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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-06-05

go thru the movements prescribed to
correct some bodily defect.
A little girl is lying on a sloping
board, with her weight held by two
wooden pegs under the arms. The
weight of her body is thus forcing in
to position her deformed shoulders.
Still others are in other positions,
while their friends amuse them by
talking or by going thru their own
prescribed gymnastics.
"Isn't this like torture chamber of
the Middle Ages" remarks the doctor
with smile as she opens the next
door. Here all kinds of strange me-
chanical appliances are attached to
people. One woman is pressing down
a step with her foot, at regular inter-
walls. Another is making certain mo-
lions with her hand, showing again
and again at machine which comes
back to meet her.
Instruments Of Healing.
"Some of these were actually adapt
ed from old instruments of torture,
which were used to pull peoples joints
out or to wear out certain muscles and
nerves, explains the doctor. But just
as poisons under proper control be-
come medicines, so the rack, instead
of pulling peoples joints apart, can be
used to pull them just enough into
position. All these machines are
strengthening certain nerves and
muscles, or readjusting certain de-
formities. Quite without pain or even
serious discomfort"
Upstairs l saw the laboratory where
they were experimenting on dyed
mice" They inject coloring matter
under the skin until the mouse is col
ored; then they subject it to various
light treatments, in order to discover
the effect Of different qualities of light
and color.
A Revolutionary Institution.
This is only one of the institutions
organized since the revolution by the
Health Department of Russia. 1t has
gone slowly with hard effort for want
Of enough money, but it is definitely
forging ahead to put Soviet Russia in
the forefront of the Investigators of
healing methods. At present it is han
dicapped by the fact, among others,
that the government cannot pay full
time salaries to the doctors, and so
must give then part Of their time for
private practice. They work toward
the day when all the time of these ex-
pert investigators may be at the serv-
ice of the public clinics, where they
can much more easily pursue their
widest investigations into methods of
healing disease.
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and light and heat. 1t is being
installed by the health depart
ment of the soviet government
in what was formerly a great
nobleman's palace. It is even
rumored that in this lofty stone
and marble dwelling Napoleon
was housed when he took
Moscow.
A Revolutionary Health Factory.
In later years it passed into the
hands of merchants who put in extra
oors under its high ceilings, and made
of it great warehouse for all sorts Of
goods During the revolution it was
completely ruined. And now the Health
Department has it, and is making out
of it a Health Factory, unique in the
world.
"All the methods of healing we have
here are used elsewhere" they told
me, "but we are the first to combine
them and make a great clinic of them
for purposes of further investigation.
At least we know of no other" :.
The directorium consists of three spe-
cialists, one on Roentgen Rays, one on
nervous disorders and one on ortho-
pedic work. Under them many other
doctors and nurses and students work.
Life-Saving Rays.
1 glance thru the glass door Of
room and see two men lying on tables,
with X-rays carefully applied to GER
tain spots in their bodies. In another
room is a woman sitting erect. On her
bare back is a hideous red spot on
which rays of special kind Of light
are being focused. In other rooms
are patients taking baths Of hot dry
air, of hot damp air, Of electric
charged water.
Here is man lying patiently on a
table with an electric current passing
thru his head. A short time ago he fell
on his head and cracked his skull;
there followed complete paralysis OF
sight and hearing, together with bleed
ing from the ears. Now already he is
improving; his eyes follow me intel
ligently around the room and he can
move his limbs with some control.
Saving the Children.
1 pass into a room where they make
plaster casts, and another room where
all sorts Of manual and mechanical
massage are given. Then comes, most
charming Of all, the room of children's
gymnastics. A little girl is swaying
from some rings, swinging her body
in circle around the point onthe floor
where her feet are firmly placed. An
older girl is holding her and directing
her movements. Everywhere the chill
dren are helping each other, as they
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-06-05
Russian Asbestos
is Competing with
Canadian Product
(Rosta News Asency.)

MOSCOW, June 4.-Over $4,000
pools of raw asbestos and over $4,000
pools Of assorted asbestos were pro-
duced in the Ural Asbestos Trust
mines in the first quarter of the work
ing year, 1924. The working ex-
penses and the net cost Of assorted
asbestos have been considerably low
cred. The technical improvement of
the working Of the asbestos mines is
very important, as the Ural asbestos
is being sold in foreign countries and
completes on the world market with
the Canada product.
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year to work up a speed of two ca
bles a day, and that is only $3.50 a
day. Every other man in this depart
ment is an inspector or straw boss.
They watch you like a hawk The
men soon learn that they can't make
over the day work rate, and the
bosses watch them to keep them from
loafng."
In front Of gate 81, leading to the
employment office, the DAILY WORK
Err reporter met shipyard worker
who was also looking for job. He
said he had worked in the Western
Electric plant for year as an inspec-
tor in the milling machine depart
ment.
"The day rate in the machine
shops is $24 a week." this man in
formed the DAILY WORKER. "The
highest wage man can make in the
Western Electric plant is 81 an hour.
Even the machinists very seldom
reach this figure, but if they go over
it the company refuses to pay any
more. The day rate on the milling
machines is only 20 cents an hour.
There are as many bosses as there
are workers in the machine shops"
Any Bum Can Inform.
The former shipyard worker char
acterized the straw bosses and many
Of the non-union workers as "the
dirtiest bunch of informers in the
world" He said that when a man
can't do anything else he goes in and
gets job as inspector.
"In the departments using precious
metals, like irradium, the workers are
guarded like prisoners" he went on
bitterly. "They work in inclosed
cages, and every time they come out
of their cages they are searched by
armed special Western Electric po-
llicemen."
While the DAILY WORKER report
er and the shipyard man were con-
suming a "lunch," pint bottle OF
milk, the unemployed worker con-
fded that he had been strenuously
lob hunting for two weeks. He had
lust S1.39 left and had not paid his
weeks rent. He tried to get the
DAILY WORKER reporter to go with
| him to get job as fremen on lake
steamer, but the DAILY WORKER
imam made a date to meet him the
next morning and went into the en-
ployment office to try for a job.
No Jobs Now.
In the vestibule of the employment
office, facing the entrance, man in
civilian clothes stopped the DAILY
WORKER reporter and asked what
he wanted.
81 want a Job. Is there anything
open?"
There's not a thing. We hired
seven men at 1880 this morning, but
there is nothing doing"
81 heard there was a job in the
cable forming department. l need a
Job bad, as l only have is cents to
my name"
"This is a bad place to look for
work, busly. We're laying men off
all the time. You might come around
tomorrow morning, but / can't prom
Use you anything"
The employment man got chummy,
opened his coat and pulled out a large
gun about eight inches long. "This
thing is heavy as hell" he said. i
get tired Of carrying it around all day,
but orders are that must keep it on
me at all times"
A Little Gun Play.
A uniformed guard came up and
pulled out his gun, and the two, jocu-
larly compared guns, forgetting that
an unemployed stiff" with only is
cents in his pockets was standing by.
They finally waved the DAILY
WORKER reporter off with the rep
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-06-05
VIadivostok Port
Exceeds Pre-War
Freight Turnover
fRosta News Aaeney.l

VLADIVOSTOK, June AT the
beginning of 1924 the freight turnover
of the vladivostok port exceeded its
pre-war volume. Thus in 1913 the
freight turnover of the port amounted
to 25 million pools; during the years
Of Intervention it dropped to IA million
pools; in 1922 rose to 81 millions and
for the period of nine months Of 1928
it amounted to Al million pools.
In addition to the natural advant-
ages Of the port, an enormous part
in the growth Of the freight turnover
was played by the reduction of the
railroad and freight rates.
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conuressman Makes seab Bikes.

Congressman Makes seab Bikes.
LITTLE FALLS, N. Y.-Non-union
bicycles made by Congressman II. P,
Snyder in his Little Falls plant are
called to the attention Of union men
by the Metal Polishers international
Union. Local AZ of the polishers
have been fighting against the non
union shop for the past year and see
chances Of victory If unionists every
where will call on bicycle dealers and
point out that Snyder bikes are bad
buy for labor men or the sons Of
labor men. The painters local in Lit
tie Falls is out in sympathy with the
metal polishers.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-06-05
Presbyterians Dodge
Vote on Jehovah's
Meaning, Fearing Split

RICHMOND, Ind, June 4.-Fearing
a disastrous breach in the relations Of
various churches If the articles were
adopted or rejected the general
assembly of United Presbyterian
Churches today deferred vote on
the revised statement of faith until
the next general assembly.
Modernist and Fundamentalist fac
lions had been expected to clash
over the adoption of the faith state
ment and assembly leaders averted
the break temporarily at least by
postponing the vote.
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ADMIRAL BENSON is DENOUNCED
FOR STRIKE BREAKING ACTIVITIES
Especial to The Daily Worker)


OAKLAND Alameda
shipping board grossly betrayed the This
ing Of the
Military prisoners
They protest
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-06-05

off. The boss can't
do without his beloved
wage slaves.
The 6-hour day and
the 6-day week are the
big d e m a n d S the
AmaIgamated F o o d
Workers make.
The union is show
ing up the overwhelm-
ing self-Iove of the
bosses to the workers
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Soviets Store
Goods In Vienna;
Open Shops Soon

MOSCOW, June 4.--The Trade
Representatives. Mission of the Union
of Socialist Soviet Republics at
Vienna has organized permanent
store-houses Of Russian goods which
are in demand on the Austrian and
neighboring markets. Shops for sell
ing such goods are also to be opened.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-06-05
Young Lady Rabbit
Hunter and Escort
Lost In the Woods

. MOUNTAINLAKES, N. j., June 4.
IF Helen Cole, young sculptress,
who went into the New Jersey woods
to catch a rabbit with her bare hands,
and Charles Carter, who went with
her, are alive and pursuing their back
to nature adventure, no Pickering
camp fire betrayed their whereabouts
last night.
State troopers and volunteers who
have hunted the couple for AS hours
watched thruout the night from the
water tower atop the highest hill in
these parts without catching a
glimpse of a fire.
The girl and her escort, who were
at a house party here, disappeared
Saturday night, shortly after dis
cussion as to whether a man and
woman could survive in the "wilds"
with no equipment or tools other
than their hands. They have not
been heard from since.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-06-05
REVOLUTIONARY HEALTH FACTORY
SAVING LIVES In MOSCOW UNDER
DIRECTION OF SOVIET GOVERNMENT
BY ANISE.
Especial to the DAILY WORKER.)

MOSCOW, June downstairs of patients wait
ing line the docors upstairs carpen
saving hammeng. For the building only half
repaired to its health factory five
hundred patients daily pass thru its doors
a institute for the study and of all physical
healing electricity Xrays gymnastics
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-06-05
WORKERS. DON'T CRY DON'T DIE FOR ORGANIZED

scared the bosses into the courts for njunctons
Greek bosses who love their workers too we'll work them
IA and 10 hours day every day the week. No seventh day
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ing to save its MEM
bers from the sad fate
of "A. Waiter" And
the union is teaching
the workers to do
more than cry about
conditions!
T he organization
d Q c ! ar ed a strike
against certain Greek
=
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-06-05

Montana Federation Of Labor.
BUTTE, Mont.-The Montana State
OF Labor convention opens
in Butte June "a.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-06-05

keepers of Chicago. The Union determined
clean up the filthy conditions in these Greek Joints and
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-06-05

There lot of graves in the world besides that Of
"a Waiter where workers whom the boss has loved well
lie modeng The Amagamaed Food Workers Union Is try
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-06-05

bosses to the workers and teaching them to organize and
what they want.
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A LlttIe Gun Play.

A uniformed guard came up and
pulled out his gun, and the two, jocu-
Iarly compared guns, forgetting that
an unemployed stiff" with only Is
cents in his pockets was standing by.
They finally waved the DAILY
WORKER reporter off with the rep
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-01-03
Science

Australia is wildly excited over an
other spiritual healing crusade.
This. has taken the form Of estab-
fishing a healing mission" which Is
swamped by crowds. The usual mum
Der of miraculous cures is reported
This method Of healing occurs fire.
Quently in different parts Of the world.
In educated countries it sometimes
takes a modified form, such as Coue-
ism, and in such campaigns attracts
persons who believe in it through a
process Of reasoning that has as it's
base the slogan of "the power of mind
over matter" But even where edu-
cation prevails it is often based upon
primitive methods, such as those of
Isaiah" who has held immense open
air meetings in western cities and
cured by laying on of hands and even,
in one instance, commanded the sun
to stand still in order that he might
continue his work An illustration of
the power Of suggestion is shown In
the fact that numbers OF persons de-
clared the sun did stand still"
There is some merit in emotional
healing in certain cases, but in ordi-
nary disease cases the startling cures
last only as long as the excitement
that produced them. The danger of
such gatherings Is that it brings to-
gether large crowds of persons with
out proper sanitary control and they
are liable to swap diseases.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-01-03
IT MAKES FOLKS THINK

V7 HAT the significance of this in the churches be-
w so-called fundamentalsts and the modern
stsY reader of The Times Does the collapse
the church. what?"
The writer doesn't pretend to be theological
questions but
First the controversy does presage the collapse injury
any kind church the 1900 years the Apostolic
fathers organized the Christian church. it has been and torn
and shattered by infinitely than the raging
and has always back stronger than
By the church of that uncounabe body Of
and who trying somehow chart the of
their lives by what they conceive be the teachings Of the Car
penter of Ge And that body is of far today
than before human history and influential in the
world.
You may believe in the Virgin birth, not in the Trinity
not literal hell heaven, neither, both; in the
second coming of Christ not in the literal inspiration of the
Scriptures in the Apostolic the
gelic host not transubsanaon You believe
in the so-called Divinity of Christ not
But if you trying to live in accordance with Christ
teachings and sorry when you have failed belong the
church and that church bigger and stronger and mgher
day than before and because He lived and loved
and tried help folks live better 1900 the shores
of Galilee, and that's about all there is to it.
The best thing about this churchmen quarrel that makes
people think for themselves And that's better than letting the
churchmen do it all for them and deliver faith and religion
predigesed capsules.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-01-03
Another Ralst onl

To the Editor Of The Times
l am a lifelong Democrat. Why2
Because my father was before me, as
the boy said when he was asked why
he was a Democrat, but I read a real
stand-pat Republican paper and it Is
amusing to me to see how quickly It
changes coats when things come its
way.
want to say what I said when
Ralston ran for Senator that his rec
ord as Governor of Indiana would or
should elect him to the Senate. It
did. If he is a candidate for Presi-
dent no man can carry Indiana over
him
Now, Mr.. McCray as Governor
could have made a good record. hav-
ing the same chance, backed by the
same good people of Indiana, and
should have said the same of him as
I said Of Ralston, but the rub is here
you see Ralston after his second
term left the State out of debt when
he went out, but with the second adj
ministration of the Republican party
it goes in the hole, we'll so deep that
you cannot see the bottom. No hope
in sight till they turn them out The
State is in luck to have a good watch
dog as auditor of State, Mr.. Bracken,
else I fear she would sink deeper in
the wool.
A change of pasture makes fat cat
tie. and If we are lucky enough to
elect another Ralston for Governor
we might fatten the State up again.
E. NJ BOOZE,
Fairmount Ind.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-01-03
SIMS
i i Says

Auto production increased about so
per cent in 1928. Invention is the
mother Of necessity.
Those wanting us to take part in
European affairs think necessity the
mother Of invention.
Never be too friendly with a bank
cashier No telling when he will ask
you to go his bail.
The clauses in the new revenue bill
which are designed to reduce taxes
are regular Santa Clauses.
Loose rugs are very dangerous IN
Tucson, Ariz., a robber tripped on one
and almost got caught.
Alligator bit a New Yorker during
the holidays. Strange it didn't make
the alligator drunk.
Caught fake dentist in Brooklyn.
The Jail should be guarded heavily
against possible mobs.
Los Angeles man asks divorce be
cause she doesn't eat grapefruit IN
stead Of because she does.
A Jersey COW walked into the Okla
homa city courthouse, probably at
tracted by the bull.
DR.. Thorek of Chicago has new
cure for bone trouble. 1t could be
tried on political heads.
Only twenty-six men are running
for president of Nicaragua. but then
Nicaragua is very small place.
Gernany's ex-crown prince IS learn.
ing aviation. It's time. He has been
up in the air six years.
London women are wearing panta-
lettes. You know what they H. q
Look as If a safety pin slipped.
News from South Africa. Pound
haIlstones fell Big as ostrich eggs
instead Of big as hen eggs.
Henry Ford gets 1900 letters a day
asking for money. but that doesn't
cost Henry anything.
Chicago pickpocket got caught.
Says he robbed twelve a day He was
doing his daily dozen.
Even singing Is dangerous. A for
mer college glee club member IS in
Chicago grand opera now.
Boston still blew up as cops entered.
What a warm recepuonl And the
drinks were on the house.
Prof. Ward Of Harvard says fee
bergs are overestimated. This is true
Of human ones, also.
st. Louis man threw an ak at her
So she got a divorce. Women are
nice. but so tickle.
One New York Jazz orchestra leader
makes $4,000 a week. but look at the
exercise he takesl
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-01-03
PrejudiCeS

In 1897 q man was arrested for
wearing one of the first silk hats, in
London. He was charged with wear
ing a tall structure having a shiny
luster apt to brighten timid people.
The magistrate considered this so
menacing that he bound over the dude
in the sum of $4,000 not to wear his
silk tile again.
Seems improbable. London Daily
Mail, however, digs the story from
ancient records Of the courts. A hun
bred years from now, many of the
bitter prejudices and bones of conten-
ton of today will seem as ridiclous
as the silk hat episode Of 1897 seems
to us today.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-01-03
Animal Facts

Calico chipmunk, so named because
of his gorgeous suit of clothes, is a
chipmunk of the far West, and the
friendhest, most confding of tha
whole chip family. A little encourage
ment and he'll play around your camp,
but just about that time you'll begin
to miss things rapidly. His cheek
pouch is a regular valise. Four
hundred and sixty grains of oats were
found in the pouch Of calico" shot
by en- Oregon farmer.
Uncle SamI has taken a game
census Of his national forests and
finds he has AL. 900 head Of door in
them.
In Iceland, they put behring's
through machinery and out comes
flour. Scandinavians who buy 1t say
1t makes a strength bread.
Two storekeepers dyed 1000 SPAR
rows yellow and sold them as canarles
to the hicks of New York City.