The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-12-06

activities In demonstrating and pre-
venting evictions. Of course this
conrade knew that the Daily Worker
proposed the Social Insurance Bill,
but by replying as he did entirely
mislead this worker, and lost a good
opportunity.
Here's 81"
Another Spanish family. Yes, they
read English, but have never heard
of the Daily" This paper is for
workers" we tell him, no matter
what trade they are in; it tells about
their conditions; how to organize
powerful industrial unions. And
workers write about their shops, and
this is, printed regularly. We are
going to all workers families today"
we say, ito put the Daily Worker
into their homes"
How much?"
Fifty cents a month, $l00 for two
months +. -" r. sG~
Il take for two months" The man
goes into another room and returns
with two dollars! t -..-...
One dollar it costs, jose" called
out another member of the family,
seeing my indecision. -.
Perhaps you would like to get the
paper for four months?" / suggest
persuasively. Too late. Jose smiles
no"
Stuffed Furniture-Empty Stomachs.
AS each door opens, we see neat,
polished kitchens, china closets,
bowls of artificial fruit, heavy, stuffy
dining and bedroom suites acquired,
undoubtedly, on the "dollar-down"
plan, the family having mortgaged
their lives away in heroic effort to
pay IL CT.
Into the next tenement. A door
opens. Good morning." says my
companion. Il represent the Daily
Worker. The Daily Worker is the
only workers paper printed in the
United States. Every worker should
read the Daily Worker -. -
The worker to whom this is ad-
dressed is listless, indifferent. No
wonder! He has probably been Wis
tied by glib N. Y. Life Insurance,
Fuller Brush, and book statesmen out
to win with a Good morning.
represent >. -
I'VE enter the third tenement, climb
W up six floors, and work our way
down. Very often our knocks are
not answered. We peek through the
keyholes and find apartment after
apartment vacant. Workers without
jobs can't pay rent. They must move
to a cheaper neighborhood, smaller
rooms, even colder flats. Move, or
get thrown outD The street is
spotted with Rooms To Let" signs
A Negro woman on the sixth floor
listens attentively. MY husbands
working somewhere on the first
floor. See him."
We meet him on the stairs. I'VE
don't know what paper you read, but
we know that none of them print
news that interests workers. The
Daily Worker does, whether they're
factory workers, elevator men, or
porters." The man looks at the
Daily"
II understand this-I know what
you mean :"
A Wrong Approach Corrected.
Have you ever read the "Liber-
ator"? asks the comrade. do you
ever go to American Negro Labor
Congress meetingsP They meet once
a week at, 81 Graham Avenue. Come
around some time =. (. :"
YES" answers the Negro quietly,
but with evident Impotence. But
come back to the paper" he urges. A
good example, incidentally, of the
evils of too much talking about too
many organizations.
aDUT We must draw these workers
y into the Party" the comrade
told me later on, apparently a little
confused himself about the relative
functions of the Party and the AN.
Lie. Moreover, had he read the
Daily Worker regularly, he would
have known that the A.N.L.C. has
enlarged It's scope and is now the
League Of Struggle For Negro Rights.
Later on. incidentally, after the Ne
gro worker was clear about the
Daily" we told about this organi-
cation and assured him We would let
him know when the next meeting
would be held. ii
In spite Of these mistakes. how
ever, we succeeded in selling seven
copies of the Daily Worker, and in