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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-03-28
Little Girls Sell
Flowers in Akron
Parents J obless and
Families Starye
(By a Worker Correspondent


AKRON, Ohio.--On ST. Patrtck's
Day. about $50 p. m, I was waiting
at the General Delivery window for
the Daily Worker bundle a(and we
now have long waits because. they are
working short-handed through the
lGy-offs making fewer workers speed
up on the job when two little girls
between and 10 years old came in
carrying baskets of flowers One
little girl rushed over TO me and said:
Mister, won't you buy flower to
help my daddy" had TO tell her
that ! had worked only three weeks
since 1929. About two minutes later
the other one approached and said:
MY mother is out Of work and my
daddy is dead, and there are three
OF us in the family. Won't you please
buy a flower" Again ! had TO give
the same answer. --.es.
Still waiting on the ,overtaxed
clerks to find my Daily Worker bur-
die ! saw number of people come
in and go out, and to each one the
little girls would appeal to buy their
flowers. The majority of these peo-
pie were we'll dressed and smt,g look
ing but not one even stopped to ques-
ton the little girls: only looking at
them as a master does to. his cur
dog. .J.
Still waiting for my papers, both
these girls came over and said: Gee,
we can't even get home tonight. w.
haven't sold a single flower and we
walked all the way from First st.
l questioned them and found that
both went to school most OF the time
htngry Don't they give you any
thing to eat at school, asked, No.
no." And about the Associated Char
tiles they said, "Oh, they give us =
very little groceries but no clothes"
My papers were them tossed TO me
and I had to hurry away TO deliver
them to the news stands and Red
Builders, told the little girls to
tell their folks to join the Unem-
ployed Council and fight against the
rich that was stealing their. food and
clothes from them; and the only
thing had was our Fighting Daily"
so / gave them one to take home for
their parents to read and learn how
to struggle against misery and starva-
ton.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-03-28
Collinsville. Ill. Shopgirls Treated Like Dogs

Daily Worker: ColliRsville, Ill
I'm a worker in the Forest City
Manufacturing Co., q dress fac
tory, and ] can say that the con-
ditions in this shop can compare
with the worst.
1t is not enough that the girls
slave nine and half hours and
more day, and are forced to work
under the worst speed-up for star
walton wages Of IS and Sc a week,
but the foremen and foreladies
treat the workers like dogs.
One morning some of the girls
came late, the boss shut the door
and the girls had to 60 back home.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-03-28
Suicides, EVictions,
~ M
I.ayoffS On Increase
in Oakland, Calf.
l6- Year Old Girl in
Suicide Atte mp t;
Bosses Optimistic
Oakland. Cal.

NSrf----r~s -
Daily Worker:
The body OF a man dangling from
moose tied to q tree in Lakeside
bark, near Grand Ave, was found
" workers going to work, early this
morning.
The suicide is an aged man and
,ould not be identified. Coroner's
quad gave their report that Suicide,
vas poorly clad, had no identifica-
ion marks and no money"
Their money gone, unable to pay
'ent. Fred Ihde, world war veteran,
md his fanaily--a wife and five chill
iren, Oldest 10 years and youngest
10 months were evicted from their
nome at 2727 Garden Ave, landlord
charging that 800 back rent is due.
Girl Attempts Suicide,
Mary Gems, i6-year-old girl, at
tempted suicide by jumping in front
i Key Route train today. She was
ulled out OF the way by . milk
liver. crying to let her alone. She
ID the man she was hungry and
sso her aged mother and brother
Rere starving. They lived and slept
h an old abandoned barn on the
outskirts OF Oakland. ~
We have reached the bottom of
be depression level and an optimistic
lttitude must be taken. With win
|ers' departure there will come addi-
onai means OF livelihood" say our
tty fathers in their yellow. local
ress, yet suicides, evictions and lay
IT'S are the order OF the day. ~
Optimistic News" -
Here Is some optimistic news
caterpillar Tractor Co. moving out;
Y voux Motors Closed; Contra Costa,
laundry Off Help; General Engin-,
FIRING Working With Limited Force;
he Clean Cleaners Staggering Work
IS; Peoples Baking Co. Closed: Rub.
.sy Mfg, Co. Cne-third Working.
WORKERS must organize more Wig
cously than ever before. Demand
anediate relief, Join the militant
crkefs In the struggle.
"A. A.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-03-28
Youngstown Steel had
Spent $4,000. 900

YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio. w h lie
huge numbers Of its workers were
being laid off and those left work
ing suffered speed-up and wage-cuts,
the Youngstown Sheet g. Tube Co.
spent $1s,OOo,oOo last year on new
mills and improvements, its annual
report for 1880 shows.
Plans for building a continuous
mill for sheets are under corsidera-
ton. These plans contemplate build
ing a $lo,Oo0,oO0 continuous-strip
mill at Brier Hill.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-03-28
R-Hr. Run B'klyn
Knitting Mills
Formerly Worked 81
Hours A Week
New York, N. Y.

New York, N. Y.
Daily Worker:
/ work in the Kamerin Knitting
Mills here in Brooklyn. I am
night worker. I work a 12-hour
stretch and do not even have an
hours rest. We slave more than 10
hours a week, yet the boss is not
willing to let us have Sundays off.
He wishes to have the machine run
seven days week and does SO by
laying eff two men on certain days
of the week.
Worked 81 Hours.
Up to the middle of February the
night workers used to work "a hours
O. week, until one Of the graftcrs Of
the labor department told the boss
to have a chart on the wall assign
ing the workers to their days off
each week. Only in a free country
like the U. s. A. does one hear Of
such outrsges.
The boss does not stop here In
his greed for money. He breaks In
Negroes for SO and when they arc
able to run full set, consisting Of
ten rayon knitting machines. ne pays
them at most $40 a week, while a
white worker gets $32 for tae same
thing.
II working or 8 hours In the Sow.
let Union is forced labor, what name
can you give to this slavery?
"A Worker.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-03-28
Redwood Lumber.iacksI
Down to % Cents Hr.:|
Are On Stagger Time
lRy a Worker Correspondent.l

EUREKA, Calif-Loggers and saw
mill workers CT California have been
handed additional prosperity" pack
ages in Santa Claus Hoover's bust
ness revival campaign. Several out
fits in the pines" have issued no
tees that they will resume opera
tons after winter shut-downs.
Lumberjacks in the redwood belt"
around Eureka, Calf, and Fort
Bragg are already down TO % cents
an hour 9-hour day and 4-day
week in some plants, in addition to
being forced to trade in the "com-
pany" stores or else lose their jobs.
Bosses spy and terror systems in
these outfits are typical of California
Justice" Home-guards are the only
ones wanted for the few jobs that
are to be had. Foreign-born workers
are subject to special suppression
against their sympathizing with
red" organizations.
Lumber Worker.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-03-28
Want American

Moscow, u. S. S. X.
Dear Comrades
The Workers Correspondents of
the factory "Amo" greet you! Our
factory has successfully completed
its industrial and financial program
for the second year Of the Five
Year Plan, and for the Special
Quarter" October December 1880.
We are considered the most efficient
factory in the Soviet Union and we
have received as a reward the All
Union Central Council of Trade
Unions Banner. We have entered
the third decisive year Of the Five
Year Plan knowing fully the tasks
that stand before. US and aiming to
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-03-28
MuIct Those Still Working in Philadelphia
Phila deIphia, Pa

Philadelphia, Pa.
Editor Daily Worker:
Just some news from the MAN
ufacturing City," The coroner
was given raise of $4,000. The
poor guy needs it, too, for he is
getting paltry $4,000 per year
now. The Gulf Refining hired
about 20 men out of 200, but this
does not mean things are getting
better, for they laid off that many
the previous week. A fellow that
was laid off was there raising hell.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-03-28

Some of them had TO walk miles,
and when they came back in the
afternoon one of the foremen
grabbed hold of one of the girls
arms and said: "Where were you
buns this morning. And when
the girls stop for a minute, to
catch their breath, he comes along
and says: "Come on. slow-poke,
you're not doing enough work."
Only organization, under the
leadership of the Needle Trades
Workers Industrial Union will put
a stop to such treatment. And the
girls are learning this.
"A WORKER.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-03-28
s. PHILA. y0BL.ElSS
COUNCIL FIGHTING
Wage Battle Against
Evictions, Hunger

PHILADELPHIA. - Mayor Mackey
is going to Florida. His duties are
done. Everything is rosy in Phila.-
for Mackey and his crooked hench-
men.
But what about the workers?
Spring is here. sunny days, but
not for the workers.
The South Phila. Unemployed
Council is intensifying It's work among
the unemployed workers. The misery
Of the workers is growing. They are
responding in greater numbers to the
demand for Unemployment Insur-
ance.
Today, some of the members of the
Unemployed Council of South Phila.
went down to Mention ST., the block
between 18th and 10Th st. to or
ganize a block council
Starving Workers
! A large sign In an empty store on
the corner Of 10th and Manton SITS.
announces that food will be served
there every Thursday morning from
II to p. m. to the hungry jobless.
Not q bad idea. Starve them out
from one Thursday until the next.
Less to feed each week. But that
isn't all. The workers of that ward
who are supposed to come there to
get relief are the same ones that are
being squeezed to the wall to support
this soup kitchen. Do they like the
idea? Look at the result of the at
tempt to build block council.
Gaunt Poverty
After brief but determined can
vass Of the above mentioned block,
group of workers, Negro and white,
gathered in one of the workers homes
in that block, took the floor and
proved the need of immediate organ
ization. Their short reports disclosed
extreme cases of poverty. One work
era Negro woman-gaunt-starv-
ing, told us that the $l2 her son-in-
law received as pay on city Job,
Is the sole support for him, his six
children, her and her three children.
She had to pay Sc week for her rent.
He has to pay for his fare and meals,
leaving So week for II to starve on!
The council decided to elect COM
mittee to see the mayor (before he
leaves for his vacation) and demand
immediate cash relief for this woman.
The committee is to see him this
week. The Mayor had better think
twice before denying them their de-
mand. Their spirit is determined,
their courage is strong.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-03-28

KOppers Koke takes 3 days sal
airy from the employees for "un-
employment relief" Bell TeIe-
phone takes S4 per month from
their employees. Even the 100 per
cent Americans are getting sore,
for their pal ~" Hoover sure
has given them prosperity" There
is a rumOr that the Bourse build
ing is going to close. I'm glad
Jorge got his radio, and the PhiIa-
delphia page is damned good.
-ROJ.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-03-28
DAVENPORT, Ia.
JOBI.E,S FORCED
TO WORK GRATIS
Family of Seven Gets
So Weekly Relief
From Charity
Davenport, Iowa.

Davenport, Iowa.
Daily Worker:
In Davenport, Iowa, there is a
fund raised from the poor people for
the Ladies' Industrial Relief So
ciety" This society was one of the
charities that distributed food to I'M
employed workers.
OF course they had their lady in
vestigators, who were paid a good
wage. After they Investigated they
would give you So or 81 for groceries
to last for whole week.
So Week for Seven.
One family of seven was given s.
for groceries to last for whole
week, and later the father was
given job at 40 cents an hour
After working for five days he was
fired and the charity society tolC
him to buy groceries with the few
dollars that he had made. One ole
worker had his dole cut off, and
when six workers went to the So
ciety asking why this was done, theil
dele was also taken away.
Get Wage Cuts.
Wages are very poor in Daven.
port. Workers are working for the
Milwaukee Railroad for 30 cents ar
hour, filling the Davenport ice house
The work is very dangerous and one
worker got his leg smashed las
week. There is a general wage-cut-
ting going around here in Daven-
port.
Yours for organizing
A" Worker.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-03-28
SUBWAY CONSTRUCTION
EXPOSED TO
DANGER OF ACCIDENTS
Bosses Try to Play Off Native Born Against
the Foreign Born Workers
No Protection for Workers on Jobs; Forced to
Work Overtime With No Pay

DAILY WORKER Brooklyn N. Y
Only few words about the rotten conditions of the Sub
construction workers of the Carleton Company 62nd St.
New York a.
Here the bosses before election starting to lay off all
the nonzen workers for the purpose of getting the sympa
thy and votes of the citizens.
On election day supposed to get two hours off with
pay but nobody gets it. and only few get from other
panies according every capitalist paper This like
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-03-28
Youngstown School Children Fight for Free
LuncheOns
LuncheOns

School" We got it, too, and mean
to get more from them. They
asked us did we eat any break
fast, and our answer was mo"
We have been eating for about
four weeks and hope to continue
on. All Of the Pioneers say we are
glad we joined the Y. p. of A.
M. w. (13 Years Old.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-03-28
NEGROWOMAN SERVANT
PAY CUT TO SIS A WEEK;
3 CHILDREN TO RAISE
Forced to Work Long Hours for the Rich AS
Her Children Live Alone
Has Had Long Life of Toll Since Age Of IL;
Sees Needs for Struggle
Oakland, Calf.
Daily Worker:

Daily Worker:
Negro servant Have been in the domestic service
since little girl of r. Saw hard work and hard times
when on my at that time family of brothers and
sisters had to make living Father ILL., mother dead and
my 81 per week somehow made our existence. got
cast off clothes while and made them over for
myself and sisters. sag
Since fathers family grew up, have married and have
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-03-28
Youngstown, Ohio.

Youngstown, Ohio.
Dear Comrades:
am a pioneer writing to let
you know what the Pioneers are
doing in Youngstown. We are
happy group of 28 boys and girls.
Our leader was telling us to ask
for free luncheOns in school. One
of our Pioneers carried a Ieaflet
with Owe Want Free Luncheons In
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-03-28
Western Union Operators Made to Feel
Burden Of Crisis; New Machines Put In
Soviet Telegraph Workers Get Full Month
Vacation With Pay and Hour Day
Cleveland, Ohio,
Daily WOker:

Daily WOkef:
Speedups and ayoffs the order of the day. After
reading the article signed Telegraph Worker sent from Chi
must add The comrade mentioned Postal Tee-
gaph May add the Western Union Telegraph is doing the
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-03-28

Smash the anti-Iabor laws of the
losses.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-08-19
Paris Too Wild
 for U. s. Studes
By MlNNOTT SAUNDERS NEA Service Writer

Paris.-Adventur takes the high road in Montparnasse and the Latin Quarter and sets pace too merry for young Americans with immature morals.
 The Latin Quarter seethes with ne'er-do- wells, mock students and psudo artists and the glamour of Bohemian.sm sweeps unguided young folk off their feet.
 Dr JoscLh Wilson Cochran, pas tor of the American church in Paris. alleges this in his book. "Friendly Adventures" knowing something; of the foreign students and tourists who visit the shady corners.
 Yet, it IS not Paris that Dr Cochran Is attacking. He assails the practice of sending American students here before they are ready to cope with the conditions. Knows the Dangers
 Dr Cochran is aware of tho pit falls of Paris.
 "This the last place in the world for young Americans with loose moral standards" he says. "The loafer would be better kept at nome. OnIy the youth WItn aus tere objectives has any business here.
 "The high percentage of cas- ualties Is 2. tragic commentary on the influence and standards of American homes, schools and churches.
 These terse indictments come from a ran whose life has been steeped with the "agonizing ap- peals" of parents after the mis- chief has Leen done."
 "No young American" he says, "but those willing to put their backs to their words and keep their eyeJ steadily on the goal should come here"
 May Be Inspiring
 Describirg American religious work in Paris in the past century, he believes that the new American church which cost $1,000.00O and will be dedicated in September, will stretch a long arm out to aid the Ameriran youth.
 The strange surroundings of the city have an inspiring effect upon
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-08-19
Paris Styles
By MARY KNIGHT

United Press Staff COrrcspOndenO
 Paris.-Originality is the High
 c" on the Paris fashion piano. One proof is a cigarette case pre- sented to Rene Recover by the 23 visiting United States mayors and their representatives. M. Recover arranged the trip for the Ameri- cans and his gift from them bore the fac-simile signature of each mayor, his home town and the date. A gift he will always treasure. Another originality note of inn portance, this time for q woman. is to have her profile etched in gold, or silver, on her vanity case, and her name engraved beneath. Yteb, the Russian couturier in the Rue Royale, has designed novel frock called q cinema dress. It has d deep decollete yelled with
 mousseline de soie, which matches long, futtering sleeves. There are cross straps in the back like sus-
 penders and the mousseline de soie is like a silver mist against the velvety surface of the skin.
 Capes are still finding way to | be original at the races. despite the
 fact that they have been worn for
 months. It is astonishing what
 can be done with these little things
 to make them completely different
 from the other members of their
 family. You never know what they are going to do. They may cover only one shoulder, or they may
 futter down the back and front without touching either shoulder; they may reach only to the waist or they may bend over and touch the ground with their chiffon hemS
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-08-19
SISTER MARYS
 2 KITCHEN

use 1t. He'll tell you every time. Then take some home and cook 1t or use it as suggested.
 The topeppo new vegetable that is sure to gain popularity. It's a cross between a sweet green pepper and 0 tomato. Of waxy yellow color, 1t resembles the to- mato in shape and the pepper in texture and flavor. The flesh is thicker than that of the pepper but of the same crisp firmness. It's used raw in salads or stuffed and baked, just as its ancestors are used.
 Two Other FavOrites.
 Leeks and sweet fennel are two more vegetables rapidly gaining favor. Leeks belong to the onion family but are more delicately fla vored. They are used for season. ing in soups and salads or the white lower portion is trimmed and cooked and served with but ter or white sauce.
 Florence Fennel of Finnicchio is used extensively in Italy aa a salad. but is particularly palatable when served boiled with cream sauce. It's flavor Is somewhat like celery. but 1t has q sweet taste and deli cate odor. Try 1t with a fish menu
 Kohl-rabi Is turnip-rooted member of the cabbage tribe. How ever it Is more delicately favored than turnips and is of finer tex ture. The thick outer skin is re- moved before cooking. Serve as you would turnips.
 Broccoli belongs to the cauli- flower family and enjoys long season. It should be used as soon as possible after cutting, for 1t loses its delicate flavor if allowed to wilt. If the stalks are thick, it's a good plan to split them be- fore cooking. Hollandaise sauce is delicious with broccoli although
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-08-19
GLORIFYING
 YOURSELF
By Alicia Hart
0i09 BY NEH SERVICE INc.

Back in Colonial days, when silken skirts billowed in the way that they are doing now, and all the people powdered their hair. the prettiest belles of the community were always said to hold their heads proudly. Sometimes they were accused of being snobbish be- cause they did.
 For somehow or other people didn't realize that tn every tilt of their heads, and erectness of their shoulders; were nightly important factors in contributing to their beauty. They helped to make the girls lovlier. They would have won beauty prizes-if there had been any-because of the tilt of their heads.
 With the coming of the auda- cious hats that the Empress Eu- genie coaxed her court ladies to wear, the way you carry your head is going to be mighty important.
 And the way that 1t effects your chin is going to be infiitely more SO. The ostrich plumes may dip chins, or three, where 0he ought to be, you are going to look atro- cious instead of audacious. The hats are calling attention to every element of beauty. There isn't any low, clinging protection for the neck. It has to be held high and the chin has to be kept in. Don't let your ace fall forward.
 However. if you have discov- cred that your chin has sagged al- ready, it is possible to bring it back. Start to slap underneath. Use the back of your hand or a pad of cotton which is dampened with some helpful astringent. Then take the palm of the hand and use firm pressing movement from under your chin to the ear. If the sag in rather pronounced try bandaging up your chin. It Is better to look as though you had the humps when no noe is | around to see than to have a chin that isn't measuring up when everyone is. A band of cheese cloth, wet with astringent, is all the bandage that you need.
 A touch of rouge on the chin or in your dimple. if you have one odds a piquant touch to the face. A long face will profit from this for 1t takes off an inch or two.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-08-19

I know"
 Dr Barnes looked embarrassed. It wasn't customary for him to | look that way. Something in his discontinue appealed to Sue. He was like little boy who had | made mistake little boy who didn't know exactly how to get in right again. Impulsively, Sue said:
 "I'll play the game. There | won't be anyone there who knows me. will there?"
 'I don't think so. If there Is. we'll forget it and won't pretend i that we know each other very well. The party's a dinner-dance- bridge, do-as-you-like affair. I'll | call for you around seven, if that is all right? Dinners at eight"
 Quite all right" Sue went down the stairs, wondering why she had promised. She was ex- cited at the prospect of something to do. Yet she didn't want to | there were too many empty nights | in her week. She couldn't read | or go to q movie every night. She SIdItcQ lO lIllIk dDouL HtI CiOtHcS. What she would wear. She could l wear the deep blue tucked chiffon afternoon dress that she had
 bought for Sarah and Ted's we'd ding. It's blue was smoky and
 mysterious. It made her eyes
 that way, too. More like clouds that drift around low mountains
 She was nearly home when she
 remembered that perhaps Jack
 had written to-day. He hadn't
 yesterday. She picked up the
 letters on the mail table quickly eagerly.
 NEXT: Sue changes her plans. Copyright 1881 NEA Service, Incl