davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-02-26

can Confero.lve in NIontivideo,
where" she said, 'women's rights
were for the first time given the con-
sideration they deserve"
Counting the Chickens
Miss Stevens is happy because the
Equal Nationality Convention was
signed by the United States. We
quote: This treaty guarantees to
mothers, equally with fathers, the
right to transmit nationality to chill
dren and permits women the rights
of voluntary naturalization now en-
joyed by men" (They have always
enjoyed the same liability to de-
pO-tation in case Of working class
activity.
"3ut I am happy" says Miss Stew
ems, ito side with the government
in its decision that the convention
is Of sufficient value to deserve cur
enforcement, even if, as the League
of Women Voters claims, special leg
islation within the various countries
is necessary before it becomes law. .
this treaty will abolish old and out
worn distinctions between the sexes
in these countries in the matter Of
administering property, obtaining di-
yorce, or entering into business"
Here we have very sharp, pretty
picture Of what the battling bour-
geois ladies are fighting for. Matern-
ity insurance for factory workers?
No. Socialized creches and restau-
rants, to release working women
from housework? No. Three days
month OFF from work, as is the
! privilege of women in the Soviet
Union? No. Stools, so women IN
| factories and stores can sit down
occasionally, as their BIZ r.gic con-
Stitution demands? No. free birth
control clinics, and so on? No.
Administering property obtain
the Understanding into business. A."
This is what most concerns the
bourgeois ladies. They want the
same chance their men have, to ex-
plot their proletarian sisters, by en-
tering into business" to open Tea
Shoppes and Tipsy Ta7erns and hire
pretty, destitute proletarian girls to
entertain the customers for Madam
Boss profit,
And Now for the Laugh
Equal Rights Triumph" says a
subtitle in the Unconventional ar
ticle. And here's a passage near the
end Of the article: Another woman
passenger on the Santa Barbara was
Mrs. Cor cell Hull, whose husband
left the ship at Panama. Mrs. Hull
was invited to come north on the
warship Richmond, but Mr.. Hull felt
that for a woman to travel on that
ship would be breach of maritime
etiquette"
And tn t, comrade working
woman, is sample of the "emanci-
patton" we can look for under capI-
ta-ism. Our demands will not be
handed to us on platter: well con-
tinue to get less consideration than
hen gets when she lays an egg.
The pottler in the bourgeois press
about the fights for equal rights"
serves a definite purpose for the rul-
ing classic keep proletarian women
from fighting for genuine concessions
which will cost the bourgeoisie
money
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-02-26
Dental Mechanics
PreDare Now for
Strike StrueIgjle
fBv a Worker Corresnondentl


NEW XORK-In wonder whether
the Dailv Worker can spare anv of
its valuable space to relate the Flights
of the dental mechanics on its pares.
We are about 50n00 working in the
industry throughout the country and
eN"ut no1 IN New York. Ii1hlv c'zill-
ed. and therefore concidering our
"elvos ar;stoc~etS in con1rarisor' nth
other workers. we rever made good
our M ny attempts to ORGANIZE.
TIE bosses. CT course. t~oiI aivan-
tare CT tN's situH+.o7. as 1-e-,t lower
irr our living etanS-rds to point
whore we are forced to work so. 60
and more hours for SIS, $40 and $50
a week.
In the lower brackets, i.e., the less
killed assistants. are worse off yet.
Even the old guild system, where ap-
prentices are taken in for 6-12 months
to work for nothing is being prac-
ticed-thereby driving down the
wages Of assistants to lower and lower
levels.
With the introduction Of the New
O6dl, aIb~-' Otr " IS Oh 6rlSlS, wage
cuts, stagger system, and unemploy-
ment, the dental mechanics, too. were
swept with the tide of organization
pinning their hopes on the article IA
of the MIRA. and the goodwill of
the patriotic bosses.
A Technicians Equity was organized
(offlce 125 w. 45th St. N.Y.C0. and
hundreds of workers joined with the
hope that the MIRA. will bring them
prosperity. The leadership partly en-
courage1 tNo~o ''''--'~->~ I'D kept on
'egotiating with the bosses for g
peaceful and fri-naIy settlement.
But it seems that workers griev-
ances are not settled through friend
ly" conversations. We are preparing
now for a strike. Our demands are:
25 hours week, no overtime, decent
wage standards in accordance with
the rising cost of living, and, of course
a closed union shG
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-02-26
The Glass That Owns Means
Of Production Hos Power
Concessions of Ruling Class Do Not Change
Essential Question of PoiOer

The people at the helm Of state
may change. The political parties
Of the bourgeoisie may change. The
rights and 'lefts" may repl,cs
each other. As circumstances de-
mand, they put forward the various
political programs Of their govern
ments, but all these parties and gov
ernments are defenders of the insti-
tuition Of private property and cap
1Jalism. The bourgeoisie and the
landlords, irrespective OF any fric-
ton that may AXE place between
them, find it profitable, as the COM
manding class, to have two agents
the rights" and the '1efts," the
democrats" and the fascists-so as
% fool the masses the more easily.
Capitalist Democracy Hides Bour-
geois Dictatorship
The change of the various bour-
geois parties in power does not alter
the fact that the whole apparatus Of
state violence remains in the hands
Of the bourgeoisie-'h he police. the
detectives, the army. the jails, etc. In
this apparatus, continuity invariably
prevails; only the hioher officials
change. because the party which
comes to power, as the result Of a
general election. provides sinecures
as reward for its professional poll
+icians who are recruited chiefly from
TIE so-called liberal professions.
The whole of the basic personnel
Of the state apparatus, the schools
and the church, consisting as it does
Of faithful servants of the bourgeois!e
and CAPITALISM formed by tens of
years Of careful selection, pass from
left to nth. or vice versa. Therefore
the task Of the Droletariat. as class
which stands for The humiliation of
capitalism, is for tire sroIetarian rev.
oIUtion to DESTROY this cd apparatus
of class rule. ard Fuild a new anna
ratus Of prOletsrian dictatorship.
Because the electors Of bourgeois
political parties are the petty bour-
geoisie. the officials and the peas
antry, the nature of these parties
does not change, for these classes and
social groups occupy an intermediate
position. They waver between the
proletariat and the bour~eoisie they
respect force and usually join the
side which possesses and displays
this force. Though fascism in a
number Of countries relies on the
petty bourgeois, this does not alter
the basic fact that fascism is an
agent of monopoly CAPT al.
tie Be Continued
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-02-26
HOW A. & p. CUTS PAY
WITH n. RIA. TRICKERY

former were taken back as assistant
managers at S18 per week.
After working for s18 for the past
.wo weeks, the A. & P. superintendent
Gerved notice on all store managers
that assistants will report to work
daily at 10 a. m. instead Of a. m.
thereby reducing their wages to SIS
per week.
Assistant clerks that were getting
S12 per week are now reduced to two
days per week, in other words, 81
per week. They also expect these
same clerks to produce in two days
what they produced in six days. This
manager, for whom 1 have the utmost
regard, is so discouraged with these
tactics that he is constantly praying
for something to happen to right this
wrong. I called his attention last
week to the expose of Roulston chain
Gtores that you published in the
Daily and ne thought it was Won
derful on your part to expose it. He
asked me not to reveal his identity
for fear Of losing his job.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-02-26
42I NeaU Members Per Week
AUeraged ByWO LastMonth

same neighborhoods shall be mobil-
lied to come and bring their fellow
workers and fellow students along
with them.
The meeting shall thus be made
into a propaganda meeting to snow
cur mo4hbsrs why iG is so lmpo tant
for a workers organization like our
Order to organize young worke.s in
its ranks. At the same time the
meeting will be an occasion to recruit
from among the young workers
present.
1ne branches which set about
conscientious4y to organize this meet
ing will contribute considerably to
the success of our campaign for the
bu-.0lng OF the Youth section. The
organization Of the meeting WI cn.b-e
us to have every mamber contribute
snare to the woll; the members OF
the o-ancn executives viii be busy n
the preparations of the meeting.
lhc. Will prcpagA.ldize the Ineno2c-
SHIP or the effective organization OF
tbs meeting. The membership in
tu4-. win De busy propaganda
their children and tne children of
their friends and ne4ghboTs to come
to the meeting. The result of such
collective activities will be much
better than individual recruiting
efforts.
Social Insurance Campaign
The campaign for Social In
surance" is still tagging. Some con-
ferences have been organized But
we have not yet made the campaign
mass activity OF our members.
The Workers Unemployed and
Social Insurance Bill is introduced in
Cong4Is and is now available in
printed form.
The National Office is ready to
supply copies of this reprint upon
requeSo. These copies must be used
to get endorsements by Fraternal
Organic ions; they must be used to
collect signatures demanding the
passage Of tbs bill by Congress; they
must be used by delegates to local
SOfCA AlAAAC41G bON1Co AO1 G11C QCillGl1Q Va
resolutions from these bodies re-
questing the passage of the bill.
Every City Central Committee
every Language City Committee and
every branch executive must make
the campaign for social insurance
permanent point on its order OF
business.
Dues Collections
While the maintenance Of our
newly won members is primarily a
political problem to be solved by i'm
proved activities of the branches, yet
prompt and efficient dues collection
is also an important factor This
dues collection is not only the prob
lem and task of the financial secre-
tary; it is the problem and task OF
the whole branch executive and OF
the membership.
Everyone of our active members
Should be modified to undertake
responsibility for dues collection from
one or more Of the tardy member,
living in their neighborhoods. Com
rades who have brought in new
members should be responsible fol
the dues collections from theil
recruits.
By devoting some organizations.
efforts to this work, we will be able
to reduce suspension to an unayoid.
able minimum
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-02-26
(By a Worker CORRESPONDENT

LYNWOOD, Pa.-(As told by one
Of the employees Of the Woolworth
Stores.)
Before the MIRA. we received from
$3.50 to So. That, Of course, depended
on the number Of years a girl was
employed The extra girls received
$625 per week for 81 hours of work
and if one did not work so hours she
received 10 cents an hour.
Then our beloved employer sign
ed the NR.A code, which, of course,
was a good" deal to the employees,
for then our wages went to S13 a
week to the steady girls and $12 for
extra girls for 30 hours a week and
employed more girls.
BUT, the girls did not work 40
hours a week, They had to be con-
tent with three hours a day, most of
them. TI3n this was too good to last.
One week later, the working force was
cut in half, one girl doing the work
of two One week after the cut in
the working force, we also got a cut
in wages from $12 to $40 for the
steady girls, and the extras, 20 cents
an hour for 48 hours per week, which
is a decrease in wages and an in
crease in hours, the girls now doing
the work Of two. One week after that,
the extra girls were cut again to IS
cents an hour.
Then the Christmas holidays came
when more girls were needed, so the
results were another wage cut. The
girls were cut to 16c an hour and the
girls that work steady got $40 week
for 81 hours.
So the MIRA. was a good way to
bring to us a reduction in wages and
an increase in hours, and a cut in the
working force, while our employer
gives out a press release boasting Of
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-02-26
FROM ELLIS ISLAND
Dear Comrades.

Dear Comrades:
Enclosed in this letter is so cents
in stamps. On Ellis Island, it is
very hard to get a copy of the Daily
Worker, and I can't live without
reading the Daily Worker.
1 have many grave questions to
report about this Island. On Monday
his week, about 80 workers held for
deportation came from many parts
of the United States. A comrade
from San Francisco and from Chi
cago and other cities told me that
the people are starting to understand
Communism. am glad of this be-
cause in these states the Ku-KIux-
Khan was the danger for the work.
ing masses.
Workers must learn the Commun-
st program. This is the only road of
lfel
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-02-26
GOOD LITERATURE.
Wabash, Ind.

w dbIo44y ill.,
Dear Comrades:
I have just read in Saturdays
O2ilv Worker the first chapter of
M. ]. Olgin'S little book, why Com
nuni5m." IhGU is the best thing of
this kind 1 have ever seen. If the
entire book is as clear and eluci-
dating and definite and simply ex-
pressed as this chapter, it is some
thing have long wished for, both
for my own reading and to pass on
20 others.
So many of the ideas on Commu-
nism and on revolutionary activity
are more or less hazy in the minds
5f many Of us, we are so influenced
by all our capitalist background that
we find it difficult to see correctly
end clearly. This and Jack Conroy's
book have helped me much. Please
send me two copies. A.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-02-26

Ties, we achleyC several auV2l-
UdSUo. ~4ISO u a. We liz. c.-5s U.4c
4lu-IlD.. o. avG4ve .1ehloaTS in Cne
0ralcnuo. A 4vil.g ..na a.t.ve l. ~.
y. p1anc-. generate activities on he
part Of It's Membership. it spaeaa Up
those who are already moving. it
sets into motion membo.s who before
nave been completely inactive.
Then, secondly, it makes MEMBER
ship in the I. w. o. more attractive
for the workers in general. BY
creating activities and political life
in the branches. we therefore create
continuous influx of new mem
bers.
That we are moving in this direc-
ton is shown by the fact that in the
four weeks since the closing OF the
membership drive, we have taken in
1854 new members, or an average Of
AL members per week. At the same
time, We naYe added to cur role ass
children, which makes a total of 116
per week. This growth exceeGs that
achieved in many past membership
drives.
Youth Recruiting
March LIST, a general drive of the
Order will start TO build cur English,
Youth and Children sections. The
City Central Committees have al
reaoy made some preparations. How
ever, much is yet to be done.
1t is of utmost Importance that
we try to generate collective activi-
ties in this drive.
For the recruiting Of youth mem
bers into the Order, we have an i'm
mediate reservoir in the sons and
daughters of our own members. We
must tap this reservoir. During the
month of March every branch of the
Order should hold a public discus
sion meeting nthe subject, THE
International Workers Order and the
Young Workers" We have an out
line prepared as an introduction for
the discussion. The cultural direc-
tors of the branches should obtain
this outline. The outline can either
be read as an introduction with the
discussion following, or it can be
given to a speaker to be used as an
outline for an Introductory speech
on the subject.
The branch executives shall carry
on an intensive campaign among the
members to bring their own sons and
daughters to these meetings. The
members OF the youth branches Of the
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-02-26
WOOlWorth and the NRA

a profit Of $22,050,346. We work long
hours for starvation wage.
Note the clipping taken from the
"Wilkes-Barre Evening News" Of Jan.
81, 1884. (The clipping reads: Wool
worth Stores Gain in 1888 Earnings.
Reports 1924 Share Net for 1898,
against 1927 in preceding period.
Cash Fund $22,o5OS46." The above
letter shows how this was done
Editor)
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-02-26
Give Can Live on SIS
a Week and Grow Fat -
Says Diet Specialist
BY a Worker Correspondent

By a Worker Correspondent
PITTSBURGH, PA family OF
five may live on five dollars a week,
and even grow fat" if they spend
their money as Inez M. Hobart, Uni
versity of Minnesota specialist in
scientific starvation prescribes.
The report, featured in the local
press here, divides the money to be
spent as follows: milk and cheese,
S130; vegetables and fruits, $1.20 or
less; cereal. bread and dried beans,
81 or less; leaving 81 for butter, lard,
sugar, bacon, molasses, tea, coffee,
meat, fish, etc.
I would like to see some Of these
numerous specialists in starvation for
workers live on the diets they pres
Cribe to ''help" the workers. Al
though millions of workers live on
less than SIS week, the specialist
who shows the workers how, prob
ably spends more than that every
day.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-02-26
Southern Boss Policy divide and
Rule" Must Be Defeated
ElrmIn Tham. a

D1L IIIIII 5IIaII, AIa,
l wish to state that I am white
Southern worker who is conquering
his race prejudices. I have my fell
low workers. read the Daily" l
never keep cop Now most of the
fellows state that it is a good paper
if it was not SO strong on the NEGRO
question. always take this ques-
ton up in detail with them, but it is
a hard thing to convince them AMI
overcome their feelings. Almost like
givir" r,cdirira to the dead. Tt is a
risky thing, to buck public sentiment
on this question in Alabama, but I
believe it can be done!
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-02-26
MINERs Buy .DATLY'
Roslyn, Wash.

IOO0IJI Ig " tlHoI4'
Dear Comrades:
Enclosed you will find a money
order for which please send me a
bundle of the Saturday edition Of
the Daily Worker.
The last issue I sold out and I
sold them at the union meetings of
the Western Miners Union of Amer
lea, an independent miners union.
NJ. H.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-02-26

This is the seventh Of the series
OF articles on the theories and prac-
tices Of Austrian Social Democracy
delivered as speech by one Of the
leading theoreticians Of the Com
munist international before a ses-
sion of this Communist Youth In
ternational more than a year ago.
In tOday's article, nfanuiIsky dis
cusses Bauer's SOciaI-FasciSt theory
that Central Europe could not tax
the same path as the victorious
Russian Revolution of 1917.
BY D. q. MANUmSKY
Was There and Is There 2 Dfc.at
ship of the B0urgeoisie in Austria?
In the bourgeois republic, such as
Austria, replies Otto Bauer. there is
no dictatorship. It does not mean the
unlimited rule Of the bourgeoisie.
Here the bourgeoisie rule with the
help Of bourgeois parties, the electors
CT which are the petty bourgeoisie.
once workers and officials, and he
bourgeoisie are comoelled to make
concessions TO them. he says. In this
reply. Otto Bauer tries to slur over
the fundamental question Of in whose
hands the power lies by general talk
shout the concessions" made BY the
bourgeoisie, in limiting heir dicta-
torship.
In reality, he neglects the question
Of the class essence Of power, giving
in its stead a legal distinction be-
tween the parliamentary form CT
government and dictatorship, and
this legal" duridicaD attitude to the
question Of democracy" and "dic-
tatorship" is typical of all interna-
tional Social-Fascisn. The latter
needs 1t for the infamous purpose Of
its practical policy, so that it can put
into single caAegory-the Dictator
ship in the q. S. S. R. where the
workers hold the power, and the fas-
cist dictatorship in Italy or Germany
where the bourgeoiSie held the power.
combining them into the general con-
ception Of "dicta orshiD" and con-
tsasting them to democracy"
THE question of who holds the
real power is decided by which
class owns the means Of produc-
ton. Thus-and only thus--havc
revolutionary Marxists i"variablv
pVt the question of the character
Of class rule. TIRE number of soon.
cessiors'' made by the ruling clas-
may change the fo~m of class DOM
ination--but not its essence. The
very extent Of these concessions"
depends on the relationship of
forces as determined by the class
struggle of the proIetariat. Alike
in Fnonarchies or republics, or fas-
cist relationships, the means of
production, the banks, the rail
roads, q consider bic part of the
land, etc. are in the hands of the
capitalists bankers and landlords.
The form may change, but the con-
tent of class rue under capitalism
remains the ssme-the dictatorship
of the bcurgeoisie.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-02-26
By a Worker Correspondent

BRCOKLYN-Just q few lines ex-
losing A. & P. chain store tactics,
which I learned through an A. g. P.
The former store managers that
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-02-26
WILL HELP sPREAn DAILY

- =, N~4tIVCIJ 1VlU.
Editor Daily Worker:
Enclosed is money for one months
t--,al of the Daily Worker. You have
a fine paper and later on I hore
to try and spread the circulation of
the Daily Worker here.
S. IT IT
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-02-26
BY MAX BEDACHT

THE carrying out of the SIX months
l plan of work Of the International
Workers Order is progressing. The
general activities in most branches
are considerably improved. This is
shown by the growth of the regular
recruiting activities. The branches
and members have learned that the
building of proletarian organiza-
ton is an important everyday prob
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-02-26

lem. IL cannot
b e solve d by
m e m b RS hi p
drives now and
t h e n. 1t m u S t
b e S DIV d b y
systematic daily
activities of the
Organization by
the Improvement
Of it's inner life.
1niodg4I sdcA
cOnUAnEouS .-.u1Vi-
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-02-26

Ask your friends and fellow
workers to subscribe to the Daily
Worker.
The Washington times., 1934-06-04
SPORTS
! { A R F D R
GEO. PREP
BY SID KATZNELL
~, ~ oon ka folJI

NOW ~ CdI1 NC GO1u'
Maury Nee and Tom Heating,
four letter men at Georgetown
Prep, will matriculate at George
town University next year.
Nee starred in football, base
ball, basketball and golf, while
Heating shone in football, base
ball, basketball and tennis.
Maury formerly held the District
Junior Golf championship, and is
considered by many Of the local
golf experts as one of the finest
young golfers in the south.
Deserves Orchid
Joe Gardner, youthful athletic
director at Georgetown Prep,
deserves one of Mr.. Winchell's
orchids. His athletic teams drop.
ped only Is games in so contests,
this year.
G. U. Prep won the prep school
football championship, and lost
only one game, that to Central,
inter-high champions, 81 to Is.
The dimunitive Hoyas' basket
ball record was excellent. They
captured 81 out of 20 games played
against the classiest opposition
available in this section.
With only Is players, the base
ball team managed to win seven
games in IL starts.
Shine At Net and Golf
Golf and tennis were uniformly
successful. Only one match was
dropped in tennis and that to the
crack st. Adams Prep, prep school
champions. The golf team was
victorious in all of it's matches,
defeating the cream of prep and
high school outfits.
Besides losing Nee and Heating,
Gardner also loses Henry Leslie,
brilliant pivot man on the foot
ball team and captain on the
tennis team; Mike Scatuorchio,
Don Mcnamara, Merit Hedges,
Charley Case, Charley Anderton,
John Mcmahon, John Maycock,
Joe Egan. George Eddy, Frank
Allan, Pat Richards and John
Harmon