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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-12-19
l,2OO Lost Jobs
in Four Weeks in
MasSilIOn Plants
CBy a Steel Worker Correspondent

(By a Steel Worker Correspondent
MASSILLON, Ohio.-According to
the local capitalist paper, the Mas
sillon Independent" during the past
four weeks, beginning Oct. 30, over
l200 workers lost their Jobs in local
industries. And we know that there
are more workers laid Off than re-
ported in the capitalist press.
There are hundreds Of workers that
had only one OF two days of work
these four weeks, and are counted
as employed, while the rest are re-
ceiving only two or three days a
week work. For example, at the Re-
public Steel plant, which employs the
largest number of men, in the chip
ping department there are around 300
workers prior to the mentioned date,
but today we find instead of three
eight-hour shifts daily, only couple
of hundred men receiving one or two
days week work.
An aluminium plant, the Enterprise
Co., which employs 500 to 900 men
during the first week of December,
gave as (buy early) Christmas
present a lay-off to about 200 for
ain indefinite period.
But the Amalgamated Steel Work
ers' Union and the Aluminium Union
Of the A. F. of L.. where these work
ers were members, and which few
months ago robbed these of SO to IS
for initiation and dues, has not
spoken a word Of protest against
these lay-offs. They seem to be too
busy praising the President for the
opportunity he has given them (the
leadership to receive fat salaries
from the sweat of the workers.
These takers, Kramer and Nc
Keown Of the A. A., are trying
through socialist" and sweet
speeches to hide the real issues con-
fronting the workers. Each one OF
them receives $40 week for being
the right-hand of Tfghe.
The only ones that have raised the
issues Of struggle against lay-offs are
members Of the Steel and Metal
Workers Industrial Union, W4lich is
small at present, but militant. The
time is not far when the workers OF
Massillon will desert the takers and
turn to the S. NJ w. I. U.
Editors Note: Tt seems that the
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-12-19
PARTY LIFE
Party Must Train Forces for
Opposition Work in AFOf L.
Needle Worker Proposes Class To Train
Party Members for Work in Local Unions

A New York needle trades worker
to carry on opposition work, and
raises the question of the import
ance Of this work:
BY X. A., Unit 2B, Section 2
I am member of the Communist
Party, and therefore wish to see some
improvements in the work and activ-
tiles Of our Party. I know that the
Party is concentrating on basic indus
tries, like metal, marine, and on I'M
employed work For all this the Party
has no trained leadership. also know
that the Party is doing it's utmost to
train such leaders and therefore sends
such comrades to the various training
schools which the Party holds.
Necessity of Developing Cadres in
Needle Trades Union
And now to the point that want
TO discuss. Some may sheer at what
I am going to write below. While the
Party Is concentrating in the basic
industries, the district must also not
forget that it has in its territory, light
industries as well, like the needle
trades and many others. know that
in the past, lives have been lost in the
struggles Of the needle trades workers
Of the Party and that the Party will
again, as in the past, or at present,
carry on struggles in support Of the
needle trades workers, for the better
ment Of their conditions. I therefore
cannot see why the needle trades
workers should be sneered at, and
when it comes to sending some needle
trades comrades to the district train
ing school, the comrades are told
well, I'VE don't think that needle
workers are important now" and in
Section 2, there is a special name fol-
them: needle pushers," so as to make
1t funnier.
There is a situation right now where
opposition must be organized in the
International Ladies Garment Work
ers Union. The activities have to be
carried on in all the locals of the
A. r. OF L., and the workers will easily
follow the opposition providing the
comrades that are supposed to be the
leaders will understand their role.
We have good many leaders who
have experience in opposition work
but these comrades are now the lead
ers of revolutionary trade unions, anc
they cannot very well help us in oul
activities.
The rank and file of left wingers
who have to come to the forefront
and face the old bureaucracy, as vel
as the renegades, and except for one
or two they have no theoretical equip.
ment, and especially the Party mem
bers In the fractions cannot very vel
lead the opposition work without thi!
theoretical or trade union knowledge
There are a good many young anc
! enthusiastic comrades in these frac.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-12-19
NEW YORK CELEBRATION

NEW YORK.-Practically all mass
organizations, trade unions, Party Or
CARNATIONS are mobilizing their full
membership to attend the tenth an
niver y celebration Of the Daily
Worker in the Bronx Coliseum Sat.
evening, Dec. 30th. C. A. Hathaway,
editor Of the Daily Worker, will be
the only speaker. There will be
dancing until dawn. An entertain
ment program Of outstanding quality
has been prepared for this event.
Sergei Radamsky, whose tour in the
Soviet Union was a marked success,
will sing a group of new Soviet song.
Tickets in advance are 40 cents, and
can be obtained at the Workers Book
Shop, SO z. 18th ST.; 500 Prospect Ave,
Bronx Bronx Cooperative Barber
shop; I. w. O., so Fifth Ave; Needle
Trades, 131 W. 18th St.; Brownsville
Book Shop, 60 Herzl st.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-12-19
POLISH CHURCH GOERS VOTE
TO HEAR "BOLSHEvIK" SPEAK

SHENANDOAH, PA group Of
workers found out that meeting of
the Polish National Church was to be
held. We got in touch with Comrade
Wronski Of Shamokin, Polish organ
izer from the Chamber Of Labor. We
could not, however, see the Church
Committee. Therefore we went with
Wronski to visit the priest and asked
him II Wronski could speak at the
meeting Of the Polish National
Church, whereupon the priest inquired
as to the organization wronski rep
resented. Wronski explained he was
representative Of the Polish Cham
Der Of Labor and produced a pamphlet
showing the proceedings Of the Second
Convention held September 2, 3, and
4 in Chicago. After looking throgh
the pamphlet the priest identified 1t
as being Trybuna Robotnicza pub
LEGATION, Bolshevik organization.
Wronski admitted 1t was a Bolshevik
publication.
He was told to come back between
7 and O'Clock in the evening. Two
comrades and wronski returned in
the evening and proceeded to make
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-12-19
Doctor
LAHiAagel
QdgtG4R4:

capitalist institutions; when one of It's
features happens to be halfway de-
cent the red tape and the discourage
ment meted out by other departments
makes it impossible for a sensitive
person to avail herself of that parti-
culsr feature. We trust that the New
York Polytechnic will see our COM
ment and will take measures to dis
cipline the bullying nurse and the adj
mission Office downstairs. Please let
us know of other cases of mistreat-
ment which will come to your atten-
ticn.Aa
- Badness, Dandruff-Kremel
Morris B., Lakewood, N. J.-There
is no remedy on the market, which
will promote the growth of hair. Any
kind of a hair tonic is as good as
another. The only thing to remember
Is that for dry hair, you ought to
use a hair tonic having a fatty base
such as olive oil, cocoanut OIL etc.
For a greasy scalp the hair tonic
should have an alcoholic base. Plain
castor oil is as good as the best hair
ouALSa1uA d III ohii, WILLY o AuAtulS
of green soap and alcohol is excellef
for the oily cases.
II you think that Kremel max .
your hair grow, go to it. The psyche
logical effect OF any drugs, is not to
be sneezed at! Your salvation may
come from Kremel; but we look for
ours from the Kremlin.
Nervousness?
Numb Sarah--We do not believe
that any kind of diet will have any
influence upon your nervousness. It
makes no difference whether you take
the two soft boiled eggs in the morn
ing or not. You are underweight and
you. ought to have yourself examined
again by a competent physician
From your long letter, we got the
impression that at your age (33), a
good remedy for your nervousness
might consist in beginning to think
about getting yourself mate.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-12-19
| MESA. Militants
| Are On the March
By a Auto Worker Correspondent

BY Auto Worker Correspondent
DETROIT, Mich.-The militants OF
the Mechanics Educational Society OF
America are Selling control and are
on the march. They are going to In
terpret the Die Makers Code by the
power Of a militant rank and file
union. Regional Boards and N. r. A
set-upS are to be ignored.
Sunday work must cease" declare
the M. Z. S. A. militants. I'VE will
make our own Codes"
Koestein Die Corp. is today guarded
by Gordon OF As police, and others
have guards all the time. The En-
ployers Association Employment OF
flee is not able to function for the
hire Of tool and die makers and wher
production men are organized, Culver
will be run out Of town
The bosses in Detroit are afraid Of
this new unionism.
-Chrysler Employee.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-12-19
~ 81
lll fll<, l1el .|Z!llllI1eE3
\
LUKR

-r7 r..
IIllS 1lielSSS cooker which
Comrade Erling O. brought me
bas oI,.o.d-r Looo -
"NN0i'iO oi'0 VI my
lew precious possessions the
trials I've made so far. show Two
things: it is suited only to certain
categoTies Of dishes. and IL is a great
comfort. being a tiIne-and-gss-ssver
ana maklng u possible to come home
where. Will reoort In more detail soot,
Below is letter containing soy1e
rather unusual menus The Tnissive
saws.
r. iceon III
On meeting Con,sd2 Ben Field at
our farmers conference he advised me-
Won would he very glad fo,. material
for your culinary department am
only worker connected with tbe
TJ,1emnloved C,ouncil of Cbicaoo tbe
TN an anti -fasciet yanigatioy,
and q unit OF SEE. Dial A
While tbs workers arc nranarinp for
affairs during the holiday season In
order : helm rsis9 morley for o,ir
DAILY WORKER am sending a few
menus that could be used for affairs
house nay4iee ctr ard +t,o ,,,o,,a.,
could be raised at very small cost
since. as Won will notice the n1enus
are without meat and easily nrensred
ANY time I could be of a,nv helm Tn
YOU I'd be glad to lend INV service.
O'sH'ft'fr L. l.
Comrade GEORGES modestv takes
my breath away-only a worker! he
says-snd look at that pedigree of
workers clubs he is active i1l The
menus are as follows:
Cream of Lima Rean ;soun with
ButterC
Stuffed BAKED POTATO
Poached Eggs on roast
III.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-12-19
DENOUNCES FORWARD"
SYMPATHY ON EXPULSION;
SAYS PARTY WAS CORRECT

Dear Comrades:
The Jewish 'Forwarts" in its issue
dated october 18th, carried news
item dealing with my expulsion from
the ranks Of the Communist Party.
In this statement in the proposed
form that it had appeared, one who
is not aware OF the role OF the For
warts will come to the conclusion
that had, besides leaving my post,
gone over to the camp Of an enemy.
1t insinuateg that, because Of the
so-called cancer attacks by the
Alteration Painters Union on Zaus-
ner's innocent union men" that these
so-called attacks were SO brutal that
they forced me out Of my position. I
do not wish at this time to go into
politics with the Forwarts, which rep
resents not the interests Of the
workers but the traitors to the work
ing class.
With this statement I only wish
to bring out certain vital questions
SO that there will be no misunder-
standing as to my present position
and likewise to remove from the
minds Of the comrades with whom ]
had worked for long periods Of tinlc
any suspicion that have any deal
ings with the enemy, or had any
conferences with the renegades as
the rumors have been spread. want
to deny very emphatically any Of
these rurnors These people are REM
gades and have never considered
them anything different.
It is but a natural fact that tie
enemies Of the workers, Of which tie
renegades OF either camp are the
most outstanding, will utilize every
weakness that appears in the field
Of the workers struggle In order to
utilize the capitulation OF individuals
as a means to attack the Party and
its policies.
view my expulsion from the ranks
Of the Party as correct and i'll lire
with the principles Of the class Strug-
| gle. The crime for which was ex-
PEELED is no doubt virtue with the
renegades but is incompatible with
leadership or membership IN Chc
Communist Party.
The lack of confidence in myself
| illusions about the MIRA and above
all lack Of confidence In the ability
OF the workers to defeat tine strike.
breaking policies Of the leaders Of
the A. F. Of L. and the NRA vert
chiefly responsible for my plight. Ir.
respective Of the factors that brougil
me to this position, the act in itseli
was anti-working class and the expul.
sion that followed 1t was correcr
step by the Party and am admitting
it fully and sincerely. My expulsion
contrary to the hopes and wishes o.
the renegades, has only strengthened
my belief In the Party and It's poll
cies and sincerely hope and wish
and ask that I be given an oppor
tunity to become part Of the move
ment and serve 1t with all Of m,
abilities more than prior to my ex'
pulsion.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-12-19
BY PAUL LUTTINGEK, MD.
ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS

Correction
The answer to K. r. In the Decena-
Der 18th issue shour have read tea
spoonful o. kitchen salt instead of
calcium salt.
Irregular Meustruation
John M. K.-Irregular menstruation
Is no bar to impregnation or to the
bearing OF children. From your letter
we gather that the cause Of her IT.
regularity might be due to anenlia:
but 1t also may be due to some NAL
development Of the ovaries. 1t is I'M
possible for lis to state whether she
can bear any children or not. Such
things cannot be diagnosed by mail
Have your g.f. examined by COM
petent physician. Thanks for the con-
tribution.
The Drink Habit
Mrs. A. R., Pittsburgh, Pa.--Youl
husband is right in refusing to take
DR.. Haines' drink cure. 1t will not dc
him any good and you are wasting
your money. The best cure for the
drink habit comes from within the
addict himself. He has to realize the
harm he is doing himself, those de-
pending upon him and the working
class Of which he is part. A habitua
drunkard has no place In the revolu.
tionary movement because he car
never be fully trusted.
Mistreatment In Public Hospitals
d. M.-Your letter complaining O
the treatment you received at thu
New York Polytechnic Is not the onl,
one which has reached our desk
Nearly every hospital in the city, som,
time or other gets one Of the indivi
duals you are complaining about on it
payroll. These people are suffering
from an inferiority complex and tn,
only way they can prove to them
selves that they are Of any conse
quence in the world is to bully, in
suit and tyrannize all those whom
fate placed at their mercy. 1t is parti
cularly calling to be cursed an,
pushed and handled like cattle In al
institution which charges a rathe
stable fee for Its so-called free serv
ice. Another damnable feature is tn
fact that one Of those nurses that 70,
are complaining about will discourag
patients from applying to an institu
ton where the medical service 1
pretty good. This is the curse Of al
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-12-19
Steel Casting Co.
Makes Workers Pay
Learners Wages
By a Worker Correspondent

(By a Worker Correspondent
CHESTER, Pa.-The General Steel
Casting Co. at Eddystone forces the
piece workers to pay the wages of
the new men that are learning to
do the work there. Those men do
the chipping and several men work
on one piece Of machinery.
The new man cannot make the
wage, so his wage, which averages
about $3.50 per day at blood sweat
speed, is taken from the other work
ers' wages, and thus the company
follows the N. r. A. code.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-12-19
New Machines at Diehls
Metal Plant Mean Layoffs
Company Piling Up Stock in Preparation fol
New Attack on Conditions

gave us during the strike.
Editors Note: II the workers
build up strong shop organisa-
ton while they are stocking up the
stock rooms for the employers, they
win be in position 10 have some
thing TO say about their conditions.
The Steel and Metal Workers In
dustrial Union will be glad to give
them advice on how 10 develop
Eheir shop organization Address
the union at IS E. 18th St.. n. Y.C.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-12-19
Helping the Daily Worker
Through Helen Luke

Contributions received to the credit
OF Helen Luke in her Socialist COM
petition with Michael Gold, Or. Lut-
finger, Edward Newhouse and Jacob
Burck to raise $1,000 in the $40 900
Daily Worker Drive:
Hobo Blakey ,............s 100
Principles OF Communism Glass
No. IL, Workers School. $50. 1877
Finnish orktng Women's
Glass, Chicago ............ 800
Previous total ............ 1924
TOTAL TO DATE .s1eT.T8
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-12-19
CELEBRATION IN SUPERIOR

SUPERIOR Wis.-The tenth anni-
yersary celebration OF the Daily
Worker will be celebrated here on
Jan. 7th at the Workers Center,
1908 N. Fifth st. Dancing. rafting of
valuable prizes viii be included in the
program.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-12-19
m NEWARK

NEWARK, N. J.-Workers here will
celebrate the Daily Workers tenth
anniversary on Sat. Jan. 9Th, with a
concert at the Y. M. and Y. w. H. A.
auditorium. Robert Minor and Re-
becca Grecht will be the main speak
ers. Well known soloists and revolu-
tionary choruses will participate.
NOTE: Due to lack Of space In
yesterdays edition, this list Of con-
tributors was left ont. Hereafter,
such lists will appear only once
week, to allow more space for news
OF the class struggle.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-12-19
Comradely yours.
L. J. BRAKEMAN.

Conrade Braverrlan in his letter
admits the serious errors he COM
mitted as member of the Commun-
list Party, when he appeared as a
leader before the masses.
The Party is not vindictive against
workers who committed serious errors.
The Party will help such workers, who
sincerely admit their mistakes. who
understand the source of their mis-
takes, and who in DEEDS prove
worthy of the confidence Of the rev.
olutionary Party to find their way
back into the ranks Of the COMMUN-
IST PARTY.
We are glad to note that Comrade
Braverman winds up his letter asking
that he be given AN opportunity to
become part Of the movement and
serve it with all of my abilities more
than prior to my expulsion. Editors
note.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-12-19
WE AGREE 100 PER CENT

Ny father works for the C.W.A. We
have 10 children in our family. This
week my father will get $375 for four
days. How are we supposed to live on
chicken feed? At least when he was
on relief he got $12 cash. think all
the men should organize.
the men should organize. What do
you think?
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-12-19
NOTE.

We publish letters from, steel,
metal and auto workers every Tues
day. We urge workers in these in
dustries TO write us Of their work
ing conditions and Of their efforts
to Organize. Please get the letters
to us by Friday of each week.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-12-19

workers. Of the S.MW.IU. should not
wait for the workers to turn to it.
They must try to get together with
the misled workers, and unitedly de-
velop some struggles against the
boss. In the course of this struggle
the misled workers will begin to re-
alize that the correct leadership is
In the S. M. w. ]. U.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-12-19
A RAT EXPOSED
Z a Steel Worker CORRESPONDENT

CORAoPOLIs, Pa was on the
picket line in Ambridge. Pa, where
Sheriff O'Laughlin of Beaver City
and P. j. Burgess of Ambridge, Pa,
led the dirty rats that gassed,
dubbed, and murdered the workers
Of Ambrioge.
I see in today's Pittsburgh Press
this dirty rat P. j. Caul selling pa
pers fol" Charity. am sending you
his picture and several of the so
called leading citizens of Anbridge.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-12-19
Helping the Daily Worker
Through DR.. Luttinger

Contributions received to the credit
OF DR.. Luttinger in his Socialist COM
petition with Michael Gold, Edward
Newhouse, Helen Luke, Jacob Burck
and Del to raise $1,000 in the $4,000
Daily Worker Drive:
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Send FIFTEEN CENTS Q5c) in
coins or stamps (coins preferred for
this Anne Adams pattern. Write
plainly name, address and style num-
Der. BE SURE TO STATE SIZE.
Address orders to Daily Worker
Pattern Department, 243 West 18th
Street, New York City.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-12-19
Can You Make 'em
Yourself?

Pattern 1913 is available in sizes 81,
36, 50, 40, AZ, A and As. Size "a takes
40 yards SO inch fabric.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-12-19
NOTE BY EDITOR

We feel sure that Comrade X. A.
understands and appreciates the inn
portance of centering the ma jor at
tention of the Party upon the basic
Industries, and also the necessity OF
training cadreS Of steel, metal.
marine and mine workers to carry
ON this work. Because the Party has
neglected this work in the past, IL
is all the more necessary at the
present time that our training
schools should have the ma jority Of
their students from the workers IN
the basic industries, which by NO
means implies that needle trades
workers should be excluded from the
schools.
The necessary concentration Of
our.Tork on the most important In
dustries does not in any way mean
that we should allow our work In
the light industries to sIacken, and
certainly Comrade X. A. is correct
in stressing the Importance Of train
ing comrades to carry on the OPP
sttVSktAUh NOEA Vic IsL.O. Us
Particularly in the New York Dis
trict, where there are tens of thou
sands of needle trades workers, the
task of training comrades to carry
on this most important work must
be stressed. The suggestion for s.
three months class in trade union
i'm is q good one, and District No.
2 should find ways and means Of
carrying it out.
Certainly the Party cannot under
estimate the heroic struggles car
ried OH by the needle trades COM
rades, as vel, as by the comrades In
the food and shoe industries.
Neither has any comrade In the
Party the right to "sneer" at the
needle trades workers, whose devo-
ton and loyalty to the Party and
its struggles have been proven over
and over again.
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Total Dec. Is 100
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DIST. No. 10
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Two.
Boston TWO 7.lS
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Tenck 100
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The Daily Worker fights Fascism.
Fight for the DAILY" with your
dollars. Rush all funds 10 save the
"Dailv."'
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-12-19

tons, who when given good political
and trade union training could do g
lot more than at present. And as to
the Importance of the needle workers,
we know that they participate in
every small or major struggle, de-
monstration or picket line, whether it
is their own trade or not. They are
militant and have contributed in
Party activities as no other trade has
done. until now.
I therefore propose since you have
no room for us in the district school,
that the district establishes trade
union class for period of three
months, three nights week, and il
it will interfere with some Of the
activities of those participating, it will
pay back in the future with better
approach and knowledge in their
future activities.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-12-19
Total To Date

Total Dec. 10 8.45
Total to date 1898. 08