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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-04-03
Letters from
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Dear Editor:
The purpose of my letter is to
laud your witty, competent and
thoroughly enjoyable columnist
Sender Garlin. I think that Garlin
has found his real medium in the
daily column, and he ought to stay
there. AS a columnist, he stands
head and shoulders above Haywood
Broun, Winchell and the others. In
most respects he is better than Mike
Gold.
However in most respects but not
all Mikes diatribes against the
lackeys of the bourgeoisie like
Gretta Palmer, and other society
editors and danes were MASTER
pieces of revolutionary writing, be-
cause they reflected all the class
hatred Of this proletarian born and
raised writer against the oppressors
of its own class.
Indeed, I should say that Mike
Gold is unique among the intellec-
tuals who support the Communist
Party because of his intolerance to-
wards and hatred of any of the
institutions of the capitalist class.
I also wish to register COM
plant here. I think that DR.. Lut-
finger is one of the most valuable
assets that the Daily Worker has,
yet you treat him like step child.
You give him very little space, and
you mangle his picture horribly, and
make him look bad enough to need
doctor. Moreover, the good doctor
has a genuine sense Of humor, and
he should try to inject somewhat
more of it into his instructive
column. I am of the firm opinion
that the doctor deserves twice as
much space as he is getting now,
and if he doesn't get it-well, I'll
write you another letter about it.
The idea of running a series of
biographies on the Red Army lead
ers was very good one, but the
articles are so brief and scanty,
that they amount to little more
than a caption accompanying pic
ture. I know that a considerable
article on the Red Army leaders
would be highly enjoyable reading,
but in the present form
I also miss Comrade Lens, the
highly capable moviet writer. What
happened to him? Also, why not
a series of intimate and detailed
articles on the Communist move
ments of other countries, such as
France, Czechoslovakia, -Slavia,
Poland, Greece, etc?
Yours for bigger and better
Daily Worker. C. X.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-04-03
by an American Worker Cores
pOndent)

NEW KENSINGTON, Pa.-The
Aluminium Co., with the high speed
system now in use in the plant, is
able to produce twice as much work
in half the time than the slower
system in use during the 12-hour
era that existed just a few short
years ago.
The wage-scale for this work is
under the wage-scale Of pre-N.R.A.
days. This is how bosses like Mel
Ion, etc, get their huge incomes.
Double production with lessened
pay.
Just after the Aluminium Co. had
declared a 81 per cent dividend, the
workers made a demand of wage
increase, which was refused, the
company insulting the intelligence
of the working class by giving them
such a flimsy alibi that they were
out of funds.
Conditions are especially terrible
in the N. Y. meeting -room-the
worst department in the plant. Here
they hired many foreign born work
ers. Since our union has been or
ganized, conditions have been Slight
ly changed.
If a union is being formed in your
plant, join it and help it along. as
it is being formed for the protection
Of your rights as workers.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-04-03
By a Worker Correspondent

FLINT, Mich.-A few weeks ago
I received a pamphlet which stated
that the workers should expose all
anti-worker movements done by
priests at church sermons.
Well, here is one. AS am not a
church attendant, all this I write
was told me by a parishioner, and
this parishioner was very angry,
saying that, what business had
the priest to say such things?" add
ing, IT bet he got a fat reward, for
the greedy thing wouldn't say this
for nothing; he is too damn greedy
for money"
This was said at Sundays sermon,
March 10, at all masses, and from
the pulpit of the Rev. DR.. st. Bort
nowski, All Saints Church, Indus
trial Ave, Flint, Michigan.
''The workers are fools to go on
strike now. What more do you
want? Aren't you earning enough
money? After four years of de-
preston you finally got your jobs,
and what do you do? You want to
strike. Are you all coo-coo?"
Now, q few words about this
priest. He came to Flint about
three years ago; very active in his
work; pokes his nose every place;
belongs to all Polish lodges that
house themselves at the Parish
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-04-03
Wanted "A Good
Account of the .
1919 Steel Strike
BY a Steel Union ORGANIZER

BUFFALO, N. Y-One of the
main weapons used to mislead and
defeat the steel workers and other
workers today is the ISLANDERS and
lies OF the A. F. of L., and particu-
larly that section of the A. F. of L.
the Amalgamation Association of
Iron, Steel and Tin Workers of
North America. One of the lies
they peddle is that Foster sold out
the 1913 steel strike, not Mike Tiq1e
and his gang.
Glass conscious workers Of course
understand these vicious lies, but
do all the workers? During those
early days of struggle in 1919 the
labor movement did not have a
Daily Worker to speak the truth.
To cite one example: One of the
officials of the North Buffalo Local
of the Steel and Metal Workers In
dustrial Union in Buffalo continu-
ally denounced the T. U. U. L. and
objected to the T. U. U. L. office
being in the same building with our
Buffalo District office of the S. M.
w. I. U. Upon questioning this Of
fetal, he said, "I was in the 1919
steel strike, working at the Bethle-
hem Steel in Lackawanna, N. Y,
and Foster, who is now at the head
of that T. U. U. L. outfit, pulled
out on us and we didn't know what
to think; he was with the dirty A.
F. of l.. in those days. Later on
when we finally got back to work
we heard that Foster and the whole
bunch sold us out for lot of
dough-"
Thus we can readily see that the
steel trust lost no time in those
days in spreading lies about the real
militant leaders.
We understand a book exists that
tells the story of the 1919 steel
strike, but most workers do not find
the time or money to buy it. I
hope that one of our leading trade
unionists will find time to write a
condensed article in the Daily
dealing with the part Foster played
in the 1919 strike, and especially the
agreement signed by the A. A. with
Judge Gary. Possibly Bill Dunno,
or, if it is not asking too much of
our sick Comrade Foster he might
do this job, as it means much today
in view of the coming struggles in
steel and metal.
P.S.-The worker official of Local
No. 81 is now a real supporter of
Foster, but only after patient and
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-04-03
Wagner BiULOGdeduUith AFL
NO-Strike Poison, Dunno Says
ShOlUs HOuU LGbOr-MHagement Cooperation
Policy Humpered Workers Struggles

ner Bill are the concrete express
siOns of this false and dangerous
theory which the leadership of the
A. F. of L. adopted as its program
following the World War.
Immediately after the World War
the American trade union move
ment was a powerful organization
embracing, if the railway brother
hoods and so-called independent
unions are included, close to five
million workers.
Instead of unifying and extend
ing this powerful organization the
official leaders continued the craft
divisions in the labor movement and
failed and refused to aid in the
organization of decisive sections of
the workers as in the steel industry,
automobile, oil meat packing, etc.
While Samuel Gompers had chung
to the identity Of interests theory,
many powerful organizations aff1li-
ated with the A. F. of L. rejected
it, among them the United Mine
Workers with some 100000 or more
members. 1t was by no means the
official policy of the entire labor
leadership.
But following the World War,
when labor officialdom was repre-
sented in the War Labor Board,
and a no-Strike policy inaugurated,
these official leaders joined with
certain sections of the employers
and launched what was called Ia
Encouragement cooperation" A
classic expression of both the theory
and practice contained in this pro-
gram is quoted in a pamphlet writ
ten by me in 1927, entitled, 1.-The
Threat to the Labor Government
the Efficiency Unions for the
Bosses or Effective Unions for the
Workers" In this pamphlet !
quoted from an editorial by Pres
ident William Green in the Decem-
Der, 1926, issue of the American
Federationist. The quotation is as
follows:
Under the various systems OF
union management cooperation
workers have felt a responsibility
and partnership in the industry
which has stimulated intellectual
effort and brought substantial bene-
fits to the industry. Prevention OF
waste, saving of materials, better
production methods, even inventions
of machinery to increase efficiency
have been part of the workers con-
tribution. They have gone out to
their communities to solicit trade
for their employers. Local union
meetings have become forums for
plant problems. National Of
ficers have contributed expert adj
vice and direction. Unions with
banking systems have given finan-
cial help to employers in difficult
times. The workers demands under
this system of cooperation have
been restrained by better under
standing Of the facts of production
The individual effort of the most
enlightened employer cannot main
tain as high production impetus
as the collective efforts of manage
ment and unions"
This requires little comment ex-
cept to say that it confirms every
statement in regard to the basic
policy of A. F. of L. leadership that
1 make here.
ITO Be Continued
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-04-03
Land
Of ParadOxeS
By a Worker Correspondent


Florida is state of paradoxeS.
You buy land and it turns out to be
water. You pay for drainage, So per
acre per year, and instead of drain
ing the land they flood it. The
paradise of the poor" is as Elusive
as the paradise in the skies. It's hell
to be poor even in Florida.
Pages could be written about the
bankers, county and city officials
and how they rob the people.
Thousands of dollars is spent for
a sewerage disposal plant with a
sewer in the whole town.
Nine foot sidewalks out in the out
laying districts for the birds and
rabbits to run on, and only five foot
walks in the heart of the city.
Some street with no houses have
two water mains, other streets with
property all the way along on both
sides with no water pipes.
A wonderful swimming casino out
on the beach in competition with the
Atlantic Ocean-of course there's a
reason.
I nearly forgot to tell you about
our wonderful police force. Before
the boom we had four during the
boom8-16, after the boom, 36. The
chief, when asked why he needed
SO many said that one half had to
watch the other half. Later he said
he needed them in his business.
Some months later he was arrested
in Carolina for driving whilst under
the influence of liquor, and also for
having it in his possession and
transporting it. Thus it came out
that the police ware needed to help
him bootleg.
The priest at the Catholic Church
bought several pieces of property
during the boom but when she
busted he kindly shifted the load on
to his flock. Although the flock
protested to the bishop, he was their
father, and they must abide by what
he said.
Then we have Mrs. White of the
Red Cross who collected $25 for re-
lief, but spent SIS for an easy chair
and $40 for blanks. She is a nice,
kind, Christian lady who looks would
almost freee on to death even in
Florida.
This is the Land of the Free and
the Home of the Brave. Let's see
how free We are. just as you are
about to enter Fort Landerdale from
the north the following sign greet
you: "The Legion Welcomes YOU'D.
A block or two inside the city, you
read the following: (Vagrants Keep
OUT Migrants viii Be Arrested
Now I have never seen or heard any
one tell of the Legion welcoming any
of their old buddies, SO apparently
that sin doesn't mean much. But
on the other hand, thousands have
been arrested for vagrancy, and
made to work on the chain gangs,
and many of those overseas veterans
at that, both black and white.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-04-03
How a Stool-Pigeon
Agency Works
By a Worker Correspondent

DETROIT, Mich.-Before the
advertisement for stools and
scabs came out on March 4 in
the Detroit News a certain law
yer, who is the same lawyer who
last year was so bitter in the
restaurant strikes, said that he
would get me job, regardless
Of my age or condition. l am IS
years old. He said that I would
work under him and that we
would both be under the Board
of Commerce.
I asked him what my job
would be and he said, ITO mingle
with the men in the auto fac
tories, to listen to their talk,
make reports on their converse
lions, noting who they talked
with, and their badge numbers"
He said he would help me make
out my reports and turn them in
for me.
Then I asked him how much
money I would receive. He would
not promise me any money, but
said I would have something to
eat, a place to sleep, and per-
haps some new clothes. I told
him that I was a worker and not
a stool-pigeon or scab. Hope you
can use this and that it will help
to expose this Shiny individual
to the workers.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-04-03
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BY PAUL LUTTINGER, MD.

Iurnlps .................. 2 80
Cornmeal ...............1 II
You may try them as blood"
builders. The best iron tonic for
mild cases of anenaia is ammonium
-Feric Citrate. This is United
States Pharmacopeia GU. S. P.)
preparation, known officially as
Ferri ct Ammonia Citras or Iron
and Ammonium Citrate. 1t comes
in garnet-red odorless scales, having
saline (salty) iron taste. The am
monium citrate makes the iron
more soluble and, therefore, more
easy to absorb. The dose is 4
grains in pill or capsule form. You
can also get it from your druggist
as Wine of Citrate of Iron, which
contains per cent of the compound
in sherry wine with syrup and tine
ture of sweet orange peel. The dose
is one dessertspoonful (two tea
spoons) thrice daily, before meals.
In severe cases of anemia neither
the iron foods nor the tonics are Of
any use. In such cases injections Of
iron and ultraviolet radiations are
necessary.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-04-03
Priest in Flint, Mich,
Fights Strike Spirit

House; is very vulgar and tempera-
mental. BY liberal-minded parish
toner's he's called a dictator. He
has a low character of conspiring
against people who are in his way.
It has been rumored that any Pol
ish person wanting to get job at
Burch and G. w. A. must have a
recommendation from this priest,
and on c. w. A. it's fact. I know
of a few cases.
He's very foxy. With a grin on
his face he will act as your best
friend, but the minute you oppose
him he will do his best to get rid
of you.
I will just give you an example of
his domination. He dominates most
in Lodge No. 1186 of the Polish Ma
tional Alliance in Flint, of which he
is an honorary president.
I am a recording secretary of the
Polish National Alliance Council
No. Z. To this council belong lodges
from all northeastern Michigan;
Flint, Sag, St. Charles, Bay City,
StandiSh, Pinkoning. They are all
numbered, and all these lodges elect
delegates to Council No. 7 at Bar
City meets, about 81 delegates. All
the members are humble workers,
immigrants from Poland, Russia.
All talk broken English, are good
patriots. They love Poland, are
good Catholics. They are composed
of miners, farmers, factory workers,
and these are ruled by bunch of
political crooks who are in every way
greedy for their dollars, with the
Flint priest at their head, for the
priests in the other towns mind
their business.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-04-03
Navy Yard Busy
In Spite of Crisis
(By a Worker Corresnondentl

BREMERTON, Wash.-We are
working here in the Navy Yard and
you know, I suppore, just how things
are there. The Is per cent cut has
been talked Of quite bit, but with
a lot Of hope in the present admin
istration doing something in return
ing it. We have a shope paper COM
ing out pretty soon and will explain
it all TO the workers.
I wonder if you could write some
articles such as, the position of Navy
Yard workers in respect to the pres
ent crisis. You see, as far as con-
ditions are concerned, the conditions
in the Yard here are fair, compared
to the outside or private industry.
The Yard has been real busy all
through the crisis, and since F.DR.
came into office they have hired
over 1000 men
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-04-03
Spies Turn
Steel Plant
Into a Jail
The Co. Union Has Hold
in Some Sections of
Republic, Chicago

CHICAGO, In.-The conditions in
the Republic Mill here in South
Chicago are not getting any better
We used to think there was some
freedom in this country, but from
the way Republic is putting on
uniformed Shoppers" you might
just as well be in Jail. If you sit
down to eat lunch they are there
to see what you have to say.
Some of the workers in this mill
are of the opinion that this mill
should be named the slaughter
house because of the accidents that
occur due to the speed-up system.
Our friends from the A. A. have
been bulling the men in this mill
for months on the Federal Union"
plan, but it has been pretty well
exposed now. The Steel and Metal
Workers Industrial Union have been
issuing leaflets exposing the A. F. of
L., as well as the company union
and putting up demands for the
workers in the mill, and these leaf
lets are received well both on the
inside and the outside of the mill.
In many departments the COM
pany unions still has complete con-
troll as the workers are not ready to
listen to the A. A. or the S. M. W.
I. U.
In the 12-inch mill the company
union has stronghold and the men
in that department are not getting
anywhere. In the 10-inch mill there
are number of A. A. men and they
are also getting restless for action.
How much they will stand for Pa
hanishS bull is only a question we
here can answer by our work.
Other departments are pretty well
split up between our union and none
at all.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-04-03

NOTE.-Ihe following is the
third instaIlment of the speech de-
Iivered by William F. Dunno, rep
resenting the Trade Union Unity
League, before the Senate Com
mittee on Labor, exposing the
strikeZreaking Wagner Bill. In the
previous instaIlment Dunno
showed how the Bill combined the
strikebreaking features of the
Canadian Lemieux Act and the
American Watson-Parker Rail-
way Act.
BY WILLIAM F. DUNE
I have here a book by Ben M.
selekman, a recognized authority
on the subject, entitled very appro-
priately, I think, "Postponing
Strikes which is an exhaustive in
vestigation Of the workings of the
Lemieux Act. He quotes at length
from proceedings of various con-
ventions of the Canadian Trades
and Labor Congress and shows that
the Canadian labor movement
fought for years to get the Act
amended and then, convinced Of its
basic anti-labor character, finally
demanded it be repealed.
Selekman quotes from the report
of a fraternal delegate from the
GIG. to an A. F. of L. convention
upon his return. ct was the opin-
ion Of this delegate" says Selek-
man, that if the act was not re-
pealed, the Trades and Labor Con-
greSs would be party to hood
winking' not only the people of
Canada but of the United States.
For an argument frequently used
m other countries for the enact
ment Of similar legislation was, he
said, that Canadian labor, since it
was not asking for its repeal, must
be satisfied with the operation of
the act He further argued that
the powerful organizations which
were able to help themselves had
their hands tied by the act. Let
the big organizations do their own
fighting and let us strengthen the
organizations that are now weak, ?"
he argued.
The Lemieux Act never aided
workers or, their organizations. On
the contrary, it was used to delay
their action until it's effectiveness
was greatly 1essened or made en-
tirely ineffective. This is the pur-
pose of all similar measures. The
Canadian workers never received in
terms Of wages or better working
conditions as much under the
Lenieux Act as they could have
secured without it. The facts speak
for themselves. Their conditions
are no better today than are those
Of workers in the United States and
there are instances where they are
somewhat worse.
An additional purpose of such
legislation is to strengthen the il
fusion regarding the identity of
interests of employers and en-
plOyes, of capitalists and laborers.
In fact, this is the formal theory
behind all such measures.
Historically speaking, the "col-
1ective bargaining provisions of the
NR.A. and of the proposed Wag-
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-04-03
BUT HOW OUR INVESTIGATORS
RESENT BEING INVESTIGATED!
By WILLIAM F. DUNE
CONDUCTED BY
HELEN LUKE

BUT HOW OUR INVESTIGATORS
RESENT BEING INVESTIGATED!
The lives of the workers are be-
coming Nightmares Of one question:
naire after another
Having been unemployed since
1880" writes a worker correspond
ent, "and having then registered
and worked for the Prosser COM
rnittee, and the A. I. C.P. nine
months on Governors Island, being
again laid off seven months, and
again working for the AICP. five
months ago at Fort Schuyler, I was
cut off and my case turned over to
the Home Relief last March, along
with my family history, which was
taken with the minutest details.
But answering all these questions
and wasting the time and carfare
to these places doesn't seem to sat-
isfJ the gods that be.
"On March 9th, B shift, Con
which I worked had put in two
weeks time, and many of us work
ers had in day back pay, but
instead of giving us our pay checks
and back pay (Which some of us
hare not got up to this writing),
an official drove up to Split Rock
about 3:40 in the rain and snow,
telling us he was sorry that we had
not got our checks,-but he had
questionnaires which every one of
us must fill out and sign before
notary public before turning up for
work next week; and as for our
checks, we must return next morn
Ing at 10 am. for them.
"Split Rock is about 234 miles
ROM Pelham Station. The bus
company charges 10 cents each way
This makes 80 cents per day for
most workers on the projects-for
some workers it's 40 cents per day
carfare to work at Split Rock. With
100 men on this job at 30 cents
a day, this is $4,000 a day going
from these unemployed" to the bus
and subway companies, and at least
half day of lost time, so one can
readily see the ignorance of this
QUESTIONABLE with its pauper's oath;
and the losses of time and money
from the workers in this deal which
is part of the New Deal.
Yes, the bosses feel at liberty to
ask any and all questions, financial
and personal, concerning the lives
of the workers; but how they shrek
when any workers observe and ex-
pose the anti-workingclass machi-
nations Of the bosses and their
tools! Then the Easleys, Hearsts,
and Fishes come out Whooping
about the Dangerous Reds" and
and their secret conspiracies," cry
ing for legal suppression Of these
too conscious workers and for still
more searching inquiries into the
lives and thoughts Of the capitalist
wage slaves.