The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-05-31
Welcome, Sailors!

CAILORS of the fleet, the Communist
y Party and the Daily Worker extend to
YOU their heartiest revolutionary greet
ings!
You have Just arrived from long
series of war maneuvers in the Far East,
through the Panama Canal and in the
Caribbean Sea. You know at first-hand something
of the far-fung war plans of the Wall Street gov
eminent that decides how and when the fleet
shall be used to protect its investments the plumber
of the rich in this country, and to grab new
colonies
You land at a time when tremendous strike
struggles are going on throughout this country.
We know that you get many letters from nome
telling what the NRA. is doing to workers pay
envelopes Many of your fathers, brothers. or
womenfolk have been engaged in strike struggles,
and have felt the cruel savage terror of the bosses.
Perhaps some of you have friends or relatives in
Toledo, Ohio where the militia was used against
strikers, shooting down many, killing two
Our newspaper, the only working class daily
paper in the country, has been watching and fol-
lowing the maneuvers of the fleet, because we have
been vitality concerned in reporting to the workers
what the bosses were doing in preparing for war.
Now you are here! And we extend to you our
warmest greetings. We bring you the greetings OF
Communists and militant workers in every part of
the country from the strike fronts, from the coal
and iron miners of Alabama, from the militant
longshoremen, and the Toledo auto-parts strikers.
I'VE FEEL sailors, that you as members Of our
W class in the armed forces of the exploiters, OF
the government of the capitalists you will be vitality
interested reading the reports of the strike strug
giles in the Daily Worker. We urge you to read our
paper while ashore
More than that We would like to hear from
YOU. Drop us a line about conditions in the fleet,
Tell us what the men are thinking about in the
event Of new imperalist war.
There is no doubt that while ashore the CAPT
talist press will try to fatter you. These sheets
will be filled with praise of the sailors They will
try to glorfy the gobs and tell you what swell guys
YOU are and how much you doing for your
country. But as a revolutionary working class news
paper we want to remind you about the same line
they pulled on the boys they sent over to the
trenches in France to pile up millions for Mr.. Nor
gan Mr. Rockefeller Mr. Ford, and their kind.
Those boys by the hundreds of thousands who were
praised and patted on the back now starving
When they ask for bonus they are shot down.
Don't fall for the flag-waving enthusiasm, the
blast of patriotic fapdoodle they will fling into
your face They want to keep you filled with their
bunk so that you will be good cannon fodder when
the time comes for your ships to go into action to
pile up more wealth for the capitalists here who
starve your mothers fathers, sisters and brothers
Every effort will be made to divert your mind
from some of the things you ought to know. We
know you have put in hard and long work training
and getting ready for war. You need rest and
some relaxation. You have been looking forward
to this leave for some time.
Why not get in touch with our headquarters
You will find in the Daily Worker every day the
meetings and affairs that the revolutionary and
militant workers, and trade union members, are
giving in this city every day you are on land Get
in touch with us at these meetings.
Sailors, we welcome you!