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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-10-26

memb2rshiu material Of Section 4 we
found about three hundred applica-
tons and contacts which had not
been acted upon.
In checking up the records of the
District we traced only six of these
who were persistent enough to apply
to the Party for membership, through
other channels, and joined months
ago. Some of these are now leading
forces in the mass organizations in
Harlem. What happened to the others,
no one knows.
The same occurred in Section 6,
williamsburg. Scores of applications
were found which were not acted
upon.
RED TAPE IN UNITS CAUSES
DELAY
Contacts of workers wanting to
Join the Party are as a rule not taken
care Of promptly and efficiently. For
example, in Section /, a worker
sent a letter on January 18th asking
for more information about the Com
munist Party. About six months later
in June the contact card sent to the
District with a notation that the Old
Broadway is not in their section. In
other words it took the Section 1870
days to find out that the particular
place was not in the territory of their
section.
We want to bring another example
During March woman worker who
has been contributing to the Party
sustaining fund applied for member
ship at a ma1s meeting. The applica-
ton was sent to the responsible sec
ton. In July, four months later. the
application was returned to the Dist
riot with a notation Cannot be
found" By that time the applicant
was already a member of the Party
and had succeeded in getting in
thrcu~h other channels We noted
that the address was the same as that
ORIGINALLY turned over to the Sect on.
What happens in such cases is, that
he U0't oets TIE contact from the
Section. The Unit then ASSIGNS a COM
rade to visit the applicant. This COM
rade may net show up to a few meet
ings Of the Unit after he gets the
assignment. Such investigations"
cause serious delays. Often we find
determined applicants full f1edged
members of the Party and function
ing, having succeeded in breaking
in" through other channels before the
units get through with their inves-
tigation.
D. L., New York.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-10-26
BY PAUL LUTTlNGER. MD.
ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
Seminal T,0SsPa


NJ. Ch.-The sticky fluid which
you notice after straining at stool
is prostate secretion. Every male
is liable to notice it when he has a
hard bowel movement. The medical
advertising quacks make much ado
about it, classifying it under seminal
losses and soaring the prospective
victim into the belief that he will
lose his virility unless he immedi-
ate,y applies for treatment.
You must have ben, reading their
literature, which accounted for your
mental fatigue, lethargic stupor and
loss of memory" It's all in your
imagination and unless you snap out
of it, you'll really hypnotize yourself
into "impotency," as you call 1t. How
do you know that the slight moisture
at the meatus (opening) of the penis
spells impotence? 1t is nothing but
a trifle and if you keep your bowels
open and cease from straining and
from continually examining and feel
ing yourself, you'll soon forget about
1t.
Itching of Hairy Parts
A. L. F.-Your ailment is certainly
not venereal. 1t might be nervous
reaction. AS long as you are broke, y
please come up to be examined. The
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, terest. All workers should help build
the Two. All workers should be in
terested In the growth of the organ
ization. 1ss
The drive extends from October
1 to January l. The aim is to reach
a total Of 10000 members. The ac-
complishment of this aim required
an average of 500 new members per
week.
The first reports Of the drive fol
the weeks ending October 2, 9, 16,
show a growth of 1877. S69 and 535
new members respectively. During
these same three weeks 80, Sc and n
children we're taken in, in addition
These figures indicate. perspec-
tive Of a successful drive, but an an
alysis Of these figures will show great
weaknesses.
The English speaking branches
took in an average of only Is mem
bers per week, while the quota de-
manded for the English Section is
70 per week. II the English speaking
section Of the Order cannot be built,
then a good part of the purpose OF
this drive will be defeated.
Another very weak point Is thu
youth section. AS against a weekly
average quota OF, 10, the youth sec
ton took in only an average OF 10
new members per week. All branches
Of the Order must combine their
efforts to change this miserable show
ing.
Other very weak sections are the
| Italian and Polish sections. Both
have quota average Of SO new men,
bers per week, and both only got
an average Of 16 new members per
week.
As against these poor showings
which must be improved in the next
weeks, the Jewish Section, with
weekly average Of 1874, achieved an
average Of 1876. OF these, II were got
ten the first week, 229 the second
and $50 the third week.
The Hungarian Section De also
making rapid progress and Is exceed
ing its quota every week.
One Of our weakest spots Is the
Slovak Section. It's weekly quota
! average Is lis new members. Al
against this quota, the Sloyak Section
took in 80 new members the fira
week Of the campaign, 81 the second
and Is the third. That is going back
ward with . vengeance.
Comrades Of the Order: Check I'D
on the activities Of your section and
OF your branch In this drive. Dis
cuss the drive In your meetings. So
] licit new members! Build the Orderl
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seems to me it would be a good 1dsa
to utilize the space for excHan--
ing opinions, giving advice, and also
answering important political ques-
tons pertaining to work among
women.
One Of the problems here in Har-
lem: The women here are so muHh
occupied with domestic work for the
rich ladies, taking care of their house
holds with ever so many boarders,
and with giving 50 much time to
churches, that there is 70 time left
for meetings Of a c.ass struggle char
ac5o-. GT. 3. This is ma.or reason
the boU-geoi5ie backs the churches
it keeps the workers busy with non
political actiVity.-H. L. 49,.
I think it would be good to find
out how cur women manage on TIE
small wages or food tickets, perhaps
giving advice this column should
become the voice of our pro,e.arian
wornen, engaged in the every day
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struggles OF the working class. q.
Sara L.
Comrade Sara is dead right on
every count. I wish some of our
readers would work out, also, a pro-
gram for doing a weeks housework
as expediticusly as pcssible-write 1t
out as briefly as possible and send
it in. Below is the second section of
the outdoor cooking article.
Camp Cooking
Combine the foods you can easily
take from home together with foods
for outdoor Emergency Cccking. The
flooring suggestions may be helpful.
Put little cans Of seasoning into a
big can, also evapcrated milk and
whatever you can pack and carry in
cans. Take with you Indian Chez
it's butter boiled down. To prepare,
slowly cock the butter until all water
is exaggerated, which will be shown
by the ceasing of suffering or violent
bubbling.
Let the liquid oil stand for a short
time, until the curd has subsidized.
Then strain 1t into bottles and cork
tightly. When you want to use it,
warm it gently and pour 1t out. 1t
will keep sweet over long periods Of
time.
Make use Of stones. Make q NOR
tar and pestle, using one flat hol-
lowed stone to hold nuts, vegetables,
or anything you want to crush; have
another slender stone for a pestle.
You can make mashed potatoes or
vegetables in this.
Red heat will make the stones
sterile and clean. Use these stones
too, for meal or flour. Use gourds
for dishes, ladies, spoons. etc.
Make brick or stone ovens. Be-
ware Of gasoline stoves. They spring
a leak from rust in the needle that
feeds the gasoline. Clothing catches
them easily and may tip them over,
starting a fire.
First aid is something that every
Pioneer must become familiar with
for the outGoors)
Fires for quantity cooking can be
made in trenches. Remember your
outing by having opossum and sweet
potatoes, hot-stone flap jacks, tor
tillas, or corn cakes. Bake some
beans, of course, in bean hole. Fried
perch is good with caraway seed.
Don't forget that dandelions not
only make wine, but good coffee and
greens. For coffee, get the roots.
Wash them well and carefully. Do
not remove the brown skin, since that
gives it the color and taste Of coffee.
Cut the roots into small pieces and
roast them slowly to a crisp brown.
Grind or crush, and then prepare
as you would coffee.
For cooked dandelions, dig up the
whole plant, root and all, before 1t
blossoms. After washing many times,
pour boiling water over the greens.
Let stand some time to take out
the strong bitter taste; throw the
water away, and boil the greens in
the water left on the leaves, for 20
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for 81 a week.
We want a living wage out of the
crops that we make by giving us a
chance to demand our rights. Will
you help us to put our children in
school and stop them from stealing
the things that already belong to us
because the landlords have taken it
all?
We want a fair price for cotton
and to sell 1t when we want to. We
are being mace to pay back debts
three and four years old and they are
taking everything we make.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-10-26
Elect Delegates To
Farmers Conference
G1adwin. Mich.

Gladwin, Mich.
We have elected five delegates
so far to the Farmers Second Ma
tional Conference from Gladwin
County. We expect to send rs
or 80.
made it possible for Clyde
Smith to speak to the Board of
Supervisors in regular session and
there we started the ball rolling.
We had a mass meeting at the
Armory in Gladwin. I was elected
organizer and went out in two days
and collected $51, and while so do
ing advertised the meeting. The
second night we elected these dele
gates in Sherman Township.
Now I am eoing to Grout Town
ship to get delegates elected, and
from there to Beaverton Township,
and so on.
I don't have any trouble getting
money from people for this pur-
pose, even if they do know who
l am.
Eber Wright,
Communist Supervisor, Sherman TIP.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-10-26
A CORRECTION

The Daily Worker published a let
ter from worker last Wednesday
stating that the National Cleaning
Co., 264 Fifth Ave, supplies cleaning
women for some of the largest hotels
in New York, and pays them s3C
for working 1855 hours a month.
The owner Of the National Clean
ing Co. called up the Daily Worker
and Indignantly demanded that the
"Daily" print a correction" be-
cause this is not true.
Here is the correction.
A reporter went to see the boss
and was told that he pays the clean
ing women $50 a month for a 40-hcur
week. But there. is no guarantee that
a worker will not earn less that S39
He proudly pointed out to the re-
porter that the Blue Eagle was dis
PLAYED in every one of his windows
and that this is an indication that
the wages he pays are fair"
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-10-26
Letters from Our Readers

Y. q. proudly display IN all public
places, subwayy. movie houses, walk
ing In the streets, etc, our call to
'fVote Communist" II would surely
have some sgitational effectI
The comrades and sympathizsrs do
not "do their part" by merely paying
for q button and keeping 1t honiel
Ten thousand buttons displayed from
lapels Of the comrades viii remind
hundreds OF thousands about our ex-
istence, our participation and our call
to vote Communist"
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one meal day. When we have
made plenty our children are SILVER
fig around the flreside naked and
hungry with not a chance to go to
school.
We need help, we want a chance
to demand our rights and get what
belongs to us. The Red Cross would
help US. but the rich men take it
and. make us make crop on 1t, and
it is not enough to do any good.
Our poor women are made TO st2v
at home for the lack of clothes to
wear. They cook for the white people
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-10-26
BLUE EAGLE CUTS SALES
East Weymouth, Mass.

Comrade Editor:
I am an independent tailor with
a small store and small patronage.
Once in a while q friend of mine
gives me a Daily Worker. In it I
read very much about the N.R.A.
I believe the "Daily" is right
about it.
Since the MIRA. has been or
display in my window, my business
is smaller than ever. I guess That
all the customers have been scared
away by that blue bird, because to
the average person it is becoming
more and more evident that it
means higher prices.
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Can You Make En-
Yourself?

Pattern 1641 is available in sizes
IL, IA, 16, Is, 20, 80, 80, 81, IS, SO
and 10. Size 16 takes 8 Is yards
29-inch fabric and / IA yards
contrasting. Illustrated step BY .
step sewing instructions included.
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
St., New York City. Patterns by
rail only,
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-10-26

O4SUTlCG, OSCllOu anu U1li1 OISdll4HC4o
arrange to have the comrades en-
gagged in all phases Of Party work to
write us brief articles giving their
experiences.
We specifically want articles deal
ing with methods of developing
struggles in the factories and among
the unemployed, particularly with
struggles against the N. r. A, with
the work of building organizations in
the shops, the building Of oppositions
in the A. r. of L., the development Of
struggles against lynching and for
Negro rights, the work among the
women, the distribution of the Daily
Worker in the factories and in the
ne:ghborhoods, the fuctuation Of
membership and the steps you have
taken to overcome it, how you have
improved the inner life Of your units,
how you have used the Party liter
ature in the development Of mass
work, etc.
Tell of your successes, so that
other districts ard sections can util-
ize your methods Of work. Let us
know about your failures so that the
mistakes and weaknesses can be dis
cussed for the benefit Of the entire
Party. Send your letters to the Org.
Commission, Central Committee, Pc.
Box ST, Station D, New York.
S0rre Problems of F-uctuatiOn
Many times we have ana'yzed the
reasons for fluctuation Of our Party
membership. Each time we have
correctly attributed the disparity
between the initiation and the actual
menbar3hin to the bad inner life of
the units. There is, however, another
important factor which we seem to
forget ard this is the mechanical
methods and inefficiency in handling
new applicants.
There are hundreds and even
thousands OF workers w''o Flc-N a.
piled for membership in the Party
and have never gotten ear e-o1gl
to c-cD ont because of the bad in
ne7 T'"e OF tie Units and the fact
that tie workers actuc''y never be-
Carce r1erb ers CT the Party on &C
CONT Of inesfc,ency in handling
their applications.
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minutes, slowly. Eat with vinegar
or lemon and butter.
A prcspector's omelet Is a favorite
dessert in the Rock Mountains. 1t
takes eggs, slightly beaten; cook in
pan. Season. Cover pan, and cook
SLOWLY. Before eggs are set, toss
in a handful Of wild Strawberries,
huckleberries, blackberries, or rasp-
berries.
Cover again. When the egg is
cooked roll over the mass TO a jelly
roll form, turn out and serve.
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D0ctcL
LuHinQeN
udUGG:j

comrades at the Daily Worker Office
will give you the address and office
hours. n
Thanks for Whimsical Note
Dear Doctor Luttinger: u
81 make my living from literature,
SO I'd rather have my recreation
from spinach--even If do read Mike
Gold every day. AS soon as my bean
gets job well send you another 81.
provided we have. no babies.
"A DAILY WORKER
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You need the revolutionary move
rnent. The revolutionary move
ment needs the Daily Worker. The
DAILY" needs funds to continue.
Help the Daily" with your inn
mediate contribution.
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Or. Total s1,7s512 s13, ss4. 80 $4,000 sal
Jewish Clubs s7.65 S14.37 2G00 4oT
Two government emp!oyes, among
others, are 100 per cent for the
Daily" The following letter tells its
own story:
Washington, D. c.
Daily Worker.
SO E. 18th ST.,
New York City.
Here are $40 for the Daily Worker
Fund. We feel that the Daily Worker
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THE HOMEe5
By HELEN LUKE

a Ia good
Watching carefully the changes the column
privilege suggesting what should
organize
problems
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You need the revolutionary move
ment. The revolutionary move
DAILY" needs frnds to continue,
Helm the DAILY" with your i'm
mediate contribution.
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NEGLECT OF SECTIONS IN ACT
ING ON APPLICATIONS

De- il aott-7g UPON applications or
contacts is not considered a most Sc
riou3 crime by the units and sections.
Sometimes applications are taken
from the District and are never acted
upon. Recently in going over the
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-10-26
Work Long Days in Rain Without Shoes
for so Cents Day, Writes Ala. Crobber
"They Take Everything We Make; Leave Us
Nothing for Winter" Says Correspondent
CBy a Farmer Correspondent

AaWe with
After make good the white people take all
nothing through the winter.
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BY MAX BEDACHT
General Secretary, I. W. o.

L.
International Workers Order conducting drive for
growth proletaran important
under class conscious
therefore
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PARTY LIFE
Party Calls on Members to
Write Experiences in Work
Failures and Weaknesses Can Be Corrected by
Open Discussion in Press
ATTENTION PARTY MEMBERS; WRITE YOUR e

organized to assist the membership in the
daily discussion Of the life and work of the
order that these experiences
property entire This only be done the
districts their We ask that all
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Leader of Workers Order
Reviews Enrolment Drive
Third Week of Campaign Finds Quota of 500
Exceeded; American Members Sought

department the International Workers Order viii
regularly NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Note,
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Helping the Daily Worker
Through DR.. Luttinger

Contributions received to the credit
of DR.. Luttinger in his Socialist ccm-
petition with Michael Gold and Ed
ward Newhouse to raise $1,000 in the
$4,000 Daily Worker Drive:
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needs and ought to get support from
every sincere supporter of the revo-
luton. We hive resolved to contrib
ute from $25 to $50 a month to the
Daily Worker out of our government
salaries as long as we are employed
in Washington.
Two Government Employees.
Contributions received Tuesday,
Oct. "a, follow:
Total Tuesday ............s 59468
Previously received ........ 13,664.85
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1933-01-25
LUXURY TAX
ADEQUATE; TO
MEET BUDGET
Hinsdale Declares; Revenue
Source Will r eajze
Over $S,00Cl000
By HENRY LT:SESNE .
T. mes News Bureau
S'f Walter Hotel

SE r'ater fOtPl
RALEIGH, Jar. 25.-Taking
into consideration. the shrinkaga
of revenue within recent years,
and the fact tnl several new
items have been. added to the
1888 version of his bill, Senator
John w. Hinsds.le of Wake de-
clared in an interview with this
bureau yesterday that his luxury
tax proposal now before the gen.
eral assembly would bring in be-
tween S8,000,DOO and 100000.
Although some individual est
mates of the amount of money the
luxury tax would bring in ore
much under, his own figure, the
Wake senator believes that the
enactment of his bill would easily
balance the budget. He pointed to
the fact that the budget commits
sion estimates only $10,0O0,000
more money will have to be raised
annually, and expressed that more
than 100000 of this will prob
ably be saved by lowering of gov
ernmental costs.
Senator Hinsdale, who led the
fight for the adoption of luxury
sales tax in 1881 and lost by only
one senate vote, expressed the be-
lief that sentiment for a selected
commodity tax is much stronger
than it was two years ago, and
that there will be no necessity Of
resorting to a combination luxury
tax, general sales tax and produc-
ton tax in order to balance the
budget.
With some sort of sales tax
now regarded as inevitable, there
has been a wide divergence of
opinion here as to whether any of
the tax measures now before the
general assembly will be enough
to raise sufficient revenue. The
Clement production tax bill, ac-
cording to preliminary estimates,
would raise $7,50O,000 annually,
however, if such measure should
be passed, according to a prepon-
derance of opinion here, the levy
of one-half of one per cent on
manufactured products, as the
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1933-01-25
OF INTEREST T0NWd0MEN N

Rowan senator proposes. would
have to be reduced materially to
make it acceptable.
The Hinsdale bill. while not so
all-embracing as the Mississippi
sales tax plan, would impose a re-
tail tax on virtually all produces
except wearing apparel and staple
foods. Even sugar is included in
the list of taxable products. In.
dications even this early point tn
the fact that considerable OPPOSE
ton will be made to the inclusion
of this item on the ground that It
is a vital necessity and cannot be
classed as a luxury.
The following is the tax sched-
ule in the Hinsdale bill:
Cigars--All cigars weighing un-
der three pounds a thousand. two
cents for each ten cigars; weigh
ing over three pounds a thousand
and retailing for three cents each
or less, 81 a thousand; cigars
weighing over three pounds a
thousand and retailing for more
than three cents, $40 a thousand.
Cigarettes-Upon each package
retailing for five cents, one cent
tax; upon each package retailing
for more than five cents each, an
additional cent for each five cents
or fractional part.
Snuff and chewing tobacco
One cent for each three ounces
smoking tobacco-one cent tax on
each package selling for five cents
and an additional cent for each
five cents of retail price in excess
of five cents.
Shells and cartridges-Shotgun
shells, 81 a thousand shells; cart
ridges, 20 calibre or greater. 81
a thousand.
Candy-Retailing at fifty cents
a pound and above, one cent for
each ten cents or fraction of re-
tail price.
Playing cards-Five cents on
each fifty cents.
Malt extract-Ten per cent of
retail selling price.
Cosmetics-One cent for each
five cents.
!, The foregoing products would
be taxed by the method of affix-
ing stamps, which the merchants
would buy from the revenue de-
partment. A small graduated dis
count would be allowed merchants
who bought the stamps in large
quantities.
A graduated license tax on the
sales of automobiles, a feature
not included in the 1881 bill,
would be paid to the motor vehi-
Gle license department, and the
money from this source would be
used exclusively for maintenance
of the six-months school term.
The following is the scale: $500
to $1,000. tax of SIS; S1,000-$2,-
600. tax of $40: S2.000-S3, 600,
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1933-01-25
PEROnaL
PARAGRAPH

Mrs. R. A. Child is visiting her
daughter. Mrs. Mark w. Trum-
bull, in Raleigh because of the i'll
ness of Mr.. Trumbull, who has
had to return to the hospital in
Baltimore, Md.
Little Miss Katharine Durham,
daughter of DR.. and Mrs. Albert
Durham, returned to their home
on Lake Summit this morning af-
ter a tonSil operation at Patton
Memorial hospital yesterday. She
is getting along nicely.
Miss Mary Virginia Malone, of
Pensacola. Fla. who has been Wis
iting friends in Spartanburg, S,
c., and Asheville, is expected the
last of the week to make another
visit to Miss Anne Weeks.
Mr.. Claude Sales, of Fletcher,
is in the city on business today.