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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-07-05
By G. L. (Section 8, New York;.


I WANT to relate my experiences and impress
sions of the first Sunday signature collec-
ton and Daily Worker Drive. / want also to
give here few suggestions that, I think,
should be adopted Immediately by all sections
and units in order to insure a successful cam
paign.
To go out collecting signatures without the
Daily Worker is the same as to prepare
splec d meal, but to forget the salt Espe-
cially is it t. Ie when we approach workers
who know nothing or very little of the Com
munist Party. Here is an illustration:
After disposing of the Daily Workers had
with me, entered house of a Negro worker
asking for a signature. He said, at seems
good, hat you say, but would like to find
out whether you really represent such Party.
Then I'll give you my signature" Had had
the Daily Worker with me, that would be
the credential, the guarantee Of my words.
didn't want to insist. He was right. prom
ised to come to see him next time with the
Daily
The same applies to the Daily Worker
Drive. It is ridiculous to go out for the Daily
Worker subs and not to mention the election
campaign, not to ask for signature.
How to coordinate this work practically.
The section Daily Worker Rep. and Election
Campaign Rep. should c. -perste with each
other in this work. Make two in one. How?
1. The same committees which 60 out for
the Daily Worker subs should 60 out for sig
natures.S
2. Those territories should be taken first
which were covered already by the Daily
Worker canvassers
1. This will insure quicker results for the
signature campaign.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-07-05
J0bless Young
Workers Picked
Up On "Vagrancy''
New Britain, Conn.

New Britain, Conn.
Editor, Daily Worker:
Here, in New Britain, we have
another example of how the bosses
and their tools, the police and the
courts, give the unemployed work.
ers Jail sentences instead of WORK
OR WAGES.
Three unemployed young workers,
new members in the League, were
camping on the road between Hart
ford, New Britain and vicinity, look
ing for work from city to city, but
getting nothing.
One day, in Cranky, 80 miles from
New Britain, these unemployed
young workers were parked in front
of a school house arranging their
camping outfits. Along comes a
burly cop and -(gives them some
thing to eat, you say?)-nothing
of the kind, gives them a cell in
the Jail on a charge of vagrancy,
for just sitting in front of the
school house. They were rushed to
the Hartford County Jail. The next
day the trial took place, no one
being notified of it, and at the trial
they were given 80 days.
The bosses throw US out of our
jobs, and when we young workers
have nowhere to go, nothing to eat,
when we just merely sit in front
of a school house, we get thirty
days for "vagrancy."
The young League members, W..
Srogi, ]. Kaminsky and c. Stanke-
witch, have told me when I went
to visit them in Jail that they will
come out more determined than ever
to fight for WORK OR WAGES
and fight against the rotten condi-
tons, misery and starvation.
"A YOUNG WORKER.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-07-05
Struggles Masses Undergoing
Must Be Clarified for Them

Who will hep the workers under
stand the meaning of their expert
ences? Who will tell them the
significance of their problems? Who
will tell them what to do? In other
words what instrument have the
masses in clarifying their expert
ences, modelling them for strug-
giles upon the basis of this sclarifi-
cation, and leading them onward
against the capitalist system? You
will agree that this is the role Of
the Daily Worker as the official
central organ of the Communist
Party.
Due to the extremely limited
space the Daily can do the above
enumerated tasks only in regard to
the big class issues, unemployment,
etc. This involves the use of the
terms of politics"
Capitalist papers use psuedo-
scientific feature stories, sports,
endless prohibition and "educa-
tional" stories to confuse the work
ers, and direct their attention away
from their actual problem.
So great and numerous are the
political problems facing the
workers that it must of necessity
occupy the greater space. However,
The Daily Worker would welcome
such material as comrade Scandal
opol mentions if it would contribute
towards helping the workers see
their problems and mobilize them
for fight against the capitalist
system.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-07-05
IONEERS TEACH CHILDREN CAUSE OF HUNGER
DANES Scared Stiff Teachings Class Struggle

continuously sucking the blood of
our parents and brothers who gave
their lives in the last war in order
to make more profits for Wall
Stret-they who are specializing on
our lives and happiness?
Yes, we certainly did send our
children to Moscow to show them
the real truth in a land where the
workers are the rulers. When they
returned they surely told the truth
to the American children, that
child is the first one to be taken
care of in the Workers Republic.
But when the American Boy
Scou were sent to London they
wele not sent there for educational
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-07-05
IN elevator
OPERATOR'S LIFE
NOT ALL lifts"
Work Long, Weary
Hours, Low Pay

Brooklyn, N. Y.
.ditor Daily Worker:
Dear Comrade:-The life of an
levator operator is not so sweet as
epresented. We must work II
ours a day or night, which ever
hift the operator has. In the place
worked, Ageloff Towers, at Third
nd Fourth SITS, corner of Ave. A,
ne day operator is forced to work
2 hours, with three-quarters of an
our for lunch. He must look splc
nd span and is not allowed to
ave the car for personal comforts
nd is forced to wait sometimes
ours before he can be relieved for
few minutes, and then is rushed
round by a slave-driving superin-
ndent. He must stand the abuse
{ the tenants and is not allowed
say a word under penalty of be-
~ fired, for which he receives the
aviation wage of eighty dollars
500 per month.
The night operator (Which was
yself) must slave II hours, must
It in the capacity of doorman,
lght Waterman and operator, for
hich he also gets the same sally,
which he and his wife and chill
EN- must exc out a miserable eX-
tence. He must stand the abuse
the tenants, who are half drunk
ost of the time. He is not re-
sved at all during the night, but
forced to eat his lunch in the
lsty car. The operator must wear
uniform that he roasts in during
summer and freezes IN during
winter. We are not allowed to
We our uniforms cleaned and
essed more than once every two
onths and if we do so it is de-
cted from our miserable pay.
We are forced to undress and
,nge clothes in the basement,
'ck is never cleaned. And we
liable to be fired any moment
d for the flimsiest excuses Ia
,ol pigeon told the boss that l
Is a member of the Building Ser
.e Maintenance Workers Union;
was fired the next day on the
etext of having been discourteous
a tenant.
Fellow workers, how much longer
we going to stand for this?
at must our answer to the bosses
We must organize into union
1t will fight to better our condi-
ms. We must demand the 8-hour,
hift day, q decent wage and two
minute relief periods and full
ur for lunch and better sanitary
nditions. Only by joining the
ilding Service Maintenance Work
I Union can we force the bosses
give us our demands. While we
powerless unorganized, united
g strong.
Join the Building Service Main
Vance Workers Union.
( would appreciate very much if
) can publish this article in your
rker correspondent column.
Comradely yours,
Unemployed Elevator Operator.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-07-05

raise on the hour, that guards were
sent there to massacre the people?
She also showed cartoons and Com
munist literature which she said
had been spread among the school
children.
Yes, we distribute propaganda in
the schools to educate the children
and help them realize that we are
part of the class struggle. l sup
pose Mrs. Walker doesn't know that
we are hungry and living in misery
She also mentioned that all propa-
ganda comes from Moscow
I would like to ask her is she
e" '- NC 10 rot orr rrc-,, 80 = i,
from Wall Street where they arv
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-07-05
hiO Watchmakers
in Soviet Russia
Enthusiastic
Canton, Ohio.

Canton, Ohio.
ne Daily Worker:
am sending you a copy of a
er from the Canton watch
,ers in Moscow, Russia, which l
from a Canton local paper. I
X it is good enough to be pub
led il the Daily Worker. (Lack
space prohibits us from publish
the entire letter. The letter is
item by a matchmaker that went
r with an entire Canton watch
tory group to the Soviet Union
work in watch factory there.
~ were favorably impressed by
working conditions and other