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The daily worker., 1934-07-16
Only Mass Action Can
Smash City's StalIing,
Relief Workers Learn
Officials Break Strike on Project Through Giving
Committee the Ruu.Around

that an explanation would have re-
quired the lifting Of covers reveal
ing ugly politics and uncharisable
experiments to economic at our
cost.
"You are only a small bunch. On
Split Rock Road, where there is
400 to 500 men there is no trouble,
and they are much tougher than
you are he said
To ascertain ourselves if there
was trouble" on Split Rock Road,
we marched there in a body.
Before our arrival the men there
had selected a committee to go
downtown to present our grievances
to bigger bosses.
The rest of us sat or lay down in
the grass or walked restlessly back
and forth.
But by the time this is being
written we know that we have lost,
because we lacked organization.
Up to the point of "massing to-
gether" we had acted very much
through instinct, we had simply
given in to a feeling-the feeling
of despair.
We had never held a meeting to
discuss our problems. Our gathering
place was surrounded by the bosses,
and the men felt too much con-
straint to speak freely, consequent
ly the men selected as a committee
didn't fully understand our senti-
nents and neither did we get to
know just the type of men that they
were, how much experience they
had.
Our committee discovered about
the run around" They were told
on the job that the city had no
money.
Mr.. Macy downtown told them
that the city has no money.
Mr.. De Lamater telephoned them
that q &ty has no money.
Eron4 Eyor LaGuardia's Office
esrey 81 DETER of introduction to
18Th Relief Bureau. There
they wefe told that the city has no
money.
Commissioner Hudson has now
informed us by letter that the city
has no money.
All that day while we waited for
our committee tC come back and
watched the deSpairing expressions
on each others faces we cautioned:
BE nice, let's have no trouble. ;"
Everyone was nice.
But how can we make our chill
dren and our wives look nice now
that our wages have been chissled?
How can we have anything nice
on our tables?
How can We be nice and treat our
children to swim on hot summer
day?
How can we be nice to our dear
ones when they are sick?
We have not been nice to our
friends who have loaned us money.
1t cannot be said that the litera-
ture of the proletariat, the lowest
class Of society, to which we be-
long, is nice reading. We suffer as
a class we must fight as a class
all together, in the same wav at
the same time.
This is possible only when we are
organized.
The daily worker., 1934-07-16
Bv a Worker CORRESPONDENT


BRONX. N. Y.-"We won't worl
todayi" The words were spoken
calmly and struck responsive cord.
in my mind. Today then the labor
ing man was going to show that he
will not Take it.
The above preliminaries toOl
place Thursday, June 2l, as my
buddy and 1 were approaching tht
tool shanty on the Pelham Coll
Links, on one of the many Relief
Work projects in the Bronx.
One by one as the workers came
in they nodded in agreement to the
same words: I'VE won't work to-
day"
A new order had been given con-
cerning rainy days" Heretofore it
has been the policy of the relief
administration to pay for rainy
days if the men stayed on the job
up to pm.
Tuesday of the same week it had
rained and the men went home
soon after one, thinking that they
would get the whole day in" as
usual. Not until noon the follow
ing day did we learn that a change
in this policy ahd taken place. This
new order was dished out in a con-
fused manner.
This confusion is typical of the
way We are treated. Nothing is ever
certain until we see the actual hap
pening. Seldom do we see a notice
any place of anything, no matter
how vitality it concerns our welfare.
There is only one explanation to
this state Of affairs. Our admihis-
tration is experimenting. 1t is for
ever seeking way out.
In the face of rapidly rising prices
the administration does not dare to
cut the basic wage scale of $12 and
SO they resorted to this plain chisel-
ing through rainy days
Our smiling Mayor LaGuardia
can picture hunger, that gnawing
craving in ones stomach, only in his
imagination, whereas he can feel
the money in his hands that the
mighty bankers deal in.
Quietly we sat and talked of
these things as we waited around
the tool shanty.
Its five after eight. What's the
matter with you mem" 1t was the
boss talking.
we have decided to strike in
protest against this rainy day
order" I answered.
The boss rushed to the time
keepers window. Come here" he
called. AS g& there, pointing to
me he said: Is is the man."
We're all in q this" yelled the
men in unison, punching around us.
just then the agent arrived. AS
I understand, he is someone higher
up from the headquarters
IN give you fellows 10 minutes. /"
he said.
Around 800 he said "Anyene
that does not start to work now is
going to lose an hour and a half y
He was not ready with an answer
to simple laborer'S question. Sup
posing it hadn't rained. the CITY
would have dug the money some
place" 1t is plain to us in the light
OF knowledge that we gained later
The daily worker., 1934-07-16
WOrkerS'Enerlies
Exposed

May Hon tMagnet) Of Chester,
Pa, has been exposed and expelled
by the Philadelphia District of the
Communist Party as stool pigeon.
He has been seen going into
Ford Plant Office during the strike
there, as also in the Office Of AS
sistant District Attorney of Chester.
He is known as a stool pigeon tc
the Ford workers.
Description height-about 5 feet
6 inches. weight-about $50
pounds, brown hair, blue eyes,
wears glasses, has a mustache.
Omar Franklin Kinder, also known
as Joe Hunt and Roy Chandler, of
Los Angeles, Cal, has been expelled
by the California District Of the
Communist Party as a spy suspect,
who disappeared while a check-up
was being made on his past record
and his activities and connect ons.
He was arrested together with
others during the mass arrests and
raids in Long Beach, and was the
only one who received special privi-
legeS and was not beaten up by the
police. Since then q number of cir
cumstances have pointed to him as
giving information to the police.
During the check-up it was found
that he has a prison record for rob-
berry, that he started on two
years sentence in Missouri State
Penitentia.y in January, 1919, but
was discharged under pardon by
Gov. Gardner in November, 1919.
This fact was probably used by the
police as a lever to turn Kinder into
an infortner.
His disappearance itself while
under investigation, without the
knowledge or consent of the Party,
is proof of his guilt. He disap-
peared around May 18th, and is be-
heved to have headed for New York.
Description: American, IS years
cid, heights feet inches,
weight lao pounds, hair-dark
chestnut eyes-brown, complexion
-ssllow, has high forehead,
round on top, has pointed face
with long pointed nose.
The daily worker., 1934-07-16
ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
Cigarettes and Nicotine Poisoning

OISdFtsteS ana NtcO-ine P01sOHing
Little Berth, o. w. W.T. is true
that nicotine poisoning from too
much cigarette smoking is relatively
rare; but the first stages of poison
ing, such as tachychardia rapid
heart beaD, anorexia Chronic lack
CT appetite) and nervousness are
seen frequently by every physician
who has large practice. These
disorders are particularly frequent
among young psople and we should
advise you not to begin to smoke,
even if your friends" call YOU
"prude" or back number" One
can be perfectly class-consciotis
without either smoking or drinking.
As to Whether the nicotine or the
paper i5 responsible for the ILL
| effects of cigarette smoking,
opinions differ The ma jority OF
those who have investigated the
subject from scientific point of
view without any subjective bias "a
hard thing to do when it comes to
smoking or drinking) have come to
the conclusion that not only the
paper and the nicotine, but other
substances in the cigarette are re-
sponsible for its bad effects in GER
tain cases.
The old-tiine school trick of blow
ing the cigarette smoke through
handkerchief and exhibiting the
brown spot thus formed as a proof
CT the presence OF nicotine, is as
fallacious as it is out Of style. The
brown spot is due to carbon particles
formed when any organic matter is
burned. The cigarette paper, the
tobacco it contains or even dried
cabbage or "corn-silk" will produce
the same discoloration. The CARBON
particles are irritating, particularly
when the nose, throat and bronchi
(wind- pipesJ are infiamed, as in an
ordinary cold.
The nicotine acts as a general
poison, like alcohol, not SIS a local
irritant. People suffering from
stomach ulcers. phlebitis Cinf1amma-
tion of the veins, angina psctoris
ca certain heart diseasel, or from
circulatory disturbance in the feet,
The daily worker., 1934-07-16

not much time left. Branches, to
the task Support the Training
Schools Of the I. W. o.
Help Raise $1,000 for Camp and
Summer Centers
The need of neighborhood centers
where working class children may
spend their time constructively, and
be drawn closer to our children's
movement, is very great. So is the
need for sending a number of chill
dren of unemployed for a free va
cation. This task is especially i'm
peratiye in view of the campaigns
Of the bosses through their news
papers Evening journal, Times,
etc. and their charity institutions
to send children to bourgeois camps
where they are subjected to the
poison of capitalist propaganda.
The Children's Section of the I.
w o. has initiated drive to raise
1000 to send number of children
Of unemployed members to Camp
Wo-Chi-Ca for two weeks, and to
maintain q number of summer cen
ters in the city.
The issue is Of such vital nature
that a good response can be secured
from many parents outside of our
Order. What is necessary is the
willingness of our membership to
approach such parents,
There is little time left to carry
through this drive. Immediate work
is imperative. Collections Oh the
lists should be carried through
without delay. Affairs should be ar
ranged to help this drive. Help
send children of unemployed to
camp. Help maintain summer cen
ters for the children in the city.
Help raise 81 900.
The daily worker., 1934-07-16


These schools will train
cadres who will be instrumental in
building the Order to $4,000 mem
Der as a result of the approach
ing campaign. Supporting these
schools must be considered one of
the most important tasks Of
the entire Order during the
summer months. The Youth
the summer months. The Youth
Section alone cannot support the
two schools, which entail a large
expense for feeding 125 students,
for books, rental Of the camps,
transportation and the other nee
esssry items. It is the task Of every
branch in the Order to lend a hand
to these all-important efforts for
building leadership.
A complete document Of infor-
nation has been sent to all the
branches. Here the branches can
learn the curriculum of the school,
the composition Of the students de-
sired, the entire daily program. and
the plans for the utilization Of the
students when they return to their
respective localities. The branches
have also received a call to donate
81 if the branch has less than IS
members, and 81 if it has more.
At the next branch meeting the
question of the schools should be
discussed and authorization given
to the secretary Immediately to send
in the money, or instruct the Gen
eral Once to apply the donation
TO the monthly bill. If the branch
does not meet in the near future,
then the Executive Committee
should give the SECRETARY the re-
quired authorization.
The adult branches have more
than a financial responsibility to-
ward the Training Schools. 1t is
important that every branch hold
a discussion on the schools, con-
slider the possibilities of helping the
Youth Branch under its tutelage to
send student, or, if there is no
Youth Branch, to send students
from among its own young mem
bers
Applications for students for the
school are coming in thick and fast,
and as the number of students is
necessarily limited, all branches are
urged TO act quickly in raising funds
and sending in their applications,
for consideration by the School
Committee.
The Chicago School will be held
August IL to Labor Day; the New
York School will meet from Sep
tensber to September %. There is
The daily worker., 1934-07-16
PARTY LIFE
Much Greater Efforts Needed
To Put Party on Ohio Ballot
Election Commission Hits Lack Of Seriousness
of Signature Campaign; Only 1000 Collected

ordinate and unity our election
work and at this stage in particu-
lar our signature drive. Ward cao-
tains are to spend a good deal Of
time at these stations. They are
to have maps of the streets in their
territories and send comrades out
to specified places to collect sigma
lures. This prevents duplication Of
work. Ali comrades are supposed
to bring the petitions back to the
captain after they have finished
collecting for the day. Thus every
petition is in use and we do nGk
have as in the past, Comrades car
rying petitions with them for
months, then at the last minute
turning them in with only few
names.
There should be no difficulty IL
working out this plan, as we have
workers centers throughout Cleve-
land which can easily be converted
into ward headquarters. But there
has been a diflculty A recent
check up in Cleveland showed that
only section l was making any at
tempt to carry out the plan at all
and even they we're working very
imperfectly. The comment made
by the ward captain at w. 25th and
Auburn was an Illuminating ex-
plsnation of the failure; She said,
THE Unemployed Council members
caught on right away and brought
back the petitions to the stations,
but the Party members insist on
Keeping their petitions in their
pockets"
The Party members persist in the
old methods of work. We must learn
to adapt ourselves to new situations.
We must, when better organization
al methods are shown us, promptly
adopt them. The comrades from
below must demand of their sec
ton organizers and unit organizers
that stations be established and
that the signature collection drive
be properly organized. If this is
not done we will find that we have
not gone on the ballot.
Number of Signatures Turned Into
State Election Campaign
District 6
The daily worker., 1934-07-16
WORLDS MOST IMPORTANT
PAPER
State of Oregon.

0bdLc VI OIGSOD.
Dear Mr.. Hathaway:
I think the Daily Worker the
most important paper published
anywhere in the world today. We
came into the movement through
the Red Builder who stands so
patiently on busy Yamhill Street
here in Portland, Oregon, year after
year. One day my husband, a dis
couraged farmer, bought copy. We
became interested. We bought more
copies and finally subscribed. We
bought other literature at the
Workers Bookshop (Which address
is stamped on tbs papers sold on
yamhill Street) and attended
lectures when we could.
BY the time H j. Correll, organ
izer for the United Farmers League,
came through we prepared and now
have strong local.
We work like slaves on our farm
and have little time for study now
but we hope to start study class
The daily worker., 1934-07-16
Sunshine Bakery Fires
Oven Man for Fainting

oven man, "Marooka." whose right
name is Augustine Olivari. his lob
back.
Marooka worked at machine No.
81 in the English Department. Nine
years ago he started to work here.
when he was Is years old. When
he first came he got $50 a week, but
he was laid off for time and hired
back at SIG week. He is a sort of
nervous fellow, but he does his worl,
all right. The company took advan-
tage of his being nervous to make
hlm 90 the work for almost half
oil what he should be getting.
During the terrible heat wave two
weeks ago, it was no cinch for an
oven man to work. You lose your
health at it, working in front of
an oven of 750 degrees and soaking
wet from perspiration. There used
to be three men working at an oven.
Now there are two TO do the same
amount of work. An oven man used
to have a helper, noY he hasn't any
and does two jobs in one. The
ovens can't go faster any more.
Also they used to get a 80 minute
relief period twice a day, now it is
cut down to 90 minutes.
Is it any wonder, with it being so
hot, with such speed up conditions.
with stretchers standing outside.
Marooka tainted. The next day he
came back and did his work all right
When he got ready to go home on
wednesday they told him he wasn't
well enough to work and fired him.
He paid company insurance while he
worked to have something in case
OF sickness. The company figured
by firing him they wouldn't hsve to
pay him insurance in case he get
sick. When his father came begging
they should give his sen back the
Job, the company said, they'll take
him back in two months; "fIe needs
a rest, let him go on vacation"
What kind of a vacation can he
have, If he is robbed of his SIG
week and his insurance as we'll. The
company only said they will take
him back in two months to spread
a false ruElor that he was taken
back; SO that we workers shouldn't
do anything about it.
SUNSHINE WORKER.
Note:-The workers in Sunshine
know that by organizing they will
prevent the firing Of workers, lay
offs and speed-ap, and gain equal
pay for equal work, higher wages
and longer rest periods. Only
through Q union controlled By
themselves can they gain better
wages and better conditions. They
siio;sld join the FOOD WORKERS
INDUSTRIAL UNION, which is
already organized in the shop, and
take immediate action to reinstate
Marccisa, and get him his insur-
ance and back pay.
The daily worker., 1934-07-16
80 Doctor
~ A>AE>z!.4.llsI,rA ~ HnGN s,
~Qdg,@AGA:
By PAUL LUTTINGER. MD.

should avoid smoking because the
nicotine has bad effect in such
cases.
A third factor which is often over
looked, even by physicians, is the
irritation produced by the combus-
ton (burning) of certain substances
which are added to the tobacco to
keep it moist. The most widely
used chemical is glycerine which
has the double advantage of being
sweet and "softener." Glycerine
softens the tobacco because it is
Microscopic, which means that it
attracts moisture from the air; thus
preventing the tobacco from drying.
giving a fresher and sweeter taste
and reducing the amount of break
age in handling, which occurs when
cigarettes dry too quickly.
Now, glycerine itself is harmless
enough; but when it burns it is
decomposed and gives off acrolein,
an intensely irritating vapor. The
lungs and breathing tubes, as well
as the trachea (windpipe) and nose
are irritated by the acrolein, as well
as by the carbon particles men,
toned above. Ordinarily, the deli
cate lining Of these organs become
used to the smoke; but those who
smoke too much or whose respira-
tory organs are either delicate or
have become inflamed by slight
cold, are liable to have their condi-
ton aggravated by smoking. We
have seen recently a number of cases
among young women, whose lecry-
NAL (tear) glands have become in
tensely irritated by smoking, caus-
ing continuous weeping, a very an
noying and utlbeconlins condition,
to say the least. Cigarette manu-
facturers are trying to overcome
thes drawbacks by 'toasting' their
product or by using "socret fornu-
las instead Of the acrolcin produc-
ing glycerinc; but no matter how
thin you slice it, it's bolosny, just
the samel
The daily worker., 1934-07-16
BY a Worker Correspondent


NEW YORK.-The oven men in
the Sunshine got a 81 to SO raise in
the last three weeks, since the boss
heard of organization into the Food
the last three weeks, since the boss
es, Of course, do this to hold us back;
but we know if our organization
stopped we would have just what
we had before we began-lay-offs
and lower wages.
That is why I want to write about
an oven man who was fired two
weeks ago, because he tainted in
front of the oven during the terrible
heat wave; SO that we men in the
organization can take up his fight
for reinstatement. I believe if we
workers put a fight we can get this
The daily worker., 1934-07-16

came across and met the workers
demands after those workers got
out stickers to boycott the com
pany. This coming Friday those
that were arrested will be brought
to trial at pm.
Galway, the leader Of the A. F.
of L., took STA that the workers put
up to pay rent with, and went ana
got an office room suite and had it
charged to the union, and never
said to the workers that he was
going to set that Office room suite.
The daily worker., 1934-07-16
Put Rice in Meat
Soup in CCC Camp
To Hide Maggots

BY c. c. c. Correspondent
YELLOWSTONE, Wyoming.-East
never have been good since I left
Sinking Springs. Ohio. We had
three kinds of beans for supper, and
they we're not done.
They cook beef, maggots and all.
and that's the truth. The health
inspector came around and found
them in the meat and told them to
cut the end off that had them in it.
and cook the rest. But the captain
tod them to cock it all, and they
put rice in the soup SO we can't
see the maggots. They feed us
horse meat with the Jack Ass pic
tire on the can. I would have told
YOU this sooner, but I did not want
you to know it.
We drink river water that comes
out Of geysers and hot springs.
They break enough eggs for one
company in the same pan. Rotten
ones and all.
When 1 was in camp only 100
miles from home the boys received
fair treatment. Now that we're
thousands CT miles away, it's dif-
ferent. Discipline is enforced by
the military officers, ana is harsh
and unreasonable. Last month 1
was fined $5 for going for a walk
in the woods on my time, because
I had not asked permission.
The daily worker., 1934-07-16
LIKES DO YOU KNOW"
Now Work II Y

Daily Worker
Comrades:
Allow me to compliment you on
the new column, DO You Know"
I think it is splendid and adds lot
of spice to the paper.
Stephen Baloh, Pittsburgh
worker correspondent, says you
ought to have a daily printed on
Sunday. and believe me it would be
marvellous and necessary. It would
replace the other trash we are wont
to read, even though we dislike to-
Please comment on this, as it has
been on my mind for some time.
More power to the Daily; I'll
leave this for someone to pick up.
Comradely yours,
H. o.
The daily worker., 1934-07-16
Fling SO Crunrb Per
Month as pension
BY a Worker Correspondent

BY a Worker Correspondent
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. - Here
is where the bosses decided to
give the old age pension. There
is an old lady 80 years of age,
who lives in Holdon, Ind, in
Rippley County. They were to
give her SIS a month and when
she received her pension she
only got s6 to pay hr taxes and
to live on for the next 80 days,
In Grant County the old folks
made tie bosses come across with
SIS. But other counties are pay
ing only $6 a month.
The daily worker., 1934-07-16
Letters from
OztrRedder-S
FOR ANGELO HERNDoN

OW1SuO, liz
Dear Comrades:
Ever since I read in the Daily
Worker of the victory of the Inter-
national Labor Defense in getting
the bond set for Angelo Herndon, I
have been raring to do something to
help in getting Herndon out of the
jaws of the southern lynchers,
Being in prison myself, cannot do
much. 1 am sending So. which 1
have received from different COM
rades and the 1. l.. D.
Please turn this money over to
the international Labor Defense for
Angelo Herndons bond. I can
hardly wait to read of this brave
comrades release.
With comradely greetings,
M. w.
The daily worker., 1934-07-16
IWO Branches SIowIyAnsmer
Call to Training Build School
Youth Rally Enthusiastically, But adults Lag
Behind: Financial Aid Needed

The two TWO. Training Schools which are being
ganzed in Chicago and New York to develop leaders for the
Youth and Chdrens branches have been enthusiastically
greeted by the Youth Section the adult branches however
tagging behind in the important matter of financial
The daily worker., 1934-07-16
1914 Hour Day at
Brooklyn Restaurant

BY Food Worker Correspon-
dent
NEW YORK.-While I was
working in a restaurant in
Brooklyn I met with working
conditions that were terrible. We
worked from IL to IA hours a
day, the food was bad, there were
no sanitary conditions, no wash
basins, no rest room. After I
worked there two days 1 was
fired.
The address is Frank Russo,
5000 Emmons Avenue, Sleeps
aead Bay, Brooklyn.