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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-12-20
GloVersviue= Leather Workers Tell
How They Learned Value of "Daily"
Fearlessly Defended
Interests Of Strike in
Fulton County
(By Leather Worker Correspondent

(By Leather Worker Correspondent
GLOVERSvILLE, N. Y This is
from a new reader Of the Daily
Worker. Though 1 read several
copies before, they did not receive
the attention they merited as l did
not then agree with the policies ex-
pressed therein.
Being worker. / cannot but help
support a working class paper that
aids US in our struggles. 1t has been
clear that the Daily has done this
by fesrlessly defending the interests
of the workers Since the strike in
Fulton County of 1000 tanners, many
working in the mills find that they
need the Daily to guide them.
Many of the readers Of the Daily
Worker have followed the strike of
the Leather Workers Union of Full
ton County with great interest, know
ing that this is but another proof of
the awakening Of the masses to an
understanding of their revolutionary
role in making the workers of Full
ton County conscious of their class
and power.
This strike has been a Landmark
of progress Of workers in this coun-
ty. Fulton County has been a reac-
tionary center where the workers
have been grossly misused, suffering
cut after cut in wages, with the back
of the workers bowed deeper under
each sucoeadiY,o ct7f
Comrade Solomon showed the path
for the workers to follow. Dispelling
and dissipating the opposition which
he, like other Communist leaders, en-
coun5ered in the form of a red scare,
he showed that this form of attack
by the bosses was but a means to
becloud the issue of economic justice
to the workers.
The workers know now that the
Communist Party provides able and
militant leadership in carrying on the
struggles against the bosses. The
Daily Worker is doing its part in
making the workers of Fulton Coun-
ty class conscious. Comrade Solo
mon has introduced the Daily Worker
to the workers here Workers are
finding the truth in this paper.
The Daily Worker will furnish the
inspiration for a Communist Party
in Fulton County to lead the workers
to new victories. I appreciated the
excellent article of Michael Gold in
the Dec. II issue.
An ex-striker,
Il. Berlin
signature a, hori2ed)
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-12-20
~ Doctor
LAHffyaqen
ndA>G4e4:

scientific care OF the foot and ia
ailments. This is the First lnsti-
tute OF Podiatry which is char
tered institution. 1t is affiliated
with, the Foot Clinics Of New York,
where people who are unable to q
tain treatment can get their fc5V
troubles attended to free of chart n
In order to enter upon the study
Of Podiatry, the candidate must
have a high school certificate and.
in about year or two, he may
have to show at least one year OF
college work, The course in Podi-
airy takes three CD years and the
training theoretical and practicaD
the podiatrists receive compares fav-
orably with that received in mediccl
and dental colleges,
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-12-20
DyeW orkers Find AFL Heads
Like Dues Better Than Unity
Didn 't.sWant Their Followers to Get Help of
Union That Charged so Cents Month Less

and the bosses have secret confer
ences and work against the workers
The A. F. of L. has a union just to
organize the workers so that they
can collect dues, so that they can
have a good job and good pay with
out any work to Go. But the work
erS who pay dues to them have hard
work and little pay.
One of the workers said the A. r
of L. was a good union. I asked
him If he read the workingman's
paper. He asked, which one? / said
there is only one paper for the work
ing class That is the Daily Worker
He said he did not read it, so 1 told
him to read the Daily Worker and
to find out for himself.
I was talking to Phil D'Agostino
one of the A. F. of L. delegates in
Weidmann for Joe Liss, the rat, the
other day, and asked him what he
thought Of trTing to get q shop
committee Of both unions in this
shop. Phil said it was all right, but
the A. r. e J.. r0s5nbers had to pay
ST. month and the N. T. w. u
members only had to pay so cents a
month and that the A. F. OF L. MEM
bers would not want to pay 81 a
month dues and not get any better
condition in the shop than the N. T
w. U. and then they would join the
N. T. w. U. So I asked him what
was wrong with that. Then Phi
walked right away from me. Anc
yet he says he is with the workers
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-12-20
New Reader Sends His
Thanks for Real Good
Workers Paper"
(By Leather WORKER Correepondentl

(By Leather Worker Correspondent
GLOVERSVILLE, N. VI am a
leather worker in Gloyersville. I
started to read the paper during our
strike. Although new reader, per-
init me to state something about my
mill 81
am working for the Wood 81 Hyde
Co.
Two years ago Mr. Hyde invited us
to a gathering. He told us to bring
our wives or sweethearts. They treat
ed us with cider and doughnuts. Mr..
Hyde, Jr., who spends his leisure time
in Hollywood and Africa, came and
showed moving pictures how the
animals are killed. Mr.. Hyde lee
tured for lis and promised a real
good season. Then he gave every one
of us bushel of apples which he
did not have to pay for because he
got it from his uncle's farm. Many
of us workers thought he was our
friend.
One week later we found that the
apples cost us a lot OF money. He
cut our wages. We had two wage
cuts in four weeks. The brushers'
pay was cut 33-1 70 per cent and then
he cut IS per cent more in other
departments. Also big cuts in the
beam shop.
But now we are organized. We have
union This is our best Christmas
present because we feel we fought
for our rights and got it. We received
a raise in pay Of about Is per cent
and some shops got more.
AS for Mr.. Hyde, Jr.. he is the over
head that draws $1,000 year from
our hard earned money. He spends
his time in Hollywood. He would not
even step into the mill. The smell
is not good for him. The only thing
he did when he was home was to
collect from us workers money for
the Home Fund Charity. He got
from us SIS year. But when We were
on strike the Home Fund told US
mo money" and it is being control
led only by the bosses while we pay
for it. Lots of thanks for your real
good workers paper.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-12-20
Shop Forum Draws Workers
To Defense of Soviet Union
Scottsboro Discussion, Interrupted by Rumor
of War on the Soviets, Emphasizes
Lynching AS Part of War Plans

just a rumor, they saw clearly the
immediate danger Of war, and the
necessity for action against war.
I must explain how we won the
right from the boss to hold these
forums. We have held them for the
last seven years. In the very begin
ming, Comrade Ray Rakozin was in
vited to speak for several weeks in
success. Then the comrades Of the
factory developed their own speakers.
1t took some time before the bosses
were aware of these forums. They
demanded they be stopped. The
workers, through their committee, in
sisted that it was not the business
of the bosses how the workers con-
Quoted themselves during their lunch
period. Negotiations followed for
about two months, during which time
the forums continued regularly.
Finally the bosses said all right, have
the forum, but not in the factory
Have it in the dining room. In the
old building the dining room was
small and not very airy. So the work
ers continued to hold it in the fac
tory, with no further interference on
the part Of the bosses. What is very
significant is that while the factory
was moving from the old building
to the new one, little ways up on
the same avenue, some workers who
were still in the old building walked
over to the new building every Thurs
Jay just for the shop forum.
This forum is under the leadership
of the Party nucleus in the shop. 1t
has increased in membership from
80 and 40, to about so and 10. They
are held every Thursday, and only
on special occasions on other days,
such as the necessity for a strong
mobilization for the Scottsboro dem
onStration,
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-12-20
by Textile Worker Correspondent

(by IeStiie WORKER correspondent
PATTERSON, N. il was in q
Weidmann Dye Shop meeting, called
by the Chairman, Joe, "the rat of
the a. II, of L." In their meeting
the speakers spoke about unity of
the workers and that the workers of
the two unions should stick and fight
together When I asked for the floor
to propose that the Weidmann Local
of the Mt. w. U. wanted to work
with the workers i'll Weidmann that
belong in the A. F. of L. to elect a
shop committee of both unions, Joe,
the rat, Knew this and he refused
to let me talk at the meeting The
A. 2. of i, believes that the only way
we can get unity is to Join the A. F.
of l..
But after the meeting with a small
group of A. T. of L. members, James
Gorley, chairman of the Weidmann
Local Of N. T. W. U. and M M.
Brown, organizer OF the N. T w. u,
and Herbert Smell, who was chair
man Of the General Dye Strike Com
nlittee of N. It. w. u, talked about
the shop committee of both unions,
and that would be unity, and how
the A. T. of L. leaders tried to sell
out our strike, and broke our dye
strike just when we would have won
it; that the A. r. of l.. leaders did
not fight with us on the picket lines;
that they do not fight for the work
ers.
We asked them, how can you have
unity in union where the leaders
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-12-20
(By a Worker Correspondent

BROOKLYN, N. we hold week
" forums in the lunchroom in the
Bleyer Shop, which produces paper
plate and pte y bags This week We
had an especially interesting event
ers to read about
We were holding one of our weekly
shop forums in the lunchroom at
1890, discussing ScottSboro and mob
ilizing the workers of the Bleyer Shop
for Saturdays demonstration. A few
minutes after the speaker had begun,
one of the workers, an old German
fellow, looking worried and anxious,
rushed in, went over to one Of the
leading comrades, whispered a few
words to him, took a seat at another
table and spoke to a worker seated
next to him. In a minute there was
murmrlring all over the room. The
speaker was unable to continue and
asked the cause of the disturbance.
IT was then announced that this tel-
low, while having his lunch in q
restaurant heard on the radio that
Germany had declared war on the
Soviet Union
All the workers Ware hoc6ed at the
report, became indignant. One cried
out, Wen make it a real demon
stration tomorrow"
In the period usually allotted to
questions, the workers demanded dis
cussion on the wsr situation. An
ether of the comrades spoke, linking
up the attempt to legally lynch the
Scottsboro boys with war prepara-
tons, pointing out how the ruling
class is trying to divide the ranks
Of the workers, white against black,
in order to weaken the resistance of
the masses and to lead them into
another world war and into an at
tack on the Soviet Union.
In the meantime, one of the com
rades called up the Daily Worker and
found that no such report had been
received. Still later, it was learned
that the worker who heard the news,
heard it mentioned only as rumor.
For fully one hour after work began
the whole factory was still eXcitedly
discussing the war question. Al
though everyone understood it waS
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-12-20
Letters from Readers
Approve New Daily"

West. Perhaps that is the fault OF
correspondents. appreciate that the
industrial East is our concentration
and naturally more news flows there
from.
The Party Life column should be q
regular feature, and comrades should
be encouraged TO send in material.
And with this pledge to make a
report soon.
But, as an afJerthougilt, no use
making suggestions of the kind, since
you are aware Of them but lack the
space and finances to broaden and
carry out your plans. So the thing for
us to do everywhere is to save the
Daily by fulfilling cur quota and
then rome. We propose 70 make
penny contributions throughout the
year into our Daily Fund" since we
are SO poverty stricken that it is diff
cult to make a showing in or drive.
H. r.,
Section Organizer,
G. p, Arkansas.
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HOW EVERY WORKER CAN
BECOME A PARTY ORGANIZER

L
Dear Comrades:
7 have a very good friend who has
shown what Communist can do.
Comrade Joe Torg has organized a
Jewish I. w. o. school OF fifteen chill
dren From that school he organized
a Pioneer Group of Is children. From
these gro9ps he organized a branch of
the 1, w. Q. With these children's
parents. he built center.
1t SO happened that was there
when he first started to organize, and
said the chances were poor. hap
pened to attend an affair run by this
group. 1t was SO sacked that those
coming 2 little late could not find q
seat. And the good part Of it was that
two thirds of the members of the
branch are from the American Legion
and also from the American Fedora
ton of Labor.
Comrade Torg made an appeal for
the Party, Which brought the collec-
ton to SIS. Now he is running an
affair for the Daily Worker.
He also ran an affair for the Fret
heit. / can't read the Freiheit, and
therefore !, don't know just what the
collection, was.
Comrades, this is how every Party
member can become an organizer.
just put in a little time.
live in the neighborhood. and I
have started to do the same work that
Comrade Torg has done.
g-, H. GLENN.
(Signature autforized)
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-12-20

such features as Mike Gold, the very
witty Doctor Luttinger, the sport re-
views could they be more simplified
in language?) and the home column
The latter column should have the
best support possible because OF the
general low level Of political under
standing among the women.
In closing, the unit calls upon the
units in the Rockford Section to in
crease their activities for the Daily"
The SIS which we have raised in our
units so far is not the best results
we could have attained if we really
worked, and we call upon the other
-,,1iits in the section to pass this sum.
We promise 20 be back with more
funds very shortly. let us have real
shock hrigGda work for our FIGHT
ING DAILY WORKER.
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HELPING THE DAILY" TO LIVE

1Wln rails, lCanO.
The more read she Daily Worker,
The more I like it. It sure gives no
uncertain sound, fearless for the
truth, and hews to line regardless Of
who the chips may nit. The editorials
are worth more than the paper cost.
It has only one interest, and that is
the interest OF the toiling masses of
all lands, and that is so plain all
workers who read may understand.
I doubt il 1t is excelled by any publ
cation in the land
But am sorry for one thing, that
it has to take up so much Of It's val
uab-e space appealing for donations to
keep it alive, hope that conditions
may soon change. But am not crit
icizing.
Workers, fight for more and better
wages SO you can live and read the
paper you love, the paper that is
fighting for your cause. It will do its
part if we do ours
Action is more than words, so to
help the Daily I enclose 81 to apply
on the Doctors (spinach) contest,
w. w. G..
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-12-20
| 500 Prospect Club
| Members to Attend
Tenth Anniversary

NEW YORK-The Prospect
Workers Club is the first workers
organization to announce officially
that 1t will participate one hun
dred per cent in the tenth ami
versary celebration of the Daily
Worker here on Saturday evening,
Dec. 80 in the Bronx Coliseum.
Its membership, 500 strong, will
march into the large Coliseum, fly
ing the clubs banner.
Which workers club, Party,
mass organization or trade union
will be the next to make similar
announcement? Rush it to the
Daily Worker for publication.
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THREE CENTs FOR DAILY NOT
TOO MUCH
New York City.

new YORK CITY.
Conrade Editor;
In reply to j. z. that the extra
penny keeps many wctkers from buy
ing the D. w, for one DO not agree
with him, since T notice many workers
eagerly spending 3 cents on bourgeois
papers which contain absolutely Moth
ing of interest or in defense of the
working class.
Dear j. e.. it is not the added penny
that prevents the ordinary worker
from buying the D. w. 1t is rather
the misunderstanding OF Communism
that really does prevent the vast ma
iority of our fellow workers from
buying and reading the Daily Worker,
and it is this very misunderstanding
that the Sskept" press thrives upon.
We must do our utmost to help
make the D. w, popular and sue
cessful.
j. M.
P. S.-Son1e months ago I had to
change my daily travels from the T.
r. T. to the Independent subway,
10th Street and the Concourse. The
first morning / asked the newsstand
man for tn D. w. I was told, mo calls
for same" But decided to try my
best and have him keep some on his
stand. SO the next morning I told
him that will pay him one week in
advance. He agreed First he sold
about four copies day. Now he sells
about twelve every day. This station
is quite some distance from home. but
consider 1t worth while. Trust Others
will to likewise.
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~aM 81
f2szEa fll(, haIa
1S8#Hs1> so. 49,, =. :, u IA

In a series of articles deal
ing with the subordinated
status OF women under CAPT
taIism, DR.. H. NJ. Toozan has
pointed out lcv, under the tllcreas-
ing difTicultil imposed on the work
ers by the deepening economic crisis,
the woman suffers more and more
proportionStelv In q "civilizat'ol''
wherein she is casually expected to
marry in order to provide for her
living, 1t becomes next to impossible
10 90 so because the men can no
longer afford homes, wives and
families. Here is a concrete example
CT situation increasingly common
A GENTLEMAN" CONDUCTOR
By DIR. HARRY NJ. TOOZAN
A young man and young lady
came into my Office. The gentle
man enters first for a secret con-
suitation. Doctor, I want to know
the truth about this girl. / suspect
she is a bad girl. I had intended to
marry her"
I take the bad girT' and find out
Upon a nledcal examination that she
IS pregnant three months and due
TO become mother In six more.
I take g more detailed history Of
he case. Here it is: three months
ago was the merry month of May.
One nice evening in a big park . d.
staying late into the night they
Welded to their impulse. A month
later, conception verified: the girls
appeals to the gentleman: talks,
meetings, dates: nausea, vomiting in
creased: what is TO be done?
ask her If she is willing to marry
The young man and settle the whole
affair at once. She jumps up from
10Y at the thought OF 1t. Sure,
sure," she cries. please, Doctor,
ielp me: talk to hinll"
take in the gentleman" and
start long diplomatic negotiations"
with q hostile foreign power mol
mol Nothing doing My parents
are againss i'll Out OF the question
Abortion that's ALL"
argue: "In that I cannot help
you, nor should anybody else it is
TOO far gone too dangerousl Risk
ing a girls Mfel
No matter. Her own fault" He
GOES away mad, like a tiger.
How different already would such
IN incident be in the Soviet Union!
IN the frat place, woman's complete
economic and social equality is a
real thing, and women can be in
dependent in erlrit as well as
economically.
Our bourgeois society sides with
the man. A socialist society makes
him equally responsible with the girl,
not only in law, but in the attitude
OF his fellows. At the same time,
the equality and independence of
rleIl and women there makes the
responsibility less fearful.
Obviously. marriage TO this par
t.culsr gentlemen" at best would be
f sort OF lesser evil'--no real solu-
Ion At all. only the exchange Of
fn Immediate tragedy for later
c.'@ @ tspiccl c-r'talist "sslul
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-12-20

by = Needle Worker Correspondent
CHICAGO, Ill.-To the workers Of
the Needle Trades, members of the
IL.GW.U.:
I am an operator on dresses, when
there is WORK. At present | have
none. While I was looking for work
few days ago, one of the bosses
Of a large concern felt like talking
He made a speech, telling me that
in New York every operator makes
the scale and more.
1 would appreciate it very much if
someone would write to the Daily
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-12-20
="
DAILY WORKER STREET SALES
Chicago, Ill.

Con1rade Eoitrr::
haven't seen any articles giving
advice for street sales of the Daily"
think there would be a decided
jump in street sales if the statesmen
would quote fro n,the heads and news
in hawking the paper. Emphasis
should be laid on such items as relief
cuts, relief victories, strikes, police
terror, lynchings, Scottsboro news,
U.S.S.R. accomplishments, exposures
of fascism in the y. S., etc.
In general, the news on the front
page should be such as has a broad
appeal to workers as a class, not just
to small sections. However, I think
the Daily" is continually improving
in this respect. The next task is to
impress on all statesmen and readers
how to utilize this broad appeal in
getting new readers. A. c.
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NOTE:

We publish letters from textile.
needle, shoe and leather workers
every Wednesday. Workers in these
industries are urged to write us
Of their conditions of work, and Of
their struggles to organize. Get
the letters to us by Saturday Of
each week.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-12-20
Fastest Dress Operator in
Chicago Earns SIS to S22

Worker and explain conditions as
they really are in the dress shops Of
New York and other cities.
The prices In the dress shops Of
Chicago have been cut SO low that
the operator cannot make the scale.
The fastest operator, when working
full time, earns from SIS to s22.
The finishers are week workers, in
most of the shops, but in many cases,
the slow worker Is put on as q baster,
earning SIS a week instead Of $18.75.
Mary Politzer.
signature auti1orized)
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-12-20
Can You Make 'em
Yourself?

Pattern 174o is available in sizes
IL, 16, 1s, 20, 80, 81, So, 3s, 40 and
AZ. Size 16 takes 39z yards SO inch
fabric and 20 yard contrasting, H.
lustrated step-by step sewing in
structions included,
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-12-20

In a socialist society such an in
cident need not be tragedy at all.
A workers society does not consider
such q girl disgraced. and il makes
every provision that the father will
contribute to the clasld's support. and
that the child viii not guffer So
cially o. economically from the cpn-
Gitions Ct It's birth.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-12-20
How Armollrs
Dept. Stopped
Overtime GyD
(By q Packing House Workerl

CHICAGO, Hit has been said in
Armours Sheep Kill Department that
it was impossible for us to finish kill
ing on time. But it has been seen
that this is untrue On Dec. 5 there
w1,s q leaflet distributed in our de-
partment, demanding that they stop
gripping us. Since that time the boss
has seen to it that we get cut on
time, and here is the leafiet that did
the trick:
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-12-20

Send your greetings to the "a
page Tenth Anniversary EDITION Of
the Dali. WcrEa-. Rash them to
rs before Dee. 60.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-12-20
Antoine s., New Bedford.-You failed

to give us your street address and we
are therefore unable to send you the
material you request or answer your
questions. Please send us your address
so we can reply,
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Helping the Daily Worker
Through Dr.. Luttinger

Contributions received to the credt
Of Dr.. Luttinger in his Socialist COM
petition with Michael Gold, Edward
Newhouse, Helen Luke, Jacob Burck
and Del to raise $1,000 in the 10000
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-12-20
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.