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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-01-07
Soviet Sympathizer
Shows British Loss of
Trade with U.S.S.R.


LONDON, Jan. 6.-Arguing for
resumption of diplomatic relations
with the Soviet Union, Mr.. Coates
has come forward with a pamphlet,
filled with facts and figures, show
ing how the breaking off of rela-
tions by England has hurt British
trade.
Up to 1927, when the break was
made, Coates shows how the British
share of Russian trade was increas-
ing, then how it is now dwindling to
insignificance.
Coates also reminds the conserva-
tives of the false prophets among
them; how they continually said
year after year that the Soviets
were ION the point of collapse" but
the Soviets not only did not col
lapse, but got stronger. He shows
that Sir Philip Cunliffe-Lister in
1922 said that Russia could not bal
ance its budget, but it did so. Also
that Urquhart said that Russia
could not export oil. But it is ex-
porting oil.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-01-07
LABOR Defense
HITS BRUTALITY
OF POLICE DEPT.
Viii Rally Workers Of
New York

The II workers who were arrested
Friday night at a demonstration
against Italo Balbo, fascist ennis
sary, in front of the Italian consul
late, 22nd St., near Fourth Ave,
are scheduled to receive a hearing
this morning in the Fourth District
Court, 153 E. 57th st. They will
be defended by Jacques Buitenkant,
representing the New York District
of the International Labor Defense.
The II workers were arrested
when police broke up the demon
stration, which was the second of
the evening and the third held that
day, clubbing many workers. They
We're taken to the 22nd st. police
station and then to Night Court,
314 w. 54th ST., where Magistrate
McInerney charged them with dis
orderly conduct. The demonstrators
were released on $25 bail each,
furnished by the l. L. D.
In a statement issued last night,
the New York District of the Inter
national Labor Defense strongly
denounced the activities of the po-
lice during the demonstrations
against Balbo and demands the re-
lease of the IL workers and the
cessation of police persecution of
militant labor
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-01-07
Australian Capitalists
Be gin Collaboration;
Workers Paper Oppose

MELBOURNE, Australia, Dec. l
(By MaiD.-The Australian CAPT
talists are taking page from the
British with conference for in
dustrial peace" They have an
agenda containing the mutual in
terest" of labor and capital, means
of "cheapening production" .ioint
industrial councils" and a sly little
thing called freedom from party
politics"
The bosses want labor to "give
up politics." but have no intention
of doing so themselves. They talk
about community welfare" but the
10000 unemployed. the thousands
of dock workers who have been
thrown out in the anti-union drive,
to be replaced b. scabs, and the
starving miners have yet to hear
anything of concern by the bosses
of their welfare.
The organ of the Pan-Pacific
Trade Union Secretariat, published
in Australia, puts up the following
policies for workers representatives
who attend the conference:
No surrender of the right to
strike; no worsening of wages,
hours or conditions; no help from
the unions to rationalize, save or
perpetuate capitalism; higher wages,
shorter hours, unemployment insur-
ance at the employers expense; pen
sions the same; equal pay for
equal work; the repeal Of anti
labor laws; abolition of the arbitra-
ton courts.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-01-07
Australia Labor Party
Takers Betray Toilers;
Militants Make Gains

SYDNEY, Australia, Dec. 1 (By
Mail Although the federal cleo
tons were won by the Tory Bruce
government, the greatest gains for
the Labor Party, whose leaders have
done everything possible to "oust
the reds" from that party and to be
more respectable" than the capital
lists themselves, have been precisely
III the strongest red" state of the
commonwealth-Ncw Souh Wales.
New South Wales labor led in the
formation of ard loyal support Of
the Pan-Pacific Trade Union Sec
retariat. For this and it's Trades
Councils militant strike policy, the
Labor Party leaders have had only
abuse and vilification.
Lose In Queensland
Ir the state Of Queensland, where
the Labor Party, ruled by the re-
dictionary heads Of the Australian
Workers Union, wound up a decade
Of rule by the rankest treason to
labor in the sugar-field strike, it lost
heavily.
Thus, while the sreds" of New
South Wales have no illusions about
getting socialism by the ballot, their
nilitancy is TIE only living force in
the Labor Party; ana where there
are no "reds," where the class col
laborationists rule, the Labor Party
gets deader and deader.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-01-07
Temporarily Withdraw
1000 Marines in China

WASHINGTON, Jan. 6.--The War
department is recalling General But
Ter and 1000 marines from Pekin.
II leaves 1000 marines still at
Shanghai. The withdrawal was made
necessary by diplomatic deals with
the Chang Kai-Shek government,
and is intended to give it a little
more prestige. The troops will be
within easy reach, however, if fur
Their invasion Of China is decided up
on.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-01-07
Discuss Best War Use
for Wounded Soldiers

LONDON. Jan. 6.-Under British
AUSPICES and with representatives
of Britain's allies holding complete
control, the fifth International Con-
gress of Military Medicine and Phar-
macy will be held here next May.
The best methods of making a dis
abled soldier able to return to front
line trenches, if even for little
while, are to be considered.
In view of the threat of war with
United States, this congress is con-
sidered significant.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-01-07
HEBREW TRADES
AVOID Meeting,
PROVE TRICKERY
Make Fake Peace Offer
Then Run from 1t
Contiu,led from Pace One

Continued from Page One
tiation fees to $25. 90 Section
delegates to supervise working
hours.
"(6) No raise in dues. (7) Two
weeks notice in writing with proper
reasons to be approved by the
Executive Board on discharge of
workers. (s) Freedom of opinion
in the union and the rights of cri-
ticism. (S) Objection Committee of
10 MEMBERS from each side. (10)
Campaign for the elimination of
Sunday work. (11) Stand by Shifrin.
(12) No determinations. 13) Elec-
ton by secret ballot. (14) Leave
United Hebrew Trades. (15) Out of
the Forward building. (16) New
elections. (17) Framing of con-
stitution. (18) Tax of so per cent
to be removed-10 per cent assess
ment to be made if necessary.
1.-TWO conferences were held where
it was agreed that both sides call
membership meetings for Friday,
December 2Sth, to present the pro-
posals to the respective members,
after which to meet on Sunday, De
cember 80, for final negotiations.
No Right Wing Meeting.
"We called our meeting where
the membership enthusiastically and
unanimously accepted our proposals
for the unification of the forces of
the workers and instructed the Exec
utive Board to carry the proposals
into life.
Seen AS Trick.
"The right wing outfit did not call
their membership meeting to pass
upon the peace proposals. They also
failed to appear, as agreed upon, on
December 30th, to discuss the peace
proposals and thus exposed COM
pletely their treachery.
This is ample proof of the dis
honesty of the peace proposals of
the U. H. T. union breaking outfit
and further bears out our claim that
this was calculated not to unity the
workers forces, but as maneuver
to demoralize and confuse the hon
est rank and file workers"
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-01-07

the dispensaries are conducting an
extensive propaganda for the dis
semination of hygienic knowledge.
simultaneously the dispansarias are
conducting a regular inspection of
those groups of the population
which represent the greatest dan
ger with regard to the possible
spread OF venereal diseases.
A particularly strenuous fight is
being waged by the dispensaries
against prostitution. Considering
that unemployed women are espe-
eially liable to enter upon the road
of prostitution, the dispensaries
have come to the conclusion that it
is necessary to offer to the unem-
rloyed women not only medical but
also social help. For this purpose
special labor "prophylactoria" have
been organized for women in con-
nection with the dispensaries for
venereal disease. These "prophy-
lact6ria" not only restore the health
of their women patients, but also
reeducate them with view to guild
ing them back to useful activities.
They teach their patients a trade as
well as how to read and to write.
1t is necessary to point out that
the help given to unemployed
women in these "prophylactoria"
does net in any respect bear the
character of charity. The women
pay for their stay in these institu-
tons by doing some kind of work.
Special community houses are con-
neeted with the "prophylactoria." A
commission engaged in rendering
labor and living conditions more
sanitary is attached to the dispen-
saries,
A number of medical institutions
of the Soviet Union conduct per-
sistent campaign against alcohol
ism. In this activity they are be-
ing supported by the public. This
struggle is likewise being conducted
by special dispensaries.
The Central Narcotic D;spen-
sary' in Moscow is being visited
daily by four hundred victims of
alcoholism. Various methods of
treatment are being applied to
them, treatment by hypnctism occu-
rying the foremost place. Over 80
per cent of the patients get cured
completely. The dispensaries are
engaged in Thorough study of the
social roots of alcoholism. This
problem is being handled by a spe-
cial staff of women investigators
under whose supervision the former
alcoholic addict remains, even after
he had finished his treatment in the
dispensary.
Every physician of dispensary
which is waging a campaign against
one of the social diseases, such as
tuberculosis, venereal diseases or
alcoholism, is closely connected with
some enterprise in which he con-
ducts lectures and talks to the work
ers on hygienic subjects. Groups
for the study of prophylactic med
icine affiliated with the dispensar-
les III question are likewise active in
the various enterprises.
10 De Continued
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-01-07
PORTUGUESE PUT
out PARTY PAPER
ASK DONATIONS
Big, Field for Organ to
Teach Communism

The Portuguese members Of the
Workers lCommunist) Party, most
of whom have entered the Commun-
iss ranks as a result Of the heroic
strike in New Bedford, are aking
immediate concrete steps to consoli-
date and strengthen the Commun-
list position among the Portuguese
workers in the United States. A
Portuguese paper is now being es-
tablished.
The Central Committee considers
this a most worthwhile effort and
feels that the entire Party should
respond to the occasion by iredcring
substantial assistance to the Por-
tuguese comrades. The Central Com
mittee is making a liberal donation
towards helping the appearance of
the first Communist paper in the
Portuguese language in the United
States.
Letter To G. +. c.
Below is the letter sent to the
e. E. c. by some of the Portuguese
comrades in appealing for assist
ance.
"Dear Comrade Lovestone: For
the last three months the Portu-
guese fraction in New Bedford has
been struggling to gather funds for
the establishment of a newspaper in
the Portuguese language. This news
paper win propagate and spread
Communism in thousands Of Por-
tuguese workers homes.
Church And Boss Unite
"The Portuguese workers charac-
teristically militant, as was proven
by the New Bedford strike. Many
of them are inclined toward anar-
chin. They are the most exploited
workers in this region. The church
and the bosses aer united in their
efforts TO keep them in darkness.
We appeal to you to lend the full
Party support towards this under
taking. We need at least $500 to
start with and We hope that you will
help as much as possible. We also
ssk you to print our letter in the
Party press and ask the Party mem
hers to help us establish a weekly
Communist newspaper in Portu-
guese."
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-01-07
lection OF HEALTH IN THE u S. S. R

there were only four first aid sta
tons, there are at present fifty of
them. Considerable results were
achieved in the development of the
medical system in the rural iocali-
ties. In 1913 the number of med
ical stations in the rural localities
was 2,517-in 1927 their number
reached 4,251 and it has been in
creasing rapidly since that time.
The second group, which includes
the new establishments, is divided
into two basic classes-establish-
ments for the protection of mothers
and infants, and those organized for
combating social diseases (tuber-
culosis and venereal diseases).
Protection of Mothers and Infants.
Prior TO the Revolution there was
no such thing as protection of
mothers and infants in Russia, ex-
cept for a few isolated establish
ments in Moscow and Petrograd. In
the Soviet Union the hygienic care
for the health OF the mother and in
FAINT occupies a prominent place in
the activities OF the public health
institutions. The care fer the
mother and child begins several
months prior to the birth of the
infant; pregnant women are being
given easier conditions of work in
the establishments in which they
are employed and they are entitled
to a vacation for a period of two
months prior to and two months
after child birth. The number of
confinement berths which in 1918
was $3.50, increased to 1870 in
1927. Moreover, there were in 1927,
on the territory of the U. S. S. R.,
2S7 permanent day nurseries, 3,058
SUMMER day-nurseries in the rural
localities, ATS special homes for
mothers and infants, S76 medical
consultation stations for mothers
and children, 526 legal advice sta
tions for mothers, etc. In addition,
there have been founded a number
of prophylactic dispensaries. day
lsanitariums and forest schools for
children of pre-school age.
In comparing the data about the
medical system of the various au-
tonomous areas and republics, one
cannot help noticing the fact that
medical help has penetrated into re-
mote territories, such as the Yakut
Soviet Republic, the Kirghiz Soviet
Republic ard other regions which
prior to the war were receiving
r,edical assistance on a. negligible
scale.
The campaign against the social
diseases is being conducted with the
help of dispensaries attending TO
patients suffering with tuberculosis
and venereal diseases. Various pro-
phylactic measures are being car
ried out by these dispensaries.
Every summer tine Peoples Com
missariats for Health of the vari-
Gus republics SEND special detach-
ments to the rural localities COM
batting venereal diseases, tuber-
culosis and trachoma. The number
Ct these detachments grows from
year to year.
Hygiene Propaganda.
In addition to medical assistanc,
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-01-07

will prove of far greater value than
any other proposal yet made" he
writes. "Surely we are not to hest
tate to demand the six-hour day be-
cause the mineowners are opposed to
it!
'1s it not simple truth that the
rationalizing that has already taken
place, particularly with the mech
anical coal cutters and the convey
ors, is a chief cause of unemploy-
ment? The application of the six
hour day would absorb more than
100000 men,"
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-01-07

THE general disorganiZation caused
by the World War and the civil
strife ana still further increased by
the blockade, did not remain with
cut its effect upon the genera, con-
dition Of the health of the popula-
ton of the Soviet Union. The years
of civil war were marked by numer-
Gus epidemics, and by a greatly in
creased death rate of the population
in general and of the children in
particular
Protection of health, one CT the
government activities which is of
utmost Importance to the population,
has made great forward strides dur
ing recent years. 1t is now based
upon the principle of cooperation
on the part of the broad masses.
The Peoples Commissariat for
Health exercises general supervision
and control over the activities of
all health protection agencies. The
immediate management and conduct
Of the medical and sanitary work in
the Various localities are entrusted
to the local health protection or
gans-thc regional, provincial and
district boards of health, and to the
railway and water transport health
bureaus. The population receives
the opportunity of exercising its
own initiative in the public health
commissions attached to the Soviets,
in the health protection groups or
ganized at the various enterprises,
end in the rural public health COM
missions.
Decrease Death Rate.
Reports submitted by the Peoples
Conissariats for Health of the vari-
Gus constituent republics give a pic
ture of q continuous and steady i'm
provement of the sanitary conditions
of the U. S. S. R., showing that the
mortality is decreasing and that the
number of persons attacked by cpl
denies is diminishing. Considerable
progress was achieved in this re-
spect as compared with the pre-war
period. Thus, while in 1918 the
death rate in Moscow was 231 out
of every 10000, this rate was re-
auced 60 154 in 1924, and to 1874 in
1926. I A particular decrease was
noted in the mortality Of children
and women, which is to be credited
entirely to the measures adopted for
the protection Of mothers and in
fants. Mortality caused by epidem-
les has likewise decreased in the
course Of the last few years. A
noteworthy fact in this respect is
the alm7st complete disappearance
Of cholera, that perpetual scourge
Of pre-reyolutionary Russia.
One OF the main achievements of
the Soviet public health system is
the consistent introduction of pro-
phylactic methods in the activities
Of the entire medico-sanitary organ-
ization.
Free Medical Aid.
The application of the principle
OF prophylaxis to the field of health
protection has called forth the or
eanization Of number of new in
stitutions, Of new forms and meth
DDS Of activity, viz, the struggle
exsfnst the so-called social diseases
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-01-07
Moscow Amtorg Head
Arrives in U. S. for
Soviet Arts Exhibition

Joseph A. Poliakov, head of the
Moscow branch of the Amtorg
Trading Corporation, has arrived in
this country on his second visit with
in year, and will attend the Rus
sian Art and Handicraft Exposition
which will open February 1 at the
Grand Central Palace.
Among the exhibits received for
the exposition within the last few
days are 100 cases of hand-painted
porcelain, including examples of the
work of the famous artist Chekho-
nip, 25 boxes of semi-precious
jewels, and 500 rugs from Bokhara
and Daghestan in Central Asia, the
Ukraine and TRANSIT aucasia.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-01-07
American Interests to
Buy Mexico Power Co.

WASHINGTON, Jan. 6.-The
American and Foreign Power Com
pany. Inc, has just announced its
plan to purchase the common stock
of the Northern Mexico Power and
Development Company. The Next
can company holds concessions from
the Mexican government for utiliz-
ing the water power
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-01-07
FAVOR JOBLESS MARCH
Tom Mann for 6-Houy Day IN Mines

LONDON (By MaiD The Sun
day Worker, voice of militant work
ers Minority Movement, received a
contribution of SIS from Tom Mann,
the veteran revolutionary worker, to
help pay the expenses of the nation
al unemployed march on London.
''In helping the miners on the
march to London help them to de-
mand the six-hour day, and that
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-01-07
ABOLISH N. Y. CENSUS.

The stink arising from Mrs.
Knapp's graft taking in the 1925
state census Las resulted in an
agreement between the republicans
and democrats to abolish it. 1t has
been used merely as means of
gerrymandering treapportioning)
voting districts so as to manipulate
elections.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-01-07

tuberculosis and syphilis), pretec-
ton of mothers and infants, protec-
ton of children's health, health edu-
cation, etc. These principles and
forms of prophylactic activity have
likewise penetrated into medical
establishments which formerly re-
stricted their tasks and the sphere
of their activities to the rendering
of medical help. All urban and
rural medical institutions are being
drawn into the general hygieric ac-
tivities and health propaganda. Free
medical aid to the working people
and health service to the great
masses of the population form the
underlying principle of the public
health system of the Soviet Union.
The entire field of public health
protection is at present being served
by an organization composed of over
1900 physicians-not including the
physicians of the transport health
service and of the administrative
sanitary personnel. This organiza-
ton is engaged in supervising the
health system in the cities and vii
lagos, in the inspection CT the water
supply, the dwellings, and the indus
tries; in the working out of new
types of hospital buildings; in de-
vcloping the system of sanitary bac-
THEOLOGICAL institutes and laborstor-
les, etc.
The data concerning the health
system of the territory of the U. S.
S. R. for 1918 as compared with
those for 1927 show great changes
in the number and nature Of the
health establishments, changes char
acterized by the nearest possible APP
proach of medical aid to the needs
CT the population.
Medical Establishments.
AT first sight one is struck by the
"a fact that the number of hos
ritals has been reduced. Thus, in
1918, there were 1868 hospitals in
the European part of the R. S. F
S. r. (Soviet Russia proper, while
in 1927 their number was only
1882. However, closer investiga-
ton brings out the fact that the
great number of hospitals of pre-
war Russia were chiefly made up Of
small private establishments of pri-
vate physicians, often equipped
with only few permanent beds,
while in 1927 the hospitals were
mostly large state institutions. This
is shown by the number of beds in
above mentioned hospitals: 206,774
beds in 1927, as against 108,570 in
1913.
The medical establishments may
be divided into two groups-those
which existed prior to the revolu.
tion,' and entirely new ones which
were founded since the establish.
ment of the Soviet regime.
The medical establishments Of the
type which was in existence before
the Revolution have greatly in
creased in number. Thus, for in.
stance, in 1915 only sixteen cities
were supplying medical aid ct home
to workers and office employees
while at present such medical aid is
heing rendered in A35 cities ans
urban settlements. While formerl.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-01-07

We demand the immediate recognt-
ton Of soviet Union by he United
stptes government
The Washington times., 1929-09-17
375 Pieces Rayon Underwear, 68c and 95c
We're 81 to $I.95

Comfolasc ayon underweas implies how comfort
able elastic into the material itself, in wide
bands Included boomers shorts vests petit
panes flesh and Sizes to = broken styles
800 Pairs Bemberg Boomers, 81. Were $50 and $195
The Washington times., 1929-09-17
Young Couple Will
Take Possession Of
New Apartment Soon

The Minister of Panama and
Nine. Aifaro returned. to Wash
ington last night from 4 motor
trip to Canada. En- route, they
stopped off at Rehoboth Beach,
Z for the weekend.
Their son and daughter-in-law,
DIR. and Mrs. Victor Ricardo
Alfaro, who have returned from
jamestown, with the latter's
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. John j.
Hamilton, whom they visited, have
taken an apartment for the winter
at the Broadmoor. on Connecticut
Avenue. They win take possession
of it in about q week.
The Washington times., 1929-09-17
At oxon Hill

Mrs. Richard Townsend has re.
turned to her home on Massa-
chusetts Avenue, after passing
the summer in Bar Harbor, Me.
Mr.. and Mrs. Sumner Welles,
son-in-law and daughter of Mrs.
Townsend. who were her guests
at Bar Harbor for a few weeks,
have returned to "Oxon Hill.
their estate in nearby Maryland,
where they will pass the winter.