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The Washington times., 1931-11-25
When Manners
Are Correct
By Mrs. Cornelius Beekmau

BY Mrs. Cornelius beekman
Eating Melon
Dear Mrs. Beeckman:
Which is correct, to eat a
cantaloupe with a fork or a
spoon? MRS. L.
Either is correct. 1T is just
which one you find more con-
venient. If a slice of melon is
served, any kind of melon,
many people find the fork, or
the knife and fork, more cenven-
lent. In Europe the small
knife and fork, the fruit knife
and fork, are always placed with
a slice Of melon, and many
times this is the service that
we find here.
The Washington times., 1931-11-25
Fashion Flashes

THE JUMPER JUMPS into
prominence. One smart shop is
showing a sleeveless jumper Of
fine black suede with square jet
buttons. 1t has 9 cap and purse
to match. and is smart with a
black wooden skirt.
The Washington times., 1931-11-25
The Little Girl
Who Wouldn't EAT
It's Probably
due to St0SiS

Nature knows best Never coax child to eatl
Remove the cause of youngsters poor
appetite-get rid of stasis Children who don't
eat are sluggish. Not to correct this is inercus-
able. 1t is so easy to do, if you will only use
the California treatment" Read what it
is doing for listless children in every part of
the United Statesl
When appetite fails, tongue is coated white,
eyes are a bilious yellow, don't give small
children any constipating cathartic that drains
the system and weakenS twenty feet of tender
bOwelsl California syrup of figs is the only
medicine" they needl
Huggishness ended TN 2 Weeks
That girl or boy with furry tongue and
bad breath should not be dosed with saltSl
California syrup of figs will gently stimulate
the colon muscles-and the child you used
to coax to eat will fairly devour his food.
digest it, gain weight.
The Washington times., 1931-11-25
NOTICE 70 MoTHERS

There are, limitations of
California Syrup Of Figs,
and those WhO W0uld sell
you some substitute even
whCn a child'S health soon
cerned. Don't eDer take any
bottle that is not plainly
labeled CALIFORNIA.
The Washington times., 1931-11-25

The opening lead was B's
top club, followed by his last
card of that suit, leaving A in
the lead. Y played his clubs
$40, holding back the 2, so
that A could not tell whether
Y or B held the missing deuce,
making A afraid again to lead
the suit lest Y should discard
a spade and 2 should trump.
A led his 10 diamonds, hoping
that Y would credit B with
having the missing J.
Y took account or stock before
playing. He saw four probable
trump tricks; four probable dia-
mond tricks; dummy could
trump tricks; four probable dia-
mond tricks; dummy could
trump Y's last club, giving him
nine probable tricks; he must
also win one spade trick to go
game in case his other calcula-
tions were correct. Dummy's
top trump was led, followed by
a small trump; Y won the trick
with his @; the fall of AS might
or might not be honest evidence
that A held no more, but Y must
assume it true. Dummy's ruff
Of the deuce of clubs obliged Y
to venture lead of diamonds
before leading rs last trump.
The fall Of AS j of diamonds
was a relief as Y was now GER
tain of one spade discard. He
led dummy's last trump, win
ming the trick and returning a
lead of spades; the finesse Of
rs j brought out AS ace. The
return lead of clubs was won
with US last trump, and the
two good diamonds and dunn.
my's king of spades yielded
game.
A player of Calgary, Alberta.
states that in May, 1924, he
saw the hand given below, but
that nobody has yet solved the
problem. Think it over until
Monday, when the solution will
be given here. Hearts are
trumps. z is to lead. How
can all eight tricks be won
against perfect defense?
The Washington times., 1931-11-25
AowtoPIoy
Contract
Bridge
BY E. v. Shepard.

On the hand shown below,
z bid diamond; A overcalled
with 2-Clubs; which z doubled
over passes by Y and B, to
force Y either to support 6ia-
monds, collect a penalty at
clubs, or bid one of the major
suits. Y responded with g.
Hearts; z bid 3-Hearts, and Y
coursgeously carried the bid to
game.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-04-18
Cut Wages AS Relief
Ends, What There Was,
in the Lumber Towns
CBy a Worker Correspondent

CENTRALIA, Wash, CBy MaiD-
Wage cuts in OnalaSka and in every
lumber camp and mill around here
are rousing resentment among the
workers.
Centralia and Chehalis are in a
chaotic condition. The Centralia
Daily Chronicle carried a notice from
the local relief committee that be-
tween April l and Is all relief would
be stopped This affects some 200
families-at least 1000 persons.
This is typical of the conditions all
over this section of Washington, Ho-
GUAM, Aberdeen, Montesano, Gen.
tralia, Chehals, South Bend, and
Raymond are all affected alike. Re
lief is being cut off or trimmed down
leaving workers hungry, ragged and
homeless. All sandwiched between
wage cuts and speed up, a hell of a
picture in a land where there is SO
much of every thing.
Come on workers and organize and
put an end to this crazy system!
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-04-18
PONTIAC BANK
CLOSES DOORS
Thousands Of Workers
Lose Savings
(By a Worker Correspondent

by Worker Correspondent.1
PONTIAC, Mich, April THE
Peoples State Bank of this city has
closed its doors. 1t was the largest
financial institution in the city.
In an attempt to fool worker de-
poSitors who have deposits in other
banks, Gramer Smith, president of
the Pontiac Commercial and Savings
Bank, issued a statement to the de-
positors of the defunct bank and
other banks in Pontiac, to the effect
that the closing of the Peoples State
Bank is due in no way to local con-
ditions, therefore it should cause no
uneasiness in the minds of workers
who have their meagre life savings
tied up in other banks.
Local bankers have joined in max
ing promises" that the workers de-
positors of the Peoples State Bank
will get most of their money back.
They are trying their utmost to cover
up the fact that the worker deposit
tors of other banks which have
crashed all over the country have not
yet got back one cent of their depoS-
its, and likely never will.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-04-18
DISCRIMINATE ON
NEGROES FOREIGN
BORN IN WARREN
Workers in Steel Town
Are Starving AS
Wages Are Cut
Warren, Ohio.
Dear Comrades

warren, OIllO,
Dear Comrades
In Warren, there Is much discrim-
ination against Negro and foreign
born workers. Bosses in the small
factories hire only American, but not
Negro and foreign born workers. In
the two factories of the General Elec-
trio Company they hire only white
girls and women. The same is true
of stores and restaurants. In one de-
partment of the Republic Iron and
Steel Company, there are only white
girls and women, no colored girls. In
the Shop Restaurant, all workers are
white. When the people go in to eat,
the colored must sit on one side, the
whites on the other.
Cutting Wages.
There is continuous speed-up here,
and they cut wages three times a
year. They cut the wages of those
who work in open shops, as the Not
Strip Coal, Strip Bloonlin Mill, and
Open Heath. In one of these they
cut wages AZ per cent last time, on
March IS. The workers so far have
not protested, but keep on working.
There is talk of another wage cut on
June l, 1881.
The bosses in the mill take men
who are As years of age, and tell them
not to come around any more, be-
cause they are too old. But no other
workers are hired in their places. If
a person is sick, and he stays home a
day or two, he is fired. Last March
one worker was sick, and asked the
foreman to be let home. The foreman
made him work until six o'clock. The
next day the worker stayed home,
went to bed, and never got up again.
Workers in this town are hungry
and starving. If any one of them
tries to organize or to speak on the
streets, he is arrested and beaten
up. The Republic Iron and Steel Off
Gals hired many stool pigeons inside
their mill, and outside, to watch every
progressive worker and his move
ments. They spy on every progress
sive worker in the charity institutions
The worker cannot get any food for
himself and his family. u. N.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-04-18
SAN DIEGO CLAIMS
M 0 ST SUICIDES
Boss Papers Say Good
Times Are Here
San Diego, Cal.
Daily Worker:


Daily Worker:
This city it noted for the great
amount of suicides that are always
taking place here. Here's another
case.
Mrs. Doris Dawney, 90, was found
dead in her home at 588 Park Blvd
the other evening by neighbors. She
was lying on the door with her head
on two pillows near gas jet.
According to the capitalist press
"She was respondent because she
was unable to find work "And in
mockery to this they still scream
that times are getting better. At the
same time the Young Women's
Christian Association report that
they have 435 women on their list
alone asking for jobs, and they claim
the placements are decreasing. They
also report due to some employees
taking advantage Of the plight of I'M
employed there are number of calls
for women to work full time for board
and room"
Womenl join the unemployed
Councils and fight the murder and
prostitute Capitalist System.
G. G.--Worcorr.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-04-18
BOULDER DAM
JOB HARD, HOT
ONE FOR MEN
NJ i n e S Get $500;
LabOrers $3.50:
Men Mulcted
Salt Lake City

OolAbs AolhC S4ly
Daily WORKER 4s as.
have just received some first hand
information about the Boulder Dam
job. There are about $50 men work
ing on the job, and it is already get
ting hot working on the sides Of those
straight up and down rock walls.
Miners are paid $500 The mining
outside and inside is all dry and dus-
ty. The poisonous reptiles around,
the heat and suffocation, the rush
and speed-up, the absence Of cold
water, makes it a heil on earth The
men cannot even sleep after dark.
Labor is paid $3.50. Bed and board
costs $3.50. They take IS cents per
day for the 10 days of each month for
hospital expenses. $500 poll tax is
taken out of the first months wages
latter ten days..
Most Of the mining is done by
Swedes. I suppose the Swedish boss
takes sub-contracts on certain sec
tons or distances, and hires those he
knows to work for IS per day.
1t will be hell when summer comes,
on account of the heat. 1t will be
hell anyway before the job is we'll un-
der way. j. L. G.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-04-18
FLOP FILTHY
Must Pray for Stale Bread

may receive another meal of beans
and bread. Only two meals are
served, like the above mentioned,
each day.
If you violate any Of the hour
rules, you are requested In the name
of Jesus not to come back any
more.
This Is the only place for work
ers to go to except the jail which
is the worst place imaginable. Iron
benches to sleep on.
There are eighty men at the mis-
S ion whichhas accommodate for
only ten. The workers are handled
like bunch Of convicts and theat-
ed as they would treat a bunch of
wild beasts. There are no accom-
modations for shaving and the
worst bathing facilities imaginable.
The workers who 60 there are
forced into Holy Prayer or they
are threatened with removal from
the only shelter" in the town. They
are victimized into prayer or told
that they may sleep out In the cold
or in box car.
Worker Who Slept in the
Saginaw Rescue Mission.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-04-18
Socialist Boss Is
Mayor In Racine
Bosses Count On Him
To Check Workers

RACINE, Vision April a $50
cialist," william Swoboda, was
elected, by narrow margin, mayor
OF Racine. This socialist mayor
elect, who operates three stores in
Kenosha and Racine under the name
Of the Chicago Wholesale Fruit &
Vegetable Merchant, Inc, had the
support of not only the socialist
Mayor Hoan of Milwaukee but also
the support of Mayor Armstrong of
Racine, who was exposed as CRATER
and profiteer. The papers boast
about Mr.. Swoboda that he is cap
italist and he himself admits that
he will no tchange anything in the
city affairs as long as he is mayor.
Not only is this socialist" business
man but also good member of the
American Legion.
The capitalist reporter who visited
him was much impressed by the So
cialist Mayor Swoboda and states
that he will make good mayor (for
the bosses as me has no class
hatred" The new mayor also prom
ised the bosses that he will not pick
] socialists for the city government
Jobs, but will take those who can
serve (the bosses interests) best. The
Z workers Of Racine will now get a
taste OF the Socialism" which the
workers Of Milwaukee have "en-
joyed" under Mayor Hoan, in the
form of wage-cuts, unemployment
starvation and police terror Only
by supporting the Communist Party
will the workers Of Racine be able
to put up real fight and change
the present miserable conditions
Demonstrate on May Day against the
bosses and their socialist agents.
Racine Worker.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-04-18
Iowa Miners In A
Fighting Mood In
Spite of Church
Springfield, III.

springfield, Ill.
Daily Worker:
do not offer any excuse for not
writing before, at the time when the
mine shut down. The mine where
was working closed on the 9th
of February, leaving the miners in a
destitute condition, as the work was
so poor that they did not give them
any chance to make enough to pay
old grocery bills.
The miners in Slater, and also in
Madrid, Iowa, are more afraid of
the Catholic priest than they are
afraid of the pit bosses. 1t is Cath
Ole company, and the ones who give
large donations to the church get
the jobs. One italian with nine chill
dren has been crucified by the priest
for IS months for not going to
church. However, there are some
good fighting elements among them.
The branch of the LID here was or
sanized with plenty Of good fighting
workers, but no leadership.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-04-18
South Omaha, Nebraska.


Daily Worker:-
Here Is more information con-
corning conditions In the South
Omaha Packing House. This Is how
they rob the workers at the Armour
plant.
Some time ago, they sold shares
at $4,000 which have now gone down
to $500. Since all the workers are
laid off they say they are forced
to cash in the $4,000 share for the
$500 making a loss to the worker
of $4,000.
They hire boys, very young work
ers at IS cents an hour and make
them do the same work as q man
does. The older worker gets 4315
cents an hour. The workers are
forced to work so hours week. The
company takes out from the work
ers' wages insurance fees Of which
the workers do not receive any ben
eft. Last month they introduced
Safety Drive. After this drive en-
dcd for the month they reported no
accidents, although two workers
were badly scalded. These workers
got no compensation and to add
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-04-18
Mission Relief" in
Albany Is Cut Off
Bosses Cutting Wages
At the Same Time

ALBANY, N. Yin Albany during
the past winter the City Mission has
been giving out twice day, cup
of alleged coffee and two hard stale
objects known as bread. -Four or five
hundred men we're so hungry that
they would stand in line for hours
for these miserable crumbs from the
masters table
This Mission would boast in the To-
cal press that meals we're given out.
However, even these few crumbs are
no longer issued. The local bosses
know this and cutting wages more
than ever For instance on road
work near here the pay is 80 cents
an hour and $3.50 a week to dwell in
miserable hut. For even these pail
try wages the jobless are forced to
pay $500 for the job. A great deal
of public works projected here has
been put off until next year as the
thieving politicians could not agree
as to the sharing of the loot. H. j.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-04-18
PACKARD SPEED
UP GEARED UP
MORE NOTCHES
Men Not Paid When
Machines Break
Down on Them
Detroit, Mich.

DetrolC, Mich.
Dear Comrades:
The terror in the Packard plant
in this city is something that no hu-
man could ever dream of in former
years.
Especially the milling machines OPP
orators are subject to tremendous
speed-up. They are arranging the
machines so that one man can run
two of them. And in order to do
that, he is made to run a big job
on one and smaller job on the
other.
When any of the machines break
down, the operator is told to go home
and come back one or two hours
later; according to the length of time
needed to repair that particular ma
chine. Because the men are paid
day rate at from fifty five to sixty
cents per hour. (The new "pros-
perity Scale'O
Sent Home
ESSCSIlLly OilS OpSIdGOI lOIllu lllS
machines broke at seven in the morn
ing. He was sent home and ordered
to be back at eight. He came in at
eight and was told to be back at
nine-thirty. He came at nine-thirty
and tried his machine and found it
still in need of some attention; again
the foreman told him to go home,
and be back at eleven. He came in
and then from eleven o'clock on he
receives his pay. This is almost a
daily occurrence, and the men are
getting fed-up on this sort of treat
ment, but in this shop very few are
working now and those that are
working are sticking and waiting for
better times to come.
But, fellow workers, you are fooling
yourselves. Better do some organiz-
ing under the Trade Union Unity
League leadership. Do not waste any
more time. Stand up like an honest
man and fight the miserable condi-
tons of the shop.
F s.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-04-18
THOUSANDS OF JOBESS WORKERS BEING lURED TO BOULDER DAN
AFL Betrays a
Lumber Strike; Men
Call in Real Union

EVERETT, Wash, CBy MAZDA
strike here against the third wage
cut recently, and betrayal by the A,
F. of l.. has caused group OF the
lumber workers of the Robinson Man
ufacturing Company to appeal to the
National Lumber Workers Union for
organization and leadership.
Five hundred walked out against
the cut. This was only part Of the
force, and the A. F. of L. agents got
busy, telling them to go back and
wait for negotiations to bring them
to the $500 wage they had before the
cut. That was starvation wage, but
when they got back, they received
only $1.8o per day, and the A. F. of L.
did nothing for them.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-04-18
TELLS OF MISERY
ON BREADLINES
Charity Takers Deny
Food to Starving

(By a Worker CORRESPONDENCE
THE Welfare office in McKeesport,
Pa, was Overlooking in
worn, shabby clothing, their faces
drawn; women with children in their
arms, whispering to one another Of
their husbands who for months had
no jobs, of their landlords who har-
rangued them daily, of their children
who were sick with pneumonia and
with ricketts, Some dozed in the
warmth of the office after the freez-
ing cold of their houses Each time
the door opened to the office Of Mrs.
Wilson-the cool, efficient Mrs. Will
son who gets $500 a month for her
job of handing out charity-the ap-
plicants jumped, hoping against hope
that after hours of endless waiting
their name would be called.
Again the door opened to discharge
a woman muttering under her
breath-"but the landlord will throw.
us out. What shall we do?"
With jump I ran to the office
door as at last my name was called.
Mrs. Wilson made short of my story
Don't tell me anything now. Some
one will come to investigate your case
tomorrow"
He came, the following week, the
investigator We huddled in our tat
tered blankets as he snooped around
the house. In a corner he found a
three-year-o radio which I had
bought at an auction 1t had long
been silent since with no money to
buy food we surely had not been able
to buy batteries. Sell that" he said,
land buy something to eat for your
family / would have shot him if
l had had gun.
But rage against the investigator
didn't fill our stomachs. We had to
eat. And so the next place was the
Salvation Army. The thousands in
the bread-line formed a queue the
length of four city blocks. In the
bitter cold the men shivered, stamp
ed their numbed feet, waited and
waited their turn. "Show me your
card" had none. Nothing doing
then"
Behind me stood a Negro who had
a card. His temper rose as he saw
us, one after the other, refused food
because we had no card. He began
to protest. Other voices joined in.
The samaritans, fearing a riot, fin
ally gave in and handed us a bowl
of soup. Soup? Hot water into
which had been smashed a tomato
and which turned our empty stom-
achs. We could not eat.
The Negro who had fought for us
drew some blanks out of his pocket.
Here" he said. Join the Unem-
ployed Council Get what's coming
to you instead of this rank charity
stuff" Our stomachs were empty,
but we signed, and with the signing
came the will to fight-to fight for
what is the right of every worker
WORK OR WAGESl"
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-04-18
TREBLE WORK
in OAKLAND
RESTAURANT
Union COndOnes Such
Practice. Conditions
Grow Worse
Oakland, Cal.

Daily Worker
An aged worker, IS years old, does
the work of dishwasher, fry cook, all
around scrubber and kitchen man
in one of the restaurants here.
He works IA hours straight a day,
getting the grand pay OF about $40
for week of 7 days. He doesn't
even take time to eat his meals, eat
ing a sandwich now and then between
work. He is afraid to sit down for
fear the boss will lay him off.
Former dishwasher, man with a
family of 5 children, was layed off
only recently and this aged man was
told he must do his work if he wants
to hold his job. Naturally being old,
though he knows the restaurant trade
very well starting to work at the age
Of II, he could not protest-but. $3.50.
the place where this happened is 100
per cent union house.
This old man has Cooks, Walters
and Waitress Union card, being in the
union for many years. What is the
union going about this doubling
(rather treblingl Of the work? They
pretend not to see it Il have no doubt
telling him personally to stick to it
for he would be out OF luck if he quit
This is the way our fake union fights
for better conditions. This procedure
Of doubling up on jobs is practised in
many places throughout the city.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-04-18
Agencies and Bosses
Like the Jackals and
Wolves to the JObless
(By a Worker Correspondent


NEW YORK; am just one Of
those who hang around the door,
ways Of the Sixth Ave. employment
agencies staring at the square tick
cts which proclaim that job is
open.
I paid 4.80 for a lousy job at $12
per week at Goes Electrical Shop.
The boss used me three and a half
hours, then told me 1 wouldn't do
and paid me rs cents. I returned to
the agency and they wanted to re-
turn me only $298. I let out a
squawk, and finally they let me go
by just deducting the rs cents. I
left considering myself lucky at that.
Between the agencies and the boss
es, the unemployed are between
wolves and jackals. And incidental
ly, along the gyp row you can find
the Daily Worker being sold. Buy
a copy and read the, truth.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-04-18
Daily Worker:
Saginaw, Mich.

Daily Worker:
There are many men here who
have no homes or places of shelter
other than the City Rescue Mission.
Those who come to Saginaw and
want flop are directed by the
coppers and other GRIM. on in
quiring at the mission, they are d.
rected to in corner, reserved for
the "bums."
After services and before 10 pm.
the floor is swept and scrubbed by
a picked crew of late arrivals. After
the work is finished the late ar
rivals are told to go upstairs to take
a bath. Then they are given
dirty. lousy cot. If there are not
any cots they are forced to sleep on
the floor.
The next morning, they are all
herded in the main room and given
tin cup, partly filled with a col
ored fluid and a couple Of pieces of
hard pastry on the floor which
gives the pastry peculiar taste,
since It's a kerosene floor. IF you
care to come back after this you
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-04-18
BUTTE CITY GOVT BANKRUPT

BUTTE, Mont, April 15.-City en-
ployees were told today that the
banks will no longer cash their
checks, as the city is bankrupt. They
will have to cash them by 'scalpers,"
or private persons, with large dis
count. The city government, how
ever, will keep the firenlen and police
men in good humor by paying their
wages out of the pension funds.