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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-10-04
BY a SharecrOpper Correspondent


DADEVILLE, Ala.-T e cotton
pickers are still strongly holding out
to win their demand of 81 per hun
dred for cotton picking. Some re-
port that a few landlords are CIV
ing 81 per hundred to get their cot
ton picked. One landlord met a
cropper last week to try to scare
him into picking cotton for so cents.
This is what he said:
"Goddamnit, good morning, John.
I'd like to know what's the matter
with you damn niggers. I want
my cotton picked. Somebody is go
ing to pick my cotton, or else some
body'S going to die"
John says, "A strike is on for 81
per hundred and I'm scared to pick
for less" The landlord then kicked
the cropper in the stomach. Then
rocks began to hit the landlord from
bushes beside the road. The land
lord ran home and went to Camp
Hill, and told the landlords there
a crowd of niggerS jumped on him,
and wanted the K. K. K. to parade
that night, and beat up few, and
they would get their cotton picked.
But the K. K. K. refused to ride
because they know what happened
only one mile from where this land
lord lived in 1881. It marked the
first victory Of our Share Choppers
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-10-04
Some Landlords Are
Reported Giving In

Union.
We are going to fight to win our
demands and we are going to spread
the S. G. o., until every small
farmer and cropper unites with us
to fight for our liberation here in
the Black Belt. We are going to
stand out against bosses terror be-
cause the bosses were beating and
lynching us before the S. G. U. So
we know that it is not only the
union they hate, but the old hatred
Of the Negroes that has been taught
them from childhood. But we are
going to organize and fight for the
rights Of the poor whites as well.
When we go out to the large
plantations to hold meeting we
don't know If we will return alive
or not. If the least slip is made
to arouse the suspicion of stool
pigeons or some white who has not
become sympathetic with us, it
means that thugs or the boss him
self will surely find out our bust
ness on his plantation. These are
some Of the things the troopers
have to put up with, and yet they
do organization work. But we are
more determined than ever because
we know We have the Communist
Party to give us the correct leader
ship, the only Party that is with
the working class.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-10-04
PARTY LIFE
8 Months Of Experience
In York Of q Shop Nucleus
Wage of Week Workers Increased, Pay OF Negro
Worker Raised as Result of ActiUity

In 1888 a shop group was formed
of the few Party members employed
in this shop of 10 workers, who had
been continually resisting Or
ganization. Our objective was
to organize the entire shop.
AS result of our activi-
ties, we succeeded in improving
the conditions, to a certain extent.
Wages for the week workers were
increased from So to $14 per week.
Also due to the activities and in
huence Of the shop nucleus, the
wages of the Negro workers were
considerably increased. AS a direct
result of these activities, we gained
the confidence of the majority of
the workers in the shop, who de-
cided to join the Needle Trades
Workers Industrial Union, and
forced the boss to- officially recog-
nize the Industrial Union.
The nucleus was also successful
in bringing the face of the Party
to the workers, as for example, in
the Austrian situation, where the
workers stopped their toll for a few
hours and participated in a demon
stration against the bloody fascist
Dollfuss regime.
May First was discussed at the
shop meeting, and as a result of
this discussion, the workers stopped
work for a half day and demon
strated at Reybum Plaza. Fifty
copies of the Daily Worker were
sold in the shop, and two yearly
Saturday subs were secured. We are
selling the Daily in the shop every
day, and are also selling various
pamphlets.
The campaign for the freedom of
Ernst Thaelmann was also brought
into our shop by the shop nucleus.
Thirty-five protest cards were signed
and sent to the German embassy,
and many Thaelmann pamphlets
were sold.
During the knit goods strike sew
eral of the workers in the shop
actively participated and supported
the strike through contributions and
helping in the picket line.
We were successful in recruiting
two members into the Party.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-10-04
LOriIIGrd.
Packers See.
.RA Is Lie.
By a Worker Correspondent

BY a Worker Correspondent
LANCASTER, Pal have worked
at Lorillard's tobacco plant here for
over five years and always condi-
lions have been terrible, but never
so bad as now. They speed us up
by overlooking the boxes which are
supposed to contain 20 pounds.
About three months ago a govern
ment inspector weighed a typical
box and we don't know exactly
what he found, but we do know
that for a short time the boxes
were much lighter. Most of the
girls had been getting less than
$3.50 a week, composed of three
days, before the shutdown "for
repairs"
Mr.. Timothy Bean, the big boss,
read us letter about two months
ago which said that the rate per
box must not be less than so cents
a box, which was Is cents more
than we were getting.
Last week the plant re-opened on
d llNE-Qdy UdStS anu OHCl 4OO NGAS
not called back. We asked how
much we were going to get per box.
They beat around the bush and
said it would be figured out later
and so we expected not less than
so cents, based on the letter men
toned. When we got paid Friday
we found our envelopes contained
from $3.50 to $l1 instead of from
SIS to $1750 on the basis of SO
cents a box Inquiry developed
that the box rate was 35 cents. The
code says we would be paid not less
than IS cents an hour, which is
poor enough, but our pay was much
less than this.
The girls, many the sole supports
of their families, got up in a body
and refused to go on unless there
was an adjustment. Then we were
told that if we didn't like it there
were plenty outside who would work
for less, many handed their checks
in. but the bosses, Ray Erb and
Chalmers, told us to go back to
work, which few did. But we
aren't finished yet-we have just
begun to fight against this shame
full treatment of poor working
women.
A TOBACCO STRIPPER.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-10-04
By a Worker Correspondent

CAMP HILL, Ala.-The Landlords
claim I am the leader of the cotton
picking strike, and threaten to cut
me off the relief the last of the
month. Winter is coming and we
are without clothes and shoes. We
will soon be put out. The landlord
wants me to be out of our place by
January.
I want to send my children to
school, but they can't go because
they have no shoes or clothes, no
money to buy books. My wife is in
pregnancy and I haven't got suff-
Gent bed things.
The houses where the negroes live
are all rotting away and the land
lord won't furnish a plank to fix
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-10-04
Trials Due
In Lowell
Saturday
By a Worker CORRESPONDENT


LOWELL, Mass.-Sat.. Oct. s. is
known in Lowell as Red Satur-
day" That is the expression used
in the local mill-oWner's press to
designate the day wherein the
militant workers who were ar
rested during the textile strike will
be hauled into court to face
charge of assault and battery on
loyal workers" disturbing the
peace, and disturbing peaceful
meetings.
First is Sam Harzigian, fighting
worker who was arrested three
times for exposing the sellout Of
Molloy and Kelley, A. F. of L., and
Cote and Charette, misleaderS of
the Independent Textile workers
Protective Union of Lowell.
Next is Sam Vaitses, another mil
liant worker who was arrested in
the Lowell Memorial Auditorium,
when he protested against Cor
mans sell-out policy at a mass
meeting held by the U. T. w. fake
leaders,
Burr, a Daily Worker salesman,
was arrested for disturbing the
peace when he shouted Buy the
Daily Worker!"
Phillips, another worker, was
arrested for distributing leaflets
without first obtaining permission
from the Mayor.
Every one is urged to send pro-
tests to Judge Fisher, Court House,
Hurd st., Lowell, Mass, and to
Mayor Bruin Of Lowell, who gave
$25 to the strikers relief commit
tee Che's running for representa-
tive in the present election cam
paign) and then ordered his po-
lice force to terrorize the militant
workers who will not submit to the
most brazen sell-out in the history
of the American working class.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-10-04

Mary Himoff, candidate for State
Treasurer of Michigan, is some
what over Is years old Member
of Y. C. L. since 1927; joined Party
in 1928 during miners strike in
Pittsburgh Sent to strike as or
ganizer of children and youth. Was
Ma ional Pioneer Director January
to June, 1890; elected to National
Executive Committee of Y. G. L.,
remaining until 7th National Con-
vention, 1894, then graduating into
Party. Worked following year in
Detroit as organizer of N. y. C.;
also helped organize Young Liberia
tors. Again went to Pittsburgh,
during miners strike, as youth Or
ganizer. Taught school of miners
and young workers. August to No
vernber, 1888, toured Western States
on Youth Tour for Foster and Ford.
To Detroit in 1898, to take part in
auto strikes. Helped organize big
Youth Relief Conference in Detroit
in April.
Mary has worked, between school
sessions and revolutionary activi-
ties, in offices, light industry, fac
tories, big department stores, paper
box factories, laundry and res
taurant.
Mrs. Josephine Phillips
Another woman on the Commu-
mist ticket in Michigan is Mrs.
Josephine Phillips, candidate for
State Representative, District 81,
NIuskegon County She's %, lived,
as child, with parents on farms
or in small rural towns of Michi-
gan, attending both parochial and
public schools. Joined I. L. D. in
1881, as charter member; did
executive work; organized branch
in Muskegon Heights. Joined G. P.
end of 1881.
Organized relief workers a n d
carried on struggles which led to
raise in relief and changing of Of
ficials. Muskegon Township was
Gu from all welfare, and Mrs.
Phillips then helped organize relief
workers; a solid relief workers
strike was organized. and through
their militant struggle they forced
emergency orders to be given out
and $50 families to be placed back
on the welfare list.
During recent strikes at Camp
bell, Wyant and Cannon Foundry,
and Prosperity Laundry she took
an active part. In 1888 she helped
to organize the Working Women's
Educational Club of Muskegon,
Mich, Of which she is vice presi-
dent. Represented this club at the
Congress Against War and Fas-
cisrn Is wife of a steel worker and
has four children.
Note of Correction
'Dear Comrade:
For the sake of accuracy I
would like to call your attention to
the following: I am not the author
of Homeless YOUTH a very ex-
cellent little booklet written by a
young worker, Dave Doran, and
which every one should read. There
is no pamphlet entitled 'Scottsboro
Mothers with which you have cred
tied me. However I did write the
first article appearing in the Daily
Worker dealing with the Scottsboro
mothers and the thousands of
Scottsboro mothers throughout the
South.
1 also wrote the first story of the
homeless youth, which appeared in
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-10-04
FOR A POWERFUL WORKING
CLASS PAPER
New York. N. Y

new YORK, N. Y.
Dear Comrade:
have a suggestion to make
which I think will be very helpful
to our wonderful paper and our
great cause, and trust that YOU
will print this letter:
If every Party member, every
Sympathizer, every militant worker
who reads the Daily Worker, would
buy at least two or three copies
every day and pass them on to
their friends or shopmates, the cir
culation of the Daily" would i'm
mediately increase very rapidly,
and at the same time help spread
the message of Communism.
1 buy five or six copies every day
and pass them around to my
friends or leave some on subway
trains or other places where the
average worker is bound to pick it
up. Every comrade should con-
slider it his duty to do the same
thing, which would only cost him
a few extra pennies a day, and by
so doing, we would have circula-
ton of a million in short time
Cannot the comrades realize that
with a large circulation daily, we
would have no difficulty in reach
ing the great masses who are not
yet enlightened about the class
struggle.
What do you say, comrades! We
have no time to lose. Let's get busy
and do our bit. We are not all
gifted with making speeches il
public, so let us at least build g
powerful working class paper that
can talk for us to hundreds Of
thousands Of workers every day. Il
costs so little to buy a few extra
copies daily, and yet we can &C.
complish so much if the average
worker begins to read our paper
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-10-04

ers not knowing about it. I sug-
gested that every one go to work
until noon, then call every one to-
gether, and vote strike or not, 60
ing by majority rule.
At noon I went through the field
shouting to meet Immediately at
camp to vote strike or not. We
went on strike 95 per cent. We
elected strike committee to meet
with Gouley & Son, demanding
$1.5O per 100 pounds and so cents
raise per day for yard help. Pick
cts notified Gouley's friends and
neighbors of the strike, inviting
them to join us, and made them
stop work.
AS chairman, I was arrested and
handcuffed for refusing to get off
the place, and for being a so-called
agitator The strikers put up such
fuss and protest that was re-
leased. Showing that mass press
ure will do)
After lot of argument Gouley
finally agreed to pay $1.35 per 100
pounds with no bonus, and 25 cents
day more to the yard help.
He tried to intimidate the chair
man to exert his influence on the
workers by recommending that they
accept this decision of the boss, but
I refused to do this. Instead I put
it up to the workers in the form o.
an offer from the boss and asked
What do you want to do with it.
The motion was made and Sec
onded and carried in a vote to &C.
cept. A cheer went up. The strike
was over three hours after i
started.
Our previous rate of pay had beer
81 and 100 pounds, plus 20 cent
bonus, yard help $3.50 per day.
H. S. MacKAY.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-10-04
ANSWERS To QUESTIONS
Acne

L. L. BrOnx.-The treatment for
Acne, which is the name Of the con-
dition you have on your back, was
described in one of the first New
Health Columns. Briefly, do not eat
sweets; cultivate normal bowel hab-
It's, apply lotto alba, which can be
gotten in the drug store, twice a day
till the skin peels, then after rest,
apply again. Keep your skin clean
by bathing frequently, using the
wash cloth vigorously. If the sores
are very large or have many yellow
heads, you should see a doctor about
it, for it will require more COM
plieated treatment than that here
described.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-10-04
OUR STRANGE" WORDS

washington, II. y.
Dear Comrade Editor:
The cartoon THE Chinese Wall"
and two letters signed by R. w. and
w. A. w. published Sept. 9th, bring
up an important question. 1t is
my opinion that our problem is one
of Interpretation. We must realize
that such strange" words as so
vie t." "proletariat," bourgeois. "
"jingoistic," ETC., are our diamond
edged tools. When they are used
frequently and explained to the
masses at every turn they rip the
illusions which have been built up
in the minds of the masses over a
long period, into Shreds.
What we must show is that the
strange" words, and long awk-
ward" sentences are not the mere
inventions of hacks and idle twad-
dlers, but that they are 'interna-
tionalized" words, which have a
definite meaning which the capt.
talist class cannot, regardless oil
their many maneUvers, corrupt
twist and distort into all sorts OF
meanings. One hour in any So
called court of justice will convince
any comrade, any worker, thai
simple" words are twisted into {
multitude of strange word mean.
ings. 1t will also be obvious or
the other hand that they stay away
from OUR strange" words. They
know full well that revolutionar,
words and phrases have definite
/ meanings which are poison to them
We must get on the job now anC
steel the masses with our Strange
words. Tell them, show them, ex
plain to them what they mean. Ant
remember, they have only on
meaning-not a dozen.
j. T. o.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-10-04
HOUSES ROTITVC AWAY

them up. Our well too is in bad
condition and is causing many ILL
nesses on account of it's filthiness.
They tell us they're not able to fix
our wells and houses but are able to
get money for their own homes in
order to live comfortably. They can
buy fine cars and tires, eat plenty
and live in beautiful homes, while
we who have to do all the work live
in rotting houses and only get suf-
fering for pay.
In spite of all the terror and
fascism existing we are going to
build this organization, the Com
munist Party, the only party that
fights for the workers. I hope all
workers throughout the world will
join the Communist Party and help
build the organizations.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-10-04
In THE HON E
Michigan Candidates
BY HELEN LUX

the Daily Worker, recording ma
terial on the subject which was
later used by other comrades. This
probably accounts for your natural
error in referring to reports on
Scottsboro mothers and homeless
youth. The I. L. D., by the way,
has a variety of pamphlets on the
Scottsboro case which should be
widely popularized; the latest is
entitled, Mr.. President, Free the
Scottsboro Boys by Richard
Moore.
"Comradely,
SADIE VAN VEEN."
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-10-04
Eczema in Children

n. T., New YOrk-Although most
physicians believe that food pro-
teins" usually cause eczema, yet re-
moval Of the offending food or foods
from the diet does not always cure
it. eve shall not go into the rea-
sons for this.) Many eczematous
children are likely to give positive
skin tests TO proteins, usually food
proteins. These tests have been
widely used, but they are not often
successful. The interpretation of
these tests requires extensive ex-
perience.
Since your child has had eczema
only during the last two years, had
you added any new food to the diet
shortly before the eczema occurred?
If you did, do not give these foods
and see the effects Of this. # the
eczema disappears, then add one
food at time at monthly periods
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-10-04
Hop Pickers
Yin Strike in
Hopn'ere, Ore.
By a Worker Correspondent

BY a worker Correspondent
TIGARD, Ore.-For over a week
we hop pickers at work on Homer
Gouley's Yard at Hopmere, Ore,
dragged along, each probably like
myself, hoping some one would
start a strike. CAS- I'd never been
in a strike I wanted to see how it
was done, little thinking that I
would lead this oneD
Saturday morning, Sept. 7, as 1
was about to go to work COM
rade came along and told about the
strike at independence and that we
were to strike this morning.
I realized how poorly organized
we were to strike, with all the work
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-10-04
COTTON PICKERS HOLD OUT SOLID FOR DEMAND
WORKERS HEALTH
Conducted by the
Daily Worker Medical Advisory Board

and see which one is responsible
The food or foods which bring on
the rash should be excluded from
the diet.
In addition to the above, use
skinned milk or buttermilk instead
Of milk; no cream or fat or Old, Do
not overfeed the child, if that is
possible nowadays.
To the rash, apply Crude Coal Tar
SalVe five per cent every day, wash
ing Off the previous application with
Mineral Oil. Be sure to keep this
salve out Of his eyes. Do not use
water on the rash. If necessary
rive him a bath only once a week
and then use bran water made by
putting bran in a piece Of cloth in
the form of a sack, the size of
fist and immersing the sack Of bran
in the water. string it we'll until
the water gets muddy.
We would caution against tying
the hands of the child as mothers
sometimes do to prevent scratching.
This has a very serious effect on
the mind Of the child. If some pro-
lection must be given, tie mittens
or stockings over the hands and
feet.
Contributions received to the
credit of the Medical Advisory
Board in its Socialist Competition
with Change the World" and
Harry Cannes in the Daily Worker
$50, 900 drive.
QnOta, 81 SEQ.
l.. PinkHSSG7 " So O0
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-10-04
Party Recruiting Drive

The Central Committee has writ
ten letter to every member Of the
Party, asking each one to try to
bring into the Party five workers,
who are closely associated with
them. This column wants letters
from Party members, from unit or
ganizers, particularly from the shop
nuclei, giving your experiences in
carrying on this recruiting. Let us
know now how many workers in
your shop are good prospects for
the Party, and how you are going
TO recruit them. We ask the Or
gar&Ber Of the unit which reports
its experiences today, and ste#es
that it's greatest shortcoming Is that
it has recruited an insufficient ns1n-
Der Of workers into the Party, 10
write as what it expects to do In
this recruiting campaign, and how
1t intends to do 1t. Let us know
how many members are in your shop
nucleus now-aTld how many new
members you intend to recruit.
New Party members: Write -
brief letters, telling why you joined
the Communist Party.
Comrades in the textile and ma
rine industries: What are you do
ing to recruit textile and marine
workers for the Communist Party?
What methods are you using? How
many are you recruiting? How are
you combating the Red Scare"
and bringing the Communist Party
to the workers.
Write letters to Party Life Column.
These experiences belong to the
Party.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-10-04

There would be no textile strikes
lost. There would be no Frisco
strikes lost. There would be no de-
feat of any kind with a Daily
Worker in the pocket of the average
toiler. s w
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-10-04
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