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The Kusko times., 1933-03-11

years he was on the staff of the Ju- neau Empire, prior to which for sev- eral years he was connected with the Anchorag Times. He is an excellent newspaper man, and Fairbanks and the News-Miner are to be congratu- lated upon securing him.
 Roy G. Southworth, dea nof Alaska newspaper men and editor and man. ager of the Anchorage Times for the last several years, has purchased an interest in printing firm at Port land, Oregon, and will remain there and devote his time to business. News to thatt effect was received by the management of the Times some days ago
 Mr. Southworth stated that he had an opportunity to join old friends in business, and as it gives promise of permanency in business for himself he decided to accept, but that the matter came up so unexpectedly t upset his plans for a tour of Califfr- mia in the immediate future, and that he immediately rolled up his sleeves and is already at work.
 G. M. a(Happy) Nison, of Yakutat, a fisherman, and boy, Carl Edwards, who lived with Nison, were found dead in their bed recently by neigh bors who called at the cabin. Death apparently had been caused by fumes from a radio battery which Nison was charging with Ford engine. The couple were fully clothed and appar- ently had passed away without a struggle.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-10-06

Not the NR.A. but real workers
union settlement will abolish the
sweatshop conditions.
My work is fine in quality and 1
can work as fast as any, but because
/ am not an old hand, the bosses
pay me less and exploit me more.
This is what I have seen in the
past week. worked in I. Bernstein's
dress place, 1862 W. 35th St., 18th floor.
There are about dozen operators,
mostly italian, Negro, Portuguese. I
cannot say definitely about the rates
of the operators, but as f1nisher we
got cents a dress for sewing two
buttons, tack down front part in
dress, snaps on sleeves, snaps on side
at waiStline, buckle on belt, hook on
neck loop The girls worked like mad,
did not dare to raise their heads,
Swears at Workers
A forelady with filthy tongue
swore and scolded the girls and wom-
en- if they did not sew so fast. The
forelady sneered at the italian and
Negro women and made fun of them
in Jewish. 1 am Jewish myself and l
understood all this we'll. These work
ers are so glad to be working, they
are so thankful for the job, that they
consider it a kindness to receive 6
cents a dress. This must not be.
Many workers in shops like this
work only a few days, sometimes
few hours, and go migrating to look
for better jobs. At cents dress
girl must finish 70 dresses day to
get a minimum wage of $22. 1t is
superhuman to perform such feat.
When I saw I could not make any
thing asked to be paid off, so I could
look for q job. My wage was 66 cents
for almost half days work. The
forelady, after telling me I was too
slow, said, looking at some Negro
girls who were still slower than I,
Perhaps you'd like to stay and break
in" Yes, break my neck for 6 cents
a dress, like hell, Three Negro girls
got up with me and walked out, re-
fusing to work for such slave" fees.
But what is done? When we go to
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-10-06
Hundreds Being
Fired in Wooden
Mills of N. H.
nv a Worker Correspondent

NEWPORT, N. H.-Workers in the
mills in this town are already being
laid Off Sept. 18th the entire force
Of the Garden Wooden Mill, which
employs 200 workers, will be thrown
out of work, as direct result of over
production. The MIRA. has been in
effect in these mills and the workers
there are not getting the minimum
wage.
The work in the weave room is
piece work and the price per yard is
figured on best looms with the best
weaver running the best cloth. So
naturally the ones with bad looms do
not make the minimum.
If any weaver makes over S14 some
weeks and some weeks below $14 the
weeks that he makes over that is used
to make up his low weeks. If
worker kicks he is fired. This is true
Of the other three mills here also.
ENFIELD, N H.-The American
WOODEN Co. unit here has been shut
down throwing out Of work 100 work
ers. Lack of orders was given as the
cause.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-10-06

Sonal approach worked better. Where
I didn't sell the Daily" often had
a few words in discussion and at
least advertised the paper.
One worker said, Il don't want it.
that paper is only for the National
Textile Workers Union"
1 answered, tits for all workers.
Here, I'll prove it. Read this article,
and you can return the paper when
you're through, if you still don't want
it," This worker bought the paper,
and afterwards said to me, That's
straight stuff in there"
I kept up my shouting around the
same slogan, but to keep from get
ting monotonous I changed it little
from time to time. Don't go home
without getting the special article on
your strike, in the Daily Worker" Or
to use the typical newsboy or sales
mans pressure method, 1 shouted:
who else wants to read the special
silk strike article in the Daily Worker,
3 cents. Everybody is reading the
special silk strike article in the Daily
Worker, fighting workers paper. Only
paper that prints the real facts on
the strike" and so on and SO on.
In two hours sold 10 papers. Not
many, to be sure, but 10 papers in
the hands of A. F. Of l.. workers during
the strike, when N. T. U. is thying to
form a united front is wedge not
to be overlooked. Besides. at least
rs strikers must have read the article.
Because, as I saw myself, group Of
three read the same paper, because
the others didn't have three cents.
If I had had red crayon with me,
I would have put red circle around
the special article which would have
helped 70 center attention on the
special article"
Until the Daily Worker becomes
as well known and as popular among
the broad masses of people as the
capitalist papers, we will have to
really sell the paper, not announce
it. A newsboy selling the Daily News
or New York Times or Paterson Call
can simply shout, Morning News, or
Morning Times" etc. But We have
to sell our paper; really convince
workers that they should read it. Once
in their hands, the next time we ap-
proach them our job is easier.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-10-06

Comrades, last nights meeting was
replica of the other dead" unit
meetings I have attended since join
ing the Party. First of all, only six
members of the IL who are sup
posed" unit members, came. Last
weeks attendance was marked by
only two comrades, while the week
prior to last week, somehow drew one
member. AND OUR UNIT IS TO
CONCENTRATE ON FISHER BODY.
I want to ask one simple question,
What analysis can the District pro-
vide from the above description of
attendance in Unit No. "a?
Certainly the Open Letter told us
that unless we made a turn to the
organization of workers in basic in
dustrieS, our Party would not grow
Certainly, we members of Unit No. "a
should be concerned, and class con-
scious enough to worry over the des-
perate situation our Unit is in. That
there is concern can be shown by
the comments sought of those COM
rades who attended the unit meeting
tonight. I am quoting them verbatim.
Draw your own conclusions.
Comrade J:-"My opinion Is we
should have new unit buro and a
new unit organizer"
Comrade A:-"Comrade s. should
settle decision Of unit"
Comrade H. W.:-'Unit No. ~
should be hquidated."
Comrade A. Members of Unit
No. "a be reassigned in order to give
more time to unit. In addition, men,
bership be added. In addition to this,
there are two weaknesses. Members
who work can do no unit work. Other
members have been assigned to out
side unit work"
Comrade Tt. Main weakness is
low political level Of unit members.
g. I'VE should not lquidate the
unit"
3. Make unit meetings more in
teresting so members who stay away
from unit meetings because they are
so uninteresting and do not work,
will come to meetings"
4. "Have less personal squabblings
at meetings and more political dis
cussions."
5. "All members should be visited
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-10-06
Letters from
Our Readers
SOME STATISTICS ON U. S. S. r.
Maui Work

Maui NorE
| enclose dlspatch Oh Wlllaih Aiien
White, on the Sovlet uIion' WHICH
appeared IN the Times Oh Wv. =
think II the SoVlet Workers WISH
to laugh, tney snoulo reaa EuiOoL
Whites article. VIII noI po.liei
your time, Comraoe Eoltor' WIN
lengthy set-to. 10 De prlel' ~ clVe
a few STATISTICS on tne U. .. D N.
/. Before tne heVolutlon tile
working masses OF the ukraine hao
no idea OF what a kindergarten Was
At the present time III tne Ukraine
100000 children attend klnoergar-
tens; and IN the entlre Sovle1 Union
100000 children no" atteno XIII
dergarten.
q. The number OF students IN the
primary schools IN the U. .. .. n.
has Increased from lo,ooo'ooo IN
1928 to 100000 IN 1882.
3. Before the revolution there was
not a single research INSTITUTE IN tne
Ukraine, whereas now there are
1,058.
4. About tWo-thros OF the entlre
population OF the former RUSSIAN
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-10-06
BY PAUL LUTTINGER, MD.
Chiropractic and Science

Now, Comrade Ned J. Smith, who
lives in Marshall, Mich, seems to be
one of those deluded comrades who
have fallen victims to the glib tongue
of one of those Self-made doctors, and
he writes us that this column is liable
to destroy the faith and confidence
that many have in the Daily Worker.
We hasten to assure him that his
fears are groundless. Against the
hundreds of letters of appreciation
which we have received, there are
only four or five voicing a reproof OF
some sort. But we cannot afford to
have a single comrade labor under
any Misrepresentation as to our pur-
pose of serving him or her to the
best of our ability and by the most
scientific methods available.
We grant, Comrade Smith, that
physicians make mistakes. We may
go even further and state that their
errors are often buried six feet under
ground and nobody is any the wiser.
We cheerfully admit that it might
patient "given up" by regular physi-
clans. Patients have been "cured"
by Christian Science, as well. Any
body who has been in France can
"see" the hundreds of miracles" per-
formed at Lourdes. Yet, no sane per-
son would resort to these methods
when he is afflicted with a fracture
that has to be set, an abscess to be
opened or tapeworm to be removed.
Some psychological conditions, on the
other hand, often mistaken for or
ganic diseases, can be cured by sug-
gestion, irrespective of whether the
"healer" is ''yarb" doctor, a naturo-
path, Christian Science healer,
chiro, Catrolic priest, or an "old
woman
Regarding the treatment of pine
apple rash which aroused Comrade
Smiths ire, please remember that if
the sensitive person does not eat
pineapple, he needs no treatment
whatsoever. But if he insists on eat
ing this delightful fruit, there is only
one way to prevent him from getting
a rash (hives) and that is to get him
Cor herr used to taking enthusiastically
small quantities of pineapple, which
are gradually increased to larger and
larger doses, until he can eat his
favorite fruit. This cannot be done
by giving him a small piece of pine
apple by mouth; the smallest piece
is big enough to give him Cor herr
rash. We therefore extract the spe-
cific substance from the pineapple
and we dilute it million times and
we inject, at first, few drops OF this
very, very weak extract (almost all
water. Little by little we increase the
dose, until the patient can stand an
injection of the pure, concentrated
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-10-06

before next meeting and asked To-
come to the meeting SO we can dis,-
cuss and reorganize our unit work.
New unit organizer and new unit
buro be elected. Someone from Dis
trict should be present at this meet
ing"
Comrade NJ. A.: THE district
should be alarmed at the moribun
condition of unit. Should have checkbt
ed up on the organizational work car =
ried on at Fisher Body and investi-
gated the physical condition of unit.
Unit can still survive over its present
illness if the right kind of leadership
be given to unit"
Comrades, am raw recruit" into
the Party, and it is true that my I'M
derstanding of Party line is wobbly.
but am terribly concerned over the
lack of work carried on by our unit,
Times like these, Open Letter, or not,
should educate Party members into
doing spirited organizational work.
We cannot moan, or futter our hands
in Unit No. a. We demand that the
district give us the political guidance
necessary in order to reawaken our
unconscious Unit. Fisher Body mast
be organized! e9
Here is an example on how some
of the units are functioning after
the discussion on the Open Letter
in the District Conference in Cleve-
land, after the section conferences
and the discussions in the units.
Still the old dry mechanical life;
still no attempt to apply concrete1y
the line of the Open Letter to the
tasks of the units. Why? Because
of the lack Of leadership by the
. Section Committee and the District
Committee. This is one example
that illustrates the situation of
many of the Party units, where
because of the low grade of initia-
tive the section leadership and
district leadership has to step In.
The problem of Unit "a, section
2 is to study and concretize pro-
gram of action on how to Organise
the workers in the Fisher Body.
Does this unit get guidance from
the Section which has In It's plan
as the major task. the concentra-.
ton on the Fisher Body? Does the
Section guide the units along this(
task? What happened with the
program Of work?
The cornrade from Unit "a who
raised the problem "Fishsr Body
Must be organized should bring
this problem into discussion Of
the unit, the unit shall bring 1t to
the section; the unit shall not wait
for everything from above, but
when they feel the necessity Of
being assisted in their work, they
must demand the assistance, exer-
else pressure upon the leading COM
mittees to give the guidance.
ORG. COMMISSION, &C.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-10-06
Workers in Armed Forces and
On Subavays Aid Daily Drive

NEW YORK.-Worker from many
fields, and of many trades are doing
their part for the Daily Worker.
Even the boys who are drilling in
the armed forces of the country are
coming to realize that the Daily
Worker is the paper that fights for
them.
The following letter was received
from a guardsman: Enclosed find .
money order of one dollar. I am very
sorry that 1 cannot contribute more.
/ wish to say that if every reader
would do this our paper wouldn't
have to keep so much space for ap-
peals, and more for real news.
Il am a married man and have four
children, but one dollar would not
save them from starvation, but this
dollar will help us spread the Daily
Worker and establish q workers So
ciety.
Il urge all sy1npathizers in the
armed forces who read the Daily
Worker to do their bit. pledge myself
to do all In my power while under
arms"
Another letter equally appealing
came into the offices of the Dailv
Worker 1t is from group of IR.T.
workers who slave in the New York
subways. They, too, are putting their
shoulders to the wheel to make the
Daily Worker go round.
The enclosed five dollars Is con-
tribution to the fighting fund of our
Daily Worker, from a small group of
class conscious IRT. workers. We
wish we could make it many times
five dollars, but the fact that we are
shaving for the I.R.T. wage and have
families to feed is explanation
enough" write the IR.T. workers.
The American masses are really
beginning to stir. The coming months
are of great Importance to our move
ment. NOW is the time for every
class conscious worker in the country
to throw his full support to our red
press"
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-10-06
Crippled Workers
Forced to Slave
for 81 to So a Week
(By a Worker Correspondent

NEW YORK.-There is an Institute
for the Crippled and Disabled at 400
First Ave, near 23rd ST., In which
the disabled are supposed to get shell
ter. But the worst of all is the work.
room ON the second floor. We do all
kinds of work, factory and needle,
also machine work. We are on piece
work seven hours a day, we are forced
to work under terrible conditions. We
are working out from 81 to SO week.
The MIRA doesn't mean thing to
them.
Rich parasites come to look at us,
and our work is like anicals in a
zoo. Please, conrade editor, could
you do something in this matter? I
hope to read your answer in the
Daily Worker.
EDITORS NOTE: We are send
ing this letter to the Needle
Trades Workers Industrial Union,
1s1 West 2Sth st. It would be good
il this worker would also send her
name and address to the union, so
some work can be started in the
shop. This worker might also ex-
anime the answer given to another
correspondent in this section, as
some advice there might apply.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-10-06


I chose a difficult spot. A meeting
of dye strikers at Turn Hall, under
the leadership of the Association
Silk Workers, an A. F. of L. union.
Here it was not only question of get
ting workers interested in the paper.
1t was also question of presenting
it in such a way that those who
knew that it is Communist paper
which steadily exposes the A. F. of L.
leaders, would not be prejudiced
against it.
There was one method I knew
would not use, and that is the APP
Droach. or lack of approach OF the
Daily Worker sellers in New York.
Most of them have one monotonous
chant. Daily Worker, 3 cents. Only
workers paper, 3 cents" But the
word Daily Worker" has no magic
charm to people who are not familiar
with it, I thought to myself. A per-
son wants to know in what way it is
the only workers paper" and what
is in it that he can't find in his reg
ular newspaper, the bosses paper.
/. I looked through my Daily" l
saw one front page story on the silk
strike dealing mainly with the &C
tivities OF strikers under the leader
ship of the National Textile Workers
Union. On page three there was a
special article on the strike by Carl
Reeve analyzing the strike up to date,
exposing the A. F. of L. leaders and
the NR.A.; an excellent article and
important to get into the hands of
A. F. of L. strikers.
I opened one paper to that page,
holding the paper so that I could
easily show the article. The rest Of
the paper I held in the usual way,
front page facing outside.
At the hall I shouted in loud,
peggy voice, Special article on your
strike in the Daily Worker, read the
,reel faets on your strike in the fight
ing workers paper, the Daily Work
err / sold one or two and was
dissatisfied.
then began approaching groups
OF strikers talking together. Have
YOU re2d this special article on your
str;ko?" I asked them ct analyses
the strike from top to bottom and
gives you facts and advice no other
EareT will dare to print This per-
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-10-06
Why Nancy Dress
Shop Workers
Are on Strike
(By a Needle Worker Correspondent

(by Needle worker correspondent
NEW YORK.-The Nancy Dress
making Co., Inc, is a custom-mad
shop. The customers are wealthy
millionaires. The bosses have to hire
first class workers. 1t is a known
fact that the more skilled worker is
usually paid a little more than the
unskilled worker. But not in Nancy,
Inc.
The bosses here during the crisis
made one cut after another without
any opposition from the workers. Not
satisfied with this they changed the
system from week work to piece work.
And here they did another trick.
They settled the prices so, that the
result was another cut.
When some Of the workers finally
started to protest, the bosses told them
If they want more money they can
work longer hours. They did so, but
still the workers could not meet the
ends. So the bosses came out with
another proposition. They gave the
workers home work. Workers often
shaved until midnight, and were really
working 1880 hours a week. But
the wages were the same.
Finally the workers revoited and
walked out. That was last winter.
But, being poorly organized, not all
the workers walked out, some kept
on scabbing, and so they lost the
strike. Now, with the revival Of
the movement to better conditions, a
general strike was called in the trade,
And they responded together with
other shops, but not 100 per cent.
A certain amount OF workers did not
Join yet. They are scabbing.
Now is the peak Of the season, and
the bosses can be forced to give in.
With united action this struggle can
be shortened. The workers are out
to win. s.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-10-06
Can You Make En-
Yourself?

just the thing to teach little sister
TO sew-a complete doll outfit: hat,
coat, frock, panties, and pajamaS;
and the Instructor" that goes with
the pattern makes the work easy. If
one has some pieces of material about
the house, this outfit might be made
and pinned nicely on q. card for sale
at ba1aars.
Pattern 1852 is available for is, 10,
"a and "a inch dolls. See Instructor
chart for yardage.
Send FIFTEEN CENTS d5c) in
coins or stamps coins preferreD for
this Anne Adams pattern. Write
plainly name, address and style num-
Der. BE SURE TO STATE SIZE.
Address orders to Daily Worker Pat
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-10-06
S14 for 60 Hours
Under Dress Code
in Union City
BY a Worker Correspondent

WEST NEW YORK, N. J.-About
one month ago, friend Of mine &C
ouainted me with your splendid paper
Since then I have read 1t religiorsly
every day.
The letters published in the Daily
Worker about conditions under the
Slavery Act have caused me to look
around and the following is one OF
the glaring violations of the N.RA
1 have a sister who is working as
an alteration hand in a dress shop
at Union City, New Jersey. To
attract customers, 1t flies the CUSTOM
airy Blue Buzzard." She works over
60 hours week for the measly sum
of $14. This has to pay for the sup
port of herself and her two children?
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-10-06
Fresh Steamed Spinach
Mock Maple Pudding
Coffee

For lentil soup, use cup lentils
Soaked overnight, sliced onion, l
tablespoon butter or fat, stalks eel
cry. salt and pepper. Brown onion in
butter or fat, add drained 1entils,
celery cut small, and boiling water.
Cook slowly until lentils are very soft.
If desired, this soup can be strained
and reheated before serving. A Glove,
or garlic, or sliced sausage will i'm
part a fine flavor
For the fish, use trout or whitefish
if available; otherwise 1 think mack
erel, founder, or a slice of halibut
would do. For each pound of fish, cut
3 medium sized peeled potatoes in
inch cubes; slice carrot and / onion,
and cube tomatoes.
Put all vegetables, sailed little, In
casserole or pan with lid. Grease it
first) Lay fish over vegetables, dot
generously with butter; dust with
salt, pepper. and paprika. Bake until
vegetables are done. Turn fish over
once-having top side Drowned when
done. If you are wearing your troubles
but lightly, decorate it with parsley.
Bonita T.
Wash spinach 2 or times in a
dishpan of water, put in big pan with
no additional water, cover, and steam
10 minutes. Salt and butter it.
For pudding use recipe for choco-
late pudding but omit cocoa and use
brown sugar instead Of white.
While you are baking the dinner
if you want to save gas. bake pan
of apples for breakfast. Otherwise
bake them tomorrow morning Wash
and core the apples, set in pan. and
fill hole with sugar mixed with lemon
juice and few grated rinds. Pour
a very little water around them.
v. M. X.