The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-12-07
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WORLD!
Books for Prisoners
By Joseph Freeman:

Books for Prisoners
OCCASIONALLY you liberal about the
ou treatment of political prisoners in other countries The tor
militant working activity in
Poland Yugoava Hungary Germany China have now and then been
by Very you anything about
the mament of American political prisoners unless you happen 70
read the revolutionary
xet capitalism
the New Deal the Dood-
less revolution and the of the nirat the American
bouEgeoisIe rthlessy persecue prisoners
following from letter by Ysta Blum which
in this weeks mail:
oomrade Leon Blum who secretary Of the Laundry WORKERS
the strike at the Pretty Laun
the Bronx by the association with the conniv-
Of the Parole Board
present Meadows at comstOck
He thinks
remedy them there wen ia other
state prisons such as sing sing Auburn etc
~ePhcrIcALLY
ing to family.
ae also complains about the limitation
Church has the power OF education for the prison inmates me priest
this infinitely he prevents books that the
library sends saying 1T not necessary for him to read
book to prohibit it.
rhe prisoner The Nation
Blum get book written by Too after it
refused ground Tolstoy
The National will further these bgots unless we force
them to the wall
ignorance priest
by Krookn but oors viii not through for he
"Comrade wensen Union
most
transferred from Sing Sing for insist
getting Labor Unity Think of hati
actions the authorities restricting reading matter
political prisoners severely attacked 1t
the John Reed Club the right organization do that work believe
that OF its members would be found able and willing to do it. They
the challenge by sending cods Other Fires and what
happens"
VErTA BLUM st. Brooklyn York
with writers the John Reed Club and other oganiza
ons in making issue the right Of prisoners read what books
please.
important that repnns
of her letter
prisoners
books Of their choice rather than
choice Of Catholic sko serving capitalist political interests
Bouquets and Brickbats
VoU laboratory experiments sow
body Soviet Monday brought
containing compliments many
for all Of them to be printed cite few for the general ideas they
contain
space paper
Daily WORKER writes Levine OF New York ito devote much Of
to lengthy exposure Of our Scribe column OF the type What
World daily workers should discuss timely topics in
concise and form The place for article the serial type
writing S in the Masses"
Orange
Qualification the Modern Monthly vow NJ Russian worker
past years
remarkable for its style in which he advises to waste time
Crawford editor of Crawfords Weekly Norton Va writes
interested articles the Modern Monthly SANDERS
John Trcic writes:
and stains Literary Inoton which YOU brought to our attention also
STUCK in minds mpotent counterrevoluonary rawlings
FRANK Chicago why you your article
literature
man.? An the articles the showed
contrary. guilty of misleading liberalism.
honesty intelligence
There measuring sincerity
there thing sncereometer
Eastman is as dishonest he For he has been
Inscriptions propagand for the ozks
elements this country should said
the your
Konck of Detroit writes column
IL the Party neglected the literary field the point RPP
to indulge in harmful because the period Of RAPP
domination conceded with
Of the country and night with colossal
socialist industry and agriculture This
create the false that during
neglected the subsequently
PEELED this ide since they showed that the
material published All the
the earlier misstatement.
ought make
Plan industrial
also parallel with this gigantic effort improve the culture
The fact that the Party initiated
does not that RAPPs mistakes
You have yourself pointed RAPPs
the mistakes for which criticized
70 lea uncorrected that the Party neglected the cultural 'front.'
The comrades who think the
however minor matter The raised
Korank VITAL and grateful