Bérmunkás, 1936. január-június (24. évfolyam, 874-899. szám)
1936-02-08 / 879. szám
8 oldal BÉRMUNKÁS 1936 február 8. Junior Column (A little late... tho’ better late than never!) soon and played games till Irene’s mother gave us some coffee and cake and some more cheese sandwiches. Dropy only ate two this time because she feared she would be full of cheese before she got home. Fay told fortunes but we were all so sleepy and tin id that we thought it would be a good idea to leave for home. On the bus the members of the GAC were discussing their next meeting place which is to be held at Chuck Sas’ house. Everyone thought it would be fun if more kids were there and so we made arrangements to try and have everyone present. The JWU of Cleveland wish to thank Urbo Saloma and Mrs. Saloma for the kind hospitality they have shown us by inviting all the members to have a good time and to celebrate the coming year. We wish all other Juniors who read this a Happy New Year. “Droopy” Cleveland 2844. Levél a Bérmunl<ás-hoz Az alábbi krdésekre kér választ egyik floridai olvasónk. Kivételesen teszünk óhajának eleget, mert hiszen minden egyes kérdésre hasábos cikkek, amelyek az elmúlt hónapokban lapunkban megjelentek részletes feleletet tartalmaznak, ahol az eseményeket a Moszkvában megjelenő angol lapból, legtöbbször a dátum és oldalszám megjelölésével hoztuk, hogy a valótlanságnak a gondolatát is kizárják. Ezért csak ismétlés lenne a kérdésekre bővebben kitérni amire helyünk sincs. This is station Ku Ku, with headquarters in Cleveland, Ohio. Everyone is rather cuckoo yet after that very gala affair we had to see the “Old Year” out and to ring the New Year in. Fellow Junior Urbo Saloma gave the party at his home on Marlowe Avenue and to which all the JWU’s were invited, to have one whole evening of fun. It was, of course, on New Year’s Eve. ....The clock was striking nine and almost all the Juniors had arrived. The radio was going strong; the air was filled with dance music. Some of the Juniors were dancing. Some of our male member who do not know how to dance or are too bashful, were taken in hand by the girls. Soon they were doing the two-step slowly, but somewhat awkwardly. Everyone was enjoying himself even Bobby Maki our youngest member who was being constantly pursued by that man-hunter, called “Droopy.” Everyone ■ enjoyed watching “Droopy” persistently trying to get our thirteen year old Bobby under the mistletoo to try to steal a kiss from him. She finally succeeded. Time flew we did not know where, but it flew just the same. We danced till a few minutes before the clock struck twlve and then we stopped to greet each other with “Happy New Year.” Urbo, our host, asked his two aides; namely, Edith Kasha and Helen Papp, two of our very newest members, to serve the refreshments. Boy were we all hungry! We had sandwiches, tea, jello, cake, cookies and popcorn balls. Did we eat? Ask us? I’ll say we did. Why that manhunter, Droopy, herself ate all but two of the cheese sandwiches which were just so delicious that they made your mouth water at the sight of them. (Don’t tel any of the Juniors for some of them don’t know this yet.) Well, after we got done eating we played games — don’t forget, time was still flying. A few days before the party our host told us we could stay for breakfast if we wished. We thought it would be a silly idea for us to stay for so long, and at that time did not even consider the suggestion. Well, we just completely forgot to look at the clock at any time during the party and since we did not care what time it was so long as we had a good time the hours passed rapidly. Before we knew it, it was four o’clock, and since we thought it was too early an hour for us to be going home, thought it would be a grand idea after all, if everyone really did stay for breakfast. We were all tired and thought we would feel better if we laid down to rest for at least an hour or so. Mrs. Saloma, our chaperon, provided us with blankets and pillows and bade us make ourselves comfortable. Some of us got some comfortable chairs and others lay on the couch, and some even on the floor. We were anything but confortable. Some of us did snatch a few minutes sleep and others didn’t. Instead of resting the boys, especially Bill Niemi, kept up a constant chatter which made it impossible for us to sleep. Jack Ranta insisted upon eating some chocolate cake while trying to sleep. This annoyed Droopy very much. Edyth Kasha, however, annoyed everyone by constantly walking back and forth in the rooms and over some boys who were laying on the floor. Many times she accidently stepped on them and they would let out a howl of pain, and then everybody would join in and yell for the whole bunch to shut up. Many of us had been up from thirty to thirty-six hours and were exhausted, but no one seemed to mind. During the evening, the life of our party, Fay Rhodes, tried to teach Munsie Sas the “mooch” but had little success. Johnny Kasha performed for us a very unique tap dance which everyone enjoyed. The Juniors who had any talent at all were called upon to perform for the group. At six in the morning, Urbo and some of the livelier ones, Edith Kasha, George Maki, Dropy, Elmer Anderson and Jack Ranta went for a walk to freshen up a bit. Very few people on the whole street were astir and Jack and Elmer thought it would be a good idea if they went in all the back yards and collected all the milk which the milk man had left. They did not attempt it, however, for fear that some dog might chase them. Breakfast was served at six-thirty and it consisted of hot waffles and sausages and cocoa and cake. All had a good breakfast except Droopy who suddenly got sick in the stomach a fter she had had a snack at three o-clock in the morning with Urbo and Julius Horvath. Some of us left the party at 8:00 a. m. New Year’s Day, Others, who had time to spare, helped clean up the mess of the night before. In the afternoon we went to Irene Salmi’s house to go skating and sled riding. It was a little too cold and we returned * * - *** * —^nnrajTjuu Miért van az, hogy az amerikai kommunista párt nem akar tudomást szerezni arról, hogy a szovjet haza az olaszoknak újból szállítja a szenet, olajat? Nemcsak munkás szempontból, de az év elején Cle- velandon tartott háború és fascizmus elleni konvención is, a hol a nagyfejüek polgári demokraták és liberális gondolkodóak voltak jelen súlyosan kifogásolták a háborús célok elősegítésére történő bármilyen bel vagy külföldi támogatást. Mivel a fenti gyűlés szónokainak az amerikai kommunisták is tapsoltak, hát az istenadta nép mégsem olyan nehézfe- jü, hogy most azzal dicsekedhessenek előtte, hogy a szén és olaj kivitel milyen kedvező emelkedést mutat ki az elmúlt év hathónapjában Oroszországban. Miért védekezik azzal egy kommunista ország, hogy a Népszövetség szankciói nem terjedtek ki sem az olajra, sem a szénre? Kommunista országnak nem kell mentséget keresni, mert az sem békében, sem háborúban nem áll üzleti ösz- szeköttetésben polgári kormánnyal. Ez eset is mutatja, hogy Oroszország még nem kommunista ország. Milyen karaktere lehet egy kommunista ország vezéreinek akik ilyeneket megmernek tenni? Karaktert faragni, értelem dolga, akik kommunista országnak tartják Oroszországot, azok eldicsekszenek e piac hódításán, akik szerelnék annak látni, azok arcpirulással vesznek róla tudomást. Mennyire van joguk a világ kommunista párt vezéreinek ilyen cselekedet folytán a tömegeket felhívni a fascizmus ellen? A tömegnek — akikhez a párt vezérek beszélnek — a legkevesebb joguk van e cselekedeteket kifogásolni, mert hiszen ők akarták, hogy a világ minden országa — Olaszország is, Németország is — üzleti összeköttetésbe lépjen Oroszországgal. Mit akarnak ezzel a bluffal elérni ? Minden bluffnak az lenne a hivatása, hogy félre vezesse, tudatlanságba tartsa azokat, akik hisznek benne. Nem lehet más a cél itt sem. De a jelek azt mutatják, hogy a Partostól tanult “orvos cukorka alakban” formában sem kell többé az elvtársak forra- dalmisága az amerikai munkásnépnek, azért most egységfrontot keresnek az egyházzal is. ST. LOUSI'HIREK (Folyt, a 7-ik oldalról.) merne diktátori szándékkal a hatalommal szembe szállni. A tőkések a munkások guzs- bakötési kisérletzésével sohasem pihennek, nekik érdekük a munkásokat rabszolgaságban tartani és a mi érdekünk teljes szabadságunkért küzdeni. Ha az európai munkásság az IWW mintára lett volna szervezve és nem politikai szakszervezetekbe, most nem kellene szenvedniük a diktatúra alatt. Azért az amerikai munkásság szervezkedjen az IWW-ba, mert csak akkor leszünk megmentve a gúzsbakötés és lealázó rabszolgaságtól. Ortner Antal. Olvasás után adja lapunkat szomszédjának
