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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-05-24
A Seamen's Story

the little wrinkles. What are you
doin' here? I ask him"
"A lot of things have happened
in the last year. he says"
Now get this, kid, says Mac.
I've strung out this tellin' because
I want you to get the feel of it.
I'll make it short now"
"The old guy tells me how he
changed. His ideas were changed
for him"
You know when 7 left you
headin' for Baltimore says the old
fellow. I got into Baltimore. got
a place to sleep, a fophouse Two
months huntin' ship. Nothin'
dom! was gettin grub from the
Seamen's Mission We listened to a
fat fella with a red face for two
hours, then we all sang a hymn,
then we got coffee and a sandwich.
That was supper. Dinner we got
without the fat guy and the hymn.
bowl Of soup and a roll. Tough
as hell. All this time there's two
guys agitatin' us to raise hell. to
raise demands for regular meals
and a bunk to sleep in. we all
knew that people all over the coun-
try, women's socials, lonely old
ladies and all, was sendin' in plenty
Of money to the Mission to give
to sailors on the beach.
ct felt kinda insure with these
two agitatin' guys at first. Till one
afternoon the bowl of soup was
maggety. We all got together about
40 of US, and raised he'll. Demand
ing decent grub, and while we was
at it, a place to sleep every night.
eve had some time that after
noon. The cops came down on us.
But before the cops some folks.
poor folks too, came down from
uptown. They said they were the
Unemployed Councils. Sure we say
come along. Only maybe we are
goin' to have some trouble.
We know it. Well stick with
you little fellow says.
The cops come into us. First
someone yells here they come and
then sees a big cop swingin' at
me. He smacks me down. I'm
layin' on the sidewalk when q big
black fella pokes the cop an awful
smack. I'm layin' there kinda dumb
struck as to what's it all about.
I'd always tried to keep right with
the law. But here I'd been smacked
down for demandin' only food and
a place to sleep.
Some more things happened. A
couple of ship-strikers. Some more
fights to keep our two meals a day.
Now we're amin at gettin' three
meals a day and tobacco. Coin
anywhere tomorrow night7' the old
fellow asks me.
mo" says.
Wanna come along. We got
meetin'.
Sure, I says. Then we have a
cup of coffee and shake on it till
the next night.
when seen him the next night,
I says to myself he looks younger,
more life in him.
"You know how the black sec
ton of southern towns look. The
old fellow and 1 head into the COL
ored section. A white cop looks at
us suspicious like but the old fell
low, Forrest is his name. Id better
tell you now you'll meet him sooner
or later on the coast.
up an alley and in a door Big
room is filled with men talking.
standing around, sitting. They
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-05-24
By DAVID MUNDY

VIE stood up and sang the IN
w ternational" and the meeting
was adjourned. Couple Of the guys
went over 10 talk to Clark. Clark
has been drinking this week. We
know a guy feels bad now and then,
but when you are a delegate Of the
Marine Workers Industrial Union
your drinking days are over.
The kid was making for the door
so made for him. Mac got to him
first and took him over in a cor
ner. I followed, knowing Mac would
try to pep the kid up, thinking I
could help.
Listen" Mac says to the kid, II
know how you feel. Take it easy for
q minute" The kid sits down. I
pipe up with, "You might as well
sit and take it. Mac is going to give
you an ear-beating." The kid
grinned at that.
listen now" starts Mac. II
heard you make that report tonight
about how hard some of those rebels
are to line up in the union I know
how you feel about it. I felt the
same way only a little more than
year ago. Them rebels suck it all
in with their mothers milk about
blacks being inferior to whites and
right down the line all that. And
they get sore as hell when you try
to show EN- they're full of cracked
ideas. Listen, I want to tell you
about Jackson, the old guy"
"An A. B. quit in Galveston on
the Eastern Moon, back in nineteen
thirty. Gulf tanker. 7 comes aboard
that night and goes down to the
mesSroom to get a shot of java be-
fore turnin' in. There's guy sittin'
in the messroom. Here's the new
guy, thought to myself, wondering
what kind of a guy he'd turn out
to be-"
" Hello I says to him. He mods
and mumbles something. 1 get a
shot Of java from the urn, makes a
sandwich and sets down. He is kind
of old, over forty. Hard to tell how
old. He's got dark brown face
with seams that look like they
haven't had the sweat and dirt
washed out in months. His eyes are
sharp and bright"
Hot might says the old fell
low, swiggin' at his coffee and
chewin at big sandwich he'd
made"
Yeh,' says. couldn't keep my
eyes of his adams apple, the way
it run up and down his thin neck.
How's she? Good feedin' ship?'
he asks.
Not bad. Enough fresh fruit
and an egg every other mornin, I
says
He'll Yuh can't kick THAT
Who can't?' I comes back at
him. If we had twice as good grub
as we're gettin' it wouldn't be moth
in extra. Beside the company gyps
you comm and goin' just the same.
He shifts little at that.
Guess ahll turn in. G'night,'
he says.
After awhile I went below to the
fo'c'sle to get my mattress and bring
it on deck. It was too hot to sleep
below. The old fellow was sleepin'
on the bare mattress without any
covers over him, his dungarees still
on.
IN the mornin we sailed for Philly.
We was red-leadin' the pipes on
deck for a couple of days. Hot as
hell on deck paintin. It would burn
right through your shirt and
blister you. The old fellow was
paintin' the bulkhead ford. l sort
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-05-24

1t is necessary today that this
alliance expand and multiply
against the fascist plague, which
is injecting all the countries COM
prising five-sixths Of the globe. It
is necessary that the intellectual
do his part and assume his re-
sponsibility at this crucial point in
the battle being waged between
the exploited and the exploiters,
between the carriers of colonial
civilization, imperialism and serf-
dom on one hand and social jus
tice on the other-between CAPT
talism and socialism.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-05-24
Old Fellow

Of lost interest in him. He seemed
a dirty old fellow who worked extra
hard so as to catch the mates eye.
Anyway, I figure, I'll try him.
So one night I give him couple
Of copies of the Marine Workers
Voice. He takes them off with him
to his bunk. The next night he
comes at me with, You're a Wobbly.
hey? So you think you can get a
union together? And even have
black men in it to boot?'"
II said no, I'm no Wobbly, but I
believe in union. And I tell him
why. Tellin' him about the boss
slogan, Divide and rule and how
the M.WI.U. slogan was unite and
fight But he has no savyy He lust
hikes off to his bunk sore as boil. ;"
Coin t. high school. That's
nice, says"
I'VE came into Philly. The skip
per paid us off, but he didn't say
anything about when we're signin'
on.
They're tyin' her up one guy
says"
And sure enough. So We had to
pack up and get off. Down in the
'foc'sle' packin' up, the old fellow
sits on his bunk watchin' me pack
up. You amt packin' up?' I asks {"
Not much packin' to do he
says, reachin' over from where he
sat and swingin' open the door of
his locker. You could see a little
pile of clothes heaped up, blue
shirt, pair Of brown pants, dun
garees."
THE old fellow was putin on
clean pair of brown duck pants and
white shoregoing shirt when I
took my suitcase on deck. He came
up g. minute later, a little neat
rolled bundle under his arm"
Where you stayin'? I ask"
"Bumnlin' my way to Balti-
more"
How Gomez"
"'T hear shippin' is good down
there. Standard Oils bringin out
some ships"
How about the wife and kids?"
They kin keep eatin' with the
washin comm in"
I'VE walked ashore together. We
shakes hands Be careful on the
road. I tells him. I hear the big
buns are eatin' the little ones"
'Yeh, he grinned, his face crack
in in lot Of tiny wrinkles. He
plodded off down the road. l set
my suitcase down and rubbed nv
hand. Too much gear in my bag.
The old fellow turned around and
raised his arm in a little salute,
/ waved back A car rushed past.
He didn't hail it, Just keepin' on
down the highway. I didn't see him
go and get coffee then, says Mac"
sit down minute longer, kid.
I'll be done in two shakes. We can
for over a year"
"'o.K. Mac says the kid. I'm
listenin.'
81 pay off the Lucy weems in
NOrIOlk aDouC year later after
I'd left the Eastern Moon. I go
up to Union Hall. The Halls big
ger and a good crowd is sittin'
around. 1 walk around and see
some guys I've shipped with before.
We talk. Shippin's tough now, they
say My eyes wanderin around
easy like to see if I can see some
body else know. Over in corner
a fellow locks familiar. He turns
his head little, while readin' a
paper. Sure as he'll it is the old
guy Of the Eastern Moon"
Il go over and we shake hands,
his face GRIMM and crackin' in
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-05-24
BY HENRI BARBUSSE
Translated by Paul Green

IN THE tragic history of our times there have been
moments when intellectuals deliberately entered
the revolutionary struggle alongside of the workers
without reverting to the desperate martyrdom of
the populists under Czarism, we have seen in the
Balkan States numerous inteTectuals- particularly
teachers-pay with their lives; we have seen them
throw themselves heroically into the fight against
the infamous white terror, side by side with the
workers from the factories and farms.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-05-24
WHAT'S ON
ThHrSdnu


OUTDOOR Mass Meeting to Combat
Enemies of Soviet Trade at corner of 10th
Street and Walton Ave, Bronx, p. m.
Speaker: S. lie Roy. Auspices: Mt. Eden
Br. F.SU.
SOVIET CHINA: Mass Meeting CONNIE
morating the Shanghai Massacres Irving
Plaza, 18th st. and Irving Place, pm.
Speakers: winifred Chappell H. s. Chan,
Harry Cannes. Auspices: Friends of the
Chinese People. Adm. free.
HARRY PODOHN, recently returned
from the U.S.s12., will talk on "Film IN
dustry in USA and USS.R." Film and
Photo League. u E. 18th St., pm
OPEN FORUM at Pen g. Hammer, ia
w. 21st st., $3.50 pm. Topic: A. Glass
Nature OF Disease. B. "Eugenics" given
by the Science Comm. Adm. 15c.
OPEN MEETING Edith Berkman Br H.
D. Reading of Revolutionary Poetry. Boro
Park workers Club, 47o4-1Sth Ave, Brook
lyn, $50 pm.
Friday
SYMPOSIUM--Culture, Art, Science in
the Soviet Union. Speakers: Louis LOCO
wick. Dr. Frankwood E william, Susan
r. Woodruff Temple Club, 99l Eastern
Parkway, mr.. Schenectady Ave, Brooklyn.
Auspices Prospect Park Br. F.S.U. Admis-
sion Csc.
THE NEW German Labor Law" Lee
lure at German Workers Club, 79 E. 10th
st. Speaker: A. w. Mareg. Adm free.
EDWARD DAHLBERG, author speaks on
Couture and Fsscism" at fremont Prog.
-lub, s66 E. fremont Ave, $40 pm
DRINK DEEP the Sea Breeze-Come and
Dance, battle, engage in sports, witness
the best entertainment by attending the
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-05-24
Film Industry Topic
of Lecture Tonight

NEW YORK.-A lecture of I'M
usual interest will be given tonight
at 9 pm, at the headquarters of
the Film and Photo League, IL E.
18th St., by Harry Podolin, on the
Film Industry-U.S.A. and us.
SR."
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-05-24
DETROIT TO CELEBRATE THIRD
ANNIVERSARY OF NEW
PIONEER SATURDAY

DETROIT. The third ami
versary of the New Pioneer will be
celebrated at concert and dance
at Finnish Hall, 1869 18th st., on
Saturday, May 26, at 8 pm.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-05-24
They Invent the Red Scare

OUT hundreds democratic everywhere de-
fend support the Revolution overthrow the
wealthy who captured the government
the young capitalism its
favcrte cowardly weapon: the Scare
great gold country
recently 1893 it called French gold with truth
six his Citizen distributed
than "0G0 sdor French gold the societies. the
charge made by William Cobbett spokesman the Federals
The successful example, the promises and above all the GOLD
of the missionaries Of instruction and anarchy Paris have nbold
ned the American nFederalis their
Eyes these early revols Of the American
against their first exoe paid for by foreign government said
the reaconaries they
often instead Of their neency rhessn
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-05-24
The Fever Helps the Masters

"CITIzEN GENET representing the French revolutionary
ment 1893 armed coalition of European
monarchs attempting intervention in France.
Citizen Genet demanded that the United States bound by treaty
Enthusiastically American capitalism bound in its economic
England ignored plea emssar
John Adams wrote describing of the demonstrations the
time 10000 people the streets Philadelphia after
threatened Washington his house effect
ton defense Of
epidemic yellow this time saved the United
from fatal revolution government Adams
his opinion.
pluocrats quaked their bucked
aristocratc stockobber Of the period Fderal called
all its force put down this revolt before
strong"
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-05-24

Excursion, Saturday, May 2s, with the
American Youth Club Sail on the Hud-
son to Hook Mountain. Tickets in ad-
vance 75c, at Workers Book Shop and
Club. Boat leaves Pier A, Battery Park,
at l pm.
THIRD Annual Excursion to Hook Noun
tain. Prospect workers Center, Sunday,
May az. Boat leaves Pier A. Battery Park,
8;45 am sharp. Games, songs, sports. ex-
cellent jazz band. Tickets in advance 75c.
at boat ST.
ARE YOU a Member of the Workers Cir
culating Library at the Workers Book
Shop, so E. 18th ST. Join today. The fee
is nominal. All books included Also
many specials available
Chicago, I'LL.
ROBERT MINOR will speak on "Fas-
cism'' on Saturday, May as, at Washing
ton Square, 900 North Clark at 7:30 pm.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-05-24
CHANGE
THE
WORLD!
By MICHAEL GOLD

THERE is great historic Of strikes going in the
country today It is, every candid observer must
admit the response of the workers to the wagecuttng
unionbusting and monopoistc tendencies in the NR.A
The workers beginning to find that their A. F. of L.
Socialist assuring them that Mr. Roosevet
reconstruction plans utopia the overals.
The Of the nation and the cost of food and shelter
and clothing rapidly losing contact with each other
moving bndly spontaneously
always bitterly They themvesthese economic dec
them
press the radio the police machingun and
police provocaers against defense capital
Recently revived the that
hypoces who cannot keep their big
profit machine going except by these ferocious lies
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-05-24
A NJ u S E M E N T S

---- ---
Clarence Hathaway
ANSWERS VANDERBILT.
MS6Ass@ - E'HITLER'S REIGN OF TERROR"
M# L. COMMUNISTS, SOCIALISTS LIBERALS
1865 UNITE TO FIGHT FAsCIsM
~ - M Special F..n May Day Celebration Y YoHx
"a I'll - CINE THEATRE 14th STREET ldIT an. and
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-05-24
Yes. Foreigners in 1898!

EVEN in that early day. everyone sup
posed to have right to himself founding father
char~e brought that the revos
Said Peter Porcunes Gazette the ax-rebons by
farrr few people will wel-convinced that the
instruction fomened by democratic paid
that twothrds of the membership Of these democratic clubs
We4 REIGNERS landed in the u S. since the revolution
tho EARLY Hamilton Fishes Father
leys raved against the Communists when they attacked
democratic clubs calling them %
nurseries Of don" The members Of these peserous
the poisoe Of java"
depoers Of virgin degenerate influence on the
young.
AS the Rev Timothy Dwight pc,rng
the horrors of America that
behold wives daughters the prosit-
on soby dshonored specious polluted deacy
and virtue the loathng of MANI"
That sentence certainly rings with all Hamilton
Fish Will Drrant
Well they put that Red Scare and country
putocracy But in $50 the
they
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-05-24
A Historic Parallel

roNADE unemployed history teacher the York
schools has spent of his enforced leisure looking the
background of the Red Scare in American history.
1.-THE Red is modern at ALL" writes ut Is ruling
almost $50 old American Communists in 1884 faced with
that met the democratic
aarans their struggle for against the
ing government the end of the 18th century
16 the farmers and workers took to free themselves
from empires exploitation At the of their successful
they they had up native capitalism that
them badly had the King and the London spectators
Instead of there Constitution It had been
drawn up by capitalists landlords other Hamtonans
shays rebellion other proetaran reyols showed the dis
ilusonment the
And the great French Revolution had impact here
Russian Revolution of 1917 brought hope the
workers peasants Of the world did the French Revolution
rallying point for the masses in America"
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-05-24

THE NEW ORDER, official organ
Of the English and Youth Sections
Of the International Workers Or
der. Edited by sam Pevzner. May,
1884.
Reviewed by
FnCEnu EnnTJ
The Washington times., 1934-11-17
n { v MINISTER
To PREACH At
TABERNACLE

The Rev. Ben E. Mahan, of the
Pentecostal Church Of Cleveland,
Ohio. will assume his pastorate at
the Full Gospel Tabernacle, North
Capitol and K Streets tomorrow
The Rev. Mahan has been pastor
Of the Cleveland Church for the
past two years.
Previous to that time he was
pastor of the Pentecostal Church
Of Jeanette, Pa, for about
II years. Special services
are being planned to vel
come him at the Tabernacle at
the communion service at IL
o'clock when he will preach. He
will also preach at the popular
evangelistic service on Sunday
night at 1880. New members will
be welcomed into the church at
this service.
Special musical numbers for
these services have been arranged
by the choir directo.. Mr.. ]. A.
johnson, jr.. assisted at the pipe
organ by Mr.. Herbert j. Brandes.
An added attraction will be mum.
berS by the mems chorus and Miss
Marjorie Wilson, violinist.
The Washington times., 1934-11-17
PIE EATERS GET
BREAK TONIGHT.

Pretty faces will be Smeared
with chocolate pie when girls com.
pete in the pie-eating contest
scheduled for tonight at the Dis
trict Grocery Stores Seventh an
maui food show.
A flapjack cooking and eating
contest was the feature Of last
nights show. Girls jammed hot
half-cooked dough into their
mouths and grimaced at the pain
as they raced to be the first who
could whistle.
Seventeen-year-old Z edith Pea.
body, Of 135 Uhler Ave., Alexan'
dria, Va, won with a feeble
tweet tweet.
The food show will. continue
through next week with the ex'
ception of Sunday.
An electric range will be given
away tonight ard a mattress this
afternoon. Mrs. Ella Joyner, S26
Crittenden St., received . Sl.piece
set of sterling silver last night.
Yesterday afternoo Mrs. M.
Lowe, Of 221 F. ST., was given
an electric toaSting set.
The Washington times., 1934-11-17
Bishop Freeman
EvensOng Speaker

The Rt. Rev. James E. Free
man, DID,, LID, Bishop Of
Washington, will deliver the ser
mon at the Peoples Evensone
Service in the Great Choir Of
Washington Cathedral at
o'clock tomorrow. The preacher
at the II a. m. service Of Morn
ing Prayer and celebration Of
the Holy Communion will be
Canon Anson Phelps Stokes
Music for these services will be
furnished by the Cathedral choir
The Holy Communion will be
celebrated in the Bethlehem
Chapel at 1880 a. m.
The annual service of rededica
ton for men and boys belonging
to the Potomac Assembly of the
Brotherhood of St. Andrew will
be held in the Bethlehem Chape
on November 30, at 8 p. m
Bishop Freeman will conduct the
rededication office and deliver
the address. The Rev. William
R. Moody. rector of st. Mark
Parish and chaplain of the Poto
mac Assembly, will conduct the
Litany at the beginning Of the
service.
The Washington times., 1934-11-17
DR.. OFT To LEAD.
INSTALLATION
SERVICES

The Church of the Reforma-
ton, opposite the Folger Shakes
peare Library, which was Off.
cially opened last Sunday, will
witness the third pastoral in.
stallation service in IS years,
tomorrow morning at IL o'clock,
when DR.. John w. OFT, of Hagers-
town, president of the Maryland
Synod, will install DR.. Oscar F.
Blackwelder as pastor. DR.. Black
Welder has served since October,
1888, but the formal installation
has been postponed pending the
opening of the new church edifice.
Addresses will be delivered by
DR.. John Weidley, pastor emeri.
tus; DR.. L. M. Zimmerman, for
mer pastor of Christ Church, Bal.
timore, and DR.. OFT.
At 7 o'clock DR.. Arthur Jen-
nings Jackson, of the American
University, will address the young
people of the church.
AT O'CLOCK DR.. BlackWelder
will begin a series of evening ser.
mons on THE Modern Transla-
ton of the Prodigal Son." with
the first subject, The Declara-
ton of independence"
Monday evening, at 7:45 o'clock,
the Women's Missionary Society
Will meet at the church.
The Washington times., 1934-11-17
Natives Ask Appointments
For Residents of District

The Society of Natives, meeting
last night at the Washington
Club, reaffirmed its request that
District residents be favored with
local appointments.
Another resolution opposed any
increase in real estate taxes, and
urged increased Federal appro'
priationS for the District.
Officers elected are: President,
Henry Harding Burroughs; first
vice president, John A. Saul; Sec
ond vice president, Mrs. Mary A.
Willis; third vice president, Louie
L. Bowdler; recording secretary
Miss Emma A. Bright; CORE
spending secretary, Mrs. Watson
v. Shelton: historian. James H,
Duhamel; treasurer, Frederick G.
Umhau,
The Washington times., 1934-11-17
Scientists Study
MOrtals, IlmmOrtals

"Mortals and Immortals" is the
subject Of the lesson-sermon in all
the Churches of Christ, Scientist
tomorrow. The golden text is
from Romans 8:21: 1.-The creature
itself also shall be delivered from
the bondage of corruption into
the glorious liberty of the children
of God." Among the citations
which comprise the lesson.Sermon
is the following from the Christian
Science text book, Science and
Health with Key to the Scrip.
lures" by Mary Baker Eddy: "Hu-
man, birth, growth, maturity, and
decay are as the grass Springing
from the soil with beautiful green
blades, afterwards to wither and
return to its native nothingness.
The Washington times., 1934-11-17
Police Commended
For Crime Drive

Brookland Citizens Association,
meeting last night in Masonic
Temple, Twelfth and Monroe
Streets Northeast, unanimously
commended the District Commis-
sioners and Metropolitan Police
on their efforts to suppress crime
and opposed appointment of a
vigilance committee.
The association repeated its re.
quest for a bridge at the Frank
lin Street crossing Of the Balti-
more and Ohio tracks. L. A.
Carruthers, vice president of the
Federation of Citizens Associa-
tions, explained the recent request
of the federation that por'
ton of Federal estate taxes be
credited to the District Govern
ment as an additional means Of
increasing revenues. He suggested
consideration of a sales tax, ex'
empting food stuffs and medicine.
The Washington times., 1934-11-17
Leading Ministers
To Lead Service

Leading clergymen Of Washing
ton will participate in the dedica-
ton services of National Memorial
Park, new cemetery on the Lee
Highway, a mile and half west
of Falls Church, at 3 o'clock to-
morrow.
DR.. Frederick Brown Harris
will conduct the dedication.
Others participating will include
DR.. Raphael H. Miller, DR.. Walter
c. Hook, DR.. R. Y. Nicholson, the
Rev. DR.. w. L. Darby, and DR.. Will
liam King. Justin Lawrie will d.
rect the musical program.