The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-09-19

faces when they saw the fires Lit
under two tubs at the same time.
They ran home, and, on the way
shouted into the houses, 1.-THE re-
lief has come!'
From the little houses, men, wo-
men, and children ran out with
pots and pans in their hands
1.-THE relief has comet The relief
has comet" like wild-fire, it spread
among the little huts.
One after the other, the Commit
tees returned from the farms. They
hadn't got much, but they had got
something. They brought little
cheese, eggs, potatoes, and fruit.
The farmers were poor, too.
The bread committee signaHed
from afar for help. Fifty or sixty
kids and men ran out to meet
them, whooping and yelling as If
they we're going to an Indian war.
They had got about two hundred
loaves of bread. There were some
bakers who had given a few loaves
free, but they had to pay two cents
apiece for most Of them.
They poured the coffee into the
other kettle, so the good coffee
would be put away for tomorrow.
The sun began to set and the po-
tatoes had become soft by now, so
they began to distribute the food.
COON after, the car arrived from
y Pittsburgh. dragging after it the
chicken-coop Ford, full of food and
clothing. There was a sack Of
shoes. There even was a small box
OF evaporated milk. They brought
a large sack Of sugar, two sacks of
flour, a sack of farina, coffee for
the children. lard, big piece of
soap, and about twenty pounds of
bologna.
One of the committees was busy
beside the kitchen, sorting, arrang-
ing and checking the articles in a
book. The committees around the
kitchen were very lively and busy.
There wasn't a single trace of the
afternoons despair. They cursed
the strikebreaker, the Lewis gang
and the yellow dogs.
The people were entirely changed.
They stretched out in the grass, or
leaned agains tthe trees and spoke
cheerfully. The women ran about,
attending to the kids; many were
busy around the kitchen, cleaning
and securing the dishes.
"ARE YOU /!
A COMMUNISTS"
Gavro waited until I had time,
and then came over to ME again.
"Comrade, everything is starting
to go well here, but . ="
"Well what is it.. brother Gavro?"
"Say, comrade, are you Com
munist?"
That's what I am, brother
Gavro."
81 thought so right away
Well, then, I'll tell you :. Now
the only trouble is that when you
go there won't be a single Com
munist here. There were three
of them, brit now they are all in
Jail, along with the committees.
We have new committees, but
what good are they when there
are no Communists on them?
What will happen tomorrow and
afterwards? Without Commu
nists, the committees aren't worth
a damn"
well get together tonight with
the strike and relief committees,
and the women's committees, too,
brother Gavro, and wen talk it
over. You are a member Of the
strike committee, too, / think. Wen
see what what we can do
1.-THE meeting was held in the
Storekeeper's cellar, in the old
bowling alley. We reorganized the
pickets under new captains, and we
discussed their tasks for next
morning, the distribution of leaf
lets, the women's and Pioneers
work. We got $40 from a tailor
with which we would Immediately
repair the car so that we could go
into town once more this work for
relief. After the meeting, Gavro
stayed with me.
I decided that I would sleep
somewhere in town that night and
go with them to picket in the
morning.
(TO BE CoNTINUED)