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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-07-29
"And We Thought
You Were Coming
For Our EViction"
BY BELLA MILLER

1--WE steep flights up in one OF
L the old red-brick tenement
houses on the East Side of 18th
Street, no one seemed to answer
to my knock on the door.
folded the leaf1et in half and
slipped it under the door. When
reached the other end of the
narrow, long, dimly-ht hall, the
door where I had left the leaf1et
opened and young boys voice
called out:
"Ma-am, here it is, the evic-
toni"
ooh, dear me-" cried the mother,
a small flat woman, ap-
parently young.
Her careworn face frightened
with relief when I informed her
that it wasn't going to be an evic-
ton.
"You are the investigator from
the Relief Bureau?" she asked
alphabetically. From the bedroom
there came the cries of a very
young infant.
Il am from the Unemployed
Council Of this neighborhood," I
told her and her face again as
sumed a worried expression. She
was disappointed.
"And I thought you were the
investigator. 1t is over a month
since we registered at the Relief
Bureau and no one has showed
up yet. And we been waiting and
waiting these long weeks"
"And thought this was the
eviction" said the boy. 1--WE been
expecting the eviction"
IT got three of them" went on
the mother in a hopeless voice.
Johnny is ten, Martin eight and
my baby Anne is four months old.
And 1 got no milk for her. Can
not nurse her. lost my milk
when baby was only six weeks old.
Got scared from the sheriff when
he came to put us out on the
street. My husband was janitor
for eight years down on West st.
We lived in basement. He took
sick and could not work. He lost
his job. We had no money for
rent. The Relief stopped paying
our rent, so we were put out, all
of us with the three kids, and nv
baby, only six weeks old then"
Until a month ago the husband
" had two days work a week,
when they registered at the Re-
lief Bureau SO Johnny got him
self a shoe-shine box and brings
in few pennies day, on which
the m other manipulates the
household.
IT got twenty-five cents in one
day, last week. Ma-am, didn't II"
He said proudly.
The candle, which provided the
light for the kitchen, was dripping
fast. The gas had never been
turned on. Johnny brings up some
wood from the street and that's
the fuel for whatever cooking is
done.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-07-29
The Whisper Roars!
By ERICH WEINERT
English Version by Milton HoWard)

The following upon
by Erich Wener the leading revolutionary
resenday forging
asionate revolutionary materials
o-day political
om is not close translation rather transcription
The whisper rises to roarl
Worker, don't you hear it?
1t is the cry of the Hounds of War;
Worker, don't you hear it?
The factories of coal and stee-whisper
From London, Toxic, Warsaw, Berlin,
From New York, Prague, Bucharest
From the chemical factories of the continents
Comes whisper which rises to a roarI
Worker, don't you hear it?
The hum is heard-of dollars, of cannon
Of armored plate, of bullets and gas.
Night after night, the armored tanks roll
Machine guns for Poland
For Roumania, hand grenades!
Against the workers Red Army
The Worldfascist brigadesl
Into the field the armies are hurled
Against the working class of the world
Against you against you Worker the guns are turned,
Remember, remember, the last War of the World
Again win the gas tear blood from your lungs?
Worker Farmerl The day is here
The shrill war trumpets sound the attack
Against the Workers Fatherland they go
Seize the guns-beat them back!
Crush under heel the Fascist bands
Set the world in flannel
Upon every mine and factory wall
Plant the workers flag of Redi
From the ashes of War
Before battle flaming eyes
Socialist world will rise!
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-07-29


minute. IF you'll listen, friends"
he said in an angry voice, you'll
learn something"
He started to go on with his
speech, but somebody came through
the crowd and whispered some
thing to him. The speaker turned
again to the crowd.
"I'm glad to see that some of
the men on the submarines have
heard our message and have come
over to the meeting tonight he
said. The whole crowd turned
away from the drawing board and
looked at the sailors. What was
your question again, friend?" he
asked. II didn't hear it. If you'll
repeat it, I'll be glad to try to an
swer it for you"
The. sailor seemed to be a little
sorry now that he had said any,
thing. But his pal jabbed him in
the ribs ard said something to
him. He hollered out again. Neb
couldn't make him out. Neither
could the speaker But somebody
relayed the question: UP to the
truck platform.
Our friend wants to know this"
the speaker said. HE wants to
know why 1t is that II Soviet Rus
STA is, the only country that wants
peace, why does it have the larg-
est standing army in the world?"
Everybody watched the sailors who
didn't look SO cockey now.
NEB listened carefully as the
~ speaker explained how the other
countries surrounded Russia and
were looking for an excuse to at
tack her while Russia wanted
peacefully to continue to build
Socialism and that she kept an
army only for defense.
BY this time the sailors didn't
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-07-29
Picture Of a Forced Labor
Forest Camp in California

go to town we are to be fined and
imprisoned, with the promise OF
further punishment when we get
back to camp. One man who
attempted to rouse the boys in
protest against bad food and liv-
ing conditions was singled out
by the officers and given kind
of third degree" The captain,
two looies, two sergeants, the doc
tor, and several forest rangers
modified into a solid phalanx and,
thus fortified and feeling very
courageous, approached the mill
tant offender while he was off by
himself. The officers then pro-
ceeded to lay down the law with
their Sam Browne belts and hol-
sters very much 20 the fore. They
threatened all sorts of dire action
if he did not reveal his fellow
rebels. The upshot of the matter
was that the captain assembled
all the men and then proceeded
to lecture us in arrogant, buster
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-07-29

THE space between Neb and the
crowd was already filled. A lot
OF new people were coming up and
Neb couldn't make out what the
speaker was saying. BY the time
the crowd got settled down again
the speech was almost over.
g.. and I'm tellin' you, men,
as a World War vet'rin, that If your
don't want to be moved down like
rats IN the next war, you've got
to organize behind )"
Oh, the hell with 1t, Neb thought
as more people drowned out what
the guy was saying. He moved
away from the crowd. He SLOUGH
ed over the railing with the top
pipe against his empty stomach.
He looked out into the bay with
out seeing anything and dreamt
Of the time when three meals a
day didn't mean thing to him.
The next speaker was the girl
he had seen on the truck. He
couldn't hear her at all and he
didn't half try. She looked like
a little spitf1re and the crowd gave
her big hand.
He could hear the next guy all
right. He beloved like bull.
His voice travelled across the wide
street, hit the red-brick fronts on
the other side and echoed back.
He swung his fists and beat his
breast. He made Neb turn his
head and listen.
1--WE FIGHT THE WARP
He was a short, stocky guy and
he told a good story. He was no
fake, either. when we sailed up
the Yangtsi River" he roared, "the
first thing that struck our eyes was
big oil tanks with Standard Oil
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-07-29

Company written in large letters
across them. Yeah. That's who
we were fighting for, the Morgans
and the Rockefellers. They're the
ones who profit by a war. We're
the ones who fight the war. Yeah.
Many's the time !"
A long line Of freight cars rat
tied down Waterfront Street. They
made helluva racket. The speak
er matched his voice against them,
believing louder. Ten minutes later
another line of cars came down the
other way. They looked like the
same ones that had gone up. The
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-07-29

nightmare Of thousands Of little
JohnnieS.
Tomorrow Johnny, the bread
Garner, will not be able to go out
with his shoe-shine box. He is
to mind his baby sister. His
mother, together with thousands
OF others, is going out to storm
the Home Relief Bureau-for i'm
mediate relief.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-07-29

started to sfush them but they
didn't quiet down much. The
second sailor was trying to be funny
too. He put his hands on the
sides of his mouth and hollered
something at the speaker.
They seemed to make the speak
er good and sore. He stopped for
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-07-29

Johnny's frame Is narrow ana
rickety, his arms pale and thin,
yet this little bit Of humanity car
ries on its frail childish should
ers all the burdens that poverty
and misery have cast on him in
full measure. Eviction - the
nightmare Of thousands and mil
lions Of jobless workers in this
country today, has also become the
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-07-29

THE clearing in the forest where
L where our camp is located Is
ankle-deep in loose red dirt. One
cannot walk step without kick
ing up a dense, suffocating cloud
of dust. The effect is nerve-rack-
ing and physically, it makes us
feel like lung cases with coughing
and splitting constantly going on.
From the day of our arrival We
have worked in the forests from
8 a. m. to 5 in the evening. Fed
eral Foresters are in charge of this
work. The labor is of the most
exhausting kind. The men are so
tired after a days work that they
can only think Of seeking the din
gy cot we are provided with. The
ForeSters hound us at work, as
though they were foremen on
contract job paying the men six
teen dollars day. They state
they are ordered to keep us con-
stantly on the go, although con-
fidentially they reveal there is no
sense to our labors.
There's Polish lad who talks
about the letter he's going to
write his folks back in the East.
"I'll tell 'em all about this lousy
campj' he whimpers.
Later, in the evening, I go to
sick call. Half the camp is there.
No one has normal stomach.
Everyone needs a physic. The
rotten grub is hard to digest and
constipation is general. Most of
the boys are pasty-faced and dull
eyed 1t makes no difference that
this is the famed California elm
ate. Under such living conditions
as we have to put up with any
but the most robust would soon
be feeling sick There is a fellows
who has had his neck nicked by
an AK Just a bit more and his
throat would have been cut. Still
others with AK injuries.
Such are the conditions we labor
under. This is the manner in
which Mr.. Roosevelt helps the I'M
employed, all for a dollar day.
This company of 200 city boys
calls upon you workers to help us
in the struggle for better condi-
tons of labor, union wages, use
full work in the city we come from,
and the removal of the War De-
partment from participation in
any and all unemployed work.
Either that or unemployed in
surance. The sons Of workers must
not be forced to undergo such
miserable treatment. We implore
youe to pass the word and carry
on the struggle.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-07-29

THE crowd Numbered their APP
l prevail. Even Neb Joined in.
The speaker stepped down The
drunken sailor was already past
the crowd The other one was
still in the crowd. Neb saw
clean looking fellow talking to the
sailor "All you sailors and long
shoremen who want tight fer
better condishuns," reeled off the
chairman, come an join the
G-r-r-r-r B-u-r-r-r-r Union at 400
Waterfront Street :" The meet
ing was over and the crowd began
to scatter.
Neb was still leaning against the
rail. He watched the sailor who
was still talking to the longshore-
man. He saw them walk across
the street with the sailors girl.
They walked into a store. 1t
couldn't be joint, Neb decided.
Neb walked UP to the next cor
ner, crossed the street and walked
down again. On the window of the
store he read Marine Workers
Industrial Union--in crude red let
tiers.
Neb was a quiet guy. He didn't
make friends easy. He always kept
to himself. He had always gone
his own way, He stopped for a
second, then walked up the street
and down again. He stopped once
more when he reached the place
and then kept on going. Soon as
he got something to eat tomorrow
he was going to go into the place
and sign UP.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-07-29

ing tones. He damned all malcon-
tents and habitual sulkers, as he
called them, and said he would
make an example of the one he
had picked on. The boy was then
fined three dollars, which is so
per cent of our monthly income,
deprived of his evening meal and
put on K. P. for all Sundays and
holidays. That is a sample of the
sort of thing awaiting us, in the
event we try to improve our con-
ditions.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-07-29

WE have been in camp week.
W Our condition is worse than it
was ats,~Fort Slocyun. We are
twenty-six, miles from the nearest
town and railroad station. Our
camp is shambles in the Wild
crness. We live in a semi-savage
state They are no vestiges of
human comforts or necessities.
The men, after the first flare of
rebellion at the prison camp con-
diticns, have relapsed into a kind
of stupor which acts as a shield
between them and the maddening
camp life. 'gThere lisano means of
escape. If the men complain, the
captain says. eff you are dissatis-
fled I sllan't force-.yo to remain
here. There are two sandwiches
waiting for The man who wants to
go. There's the road. You can
take it if you liket,s Small wonder
the nam is able to speak with
such assurance. It's like sending
a man into the wilderness with a
club, and q loin cloth and expecting
him to s.lift fer himself. The
cFrrlt-, OF It'll Just two sandwiches
ard three thousand miles to travel
with a million homeless wanderers
on the road. The. boys remember
these homeless children. We saw
many 1of them on the trip west.
Several OF them hoped our train
and, when seen by the trainmen,
received mighty short sh,ift.
Thus we are placed in the posi-
ton of being in between the devil
and the deep blue sea- The cap
tain has warned us that police in
the nearest town have been re-
quested to pick us up on charges
of vagrancy in the event that we
are seen there. According to his
words, if we have the temerity to
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-07-29
War Preparations as Shown
In Recent Hollywood Films

ployed, later actually carried out
az the Reforestation Plan, and its
vicious pro-war propaganda and
attack on the working class. Fur
Their proof of this closely knit
alignment Is the fact that Roose-
welt, at a private showing Of the
film at the White House before 1t
was released 10 the public, 6e-
manded that the episode showing
America at war with Japan be
eliminated entirely from the film;
this sequence was never included In
the final version. Later the NaYy
Department also prohibited Metro
Goldwyn Mayors production OF
"Sky Man." a film based on ths
crash of the dirigible Akron, BE-
cause they did not want any fur
Their publicity or notorlety on the
mysterious case which probably
involved many high official heads.
Such are the methods Of the ruling
classl
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-07-29
A STORY
BY Alan Calmer

feel so high and mighty. They
had shut up. One of the girls
tried to drag them away, but the
sailor who was sober wouldn't go.
Nov understand, friends" the
speaker continued, we're not
against you just because you work
on one of those submarines. After
all, who are you? Are you sons
of rich millionaires? Do you ride
around in Pierce Arrows? If you
did, you wouldn't be scrubbing
floors and washing decks :"
The crowd burst out laughing.
Neb found himself laughing with
them. The sailors got sore. Neb
was glad that the joke was on them.
The drunken one looked like he
wanted to fight. But Neb noticed
that a tough bunch of guys had
moved close to him. The girl in
the yellow dress started pulling
him away.
The speaker quickly quoted the
crowd. Don't misunderstood us,
friends" he continued. Were not
against you, just because you work
on one of those submarines. Your
fathers are workers like us. You're
workers. You belong to the work
ing class. In spite of everything
you may say, you belong to us,
the working class, not to them Che
pointed towards the submarines),
not to the officers who belong to
the boss class" He raised his
voice. Everybody in favor of soI-
darity with cur working class bro
theirs, the sailors, say 'Ayer"
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-07-29
From Worker Correspondent at a
CCC Camp in the California
Mountains

AM one Oh company Oh Two
hundred New York City boys
that was shipped 9 to so-called
reforestation camp in the Sierra
Nevada Mountains of California.
After having been stationed at
Fort Slocum, which is govern
ment island in Long Island Sound,
for almost three months, the boys
were oFerjoyed at the prospect OF
a trip to the West Coast. Fort
Slocum had been just like penal
island, because Of the many re-
strictions Of personal liberty that
are the result Of military disci-
pine and RECOMMENDATION. IT feel
like I was sold down the river"
or this place reminds me Of De-
wills Island" were typical remarks
heard there. -' ~
This dissatisfaction was not ex-
pressed more concretely because
the men felt that possibly a better
deal awaited them in the forest
camps 1t did not take very long
for this illusion to be destroyed.
Once aboard train we discovered
that we were expected to live on
corned beef hash for the duration
OF our journey. This nasty mess
came in cans and was served to
us cold, accompanied by a tin cup
full of unsweetened black coffee.
Two thin. slices Of white bread
were also, SERVED us until the third
day out, when it was announced
that our bread ration had given
out. The rest of the journey we
went without bread.
We were without water for eight
hours while going thru the New
Mexican d esert. The officers,
meanwhile, had sumptuous meals
served them in their private COM
partment. These were taken to
Them through the cars which the
men occupied, and the sight and
smell Of real food did nothing
to alleviate the semi starved state
of the men. TER
Another instance Of this heart
iessness was displayed by the Lieu
tenant during the trip. This gen
erous capitalist lackey, after a
bembardnlent of complaints about
the lack Of bread, finally got off
at station stop and ordered a
dozen loaEss OF bread. This bread,
he patronizingly stated, he was
willing .toe-sell to@us at the same
price per. leaf as it cost him. He
was fully aware that not man
among us could boast of any fin
ancial resources at the time, but
with typical bourgeois contempt
and disregard of those under him,
he made his brutal. offer. When
we finally got into camp we were
a mighty sick, discouraged and
pitiable lot of boys.
Evening star., 1933-12-01

services He had under him staff
of 65 investigators. In the Summer OF
1892 the Jurisdiction of the Classifi-
cation Board was transferred to the
Civil Service Commission, and Mr.. NC
Reynolds was made assistant to the
director of the budget in charge OF
reorganization studies At the conclu-
sion of these studies he went back TO
The Bureau of Efficiency as assistant
chief. and there he remained until
March, 1888.
However, the advent CT the new deal
was not the end Of Mr.. McReynoldS.
When Henry Morgenthau, jr.. was
named governor of the newly-formcd
Farm Credit Administration he began
poking around for an administrative
secretary who could cope with the Or
ganization of his department Although
sonally. he asked him to try the job
and he was SO pleased with the latter's
competency that he brought him to the
Treasury after the shake-up.
Now Mr. McReynolds is sitting in a
large, freshly painted, white room. With
him is w NJ Thompson, whose title is
assistant to the Undersecretary. but,
due to the shuttle in positions. he will
work with and for Mr.. McReynolds.
Mr. McReynOlQS explained tIlS Dy say
ing that while previously the Under
secretary of the Treasury controlled
the functions of the department. now
he, assistant administrative secretary,
will take charge of these matters. leaT-
ing Mr. Morgenthau free of any house
keeping worries.
Mr. McReynolds becomes definitely
tight Tipped if asked about Treasury
reorganization He is pleased, how
| ever, with the building at ll9 D street.
where the thousand c. w. A. clerks are
going to work. This is being fitted
out and furnished rapidly
In quieter days he used to play golf
for relaxation, but since April 1888, all
he has had time to do is work and
ytOrl, and work
Evening star., 1933-12-01

measure which will be submitted to the
church assembly, probably at its next
session.
In the majority report, the special
committee stated: Undoubtedly there
is strong feeling by no means limited
to church people, that publicity Of the
kind occasioned by the Stiffkey case
should be restrained in the interests
both of the church and of public
morals"
The Bishop of Malmesbury. who was
chairman of the committee, said in
presenting the report.
Amy suggestion that there are to be
secret trials is quite unfounded. The
sad case we have referred to received
enormous publicity not Only in our own
press but in the press abroad in addi-
ton. I have heard that in one great
city in America the only English news
reported on one day was news relating
20 that case.
Evening star., 1933-12-01
CHURCH ASKS CURB
ON BRITISH PRESS
National Assembly Acts as
Result of Sensational
Stifkey Case.

LONDON CF).-As an echo of the
notorious Stiffkey case of 1882, the
powerful National Assembly of the
Church of England has adopted pro-
posal calling for preparation of meas
u-e restricting reports of such cases in
the public press.
The Stifkey case involved Rev. H. F.
Davidson. rector of StifTkey, who was
found guilty in church trial on scv-
cral counts charging immortality and
other improper conduct
The assemtly's action is the outcome
of report submitted to it by COM
mittee set up after the Stitfkey pro-
ceedingS.
BY majority vote. this committee
recommended that measure be pre-
cared extending the application of. the
judicial proceedings act of 1926. which
was passed to prevent the publication
Of full details Of evidence in divorce
suits. to include ecclesiastical cases OF
offenses against morality.
After a lively debate. the assembly
adopted the majority report and the
next step will be the drawing up of
Evening star., 1933-12-01
New Treasury Assistant Once
Droue ''Dogies'' across Plains
BY GRACE HENDRICK EUSTIS.

BY GRACE HENDRICK EUSTIS.
A KNOTTY question arose in
~ meeting of Treasury officials a
~ short time ago Where was a
building to be found that could
hold a thousand clerks who
were necessary to clear the checks
drawn by the men employed under the
Civil Works Administration? Some
where between 100000 and 100000
checks had started coming in weekly
During the debate lean man sat quiet
ly looking out of the window He
picked up his hat and strolled out of
the room. When he returned. some
time later, the discussion was still
steaming Gently he interrupted: I've
found the building" and the question
was solved.
This tall, slender gentleman was
William H. McReynOlGs, the new ad-
ministrative assistant to the Acting
Secretary of the Treasury Born III
Kansas. he spent his early youth driv-
ing the "dogies' across the plains OF
Kansas. Arkansas and Texas In 1902
he "mosied" up to Michigan, and from
there he drifted. in an accidental fash
ion. 10 Washington. Here he has stayed,
gradually rising in Government PROM
nence, through administration after au-
ministration, irrespective of party poll
tics
This erstwhile cowboy, who no longer
rolls his own, but who will stretch his
legs on the desk while talking. has
come to be recognized as an efficiency
expert in departmental reorganization
He began, after he had taken his civil
service examination, for curiosity. he
SAYS. by working in the chief inspec-