The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-08-13
With the Trade
Union Papers
By PHIL STERLING


Typographical UnOn No. 1875.
The Printers Voice is chiefly
strike organ but is developing into
a regular local newspaper in an eff
fort, apparently to replace the
News" and the "Call," daily papers
against which the printers are on
strike. It prints a great deal of
strike news and is militant in spirit
but the editors have soaked up
lot of illusions from the copy they
have been handling. AS a result
they speak Of Chief of Police Muir
ply as a man paid to perform the
duties of his Office fairly and i'm
partially" The greatest weakness
OF the paper is its makeup. Ger
tainly one has a right to expect
good makeup in publication is
sued by printers. This should be
corrected at once.
Marine Workers Voice. Vol. 6. No.
IL. New York, August, 1884. Is
sued monthly as the official organ
of the Marine Workers Industrial
Union.
The Marine Workers Voice is
simply gotten out, capably edited
paper which shows the hand of
conscientious rank and file man
agement. The August issue is neat
in appearance and fairly easy to
read. Some of the material is too
long. One Of the lead stories, tell
ing of gains by Waterfront Unem-
ployed Councils, fails to make
clear, except after careful inspec-
ton by the reader, whether the vic
tories were confined to, one locality
O. are general. The editorials are
written in simple but dignified Ian
guage. The entire paper presents
a purposeful, clear-headed appear
ance that may readily win the
confidence of any worker who
reads it.
The Furniture Workers. Vol. 4. No
2-3. Organ of the National Fur
niture Workers Industrial Union.
The lead item in the July-August
anniversary edition of the Furniture
Worker is headed Furniture Work
e..'s First Birthday Heralds Onward
March; N R. AS Anniversary
Marked By Breakdown" The lead
story even of an anniversary edition
Of a trade-union paper should deal
with the most important current
struggle of the workers in the in
dustry.
In addition the headline over the
story is not only unconvincineIY
p-etentious: it is politically incor-
rect. The N. r. A. is not yet at
the point of breakdown. In its one
year of existence it has served the
Industrial and financial capitalists
Of America very well. What is true
is that increasing masses of work
ers are realizing the real purpose of
the N. R. A. and are fighting
against 1t.
The paper has one virtue. Most
of the material is brief. The head
lines and makeup are poor. The
material seems placed in the paper
with no plan or care. Carelessly
written headlines make even the
shortest items unattractive. Merci-
less criticism should be the order
Of the day in the editorial COM
mittee of the paper and among the
membership. If the paper has
grown in spite of its handicaps, its
possibilities will be increased fifty
fold by good editing and more care
full handling of political subjects.
The Needle Worker. Vol. 1. No. 8.
Published weekly by the Needle
Trads Workers Industrial Union.
The Needle Worker seems to
specialize in brief news items. 1t
also achieves a highly desirable
brevity in its editorial articles.
Even the long ones have snap
and clarity.
The Food Worker. Vol. 4. No. 2.
Published monthly by the Food
Workers Industrial Union.
The current issue presents
lively, readable front. There is
lack of nwS of other industries and