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Page Four DAILY WORKER, NEW YORK, TUESDAY, APRIL 24, 1934 Socialist Chokes Discussion in IW arnso Fisk Rubber Workers’ Local Does Most of the Tal To Give All the C By a Rubber W°rker Correspondent CHICOPEE have been rec 50 Daily lear to me Work United R of-Labor U F. of L. Burns, a of the tr The pre most of the time doe ing and most of the t he names a com he u elects himself to give reports. Last week he tried to get the ident is chairm all tk Seargent-at-arms to throw me out because I was ca After that he a to grant him ling him to order. ed the members e privilege to de- bate and dis without leaving the chair. Nobody helped him out on that. It was through my & special meeting was called. This meeting is to vote on whether or not we are going to force the com- pany to a closed shop. The Fisk Rubber C million and a quarter the last six months of 1933. week the president of the com- efforts that Soviet Consulate king; Names Himself ommittee Reports han 1929. Workers Called To Fight for Homes in Princeton, Ind. (By a Worker Correspondent) — The CW. demobilized loser relation ion than at any time dur- Only those that have the local group. se their politica obs that may last a ger. Last week one of the former CWA workers was served with an eviction order by the local “justice of the Peace.” During the farce trial, the worker was not given a semblance of justice, but did not take it lying down. The worker demanded a jury trial. He then questioned the proposed jurors; asked this question, “Do you know a crisis is on?” The next ques- tion was, 10 you know Mr. Roose- velt said that ‘no one in America shall go hungry, naked or without shelter and fuel?” The second ques- tion was promptly ruled out of or- der by this stool pigeon of the boss- es, this “Injustice of the Peace!” One of the jurors had the cour- | age to hold out for about an hour A being paid 30 per | ‘Not Materialize czy |Proposed Stine | for the defendant. He weakened and | @ verdict was rendered, whereby the See | thrown out in the streets when and NEW YORK —The Consulate|if the judge has the will to try it. General of the Soviet Union in New| The workers here Say, no one here York was opened for business Fri- | lies in the streets as long as there day at 7-9 E. 61st St. G. M. Mela-| are empty houses, and we shall do Opens in New York med, Soviet Consul-General, stated that the office would be open from 10 am. to 1 p.m. Mondays, Tues- | days, Wednesdays and Fridays. Down tools May Ist! Show your will for the overthrow of capital- ism, for a Soviet United States! as we have always done, set the worker back in his home. | Another militant worker is to | come to trial on eviction charges in |a few days. He too, is his own at- torney, and we expect to fill the | court, as we did before in the case | mentioned. the He CONDUCTED BY LUKE San Francisco Domestic Worker |from time to time about domestic Writes workers. Our column once reprinted From the Pacific coast comes a|4 long questionnaire such as they letter written evidently by a domes- | re required to fill out before getting tic worker who wants to know|4 job in a bourgeois home. Whether or..mob. the Comunist/ 4 domestic workers’ union ts Party is interested in these work- | forming now in New York City. It already has two locals and 100 members. One local meets on Thursday evening in Estonian Hall, 115 St., Harlem. I went there |last Thursday evening in the hope |of talking to some of the members |but there was no meeting, Perhaps |because of the rain that night. I |am most anxious to hear from this | Domestic Workers’ Union, so that our column may report its progress |from time to time as we do that " of the Women’s Councils. era, and how they fare in a Social- | ist land. The letter, | Your question about housework- “Dear Sir: |ers in Communist countries, com- “I am a reader of your paper|tade, we shall try to answer in to- for some time. Communism, I un-|™orrow’s column. derstand, is for the betterment of| all, regarding every one from the lowest to the highest to be equally entited to fair treatment as to labor, wages, and hours. | “I hear so much regarding the| rights of industrial workers, miners, | ete,, but as yet have never heard| through your columns any reference | made to the domestic workers. What about the servants in the homes? Here we find the sorriest slavery of all: a poor woman servant has to be up at 6 A. M., cook, wash, clean, wash dirty clothes for as many as/ seven in the family, iron about 10) shirts a week, scrub on her knees,| eater to each and all of the lazy bums in the family, take all their insults and kicks, and keep on duty| | to 9 p. m,, or later if a drove of| company or guests call on the fam-| | ily. | “What about her life? She being | without funds has to do this for| about $10 a month, while the fam- ily take a ride in their favorite! / auto, or attend a bridge party. Does | your party ever realize that some| work should be done for the domes- | tic servant and slave as well as for) the factory workers? Don’t they work just as hard? No one has pity for them. When I hear through | your paper that the lowly are re- garded humanely, I will be sure to} join your party, but not until them. | “You know we are all human be- ings and even the poorest is just as entitled to a fair deal as the other. “What are the Communist coun- | tries doing for their domestic work- ers? I will look for an explanation through your paper. “Respectfully, “A READER OF THE DAILY) WORKER.” | Reply Dear Comrade Houseworker: You may rest assured that the Communist Party is decidedly in- terested in the domestic workers and holds them in as high esteem fs any other worker. It is hard to organize them, however, because they are separated from each other: €ach one works in a different house (unless it be a very rich establish- Ment employing several servants) and each is directly under the eye of her boss or bosses all day long, soit is very hard to reach these workers to talk to them about their conditions and how to better them. And as you showed, these workers are seldom able to leave the house for any length of time except late in the evening. Their life is quite as you state: they are one of the most oppressed section of workers. The Daily Worker has had some paragraphs ; Can You Make ’Em Yourself? Pattern 1782 is available in sizes 14, 16, 18, 20, 32, 34, 36, 38, 40, 42 and 44. Size 16 takes 31%, yards 36 inch fabric. Illustrated step-by- step sewing instructions included. jee t | 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 orders to the Daily Worker Pattern Department, 243 West d7a Street, New York City. Pay Raise Does Speed-Up and Low Pay Continue in Mills of Carnegie, Pa. By a Steel Worker Correspondent CARNEGIE, Pa.—The speed-up in these local mills has caused the wor! to refer to them as “mad-| ho The proposed 10 per cent) increase in wages sounded fine, but | it failed to mi lize. And even| if they did put this raise into ef- fect it would have little effect on| the economic life of the Carnegie| district. | The men in the mills of the Car-| negie district are averaging four days a week, and producing prac- tically three times as much steel as the same number of men turned out in 1929. No wonder the work-| ers refer to their plants as ‘“mad- houses.” It’s the same old story in the| steel mills. Speed-up (intensified among the younger workers) and low pay, and a constantly increas- ing cost of living. In the Carnegie plant of the Superior Steel Corp., (organized in the Amalgamated As- sociation) last week, two young men, one 22 and the other 24, each lost two fingers of their right hands while working on the sheers. Even the company stool pigeons are go- ing around shaking their heads and saying, “There's no telling who will be next unless this speed-up is stopped.” The A. A. doesn’t seem to be in- terested in what has happened, and only makes an appearance on pay days to collect dues. As a result, out of 1,000 signed-up members, only 50 to 75 attend the union meet- ings, and these are men who are favorable to the company. The tac- tics of the A. F. of L. have so dis- couraged the men that they are saying that all unions are the same and nothing can be done. However, the local organizer of the Steel and Metal Workers’ In- dustrial Union has succeeded in pointing out to many of the men that this is just what the company and the A. F. of L. officials want them to believe, The result is that lots of men are now looking favorably toward the S. M. W. I. U. However, the company has succeeded in keeping many men terrorized. Just how long this will last is hard to tell, but from the talk of some of the men it won't be very long. Central Mills Workers Expose Company Union By a Gary Steel Worker Correspondent GARY, Ind.—The workers of the Central Mils are opposed to the company union. On April 3rd, at @ meeting in the main office, to which Rail, Blooming, 44-inch, Slab and Billet Mill men were called, only 125 workers showed up. These departments represent between 1,800 to 2,500 workers, yet only 125 re- ported. That shows how much the workers think of the company union. McNabb spoke praising the com- pany union, and then asked the men to speak. Many of the workers took the floor. Rail men asked for stoppage of Sunday and holiday work, be- cause it caused them to stay home all week. But when McNabb said the power had to be used when the rest of the mills are shut, and it would cost extra, the workers re- plied that they were not concerned about the expense of the company; that they had lost everything, their homes and all, while the company still had the mills and was raking profits. McNabb got sore and cried that the company union can change neither the company’s rules nor its Wages. Rail mill men also complained that they must carry drinking water a long way and must use dirty pails, and asked that a water system be installed. McNabb said the com- pany was too poor, but if the men would help stop the disappearance of the washrooms supplies, maybe the company would help them. The men laughed in his face. The meet- ing adjourned with most of the men already gone. Fellow workers this shows how much the company union cares about the workers and especially with McNabb at the head of the company union representation, you can’t expect anything. So why not join the real rank and file union—the Steel and Metal Workers’ Industrial Union, Our headquarters are open at 1985 Broadway every day. So come on ot show the bosses where to get off, —E. P. M. ORGANIZATION IN MERIDEN By a Metal Worker Correspondent MERIDEN, Conn.—I want to in- form you that an attempt is being made to organize all workers from both the Bristol and Meriden New Departure plants, through the Cen- tral Labor Union. The Meriden group, after the first meeting, are well organized. The workers knew that they had been driven by the Company Union that now they must put up a fight against the slave driving. The company is trying to split the union, the inside whippers visit- ing each man separately with an offer of two cents raise, and ask- ing him not to join the union, Every Monday, starting April 30! Special New York Trade Union Supplement! Order special bundles for distribution in your union, I Scheme for “t . S. Steel Employees Federation’ Was Hatched by American Steel Institute By a Gary Steel Worker Correspondent Ind.—Fellow workers of the Gary steel plant: Who is this Mallinson, a company “union” rep- resentative from the electrical de- partment who is now plugging for a new set-up which he calls an “independent” union? On March Ist, the Illinois Steel workers voted overwhelming op- position to the company union, and clearly expressed their desire for a real working class union, independ- ent of all company stools and com- pany policies. The workers are against the company union just be- cause it is a stool-pigeon outfit dominated by such company agents as Mallinson, McGee, Toby and others. By herding the workers into this new fake outfit, the com- “DAILY” NEEDS COLUMN LEAFLET TECHNIQUE Tacoma, Wash. Dear Comrade Editors: | I have wanted for a long time |to express my appreciation of the | Daily Worker, but since I am a very active party member, it is sel- dom that I get time to write any- thing not directly concerned with immediate tasks. You are doing a good job, comrades, I have no criti- cism to offer. Here in South Ta- coma the excellence of the “Daily” is making many friends for our unit. However, here is a suggestion which I believe if adopted would help us in our work: publish a col- umn dealing with technical work. Here on the west coast our move- ment is young yet, and there are many shortcomings in our agitprop work. We need to learn to print or mimeograph better leaflets, post- ers, etc. We need technical advice. Surely a column ef this nature could be made very interesting. There could be articles on the vari- ous ways of putting out leaflets—es- pecially the cheapest ways, lessons on lettering, stencil cutting, sign painting, etc., with descriptions of apparatus necessary, and where to get it. Perhaps much of this ap- paratus could be manufactured by our local comrades. I know that there are many workers who take great interest in doing such work. I believe that the “Daily” did publish some instruc- tions on how to prepare material for hectograph work, or something of that nature, but those could be re-published and enlarged upon with benefit to the movement. There are many units which could con- siderably widen their influence if they were able to quickly and cheaply put out leaflets, and in- structions on exactly how to do this, in my opinion, cannot be pub- lished too often. H. Dz SENATOR TAKES NOTE OF STUDENT ACTION New York City. Comrades: On April 14, the day after the nation-wide successful student strike against war, showing the senti- ment and strength of our students, the honorable Senator Robinson of Indiana delivered an _ eloquent speech over the radio on the neces- sity of maintaining the R. O. T. C., strengthening our army and navy, and spreading the jingoistic ap- peal of patriotism to the students, who he pointed out, were of the very great importance during the World War. He spoke of the N. S. L. that sponsored the strike and the Com- munist Party’s principle against all imperialist war and the R, O. T. C., because, as he explained, the laws laid down and imported from for- eign quarters stated clearly that the only way to have a successful civil war is to fight against com- pulsory military training. He spoke against the Party, the N. S. L., and the religious organizations that sympathize, He suggested the getting up and distribution of a pamphlet on the importance and need for the R. O. ] pany figur Letters from Our Readers on keeping the work- ers divided into departments and small groups, with their stools still in control. In this way the United States steel trust hopes to defeat the steel workers’ desire for real independent action, The plan which this Mallinson printed and placed in the hands of a few of his clique is called the U. S. Steel Employees Federation. He claims this is his own This is a lie. f “Independent” Steel Union Plan As Steel Trust’s Company Union Plot “ idea. | This plan is drawn! up by the American Steel Institute, | just as the revised employee repre- sentation plan was, As clearly expressed in the pre- amble of this “Mallinson plan” it aims to strengthen In other words, this plan hopes to find new ways of dragging our ele- ments through fake committees for- ever—while the workers starve. ON|T. C. because, to quote Sen. Robin- son, “During the last war we re- cruited a large portion of our men from the aforementioned training camps, also that the men who served under a lieutenant that was well trained, had 35 per cent greater chance of surviving than the one under an untrained man.” Several times he spoke of the growth of Communism and the in- fluence it had on the students par- ticularly. He mentioned the um- brella _wielder, his namesake, Pres- ident Robinson, of C. C. N. Y., who, in spite of his peculiar environment in the college which is full of ra- dicals, issued a statement that the R. O. T. C. must be maintained. It seems to me that the “patriots” are sitting up and taking notice of the ever-increasing power of our ranks. R. 8. PRAISES DAILY’S STAND ON ADS Red Bank, N. J. Dear Comrade: I am a steady reader of the Daily Worker. It was very gratifying for me to see that you printed a letter by a food worker, a bus boy, who worked at the Parkway Cafeteria on Pitkin Ave., which told of the kick-back graft which is going on there, although this same Parkway Cafeteria was an advertiser in the Daily. Of course the Parkway Cafe- teria immediately withdrew its ad, and is also instrumental in influ- encing other restaurants not to ad- vertise in the D. W. They all be- long to an association. I would like to call the attention of your readers to the fact that they should patronize places that are friendly to the worker's cause, Also that the Food Workers Union, with the help and sympathy of the Brownsville workers, ought to drive out the A. F. of L. grafters who work hand in hand with the restau- rant bosses. “NO SUCH THING AS CAPITAL- ISM,” SAYS DR. BUTLER New York City. Comrades: Please let me tell you what Dr. Butler, “the incarnation of the in- ternational mind,” had to say as reported in the N. Y¥. Times of April 11, 1934, He discovered “There is no such thing as capitalism. It was a de- bating term adopted by Karl Marx. Capitalism is not a principle of our form of government. It is an ac- cident. The principle is liberty and the real controversy is between liberty and compulsion.” I suppose such insane mouthings are best let alone to illustrate a “tale told by an idiot.” I fear, how- ever, that the doctor, in depicting war, hunger, and a strike-breaking administration as accidental is put quite in a class by himself. B. G. Get the inside dope on the strike- breaking activities of the leaders of the New York Central Trades and Labor Council in the N. Y, Daily Worker Trade Union Supplement. To be published each Monday, start- ing next week, NEW YORK—“The effectiveness of the Daily Worker Trade Union Supplement as an additional weapon in our trade union struggles in New York will depend upon how well we distribute the forthcoming Monday's issues of the paper among the mem- bers of the union,” said Rose Wor- tis, assistant secretary of the Trade Union Unity Council of Greater New York, Next Monday, April 30, the first issue of the New York Trade Union Supplement will appear as part of the regular issue of the Daily Worker and will be continued every Monday thereafter. Edited by a committee from the trade unions, the supplement will cover the week’s events in the trade union field throughout New York. It will contain special feature articles and editorial notes of interest to all trade union workers in the city. What is going on in the A. F. of L. unions, the problems of the rank and file in these unions in their struggle against the strikebreaking leaders; the problems of the growing independent unions and the unions of the Trade Union Unity Leaue— all this will be analysed and dealt with in a popular manner in this new section of the Daily Worker. But in order to make this new section of the Daily Worker an effective weapon in the trade “Daily” Union Supplement Must Get Wide Circulation union struggles, it must, as Com- rade Wortis said, be distributed among the trade union workers. It is the task of every Communist in the unions, every Communist ROSE WORTIS Assistant Secretary of the Trade Union Unity Council of New York, fraction, to see to it that the issues of the Daily Worker containing the special supplement are spread among the workers by the tens of thousands. Watch for the first New York Trade Union Supplement on April 30 « “negotiation.”| Molders Told By AFL to Scab in Stove Strike Detroit Police Arm Strikebreakers to Fight Picket Line By an Auto Worker Correspondent DETROIT, Mich. — Anyone who had an opportunity to watch the progress of the strike of the mem- bers of the Mechanics’ Educational Society of America, employed by the Detroit, Michigan Stove Works, will have to admit that section 7A of the N.R.A. is just so much plain bunk. The Detroit police, under orders from Frank Couzens, the son of the millionaire Senator, are doing every- thing possible to coerce and intimi- date the strikers, Workers of the Detroit, Michigan Stove Works are organized practi- cally 100 per cent. Yet Mr. Fry, the big shot at the Stove Works, brazenly boasts he will have nohting to do with the M.ES.A. and claims he has already hired men to replace the union men and women. Scabs under the protection of the Detroit police are openly conveyed through the Jefferson Avenue gate. ‘They are also brought into the plant by the same strikebreaking Detroit police. These scabs are placed into covered trucks. The writer personally saw the rear end of one of these trucks, and found all scabs armed with chunks of steel, hammers, heavy clubs, etc. Some of them are known to have guns in their possession. Following its old tradition, the A. F. of L. had ordered its mem- bers, the molders employed at the plant, to SCAB during this strike. The famous Dawn Patrol is also used to convey scabs into the plant. This is Congressman Weidmann’s pet organization. The Kelly Furniture Sales Co., 13743 Woodward Ave., which uses a Ford Truck Engine No. 5248435, Plate License 537-705, is also busy hustling scabs in and out of the works. On the first day of the strike, two big, husky policemen were proudly exhibiting an array of tear gas bombs stuck into a heavy duck- back vest, just to scare the men and women in the picket lines. They stationed themselves right in front of the entrance, When the strike started, about 250 policemen were seen about the plant, swinging their clubs. They forced one of the picket lines into the street, from the side- walk. A patrol wagon had been set near the entrance to further scare the strikers. So this is the N.R.A. and this is the new “square deal” for the workers. AFL Works Hard To Stop Strike At Servel Shop By a Metal Worker Correspondent EVANSVILLE, Ind—I thought I would write and tell you and the rest_of the workers just how the A. F. L. has betrayed the workers of Servel, Inc. Servel manufac- tures the Electrolux Gas Re- frigerator, Servel Hermetic Re- frigerator, Hercules Gas Engines and Hercules Truck Bodies. In July, 1933, the A. F. L. or- ganized the Servel workers into a Federal Local No. 18334. The com- pany has continually refused to recognize the union. About two weeks ago, an election was to be held by the National Labor Board, but it was postponed indefinitely the day before it was to be held. The demands of the rank and file for some action forced the of- ficers to hold a strike sanction elec- tion last night and today. A rep- resentative of the A. F, L. by the name of Huffman made a short talk last night before we started voting. He explained that the A. F. L. was PARTY LIFE Units Should Have “Ears to Ground” to Initiate Struggles (‘HICAGO units recently proved the old proverb “Strike while the iron is hot!” by attempting to do the reverse, that is, allowing the “iron to cool.” They then found it neces- sary to reheat. On Saturday, Feb. 17, the Ameri- can branch of Hitlerism, “The Friends of New Germany,” held a meeting in Logan Square Masonic Temple in Chicago. In the early hours of the foilowing morning, Sun- days, the windows of scores of Jew- ish owned small stores were smashed in systematic fashion on the north- west side of the city. The counter-demonstrations which should have taken place against the fascists the night of the meeting, the mass protests which should have been organized to prevent the hold- ing of the meeting, will not be dis- cussed in this article. But one important lesson must be understood immediately. The HealthDep’tAdmits Tuberculosis Rise In Negro Section Lauds ‘‘New Machine,” But Offers No Way for Cure NEW YORK. — Two hundred and sixty-nine hitherto unsuspected cases of tuberculosis have been dis- covered among the unemployed in the upper West Side. The depart- ment admits these cases have been caused “by the depression.” Tuberculosis was found to be more prevalent in the Negro sections of the city where, because of the bad living conditions which they are forced to endure, their resistance to the disease is weakened. In Harlem, out of 4,580 cases examined, 269 are definitely tubercular while 548 more cases are classed as “suspects.” Tuberculosis has eaten into the bodies of men, women and children in every slum section of the city. In the Red Hook section of Brook- lyn 512 cases, all unsuspected, were discovered. The lower East and West Sides are being studied now. The new X-ray machine, which has been given a hundred times more publicity than methods to decrease and wipe out tuberculosis, uses a paper film which “makes it possible to handle many of these cases in the home without hospitalization.” The Health Department states that “this will mean a great economic saving and will minimize overcrowding our hospitals and sanatoria.” This is considered to mean that thousands will be deprived of hospi- tal treatment in spite of the fact that tuberculosis is continually spreading among the workers of the city. seeniag the windows were smash- ed the entire neighborhood of workers and small shop keepers Units Must React Immediately to Every Struggle of the Working Class By DAN DAVIS, Chicago were incensed against the fascist acts of terror. Only one comrade took the initiative to immediately try to organize these _ workers against fascism. But the comrade was frustrated. No one knew where to get a mimeograph ma- chine for leaflets. None of the other party members seemed in- terested in carrying out any action without any of the unit organizers’ assistance. Three units are in the neighborhood. It was not until the following Thursday that any hint of action was announced though the story of the window smashing, suppressed by the entire capitalist press, was published in the Daily Worker of the next day, Monday. This paper reached Chicago workers Tuesday. But everyone knew about the Nazi activities the day it happened. Thursday Section 5 announced that a conference of all organizations in the section would be held the fol- lowing Sunday and petitions were to be prepared. This failure to act while the work- ers, and eyen small shop keepers, of the neighborhood were at white heat against the Nazis and therefore easy to mold to militant struggle against fascism, meant making the task # great deal more difficult as the “heat' wore off. It meant that the neigh- borhood would again have to be roused through petitions, agitation, etc., after many workers had dis- missed the act as something not likely to happen again. The lack of intiative also showed the wide gap between the Party members of that territory and the workers in the neighborhood. The units baven’t their “ears to the ground.” It would indeed be difficult for the units of the German Communis: Party today to carry on their suc- cessful work against the Hitler re- gime if they had not reacted on their own initiative to many fascist acts in their territory before the Nazis came into power. And this is the important point. Organization, through house to house canvassing, leaflets, street meetings, etc., should have taken place the very day of the fascist terror. The workers were more than ready for action. The Party units must learn to- day to be more and more self re- liant. This is Communist far- sightedness. And they must learn to shape the proletarian actions against fascism into the Party line while the iron is hot! Join the Communist Party 35 E. 12th STREET, N. Y. C. Please send me more informa- tion on the Communist Party. Name Street City STUTTERING (Concluded) One of the worst practices is to make a child believe that he is an inferior member of the family group. The slogan that children should be seen and not heard has produced more stammerers than any other single “rule” of conduct. If the child feels like taking part in a discus- sion, even if this might seem not to concern him, it is the height of psychological folly to prevent him from expressing his opinion. A stut- absolutely opposed to strikes. He told of how he had tried to deal with the Servel for the past nine months, and that he had failed to accomplish anything, but that he still believed the trouble could be settled peaceably. Now they refuse to say how the vote went, and claim that they will take no action until they have con- sulted with some out-of-town labor officials. About two weeks ago T. N. Taylor, president State Federation of the A. F. L., made a radical speech here to the workers of Evansville, mostly Servel workers. Two offi- cials of Servel, Assistant Fac- tory Manager and Superintend- ent of the Body Division, were present. He invited them up on the rostrum with the rest of the A. F. L. officials, then he proceeded to lambast hell out of Servel. These two officials seemed to enjoy his witty wise-cracks. Mr. Taylor said he had been in conference with Servel Officials that, afternoon. It looked like he had invited them out for a demonstra- tion of how he could fool and mis- lead the workers. He did a swell job. He told the workers he was going to stay in Evansville until the workers received what the law gave them the right to. I suppose’ he decided that they were getting all that was coming to them, as I haven’t heard or seen anything of him since. The rank and file workers of Ser- vel should take control of their union and throw these labor fakers out. It was rumored in the plant today that Servel was going to give their employees a 10 per cent in- crease in wages terer should be given free range to talk as long as he wishes, on any subject under discussion, around the family table. If you ignore him or if you express annoyance, it in- creases his feeling of inferiority. Never reprimand a child or squelch him with a sarcastic remark. On the other hand, by trying to “calm” him or supply him with the words which he does not seem to be able to find you are weakening his con- fidence and you are injuring your self-respect; thus making it more difficult for him to speak at the next opportunity. Thwarting of a child’s natural By PAUL LUTTINGER, M.D. mands made upon him should be in the form of a request, not an order. When the task is done, one should never criticize it too harshly. No reference should be made to any carelessness or awkwardness, nor should any disdain be expressed. On the contrary, every opportunity should be used to express approval, commendation or praise. Shy or shrinking individuals of- ten show embarrassment or con- fusion when they attempt to speak, or refuse to do so altogether in the presence of visitors. This often an- noys the parent or teacher and the child is discouraged from voicing his thoughts in company. It would be much wiser to let him express his thoughts, even if in an embar- rassing manner, than to let him be- come introspective and addicted to day-dreaming. The backward child of this type should be given even more opportunities than the aggres- sive one to participate in all kinds of activities which will earn him the approval of his social group. One of the best methods of estab- lishing the proper relationship be- tween the child and the teacher is channels of expression often results in a rebellious or stubborn or some- times even destructive attitude on his part. The psychological basis for the seemingly unreasonable or malicious behavior of the poor little stutterer is the desire to gain recog- nition, even at the expense of social disapproval. Besides this he is often resentful against his parents or his teachers. The best way to handle the destructive tendencies of some stutterers is to utilize them for constructive purposes. The child's energy should be used to make him perform some task in which he is known to find pleasure and which will bring him recognition for ability or talent. Adult stutterers, parti- cularly, are very sensitive in this respect and respond gratefully in the performance of any activities which involve responsibility or au- thority. On the other hand one must be careful not to let the stut- terer perceive that he is the object of unusual solicitude; nor should he be ordered to do things; any de- for the latter to make it quite clear that she will never call upon the handicapped child to recite, except when he signifies his desire to do so by himself. He should be aliowed to write out answers. The teachw should permit the child to sit in any part of the classroom that he chooses. Some children prefer to sit in the back of the classroom where his classmates cannot see him, Others prefer to sit in the front, so that they may not have to look at their classmates. An intel- ligent teacher will never refer to a stutterer’s difficulty in his presence. When he is not present, she should explain to the rest of the class the reason for the special privileges ac- corded to this particular child and ask for cooperation of the class- mates in her attempt to help him in his handicap. A week's calendar of New York trade union events in the Trade Union Supplement. Starting next Monday in the Daily Worker,