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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-03-10
Faker'S Itching
Fingers AreBurnt
By Mine worker Correspondent

By Mine Worker Correspondent
PANAMA, Ill. = Our local presi-
dent, Mr.. Novak. is losing his grip
over the wonen's auxiliary. The
women are beginning to realize that
all the sop Novak was giving them
all this time was to keep them
under the control of the Pearcy
machine. This came about when
Novak overstepped his bounds.
Last month the women received
little over 500 from the head
quarters in Gillespie to be dis
tributed among the unemployed
families as a Christmas present.
The women kept this money until
two weeks ago when they decided
to apportion some of it for various
purposes to the membership.
At this time, Mr.. Novak came to
them and tried to force the women
to take these funds into his own
hands to be spent as he, "the big
leader" thought best. The women
got mad and sent a delegation to
Gillespie to demand a showdown.
Mr.. Pearcy could not do otherwise
than say that the women had a
right to spend it the best way they
saw fit, because If he didn't he
would also be on the spot with
Novak.
When the women came back they
told Novak to get the devil out Of
their way, and since then there has
been a good deal of other stuff that
came to light, where this tool and
stool pigeon tried to defeat the
workers in this county and town.
For those miners who don't re-
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MINERS DEMAND C.W.A. WORK.
By a Mine Worker Correspondent

NEW KTTSJNGTON, Pa. - On
Feb. 9Th 300 CWA workers marched
from Arnold, the place of our work,
to New Kensington, the G. w. A..
administration. They demanded
work, and protested against dis
elimination.
Over 200 miners we're laid off at
the Barking mine of the Hillman
Coal Co. The whole Of the night
shift was tax en- off.
Last week young miner, %
years, a snapper on the motor at
the LoganS TERRY mine of the West
Penn. Power Co., was crushed by the
motor, when it jumped off the rails.
He died before he reached the hos
pital.
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member Novak, we want to remind
you that this is the right hand
man Of Claude Pearcy, the same
fellow who few months ago called
a sheriff into Panama to arrest
zipp Koch and Tony Minerich,
when they organized the unem-
ployed. This is the same Novak
who has been trying to undermine
in every possible way the Unem-
ployed Council. So far this tool
did not succeed and he will not, be-
cause we are convincing more and
more miners and showing them who
this guy is.
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not give them their jobs back they
are going to beat the hell out of
him right now in the Office. The
boss was forced to give the job back
to these two miners.
The unemployed Council in John
Y. Mining camp forced the C. w. A.
grafters in Morgentown to pay
some more of their money that they
earned working for the c. w. A.
Before we were not organized, we
were walking "a miles to Morgen-
town and back, and asked for our
money, but they told us to wait.
Now we call a meeting of all I'M
employed workers in John Y and
Louisville and go to Morgentown,
and force c. w. A. officials to
pay us.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-03-10

During the course Of the last year
800 requests for information about
the Communist Party have been re-
ceived by the National ONCE in
response to the blank which APP
pears each day in the Daily Worker.
Each one Of these requests are re-
piled to by letter from the Org.
Commission of the Central Com
mittee; literature is sent to them
and their letter is referred TO the
District from which the request
comes.
We wanted to know what hap
pened to these workers who wrote
to us for information. So we sent
letter to all of these contacts ask
ing them whether the District Or
ganization had gotten in touch with
them, and whether they are now
members of the Party or of any
revolutionary mass organization. Re-
plies have not been received to all
OF our letters. But we have re-
ceived a great many, which are very
interesting. Out of the first 100 re-
plies, SO stated that the district or
CARNATIONS had communicated with
them, either by letter or by per-
sonal visit. OF these 80, Is are now
members of the Party, and five of
them members of one of the revo-
lutlonary mass organizations. But
80 of them are still waiting to hear
from the districts, and the letters
from many Of these state that they
want to join the Communist Party.
The Party has been conducting a
recruiting drive. The Open Letter
has set before the Party the task Of
becoming mass Party. Yet out
of 100 workers who have sought out
the Party, asked for information
about it, and want to become men,
bers, only SO are reached by our
Party organization. We are we'll
aware that not all of the people who
write to the Party asking for in
formation, are prospective members.
Many of them sincerely want in
formation and often want to join
the Party, but don't know how to
go about it. We speak about the
Daily Worker as our organizer, and
yet we neglect these workers whom
the Daily Worker recruits for us.
Every one of these inquiries must
be investigated. If they are I'M
desirable elements, the Party should
know about it. If they are honest
workers, as is true in the majority
of cases, they should be drawn into
the Party or one of the revolution
airy mass organizations. In the next
few days we will publish a number
Of these letters from workers who
are still waiting for more informa-
ton about our Party. Here are a
few from workers who have already
joined the Party, and whose first
contact was through the application
blank in the Daily Worker. Read
these letters, District Organizers.
and tell us if such contacts are not
worth following up2
From District No. IA - Tasks of
Party Inspire Worker to Join
Dear Comrades: Please accent
my apology for failing to answer
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TARIAT, and then when that
time comes, these plsyhouses of
the bosses will really be the homes
OF the then rulers of the world,
Mr.. Average Citizens
Oh-but Comrade Irenel Didn't
they forget about the creche, the
community kitchen room and laun-
dry, the gymnasium or recreation
room, and the city heat?-but you're
right: let EN- go ahead-we can
tack all that on later.
Am holding the additional re-
cipes for the r. I. G. B., and will
look up information about remnants,
etc, ana write you in day or two
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ELCN -
nGgl fEl(, Homes
1As#sN HELEN Luxe 49, 81
NOVELS, HOUSES - AND THE
DICTATORSHIP OF THE
PROLETARIAT

From Comrade Irene H, of In
diana, who wrote the article about
constructing a f1reless cooker, comes
another ezcellent letter. It goes
like this: To-day while reading my
neighbours GOOD Housekeeping
Magazine, I found an article which
was really worth reading and think
ing about This blurb, part of the
Housing Program ballyhoo, was
written by Frazer Hunt. whoever he
is. In this he gives the following
startling statistics:
Despite the claims made for
the American Standard of Liv-
ing, barely one-third of the popu-
laticn is living in houses which
even approach modern. One third
are living iii HOVELS: unsanitary,
dirty, houses hardly fit for
animals. Another third are IN
houses which are barely over the
line of decency."
From this point, Frazer Hunt
goes on to tell how much the hous-
ing plan is going to help Mr.. Aver
age American Remember, from
this Frazer Hunts own figures
Average is now living in a house
which is barely fit for an animal
Yet our Great (B)leeder,' Franklin
Depression, through the P. W. A.
and the Westinghouse Corporation
is going to give this Mr.. Average
Citizen chance to buy the Home
OF Tomorrow.
These houses are to cost as soon
as mass production is started, s12,-
900 each, though the first ones will
cost considerably more
HE describes how Average and
his family will open the garage door
by a radio beam, light the lights
with the same method, go in and
take the already cooked meal out
Of the electrically timed and con-
trolled stove, serve the meal in the
aforementioned dining room. then
wash the dishes also by electricity.
The funny thing is that the first
of these houses has already been
built, and money is being borrowed
through the P. w. A. to build sew
eral more.
The only thing that neither
Frazer Hunt nor the P. w. A. tells
us is how Mr.. Average Citizen (the
unemployed or part-time worker
who up to the present has not had
money enough to occupy the few
decent houses there already are. is
suddenly going to acquire the twelve
thousand smackers for one of these
houses.
1t sure is a picture worth try
ing for-all but the twelve thousand
dollars. What difference that Frazer
Hunt doesn't tell us how to buv
one Of these palaces? The Com
munist Party and the Unemployed
Councils show the workers how to
get out Of the novels which are
not fit for animals.
let the P. W. A. build a lot of
these houses. and equip them with
their &c installed motors, their
electric ice-boxes, and the other
gadgets. But while they do this.
let's get together and build the
even finer @'~u~ ---e. tho DTcTA-
ToRSHIP OF THE PROBE
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w. I. r. steps were taken to inten.
sify this struggle as well as to estab.
lish Workers Health Bureau fol
the care of those active in the revo.
lutionary labor movement.
All members of the allied medica
professions, physicians, dentists ant
nurses, are urged to join and supper
this movement, sending their name
and contributions to the Worker
Health Bureau, $40 Broadway, Nev
York City, care of the w. I. r.
Comradely,
DIR. W. M.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-03-10
NOTE.

We publish letters from coal
and ore miners, and from oil field
workers, every Saturday. We urge
workers in these fields to write us
of their conditions of work and of
their struggles to organize. Please
get your letters to us by Wednes-
day of each week.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-03-10
Worked Only 2 days, But
UMWA Grabbed $3.l5
By a Miner Correspondent.

KENILWORTH, Utah. = I am a
miner. I was working in the Kenil-
worth mine, and they made me join
the United Mine Workers of Amer
lea before I could work. Then I
worked two days and then they laid
me eff. But before paying me they
took off:
Bath House 81; Water 81; We'll
fare. 81; Checkweighman. .$115;
and Check-Off. .S3.15; Total $3.50.
When they robbed me of this,
they laid me off at the same time.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-03-10
HONOR MEMBER

Last week we were very glad to hear
from Esther Cohen, Of the Vanguard
Pioneer troop in Chicago. who asked US
a question, from Mildred Pabst of Bronx
New York, who wants to write for US.
and from Charles Libove, aged 10, of
Brooklyn, N. Y, who sent us very nice
puzzle.
Let us hear from more Of you.
CAN YOU ANSWER THIS ONE?
The boy or girl who answers this ques-
ton correctly, will have his letter printed
in next weeks DAILY WORKER, and will
receive a Lenin Plaque as a prize. Get
out your pen and paper and step on it.,
IS East 18th St, New York City. Atten-
ton Editor, With Our Young Readers.
THE QUESTION
"Are the children in the Union of So
cialist Soviet Republics allowed to go to
church or synagogue, and how old must
they be before they can go there"
Sent in by The Vanguard Pioneer
Troop, Chicago III.
Nom, why do you always give old
clothes to poor people?', asked Junior Of
his mother, Don't they like new ones7"
AS heard by a Pioneer.
Why do they always call cops bulls?
Because they get sore when they see
reds. Martin Fleer, aged IL.
DO YOU KNOW THEsEF
The best answers will be printed in next
Saturdays Daily Worker. The names Of
all boys and girls who send in answers
will also be printed. Be sure to men
ton your age, your name, address, city
and state, so We can answer you.
Who is Dollfuss?
2.-who is Mussollni?
3-who is Hitler?
4--Eame three countries where Fascism
already exists?
5-Who are the real fighters against
Fascism1
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-03-10
BY D. z. MANUTLSKY
Article XVIII

Possibly the cause of the Austrian
proletariat's weakness is to be found
in the splitting of the international
workers movement? Possibly the
responsibility for the bankruptcy of
Austrian social-democracy's policy
falls on the proletariat of the U. S.
S. r., which has split the world
working class movement by taking
the path of proletarian revolution?
No, comrades, it is not here a ques-
ton Of cleavage, but of the fact that
one part Of the working class, IN
Ger the influence Of social emoc-
racy, is entering into a bloc with
the bourgeoisie against the other
part Of the working class, the Com
nunist part, and if the working
elacs in Austria still retains some
veSt-ges Of democracy" it is Just
bscauCe a mighty bulwark against
world reaction exists on one-SiXth
Of the globe. What would the capt.
talist world be like if this prole-
tartan bulwark did not exist?
Where would the policy of social
democracy have led the interna-
ticnal working class? If there is as
yet no new imperialist war. if the
capitalist offensive has not con-
verted the European workers into
Chinese coolies and Indian pariahs
in spite of all the capitulationist
tactics of International social-de-
mocracy if fascism is not trium-
plant along the whole front, it is
Just because the government Of
proletarian dictatorship which is
VIGOROUSLY constructing socialism
stands a counterpose to world
capital and world reaction, because
the organized movement of World
Communism, united into the world
wide Party of the Communist In
ternational, is barring the path Of
world reaction. The whole capital
ist world is seized with terror befare
the spectre Of Communism and
Proletarian Revolution.
QUT the Importance of the Or
y ganized Communist movement
does not consist only in the ire
mendous echo which its slogans
meet with among the working
masses Of all countries. This i'm
portance is to be attributed to the
tenets of the Communist Interna-
tional-the tenets Of irreconcilable
class struggle. Whether the Com
munist workers in capitalist coun-
tries succeed in forming broad
united front with the social-demo-
cratic workers or not, the Com
munists will fight just as devotedly
against the capitalist offensive,
against fascism, against war, as
they have fought up till now. They
will always be an active factor
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-03-10
Yukon, Pa, Miners
Break Thru UMWA
Law Against Strike
Br a Miner Corresnondent.

YUKON, Pa.-The mine here is
one of the Westmorelsnd Coal Co.
mines. This mine was shut down
for many months. It used to en-
ploy 400 men and now it has re-
opened and employs 116 men.
Conditions are much worse than
before. The sections that are work
ing are the rottenest sections and
the good ones are shut down. Well.
all the men belong to the United
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-03-10
Can You Make EN-
Yourself?

Pattern 1890 is available in
sizes IA, Is, 10, 20, 80, "a. 36,
3S, 40 and AZ. Size is takes 3
Id yards 80 inch fabric and
"a yard contrasting. Illustrated
step-by-step sewing instructions
included.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-03-10

Here is Bill, juniors. Pioneer uniform.
He got this uniform through his Pioneer
troop. This troop arranged big affair,
at which they collected enough money to
buy uniforms for all their members. Did
Tc''r troop do the same?
You can color this uniform exactly as
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-03-10
ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
Entertainment and Dance

The Medical Branch Of the Alliet
Professional Committee to Aid tn,
Victims of German Fascism is givini
a dinner, entertainment and dane,
at the Samovar, 142 West 4eth st
on Sunday, March II, 1894, at s:3t
pm. Tickets (s1.50 each) are avail
able at the Office of DR.. Jacob Aus
lander, $40 West 10th st
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-03-10

atedi means no good
for the workers.
A negative.
5.-Count (abbrev.1
6,-Anger.
Agreeable.
8.-Hate.
1.-THE first name
Of the man after
W h o m America is
named. His ! a S t
name is Vespucius.
l4.-Make it neces-
iary for rarely
Ised.)
Is. - Autocratic
rulers.
ia chicken laid
21.-The first part
Of the capital Of
Brazil. DE Janero.
"a. = Interweave;
braid.
PA musical in
itrument, generally
ised in a church.
"a measure of
and.
| 31.-Ratio with the
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-03-10

the original The color is a blue grey,
with a red kerchief, and red and orange
emblem on his arm. The buttons are
sort Of gold. II you followed the direc-
you can paste the suit on stiff paper, and
items from last weeks DAILY WORKER,
il will last much longer.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-03-10
WITH OUR YOUNG READFRS

Across
1. The great
leader who led the
Russian workers to a
victorious revolution.
S. = That great
oriental CUNT try
which has declared
Soviets in m a n y
states.
"a paddle.
10.-A cereal.
IL. - One Of the
bones which encircles
the chest.
10. - A common
shell fish having ten
legs.
15.-Technical lab
brew
IS. Similarly Ia
coniunction).
17.-All.
18.-The fifth and
fifteenth letter OF the
alphabet.
19.-An exclamation
Of inquiry.
20. = Railroad lab
brew
"a. - A long time
23.-Purpose or OBJ
iectivc.
?7.-To leave.
ga gative.
2a.-Tl1e sixth note
Of the scale.
30. = A chamber
with an arched roof,
especially one under
ground; banks have
them.
81. = Railroad lab
brew
| ga pain.
ga male deer.
| 36-Anger.
39.-The 18th. the
9th and the LIST letter
Of the alphabet.
40. - A high male
voice is called a
41.-"For the
makes US strong"
Down
l. - Confined to a
city.
2. - Corn grows In
3. - National Re-
Icovery Act (Abbrevi-
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-03-10

left out. 35.-Three.
80. A female 37.-Either.
hicken is called a 80. = Soviet Union
lbbrev)
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Answer to last weeks Cross word puzzle
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-03-10

From District No. IA - Tasks of
Party Inspire Worker to Join
Dear Comrades: Please accept
my apology for failing to answer
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(To be continued
Evening star., 1934-03-25
Books ReCeiUed
NON-FICTION.

THE TURNING WHEEL The Story of Gen
eral Motors Through Twenty-Five Years,
19OS-19S3. BY Arthur Pound Drawings
by William Heyer. Garden City, N. Y:
Doubleday, Doran & Co.
SENSE AND POETRY Essays on the Place
of Meaning in Contemporary Verse. By
John Sparrow. New Haven: Yale Univer-
Sity Press.
THE STORY TELLING HOUR. Edited for
the New York Story League by Carolyn S.
Bailey New York: Dodd, Mead g. Co.
HOP, SKIP AND JUMP (Verse for children).
Balch & Co.
AN ORIENTAL VIEW OF AMERICAN CIVIL
IzATION. BY No-Yong Park Pao). Bos-
ton: Hale, Cushman & Flint.
WHAT PRICE GOLD? An Economic Drama
BY H D. Conner. New York: H. D. Conner
IS Broad street.
CHARACTER GEMS. BY Ariel Yvon Taylor
New York: Ray Long & Richard r. Smith
CHOSEN POEMS OF THOMAS HARDY.
Golden Treasury Series. New York: The
Macmillan Co.
A WARNING TO wANToNs. By Mary
Mitchell. Garden City, N. Y: Doubleday
Doran & Co.
THE SHADOW IN THE COURTYARD AND
THE CRIME AT LOCK IA. By Georges
Smenon. New York: Covici-Friede.
DARK ANGEL. BY Gina Klaus. Translated
from the German by Eden and Cedar Paul.
New York: The Macmillan Co.
FEAR BY NIGHT BY Patricia Wentworth.
Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott Co.
HIS FIRST MILLION WOMEN. By George
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THE VETERANS ADMINISTRATION:

History, Activities and Organization. B
Gustavus A Weber and Laurence
Schmeckebier. Washington: The Brookine
Institution.
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Meridian Hills Women WIZ
Entertain State Golfers

Meridian Hills Country Club
women will offer their hospitality
to women golfers of thirty-two
clubs of the state tomorrow at their
invitational tournament. Mrs
George M. Weaver, chairman of the
women'S golf committee, has ap-
pointed Mrs. B. G. Stephenson
chairman for the day.
William H. Howard, Mrs. 4. v
Stackhouse and Mrs. John Spiegel
will greet guests as they arrive in
their cars and will give them tags
for bags with their names and
names of caddies. The starters, Mr.
and Mrs. William H. Diddel, ano
Mr.. and Mrs. Stephenson will call
the names at the tee.
Mrs. Howard S. Morse, wife of
the club president, will be chairman
of hostesSes. Her assistants will be
Mesdames Almus Ruddell, E. H.
Kemper McComb, Austin V. Clifford
Wendell P. Coler, George S. Olive,
Clarence Merrell, William H. How
ard and Henry Holt.
Mrs. John w. HutchingS, chair
man of decorations for the club
house and luncheon tables, will be
assisted by Mrs. Ira A. Minnick and
Mrs. Irwin Bertermann.
Tomorrow night Junior commit
tee will be host for the annual jun
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a Woman S
Vie appoint
BY MRS. WALTER FERGUSON

II ALWAYS have supported my
4 wife gladly and given her
what luxuries I could afford, >"
runs a letter from MI. R. c. W.,
who is disappointed at the reac-
ton to his generosity. But, even
then, she doesn't seem to be sat
isfied. She often is depressed
and unhappy. With nothing to
do but enjoy herself, can't I'M
derstand it,"
I should like to reply by put
ting one question: Why, in the
name of common sense, should a
woman enjoy being supported?
Why, indeed, should she be sup
ported?
There has grown up among us
the dogma that it is the husbands
duty to provide his wife with ev-
erything she wants, and that the
less she has to do the happier
she should be and the better the
mans reputation as a good hus-
band.
This idea is behind two-thirds
of the misery of married life and
responsible for ine-tenths of our
divorces.
Wives began to be what is known
as supported" in the days when
they mothered broods of children.
This, however, certainly did not
mean they did nothing else but
rock their babies. Because they
contributed greatly to the family
income by their skill, ingenuity
and industry in the home. No
woman of that time. from scullion
to grand lady, went through her
day without expanding a vast
amount of energy in honest toll
of some sort.
There is a great deal of irony
in our present situation. The
women with few or no children
are those who get the major share
of the supporting, while those
with many children often are not
supported at all. They have to
lend not alone Tor themselves puG
for their young, to an extent
never before known since the
primitive tribal days.
There is no valid reason why
any strong, healthy adult of what
ever sex should expect to be sup
ported" The very word itself is
reminiscent Of something f1imsy,
weak and worthless, and is belied
by every characteristic of the
modern woman.
1t may be very noble and COM
mendable for the men to be will
ing to support" us-as indeed it
is. But you may be very sure of
one thing, good sirs, no creature
supported in idleness is ever going
to be happy, useful or grateful.
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What is your pet peeve? Tell it to
Jane Jordan and read her comments in
this column. Write your letter today.
Dear Jane Jordan am almost
16 and I have a sister II who is
much prettier than I am. We
both like boy who goes to our
church, but I feel my sister likes
him just because 1 do. He always
speaks to me and sometimes
stops to talk, but I feel self-con-
scious and never can think of
anything to say. My sister always
is around when he is and we
don't have much of a chance to
become friends.
1 don't know whether my sister
really does like him or whether
she is just selfish. Do you think
should stand by and see if she
really wants him or should I keep
on trying to become a friend of
his. Please tell me as I need
advice
P.
Answer-It is just as we'll for the
young man that he is not seriously
interested in either of you. 1t would
be hard for him to tell how much