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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-02-14

the whole value Of the Open Letter,
its importance and significance in
the light of our Party viii be simply
lost. More than that, as Comrade
Edwards correctly placed this ques-
ton at the meeting of the Central
Committee, 1t will mean demon
alization in the ranks of the Party
membership"
Carrying 1t Out
Therefore, the task confronting
every unit and, especially shop nuclei,
and in the sections of concentration,
is to thoroughly examine, in a Boil
shevik self-critical manner, as to how
we carried out our plan Of work of
the Open letter. This should be
connected concretely with the resolu-
ton Of the 18th Plenum Of the E. G..
9. l., which at present represents for
our Party guide to action, in the
period of sharpening class antagon-
isms, growing danger Of war and
fascism and attack upon the Soviet
Union.
In examining our work we must
take into consideration every prob
lem and every question concerning
the life Of the workers, how we APP
preached this question and what were
the results.
There are numerous experiences OBJ
tanned in the work of the Party since
the Party Extraordinary Conference.
We must warn against, and prevent
any exaggeration as to the progress
made and equally any underestima-
ton Of the progress. In short, we
must say Just exactly what is the
status of our activity, work and re-
suits Of our work.
But to stop here would be unsst-
isfactory, if we would not take into
consideration the further broad radi-
calization and further revolutioniza-
ton Of the masses. Since the Open
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-02-14
1900 Force KenOSha
Furniture Factory
to Shut by Strike
Rank and File Organize
to Demand Higher Pay,
Union Recognition

kEHO6hA, WIS, Eeu. l3.-EuGeeu
hundred members Of the Simmons
Bed plant, A. F. Of L. Federal Union
Local 1886 at q meeting on Feb II
voted almost unanimously to close
down the plant and strike for their
demands. Around 100 are employed
at the present time in the factory.
A broad strike committee, to con-
sist Of the Executive Board Of the
Union, and the chair1uen Of the Vari-
Gus shop committees, about IS in all,
was elected. All are workers in the
shop. Arrangements we're made for
mass picketing, and on Monday morn
ing the entire body was out on the
picket lines
At first the company kept the gates
closed and tried to call it a lockout,
but at 9 O'Clock they opened the
gates and called for all those who
wished to work to come in. No one
entered.
Led by Rank and File.
This strike Is the elimination OF a
long, hard struggle on the part of
the rank and file of the union, led by
the militant rank and file group, to
overcome the resistance Of the lead
ing officials OF the Kenosha Trades
and Labor Council and some local
officials. Every effort was made by
these officials to divert the men from
their desire to get better wages.
Reliance on the codes was urged
as well as on the Regional Labor
Board, but the men quickly saw thru
these governmental agencies, which
are completely controlled by the
manufacturers.
Strike Demands.
The chief strike demands. accord
ing to the most accurate information
that could be secured were: A Is per
cent increase, and recognition Of the
/ union.
| Here's why the workers struck. A
worker in the steel press department
chosen at random, reported the fol
lowing:
He made last week $40 for As hours
work, slightly less than 40 cents ar
hour. This is about the same WAGE;
as he has been making the last sis
months But, the cost Of the glove,
and overalls, that he must buy fre.
quently has gone up tremendously
with initiation. He uses 10 pair o.
gloves every week. 5 months ago tt
got IL pair for 60c. Now he mus
pay 81 for the same gloves. Every
month he has to buy new oyeralls
They used to cost CSC, now they art
SLAB. The cost Of living goes up Rnt
up, but his wages remain at the SAINT
/ low level.
The Communist Party Of Kenoshs
halls this struggle of the Simmons
workers. It's members In the PLAN
are active on the picket lines. i
pledges to mobilize all its forces il
support Of this strike. It, however
warns the Simmons strikers against
the pitfalls Of arbitration" 1t wal
arbitration" that along with thu
treaehery Of the leading officials o.
the A. F. Of L., caused the Nash STRIKE
to be lost. Solid picket lines, refusa
to arbitrate through the strike-break.
ing Regional Labor Board, militant
spirit, mobilization Of all the worker,
and people Of Kenosha in support Of
the strikers, no negotiations with the
company by individuals, but only
through the mass strike committee
these tactics will win for the Sim.
mons workers.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-02-14
Southern Negroes Robbed
In Kick-Back Racket By
eva; Pay NooO SO a Wk.
Pioneers VIII Discuss
Magazine at Conference

CHICAGO - Attractive mimeo-
graph valentines on colored paper
are being given to Chicago work
ing class school children by the
Young Pioneers, organization Of
workers children. The inside
reads:
Dear friend: Valentines Day
is the bunk. II does not bring
free hot lunches In school. It
does not give us warm clothing
and shoes II gives US a party
fer today and nothing any other
day. Then why so much talk?
Can teacher tell you? Wei,
Pioneers viii tell you"
An invitation 10 a Pioneers
meeting follows.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-02-14

In short, we must thoroughly ex
anime why the decisions made by
ourselves were not fully and entirely
carried out, not only in one phase
but In all phases. In this conneo,
ton, 1t is Of tremendous Importance
to bring to the attention Of the WI Sic
Party the question of work Of each
and every individual member of our
Party and proper assignment to work
made. We cannot say that the mem
bership Of the Chicago District Is pas
sive and inactive. All experiences
show that the membership OF the
Chicago District is active snd will
ing to work Unfortunately, not al
ways the assignment Of comrades is
placed in the light of the tasks Of
tbs Party.
Comrade Gebert's concluding ar
ticie win be published tomorrow.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-02-14
Norman, Welfare Island
Medical Head, Resigns

NEW YORK-Dr. Abraham Nor
man, medical director Of the We'll
fare Island Prison, who was in direct
charge of the hospital which had
luxuriously housed the prison gangs
of Edward Cleary and Joie Rao,
turned in his resignation to Correc-
ton Commissioner MacCormick on
Saturday.
Norman, together with Warden
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-02-14
Workers Enemies
Exposed

John Lengenfield, who works at the
Pettibone Mulhgan shop in Chicago,
III, has been exposed as q company
stool pigeon.
He was instrumental in smashing
up the workers organization in this
shop some time ago. Although he
was fired with a number of other
workers, 1t was later discovered that
ne remained on the company payroll
Just the same.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-02-14

CSI@SOCA4OEB III VI
der then to betray them to the bosses.
Ali workers, especially those work
ing at the Pettibone Mulligan Shop,
are warned of this stool-pigeon.
His description: About 30 years of
age, height about five feet six inches,
complexion-light, baIdheaded. His
photo is published herewith.
Bernard H. Jones, of MINNEAPOLIS.
MINI, who was in charge of Daily
Worker bundle sales, has been ex-
PEELED from the Communist Party
for misrepresentation Of Daily Worker
funds and for being unreliable.
He is unemployed, a Canadian, Of
about 45 years Of age, short Of sta
ture and lightly built.
Qn approving the expulsion Of
Jones, the District Buro of the
Communist Party criticized the Daily
Worker Committee of Minneapolis
for allowing Jones to handle Daily
Worker funds, when it was known
that he had misused funds pre-
viously, in l931)
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-02-14
Raises Problem of Steel
District Building
New Cadres

Letter, mass strikes Involving over
100000 workers took place. The
movement Of unemployed, Negro
masses and impoverished farmers are
advancing. We must not measure our
work by the yardstick that we had so
many members or we have had so
many shop nuclei at the time of the
Open Letter and we have so many
today. We must measure it, rather,
under what objective conditions we
work, did we take advantage of every
and all occasions? Did we take full
advantage Of the militancy and
struggles developed among the work.
ers? Were we a factor in developing
such struggles? Did we consciously
pursue everywhere a correct policy of
the united front from below? It is
in this light that we must examine
our work.
In short, the problem we should
answer and analyze is the tempo Of
our mass work. Naturally, the growth
of the Party Is a very important
in measuring the develop
ment of our mass work. But there
also can be a situation where we have
a growth Of the Party. but at the
same time no development OF mass
activity. be it in the shops, among
the unemployed, the Negro masses,
or among members OF the A. F. L.,
or in building unions of the T. U. u.
L. or independent unions.
What Has Been Done
In this article will not attempt
to review ths work of the Chicago
District in the last period Of time
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-02-14

~ heAskhs IL
the shop now and
goes around from
one worker to an
other posing as a
member Of the
Trade Union
Unity League.
Under this sub
terfuge he is try
ing to worm his
way into their
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-02-14
GOOD WORK IN GEORGIA
Atlanta Ca

Dear Comrades
You may appreciate the fact that
the Daily is distributed to the
strikers in Rome, Ga, a small town
where the Ku Klux Khan police
shoot at a red necktie. The spirit
of these strikers is fine.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-02-14

Joseph A. Mccain, is to face de-
partmental trial on Thursday for his
part in the gang-official control Of
Welfare Island prison.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-02-14
Some improvements Are
Made i'm Work Among
p. M. A. Miners

EDITORIAL NOTE-The follow
ing Is the first of two articles by
Ccn1rade Bill Gebert, district or
ganizer of the Chicago District of
he Communist Party. Party mem
aers, particularly those in the
Illinois coal fields, in the Chicago,
Indiana Harbor and Gary steel dis
irict, on the railroads, in the stock
Yards, ON the South Side, are urged
10 study Comrade Gebert's articles
and contribute 10 the pre-conven-
lion discussion of the Party. Only
in this way will all of the problems
pf the Open Letter of the 18th
slenum be thoroughly understood
nd hammered out in preparation
sr the Party convention. We espe-
ally urge Negro Party members
in Chicago and other sections of
the district to take up In the pre-
convention discussion how the
Open Letter Is being carried out on
Negro work.
BY BILL GEBERT
The Open Letter adopted by the
Party Conference held
VI, ITO. 1888, placed before the
lHoM Party the task Of:
. he organization Of firm basis
W our Party and the revolutionary
rs4ae union movement among the
ascsisive strata Of the American
,s0rkers in the most important In
dustria1 centers.s
And. in order to accomplish this
ask, the Open Letter showed that it
an be done only by:
"The organizing Of struggles
against direct wagc-cuts and the
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-02-14

Harry Williams Gentry Gilmorel, .
who was found to be stool nigeon
some time ago, in Philadelphia where
ne went under the name of Gentry
Gilmore, and where he brought police
to a unit meeting and caused the
arrest Of some comrades), has now
been discovered as having wo1ned his
way into the ranks of the Young
Communist League in Boston, Mass,
under the name Of Harry williams.
The Boston organization Of the Y.
G. L. has taken action to expel him
from its ranks and to expose him
publicly as stool-pigeon, who goes
around in National Guard uniform,
and who tried to get into the Marine
Workers Industrial Union Tin Bos-
toni.
Description He is a Negro youth,
about five feet seven inches tall, thin,
walks with a stoop, has tooth
missing in front.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-02-14
What has Been Done

In this article I will not attempt
to review tho work of the Chicago
District in the last period Of time
from the angle / indicated above. I
Evening star., 1934-07-01

ropean and American government Of
fered. When a country begins revolution or
a prince loses his throne because his bride is
q commoner, the Barnard girl understands why.
There is another course called ''the Prac-
tice of Politics. which requires the students
taking it to work with their parties at election
time.
Barnard has pamphlet, too. which it cir
culates. You and Your Government" it Is
called. There is a SUBJ title which reads: What
You as College Women Can Do About It
= iris are entering the Government service
~ in definite positions. They are making
good too Dean Gildersleeve asserts.
And yet
Every girl no matter how much she may
know about the League of Nations or con-
ference at Geneva, wants to get married.
"All the girls who in college expect to
marry and have Children the chief executive
of Barnard says.
But in another important respect, the 1884
college girl does not completely resemble her
mother and her grandmother. She often wants
and expects to continue her career after mar
riage. and she often has to.
Evening star., 1934-07-01

life, as the girls of few years ago, who were
often self-indulgent Indifferent and irreSponsi-
bic.
These harsh qualities, or lack of qualities,
were less evident on college campuses than
among young people outside, but they existed
to some extent even here at Barnard.
There is less desire to be extreme on the
part of college girls today. There is a swing
away from so-called flaming youth Girls are
more decorous. There is no special ambition
to be considered reckless.
''In fact a graver attitude has come The
girls still play, but they haven't enough money
any more to play outside the college. Not so
long ago young men took them to the theater.
Now social life and play within the college are
fiourishing. 1t is a cheaper outlet for their
playing
All of which means that when the modern
college girl marries she won't demand that her
husband provide outside entertainment. She
will have learned to amuse herself. And him,
too.
The young man of today won't have to de-
pend on his next-door neighbor or the men
at his club for o discussion of world problems.
however. if he marries a college girl who Is
Evening star., 1934-07-01
BY HELEN WELSHIIWER.

vegetable plate, sew on buttons ana
keep the laundry pure a country
SNOWFALL, then pre-marital training has
no place in the curriculum of a woman's
college.
But if it means the development of SYM
pathetic, comprehensive understanding of the
world and its problems, and the ability to travel
down any conversational path that man may
suggest without asking him where he is going.
then a girl who intends to marry can learn a
lot at college!
Dean Virginia Gildersleeve head of Barnard
College in New York City and recognized
leader in education, believes in the broaden
ing viewpoint which college gives women.
1t is not the duty of a liberal arts college
for women to train its students in cooking,
or in the care of young children" she says.
-These skills be found at home or in tech
ncal schools. Neither is it the duty of
college to teach girls to type. Any college STU
dent who sincerely wishes to learn typing and
stenography can master them in any OF
her Summer vacations.
But it is especially the mission of woman'S
college to fire the mind with the excitement of
comprehending the world we live in its objec-
tive facts and its people. No alert college girl
today is satisfied with book learning alone She
knows, at least has begun to surnliSe, that
her relation to other people will be the most
difficult and most precious part of her life.
A ND she uses her college to enlarge her
sympathies and understanding. This will
serve her far better in marriage than would
courses in cooking or in other phases of house.
Keeping
THE tendency to make the knowledge OF
the preparation of foods the prime requisite for
a wife reminds me of statement of Charlotte
Perkins Gilman's which illustrates my point
She said: Even more important than the food
on the table is the conversation around the
table
Anything which makes a woman into a
more intelligent, interesting human being pre-
pares her to be a wife and a mother.
This overemphasis on the technical side of
education is due to the overemphasis on the
machine side of life The spirit which wields
the machinery is considerably more important
than the tools themselves. People are just be-
ginning to awaken to this fact"
Dean Gildersleeve says that because OF
changed economic conditions, college girls have
learned not to expect as much as formerly
About Is years ago employers stood around
the doors of colleges and snapped up the grad
uates as rapidly as they came out" she says.
The whole world was at their feet Now the
glrS expect little. ,5. ss 1s-..tg--
Evening star., 1934-07-01

'For the last 25 years there has
been a tendency for girls to discuss
things which are of interest outside
the college walls" remarks the dean.
AFTER the war they talked about in
ternational affairs and wanted an in
ternational understanding. And lately
there have been so many vital legiS-
lative measures at home and so many
problems to be considered that their
minds have been stimulated con-
stantly."
Any man who goes knocking at
the Barnard portals, searching for a
bride, may or may not find that she
can time soft-boiled eggs at break
fast or cream a homely vegetable,
but he will discover that she knows
politics and what is going on. Maybe
she hasn't ever ironed a shirt, but
she can talk intelligently when he
wants to discuss the veterans bill.
In brief, she won't bore her huS-
band.
Barnard has a special department
of government which 1t considers
quite as important as the department
of French or Latin. Courses in EI-
Evening star., 1934-07-01

"They realize, though, that they
are living in an enormously in
tereSting world. They often say to
me: 1T is a difficult world but an
interesting one"
NEAN GLDERSLEEVE, who has
- been head of Barnard since
1911, smiled over a question about
the passing of flaming youth, now
so often conceded to be gone for
ever.
Every one has special defini-
ton LII his own mind for fam
ing youth when he speaks of it,"
she said. 81 have seen many gen.
erations of college girls here at
Barnard, and I know that the
many girls who are today working
part of their way through college
are just as flaming in their youth,
so to speak. in their eagerneSS for
Evening star., 1934-07-01
What is higher education doing
or today:s young women?. Here z
we have the interesting views OF .
Barnard Colleges dean on such
topics as careers, matrimonX s
and good old flaming youth

ut may be necessary for a girl to continue
her career after marriage in order to make
marriage possible Dean Gildersleeve who has
watched hundreds of Barnard girls marry, as
Serts. whether or not she does, all depends
on the financial status of her husband
She does not continue to work for the
sake of any abstract principle to prove that
a woman can marry and still carry on. She
works because she wants to, or because her
husband has lost his JOB and she must keep
hers. or the reason, maybe, that her husbands
job doesn't bring in enough money to care Tor
all the family when there are children"
II girl has definite creative ability, that
Is different. Her husband may have the wealth
of Croesus, but she will want to paint pictures,
write stories, practice scales or do scholarly
research!
There is a definite tendency toward teach
ing and medicine, the chief administrative Of
ticer of Barnard has discovered.
Professions which develop and conserve life
always appeal to women" she says They
tend to favor medicine, social work nursing and
teaching, rather than the cOmbative profess
sions.
Social work is the one profession whers
there seem to be plenty of openings for the
thoroughly trained college women. The re-
adjustment of families and the immense res
sponsibilities that the Government has been
accepting will need trained social workers.
The Government is obviously going to do lots
of things which private organizations have
done in the past
College girls today are physically stronger
than they were Is years ago. CO., Miss Giders
sleeve says. She attributes this to health edu.
catlon-the value of spinach which they have
learned to eat sunshine which they know they
must get. and the continuance of outdoor games
and sports. Tennis archery swimming, rid
ing fencing, basket ball-Barnard has all OF
them on its curriculum.
HERE is another respect too, in which TO-
days graduate of woman's college is un-
like her mother who received her diploma 25
years ago. Today she isn't aware of such q
thing as the feminist movement. She takes
everything, from the right to vote down as
her natural inheritance.
"Feminism in the old sense, as far as the
conflict between the two sexes is concerned, 10
entirely gone" Dean Gildersleeve explains
"Girls accept a matter of fact those
privileges for which older women fought"
Any man who wants a wife who thinks
merely of bridge fashions, curves dances and
movies will never find her in the modern col
lege girl. But if he wants a wife who has On
active intellect, and even a sense of humor.
campus is the place to hunt. apparently.
The tribune independent of Michigan. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1933-1935, 1934-10-06
RIVER ROUGE
by Mrs. j. M. Roundtree
AZ Elliott

Mrs Tiny Hill, 1863 Beechwood.
has been Ill for the past several
days.
Mrs. =. Irwin. 1865 Visger Road.
is visiting relatives in Forest City,
Arkansas, following week end
visit of a sister, Mrs. Daisy Robin
son. of Washington, ID. c.
Mrs. "leta Ratcliff has just re-
turned from Chicago and reports
having had a delightful time. She
was greatly impressed with the
Worlds Fair.
Mrs. Annie y. Ramsay, OF Polk
street and her two small sons
have returned home. after spend
ing the greater part of the summer
with relatives In the South. Sever
al siop-ovors at st. Louis, Mo. and
points in Illinois and Tennessee
made the trip very interesting.
Howard Moore. of Palmcrston
street. is the third boy of our
group. on the first football team
II the River Rouge High School.
He Is making good.
.NtW ultlubtIN III THO lOtdl i)Og
Scouts" organization are: Ben
iamin D3rden. Bonnie l.. Goode,
William LeFleur and Samuel
Smith. They are fifth grade stu
dents at Northrup School.
The shower, given Saturday
night. Sept %. at the home of Mr..
and Mrs. j. Il Roundtree, 457 Pal
merston. in honor of Mr.. and Mrs.
James Pollard Jr.. was a delight
full affair. Many lovely gifts were
received by the young couple. Mrs.
Kitty Mae Bankhead and Miss
Dorsey Pollard. sisters OF Mr.. Pol
lard. sponsored the shower.
st. Johns senior choir. under
the new leadership OF President
Benjamin Craft. is making new
plans and anticipating a success
full year.
The eldest daughter OF Mrs.
Walton, OF Ecorse. passed away
last Wednesday night. Sept. 26.
She leaves 10 mourn her loss. her
husband, four children, her moth
err. and sister. Mrs. Mamie Lyons.
The Miller Burial Association is
holding meeting at st. Johns A.