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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-08-21
Letters from Our Readers
New York City.

New YORK City.
Comrade Editor:
I think the Daily Worker should
carry regular slogan appealing to
workers to spread the Daily-every
copy Of it-then we will get some re-
suits. A slogan on these lines:
Workers and farmers, smash the
Roosevelt new hunger program and
war maneuvering by spreading every
copy of the Daily Worker to new
workers; give out all revolutionary
literature, renew the subs, make this
regular task; let's build up strong
opposition against this starvation and
war program!
A constant slogan on these lines
will keep the workers awake about
the Daily -sD
Six-Page DAILY
The Daily Worker has now
six pages. This means that the
Daily" carries more news and
more interesting events, but on the
other hand the expenses are going
to be much greater than ever. so the
life and growth of the Daily" is abb
solutely depending on the workers
We, as workers, must support this
fighter more than ever, now.
We as class conscious workers
must put all our energy into build
ing up our fighting press by getting
new subs and distributing every copy
of the DAILY" into the hands Of the
new workers. ..l>e
Let's make this a regular habit
You know one seed planted bears a
dozen or more Of the same seeds IN
time of harvest.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-08-21
LayOffs on NY Central
and Long Island R. R.
(By a Railroad Worker
Correspondent

NEW YORK CITY.--Up to Aug.
First there were 81 fioatmen on the
float bridges in the Marine Dept,
of the Long Island R.7R. Since Aug.
1 they left only 8 men, three men
on each shift, and these men have
to do the worl; of all 81 men.
The papers published that they
were going to put 1900 men back
to work in the shop on the New
York Central freight terminal at
72nd st. and North River. Only Is
were re-employed.
About month ago they put an
extra engine to work in the. freight
service. Last night this extra en-
CINE was taken off-seven men, out
OF work.
That's what We get from the
N.RA. ~
Joe Beef,
signature AuthGfzed).
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-08-21
Letters from Workers in Transportation
and Communications Industries
Fisherman Works Mite
and Day and Clears $50
for the Entire Season
(By a Fisherman Correspondent

BALTIMORE, Md have been
a fisherman on the West Coast
of Florida for about nine years.
Up to 1880 we averaged about a
thousand dollars a season. The
price of fish steadily went down
from five cents a pound until now
it is one cent a pound. The price
of gasoline has risen from 10 cents
a gallon in 1880 to "a cents in
1888. The prices of nets, net
leads and corks etc. have not been
reduced.
Between three and four thousand
fishermen are engaged in fishing
along this coast. In the low tide
months fished day and night
when weather was permissible, and
cleared no more than thirty dollars
all told.
By chance | got a job as an O.S.
on ship at $50 month. There
are some delegates of the Marine
Workers Industrial Union here who
convinced me that our only hope
lies in organization. l have Joined
the M.W.I.U. and intend to try to
organize the fishermen.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-08-21
Police Bully, Browbeat
N. Y. Tax-Cab Drivers
(By a Taxi Driver Correspondent

W -
NEW YORK, N. Y.-Nowhere
else are taxis under the supervi-
sion of the police department. We
are looked upon by New York
finest" as criminals, and treated
as much. The great majority of
hackmen, are family men, trying
to make an honest living Due
to the de<ression, there are thous-
ands of men from other trades who
are driving taxicabs, thus making
competition keener, not only in OBJ
tanning fares, but also, and this
consider primary, making it harder
to actually get cab and start
working.
Fleet owners give their cars to
those who can book the largest
amount of money. They have a
blacklist system to exchange in
formation and prevent a man that
one of them does not like from
working for anybody else.
The police department bully and
browbeat us because they may give
tickets for hacking other than a
hack stand" A hackman who goes
to court with ticket of this sort
must plead guilty if he does not
want to lose another nights sleep.
If he pleads not guilty, he must
come to court on another day, after
working all night. Nine cases out
of ten the magistrate will believe
the officers story in preference to
the drivers. He then pays fine,
if he has it, and is forthwith
watched by all the other police and
given a ticket for any minor Of
tense. j. S.
EDITORS NOTE:-The Taxi
Workers Union at 81 E. 18th ST.,
New York City, is taking up the
case of this fellow worker. All
cases Of police discrimination
against hackmen should be reported
to this Union,
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Workers Desert Co.
Urion to Form Their
Own Militant Union
(By a Telegraph Worker
Correspondent

BROOKLYN. N. VI am en-
ployed by one of the biggest tele-
graph companies in the world and
have been a member of yellow
Dog Union" in order to keep my
job. But recently I've seen such
injustices done the workers by the
officials of this company union that
l took the liberty to resign from il
and a good many other workers fol-
lowed suit.
One of their pet tricks was Il
give us 3715 per cent of our back
pay to give us the illusion that the
company union was fighting for the
workers, and also to draw us
renegades back into this damned
company union. But none of us
have rejoined and expect to branch
out into a real militant union very
soon.
Hoping this testimony will help
to enlighten the minds of the op-
pressed workers of all industries.
Editors Note: The Office Work
ers Union will be glad to help these
workers form their own Union, or
affiliate with the OWL. The ad-
dress is 80 E. 18th St., New York
City. We ask this worker to send
us more information on conditions
of work on the job.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-08-21
Paradise for Parasites
Upstairs on Miami NJ;
He'll Below for Workers
(By a Group of Marine Worker
CORRESPONDENTS

NEW YORK, N. Y.-The worst
conditions exist for workers on
board the luxurious liner of the
U. S. lines, S. s.. Manhattan"
Pride of the U. S. Lines! Upstairs
beautiful salons and cabins and
dining rooms-the playground of
the parasites. Down below, rotten
sleeping quarters, long working
hours and speed up for the work
ers. -.
In the stewards department, for
instance, we get as low as SO a
week pay. Out of that we have
to pay for our laundry and uni
forms. The working hours are
from 6 a. m. to 10 p. M, with an
hour off in the afternoon. Total
Is hours a day work. If that is
not slavery, we don't know1
Every time a trip is over, a score
of workers quit the ship, because
on account of these miserable con-
ditions, they'd rather starve on the
street than make another trip on
this beautiful" ship.
The stool pigeons and spies also
do their dirty work, Fat belly
Chief Steward King "a relative OF
Congressman King in Washington
plays his role perfectly by terror
izing and abusing the wokers. The
same goes for the kitchen chief
Kleist, and his Turnkey, Hans-a
bunch of Nazis, working aboard
They also cause a lot of trouble.
Similar rotten conditions prevail in
the engine room and all other de-
partments. ''' Go
Many workers are shifting from
one boat to another, but they are
disappointed, because it is just as
bad on the S. S. "Washington," SIS.
President Harding" and S. S.
president Roosevelt"
The workers on these ships need
organization, which is also hard
problem. Mr.. Roosevelt, where do
you come in with your fake NRA
National Recovery Act) program?
EDITORS NOTE.-The head
quarters of the Marine Workers
Industrial Union, which will help
these workers to organize, is at
140 Broad ST., New York, N. Y.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-08-21

ing all this time, I met no one selling
the Daily" Only during the Aug.
demonstration did I meet Daily
seller. My biggest shock came when
1 went to the headquarters of the
Needle Trades Workers Industrial
Union and the Party offices. 1
looked forward to the visit-not only
to find out whats doing" in Chi
cago, but to get a much-missed
Daily" No one with "Dailies" at
either place.
At the N. T. W. I. u, there was a
strike meeting of $50 pocketbook
makers. I saw plenty Of Tribunes
and Daily News around, but no Daily
Worker I spent two days with the
strikers. During this time, not hint
of a paper whose interest in the
strike was unlike any other paper in
America. This was the first strike
for most of the workers. Fresh ideas
we're coming to them. Here we're
people ripe for the Daily anxious
for a working-class paper, but as far
as the Daily Worker agent in Chi
cago was concerned these $50 strikers
we're non-existent. A live member of
the Party should also have noticed
this serious deficiency.
To Fight Red Batting"
There was an additional higher
political reason for the Daily being
there which the strike leaders should
have seen. Because of red-baiting,
the leading strikers were doubling
backward in order to quiet, as they
Thought, the fears of the word red"
in the workers. AS a result, the strike
was constantly kept on a low political
plane.
The Daily" could have been a
good tactical agent for educating the
strikers and exposing the red-bait-
ing. 1t could have brought what the
leading comrades were opportunis-
bically afraid to take issue with, and
cleared to explain At the same time,
The workers would draw inspiration
ard courage from reading about other
styike1-rsad exposures Of the NRA.,
and of strike victories-wodld have
5rawn energy from the militant notes
The Daily never fails to hit.
To me, the Daily Worker should
be one Of the first agencies organ
fizers should think Of using in sup
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-08-21
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product would be enough to prevent
reimbursement by supplying the
necessary vitamins and minerals. Out
of carelessness, rather than ignor-
ance, many comrades thus neglect to
balance their diet.
ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
Compensation-Lump Sum
E. E. K-You would be entitled to
a lump sum if you had received some
permanent injury or defect. You
must appear before the Workmen's
Compensation Board before any
award can be made. No x-ray seems
to be necessary in your case. Don't
return to work until you are able to
do so without experiencing pain,
,s
i. w. o. and Compensation Cases
Ed. C.-If your friend pays medicE
benefit dues he was certainly entitl y
to the needed advice. But If he Is
merely member of the /. w. O., he
is not legally entitled to any services.
Upon receipt Of fuller particulars, I'll
take up the matter with the proper
authorities and advise you accord.
ingly. Please give his name, address,
name Of I. w. o. branch. In the near
future, we expect to publish few
articles ca the compensation racket.
hsfs
Warts-CalIous.
Charles 1.-The two warts on your
thumb are best removed by electric
fulguration. 1t can also be done, more
slowly, by painting them with glacial
acetic acid, every night: care being
taken not to touch the healthy skin.
Iodine does not do any good. We do
not know the origin Of warts. As tn
the callous, try compress Of gree
soap every night and scrape off til,
softened skin with razor blade tn
next morning until the healthy flesh
appears. nf aa,ass
Readers desiring health inform
alton should address their letters
to DR.. Paul Luttinger, CO Daily
Worker, IS East 18th St. New
70 &C
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-08-21
Dear Comrades:

Dear Comrades:
have formed an idea of meth
cd by which the readers of the Daily
Worker will easily do much toward
popularizing the Daily Worker be-
sides doing our utmost toward get
ting new subscriptions.
I know that it is fact that in
few instances is the current issue
of the Daily Worker passed from
its buyer to the hands of another
worker. Why this should be so, I
don't know, unless it is desire on
ones part to completely finish read
ing the contents of the paper, or
let the other worker also help sup
port his paper. At any rate, what
happens? Issue upon issue is either
thrown to the paper can or is al
lowed to pile up at home, nesting
side by side with the capitalist pap
ers.
Comrades, all copies of the Daily
Worker, magazines, etc, new copies
or old copies, must be given away
to be read, must be left on the sub
way seats, left on the park benches,
movie houses, given to workers, etc.
They will be picked up, they will
be read. AS an example, I left 5
back copies of the Daily Worker
on the benches of the small tree
bordered park next to the And st.
Public Library, and everyone was
picked up and read with an en-
thusiasm that foretold they never
before had read a workers paper.
Your comrade,
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-08-21
Seaman Wakes Poetic
for the Daily Worker

PHILADELPHIA, Pa.-There is a
place called the institute where
busted seamen go. At least so
Stockman tells the rich when he
begs them for dough. He tells
them he takes care of the boys, and
feeds them twice a day, but he
doesn't tell them that the boys
have to sleep on beds of hay. He
doesn't tell them that the stew
has very little meat, nor that the
coffee which they serve is very
seldom sweet. The institute is
sure fine place, the beds are
full of bugs, and the spineless men
who run the joint are Stockman's
hired thugs. But their rule will
soon be over if we'll only all unite
in one great organization and show
them how to fight. -BoSo Butts.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-08-21
/. A Letter from a
Working Woman
Pittsburgh. Pa

PlJLSDurgh, ia.
Comrade Editor
The Daily is certainly swell. We
are planning whole series of greet
ing parties to the siX-page. 1t is so
alive. The sports, women's para
graphs, ''the Red Press" put it COM
pletely in our daily life.
I have the feeling that the Menus
are prepared by a capitalist syndicate
or else by some one who is not ex-
actly a cook. 1t is no economy TO re-
commend dishes that are cheap so
far as food costs are concerned if
one has to use a lot of gas to cook
them, and feel that we are treading
on rather dangerous ground when we
say that cabbage clad and cabinet
pudding and coffee a supper. Steak
and potatoes. a vegetable, CABBAGE
salad and cabinet pudding is a sup
per and just because the N.R.A. is
forcing down standards and there are
millions on the bread line is no reason
why we should help Mrs. Roosevelt
10 put over her cheap menus. Besides
coffee for the adults is a line can't
bear TO see in our paper. Most of the
adult workers in the u. S. today are
! half starved and one of our demands
should be milk for them to get
healthy on.
think that one recipe day would
be sufficient, and then put something
in that would interest any one in the
nome. For instance, how to make
scrap book. How to make file that
one can find quickly in the daily
articles on any subject. How pion-
It,eer troop can make flag How to
s7carry on home birthday party for
the Daily, how to conduct a home
reading circle. How to make the land
: lord paper your house. How to Or
ganize a bazaar. Your child and his
: teacher. How to get shoes for the
children $50 kids here in Williamsburg
z marched before the City Council.
ere The capitalists have almost sue
ceeded in busting up the homes of
the workers and we must begin to
realize that the only happy workers
homes today are the ones where the
3 husband and wife are working to-
( gether in the class struggle and
bringing up their children TO be
fighters for the working class. We
had a big example when several
! months ago we started to organize
7 house parties for the D. w. Husband
and wives who had not spoken for
months (on account of the crisis)
sang our songs together. One comrade
said: This is Party of loving kind
ness" tthis is the Negro district. One
Negro comrade said to me, will you
go and see my wife? She is against
us because she does not understand
and she is against me because I
don't get job. and if you explained
all to us~ she would be with us and
a good fighter. and l like her and
it's not our fault we fight
All Of this is Just to express that
my opinion is that our "In the Home"
column should have as much life as
the rest of the D,ily has.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-08-21
Men Workingfor Keep
Replace the Paid Men
(By Marine Worker Correspondent

(By Marine Worker Correspondent
GALVESTON, Tex.-Newspaper
headlines say: "Our City Embarks
on Recovery Program" The mer-
Chant gives 10 per cent wage in
crease and jumps the price of his
wares to pay for it.
The steamship companies don't
larry the number of sailors that
the manning law requires. They'll
put on extras alright--college boys,
scenery buns, relatives and friends
of the moneyed class, who work for
gratis, for scenery, scott and flop,
and incidentally rob the paid sailor
of his job in the process.
So you see! The Steamship Com
pany can raise these birds 100 per
cent and still be paying them
nothing. This NRA stuff is just an
other handful of sand thrown into
the eyes Of the workers
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-08-21
Govt Arbitrator in
Effort to Break Sun
Ship Y ard S trik e

CHESTER, Pa, August 20. - Not
needing the government arbitrator,
165 workers at the Sun Ship Yards
are still out on strike, demanding
higher wages. .1
The arbitrator is advising the
workers to join the A. F. of L. union
which is favorable to the bosses,
The welders are expected out on
strike. The burners held a meeting
a few days ago and sent.a committee
TO see The boss
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-08-21
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.llElla fll(, H(, III
!, 1SSS#Ha1 ~ Al
Can You Make 'em
Yourself?

Having few blouses, no matter of
what material, certainly does dress
up the skirt The blouse pictured
can be made from any of several ma
terials-cotton, wool or silk. Rayon
we do not advise, for friend Of ours
who knows, tells us that when mois-
ture strikes it, rayon loses quite bit
of its vitality.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-08-21
the revolution.

IIIH IENUIuJIOu.
The corrupt leadership of the
American Socialist Party, opportunist
to the core, and supporters of, or tao
lily in agreement with the entrance
of the United States into the world
war, sabotaged the struggle against
war of the rank and file led by the
revolutionist, Comrade Ruthenberg.
This leadership showed again, as they
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-08-21
On the Birth of the
C. p. of the u. S..A.
BY 1. AMTER

On September 4th will celebrate the fourteenth anniversary the
formation of the Communist the United States The Communists
Party the heat of the world OF enthu
for the Russian Revolution appreciation Of the correct rsvo
uionay bringing about
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-08-21

No. 3.-In answer TO inquiries, the
Secretary of Labor is reported to have
said, that "its publication would be
inadvisable at this time" That may
be one reason, and another may be
that the Department, in its eager
cooperation with attorney General
Palmer was so busy deporting hun
dreds of workers without trial, that 1t
hadn't time for such trifies.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-08-21
NOTE:

We publish letters from workers in
all transportation and communica-
tions industries every Monday. Get
the letters to us by the preceding
Thursday.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-08-21

had shown throughout their leader
ship of the Socialist Party, that they
are typical supporters of the capital
list state. The Russian Revolution,
following a few months later, in
famed the left rank and file, as it
did the honest workers throughout
the world. The first successful Work.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-08-21

No. 2.-In vain special convention
of the unions in Western Pennsyl-
vania had appealed to the Governor
for assistance. For moment the
Federal department of Labor had dis
played a languid interest in these
conditions and had sent half dozen
men to investigate. But until this
day the report has never appeared.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-08-21
By DAN RICO

No. 4.-The unions determined to
exercise their rights lawfully and
peacefully, and take the consequences.
A special Flying Squadron of or
ganizers was formed, superintendent
by VIM. Feeney, who hired couple
of lots and held meetings. The COM
pany tried to break them up by hold
ing concerts and ball games at the
same hour. But it was no use. The
workers attended and joined the
unions in droves.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-08-21

Pattern 1866 Is available In sizes
IA, 16, 10, 20, 80. "a, 36, 38, 40 and
AZ. Size IS takes 27s yards 39-inch
fabric.
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dered.
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mail only
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-08-21
Found aily'Absent
From Its Post in
Chicago Struggles
Paper Should Be One of the First Weapons
Used by Organizers in Support of Struggle
New York City.
Comrade Editor:

Comrade Editor
trip Chicago why
get Daily said And it's not terribly
in considerably
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1933-10-09
|S7ANFORD-PURPLE,
CORNELL michigan
GAMES SCHEDULED
vanderbiIt's Eleven will Battle
With Powerful Ohio State
Buckeyes
SCHEDULE IS Attractive
Pitt-Navy, St. Mary's.Trojan,
Washington Con-
tests Coming Up
SCHEDULE IS ATTRACTIVE

New York, Oct. 9.-R-Intersec-
tional rivalries flare up in earnest
this week, battling for recognition in
another heavy schedule Of football
"naturals."
Principal intersectional inter s t
will center on Cornell's invasion OF
Ann Arbor for z tussle with Mich
igan and Stanford's journey eastward
to play Northwestern in Chicago.
Michigan, Big Ten champion last
year, opened its caf.,csaign last week
with 20-6 triumph over Michigan
State.
Stanford's Indians. with three VIC
tories already behind them, probably
will start as favorites over North
western. which absorbed q stunning
defeat at 1owa's hands 10 days ago.
Only Vanderbilt's duel with Ohio
State will be able to compete on even
terms with such sectional struggles as
those between Pitt and Navy, st.
Mary's fCalif) and Southern Cali.
tornia, Oregon and Washington; Pur-
due and Minnesota, Duke and Ten.
nessee and Georgia and North Caro-
lima.
Cornell-Michigan and Stanford
Northwestern games dominate the
midwest program, marked by five
other intersectional contests. Ohio
State, $50 victor over Virginia last
week, plays Vanderbilt; Mississippi
encounters Marquette; Carnegie Tech
and Kentucky invade Cincinnati for
battles with Xavier and the Univer-
sity Of Cincinnati respectively. Notre
Dame, lucky to get q scoreless tie with
Kansas in its first start last week,
plays Indiana, equally lucky to tie
Minnesota, SIS. Minnesota makes its
second Big Ten start against Purdue's
Boilermakers while Illinois and Wis
consin tangle in another conference
feature. Big Six conference compete
ton opens with Nebraska meeting
Iowa State and Kansas State play
ing Missouri.