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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-07-16
On the Reading of Party
Literature

We have raised here the question
of reading. 1t is obvious that the
Importance of reading political lit
erature as means for understand
ing the mass tasks of the Party
is not taken seriously. The habit
Tor reading issnot, developed in the
Party. OF course reading. not from
the angle of becoming book-worms,
but rather from the viewpoint of
raising the. political level of the
Party, for creating conviction and
enthusiasm for the carrying
through of the tasks facing the
Party.
What is one Of the main reasons
for the lack of interest in reading
some, of the basic resolutions and
political lterature? The fact that
the comrades look upon our read
ing material as frozen formulas,
and. that the literature has no i'm
mediate relation to their daily act
iyities. Had we carried on a sys-
tematic and sustained struggle
against basic wrong manifestations
which are a. hindrance in the dew
elopn1ent of mass work, had our
self-criticism been really basic, the
Party membership would feel the
necessity of acquiring more
thorough political understanding
of the tasks and problems of their
work A political approach to our
daily tasks would stimulate read
ing. Increased reading would i'm
prove the political life of the Party
and approach to our mass work,
Undoubtedly the poor coordiila-
ton and division OF work which
exists, the many inner meetings
the lack of time--cannot be ignored
as a reason for the insufficient
study and reading in the Party.
However, this is not the real rea-
son for the l1ck of reading. Where
there would be political will, a
technical way could be found.
We hope that the comrades will
in earnest consider this question
raised in the article. We will GER
tainly be glad to have the COM
rades send in their opinions, what
in their Judgment are the real OBJ
stacles for the development of the
reading habit in the Party, and how
to increase the circulation ef ouv
basic political literature
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-07-16
BY SAM DON

CECTION 5 in the Bronx held a
speakers conference on the cleo
ton campaign. About 10 comrades
were present. The question was
asked how many of the comrades
have read the Party election plat
form. Only six comrades out of
the thirteen present had read the
Party election platform. Just think
OF it, the very comrades who are
to go out to the workers and ex-
plain to them what the platform
stands for, have not even taken
the trouble to read it! If we find
comrades who are speakers, who
wish to become speakers, have not
even read the platform, how
greater must be the percentage of
the comrades who have not read
the election platform throughout
the Party generally.
1t has come to our attention that
a number of comrades who have
been active in leading positions in
various strike struggles, were or
ganizers of strikes, have not as yet
read the ECCI Resolution of the
Lessons of Strike Struggles" which
was also endorsed by the last 14th
Plenum of the Central Committee.
Any wonder then that we con-
tinue to repeat mistakes in various
strike struggles. This also explains
why our self criticism is very often
superficial without a basic anal
ysis of the source End causes of
the mistakes, and only such self
criticism can be a real guarantee
against frequent repetition of the
very mistakes which we are con-
demning so often.
Let us take another example in
connection with reading of basic
literature. In many Districts, the
circulation of THE COMMUNIST
is absolutely negligible. Take for
instance Minnesota, the circulation
of THE COMMUNIST there is
about 80 copies This is not even
enough for the top functionaries
in the District. Cleveland takes
about SO, at a time when there
are more than 100 units in the Dis
trict. Not even copy for each
unit Philadelphia takes only about
rs copies
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-07-16
Letters from Our Readers
Dear conlrade:

Dear Conlrade:
In the past the Daily Worker con-
demned the Socialist Party without
sufficiently stressing the fact ttha
Communist Party attacks the leaders
and not the workers.
I think that in the future when at
tacxing the Socialist Party it should
be specified that its leaders and not
the workers nlisled by them are the
enemies Of the working class.
I also think that the Daily Worker
should carry a series of articles deal
ing with the socialist" leaders and
explaining to the workers why the
Communist Party fights against the
Socialist Party. / know that many
times the Daily made this clear, but
still maintain that series of arti-
cles as suggested should appear In
our paper.
New York. A Young Worker.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-07-16
About
Inteilectuals

We almost always discussed this
subject when we met; and all
though in what. he said his atti-
tude to the intelligentsia remained
one of mistrust and hostility, in ac-
tuality he always correctly estimat-
ed the importance of intellectual
energy in the revolutionary pro-
cess, and seemed to agree that in
essence revolution was the burst
ing out of that energy unable to
develop regularly in the straight
ened conditions which it has out
grown.
I remembmer one occasion when
I was with him and three members
of the Academy of Sciences. The
conversation was about the neces-
sity of recognizing one of the
highest scientific institutions in
Petersburg. When he had seen
them off Lenin said contentedly,
Nov that's all right. Those are
clever men. With them everything
is simple, everything is strictly for
INFLATED. You see. at once that
these people know exactly what
they want. 1t is simply pleasure
to work with such people. espe-
cially liked -he named one OF
the greatest names In Russian SCI
ence, and a day later even asked
ME, by telephone, ASK S. whether
he will come and work with US"
And when S. accepted the proposal,
he was sincerely glad, rubbing his
hands together and saying joking
ly, "One after another we shall
win over all the Russian and Eu-
ropean Archimedes, and then the
world will have to change whether
IT, wants tn or not y,
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-07-16
Question of
Specialists

At the 9th Congress of the Party,
N. I. Bucharin said among other
things. THE nation-that is the
bourgeoisie together with the pro-
leteriat. To recognize the right OF
some contemplate bourgeoisie to
self-detsrmination is absolutely out
Of place" mo, excuse me" reto-t-
ed Lenin, "it certainly is not out Of
place. You appeal to the process Of
the differentiation of the ! roleta-
riat from the bourgeoisie, but let
us wait and see how it will turn
OUT Then pointing to the example
of Germany, End to the slowness
and difficulty with which the pro-
cess of differentiation develops,
and mentioning that they would
never succeed in planting Commu-
nisrn by means OF force, he went
on to discuss the question of the
importance Of the intelligentsia in
!. industry, in the army, in the CO.
operative increment, quote from
%IsvestisP, from the debates of the
Congress.
This question must be decided
ct the coming Conference with
complete definiteness. we can only
build up Communism when it has
bcecme mere accessible to the
masses ~ means of-bcurgeois sci
ence and technique. For this, it Is
necessary to take OYER the appara-
tue from the hourgeoisie, to attract
all the Specialists to work in this
connection. Without the bourgeois
specialists it, is impossible to in
crease the forces & production.
They must be surrounded by an
atmosphere of conlradely co-orera-
ton, by workers con1nlissars, by
communists: conditions must be
created which will not allow them
to break away, but they must be
given the possibility of working
better than under capitalism, for
otherwise this. layer which has re-
ceived its education from the bour-
geoisie, will net begin. to work. It
Is impossible to make whole layer
work b. main force.
ITO BE CoNTINUED)
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-07-16
The Mcdonald Case

J. E. Mcdonald, serving 10 years
at Raiford on the chain gang, has
been train dispatcher for about
20 years and member of the
Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen.
After month of torture those who
saw him said that he had lost 80
pounds; that his lips were blistered
from fever and that his rudy COM
plexion was sallow.
Mcdonald receives the worst
treatment. He was first placed in
solitary" (confinement). Although
having recently passed through a
severe operation for appendicitis,
he was forced to walk behind
mule eight miles day. The bosses
are specially bitter against McDon-
aid because he is a native born
worker who came to help the to-
bacco workers organize. Also he
was on the committee which was
refused a permit for the Nov. Z
demonstration. The reason for this
refusal was that the marchers in
tended going through the Negro
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-07-16
Meat Again
In 1918

I did not meet Lenin in Russia,
or even see him from afar, until
1918, when the final base attempt
was made on his life. / came to
him when he had hardly regained
the use of his hand and could
scarcely move his neck, which had
been shot through. When 1 ex
pressed my indignation, he replied,
as though Diminishing something Of
which he was tired, "A brawl. Ne
thing to be done. Everyone acts ac-
cording to his lights"
We met en- very friendly terms,
but Of course ttrre YVES evident
pity in dear Ilyitch's sharp and
penetrating glance; for was one
who had gone astray. -
After several minutes he said ca
gerly, lie who is not with lis is
against us. People independent of
the march of events that is a fam
tasy. Even if we grant that such
people did exist cnee, at present
they do not and cannot exist. They
are no good to anyone. All down to
the lact are thrown into the wllirl
of an actually which is more COM
plicated than ever before. You say
that I simplify life too much? That
this. simplification threatens Gull
ture with ruin. .eh?" Then the IRON
.ical; characteristic I'm, HIM,
His keen glance sharrened. and
he continued in a lower tone,
We'll, and millions of PEASANTS
with rifles in their hands are not
a threat to culture according to
you. elac You think the Constitu-
emit Assembly could have coped
with that ailarc,,y2 You who make
such fuss about the anarchy Of
the country should be able to UNI
derstand our tasks better than
Others. we have got to put before
the Russian masses something
they car grasp. The Scvis.s end
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-07-16
Steubenville, Ohio.


Daily Worker:
want to criticize bad action Of
the National Miners Union. Here we
have mostly steel workers and also
miners. The Metal Workers Indus
trial League is not active, either.
Many people are unemployed. We get
no relief and suffer bad. Nobody does
anything about it.
Last week man from the Com
munists told me that the National
Miners Union is calling a hunger
march for Thursday at IL a. m. was
very glad to hear that somebody was
doing something, and told lots of
people to come.
On Tuesday come to the court
house. find some people have
walked 10 miles. Nobody there from
the NMU. What you think will hap
pen when you come here again?
We never organize that way
Worker.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-07-16
By BURCK

In 1928, the, book reports, there
were STA Negroes and 427 whites
out of 1,101 prisoners. The Negroes
are jim-crowed.
Further this book states: 1.-The
growth of (prison) population, how
ever, resulted in an overcrowding as
serious as found in any prison"
About the housing quarters the book
says that they are poorly VEN
tilated badly overcrowded and pre-
senting serious fire hazard Also,
the tuberculosis hospital is one in
name only
Continuing, the book states that
the prisoners are disciplined by
solitary confinement or a diet of
corn bread and water up to
ten days" For escaped prisoners,
leg chains may be used for ten
days
At the time of the investigation,
'Salant and Salant of New. York
had the shirt contracts, and the
Riverside Underwear Company of
Jacksonville had the underwear
contracts" For this forced labor in
the prison workshops, the prisoners
receive no compensation.
Also in Raiford, are Frances Ro-
nero, 81 year old woman, mother
of six children. Her daughter,
Carolina Vasquez, is also at the
same prison for protesting the ar
rest of her IA year old brother.
The book quoted above, has this
to ~ on the women's quarters:
1.-THE women prisoners are housed
in wooden dormitory in sep
arate yard. These quarters are
frightfully overcrowded, and double
beds are largely used
Other Tampa Victims
Other Tampa victims serving one
year sentences, are Angel Carbrero
and Ismasl Cruz, the later a young
worker They are in the Florida
State Road Camp at Indiantown.
Carbrero who is about 40, has kid
ney trouble and exzema on the
hand SO that it is constantly bleed
ing. But he has to work anyhow.
Both Carbrero and Cruz are
helping to build road in the
disease breeding swamps of the
Florida everglades with a road gang.
This part of it has been dried and
is now like desert 1t is sandy
and blazing hot. There are no
trees. Instead OF using machines or
horses, the state makes these
prisoners grade the. road way with
spades. Usually the prisoners wear
striped uniforms, but here it is SO
hot that they are "graciously" al
lowed to don only pants.,s Guards
WITH rifles Stand ovef, them. They
are not allowed to speak to each
other except in English because
that is the only languague the
guards understand and they are
supposed to hear everything that
it is said. Since Carbrero and Cruz
speak only Spanish, they are
doomed to silence. s M
The Handbook OF American Pris-
ems ard Ecscrr,a.c:ice, adds this
note on the Florida State road
camps: Some of them are steel
wagon cages while others are cour-
ty stcckcdes. The camps are crude
constructed and in most instances
overcrowded. There is only one en-
trance to the building used as living
quarters AS this appears made
quate as an exit in an emergency,
serious fire hazard is created.
Florida must rank below Alabama,
Virginia and North Carolina III gen.
eral road camp conditions"
Further light on Florida prison
camps is given in the New York
American Gully 10, 1882 which
publishes an interview with Michael
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-07-16
His Moral
Courage.

He was ventureSoille by nature,
but his was not the mercenary VEN
turesomeness of the gambler; in
Lenin it was the manifestation of
that exceptional moral courage
which could only belong to man
with an unshakable belief in his
calling, to a man with profound
and complete perception of his
connection with the world, and
perfect comprehension of his role
in the chaos of the world, the role
Of enemy of that chaos With equal
enthusiasm he would play chess,
look through "a History of Dress,
dispute for hours with comrades,
fish, go for walks along the stony
paths of Capri, scorching under the
southern sun, feast his eyes on the
golden colour of the gorse, and on
the swarthy faced children of the
fishermen. In the evening listening
to Stories about Russia and the
country, he would sigh enviously
and say, IT know very little of
Rus, ,-Simbirsk, Kasan, Peters
burg, exile in Siberia and that is
nearly all.
He loved fun, and when he
laughed it was with his whole
body, he was quite deluged in
laughter and would laugh some
times until he cried. He could give
to his short, characteristic excla-
nation HIN, HIM, an infinite
number of notifications, from Bit
ing sarcasm to -committal
doubt; and often in this HIN,
h'm", one caught the sound of TIE
keen humour which a sharp
sighted man experiences who sees
clearly through the stupidities Of
life.
Stocky and thick set, with his
Socratic head and quick eyes-he
would often adopt strange and
rather comical posture--he would
throw his head back, inciining it
somehow on to his shoulder, thrust
his fingers under his armpits, in
his waistcoat arnholes. There was
something deliciously funny in this
pose, something of a triumphant
fighting cock; and at such mo-
ment he beamed all over with joy,
a grown-up child in this accursed
world, splendid human being,
who had to give himself as sacri-
flee to hostility and hatred. so that
love might be at last realized.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-07-16

Tansey, another prisoner. 1t says:
i was riding a freight. in Florida
at the time. I was heading for a
job picking oranges along with a lot
day and make us sing and dance
for them"
These are the conditions under
which thoss who tried to organize
the tobacco workers are subjected
in Florida. These are most inn
portant group of our class war pris-
oners. Those who want to help them
should send funds ~ even small
arnounts-to the Prisoners Relief
Fund Of the international Labor
Defense, Room 430, 80 E. 18th st.,
New York City
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-07-16
ITO BE CoNTINUED.)

of others.
I'VE were arrested outside Of Tai
lahassee, Florida, when the train
Stopped and we we're sentenced to
from 80 days to eight months in
the camp.
I'VE were sent to the swamps to
do logging and lay rails. After "a
hours there we prayed, for death.
IF we did not work fast enough
we were whipped cruelty The loud
er a man screamed the more lashes
he got. If we would keep quiet
we would get off with Is or 20.
After beating us all weak. Zig
ginbotham Whipping boss) and his
guards would come around on Sun I
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-07-16
BY NY KRAvIF

THE capitalist press has been giving
I wide publicity to the murder of
Arthur Maillifert, % year old New
Jersey boy, by the "sweat-box'' tor
ture in a Florida prison camp.
The case Is of particular i'm
portance to workers for several
reasons. Several of the Tampa VIC
tins of the capitalist class, them
selves went through the brutal
sweat box. But their torture has
not been given any publicity. Sec
ondly, . it has been shown again
that convict labor forced labor-is
widely practiced here in the United
States. All the hypocritical charges
by the VOLS and Fishes against
forced labor" in the Soviet Union
are now shown to be aimed at hid
ing these very conditions in the
United States. Thirdly, the pris-
oners confined to the Sunbeam
Prison camp where Maillifert died,
have been transferred to the Florida
State Farm where eight of the Ia
Tampa victims are held. -7
Frances Romero, Carolina Vas
quez, Felix Morero, Felix Rodriguez,
Mario Lopez, Jose Hevia and Jose
Campo, are all serving one year
sentences at Raiford. j. E. McDon-
aid is serving ten years and Cesario
Alvarez three years in the same
hell-hole.
The case of these workers whose
crime was that they gathered to
celebrate the 14th anniversary of
the Russian Revolution in Tampa
last Nov. 7, is pretty well known.
At their trial" on Feb. /, 1892
a travesty upon Justice" if ever
there was one-the names of seven
of the fourteen were not even men
toned.
Because a gang of police, K. K. K.
and American Legionnaires attacked
them as they were entering the
Labor Temple in Tampa, they
the workers-were framed for "as-
sault with intent to murder in the
first degree, unlawful assemblage
and rioting."
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-07-16
The "Saveat Box" and the Tampa
Political Prisoners

The barbaric treatment Of the
heroic Tampa workers by the
Southern bourbons, described in
this article, is part of the reign of
terror being carried on against
militant workers throughout the
country. August First, Interna-
tional Day against War. should be
made a day of might protest
against capitalist reaction, and for
the freedom of all class war
prisoners.-Editor.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-07-16
(Installn,nt Severn

1t was an unusual and extraor-
binary thing to see Lenin in the
park at Gorky, SO much has the
idea of him become associated
with the picture of man sitting
at the end of a long table and ex-
pertly and skilfully guiding the
comrades in their work, with the
observant eyes of a pilot, smiling
and beaming; or standing on a
platform with head thrown back,
casting clear distinct words to the
hushed crowd, before the eager
faces of the people thirsting for
truth.
His words always brought to my
mind the cold glitter of steel shaw
ings. From these words, with amaz-
ing simplicity there rose the per-
fectly fashioned figure of truth,
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Evening star., 1932-03-15
With Yankee Nenen Displaying Real Form
Mat Matches
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
MANCHESTER, N. H-Gus Son.
nenberg, Boston, defeated Stanley Pen
ton, Chicago, two falls out Of three
(Sonnenberg first, 22:00; Penton sec
ond, 500; Sonnenberg third, 5000.
WILMINGTON, Del-Karl Poiello,
1913, Chicago, threw Jack Spellman,
204, Providence (28;34); Carlos Hen
riqueZ, 1872, Yonkers, N. Y, threw
Mario Giglio, l79, Boston (27:1D.
BUFFALO, N. Y.-Henri De Glane.
220, Montreal, threw Len Hall, 218
G7:20.
POUGHKEEPSIE, N. Y.-Ed Don
George, 205, Buffalo, threw Pat Nc
Kay, 210, New York (34:39); Len
Macaluso, 20S, New York. threw Tony
Pexis, 21o. Los Angeles (25:2o).
NEW YORK.-Dick Shikat, 218,
Philadelphia, threw Sam Stein, 200,
Newark Q:05:45) Earl McCready, 229,
Oklahoma, threw George Manich, 200,
New Jersey Q2:52); Ralph Wilson, 206,
Philadelphia, drew with Abe Coleman,
1913, Los Angeles (20:0O; Herman
Hickman, 215, Knoxville, threw Bill
Nelson, 208, st. Louis (7:32); Fritz
Kley, 212, Germany, drew with Sander
oAdDO, quo, 110AisoiJ NoV'VOj'
OGDEN, Utah.-Jim Londos, 205, New
York, defeated Chief White Feather,
22o, Oklahoma, in straight falls, $500
and 400.
OKLAHOMA CITY. - DR.. Dreddie
Meyer, Chicago heavyweight, defeated
John Plummer, Oklahoma City, by de-
fault after one fall.
PORTLAND, Oreg.-JaGk Reynolds,
146, Cincinnati, defeated Steve Nenoff,
las, Portland. by default after winning
one fall in 1880.
Evening star., 1932-03-15
INFORMAL GRID WORK
Is STARTED BY NAVY
Squad Turns Out at Annapolis, but
Coach Miller Is Not to Report
Until April /.

ANNAPOLIS, Md, March 15.-Spring
foot ball practice began in an unoficial
way at the Naval Academy yesterday
While Head Coach Rip Miller will not
come here until April to take charge,
IS candidates for the team who found
time hanging heavy were issued uni
forms and a few minutes later were
punting and passing on the frozen
sward of Farragut Field.
BY April l majority of the 68 can
didates from last years plebe team and
approximately two score players left
over from the 1881 varsity squad are
expected to be in uniform.
Outstanding from last seasons plebe
team are: Berries, 6-foot, 170-pound
back from Louisville. Berries, an all
around athlete, is one of the finest
prospects to enter the Academy in
years. He is especially adept at heav-
ing and receiving passes. Clark, Cut
ter and Mckee also backs of promise.
Dornin, a 6-foot end from California,
Is expected to step into varsity berth.
OF the linemen, Baird, Leeper and
Bentley played brilliant foot ball last
season for the plebes and at times held
the varsity in scrimmages.
Players from last seasons squad due
TO report are: Backs, T. Jones, Walkup,
Chung g-Hoon, Erck, Baumberger, Becht,
Denny, Samuels, Sellars, Waybright,
Red Campbell and Slack; ends, Fulp,
Mandarich, Pratt, Murray, Pray and
Cameron; tackles, Kane, Heilman,
Brownrigg, Stone and Wilson, guards,
Ogle, johnson, Dutton, Capt Reedy,
Ruffin, Curtiss and Clark; centers, Har-
bold, Brooks, Dawson and McNaughton.