the workers for Chamber of Commerce parade (N.R.A.), rallying the workers to vote a new deal ticket, | which was elected for Mayor Leon | Roberts, a real fascist type, repre- | senting Chamber of Commerce and |one of the worst newspapers, the Evening Journal. But when the S. M. W. I. U. sent in an article, Mr. Mc- Hale promised to publish it, but he never did. In the S.M.W.L.U. and in the Fur- ae Workers Industrial Union, there are some Communists, and they | are the best fighters, and the workers elect them on the committees. Every | strike here was won where there were | some Communists. But the Art metal workers have | been sold out. The company will | take the men back to work, but the By an Auto Worker Correspondent | company will do the picking. The |_ DETROIT, Mich..-Henry the | company will do all they can to send of Dearborn drew a half mil-|stools in the ranks of the workers to lion people to this city of Detroit | turn the workers against the reds and exploited them as long as there | and Communists, to fight reds and were profits to be made. Communists instead of the company, | for the company itself then. A good many of these workers are turning against The Review and are for organizing into the Steel and Metal Workers Industzial Union. real fighting weapon dnd not a de- bating club. Our goal is and must remain union in the auto industry, trolled by the rank and file.” Ford Profits Lead To Big Breadlines. “One con- First | But what does he do for them now? He’s forgotten them because his markets are gone and there is | no more profits to be: gotten from | them. UNIT 3, SECTION 2 IN ACTION NEW YORK.—One hundred and |forty dollars has been sed so fav lby Unit 3, Section 2, Communist |Party, in the Dally Worker $40,000 Ford's exposition of, progress is | Drive. The Unit set for itself a quota jon in Detroit, and there are hund- | of $200. It challenges other units lreds of thousands 6f dollars spent | in the same Section to raise an equal | Now this city has long lines at [welfare stations, brea lines, young | in the crazy house and in di- bhildings, |ting a few crumbs thrown to them get- ie published all kinds of articles | Trickery Breaks Code Hours and Wage Promises (By a Metal Worker Correspondent) NEWARK, N. J.—I am a mechanic in the plant of M. in Orange, For some time I have had a desire to write you on the great and important improvement in our paper, and now that I have a bit of news I am also taking the opportunity to congratu- late you and your fellow workers in the effort to keep abreast of the growing revolutionary feeling of the workers and intellectuals. We are supposed to be working under the N.R.A. at this plant, but the few meaningless concessions which we workers were to have obtained from the Blue Bird have been taken away by use of certain loopholes de- liberately written into the bosses code. The code says 40 hours per week, but we are working 48. Oh yes, it is repair work or maintenance work, they say. 40c is the minimum wage per hour. But .. . more loopholes, and we are paid anywhere from 20 to 38c. Now here is something quite signi- ficant, especially at this time. This company is very patriotic and during the last great slaughter of workers they had a nice band to play for the new cannon fodder, and now they have asked the old members of the band to tune up. Rehearsals start again. From whence comes this news; who has asked them to organize a band and why a band I ask you? And at this time, Looks to me like the great war propaganda machine is working with great haste leaving nothing un- done, uniting all its forces, schools, churches, bosses, papers, radio, movies, meetings of patriotic orders to stir up again that scourge of human life. Bill Green Orders No Strike Against Bendix Lockout |By an Auto Worker Correspondent SOUTH BEND, Ind. —Studebak- er’s is going full blast, 10,000 cars being turned out this month. The plant claims that there are 7,100 working there. (From experience in leafiet distribution at the six gates, we would say 12,000 is nearer the truth). Wonder why they are trying to keep the figures down. Two eight-hour shifts, with terrible speedup. The American Federation of Labor is trying to organize Stude- baker’s and is raising the red scare. They orgenized the Bendix, 1,500 strong, last month. The | company locked them out and ‘started a company union. The [company organizer wrote Bill Green asking if they could strike. Said |Bill Green (by telegram, collect), |for this, ‘amount or more. » Professionals, Students | Swing Support to “Daily” | —Professional, intellectual and students groups are etn | | ing t upport to the Daily Worker in’ its campaign to raise $40,000, an | amount saty to assure its immedi: 5 A group of students in Columbia Univ. Brown Beek of Hitler terror to s r the. Daily | NEW YORK. organized a sale of the dents and professors and have already y j tribute yourself, and rush funds 2 The students write: “The sale ha: s | the Daily Worker, 50 E. 13th St., two obj in view. One is to ac-| help save your fighting paper. quaint thi people with conditions| een eres eee seer > S35} jin Germany under Hitler. The sec-} | FRIDAY, NOV. 10,| Jamestown jond is to raise funds for the Daily | T. Gelefis iv 7 myrades and- sympathizers | 182.20 ie ee of ties. can do the same| corded 21,893.75 De it books from the litera~| ————— | Total 11-10 ure department of the Communist | Tots! to date 21577.95 | Total to date 12 DISTRICT No. 1 D'STRICT Ne. 6 Party. The Brown Books were ob-| powder M | Lith, Wk: > tained from the publishers at the| woston ’ 23.28 | “Ags, wiom "2,00 usual discount.” | Obed Brooks 2.00 | oe Ld | Dance for Daily Worker | rotal 11-20 re Amdatian 10 The United Front’ Supporters, a| Totel to date 1165.65) Spack group of professionals, teachers and| 4. orth aisha 0.00 Paeraaian intellectuals who study Marxism, = ching ie rere have arranged an entertainment and| % Burke ‘ \ Pectpe dance to raise funds for the Dally| 4. Aucqron ae | vere tet Worker at Webster Hall, 125 BE. 1ith Pease = Yukon Y. St. this Friday evening, Nov 17th.| 4 E- Y Women's ‘Aux, An outstanding program of enter-| i ® oo han oe 12.00 tainment has been arranged for this} Rr. 1. $00 seme ana t, 0 Katie 00 | Total 11-10 16.00 ee gd a corking good jazz dance Praha sian 1 in Tota ate oon Tickets at the door will be 75 cents, | Greenberg “60 | S. Wiss Party, ‘ but they can be had for 50 cents in| 8. Karris 1.18 | Daven 6.00 advance at the Pen and Hammer,| R- Hopkins Ronee 0 aera 114 W. 21st St.; Workers’ Book Shop, | p. Koras 1.00 | Total to date 1917.31 50 E. 13th St.; John Reed Club, 430 i oe Fir ede eh No. 9 Sixth Ave.; National Student. League, | Jackson bi *s 583 Sixth’ Ave; Harlem Workers'| Wir’ wannin, “7° |= omen 38 School, 200 W. 135th St.; Harlem Se 1.00 | Total 11-10 50 Liberator, 2162 Seventh Ave. All are| Carpenters, pis ee gy Invited to this dance to have a good| ges bain iis S90 | 1 oo time and to help our*fighting paper.| Sec. 2, Unit 10 2.00 Bogby, Workers’ Schoo! Tops Quota pe My Pope ee eh ap ih eaeeacl The students at the Workers’! Sec. 9! unit.17 1.00 | ‘Tote! 11-1 a School, New York, ‘voluntarily in-| sec. 2, unit1 ‘20 | Total to date 70870 creased their original’ quota of $250 Re at ga a Suen ae uw to $300 and have already topped their ee 4 1 +50 quota by $31. They pledge to pass|s. w. aK Serre ene their quota by at least $200. Their} 5 names 6.75 | Total 11-10 Total to date 388.62 DISTRICT No. 16 Wrongly Credit to motto is, “Give until it hurts the| Oo by Karris capitalist class!” PR a a Fach class has a Daily Worker ud, names District 17 delegate. The Daily: Worker Com- Grp. Durhan, mittee of the Students Council pre-| © "*™e* ial eel have! pares collection lists and account| Total 11-10 99.80 | Total to date 1 ‘Total to date 9661.68 DISTRICT No. 3 Marxian Study O. Balt. 5 DISTRICT No. 1 Corrected Total 11-10 42.65 DISTRICT No. 19 sheets for each class, thereby keep- ing an accurate account pf the stand- ing of each class in the Socialist com- petition. Six plaques ‘gf;Dzerzhinsky, | ©. Mugianis "300 Col. by Marsh, made by Adolph Wolf} John Reed| Balt. tsts fener sas Club sculptor, will go-to the six high-| Goldgerg 1.00 | Marsh. 1.00 | est collectors in the school. To date Piles 4 a4 wai lide Class No. 6, in “Prinetples of Com- fee ° he! 3:00 munism,” instructed by. Steve King-| Dow. rriends 315 | Low. ©, on 8 ston, and class in intermediate Eng-| List 109039 E. Flat. School No. 1 lish, lead the race. Anna Peck, sti-| Hf. Culku Pes aioe othr dent at the Workers’ School, ts s0| pet “cor S00: weaken ab far the collector ofthe largest Sadie 2 amount, ‘Total 11-10 27.00} Golin Total to date 1580.78 Hold affairs, spread collection lists, get into Socialist competition, con- T No, & | ‘Total 11-10 a ‘Total to date 1716.09 “Don’t get scared. The govern- ment behi nd us. Don’t strike. | Avbitrate.” | Today | he union is broken there; | members are left out in The factory is working | 1 again. Meanwhile the legion ofeantaces Caarayaienio gots $65 a week), is wondering if may- ie they had better strike. Thousand Seek Jobs It takes four cops each morn- ling to chase away the thousands jof workers who flock to Stude- baker's looking for jobs. The relief list has 5 families in March to 2,200 now. Still going down Some bright guy figured out that with inflation and winter coming, it would be cheaper to ve them cash for highway work. the relief workers are now every two weeks, ithe bes 4 unk from ami! fast. So |making $14 |working alternate weeks, for which lthey have to buy food, clothing, coal and rent. i Scene: A Studebaker gate, thou- sands of workers pouring out. A T. U. U. L. member passing ou’ leaflets announcing a meeting. One worker stops and tells him. “What do you mean passing out red leaflets here; I’m an A. F, of L. organizer here and we've got this plant. Why don’t you stay in Oliver's, where you belong?” Sev- eral of his henchmen come up and {hem in the distributor, “at the same jtime calling on the workers to refuse to take the leaflet. A crowd) begins to gather. Suddenly some workers push through the cordon and reach for leafiets, at the same time saying, “That's a good union; we join it-’ The A. F. of L, men disappear. Boss Fears Industrial Union Because of Rank and File Leadership By a Metal Worker Correspondent BRANFORD, Conn.—A local of the Steel and Metal Workers Industrial Union was organized this week in the Branford Malleable Iron Foundry. We expect to organize the workers of the Atlantic Wire Co. of this town also, The two shops employ about 500 total at present. The bosses of the MLF. Co. are calling in the Iron Moulders Union to organize their shop. One of the bosses was overheard to say that it was better for the company to bring in the American Federation of Labor Union because they did not like the Steel and Metal Workers Industrial Union, because then the workers in the M.LF. would have full control of their own union. Several of the older moulders re- port that the Iron Moulders Union (A. F. of L.) sold them out in the year 1919, John Reed Branch 512, 1.W.0., Newark, New Jersey, raised $20 at PARTY LIFE Chicagoan Scores Failure: of Units to Plan Their Activity |Urges Simple, Shortly Formulated Plans In- stead of Vague, Lengthy ‘Letters of Promises’ By T. N. CARLSON : " In the “Party Life” column, Nov. |the unit activty in Section 8, Chicago District. there was an article dealing with The editorial comment requested an explanation on the matters discussed in this article and A am very glad to give my point of view. With regard to my criticism on the draft plan of work of Unit 906 it happened to be quite a different kind@—— ,on the paper. of criticism than is explained by the agitprop of Unit 809. At the mem- bership meeting, which was held akcut two months after the section conference, we disc.sed the Cpen Letter. that Section 8 as a whole has not made a turn in its work. There were all the signs that we repeat the same old story about setting down and making lengthy p.ans ind promises, instead of cairying on the evcryday Werk for bulewy the Pavsy What was the main point in this criticism? The main key question was that we did not turn our forces towards the shops as decided at the section conference. There were such glaring examples that, for instance, when the Majestic Radio Co, closed its factory temporarily, the A.F.L. people were quick enough to organize a meeting of the shop workers, but. our comrades in the section did not mobilize our forces to come to this meeting to counteract the AF.L. fakers. When one of our comrades tried to take the floor at this meeting, there was not a single comrade in the hall to support him and he was eject- ed from the hall. This snows that we did not work properly in the shop. These are the main weaknesses in our work which have to be exposed and criticised even if it “hurts” some of our comrades who have not as yet overcome their “individualist ten- dencies”—if I am permitted to quote comrade Agitprop of 809. ‘The second main point in my crit- icism at this meeting was the poor organization of the memebership meeting. In the section, where we have nearly 150 members on the list, there were only 26 comrades present es the meeting. It was pcinted out tnat it was merely 2 functionartes meeting of the section and not a membership meesng. After pointing out our main short- comings and explaining how we should try to overcome these weak- nesses, I mentioned the loose con- nections between the units and the section committee and the district. In regard to the plan of Unit 809 I mentioned in rather mild manner, that the plan wasjnot the kind of plan that we need after the Open Letter. I mentioned that the original plan drafted by the unit was merely a let- ter of lengthy “promises.” We do not need, in my opinion, “promises” in our plans. Of course, the pledges on this or that single question are all right, but in the plan of action it is quite a different thing. On the other hand the unit plan seemed to be entirely too long. I am of the opinion that our plan of work in the units, sections and districts as well should be so simple and shortly form- ulated that the workers can easily grasp the points. However, the comrade frm Unit 809 exaggerates when he wives that I tried to ridicule the plan of wor of his unit. I did not use any ex- pression that could have given any one the feeling that the unit plan was a “long rigamarole” or that this plan was “useless.” The main point in the criticism was that we should have more action, instead of drown- ing ourselves with six months plans, I pointed out quite sharply | I recommended that we should have in the section as well as in the units, plans drawn up for three months only. I appreciate:.very much the tive of the individual com- rades and units, however, I feel that if there appears to,be something con- fusing in the work of the comrades or units, it is our duty to bring such points under the distussion. While comrade from unit 809) crit- icizes that I was “belittling” his unit plan, he makes an-equally bad mis- take by belittling the- section plan of work. More than that—he leaves out the main point in the section plan, which was given as a proposal for the membership and units to dis- cuss and endorse, or make additional recommendations. What is the main point in the section plan of work? It is the following: “The main task of the Section as a whole is to begin with the shop work, by rooting the Party into the following shops (names of the shops given). The specific. tasks were given to the individual unite in their territory, while the main task in the section ts the shop:work, and side by side, building Unem- ployed Councils, ¥.C.L. units, small home owners’ moyements, recruit- ing the new members, improving dues payments, carrying on educa- tional work in the units, ete, Better Connections It is not necessary to answer ail the points brought-out»in the letter of Agitprop of 809, -However, I wish to point out that when the units carry on their work, when they draw up their plans, etc., it’ would not be bad idea to consult with the” committee, and also ‘to bring’ plans to the attention »of the. trict Committee. The present. si tion in the Section 8 territory that much closer cooperation must exist between the units, section and the district. The Open Letter and the Resolution of the 17th Plenum in- vites us to a frank and open» dis- cussion. We as Communists try to get rid of. “inherited” ideas of the boss class neice srle-t0 ayer what is constructive criticism. should not feel soré or avutied "tt some comrade happens’ to have ‘ite ferent opinions fi our own, Communist Party 'members feel brothers and comrades in the midst of the most heated discussion and debate. If we study the history of the Bolsheviks, we find that the iron of the Great Revolution was forged in the most ‘heated led by Comrade Lenin and other gremt revolutionists, ‘The exchange of opinions gives the salt for the revolutionary movement, and by all means we, should not drop movement, to say something that agree with. If the ue inactive because the! was criticized, I attitude in the entirely wrong. Party democracy grievance or ill feeling, Hf Fu loets which in most cases have remained | Join the Communist Party 38 EAST 12TH STREET, NEW YORK, N. ¥.. Please send nie more information on the Commanist Paria NAME ADDRESS ..... Ahk ee eben esac eeee eee eseeeeeseeneeteoene Bee Secceeee sees By PAUL LUTTINGER, M.D. ANSWER TO QUESTIONS Anemia and Heart Trouble Following Influenza Mrs. G. U., Oxford, Miss.—Your little boy is probably suffering from anemia (poor blood) and perhaps from slight cardiac (heart) weakness. These conditions often follow an at- tack of influenza or grippe. Keep him out in the sunshine and give him plenty of spinach and liver to eat, If he is not improved within a reason- able time, haye him examined by a physican, BN ipa eg Pains Following Eating of Citrus Fruit Mrs. Adelaide P.—You are probably sensitive to citrus fruit and what you probably feel after eating oranges or lemons are the symptoms of hives. Your condition is comparatively rare, but cases are seen from tirhe to time. There are people who are even sen- sitive to milk. The only thing you can do is give up eating the above fruits, unless you want to be “desensi- tized,” which 1s a costly procedure. Did you try getting used to the fruits by diluting the juice? Suppose you begin by taking half a teaspoonful of orange juice in a glass of water and see whether you could not grad- ually inerease the amount, without experiencing any pain? ee ‘ Prostrate Trouble Don K., Detroit—It seems to us a very jolly house party for the Daily Worker. that you were bamboozled by the “physician” who is “treating” you. anit Our advice is to stop te ana forget the fifty you “ 3 Bev enty-five bucks is wtictah to pay for an imaginary disease. Let us ae from you again in «about, 3 months, Spots on Tineds ry Mrs. ©. Z, D., Omaha,-—We cannot, diagnose your case, from. Try to wear Tubbs oy when you do your wishwashing. tf the tion does not frerte see a ¢ tologist, (skin specialist), 7 staat “Thermalaid” and “Ikthin® | K. H., Schenecta@y—yYour prostate trouble will not be 'curéd by the elec tric gadget called Thermalaid. Tkthin: is an ichthyol ointment selling at a high price. Our adyica. is that you see a reliable physican and stop treat- ing yourself, Let your doctor analyze your urine. vate Helping the Daily Worker Through Dr! "Luttinger Contributions received to the credit of Dr. Luttinger in his Socialist coms petition with Michael Gold, Edward Newhouse, Helen Luke, Jacob Burck and Del to raise $1,000 in the $40,000 Daily ee Dri Delia ... Max Mike Sock Previous tota cae 739.08 Total to date .......000+.$240,06 %