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The daily worker., 1931-11-10
Toward the Coolie Standard

Miss Jeannette Chesbro, teacher Of eco
nonlics," according to an Associated Press dis
patch from Chicago dated Nov g. demonstrated
to State Conference Of vocational home making
teachers, how-"a woman can live on 81 cents
worth OF food day and remain in good health"
This comes in extremely handy for the city
administration of Chicago which has spent so
much In graft that 1t cannot pay the thousands
Of school teachers. These teachers will be cheered
to know that they can live on 81 cents a day
of food, mind you this not including rent,
clothes, or anything but food.
OF course, even at that, the Chicago teachers
will have to ask: "How do we get the 81 cents?"
Because they Annot get their checks cashed
anywhere.
But granted that everybody would suddenly
take the notion to live on 81 cents day-what
would that mean? 1t is solution of unempoy-
ment? Hardly! 1t would Immediately increase
unemployment among all those who make the
things that have been purchased and consumed
by expenditures above 81 cents day
Over the radio recently, MIR. McCann, Jr, the
diet expert. has been celebrating this whole
theory advice to charity in the relief given
the unemployed Correctly he attacks the an
cient idiocy OF sow-belly, corn meal and beans,
and correctly explains that milk, fresh veg.
etables and whole grains would be no more
pensive and much healthier.
But what does this all amount to sociallyf
Workers who have already suffered wage cuts
Will be told that they can stand more cuts be.
cause, as the Department of Agriculture adj
vised the drought-stricken farmers, they can
ind many kinds of grass and weeds that are
edible"
The net result OF this scientific opinion In Diet
etics which is thus isolated from social science,
Is to excuse capitalism in its giving less relief
rather than more to the unemployed and to
furnish scientific" Justification for higher
degree of exploitation, greater surplus valus
wrung from the workers for accumulation BY
the capitalists.
But this surplus piles up and capitalist "over~
production" crises would come quicker by this
raising OF the rate Of exploitation through ro-
ducing the masses to a coole standard.
The real solution Of the crisis which must be-
gin with revolutionary struggle for MORE
rather than less, food, still remains as the chief
problem; and dietetic reform, put forward in iso-
lation from politics. serves only as an excuse for
reaction, regardless of its subjective truth
1t is typical of capitalism that it halls as the
greatest achievement, any plan whereby it can
take away from the workers who produce every.
thing and get very little, still more OF that ittla
That's what we mean by capitalist science
The daily worker., 1931-11-10
BY LABOR RESEARCH ASSN.
Unemployment

TIE figures issued by the Cleveland Chamber
of Commerce show marked drop in employ
nlent during the last two years In September
1881. the employment index was 17.7 per cent
lower than in 1880 and 333 per cent lower than
September, 1879
The children of Cleveland, typical American
industrial city, suffering from the i'll effects
OF unemployment and wage cuts as the economic
crisis deepens. A recent partial survey made in
81 out OF the city's IA elementary schools re-
ported 4,635 undernourished children The sur
vey was made in only one section of the city
and the actual conditions indicate that the total
figures for the entire city would at least double
these. For last spring eminent physician es-
tinnated that there were at least 5000 children
In the Cleveland public schools who we're under
nourished and malnourished. Today more chill
dren than ever are coming to school looking
hungry. Many arc faintng in the class rooms.
7 Il it is estimated that more than $4,000 chill
= ~ il tie elementary schools and at least 5000
In the night schools, Will be partly starving and
In need of relief before the end OF January 1882.
In the face of this situation the school board
reports that it can appropriate nothing to give
the children free lunches, and turns the matter
over to private fund which is able to feed only
. few thousand Of these children
The report on the examination ot public school
children shows there has been noticeable rise
In the number Of ricketts, cases and . r.se IN tu-
The daily worker., 1931-11-10

igation helped 1889 transients and served 131,-
8S5 meals. But during the first ten months of
1881, 174O81 transients forced to seek relief
from this organization, which gave 1893 meals
Health Of Workers
Increasing numbers OF workers have been COM
PEELED TO ask for free hospital service. The Com
nlunity Fund estimates that free work in local
hospitals during 1881 has increased 1876 over 1880
and 365 over 1929. At the same time dispensary
treatments were reported to be II per cent over
1880 and 375 per cent over 1929. The calls made
by visiting nurses increased 16 per cent 1880
Suicides
The suicide rate IN Cleveland in 1880 was one
Of the highest in the country-21.5 per 100000.
The increase during the period Of the crisis is in
dicated by the figures for the first six months
of the last four years-76 in 1923, "a in 1929, 108
in $780, and 10e in 1881.
Evictions
BY the end of 1881, it Is estimated, the number
of evictions in Cleveland will be fore than 100
per cent more than the figures for the normal
year Of 1928. For the first ten months Of this
year alone there we're almost 300 more evictiors
than for the same period in 1880. During 1928
the municipal court records showed monthly evic-
tion figures ranging from 26o to 40. During the
first ten months OF 1881 the lowest monthly fig
ure was 500 while In August, l,146 eytctions oc
MYT0d. ts.A-.4-
The daily worker., 1931-11-10
DISTRICT, SECTION AND UNIT
LITERATURE AGENTS

See that you are supplied with the following
literature:
For Unemployment Work and the
National Hunger March
Unemployment Relief and Social Insurance 4
Fight Against Hunger. NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..
Work or Wages, by Grace M Burnham. . 10
Social Insurance, by Grace M Burntam. 10
Communist Call to the Toling Farmers. ~. 3
Race Hatred on Trial 10
Why Every Worker Should Join the Com
munist Party IN
Those who cannot otherwise supply them
selves should write direct to Workers Library
Publishers, P. o. Box 148, Station D. New York
City.
The daily worker., 1931-11-10
Effects of Unemployment in
Cleveland

berculosis cases during the last six to eight
months The effects on the mental conditions oi
the working class children have been even more
reports the atmosphere of fear and uncertainty
IN which most working class families are forced
to live has distinct effect on the children, re-
sulting in increased nervousness Increased fa
tigue has been noticeable. The hungry children
can not study; their memories are poor and they
tire easily at school tasks"
In the Catholic Schools the situation Is equally
bad Of the children examined the number suf-
fering from undernourishment has increased
from So per cent in l928-29 TO 70 In 193o-31.
Increase In Charity Cases
During September, 1881, over $4,000 people were
cared for by the local charities. This is $50 per
cent more than for the same month in $780, and
1000 per cent more than during the same month
in any normal" year Every day over $50 new
families apply for relief to the charities During
every month of 1881, so far, three times as
many families received from the family relief Or
carnations alone as during the corresponding
months in 1880. 1t is estimated that about l00-
600 individuals will be in stringent need during
the coming winter months. 1t must always be
remembered that the charity organizations re-
heve only the very worst and the most worthy"
cases.
The increase In the number OF meals and lodg-
i1gs given to transient workers in exchange for
labor by the wayfarers Lodge Is also marked
during the last four yearA IN 1e7e this organ
The daily worker., 1931-11-10
BY MYRA PAGE.

Foreign Correspondent of the DAILY WORkER)
III is three years since we were last in Moscow
In the meantime what changes have taken
place! Century -old cobbleStoneS torn up and
asphalt laid, instructions cleared away ana many
streets widened. Autos buses, and trucks are so
numerous that traffic lights have been installed.
Book stores, busy with customers, meet you at
every turn. Now parks have sprung up filled
with lively children and workers enjoying their
days OF rest. Everywhere modern buildings are
rearing their heads, old ones being remodeled
and painted. Factories equipped with the latest
machinery have multiplied many-fold. The
greatest changes are in the outer sections of the
sprawling city where whole communities of mod
ern workers apartments clubs community nur-
series and kitchens have been constructed
Much of old Moscow still remains,-narrow,
winding streets hedged in by ancient buildings;
street cars, and busses jammed with people be-
cause transportation facilities haven't been able
to expand as rapidly as the city'S growth.
Nevertheless, everywhere one finds the new push
ing aside conquering the old.
What tremendous labor, what mass enthus-
iasm lie back of these changes! Wherever one
goes he feels the pulse of construction, OF pur-
poseful activity. He Is warmed by the friendly
comradeship of people who, each year Of their
freedom, are discovering more of what 1t means
TO really Live.
Building the New.
The thoroughfareS of the workers metropolis
throb with life. AL day and far into the even
ing endless streams of working men, women, and
youth surge past, obviously intent some i'm
portant, satisfying task. The faces OF the older
generation are lined with past years Of fierce
struggle with the cZar and his allies; but their
eyes CLEAN with confident insight into the future.
The younger generations, those who have known
little or none OF the old oppression, swing along
with free gait and happy self-reliance that
mark them the true products OF the So
cialist era.
The population, we observe, on the whole is
better clothed than in 1928 At that time there
we're many of the poorest peasants flocking in
from the villages whose jackets were ragged and
whose feet usually were wrapped in dirty rags.
Now these peasants have Jobs and good wages
in of the city's factories or, inspired by the
collective farm movement they have returned
to the land where standards OF life are rapidly
approaching the best the city has to offer. Oc-
casionally one still sees person whose coat and
shoes are too thin, but the overwhelming ma
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1931-09-03
Judgment For
Actress Given
In Love Suit

LOS ANGELES, Sept. 3. UP
Edwina Booth, heroine of the mo-
ton picture Trader Horn, stood
absolved today of the charge that
she alienated the affections of Dun
can Renaldo, young actor, duriSg
the filming of the picture in the
African Wilds.
After Miss Booth denied in SUI
perior court that she carried ON a
love affair with Renaldo while
they were in Africa, a decision in
her favor was handed down in the
$4,000 damage suit brought against
her by Mrs. Suzette Renaldo, wife
of the actor.
Miss Booth, the only witness
called, testified that her acquaint-
ance with Renaldo was casual and
that she did not know he was mar
ried and the father of a small son
until she returned from Africa. She
denied every alarge of misconduct
made by the actors wife.
Mrs. Renaldo was said to be in
New York, where she recently
brought charges Of child abandon
ment against Renaldo
After filing suit for divorce here,
Mrs. Renaldo fled the state with
her son when Renaldo swore out an
insanity complaint against her.
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1931-09-03
Mining Engineer
Dies In Tucson
From Apopiexy

TUCSON, Ariz., Sept. 3. U.P)-
Courtney Dekalb, SO, International
ly known mining engineer, scien-
tific writer, lecturer and former
commissioner for the department
of commerce, died here last night
after a stroke of apopleXy.
Many years ago Dekalb taught
mining engineering at the Univer-
sity of Missouri and later at the
University OF Alabama. In 1925 he
lectured as DepauW University.
During his career Dekalb visited
many almost inaccessible corners
of the earth. His best known eX-
petition was a 5000 mile trip
through Brazil, Peru, Ecuador, Cen
trail America and Mexico. While
trade commissioner, he investigated
! the mineral resources of Spain ano
/ Morocco.
Dekalb wrote much of his eXpe-
ditions and Investigations. For q
time he was associate editor of the
Mining and Scientific Press of Sar
Francisco.
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1931-09-03

Commenting on business eondi-
lions generally and the relationship
between chambers of commerce and
their members, r. 3. WhitelaE,
uesidant of the Fl CeuGro Cham
Der of Commerce, today said, I
know of no chamber Of commerce
in the southwest which fs 9stting
more suppoE tJop its membew
than the Ell Centre chamber.
Not only are the individual nova
bers supporting the chanbeT, but
the city as a whole is favorable to-
ward the chamber as proven By the
fact that it has a membership II
over 300, almost four percsnt Of the
total population Of the city and
about 25 per sent Of .lre adult
male, American population Of al
Centre, in other words, one out Of
every four men p all walks CT life
in this city belongs to the chamber
of commerce.
Their. has besn no falling OF
of membership in sle past year ex-
cept for the few persons who an
nually move or go out Of business
and we have gained a number o.
new members. keeping CTR tote4
constant. Collections of dues have
also been normal this past year,
both of which fasts indicate that 81
Centre has not felt tho financial
depression which many cities Of the
country have and that orr mer-
chants realize that thew future
prosperity lies IN a progressive, n p
ergetic program for Agslding and
improving the city and community
as a whole
According to Whitelsw, practSal-
~ every retail merchant in the city
is a member Of the FL Centre cham
Der, with the chain stores as well as
local stores cooperating IN gslsalhsr
activities. One Of the chain store
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1931-09-03
TranSamerica
Tells Holding
OF Stock Shares

SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 3. U.P)-
Through individual holdings, per-
sonal investment companies or
family trusts, members of the board
of directors of Transamerica Cor
poration own more than 100000
shares of the capital stock, the cor
poration announced today.
More than half of the 100000
shares is owned by Elisha Walker,
chairman of the board of directors,
the corporations statement said.
A. P. Giannini and the A. P. Gil
annini company own 5000 shares.
Jean Monnet, vice chairman of
the board, owns 1890 shares;
James A. Bacigalupi, president,
1924 shares; A. Pedrini 38,450
shares; W. c. Hale 29,531 shares
and Dr. A. H. Giannini 1878 shares.
Announcement of the holdings
was made by the corporation to
clear a confused impression result
ing from recent publication of lists
which purported to show the hold
ings OF various directors, but which
omitted all shares held in trust or
in personal investment companies.
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1931-09-03
Daily Report Of
Stock Markets

NEW YORK, Sept. 3. U.P) = Led
by a three point break in Steel
common to its lowest level since
! 1922. the stock market suffered its
sharpest decline of the late summer
today. Activity increased to near
ly two million shares, triple the re-
cent turnover
Scores of leading industrial and
railroad shares were carried to new
! lows for the year or longer as sue
cessive waves of selling swept over
! the market from the start of trad
/ ing.
Worst prices were reached in the
final half hour of trading after the
! list had developed some Steadiness
| in the late afternoon.
Bears centered their attention on
a variety of individual issues during
the morning trading and succeeded
in driving them sharply lower. In
the afternoon they shifted their
operations to Steel common on the
theory a new low in that issue
would send the whole market lower
Shortly later, Steel broke to 827s, a
loss OF 81 points and fractionally
below it's early June low of 831s,
which was the lowest since the post
war deflation period of l921-1922.
The entire market gave way, lead
ing issues breaking below their
early low marks to within striking
ground of the low levels reached be-
fore the moratorium rally of early
June.
Rails broke below their June lows
most of the leaders of this group
selling at their lowest levels in near
ly a decade.
The largest loss in the industrials
was a 10 point slump in j. L. Case
as the bull pool dumped its holdings
overheard following omission of the
Sc dividend.
According to preliminary calcula-
tons the Dow Jones g. Company
industrial average declined to AT
points to 1874, rail average de-
clined lis points to 6448, and the
utility average was off 1.31 points
at 1921.
OdltS lDldlGQ Z,lUUiUuU olldi co GULL
pared with 100000 shares yester-
day.
LOS ANGELES, Sept. s. U.P)-
Selling on the New York stock ex-
change was reflected on the local
exchanges board today as most
stocks continued to lose by fractions
of points.
Trans-America dropped Is to 62
when transfers of 6700 shares were
recorded, was the most active of the
issues.
Security First National, another
financial stock, also suffered drop,
when 1850 shares sold at 10, off y
Southern California Edison COM
mon sold 700 shares at IL, off Is.
Pacific Lighting common was down
y at 50 on sales of 200 shares
In the petroleums, Union Asso-
ciates was the leader, selling 300
shares at 14A, down p; Union Oil
sold 200 shares at 1875, off z;
Standard Oil dropped y when 200
shares sold at 39l2.
Claude Neon was unchanged at
15i2 on transfers of 200 shares.
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1931-09-03
STARK
SUIT ORDERED
FROM CALENDAR

LOS ANGELES, Sept. 3. U.P)-
The suit of Pauline Stark, screen
actress, against James Cruze Pro-
auctions for $1,000 damages, for al
legged breach of contract, was or
dered off calendar today when
Judge John L. Fleming was in
formed efforts were under way to
settle the case out of court.
Miss Stark claimed Cruze had
employed her to play a role in THE
Great Gabbo," but that after she
had worked for just four days she
was discharged despite an agree
ment providing for weeks work at
$500 a week.
Cruze in defense alleged Miss
Stark was discharged because she
was not capable of playing the
role.
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1931-09-03
BY GEORGE KIRKSEY
United Press Staff Correspondent


BEVERLY COUNTRY CLUB
CHICAGO, Sept. 3. U.P) - Billy
Howell, 10, Richmond, Va, and
Paul Jackson, 81, Kansas City Mo.
the two youngest players left in the
national amateur golf champion
ship were trailing at the end of Ia
holes in the 36 hole quarter final
matches today.
Lester Bolstad. Minneapolis
Mimi, former Big Ten and nation
al public links champion, rounded
the turn 2 up on Young Howell
who lost complete control of his
game on the second nine and fin
ished with an SO, twelve strokes
over par. Howell was up on Boil
stad at the end of nine holes, but
could not keep out of the traps
coming back and took A on his
second nine. Bolstad squared the
match on the l4th and then won
the 18th and 18th.
Francis Ouimet, Boston veteran
who won the national open title
in 1918 and the national amateur
in 1914, finished the morning round
six up on the diminutive Paul
Jackson. The Kansas City youth
won only one hole, the l4th and
needed 30 strokes. nine over par
for his morning round. Ouimet
played steady golf and had a IA,
three over par.
In the lower bracket. Jack West
land, Chicago, 1929 French anna
, teur champion, finished the morn
ing round up on Arthur CDucky)
Yates Rochester, N. Y, golfer who
tied for the medal.
Yates was ! up at the end of the
nine holes, but Westland squared
the match with a par on the 18th
and went / up by winning the 18th
with a par d. Yates evened the
match on the 18th with a par 3 but
Westland grabbed the lead again
by winning the 18th with par 5.
Maurice Mccarthy, New York,
played the best golf of any of the
eight survivors On the morning
round and finished 10 up on Fay
Coleman. Culver City. Calf, Nc
CaTtny went out III 80, one under
par, and came back in SO. one over
par, for a II, to become the second
player in the tournament to equal
or break par
Coleman won only one hole, the
18th, when Mccarthy three putted
from As feet for a six.
With the exception of the third
hole, Mccarthy played every other
hole in pars or brides. Outside of
Johnny Lehmans 10 in the second
days qualifying round. McCarthy's
morning round was easily the out
standing round of the tournament
He putted superbly except on the
18th. He sank a 20-foot putt on
the second and 80 footor on the
sixth. - -
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1931-09-03
CANISTER FILMS
ARE UNDER FIRE

ALBANY. n. Y, Sept. 3. up
Senator James J. Crawford, Dem
Ccrat, of Brooklyn, has introduced a
bill in the staee Legislature which
would make The showing OF gang
stsr pioures q miSdeneanor pun
ishabls by ? fine sf from $500 to
e5s00.
The mea3lre, which has the ap-
prCya Of Attorney General John
i. BeaRett, IS designed to bar the
production, sale, or showing of any
sloyia6 dspssting gangs or gangster
Lis. -
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1931-09-03
MERCHANT FILES
IN BANKRUPTCY

LOS ANGELES, Sept. 3. U.R)-
Although Thomas OBria0. Kern
county merchant, owns real estate
worth more than $1000,O00 and his
liabilities amount only to $245, OOo,
he cannot meet pressing obliga-
tons, according to a voluntary Pc
tition in bankruptcy on file in Unit
ed States District Court today.
OBrien's petition, in which he
listed assets of S1,2O9 ,238.1O, point
ed out that most of his holdings
were in frozen real estate.
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1931-09-03
Held To Answer
For Escaping
Officer

Preliminary hearing was condNct-
ed in justice court yesterday after
noon for Antonio Soldania. held on
a charge of escape from an officer.
lie was held to answer to super
ior court with bail set at $1,000 and
returned to Jail. He escaped from
the county farm on july II, while
working in the hay with other pris-
oners. He made hay of a different
order and was not captured until
July 20.
When his disappearance tool,
place he was serving a 100 day
sentence for assault.
R. I. French represented the dis
trict attorneys office at the pre-
liminary.
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1931-09-03
ONE KILLED
One Killed In
Auto Accident

BAKERSFIELD, Cal. Sept. 3. U.P)
William JutsOn Patrick, 10, Long
Beach, was instantly killed and
three others were injured, one per-
haps fatally, in an automobile crash
near here early today.
Miss Geraldine Jinnett, 10, of Ar
vim, is not expected 10 live Harry
Dial, SO, North Hollywood, and
Miss jeanette Patterson, 10, Bak-
ersfield, were less seriously injured.
The automobile in which the four
were riding skidded from the high
way at a sharp curve and over
turned.
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1931-09-03
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE GETS
MUCH SUPPORT IN THIS CITY

managers wrote recently. says
WhitslaW. IT does not seem to us
shat Membership in such consTuc-
tive activities Us those Of the CHAM
Der OF coSnsaeres should be eurtailed
duTing fard tsnes-that's when
they sFe needed.
This u the attitude Of all ctr
rSembeps.r states Whitelaw.s They
are supporting the chamber and ex-
peot in return that every effort Of
Cac chamber directors and staff will
be bent toward keeping local bus-
ness conditions sound and iAcreaS-
ing I'll Camo's prosperity bS the
development OF She pr0spssty OF
the valley as a whole"