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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-10-27

In New York, there are more than
100000 youth unemployed. In the
next few weeks, this figure will be in
creased tremendously by large num-
bers Of youth being laid of in vart-
Gus seasonal industries (Such as ra-
Gio) and by the huge lay-offs that
will come as a result Of overproduc-
ton encouraged by the NFeA.
Thousands Of youth have never had
the opportunity Of getting job, hav-
ing left schools only to become vic
tins in the army of unemployed. The
number OF homeless has not de-
creased. but to the contrary, con-
tinues to mount. Even such boar-
geois papers as the World-Telegram
are forced to admit this in articles on
misery of the homeless youth.
The conditions Of the Negro youth
are particularly miserable. At least
IS per cent Of the @-egro youIn IN
Harlem are unemployed. Homeless
Negro youth can be found sleeping in
such parks as st. Nicholas Park, and
Mount Morris While this condition
exists. one can find huge buildings
lying die n Harlem and throughout
the city. such places as the YMC.A.
and YW.C.A. on I35th st. and on
l24th St.
Such places as the Bowery ~ and
the Newsboys Home are damned with
homeless youth. Every noon, several
hundred unemployed girls, mostly
homeless, are to be found at such
places as the Women's Trade Union
Leaeue, waiting to get something to
ae'.
arrst las been the attitude Of
OeBren and the city administration
10 these conditions? When asked
what should a single person do when
unemployed, O'Brien Cynically an
swered. Let them get married" The
government has continuously pursued
the policy Of denying relief to unem-
ployed youth. Delegations Of youth,
have been beaten up and driven away
from the Home Relief Bureaus. Young
workers i'll Harlem, in Brownsville,
and other parts of the city have been
arrested for fighting for unemployed
and homeless youth.
C'Brien and the city a0minlStra-
ton support the huge forced labor
project of the Roosevelt government,
which is styled 1.-THE Civilian Conser-
rat.on Corps" Thousands of New
York unemployed youth have been
taken away from their homes and
families. have been shipped to ali
Parts. O. the county, have replaced
at q dollar & day thousands Of lum-
beTjacks, road workers and others.
these camps are run by the War
Department in an effort to militarize
the youth Of the country for war.
Through these camps, the govern
rlent hopes to create a mass base
among tic unemployed youth for the
}..oring trends towards Fascism. This
is ia answer of Roosevelt, O'Bmen
ar6 I'll ctl1e- capitalist politicians to
the demand for Unemployment In
sUrance and immediate relief, with
10 Determination of youth and Ne
cr-o@"
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-10-27

must take steps TO break down all
hindrances which prevent workers
from joining the Party. Because of
the "red tape" in joining our Party
too many workers are given the i'm
preston that the Party is sect
that doesn't want them.
Garry Good Decision Into Life
How can we make the drive more
effective and prevent the loss of
good elements who are willing to Join
the Party? This problem was dis
cussed many times and good de-
cisions were made. These good de-
cisions must now be put into effect
and checked up.
l. Each section should have q
membership committee of five who
will be responsible for the handling
Of new members In the section, Hn-
der the supervision of the Section
Org. Sec'y.
2. Applicants should be brought
with their application cards to the
section membership committee In or
der to avoid red tape and delay.
3. The section membership COM
mittee shall secure the address Of
the endorsers of the applicants land
the unit and section to which they
beIong) i'm order to establish the
trustworthinese Of the applicants.
4. The visiting of the applicants
shall be made directly by tho mem
bers Of the membership committee.
No sections shall be given credit for
any new members on the basis q
applications or paid invitations, bv
only on the basis Of how many we1 ]
actually assigned TO units:s
5. The captain system shall be re-
enforced, not only with the view Of
better distribution of work among
the members of unit, etc, but also
to establish "a better relationship be-
tween the Party members In the
same group; notifying them Of the
next meeting place, etc. In this
manner we will prevent the drop
ping out, especially Of new membera
who sometime miss one or two meet
ings and are therefore unable to find
their own unit meeting place.
6. That all sections. estabfish q
unit for night workers.
On the basis of the situations In
the districts and sections, other steps
can be taken to secure a more speedy
procedure in admitting the new mem.
bers into the unit and preventing
the dropping OF members.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-10-27
PARTY LIFE
Clarity Role of Party When
You Recruit Workers to Join
"High Pressure" Recruiting Fails in It's Object:
Example Shown for Comrades

organized to assist the membership In the carry
discussion Of the life WORK the
experience In order that these expert
the entire Party This only
districts will send In their experiences We
Unit TO have the
Party write brief articles
giving their experiences
articles dealing with methods Of DEVELOPING
the unemployed particularly with
A. with the work OF building organizations
building oppoons the r. Of L. the develop
ynhing Negro rights the work
distribution the Daily Worker the factories and
uctuation Of membership and the
improved the life Of
OF mass
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-10-27
THE 0klEe5
BY HELEN LUKE

pressure, it's often a short step to
outright prostitution.
| have q girl friend who worked
in the New YORK onices of firm
UhaC has its factories in Allen
town. when she resented the I'M
welcome advances OIL a boss from
the factory, sne was told IN erect
not to be so nign-haG-tnat there
were plenty of beautiful glrls to
De hsu III Allentown tor fifteen
cents apiece.
This lnsun cradle rat, who made
The ABOVE Statement with a trium-
pnant smile on his rodent face,
also described himself as re
sponsible" person-because he was
good slave-oriver and got the
work out on time for the factory
owner. Allentown must be quite a
place. A lot of the dirt about what
goes on in the shirt factories came
out in the recent baby strikes"
How many stories could be writ
ten, all with the same title-"The
Girl and the Boss!" Far be it
from me to maintain that the girl
never falls in love with the boss.
Sometimes she does, though condi-
tons for such state Of affairs are
doubtless much less propitious in
factories than in so-called white
collar" work. do maintain that
the vicious economic relationship
that exists under capitalism between
the Boss and the Girl (and which
cannot exist under socialism, paves
the way for her to fall In love with
him. Strip the boss of his money
and prestige, and you will also strip
the girl Of her romantic notions
about him.
l think the boss wife instinctively
feels this, so 1t helps a lot when the.
bourgeois press gets out lot of stuff
about Office Wives" and similar
trash, usually putting the blame, not
on the boss where it belongs, but on
the exploited girl So the boss wife
gets all steamed UP and does her bit
too to make life touch for the prole-
tartan girl who has to hold her job
somehow or other.
Those are just few angles of sex
under capitalism. There are SO many
you can't count theml The bourgeois
movies and magazines utilize sex to
the fullest extent as a means of sell
ing us anything and everything; but
this VIC can talk about later.
To correct some errors that have
crept into the column. A little sec
ton Of last Saturdays column got
lost in transit. In Tuesdays tract
on outdoor cooking, Have stones in
r. D. Plug Hat-Hole pot" should
read "Have stones in the r. D. Plug
Hat-Hole hot" In Wednesdays
paper, the end of the description of
the game should read: AT the end
OF Is minutes, or more If you like,
If the workers still have majority
of papers, the strike Is Won"
Geo. Chaikin sends me a quarter
of dollar and wants to know why
/ am not in the socialist competition
to raise money for the DAILY" So
my beret is in the ring, though l
did not put it there myself. Comrade
wonerl ne we roing to let this
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-10-27
Militant Strike
Leaders Jailed
in Bridgeport
(By a Worker Correspondent

BRIDGEPORT, Conn.-For helping
to organize the workers, Sam Krieger,
organizer of the Trade Union Unity
League, and Gus Winer, organizer
of the Needle Trades Industrial
Union, were arrested. The A. F. of
L. called John Law to arrest them.
The workers were singing slogans
and marching in front of the fec
tory when Captain O'Conall pulled
Sam Krieger out of the line and
locked him up for breach of peace.
But the International Labor Defense
had him taken out so that he could
be on the picket line the next NOR
ming.
The next morning Gussie Winer
was locked up for the same thing.
The judge placed fine of SIS and
costs on both and 80 days in jail.
The LID. has appealed the case to
the next higher court.
When the LID. lawyer got up to
say that the workers have right to
organize, the judge listened for a
while and told the lawyer that he
had learned lot, but had the lawyer
read any of General Johnson's
speeches over the radio.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-10-27
Fight for Jobless Youth Needs
Raised by C. P. in Election
Only Party Defending Interests of Increasing
Army of Homeless Workers
BY IRVING HERMAN

How about Mckee, La Guardia and
Solomon? What is there position
towards the misery of the unem-
ployed youth? Mckee, while Acting
Mayor Of New York, refused to lift
a finger towards granting relief to
unemployed youth. La Guardia, while
head of the Board Of Aldermen and
In the U. S. Congress, adopted the
same position as O'Brien and Mckee
Solomon supports the program Of his
friend, Mayor Hoan of Milwaukee
which amounts to the same position
as that of the other capitalist can
didates for mayor Of New York.
Communist Party Tests
Only the Communist Party has
been in the forefront of the fight for
the needs of the unemployed youth
It was through the struggle led by
the Communists, that certain youth
in Brownsville won leuef and shelter
1t is the Communists that carry on
daily work AMONG the unemployed
youth, organize actions at the Relief
Bureaus to force through the de-
mands of the youth, carry on the
struggle for Unemployment Insurance
for all unemployed. The demands OF
the unemployed youth are a vital
part of the Communist Election Plat
form, namely:
For So weekly cash relief for all
unemployed over Is years Of age!
For Vocational Training for all
boys and girls between 16 and Is
years of age with regular average
wages!
For the immediate opening of all
Arrnories, empty "Y''s and Settle
nent Houses, and other empty pub
lie buildings to house the home
less!
Against the Civilian Conserva-
tion Corps! For immediate cash re-
lief and Unemployment Insurance
for all unemployed youth! Against
all forms of determinations prac-
ticed against Negro youth, in Civ
ing Of jobs or relief
Young workers and students-Negro
and white-vote for the Party that
defends your interests! Vote Com
munist on Nov. 18th! A huge Com
munist vote will help force conces'
sions for the vital needs of the youth
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-10-27
COP ATTACKS SHOE STRIKERS
fBy a Worker Corresponding

BROOKLYN, N. Y.-The shoe
strikers of the Garofoli Shoe Co. Of
iii Hillary Street, have been meet
ing in the Workers Center, 1872 Myrtle
Avenue, for the past few months.
Last Wednesday a cop came up and
said that the strikers were not all
lowed to meet here, for there was
an injunction against the shoe strik-
ers. The cop said that the strikers
were not allowed to meet within five
blocks of the factory and this CEN
ter is AZ blocks from the shop.
The cops are trying to intimidate
the strikers, but the meetings are
being held as usual. The workers are
courageously struggling for better
conditions and better pay.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-10-27

-, ..a re had some very chilly
d., and those travelling stoves in
Nlic1 the hawEc-s roast sweet po-
tasCes 10 sell at few cents apiece
ala on the street again, so autumn
fauses be really here, Also there's
an + in October, and we are in
The second month Of the oyster sea-
son. That eminds me-speaking
81 oyasers-aA oyster has no sex
life ct eli. But who wants to be an
olatc~? An oyster. now, is go3d
for practically nothing but soup.
lie just lc-s there and let's the
houggaoisie eat him. Or it. No
oyster ever even pressed an cleo
trio light button, let alone damned
a stream or built dynamo.
Now, with people, it's different.
If tha race is not to vanish, we've
ret 70 have sex. And how many
G. rs can contemplate race suicide
ri, eJ- %aimity2 Please raise your
: F7n4-. Ore: is that ali? One: two.
7 Neacke7 and Nathan--onlv two =?
Wall. then. the noes have it.
Then we've got to have sex. And
so we have: but what about it
Well, the effect of capitalism on
Eek. that's what I want to talk
about today. Capitalism corrupts
seq. just as it does everything else
it touches. Instead of being a JOY
and blessing, as it is in a So
cialistic orde~. sex becomes, under
capitalism. a force that betravs the
=.
-~ro;sie. business like any
other business, and a menace to the
health of all of us, through the
spread of social diseases.
Eunger and sex-those are the
two heaviest chains the capitalist
system has on us. Sex offers TO the
capitalists a powerful lever with
which to PRIV money out Of our
po"l,ets.
To begin with, under capitalism
sex is shamelsesly sold OUTRIGHT. It's
biz business. prostitution, and
growing Proletarian girls are
forced into it out of sheer econom-
il pressure. Under capitalism chas-
tity tends to become another lux
ury for bourgeois girls, even t. ouch
one Of them does on occasion lapse
UNTO the bushes with a riding mas
ter. fAnd he. of course, goes to
prison for it,
With few exceptions. having
money, the bourgeois girl has mar
riage within easv reach. IF she
chooses not to marry very youno.
she has at her DISPOSAL every sort
Of pleasure and diversion-fesh'on,
sports. culture, travel. and the IKE
with which to FI1 her 'ife until
she doe rrer-v. CAs I'd Newhouse
go neatly uhrased it. "Doris the
rns~'onpte tennis plaver.~
TIE proletarisn Girl. on the other
sard. HIS verv little with which TO
~etieve the d~ah morotorv Of her
life Of toll except the DANGEROUS
corfo~t of a series of love afF~'~s.
A snot1i~ht was thrown IN this feet
hr the ecottsboro ease. The prhapnv
ives Of Victoria Price end p-,hv
rates are testimony If it's truth,
From such aTairs r~der e~~--1Sf-%sN
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-10-27
Letters from
Our Readers
SAVED FROM LIBERALISM
New York.

SA ELI r NUN LaoL4AsfAIlCIA
New York.
Comrade Editor:
Though would notice copy or
two of the Daily Worker on the
newsstand, never cared to buy
and read one before, as / consid-
cred it some trashy newspaper.
Two weeks ago, riding on the sub
way, I CHANGED to pick up the
Daily Worker from q seat and
though it happened to be out of
date, 1 thought I'd read it out OF
curiosity.
was deeply struck with its force
and vitality, It took some time be-
fore I could be honest enough with
myself to believe that here was the
best newspaper in the United States,
which devotes itself solely to the
interest of the working man and
woman. I always felt that was
a broad-minded liberal until your
paper showed me up to be uncon-
sciously narrow-ninded reac-
tionary. Here's hoping all Daily
Worker readers (including myself
will make it their business to food
the trains with the Daily Worker
after they finish reading it.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-10-27
Boston Raises Over 5000
AT Enthusiastic Meeting

WASHINGTON, ID. Ca Ger
man worker of this city donated SIS
to the Daily Worker, so that the
Daily can continue its relentless
campaign Of, exposing the German
and u. S. A. fascists, and through
its columns to mobilize the Am6ri-
can workers for the release of
TorgIer, Dinaitroff, Taneff and
Popoff,"
BOSTON, ,Afass.--The Daily Worker
mass meeting held Saturday, Oct. 81
at Dudley ST. Opera House was one
OF the most enthusiastic meetings
ever held here Earl Browder, Gen.
eral Secretary Communist Party, U
s. A., main speaker, received q ire
mendous ovation.
More than 5000 was collected fol
the Daily Worker. AS a result OF
the meeting q non-Party membe,
persuaded -his-union, the Dyehouse
Workers Union, to pledge donation
to the Daily
The Dorchester Unit of Boston
raised 500 for the Daily: workers
in the Estelle Dress in Boston col-
lected $1,90; Sam Ross collected in
his shop So; Icor Study Club COL
lected 81; Roxbury Unit No. COL
lected S. doubling their quota; the
American Workers Chorus, besides
donating their singing at the meet
ing, gave, ST. The I. w. o. Branches
OF Chelsea gave SO, Of Lynn, So; OF
Worcester, 50; Of West End, So.
We sold SIS. worth of literature at
the meeting: The Children's Chorus
OF Lawrence, were given an ovation
after singing. Pioneer songs in Eng
fish and Italian.
We are arranging additional af-
fairs with units and organizations,
pledging to double and to triple their
original quotas.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-10-27
N.R.A. CUTS PAY AT LAMP
''@ WORKS
(By a Worker Correspondent

CLEVELAND, Ohio.-This is how
the NR.A. works. in our plant at
the National Lamp Works, Cleve-
land Our hours were cut and we
were raised from CSC to 40c per hour,
and at he,-end of the month we
draw just eone days pay less than
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-10-27

GONE comrades are too eager to get
y Credit" for recruiting workers in
the Party. They don't take time to
explain to the workers participating
in strikes and unemployed struggles
the nature Of the Party that they
are asked to join, which often results
in these workers, who sign applica-
lions, not replying or responding to
the call to come to the Section for
their membership book.
Very often they state that they
are not yet ready to join. A typical
case Is that of --, a Negro
needle trades worker. During the last
needle trades strike she was asked
to sign an application for the Party.
This application was countersigned
by a responsible Party functionary
and the membership book was sent
to the Section without any delay
through investigation or other red
tape. The Section, however, kept
the book for three months and then
returned it to the district with the
notation docs not respond The
district sent a letter and the appli-
cant responded. When we asked her
why she didn't call for her book
and attend meetings, she stated she
was already attending meetings at
st. Luke's Hall in Harlem and so we
found out that this worker was at
tending meetings of the I.L.G.W.U.
and thought that this was the or
ganization she joined when she filled
out the application for the Party.
D. l., New York District.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-10-27

great social revolution be engineered
exclusively by men? Neverl Not by
jugfull Not by six jugfulsl Not
by whole cellar full of jugfuls So
send some more uuartersl And
thanks to George for the initial inn
pulse.
Helping the Daily Worker through
Helen Luke.
Received Wednesday, IS. =. Two Bits
Previous Total ......-.s.... 100000
Total to date .,......,., Two Bits
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-10-27

NEW YoRK-The Daily Worker
Banquet Will be held Sunday, NOV.
IL, at Irving Plaza, irving Place and
18th st. An unusual program has
been arranged for this event. Work.
ers' organizations, including the
Workers Dance League of New York,
have already elected delegate repre-
sentatives to the banquet and en-
closed money for the tickets, which
are rs cents each.
All workers. organizations are
urged to do. likewise and to notify
the Daily Worker District Office, IS
e. 18th ST. New York City.
Are you holding affairs for the
Daily Worker? Are you taking coll
lections? Are you visiting mass or
ganizationse Get into action at
once to save our Daily Worker!
Total Wednesday ..$ / OTIS a.
Previously recorded "a oso 81
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-10-27
Can You Make EN-
Yourself?

Pattern 1923 is available in sizes
6, 8, 10, IL and IA. Size 8 takes 2
yards 36-inch fabric and u yard con-
trasting. Illustrated step by step
ewing instructions included.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-10-27

before the N.R.A. But here is what
also happens, we are speeded up so
that we produce more in the cut on
the hours and receive less pay.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-10-27
Knit Goods Worker Finds Revolutionary
Union Is Real Friend of the Strikers
Militant Guidance Wins Four Weeks Battle
With Substantial Gains and Recognition
BY a Worker Correspondent

NEW YORK. to relate recent goods
strike.
shop with only workers the exploited the
trade until the strike cutting
with
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-10-27
D. l., New York District.

THE above example, as well as those
4 described In this column yester-
day, show clearly the serious results
of looseness in dealing with new ap-
plicants. 1t is one of the major
factors which prevents many good
elements from joining our ranks, and
which demoralizes some of the new,
enthusiastic Party members. These
examples are taken from the expert
ences of New York district, but they
characterize the general situation
which prevails to a greater or lesser
degree throughout the Party.
At the present time when the
Party is leading many struggles,
where new leading forces are spring.
ing up from the ranks of strikers
(among the metal workers, mines.
textiles, etc., more intensified re-
cruiting is the way to build our Party
into mass proletarian Party. We
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-10-27
Jacobs and Son
Shoe Workers
Fight Slavery
nr = WORKER Correspondent

NEW YORK.-The workers at Ja-
cobs & Son shoe factory are on
strike against misery and slavery.
The factory consists of six floors.
The workers walk those floors up and
down, twice up and twice down,
sometimes more. Only the bosses ride
elevators. The workers are exposed to
germs, fleas and pesti1ence. The la
dies washroom can boast of reaches
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-10-27
Helping the Daily Worker
Through DR.. Luttinger

Contributions received to the
credit of DR.. Luttinger in his Sol
cialist competition with Michae
Gold and Edward Newhouse to raiss
$1,000 in the $4,000 Daily Worker
Drive:
Wary Ryan ........... ...S 100
Harlem Youth Prog. Club. >. 1900
Anonymous .25
Section 5, Unit III affair.". 500
A Friend 1000
). Lipsin ............... so
Previous total ........... 102.S1
Total to date .......~..$l Sl.56
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~ Doctor
1LAEti1tQe'a
QdUGe1:;

from the "Freiheit" We did not pay
any attention to the attack because
the doctor who wrote 1t Is no author
ity on the subject, the last speciality
he practised being that OF tonsil
snatcher. If he had any knowledge
OF the subject, he should have known
that in New York the ''nohel" is
not allowed to. suck the blood with
his lips, but must use a sterile glass
tube for the purpose. q