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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-04-24
DAILY" NEEDS COLUMN ON
LEAFLET TECHNIQUE
Tacoma, Wash.

Tacoma, WASH.
Dear Comrade Editors:
I have wanted for a long time
to express my appreciation of the
Daily Worker, but since I am a
very active party member, it is sell
dom that I get time to write any,
thing not directly concerned with
immediate tasks. You are doing a
good job, comrades, I have no criti-
cism to offer. Here in South Ia
coma the excellence of the Daily
is making many friends for our
unit.
However, here is a suggestion
which I believe if adopted would
help us in our work: publish a col
umn dealing with technical work.
Here on the west coast our move
ment is young yet, and there are
many shortcomings in our agitprop
work. We need to learn to print
or Monograph better leaflets, post
ers, etc. We need technical advice.
Surely a column of this nature
could be made very interesting.
There could be articles on the vari-
GUS ways of putting out leaflets-es-
pecially the cheapest ways, lessons
on lettering stencil cutting, sign
painting, ETC., with descriptions of
apparatus necessary, and where to
get it. Perhaps much of this APP
paratus could be manufactured by
our local comrades.
know that there are many
workers who take great interest in
doing such work. I believe that the
Daily" did publish some instruc-
tons on how to prepare material
for photograph work, or something
of that nature, but those could be
re-published and enlarged upon
with benefit to the movement. There
are many units which could con-
siderably widen their influence if
they were able to quickly and
cheaply put out leaflets, and in
structions on exactly how to do
this, in my opinion, cannot be pub
lished too often. H. D.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-04-24
SUFFERING
Concluded

One of the worst practices is to
make a child believe that he is an
inferior member of the family group.
The slogan that children should be
seen and not heard has produced
more stammerers than any other
single "rule" of conduct. If the child
feels like taking part in a discus
sion, even if this might seem not
to concern him, it is the height OF
psychological folly to prevent him
from expressing his opinion. A slut
terer should be given free range to
talk as long as he wishes, on any
subject under discussion, around the
family table. If you ignore him or
if you express annoyance, it in
creases his feeling of inferiorlty
Never reprimand child or squelch
him with a sarcastic remark. On
the other hand, by trying to calm
him or supply him with the words
which he does not seem to be able
to find you are weakening his con-
fidence and you are injuring your
self-respect; thus making it more
difficult for him to speak at the
next opportunity.
Thwarting of a child's natural
channels of expression often results
in rebellious or stubborn or some
times even destructive attitude on
his part. The psychological basis
for the seemingly unreasonable or
malicious behavior of the poor little
sufferer is the desire to gain recog-
milton, even at the expense of social
disapproval. Besides this he is often
resentful against his parents or his
teachers. The best way to handle
the destructive tendencies of some
Sufferers is to utilize them fol-
constructive purposes. The child's
energy should be used to make him
perform some task in which he is
known to find pleasure and which
will bring him recognition for ability
or talent. Adult Sufferers, parti-
cularly, are very sensitive in this
respect and respond gratefully ir
the performance of any activities
which involve responsibility or au-
thority. On the other hand one
must be careful not to let the slut
terer perceive that he is the object
of unusual solicitude; nor should he
be ordered to do things; any de.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-04-24
Central Mills
Workers Expose
Company Union
BY a Gary Steel Worker
Correspondent

GARY, Tnd.-The workers of the
Central Mills are opposed to the
company union. On April Bird, at
meeting in the main Office, to
which Rail, Blooming, 44-inch, Slab
and Billet Mill men were called
only 125 workers showed up. These
departments represent between 1900
to $500 workers, yet only 125 re-
ported. That shows how much the
workers think of the company union
McNabb spoke praising the COM
pany union, and then asked the
men to speak.
Many of the workers took the
floor. Rail men asked for stoppage
of Sunday and holiday work, be-
cause it caused them to stay home
all week. But when McNabb said
the power had to be used when the
rest of the mills are shut, and it
would cost extra, the workers re-
piled that they were not concerned
about the expense of the company;
that they had lost everything, their
homes and all, while the company
still had the mills and was raking
profits McNabb got sore and cried
that the company union can change
neither the conpany's rules nor its
wages.
Rail mill men also complained
that they must carry drinking water
long way and must use dirty pals,
and asked that water system be
installed. McNabb said the COM
pany was too poor, but if the men
would help stop the disappearance
of the washrooms supplies, maybe
the company would help them. The
men laughed in his face. The meet
ing adjourned with most of the
men already gone.
Fellow workers this shows how
much the company union cares
about the workers and especially
with McNabb at the head of the
company union representation, you
can't expect anything.
So why not join the real rank
and file union-the Steel and Metal
Workers Industrial Union. Our
headquarters are open at 1885
Broadway every day. So come on
and show the bosses where to get
off.
e. P. M.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-04-24
HealthDep'tAdmits
tuberculosis Rise
In Negro Section
Lauds ''New Machine .
But Offers No Way
for Cure

NEW YORK. - Two hundred and
sixty-nine hitherto unsupported
cases of tuberculosis have been dis
covered among the unemployed in
the upper West Side. The depart
ment admits these cases have been
caused "by the depression"
tuberculosis was found to be more
prevalent in the Negro sections of
the city where, because of the bad
living conditions which they are
forced to endure, their resistance to
the disease is weakened. In Harlem,
out of 4,580 cases examined, 269 are
definitely tubercular while SAB more
cases are claSsed as suspects"
tuberculosis has eaten into the
bodies of men, women and children
in every Stun section of the city.
In the Red Hook section Of Brook
Ign 512 cases, all unsupported, were
discovered. The lower East and West
Sides are being studied now.
The new X-ray machine, which
LIDS BGCl1 SlNC11 a 11uI1O4 GU GllllCo NIL Z
publicity than methods to decrease
and wipe out tuberculosis, uses a
paper film which makes it possible
to handle many of these cases in the
home without disqualification" The
Health Department states that "this
will mean a great economic saving
and will minimize overcrowding our
hospitals and sanatoria."
This is considered to mean that
thousands will be deprived of hospi-
tai treatment in spite of the fact
that tuberculosis is continually
spreading among the workers of the
city.
morning the windows were smash
ed the entire neighbOrhOod of
workers and small shop keepers
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-04-24
Proposed Steel
Pay Raise Does
NOtMaterialize
Speed-Up and Low Pay
Continue in Mills
of Carnegie, Pa.
By a Steel Worker Correspondent

By Steel Worker Correspondent
CARNEGIE, Pa. - The speed-up
in these local mills has caused the
workers to refer to them as mad
houses" The proposed 10 per cent
increase in wages sounded fine, but
it failed to materialize. And even
if they did put this raise into eff
feet it would have little effect on
the economic life of the Carnegie
district.
The men in the mills of the Car
negie district are averaging four
days a week, and producing prac-
tically three times as much steel
as the same number of men turned
out in 1929. No wonder the work
ers refer to their plants as mad
houses"
It's the same old story in the
steel mills. Speed-up intensified
among the younger workers. and
low pay, and a constantly increas-
ing cost of living. In the Carnegie
plant of the Superior Steel Corp,
(organized in the AmaIgamated As
sociation) last week, two young men,
one % and the other "a, each lost
two fingers of their right hands
while working on the sheers. Even
the company stool pigeons are go
ing around shaking their heads
and saying, There's no telling who
will be next unless this Speed-up
is stopped"
The A. A. doesn't seem to be in
terested in what has happened, and
only makes an appearance on pay
days to collect dues. AS a result,
out of 1000 signed-up members, only
so to rs attend the union meet
ings, and these are men who are
favorable to the company. The tao
tics of the A. F. of L. have so dis
couraged the men that they are
saying that all unions are the same
and nothing can be done.
However, the local organizer of
the Steel and Metal Workers In
dustrial Union has succeeded in
pointing out to many of the men
that this is just what the company
and the A. F. of L. officials want
them to believe.
The result is that lots of men
are now looking favorably toward
the S. M. w. I. U. However, the
company has succeeded N keeping
many men terrorized. Just how
long this will Last is hard to tell,
but from the talk of some of the
men it won't be very long.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-04-24
~ a Rubber WOrker Correspondent

CHICOPEE FALLS. Mass. =
have been receiving your newspaper,
the Daily Worker. I have never
read a paper to interest me so
much, The truth; the facts, are all
so clear to me when I read the
Daily Worker. When I'm through
with it give it to some fellow
worker.
I am a rubber worker, a tire
maker. I work for the Fisk Rubber
Corp. We have a union called the
United Rubber Workers Federation
Of Labor Union, affiliated to the A.
F, of L. Our presidents name is T.
Burns, a strong Socialist. I am one
Of the trustees.
The president is chairman and
most of the time does all the read
ing and most of the talking. When
he names a committee, he usually
elects himself to give reports.
Last week he tried to get the
seargent- alarms to throw me out
because 7 was calling him to order.
After that he asked the members
to grant him the privilege to de-
bate and discuss without leaving the
chair. Nobody helped him out on
that.
1t was through my efforts that
q special meeting was called. This
meeting is to vote on whether or
not we are going to force the COM
pany to a closed shop,
The Fisk Rubber Corp made a
million and a quarter dollars in
the last six months of 1888. Last
week the president of the COM
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-04-24
mo SUCH THING AS CAPITAL
ISM" SAYS DR.. BUTLER
New York City.

Comrades:
Please let me tell you what DR..
Butler, ''the incarnation of the in
ternational mind" had to say as
reported in the N. Y. Times of
April II, 1894.
He discovered "There is no such
thing as capitalism. 1t was a de-
batting term adopted by Karl Marx.
Capitalism is not principle of our
form of government. 1t is an &C
cident. The principle is liberty and
the real controversy is between
liberty and compulsion."
7 suppose such insane mouthings
are best let alone to illustrate a
tale told by an idiot" I fear, how
ever, that the doctor, in depicting
war, hunger, and a breaking
administration as accidental is put
quite in class by himself.
B. G.
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80 Doctor
,.(AAHiHsQe't
NdA>GAe1:
By PAUL LUTTINGER, MD.

mands made upon him should be
in the form of a request, not an
order. When the task is done, one
should never criticize it too harshly.
No reference should be made to any
carelessness or awkwardness, nor
should any disdain be expressed. On
the contrary, every opportunity
should be used to express approval,
commentator or praise.
Shy or shrinking individuals Of
ten show embarrassment or con-
fusion when they attempt to speak,
or refuse to do so altogether in the
presence of visitors. This often an
noys the parent or teacher and the
child is discouraged from voicing
his thoughts in company. 1t would
be much wiser to let him express
his thoughts, even if in an embar-
raising manner, than to let him be-
come retrospective and addicted to
day. dreaming. The backward child
of this type should be given even
more opportunities than the agrees
sive one to participate in all kinds
of activities which will earn him
the approval of his social group.
One of the best methods of estab-
fishing the proper relationship be-
tween the child and the teacher is
for the latter to make it quite clear
that she will never call upon the
handicapped child to recite, except
when he signifies his desire to do
so by himself. He should be allowed
to write out answers. The teacha<
should permit the child to sit in
any part of the classroom that he
chooses. Some children prefer to
sit in the back of the classroom
where his classmates cannot see
him. Others prefer to sit in the
front, so that they may not have to
look at their classmates. An intel
ligent teacher will never refer to a
Sufferers difficulty in his presence.
When he is not present, she should
explain to the rest of the class the
reason for the special privileges &C
corded to this particular child and
ask for cooperation of the class
mates in her attempt to help him
in his handicap.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-04-24
PARTY LIFE
Units Should Haze Ears to
Ground" to Initiate Struggles
Units Must React Immediately to EUery Struggle
of the Working Class
= By DAN DAVIS, Chicago -

were incensed against the fascist
acts of terror. Only one comrade
took the initiative to Immediately
try to organize these workers
against faseism. But the cOmrade
was frustrated. No one knew
where to get Monograph ma
chine for leaflets. None of the
other party members seemed in
terested in carrying out any action
without any of the unit organizers
assistance. Three units are in the
neighbOrhoOd.
Tt was not until the following
Thursday that any hint of action
was announced though the story
of the window smashing, suppressed
by the entire capitalist press, was
published in the Daily Worker Of
the next day, Monday. This paper
reached Chicago workers Tuesday.
But everyone knew about the Nazi
activities the day it happened.
Thursday Section 5 announced that
a conference of all organizations in
the section would be held the fol-
lowing Sunday and petitions were to
be prepared.
This failure to act while the work
erS, and even small shop keepers. OF
the neighborhood were at white heat
against the Nazis and therefore easy
to mold to militant struggle against
fascism, meant making the task
great deal more difficult as the cheat
wore off. 1t meant that the neigh
borhood would again have to be
reused through petitions, agitation,
ETC., after many workers had dis
missed the act as something not
likely to happen again.
The lack of initiative also showed
the wide gap between the Party
members of that territory and the
workers in the neighborhood. The
units haven't their Gears to the
ground"
1t would indeed be difficult for the
units of the German Communis
Party today to carry on their sue
cessful work against the Hitler re-
gime if they had not reacted on
their own initiative to many fascist
acts in their territory before the
Nazis came into power. And this
is the important point.
Organization, through house to
house canvassing, leaflets, street
meetings, ETC., should have taken
place the very day of the fascist
terror. The workers were more than
ready for action.
The Party units must learn to-
day to be more and more self re-
liant. This is Communist far
sightedness. And they must learn
to shape the proletarian actions
against fascism into the Party
line while the iron is hot!
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-04-24
By a Gary Steel Worker
Correspondent

GARY, Ind.-Fellow workers OF
the Gary steel plant: Who is this
Mallinson, a company union" rep
resentative from the electrical de-
partment who is now plugging for
new set-up which he calls an
independent" union?
On March LIST, the Illinois Steel
workers voted overwhelming OPP
position to the company union, and
clearly expressed their desire for a
real working class union, independ-
ent of all company stools and COM
pany policies. The workers are
against the company union just be-
cause it is a stool-pigeon outfit
dominated by such company agents
as Mallinson, MCGEE, Toby and
others. By herding the workers
into this new fake outfit, the COM
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-04-24
ORGANIZATION IN MERIDEN
BY Metal Worker Correspondent

by Metal Worker Correspondent
MERIDEN, Conn., want to in
form you that an attempt is being
made to organize all workers from
both the Bristol and Meriden New
Departure plants, through the Cen
trail Labor Union. The Meriden
group, after the first meeting, are
well organized. The workers knew
that they had been driven by the
Company Union that now they must
put up a fight against the slave
driving.
The company is trying to split
the union, the inside whippers visit
ing each man separately with an
offer of two cents raise, and ask
ing him not to join the union.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-04-24
Socialist ChOkeS Discussion in
Fisk Rubber Workers. Local
Does Most of the Talking; Names Himself
To GiUe All the Committee Reports

pany predicted that they viii make
over two millions. We are about
1900 employees. For the tire that
I build today I'm being paid 30 per
cent less than 1929
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-04-24

Get the inside dope on the strike
breaking activities of the leaders of
the New York Central Trades and
Labor Council in the N. Y. Daily
Worker Trade Union Supplement.
To be published each Monday, start
ing next week.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-04-24
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CONDUCTED By
HELEN LUKE

San Francisco Domestic Worker
Writes
From the Pacific coast comes a
letter written evidently by a domes-
tic worker who wants to know
whether or not the Communist
Party is interested in these work.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-04-24

union struggles, it must, as Com
rade Wortis said, be distributed
among the trade union workers.
It is the task of every Communist
in the unions, every Communist
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-04-24
Can You Make EN-
Yourself?

Pattern 1882 is available In sizes
"A, 16, 10, 20, 80, "a, 36, SO, 40, AZ
and A. Size is takes 3H yards
36 inch fabric. Illustrated step-by-
step sewing instructions included.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-04-24
Soviet Consulate
Opens in New York

NEW YORK.-The Consulate
General of the Soviet Union in New
York was opened for business Fri
day at TO E. 61st st. G. M. Mela-
med, Soviet Consul-General, stated
that the office would be open from
10 am. to l pm. Mondays, Tues
days, Wednesdays and Fridays.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-04-24

A weeks calendar of New York
trade union events in the Trade
Union Supplement. Starting next
Monday in the Daily Worker.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-04-24

Every Monday, starting April 3d.!
Special New York Trade Union
Supplement- Order special bundles
for distribution in your union,
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-04-24

Down tools May LIST! Show your
will for the overthrow of capital
ism, for a Soviet United States!
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Send FIFTEEN CENTS (15c) in
coins or stamps (coins preferred)
for this Anne Adams pattern. Write
plainly name, address and style
number. BE SURE TO STATE
SIZE.
Address orders to the Daily
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West 17tA Street, New York City.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-04-24
era, and how they fare in a Social
list land. The letter.

era, and how they fare in Social
list land. The letter.
Dear Sir:
Il am a reader of your paper
for some time. Communism. I un-
derstand, is for the betterment of
all, regarding every one from the
lowest to the highest to be equally
emitted to fair treatment as to labor,
wages, and hours.
Il hear so much regarding the
rights of industrial workers, miners,
etc, but as yet have never heard
through your columns any reference
made to the domestic workers. What
about the servants in the homes?
Here we find the sorriest slavery of
all: a poor woman servant has to
be up at A. M, cook, wash, clean,
wash dirty clothes for as many as
seven in the family, iron about 10
shirts week, scrub on her knees,
cater to each and all of the lazy
buns in the family, take all their
insults and kicks, and keep on duty
to 9 p. m, or later if a drove of
company or guests call on the fam
lily.
What about her life? She being
without funds has to do this for
about $40 month, while the fam
lily take a ride in their favorite
auto, or attend bridge party. Does
your party ever realize that some
work should be done for the domes-
tic servant and slave as well as for
the factory workers? Don't they
work just as hard? No one has
pity for them. When I hear through
your paper that the lowly are re-
garded humanely, I will be sure to
join your party, but not until them.
You know we are all human be-
ings and even the poorest is just as
entitled to fair deal as the other.
What are the Communist coun-
tries doing for their domestic work
ers? will look for an explanation
through your paper.
Respectfully,
"A READER OF THE DAILY
WORKER"
Reply
Dear Comrade HouSeworker:
You may rest assured that the
Communist Party is decidedly in
terested in the domestic workers
and holds them in as high esteem
as any other worker. 1t is hard to
organize them, however, because
they are separated from each other:
each one works in a different house
(unless it be a very rich establish
ment employing several servants)
and each is directly under the eye
of her boss or bosses all day long,
so it is very hard to reach these
workers to talk to them about their
conditions and how to better them.
And as you showed, these workers
are seldom able to leave the house
for any length of time except late
in the evening.
Their life is quite as you state:
they are one of the most oppressed
section of workers. The Daily
Worker has had some paragraphs
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fraction, to see to it that the issues
of the Daily Worker containing the
special supplement are spread
among the workers by the tens of
thousands.
Watch for the first New York
Trade Union Supplement on April
80