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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-03-08
The History of
International
WOnlen's Day
March 8 Day of Struggle
And Agitation Since the
1911 Int'I Conference

International Women's Day, like
May Day, was born in the United
States. In 1908 the American So
cialist Party decided to set aside
one Sunday every year for propa-
ganda on women's suffrage and for
general agitation among working
women. The day chosen was the
last Sunday in February. Many
demonstrations were held, but they
soon became nothing but "Votes For
Women" rallies. During the World
War, together with the Second In
ternationals other betrayals Of the
working class into the hands Of the
imperiahst butchers, this Women's
Day was also abandoned.
But in 1910, at the International
Conference for Women Socialists
Clara zetkin introduced a resolu-
ton, which was adopted, to make
March 8, International Women's
Day, day Of international protest
against capitalism which enslaves
women doubly.
On March 8, 1914, the Russian
working women celebrated their
day by publishing the first issue OF
Rabotnitza (the Working Woman,
edited by Lenin's sister, Anna
nyinishna.
On March 8, 1917, the revolution
airy women in Tsarist Russia defied
the police, left the factories and
marched through the streets de-
manding bread and an end to the
capitalist war"
In 1919, when the Communist In
ternational was established, Inter
national Women's Day was set
aside as a day to be observed by
all Communist Parties all ov- he
world. From that time on it has
become day Of revolutionary sig
nificance; a day devoted to the
special task of mobilizing working
women for active participation in
the final struggle that viii free the
working class.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-03-08
Fascist Code Reads
>WOnnen's Honor to-
Send Sons to War;
Billions Set Aside for War Preparations by ROose-
welt Govt; Women Greatest Sufferers

The Awakening Of which Harold
Lord Varney and Lawrence Dennis
are editors, Is prominently dis
played on the New York City
newsstandS. Week by week this
paper and others Of its kind
spread poison against the Soviet
Union and against the workers in
ternational movement.
With this menace Of faSciSm
upon US, our strength lies In build
ing our working class organizations
on such broad and sure founda-
tons that no fascist rats can gnaw
them away. They will try by every
open ana secret method to de-
stroy our buildings. But if we keep
at the steady, day-to-day, per-
sistent work that wins the masses
Of working class women and brings
them into union, auxiliaries, coun-
CHS, clubs, and other working class
organizations, we can and we Will
defeat the onslaught Of faScism in
the United States
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-03-08
Greet
Woman MANY
.NeW Features

The new March issue of THE
Working Woman" featuring Inter
national Women's Day, is a clenched
fist smashing the democratic
mask which hides the face of Amer
lean capitalism. Every class con-
scious worker, man and woman, will
be interested in this concentrated
attack upon the enemies OF the
working class. 1t is packed with
vital action stories Of the class
struggle from Anna Damon's ex-
posture of the seventy cents out OF
every government dollar spent from
the United States Treasury for war
preparations to Erne STAINS fine
inside story on the fraud OF Hitler
oYer-advertised marriage subsidy.
Fascist Attacks on Women
Mother Bloor strikes at the fas-
cism of preparedness parades in a
pointed attack on the Vinson War
Bill. Grace Hutchins summaries
the fascist attacks on the workers
OF Vienna in class conscious in
depreciation in Women on the Bar
ricades." The MIRA. discussion
against women and the fascination
Of the Department Of Labor, under
Frances Perkins, is the contribu-
ton of Ann Burlak, national secre-
tary Of the National Textile Work
ers Union. F. Borich, secretary of
the National Miners Union tells
the story of the growth of the wo-
mems auxiliaries in Miners Who
Fight"
The Paris Commune
There is living history in Sasha
Smalls outstanding biography fo
Louise Michel. heroic leader Of the
Paris Commune.
There is a final chapter from
Grace Lumpkin's famous novel, ITO
Make My Bread" Clara Bodian
carries on the fight against fascism
and war and Esther Lowell has her
usual readable page Of notes and
anecdotes. You're Telling Me- Dr..
Lone discusses birth control and
child birth.
Build the Working Woman
The back cover is entirely given
up to greetings for international
Womens' Day, from IS organiza-
lions representing every section of
the United States from the Bay
Section WomenS' Club at Los An
geles and the Finnish Womens Club
OF Hanna, Wyo., to Cleveland, De-
troit, New Haven, Baltimore and
New York City. 1t is a free, bold
issue of the only proletarian wo-
mems magazine in America. In
the struggle against Fsscism and
War, the Working Woman is an in
valuable weapon Send for free
sample copies. P.O. Box 81, Sta
ton D, N.Y.C.
Single copies SC; one year sub
scriPtion Soc.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-03-08
Women's Auxiliary
Organizes Ford
Workers Wives

DEARBORN, Mich. We have
thirty members in the Auto Work
ers women's Auxiliary. We have
held mass meetings supporting the
United Front Election Campaign at
which the candidates have spoken
and there were between 250-So0 peo-
pie present.
Our auxiliary is the only women's
organization working and fighting
for the United Front. I have spoken
at election meetings in the name Of
the Women's Auxiliary and this
greatly increased our prestige and
brought new members to our organ
ization. Our social and educational
committees have worked out very
well. We mapped out our meetings
for one month ahead. One of the
most interesting things about the
organization is how quickly these
women are coming into leadership.
Many Of these women present at
our meeting never had any connec-
tons with any organizations, with
the result that they couldn't even
make a motion or be chairman. So
the policy was followed that the
chairman is chosen by the execu-
tive. In the meantime I saw the
woman, went over with her how to
act as chairman. She was regularly
voted in as chairman. I had diff
Guilty convincing the women at first,
but after few tried-and weren't
so bad-now they all want to take
a shot" at being chairman. have
a lot Of fun with the women, help
ing them overcome their shyness.
At our next mass meeting we in
tend electing delegation Of 20 to
bring grievances OF women and
their families to the City Hall.
In our organization most of them
are wives of unemployed Ford -vc-'--
ers, but we have there also wives
OF employed Ford workers. Our
dues are only one cent week, and
they pay 1t, which makes them feel
very good.
Our Women's Auxiliary officially
endorsed the Working Woman" rs
their paper.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-03-08
Negro Women Write
Of Their Hardships
Letters Received by the Prisoners Relief Dept.
Of the International Labor Defense

neighborhood is crazy. Some own
their home and some is on the
bread line, and C.W.A. work. And
the bread line and C.W.A. folks are
afraid. But if there is anything
I can do I'll DO so and think it
my duty.
So I viii close from
COMRADE WILLIAMS,
Mother Of Eugene williams.
From an Imprisoned Share Crop
per's Wife
! received your loving letter and
also the ten dollars. I hate to tell
you all Just how 1t is with us down
here. But I will tell you a part
of our troubles. The bosses won't
help us one bit. My boys and other
boys Of the families of political
prisoners signed up to work on the
RF.C. but they turn them down.
Then / signed up and Miss - told
me that they was helping widows
but they had been given orders
from Washington, D. G. to not help
any Of the political prisoners farni-
lies. She said she was given orders
to not even give the boys a job.
An that's why we have such hard
times down here in the South. The
bosses have everything just as they
want it to be. They let's bosses
that has stores work on the RIG.
and the C.W.A. and the poor farm
er, white and Negro all has to go
hungry. The government say that
is doing everything it can to help
the poor people but the landlords
gets all the profits for they rents
the land at top prices and then
draw the government money. And
the Storekeepers sell their stuff at
double price and at that rate the
government won't have to help US
long because We all will be persisted
and froze to death. The bosses lets
who they want TO work.
There was q Negro man working
On that C.W.A. job and his wife
was washing for q boss and his
family. And his wife got to where
she wanted to pay the Negro
in milk and meat skins. And the
Negro woman quit washing for
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-03-08

workers have come to a point where
they pass friendly word or two
as they pass by. The paper is sold.
During weather when the zero mark
was high, these women were at
their posts. Inside the shop the
following conversation took place,
repeatedly, as the men were wash
ing UP: BET it's too cold for the
Reds today"
"Betcha carfare the women viii
be there" somebody would answer.
This attitude of confidence in the
revolutionary workers is an i'm
portant beginning.
In New York City, there are sew
eral thousand housewives organized
into the United Councils OF Work
ingclass Women. There are some
fightersl Evictions, schools, food
strikes. The council members show
ability and heroism that many of
US could do well to learn and fol-
low.
Women Can Fight
There is no fight in which the
working class women cannot play
an important and even leading part.
In time Of war, while millions of
men are at the front, who else will
be able to conduct the struggled
International Women's Day
March 8 Is International Women's
Day It should become the day
on which the men workers are
proud to show their solidarity with
the working class women, our COM
rades in arms! The best way we
can do it is to pay more attention
to the problem Of organizing them.
Every worker should be fighter
for the working class rights of
working womenl
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-03-08

pass" "The only way to preserve
capitalism in any country is to have
these adequate preparations for de-
Tense and protection"
How shall women everywhere
meet this danger? First of all, we
must face it bravely with our eyes
open-fearing net only it's effects on
our own boys, but realizing fully
what it means to our country-what
it means to the workers fatherland
the Soviet Union, if it is attacked
by capitalist countries. Understand
ing as thousands of women do the
utter disregard of the sacredness of
human life and happiness by the
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-03-08
Men Workers, Show Your Solidarity With the
Working Glass Women, Our Comrades in Arms

cation does not include the key
workers Of the shop. These workers
can be reached only in one way.
The Daily Worker is sold at the
gates by which they leave. The
time which the papers have to be
sold is announcement" to everybody.
At the call for volunteers to handle
this important post, all we're
women who responded. These
women are making history inside
that shop. From general scorn, the
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-03-08

rank and file workers, who saw that
the bosses could be fought and
licked, who demanded action.
The Utah and New Mexico coal
strike made history in the west, in
1888. The wives of the miners faced
mounted militia on the picket lines.
From the ranks Of the women arose
one Of the tried and capable lead
ers of the strike, Martha Roberts.
A very important war plant on
the East Coast. The inside organi-
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-03-08

Letters to Prisoners Relief Dept.
of the /. L. ID.
Evarts, KY.
I got your kind, sweet letter.
When I open it I found $19 and
how glad I was. 7 was laying sick
in the bed. The doctor said will
halter have a operation. am in
bed tonight but I just had to write
you all and let you all know how
I thank you all and you all to know
how I appreciated it to know the
people all over the country is help
ing my family. I don't know how
to thank the fellow workers. II
just could see all the people could
tell them all about it. I was sick
during the holidays. If 1t hadn't
been for the fellow workers I don't
know what I would have did since
my husband been bound behind the
bars. received a Christmas pack
age from Detroit. It sure was a
nice box. Everything was so nice.
Thanks to everybody.
CATHERINE BANKS,
Wife Of Negro Harlan, KY,
Miner recently realised.
From a Scottsboro Mother
Dear Comrades:
l received your letter and also the
ten dollars. I should have answered
this letter but I been having so
much trouble for a week. Today
week ago my baby caught on
fire and like to got burnt up. Her
clothes got burned off her. I car
ried her to the children's hospital.
They let me bring her back but
/ would have to carry her backward
and forward every other day to
be dressed. So they found that she
was about to take pneumonia on
that burn Saturday and had to
leave her out there. 1t is four miles
from town and the man charged me
30 cents to come and get me end
carry me out there and rs cents to
bring me back and I've been going
there ever since this day week.
You ask me about building a
branch in my neighborhood. 1 am
awful sorry but these people in my
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-03-08

without the millions of prole-
tartan women organized there can
be no proletarian revolution.
Lenin.
The Washington times., 1934-06-16

Six freshmen crews will start
the festivities Of the day at 5:45
p. M, Eastern daylight time, and
are expected to exhibit the most
closely contested yearling event OF
many years.
The varsity race for the DR.
Louis L. Seaman varsity challenge
cup, now held by California, will
provide the big show of the day
when the seven entrants take Oft
at 7:45.
While the main part of the pro
gram will not terminate till dusk.
still about 10000 people are ex
pected to crowd the shores along
both sides of the river around
noontime. Governor Lehman, OF
New York, with a party of officials
will visit the naval destroyer that
will come up from the lower Hud'
son.
Expected to Win
CALIFORNIA; Golden Bears are
expected, by virtue of their sea
sons record and ponderous crew
to defend their championship an
nexed here in 1882. Washington,
which early in April set back their
Western neighbors by few yards,
is expected to be right up in front,
while Cornell, with a revamped
boating that eliminated three vet
Grams, should not be overlooked.
The frosh lanes for the opening
tilt were assigned as follows:
Lane /, Columbia; 2, Syracuse; 3,
Washington; 4, Rutgers; 5, Penn
Sylvania, and Cornell, 6.
The Jayyees will line up: l.
Navy; 2, Syracuse; 3, Columbia;
The Washington times., 1934-06-16
Chessmen Stage
Rapid Transit
Iourna ment

Capital City chess has arranged
it's summer schedule.
A rapid transit tournament, 10
seconds to the move, will be
played on the first Tuesday Of
each month. A Kriegsfield tour
nament will be held the remain
ing Tuesdays.
Duplicate bridge for members
only will be played each Thurs
day night, and duplicate to which
members may bring guests will
be played Sunday nights.
The first rapid transit match
was won by w. B. Mundelle, with
Martin Stark a close second.
The Washington times., 1934-06-16


Joe out, particularly Cecil Travis,
Joe Kuhel and Buddy Myer, all OF
whom have hit the ball hard, wide
and handsome in each of the four
games played since June 13.
In the double-header the other
day against the Chicago White
Sox, it was Cronin who stood out
like sore finger. That same day,
Buddy -Myer chimed into the
picture by delivering in great style
in the second game of the double
bill. Thursday it was Joe Kuhel
while yesterday it was Cecil Travis
and Manager Joe Cronin again.
Hitting of this sort offers only
one thought for discussion today
And that is the fact the Griff-
men are gradually becoming the
hitting sensations they were in
1893 when every pitcher in the
league feared the teams murder
Gus row."
Win Contest
Yesterday this powerful type of
hitting won another contest which
otherwise might have been lost
due to the uncertain pitching OF
Gen. Alvin Crowder.
Manager Cronin and Cecil
Travis between them drove over
seven of the Griff's eight runs.
Cronin, with a homer, double
and single, was the actual leader,
as his bingles drove across four
runs. But Travis was not far be-
hind, as his two singles and oou-
BILE sent three markers Scamper-
ing across the pan, his single in
the ninth actually winning the
game.
The game was a free-scoring af-
fair, with the Griffs combing
Jones for runs in the first, third,
sixth and seventh frames, and the
Sox getting to Crowder for mark
ers in the second, fifth, seventh,
eighth and ninth.
Crowder Blows Lead
The Griffs should have won
without having to take their
ninth.inning turn at bat, but
Crowder, going into the ninth
with a 7-to-5 lead, blew it when
Haas singled and Bonura hit his
seventeenth homer of the season
into the sun parlor.
This set the stage for the
Griffs' final-inning rally against
Joe Heving. Myer walked as a
starter and was sacrificed to
second by Stone. Manush's in
territorial walk followed and the
strategy looked good when
Cronin flied to Uhalt. But Travis
spoiled whatever chances Hev-
ing had of winning later by
rifling a sharp single to left
which scored Myer with the de-
Gliding tally of the day.
The Washington times., 1934-06-16

4, Cornell; 5 California; while
the varsity octets will be at, Lane
1, Washington; 2, Columbia; 8,
Cornell; 4, California; S, SYRIA
cuSe; s, Pennsylvania; 7, Navy.
In the varsity event, while the
Western crews appear to have the
edge, there is a disposition to re-
gard virtually every one Of the
entrees with the possible excep-
ton of Columbia as having a
fairly good chance.
Washington and California will
be fighting it out for. the Pacific
coast title.
The Seattle huskies have been
ready for the race for almost two
days now. And boast the finest
stroke in the country in the person
of Ed Argersinger.
Coach Ky Ebright, Of the Bears,
who had slight difficulties in re-
placing the seat left empty by
Charley Chandler who quit crew
because Of marital matters, has
found the answer in Bob Snider
who seems to be handling the port
oar with improved skill.
Navy has the. eyes Of thirty
thousand gobs gluded on her in
this gala event of the Hudson, and
must make an appreciable show
ing. Buck Walsh has shuffled his
men about considerably and now
with the heaviest possible varsity
and with a four-year' veteran cox
swain in the person Of Bob Kru1ak
who has the honor Of being the
first coke to get the Annapolis
captaincy, expects to satisfy the
sailors.
The Washington times., 1934-06-16
Marty Rescues
Show Though
Beaten
By GEORGE A. SIMPSON

Promoter Joe Turner and
Matchmaker frankie Mann would
be suffering severe headaches to-
day. had not Marty Gallagher
rescued their boxing show at the
Griffith Stadium last night with
one of the best exhibitions the
'Foggy Bottom" pride has put up
in years. dropped three times
by Toby Galento in the second,
once more IN the fourth and
near a knockout, GallaIg her
weathered the storm and lasted
the route with the Slugging Ital-
ian, who packs dynamite in both
hands. in fact, Gallagher had
the better of the argument in
the closing rounds but Galento
had piled up too many points in
the first five rounds. Bits
Clifford and Harry Rice, insep-
arabic since their football days
with the Apaches, were among
the spectators. ALSO DR.. Charles
Stanley White. and Joe Tum-
ulty, secretary to the late Presi-
dent Wilson. and Bill Leahy,
the lawyer. and Sam Schwartz.
the jeweler. and Abby Wallace,
who circulates newspapers. and
Charlie CARL, who "seeds" every
thing. also "Dyke" Desper, the
baseball umpire, and Harry
Hofberg, the mourner. and Ed
die Dowling (but not the musi-
cal comedy starr Joe Ippolito
had to lower his head as he en-
tered the gate. Gate Inspectors
Bill Dunham and Eneas Nc
Carthy eyed everyone passing
through the turnstiles. al
Bakhsh thought the promoters
could have enlivened the pre-
liminaries by putting on a couple
Of wrestlerS. Duke" Fosse was
on hand. also Mel Jacobs.
such Irish stock as Francis Crow
ley, Jerry Costello, Bernie Fitz-
gerald, Tom Folliard and Johnny
Bishop were there to give moral
support to Gallagher. also DrS.
Jim Costello and Joe Mccarthy
and "Chick" Lapine, looking
at ease but unable to place a
bet.
The Washington times., 1934-06-16
CAMILLE JACOB
REPEATSW|N

Camille Jacob still reigns Su-
preme as the city playground
senior girls tennis champion.
The MontroSe girl won the title
once more when she defeated
Irene Walker, Of Virginia Avenue,
60, 60. More than 100 girls
from IS Fairgrounds competed for
the title over a five year period.
She will receive a silver loving
cup from the playground depart
ment.
A girls doubles championship
will also be held the latter part Of
July with the finals coming in
early August.
The Washington times., 1934-06-16
ARMY R|NCMEN
MEET MONDAY
At HUNT CLUB

Johnny Mays, Fort Myer cav
alryman, and claimant to the vel
terweight championship of the
Third Corps Army Area, and
Petey Bevans, of Walter Reed
Hospital staff, another soldier
title claimant in the division,
meet in a six-round preliminary
battle at next Monday nights
Riding and Hunt Club boxing
show.
This pair will follow two four
round battles, yet to be arranged,
and be followed by two 10-round
battles, the main contest being
between Harry Serody, newest
knockout sensation in the light
weight ranks, and Harry Alexan-
ian, the claimant to the New
England lightweight champion
ship.
While Mays and Bevans were
at Walter Reed Hospital welter-
weight feud arose between them
with the former asking for a
transfer to another post. Mays
makes another request that he
now meet his former post rival
in the ring. 1t should be a warm
battle with no quarter given, ac-
cording to Matchmaker Ahearn.
On the top the warfare should
be even more flashy when Jew
and a Rumanian battle for hon.
ors. Alex is rated as a taker yet
a good boxer. He proved that
while acting as Barney Ross
sparring mate when the latter
was training for the McLarnin
scrap.