The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-06-14

of the Tsar's empire bore striking
resemblance to the letters now re-
ceived by our Daily from various parts
of the Wall Street Union. The work
ers appreciate its role. "No strike is
too small, no battle too large. :"
Herein lies the strength of The
DAILY WORKER. Herein lies the
strength of our movement.
Worst Exploited Give Most.
The letters show that the Daily is
close to the heart of many workers in
the industrial sections of the country
more than anywhere else. 1t is no
accident that a considerable portion
of the letters came from striking
miners. 1t is no accident that so many
letters come from Pennsylvania, Ohio
and Illinois. 1t is where the life
crushing wheels of the industrial
mechanism turn the fastest that the
voice of rebelling labor is heard the
loudest.
The letters further reveal that
though many of its readers and letter
writer's are foreign born, fighting
paper in English has become their
weapon. Some of the letters were OBJ
viously written by children. The pro-
letarian parents of these children may
not have the courage or know how to
write note in English. Yet they
read The DAILY WORKER. They
understand that an English paper
unifies the struggle of the various
groups of the exploited; that, more
than labor paper in foreign tongue
for the foreign born workers of the
United States, it gives class meaning
to the various phases of the struggle.
Daily" Is Political Weapon.
The workers realize the Importance
of the Daily as political weapon.
The elections campaign of this year
lis stressed in more than one letter.
The venality of the capitalist press,
its servility to the ruling powers, it's
suppression of news about labor vic
tories the world over, its befuddling
influences ever the masses are vigor-
cusly contracted in the letters to the
work of The DAILY WORKER.
Most of the letters came from non
partisan workers. We're they from
communities alone, they would also
signify great strides forward in the
revolutionization of the American
workers. For is not a Communist
worker first rank fighter in the
class war? However, the letters in
dictate that the influence of the Daily,
and the consciousness of the respon-
sibility for its existence, are much
more widely spread than the member
ship of the Communist Party.
DAILY" Achieving Aim.
Altogether the letters prove that
The DAILY WORKER is increasingly
becoming what Lenin told US labor
paper must be, namely: a. mass or
lganizer and mass propaganda. There
1 is, however, one line in one of the
letters that impressed me more deep
lily than any other "We cannot per
init our enemies to celebrate such a
victory" writes worker from Chi
cago. In these few words there is,
perhaps, more intensive picture of
the situation than in many other more
eloquent appeals. We are in an enemy
camp. We are in an enemy land. The
enemy is powerful. The. enemy is
ruthless. He Yields the peoples
wealth. He wields the machinery of
state. He is cunning and resourceful,
omnipresent and mean. He knows we
hate him, we loath his domination, we
are full of revolt even if we do not
know it clearly in our mind; we are
great in numbers, great in strength,
strong in will, but we have not come
yet toyrealize what to do. The enemy
has his agents, traitors and spies in
Jour midst, but they appear as union