The Daily Worker Newspaper, March 2, 1934, Page 4

~ Bauer favored coali* oe Four DAILY WORKER, NEW YORK, FRIDAY, MARCH 2, 1934 Socialist Leaders Gradually Disarmed Workers of . Austria Told Workers That “Demtuikaile Concessions” Altered Nature of Bourgeois pascal By D. Z. MANUILSKY Article XI there is “counter- st n, as Bauer the Austrian Social- Democra‘s with Otto Bauer at Read have done everything in power to create one They have led the working cli Austria from defeat to defeat by al-| ways sounding the call for retreat with systematic regularity. The sit- tation in Aus‘ria today is the result 2% this volicy ‘The bour~coisie of Austria is now attacking because it knows that Social-Democracy will not offer any Yesistance, that its threats to use Violenc= are empty, that Austrian Social-Democracy will use violence Only against the revolutionary work- ers, and that in the event of an Aus- trian July 20, it will act just as the German Sc emocracy did ta of NW Austria there is no lutionary ation,” but the Aus- trian social-democrats and Otto Eater have done everything in their power to create one. They have led Wie workin class of Austria from de- feat to defeat by sounding a retrea’ ‘with systema‘ic regularity. The situ- | ation which has arisen in Austria | todav is‘the result of this policy. In Awtria the bour-eoisie are attacking Just hecause thev know that Austrian social-democracy will not offer any real resistance, that its threats to use | wiolence are empty, that Austrian | social-democracy is only capable of violence against the revolutionary workers. that in the event of an Aus- trian July 20th, it will act in just the Same way as did German social- democracy. The bourgeoisie know tha* Seitz, the Mavor of Vienna. is just about as “capable” of a revo'u- tionary struvgie as Severing or Greesinski. Ani to remove any doubt on this. it is sufficient to re- all the way that the Anstrien work- ers“have vone since 1918. There are Certein historic dates which the Aus- trien working cless has not had the Tieht to forget. These are the dates when it wes defeated without a ficht ‘when the positions won bv it in rev- olution were treacherously betraved by Austrian social-democracy, = thev forget such dates as the “s disbandine” of the Soviets of W: ers’ and Soldiers’ Devuties, the dis- arming of the Red battalions of na- fionel defense bv the social-dem- cratic minister, Eldersch, and the| shooting down of the demonstrations of workers— were protesting ‘avainst this measure? Les us take a few facts from recent ‘counter-revo- May-i7, 1927—the issue of arms to| the workers from military arsenal. July 15, 3927—Direct betrayal of the Vienna worker’ uvvisin~ Otto 1 with Seitz “te-iavidate the catastrophe.” Mev -28,..1928—The Gutenberg pact Hh ovened ths factory gates to) fascists s@ctober 7, 1928—Support for the first mass march of the fascist Heim- 4wehr on Wiener Neustadt, and the breaking. 1p of the counter-demon- stration of the workers. » December 7, 1929—Parlis t votes for “reform of the constitution,” for @megency decrees, for recruiting the fascist Heimwenr to help the police for the use of armed ¢ against the ig. fascist a his own decree against all demon- February 5, 1930—Parliament votes | tor the “law terror,” {. e., in defense of akers and fas- ¢ism in the f: rie Gune 13. 1920—The law to disarm ation: ike niass organize which in practice disarmed openly arm: f May 28, 1931—The v roti ing of a state; tee for the debts of Roth-| guaran' ° sehild’s Creditanstalt. | class, economic has nev the cris Bauer of natural crisis of ca on the Austrian demecratic 5 Austrian lly | Action by B. & O. Railroad Locals Show | Revolt ‘Spreading Against Buroeracy Which Union for Longshoremen of lake Charles, lal fore, a bu the Loui: The Louisiana er efforts of sociale | ae. Powisens democracy to drag the working class fri tts pest oe toe backwards. have continu for Negro wo! Claiming to be a the relationship of fraternal benet society, it is r altered: them in : a juicy source of profit f taria*, In Austria there hi who terror: " t development from Ly racy to bourgeois principal figure in this city has taken pl fting of forces | Samm, busness agent of the Negro of one and the etatorshin. within the frar same bourgeois Repndiation of Violence is Renudi- ation of the Class Strugle Otto Bauer professes that the con- cessions made by the bourgeoisie to the working domina- | t Tt is no lonzer the dictatorship); of the bourgeoisie, bu‘ democracy. fie the ectre of prole- tarian revolution in 1918, the bour- geoisie of Central Europe consented | to a number of big reforms as the “lesser evil” to save canitalism and| their own yileves, But these “re- | forms” changed the class character | of the boureeois dic‘atorshin in Aus- tria just as Wttle as the introduction of the N. E. P, in Russia, for examnle, | chenged the class racter of the proletarian dictstorshin in the U. S. S. R. The nolicy of the bourzeols| in depends, of course, on elationshin of forces. but the re- lationshin of forces is det ed by the intensity of the cla 7] ged by the proletariat, If the Aus- | , as a result of the 1918 revolution, secured big successes astria even within the limits of jes anitalist system and the bour- ois dictatorship, it was precisely be- cause in 1918. contrary to the wishes of *he s democratic leaders, it used revolutionary methods of vio- lence and overthrew the power of the Austro-Hungarian monarchy. Now, | after the event, these reforms, by the mass struggle of the working | are ascribed by the social- democrats as to virtues of their own policy of parliamen‘ary reform, to) \the virtues of Austrian democracy. | Btu it was precisely the reformist | and parliamentary policy of social-| democracy which led to the gradual loss of all these gains. (To Be Constased): Tear Gas Company Advertises Wares (By a Postal Worker Correspondent) | PITTSBURGH, Pa.—I am a postal | worker and I want to ens your at-| saw pass- six that I there were and possibly more, advertising booklets from the} Federal Laboratories, Pittsburgh, ex- plaining in detail the virtues of the | tear gas equioment and sub-machine | guns that this company manufac. handled, tures. The booklets were all ad- ssed to police chiefs of various | in the South. One, as for a little vlace | in Tennessee, another in South Caro- lina Anpe 7 ronsiden thes Places good nro: ‘derous equipment. Lenin on the Woman Question Available "Woman Question,” timely in | ternational Women’s Day | nt of the Communist Party | Widespread distribution of | and “Working Women in et Union,” by V. Sibiriak. ; pamphlets may be obtained Workers’ Bookshops and or, in quantities, from the s’ Library Publishers, Box 148, D., New York. Yourself? fn 1501 is available in sizes 12 and 14. Size 8 takes 2% inch fabric and 3% yards lustrated step-by-step sew- tructions included. E CENTS (15c) in ‘stamps (coins preferred) Anne Adams pattern. Write Mame, address and style BE SURE TO STATE orders to Daily Worker Pattern Department, 243 West 17th | Street, New York City. sses have changed the | unit. Workers must pay $5.10 to join either unit and 10 per cent of all that they may earn in the future, to be deducted from their wages by the | various companies employing long- | shoremen. If a Negro worker protests against this enforced payment of money, Samm speaks to the foreman and has {him fired. Samm was also respon- sible for the fir! of some 40 Negro longshoremen who broke away from his union and joined the LL.A. The} | Negro unit is completely dominated, | of course, by Samm and his hench- men, A strong sentimen' among |} the workers on the waterfront for an independent union contr pee by the rank and file. The ¥ demading abolition of the |fee, and the check-off, payment of dues, and mn il the white and colored workers into | one union. | | These workers of Lake Chartes| should organize into the Marine Workers Industrial Union which embodies all of these demands and stands for the un of all marine regardless of color, They been sold out by the L.S.R.LA. should not allow themselves to | be ‘sold out by the I. L. A. System of Fines | Used to Cut Pay of Bus Drivers By a Bus Driver Carmen’s ion (A. F. of L.) in Glenwood Adopts, Militant Union Demand for Wage Raise to Meet Inflation y a Worker Correspondent wood feel the need of struggles e bureaucracy of the stand- erhoods, in their close tile- the railway officials, as haps as any railway men. he Carmen’s Union (A. F. of L.). i this meeting action was adopted} calling for a return of the 10 per cent cut and a 50 per cent increase to cover the advanced cost of living. Some of the other unions here, composed of railroad men, employed and unemployed, have already en- dorsed the Workers Unemployment Bill (H.R. 7598). The Blacksmith’s Union has reduced dues to a nominal sum during periods of unemployment of their members. These reforms, already accom- lished have been for the most part poradic, undirected efforts of the ded crafts, and bring home to us -|most effectively the need of an r-brotherhood unity committee. Through such a committee these various movements could be con- certed, planned, timed and worked out for a more serious attempt at gaining conditions vitaily affecting the welfare of eyery one of us. Revolt Spreading The reliance placed upon the Grand Lodge Chiefs formerly existing seems to be largely disappearing, and the men more and more are coming to the conclusion that any alleviation of the super-exploitation to which they are subjected will only be ob- tained by their own efforts, Due to some of the grievance com- mittee men now in office being more interested in politics than in brother- OOD, Pa.—The railroad on the Baltimore & Ohio F s is shown by the recent meeting hood affairs, and grievances not being | | taken care of, the spirit of revolt is} manifested by a rebellious attitude in all the local organizations. The 10) per cent slash in wages, the 59c dol-| lar, the proposed 5 per cent further | | cut will leave the purchasing power of the men employed on railroads at only 51 per cent of their former pur- | chasing power. This is reflected in their repudiation of the Rooseveltian | theory of increased purchasing power | by the inflationary method. |. Such a rank and file revolt must | be very skillfully handled and various | factions with opportunist tendencies and political ambitions not given a chance to dictate the policies of the various organizations. The train and engine employes are gradually but surely opening their eyes to the true state of affairs in their organiza- tions. Daily violations of contracts, without any protest by the grievance men, have become common occur- ances, The blacksmith’s union Local 262 has adopted protest resolutions con- demning the workers’ massacre in Austria. The resolution was for- warded to the Austrian Ambassador in Washington, D. C. A demand for the return of the 10 per cent cut and a 50 per cent increase in wages was made of the Grand Lodge oificers. All black- smiths’ locals on the B. & O. were circularized for support on the resolution. These struggles show the trend of the revolutionary spirit of railway workers and prove they are ready to| make an effort to improve their con- | ditions against all the capitalist demagogy now being given out by the capitalist press, N.R.A. officials, state and federal politicians, etc. * Railroad Workers Must Win Power to Negotiate (By a Worker Correspondent) PRINCETON, Ind.—The writer of this article has been in close contact with the rank and file railroad em- | Ployes in this city for the past 22 | years and present conditions in te ops and road service are worse at this point than ever before, There have been large numbers of employes fired or “furloughed,” as the bosses say, until now there is only a skele- m of the shop force and, on the Congressmen and Senators demand~ ing they support H.R. 7598. Let every R.R. employe and the railroad un- employed council make demands with other militant groups demand- ing adequate food, clothing and shelter from locai relief organizations and county and state authorities. Demand $10 per week for the unem- ployed head of each family and $3 per week for each dependent. Don't take it lying Some | Telegraph Clerk road the greater part of the conduc- tors and engineers are demoted to trainmen and firemen. However, | when the National Robbery Act was NEW YORK.—It is well known | Working up emotions last Spring and |that Sam Rosoff obtained his bus Summer, the most conspicuous bally- |contracts by influence with dirty| hoos came from the local leadership politicians. Like all well-fed and | of the unions. grasping financial wizards, he tries to cover up his avaricious tactics by slopping over with cheap phil thropy Taking a few crippled cl dren to a movie is his idea of earn-| ing an admission to heaven. But we! Ha Sears know Hon. 8. R. only oe pete each morning when we report for duty, we must have $3.05 of our own money in small change before we ermitted to work. So many families, and wt and rising pri you can imagine how difficult it is for us to follow this rule, | to come. | One night a doctor was needed to/ | attend my ailing wife. After he was paid and the medicine obtained, I only had one dolar left. The next} morning, in spite of pleas, the pt ctor refused to allow me work. In addition, we are hounded | inseectors like the proverbial loc ects for such mur-| in E~ypt, continually on the lookout | | for infractions in order to justify their “stool pigeon” role. They in- vent those they cannot find. Fines | all of in this manner cut our s: y resort to brib pectors to prevent 1a: About three ks ago I y left by a t home and learned True, I am green but the daily; | levied the jon many things; | struggle going on all over the coun-/} | try indicates only one way out. This | path will lead to the overthrow of) such despicable exploitations as Ros- | class lesson. off's bus companies. Any worker using the bus should | leave his copy of the Daily when he | ig through reading it, as it may help | others to a better picture of the class | | struggle. I have two kids with one! to| k There were 60,000 fewer railroad | workers in 1933 than in 1932 in the employ of the R.R., yet these work- ers moved 780,958 more carloads of | freight. Local employes in the shop here told this writer that each man is turning out about three times more work per man than before the crisis. The bosses are driving the men until they are completely ex- hausted at the end of the eight hours The bosses have discriminated against the older employes in the reduction of the force by dispensing with their services and _ hiring younger men to fill their places. The seniority rule, once so highly | Praised by the R.R. employer, has | become a myth or a scrap of nner. The men are seeing through the scheme of collaboration with the and complain that the only between their union ba y union is the method oll g dues. These employes | to the lodge and pay their dues, | white at the ccmnany union the men | Several of the emnloyes in esch | local craft are now reading each is- | sue of Unitv News. Several of them ¢ the Daily Worker, and lutionary and radical is in demand amongst They are learning that they | | can't depend on the slimy politi- clans of the Democratic and the jeepuniican and the Wall Street Con- | gress to grant them their demands. Let’s take the power from our | Jeadershin that gives them the priv- | ilege to negotiate the wages and con- | ditions, and place it in the rank and | file where it belongs. | Let’s demand the unemovloyment | Insurance bill, H.R. 7598. Wire your are checked o% as in the co>l mines. | Welcomes Heln of Daily Worker . (By a Telegraph Correspondent) NEW YORK.—The publishing of the letter signed “Delivery Clerk” in @ recent issue of your paper has had wide repercussion. A gleam of light has entered into the hearts of the vast majority of the employees of our company. Where there was despair, there is now hope. Where there was defeatism is now the faint beginning of militancy. Mistreated ‘by the company officials, betrayed by the officials like Elsden, Colao, Burton, etc., we were sinking into a mental state of lethargy, too suspi- cious to unite, and # prey to wage- jcuts, unjustified transfers and de-| | motions, no pay for holidays and! a host of miserable conditions. yeur no er nolnting the way. I heard ‘some one say recently: “It’s better to be red than yellow.” Let that bo | an answer to the red scare! “Better | be red than yellow.” No longer will Supt. Carroll or his old man walk into an office and try | their famous bvlldozing tactics. That was “scotched” by your paper. Please continue your exposures of things | in the telegraph field and write how we can organize to win some con- cessions. A new spirit is in the air. Keep it alive by supporting the only paper that tells the truth. When the merger comes we can be ready with a strong employes’ union. Lead the way and we will follow. —A Telegraph Slave in the ‘Theatrical District Where | ships loading at this port have to load jat sea from lighters. A heavy sea |Keeps the ships constantly rocking, |endangering the lighters moored | overboard he is nearly always killed, | jas the sea at this point is full of man-| | eating sharks, © ARECIBO, Porto Rico.—Deep-sea | | alongside. If a man falls or is knocked | LONGSHOREMEN IN PORTO RICO WIN RECOGNITION, BETTER CONDITIONS | one is allowed to talk and vote) being | empowered to call an immediate strike | of the entire port. The workers real- ize what this means, and they are taking every opportunity to better | their conditions, | Last night the longshoremen were | Working overtime on this ship, when }one of. the Porto Rico Line ships | Up to a few months ago bad working | arrived (the S. S. Amarillo). This conditions and speedup killed an av- | ship only had about two hours work | erage of one man on each ship besides; and it lay in a dangerous position. | A few months ago the longshoremen | meeting on shore and decided to de- | began organizing, and a strong Jeft-| mand quadruple time ($1.20 per hour). | wing wroup made their union a real! Their demands were refused, and they | rank and file organization. Almost | immediately stopped all work in this |immediately conditions began to im- |ship. In one hour they won the de- prove and the accident rate decreased. mands, and then they forced the com- A few weeks ago the longshoremen | pany to pay them for the one hour in all Porto Rico ports had a success-|they were on strike, and to pay the | ful strike, winning a wage increase of | longshoremen on this ship triple time from 25 to 30 cents per hour straight for the remainder of last night’s over- | time (6 cents increase) and from 35 to|time, this last demand because the 60 cents per hour overtime (a 25 cent |sharks are worse at night. | increase). The principal point of their This should show the American victory was, however, direct negotia-| workers how necessary it is to fight tions between the men involved in ajagainst the National Labor Boards| |controversy and the employer, wi ith | and N. R. A. arbitration methods. ithe men and their spokesman (every-|These workers didn’t need any Sena- |injuring and maiming many others.|The longshoremen immediately held a tor Wagner or Mrs. Perkins to arbi- trate their strike. ‘The largest political party in this port is the Liberal Nationalist Party, which uses the N. R. A. and C. W. demagogy and hooey, and functions at the top like the Demozratic party. ‘The next is the Coalition party, which is @ united front between the Social- ists and Republicans. This outfit has almost the same line as LaGuardia used in his fuionist hook-up. ‘The workers, however, are very defi- nitely left, and many of them declare themselves to be Communists and “left” socialists, although this left sentiment hasn’t yet been organized very strongly. ‘The newspapers are very demagogic and somewhat similar to a cross be- tween the Militant and the Philadel- phia Record. The leading paper is the “El Dia,” and is similar to its New York namesake, The Day. Sentiment for complete freedom is unanimous. The workers understand the role of Yankee imperialism, and ‘they need and will build a strong |Communist Party of Porto Rico. ‘Then, like a break in the clouds—| | Hels Telegranh | | Messenger Boys; | (By a Postal Telegraph Messenger) | NEW YORK—I am a messenger, | and I am writing you a few lines to {let you know the way things are with the messengers. I am one of those boys who came to the first meeting that was held for messengers in Labor Temple. After this we Joined the United Telegraphers of America. But it didnt seem to me that we could get very far here be- cause the president of this organi- zation didn’t seem to care about us at all, whet!wr we accomplished any- thing or not. Because we couldn’t work in the U.T.A. we decided to go over to the Office Workers Union, about which we had heard, and see if they'd give us some help. We did this and we are certainly glad that we did, be- cause they are giving us first rate advice and help. We have faith in them and see that they are really working to aid us. Now some people are coming around trying to scare us with a lot of talk about reds. All I want to say is that the Office Workers Union 4s helping us and this paper is help- ing us and as long as they do they’ both get my support. I’m with them. ead names will scare me, ED. NOTE: We urge all messen- gers who read this letter to tell their friends about it and to go to the Office Workers Union, 114 West 14th Street. Western Union's Big Profit Came from Wage Cuts By » Worker Correspondent NEW YORK.—I have read the let- ter which appeared in the Daily Worker written by the workers of Western Union. I would like to call their attention to an interesting item. On Feb. 17th, there appeared in the New York Times a little notice | stating the profits of Western Union, during 1933, was a clear $4,364,882, while in 1932 there was a deficit of $842,595. The result was that the | coupon clippers got $4.17 per share. Since there was a difference in profit of over five million ($5,207,477 to be exact) from 1932 to 1933, one would expect an increase in business turnover to a somewhat larger amount. However, their gross rey- enues tell a different story: 1932—-$84,581,953. 1933—$84,993,424, » 'Phis increase in-revenue is $411,461, which is only 8 per cent of the in- crease in profit. Now where did the other 82 per cent come from? It could have come from reduction of Salaries of the executives, but did it? I am not working for Western Union, but I would like to hear from the workers of Western Union. They ought to know how their company Teduced its expense in order to pro- | vide profits for its stockholders. —MIKE FRIEDMAN (Signature Authorized). Hackmen Thank the Daily Worker For Its Support (By a Taxi Worker) } strike has causcd quite a furore and discussion among the hackmen in the East Side local, of which I am @ member, The mectings that were held at the Lenox Assembly Hall on East 2nd St., were in a turmoil due to the conflicting programs put forth by the speakers, as the Committee of 13 seldom appeared at the hall. The majority of drivers in this local seemed to favor the clear-cut program of the left-wing group, who time and time again addressed the ‘body, but they also should have come before the drivers and pointed out the necessity of a formation of a committee of action so that the men will not fall prey to the brutal treat- ment of the police, a welfare com~- mittee to canvass the various unions for financial aid as the men on the fourth day were tightening up their belts, and above all to impress the drivers of the effectiveness of huge mass demonstrations before City Hall Why weren’t able organizers of the type of men as Wm. Z. Foster or Bill Dunne introduced to the strik- ers, who no doubt would have gained the admiration of the men, yes, and I dare say chosen as their leaders, Sam Orner, a member of the Com- mittee of 13, who bitterly attacked A.| Judge Panken for the sell-out of the hackies at a meeting at Lenox Hall,' was the official spokesman for the New York at the N.R.A. code hear- ing at City Hail. We drivers of Local 1 want to know who was responsible - for retaining Judge Panken, this be- trayer of the strike as counsel and enemy of the cabmen. In my opin- ion if a‘vote was taken in my local as to who should represent the union as counsel, J. Buitenkant would win In closing I want to state that we hhackmen are not crushed. We re- treated a few steps in order to re-| organize our forces and, under cor- rect leadership, we will rise again and rock the fleet-owners from their very foundations and march on to a smashing victory. We 46 hackmen of Local 1 are thankful for the whole- hearted support given us by the Daily Worker, the only paper that stood by us during the strike. JOE LOGAN, Local No. 1, Taxi Drivers Union NEW YORK. — The recent taxi Taxicab Drivers Union of Greater) exposed to the rank and file as an! PARTY LIFE Properly Appreoached, | Churches Aid Experiences Prove That to Organizational Activity A year ago our section had to face an arduous task to arrange Sccits boro mectings in the bigger and mo: influential churches. The situation was very badly complicated “by t unclarity of many comrades on question of religion. Recently, how ever, the picture has changed con- | siderably. I hope that my experie ce will be of some value to other com- | / rades. The Buro of Section 11 of the CP. | assigned me and another comrade to | pl make connections with big and in- luential churches in the Scovill sec- tion and arrange Scottsboro meetings. We located the Reverend and some board members of a big church and | explained our aim in arranging meect- | ; ings for the Scottsboro boys. Immediately questions were fired on my white comrade to answer on | questions of religion, Communism, nationalism and mary other inter- esting questions. My comrade a: swered by explaining the Party posi tion on the Negro question, the polit- ical issues the Party raised around | the Scottsboro case, linking it up very skillfully into one united program as it effects the Negro as a nation and | the, white workers as a class. The discussion left a favorable im~- nression wnon all. The issue of the Negro and white workers was clearly drawn in simple and lucid explana- tions of the Communist position on the struggle for Negro rights in the United States. ‘The church was granted to us for | & Scottsboro meeting. The Reverend and some members spoke at the church meeting expressing their great satisfaction in knowing that there is a Communist Party uniting both black and white in its organi- zation. Stirred to unmeasured wrath, the Reverend expressed the senti- ment of his congregation and, for that matter, many thousands of Ne- gro and white tollers of the Negro Letters from AMOS 'N’ ANDY “DO THEIR PART” Miami, Fla. Dear Comrades: Was listening in on the ether waves the other night and received my portion of economic “enlizhten- ment,” along with 25,000,000 or 30,000.000 other persons who were also probably listening throughout the nation. The popular Amos ‘n’ Andy were being dispensed in the usual manner on the mammoth N.B.C. network. | Big doses of “how to take it on the chin from the boss, and like it,” are handed out nightly by these dialec’ comedians, The drur is skilfully and adroitly administered to the public. Climaxing the evenine’s episode, Andv-hired a new man to do repair work in their garage. The man was told in the course of his employment | that the nay “wou'dn’t be much, but it would be somethine” (accent on something). What followed is easy to ruess, The man was overjoyed to get the job and the paltry wage. The boys were heroes because they “gave a@ job.” Their magnificent gesture and the new man’s enthusiasm to so readily accept the miserable pay call for a little applause from the announcer. He came through hand- somely, saying: “That’s the spirit, bevs.” The moral dished out so palatably is for the bosses to hand out more jobs at starvation wages (that’s the sririt, so ‘he announcer says), and of course the workers are to emulate | the new emnloye and be happy to| take these jobs, Amos and Andy are well paid for trving to dope the veop'e and stifle indvstrial unrest. But they have a swe'l chance! We know what to do. We won't swallow such buncombe. We'll fitht acainst wave cuts and for higher wages, in spite of Amos ’n’ Andy! THE INSIDE OF A GUTTER SHEET Comrade Editor: Noticing the Daily Worker's ex- posure of the anti-working class role being assumed by the gutter-fascist | sheet called Daily News, I wish to add a few words from the point of view of one who works for them. It 1s my opinion that of all the Scotisboro Ease Congregations Respond section of Se | Negro x S ae mar- ’ gnisdeeds, eiatal day YT chained by @ the fmit- to the rich ce: nd of the chait to the Negro and, white are truggling on side “of the to be saved. For eason has been bridled ience. We are capable iberation frord capital- the cour rageous leader= | for the Scottsboro boys, arer to the assembled workers, the lause and cheering for the C. P. | increased more and more. We ob- tained some organizational results in | building the Party and the LS.N.R., | obtaining a few subs for, the Daily Worker. We were invited to use the church for as many meetings as we wish for Communist organizations. In the Kinsman sections a Negro church issued their own leaflets to advertize an LS.N.R. meeting. and a | branch of that organization. formed. | We must not overlook the Negro churches in our daily activity In ore ganizing the workers. With the | proper anproach and und with the necessary flexibility, we atest succeed in penetrating the churehes and broadcasting our agitation and carry on organizational work. ‘That was one of the most. pleasant experiences we have had .recentiy. The meeting was concluded im the most gratifying way. —B. K., Section 21, 6. P. Our Readers | Capitalist sheets in this etty, this | paper will seek to heegrie +) oo in promoting fascism in thts coun- try. The place, the News building, & guarded like a military fortress, W® Jooks more like an armed camp than @ newspaper office. Squads of special officers’, patrol the corridors and offices, stopping all strange persons and them. These special officers‘are not decrepit old men, recruited from ree tired lists but young men, tap mostly from the rural parts who have seen service in the government forces. They carry holsters and look quite capable of using them./. They | put in eight hours a day and t is a | SSE a aa nse i cent is ney per | the New York Daily News''Post No. 1234, affiliated with the American Legion, Sixty-five charter members attended the first meeting, A tem- porary charter was granted and next meeting will be Sunday at 2 p. m. in the News building. Notices have been sent to all departments urging.politely but firmly all News workers who have seen service between 1917 and 1918 to join, They must be Amer- ican citizens. a YOUTH HERE AND IN THK SOVIET UNION New York City Dear Comrade: “School Life,” « > pub- lished by the United States Depart- ment of the Interior, Office of Edu- cation, reports its findings, naming the most deadly enemies of youth. ‘They are: : Idleness and lack of responsiblity, strong drink, improper relation be- tween the sexes and moving pictures of the wrong kind. i In other words, capitalism This magazine, however,” abstains oan mentioning that in the Soviet ion the youth is busy making a new world, that it doesn’t drink or worry about sex, and, lastly, that Soviet movies are educational and the most. uplifting in the world. | In other words, the press under the | bosses accepts that something is wrong with the young, butrrefuses | obstinately to see the and apply the remedy because if means their own destruction. Doctor ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS Free Operation On the Eyes C.P., Brooklyn—Your letter reached us this morning (Wednesday); too late to get in touch with Dr,“Som- mers. He has ‘phoned us, however, about your case and we are sure that he will do his bes: to get you in touch | with the eye specialist. You are com- pletely forgiven for using our name | Without warrant: it is a small matter which should not give you the slight- est concern, oe aioe’ A Just Criticism “Dear Dr. Luttinger: “When I looked into the Daily Worker this evening, I was somewhat amazed to find a conspicuous adver- | tisement on ‘X-Dandro. “As most workers repose implicit faith in all that appears in the ‘Daily,’ I consider such an adver-| tisement a menace to their health. I am sure that ‘X-Dandro,’ like mos! other similarly advertised remedies, does not stop falling hair or produce the various magic feats it claims to effe fect. “Although I realize that the Daily ‘Worker can use the funds obtained Auavites: By PAUL LUTTINGER, MD. + ; though advertisements, it ,must use the most rigorous discrimination in the type of ads it runs, Let us not forget, too, that careless inclusion of | misleading’ advertisements, .jn the | ‘Daily’ provides our enemles with dangerous weapons. “I am mailing this to vious reasons. You are gto to decide on the merits of ‘X-Dandro,’ aalioe “Comradely, “CORSO.” ope Pes Comment: “The Daily Worker re- Jects all advertisoments which we feel are of a quack or shady.charace ter. As far as other business adver- tisements are concerned, the Daily Worker neither explici’ly hor ime plicitly endorses any prodtitt*adver- tised in our columns. While, for in= stance, many people belleve that \cigarettes are harmful, the Daily Worker might conceivably rum adver= tisements for this particular product withou‘, at the same time, either ene dorsing cigarette smoking or none smoking, or endorsing any particular brand of cigarette, ed more cruety than ¥