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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-06-04
S. P. MEMBER HOLDS STRIKE
BREAKING MEETING
BROOKLYN. N. Y

bGpOklyu, IN.
There is an old saying that ex-
perience is the best teacher. There
fore I would like to relate the ex-
perence I had last Saturday night,
April %, from which I, as well as
several hundreds of other workers
we're convinced that the S. P lead
ers are only Socialists in words, but
Fascists in action.
At 65th st. in the Bensonhurst
section, there has been a strike in
progress against one Karp Bros, a
fruit store. The strikers have been
terrorized and even brutally beaten
up on the picket line. But as far
as I can observe, their spirit and
solidarity is marvellous, as anyone
can be convinced by seeing their
militant picketing.
Last Saturday the United Front
Committee called a meeting in sup
port of these strikers at $50 pm
At 8 pm. someone put up a speak
er's stand across the street and i'm
mediately started to attack. Whom
do you think they attacked the
scabs who are working in Kari
Bros. the gangsters who have black
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-06-04
Letters from Our Readers

lacked and cut up the strikers on
the picket line? No This gentle
man, who is a member Of the So
cialist Party, attacked the strikers.
He called them everything from
gangsters to Communists. This
gentleman, whose name is Yaeger,
when asked by someone in the au-
dience: Did you come here to help
the strikers2" didn't answer. Some
one else asked him if Mr.. Karp was
paying him. He spoke for almost
three hours, no one else had a
chance to say anything. If some
one in his audience asked question
he called them idiots, hypocrites,
even skunks. There were number
of policemen assisting Mr.. Jaeger
to conduct its purpose to break the
strikers meeting, especially the cops,
Number 1882 and 1902. They con-
tinually kept pulling out by force
workers who dared to ask any ques-
tionS.
I ask if this method Of conducting
a meeting with police assistance and
support, is any different from Hit
ler's bloody Fascist method? I am
taking up a resolution in our club
condemning the police methods in
supporting official strikebreakers like
Mr.. Yaeger of the Socialist Party.
NJ. F.
Bensonhurst Republican Club.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-06-04
DAILY SALES INCREASE UNIT
ACTIVITIES

SC. LOUIS, Ill,
Dear Comrades:
The "Daily55 was enthusiastically
received by the workers in East St.
Louis and one particular incident
clearly shows the widespread in
f1uence of the Daily" and its i'm
portance as the agitator and or
gsnizer of our Party. One of our
comrades was walking across the
R, R. yards in East st. Louis with
several copies folded under his arm
when he was accosted by a switch
man and asked what kind of paper
he had. The comrade said, you
don't want this paper, it is a Red
paper" "Oh yes" said the switch
man give me one, I always wanted
to join that Red Party" The COM
rade in his surprise Immediately
pulled out an application card and
signed him up.
Two Party units on the basis OF
their activity in the sale of the
Daily" have further increased their
activity and now want to spread the
Daily in their respective ter
ritories.
Comradely yours,
SECTION COMMITTEE.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-06-04
lBv q Worker CORRESPONDENT


NEW YORK. Il want to thank
you for publishing the letters re-
garding Local Sc of the Firemen and
Oilers Union. 1t did a great deal
to arouse the rank and file of our
union
Patrick Keene introduced two res
olutions on the floor extolling
James Clark. They were not only
defeated but got the rszzberres.
Pres, Patrick refused to entertain
a motion expelling James Clarke
until he could prove himself in
nocent.
Patrick Fenron, who says he is a
Socialist Laborite, is talking about
suing the Daily Worker and getting
men deported, who wrote the let
ters. James Clark was given a sum-
mons Thursday, The union is suing
to recover the funds.
1t seems that the workers
still have faith in the capitalist
courts in spite of the Injunction
that was issued against them in the
Rubel case, concerning the Ebbling
g. Michael Breweries. James Clark
& Holland were conspicuous by their
absence at the last meeting.
(By a Worker Correspondent
NEW YORK; wish to correct
an error in your issue of May %
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-06-04
THE FEMALE OF THE SPECIES
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stand up and cheer"-for this
heartening report sent us from Tay
Tor Springs, Illinois, by Y. c. L.
organizer:
Deer Comrade Luke.
Some Of the men comrades here
have asked me to write to you about
the militancy Of the demonstration
held in Nokomis last night to smash
the proclamation issued by the
Mayor and City Council against
demonstrations, and the part the
women workers played in develop
ing and maintaining the fighting
spirit which forced the City Coun-
Gil to back down and rescind the
proclamation.
Never tagging behind, the women
we're in the forefront whether we
were parading through the streets
Of Nokomis, massing in front of
City Hall, or surging up the steps
into the Council chamber.
At the mass meeting in the city
park, two drunken special police at
tempted to interrupt Jan Wittenber.
I. L. D. organizer. who was speaking
at the time, but before anything de-
Veloped a ring Of women surrounded
the two and threatened to scratch
their eyes out if they attempted to
provoke trouble. The two DRINKS
fingered their badges, but subsidized
when they eyed the determined
women.
When the call was issued for
more workers to surge into the
Council chambers to break the OBJ
stinacy of the Mayor and City
Council who refused to rescind the
proclamation, a very good percent
age of women responded. One of
the drunken thugs made the mis-
take of hitting one Of the women
who was going into the chamber,
and had his shirt wrecked and would
have been plenty mauled if he had
not ducked behind the City Council,
the Chief Of Police and the Sheriff.
Even then the woman comrade
refused to be pacified until the
Chief of Police promised to arree5
the thug The spirited singing Of
Solidarity" by the women of the
Auxiliary and the Council was an
important factor in the fighting
morale Of the demonstrators.
The demonstration was held under
the Joint auspices Of the Woman's
Auxiliary Of Nokonis, the Progress
sive Miners of Nokomis, the Unen-
ployed Councils of Montgomery
County, and the International La
Dor Defense.
This demonstration has proven
eonclusiyely to the males that it is
very important to involve the women
in the struggles of all the workers.
Women workers will raise, not lower,
the fighting spirit Of any struggle.
When husbands bring their wives,
and fathers their daughters to dem
onstrations it sweets our numbers
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-06-04
Two Unemployed
Councils Formed
In Adair County
Preparing To Demand
Workers Control
Of Relief
Rv . Worker Correerondent

KIRKSVILLE, Mo. - Two IN
employed Councils have been or
gained here within this month in
Adair County, one at NoNnger.
which now has membership Of
"a, and one at Kirksville, of which
I don't know how many members
there are, but I judge over 100.
These two councils held a mass
meeting in the Labor Temple Hall
with about 200 present, not count
ing the Mayor and the City Coun-
Gil, the three judges Of the County
Court, and the local relief director.
These gentlemen were called before
the meeting by the workers so they
could be presented with the facts
about the unemployed.
The conditions here are terrible.
Since the ending Of the c. w. A.,
work relief has almost ceased and
food shipments have been held back
en- enc preteXt or another. The
few who have been out of work
relief jobs work only Is hours per
month, and they get 80 cents an
hour or $3.50 month, which
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-06-04
Workers For Firm
Selling Food To
Govt. Paid Sl2.5O
Rr . Worker Correspondent

BY Worker correspondent
BROOKLYN, N. Y. - Austin
Nichols Co., Inc, known as "ANCO,' y
is located at 1873 Kent Ave. and N.
Bird st. 1t is food and liquor
wholesale distributor and supplies
all state and federal institutions,
jails and army and navy, also city
hospitals, with Sunbeam Pur g
Food"
Working conditions are worse
than rotten. Men unloading rail-
road cars are paid $3.50 a day, ex-
cept the few that were scabbing five
years ago, during the chauffeurs'
strike getting $21 a week. The rest
of us never got on the steady roll
For five hard days, eight hours a
day, we are paid $3.50.
We must organize into Industrial
Food Workers Union and fight to
better our living conditions. Stop
crying and looking at empty pay
envelopes and stomachs. Don't be
afraid Of Wolcotts, Douglas, Gabler,
McCartys and their spy system but
organize and fight.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-06-04
Boy Of Is Gets
81 for IS Hours
Bv 4, Worker Correspondent

oy d yOThbT AOTTGSpOlluGHb
CLEVELAND, Ohio.-I recently
met small boy, who told me the
following story:
my father is in the hospital. I
have to support a family of five. 7
am only Is years old. I have job
three days a week at three differ
ent jobs. Two jobs at the fruit
store and one job at the Union
Poultry Market, East 10th and
Union. I work there from six
o'clock in the morning to II o'clock
in the night-that means 10 hours
day. I received 50 for these ID
hours. I have to- stand with rub
Der boots and clean 1000 chickens,
and the boss charges five cents for
each chicken cleaned, 50 I make
$50 profit for the boss day."
A gentleman who overheard the
story was surprised. He said we
had blue eagle, which should sup
port the working class people.
1 answered, Don't you know that
the blue eagle supports Wall Street
and not the working class people9 ~
TOOL AND DYE STRIKER,
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-06-04

totals the magnificent sum of S54
per year to keep family on Single
persons and couples without chill
dren get nothing.
The Charity Board and the
Chamber Of Commerce here are
practically one and the same. One
worker related that he applied for
small job from a lady who
needed some work done. but she
told him she was not allowed to
hire him, but he must go to the
Chamber of Commerce and get the
job through that, which shows the
tight grip the local money lords
have on the lives of the people
here.
However, the workers at the
meeting expressed themselves def
nitely that they were through
crawling on their knees before the
Chamber of Commerce, and they
are preparing to take mass action.
One old WORKER from Novinger,
who has been a respected citizen
here for many years, related how
ne was denied work relief because
he and his wife have no family,
their children having grown up and
left home. Another was fired be-
cause he bought a five cent glass
Of beer. Numerous other outrages
were related.
The workers here are getting
ready to demand that relief be adj
ministered through their own
elected committees. The officials
promised to do "all in their power
to help" It is now up to the work
ers through their organization to
see that these promises are carried
out.
The workers unanimously adopted
resolutions endorsing H. r. 1898,
the Workers Unemployment Insur-
ance Bill, and are sending them to
the representative from this dis
trict and to the Senators from this
State.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-06-04
By a Worker Correspondent

NEW YORK.-In the compare
lively few city hospitals, patients
suffer humiliation, hardships and
often are crippled. Just a few minor
instances as to how the unemployed
are treated in our city hospitals:
Mrs. C. Of the Bronx, the wife of an
unemployed engineer, recently took
her sick child to the Fordham Dis
pensary at $3.50 am. The physician
in charge considered that a breach
Of the hospital rule and refused to
treat the child.
Mrs G.'s explanation that she did
not know the rule, that there was no
mention of it on the ticket; all her
pleas that the doctor help the child
we're in vain. 81 am not in the
mood now to treat the child" was
the doctors final declaration, and ne
dismissed mother and child
Another instance: Right after
the removal of a cast from a badly
fractured arm, was referred to the
physico therapy department for
baking and massage. I came there
at am. and was not admitted
before noon, due to the long waiting
line and shortage Of workers. There
was neither physician nor nurse
there, The whole staff consisted of
an all-round man and a few mas
seurs, apparently learners. One bak-
ing box and few small baking
lamps we're there for the daily
treatment of hundreds of patients.
The man herded me into
screened place. A woman patient
was using one of the lamps to treat
her shoulder My arm was still
bandaged and very sore. I could
not take off the bandage myself and
told that to the man. He removed
the bandage roughly, lit the lamp
for me and rushed out-he certainly
was busy. Because of the large num-
Der of patients and the few baking
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-06-04
Government Fights
Right To Organize
On Relief Jobs
Kansas City, Kan, Men
Warned of Dismissal
For Union Talk
Bv a Worker Correspondent


KANSAS CITY. Mo-Since the
relief strikes and marches in Kan
sas City, Kan, last week the charity
bosses in this city are getting wor-
ried.
Last week the hypocrisy of these
selfhailed friends of the workers
reached an all time high water
mark. They knew that the slim
ness of the pay envelopes given out
was squirting the workers to action.
So last Saturday the envelopes were
bullying. With more pay? I guess
notl That would take the profit
out Of charity. But good advice is
cheap.
So along with the measly pay
check each worker received a
Autographed letter; "To all K. c..
Relief Employees. This opportunity
to work is given you by your gov
eminent. Do not treat it lightly.
Then the boss goes on to say that
if you have been fired you should
send in your complaint in writing Z"
In other words don't show up at
the Office yourself, or with dele
cation. You might force them to
give you something.
Then this letter goes on to state
seven reasons why men are fired.
All the old charity catches are con-
tanned here, including non-support
of family, alcoholism, disorderliness
and characterization refusal to obey
orders from the foreman, loafng on
the job, melting discord among the
men employed.
In other words, Roosevelt and his
henchmen while blowing off about
wanting unionization and high
wages in industry, attempt to stif1e
unionization on the worst paid jobs
in the country-government jobs.
The letter ends with the state
ment that there is no discrimina-
ton on relief, this in spite of Jim
growing Negroes. Finally like all
friendly suggestions from boss to
worker, it ends with the threat, IF
you are discharged from this work
for just cause, you cannot go back
on relief rolls" And in big letters:
THIS is YOUR OPPORTUNITY
AND YOU MUST NOT TREAT TT
LIGHTLY.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-06-04
Disabled Vet Jailed
For Asking Relief
Bv a Worker Corresnondent


NEW ORLEANS, La. - Workers
are being told in unmistakable
terms just what to expect from the
alleged New Deal" and if the
worker happens to be a disabled
veterans then his plight is far worse,
I was to be made fully aware of that
last Monday morning when I went
to the warehouse operated by the
U. S. government and asked for
-four.
For my asking was railroaded to
Jail and kept incommunicado for
more than two days. Repeated in
quiries by friends and relatives
elected the information" that 1
was not booked there, so from Mon
day morning until Wednesday late
afternoon had to languish in the
filthy jail for having the temerity
to ask for enough to keep me alive.
During the World War I was IN
the U. S. Navy band as q musician.
l played a cornet. After a little
over two months my lips became
partly paralyzed and 1 was changed
to another instrument that did not
require blowing.
I was finally discharged with dis
abilities and for more than 10 years
could not get the Veterans Admins
tration to do anything for me. I
was finally given a pittance and
rated as one suffering from a dis
ability that was only partially dis
aiding, and that pittance was taken
from me by the infamous Economy
Act" Attempts are being made to
have the little was getting restored
and increased.
Applications at the Red Gross
were futile as any other relief
agency. There I was told that in
asmuch as l was single they could
do nothing for me. Doctors have
rated me as totally disabled and in
capable Of doing manual labor.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-06-04
1 uertO Rico Masses
Also Victims of NRA
Cost Of Lining Abom $3.50 Higher Than In
Z. S.; Wages from so to IS Cents Day

represents the A. F. of L. and is a
Socialist.
There was drivers strike
against the high price of gasoline;
it was broken by the Socialists.
There is a light strike against the
high price OF electricity. It is
broken everywhere by the same
people. I used to talk TO some
comrades. and I find they only
need guidance to organize and
fight for their rights.
Everybody is disguised with the
system. I am going to finish. !
am sending you 10 cents in stamps
for the Daily Worker. I can't get
anything to read here, and, besides,
I have no money. If you have any
old literature, especially for stu
dents or schoclboys, I will gladly
spread it.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-06-04
PARTY LIFE
Al Communists ''ntO Strike
Front" Cleveland Meet Urges
Party Membership Meet Analyses Strike
Situation and OrgonizationaL Prospects

Fig 1t hundred sympathizers.
members Of the Party and the
Young Communist League attended
an open city-wide membership
meeting here Friday, May 18th, to
hear a report on the strike situation
in light Of the Eighth National Con-
vention decisions. This meeting
was the first of its kind in Cleve-
land.
Comrade John Williamson, dis
trict organizer, delivered the report.
which was later followed by a flood
Of questions from the workers, par
ticularly questions on trade union
and shop work The meeting was
called for the purpose of clarifying
the Party members and close SYM
pathizerS on the tasks of the Party
in the present strike situation, and
especially in preparation for the
great struggles which are now ma
turing in the steel industries. Com
rade Williamson analysed the les
sons Of the recent strike struggles
in an open, self critical manner.
proving to the non-Party members
present that the Communist Party
has nothing to hide from the work
ers, but actually calls upon them to
help meet and solve the many prob
lens confronting the revolutionary
movement.
Speaking of the strike wave in
the City of Cleveland proper, Com
rade Williamson stated:
we have seen an unprecedented
number Of strikes, some very bitterly
fought in practically all important
industries except steel so far. They
have involved some of the biggest
plants, like Fisher Body, Cleveland
Worsted Mills, Chase Brass. OF
Importance also was the Gas Station
Operators strike The majority of
these strikes were led by the A. F.
of L.; only few by the revolution
airy unions 1t would be pretentious
to say that the agitation and the
work of the Party and T. U. u. L.
unions was one Of the main forces
responsible for stimulation and
starting the strike wave. At the
same time, we should not bend so
far backward in our correct line of
self-criticism that we ignore the
agitational and organizational work
in the factories of the T. U. u. L.
unions and the Party"
The report of Comrade William
son analysed in detail the lessons.
especially of the strike in Fisher
Body, Chase Brass, and Gasoline
Station Operators. The deep in
terest with which everyone of the
eight hundred workers present fol-
lowed the analysis of the strike sit
uation and cur tasks was the best
proof of the need of such a general
assembly where the line of the
Party was presented clearly and
concretely. Special attention was
paid in the report to the necessity
of rapidly building up strong op-
position groups inside the A. F. of
L. on the basis of class struggle.
The report also showed that I'D to
the present the reaction to the strike
struggles was mainly from the top
OF the Party, while the bottom of
the Party was neither sufficiently
conscious nor sufficiently involved.
Although there are now clearly
score of shop units in District Six
nevertheless this is nowhere near
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-06-04

the immediate possibilities. Today
it is also possible to organize dozens
Of new T. U. U. L. locals as well as
dozens of opposition groups. pro-
vided the members Of the Party
and the revolutionary workers carry
out their Communist tasks.
Concluding his speech, Comrade
Williamson stated:
Comrades, all Communists into
the strike front. Into the picket
lines, union locals and factories.
Help lead the workers to victory
against the NRA.- Roosevelt slave
code. The fight for the every day
economic needs of the masses is the
vital link to winning the majority
of the American working class for
the road to Soviet power! Let us
prove to the workers that we are
the best defenders of their interests.
Seize this link without hesits ton.
Out of this membership meeting.
we hope, expect and are confident,
that we will experience q decisive
change in the work of our Party
members based on understanding in
connection with shop or union work.
This means a change in the units,
sections and language buros. Con-
troll tasks which call for us to full
fill our responsibility as Communist
and join the unions at once, must
be fulfilled. To the Sympathizers
present we also appeal that YOU
shall throw yourself into the strike
struggles as leaders-that you will
join and build the revolutionary
unions of the T. U. U. L. and wher-
ever you belong to the A. F. of L.,
will get active and organize broad
rank and file opposition groups and
in order to guarantee the success of
our work. you shall not only find
yourself in the Bolshevik Party of
Marx, Lenin and Stain, but will
bring new recruits fresh from the
shops and strike battles into our
ranks"
Following Comrade Williamson's
report. Comrade John Schmies, new
secretary of the T. U. U. L. made a
short speech, calling upon the Party
and non-Party workers to support
the International Women's Congress
against War to be held in Paris.
Comrade A. Landy called on the
workers to support the National
Youth Day demonstrations on May
30th. Comrade P. Bart was the
chairman.
Eight dollars and forty-one cents
worth Of literature was sold at the
meeting, including 10 May Com
munists";; 63 District Resolutions
and Control Tasks" (printeD; %
Stain Reports"
"A. L.
DISTRICT AGTT- PROP COM.