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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-05-21
FORMATION OF A SOCIAL
PROBLEMS CLUB

"A number of persons in my COM
munity," writes a reader from Hi
nois, ARE interested in forming
social problems club. We would
appreciate any helpful suggestions
or literature regarding same. Also,
in a group Of perhaps 10 or IS to
start with, what officers would you
suggest? We wish the club to be
a success and therefore would like
to start with as much system and
order as possible. Thanking you for
your kind assistance - Lucille B.,
Berwyn, Illinois"
We had at first intended to
answer this letter privately, but on
second thought decided that an open
answer might contain directives Of
use to other groups as yet unor-
ganized, who read the Daily" So
here is a suggested procedure:
Elect a president, and an eXecu-
tive committee of three or four
members. These latter may have
the following titles and duties: ID
programs, secure speakers, assign
an educational director, to arrange
preparation of talks, obtain literary
material on which to draw for in
formation and discussion, etc.; %
a secretary to take minutes Of meet
ings, take care of correspondence,
reports, ETC.; 90 a financial secre-
tary or treasurer, to take care Of
dues, expenses, ETC.; az a publicity
director to arrange for open meet
ings, lectures, publicity for your
group, and general publicity" work.
Your membership meetings might
occur weekly, or more or less often,
as the group decides. Elect a chair
man for the meeting as soon as it
is opened and proceed according to
ordinary parliamentary custom.
Books such as the following will
supply information as a basis for
your discussions: by John Strachey,
THE Coming Struggle for Power"
($1.75), and 1.-THE Menace of Fas-
cism," ($125); 1.-THE History of the
American Working Class" by An
thony Bimba, ($1.65); Forced Labor
in the United States" by Walter
Wilson ($1.00). Relative to women's
problems there is Women Who
Work" by Grace Hutchins, ($100);
on the Jewish question: Are the
Jews Race2" by Karl Kautsky
($100; and on Negro problems
there is a whole series of pamphlets
from one to ten cents each) listed
in the workers Bookshop Catalogue,
which I am forwarding to this cor
respondent.
For light on present day Russia,
there are TN Place of Profit" (reg-
ularly $3.50, special for one week
s1.75)-"The Soviet Worker" La
Dor Protection in the Soviet Union"
Protection of Women and Children
in the Soviet Union" and many
others which you will find listed in
the same catalogue, together with
scores Of books and pamphlets on
all subjects which your group will
want to have information about. The
questions of the war danger and the
need for social insurance should be
stressed in your discussions.
CThere are listed in the catalogue
a few fictional works also, which
present good pictures of present day
social conditions the world oyer)
Your club will likely want to in
terest itself concretely in political
prisoners, and to send resolutions
or kilograms to various state and
national executives to protest in
justices as the occasion arises. cThe
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-05-21
SUMMER HYGIENE

During the hot weather the mode
of life should be somewhat different
from that pursued during the winter
months. Failure to do so, often re-
suits in lowering of ones physical
resistance and mental capacity. The
most important items to be con-
sidered are food. clothing and rec
reation.
During the summer months it is
best to avoid the eating of too much
sweet, spicy and fat food. Sweets
and fats increase bodily heat and
the spicy food produces an abnormal
thirst which has to be continually
slackened, thus causing excessive
perspiration and kidney excretion.
The tendency to eat hot dogs and
other delicatessen in the summer
time, which is so prevalent at the
beaches and other summer resorts,
cannot be too strongly condemned.
The thirst that develops following
the ingestion of such food causes
people to consume large amounts of
ice-cream sodas, pops" and other
soft drinks which contain a lot of
sugar and thereby raise the oxida-
ton and heat of the body.
1t is best to live mainly on green
vegetables, fruit and dairy products
A certain amount of lean meat can
also be eaten without fear Of causing
any gastric disturbances.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-05-21
Creme Cigar Plant
Fired 5000 in
Louisville, Ky.
By a worker CORRESPONDENT

LOUISVILLE, Ky.-Until year
ago I had been reading "suppoS-
edly' working class newspapers
but since I have been reading the
Daily Worker, I am convinced that
it is the only paper that truly backs
the working class.
The blue eagle has done his part
he has scratched and snarled a
bit-in Louisville, KY. In Louis
vile where the workers have been
hushed and shuShed and taught to
feel their only enemy is the Negro,
5000 people, the workers of the
Creme Cigar Factory american To-
bacco Coz have been shut out of
doors.
And what has the N.R.A. had to
do with this tragedy? Simply this:
The code called for higher wages
and the bosses gave their workers
higher wages. But the owners could
not afford to lose that little extra
money that they were giving the
workers. 1t might mean one yacht
less for them this year. But Mr..
Roosevelt didn't say that the man
ufacturer couldn't make the work
ers speed up production, and he
didn't say that the manufacturers
couldn't raise the price of his cigars!
And now a call to my fellow to-
bacco workers! What are we going
to do-sit back and take it? Oh yes,
the big shots-from the President
of the U. S. down to the police
lackeys would love for us to do just
that-but say, mo! We shall or
ganize and build a solid mass work.
ers' movement. Negro and white
workers-let us unite and struggle
together for our day to day rights
which will finally lead to the over
throw of this rotten system.
The Communist Party is the only
working class party. Join the Party
and help in the struggle of the
emancipation of the working class
our class. J. G.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-05-21
Get Only $l4
A Month, Yet
Wage Is Cut
By a WOrker CorrespOndent


TARRANT CITY, Ala.-The E. R.
A. at TarTant City, Ala, a suburb
Of Birmingham, has a fine superin-
tendent on a relief job. There were
three comrades on the job. The
superintendent cut the men from go
hours to 48 hours for one comrade
and cut from 81 hours to AZ hours
for the other two comrades per
month. This is at 80 cents per hour,
making a total sum for the one
comrade of S14.40 per month and
the other two get $3.50 per month.
The three comrades refused to sign
the cut, but the other workmen
signed up to take the cut. Shame
on them.
The superintendent called the
three comrades by name, telling
them to lay their tools down, get
out Of a pit they were digging and
to get off the. job and by God!
don't come back any more" He
cursed horribly at the three and Of
fered to fight any man on the job.
He stated he was sorry for the mems
wives and children, but had no use
for damn man that had no more
principle than to strike when things
are as they are, with the govern
ment doing all in their power to
feed the people, and that he was
going to do all In his power to see
that they don't get anything else,
anywhere else, if he can keep them
from it. The $14.4O and the $3.50
has to furnish coal or wood, water,
lights, clothes and groceries for a
family Of four to six.
The three comrades called to the
other workmen, telling them to
come on out if they had any CUTS,
and, if not, to stay there. They
stayed. And on Monday there will
be some more comrades fired. A
damn good government, to make a
code and be the first to scab on
their own code. I think, when a
government gets as rotten as that,
it ought to go in the hands Of the
receivers, or the junk pile.
The three mems names are o. E.
Story, j. w. Pouncey and Hamil-
ton. The scab boss, his name is
George Walls. He plainly told the
men he knows they could not live
at the wage before the hour cut.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-05-21

to pay the rent. In no case has
a receipt been issued showing that
the rent had been paid in this way.
There is the case Of a worker,
Mrs. Chester, who protested against
working any longer because she had,
in her opinion, worked long enough
to pay for her rent. To which this
George Thomson replied: That's
the trouble with you damn mig
gers from the South. You come
up here and right away you get
too damned smart"
There is the case OF another
worker, Van BrJInt, who worked for
this collector from March until No
vember, who has received no money
or rent receipts and now is told
to get out. There is John Nelson
who does not rent a house himself,
but worked 40 days without pay.
Jim Rivers, so years old, worked
two years without pay, Joseph Ryan
worked one year, 10 months.
In all of these cases this collector,
George Thomson, would tell them
not to worry about money or re-
ceipts because when hard times
came the rent would be paid. Now
there is no work, and without no.
tice he is ordering all Of these work.
ers out of their homes, and telling
them that If they don't move he
is going to throw them out this
coming Monday.
Recently the water in all Of these
houses was cut off, and notices are
now coming to these workers from
the Public Works Company telling
them they must have the water
turned on because there is no owner
to be found to claim the houses.
The taxes have not been paid for
several years. But still this col
lector, in conjunction with the con-
stable, is trying to force these work.
ers to pay rent.
The workers in this street have
organized into the Unemployed
Council, and have elected delega-
ton to go to the Mayors Office to
protest against this action. Also
leaflets have been distributed in the
neighborhood telling the other
workers, and exposing this real
estate racket in all its rottenness.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-05-21
The Role of Ryan and the Tasks of
Militant Workers In Longshore Strike

Fridays Daily Worker contained
an editorial note in reply to a let
ter by a rank and file marine
worker who raised certain ques-
tiOns regarding the Daily Work
er's position toward the leaders of
the International Longshoremen's
Association. This note, written by
a member of the /. L. A., did not
correctly represent the Daily
Workers position. The following
article is intended to correct the
errors of the first reply.-Editor.
The Daily Worker attacks Joseph
P. Ryan as disrupter and enemy
of the working class. This attack
against Ryan must become much
sharper in the present strike in
which Ryan assumes the role Of
leader not to win the strike, but
to break the strike.
Joseph P. Ryan as the head OF
the lila, together with the other
chiefs of the AT. of L., like William
Green, Mathew Vol, MIR. Collins
of the Auto Workers, or Lewis, head
of the Miners Union, are opposed to
strikes just as much as the en-
ployers THEMSELVES. In 1929, at the
beginning Of the crisis, when the en-
ployers made sharp attacks against
the standard of living of the work.
ers, when wage cuts took place in
every industry, the leaders of the
A. F. of L., made promises to the
employers that there shall be no
strikes during the period of crisis.
They even went SO far, that when
local unions refused to accept fur
Their wage cuts and went out on
strike, the International officials
forced the men to return to work
and accept the wage cut. If the
men refused to return to work I'M
der these conditions, the officials
revoked the charter of the local
unions and handed the charter to
to the strikebreakers who were re-
cruited by the employers during the
strike.
The present strike of the lila.
not initiated by Ryan. On the
contrary it was forced upon Ryan.
Last February the longshoremen
on the West Coast forced tbs dis
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-05-21
CONTACTED RI
HE1RN LUXE

question of the treatment Of the
American colonies will need discus
Sion.)
At this time the general burning
issue before women's groups par
ticularly is the war danger and the
need of supporting the Women's
Anti-War Congress to convene in
Paris July go We urge that you
popuIarize this issue in your local
ity; for directives on how to proceed
write to Kathryn McKenna, secre-
tary of the Women's Committee of
the American League Against War
and Fascism, $50 N. LaSalle St., Chi
cago, Ill.
If there is any more help we can
give, do not hesitate to ask; and we
hope to hear from time to time
how your group is progressing.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-05-21
Organise Workers. Children,
Or the Priests VII Get Them
LW.O., With LOlO-COst Insurance, Lays Behind
Religious Insurance RGckets
By
By MAX DEDACHT

the risk is next to nothing. For US
in the international Workers Order
the insurance is based more nearly
on actual cost.
The degree in which we can do
that is determined by the attention
that our branches and our MEM
bers pay TO the organization of
workers children. Up to now they
pay little attention. The regular
flow of children into our Order
should bring us at least $50 a week.
Every branch should make efforts
70 build children's branches as
auxiIaries. Every branch should not
only attend to organizational work
but should assign to the children's
branches some forces for leadership
and guidance.
This is work that cannot be left
to campaigns; it is aIl-year-round
work, it is everyday work.
How to Build an English Branch
Last week a member Of the Ma
tional Committee of our English
Section was sent to speak at cele-
bration of one of our branches. A
large number of young people, not
in any way connected with the
Order or with the movement gen.
orally, but living in the neighbour
hood, were present. Our comrade,
seeing excellent possibilities for
building an English speaking
branch, was not satisfied merely to
make a speech and point this out
He decided to remain in the town
overnight and actually work with
the comrades the next morning. En-
Unused and inspired by the clear
and logical talk of the speaker on
how only our members themselves
can build our Order, the comrades
went out canvassing among friends
and neighbors at am.
That same day ten members were
recruited, actually examined, and
the applications sent in to the Of
flee. These are ten young workers
from Is to IS years old, working in
the metal factories in the town. Just
by Transforming one speech into
deeds, almost Immediately we have
strengthened our Order not only by
a membership of ten but we have
created a base to build an TWO.
movement in the neighborhood, and
especially a base to build our prole-
tartan Order right in the big metal
factory in which most of these
workers are employed.
This example may well be fol-
lowed by the comrades of our
Order generally.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-05-21
A Minneapolis Metal Worker Reports
On Work of Shop Unit

A Minneapolis Metal Worker Reports
On Work of Shop Unit
I am a member of a shop unit in
a metal shop in Minneapolis. Only
about eight months ago was the
Party in District 9 able to make any
gains in the metal industry in the
northwest. OF course, in the north
west we have no large metal indus
try, it is all light manufacturing;
there are no large shops. About a
year ago our Party first had one
comrade in an organization of tool
and die makers, an organization
with membership Of about $50.
AS time went on this comrade was
able to draw others into the Party,
and now we have ten Party mem
bers in this organization, and it is
mostly under our influence at the
present time.
Also from this group Of tool and
die makers we were able to select
a group, the most conscious, and
start our metal work, especially in
this shop where I work at the pres
ent time.
Last summer, during the various
code hearings, ETC., we were able to
mobilize quite a few Of the workers
and recruit them into the Steel and
Metal Workers Union. It has been
a tough problem because this shop
is as yet able to pay pretty high
rate Of wages, but we were able to
make some gains, like for instance,
when we first started to work In the
shop they were paid at the rate of
$12 week. When our organization
started to work, in a short time, the
wages were doubled and now some
Of the workers are drawing pretty
fair wages.
Social FaScism the Greatest Danger
But there is one thing that hin
ders us most in our work in Mime
apolis and the northwest, and that
is the social fascists. Some of the
comrades pointed out that there are
various types and brands of social
fascists in this country and we have
a brand-the Farmer-Laborites, per-
haps the largest and most danger
Gus to our movement at the present
time. 1t Is well known that the
northwest is a stronghold of the
Farmer-Laborites, perhaps because
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-05-21
80 Doctor
LuHIAaQ0s
QdI,{ae1.
By PAUL LUTTMGER, MD.

AS to beverages, it is best to drink
pure water to which lemon, orange,
grapefruit or lime juice is added
when possible. Lines are the most
thirst-quenching of all the citrus
fruit and the addition of half Inns
to a glass Of water makes the most
ideal beverage. Care should be
taken not to drink so-called fruit
juices dispensed at some OF the soca
stands. These are usually made
with syrup and extracts, not with
the fresh fruit. Alcoholic drinks
should be avoided, including beer.
We know that a glass of cold beer
seems to be a satisfying drinl- on
hot day; but owing to its alcoholic
content, the ultimate result Is an
increase in the heat production in
the body. Next to water with fresh
fruit juice, the best drink for the
summertime is tea, preferably hot
tea with lemon and as little sugar as
possible. This may seem silly to
those who have had no experience
and who are satisfied with superb
cial Impressions; but the great
majority of people who live III the
tropics have found that drinking
warm drinks cools the body more
effectively than ice-cold beverages.
Hot drinks promote perspiration
without taxing the kidneys.
Ito be Continuedl
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-05-21

trict leadership to call a special
conference in San Francisco. This
conference had delegates from all
local unions on the West Coast. The
majority of these delegates were
honest rank and file workers and
were diScorltented with the leader
ship of j. P. Ryan. At this con-
ference they worked out a plan of
action which called for higher
wages, union recognition, etc. In
case these demands were not met,
a strike was to be called on the West
Coast. At the same time, the pro-
posals of ]. P. Ryan, which were
pre- sente d at the conference
through his henchmen, were unani-
mously rejected. However, the de-
mands of the workers were refused
by the employers. A strike vote
was taken, and the majority of the
locals voted for a strike. At the
last minute, through maneuvers by
Ryan and his henchmen, and
through President Roosevelt and the
MIRA. Labor Board, the strike was
called off, pending negotiations with
the MIRA. Labor Board.
The negotiations, however, were
not satisfactory to the workers, and
over the heads of Ryan and the
other leaders of the I. L. A., the
workers called the strike. Then
Ryan came into the strike situa-
ton. He could not stop the strike
any more, SO he pushed himself as
the leader of the strike.
Your question-"conceding the
correctness of your opposition to
Ryan as a leader, you must agree
that in any strike, as in a war or
game, the idea is to WINS quite
correct on the point that a strike
is a war-a war between the en-
ployers and the employees. The idea
is to win for the workers, not for
the misleaders whose interests are
the same as the bosses. The duty
of the class-conscious workers in a
strike is to gain control of the strike
and put the leadership into the
hands of rank and file strike COM
mittee.
The leaders of the A. F. of L.,
Jike Ryan and others, resist such
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-05-21
DelaWareReturns Millions to
Bosses; CutsReliefO One Third

felt the depression but have been
killed by it.
AS result of the splendid fight
put up by the Unemployed Council
last year, many demands were won
for the unemployed, but now, rent,
gas, electricity, clothes, coal, water
and one third of all food orders are
being cut off. Nine hundred fami-
lies in this city alone are facing
evictions, as reported by the capt.
talist press.
The unemployed were getting the
magnificent sum of eight and one
half cents per person per day, but
that is now being cut by one-third.
All free medical attention for the
unemployed has been abolished.
workers in industry are being laid
off by the score, but DUPONT and Co.
and all its war-making subsidiaries
are going full blast, and are turning
out poisonous chemicals and war
materials with feverish haste.
All this in a state which a few
years ago followed Andy Melons
example and gave back to its mil
lionaires over IS millions in income
tax.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-05-21
PARTY LIFE v~ eassa-s
Farmer -LabOrite Influence
flinders Shop Organization
Metal Worker ShOuUs Need of Overcoming
SOciGI-FGscist Ideas by Concrete Facts

the northwest is composed mostly Of
those from the northern European.
countries like Sweden, Norway, ana
as we know, these countries are
under the influence of the social
fascists. I think there has been q
lack of attention paid to the edu-
cation Of our Party membership in
our District to work among those
under the influence of these social
fascists. For instance, only recently
we were put up against the wall by
the Workers-we were arguing with
them during the lunch hour on the
Communists role and we were put
up against the wall by most of these
workers. Some said: Look at Nor
way and Sweden, look at what the
Socialist Party has done there And
we have no information on the
Scandinavian countries. We have
no data or statistics as to the living
standards or anything else, and
would propose to the Central Com
mittee to take steps and gather
some information so that we can
educate ourselves and work among
these workers.
In District at the present time
we have two shop locals in st. Paul
which are functioning very good.
We have one local in my shop 600
workers. and one general local
which is composed Of small lob
shops throughout the city, and only
recently We have been able to 70
cruit still more workers through an
action which we took in the re-
scinding Of wage cut which took
place 8 short time ago. The way
the company unanswered is this
they first came into the tool room
and raised the wages Of the tool
makers because in the past they
were the ones who carried on most
OF the organizational activities. So
they bribed the tool makers with
a raise from four to six cents an
hour and at the same time cat
the production department 20 per
cent. But their maneuver did not
work. We modified the whole fac
tory, elected committees in two de-
partments and sent them to the
manager, Immediately issued leaflets
and in a couple of days the wage
cut was given back.