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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-05-10
SCOTT NEARING ON PARTY POLICY

III the Workers Party had 250, 900 mil
liant and disciplined English-speaking
American citizens upon whom it might
depend to carry through the program.
But the Worker" for Jan. IL, 1924 re-
ports the total membership of the Par
ty as 1928, of whom eat least so per-
cent is an English speaking member
ship" If all of these members could
be counted upon-and of course they
cannot-the total working strength be-
hind the program would be somewhere
between seven and eight thousand. On
this basis, if the Workers Party en-
ters the May Both convention (now set
for June 17th-Ed. Motel, dominates
man like LaFollette, and campaigns
for him, its position will be misunder-
stood by its own membership; it's mill
lance will be>dissipated; its members
will be discredited with the labor
movement; its candidates will be
crushingly defeated, and the Party
will lose itself in the maze Of Ameri-
can politics.
Our difficulty to balance our pro-
gram so stated, viz, still compliment
each other.
EVEN supposing that LaFolIette
Eshould get heavy vote. as Roose-
welt did in 1912, with the aid of many
good Socialists, who were out to split
the old parties and to spread the
faith" the same thing would happen
in 1928 that happened in 1915. The
workers who broke away in 1912 were
back voting for the old parties in 1916,
because they were not intelligent vot-
ers but protest voters, who ceased to
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-05-10

protest as soon as their immediate
cause of complaint was removed. The
same result followed the heavy Hill
quit vote of 1917 in New York City.
N HIGHLY intelligent and disci-
IA plined body of workers should be
able to support stalwart upholder
Of the established order like LaFoI-
lette and then come back to the Work
ers Party without having their faith
and their enthusiasm shattered. Since
you have no such body of workers
at your disposal, by such tactics you
would be simply squandering and dis
|sipating the small group that you do
now control.
NNIHERE a revolutionary movement
lKKfaces a vast wall of ignorance and
Opposition like that which now exists
in the United States, it must preserve
stern integrity, strict discipline and
live revolutionary ideals. Otherwise
1t will not last for decade.
Isolation.
EFT me sum the matter up in this
Lway:
I. AS a matter Of economics,
agree with you and with Pepper.
2. am just as anxious as you are
to see a real left-wing movement de-
yelop in America.
8. AS a matter Of tactics, you and
he are following policy based on
Russian experience, which Is quite un-
fitted 10 cope with the situation you
confront In the United States, and
which will drive your party to ruin
n you pursue II.
(Signed) SCOTT NEARING.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-05-10

latter careful scrutiny; making each
move with the idea that the struggle
is being waged against immense odds,
in a hostile territory, and against
skilled generalship.
Take in Worker-Assail
4. Expand the organization and its
work slowly; taking no step that will
unnecessarily expose it to destruction;
making no move that will enable the
enemy to deal crushing blow.
5. 1t is not radical" to build rapid
ly. 1t is radical to build fundamentals
ly, and it is fundamental building that
the movement needs in the United
States.
THE most serious blunder of the
/ radical movement in the United
States during recent years is that it
has assumed following that does not
exist. Consequently, you have tried
to do, in few months, what it will
take years, and perhaps decades to
accomplish. The radical movement
has taken on the nature OF a mass
meeting, when the times call for a
careful course of elementary, high
school, and university training. Rome
was not built in a night.
John Pepper writes in his labor
- party pamphlet, as though he had
behind him trained, disciplined body
of militants, hundred thousand
strong. At pinch, he might rally
ten thousand, but doubt whether he
has five thousand that he can rely
upon.
THE Theses published in the Work
/ er" Of Dec. /, 1898 would be sound
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(Continued from Page 4.l

continued from rage f.
the steel unions, but, what was infin-
itely more important, it destroyed a
much greater plan" That is exactly
the point! An organization cannot
stand too many defeats. Napoleon
marched only once into Russia, but
that once was enough to wreck his
fortunes The radical movement in
the United States, following your poll
cies, is marching toward its Moscow.
When your front is sufficiently ex-
tended, and you are well cut OF from
your reserves, the enemy will annihi-
late, you, as they annihilated your
Steel Strike Organization five years
ago.
NOW let us suppose that my as
IN SYMPTOMS concerning the Ameri-
can situation are correct. Then the
revolutionary movement must:
1. Realize that its available Glen
tele together is small, no thought of
leadership of masses and highly local
lied, and rendered in part ineffective
by its foreign admixtures.
2. Aim to hold this clientele to-
gether at all hazards; to preserve its
morale and efficiency; to train it in
effective and cooperative activities;
to teach it to trust itself; to try it and
discipline it until it becomes really
effective working force; and during all
of this time to avoid decisive struggle
which will almost surely wreck the
organization.
3. Husband the resources Of the
organization carefully; admit mem
bers only after long probation and
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-05-10
Ry A. RIMRA.

EVERY member of the Workers
49, Party should realize that the
Communist movement Of the United
States is on the eve of great and inn
portant developments. We are in the
midst of a campaign for class Farm
er-Labor Party. We hope that our en-
ergies in this great work will not be
wasted and that the great Farmer
Labor convention of June 18th, will be
the second great step forward in the
formation of a class Farmer-Labor
Party, the first step having been made
at the convention of last July, at
which the Federated Farmer-Labor
Party was organized.
met quite a few comrades who
l seem to be discouraged with the
whole Farmer-Labor movement. They
say: Look here, haven't we been
told last year that the July conven-
ton would create real mass Labor
Party? And now we have to work
for another convention and hear the
same phrases repeated again. Where
will be the end of it? When win your
prophesy come true?"
THESE comrades are disillusioned.
l And the reason is that they had
started from an entirely wrong view
point; they failed to understand, at
the very beginning, the real process
of the social revolution in America.
They thought that it will come about
in very simple way. This year we
have convention and organize a La
Dor Party and next year we will be
busy setting up the soviets. But in
stead of that, we have to speak and
prepare for another convention with
the same view in our minds, that is,
with the view of organizing mass
Farmer-Labor Party. Isn't that enough
to be disillusioned?
1T is an absolutely mistaken idea to
] think that the Farmer-Labor Party
will be organized in such an easy
and simple way. 1t will be quite a
long and painful process. 1t may
take years of gradual development.
The last July convention made the
first step in this direction. The con-
vention of June 18th, will be another
great step toward the same goal. And
we may be sure in advance that it
will take third and fourth cOnven-
tion till we will be able to say: "At
last the workers and exploited farm
ers are organized politically as class
and are effectively resisting the on
slaught of their masters on the poll
teal field"
THE process of the development of
| a mass Farmer-Labor Party in
this country will be protracted also
because of the fact that the enemies
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Wants Good Articles
To Combat Religion
BROOKLYN, N. Y.

To the Daily Worker: Enclosed
please find money order for / years
subscription.
l am glad that the editor of the
paper, would like to get views of the
readers of this great revolutionary
labor paper. l would like to give
my view. 1t seems to me that this
paper does not, or fails possibly to
expose religion which is the opium of
the masses. l would like to read an
article once in awhile, showing how
religion was shattered by men like
Ingersoll, etc.
Long live the First Workers gov
eminent.
ISRAEL JOSEPHSoN.
Evening star., 1924-04-03
H1rkens to
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Evening star., 1924-04-03

To be in good taste clothes must be
suitable to the occasion. Growing
girls do not know that by instinct
save in few rare cases Most OF
them want to wear the gayeSt ap-
parel at any time, all the time. There
are girls who would go to school in
full evening dress, verify believe, il
there were not some one to stop them.
The trouble Is that there is no one
to stop them before they reach the
state Of mind that permits them to
make such an error. If mothers were
very careful to select the right sort
OF school dress and taught their
daughters the suitability of II, the
girls would learn that just as readily
as they learn that braided or bobbed
hair is better for everyday wear than
flowing curls.
The reason flowing curls are not
fashionable is that they. were simply
not suitable for the practices OF
everyday living. Afternoon dresses
and chiffon blouses and tapping
place in the school girls scheme.
Boomers and middies and short
skirts are far better.
Not that they are so much more
beautiful. They are beautiful from
the standpoint OF fitness, and without
fitness they cannot be beautiful, no
matter how lovely.
Work demands the spirit Of the
overaHs. The costume may not be
jean trousers and blouse, but IL must
carry that spirit in its fine materials
II II is to create the mood OF work.
Send the child to school in her work
ing clothes.
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Evening star., 1924-04-03
Health Hints
Bv Ber11arr Macfaddcn.

The large number OF rejections for
foot" has called the attention of the
medical authorities TO the alarming
prevalence of this defect among the
civilian population of this country.
Many thousands Of men, otherwise IN
good health and suitable material for
soldiers, have been rejected for this
reason alone, and If this IS the case
with our young men we may assume
that the condition is even more prev
alent among the mass Of the popu-
lation.
''Flatfoot" simply means that the
arch of the foot. which is normally
curved or bow-shaped, has fallen
somewhat so as to render the inner
edge of the sole more or less fat It
is an extremely painful condition,
and, besides being a bar TO military
service, is a serious handicap to any
one who suffers from il.
The structure of the foot is highly
complicated. There are small bones
and are held in place by ligaments
and the muscular covering. When the
ligaments are strong and in healthy
condition they hold up the arch of
the fOOt. w hen, on the OtNer manu-,
they become relaxed through consti-
tutional weakness, improper footgear.
lack of exercise, wrong methods OF
standing and walking, excessive
weight of the body. etc, they can no
longer hold the bones in place. They
become like pieces of elastic which
have been stretched so long that they
have lost their elasticity and no longer
contract or function as they should
When this state has been reached the
arch begins to fall, and IL 1t Is not
checked flatfoot ultimately results. The
condition takes some time to develop,
being usually noted during the ma
ture or later years Of life. When It
appears early in life it is generally
the result of anatomical conforma-
tions OF an unusual nature.
When fiatfoot occurs as a result of
the last named factor It is often diff
cult to cure, and may require a surgi-
cal operation for its correction; but
when it is an acquired condition IL
can almost invariably be cured By
proper exercise and footgear, or at
least greatly benefited, and If suit
able measures are taken to prevent
its recurrence it will stay cured.
Evening star., 1924-04-03
Early Days and Ways in
Washington.

ing (Mr. and Mrs. James K. Pauld-
i1fg3, a Miss Kemble, sister Of Mrs.
Poulding (subsequently Mrs. Robert
Parker Parrot, wife Of the inventor
of the Parrott-. gum and q little
French girl.
The only gentlemen who appeared
without mates. like the odd half of
a pair Of scissors, were Mr.. Silsbec
(Serator Nathaniel Silsbee Of Massa- :
chusetts) and Mr.. Morton of the same
state and myself. / had liked to have
forgotten young Mr.. Appleton of Bos-
ton, secretary to the late legation at
Holland, and quite dandy. He ap-
peared With his hat in his hand,
which he. kept twirling between his
fingers all the evening previous to
dinner. as If he was just on the point
Of 1eayipg the company, a fashion
said to prevail among the bloods of
Europe. Mr.. Paulding is the author
of the poem entitled the 'BackswoOds-
man. His wife and sister inlaw are
from New York, and appear to be per-
fectly well bred.
we had a good dinner and much
good humor. Night before last the
thermometer stood at 4 degrees be-
low zero. Last night WAS equally
cold. and the Potomac is all frozen
over.
"At dinner today Mrs. Tallmadge
and Mrs. Storrs Were. both dressed in
white with deep f1ounces Of red or
some such color. They wore bon
ing the whole evening. 1 have an
invitation from Mrs. Bagot to attend
u party at the British ministers on
Monday evening. Mr.. Pitkin and my
self have an invitation to spend
Christmas at Mr. Lewis. where we
cold. and It is said that there is over
a foot of snow in Philadelphia"
Evening star., 1924-04-03
BEDTIME STORIES B, BY
BY THORNTON
". BURGESS

sugar camp ready" the heart Of Farmer
Browns Boy is filed with Joy.
First the camp has to be thoroughly
cleaned. All the pals have to be put
in order. and the evaporator thorough
ly washed and made ready. Then comes
the tapping OF the trees. little hole
Is made in each maple tree, and into
this IS driven a little metal spout on
winch pail will be hung. The sap
VIII drip from that little spout into
the pail. Sometimes two or three pals
are hung on an extra big tree After
the trees are tapped and the pals hung
there may be little to do for q day or
two except to chop firewood You see.
the sap starts running slowly at first
so Farmer Browns Boy chops wood
and shovels away snow from around
the little sugar house, and makes
everything as snug and comfortable
as possible. And all the time he has
his ears wide open and his eyes equal
ly wide open for sounds and glimpses
OF his friends OF the Green Forest.
He knows that they all know what is
going on, and that curiosity will bring
many of them to watch.
Truth to tell, the opening OF the
sugar camp is quite as much an event
to the little people Of the Green Forest
as 1t Is for Farmer Browns Boy him
self. They never lose interest in the
ways of the two-legged creatures called
men. And some of them never have auy
other such chance to watch these ways
as when Farmer Brown and his boy
are making sugar.
Whitefoot the Wood Mouse and
Trader the Wood Rat and Chatterer
the Red Squirrel know that they will
be able to pick up many delicious bits
of food. They are always delighted
when work begins in the sugar camp.
Prickly Porky the Porcupine, always
hungry for salt, moves over near the
camp. There is always a salty taste
to wood that has been handled by bare
hands. and he likes to poke around
searching for such bits. 1t gets him
into mischief sometimes, for he gnavs
things he has no business to touch.
He does it for that salty flavor.
Lightfoot the Deer likes to stand
hidden in a thicket where he can
watch all that goes on. Buster Bear
always hopes he will have an oppor-
tunity to get some of those delicious
sweets. He is willing to run almost
any risk. Sammy Jay is always on
hand, for where there is anything
going on there you will find Sammy.
So it is that the opening of the
sugar camp is q great event in the
Green Forest.
Copyright, 1924. by T. ". Burxess)
Evening star., 1924-04-03
Working Clothes.

You can't play your part unless you
are dressed for II. OF course, you can
walk through 1t and make the ges-
lures, but the real thing is not in you
until you put on the costume that the
character calls for.
Imagine pouring tea in 4 gym suit,
The thing can't be done. You can't
lift the teapot with the proper sweep
ing motion unless the arm is swathed
in loose-flowing things of lace and
chiffon. And you couldn't climb a
tree with 4 court train and feathers,
could you? And you couldn't make
your bow to the queen in knickers
and sneakers, not even If the court
chamberlain would allow you. The
mood is the thing. and clothes do help
enormously to create a mood.
That is why 1t is so very important
that school clothes should be just
right. School is a place to work and
play in. and unless the clothes spell
work and play. the job cannot be
quite as it ought to be. AS a general
thing the boys have little trouble
about this. but the girls have tradi-
tion against them and are not so hap
py. The idea is that pretty clothes
are necessary for girl, and there
are some people yet alive who cannot
separate fussy things from lovely
things.
A costume need not be decorated d
oGermuch to please the careful and
discriminating eye, but it is easy to
decorate it so much that It slips out
OF the working class into the lei
sure class, and there is no leisure class
in school. You see?
Evening star., 1924-04-03
Jewelry That Doesn't GAR"

Do you know what jewelry is
friendly" to you? If you are not
sure, ask yourself these questionseas
you make your selections:
Does this piece OF jeweIry add to
my appearance?"
Does it harmonize with my gown
and seem 70 have a place there?
Does 1t bring out my personality,
or does it appear so impressive of
itself that my personality fades BY
comparison?
Do not wear jewels just because
you possess them! Even the most
coming to the wearer and appropriate
to the occasion, had better be left in
the jewel box.
For instance, it is said that the
monds are those fortunate beings
whose own briIliancy can compare
with the sparkle of the stones. Yet
how many faded women We see
loaded down with the glittering gems
which somehow only serve to make
red hands look redder, scrawny arms
scrawnier and "drab" faces ''drab-
ber." ~-. s=
On the other hand. exquisite women
who cannot afford genuine jewels
telling effect A string of lovely
pearls, whether real" or imitation,
adds charm to soft lacy gown, and
increases its becomingness- . to the
wearer. Pearls are also proper-and
exquisitely pretty-with soft velvets
and satins. Their delicate luster
seems to require a background of fine
fabrics; but, unlike diamonds, they
are almost universally becoming.
F Then, nothing is more graceful with
certain costumes, either of dull black
or of some bright color, than beau
tiful string of jet black beads.
r there is 4 special color which
Evening star., 1924-04-03
Uneven Wearing of Collar Adopted
ny MARY MARSHALL.

The sweet disorder In the dress
that was admired by the poets OF
Queen Elizabeth's day seems to have
como back into fashion. ~.
"Robes loosely flowing, hair as free,
Such sweet neglect more taketh me
Than all the adulteries of art,
That strike mine eyes, but not my
heart"
Thus sang Zen Jonson. Appar-
eutly the same sweet neglect is found
TO be more taking even in. this. day
and generation. For the dressmak ers
give this look of sweet neglect to
the frocks offered to us for spring.
We have become used to uneven hem
lines, trains hanging at one side.
Sleeves that do not match are no
novelty, and now we are treated to
collars that seem to have been
thrown around the neck as the wearer
vas on her way downstairs to break
fast and fastened in the dark by un-
certain fingers.
OF course these crazy, uneven col
lars really fool no one. The apparent
disorder about them would not be SO
idea had it's origin in France months
ago. Frocks We're given uneven front
lappings that called for considerable
comment One model from Martial ct
Armand showed a deep slash down
the front of the bodice edged with
narrow embroidery landings, which
also formed the narrow outstanding
mandarin collar. However, instead OF
just meeting as a regular mandarin
Evening star., 1924-04-03

and by following the instructions
given with these polishes one may al
ways have clear. silver-gray sauce
pans, tea kettle, double boilers and
cooking spoons.
4 very efficient housekeeper told me
recently that one should not scour
thin aluminium saucepans too vigor-
ously or too often. Very good little
saucepans can now be secured for 10
cents each, but they must be handled
gently as the handles bend easily and
too hard rubbing will soon wear them
through. II a metallic sponge is
used on them, IL should be welded
very sketchiiy. Never use ammonia
or washing soda on an aluminium
utensil.
Steel and iron. skiliets, on the con-
trary. may be kept smoothly clean by
boiling half teaspoonful of washing
soda in them. Every trace of grease
is dissolved and vanishes down the
sink; and this bath of boiling soda
water IS the best thing in the world
for the drain pipe of the sink as well
Tin s'totally out of it as a cooking
container. 1t blackens quickly and
gets out of shape. Gray enamel or
granite wear. baking glass. white
enamel. and. above all, the aluminium,
are within reach now of the slimmest
purse, and these materials are easily
cleaned, so that our shining row"
may be main tanned by a little daily
care.
Evening star., 1924-04-03
Nutrition NUGGETS.

The appearance Of boiis on any part
of the body usually means that there
is need for the vitamin that Is in
green or leafy' vegetables-celery.
spinach and other green's. tomatoes,
above the ground" Yeast or an ex-
tract of yeast may also help.
Thin women are apt to be "nerv-
GUS" using too much vitality on lit
tie things. Learn first Of all to take
things easy" without getting careless
fresh fruits, green vegetables and
fresh butter and cream.
Some good rules for intestinal in
digestion are: /; Use fresh butter
limited m quantity of eggs for the body
building or strength giving portion
of the diet. 4. Eat bran at every
meal 5. Use fruit desserts freely.
s: Eat some form Of salad at every
MIX that is served as part of a
beverage, such as cocoa or chocolate,
or milk that is part of vegetable soup
more nourishment to that dish.
Any normal child who Is beginning
to eat what other people do" may be
trained to like milk. Do not rest un-
til the child has learned to take 1t,
for his whole future health may de-
pend on this.
vary the breakfast cereal ana the
breads eaten at the different meals.
White, graham, rye, gluten. whole
wheat and corn are the chief grains,
and each one has something to give
the body.
It is better for a growing girl or
boy of high school age to be a few
pounds overweight than one pound
under. This is the age when strength
must be stored up for the future. If
there is a tendency to stoutness cor
rect it by exercise, sleep and fresh
air.
Never undertake a radical change in
the diet for curing any form of in.
digestion unless you are under the
eye of an experienced person, other
wise your strength may be seriously
undermined.