The Daily Worker Newspaper, November 17, 1933, Page 4

PYARTY LIFE = Farm Units Complain of Lack ' Of Section Help and Guidance ' Failure to Send Them Literature, Parti*ularly ® the Daily Worker, Is Attacked £ —— i A YAKIMA, Wash.—What is the matter with our Farm Units? I believe @ that farm nnits are not properly handled by the Party in general. This is 4, how it appears to me e farmer knows that he is being crushed and ©f that something has to be done, some changes have to be made. Therefore, | q he is, in many cases, ready to learn and takes readily to the Communist Be pave ott greats as. Wi get no| 4; thew ca h vi n, Not even the use | z to house can- | OQ Pie Oto ee eet. Ose sae rinse oh ch other, | ma strug- { approach are | Workers and rui | to revolutionary and how a id painful oper- Yaltima Valley, Valley, which is that it seems do our level farmers and farmers I know but certainly to me that to we The above discloses there revolutionary Party in the | ywhere in this } er hand, this | to the fact | e Still to ng the work e not giv- who are willing to do equate help and guid- incidents in the Ya- where agents of the ‘ovoked a fight between | and small ruined order to make terroristic nst both groups (brutal UF.L. state organizer, ainly must be a les-| O pay more at- | ork in the country- both agricultural | med farmers to the need of solidarity and the common action of struggle against their op- d our Recent | Dressors, We have referred the above letter | | to the Agrarian Commission of the | Party which will provide material for ty | the co: de. tle it this is not enough. District Buro of our Party must certainly help this and other comrades and give ance for building the mass movement and the Party among the radicalized ruined farmers in the State of Waah- ington. The Se . CORRECTION We wish to correct an error which appeared in this column on. | Wednesday November 15. stated The leading committees of the Party, as well as the unit lead- ership must devote serious con- cur unit mectincs will become not ong Accrt-eut mectin7s devote? work only.” It “so that eur unit -ou'd have read, meetii gs T-cut re-cricns ieveted to routine work only, but political cs where the work of the Ww is discussed and where poli- tical and theoretical discussions on ‘he general problems and concrete tasks of the Party are held.” aaa CONDE HELEN Eithe “tor the In as they va * Borscht Day! Russi: Boti two po “etbeef) in plen Van hour. bests “cut in boil for an n Borscht js meat | for about équare p' d 1 or 2 onions cut @m pieces and bo’ | When the vege-| tables are cof i the red boullion heat and ser tablespoon of | sour creatn in each Sincerely yours, Margaret G. we th the 1 for'the Daily Worker fund, and some good recipes including th's one for a) t Meatless Borscht A wOux Ls cwy tips (big een | ones), an onion, a carrot, a vay leaf, and water, boiled together. n fe atother saucepan shred one fourth @ small cabbage and about 4 beets 1 large peeled potato, add a ful of butter (?) and (mough water to cover the ingredients, boil about one hour, then mash Potato with a fork and add the ‘trained and seasoned vegetabie stock. (Add a little lemon juice and thicken with a tablespoon of flour and water jell mixed. It is best served with sour but when one hasn't cream ses milk, and it’s Bh good, ithfully, BM. M. OC. P. * 8 G. sends a pee similar first, but with an additional frente in the way of using sausage it. She says: This is how I make i Ukranian Borscht Use @ nice cut of soup meat (I al- get the shin-bone cut) and @ ‘ouple of marrow bones; and a selec- of soup greens, a carrot, potato, bay-leaf, and spices to taste. everything until the mest is ! , and strain through a colander, out the potatoes and carrots ° back just before the soup is , Put the juice back to cook and he meat too. Cut up about six beets 2 long thin strips, another carrot ‘nd a couple of potatoes. / Bimmer until the beets are tender, aké out the meat to serve separately, ‘md serve with a spoonful of sour in each plate. If you like saus- , cut small sausages in half- Goh pieces and put them in to cook ‘bout ten minutes before serving. The Ukranian borscht always has This recipe is different from kind because the beets are se soup and no cabbage Is coins or stamps (coins preferred) for this Anne Adams pattern. Write Plainly name, address and style num- ber. BE SURE TO STATE SIZE. Pattern Department, 243 West 17th Sone New York City. Patterns by ED BY LUKE n amusing coincidence or due to the 8.0.8. for recipes | Cook Bock, several Borscht recipes have come in, and, | hat, we thonght well to designate today as Comparative | re are three Ba from w.ich to choose: Can You Make ‘Em Yourself? Pattern 1571 is available in sizes 36, 38, 40, 42, 44 and 46. Size 36 kes 4 1-4 yards 39 inch fabric and ‘ard “ontrasting. Illustrated | -by- -step sewing instructions in- d, Send FIFTEEN CENTS (15¢) in Address orders to Daily Worker, population ; are no organizers | er guid- | deration to this question, so that | will become not long, | Previous total .. var Y MOREE IR, NEW YORK, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 1933 Opposition to Zimmerman’s Treachery Grows in Local 22, Says Needle Worker Sylvia Brass slere Workers Robbed By Boss and AFL} nion Does Nothing | To Make Employer Keep Promise Needle Worker Correspondent NEW YORK—I am apiece worker working in the A. Cohen shop known as the Sylvia, Bras Co, of 1,200 Broadway. months ago we had a g jin the White Goods ind shop struck solid and we we three week der or Sny told us to 10 per cent he would see t 2 be increasd to 15 pr cent in a By # Our > out Business agent Sci t of local union no back to work on a e, promising or so. We went back to wor Jevery time we raise the qu Schneider avoids the question by |telling us jokes. Part of our agreement was that the boss should not give out con- tract work. The boss still gives out contract work and Schneider says nothing. Because of this, many girls go home with $5 a week. From this money Schneider has | asked us to pay $3.50 every other week, claiming it is back due: have not seen our union books for | months. We refused to pay, so| Schneider and the boss are taking | it out of our $5 pay, and many of {Us go home with $1.50. When this fect. was brought to the attention! of Schneider, he said: “You should }you are lucky.” disgusted but are in fear of their jobs. What can we do? I cannot sign ny name, but, it necessary, Redier of the A. F. of L. Com: | mitte to verify the statements. | Editor's Note:—If this worker Will get in touch with the Needie | Trades Opposition Center at 140 | West 36th St. she will be given | advice and help in forming an opposition group inside the shop | and the union against the A. F. of L. racketeers. | Letters from Our Readers THE DAILY WORKER serene | DAILY WORKER DRIVE IS A | DRIVE AGAINST ONSLAUGHTS OF CAPI:ALISM Newark, N. J. Comrade Editor: My heartiest congratulations on the new and greater Daily Worker, Although, to me, the New York Times , | has always been in a second place to | our Daily, with the new Daily Worker | it has been relegated to fourth place; | the Daily Worker taking the first | three. Comrade Mike Gold’s Column, | Dr. Luttinger’s advice, and the many | other new features are a valuable ad- | | dition, and give the Daily Worker a | | much greater appeal to the masses. | It is a definite and significant change from our sectarianism of the past, ‘The Daily Worker, as the Central | | Organ of the Communist Party of | | the U.S.A., is the spearhead in our drive against capitalism. The Daily Worker is in the forefront in the workers struggle for unemployment insurance and relief; in strikes; in the struggle for Negro rights; in the fight against fascism and war, and| is the advance party in our fight | against the N.R.A, and Roosevelt's | Hunger Policy, The Daily Worker is | that essential coordinating and uni- fying agent of all these struggles tak- ing place on far flung fields, and guides them into that ever-widening channel of class struggle which must burst forth into revolution, It is the beacon light to which we can look in this period of capitalist bank- Tuptcy and decay, and see clearly that revolutionary road which we must travel in order to get to that new social order and that new world to which the proletariat will give birth, Enclosed you will find $2 for am- munition in our further and invinci- ble onslaught of capitalism. Whether to give it to Mike, and help the mind and spirit, or whether to credit it to Dr. Luttinger and favor the body is a serious problem. But as a sound mind in & sound body is necessary in our struggle I will have to split and vote. One dollar to Mike (this even though he attends dance mara- thons and live burials), and one dol- lar to the Doctor, who is striving hard to protect us from quacks and expensive doctor bills. May both reach their goals, Although I would like to have a “Burck” in my home I do not feel quite up to the financial responsibility just yet. Perhaps in the near future I might be able to make a serious bid for one, We cannot let our Daily Worker falter at a time when we are fighting some of our most important battles and gain some of our greatest vic~ tories. AN Support to the Daily Worker, —F. 8. Helping the Daily Worker Through Helen Luke Contributions received to the credit of Helen Luke in her Socialist com- Petition with Michael Gold, Dr. Lut- tinger, Edward Newhouse and Jacob Burck to raise $1,000 in the $40,000 Daily Worker Drive, only, ‘ Total to date ...cccerees $29.22 us that | | the boss. |be glad that you are getting $5,, The girls are all) | provement in the last. half week, with | filling its quota 100 per cent. ‘ But | campaign on the part of the workers | and California third with 829 per | cent. | It increased its rating to 55.36 per fey estoneite Misleader Swindle by Attacking Industrial Union (By a Needle Worker Correspond ‘Our recent and valtable acquisition.” ous manner was Zimmerman introduced at the recent vic- NEW YORK. In this g1 tory celebration of the International Mr. Hochman. Hochmans and Dub! the so-called hands chief of Tammany’s “finest.” Zimmerman is a manager of Local 22, tional. In h the opportunity of exposing the N. RB. | A. as an attack by the bosses and the gov ment on our living standards. | Has Zimmerman explained to the workers that the dress code, with its 35-hour week provision, is actually ‘anting the bosses a six- overtime period during the | | mie Our season.now seldom ever | ts more than six weel meaning then is the 35-! sion? ‘The code also speaks of a minimum | wage, but very cleverly ititroduces an- | other statement which gives the bosses an easy loophole. All workers | | who are considered to be subnormal | in their production"need not be given | the minimum wage. ‘The question to what is the normal in production | is left entirely to the discretion of 'S was piainly revolutionary, ae b3 B tampaign Is Against Unity Zimmerman organizing a Only Is Mr. to resist this subtle attempt to re- | duce our standards?. Thus far no | such campaign has-been undertaken That Zimmerman is being engulfed in the machine of shool—————-— with Whalen, the infamous |ergies to slanderous attacks against | the Industrial the largest local of the Interna- | esent position he has | |ing more and more to recognize the | by him. Instead he Gevotes his en- Tries to Cover N.R.A. it) Lad‘es’ Garment Werkers’ Union by manifested at that meeting when he, Union. By devious methods of reasoning he tries to show that the resolution of the Industrial Union calling for signatures of work~- ers to demand that Section 7 of the N. R. A. (granting workers the right to select the union of their own choice) be made a reality, is fostering illusions in the minds of the workers | that their interests can be protected | by the N. R. A. Such a deliberate misinterpretation of the actual intent of the resolution to serve as an or- | | ganized protest of the workers, indi- | cates clearly that Zimmerman and | his cohorts are more intent on creat- | | ing dissension in the ranks of the | working class than in helping towards united struggles. ‘The workers are beginning to see through this hypocrisy and are com- | group that is honestly interested in exposing the illusions of the N. R. A. The workers clearly showed this real- ization at the .ost general member- ship meeting of Local 22, held at Cooper Union, when they elected a worker of the Left Wing Opposition as chairman of the evening, despite the bitter opposition of Zimmerman and his machine. $40,000 Drive Gains Speed; Tag Days Start Nov. 24th NEW YORK. — The: $40,000 Daily Worker Drive showed a marked im- | New York District, however, account- ing for most of it...An even better increase before and during the Na- tional Daily Worker Tag Days, which start on Nov. 24 for. three days, it |is expected will be shown by prac- tically all districts and organizations. ‘The chart as of Nov..13 shows that Boston is within hand reach of ful-~ Eoston does not intend to stop. It will make all efforts to ut least double its original quota. 2cttle is second with a percentr:.-of 93.4 per cent, Improvement by;New York New York turned in during the last half wesk $1,933.74, compared with $651.86 in the previous half week. cent, The Intcrnational Workers Order turned in $187.30, bringing its total to date to $2,335.22 or 29.9 per cent of its $8,000 quota. The L.W.O. can do much better than this. In the last Drive it was one of the lead- ers, showing what its membership can do ff they take vigorous action. | .. 2. Detroit Slowed Down Detroit, Section 7, slowed down, compared with the previous half week. ection 8, of Hamtramck, Sections 5, 3 and 1. of Detroit, and Flint, Mich. Section, however, com- pletely fulfilled their quotas, The | Finnish Workers Association, the Greek Workers Club and the Jewish Women’s Council of Detroit are well on the way to make it 100 per cent. More work like this by other sections and organizations in Detroit and this District will not only reach its quota but will pass it, Chicago Wake Up Chicago, District 8, by sending in only $34.08 in the last half week, | | compared with $291.24 in the previous | half week, failed to rise out of the | Districts dragging below the 5) per cent mark. It has raised only 33.89 | per cent, But Chicago can do much | better and we wait to hear some | splendid results from this District in the next few days, Cleveland, Dis- trict 6, is also below the 50 per cont mark. Vigorous action, comrades of Chicago, Cleveland and other Dis- tricts is vital if you are to do ‘your share to help save our Daily Worker. Prepare For Tag Days Less than two weeks remain before the Daily Worker National Tag Days on November 24th,-25th and 26th. INTO ACTION, COMRADES, TO MAKE THESE THREE DAYS REAL VICTORIES FOR THE DAILY WORKER AND THE WORKING CLASS. Mobilize ali forces for the ‘Tag Days. Continue to hold affairs, raise funds every day, and rush them to the Daily Worker, 50 E. 13th St., New York City. * Total Tuesday . seeeees® 397.37 Previously recorded ..sssce 23,956.34 Total to date c.ccvseveee+ $24,353.71 DIST. No. 1 ‘House party 2.51 | qew.Whes. Unie, 70.00 Loulscitle Un, 2.951 Tarn Dress 848 19.00 Contributions, D.W. DIST. No. 6 List 6 , Noty Mir Cl. Wers. children's “| Schools 200) Eee ges ery So. Boston CP, 4.26 bar. z ~_ 38! col. by Genzel f Meynard, Mass.- ‘Rosen, 25 Un. Dance 6.20 bY Col. by Stone Holteman mh Kirtkoskt 10) lor ‘35 Kallio 10 Frankel ‘Os. Grondaht es > Nelson Bay sya! Suckkonen 0 eee my Col. by Post Francia r Galdis 90}. Matiman 3 rae Were: School Sut Total Nov. 14 17.99 |. 3. Haywood Br. Total to date 1208.86) ,uD.Rabinowits, 1,00 cmont Prog. DIST. No. 3 a. 15.08 @. Young 1.00] Set. 4, Un. 416 195 Railroad Wkr. 1.00 A Ww. Da ees 2.09 x, 23 MAEOP. 100 L. Topel 24 Quan, Cohen 25 Akud 25 Kay 25 ‘A. Mason 150} * G. Babostolo 1.00 | Col. by Lee L, Naurize, bar. 1.69] 4 names 20 A. Fredericken 2.00} Gol. by Ressamen 25 M. Leppen 60]. Bite 310 Gittel 25) "S. Ressamen 40 J, Tesla “30 | Ogk-by Kaberts 1. Meleuzuk :20| “Seio 20 Kwasticea 1.00] Kokko [30 Litura 95 | Syvannen 28 J. Szetiga -3%| . Agon. 2 XK, Halpern 1.00 | “Luomis 25 A. Sterel 50 eae Trompt 1.50 | Total Nov. 14 282.86 A. Stecle 50! Tot. todate 11,308.52 Banquet—Dist. 2 | w. Benjamin,Clev .25 Workers Clubs— Un. F-21, Fisher Bronx Wkrs. Cl. 50.00| Body, 4 names 2.10 JeromeWkrs.Cl. 10.00} Toledo Sec. 1.00 Middle Bx. Cl. 25.00| Un. 7-5 1.00 Pelham Pkwy.Cl. 2.85 | Un. 7-9 1.45 Prospect Cl. 101.15 | Un. 1-15 5.40 Mella Cuban 3. Un, 7-13 1.00 Dntown. Cl. | Un. 2-23 12.00 French ‘W.0. Un. 5-01, Canton 6.00 Un. 5-04, Canton 1.45 Cc. bars 5.00 J. Georg 50 Boro Park Gol. by Shetehuk Bage.PlazaW. .00| Ferenac 35 Bghton W.C. 6,00 | Dresich 25 Bwnsville W.C. 2.00] Ezaryzak 35 Bwnsville, Youth Criswell, 25 | Club 40.00 | Revallo 25 Coney Is. W.C. 15.00] Feyerstein 2! 8. N. ¥. W.C. 65.00 | Col. by Klein Finnish Fed, 150 | 2 Friends 1.25 Hinsdale wW. 5. Mike 10 Mapleton W.C. 5.00| Newman 25 New Lots W.c. 3.00| Weinricht 50 Frog. W.C. 1.50} Kremka 35 Culvural “Orgs. — Schuehel 30 J. Reed ©. Coopman 50 Frei.Ges.Fer. Frohlich 20 Fre.Mand.Orch. erp rt Group Prof. So Totel Nov. 14 42.00 | Wers. 62.00 | Totel to dete 892.41 tell Wi Shop Gr'ps— DIST. No. 7 35 ne Moeal | J Dobrines, B.C. .50 Disee Board, NTW: Total Nov. 14 5 Maimas a 10-0 Total to date 1428164 aangee 10,00 | 3, Moskittes, Jacooson Knit, “159 | SPring Ve aa een aan, 100 | ‘Total Nov. 14 1.0 Misc, Org.—tnaj "°° | Total to date 1945.79 | viduals DIST. No. 9 RMAS-iuan, 5,00 | Gilbert Un. 1.75 Teor Amal 90 | Finnish ¥ed., City Gentrat- 7] Conv. Negatinee 733) Charlotte St. 1.00] Got py ace Women’s Coun, 4:00 ot by Abelson 1.00 Rosenlicht Wire. Coop. Col, 74,29 | Total Nov. 16 10. Int'l Labor De. \son| “84, $0 6.te 275.66 Sacco Vanzetti 18.00| watciee, Mone Czechoslovakian 3.09 | M-Cl#P, Mont. .20 Meirut | sae, Total Nov. 14 20 Piedad 00 | Totll to date 26.25 Be eens 1.00 | anon,, Mento Pi 5.00 Unie 00) L. Leighton, 2.00] Turlock 1.00 10.00 | ‘Total Nov. 14 6.60 2.00 Total to date ~ 835.32 2.05 DIST. No. 14 2.00 | Col. by Cussott! 65 1.00 | ‘Piscal i Be R, J, Weinacht 25 .00 | Total Nov. 14 3.00 2.00} Total to date 433.23 2.65 DIST. No. 18 2.50! Racine Affair 31.25 5.00 | Rialto cl. 3.00 2.00 | Jew. Women’s Hr Coun. 6.20 5.00| Total Nov. 14 40.45 10.00 | Total to date 395.70 2.00 Miscellaneous 3.09| c. Goetzenberger, -60| Nome 1.00 pice Berry , Loo 5.00 | Total Nov. 14 «28 3.00| Total to date 66.00 3.00 | cot. at DW. Bang, 3.00 | Branches . 7.00 | 9 5.00 20.00 | 3 5.00 300) 6 3.00 ep 2.00 .00 | 10 10.00 3.00 | 4 5.00 6.00 | 12 3.00 2.00) 10 10.00 aaa 7.00 too lee 3.00 oe 8.50 a0? 31 5.00 08 | 33. 8.00 inpele 9.00 2.00 | 53 5.00 58 3.00 oe | ae 5.00 DIST. No. § % 3.00 A Few Readers 2, 10.00 ‘A. De Fran-ceco too | 74 2.00 ina Medem Ky 3.50 Ioor 21,00 | 72 2.00 Frenchman, SL 2.00 | Wash. 2.00 | 9, 3.00 Misco be TI 30.00 Totel Nov. 14 98.00 |. 135 9.00 fotal to date 1006.78 | 122 $9 DIST. No. & 137 11.00 % P. Un. tm 132 35.00 ol. by Lucher, 133 5.00 Roch. bed fae Rubenstein z 00 Peterson = 139 13.60 ‘M. Rubenstein 95140 4.10 Cherny us 2.00 Essman en | 150 5.00 Stone ‘1g 187 5.00 Rubin ‘ay 118 3.00 George {50 | 500 1.00 A. George too | 5389 1.90 'st 55200 8i5 4.00 Dorny ys| Staten ts. 5.99 Rapitu 1" | Intwor Y'th ol. 2.00 res 2g | Schules— List £5198 “| Bensonhurst 5.00 ‘Vaeil Will. No. 8 10.00 Anon, No. 17, Bklyn. 2.00 Roldes No. 1, ‘Bklyn. 3.00 Timalkovich No LENY. 2.00 Chaney Bensonhurst 1.25 Zeman Brighton Beh, 6.50 ‘Todorort scuwen Ave. 2.50 14.00 Total Nov. 14 Seng No. 8, Total to date 196.13 | BT 47 pe DIST. No, § Br. 1? 3-00 A. Simpy, Hunt. .50 — ——| Br. 34 50.00 ‘Total Nov, 14 Total No. 14 487.95 Totol to date 478.35 Rayon Workers’ Sentiment Rising For Struggle 3,000 in “Parkersburg Now Members of Union By a Worker Correspondent PARKERSBURG, W. Va—Just writing a few lines to you on the question of the newly-formed un- icn, “The Rayon Workers Union.” There are approximately 3,000 mem- bers in this union here in Parkers- burg. I attended the last meeting, Wed., Nov. 8, here from Johnson City, Tenn. The sentiment of the workers is jravidly ripening for a 20 per cent |increase in pay, jpoint which I wish to dwell. It is my opinion that a demand for this above increase in pay will be met; however, it may be necessary for the membership to exhibit their determination to struggle, yes, and strike, if necessary. Being familiar with the situation, and realizing that much preparatory work must be done, it is necessary that all radical elemental forces work together. I am willing to co- operate with any contacts that you may know of. It is quite possible that very shortly the entire rayon industry will become organized, and this makes it doubly important that ef- |forts be made to set up militant nuclei in all sections. We do not want a recurrence of what occurred in Elizabethton, Tenn., in 1929. Police Dislocates Girl's Arm When She Demands Pay | Fired. for Taking Mrs. Pinchot Seriously (By a Worker Correspondent) MINERSVILLE, Pa.—Irene Leno- vahé, 17-year-old daughter of a 5 | Minersville miner, who, because her father had contracted miners’ asthma (poison of the lungs) from the 45 years’ work in the mines, had to go jto work at an early age, to help sup- port his family. Her first day in the Philip Jones shirt factory amounted to 90 ccnts for two weeks, Later she earned $4.50 for two weeks, and after one year in the taill, the highest pay she ever earned was $10 for two weeks. “This is con- sidered good wages,” said Irene, In “$0 | this mill there are 335, mostly young girls, children of miners like herself, and most of them don’t earn any more than what Irene did. And they 9 | Work from 7:15 a. m, to 5 p. m. About two months ago, representa- tives from the Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America came to the girls and told them they are going to or- |ganize them for better conditions. ‘This was followed by a speech deliv- 7 | ered to the girls by Mrs, Pinchot, the wife of the Governor of Pennsylvania, Worked for Union. Irene was happy. She hoped that | this would bring better conditions for all workers in the Philip Jones shirt factory. An with the wife o fthe Governor interested in their conditions she was sure 2!1 would go well now. So Irene talked un‘on to the workers in the shop, and was anxious to speed up the work, but nothing more was O0;heard from the gent’emen of the Ama!gamated or the wife of the Gov- ernor. But Irene did hear from the boss. and plenty. Several times he called her to the office. “Now look here, Irene,” it’s been reported that you agitate amongst the girls. Also, that you do not go to church, and that you are a Communist. I won't have it in my, shon. You either shut up, or get the hell out.” Thrown Out of Mill, “But,” said Irene, “the wife of the State Governor talked to us. Sure she meant no harm, why do you think that I do?” The boss did not like the idea of a miner’s daughter, having the nerve to talk back to him, so he threw her out of the mill, The next day, Irene comes back, and said, “If you don’t want me in your shop, I am not anxious to work for you, hnt I hve come for mv pay, end I il not leave till you give it to me.” ‘The boss because furious. and after telling her to get out. and she refused to leave, he said, “Very well, I shall see to it that you do not get ansther toh in Minorsvil’e as Ione as I live” He called the chief of police, Mr. Ed. Lewis. who came in a hurry. and ofter a brief conference with tha boss Himself onemad the door of the bosses’ office and threw Irene out. causing the docation of the rixl’s right arm. After two weeks in hosnital, she rain came to the bos for her pay, and this time she sot it, The viriouness of the boss ‘iid not friehten Irene, She is more determ- ined now than she ever was to or- vanize the wo~=srs to fight just such bostes and 2Jl bosses. Althouvh Irene can’t get a job \the bors kent his promise) she is miitent end active, and resdy to join the Youny Communi-+ Leavis, She will mere a vo'vohle fighter in the ranks of the Y. C. L. Helning the Daily Worker Through Dr. Luttinger Contributions received to the credit of Dr. Luttinger in his Socialist com- retition with Michael Gold, Edward Newhouse, Helen Jinke, Jacob Rurek and Del to raise $1,000 in the $40,000 Maily Worker Drive: Mrs. L. Bias « $ 2.00 Jos. Robins ... 2.50 Camper, L. F. a 1.00 Marriage ceremony «., 40 Previous total ..... B \Piatnitsky Answers Questions | having just arrived | and it is on this} Social Lead Campaign German The German situation is in the | world over. Not only the present si the events that led up to the taking International”) practically endorsed the German Social Democrats, with® a few mild criticisms here and theve for form's sake, although their policy | paved the way to fascism and was in- | evitably bound to do so. ‘The Social Democrats of the world have led a campaign of lies against the Communist Party of Germany, asserting that its policy made Hit- ler's success possible. They do this to mask the treachery of the German Social Democratic Party, and the‘r own treachery to the workers who struggle against German Fascism and their own countries, The American Socialist Party has not lagged behind in this -slander campaign, neither have the American Trotskyists and Lovestoneites. The “Forward” and the “New | Leader,” organs of the American So- cialist Party, began in the first days of the Hitle: dictatorship to declare it a “constitutional regime” brought about by the “extremism” of the Communists. When this position be- came impossible to hold they con- tinued to blame the German Com- munists for Hitlerism saying the Communists did not dare to lead a revolt against the Nazis. They fol- lowed this by outright lies about the comulete collapse of Communist or- ganization in Germany and they even denied that an illegal Commu~ nist press existed. Under cover of this campaign of calumny the American Socialist and Young Peoples Socialist Society lead- of large portions of the rank and file to accept the Communist Inter- national’s proposals for a united front against Fascism. They ex- nelled whole branches both of the Socialist Party and Y. P. S. L. for taking part in this united front with Communists. Mayor Hoan Socialist, of Milwaukee, sent his police and at- tacked an Anti-Fascist demonstra- tion on the occasion of the Nazi am~- bassador, Hans Luther's, appearance in that city. Hoan’s police arrested and hold for trial 23 of the anti- Fescist demonstrators. ‘The fake “left” movement among the American Socialists, led by Nor- men Thomas, is not as outspoken in ‘ts slanders against the German Communists as is the official rivht wing movement. but covers up the crimes of the officiol movement by vracticallv fenoring the question, as it did in its “militant” conference in Sentemher. The workers want to know the facts, Thev ask verv concrete ques- swers. Thev want to know why the Communist Party of Germany did not lee4 an armed unrisine in Janu- why there was no General Strike in Germany. the German Communists were using correct tactics or not. In every country the questions the workers are asking are of the same Comrade O. Pitnitsky, in a book soon to be published, has answered the most representative of these nuestions, No one can write on such a sub- ject with grester authoritv than Platnitskv, an old Bolshevik and Yeader of the Communist Interna- tional. Since the booklet 1s too lone to ~rint in its entirety in the Daily Werker, a sotection of the auestions and enswers has he-n made, end por- conoly approved and revised by Piatnitsky. aw; Pe ke FIRST SET OF QUESTIONS Why d'dn’t the Communist Party . of Germany e2'l for an armed up- rising azainst the Fascist dic’tor- ship in Jonuary, 1933? Whv di?n’t large-scale mass action follow the slogan fo~ the Gereral Strike? Were the tactics of the ©. P. G. correct? Democratic Leaders against the beginnings of fascism in | ership actively sabotaged the attempt | tions ard want ecuallv ecrecte an-| ary of this year, they want to know| They want to know if, character an’ cover the same points. | (On German Communist: Party Thrugiat ’ World of Lies Agagast Workers forefront of every worker's mind ‘the ituation under Fascist terror, but also of power by the Nazis. ot e The Paris Conference of the Labor and Socialist International (“Second the policy that hasbeen pursued by > a OEE { To. “ask” these questions is equiva- | lent to asking the question .es to whether the requisites for @, reve olutionary situation existed in, Janu- ary, 1933. As is Known, Comrade Lenin characterized a revolutionary situation in the following manner: “Yor a revolution it is not enough that the exploited and enslaved masses realize the impossibility of continuing to live in the old way and demand a change; for a revo- Intien it is also necessary that. the exploiter should no longer be able to live and govern in the old way. The revolution can. only be vice torious when the MASSES OF THE EXPLOITED AND OPPRESSED PEOPLE no longer tolerate the old. order and the’ GOVERNING | CLASSES ARE NO’ LONGER ABLE TO GOVERN IN 'THE' OLD WAY. In other words, this truth’ can be expressed as follows: The revolution is impossible without # crisis for the entire nation (includ. ing the expleited and the exploit- ers). Consequently, first, it is meces- savy that the majority of the work- ers (in any case, the majority-of the class-conscious, thinking, polite ically active workers). rpacied understand the necessity. of the r clutionary transformation and” i prepared to die for it; secondly, that the ruling classes go through » g6v- ernmental crisis whith’ draws’ éven the most backward masses inte polities (the distinguishing feature of every real revolution is the.very rapid mu'tiplication of representa- tives of the toiling and exploited masses capable of political eounee who were Fitherto apathetic) the government becomes weakened and it becomes possible for the ree tionsries to rapidly, overthrow this government.” (Lenin; Collected Works, Volume 25, 272-273.) ‘Was there such a situation in Jane uary, 19332 No! In its recent docu- ment on “The Present’ Situation in Germeny” the Presidium of the Com- munist International analyzed question in detail: “Under these circumstances,” states the resolution of the Pre- | sidium, “the protetariat found, itsel in a situation where it was not in a position, really not ina, position, to immetia*cly deal a decisive blow against the state apparatus which had consolidated the’ fighting~'or- ganizations of the fascist~ bour- geoisic, the — National-Soclalist Storm Detachmerts, ‘the’ ‘Stalheim’ and the Reichswehr for the fight against the p-clctariat: The-bour- geoisie was able to place the gove ernment power in the hands of the fonal Socialists without serious ance and the latter proceeded. azainst the working class with all the means of provocation, bloody terror and political Wanditism. “The characteristic ‘fecularity of the si‘uation at the time of Hitler's | coup detat consisted in the:fact | that these conditions ‘for a victori- ous upr'sing had not yet matured at that time, that they only existed | in an emoryonic form, | “To throw the vanguard, alone inte the decisive. strus: Lenin—as long as the entire class, as long as the wide masses do not” directly support the aélvence guard, or at least show k’ndly disnosed neutrelity towards" if} ‘would not only be a stuvidity: bat a erime’ (Len'n: Collectets Works, ibid pare 281). “These are the circumstances that condtioned the retreat of the workihe eless and the victory of the porty of the counter-revolu ticrsry faso’cts in Germany. “The estabish™ént of the fastist distaterchin in Germany is, theres fore, in the fivnl analysis, the re- svlt ef the socie!-democrstic policy ef co-cnerstion with the .bour- geoicin during the entire existence o fthe Weimar Republic.” (To Be Continued) — By PAUL LUTTINGER, M.D. ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS Influence of General Diseases on the Eye Several correspondents have written us asking for information as to the relation of the general health to the eyes and the iniiuence of certain dis- eases on eyesight. We had put these questions away for some future date, when we received a philosophical “note” (eight pages of small script) from a lady, in which she asserts that the eye has no relation whatsoever to the rest of the body, that it is “the window of the soul” and that no dis- ease of the rest of the body could affect it in any way, as long as the “soul” remains pure. We are no authority either on phil- osophy or the soul, aud we, therefore, refuse to enter into any discussion of the usual metaphysical piffie, but we do know that there are many condi- tions of the rest of the body which influence the eye, as well as the eye- sight, and we shall draw attention briefly to some of them: * Diet, Lack of Vitamin A—It has been observed in man and demon~ strated experimentally in laboratory animals that the lack of vitamin A in the diet will cause a disease of the eye known as Xerophthalmia and in changes of the optic nerve. To avoid this, a certain amount of butter is added to the diet, even if the patient is obese. Total to date 2342.42 Total to date ..... Sexual Organs.—There are cases on where excessive sexual inter- course had caused hemorrhage ‘tito the retina and atrophy (waste) of the optic nerve, jn men, During ation, various eye: diseases worse, and some women~ Se of weakness of cases, vicarious me occur through ae vere Tetinitis that presale del vere retinitis that must be resorted to in order to. the mother’s sight. During _ ee changes oy place take | eye, and after delivery child-betl or other infections have been. to cause metastatic es a even loss of an eye. - tion (nursing) sometimes ca eyesight and o ‘ulcer cornea, ’ Tatoxteations- “Mia have no effect oe are some which seém te re a cial affinity for the paerld cause ing what is known, as. retrobulbar neuritis and optic nerve atrophy, Among these poisons; the most ‘ime portant are: alcohol, tobacco, form, lead, arsenic, carbon nitrobenzol and anilin, A good dose of wood alcohol will cause tem- porary blindness; and when repeated often enough it doesnot take long to become permanently “blind, Pro- hibition is responsible‘for thousdnds of cases of blindness “due to .wood alcohol, In some susceptible individe uals, one ounce of ethyl alcohol is sufficient to bring about total end permanent loss of sight. ‘ (CONTINUED TOMORROW), 2