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

Page Four ACW Buys Silence DAILY WORKER, NEW YORK, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 8, 1934 Shoe Union Officials in Boston Sign Of Laid-Off Workers Offers $200 Out of Insurance Fund to Those Who Do Not Complain About Dismissals By a Worker Correspondent ROCHESTER, N. Y.—From 600 to 700 men’s clothing workers here face a permanent lay-off from the Fashion Park shop, following the refusal of the Amalgamated Cloth- ing Workers’ Union officials to} protect the jobs of 26 cutters and| five trimmers fired a month ago. No answer has been given by the| “impartial chairman” or the N. R.| A. Board in response to their ap- Peal for reinstatement. In order to terrorize these work- ets into accepting being cut off from the shop, the Amalgamated | officials offer (on the quiet) $200 fect. So Chatman decided to follow the lead of John L. Lewis and started the check-off system, with dues deducted from the pay en- velopes by the bosses. No vote on this was allowed in the locals. It was put across by the officials calling a meeting of “actives” (members of executive boards and minor officials, must of whom support the machine because given special favors). Even here, the steam-roller couldn’t prevent four from voting against and many from abstaining. Up to 1933, duced 35 per cent. earnings were re- In order to fool Telbn Heuds| Help to Fire ShopChairman By a Shoe Worker Correspondent NEW YORK.—The letters writ- ten in the Daily Worker by I. Mil- ler workers told the truth about the wages we work for, and also told the truth about the A. F. L. Boot| and Shoe Union. I will write what happened to the fitting room chair- man we had elected a few weeks ago. After the chairman was elected he told us that the B, and 8S. U. Officials are like business men, that they are out to make money. He also told us that we ourselves would have to fight for better conditions. The next day Squire, the super- intendent, told the chairman that he will have to do what the bosses tell him to. A few weeks later the chairman was framed up. When he went up on the seventh floor Sign Pacts. Behind Backs of Members Fought Accepted By Misleaders By a Worker Correspondent BOSTON, Mass.—The officials of the United Shoe and Leather Workers Union local of Boston are “progressing,” but instead of going forward they are going further to- ward the tactics of the Boot and Shoe A. F. of L. leaders. The pas- time of the leaders of Boot and Shoe used to be te sign away the mem- bership without their consent, Thts was repudiated by every shoe work- er, and by the present leadership of our Joint Council who were the |Prices That Stitchers? Allow Boss to Employ Scabs While Strikers | Are Kept Out By a Worker Correspondent. BOSTON, Mass.—In the middle }of June the Arrow Shoe Co. of East Boston broke its agreement with the United Shoe and Leather Workers’ Union, and moved out to Denvers, Mass., hoping to get cheap labor in the small country place. Under pressure of the rank and file of the crew a strike was declared, although a couple of weeks later, after the shop was already started up. The spirit of the strikers was a militant one, led by rank and file | old boy, handcuffed Mr. Gallagher \Press Harder | On Jobless | Of Allentown By a Worker Correspondent ALLENTOWN, Pa On Friday, July 20,a gang of strong-arm men broke into the house of James Gal- | lagher, 140 Turner St., Allentown. They knocked Mrs, Galiagher down to the floor, beat up their 15-year and took every piece of furniture out, of the house, James Gallagher is a silk worker, a loomfixer by trade. He bought the furniture from the Harold Fur- niture Co. of Allentown and Read- ing. As he joined the army of the unemployed silk workers, he found it difficult to meet the payments on the furniture. Of the original sum of $1,300, he had already paid to the Hearold Furniture Co. over $900 and now he lost all his furni- PARTY LIFE How to recruit members for the Party is the burning question of the hour. It is a race between fascism and Communism. The question is which will come first anc it is up to us to see that Communism comes first. And we can learn some les- sons from the enemy, how they re- eruit their members. They are magter salesmen and students of psychology and play upon the weaknesses and noble de- sires of humanity for their own selfish ends. Psychology can be used if properly understood, to win recruits for Communism and the | Comrade Suggests Method: Of Recruiting for Party Knowledge of Psychology and Selling Will Help Win Workers to Communist Side explain that the Communist Party is behind this paper, that it is the only workers’ party, that it fights against all injustice and for better conditions amd rights of the work- ers, and that it is tneir duty to join it or at least come to one of their meetings and see what it is all about. I then invite them over to one of our meetings and request their names and addresses so that we can send them a card and get them to promise to come over. At least seven out of ten I meet gladly give me their names and addresses, which I turn in to the main office, Away Workers’ Rights | epee ct them willing to. "sell bie | the workers. that the. “New Digats| 00 tre TOmcAlrAne 6S. finye) Hine | Oe eee tee rn toate) Wanker Weiete ue wits ann ae | Communist Party, Pclgsnny Mastin trds cu. ean Job." Fearing loss of both job and | would help them, a 20 per cent in- ity pigeon biispowely ers betved his steps. The reason why they are| Shouting of slogans and determina-| Another member of the Unem-| we can take that emotion of hate | 87° PeoP! ef Ae. eo pe, 9 the $200 najority of the cut-| crease granted in 1933, follow- | feet out so as irre wth free | eee ts ieee tee aareenvnt ig| tion to win, Everybody realized |Ployed League was given warning] sich tne capitalist class instills in | White people, Be ters h already accepted the| ing agitation by local opposition | 22" trip, ot ee a Peg es Bates iat, He Surormseny 36 (ia abrike: eotlld faye” beerit woe 180. he: abertif, that st-cherwiilvaiat| ace nextel When I see ee ies et bribe. 17 money comes direct! groups to the machine, But out of | Brook Bisson ioe i ae Sicaed a res picaleinie han you know is|@ few days, provided militancy of |P4y the rent by Aug. 4, his furniture) 2 50:nct foreign Communi: to be ae a Pees a ie f from the workers’ unemployment | this 20 per cent, a deduction Of 15| 1.10 teling the worker thet anye (rotten pou are afraid te brine fe tothe pickets would) be stampeded,|Wil be taken sway. “Whell this| 40.4 y¢ inetoid against the capi-| Whether he Fe eae ae tig insurance (none of which was| per cent was made as a “loan” to | = e iy th pr abe aI gg ad bi a tos end toc that Rates 8 they| But from the beginning the repre- |member reported this by the chair- talist tem, against war, against usually says yes. : scat ae | the. fast 20 sok oii during | the company. Mass protest smashes | Cin he tired, ante thetetore dis tren gid “it ‘up quietly without the| sentative of the General Executive pen of rein geal: hissy area oppression. sass Sane ane ore th. oy! eo ig is loan proposition after one|inem both. A few days later both {locals voting on it. ; Board insisted that he must live © of the Unemployed League,| “we can take that emotion of love the “Daily” and that here is an op« An effort is also made to force} workers in the section from which the job is “sold” that they repay year. Instead, 7 per cent is de- ducted (in addition to dues check- off). Of this, 5 per cent is a loan half of the $200 to the union, on|to the company (which is never to the grounds that lay-offs of others | “give those who stay more work.” | Workers’ resistance has prevented this from becoming general. | Because of the speed-up and low wages, earnings average only $7 or $8 a week. Because the Amalga-| mated co-operated with the Cloth-/| jers’ Exchange, workers lost their} interest in meetings or in paying; the high dues of $1.75, whether | they work or not. In December, | dues payments for the city fell to $5,000. Manager Chatman became alarmed for his $50-a-week salary and threatened the lay-off of those behind in dues. This brought a jump in payments to $20,000 in January. But this again slumped as terrorism failed to have its ef- be repaid, according to past experi- ence) and 3 per cent goes to the unemployed insurance fund, which also is not getting into workers’ hands. Rights of striking or even of call- ing stoppages have been taken away from the workers, nor are they allowed voting power on any important questions, such as agree- ments, check-off, lay-offs, ete. And within a few weeks, in proportion to the fired cutters, nearly a thou- sand more workers will be forced out of the Fashion Park factory. This is the way that Sidney Hill- man of the strike-breaking N. R. A. board is keeping his promise to Rochester workers made on July 23 in Convention Hall. IN THE By HELEN HOME LUKE It's A Great Magazine If it should happen one of these days, that the “Home” column fails to appear, the “Daily” readers would most likely be correct in assuming elements! Ah ha! Sneaking up on my “New Pioneer” when I’m not looking! were reinstated. The chairman ;came back with black eyes. The B, and 8. U. also promised to give the chairman a better job than at I. Miller as soon as they will have one. The chairman quit the I, Miller shop with hopes that he will get a better job in a dif- ferent shop. The B, and 8. U. fired one of the workers in the Garside shoe factory and replaced him with this I. Miller chairman. This gave the B, and S. a chance again to push in Sazarsky as chair- |man. Two stool pigeons were nom- inated, and so it did not matter which was elected as both are the agents of the boss. Only a few workers voted. cog @ NULE:;—By this letter the I. Miller workers see how the com- pany actually controls the B. and S. U. It proves that the union officials pretend they help the workers by getting the chairman reinstated. Actually it was a move by the B. and §, U. to get the chairman out of the shop. The small number of voters | proved that the workers have no trust in the B. and S. U. But by staying away they did not help the situation. The correct tactics is to organize in the B. and S. opposition group, which would have met before and selected an honest worker to run for chair- man. Then by voting in a body What is this silent agreement:— First and foremost no wage in- creases, which have been promised since the organization of this union. Second, it curtails the power of the shop stewards and does away with the price committees, which as every shoe worker knows is the weapon in our hands to gain in- creases on prices in shops. And lastly the famous arbitration clause, which was denounced by the Amal- gamation convention, is included in the agreement, The Stitchers Local of Boston voted down this agreement months ago when it was first presented, and at recent meetings they voted for the price committees, and the price lists attached should be those made up by the various price com- mitteees. But these price lists were thrown away in the waste basket, and prices attached are those which the stitchers denounced last year, that is, the prices handed down by the State Board on November last. The fancy stitchers are the only ones that were given some con- sideration. Their concessions that they won through stoppages last year, above the prices of the State Board, will be put in their base prices, But even that has a loop- hole. What about the new patterns that come in every day? Those will be based on the State Board up to the orders given him, and, in- stead of action, there was bargain- ing with the police on duty, and re- ligiously carrying out of orders from them. At times he would even take off certain pickets from the line when the pickets became especially militant and clamored for action. Anyone that has ever participated in a strike knows that you cannot win a strike by just walking back and forth, with the scabs going in and out without fear. Even at that we were able to practically stop the shop. But just at that point the G. E. B. sent its representatives to the Salem local, in whose territory the shop happened to be, and gave them the jurisdiction of the strike. This is being denied now by the G. E. B., but when Brother Hallet, the representative, was confronted with this question, he did not deny it. The Salem Executive Board de- cided to proceed with this strike as they have done with all their fac- tories, that is, the way of least re- sistance. The first thing they did was to confer with the manufac- turers and their agent. Br. Lack promised him a truce, to take off the picket line while the manufac- turer took out a temporary injunc- tion. This the strikers flatly re- fused to obey, and the picket line continued. The strike was then settled by the answer he got was, “We're in no position to hold demonstrations.” The top leaders of the Unem- ployed Leagues are not only incap- able of organizing any mass action, but do not even care to do it. All that these leaders who are mem- bers of the American Workers Party are interested in is to fight against the Communists and build their little sect. The two full-time organizers of the Unemployed Leagues in Allentown are both mem- bers of the A. W. P. and all they are interested in now is to line up reliable delegates for the Unem- ployed League convention in Columbus. The unemployed workers of Al- lentown are facing new attacks by! the landlords, In order to stop these attacks the members of the unemployed leagues must take mat- ters into their own hands. POLICE ATTACK MEETING ANDERSON, Ind—Police here attacked a shop gate anti-war meeting last Tuesday and arrested two speakers, James A Wood, Com- munist candidate for Mayor, and Miles Blansett, candidate for Con- gress. Polite Chief Joe Carney, a former Socialist Party member, said he would not tolerate any open-air shop gate meetings. The Unem- ployment Councils and the I. L. D. protested the arrests, which is played upon by the social reformers, the capitalist tools, the preachers and Socialist misleaders who formulate a policy of class collaboration with the capitalist government and boss class, and sublimate it instead into tne chan- nels of class solidarity and love of our fellow workmen, regardless of color, creed or religion. The necessary requirements for building the Communist Party are the following: 1. One must be class conscious, Daily Worker conscious as well as Party conscious. One must be a salesman in the sense that you must paint a rosy picture of a Com- munist Society, as well as the im- mediate gains the Communist Party is fighting for. You must also paint a dark picture of what will happen if the Communist Party does not increase its membership faster than the reactionary forces and fascists increase theirs, 2. That you protect your class and economic interest by belonging to the Party. You will improve your social life as you come in con- tact with the finest class of people imaginable as well as help to pro- tect the rights of freedom of speech, press and assemblage. You can fight oppression, discrimination and postpone capitalist war through joining the only workers’ party, the Communist Party. So if you don’t portunity to earn $1 to $2 a day Also that the paper is the onl! working-class paper and is spon sored by the Communist Party. then ask him to join us—come t ons of our meetings and learn mor about us. I then take his namq and address to notify him when wq have our next meeting. I notice that some object to joing ing, but don’t mind visiting out meetings. If we can only get. them to visit our meetings, nine chance out of ten they will remain a meme ber. I once invited a man to my uni meeting whom I met at a workers’ club and who was opposed to the Communist Party. He is now a@ member and has held some impor< tant positions in the Party. I pro« pose that we increase our member< ship through an endless chain sys tem. Say ten Y. C. L. or Party mem< bers belong to a workers’ cluby Each Party or Y, C. L. member in ‘that club should consider himself a captain and try to recruit ten members from his club into thé Party. If for one reason or another they don’t join the Party because of lack of time, etc., and if they are class conscious and realize that the Party is the leader of the working class, they should by all means be given a half dozen application blanks each, both for the Party and that the column editor got hold of] eet 3 they could have won the election, | decisions, these officials, who signed an agree- want war, if you want freedom, se-| VEG" ve a be encouraged to re- a fresh copy of the “New Pioneer,” an You Make *Em Only by organized opposition can | aiready we the workings of oe ten’ nS Se Era taal curity, happiness and the things. — i their friends into the Party, snuck into a corner with it, and for- got time, space and the existence of newspaper deadlines, Almost im- possible to let loose of it once you get started looking at it. What peachy artwork—best in the movement! This “kids’ maga- zine” can give lessons in format to just about any magazine you can name. Take a look at the com- Position, color, bold and accurate treatment of the cheerful theme on the August cover. And look at the fine crayon drawings for “Young Pioneers in China”; the lively sketches for “The Slacker.” We think Mary Mcrrow has the world beat for sensitive, sympathetic por- trayals of kids. Smommy, SA ae a BRITE, S DADDY WON'T HE Yourself? Pattern 1918 is available in sizes 6, 8, 10, 12 and 14. Size 6 takes 1% yards 36-inch fabric and % yard contracting. the I. Miller workers force the B. and S. to bring forward their de- mands. For more information write to the Daily Worker, 50 E. 13th St., New York City. Would Deport C.W.A. Workers to Convict Caribbean Island By a Worker Correspondent NEW HAVEN, Conn—On the evening of July 30 the city governor called a public hearing on the bud- get, which was held at the hall of records. Mayor John W, Murphy, who presided, announced that for 1935, it will cost New Haven $1,250,- this agreement. In shop after shop, the stitchers refuse to accept the prices on their new patterns and even old ones. As a result they did not get pay for weeks and are re- ceiving only a few dollars on ac- count. General dissatisfaction pre-j vails among all the crafts in the stitching room as well as the other locals, who haven't gained any in- creases. At the last special meeting of the Stitchers Local, called for the pur-} pose of discussing these vital ques- tions, the membership went on rec- ord for more power to the stewards, and a heated discussion took place on the motions which called for price committees and hourly rate The Lovestonites, who are always and on the top a 5 per cent dif- ferential because they are in a small town. In addition, all the scabs were signed up with the Salem local and the original crew is told to go and chase themselves. There is great dissatisfaction among the strikers, who have been on picket duty from early morning till late at night. They feel they have been betrayed by local and general officials. The Joint Coun- cil of Boston, it is said, is recom- mending to the G. E. B. to exvel the Salem local, but this will not solve the situation. We must force the Joint Council of Boston to de- clare the shop on strike, and picket until such time as the price list will be revised and all the original Letters from Our Readers A NEW READER’S REACTIONS Brooklyn, N. Y. Dear Editor: In your drive to increase the cir- culation of your paper perhaps you would like to know how some of the present readers came to read the Daily Worker. Last year I was about like millions of other unclass-conscious workers. I knew that the govern- ment did not represent all classes of people alike, and that big busi- that make life worth while, join the Communist Party. Now the above remarks are an example of what I say to the peo- ple whom I try to recruit into the Party. We have a good thing to sell. There is a big field for it. People are miserable, unemployed and looking for a way out of their misery. It is up to us to show them a way out and at the same time recruit them into the Party. Anybody who has those three qualifications, namely, class con- sciousness, Daily Worker conscious- ness and Party consciousness, can recruit at least 100 members a year regardless of whether he or she is a member of the Party or mass or- ganizations. They all can contact prospective members for the Party, who may have the time and the inclination to join the Party. They can then turn over the signed ap- plication cards to the original Come munist who gave it to them oF send them into the Party office at 30 FE. 13th St. In addition every Party member should talk to about ten people a week about the Daily Worker, link the Party to the Daily Worker and ask them to join and visit our meetings. In that way, you will get at least five recruits for the Party each week. I some= times get five members a day. Also wherever you go try to get th¢ news dealers to handle the “Daily.” Get them to order a couple of cop- ies. Inform them that the they arq returnable and you will usually ge§ an order, and you should send in their names and addresses to tha Daily Worker office. Canvass your neighborhood during your leisure for new readers. If possible, give out some free sample copies. You ot ech? 4 coming to the rescue of the officials, made a motion to table the ques- tion. This was carried not because the workers were in favor of the low wages, but simply because it was late and they took it for granted crew taken back and the scabs eliminated from the factory. Therefore we must demand that a meeting be called of the Shiners, | where this question will be dis- cussed. ness was made up of highly re- formed “rackets” within the law. But I thought that as governments go, ours was the best, or as good as could be expected. I thought “big shot” Mussolini sign them up and invite them to attend Party meetings and learn all about what Communism stands for. There was a debate some time ago on the subject of Fascism vs. 000 to take care of the outside poor. He stated that there are 15,000 per- sons directly living on the poor rates. If that is the case, with each one averaging one dependent, There's a “Design for Revolution” by a Pioneer, Harold Sosnow, and among the letters from readers one that will bring-the list up to 30,000. Then take the associated charities, and the community chest, who, ac- cording to their own statements are taking care of over 10,000 more. That is ample proof that out of every four people in this city one they are voting for adjournment. But this question is not settled as the Joint Council and General Executive Board thanks. The stitch- ers will not work for the N, R. minimum wage, they will fight and The rank and file group of the stitchers local calls upon the work- A.| ers to come to union meetings, take an interest in the affairs and only ran Italy; Hitler, Germany, and “big shot’ Stalin, Russia; they might use dif- ferent methods, but in the end the result was about the same, I thoughé. I always thought that the So- Communism between Hathaway and Dennis. Dennis said that fascism will come first because they will play upon the weakness of human nature. The middle class psychol- ogy of these people, their knowl- edge of human nature and the art can get plenty of old copies at the office and at the same time recruit members for the Party. It is very, easy to get newsdealers to order the “Daily.” I got over 200 newsdealers to order it within the last six Stas g London Pioneer. How's that is living on charity. struggle in the shops for better) by united action will we put a stop/ cialists, Communists, Fascists, Klu| of salesmanship will sell that idea psa igh ie delve an ee fer getting around? But there's During the meeting a certain J.| prices, regardless of whether the|to these Boot and Shoe tactics|Kluxers, etc., ran their organiza-| to the people. TWh one woal: 2 More yet: a letter from Soviet Pio- M, Clark said, “I have been study-| Joint Council wants it or not. You| within our union, and build a pow-| tions for “what they could get out} We can use some of these very Laer neers describing a creche or sort of Children’s Village, attached to a Moscow factory (Frazer) for mak- ing cutlery and cutting instruments. Half a dozen clear, interesting photos showing activities of Soviet kids go with this article. The “Pioneer” might also serve ing these C. W. A. bums, and I have come to the conclusion that they are not of any. consequence. I only wished I had my way. I would have the Federal Govern- ment purchase an island down in the Caribbean Sea, and have every one of them and their dependents rounded up and transported, and cannot force down the throat wage erful United Shoe and Leather cuts and expect to build a union. Workers Union. Facts About Harriman of them.” I thought the leaders were “smart” because they made money, but the members were merely “suckers” and morons, I graduated from high school and never knew better than this. In your paper, the “Daily Worker,” you always underestimate same tools to win over the people to Communism if we only exert ourselves and whomever we meet not only try to win them over to the idea of Communism, but get them to join our Party, mass or- ganizations and come to our lec- tures and social affairs. I. BN. Y. District. | Urge United Struggle PHILADELPHIA, Aug. 5.—Fout thousand workers demonstrated against imperialist war in Rayburn Plaza here Aug. 1 and urged the building of a united front of struggle with Socialist, trade union Well as a sort of dictionary of revo- ” o.|the terrible ignorance of most| Always carry a dozen application Iutionary terminology. Newcomers Due nae ore fora F. of L. geese te leet ce tal rece arias eet eres Americans, including the “edu-| blanks with you both for the Party inet Beas regis Betis oe hale to the movement, all at sea in a Mayor Murphy, the “working man’s * Adults for $1 for a nine-hour day. cated.” I am an eighth generation | and Y. C. L. lutions calling for the defense of welter of “white chauvinism,” “op- hortunism,” “jingoism,” or other friend,” got to his feet and said, “Mr, Clark, I can assure you that the Harriman Hosiery Mills. 746 working in mill last year. 586 joined union (Local 1757, Prices on food, clothing and all manufactured azticles are higher in American and a product of its poor 12-grade school system. I manage to get at least 25 re- cruits for the Party and Y. C. L. the Soviet Union, against fascism end demanding the release of Ernst terms rarely used or misused by these C. W. A. bums you speak of ‘i I started out to tell you how Ij every month, and this is how I do the bourgeois press, might find the consider themselves very important, |U:T-,W: A) and came out on strike| Harriman than in the cities of| 10 oad the Daily Worker, I|it: I always carry the Daily Worker Biter rer ral Oia tile ae Key in the lucid little stories and) Leave it to them, they know how | Oct. 25, 1933. eee 7 ie c a used to change trains at 14th S!.,| with me and I try to get into a passed. articles that appear. to get on the C. W. A, pay-roll, and| bout 100 went back in mill at ey nest olles was shot in ers and often saw tie paper sold there | conversation with every’ s:ranger I That's where I for one got at| get hurt in the slightest way, to| nce. ome. She is a striker. She Was/ on the platform, but never paid| meet and either talk about current least part of a proletarian educa- | tion! And if I should ever be a/ forcibly detained guest at one of those city, state or national hotels, I-wouldn’t complain, provided I get my copy of the New Pioneer regu- lariy. Later—Oh, ho! At the supper! teble Comrade Husband informed me what a good magazine the Send FIFTEEN CENTS (15e) in coins or stamps (coins preferred) for this Anne Adams pattern. Write plainly name, address and style “Pioneer” is and how fine the ar- m1 is your turn to go to the Carib-|union.”Two men on committee, Joe|ers’ school, S. P. influence) six! ‘ ; > ticle on Madame Curie, from which pe ee eer eo eee bean.” Long and Mark Briggs (members of| weeks summer session. When they suis ar alee ae x eared “It pleased me greatly to have received your letter today he learned how she made a con-| Address orders to Daily Worker ARNT ER ERE ce union) were black-balled out for|returned to Harriman a few days I did Hot become class-conscious | if I did receive unplezsant news a few minutes before. It tribution to dialectics with her dis-| Pattern Department, 243 W. 17th Rush Work on Army scab activities. ago, a small mob waited at a bridge Gf I am class-conscious) through didn’t weaken my courage and faith whatever so long as I coveries about the dissolution of|St., New York City. A. E. Whitson, militant strike) for them, but they came in earlier] tne “cracked skull” or the stomach, know you will stick by me. » “Build the “Daily WIN A $1 Worker” Contest 0 PRIZE! Join the letter-writing contest, open to all workers. Write a 300-word letter on “Why Workers Should Read the Daily Worker.” Letters will be judged for clarity of ; Judges: CLARENCE ideas and simplicity of language. HATHAWAY, Editor JAMES CASEY, City Editor HARRY GANNES, Foreign Editor Winner's letter will be published in the Daily Worker and in leaflet form. Next best letters will also be printed, with honorable mention given to their writers, 1 by the Communist Party. The|a week. There are 9 in the family.! every Wednesday. Workers in | culation. : CONTEST CLOSES AUGUST 20th. militant determination of the work-| Smaller families receive as little as| those industries are urged to | Looking forward to a growing derous treatment accorded me during my two years of con- DAILY WORKER — 50 East 13th St.. New York °1,'2,otecttheix meeting resulted | $2 total in food a week. No other| write us of their conditions of |snd seadily improving “Daily finement. My only hopes of ever being in the ranks again AIL ER — & ast 13th St., New York in the absence of all cops. Elias J.|form of relief such as rent, lights,’ work, and of thelr struggies to | Worker,” I am, is in your strength.” S George, F. C. Fiber and Harry | water, etc., is given. organize. Get the letters to us by | Sincerely yours. Letter from Angelo Herny Fulton Te French spoke. | Children of strikers are being em-|Saturday of each week, PRB, ‘ ee Se put in a claim for compensation.” He and his cohorts throughout the hall laughed. Mr. Clark presented the appearance of a regular boss with his $40 suit, his gold eye- glasses, his fat belly. Let us hope that the day is not far distant when the workers can say to Mr. Clark and his rotten crowd of parasites, “Come now, it Water Bag Order! By a Worker Correspondent RACINE, Wis—The Chicago Rubber Clothing Co, of Racine re- cently got an order for 600 water bags that the army uses. They hold j about 36 gallons. Another company had the main order, but they coudn’t fill it on time, so they sub-let this order to this company. Last year’ they had an order for several thousand. 300 IN OHIO TOWN MEET WELLSVILLE, OhioOver 300 workers demonstrated against war Aug. 1 in an open-air meeting called The United Textile Workers of America official advised “peaceful picketing.” Over 100 inexperienced scabs were hired. 160 never joined the union and they remained in mill. Strikers say that “when mill sent scab committee to Washington, it was an attempt to form a company leader, is now in favor of dissolving the U. T. W. A. local entirely and then re-organizing into the Hosiery Federation of the A. F. of L. (His mother—employed 17 years in mill and his two brothers axe all out and 100 per cent for the strikers.) Mrs. Whitson is a remarkable woman, 59 years old—very active and class-conscious—was one of the 27 fired in one day for union ac- tivities. W. C. Anderson — banker — ex- mayor of Harriman—owns a large rock quarry here. He is also a C.W.A. head. Strikers have choice of working in his quarry for 60 cents to 90 cents a day or “no relief.” One family of strikers gets $450 not seriously injured by the com- pany gun thug. Justice of Peace refused to issue a warrant Company had once paid 10 per cent bonus for a full two-week work but this was changed to a 5 per cent penalty for not working the full two weeks. Three st:ikers attended the High- lander Folk School (so-called work- and were safe in their homes. A. E, Whitson, striker, refused to give any information to the Chat- tanooga Times reporter, branding the paper “scab.” A reporter from this same paper spent one day last week visiting the Highlander Folk Schoo] at the invitation of his per- sonal friends, Myles Horton, Direc- tor, and Rupert Hampton, staff member, H. F. S. Both are left S. P. leaders and organizers. One striker, Boyd Whitson, re- marked today: “Boss papers only tell us lies about Bolsehvism.” NOTE: We publish letters from textile, needle, shoe and leather workers ' any attention to it, thinking, as I told you before, that only ‘“fail- ures,” morons and psychopa‘hs would read a Communist sheet. One evening last September I noticed the man who sold the events, such as the danger of war, or ask him whether he ever reads the Daily Worker. I then proceed to explain what the Daily Worker stands for and how the government uses its armed forces to crush ihe workers’ organizations. I finally paper; there in big black headlines was “Patterson Sentenced to Die.” Just to see who this man Patter- son was.I bought a “Daily Worker” or intellectual reasoning, but through “tabloid instinct.” : Since I read the Daily Worker Ij have developed a desire to read better books, and the more im- portant news in the better news- papers. At first the editorials in the Daily Worker were hard to un- derstand and more difficult to be- | lieve, but now it is much more) clear. I am still ashamed to read the paper in a subway train, but this does noi prevent me from reading it at home. I wrote this letter because I thought that perhaps, learning how others became readers of the Daily Worker, it might aid you in making plans to increase the cir- $15,000 International Labor Defense Room 430, 80 East 11th St. New York City I contribute $. and Defense. NAME Pes | ADDRESS ., 18 to 20 years, the bosses and Free Herndon and Scottsboro Boys Letter from Haywood Patterson, Kilby Prison, June 29, 1934." " SCOTTSBORC-HERNDON EMERGENC? FUND “Since the Georgia Supreme Court upheld my sentence of the pressure on me. I am deathly sick as a result of the mur- Dr. Luttinger To Appear Tomorrow Dr. Luttinger’s column is omitted today dne to technical reasons. It will be resumed as usual tomorrow. $15,000 the Scottsboro-Herndon Appeals their jail tools have increased