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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-01-17
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mail and the National Remedy Co.
will stop your hair from falling if you
fall for its Japanese Oil (whatever that
means). George P. Way sells q con-
traption to make the deaf hear; while
Prof. Feuchtinger will sell you q book
(for SD which will teach you how
to sing. Landon g. Warner guarantee
to take inches Off anybody's waist
line by their director belt. What
happens when the belt is taken of,
at night, is nobodys business.
There are other advertisements in
Physical Culture which, being nom
medical, do not interest us. Those we
have mentioned are sufficient proof
that this Health" magazine, like
other capitalist publications, Is prim-
arily interested in the profits to be
derived from advertisements. It does
not concern itself with the Injury to
life and health which misleading OF
deliberately false claims may causl
to its dear" readers!
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-01-17
PARTY LIFE

In Saturdays issue Of the Daily
Worker we reviewed in this column
the recruitment into the Party in
the five concentration districts
Chicago, Pittsburgh, Detroit and
New York. District No. 8, Philadel-
phia, Is not a concentration dis
trict, but il contains within its
territory all Of the concentration
MISUNDERSTANDING and other
sections of the steel industry; min
ing, marine, and textile, and inn
portant struggles have occurred in
this district in many of these In
duStries. This district also contains
three cities, Philadelphia, Baitf-
more, and Washington, all Of which
have large Negro populations. We
are printing below the analysis of
the recruitment in this district,
which indicates the same unsatiS-
factory situation in regard to win
ming the workers from the basic in
dustries for our Party, as was found
in the concentration districts. The
district analysis, however, fails to
point out the additional shOrtcom-
ing, in that during December only
three Negroes were recruited. This
district has been in the forefront in
its struggles for the rights Of the
Negro masses, The National Anti
Lynching Conference was held in
Baltimore, Why are not more Ne
groes won for the Party, Comrades?
The District Org. Dept. Analyses
the Recruitment
More Pep Needed in Recruiting
Drive
Philadelphia District Committee
finds many sections absolutely mac
tive.
The Philadelphia District Commit
tee set itself the goal of recruiting
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-01-17
Letters Praise ''Daily's" Anniversary Issue
A CULTURAL AID

New York.
Editor, Daily Worker:
I wish to congratulate the Daily
Worker on its Tenth Anniversary. 1
hope it will be able to continue in
exposing the capitalist system, its
demagogues and apologists.
For one who has been blinded up
until six months ago by capitalist
illusions, I can frankly say that
your efficient and timely editorials,
masterpieces of propaganda and
other revolutionary articles have
contributed tremendously toward my
liberation from political uncertainty.
l might add that not only does the
Worker help me in a political sense,
but also in cultural sense.
I don't think it necessary to men
ton that I was one of the fortunate
workers who has read your anniver-
sary issue, but I do so mainly to
disagree with the criticism of the
Daily" by Comrade Olgin. He states
In his anniversary article that the
Daily is becoming "stereotyped"
I feel that perhaps to many old
Party members that may be true.
But when one realizes that the
Daily" has yet to reach millions of
workers who are still influenced by
bourgeois newspapers, then one might
agree that such criticism is prema-
ture.
I have engaged with other readers
in discussing this very important
question, and we are all of the opin-
ion that the present set-up of the
Daily" is very effective in bringing
about class-consciousness to those
workers who are disguised with the
demagogy of Roosevelt, Green, Wal
lace, and others like them.
Comradely yours,
SYMPATHIZER.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-01-17

that these propagandistS who in one
way were with the workers and the
next minute with the bosses are now
trying their utmost to continue the
dirty work for Mike Miller, by making
speeches for the Boot & Shoe, and
even go as far as to force a few of
the weaker ones to sign up with the
Boot & Shoe.
A few individuals who were always
with Mike Miller, although they came
down when the class-conscious work
ers decided to strike, made a speech
the other day stating that the Boot 81
Shoe doesn't believe in calling the
workers to strike or walking in the
streets for months. In other words,
they are saying, you don't have to
fight; work for nothing and there
won't be any cause to strike.
I have had the pleasure of seeing
few fellow workers just turn away
when these skunks start their
speeches. We, the class conscious
workers, are being very much annoyed
by these pests Of the Boot Shoe.
They are using every means to have
us meet with them. The chairmen
are helping them along by having
them in the Miller Cafeteria during
lunch hour. Fellow workers, let us all
think and fight for the one union that
is Of the rank and file, the United
Shoe and Leather Workers Union.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-01-17

"Just read in today's Daily
that you invite contributions"
writes the marine worker who
spoke up for a pumpernickel
recipe. "Like many other readers I
enjoy all the personally conducted
and signed columns in our paper
Surely some people think 1t strange
that a mere man should look toward
with pleasant anticipation for your
informative articles,
1.-THE fact is men are also interested
in home, and there are many who
have to keep the home fires burning
without the aid of womenfolk, Per-
sonally I am of the army of unen-
pIoyed and am anXiously awaiting the
article on how to make a fireleSs
cooker. HOPE you Will write it in
plain everyday language, as the IN
formation will be anMously consumed
by thousands Of men who are in the
same position as am.
'In the bourgeois press always
pass women's pages as not Of any
interest to a lonely working man, but
it took your column to open my eyes
20 see that there are many things
about home and children's education
written by women or girls that are
Of very good value to any man E.
remain comradely yours,
"a J. Allen, M.WLU."
It certainly makes US feel very
good TO be Of some service. The ar
ticle on the fireless cooker was writ
ten by Comrade Irene, and we shall
begin to run it tomorrow, with addi-
tional notes and maybe a sketch or
two. Meanwhile here is a little
BACHELORS CORNER
Something useful to keep in mind
in the household is that paper Is a
very poor conductor of heat and cold,
so it may be utilized to preserve or
repel one or the other. In my family
it is custom to put thick layers
Of newspapers between the springs of
The bed and the mattress. Not only
does it help to prevent the springs
cutting into the mattress, but if the
latter is a thin one or is packed loose
ly with cheap filler which lets the
cold through, the paper helps q lot, If
one sleeps in cold room in winter,
to keep the cold out. It's no use pill
ing lot Of cover on top Of yourself
if the cold can come through the
mattress from below.
Newspaper torn very fine and re
duced to pulp with boiling water
can be used to stop up bad cracks
in walls or around doors or windows.
Heavy thickneSses Of newspaper are
also laid under rugs, to make them
seem softer and to keep cold air
from coming through bad floors, from
or COLI rooms below
Though I suppose most everyone
knows that).
A dish called Mexican Bunny" can
De prepared in a few minutes by com
bining and heating can of corn
and can Of tomatoes, seasoning with
salt, pepper, and butter, and adding
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-01-17
LGWU S14 Tax
Burden Follows
Mass LayOff
by a Needle Worker Correspondent

BROOKLYN, N. VI am one Of
those young workers who was re-
Gently organized under the Roosevelt
Green IN. r. A" labor 20 clause. .
Section IA.
We struck for four weeks. -Four
weeks Of bitter, heart breaking strug-
gle, during which period most of us
were near the starvation point g.
We were returned to work by the A.
F. OF L. bureaucrats with dubious
81 increase. Out Of this, the Green
Boss clique decided to deduct $3.50
per week for our union book. Dur
ing this period there was a mass
lay-off which averaged us two days
work per week. And now, upon
working steadily for about three
weeks, we must pay our Interna-
tional Ladies Garment Workers
Union local a tax Of $14. After which
comes our regular dues, and then
who can say what more burden we
will have to carry after that.
In addition, our employer is an
open and ayowed anti-labor man. He
attempts to browbeat the workers on
the least pretext.
Needless to say have turned Com
munist. The heroic struggles Of the
industrial unions and the essential
realism of the class struggle have
made up my mind for me.
Editors Note: This worker will be
made very welcome in the ranks of
the Communist Party, where he will
probably speedily learn that one of
his most important tasks will be the
struggle of the rank and file mem
bers of the A. F. of L., to secure hon
est fighting leadership in their
unions. The address of the center
for coordinating this struggle in all
A. F. of L. unions is the A. F. Of L.
Rank and File Committee at No.
Union Square.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-01-17
By a Textile worker Correspondent

BF 4eNIlle hOIkeT TtStfoAAutut
PATERSON, N. There are
workers in the Payet Volta and Mil
Ter Dye Shop that make as low as
s2.45 for two weeks. When they go
to work, they make a few hours. Then
they go home and come back and
work a few hours more. The chair
man in this shop belongs to the A.
F. Of L.
Chairman James Gor1ey. Of Wiede-
mann Local Of the N.T.W.U. called
meeting for Saturday, Jan. s. In
this meeting the e-chairman, Joe
Hart of the Hawthorne Piece Dye
Workers, who is in the A. F. Of L.,
was asking for unity Of all the work
ers Of both unions to stick together.
Joe also stated this: United We
stand, divided we fall"
A worker asked Joe Hart if he
could have q committee Of A. F. of
I. union members Of the Hawthorne
Piece Dye Workers to try to get the
A. F. Of L. chairman. Joe Liss to have
9 committee Of A. F. Of L. members.
then the NT.WU. members would
elect a committee, and these three
committees would meet to elect one
big united shop committee of both
shops. Joe Hart said he would do
all he could to get the unity of work
ers in both unions as the Hawthorne
Piece Dye Workers and the Wiede-
mann's belong to the same bosses.
If Joe Hart can get these comittees,
together with the help OF James Cor
ley, then the N. T. w. U. will get the
Lodi Piece Dye Workers, who also
have the same bosses. All three dye
shops belong to the United Piece Dye
Works. The N. T. W. U. is the only
union in the Lodi Shop.
James Goriey, the N. T. w. q. chair
man of the Wiedeman Local, asked all
the workers to stick together because
the company was putting the assist
ant dyers to work on the dye tubs and
sending dye helpers home. This is a
direct violation of the N. R. A. code
which states that no foreman shall do
the work Of a workman or take his
place on the machine.
The workers in Weideman'S got as
low as So and SO for two weeks pa.
In the Arrow Dye Shop, the workers
make as low as 4.O2 for two weeks
pay The A. F. Of L. chairman does
not do anything about it. This is an
A. F. OF L. shop.
At the Blue Bird Dye Shop, q
worker said that the workers were
working 10 hours a day and that the
big bosses worked Saturday Dec. 30,
1888. This is an A. F. of L. shop which
is a good example for the workers. It
shows how the A. F. Of L. leaders and
bosses work together.
The A. F. of L. called all its Pater-
son dye workers members to a meet
ing Saturday, Jan. 6, where the leaders
told them that they had to get all
the N. T. w. .. members to join the
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-01-17
Plot to Cut Dye
Workers Pay to
45 Cents An Hour
(By a Textile Worker Correspondent

(By Textile Worker Correspondent
PATERSON, N. J.-This is what a
silk worker overheard when a group
of Weidemann dye workers were dis
cussing about their bosses. There
was big lsy-off Of workers Jan. IL
and II. The workers said their
bosses were getting worse every day,
that the head dyer was trying to
make assistant dyers rush the work
ers up and get the work done as soon
as possible, so they could send them
home.
The workers also said that the
company is trying to scare the work.
ers by having big lay-eff, so they
can try to brj7g back the starvation
wages again, As cents an hour to the
workers who are still working. Then
when they send for the workers that
were laid off they will tell them they
will have to work for the wage cut,
IS cents an hour, or go rome again.
It is good for the workers that the
Communist Party can SCI what the
bosses are trying to do. When the
bosses bring a new trick to fool the
workers the Communists tell the
workers what the bosses are trying
to do. They also tell the workers
what to do, so the bosses will not be
able TO fool the workers SO easily.
The workers will have to stick to-
gether and put up a fight. With
the right kind Of union they can
win. That union is the National
Textile Workers Union.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-01-17

complete and returned to the job
hers.
Here are some Of the means used.
through which they contrive to cheat
their workers. When they take in a
lot OF several hundred dresses to be
made up, which are known as S5.T5
line garments, they inform their fac
tory help that the said lot is only
that OF a $3.75 line, and must be
made up for prices (piece-work) in
accordance with that cheap scale.
The workmanship must, of course, be
perfect and worthy of the better line.
If the workers militantly demand
lew cents more, claiming there Is
TOO much work for a cheap garment
the contractor boss pretends to re-
luctantly give in to some compro-
mise, weeping and lamenting that he
is going broke, that they are a very
bad set of help, that they don't APP
preciate that he tries to be nice to
them, that he takes in work without
profit in order to give them work, etc.
He pulls this kind of "act' and fire.
quently gets his workers sympathy.
Actually, he is making his regular
profit, based on the $5.75 labor
(charge to the jobber) and in addi-
ton he is making an even greater
profit; the amount which he has
managed to cheat his workers.
All this has been explained to me
by dress contractor who is located
on West 35th St. He is ignorant of
my true sympathies, and further
Dragged to me that by dint of the
above mentioned tactics he has man
aged to live very well and made sew
eral thousand dollars additionally in
one short season, only half of a small
plant working.
Such despicable tricks should be
ferretted out and can only be done
SO by making the proper investiga-
tons into the books of the contractor
in order to ascertain as to who the
jobbers are who give in their work, +"
and especially the price of the gar
ment the jobber manufactures.
Close watching will bring to light
hundreds of cases where contractors
are guilty of such practices.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-01-17
Rest Of CWA Jobs
in Princeton, Ind,
Soon to Give Out
by a worker Correspondent

PRINCETON, Ind.-Six weeks ago
everyone was going to get Job in
this county, everyone that was able
to work. Now the picture has changed,
and the C.W.A. workers are being
fired here in the middle of Winter.
Some projects have been completed,
others were not approval.
The last accounts showed $500
registered for jobs, while only 900 or
TOO got jobs. Now those that have
Jobs are compelled to register the
third time for the purpose Of further
wedding out those few left on jobs.
The weather has been so severe
that the men could not work the
last few weeks. Previous to that
time, the state highway road work
fired half its forces, telling those who
were dispensed with, that the jobs
would be staggered, and that there
would be work for them next week.
AS yet this has not happened. Those
laid off applied for relief and were
told nothing doing, as they should
have saved their wages for a rainy
day. ~.
One con1rade informed me that he
had not gotten pay for two weeks
and could not possibly get another
one even If permitted to work for
another two weeks. Yet his $3.50
should tide him over in this severe
weather, although he was compelled
to feed eight-24 meals per day, seven
days per week, or 1853 meals. For
the period of four weeks we find this
comrade has a total of 672 meals to
manage to get on his table, and only
$3.50 to spend, besides paying for
fuel, Mghts, water, etc.
The Unemployed Council here was
able to win some gains for the work.
ers In the past, but 1t has been
crushed by the terror Of former mem
bers of the xxx. and stool pigeons,
together with the sabotage of the
C.YU.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-01-17
iBy a Worker CORRESPONDENT

BROOKLYN, n. VI would like
to use the Daily Worker columns to
expose the racketeering and maneu-
vering of the officials of the Amalga-
mated Clothing Workers of America,
especially in relation to their latest
shameful racket SO tax on each
member.
In my local 176) We had a meet
ing last Wednesday night to take up
the tax question. Previous to that
the .Amalgamated Rank and File
Committee issued a leaflet to my
shop, exposing the tax as an attempt
of Hillman g. Co. to extort more
money from us to benefit them -
not us.
At the local meeting the delegate
got UP and boosted the tax, lauding
it as something of benefit to us. He
claimed if we voted for and paid the
tax, no more bundles of work would
go out of town (Passaic, Paterson,
etc., that it would stay here in New
York and Brooklyn. He practically
threatened us with loss Of work If
we refused to pay the tax.
Y.C.L. Member Shows Up Tax
Despite his talk, many workers took
the floor and spoke, both in italian
and English languages. Then a young
fellow took the floor who was a mem
Der Of the Young Communist League.
In his speech he showed up the tax
for what it was. He pointed out that
out of 100000 in the union treasury,
supposedly for unemployment insur-
ance, only about $4,000 was given
out. That, taking conservative es-
innate OF 10000 members in New
York, $360,000 would be gotten for
Hillman 81 Co.
He pointed out few more points
and warned the workers against the
local chairman and delegate that
they were clever politicians and could
make you see black when it is really
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-01-17
YOUTH UNDERESTIMATE
Editor, Daily Worker:

The editorial Of Tuesday, Jan. 0,
asks to hear from us on the Tenth
Anniversary, special of the D. W.
Therefore, I dug into every line of
the Daily" and placed myself as one
who had never seen the Daily" be-
fore.
I'm a Y. G. L. member, read most
OF our literature. Being only "a years
old, looked for youth material. Why
not? After reading the resolution of
the 18th Plenum on the Party's
daily tasks, expected weeks be-
fore the Tenth Anniversary D. w.
came out, going to quarter Of a
million workers and their friends,
children, ETC., throughout the country,
we'd sure have CD page Of youth
activity.
So many new readers got a hold of
this issue and on Jan. Is, the Young
Communist Leagues all over the world
will commemorate the death Of Lieb-
knecht and Rosa Luxembourg day
of struggle against war and fascism
and this wasn't even mentioned in
the Jan. special daily.
1t is so important to remember the
role of the youth on these occasions.
The G. G. G. Camps, discrimination
in relief of young workers, especially
Negro workers-transient youth camps
being built for only food and few
pennies a day for lousy meal and
f1op-and many other important new
points could have been brought out
to especially interest the youth and
show them the way out, through
struggle.
Hoping this point is not forgotten
at such important times, I remain,
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-01-17
THEY DON'T UNDERSTAND"
New York.

New York.
Dear Comrades:
In the Anniversary issue of the
Daily. I found nothing about the
youth, the young workers and how
to win them and why. Don't you
think that we have to talk to the
adult workers and party members Of
the importance of winning the youth
too2 Do our Party comrades and
workers understand the Importance
OF winning the youth? I would say
definitely, "No." Is there not the
slogan: "One Y.CL. unit to every
Party unit?" How many party units
take this seriously and act accord
inglyP Certainly not many. And
that's because the comrades don't I'M
derstand of building the Y.C.L. and
other youth organizations.
AS German young worker, I have
worked on the German boats for
seven years. have been involved in
many little struggles. I am sorry to
say In our struggle against the bosses,
we young workers had to fight also
Sdll4St GIle Oluer workers.
On some ships it was so bad that
we young workers were not even al
lowed to sit at the table at the meals
with the adult workers. remem-
Der the time when l made SITS a
month 1929, for IA hours work a
day. On this ship, the adult work
ers forced me to sit on the floor while
taking my meals, and some of these
workers hav ebeen on the barricades
with the spartacus-but they did not
understand the Importance of win
ming the young workers.
I am even Of the opinion that many
young workers have been driven away
from the working class front to the
Nazi front by class-conscious work
ers
1t was only In January, 1898, when
young seamen Of the North German
Lloyd steamers, running in South
America, were on strike in Bremen
haven. The young workers ashore
supported them by not taking jobs
on this ship. Hiring of Nazi boys
broke this Strike-aad the adult
workers did not move. They did not
understand
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-01-17
a. CIV. Member Reports How Union Racketeers
Faxed Vote in Local ITO to Jam Tax Thru
Membership Voted Three Times Against $I2 Levy,
But Chairman Announced ''MOtiOn Carried
and Adjourned Meeting

white. Sure enough, no sooner did
he sit down, than the local chairman
got up and attacked him on the basis
that he was Communist sent down
by the Communist Party to disrupt
the meeting and poison the minds of
the workers, and accused him Of dis
tributing the opposition leaflets. OF
course, he wasn't given a chance to
defend his position. Nevertheless, the
majority present sided with the Y. C.
L'er.
Only one Gan executive board mem
beD dared to defend the tax and
he received a spattered applause.
Then the vote was taken. Three
times, once by hand, once by saying
AYE" and then by standing up.
Chairman Cheats
The first two times were decidedly
against the tax. The third time
under threats and cajoling about 40
As stood up in favor, while almost
twice as many stood up against
(many were neutraD. 80 for, so
against" shouted the chairman. 81
object" shouted the Y.CL. member.
II demand a recount, the vote was
the other way around" Meeting
adjourned" from the chairman.
Then the delegate approached the
Y.CL.'er and threatened him many
times, going so far as to say he'd
take him of the job. However, the
Y.CL.'er was not bulldozed by his
threats and the delegate left him
alone.
The above is a classic example of
the methods utilized by the Amalga-
mated to shove their Shiny proposals
down the Threats OF the tailors.
Brother tailors, young and old =
organize strong oppositions in the G..
WA. to stop such racketeering and
robbery Of our hard-earned money.
Join the Amalgamated Rank and
File Committee, at ll6 University
Place.