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Monte Vista journal and Monte Vista graphic-reporter., 1924-12-19
New Steel Bridge
For Rio Grande
East of Alamosa

handsome new two-.pan steel
bridge will carry passengers and We
hiclcs over the Rio Grandc river on
Fast Fourth street Ia this city. accord.
Ing To word received by County Clerk
Robt. CHM. who received the word
from Denver last week The contrnct
was lei To III. Levy CONSTRUCTION com
pany Of Denver. for $4,000.
The new structure will bc 200 feet
long. with width Of - feet. with nm
approach from the west Of over i5O
feet. Til. bridge will bc Of two 100.
spans. all steel. and the approach will
ie of concrete. A foot bridge on one
side VIII bc built Ia 4 width of five
feet. which will ic..en danger from
vehicnlnr traffic. II In said the south
side II III. present cement bridge will
he about the o'ntrr Of the new struc.
turc.
\ temporary bridge will h. erected
TO cnrc for traffic while the new bridge
Is being constructed. and every effort
VIII bc made to uss' M much local Ia.
bor and materials NJ IL possible to use.
Work on the new structure will h
started ns soon M possible. aud should
L. completed somc time during the
early summcr.-Alamosn Courier.
Monte Vista journal and Monte Vista graphic-reporter., 1924-12-19

Forest Supervisor Clark. Of Monte
VISTA. returned to that city on sntur.
day. While In Cr~dc Mr. Clark
brought before the ixaak walton
League the matter Of establishing =
rnmc refuge IN the mountain rnnsr
south of town. and which was rccriv.
Cd with approval by the members.
Authorized action will probably bc
taken nt the next League meeting by
resolution. The game refuge viii com.
Irisr nbout sO.0D acrs and covers
territory now considered we'll stocked
with deer. elk and other Wild life. The
boundary lines arr 20 bc posted pro.
ilbising all shooting. Predatory ami.
mails will bc taken by authorized gov
eSnEsnt employees and poacbcrs will
nsrct = similar fass.-Cr~edc Casdls.
Monte Vista journal and Monte Vista graphic-reporter., 1924-12-19

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only one that does not wash
oAek into clothes the dirt
that i, washes out Of them.
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without wear or tear the
hsaviase work clothing or
finest silk garments. Has .
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de ends sathc, than on the
sidsa A dssnonses.tion Of
THE remarkable ssashins ma.
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oblisates you in any man.
nes. A1rangs for your FIRE.
trial now.
Monte Vista journal and Monte Vista graphic-reporter., 1924-12-19
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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-02-06

to the small homes of their rela-
tives, already overcrowded by the
original tenants. Among our allow
ance families occupying three-room
apartments, 20 per cent of those
families number seven or more in
dlvlduals living in three rooms"
Mr.. Burret told of many instances
where eight, nine, ten, and even
twelve people were living in three
rooms.
The Amalagamated Clothing Work
ers made a survey of the housing
conditions among 800 of its men,
bers. Mr.. Harry K. Herwitz told
the Commission that his investiga-
ton showed 35 per cent of the
clothing workers living in two and
three rooms. In one case there were
persons in three rooms and in two
other cases there were six per-
sons in two rooms.
Crowding Widespread.
A popular verse in New York
runs:
"The trouble with this town is that
There's too much family to a fat"
The survey made by the State
Commission covered not only the
poorest sections but also those
blocks consisting of new law tene-
ments in which the better paid work
ers were living. Yet the commits
sion stated: "More than cold stat
istics confront the investigator as
he opens the door of an apartment.
Here is a four-room fiat at one
end of which is a front room, get
ting dim light from narrow street,
at the other end kitchen with one
window getting light from court.
In between are two small dark COM
partments called bedrooms. The
rooms run consecutively, access from
the front room to the rear being
only thru the middle rooms, and in
this amount of space covering. ap-
proximately $50 square feet, lived
ten people-four adults 1.-TWO board
ers) and six children"
Eat In Shifts.
Director Cove thus completes the
picture Of life in this apartment:
"They eat in the kitchen--in shifts.
They sleep--father, mother and the
baby under three years Of age in
the front room. the baby sharing
their bed. There are two bedrooms
left for FIVE children and two board
ers. The boarders demand a room
for themselves. They pay $500 a
month, hence the two boys and their
little sister Of five sleep in one
bedroom; and the two elder girls Of
IA and IL must sleep in the Kitchen.
The washing facilities for the whole
family is the kitchen sink"
The Report describes the intoler-
able conditions Of another apartment
in this fashion: 1.-THE narration Of
the details Of the wretched condi-
tions under which this family is per-
force living indicates not only n
violation of all the principles Of
decency and sanitation, but chal-
lenges the very principle Of the law
Of Archimedes. OF course all rooms
are filled with beds, folded, unfold
cd or makeshift. In the small dark
bedroom, lighted and ventilated by
a small opening in the wall, Ia a
three-quarter bed in which sleep two
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-02-06
CALIFORNIA AND
IDAHO BACK DOWN
ON PROSECUTIONS
Syndicalisn Prisoners
Winning Cases

NEW YORK. - News issued by
the Civil Liberties Union here de-
scribes the ups and downs of po-
litical inquisition during the past
few days.
What is termed a Concession to
good sense" is cited in a recent
decision of the Idaho Supreme Court
in q criminal syndicalist case. Con-
sidering Richard Moore's applica-
ton for a writ of habeas corpus.
the Idaho bench held that the word
sabotage" in the state criminal
syndicalist code does not include
striking on the job"
Meanwhile, the first unreserved
acquital Of /. w. WIS in Sacramento
occurred lately, when Sam Oberman.
Ed Higgins and E. McRae were
found not guilty of criminal svndi-
calism in the Superior Court of
Sacramento county.
The seamy side Of political Justice
is shown in the case of Louis ].
Morris and Bocho Kojuharoff. ar
rested last summer for selling I.
w. w. papers on the streets of Los
Angeles in violation of an injunction.
They have just been sentenced to
fines Of $3.50 each, or ninety-day Jail
terms. Similar reports arrive from
Shreveport, La, where E. L. Con-
nelly and Joe Cherry, both /. w.
WIS, lost their appeal Of vaqrancv
conviction. The men, who claimed
they were merely travelling to New
Orleans, were sentenced to ninety
days on the parish farm. From
Wisconsin comes news that Bronis-
law Synzmaniak, a Russian COM
munist, who has been fighting de-
portation since his arrest in the 1920
RED raids" was depcrted a few
days ago.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-02-06

terday. The name portable APP
piled to the buildings used as
schools by the board of educa-
ton is misnomer. They are
not portable and only in limit
ed sense buildings. Shack
would be a better word to APP
ply to them.
Schools Like HoveIs.
They are one story metal af-
fairs looking and built like
small garages. In winter they
are very cold because they are
not built to be permanent. They are
for the most part heated by coal
stoves in the middle of the one room.
They can seat fifty children. Often
more are crowded in. They have no
toilet facilities, the pupils are forced
to go out into the yard and into the
main school building.
The board of education has said
that portable buildings are only
temporary makeshifts. Yet in many
places they have been in use for
years. The board of education will
not make additions or alterations on
any school building which is not able
to prove its need by the use of por-
tables.
Many of the so-calied branch
schools are even worse than porta-
bles as far as sanitary arrangements
and heating are concer~ I'd. Some are
heated by furnaces-theoretically.
Almost all have in the various rooms
large coal stoves to act as auxiliary
heating plants.
Wooden Fire Escape.
A branch school that is in many
ways better than most is Branch No.
l Of the Mayfair school at 1853
Lawrence avenue. 1t has three rooms
and 1872 pupils. The building is Of
brick and was erected in 1899. 1t
has a wooden FIRE escape for the one
room on the second floor. The boys
toilet in the basement is even worse
than most such toilets. 1t is dark,
dirty and ill-smelling.
The building stands in the center
Of a large vacant block and when
cold north winds blow, such as were
blowing yesterday, it is impossible to
keep the place heated.
Branch No. / of the Mcpherson
school at N. Robey street and Win
nemac avenue is a more typical ex-
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-02-06

ample of the branch school. Attic
1t has six rooms only two of them
are in use. They are used by the
two lowest grades.
The building is frame and has
wooden FIRE escapes. The main floor
is we'll above the street level. The
fact that only two rooms are used
increases the heating problem. All
the rooms and the large halls must
be heated if the two rooms used and
the halls are to be made warm
enough to be habitable. Here, too,
there are stoves in each room to back
up the furnaces. It has been found
necessary to use the stoves often this
winter in spite of the fact that there
are three furnaces kept going.
The entire basement is damp and
ill-smelling as are the usual run of
school toilets.
Wooden Fire Escapes Again.
The danger from fire is Increased
in this building by the fact that there
are three and often five separate
fires going at the same time. Then
the pupils are very young Children
and the "6re escapes" are wood.
The building was erected in 1898
and is as dry as timber. There are
only two teachers to 80 children.
Fire Inspectors from the board of
education were at this school last
week and said that it passed their
tests. They said in fact that it was
one of the safest branches in the city.
The DAILY WORKER will report
on some of the branches that the fire
INSPECTORS think are worse than the
Mcpherson branch school and which
hey still pass.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-02-06
Governor Says
Politicians Spend
Hours NTH EeLs
Special to The Daily Worker,

NEW YORK. - Notwithstanding
the fact that financial affairs are
doubtless the more slippery Of the
two. and the hardest to grasp, New
York legislators devote more at
tention to cells and how to catch
EN- than to the states budget. This
is the burden of the caustic re-
marks delivered by Governor Smith
in speech before the Albany cham
Der of commerce.
"The members of the legislature, !"
declared the governor, ''wiIl spend
two hours in debating bill regulat-
ing the taking of cells from some
river, while they give the annual APP
preparation bill but a moments no
tice."
Apparently, it did not occur to
the governor that the intense con-
Germ manifested for the eel is due
to the fellow-feeling Of certain leg
islators for that fish.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-02-06

the first prize for the individual
turning in the greatest number Of
subs be portable typewriter has
been receiving considerable support.
1t aeems that there are many live
wires who are confidently expecting
to carry off first honors and many
of these have stated that they would
value typewriter above any other
prize Of similar material worth.
Tomorrow night, Feb. 7, in the
headquarters Of the Russian Tech
nical School, 1902 w. Division St.,
the campaign viii really get under
way, with a meeting Of all of the
Chicago DAILY WORKER agents
and those who wish to participate in
the campaign. At this meeting, de-
tailed and definite plans and rules
for the campaign will be decided
upon.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-02-06
Lenin Memorial, in
Gary, Steel City,
Crowds Big Hall

GARY, Ind. - Robert Minor spoke
in honor Of Nicolai Lenin at a
meeting that crowded Croatian Hall.
Revolutionary airs were played by
the orchestra of the Young Work
ers' League of Chicago.
Minor drew the contrast between
Lenin, who represented the vigorous,
rising proletarian movement and the
late war president, who represent
ed the decadent capitalist class. The
crowd responded with emotion to
every mention of Lenin.
The Workers Party is developing
a vigorous movement in the steel
city.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-02-06

WILL be a test to determine
which among the Chicago
militants can perform the
greatest service to THE DAILY
WORKER and to the militant
labor movement.
The working class will be the re-
cipient of the real first prize in the
strength which it will draw to itself
as result Of the increment to the
already rapidly growing DAILY
WORKER circulation.
However, those who participate in
the campaign will have material
rewards in store for them in the
shape Of commissions, for the subs
they secure and valuable prizes for
those who make the best record.
The suggestion as reported in
yesterdays DAILY WORKER that
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-02-06

boys of fourteen and ten and girl
of thirteen. To describe these con-
ditions as detrimental to the public
health and morals is no idle phrase.
These conditions mean being cramped
in body and soul, they mean irri-
tation and racked nerves, they mean
contagion and infection. The in
discriminate sharing of rooms by
both sexes and all ages, and the
lack of privacy-these results Of
overcrowding are a menace to NOR
atty. It is true they existed in
1920; they are aggravated today"
But perhaps the most complete
picture of the dangerous housing
situation confronting the working
people of New York was made by
DR.. Haven Emerson in the Depart
ment of Health survey of conges-
ton. Said DR.. Emerson:
Thousands and thousands of peo-
pie in the city are sleeping and liv-
ing in apartments so dark that gas
light must be burned all day; so
airless that in summer the families
are forced to sleep on the roofs; so
foul-smelling because of garbage in
the Railways, in courts and streets,
and because of adjoining stables or
factories, that one Of the only two
windows in the whole fiat has to
be kept shut. The tenants must
climb five or six flights of staira
to dispose of garbage. for the dumb
walters are seldom in repair. Toi-
lets for two to five families are
in the haMs or in the yards. The
sanitary condition of the toilet is
indescribable. There is insufficient
water, neglected plumbing, no venti-
lation or light--these tell the con-
dition without further description"
(The Third Article will deal with
the harmful effects the present hous-
ing difficulties have had on the
children, the families, the social life,
the health and the general standards
Of living of the workers.)
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-02-06

(Centinued from Page u
families unfold a picture of
misery, congestion, denial of
the most elementary needs to
the children of the working
class, disease-breeding condi-
tions, and a breakdown of the
general standards of living.
My own investigation only
adds evidence of an unspeak-
able environment which must
be abolished without delay if d.
sastrous calamity is to be avoided
for the working masses Of Amer
ica's greatest city.
Conditions Horrify Investigators.
If one should walk thru a typical
hall Of the apartment houses inhab-
itated by the majority of the work.
ingmen or even lower middle class
and "white-collar slaves" h0 is
greeted by CRIME and SCOT. The
halls are dark; the paper is hanging
off the walls. Clogged dumbwaiters,
garbage piled deep in the cellars,
and unbearable stencil are common
in the houses inhabited by the work
ers in the East Side, Harlem, Chel-
sea. Lenox, and many Bronx sec
tions. Baby carriages, broken fur
niture, and old clothes are very
often stored under the hall stair
ways.
took a ride on the Second Az
enue Elevated railroad and noted the
tenements occupied by the workers.
The fire escapes gave the impression
Of hailing scales Of rust. They
were all loaded with the belongings
Of the people who could not find
sufficient room in their fats. IT
seemed almost unbelievable how
many human beings could occupy
such abominable shacks, such fire.
traps. Yet a vacant flat is at a
premium even in this section Of
the city.
What They Call Homes.
The writer visited workers home
at 1893 Orchard street, in the heart
of the working class section of the
Lower East Side. Entering Mrs.
BINS house, / found dark, stuffy,
uncomfortable two-room fiat. The
ceilings were cracked. The holes
in the walls were stuffed with rags
to keep the draught out. The win
dows had no weather strips and
their ropes were broken. The bed
room floors were full Of holes.
Going over to a tenement, 294-
900 Cherry Street, l entered build
ing which gave one the impression
Of being a big abandoned armory.
Here interviewed another tenant
who had made repeated vain efforts
to have the Tenement House De-
partment compel the landlord to end
the abominable conditions. The
Hudson Guild is now intervening in
the tenants behalf. / found that
the ceilings were filthy and the
walls had not been painted for
years. In the toilets the ceilings
not only had their plaster OFF but
their boards we're coming down.
There was no water in the toilets.
Father Ottavio Sylvester Of the
Parish Of the Lady Of Pompeii and
st. Joseph's Chapel, testifying be-
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-02-06

In the preliminary report Direc-
tor Of Investigations Cove brings the
intolerable situation home very eff
fectively when he says: "1'he pres
ent investigation shows that houses
and apartments in bad repair are
not limited to the poorest blocks or
to the old law tenements. From all
blocks come reports of the landlords
refusal to repair falling plaster and
broken ceilings, bad plumbing, leak.
ing pipes, floors rotting from leaks,
broken windowpanes, walls and CELL
ings excessively dirty, leaking roofs.
"The 1919-192O report stated that
the then existing emergency was
only partially responsible for the
bad housing conditions. The 1923
investigation shows that a progress
sive aggravation of these conditions
has been going on. The apartments
are in state of worse repair
than they were in 1920. 1t is easy
to trace the connection between the
increase of bad housing conditions
and the housing emergency"
Dangerous Congestion.
The extent of congestion from
which the workers are suffering is
inestimable. Before the housing
crisis grew to its serious present
proportions, when DR.. Royal C.
Copeland, now United States SEN
ator, was commissioner of health,
there were, according to the lat
ter's estimate, at least 100000 FAM
lilies that had been forced to double
up. DR.. Copeland then said: "We
have one square mile in the city
where live 100000 people, in the
Lower East Side. There are thou
sands Of families living there, twelve
persons in three rooms, and four
sleeping in the kitchen; and in
hundreds Of these homes they live
in inside rooms without any light
or ventilation"
The present health commissioner,
DR.. Frank G. Monaghan, told the
Housing Commission at it's hear
ings last October that the survey
Of congestion made by his depart
ment Showed conclusively that
homes had been broken up, doubling
up Of families had resulted, the
ledger evil had increased by leaps
and bounds, vacancies were few and
far between, and the rent demanded
for these vacant apartments was
beyond the reach Of those requir-
ing homes, or a considerable por-
ton Of the vacancies were in a
state Of disrepair, making their use
as habitations almost impossible"
Miss Ethel Ader Of the Fairplay
Rent Association told the Commits
sion Of a case where three related
families lived in six rooms because
"they could not any Of them alone
afford TO pay the increase which
the landlords demanded"
Mr.. Bailey Burritt, the genera
director Of the Association for I'M
proving the Condition Of the Poor,
told the State commission that his
wide experience led him to believe
that at least 40 per cent Of the
families were living in overcrowded
conditions" Mr.. Burrit further said:
1.-THE overcrowding Of tenement
houses has been accentuated. Many
families have been obliged to 20
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-02-06
Couldn't Find
Good Landlord
Nth Microscope

NEW YORK. - In a show, now
being produced here, one of the
wags makes the following an
nounccment:
"a meeting of all the New York
landlords, who have lowered rents
during the past year, will be held
tomorrow at the Hotel Blank in
the third telephone booth.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-02-06
Y. W. L. to Organize IN Cicero.

A long contemplated undertaking
Of the Chicago League to organic 3
branch in Cicero, will be realiz ID
Wednesday eve, Feb. 9Th, in the
formation of the Austin Branch, Y.
w. L., at Seick's Hall, 731 N. Cicero
Ave-, where it will meet every first
and second Wednesday of the month.
The feature OF this FIST meeting will
be an address by ]. L. Engdahl, on
Militant Youth Organization. The
Chicago Organization Committee
Urges all readers Of that district to
attend this meeting.