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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-12-14
New Members Not
Gained from Key In
dustries, Figures Show


Altogether six workers were re-
cruited. From the basic industries.
steel and metal, one employed and
one unemployed were recruited,
Among the six recruited workers, two
are native born, and four foreign
born. Comments are not necessary
on these flguresl
Pittsburgh recruited one employed
steel worker, one employed Office
worker, one unemployed laborer and
one unemployed electrician. Three
among the recruited workers are
native born and one foreign born.
What do these figures show of the
recruiting for one week, In these four
concentration districts with $500 dues
paying members and with additional
membership Of thousands In the mass
organizations and evolut ionary
unions. 1t is not possible to speak
of bad work" One can only say
that the leadership In these districts
does not pay any attention to SYSTEM
attic recruiting OF workers from the
basic industries, nor to recruiting as
a whole.
No other explanation is possible.
All functionarfes in these concentra-
ton districts should draw the prac-
tical conclusions from the above fig
res, and do away with this inper-
Missile situation. It Is not necessary
to make new decisions. It is only
necessary to begin to carry out the
old decisions - the decisions Of the
Open Letter.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-12-14
c. P. Shop Nucleus
Stops Mass E.ayoffs
Of NJ. Dye Workers
Exposure in Leaflet
Makes Boss Change
His Mind

PATERSON, N. j. Quick action
by q Communist Party shop nucleus
prevented a mass layof of dye work
efs here.
The dye bosses of the Weidmann
Piece Dye, one Of the biggest dye
houses in Paterson, We're all set to
lay off two Or three hundred work
ers on Friday. Dec. s. On Thursday,
the Communist nucleus met and Is
sued a leaflet, explaining to the work
ers in Weidmanns, just what this
1syoR meant. In the leafIet they
pointed out that in laying of large
number Of the workers, they would
attempt to terrorize those remaining
on the Job into accepting wage-cut,
and that in the future they would
retirest those laid off at less wages.
Through the militant strike of the
dye workers, they won an increase
OF STU over the sc they we're re-
oeivfng before. The dye bosses are
Just itching to get the dyers back on
the old rate Of 45c an hour. The
purpose Of the layoff was clear. At
this time Of the year, which is the
busy season, there is no need for a
layoff, end no shortage of work. es-
pecislly since the broad silk workers
returned TO work, there will be a
demand for dyeing piece silk.
However, the leaflet has had its
effect. The company today, stated
there would be no layoff. Quick, mil
liant action is what is necessary to
maintain conditions and wages in the
si,opg.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-12-14
SO to Be Elected at
Natl Convention to
Head JOblessCOuncil


The National Unemployment Coun-
I'll, according to the draft constitu-
ion, would be governed by q Council
Of so members, elected at the annual
convention Of the national council.
The annual convention is to be the
highest body Of the council.
The .a-5t unit Of the Council Is
Inc neigioorhood assembly. The as
sennbly should include all workers
who are willing 70 struggle for re-
lief, against evictionS and for the
Workers Unemployment and Social
Insurance Bill.
In an "Organizational Reminders,
statement issued BY the National
Committee relative to the National
Convention, the workers are urged to
from organizations on every C.WA.
job. Such organization, can take the
form OF s. local OF a Relief Worker
Protective Association, or similar Or
ganization; we should not be rigid
about the name"
Systematic house 10 house
canYassing," continues the statement
should be organized in every working
class neighborhood to sell concentra
ton stamps. Reports indicate crit
ical financial situation. Unless the
necessary funds are raised the conz
vention will be seriously crippled ?
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-12-14
.Concede Preference
to United Front ON
Denver C.W.A. Jobs
MilitantJobless Work
ers Win Signal
Concession

DENVER, Coio.--A ruling whereof
members OF the United Front or
ganization against unemployment IL
Denver will be given preference or
Civil Works Administration jobs
has been announced here.
In the ballyhoo in the local press
this Is announced as q move TO make
them forget their ideals" Actually
however, this In an acknowledgment
Of the success Of the mass pressure
that has been effected through
struggle under the united front lei
by the Communist Party.
The ruling Of the Federal C.w.A
states that so per cent OF . city's
quota on C.W.A. jobs shall be selected
from those who In the past have been
working ON city odd-jobs for direcs
relief. The Denver ruling places all
those VINO have taken part in the
local united front struggles Of the
unemployed on q parity With men
who had worked on direct relief
during the summer.
This victory Of the Denver workers
is signalised by ID o espituIation OF
the local relief authorities to the ef-
fectiveness OF the united front
struggles Of the unemployed; (2) ar
attempt on the part Of tbs relief
heads TO hide this victory OF the
workers; CD the need
of further organization under the
broadcast possible united front OF al!
workers, employed and unemployed
and "a the correctness Of the united
front policy Of the Communist Party
effected by the unity Of the rank and
file workers over the heads OF the
Socialist and renegade misleaders.
The National Convention Against
Unemployment to be held In Wash
ington, D. G. AIN 1915 win hear re-
ports from many cities on how such
victories have been won. Plans will
be made to assure similar advances
throughout the country.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-12-14

which declared against any increase
in wages and that the whole matter
be turned over to the arbitration
board,
The livestock handlers refused 10
accept this, rejected it and as the
P.HW.I.U. in a recent statement to
the Stockyards workers declared:
The strikers knew that II they
went back to work and left every
thing to arbitration, they would get
nothing. So they rejected the pro-
p0sals of their officials"
A. r. of L. Leaders Give Up
Hour Day
The workers can place no faith in
arbitration and they know that every
act of arbitration is in the interests
of the bosses and not the workers
There can be no neutrality in arbitra-
ton. To relegate the whole question
of wages, conditions, hours to an
umpire means to place the whole fate
OF the workers in the hands Of the
bosses. 1t means the same as the
present company union existing in
the Chicago packing houses.
This memorandum, although il
speaks that "the 8-hour day shall
constitute the basic work day" il
also speaks that employers shall not
be requested to work In excess of 10
hours any one day." What does this
mean? 1t means that the union Of
fiicals are ready to establish ten
hour day in the packing industry, be-
cause once we would permit the COM
panies to work ten hours they will
institute this permanently. SO under
the cloak of 40-hour week and Dasic
8-hour day, the union burocrats are
planning to put over the ten-hour
day in the packing industry.
Finally. as to the problems and
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-12-14
SMWIU Forces Quick
Relief for Two Civil
Work Registrars

NEW YORK.-Imnlediate Relief
for two skilled C.W.A. registrants was
forced from the Home Relief Bureau
The day after a delegation from
the Steel and Metal Workers Indus
trial Union presented their cases to
the Bureau ofilcials.
Another delegation from the union
went to see Mr.. whitney, new head
of the C.W.A. Tor the city, demanding
the right for the S.MI.U. to register
the jobless members Of the organize
ton and industry at their headquar-
tiers: and adequate Home Relief aid
to these Yegistrants until such Jobs
are provided.
Whitney answered he would take
up the matter OF the registration
blanks and would make no statement
regarding the H.RB.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-12-14
oca Jobs Struggles Preparing Base National January
Recruiting Barometer for
Carrying out the Open Letter

light industry or are housewives. We
want to win more workers from ting
light Industries. The figures of new
recruits from the light industries are
also entirely unsatisfactory. BIT what
shall we say about the figures OF two
employed and five unemployed work
ers recruited from the basic INDUS
tries, during a weeks time, in a d.
strict which has $500 dues paying
members? Nothing else burt that the
Open Letter is not persistertly trans
formed into life?
One Auto Worker Recruited
Without doubt there are also some
good tendencies In the recruiting in
Chicago. Among the new recruits,
there are &c native born workers and
eight foreign born workers. But this
certainly does not justify the small
number of the total recruitment as
a whole, and especially the small
number recruited from the basic In
dustrieS.
Now let us consider recruiting in
Detroit. During the same week, the
Party organization in Detroit re-
cruited one unemployed. foreign born
auto worker, and one foreign born
housewife. In addition, ten unclassi-
fed unemployed workers were rec.
ruited. This is the total recruiting
that was done during one week ia
Detroit, in district with 1000 does
paying members. A few weeks ago
there was plenum in Detrot, a very
good one, with very good sp peaches
nd with very good resolution, But
ahst purpose do all these resolutions
and speeches serve, II we do not
ira nsform them into life by winning
the workers from the basic industries
intt' our Party.
One Steel Worker in Cleveland
DAring the same wee&, the Cleye-
land District recruited the following
OF workers:
Industry Employed Unempacyed
Steel ......... l 0
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-12-14
Ford Workers to
Be Represented at
Auto Conference
United Front Meet to
Be Held Sunday,
December II

DErROIT.--A strong delegation of
Ford workers, both employed and
unemployed, will be present at the
big United Front Auto Workers Con-
ference, to be held Sunday, Dec. IT,
at 10 am. In Finnish Hall, 1869 18th
st., near McGraw. The conference
has been called by the Auto Workers
Union to prepare for strike action
in the fight against wage cuts,
speed-up and unemployment.
The two Dearborn branches of the
A. w. U. are now active In getting
delegates from the Ford River Rouge
plant, despite the intensification Of
the terror against the workers.
Though only a small proportion Of
the auto workers in Detroit and
vicinity are now employed, special
efforts are being made to get dele
gates directly from the shops. Lo-
Gals OF the A. r. of L. auto union,
the Mechanics Educational Society,
I. w. W., the Unemployed Councils
and other organizations of the I'M
employed, workers fraternal organ
izations and shop and neighborhood
groups are urged to send delegates.
Unorganized workers are called on
to get together In their departments
or neighborhoods and elect dele
gates.
Representation at the conference
will be on the basis of two dele~ates
for the first ten members, and one
for each additional ten or major
fraction thereof.
The Dec. IT conference is being
held in the midst Of a two months
drive that the Auto
Workers Union has launched. The
goal Of this drive is 5000 new mem
beers and the establishment Of solid
in the leading factories.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-12-14
NRA Cuts Dough Out
of Doughnut Workers
Wages by Extra Costs

NEW YORK.-The NIayflower
Doughnut exhibit shows to passer-
bys ON Broadway at 45th st.
through the wide open display
windows how the N. II. A. cuts the
dough out Of the doughnut.
Workers in the exhibit get the
n. r. A. wage Of S15.12. For wash
ing two uniforms week the com
pany carves S2.12 from the wages.
For eating six 25-cent meals the
boss cuts away another sS from
the salary.
Thus the final result is the even
figure of $40 for 53-hOur week.
And a neat little n. II. A. sign is
proudly displayed in the window.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-12-14
JObless Delegates
Force Legislators
to Hear Demands
Speakers Stress Unity
Between Negro and
White

SALEM. Ore.--DeSpits attempts
to keep them standing in the pour
ing rain, delegates attending the
recent State Unemployment Con-
vention here forced their way into
the state capitol to present their
demands to the legislature. Six
teen organizations, represented by
200 delegates, had attended the
convention in response to a call
by Multnomah County Federation
Of Unemployed, composed of the
Unemployed Councils, Unemployed
Citizens League, Civic Emergency
Federation and the Kenton Unen-
ployed League.
When speakers from the Unem-
ployed Convention presented the
Workers Unemployment Insurance
Bill and other demands formulated
by the delegates, the workers pres
ent burst into loud applause The
speakers made clear to the legisla-
tors that the workers Of the state
would not be satisfied with prom
ises but that they would organize
in greater numbers and fight for the
right to live.
The unity between white and
Negro workers was stressed by the
delegates from the Convention. which
had demanded the freedom OF
Theodore Jordan, Negro rail-
road worker who is facing death
sentence on a framed-up charge of
murder. Thev roir1ted ont that the
Oregon Supreme Court had upheld
this sentence only because Jordan
was a Negro and because the South
ern Pacific Railroad wishes to ter
rorize workers Of Oregon by muir
dering this innocent worker. The
worker delegates assembled broke
out time and again with applause
and cheers at the mention Of unity
between white and Negro workers,
while the legislators grew red in
the face and squirned in their
seats.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-12-14
Pittsburgh Steel
Conference Plans
Spread of Union

PITTSBURGH, Pa, Dec. 13.-OYer
100 delegates attended the district
conference of the Steel and Metal
Workers Industrial Union here Sun
day at Walden Hall to plan organ
ization and future struggles in the
steel industry.
Delegates who took part in the AM
bridge struggles we're prominent at
the conference. There were delegates
from Central Tube, Jones & Laugh
lin, South Side Pittsburgh and Al
liquipa; Carnegie Steel in Homestead,
Clarion and Duquesne; Westsng-
house; Wolworth Foundry, Green's
burgh, and many other plants.
James Egan, made the main re-
2ort reviewing the work during the
i6rike period and after. I'VE must
now build our union in all depart
uents, develop department and par
tial struggles to prepare ourselves for
the coming major strikes" declared
Egan. The main discussion at the
conference concerned itself with root
ing the union in the mills by organ
ling department committees.
John Meldon, national secretary Of
the union greeted the conference in
the name of the National Committee.
The Ambridge delegates expressed
a note of optimism that the union
would be buslt in Ambridge despite
the gun thugs and terror
A plan Of work was discussed and
accepted by the delegates. The main
points were to bring back into ac-
tivity SO per cent of the 5000 mem
bers and recruit 600 new members in
different sections.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-12-14
] o bless Constitution
to Be Adopted at
Meet

NEW YORK, Dec. 13.-To stimulate
preconvent.on discussion, the Ma
tional Committee of the Unemployed
Councils has just issued draft con-
stitution Of the National Unemploy-
ment Council Of the USA. which is
to be broadcast to all unemployed
groups throughout the country for
adoption at the convention" This
is part Of the campaign of prepara-
tons for the Mass Unemployed Con-
Yention which viii take place in
Washington, D. c., on Jan. 10, "A and
IS.
THE central aim of the National
Unemployment Council Of USA. is
to force the enactment of the Work
ers Unemployment and Social Insur-
ance Bill by the federal government, +"
the preamble states. This alone will
afford some measure Of security to
the masses in case of inability to
work, whether because of unemploy-
ment, part-time, sickness, accident,
old age or maternity"
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-12-14
500 Pea-Pickers in
California Win Strike
in 2 Hrs. for Pay Rise

LOS ANGELES, Calif.-Five hun
cred pea-pickers won a two-hour
strike on Tuesday, Dec. 5 at Cali
patria, Calf, when they refused to
pick peas for 1c pound and asked
for lee. They were out for only
two hours before their demands were
granted. There were three ranches
involved, composed of about $50 Am
erican workers and $50 Mexican.
The workers are organizing into tie
Cannery and Agricultural Workers
Industrial Union, and all over the
Imperial Valley there is talk about
the G. and A.WIU. Many Of the
San Joaquin Valley workers are there.
Locals Of the Union must be estab-
hshed there in every town and ranch
of the valley.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-12-14
RFC,AAA,PWA, CWA
and Still No Jobs

LITTLE ROCES, Ark.--"Have
hope" "Haye patience" "Quit
worrying about a job" BE pa
triotic as during the World War;
are some of the slogans of the Of
ficial spokesman recommending
the N. II. A., c. w. A., p. w. A.,
A. A. A., r. e. r. A., and other
letters of the alphabet to the hun
cry stomachs of workers here.
Over 111,000 Of these workers
were on Emergency Relief rolls in
the state--a total of 5000 have
been given Civil Works jobs,
Roosevelt promised so cents an
hour on these iobs-the Chamber
Of Commerce pays 30 to 40 cents
for 40 hours of work.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-12-14
Dis trict Leadership
Pays Insufficient At
teltItion to Recruiting
BY e. EDWARDS
ARTICLE j.

The recruit ing of new members
illCo our PARTY from among the best
and most active workers, shoald be
connected up WITH the daily work
III the Party. In the four colscsntra-
ton districts, Chicago, Cleveland, De-
troit and Pittsburgh these new
recruits must come from the msin
concentration industSesy-from s5sel
and metal, mining, packingtsoEise,
auto and railroad. The deyelopp emit
OF the recruiting Of NV mem bers
from these industries is a. barometer
which indicates the SERIOUSNESS Of our
concentration work.
Let us examine the results. Of re-
cIuiGing in these four districts dur
ing the week ending December End.
Chicago recruited during this week
as follows;
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-12-14
Negro Exclusion Hit
in Crawford Trial

LEESBURG, Va, Dec. 13.-The
lynch trial Of George Crawford, Ne
gro worker framed on murder
charge. opened yesterday with the
defense following the historic policy
of the international Labor Defense in
the Scottsboro and other cases of
raising the issue of the systematic
exclusion Of Negroes from juries.
Charles H. Houston, heading the
defense, plans to move for dismissal
of the jury venire on the grounds
that it contained no Negroes. At a
preliminary hearing last month, Cecil
Conner. Assistant States Attorney,
had voiced the SANDER that no Ne
groes in Lowdoun County were fit to
serve on juries. In this SANDER he
was supported by Judge L. McLenore,
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-12-14

| an entirely disinterested person.
The finding Of the arbitration board
to be binding and reIigiousIy res
pected by both the employer and
employee
Livestock Handlers Reject Arbitration
There can be no words to express
the Indignation Of the Stockyards
workers to this treacherous para
graph 10 in the Memorandum Of the
Union burocrats, which must be
made known to every worker and
particularly the members of the A. F.
OF L., must be fought and defeated.
This memorandum further betrays
the interests of the workers, through
declaring:
"The question Of wages may be
taken up for readjustment at any
time that either party to the agree
ment makes the request by giving
thirty days notice in writing to the
ether party"
This giving 80 days notice in writ
ing means to serve notice to the
company that they are to prepare for
strike breaking activity in an attempt
to defeat strike struggles.
In the whole memorandum the
union burocrats have not a word to
say about the right of the workers to
strike and to collective bargaining.
The whole memorandum is built
around one main policy OF the A. r.
OF L.-class collaboration, and as they
declare: binding and religiously res
pect the decision of the arbitration
boards" with which the workers of
the Stockyards already had expert
ence,--the decision of the N.R.A.
Labor Board, consisting Of liberal"
Professor Hutchins, the president OF
the Chicago Federation of Labor,
Fitzpatrick and the Socialist Levine,
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-12-14

What Go these iigures show? From
The steel. metal. mining, railway and
the packinghouse industries, en-
Dloyed and i've unemployed workers
we're recruited during q weeks time.
sll other new members are from
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-12-14
Hays to Speak On Reichstag
Trial

BOSTON. =. Arthur Garfield Hays
American lawyer, eyewitness at the
Leipzig trial; Anna Schultz, secretary
to Ernst Torgler, defendant in the
trial. and DR.. Alice, Hamilton, author
Of Hitler Speaks" will talk on Ger
many at meeting Friday, Dec. Is,
at. 7:45 in fremont Temple Auditori-
I'm, SO fremont st.,
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-12-14
Detroit Thieves Rob Post
Offer
Dry West Virginia to Permit
Imports

CHARLESTON, w. Va, Dec. 49,
West Virginia, which forbids the man.
ufacture of liquor in the state, will
permit liquor to come in from wet
states, it was announced today.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-12-14
Hijackers Get Two Trucks OF
T,iOunr

NEW YORK, Dec. 13.--Eight men
overpowered four garage attendants
here today and escaped with two
truckloads OF liquor and sedan, all
valued at $4,000.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-12-14
l. L. d. Bazaar

CHICAGO. - The annual Interna-
tionaI Labor Defense Bazaar will be
held this year on Friday, Saturday
and Sunday, Dec. Is, IS and II, at
Peoples Auditorium, 2457 w. Chicago
Ave.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-12-14
NEWS BRIEFS
Typhoid Epidemic in Paris

PARIS, Dec. 1&-A. typhoid cpl
dernic has spread Throughout Paris
causing alarm among medical au-
thorities. How severe the epidemic
is was not announced, but 1t was
stated that cases have been exceed
ing the normal"
Flames Destroy Building on
Lower Broadway
NEW YORK.-A blaze on lower
Broadway today demolished a six
story building, endangering cotton
houses in the vicinity Traffic was de-
iayed over two hours.
Four Killed in Truck Crash
SPRINGER, NM, Dec. 13.-Four
were killed and folir injured when
two trucks crashed and caught fire
on the highway near this city.
Detroit Thieves Rob Post
Office
DETROIT, Dec. f3,-DriIling their
way through Is fnches OF brick and
mortar, thieves stole registered mail
of undetermined value and $4,000 in
postage stamps from the city post
office.
Boy Killed by Policeman
GLEN ROCK, NJ, Dec. 13.-Robert
Apologize, son Of New York news
paper man, was shot and killed by a
cop who claimed that Applegate was
riding In q stolen automobile and
would not stop when hailed. Emil de
Wilde, the cop, is under technical
arrest.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-04-20

Yes. No one can quite
understand himself, how he got
that way, why he has certain
traits and tendencies, without
knowing his heredity, because
exactly one-half of every cell
in his body and brain came
from his mother and the other
half from his father, and they
got their bodies and brains in
the same way from their ances-
tors.
Still futher, a knowledge of
ones heredity gives him a much
better idea whom it is safe to
marry, as it gives HON some line
at least on the probable qualities
of his children. Many high
schools and colleges now are re-
quiring each student to work up
his family tree.
mo. AS Grover C. Orth,
editor Of the trade paper, Ka-
lends, says, "Contentment does
not, as our clever critics tell us,
mean want of ambition or lack
Of desire to progress. In no sense
does it mean mental stagnation.
The true meaning of content
ment is wise appreciation of the
good things of life" The man