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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-06-15
TOWARD Revolutionary Mass Work HS 14H flEEu9 1
SOME EXPERIENCES IN SHOP WORK

Monday, March 7. After that could not fol-
low that up as we otherwise would due to in
creased terror in the shop. This was the only
department which sent anti-war delegates Of
one Party and two non-Party members TO the
anti-war conference.
Struggle is the only thing which rallies the
workers to our Party and to the revolutionary
unions. This was proven right after March 7,
when hundreds of workers joined the Party and
the Auto Workers Union Immediately. We will
only succeed to draw the workers and win their
following by leading them in struggles against
the bosses. According to our 14th Plenlm reso-
lutions, we must establish better contact with
the masses. After all, our Party is not only the
Party of those who are members Of it, but of
the entire working class.
Individual Party members should have groups
of workers around them, have a meeting with
them from time to time. They must give ac-
counts of their progress to the Unit buro These
workers should be told that they are welcome
in the Party or the union but they will not be
forced to join. Through them we can organize
bigger circles of Synpathizers. This is possible,
we have done it in Dearborn, working under
ground.
AT one of our meetings where 80 we're present,
the majority of them Ford workers we elected
nen-f arty Ford workers as delegates to the Ma
cago Before the meeting one of these workers
told me that he will only come to the meetings
on condition that we will not ask him to join the
Party or the union. After the meeting he signed
up for the union voluntarily, he also gave one
dollar for delegates expenses.
Up to nowJthe unit organizer was almost the
only connecting link between the unit and the
higher Party committee. Since we are to Go
away with so many letters and burocracy, we
must revive other important Party departments
ard have division of work among the comrades.
This will involve more Party members in the
work and make them feel responsible to the unit
in their line of work. and not only carry out
decisions mechanically This will make the
meetings more lively and interesting. Individual
comrades shall not however, carry out work
alone They must see to it that the rest OF the
comrades assigned are active in the particular
line of work: union, agtprop Daily Worker, Ne
gro Department, etc.
comrade should be connecting link be-
tween the unit and the department he is as
signed to.
Comradely attitude of the higher Party func-
tionaries toward the rank and file members Is
indispensable. as it is of Party members toward
the non-Party workers. One that understands
the historical role our Party is to play in coming
struggles will not overlook the Importance OF
this question. Relentless struggle Of the work.
ers under the leadership of Party against
our enemy will purify our Party and mobilize
the best elements of the working class for the
battle that will overthrow the capitalistic sys-
tenn and establish a workers and farmers gov
| eminent in the U. S. A.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-06-15

TTP to now our shop unit received some weekly
11etters similar to those of street units We
have taken up many things such as arranging
affairs picnics mass meetings, ETC., which is
all very important but cannot be substituted for
work in the shop In spite of all these various
activities we were not in position to root our
selves inside Of the factory
Units which took some initiative in doing shop
work we're time and again flooded with other
tasks and were o1oked in the beginning. This
condition must be radically changed Immediately
flour Party is to fulfill one of its most impor-
tant tasks, that is, to make a Communist fort
ress of every factory.
To the shop unit building up Of the Auto
Workers Union, the shop committee, the anti
war committee, and contact of sympathetic
workers in the shop must be of FIRST and every
thing else of secondary Importance. Nothing
should be undertaken at the expense of shop
work. At unit meetings comrades should report
on their activities in the shop such as, con-
facts with individual workers, methods of ap-
proach, reaction of the workers towards shop
conditions, exchange of experiences, and collec-
tive finding of better unified methods of work.
There are thousands of workers who are in SYM
pathy with our work and our movement. Many
Of these workers can be involved in struggles
provided we know how to lead them.
Our Party units should be live wires which
must, like a good seismograph, record every dis
content of the workers against shop conditions,
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-06-15

BY A. SOILS
NOT week passes without news of recurrent
~ clashes between the Nicaraguan National
Guard differed by members of the U. S. Marine
Corps in Nicaragua and armed groups of work
ers and peasants forming the bulk of the Army
of Liberation which is led by SANDING continues
to wage a heroic armed struggle against the
armed forces of Yankee Imperialism and its
native lackeys. Recently New York Times dis
patch informed that in 1881, 1877 encounters took
place resulting in 21S deaths and 1893 wounded
for the Army of Liberation, and IA killed and 81
wounded of the National Guards.
Worsening Conditions of the Masses.
At the root of these growing struggles and
eneral mass discomfort is the growing misery of
the Nicaraguan masses. The prices of the most
important products have decreased so to rs per
cent coffee, bananas, hides, wood, etc.); the
custom house duties which are one of the bull
warks of the national budget and the guaranty
of the Yankee loans have decreased more than
IS per cent. -0 '@ 's' A. re~ '.@
The conditions of the working class and toll
ing peasants have worsened considerably. The
miserable wages which have prevailed at all
times have been reduced in the work Of re-
building the city of Managua after the earth
quake during months the workers did not re-
ceive one penny in wages, this work being done
as forced labor; the same is happening in the
railway and other public works there are fire.
quent cases reported of workers dying Of hun
ger in the course of their working day. In the
banana regions in the Atlantic coast wages have
been lowered more than go per cent. More than
half Of the working population is without work.
The toiling peasants come to the markets and
have to return home with their scant products
unsold; the mounting taxes lead to mass ex-
preparations by the Atlantic Fruit Co. and other
imperalst enterprises and by the native land
owners. The petty bourgcoisie of the cities, the
artisans, find themselves also without a market
for their products; the public functionaries work
without payment. At the same time the budget
for the national guards has been increased from
100000 to $110000O
The preparation of the United States to par
ticjpate IN the growing war in the Pacific against
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-06-15
BY P. M.-Dearborn, Mich.

and be instrumental in developing it to higher
stage of struggle To show that this is possible
Twill prove by concrete example.
One Example
In one of the Ford foundry departments, about
three fourthS of all the workers were working
and days week, while one-fourth were work
ing and days week This one fourth we're
friends of the foreman. Many times some of
these workers who worked only and days
week were sent to another department to work
on much harder jobs. 1t was necessary to have
gloves, aprons, etc. to work there. Our nucleus
issued and distributed leaflets, exposing all this
and urging the workers to refuse to go to work
in another department which they did in the
following manner:
The next morning the foreman picked out
some of them to be sent to that department and
everyone refused to go. Then the foreman called
the straw boss and the superintendent. They
asked every worker separately TO go there and
everyone refused. The answer of the workers
was that those who are working and days
a week should be sent there because they are
making more money and can buy the necessary
things to work there.
The bosses were compelled to yield to the de-
rnands of the workers, not only that, they have
never asked them to go to another department;
but from then on all the workers work 3 days
one week and another week days, including
the privileged ones, who worked and days
week before. This happened just before Bloody
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-06-15

the Chinese revolution and the Soviet Union, is
leading to- further intenSificaton of the efforts
to smash the fights Of the Army of Liberation,
to increase the terror against the working class
and the disconnected peasant masses
Struggles Increasing and Broadening
Due to the growing crisis, the front of the
revolutionary struggles have not only increased,
but has also broadened and incorporated new
sections of the working class and the peasantry.
The Army of Liberation arms in hand lead
by SANDING and his general staff has heroicaly
maintained the armed struggles against the ma
rines and for their expulsion from the territory
Of Nicaragua. New sections of the workers and
peasants have entered the armed struggles,
which in the month of April of last year ex-
tended to the most industrialized regions of the
country in the Blue Field and Pueto Cabezas
region The workers in the plantations, employed
and unemployed, entered into struggle against
the Standard Fruit Co., asSaulting the COM
pany stores, etc. The anti-imperialist struggle
in Nicaragua was reinforced with these basic
sectors of the Nicaraguan working class, which
constitutes the sector that will give the Mica
raguan struggles for national liberation the con-
sistent revolutionary leadership which it has
lacked until now.
SANDING, while carrying on armed fights
against the marines and for their expulsion from
nicaragua, continues 10 snow peUCy bourgeois IN
consistency ana vaccillations. While struggling
In Nicaragua, zapeda, his representative in Mex
ico maintains intimate relations with the Amer
lean ambassadors, sent kilograms congratulating
Hoover on different occasions, etc. At the same
time his struggles lack any revolutionary pro-
gram for the workers and peasants of Nicaragua
who are heroically supporting the struggles of
the Army of Liberation
Growing Discomfort In National Guard.
The National Guard through which Hoover
and Stimson sought to unload on their national
lackeys the responsibility of keeping order and
defending the mperialist interests, and TO con-
sodate in this manner Yankee oppression, is
beginning TO show signs of growing discomfort.
Even the bourgeois press has reported already
mutiny which took place in the city OF Kisa-
laya. resulting in the killifg OF marine Lieuten-
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-06-15

and peasants, destroying villages where defense
less women and children are killed.
While pointing to the broad masses the vacil-
lating petty-bourgeoi character of Sandinos lead
ership we must mobilize the American work
ing class in support of the struggle of the army
of Liberation, in as much as it is an anti-im-
perialist struggle against American forces of &C.
cupation.
BY a COL 3tent agitation and support of the
struggles We will tremendously stimulate the
struggle of the Nicaraguan masses, we will show
them the tremendous ally they have in the U. S.
workers and expose Sandinos propaganda to
the effect that AL American workers are wolves
in sleeps skins" which endeavors to hide the
role of the working class in the struggle. 1t is
necessary to find concrete ways of showing this
solidarity we must be alert to every dispatch of
marines and hold demonstrations against it, the
Party must win the thousands of Latin-Amer-
lean workers in the u. S. and train them, send
American comrades to help carry on this import
. ant task, develop cadres that can be sent to
s develop the Communist Party of Nicaragua the
only force that will lead the exploited workers
and peasants into the agrarian anti-imperiast
revolution, that will win national liberation for
the Nicaraguan people.
But the Latin American workers in the U. S.
which are part of the American working class,
will not join our ranks, unless by daily practice
we show them that we support their struggles
not only in words but in deeds. We must make
special efforts to win these workers on the basis
of their special problems, taking into consider
alton their backwardness and their hatred and
mistrust of the American workers. Special or
CARNATIONS must be created to bring them closer
to the class struggle in this country.
This work will be tremendously helped if the
Party understand the need for building a mass
nti-Imparialst League if it is taken seriously
by all districts, and not only by districts Will,
temgrants from. the colonial countries. : The
sstruggle against imperialism is not the duty OF
the colonial workers alone, but OF the American
working class as whole. The anti-imperialist
work of the Party and building Of the League is
not problem TO be taken up in solemn occa-
| sions but n daily task Of the Party .f4 a.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-06-15

ant Charles ]. LevonSky.
This growing struggle in Nicaragua are taking
place at a time of revolutionary upsurge in Sal
vador and Honduras, manifested in mass strikes
and demonstrations and spontaneous armed up
riSings The native bourgeoisie in the service of
American imperialism has uleashed the most
criminal terror in the hope Of destroying the
growing Communist Parties and continue I'M
loading the crisis on the toiling masses.
The Organization of the Nicaraguan Workers
Party.
In the midst of the sharpening crisis and in
creased struggles, we have also witnessed the
awakening of the working class consciousness
which have crystallized in the organization in
Managua (capitaD of the Partido Trabaj ador
Nicaragua However since it's beginnings, there
can be observed the influence of reformist ele
ments, which endeavor to retard its development
as the independent class party of the working
class, the leader of their struggles and of the
exploited peasantry with Communist program
These influences represented by some trade
union bureaucrats of the refornist unions and
other reforrnisi organizations, are endeayoring
to revive the old Laborist Party, rstard the de-
velopment OF the independent struggles OF the
working class and convert it again in an appen-
age of the bourgeois parties open agents Of i'm
perialism
More Marines Being Sent
One year ago Stimson announced his new
policy of complete withdrawal of the marines
which was acclaimed by all its Latin-American
lackeys, including Sandinos agent in Mexico.
While there are yet more than one thousand
marines the State Department already announced
on May that from 300 to 500 we're to be sent
to supervise the election" Admiral Woodward
who will supervise the election in November is
in Washington demanding 1900 marines more
to smash The growing struggles of the Near
aguan workers and peasants.
The American Workers Must support the
The American Communist Party and. reyolu.
tionary unions continue to show an impossible
social democratic passivity to the struggles Of
the n-American workers and particularly
TO the Nicaraguan struggles where American ma
rines and air forces are daily killing workers
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-06-15
The 14th Plenum and the
June Issue of the Party
Organizer"

The May-June issue of the Party Organ.
izer is a special Plenum issue. 1t contains
excerpts from the speeches by the Central
Committee members and others made at the
Plenum.
The present issue of the Party Organizer
introduces two new features: u The shop
PAPER cditor--revewing shop papers, giving
detail guidance OF how to issue shop papers,
etc D The Literature section = taking up
the question Of organizing the mass distrib-
ution Of literature
The present enlarged issue of the Party
Organizer should be in the hands Of every
Party member.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1932-10-13
FOOD NEEDS

Candy is a food, but the sweet
diet is dangerous. Some candy in
the diet is proper, but it should
be well balanced with other need
ed foods. The sweet diet is likely
to lead to tooth decay, to liver and
gall bladder troubles, Tand perhaps
diabetes besides making one too
fat or giving him indigestion.
We need certain mineral salts
in the system and certain vita
minis, else we do not buold up re-
sistance. to diseases. The eater of
too much proteins and starches has
colds all winter. Each day one
should consume at least one pint
of milk; some fruit Of the citrus
family, that is, lemons, oranges
or grapefruit; and one green veg
etable and one cooked vegetable
besides potato.
These foods build up the natur-
al immunities and help the system
to throw off diseases. II you do
not have = cold all winter, you are
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1932-10-13

Parents will be disappointed il
they expect full appreciation from
their children. Children are care
less. They do not realize the sac
rifices which their parents make
for them. If fleeting thought Of
it crosses their consciousness, they
dismiss it with the thought, "That
is Dads job" or, ssMother is hap
piest when she is doing those
things" There is another thing to
be said for the children. Some
times we lavish upon them favors
we would like for them to have
rather than the things they wish to
have; or we bestow our gifts be-
fore they have arrived at the stage
to care for them, and these. give
them no thrill of joy.
Some day these children will be
parents and pouring their lives
and, energies out upon their child
rem and wondering what's wrong
that there is so little comeback Of
appreciation.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1932-10-13
Dressers

Highboys, cowboys, chests of
drawers, dressers, are coming in
to their own again. They were
Dutch inventions, the convenience
of those neat housewives who de-
manded "a place for everything, "
and an abundance Of closet, shelf
and drawer space. Our colonial
ancestors loved the dresser. Many
Of these, of the choicest wood, were
carried across virgin country on
covered wagons or even packed on
horseback on backs of natives.
The lowboy is a waits-high
chest of drawers, while the high
boy is shoulder high. Today they
are invading every room in the
house. In the kitchen, they hold
dish towels, aprons and wash
cloths. In the dining room they
hold the table linen. They may
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1932-10-13
A Child's Gratitude

Mothers are prone to be very
self-sacrificing toward their child
rem They deny themselves with
10Y. because it gives them pleasure
to see their children's wants sup
piled. But-when the sacrifice is
made they often experience q
pang of disappointment because
the child made so little recogni-
ton of the self-denial.
Fathers seem to give less heed
to the matter of appreciation. Per-
haps it is because they are such
willing burden bearers that they
simply do and do and do for the
family, with no thought of re-
ward; or perhaps society has ex-
pected it of them, as being mans
place to provide; or perhaps they
are so big in spirit and so busy
that they do not have time to
bother about such petty affairs.
A little gratitude, however, is
appreciated by everybody, and
even tho Father makes no whine
when it is not forthcoming, try
lavishing little on him sometime
and see how he CLOVIS under it.
Mother is sure to have little
heartache if none is coming to
her.
And yeti is not for thanks
that parents serve their children.
1T is really their job. The child
rem did not ask the stork to de-
posit them in that household and
If the parents put in bid for these
children it is up to them to take
care of them.
This, however, does not excuse
from appreciation, those children
who are getting love and care and
Injuries. It would be the fair and
polite thing to give gratitude to
anyone who loves you enough TO
serve you, even if he were SO de-
voted to you that it is his dearest
delight to do something for you.
Don't be stingy with gratitude,
nor afraid it will spoil your fond
parent.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1932-10-13

waffle which is waiting. Other
wise one is likely to forget the
passing of the minutes until re-
minded by an offensive burnt
odor.
To crush crackers or dried
bread crumbs, place them in a
paper sack, on flat surface and
roll them with the rolling pin.
You will save time and anxiety
if you iron out your tissue paper
patterns before cutting out a gar
ment.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1932-10-13
Apple Tapioca

In double boiler, cook until
clear half cup of quick-cooking
tapioca in two cups of boiling
water. Add to it half cup of
sugar, half teaspoon each of
salt and cinnamon, and the juice
of one lemon. Pour this mixture
over three pints of sliced, tart
apples, arranged in creased,
shallow baking dish. Bake in a
moderate oven until the apples
are tender and the top is slightly
Drowned. Serve hot or cold, with
whipped or plain cream.
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not an eater Of sweets, but eat an
abundance of fresh fruit and veg
etables land milk, the best regulat-
ing food. One serving of egg,
meat, cheese, nuts, or beans, peas
or lentils each day helps to keep
the tissues in repair. We do need
sugars, starches, carbohydrates
and fats, but we rarely need to
give thought to these in the diet,
as the tendency is to eat too much
Of this sort of food.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1932-10-13

The Effective Life

See that your sleep restores
your energy and that you have
enough exercise to shake out the
dead ashes from the living Goals.
After work, play, sing, relax,
associate, think, read and dream.
Adopt some worthy enterprise
by means Of which you can make
contribution to the welfare of
humanity. Study the needs and
your abilities. No life is success
which does not leave the world a
bit happier and better for its ex-
istance.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1932-10-13

To live means to eat, work,
sleep. be amused and refreshed
after work. Eat to satisfy hum
ger, not to please the palate.
Choose your diet wisely and watch
your weight.
Study your work to make q
science and a profession of it, not
merely a dull, routine job. Put
YOUR brain and your heart into it
and you will enjoy it while you
are at it and it will not wear you
ont.
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lodge in the reception hall, or in
the library where they pose as a
desk; or in the bedroom, as mi
lady's dressing table or bureau. The
more beautiful dressers are If
choice wood and made on simple
lines.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1932-10-13
Household Hints

When grating carrots, do not
cut off the entire stem end, but
leave an inch or two for ease in
handling.
A -three-minute glass, with rum
nings and is interesting novel;
ty to set on the table to remind
you of the egg which is cooking,
the toast which is toasting or the
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1932-10-13
Mrs. Solomon Says:

Don't try to wash and iron and
clean house and then have COM
pany to dinner in the evening
all on the same day. You may ac-
complish more on that day, but
what have you gained if you feel
pepless for days to come?
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Had YOU
HEARD THAT
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Mrs. Dielan of Taft, California
who is visiting her parents, Mr..
and Mrs. Jerry Blair, expects her
husband to arrive the last of the
week and she will return home
with him.