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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-11-29
CONDUCTED NJ
HELEN LUXE

So tomorrow Is Thanksgiving Day!
What q treat-for the bossesl They
will get turkey, cranberry sauce,
pumpkin pie, and all the rest of it,
while the workers will get the usual
condescending speeches telling them
TO be glad they're still alive. Mice
speeches, especially for Fuel Lee,
ArmWood, Morris LANCER, and many
murdered strikers, for instance, huh?)
Like religion, this holiday is most
useful to our ruling class IS a means
Of teaching the workers humility, of
getting them to go down on their
knees and bow their heads After
seeing the Young Pioneers in Strike
Me Red I am having a good laugh
over the fine fat chance the N.R-A.
and its perpetrators have OF getting
the class conscious workers and their
kids to go dowl on their knees!
We have not space here to expose
historically in detail the origin of
Thanksgiving in a fake democracy"
instituted by an American society
which was divided into classes lin
Guiding u its lowest strata black
slaves and white "indentured SER
vantsD from tine time of the arrival
ct the Pilgrim Fathers on these
shores.
ThankSgiving-and ScOttsboroi
In this, the fifth year Of the crisis,
the vicious character Of that dem
ocracy' becomes each day more evt-
dent, and Thanksgiving becomes for
the bankrupt and dispossessed work
ers, hideous farce. Perhaps one of
those bright bourgeois denagogues
can tell us what the Scottsboro boys
and Tom Mooney have to be thankful
for?
The best answer to attempts to
put us into meek and thankful
mood is to make Thanksgiving Day"
a high point in an intensified strug-
gle uniting more closely than ever
parents, teachers, and children into
organizations demanding more hot
lunches and free clothing in schools,
cash relief for destitute families, and
Unemployment Insurance.
The Pioneers sang, 1.-THE home of
the brave and, the land Of the free,
When we get through with it that's
what it'll be-; and when we get
tluOlEl4 Will L tldlkoSlflIlS Lay We
like the workers in the Soviet Union,
viii have something to be thankful
forl
A Tip for the Children
Here's very little idea which the
Young Pioneers may be able to put
to use to provide amusement at gath
erings planned TO help draw new
members to their organizations.
Paste some of Burck's cartoons on
heavy colored paper leach picture on
a different COLOR, trim them down
rather closely so not too much white
space is left, then mark lightly with
a pencil into sections Of odd shapes
and cut carefully apart to make Gig
saw puzzles out OF them. Let each
guest have one Of these (thoughtfully
scrambled beforehandD to compete
With the others in putting them to-
gsther speedily
We welcome our new next-door
reiEhhor, the Saturday Pioneer Col
cn1
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-11-29

came forward-or if they did, the,
were not to be heard The bloc
committee conducted some goot
struggles and built up general In
fluepce. But today it is not liv
force, for the workers could not fee
that it was THEIR organization. The
did not put into leadership some
the militants who were allowed {,
develop. The committee is stagnant
because the workers did not voicl
their own demands. We told then
their needs, on the basis of genera
analyses. But issues are issues o
action only when they are able {,
rally the workers to struggle. lie
the workers do the most talking. Fins
out from them what is the inrne
diate need. Then they will struggle
Gaining the Confidence of the Masse
The second fact of appointment o
comrades by the section or unit
the Party into leadership Of the blocl
committee Is the greatest hindranc'
to the development Of our work. Tn,
/ comrades who go into the neighbor,
hoods are generally not known to thu
workers Frequently they do not ever
live in the block or 11eighborhood
Proclaiming themselves the blocl
committee, the workers naturally fee
that this is not an organization o.
their own, but one that is given tt
them. The comrades sent into
neighborhood should only constitute
an organizing or initiative commit.
tee. Their job is to rally the work
ers on the general demands but more
specifically on the demands that tht
workers raise. The job of these COM
rades is to get militant workers Of
the neighborhood elected to the com
mittee, to train them into Leadership
and thus develop real block OF
neighborhood organization. Not only
are some Of our comrades not fit for
leadership, but by bureaucratically
putting themselves forward as the
leaders, they stifle new leadership ano
thereby choke the organization itself
The Party cannot make mass leaders;
the masses select their own leader
ship. The duty of Party members Is
to show through activity, good pro-
posa1s and proper attitude to the rank
and file that they are leaders. Thus
they gain the confidence OF the
masses, who elevate them into Lead
ership.
Stable Forces
Finally the practice of taking out
comrades from block work cannot
but wreck the organization. The
workers see that they have no con-.
troll of their leaders, who are put In
and taken out. This leads to distrust
in the organization and 1t quickly
vanishes.
If the Party and Party members
would adopt proper attitude to the
workers-talking less and listening
more, and not handle them bureau
cratically, the block organization
would not only grow very rapidly but
become a solid basis of proletarfan
struggle, out of which would come
many miltants as excellent material
for the Party and as leaders Of the
bitter struggles that face us.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-11-29

meat, tlsh, potatoes, peas, soup ana
the like. $50
While she did all this she laughed
and at times moved her head
rhythmically to "a. jazz tune being
played on the radio at counter num-
3. I wanted to make her acquaint-
ance but because. she was so busy I
changed my mind. 1 would see her
again in the near future.
Two Weeks Later
Two weeks. later 1 came again
There she was. I asked her for a cone.
N.Y. What had. happened to her dur
ing those two weeks? Her face was
pale. No longer did she smile. How
Indifferent she was to everything.
asked her why She was so sad. She
explained that she had been out Of
work for two. yeaTS.and that she was
awfully glad to, get the present job
but now she WIS beginning to hate it.
l understood that the work that
had at first seemed so pleasant to
her was at the same time silently and
mercilessly destroying her youth, her
vitality, her Veryriife. Now she had
come to feel it, Fifty-two hours a
week - rushing serving, cooking,
washing and w4ping was too much.
Fifty-two hours a week that infer
nal radio played. And then there was
the manager Always soothing and
some customers becoming impatient.
AL for $12 week.
Supporting Family of -Four
As we became more intimate
learned that she, was supporting a
family of four--on, $12 a week, and
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-11-29
Layoffs and Wage
Cuts Continue at
SchWeinIer Press
(By a Worker Correspondent)

NEW YORK.-The Blue Eagle is
still doing its dirty work in the
Schweinler Press while the workers
are driven by the slave driving bosses
who have already cut their wages in
half, in three different wage cuts,
but are increasing the spesd-up and
lay-offs. On Monday, Nov. 20, there
were six more workers laid off from
the composing department under
the whip of Connolly.
In the Monotype Department,
where three operators used to work,
their wages were cut from $50 per
week to s18 and only two kept work.
ing until Monday. Then the OPP
orator was laid off, and the third
one quit in protest. The workers in
the Schweinler Press begin to re-
alize what the Eagle really means
for them,
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-11-29

discrimination against the Negroes,
for unemployment and social insur-
ance, etc.
Function and Task of Block
Committee
The block committee is not the
basic organization, but the block as
sembly. The committee is elected by
the workers in the block who form
the block assembly. The function of
the committee is not to carry out
the work in the block, but to lead
In conducting all the activities de-
Cided by the block assembly. OF
course, at times, in an emergency, it
is necessary for the block committee
to make decisions and mobilize the
workers in the block for action. But
generally speaking, the assembly must
be regarded as the decisive body,
making all decisions on the broadest
democratic basis.
1t is one of the basic tasks of the
block committee to develop forces
particularly leading forces out of the
workers in the block. AS the work
develops more leaders are needed and
they can be obtained only in the
block. These workers are the most
important, for through the struggle
they gain the confidence Of the work
ers, who through their own vote elect
them into leadership. The ability
they show must be developed. They
must be given a training in organ
ization and also politically and be
rapidly drawn into the Party.
In smaller localities, the neighbor-
hood should be selected as the basis,
the basic organizational unit being the
neighborhood assembly. AS a rule,
q precinct or ward should be selected,
since 1t also has political significance.
In such cases, we are able to expose
the alderman of the ward by forcing
him to bring forward the needs Of
the electors of the ward The work
ers look to him to represent them in
the board of aldermen or city council
and quickly become disillusioned when
they see his actions.
Wrong Methods
The serious errors that we make In
building the block or neighborhood
assembly and block or neighborhood
committee are: I. That we do all
the talking and make all the pro-
posals, instead Of listening to the
workers and finding out from them
he immediate issues on which they
will struggle and how the struggle
should be conducted; and 2. That
the comrades who are sent into a
block or neighborhood to build up the
assembly fundamentally MAX E
themselves the block committee and
add few non-Party workers SO that
it will appear democratic"
Both these methods are wrong and
cannot lead to the development of
the block organization. In New York
there was a model" assembly. 1t
consisted of about 60 workers in a
thickly populated working class sec
ton. In this assembly, there was
only one voice to be heard-that
of a comrade who went into the block
to form organization, who did good
work and received the confidence Of
the workers. But no other workers
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-11-29
Capitalist Paper
Answered by Vet
nv a Va Correspondent

ST. LOUIS, Mo.-Some time ago
there appeared an article in the
st. Louis Post-Dispatch objecting to
the demands Of the ex-soldiers for
their bonus, /. e., back pay. The
sum and substance of this editorial
was that we ex-seryice men We're
no better than anyone else and We
should get in line with the rest Of
the unemployed.
I answered this article, but up to
date have failed to see them print
my answer.
So I am writing to you as I
found out that the Daily Worker
will print the grievances Of the peo-
pie that are being crushr7 to up
hold the profit of Wall S5.eet.
fail to find any editorials by the
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-11-29
A FASCIST JOB AGENCY
by a Worker Correspondent

NEW YORK.-My wife, about two
weeks ago, got job through the
rkvi1le Central Employment
Agency, 204 East 85th ST., New York
City. They gave her job in d bak-
cry. She worked there only about
a week.
In the agency they try to find out
what your ideas are, If you are
fascist, etc.
When 1 went down there the wo-
man in charge said: This is not
Jew business" There were some fell
lows sitting around there. They were
talking about fascism. I had an al
guinent about it with her and she
wouldn't give me the money back.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-11-29
Election" i'm Hitler
Style at Edison Firms
(By a Worker Correspondent)

NEW York; doubt whether
anyone would believe the farce the
Edison companies and Consolidated
Gas just passed off as an election.
Before the election the workers had
to listen to farangues on behalf of
the company union plan. No speak
ers were allowed to state the case
for rank and file unions. TO give
semblance Of freedom of choice the
workers were told they could vote for
whom they pleased. They also were
warned that no ballot would be
counted unless it bore the voters
name. No phony names we're al
lowed.
Is 1t any wonder that the company
union plan went over with such a
bang?
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-11-29
PARTY MEMBERS MUST READ
DAILY WORKER

Chicago, Ill.
Conirade Editor:
At our unit meeting last night We
collected $40 for the Daily Worker
fund, which should have been done
long ago. We have pledged to raise
not less than $50 and it can be done.
find that conrad are willing to
donate money but that is not enough.
J find that many Party members to
not read the Daily Worker. This
must be changed for the Daily Worker
editorials are too valuable for any
Party member to miss. How can we
keep in touch with the constantly
changing events and the tricks of the
hc~~~~ and their agents, especially
those in the ranks Of the workers such
as the A. F Of L. miSleaders, if we
don't read the workers press? Just
this lack of many Of our comrades is
often the case where these takers are
able to mislead the workers.
I dare say if the Russian Bolsheviks
would have treated Pravda as we
treat our Daily Worker, they would
not have been able to accomplish
what they did. SO let us do like
they did. Not only support our
paper financially, but also read it and
see to it that it is read by the workers
in the shops and the mines. We
should spread the Daily Worker
everywhere and when We do that we
will find that we can organize the
workers and also make the paper
self-supporting.
also want to call your attention
when it says "the only working class
daily it should read 'the only Eng
lish working class daily. H. n. G.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-11-29

dogs. One worker worked three
months and received SO pay. Most
OF the workers owe the company
money. The reason why these men
have to work under these miserable
conditions is that if a worker wants
to quit his job, he is Immediately cut
off the town relief. The boss prac-
tically owns the entire town. AS yet
there have been no attempts to Or
ganize the place, because of the spies
and rats Some steps should be made
to organize this factory despite the
spies and rats.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-11-29
Seattle Increases Lead;
Speed Tag Day Receipts

NEW NOTWITHSTANDING in $250.58 in
the last half week, Seattle, District 2,
not only held its lead in the Daily
Worker $4,000 Drive, but passed its
own pledge to increase its original
quota by one halfs,tt has already rails
ed $78S,40 on a quota Of $500, or 1875
per cent. Boston Is second with a
rating OF 115s3..psr. cent.
No other district rllas yet raised its
quota. ,.'
Canton Challenge
Section l, Can't, Ohio, issues a
challenge to Ser ms Of the same city
to go over the. eop-on their quotas of
$2z5, to secure neFersubs and sell more
Daily Workers by December 18th
What do you say comrades of Section
5? Let's hear fron1~you!
Tag Day Funds
Tag Day funds are not coming in.
An exception to this is Section 2, of
New York, which not ony has prac-
tically raised its quota, but is also one
of the first to hand in tag day boxes,
and is living up-te the pledge to raise
on the average of 81 during the tag
days for each member This Section,
leading in New York, is setting fine
example by intensffying it's activity,
and will more than>go over the top.
Comrades! Rush your tag day re-
ceipts Continue raising funds. Read
ers, of the Daily Worker, a dollar
from each Of Won twill NIT the drive
over the top. ee1
Five dollars more was received in
celebration of the recognition of the
o. S S. r., one dollar from Simon
Roth, Milwaukee, 50 from Larry LIT
rich and 81 from NJ. Leib, both of
Ypsilanti, Mich. Rush your dollars.
The chart printed below shows how
each District stands as of Nov. 81:
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-11-29
Central Food Market
Workers Toll rs Hours
A Week Under MIRA.
by a Worker Correspondentl


NEW YOR K.-My boss, Mr..
Schwartzbard of the Central Food
Market, 1852 Broadway, is a faker,
He signed the N. r. A. and we're
supposed to work 48 hours But we
work rs hours.
I wrote a lot Of times to N. r. A.
but they don't do anything, ] wrote
about this outrage to the Daily News
and the other papers, but they Won't
print it.
The fellows are all hopping mad
about this double-crosser, Schwartz
bard, but we're afraid to open our
mouths because We can't afford to
lose even this lousy job
This boss has another store, too,
where the same conditions are.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-11-29

was finished in short time. We
were hired three months ago.
Is this the N. R. A. that the bosses
and the government give us? After
three months we were put out.
We worked 40 hours q week, but
the speed-up was terrible and the
work was finished before we looked
around. Only eight workers are left
to do all the work now.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-11-29
GOVT. PORK ROUsES PROTEST
By a Worker Correspondent

ST. LOUIS, MO.-With each piece
putrid salt side meat given to the
unemployed there are several recipes
in cooking this carrion that a self
respecting maggot tries to get out of.
The only thanks the bosses n Wash
ington are getting out OF giving this
putrid meat to the masses is that the
unemployed are joining UP in the I'm
employed Councils and are beginning
to fight for Unemployment and Social
Insurance.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-11-29

IlNIN WE0ILIUT-
The company furnishes homes and
wood for the workers, who have
to pay $13 a month for this. Before
a worker can purchase food in the
company store, the manager of the
store calls up the factory to find out
whether this worker worked that day.
If he didn't, he is refused food, If
d worker does not buy in the com
pany store he is Immediately fired.
The woodcutters get 81 for cord
of wood. They have to furnish their
own homes and food The homes are
not fit, and the food is fit only for
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-11-29
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.
Total to date ......".,..s....s $1,000
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-11-29
w. ]. Sloane & Co.
Speeds Rug Repairers
Out of Their Jobs
tBy a Worker Correspondentl

NEW YORK.-W. j. Sloane & Co.,
18th Ave. and 29th ST., warehouse
Crug-cleaning Department., Oriental
Rug Repairing Department, has laid
off eight workers. They made us
work SO fast before that the work
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-11-29
Can You Make En-
Yourself?

Pattern 1540 is available In sizes
So, SO, 40, AZ, "A and As. Size Sc takes
31s yards 36-inch fabric and q yard
contrasting. Illustrated step-by-step
sewing instructions included.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-11-29
Two Weeks Work at Kresge's
Kills Young Girls Vitality
Finds N. RIA. Raised Living Cost Higher Than
- Few Dollars Increase
By a Worker Correspondent

CHICAGO pretty girl friend who
5l025 stores she had working there
other with ce-ceam She washed wiped the dishes
consisting
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-11-29
PARTY LIFE
Criticism of Some Methods
Used by Block Committees
Purpose of Committees TO Activize Workers
in Struggle Against Effects of Unemployment
By j. ANITER

commteeSthat committees Living
applicable big cities
committee to activise
against the effects
relief against evOn food for the children agan
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-11-29

Only your support can help the
Daily Worker continue. You like
the enlarged and improved Daily"
Support It with your dollars. Rush
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-11-29
Helping the Daily Worker
Through DR.. Luttinger

Contributions received to the credit
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 $4,000
Daily Worker Drive:
Jane Moore and William
Mollennauer .ss.s.s.s..s..s.4 zoo
Previous total ........ss...... 353.43
Total to date .....,..... .a3yy,A a
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-11-29
Town Relief Used as Weapon
Against Complaints on Job
Acid Company in Livingston Manor Pays
$50 for II Hours Work
Bx a Worker Correspondent

LIVINGSTON MANOR, following
rrasis Acid Factory Livingston Y.
receives
don't
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-11-29

Send FIFTEEN CENTS (I5c) IN
coins or stamps (coins preferredD for
this Anne Adams pattern. Write
plainly name, address and style num-
Der. BE SURE TO STATE SIZE.
Address orders to Daily Worker
Pattern Department, 243 West 18th
Street, New York City.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-11-29
BY PAUL LUTTINGER, MD.
ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
.c;d and AIkaIi Producing Foods

ACID ana Alkall PRODUCING FOOuS
r. M, st. Petersburg, Fla.-Among
the foods which are apt to increase
the ac:dity Of the blood, we may
mention bacon, bread (white and
whole wheat, corn, crackers, cram
berries, eggs white and yolk), fish
(haddock, pike, salmon, meat (beef,
chicken, mutton, pork, veaD, oatmeal,
oysters, peanuts, prunes, sardines,
shredded wheat and walnuts. Among
the alkali producing foods we have
almonds, apples, apricotS, bananas,
beans dried, lima and string, beets,
cabbage, carrots, cauliflower, celery,
citrons, cocoanuts, cucumbers, grape
fruit, lemons, lettuce, milk, mush-
rooms, muskmelon, onion, oranges,
peaches, pears, peas dried and
fresh), potatoes (sweet and white),
radishes, tomatoes and turnips.
The blood, of course, can never be-
come acid while the animal is alive,
because any appreciate increase in
the acidity Of the blood causes death;
but the acid-base equilibrium of the
blood Is influenced to a certain ex-
tent, either one way or the other, by
the acid and alkaline foods mem
toned above.
The salts which increase, the al
kalinity are sodium, potassium, call
cium, magnesium carbonate, phos-
phate and citrate. The tartrates,
lactates and sulphates Of the above
minerals have the opposite effect.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-11-29
Occulist, Optician, Optometrist
and Ophthalomogist

Samuel G. Frank, Opt.D., Brook
lyn, N. Y.--If you read our answer
in the Nov. 20 issue again you will
fail to find any disparagement of
optometry. Our correspondent wanted
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-11-29

Total Wed. $3.50
Previously
Recorded 26322.20'
Total to date 26633.70
DISTRICT No. 1
J. G. Novo - -.
7 names f.5S
Total 1872 1875
Total to date 1242.36
INSTRUCT M .