The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-11-12
Party Life
More Support
For Spanish
PrOletariat

revolt has been Subdued by the
forces of the reactionary Lerroux
government and the rich landoWn-
erS.
Today the revolutionary force has
taken an organized retreat, making
preparations for the final charge
that will overthrow capitalism and
the present Fascist regime. But
the workers have suffered the loss
of many of their leaders, many
killed and hundreds arrested, which
means death to them.
Just as the Spanish proletariat
fought united with Communists,
Socialists, Syndicalists and other
workers, so have the fascistS united
their forces to crush the workers.
This means that worldwide protest
must be raised in their defense.
We are a group of Spanish sea-
men in Boston who look to the
Daily Worker for a clear analysis of
the Spanish situation and we find
none. The seamen come to us With
their questions on the matter, and
although we can satisfy them, yet
they read La Prensa" for infor-
nation. La Prensa" had and still
has many articles on Spain. One
which has attracted the writer was
an article which mentioned the
heroic stand that the workers are
taking in the courts.
The Daily Worker has recently
been silent on this question and
right now it is criminal. We should
link up the Thaelmann campaign
with that of the Spanish political
prisoners. Mass united front meet
ings must be had for defense pur-
poses, The campaign should be
conducted along the same lines as
the Thaelmann and Austrian cam
paignS. This way we will be able to
interest the Spanish workers in the
carrying on of mass work. We can
not send them along the way of
La Prensa" and other reactionary
forces. Here workers of all polit-
ical beliefs are involved and we
here in America can tie up the
Spanish struggles with that of the
American workers through the
weapon of the united front.
j. M, Boston.
Shop Paper Leads Workers to
Action
IN MARCH of this year we organ
lied a shop unit in the Midland
Steel in Cleveland. The shop at the
time worked full speed, with the
conditions as rotten as they could
be found in any steel mill. Scarcely
a day passed without an accident.
In spite of RooSevelt's N. r. A.,
wage cuts took place.
This was just the time for us to
give out our shop paper, the Mid
land Steel. Tt has been coming out
regularly ever since, dealing with
the problems of the workers, and to
every problem giving them a solu-
ton, pointing out to them what to
do and how to do 1t if we are to
improve our conditions.
Since June of this year, work days
are few, about two or at the best
three days in the week for most
of the workers; but there are many
of us who only work three DAYS or
so in two weeks. However we had
to go to the shop every day Just the
same, only to be sent home most
of the time. This was discussed in
the Midland Worker, proposing that
we go to the bosses to demand that
they give us car fare when we are
sent back home.
Friday, September 14th. was the
last day the shop operated. and the
foreman told the fellows the shop
would be closed the next week. but
Saturday, the 18th, we all got a
letter which said, do not report to
work until Tuesday, Sept. 18th" The
men who received the letter came
in, but again we came just to be
fooled, because the boss said there
was nothing to do. What happened?
Do you think these men just walked
out as usual? No, they gathered in
a group and more than fifty of them
started out towards the office,
damned 1t, and demanded carfare
to go home, and demanded that the
fare be paid both ways. The big
shop got so scared that there was
nothing else he could do with these
men but agree to their demands.
so he gave out car tickets, until he
had none left, and then he had to
pass out cash.
All this was done by the workers
just the way the Shop Paper paper
pointed out to them. Since these
workers have found out that we do
not propose to them anything that
is impossible for them to do, they
will look on the Midland Worker
with more respect and will accept
it as their guide. With this ex-
ample for inspiration, we can ex-
pect a lot more action by these
workers, who are always eager to
get the paper, and who never throw
it away, but read it and keep it, be-
cause they accept it as their own.
A MIDLAND WORKER.