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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-03-13
Daily's Aid In
Aluminium
Strike Cited
COntrasted With Attack
By ALL, NRA, and
Boss Press
By An Aluminium Worker
Correspondent

NEW KENSINGTON, Pa.-Being
a worker of the Aluminium Co. here.
and being a member of our Local
No. 1886. was called out as you
probably know on March 1 for what
was, and still is termed, a holiday"
The reason we walked out was to
demand the check-off, better work
ing conditions and a general in
crease in wages. AS yet we have
reached no agreement on these def
mite demands.
I want to compliment you on
yur paper because it helped me to
get an inkling of what to expect
when the rank and file comes out
against the capitalists or the bosses.
Three days before the day of the
crisis was reached, with our ship
heading for a storm, our noble cap
tain, the president Of our local, de-
serted us and left us to face the
battle alone. And when we were out
on our holiday" the bosses turned
out all the possible power at their
command to get us to return.
I don't expect them to run in
strike-breakers here, as the greater
part Of the jobs in the mill are
either skilled or semi skilled. But
for their weapons they used the N
r. A. and the press to turn public
sentiment against lis and to divide
the workers. and the biggest weapon
they are using is the A. F. OF L.
Being an irregular reader of your
paper for the first six months. I
had been taking your news with a
grain Of salt, as it was practically
new to me, and 1t had to offset my
past 10 or IL years of reading the
capitalist press, which follows diff
ferent policy than yours. But I see
now that your paper not only gives
the people the true facts of the
past, but also enables them to be
able to look further. And, in clos
ing, might state that the pound
ings that we are receiving in this
strike, through the capitalist sys-
tenn using the N. r. A. and the A.
F. OF l. and the press as tools and
resorting to other trickeries, give
me just faint idea of Just what
your paper has to withstand TO
exist.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-03-13
Graft RObs Niota. Tenn.
CWA Workers of Jobs
by = Worker CORRESPONDENT


NIOTA, Tenn.-All C.W.A. work
ezs in McMinn County had a "hoh-
day" The C.wA. workers were
only allowed one day and one hour
in one week, on account of padded
payrolls.
The foreman has said that men
were on the payroll that were never
heard Of, and another man said
that men were drawing C.W.A.
money that had been dead four or
five years. The table factory at
Athens, Tenn, laid of nearly all
their hands, while the wooden mill
at Athens had been shut down for
several weeks.
But in the stone shops in Athens
where the molders went on strike
last summer, some of the molders
are making about the same money
as they did before the strike, and
the code has done them no good. The
A. F. Of L., however, got S. throw
to 30 with a union and come out
on a strike, and try to get them
back for the same old job and the
same pay, under the N.R.A.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-03-13
THE ADJUSTMENT SERVICE
PLACES" YOU
New York City.

New York City.
Because was tired OF being re.
minded everywhere of my failure
l decided, at last. to pay visit tx
that much-advertised adjustment
service. And, indeed, after enter.
ing its busy and up-to-date office al
II E. And St. I thought that il
might be different from other in.
stitutions that the exploiters con-
troll.
So I submitted to five hours OF
filling out number Of blanks. tell
ing what liked, what I didn't like,
what 1 thought, ETC., and tired N.Y.
self out on a variety of work tests.
One of their questions is: Are you a
Communist? Of course. answered
yes. Ninety mine per cent of my ex-
pectations from this bureau disap-
peared from my mind.
l decided, therefore, to least get
a medical examination, consulting
the doctor, with the result that he
found me perfectly O.K.-thought
I had skin trouble.
After returning several times. I
was told by my advisor the ire
mendous reason that had prevented
my success"
you seem to be good for a
teacher" he said.
Now, the adjustment service claims
that it may help ito find oppor-
tunities to add new skills that are
in connection with and necessary in
ones work"-and so I was in
structed to see Mr.. White about a
job. On my application I stated
that I was a clerk.)
WELL he said, there are some
addresses Of restaurants. I've heard
Of the great labor turnover in them
and perhaps you might get some
thing"
Summary: The adjustment bu-
reau made very clear to me what I
want: I want to be COMMUNIST!
M. T.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-03-13
HOW TO EDUCATE AND TRAIN
WORKERS INTO LEADERS


We are publishing another ques-
ton and answer from the pamphlet,
Tactical and Organizational CUES
lions of the Communist Parties of
India and Indo China" by Com
rade Orgwald. We cannot empha-
size too emphatically the necessity
of every functionary of the Party
possessing and studying this PAM
phlet, which contains many ques-
tions, which are Of the greatest i'm
portance for our Party also. The
Central Committee is prepared TO
supply this pamphlet to all Party
functionaries for 10c postpaid. Dis
tricts and Sections should send
their orders at once, as the supply
is limited.
Question: How did the Boil
shevIks educated and train the
workers into leaders and what is
the best means to prevent the
leaders booming separated from
the masses in the Party and in
the trade unions?
Answer: Here are two questions,
which, however, can be COM
bined. There is no such factory
for turning workers into leaders.
But II the workers work well, some
Of them will develop into prac-
tlcal organizers, pTopagandists
and writer's. The Party orgam-
zation must place these working
class members of the Party in
such conditions Of work that will
not lead to their premature ar
rest. But do not suggest that
one should evade arrest II such
evasion is harmful to the neces-
sary work. For instance, suppose
it Is necessary for some of them
to speak at big meeting where
there Is a possibility OF having
the Party line carried and win
ming over the workers. In such
a case one should take the
risk and be prepared to 60 to
prison for a while, and upon
leaving prison to start work again.
II is necessary to send these
workingmen to apply themselves
to all the branches of Party and
trade union work. 1t Is necessary
to learn how to put questions
properly to choose rapidly and
correctly the right m0ment, to
correct the line in good time, 10
write q good article,-gOOd not In
the sense of style, although good
style wouldn't be a bad thing
either-but in the sense that the
questions in the article are put
In proper way so that they are
quite plain to the workers. They
should work all the time among
the masses. They should be made
to understand that they must
have an ear for what the masses
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-03-13

the club only to have the wool
pulled over their eyes.
The Forty and Over Club" Is an
other fake. The object of this fake
is to abolish the Workmen'S Com
pensation Law! They kid the men,
bers that when the Compensation
Law is abolished or transferred to
the state, men over 40 years will be
employed. Where is the guarantee?
Pass the Workers Social and IN
employed Insurance Bill, and there
will be no necessity or even excuse
for the assistance Of these groups
Of takers!
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-03-13
By a Worker Correspondent

ST. LOUIS, Mo-The hospitals
of st. Louis some time ago sent
representatives to Washington pro-
testing against the N.R.A. inter-
fering in the operation and work
ing conditions Of these institutions.
and asked that no code be drawn
up regarding these work houses.
Through the generosity of John
son and the NR.A. board these
institutions were exempted.
The fact Of the matter is these
hospitals do not even abide by the
state law governing the hours of
labor for women, which is supposed
to be nine hours a day or 54 hours
a week. These institutions work
women 10 and u hours a day and
get away with it, from the mere
fact that these poor slaves are
afraid to protest or complain; fear
ing and knowing they will lose their
jobs A woman worker Just recently
was fired from one Of these hos
pitfalls because she complained Of
the long hours, which constituted
10 and IL hours a day, and she had
stood this condition for a year. Her
wages were SIS per month, and one
half day off in seven.
Missouri Baptist Hospital
One Of these hospitals, the Mis-
souri, Baptist on Taylor Ave. has
reduced wages to a genuine star
walton and peonage point, paying
painters s35 per month. firemen
s36 per month, maintenance men
$40, laundry workers some s24 per
month. maids s24 per month. de-
livery boys $40 per month. orderlies
$40 per month, housemen $40 per
month. mattresses SIS per month,
diet kitchen women SIS per month.
The wages Of all kitchen and office
help compare closely to the above.
The student nurses are paid IS
month after spending about four
months free gratis, and are worked
like mules. These nurses are put
on II hour shifts many times, when
there is no protest, and many of
them are worked to the point of
exhaustion, and then carried off to
the charity division and put to bed
under a doctors care in order to
get them back on their feet again.
Now with these low wages these
workers are askd by this institution
and the United Relief organiza-
tons to contribute per cent of
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-03-13
.MObiliZing
Big Detroit
Spy-Systen
Bosses Intensity Their
Attack by Firing
Shop Stewards
BY An Auto Worker Correspondent

BY An Auto Worker Correspondent
DETROIT, Mich.-Just as the
production workers in the auto fac
tories began an intensive drive to
organize, the big auto interests
come out boldly and openly to
counteract the union movement by
inaugurating a spy system on a
grand scale
Victimizstion OF union men and
discharging Of shop stewards has
been going on freely in the large
auto plants Of Detroit, Flint, Pom
tiac and Toledo area. n is high
time that the officials Of the Me-
chanics' Educational Society Of
America, Auto Workers Union, A.
F. Of L., ETC., took the bull by the
horns and compelled the auto
plants to honor the shop stewards
authority.
A trade union is not meant to be
a mere office where monthly dues
are received. 1t must guarantee
protection to its aggrieved men,
bers, by taking aggressive steps
against the auto plants and stamp
out the spy system.
Job shops are also very frequent
offenders. The Blwood Tool and
Machine Co. discharged its shop
steward and arrogantly told him
that they simply won't stand for
any OF his union nonsense" The
Electro Master, Inc, 1901 Atwater
St.. discharged Ms shop steward
after formal agreement to 40
hour week had been concluded. The
foreman at this shop, Dan Brennan,
who is a member OF the Flint local
Of the NJ. z. S. OF A.. openly defied
the union. The membership Of a
stool pigeon OF this type should be
cancelled at once and he ought to
be barred from any connection with
the union in the future.
The Wolvering Tool Co. Is an
other slave shop where union men
are fired and terrible speed-up
maintained. Some men are known
to run two machines at one time.
The Fitzsimmons Mfg. Co. has been
in the habit Of discharging union
men for the slightest cause. Tool
and diemakers at this slave joint are
required to run around at q dizzy
pace. This is one OF the most I'M
reasonable shops in town. Both
workers and officials must back up
the shop stewards! Their efforts
and devotion must be appreciated
great deal more than has been
shown in the past.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-03-13
Republic Steel Worker
Tells Why He Was Fired
by a Steel Worker Correspondent

by a Steel Worker Correspondent
CHICAGO, I'LL started working
at the Republic Steel Co. plant at
18th St., Chicago, on May IS, 1924,
as a bricK1ayer's helper, helping
three bricklayers. 1t was not so bad
during the first years, but the last
5 years the company had in the
service stool pigeons and all kinds
of spies; the bosses of the different
departments acting as slave-drivers.
January II, while I was working
supplying my three bricklayers.
standing waiting for their orders of
what they wanted, George johnson
came over with "You son of
bitchl What the hell you waiting
for? Move on or get the hell out
of here!" threatening to strike me
with mis- fist. This gentleman got
his medicine with final Knockout.
When I got him down, his brother
hauled on the back Of my neck, pull
ing back.
After three days I was laid of.
The only thing that we workers
need is to organize into such a
strong union and force the bosses
and their tools out and make them
accept our demands.
The shop committee, when was
fired, did not take any action on
my case. Let's go, workers, and form
union such as the Sheet and
Metal Workers Industrial Union,
which represents the workers.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-03-13
PARTY LIFE
HOw to Train Workers for
Leading Posts in the Party
Pamphlet by COmrade Org,O0ld Should Be
Studied by Party FunctiOnGries

say. But they should not always
do what the masses propose. On
the contrary, they should ted the
masses what the masses have to
do. Then real leaders will arise
from the workers themselves
With such workers the Party and
trade union organizations will not
be isolated from the broad masses,
and there will be no separation Of
the leaders from the mass Of
workers. Then the problems
which you now raise, namely 70
prevent such separation, WI
cease to exist.
One cannot make a leader out
of a worker who is class conscious
and analyses events, but fights
shy of work. The Russian Boil
sheYiks had school that turned
workingmen into leaders. At tbs
time of strikes, demonstrations,
meetings, distribution Of Htera-
ture, and so on, the WORKERS would
fall into the hands of the police
who usually beat them up and
threw them into jail. There the
workers would meet experienced
BOlsheviks who would give them
a bit of their mind and some
times even teach them to read
and write. And the workers woald
come out Of prison, or u sent Into
exile, return from exile, having
acquired some knowledge. senae-
times quite . good deal Of knowi-
edge, In addition to the experience
which they had prior to their a.
rest. With such an equipment
they woHld take up revoIw&iOnaEy
work. These were the elements
which produced woFkingmen lead
ers who bore the brunt Of the
fight waged by the BOAshepzk
Russian Social Democratic Labor
Party, later the Russian Comma
mist Party, and who took part In
and organised the October Rev
olution. Some of them are now
In leading positions in the Soviet
economic, Party, trade union, and
kOlkhoz institutions engaged IN the
work Of socialist construction; We
see the same In other countries"
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-03-13
ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
Lydia E. Pinkham Vegetable Com
pound

ANSWERS III QUESTlONS
Lydia e. Pinkham Vegetable Com
pound
Mary P, Canton, O.-Shades of
Lydia Pinkham! 1t does not seem
possible that people are still dosing
themselves with this nostrum, and
yet here you are asking us whether
you are doing the right thing by
using Lydia E. Pinkham Vegetable
Compound. Way back in 1906,
Samuel Hopkins Adams exposed the
notorious fake in the series, The
American Fraud" in Golfers. At
that time it was shown that the
only active principle in the Pinkham
fake was alcohol. It contains almost
10 per cent alcohol and the benefit
that the women who were induced
to use it thought that they we're OBJ
tanning was entirely due to its alco-
hol content which gives the par
taker of it mild alcoholic jag.
Many a woman has become a
chronic topper by becoming addicted
to the Pinkham bottle. This quack
remedy which is supposed to be a
sure cure for falling of the womb,
leucorrhea, Inflammation and ulcer
alton of the womb, diseases of the
bladder, painful menstruation, dis
eases of the ovaries, uterine tumor,
and for all female ailments and af-
fections, as well as the prevention
of miscarriage, has been found to
have been falsely and fraudulently
labelled, way back in 1918 when the
Pinkham Co. was fined $50. For
years the women were writing let
tiers to the mythical Mrs. Pinkham
thinking that they we're receiving
individual and personal attention by
one of their own sex. 1t was shown
several times that Lydia Pinkham
died in the eighteen-ei The
Mrs. Pinkham to whom the adver-
tisement directed the inquiries was
the daughter-in-law of the original
Mrs. Pinkham and took no active
pau Al dllc wei lAl5 bAlO OOll CcpOll-
dence. This was done by a ten
dollar a week typewriting girl.
Later the company was forced to
direct inquirers to the Lydia E.
Pinkham Medicine Co.
Our advice is that you stop TAX
ing this nostrum. 1t is of no use
whatsoever in mtny of the ailments
that it is advertised to cure or pre-
vent. The original Lydia E. Pink
ham Is said to have died of one of
the ailments for which the Vegetable
Compound is so persistently recon-
mended. When you buy this So
called remedy, you are not getting
anything else but strong alcoholic
solution. You can do better by buy
ing a bottle of wine. This is more
palatable and will give you the same
effects as the so-called Vegetable
Compound. If you have been taking
the Lydia E. Pinkham Vegetable
Compound for any length of time,
we are not surprised that it is hard
for you to give it up. You have
simply become accustomed to TAX
ing an alcoholic drink. No doubt
you feel a certain amount Of ex-
hilaration and a slight temporary
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-03-13
Letters from Our Readers

scrlbed, think it is significant that
when Arthur Garfield HAYS men
toned the names of George Dimi-
trof and Ernst Torgler, his words
were greeted with loud and warm
applause from many sections of the
house. Hays, speaking as IAN eve
witness" took a generally liberal and
negative position throughout his
speech, but he could not fail 10
admit the brilliant fight that the
Communist leaders carried on
against the Nazis in the courtroom
at Leipzig.
I quote his words, which a
stenographer- friend took down ver
batim at the meeting:
Whether or not the Nazis set
fire to the Reichstag lin these words
you have the typical liberal and
fair" attitude of this bourgeois
lawyer, they cannot deny that with
all the power of the terror they
failed to show the completely of
anyone else; that they Immediately
took advantage of the arson and
we're the sole benef1ciaries of it.
Worse still, however, in order to
justify their earlier lying claims in
the official press, they charged Ernst
Torgler, George Dfmitroff and two
other Bulgarians cloud and pro-
longed applause with having con-
spired with van der Lubbe to set
the fire. The brilliant defense of
Dimitroff, who refused to accent
representation by Nazi counsel, will
stand out as a landmark of legal
history. Dimitroff was magnificent!
BY pure moral force, alone among
his enemies, he put the court, the
Nazi prosecutors and audience COM
pletely on the defensive. On one
occasion when he denied connection
with the bombing of the Sofia
cathedral in 1925, turning souareIy
away from the judges and to the
Nazi audience, Dimitroff acclaimed,
That was a provocation act ar
ranged to throw blame on the Com
munists. Those things sometimes
happen in Germany These men.
for months kept in chains and sub
jected to the mental torture of the
constant threat of death, were treat
ed as criminals even after acquittal.
Ernst Torgler still remains in a
concentration camp, the victim of
Nazi fury and lies"
The very applause that greeted
these words proved that the work
ing class part of the audience recog-
nized who were the real fighters and
the real leaders of the struggle
against German fascism-the Com
munist Party, and it's heroic repre-
sentatives who underwent the tor
lures of the Nazis undaunted, and
who emerged to expose the bestial-
ity and reaction of the Nazis to all
corners of the world.
Baldwin, of the Civil Liberties
Union, who not so long ago was in
typical and liberal fashion demand
ing the civil rights" of Nazis in
this country to hold meetings, was
also forced to admit the difference
between the Nazi dictatorship and
the proletarian dictatorship in the
Soviet Union. Fascist Germany, he
said, unlike the Soviet Union, offers
mo economic freedom to the masses,
no abolition of exploiting classes, no
freedom for national minorities, no
larger education for youth, no
progress to greater liberties
Aside from these two errors of
omission, the Daily Workers re-
port was essentially accurate and
complete.
Comradely yours,
w. T.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-03-13
American Can Co. Adds
Four Guards to Stop
lie a FL ct Distribution
lBy . WORKER COrrespondentl

by a Worker Correspondent
CHICAGO, nl.-Four weeks ago
I passed out some leaflets on the
inside of the shop Of the American
Can Co., were I work.
The bosses did not know how
the leaflets got in and ever since
they have placed four additional
guards at the gate to look out for
more leaflets.
This shows how the bosses fear
the Communist message to their
workers. But they won't stop the
leaflets from getting in.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-03-13
NOTE

We publish letters from steel,
metal and auto workers every
Tuesday. We urge workers in
these industries to write us of
their working conditions and of
their efforts to organize. Please
get the letters to us by Friday of
each week.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-03-13

Send us names of those you
know who are not readers of the
Daily Worker but who would be
interested in reading It. Address:
Daily Worker, so E. 18th St., New
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-03-13
THE 'ANTI-HITLER MEETING
AT MADISON SO. GARDEN

Editor, Daily Worker.
Dear Comrade:
There were several aspects of the
Madison Square Garden mock
triaI' Of Hitler which were not ade-
quately treated by Edwin Rolfe in
his report of the meeting on Fri
day. I refer. particularly. to the
speeches of Arthur Garfield Hays
and Roger Baldwin.
While I agree that the general
purpose and spirit Of the meeting
was such as Cornrade Rolfe de-
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-03-13
Can You Make En-
Yourself?

Pattern 1894 is available in sizes
II, IA, IS, 10, 20, 30, 80, "a, So, SO
and 40. Size 16 takes 37s yards 80
inch fabric and II yard contrast
ing.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-03-13
starves On Job

Dear Editor:
A lady worked for about three
months in New Rochelle told me
her husband had eggs and bacons
for breakfast and she had only
orange juice while could have only
black coffee. At lunch time she
had it all figured out-one baked
potato and some canned sardines.
For supper we couldn't have meat
just some left over vegetables. Every
single day I had the same food. So
one Thursday I was so hungry 1
went to the ice box and took out
a chop which I started to fry. She
rushed into the kitchen and
shouted, Martha, what are you do
ing? I don't buy meat for you.
Only my husband has meat in this
house"
I said, But I do heavy work and
I get hungry. I have to have a
meal sometime
Don't talk to me so fresh" she
said. I'll call cop" She did and
he came with a police wagon. But
when I told him only wanted
something to eat he went away.
A DOMESTIC WORKER.
Dear Editor:
A colored girl migrated from a
white family in the South to rela-
tives of that family in New York
and this family took her away to
the suburbs of New York where
bungalows are equipped with only
one toilet that the girl was strictly
barred from using. She had to
walk about one mile away from the
bungalow to the woods whenever
she needed TO go to the bathroom
II. E.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-03-13
Detroit ReactiOnary
Club Fights Against
Compensation Law
BY a worker correspondent

DETROIT, Mich.-The forward
movement of labor in Detroit is be-
ing strangled by the political takers.
The Forgotten Mans Club is the
happy hunting ground OF the takers.
Workers seeking the light flock to