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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-01-11

understanding.
3-The comrades also contend that
they should be credited with recruit
ing nine workers into the Party, while
they only recruited three into their
unit. Others live outside of their ter
ritory.
They only get credit for workers re-
cruited. into their unit. As far as
mass meetings are concerned, other
units should organize such meetings
and take example from Unit lie.
S. YOndrich,
Section Organizes.
Our Opinion
Perhaps We are doing an injustice
to the comrade and to the unit to
which he belongs in thinking that
they are more interested about the
question of who is to receive credit
for these new members, than they
are about really winning these work
erS for our Party. We do not con-
slider workers whom we are trying
to win for the Party as the private
property of individual comrades, or
Of specific units. The greatest con-
Germ of each Party member, as well
as Of the units, should not be who
recruits them, but that they be re-
cruited, and we should welcome the
assistance of other Party members Of
other uRits in carrying out this task
The Section Committee Is correct
in pointing out that the mass meeting
organized by this unit, and the re-
cruiting at the meeting should have
been organized in a more systematic
way, so that the unit members could
have covered the entire hall and tax
en- care of all of the workers who
wished to join the Party. But the
unit certainly should not object to
the fact that members Of the other
unit attended and participated in the
recruiting, particularly since they ap-
preached workers whom they had
known and with whom they had been
working.
We think, however, that perhaps
the Section Committee is too me-
chanicaI in stating that since only
three of the workers recruited at this
IIlSeblIlS SIlOulu US dSoi&lcQ W IllO
unit, since they were the only ones
who lived in the territory. If the
new members are friends OF the
members of the unit, II they have
been working with them, etc., even
though they do not live in the units
territory they should be assigned to
the unit with the comrades whom
they know and with whom they are
friends, if they desire, until
such time as they become
acquainted with the Party, how
it functions, etc. These friends will
help the new members to understand
the Party, will help them with their
personal problems, etc. After they
have been In the Party for some time,
feel at home in it, ETC., they can then
be transferred to the unit operating
in the, territory in which they live.
The. unit should not be discouraged
that these workers were not credited
to them. 1t was their efforts which
organized the mass meeting, and they
can rightfully feel that they were in
~trumental in winning these workers.
The important thing Is that they
Joined the Party. The task Of this
unit and OF the other units as well, is
to keep them as active members.
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mended that a lawyer send a tele-
gram to lay the case over for two
weeks. Comrade Strachanowski was
freed under bond and the case laid
over. But not for long did she
enjoy freedom, for in three days
along came the police with q hospi-
tai ambulance to take her away to
an insane asylum for observation,
80 miles from her farm.
The Aid Committee of Club Soil
darity and the secretary of the
I. L. D. visited her in this institu-
ton and were convinced that Com
rade StrachanowsN YVES of her right
mind. She complained Of poor
food, and said that a nurse came
to her room every half hour to wash
the floor, endeavoring to un-nerve
her. The asylum doctors, after IA
days of examination. stated that she
was mentally well, but in order to
whitewash bad conspiracy they
also said she had nervous trouble in
order to take her last dollars for
the cure of this sickness.
A mother who dares to defend
her hard-earned property is per-
secuted by these capitalist confsca-
tors in all possible ways.
The Aid Committee, Polish Work
ers Club Solidarity and the LID.
will not neglect this case and will
strive to free this mother from the
asylum and give her back to her
children.
1t is time that all mothers would
take an example from this heroine
who defends her hard earned saw
ings, and stand together with the
men in workers organizations, for
only with united strength can we
defend our homes and our lives.
Aid Committee of the Polish
Workers Club Solidarity.
Victoria GrEegorzyk, A. ia
sicki and S. Rudy.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-01-11
Indian Workers
Organize Fight
on Govt Robbery
CBy a Farmer Correspondent


BAGLEY, Minn.-HundredS of In
dian workers have organized in the
Councils to demand of the Roose-
welt government their payment out
of the tribal funds. During normal
times they received 500 annually
When the crisis commenced TO
deepen, the white ruling class that
hold the Indians money reduced the
payment to $25 a year.
And now with the fifth year Of the
crisis, when conditions are becoming
unbearable, the Indian workers are
faced with non-payment. The In
dams on the White Earth Reserva-
ton know that mass action has won
for the white workers and farmers
So they of the White Earth Indian
Reservation are organizing into In
dian Workers Councils to demand OF
the Wall Street government OF
Roosevelt the following:
/. Full payment of $50 at once.
2. No discrimination on N. R. A,
jobs.
3. More relief from the govern
ment for old and needy Indians.
From the Farmer-Labor state gov
eminent of Minnesota, they demand
1, The right to hunt, fish and
trap without license.
2. Protection of Rice Lake from
being taken over by the white ruling
class.
On the N. r. A. jobs the Indian
workers get 80 cents per hour and
work eight hours. The white workers
get So cents per hour and work six
hours. This is Governor Floyd B
Olsen's Farmer-Labor relief. The
Indians set up committee to ar
range meetings all over the White
Earth Indian Reservation: Daigle's
Mill, Dec. II; Pine Bend, Dec. IL;
Twin Lakes, Dec. 10; Boulieu, Dec
ID; Manonen, Dec. Is; White Earth,
Dec. 16.
Roy Lorinzen, of the Bemidji IN
employed Councils, and Edward G.
Raumann, Clearwater Co. organizer
of the United Farmers League, spoke
at all Of these meetings and brought
greetings from the poor farmers and
white workers to the hundreds of
Indian workers.
Five big Indian Workers Councils
were organized: one at Daigle's Mill,
one at Pine Bend, one at Twin Lakes
ont at Boulieu and one at Manomem
At White Earth the Indian Council
arranged the meeting. About $50
Indians were there, and the old In
dams voted for united front action
with the Indian Workers Councils
and elected three delegates to attend
a Reservation Conference at Twin
Lakes, Dec. "a, of the Indian Work
erS' Councils 1t is also understood
that the young Junior Indian Council
Of White Earth and Ponsforce will
also send delegates to Twin Lakes
Dec. "a and will lay plans for an In
dian Workers Conference of all In
dian Reservations in Minnesota.
The Indian workers cheered when
Lorinzen said that through mass &C
ton they would win their demands
also when Baumann, United Farmers
League, said that the poor farmer;
and workers. both black and white
"are with you in struggle against
our common enemy, the capitalist
class, the class that robs all workers.
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9Eun fIs<, H,,uule.6
@SS7fSSa48A - "A
HELEN LUKE

bakery"
Don't you EC.p.,' says the Temple
to Mr.. Shereshevsky, well soon break
tlao up And out comes the leaflet
crying about the necessity Of paying
Mr.. Shereshevsky's price so poverty
and charity may go on and on.
Nj. Shercshavsky three times
promised to settle with the strikers,
~ I'd not appear at the appointed
place.
The housewives Of the Bronx
should give the strike their full sup
port. Picketing starts about Z or
T:30 in the morning.
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NOTE:

We publish letters from farmers,
agricultural workers, cannery work
ers and forestry workers every
Thursday. These workers are
urged to send us letters about their
conditions Of work, and their strug-
giles to organize. Please get these
letters to us by Monday of each
week.
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ion that many Of the workers are
discouraged at the prospect of win
ming any struggle. However, as soon
as the fruit season rolls around again
the militant workers will be organ
izing struggles again, I am sure.
w. I. w.
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Yakima Valley VigiImte Gangs
TerroriSe Agricultural Workers

the fruit growers here, by beating
down wages have succeeded in keep
ing their farms going. Thus they
have saved themselves at the expense
Of the workers.
So strong is the Vigilante organiza-
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-01-11

Send FIFTEEN CENTS (l5c) in
coins or stamps Coins preferred) for
this Anne Adams pattern. Write
plainly name, address and style num-
Der. BE SURE TO STATE SIZE.
Address orders to Daily Worker
Pattern Department, 24s West 18th
ST., New York City.
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Can You Make EN-
Yourself?

Pattern 1858 is available in size,
y, IA, IS, 10, 80, 80, 81, 36, SO and 10
Size Is takes 35s yards 80 inch fabric
and 5 yards binding.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-01-11
ON SPEAKERS

ID. X, New York.-We published
on January 9Th an article on fall
ure of speakers to show up. This
we hope will correct this matter
of speakers not showing up.
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Ire bread strike against
Sherasnevsky's bakery, 182nd
st. and Prospect Ave, the
Bronx, continues after several
weeks Of picketing. This strike, as
will be recalled by those who have
been reading this column the last
couple of months, is one of the out
proWths of tls Dec. 10 conference
against the + ign cost CT living, ln!-
tiated BY the United Councils Of
working Glass Women. Last sat
urday morning several Of the women
picketing were arrested.
Church, Charity, and Commerce
we have in our possession one OF
the highly interesting and llluml-
mating leaflets nut out by the Temple
at 2141 Mapes Ave, Which reads
precisely as follows:
The Conq. Zemach zadeck Nusach
Hoari
R1aYas ATe., Bronx. N. Y.
is appealing to the pecpe Of this
reighborhocd to patronize at
Shereshevslzy's
BAKERY
182nd st. and Prospect Ave.
Mr.. Shereshevsky contrib u t e s
enough bread, rolls and cake to sup
0Iy % destitute families, which our
CONGREGATION takes care of, aside
rom the regular weekly Friday dona-
ions to our Lechem Aniem and to
yrippIe's home. In fact Mr.. She
.eshevsky never refuses any appeal
hat charity makes to him.
It is therefore the duty Of every
1ousewife living in this neighbour
cod to patronize Shereshevsky's
Sakery. in time when certain or
anizations are boycotting his store.
In the name of our congregation
e ask you again to patronize She
sshevsky's Bakery so that he can
on VITA his donations for the
cor.
Respectfully yours,
/. ALTSHILLER, Pres. Of the Cong.
Gallen, Gabriel of Lechem Aniem.
The above leaf1et, which was
-oedcast through the neighbor-
,od, makes classically clear the
ecise position and role of the
lurch in capitalist society. 1t is
It interested in abolishing, but in
aintaining, a system Of poverty
ID charity. THE duty of every
.usewife in the neEghborhood,
rs the leaflet, is to patronize nice
!. Shereshevsky, at any price he
ss fit to charge. In the impoverish-
mt of these same housewives
-ough high prices, the pious gen.
men of the Temple are not re-
tely interested.
One wonders if, when these house
res too are destitute, like the %
niles mentioned, the Congrega-
will take care Of all of them?
E wonders too, how 1t is that gen
us Mr.. Shereshevsky became SO
that he never needs to refuse
y appeal that Charity makes to
L.
Oh, oh, OH says Mr.. Shereshv-
to the Temple, Il can't give you
more bread because those terrible
.d-etrikers are picketing my
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Our Readers Extend Revolutionary Greetings
to the Daily Worker on Its Tenth Anniversary
Minneapolis,
Mimi.

MINI.
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and family
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B. Weiss
H. Hystrom
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M. Shuldberg
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Sault Ste Marie,
Mich.
Minneapolis, MINI.
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Ukrainian Sec.
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Dassel Sly.
Chisholm, MINI.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-08-08
DAILY SHORT STORY
 RAIN
Matilda Was Circus AeriaIist Until the Da$ Sk'
 Fell Sixty Feet and Lost Use of Her Limbs
By CHARLES D. STOOL

Matilda threw off the blanket that covered her two useless limbs. The tiny room seemed to want to bulge outward with the press of heat confined there. The patch of sky visible through the window glared whitely. Hot. Hot. Hot. She lay very still, staring at the four potted plants upon the win- dow sill. They dropped discon- solately in the sun. She should have had the girl move them into the shade before she dismissed her that morning.
 Down the street she could see two workmen pasting up a huge circus poster on the leaning side of Flaherty's stable. The poster showed six crimson-trunked girls gyrating through the air between trapezes. Matilda knew that they were the famed Severn Sisters. But they couldn't do French-roll with three somersaults. Nobody ever could. except Matilda.
 But that was years ago. And if she had used a safety net she wouldn't be sitting here now, vast ing and useless with limbs crippled No bones had been broken; 1t was the nervous shock of falling sixty feet entangled in a faulty trapeze.
 There was no possibility of ma nipulating her body so that the fall was cushioned by the shoulder muscles. The doctors had shaken their heads. No certain cure, they had said.
 And Matilda had never walked again.
 After the catastrophe an insur- ance policy provided her with this tiny room and a girl who came twice day to prepare the sparse meals help her in and out of bed, and tend the four potted plants. They had come into the room with Matilda five years ago.
 The flowers-Matilda thanked the Lord each night for them. The sight of green things growing had always stirred something in her heart. Perhaps this was because in all her days with the circus there was never time nor oppor- tunity to see even 8 leaf. And something deep in Matilda's soul hungered for the sight of leaves, many leaves; of trees and flowers, of lush grass and woods.
 Instead of this there was the in- terminable number of gray, dusty towns, the noise and confusion of overnight railroad trips. Not much glamour. It was work, ceaseless work: and practice, practice. No wonder the flowers she kept now
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-08-08

yielded her the entire eolace H1# joy of her narrow world.
 But there had been no rain. ueE for days. The sun was pitiloas. the streets it was uncomfortob34 But in the tiny room 1t was sheer torment for three-fourfhs of ff16 day and most of the night.
 Of course the plants had W1ttf enough; the girl saw to that. But the pitiless heat attacked the leaves, and the blossoms that were just beginning to bud.
 The tendrils were brittle. siclk< 1y. She waited ten months for th& plant to come to flower. Her heart would break if they didn't.
 In her evening prayer Matilda included plea to Him to send rain. Quantities of rain. It was not a personal plea. She knew that farm lands over the entire country were parched and cracked from the drought. But to Matilda her four plants were more precious than bread or fruit They were the bread of her soul, the fruit oE her heart.
 It was o'clock. At 3:30 tl1e girl would come again. Matilda stirred restlessly in her chair. The air was fetid as an ovens. She felt a little faint. The curtains sud-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-08-08

Tomorrow: "Cupid Wins,' by RS S. Rowe, is 8 tale of romance in which two brothers loved the same girl, but one stepped aside to giva the other a clear pathway to the altar. His sacrifice. was not in vains but in victory he was modest.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-08-08

denly whipped inward with fiut- ter of warm air. Cross the four- foot patch of sky enormous blots of cloud rolled heavily. The cur tains whipped again. This time the breeze was cold.
 Matilda's heart leaped. Raini If only it were the blessed rain! It grew darker outside and the wind howled along the roof. All at once the rain was there. First a little rattering of it. then thunder, peal upon peal Then there was a lull in the wind and the rain began to fall in huge. globules of water.
 She watched the plants on the window sill drink it in.. To her 1t seemed as though they actually lifted their leaves to meet the fa11- ing drops. It was beating in upon the rug. but she didn't mind. Let 1t rain! Let the thirsty flowers drink their fill!
 She lay back in the chair and closed her eyes, absorbing the cool ness gratefully.
 Suddenly above the sound of wind and rain she heard another sound-a drumming chatter. Haili Her startled eyes flashed toward. HUI PAdltcs AAc pCllCLS Ol lCE WtE2 beating upon the leaves and stems- She was filled with terror, Each bit of flying hail was a hammer stroke upon her heart.
 Where was the girl? Why didn't she come and save the plants? She called out. leaning forward in her chair, her hands outstretched toward the suffering plants. Sud- denly she was out of the chair and staggering to the winndow. Her hands clutched the pots Like drunken person she lifted them and carried them to the table. Three times she stumbled to the window and back to the table again. The plants were safe. The hail beat harmlessly on the sill and in upon the rug.
 Then, half upright, but still on her feet. she sensed what had hap- pened. She cried aloud and prayed, but still standing.
 The girl found Matilda knee1~ ing above the plants, fondling each bruised leaf tender1y. The next day Matilda trod on green grass among the trees of the park mile away.
 Copyright, 1884, The Chicago
 Daily News, Inc.)
 Tomorrow: "Cupid Wins" by n. S. Rowe, is 8 tale of romance in which two brothers loved the same girl, but one stepped aside to giv9 the other a clear pathway to tho altar. His sacrifice. was not in valns
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ELECTRoCUTED BY FAN

Glouster, O-(UP)-Death by e1- ectrocution while she was using an electric fan, came to Mrs Fred Householder, 32. Coroner l.. F. Jones said the current was induct~ ed through her body because her feet were wet from sprinkling tho lawn
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Answers to Previous Questions

AnSWcfS 10 TrcviOuS VueStaonS DRINCE ALBERT EDWARD. Il who later became King Ed ward VII. travelled through Canada and the United States as Baron Renfrew. This huge coach provided sleeping and
 seating accommodations for 26 persons. It had a kitchen. :, a pantry, a lavatory, and carried a crew of three. Mrs. Conboy was a fraternal delegate of the American Federation of Labor.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1934-12-08
APPROXIMATE FALL
OF IS DEGREES HERE

A drop of approximately 10 de-
grees in temperature was expert
enced here when the cold wave
struck Hendersonville last night,
while light flurries of snow were
experienced in the late afternoon
Friday. The snow, however, did
not continue, despite the fact that
it was believed to have grown
warmer in the night, before the
drop of temperature early this
morning.
Although the official thermome-
ter reading was not available for
Hendersonville, Saturday morning
temperatures, it was variously re-
ported by residents over the city
that they had noted early morn
ing readings ranging from l5 to
Is degrees.
T. w. Valentine, local weather
observer, in compiling the reports
for the week ending last night
showed that the minimum for
Friday was 80 degrees.
With the first week of the
month elapsed, Mr.. Valentines
records show a rainfall of .55 OF
an inch compared with the nor
NAL rainfall of >5.46 inches for
December.
Mr.. Valentines figures for the
n l. I'll
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1934-12-08
WARD LINE COLLECTED $4,000
OVER BOOK VALUE OF MORO
CASTLE IN INSURANCE, SAID
Postoffice Inspector, After
He airing Says Stock
Worthless, Liabilities in
Excess by 100000
Conxriuht. 1874. hx u. P.

Copyright, 1884, by u. L.
WASHINGTON. Dec. 8. (UP).
The Ward line collected $4,1S6,-
900 in insurance as a result of
the MORO Castle fire, approx
mately $4,000 more than the
book value of the ship after writ
ing off dpreciation charges, it
was brought out at the postoffice
hearing on Ward line mail con-
tracts, which ended yesterday.
H. A. Blomquist, postoffice de-
partment inspector, testified at
the hearing that Of the insur-
ance collected, $2,737,745.44
was paid to the United States
shipping board to pay off notes
held by the board for money ad-
vanced the company when the
ship was constructed.
The ship was carried on the
books at about S3,S23,O00. 1t was
put in srvice in August 1880.
The company was thus able to
keep S1,44S,254.56 of the insur-
ance to use in writing off its or
iginal investment, and have the
surplus of $263,O00 above the
book value.
Blomouist also testified con-
corning the intricate financial
situation of Atlantic, Guf and
West Indies Steamship company,
parent firm of the Ward line.
The Ward line, or New York
and Cuba Mail Steamship COM
pany, showed loss of S1,75O,-
900 during the period from 1928
to 1888 inclusive, when it held
the mail subsidy contract, Blom-
quist said.
Howver, he continued, the
Ward line itself did not own the
Moro Castle and Oriente, built
under terms of the contract, but
rather chartered them from the
Agwi Navigation company, an
other Atlantic, Gulf and West In
dies subsidiary.
Agwi, from 1923 to 1888,
showed net pIO1lG o. p1,OOo,~
900, derived entirely from rents
of ships used by the Ward line,
the Inspector said.
During this same period, Blom-
quist testified, the Atlantic, Gulf
and West Indies received $780,
900 fro mthe Ward line as inter
est on this firms bonds held by
the parents company.
Peter J. Connolly, government
counsel, charged that these two
items clearly indicated the Ward
line would have shown profit
were it not for the intricate
bookkeeping and financial set-up
of the three companies.
Blomquist then said that the
stock of the Ward line was worth
less, and that the company's Ii
abilities exceeded assets by $4OO,-
900.
Added to this, he said, the COM
pany was carrying $1,00O,000
among its assets as goodwill.