The Daily Worker Newspaper, January 11, 1934, Page 4

DAILY WORKER, NEW YORK, THURSDAY, JANUARY 11, 1934 Farrell, Pa., C.W.A. Workers Now Hit by Mass Layoff Town Has Extra Money for Police; Formation of Large Committees Urged to Fight Hunger (By a Worker Correspondent) mised every worker, 30 hours Taxed for Buying Corn or Selling Pigs in Penna. R LAKE, Pa—Th: my job in New to live on the farm health, which I lost i years ago nd came ‘ove my the World FARRELL, Pa.—Th at 50 cents per hour. War. For three s I have been men laid off on one rf da ss layo n Sharon | s ng for a living vel one dn ee ing, Jan. 3, on a project rs a day. excuse was the River Gang. The ex- Warren them to do. The high water. Yes, high y are terrible. per cent { ti he C. W. A. workers v low water lays off rt-time steel workers in sum- committee of three to fice of the C. W. A. official our not having a con group to instruct the all left before the turned, so I have no of of the committee. The bosses will eliminate all roblems.. Yes, it 7 de in t rkers they mittee re- yy phoney excuses—the next ill be no water at all. Get to- gether and organize the workers on 1 projects week of $15, no lost time on account that A. ment, ne farmers didn’t pay their taxes, f us are walking without un- r and sox, our clothes is one y y family. While the big oking good cigars in the country, if we don't pay our taxes they come down and sell ou thing away. of sickness or bad weather, and not | Milk is ¢ a quart gs, 16c a} strike-breaking, s wage-' only a committee of three, but a|dozen; while in New York they are| cutting N. R. A. for the ttee of 300, 500 or 3,000—for|paying 15¢ for milk and 45c for} Workers throughou entire capl-/ together we win, divided we starve. | the eggs talist count I am one of the C. W. who is threater ny time. is W up leaflets and pass them o the workers, explaining to are confronted A. workers | o lay-off at doubt, turn gger plan of When we buy corn we pay the tax, and if we sell pigs we got to pay tax again—$2, on every 100 Ibs, I have a nice calf over 100 lbs. and was of- fered $3.—about 212c a lb. work Two weeks ago I went to Warrren ‘The bosses have mo: of the | Court House to the Commissioners to the police force in F; ight for tell them that I want my taxes re- jobs for the workers, wh’ surance. |Guced, that I ain’t making enough Yakima Valley Vigilante Gangs Terrorize Agricultural Workers to buy ‘oes for my kids, and they| are ly starving, There were} three white collar men sitting and! smoking cigars. One got up and told me that he can’t do nothing for me, and wouldn't even speak to me. His belly was full, so what does he care for a poor farmer? On August 22 I went to New York.) Went through civil service examina-| (By a Farmer Correspondent) s here, by beating|tions for an electric welding job,| YAKIMA, Wash.—I am writing succeeded in keep-|showed them my reference, seven| this article to d s going. Thus they| years’ exprience in the I, R. T. Co.| of the agr Yakima Vall \s One of the la producing valle ultui mselves at the expense s t Hop 2 hours e of win- ur However, as soon season rolls around again rs will be organ- in, I am sure. —wW. I. W. NOTE: letters from farmers, | workers, cannery work- forestry workers every These workers are conditions ef work, and their strug- sles to organize. Please get these letters to us by Monday of each week. er places d left i mple il soon break t comes the leaflet ity of paying hi 's price so poverty may go on and on. hey three times with the strikers, ppear at the appointed couple of mc growths of t2 egainst the tiated by Working Cl: urday morn. picketing ¥ of the Bronx their full sup- rts about 7 or Church, Charity, C: See: We have in our possession one Can You Make ’Em the highly inte: ing and ‘lumi- Yourself? nating leaflets nut ou . 2141 Mapes A < lable in sizes cisely as 39 inch fabric 182nd St. d Prospect Ave. “Mr, Shereshev contributes enough bread, rolls and cake to sup- aly 22 destitute families, which our congregation takes care of, aside rom the regular weekly Friday dona- ions to our Lechem Aniem and to Jripple’s home. In fact Mr. She- ‘eshevsky never refuses any appeal hat charity makes to him. Tt is therefore the duty of every | cousewife living in this neighbor- cod to patronize Shereshevsky’s jakery, in a time when certain or- anizations are boycotting his store. | In the name of our congregation | e ask you again to patronize She- wshevsky’s Bakery so that he can 970m with his donations for the or, Respectfully yours. rs are send us letters about their | 36, 38 and 40. | |Got a job in the Brooklyn Navy| Yard, and after ten minutes a fore- he Vigilante organiza-|man came to me and told me that| went to the I. L. D. which recom- | I wasn't good enough for the Navy| Yard and I was discharged. That’s} the way they treat the World War) veterans after I spent 22 months in} the army during the war, The Daily Worker is one of the| best newspapers in the country that| tells the truth and fights for the} working class of the people and the} farmers. And my advice to all the |farmers is better the Daily Worker| than listen to those ministers, who| aid by the capitalist class and are starving us while their dogs live| Farmer Tells AAA, Even Quicker Way, ‘to Destroy Things) (By a Farmer Correspondent) |_ SALLISAW, Okla.—I wrote the fol- |Jowing letter to the editor of the | Oklahoma Farmer Stockman: Dear Mr. Roberts, | I received your letter of Dec. 20,} | and was a little amused at your men- | tioning the extremely fair weather as unwelcome. I can’t understand the philosophy of a prosperity that demands foul weather for its exist- ence, You refer to our excellent yastures as a calamity. Why, Mr.| toberts, for years the farm journals have been telling us how to devise winter pastures, and now nature comes along and brings the thing in great quant: and you say it is a calamity. It is funny. But it is all about as sensible as| | the entire program of the new deal.| | For years we were taught thrift, and then presto, change, it is destruction. | It is starvation if we produce, and | it is starvation if we do not produce. | You say, “Officials in Washington |are trying to devise every possible |means of controlling the output of | dairy and poultry products, and if | you have a practical plan to achieve |that end, they will be most happy indeed to get it.” Now, Mr. Roberts, I claim that I have a very direct, practical plan, | one that will work. Take for instance| dairy products. Let us shoot every| pure bred dairy cow and bull in the world. It is now demonstrated be- }yond a reasonable doubt that we never needed good dairy cows no how. Let us hunt ‘the world over| for a humpbacked, long horned, knocked kneed cow that will give a | pint of blue milk a day. She is our type. She will fit into the new deal splendidly. Then we shall turn our attention to agriculture. We shall destroy every modern farm machine; we shall build again the wooden plow. Ah, more blessed still, let us get a crooked stick, and do the thing in grand, primitive style. We can work similar wonders in the line of transportation and manu- facturing. Let us destroy every man- ufacturing plant, and return to the good old days of hand made goods; Jet us destroy every railroad, and build again the stage coach. Let us destroy every cotton gin, and kill the first man that tries to build another. You can see at a glance, Mr. Rob- erts, that my plan will beat the new deal all hollow, for I shall go the direct route, though both routes have | procedur S|mendation of the convention, Mother. of Five Kidnapped by | [pdian Workers Bosses for Defending Farm (rganize Fight Thrown Into Leneiie Asylum for Daring to Fight | on Gov't Robbery Against Foreclosure With Shotgun In Wisconsin Rapids, number of Polish farmers, among them.a family named Strachonow- sl a mother with five children During the summer of 1933, the mortgagees wanted to take the farm away through a foreclosure at- | Comrade A. Starchanski tended the Second Polish Workers Convention which was held in Chi- | cago and asked for help. By recom- | the | Polish Workers Club, Solidarity, of | Milwaukee, sent a member from! its Aid Committee to the Strach- | anowski farm to advise them. The | farmer had paid $7,000 on this | | farm and could not pay the balance because of lack of funds. The Aid| Committee of the’ Polish Workers | Club, Solidarity,-came to an under- | standing with the United Farmers | League which pledged help, so the | land would not be taken away from | the mother and children. | At the time Comrade Strachan- | owski attended the Polish Workers Convention, all»but the home was | burned down to the ground, Last | month, when her sons were cut-| ting wood on their farm in order to | be able to heat their little home, along came a few. killers with axes in hand and threatened them, say- | ing they had no right to cut wood | on their own land because one of the killers had taken out a so- called official judgement on this land. When the mother noticed the kill- ers, to avoid a tragedy she let al shot go from her rifle in order to | scare the Killers in this way. Next day the mother.was arrested. The Aid Committee .of Club Solidarity gram to lay the case over for two weeks, Comrade Strachanowski was! freed under bond and the case laid over. But not for long did she enjoy freedom, for in three days along came the police with a hospi- tal ambulance to take her away to an insane asylum for observation, 89 miles from her farm. The Aid Committee of Club Soli- darity and the secretary of the I. L. D. visited her in this institu- tion and were convinced that Com- rade Strachanowski wes of her right mind. She complained of poor food, and said that a nurse came to her room every half hour to wash the floor, endeavoring to un-nerve her, The asylum doctors, after 14 days of examination, stated that she was mentally well, but in order to whitewash a bad conspiracy they also said she had nervous trouble in order to take her last dollars for the cure of this sickness. A mother who dares to defend her hard-earned property is per- secuted by these capitalist confisca- tors in all possible ways. The Aid Committee, Polish Work- ers Club Solidarity and the ILD. will not neglect this case and will strive to free this mother from the asylum and give her back to her children. It is time that all mothers would | take an example from this heroi who defends her hard earned sa‘ ings, and stand together with the men in workers’ organizations, for only with united strength can we defend our homes and our lives. —Aid Committee of the Polish Workers Club Solidarity. Victoria Grzegorzyk, A. Ja- sicki, and S. Rudy, Letters from SOGIALIST LEADERS OF MON- MOUTH COUNTY REJECT UNITED FRONT The Comrades of Long Branch and the surrounding territory were try- ing for a long time to get the Social- | ist Party to unite on one burning) ssue—which is Fascism, At last we managed to make an appointment with the organizer of Monmouth County, New Jersey, of the Socialist Party, Needless to mention, he lives in a big, beautiful home, and in the | course of our conversation he told | us that he ought to get credit for (saying) wanting to change this sys- | tem—for he had something to lose. | Also one comrade asked him why | the local Socialist Party did not par- | ticipate in the strike at the Eisner's factory, which is located at Red Bank, N. J. The strike was conducted by the Amalgamated, with the help of a well paid state organizer from the S. P. “As a small employer I cannot interest myself in local affairs.” Now to this last piece of idiocy. | We told him—“We are against Fa-j) scism and you claim you are also— how about uniting on this one issue? | Let us hold big protest meetings, get | all elements together, etc., etc.” | He answered very calmly. “No we | do not do it this way. Here is how we do it’—and ‘he showed us pic- tures that he snaps occasionally of the local organization of the Brown Shirts. He also takes the plate num- bers of their cars and is watchfully waiting to see what they will do. His reason is that the Socialist Party does not want to give them publicity. If I am in place in this letter, I would like to mention that it ought to be clear to our comrades that it | is a waste of time to approach the | leaders from the S. P. for a united front. It is much better if we ap- proach a sincere person in the S. P. —one who holds no office. One may If a worker, especially a Negro would want to join them, they would consider themselves disgraced for their meetings in Red Bank are in the home of a doctor, The S. P. organizers name is Mr. Levine. If this letter will be pub- lished—please omit my name. OPES oar EDITOR'S NOTE: The incident| which you relate about your ex- perience with the official of the S. P. local regarding a real united front struggle against Fascism confirms what the Daily Worker has been saying for a long time, that the officialdom of the Social- ist Party is opposed to fascism in ask me why I do not say worker—| well, so far I have met a number of Socialists—but not one worker. They are all store keepers, petty bosses, ete. Our Readers words, but is exceedingly fearful | of seeing any united front of the workers organized into mass pro- test, Communist and Socialist workers together. They know that real united front struggles, and not only struggle in words, would ex- pose their unwillingness to put up a real fight against the danger of fascism. It is probable that all of the members of the Socialist Party that you have met in Red Bank are petty bourgeois, small bosses, etc. But it is not true that all rank and file members of the S. P. are of this type. There are many real proletarians, fellow-workers, who still believe that the leaders of the S. P. are really working for the overthrow of capitalism. And it is our job to win the confidence of these fellow-workers of ours, and to disetss with them in the most frien@ly and sympathetic way, our commen prebiems ef working class trugsie ocains* capitalist exploit- ation. It is to these Socialist work- ers, of whom there are many, that we must go with the open hand of proletarian comradeship for the organization of United Front Com- , mittees and groups for the struggle against fascism and capitalist ex- ploitation. AN INSTRUCTIVE COMIC SECTION FOR CHILDREN Reedley, Calif. Dear Comrades: At our last Unit meeting we had a lengthy discussion on the merits of our new Daily and of added possi- bilities. 3 The comrades are all pleased with | the new additions that makes it more a family paper. Please note that we are not just waking up to the fact of our better Daily but have merely put off writing about it. | We have one suggestion to make | which we believe will make the Daily the family paper. An_ instructive |comic section for the children, At least onze a week in the Saturday issue, The Sunday funnies are widely read by workers’ children and we know of the type of propaganda often given even in the semingly harmless funnies. We could retaliate by haying funnies weekly in the Daily that would be instructive and also @ story or two of the type that would appeal ta, children, Comradely yours, A. M. ON SPEAKERS D. K., New York.—We published on January 9th an article on fail- ure of speakers to show up. This we hope will correct this matter of speakers not showing up. (By a Farmer Correspondent) Wis., live a| mended that a lawyer send a tele-| _BAGLEY, Minn—Hundreds of In- |dian workers have organized in the Councils to demand of the Roose- velt government their payment out of the tribal funds. During normal times they received $100 annually. When the crisis commenced to deepen, the white ruling class that hold. the Indian’s money reduced the payment to $25 a year. And now with the fifth year of the crisis, when conditions are becoming unbearable, the Indian workers are faced with non-payment. The In- dians on the White Earth Reserva- tion know that mass action has won for the white workers and farmers. So they of the White Earth Indian Reservation are organizing into In- dian Workers’ Councils to demand of the Wall Street government of Roosevelt the following: 1. Full payment of $50 at once. 2, No discrimination on N. R. A. jobs. ment for old and needy Indians. | From the Farmer-Labor state gov- j ernment of Minnesota, they demand: | 1, The right ‘to hunt, fish and | trap without license. 2. Protection of Rice Lake from being taken over by the white ruling class. | On the N. R. A. jobs the Indian workers get 30 cents per hour and work eight hours. The white workers get 55 cents per hour and work six hours. This is Governor Floyd B. Olsen’s Farmer-Labor relief. The Indians set up a committee to ar- range meetings all over the White Earth Indian Reservation: Daigle’s Mill, Dec. 11; Pine Bend, Dee. 12; Twin Lakes, Dec. 13; Boulieu, Dec. 14; Manonen, Dec. 15; White Earth, Dec, 16. Roy Lorinzen, of the Bemidji Un- employed Councils, and Edward C. Baumann, Clearwater Co. organizer of the United Farmers’ League, spoke at all of these meetings and brought greetings from the poor farmers and white workers to the hundreds of Indian workers. | Fivé big Indian Workers’ Councils | were organized: one at Daigle’s Mill, one at Pine Bend, one at Twin Lakes, | ont at Boulieu and one at Manomem, | At White Earth the Indian Council jarranged the meeting. About 250 Indians were there, and the old In- dians voted for united front action with the Indian Workers’ Councils and elected three delegates to attend a Reservation Conference at Twin Lakes, Dec. 24, of the Indian Work- ers’ Councils. It is also understood that the young Junior Indian Council of White Earth and Ponsforce will also send delegates to Twin Lakes Dec. 24 and will lay plans for an In- dian Workers’ Conference of all In- dian Reservations in Minnesota, The Indian workers cheered when Lorinzen said that through mass ac- tion they would win their demands, also when Baumann, United Farmers’ League, said that the poor farmers and workers, both black and white, “are with you in struggle against our common enemy, the capitalist class, the class that robs all workers.” Negro Carpenters Fight A. F. of L. Discrimination (By a Negro Carpenter) NEW YORK.—With the sharpen- ing of conditions, the officials of the A. F. of L. can no longer use the usual demagogy. Ferdinand Tommins and Charles Benjamin, Negro carpenters of the dim Crow Local 1888, were given a job on the Federal Courthouse un- der construction in Foley Square. The carpenters’ work on this job is under the stagger plan for the Negroes and poor whites that are not in on the graft. The third day on the job, be- tween 1 and 2 p. m., Tommins and Williams were handed their money which they refused, At the end of the day their money was again hand- ed to them. They again refused to take it, returning to the job on Mon- day, Nov. 6th. They called up thc District Council asking that an agent be setn to that job the next day, as it was raining that day. The District Council said O. K. On Wednesday. Noy, 8, Business Agent Chas, Olson. of Local 257 came. The men statec their grievance to him. Whereupor Olson asked, “Who the hell told you fellows to call up the District Coun- privilege of all Brotherhood men, that’s why the address and telephone number of the District Council is on every card. Our Readers Extend Revolutiomary Greetings to the Daily Worker on Its Tenth Anniversary | the same end in view. Minneapolis, Com. Party Unit | F. Lanak Philadelphia, Pa. _ 1, ALTSHILLER, Pres. of the Cong. | Minn. Young Com. Leag. | Auf Nelson Stan. Kauffman Gallen, Gabriel of Lechem Aniem. | | . Unit 11 Pioneer Troop | K. B. Karol Elias he. above leaflet, which was| ‘Dadeville Negro Leo G. Wale Finn, Wkrs. Club | G. Kinland M. Yamroz toexicast through the neighbor- | | L, B. Bortnick | Finnish Working-| A. Graf S. Maloaran makes classically clear the/ and family ‘womens Club E. Anderson J. Prychiak “position and role of the| Farmers Suffer J. Mahehin Superior, Wis. E. Shedin C. Sleisel in capitalist society. It is | Morris Weiss Unem. Coun. B. Wahllaf Dudys erested in abolishing, but in| John Vrajinoff DIST. 8 | O. Oslund Branach g, a system of poverty | Sharper Attacks F. Weiss E. Chicago, Ind. |C. Johnson F. Liprisiski ‘"The duty of every | | z ee Finn, Wkrs. Club | F. Rydstrom K. Greoyk fe in the neighborhood,” | | By a Ne . Hystrom Finn. Wom. Club | J. Spoisang A. Madizia e leaflet, is to patronize nice | |DADEVILEE, Alan T Gant te mene, | Rose Weiss DIST. 13. | J. Mareckt J. Lubiienski hereshevsky, at any price he/| |regard to the R. F. C. jobs, that they |: D» | San Fran., Cal. | Zunryk J. Fletcher to charge. In the impoverish- | lare giving most of the work te the| &: L- Finn. Wkrs. Club | A, Equachik A. Iveck f of these same housewives | white workers and the Negroes can’t | M- Shuldberg Finnish Working- | F. Pdiska S. Induick ough high prices, the pious gen- |get a thing to do. Also, the boss|®- Nerliasky women’s Club | L. Koval J. Jowovski men of the Temple are not re-| |won’t furnish these Negro farmers | Rosy, Minn. San Francisco J. Drgais J, Lupinski ‘tely interested. | |anything. They keep telling them| G0od Hope S.T-Y.| Youth club T. Serafmowich |S. Lujinski Yme wonders if, when these house- |that they are “comrades” (members| Dunbar Working '| Eureka, Cal. K, Beiznuk W. Spuigel es too are destitute, like the 22 lot the Sharecroppers Union) and they| Women’s Club | Finn. Wkrs. Club|S. Fierluck B. Ludwikowski ‘Mentioned, the Congrega- don’t give a damn if they die. Good Hope Con. | Finnish Working-|E.D. Megerchinhn | I, Spivack a will take care of all of them? | Oh, they are tough here! When| Co-op. Assn. women’s Club A. Eqeuiclick H. Meder ionders too, how it is that gen- |the men go to register for work, they | Sault Ste Marie, Berkeley, Cal. M. Ekunryk | R. Brown Mr. Shereshevsky became so} Send FIFTEEN CENTS (15c) in/|give them just a little ship of paper} Mich. Finn, Wkrs. Club | Henzbeconubin c. Tatski we he never needs to refuse | coins or stamps (coins preferred) for |and tell them to come back later| Minneapls., Minn. Wkg. Wom. Club | H. Palewy F. Figluist ¥ appeal that Charity makes to|this Anne Adams pattern. Write|om. They told them to come back| Intl. Wkrs. Order Unem. Coun. G. Mnskalski Lozovski Wa plainly name, address and style num- |Dec. 6 and Dec. 21 and now Jan. 8.| Ukrainian Sec. DISTRICT 1 | A. Mayrin Soltysu | 0h, oh,” says Mr. Shereshy-} ber. BE SURE TO STATE SIZE. |And here they said they would have | Minneapls. S.T.Y. | Boston, Mass. M. Korlowski P. Mamsyki Temple, “I can’t give you Address orders to Daily Worker |everyone to work by Christmas. We|T. N. Klupi | Thomas A. Bailey | Lynn, Mass. B. Budzyodski adi because those terrible | Pattern Department, 243 West 17th |have no groceries in the home, and | Dassel S.T.Y. | Anonymous R. W. Collins T. Maminski are picketing my/St., New York City. |now we have got to organize, Chisholm, Minn, | I. Anderson A. Worker Morris 3. More relief from the govern-/ cil”? The men told him that’s the | J. Thomas | Mrs. Buciery S. Amer D, Eegt L. Schliftman B. Nolman ‘Wm. Halperin {. Dakowsky I. Rosenewerger |E. Brown M. Bassowitz J. Ostorwsky A. Joseph H. Eisman A. Berman Malkin Harry Weishroud | E. Boxer G. Asterman Rainbow Hymie Prospect Work- J. Egerta ers’ Club S. Rosenberg Mary Cha. Applebaum /F. Sisin M. Levene Konaw D. Stirn Himell Unit 3, Sec, 8 M, Shuster M. Puscki Rosenthal A. Dubin Clara Simon D, Klutman Unit 7 P. Rdack C. Negrepontis Ben Korasik Angelo Mago Weilanof P. Smyrnis. Hahiteman Ben Durst Corona, L. I. 4. Mallet 3. F. Julieus Paul Gold J. Morton Abe Gold S. Lipschitz I, Rosenberg M. Brino Zena Price_ 3. Shabus A. Lubarman F, Monus. S. Naparty A. YL N, Lapidous PARTY LIFE | Today's letter from a new Party member, a unit secretary in Chi- cago, deals with the question of re- cruiting, When this letter was re- ceived we asked the Section Organ- izer to comment on it, and we are accordingly publishing the opinion of the section. . I will try to state in brief, some- thing I would like to very much clari- fy. Our unit proposed and held an indoor meeting. Subject: “Why the Worker Should Join the Communist Party.” The meeting was held in an unemployed council hall. For many weeks we were unable to recruit any new members so we, knowing that the workers were militant in this branch hall, decided to hold the meeting and recruit the most ad- vanced members, Here’s what we did. We obtained a good speaker from the Communist Party from the Workers School. The meeting was attended by about 250. At the close of the meeting a plea was was made for members to join cur unit, as this meeting was held under our auspices. But a few units were present, and from the nine members who signed up, our Unit, No. 116, got three. Below is a sum- mary of our opinion. 1—We, Unit No. 116, held this meeting and all recruits, no matter where they were assigned shoud be credited to Unit 116. We contend that our unit should get the credit for having gotten the new members. 2—That the other members that were present had no right to sign up new members at our affair without first co-operating with us. 3—We contend that only section or higher bodies have the authority to come into meetings and do this, and even then we are of the opinion that since it was our meeting we should have gotten the credit*for having re- cruited the new members, Below is the opinion of the com- trades who partook freely of our affair. ‘They contend that they have been active in the council more than our unit. They have been concentrating on the members they took for several weeks and, therefore, they are theirs anyway. They also state that it was not our unit alone but the whole Cc. P. that gradually prepared these members. Also some of them con- tend that it is socialist competition, We are busy carrying out the pro- gram listed below in accordance with the open letter. P., Chicago. . . The Opinion of the Section 1—This mass meeting organized by Unit 116 on the “Role of the Party” and recruiting should have been or- ganized better. The unit should have had a discussion and assigned com- rades to take care of applicants. If this were done in this case, there would not have been any confusion. 2—Ths comrades of Unit 116 con- tend that Party members of other units that were present at the mass meeting had no right to pass applica- tions to workers in the hall. Party members have the right to recruit workers at mass meetings, Of course it should be organized properly so that there wouldn’t be any mis- * Task of Units Is ta: Keep New Recruits As Active Members New Recruit Can Remain in Fyiend’s Unit. Until Better Acquainted Wath Party | understariding. 3—The comrades also contend that hey shotild be credited -with recruit- ng nine workers into the Party, while | they only recruited three into their unit. Others live outside of their ter- ritory.~ 7 | They only get credit for workers re- | cruitedinto their unit. As far as mass ameetings are concerned, other units should organize such meetings and take example from Unit 116. i S. Yondrich, . Section Organizer, ms esc Our Opinion Perhaps we are doing an injustice to the comrade and to the unit to which he belongs in thinking that they are more interested about the question of who is to receive cresit for these new members, than they are about really winning these work- ers for,our Party. We do not con- sider workers whom we are trying to win for the Party as the private property of individual comrades, or of specific units. The greatest con- cern ofeach Party member, as well as of the units, should not be who recruits*them, but that they be re- cruited, sand we should welcome the assistance of other Party members-of other-umiits in carrying out this task. The Section Committee is correct in pointing out that the mass meeting organizéd by this unit, and the re- cruiting at the meeting should have been organized in a more systematic way, so that the unit members could have covered the entire hail and tak- en care of all of the workers who wished to join the Party. But the unit ¢ertainly should not object to the fact that members of the other unit attended and participated in the recruiting,.particularly since they ap- proached .workers whom they had known, and 4vith whom they had been. working. We. think, however, that perhaps the Section Committee is too me- chanical in stating that since only three of'the workers recruited at this meeting should be assigned to the unit, since they were the only ones who lived in the territory. If the new members are friends of the members of the unit, if they have been working with them, etc., even though they do not live in the unit's territory they shouldbe assigned to the unit with the comrades whom they know and with whom they are friends,-if| they desire, until such ..fime as they . become acquainted .with the Party, how it functions, etc. These friends will help the new members to understand the Party, will help them with their personal’ problems, etc, After they have been in the Party for some time, feel at» home in it, etc., they can then be transferred to the unit operating in the. territory in which they live. The:unit should not be discouraged that these workers were not credited to them. It was their efforts which ory the mass meeting, and they can fully feel that they were in- trumental in winning these workers. The important thing is that they joinedthe Party. The task of this unit and-of the other units as well, is to keep, them as active members. errr aves Please send me more informatio! Name Street City By PAUL LUTTINGER, M.D. The “Health” Magazines A number of correspondents have asked us to review or criticize the so-called “health” magazines. We have found it unnecessary to do so because the majority of our readers are intelligent enough to know that these periodicals are published solely for profit and that the solicitude they show for the people’s health is nothing but the usual bourgeois hypocrisy. The publishers and edi- tors of these fake health publica- tions are ignoramuses who drifted into “health work” through the back doors of medicine or by the tortuous paths of quackery and _ penny- catching humbuggery. But in today’s mail we received a copy of “Physical Culture” for Jan- uary, from an anonymous subscriber, with the request to peruse the con- tents and “admit that from the first to the last page, this magazine is the epitome of scientific wisdom and philanthropic solicitude for the peo- ple’s health.” ‘We hadn't looked at a copy of the Macfadden sheet for the last eight years and thought that we might have a look and see the cause of our correspondent’s misg’ -d enthusiasm. Sure enough, it’s the same old pseudo-health frightful, filled with the same “physical culture” trash, nauseating “feature” articles and lying advertisements; except, that it is much thinner. Readers are get- ting wiser! It is no use expatiating on the scientific value of the con- tents. It will be enough to cite the titles of some of the leading articles: “What I Think of My Boss’ Wife”, Join the Communist Party 35 EAST 12th STREET, NEW, YORK CITY n on the ‘Communist Party. by a private secretary: “Divoroe—My Big Mistake,” Anonymous; “I Mar- These ‘articles together with the section,” “The Body Beautiful,” ex- hibitin# “semi-nude girls and “Young Sandow’s Own Story” with 10 naked male torsos, compromise the bulk of the magazine's “reading” matter and any of. our readers will readily tell whether the object of the magasine is to teach scientific facts or to in- creasé ‘the circulation regardless. _ ‘The..real character of the publi- cation, however, like that of 80 many other dope-sheets calculated to separate the boobs from their money, can be seen in the advertise~ ments. It is there that the meatys mouthed editorials meet the most glaring contributions and the hypo- critical protetsations for the people’s welfare receive their death blow. —~ First-comes a full-page ad of Mr, Macfadden’s numerous books. My, what a medical authority this former would=Be understudy to a fifth-rate Hiner Ek nook. on Coecoaoae sti » his book on wheré he holds out “a substantial hope~to all sufferers of the dread disease’ for $2, if . . . There is al- waysan if—if the patient is suffi- ciently. confident and persistent, ‘This means that he must persist in doing what Macfiadden (who never sti him, until he © * othe has not tried ! be Sin by (TO BE CONTINUED) ' \,