The Daily Worker Newspaper, December 8, 1933, Page 4

Page Four Which Union Shall Organized Rayon Workers Affiliate to? Correspondent Urges Joining National Textile Union for Militant Struggle By a Worker Correspondent) PARKERSBURG, W. Va.—Shall the Nations! Rayon Workers’ Council affiliate with the United Textile Workers’ Union? During the past few months we have witnessed within the rayon industry a spontaneously rising sentiment for struggle ef the rayon workers, both in the Northern and in the Southern mills. This sentiment for organization has to a degree ex- pressed itself by the formation of @———— -—— unions in the South and in the, 000,000, and when the stocks of rayon North. The United Textile Workers | goods are the lowest in the history leadership, or more correct mis- j}of rayon manufacture in the United leadership, has played a conspicu- | States, the first point on the agenda ously prominent role by its absence.|in all our union meetings must be Now, however, noting that the|the demand for an immediate 40 per workers in this section of the textile}cent increase in pay, for all the industry (rayon industry), are work-|tayon workers, ing with a sincere determination of} Rayon workers! Organize your organizing the entire rayon industry,|union into a fighting organization. the United Textile Workers misiead- |Build your locals in the shops. Fight ers are maki frantic efforts to|for the principle of equal pay for induce the National Rayon Workers |equal work. Fight against the pro- Council to affiliate with the United | posed move of affillating the Textile Workers Union. National Rayon Workers Coun- 13,700 Workers Represented jcil to the United Textile Workers On Nov. 25, 26, and 27, a confer-| Union. Demand instead an affilia- ence of all rayon workers unions | tion with the National Textile Work- held in Washington, D. ion and the Trade Union Unity lowing rayon plants were represented a fighting rank and file con- Marcus Hook, Pa.; Lew Pa. organization Meadville, Pa Sei ae ~| Editor's Note: The organization of °| the National Rayon Workers Council ~|is of the greatest significance to the textile workers of the entire country, and especially in the South. This was sent to the “Planning Committee for One Industrial Silk id Rayon Union,” and they ask us to say that they welcome the forma- tion of this new organization as a step orward in preparation for struggle for | the establishment of higher standards of living for the rayon workers. The | National Textile Workers Union also offers its support to this organiza- ed: That | e be known as 2 Workers Coun letter at the ct for the coll ing the recent great national silk strike, a number of independent unions in the north, at the suggestion of the National Textile Workers | Union, met in conference, and de- cided to work toward the establish- workers union for the entire industry, ‘Planning Committee” is urge this newly- yon organization to hold off affiliation with any Union what- |ever until they have more informa- | tion on this movement. We urge them d delegates to a conference of isting to discuss further the formation of one m union. For more in- + in touch with Anna y of the “Planning for One Industrial Silk at 1755 Westminster St., vidence, R. I. all exi: E silk nd r: formation Burlak, nsion $25,- F t of some CONDUCTED Ba RELEN LUKE With an excerpt 1 the Communist Manifesto as a basis, we have mate a few remarks concerning the “role of wormen in the revolutionary | rent There is 0 the on of our attitude and methods in esto throw any ligh on this subject d So we Oho! Do we? Sad to say, exploit our children!} There are other remarks to make we do. So what| later on, regarding the prime duty of duty in this res- | providing a child with something with our kids? | Which to occupy his time, thought, ot stop it|and energy. Fancy, ready-made toys is-our revelutiona pect? To 5 se of a ; y go hungry by stopping hi No. But their only only justification is a constant, mili- tant fight for relief and unemploy- ment inst Yourself? Pattern 1721 is available in sizes 8, | 10, 12, 14 and 16. Sizes 12 takes 2 1-2 yards 36 inch fabric and 3-4 yard ind of Exploitation The explo! r kid stopped to rears to 4 4 juidate hing: ‘we might otherwise insist on, unthink- | ingly, because it is traditonal. | I want to stress that there is a) form of exploitation that can be | stopped even now, within the confines | of the capitalist system. I mean| the emotional exploitation, the using | of & child by the parent as a source | f entertainment and personal os Concretely: don’t, on the one hand, storm around the house sbout the; “mess” a kid makes with his paints, etcetera, and then turn| around and brag to the neighbors about his artistic productions. Don't foree a young child to recite for company. (Asking is one thing—in- sisting is another.) Don’t force your child to overezert himself to attain high grades in school just to cover ourself with glory. (Some people mature mentally more slowly than) others. It’s no disgrace.) Don’t fondle | a child too much just because you} PROF. SCOTT NEARING WILL LECTURE ON “What te Happening im the 0.8.4. Germany, and the 0.5.8.5.” SATURDAY, DEC. 9h BROWNSVILLE LABOR LYCEUM. 219 Sackman Street — Brooklyn _ AUBPIOES AMERICAN YOUTH Club In Advance @c ~ At Door 25c Tompkins Square 6-9127 }/ Send FIFTEEN CENTS (l5c) in Caucasian Restaurant coins or stamps (coins preferred) for this Anne Adams pattern. Write Plainly name, address and style num- ber. BR SURE TO STATE SIZE. Address orders to Daily Worker, “KAVKAZ” Russian and Oriental Kitchen BANQUETS AND PARTIES tion for struggle on concrete demands | among the rayon workers. Follow-/} ment of the industrial silk and rayon} DAILY WORKER, NEW YORK, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 8, 1988 AFL Leaders’ Gyp | Tactics on Sick and Death Benefits CHICAGO, I! Federation of fallen, it seems, t bers of sick and death bene 1e case of which I am writing is a typical example of the callousness the officials are capable of One worker who for 15 years paid all dues, fees, and assessments, re- cently became ill with a nervous breakdown, due to the tremendous speed-up he labored under. A doctor of the union was consulted (who al- ways works in the Interests of the of- ficials and not in the interests of the workers) and after an examination he judged it to be a prolonged illness, He advised the officials to settle for a sum to be agreed upon. According to the rules and regula- tions this worker was entitled to re- ceive $16 8 week during the period of illness. However the union only of- fered him $128, the sum equaling two months sick benefits, to release them from all sick and death payments. As the real facts and period of ill- ness were concealed from the worker, who was led to believe he would s00n | soon return to work, the agreement was signed. Then the check arrived} for $63 (less than half of the amount agreed upon) with a bil lof $65 which was deducted from the agreed sum and of which the worker was not aware. The condition of the worker is still | serious after three months, and he} will not be able to resume work for a long time. Not only was he robbed of | the sick benefits to which he was| entitled, but even the death benefits | were signed away through the schem- ing of the corrupt A. F. of L. officials, | And they call this “J a | (Signed) | Member of Rank and File Com- | mittee, Cleaners & Dyers Union. | The American leaders have What Excelsior | Wash Suit Co. | Pays Under NRA Dye House Rank and File Union Members Treat Better Workers in National Textile Union Get Better Conditions Than Those in U. T. W. (By a Textile Dye Worker Correspondent) PATERSON, Nv J.—The Weidemann plant of the United Piece Dye Works has signed a contract with the American Federation of Silk Work- | ers (A. F. of L,Y. However, the night finishing shift and the dye house work- | ers are in the National ‘Textile Workers’ Union. It is simple-to see the difference between the A. F. of L. and the N. T. |W. U. and leadership in the plant.e~ | First of all, two weeks after the have to go out of our steam-filled |strike was over;-the bosses started | room into the winter air (this in our laying off A. F. 6fG. men before the ringing wet clothes) in order to punch |N. 'T. W. U, ‘bécéilise they realized| out and later in for our half hour that even thotigh We (National) are|lunch. This condition is responsible in the minorityewé: are (as a rank|for many workers catching severe and file leadersip tnion) more in a|colds. We must demand that this position to put ip a‘battle. |be done away with by having the | Secondly, whereas’in the N.T.W.U.| clock moved in during winter months. |departments .equal distribution of] Another thing is the firing (“lay- |work is practiced, in the A. F. of L.| ing off”) of old men on the excuse |department this js, not done. As a|that there is no work. |result, most only work two or three Now, since the A. F. of L. is losing days a week in the A. F. of L. de-| ground here, and many are joining | partment. the National or simply refusing to Thirdly, whereas,in the National| pay dues, the A. F. of L. henchmen departments at a certain agreed time,|have thought up a new scheme. They the night shift changes off with day|are now issuing all sorts of leaflets shift (so that no one has to con-|and stickers asking the workers to tinually work nights) in the A. F, of| build an independent United Piece L, departments this is not done. Dye Works Union. One leaflet calis Many Realizé ‘A.F.L. Betrayal on the workers to vote for four people Many workers:.are now realizing|as officials of this new union that that due to the betfayals of our strike | no one has ever seen during the entire by the A. F. of L.(by constantly ne-| strike and they say “if you vote wrong gotiating with the.N.R.A. in Wash-|it will be your own fault.” There are ington and the. silk manufacturers/no other candidates running. association and. finally sending us| Fellow workers, we have all seen back under settlements full of prom- | the A. F. of L. betray the dyers, work- ises and loopholes, instead of leading|ers and jacquard workers. Now they us to win our conditions) we are back |are repeating this with the broadsilk under the same’ conditions with but|weavers through secret negotiations a slight increase in wages—45c for-|with the Mayor’s committee. Only merly, now 5744 cents per hour. by building a strong National Textile At least one thing we've succeeded | Workers Union will we be able to in breaking down—the terrific speed-|obtain unity and to put speed into up. However, .we still have many |building one big. militant union in lousy conditions. For instance, we|the textile industry. Worker’s Family Donates to “Daily” After Radio Attack NEW YORK.—The following letter, E Free 2.00 | literature. From reading the bunk in 7|1.L.D. From then on, after getting | received with a Soaeibaay from E. | 3 Harris sete line ne -: 5 . |S. a worker in Philadelphia, to the § f (By a Needle Worker Correspondent) Daily Worker $40,000 fund, shows how| cot by taste H pment = NEW YORK.—The Excelsior Wash- | workers answer attacks on the “Daily” | 1 onames 0] A Friend 1.00 suit Co., 67 35th Street, Brooklyn, is} by its enemies: Coin Cards United Russian signed up with the N.R.A. finder the| “ “This contribution was collected |? Mehin Oe oa 10.77 men’s clothing code. | among the members of our family | Seo 2 ‘i ‘Women There are over 100 workers there. | a few days ago when we heard on | U" 16-8 2.82| Col by M Swist The fastest operator can only manage| the radio an attack against the | U2 ed = pitanes i nh to make $12 a week for 40 hours.| Daily Worker by some official of | So 3 Be Be ap tea’ The worker, Max Levine, in four| the National American Alliance. | Sec & 2.34] Col by Meinyk weeks made the following average for} He read a whole editorial from the | S° 4 Un 8 70 sige ae a 40-hour week; $6.69, $7.28, and, for} Daily Worker, to ‘convince’ the | Total Dec. ¢ Col ty. mi two weeks, $10. For no reason at} people of the danger of the Com- | Tot to date 14721.22| 9 names 1.08 all, he was fired this week | munist propaganda, We all felt | # Coleman 2.00! Col by Srerbania Levine went to the Unemployed) that the best answer to his attack |, ,,..Benavet arg 3 Council for help. Comrade Angell of} would be a collection among our- |s wo... Rl tnames 1 the Unemployed Committee of the! selves for our paper, the Daily | mM Mandzick ‘50| Col by Zidpane Necdle ‘Trades Workers Industrial| Worker, so it can go on publishing |W Andaucesicn 1.90| 10 names oe Phat eo P Peresak 25| Col by Patsana .28 Union went to the N.R.A. to see what| real working-class news.’ pie “%o| Sol. by Korpoft could be done about it. He was sent) Support Inspiring A Kacer 125 | _4 names 1.50 around from one dapartment to an-| ‘The support given to the Daily|F Ruiz 205, Be a mcaesin bar other. He saw a Mr. Vanderlice, who| Worker by working-class men and ar ee, : 98 | “Jon “ith "5 \sent him to Mr. Scanlon at the Cus-| women shows how deeply rooted the | 3 Phillips “yo | Lewkowiez 33, tom House, Room 748, where he filed | “Daily” is in the hearts of the work-| A Moritz 10 Cat eu ie complaint. Little can be expected | ers. ae Bae, i= priced ee 0. “rom the N.R.A. officials. Workers in mahy instances give} = ites ‘75| Ua i 1.39 ‘The Needles Trades Unemployed | their last pennies to help save the] A Dougardoss 30} Un ¢ 2.45 Council is very active in organizing | “Daily,” as is illustrated by a dona- id Pa ges 4 oe the unemployed and in arousing the | tion of 26 cents from 0. F., Chicago, | § Baperks | oe] un 13 333 sentiment of the workers against the | Ill. A Waskes ‘50| Un 1s it N.R.A, All workers who haye any| Thomas A, Baily, of Boston, Mass., © Sabuits aol oo ee bp complaint, are urged to come to the|® Spanish war veteran who lives on|# rr ag 05 a8 — ie Needle Trades Unemployed Commit- | small pension, sent 75 cents. Pre-|p Butwite t1o| Un 2 Erie 400 tee and also become registered sup- he had sent $2. “He calls on 4 fren - He an Cleve ia orters of the Unemployd Council.| war veterans to come to the aid of inkewies = 10 | Un 3 ‘ The address is 131 W. Path St., New | the Daily Worker. oe 46] Ta 2-36, White, 46 York City, Telephone Lackawanna} Celebrating Recognition 3 Cutri 95| Un 2-20 401 4-8212. | Dollars continue to come from gh da -10| St Clair Sta 1.19 2 TS Dee | Workers who celebrate the recogni-|§ herr | 5 A sagront ace % | tion of the Soviet Union by helping | 3 el Worker Tells How |the Daily Worker, the mast resent i Rhare Selita on aa s4 8 contribution of this kind coming | DU» 5.00 Lists Easy it is for Boss to | from an anonymous donster ane | Baul $00] cot by Posein Break NRA Promise | liamspe-:t, Pa. ALDLD 5.00) List 36196, Erie | “I am not a member of the Com- ae eden Peat to | (By a Shoe Worker Correspondent) | ™unist Party,” writes G. L., of Pitts-| wonths veague 7°] toy cme gy “4 | burgh, Pa., sending $2. “I only re-| Wyntiela §.00| Total Dec 6 109.22 Pattern Department, 243 West 17th 352 East 14th Street New York City St, New York City. my contribution cannot be| Office Wkrs Un 2.43| Totel to date 1409.92 5| like ordinary newspapers. [ ory - This worker spends much of | 2GWU_Oppos 2.25 DIST. No. 7 and leave a copy in subway trains or am supposed to get $15 a eee | time in’ Central D eaeciens bot leer eae S Piper lingering jo| Wherever he or she travels, Amer- |the N.R.A. One weekI made rr | even there he tries to obtain the| Group of Paper- | A Dayton ‘19 }icans are in a great habit of picking working my 40 hours. I went to the| naiiy worker. hangers .25| A Senkus .35/up literature in trains, etc., while boss and asked him what the idea} 3 Units Helping —— ‘Women's W. Zvirblys 10| traveling. This will help advertise yas Ue eee Le ope oe ee | Unit 6, Communist Party, in Rock-| Ukrain Women's “"°| A Kvact™ 4o| OU cause even if people do not sub- I did not, I argued with him ea | rd, Il, held a eard party at which} Alliance 5.40| J Smith ‘19| Scribe right away. Same with sub- while. He got fresh with me Lp said | s Taised for the Daily Worker. — Sg 2.00 : chee m4 seribers. Pass all to other workers. it T insisted, T would get fired, is @ small unit and it pledges to| “Atane: 3.00| Pol WS 30| - My.reason for. writing this is I am | Whenever I do not make $15 &/ do n better in the near future | ALDLD 14.00] Sec 10, Un 2 49|@ native bom American, was a Cath- | week, whatever shortage there is I) for “our good working paper.” City Com Women's Coin Cards olic, been a member of. Veterans of had to make believe I had time Unit 34, Section-15, New York City, | 88% 300| | tag pays °2°| Foreign Wars, ¥.M.C.A. and A, F. of off, So in order not to lose my Job|with a membership’ of only 9, has| Ware toen Asn a9} Grand eppay L. and know how the fear of Reds I kept quiet and went back to work. |already raised $35 for the “Daily,”|Umemp Council 4.73/ Sec 10 Un 8 5.24| Was put in me and not so easy. to And that's Wat I found out about|s10.50 of which -was collected at a phat Al seed eS Ene £43 | swing over. the N.R.A. bined at which 40 were present, in-| Amal 250] Sec 10, 0n2 202| The day I picked the Daily an the |cluding Negro workers. T'wo new re-| NTWIO 7.00) Finnish Wkrs © 2.786/ ferry, the bold headline aroused NOTE: cruits for the Party were obtained at | W Phils Women's | Tots! Dee 6 ai.as| ferry oe letters from textile, | this ¢ 16.80 | Total to date te34.82| attention. “After reading I got in- We publish this affair by Unit 84 which also took | arhelter Gemein '$:00 Dist. No. s | terested, Then came a desire to read needle and shoe workers every Fri- |an active part in a rent strike at 999 | Chinese Anti- J Pansctk 1.00] more copies. day. sare eee Prien Freeman. * Imp 3.00 o7 PS wit eco are urged to us el con- How to Use “Daily” Nido sar Pilea scm 00 | _ After reading several copies the Re ditions of work, and of thelr | ¥. Hirschorn, Brodklyn, shows how| wm setmo 300 | Ina ‘bee 322| Scare wes driven out of me, I had struggles to organize. Get the | the Daily Worker can be used among | Russian 21-TWo 8.50 Coin Cerds enough courage to stop and listen to letters to ms by Tuesday of each |workers. A year ago he convinced | 5 40 2.00| D Simoulis 1.30|@ speaker on the. soap box which week. Robert Nelson,” a Negro worker, and|pr 4 1280) GB Walltchek 1.70/ gave me more courage.—J. K. os Charles Schultz,.to read the Daily| Br 101 10.00] 4 of 170 oe tee, NOTE Worker. He bought. extra’ ot | Br as $00) Total Dec's _si48| Helping the Daily Worker Seaman Worker, Milwaukee: jthe “Daily” and ‘continued to give| Sines un ia oar Mle tend Thiough ‘Dr. Luttin We received your note on the spot- |these to both workers. Previous to| sn’De 405) Un ¢ Minn” 3.00 Foug oi saeresedaad ter in the Seaman Body Factory. If this neither of-the workers had any|Un 902 8.65) Total Dec 6 3.00] Contributions received to the credit you can give us more information, | knowledge of the. activities of the) U2 90, Tolem . 1.00 ‘Total fo date. 300-38) 0. ruttinger'dn fis Socialist com. | we would appreciate it. jCommunist Parby,- but now each| rranktort Nn 635| F Witty, Giessoy 1.00 tito with Michael Gold, Edward | |worker contributes a dollar to the| Un 301 §.11| Total Dec 6 1.00 Petition . i ip | Ww k ’ E . |“Daily,” which amount Hirschorn for- | 0" 302 27.00! Total to date 114.29/ Newhouse, Helen Luke, Jacob Burck orkers wee |arded with a dollar i own. This a ie 00 go and Del to raise $1,000 in the $49,000 spl le mn z 60 ni 3 Expose jthe “Daily” did this, our circulation | Un 304 Tie] See'1, Un s-a gg | One Worker Drive Trthur Brandmark, a member of Peat be easily doubled in a short | Tn So, Ag| Rolulnc Val Un Lor peas "Herbst 30 | 4 odirienys Un 906 '25| Norwood Uv; 4.00 ae i [ene ae urmiture Workers tndustrlal) "Every readeris ested to do his or| Ua 90 431| Everson ont |C- N., Cleveland § Voce ncaura Part; daeacenierevera- (O° tmoss t2 help put the $40,000 | bn $91 Si90| subesu fra 3.00 eee |tlonary ‘Trotzkyist. At first, certain (n° Over the top by sending a dot-| Un 90s 5.11] Fairbanks 1.90 : a a Aaah of his petra ba Units, trade unions, mass or-| Sec 13 90.97) Sec 13, Powers 1.74 | aeeaen tn ie taeeaie ane Ti, | S2mizations, do your share by raising | Se 1 bre eccg AR | | deemedl to be merely signs of his poll- itunds, by contributitig and rushing the | Souestion inl ae Seugea ook. 2k | tical backwardness and confusion, but j2mounts no matter how small, to the | Got box 1% ‘Tag Days | Soares conscious alee pee gene | Worker, wich. needs every cent |Monck, box | 104/se.ct °F 0°" ing Pe, fe sh sce. esa) a n Hs present flyangtal emregency. | fw ‘wr, Beth 10-48 | Total to date 1sihee et é a Genie die, | PRD STR NMet e Coin Cards DIST. No. 18 arged with carrying on their dis-| Tota) Wednesday $ 964.02 | 4 of 4 Anon 15.00 ruptive work within the arty end | Previously recorded’. 31,693.51 |? of i} Vartan es ae CLASSIFIED birt aboot bpspesr gh: Sos rn erate inte ——— | Tota: 589.46| Total Dec 6 18:30 workers and workers’ organiza- | Total to date ......... $32,657.53 | Banq expens °*4: 94 Spee, are: warren Seem ue Panes Severe ts Sk sool'S mente ins! Total Dec 6° ake te! ale Rar AO Re De ee Lagitilmpeeceaa tor |. Goin Cards |g Burns 200| Total to date 2186.23 a Nd ea ae oe |T A Bailey 75 | Leroux 09 DIST. No. 4 Johnson 1.30 Helping the Daily Worker | ¥ Johnson 3.00] Ukrain City Com Un 8, Buffalo 3,00] Burba 10 7 | Coin cards, 1 of :65] Yacyna 1,00| Alpine oP 20.00) Tote! Dec 6: 6.00 mo siane’ well-turnished: room, all con Through Helen Luke seiat tee. 0. a Bel sot Oe OATH og] Too, Rte 373-10! sentences, very, reasonable, Washington i) e, . ‘ A 4 Contributions recetved to the credit | Total to dete 1s0844| “A sobeeiser Oe iat a ee aes ne of Helen Luke in her Socialist com- es peas ee * ie, Coreen Kreg oe Mt < ess League . é 0 eee with Michael Gold, Dr. Lut-| 5 "Tunort 2.00| A Bobr 110) DIST, No. q inger, Edward Newhouse and Jacob| rw Lawrence — 5.00| ‘Harry 110| Bo Slav WC +) NOTICE Burck to raise $1,000 in the $40,000 M Estrin 470), Zweryoe 33 tom Un s| pL OSE, Will the comrade who found tne Daily Worker Drive. omer ‘00 }Natl Com Finnish in Cards port at the Repertory ‘Theatre on Tues- Ko 5.00) Fe 0.00 Cend da: , Dec. c to HR. E Total to date 3140.46 |e ke 1.00) a ierbes '30| Total Des 6 BHaae, 100 brodaway. ‘Room B20 Letters from Our Readers: UP TO THEIR OLD TRICKS Chicago, Ill. Comrade Editor: On August 2nd, 1921, the Chicago Tribune published a long article about the terror in Russia, It starts out: “The Tribune presents a hitherto unpublished photograph of the riots in Moscow a few weeks ago when 200 persons were killed by the Soviet leaders’ machine guns.” etc. The above mentioned photograph’s head~- writing was: “They ask bread and receive bullets,” Now it came to pass that the Fed- erated Press knew the story about hat photograph, so thev called the editors of the Tribune for thus mis- leading the public. The next day thc ‘ihuna had to come across with its “Beg your pardon” which party read: “The Tribune now regrets to learn that this photograph is a misrepre- sentation and that, in fact, it is sev- eral years old. It was printed in the rotrogravure section of this paper on November 4, 1917. It was, in fact, a street scene in Petrograd during the war. The Tribune apologizes for un- intentionally imposing this invention on its readers.” Lest We Forget. As these things happened twelve years ago the “Tribune” took it for granted that the public had forgotten all about that incident. In last Sun- day's Tribune, (Nov. 12th) there ap- pear two pages of reading matter and photographs about Russia, way back from Ivan III to the present time. It seems to be a short, impartial sketch of the history of Russia, but when it cames to the present time, the paper reverts to the same old lying, slandering and misleading tac- tics again. “The terror was to come later, when the scared Bolshevik chiefs, seeing shadows everywhere, laid back their ears and reverted to the jungle law of | fi Self-preservation,” On one side of the column from which this is quoted appears a picture with dead. bodies strewn around on the ground. What picture is it? It is the same old picture for which the Tribune had to apologize on Aug. 3rd, 1921. The same old picture they printed on Nov. 2, 1917. The same old picture we find in the book, “The Russian Bol- shevik Revolution” by Prof. E. A. Ross of the University of Wisconsin, written right after the revolution. The picture is on page 168, with a descrip- tion of the events leading to the No- vember revolution. WAR YETERAN TELLS ROW HE BECAME A “RED” Comrades: Prior to July, 1932, I was a great reader of capitalist newspapers and their papers I feared the Reds. They sure had my mind poisoned. One day in July, 1982, I was on my way from Staten Island to Manhattan, On the ferry I picked up a Daily Worker lying on one of the seats. The paper ‘was so interesting that I visited 17 newstands to get a copy; but none was to be gciten, October, 1932, IT was walking along Richmond Avenue and saw a speaker on platform where I stopped to lis- ten, and that is where the Red scare was driven out of me. I joined the acquainted as to where I could get old Daily Workers, I made trips to the city and brought back 20 to 25 at a time which I left on seats of ferry boat, bus, train, library, post office | and from house to house, | Saturday I was in the ILD. office} where I found hundreds of copies of the July “Labor Defender.” I took! about 15 copies, which I left on seats | in elevated train, ferry and bus. Then I would move to another seat and watch results. Everyone was picked “9, looked over and not left on seats Old literature should not be thrown | out, but every class conscious worker shou'd carry several copies in pocket | l PARTY LIFE Some Misconceptions in 7 The Recruiting Campaign age. An Excerpt from the Organ izational Bulletin of the Salt Lake City Section of the C, P. “Many members seem to have a misunderstanding regarding reeraiting | new members into the Party. They think it obligatory that a worker mus first become active in a mass organization BEFORE they can join the Partys) THIS IS NOT SO, According to that idea mass organizations such as Unemployed Council, I. L. D., Workers’ Ex-S exist BEFORE the Party—when it is the Party members who take the in- itiative in creating such mass organ- izations. | “In struggles carried on by mass| organizations (under leadership and} guidance of the Party through its) fractions) we should concentrate on winning the best fighters, the most | active, sacrificing and intelligent} workers for the Pariy. But this} DOES NOT mean that we are to ex-/| clude workers from the Party, that | ed workers can be organi: We cannot counterpose the q tion of the un! and state categorically that ong ort the other must be organized fist. There is no doubt that the worker} can be recruited more readily for, an economic organization, {, e—the union, and while this does not mean that we should wait until we have unions organized before we recruit employed workers into the, | | do not first become active and join our mass organizations. The mass organizations have a limited pro- gram of daily demands. Many work- ers are not attracted to these be- cause for some reason they are not interested in these issues. “Our main task is to establish the | Party in the industries, factories and shops—among the unemployed work- ers. mass organization—the National Min- ers’ Union—that will attract the miners in that industry, and out of the N. M. U, members into the Party. But what Revolutionary Unions do we have in Salt Lake, Ogden or Provo in which to first organize the employed work- ers? None. It is therefore obvious that by applying as a rule that no| worker can join the Party without irst becoming active in a mass organization would exclude the most important group of workers from the Party — the employed workers. Here our task is to bring the most class-conscious workers into the Party and for a shop unit. Then the task of the shop unit will be to organize the workers into a Revolutionary Union, if they are unorganized, and to lead struggles for improved con- ditions. If the workers are organ- ized in the A. F. of L., the task of the shop unit is to build a revolu- tionary opposition within the A. F. of L. During the struggles more members should be recruited into the Party. “We cannot be too mechanical in our approach to the masses.” erat cep NOTE BY EDITOR The comrades of the Salt Lake City Section are to be commended for the’r Org. Bullet'n, from which the above extract is taken. The Bulletin concretely tackles all of the problems confronting the sec- tions, with practical suggestions to the comrades engaged in carrying out the work. In regard to the misconceptions in the recruiting campaign, we agree in part with the above ar- ticle. However it is our opinion that the writer of the article also approaches the question mechan- ically. It is true that it is not ob- ligatory that a worker must first become active in a mass organiza- tion before he can join the arty. But we would like to ask the Salt Lake City Section why there are no revolutionary unions in Salt Lake, In the coal fields we have a} we recruit the best} | steel, Party, it does mean that we should, | _ | with all our energy, strive to oro | ganize the unions in the shops.) | The absence of shop organizations | | (unions, groups, committees) in | these cities, means the absence of | shop work. The crganization of thi tionary unions, and of revo- | ¥ opposition groups in th i | A. F. of L. must go hand in hand with the building of the Party, solution Adopted at Eniarged pis trict Committee Mecting, Com) munist Party, on Oct. 28 and 29! | District Six: This enlarged District Committee | meeting endorses the resolution of | the 1th Plenum of the Central Com- mittee and recognizes that its chare_ | * | Re | Re: | acterization of the work in, the Cleve- land District is correct. z | We recognize that the main causes of our lagging behind, despite a few advances in trade union and unem- ployed work, which indicate posstbill< ties rather than a basis. for satisfac- tion, have been correctly emphasized in the Central Committee resolution. An additional reason has been: the weakness of the District. leadership during the past period to carry effec- tively into life the Open Letter. We pledge—reeognizing ‘the near- | ness of imperialist war, particularly” against the Soviet Union, growth of — fascism and the growing offensive of © the capitalist class (N. R. A, ete.)—_ to take full advantage of the growing possibilities for work and establish solid ties with the workers in the metal and rubber industries through building the revolutionary unions, Party, ¥. C. and Daily | Worker in the course of» developing , and leading the mass struggles of the | workers on the basis of their every- day demands. , We pledge to correct the weak-— nesses of our work among the N¢ ‘ masses and to develop mass for Negro rights, 7 Only in this way will we be suc-_ cessful in deepening the understand- ing of the masses concerning . the revolutionary way out of the crisis. As & part of all our activities, we must build the Party, especially among the employed workers, as the only guarantee of consolidating our — work among the masses. q The Plenum endorses the organ-_ izational changes ‘with reference to the Party leadership in tie District | Committee proposed: by the Céntral , Committee. By PAUL LUTTINGER, MD. EFFECT OF GENERAL DISEASES ON THE EVR (Continued) ea Hysteria exhibits » large number of varied eye complaints, usually re- ferred to only one eye. In NEURASTHENIA, the patient complains of pein q in or around the eyes, aggravated by mental or close Work, fatigue or pro- — longed reading and writing. Everybody has observed the close relation be- tween the eyes and the nose, In ordinary colds, inflammation of the adenoids and ins tooth abcesses the eyes are almost in- variably affected. In mastoiditis fol- lowed by sinus thrombosis we observe “choked disc.” When that part of the inner ear known as the labyrinth ie interfered ‘with, @ peculiar move, a move- ment of the eyeballs is observed (when the patient is tumed in a revolving chair), known as nystagmus. Disease of the pituitary gland causes @ characteristic loss of vision in one- half of the visual field of each eye. The margins of the orbits and the skin of the lids are thickened in that disturbance of the gland known as acromegaly or giantizm. When the thyroid gland does not, function properly, the eyelids are swollen; the puffed up face of the cre‘in is well known. When the thy- roid is too active we have the staring, bulging eyes known as exophthalmos; the upper lid is unable to follow the eyeball when the patient looks down- ward (Von Graefes Sign), winking is imperfect and other ocular com- Plications may be present, such as ulceration and even destruction of the eyeball. Finally, in diseases of the stomach and intestines, the eyes are trequentiy affected. Individuals suffering from dyspepsia and chronic gastric troubles are obliged to change their glasses quite often. 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