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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-10-22
Every Factory a Fortress Of
Communism"
"a Review Of the September October Issue Of
Party Organizer.")

"a Review Of the September Issue OF
Party Organizer.0
COMING after the 18th Plenum of the Central
Committee of the Communist Party, U.S.A.,
the Party Organizer" of September October is of
unusual Importance in discussing the methods
used in putting the Plenum decisions into life.
The whole issue of the current Party Organ
izer" deals with the question of roofing the Party
in the shops. But it does not do it generally.
While laying down the main political and the.
oretical needs for this work, there are concrete
examples of obstacles met and how the Party
is acting to overcome them.
The first article entitled every Factory
Fortress of Communism" is unusually clear
review of the basic decisions of the 18th Plenum.
The part of this article on the shortcoming of
the Party membership in relation to the shops
touches the question sharply. 1t cuts into the
cause of the failure to root the Party in the shops
Every Party member will find this article applies
to his every day work.
1t is not possible in this short review to 60
over all the material in this issue OF the PARTY
Organizer" The department headed From the
Practical Work; For the Practical Work" should
be read by every Party member because here
the question Of roofing the Party in the shops is
dealt with concretely and from many angles.
There are two brief articles on shortcomings and
problems of recruiting members in the Chicago
stockyards. The conclusions Of this discussion
will clear up many questions for other comrades
who come in contact with workers in basic in
dustries, where tens of thousands are concen-
trated.
There is the article entitled 1.-THE History of
Shop Nucleus" which really should read The
Sad History Of a Shop Nucleus" In the analysis
of the failures of a particular shop nucleus many
members will be able to read the causes for the
failure Of their nucleus.
Under the section, Mass Work" there are
short articles on work among Youth and Women.
The article on "Agit-Prop Work; How to Conduct
Study Circles" is good beginning but does not
have the concreteness of the other portions OF
the PARTY Organizer" 1t would be valuable for
the comrades TO have report on an actual study
group; how it was established; its weakness, diff
. ficulties, and how it could be improved.
Every Party member should obtain copy Of
tho September October PARTY Organizer'-to
Rad. 70 st~dy and then b act ,vsn
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-10-22

By HARRISON GEORGE
W. ORKERS look at this! Two thousand capitalist hypo
w critics, male and female, at Hotel Aston DINNER
and what for?
The boss papers tell that it ito aid the jObess"
These overfed putocrats ATE-"for the jobless" What
mockery!
The Big Speaker for the evening Myron C. Taylor,
bgwig of the u S. Steel Corporation which three weeks
ago CUT WAGES of 100000 workers. Of he shed
tears-and ATE-"for the jobless."
Such hypocrite needed to give speech that would
be published to make the obess believe that something
going to be done for them although next nothing really
be DONE So Taylor of the Steel Trust had to cheer up
the jobless. He said:
comfort in the rugged philosophy of fore
greatest dangers
of he
But workers today do not live in twill Tness and they
food-not philosophy The only wilderness they
confront is that of capitalism, and the lies of such Taylor
who asserted that the unemployed suferngbecause
of oversupply Of commodities!
Starving because there is too much food! Isn't that
nonsense? But is capitalism Of you starve be-
you can't get enough food There not too much pro-
duced But there is than is Sold isn't sold because
workers haven't the to buy what they produced.
The workers have money to buy it because Taylor
and the whole class of Tayors reduced dismissed
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-10-22
BOURGEOISIE INCAPABLE To MANAGE
THEIR OWN SOCIAL PRODUC-
TIVE FORCES"

| A-Severance of the producer from the means
of production Condemnation of the worker
to wage-labor for life. Antagonism between
| the proletariat and the bourgeoisie.
Borrowing predominance and increasing
effectiveness of the laws governing the produc-
ton of commodities Unbridled competition.
Contradiction between socialized organization
in the individual factory and the social anarchy
in production as whole.
Con the one hand perfecting of machinery,
made by competition compulsory for each in
dividu1l manufacturer and complemented by a
constantly growing displacement of laborers
industrial reserve army. On the other hand,
unlimited extension Of production, also COM
pulsory under competition, for every manufac-
turer On both sides, unheard OF developments
mand, over-production, Cutting of the mark
cts, crises every ten years, the vicious circle:
excess here, of means Of production and prod
ucts--excess there, of laborers, without en-
ployment and without means OF existence. But
these two levers Of production and Of social
well-being are unable to work together, because
the capitalist form of production forces from
working and the products from circulating, I'M
less they are first turned into capital-which
tac'r very superabundance prevents. The con-
:tion has grown into an absurdity. The
mcde of production rises in rebellion against
the form of exchange. The bourgeoisie are
convinced of incapacity further to manage
their own social productive forces. From the
concluding chapter Of Engeps Socialism,
Utopian and Scientifie.")
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-10-22
Fish At 1t Yet

On stationery which is paid for by the U. s.
government, and bearing at the top the official
inscription:
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-10-22
&4<:~.4-
Between Two Fires
BY JORGE

The heroism OF the proletariat is unlimited.
1t keeps trying to break into the Communist
Party in spite of all efforts to keep it out
Out in the Northwest, for example the name
and deeds of the Party have penetrated far into
the lumber camps, where the sturdy Jacks
VOW that the next time they jungle up In the
skd-road district they are going to join the
Party.
They come. They listen avidly to speakers
explaining the Party program and casting out
a general hint that all workers who are revolu-
tionary belong in the Party. Then they visit
the Party office and are greeted with "What'r
round here for?" They convey the idea that
they want to join the Party
What? Join the Party! I don't think you're
PREPARED yet You betetr join the 1. L. D.,
or the W. r., or, maybe, the F. S. u or per-
haps the T. U. U. L., the l. w. o., the L. W. l. u
the u. c., or, well-ANYTHING BUT THE
PARITY"
BY this time the worker is in daze. Here
is party asking workers to join it in one breath,
and trying to keep them out in the next He
wants to join the PARTY, dang it! And, If he
can't he won't join anything else. And it never
occurs to the functionary that the worker can
be brought into the Party and then assigned to
work in one of the list Of organizations he rolled
off his tongue
But the Northwest isn't the only place in
habited by sectarians. Here in little old New
York there is the godawfulest lot of delay with
applications
An Italian comrade in Section 2, Unit 5, in
forms us that three months ago he turned in
two applications. He has inquired three times
and one month ago the Section Organizer was
going to take it up" But nothing happens.
Since then, the comrade has given In three more
applications, now six weeks old Apparently
the Party wants to wait until after the revolu-
ton to get members.
But on the other hand, once an applicant has
outwitted and cultivated 'enl, and got into the
Party then life is made as miserable as possible
for him or her.
One girl who made the grade just as summer
was coming was taken in hand by one OF our
choice Simon Legrees and-being glutton for
punishment-loved to toll mid the cotton and
the cane" But today she is laid up in hos
pital with a nervous breakdown and-honest-to-
goodness! allowed to read nothing but Red
Sparksl
Between these two fires Of keeping the door
shut so nobody can get in, and making those
who do get in just as uncomfortable and anxious
to get out as possible, we will succeed in testing
the herosm of the proletariat, maybe, but well
never build the Party.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-10-22

The ruling about considering political pris-
oners as equal to the criminal means for thou
sands OF political prisoners taste of torture and
death, because the criminal prisoners in Poland
are put on such low level of human treatment,
of physical, moral and spiritual degradation, as
the political prisoners never experienced The
unequal struggle in the prison holes, the strug-
gle of the political prisoners with their execu-
TONERS, which has been going on for months
must bring many martyrs and deaths.
The smallest protest is revolt, means beat
ing. tormenting and killing the prisoners. Their
last tool-the hunger strike-fought by enforced
feeding by the Polish fascist method. Police and
prison wardens force open the mouths of the
already weakened prisoners with TOOLS wounding
and tearing the mouth, inserting iron rings and
forcing the food in This horrible struggle for
life or death is rapidly spreading and must ma
turally become a general strike of all political
prisoners in Poland
Torture and Mass Murder Are Already Ruling
In All Prisons In Poland.
Only strong protest on the part of all people
of physical and spiritual work can stop the
bloody deeds of the executioner Pilsudsky against
the helpless prisoners.
To this protest, to active demonstrations and
to human solidarity we are calling you.
Protest through mass meetings, adopt revolu-
tionary protests, demonstrate the streets, send
mass protests to the Polish government, to their
ambassadors and consuates to the Polish press
and to the press in your own country to the Gen.
trail Committee of International Red Relief We
are calling upon all newspaper organs who are
not the tool of International Capitalism, to print
their appeal and to help the protest campaign.
Protest In such manner that the representa-
tive Of Fascist Poland in your country. the no
BILE" diplomats of the bloody fascist dictatorship
Of Pilsudsky shall feel your rage and anger.
Workers Of Socialist Partiesi Disregard your
leaders, who rush their protests only when 1t is
question of gossip, together with the Inter-
national Bourgeoisie, against the Soviet Union
Protest against the crime of Polish fascism
Writers, artists, PROFESSIONALS Break all con-
nections with representatives of the official
Polish "cultue", who are covering up these bloody
crimes, who are even partners in these crimes
They are exerting themselves to get your SYM
pathy. in order to use your names also to cover
UP" the cultural mission" Of fascist Poland, the
Moody deeds d RllsudskyS dictetoFsttp. L.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-10-22
BY Burck

workers thousands millions to sarve on the streets
That is capitalism You only stop it by overthrowing
capitalism.
But you should demand NOW to be fed. MIR. Taylor,
speaking in the Hotel Astor to 1000 other Bellies acted
as if THEY were in want. He sad:
Our situation surely is serious
of
But that's the only thing they want 'taxed"-ther
ingenuity These dirty hypocrites in boiled shirts and
evening these 1000 capitalists gathered there
at DINNER 'o aid the obess' themselves have enough
and more than enough wealth which they have STOLEN
FROM THE WORKERS, to feed every starving family in
New York and feed them royalty for year!
Look at Mayor Walker whose graft is notorious whose
secretary handles millions of funds, fleeing to Mexico
rather than explain Smith, the darling of the Trust
vast dining packed with mlionaires- starting
campaign for mere S12000000! For million jobess-$12
each to last them for the Winter!
The campaign could have been ended right there and
nobody broke But what they want to do to MAKE THE
EMPLOYED WORKERS PAY 1T and not tax more than the
ingenuity" of the rich in putting the game over.
Workers, employed and unemployed! See through this
"relef" game of the capitalists! Demand unemployment
insurance. S150 Winter Relief for each obess worker $50
for each DEPENDENT Instant aid for the sarvng ALL AT
THE COST OF THE CAPITALISTS! ALL ADMINISTERED
BY WORKERS! JOIN THE NATIONAL HUNGER MARCH!
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-10-22
BY L. AMTER.

At no time in the history Of the country has
n it been so necessary as now to have a press
to unite Negro and white workers in struggle
The economic crisis is cutting into every work
ing class home Unemployment, wage cuts,
speed part time-these are the questions that
affect every single working class household
In order to put this program across to the
workers, both Negro and white, young and old
men and women, the bosses have begun a cam
paign of terror against the workers who fight
against it. Police terror against the unemployed
in Chicago, Cleveland in every city and town
where the unemployed fight against hunger.
The terror is being used against the foreign
born with the threat of deportation if they do
not accept the starvation program of the bosses
and their government.
But against no section OF the working class is
this terror sharper than against the Negroes.
The bosses have thought that they had solid
body of workers that they could use in case of
struggles. They have thought that they had the
Negro workers so well under their thumb,
through the agency of the Ku Klux Khan and
other patriotic and fascist organizations and
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-10-22

On stationery which is paid for by the u ..
government, and bearing at the top the official
inscription:
CONGRESS OF THE UNITED STATES
House Of Representatives
Washington, D. G.
the notorious Fish, Hamilton Fish, Jr, Mem
Der Committee Foreign Affars"-as is also in
scribed on the letterhead-iS sending out thou
sands Of appeals for funds.
Not for the unemployed! Not on your life!
But for funds to finance The American Al
lance" which Fish says is:
q. =. non profit sharing organization, in
corporated at Washington, ID. c., to act as .
national clearing house in combating the rev
oIutionary propaganda and activities OF the
Communists"
Fish says it will be allied with other Fishy or
CARNATIONS and 1t is contemplated" to cover
"the entire United States and form connections
with similar organizations in foreign countries
Sol It is going to have such foreign connec-
tons as Fish gets historical about Communists
having! And, to give it the final stamp OF gov
eminent approval, the gink you are asked 10
send money to is Major General Mark L. Hersey.
We have been hearing other things about tnlS
fascist outfit In the first place, the appeal for
money is not so much to get money, altnougn
no good patriot would ever miss nickel, but
and give it the seal of approval OF the govern
meanwhile certain big capitalists are advancing
all the money needed 1t would look bad to adj
nit that, of course, and the appeal furnishes the
excuse to say that the public" gives the cash.
And what do they need it for? For "educa-
tional and legislative measures" says FISH
Among the education" we hear, are some BOOKS
of supposed humor, new line for the Fish.
whose jackass capers have made the whole world
laugh at him.
Now the fascist Fish is getting out some books
that are supposed to kill Communists WIN
ridicule. Artists are being approached WITH
promises of fat pay for illustrating them. But
the books are so rotten with lies that several
simply honest artists, who hate such rot, nave
rejected the bride. Good for them! But tho
books will doubtless soon appear
All Of which reminds us: what are you DONG
to spread our little scent Red Sparks pamphlets
among the workers? We have lot OF new
and BETTER things for the next issue ana
really want to get out one issue month ana
keep up with the times Daily Worker CLUBS
might specialize on this. Order from the WORK.
ers' Library Publishers, Box 14S Station D, New
York City Twenty-Five per cent discount, post
age paid, for lots OF 30 up.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-10-22
HOURS OF LABOR DECREASE


THE increase in the number Of workers in in
L drstry is the result, on the one hand, Of the
putting into operation Of new plants and the
expansion of old ones, and, on the other, OF the
introduction of multiple shifts the Seven-hour
day, and the continuous workngweek. The last
term signifies that the enterprises are kept IN
operation every day, the workers being divided
into five equal groups, each of which has diff
ferent rest day out OF a five-day week. Both the
multiple shift system and the continuous work
ing-Week have been important factors not only
in increasing the number of workers in industry
but in intensifying the utilization Of plant equip
nent.
Whereas in pre-revolutionary Russia ten or
twelve-hour day was the rule the Soviet regime
at once established the eight-hour day as maxi
mum for the adult population and the six-hour
day for young workers. Since the introduction OF
the seyen-hour day in october, 1927, it has been
steadily extended and on January 1, 1881, en-
braced 685 per cent of all workers in state
large-scale industry, the percentage for group
A being 791 and for group 494. The continu-
Gus working week on the same date embraced
582 per cent of all workers in large-scale in
dustry, the percentage being practically the same
for groups A and B. The percentages Of work
ers embraced by the seVen-hour day and the
continuous working week in the most important
industries are given in the following table, which
also indicates those of workers engaged in shock
brigade work and socialist competitions as Of
January l, 1881:
Percentage of Workers on Seven Hour Day.
Total OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. 605
Coal .......................... ~
Oil Extracting and refining) e. 1000
Iron and steel ................ 49,
Electric power plants ......... 900
Chemical ...,s..,............. OIL
Woodworking .......,,....... DOB
Cotton textile ................. 3U9
The essence of social competition and shock
brigade work is the voluntary efforts of adj
vanced groups to fulfill or exceed the industrial
and financial plan of an enterprise and to draw
into active participation in such efforts as many
of the other workers in the enterprise as possible
Recently the workers have also begun to par
ticipate in the drafting of production plans.
This has taken form in the system of so-called
workers counter-plans." These unofficial plans
are worked out by the workers in the plants
themselves on the basis of their intimate knoWl-
edge of the possibilities of that plant and usually
call for higher schedules than those of the Off
cial plans. In most cases the drafting Of such
counter-plans has been accompanied by numer-
GUS suggestions for naturalization, which have
resulted in improving the process of production
and increasing the productivity of labor.
WAGES INCREASE
Wages in all branches of the national econ
omy have recorded stead increases during the
past several years. Real wages are now approx
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-10-22
Vote Communist for Free I'm
employment Insurance Equal
to Full Wages to Be Paid
BY the Government

your protest and boycott be an answer to them
Hurry to Relief, to Action!
Every day of idleness-is a death sentence for
many who are buried alive in the prisons Of
Lutzk vronki, Ravitch, Ksrenoye and many
other prisons of fascist Poland
Central Committee. Communist
Party of Poland
Central Committee Communist
Party Of Western Ukraine
Central Committee, ConmuniA
Party e Western uhIh Hk
Western news and the Libby times. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1920-1933, 1931-12-10

tana, Menlo Junior college, Pasadena
Junior college and University of Utah.
Although Montana young men are
predominant in the enrolment at the
states mining college, students have
come to the school from Arizona, Cali
fornia, Idaho, illinois, Massachusetts,
Minnesota, New York, Oklahoma, Ore
gon, Virginia, Washington, District of
Columbia, Wisconsin and Wyoming, as
well Is from India and Canada
Thirty Montana cities are represent
Western news and the Libby times. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1920-1933, 1931-12-10

University Of Illinois, Oregon State
college, Kansas Teachers college, Uni
verify of California, California Insh-
tute Of Technology, University of Vir-
GINA.
University Of Wisconsin, University
Of Washington, Mount St Charles col
lege, Valley City Teachers college,
University Of Arizona, Montana State
college, University Of Oregon, Univer-
sity Of Oklahoma, Montana State Nor
NAL college, State University Of Mon
Western news and the Libby times. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1920-1933, 1931-12-10
School Of 1laes Draws
From Many Lands

BUTTE Dee. Thirty Montana
cities, is states, India, Canada. and q
leading colleges q universities IRE rep
resented by the "a students registered
At Montana School Of Mines this &C.
me6ter. st'sf
Coincident With inucased prestige
throughout The mineral industry
Western news and the Libby times. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1920-1933, 1931-12-10

ed in Registrar Browns registration
records. They are: Anaconda, Boulder,
Basin, Butte, Choteau, Craig, Darby,
Deer Lodge, Ennis, Gardiner, Great
Falls, Hardin, Helena, Isznay, Lewis
town, Livingston, Meaderville, Miles
City, Missoula, Ovando, Pablo, Poison,
Raymond, Roberts, Shelby, Stevens
vile, Trout Greek, Troy, Twin Bridges
and Wickes.
Western news and the Libby times. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1920-1933, 1931-12-10

ignores, 81; juniors =, seniors. 1s;
graduates, -; special students, 2-s
total of 2n enroBsd n engineering.
Thirty men and - women are resis-
tered in the freshnsh general course
conducted for the convenience of young
people living in BttAe,iand vicinity.
Western news and the Libby times. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1920-1933, 1931-12-10

Beautiful box stationery. with mono
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a
Western news and the Libby times. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1920-1933, 1931-12-10

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Its performance combines the greatest thrills Of modern
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Western news and the Libby times. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1920-1933, 1931-12-10

The enrolment is divided into
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