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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-10-03

first briefly look INTO 1t.
Early History
The S. L. P. was one Of the first
Socialist parties in the United States,
and the representative of socialism
in this country during the final quar-
ter of the last century, In 1900 a
split occurred chiefly on the question
of the attitude towards the trade
unions. The official party leader
ship, headed by Daniel DeLeon, was
opposed to any activity within the
existing trade unions, a policy which
reflected the sectarian course being
followed by the S. L. P. all along
the line. They were becoming more
and more isolated from the Ameri-
can workers, The split in the SIP.
led to the formation of the Socialist
Party of America in 1901.
Since the split, the S. L. P. has
managed more and more to recede
from the main stream of the Amer
lean class struggle. 1t violently OPP
posed the 81 ,orts of the Socialist
Party of America to win control in
L
and later, although it participated in
the convention which founded the
II. w. w, it was quick to disconnect
itself entirely from that organiza-
ton when it was participating in
militant labo7. battles. 1t broke its
ties completely with the labor move
ment by refusing to admit into the
party officials of the American Fed
Grafton of Labor and members of re-
dictionary unions, and by forbidding
its members to join the existing
trade unions. Immediately following
the split in 1900, under the influ-
ence of DeLeon, all immediate de-
mands were dropped from the pro-
gram CT the Party and practically
since then the Party has been ask
ing for nothing less than the "un-
conditional surrender of the capital
list class!" Even during the 10Th
century, Engels in his letters to
American socialists, had sharply
criticized the S. L. P. for its sec
tartan policies (policies which result
in isolation from the workers.. Since
1900 the S. L. P. has deliberately cut
itself loose from any bonds with the
American workers. Despite the re-
forlnism and opportunism of the
Berger Hillquit leadership of the
American Socialist Party, that Party
was in the main struggles of the
American working class before 1919
and represented the real revolution
airy sector of the working class in
this country After 1919, that role
was filled by the Communist Party.
Despite the justice of its criticism of
the S. P. leaders, the Socialist Labor
Party at an early date had already
been shunted off the main stream
Of the American class struggle.
The final Judge in matters of
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-10-03

NEW YORK.r-The Philadelphia
district telegraphed the Daily
Worker campaign office that the
Party membership of District 8
will stand behind the Daily Worker
drive.
The telegram reads as follows;
Party membership listens enthu-
siastically to report on the Daily
Worker campaign. Pledges its sup
port to increase circulation and
subscription drive, and to raise two
dollars per Party member" The
telegram is signed by Comrade
Miller of the Philadelphia District.
Workers Of Section in Boston,
Massachusetts,, were given a quota
of $50 for the Daily Worker drive.
Workers of Salem We're allotted
81, which they promptly raised to
SIS. Peabody was assigned $11.50
which was increased to $25. Lynn
increased their quota from $11.50
to SIS, and shop nucleus whose
quota was SO raised its fund to S..
All of which means that Sec
ton 8 of the Boston District has
doubled their quota to $50, and now
CHALLENGED Section 8 of the same
district to do likewise.
Along with the. letter telling the
above news came a check for SIS
from an American Workers Chorus,
as donation and bundle for the
Daily Worker.
A group of Chicago cab drivers
employed by the Yellow Taxi Com
nany adopted the following reso-
luolon: eve pledge that we will
raise SIS by the end of the pres
ent drive for $4,000 for the
Daily Worker and will turn it over
to the District Committee to help
complete this districts quota of
$4,000" !?
A dollar bill- followed the reso-
luton "as part payment" said the
taxi drivers, "on our pledge
The Silver Local of the Steel
and Metal Workers Industrial Union
donate five dollars to the Daily
Worker Campaign. The Executive
Board of the. Silver local voted So
from its treasury to the Daily
Worker Campaign. In spite of the
fact that the union has recently
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-10-03
Little Success
For AL Heads At
Martins Ferry, @.
By a worker Correspondent

MARTINS FERRY, Ohio.-I have
never missed being a subscriber for
the Daily since it was first started.
l am an American Of pre-revolu-
tionary stock, union carpenter, when
there is a chance to work.
The betrayers of steel workers, the
Analgamated Association, has been
trying to organize in this vicinity
since the advent of the NRA slavery
act. but with no success that amounts
to much. On Sunday, Sept. 10, they
called a mass meeting at Eagles Hall,
asking all steel workers to attend
The capitalist papers said several
hundred attended, but the truth is
that less than so attended. Two good
loyal Amalgamated Association men,
one estimated so and the other said
he counted only 25
Wait for Recognition.
We have three tin mills there with
in four miles of each other and what
is called corrugating works, employ
ing about a 1000 men. The organizers
claim they have $50 men in the
union, but no one is to pay dues
till they are completely organized and
recognized by the Wheeling Steel
Corp.
In this plant the workers are
mostly young coal miners and boys
and girls, children of miners. These
workers have had no experience with
the Amalgamated Association before.
Harry Norington of Wheeling W.
Va. is one Of the organizers. This
misleader has no influence in tin
mills where he is known by workers,
but in a place where he is not known,
a few will heed him.
Workers that know him say he
never did any useful work in all his
life in 40 or so years, except for about
two months-just long enough to get
in the union. He drives a large auto.
Business men say he is the best
dressed man in town with no visible
means of support.
In the three tin mills in vicinity,
the U. S. Steel employing about 1900
he's got enough dues paying members
to fill the locals officers. The York
vile mill, employing about 1,400, have
no Alnalgamated Association local.
The sheet mill, Martins Ferry, en-
ploying about 600, has not so in
union. One of the so-called organ
izers in this mill, Mr.. Jake M, tried
to get young workers to go to Fol-
lansbee, where a strike has been on
for over q year, to scab. This hap
pened last fall.
Greek mill in Wheeling has small
local. This local is called the Price
Whitaker Lodge, in honor of Whit
taker. The Whitaker families are
founders and large stock holders in
this mill, now the Wheeling Steel
Corporation.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-10-03
Iron Worker Tells
How ALL. Heads
Weaken Local
From an Iron Worker Correspondent

From an Iron Worker Correspondent
NEW YORK AS an old member
of Local rs, Sheet Metal Workers
Union, affiliated with the A. f. Of L.,
I expose that local as we'll as other
A. F. of L. locals of the Sheet Metal
Workers Union. The officials are car
rying on a racket to keep old mem
bers cut and refuse to reinstate these
members because they are in arrears
with dues and because they are out
of work. and in some cases dropping
them eff the books when they were
sick in the hospital.
I appeal to the rank and file mem
bers to stop these racketeers from de-
nying an old member to be REIN
stated for no other reason and re-
move these officials, and I appeal
to the rank and file to take an ac-
tive part; all members in the union,
and keep them working in union
shops.
Make these officials understand
they are wrong and a change must
be made or else there viii be trouble.
Member Unemployed Council.
The worker is right when he calls
for removing these bureaucratic
A. F. Of L. officials that are inter
ested only in collecting dues and
not in building up strong fight
ing union. But when he calls on
workers to make these officials
see they are wrong" he is uncon-
sciously weakening the fight to
throw out these misleaders, because
such a statement may give the i'm
preston that 1t is possible to con-
vince such officials to change their
tactjcs.-E1itc-
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-10-03

them are, 1 think, insufficient for
growing children, especially after de-
du1tion of such things as they should
not have; the kids should have some
thing additional in the form of gra-
ham crackers and milk or chocolate
matted milk between meals; but what
ironical advice to give to families
that have little or no food House
wives and mothers will have to or
ganize into consumers clubs, demon
strate for relief. and struggle in a
powerful way against rising food
prices.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-10-03
FORD HAS OvER-REACHED
HIMSELF"
BY a Worker Correspondent

CHESTER, Pa.-Yes, the Ford
workers are out on strike, first for
protest against the terrific speed-up
system imposed upon the workers,
and secondly for an increase in wages
as relief from the starvation wages
that are now being doled out to the
workers as the direct result Of the
Roosevelt MIRA. program.
Henry Ford says he will shut down
the factory. All right, If Ford shuts
down the Chester plant, the strike
will spread until he will be forced
to shut them all down, or recognize
the rights of the workers.
In Ford's industry the workers we're
denied all liberty, in some plants they
were not allowed to speak to one
another. Ford has over-reached him.
self this time.
Peter O'Brien.
(Signature authorized.)
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-10-03
Fewer Jobs At
Sheffield Steel
Mill, Kansas City

By = Steel Worker Correspondent
KANSAS CITY, Mo.-fhe NRA
does not work so hot here in the
Sheffield Steel Mill, and the ac-
lions of the A. F. of L. are rotten.
There are less men on the same
jobs than before the NRA time.
The company is laying off men
at the age of 40 and 45, and re-
placing them with young men. Now
the younger men have not many
years to go before they will be
40 and 45. Then what are they
going to do? | suggest that both
old and young organize into a real
union, not the fake A. F. of L.,
but the Steel and Metal Workers
Industrial Union, real union that
has thousands of members, has
never been sold out yet, and has
won several victories lately in the
east.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-10-03

about $50 young workers. AT That Time
we did not have much faith IN the
Steel and Metal Workers Industrial
Unions we still believed in the MIRA.
and put our faith in that strike
breaking organization.
Because we did not follow the adj
vice and able leadership OF tine
Brooklyn local OF the S,MW1.U., we
were fooled into going back to work
without winning any substantial
gains. Since the end of the strike,
the majority of the workers have
realized the strike breaking role Of
the MIRA. National Racketeering
Administration and recognize that
the policy of the S.M.WI.u. was a
correct one.
We realize now, that if we would
have stuck together for a few more
days (and not taken the advice Of
the MA. representatives and go
back to work. we would have gone
back to work with better conditions,
snd not with the same and in many
cases worse, conditions. The only real
gain we made through the strike
was the recognition Of our shop COM
mittee
Even though we have some very
militant elements on the shop COM
mittee it took the union representa-
tive and some of the more class-con-
scious workers three weeks to con-
vince the shop committee that they
Should support the drive of the SIN.
VIII. to organize the workers of
Aerovox. Since the beginning of this
week the S.M.WIU.. together with
the shop committee, has been holding
meetings with some of the seven de-
partments of the factory.
A large number Of workers have
already signed up with the union,
many paying their initiation fees and
receiving their membership books.
From each department that has met
we workers have elected delegates to
t'l7 A'ner.c~n Anti-War CONGRESS-. We
also elected delegates from these de-
partments to represent us on the
Youth Committee of the New York
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-10-03

cent at one time. This left the force
at six men getting As to so cents per
hour. ''"
Shortly before the N.R.A. they got
a 10 per cent. raise and when work
was reduced to 10 hours ~ week
they got another 10 per cent raise
per hour. A top-rated man was get
ting so cents per hour for 4712 hours
at the worst of the depression-S25. rs
Rper week, Now he gets so cents for
40 hours, $24. He was rs cents a week
better off in terms of "woodin"
money, but It is safe to say that
prices have advanced SO per cent, so
that his ability to consume is that
much lower
Perhaps some will say that the bet
terment has come by putting more
men to work because of the shorter
week. Not one man has gone to work
in the machine shop up until date. So
that leaves the dollar income of the
shop about + per cent above the
lowest yet, and the consuming power
of the shop about 80 per cent below
the lowest figure. before NR.A.
Some men have, been put on in the
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-10-03
go Doctor
LAHin4eh
: xdAGea:'

dennned to do without the services Of
a specialist in the case of your little
son. We do not know Of any clinic
for speech defects which might be Of
benefit to him. Let us see whether
we could give you practical advice.
First of all, are his tonsils, adenoids,
nose and ears normal? If so, is there
any emotional or linguistic Qan~
guage) conflict in the family. What
we mean is whether your son Wit
| nesses any outbursts of anger. fear
tears or whether several languages
are spoken in the home. Are there
any defects in his diet? Is there IT.
regularity in his sleeping hours? If
we can rule out all these factors,
then there is only one thing for you
to remember: According to the best
authorities, staInmering and stutter~
ing are usually due to an emotional
upset in representative (oversensi-
tive) children and even adults. This
prevents the sufferer from improv-
ing because he notices the reaction
of his social set to his affliction and.
therefore, becomes more confused
and stammers worse, thus creating q
vicious circle. The first thing to do,
therefore, is to be casual with him.
Don't notice and don't allow any,
body else to show that they are aware
OF his defective speech. Secondly,
teach your son to talk slowly by slow
ing down your own speech tempo
and of all those who come In con-
tact with him. Thirdly, encourage
him to read aloud Gas soon as he
has learned to read slowly It Is
well known that Sufferers never
stutter when they read by them
selves. You may leave the door Of
his room slightly open so that yoH
could hear how he reads. Correct
his errors later, not while he is read
ing, as to his difficulty in pronouri-
cling the letter F, find words begin
ming with f, such as fire, foam, fig,
far. fun and let him watch your lips
while you pronounce them. accen-
tuating (making stroneer) the lines
OF YOUR lips and the barring Of the
teeth.
1t requires great patience and
persistence for the complete cure Of
suffering and dyslalia defective
speech), and that's why few clinics
succeed in doing it. The "guaran-
tee" Of the commercial schools to
cure stammering in a few weeks is
therefore, always false. Let us hear
from you again.
Readers desiring health information
should address their letters to DR.. Paul
Luttinger, CO Daily Worker. Is =. 18th
St.. New =
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-10-03
18th Anniversary Of
Russian Revolution
Celebrated Nov. 9Th
Rallies in Two N. Y,
Halls Are Also
Election Meets

NEW YORK.-The Sixteenth An
niversary of the Russian Revolution
will be celebrated in two large halls
in New York on Sunday, Nov. 5, at
Z o. m.
Workers will rally to the Bronx
Coliseum, East 177th st. and in
Brooklyn to the Arcadia Hall, s1S
Halsey st.
The celebration, arranged by the
Communist Party, will also be the
final election rally.
Earl Browder, General Secretary Of
the Communist Party, U. S. A.,
Robert Minor, Communist candidate
for Mayor of New York City; Williana
Burroughs. candidate for Comptroller,
and the candidate for President OF
the Beard of Aldermen, Ben Gold.
will be among the speakers.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-10-03
Layoffs In Many
Chester Plants
BY a Worker Correspondent

CHESTER, Pa.-The Penn Steel
Co. has laid off men, the Sun Ship
and Dry Dock Co. has been system
atically laying off workers until
there are but a very few working.
The General Steel Co. at Eddystone
is practically shut down.
The EddyStcne Print Works closed
down a couple of weeks ago and
practically all the other plants in the
city have laid off workers or they
are or1v working part time.
The. HARRISON G. Walker Brick Co.
laid off 20 or more workers last Mon
day. Although this company has as
much work to do as ever. and ships
are coming in from Czechoslovakia
and Italy and from other foreign
countries to load bricks, yet the
speed-up system inaugurated since
the MIRA. code went into effect has
thrown hundreds of workers out Of
employment in Chester.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-10-03
Can You Make 'em
Yourself ?

Here's a neat dress for sister,
pretty enough to make her happy,
and SO easy to make that she could
dc it herself. Since it has short
sleeves, we think a cotton print
would be most suitable. A dark
colored cotton print in a, fine pat
tern often resembles wooden cloth,
and if that is used sister could wear
it all winter if she has good warm
coat.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-10-03
District of the Steel and Metal Work

District of the Steel and Metal Work
ers Industrial Union.
The workers of Aerovox have taken
the first steps in organizing their
factory. You workers in Dubilier and
Ievitan, who have been betrayed by
the takers of the A. F. of L.; you
workers in Emerson, Philco, ETC., all
radio workers, organize under the
leadership of the Steel and Metal
Workers Industrial Union and rid
the radio industry of its slavery con-
ditions. An Aerovox Worker.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-10-03

Pattern 1921 is available in sizes
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STEP by-step sewing instructions in
cluded with this pattern.
Send FIFTEEN CENTS 15c) In
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Pattern Department, 243 w. 18th St.,
New York City.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-10-03
Steel Workers, Cab Driuers,
PartyUnits, Send Daily Help

settled a general strike of five
weeks duration and the treasury is
not only low but has a deficit of
5000, still the Executive Board
realizes the Importance of the Daily
Worker, and therefore the sacrifice
and contribution.
Contributions received Saturday, septem-
Der 80, 1898, follow:
Total received Saturday 2117o
Previously recorded $3.50 81
Total received to date 5762 81
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-10-03
Letters From Steel and Metal Workers
$354Weekly Payroll in One
Dept Noav $144 Under NRA
BY a Metal Worker Correspondent

BUFFALO, Y.-Ths S actually works
Radiator located 1000 EmwoOd Ave. tool makers
so and about Is employed
The employed gradually reduced and two 10
cuts ranged from 271a to
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-10-03
BY JAMES S. ALLEN

Socialist Labor Party today secluded and
corner takes potshots the Communist Party
past played Especially
peent-day its
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-10-03
Soviet Machines Good As Ours
Writes American Machinist
BY BEN THOMAS.

ROSTOY ON DON-I thought
the agriculture machinery
We produced 010 combines this according
ports they working well previously
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-10-03
AerovOx RadiOW orkersTurn
to Real Struggle Program
First Reject Program of Industrial Union,
But See Now That 1t Is Correct
By a Metal Worker Correspondent

the Daily Worker in order to
the strike of the workers Of
show the Of the radio workers now
organizing factory.
Our strike which involved
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-10-03
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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-10-03
QUESTION OF TAXES

Comrade Editor:
The following was sent to the
Editor of the Open Forum, "Regis-
ter and Tribune" Des Moines, Ia.
Dear Sir:
"On your comments on taxes, etc,
wish here to state that | see but one
true method of reducing the taxes
of the small homeowner and the
farmer, and the toiling masses in
general.
This is it, why put sales tax on
the laborer to be extorted from him,
or take so much out of his salary
either as full or part-time worker
to keep those that are unemployed?
Why not make the Barons of FL
nance, suffer, namely, the brains of
the world, the criterions cited as
models to our young in schools and
elsewhere, namely Morgan, Ford
and various other human parasites?
Why not levy a 10 per cent tax on
their vast incomes and put it in the
Federal Treasury? Seems to me
we could then pay unemployment in
surance, old age pensions and the
soldiers bonus, and various other
necessary measures that arise. Nor
gan CONTROLS $68,000, 100000 wealth.
/ understand $68,000,000 of this
poured into the federal treasury
each year, it seems, would do more
than the mere pittance exploited
from the workers. If this were done
we would not need any welfare
boards or other charitable organiza-
tons, do not believe. For the big
boy would see that all were steadily
employed, as it would be cheaper
than paying this insurance.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-10-03
What Is the Character of
the Socialist Labor Party?
Removed from All Struggles Today, SIP
Lives in the GLORY" of It's Dead Past

a Socialist
written
requesting
of S. L.