The Daily Worker Newspaper, March 12, 1934, Page 6

Page Six DAILY WORKER, NEW YORK, MOD DAY, MARCH 12, 1934 | Workers’ Unity Necessary in $3 for Slop BLUE EAGLE HATCHES $7-38 4 WEEK JOBS AT | Fight Against Fascism, War Cut Off Pay Otto Bauer's Betrayal Proves Correctness of Bs D. Z. MANUILSKY Article XIX It is just for this reason that the broad working masses, whose class instinct impels them to unity in the class struggle, must take the initia- tive of the united front into their own hands. The establishment of the united front must be the cause of millions of workers. And we Communists know that thus and thus alone will the unity of the in- ternational working class be re- stored. We Communists expose our of Austrian Workers Communist Position Second International. But we have also no doubt that the leaders of the social-democratic party and its higher functionaries will deal a | stab in the back of the proletariat of the U. S. S. R., will come out on the side of the bourgeoisie in this war just as they came out on its side during the war of 1914. The treachery of international social- democracy in 1914 was not a mere chance or transitory occurrence. It has been borne out by the whole post-war evolution of international social-democracy, by July 20th, by ideas, our program, our its whole attitude regarding the our methods of struggle, ov ,| question of the U. S. S. R. There to the verdict of a may be individual deserters, there believe in the ma. in| may be shades of difference in their class con: and their) their positions, as there are now, revolutionary sens precisely; but the leading sections of the we Communists who stand for the broadest rank and file democracy in carrying out the united front Can the social-democratic leaders say the same? Why do they, who have shouted so much about the methods of “orders from Moscow,”| from the Comintern, not wish to} put the decision of the question of the united working class front into the hands of the masses? What has become of all the declarations about democracy inside the working class? Why are they so afraid of the pub- lic verdict of the proletariat? Otte Bauer proposes to bring about the united front by means of direct negotiations with “Moscow.” Negotiations with whom? With Otto Bauer, with Dr. Renner? It is not worth the trouble. Since 1914-18 the Communists have forgotten nothing—but they have learned a great deal. If it is a question of Social-democratic meetings of the rank and file workers in the fac- tories, the Comintern would not be carrying out its elementary duty if it did not discuss with these work- ers how to organize the united front with the rank and file work- ers better, what difficulties need to} be overcome, in order to bring about @ united class struggle. We Com- munists would listen most atten- tively to the criticism of these so- cial-democratic workers who have been connected for years with Aus- trian social-democracy. And we are convinced that, as people of one class, we should find a common | class language. Such a comradely| discussion could only help to over- come the psychological aloofness | which is artificially inflamed by the! social-democratic leaders among the social-democratic workers, and would hasten the formation of the united front of the Austrian work- ers’ movement. But the united front of struggle cannot be replaced by the Comintern “from above.” It can only be formed from below. And if Otto Bauer transfers the centre of the question of the forma- tion of the united front of struggle to negotiations between the “two Internationals,” it is precisely be- cause he wants to break the united front of the working class whieh is| already being formed in a number of countries. Otto Bauer promises the Austrian workers that these negotiations will become possible in another and more serious situation, i.e. at the time of a war of the imperialist world against the Soviet Union. If Otto Bauer has already spoken so openly about war, we think it necessary to reply to him with the same frankness what we also are thinking about the posi- tion of international social-democ- racy in case of a war against the Soviet Union. We do not doubt that the working class of the whole world, hundreds of thousands and millions of social-democratic work- ers among them, will be on the side of the Soviet Union when the cap- italist world attacks it, irrespective of what position is occupied by the whole Second International will be on the other side of the barricade. It is not Otto Bauer who will ex- press the opinion of these sections, but people like Noske. The Otto Bauers will only conceal by their “left” phrases, the open services which they render to reaction on the same scale as Noske. War, like proletarian revolution, creates a single line of barricades between the classes. It is impos- sible to be between the two camps. Anyone who is prepared in advance to join the line of defence of the Soviet Union and proletarian rev- olution will not talk to the masses today in the language of Otto Bauer. He will act and talk like those workers who are fighting alongside the Communists against fa: mm and the capitalist offen- sive in a number of European countries. The Communists call on their class brothers, the social- democratic proletarians, to take this line. The Austrian and German Communists say to them: Brothers, welded to us by common want, op- pression and exploitation, we, like you, wish for unity and we call on you to stand together against capital in one steel united phalanx. We do not want to manoeuvre in our re- lations with you, but to fight shoul- der to shoulder with you for our common class cause. We Commu- nists are not trying to break up your unity, we are not trying to) undermine your mass strength, but | to give to the unity and mass struggle of the working class that basis of class struggle, without which this strength will become weakness, while “unity” will be} exploited by the Otto Bauers for collaboration with the bourgeoisie. And if we succeed in forming this | united front together with you, we| shall secure the victory of the working class over capitalism. THE END. The above article which is con- cluded today can be obtained in full in the form of a pamphlet called “Social-Democracy, Step- ping-Stone to Fascism” by Ma- nuilsky. It is on sale at the Workers Bookshops, at 50 East 13th St. New York City and at all other workers beokshops through- out the country, It sells at 5c. | Join the Communist Party |] 35 E. 12th STREET, N. Y. C. Please send me more informa- tion on the Communist Party. |] Name | |] Street REVOLUTIONARY WOMEN— NEW YORK, NEBRASKA, OKLAHOMA Two letters. The second sort of esponds to the first, so we present them together. The first, written ““Your article in today’s ‘Daily’ was one of the most enlightening Tive read in a long time. It came just in time to save me from what this lopsided capitalist system en-| eOtirages—subjective thinking. 2*To have a precious, healthy two- year-old rascal forever demanding attention and to see a Comrade Husband getting busier and busier and spending less time with his wife as the Party grows larger and stronger is not the easiest sort of strain to stand. “It's especially trying when one feels the equality of men and wo-| mén—not as Doris Stevens, Gretta Palmer, and “Madame” Perkins feel it—but as Rose Pastor Stokes, Clara Zetkin, and our other dear friends explain it. “My interests and talents don’t lie in home duties. I ache to put them to Party use! In the mean- time the least I can do is to read and prepare myself for the time I can fully join my Comrade Hus- band in our Interna‘ional struggles. “Gratefully, “Mrs. “New York.” And besides, Mrs. , it must not be forgotten that if you are bringing up a good young revolu- tionary, you are making a tremen- dous contribution toward the suc- cess of the proletarian revolution. The second letter contains a valua- ble directive for women who are, for the present, at any rate, somewhat “tied down” to the house: “Although I am a Party member, being a housewife, it is very hard for me to get time to go out and get subscribers to the Daily Worker. And so I have tried to get subs in the immediate neighborhood in| which I live. “By talking to people that have! come to the house,—coal man, cleaner, etc—I have gotten three subs in the last week, and expect to get many more. We housewives cen do a lot for the Daily Worker circulation drive if we only try to do so. “Comradely, | ‘D. Ss. “Omaha, Neb.” ae Ra | Comrade Edith 8. of Sand/ Springs, Okla. sent letters ac-| knowledging receipt of the pictures | We sent, describing conditions in Sand Springs and asking informa-| tion which we are now gathering. She sent also a dollar to cover cost | | of the pictures and leave a surplus | | for the fund for financing the Red} | Paint Book and the Red Interna- tional Cook Book. This dollar I have given over to our business of- |-fice for safekeeping. To it I shall | add those 25 cents in stamps that Comrade Herbert 8. sent and which he has not yet claimed,—if he does not do so in the near future. I am getting very nervous about this R.I.C.B.—I mean restless with anxiety to get busy on it, get the material assembled, and get it is- sued. Additional recipes have been | sent by comrades. And the more letters I get from} women in various places asking di- rectives for organizing women into the movement, the more I am con- vinced that such a book is just the thing we need to interest women who are not yet class-conscious and | | convinced of the correctness of the | Communist line. Such a book! would be taken into their homes| and used from time to time, and the “intermittent propaganda” in- cluded in it would be bound to have its effect in due course of time. It would be splendid to have giv- en it a wide circulation in the very near future, should the Party be- come illegal. So I am trying to inFoodCode Wages of All Workers Set at $10.50 for | 54 Hours | By a Food Worker Correspondent NEW YORK.—The signing of the restaurant code is a day of mourn- ing for all the workers in the res- taurant industry. The code, as written, is a slap in the face to the | restaurant workers. | As the code stands now, a 54- hour week will not create much ad- ditional employment. Especially is this true in restaurants that keep open 24-hours. Before this code was signed, it was taken for granted that every employee had his meals included in the wage scale. By generous chisel- ing the employers, after months of | dickering through their paid lobby- ists, managed to slip this infamous provision into the code. But this is not all, by any means. The hotels! and most of the clubs and restau- | rants are serving only left-overs and slop to their employees. I can- not conceive by the wildest imagi- nation how this slop should be worth the equivalent of $3 to be de- ducted from the weekly wage. Nor) is any provision made in the code for the workers to eat their meals | away from the premises at their | own discretion and not be weekly | penalized to pay out $3 for slop. | I happen to work in an athletic club downtown as waiter. No tips are allowed. A 10 per cent service charge is added to the member's check. Yet the waiters only re- ceive 6 per cent of this amount. Here is the joker in the code: The minimum wage which should get all of us workers ready for the poor house. A minimum of $10.50 weekly —and cigarettes being what they are, two packages for a quarter! Does this minimum wage apply to skilled and unskilled labor alike? | It seems that chefs, cooks, coun- | termen, waiters, salad men, bakers, dish washers, porters, bus boys are all in the same category under the wording of the code. Nothing less than a 48-hour week would create additional employ- ment, thereby adding another shift of workers in places that are open 24-hours. | The minimum wage should be | $25 for skilled workers. | DEFRAUDED OF JOB . By a Worker Correspondent NEW YORK.—I am writing to \tell you of my experience of the | | swindle which is going on in snow | ooeele After waited every morning | about three hours at the Sanita- | tion Dept., across the street from where I am living, they told me | only the ones with white cards had ja chance. Hanging around the of- | fice for hours and hours, mornings and evenings, I got a white card too. On one day, I really had the chance to earn $4. Next day I went there again, but |a certain policeman who gave num- bers out would not give me a num- | ber. I showed my card to him and | he called me a faker. I said, “I am not a faker — maybe you are ;one.” - He told me to beat it, I |said, “No I won't.” So he again) |told me to move before he is go- | \ing to use the stick on me and he | | would lock me up. TI said, “All| |right—go ahead and I will get a free meal.” He watched my every | move as I marked his badge num- ber down. It is 10216. | Can You Make ’Em | Yourself? Pattern 1801 is available in sizes 36, 38, 40, 42, 44 and 46. Size 36 Resa 3% yards 39 inch fabric and | | | | | % yard contrasting. Illustrated step-by-step sewing instructions in- cluded. Send FIFTEEN CENTS (l5c.) in coins or stamps (coins preferred) for this Anne Adams pattern. Write plainly name, address and_ style number. BE SURE TO STATE SIZE. get “the column” mechanically or- ganized in such a way that I can devote a few weeks in the imme- diate future to the R.L.C.B. | Address orders to Daily Worker | Pattern Department, 243 West 17th Street, New York City. MEAT PACKING PLANT Regional Board Stalls Workers at Wilson’s, Los Angeles By a Worker Correspondent LOS ANGELES, Cal.—When the workers in the Los Angeles packing plants told of the conditions in the | Se" talking to one of us is fired.| By a Food Worker Correspondent |who had joined the Party, whose Plants to Baldy Davis, A. F. of L. organizer, and Bloom of the N.R.A. Board, they said they’d have the blue eagle sign down overnight. But the workers that struck un- | der the A. F. of L. have been locked out for four months, the strikers have been replaced by Negro work- ers and women whom the A. F. of L. wouldn't organize, working for less than they got even before the strike, and under worse conditions. And the Blue Eagle still flies over Wilson’s and nobody has done any- thing about it. A committee of locked out pack- ers went to the regional board again. They promised to write to the) President. | to put up a fight for our reinstate- Wilson’s has put all the workers | on the Beedo (bee-line) speed-up piece work plan. It’s so complicated that a worker doesn’t know what wages he’s working for. Girls that used to get $12 and $14 before the | lockout now make $7 and $8. | The foremen aren't foremen, they | are slave-drivers—James Walsh on the killing floor and Flavell in the | pork-cutting department. | Yesterday they fired three men | from the pickle-cellar in Wilson's and put three women in there. The pickle cellar is a wet rat-hole where you have to wear boots and a water- proof coat, | plants in Case of Lecked-Out | | They aren't hiring the strikers | back, except one at a time, once in a long time. Any worker that is | The watcher from Wilson’s stands | outside the door of the Labor Tem- ple on the night of the union meet- ing. They pay with a check, and it costs 10 cents to cash it. They take }20 cents out of every check for “jnsurance” but if you're cut you don’t get anything unless you're bad enough to be out two weeks, | cents per hour, which after a series |ture from the Central Committee, | |of cuts was chiseled down to 11| but who are still waiting for the dis- | and then they fire you. | We locked out packinghouse | workers are organizing in T.U.U.L. First we are going in a} body to the county to see that every | unemployed packinchouse worker | gets county relief. Then we're go- | | ing to raise hell in the A. F. of L. meat packers union till they have ment and the payment of our back | | pay. Then we're going to organize | the workers in all the packing} in Los Angéles and show them whet a real fight is like, un- | der the T.U.ULL. Hobart of the A. F. of L. Meat- packers is talking about organizing the Mexican workers now. He’s stopped talking peaceful strike. He sees all the workers are turning to the T.U.U.L. and he’s afraid of his job. But he fooled us once. That’s enough, Locked Out Packing House Workers of Wilsons | Try to Organize St. Louis Jim-Crow Building Union By a Worker Correspondent ST. LOUIS, Mo.—Charles A. Col- lier, Jr., Industrial Secretary of the St. Louis Urban League, has re- vealed that the League has organ- ized an Industrial Union which will be composed of the various “Negro” craft units in the building trades especially the hod carriers. J. Ar- nold Hill, acting executive secretary of the National Urban League is here assisting Mr. Collier in head- ing the Negro workers into a jim- crow union. as their drawing card towards head- ing the C.W.A. workers into their jim-crow union the slogan that they are lodging formal complaints about the discrimination through which the Negro C.W.A. workers are going in St. Louis. But Mr. Collier does not say anything about the segrega- tion of Jews and Italians on C.W.A. j ‘This is not the first time that Mr. Collier has tried to fool the Negro masses in St. Louis. Last Novem- ber he organized a Negro Female Domestic Labor Union and the only progress the union made was to collect dues. The union members asked for $3 a day and car fare but are forced to take $1.25 a week How A. and P. Uses Code to Cut Pay (By a Food Worker Correspondent) NEW YORK.—My attention was called recently in the “Daily Worker” to the wage cutting poli- cies at the Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea Co., through the me- dium of the N.R.A. Many clerks in that company are now working the pre-N.R.A. hours because they were given the option of either being kept on the N.R.A. pay rate for this or being trans- ferred to another store where the wonderful Blue Eagle would pay them accordingly. Likewise many clerks and managers have been laid off and have been replaced either at the code rate or part time at the code rate. Wherever possible the bosses in- vent all sorts of excuses in order to fire all the help who are till working pre-N.R.A. wages. This gradual process finally slices the code. The public, among whom the majority are working class people who give business to the A. & P. do not know that this lay-off policy is used to cover up the fact that the A. & P. is actually cutting wages. Those remaining managers and clerks who have not been touched perhaps still have many il- lusions about the N.R.A. and its effect upon them. Is it so hard for them to see how the prices in the | store are going up and the sales are falling off. Do they realize that sales fall off because workers like themselves are being cut in wages through the N.R.A.? Do they know the reason the A. & P. supported the N.R.A. was not for the benefit of the employes but as an adver- tising and publicity stunt for which many of the employes have been made to pay, and pay heavy? Against the long hours, against the unsanitary conditions, against the starvation wages, for the right to organize into a workers’ union, iel- low A. & P. employes, rally to the call, join the Food Workers Indus- trial Union. ~—An A. & P. Employe. Mr. Collier and Mr. Arnold use| Armstrong Firm | Tries to Head OFF Workers’ Strugss! (By a Worker Correspondent) LANCASTER, Pa.— The Get-To- gether Meeting held at Maple Grove, Feb. 24, was sure a success for the Armstrong Linoleum Company. This | meeting was called in order to sabo- tage the supper that was to be held) by the Furniture Workers’ Indus- | trial Union on the same evening. | The bosses were successful in doing | this. The tool of the bosses tried to create enthusiasm in the men by getting them to sing those old songs | that were sung by the soldiers in| | the World War. Then our esteemed president frantically took the floor because someone must have slipped up on the agenda. He did not want anyone to create a disturbance. Mr. Evans stated that we should all work for the interests of the A. C. Co. I would like to ask Mr. Evans what he thinks we are doing every hour we are at the plant? We get a few paltry dollars, so that they may be able to create a profit in order to pay the preferred stock- holders. He also stated that Mr. Prentiss would give us a talk on the accomplishments of 1933 and the outlook for 1934 and introduced him by saying that he was a friend of the working man, foremen and stockholders. Mr. Prentiss stated very clearly that he could not discuss with | everyone individually, but he would | discuss it with the shop committee next Tuesday, Do you think it will do any good to have the shop committee discuss your troubles with Mr. Prentiss? I'll say no, because the shop com- mittee has never been known to gain any concessions. Why? Because the only reason they attend is to get the free meals issued by the com- pany the day of the meeting. Fellow workers, I will tell you just why the company held this meet- ing. The company knows that the union has caused quite a bit of dis- content among their happy family, and afraid you will come over to the office some day and demand some of their prolts which you rightfully deserve, Fellow workers, don’t be fooled by the sob story, in spite of all the ballyhoo. Organize and support your union and demand a decent living wage. I am sure that the executive of the plant are not deny- ing themselves of any of the joys of life. Militant Painter Is Denrived of Jeh dy AFL Reactionaries (By a Worker Correspondent) TERRE HAUTE, Ind.—A worker who had been totally unemployed the past two years was offered a contract amounting to $200 to deco- rate the interior of an uptown business establishment providing he rejoined the union, At this time Local 197 here of the Painters and Decorators Union was offering @ reduced initiation fee as an in- ducement to draw former members back into the federation fold. The worker taking advantage of. this submitted his application and fee that was accepted pending the ap- proval of the whole body, A conspiracy to defeat judgment upon the applicant was doomed to fail the first meeting time as a majority of the reactionary bloc were not in attendance. They were working on a department store job at a wage scale lower than that required by the tenets of their own charter, consequently the time for adjudication was brazenly bandied over until the following meeting night. Upon the final meeting night the applicant was defeated by a 12 to 14 vote, with four wavering mem- bers retreating to neutral territory. Thereupon the worker in ques- tion demanded an explanation of Code Cuts | Childs $7 Pay Again 471% Cents a Day for| Waiters of Many Years Experience NEW YORK.—No doubt you are familiar with the permanent restau- rant code which goes into effect | Monday. However, there may be a few angles, as it applies to waiters and waitresses in the Childs Co.,| which you may -not have had time} to familiarize themselves with, | Prior to 1930 we were paid 31/| cents an hour. That was the situ- | the | #tion up until the summer of 1933, | with them, an all-time low, I believe. In Childs a meal charged against us. However, the| company started issuing food | checks some time in June, 1933, not | charging for food, just getting an| itemized check for food consumed. No doubt, they had received in- formation that if they could show they had been charging for food, | they would be at liberty to deduct that from the 28 cents per hour which went through with the tem-/} porary code. Now, we do not ex-| pect to ever attain a fair return in| wages for our efforts. | At 28 cents an hour, with a de- | duction of $3 a week for meals, it left us around $7 per week, which just about paid to keep up the ap- pearance the company demands. How the New Wage Scale Works This is an idea of how the new wage scale of 19% cents works out for us. As you know 25 cents (one | meal) is deducted for four hours or | less and 50 cents for five hours and | over. | By keeping everyone on the job| 5% hours (the one-half hour is eat- ing time, which, by the way, was| never charged against us) the sal- ary amounts to 97%2 cents. Deduct | 50 cents for meals and we have the | magnificent sum of 47% cents, In fact, as you can see, our net salary for four hours is 53 cents or 5% cents more than for five and a half hours. It is quite obvious that no one works four hours. Prior to the introduction of the temporary code in June, our wages for five hours was 55 cents or 7% | cents more than under the perma- nent code, and that 55 cents was the “bear market low.” When the 11 cents per hour was paid, every type of work was given to waiters and waitresses, naturally putting someone out of a job to} whom they would be compelled to pay a higher wage. I have no doubi the same condition will obtain un- der the new code. Poor Food With ‘a Smile I have spent many years in Childs. A great majority of the | others have spent from five to 30/ years. It only takes a minor slip} to be discharged. We are expected | to bear a large responsibility, be- ing in contact with the patrons all the time. We are trained with a thousand rules to be super-sales- men, and diplomatic, able to ap- proach every type of customer in the proper manner and apologize with a smile for poor food. Many of our patrons, particularly | women, cannot afford to tip, yet | wish to eat in the atmosphere Childs is supposed to afford. I do not pretend to know what a fair compensation is, but I do think we are entitled to some consideration for being able to cater to all these people successfully. What do you think? I could write a book on the methods used to ex- ploit employees and guests. Editor's Note: The “Daily Worker” will be glad to get more ‘information on conditions in the work of organization and ad- vice in the struggle against such conditions if the writer will send in his name and address, and the “Daily” is very careful in not printing such information unless the writer specifically requests it, Negro GirlAttackedWith Iron Bar for Refusing 50 Cents a Week Job By a Share-Cropper Correspondent CAMP HILL, Ala.—I want all to know something that happened in our home town. A girl was working for a white lady for $1 a week. So this woman cut the girl’s wages to 50c a week; then this girl refused to work any more. As this girl was passing cod the woman called to this girl to come over, the girl told “I could not come in.” She head to go home and get in wood. So the woman said, “You won't work for me any more?” Then the girl told her, not at that price— she would make more at home carrying wood than she would make there at the rate of 50c a week. Then this woman cursed and told her to go. Then this. woman called her husband up and tells him, “This Negro has sassed me.” He came on in his car and met the girl. He stops and jumps out of his car and knocks this girl in the head with a piece of iron; cut a long hole in her head. Then she was told that she sassed his wife. These things happen always here. a committee that he was suspected of transgressions ageinst the holy alliance of Green and Woll, he wes accused of the unpardonable sin of being a member of the Communist Party. was never | | the application blank which appears | request for information regarding PARTY LIFE : Districts Fail to Recruit 50 Seeking Admission to Party Fifty Letters on File at National Office Show Laxity of In yesterday’s column we quoted a number of letters from workers first contact with the Party was the Daily Worker, and who made or- ganizational connections through each day in the paper. Today we are quoting a number of letters) from workers who also filled in the) application blank appearing in the| Daily Worker, who received litera- trict organizations to make contact There are 50 such let-| ters in the National Office. a. Shoe From District 5 “In reply to your inquiry, I'm in a position to state that I did get a letter from the District, ask- ing if I want to join the Com- munist Party. I answered ‘yes’ and I hven’t heard since from them. And here is another com- rade who wants to join. We are anxious t» heer from you. “G. R., Ury, W. Va.” ania ialiat From District 1. “The District Organization has not communicated with me, al- thouch I would be giad if it would do so. I thank you for the litera- ture you sent in answer to my the party. “I have a young daughter who would like information on the Young Communist League. “B. F. B., Bangor, Maine.” tee sole From a Railroad Worker in District 6 “To date I have not heard from our organizaton. Thanks for the literature. It was read with much interest, and as I read and study it my mind agrees with every printed word. I have sent for more literature and I want to be known by the Communist Party of these United States of America as a comrade and student of the Party and our class struggles. “I was born October 10, 1897; worked in the transportation in- dustry since childhood. Lost my first job as yard conductor of the Penn. R.R. at Cincinnati, Ohio. Outlawed in strike of switchmen, 1920. Three years out on strike. Lost everything, accepted tem- porary defeat, and returned to work in the industry with a full knowledge of what is wrong with industry and American labor unions. “The past three years have been furloughed most of the time. I am back to work once more and my every work among my fellow workers will be to one end—Soviet America—Industrial Unionism. All known labor leaders of the A. F. of L. and other independent unions are in the same beat with the capitalists. Unless the present day old line labor organization Jeaders join in our movement and admit their failure like I am doing by writing this letter, then we must put them into their own class with the owners of industry. I just cannot find words to de- seribe what I have always thought were labor leaders and labor unions. I am now looking at the new picture: ‘Workers.” I am now ready for the march to vic- tory for our class. “On February 10, 1934 I will have my first pay day for a long Districts time and I want to become-a member of our organization in the transportation industry. Please put me in touch with my nearest organization union. “J. C., Norwood, Ohio.” ee From District 3 “As yet I haven't heard from anyone but you. My dad is also interested in the Communist Party, since I have been reading different pamphlets and explain- ing different points to him. He also reads some himself. I have a brother in New York City that sends me the Daily Worker paper once in a while because I can't very well afford to get it steady. The reason I write you this is to tell you that it's one of the best papers I've ever read for giving the real dope. “R. Z., Scranton, Pa.” eae VERT “I have been waiting for hear- ing from the people. I sent them a letter and they won’t answer. The welfare is trying to starve me out. They have taken the child- ren and they won't let me know where they are. I want to go to the meetings as soon as I ean. Mrs. B. D., Balttmore, Mid. CRS BARE | From District 2 “I received your literature on Communism. I also received a call from a comrade, signed a sip and paid 50 cents initiation fee. Three weeks later, I recefved 2 note stating that I should come to a certain address in Brooklyn, which I did on January 16, at 8 pm There I found a bediam of men and women coming and going. No one seemed to be interested ém a newcomer. There, apparently was no one who could be approached. I thought how unfortunate that such disorder should reign, and IT returned home disappointed . and comforted myself that at any rate I shall be a hearty sympathizer of the Party. E.W.E., Brooklyn, WN. ¥. Pana iors From District 6 “In regard to your letter, I have heard nothing from the Commnu- nist Party here, although I have paid 10 cents to a felow worker on the job on which I worked to join the Workers Protective Union, also 5 cents towards the march to Washington on January 13. I was transferred from that job after getting 16 of my fellow workers to sign application blanks for the Union as I have talked quite a bit about this union on the job where I now work, but have nothing to show these men. Would also appreciate receiving some- thing more about the Communist Party. F. P., Deer Park, Ohio, Ps aeisiee he From District 17 “I have not heard from the Dis- trict organization. I take the Daily Worker, and since I last wrote you I have joined the I. W. O. Several years ago I joined the Socialist Party, thinking at the time that it was the best organi- zation to bring about the neces- sary changes. Since then, how- ever, I have been convinced that this was wrong and that they be- tray the workers om every occa- sion and therefore I wish to make application to join the Communist Party. “C. C., Jacksonville, Fis,” ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS Sexual Hyper-Stimulation. B.B.B.—Your inquiry cannot be answered in this column. If you cannot send us your address, you must wait until The Health Adviser appears in May, when we will an- swer your questions fully. Food Coniaining Phosphorus. Old Subscriber, Terrehaute, Ind. —Egegs, milk, whole wheat, oatmeal, dried beans, various nuts and the roe of fish contain an abundance of phosphorus. Phosphorus is neces- sary for bones and for the nucleus of every cell, It seems to be of paramount importance for the mul- tiplication of cells. Black Teeth Charlotte F., Staten Island—Your little four-year-old son is probably suffering from a deficiency of lime in his diet. Give him more green vegetables and also plenty of but- ter, milk and cod-liver oil. You should go on the same diet yourself, as you are decidedly underweight. By PAUL LUTTINGER, M.D. Dandraft I. L., Bronx—We have had several articles on the subject of dandruff. If you look up the back files of Daily Worker you'll find all the formation you may want on subject. There is nothing that Positively cure dandruff except the ultraviolet ray or x-ray. Most of the hairtonics, ointments and sham- poos recommended for that pur- Pose are useless! We do not know the exact cause of dandruff; but we believe that it is due to a germ of low virulence which attacks the scalp causing an exfoliation or shed- ding of the dead skin. The flakes that are seen before the hair are nothing but dead epidermis (skin), . . Agee Bald Spot on the Head C. S.—The bald spot on your sis- ters head is probably due to ring- worm. Let her paint it every other night with a strong solution of iodine. She'll sion find that the spot will be covered with hair and her present baldness will disappear. DR. JULIUS LITTINSKY 107 BRISTOL STREET Bet. Pitkin and Sutter Aves., Brooklyn, PHONE: DICKENS 2-012 Office Hours: 8-10 A.M., 1-2, 6-3 P.M The worker finally gained the floor and outlined the fighting working class program of the Com- munist Party. He also pointed out that this local had financed the reinstate- ment of a notorious strikebreaker who was recently paroled from the penitentiary after serving a ten-year term for bank robbery. A re-ballot was taken but a pack- ed vote again defeated him by a 12 to 14 margin. An appeal was taken to the general headquarters at Lafayette, Ind., but the presi- dent, L. P. Lindelof said he could Comradely Atmosphere The Lychee Garden Chinese & American Restaurant Special Lunch Special Dinner 300 45¢ 49 East 10th Street, N. Y. C. LICENSES Notice is hereby given that License No. RL2025 has been issued to the undersigned to sell wine gnd liquor at retail = teurant inde Section 132A of Bete: holic Beverage Control Law at 137 Third Avenue, City of New York, County of New York, for on premises consumption. DAVID JACOBSON, 137 Third Avenue, New York his rejection, He was informed by do nothing. —N. L. CROSBY Fresh Food—Proletarian Prices—50 | NEW ‘All Comrades Meet at the HEALTH CENTER C. ETERIA E. 18th St.—WORKERS' CENTER. S57 erg et ee