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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-08-28

That Webster Hall was so packed
with perspiring women and men
last Friday "a torrid night as to
create shortage Of chairs, testified
to the eagerness Of the people to
hear the message of the returned
delegates from the Paris Anti-War
Congress. and it appears not only
toilers but a growing number Of
other sections of the population
have realized the danger of war and
are determined to fight it.
Delegate after delegate, all diff
fering widely in appearance and
personality, took the platform to
describe their impressions of the
Paris meeting, to bring message
of solidarity from the women Of
the world assembled there, to i'm
part the enthusiasm she felt for the
work ahead in building more COM
mittees against war and reaching
greater masses Of people with the
anti-war message.
Jessica Henderson of the Wom-
ems Committee Against War and
Fascism. told how the Manifesto
presented at the Congress was
adopted unanimously, except that
four of the 1,O88 delegates did not
vote. She told how fifteen German
delegates, there under assumed
names, would take their lives in
their hands to return to carry on
their work. She said that the
women Of her League would sell
copies of Rev Fosdick's sermon
against war in order to raise money
for the anti-war work.
Clara Bodian of the Womens
Councils told how the delegates
who boarded the boat, mostly
strangers" to each other, felt
within two days that they had
known each other for years. She
told how Mother Bloor Immediately
got busy among the delegates, form
ing them into committees to draw
up resolutions to present to the
Congress. Some of these resolu-
tions were accepted.
I'm spite of the lack of COM
mon language" she said, "the ex-
preston on the faces of the women
at the Congress spoke, showing one
thought, one purpose, to fight
against war and fascism. There
were women from fascist countries,
present at the risk of their lives;
many of them widows of victims of
fascist terror, of comrades killed in
the class struggle One little boy
of eleven, whose father had been
hanged. made a stirring speech de-
handing that the struggle go on"
Comrade Bodian concluded with a
strong call for a big delegation to
go to the Chicago Anti-War Con-
gress. and pointed out that the cost
of sending a delegate there is
twenty-five dollars, a fraction of
the cost of sending one to Paris.
Mary Rayside, Negro delegate
from Harlem. was so flaming with
enthusiasm that she couldn't de-
scribe it and her repeated declara-
tons to that effect were hugely
relished and applauded. Com
rades, it was marvellous" she cried.
1T was Just wonderful. I was sick
and could hardly sit up, but it was
so marvellous I forgot all about my
aches and pains. 1t was really so
wonderful! I am not well right
now, but as soon as I am sure am
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-08-28
CRAFT AT FORD'S

By An Automobile Worker Corre-
spOndent
DETROIT, Mich.-Who are the
thieves-the Ford workers or the
Ford executive administration? This
question was brought to my notice
when I happened TO see a Ford
worker being questioned because the
Ford Service Department happened
to find about IS cents worth of
bolts and nuts in his bench box.
They even insisted on taking this
man home to search his place.
They pressed upon him that taking
material from the Ford plant was
the absolute crime.
Surprising every worker took
away material from the Ford plant,
they would only be pikers compared
to the amount of material sent out
by these Ford executives. While
some of the Ford workers may take
material, all they could carry would
have to be taken in their pockets
or lunch boxes, but the Ford execu-
tiYes use trucks. Thousands of dol
lars worth of material and finished
articles with the time and labor of
men have been used the last nine
months for the personal use of
Ford executive administrators and
their friends.
For example, not three months
ago IL chicken coops were made up
in the High Line building. Ten
men worked on material for almost
three weeks making them up. To
hide things as much as possible they
were mostly done on the night
shift. AS they were finished they
were shipped away before the day
shift came on, and when the day
shift came on six to eight men
worked on beer-coolers for She same
Ford executive administration. Re-
Gently a lot of work in stainless
steel and monel metal was being
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-08-28

When we arrived at the congress-
mans office, we found machine
guns on the roofs of all the corner
houses, besides the usual police pro-
lection. The people who probably
had never heard or seen of such
happenings, came into the streets
to listen to us.
But what happenedP One bad
speaker after another began to
speak, each one speaking longer
than the other. Also the chairman
speaking before and after each
speaker, until the crowd losing pa
thence, began leaving When the
Section Committees attention was
called to the fact that we will soon
be left with a handful of demon
strators, they only shrugged their
shoulders, and answered. There
are two more speakers, and the
crowd must have more patience"
The result was that the demon
stration did not have the same eff
feet wnen we left as when we
oOeAA HSds 1AAoO blleAb b4iG EOiQIIlBbE6
and the few demonstrators who
were left, were exposed to the dan
ger of the police and their machine
guns.
Wherein lies the trouble? Is il
due to our comrades laziness? Is
there something wrong with our ar
rangements committee, who think
we must have many speakers,
whether anything is said or not, or
whether there are any ears left to
hear them. Those were the things
we discussed, and which we feel
should be discussed by others.
Whether our demonstrations would
not be much bigger and better If
we would have less speakers and
more impressive speakers keeping
the crowd so that when the meet
ing is adjourned, all the demon
strators leave as one; leaving a
good impression on those who
watch us and a desire to come
again for those who demonstrate
with us.
s, L.,
Organizer Unit 1oL, Sec. II.
N. Y.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-08-28
MUD PIES FOR RELIEF

pig pens, it seems very funny that
the state should order us to make
mud pies instead of building clean
homes for these workers. 1 under
stand that the bosses are only doing
this to make the people think that
the thousands of dollars which have
been appropriated for unemploy-
ment relief are going for a good
cause. Yes, the cause is good-good
for the boss; it helps to make him
fat.
Workers, the bosses will always
use us for the goat unless we or
ganize against such stupidities as
occurred on our project in Highland
Park. Demand that all the money
which is being used to train thou
sands of young workers in the
United States to go out and kill
young workers in other countries
should be used for the unemployed.
Refuse to make mud-pies or re-dig
bitches so that more workers can be
fooled Talk with your fellow work
ers. Organize!
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-08-28
BY a Worker Correspondent

LOS ANGELES, Cal.-The S. E.
R. A. has new system of finding
employment for workers. This is
what happened on one of the S. E.
R. A. projects to which SO other
workers and I were assigned. In
the first place, we we're given a
false address and told to go there.
After we had spent a day in look
ing for the place that wasn't, we
called up and found out where the
right place was. I understand that
this was pre- arranged, because the
right address was nothing like the
false one which they had given us.
When we finally reached our des-
tination, we saw that our project
was to tear down hill of dirt on
a certain school ground. which only
two weeks ago we had been ordered
to build up.
When thousands of workers are
homeless, and when thousands of
workers live in nothing better than
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-08-28
Good Laboratory
Equipment in SOUiet
Electrical Plmi
By Soviet Worker Correspondent

BY Soviet Worker Correspondent
MOSCOW, U. S. S. RI am
working in the bureau of investiga-
ton at Dynamo, a large plant
manufacturing electric motors,
locomotives and equipment. At
present I am working on quality
babbitt bearings. I am highly
pleased with the laboratory equip
ment, The laboratory is much
larger and better equipped than any
I have had the privilege of work
ing in in the States.
I marched with the factory in
the Nov. demonstration. 1t was
highly impressive with the march
ing millions-red square, area of
marching figures, placards, banners
and flags.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-08-28
Moldy Breakfast
Brin gs Struggle to
Head at Camp Wyeth
BY a Worker CORRESPONDENT

by worker correspondent
CHICAGO, Ill - Twenty-Five C..
c. G. young workers are en- route on
the Union Pacific Railroad to
Chicago, having been dishonorably
discharged from Camp Wyeth.
One morning, last week, Captain
Boender came upon one young
fellow supposedly sleeping on the
job" and ordered him out of the
camp. Two of the tent buddieS of
this discharged young fellow desired
to accompany him to the railroad
station. The captain forbade them.
but regardless, they boarded a
truck and proceeded to the rail-
road station. Captain Boender
follower, stopped the truck and hit
one of the boys in the face, which
provoked a fist fight.
With this incident, there was OBJ
vious a smoldering resentment of
the camp towards the captain. The
following morning just prior to a
heavy day of work in the forest.
the boys were served with a moldy
breakfast of scraps. Hell was
raised in the dining room. and
Captain Boender finally called the
sheriff from Hood River County.
Twenty-Five were dishonorably dis
charged after the several hundred
boys in camp refused to permit the
sheriff to take them to Jail.
Several young workers are still in
the camp drawing the lessons from
this little experience amongst the
remaining fellows and preparing to
further their struggle for better
conditions.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-08-28
Jones & Laughlin Corp.
Tries To Get Worker
To Dig His Own Crave
BY a Worker Correspondent


AMBRIDGE, Pa.-The Jones and
Laughlin Steel Corp. of Aliouippa
Pa, tells the workers that the
outside union" collects S1.63 per
month from each worker and does
not help the worker, but the com
pany union costs nothing and helps
the workers. The bosses are trying
to make the worker dig his own
grave.
I wish that every worker would
join his own union and give these
bosses and companies a lesson of
how we can put them down by
struggle. Now is the time to unite.
That yellow skunk, Green, of the
A. F. Of L., said last Sunday that
the Communists are supported by
Russia and should be deported
Dear comrades, I know what Green
says is a lie.
We all know how food went UP.
If we keep separate we are all going
to starve.
Russia is the greatest country in
the whole world. There are no
cowardly capitalists to press the
workers to death there.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-08-28
Buick Local.
Disguised With
Dillon Tactics
By a Worker Correspondent

BY worker correspondent
DETROIT, Mich-At a meeting
several weeks ago of the Buick To-
cal in Flint, which is an affiliate of
the A. F. of L., Francis Dillon, ma
tional organizer in the auto in
ing while drunk and created a
scene that is the talk of the town.
When Dillon staggered into the
meeting, all was quiet and peace
full. With a roar he grabbed the
gavel from the hand of the as
tonished chairman, and told the
workers that the orders of Bill
Green in regards to the "purging'
of the Communists from the A. F.
of L. were about to be initiated by
no less a person that Francis
Dillon.
At the next meeting William Col
Inns of sell-out fame arrived in the
role of peacemaker with unfor-
tunate results. The rank and file
had issued leaflet explaining and
exposing the takers. Mr.. Collins
had received one of these leaflets
and was indiscreet enough to
launch an attack on the rank and
file.
The immediate task of the rank
and file in the auto locals is plain,
to carry on persistent campaign
Of exposure and agitation in the
coming months so that when the
auto season starts the illusions the
workers have in regards to these
misleaders will be completely
smashed, and to actively build a
rank and file movement that will
unite with the rank and file of the
other auto unions to build one
militant industrial union.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-08-28
In d StriaL
Union Defends
It's Members
By a Worker Correspondent

~ . HFoAANA
NEW YORK; am employed by
the Presto Lock Co.. 70 Washington
St, Brooklyn. This shop can be
placed in the category of heavy
metal, which is a basic war indus
try. This shop is now organized
80 per cent by the Steel and Metal
Workers Industrial Union. The
three key departments, namely. the
tool and die making department.
the power press department and the
polishing department, are 100 per
cent organized. A drive is now on
to organize the other departments
100 per cent.
Some time ago the workers of the
shop passed decision that if any
workers were to be laid off or fired,
the aon-union help would be the
first ones to go.
On Thursday, Aug. Is, 1884, two
union girls from the assembly de-
partment were laid off. On Friday
morning, Aug. II, 1884, the shop
chairman and the department. COM
n2ittees demanded that the fore
man reinstate the girls Immediately.
The foreman asked for "a hours to
think it over. This was refused
him and he refused to reinstate the
girls. Immediately the workers
shut off the power and everybody
stopped work, including the unor-
ganized. Within five minutes the
girls were reinstated and we went
back to work.
Because Of this, the prestige of
the union was well established. We
are now certain that within a week
we will be 100 per cent organized
into the Steel and Metal Workers.
Industrial Union.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-08-28

10 see if the merchants are letting
other groceries than what is on this
list go out. They say they have to
comply with their lists, or it would
go hard with them.
If the poor folks are found out
getting things that are not listed,
such as cold meat, or roast, or
pickles or cookies, there would be
hell to pay.
My husband and I are 100 per
cent for the Communist Party, be-
cause we know that times will not
change until the workers are in
power, and then the capitalist graft
ers will be done with.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-08-28
By a Radio Worker Correspondent

OS a hdutu WUEACf Correspondent
NEW YORK.-Big stores adver-
tise that they fix radios. Then they
send a man up who is called a radio
serviceman. 1t is his job to get as
much as possible out of the Gus
toner. He tells the customer that
a very bad short circuit is in the
set and it will cost $12 to fix it, If
he gets the customers consent he
takes the radio out of the home and
brings it to the store, A man who
is called radio mechanic then does
the actual repairing.
Now the usual trouble with any
radio is what is called condenser or
resistor trouble. A condenser can
usually be bought for S to 10 cents
at the highest. You can readily see
that the boss makes $12 profit, less
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-08-28
Letters from Our Readers

the National Executive Committee
of the Socialist Party at once an
swer the letters of the Communist
Party and enter into negotiations
for the United Front. This meet
ing was held at Eastern Parkway
and Utica Ave, Brooklyn.
Again and again, during the
course of the debate, the assembled
workers expressed their approval of
the efforts of the Communist Party
to establish the united front and
laughed down the futile efforts of
the Socialist speakers to explain
why, although it was desirable, it
could not take place at this time
etc"
When the Socialists raised the
question of the sincerity of the
Communist Party, the speaker for
the Communists, John Morris
pointed out that any unit of the
Party, any organization in which
there was Communist group
COuld upon Jnelr own initiative en-
ter into local united front actions
whereas the Socialist Party leaders
forbade their rank and file, the So
cialist Party and Y. P. S. l.. locals
from not only entering into Joint
actions, but even from speaking
from the same platform with Com
munists.
At the time that the workers de-
manded the debate, the Socialist
speaker said that he was willing but
discipline bound him to the de-
cisions of the N. E. c. However
the insistent demands of the audi
ence forced the debate and ques-
ton period as well. j. M.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-08-28
Detroit District School
Opens for One Month

DETROIT, Mich, Aug. 26.-The
District Training School of the
Communist Party will open tomor-
row at the Workers School, 321
Erskine, at Brush. 1t will be a full
time school for mennonite period.
Selected students from various
parts of the Michigan district will
receive intensive instruction in the
basic elements of Marxism and
Leninism, trade union strategy and
tactics and in other subjects to
qualify them for leadership in
workers struggles. The majority of
the enrolled students are auto
mobile workers.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-08-28
LSNR inForefontof
PhiLa. Terror Fight

prepare to hold the Center here as
a central point for all comrades OF
the section in the coming police
terror by LeStrange which has al
ready begun. The section is COW
cred by police, and several workers
organizations have been evicted.
The L. S. N. R. has taken con-
siderable lead in the struggles
which resulted in the demonstra-
ton of 5000 on Thursday, Aug. 9.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-08-28
Raise on Relief Jobs
Sought in Lake Wales
BY a Worker Correspondent

LAKE WALES, Florida.-I am
chairman of the local Unemployed
Brotherhood and we are short of
finances now, and, if you can, try
to get us donation, even as much
as 50 week, while we are fighting
to get a raise. We have got a hard
fight, the relief heads are fighting
us and the capitalists also. OF
course you can't let this be known
right now too much.
Last Saturday there was trouble
when the fellows were getting paid
off. One of the men that was work.
ing on the relief got in a little
fight. I didn't see it, but it seems
the man that pays off the workers
slapped the worker and he hit him
1t was something about a check OF
something. Anyway, the relief
worker is in Jail, but the boss is
free and never was arrested.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-08-28
Pains Following Childbirth

R. A.. New York.-There are 4
few important facts that you have
omitted from your letter which
would be very helpful in deciding
what your trouble is. These facts
are the following: Cd your age; ~
the number of babies you have had;
80 whether the last delivery was
normal or instrumental.
The attacks Of severe pain on the
right side below the breasts going
all the way up to the chest and to
the shoulders a month after child
birth, may be due to gall bladder
trouble. Gall bladder disease is a
frequent complication of pregnancy.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-08-28
RADIO REPAIR RACKET

10 cents for the defective part, less
25 cents for the radio mechanics
time (pay as low as SO per week.
less rs cents radio serviceman's
part.
Now radio serviceman is
nothing but high class pressure
salesman, talking the customer into
the high price and is therefore
very valuable to the boss, to gyp
the customer out of his hard earned
money. A radio mechanic who does
the actual fixing is liked by the
boss the other way around, because
he can't do any cheating for him.
1t shouldn't cost more than 50 to
fix the average radio, that is, figur-
ing a union rate of $1.25 per hour,
plus material, which is usually 5
cents, 10 cents or 25 cents.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-08-28
Leviton Electrical
Wages Are Cut 1870
BY An Electrical Worker Core
Su0n1anf

BY An Electrical Worker Core
spOndent
NEW YORK.-The conditions in
the Leviton Electrical Manufacture
ing Co., at Greenpoint, Brooklyn.
are getting worse and worse.
Starting the week of Aug. IA they
cut pay Is per cent, and are forcing
the workers to turn out more pro-
duction for less money.
The pressers in the porcelain
department were making an av-
erage of $21 a week, which has been
cut to $3.50. The foreman keeps
timing you with watch, telling you
to hurry up, turn out better and
more products.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-08-28
By a worker Correspondent

PHILADELPHIA, Pave live in
the I. L. D. Community Center in
Philadelphia, which is in the heart
Of the Negro section where the ire
mendous upsurge took place last
week. The entire section is perme-
ated with a tension which is ready
to break at the slightest provoca-
ton. Our comrades are working
hard to lead the struggle, also to
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-08-28

done for the Ford Exposition in
Chicago. This was too good to be
boxed and the Ford executive ad-
miniStration seized the opportunity
to get stainless steel and monel
metal sinks made for their country
and town homes. lamps and water
coolers, and other knicknacks for
their yachts and speedboats.
Those who want to prove whether
I lie or not can go to the High Line
and they will find two lifebosts
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-08-28
SPEAK TO YOUR NEWsDEALER
Brooklyn, N.

I'd like to make suggestion
which I believe will help increase
the circulation of the Daily Worker.
I have noted that all news stands
that sell the Daily Worker put it
in an obscure corner where it is not
noticed. I believe you should urge
the news dealers to put the Daily
Worker in the same prominent
position on the news stand as other
papers, so that it can be noticed
whenever workers buy newspapers.
A. S.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-08-28

from Ford barges being rebuilt and
va motors with propellers being
installed. 1t is intended to build
two aluminium decks, and all these
for the personal use of Ford execu-
tives under fictitious works orders.
Two Ford roofers are out shingling
private homes, and b1ickload of
sheet copper flashing with all the
other necessary material was sent
away few days ago.
For further information ask
Rause OF Williams, chiefs of the
maintenance departments, or Mid
dleton, or perhaps DeBlanche, di-
rector of transport, or Rooney, the
chief of service in the administra-
ton building.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-08-28
Aluminium Poisoning

u eteraheFm ibreathin, sh. eff =.
E. G., FlOrida.-There has been
a great deal written about alumni
mum compounds in food. AS a
point of fact, a 37S-page book has
been written by DR.. E. E. Smith on
this subject. But because of the
expense involved and because the
Mellon interests can drown opposi-
ton in scientific propaganda, the
question of food poisoning by alumni
mum utensils has not been settled
1t will remain for Socialist society
to do. In fact, the Soviet Union is
already interested in this problem
Meanwhile, unless the aluminium is
of very poor (rough) grade, don't
worry about it.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-08-28
Poor Folk Have No
Right to Choose Food
BY a Worker Correspondent

UTICA, N. Y.-Poor folks have no
right to the choice of food they
would like. The capitalist scum Of
the earth have got their heads to-
gether and made out a list telling
us what we can eat.
Merchants of different grocery
stores say they have investigators
call at the stores and hang around