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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-03-08
Most Advanced Countries Use
Weaker Condition Of Women
To Rob Them Of EqualRights'
Lenin Taught Us the Necessity OF Constant
Work Among Women AS Major Political Task

a,T stone wa. left untrned Republic laws
which placed in subordinate position have IN mnd
the ground OF the weaker poon
women put them in often huniatg position
namely dealing with divorce and children born out OF wed
woman right Of claim on the father the co ior tns
child's support
We can saw that precisely legislation
even the utilized the weaker condition OF
deprive her of equal rights and to huate her. and 1t
precisely in the Soviet has left stone I'M
turned with regard unjust laws which unbearabe 70
the representatives ong And say with
pride xaggaon that outside of Soviet Russia there
country in the world where women enjoy full rights
where women placed hunlang position which
tcuay felt everyday family life This has been of
first most important tasks
Naturalization penetrating the whole OF social e 1mpe
bed struggle OF the big powers for the division
and resion therefore inevitably
countries including the neutraized and small
countries the proetarian do against ths WIN
will of oppressed class
cle themselves shameful They will their
grow big They will in hand. Take
thoroughly the art This knowledge essential for
proearans-not brothers, OF
being done the present and the traitors
you debut in order to fight against
bougoe their country in order to put end to exoi
on and not by means Of pos wishes but by means
victory the bourgeoise and by dsarming it."
the proletariat-reaize
they could quite WITH
hand in 'womans work But that
ray the right and dignity man. They want their and
life of the is daily sacrifice
unmportan vaities The old master right OF
lives secret His slave takes her also secretly
Of their lack of understanding the revolutionary
his determination fighting
They little which, slowly surely
the life of the worker
among political work.
great among root the old
master idea to its last and smallest root in the Party and
That is one of political tasks just as is the urgently
necessary Of forming staff of
trained theory and practice Party activity among
working women" -LENIN
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-03-08
I'VE Have Not Yet Learned to
Garry on BoIsheUik York
Among ProIetarian Women"
From the Report of Comrade Kuusinen at the
18th PIenum of the E.C.C.I.

WITHOUT persistent struggle opportunist passv1ty
viii achieve
factories unions the
said that in the majority
sufficiently the methods Of Boheyk
ths-that reyoutonaries
enumerated draft theses doubt other comrades
ticuIarly delegation CPSU,
ulsky Piatntsky will speak questions
their speeches parts report
other point want mention s the necessity inensng
activities in branches Of revolutionary
carry among
The Sections
In sphere Of
this work. to rid the idea that this
the duty every Communist
delegate meetings FORMS open disguised
accordance with the political situation and these meetings
OF training body Of active nonPary working to
contacts With the train the active
many Party
diminish divergence employed
duy and the number Of members Of the Communist
the struggle against the fascist the mobilization of
should proceed all manifestations
trials attacks In
anasc movement must be made Of conferences
gresse demonstrations marches
consolidated drawing
gangationa snfacst fighting units Ambulance Corps
organizaions carry -imperialist
the tong Of the immediate and
Simultaneously propaganda
soldiers
mothers should under
ship among
industry,
Of the most important
oenters
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-03-08
The Great Traditions Of Revolutionary
HerOines IN Working Class History
o Paris
BraveAu On Wma
In Women OF Constr in

Iiebknecht and Luxembourg; who
lived to see the triumphant estab-
nshment of workers republic on
one-sixth Of the earth's surface.
With her last breath almost, she
sent out a call to the women of the
world to join In the struggle against
fascism and war;
'Toiling women, remember that
fascism is depriving you of the
rights that you attained with bitter
struggle. Fascism is depriving you
Of your work and independence. &.
I call upon you, together with the
International Red Aid, to fulfill your
solemn duty to international soil
darity. The sacrifice demanded Of
you is very little in comparison with
the life and blood that is being sac
rificed every day by the revolution
airy workers In their heroic struggle
against fascisrn. None Of us should
rest in peace until fascism, with its
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-03-08

mittee, which is the supreme gov
erning organ, there are 1856 women.
Trade Unions
Trade union reports show a rapid
rise in the number of women MEM
bers. 2,S5o00o women we're MEM
bers in 1929. At present there are
100000 women union members.
Social Insurance
The Soviet insurance system cares
for all workers in all cases where
they have lost their earnings.
Insurance for pregnancy and
child birth covers eight weeks be-
fore and eight weeks after confine-
ment. Insurance payment is equal
to the woman workers full wages
beginning with the first day Of the
sixteen week period.
Maternity benefits include a lump
sum for the layette, free medical
attention, and additional sums for
feeding the child for nine months
after its birth.
Full birth control information
given and birth control clinics In
all sections of the Union.
Condition Of Children
Nurseries and schools are pro-
yided for all children. All children
from I to II are required to attend
school.
Free medical, dental, gymnastic
and vocational guidance service is
given to all children OF all the
workers.
Free Fairgrounds, summer camps,
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-03-08
Women Fighters Who Have
Become Fascist Victims
GERMANY

This information was gathered by
GERMANY
Mrs Thomas erln-Fy years old deputy
municipality spandau hospital result of storm troop
"crosS examination"
HamburgFormer editor Of the Social Democratic
voleg Subjected favore form of torture the Nazs have
especially For hours at time
to stand with books in their outseched hands until
they faint
Rechsag three half hard
labor for distributing forbidden leaflets.
OF the 70 concentration In Germany three especially
for women
Crete CrOh member OF Young Communist League
deputy Iandstag brutay
Knith ChemnTaken into the prison yards day for
days put against the ninth
this torture murdered in her cell by storm troopers
POLAND
hundred among Polish political prisoners
sentenced Is hard labor by the Kobin
martial September Organized White Russian peasants
robbery After public
demanded death sentence for her she made the following speech
During days facing working
and have been earning living IS old
am proud Of
allowed to finish
FINLAND
hundred twentyhres political paic
ped in the hunger strike in Tavaskaas prison The strike lasted
IA days
SPAIN
political prisoners Spanish jails
August 1888, peasant Amera
years insulting resisting" authorities
Fugenca Carols sentenced to of hard labor by
Granada court martial
ITALY
Tside years prison
after serving five years Of her
Camilla the Party
its foundation
suffering from tuberculosis in its last stages.
Roseta Georgna, textile worker years
prisonment.
BULGARIA
Christeva
college sentenced death together with revolutionary
shumen The sentence
murdered police trial place
sentence only whiewash the murderers.
CUBA
Many thousands Of participated the strike
last arrested majority them textile
and tobacco workers
CHINA
Information from China limited All printing
facts about political prisoners Immediately banned by orders from
the Kuontang Chinese Communists
dents have executed murdered shot down in the
JAPAN
Oct.
and imprisoned the suspicion that hey participated Commu
mist activity they
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-03-08

awful consequences Of bloody OPP
preston, terror, hunger and war,
will be conquered and destroyed"
For years, Clara Zetkin was a
leader in the fight against Imperial
list War. Her fiery words again and
again called upon the workers to
rise against their real enemy, the
capitalist class.
1.-THE enormous number Of victims
Of the 1914-1918 massacre, the life
and blood Of the people has not yet
been avenged. The wounds wrought
by death and mutilation have not
yet healed in the hearts Of our loved
ones and our friends. Whole gen.
erations are groaning under the
heavy burdens effected by the World
War. VIII not the sufferers, the
victims, finally realize their histor-
ical duty2 viii they not raise their
strong revolutionary fist and put an
end to the manslaughter by brave
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-03-08

ly storming capitalism and destroy
ing il once and for all"
Rosa LUxemburg
Then there was Rosa Luxembourg,
who since the age Of Is joined the
cause Of the revolutionary working
class. She served many years in
jail but her spirit was never crushed
by torture or persecution. Together
with Karl Liebknecht she fought to
win the toiling masses of Germany
under the Slogan-''Down with I'M
periahst War-Ttmn Imperialist
War into Civil War directed
against your own government. {"
And together with Kari Iiebknecht
she was murdered by the Social
Democratic betrayers Of the Ger
man workers.
Austrian HerOfneS
In recent years the scene becomes
so crowded with strife and struggle
that the figures do not stand out
SO clearly and sharply. Only last
month hundreds and hundreds Of
Austrian women stood upon the
barTicades and sacrificed their lives
in the fight against fascism and
for the right to live. Unnamed
heroineS, whose identity may never
become known, but who we're ready
in spite of the betrayal OF their
Social Democratic leadership to lay
down their lives that the bloody
reign Of fascism might be held off.
Soviet Women
In the Soviet Union, millions Of
women heroes of labor, are reap
ing the harvest sown by their sis
ters in Tsarist days. Vera Figner,
Sophie Perovskaya, InesSa Armandt,
Helena Stassove, Concordia Samoi-
lava, Krupskaya, the list could go
on and on of women heroines, some
OF whom gave their lives in the
struggle and others who lived to see
the day Of victory-an Of them
spending their lives in tireless deyo-
ton to the revolutionary goal.
Thousands suffered exile In Siberia,
many died upon the gallows, many
more were sent into exile, but moth
ing stopped those who followed
from carrying on the tradition.
every Cook Must Learn"
Today women in the Soviet Union
are enjoying the things that women
workers through the centuries hoped
and died for. Many of them are
heads Of factories and collective
farms. They occupy important
posts in the Soviet Government.
One Of the outstanding diplomats
of the Soviet Government Is a
-Comrade Kollontai. And
the millions of Soviet women freed
from the slavery of household care
are free to work in the factories and
farms, assured that their children
are cared for and will grow up to
be healthy, happy, useful citizens OF
the workers state. Conlrade Len
ms slogan is becoming a reality:
Every cook is learning to run the
government.
The procession marches on. In
capitalist countries the struggle has
not yet reached its climax. In
America, China, Germany, Japan,
the women are taking their places
in the ranks Of fighters. More OF
them must be drawn in. To fill the
places of those who have fallen. To
carry on the heroic traditions OF
those who came before us.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-03-08
~ YEN sAETTH

We SoWad tie woman woFSeg,
xassAsuvs, ct the Red Triangle rub
hsg factory in Leningrad. where
1900 men and women turn out
no 900 900 pairs Of rdbberS year.
We could hardly fell 10 know her,
Sur her face looked down on Us from
oia posters IN the dining rooms,
haIIwayA COMMITTEES rooms, rooms
Tor technical study Of rubber manu-
tActurs, lecture and study rooms for
csassss Ia political education, all Of
which aEs lnsids the factory itself.
KaStigUva's blunt nose and shrewd
syes were befors Us everywhere, in
rsd-printed reproductions Of cray
on portrait, on 8 poster which test1-
red that she had been awarded the
order OF ths Red Banner Of Labor"
on international Women's Day,
March Of last year.
81 Years In the Factory
The poster Is signed by the Com
munist Party Committee, the Fac
tory Committee, the Plant Admin
istration, and by the Women's Or
ganizer Of the Party Committee. 1t
states that she has worked con-
tinuously in the Red Triangle for
81 years, that she is among those
who took part in the strikes of
women workers on the occasion Of
the mass poisoning of hundreds in
this factory in 1914, that she is one
of the best women shock brigaders,
that she is among the best in pub
lie activities, that she has been four
times awarded prizes for good work
in the factory, and that she has
applied for membership in the Com
munist Party. The poster states
that at present she is a member Of
the Central Committee Of the Rub
Der and Chemical Workers Union.
We found out afterwards that she
accomplished all this although only
partially literate; her only chance
to study was, Of course, since the
Revolution.
One Of the Nigh PrivateS
But you must not think of her as
a great political leader. She would
be the first to disavow any such
status. She is not even a Com
munist Party member, yet. She is
Just fine type of ordinary worker,
one Of the high privates" Of the
army Of Socialist construction.
Kastigova isn't much Of a talker.
She answers questions. She st ed
work in this same factory in OF
when she was IA years old. AS an
apprentice she got IS kopeks day,
or about II cents q. s. money. Then
she became a piece worker able to
earn about 70 kopeks. She and an
other worker paid together six
rubles a month for a tiny, dingy
room to live in, and rouble is 100
lSopeks. They brought their lunch
to the factory, when they had money
enough left to buy lunch, but they
had no place to sit down and eat II.
Now It's Different
The bosses here In the old days
isept everyone teTroriSed, Just az
they do In America now, with con-
slant watching. With the system Of
fines for the least tnfraction Of rules.
Piece workers, half-starved and
eager for few more kopekE, tried
to run across the factory yard to
their jobs. The boss was willing for
most Of them to get there quickly
but could make few more indirect
wage cuts By issuing an order
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-03-08
LETTERS FROM
WORKINGCLASS WOMEN

Eleven Cents an Hoar
Dear Editor:
I Went to See about q Job and
the Lady made me a n offer Of II
cents an hour. There have been
many other offers Of that type
made to me.
4. KIRKLAND.
Dear Editor:
once went to work for q Ger
tain Mrs. G. in Barnes Avenue in
the Bronx and I noticed the clock
on the corner was nine O'Clock. Mrs
C's was just five past nine whom I
entered the house. When I was
through Mrs. C's clock said one
O'Clock and the stores three O'Clock
observation time.
Mrs. O set her clock two hours
back. Girls take your clocks with
youl II. r.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-03-08
UNITED STATES

OHcu1p4OgAB o1e
Is million unemployed wOnas@ 40
men in the q. s. Two and onsF
half million women unemployed
q, 100000 unpaid housewives.
Wages
~ per cent Of all wage eaKnR
are girls and women over ten yeass
old. Total number Of Negro wa@t
earning women is close to 2,000. 0eat
Many unemployed women and
young girls are placed In "oppws
tunity homes" to do houSework b
exchange for room and board
given positions as servants without
pay.
Discrimination
Men given higher wages than w0~
men. Industrial codes OF the MIA.
give official sanction for unequal
pay. One-quarter Of the codes M
a lower wage scale for women than
for men. In New York State wo-
mems wages in manufacturing were
only 81 per cent Of mems in 1887.
Negro women's wages are 80 Per
cent lower than for white women.
There is also discrimination against
foreign born and single women.
Trade Unions
Small percentage Of women OF"
ganized. Women's Trade Union
League appendix Of the A. F. Of L.
makes no effort to organize women.
Unionization among women grow
ing since NR.A., especially In the
Needle Trades; now membership
Of 100000 or S per cent Of the total.
Social Insurance
There is no Social Insurance Tor
women and children.
$4,000 mothers die annually DIR
ing childbirth; 81 per cent Of thess
deaths are preventible. These sre
working class mothers.
United States, richest capitalist
country, has highest maternity
death rate In the world. IS out OF
every 1000 women die during child
birth.
No Federal maternity approprisy
ton for the provision OF medical
care for women has been made; ex~
cept the Sheppart- Towner Mater
nifty Act, which was done away with
as a patriotic act Of economy, by
Congress.
Birth control information Is StiH
denied to millions Of working
women.
Unemployment and Social Relief
More than 100000 women arc
wandering without homes or shell
ter, except what they can knock
together out Of boards, boxes o.
old tin cans. Even pregnant women
are among those living in shanty~
towns, now known as RooSevelts
burgs.
Condition Of Children
Schools are closing by the thouS
sands
Tens Of thousands Of children
have no place to go other than the
streets, because the capitalists are
concentrating upon the destruction
Of free public schools
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-03-08
Hail International WomenS Day! Revolutionary Greeting
"After the Revolution
In Czarist Russia We
Became Human Beings"

against running, then catching and
fning q few every day. The least
objection made on any occasion to
q foreman was called back taIk"
and heavily fined.
Now an this Is changed COM
pletely. Kastigova's wage Is now
$50 rubles, with deductions for rent
amounting to about 6 per cent.
Eve Became human Beings"
We saw a short distince from the
factory new apartment houses for
married workers. The one already
occupied has $50 good two-room-
and-htchen apartments. They are
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-03-08
Contrast Conditions of.
Women in United States
With Women in USSR
SOVIET UNION

There b no unemployment for
uaen OF women. There is a shortage
Of labor.
Wages
100000 women are employed.
One-third Of the whole working
class are women.
Wages for women are the same as
for men.
Wages increased between 28 per
cent and so per cent in the last
three years.
Discrimination
There Is no discrimination be-
cause Of sex or race, or inequality
between men and women. In the
All-Russian Central Executive Com
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-03-08
Need Weekly Fay

Dear Editor:
worked for woman on q 30
days basis beginning Oct. 10. I quit
on Nov. II. She paved me for "a
days work. demanded rs days
pay. She refused paying for rs
days. She finally called up the
Police Department asked to send a
police to take me out Of her house.
The police did not come but I had
to leave getting my full wage.
s. X.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-03-08

1eOoA ANACAuDhH muIUcIcu Al
1919 by the SOcial-Democrat be-
trayers of the German Revolution.
building another Just like it, and
intend to build more until the fac
tory force is Accommodated.
The Red Triangle has an elabo-
rate network Of nurseries, schools,
laundrieS, club houses, a recrea-
ton park with admission free to
Red Triangle workers, a huge stadi-
I'm seating $4,000 for football and
track events, with more fields being
built, dining rooms in the factory
where nourishing meals, although
somewhat plain, are served for low
cost, etc.
after the revolution We became
human beings" says Kastigova. She
is married and has four children,
all workers. The youngest was
brought up through the system of
factory nurseries, vacation nurse
ries and schools, which left Kasti-
gova tins for her work.
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winter sports, rocreationaI rooms
and libraries are at the services q
all children.
Imperial Valley press., 1934-08-02
FORMER KAISER SENDS MESSAGE
TO SON OF DECEASED GENERAL

ident Paul Won Hindenburg's son.
He wired direct to the son. Col.
Oskar Won Hindenburg, at Neu-
deck, saying:
"The kaiser and kaiserin are
mourning, with sad hearts. with
you and the entire German ma
ton.
"The life which has been blessed
by God has found its destination.
"The crown prince will honor
the dead in Neudeck, and bring to
you the last greeting to the hero
of Tannenburg, now gone to his
last resting place.
(Signc1) Wilhelm. L r."
The ~. RI was for sfImpera-
tor Rex emperor and king. 1t
seemed Wilhelm was reminding the
nation his abdication in 1918 was
forced and that he still regarded
himself king of Prussia and Ger
man emperor.
The court marshal at Doom
House told the United Press that
when the news came of Hinden-
burg's death all members of the
household were shocked deeply.
Prince Oskar, the fourth son,
was with the former kaiser. The
Princess Hermine, his second wife
whom he called kaiserin-was at
her Silesian summer home. For
mer Crown Prince Wilhelm was in
| Germany.
1t was understood the former
crown prince would go at once to
Neudeck to present a wreath in the
name of the former ruling family.
The mourning for Hindenburg
seemed entirely private.
Imperial Valley press., 1934-08-02
GOLDEN STATE
SLAUGHTERED
BY FAT BOYS

Staging high class exhibition
of batting last night the Fat Boys
took the measure OF the Golden
State outfit by a 10 to count in
the last nightball league game for
this week. Sixteen hits ratified off
the winners war clubs, four of
which were home runs, one triple
with two doubles thrown in for
good measure.
The Fat Boys scored their first
run in the opening inning when a
pass and a single accounted for the
tally. Three more were scored in
the second and from then on they
we're never headed. The big inn
ing for the Fat Boys was the fifth
when two walks and three hits, two
of which were homeruns, account
ed for five more tallies and put the
game away without cause for much
dispute.
This was the last league game for
the present week. Next Monday
the second round of this half starts
with Coca Colas meeting the Stud
ebakers.
Imperial Valley press., 1934-08-02
LEAD BOOSTED
BY NEW YORK

NEW YORK, Aug. 2. U.P)-Paced
by Mel OFT. who dl owe in seven
runs, the New York Giants were
able to stretch their lead a game
and half yesterday by a double
victory over the Boston Braves.
Although Joe Moore, outfielder
whose hitting has helped the cham
pions maintain their present pace,
was out of action, the New York
ers scored 11-2 and 1913 triumphs
over the Boston Athletes.
OFT hit single, double and tri-
pie in the first game and double
and two homers in the nightcap.
The Giants had 80 hits, with three
of them homers, four triples and
six doubles in the two games. Six
Boston pitchers suffered.
The second place Cubs meanwhile
were given a 40 shutout at the
hands of Paul Dean of the st. Louis
Cardinals, who gave them five hits.
Brooklyn staged an uprising in
the eighth beating Philadelphia 8-4.
Charlie Dressen's rejuvenated
Cincinnati Reds took advantage of
Gussie Suhr's tumble and wild
throw in the sixth to run over four
runs and beat the Pittsburgh Pr
ates, 7-6.
Detroit bounced the Yankees out
of the American League lead after
one-day stopover, beating Cleve-
land 10-7.
The Yanks lost to Boston, IA,
the Red Sox ganging on Johnny
Broaca for homer, two singles
and two doubles in the fifth.
Washington regained fifth place
beating the Athletics, III. Pete
Susko, rookie from Knoxville, start
ed them off with a homer in the
second with one aboard. Heinie
Manush also got one, Pinky Hig-