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Evening star., 1933-12-18
Probe Is Started
On Sharp Drop in
Atlas Tack Stock
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, December 18.-The Sc
curities division Of the State attorney
generals ofice interested itself today
in the market action Of the stock of
the Atlas Tack Corporation, which
dropped $l1.50 on Saturday and more
than 81 today.
1t was said at the Office of Assistant
Attorney General Mccall that wit
nesses were being questioned but no
statement would be made prior to COM
pletion Of the quizzing. Officials of
the New York Stock Exchange de-
clined to reveal whether or not they
were making similar inquiry.
The company's stock consists OF l50,-
600 shares of no par common on which
no dividends have been paid since dis
tribution Of $225 In 1920. Late last
week II was announced that directors
have been called in a special meeting
to act on proposals to increase the
stock to 100000 shares of a stated
value to be determined by the directors
and a split-up of three shares for one
Of the old stock. The company has a
plant at Fairhaven, Mass, where its
main office also is located.
Later it was learned that the Stock
Exchange had required members to re-
port all transactions in Atlas Tack
stock, disclosing the accounts for which
trades were made.
Evening star., 1933-12-18
CUDAHY PACKING CHIEF ,
REVEALS S1,813,766 NET

CHICAGO. December 18.-The Cud-
ahy Packing Co. closed its fiscal year
October % with net profits of s1,813,-
766, its chairman, E. A. Cudahy, an
nounced to stockholders.
An additional profit of s388,81s from
sale of common stock was also listed in
the report. This sum was added to
surplus, Cudahy explained, because Of
its homecoming character and the
surplus figure during the year rose
from S9,026,115 to S9,533,90 "
The aSSet-liability total for the COM
pany was given in the accompanying
annual report as s66 $40 ,43o. Assets
included S5,204,311 cash. S6,482 SOB
accounts receivable, S16,20492 in
ventory and S33.84S,9 real estate,
buildings and plants.
Evening star., 1933-12-18
CURB IS IRREGULAR
AT LOWER LEVELS
Several Industrial SpeCiaIties
Rally, Despite Decline of
Other Groups.
BY JOHN L. COOLEY.


NEW YORK, December l8.-The
Curb had a lower trend today. Trad
ing was quiet. Some industrials re-
sisted the markets downward leanings,
but many of the leaders were off
Aluminium of America, Common
wealth Edison, Humble Oil, National
Sugar. Sherwin Williams, Standard Oil
of Ohio and Newmont Mining showed
losses Of ! to 3 in the late trading.
American Light g. Traction, Electric
Bond & Share. Great Atlantic & Pa
cific and Parke Rust Proof were also off.
Firm spots included Swift g. Co.,
New Jersey Zinc, American Cyanimid
"B." Cord Corporation and Lake Shore
Mines.
Hiram Walker was strong, up more
than 2. but other liquor shares did
little.
Evening star., 1933-12-18
j. 5. BONDS EASE;
CORPORATESD DOWN
Junior Rails Show Numerous
= Losses With Trading in
Small Volume.
BY BERNARD S. O'HARA,


NEW YORK, December l8.-Bonds
had rather f1abby support today and
prices were lower in most of the do
rnestic groups. United States Govern
ments were under slight pressure from
the start but showed irregular i'm
provement from the lows in the late
trading. Approaching the close most
of the Treasury loans were off from
2-32s to 12-32s of a point. The 3ass
of l943-47 were up 2-32s Libertys
were down from 3-32s to 5-32s.
- Secondary categories bore the brunt
of selling in the rail, utility and indus
trial lists. Chile Copper IS were par
ticularly weak around 52la, off nearly
3 points.
Foreign bonds had their best day
for some time, although top levels were
not fully maintained. in many instances.
British and French issues were from
/ to points higher on improved cur
rency rates against the dollar japanese
issues were heavy.
Evening star., 1933-12-18
U. S. TREASURY POSITION.

BY the Associated Press
The position of the Treasury. Decena-
Receipts. s1.oo7. .ss9. .59461: expendi-
lures. S719 9s2 1859; balance Sl277.-
607,0o4 05; customs receipts for the month,
t. 81 122 536 90; Eee@eipts @ Cor the hscal year
lures, S2.e17 559,62O.ec including s9oa :
o11312.36 of emergency expenditures; ex-
cess Of expenditures, S90s 254 ,l4494.
RECEIPTS for December IS 1882 teom-
s704 912 4I6.46: customs receipts for the
month. Sl1.373 05655
expenditures. S1.975.30O 256.o4: excess OF
soS 4a eSelusTe xer of sfss ex.
pended for the Reconstruction Finance
Corporation.
Evening star., 1933-12-18
DOLLAR MOVES LOWER
IN DEALINGS AT LONDON
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
LONDON, December 18-The United
States dollar deprecated az cents to
the pound In quiet dealings on the
foreign exchange market today and
closed at SIG to the pound, as com
pared with Saturdays quotation of
5.l3l2.
Market men, who expected some move
in the American currency plan, were
not surprised when the gold price in
Washington was raised from S34.0l a
fine ounce to S3406.
Gold currencies were in demand, the
French franc improving to 1921 to
the pound and the Dutch guilder to
8.11.
PARIS, December IS R.-Three Der
cent rentes, 81 francs centines; Az
per cent rentes. $3.50.
Exchange on London, $3.50. The dol
lar was quoted at 1921.
Evening star., 1933-12-18
Markets at a Glance

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK. December 1s.-stocks
easy; dullness rules trading. Bonds
neavy; United States Governments de-
cline. Curb easy: most leaders drift
lower Foreign exchanges firm; dollar
reacts on gold price advance Cotton
quiet trade and commission house
ouylng Sugar lower; poor spot de-
mamd; Coffee higher; foreign buying.
WHlCAGO-Wheat lower; income tax
selling. Corn easy; liberal primary re-
ceipss. &c ps Cattle steady to weak; top,
so.oo. Hogs steady. active, top, So 40
Evening star., 1933-12-18
LOFT REPORTS $41,884
PROFIT IN NINE MONTHS

Loft, Inc. (candy manufacturers and
distributors, reports for nine months
ended September 80, 1888, net profit OF
SAL ,884 after depreciation. amortization,
taxes, ETC., comparing with net profit of
S58, 1888 in first nine months of 1882,
For quarter ended September 80, 1893,
net loss was s64 ,294 after charges and
taxes, against net profit of S82,332 in
preceding quarter and net loss of S43,-
28l in September quarter of previous
year
Sales for the nine months ended Sep
tember 80, last, totaled $4,000 539, COM
pairing with Se,973,0O7 in first nine
months of 1882. September quarter
sales this year amounted to S2,8l6,5l3.
Evening star., 1933-12-18
BANK RULE EXPANDED
BY JERSEY STANDARD
Ry the Associated Press.


NEW YORK. December 18-The
Standard Oil Co of New Jersey has
expanded its long-standing rule re-
gardlng service Of It's directors on the
boards of banks. according to the cur
rent issue of the conpanv's publication,
The Lamp. The company now pro-
hibits any employe from serving with
any banking institution Fedora, or
State, in any capacity. Conversely, no
banker has ever served or will be per-
mitted to serve on the company's board
of directors. This rule has been waived
only in special cases, such as the ex-
emption accorded W. c. Teagle, presi-
dent, when he was elected a director of
the New York Federal Reserve Bank.
Evening star., 1933-12-18
New York Cotton

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, December 18.-An open
ing advance in cotton today on steady
Liverpool cables and the early action
of the dollar was followed by re-
actions. Bullish features evidently
failed to materially stimulate demand
and prices eased under comparatively
small offerings with March declining
from 1o.17 to 1908. compared with
1909 at the close of Saturday. The
midafternoon market was quiet and
little changed.
Evening star., 1933-12-18
BROKERS GIVE BONUS.

NEW YORK. December 1s F-The
Stock Exchange firm of Redmond & Co;
Saturday announced the distribution to
its employees of a special Christmas
bonus of 20 per cent of the annual SAL
ary. This is the first Of the large firms
to announce such action this year. Il.
Evening star., 1933-12-18
washington Stock Exchange

Washington Gas IS 1960-S1,0Q0 at
103A.
washington Rwy. & Elec. pfd.-l2 at
=. SO, 10 at 80, 10 at 50, at 50.
u AFTER CALL.
Washington Rwy. & Elec. pfd.-1o at
82h, 10 at 8212, 10 at 821a, 10 at
s2I2, 10 at 821z, 10 at S212, 5 at 8219,
at 82H.
Potomac Electric 5129s pfd.-5 at los,
10 at los, 2 at los.
Capital Traction Cos at l3, 10 at
1874, 10 at 1314.
Evening star., 1933-12-18
COLD STIMULATES SALES.

NEW YORK, December 18 (P.-Dun
& Bradstreet reported that the sud
kien change to real Winter weather last
week, accompanied by SHOWS in many
eections. caused the largest movement
of women's coats, fur garments and
mems overcoats in the last month or
more.
Evening star., 1933-12-18
METAL MARKET.

NEW NEW YORK, December Is P.-Copper
Tin steady; spot and nearby. 53sT: futn,. n.'
Pm Psnnsy1vaPfa Is: ipon 9giet Nc fob Eastern
eama' 1880; Lead dull; spot. New YORK.
4.lo' East ST. Louis, 405. Zinc steady;
East st. Louis. spot and future 45O. Anti.
mony. spot. T.25. Quicksilver az ooa 6o M
Evening star., 1933-12-18
Chicago Grain
~ the Associated Press,

~ Associated Press
CHICAGO, December 18.-The first
advance in United States quotations on
gold this month went practically un-
noticed by the grain markets today,
cereals showing a tendency to sag.
Considerable selling of grains was at
tributed to income tax exigencies. All
upturns in grain prices ran into liQul-
dation, but sustaining factor was Fed
eral relief buying of wheat reported at
Minneapolis and Kansas City.
Wheat closed unsteady, Is to 3s un-
der Saturdays finish, corn unchanged
to p higher, oats unchanged to =
lower, and provisions unchanged to 7
Evening star., 1933-12-18
PARIS, December IA P-Threp mr.
UTILITY DEFICIT Barred.

NEW YORK, December I8 P-
Electric Power & Light Corporation re-
ports a deficit of s776,900 after interest
for the l2 months ended October 81.
This contrasts with balance after in
terest of s5,663,292 for the previous
year.
Evening star., 1933-12-18
MONEY MARKET.

NEW YORK. December 10 1q-nor
oens ensy stssa~i ssesdy go per gent Al day
IS months. 1AaI17 per cent Prime com.
nnc6anseG9 Sia1 GapsT; sG d. d. Hsnke6s aeeeptanees
go days. 9iass; months, '4ass SO months
Evening star., 1933-12-18
SPRING DEMAND GROWS.

NEW YORK, December 18 CP).-Ex-
pand1ng interest in Spring merchandise,
last-minute recorders on gift items and
a continued heavy demand for formal
dresses were the highlights in the
wholesale market last week.
Evening star., 1933-12-18
Reich Ships Pencils.

Germany shipped 2O,OOO,OOO lead pen
tells to China in the first eight months
tof 1882.
Evening star., 1933-12-18

Wheat, No. 5 hard, s124; corn, No. 2
mixed, Al; No. l yellow, 4724; No. 2
yellow, 47a47$i; No. 2 white, 47a47%4
new corn, No. 2 mixed, 45a45'4; No. 2
yellow. 45l2a46la; No. 3 yellow, 4312a
4712a46; oats, No. white, 35l4a35 q;
No. 3 white, 34a35l4; no rye barley
43a70; timothy seed, 5.50a600 cwt.; clo-
yer seed, 11.00a13.85 cwt.
Evening star., 1933-12-18

sp.rt.e,n s.rsno rates 70 dollars pAssd on Iss,
eiEia.Id Y.1sSi, tPart, extra iplus - In .,oeH
stocf ad,usim.no3r AZ sash or stoek PayaslS IN
n stock sPlus 6s In stock PlSs Il
~ s.oek Plus 2s In stock. I Plus ios
in ia stock ssOck m Plus 81 In stock Plus SS
Evening star., 1933-12-18
INSURANCE STOCKS

a NEW YORK. December Is (F).-Ovt
s4he-counter market:
: Quotations as of 2 o'clock)
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-11-22

There is no doubt that in the pro-
fession Of pharmacy, like in that OF
medicine and every other profession
and business under the capitalist sys-
tenn, a certain amount of racketeer-
ing prevails. There are scoundrels
and swindlers in every walk of life.
The large chain drug stores under
pay their clerks and promote the sale
Of patent medicines, and thereby en-
courage Standardization. The up
to-date" drug store, of course, looks
more like department store and
restaurant than a real pharmacy.
Here and there, druggist will over
charge on certain items; but as a
rule we found the average New York
pharmacist to be a pretty decent
chap, often hard-put to make a liv-
ing and most of the time either un-
able to employ a full-time clerk or
having difficulty in paying him. We
know quite number of druggists who
borrow back from their clerks on
Tuesday part of the wages they paid
them on Saturday. We know some
who went nearly "broke" by dis
pensing prescriptions for the Relief
Administration, which is very slow
in paying.
Some of the drugs are quite ex-
pensive, the rsnt is usually high and
the druggist has to charge sometimes
an "exorbitant" price in order to
cover his overhead expenses. 1t
Is the big drug manufacturer who
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-11-22

mass Party, the real Bolshevik Party
of the American proletariat. If thi
is done, if the Party becomes ac-
/ quainted with the documents ant
! begins to carry them cut attentively
and carefully, if the whole Party anC
all its members begin to participate
actively and consciously in the
planned construction of the Party
there is reason to state that it viii
be prepared for the mass revolution
airy fights of the American proletar-
lat, which face it in the very mean
future"
The instructions accompanying the
Open Letter not only stated that
resolutions should be adopted in the
units, but also that the Open Letter
should be discussed to establish that
political clarity necessary to trans
form this letter into the weapon with
which to heW out the road to the
most decisive sections Of the Amer
lean proletariat. What is needed
now is Work-carTying out in deeds
the words of the letter"
From Comrade L. ks letter it
would seem that neither of these
were carried out. No discussion was
held, and no attempt has been made
to carry out either the letter, or the
good" resolution which the unit
adopted.
In the course OF the next few days
we will discuss the role of the Unit
Buro as the political leader of the
unit. In the meantime we print this
letter as an example of how our work
should not be conducted. In the first
place the Open Letter should have
been discussed by the entire unit
not at II o'clock, when the unit meet
ing should be adiourning, but at a
meeting devoted entirely to this dis
cusSion. The resolution adopted
should have been prepared by the
buro on the basis of the discussion.
The adoption of the resolution is only
the first step to be taken in the
carrying out of the Open Letter. I'm
less the resolution, which should ap-
ply the Open Letter to the specific
tasks and conditions of the units
work, is put into practice by the
daily work of all of the unit mem
bers, its adoption is useless. The Unit
Buro must have the task of checking
up on the carrying out Of the reso-
luton, and see that every member of
the unit is involved in this work.
The same criticism applies to the
Section Committee, which should
check up on the various resolutions
adopted by the units, to see not only
that they were adopted after a thor
ough discussion and political under
standing by all of the members of
the unit, but also to make sure that
these resolutions do not remain on
paper.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-11-22
Farm Women Also Fight Against Land Robbery
Young Sch DOL Girl
Tells of Struggle
Against Misery

She and her husband have been
Party members since last June. Be-
fore that they were Socialists. They
didn't carry cards. They just did
what they could without.
why did we change our way of
thinking? On account of our seeing
that there were no hopes of getting
anything done for us and the people
around us by votes. You have to
have action to get anywhere. That's
what changed our minds!"
Fifteen, But Not Too Young
Elma Torvi is only is years old
She is a delegate from zim, Mime
sofa. Her father owns a dairy farm
there and though she is a junior in
the Cherry High School she skipped
school to come in the truck with the
other farmers from Minnesota. She
has dusty blond hair and wide, blue
eyes. She is breathlessly impressed
with the conference, with her first
visit to Chicago-"it's such great
big thing" she says.
She doesn't feel that she is too
young to be a delegate or to do what
she knows has to be done in Zim
when she gets back. 'Ill bring back
a good report, think. I'll tell them
about all the different things that
were discussed and about what the
youth ought to do to help in the
work. There's too many young people
around our way who think of moth
ing but having a good time, and I'm
going to see to it that they begin
thinking about organizing"
She won't have too much time be-
cause after school she has to help
with the house work, and when there
is no school she has to make hay
and dig potatoes. She doesn't have
to help with the milking, because
they have only five cows. But that
won't keep her back
Organizing, that's the important
thing to all these farm women. You
can't speak to one of them without
hearing that word in the first few
sentences. They have learned the
power of united action and they are
ready to teach their neighbors the
same lesson.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-11-22
M a ny Come from
Farms as Delegates to
Farm Conference
By SASHA SMALL

QEATED among their broad-shoul-
" dered weather. Drowned men
about two-score farm women, some
of them dressed in their best clothes,
many Of them in overalls, listen
carefully to all that is being said and
discussed.
Mrs. Mamie Murtland from Mime
sofa looks at you with soft, sad eyes.
Her face is round and tan. She tries
hard to forget her personal troubles
and remember only her responsible
ity as United Farmers League or
ganizer. But it's hard to forget that
your three children are in State
school because they were taken away
from you by the local Welfare Board.
It's hard to keep from crying when
you pull out Dorothy's letter; she's
the Oldest, II years old, in which she
tells you that the two little boys are
well and they want some money so
they can send Christmas presents.
Now Busy Organizing
The Murtlands can't farm any more.
They have been completely dispos-
sessed. So they have been giving all
their time to organizing other farm
ers like themselves-helping those
who are still on the land stay on
that land, and preventing other
homes from being broken up like
their own. The Welfare Board doesn't
think Mrs. Murtland is ''fit" to take
care Of her three children. The lady
investigators don't say anything
about the forces or the system that
destroyed her home, or the starva-
ton that filled it like thick gray
shadow. Mamie Murtland is not
crushed by her personal tragedy. She
takes part in all the sessions and
and only once in while
her sad eyes are clouded by memory.
Mrs. Elizabeth Wright, from Glad
win, Michigan, is a cheerful, plump
She's about IS and mostly
she beams on her husband, Yber
Wright, who was elected township !
They can't farm their
sandy land any more, so they sell ice
cream and drinks in little booth |
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-11-22
A. T. l. Heads on
RA Board Help
Food Bosses
(By Worker Correspondent

BROOKLYN, N. Y. - Relief for
1900 Ono, not workers. restaurant
owners was granted officially by
Whalen. In each case the MIRA.
complaint board acted on evidence
showing that terrible hardship was
suffered by the employers.
For example, among the firms
granted relief was Lofts Inc, poor
starving chain employing 4,032 wait
resses. Others have been granted the
right to work the workers extra hours
for the same pay, which goes to
show that the NR.A. is a recovery
actor the bosses. This act is really
meant to recover more profit with
less complaining.
Whalen weepS that with the in
crease of complaints of starving cor
porations, he was forced to increase
the personnel of this board, adding
the following: Representing Employ
ers: Bernard H. Bidder, Gilbert T.
Hedges; for labor" Joseph p. Ryan,
Central Trades and Labor Council;
Pauline Newman, Union Health Cen
ter; Mabel Leslie, of the Women's
Trade Union League-all affiliated
with the A. F. Of L.
There is only one way out for
hotel and restaurant workers-that
is to get together, regardless of union
or non-union affiliations. Don't de-
pend on the so-called labor repre-
sentatives. You can readily see how
eager they are to give the bosses
relief. Bear in mind that Mr.. Leh-
man, an international president
of the Hotel and Restaurant Union
of the A. F. of L. is a member of the
MIRA. Complaint Board.
Yes, we the rank and file in all
organizations must force the issue
on the floor, against the wish of the
officers, send out call against this
outrage, demonstrate near the head
quarters Of the MIRA. 10000 strong.
Member of Walters Union,
Local 2, Brooklyn.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-11-22

along the road. Yes sir. There's lots
of organizing that needs to be done
and she is confident that her ener-
getic, wiry husband will see to it that
it's done. AS for herself, she'll dc
what she can, too.
Proud of Fighting Husband
Mrs. Lena Rose leads in the cheer
ing. She has q full, deep voice and
she waves her strong arms around
as she yells. She is quietly proud of
her husband, John Rose, who has
just been released on bail and whose
case is up before the State Supreme
Court Of Michigan on appeal.
Her skin is quite black and she
tells you proudly that her father was
q full-blooded American Indian. Her
mother had some Negro blood.
Mrs. Maggie Pritschau, that's what
they call me back in Nebraska where
we organize" is only "a years old.
She was born in Sherman County,
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-11-22

! Nebraska, but her father moved their
family of ten around to at least six
different places, trying to find a
place where they could make a liv-
ing off the land and pay their debts.
She does everything around the farm
-housework, fieldwork, corn husking
and raising her two children. The
boy, who is Is years old, finished
country school and helps his father
on the farm now. He wants to live
a natural life like the Indians he saw
in South Dakota. Even their farm
seems too civilized to him, he says.
Mrs. Maggie has no complaint about
the women in her neighborhood.
Every time there's a meeting there's
at least half women present. Mrs.
Maggie has lots to do in addition to
her teamwork. She is secretary of
the Communist Party in her section
and secretary Of the township holi-
day association
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-11-22
HOME MADE TOYS FOR TIRE
CHILDREN
BY ALICE w. L.


What do you do with your old
stockings? Not the silk ones, but
Isle. They make very fine stuffed
dolls. Any woman at all handy with
a needle can help her girl make a
fine doll
Cut off a foot of hose, leaving the
heel, which makes the head of coll.
with seams at sides. (Sew shut hole
made by cutting) After it is stuffed
with old clean rags or cotton, tie
around with piece Of cord. Then
stuff the rest of the sock far enough
down to make the body.
Below this split the sock for the
legs, sew them up and stuff. For
the arms cut another sock and stuff
so that it forms roll. Insert this
in the body by making aho lie through
the body. Sew up the ends Of the
arms and the body is then ready to
be dressed in whatever you have
handy in the way of old rags.
Faces can be embroidered in with
colored cotton thread, and hair made
by threading in strands of wool yarn
and trimming them even with scis-
sors.
Editors Note: - Natalie can give
other ways, too, of making cloth
dolls, Little girls wanting some of
those cloth scraps may write to Com
rade Natalie in care of this column.