The Daily Worker Newspaper, May 8, 1934, Page 4

age Four Lessons of the Dearborn DAILY WORKER, NEW YORK, TUESDAY, MAY 8, 1934 ‘Central Mills |Matthew Smith Carries Out Smoke Fills United Front Elections| Accident Due AFL Policyin Ranksof MESA Department Main Weakness Was the Fact That We Were Too Timid in Putting Forward the Party By MA (Excerpts fr ghth Con Cleveland) WANT to deal Periences we 1rough th tions elsewhere Our United Front mov ito existence ght for the immediat: vorkers in the c The fig! aised to a pol: 1 by di level 1g it against the Ford Motor Col any. Was it correct for us to ent Jnited Front in the tons in Dear! ect, despite thi aade. We must remember that we were solated in a terror ridden company own. The United Front neans through which S| not | was a! the Party | tuni ould be brought before the masses;| any c cleser contact with the| among the non-Party elements, but) forward the| We failed to se elements | wed by o} m the begi: advantage of ength wa ct with t ent and file members in the vari- ations, whether these o were officially part of Front movement or not We failed to consclidate our influ- ence at . because we were} bold and de ve at all times. Thus it was natural that under the) tremendous pressure that was brought upon us, the weaker ele-| particularly the candidate for) would weaken under this sure. Thus it wi ible for he Democratic p ians to mobi-| lize forces to try and destroy our influence and to confuse the masses through their agents in our ranks. ¥ sible that the oppor- | of getting elected at| t gained ground, not only} hop workers and to rally not only|also among a section of our com-| 0 estab! he workers but also the petty bour- seoisie, under our wainst the rule of Ford. During the ‘ampaign we were able to speak to|of the campaign. rades. Thus it is clear the failure to} leadership, | bring forward the Party in a deci-| sive manner was the main weakness | This was true de- | housands of Ford workers. in mass|spite the fact that the section | neetings. *mpty lots, and in the basements of workers’ homes. We printed and jistributed over 150,000 pieces of lit-| cept one, always came forward as a srature in this town of 50,000 peo-| Communist and that the Party held ale. This included 25,000 copies of dur election platform. We succeeded | nm raising over $500 for the cam- Saign from the impoverished work- ers of Dearborn. We succeeded in registering over 500 workers as ac- tive supporters of our movement, and organized them into precinct committees. We were able to organ- {ze two auto parades with over 100 cars, each, on very short notice. We were able to organize a meeting of 700 workers by word of mouth. We succeeded in involving the women very actively in the campaign. ‘Women participated actively in dis- tribution of leaflets, house-to-house canvassing, as watchers on election day, in arranging affairs and in other activities. We organized two children’s parades which were very effective and in which hundreds of children of Ford workers partici- pated. They made their own signs and showed tremendous initiative. The extent to which the youth sup- Ported our movement was seen in the fact that.in one of our election parades, a whole detachment of €.C.C. boys, who were home on holi- day, participated in our parade with banners saying: “C.C.C. boys sup- Port workers candidates against Ford.” We conquered the most solid pro- letarian section of Dearborn—the South End, where the Mayor, a cousin of Henry Ford dared not re- turn after he was booed from the platform in the early part of the campaign. In this section, we se- cured 609 out of 1,281 votes. And these votes were in the greatest ma- jority open Party support. In the final election, 4,000 votes, 35 per cent of the total votes cast, were secured by the United Front candidates. These, comrades, were the main Positive achievements resulting from our participation in the campaign. Comrade Browder in his speech said that to push the Party into the background is fatal. That is true. Only to the extent in which we brought the Party forward in a de- cisive manner were we able to re- cord positive results. We were too in the public schools, in| organizer, | ' | 'won some Socialist Party members who was elected cam-} paign manager, and who spoke at every election campaign meeting ex- | two public meetings under its own auspices and issued a rather good and effective leaflet answering the! attacks of the Ford gang. The second outstanding weakness was accounted for by our isolation; from the shop and our not giving sufficient attention to establishing; of new contacts among the shop| workers—was our failure to take} proper steps to organize the workers in the shops in support of their eco- nomic demands and to make this an outstanding part of the campaign. Had we been able to do this, it would have stiffened the back of the campaign while at the same time utilizing the campaign to strengthen our situation inside of the shop. The third serious weakness in the campaign was the fact that we failed to act independenily through the Party and through the organ- izations which were under our in- fluence in the organizing of demon- Strations but instead we relied only on those steps which were taken through the united front committee. The fourth outstanding weakness was that, despite the fact that we succeeded in winning the support of the Socialist Party branch in Dear- born against the leadership and for our Party, we did not sufficiently | combat Social Demoeratic methods and towards the end of the cam- paign, we ourselves became the vic- tims of Social Democratic election methods by relying solely upon par- liamentary forms. It alsos reached a point where the section organizer misssed an important meeting of the Section Committee under pressure of the parliamentary campaign. We failed to take up the fight against the Jim-Crow character of Dearborn where Negroes are forbid- den to live by the Ford controlled city. Had we done this, we would have contributed effectively to the fight against the illusions among the Negro masses that Ford is “the best friend of the Negro people” as Negro reformists say. These I think are the main weak- nesses in the campaign. “SOLIDARITY HANDICRAFTERS” ON THE ROAD TO LIFE! Some of our readers may remem- ber that a a number of weeks ago “Comrade Activity,” wrote about the group of Negro youngsters whose handicraft work she was directing, the group having organized itself as the “Solidarity Handicrafters.” The “show” for which Comrade Active ‘wanted publicity, was given before she had time to send us the dope, 60 we couldn’t announce it: but she afterwards forwarded four of the ten puppets the kids made and used, also a cut-out cardboard sheep, and the book Too bad our photo of the four puppets can’t show the colors. When they are used to give playlets, you put your hand inside a slit in the back of the costume, the middle finger inside the head, and thumb and. little finger inside the sleeves to serve as arms. The puppets at the left (with the - lean and hungry look) are two “Americans” of the ten actors in “Without Sugar,” the play given with the puppets. Their costumes are made of discarded stockings, which led to difficulties (kids were self conscious about it). The feet on male puppets are bent cloth- covered hairpins sewed to back of | trouser legs. Two puppets at right ‘re “Russians.” The program given consisted of @ many songs, recitations, den--~ and playlets, we can’t completely outline it here. Three main parts were: an allegory with the kids in} animal costume: a shadow play| done with animals cut out of card- board, and the puppet-enacted play, “Without Sugar” by W. Lamson, re- vised for presentation by the Handi- crafters. “With the exception of the fam- iliar songs and accredited material,” writes Comrade Active, “The group assembled the plays and songs.” And. the group of Negro kids that did all this and gave the play seem to be from three years old to not more than ten or twelve, judging by the way Comrade Active writes. The yell which opens the show: SOLID SOLID ARITY HANDY HANDY CRAFTERS WE ARE AFTER GRAFTERS AND THE BOURGEOISIE! Then Shirley and Joe-Joe, aged three and four, in red scarfs, bom- bast this announcement through red megaphones: “Comrades and friends! You wili now see the greatest show above the earth! And the greatest act any child can perform is to be always ready for the cause of the working class. Always ready!” Then, says.Comrade Active “crack the ice with the audience by involv- ing everyone in the house in sing- ing “The Scarlet Banner.” Next “Shirley and Joe-Joe follow with Chinese five-cent cut-paper novelty shakers, doing great magic act.” Songs, dances, recitals. Last stanza of one song: “You can run over to Paris, Set up your swindles in Greece, You turn off our gas, We're the poor working class, But you can’t stop us from crushing you.” This song is sung to the victrola accompaniment of “You Can’t Stop Me from Loving You.” (Red shades of Tin-Pan Alley!) Relief Plays Cruel | stomach, so the doctor found out} (More Tomorrow, To Speed-Up| Explanation Called for ‘As to Why He Spends Union Money On. His Career Organization Is Only Way to Enforce Safety Rules By a Steel Worker Correspondent | GARY, Ind. — Again the safety rules have been disregarded in the i which are supervised J. T. Griffin. When Mills, we mean rail,} billet, 44-inch blooming mill and th the No. 60 and 160-inch Plate Fellow workers, what did happen on the night of April 24 in the billet mill? We all know how the ingots} are transported from the strippers| to the charging pits. When the stripper engine shoves, the heat in| the pits is cut off and starts to back} out. | We on the transportation depart- ment have special safety rules. Go-| ing in or coming out we must blow the whistle, but the crane operators are speeded up so that most of the| time they do not know what is going| on below the cranes. So we on the engine were backing out at the same| time the crane picked up an ingot) and struck the cab of the engine on} the engineer's side, so hard that the cab part of it caved in and part of it was leaning on the boiler. We do not know how the engineer got} away without being killed or crip-| pled. | The following morning someone came out from the locomotive shop} to investigate, but so far nothing) has been heard of it. Fellow work-| ers, this proves how much the bo: regard the safety rules, The fact is that no matter where you work in any of these Central Mills you are constantly in danger, because you have no chance of protecting your- self or your fellow worker next to you. The only way to have these safety | rules in force and obeyed is to or- ganize in our militant Steel and Metal Workers’ Industrial Union of Gary. Joke On Worker Sick from Hunger From a Worker Correspondent, | HAMTRAMCK, Mich. — Here is the kind of treatment single men get at Hamtramck welfare. Joe Waronowicz is sick from hun- ger. He went to the doctor and the doctor sent him for an x-ray be- cause his pains were all in his that the pains were all from hunger, | and he prescribed for Joe Warono- witz, in addition to the $1.75 a week he is receiving, milk, butter, and eggs. Joe took the slip to the wel- fare investigator, who took the slip and made him come to the weifare every day for a week, and then sent him to Seymore Hospital, telling him that he would get special meals in this place. Well, Joe looked for that hospital a whole day, then he went to Wayne Country building, and asked where Seymore Hospital was, and after a long search he was told that there was no such place in Wayne County, or even in Michigan. This is just part of the dirty treatment we receive from Ham- tramck Welfare Department. Can You Make ’Em Yourself? Pattern 1837 is available in sizes 12, 14, 16, 18, 20, 30, 32, 34, 36, 38 and 40. Size 16 takes 3% yards 36- inch fabric. Illustrated step-by-step sewing instructions included. 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 THE SIZE. Address Orders to Daily Worker Pattern Department, 243 West 17th |ings must work from three to six jfrom the public at very small cost DETROIT, Mich—The great be- trayal of the auto workers at Wash- ington has aroused Matthew Smith, | the National Secretary of the Mechanics’ Educational Society of } America, to stand up and make the statement that “old man A. F. of L. is slipping into senility.” Matthew Smith, or any other person, knows that the A. F. of L. is not senile, but is very ac‘ice in serving the bosscs and selling out the working class. The A. F. of L. has, by means)of the new Mediation Board, made the position of Matthew Smith on the Regional Labor Board worthless! Matt Smith terms that senility! Smith was formerly a General Motors agent or stool-pigeon, for that is actually what a “Safetyman” is when we acknowledge facts. His | Letters from Our Readers | ON THE SALVATION ARMY New York City. Most of the facts contained in this article were gotten through personal observation and from con- versations with officials of the Army. The Salvation Army, which is a semi-official organization, has its own, as well as city representatives working in the offices. Its sources of income are varied. | Most of the funds come from con- } tributions. The city pays the army a stipulated amount for every worker who sleeps in the houses of this organization. The city also pays for every meal served. Out of most of the funds collected $60,000,000 has been invested in real estate. The Salvation Army pursues a vicious policy of exploitation. Most of the workers who are forced to sleep in the Salvation Army build- days a week for this privilege, not getting any recompense. Although much clothes is collected | to the Army, very few workers get this clothing until desperately in need. Most of the food is received gratis. Although the officials are served appetizing meals on trays! with clean utensils, the workers re- ceive slops which are served on dirty rusty trays with rusty spoons and forks. In order to maintain their jobs | the officials of the Army perpetu-! ally keep the men on the bum. Al- though an employment office exists, this is used mainly as a medium to worsen the condition of the work- ers in their care. This so-called charitable institu- tion gives the workers living in their houses one or two days work a week, sometimes not even that, through their Employment Bureau. In a survey made by a social worker for one of the officials of the Army, the following figures were established —conditions as to employment, as well as education. Conditions were becoming worse | State and federal law requirements | | | | | | | By An Auto Worker Correspondent | job was to keep safety appliances as| far below insurance company and as possible, in order to save ex- penses to the firm. In case of acci- | dent he has to cover up for the auto bosses at the expense-of the workers. | Matthew Smith is afraid to speak | out in the daily boss press. Smith | can make the “Daily Worker™ the| | voice of the M.E.S.A. The M.ES.A.| our clot is in the middle and must move to} the right or the left. To the right} means extinction in the A. F. of L.| The time is ripe for a move to the left! In the old army parlance, | M.ES.A—to the left—in column: | March!” | Matthew Smith has spent much M. E. S. A. money in running down | to Washington, D. C., for no other purpose than to build himself up “in the more liberal atmosphere of Washington” with a government ap-| pointment in view. The “more lib- | eral atmosphere” has not only thrown down Matthew Smith, but has thrown down the M. E, S. A. Negotiations with Labor Boards are | the bunk, The worker gets only what he is in a position to take! The M. E. S. A. should demand a statement cf Smith’s expenses and exactly what union business made these expenses necessary! than any period since 1930. | Of the thousands of applicants | for jobs only 1 per cent were il-| literate. From 15 to 35 per cent received two years high school education. Ten per cent were college grad- uates. The inference which one of the Officials drew from these figures was in his own words: “What's the use of an education.” He also said that only workers who would get any assistance in the future from gov- ernment agencies would be those organized in strong mass organiza- tions. To the Workers of the Salvation Army: Those of you who thank the lord for the charity, remember it is not | charity. All wealth which is created comes from the toil of the masses. Labor power is the only creative forces, so that anything you get is rightfully yours. Better your conditions by organ- | izing. Set up house committees of | workers and draw up grievances and demands on the officials of the Salvation Army. Force them by mass pressure to give better food and distribute clothing to all the workers in the | houses. They should be made to pay for work done on the premises. J. M. New York City. A new comrade who requested us to send “Dailies” to some of his Negro contacts which he follows up after church meetings,, recently heard through friends that a rela- tive of theirs, R. G., 55 years old, contributed to a Jewish Rabbi, from $50 to $100. This comrade decided that this lady ought to contribute to a good cause, and because he needed money to send “Dailies” to his contacts, he went to see Mrs. R. G., determined to get a contribu- a After two visits he obtained He is now going after her friends and expects to get more contribu- tions. G. RP. Cleveland I.W.O. Demands Council Endorse H.R. 7598 By MAX BEDACHT , The City Central Committee of our International Workers Order in Cleveland, Ohio, reports that it had sent a committee to a public hearing on social insurance. This hearing was held by the Legislative | Committee of the Cleveland City Council. Some 500 workers were mobilized to attend the hearing. In the name of the International Workers Order, Comrade Schiffer, secretary of the City Central Com- mittee, demanded the endorsement of H. R. 7598. Comrade Schiffer pointed out that the features of this bill are an indispensable need for the workers. These major fea- tures are: (1) adequate insurance in all cases of unemployment, dis- ability, old age, maternity, etc.; (2) no discrimination on any account against any worker; (3) adminis- tration of the funds by the insured workers themselves; (4) the ac- cumulation of the necessary insur- ance funds out of taxes on fortunes and profits and out of the assign- ment to the insurance funds appro- priated for unneecssary expendi- tures such as Army and Navy, etc. The workers present emphasized their agreement with Comrade Schiffer’s arguments in favor of H. R. Bill 7598. Other Cities Please Copy It is important that our I.W.O. everywhere follow this example. We of the I. W. O. must take the initia- tive in the fraternal united fronts we are building, that such hearings are attended and that our demands for the endorsement and passage of H. R. Bill 7598 are voiced and defended. At the same time the I. W. O. itself and independent of the united front, must be repre- sented at such hearings. Leaflets in favor of H. R. Bill 7598 must be issued especially in connection with such hearings and inviting the workers to them. We must keep in mind that the demand for social insurance is at present the political issue of all over-shadowing im- portance for the masses of workers. Youth Section Is Weak A report of the general office of the International Workers Order shows that during the first four months of this year 9,634 new mem- bers were recruited, and 2,073 chil- dren. Of the 9,364 regular mem- bers recruited, only 471 were re- Street, New York City During the months of March and April a special campaign was car- ried through to build the Youth Section of the Order. During these two months 290 members were added to the Youth Section, or 145 per month. The quota for the Youth Section during the two cam- paign months was 125 per week or 1,000 for the two months. This means that we just managed to exceed the ~veekly quota in four weeks Add 25 Members Per Week Since the Youth Section is only a transition section for members of the Order, the regular growth must be much higher than.that of the adult sections. The Youth Section has a greater turnover. It has not only a loss of members who drop out, but also a loss of members who: grow out, and into the adult sec- tion. These losses have to be made up; in addition a healthy growth must be provided. Where are the adult branches in this campaign to build the Youth Section? Where are the city com- mittees and city central committee of the Order? During the two months of the campaign they were expected to add, aside from the re- cruiting by the youth branches themselves, at least 25 new mem- bers per week to the Youth Section. They have not done so. This is a sign of our underestimation of the importance of the Youth Section. This weakness 1s not a matter of numbers. As far as numbers are concerned we can he satisfied with the growth of the order; it is very good. But this is a political weak- ness. The Order grows, but it does not grow among the young workers. It does not concern itself with the young workers and leaves them to the enemies of the working class. Do we really want that? Surely not. In order to give a possibiilty for this work, the National Executive Committee of the Order has ex- tended the campaign over May and June. It does not want to suggest that the two month plan be accom- plished in four months. No. Its expectation is that the plan which we did not fulfill during the months of March and April shall now be taken up anew and that one thousand new members be recruited during May and June. At Chevrolet Cough for Hours After Leaving Plant at End of Day From an Auto Worker Correspondent | ST. LOUIS, Mo.—I am a worker in the Truck Body Department in the Chevrolet assembly plant in St. Louis. There are no lockers or a decent place to change into or hang our clothes. Instead we have to hang hes in an exposed place on sticks above the stock of screws and parts, which takes up a good part of the floor space. By the time we are ready to quit work and change into our street clothes, all of the dust and dirt has accumulated on our clothes. There are only five wash basins at one end of the floor and eight at the other end, two blocks away. There is only one shower on the entire floor. You can picture what happens when two hundred and fifty men want to wash up after a hard day's work. On the same floor are the ovens where the enamel is baked on the bodies. During the winter months when it is cold the window are kept closed, and the entire floor is filled with the stink and smoke from the ovens. For two or three hours after we get out of the plant our lungs and throat are irritated and we cough continuously. When some break occurs on the line or we run out of stock we are forced to stop work, sometimes for two or three hours. During this time we are considered “on duty” but don’t receive any pay. Sometimes we come to work n the morning, work a couple of hours and then have to stop work because we are short of stock. The next day we may have to work thrteen or four- teen hours to make up for lost time in production. The fact that the workers are or- ganizing into Local 1 of the Feder- ated Auto Workers is probably re- sponsible for the fact that lately more or less regular hours have been instituted. The only way we can win better conditions on the job and eliminate this system of ir- regular hours is to organize into this union end to build it into a militant weapon in the hands of the workers against the bosses. A strong union, led by rank and file committees, will be able to force the reinstatement of the 250 men who were not hired back in January when the plant resumed operations, and to put an end to the spy system and discrimination against workers who are laid off because of union activity. A strong union will force the bosses to clean up the depart- ments, install showers, lockers and wash rooms and generally better conditions on the job. New Machinery Is More Hunger Under Capitalism By a Steel Worker Correspondent MONROE, Mich.—The Newton Steel Co. last year installed two automatic catchers in the hot mill and finish department. Before this machine was installed, two used to work there, and each one of them was making about $9 a day, and now only one man works there, and he only earns $4.50 a day. The company installed another sim- ilar machine this year. The workers are beginning to re— volt against the installation of these new machines, and are beginning to see through Roosevelt's promise that he would reorganize the union and force the company to pay the workers eight hours’ wages for six hours of work. Therefore the workers are com- ing out openly against Roosevelt's policy, in which he admitted that the workers should organize in the company unions. Chevrolet Workers Unpaid While They Work for Stock By an Auto Worker Correspondent ST. LOUIS, Mo.—At the Chevro- let plant here, when the stock runs out on the assembling line, the workers are required to stop with- out pay, sometimes one to two hours. When the new material comes, the men are again put to work to put in the full hours for the day, even if it runs into the night, and without overtime pay. Should it occur that the material runs out in the afternoon, the men are told that the line is down and their pay stops for the day. In the winter the workers work fast so as to keep warm, for there is very little heat. When stopping for lunch they wear their overcoats in winter, for the building is not warm enough to eat in in comfort. 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. PARTY LIFE “I am a Y. C. L. member who has recently been recruited into the League. Upon first joining, I was willing to give a few nights a week to activities. However, now I am expected to give every night. I realize the necessity for giving all my time to unit activity, but since I am a student I find it impossible. “I have attended many aeraon- strations, and also meetings and study circles regularly. I found it impossibe to glive any more time, | and the other comrades in the} urat began nagging. I even neard one remark that they didn’t want such members as I, and we should all be ‘kicked’ out of the League. A few members have aiready dropped from the League and upon speaking to others I found they had the same problem as I. “Our unit meetings also end very late. Our last meeting ended about 12 o'clock. “I believe our unit organizers should try to see that the meet- ings don’t end later than 10:30, and also that criticizing comrades should be more tactful. I believe that most of the members drop out of the League for the same | reason as mine, and that the Y. C. L. should take active measures in seeing that the unit meetings should be shorter and that stu- dents should not be called to sec- tion meetings as soon as they find they can’t devote much time to the unit activities. y “I would appreciate it very much if the editor would comment on the above and advise me whether to drop out of the League or continue to stay and just attend meetings and study circles.” A. Y. C. L. COMRADE FROM NEW YORK. Comment by Y.C.L. Buro To answer the last question of the Y. C. L. comrade, he should by all means remain in the League. However, in the Young Communist League as well as in Women At Lower Pay Taken On in Foundry By a Woman Worker Corresp. CLEVELAND, Ohio.—Perhaps it would interest you to know that the Forest City Foundry Co. here is hiring women to work in the foundry. Considering the need of millions of unemployed family men folk, this hiring of women at lower wages is one of the lowest bits of exploitation I have ever heard of. Being a woman myself, my heart goes out to these poor creatures, who must needs take anything to help feed the family because their men are not wanted! I have also noticed by the ' papers that Mr. Selbach, an offi- cial of this company, is one of the nominees for something or other in our Chamber of Com- merce! WAR PREPARATIONS By a Worker Correspondent STATEN ISLAND, N. Y.—The United Dry Dock Corporation, Ma- rine Harbor, Staten Island, employs at the present time 180 men, where there should be employed 300 to 500 men. The price is now 56, 68, 70 and 75 cents per hour. When it rains there is no work. The government has plans to build two new cruisers under the construction of the federal rule, where they intend to employ 1,500 Eo for three years for 36 hours a week. Complains That YCL Work Leaves No Time for Studies Student Asks Better Organization of Unit Meetings: “End Too Late,” He Says the Communist Party, a member is required to devote activity toward the building of the organ- ization. Therefore more than at- tendance at unit meetings is re- quired. That alone does not hely in ovganizing and leading the young workers and students. it is necessary that the writer of the ahove letter make every cf fort to fit himself into the re- quirements of a young Commu- nist. Both the comrade and the com- rades in the unit should under- Stand, however, that activity in the Y. C. L. does not mean that school work must be stopped. In the first place it is necessary that the unit should make an effort to distribute the work more equally among all the comrades. The bur- den of activity should not fall on the shoulders of a few. Secondly, the unit should make an effort to assign work to the student com- rades, which can be carried on among the students with whom he comes into contact—recruiting stu- dents for the Y. C, L.; developing anti-war work among the students; distributing the Young Worker on the campus; organizing the cafeteria and other workers who are con- nected with the school; developing a movement in support of the Workers’ Unemployment and Social Insurance Bill (H. R. 7598) among the students. It is our opinion that had this Y. C, Ler and the com- rades in the unit outlined a pro- gram of Communist activity in his school, he could have found time to carry out such activities, and there would be no accusations of inactiv- ity directed against him. However, the writer of the above letter should strive to devote some time to activities other than those at the school. He should devote them, in the first place, to helping the League entrench itself in the factories. We should try to avoid a situation where students work only among students. Every stu- dent should feel responsible for helping to build the League in the decisive places, in the shops and factories—among the proletarian youth. . The comrade is correct, however, in complaining about the long unit meetings — they should begin promptly at eight o'clock and last no more than 2! hours, or until 10:30. The Y. C. L. will soon hold its National Convention. It is opening up a period of pre-convention dis- cussion of the problems facing“the League. The relations of each member to his unit, as well as to the work of the individuals and the League as a whole among the masses, Will be one of the questions for discussion. Bad practices should be unmasked. Good experiences should be related. The writer of the above letter should raise his problem in the dis- cussions of his unit and in the press. We request that the comrade turn in his name and unit number to the Y. C. L, National Office, or ar- range to come in and discuss the matter with us. Join the Communist Party 35 E. 12th STREET, N. Y. C. Please send me more informa- tion on the Communist Party. Name Street City .-. Program of “Health Magazine” and the Socialization of Medicine (Continued) The assertion that only the fam- ily physician can have sufficient in- terest in his patient and that this interest is the main guarantee for @ speedy cure, can no longer be up- held. The private country or city practitioner is nothing more than a petty merchant, selling health in- stead of groceries and, at that, un- able to sell the best available mer- chandise on the market. This is due to the general crisis which the capitalist system is undergoing, and, paradoxical as it may seem, to the progress of the medical sciences. Modern medicine has become extraordinarily complex and much more difficult to practice than heretofore The art of healing, on the other hand,-has failed to keep pace with the advances of modern medical technique. Most of the equipment and apparatus for med- ical investigation, research and diagnostic technique are beyond the purchasing power and ability of the individual physician. Hence the tendency for the general practi- tioner to refer most of his patients to specialists, We are thus con- fronted with the peculiar paradox that the more scientific medicine becomes, the more unscientific and commercial must private medical practice become. In his mad rush to secure a practice, the physician is forced to stoop to unethical and sometimes to anti-social racketeer- ing! It has been said that there are too many medical men. We con- tend that this is not true. From In sending ir new subs to the “Daily” please write the name Let’s go to it—we can do it and cruited for the youth section, we must do it. We shall do it, and address of the new sub- scriber clearly. the social aspect, from the point, of view of prevention of disease, which is the only true aim of the medi- cine of the future, there can never Dector Adv ites: By PAUL LUTTINGER, M.D. — from the mercantile angle that a plethora of medical men can be artificially created in a certain locality. Under the present sys- tem, the economic interests of the physician and allied professions re- quire that there should be more and more patients. More patients mean more sickness and no rule of ethics, nor oaths of Hippocrates, can change this self-evident eco- nomic fact. But the profession of medicine cannot allow the selfish attitude of other branches of the capitalist scheme to influence its true course, mar its past achieve- ments nor hinder its still more glorious future development. The younger generation of med- ical men are sickened by the idiotic contradictions of the present social scheme. They refuse to sell their birthright for a mess of pottage. Instead of passively submitting to the present intolerable conditions, they are determined to adopt a creative attitude. They cannot con- tinue watching their noble profes- sion degenerate first into a sordid trading and now fall to the level of a racket. Social medicine, pre- ventive medicine, state medicine, in short, socialized medicine, are beck- oning! The modern physician is already acting as a state function- ary in many of his duties: in the dispensary, in the clinic, in the hos- pital, as a health officer, etc. In- stead of fighting against the new current for socialized medicine, the progressive physician should turn his face toward the future. Soviet Russia has shown that the sincere physician has nothing to fear from the new order of things. “Health” will be a window opening from the pestilential atmosphere of capi- talistic medicine into the future of socialized health service! be too many physicians. It is only (To Be Continued) (Sane