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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-03-09
l3zaer.s Defense Of Bourgeois
Democracy Led to Fascisn'
Support of Capitalist Governments Leads to
Strengthening Characterization

publican general as Otto Bauer is
a supporter Of democracy, but both
Of them. by adhering in a conser-
vative manner to the existing
political forms. were in reality
paving the way for the victory OF
reaction. The Communist work.
ers who struggle against the bour-
geoiS republic and bourgeois
democracy for prOletarian democ-
racy are doing more to bar the path
to fascism than all the social
democratic party with its daily
declamationS about democracy" 1t
is not the extreme Left and the
extreme revolutionary tactics
which lead to reaction, as the social
democratic press claims every day.
What leads TO reaction is the CAPT.
tulationist policy Of Cancellation
with reaction. which Austrian
sociaI-democracy has pursued for
many years. But social-democracy
presented this policy to the masses
as the guarantee of the salvation of
democracy. Why, then, h a s
democracy" suffered such defeats
at the present time in Austria?
The United Front
What has prevented Austrian So
cial- democracy from utilizing to the
full the fruits Of its tactics in the
matter Of saving democracy" May
be it was the Communists? Maybe
it was they who split the demo
cratic" front Of the working class?
We know that this false argument
is produced against the Communist
Party of Germany by the German
social-democrats. But in Austria
the situation is different. Here the
Communists havA not yet reaLy
tackled the task of winning over a
majority Of the working class, as
they have done in Germany. Here
the Communists are still in a mi
nority. According to the boast Of
Otto Bauer, Austrian social-democ-
racy has almost a monopoly in the
ranks of the Austrian workers. The
unity of the working class, accord
ing to Otto Bauer, has become an
accomplished fact in the ranks Of
Austrian social democracy. Let us
suppose for a moment that this is
the cause. But then, what a ter
rible responsibility falls on that
party which possesses a monopoly
for the application of its methods
of barring" the path to fascist re-
action. Why is it that reaction has
conquered in Austria with its
united" workers movement just as
it has done in Germany where there
is a split in the working class?
ITO Be Continued
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-03-09
Maintenance Men
Cheated by RT on
Overtime Figuring

NEW YORK-We workers of the
IRT maintenance were treated like
dogs during the recent snow storms
We were told at quitting time to
report back as soon as snow started
during the night. Those who did
not report were bawled out by the
foreman in the morning and told
in future to sleep with their feet
out Of the window Those who did
report were kept working for as
long as 81 hours.
We were cheated out Of half the
overtime by the following trick:
Overtime started at 8 pm. but at
7 am. straight time started again
and for 9 hours we only get STRAIGHT
day rates, overtime starting again
1T 6 pm.
There is much grumbling about
he recent 10 per cent cut, but we
hear another cut is on the way, so
Us time we started organizing to
defend the few rights we have,
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-03-09

follows: What Happened at the
Garden7" The average worker in
that neighborhood would imagine
that flowers had grown there! At
least no strangers to the club
showed up for the meeting,
The organization that airanges a
meeting should see that literature
directly connected with the topic is
featured. Yet this Is the exception
instead OF the rule. And the sale of
literature is by far the most i'm
portant part Of the average meet
ing.
Failure to advertize meetings In
the neighborhood is an outstanding
TACT In many meetings. Comrades
think that a notice in the Daily
Worker and Freiheit is the only ad-
vertisement necessary. The work
ers OF the neighborhood are not all
readers Of our press and properly
written leaflet Is the best means of
getting them to the meetings.
Comr AIDES underestimate the
meetings. The average lecture is a
propaganda one and has been pre-
pared precisely with the thought in
mind that the audience is to be
mostly workers not familiar with
the revolutionary movement. In this
connection, "late' meetings become
a crime. Time after time, speakers
are told to wait, while there are
five or ten workers in the hall. BY
the time the crowd Of regular
audience Of the club comes, these
workers have left the hall. It is
only fair to these workers that the
speakers should start the meeting
within a quarter Of an hour of the
announced time. They are the new
forces for the revolutionary move.
ment and to let them leave without
hearing the lecture is crimina
responsibility.
II these points are considered II
arranging meetings the results from
them viii undoubtedly improve.
John Adams
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-03-09
BY a Group of Ry. Correspondents

by Group Of Ry. Correspondents
BIRMINGHAM. Ala. - To the
Southern Railroad Shop:
We are now asking for our So
called borrowed money back that
you said that you was borrowing
from the employees in 1882. You
said that you would return it back
in April in 1888, and did not do it,
and our wages were cut 10 per cent
at each dollar and also cut on the
labor, and also We have got one
man doing two and three mems jobs,
which is not paying enough wages
for the workers to take care Of their
families, especially the Negroes.
But the whites are making twice
as much and is making more days
than the Negroes. Then, too, there
are some whites come there later.
Then some of the Oldest ones are
making more time than the other
Oldest whites, and the Negroes wages
are cut so low that they have to go
to the commissary to get their gro
Gerry and also their clothing, and
it is the prices are so high 1t takes
all that they make, and the conlis-
sary charges twice as much as these
stores, and twice as much as the
workers make, especially the Negro
workers, and, too, there are some
workers making four days and some
making six days in the same depart
ment.
Want an Equal Amount Of Days
That Is in the storehouse depart
ment, under the administration of
A. B. Lacky, the superintendent of
the storehouse. A. B. Lacky and the
bosses just got some Negroes that
they will let make full time. We
don't say cut them down, but we do
say let all the workers make the
same. We want them to give us an
equal amount Of days. Let us make
the same amount of days, because
we have families to take care Of, too.
We can't hardly live out of IA days
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-03-09
PARTY LIFE
Shortcomings Of Our York
in Mass Organisations
Party Failed to Cooperate Sufficiently With 4
Harlem LID. in ScoHSbOrO Rallies ~

organizer Of Section s said Il gave
you a speaker for the open air
meeting, there was no necessity TO
provide one for the indoor meeting"
The organizer of Sec. Is said you
asked me for a certain speaker"
Eyes, I asked for a Negro ComradeD
II could not get him so I did not
send any"
The following Thursday we NaA
a fraction-meeting Of the L L, q.
None of the Section orgau ess
found it necessary to send Q kbps
resentatiye from the Section COM
mittee. The excuse Of Section IS
organizer was that they had q See
ton COMMITTEES meeting that
evening.
The call through the Eecttoa
Org. letter of both Sections merely
pointed out the date Of the meeting
without stressing its importance
and the necessity to attend, the
result was out Of more than 80
Party members in the I. L. D. only
10 responded. -Four Of the at
tending members who had recently
joined the Party, noticed the lack
Of response Of the other members
as well as the failure on the part
Of the Section committee to have
representation at the fraction meet
ing and suggested that a resolution
criticizing Party leadership be IN
PRODUCED. Some Of the branches Of
the I. L. D. are disorganized. Unit
buroS in these territories take the
initiative Of sending forces in
these branches, a very healthy at
titude. However the leading frac-
ton of the I. l.. D. has never been
notified of these actions, and these
comrades never come to the Sec
ton. Obviously they are not aware
Of the existence Of such fraction In
the Section Of the I. L. D. and the
Party Section Committee never
notifies us of these steps. The out
come of such an attitude results In
a complete isolation and lack Of
leadership on the part Of the Party
in our mass organization. Unless
this situation is changed we cannot
hope to see the I. L. D. fulfill it's
functions, grow and become q real
mass organization.
The Daily Worker, while It &C
cepts our announcements for publ
cation seldom publishes them.
This also Is one of the greatest
shortcomings in popularizing our
activities in the Bronx. The Bronx
Section I. L. d. carried on strenuous
and consistent activity in behalf OF
the freeing Of Leon Blum. In this
activity also, the Party in the Bronx
failed to give us its cooperation by
not sending representatives to the
Leon Blum conference and the
Daily Worker failed to give US
proper publicity in spite Of It's
pledge editorially to cooperate and
give publicity to the Leon Blum
case. An article summing up the
Bronx Section activities in the L4t1n
Blum case, as well as a SerieSIlof
articles written by Jacques BuitBI1-
kant were mailed to the Daily
Worker some time ago without re-
ceiving any publication.
hope that this article win he
published in the Daily Worker and
the District Committee of the Party
will make an effort to help remedy
the situation.
J.a
! Organizer Bronx Section I. /. D.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-03-09
B. D. Z. aIANUILsKY
Article XVII

aNa WIN "a Y A.
ii the Communist Party OF Ger
f44ny calleu on the working masses
% act against the Papen- Schleicher
government in reply to July goth, it
. lS not for the purpose Of bringing
lEzssinsBi in triumph to the Berlin
Polizei presidium and Seyering to
ae PIussian Ministry of Home At
IRIS on their backs, but in order to
'ssist reaction in the form Of both
is NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. on the
one hand and misunderstanding
en- the other. The German workers
nave learned to know the police
methods Of Severing's democracy
from their own experience. To the
unemployed in their demonstra-
tons, it was immaterial whether
they were beaten with rubber clubs
ut the orders Of Severing, or those
OF Schleicher. The closing down Of
he Communist press was practiced
by the government Of Braun and
Severing no less than that of Schlei-
cher The attack on social in
sUrance, on the wages Of the Ger
man working class, began at the
time when Braun and Severing were
III the Prussian government.
SchIeicher's fascist dictatorship
grew organically out Of Severing's
democracy" continuing its reac-
tionary course OF action. And now
that the cial-denocratic Prussian
government has finally compro-
missed itself as the servant Of re-
action, Otto Bauer demands that
the German workers should fight
and shed their blood for Braun
and Severing.
Who Defends Democracy?
History is full Of examples in
which an extreme reactionary party
deliberately puts forward another,
slightly less, reactionary party as a
pawn into the foreground Of the
political arena, in order to COM
promize the latter in the eyes of
the masses by the use Of repression,
so as to sweep it away and occupy
its place. When the bourgeois re-
public led by Cavaignac destroyed
the July revolt Of the Paris prole-
tariat in 1S48, the fate Of that same
bourgeois republic was scale d
Napoleon the Little knew on De-
cember 2, 1852, just as Schleichel
knew on July 20, 1882, that the
masses will not move in order to
defend the lesser evil"
The ''less" reactionary party
which destroys the extreme Left
is preparing its own doom, paving
the way for extreme reaction. The
moderate wing of the bourgeoisie
which sent the Jacobins to the
Euillotine in the Thermidor days Of
the French Revolution, paved tht
way not only for the NapoleoniC
Empire-but also for the monar-
chist restoration. The Austrian
social-democratic workers shoulc
firmly grasp these lessons of his
tory. They must understand tina
the real defender of democracy /;
not he who says that he is defend.
ing the republic against the fascis
dictatorship, defending democracy
against fascism. Cavaignac was,
subjectively speaking, the same re.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-03-09
Postal Subs
Lose More
Job Chances
Regular Clerks Made to
DO Work of Carriers
on Furlough
By Postal Worker Correspondent

By Postal Worker Correspondent
NEW YORK-The same day that
Roosevelt proclaimed the NR.A.
with high-sounding phrases, the
postal workers were handed a 4 day
furlough with the explanation that
the P. o. Department must keep
within "budgetary requirements"
What hypocrisy. especially when the
air-mail graft and contracts have
amounted to millions of dollars.
Up to now, postal workers have
suffered a Is per cent cut in their
salary, On top of this, the subSti-
tutes are being threatened with
actual starvation, according to the
latest bulletin received from Farley.
Regulars are to do subs work, so
that the auxiliary time will not be
spent. The regular clerks are to do
the carriers work while they are
away on furlough, and many sub
stitutes will be deprived of mail col
lections when the regular collector
is absent or on furlough.
The postal workers are up in arms
at this latest wage-cut and are be-
ginning to see through the whole
capitalist set-up. Many are being
misled by the arch emagogue,
Father Coughlin, who proclaims
Roosevelt at every turn, and acts as
the watchdog of defunct capital
ism.
The postal workers will soon see
through Coughlin, especially since
Roosevelt is continuously lowering
their standard Of living and Cough
lin proclaiming the policy Of Roose-
welt as the only salvation for the
country. He means, of course, the
only salvation for the bankrupt
capitalists and their system.
The civil workers of France have
given their answer to the French
capitalists by joining in solidarity
with the rest of the workers in the
fight to sustain themselves. The
time has come when the postal and
federal workers of America must
organize into a mighty movement
together with all workers, in dem
onstration against the offensive of
the capitalist class.
Regular Postal Clerk.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-03-09
Report by Postal
Sub Delegate
BY a Postal Worker Correspondent

BY Postal Worker Correspondent
NEW York; have been one Of
the 600 delegates Of Postal Substi-
tutes who went to Washington to
petition the President for immedi-
ate relief from actual starvation.
due to our weekly $3.50 earnings"
and from our unbearable working
conditions.
AS you know, the President re-
fused to see us, because we were no
bankers, or at least members of the
National Economy League, but his
first assistant secretary, Mr.. McIn-
tyre, condescended to listen to our
requests and promised us heaven on
earth in order to get us out of
Washington quickly, so as not to
"embarrasS" the administration
with our ragged presence.
I think it is superf1ous to state
that Mr.. Mcintyre has lied to us,
and none Of his promises were kept.
True, due to our mass pressure,
Congress intends to pass a SIS
minimum wage bill for substitutes,
but this bill in its present form is
full Of loopholes-and you leave it
to MIR. Farley to find any loophole
If there is but one-and of a most
vicious and deceiving character, as
there Is no guarantee anywhere In
the bill that our Civil Service status
Will not be re-classified in such a
manner that we should remain
permanent substitutes at the mini
mum wages, which will obviously
be the maximum too, and lose ell
hope OF ever becoming regular en-
ployeeS.
Meanwhile :. we are back again
where we started, working under
still more unbearable sweatshop
conditions earning less than before.
This is the capitalist governments
answer to our demands for relief
This is the New Deal" as inter
preted for us by our most liberal"
President.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-03-09
Western Union
Bank Holds on to
Employees Cash
No Withdrawals Allowed
Except 10 Percent in
Urgent Cases

BROOKLYN, N. " am en-
ployed at the Western Union Tele-
graph Co., 60 Hudson Street, N.Y.C.,
and incidentally there is bank in
the building which is practically
controlled by the Western Union
Co., namely the Serial Savings
Bank.
Most Of the Western Union work
ers who were fortunate enough to
escape the mass lay-offs since 1881
are deposltors in this bank. Perhaps
It may interest you to know that
have found out that what President
Roosevelt quoted in his speech to-
day In reference to the telegram he
read from the American Bankers
Association that all the banks In
the country are sound and are func-
tioning effectively is Just another
lie to hide the real banking situa-
ton, because It's known fact that
the Serial Bank does not and has
not allowed the workers Of the
western Union to withdraw any
LnOu6y, Olhy IN very urgent cases
where the depoStors can show proof
that the money is needed for coal
or doctor bills, and only then after
going through endless red tape, the
bank does them big favor and al
lows them to withdraw only 10 per
cent.
It's a known fact that there are
many workers who have to borrow
money from one another awaiting
the decision Of the banks officials
letting them know when they will
be able to withdraw some Of their
money.
In all fairness again ask, 'Is
this the kind of sound banks MIR.
Roosevelt means?" I wonder.
A Victim Of Sound Banking.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-03-09
SECTARIAN MEETINGS

There have been several articles
dealing with the responsibility Of
speakers. The writer doesn't wish
to take issue with these. They were
absolutely correct in their criticism.
But the speakers, from personal
experience, suffer at the hands of
organizations ard few of the out
standing errors in arranging meet
ings are presented here
First: A look at the topics OF lee
lures advertised would make one
think that there was no unified CEN
trail campaigns going on In the
revolutionary movement. Strange
and unnecessary topics originate in
individual minds, though topics for
lectures should be the collective
decision of educational committees
In this connection, sectarian lam
guage in presenting topics in leaf
lets, Is an outstanding feature. Fol-
example meeting on the Austrian
situation and the events at Madison
Square Garden was advertised ~
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-03-09
DROPPED FROM 9. ". A.
BY . Worker CORRESPONDENT

~ VOAACA correspondents
MINEOLA, Text have seen on
he front pages Of the big capital
iSt papers about thousands of work.
ers in Austria being murdered and
the capitalists seem to be rejoicing
over 1t. Obi how 1t makes my blood
boil within me to hear of such
deeds done by the capitalist devils
against the working masses. How I
long for the day when laboring
people can rule this nation and the
world.
We have had the C.W.A. work
here, but It's only enough to keep
YOU from starving and I, for one,
have been dropped from It's rolls.
Well, must report that here, in
Texas, things are not improving
very fast. The MIRA. CThe National
Racketeers Association or the
C.W.A.-or the A.A.A. are not for
the workers.
Flour-the poorest Is $1.60 per 4S
ID. sack and the best $1.95 to 50. 1t
seems that everything is going
higher; 1t seems that capitalism is
getting while the getting is good.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-03-09
Forced to Work Five
Hours Daily for
Nothing
By a Railway Worker Correspondent

By Railway worker correspondent
NEW YORK-The Pullman por-
ter is the most exploited among the
railroad workers. While the major
ity OF the workers working on the
railroad are organized and have
some kind of conditions, the Pull
man porters are not recognized as
an organization and are working
under the worst conditions.
The Pullman porter reports to
work at pm. to prepare the things
necessary for the sleeperS, and his
pay begins at IL O'Clock when the
train leaves. That means that the
5 hours work is done with no pay.
Majority Of the men are working
as extras, and average between IS
to SIS every two weeks. In the win
ter, the Pullman porter is starved,
while in the summer he is forced
to double the time at the rate Of
Is cents an hour. Many work one
week dead-head regularly before
they get day off, and when caught
sleeping or taking a smoke they are
Immediately discharged. In good
times, this was not cause for dis
charge.
Mr.. Randolph succeeded in Or
ganizing a Pullman Porters'
Brotherhood. The Pullman porters,
in spite Of their leaders, went on
strike against unbearable condi-
tons in 1924. Mr.. Randolph, just
like the rest of the American Fed
Grafton of Labor betrayers, sent the
Pullman porters back to work with
the understanding that the question
of recognition and improved work.
ing conditions was to be taken up
through court. Up to the present,
no decisions were reached, with still
worse conditions for the Pullman
porter. Pullman porters will i'm
prove conditions only through unity
Of all railroad workers.
The Railroad Brotherhood Unity
Movement has arranged a gala af-
fair for the purpose Of opening a
Pullman Porters' and Dining Car
Workers Center, where they will
be able to take up their own prob
lens.
The affair will take place this
Saturday evening, March 10, at the
Workers Center, so East 18th st.
There will be good music and en-
tertainment.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-03-09
FS0uthern Railroad York Is Wages Can Not
So Hard and Long, We Can Buy Pullman
Go No Place, Say Workers Porters' Food

with the wages we are getting, and
the bosses are speeding the jobs up
every day and saying If you can't
work faster I will put someone in
your place. We are workers working
so hard that we can't go no place
after we get of work and the bosses
get the pay,
Flour Cheaper for Bosses
We go to the commissary to get a
24-pound bag Of -four. It costs 81 SIS
and the bosses, who are making big
wages at the shop, can draw this
whole payroll, can go to the store
and get the same -four for 80 cents.
Now that is the way we poor, hard
workers is treated in the South, and
we want to better our conditions and
demand higher wages and more
days, and If we don't get 1t soon we
will call strike and see II we can't
get it that way for the white and
Negro workers Of the Southern Rail
way shop.
The Negroes only get $199, and
some get $246 a day or s3.87 a day,
and the white foremen get $7S8 and
some get $40 a day, some get $l2
daily, some get $5.4S and $6.97 daily.
This is the white. Negroes cannot
have these jobs. Now, we Negroes
have to pay rent and also furniture
bills and buy few clothes out Of
that, and also just little food to
eat, and work like we are prisoners
all the time. We can say we have
a job, and that Is all, and no money.
There is union for the white
workers, but no colored in 1t. And
now the railroad bosses want to cut
our pay again. Many white workers
are beginning to see that both white
and Negro get it in the neck to-
gether, and that we have got to or
ganize together to fight it. Maybe
the white workers starve little less
than us colored, but we're all starry
ing together, and we all have to
fight together in one united union