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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-02-22
Cow Stalls Better
Than Houses of
ShareCrOpperi
BY a sha-ecrOpper Correspondent

by a Sua-eCIOppSE correspondent
DADEVILLE, Ala.-We have been
toiling here in this union three long
years jobless all through. We are
still going to fight for our rights.
and we are asking all to join in and
fight with us.
The damn bosses are Just putting
on the men that are on their places.
We hove ro"ried scrins Of pare bqcl-
to Dadeyille every two weeks and
have got nothing. No jobs and no
relief.
I wish you all could see the houses
that we are living in, not more than
COW stalls, not as good as some of
the damn bosses COW stalls are.
better than the houses we Negroes
live in. But we are working to put
this program over.
Think about how the poor COM
rades have to live. Some of the
comrades haven't had a farm or a
Job in three years. The damn bosses
have set out to Starve us. They are
continuing to cut us of from a liv-
ing for two years, no farm or Job,
and they know good and well we
can't live like that. They have some
Of our comrades plowing for a liv-
ing, clearing up a pig field for Iiv-
ing, and then they don't give any
thing.
No, we can't live that way. All
see to helm us is to organize and
fight for better conditions.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-02-22
REVIEWED Dy
GERTRUDE HAESSLER

For several months the Steel and
Metal Workers Industrial Union has
been Issuing for the workers in the
Navy Yards, a paper called the
yard Worker" 1t is issued from
outside the yards and Is building up
union organization in the shop.
There is Communist Party unit in
! the shop, which is taking the lead in
building up Union organization to
fight for better working conditions.
The unit, however, found that it was
impossible through this Union paper
to bring the broader political issues
affecting the working class adequately
before these workers. They therefore
undertook to issue their OWL paper
from the inside, in their own name
the Communist Party Unit in the
Navy Yards.
The Union leaders will soon find
this paper one of the most powerful
means for modifying the workers
for correct militant tactics in fight
ing the employers Gin this the
United States Government, And
Of course it will be the most m
portant means for opening the eyes
OF the Navy Yard workers to class
consciousness, and rally them for the
final aim of the Communist Party
the overthrow Of the capitalist system,
and the establishment OF a Soviet
America with all that this implies.
But to become such an effective
weapon to lead the workers In their
economic struggles and their final
political aims, the yard Voice" in
its future issues, must s--ike a setter
balance. The first issue tries to &C
comphsh this all-comprehensive task,
but betrayS certain amount of In
experience. It tries to accomplish
the whole Communist PROGRAM at
once, and Civ the workers too much
to digest in one dose.
The yard workers are suffering
from certain illusions which must be
shattered before they can understand
and assimilate our program as
practical program. One of these iIlu-
sions is that you can't fight the gov
eminent. Another is that intensified
war preparations will be beneficial to
them because they are in war In
dustry.
Now these are practical problems
that must be met. But in all its
political material--and there is a
great wealth of political material IN
this first issue-the paper does not
meet these two burning problems
squarely. In fact the question of war
is dealt with In two articles-in
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-02-22
Deny Relief to Man Who
Refuses So A Month Job

were in need. The man went first
and they turned him down-refused
TO help them. Then his wife went.
and the lady who had come to their
home said, Eyes you need help al
right, but we can't help you" Then
this mans wife asked her why? BE
cause my husband got your husband
a good job working for a man for
So month wages, feeding himself,
and he wouldn't take it, so we are
~o'ng to see thct he doesn't get a
job" So the wife goes back again
end she meets Miss Stella Mitchell
this time She asked, who are you,
and what do you want?" She told
her she wanted relief or job. I'VE
can't give you anything, and we are
not giving women jobs. You got a
man and he won't work. Mr.. Land
rum give him job and he refHsed
it." This mans wife told her that
her husband would work, but that
there was not enough in this job to
support his family.
Then Miss Mitchell said, before he
let's his family starve he ought to
be glad to work for 25 cents month.
So this is the way the relief helps
needy Negroes.
But this mans wife began to get
after them until they put him on a
few days work. The girls are Just
as large as their mother, and have
no clothes or shoes.
hope that no one feels as down
hearted as this family looks.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-02-22
BY D. $. MANUILsKY

But here come the sociaI-democrats
with ready answer to these doubts.
You dream Of the 1918 revolution"
hey say. But in Austria the pro-
etarian revolution in 1918 could not
nave won, because Austria is not
Russia. In Austria a bourgeois -repub-
ie was established, with a social
content added to /. by active partici-
patton Of the proletariat in the revo-
luton. This is not the dictatorship
Of the bourgeoisie. The rule Of the
bourgeoisie is limited by those social
gains which the Austrian prole ariat
Won in the revolution. Social
democracy is the strongest party in
The state system Of the Austrian re-
public. It presses on the ruling
classes with al the weight Of he
organized working class, thus re-
straining the growth of fascism in
Austria If the sOcial-democrats
have nevertheless not been able to
stop the growth OF fascisn, it is be-
cause Of the crisis and the bank
rup.ey Of capitalism which have led
20 counter revolutionary situa-
ion in Austria And as social
democracy has to fight for 'democ-
-acy' and socialism under the cir
3umstances Of q counter-revolution-
airy situation, it frequently has to
retreat, and therefore, the results Of
It's policy are not always satisfactory
to the masses But today is not the
stormy revolutionary period Of 1918.
By taking their stand upon legality
and the defense Of the bourgeois re-
public, and opposing the attempts Of
asciem to violate legality, the So
sial-democ~ats are saving the masses
rom civil war. But if the ruling
siasses take to violence, Austrian So
5ial-democracy cannot in principle
lase itself on force and proletarian
dictatorship like the Russian Boil
sleviks. because this position of the
Rree'o N r'c'soevire- IS tho result Of
he specific conditions S'1taining in
3u-ea, which has passed directly
rom tsarism to Socialism. The
method taken by the Russian Boil
'heviks is not obligatory for the pro-
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-02-22
SHOP PAPER REVIEWS

analysing the Roosevelt budget and
IN analyzing the imminence of war
In both of these the first approach
should have been this very natural
desire of an unclasS--onscious worker
IN the yards-an expanding arma-
ments building program, in order to
get more work. We must show them
that the claim that war will bring
prosperity to the production
workers is a myth. With all the in
creased activity in war production,
there have -been very few workers
added to this production apparatus
because of the speed-up and wages
have been cut again and again. Our
light must be a strong organization
10 light Speed=up and wage-cuts,
The Anti-War Campaign
We will never rally these workers tc
an anti-war program by talking first
to them about five years of crisis, and
saying Our bosses are looking
hungrily to war, to a new world
slaughter, as a way out" If you are
to handle at all the question of wal
as the capitalist way cut of the
crisis, 1t must be done adequately
explaining how the bosses find war
the only way out. You can take
nothing for granted. When you tell
them that war is part Of this sys-
TEN, and bring up such class con-
cept, you must be ready to explain
how it Is part Of this system" and
what this system" is. You cannot
take for granted that they even know
there is a system.
A Wrong Directive
Then what is the paper telling
these workers who are producing war
ornaments, to do in the anti-war
struggles? The article saws:
Our first method of fighting
against the war makers is to
demand the elimination of the Is
per cent cut. Our wages have been
cut so that more money would be
spent for war materials, instead of
wages. BY demanding that the
huge war budget be turned over
Tor unemployment insurance, we
tight against war and struggle for
insurance for the inevitable day
when we are tossed aside like an
empty can"
What are we doing here? We are
telling the workers that if they get
more of the war appropriations for
their own pockets, then less will go
Tor ornaments. Is that what we tell
the Brooklyn Navy Yard workers is
their duty in helping to fight
against war?
This problem Of drawing workers
on war production into the anti-war
campaign is not a simple one, and
we must be very careful what kind
Of slogans We fling among them.
The important thing, together with
rousing their hatred against war, and
together with developing their class
solidarity, is to show them that if we
build up strong organization in the
plant, that in itself will help to
postpone war. For then the bour-
geoisie viii know that 1t cannot rely
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-02-22
Needs Relief But
Is Charged Gross
Income Tax on Sale
BY a Farmer Correspondent

OACANIPA, S. D. - sert few
dozen Of eggs with my boy to town.
Ue BROUGHT beck SO cents. He said
the eggs came to 90 cents. bit
had to pay the Gross Income Tax
to the government. Yes. if the pro-
ceeds Of the sale had been but q
cent ove~ So the government would
have called its tax, Gross Income
Tax they call it.
By no stretch of imagination can
anyone call nv income gross. It is
81 infnitevimallv snoll that I was
obli9ed to take the "Pauper's Oath"
IS thousands Of other farmers have
done, to the effect that we cannot
Tupport ourselves and families. I
asked for relief Of a 81 a day. I
was allowed so cents a day in cash
and a few scanty articles of food.
We are six of us, which makes a
cash allowance of a little better than
eight cents per person: and the food
we get is hung up EIGHT to nine miles
'way, and We have to hire car
to get it.
1AACF I4dfC bGCIl dllOW1ilB IOur,
pork, and butter You ask for these
items. oh YES, there is some -four
and the butter and pork, may be
here any day. Grain for the stock
the same way. You do not know
when you will get it, or if you ever
get it.
Here is what I did the other day:
I b-ought in a few eggs to sell. I
told the merchant. you give me full
payment for the eggs. and you make
note in the tex account to the eff
feot that John H. Hanson Of Oacona
s. D.. refuses to pay the tax. Then
I went out and published the fact
Of my refusel in both the cities news
papers. Poth the merchant and the
newspaper editors showed a favor
able reaction to the news item.
"A Pioneer Farmer Of
Lyman County, S. d.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-02-22
By Sharecropper Correspondent


CAMP HILL, Ala. - There is a
amily three miles from this little
town, and there are four in the
family, husband, wife and two girls,
and they didn't have any farm last
year And in April this man managed
to get on with the R. F. G. and he
worked. I hear tell in May he was
called to the Central Office, Georgia,
railroad where he had worked for
10 Yeas on the Section. So he went
to the lady which sent him up for
the job, and he told her about the
railroad job. She told him to 60.
because the R. F. c. was not goinq
to last long, and if he got cut off
the R. r, she would put him back
on her job
So he took her at her word, be-
cause they were paying only 81 a
day on the R. F. c. at 10 hours a
day-and only two days a week. At
that time the R. r. was paying 81. "A
day. They laid him off at the
railroad Aug, 10. He goes back to
Mrs. Grass for a job and she put
him off. He didn't have any way
Of making a living, only his Labor.
The relief came here giving food,
and they went to the relief lady,
Miss Mitchell, asking for relief She
said lady would have to come out
to their home. Then she went back
and said that she would have to see
tie heP6 1ady, Miss C~"ss. before
she could do anything. These people
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-02-22
Letters from Our Readers
A. F. OF L. PRESS POISON

..l-s5I
Bronx, N. Y.
I'm not an electrical worker, but
I came across the Journal Of Elec-
trica1 Workers and Operators (Juns
issue) which contains some very sig
ni1cant material. This IS the organ
of the A. F. Of L. I think the rank
and file oppositions should analyze
he material in the A. F, Of l. or
gans and send it in to the DIV. This
is important, not only from the point
Of view of acuuainting A. F. Of l..
workers with the D. W., but also
proving to them what the A. F. Of
L. leadership is doing to prevent mill
tant activity on the part of the rank
and file.
I enclose some material from this
issue which I think deserves COM
ment and which should have been
brought to our attention by the COM
rades active in this industry. / think
all rank and file oppositions should
be encouraged to-report on their work
through the Daily and bring to the
attention Of the workers the role of
treachery of the A. F. Of L. officials.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-02-22
Some Experiences in United From
Tactics in New Bedford


As tactic of involving the Portu-
guese workers in political struggles.
the New Bedford Party unit decided
to organize a united front mass
movement to be directed against
General Carmona's dictatorship in
Portugual and link it up with the
general anti-fascist movement in the
United States, against the MIRA,
etc. 1t was decided to call a city
wide conference of all Pc uguese or
CARNATIONS and clubs in the city.
This conference aimed to establish a
permanent committee for the con-
tinuation of its work.
While in the main our line was
correct, the unit was too weak to
carry it OUT, having only, at that
time, two Party members among the
Portuguese. But outside of the Party
we h~v0 1~-'-o c-.~--'D ~ portuUese
7orkers who are sympathizers and
some of whom are members of the
NTWU. The proposal was put up
to them and these workers eagerly
took to the idea Of the united front,
but they failed to understand the
Party line for the organization of the
united frort The Party line meant
hard and serious work. These work.
ers decided to make a short cut. Why
go down to The masses to form a
united front when this can be done
easier from tho tor? So they went
out and resurrected the anarchists
who are very small group with no
organization and with no influence
among the workers. They also go a
couple Of radical democrats" and
one or two free thinkers. These ele-
ments were called into meeting
and it was decided among them to
form united front club which they
called the Liberal Alliance" They
established club rooms and adopted
unanimous constitution.
This consultation called for the
establishment of an executive COM
mittee Of eight, two representatives
from each political viewpoint, with
all power vested in the hands of this
committee. This gave the control
of the organization of some so mem
berS, 80 per cent Of them sympathe-
tic to the Party, into the hands of
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-02-22

two years. The ground here last
week was just solid ice, and nv two
baby brothers and baby sisters little
toes was just out on the naked ice.
Oh, the depression is so hard on
us.
When my brothers go to ask for
work they turn them down. Sine
the Union has been here they treat
us so bad. The bosses say they are
going to starve us Negroes to death,
but if starve I will surely starve in
the Union.
1 have not got the clothes to get
7ut in the f'old - ] desi-o b. I
am going to do all I can to bui1d the
Union. so 7 hope to see my COM
radely article.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-02-22
80 D>ocEct
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QgLL]g> "a:
Removal of Adhesive Cement
: BY PAUL LUTTINGER, MD.

A~'Na VA ttAuACSAFc OtmEmb
Sidney Grange-The best way Ia
remove the cement which adheres to
your skin after the adhesive tape
is pulled off is to use plain gasoline.
Get some gasoline from the garage
(be sure it is not the colored lead.
containing gasoline). Dip a piece OF
cotton in the gasoline and rub off
the cement with same. You will find
that the adhesive cement will coma
off Immediately.
There is no contraption on the
market to take the place of adhesive
tane for. sealing the lips during sleep
to prevent mouth breathing.
Real ultraviolet lamps are too ex.
pensiye and dangerous for layman
to use. We cannot give you any de.
tails without physical examina.
ton.
Scoliosis
Fl. Cat your age (28) we see no
reason for wearing a brace. Yes, we
know a number of young women who
have a similar gift of natuxe."
Scoliosis is not transmissable to chy-
dren: but the tendency for same
might be inherited. Send US your
address, please
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-02-22
A MODEL PAMPHLET

Casey, III.
At last! Comrade Olgin, in "Why
Communism" has, in my opinion,
hit upon the real chord to draw the
worker to the Revolutionary move
ment. More pamphlets of this kind
are needed. There is a large field
in which to write, as aid down In the
Thesis Of the 18th Plenum, namely,
to show the achievements under the
building of Socialism in the U.S.SR.
in contrast with the conditions in
the U.S.A. under capitalism.
A pamphlet, especially by Foster,
at this time contrasting working con-
ditions there, unemployment here.
Doctor and hospital care there and
here, cost of same, wages, school, lit
eracy, vacations, ETC., ETC., and then
real appeal to overthrow capitalism
and institute a Soviet America where
there will be real security instead OF
worry, misery and war.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-02-22
Work in Cold and
Rain With Mud Up
to Knees on C.W.A.
(By a Farmer Correspondent

MULLINS, Ore. - The C. w. A.
around here is still in full swing
half-full, should say, as only Is
hours week is allowed now. One
doesn't know what the overlords viii
hand outs next.
The men have to work out in the
cold and rain with mud up to their
knees If they want their pay. One
man was fired last week. The fore
man said he. didn't know what it was
about, but he received orders from
headquarters to put that man off
We have our suspicious. There are
several stools Of the county judge
on this project-and therein lies the
secret.
The Judge has no use for several
Of us as we are 'red" and do organ
Rational work around here. We or
ganized two U. F. L. locals here last
week. One was organized in a neigh
borhood where there never has been
q labor organization.
At present we are trying to get
this comrade reinstated, or else get
him on relief.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-02-22
l.GntinUed)

so few raen-even among the
prOletariat-realize how much eff
fort and trouble they could save
women, even quite do away with,
il they were to lend a hand in
woman's work But no, that is con-
trary to the right and dignity of
a mcn They want their peace and
comfort! The home life Of the
woman is a daily sacrifice to p
thousand uai1Do~taut tririgIftieg
Tho Cd master ri"ht of the mar
stii' ives in secret. His slave tokee
her revenge, also secretly. The
bsckwardness of women. their lack
of understanding of the revoIu-
tionary ideals Of the man decrease
his 59y ard determination in firht-
ing. They are like little worms
which, unseen, slowly but surely.
rot and cOrTode. / know the life of
the worker, and not only from
books. Our Communist work among
the women, our political work. en-
braces great deal of political
work among the men. We must root
out the old master idea to its last
and smallest root, in the Party and
among the masses. That is one of
our political tasks, lust as is the
urgently necessary task of forming
q staff of men and women com
rades, wen trained in theory and
practice, to carry on Party activity
aynong working women"
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-02-22
ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
Attention, Detroit Comrades

@AsSShVhOtJ 0CtiOAs NUAl1 duCS
Party members who are unem-
ployed, in Detroit, Michigan, will re-
ceive free treatment from DR.. 1. L.:
Rosefield, $50 Macabee Building, De-
troit, Michigan, phone Columbia
1851. Employed workers pay accord
ing to their ability.
Important Meeting
The Medical Division of the Allied
Professional Committee to Aid the
Victims of Fascism will meet Mon
day, Feb. 10, at pm. at the office
of DR.. j. Auslander, $40 w. 10th St.
Dental Service In Brooklyn
DR.. S. j. Green, 1913 Kings High
way, corner Ninth ST., Brooklyn, New
York, offers his services at very nom
inal fees to comrades living in the
neighborhood. Anything the patient
can afford to pay will be accepted.
E. AIT your age (13), we cannot
think of any possible cause for an
itching scalp. except uncleanliness.
If, however, you wash your head fire.
quently and your scalp still itches,
you may come over and let us have q
look at it. There will be no charge.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-02-22

co, Comrade E. D. N, I hope a
y thouThtful consideration by your
husband Of the above quotation will
help to iron things out for YOU. lust
as your letter sort of broke the ten
sion In my house Your husband. it
appears to me. is afflicted with a
sort of paterralism-he wants to be
the good one. to lead you on to free
dom and glory, but at no cost to him
self. Maybe if he did not lead" so
vigorously you would 90 more eagerly.
And maybe he expects you to fol-
low the revolutionary path too closely
in his own footsteps. I do not know
TO what revolutionary organization he
belongs, but perhaps In another one
you would FIND more suitable to your
own taste and time.
Comrade husband suggests that
you might feel less alone if you Join
a mass organization where you will
find many more women of your own
kind, from whom, perhaps, you may
get some hints on how to deal with
and correct your husband. CThis is
magnificent. I wish you could see
the lordly gesture with which Com
rade Husband sweeps a fresh news
paper out of my hand until he's
ratified his OVID curiosity about the
latest newsl Wha1 mass organization
aab women who can give me hints
Oni how to deal with brute like