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The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-12-01
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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-12-11

pick operators on the 18th floor as
well as in the branch offices. They
are equally as bad with the branch
managers as with the counter clerks,
equally as bad with the underpaid
linen1an installing q call-box in g
patrons Office as with one repairing a
broken down wire in some deso,ate
spot; and even worse with the poorly
paid messengers staggering under the
intense speed-up and vicious exploi..
tation.
Positions are nlled and promotions
are made even before they are dull
etined." Hundreds of new" people at
a lower wage scale are hired and
trained for simplex operating posi-
tions in the commercial department,
while thousands Of trained simplex
operators are starving on the fur
Laughed list. Hundreds of new en-
ployees for clerical and sales positions
are being employed, while thousands
Of trained employees on the fur
Laughed list are walking the streets
discouraged and hopeless.
After having given the best years
Of life to the company, after wearing
ones nerves and energy to a FRAGILE
to keep up with the ever-increasing
rate of speed, after giving ones very
life away for the profits of the COM
pany, you are put on the 'furloushed
list" And this actually means that
you're on the dump heap, that you're
through" that you've outhved your
dayl
Hundreds OF service branch man
ayers and other employees with high
er ratings, who gave years of energy
to the company, are going through a
forced denotion or wedding out.
Many have already fallen by the way
side and great many others are
trembling with fear.
What is the A. w. y. e. doing about
it? Not damn thingl Duly elected
officials have openly stated that they
have no interest whatsoever in a
member once he is furloughed. And,
anyhow, II they don't look after your
interests while you are q member,
how do you expect them to do it after
you lose your job?
The expected merger early in 1884
OF both telegraph companies, the
Postal Telegraph and the Western
Union, will result in thousands Of our
fellow employees being put among the
unemployed.
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these youth in their branches. This
is a grave mistake.
The youth cannot be maintained In
continuous membership in adult
branches, because the life Of these
branches does not satisfy their par
ticular and justified desires. But even
if the adult branches succeed in
maintaining the continuity Of men,
bership of such youth, they cannot
draw these young workers into the
life of the Order. Such youth will
belong to our branches, but look else
where for their social and cultural
life, for their education. They will
COX for this life elsewhere and find
1t in the organizations of the enemy
of the working class, in the youth
clubs and athletic clubs Of bourgeois
politicians, and in the big youth or
CARNATIONS Of the bourgeoisie.
Thus keeping the youth in the
adult branches does not mean to
"keep" them, but in many instances
it means that we never really get
them.
Whenever youth members are taken
in by adult branches (and there
should always be efforts to win young
workers., these youth members should
be at once organized into special
committee for the establishment Of
youth branch with youth life. Two or
more adult comrades should be at
taclled to such 8 committee as guides
and as a special organization force.
These committees must be given all
the help they need. Their activities
must be checked up. The whole adult
branch must help to develop and
maintain youth activities in such
branches. Advice and actual support
must always be given to the effort of
the groups Of young workers to devel-
op social. cultural, sports and edu-
cational life in our youth branches
That is the only method by which we
really win and keep young workers.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-12-11

and the superintendent will use only
100 hous, thereby decreasing sub
stitute work each month.
How does this concern me as a
regular letter carrier?
First: When my partner is off
duty, 7 must make the full trip my
self. A substitute does not replace
my partner. In other words, 1 not
only take out a double load but cover
twice as much ENTHUSIASTICALLY do
ing the work of two men.
Second: The government in its
economy drive has been activizing
that lowly force known as "shoeflies, -
whose duty it is to make the carrier
(through constant speed-up and spy
ing) carry maximum physical load
in a minimum amount of time.
Third: The force is constantly de-
creasing in number through retire
ments and deaths. Several hundred
men were retired in New York City
on Oct. /, 1888. The delivery routes
of these men were distributed among
the remaining force in the stations.
Hence, the already overburdened
carrier was given more work and
more territory.
The speed-up is telling on the
health Of the letter carrier. I should
say-the speed-up p4ls the furloughs
and wage-cuts of the last few years
have undermined the health and have
broken down the morale of the letter
carrier. It is a pathetic sight to a
younger carrier to see his older
brother carrier, aged 60, pounding the
collection beat and bringing back
load of so to 70 pounds every half
hour or hour after a trip Of a couple
OF MUGS. ne is constantly rushing,
for he must make time, and if he
doesn't the "shoefly" will be out to
test him. The "ShoefIy" can always
make the scheduled time Of the trip
because he carries no load.
However, the speed-up of the car
rier has only begun. Several hun
dred carriers will be retired Jan. /,
it is rumored. Wage-cuts, speed-up
and starving of the subStitute-these
are the methods Uncle Sam is using
in cleaning" his own house. I
should add Uncle Sam in our case
is none other than Postmaster Cen
eral Farley, the tool Of the Economy
League. In other words, the Ma
ttonal Economy League, PING. Far
ley and Roosevelt-(what has the
President done TO improve our con-
acknowledgements not the postal
workers, but Wall Street.-The CAPT.
talist class.
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the time of the entire dining car crew
is stopped. We lie down to sleep on
cots and peacefully retire" until
about three hours before breakfast,
and our time begins again.
In the Sunnyside yard above the
commissary is filthy unsanitary pig
sly called the crew room, where ex-
ira new and regular" extra fur
Laughed, but who get this chance for
rushes and heavy seasons particularly
holidays, dining car workers are
herdsd like cattle and sometimes wait
several days all day long without pay
before they get sign out or run.
This damnable hole can be compared
to slave auction block.
Here the youth of Harlem, fresh
out of school, unable to get work,
compete for the bread of the older
workers, who are broken and burnt
out through spending the best years
of their lives in dining car service.
During one week last month, nine
teen of these workers were fired with
out pension because they were too
old to hold I'D the pace.
500 Per Cc1t Rise in Profit
I read in the N. Y. Times during
the past summer that for the first
six months the Pennsylvania R.R.'s
profits for 1888 had increased more
than 900 per cent over the same
period Of 1882, with only % per
cent increase in traffic.
This incra9 CO for the hoDkars and
stockholders was, and still is being
accomplished by grinding down the
railroad workers to the lowest living
standards. Col. Atterbury, the faith
full servant of his masters, the big
stockholders and banks, may call this
economic efficiency" but we railroad
workers, in plain English, call it wage
cuts, open and underhanded speed
ups, slave-driving and hell.
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These are some of the more seri-
Gus organizational shortcomings that
Kindred us from taking leadership
and from organizing the more than
5000 workers in Stewart Warner into
inc SMWIU. This work, II properly
handled would have given impetus to
all Of the workers Of Chicago.
another weakness in our work was.
and still remains, the fact that In
spite Of the local and national inn
portance of our concentration, 1t re-
NAMED concentration of one COM
rade assigned from the section COM
mittee, and this comrade was not even
provided with care-fare, but had to
spend hours every morning picking
up transfers on the street. When the
comrades in the mass organizations
were approached on the question of
concentration. they claimed that they
were busy doing something else, con-
sequently nothing was done in the
mass organizations and very little in
the union itself.
Language Organizations Under
estimate Shop Work
''In connection with our stroggle for
unemployment insurance and the I'M
mediate needs Of the workers both in
side and outside the shops, our mass
organizations tell us that they have
national policy and that the section
committee has no right to interfere
with their policy. Since we have SO
many foreign speaking comrades In
our Party, the language organizations
with INDEPENDENT toN-heayy n1achin-
cry influenie the WI y: of the sections
and units, and when they take this
attitude the lower Party organizations
are in danger of becoming secondary
organizations. This creates much
confusion. In order to master the
talks that history has placed upon US
Of liberating the American working
class from the letters of capitalist
slavery, and in the meantime to fight
for their immediate needs, we must
make our mass organizations means
to that end, instead of at present, in
many instances, hindrance In
developing such struggles.
Section has 300 Party members.
It has in its territory three important
steel and metal shops, five street car
barns, several leather shops, railroad
shops, the municipal pier, and dozens
Of large A. F. Of L. unions. But out
side of the concentration centers, no
support is given to shop work by the
Party.
con the question Of the Daily
Worker, urits in our section, held
their Daily Worker Affairs, without
single copy Of the Daily Worker ut
the affair. 1t is true they made
money. but some Of the workers pres
ent didn't know what it was for
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-12-11

Don't Brighten Your Children.
Il have heard many instances Of
comrades frightening their children
with threats to this effect: Mary,
don't go out in the rain, or III
call a policeman, or, Johnny, stop
runring or the policeman Will arrest
you.
'Class-conscious workers should
realize what bad tactics it is to
frighten their children with police.
Why not reason with your children
IS you would with a grown-up, ex-
planning to them the real reasons
why they should not do certain
things?
"On q rainy day keep them busy
Have them cut out pictures, or read
stcriec to them The child will
understand that you are d friend
of his, not an unreasonable super
Tor, and vii be much more apt
to respect you.
Frightening q kid is very bad
6hild-psychology. Instead Of max
ing our children revolutionists
frightening will make towards OF
them
WorkingcIass Women Active IN
Colorado.
IN line with Comrade SWetloWa's
letter, We shall assemble some more
material on how to anuse the
children and at the same time
ward off the pressure upon them Of
bourgeois advertising and education
The following letter is also good
news for workers who realize the
Importance of supporting the prole-
tartan women's magazine that is
most effective antidote to the
poison distilled by the flossy bour-
geois ladies magazines:
Denver, Colorado.
Comrades
1--WE are a little late in getting
this letter to you, but the other
day had a good meeting in the
name and organizational process Of
the working Woman" There were
forty of us present.
1--WE have ordered material for
organizational duty; also the in
structions so we can work it up
On the proper lines, as we want to
start hard work on the Working
Woman Organization here in Den
''Comradely,
81. l..
"E. G.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-12-11
BY PAUL LUTTLNGER, MD.
ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
How to Live Thousand Years

HOW 10 Live q AOuSdn0 Years
william c., Fort Pierce, Fla.:-Peo-
pie did not live six to eight hundred
years in olden times. The biblical
story Of Metlluselah (who is supposed
to have lived 969 years. Is a myth;
unless we substitute the term month
for year, which is the primitive way
of computing time. Thus $50 moons
was equivalent to eighty years and
nine months, which is pretty good for
q cave man. Eating honey, whole
wheat grain, brown rice and all the
natural foods you mention, will not
help you to live g thousand years, nor
three or four hundred; even if you
do not smoke, nor drink tea and cof-
fee: the drinking Of good" wine and
beer will be Of assistance. Living a
temperate life will prevent you from
contracting many diseases due to
faulty diet and habits, but cannot
prolong our life beyond the natural
limits. There are plenty Of moderate
smokers, drinkers and lovers who
lived to be a hundred, and larger
number Of abstainers who never
reached sixty. We cannot understand
why you consider nlacaroni as q bad
civilized" food, while wine and beer
you classify as natural"
We cannot answer (nor understand
all the questions you have scrubbed
Tin penciD on the torn pieces of
paper. AS to the amount of honey
and salt, you may allow your taste
to decide how much to eat; provided
you suffer from neither Bright's
disease nor diabetes. In kidney trou-
BILE, as you probably know, salt should
be eliminated from the diet; in dia-
betes, all sweets are taboo, although
honey is less injurious than cane
sugar.
No, we do not believe that man will
ever live thousand or even two hun
dred years. If he does, it will be as
different animal. Sorry that we
have no scientific data on which you
can base your hope of practical i'm
mortality. We are satisfied to con-
tinue physically Tin part, of course)
In the bodies of our children and
mentally through out influence on
other minds. Karl Marx and Lenin
will thus live more than thousand
years; while the average bourgeois is
dead long before he Is buried
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-12-11

workers. Them came the mass fur
Laughing (firingl OF hundreds of din
ing car walters. Many of these work
ers had families to support and now
some of them~~are sleeping in the
subways. vacant buildings and under
going slow starvation. Concerning
their families, 4 will leave that to
your own conclusion.
Many of us WHO are supposed to
be working here ATE facing evictions
this moment. Twas announced last
summer that % cents would be taken
from the pay check of every dining
car cook and walter each night that
we slept in the .company's quarters
out of town, which we formerly got
free.
Last month on the Commissary
bulletin was a notice to all chefs not
to feed walters steals, chops, fowl
or eggs, but to make our meals con-
sist of as cheap, low-grade food as
possible. Most of us can truthfulIy
say that the above items of food have
rarely been meals for us, except eggs
and leftover things.
In stocking up cars in the yards
we used to use five in the kitchen
and six walters. Now in most cases
only two or three cooks and three
walters stock up, and prepare the car
for a run in the same length Of
time and the full crew (if used board
the train when it pulls in the station
hours later.
Many times the food is not ready
for service due to this shortage of
workers, and thu inspectors try to
take it out on the cooks.
"Dead- Heading" Cuts Pay
Some years ago we were paid for
every hour we spent on the car. Now
they have in practice what is known
as "dead-heading..s 'Dead-heading
to us mean that after pm. en- route,
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-12-11
Haaren School
Student Relief
Is Cut by n. r. A.

NEW YORK.-The Haaren High
School, 59th st. and 10th Ave, has
two-thirds white students and one
third coloTed students. The Haaren
High School is called a cooperative
school, where q student earns while
he learns. In some cases student
does make money, but only 20 cents
a day.
Up till Dec. q plate of potatoes
was five cents. Quite q while ago
the students who receive relief got 90
cents free food. The students got
q cut and now receive 10 cents food.
The most they could get with the 10
cents was potatoes with milk or cake
and milk. Sandwiches are 10 and is
cents. Ten cents sandwiches don't
have much and are too dry without
milk.
On Dec. q notice came around,
sent by the principal, Mr.. Durham,
stating that from Dec. 6 on food
prices would be raised and potatoes
will be 10 cents. This, he said, was
due to the N.R.A, He said that the
object Of the N. r. A. was to raise
prices. He did not say that the N.
r. A. was a failure and how it cut
wages.
Another bad thing about this is
that the counters do not employ
union help, but that students work
at the counters for 20 cents period.
There are three shifts, which makes
about As students hired in all. They
give out possibly about SO q day. The
student who collects milk bottles gets
less. Milk sells for five cents bottle
when it is supposed to sell for four
cents.
bring two sandwiches from home,
but don't eat two sandwiches, but
one or one and half, because stu
dents who have nothing to eat go
around begging food. The colored
students are worst off. Another
thing, I never saw colored students
work at the counters. This is also
showing a little Jim-Crowism.
A HAARE,N STUDENT.
Editors Note: We suggest that
these workers get in touch with the
National Students League, at ia w.
14th St., New York City. This or
ganization will be able to advise these
worker students what to do to inn
prove their conditions
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-12-11
NOTE

Every Monday we publish letters
from workers In all branches of
the transportation industries-rail-
road, marine, surface lines, subway,
elevated lines, express companies,
truck drivers, taxi drivers, etc.--and
from the communications indus
tries--post office, telegraph, etc.
We urge workers from these in
dustries to write us of their con-
ditions of work, and their struggles
to organize. Please get these let
tiers to us by Thursday Of each
week.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-12-11

OC14e VI OllC 6aooOC1cs1lOIl VI WSSOSIII
Union Employees, is not only closely
linked with the Western Union COM
pany but he has also been recently
appointed as cotadviSer on the Ma
tional Labor Board Of the N. r. A.
Everyone knows what part the Ma
tional Labor Board has played in this
period Of intense labor struggle.
Everyone knows how the members of
this National Labor Board have
helped to break coal strikes and tex
tile strikes and countless other strikes.
How they have disrupted the ranks
of striking workers with their vile red
tape tactics until the morale of the
workers is undermined
Letters were sent out to members
Of the Association announcing the
'honor" that had been conferred on
MIR. Burton, their president. And in
summing UP this announcement the
letter said that ''the significance of
this appointment should not be over
looked" No, fellow members Of the
A. w. U. E., the significance OF this
should certainly not be overlooked.
This shows precisely what the mem
bers OF the A. w. U. E. can expect
of this organization if it is permitted
to be controlled by the company and
the government.
Now Just how Goes such a co. union
perpetuate itself? It is done very
easily. Meetings are held at infre-
quent intervals and are poorly at
tended. Due to, lack of interest on
the part Of the rank and file the same
officers continue to hold their position
year in and year out. This lack OF
interest is appreciated and encour-
aged by the officers and the company,
since it can then have free rein and
jurisdiction without any dissent.
Grievance committees meet very
infrequently if at all. Members fear
to bring grievances to these commit
tees, as they know that they will be
taken for a "ride" by the company
for complaining. Members are leav-
ing the A. w. q. E.. by the hundreds,
and those who still belong feel that
their dues are wasted but fear to leave
because OF the pressure that may be
exerted against them.
For the Western Union workers the
present period is very crucial. If ever
they are in need Of real organiza-
ton to fight for their interests it is
at this time. Conditions of terrific
exploitation confront equally the sim
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-12-11

StSNC1OlJ2AACA4bs
Take for example, Chicago, which
is the heart of this nations industry
transportation, heavy industry,
metal and packing. What happens
when we concentrate upon a given
industry, shop or railroad? L am
member of the section committee of
Section 4, and was active in the un-
employed movement in Chicago since
I joined the Party three years ago.
In July Of this year was assigned
to trade union work, specifically to
concentrate upon Stewart Warner. In
the past four years we have printed
trucSloads of agitational material and
distributed it In front of this shop,
and secured only two Party members,
within this last year. Immediately
tried to get job in this factory. This
was impossible, so got in touch with
several girls and fellows who worked
in the shop, and in cooperation with
the two Party members, one comrade
frcm the section and one from the
City Committee of Steel and Metal
Workers Industrial Union, we sue
ceeded in building a union with about
1888 members. the workers in the
different departments began to strug-
gle, Independently, stopping work for
many hours, proposing strikes, etc.
There was general talk about the red
union in the shop.
Friction Between Union and Party
Comrades Prevents Building
of Union
Preceding and during this time,
proposals were made by the Section
Committee to so organize the union,
as well as the Party in the depart
mentS, that the workers on the jobs
would be protected against Stools
For four weeks we endeavored to
to have a representative from the
Steel and Metal Workers fraction
attend our fraction meetings, so that
a uniform policy could be adopted.
This we never succeeded in obtaining.
There was friction between the sec
ton and union representatives that
manifested itself openly in the union
meetings, to the extent that the
workers stated: Those guys don't
know what they are doing When
we wanted to provoke discussion from
the floor, the union representative
said: Leave it to the one who can
take care of a meeting. The workers
come here to listen and not to talk
Consequently the initiative Of the
workers was destroyed from the very
start. The section committee also
suggested that a motion be passed
to elect committee to draw up a
leaflet and take UP a collection for
the expenses involved, and that a
financial report be given at every
meeting. This was also rejected by
the union representative.