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The daily worker., 1928-07-02

Absolute freedom Is bourgeois or
anarchist fiction (for anarchism is a
bourgeois theory the wrong way
round). The freedom of the bour-
geois writer, or artist, or actress, is
a mask of independence concealing a
real dependence on the money Of par
asites and souteneurs.
We Marxists tear aside this hypo-
crisy and unmask their false stand
ards, not to arrive at a literature
"above class" Chat will only be pos
sible in a socialist society, in a So
ciety without classes), but to oppose
this so-called free literature which
is really allied with the bourgeois E
literature bound openly to the prole-
tariat,
This will be literature truly free,
because corruption and ambition will
have no place there, and socialist
ideals and sympathy with the op-
pressed will continually bring into it
new forces and new groupings.
This will be a free literature, for
it will not depend on the blase heroine
nor the ten thousand bored and fat
tened high-brows, but on the millions
and millions of workers who are the
pick of the country, its power and it's
future.
This will be free literature, which
will enrich itself with the latest crea-
tions Of revolutionary thought, with
the experience and living work of the
socialist proletariat.
Get down to the job, then, COM
rades! We have before US a great
and difficult problem; we must create
a rich literature, narrowly and in
dissolubly bound to the socialist work
ers' movement.
1t is only after this work that So
cialist literature will deserve the
name; it is only then that it will be
capable of carrying out it's tasks; it
is only then that even within the
framework of bourgeois society, it
will be able to free itself from bour-
geois bondage and bind itself to the
movement of the truly revolutionary
class.
The daily worker., 1928-07-02
By l. AMDUR.

The Eighth Congress of the ALL
Union Young Communist League
opened here May 6. The Bolshoi
(Big} Theatre was crowded with dele
gates and guests. The delegates, of
whom there are about 900, represent
ed a gathering of the most active of
the youth of the League organiza-
tions from every quarter of the vast
country. Here were White Russians
and Great Russians, Caucasians and
Armenians, Tartars, Uzbekistans, ST.
berians and representatives from
the German Volga Republic. Here
could be seen young Kirghizian girls
from Central Asia who have still
not yet quite freed themselves
from the superstitions and religious
traditions of the extremely backward
people of their far country away in
the Asiatic steppes. One young girl
in particular, l noted. looked around
somewhat timidly at this huge con-
gregation of singing, joyous youth,
and it was perhaps only now, sitting
in the Red Capitol and surrounded
by this happy, gay spirit of the young
Communists, that she realized to what
heights the revolution placed her and
her womenfoIk who, until but a short
few years ago, lived in the most
wretched conditions of semi-slavery.
Even today, the position Of the
Kirghizian women and of the women
generally in the Far Eastern portions
of the Union are none too .enviable-
ten years is very, very short time
in which to combat successfully the
century-old traditions and supersti-
tions of an almost, in some respects,
primitive people-but they are no
longer treated like so many cattle and
beasts Of burden, and their election
The daily worker., 1928-07-02
Communist Press and Literature

ALLOW a great deal of scope for in
dividual initiative, for personal in
clination, for inspiration and imagin-
alton, in form and content.
All this is indisputable but it proves
only one thing; that the literary side
of the Party's work cannot be me-
chanically identified with the other
side of proletarian activity.
This by no means destroys the
truth-incomprehensible and strange
as it may seem to intellectuals.. and
bourgeois democrats-that literary
work ought to be most strictly bound
to the rest of the socialist work of
the party. Writers ought to enter
the party without making any stipu-
lations. Publishing establishments,
bookshops, reading rooms, libraries,
everything to do with literature ought
to be placed under the control of the
party.
The organized socialist proletariat
ought to supervise and control all
this work; it should infuse into it the
vital spirit of the workers, and in
this sphere, should throw off the out
look of the mercenary bourgeoisie,
who see in the writer only the man
who sells his writings to earn his liv-
ing, and in the reader simply a Gus
toner who brings in money.
Naturally we do not imagine that
this change in literature can be
brought about at one swoop, especial
ly in this Russian literature, which
has so long been crippled by an
"Asiatic" censorship, and corrupted
by Europeanized bourge>isie. We
are far from expecting any panacea
whatever in the shape of decisions
and resolutions settling the whole
thing in an arbitrary manner. That
is not the point. What concerns US
is that our class-conscious proletariat
should understand that here is a new
problem that has to be faced frankly,
and everything possible done to solve
it.
After having delivered ourselves
from the chains of censorship, we do
not want to be the captives of bour-
The daily worker., 1928-07-02

to the village soviets and other Of
ficial bodies is slowly bringing about
a tremendous change in their ideo-
logical makeup, that will place the
rising generation of girls on totally
different social level after some
years.
Came 1000 Miles to Congress.
And this young Kirghizian girl,
who in all probability has never ven
tured further than the boundaries of
her village in the steppes, had come
over a distance of some 1000 miles
in order to attend the congress and
to relate to these wonderfully en-
thusiastic young workers of the work
that the Communist youth are doing
in her far-away republic; of how the
spirit of revolution has parmeated the
Kirghizian youth and Of the hard and
difficult battle that they are putting
up against old customs and tradi-
tions;' Of their struggle in agitating
the parents to permit children to at
tend the schools which are being es-
tablishod with each year; of the
The daily worker., 1928-07-02

struggle for the introduction in the
household of the elements of hygiene.
A storm of cheering announced the
opening of the congress by Chaplin
general secretary who briefly mar
shalled the most important of the
problems that the congress discussed,
the role of the youth in rationaliza-
tion; the position of the League in
the village and it's work in the CO.
operizing and communicating of the
rural economy; the problem of devel-
oping and increasing the strata of
young worker specialists engineers,
technicians), and here the shadow of
the Donotz economic counter-revolu-
tion arose before one; and finally,
the question Of the day, the problem
Of preparing the youth for the de-
tense of the republic. The threat of
war was very actual one and it's
realization was imminent. The latest
move Of Downing Street (Birken-
heads trip to Germany in the form
ing of an Anglo French German anti
Soviet bloc is fraught with, the pos
The daily worker., 1928-07-02

geois commerce and it's relationships.
We want to create press that is
freed not only from police control,
but also from the influence of capi-
tai and from private ambitions, and
above all freed from anarchist-bour-
geois individualism.
These last words will be an object
of derision to many of the reading
public. Good heavens!" some burn
ing apostle OF intellectual freedom"
will doubtless exclaim. "Good heav-
ems! You want to submit to the
masses so subtle and SO personal a
thing as literary workmanship. You
want workmen to decide, by the ma
jority of votes, high questions of
philosophy, science, and taste. That
is the way you suppress the spirit S
freedom to work, which is essentially
what is for and what is against the
Party we have the program of the
Party as criterion, it's tactical reso-
lutions, its statutes, and finally the
experiences of International Social
ism, the whole experience of the vol
untary associations of the proletariat.
Our Party is becoming a party of
the masses; we are in an epoch of
rapid transition towards an open le-
gal organization, and at this period
many useless people (from Marxist
point of view and perhaps a few
who are Christians or mystics as we'll,
join us. But, we have strong diges-
ton; we are Marxists hard as ada
mant. We shall assimilate all the con-
fusionist elements.
Furthermore, may we inform our
friends, the bourgeois individualists
that their talk about absolute liber-
ty" is nothing less than pure hypo-
crisy.
In society which maintains itself
by the power of capital, and where
the mass of the workers lack the nee
essities of life, there is no real lib
erty. Are you free in relation to your
bourgeois individualists, are you Tree
in relation to your bourgeois public,
which demands from you porno-
graphy and prostitution as supple
ment to sacred dramatic art"?
The daily worker., 1928-07-02
Ry V. / LENIN

THE socialist proletariat must con-
a slider the basic principles of the
literature of the Workers Party in
order to develop these principles and
express them in their most complete
form. These principles are in con-
trast with bourgeois customs, with
the commercialized bourgeois press,
with the individualism of the ambi-
tious adventurers of bourgeois litera-
ture and their splendid freedom"
and with the scramble for profits.
What do these principles consist
in? Not only in the fact that the
literature of the proletariat must no
longer be means of enriching groups
or individuals but still more that it
ought not to bear an individual char
acter nor be independent of proletar-
ian control, No more "non-party"
writers; no more literary super-men!
Literary activity should be a part
of the whole work of the proletariat.
1t should be a cog in the great ma
chine which will be put into motion
by the whole vanguard of the work
ing class. Literature should become
one part of the work of the party,
organized, thought out, unified, and
revolutionary.
"All comparisons limp" says a
German proverb. 1t is so of my COM
parison of literature with a cog in
the machine of the movement. There
will be no lack of hysterical intellec-
tuals to yelp in, distress at this con-
ception, which, according to them, will
debase, will destroy, will "burocra-
tie" and mechanicalize the free
Struggle of minds" free criticism,
free literary endeavor," etc. Their
laments are nothing but an express
sion of bourgeois intellectual individ-
ualism.
Obviously, literature is the last
thing to be treated mechanically; it
cannot easily be graded by, or submit
to, the decisions of the majority. In
this matter, one ought undoubtedly to
The daily worker., 1928-07-02
HANdOuTS
Gems of Learning

Nathan Straus: "The rise of Alfred
E. Smith from lowly East Side
home to the governorship of the En-
pire State is a dramatic illustration
Of the possibilities in American life"
Give any boy a brown derby, a
strong, Misunderstanding right and cor
rupt and powerful machine like Tam
many and he ought to make the grade
in American politics.
Bernarr MacFadden, Editor Of the
Graphic MAKE your body strong
with wholesome food and outdoor ex-
ercise. Breathe in the air to the full
est capacity of your lungs. Give Gods
sunshine a chance to vitalize your
body" This is O. X. for Rotarians
md bank bandits, but try and do it on
workers salary.
c. Augustus Lindbergh, tool of the
Imperialists: "It is time the public
started landsliding. 1t surprises me
they didn't start sooner" All of us.
Louis Behr, Jewish student winner
of the Kenneth Sterling Day trophy
for Christian character" at Univer-
sity of Wisconsin: eff / have the per-
sonal requisites for the Kenneth Ster-
ling Day award-if I have a sound
moral character-it is because my
parents and my religion have taught
me the wisdom of not having an i'm
moral character. If have the power
in any way to influence the life Of
the student body, it is because the
student body is inherently good" He
ought also to have been awarded one
slice of meatless bologna for bring q
champion f. theaj. ,.a,s.ly.a A.asaal
The daily worker., 1928-07-02

sibilities Of plunging the world into
another blood bath. The League must
prepare its forces and lead the way
for the youth in military prepara-
tion.
Youth Receives Honors.
The entire house rose to it's feet
and the roof was almost lifted when
Commander Unschlicht (rnember Pre-
sid.um Revolutionary War Tribune)
on behalf of the Central Executive
Committee of the Soviet government,
presented the Order of the Red Ban
ner to the League in recognition of
the great services rendered by young
Communists during the years Of in
tervention, civil war, ard in honor of
the thousands of its brave young
members who fought and fell in de-
fense Of the first Workers Republic.
Replying, Conrade Chaplin in a
ringing voice pledged that the
League, which has always, in the
hour of need, given it's whole-hearted
support to the Party and to the gov
ernment, as in the civil war, during
the struggle against counter-revo
tion, during the inner-Party discus
sion, in the present period of social
ist construction-will be prepared,
when the moment comes, to throw it.
self into the front ranks for the de-
fense of the revolution.
The entire assembly rose to its feet
and the International was sung as it
has rarely been sung before.
The congress met at a moment
when the lowering war-cloud was
nearer than it has ever been, and if
it bursts it will find that the youth
Of the Soviet Union are sprung from
the same steeled stock that scattered
and smashed the enemies Of the
toilers during 1917-21.
The daily worker., 1928-07-02

behalf of the miners cause.
Here at Renton the men say that
it is the best paper that they have
ever read.
"The state cossacks (mine police)
call US cred Neck" and hundreds of
other names that they don't even
know the meaning Of. But although
we have been on strike for Is months
we don't intend to go back until the
new miners union is established in
every mining camp in the couyAry.
"For Complete Victory.-BFV."
The daily worker., 1928-07-02
Miners L0ud Daily Worker

Appreciation of the part played by
The DAILY WORKER in the great
mine struggle was voiced in a letter
received from Renton, Pa. coal dig
ger who declares the miners will fight
on until a new union is established
His letter follows:
Dear Editor:
Il am striking miner and I will
take this opportunity to express my
gratitude as well as that of my fell
low strikers for the splendid support
given by The DAILY WORKER in
The daily worker., 1928-07-02

"Oh MAJ Qdicki Look at the PIC
t@rei What IN the aUorld haze they
slipped under the hat?"
That's John Coolidge. He has Just
graduated from Amherst College"
"Hoao did he do it2"
"AdoIph, there are some things II,
life thot science cannot eaplain."
We'll, a0hat does has old mar do?''
"Everybody. When anybody on
Val Street acants q drink of aoater
or a change Of linen he gets it for
him"
what do they teach student at
college"
"Hoac to keep the ,oorkers doqon."
"Do they learn fast2"
'Sonte of them. Bat unfortunately
the most receptive part Of the av-
erGge students head as has mouth"
"Weu think they ought to teach
them ~a0here to buy hats"
The German Red Aid sent amongst
other things collection of HoRor@
Daunaier''s political caricatures to
political prisoner Ma1 Schulz in Tai-
son IN Laettrimghausen. This conl-
rade then aorote that he had been re-
fused these pictureS by the author
titles. Sure enough feao days after
yards the authorities themselves re-
turned the cartoons a0itb the remark
that "aLI the things sent auere an
fitted for the prisoners, IN particular.
however, the cartoons of Daatmier"
The daily worker., 1928-07-02

TIE man in the picture, who
dresses so aOell and knoaos so little
he ought to be mayor, is Sir
John Buchanan JGrdine. People
who haze the habit of mahiny
scurrilos,s remarks hare referred
to him as the ".!;n;unB Waller OF
England" The t7co most dmpor-
tont things he does in life are help
spend big proportion of Tie na-
tional income on horse racing and
entertain the workers by appear
ing in the above masquerade cos
tame. Among the Commodities used
to establish the above trick effect
are gray top hat, neck-tie and
umbrella. After the aoorkers revo-
luton IN England the light grey
umbrella shoeUn above aoilL be re-
placed Nth a dart bro.on shovel.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1928-06-08
Coconut Sno.uballs Are
Recommended for Cakes

These delicious coconut; cakes will
be appreciated by anyone who likes
the flavor of fresh coconut. Bake an
angel food cake by any preferred
recipe, such as the one found in Farm.
ers' Bulletin 1450-F, CLONE Baking"
Make vanilla frosting by the method
recommended by the bureau of home
economics, putting all the ingredients
into the top of double boiler and
beating them over hot water with a
dover beaten for seven or eight min
utes until they begin to thicken. The
amount needed will require three cup
fuls of granulated sugar, three egg
whites, twelve tablespoonfuls of cold
water, pinch of salt and a teaspoon
full and half of vanilla, added when
the frosting is nearly thick enough.
This frosting is made after the cake
has become cold and has been cut up
into IS or 100 pieces of uniform size.
Keep it over hot water and drop two
or three pieces of the cake in it at
one time. Turn the pieces of cake
over with fork until we'll coated.
Remove from the frosting and roll the
cake in finely grated fresh coconut
Press into the shape of ball with
the tips of the fingers. When we'll
coated and evenly shaped place the
cakes on waxed paper. Allow them to
dry for two or three hours.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1928-06-08

"Wait till get bundle from the
cabin and will go with you, mister.
God knows there are those at Nc
Dowell's mill who will not be glad to
see anyone from Der Hexenkopf. Yet
will 60 there because you have been
good to me. Wait for me at the foot
of the hill"
She was so long In the cabin that
started back to find her, but she had
vanished. In vain did we beat about
the woods and call her name.
"She is witch. She rides through
the air." muttered Round Paw as we
took the southern path.
A shrill cry caused US to halt. The
Widow Cox was coming after US, wav.
ing something In her hand.
81 found this after you'd called. II
had been left at my door and the
wind must a blown 1t one SIDE"
1t was a small piece of dressed
deerskin. On one side with charred
stick was written:
"For bradoks scout If he asks For
Elsie Dinwold."
Amazed turned 1t over and read :
81 told You l wud Go to makdowls
mill | didn't say You'd see me Thar.
e. d."
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1928-06-08

Daniel Webster went to Dartmouth
college in homespun suit, of which
probably every thread was carded,
spun and woven by his mothers hands
from the wool of their own sheep.
1t was a dyed-in-the-wool suit and the
color was indigo blue.
In the South butternut was used,
but though the Yankee danes knew
all about the uses of butternut bark,
and the slate color that lay in the
sumach berries and bark of white
maple, and were not unacquainted
with the various dyes that could be
made to yield through the agency OF
vitriol and alum and copperas to
"set" them fast the universal stand
by in New England was the dye pot,
par excellence, that stood in the CHM
ney corner of every kitchen In that
region.
So Webster was fitted out in indigo
blue from collar to ankle. Before
reaching Hanover there came on q
drenching rain. The suit held its own,
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1928-06-08

should be used because it will give
broadening effect if attention is di-
rected to the arms. If trimming is
used, let it follow the length of the
arm. The belt should never be placed
so as to make the upper portion of the
dress the same length as the part
from the hips to the hem, and it
should always be made of the same
material as the dress so that the line
will not be conspicuous. Narrow belts
are also better than extremely wide
ones.
These points are applied to the cool
summer dress illustrated. 1t was de-
signed by specialists of the bureau Of
home economics for tall, medium
stout woman. The material is printed
green-and-white wolfe, trimmed with
plain green wolfe. Long lines are
given by the collar, which forms the
two revers, bound in plain green. 1t
is extended into two jabots falling
to the bottom of the skirt. The bind
ing and center panel of plain green
tiSo AoAA LII eiiO iAhCS WHASH SiYC app"A :
ent height to the figure, The sleeves
have long opening outlined in green
and the plain cuffs are tied at the
wrists. The belt is in front only, CIV
ing long rather than broad lines to
the back. Pin tucks take up the extra
fullness needed for looseness on each
shoulder and in the center of the hack
at the collar. The length of the skirt
is appropriate to the size and the
build of the wearer and the design of
the garment. A green horsehair hat
adds the needed finish to the costume.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1928-06-08
SUMMER DRESSES
NEED ATTENTION
Light Colors Tend to Make
Persons Look Larger.

prepared by the United States Department
Of Agriculture)
The woman with medium stout
figure needs to give special attention
to the lines Of the light-colored dresses
for summer wear. Light colors more
than dark ones tend to make persons
look larger than they really are. Ju-
dicious designing of each dress, how
ever, will overcome this difficulty to
a large extent.
Up and down lines, which may be
formed in a number of ways, help to
reduce the apparent width of the fig
ure. Dresses should be made moder-
ately loose, for tightness emphasizes
the curves and makes one appear
larger. Set-in sleeves, somewhat loose,
and Of full length, look we'll and are
comfortable. Little or no trimming
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1928-06-08

each egg before placing it on the plat
ter or toast.
FIorentine Eggs.-Have ready two
quarts of spinach which has been,
thoroughly washed and cooked in only
the water which clings to it; season,
when cooked tender, with butter, salt
and pepper. Keep the spinach hot
while poaching six eggs and prepar.
ing one cupful Of white sauce. Place
the spinach on hot platter; on this
arrange the eggs and pour over each
spoonful of the white sauce.
Golden Fricassee.-Boil large fowl
until tender, adding bit of sliced
onion and celery while cooking Cut
into neat pieces for serving, discard
ing the bones. Place in double
boiler to keep hot. Make the follow
ing sauce: In saucepan melt three
tablespoonfuls of butter, add four
tablespoonfuls of flour and when
bubbling add gradually two cupfuls of
strong chicken broth; add salt, pep
per and celery salt to taste and q
little grated onion. When boiling pour
the sauce over the well-beaten yolks
Of two eggs Place the chicken on
platter and surround with nicely sea.
soned rice, potato or spaghetti Pour
the golden sauce over the chicken and
some over the border. Dot with hits
of minced pimento and chopped pars-
ley.
Stuffed Green Peppers.-Pack par
boiled green peppers into buttered
dish, after removing the seeds and
white fiber; fill with cooked fowl, a
few chopped mushrooms or little of
any cooked vegetables like peas, celery
or carrots. Moisten literally with
white sauce, using some Of the broth.
Cover with buttered crumbs and bake
until well Drowned.
ScaIloped Stuffed Eggs.-Cook the
eggs in the shell and when cool re-
move the shells and cut into halves
lengthwise, remove the yolks, mash
the yolks with melted butter, add a
tablespoonful or two of minced ham
or tongue, season with mustard, salt
and pepper. Refill the cavities and
press the halves together. Prepare a
rich white sauce, adding half cup
full Of cream, place the eggs in bak-
ing dish and pour around the sauce.
Serve when thoroughly hot. Too long
cooking will tougher the cheese.