The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-09-15
Jumping Faces, Jesus!"

(continued)
ZEE PAUSED for breath: his lungs
T III were in bad shape and when he
talked much it made him cough.
"Well, men, I'll tell you what I've
DONE" He pulled out little black
book. ST Joined this Marine Workers
Industrial Union right in the Sea-
mems Club there-And I'll tell you
what I'm thinking OF doing now:
joining the Communist Party as soon
as we get back to the, States!"
Pitts turned to the, Eskimo. Nov
what do you say to that?-And I'll
tell you something else: I've been a
member in good standing OF the
American Legion all these years, but
now that my eyes are opened and
after seeing how the Legion stood
by and let Hoover murder the veter-
ans in Washington through
with them, and joining the reds
This speech, coming from man
who spoke so little impressed the
men. Slim was surprised, too.
That's all right, you're doing a
good thing" assured the second cook,
a Dane with feminine features.
do you belong 20 it, too?' asked
Pitts. s@is.@
mo, not. yet. was thinking many
times of Joining over there in New
York, but they're so dirty, and they
go around the streets hollering and
making so much racketr-that'S what
I don't like about, them"
2 what ] don't like, here Blackie
lase iy, ic t6af fhaufTp
all foreigners"
Pitts smiled. AMI foreigner? Is
Slim there a foreigner?"
But you'll have to admit Sec
onded the Dane, "a hell of lot of
them are foreigners"
cLIM patted the Dane on the
y back. ".Rightol We have to, and
we're proud to. We're very thankful
to the foreigners for helping the
movement in the States. But don't
swallow that bunk in the Saturday
Post or Daily Herald, which is only
intended to divide us.-In every
country they use the same line. In
England, they say it's the foreigners!
in Australia they say it. But we work.
ers don't fall for that line: no mat
ter what the nationally or race or
color,-our only question is: Are you
worker, willing to fight against
capitalism? Yes? Then you're our
contradict"
az Fritz handed Slim glass of kum-
mel on this speech.
Hey, for Christ's sake" called
Gunnar, II thought Communists
don't drink" sesesss
"You thought they don't drink, and
the second cook thought they don't
wear clean underwear, and Blackie
? thought they're all foreigners, and
Eskimo thought they're all criminals.
Boy the capitalists have you all pref
ty well doped up"
The men wise cracked. Slim added:
Don't forget, nobody is born Com
munist; we develop into Communists
through the rotten deals we get I'M
der this system. Some of us see day
light sooner, while Others are too
thick skulled, or have a yellow streak
down their spine, or else, like the
skipper, the cops. tn estools, and the
rest, turn against the working class
for the sake of sinking dollar"
"Bravo!1 yelled Shorty, getting up,
I'm with the Reds any time"
Me. toot'' hollered Eddie.
"And always was for red-headed
women" cracked Blackie.
Most of the men scattered to their
hunks. Eddie walloped Slim on the
back and dragged him into the fo'-
castle. The kids nose was bruised
from piecs Of dunnage, but his eyes
were shining.s He opened his locker
and handed Slim a can of peaches.
- Where the hell did you get that?"
'You told me to pull out the Stew
ard Department, didn't you? Well,
look, I pulled out three cans of peach
tes and two pineapple
About ten minutes later, as Slim
was pouring a bucket of water over