The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-09-09
IF You Amt With Us,
You're Against Us!"

AFTER dinner, as soon as they had
~ finished eating, Gunnar called
Slim up on to the poop, and took
him to one side.
"Say Slim do you know they're
going to turn us to this afternoon,
cleaning out the holds?"
where did you hear this?"
third was telling the second, up
in the chart-room."
Gunnar continued: "You know
what was thinking? We all get
together and refuse to turn to- To
hell with them; we got to get some
sleep"
Slim considered. Gunnar called
Stanley up, and broke the news to
him. Nothing doing" said Stanley,
firmly, "they don't get me to turn
too.again today. And this time Pm
standing pat"
Slim advised going down and
talking the thing over with all the
men. They had to be quick about
1t too, so as to be prepared. The
three scattered and quietly called
all the deck gang into the focastle.
Slim motioned to Fritz to come in
too. Everybody was present ex-
sept the Swede, who was at the
wheel, and the bos'n. Stanley stood
watch at the door, and Gunnar
spoke up.
"Fellers, they want to make us
turn to again this afternoon and
clean out the holds. I heard the
second and third talking about it
up in the wheelhouse. What I say
u.s., they made monkey out of US
this morning, but now we all stick
together and refuse to turn to-.
What do you say, fellers?"
20. X. with me" chirped Stanley.
"Me too" added Slim.
"And me three" This from Eddie.
They looked at the little Finn {:
"Whct do you say?"
"Sure I'm with you if all the men
stick together"
That made five. Lag was lying
in his bunk, half asleep. Slim shook
him. "You with US Lag?"
."Whet?" asked Lag. He seemed
to rant to dodge the issue.
Gunnar pushed Slim aside and
addressed Lag: "Listen, we amt
got no time to lose. You heard
what / told the fellers. Are you
with u.s."
This tone made dent. "Sure l
am" responded Lag, adding in self
defense: "don't you see I'm sleep
ing already, and I amt getting up
until is time to take the wheel"
"Thot makes six" said Gunnar
aloud. He turned to the Ordinary
and TIE Professor. "How about you
two?" 49,
The Polack spoke up first: T'm
with the rest of the gang"
Young Eddie was excited and
went over to the Professor: "Now's
the time to show your CUTS, Prot.
The Professor pretended to be in
suited. "Of course I'll stick with
the gang. no matter what happens"
Now Slim spoke up. Listen TEL
lers. let's stick to our word now
Nobody WEE kens. agreed?"
EVERYBODY nodded. Slim adj
Il yised Fritz to mosey around
midships and see what was going
on there. Stanley opened, the door
and sprang into his bunk. 1t was
five minutes to one. Gunnar took
his shoes off and got under the
sheets. The ordinary and the Pro-
lessor followed suit. Slim started
reading. A couple of minutes
passed and sure enough the bos'n
turned up, scratching his dome with
the peak of his cap as usual. This
time be had new line.
God damn it, ! think I'll become
a bolshevik myself. Work. work, work,
that's all you get on these damn cap
itahst ships. You know what we got
to do now?"
Nobody answered. Gunnar snored.
Eddie followed suit and had to choke
back a laugh. The bos'n addressed
himself to Slim:
I'VE got to clean out number four
and five holds today yet. What do
YOU think of that, comrade?"
For answer, Slim tore off piece
of paper and went out to the toilet.
He didn't want to give midships the
chance to say he had been the ring
leader. When he came back into the
fo'castle, the bos'n and Gunnar were
arguing:
"You heard metz Gunnar was say
sAnd that goes for me, too" added
Stanley.
The bos'n looked up towards Slim.
It was plain that he considered Slim