The Daily Worker Newspaper, December 9, 1933, Page 5

A Talk With the Mother of George Dimitroff Mother Dimitroff Has Lost Three Other Sons, | All in Working Class Struggles (Continued with him. My husband and I are Macedonians, We fled to Bulgaria. When George came on the street he was always attacked by the Bulgarian boys. Sometimes he hit back, too; ant again, sometimes he did the at- tacking. As George grew up he b gan to fight for the Bulgarian wor! ers and their children. I really did not want George to become 2 Ww 1” > his father was. I wanted to make a scientist out of him. But I couldn't. We always had to think first about our daily bread. George had to work hard for 12 hours per day. After he came home he sat half the night by the light of an oil lamp and learned, and reac cnc wrote. “I was always fearful of his health. But even then George was already Sturdy. He remained a worker and became a Jeader of workers, and at the same time he became quite an educated man. You see how well he speaks German?” Speaks Before 8,000 Yesterday it was when Paraskeva appeared in a gigantic meeting of 8,000 people, and made a short speech received with indescribable enthusi- asm, The translation was awaited by the crowd with breathless expecta- tion. rom Page 1) “I am awfully glad that you came} here in such great numbers. At home in Bulgaria that is impossible. The workers are not permitted to as- semble, Thirty-five years my son George served the workers. All his friends, and even his enemies honored him as the most honest man. Can such a man-be an incendiary? I am sure that you all will fight valiantly for the freedom of Dimitroff and of all workers.” Smilingly the daughters look upon the old woman, Helped Spread Propaganda “Mother is really brave She has been illiterate. She learned to read out of the bible. For years the bible was her only book. When we grew up into godless beings we often argued with her about this. Without getting excited she would tell us: ‘Don’t condemn the bible—I can only read this one book. I am satisfied with what you do. I will always help you. You must help me, too, so I will un- derstand better.’ “We often gave her newspapers, also leaflets. And she—oh, how much she has helped us and our comrades! For a while she wore a large apron that covered her whole dress, On the left side of this apron she had two large pockets. There she hid leaflets for my brother, (who was executed {in 1925) and also for me. She at- tached two pockets so she would not mix the leaflets. When I approached |her in a room she would quickly put her hand under her apron and say, ‘here is your pocket,’” Jailed At Nazi Embassy Paraskeva interrupted: “Do you know Mrs, Taneff? That is her, the mother of George's friend. Nice things we both did in Sofia. We went together to the German embassy; we held petitions in our hands and re- quested to be heard as witnesses on |behalf of our sons. We had hardly |put one foot on the threshold when the police took us old women by the neck and threw us into jail. They |seemed to haye feared that with our petitions we would put the German embassy on fire, The whole city got excited seeing us old women jailed. Finally the police thought it wise to let us go again.” A newsboy pushed himself through the crowd offering the evening papers. Paraskeva became fidgety—she wants & paper—someone must read and translate to her the latest telegrams about the trial. This is done. Today an important alibi was established for Dimitroff. One witness testified that she had seen and spoken to Di- jmitroff in the train from Munich on the evening of Feb, 27. “Well, more testimony in favor of George. You see, the whole world proves that George is innocent. It is impossible that they convict him. I, too, will speak for him in court.” The company stands downcast; dark forebodings oppress them. But Paraskeva, from the train window, confidently waves her little dry hand. Slowly the train pulls out; the little figure in the black shawl disappears into the darkness, that tireless and irrepressible proletarian mother. Tonight MORNING 12th Annual FREIHEIT COSTUME BALL DAILY WORKER, NEW YORK, S { | | | By C. A. HATHAWAY E Communist Party, as has al- ready been announced, is under- taking a special recruiting drive to last from now until January 20th, a drive designed to bring many hun- dreds of fresh, working class fighters Marxism-Leninism Onl. ATURDAY DECEMBER 9. 1933 y One to Foresee Crisis, | Expose Hoover Regime, Roosevelt “New Deal” | into our revolutionary ranks. Pa ticularly we appeal to the tens to join ccumulation of a mi ss of commodi- rtion to the in. thousands of strikers ranks. We believe that our Par the right to appeal to su: ricted pire of the masses of the p Pro sed, but the proportion the toiling masses was ort, it was cl that the would scon close down due inability to sell the goods produced, pitalism was about to enter & us see if any| new crisis brought on by overproduc- other political party a better re-| tion, a regular periodical capitalist cord. Let us see if any other party | er! but one made many tim‘ has more loyally served the wor more serious than usual because this and poor farmers or more effectively | regular cyclical crisis was developing fought in their interests. in a period of sharpened imperialist our y has won n workers to join forces ers vigorously f! ag talist exploitation and mi: lynching and terror, agains fascism. Let us examine Party's record. I st capi- ry, against ar and the Communist t Have We Understood? | antagonisms, of agrarian crisis, of First, let us consider colonial revolt, of growing class an- | standing shown by the Ce: tagonisms—in a period of the general | Party, to grasp current economic and political happe: its ability to grasp the- changing | sey character of the economic and poli- tical attacks on the working class. rst place, y to lead the work- tively, depends on of capitalism. We headed for the most the capitalist world had mown. ‘This the Communist rty clearly established one year be- fore the crisis actually began. The Grisis Breaks In 1929, after maturing from early spring, the crisis broke in all its fury : tly |in October. The ruling class itself, on our understanding | of @|the bankers, the manufacturers, the maneuvers of the workers’ enemies.) merchants, and their political hench- This discussion is also essential be-| men, was taken by surprise. A tem- dere Ret — the workers’ | porary depression, they thought, had enemies — picture Communists as! struck the country; it would quickly crack-brained agitators,” as irre-| be overcome; the “Golden Era” would sponsible disrupters,” etc., thereby at-| aeain be realized, Hoover issued the a clear underst anding of current is- sues and problems, and particulai | eeseeing |: %0 , Dolson.» she: | worl first of his numerous promises of j against the one Party which cl | “prosperity in sixty days.” This view sightedly prepares, organizes and) was still share” by Rewh™ 7s, leads their struggles. Let us begin with 1928, a full year before the present devastating crisis began. Coolidge, Hoover, Al Smith, all these and many others were ex- tolling American progress and pros- perity; the United States, according to these gentlemen, had entered into | a period of “permanent prosperity,” into a new “Golden Era.” | Democrat., A. I, of L. leaders, So- cialists, Musteites and renegades, All were so thoroughly saturated with prosperity ballyhoo that they could not believe a serious crisis had begun. The Communist Party, basing it- self on its original analysis, insisted that there could be no “return of prosperity” as promised by Hoover; 3 we predicted a crisis of most serious The Socialist Party spokesmen,| proportions and of long duration. We particularly Norman Thomas, as well demanded, already in 1929, adequate as A. J. Muste and Jay Lovestone,| relief for the unemployed, a nation- the renegade, all fell in line; they) wide public works program, and un- accepted this fantastic estimate of employment insurance; we fought the bourgeoisie, adopting their poli-| against layoffs, against Hoover's ae Hee eat collaboration | stagger system, and against wage Policies—the Socialist Party even go- | ¢ ate i: al fe tag uo. fits to dean: ootipiataly | uts against all attempts to force the conception of “Class Struggle” from their program. And what of the Communist Party? at was our attitude toward this widely publicized “Hooverian Era?” Communists Foresaw Crisis ‘The Communist Party alone clearly foresaw the impending crisis. Bas- ing ourselves on the teachirigs of those revolutionary leaders, Marx, Engels, Lenin and Stalin, it was clear | to us that the World War had set- tled nothing, that the Versailles the crisis. R more than two years Hoover followed a do-nothing policy, and only in the last half of his admini- stration was any crisis program un- dertaken. When he did move it was only to help the rich, the bankers, the big manufacturers, the railroad companies, the big landlords. His crisis theory was that by pouring federal subsidies in at the top, the funds made available by the govern- the workers to bear the burdens of | | tention t for the ric R | With | year | on hi, hey the | | | | c, A. HATHAWAY that the “New Deal,” like Hoover's] deal, was another deal against the workers and poor farmers, Roosevelt, a master of demagogy, promised everything to everybody. The “forgotten man” became his par- ticular concern—in his speeches! In| contrast to Hoover, he really devel- | oped a rounded-out crisis program- @ program intended as a war pr gram, one for war against the wor ers and for war against its imperi- alist rivals. Through his drive to re-habilitate |the tottering banking structure, his | Agriculaural Adjustment Adminis- ration, his National Recovery Ad- ministration, his Public Works and Civil Works Administrations, etc., perity. going to be returned to the 1926 level; through inflation measures prices were to be raised; through public works and the codes the work- ers were to be re-employed, minimum wages were to be established, the right to organize and collective bar- gaining were to be established, etc., | and even below. | eral reduction of the real wages of WHY THE COMMUNIST PARTY CALLS ON THE WORKERS TO JOIN ITS RANKS| _f@ CAPITOL the Socialist Jewish Daily F invited Roosevelt to openly} brace the Socialists and join Socialist Party. Republicans, Dem crats, Socialists, A. F, of L. leade (Lovestonites and Trotsk. Tals, all hastened to climb bandwagon. rse had their own pe justification, reservations, and ods of support. But e: own undertook to support for the N. R. A. and t “New Deal’ ger y IN’ thi d rush only the Com nist Party Kept its feet on “| ground. We showed that the “up: tificial circumstan St measures, W not only this v order: would etc.) not last, and it but that “upturn” would bring in its w new “downturn” carrying the crisi low levels—an analysis which elf has proven correct Inflation and Higher Prices Furthermore we contended Roosevelt's manipulation of pr would react to the detriment of the masses, that the prices of food clothing, rent, etc., would be forced upward by inflationary measures. while wages would remain fixed at the minimum wage set by the codes The result: a gen- the workers. For the farmers, likewise, we in sisted that inflation would lead to a widening of the gap between what the farmers received for his products and the prices that he would have to pay for machinery, fertilizer, etc., thus actually leading to a reduction in the real income of the poor farm- | ers. IN estimating Roosevelt's “New Deal” | going into too much detail, that this, even more effectively than Hoover's, | was a program in the interests of| finance capital, of the richest section of the population, and against the| interest of the masses. Taking first | the program as a whole and then the day-to-day working out of that program we have shown conclusiv its anti-working class character, and even more—the essential war and| fascist character of the “New Deal.” | Together with our correct analysis | of the beginning and the develop- ment of the crisis and of the bour-| geois and reformist program to) “solve” the crisis, we have advanced } our program of demands and devel-| he promised a quick return to pros-| oped continuous struggles for the| was made up of business and pro- In theory everything was) workers’ need. This will be the sub- ject of a second article. Marxism and Leninism | Here it is only necessary to con-| clude that the Communist Party, with Marxism and Leninism as its} theoretical guide, has alone under-| stood the economic and social forces | at work in the United States. | as a whole, we argued, without here | 2 ‘Page Five nee By SEYMOUR WALDMAN, {INGTON, Dec. 8.—Over came a heavy, grave voice. ¢ elimination.” seems terrible to e not taken care of their They have to remain | i to result blood ssure, dizzi- headaches before enator Dr. al S. Cope- of New ‘as talking tiff price) Fleisch- Yeast hour. a few hours before the Sen- a physician probably myth- ed the rcjtio audience| Morgan and Co.'s Fleisch- | t is the answer to all the on “the failure of reg- appens that the Fleisch- itatement is a lie, and Fleischman advertising 1s| the things Dr. Copeland is} to be trying to bar under was sponsoring at the! Kallet, co-| nk of “100 the book which | how much profit is being | WALL STREET'S the radio last Thursday night It warned against “the failure me that so many of my friends made out of poisonous foods and drugs. Both of them were in Wash- ington to testify before Copeland in n effort to put teeth into the pro- posed bill which, they say, is now hopelessly unprotective. Kallet had also heard the Dr.-Sen- ator. He re-called that the “Guinea Pigs” book exposed the false claims made for Fleischman’s yeast; that yeast is at best a mild laxative and to mary ple is actually danger- ous, causing intestinal distention. “And maybe you'll be interested in this,” Kallet added. “I have a letter from Prof. Ernst Tick, of the Phar- macological Department of the Vienna Medical Faculty, urging « » reputable scientific magazine to co- operate in counteracting the evils of unfounded yeast advertising. The letter refers to yeast ads quoting al- leged topnotchers of the Vienna Medical School on the magical bene- fits of yeast. It says that not one | of the seven Viennese doctors who were quoted so effusively was teacher or a member of the board of the school; that all of the Vien~ nese doctors who sold the use of their names were severely reprimanded; and that each apologized, explaining | that their medical statements had been used ‘a highly misleading fash- ion in the ‘medical testimonials’ used by Pleischman’s Yeast.” Capitalistic legislators are domin- ated by capital—not all so directly as is Copeland, of course, but the | principle is the same. As long as this is the case it is futile to at- tempt to insure real protection against impure foods and drugs when there are profits to be made out of selling poison. | Letters from Our Readers RIBES SOCIAL MEETING | Evansville, Ind. Dear Editor | “Professor Krueger” assistant pro-| fesor of ecor s at the University of Chicago, e to a group of about 10 persons the new headquarters | of the Socialist Par The gathering ssional elem of a few wo! nts, with the exception 's from the Communist | Party. st conspicious of all was the com} @ absence of Negroes. Krueger talk was based on the re-| volt of the farmers . He mentioned | the extreme misery of the farmers of | the s iled to mention how | the N re doubly exploited, between nations, that the post-war) period had multiplied all the im- Perialist contradictions and antagon- ment (through increased tax burdens on the poor) would gradually filter down to the workers and poor farm- This was the theory that led the | oppr , lynched and etc.; all about | Russian workers and peasants to vic- | “our grand and glorious constitutional tory, and the actugl establishment of | rights,” steering clear of the 13th-| etc. The “New Deal” on paper looked wonderful. Leon Trotsky, the counter-revolu- U. S. A. He talked as he looked « well-fed and clothed social Fascist. When someone tried to put a res- olution before the house condemning Hitler terror, demanding the release of Communist leaders facing death at the hands of Fascist butcherr, the old society dame who was presiding, closed the meeting in a hurry, saying that all resolutions must be presented at the next business meeting. WANTS A 2-CENT DAILY To Editor of the Daily Worker: I want to write to you concerning the price of the Daily Worker. First of all I think that the present price of the Daily Worker is a little too high for the workers’ pocketbook. As a result many of the workers de not ~~ isms. tionary renegade rushed into print/a sofialist planned economy. 14th-15th amendments, j buy the “Daily” because they feel 165th Armory LEXINGTON AVE. and 25th ST. Workers School Forum MOISSAY E J. OLGIN EDITOR “MORNING FRETHETT” will lecture on Two Worlds: U.S. A. and U.S. S. R. 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True to his reactionary the- ories he consistently refused federal relief for the unemployed and became the leader of the capitalist attacks on the workers’ living standards. The A. F. of L. leaders gave full support to Hoover’s stagger system, to his yelt’s program, the United States had started the climb back to prosperity. His local converts joined in the chorus. ‘The Socialist Party saw in Roosevelt's program a peaceful road We} with the assertion that, with Roose-| are the only force with a theory that gives to the workers the possibility | for an understanding of current| events and problems. That is the first reason why we feel justified in urging every worker to join the Com- | to socialism. Abe Cahan, the editor munist Party, By MILTON HOWARD ing a “liberal” front against the re- Wall Street capitalists? Is Roose- fights for inflation? Are the most powerful banks in Wall Street fighting the Roosevelt inflation supporters declare, that Wall Street gram huris them and heips the masses? ative. is trying to tell the workers. is what the crafty Detroit priest, Coughlin, is trying to tell the workers. Let us examine the situation. Indirect Wage Cut the country were to announce tomor- Tow that all workers must accept a 15 to 20 per cent reduction in their Wages. What would happen? There would be a wave of strikes and pro- tests that would begin to endanger the whole capitalist structure. There would be mass anger and rebellion all over the country. But that is just what Roosevelt is doing through his inflationary pro- gram. Here we have the root purpose of the whole thing—to cut wages in such a way as to fool the workers, in such a way as not to arouse their anger. Roosevelt promised the capitalists who put him up for office that he would get them out of the crisis. What did he mean by that? He meant that he would stop their losses, that he would increase their profits, par- ticularly the profits of the Wall Street monopolies. And it is through infla- tion that he is trying to fulfil that Promise. How does it work? Roosevelt is cheapening the dollar by reducing its gold content, by reducing the security behind the currency, This means that prices rise, that the same number of dollars now buys less and less goods. Already the workers’ dollar can buy 16 per cent less food than in March. This also applies to clothes, rent, etc, This means that even thougn the number of dollars the workers get may remain the same, actually their wages are being cut! Through inflation, therefore, Roose- velt is putting over on the workers , what the capitalists would not dare to put over directly. But at the present time, under Roosevelt, not only are the ing out indirectly through wages be- reduced Is Roosevelt fighting Wall Street on inflation? Is Roosevelt j.esent- actionary front of the “Tories,” the velt defending the interests of the masses against Wall Street when he program? is it true, as Roosevelt's is fighting Roosevelt because his pro- Tt would be absolutely false to an- Swer these questions in the affirm- And yet that is what the lib- eral papers and the capitalist press That Suppose the capitalist employers of Roosevelt Inflation Is the Progr ® buying power, but they are being actually reduced in amount through wage cuts and the N.R.A. codes! It is therefore no wander that the Wall Street monopolies reported this year an increase of 450 per cent in profit since Roosevelt came into of- fice! Imperialist Expansion | But not only does inflation incr profits at home for the Wall Sireet | monopolies. ahead against their imperialist rivals abroad, Inflation means “dumping” of goods in foreign markets. ‘When Roosevelt buys gold he cheap- ens the dollar, because every time he raises the price of goid, it means that the same amount of gold can cover more dollars’ worth, thus be- coming poorer in gold content. Na- turally, when this happens, the other countries convert their own money into dollars and get more dollars than ever before for their own currency Naturaily, they rush with their abun- dant supply of cheap dollars to the United States markets to buy here. And this permits the Wall Street monopolies to undersell and beat its British, German, Japanese, etc., rivals. But what is actually happening here? Roosevelt, through his infla- tion here is permitting the Wall Street monopolies to “dump“ their goods abroad by making the Amic- ican workers make up through lower wages for their dumping losses! Roosevelt, through his gold buying, and other inflationary measures is forcing the American workers to pay for the imperialist “dumping” of the Wall Street monopolies! Supposed to Help Debtors But inflation is supposed to help the debtors, those who owe money. It is supposed to help the small farm- ers, for example, to pay their mort- gages. This would be partly true—if the small farmers and debtors really could lay their hands on @ larger number of the cheaper doilars. But we shall see in a moment that not only does this not happen,, but even if it did happen, the debtors and small farm- ers would be worse off under infla- tion than before. In the first place, the larger amount of cheapened dollars never gets into the hands of the workers or smail farmers. It is a law of capitalist inflation, and actually determines the value of inflation for the capitalists that rise faster than the amount of dollars in the hands of the masses! The Government pours the huge amounts of new money into the 8 It helps them to drive| of the masses, always lag far behind through strikes and resistance. Small Farmers Crushed As for the small farmers who are supposed to get higher prices tor their goods under inflation, they real- ly get a sharp slash in their income, |go up faster than the things they sell! This has already happened under the Roosevelt program, The cost of manufactured goods has rss. 1 than twice as fast as the rise in farm prices, and the small fa: is worse off than ever before. He can pay his mortgeges less than be- fore. The only way out for the small farmer is to cancel the mortgages altogether. The rich farmer gets some bene- ‘its. He can produce more, get more profit, he has lower costs of pro- duction because of better producing methods, he can buy the big farm machines, etc., and he thus has his mortgage burdens lightened some- what. Wall Street Inflation But, if that is so, then why do certain sections of Wall Street seem to fight against it? Why do they fight against Roosevelt’s inflation program? The answer is that even among the monopolies there are Inner con~ tradictions and antagonisms. For example, the big industrialists, like the aluminum, auto, railroad, coal, steel, etc., want inflation. For them it means that they can keep up their monopoly profits and fight against their competitors. That ex- plains why such a group as the Com- mittee of the Nation, a powerful group of manufacturers and mer- chants is fighting for inflation. These big Wall Street monopolies fight for inflation not only because it helps them to maintain their profits, but because of 2 very special reason bound up with the extraordinary high development of monopolies in this country. And this is because of the fact that these industrial monopolies have huge funds tied up in their sur- plus accounts and treasuries. They don’t know how to utilize these funds in the re-investment in new capital improvements, new plants, etc., since they cannot even use their present plants to full capacity because of the lack of markets, Therefore, they are in- terested in speculation, in the buy- ing of commodities on a rising price spurt. And since inflation sends because the things they have to buy | am of the Wall St. Monopolies Now it is absolutely essential to —unless the workers force them up| remember that the most powerful! their billions tied up bank in Wall Street, the J. P. Mor- gams are finance capitalists. That is, their investments are in monopoly | industry, in the Steel Corporation,| in General Motors, in railroads, etc. And, much as they fear the perils of inflation for thom. the Morgans | port the Roose Jation program, in fa Morg: visited Roo. only three weeks ago to confirm upport, presumably, Let it not be} forgotten that Morgan supported] Roosevelt wholeheartedly when osevelt went off the gold standard | a few months ago. The Roosevelt inflation program is| the program of the most powerful] clique of Wall Street monopoly and| finance capitalists, | In actual fact, the huge $11,000,- 000,000 subsidy that Roosevelt has dumped into the lap of Wall Street banks, ete., and now has to pay for| through cheapening the currency by inflation, is one of the most power- ful forces driving Roosevelt toward ever-increasing inflation. So Wall Street is getting huge benefits through inflation, Talk Against “Tories” | But what about the Roosevelt “radical” Talk against the “Tories” | and the “powerful interests,” etc? What about the fight that certain Wall Street groups are putting up against Roosevelt? In answer to these questions it) must first be said that every time Roosevelt Iaunches a new attack on| the workers in the interest of Wall Street, he covers it up with a cloud of words about the “money inter- ests.” In the second place, there are cer- tain very definite groups in Wall Street that are opposed to inflation, | at least to the kind Roosevelt is) giving them. These are the investment bankers | whose fortunes come from bond in- terest, loan payments, etc. These) interests want stability in the mone; markets, for that is when they thriv best. That is when they can sell) new bond issues easily and make| profits through the lending of money to industry. Such a firm is Kuhn, Loeb, and Company for instance. Such a firm holds huge invest- ments in Government bomds, and since cheapening currency lowers the value of bonds, whose income is fixed, and therefore depreciates as the dollar depreciates, Kuhn, Loeb is fearful of the inevitability of un- controlled inflation. It is primarily from such groups prices upward, and makes for hands of the banks, industries, monopolies, etc. Wagea, the dollars in the hands serene markets, they are for that the present opposition to the) Roosevelt inflation comes. From the | more powerful Morgans, the big It was not what he said so much} that spoke so plainly bi rincipally | what he intentional! vas afraid to ta’ about Not a word) about Cuba Soviet Union, Hitler terror in Germany nor mass misery starvation and forced labor in the INVESTMENT BANKS DIFFER ONLY ON METHOD; J. P. MORGAN SUPPORTS ROOSEVELT of Wall Street with in industry, approval of the It is their pro- money-lord: there is complete Roosevelt program. gram, But, at the same time, let it not be forgotten that the WaN Street monopolies who favor Roosevelt's in-| ation are just’ as fearful as the] other , that the inflation may thi i y become wild them al 1 i upon upon the f t the inf! will ruin the Govern- ment’s credit, and cause chaos and world, ruin in th the that all the are at least 2 that flation mes “uncon will step in and stop it, The joke is that it will have to become “uncontrolled” and the Wall) Street monopolies will not be able| to stop it, except through the most} ruthless attacks on the living stand- | ards of the masses. | And even more significant, the solution will be a further drive to- wards imperialist war. Budget Crisis ‘The heart of the present inflation crisis is the budget crisis. Roose- velt is giving huge subsidies to Wall Street through the R. F. C., N. R. A. etc, He jis spending billions for war} —over one billion already, The Roosevelt government is spend- ing money three times as fast as it is getting it—for Wall Street and war. Roosevelt is faced with the problem either of reducing the subsidies to Wall Street and cutting down on the war building, or issuing more and more cheap money to pag for these expenditures, He is choosing the latter. He wants to make the masses pay for these expenditures through inflation. Lower wages, lower standards, ris- ing prices, and the growing danger of war as Roosevelt inflation helps| the Wall Street monopolies to drive forward in aggressive imperialist expansion against British imperial- ism, That is the Roosevelt inflation program. ~ WORKERS--EAT AT THE Parkway Cafeteria 1638 PITKIN AVENUE Near Hopkinson Ave. ooklyn, N.Y. markets of Home Phone: Olinville 5-199 Office Phone: Rstabrook 8-2573 DR. S. L. SHIELDS | Surgeon Dentist 2671 WALLAVE AYR. corner Alferton Avonwe Bronx. N. ¥, | present is that a newspaoer shpuld cost two cents, and besides cannot afford to pay three cents. I realize that the Daily Worker at in a terrible financial condition, and needs money very bad- ly, that it has to rely upon the pen- nies of the workers for its main sup- port, and that the capitalists will not put their “ads” in the Daily Worker because it is a workers’ newspaper. but I still think that the price of the “Daily” can be Iowered to two cents. I make this suggestion, because I am quite sure that once the price of the Daily Worker is reduced to two cents, the circulation will immediately be doubled, and possibly trebled! Workers will then gladly give two cents for the “Daily” I offer to you this plan for your careful consideration, and would like very much to hear your opinion on that matter. Comradely yours, a, Z. ai et ae Answer: The management of the |Daily Worker welcomes all suggestions leading to an increased circulation of the “Daily.” Unfortunately a reduc- tion in price is not practical now. With the paper selling at three cents there is a sharp deficit that takes considerable energy to meet. Experi- ence shows that many new readers can be gained for the “Daliy” at its present price, if workers make an ef- fort to obtain new subs. This way of increasing the circulation is the most practical now. When the price can be reduced with safety to our paper, the management will be only too glad to 0 so. Management, Daily Worker. Rush Your Order for 24-Page Anniversary Daily Worker! 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