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The daily worker., 1933-12-05
Most Steel Mills in
Shenango Valley
Are Shut Dow II
BY y Steel Worker Correspondent


FARRELL, Pain the Shenango
Valley the mills are working very
little now. In those that are not
shut down altogether, the workers
are so much dissatisfied that lots of
them are trying to get on the relief
list in order to get signed up for
the Civil Works relief jobs and
other forced labor Jobs, hich are
supposed to pay so cents per hour.
The bosses and relief agents here
come out with a statement that no
body will suffer here. But look at
what happened here Friday, Nov. "a.
A worker was on the starvation re-
lief, which the agents forced him to
work for He fell in the street OF
Farrell and was found by colored
worker, Mr.. James A. Swanson, who
carried the starving worker into his
mothers home and notified the po-
lice department, who came down
and tried to fine the dying man for
being drunk. And when they found
no whisky on his breath they rushed
him to the hospital, where he died
during the night.
So here Is an article from the
Sharon Telegraph, the local paper,
on Saturday, Nov. IS, which says
that a Mrs. Sarah Carr Of the
Commandment Keepers" organiza-
ton, cared for him till help arrived.
But this lady did not care for the
worker as stated in the article. He
was found and carried to her home.
The daily worker., 1933-12-05
Workers To See That
Mayor of Canton, O.,
Pays Cash for Relief
(By a Metal Worker Correspondent)

(By a Metal Worker Correspondent
CANTON, Ohio.-On three occa-
sions in the last year Mayor Secombe,
tool Of the Timken Rolling Bearing
Co., has viciously dubbed and jailed
unemployed workers on the public
square Of Canton who were exercis-
ing their constitutional right of free
speech.
on the basis Of this brutality,
Secombe, in his recent election CAM
paign, promised the citizens Of Can
ton that he would guarantee that
the reds would be driven out of the
city. But the workers of Canton did
not react to this brutality in the
manner seconnbe had anticipated,
and as a result ne was overwheln1-
ingly defeated.
Arthur Turnbull, capitalizing on
Secombe's mistakes, was elected on
the promises that he would guaran-
tee free speech TO all, including Com
munists, and that he would abolish
the community store, local relief
agency, and that he would pay cash
for all city labor instead Of continue
ing the present program Of forced
labor.
We, the Unemployed Councils Of
Canton, intend to be on the job Jan
l, when he takes office, with large
representative committee to remind
Mr.. Turnbill of his promises.
The daily worker., 1933-12-05
Timing Plant Boss
Blacklists Those Who
Speak to Each Other
(By a Worker Correspondent

LOS ANGELES, Cal.-At the John
son Timing and Retinning Co., the
boss, not satisfied with paying mis-
erably low wages for work in a room
filled with sulphuric acid fumes,
which makes breathing nearly irnpos-
sible, and OF course, ruins the lungs
Of any man in a very short time, in
sists that the workers do not speak
to each other. This Is not all. n
two workers get together during lunch
hour, one Of them will surely be fired
that same night. But the boss is not
through yet. He calls up every boss
in town, telling the blackest lies about
the fired workers, making it impos-
sible for them to find another job in
town.
For 80 cents per hour worker
must agree not to work for another
boss, although sometimes he has no
work for three and four weeks at
the time. I am distributing the Daily
and Western Worker. / hope the
day is not far away when we can
throw the bosses plus their whole
useless system into the junk pile
where 1t belongs.
The daily worker., 1933-12-05

he denied belonging to the union.
When committee approached Kul-
dell about the matter he refused to
recognize the committee as repre-
senting the workers in the plant, in
spite of the fact that in the plant,
with a capacity OF 5000 workers,
where 2,1O0 are working now, so per
cent of the workers are organized.
Kuldel proposed a vote Of the
workers in the plant on the question
Of recognition of the union. But
before the vote is taken he is doing
everything in his power to organize
a company union of hand-picked
stool-pigeons to conduct the vote.
This union Of workers in the plant
is the largest trade union local in
Texas. In spite of the fact that it
is only three months old, the A. F..
of l.. leaders, from the Washington
representative down, are under the
constant critical and sceptical obser-
vation Of the rank and file workers,
who have ideas OF their own about
organization.
The daily worker., 1933-12-05

weeks lay-off In addition to the more
than 1000 men it laid off last winter.
The relief here is terribly small and
lots of workers are kicking about the
unequal distribution. A woman ap-
piled for relief last month for a fam
lily of six. She got card for s110S,
this to last month. Two of her
children are of high school age. A
man down in her basement where he
said the N.R.A. chased him, gets SO go
on relief work.
I'm sending 50 for the Daily Work
er drive, including 81 that got from
e good sympathizer. He offered to
buy me bushel of potatoes. told
him I'd appreciate it more if he gave
the amount to the Daily Worker
drive.
After I started to read the Daily
Worker the other papers for me
might just as well not exist. I sup
ported our local paper, Iron Noun
tain News, for close to eight years.
But the way it lied about the Han
cock march and other articles about
workers affairs, belittling their ef-
forts, is convincing enough to see
what class it favors.
The daily worker., 1933-12-05
A.F.L. Enters Steel
Mills in Attempt
To Stop Struggle
BY a Worker Correspondent

WORCESTER, Mass.-On Sunday,
Nov. 81, about 200 steel and metal
workers of Worcester, Mass, met at
Arcadia Hall at the call Of the Steel
and Metal Workers Industrial Union,
to hear A. Overgaard, secretary of the
Trade Union Unity Council OF New
York, explain the role OF the N.R.A.
and the strikes by the Steel and Me-
tai Workers Industrial Union.
Those workers who came, were
keenly interested in organization and
wanted to know a lot about the
SM.WIU. Many Of them had come
at the risk of their jobs.
The A. F. of L. never made the
least attempt to organize the steel
workers. Every time some workers
would come down and ask them to
do something they were told that
there is no money to start with. Only
recently, since the Steel and Metal
Workers Industrial Union began or
ganizing the workers in the steel and
wire mills, have we found the A. F.
Of L. takers also trying to do some
thing, which is nothing else but an
The daily worker., 1933-12-05

rate. If you don't keep still, I'll
hire someone who does. There is q
lot of men walking the streets, and
r can get all the men want
This poor fellow had wife and
family to support but could not earn
enough to keep them in food. His
wife took the children along and
doubled UP with a relative, while
he went on farm and bounced about
from place to place. The farmer
finally told him to leave, as he could
not carry him any longer. In des-
peration he wandered into Flint.
After repeated attempts in search
of job at the Chevrolet Motor Co.,
Buick Motor Co. and Fisher Body
Co., he found himself absolutely
broke and starving, The Flint police
picked him up as a vagrant and
lodged the starving man in jail. Such
is the fate of the body workers of
the Detroit automobile body plants
throughout the city.
A great portion of the body work
executed by the Murray Body Co. is
supplied by the Ford Motor Co., of
River Rouge, near Detroit. In this
way the Ford Motor Co. gets its
work produced at next to nothing
costs. It was just this way the Ford
Motor Co. succeeded in pushing
against the wall and driving into
bankruptcy such concerns as Chal-
mers Motor Car, Maxwell Motor Co.,
Lozier Motor Co., the Rickenbacker
Corp. bort Motor Co., Abbott Motor
Co. and other prominent automobile
manufacturers.
How long will the body workers
put up with these conditions? Join
the Auto Workers Union. That's the
only intelligent answer. Don't be a
slave all VoiJr life
The daily worker., 1933-12-05

7 l4lelA btldb OiiCy dAC 6lFhAe ViAAc AO1
some poor sucker who Is on the
street"
Fellow workers, when we single
fellows are unemployed, what does
the company tell us to do? "In your
neighborhood there is a f1ophouse
SO you can go there" Is that what
We are paying our 81 a month for
to get poisoned in a flop-house when
out Of a job?
AS for the married workers, what
ever relief we got, now they are
making us pay back for it.
The company should be respon-
sible for the $4,000. We have moth
ing to say about how much they can
give and then they are making money
from our sweat every day. Why
don't they give this money? Why
should workers stand for this?
Probably Mr.. Mccormick, instead
OF arranging another divorce for
81, 100000 (Which he paid for the last
one), can give this money for relief
for the unemployed.
Workers, this is Roosevelt's plan OF
squeezing dollars from us, just as he
is doing by initiating the dollar. The
same thing applies to the N. r. A.
1t was good scheme to give us less
pay. We used to make between $35
and $38 a week, and now If we get
$40 we are lucky.
The daily worker., 1933-12-05
Metal FiniSher
Thrown into Jail
For Being Broke
Az q WORKER Correspondentl

FLINT CITY JAIL, Mich Recently
I cams across a metal finisher who
had been employed at the Murray
Body Co., Dept. 100, Detroit, plant.
He works on an average OF about
three months out of a year. When
asked how much pay he receives, he
told this story:
well, they work us in groups and
never tell us what rate per hour we
receive. We work all hours of the
day, 10, IL or sometimes IL hours per
day, depending on how the work
comes along the conveyor. During
the last three months received from
s55 to $50 per month, drawing
check twice per month.
Ell we ask the boss what our hourly
rate Is, he answers: Never mind the
The daily worker., 1933-12-05

The conference against the high
cost Of living, called by the u. c. W
G. w. Ur1ited Council of Working
Class Women, which met at Am
bassador Hall on Nov. 10, opened 6
determined struggle for lower prices
on foods. Tbs Executive COMMITTEES
against the High Cost OF Living,
which was elected at this meeting,
has quarters at 45s z. Hist ST., in
stead Of the address previously re-
ported.
Two leaflets have already been given
out, and q number Of weI1-received
open-air meetings held. Demands
for lower prices were sent to most
large bakeries. The responses were
varied, mostly antagonistic. In some
stores prices have already been
brought down as result Of these
activities.
A second mass meeting was held at
Ambassador Hall last Friday night.
Demands to be served on dairies are
under consideration. No strikes have
been called as yet, but some large
demonstrations are being planned.
Similar, and very successful, activities
are being carried on in Brownsville.
All women interested in bringing
down the cost of groceries should get
in touch with the Women's Coun-
cils.
A highly successful houseparty was
held last Saturday evening under the
direction Of Con1rade Sara L., who
wrote to our column some time ago
regarding her efforts to organize
Women's Councils in Harlem. Over
$25 was raised at this party for the
benefit OF the Daily Worker.
The daily worker., 1933-12-05

attempt to disrupt the work Of the
S.M.WIU.
At present the need for organiza-
ton of these workers is more essen
tial than ever before. Already mass
lay-offs are taking place In some of
the mills. Soon a wage slashing cam
paign will start to reduce the al
ready slashed wages of the workers,
through the N.R.A., which is respon-
sibie for the rising cost of living.
The S.M.WI.U. is carrying on day
to day activity here. A branch OF
the union already exists in one shop
where about SO workers have signed
application cards and where rs paid
the initiation fees. Another branch
OF the union is in formation in an
other shop of about 200 workers.
The daily worker., 1933-12-05
Officials Who Lost
Die Strike Arrange
To Get & a Week

BY Metal Worker Correspondent
DETROIT, Michg--The three or
gsnizers Of the Mechanics Educa-
tional Society of America, Griffen,
Covert and Harrison, who have no
more organizing ability than a bar
ber's pole, have set out to organize the
auto-production workers. These NR.A.
birds Cittle blue cocoons) made hor-
rible job of the tool and die makers
strike. BY means of an intended secret
meeting for an election Of paid Or
ganizers, they were elected at $44 a
week until Dec. 81. The members of
the Auto Workers Union should
secure a membership card in the
M. E. S. of A. at 26 cents month.
BY rank and file action within the
M E. S. of A. these members, act
ing with the advanced workers in
the NJ E. S. of A., can put this
union on a rank and file basis. In
fact there is no reason why the
M. E. s. OF A. should not merge
with the A. w. o., the best solution
of the scheme of united front Of
labor.
CHRYS1lER EMPLOYEE.
P s. Congratulations, Comrade
Hathaway, on your mastery pres
entation of the NJ r. A. set-up, at
the Finnish Hall, Detroit. 1t was
gem Of oratory, 0
The daily worker., 1933-12-05
Letters from Our Readers

They taught and organized several
deaf people, forming a Party unit or
nucleus of their own. 1t is believed
that it is the first Party unit ever
started by the deaf comrades in
America.
Today they are growing in size
in terms of membership. They are
anxious to hear if there are any
other Party units formed by the deaf.
They need intelligent speakers and
interpreters. They can be agitated
into action.
Note: These deaf comrades par
ticipated actively in the st. Louis
putpickers' strike. They helped on
the picket line and in other strike
duties.
Much to our regret, the Connnu-
mist Party has no speakers that can
address deaf audiences, or inter
prefers. The comrades now In the
Party unit should develop themselves; !;
winning over the large number of
deaf people that now know nothing
about the Communist Party.
The daily worker., 1933-12-05
MAKING GOOD USE OF THE
DAILY WORKER

! am 9 comparatively new sub
scriber to the Daily Worker and do
not know but that the suggestion
want to make may not be q new one
to the worker readers.
After contracting a worker who is
not yet conscious of his class rating
and discussing the movement with
him, I add his name to my list Of
prospects, call them.
Each day after reading my Daily -
1 remail my copy to the next name
on my list-sometimeS marking in
blue pencil some significant or par
ttcularly interesting article.
I believe this an effective way Of
following up my discussions-and with
the forecful influence that the Daily
must eventually exert on my pros
poets, I feel confident that we can
ultimately make comrades out of these
workers.
The daily worker., 1933-12-05

Il bulletin advising the workers not
to organize. He stated that condi-
tions in the plant were ideal. He
urged the workers to trust him and
his staff. The workers looked upon
this as q challenge daring them to
org 1nize, and they accepted 1t.
During this Ia years Of the saber
raliying Hitlerism Of Kuldell, the A
II. Of L. looked on fearing to make
any attempt to organize the workers.
The workers, seeing the need Of or
gsnization, and not knowing where
TO meet. asked for permission to use
the A. r. of l. Labor Temple. The
A. T. Of L., seeing that the workers
we're going to organize, craWled upon
the band wagon. After the workers
forced a reduction in the initiation
Zee Of the A. F. of L. International
Association OF Machinists, they
Joined up with the A. F. of L.
Manager Kuldell sensed the mill
fancy Of the workers and feared to
trust the A. F. OF L. to keep them
in 1ine. He let loose a reign Of ter
ror against some Of the union mem
bers.. One worker was fired, though
The daily worker., 1933-12-05
DEAF WORKERS FORM C.P. UNIT;
ACTIVE IN 15UT PTC1ERS STRIKE

ST Louis, Mo
Come deaI aen who cannot under
stand English intelligentIy because OF
their short-tilne schooling Or be-
cause they were forced to quit school
early on account of starvation in
school or various other reasons, feel
the effect of their oppression by the
existing economic environment al
most worse than the colored people
in America, except cases such as
iynchings, etc.
Unfortunately many of them live
far apart and cannot reach each
other for communication of inter
change Of ideas and learn more
Among them there cannot be found
those who have learned the Com
nunist leadership, its aims, purposes,
etc, except a very few who are found
to dot their existence in distant sec
tions Of the country. They grope in
darkness in their view Of the world
An incident has happened in st.
Louis that brought together three
deaf men who have learned more or
less the teachings of Communism.
They joined the Communist Party.
The daily worker., 1933-12-05

ness 10 puG up q plCCer, relentless anC
,u1compronising battle for the aboli-
ton OF that system.
Does her fight assume different
forms from that Of working nen7
And u so, why? These questions we
Ehau discuss later. Here are the use.
ful, guiding lines that so accurately
soa&e the case.
THE EA1MY--AND CAPITALISM
Utue the Corrrnurist Manifesto by
MARX and Engels).
sDut you Communists would intro
9ueo community Of women, screams
the whole bourgeoisis in chorus.
-The bourgeois sees in his wife q
nnere instrument OF production. He
hears that the instruments of pro-
duc<icn are to be exploited in COM
mon, and naturally, can come to no
other conclusion that the lot Of being
common will likewise fall to the
women.
HE has not even suspicion that
the real point aimed at is to do away
with the status Of women as mere
instruments Of production.
Tor the rest, nothing is more
4t0tC0lOuS Uilall JIG VlIbuOuS lIlOleIl5@
tion Of our bourgeois at the COM
nuntty Of women which, they pre-
tend. is to be openly and off1cially
established by the Communists. The
Communists have no need to intro
} duce community of women; it has
. existed almost from time in1memorial.
. "Our bourgeois, not content with
! having the wives and daughters Of
/. their proletarians at their disposal,
! not to speak of common prostitutes,
. take the greatest pleasure in seduc-
ing each others wives.
Il Bourgeois marriage is in reality a
system Of wives in common and thus,
at the most, what the Communists
, might possibly be reproached with is
, that they desire to introduce, in sub
stitution for a hypocritically con-
| ceaIed, an openly legalized com
nunity Of women. For the rest, it is
self-evident, that the abolition of the
community of women springing from
that system. /. e., of prostitution both
public and private"
Now what could be palmer than
that? 1t means that under q soci-
alist system women and children
eeare to be rrcrsr'y
The daily worker., 1933-12-05
cHRYsEER EMPLOYEE.
Chicago Takes Action To
Put Fund Drive Over Top

CHICAGO, III, Dec. Vigorous
steps are being taken by workers here
to put the Daily Worker $4,000 drive
over the top.
The plan Of action for raising
Chicago's quota of $4,000, involves the
visiting by special speakers of meet
ings and affairs of trade unions, mass
organizations, for rallying support for
the Daily. Every Party member
is further pledged to raise at least
81 each in the campaign. Organiza-
tions which have not taken an active
part in the drive will be called upon
to do their share in helping to save
our Daily Worker.
In addition, a number OF large af-
fairs will be held this month and in
January for the Daily, including a
Red Press Ball on Dec. oath; District
wide tag days on Jan. 9Th and 7th.
Cleveland Bazaar
A Red Bazaar for the benefit Of the
Daily Worker will be held in Cleve-
land, Ohio, Sat. and Sun, Dec. 9th
10th, at the Prospect Auditorium, 2612
Prospect Ave. Bargains galore. Con-
certs and dancing. All Cleveland
workers should attend this affair
have a good time and help our
Daily.
Activity Continues
There is no let-up in the $4,000
drive. Workers, realizing the great
need of the Daily Worker in their
struggles, are doing fine work in help
ing to raise the remaining $4,000 OF
the total $4,000 quota. The United
Front Committee of Linden, N. j..
held an affair at which 800 workers
were present and raised $25 for the
Daily.
Students Help
Students of physics and nlathe-
mates at Columbia University con-
tributed s6, and So was raised at
New York City College Phi Beta
Kappa meeting for the Daily Worker
These students challenge students OF
other universities to do likewise. The
students write, 1.-THE Daily Worker
fights against system which has no
D1dCG lOI Va SpoNSAieo, ~
fights against system in which SCI
ence is exploited for the sake OF
profits for the capitalists; it fights
against a system which periodically
utilizes students as cannon fodder"
This is a good expression OF student
unity with the working class. Let's
see what college will send the largest
contribution to the Daily Workerl
$4,000 More
We need $4,000 more to complete
the $4,000 drive. Let's do 1t and
make the drive a complete success.
The Daily Worker is in great need.
A dollar from every readerl Every
worker get contributions from his fel-
1ow-workers. AL together! Let's put
the Drive over the top quickly
-
Total Friday, Dec. / ......s e62-5a
The daily worker., 1933-12-05
- D0ckct
.LkHin4eh
Qduf&e4:

Of changes take place in the eye and
orbit; sometimes the eyes protr1lde,
like in those suffering from severe
thyroid disease. In hardening Of the
arteries (arterio- -sclerosis) 1t h {
changes in the fundus of the eye,
known as "choked disc are 50
characteristic that a diagnosis on the
optic signs alone can be made. c
The daily worker., 1933-12-05
BY PAUL LUTTINGEK, MD.

(COntinued.)
Effect of Diseases OF the Blood and
Heart On the Eye
In simple anernia, the inside lining
Of the lids are a pale pink, in per-
nicicus anemia, hemorrhages into
the retina (the sight organ) take
place. People suffering from bleed
ing disease ('bleeders") often have
severe optic and orbited hem
orrhages. The. same may happen
when a severe loss of blood takes
place from any cause; such as stab
wound, injury TO an artery, rupture
of any large blood vessel, etc. Vast
ing Of the optic nerve is generally
found in people who suffer from con-
tinual small hemorrhages.
In chronic heart disease, the eye
lids become puffy, especially the
lower one, which hangs down like
bag; giving the patient the look of
dissipation, which old roues often
show. In other forms OF heart dis
ease and aortic aneurism, number
The daily worker., 1933-12-05
NOTE

Letters from steel, metal, and
aut0 workers are published on this
page every Tuesday. Workers from
these industries are urged to write
us Of their conditions Of work, their
struggles for organizations, etc. Get
the letters to us by Friday Of each
week.
The daily worker., 1933-12-05
ONE OF TEE II MILLION

Charleroi, Pa.
Dear Comrades:
Have you heard OF the Silver
Shirts Wei, here is what they are
aending out over the country, this
clipping from small town daily near
Pittsburgh. I appreciate the work OF
the Daily Worker in the class strug-
gle of the .. S. workers,
I am one of the II million in the
army but am doing my bit to help
the workers to become class conscious.
No hope until they do
'2he eo2i mines and steel mills in
this pawt OF Pennsylvania are not do
ing any better than last winter and
the Unemployment army viii be great
or than sve-
Hearty greetings to the Daily Work
or employee. Garry on the good work,
conracec.
The daily worker., 1933-12-05
NOTE

a member of the Young Commu-
mist League of the Soviet Union wish
es to exchange correspondence with
an American member of the Young
Communist League. Address letters
aS follows:
MIKE IzKOVICH,
shei1epdn st.. No. 21-a-8,
Odessa, U.S.S.R.
The daily worker., 1933-12-05

Has your unit, club, union, I.W.O.
Branch. your organization held a
collection for the Daily Worker?
Help save orr Daily
The daily worker., 1933-12-05
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C0NOUCTG0 81
HELEN LUKE

Continuing yesterday those the Communist Mani
particularly
the revolutionary their
children those lines which simply
dcuby exploited capitalism
The daily worker., 1933-12-05
Hughes Tool Co. Workers
Defy Terror to Organize
Rank and File in Texas Local Critical of
A. F. of l. Officials
by a Worker COrrespOndent)

HOUSTON TexaS-Colon Point and
general manufacturers Of oil field
equipment Houston
succeeded preventing form Of cnina-
During A seup he posted