The Daily Worker Newspaper, April 3, 1934, Page 4

Page Four DAILY WORKER, NEW YORK, TUESDAY, APRIL 3, 1934 Wagner Bill Loaded with AFL ‘Spies Turn |Aluminum Workers -Strike Poison, Dunne Says Shows How Labor-Management Cooperation Policy Hampered NOTE.—The following is the third installment of the speech de- livered by William F. Dunne, rep- resenting the Trade Union Unity League, before the Senate Com- mittee on Labor, exposing the strikezreaking Wagner Bill. In the previous installment Dunne showed how the Bill combined the strikebreaking features of the Canadian Lemieux Act and the American Watson-Parker Rail- way Act. By WILLIAM F, DUNNE here a book by Ben M. recognized authority I ha Selek n, a ject, entitled very appro- I think, “Postponing which is an exhaustive in- vestig Lemieux Act from proceedings of various con- yentions of the Canadian Trades abor Congress and shows that Canadian labor for years to get the Act and then, convinced of its labor character, finally nanded it be repealed. He quotes at length man quotes from the report f delegate from the C.L.C. to an A. F. of L. convention upon his return. “It was the opin- ion of this delegate,” says Selek- man, “that if pealed, the Trades and Labor Con- gress would be a party to ‘hood- winking’ not only the people of Canada but of the United States. For an argument frequently used im other countries for the enact- ment of similar legislation was, he said, that Canadian labor, since it was not asking for its repeal, must be satisfied with the operation of the act. He further argued that the powerful organizations which were able to help themselves had their hands tied by the act. “Let the big organizations do their own fighting and let us strengthen the organizations that are now weak,” he argued. The Lemieux Act never aided workers or. their organizations. On the contrary, it was used to delay their action until its effectiveness was greatly lessened or made en- tirely ineffective. This is the pur- pose of all similar measures. The Canadian workers never received in terms of wages or better working conditions as much under the Lemieux Act as they could have secured without it. The facts speak for themselves. Their conditions are no better today than are those of workers in the United States and; there are instances where they are somewhat worse. An additional purpose of such legislation is to strengthen the il- Iusion regarding the identity of interests of employers and em- ployes, of capitalists and laborers. In fact, this is the formal theory behind all such measures. Historicafly speaking, the “col- lective bargaining” provisions of the NR.A. and of the proposed Wag- tion of the workings of the) movement | the act was not re-| Workers’ Struggles ner Bill are the concrete expres- ons of this false and dangerous eory which the leadership of the A. F. of L. adopted as its program following the World War. Immediately after the World War the American trade union move- ment was a powerful organization | embracing, if the railway brother- hoods and so-called independent junions are included, close to five million workers. | Instead of unifying and extend- | jing this powerful organization the | | official leaders continued the craft divisions in the labor movement and failed and refused to aid in the organization of decisive sections of the workers as in the steel industry, | automobile, oil, meat packing, etc. While Samuel Gompers had clung to the identity of interests theory, many powerful organizations affili- ated with the A. F. of L. rejected it, among them the United Mine Workers with some 400,000 or more |members. It was by no means the official policy of the entire labor leadership. But following the World War, when labor officialdom was repre- sented in the War Labor Board, and a no-strike policy inaugurated, these official leaders joined with certain sections of the employers }and launched what was called “la- |bor-management cooperation.” A classic expression of both the theory and practice contained in this pro- gram is quoted in a pamphlet writ- ten by me in 1927, entitled, “The Threat to the Labor Government— the Efficiency Unions for the Bosses or Effective Unions for the Workers.” In this pamphlet I quoted from an editorial by Pres- ident William Green in the Decem- ber, 1926, issue of the American Federationist. The quotation is as follows: workers have felt a responsibility and partnership in the industry which has stimulated intellectual effort and brought substantial bene- fits to the industry. Prevention of waste, saving of materials, better production methods, even inventions of machinery to increase efficiency, have been part of the workers’ con- tribution. They have gone out to their communities to solicit trade for their employers. Local union meetings have become forums for plant problems. . . . National of- ficers have contributed expert ad- vice and direction. Unions with banking systems have given finan- cial help to employers in difficult times. The workers’ demands under this system of cooperation have been restrained by better under- standing of the facts of production. The individual effort of the most | enlightened employer cannot main- tain as high a production impetus as the collective efforts of manage- ment and unions.” This requires little comment ex- statement in regard to the basic policy of A. F. of L. leadership that I make here. (To Be Continued) BUT HOW OUR INVESTIGATORS RESENT BEING INVESTIGATED! The lives of the workers are be- corhing nightmares of one question- naire after another. ‘Having keen unemployed since 1930,” writes a worker-correspond- ert, “and having then registered and worked for the Prosser com- mittee, and the A.I.C.P. nine months on Governor's Island, being again laid off seven months, and again working for the A.L.C.P. five months ago at Fort Schuyler, I was cut off and my case turned over to the Home Relief last March, along with my family history, which was taken with the minutest details. “But answering all these questions and wasting the time and carfare to these places doesn’t seem to sat- isfy the gods that be. h--*:"On March 8th, B shift, (on which I worked) had put in two weeks’ time, and many of us work- ers had in a day back pay, but instead of giving us our pay checks and back pay (which some of us hare not got up to this writing), an Official drove up to Split Rock about 3:40 in the rain and snow, telling us he was sorry that we had not got our checks—but he had questionnaires which every one of us must fill out and sign before a notary public before turning up for work next week; and as for our checks, we must return next morn- ing at 10 a.m. for them. lit Rock is about 234, miles Pelham Station. The bus ly charges 10 cents each way. kes 30 cents per day for most wa@rkers on the projects—for some ‘kers it’s 40 cents per day carfare to work at Split Rock. With 1,100 men on this job at 30 cents ‘a day, this is $330.00 a day going from these “unemployed” to the bus and subway companies, and at least hhalf a day of lost time, so one can “readily see the ignorance of this questionnaire with its pauper’s oath; and the losses of time and money from the workers in this deal which is part of the New Deal. 3 Te aes Yes, the bosses feel at liberty to ask any and all questions, financial personal, concerning the lives ¢ workers; but how they shriek tools! Then the Easleys, Hearsts, and Fishes come out whooping about the “Dangerous Reds” and their “secret conspiracies,” cry- the He CONDUCTE BY HELEN LURE Can You Make ’Em Yourself? Patern 1811 is available in sizes 12, 14, 16, 18, 20, 32, 34, 36, 38 and 40. Size 16 takes 3% yards 36 inch fabric. jand putting up demands for the u ite gl eine iainarg pelosi Dubilier Radio cept to say that it confirms every! Steel Plant | Into a Jail The Co. Union Has Hold in Some Sections of Republic, Chicago | CHICAGO, Ill.—The conditions in the Republic Mill here in South Chicago are not getting any better. We used to think there was some freedom in this country, but from the way Republic is putting on uniformed “snoopers” you might just as well be in jail. If you sit down to eat lunch they are there to see what you have to say. Some of the workers in this mill are of the opinion that this mill should be named the slaughter house because of the accidents that occur due to the speed-up system. Our “friends” from the A. A. have been bulling the men in this mill for months on the “Federal Union” plan, but it has been pretty well exposed now. The Steel and Metal Workers Industrial Union have been issuing leaflets exposing the A. F. of L., as well as the company union workers in the mill, and these leaf- lets are received well both on the inside and the outside of the mill. In many departments the com- pany unions still has complete con- trol as the workers are not ready to listen to the A. A. or the 8. M. W. I. U. In the 12-inch mill the company union has a stronghold and the men in that department are not getting anywhere. In the 10-inch mill there are a number of A. A. men and they are also getting restless for action. How much they will stand for Pa- hanish’s bull is only a question we here can answer by our work. Other departments are pretty well split up between our union and none at all. Workers See Time Ripe for Struggle By a Worker Correspondent NEW YORK.—Now that the sea— son is about to start in the radio industry, many of the people in my department in the-Cornell-Dubilier factory in the Bronx (which em- ploys about 1,000, the majority young workers, at the height of the |season), are talking strike. And ; most everyone is thinking it. Almost all of us get 32 cents an hour (N.R.A. minimum), or $11.52 a jweek. Blake, the boss, is slowly pushing out the fellows and putting in girls. He figures that girls won’t strike so quickly, and he can make the girls work harder. But he saw in the last strike he was wrong. Blake also “gave” us a dance (for 175 cents) a little while ago, to show ;he’s a “good guy” and to speed us up when it gets real busy. But we don’t want dances from him. What we want is more pay. In the electrolytic department on the second floor the fumes and smoke from the acid, wich is so harmful armtunpieasuifi, almost chokes the workers. What is needed jis a fan to take the smell away.) Almost all the workers get Hallow's Itch from the Hallow wax. Lately they got somebody to clean the toilets, which are like pig sties, and also they gave us hangers for |our coats, because they knew wé were sore about it. It seems funny to me that we got towels and soap and hangers for our coats the day after a union man found out and told me his} union would give out circulars in ifront of the factory on just those things. | There are certain foremen who mistreat and insult us and who give all the breaks to their pets. Some of the workers are afraid to organize shop committees be- cause times are bad and this low wage is better than nothing. But now is the time to organize, be- cause wages are so Tow, and espe- cially now because the season is starting. Some fellows and girls figure that in times like these he can get anyone to work while the strike is on, as he did in the last strike. But many learned our les- son from that strike, that the only way we will win is by having all the workers on the picket line to keep out scabs. And the biggest lesson we learned is to have the leadership of a fighting union which stands for large scale picket- ing, the I. R. & M. W. U. And when we go out on strikes we can’t help but win if the rest of the workers learn the lessons that I learned. A DUBILIER WORKER. Ed. Note:—To win your demands, organize into departmental shop committees and elect chairmen of each department to represent you. For more information (confiden- tial) write to Independent Radio and Metal Workers’ Union, 820 Send FIFTEEN CENTS (15c.) in coins or stamps (coins preferred) for this Anne Adams pattern. Write plainly name, address and style number. BE SURE TO STATE SIZE. Address crders to Daily Worker Pattern Department, 243 West 17th Stregt, New York City. Broadway. Navy Yard Busy In Spite of Crisis (By a Worker Correspondent) BREMERTON, Wash—We are working here in the Navy Yard and you know, I suppore, just how things are there. The 15 per cent cut has been talked of quite a bit, but with a lot of hope in the present admin- istration doing something in return- ing it. We have a shope paper com- ing out pretty soon and will explain it all to the workers, I wonder if you could write some articles such as, the position of Navy Yard workers in respect to the pres- ent crisis. You see, as far as con- ditions are concerned, the conditions in the Yard here are fair, compared to the outside or private industry. The Yard has been real busy all through the crisis, and since F.D.R. came into office they have hired over 1,000 men. Do Twice In Half As Much the Time “Has No Money” Mellon Company Pays Out 37% Dividend, But for More Wages (By an American Worker Corres- pondent) NEW KENSINGTON, Pa.—The Aluminum Co., with the high speed system now in use in the plant, is able to produce twice as much work in half the time than the slower system in use during the 12-hour era that existed just a few short years ago. The wage-scale for this work is under the wage-scale of pre-N.R.A. days. This is how bosses like Mel- lon, etc. get their huge incomes. Double production with lessened pay. Just after the Aluminum Co. had declared a 37 per cent dividend, the workers made a demand of a wage- increase, which was refused, the company insulting the intelligence of the working class by giving them such a flimsy alibi that they were out of funds. Conditions are especially terrible in the N. Y. meeting-room—the worst department in the plant. Here they hired many foreign-born work- ers. Since our union has been or- ganized, conditions have been slight- ly changed. If a union is being formed in your plant, join it and help it along, as it is being formed for the protection of your rights as workers, There is no doubt that Melion’s dominion extends over a large area. Here at N. K. he had installed the supervising employment agent of his plant, N. V. B. Ziegler, as the president of the Chamber of Com- merce. While this tool of Mellon’s held office, he did the bidding of his master well, keeping out fac- tories in this district, thus giving the Aluminum Co. as the only major plant in the N. K., the privilege of hiring the workers at a slave wage scale. Now, the company is hiring again with the view of working six hours. They are hiring as many persons as possible from out of town, even go- ing to the extent of hiring workers from out of the state, while here in N. K. 1,100 workers are on the welfare list. Mr. Ziegler makes the statement that these men are un- {fit for work, which is not true as | many were were fired C.W.A. work- {ers and had passed the test to have worked. This action calls for a united front of the employed aluminum workers and the unemployed. They were with the workers 100 per cent while they were on strike and the least the employed can do is to make a demand through the union to hire the inhabitants of N. K. Priest in Flint, Mich., Fights Strike Spirit By a Worker Correspondent FLINT, Mich—A few weeks ago I received a pamphlet which stated that the workers should expose all anti-worker movements done by priests at church sermons. Well, here is one. As I am not a church attendant, all this I write was told me by a parishioner, and this parishioner was very angry, saying that, “What business had the priest to say such things?” add- ing, “I bet he got a fat reward, for the greedy thing wouldn’t say this for nothing; he is too damn greedy for money.” This was said at Sunday's sermon, March 18, at all masses, and from the pulpit of the Rev. Dr. St. Bort- nowski, All Saints Church, Indus- trial Ave., Flint, Michigan. “The workers are fools to go on strike now. What more do you want? Aren’t you earning enough money? After four years of de- pression you finally got your jobs, and what do you do? You want to strike. Are you all coo-coo?” Now, ® few words about this priest. He came to Flint about three years ago; very active in his work; pokes his nose every place; belongs to all Polish lodges that house themselves at the Parish Florida—A Land of Paradoxes By a Worker Correspondent Florida is a state of paradoxes. You buy land and it turns out to be water. You pay for drainage, $3 per acre per year, and instead of drain- ing the land they flood it. The “paradise of the poor” is as illusive as the paradise in the skies. It’s hell to be poor even in Florida. Pages could be written about the bankers, county and city officials and how they rob the people. Thousands of dollars is spent for @ sewerage disposal plant with a sewer in the whole town. Nine foot sidewalks out in the out- laying districts for the birds and rabbits to run on, and only five foot walks in the heart of the city. Some street with no houses have two water mains, other streets with property all the way along on both sides with no water pipes. A wonderful swimming casino out on the beach in competition with the Atlantic Ocean—of course there’s a reason. I nearly forgot to tell you about our wonderful police force. Before the boom we had four during the boom8-16, after the boom, 36. The chief, when asked why he needed so many said that one half had to watch the other half. Later he said he needed them in his business. Some months later he was arrested in Carolina for driving whilst under the influence of liquor, and also for having it in his possession and transporting it. Thus it came out that the police ware needed to help him bootleg. The priest at the Catholic Church bought several pieces of property during the boom but when she busted he kindly shifted the load on to his flock. Although the flock protested to the bishop, he was their father, and they must abide by what he said. Then we have Mrs. White of the Red Cross who collected $25 for re- lief, but spent $15 for an easy chair and $10 for blanks. She is a nice, kind, Christian lady who looks would almost freee on to death even in Florida. This is the Land of the Free and the Home of the Brave. Let’s see how free We are, Just as you are about to enter Fort Landerdale from the north the following sign greet you: “The Legion Welcomes You). A block or two inside the city, you read the following: (Vagrants Keep Out) (Vagrants Will Be Arrested). Now I have never seen or heard any one tell of the Legion welcoming any of their old buddies, so apparently that sin doesn’t mean much, But on the other hand, thousands have been arrested for vagrancy, and made to work on the chain gangs, and many of those overseas veterans at that, both black and white. House; is very vulgar and tempera- mental. By liberal-minded parish- ioners he’s called a dictator. He has a low character of conspiring against people who are in his way. It has been rumored that any Pol- ish person wanting to get a job at Burch and C. W. A. must have a recommendation from this_ priest, and on C. W. A. it’s a fact. I know of a few cases. He’s very foxy. With a grin on his face he will act as your best friend, but the minute you oppose him he will do his best to get rid of you. I will just give you an example of his domination. He dominates most in Lodge No. 1186 of the Polish Na- tional Alliance in Flint, of which he is an honorary president. I am a recording secretary of the Polish National Alliance-Council No. 7. To this council belong lodges from all north-eastern Michigan; Flint, Sag, St. Charles, Bay City, Standish, Pinkoning. They are all numbered, and all these lodges elect delegates to Council No. 7 at Bar City meets, about 61 delegates. All the members are humble workers, immigrants from Poland, Russia. All talk broken English, are good patriots. They love Poland, are good Catholics. They are composed of miners, farmers, factory workers, and these are ruled by a bunch of Political crooks who are in every way greedy for their dollars, with the Flint priest at their head, for the priests in the other towns mind their business. Wanted—A Good Account of the . 1919 Steel Strike By a Steel Union Organizer BUFFALO, N. Y.—One of the main weapons used to mislead and defeat the steel workers and other Workers today is the slanders and lies of the A. F. of L., and particu- larly that section of the A. F. of L. the Amalgamation Association of Iron, Steel and Tin Workers of North America. One of the lies they peddle is that Foster sold out the 1919 steel strike, not Mike Tigue and his gang. Class conscious workers of course understand these vicious lies, but do all the workers? During those early days of struggle in 1919 the labor movement did not have a Daily Worker to speak the truth. To cite one example: One of the officials of the North Buffalo Local of the Steel and Metal Workers’ In- dustrial Union in Bufalo continu- ally denounced the T. U. U. L. and objected to the T. U. U. L. office being in the same building with our Buffalo District office of the S. M. W. I. U. Upon questioning this of- ficial, he said, “I was in the 1919 steel strike, working at the Bethle- hem Steel in Lackawanna, N. Y., and Foster, who is now at the head of that T. U. U. L. outfit, pulled out on us and we didn’t know what to think; he was with the dirty A. F. of L. in those days. Later on when we finally got back to work we heard that Foster and the whole bunch sold us out for a lot of dough.” Thus we can readily see that the steel trust lost no time in those days in spreading lies about the real militant leaders, We understand a book exists that tells the story of the 1919 steel strike, but most workers do not find the time or money to buy it. I hope that one of our leading trade unionists will find time to write a condensed article in the “Daily” dealing with the part Foster played in the 1919 strike, and especially the agreement signed by the A. A. with Judge Gary. Possibly Bill Dunne, or, if it is not asking too much of our sick Comrade Foster, he might do this job, as it means much today in view of the coming struggles in steel and metal. + * 8 P.S.—The worker official of Local No. 51 is now a real supporter of Foster, but only after patient and | pathizer. Dull Chisels ‘Handed Out ‘To Chippers Forced To Work in Wet and Muddy Yard in Youngstown YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio.—I work in the chipping department of the Bessemer Works of the Republic Steel Corporation in which the working conditions are very bad. I appeal to the other workers in my department to get together to do something about these conditions. Some of us have to report as many as three times a day to see if we can get any work and then we get sent home. If we don’t report, they call our number on purpose and then lay us off for a week. Others get all the breaks and work every day. The chipper’s yard is all wet and full of mud. We have to work in it eight hours a day. But there’s a nice dry place inside where they won't allow us to chip. We have to chip with broken chisels. That’s hard work. We want good sharp chisels to work with! Tom and Jim are supposed to supply us with enough chisels. But we know they aren’t there to sharpen the chisels. Tom and Jim are the worst and most dangerous stool pigeons in the chipping department. Keep away from them! If we report to drunkard Charley Senn that we have no chisels, he sends us up to Frank Roger. We all know what to expect from that slavedriver. He will tell us to go home if we don’t like it, or else fire us right away. On these cold days our guns freeze. When we try to melt them out, the insides burn out and we need more grease. But the company won’t supply us with grease, and the machine won’t work. Then the boss jumps on us to do more work when he knows very well what the conditions are. They try to make us work more by al sorts of ways. The chipper’s gun hanging on a chain from our belts is heavy and drags on the floor when we stand up. You don’t have a chance to roll a cigarette or do anything. This is a method of speeding us up, of making us work all the time. Must Organize Brothers! We all know that the bosses could change all these con- ditions with very little effort if they felt like it; that they do these things just to subjugate us, so that we will be afraid to say anything against them. But we must remem- ber last September when we were organized and demanded higher wages. The demand was turned down, so on Sept. 5 we struck solid. Then the company saw how strong we were as an organized body and gave us our demands. After the strike we were treated decently, we weren't sworn at and insulted. The bosses saw that they couldn’t do that to us any more without breaking up our organization first. So they took advantage of the shut-down in the department and a general reduction of operations to lock out close to 100 of the most mi- litant chippers. When the company refused to see our chippers’ commit- tee (which they’d agree to recog- nize after the first strike) we made the mistake of striking too fast without preparing the strike well enough inside the department. So the company was able to turn some of the employed chippers against the locked-out and striking chippers, and, by dividing us, break the strike and temporarily break up our union in the chipping department. But not for long. Many of us are still strong for the S. M. I. U. and we know that the only way to im- prove our miserable conditions is to organize and fight. The only union that sincerely represents our in- terests is the 8S, M. W. I. U. which last fall won for us higher wages and better conditions. Now we must work quick to rebuild our union | strong. Organize. Become paid-up | members of the Steel and Metal Worekrs Industrial Union. BESSEMER CHIPPPER, Republic Steel Corp. NOTE: We publish letters from steel, metal and auto workers every Tuesday. We urge workers in these industries. to write us of their working conditions and of their efforts to organize. Please get the letters to us by Friday of each week. How a Stool-Pigeon Agency Works By a Worker Correspondent DETROIT, Mich—Before the advertisement for stools and scabs came out on March 4 in the Detroit News a certain law- yer, who is the same lawyer who last year was so bitter in the restaurant strikes, said that he would get me a job, regardless of my age or condition. I am 65 years old. He said that I would work under him and that we would both be under the Board of Commerce. I asked him what my job would be and he said, “To mingle with the men in the auto fac- tories, to listen to their talk, make reports on their conversa- tions, noting who they talked with, and their badge numbers.” He said he would help me make out my reports and turn them in for me. Then I asked him how much money I would receive. He would not promise me any money, but said I would have something to eat, a place to sleep, and per- haps some new clothes. I told him that I was a worker and not a stool-pigeon or scab. Hope you can use this and that it will help to expose this slimy individual to the workers, lengthy explanation of Foster's his- tory did we accomplish it. This worker is now a close Party sym- PARTY LIFE Unity in Demanding Relief Got Results on This Block Workers, at First Timid, Saw Power of United Action and Build Strong Block Committee ‘The welfare department had not been giving enough food—no cloth- ing or medical attention, or very much of anything in our block. A man or his wife would go to the Welfare Station and receive either promises or insults. We de- cided to meet one night and talk it over. About five met (all women). We thought if three of us would go as a committee to the Central Wel- fare Station and demand relief we might get some action. The next morning two backed out because they were afraid they would be cut off entirely from relief. So we decided to have another meet- ing and invite some more families to come who we had heard were in need and not getting relief. That night about nine or ten men and women came and again elected a@ committee. Five were to carry a written demand for food, clothing and proper medical attention. Also fuel and car tickets. The next morning only one backed out, and so four women went to the head of the Welfare Board. He was re- Letters from Our Readers SENDER TAKES A BOW BROOKLYN, N. Y. Dear Editor: The purpose of my letter is to laud your witty, competent and thoroughly enjoyable columnist Sender Garlin. I think that Garlin hhas found his real medium in the daily column, and he ought to stay there. As a columnist, he stands head and shoulders above Heywood Broun, Winchell and the others. In most respects he is better than Mike Gold. However in most respects but not all Mike’s diatribes against the lackeys of the bourgeoisie like Gretta Palmer, and other society editors and dames were master- pieces of revolutionary writing, be- cause they reflected all the class hatred of this proletarian born and raised writer against the oppressors of its own class. Indeed, I should say that Mike Gold is unique among the intellec- tuals who support the Communist Party because of his intolerance to- wards and hatred of any of the institutions of the capitalist class. I also wish to register a com- plaint here. I think that Dr. Lut- tinger is one of the most valuable assets that the Daily Worker has, yet you treat him like a step child. You give him very little space, and you mangle his picture horribly, and make him look bad enough to need a doctor. Moreover, the good doctor has a genuine sense of humor, and he should try to inject somewhat more of it into his instructive column. I am of the firm opinion that the doctor deserves twice as much space as he is getting now, and if he doesn’t get it—well, I'll write you another letter about it. The idea of running a series of biographies on the Red Army lead- ers was a very good one, but the articles are so brief and scanty, that they amount to little more than a caption accompanying a pic- ture. I know that a considerable article on the Red Army leaders would be highly enjoyable reading, but in the present form... I also miss Comrade Lens, the highly capable moviet writer. What happened to him? Also, why not a series of intimate and detailed articles on the Communist move- ments of other countries, such as France, Czechoslovakia, Jugo-Slavia, Poland, Greece, etc? Yours for a bigger and better Daily Worker. —G. K. ported out of the city so they left the letter which was signed with their names and addresses. A few days later we received a letter from him saying an investigation would be made and the same day the wel- fare visitor came and visited each house assuring us we would receive everything we needed and had asked for in the letter. This time she kept her promise and those who signed the letter all got food orders and clothing and other things. So we all met again and this time there were 18 present. We are now meeting regularly each week, first at one house house and then another. We have elected a captain, secretary and literature agent and have petitions out in the hands of each member getting names signed which asks for more relief. We have about 300 names. We are sending five delegates to the city-wide conference of the Un- employed Council. These are all white families in this block com- mittee, but a few understand that the Negro families of the unem- ployed are also organizing in the same manner and are willing to struggle together for relief. Of course our greatest difficulty in the South is to have a mixed commit- tee but at the conference there will be both Negro and white delegates meeting together. I forgot to say that when the wel- fare woman came after the demands were made, she asked each family to have nothing more to do with the meeting and sending committees. She promised to give them more if they would give up trying to or- ganize, but the workers were more determined than ever to build a strong movement of the unem- ployed. We have learned what unity will do. ML Birmingham, Ala. ue ae Unit Finds Distribution of Daily Worker an Important Communist Task TI just want to give you this report on the Daily Worker because we in Unit 12, Section 8, have found out that it is possible to sell Daily Work- ers since this is one of the most im- portant tasks. Tn last three months we increased Daily Workers in our unit from five copies a day to 15 copies a day. We have five daily readers and we have one comrade to deliver it to them. We have one comrade selling Daily Workers one day a week, five copies. ‘We have two stands that two com- rades take care of. We also got two subs one whole year and one six months. From the sales of Daily Worker in our unit, in just three months we have $7.38 in treasury and our Daily Worker is paid up to date. Our comrades are very willing Commu- nists; the only thing is that leading Communists will have to learn to help us. For instance Comrade N., who delivers Daily Workers to our readers, is a very quiet comrade. He seldom talks. But when he was put on a job, he proved to be very ca- pable and responsible. That shows that leading comrades should not judge as the best, the ones who talk lots and do nothing. Comradely Yours, —A. J. Hamtramck, Mich. Daily Worker Agent, Join the Communist Party 35 E. 12th STREET, N. Y. C. Please send me more informa- tion on the Communist Party. Name Street City Doctor ALAvVibes: By PAUL LUTTINGER, MD. ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS Foods Containing Iron J. A. K., Rochester, New York. The following foods contain the most iron: e g Food 8g g £ Bee bas & Beef, lean .. ve 578 Oysters, half a doz....-.... 445, Spinach .. ‘esi 432, Liver ... 336 Molasses 328 Wheat Bran 230 Bread, Boston brown 180 Bread, graham ......-- 150 Strawberries .. Alligator pear (Avocado) . 140 Potatoes .. . 17 114 112 DONO RO RD TH Oo DIVER) mm Co OUNCES an a Cornmeal ..,..-. gnarl 27 You may try them as “blood” builders. The best iron tonic for mild cases of anemia is ammonium —Feric Citrate. This is a United States Pharmacopeia (U. S. P.) preparation, known officially as Ferri et Ammonii Citras or Iron and Ammonium Citrate. It comes in garnet-red odorless scales, having a saline (salty) iron taste. The ame monium citrate makes the iron more soluble and, therefore, more easy to absorb, The dose is 4 grains in pill or capsule form. You can also get it from your druggist as Wine of Citrate of Iron, which contains 4 per cent of the compound in sherry wine with syrup and tinc- ture of sweet orange peel. The dose is one dessertspoonful (two teas spoons) thrice daily, before meals, In severe cases of anemia neither the iron foods nor the tonics are of any use. In such cases injections of iron and ultraviolet radiations are necessary. Regarding the “X-Dandro” Advertisement Ben Odinov—Your protest is per- fectly justified. The offensive ad- vertisement does not appear in the Daily Worker any more. The com- ment made about it did not express our personal opinion. Please let us have your private address. Constipation Following Hydro- cephalus Rene W., Media, Pa.—The best thing for the infant is to give him an enema every night, consisting of a heaping teaspoonful of bicarbonate of sode in a pint of warm water, Seung?