The Daily Worker Newspaper, March 3, 1934, Page 6

‘Page Six Struggle “Without Violence” |Officers Attaek Betrayed Austrian Workers | DATLY WORKER, NEW YORK, SATURDAY, MARCH 8, 1934 PARTY LIFE Free Speech in Ranks : dele aa > ° ° ° stematic Building of LL.D. | Of Progressive Miners ot Americal} Conant Task of the Party Otto Bauer Betrayed Austrian Workers by Divert- | Be ai ees RR en wieea ls ing Them from Fight for Power By D. Z. MANUILSKY | $1.50 a Day at the Most’ By-Laws of One Branch Put Through Banning All Coal Prices Rise While|| District Ten . I.L.D. Conference Consolidates F In Pittsburgh, Kan., Mine Communications Without P.M.A. Seal Miners’ Wages Are Cut Loose Branches in I.L.D. Ae fs. S | Article XII om any si the vei a Workers’ movemeni the strike as strike is one of t Struggle in which c! & Characteristic fact tion contains element. Sviolence” on the pi tarian class whic ESrcée its demands or Who is the ent oi “pulsion? The w Jortes the strike “employer make: eformist leade @essions, in order to d integration in the strike front Strikers, and v @ble to carry ih Ments with the: a pre ®greement, and thus to break Strike. Ha z broken the reformist leaders proudly That the concessions won hy Struggle of the strikers are the fru of their “wi: and able policy of negotiation. claim the results Of the workers Je as their own Achievements. Cannot the ne be said 0 part played b; ocial-democra fegard to the concessions made the bourgeoisie in 1918? These re- forms had a dual s For the modest social-dem: the working class and Proletarian revolution “In the overwhelming pn Cases, a strike does it’s a contradiction nist education is not ever hope sror—he isn’t getting an education, | Hhe’s got it—he’s just pol: dialectic ma s itt, education.) "Moreover, Comrade Sures me that the "eoesn't do the dishes no com- Parison to the Milton Howard @oesnt do the dishes. Si Gerson| Wants to go on record as being in| Yawor of paper dishes, and Sender} Gatlin is clamoring for space for a| fixed up some canned beans Might so they tasted like something, | ss goes like this: Green Menarere (Household four strips of bacon , and i i | Tightly, with con. Add a round- fd tablesnoon of flour, stir tog Mimtil hot and well blended am of green (or yellow) string beans. Stir while boiling until flour is well | eooked, and liquid is thickened. (Ten | to fifteen minutes. Peas may be prepared the same way. | Comrade Rose S., who sends those mice vegetarian dishes, has sent an- r Manner of preparing fresh ~beans, “for a side dish: add | nm onion, one carrot, and some oil; carrot may be cut in half.” (All be cooked together, of course.) She sends also a recipe which I tried and found very fine. She Yukon, -Pa., (‘And Win Demands) longer board to -| ¢ cause they s r roperty was bought with- loading at 62c. per wagon. Set | Board, a direct blow | miners. To be continued | boss, seeing — | man-t }houl t failed to break their r: | were hauled to their But If there’s any! that through unity, des | being fired, the min: er’ | jobs, won their demand the Labor Board r were not venali: striking. This is just a bit of si “15 cents.) And | costs appr ure out something farch 8, So W ay—International | Yukon. Last 1 also wal | possible to load more than 2 or 5 wagons per night j shift leaves. The j known, but all probabi | they-will demand separate places, | branch Pattern 1785 is available in sizes , Can You Make ’Em Yourself? Colman as- | bi instructions includ By a Worker Correspondent STON, Ill—Jan. 25 a meet- he Tom Mooney Branch of omen’s Auxiliary was held. A m from the P.M.A., Local was present coming in our eting without the consent of the trship. They were later in- by the chairman to state their This delegation, composed of the | officers of Local 126, now stood be- |fore us trying to whitewash them- ves—for they had committed a rong. The wrong was, they had bought a hall at the price of $1,500, Miners mn of 25 a month. A down pay- of a few hundred dollars was, understood, received from the e P.M.A. officials; whether it was n as a personal loan from some he P.M.A. officers, or was taken tate treasury as an in- ‘m unable to say. This By 2 Worker Correspondent YUE sent of either the P.M.A. 126 members, or the Women’s liary Tom Mooney Branch (who 1 now be responsible to pay for his property). This sort of dictatorship, of taking verything into their hands, of dis- ation towards the rank and has many of us pretty angry. When we dared to criticize these ‘s—we were called “left- wingers,” wreckers of the P.M.A., and so forth. One of our W. A. members was ordered out of this meeting by the president of the |P.M.A. Local 126 during these dis- ions. We now clearly see that the privilege of voicing our mions are denied us. Did we not the “Lewis Union” for this cause, “free speech”? And to- our own P.M.A. we can have no free speech, Real Builders of P.M.A. Now a few words concerning the and insults slung at the Com- nbers of the P.M.A. and To help the strike, to the picket lines, to work welfare of the union, to fice nearly a year’s work for > union, we, the Communists, were soon found | #1 right and good. The Communists threatened | 8% the real builders of the P.M.A. mee n he if it hadn’t been for the co-opera: They | tion of these Communists in organ- | izing the union, a very small group = is f miners would have come out on The chief (significance was this:| strike, after the issue of the strike ite hada of call March 27, 1933. on their | ch even| Further, if the Communists are , and| blamed for this imaginary wrecking, day for| Why weren’t they the ones to attack trat-| the North P.M.A. miners when they * ‘great, vislory for the) Tiren? ‘There the Demowrata, fee See LAY i soll! 'publicans and maybe some Social- This starts the ball a-rolling at ists, fought against the oncoming hi not the Communists. If e wreckers we would have par- nics the aes nates. tn Eats Sat — fighting are yet un-| APE seat Ss are that; The by-law committee of our ‘§ drawn up the by-laws, In the Yukon mine, mine N. R. A. Boar them, how did they These gon per ¢ down. ng no co oming o t the re&son. He a: fire these 30 men but e bo: d th ed $1 night shift | it wi im- ed out and among the laws we find three paragraphs that have shocked us beyond reason. First: Purple ties to be used for socials. Why purple instead of red? Discussion Throttled Second: No communications will be read that haven’t the seal of the P.M.A. Say, what about the W. A. seal? Haven’t we any W. A. organ- izations anymore? This ruling also means that no letters, neither reso- lutions nor other communications, would be read if it doesn’t bear the seal. I distinctly remember that our men had this privilege, even in the rotten U.M.W.A., to read and present any resolution or letter at their meetings, even if it had no! seal of any sort. Why, it seems as though we forget that we are P.M.A. members and act as if we are in Lewis’ U.M.W.A. Surely the by-law committee should be ashamed of this paragraph. Third: Those who do not stand 100 per cent behind our officers are not eligible to hold office in the W. A. This paragraph will be used as @ weapon to crush “free speech,” criticism of the officers’ wrong do- ings and expressions of our opinions concerning the acts of the officers. Surely everybody needs criticism— we all make mistakes. What officer doesn’t make mistakes? And if they make mistakes they can stand be- ing criticized. A leader who only likes to criticize others and refuses to take a dose of the medicine him- self when he needs it, isn't a fit Jeader for the working-class unions. oe 26 Ed. Note:—The writer of this article had first sent it to the “Progressive Miner,” organ of the Progressive Miners of America, which refused to publish it, but the editorial department said the information was referred to C. E. Pearcy, president of the P.MA. The editorial department also said it could not publish “controversial” matters openly, which tends to | prove allegations contained in the above article. ONLY WORKERS’ GOVT. CAN HELP COLUMBIA, S. C.—With 300 Ne- groes to 100 white workers out of work, this is the New Deal we Ne- groes are getting in South Carolina. We look for a new day but not un- der a damn capitalist system. Only a Workers and Farmers government will free the 15 millions of Negroes in the USA. NOTE We publisa letters from coal and ore miners, and from oil field workers, every Saturday. We urge workers in these fields to write us of their conditions of work and of their struggles to organize, Please 2t your letters to us by Wednes- day of each week. By a Worker Correspondent DETROIT, Mich.—Hard coal or- ders dropped because of the low pay here, so the workers turned to soft coal and coke. Then the coal deal- ers raised the prices for soft coal and coke and dropped the prices on hard coal. To this you have to add a 3 per cent sales tax. You see, Jast year, coke was $6.75, this year it is 9.25, tax 28 cents, total $9.53. Oil Workers Face Pay Cuts BOLIVAR, N. Y.—At a meeting in Wellsville, N. ¥. last evening of oil men attended by about 75 from the Sinclair Refining and field men, Mr. Jones, representing the A. F. of L., was the main speaker, trying to organ‘ze the men into the International Oi! Men's Association. It seems they have sort of or- ganization that was represented by a couple of local workers. Both factions were against any company union, but little headway was made. This much was brought out, that New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania and West Virginia constitu*e what is known as section No, 1, this being the Penn- sylvania grade of crude oil. It ap- pears that at Washington the refiners and large producers are endeavoring to get all wells in this district classed as strippers. If this is realized it’ automatically throws the whole dis- A conference to set up a district or- ganization of the International Labor Defense was held in Omaha, January 20 and 21. The purpose of the con- ference was to bind together the loose LL.D. branches which exist in varfous cities in District No. 10. Until now, these branches were loose, they sent dues and got directives direct from the national office. A temporary dis- trict secretary took charge of the task of buil@ing up the ILD. since September 1933. This young comrade worked hard in arranging the district conference. This conference was a step for- ward in building the revolutionary mass organizations in the west. Even though the conference was small in numbers, it accomplished quite a bit. cities, Omaha, Lincoln, Sioux City and Des Moines. Kansas City, Water- loo and Mena did not send delegates. Mena is way down in western Ar- kansas and fare is too expensive; but surely Kansas City and Waterloo could have sent delegates. Why didn’t delegates come from Kansas City and Waterloo? Why wasn’t there a larger number of non- Party workers sent from the cities which did send delegates? First, it is evident that the Party sections and units did not pay suffi- cient attention to the building of the LL.D. There was and still is an un- derestimation of the importance of building the IL.D. into a mass or- ganization. The only time our com- rades think of the IL.D. is when | cities, were delegates from only four trict out of the jurisdiction of the code, which is at present on a base for common labor of 52c. per hour. This release from the code will give employers the right to pay what wage they may wish, and, as Jones said, if you men get $30 a month and with prices of commodities rising to: about 40 per cent by next winter, you can see you cannot make ends meet unless you organize. He, Jones, claimed of the 250,000; oil workers in the U. S, the A. F. of L. have 55,000 and could tle up the industry from the Atlantic to the Pacific. Next Wednesday night they meet again at which time a bigger boy than Jones will be on hand to talk. Berry, I believe his name ts. The speaker pointed out that all had a right to join a union of their choice, yet it was plain the men were afraid. No application was filled for either union. The A. F. of L. carries some insurance, but an initiation fee of $150 with $2 per month for dues also was a hindrance. Editor’s Note:—The oil workers, | who are fecing wage cuts should not let the A. F. of L, demand for dues hinder them from organizing their own rank and file action committees to put up a united fight against wage! cuts, and for higher wages to meet | the rising cost of living. Every new subscriber you get for the Daily Worker means winning another worker to the revolution- ary struggle against exploitation, war and fascism. HELLO BOYS! HELLO GIRLS! E’RE making a brand new start, and we hope you'll think it a good one. We're going to give you stori S, poems, pictures, puzzles, and all the | good things you like, and ask for within the limitations of this space. We're going to print your letters, your poems, your stories, and pictures. We want you to mail them to our office, ACH boy or girl who writes to us will be given an ALWAYS READY NEWS REPORTER card. He or she can then send us all the news We are having paper cut outs for thi naller boys and girls. The cross word puzzles and questions will naturally appeal to the older ones. Tell us what you think of our efforts. We want to hear from you. We will print either your letter or your name. Get out your pen and paper and on the job. Editor: WITH OUR YOUNG READERS, DAILY WORKER, 35 East 12th 8t., N. ¥. ©. G READERS | someone gets arrested and needs de- fense. Then they rush to get bonds, etc., in the name of the I.L.D., when, in reality, they are not even mem~ bers of the ILD. This must be stopped. The ILD. must be built into a mass organization that will carry on work at all times and not just at times when comrades are jailed. In some places, the LL.D. con- sists mostly of Party members. Non- workers are not developed to Jead and guide she work of the I.L.D. Second, most of our comrades con- sidered the ILD. conference as merely another conference that had to go through. They did not regard the conference as a means of really building a mass organization and consolidating our work in this dis- trict. ‘Third, our comrades have no faith in the ability of non-Party workers to take up problems of the LL.D. Iam sure that is one of the main reasons so few non-Party workers came to the conference. It is also significant that in cities where there is very lit- tle LL.D. activity, most of the come rades that came were Party meme bers. Des Moines had more non-Party workers than any other city. It is interesting to mote that Des Moines conducts more activity than any other LL.D. organization. There are two functioning branches of the IL, D. in Des Moines and a third will be built very soon. These branches have both Negro and white workers as members, The first step has been made to strengthen and build the LL.D. It is now our task to carry on the work that was created. The Party must take the task of helping to build the ILD., to build revolutionary mass organizations in District No. 10, Each Party section must take up the work at once, assign responsible comrades to become active members of the ILD. and strive to build a mass de- fense organzaton in our district. KER JOIN THE Communist Party 3% EK 1%h STREET, M. Y. €& Please seud me more informe- tion on the Communist Party. cones seme 0000 cme 000 Name Hest .ccccccccvecccccscsseses Clty ee eccsvccccccceve: ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS “Stardom’s Hoilywood Diet” A, James, Cleveland, 0.—We do not recommend the above “reducing food.” You cannot reduce by taking a tea~- spoonful of some powder out of a can, You ought to know by this time that we do not endorse any patented food or remedy. You may think it is a bargain if you get = $2 can for $1; but we believe that if you buy this powder, you'll simply waste a dollar, a ° . Nervous Vibration of the Hands ae & Be ewes an en a a am A. C. &., Cleveland, O.—It is im- possible to advise you as to the cause of your nerveus vibration without a physical examination. It would be best to have yourself examined by one of the International Workers onier physicians practicing in your ieee e e e Biisters Due to Iodine D. M., Rutherford, N. J—When jodine is applied to the wet skin, it is Hable to produce a blister. Another Possible cause of the blisters might be due to a too strong concentrated solution. You must remember that the tincture of iodine is made with alcohol and when the bottle is left uncorked, some of the alcohol evap- crates. The longer the iodine is thus pes etches Sati sa Mri satire de olen Hotter than Hake SToverrs By PAUL LUTTINGER, M.D. exposed to the alr, the “ or more concentrated It gets! In your case, it might be better to use the »* ordinary (half-strength) fodine sold! over the counter, instead of the full- strength (7 per cent), United States Pharmacopaeia preparation. You may also try the compound solution of iodine (Lugols) which {is = watery solution in potassium fodide. 3 . . . “Bolly-ache.” Randolph S. Cambridge, Mass.— By the time you read this, we trust your abdominal pain will be over. From your letter, it would be a hard task to diagnose the cause or nature of your pain. It might be one of those plain, old-fashioned belly- aches, to which little boys are sub- ject when they eat green apples. On the other hand, appendicities, cancer, ulcers, pyelitis, gall-bladder disease, kidney stone, stone in the bladder, and a host of other con- ditions cause stomach ache, Even certain mental states are liable to produce gastric or intestinal pain: Teading our column, for instance, Send to the Daily Worker, 30 & 13th St., New York City, names of those you know who are not read- Patronize Daily Worker Advertisers, To help carry on the struggle of the Needle Trades Union COME TO THE CONCERT & DANCE. Saturday Eve., March 3rd at the WORKERS’ CENTER MUSIO 50 E. 13th 8%. RECITATION SINGING Admission 25. DANCING A ices: Women’s Action Comm. ¥.T.W.1.U. Capitalism Is Dying! Will Com- s: “Here is a suggestion for an munism supplant it or Fascism (or does entree sound too | do you think?)—anyway, -4t is, called “Chopped Liver.” || } dish has no meat In it but usly enough does actually taste } liver. For the benefit of those ed-in -wool vegetarians who} Bet to their dishes even being | as synthetic meats, I've taken | y of re-christening the dish. | Walnuts a Ia Rose juts well ground lentils, well cooked and d of water Send ‘FIFTEEN CENTS (lic) in| boiled eges jcoins or stamps (coins preferred) |- d onion cooked in oil. for this Anne Adams pattern. Write} in oil may be used, or any fat|DPlainly name, address and_ style rop i 2 ACROSS 48~A slogan of the Communist Party Bon Wa whiles Hegr te 1—The city in Austria where work- is “For and Freedom.” Stirri: Debat ers fought for lberty, against /49—A kind of car (pl.) ng e fascism. DOWN pares @—Their ...... were bombed and| 1—Vital strength. Clarence A. shelled by the government. 2—The neuter pronoun. 10—Separate article. 3—A snakelike fish, HATHAWAY i—The Communist Party calls for a} 4—National Miners Union (atbre- —— front of all workers against viated), fascism. 5—Vienna is the capital of —~/ 12—Drags or pulls. 6—The workers of Austria must now 14—A metal. 16—Either. —— in the sewers to save them- selves from being killed by the 18—Different; not the same 18—Company (abbreviated). Leader of ‘Tickets: $1.10, 830 and 550. On sale at New Masses, 31 E. 2ith Street (mail orders filled), fascist government. 7—The 15th and 20th letters of the! 55 ? alphabet. the individual: a raw onion|number. BE SURE TO STATE 20—Deep seated enmity; spite used for those who can’t eat | SIZE. 22—A preposition. Paes ak of to meet. a d. (The nuts may be grated| Address orders to Dally Worker 23—A negative. ic decree. 4 24—Many workers and women and/13—Materials. children were wounded by the|{5—12 o'clock in the afternoon. shelling in Vienna, and many——| 17—Past part of to run, of their wounds, 21—Neg?tive. 29—Sound in mind. 25—Cc “'s with enamel, 30—The traffic lights say “stop and|26—The workers of Austria fought in, pina —— of their political rights, INTRODUCING BILL, JUNIOR | 32—The sixth note of the scale. 27—Past. Bill, Junior, is one of three Pioneers. 34—Be able to give or spend. 28—To hit on the cheek. John Henry, Red Pepper are the 36—A preposition. 31—A circ'e. others. They will appear in these col-|37—The murder of workers of Austria, 33—A perfume extracted from flowers. umns e2ch week. by the bosses is a (word meaning (Seldom used.) Press League and New Masses We no grinder.) Chop all in- | Pattern Department, 243 West 17th} together until very fine, Street, New York City. | Workers School Forum | EARL BROWDER i General Secretary of the Communist Party, U. S. A i Will Speak On j 12th ANNUAL DANCE Given by. The International Role of Leninism ‘and the Communist International You can cut Bill, Jr. out, paste him on wrapping paper, so that he will be stiff, and then cut the wrapping paper out. You can do the same with his workers to subscribe to the Daily overalls. Watch nevi week for BILL, | Worker. Junior's, Pioneer Uniform, a terrible offense) workers will never forget. 39—Part of the word “to be.” 40—Parent Teachers Association (ab- form a united front). of hearing. 35—Children no matter how good or bad are —— to their parents. 38—A slender coarse grass common at the sides of rivers and lakes. The answer to this puzzle will ap- pear next Ssturday, 125 East Y Sunday, March 4th, at 8 P. M. clothes. If you havé crayons, or breviated). 41—A monkey, | WORKERS’ SCHOOL FORUM, 35 E. 12th St., 24 Floor ead pencil Yee, ee eer eee Pen ee ie ie a te Rs ines Jy., much more attractive, by pinking is upon (The Communist Party le paret : Questions — Discussion — Admission 25¢ Ask your friends and fellow his skin, and coloring his hair, and| | —— to the soclalist workers to|47—An article. RUSSIAN - AMERICAN DANCES Followers of the Trail SAT. EVE. MARCH 3rd - WEBSTER MANOR 1ith Street