The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-04-01
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Closing Out
By JORGE

, WE'LL boys and girls, we suppose that those Of
you who got in a bit late with contributions for
the Daily Worker radio, have been thinking that
Jorge had absconded with your donations
We have to impart the bitter truth-that writ
ing Red Sparks is only part OF our daily tasks,
and we were both pressed for time and Of the
opinion that we would lay off till all stragglers
showed up before closing out, so to speak.
Comrade L. George, for example, writes us in
sad reproof, of failure to acknowledge the 81
sent in by him for Nucleus 3O5, Chicago We
had not forgotten, comrades But he adds:
Some time ago Nucleus 305, through special
enterprise, raised $55 and So subscriptions for
the Daily Worker. This money and subs were
turned in to our D. w. agent, who was asked to
send some notice to the D. w. But until the
present not word appeared in spite Of the
fact that many other Party units and organiza-
lions with much smaller contributions were
printed in our organ"
This is a Justified kick Such a nucleus should
be highly praised But comrades, it seems to be
your D. w. agents fault. Suppose you start by
inquiring of him? However, let's deal with other
contributors.
M L, from Nitgedaiget came in tardy with
tale of woe, but with So. Comrade Levitova Of
Chicago actually sent in another 81. W. T. Con-
row of Black Hall, Conn, also waltzed in with
One Bone.
A milwaukee sympathizer" demonstrated that
there is more to that burg than Social-fascism
and beer with 81 and a nice letter. Nebraska,
where we used to live, rather surprised US; w.
w. Labbo of Henry, Nebr., and Clyde McCarty
of Nebraska City, both landed with 81 each.
j. H l.. and j. M, both of Los Angeles, came
under the wire, the first with 81 and the latter
with 81. Then, Martin D. of Paterson, came in
with second dollar and stated that this was
for that farmers leaflet we had been agitating
for.
About that leaflet, Comrade v. Woodman of
Brooklyn, who sent 81 that we didn't get our
selves but the Central Committee did get, wrote:
Il sincerely hope that other worker comrades
would be awake to the necessity of showing their
solidarity with our farmer allies, which judging
by the miserable pittance so far received clearly
demonstrates their apathy"
That's putting it caustic like, and properly so,
as there is an appalling lag in actually making
contact with the farm wage workers and poor
and middle farmers. So we are going to take all
that $13 noted above (besides the $1,000 We
pledged previously and 81 some New York COM
rade left at our office last week. and turn it over
to the Party for the leaflets to go to the South
ern farmers. Because lot more leaflets are
printed than we figured on at first, they tell lis,
and our contributions will about half the bill.
incidentally, comrade farmer from New Jer.
Sey sent us in three five pound cans of honey.
and while we can't send them out of town. we
will, while they last, give one to any New York
comrade who wants to bring into our office, per-
sonally dollar donation to that farmer leaflet
AS to that radio, it is going strong-sometimes
too strong, and last Friday we listened to Eugene
Lyons of the United Press talking about how he
interviewed Stain. He wasn't SO bad, but like
all capitalist journalists simply will not reveal
the fact that the dictatorship is not that Of
Stain, or of the Communist Party, but of the
proletariat.
By dwelling upon the personality OF Stalin re-
markable as it is, without bringing out that
Stain is a product of the Russian proletariat
and it's revolution, well as its leader, the pic
ture is distorted for the masses.
The deep and true INTERROGATION Of masses,
class, party and party leaders, is either beyond
their understanding, or they deliberately mis-
represent it in order to make the workers. who
are familiar with the personal relationships Of
an Al Smith in Tammany Hall or Hoover, into
thinking that it SC lust the same" with Stain
in relation to the workers of the Soviet Union.
had a. chance to stir the nation in display OF
militant action and had they seized this oppor-
tunity many working men walking the streets.
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