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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-12-14
ShareCrOpperS
Hear Report Of
Farm Conference
CBy a Farmer Correspondent

NORTH LITTLE ROCK, Ark
Driving home militant account OF
the Farmers Conference at Chicago,
the Pulaski County Negro sharecrop-
per delegate brought a vivid response
from $50 Negro workers and troopers
attending the Homecoming meeting
arranged by q committee for the
League Of Struggle for Negro Rights,
the International Labor Association,
the F.P.A., and the Communist Party.
Spokesman for these organizations ex-
tended greetings, pledged solidarity to
the struggles Of the Sharecroppers, and
gave brief outline of the activities
Of each organization.
The spokesman for the Party was
well received as they heard for tho
first time an outline of the role it
played In the liberation struggle, and
in giving militant leadership and
support for winning immediate de-
mands while showing the revolution
airy way out of the crisis.
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ers, who then drew up a vigorous
protest and list of demands sent
by registered letter to the Governor
and the state offic;~!s.
This Immediately brought an
r. F. C detective Social investi-
gator on the scene, who was Curl
Gus to know who was stirring UP
folks to trouble" although he pre-
tended to be interested in actual
needy cases But when the F.PA.
chairman, G. w. Davis, offered to
take him to these starving homes,
he was more interested In seeing
what this fellow, Fredericks. looked
like" whom he had "trailed from
White County where he was also
raising hell with Red Cross off,
Gals"
The farmers Of the mountain pla-
teau have been continually ignored,
but after several protests in April,
some more RIG. relief was OBJ
tanned. This was cut entirely off in
June, and only with the C.W.A.
set-up, have they been promised
relief again.
The Investigators recommended
change OF personnel in charge of
the G WA. and announced $50
men would f. put to work in place
of 100 as at present. But OF the
5000 population of Stone county,
at least two-thirds require aid.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-12-14
Chopper
Sees War Move in
Civil Works Camps
BY a Farmer Correspondent

DADEVILLE, Ala-Share troopers,
tenant and poor farmers of the South
are now wondering what to do. The
worker Of the South is seeking for
knowledge. Now the landlord and
bosses are taking wide measures in
the new deal of Roosevelt. Under
the NRA the landlords have issued
plan which is to change the r. F. G.
workers into civil workers. They are
calling the masses into every county
seat throughout the South to sign up
in this plan. Signing the masses, both
Negro and white into camps is the
main plan of Mr.. Roosevelt. This
Is to divide the masses into small
groups where they will be easy to
handle. This is an easy way to slap
us into world war, Mr.. Roosevelt sees
that it easier for them to do this than
to come out in the open. --H.H.
(Tallspoosa Cropper)
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-12-14
Where the Workers
And Farmers Rule

From Soviet Farmer Correspondent
SHILOvSKOVO REGION, U. S. S.
R.-My name is Ivan Leksin. My
wife and I worked very well this year,
and for the work we did we received
our full due.
Before, was always preoccupied
with care, how to keep my frail little
house from falling to pieces and my
children from starvation. And now
have good house, and bread, Suffi-
Gent variety of vegetables and small
animals running around in my yard.
Now another care has appeared on
my horizon, one never had to take
into account before. / have no place
to put my grain and my vegetables.
Believe me when I write that it is no
small matter to know what to do with
1000 pools, (72,0o0 lbs.) of potatoes,
which are the returns from my work
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goitre need. Many women who Ap-
pear to be suffering from too little
thyroid secretion have often been
found to have normal glands, ana
diligent search revealed the fact that
their obesity (fatness) was due to
lack OF ovarian function. Such
women often get thyroid or iodine
preparations which not only does not
cure them, but actually makes them
worse and frequently causes their
death. waaY ~
On the other hand, we fully agree
with you that many physicians arc
inclined to rely too much on tests"
and laboratory findings. They are
disinclined, to use their five senses
and their brains. Tests and the most
modern apparatus without Judgment
are useless!
Cure for Irregular and Painful Men
situation
An Office Worker:-The cure de-
ponds ON the cause. Have yourself
examined by a reliable physician.
Some cases can be cured or improved
by correcting the position Of the
uterus (wornb) or by the administers
ton of certain ovarian extracts.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-12-14

With a squirt Of real action, COM
rades, we can put the entire drive
over the top There is more en-
thusiasm for the Daily Worker than
ever before. Workers will gladly
support our fighting paper, espe-
cially now with the additional ex-
pense necessitated by the new press
Gives Up His Pennies.
An example of devotion to the
Daily Worker is given by Melvin
Levy, little boy of Bronx, N. Y,
who saved up pennies given by
his parents for ice cream until he
had S1.S0. Yesterday he turned
in the entire amount to the
DAILY" From Barbeton, Ohio,
a worker, G. H., out of work for
8 years, sent IS cents.
These are only few of the many
examples we could give. Workers
approached will give gladly. Hold
affairs. A bad example is set by
a Unit in Hamilton, Ohio, which
when asked by its organizer to hold
an affair for the Daily Worker
took no action. We ask each Unit,
every workers organizations that
has not yet held affairs for our
fighting paper to do SO now. Help
put the $4,000 drive over the top.
Help us retain our new press by
rushing whatever amount you can
at once to the Daily Worker, so
East 18th St., New York, N. Y.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-12-14

expense, which has already mounted
to more than $4,000 in pay to
keep the troops in Gallup in a vain
attempt to break the miners strike.
1 was very happy to find such q
spirit of solidarity and sympathy
among the workers and farmers Of
Gallup. a
Durango is quite an out of the
way place, yet it has a few staunch
supporters Of the Daily. These
comrades were the only ones that
knew the truth about the settle
ment Of the Gallup strike, but were
unable to convince the workers and
farmers here shat the strike was
really won. One worker, reader
of the American Guardian, insisted
that the S.-P.. led the strike.
I explained the hard-won victory
of the Gallup miners under the
militant leadership of the National
Miners Union. The reports that
the most OF them had was from the
local reactionary press that gave
Major Moore of the NR.A. the
credit for Settling the strike and
that all that was necessary now
was to get rid of all the reds" and
outside leaders and the miners Of
Gallup would be satisfied. After
I had explained the role Of Moore
and the tremendous victory Of the
Gallup miners, l assure you that
these workers and farmers were
very happy to know that their
solidarity and support to the striE-
ers was a large factor in helping
to win the strike.
One worker was just preparing
to send so cents of his last dollar
to the Daily to help the campaign
to save the Daily. With the whole
hearted support of the local COM
rades here, l made g. protest
against my deportation with the
local officials, Gov Hockenhull and
Gen. Wood, and with this mass
support was, able to force the State
of New Mexico to send me g.
ticket to Denver, and after the COL
lection taken up among the local
workers we decided to divide it with
the Daily and Western Worker,
which amounts to $3.50 for the W.
Worker, $3.50 for Daily SUB re-
newal, which is collectively owned,
and $50 donation. -.
The workers and farmers here
who have read the Daily like it
very much and the farmers were
very much pleased with the report
of the Farmers Conference. The
workers of Durango are determined
to organize a real fighting unit OF
the Communist Party here.
CARL HOWE.
(Signature Authorised.
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More Action Needed to Put
$4,000 Drive Over the Top

NEW YORK.-Receipts in the
Daily Worker $4,000 dt1ve during
thu halt r7salI endinT Dec. 113h to-
tailed $955.o4. In the prior half
weel. period receipts amounted to
S2,421.12, which means that there
was a decided drop in the last
hall week.
Receipts by districts III the four
days from Dec. It'll to Dec. 18th,
anei their standing in the drive
IS shown by the latest chart be-
low. Funds raised by the var
ious districts through branches of
the International Workers Order
Is credited in this chart TO the
districts. The chart below is COR
rected in 8 numb of instances
as shown by the etter &C."
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-12-14
BY PAUL LUTTINGER, MD.
ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
Basal Metabolism Tests

Dan NJ, Columbus, OhiO.-The
basal metabolism test is valuable
adjunct to the scientific physicians
means OF diagnosis. Because Dr..
Brady is against 1t, is no reason for
condemning it. The older physicians
have never had q chance to use 1t
and 1t is rather complicated proce-
dure. Furthermore, the apparatus
costs about $500 and few physicians
can afford to buy 1t. All this may
explain some Of the opposition. AS
Marxians we must always remember
the economic factors in medicine, as
well as in every other human activ-
ity or opinion.
In your case, there was no indica-
ton for basal metabolism test.
Your tachychardia (rapid heart beat)
was purely cardiac (due to the heart)
and your physician was either too in
experienced to make the diagnosis or
needed the extra $25. incidentally,
a worker who makes $18 week
should not be charged more than SIS
for metabolism test.
The main purpose Of the test is to
find out the rate at which your food
or tissues are burned up in the body.
In cases of goitre (for instance), no
ordinary examination can determine
the exact condition of the thyroid
gland (Which is the organ involved.
The mere enlargement Of the neck is
not sufficient evidence of whether
the gland is too active or not active
- u 4. L - L.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-12-14
Failure OF Speakers to Appear
Plainf1eld. N. j.

About year ago, the Jack London
Club of Plainfield, N. j., was formed.
In the past year, through much hard
work, our club has grown. 1t In
creased its membership and became
popular In nearby cities where our
Agit-Prop Dram Group performs for
all affairs.
Our club has even done more than
that in aiding the movement. The
success with which we are meeting
induced the left-wing elements in
other cities to organize clubs like ours.
Now there are nine clubs under the
leadership OF the Cultural Fedora
ton of New jersey" of which our
club is member.
Comrades, since our club has been
in existence, we have never had a
lecturer come to any of our forums.
We've tried again and again to get
one to come out to deliver us lee
ture ON economic or cultural topics,
but repeatedly, the speakers put in no
appearance.
Monday night, Nov. IS, was our last
straw. The Anti-Imperialist League
promised by all means to send us
a comrade to lecture to us on Cuba.
The club made, a big affair of this,
inviting all friends and prospective
comrades to our open forum.
AS usual, the sneaker never showed
up. How much longer are we going
to permit so much laxity to continue.
10 ~ fhA Jnff
wing movement wishes to spread.
Why conf1ne all activities to New
York City? That isn't the only place
in the world, where starvation and ex-
ploitation is going on. What is the
matter with us? Have we lost our
tongue?
Many workers are waiting for us,
they are waiting for our leadership.
Let us lead them onward instead of
forgetting them to fall into the bour-
geoisie and reactionary snares.
Exec. Com. Jack London Club Of
Plainfield, N. J.
Reply Of the Anti Imperialist
League:
In reply to the comrades from
Plainfield, we must acknowledge that
they have every right for complaint.
Although a speaker was assigned to
60 to Plainfield, he was delayed in
New York the day he was supposed to
90 to Plainfield and consequently
missed the train. Rather than ar
rive several hours late when the meet
ing in all probability would have dis
banded, he decided 1t would be better
not TO go at all. We should like to
state, however, that IS far as the
Anti League is concerned,
this is an exceptional case. We send
four or Eve speakers out every week
to workers organizations and as q
rule they are both prompt and re-
liable. We are very eager for our
speakers to appear before as many
organizations as possible and wei
come such invitations. II the COM
rades from Plainfield would like to
give us another opportunity to speak,
We guarantee that they will not be
disappointed.
J. BRUNO.
Anti Impcrialist League.
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checks too, for the cotton the Me-
groes have plowed up. The landlords
got the money for the plowed up
cotton, and the Negroes did not get
anything but a, darn hard time for
the blowing up cotton.
The Albania, workers are slaves for
the rich landlords of Alabama. The
landlord says if they keep money out
of the workers hand, they can man
age him just like they want to, they
can make him work, for low prices,
that is, two meals day and no
money at all. p. $50
The poor Negroes and whites OF
Chamber County are in suffering
condition. The Negroes of Chamber
have no school for their children.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-12-14
Subsistence Center"
Sites Planned as New
Methods of Slavery
(Ry = Farmer Correspondentl

FAYETTEVILLE, Ark.--Subsisten
center sites are being considered In
Madison and Carroll counties by rep
resentatives Of the United States De-
partrnent Of Interior, Division Of
Subsistence Homesteads. The brain
trust is figuring where and how to
herd the permanently unemployed
industrial workers and displaced
sharecroppers. Colonization proposals
for Negroes have also been proposed.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-12-14
Alabama Boss Is Paid
for Destroying Negro
Toilers' Cotton Crop
lBy a Farmer CORRESPONDENT

BUFFALO, Ala.-The rich bosses,
Landlords and the merchants made
the poor working Negroes pillow up
their cotton. They said this is the
best thing that ever been known in
Alabama to make the Negroes plow
up their cotton. 1t will make us get
a better price for our old cotton, the
landlords say, then we will get the
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-12-14
Letters from
Our Readers
THE FOOD WORKERS INDUS
TRIAL UNION IN THE
CANDY STRIKE

I am writing these few lines to
criticize the Food Workers Industrial
Union. There Is a candy strike going
on at Crosby St., downtown. AS a
member of the union, volunteered
to help In the strike. I was trying
to mobilize forces for mass picket.
I went to the union to ask for help
and they refused to give me help by
sending me to Bill of the Cafeteria
Dept, to Bill Albertson of the Candy
Dept, and Albertson sends me back
to the Cafeteria Dept. -.
The Strike Committee made a COM
plant to the T.U.UL. and they ar
ranged for meeting at six o'clock.
They all complained against the or
ganizer. They complained against
him because he isn't capable or able
to organize any strikers. He made
the strikers SO discouraged that the
majority Of them left.
II 1t wasn't for the comrades Of
the YCL, the strike would have been
lost q few days ago. Even though
it is in very bad condition, we
comrades do not like to lose a strike
without putting up q battle. To my
opinion l think that when one strike
is going on, one department should
help each other if needed, especially
q revolutionary union. I would like
to see some of this criticism in the
Daily Worker. All, if necessary.
Statement of F.WLU.:
Most Of the facts as stated by the
comrade who wrote the letter are
generally correct. The union during
the period of the strike realized the
weakness of the leadership, the lack
Of leading forces and other short
comings of the strike. However, as
far as leading forces were con-
cerned, 1t was impossible to add
anybody else ~ the strike situation.
All the organizers of the union and
the leading comrades had their
hands full with strike situations and
injunctions.
personally was involved prac-
tically full time in the preparation
of and the work in the general
strikes of the Confectionery and
Tobacco J0bbers Workers Union,
although I am not the organizer of
the candy section, as the comrade
claims in the letter, but am acting
as secretary of the union. Certain
rank and file comrades from the
union were sent In to the strike to
help as much as possible, but the
strike was lost, mainly due to lack
of proper leadership.
We did have meeting with the
comrades of the Strike Committee,
and the shortcomings Of the organ
izer were pcinted out, but no de-
mand was made to take him out,
but only to add to the leadership.
At that meeting fraction here of
the Y.C.L. members and the organ
izer was established In order to take
up the daily problems in the strike.
However the vel. comrades GER
tainly must take some responsibility
for the demoralized situation, be-
cause instead OF helping the or
ganizer to overcome the democrat
ization, they themselves were de-
moralized, although they were not
strikers, but were only participating
in the strike.
WIN. ALBERTSON,
For the General Executive.
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~, NOTE

We publish letters from farmers,
agricultural workers and cannery
workers every Thursday. These work
ers are urged to send us letters about
their conditions of work and their
struggles to organize. Please get these
letters to us by Monday of each week.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-12-14
Can You Make 'em
Yourself?

Pattern 1885 Is available in sizes
II, IA, Is, 1S and 20. Size is takes
2 Ia yards 81 inch fabric and 7-S
yard SO inch contrasting. Illustrated
step-by-step sewing instructions in
cluded.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-12-14
Arkansas Farmers Struggle
Against Hypocrisy of C.W.A.
Only $50 Finally Promised Jobs While at
Least 5000 in Stone County Need Aid
(By a Farmer Correspondent

County outraged at
hypocrisy A.
political
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-12-14
Helping the Daily Worker
Through Helen Luke

Contributions received to the credit
Of Helen Luke in her Socialist COM
petition with Michael Gold, DR.. Lut-
finger, Edward Newhouse and Jacob
Burck to raise $1,000 in the $4,000
Daily Worker Drive.
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similar dish may be baked: also, tht
sauce may be made sweet-sour with
lemon juice and sugar.)
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-12-14
Miners Victory in Gallup
Is Hailed i'm Colorado Town
Workers and Farmers in Durango Glad to
Hear That Their Support Helped
(By a Worker Correspondent

CoDepte fact that arrived
healthy the dgnihed
"Hoiy"
Coal determined protect the
with
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-12-14
Helping the Daily Worker
Through DR.. Luttinger

Contributions received to the credit
OF Dr.. Luttingerin his Socialist conf
petition with Michael Gold, Edward
Newhouse, Eelan Luke, Jacob Burck
and Del to- ratSsSl 900 in the $4,000
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-12-14

The paper toys described by
Alice w. L. reminded me of
a favorite amusement of us
kids in st. Louis-the "peep-
show" usually made out of card
board shoe-box.
The inside Of this was decorated to
represent a room, with remnants of
wallpaper pasted on the walls, and
windows cut out and pasted over with
bits OF colored tissue paper. Diminu-
tive curtains, too, were hung over the
windows, pasted along the top edge.
This room was furnished with
paper furniture: for cent you could
get sheet Of it ready to cut out and
paste together; lacking the cent, you
made your own or cut some out of
catalogue. Tiny dolls were put in too.
There was half-inch hole cut in
one end Of the box through which to
peep: a string was attached to the
other end. A small lighted candle
was set into the middle of the box
and three-inch hole cut in the lid
above it.
We we're deeply thrilled by the ef.
feet OF the light shining through the
colored windows as we pulled these
boxes along the sidewalk, of an
evening. charging a pin or two a peep.
1t was a sort of neighborhood Social
lst competition to see who could make
the most interesting box.
Variations on the Theme
This idea could be adapted for use
today but the candles. of course, must
be taboo. CHow I never set the house
on fire, still wonder) A larger box
than shoe box would be better, If
available. The interior might be
made to represent a workers club
room, nursery, or an attractive
dining room, with tables, chairs, tiny
paper plants and wall-pictures. Or
y workers living room with RED
Corner in 1t.
The windows could be made quite
large and filled in with cellophane;
then, If placed before real window,
the interior would be illuminated. If
there is a relic about the house i'll
the shape OF a string of Christmas
tree lights, these could be used by
cutting holes in the lid of the boz to
hang bulbs through. Or flashlight
could be used If there is one in the
family.
The possibilities for thS interior are
unlimited. BY making the bottom
part green and the upper blue, to
represent grass and sky, kolkhoz
might be built, with paper buildings,
animals, tractors, etc.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-12-14
Culinary Department

Another Russian Recipe: this one
from Comrade M. Swetlowa, for Golu-
btzi. 1t takes one big cabbage, one
can tomatoes, one or two onions, one
pound chopped meat, one-half cup
rice, and salt and pepper. Take off
the leaves of the cabbage, pour hot
water over them to make them soft,
and mix the meat and rice, with
seasoning.
stuff the cabbage leaves with the
naizture, rolling up a small handful
in each leaf. Put these in 9 pot,
pour over them the tomatoes, slice an
onion or two over it, and stew one
hour"
tBy using cooked meat and rice. a
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-12-14

Total Monday .............$ 371. 43
Previously Recorded ...... 34,048.4 9
The Daily Alaska empire., 1933-10-20
MRS. DAVIS IS AWARDED LARGE
 SUM FOR DEATH
Directed Verdict of $15, 900 Given Against h.
 surance Company

SEATTLE, Oct. 20.-Mrs. Win fired s. Davis, widow of Capt H. c. Gyle) Davis, was yesterday awarded a directed verdict of $15,- coo in her suit against the Mu- tual Life Insurance Company oi New York in connection with the death of her husband from a stat wound inflicted by member ol the crew aboard the eannery ten der Roedda, of Juneau, in Alas kan waters. Capt Davis died in Juneau December 20, 1881, from the stab wound
 Stabbed After Quarrel
 Walter Gamble, deck and stabbed the Captain after quar- rel
 Mrs. Davis sought double indem- nity on the grounds that death was accidental.
 < The company contended Davis provoked the assault.
 Gamble, now serving seven years in the McNeil Island Prison for manslaughter, declined to testify
 Courts Decision
 The Court held that the lapse of time between the stabbing and the quarrel indicated the Captain considered the incident closed be- fore he was stabbed, therefore death was accidental in the sense Davis did not provoke the stab- ping.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1933-10-20
MEMBERS OF GIRLS
 LEGION CLUB AREG
 TO MEET TOMORROW

Members Of the Girls Legion Club held an interesting meeting Wednesday afternoon when four new members were initiated. Those who became members were, Bub- bles Boldac, Martha Harris, Mar jorie Shell and Lila St. Clair.
 At the meeting it was decided to change the name of the club to the Girls Loyal Club, as the former name conflicted with ths Girls Auxiliary of the American Legion.
 All members of the club are re- quested to meet tomorrow after noon at the Moose Hall to prac- tice the songs and drills to be giv- en by them at the hall next Fri day evening at o'clock when the annual Mooseheart Day will bs observed.