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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-11-15
Detroit Gas Go.
RObs Its Workers
For Charity Drive
(By a Child Worker Correspondent


DETROIT, Mich.-The Detroit City
Gas Co., one of the public utilities in
this city, decided to put some men to
work, which is very much out Of the
ordinary. The work is to give each
gas-user an individual line. Many
gas users have individual lines, but
In many cases there are as many as
four or five houses on one line. This
is to prevent the leakage Of one gas
line from affecting many houses, at
one time.
I asked the foreman of one partic-
ular job being done, and he said it
was just to give the men work. But
the utility bosses knew that they
could save profits by having this kind
of work done in this part of the
year when the campaign for the De-
troit Community Fund has just been
launched under the hypocritical slo-
gan, "help them hold on"
So what do the utility bosses do, but
to ask even the lowest paid gas work
ers, without hint Of losing their
jobs, to give days pay for the Fund.
ilGdlO q 4NCSlO WS4ACl OOAllkA@IA
to the boss about giving his days pay
for the fund. II have five to support,
and can't afford days pay" he
said. But the boss with silly grin
on his face replied, 'But look at all
the fun you have with those kids of
yours" His statement was as dumb
as the look on his face. How can any
worker have fun with his children
when he sees them going hungry?
Workers! When the bosses ask you
with a hint of firing you from your
job, to contribute to such fund, hurl
your answer backl Cash relief for
the unemployed; free hot lunches,
school supplies, proper medical care,
and shoes and clothing for their chill
draf1 -
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-11-15
Letters From Readers
About the Daily Worker
SHORTCOMINGS IN THE DAILY

SHORTCOMINGS IN THE DAILY.
Kansas City, Mo.
Connrade Editor:
As e Daily Worker seller I naturally
come in contact with number OF
workers The paper is liked very
much and it is really a shame, as
Comrade Browder points out in his
speech, reported in the Daily Worker,
Oct. 81, that the building Of the cir
culation Of Our paper goes along at
such slow pace.
This is our fault, who are in the
field, and We shall have to buckle
down 10 much harder work to get
subscriptions, to get workers cores
pondence, to show more openly the
face of the Daily Worker at all
workers meetings and gatherings.
One thing some Of our readers call
attention TO is that there is in the
columns OF the Daily Worker lack
of, or an insufficient explanation of.
what is the real remedy for the
crisis We are in 49, how the workers
can get away from hunger and want.
The workers know pretty well about
their own situation and they can see
plenty of food and clothing and lots
Of empty houses. How are they going
to get hold Of these necessities? What
is the solution, the way out? What
Go we as Communists propose any
way?
These readers tell me further that
you have lots about strikes, struggles,
etc, in your paper, but how do you
expect to solve industrial disputes?
The rich have the money, the goods,
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-11-15
L. & HI. Stern Pipe Co.
Strikers See Through
Labor Boards Tricks
(By a Worker Correspondent

NEW YORK.-While the picketS
at the L. g. H. Stern Pipe Co. we're
picketing, they were approached by
certain Mr.. Ballieson, of the
Brooklyn Chamber of Commerce,
who came over with the boss and q
cop and tried to tell the pickets
that the strike was over, because it
was settled by the National Labor
Board. But we know that the strike
is not settled, and won't be settled
until the boss gives in to our de-
mands.
We workers are wise to MIR. Bal
lieson, who is nothing but a strike.
breaker for the bosses. So Is the
National Labor Board, which Is only
trying to send us back to work
without considering our demands.
They cooperated with the bosses
who locked out 500 workers for un.
ionism, by not forcing them to take
the workers back.
The Stern strikers are ready to
fight to the finish for the indie
pendent Smoking Pipe Makers I'M
ion, even after nine weeks on strike.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-11-15

berShip, with recruiting, and with the
development of revolutionary mass
work. The leading committees of the
Party, as well as the unit leadership,
must devote serious consideration to
this question, so that our unit meet
ingS will become not long, drawn-out
sessions devoted to revolutionary
work only, but political meetings,
where the work of the unit is dis
cussed and where political and theo
retical discussions on the general
problems and concrete tasks Of the
Party are held
mo Political Life In My Unit"
Last Wednesday, I attended for
the first time the meeting of Unit 3,
Section 8. The meeting started at
9:15. The organizer sat down at the
table and pulled out a mass Of
papers-the Section Letter, the Dis
trict Letter, last minute instructions,
etc. Rapidly he ran through para
graph after paragraph-we could
hardly hear him he read SO fast.
Some comrades Uttered at his hurry.
The organizer only stopped his read
ing when the passage called for as
signments. No effort was made to
explain the assignment or the work
the assignment had to do with. But
more serious than that was the fact
that no effort was made to relate
the directives to the particular con-
tlitions of our neighborhood.
For example: The district letter
called for a mobilization at local
demonstration Saturday afternoon
But no discussion was held of the
activities of the American Nazis,
nothing about O'B-ien's maneuvers.
Nobody raised the question of what
our unit could do in our territory.
Instead, the Organizer said, Com
rades, don't forget the leaflets"
Somebody added: 1--WE should all
show up at the ar1nory' Later as
signments were made for an open
air meeting to take place the fol-
lowing day, but there was no dis
cussion on how to turn this meeting
into a means of exposing our local
"anti-fascists" and how to bring for
ward the role of the Party as the
consistent fighter against fasc;sm.
And this question is of great im-
portance to our unit, since our neigh
borhood, Brownsville, is intensely
anti-fascist, anti-Hitler.
Il took the floor and brought out
the necessity of using the Section
Letter, ETC., as a guide, and not IS a
list of minute instructions. I ap-
piled this to the conditions in the
territory, taking as an instance the
anti-fascist action. AS a result the
comrades quickly grasped the neces-
sity of doing more than distributing
the leaflets and coming to the
counter demonstration. We assigned
comrades to visit the local Socialist
headquarters, and couple of youth
clubs which had previously invited
us to send them speakers. The mood
of the comrades which had until
then been, Tets get through with
this meeting and get home" changed.
The comrades began to show inter-
est and enthusiasm to do work, as
they realized that here was an OPP
portunity for the Party to take the
leadership of the anti-fascist work.
ers and isolate the fake anti-fascist
leaders" ]. NJ, Brooklyn.
y
Bureaucracy Of Unit Leadership
Leads to Inactivity and Lack
of Interest
Tn the many trials and tribula-
tons which the youth and adults are
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-11-15

In addition to these prices, the
small shopkeepers are terrorized into
maintaining uniform high prices on
all their goods. They are warned that
if they dare to sell under certain
made" prices they will have to pay
a bond of 5000, I know OF one bakery
stand in the Jennings st. market
where the poor woman was forced to
pay in advance a security bond of
$500 as evidence that she would
charge certain prices.
Terrorized BY Gangsters
The grocer with whom I trade was
terrorized by a group of gangsters and
racketeers who entered his store Sun
day morning, Oct 29, and explained
to him in no uncertain terms what
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-11-15

called upon to pass through In the
Party and the Y. G. L. the hardest
is the bureaucracy of the unit heads.
AS a member of the Party for the
last 20 months have been In the
same unit. Due to the lack Of forces
for leadership. practically the same
bureau, with slight changes, has ex-
listed during this period.
"One point which I particularly
want to stress is how the young as
well as older comrades become neu-
tralized.
During my first six months In the
Party I was given from five TO eight
assignments per week, which were
faithfully carried out. Because Of
this willingness to carry out all as
signments more and more activity
was piled on me and on five or six
of the active comrades Of the unit,
which had a membership Of about IS.
Although Il was put forward as
leader at our point of concentration,
which was in Negro territory, my
proposals, which were arrived at after
many hours and days spent among
the workers, were usually ignored
and the demands of the workers were
| seldom reacted to in time to gain
very much organizationally.
Another very bad habit the hu-
reau has is that of electing or Ap-
pointing committees to carry on Der
tain activities and then change the
decisions arrived at by these com.
mittees without consulting them. In
our mass organization activity the
bureau, as well as the rest Of ths
fraction, with few exceptions, acted
entirely against their own decisions.
Because of this lack Of leader
ship, understanding and co-opera-
ton, the comrades gradually rsach
a situation where assignments be-
come of secondary Importance.
ITO overcome these conditions 1t Is
absolutely necessary to break away
from our sectarian shell and involve
more of the American elements as
leaders in the Party units. 1t Is also
! necessary to organize study circles to
raise the political understanding Of
some of our functionaries."
!
M. Unit 9, Section S.
The Open Letter dealt with the
problem raised in these letters, and
demanded that the Party take steps
to deal with it. The Open Letter
| states:
cat the same time the Party
| must carry on systematic strug-
gle against the bureaucratic isola-
ton of the apparatus from the
Party masses, against the suppress
sion of inner Party democracy, for
the development of political life. In
the lower organizations, pnrticu-
larly in the factory nuclei, for tho
development of initiative In the
lower organizations and for the i'm
provement of its fmetioning
cadres."
Comrades, what are we doing to
carry out this section Of the Open
Letter? Let us have a discussion OF
this problem in this column. We in
vite unit organizers as well as rank
and file comrades to write us their
experiences. Why are our unit meet
ings so undressing? What steps
are we taking to change this situa-
ton? We want to hear from the
! Party on this question.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-11-15

low it as refutation.
This paper. called THE Dominance
Of Economics" was written by H. j.
Mullec, and delivered at the Third
International Eugenics Congress. I
SO wish I could quote it in full, for I
got lot Of satisfaction out of read
ing it.
But it is very long. 1t appeared
in the October, 1882, issue. It's prob
ably available on file at the public
libraries, i'll case any comrades wish
to read it entire.
1t needs no reviewing by me-Some
extracts speak for themselves. This,
for instance:
I'VE might as well admit that the
forces at work are quite beyond the
control of us as eugenists, in the So
ciety in which we live For they are
Fundamental economic forces. Cation
lived too early to appreciate the
principle brought out by Marx that
The practices of mankind. in any age,
are an expression of the economic
system and material technique exist
ing in that age. He thought that they
could be moulded, willy-nilly, from
without, into conformity with the abb
stractions Of an idealist intellectual.
But the organization of society today
is such as to make the primary mo-
tive of action, at least among the
dominant section, the profit motive"
Little Place for Children"
Then, a paragraph amusing and
equally true:
1.-THE. profit system leaves little
place for children. In general, they
are not profitable investments. Their
cost is excessive, the dividends are
uncertain, they are likely to depreci-
ate in value, are practically nom
transferable, and they do not mature
soon enough. One child may be neces-
sary for continuance of an estate,
but each additional one weakens it.
For the great masses, who have no
estate, each extra child commonly
means more intensified slavery for
the parents, and an additional unit
Of human unhappiness, itself =. :"
Mr.. Muller also competently spikes
the notion that proletarian women
have lot of kids out of choice, writ
ing, among other well-chosen words,
these: "Do male eugenists suffer from
the illusion that most intelligent
women love to be pregnant and to
endure the physical disabilities, and
the difficulties of maintaining a job,
that pregnancy involves in our So
ciety?"
And here Is some of the most cheer
ful news in the entire tract:
'The results of extensive scientific
Investigations show us that there is
no scientific basis for the conclusion
that the socially lower classes or tech
nically less advanced races, really
have a genetically inferior intel
lectual equipment, since the differ
snces between their averages are to
DC fully accounted for by the known
effects Of environment"
Going still further:
Naturally, the apologists for the
still existing order would have us
s~svely accept appearances at their
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-11-15

the NR.A. prices were and what he
is to do to maintain them.
also want to state the means that
the Home Relief Bureaus are taking
in regard to government pork dis
tribution. Food relief tickets will be
reduced to the amount of meat a
family uses. At first the investigators
are asking the families whether or
not they use pork. Later, no doubt,
this question will be unnecessary. The
checks will be reduced anyhow,
whether a family uses pork or not.
And what this meat will be like, only
those know who have ever worked
under the dirty, filthy conditions in
government meat packing houses.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-11-15
BY PAIL LJTTINGER, M. d.
ANSWER TO QUESTIONS
Care of Artificial Eyes


"A Y. C. L. Member, B-ooklyn-A
saturated solution Il teaspoonful to
a glass Of water) Of boric acid is the
cheapest and best fluid for washing
a prothesis (artificial eye). At the
end of year the surfaces Of the
glass get rough and the eye must be
changed. The stump inside your
orbit (eye cavity is probably too
small. In such cases we use the
Snellen or reform" eye, which is
lighter and can be blown so as to
conform to the contour of the orbit,
and move In unison with its fellow
on the other side. Ask for such
glass eye where you bought the one
you have now. If you cannot obtain
any satisfaction please let us hear
from you again.
The following letter and sugges-
ton speak for themselves:
Bethlehem, Pa,
Nov. ii, 1888.
Dear Doctor Luttinger-Being fully
in accord with the suggestion of my
sister and professional colleague,
Nellie Keen, as to weekly contribu-
ton by the fans of your column, I
hereby enclose so cents.
1t is only since I began reading
your column, Comrade Lutt!nger,
that have recovered some of the re-
spect for the profession of medicine
that have lost through contact with
the practitioners as pharmacist.
I call upon all professional men
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Helping the Daily Worker
Through Helen Luke

Contributions received to the credit
of Helen Luke in her Socialist COM
petition with Michael Gold, DR.. Lut-
finger, Edward Newhouse and Jacob
Burck to raise $1,000 In the $4,000
Daily Worker Drive.
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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-11-15
Orderlies in n. Y. City Hospitals Work
II Hours Night for Only $50 a Month
Eat Badly Cooked Food in Unsanitary Rooms;
Dormitories Overrun with Bedbugs
BY Hospital Worker Correspondent

NEW YORKCOndtOns in New City hospitals
window kitchen especially OrderIe
longest time
getting
is dining
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-11-15
PARTY LIFE
PARTY LIFE
Urges Political Discussions
to Strengthen Unit Activity
Two Letters from N. Y. Party Members Warn
Against Bureaucracy and Inactivity

letters the New York Dis
units believe that the Situation
District
throughout the Party The of the Me
with problem nuctuaon
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f~6N 81
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CONBjCAE1 By
HELEN LUXE

decided birth control
employment reviewed yesterdays
article entirely different stampao from the Birth
which ugenics relation system
This published the
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Helping the Daily Worker
ThroughiDr. 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 ~, 1000
Daily Worker Drive:
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Wholesalers TerrOrize Small
Grocers to Keep Prices High
Describes Visit of Gangsters to
Enforce n. r. A. Charges
Worker
by a Worker Correspondent


the small
Including Darling
rolls Oct 81 the makers
of sliced
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-11-15

the police and military forces, they
say, so what can We do?
l take it that what our readers
want to know more about is our
Party, its organization, how we are
going to take power how to estab-
fish a workers and farmers govern
ment-those instrumentalities which
will win real and final freedom for
the working class.
Why would it not be a good idea
for the Daily Worker to show much
more what the ultimate solution OF
our Party is, the steps necessary to
reach our revolutionary goal?
Frank Brown.
Editorial Note: The above letter
raises some very important short
comings that have been taken up
by the Daily Worker editorial staff.
We propose to write a series of
articles dealing with answers to the
many questions raised in this let
ter. Also, a question and answer
column will be established to deal
with the many questions around
these points. We are attempting
more and more in our editorials,
news stories and articles to deal
with concrete questions of struggle
in strikes, unemployment insurance
and relief campaigns, and the revo-
lutionary way out.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-11-15

Every dollar you send to the Daily
Worker is a blow in the face Of
Fascism.
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~ DockcL
0dG>ne4:

who consider. themselves MSrxists 20
join my sister and myself In this
weekly contributions. In. this FASH
ion, we can help the Daily Worker
and your column to grow bigger and
stronger in these days when 1t Is 20
sorely needed. v~-
With comradely greetings,
HARRY KEEN.
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L. R., Utica-From your descrip-
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Sulphur ointment is the best remedy
for it. Thanks for your contribution.
Evening star., 1933-09-15

at the annual Fall meeting Of the Stu
dents Council Of the National Woman's
Party Wednesday at the Alva Belmont
House.
Salary differences in some cases
place women's wages anywhere from 10
to IS cents an hour below the wages
given men for the same work, 1t was
emphasized.
These points were brought out In .
round-table discussion OF the equal
rights amendment, which provides men
and women shall have equal rights
throughout the United States and every
place subject to its jurisdiction"
The meeting was attended by repre-
sentatives of II leading colleges in the
United States. Among those present
Evening star., 1933-09-15

lie Works Administration for use by
the War Department in river and har-
Dor Improvement.
They included: Improvement Of the
James River, Virginia, 1886 900, and
improvement Of st. Johns River. Flori-
da, $500 900.
The James River allotment win be
used to dredge . channel 26 feet deep
and 200 feet wide across Turkey Island
under the plan to straighten the stream
Army engineers estimated 2,374, 900
cubic yards Of material would be exca-
waited in digging the channel.
Bids on the work will be opened in
the United States Engineer ONCE at
Norfolk. at 3 pm. September %.
The engineers said the work on St.
Evening star., 1933-09-15

Johns River would consist Of dredging
$500. 900 cubic yards Of material neces-
sary to widen the existing 30-foot chan
mel an average distance Of from 800
to 400 feet from above the point oppo-
site Browns Greek to the vicinity Of
Fulton.
Proposals on the project win be
opened by the Army Engineers at Jack
sonville at pm. September 18.
Evening star., 1933-09-15
Texan Wants Irish School.

DUBLIN R-Prof. G. H. Slower Of
the department Of English in the Uni
versity Of Texas and . recognized au-
thority on Anglo-Irish medieval rela-
tions, declares the growing interest
taken by Americans in Celtic antiqui-
ties justifies the establishment in Dub
lin of an American School Of Irish
Archaeology,
Evening star., 1933-09-15
FLOUR FROM WHALE new

Norwegian Development May .3e
Rival Of Whale Oil.
OSLO R.-Whale meat In . new
form has been sxperimented with
aboard Norwegian whalers In the Ant
arctic. II expectations are fulfilled the
product may prove q valuable to Nor
way q whale oil.
Newspapers here report that whale
meat is dried and ground aboard the
whalers. The flour" Is shipped to
Norway and used to produce a fine
quality OF meat extract.
Evening star., 1933-09-15
Bird Causes Car Crash.

Flying into the face Of Ernest Barton,
who was driving an automobile near
Chester, England, bird caused q crash
which sent Barton to the hospital with
serious injuries.
Evening star., 1933-09-15

were Elizabeth Higgins Of Southbridge,
Mass, and Thyra Smith of Jackson
vile. ILL.,. first and second prize winners,
respectively, in the recent essay con-
Evening star., 1933-09-15
N. R. A. CODES CALLED
PARTIAL TO MEN
Balary Differences Discussed at
Meeting of Students Council Of
Woman's Party.

The temporary codes for industries
under the recovery act show marked
discrimination against women in more
than go lines of work, it was claimed
Evening star., 1933-09-15
RIVER IMPROVEMENT
ALLOTMENTS MADE
James and st. Johns Are Included
in Bids to Be Opened
for Work.

BY the Associated Press.
Gen. Lytle Brown, chief Of Army
Engineers, has announced allotments
from $68 ,691 400 set aside by the Pub
Evening star., 1933-09-15
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