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The Washington times., 1934-02-26

Here are some new little club
members, enrolled by Josephine
Abbate, of Capitol Heights, Md:
Joseph Abbate, age II, March
IS.
Dorothy Hayden, age 9, OctO-
Der 80.
Marie Hayden, age 8, January
20.
Josephine tells us that we mis-
spelled her name when we pub
lished it originally in the col
umn. We hope we have it cor
rectly this time. We ought be-
cause she spelled it out for ug
very carefully.
She sent us couple of little
pictures, one of her brother, Jo'
seph, and one of herself, which
we will publish in the column
some day this week.
Josephine is IL years old and
her birthday anniversary -
FEBRUARY 4.
Loueua Fox, 500 Lamont st.
N. w.
81 wish to thank you for the
tickets to see "Old Fashioned
Girl" 1 certainly did enjoy IL
and so did my brother.
"When we came home, we told
my mother all about the play
and she said, she wished she
could have seen it too.
eve have a library in my
school and I was lucky enough
to get the book of "Old Fash.
Toned Girl" 1 hope 1 will enjoy
reading it,"
Bessie Krithis, GLIB Newton Fl
N. w.;
81 am sorry 1 haven't had
time to write to you before this.
Thanks so much for the card
you sent me. 1 have two new
members. They are Cleo PSira.
613 Newton Pl. N. w., and Ca
Hope Psira, same address. /
hope my letter will be in the
PAPER"
The Washington times., 1934-02-26
Long Train

A grand evening frock Of
steel gray satin has a long train
which can he hooked up in back,
or swirled around and attach
ed to the waist in front when
not III use. The train is ruff
fled and lined with green satin
to match the very narrow Shout
der straps.
The Washington times., 1934-02-26
Informal

A new costume for informal
dining is a high-necked gown
Of black satin has a train and
is worn with a full three-quarter
length cape Of the satin with a
silver fox collar which falls like
q cowl in back. A tiny tiara
hat of black satin is worn
with this outfit.
The Washington times., 1934-02-26
CONGRATULATIONS

Birthday anniversaries are BE-
ing celebrated today by the FOL"
lowing members: Margaret
Janet, 913 H st. N. w.; Ruth
Kirtsher, Mt. Wilson, Md; Ma
rion Kunowsky, 211 Massachu'
sets Ave. N. w.; Dorothy Red
mond, East Riverdale, Nd:
Florence Simon (no address,:
Bobby Bragunier, Indian Head
Md; Charlotte H. Lindquist, JeE
sups, Md; Ruby Strickl, Bal"
louisville, Va, and Sharon June
Bass, 9O1 Four and One.Half st.
S. w.
Many happy returns Of the
day.
The Washington times., 1934-02-26

"ONE OF our Capitol Heights,
Md. members is Joseph Abbate,
whose picture we are publishing
above. He is a solemn young
ster judging from his picture
but we suspect the picture 10
deceiving and that Joe'S serious
looks we're for Photographic
PURPOSES.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-06-11

can get to either the parade or
the mass meeting"
The mistake here lies in not
realizing that even though the
workers are not as yet prepared to
Down Tools on May Day" this
does not mean that we are not to
keep this slogan before the masses.
We must at all times convey the.
real meaning of May Day as day
of struggle by agitating Down
Tools" At the same time we make
our particular agitation concrete on
specific ills and issues of the work.
ers and we organize and mobilize
the workers for certain forms of
demonstrative actions parades,
meetings, short stoppages, etc., up
to the strike whenever possible.
However, we should never agitate
in way as to create a feeling of
impotency in the proletariat. 1t is
also incorrect to contrast the degree
of preparedness of the workers in
this epoch of Wars and Revolutions,
in the final stage of capitalism
when the question of proletarian
struggle for power is on the order
Of the day as the only salvation
for mankind, with the period when
capitalism was going ahead in its
development and a proletariat was
being formed as class. This is a
misleading as we'll as a discourage
ing comparison.
There are some good, short let
tiers from workers in The Mailer,
exposing conditions in the A. o.
Smith plant which could have been
used to advantage in raising vital
issues around which to fight. This
can also be stated with respect to
the three letters appearing in The
Delco Worker. In reply to the work.
ers' letters, the editor of The DeIco
Worker asks the workers to watch
for the June Bulletin, where a
special article on the union will ap-
pear"
Now the companys house organ
is called the Bulletin, while our
paper is called The Delco Worker
1t is in the latter paper, of course
that the article is to appear. But
we must be careful not to confuse
the workers by use Of loose appb-
cation Of names. We must refer to
the company paper as The Bulletin
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-06-11
Leader of Texas
AFL clearinghouse
Union Kills Strike
BY a Worker Correspondent

FORT WORTH, Tex.-Went to
packing house workers meeting last
night with hopes to see the strike
called, But the company-inspired
leaders of the local manipulated
the speeches in such a way that the
strike is postponed. In spite of the
plea from the Oklahoma workers
who are out 100 per cent.
Few copies of the Daily were sold
to members of the local-later one
of the leaders came out with the
red scare and asked for the discon-
tinuance of selling the Daily as
being contrary to the A. F. of L..
leadership. Then he went in and
told that he ran out three Com
munists. Later he came out and
made a remark that Communists
were yellow and towards, thinking
that none were present. But the
very man he spoke to as friend
replied: Watch what you are say
ing"
I asked him who he was talking
about. He said, Communists" I
began to talk, so he retreated into
a hall mumbling something in spite
of his size, being one-third larger
than me. So he proved to be a
coward himself.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-06-11

First. after the branches receive the
detailed document on the schools,
they should hold a discussion on
the schools in general and on the
possibilities of sending a student
to the school; preferably a young
worker who can help build Youth
or Children's Branch where there
are none, or will provide leadership
where they already exist. Second.
the branch should take steps to aid
in the financing of the Training
Schools. The school entails an ex-
pense Of large proportions. Every
branch with a membership under
rs shall be asked to contribute 81
to the schools, and those branches
with a larger membership to con-
tribute 50 or more.
Our present campaign to build
the English Section has brought US
about 1900 new members and over
10 new branches throughout the
country in dozens of cities where
heretofore we had no organization
at all. The average weekly increase
has been about 10. We have also
established basis for building the
Order among the Negroes in the
South. New Orleans, Birmingham.
Atlanta. Norfolk, Portsmouth and
Richmond have either one or more
branches or groups in Negro popu-
lated territories. About $50 Negro
members have been recruited dur
ing this campaign. These are
achievements which should not be
minimized. However, even q super
fetal analysis of the campaign
serves to take away a great deal
Of the optimism which these fig
ures may arouse, and disclose some
very serious shortcomings.
Our City Central Committees
have hardly made any attempt to
carry cut the principle of concen-
tration. In reviewing our previous
campaign we find that the very
best results were brought through
concentrated effort. Also concen-
tration means building where this
is politically most important.
However, it is gratifying to point
out that some improvement has
been felt very recently. There is
some life displayed both on the part
of some language sections as we'll
as City Central Committees. New
York, Chicago and Pittsburgh have
done we'll the last couple of weeks
We have still four weeks to go. A
great deal can be accomplished in
those weeks.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-06-11

tent, link up one question with an
other and to use is as a means of
teaching the workers what they are
to do, If this is not done, the worker
is often left with feeling of well
l know this, so what?" The work
ers must be taught not only in
theoretical manner, but also in
very practical way, how immedi-
ately to better their material con-
ditions. In other words, on the basis
of being able to link up the par
ticular with the general class in
terests and problems, we must show
the way ahead for the workers. Our
organizational directives accompany
ing such issues should be plain, and
easily understood.
The A. o. Smith Mailer must learn
to involve the interests of the Smith
workers with those of the auto and
steel industries generally of which
they are an integral part. The DeIco
Worker must be more conscious of
its role as an organ of the electrical
branch of not only the auto indus
try, but also of other industries that
manufacture materials of war.
The papers should be issued reg
ularly. Every effort should be made
to increase their circulation on.
self supporting basis. Discussion
among the workers should be en-
couraged and suggestions, criticism
as well as financial support should
be the object of discussion in every
issue as is done in an excellent be-
ginning in the A. o. Smith Mailer
in raising fearlessly the issue of dis
elimination against Negro workers
in that factory. This should be ac-
companied with organizational &C
tons in efforts to have Negroes
hired and to assist supporting move
ments among the workers.
We are confident that the future
issues of both papers, aided by the
higher Party committees, will be-
come valuable leaders and teachers
of the workers in their respective
plants.
NOTE: All inquiries and sug-
gestions in connection with Shop
Paper reviews should be addressed
to the National Agit-Prop Dept,
Communist Party, IS East 1sth
St, New York.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-06-11
BY a Worker Correspondent

DETROIT, Mich.-I know a man
who goes out in the morning hunt
ing from house to house, asking for
piece of bread for himself and
for his children who wait for him.
He worked for Ford in the Dear
born plant for many years, his job
being at the gas plant, on one of
the worst places all over the fac
tory. In 1880 the bank of Mr.. Vim
cent Giuliano closed its doors and
he lost all the money that he was
able to save during the years of
hard labor that he done at Ford.
From the shock that he had lost all
what he had saved he became sick,
and on account of his sickness he
was fired from Ford. Now after
he has been for "a years in Amer
lea, after so many years of hard
labor and sacrifices, he is compelled
to plead with tears in his eyes for
a piece of bread.
This is not the only case con-
corning this proved facist, Vincent
Giuliano. There are hundreds of
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-06-11

protected under Section Ia of the
N.R.A. code. If we believe the
N.R.A., workers are not only allowed
to organize in unions of their own
choosing, but they are encouraged
to do so. Those workers may have
believed the N.RA., and they have
believed in Wanamakers, but they
don't any more. They've lost their
jobs believing the bosses, now they
believe the union. The Office Work
ers Union is standing behind these
workers.
1t has organized a picket line,
and the picketers carry posters
saying the Wanamakers workers
have been fired for belonging to a
union. These picketers walk up and
down in front under the benign
blue eagle, in front of a line Of
cops and private detectives.
Mr., Schmertz, the legal advisor,
and Mr.. WilkenS, general manager,
come down and sit in the bus
terminal. They watch for customer
reaction and they get it. The
picketers, walking carefully around
their outstretched, well shod feet,
get the reaction, too. They are
almost surprised as Wilkens and
Schmertz at the quantity of it.
We'll go elsewhere" said one
young man to the girl he was with,
I'm union man myself" Did
Wanamakers do that? I'm charge
customer. I'll protest to the man
agement." I'm going to cancel my
orders, and I'll tell them why" Il
wish you girls luck" Il wish you
boys luck" and the picketers nodded
and smiled, and the Wanamaker
bosses just nodded.
After the store closed, the picket
erS took Off their signs and dis
tributed leaflets at the employees
exists. Detectives and officials stood
inside the employees exits, and told
the workers that they couldn't take
leaflets. One or two Of the work.
erS TOOK them anyway. A paSSerby,
not employed by the store, asked
one of the distributors what was up.
The distributor explained in very
loud voice, loud enough for the
workers to hear, and loud enough
for the dick to hear
The picket line is having results.
Wanamake spoke to union repre-
sentative. If these workers are re-
employed, and if the Union grows,
it wouldn't be because Section Ia
was written into the MIRA. code,
and it won't be because Wanamak-
ers have decided to give the work
ers a break, it will be because the
Office Workers Union stood behind
the workers,
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-06-11
BY a Worker Correspondent

DIES MONIES, Iowa. - THE
trouble is all over now, case dis
missed" By this slip of his tongue
did Judge Powers himself, expose
the frame-up nature Of the case
Of is workers charged with dis
turbing the peace" and "loahng and
lettering" They we're arrested at
the request of Harry Brady, local
president Of the Amalgamated Meat
Cutters and Butchers Workemen's
Union, for distributing leaflets Of
the Packing House unit Of the Com
munist Party, which called for
unity Of employed and unemployed,
the election of a rank and file
strike committee and the winning
of the two basic demands, a 10
per cent wage increase and full
union recognition. The strike, which
involved 700 Iowa Packing Co. "a
Swift subsidiary workers was sold
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-06-11

and to ours as The Delco Worker.
This is important.
In the statement on why the
Delco Worker?' no attention is
given to the role of the Party. ex-
cept for the fight for higher wages
to meet the rising cost of living"
and to give the workers a chance
to tell our foreman where to get
of, etc." In this respect the A. o.
Smith Mailer has a somewhat bet
ter statement on Who We Are
but then, it is too general, although
1t gives a good reason why we
named it the Mailer"
1t is necessary to take great care
to formulate ideas clearly if we are
to correctly convey our message to
the workers. A poorly formulated
article will weaken an otherwise
good idea and approach to ques-
ton. This holds good for cartoons
as well. Of course, it is difficult to
raise many points of criticism of
papers that appear only for the first
time, even though the need for do
ing so exists. But since there is no
previous basis for comparison. a
few general points may be in order
as guidance on the basis of what
can be observed in the first issues
of The Delco Worker and The A. o.
Smith Mailer, since the shortcom-
ings of both are so similar.
Exposure of conditions is neces-
sary because it is basic. But the
usual shortcomings consist of lack
of political and organizational SEN
sitiveness among our comrades, who
often fail to see the connection OF
one thing with another. They often
fail to visualize all the ramified
aspects of the simplest little factor
Of an exposure from the class in
terest of the proletariat. Thus, by
not linking up point of the eX-
posure with political class inter
probation the result is a detached
so-called impartial statement Of
fact which is characteristic of the
so-called objective and "disinter-
ested" reports of conditions made
by bourgeois liberal social service
workers or college professors.
A Communist shop paper shoulc
be able to seize upon such material
give 1t Interpretation, form and con.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-06-11
Mussolini Agents Prey on
Italian Colony in Detroit

Of the mother-country. He tells us
that today Italy under fascism is
changed. We know it. He does not
have to tell us about it. We re-
ceiye letters from our families and
we know what all the change
really is. This Mr.. Giuliano is not
alone. There are a whole lot of
those self-styled leaders of the
Italian colony.
There is Anthony Maiullo, a
criminal lawyer, who has given
many lectures on fescism and goes
to make speeches in every affair
that any Italian fraternal society
makes, and there he boasts that in
a few years he will make us wear
black shirts. Frank Bagnasco, a
suave-speaking man, undertaken by
profession, who talks all the time
of charity and universal love, who
boasts that he does not care for
himself, but works for the welfare
Of the poor people-but at the same
time, when some one dies, he wants
to be paid in advance before he
even sees the dead person, no mat
ter how poor the family may be,
even if they receive help from the
public welfare.
Andrea DeMaggio, a lawyer, who
wants to have all the Italian fra
ternal societies federated in one
group with him at the head, so he
could use the rank and file as
strikebreakers, as they did in the
Briggs strike in 1888
I could go on and make a long
list of them. But at the head of
them. We have now a newcomer
Giacomo Ungarelli, vice-consul, who
was sent here for the only pur-
pose to try by every means to con-
vert the Italians to fascism. He
went as far as to proposing to build
an italian House of Culture, to edu-
cate us on faScism. And for such
a purpose they are urging every
body to subscribe, saying hypocritic-
ally that working man who pays
dollar will have in this house
the same right as the rich man
who pays thousand.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-06-11

them. After the closing of his bank,
he paid some of the depositors. But
those who were paid were persons
of whom he was afraid. Then a
federal court came with the verdict
that he was forced to close his
bank on account of the depression
and was acquitted A few months
later he opened another place where
he publishes his ultra-fascist week
ly, ''The Italian Tribune of Amer
lea" an off-shot of the Progresso
Italo-Americano. He hypocritically
states that his paper has the sole
intention of unifying and educating
the Italians. But at the same time
he wants us to believe in the doc
trine of Mussolini. Those who
criticize him are marked as traitors
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-06-11
rCeMenOn Relief
observation-disclosures
LOngshOre Strike
By a Worker Correspondent

NEW ORLEANS, La. 80 A man
was arrested with three Negro wo-
men at the Food Depot. for asking
for food, namely a sack Of -four
They had asked at the Office of
the E. r. A. for food for days and
had been refused until they be-
came desperate enough to go to
the warehouse where ordinarily
there is stored at least a car load
of -four and meat. There we're
only few hundred Of these hungry
people that went to this warehouse.
and it is known that it was not
the people themselves that made
disturbance at this place. All they
did was to ask for the -four, and
the police was called. and five
squad cars of officers came and ar
rested the four people for the
simple reason that they wanted to
get a sack of flour so that they
might have some bread for their
wives and children.
The city of New Orleans is
spending more for gas and oil for
automobiles for the police than
they are for the relief of the starv-
ing. If there was more attention
paid to the needs of the people
there would be no need for such
large OUTLAWS of money for the use
of the police department.
The men on the Transient Relief
are being used as strike breakers,
and there is evidence that there is
a move afoot to use the men that
are receiving aid from the E. R. A.
for the same purpose. What
benefit if any will it be to the
country, or to the city of New
Orleans to break the strike of the
longShoremen with one crew of men
on the relief rolls. only to have to
replace them with those that have
been made helpless by those that
should help them. No one will
benefit by the acts of master strike
breakers, but the Steamship Com
panieS and a few of the politicians
whose pockets will be lined with
the blood money received for the
slaughter of the helpless, and the
imprisonment of the hungry.
In all disagreements between the
bosses and the workers, it is the
tactics Of the rulers to send their
gunner in to ferment strife and
to cause friction.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-06-11
A. f. of L. Leader Has
Workers Arrested for
Distributing Leaflets
Mobilization of Rank and File Against Frame-U Up
Forces Judge to Dismiss Case

out without these two demands be-
ing won.
The framed-up workers demand
ed and won a jury trial, but the
local takers were afraid of the eff
fects Of this, as the defendants
we're prepared to turn the trial into
an exposure and indictment Of the
A. F.. of L. misleaders and their
accessories, the police and courts
Many local workers have learned
from this struggle and the miser-
able attempt to raise a red scare"
has turned instead into a decided
increase in local working class in
terest in the Communist Party. par
ticularly from the ranks of the
A. F. Of L.
This was accomplished by a con-
sistent leaflet distribution to A. F.
of L. members, during the progress
of this frame-up and trial, care
fully explaining the Party's stand
and showing up the misleading tao
tics of the A. F. of L. officials.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-06-11
What Shall 1 Put On?

Some comrades have inquired
why we do not print only patterns
for garments such as workers
should wear"-work clothes, snocks,
aprons, etc. To answer this we
must explain that patterns are de-
signed and manufactured by COM
panies who serve a number of pub
locations in order to get a wide sale
for them. So, until the happy day
when the workers will dictate the
styles, too, we must make the best
use we can of the existent service.
Myself, I should like to see some
designs for summer suits, for three
quarter length linen coats, chill
dren's Gncluding small boys suits,
and shorts. Stacks, etc.
I've looked through the summer
catalogue for these items and find
some of them. For the benefit of
those who cannot afford the cata-
logue cit Is Is cents, or pattern and
catalogue both for a quarter, I'll
give the number for the shorts flor
women, for beach and sports year, /.
It's 1893, sizes II to 20. They have
inverted box pleats in front and
buttons at the side.
And AS for Our Progeny
Comrade parents in the New York
vicinity will welcome the news of
the annual opening Of -Chi-Ca
(Workers' Children's Camp, which
is conducted by the United Chill
oren's Camp Committee, the LID,
the L.S.N.R., the TWO, and nat
urally, the Pioneers.
I have a brochure outlining the
manner in which the children are
cared for, and the program of their
activities at the camp: sports,
swimming, gardening, dramatics,
arts and crafts, dancing, singing,
etc. are taught by specialists in
these fields. There is a medical
staff in attendance. The brochure
may be had by requesting it of the
above named Committee, at IS E.
18th ST., Room 500.
The rates at camp are quite reas-
onable-si3 for twa weeks, includ-