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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-08-28
AFL Leaders Try to
Cover Their Aid to
Yellow Dog Terms
Gen. Johnson Helped
Write Code in
Secret Meets

WASHINGTON, Aug. 27.--
President Roosevelt today
signed the automobile code
providing for the open shop
The greatest secrecy shroud
ed the actual writing and wording 0
the automobile code, providing for tn
open shop and company union, which
was approved by the A. F. of L. lead
ers on the Advisory Labor Board
the NRA Saturday. The code ha
been transmitted by General Jchnsoi
to President Roosevelt for signature
The news releases issued by tn
NRA do not contain the actual opel
shop wording but state:
1.-THE automobile manufacturers in
sisted on defining in the code thei
rights to hire, discharge, promote 0
reduce their employees in rank on tn
basis of merit without regard to labo
unions"
William Green and John L. Lewis
on the Labor Advisory Board agree
to this formulation fully.
In order to cover up the scab sho
approval, they issued statement, re
affirming Section 7 (a). The state
ment reads as follows:
1.-The Labor Advisory Board gives 1t
approval to the Industrial Code 70
Fair Practice for the Automobile In
dustry with the understanding tina
no section or sentence containe
therein modifies, qualities or change
Section VII (a) of the National Re
coyery Act ION collective bargainin
guarantees) and, furthermore, ths
the sentence in the code, followin
Section VII (a) does not estahlis
a precedent to be followed in ~
paration or acceptance of an
code" fLL
The studied insistance thses rs
7 (a) is not modified is showa De
lie by the latter part of the state
ment which directly refers to th
auto code saying, that it docs nc
establish precedent to be followe
in the preparation or acceptance
any other code"
BY this language the A. F. of
leaders recognize there has been
distinct change made-namely, til
open shop and new form of yello
dog hiring-but they say 1t shoul
not be used in any other codes. The
give their approval of it for the aut
bosses.
The auto code was originally draw
up when Gen. johnson personal
went to Detroit to confer with tt
leading auto bosses. They are
my friends" he said. At that tin
the auto bosses insisted on the ope
shop The code as written by Gel
johnson and the auto exploiters W.
passed by the Labor Advisory Boar
In a statement to newspaper me
here, after the code was sent I
Roosevelt, William Green said tn;
the phrasing of the code was
roundabout way of covering the ope
shop. and the company union pla
But he made no objection to It; n
commanding its adoption.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-08-28
2 Allentown Silk Mills
onStrike;H igherWa age
Demanded by Workers

ALLENTOWN, Pa, Aug. 27. -
Workers of two large silk mills are
on strike in this city demanding
higher wages. Over $50 employees of
the Doherty and Wadsworth Silk
Mill refused to return to work, al
though granted wage increase of
rs per cent, when their demands that
the company fire two stool pigeons
were not complied with. A delega-
ton was also elected to go to Wash
ington to fight for the silk workers
code.
In the Majestic Silk Mills the
workers are striking for As per
cent wage rise. 1t is expected, that
as result of these strikes the All
lentown Silk Workers Union will
grow stronger in both mills.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-08-28
Cement Plants Face
Rapid Unionization

NORTHAMPTON, Pa, Aug. rs
The cement plants in this city are
experiencing rapid unionization as
a result of the activities of the
Cement Workers Union, which was
formed only five weeks ago. The
company unions have practically
passed out completely.
In the Coplay Cement Co. 80 per
cent have already joined, and in the
Keystone plant 80 per cent of the
workers have drawn membership
books. The union, which already
has q membership of 1000, is ex-
pccted to embrace all Is Cement
plants in the county within the COM
ing weeks.
The code" has only aggravated
the condition of the cement workers,
who earn as little as So and $40 on
a staggered week.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-08-28
Cleveland TUUL Rally

CLEVELAND, o., Aug. PA
great labor rally will be held at
Minona Park on Labor Day, Sept.
4th under the auspices Of the
Joint Council of the TUUL. Games,
dancing, refreshments, and a
chalk talk by members of the John
Reed Club will be featured.
This event will be a counter
demonstration against the program
arranged by the A F. of L. for
the same day.
Steel, rubber, and auto workers
of Cleveland and vicinity are espe-
cially urged to attend.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-08-28
Italy Sells China
20 Bombers; Speed
Ace to Be Teacher

ROME, Aug. 27. = The Marking
government of China has ordered
20 bombing planes in Italy, and
hired Lieut.-Col. Mario Bernadi,
Italy's air speed king who three
times won the Schneider Cup, to
be director of Chinese aviation
school.
This school will be in addition
to the school at Hankow, where
American army officers are train
ing Chinese flyers.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-08-28
Industrial Union Leads
Needle Trade Strike in
Lynn, Mass. 'SweatshOp

LYNN, Mass, Aug. 81. Thirty
girls Of the Star Sportswear Co.
struck Monday against the low wag-
es being paid at this plant. Some
skilled workers receive as little as 81
a week. The strike, under the leader
ship of the Needle Trades Industrial
Union, has been given the support
of the National Shoe Workers Asso-
citation, which has called out its cut
tiers who work in the factory The po-
lice are encouraging the picketers, 1t
Is reported.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-08-28
LOCO Denver Worker
Demand 4OHour Weel

DENVER, Colo-Protesting II
NRA code arrangements, 1,0o
hotel and restaurant workers her
demand a 40 hour week for a
workers instead of 81 hours fl
men and 48 for women. Other d.
mands are no split shifts and a
equitable wage.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-08-28
White Guard Plotter
Kills Self in Poland

GDINGIA, Poland, Aug. 27. =
Vseyolod Lubarsky, the notorious
White Guardist who was involved in
the plot of Stern, who attempted to
assassinate the German Embassy
councillor in Moscow few years ago,
has committed suicide here.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-08-28
insult Detained in Greece

ATHENS, Greece. - Samuel In
sull was detained by police here on
an extradition warrant demanding
that he return to Chicago to face
the bankruptcy court.
He will be extradited only if
Greek courts decide that the evil
dence shows that he would have been
convicted here if the acts he COM
mitted in Chicago had been done
here
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-08-28
N. Y. Has Kidnap Bill.

ALBANY, N. GOV. Lehman
yesterday signed the kidnap bill
providing death under certain cir
for those found guilty.
This bill was rushed through the
legislature following the wave of
kidnapping of rich men and mem
bers of their families.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-08-28
14th Anniversary Celebration

CINCINNATI, O.-The Four
teenth Anniversary Celebration of
the Communist Party which is ar
ranged for Friday September LIST,
at s p. M, includes a wide musical
program, dancing and efreshments.
1t will take place at the Odd Fell
lows Temple, at 7th and Elm, Mel
son Hall, 4th floor. Admission 10
cents, unemployed with cards 5
cents.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-08-28
NEWS BRIEFS
Universities Plan Merger

CHICAGO. - Chicago University
and Northwestern University are
considering plan for consolidating
the two schools it is reported here.
Both schools have been cooperat-
ing with each other in educational
plans and the new scheme is re-
garded as the natural outcome of
this cooperation.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-08-28
Lindberghs in Denmark

COPENHAGEN, Denmark.-Col.
Charles A. Lindbergh and his wife
completed his second hop across the
Atlantic yesterday.
He was enthusiastically welcomed
b, the population. He was forced
to take off again after his first
landing to avoid collisions with
launches manned by persons too
eager to be the first to welcome
him,
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-08-28
Labor Day Picnic

YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio.-A Labor
Day rally and picnic will be given
by the Steel and Metal Workers In
dustrial Union at Shirley Road
Grounds on the Indianola bus line.
Steel men from all over the valley
are expected.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-08-28
atom
Events
Philadelphia Voters

PHILADELPHIA. The Com
munist Party will have candidates
for the municipal elections in the
Fall. All workers are urged to
register now and to sign petitions
for the Communist candidates.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-08-28
Plan Mooney Conference

NEWARK, N. J.-Preparations
are being made for a statewide
Tom Mooney conference, to be held
here in the German Labor Lyceum,
704 Fourteenth Ave, Room 3, at
10 a. m. Sept. 10, under the aus
pices Of the N. J Tom Mooney
Council of Action.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-08-28
Vets Win Texas

DALLAS, Texas.-Texas is the
twenty-third state to vote for repeal
of the 18th Amendment it became
evident yesterday when incomplete
returns indicated that the vote
would be about 2-to-1 for repeal.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-08-28
5000 in Public.
Square in Cleveland,
HearAttack on NRA.
Roosevelt and Bosses Playing With Lives of
Men, Women and Children, Says Earl
Browder Sec'y Communist Party
BY MORRIS KAMMAN

CLEVELAND Ohio al
meeting Public Friday
tona Secretary
higher you
is time to
packed Of many
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-08-28
500 Delegates Map
Fight on N. R. A.

CONTINUED FROM PAGE oNEl
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-09-09
WELCOME VICTORY

Nov Gar Wood holds the top prize Of
motorboat racing by title so clear as
to be beyond any cavil and objection, and it
is an occasion for the warmest congratula
tons
King of speed beat pilots since he brought
home the Harnlsworth cup from England in
1920, he has been pursued by breakdown
iinx' Something nearly always happened, al
though not to his boasts. His rivals one after
another were unable to finish, making his
championships a barren solo routine.
1t climaxed in the controversy which
soured his 1881 race with Kaye Don and when
Don came back for another try last year the
jinx halted the challenger in mid-career.
And now Woods Miss America x has gone
up against Hubert Scott-Paines Miss Britain
III, the two flashed together over the full
course to the closest finish in cup history and
Miss America x won.
Gar Woods craftsmanship has been vim
dicated, and Scott-Paine hopes to come back
next year with faster boat. Who could ask
for more?
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-09-09
LIVERPOOL CLEANS HOUSE

IT is extremely interesting to read that the
city of Liverpool in England, is about to
spend around $35OO0,o0O to rebuild it's
Sums.
Nearly 1900 ancient and insanitary houses
are to be demolished and 5000 new ones are
to be built in their place, to provide homes for
some 10000 people.
Liverpools slums have had an unenviable
reputation for many years. If they have not
been the worst in England they have been very
close to it; and the vice. Illness crime and
general bad citizenship which they have bred
have cost Liverpool many times the sum which
now is to be spent on slum abolition
Liverpool's willingness to spend money on
that scale in a time of depression might be a
useful object lesson for a number of cities on
this side of the Atlantic
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-09-09
BY DIR. MORRIS FIsHBEIN
Editor Journal of the American Medical
Association and of Hygeia, the
Health Magazine.

also bring about greater possibil-
ity of transmission of germs from
one person to another, and also va
rious aches and pains due to I'M
accustomed postureS.
DR.. Edgar Sydenstricker has point
ed out that differences in the racial
composition Of population, the
question as to how many live rural
lives and how many city lives, and
the distance from the city are all
important factors in determining
sickness and death rates.
Every one knows that sickness and
death rates vary greatly in different
parts of the country at different
times.
For example, at one time one city
may have a death rate of two to
100000 from typhoid fever, whereas
another city may have a death rate
from typhoid fever as high as six to
100000.
DR.. Sydenstricker points out that
people in New york between the
ages of so and SO died from Bright's
disease and nephritis at the rate
of 314, whereas in Wisconsin they
died from these cases only at the
rate Of ia.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-09-09
Geography Has Effect on Health

One of the most interesting ways
in which geography affects sickness
rates is in relationship to occurrence
of goiter.
It has been we'll established that
simple goiter is associated with a
deficiency in the intake of iodine
for the human body. The chief
natural source of iodine is water.
A goiter map of the United States
shows the greatest incidence of
goiter in the northwest and in the
Great Lakes region, with a relative
ly small incidence dndeed prac-
tically none by comparison) in all
southern states.
The taking of a sufficient amount
of iodine in the food will prevent
occurrence Of simple goiter in any
of these areas.
The common cold is practically
uniform in its spread throughout
the United States. Then again,
venereal disorders are found fire.
quently in certain southern areas
and in certain large cities and less
frequently in rural districts.
These are the reasons why the
physician finds it so necessary to
determine the derivation Of his pa
tient, the length Of time the pa
tient may have been in the city, and
other factors about his environment
before making final decision as to
cause of illness.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-09-09

TINE geography of the places in
i which we live constitutes a part
of our environment. Not only is the
topography of the land concerned,
but also the character of the soil,
the climate, the kinds and varie-
ties of plants and animals that
grow.
Man seldom is satisfied with his
environment and always is trying to
change it to approximate it more
closely to what he believes to be best.
Most of the experiments of man
have been successful thus far, since
the life expectancy at birth has been
advanced steadily. Nevertheless,
men occasionally change their en-
vironment to conditions unsatisfac-
tory for health and growth.
Our civilization has been respon-
sibIe for a considerable number of
our illnesses. When mechanical re-
frigerators first were introduced,
men did not count the possibility Of
poisoning through release of the
refrigerating gases.
When, however, a sufficient num-
Der of cases had occurred to de-
mand scientific consideration, steps
were taken to eliminate the use OF
dangerous gases and to substitute
therefor some less dangerous and
equally useful
To avoid drafts, people OCCASION
ally sit. in crowded apartments, but
in the avoidance of the draft they
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-09-09
AMERICAN TRAVELLERS

A MERICANS don't know how to travel
They travel only to scoff and be scoffed
at, in effect said Dr. w Beran Wolfe, psychia-
trist, returning with 489 Americans who
rounded good part Of the world in the liner
Volendam.
Said DR.. Wolfe: Almost exclusively each
passenger carried into Europe his own home
town environment
The coffee they drank was not like the
coffee back home; the Oriental dancers
couldn't hold candle in grace to the troupe
at the old Rialto; st. Peters-"We wouldn't
have anything so old fashioned in Jersey
City," the natives wore funny clothes" and
that stuff couldn't compare with the booze Joe
Smith makes.
They didn't see anything, said DR.. Wolfe.
Oh, they saw plenty, Doctor. Wait till they
get back home. The old home town will pale
and the home towners with them before the
tall tale-telling is over!
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-09-09
THE SHIP OF BLASTED HOPES

THE ship which Henry Ford chartered for
his famous peace party eighteen years
ago has been sold for junk She was 10000
ton liner, built in England for Danish owners
Under ordinary circumstances, she would have
worked out a prosaic salvation in the freight
and passenger service going to the scrap heap
unwept, unhonored, and unsung
The one great moment of her career, even
though it proved a f1asco, warrants more ex-
tended obituary notices than usually bless such
craft.
This ship stands for the blasted hopes that
have buoyed up a distraught civilization dur
ing the last two decades, the fantastic dreams
and wild ideas by which ingenious minds
sought to circumvent reality
Like thousands of others, Mr. Ford saw no
reason why Europeans should not quit fight
ing. Theoretically he was right Not one in
thousand knew what the row was all about.
But there was something powerful back of
the murderous psychology, something that
would not PERM. sound Judgment to speak.
AT the moment, we Americans stood grand
~ neutral, we'll satisfied with our ability to
resist the infection, and professedly amazed
that sane men could become so crazy.
Even after Mr.. Ford came back without so
much as obtaining an audience. we gave
Woodrow Wilson a second term on the ground
that since he had kept us out of war up to
that time, he could be depended On to do so
until it was over.
1t is good thing to look backward now
and then just to recall how mistaken we were.
If for no other reason. Not the least astound-
ing fact in connection with this season of
astounding facts is the obvious inability of
our best minds to comprehend the drift of
events.
At first they thought the war might last
three months. Toward the end they thought
it might last ten years
At one time We were assured that the re-
suit would be bad if either side won. Within
a year or so, We were told that humanity was
headed for destruction if Germany were not
defeated
Mr.. Ford's peace party was born of the
notion that We could and should remain neu-
trail, that the war meant little to us, and that
our real concern was to see peace restored
without victory.
His expedition expressed an ideal which
we had tried to preserve ever since the storm
broke but which failed to harmonic with the
explosive psychology that brought it about.
He made no impression whatever on rioting
Europe, but he did show lot of Americans
how far they we're from understanding the
forces which had started the rioting.
During the first two years of strife, we
tried to make ourselves believe that it was
a sort of Fourth of July celebration which
meant little to this side of the Atlantic, save
as it provided interesting headlines and i'm
proved markets.
When it got too bloody. we thought that
peacemakers should interfere, and many of
us had little doubt that they would succeed if
they went at it in the right way
We still are approaching some problems
with the same romantic optimism
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-09-09
ANOTHER WALL STREET ALIBI

WITH President Roosevelt and the Re-
W construction Finance Corporation ap-
pealing to the American Bankers Association
for better cooperation in extending private
credit for industrial recovery, some bankers
seem more intent on destroying the new deals
mild banking reforms.
Among other things, they have started a
drive to modify the new truth-in- securities
law. Modify in this case means to destroy,
because the banking group succeeded in modi-
flying the original bill to the point where the
law as passed represented the bare minimum
OF practicable federal blue sky regulation.
The argument against the securities law
parades in the cloth of patriotism. 1t is said
that the law has prevented much-needed
financing, retarded the fotation of securities,
and thus jeopardized national recovery. That
is not true
The chief business need obviously is short
term credit That is not affected by the Sc
curities law. Still the bankers refrain from
lending, despite the pleas of the White House,
the r. F. C. and the NRA. Whether the
bankers are justified in this policy or not the
securities act.
Railroad securities also are exempt from
the securities act and yet new rail issues are
not being f1oated The railroads are not even
taking advantage of the credit facilities for
maintenance and equipment available under
the NRA.
Municipal issues are another class ex
empted from the securities law. But defaults
continue, because cities are unable to re-
finance.
Apparently the capital markets can be re-
vived only through larger government flnanc-
ing of capital expenditures for public works.
While bankers hesitate to extend even short
term credits, it obviously is absurd to argue
that the mild securities law is to blame for
the absence of long term issues.
We believe with the administration which
enacted the securities law that it is helpful
to real business recovery. If corporate Sc
curities can not be sold in the light of facts
regarding their value, as required by the law,
then it is better that they remain unsold.
Unsound stock issues can not speed business
recovery.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-09-09

(Times readers are inUited to cypress
their Uietos in these columns. Make 0OWr
letters short, so all can hare a chance.
Limit them to $50 qoOrds or leSS.)
We read in the papers and hear
over the radio to buy now and in
large quantities, as prices are going
up. Of course, now is the time to
buy, but what are We to use for
money?
We live on a small farm which is
paid for and our income in almost
entirely from milk or cream and
eggs. We milk five COWS and have
100 hens. Several years ago, the in
come from four COWS was about $40
week and our eggs kept us in
groceries.
Now, five COWS net us 81 a week
and we sell our eggs for less than
1 cent each. Tell me how any farm
er who depends upon dairy products
for a living, can buy in large guam
titles?
Here are a few of our problems.
Any one who shops much knows
that sugar is cheaper by the pound
in twenty f1ve-p pound bags than in
ten-pound bags. Beans are less a
pound in ten-pound lots than in
one or two-pound sacks. Graham
crackers cost 10 cents a pound box
and 80 cents for a tWo-pOund box.
Soap is cheaper by the quarters
worth than by the bar. Now, when
I buy list of groceries, I lose sew
eral cents on eac harticle purchased,
as do not have the money to buy
twenty pound bag Of sugar
and have any money left for other
necessities. Instead of twenty-five
pounds of sugar, 1 get ten pounds,
even if am making jelly. buy one
or two bars of soap instead of
quarters worth, one box of matches
instead of a carton, and one pound
of crackers, while I could save a
nickel on a two-pound box.
The other day my husband needed
pair of socks. The price was Is
cents each or tw pairs for Is cents.
He needed two or more pairs, but
he had to lose the 5 cents because
he didn't have the quarter to spare.
So I wish we knew how we or any