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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-01-09
Spend $1,5W,OOO
To Find New Ways
of Cutting Jobs
BY Metal worker Correspondent


MILWAUKEE, Wis.-The A. o
Smith Co. here has a big research
plant that cost about $1,500,000. It
was put up in 1880 SO they could beat
out other plants.
They put in new machinery by the
use of this research plant and then
they fire the men whose work the
machinery begins to do. These men
will never get a job again, as they
don't know any other trade except
the one the machinery is doing now
The research plant also shows the
company how they can speed-up the
men better. One example of the
speed-up is this that happened the
other day:
In Dept. 14S, where they are max
ing auto frames, the boss wanted the
hooker Cor hitcher, the man who
bitches the steel sheets to the chain
that hangs from the crane so they
can be carried over to the presses
to unload truckload Of steel, do al
the hitching alone and finish in one
hour, or he would get fired. Generally
it takes two men to do this job, and
two hours to do it, even when they
work fast. 1t Is impossible for one
man to do it In an hour. The hitcheI
tried to do it, but he couldn't, so he
asked for a helper. They gave him
one, but he thinks he's going to get
fired now for asking for a helper.
I have just heard, since I started
writing this couple of days ago
that the wages were cut in two OF
three departments and that the mer
are sure raving mad.
I hear also that in the South plant
Of A. o. Smith there are men working
12hour shift, although the COM
pany is supposed to be under the
NR.A.
The sooner each department elects
representatives to a shop committee
which includes the whole A. o. Smith
works, the better is will be, because
this committee can go up to the
company and demand higher wages
and no speed up, and no firing OF
men because they join a union. The
Steel and Metal Workers Industrial
Union will help us to put up real
fight against these conditions.
All Of US have to help together
to elect this shop committee.
Editors Note.-Comrade H, your let
ter is very valuable but little long.
We are therefore publishing this part
today and the rest of it in an early
issue.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-01-09

ranged lecture on the topic, Col
lapse OF the N. r. AZ Arrangements
we're made two weeks in advance
with leading comrade Of the Dis
trict to deliver the lecture. Depend
ing on his promise, elaborate prepara-
tons were made for a successful
meeting. The comrade did not ap-
pear to keep his assignment. Work.
ers appeared in large crowds and had
to be turned back, because of his
failure to show up. Money had to
be refunded. The effect of this,
wrote the organizer, was to turn
the workers away from us and demo-
ralize our comrades. and we will
have to work hard to wipe out this
blot and convince the workers that
the Communist Party is worthy of
respect"
The Jack London Club of Plain
field, N. J. was especially bitter on
the experiences they have had. They
stated that repeatedly" they have
arranged lectures "and the speaker
put in no appearance"
November 10 was our last straw"
writes the Executive Committee.
The Anti-Imperialist League prom
ised by all means to send comrade
to lecture to us on Cuba. The club
made big affair Of this, inviting all
friends and prospective members to
cur open forum, and as usual, the
speaker never appeared. How much
longer are we to permit this laxity
to continue?' they ask,
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-01-09
Metal Worker Tells How Article in Daily Worker"
Helped to Organize Struggle Against Racketeers
Union Members at Rand School Meeting Were
TerrOrized by Thugs Till Report in
Paper Stirred Discussion

thugs who we're well represented at
the meeting, and there could be no
refusal to join under threat Of losing
your job.
could not communicate with
some of the workers as to how to
act. We were watched at the meet
ing and in the shops. But the racket
was to be exposed.
I here related the happenings to
the Daily" An article appeared,
exposing the meaning Of the bosses
union and telling the workers how
to organize real union. The Daily
with the special article was well cir
culated among the workers. The re-
suit was that at the next meeting,
where about 800 workers were pres
ent, many OF them were asking
questions as to the nature Of the
union and many others, which were
very unpleasant to the racketeers.
Later on we were able to organize
a strong group which carried on a
fight and defeated the racketeers.
The article in the Daily" did the
trick.
A. ROSENFELD
signature Authorized.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-01-09
Regarding Those Speakers Who Fail to Show Ub

mail.
We will discuss some of these let
tiers before making conclusions.
The Herzle Weizenberg Branch OF
the international Labor Defense in
Chicago arranged meeting in de-
Tense Of the Scottsboro Boys and the
four Communist Defendants in
Germany. The district I. L. D. Office
was notified more than week in
advance and made definite promises
to provide speakers. On the strength
of these promises, leaflets were
printed and distributed. The hall
was pretty well filled the night of the
meeting.
"Comrade Editor, writes the
branch, mot single speaker APP
peared. :. AS a consequence, instead
Of having q successful meeting, it
resulted in a complete failure and
many individuals got bad opinions of
the I. L. D."
From Ossining, N. Y. comes a
similar tale And again it is an I. L.
D. branch. I'm this case the meet
ing was also called to rebuild fall
Ing branch and in all communica-
tons with the district office, this
was stressed The speaker, due on
the S:25 train, did not appear. The
meeting was continued with impro-
vised speakers with the hope that he
would appear on the next train, s:1a.
But, writes the secretary, "he did
notl'
Unit IL, Section 8, District 2 ar
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-01-09
PARTY LIFE
Hiding Party, No Solid Shop
Base, Defeat United Front Aim
Detroit District Cites Mistakes in Election; United
Front Mistakes as Example OF Opportunism

This Is the second and conclud-
ing part Of the resolution by the
Detroit District Committee of the
Communist Party on work in the
auto section Of the country.
0pportunist Pitfalls Hinder Struggle
Let us take our work in the city
Of Dearborn. The correctness Of our
policy Of concentration was proved.
We succeeded in developing a mass
movement Of Ford workers against
Ford terror and around the issue of
relief which resulted in q broad united
front movement under the leadership
of our Party that reached its high
est point in the second Ford Hunger
March, and in the Dearborn city
elections. The workers candidate
for Mayor received almost 1000
votes.
Here our Party surely showed it
knew how to organize with non
Party masses, and to make a sub
stantial increase in membership.
But the failure to avoid the pitfalls
OF opportunism not only limited the
Party gains, but was responsible for
the spreading Of parliamentary illu-
sions, which hindered the develop
ment Of the struggle, and created
conditions under which it was pos
Sible for Jones, candidate for Mayor
to temporarily mislead many of the
workers, come under the influence
Of capitalist politicians and thereby
effectively carry out the policy OF
our class enemies.
This opportunism expressed itself
In the failure to develop the work in
the shop as the chief means of de-
veloping the mass movement of the
Dearborn workers. The failure To
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-01-09
by a Worker Correspondent

STATEN ISLAND, n. Y.-During
the summer a group Of disguised
workers we're talking Of organizing a
union. This group consisted Of En-
Urgency Relief workers working in the
Park. Engineer and Highway depart
nients. They came to the Unem-
4 Dyed Council. Mr. Cassidy gave
Lem the program Of the Bronx Ac-
On Committee.
small group was organized and
with the help of the Unemployed
Council and w. E. S. L. demonstra-
ton was staged at Obors Hall. After
the demonstration a mass meeting
was held at Svea Hall.
A delegation of about 20 came from
the South Shore. They had read OF
our demonstration in the Staten Is
land Advance and glad to join US,
The North Shore was in favor Of being
affiliated with Unemployed Council
because they know the struggles the
Unenploye Council had been putting
up for the unemployed and part time
workers.
"A DlSIupteE bOES his NDtA
Mr.. Yaeckel OF South Shore got up
and said he was opposed to utilization
with Unemployed Council, that it is
a Communist organization; that he
has been in the labor movement for
many years, has been an I.W.W. and
a Socialist, and knows all about the
Communist Party, that the Unem-
ployed Council is supported finan-
cially by the Communist Party that
Cassidy is a paid Communist and said
many lies too numerous to mention.
Mr.. Yaeckel and Baker invited us
10 their meeting at South Shore. Mr..
Yaeckel boosted a meeting of 200 or
more. Not more than 70 attended, in-
GLIDING our North Shore delegation of
"a. Mr.. Yaecl.el again brought up the
Red scare about the Unemployed
Council, etc, as vote was taken n
regards to affiEation. rhe vote was
80 for affiliati7n and 30 against. This
settled the question OF utilization. We
were not to be affiliated with any
other organization. The name was to
be the Emergency Relief Workers Pro-
tective Association with the North and
South Shore to work in harmony and
on the same platform.
We were unable to find out what
was doing at their meetings, but Mr..
Yaeckel attended our meetings by
taking the floor to poison the minds
OF the North Shore workers. He tried
all means, up to the point of Directing
to our meeting in the Unemployed
Council hall, which we were granted
rent free for our meetings until we
got organized.
Appeal for Unity
Last night, Dec 8, a committee of
40 of us went to their meeting to make
an appeal to the membership to Join
us in unity. Instead Of a workers
meeting on how to organize for proper
relief, coal and a living wage, they
had two speakers, Mr.. Bridges and Mr.
Sabo, who told us about the beautiful
trees ana how the little squirrels plant
acorns and the tall acorns grow.
We tried to get the floor to speak to
the membership on unity. We were
refused, but after lot Of talking and
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-01-09
BY PAUL LUTTINGER, MD.
ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
Not OxerHelrht

Anastasia D., Alliance, Ohio.-The
average weight for girl OF your age
(l3) is 80 pounds; but you are two
inches taller than the average girl
and for girl who measures 81 inches,
102 pounds is not considered over
weight. OF course you are taller than
the average girl, but this has nothing
to do with the veins which appeared
Over your ankles. We do not think
that you ought to give up your
dancing lessons. Massage Of the foot,
after your dancing lesson is indicated.
You ought to massage your foot up
wards from the heel to the knee,
never downwards. 1t is also advis-
able to keep your feet for few
minutes in basin of warm water
and then In a basin of cold water,
alternately few times.
Cod-Liver Oil Pills
Leo G.-Cod-Liver Oil Pills are of
no value for a person who is under
weight. There are some cod-liver oil
globules which contain a standard
0iilOuil1 Vi COO-llfCl VI I1dllDuL -llVGT
oil reinforced with viosterol. These
are of some use in certain condi-
tons; but not for the purpose of
weight increase. The young lady is
decidedly underweight and she ought
to consult physician regarding this
matter. There might be a reason
why she prefers bad" foods.
Only One Daily Observation-Disclosures
P. S.-What do you mean by only
one evacuation? There is no neces-
sity Of having more than one. If
the substances you mention produces
daily evacuation of the bowels. you
ought to be satisfied. AS to the Py-
iridium pills, they are extensively
used in gonorrhea, but the December
Both number of the Journal of the
American Medican Association con-
tains an article to the effect that
Pyridium has been rejected from New
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-01-09

establish a solid base amongst tn
the Open Letter in the following
manner: g. the Party and particu-
larly among the leading cadres, there
is a deepgoing lack of political IN
derstanding of the necessity for
strengthening our base among the
decisive sections of the American
workers"
No Solid Base Among Ford Workers
Because of failure to organize a
solid base among the Ford workers.
in the shop, despite some general
good results, the united front move
ment did not serve as a means OF
building the A. w. U. inside the Ford
shop. What was the basis for this
mistake?
1. The underestimation of the rad
icalization of the workers inside OF
the Ford shop.
2. The failure to boldly apply the
line Of the Party. This can be seen
in:
q. The weak fight which we
made in the beginning on the Ques-
ton of selling the Daily Worker
at the united front meetings.
b. Failure to develop mass &C
ton during the course Of the cam
paign.
c. Failure to develop mass re-
cruiting for the A. w. U.
d, Not having Party members
who were candidates of the United
Front conduct their campaigns as
Communists, which resulted in al
lowing the candidate for Mayor to
hide his Party membership, thus
creating confusion among the
workers.
Other Serious Weaknesses Follow
From this follows other serious
weaknesses Of an opportunist4c ma
ture:
1. Holding only one Party exec
ton meeting in support Of the United
Front.
2, Issuing only one Party lea1les
on the election campaign.
g. Failure to make use Of the
Daily Worker as an agtator and or
ganizer of our Party during the
course of our mass activity in this
campaign.
Concretely what are the expert
ences Of the Party in Dearborn? Is
it correct to say that the application
Of the United Front policy in Dear
born or in similar situation in any
other section is wrong in principle?
No, this would be wrong. However,
the experiences of our Party in
Dearborn have shown conclusively
that without the establishment of
solid base among the workers in the
shop and without bringing forward
boldly and unhesitatingly the line
and face, Of the Party, the United
Front cannot sufficiently serve as g
connecting link to root the Party
among the decisive sections of the
working class and under certain con-
ditions may even hinder the develop
ment of the Party's mass work.
This is lesson that has to be
made clear to the whole Party.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-01-09
Gary SwitChmen
Get Fewer Jobs
As Furnaces Close

GARY, Tnd.-Here in the Gary
Steel Works, on Friday, Dec. 20, No
3 open hearth had in force 10 fur
.naceS and some of us, the switchmen
were told to go back on Saturday to
report to work. AS it was before
some of us worked day or two q
week, and naturally we did not know
what was taking place while we were
off, So when we reported Saturday
we got good surprise, for they not
only told us to go home but there
wasn't sound in the entire mill
So, as the times are hard, we had
to go in the mill and line up, and the
ones that did not report to find out
when they were to report for work
got the worst of it. Instead of stay
ing home two days they were told tc
stay home four days in rotation.
And in cutting the furnaces from
10 down to five, naturally they had
to pull off more engines, and that
means instead of making five to six
days a pay now We are given three
or four days to the pay. And this
does not mean that they are reduc-
ing forces in the open hearths alone
but that includes the transportation
department.
And what happens in other depart
ments? Take for instance the A.
inch Blooming Mill. The plant en-
gineer, Mr.. Dean, and another turn
foreman named Edward Wall are liv-
ing on the workers dinner pals. They
never carry lunches of their own. Sc
finally we pass out a shop bulletin
printed by the members of the S. M
w. I. U.
Mr.. Edward Wall starts out with
a mass layoff, beginning with the
LIST of January, laid off Is workers
of each turn, and this means rs work
erS from one department. This de-
partment happens to be one of the
largest model machinery producers
From Is to 25 were cut. More work
with less workers, and speed-up
There are three to five labor fore
men on each turn that are constantly
on the shoulders of the workers, ano
it seems like the A. F. of L. repre-
sentatives can't say a word.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-01-09
Staten Island Relief Workers
Groups Divided BY Disrupters
Yaekel Raises ''Red Scare Against Unemployed
Council To Split North and South Shore

they granted the floor to only two OF
our delegation Of 20 with a strict
understanding not to bring out any
personalities"
The secretary Of the North Shore
was not given the floor. The South
Shore leaders had criticized the North
Shore organizer that our secretary is
a Communist. The secretary wished
to tell the rank and file that he
joined the Relief Organization be-
cause he is a relief worker, that the
organization is non-political, and the
reason he is secretary is that the
body elected him, not the officers OF
Communists.
Mr.. Yaeckel and Baker summed up
with the same false lying Red scare
propaganda. They boosted how nicely
they we're received by the N. R. A.
starvation Taylor and others, and that
representative of other welfare
agencies such as American Legion and
Veterans of Foreign Wars are co.,
daily invited to attend any of their
Friday meetings.
After summing up the chairman
was asked to take the proposition tC
a vote. There were rs men in room
including our delegation; but the
chairman said it could not be done
tonight because some of the mem
bers are not present. They boast Of
a membership of 400 or over, so he
appointed committee.
The chairman appoints the COM
mittees and the officers and the in
vited guest speakers of the Conser-
walton Association DO all the talking
"A RELIEF WORKER,
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-01-09
(By Metal Worker Correspondent

Wy NLCNat NOIAeE Correspondent
NEW YORK-To many of our
comrades the simple truth that the
Daily Worker IS the best organizer
Of the working masses still remains
but phrase.
From my own experience, I can
enmerate many instances where the
Daily Worker was directly instru-
mental in my obtaining contacts and
organizational results among work.
ers. The following instance may
serve as an example:
Some months ago the steel par
tition manufacturers tried to build
up a racket union of the workers in
the trade which was to serve a Ger
tain purpose of the bosses. was
working at that particular branch of
the metal trades at that time. We
were sent down by the bosses to a
meeting in the Rand School. There
we were told by some racketeer, who
was hired by the bosses to form the
union, to pay in $40 apiece and we
will be organized. No questions were
allowed to be asked which were not
suitable for the racketeer, under the
threat Of being beaten up by the
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-01-09
Ford Striker Calls
For Organizat ton
Against Boss Spies
(By An Auto Worker Correspondent

kby An Auto WORKER COrreSponuentl
CHESTER, Pa am a worker Of
the Ford Motor Car Co. at Chester,
Pa. AS you know, we were on strike
there, but we were sold out by the
A. F. Of L. Strike conditions are
much worse now than formerly.
Smidth, personnel manager, is dis
charging men, though there was not
supposed to be any discrimination Of
workers. Sinidth pulls men in the
office and tells them that their SER
vices are no longer required, and, If
they ask why, he replies, You know
why" but he always gets a former
union man or militant worker.
Smidth and Harris have a spy sys-
tenn second to none. What will be-
come Of the working class If they do
not organize against a bunch Of
bosses like Smidth and Harris to put
them down for all time?
Organize fellow-workerl under
militant leadership and not the A..
F. Of L.
viii you please publish this letter
in your wonderful workingman's
paper? Thank you for the good work
you are carrying on through your
paper. FORD WORKER.
Editors Note:-We know how diff
ficult it is to develop shop organiza-
ton after an unsuccessful strike.
However, you developed the begin
ningS Of organization during the
strike by forming your branch of the
international Labor Defense. We
believe that through this organiza-
ton, by reviving it, and nurturing it
carefully, you can begin the forma-
ton of shop apparatus for fight
ing the SPY tactics, the discrimina-
ton and the terror of the employ
ers in the shop.
Department committees. carefully
built up, excluding all spies and boss
suckers, will greatly increase the
morale of the workers, for they will
feel that there is an organized
strength to fall back on.
When these committees become
strong enough, they can come out in
the open and figh1 back at fte en-
ployers. The Auto Workers Union
will gladly help to build these COM
mittees. Be sure to include all hon
est fighting workers, regardless of
their present union affiliation. A
united fighting front OF this kind
will eventually lay the basis for the
kind of fighting union, under your
own control, that you want.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-01-09
Fisher Body
Workers Seek
Militant Union
(By An Auto Worker Correspondent

(By An Auto Worker Correspondent
DETROIT, Mich.-I am sending
you the item from the Detroit
News about the treatment which
the Fisher Body Corporation offers
us under the N. R. A., if some Of us
speak in favor of the trade union
to other fellow workers. CThe clip
ping tells of how the Labor Board
upheld the Fisher Body Corp. in dis
charging Bert Harris for union &C
tivity-Editor.)
I am diemaker employed by the
Fisher Body Corp. in Detroit, Mich,
and I am writing you to let you
know that many diemakers and tool
makers Of the Fisher Body Corp are
SO disguised that we talk of strike
for to better our working conditions.
We want to join trade union.
But what trade union should we
join? A fellow worker, F., proposes
that we should join the Auto Work
erS' Union, The trouble with the
Auto Workers Union is that even F.
does not know where the Auto Work
ers' Union is located. F. said he will
try to get in touch with the Auto
Workers Union and then maybe they
will help us to do something.
Now, tell us why the organizers OF
the Auto Workers Union are wait
ing for us to come to them, when
they should at least let us know
where they are located.
My friend F. said that the Auto
Workers Union publishes Auto
mobile Workers News" I wish they
would bring that paper to the shop.
I do not accuse the organizers of
the Auto Workers Union OF sleeping
on the job, but I want to tell them
than many Of us workers do not even
know that there is such a union as
the Auto Workers Union.
EDITORS NOTE:-The Auto
Workers Union is at 4210 Wood
ward Ave-, Detroit, Mich, and their
paper Is published at the same ad-
dress. We know that the union
would be only too glad to help the
workers in this plant to organize.