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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-05-12
BY OTTO HALL

THE recent discussions in Congress over the
passage of the so-cslled Philippine indie
pendence bill, which purportS to guarantee IN
dependence to these islands within a definite
period of years, recalls some interesting events
that occurred during the early years OF Amerl-
can occupation. These events deal with the use
of Negro troops in carrying through the 'pacl-
fication" of the natives in order to facilitate
their exploitation by the American mperiallsts.
The present war situation, in which Yankee I'M
perialism has become definitely involved in the
preparations of world imperialism to attempt to
destroy the Soviet Union, makes 1t important
that the working class has a clear understanding
of its tasks at this time. That Negro soldiers in
the American army revolted against attempts OF
American imperialsts to use them in the repres-
sion of colonial toilers thanks to the efforts of
the capitalists and their Negro reformist tools
10 conceal this, is not generally known to Amer
lean workers.
That Negro tolers have been used in all capi-
talist wars in America, and that their reward
has always been more ensavement, repression
and lynchings. is common knowledge. After the
Civil War four Negro units Of the American
army were created. These were the Ninth and
Tenth calvary regiments and the Twenty-fourth
and Twenty-fifth Infantry. These outfits were
differed almost entirely by whites, usually
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BY VIM. q. FOSTER.

concentration, and energetically applying the
united front. We must especially utilize the
campaign to greatly recruit our Party and to
strengthen our mass organizations in every d.
rection.
The Election Campaign and the Daily Struggles
Our election campaign must be q great naobih-
cation Of the workers for actual struggle against
every phase Of the employers offensive. These
are concretized in the six central immediate de-
mands in our national platform. The Thousands
of meetings that we will hold must be the start
ing points or intensification points Of definite
struggles for concrete immediate demands against
specific employers, city governments, ETC.. linked
together in local platforms. Our agitation must
not result simply in applause, votes, and ideo-
logical sympathy, but definite mass action by
the workers.
That is to say, our election activities must
launch definite struggles such as, fer example,
the initiation Of strong local fights for un-
employment insurance, the formulation Of spe-
cific demands and organization Of movements OF
the unemployed against the local city govern
nents for relief, the beginning of concrete strug-
giles against wage cuts in specific plantA the
development OF fights against Grass forms ck
I'M GSoglHn The daxslcDmsnt q dspsnds -
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Shop Struggles in Preparation
for Strikes

The reason, I am sure, is because we haven't
got something new and therefore the leaflets
are dry and not interesting. If you can find just
what the next practical step is and link up your
past activities with the new, then your organi-
zaton will not disntegrate, but will continue to
grow.
On the relation between units shop nuclei and
sections. We are discussing unorganized shops.
I think in this point the comrades should say
more because the district plenum will deal with
this. Is our leadership sufficiently acquainted so
that the comrades in the section can help to
solve the problems? The second question Is the
relation between our shop nuclei and the terri
torial units For instance, where we have small
shop units, they cannot do it all themselves.
What we want to know is how much help are you
getting from the street units?
In conclusion, let us not repeat all of our prob
lens, but let enumerate the problems that face
us in our work SO that we make Roadway and
don't go backward. If we can bring this to the
plenum and solve them believe this meeting will
be successful.
In regard to our leadership in the shop
ganization. In this we are extremely bad. Many
of our shop groups disintegrated because there
was not the proper leadership. I believe our
section committees have not thoroughly discussed
shop work. 1t is necessary that the plenum should
take up in just what concrete fashion will the
section leadership give guidance to our shop
units
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-05-12

WHAT the Central Committee Plenum resolu-
ton says about the basic necessity to free
Jur mass work from the prevailing sectaranism
ureaucratism and Journalism applies with special
rec to the national election campaign now fac
g us. Up to this point our work in election
n1paigns, especially those Of a national char
ter. has been hardly more than q loose and
altered agitation of a number Of general revo-
ionary slogans, all of which agitation was
ite disconnected from the life Of the workers.
nsequently our campaigns did not strike deep
It among the masses. The whole business
pretty much froth at the top.
But now we must resolutionize our election
rk. While we must point out more energet-
ny than ever to the workers the revolutions
way out of the criss-they being especially
ponsive now to revolutionary propaganda
must have as the very starting point of our
the daily grievances Of the workers. That
we must put the immediate demands, shop
andS and local political programs, in the
M center of our election activities This must
no1 be done simply in an agitational manner,
but Ny concretizing them and linking them up
with the workers struggles. This means further
that we must in general make skillful apphca,-
ton Of the principles of mass work, basing our
ca<apaigp upon the shops. using the methods OF
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Before the Conventions OF Our Enemies
Mass Work in the Election CAMPAIGN

movements inside the A F.. of L. unions against
the bureaucrats, ETC Our election meetings
should turn around definite programs of action,
not mere propagation Of demands in a general
way. We should SO organize things that great
demonstrations Of the unemployed eliminate
at points where our leading candidates speak;
out of our agitation there should be organized
definite strike movements, properly prepared.
Everywhere that the workers are in struggle our
campaign must be made a burning issue by the
most active Party support of these struggles In
short we must try to make it so that when the
workers think of our election campaign they
will at once link 1t in their minds with their
own most burning grievances and inspiring
struggles.
II we thus connect our campaign with the
workers life tho latter will be incomparably
moro receptive to our more general sloganG 1t
win Be easier to show them why they should join
in the defense Of the Soviet Union It will be
more simple to make them understand why they
should vote our ticket and join our Party. They
will begin to understand that our Party not only
talks about the ultimate revolution but organizes
the workers for struggle here and now Our
Party will be enabled 10 sink its roots deep in
- eAast q. a Il r. ~ =
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-05-12

WHEN 90 came into Schenectady, there were
Just two contacts This is a small town of
about 100000, a one-industry city General
Electric) We made some connections through
the T. L. D. and through some small meetings
called by leaflets We didn't work on the basis
OF Immediately to join the Communist Party.
There was simply small group and we discussed
matters in the plant and the whole lay Of the
land, and we started to talk about what We could
do to organize the workers. The shop paper
idea was the best way of getting it. So, without
talking about the G. P, we started working on
paper, got all the grievances in the shop, and
saw what we could do.
The shop paper work was done TO a great
extent by these new comrades and they became
more interested. 1t took quite while to prepare
the new shop paper, but during the preparation
we took in more workers interested in our work.
They were stimulated to read the Daily Worker
and the work was going along. BY the time the
paper was ready, we were calling ourselves a
nucleus. The comrades signed UP, about four or
five. When the paper came out it was a big
event. We had worked for long time on it,
Fifteen hundred were given out, and it stimus
lated the whole plant. There were some old
Party members in the shop who hadn't done
anything for many years, but when the paper
came out there was big connection throughout
the plant. The workers were excited On the
morning the paper was given out, few were
left on the ground. When they picked them
up, they asked for more This stimulated the
nucleus and it stimulated the sympathetic ele-
ments outside Of the Party to help with the
work
In the last six weeks there have been heavy
layoffs. Nearly half Of the workers have been
laid of. Of course, the Party Is functioning
and the union is functioning but some are not
active. The union has not grown much since the
layofi started. There is a feeling that the union
can't do anything in regard to layoffs. Now it
is a question Of starting an unemployed move
ment. The whole city is a one-industry city.
The question now is to start action for relief.
The union is taking steps in this direction.
There are a great many workers from the one
shop in the neighborhood, and through struggles
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WHO ARE THE YOUNG CoNrMUNIsTs-Issued
by the Young Communist League Cents.
The masses of workers are becoming more anu
more interested in the Communist Party and
the Young Communist League. Their growing
misery and their growing readiness to struggle,
drive them to seek leadership other than that IN
which they have become dsillusioned. But many
workers do not know how the Party and League
work how these organizations can give the work.
ers the leadership they seek. Here are three
pamphlets which will explain all the workers
want to know about how our Party and League
are organized how they fight, and how they can
lead these beWildered workers out OF their phghV
The Communist Party in Action is addressed
To the many new members who have Joined the
Party as result of their realization that IN the
PARTY they have found the leader they were
looking for The style Of the pamphlet IS simple,
friendly and clear. The pamphlet explains the
structure of the Party the main lines OF strug-
gIe-in short, it acquaints the worker IN language
anyone can understand, what the Communist
PARTY is. 1t can be also used to approach work
ers not yet ready to join the Party, put VINO want
to know more about it. -.
A Noon-Hour Talk the Communist Party is
a popular explanation of what the Communist
PARTY STANDS 1Or, WrlGUeH lOIHl VI COl4FCl-
sation between three workers. In the course OF
the conversation, an explanation Is given OF the
Communist program of struggle on current cam
paigns and issues, and also how the Communist
Party leads the workers in these struggles.
splendid recruiting pamphlet, especially during
the election campaign.
Who are the Young Communists achieves the
same aim as the Communist Party in Action,
adapted to the special problems confronting the
working class youth and addressed to a larger
audience-not only the League and the close per-
iphery of the Party and League but to the broad
masses of young workers who perhaps have not
even heard Of the League Party. 1t is skilfully
based on actual conditions of the working class
youth in America, and gives the League program
Of struggle on the basis of these conditions.
with the election campaign gaining momentum
day by day, these three pamphlets are indis-
pensable is acquainting the workers with our
Party and League. Every member should carry
them with him wherever he goes, and sell them
at every opportunity.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-05-12
TOWARD Revolutionary Mass Work HS ITS f2En S
Experiences of ShopWork in General Electric

slant passing of literature. The active ones visit
contacts, they study, write articles for the shop
paper. When we have big meetings they bring
down groups of sympathetic workers to the mass
meetings.
How do we work out the demands? There is
discussion for few weeks among the leading
comrades. All the information about the shop
is gathered together There is a picking and
choosing until there are a number Of demands
gotten together by the leading comrades, and
then all these demands are brought before the
union executives who in turn discuss them and
add very good suggestions The Party group
takes part in it, Since they work in the union,
these demands are worked through the union.
I felt that the District in the past, that is, in
the beginning of the work Il don't know If it is
because they are too busy or if they simply don't
know how to do it, didn't help us much
comrade was sent up who didn't know anything.
1t seems to me that they should have given the
comrade few pointers on how to carry on the
work How to organize meeting. New COM
rades especially should be given some practical
pointers that they themselves cannot ask because
they haven't any experience and don't know just
where to turn.
think that the only way that the District
can actually follow up what is going on (our
work specifically looks very good, but there are
a great many shortcomings, and at the present
it is a critical period because of the layoffs).
think the District should make it point, espe-
cially in important industries in out-of-town
sections, to send down representative to stay
over period of time. You can't tell what the
work is like in a half day. think they should
take part in some of the work, then they can
actually give some constructive advice.
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&A@~.A
In merry England

In another Spark we spoke of the lament Of
American churches that according to their
statement, which we suspect is as false as their
teachings, they get only three-quarters of cent
OF each American dollar spent We happened
to read an English paper and saw how, in merry
England" the church don't take any chances,
but goes after you like a bill collector for an
installment plan furniture house.
1t seems that British law, according to tha
1925 "Tithe Settlement Act allows for church
authorities" to seize your possessions If you
don't fork over to the church what the church
thinks you ought to give" And although no
end of small property owners are hard up and
cannot pay anything, the Church of England
refuses to reopen discussion Of its rights" and
goes about seizing one mans pigs, another'a
horses and old womens furniture.
Marx once said that the Church of England
would give up twenty-eight of its twenty-na 10
articles of faith, rather than give up twenty
ninth of It's income. So it looks like Marx was
correct in that saying too.
But mind you, all this holy thievery has been
going on under a so-caled labor" government
(until the labor party leaders formed coali.
ton government with the other capitalist par-
ties), and is now going on with Macdonald, the
professed socialist" as premier.
In Spain the church used to collect its own
tithes but since the monarchy overthrown
and the so-called socialists have been in con-
troll the people resented the collections so much
that the church (Catholic) couldn't collect; SO
the government led by these socialists" guaran-
teed to do the job for the church.
Things don't go that way in the real country
of socialism, the Soviet Union. Which accounts
for the many bitter attacks of the Pope and the
Archbishop of Canterbury against the Soviet
Union, their encouragement Of war on the Sow
lets. To which war plans the socialists" and
"laborites" are contributing their services in
and out of government.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-05-12
By JOHN STEUBEN.

BY JOHN STEUBEN.
THE major task of this meeting is to bring out
just exactly what are the problems that we
face at the present time and what is the next
step. We have no blue print for this. We have
a resolution of the G. G. and this resolution has
to be applied to each individual shop. The COM
rade from the large electrical plant pointed out
that they have been working for 6 years and
could go no further. This shows that we reach
a certain stage and because we don't know what
the next step is, we try sometimes to explain
away the situation and do not solve it, This can
only be solved by consultation with the workers
of each shop and the purpose of this meeting is
to give to the District Buro exactly what the
problems are and how to solve them.
We have the problem of when we reach GER
tain point, we get lost. If we don't produce for
the workers the next practical step, the move
ment either dies down or there is tendency to
become impatient. The latter brings out dis
astrous results, premature strikes, etc. I can
give you excellent examples of where we killed
excellent possibilities. Strike struggle is one of
the highest forms of class struggle. There are
plenty Of things to be done before strike
We have for example, increase in speed-up.
Now we must devise certain means where the
workers will fight against the speed up-not i'm
mediately going on strike. We have compulsory
unemployment insurance or compulsory dona-
tons for the unemployed, Comrades refuse to
pay and get fired, instead of pointing out to the
rest of the workers what it means and creating
struggle around it. And all of these little strug
giles can become a splendid weapon in our hands
to win the confidence Of the workers All of these
little struggles the best means for the prep
aration for strikes.
I raise these small things comrades, in order
TO point out the difference between shop strug
gle and shop strike. There can be plenty of
struggle before we reach the stage Of strike. We
either call premature strikes or become passive
The comrades from the electric shop say that
they don't accept our leaflets a. they used IA
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The New York District held special meet
ing of comrades active in shop nuclei in prep
aration for their district plenum. We are
reprinting reports of the speeches by Com
radeS P. B. and John Steuben. We are repeat
ing our request to the other districts to send
in articles based on the reports made by the
comrades active in shop work for the various
special conferences to discuss the 14th Plenum
resolutions.
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Three Pamphlets on
I ON m u list
Organization
THE COMMUNIST PARTY IN ACTION
BY Alex Bittelman-1O Gents.

NooN-HoUR TALK ON THE COMMUNIST
PARTY-By Harrison George Cents.
WHO ARE THE YOUNG CONTMUNISTS-Issued
by the Young Communist League Cents.
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Workers and Working Class Organiza-
tiOns, Protest the MelrOse Park
Massacre! Send Protest ResoIu-
tons TO DIR. Edw. G. Brust, Village
President, Melrose Park, Illinois.
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New YorkCn N
Addre an heck o The
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Historical Initiative OF
the Masses

Marx values MOST OF ALL the
fact that the working class makes
world history heroicaIly. seh-sacri-
ficingly. with initiative. (Lenin).
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THREE X !Y y[yz>2 9E .E7[z%E 3
aadC
0orsn and

Noise. determinations. Hot, ugly
words. Loud voices. Squawkin
sarcasms-"
But, Barry, your people couldn't
have been-like that? They were
both university people. and your
father was member Of congress. =
He may have developed his voice
there. 1t was suitable for nothing
on earth but a shipwrecked sailor
that voice Of dads. But they were
good, worthy people--both of them.
"Overeducated a bit and-well,
underlined, or they couldn't have
quarreled as they did. You see,
they never liked each other at all,
though for years were violently and
yulgarly in love. Shall we talk
about something else?"
In just a minute" she said.
'Barry-Im still frightened. I'm
afraid you have made a mistake.
I'm afraid that I'm a quarrelsome
person. Only this morning I was
quarreling with my little sister"
He laughed. Il can hear YOU
chittering like a squirrel. Did you
scream at her? Did you say one
cruel, scorching thing to her. You
did not. You couldn't.
I'm sorry I told you. Please for
get it, darling And if, sometimes,
1 get uncomfortable, don't say q
word. just smack me down.
Il don't mind being smacked. Tt
is only words that burn me up. You
are always cool, Cecily. That is
one of the things I love most about
you.
Your hands are cool to touch,
and your eyes are the color of cool
rain clouds, and your cheeks are
pinky like sea shells, and your lips
even when you go and paint
them up-are cool coral, and kiss
shaped"
Cecily shivered. boo! And my
flesh is gooseflesh, and my teeth
chatter, and my hearts in an ice
chest, and I'll die unwarmed, I'M
heated, and unthawed."
That's a swell way to receive my
fairest flights of fancy, isn't it? All
right for you. I'll think 'em up
ahead of time, after this, and re-
wise them, and then If you still go
ribald, Till" He paused to
search through his threats.
Ito Be Continued
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w. C. T. u. ASSAILS MOVE
FOR WET REFERENDUM
Mrs. Ella BOOle Writes Congress TO
Disregard Wet Sentiment.

By United Press
WASHINGTON, Jan. AIRS.
Ella A. Boole, president of the
Women's Christian Temperance
Union, in a letter to members of
congress, denounced the campaign
for prohibition referendum as the
elimination of a professionally or
gained attack on law observance
and enforcement"
The w. G. T. U. wants no refer
endum, but better enforcement
and larger observance" Mrs. Boole
said.
She asserted the Association
Against the Prohibition Amend
ment was at first financed by
brews" ana now accepts million
aire financing from Wall Street
vets and wealthy class of social
leaders"
Metropolitan newspapers, she de-
clared, have "0neered' at govern
mental efforts to enforce prohibit
ton while "the gangster and big
bootlegger have been pictured as
heroes"
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The United States coast guard
force is experimenting with a bomb
signal gun designed especially to
reveal operations of rum runners.
The gun is so powerful that when
fired to windward it can be heard
a mile away and is SO equipped that
it can also discharge shells with
100000 candle power, which light
up the sea for miles around.
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I'VE have not enough men to fight them" he
said. "but We may escape" The longboat
tackled about and was soon scudding in an
opposite direction. But with It's small sail the
craft was far from fast. And IS all eyes
watched the far on sails. they saw the dis
lance between them was decreasing and dis
covered they were being pursued By con-
siderable feet Rapidly the distance closed.
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only my countrymen sail this Korsar Az"
said Lajo. THAT is all right for you" re-
marked the <ape-man, but they will be our
enemies" Soon the white sails disappeared in
the distant haze and with them went both
fear and hope. They waited awhile In silence.
Suddenly the mist lifted and they found the
ships much nearer. Come about and run for
1 ? commanded Tarzan. perhaps they have not
get discovered u.s.