The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-09-25

AS a result of the midwest regional
conference of the John Reed Clubs,
held at Chicago, Aug. 5-6-7, Left
Front" was designated as the official
organ of all the clubs of the region,
numbering nine, with membership
of 309. j. S. Balch of the st. Louis
club and Gilbert Rookie of the Chi
cago club shared the Craftsmanship
for the three days. The elected
Resolutions Committee and Presidium
were composed of Joseph Hoffman
(St. LOUIS; Gilbert Rookie Chicago;
Ben Bavly Detroit; Paul Romano
(Milwaukee); P. Paul (Kalamazoo) /;
Stanley De Graft Grand Rapids
Joseph Freeman and Bill Browder,
delegates-at-large.
The September October issue of
Left Front" is the first under the
new auspices, and the start is an
admirable one. Yes Mr.. MacLeish,
the New York Daily Worker goes
ALLOWING over Arkansas" and so
does Left Front" and the other
literary publications of the revolu-
tionary movement. And such pub
locations as left Front" will even
tually replace the literary tripe dished
out by such artists" as Archibald
MacLeish, who pines for Caesars,
Charlie Chaplin mustaches, swas-
tikas, and castor oil.
Beginning with a satirica1 ex-
posure Of the Century of Progress"
where naked fan dancers shake it
up for the edification of the yokels,
the magazine sounds a militant note
throughout Several cartoons en-
liven the text. your Comrade In
Christ" by Ralph Munson tells of
nice old Christian lady, converted to
Communism, but still trying to adapt
it to her old moral concepts. Or
ganizers of the Kentucky miners have
told of gaunt hillmen holding the
Bible in one hand and the Daily
Worker in the other, grasping the
new, but reluctant to give up the
old.
BY far the most important article
N the magazine is John Bronson's
report Of the nut pickers' strike in
st. Louis. This epic struggle, led
by Bill Sentner, a young John Reeder
who turned to Communism only
short while back, takes on heroic
proportions The nut pickers were
too poor to attract the cupidity OF
the ALL. vuftures, but the Commu-
nists organized them, and WONl
Won an increase in wages, better
of the militant Food Workers In
dustrial Union Now Bill Green's
takers are being plagued by rising
chorus of workers voices demanding
"a REAL union. just like the nut
piclIers" The legend will live in
the Midwest and inspire other Bill
Sentners to take up the work. st.
Louis used to be considered very
tough spot for militant organizers.
Sam Gaspar has a pertinent and
wildly conceived short story: Fore
closure" There are poems by Nor
man Nqclscd and Wi'ham Pillin, re-
views (but not too manyD, news,
notes. and letters.
LEFT Front displays a serious
fault. There is no hint CT the ire
mendous and historic agrarian strug-
giles, the milk strikes, mortgage fore
closure resistance, etc. Let us hope
that the broadening Of the magazines
editorial board will tend to correct
this omission in future issues. Too
much city atmosphere. Don't forget,
comrades, that there are p-oletarians
in the gunbo fields with cockleburrs
in their hair and fight in their hearts.
Tell something about them in your
next issue. Le55 think Of ourselves
not as writer's or artists" but as
people.