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Page Four How the Railroad Speed-Up| Put 40 Trainmen Out of Work| Work They Are Supposed to Do Turned Over by Pennsylvania R. R. By a Railroad Worker Correspondent bullt, the yard trai jead head equipmen' vania Station to S and from Sunny sylvania Station. Station was official! order to put son R. ordered the take the trains throu side and to start with their runs in: vania Station. mileage basis, Th e officials are his, but they st their sleeves, and flagman to t lowing the ba off at Pennsyl' one knows th of the regulations as the Brotherhood an management Both trainr ug il now have been the Brotherhood to give The pa: where there are many make them work 30 and more hours for a miserly 27c. In addition to this, they are out in the rain and must start their runs on wet days in wet clothing. The compa expects them to be neat, but sa a few dollars by making them get wet. If a man gets sick, that is his hard luck, not theirs. Now it seems to me that the company has won many cases from the men on the grounds that it was past practice. Do u suppose the yard men doing thi work for 23 years is a past practice? Of course, it is. I propose that instead of 4 or 5| going to the lodge meetings, aeer| man makes up his mind to attend the meetings so that there will be from New on, from New York to Buffalo rate things are going we mii well give up the Brotherhood. But don’t forget that the rank and file made the Brotherhood, and it has done some fine work, but it had to fight. Men went to the meetings} and they were alive, not dead. | Tf you ever expect to do anything, you will all have to give a hand. / Wake up, and be real men with a; real purpose in mind to fight out all the injustices we have shoved over on us from time to time by the com- | pany and by the Brotherhood lead- | ership. Alho let's fight for our ten per cent | to Passenger Men Editor's Note There is an or- ganized movement to carry on @ concerted fight throughout the country within all unions covering the railroads, and involving unor- ganized railroad workers. The aim is to fight for better conditions on the job, for militant rank and file leadership in the unions, for or- the unorganized. The PAIS 1S CO-ORDINATION >) i name and address of this organiza~ tion is: Railroad Brotherhood Unity Movement, at 2003 N. Cali- fornia Ave., Chicago, Mil. We are also informed that a shop paper, issued by organized groups within the Morris Park Shops, will appear within a few days, and every two weeks thereafter. This “Morris Park Railroader” will do a great deal to rally the workers to fight against the grievances this railroad worker points out in this letter. C.W.A. Jobs Go Only to Favorites in Bluefield (By a Worker Correspondent) BLUEFIELD, W. Va—There has been some reduction of C. W. A. rees in Bluefield. The bosses are picking out friends of politicians to be retained in the service, regardless of whether the person has a family or not. There out employment. It is not a question of what the applicant knows, but whom he knows. One of the straw bosses is registered as married. His wife died six years ago. This man has an automobile and furnishes free transportation to some of his superiors, and brags that he works five days a week regardless of anything or any body. Several colored workers are per- sistently refused work The only question is about their residence. The C. W. A. bosses appear to think that if one has not lived in Blue- field and voted the right ticket one will not get hungry or be affected by the cold weather. CONDUCTED BY HELEN LUKE colum regularly, I interesting,” find it Comrade Rose 8. meatless dishes. I really think that | the rural population and the city} iwellers 2s well would be interested | g ae dit.y 40 vege- | tables ond make tasty vegetarian | meals. Today I'm sending you a/ suggestion for a cabbage stew with ho artificial souring.” The pie with the dual personal- | ity. This pie is very good for the 4 fact their condition tely if they every day. However, it is guaranteed to sive the bosses headache, indigestion, an insomnia. Can you guess what's im this pie? Look for the answer tomorrow. | Come to think of it I believe Com- | xade Rose is right, so why shouldn't we give the vegetarians a break?— and by the way have you heard| Sender Garlin’s best story?—I haven't | heard the others, but I’m convinced | this is the best. | Tt seems there was a big dem- onstration and at its conclusion, some of the comrades, having fore- | yone supper in order to be there | early, went into a nearby cafeteria for a bite to eat. There also went @ demonstrator who took with him wou'd a friend, a newcomer into this restaurant. | “Salami sandwich!,” seys the new patron to the man behind the| counter. “Salami!” echoes the counterman redulously. “We have no salami: | is is a vegetarian restaurant.” | “What!” says the newcome. “You| mean to tell me all these people in| here are vegetarians?” | “Well,” says the counterman, cast- jog a reflective and appraising eye over the assembled diners. “Not all of 'em: some of ’em are just sym- pathizers.” | And who wouldn’t be a sympathizer | (at least) when there’s on the menu ; @ Gelicious | Cabbake Stew 1 Ib, cabbage 1 tomato 1 sour apple %4 cup raisins a little oil. | “Shred the cabbage fine with a/ Knife, pour hot water over it and] Tet it stand a little while. Then} strain off this water and pour over! it just enough cold water to c Add the oil and cook until cabbage | i8 & little soft, then add the tomato, vaisins, and apple. The tomato and apple may be cut in pieces, or can simply core the apple and ad this and the tomato whole. | stamps Anne Adams pattern. Write plainig | name, address and style number. sure to state size. “Cook until all ingredients are soft, writes | mixing with fork. The same recipe) trodden Negro workers. “However, it seems |may be used for a cabbage soup or | to me that it lacks suggestions for|bortsch, using more water, and, if | you like, spice, such as bayleaf or a clove: you sugar. and salt it to taste after it is done. “We use Italian oil called Contan- |dino—it is odorless and has a fine} | taste: we use it for all our cooking and baking. I hope your readers will try out this meatless dish and like it as well as we do.”—Rose S. Can You Make ‘Em Yourself? Pattern 1761 is available in sizes 2, 4, 6, 8 and 10. Size 4 takes 2% yards 36 inch fabric and %4 yard contrastin: Tiustrated step-by-step sewing i ctions included. Send fifteen cents (15c) in coins or {coins preferred) for this Address orders to Daily Worker| Pattern Department. 243° West 17th! struggles of the workers. Street, New York City, too much favoritism in} Be} organization was great. We all agreed §2°LY WORKER, NEW YORK, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 2, 1934 R Firin g ining Car Negro Workers, Victims | of Discrimination By a Railroad Worker Correspondent ee See NEW YORK.—Some ago I read an article in the “Daily” telling} of the miserable conc ms that the Negro cooks and wai going on the Pennsy R. R. Being a dining car worker myself I would like to write of some things that were not mentioned. In applying for annual passes the! cooks and waiters are compelled to| bring along their wives as proof that| they have such. The white workers are not required to do so. It seems to me and many others that this tem is almost as bad as being finger- printed and placed in a “rogues gal- Regardless of how long you have} worked in the dining room service, if quit or are fired, no matter for how short a period, when y re-apply you have lost all seniority, all pass} | rights and wage rights. You are| | merely considered just another “extra worker.” In many cases working conditions are made unbearable so as| to make you quit or cause you to be fired after you have been in the| service for many years. Of course you don’t find any other job and you |come back and are hired as “new,”| | stripped of all rights and wage in-| jerease. This is one of the many} ways by which the P. R. R. main-| tains cheap starvation scab wages. A new ruling for extra men who go | to Washington is that they must lay | over an additional day at their own are under- | per night, the price for a bed in the | P. R. R. quarters (double decker beds, | some rooms, | thereby the company makes 50 cents} now from beds instead of only 25 less importance than a piece of| equipment on the cars. There is a brotherhood that now) is practically non-existent, because of the disgust that we dining car workers have for it, because of its | working hand in hand with the com- pany and serving as a stool pigeon | | and spy service. If thi soutfit, com-| | posed chiefly of “Uncle Toms” and| | “Handkerchief Heads” were interested |in bettering working conditions, it | would not see these countless griev- ances stare us in the face and say: | | “Do nothing about them.” | Each year the superintendent, Mil- jIron, (deceased, Dec. 1933) elected a so-called “Grievance Committee,” | composed of a cook and a waiter, who} had proven themselves to be meek, humble and uncomplaining. This} “Committee” was to settle all con- troversies that arose between waiters, | stewards, cooks, office force and the} | company. Since this “Committee” | was chosen by an official of the} company, the disputes and “deci- | sions” were all settled, in the presence | of the superintendent in favor of the} company. | The “Daily Worker” is fast becom-| ing a part of the meals of many of! us dining car workers, and we hear- tily appreciate the paper which/| | champions the cause of labor, par-| | ticularly the forgotten and down- —A DINING CAR WORKER. | Urges Messengers to Demand Promised Pay for Packages ! By a Messenger Correspondent | NEW. YORK.—According to the |i N R. A, We messengers are sup- | posed to receive 31 1-4 cenis perj jhour for delivering books or heavy | | packages. The Western Union Co. has smartly tried t oevade the is- sue. They classify the books as tele- grams, and pay us on a commission basis. In this sneaking manner, they evade paying us the 314 cents | per hour. In one office they pay a messen- ger, 2 1-10 cents for a telegram, | and 1 1-10 cents for an additional. ‘They therefore load a messenger up with 6 books, let us say. For |the first book, he receives 2 1-2 | cents and for the rest of the de- | liveries he receives 5 cents. And so jon throughout all the various office | schedules. | ‘The messengers of the various | Offices, where these practises go on | must flatly refuse to carry those | books unless they are paid on an hourly basis. They must refuse in a body, and not singly. By entire | Office action, by every messenger | strong in his demands, by flat re- | fusal—will this crooked practice be | abolished. For example: | Have you sent your contribution | to the fund to finance the National | Convention Against Unemployment | | to the National Committee, Un- employed Council, 80 East ith St., New York City? ailroad Con | Also Shows How Movement at Buffalo Is in Line With Roosevelt’s War Plans By a Railroad W ERIE, Pa are to co Eas ‘oad consolidations pite Coordinator n his report ment owner- on Gov ship, forced etc. No additi needed to carr the extensive ‘ogram of consolidations already made and those now being negotiated. The December issue of Railroad Unity News revie under-cover mergers actually putting the Prime plan of consolidations into effect. A| graph showing the effects on unem- ployment in Chicago, “a ‘reduction from 4,000 to 3,100 employees,’ was prominently displayed on the first page The article also gave a table of the contemplated savings to the roads in the various terminals. I will confine this article to one ter- minal, Buffalo, N. Y., where the say- ings are estimated at $2,500,000. The ra d comp: s entering Buffalo, N. Y., have, according to the Buffalo Courier Express of Jan. 18 and 19, set up various committees of railroad officers to plan and effect the consolidation of terminal facil- ities. This plan involves cutting the passenger terminals from four to two, and freight terminals to three, which means many railroad men forced off the job without eny compensation er Correspondent ;in the way of pensions or unemploy- | ment insurance. The railroads involved are the New York Central, Pennsylvania, Le- high Valley, Lackawenna, Baltimore, and Ohio, Erie Nickel Plate and Can- adian roads. | All of the roads have previously thrown many of their employes off the payrolls by closing engine houses, car shops, yard tracks, etc. The | Brotherhood and A. F. of L. bureau- jcracy will not offer any resistance |to the mass layoffs, unless forced to {do so by an aroused membership. |The writer as a Communist and a |member of the National Committee |of the Railroad Brotherhoods’ Unity | Movement wishes to call the atten- tion of the Buffalo District of the |Communist Party to the favorable opportunity for involving the rail- road workers in the struggle for Unemployment Insurance, for build- ing the Party and the Unity move- ment. The consolidations are a part of Roosevelt's War Program, designed to facilitate government control and speedy movement of war material and troops. The Buffalo terminal is of strategic importance not only because of its size but because here trains may be routed through either the U. S. or Canada in case of strikes or other reason for avoiding Cleve- land or Toledo terminals. In Uncle Sam’s Hell House (By a Postal Worker Correspondent) NEW YORK.—I am a_ regular Post Office, For I have seen sev past few months 1 letters printed I am quite sure the “Daily” will pub- lish the following account of the | , ‘i | iti 7 | their friends and the | cents. We are actually considered of | sweatshop conditions now existing in the New York Post Office. Hudson Terminal and Grand Cen- tral subs are employed from one to two hours to dispose of the large} volume of mail collections. The rest of the work is left for the regulars, who have to break their throughout the entire night to get it up. Worse yet is the plight of the reg- ulars in the small stations here, They have to perform a variety of duties of greater responsibilities. They are doing carriers’ work and _ posters’ | work. They are often called to the registry business transacted. They are bonded from $2,000 to $6,000, for which they have to pay premiums of $1.30 to $6.30 to the robber U. S. Guarantee Co. The first delivery in the morning must be made by 7:15 am. The carriers leave the office at 7:15 a.m. All the work which has been sorted and worked up the entire night must | be rushed out with the first delivery. Here one observes closely the speed- up system in Uncle Sam’s hell house. The hustle and bustle which is going on from 6 a.m. to 7:15 a.m. is beyond description, The regular clerk does carrier’s work. He loads the wagons with first class mail and parcel post. | Letters from FOR THE SCOTTSBORO BOYS Broklyn, N, Y. Comrade Editor: meeting bear- Trinity” and ted in the they seem to be ver welfare of the Negro r and the Scottsboro boys. The collection of $10.85 and a resolution was adopted, which was to be sent to Judge Cal- Jahan and Governor Miller. I think if they keep up this spirit, they will be a lot of help.. Also the pastor is getting up a march to Washington for the Scottsboro boys. I am _ visiting more churches and} ke part in the fight | asking them to t: to save the lives of the nine other Negroes that were franied in Ala-| I am going to make an ap-| bama. peal at the Christian Unit Baptist Church one night this week. I feel that if we mobilize our forces, we can break the lynch law in the South and all over the world, and have the nine innocent Scottsboro boys, who have suffered so long and are still suffering at the hands of the bloody lynchers, ‘We must also start s campaign to free Tom Mooney and all revolution- ary workers, J. PERKINS. THERE WAS AN ARTICLE BY COMRADE BRIGGS! Evansville, Ind. We are convinced that the anni- versary edition of the Daily Worker will bring thousands of new recruits to the revolutionary movement. But | in spite of all its good qualities there necks | He is given a mail on his back | full to the top with first class mail | expense, including lodging, 25 cents} postal clerk working in the New York | and is told to drop them at the cor- | responding address written on each | bundle. He has to walk several city 30 double deckers) | in the Daily Worker by postal clerks, | blocks in all kinds of weather to do his, | A REGULAR P. O. CLERK. |Sees Organization As | Only Way to Get Relief By An Unemployed Worker Correspondent NEW YORK —I am a yankee —born in the U.S. A. I have regis- tered at the Home Relief Bureau at 201 Elizabeth Street, two weeks | ego for help. The best thing I got was the gas company for they came |anq shut off my gas on Jan. 30, | 1934, and also the light in my | apartment was turned off by the | windows where stamps are sold and| New York Police Department, and | postal savings, money orders, and/then I was taken down to the sta- | tion house; that is what you get from the Home Relief Bureau at |201 Elizabeth St. So all you work- ers who are going around there, you will have the same thing hap- pen to vou if you wait a long time. I think the workers should get together and fight for what is com- jing to them. They tell us that the CWA will give us a job in the camps, but we asked them, do we look as if we landed here yesterday? Don’t starve, organize and fight for what you need. Plenty of starving families on 7th St. 8th St, and 9th St. If you open your eyes you can find plenty of it. Our Readers was one outstanding fault. That is, it did not have articles in its col- umns written by prominent Negroes. | It reminds us of many Party meet- ings, where we talk about equal out Negroes present. Since we have many able Negroes in the struggle, we believe actual representation | should have been demonstrated in |the 10th anniversary edition, reach- ing thousands of Negroes. P, The above is not trying to mi ize or evade our responsibility |and almost total failure to organize | the Negroes in Southern Indiana, | B, LEACH, (for the Comrades cf Evansville). ACCIDENTALLY ON PURPOSE New York City. Couldn't resist letting such an ob- vious, vicious attempt by the Times to put over outright slander go by without at least calling it to your at- tention. From my read. ing of the Times daily, I believe that the “mistake” was done on purpose. Please point this out in our “Daily,” so other workers may see what meth- ods such lofty papers as the New York Times use to distor; the news. Comradely, L. GARDEN. (By 2 Food Worker Correspondent) NEW BRUNSWICK, N. J—About six months ago the Food Workers In- dustrial Union began to organize the food workers here in the city of New Brunswick. We succeeded in calling the first’ meeting of the local rest- aurant workers, who themselves saw the necessity of organization because they are exploited to the limit. They were compelled to work from 10 to 12 hours a day, 70 to 84 hours a | week, for $10 to $25 a week, At the second meeting there were about 25 workers and the spirit for the best unfon to join with was the one most active in carrying on the We ex- | plained the Food Workers Industrial | Union was a militant union, that it ‘was controlled by the rank and file, and that it was the only union of the working class, etc. But to these two meetings came some workers who belonged to the American Legion, and they started propaganda against joining the In- dustrial Union, They said it was a Communist union, and if we joined with this union we could never win our demands. One said that the A. F. of L. was a militant union, and not only that but we would have the sympathy of all the people of the city in our struggle if we belong to the A, F. of L., and so the workers, 90 per cent of them have never had union experience, joined the A, F. of L., There are now about 80 mem- A.F.L. ASKS NEW BRUNSWICK LOCAL TO SEND SCABS TO HOTELS IN N.Y. o— and since then the workers’ conditions are still the same. They have done nothing to better these con- ditions, and there is no progress be- ing made to alter this, The workers did not realize this when they joined up of L. Now the food workers are on strike in New York. of the local food ceived a call from short notice. So this is the “militant” role of the A. F. of L. They are cooperating with the management of the Waldorf As- toria and the rest of the hotel ownegs bers, Each paid §2 initiation fee, where the workers are on strike at presen? |rights and self-determination with- | | olidation Going Ahead, With of Workers, Says Correspondent Taxi Drivers Demand 100 p.c. of Five Cent Tax By a Taxi Worker Correspondent NEW YORK.—Through the per- sistent fight against the 5 cent taxi tax carried on by the Taxi Workers Union, the City Administration has promised to drop the tax. The fleet operators, in spite of the fact that this tax money now is in their pos- session, have offered to pay the drivers 40 per cent of this money when the tax is definitely repealed. Meanwhile, the bosses are offering a part of the offered 40 per cent to those drivers who will accept a sot- tlement immediately. This offer is made in order to prevent the drivers from forcing the bosses to hand over 100 per cent of the tax money to the drivers to which they are rightly entitled. That the drivers have always been opposed to the tax, considering it a wage-cut and are ready to fight for their right to ALL of the tax money can be seen by the fact that the largest turn-out of drivers was witnessed at a mass meeting of 700 to 800 men called by the Taxi Workers Union, immediately after Oct. Ist in protest against the tax. We drivers must not be taken in by the tricks of our bosses. We are entitled to all of the tax money, and we can get it. We can get 100 per cent of the tax money by organizing commit- tees of action in every garage to demand: 1.) No more turning of tax money. 2.) 100 per cent of tax money with no discrimination on basis of length or variableness of employ- ment, 3.) Committees of drivers to sit in at the accounting for distribution. 4) As long as the 20 cent drop is maintained, the driver to get the full extra nickel. B. M. T. Repair Men Suffer New Speed-Up Trick By a Subway Worker Correspondent NEW YORK.—Perhaps you and other railroad workers want to know how B.M.T. repairmen are exploited and rushed. The bosses in our shop at Ave. X in Brooklyn have a brand new way to speed us up, They bring @ train into the shop 10 minutes be- fore quitting time. Swell idea, huh? The foreman begins to hurry us. “Come on, clean it up! It’s not quitting time yet.” The job takes normally one hour. But the men don’t want to stay after the whistle, so they rush like bees | and finish the job as soon as pos- sible. I have spoken to some of the men about this and other things. They feel mad abont it. They know the company representatives (com- Pany union) won't do a thing for us. When I get a chance, I slip some of the men a “Daily.” They like it. I feel that something is going to happen soon. The men are talking | union and that means action with ; us. A B.M.T. WORKER, | Hospital Puts Him Out With No Place to Sleep (By a Marine Worker Correspondent) NEW YORK.—I am a seaman.) Some time ago I contracted rheu- I working on board a ship. was sent to the Marine Hospital in , Where I remained for a hospital and try to locate Harlem. While on my an accident in the sub- I fell down the stairs and broke a leg. I was taken to the Harlem Hospital for treatment. There I re- mained for two months. About a week ago I was put in the street from the Harlem Hospital, ‘They gave me a nickel and told me to keep going. I have no relatives here, so when they put me out I had absolutely no Place to go. I told them so, but they simply put me out. I cannot walk as yet. I move around with ex- treme difficulty. I had a very hard time trying to locate a family where I could bunk. I am writing you so that you let the readers of your paper know of this. At the Harlem Hospital they do not care what happens to you so long as they get rid of you. MIGUEL ANDRADES (Signature Authorized). NOTE: ‘We publish letters every Friday from workers in the transportation PARTY LIFE The following letter from 2 De- | troit Unit has been sent to us by the | District Organizer of Detroit, for publication in this column, together | with the reply of the District Com- | mittee. | ee ~ We, the members of Unit 12, Sec- | tion 2, herewith wish to set forth a| few grievances which we deem should | be explained and corrected where| possible. | First, in order to further the ad-| vancement of the Party, we are of| the opinion that at the Section Or-| ganizer’s meeting there should be more discussion on how to carry out |some of the work handed down, |other than having to lead the units | with a lot of stuff which cannot be) carried out. In other words, have a “ew things done right than a lot of| things done wrong or not done at all. | We are aware of the fact that we have been told we are taking a de- ‘eatist, pessimistic, or crying attitude. But, we think, if the leaders were to acquaint themselves with the ac~-| tual field work and investigate into | the why and wherefore of the mem- bers who at least try to do this field work, there would be less cause for calling them defeatists. We, therefore, believe that the jleading comrades should pay more | attention to the working out of the) small details, thereby paving the way to the carrying out of larger things to follow. We believe that steps should be taken to start all meetings on time, and that those comrades who know all about Communism should at least have a separate time to hold their little meetings, other than at the rear of the halls, thereby allowing us new members to learn and hear something from the speaker. We also have complaints regard- ing the icy attitude shown at the Bookshop. We have complaints from members who were delegates to the last Party Bazaar who found no co-| operation nor any arrangement made regarding what they were to do. We believe @ grave mistake was made by the entire membership of Detroit in the failure to obtain enough signa~ tures on the last charter amendment and hold the leadership for this fail- ure (something the workers showed they wanted) and in our opinion could have ben used to further ad- vance the Party. We hold the leadership responsible for the failure of the candidates in the last election in not showing up at a meeting arranged for them by the units; also where shop groups were gotten together by the mem- bers, thus destroying confidence to- ward the Party of the masses and of the members. We are told to create speakers from within our ranks, but consider it unwise to create speakers at the expense of those we get to- gether to listen. We believe there is room for complaints regarding bu- reaucracy shown in this district, a good example in the last membership meeting, for instance, where the or- dering of 30,000 Daily Workers was put over. Then the rank and file were asked to vote on same, after the order had been put through, creating a feeling that this was only a grand- stand play of the District Commit- tee to the Central Committee. We believe that 30,000 papers can be sold, with the co-operation of all members, but our complaint is abut the bureau- cratic way of putting ne Ore * * Answer of the District Committee Section 2, Unit 12, Dear Comrades: The District Office has received your letter and sends herewith the following answer: First, it is a very healthy sign that the comrades in Unit 12 have shown in calling to our attention such basic New Party Members Point Out Shortcomings of Detroit Unit District Committee Replies to Comyades’ Charges of Inefficiency to carry on certain basic tasks of the Party. I hope you comrades will re- member the Opén Letter, which says that we must.execute decisions, after decisions haye been made they must be carried out. Of course, it must be the task of all leading commit- tees to convince-the comrades of the correctness *of-'these decisions, be- cause only when the decisions are understood will the Party get the maximum result.from all comrades. Second, you. comrades are abso- lutely correct, jn. demanding that lead- ing comrades pay more attention to small details, especially such details as how to get out the daily agitation and propagarida and organizational | work, in and around the factory, especially im the big automobile shops. This daily work is the most difficult task for our comrades in the shop, and“it’must be the task of the leading committee to give advice and guidance to the comrades in this work. Third, the letter you comrades have sent to the District shows the willingness and the determination on the part of you members to work and especially have the work organ- ized. Every unit must have its plan of work. This plan must call for daily activity for every Party meme ber in the unit. This activity must be centered ‘around a shop concen- tration point,’such as a big shop. The aim of the unit must be to build up contacts:dnside of the factory. This contact;ean only be established if the members of the unit acquaint themselves with the grievances and the working conditions inside of this particular shop. The beginning might be made in the form of.a leaflet from the out- Side. It might begin by calling a group of workers together in a home and then might follow up by a small leaflet inside of the department, etc. I am sure that this is the aim of Unit 12, and we do not feel that the comrades have a defeatist attitude, and whoever made these charges must be called on the carpet and ex- plain why. What assistance has he given to the unit, what guidance has he given tothe members of Unit 12? Again, letme say these small de- tails are exactly the problems that we must solve in order to do big things, especially in the factory. Fourth, as to the Bookshop, I do not exactly know what you comrades have in mind. But the Workers’ Bookshop must be built up and must have a regular organized rigid sys- tem, especially on finances. We were too sloppy and too loose in the past, especially with finances, and this has to be changed. Every Party member is asked to ‘co-operate: in establish- ing a financilal:system in all of our activity, a system that will be re- spected by the outside workers. Fifth, in regards to the Charter Amendment campaign. We had to stop this campaign because the changed situation demanded it. How- ever, the Patty comrades should have been informed about this, and it surely is had when # campaign is stopped without giving the proper reason and explanation. We feel very glad that you comrades have called this to our attention. You complain that speakers do not show up. This:is something which we must change radically within our Party. This shows lack of respon- sibility and lack of seriousness for the task and campaigns the Party is working for. As to the Dally Worker, I don’t quite agree with you comrades. I think that, on'the main, it was the duty of the: membership and the conviction that we can go through with the plan. It is true there was room for improyement, at least from. the organizational point of view. shortcomings that exist in our Party. You comrades in Unit 12 are abso- 3 lutely correct in demanding much more discussion by Bolshevik con- yictions, especially on how and why t ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS Cod-Liver Oil Capsules Ray Frank.—In the case of your little boy, the cod-liver oil (not cat) capsules are as good as the regular cod-liver oil, This does not mean that cod-liver ofl can always be re- placed by the capsules. A capsule contains from six to 20 drops, and is equivalent in its Vitamin D con- tent, to a tablespoonful of cod-liver oil, Pee Phenophthalein and Epsom Salt Joseph P., Brooklyn.—Pills contain- ing Phenophthalein will have an ef- fect on the bowels in some people, but not with everybody. It is the same it as that found in “Ex-Lax.” The three-and-one-half grains of epsom salt in each pill are not sufficient to give a bowel move- ment, Phenophthalein often causes ® rash in susceptible individuals. We cannot recommend pills made of the above ingrediants as a sure for con- stipation, Psoriasis Mrs. E. MacG., Seattle, Wash.— ‘There is no cure for . Some- times the. disease improves by itself and the credit is given to the par- ticular ointment or lotion or diet which the patient is taking at the time. We do not know the cause this skin condition. To ascribe a “congested system” does not problem. known i a2 By PAUL LUTTINGER, MLD. Comradely yours, JOHN SCHMIES, For the District Committes, Detroit District. money on @ new remedy that of curing Psoriasis, it in this try it. s Gas e Herbert M.—You are probably ing too much sugar an¢ to replace these articles dairy food-such as milk, cheese. Also an enema @ tablespoonful of bicarbonate to a quartiofwarm water, retiring, may release that gas which seems to be causing so much trouble, ee a. Q work, We would advise you your face every night with warm water and castile soap. After drying the face thoroughly, squeeze the pimples gently and touch them up with iodine. Do not wash your face in bak one etd this regi- men for two and let us know the results. * . . 4 ‘Underweight A Working Girl—At your age (89) you ought to weigh more than 90 pounds, Underweight is not a sick- ness in itself; but may be a sympton of some underlying physical or mental disturbance, REEF column, so that you may