The Daily Worker Newspaper, December 18, 1933, Page 4

—_ Member D AIL LY WORKER, hip Drive of IWO Lags in Eleventh Week Drive Extended to Jan. 15; 6,912 Adults, eee By MAX Membership Drive The eleventh week of the 1embership drive of our Ir ers Order di ted in tional Wor ot bring the ex te n this 1,337 total of e to 6,912 and Extonded ittee of th Yommittee of thi i the members! ‘This means of 50c uding the that is accepted u the th of Ja seriou: to conclude ou First Shock Brigader < brigader on ord an e Na ce for having ac an individual record of over 25 new members won for the Order, is Comrade M. Sel- nick of Branch 75, New York. He| fh not the only one. were since to the gold shock the national Workers Order as a militant workers organ- ization. He helned build the Order aS @ method of strengthening the power of the working class. His record is proof of Comrade n the wo value of our been active member s in the Ger-~ inion. He is now he ranks of the Trade districts, | ip | of the Order | Grand Total Is 337 Children 4 BEDACHT | Union Unity League We extend our greetings to Com- rade Selnick as our first shock briga- der. Dozens of comrades throughout | the country aspire to the honor Com- jrade Selnick has already achieved. | Whe i if they achieve it also, j you, C Selnick, will be in good workers who not only jeanne wish for the growth of the power of workers, but who are actively | building that power. That is the kind of soldiers our army of revolutionary organizations nged, soldiers who not | only wish for a change in history, but who set out to make this change. | Suspensions | Our campaign has had a stimulat- | ing influence on the life of the Order. |Last quarter saw the lowest suspen- m list in two years. Only 950 sus- | Pensions were reported. | Since half of these suspensions will | the Ibe of not oats more than rs this quarter. At the our campaign promises to anuary 1st not less than w members. This will guar- us a net gain our member- of 8,500. | The branch executives must every- where plan and act to reduce the suspensions still more and to achieve |at least a 75 per cent reinstatement. |Our reduced dues make this possible. |The growing enthusiasm for our | Order among its members and among the workers in general almost guar- antee success for all such efforts. Intensify the Campaign There are many requests and sug- gestions for an extension of our cam~ paign for another month or two. These requests must be rejected. A campaign cannot be carried on for- r; top efforts cannot be sustained ever. he requesis for extension of the pein, tried to make up in time campaign lacked in inten- y. Some comrades believe that a y percentage of mobilization with several hundred percentage of produces 100 per cent effort. a fallacious logic. — E: cannot replace intensive- ja | time | But this is this. should inspire to make an effort in for new members F: -organized campaign can double | our membership in one single week. the Such Jin the proverbial other haste f course such 2 campaign would require most intense prepara- tions. It | paign to arouse every member suffi- y to induce him to fulfill his When such intense preparations | are lacking, and when weak prepara- tions have only mobilized some 5 per cent to 10 per cent of the member- ship for the campaign, it will take quite a number of weeks to increase the membership even 20 per cent. | But the enthusiasm of the few ac- tivized members will not hold out foreyer. The activities of these few cannot make up for the inactivity of the many. If efforts are made to do that through pregongation of the campaign, then even their enthusi- asm will give out. The campaign will die for lack of nourishment. Therefore, comrades, we do not endless, but intensive cam- ore intensive the cai shorter they can t | hey can be | because of a maximum of mobi! tion, the more effective they are the better are the results. f | want DNuvvats Bo HELEN LUKE Lens has turned over to me ee he nks os Be Sie TPs: eee, tte through our mn, le has a little a relevant circul whic h he girl whom he cannot keep in his somehow got hold of. This e, a5 there is no one to care ; dict her while he works. She is at} 5 present boarding in @ private home, that t and hunety look is me | Mhere she is being taught religion, Seizes Taabionable, No’ deabe: the | ‘#ught to pray, and so on. bourgeoisie, in these days of wide- Nee yh a Ratt Spread stervation for the masses, ad- mires the rotund figure as differen- Hated from the “common” or cada- verous one of the unemployed. The leaflet announces: “‘Curvacions’ Dict Prescribed for Actresses With Mae West curves sweeping into fashion and healthy femininity returning, a special strengthening diet was formulated this week by Richard Kline, trainer of all Para-~ mount stars. ““Thin women tire easily, become ill frequently and lack the vitality of their more naturally developed sis- ters,’ Kline declares. “The physical instructor is charge of the training table of . girls who do vigorous swimming and rowing scenes in ‘Eight Girls Ina Boat.’ . “Kline’s menu builds strength and curves without causing fat to form if normal exercise is taken each day. He also recommends a quart of milk and ten to fifteen glasses of water daily. The diet: “Breakfast—Stewed or fresh fruit or citrus juice; bran type cereal; whole wheat or bran toast; eggs in eny form; milk or cocoa. “Lunch—Raw or cooked vegetable galad or fruit salad; fresh fruit. “Dinner—Fruit or avocado cocktail; vegetable or chicken soup or broth; small salad; choice of lamb chops, Steak, or vegetable plate; any des- ‘sert.” What a breakfast, what a break- fest! Just like old times! And I see there's no limit on the number And think of the quart of every day! And then think of miners’ kids that meves see a nt of m jet alone a quart. Bo it’ diet for actresses, is it? aficr a Certain Event it’s go- to be a diet for miners, farmers factory workers—with potatoes in eddition, if they want it. J. R. has a real problem in this and wants to find a real work- ers’ home for the little girl. He will pay $25 a month for her room, board and care, and will also supply her clothes and pay any extra little ex- penses, The little girl is five years old. If there is a comrade who wishes to undertake her care, please send letters to J. R., in care of this column. 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: Total to date 9162.41 NOTE In the future, all letters from work- ers in the transportation and commu- nications industries will be published each week on Friday, instead of on Monday, as heretofore. We urge workers from these industries—which include railroad, marine, surface’ lines, An intensive | every | would require quite a cam- | Postal Workers to Attain Unity) (By a Post Office Correspondent) NEW YORK.—I k read the con- tributions of Post Office workers that have appeared in the Daily Worker from time to time telling of their miserable working conditions, and am aware of their contributions in the form of money to help the “Daily,” which in turn will help them fight for a betterment of their conditions. In an archaic capitalist world where the ethical code even among the workers has been “dog eat dog,” it is encouraging to see the radicaliza- tion of an industry, (slow though it may be) which has hitherto been considered not only conservative, but essional session is coming. must be brought to bear vidual Congr mn, and on the Congress as a whole, for the amelioration of the postal workers’ miserable condition. How best could this be done if not by one national industrial union? Unity Movement At present aiming tows are “committees for one o nization” ina number of cities, whose object | is t existing ori ations into amaigamation. Their role is to or- opposition groups within the of the existing or- ganizati ions, instead of allowing them to drop from the rolis. Thousands upon thi is have quit these organizatio ick with disguest at the “belly-crawling and sell-out” tactics of the various lead- erships. These workers not be allowed to leave the ra y must be organized and encouraged to expri their desires in a more potent way than mere quitting. There are as yet too many back- ward workers, who although dissatis- fied with their organizations, will be convinced by their misleaders that although we speak of one organi: tion, actually we are forming still er organization. This argument a deadly one, and we must avoid giving them the opportunity to use it against us. Messenger Boys Meet Thursdays in Labor Temple | By a Meruetiger © Correspondent NEW YORK.—We've done it to dr! n at 1 When the fellows in my office first got hold of the leaflet calling the telegraph employees to a meeting, they all thought the matter a big joke. Anyway, four of us went down to the meeting in a groun to see what it was all about. This was the first time any of us messengers could re- member that a leaflet was ever is- sued to us calling us to organize, and |ry 8. McDevitt, the tool of the bosses John Lynch, Sailor, Murdered Form Committees By Ship Owners’ Callousness Left for Days in the Forecastle While Dying of Blood Poison in Infected Gum By a Worker Correspondent NEW" YORK.—Bvery day I have been looking in the Daily Worker for something about the tragedy which happened .to one of our workers on the 8. 5, American Merchant. But evidently you haven’t heard of it. A fireman, John Lynch, had a tooth pulled in’London. After leaving Lon- don his gum got sore so he went to the doctor, who put some iodine on it. It gradually got worse, so he reported to the doctor again, and was given a hot. water bottle. This man has been in the com- pany for nine years and being a faith- ful worker, stood watch as long as he could stand the pain in his jaw. The doctor:said his gum was infected. This went-on-for about a week. He lay over ‘Iii the cold firemans forecastle (cold because this ship is heated by back pressure to save fuel) and no at- tention except what his fellow-work- ers did for him. Poison set in and his face swelled up. Lynch passed away Tuesday morn- ing at 4:57 while we were waiting for the Boston pilot. The night before he died his throat started swelling, mak- ing it hard to breath. He was still jeff, in the forecastle with the excuse the hospital was too cold. It was sug- gested putting him in an empty pas- senger's room as there were only 17 passengers-on board. But his fellow- workers»were told his sickness mivht be contagious and he had to be kept isolated. But he was still left in the fcrecastle with five other firemen. At 8 o'clock Monday night he was found wandering around the alley way barely breathing and the pain unbearable. Some of his ship mates got a steamer chair and fixed him as best as they could in a locker where they keep empty beer bottles. Imagine such a place for a dying man. Waited Seven Hours For seyen hours before Lynch died we waited out at Boston light for a pilot. With all the coast guard cut- ters around us getting paid to help seamen, the master or officers | BOSSES DON’T LIKE ©. P. EXPOSURE OF N. R.A. Philadelphia Pa. The well-known fascist judge, Har- in this city denounced the Communist Party of America again as the open enemy. of “god and country” and called.on “god-fearing Americans” to join together in casting the “blight- ing menace from our shores.” ‘The reason for this he said is be- cause the Communists flooded the city with circulars telling the workers not to depend on the promises of the N. R. A.,but to organize into militant unions, and strike, But the more he and his like praise sort of a racket: 72 got to Labor Temple night, it was a little before 8 o'clock, and the place was already cked. Later, 50 messengers were turned away because there was no room for them. At the meeting we clearly saw that this was just the thing we had been waiting for for a long time. We elected a delegation of four to go to ri ode which his meetin and we to double this delega- tion at the next meeting and make a real fight at Washington, and let them know down there that we “muts” don’t want to be slaves all our lives, but are going to organize and demand better conditions. We also decided to join the United Tele~ graphers of America so that we should enjoy the protection of this recently-organized, independent union. Come on, fellows, all down to next Thursday's meeting! Messenger Boys Learn Value of | “Daily Worker” By 2 Worker Correspondent NEW YORK.— Under the N.R.A. | code adopted Sept. 1 no provision | | was made for the messengers who} struggled under a heavy load of sam- ples or advertising matter. The com- pany paid such messengers for this back-breaking labor the miserly sum of 20 cents per hour. The other dis- are also gci | |munist Party, the more the masses of \exploited workers and farmers turn jto Communism, |makes Mr. McDevitt mad as a dog. tribution companies paid men 35 cents to 40 cents per hour for the same kind of labor. The Western Union made enormous profits out of this beastly exploitation. Recently the Daily Worker pub- Uished letters that these poorly paid boys wrote in exposing these crimes against youth. One of our parents sent these clippings ta Washington proving that the N.R.A. is protecting @ company in paying low wages to boys for men’s work. Some of the distributing companies (competitors to the telegraph companies) took up the battle that the Deily Worker ex- posed. The Western Union was ordered to subway, elevated lines, express com- panies, truck drivers, taxi drivers, post office, telegraph, radio employes, etc., to write to us of their conditions of work, and their struggles to organize. Please get these letters to us by Tues- day of each week, FROM AN A. F. OF L. WORKER MILWAUKEE, Wis—One of the ardent supporters of the Daily Worker in this city is H. J., mem- ber of the American Federation of Labor, who has taken a dollar off his pay on several occasions and sent it to help put the $40,000 drive over the top. Rush Your Order for|? 24-Page Anniversary Daily Worker! 31% cents ver hour for all distribu- tion work. A great victory. Thanks to the “Daily.” Let us support it by reading it daily and pacsing on copies to other messengers, pay all messengers in New York City + Roosevelt and denounce the Com- and this is what The strike of the bakery workers and the dozens of other strikes thru- out the’'city prove that the Workers don’t listen to McDevitts’ cries, No doubt one of the big “god fearing” 100 per cent Americans that will join | Dougherty, who pretends to represent | not care for more than one shirt. He Letters from Our Readers reoutane try to get him ashore At 3:30 one of the men on watth cailed the doctor where he saw the condi- tion Lynch was in. So he was finally taken over to the hospital end given a “shot” to ease the pain. By that time he was gasping for breath, and couldn’t speak. He died at 4:57 a.m. Coming into Boston at daylight the flag wasn’t put at half-mast in re- spect for the dead faithful worker. When atiention was called to this we were told they didn’t want the reporters and passengers to know of the death. A very poor excuse, be- cause the passengers soon heard of it from the stewards. In Boston a wire was sent to Lynch’s father ask- ing what was to be done with the body. Body Thrown Overboard Morning after we left Boston for New York the masters. and officers decided to throw the body over the side without waiting for a reply to the telegram. The crew protested against this, but with the doctor beg- ging and pleading, the body of Lynch was thrown over just a few hours before we reached port (which is against the law). The only’ excuse given was they were saving his rela- tives the expense of a funeral. On arrival at the dock, there was an undertaker to look after the body, which was already disposed of. This msn was a veteran belonging to the American Legion. It had been ar- ranged to give him a military funeral. So half the crew quit the ship for the reason that there was given no excuse why the body-was done away with without permission, and so quickly within sight of port. It looks like a crime was covered up. The report read Lynch died from an in- fected tooth. We'd say from blood poison through negligence and abuse. So, Editor, I hope you will find this story worth printing in your pa- per. It may save some other worker in the future. By the way, the doctor sailed again yesterday on the Ameri- can Merchant, all smiles as if nothing happened. cL. himself has expensive automobiles, 2 big mansion, where he lives like a sultan, although Catholic folks in the neighborhood around the cathedral take their breakfast and supper from the slop-cans on the’sidewalks. I was brought up as a Catholic but am done with the priests. I don't belong in the Communist Party, but I cannot be without sympathy for a party which is persecuted as in Ger- many today, because it tells the truth to the workers, —A Worker. BLESSINGS OF N. R. A. Barnhart, Texas. Dear Editor:— The Blue Buzzard,‘or the N. BR. A. has gone the way of the Hoover Share-the-Work Plan. It was a deception in the beginning and 3 failure in the end, What is necessary is for the work- ers to take full possession of the earth and abolish the wage-system entirely. None shall work for others for wages in any shape, form or fashion; then and only then can man be considered | the judge will be his friend, Cardinal free. Now we produce everything and | Jesus, who walked barefoot and did | have nothing, not a flower-pot or a window to set the pot in. —¥F.M.J. Victory in $40, 000 Drive Will _ Assure New Press for “Daily” NOTE: —After today names of contributors will be listed once a week to allow more space on this page daily for news of the class struggle. Rush every cent collected for the “Daily” and all contributions to assure victory in the $40,000 drive and make . * NEW YORK.—With the drive close to victory, a number of districts are still behind in their quotas. Those that have gone over the top are Seat- t Boston, Philadelphia, Detroit, fornia, Newark. Each one of these districts did splendid revolu- tionary’ work, more than going over the top. New York has raised 89.84 per cent of its’ $20,000 quota; Cleveland, 83.6 per ceft. Section 1, in Cleveland, has already raised $311 on its quota of $225, and is still going strong. Pittsburgh has raised 71.87 per cent on a quota of $1,000; Chicago, 67.6 per cent-on its pledge of $5,000. Con- necticut has raised 77.2 per cent of its $500. These districts, as well as the others which have not raised their quotas, are urged to do so and help the Daily Worker install its new press, This is a reduced cut of a post- ar put out by Detroit for the 10th Anniversary Gelebration of the Daily: ‘Worker. Actual size ofthe poster is 20 inches Wide, 30 inche: ‘ong. possible installation of our new press. s The West Side Women’s Council No. 2, Chicago, raised $15 at a sur- prise party for one of {ts most ac- tive members, Rose Primack. The Followers of the Trail, New York, sent in $15, in addition to a previous contribution of $45. The Russian I. W. O. branch, South Bend, Ind., raised $5 at a 25th anniversary perty for one of its members, Ilwaco Unit, Astoria, , sent $5.50. Herman Oregon, oo 1239 E. 15th St., Chicago, Ill, of age, contributed 50 cents Districts! What are you doing to arrange similar celebra- tions, and to adver- tise them? Let’s hear from -you at once. YEW YORK, MONDAY, DECEMBER 18, 1933 Chicago Streetcar Men Exploited in Military Fashion (By a Street Car Worker Correspondent) OHICAGO, Ill, — Twelve thousand Chicago workers are occupied in the surface transportation, besides the 4,000 on the “L.” These’ workers, dressed in uniforms with shiney but- tons, monkey suits as they are called by most of them, are engaged in a nerve racking and exacting work. The schedules are the fastest, the lay-over periods the shortest, the in- tervals between the cars the longest that the Surface Lines “effictency” maniacs who work in the schedule department can make. Beset by an army of spotters, or “inspectors” as they are called by the company; watched by supervisors and stool pigeons, the trainmen are urged time and again by the lecturers of the accident prevention department not to take chanves, wait for pas- sengers, be polite and attentive. And they are all of that. They work under a discipline more severe than in the army and have less privileges. They work without vacations with pay and without pen- sions. Besides this they are victims of grafters, company and union. On the company’s side the General Superintendent of Transportation, Mr. Evenson, has his own private graft with the tacit consent of the union officials (for a friendly cut). The side money made by him and on which he does not pay any in- come tax is made on the sale of uniforms to the men. For example: This winter 2 new kind of cap was invented by Mr. Evanson (he invents them every year!) The price of each was $2.25, at least a dollar higher than any cap on the market. Even in War time no cap cost more than $1.75. When one stops to figure out what this means in volume — let us say several thousand caps’bought by the men—Mr. Evenson makes in one shot more than he receives as his salary! About the union graft, the special assessment. building fund into which the street car men had paid over $1,000,000; although the Ashland Boulevard Auditorium’s total cost was less than $500,000. Watch the Daily Worker! Meanrhiic—How about the pen- sions? —M. Nelson. (Signature Authorized). Os “Fe am Editor's Note: We ask street car workers throughout the country, and especially ‘in Chicago, to write us of their conditions of wor! Fight for Unity Urged in Every Railroad Lodge "| By 2 Railroad Worker Correspondent NEW YORK.—It is common knowl- edge that since before the enactment of the eight-hour law, whose provi- sion for passenger service was sur- rendered to the railroads by our lead- ers then assembled at the Park Avenue Hotel in New York City, a policy of inaction and obstruction has been the order of the day for our Grand Chiefs. Tt is well to recall to mind that the child of their labor at the above meeting was the eight within ten hour clause for passenger service. At that time it was palmed onto us with the palliative, “It will be of short du- ration only.” However, it has thrived these many years into lusty adult- hood, with that other monstrosity, the 150-mile day for passenger trainmen. The Brotherhood of Locomotive En- ginéeers has been so mismenaged that it is now ready to gasp its last breath. But there is still a flicker of life and hope. A survival of all the brother- hoods depends upon all of the bro~- thers, each one, not just a few; it depends upon a vigorous and pro- longed battle. Demand a six-hour day, 100 miles or less for all classes of service, with a Aeily rate much better than the on: in effect et the time of the 10 p: cent robbery, one that will insure ¢ decent living for a day's work; doubic time for all overtime; the setablish- Edtior’s Note.—To bring about the unity of the railroad workers, there is the Railroad Brotherhood Unity Movement, located at 799 Broadway, New York City. This movement unites all railroad workers, no matter what their affillation—whether A. F. « Brotherhood, Independent or unor- ganized—to act within their organ- Fewohe Ode ee to put across ‘We urge all railroad with this workers to get in movement. Daily Worker, 50 E. 13th St., New York City. Comrades: Here is my contribution to help my Daily Worker install the new. press: ; NOME Li seeceedectececeeces Clty iecsicesoevoenes State... sseeee service ; HL, and other of L., 3 touch PARTY LIFE We quote below a letter sent to us by a member of a shop unit in New York District, The letter was read to the shop unit, who voted to send it to the Party Life Column of the Daily Worker, We are also publishing the comments of the New York District in reply to this letter. oo By a Member of a Shop Unit, Section No. 7 “AS @ new Party member, con- nected with what is considered an important shop unit, I would like to make a few observations as to life within the Communist Party. How Not To Organize Meetings Some weeks ago, I was given a notice to call at the Workers Center on a Sunday morning, where I was to receive a card of admission and be notified as to the place at which # meeting was to be held. This meet- ing was to take up the progress made in carrying out the Open Letter. I called at the Center and was given @ card and told to go to the Man- hattan Lyceum where a meeting would start at 10 a.m. Apparently this was to be a closed meeting. How- ever, upon reaching the place of meeting there was no one there to collect the admission cards. The meeting started at 11:15 a.m, The failure of this meeting to start on time was apparently due to the fact that the members of the District Committee did not snow up. After the meeting started we were told that it was to last until 10 p. m., in other words, we were asked to stay there approximately 12 hours. Another Long Meeting The next meeting I attended was a functionaries meeting called for 1 p. m., Nov. 18th, at Irving Plaza. This meeting was attended by another member of my unit and myself. As our shop does not close until 12:30, we were unable to be there on time. At this meeting it seems that the District Committee was there on time, but the meeting was held up because the membership was late in coming in. The meeting started at 2 p. m. After it had started, the District Or- ganizer told us that he had a secret) to tell us, and the secret was that we were going to stay there until 8/ Pp. m. No one had been notified that the meeting was to last for) seven hours and few of the members} had made. provision to stay there that long. The comrade Who came with me| was compelled to leave about 6 p. m.,| and he tells me he had great dif- ficulty -in* getting out as he bial stopped at the door. He also com-| mented on the fact that anyone could have gotten into this meeting, as he was not required to show any credentials and that to him this meeting was no different than many similar meetings at which he was required to show his membership book. He also commented on the fact. that the members formed them-~- selves into small groups and held meetings amongs!, themselves, there- by distracting the attention of mem- bers who came there to really learn something. The whole meeting seemed to carry @ note of pessimism. This seemed to be particularly true in regards to the organization of the units. The units complained that they were un- able to get leadership and co-opera- tion from their sections and the Dis- trict. No Pessimism in This Shop Unit Our shop unit, due to certain con- ditions at the present time, is un- able to carry on active work except in the form of leaflets and is, there- fore, one in which you might ex- pect to find more or less a state of stagnation. However, you will find no trace of pessimism or stagnation in our unit, and the reason for this I attribute to the fact that we have always had excellent leadership by a member of the Section Committee Scores Poor Meetings As| | Discouraging New Members| Worker Also Comments on Pessimistic Tone of Some Party Members } who regularly attends our meetings | and constantly gives us adyice as to how a unit should be conducted as *, well as giving us his experience in solving our problems. This makes the meetings interesting and stimu- lates us to more and better discus- | sions of political subjects, i T believe that there should be more | of this kind of co-operation between © the units and the sections and that the District, should have direct con- nection with all important shop units and fractions of mass organizations | and trade unions. Important That Meetings Start on” | Time Regarding meetings held by the District and mass organizations, the question of starting these meetings on time is not only getting to be, but is a disgrace to the Communist Party. If a meeting is called for a certain. time, Jet's have it at that time, regardless of whether the | majority of the membership or audi- ence is present or not, It is getting to such a state that a Party member is ashamed to in- vite workers to meetings, for fear that they will become disgusted with the way they are conducted and have nothing further to do with the move- ment. AS an example of this, I induced & woman worker interested in chil- dren’s organizations to go to City College, Nov, 25th, to attend a play ° given by the Young Pioneers. The play was scheduled to start at 8 p.m, She was there at 7 p. m., hav- ing been told that more tickets had*: been sold than there were seats. After waiting until 9 p, m., she left, and I understand the play did not start until 9:30 p.m. How can we do business this way? I hope that the Daily Worker will take up the matter of having meet- ings held in an orderly mannet and stress the importance of having ‘warty’ and Mass organizations hold meet- ings at the time scheduled, as this ih | one of the principle reasons for our losing a large following. ’ or er! e Comment By Org. Department, District No. 2 We essentially agree with the contents of your letter. The crt. ticism with regard to opening meet- ings on time is thoroughly justi- fiable. We must admit neglect of the district in this regard. In moet | cases the delay is caused by the late arrival of the comrades. How- ever, uniil this situation is over- come, the main purpose of the ‘ meeting cannot be achieved ante the comrades called to these me, ings are present at the hour s for ‘the opening of the meetin: The comrades in the district, a well as those participating in these meetings, must make a seriovs ef- fort. to change this situation, and to this end the comrades ta the district will bend all their effor’ With regard to the criticisr the district functionaries cot: ence, the criticism is certainly merited and the Org. Dept. is fully conscious of the bad way in which the conference was organized. In | the future steps will be taken to inform the functionaries directly on all details. The manneg, in which the con- feveriee was orgonized is respon- sible for the note of pessimism there. We certainly agree that with real effective leadership and the kind of guidance you evidently re- ceive.in your unit, real advances can be made; the unit life can be appreciably improved. The whole situation of which you complain requires the conscious efforts of the entire Party to overcome by paying the most serious and sys- tematic attention to proper organi- zation, to each detail of our work. AT THE PRESENT TIME THE DISTRICT IS TACKLING THESE ORGANIZATIONAL QUESTIONS. By PAUL LUTTINGER, MD. ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS No Smoking in Gastric Ulcer a. Chicago, WW—If you have an ulcer of the stomach or of the duodenumen, it would be best to give up smoking altogether. Smoking definitely aggravates stomach ulcers disorders of digestion. If you must smoke, do not use more than one cigarette right after each meal, As to the diet, the best thing is to Jive on milk ahd cream for a few weeks. . After that, you can eat, gradually, cereals and the finer vege- tables. Never eat coarse vegetables, like cabbage. | A Goame of Meal and» Couse C. N., Stelton, N. J—There is no sense, for a healthy person to take “a, course of medicine” by which you mean 8 dose of calomel, epsom salts or some other strong cathartic. These periodical “courses” which were ¢o popular to the last generation have no standing in modern science. A person should take a laxative, if he Kontanis i aia Bt tively need ar to the starvation courses, we see no need for them under the present N.R.A, administration, when people starve continually. If you mean peri- odical fasting, this also is unneces- sary and may even prove dangerous. Certain diseases may require limited periods of comparative fasting; but no person should undertake fasts at periodical intervals, just because he you by irresponsible, ignorant faddists. i reer Baek oven it Removal of Entir#' D.-W. N., Chicago, + perfectly possible to 3). Without « stomach. The main (oe 1)’ ‘diges- tion of the various fou. sakes place in the small in! stomach can be removed surgically without causing much disturbance’ to the patient, except that he has to be careful and eat small quantities of food at a time. A removal of nearly the entire stomach is being done al mort every day in the week in the hospitels of New York. In_ thes. operdtions, the end of the gullet i sutured to the sinal! intestine. Afte: @ while, a little pouch is formet which forms in the place where thr stomach was. It is merely a smal reservoir for the food in its transi from the gullet to the small intestine cole Note Please note that the writer does no- make any home calls. He limits hi- practice to office consuitation only Comrades necding a physician to vist them. at their homes should pleas call a doctor in their neighborhood. Helping the Daily Worker Through Dr, Luttinger Contributions received to the cred! of Dr. Luttinger in his Socialist com petition with Michael Gold, Edwar Newhouse, Helen Luke, Jacob Bure and Del to raise $1,000 in the $40,00 Deily Worker Driv T. Larson, Chicags or she believes that it might “do some good”. We would advise you to stop reading the literature sont Previous tofal ... Total to date