The Daily Worker Newspaper, April 18, 1934, Page 4

ee Rieetcens Page Four Shoe Union Splitters Fail To Impress Auburn Workers McKeen and Frank Costello Try in Vain To Disguise Themselves as Militant Leaders ! mili- to his (By a Shoe Worker Correspondent) | capitalist reporter—on every AUBURN tant worker who is opposed tc eacal cs, and dramatically called out Leather are prosecuting me for my -and because he was against Commun before. Instead of werin; the charges made t Fr the floor, his only nsw s t he is a victim of Comr t persecution. I would challenge again, the rank- and-filers in Boston, the new execu- tive board of our union, to take them out of our place—and let us go on with the organizational work. they made a grave error appeared for a minute but the Seem do not tactics; y were t ve of J ve of yo we refuse to be spl you can go back to Bi Mm Or an} We do not want any splitters where except here.” But that wasn’t enough, that is their last place; rr being frowned out e Says W e Must Have they will do t : oe Bolshevik Ambition; Proves His in Action out as mil “We must have Bolshevik am- he credit for the New York | bitio writes B. Peterson, of union and of the Haverhill workers | Rockford, Ill. “The workers will| and their strike. (I wonder | subscribe to the Daily Worker if what did t do about it?) we are active and approach them this, it seer not make now they a e shoe , and that the change their language, but not their hearts. At every opportunity they will speak accordingly Brother Costello also with our paper.” Comrade Peterson isn’t just “talking.” He has already secured 27 new subscribers for the “Daily,” and is still hot after more new subs. inte in their j pointed out ¥ : H o w about who are the Communists for the —, = a you, comrade? Have you Bol- D be shevik ambi- 0 eman U in tion? Take a Foodstuff Prices Committee Calls Mass Demonstration, Wed. revolution a r y rade Peterson. He visits his friends, his fel- low workers, he calls on “Daily” subscr i bers whose subscrip- P. Peterson NEW The action tions have ex- committee the high cost |pired. The workers welcome him. of living is calling all the organ-| They subscribe to the “Daily.” Old zations of Brownsville, East |subscribers renew their subscrip- New York and Crown Heights | tions. to take part in the demonstration! Through the efforts f class-con- m., at Sutter Avenue and Br Street, wher a scious workers like Comrade Peter- on, tip from Com-| the revolutionary influence of | DAILY WORKER, NEW YORK, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 18, 1934 Forced to Sign Away Rights to Regular Wages Los Angeles Sportswear Dress Workers Plan Struggle a Needle Trades Worker Correspondent LOS ANGELES, Calif—The In- ternational Ladies’ Garment Work- ers’ Union was instrumental in helping the bosses evade the code in the sportswear shops in this city. A wage increase gained by the In- ternational is a 50 per cent decrease in actuality—as in the case of the Taskee Dress in the recent 10-day strike. Mr. Scotty and Mr. Busick settle garments for 30-35c .. . the strik- ers militantly rejected the settle- ment. They held a shop meeting and elected a price committee to re-settle garments. As a_ result, they gained a 50 per cent increase on the very same garments. In_ the so-called “union shops” the workers are forced to work dur- ing the lunch hour in order to possibly make the dress code rate. | Bosses force workers to sign papers that they are “sub-normal” and therefore are physically unable to make the code. The workers have no rights in the shops. Unequal division of work prevails. Fast workers are given better work and a higher price on the garment. Men are given better work than the women working to- gether in one shop. There are price committees in the shops but they are not granted the right and priv- ilege to function as such. The bosses dictate prices for garments, Scabs are permitted to work along with the union workers and are given the preference to better work. The bosses threaten to enforce a 40- hour week. In one shop, the boss planned to give the right to the employes in the legal holiday of Washington’s | Birthday. The “chairlady” under) the instructions of Mr. Scotty, com-| pelled the workers to work on that day. There are about 30 sportswear | shops in this city employing about | 400 workers. These shops produce the finer and higher priced gar- ments in the dress industry. The Needle Trades Workers’ In- dustrial Union is intensifying and concentrating its forces on organiz- ing the sportswear dress workers. | | Not Jong ago a group of militant | | Workers met, and only five shops| | were represented. The week fol-| | lowing another conference was held at which 13 shops were represented, | and nuclei in these shops were es- tablished. As an outgrowth, a mass | By A.C.W. Henchmen Keep Rochester Wages Low Unemployment Fund Is Drawn on to Pay the Expenses of the C ‘oming Convention By a Textile Worker Correspondent ROCHESTER, N. Y. — Amalga- mated Clothing Workers members, who intend to visit Rochester, N. Y. as delegates to the conventions in May, should know conditions here. The headquarters will be engulfed with flowers; you will be told the workers in the shops gave freely to buy the flow Nothing is fur- ther from the truth. We were com- pelled to give 25 to 50 cents of our measly wage by force. Here’s how it was done. The shop chairman approaches each worker separately and de- mands a quarter or a half-dollar with the threat that if you don't you will not be called in to work when your turn comes. Our unem- ployment fund has not been issued this year, the excuse being that the convention fund was low and needed for that purpose, on top of asse: | each member $10, also for that pur- pose. Brother Abraham Chatman, our manager, is a regular gangster type; he has surrounded himself with foymer foremen, former contracting shop bosses, and the worst types in the clothing industry, the yes men you find everywhere. These men and women are placed in the choice jobs, sometimes doing two opera- tions at the expense of the other workers. The manager at all times is protected by an armed gangster who acts as his body-guard. A few years ago one of our busi- ness agents openly stated at our local meeting that if the manager | and his kind were not removed im- mediately they would ruin this clothing market. Time has proved that. Well, this business agent was | transferred to a different city short- ly afterward. The bosses at all times demand quality work; they take the heart out of the worker. The henchmen of the machine are seldom bothered. Wages for cutters average about $38 per week, that is, those who are} lucky to get in, and they must pro- | duce. The cutters at Fashion Park, the largest shop here, averaged $10- $12 a week in 1933; operators about $6; and others in proportion; we have suffered a cut of 35 to 50 per cent, since 1929, on top of a better quality workmanship. Every shop owner demands a reduction in force. | Workers at Braeburn who have loaned the company $50,000 of their | wages are told everything has been | | to negotiate with the union. i | schemed ways and means to scare} elegetion he “Daily” is being spread in| be elected to it Alderman hops and in workers’ homes. | Hart to demand lower prices on tockford has ordered 1,000 copies all nece: i nd especially of ~f the 24-page May Day edition: Ei Follow Comrade Peterson’s uct mple. Ask your friends and fel- The committee als) ealiing ‘ow workers to subscribe to the on all the workers, consumers Daily.” A trial sub for one month o: these products to tak: part { the daily edition costs only 50 in this demonstration. All or- :onts. Every worker subscribing ganizations are urged to bring .0w will be sure of getting a copy slogans against the high cost o..of the 24-page May Day edition delivered to his or her home. au the Home ee HELEN LUKE 3 BRIEFS tible to damage through chemical of great importance is | reaction; it is not just a stone back- the coming Annual Conference of | ground on which we may paint with the United Councils of Working | abandon with any and all chemicals Class Women, which will be held|the commercial wolves are anxious Sund: April 22, at Manhattan Ly-|to sell us. Since legal protection ceum. There will be two sessions, | against injurious substances is up the first beginning at 10 a.m. Plainly |to the present time inadequate, our it will be a big day, for there will | best defense is knowledge of the in- be a banquet by the same organiza- | gredients, and their properties in tion, same evening, same hall. beautifiers, All trade unions and workers’ or- | (To Be Continued.) ganizations are earnestly requested | panel dite VE: to send delegates. The question of a organizing women to fight against Can You Make °Em Yourself? the high cost of living, war and fas- cism, will be the central issue. The forthcoming May Day issue Pattern 1826 is available in sizes of the magazine, “The Working |8, 10, 12, 14, 16 and 18. Size 16 Woman,” will feature anti-war ma- | takes 4 yards 36-inch fabric. Tlus- terial. (Sample copies will be sent | trated step-bp-step sewing instruc- on request.) tions included with each pattern. WE SAIL AMONG THE COLOR- ISLANDS In order to determine in what ways it is safe or not safe to alter externally any colors of the hu-| man body it is best to investigate at | least briefly, the nature of such processes. Color, the scientists tell us, is non- existent as a concrete substance: it is an illusion caused by the various length of light rays reflected by a specified substance. To effect an alteration of color in any part of ourselves two methods may be em- ployed: altering by a chemical re- action of our own substance, so that “light rays of a different length are | given off (bleaching etc.), or by ap-| plying a coating of a substance of | the color desired. | Pigments used for coloring or| staining fall into two general cate- | gories—inorganic and organic. ‘Or- | ganic colors are of some kind of vegetal or animal origin, and are “live” — contain micro-organisms which die, making the colors sub- Ject to decay, therefore to change! of color (a slow process which) does not much affect our use of them for cosmetic purposes). Inorganic colors consist of me- tallic or other mineral substances, | or both: some mineral colors (earth or stone or crystal powders) being | "practically permanent and immune | ‘to chemcal reaction. Such colors are in high favo: with painters wishing to make permanent can- vases, even though the range of such colors is very limited. Metal- | lic colors are subject to change | through oxidation. They may also have an effect on other substances with which they come in contact. | The “earthy” mineral color men- tioned are mostly unsuitable for ap- plication to skin or hair as the minute particles are heavy and | would not “stick” unless put on in the form of a thick opaque oil- paint—ocbviously impractical and ri- | meeting was held with a large and| ost, and to forget about it. They| | enthusiastic attendance. A program | have averaged $5 to $8 per week.| of militant action was brought | Hickey’s and Levy's workers are not | |forth—a minimum of 90c an hour;| much better off. Highly skilled | |to standardize the 35 hour week; | hands are lucky to earn $25 for a| ;and complete union control of the | full week. Keller-Heuman-Thomp- entire industry. |son, the house that turns out aj | cheaper line of work, is working Union of Artists’ about four days per week. Prices ‘i | and earnings are low. Models Needed to | The rank and file movement is Improve Conditions | weak at the’ present time, but we |are not entirely discouraged. The best and most capable leaders have been removed from their jobs; (By a Worker Correspondent) WASHINGTON, D. C.—Over the | entire country the government has |been working on the Public Works | of Art Project. Edward Bruce, who| | first became famous when he broke | |a strike of the Philippine railway | workers, is in charge of the P. W. A. P. The funds are now running | |low, and it seems that this “un-|' | planned economics of art” will] | suddenly stop with various build- ings adorned with unfinished murals and bare walls. From the beginning the P. w. A.| Dear Sir: |P. was closely related to the art | Relative your letter on reverse |and philosophy of Edward Bruce, | Side. I deep ppreciate your kind- | Whi received most of his culture |"€SS in placing me on open ac- |and economics from Fascist Italy.|COUnt. I assure you I will pay up In the beginning, artists received|im the near future. I am out of |a good wage for their work. A few | 28h right this week. weeks after the project began all| Things are moving at such a rapid | artists and helpers were given a 15| te over the face of the world that |per cent cut. In addition to this|Z cannot do without the Daily | cut the artists were expected to buy | Worker. The other papers are such | most of their needed materials, such |2 flop that I become a raging demon |as canvas, brushes, clay, paint, etc,|°VerY time I try to get some in- to beat us up. Peter Teem was a capable worker and leader, who WELCOME TO OUR NEW COMRADE San Angelo, Tex. sluggers are brought in frequently | Letters from Our diculous. Metallic and organic colors (the latter sometimes loosely referred to as “vegetable”) are the ones gen- erally used in the manufacture of dyes and cosmetics, which brings us face to face with certain chemical coins or stamps (coins preferred) for this Anne Adams pattern. Write plainly name, address and style number, SIZE. Address orders to Daily Worker risks, for the human body is com-} posed of living cells highly suscep- | Pattern Department, 243 West 17th Street, New York City. % a ‘ 1 | Send FIFTEEN CENTS (15c) in| BE SURE TO STATE | |_ The artists’ models received the lowest pay, $13.50 per week. though the models were on the pay- roll as P.W.A.P. workers, a large number of artists were not notified | that models were available, and had to pay for models out of their own salary. Consequently, this caused a lot of models to be laid off after a | few weeks’ or months’ work under the excuse that there was no work | for them. | Previous to their lay-off the mod- |els had been discriminated against in various ways. They were forced | to keep track of the number of | hours per week they worked, and | when they were not posing they | were made to do carpentering work |and other forms of manual labor | that was in the $26 a week class, |and the models had to do this work | for $13.50 a week. | An artists models’ union would correct these abuses to models. | Such a union could not help the | models if it were controlled by the scab A. F. of L.; it must be con- trolled by the models. Root and Butler Lead Fight to Maintain Child Exploitation NEW _ YORK.—Comparing the | Child Labor Amendment to the | 18th Amendment, a __ state-wide | committee, headed by Elihu Root, | Nicholas Murray Butler and Wil- liam D. Guthrie, called the amend- ment a “constitutional curse” in the |State Legislature today. | Guthrie, who presented a 45- | page pamphlet to the Legislature, | written in answer to a recent state- ment of lawyers urging the ratifi- cation of the amendment, quoted A¥red E. Smith’s article in the | March issue of the Outlook, as a point in favor of his committee. | What is your Unit, trade union, mass organization doing to get new subscribers for the Daily Worker? Help put the sub drive over the top! Al-| | formation our of them. Two years ago I was a mild So- | cialist, ignorant of the forces that | are driving the world foreward. To- day, after reading every serap of Paper pertaining to a Soviet setup |I find myself completely straight- |ened out in my political views. I | have no other choice than to not only join the Party, but to.give all |my spare effort to its betterment. | I do not belong to the Party now but if I can afford the sacrifice from my eats money, please for- ward me whatever proceedure nec- essary| to become a full fledged member. ‘ I believe we are going to be forced underground in the near future and therefore I feel that if we take cer- tain precautions at this time we will proceed much faster when the time comes. | —C. D. ©. SHOWS IMPORTANCE OF LITERATURE Chicago, Ill. | Worker” and the movement by mere chance through seeing the “Five Year Plan” in pictures a few years ago. Although a non-Party member I wish to tell you of my work for the Party (the only work- ers’ weapon against the unjust so- cial and economic order of capital- ism). For fear of a too lengthy article I shall quote a pragraph or two from a college student friend of mine to whom I have been send- ing “Daily Workers” and other lit- erature. He writes: “Your efforts in ‘propaganda’ work through me have not been entirely futile. Not only have I be- come a friend of the Soviet Union, but I have passed the literature along with the point of view which I thought you had in mind. “The material which you sent me last winter I used In debates in which we attempted to clarify the underlying issues which stood in the way of recognition of Russia as being purely sentimental and diplomatic as opposed to the im- mense commercial and cuitural (benefits along with the aid it would/ I came in contact with the “Daily” | was beaten up and taken to the hospital for three weeks. Brother delegates: How long must we stand for these abuses? Only by replacing the present machine by honest workers can we improve our conditions. Kurzman Strike in Los Angeles Ruined by ACW. By a Needle Trades Worker Corres. | LOS ANGELES, Cal—The work- ers of Kurtzman Bros. shop of Los| © picketing Angeles forced mass of against stagnant leader the Amalgamated Clothing Worke Union, in conjunction with the NRA. } They were on strike for 18 weeks. For 12 weeks the leadership did not | bring forward a program of action or encourage any militancy, but in- stead gave the entire strike situa- tion into the hands of the N.R.A. against the protests of the strikers. After two weeks the N.R.A. con- clusively decided (with the consent of the union officials) that the boss shall abide by the previously pre- vailing conditions and the workers must stop picketing. The firm threatened a 20 per cent wage-cut. Thereupon the workers | held a shop meeting and unani-| mously decided not to accept a re-| duction in wages. The boss ae e| the workers. He made them work part time. He kept the shop closed for five weeks, after which he noti- fied them individually to come back and resume work, and he proposed | the conditions. One of the workers | notified the union, and again all) the workers held a shop meeting at which they unanimously decided to | call a strike. But the Amalgamated gave con- cessions to the boss! In the coat | department three scabs remained at work. The foreman cutter is not to work any “longer” than the other | cutters. The vest department re- main unsetted. .In the pants de- partment the work shoud be sent to a union contractor and ail scabs | ought to be eliminated, but instead | all the scabs remained at work. All the strikers went back to work. The old conditions remained. NOTE | We publish letters from textile, needle, shoe and leather workers | every Wednesday. Workers in | those industries are urged to write us of their conditions of work, | and of their struggles to organize. Get the letters to us by Saturday | of each week. | In sending ir new subs to the “Daily” please write the name and address of the new sub- | scriber ciearly. Readers lend to the cause of world peace to be attained by recognition. Some| negative cases that I listened to} were disgusting beyond recall. At! | that time I happened to be taking| a course in current world history, so when we came to the discussion of Russia I inveigled my history professor into passing some con- struction magazines, economic re- | Views, etc. around the class room, and I am sure from the resulting discussion that a number of yong people got a new insight into the! Soviet Russian way of life.” Bak, ORGANIZE ON C. W. A. JOBS | Auburn, Wash. | We are still.on the C. W. A.) Last week we had a $3 payday, this week an $8 one. We are paving | and can’t work when it rains, as/| you know it really rains out here. Tomorrow is our last day on C.| W. A. then a couple of weeks on} |P. W. A. finishing the job—then | what? X. Y. Z. perhaps! | A local of relief workers protec- tive association is being formed. And last week a good sized F. S. U.| was formed due to Dr. Harry F. Ward touring and speaking here in the West. We are now making plans for an unemployed council and C. P. unit. | We believe the working class is | getting fed up on the alphabet! Last week a meeting was called by a former C, W. A. foreman (aided by Chamber of Commerce) to protest layoffs. A hand-picket committee was sent to C. W. A. headquarters in Seattle (they came back empty-handed, of course). “No organizing.” No politics! Gracious no! No trouble, just pre- sent our grievances like men.” Such were the answers I got to a plea for organized action. Well, the workers already see through the | mockery, and we are organizing. | 100 “Voice of Action” were distrib- | uted, and they went over big. —T. J. 8. WORKERS MUST FIGHT FASCISM Alexandria, Va. Dear Comrades: Enclosed clipping is an excellent example of how the people are be- ing fooled, and led into fascism by the lies of fascist-capitalist press. It is for the class-conscious workers and intellectuals to expose and fight this subtle transition into fas- cism. Within six months we should meet the crisis—either we are sub- dued, as in Austria and Germany — or we “ride the crest of the wave.” We know that conditions are just as bad—if only we can convince, others of the “cause.” ‘Phila. Tanners|| party LIFE Tied by AFL to| Unit Learns Valuable Lessons Speed-Up Hell) From Participating in Strike Local 57 Formed In New Attempt to Get Action By a Leather Worker Correspondent | PHILADELPHIA, Pa.—The con- house) in the Philadelphia district dition of the leather workers (tan | is deplorable, and the reason is plainly evident—bezause of the A. F. of L. misleadership. There is plenty of dissatisfaction among the orkers, but it is held in check by fear of the blacklist. | The speed-up since the introduc- | tion of the N, R. A. is terrific, and | it is practically impossible to make | a decent wage. They have done| away with machine fixers in the | shops and the men have to fix their | machines, which causes the| s to fall behind with their! a own The men have to clean the ma-| chines in some departments every y, and this is done at the ex- se of the work The glazers | Yean only on F: for 15 min- | utes, but this alone in one year equals 13 hours for which they do not get paid. There are no de- cent places to ‘wash and never any hot water to wash with. Also, in glazing reoms at Foederer’s there | a cnocrete, floor and this room is swept while the men are at) work, causing a fog of dust in the room. Local 64 of the United Leather Workers’ International of America | is responsible for this condition, a: the union committees are afraid to make any real demands upon the firms, because Business Agent Quinn tells then that they cannot back up any demands with a strike, because we would be going against the government, and this is not a red union. It is not nesessary for him to tell the men that his policy is not “red.” It is plainly evident that it is of a deep yellow. Conditions are so bad in Phila- delphia, and the reputation of the leadership of local 64 is so foul that many workers refuse to have any- thing to do with No. 64 and so they are being organized in differ- ent locals, but Quinn still gets into | their meetings. | The Druiding shop was organ- | ized into what they call Local 57. | The men in No. 57 want to keep} Quinn out of taeir meetings if they |2W@y_from the picket line; expect to accomplish anything, and keep out of office any sign of “Quinnism.* The workers in this local should start right out by de- manding that no committee be appointed but that all committees shall be elected from the floor, as this is one way in which you can help defeat the enemies of the workers, and keep them from build- ing a machine in the union which would work to defeat the best in- terests of the workers. The work- \ers in Druiding’s have had no real benefits from the N. R. A., but the boss has. Since the N. R. A., a worker has | not only his own work as a beams- man, tanner, staker or glazer to do, but anything else that the boss| chooses to put on him, he has to do. | WORKERS’ ENEMIES | EXPOSED | J. Woit, of New| Henry (Hariy) | York City, formeriy known in San) | Pedro, San Francisco and Los An- | geles, Cal, has been exposed as an} | agent provocateur and spy. In 1928 he came to New York from the West Coast as one who} had been imprisoned at San Quen- tin on charges of criminal syndical- ism (in connection with longshore- men’s strike at San Pedro, in 1920, in which he claimed to have taken part as an I. W. W. organizer), and as one who had been released en parole. For a time, until the end of 1929, he’ worked for the Active Press as HENRY (HARRY) J. WOLF printing salesman, and at that time had also belonged to the Commu- nist Party. Communist Party, recently, that, over his own signature, he had made statements to a government agency to the effect that: 1) Dur- ing the World War he had worked for the Civilian Division of the Bu- reau of Military Intelligence; 2) Later, in 1930 and 1931, he had worked as “investigator” for the Congressional Committee on Com- munist Activities; 3) During the same time he had also “served,” as he himself wrote in his statement—| “The Republic of Cuba, at personal request of President Machado to Hon. Hamilton R. Fish, chairman of the Congressional Committee. (And also) The Republic of Pan- ama.” 4) In addition to this, it transpired that he had shown a let- ter from Hamilton Fish to the pres- ident of the United Fruit Line, Cub- ber, asking for a job for Wolf, as a result of which, Wolf did get em- ployment on various United Fruit ships as “ship's printer,” from end of Aug., 1929 to middle of 1930. Description: Age, 40 years; height, 5 ft. 6 in.; weight, about 130 pounds, slim of appearance, brown hair, brown eyes, prominent nose, very talkative, can speak some Spanish. His photograph is pub- —J. Cc. R. lished herewith, Must Expose Fully the Danger of Betrayal by American Federation of Labor Leaders The strike of 170 young Penn; Electric Switch Co. workers against | a lock-out, union discrimination | and low pay, gave a unit of the Party in Des Moines, Iowa, its first | lessons in a struggle for strike leadership. The accidental discovery of the strike forced the unit to make an| immediate decision to take part in| the strike. The fact that the strik- | ers were locked-out; the fact that | the strike was under A. F. of L.| leadership, the unit had to find} ways and means of entering and| leading the strike. | We ent the picket line by mingli: * talking with the strik- | ers, there’ finding out the policy; cf the A, F. of L. leaders and the | iment of the workers. This was | nec in order to formulate the | needs and demands of the strikers. The strike was under the leader- shiv of the A. F. of L. One hundred to the Brotherhood of Electrical | Workers. There were no experenced A. F. of L. officials leading the | strike. It was left entirely in the | ing of the strikers on the company grounds. The Party came forward with a program of revolutionary trade unionism, warning against be- trayals; pointed out the failure of the A. F. of L. to help lead the strike; failure to formulate de- mands; the use of a government la- bor board conciliator for interven- tion in behalf of the workers in- stead of the workers themselves. The Party stood for mass picketing, election of a broad strike commit- tee and the organization of relief. Daily Workers and N.R.A. pam- phlets were given out. We fought against the “gesture of peace”; the withdrawing of the picket line. Here, the comrades came into open conflict with the leaders. We were entrenched among the strikers. The leaders only succeeded in keeping us out of the union meetings. The Unemployment Council is- and thirty-seven strikers belonged | sued a leaflet giving its support to the strikers. This had the effect of crystallizing the break with the A. F. of L. leaders. The strikers did not want to keep the “gesture of hands of an inexperienced strike | peace” anv longer. They went back committee of two. | to the picket line. A labor board conciliator, called The latest report showed that in by the A. F. of L., was in ses-| these young workers were sold out sion a full day on the first day of | after the leading comrades were | body to the picket line. |the strike, with Mr, Penn. Prom- | ises were made that’a report would | |be made of the conference. But | |nothing was reported. | The picket line was not organ- ized. The demands of the strikers were not clear. Some were satis- fied with union recognition alone. Others wanted to add the increase of pay. The militancy of the strikers was at a high pitch, but due to the un- organized picketing a few scabs, nevertheless, got in. A few skilled mechanics, office workers, in all about 30, continued to work. The company ordinarily employs 200. At a mass meeting of the strik- ers in the union hall, the govern- ment conciliator, with the help of the A. F. of L., succeeded in be- traying the interests of the strik- ers by telling the workers to stay that Mr. Penn would not hire anyone until the question of arbitration was settled. This was called a “gesture of peace.” The picket line was withdrawn. The vigilance of the workers, how- ever, found that scabs came into the plant unmolested and that workers on the county relief roll were sent to take the jobs away from the strikers. Negroes from the relief roll were, without success, used to scab. After being off the picket line and informed that scabs continued to to be hired and worked, and that the Welfare Bureau was sending out workezs, dissension arose among the strikers. After the refusal of Mr. Penn to arbitrate, the strikers went in a In the beginning of the strike the | Party took advantage of the weak | leadership by holding a mass meet- drawn away to a district conven- tion. The Party has learned some lessons in this strike: 1. Pay attention to rumors of Jock-outs. The Party knew of the lock-out two weeks before the strike, 2. Take full advantage of weak leadership by holding meetings on picket line. This was not ade- quately done. 3. Did not expose strong enough the danger of strike betrayal by the A. F. of L. Tendency to avoid mentioning the possibility of the A. F. of L. to betray strikes. 4. Failure to establish contacts for the purpose of building up an opposition. 5. Failure to consistently sell Daily Workers on the picket line. Only one distribution carried out in the five-day strike. 6. Leaving strike in the hands of the A. F. of L. In conclusion, the Party should not hesitate to take part in any and all strikes, to use every means at its disposal to win over independent leadership. H. 8S. Omaha, Neb. District No. 10. Join the Communist Party 35 E. 12th STREET, N. Y. C. Please send me more informa- tion on the Communist Party. Name Street City .... ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS | Shotgun Remedy for Catarrh, Rheumatism and Blood Disease Heward S., Decatur, Ill—The copy of the prescription you sent us represents one of those “shotgun” | remedies which are so dear to the \heart of the unscientific physician |or quack, Of the ten ingredients |eight are known to be absolutely |inert, the ninth one is a laxative | and the tenth has no action in the | dose prescribed. The remedies are | prescribed on the principle that if | one of the ingredients does not work | one of the others might. Scientific | physicians rarely prescribe more | than two or three ingredients in | any one prescription. They prefer | to prescribe one drug at the time |and when more than one is used, the additional medicine should be a “synergist” which means that its action is similar to the principal drug and that it increases its ef- By PAUL LUTTINGER, M.D. dose of the principal drug can be cut down and a much smaller quan- tity prescribed. For instance two aspirin tablets are often prescribed for headaches, but if one takes an aspirin and one pyramidon tablet, @ more rapid and more lasting ac- tion is obtained. Too Many Ailments Mildred H. S.—You have too many ailments for diagnosis and advice in this column, Before we can express any intelligent opinion you must be given a thorough phy- sical examination. If you have no money, you may come up to our office for a free consultation. We do not understand your lack of a permanent address. Where do you keep your three children? 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