The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-06-13

other Federal employees. The of
ficers' lobby in Congress got what
it was after-return of automatic
promotion. You we're thrown a
bone of S1.05 per month.
"(2). Our dollar buys only so
cents worth. Prices rise daily
Those of you who are married
can't get the hare necessities Of
life for your families. For the
single man 1t means no money to
spend during overnight or week
end leaves.
"(S). No shipping over bonus,
reduction in clothing allowance,
gunners' pay, etc.
90. Curtailed promotions of
enlisted men in spite af the fact
that many of You passed exam
nations for higher rates. Many
Of you do the work of first class
p. 0.'s and receive third class pay.
"(5). Enlisted men doing the
work of yard wOrkmen u. S. S.
Missippi during mOdernizatiOn).
Many of you receive letters from
home telling you how bad things
are. Wages are lower and the cost
Of living is sky-rocketing. The folks
have to speed up and work faster
producing more than ever before.
The same capitalists who pay low
wages, foreclose farm mortgages
are the ones who make millions on
armament contracts. building bat
tleships, etc. They get billions from
the government while we get pay
cuts.
Our enemies are the capitalists
the exploiters of our folks, the men
who make the wars. cut our pay
Throughout the nation hundreds OF
thousands of workers, farmers are
striking for more money, better con-
ditions. The workers have learned
that only by organizing can they
win better conditions. Soon we will
have to do the same strikebreaking
for capitalists as the National
Guard is doing in Toledo. We will
have to do in the U. S. A. what we
did in Cuba, Nicaragua and China
Our needs are directly opposed
| to the needs of the bosses. We
must depend on ourselves and fight
for our demands.
THE capitalists want: war-to
make profits; a large army and
navy (the bosses own the munition
factories which supply the armed
forces; greater PROFITS, which
means harder work, terrific speed
up.
''The workers want; Peace,
Bread, Freedom. All war funds
to go to feed the starving; to
increase pay for all workers, those
in uniforms as those in oyeralls;
higher wages, shorter hours-a
better standard of living.
You have read about Soviet Rus
STA. The workers there, helped by
the farmers, the army, the navy,
overthrow the Czarist government
and drove the capitalists out. Now
the working class rules the country.
There are no jobless in the Soviet
Union. The workers enjoy a seven
hour day and five-day week. They
have no bosses, no masters, no fas-
cisn, no Hitlers. In the Red Navy,
the men and officers eat the same
food, sleep in the same quarters,
have the same privileges.
What happened in Russia is now
happening in China. One-sixth of
China has turned Red. The work
ing class of Cuba is trying to do
the same thing. The rulers of the
capitalist world send troops, fleets
and munitions to threaten inter-
vention and destroy these innocent
workers. They also prepare an at
tack on the Soviet Union.
Comrades! Fellow workers in
uniform! If sent to war on Soviet
Russia-remember this. The work
ers are building a country without
bosses. None of you stand to gain
from such war Only capitalists
and politicians gain from war.
The Communist Party points
these things out to you because we
are the only Party leading the
working class in the fight for bet
ter conditions, security. The Com
munist Party is your Party.
I'VE workers Of New York City, at
many meetings Of our organizations,
have passed resolutions for the fol-
lowing demands for servicemen:
"0. Restoration Of all pay
cuts in the Army and Navy,
"(2) Restoration of 1892 cloth
ing allowance for Marine CORPS