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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-06-17
GoV'tCostD Data
Is Bd sis for
Hunger Wages

The Roosevelt government is say
ing a great deal about the minimum
wage which will be established when
the Recovery Act goes into effect. II
has been announced cost Of living"
figures are now being studied for
this purpose How these figures will
be used to set the lowest is revealed
in an article appearing in the Rail-
road Trainman, a Railroad Brother
hood journal, by Ethelbert Stewart,
former head Of the u S. Bureau OF
Labor Statistics. Stewart, a staunch
supporter of the capitalist system,
protested against the lying reports
Of the Hoover government which
underestimate the number OF I'M
employed and was dismissed from a
government job he had held for IS
years.
Cost of Living" Figures No Standard
Denouncing the use Of cost Of liz
ing figures to cut wages as Crime
a fraud and an outrage, Stewart
shows that the present cost of living
figures furnished by the government
were prepared in 1918 on the basi,
OF a study made in 80 industrial
centers. Over $4,000 workers familie.
were studied at that time But says
Stewart:
The study never said nor meant
TO indicate that the conditions Il
found were TO be set up as a stan
dard or to be considered even nor
NAL, much less ideal. The Bureaus
prices are the present prices Of
things IL found in the homes Of
working mems families in 1918
.. As matter OF fact the stan
dards of living and social levels
have very materially changed since
1915"
Measurement Of wages by the cost
Of living standard, says Stewart, rs
based on the theory that wages
must be the lowest amount upon
which worker can live and repro
duce another worker to take his place
when his life ended or his working
power was exhausted But what the
workers must realize is that this con-
dition will not be changed as Stew
art seems to imply through criticism
Of the capitalists and the expectation
that they will share their profits with
the workers. Only to the extent which
| me workers struggle will they be able
TO force up their wage standards
through the National Recovery Act.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-06-17
NAVY APPROVES NEW
DIRIGIBLE

WASHINGTON, June 16. The
special trial board observing the test
flights of the Macon, sister ship OF
the dirigible Akron, that fell into the
ocean has recommended its accept
ance by the navy. The ship has only
taken the air in fair weather and at
no time has been subjected to tests
in weather such as brought the
Akron down into the stormy waters
of the Atlantic.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-06-17

mands the guns.
This also explains the reason why,
before Japan's attack ON China, the
United States possessed a fleet which
proved to be inadequate, America
did not carry out wilson's naval pro-
gram. At the Washington Confer
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-06-17
Intervening in European Affairs

3 900 million, Central America about
5000 millions and Australia 1000
million. The United States did not
abandon world politics, but it worked
in the first place with the dollar, in
the consciousness that the dollar is
more powerful than guns, for it COM
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-06-17
CONVENTION OF MARINE
WORKERS IMPORTANT
TO ALL TOI(ERS
To Be Held in New York City July Is to 49,;
Delegates from Ships and Docks of the
Pacific Atlantic and Gulf Coasts
BY JACK sTACHEL

The Marine Workers Industrial
Union will hold its second national
convention" On July Is, II and IS in
she City of New York. Because of
the nature of the industry and the
present situation the world over this
is to be a convention to which the
workers of#thes whole country should
give great attention and support.
Not only is this union of transport
workers NAich is of tremendous i'm
portance to the struggles of the
workers in all industries, but it Is a
key war industry. Unfortunately we
must admit that the capitalists have
better realization of the strategic
Importance of this industry than the
revolutionary labor movement. For
years the goyerllment has given heavy
subsidies to the ship owners in an
effort to keep the industry fit for
war.
Our movement has not yet grasped
the importance of supporting the
work Of tlses Marine Workers Indus
trial Union. We must make the
coming coryention of the union and
especially the remaining period of
the conversion preparations one in
which we not only come to the sup
port Of the Union in carrying thru
the national convention which is in
itself a great effort for the union,
but also 10 educate the membership
Of the TUUL. unions, and the revolu-
ticnary labor movement as a whole
for continuous support to the work
OF the N-agire Workers Industrial
Union. &
Smyrna times., 1933-08-16
General 1870 Reduction
Made in '32 State Costs

Chicago.-CoSts of the majority
of state governments were reduced
by approximately 10 per cent in
1882, according to a survey by the
national organization to reduce
public expenditures.
In seventeen scattered states,
whose total operating expense was
1901, ,324.S86 in 1892, the organiza-
tion now says there is reason to
believe the combined expenditures
will be SS16.5S9, $50. or a drop of
almost $10O,OOO,OOO.
Three of the seventeen states
considered, however, show their
expenses had risen in the last six
months. They are Delaware, Penn
sylvania and New Hampshire. Both
Delaware and Pennsylvania expect
tremendous cuts in expenses for
the coming year, members of the
reduction body said. Delaware will
reduce expenditures by $5,OOO,OOO,
while Pennsylvania costs are ex-
pected to drop more than S27,OOO,-
600.
States included in the survey are
Arizona, Connecticut, Delaware,
Florida, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa,
Kansas. Maine, Mississippi. Nebras-
ka. New Hampshire, New Mexico,
New York, North Dakota. Ohio
and Pennsylvania.
Smyrna times., 1933-08-16
STATE SAFETY
COUNCIL NEWS
Interesting Reports Heard at
Annual Meeting Held i'm
RehObOth
AUTO TESTS COMMENCED

Nearly one hundred members
and friends of the Delaware Safety
Council, including some of the
most prominent civic business and
professional leaders of the State.
attended the Annual Rehoboth
Meeting sponsored by the Della
ware Safety Council at the Reho-
both Country Club last FRIDAY ey-
ening. Harold w. T. Purnell of
Georgetown, Vice President of the
Council, presided In addition to
the principal safety message pre-
sented by President I. B. Finkel-
stein, addresses were made by
Sergeant General Robert B. Pat
terson of Washington, DR.. Fran
els Burgette Short of Milford,
former Senator Louis A. DrexIer
of Camden, DR.. H. v. Holloway of
Dover, J. K. Phillips, Jr., of Sea
ford, DR.. Louis Levinson of Mid
dletown, Frank M. Jones of
Georgetown and Daniel G. Ander-
son Of Rehoboth. Mayor Fred
Ross welcomed the group to the
seashore resort. w. D. Smith,
Manager of the Delaware Council,
reported that of the more than so
per cent Of cars approved at the
Fifth Annual Car Inspection Cam
paign, originally 40 per cent were
rejected Of which 25 per cent had
defective headlights and 20 per
cent defective brakes. AS the
progresses, more cars
are found with serious defects and
warning has been issued for motor
car owners to submit their vehicles
as delays will be occa-
stoned in the last few days of the
campaign due to over-crowding
General satisfaction was expressed
by those at the meeting at the i'm
proved method Of inspecting cars
using the scientific equipment Of /
The Safety Lane
Smyrna times., 1933-08-16
Tells Odd Fish Story;
Shows Fish to Prove 1t

Tillamook, Ore.-Here's a Paul
Bunyan warn told BY Jack Moors,
who swears it is true. Using clam
neck for bait, Moors hooked a u
inch kelpie. AS he hauled it near
the surface 2-foot ling cod
snapped at the kelpie, swallowing
It. Before he could land his double
catch, a 4-foot-long cod swallowed
about half the length Of his smaller
brother. A bystander help him gaff
the triple-header. The largest fish
weighed 55 pounds and was put on
display in a downtown window as
proof Of his fish story.
Smyrna times., 1933-08-16
OPOSSUM INVADES OFFICE
Magistrate w. ID. Burton Finds
OpOssum i'm Office at Dover

Magistrate w. D. Burton is try
ing to figure out how an opossum
managed to find its way to that
section of the city and into his Of
fee without any one seeing it.
Wednesday night Magistrate Bur
ton and Town officers Farr and
Lane were seated in front of the
office door, which was closed.
The magistrates dog Bobby
started scratching at the door
which was opened for the dog to
enter. Immediately there was a
commotion on the inside and Mag
istrate Burton and the officers hur-
ried into the Office, thinking the
dog had caught a rat. AS the
squire reached up and turned on a
light he saw large opossum on
the top of the radio cabinet with
the dog trying to dislodge it. It
Smyrna times., 1933-08-16

week hooked and landed 60
pound tuna fish in the Chesapeake
Bay. It is very unusual to catch
tuna fish in waters in this sec
ton of the country. Burton Hen
bricks, another member of the
party, hooked shark said to have
been six to seven feet long, but it
got away during an electric storm
before he could land it. Members
of the party caught a large num-
Der of croakers, blue fish and sea
trout Others in the partv were
Richard Welsh, Chick Rentz and
Leslie Rentz.
Smyrna times., 1933-08-16

interest in Lynn. But he had neve
looked her up. The thought of meet
ing him at Elise's house party haC
helped Lynn through the not, grind
ing work of July. And now sh,
| couldn't go. Even If she let Elise
buy her railroad ticket-and Elist
had put the thing so tactfully thai
Lynn could hardly refuse - she
must have money for clothes. Now
she knew there would be no money
for clothes, and that the house party
was off, with all its possibilities
She sat down and wrote two letters
one TO Elise. saying that duty, hor.
rid duty, had interfered with her
vacation plans; she had decided
she just must spend the whole of
her short two weeks in the country
the other letter to Aunt Matty, en-
closing a check for all her saved-up
vacation money. "And be sure you
have the new ceiling up by the time
l come home. I've decided to spend
all my vacation with you," she add
ed, "and I'd hate to have the cell
ing fall on my head"
The rest of the summer was in
sufferably hot to Lynn, without the
alluring prospect of the house party
before her. And the night before
her vacation began-Friday night
she felt utterly discouraged and un-
happy. She was pressing and pack
ing such shreds of a wardrobe as
she had, when her doOrbell rang.
She pushed the button that
opened the front door, and then
waited impatiently at the head of
the stairs for her visitor. And there.
bounding up the stairs, was Bar
ton Stark.
The shabby little room disap-
peared-for Lynn. Barton saw it,
in all its significance. But in its
midst he saw Lynn, flushed and
tremulous as she welcomed him, try
ing not to show too great surprise
and pleasure.
You see, was at Elise's camp"
Barton talked in a practical, matter
of-fact voice, and gradually Lynn's
embarrassment disappeared. "And I
you were coming tomor-
row. But she told me you weren't
coming. So here / amI''
He walked over to Lynn's one
window and gazed from it as if it
had looked out over a beautiful gar (
len or the sea instead of cluttered
,ity.
tits a lovely night" he exulted.
Let's 90 have dinner, now. Then you
,ome back and finish packing and
yet good sleep. And in the morn
ng let's motor up to the country
elise told me where your family
ives-all about them. Is there anv
iort of hotel or inn there?"
"Oh, yes!" breathed Lynn. "Quite
.wful. Mrs. Mitcham keeps it. The
White Horse. But it's clean"
swell, I'll stay there. and every
lay Wen Sc each other and ven
motor the youngsters and your aunt
round lot-would they like that
.ynn?"
"Oh. yes!"
"And Lynn, would you?"
Lynn's face suddenly lit up with
smile. You're asking me?" she
etorted.
Smyrna times., 1933-08-16

Clarence Pierson, a member of
fishing party from Frederica
that went to Queenstown, Md. last
Smyrna times., 1933-08-16
fEKLY STORY
TABLE
. While Away Time
kr the Evening Lamp Lamp
T. Days Work is Done
eREsrING READING
4Ar HER BEST"
BY Alice Duane

s. ELL. I just won't 60" Hot
. .abellious tears stung Lynn
~ biz gray eyes. Il won't
can't co." ,+4u
glanced again at the letter esr
a slonrhed hands. 1t was from
,,nt And Aunt Matty, Lynn
"A admit, was doing her share
cooking and sewing
III washing and ironing for
= Younger sister and brother.
+tsr how much money Lynn
I give her, she could never re-
IN Matty for the love and at
she had given Betty and
Matty never fell down on
N Lynn kept up her end, too.
IN every cent she could spare
little country town where
Natty and the youngsters
,..4or ~ Ivnn'S hands. be-
I IFS amusing recital Of family
showed real need for more
Jack was growing SO fast
n was Just walking out Of all
ktbes. wrote Aunt Matty. They
4 eating in the kitchen-the
/ room ceiling was cracked.
aIitcham, who had come to
III it, had said it must be re-
ered.
b thought Lynn, Aunt Matty had
Il had enough to live nicely
keep her little house In beauti-
,ndition. She must be spending
On Jack and Betty-she was, |
rrse, in spite Of the best Lynn
|dO. |
She wouldn't 90. It all came
sto the same decision. She .
h't 90.
weeks Lynn had been saving 4
here, a bit there. Enough, she
hoped, 50 that she might ac-
Elise Cartons invitation to a
party in August at her fa-
Adirondack camp. Elise had
one Of Lynn's friends at col
h seemed strange to Lynn that
still had another year Of col
efOre her. In her holidays at
this last year, Elise had
Lynn up and had entertained
/ dinner several times at her
avenue apartment. There Lynn
bet Barton Stark. And, Elise
bid, Barton was to be a guest
same house party to which
was invited Barton was good
(, rich and about thirty, with
ing manners. He had showed
Smyrna times., 1933-08-16

was an unusually large one of the
species. Eventually one of the Of
t1cers got the opossum by the tail
and carried it out to the street
where it was released and scamp
cred away
Smyrna times., 1933-08-16
Swell Company

Castaway Ito wife, as he gazes
at the white-breasted penguins
standing around) -Er-I can't help
feeling we ought to dress for din
ner here. .ondon Passing Shnw-
Smyrna times., 1933-08-16

DR.. A. C. Jost, executive secre-
tary of the Delaware State Board
of Health has prepared state
ment which he is sending out rela-
tive to cancer, giving valuable in
formation as to the source and
treatment of the disease.
Smyrna times., 1933-08-16
BRIEF ITEMS OF
THE PENINSULA
Brief News Items of People
We Know i'm and Around
Larger Peninsula Towns
FROM OUR EXCHANGES

Soldiers at Fort DUPONT are en-
gagged in grading the ground
around the new $4,000 War De-
partment theatre which is expect
ed to open the latter part of this
month.
Smyrna times., 1933-08-16

we will re-arrange
your copy in attrac-
tive style. Our cut
service is at your
disposal.
Smyrna times., 1933-08-16

Earl E. James, who for the past
IA years has ben affiliated with the
Dover Office of the Prudential In
surance Company, has resigned
and accepted a position with the
local branch of the Equitable In
surance Company of Washington,
D. G.
Evening star., 1933-03-27

MY Dear Mrs. Post: Yesterday I
| went to the house Of an acquaintance
Whom I wanted to see very particularly.
The maid who came to the door said,
Madam is taking nap And so there
was nothing to do but leave my cards
and 60 on my way. Don't you think
this was rather rude treatment of q
| visitor?"
Answer: It is considered proper to
have such message given to visitors
In general. Had the maid taken your
name and gone to see If her employer
was at home and had then returned
with this message, it would have been
rude. When you want to see a woman
especially, 1t is best to telephone be-
forehand and ask when she will be at
home.
Dear Mrs. Post: Sometimes such
OF my friends never stops to remove
her wet rubbers or galoshes at the door,
but always walks straight through and
into my living room. After she is
seated in very comfortable chair, only
then does she remove them, apparently
unconscious that she has already
| tracked up both floor and rug Is there
anything can do and at the same time
be polite hostess?"
Answer: Instruct your maid to say
Let me take of your -Fubbers. please,
madam" Or if you go to the door
yourself, say, will you leave your rub
bers here?" If she answers, "Oh, no,
III wear them" don't know what you
can do unless she is a very intimate
friend, in which case you might per-
haps say, Please take them of out
here You know what an old maid I
am about having my floors marked"
Evening star., 1933-03-27

plentiful proportions. as we'll as other
adequate food. pellagara is prevented
or cured.
Pernicious anemia. q disease consid-
ered lncurable, Is now in a large per-
centage Of cases cured by a diet con-
tanning liver or liver extract.
Another spectacular result has been
the control Of simple goiter by means
OF adding iodine to the diet. We are
dependent upon our water supply or
vegetables and sea food for this i'm
portant mineral, which is necessary in
minute quantities. If our water and
vegetables come from sections of the
country where the soil Is rich in iodine,
they will be supplied with it. The
easiest way Of adding iodine is by
means Of iodized salt now obtainable
at any grocery.
The Journal of the American Medical
Association In a recent article by DR..
O. p. Kimball Of Cleveland gives some
the incidence Of goiter has been de-
creased in the State of Michigan. where
1t was very prevalent. DR.. Kimball
points out that in 1924 the Michigan
Department Of Health entered into an
agreement with salt manufacturers and
wholesalers to supply only iodized salt
in this State. At the same time the
Detroit Board of Education ordered its
purchasing department to use only
iodized salt in the school cafeterias
Just before this order became effective
DR.. Kimball directed q goiter survey
in public schools and discovered an
incidence of S6 per cent. Two years
later another survey showed only 81
per cent. The decrease was so striking
that DR.. Kimball was asked to check
the survey; he found it correct The
latest survey, made this year, showed
q reduction Of 81 per cent.
Evening star., 1933-03-27

the floor early in the day when ths
beer bill came before the Senate.
Not that there was any less earnest
ness and zeal apparent than before.
His speech lacked none of the fervor
and conviction which the Senate long
since became familiar with when he dis
cussed this question.
In a dark gray suit and blue tie, he
spoke in a slow, deliberate, but emphatic
fashion. The occasion might have been
one OF those appearance he makes to
extol the benefits of prohibition to the
Senate on the anniversary of the enact
ment OF the eighteenth amendment.
Perhaps he realized that the odds
were against him and his cause. In
deed he had told newspaper men be-
fore going into the Senate that he had
no intention Of filibustering against the
bill.
Il merely want to make some obser-
vations for the record" was the way
he expressed it to the Senate.
Few men in recent times ION the
hill' have gone down TO defeat more
gracefully than did Sheppard He has
lost little Of his personal popularity
through the years he has fought so con-
sistently for the principles he espouses.
There is nothing about him sugges-
tive Of the prohibitionist of opposition
cartoons. He always has been accepted
as a good fellow" His twinkling blue
eyes. his evident pleasure of hearing and
telling good story-even at his own
expense-have won for him a wide
personal following
Evening star., 1933-03-27

~ EAR MISS LEEDS: I am 19
years old, feet 3l2 inches
tall and weigh 104 pounds. /
- am in good health, but am
much troubled with oily skin,
coarse pores and blackheads. 1 wash
my face three or four times a day with
warm water followed by cold rinse.
have tried using an astringent before
applying face powder, but this makes
little beads of perspiration form on
nv nose have the same trouble
with powder bases. so I generally pow
der after rinsing with cold water My
face soon becomes oily again, however.
I have tried steaming my face. press
ing out the numerous tiny blackheads,
then rinsing in boric acid solution, with
a final cold-water rinse. but next day
the blackheads are as bad as ever How
can I clear my skin? r. v. E.
Answer-The average weight for your
age and height is between 100 and 125
pounds, so you see that you are con-
siderably underweight. You may not
be sick enough to go to bed, but girl
with your beauty problems-poor skin
and underweight-S not what call lin
good health" really healthy girl
weighs within 10 pounds of the average
for her age and height. she is full of
vitality, has a good digestion, Is not
nervous and, with reasonable care, has
a clear, smooth skin. Excessive oiliness
of the skin is often associated with a
nervous rundown condition and no
amount of external beauty aids will
cure this sort Of oiliness. So my first
bit Of advice to you is that you have
a thorough physical examination by
doctor and follow his suggestions on
building up robust health. When your
whole body is toned up your skin will
become less oily and finer in texture.
If you live in a very grimy, Sooty
atmosphere 1t may be necessary to wash
your face as often as you do but under
ordinary conditions twice a day is
enough. At bedtime use plenty of warm
water and soap, working up thick
lather with a complexion brush. t
the lather dry, or begin to dry, on the
skin before rinsing it all Oil c.
warm water. Press out the large, ripe
blackheads and battle the p.a,-s W.,
boric acid solution. Now battle YOU,
face for two minutes with cold water
and dry. One cold rinse is not erouah
to close the pores after they have been
caused to relax by warm GppliCa- CHS.
Pat on the following lotion and allow
it to dry on the skin: One dram sui
phate Of zinc, one dram sulphuretted
potash and four ounces rose water.
Next morning wash your face in cold
water to which few drops of spirits of
camphor have been added, dry and pat
on some of the same lotion you used
the previous night. This may take the
place of a powder base, but it would
be better for you to do without make
up until your skin is improved Re-
member, what you most need is to tone
up your system so that your skin can
function normally. Your oil glands
should be able to cleanse themselves in
stead of being clogged with CRIME and
Evening star., 1933-03-27
TWO GAMES. ONE OF WHICH RESULTS ALSO IN
FINDING PARTNERS

problems OF partners, but confuse 1t.
Here are some other good five-letter
puzzle words to use: Prank, omit n and
write PARK; stunt, omit one t, write
NUTS; guest, omit e, and write
TUGS; smile. omit m, and write
LIES; prize, omit z, write Ripe.
From these samples the hostess can see
how to twist words to make others
and omit one letter. This method of
securing partners results in game also.
The two who are able to hunt out their
partners first are awarded a prize.
An amusing April fool prize is a box
presumably of candy, since 1t Is filled
with tin-foil covered or wrapped pieces.
But only few pieces Of real candy are
to be found, the rest being wads Of tis-
sue paper, little stones, beans, etc. Some
old candy box can be thus filled. It
should be handsome and In perfect con-
dition.
A beauty contest is sure to help mer-
riment If it is carried on as follows:
Divide the party into two groups. One
sits as jury while the other acts as
competitors. The worst looking con-
testant in each group wins prize. An
empty picture fame Is used for dis
play purposes. It must be large enough
to show head, and preferably shoulders,
Of those who look out through its in
closure. Badly applied makeup, anus
ing grimaces. bandaged eyes. Orange
peel teeth, strange head dresses. any
thing which makes an incongruous
effect can be used to lend grotesqueness
to the contestants. Small handglasses
such as can be purchased for q dime
each make excellent prizes, provided
those are selected which distort the
reflections. The mirrors should be At
tractively wrapped.