The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-03-18

We Catch Fish in the Air!
Nv Jorge


Vince, and what whopper! What flock of
whoppers! All because you boys and girls, COM
rades all, Clipped in and fixed it SO that spify
little radio is now standing over in the corner
and we just came back from listening to the Big
Fish himself over WEAF.
Now we know what peril innocent looking
pulpwood can be. Fish says it is "murderous"
and moreover it "competes with free American
labor" which is about the limit in lies. Prac-
tically no American pulpwood is used in Ameri-
can paper mills, and what is used comes from
the New England region and cannot be used for
high class paper. So the mills used to import
better pulpwood from Canada.
The Canucks got wise and, since the Canadian
spruce stands on Crown lands, the Canadian
government passed law that prohibited expor-
tation of the pulpWood of King George, so the
American paper mills had to move operations
mostly into Canada where Mr.. Ffshs free Amer:
lean labor turned out to be Canadians who
doesn't know they're freel
Now when the Soviet began to ship pulpwood,
which American paper mills say is far better even
than Canadian, said American companies saw
a chance of freeing themselves from dependency
ON Canadian crown lands timber and again OPP
er1ing their mills in the U. S. A. where, if Fish
really wants free American labor" employed
they might be employed though they wouldn't be
free.
But Mr.. Fish stepped forward and, with
tremor in his voice, said: mol Woodman, spare
that pupwood! 1t is soaked in blood, b-l-o-O-di"
That's what he said Monday night over WEAF
And we conclude from it that if he is not getting
paid by King Georges minions he is scabbing
ON the Prince of Wales
But we want to acknowledge the contributors
to the Daily's radio fund, briefly as possible.
up tn oiv Of he
panying good letters attention later on-take
more space for them.
topliner was the Unemployed Council Of
Albany with ST. Trachtenburg of Dorchester,
Mass, matched Joe Fisher of Monroe, Michigan.
with 81. Comrade Gains of Denver wouldn't
walk a mile for Camel, but showed up in New
York with dollar for the radio. That "ittle
group of serious thinkers" delivered the So o. x.
Comrade Leviton from Chicago landed with 81,
and SO did Sonia G. from away out San Ber-
nardino way
M. r. K. comes up with 81 which he said should
be used for the 1eaflet for the drouth-str1cken
farmers-for which there-is still need and some
criticism we shall take under advisement as the
judges say. C. Roster of Chicago thinks we're 6
WOW of a columnist and pays 81 to say So Mar
tin D. of Paterson sent good letter and 81. The
John Reed Club of Chicago lands with SO and
letter We'll remember.
Carl Brodsky encloseS 81 with something in
teresting about the schools. r. r. W. of Brook
Ign wrote check for SO but only So of it for the
radio fund and the other for the "shock Troops
Joan S.. also from Brooklyn didn't say much,
but said it with a dollar J. M. S., who'll you re-
member as asking if he does enough collected
another 81 from I. w. another comrade synpa-
thizer who wants to know if he may help at
some other work; he may indeed, and we ask him
to call around some time at the Daily Office and
ask for WEEK" Then Phyllis M. from up Second
Avenue, writes us pleasing note with one large
substantial dollar.
Now whatta we goin' lido with all that? Well.
the radio wrangler who saw us at the opportlme
moment took $50 and went out and came back
with hump-backed machine that he set I'D and
is still working with to attack earphones and
other jimcracks But it talks now! and sings
and gosh how it lies!
Minus the 81 from M r. K which is to 90 for
the farmers leaflet, we have $23 newly acknoWl-
edged. Previously acknowledged $685. total
$82.52, Minus the $50 we are already set back by
the radio, we have $32.52 left. There is some
more expense likely on the radio and we ought
to hold some for tubes and other upkeep
We've notion that our good comrades who
have done so molly for our radio will not object
II we make up the $1,000 yet needed to make up
the Sl5 to get out 5000 of those leaflets for the
southern farmers. That would leave us with
something around SIS for radio upkeep That's
enough. So keep your money It
Oh yes, and tell your neighbors about Fishs
bold fight for King Georges pulpwood!