The Daily Worker Newspaper, July 11, 1934, Page 4

Page Four DAILY WORKER, NEW YORK, WEDNESDAY JULY 11, 1934 a PATLY WORKER, NEW YORK, WEDNESDAY JULY 11,1936 Fight Eviction of Unemployed | Cornell Laundry ‘Stretchout in Cotton _ Jewish Politician taal Philadelphia Negro Workers| Victory Is Start of Mill' Throws Thousands (Known by the Nazi ies vege: ae men Real Organization Out. or on, Pat Tonic Company He Keeps | By Exp Cans Dany fae By a Worker Correspondent By a Worker Correspondent taba ot Fa Onna cae me . r BR as age PORTLAND, Me.—Maine was the : Pay Cut Under N.R.A., But Food in Company ly state in New England to send Stores Has Doubled in Price Expose Landlords’ Trick of Using Health Dept. To Throw Families Out Gloversville Leather Worker Cites Experiences to Prove Need of Bold Presentation wages of the TaRORIS help a a distinguished citizen to Boston to Le aes away’ th march with Hitler’s envoy, Hanf- sacle. g pg Ras woe staengl, at the Harvard reunion. ne By a Textile Worker Correspondent rent. The company owns and con-|M@* Pinansky, prominent in Jew- the A. F. of L. had left flat in the bo as 4 : ruck drivers + ; ue “i ish circles, in the practice of law, turk drivers general strike this! artaNTAa, Ga.— Conditions edge gence Puen tes |eS-Judge of the Municipal Court, By a Worker Correspondent PHILADELPHIA, P. i discusset ft soaper t d thi kers in Because of the red scare that|tion the workers realized that the is being raised in the various strug-| program of the C. P. actually met gles of the workers by the boss2s/their needs. They voted full con- neighborhood, Negro workers, in who live in t winter in support of the taxi strike, i i lit | fidence in their leader. : ae ; cS ae 2 and now running for State Senator |#nd their agents in order to split | fidenc : down shacks. ployed workers. were disgusted with all unions, that tbe oo on ae aie South 2x¢ | at least double in stores, We are| on the Republican ticket, was the|the ranks of the militant unions,! This campaign did not stop here. It was brought out that the delegation returned to|they wouldn't organize to put up| 8etting worse. le N. R. A. WAS| skinned from every angle. recipient of this wonderful honor,|the experience of the Independent|At the union membership meeting groes were the first workers borhoed and reported, the/a fight. This wage-cut was from|SUPPosed to remedy all the bad pie or. terrorized by t charged the hig! the worst house The m employed wor! Was the need In our campa hood with petit: constab] one demand, fo: the County Rel We were able to discover the junem- ployed workers we: ized by a Negro janitor b: of Richard Bagl li Fitewater Street, 424 who for the last few years has been openly using his ng at talents as a janitor in the services of the land) by thr ing un- employed wo: rs into the street: When the landlord would give up as a bad job this Rich: B: ley would step up and off vices. As a janitor and plu would tell them of his knowledge of the law in th spect. They would then turn the water off, the toilets would stop up. The workers would then have to carry water. Then they would notify the Public Health Department and the Public Health Department would then send notice that because there was no sanita- tion and water they would have to move within five days. He was able to evict at least 13 families in this manner. A group of workers living near this place received similar notices, and at once got suspicious and or- ganized a delegation to go to the Public Health Department and in vestigate. The workezs who received these notices live at 432 Fitzwater Street, rear. The delegation was told they can’t expect the landlords to be responsible for sanitation when they were paying no rent. The workers pointed out to this agent of the bosses that they had been payi’ rent for the last eight or nine year and since they had lost their jobs they demanded the same right to live as they did when they were working. So much pressure was a worker. old a public tr » hin rkers in the neighborhood decided something might be done about 1 It nt and 25 cents an hour to 20 cents. After leaflet had been issued by the Organizational Committes, the mangle help refused to go to work the next morning until the spots in the textile workers’ daily life by shortening hours and in- creasing wages, Nevertheless, the bosses are reaping a greater har- vest from the sweat, toil and blood the werkers ¥ their boss gave them back the wage- of their slaves than ever before. ho had been victimized cut, They got it back! In the Fulton Bag and Cotton ons of this Bagle: Conditions in the laundry are Mill, Atlanta, for instance, the S were distribute the jrotten. It’s like working in a sweat! . z: : neighboorhood and S _were|box. Especially has this been true! songs on part-time work, or direct sent to Bagley. The night of the|during the terrible heat, All through sancs on P eli trial, instead of Bagley showing up, the police to find the secretary of the Unem- ployment Councils. Well, no one could give the police department any information and after about 20 inutes they left. The next day Bagley. with the aid of the police department, was able to lock up two workers who were not even membe:s of the Un- employment Council, Richard Price and Robert Brown. Richard Price has for the list 12 ye: been work- ing in a garage on Fitzwater Street, and did not know anything about the council or Bagley. But never- theless at the trial they tried to frame this worker. He was held un- der a $400 bail for further hearing, and his trial was set for July 3. Robert Brown was dismissed. Both of these workers have been visited and have promised to come to the next meetings of the council and join in the fight of the council to expose Bagley as the rat he is, ‘he counci] has adopted the fol- wing line of action, 1—A delegation to the chu:ch where this Bagley is a member, and there call for his expulsion, and a possible public trial in the church, 2.—Leaflets in the neighborhood exposing every crooked move he makes so that the workers will al- ways be aware of the actions of this rat. this Bagley happens to get a job so that worke:s will not move into any house where this Bagley happens to be working. “TO THE WOMAN’S COLUMN—” Taylor Springs, Ill. July 6. Dear Comrades: In this county (Montgomery) the hhundred-percenters decided that the Unemployed Councils and the other working-class organiza- tions were getting too strong to suit them, so the mayors of several of these small towns issued proc- lamations forbidding meetings of any kind. In one town, Nokomis, the workers had a picket line and did not let the Mayor go home until he had revoked the proclama- tion. Many of the demonsirators Were women, women who are new in the revolution: Splendid fighters. Also in the county seat, Hillsboro, @ like proclamation was issued and then the hundred-percenters got busy and arrested 11 men and one woman in all; the 11 men are still in jail, as bond has not yet been raised. Well, the hundred-percenters got more than they expected in the ferm of mass protest, etc—they had net terrified ine wom The wives of the prisoners carried on their work, in the Unemployed Council and in the defense work. Here we see the heroism and de- yotion of our working-class women. The families of the arrested men are on relief and the relief is noth- ing to brag about; there are chil dren, too. The women have won the admiration and respect of all for their splendid defense of their husbands and their revolutionary devotion and zeal. Tirelessly, fearlessly, ‘hey carried on; just as the German women carried on their husbands’ work when the men were arrested and imprisoned, so the wives of the Hillsboro prisoners did likewise. My husband, Jonn Adams, was arrested in an adjoining county when he stepped off the bus, and I came here a few days ago and ‘YY movement but must express my sincere admira-| tion for our local women comrades. From baking cherry pies to fight- ing with the sheriff and doing or- ganizational work—such are some| of the duties of the women com-| They have taken ex-| trades here. ecilent care of my husband, for which I am thankful. Examples as this must stimulate us to further work among the farm Women and the wives of the work- ers, for they are fearless and de- voted revolutionaries. us go forward to a mass reyo- lutionary women’s movement. Comradely yours, MRS. JOHN ADAMS. NGLCTRD BY HELEN LUKE Can You Make ’Em Yourself? Pattern 1829 is avalable in sizes 34, 36, 38, 40, 42, 44, 46 and 48. Siz: 36 takes 3% yards 39-inch fabric. Illustrated step-by-step sewing in- ‘structions included. Send FIFTEEN CENTS (l5c) in coins or stamps (coins preferred) for this Anne Adams pattern. Write Plainly name, address and_ style number. BE SURE TO STATE SIZE. Address orders to Daily Worker Pattern Department, 243 West 17th St., New York City. | REST — 8 TUDY — HAVE FUN! FREE WORKERS’ SCHOOL The Vacation You Hoped For! CHAS. ALEXANDER, Director at CAMP NITGEDSAIGET BEACON-ON-TH-HUDSON, NEW YORK $14 a Week. Finest Food, Comfortabi Swimming, Tennis — All Sports. East at 10:30 A.M. Fridays, Saturdeys, EStabreck 8-1400. le Accomodations, Daily Programs, Cars leave daily from 2700 Bronx Park 10 A.M. 3 and 7 P.M. ‘Telephone department showed up and wanted to know what or where | this hot weather the boss has driven us, worked us late witMout extra pay. Now that one of our demands for the restoration of the wage- cut has been won we know that the boss will try to get this back| by using even greater speed-up, more Piece-work, by lay-offs and by firing the present workers to hire others| at lower wages. | To prevent this attempt we are going to organize immediately into a strong rank-and-file industrial union to defend our interests against the bosses and fight together for better pay and better working conditions, for a decent living. The Organizational Committee now calls op the workers to follow the example of the mangle help and to organize into a union controlled by the workers in order to fight for: 1—No ‘wages. t 2.—Time and a half for overtime. 3.—Shorter working day. 4.—No speed-up; better working conditions. Will Help to Put C. P. On Ballot in Boise By a Worker Correspondent BOISE, Idaho—Times are grow- ing worse here day after day. Wwage-cuts, but higher} 5] Recently the mills went on three- quarter time with a consequent Some day the volcano will burst | three-quarter slash in pay, but not |and drown these inhuman monster | a three-quarter reduction in house In the mill the workers are sub- jected to a stretch-out system that is almost unbearable. Where they ran, say, 20 machines before the advent of the N. R. A., they now run from 100 to 150, with a reduc- tion in pay from $20 down to $18, or even less. However, under all the burdens, system has thrown thou-|a great seething is sensed by a| |eritical observer. The tired toilers jhave heard the hushed whispers that communism brings relief. bosses to the lowest hell. “Out of Order” Is Reply of AFL Shoe Union Head Max likes pretty well to be the big shot, front page stuff and all that. Back Bay Boston was em- bracing “Put: with all its snobby arms, so Max rushes off to do like- wise, marched right at the side of the German Fascist and had his Picture taken in the very act, for newspaper publication. If one can judge from his enraptured coun- tenance, it was the crowning glory of his life. But when Maxy got back to Portland, he found the people much less thrilled than might be. Under- currents of criticism reached the would-be Senator’s ears. He has caused explanations to be printed in the Portland press justifying {his recent flight into glory. | Vo‘ers among the workers, please | bear this in mind when Ma fish- jing for your votes, that this pro- fessor of justice for the workers is a friend of German Fascism that | tortures and kills innocent workers. It Worker Talks of Pay Youngstown Only Way to Struggle in Boot and Shoe Union Is to Join By a Shoe Worker Correspondent NEW YORK—I am a laster workin® in the I. Miller shop on the fifth floor. We cannot make more than $15 a week. We work piece work. We get 1034 cents for a pair of shoes, first lasting, with tips, and 9% cents for side lasting, | Rock System. If we work at full speed we can- |not make more than 35 pairs a day. The boss wants to have good work. The foreman watches us! Opposition boss to give us more money. When we come to the meeting and tell the Boot and Shoe Union officials that we want more money, that we can’t support our families on jthe wages we make, they tell us we are out of order. * * . EDITOR'S NOTE: The workers in I. Miller should join the rank and file opposition group in the Boot and Shoe Union. This op- Position group is made up of I would like to ses the Commn-|and keeps on telling us that we! workers in the boct and shoe sae nists get on the bali out here in|don’t make the shoes good. How 3.—Boycott of every house where |Ideho this coming election. 1] know I will do all I can to help. I have enough petitions to get all the signers that will sign here in| |Boise—about 300, I think. F can we make good shoes when we have to work very fast so that we should make at least $15 2 week? The Boot and Shoe Union to which we belong doesn’t tell the Workers’ Committee Hits | $7.20 a Mo Jim Crow in Florida Relief | nth Allowed for Negro Couple in St. Petersburg, Fla. By a Worker Correspondent | ST. PETERSBURG, Fla—wWith | temperament greatly in discord| with the beautiful and sunny at- |mosphere prevailing about here, Letters from Our Readers GROWTH OF PARTY IN LONG ISLAND Babylon, N. Y. Dear Editor: As I am a daily reader of our paper, and am very much enthused | about its various features, I wish to do what I can to make it even | more entertainins and educational. | I have just noted an interesting point about the growth of our Party, which I would like to report. I am at present enjoying a weck’s vacation in a little town in Long} Island, I had been here in previous years and had always been struck by evidences of plenty and content- ment which were always dominant. This year strikes a contrasting note. Upon inquiring, I have been in- formed that more than 50 per cent of the inhabitants are living on) | relief while the former wealthier | Strata of society are amassing still | more wealth. Furthermore, at the} |first newsstand that I appoached, I | noticed quite a few “Daily Workers,” prominently displayed. A few years | ago, anyone mentioning the ace | cursed word “Communist” would | have been put on the rails leading | out of the city, and had some im- | petus applied. Now these “furri- | ners” are actually tolerated and | even listened to, | There is an active nucleus of 45 | strong here, who are constantly | planning affairs and lectures, agi- | tating and speaking to contacts. | More become interested every day. The few people I have approached, | all seemed sympathetic to the ideas | in the main, and eager to hear | more. | I believe these towns are a splen- | did place to do work in, for many | small home-owners are losing prop- erty because of excessive taxation | and mortgages, and are, as a result, | thoroughly disillusioned and dis- | gusied. I wish to commend the Party for the good work done. Forward to a Soviet America! Yours, 8. H, FOR WHITE COLLAR WORKER Brooklyn, N. Y. |A TEACHER Dear Sirs: | _ I would appreciate a column like | (On the World Front), but strictly dealing with city affairs, however not in preference to the above |column which also must remain in | your paper. I am only suggesting }an addition. Exposing the moves of our liberal mayor and his associates, I am a sympathizer, through such report- | | ing I would become of service to the | cause locally and also become a stu- | | dent in city affairs. | I am a white collar worker and Miss Lillie B. Carre, local F.E.R.A. social service director, attempted last Monday to rebuke a grievance committee of nine from the Work- | ers League, who presented a list of| seven outstanding grievances relat- ing to distribution of relief in St. Petersburg. After waiting exactly an hour, the committee was let into Miss Carr’s| office where the grievances were read to her. By the time the ehair- man was finished reading, Miss tions. She attempted to explain most of the complaints away by pleading inadequacy of funds, and | while granting some few minor con- cessions, she gave no satisfaction on the major objections to the state-wide and local use of the “es- crow” system payment (where cne week's earnings are split into four weekly payments to cover a month’: relief, employment of case investi- | gators whose husbands are ex- tremely prosperous locally, and the absolutely inadequate relief granis of $9.60 a month for families, When faced with a demand for her taking up the fight for unem- ployment insurance in support of| the workers. Miss Carir said she ab- solutely refused to be mixed up in “politics,” despite the fact that the issue is purely economic. Shi said she yould recommend it on! ;48 a part of the entire report of! |the meeting which she intended | ane to the regional administra-| ir. Miss Carr showed the open dis- crimination made by the F.E.R.A. officials against unemployed Negroes on the grounds, she emphasized, “that Negroes are able to get a little washing to do, and besides, they don’t need so much as the white people.” Her Jim Crow fig- ures were $7.20 a month for white single; $4.80 for Negro Single; and $9.60 a month for white couple; $7.20 for a Negro couple. Against this the League intends to push the fight. At the close of the meeting Miss Carr guaranteed nothing except to forward the stenographic meeting report to her superiors in Clear- water. Here she also attempted to shunt the issue aside by asking if the committee had no “faith in the ” 7 i 1 government,” and urging them to| Finally we convinced the majority “hope and pray” for more money. The chairman’s answer was that the League would absolutely not| tat could and would fight for the| stop to “hope and pray,” but would call for increased organization of ings “would do no good.” When a list of the grievances were given to the “liberal” daily here, the “Times,” they insisted on first interviewing Miss Carr. When she refused to make the list public( lis- tle wonder why!), so did the “Times” except for a stickful of pzint. the “Daily,” which is my daily news- | paper, guides and instructs me. Why it's a school, the paper with its print on it, acts as my teacher. I appreciate your efforts and suc- cess in improving our paper. It is also showing up in my intelligence. Sincerely yours, W. J. W. shops who see how the Boot and | Shoe officials work hand in hand | with the bosses. | By being in the opposition we learn how to fight against the grafting officials of the Boot and Shoe, If we raise a point, we know how to fight for it, and the officials can’t tell us we are out of order. The opposition shows the workers how to fight for higher wages and less speed-up. The Miller workers can cer- tainly demand more than 10% cents for first lasting with tips, or 9% cents for Rock System. But we must first strengthen the | Opposition in the Boot and Shoe, taking leadership into eur own hands. Join the opposition in the Boot and Shoe by getting in touch with oppositionists in your | own or another local, | NOTE We publish letters from tex- | | tile, needle, shoe and leather | workers every Wednesday. Work- ers in these industries are urged | to write us of their conditions of |Carz’s face was almost in contor-| Work, and of their struggles to organize. Get the letters to us by Saturday of each week. WORKERS WIN REINSTATE- MENT | WASHINGTON (FP), — Finding | that nine workers of the Werts | Novelty Co. Muncie, Ind, had | been dismissed “because of their | protest against working hours in excess of the President's Re-em- ployment Agreement,” the Na- | tional Labor Board ruled that they | should be reinstated with back | pay. The workers are members of | the Bookbinders’ and Printing | Pressmen’s Unions. |By a Food Worker Correspondent CHICAGO, Ill.—At the Greek) [Exhibit in the Hall of States of| ithe World Fair the restaurant em- |Ploys about 30 to 35 workers, divided as follows: five cooks, six| dishwashers and kitchen help, 14} waiters, six busboys and six soda- |fountain help, These workers at the beginning! of the opening were in the major- lity unorganized. Three of the wait- (ers were members of Local 25 of \the American Federation of Labor. Four were members of the Hotel |and Restaurant Workers Union, as were a few of the kitchen crew. | Because the boss kept stalling |them off in their pay, some of the |boys became disgusted and quit. \of them that the Food Workers Industrial Union was the only one | Workers, | Friday, July 6, most of the work- Workers and more such grievance ers signed up in our union. Then meetings, despite the cunning ad-| vice of Miss Carr that such mest-! the question arose what should be |done to force the boss to pay these workers. A meeting was held, and they all agreed that whatever action the union decided upon they would stick 100 per cent. A committee of the union went to the boss and demanded that he immediately pay all the work- ers what they had coming. We explained that all the boys were ;members of our union and as ‘spokesmen of the union we were itheir representatives. The boss Was a real demagogue, agreed 100 |per cent that the boys were ab- \solutely right, that they shou7a walk out on strike. from his talk that he wanted us ito call a strike, have the boys We gathered | | And Gary in Competition Ohio Steel Center Issues Challenge on D. W. Drive “As steel goes, so goes the coun- \try ....” This addage could be | profitably borrowed from the stock exchange and applied to the mo- bilization of American industrial workers into reader following of | the Daily Worker. Until such time as our “Daily” is read and sup- ported by the thousands of work- |ers in steel, coal, textiles, agricul- |ture. etc, the influence of the | Communist Party in the basic in- |dustries of the United States re-| ;mains tremendously handicapped. Recognizing the seriousness of this situation, Youngstown, Ohio steel center, has challenged Gary to a socialist competition in con- |mection with the drive for 20,000 | new “Daily” readers. In the words |of John Steuben, section organ- izer for Youngstown: “For the past several weeks we have had {the opportunity to see before our leyes what an important role the |Youngstown Vindicator and | Youngstown Telegram played in | mobilizing the steel workers against the strike. Yes, there was lots of good material in the Daily | Worker, but how many steel work- jers read it?” Youngstown has grasped the | meaning of the Central Commit- | tee’s call for doubled circulation. It has studied the resolutions of the Party's Eighth National Con- | vention. It understands the ne- | cessity for concerted action on the |part of all districts and sections, | especially those embracing key in- | dustries. What does Gary say to | this challenge? Will the next strike call in steel reach an in- formed and militant majority of | workers? Will the drive go forward bes Gary? Rensselaer Dockers Plan Strike RENSSELAER, N. Y., July 10—A4 heavy police guard was placed in the piers here as longshoremen pre- pared to walk out on strike in sup- | port of the Pacific Coast strikers. A World’s Fair Victory] walk out and get the support of the Fair officials and the police, We decided to carry the fight right on the job. The workers were instructed to refuse to serve any one, stay on the job and re- fuse to be intimidated or leave the place until they were paid. This happened about 7 p.m. Saturday evening, one of the busiest times of the week. Guests begin to come in. No one made a move to wait upon them. Waiters were lined up against the wall with their arms folded, busboys stood at attention, cocks just remained at their sta- tion. The bosses became excited. They went into a huddle. They arrive at a decision. Two or three of the boys were called out at \a time, but when the bosses saw could not be split up or divided. that scheme wes given up. (of promises were given. The boss jis a past master in the art of demagogy. This time the workers were organized. The boss was panicky. More guests arrived and departed. Ten o'clock. More con- ferences of the bosses. Eleven o'clock, Twelve o'clock. One o'clock, and time to close the joint up. No Profits that night. Not one single customer served. Still the workers refused to leave the place. Lots to eat. More than being out in the streets, The boss \Was wild. No, the boys will not leave until paid. More confer- ences. What can poor Mr. Boss do? Two o'clock, Three o'clock. Well, what's the use. Line up, boys, here are your checks, and be sure to come to work tomor- row. Sunday, you know, is another busy day that the ranks of the workers | _ All kinds | Leather Workers Union of Gloyers-| ville, N. Y. in mesting this attack of the zed scare, should serve as a valuzble Izsson. At the v outset of the leat workers’ str! we adopted a cl: struggle program, namely: The union to be controlled by the rank and file, through rank and file committees in the mills; mass picketing and mass violation of the injunction. A broad rank and file on Friday, Mey 25, all reactionary |forces were mobilized in an attempt |to start a disruptive opposition against the militant leadership on the ground of Communism. At the same time, the employers circulated a rumour of a possible strike which jtended to confuse the minds of the workers in provocative action. At this meeting, we took the offensive. Carr egiin brought forward the |program of the C, P. and declared: strike committee, repzesenting every |‘Yes,” he said, “I am a Communist, mill (our strike committee consisted of 125 workers) was sct up. No arbitration boards were permitted, but elected committees of the work- ers to take up the grievances and fight for their demands. The wo-k- ers accepted this program with the greatest enthusiesm. However, we failed to explain to the workers that this was the progzem of the Party. As a result the workers were un- prepared to meet the red sca launched by the bosses against the union leadership. This attack was led by Park Harmon, representa- tive of Senator Wagner and the jN.R.A. Harmon held seeret confer- fences with city officials, tan {stool pigeons with criminal recor He urged the workers to go back to work and he then organized the anti-red campaign in the press. How did we meet this attack? | We explained to the workers the |strikebreaking role of the N.R.A. |representative. But we failed to | explain to the workers that the progzam they are fighting for is \the program of the Communist Party. As a result, the red scare grew so strong and had such a poisonous influence on the workers, |that Solomon, an aciive strike lead- jer and known Communist, was forced to withdraw from the stzike. | With this leading force gone, the |strike took a turn for the worse. After two weeks the workers asked for the return of their leader. Upon his return, Comrade Solomon brought forward the role and pro- gram of the Party, and explained the real meaning of the red scare. Then, when the red baiting cam- |paign was resumed by Industrial Commissioner Pickard, who had ro- |Placed Harmon, the campaign was | unsuccessful. Why? Because we had prepared the workers to meet jthe attack. After the strike, while we were busy with the task of consolidating our gains and building the union, we did not pay enough attention to the tasks of building a strong Communist Party which shall ac- tually be the steel rod to hold the union, The tanners, however, in their systematic attempts to break the union continued to raise the ted scare, daily in the mills, churches, press, through every medium they had at their disposal. This campaign culminated at the May Ist celebration, when President Carr spoke. As a result of this renewed press attack some tools of | | | | | ers in the biggest mill to attempt because of his being a Communist. held where Comrade Carr openly declared that he was a Communist and brought forward the program of the Pariy. After his explana- a) the tanners instigated some work-| a demand for the removal of Carr} A shop meeting of this mill Was | | because the C. P. fights fo> the ine |terests of the workers, for unem- Ployment insurance, against war and fascism.” So enthusiastically was Carr re jeeived by the workers, that fascist |elements did not dare to speak; and jhe was unanimously elected as the jfull time functionary for the union, |There is no doubt that had wa |hesistated to bring forward the sue, we would have been placed on the defensive and the tanners would have succeeded in their aim {of breaking the union through the red scare. In the leather workers union we ‘were able to build a union from 350 dues-paying members in Janu- ‘ary to 1,709 dues-paying members n May, with a more consolidated leadership in the mills. During this period, workers were reinstated, |shop strikes won, wage increases |cbtained, and wage cuts stopped. Thus, analyzing our strike and the consolidating of our union after \the strike, we find that. whenever we hesitated to bring forward, to jexplain the role of the Party and jits program to the workers, and | Whenever we tried to evade the red |Seare issue raised by the bosses, the workers faced defeat. And every time we took the offensive, ex- \plaining clearly, unhesistatingly |What the program cf the Party |means to the workers, the workers accepted it in spite of all poison- ous prejudices. Our main task now is to buiid ja strong Party which shall actually serve as the defending wall to de- fend the union against the attack and to steer and guide the workers jin the coming struggles to with- |Stand future attacks of the tannezs |on the workers’ standard of living. |“We need at least five Communisrs jin evezy mill, and we'll be able to |defend the union against any ai |tempts of the bosses to break it. |These are the words of a worker | who never knew the Party before; who was prejudiced against the Party before the strike; but who was militant enough to stand on guard for 24 hours picketing if needed. Let's go forward! Join the Communist Party || 35 E. 12th STREET, WN. Y. ©. Please send me more informa- tion on the Communist Party. Name Street ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS How to Prevent Snakebite R, T., Peekskill: Your question is a timely one, althcugh we believe that the stories about snakes that you heard are grossly exagg2rated. were lost in your vicinity had signs with the word “realtor” on them ; family. However, the following points should be kept in mind by those who happen to camp in snake-in- fested territory: 1, Wear high boots or heavy leg- sings, 2. Be careful in picking up any- thing, or in climbing rocks not to place your hands near a snake. 3. Carry a clean sharp, knife or razor blade with which to incise the wound if you are bitten. 4. Suck the incised wound for at least 30 minutes. 5. Apply a tourniquet above the site of the wound, releasing it every 10 or 15 minutes for about a mi- nute. 6. Try to obtain anti-venom serum By PAUL LUTTINGER, MD. —. The only snakes we saw when we} and they belonged to the shark/ and the services of a physician at the earliest possbile moment. 7, Do not run or get overheated. 8. Do not drink any whisky, be- cause alcohol, like exercise, causes the poison to be distributed much more rapidly through the body. 9, Do not injure the tissues by injecting potassium permanganate, We know now that permanganate of potash, like whisky, is of no value as an antidote against snakes bite. 10. Do not take any “home reme- dies” or “snakebite cures,” because they are of absolutely no value. If you keep these ten command- ments, you need not worry about snakes in Peekskill. Classified COUPLE want airy, furnished apartment, few months or longer; reliable. ALgon« quin 4-7934. WANTED—room, vicinity Washington S0., reascnable, Male. Write Box 17, Deily Worker. BRAUTIFUL ROOM—Modern, for one or two, Very reasonable. Cell between 5-7 P.M, 223 East 2ist St. Ruby. An Opportunity to See the TO BEAR city Admission: in advance FREE Two round trip tickets will be given away at the Morning Freiheit Day and Moonlight EXCURSION On the Beautiful Qeamer CLERMONT Saturday, July 14th, 2 P.M. Boat leaves from Pier A, Battery Park. King David's Jazz Orchestra for Dancing. Refreshments and Drinks to appease your appetites at CHICAGO WORLDS FAIR MOUNTAIN prices e 85e — at Pier $1.10