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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-01-06
Letters from,
Our Readers
BROKEN ENGLISH NO HANDICAP
TO A GOOD d. w. AGENT

PORTLAND, Me- wanted to tell
about the work Of Comrade Voy-
check. He is only three years in
this country, his English is poor, but
his courage and willingness is limit
less.
In two nights he went out with
the "Dailies," he gained four sub
scribers for the Saturday issue and
one for every day. He went into
an A. and P. store last Saturday
night, when it was packed with GUS
toners and approached the manager
to buy a Daily Worker. The man
ager that never saw a Communist
paper in his life, read aloud in amaze
ment, the heading, Communist Party
of U. S. A. Are you a Communist"
he exclaimed in surprise. To which
Voycheck answered: Sure, am
a worker" Il do not believe in Com
munism, but I'll buy your paper" the
manager said.
He approached a truck driver that
was looking for an address. The
driver started to argue against the
Communists. Good" said Voycheck,
"If you really want to find out why
the Communists do this and do not
do that, read the Daily Worker"
He is so honest and courageous,
that he simply cannot fail.
D. EINBINDER.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-01-06

times yes" II was a working woman
who rose from her seat in the court
room and said in broken English
Il believe in taking back furniture,
too. I demand justice today in my
case"
This case clearly proved that the
working mothers are willing and be-
ginning to realize that the only way
to improve conditions is through
militant struggle under the leader
ship of the Unemployed Councils,
and strict attention should be given
in drawing these women into all our
fights.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-01-06
Must Stick Together to
Defeat the Bosses and
the Thugs
By . Mlner Correspondent

PREMIER, W. Val don't know
IN about the Daily Worker myself,
every page I get I read every
II that IS printed In it. And it IS
-ssnly paper that could read from
-e first page to the last.
I talked lot here about how the
U.M.W.A. dealt with the miners in
Illinois. So here I am today, called
q non union lover. But I am union
lover to my whole life, If it's a right
kind Of q union.
The Mcdowell Co. miners are not
satisfied. But they were forced back
to work by starvation, and the talk OF
a few company suckers. This is wha,
Bitner was booed about. And two
thirds of the crowd would not listen
to him. wrote to you about the
vpte, before, when So voted work and
So no work
And after we went to work a week
or two later, Douglas came to talk
20 the local And he said he was
sorry that the contract was rotten
He said we could give our own con-
tract next April, so everyone agreed
with It,
And If the April contract is not
better, then look cut for Mcdowell Co.
Because it will be on strike and the
UM.W-A. officials will transport the
UM.W.A. gcabs in here, Just the same
as they did in Illinois. So now the
speakers say, don't split or divide, or
then We viii be at the mercy Of the
Baldwin Felts thugs again. So what
shall We DO? Shall we stay or cling to
the U.NT.W.A. machine, or what? If
it was up to me, I would know what
to do. And already the Progressive
union has taken hold at the Dry Fork
That is why organizers are saying
such speeches.
But comrades and fellow workers;
no matter what happens in Mcdowell
Co. next April we will all have to
stick together and stick to one union
regardless of name, whether in U. M
~. A. or Progressive union or N.MU
Ill have to join hands and
. %.Net alike and with united action
y E1Nss - beat down the operators, also
,e Shldwin Felts thugs.
<cywe gee that the Progressives have
tl.y right, then we all will have to
join hands with them, il the UI.W.A.
viii have the right course to strike,
we will all join to them Or if the
National Miners Union will be right
then we will join hands with them
Conditions here are verv bad. be-
cause here the coal is 3 feet and 3
feet 8 inches. and no difference in
price, 35.7 cents q ton. It is hard for
the coal leaders, Mr.. Bitner forgot
hem in his grand rotten contract.
I think there aren't enough readers
TO the Daily Worker around here. I
believe that We should get more Am
sricans to reacs the Daily Worker, and
we should get mors Negroes to read
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-01-06
N. Y. Painters Plan
Sharper Fight To
Gust Zausner Gang

NEW YORK-Following the victory
in forcing a membership referendum
on the special 50-cent assessment,
about $50 painters from numerous
local unions gathered Thursday night
at $50 E. 8lst ST., under the auspices
Of the newly formed Painters Rank
and File Protective Association to
discuss further plans for carrying on
the fight against the corrupt lead
ership Of Painters District Council
No. 9.
Speakers from the platform and
from the floor declared amidst ap-
plause that the struggle against
Philip zausner, corrupt secretary of
the Council and against his hench-
men, can be carried on most effec-
lively through mobilization of the
painters in every union.
Max Boardman, member Of local
union No. 400 warned the members
not to look for aid from court action,
from exposures by the capitalist press
Of graft by the leadership, or from
the government stepping in to clean
out the unions. Once the government
steps in, he stated, it would trample
on the rights of the trade unions
as has happened in Fascist Italy and
Germany, and would convert the
unions into governmental organ
izations for the benefit Of the bosses.
He urged the painters to join the
rank and file protective association
and to rouse their fellow members
in their unions to join more actively
in the struggle to GUST the Zausner
clique.
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Form FinIeyyiIle
JObleSS Council
IBy a Worker COrrespOndentl

FINLEYVILLE, Pa.-On Dec. 8,
1888, the Unemployed Council reor-
gantzed at Finleyville and vicinity.
A mass meeting was called at Gran
ish Hall at Hackett, Pa, on the
evening of Dec. 8, 1888. Eighty
three workers were present. Fred
Siders, a leader in the unemployed
work in F'inleyville and the vicinity,
opened the meeting. George Bailey,
from the Unemployed Council of
Pittsburgh, outlined how the unem-
ployed Of Allegheny County fought
for relief and received shoes, clothes
and an increase in their relief.
Ambrose Lee was elected chairman
for the council, Fred Mer1nen secre-
tary and Samuel Feeble treasurer,
and then came the election of a
committee Of 10 which will function
with the executive committee.
Five resolutions were adopted,
which included demands that the I'M
employed get work on the road with
pay, and more shoes and clothing
for the unemployed to wear. and
that the local Relief Board of Fin
leyville shall not use discrimination,
and asking the unemployed of Finley
vile and vicinity to send q res-lu-
ton to the President of the Urs5ed
States and Congress for more flour
and pork
Thirty-two members Joined the
Unemployed Council.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-01-06
PARTY LIFE
T'OO Examples Of Persistent
Communist York in 2 Fields
N. Y. Unit in Successful Organization of Tenants;
Southern Woman Builds Mix Drivers Union

few Of the drivers and have them
send committee to the boss with the
demands Of the workers:
lis per cent on sales instead Of
10 per cent.
2-Abolition Of 81 weekly fee
charged for loss insurance.
3-Right of seniority.
Workers Decide to Form Union
This was done and the demands
partly won. The workers were 50
pleased with even this much success
that they decided to get other work
e-s together and form a union. They
elected the one who started it chair
man A little later the chairman
called at the comrades house and
asked her for more information about
the A. F. CT L. as many of the work
ers were joining it, and from what
she had told him he had no faith In
it. She exp aimed how the leaders Of
the A. F. of L. betray every real strug-
gle of the workers to better their
conditions, but advised him to go
ahead and join with the rest Of the
men but to watch the leadership in
the A. F. of L. and force them to
back the actions of the workers, by
exposing the organizers policy Of do
nothing" to the rank and file.
The plant has about IS employees
and when most of them had Joined
the union the boss fired one Of the
most active leaders on slight charge
OF not reporting shortage in collec-
tons. These shortages have been ex-
listing over long period and were
being paid by the drivers on a weekly
basis. The truth Of the shortages was
that the workers were earning so lit
tie they were forced to borrow part
Of the money they collected in order
to feed themselves and their family,
always hoping that the next week
sales would increase.
The men realized the charge was
purely a frame up and refused to 90
on their routes until the chairman
arrived. He advised them to go TO
work and called meeting for that
night. He asked the comrade to
speak at this meeting. She was glad
to have this opportunity and at this
meeting, in the home Of the worker
who had been fired, the men decided
to elect q committee OF five to de-
mand the reinstatement Of the work
er and also checker Of their own
to handle the weekly accounts. There
we're one or two other demands and
the boss was to be given "A hours to
grant the demands before they went
on strike.
The comrade also explained the
role Of the A. F. of L. leaders and the
workers decided to retain their own
group as an opposition within the
A. F. of L.
They will meet every Monday night
and formulate plans Of real struggle
which will be brought out on Wednes-
day nights at the A. F. of L. meeting.
M. L. Birmingham.
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Honor the Memory of
Comrades Lenin, Liebknecht
And Luxembourg!

Pioneer Troops all over the country
are honoring the memory of three
Of the greatest leaders the workers
ever had. Two of them, Liebknecht
and Luxembourg, were killed in 1919
when they led the German workers
in their attempt to build Soviet
Germany. Comrade Lenin died IN
1924, having successfully laid the
foundation for the Soviet Union, the
land with the happiest children in
the world. How could it be other
wise when Comrade Lenin himself
thought of the children of the work
ers first Of all and devoted much Of
his time to them. He left one Of the
most important commandments to
the workers by urging them to OR
CAME THE CHILDREN"
The New Pioneer for January is
chock full Of stories, poems, gigglets
and many surprises about Lenin's
life. You should not miss that issue.
We know that many Troops are
preparing something like an affair for
their troop and their friends in Or
der to teach them about our great
leaders. We want to hear exactly
what your troop is doing. So j..
We are going to print that letter
from troop that is planning the
best program Of activities for an L. l..
L. affair. Get busy and write in your
plans.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-01-06
iIrepore for Ne'O Fight,
Reports II. Va. Miner

it. Why, I have seen several Negro
workers that didn't know a thing
about the Scottsboro boys. That was
new to me, and I explained it to them,
and they said that they would sub
scribe to the Daily Worker as soon as
they can. And I gave them the ad-
dress.
So let us all, readers, try to get
new reader to the Daily Worker, and
thus We would multiply fast. So wish
1884 Will bring a lot Of new readers to
the Daily Worker. And will try to
get a few subscribers myself; I have
lot of promises, but they have no
money to pay in advance. And as
soon as they can spare the money
they will subscribe. Now wish
HAPPY new year, and long life to the
Daily Worker.
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son. This, of course, is true OF most
contagious and infectious diseases;
although some of them seem to be
able to be Caught" by indirect con-
tact. Most germs are strict para
sites and as soon as they leave the
human body, they die within q COM
paratively short time. Measles, for
instance, is known to be spread from
person to person only. Typhoid fever,
on the other hand, may be spread by
water, milk, or wearing apparel which
had come in contact with the person
suffering from this disease.
In your instance, there is no neces-
sity for fumigating the house. II the
other children have not caught" the
whooping cough during the three
months that they were in contact
with your youngest child, there Is no
fear that they will contract the dis
ease now. You need not bum the toys
either, as there is no chance for his
little playmates to contract the dis
ease from them (the toys).
There Are no Epidemicts Of Goitre
Victor S., Detroit-Goitre is not q
contagious disease and we do not
speak of epidemics except in cases
OF contagious or infectious diseases.
The reason it seems to you that there
is an epidemic of goitre in a small
town, near Detroit, is because the
number of cases is SO great; but this
does not mean that one person gets
it from another The majority of ply
'sicians bslieve that goitre is so prev
alent in the Middle West because
there IS lack of iodine in the water
and food supply. The Great Lakes. az
you know, consist OF sweet water and
it has been proven that there is a
deficiency Of iodine in these waters.
Sea water, on the other hand. con-
tains a lot of iodine and sea fish.
naturally, also have large amount
of that element in their tissues. In
many goitrous localities, the addition
Of iodine to the daily menu has been
found to reduce. considerably, the
number of goitre cases. We speak Of
goitre as endemic, which means that
it is always present in a certain local
ity. Thus, goitre is endemic In tho
Great Lakes region.
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HELEN LUKE

BY Jaae Williams, Metal Worker
New York City:
Just a few words in regard
% the role that the working
women played in my eviction
ase down at $50 f. 18th ST.,
wo weeks ago Friday.
A picture c. conditions on the block.
am only going to tell you a few
tories of families on the block. But
heir stories are stories of hundreds
( other families on the block and
thousands Of families in New York
'ity and millions CT families in
United States. IN 316 E. 18th ST.:
! pregnant mother vt5h three small
.ale-faced, s.clzly children crying
nd holding en- to her apron Strings.
ixpsctS the marshall, and any min
te to give birth to another child.
10 medical attention, no coal or heat
( any kind, no gas and no electricity.
t is a race which Is to come first
ably or nars,1al
Same house. a fauAly in a dirty
are apartment. Also no gas, no heat
II electricity. Inadequate and insult
cient food. Mother has gone insane
rom long periods of misery, starva-
on and deprivation.
Wives of G. w. A. men who have
ct received pay for three weeks,
HON the landlord was pressing for
snt and whom the grocery refuse to
Stend any more credit. Here they
re these families desperate,
heir babies crying for milk and
aese families have been evicted
core times and know what 1t
TO be thrown into the street
sheir small belongings.
.is was picture Of conditions of
9 block when was thrown into
lie streets one bitter cold December
~ with the temperature approach
lg zero.
When we called upon these work
g women, whose husbands were out
oking for work to support us in
lifting back this furniture, they did
,t hesitate. Like hundreds of other
orkers they had placed their hopes
the promises Of various politicians,
the N. r.. A. and c. w. A. But,
re hundreds and thousands of other
orkers, they were disillusioned with
Sonlises Of politicians, with the N.
A. and c. w. A. The marshal
Ill was making his frequent, peri
ical visits. And their husbands
4 not have Jobs. They knew that
time had come to take things in
\ cir own hands
sIt was these working women who
Elped put back the furniture. When
De Police were beating my husband
Ia myself numerically, it was the
4rling women of this block who
Hpped forward and raised their
lrill voices in protest and indigna-
In. 1t was the working women who
lpped forward and actually freed
J. twice from the hands of the
8ody Cossacls. 1t was the working
3men who crowded the courtroom. /
And when the judge asked my hus-
a,d--.Do you approve Of workers
inss back furniture after a man
oceourt has been issred?" And
and answered: "a thousand
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-01-06
wAUTOMA CONDITIONS

WAUTOATA, Wis.-Please find en-
closed Is cents for the new press.
1 sent in IS cents about two months
ago.
Times are terrible up here. Eggs
are Il cents and Is cents q dozen
and butter is is cents pound. Farm
ers all over this section are being
foreclosed for non-payment of taxes
and mortgages.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-01-06
Got $1,000 Job
After Selling Out
Jamestown Strike
(By a Steel Worker Correspondent

10y Stc6l WOTkGF COfTeSpOnueuLl
JAMESTOWN, N. Y.-One Of the
most shameful sellouts that ever
experienced was in the Art Metal
strike in Jamestown, N. Y, which
lasted for 20 weeks.
Jack Larson, chairman of the re-
lief committee, and elected as q City
Councilman in the last city election
on the New Deal" came out in his
true light in The Review, dated Dec.
"a, 1888.
On page 4 of the Review, the ar
ticle states: Meanwhile the New
Deal members of the City Council
are endeavoring to organize, most of
them forgetting the fact that the
sacrifice on the part of one man, Jack
Larson, resulted in a sweeping VIC
tory for the New Deal Party candi-
dates.
"a promise was made on this
night in question. Gust Anderson,
August Nelson, Mr.. Schucher and
Leon Roberts were present and heard
every word spoken"
This looks like there was a meet
ing with manufacturers (the cham
Der of commerce) where Larson got
this promise.
The Review states further:
"This promise, after election, be-
came just a scrap of torn paper.
Jack Larson, who made the New
Deal Party, has been ignored by the
men,"
Let's ask ourselves a question:
Was Jack Larson in the Communist
meeting or was he in any workers
union meeting, or with any group of
workers? Do not all these prove that
Jack Larson must have been with
the Art Metal, or with the manu-
facturers' association of Jamestown
The workers certainly cannot give
him such a swell promise.
The Review states:
"Now they are shunting Jack Lar
son off into an Office that will pay
him less than he could have made
each week if he accepted the Art
Metal company's proposal to return
to work several weeks ago"
Now Mr.. Larson is going to get
$1,000 salary a year as Commits
sioner of Public Welfare. Yes, Mr..
Larson can get any kind Of job, now,
but there are workers who had very
important jobs before the strike, but
because they came out on the picket
line, fought honestly and sincerely,
they are out on the streets today, re-
placed by outsiders. There are over
a hundred of these workers. Some of
these workers have raised the issue
of unity with the S. NJ. w. /. U. But
the takers were able to swing the
majority with raising the red scare.
A worker recently met Jack Lar
son. Larson asked him, "Did you
read my article in the Review" (Mr.
Larson knew that this worker is
class-conscious worker.) The worker
answered, "No, / didn't but l will
read it."
"Now don't believe what I wrote
there" said Larson. "You know
that l knew better than that. But
we must give something to the pub
lie. And you know if we give them
something else, the public would not
believe it."
What will the workers think Of
dirty faker like this? He admitted
that he is wrong, and he wants to
be wrong, to serve the manufac-
turers.
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Letters from our Readers:

LeIterS lTCIl our READERS:
We think this is good way to
start being a Pioneer.
Dear New Pioneer:
We are readers Of the New Pioneer
and want to help raise the $1,000 for
your magazine. Would you please
send us a book of Pioneer stamps.
Also please send me al details on
how to join the Y. P. A. branch near
% f. seth st. between Fifth and
Sixth Avenues.
Sincerely yours,
RhOda Salatan and
Phyllis Gold.
PIONEER TROOPS! How are you
raising money for the New Pioneer?
We will print the best letter on how
you have raised money for the New
Pioneer.
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NOTE:

We wish to thank the hundreds
of workers who sent in their letters
for the Tenth Anniversary Edition
of the Daily Worker" Unfortun-
ately, in spite of the enlarged size
Of this edition, il was impossible to
publish even extracts of all the let
ters that poured in. However, we
viii, in the course of the next few
few weeks, publish as many of these
imprinted letters as possible.
Letters from workers will be found
on page 10 Of the 10th Anniversary
Supplement.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-01-06
With Our Young Readers

Comrade Lenin fought the bosses
all his life and organized the workers
to fight them successfully. He espe-
cially hated a spy that betrayed the
workers-Show what comrade Lenin
would think of spy. Change a let
ter In each line to 90 it, then send
in your answers-we will print your
name if you succeed.
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NOTE:

We publish letters from coal and
ore miners, and from oil field work
ers, every Saturday. We urge work
ers in these fields to write Us OF
their conditions Of work and of their
struggles TO organize. Please get
your letters to US by Wednesday of
each week.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-01-06

Send FIFTEEN CENTS (15) in
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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-01-06

The two letters which we are
publishing today in this column give
good examples Of Communist work
in two fields. The first letter tells
how, through the prompt and effec-
tive action of a New York unit, the
tenants of an apartment house were
modified to stop an eviction, a
House Committee was established,
and the tenants affiliated to the
Unemployed Council.
The second letter comes from the
South. Here Communist woman,
who, through her friendly converse
ton with the worker who delivers
milk to her home, was instrumental
in organizing the milk drivers, and
In building an opposition group in
the A. F. Of L.
This is what It means to be the
vanguard OF the working classic
lead and guide the struggles of the
workers in all phases of their &C
tivities. When our entire Party is
working in this way, with deter
mined, persistent and organized ac-
tivity, then we will be on the way
to becoming the mass revolutionary
Party Of the American working
class.
"An eviction took place under the
most disgraceful circumstances from
house at 800 Freeman ST., Bronx,
N. Y, on Oct. 2, 1888. The tenant was
an unemployed worker, and while his
wife was away at the hospital, where
their child was i'll with pneumonia,
Mrs. Kalmanowitz, the owner, to-
gether with the marshal, broke into
the apartment and threw all the fur
niture into the streets before the
other tenants could stop the eviction.
'No papers had ever been served
upon the tenant, who owed less than
two weeks back rent and was, there
fore, unaware of the landlady's in
tentionS. Furthermore, the owner had
previously refused to accept city
rent check which the tenant secured
after much effort.
Party Unit Gets on the Job
"Unit "a, of Section Is, assigned to
this territory, got busy on this sit
uation Immediately. The house was
canvaSsed and the tenants were Or
ganized. Mrs. Kalmanowitz assumed
an overbearing attitude and refused
to meet with the tenants. However,
she gave In when she saw that the
tenants were united and that she
would have a rent strike on her
hands.
''The following demands were won:
mo further evictions.
"A 81 reduction in rent for each
apartment.
3-The apartments TO be repaired.
+Recognition Of the House
Committee.
This is great victory and the
news is being spread around the
The House Commit
tee affiliated itself with the Bronx
Unemployed Council.
Work like this is what will do
much to build this Party unit as the
leader of the workers In this VI
cinity."