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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-11-27

who were covering the work for the
remaining two days week are being
laid off, and with ever greater speed
up it is possible to maintain the same
amount of work.
One example: On the electric loco
motives leaving Sunnyside yards
three engines broke their sxles in
days, two in Pennsylvania Station
and one on the high line.
Our Voluntary Relief Insurance not
only on the Pennsylvania r. r., but
also on the New Haven and on the
New York Central R.R. was lacked
up 80 1-3 per cent without increas-
ing our benefits.
Our rneager wages are getting
smaller day by day as the cost of liv-
ng rises. There Is no mention of re-
turning our 10 per cent with or with
out back pay, which was also sup
posed to be voluntary loan by the
workers to the railroad bosses, on the
promise that we, the railroad workers
could stop the depression if we &C
cepted 10 per cent wage cut, which
turned out to be 80 to 10 per cent
cut.
We see Pullman porters working
125 hours a week for SIS, we see
Pullman walters reporting for work
five days a week and then being told
by the foreman to stay in one place
SO the foreman will know where to
find him. Yet the worker does not
get g run, He is taking orders while
there, he spends car fare and he gets
nothing in return.
Two weeks ago another worker
dropped dead in the engine house
Sunnyside doctors reported 1t was
heart failure.
The bosses right now are LOSING
their hold on the whip. All sorts OF
laws are made-N .R.A., coordination
codes, etc. Hours are being reduced
Wages are being reduced by adyanc-
ing living costs. More and more rail-
road workers find themselves on the
street, with no relief.
We know that the men making
these laws that we have to abide by
are the very ones who employ us
Then how can we get relief under
boSs-made laws?
To get back what was taken away
from us, to get better living stan
dards and relief, we must fight as we
never fought before, and this cannot
be done under the present misleader-
ship Of the Il standard railroad
unions.
We must unite the workers Of the
Il standard railroad unions into one
solid fighting mass organization and
to keep the unemployed within our
ranks, One group Of unemployed rail-
road workers was formed last week at
w. I'D st., New York Central r. r
Workers, those of us who still have
jobs, we are duty-bound to support
the unemployed councils. A campaign
has been started to form unemployed
councils composed of unemployed
railroad workers.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-11-27

attempt to make the Party member
ship and the Party sympathizers fully
realize that without their steady help,
the Party's activities cannot be prop
erly planned and conducted. The
Sustaining Fund must be built on a
mass basis Of individual contributors.
Every one within and around the
Party should give according to his
or her neans-but give regularly
weekly or monthly,
Sympathizers Should Take Leadership
Sustaining Fund Committees should
be organized within the mass organi-
cations on a voluntary basis among
our Synnpathizers to assure the sys-
tematic and regular collection of the
pledges. Party members must help
build these committees. Opportunity
for leadership in this work is to be
given the synpathizing workers, who
should devise ways and means for the
raising of these funds and for the
increasing Of the number Of the
Sustaining Fund contributors.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-11-27

TO so On the streets as & prostitute
to earn a living for herself, her tus-
band, her nother-in -law. and her
little girl. The husband thought she
worked as q telephone operator.
She was arrested and fined $40.
Arrested aga4l and unable to pay the
fine, she WIS given a year probation.
She tells that at the same time "a
little colcred gtrl' vas hailed into the
same court under Similar circum-
stances.
"The End of the Trail for the Later
Americans"
The closing paragraph of the letter
states: II have a good education, good
business experience, good personality.
I come from American stock for sew
eral generations. Ny father fought
in the world var; cne Of my grand
fathers in the civil war. Yet I am
denied the right to earn living. I
cannot get a job. So What?"
This letter also asks. why, I should
Ike to know, while gangsters, gun
men, and robbers of all kinds roam
the streets Of Chicago unmolested?"
THAT'S why, of Course!
An part and parcel of the same vile
aapitalist system of privilege for the
few wolves and oppression for the
masses. It Is useless to look for re-
dress from hopelessly corrupt svs-
tenn which automatically places the
government in the hands of the
wolves.
1t is useless TO weep, useless 10
petition, useless to pray. The people
can hope for life and freedom only
when they take matters into their
own hands. Yes-one of my grand
fathers, too, fought in the first civil
war myself, haven't much pa
thence with graft, gangsterism, en-
forced prostitution, unemployment"
financial crisis, bourgeois economy"
starved kids in sight of food, and all
other such-like monkey business.
And have still less patience with
the ornate speeches and seven syllable
words with which the big shots, from
Norman Thomas up, or down, try to
induce us to BE patient.
And, since / have 1t on good au-
thority that prostitution has been
practically ltquidated in the Soviet
Union, and as l feel a strong ambi-
ton to liquidste it here. I mean to
trot right along with the Communist
International and I urge all other
gals with similar aims to do the
same.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-11-27
BY MAX BEDACHT.

The improvement in the returns
of the English and Youth Sections
is the outstanding feature of the
results of the eighth week of the
membership drive of the Interna-
tional Workers Order.
The Ukrainian section, too, shows
a marked improvement.
The total Of this week Is 6S3 new
members and 1873 children. OF the
new members, the Jewish Section
took in 229, the Hungarian Section
116, the Slovak Section go, the Tx
rainian Section 60, the English Sec
ton So and the Youth Section 40
The rest are distributed among the
italian, Polish, Roumanian and the
smaller sections.
This week shows an increase OF
Ill new members over last week S
results. Let us maintain this gain
and add to it in the coming weeks
We intend to make comparison
of the results of the campaign By
districts but We lacked time to
enalyze our records.
Special Campaign in December.
The Organization Committee OF
the International Workers Order
decided to have a special COMPETE
ton, with special prizes, for the last
month Of the campaign. During the
month of December 1t will add to
all the prizes and rewards for new
members already offered to COM
rades, an additional prize.
During the whole month OF De-
cenbcr a special prize will be given
to individuals as wei as to branches
for new members recruited under
the age OF 30. The prizes are OF
special value to all workers. Tn,
aim Of recruiting workers under sc
years Is especially desirable. There
fore all comrades should be inter
ested in the contest.
What Is the I. w. O.?
The International Workers Order
is a mutual benefit society. It or
ganizes mutual insurance among It's
members.
But isn't it rather strange for q
working class organization to con-
Germ itself with such a bourgeois
business such as insurance?
No, it is not strange at all It Is
just proof that the workers try
all means to solve their immediate
problems until they learn to solve
the ultimate one.
Capitalist exploitation corrupts
everything 1t touches. 1t creates
needs and then coins profits out OF
supplying remedies, thereby creating
new problems. Its business of max
ing profits creates economic inse.
curity for the masses; then, 1t turns
and makes profitable business out
OF the misery caused by this eco.
nomic insecurity. This business IL
insurance. But 1t is not insurance
that smells so badly, 1t Is the bust.
ness end Of it, the profit feature
of insurance.
Capitalism is only interested In
the business end Of insurance, ir
the profit that can be coined out Of
it. But the workers are interested
in the insurance end of 1t. They
need the insurance. 1t is theil
only, though inadequate remedy FOL
tho economic insecurity from which
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-11-27
BY PAUL LUTTINGER, MD.
ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS

Vetex
r. ID. ", Dayton, Ohio-vegex LIS an
extract made from yeast to which has
been added extracts from tomatoes,
carrots and celery. 1t contains iron,
calcium and other salts and 1t is
particularly rich in vitamins B-1 and
b.. Owing to the fact that 1t has
the taste of meat (although it con-
tains no mea3 vegex is an ideal sub
stitute for meat In your case. You
may use it by spreading it on bread
as II it were butter or jam. We know
patients who have been able to give
up the eating of meat by employing
vegex in the cooking OF vegetables
and as condiment.
Sting of Bees
M. NJ, Joplin. The sting OF bees
does not cure rheumatism. 1t is quite
possible that a person suffering from
rheumatism who is stung by bees
might forget his rheumatic pains on
account Of the more acute pain given
him by the sting of bees; but this
does not mean that he is permanently
cured. AS soon as the singing pain
Is over, his rheumatic pains will be-
come acute again. The sting of the
bee, due to the fact that the bee
secretes fornic acid, is strong ir-
ritant.
Removing Nicotine Stains
Gerald B., Brooklyn, N. Y. The
best way to remove nicotine stains
from the fingers is by rubbing the
skin with pumice stone. Masturba-
ton does not soften the brain; but
people with soft brains are apt to
masturbate excessively.
We wrote you q private letter which
came back marked mo spsh address,"
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English and Youth Sections
Gain in 9Th I.W.O. Drive Week

they suffer.
That Is why millions Of An1eri-
can workers carry some sort of in
surance. That is why other mil
lions belong to mutual benefit So
eietie5, to fraternal organizs tions.
In the International Workers Or
der the workers build themselves a
mutual insurance organization IN
der their control and free from the
profit features of capitalist insur-
anee. They build for themselves an
organization free also from the
h1gh-salary, lligh-bonus collecting
bourgeois leadership in the capital
ist fraternal organizations.
Instead of serving private inter
ests, the Order serves the workers
interests. 1t insures its members:
1t teaches them that united action,
that mutual solidarity, can solve
problems that individual efforts
can not solve. It teaches them that
the root of the evil which forces
the worker to seek the protection of
insurance Is the profit system, II
teaches them that social insurance
~ OAiN oiil. IlAlllCuldDC IeInGOY OF
their economic insecurity. 1t fin
ally shows them that the ultimate
remedy is a new world, AZ new sys-
tenn, built by workers political rule.
1t Is clear therefore that although
the TWO does supply insurance to
Its members, it has no capitalist
features the odium of the insurance
business can In no way reflect; upon
ut. It Is a workers organization
not only In composition, but IN
aim. 1t serves its proletarian mem
pers through mutual insurance; but
nc also serves the whole working
class by training It's proletarian
members for the class struggle and
by being part Of the workers army
in the class struggle.
That Is why 1t is the duty Of the
lreVolutlonists to build the TWO.
That Is why the TWO has a right
10 expect that every militant worker
contributes to its growth and, If
possible, joins the Order.
Chicago Youth Drive
CH1CAGO.-The City Central Com
mlttee OF the Chicago I. w. o. has
suddenly become aware of the bad
situation existing in the Youth Sec
ton. They are concerned-but what
about the Youth Section iself?
We must build our Youth Section
INTO real mass organization of young
workers and students. we must over
come the difficulties confronting us,
and we must overcome them now.
Our quota for the present member
ship drive, which ends Jan. 10, is
$50 new members. The question Is
not whether or not we shall fulfill
our quota-but rather HOW we will
fulfill 1t.
A city-wide general membership
meeting has been arranged for
Sunday, Dec. 3, ut 400 p. m, at 2I34
West Division St., at the i. w. o.
Center there.
After the meeting, where thorough
discussion will take place and where
a new City Youth Committee will be
elected branches should have their
nominees In mind, a novel program
has been arranged.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-11-27
Post Office Worker
Praises Daily Workers
n ews on Substitutes
BY a Post Office Worker
Correspondent

NEW YORK. - Thank you for
bringing to the attention of your
readers to the deplorable conditions
.of substitute post-office employees
The statements as you printed them,
show world more of sympathetic
understanding than the capitahstic
press would ever show. The latter
IL they give any space TO our griev-
ances, print such statements as to
ridicule us.
Many of us have been in the SER
vice for seven years, none for less
than four years. We signed our allie
glance to the U.S.A. and swore in
writing to defend our country. NOW
the capitalist scoundrels who put
those provisions In our applications
for appointments still refuse to pay
Us 8 living wage, even though there
is no postal deficit.
How much longer will this con-
tinue? AS long as the minds of the
post office workers and all workers
stay moulded in the patriotism
taught them in the public schools
and in misleading information print
ed in the newspapers they read. Only
when a sufficient number of workers
can be taught to get their news from
the Daily Worker will the people
learn how real prosperity can BE-
theirs.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-11-27

alton Of steady source of income
becomes an absolute necessity. The
building of the Sustaining Fund,
Fund, therefore, becomes imperative.
Piatonic Sympathy Not Needed.
Every Party synpataizer, who sup
ports the Communist movement
politically, must realize the necessity
of securing for the Party dependable
and steady channels of income. Pla-
tonic sympathy in the class struggle
on the part of those who call them
selves lefts. who are guided by our
Party, and take interest in It's
struggles is not needed.
What becomes of the great mass OF
sylnpatli5ers who swell our May Day
demonstrations to the hundreds of
thousands, and those who pack our
Madison Square Garden meetings to
capacity OH every occasion? Surely
they come from the ranks of the
workers and workers organizations
The response of these very same
masses must be reflected in the Su-
staring Fund of the Communist
PR
10 ROW the Party's sympathizars
has Ict been organized to support
adequately the Partys financial needs.
Their material aid has nrc'20'''-' not
been solicited in the proper manner.
The sympathizers must u-2,c--. -.
that while Party members, in addi-
ton to carrying the financial obliga-
tions Of dues, assessments, special
taxes, etc, are also carrying out the
Party's political and organiaational
tasks i'll the class struggle-and the
sympathi2ers have been free from
Party duties,
Building Sustaining Fund.
The present campaign to build the
Sustaining Fund is the first organized
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-11-27
FT MIGHT DIE FROM
INDIGESTION
Ashtabula, Ohio

Asatabula, Ohio.
Dear Editor:
The American Legion reminds me
of q dog I used to have that during
the summer months used to go
around and pick up toads in her
mouth and would get very sick from
the yellow acid that the toad con-
ceans in its cutaneous glands. But
that made no difference to the poor
dumb dog. The sicker she got the
better she liked 1t. So that is the
way with the American Legion as !
see it. The more misery, famine,
fake promises, the better they like it.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-11-27

doubt in the minds of the workers
as to who is telling the truth.
The new contract" is a good ex-
ample of how Charles vonie fights
Tor the paper box makers. 1t calls for
the continuance of the old scale TO
last until Jan. 1, 1885, This is the
way Vonie works. We know damn
well that while the cost of living
goes up for us the bosses are making
more profits than ever before.
Paper box workers should be on
their guard against two officials of
the union who at one time or another
have posed as left-wingers; they are
Morris Wray, vice-president of the
union, and his sister, who is secretary
Of the union.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-11-27

tUutaCJs aElu HE'S buppOIts
Without definitely knowing its
source of income, the Communist
Party cannot budget and plan its &C
tivities. The class struggle needs ma
terial backing. Tt needs funds which
must be supplied both by the Com
nunist Party membership and the
great mass Of Party sympathizers.
Now more than ever, when the call
FOR our Party's leadership is so urgent,
when the Party is engaged on many
fronts of the class struggle, the ere
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-11-27
Letters from Readers
THEY'RE PUBLISHED

Why not try to get articles in cap
italistic papers? There are hundreds
of people like myself that have plenty
Of time to write such articles. Write
them, fire them in to editors. Many
Of them may never see daylight, but
the writer doesn't lose much. Every
now and then I see where some
radical has hit capitalistio magazine
and got by with the goods. There
ought to be q hundred thousand times
as much such writing. Comrades,
Just can't hardly quit writing, there
are SO many ways of helping IN the
work, that we are not utilizing. Write
for those capitalistic magazines.
Your old comrade,
p. A. OLIVER.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-11-27

Note: New York District is cali
ing a meeting of the Sustaining
Fund supporters land future sup
porters) for Tuesday, Nov. %, at
1880 pm. at Irving Plaza, Irving
Place and 18th st. Max Bedacht,
of the Central Committee, C. P. q.
S. A., will be the main speaker.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-11-27
Union Ready to
Help Messenger
Boys Struggles
BY a Worker Correspondent

NEW YORK.--A new deal for the
most exploited group of boys between
the ages of IA and II, the Nuts of
the Western Union" How our faces
frightened when we heard that at
last we were going to get a $13 or
SIS minimum pay for 10 hours work.
But again the Blue Buzzard showed
his real colors. The story of the de-
ception is one that has become very
familiar since Roosevelt took office.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-11-27
Helping the Daily Worker
Through Helen Luke

CO. buttons received to the credit
o. Ffelsu Luke in her Socialist COM
petition with Michael Gold DR.. Lut-
tA1ges. Edward Newhouse and Jacob
Burcb to raise $1,000 in the $4,000
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-11-27
Can You Make I'm
Yourself?

Pattern 1905 is available in sizes IA,
IS, 10, 20, 81, 81, So, So, 40 and q. Size
Is takes "a yards 54-inch fabric and
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included.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-11-27
Seattle Takes Lead From
Boston; Increases Quota

NEW YORK.-Seattle, District II,
now leads in the Daily Worker Drive,
djsplacing Boston, District I, in first
position. Seattle has not only raised
1896 per cent on It's quota of $500,
but has voluntarily raised its quota,
to $3.50. This is q challenge to Bos-
ton and to all other districts. Can
you beat Seattle? Let's hear from
you. 9T .lHlM
Receipts in the last half week fell
to s955.o4, compared with s1,o475e In
the previous half week. Only 67.76
per cent OF the total Of $4,000 has
been raised.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-11-27

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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-11-27
The Significance Of Recent
Strike Struggle in the US.
United Front from Below Will Defeat the
A F. of L. and S. P. Leadership
By BILL dunno

EDITORS NOTE The following the concluding
OF the speech delivered by Bill
Central Committee Party United states In
the section the duty Of shn
organizers to bring forward the
in which involve
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-11-27
Longshoremen in
Baltimore Walk
Out on J. p. Ryan
tBy q Marine Worker
Correspondent

BALTIMORE, Md. p. Ryan,
president Of the International
Longshorennen's Association, seems
to be very popular with the long
shoremen In Baltimore. A r~et-
ing Of ]. L. A. Iongshoremen was
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-11-27
Pennsylvania Road Starts
Laying Off 5000 Workers
Relief Insurance Dues Raised One-Third, But
With No Increase in Benefits
BY a Railroad Worker Correspondent


NEW fORk-Pcnnsyania in
system Hundreds being laid off r.
tiona hundreds r..
Haven
The 5day week Is being extended
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-11-27
Helping the Daily Worker
Through Dr.. Luttinger

Contributions received to the cresft
OF DIR. Luttinger in his Socialist 60, +.
petition with Michael Gold, Edwa ID
Newhouse, Helen Luke, Jacob Bur y
and Del to raise 81 600 In the $40, 900
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-11-27

held at $40 S. Broadway on Fri
day, Nov. 10. When Ryan got up
to speak the rank and file all
walked out of the hall.
Because of the exposure Of
Ryan and his henchmen by the
Marine Workers Industrial Union
the longshorenen In Baltimore
are beginning to let Ryan know
that he and his racketeery are not
wanted. MIR. Ryan will find him
self on the outside looking In be-
fore long.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-11-27
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of
different readers
tragic story by
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-11-27
PARTY LIFE
Mass Support Is Necessary
For c. 2. Sustaining Fund
Source of Financial Support Must Be Broad
ened Out to Strengthen Party's Activities

problem pointed out by Com
1.-THE Of financial support must be
organization must
place. continuous and
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-11-27

ay week. All relief workers
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-11-27

alton Of a steady source of income
becomes an absolute necessity. The
building of the Sustaining Fund,
Fund, therefore, becomes imperative.