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Imperial Valley press., 1933-08-22
GAS TAX SHOWS GAIN

SACRAMENTO. Aug. %. W.p =
California collected a gasoline tax
totaling s3,320,232 during July to
record the first gain in sales for
more than a year, the state board
OF equalization reported today.
Taxable sales for the month am
ounted to Ill. 1872 1892 gallons. an in
crease of 7.3 per cent over July
1000
Imperial Valley press., 1933-08-22

building up our case against the
cheaters and chislers. We are going
right ahead with our program and
when we move against them it will
mean economic death.o
Imperial Valley press., 1933-08-22

o. H VanEman and Martin MCGEE
are both resting fine.
DR.. Van Eman performed an ap-
pendictomony operation on MCGEE
just before he was operated on
himself for a similar attack.
Robertson Better-John r. Rob-
ertson, who was hurt badly in an
automobile accident several weeks
ago is able to be out again. He Is
assisting in the San Diego office
some while tnere, The family eX-
poets to return in few weeks
when the weather is better.
Imperial Valley press., 1933-08-22

Junior Chamber To Meet - The
regular weekly meeting of the E
Centre Junior chamber of COM
merce will meet al $50 o clock to-
morrow morning at the California
hotel.
Supervisors In Session-The board
OF county supervisors met at the
courthouse this morning in adjourn
ed session. Consideration of road
projects for the county occupied
the attention Of the board during
the morning period.
Auto Loans -Jno. II. Robertson
TIT Main. Lowest rates. l5u
Patients Recuperating- has
been received from White Mem
orial hospital. Los Angeles. that Dr..
Imperial Valley press., 1933-08-22
PER(OnAL
PARAGRAPH

Miss Polly Marden who is making
a tour of the world is having a
wonderful time according to letters
received by friends Miss Ethel
Price is in charge OF the Polly's
Beauty Shop while Miss Marden IS
away.
Imperial Valley press., 1933-08-22
DR.. A. B. Hanson. dentist. New
Professional Bldg. Phone 88 otf

Shipments Low Only two cars of
honey balls left El Centre yester-
day according to reports from B. A.
Harrigan, agricultural commission
er Shipments from now on are ex-
pected to be slow as the melons
are about gone. However, asparagus
cars will start rolling in September.
Imperial Valley press., 1933-08-22
RAIN DELAYS TENNIS

NEW YORK. Aug. %. U.P)-Rain
again caused postponement of semi
final matches IN the women S ma
tional tennis championships today.
Imperial Valley press., 1933-08-22

Thief Takes Magneto-A mag
neto was stolen from the Westly
ranch, half mile north and half
mile east of Meloland. sometime
last night. according to report
on file at the sheriffs office this
morning.
Imperial Valley press., 1933-08-22
Automobile Reported Stolen

-tukUIffVUiit fNN PVftou StUiefl II
Dodge coupe registered to DR.. o. H.
Van Eman was stolen from Hush
mans garage sometime last even
ing, according to a report at the
sheriff's office sent in at $40 o.
clock last night.
Imperial Valley press., 1933-08-22
Rootbeer Stand Looted

port at police headquarters states
that early this morning two uni
Identified men broke into Ewing
rootbeer stand at ll03 Main street
and stole 10 cartons of cigarettes
and three boxes OF cigars Entry
was made by breaking a window on
the south side of the building.
Imperial Valley press., 1933-08-22

Policemen keep pickets in line.
but It's not often you'll find them
marching In line themselves! Po-
lice Commissioner Charles Bo-
nachowitz OF Milwaukee wearing
Panama) provided that rare spec
tacle when. as shown here, he led
10000 hosiery plckets aud dele
gates to the convention OF the
American Federation OF Hosiery
workers In a demonstration before
mill In Philadelphia. Bonaeho-
witz Is vice president OF the Fed,
eratIon.
Imperial Valley press., 1933-08-22

Misses Buick and Janet Under
wood have returned from most
enjoyable vacation spent at Laguna.
Imperial Valley press., 1933-08-22
Actress Accuses
Financial Agent

HOLLYWOOD, Aug. %. U.D =
Charles r. Kennedy, Jr., was held
today for trial in superior court on
charges of Irene Ware, screen ac-
tress and former Miss America
1929, that he betrayed her trust
when she employed him as her fl
nancial agent.
Miss Ware accused Kennedy of
failing to account for $4,000 in cash
and $1,000 in bonds belonging to
her. He was held on four counts
OF grand theft under SIS 900 bail.
Imperial Valley press., 1933-08-22

Harry Hovey and family have re-
turned to the valley from their
mountain home in Laguna, where
they have been staying most OF
the summer months.
Imperial Valley press., 1933-08-22

MIR. and Mrs Jim Cox and son,
Billy are home from their vacation.
Mrs. Cox and Billy have been away
all summer in Laguna where Mr..
Cox joined them two weeks ago.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-11-08
Cuts Down B0ston's
Lead in Oily Worker Drive

NEW Notwithstanding what can
be done il vigorous action is taken,
Seattle, District IL, which ranked
with the slow districts only a week
and half ago, sentin an additional
S55.77 in the last half week, thereby
taking a firmer grip on second po-
sition in the Daily, Worker $4,000
Drive, and threatening Boston's lead
in the race. orrvs
A narrow margin now separates
these two top districts, Boston rating
S7.4 per cent of its quota and Seattle
81.2 per cent, a difference of 81 per
cent between the two,
The leadership % Of ,-both districts,
however, is now threatened by other
districts, if they continue to speed up
as they did in the last few days.
Detroit made the best showing among
the districts outside New York in
the last half week by rushing $164s2,
while Chicago picked. up in the race
with $l0o.7S. Chicago, however, will
have to work hard to make up for
its previous slack, its total percentage,
according to the latest chart printed
below, amounting to, only 32.l8. Con-
CALCULATIONS to Unit ,414, Chicago for
holding an affair and raising 1881
for our Daily" Unit 908 raised $40,
and pledges to make-it $50 soon.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-11-08
n. r. 4. ALONG EAST BROADWAY
(By a Worker Correspondent)

NEW YORK.-Here is now they
work the N. r. A. along East Broad
way in the general merchandise line.
The bosses association sent their
code to Washington asking for 48
hours. They received an answer that
the best would be 40 hours per week
for the help. So they got together
and since the code has not as yet
been adopted (they all signed the
Presidents agreement they decided
to keep the stores open 63 hours and
work the boys 4S.
So far to date no one person has
worked less than IS hours per week.
And this under the worst speed-up
imaginable.
Besides, the younger stock boys
have not received the minimum
wage, None Of the statesmen received
any increase, although every store
prepared themselves with trenlend-
Gus stocks of sheets, blankets, sweat
ers, etc, which has doubled and
tripled in value.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-11-08
HALF OF PAY IN I. o. U'S
NV a Worker Correspondent

EUGENE, Ore.-1Several months ago
the handle factory at this place was
burned, and the general understand
ing is that there was no insurance
on it. There was practically no
business being done in the factory
at the time. Since the New Deal
has gone into operation the mill has
been piling up stock, working six to
ten men three to five days week.
However, the wages have been, and
are now, 81 per day, the hours being
longer previously.
And another thing, the company
made a statement to the workers
that due to fire loss and financial
stringency they would only be able
to operate by paying half of the
wages in cash and the balance in
I. o. US, payable when and If the
company later should be able to
do so.
Some Of the men quit after acquir-
ing a wage credit OF $50 to SIS, and
others took their places. The infor-
nation is given out that the COM
pany is nov working on orders for
10 to Is freight carloads OF orders,
but these wage balances still remain
unpaid. C. r. M.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-11-08
Warns Laundry
Workers Against
AFL in st. Louis
BY q Worker Correspondent

ST. LOUIS, Mo.--There Is an al
ticle In the Post Dispatch from Kan
sas City Laundry Owners Associa-
ton offering the bosses OF the laun-
dries here in ST. Louis aid In lock-
ing out the drivers Of the laundry
drivers union.
The laundry drivers are affiliated
with the A. F. OF L. Also the laundry
workers that do the work In Kansas
City are organized In the A., F. Of L..
All workers that work in the laun-
dries Of Kansas City, Jefferson City
and st. Louis, should call up or write
to the T.U, UIi. organizer in st. Louis,
Mo, ~ Franklin ST., and get pam
phlets on real revolutionary union.
When one or two workers, black or
white, are Disseminated against and
laid off, all the workers in the Laun-
dry Workers Industrial Union fight
against such rackets that bosses are
trying to put over on the st. Louis
Laundry Drivers Union.
All laundry workers have been sold
out in any strike that the A. F. Of L.
has led, and the A. F. Of L. leader
ship Is now negotiating with the
bosses to sell us out again.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-11-08
BY PAUL LUTTINGER, NJ. d.
ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
False Vaccination Certificate

Mrs, J. H.-What you are asking
us Is to give you false certi1lcate
of vaccination. We are sorry that
we cannot lend ourselves to this
scheme. We do believe in VAGINA
ton because it is based on facts that
have been proven scientifically. You
will easily find a physician who Will
give you any kind of a certificate for
a consideration. 1t requires colossal
vanity for one person to oppose his
belief" to the experience and knowl-
edge of the majority of scientists OF
the world.
Mouth Breathing After Removal OF
Tonsils and Adenoids
s. S., Brooklyn.-1t is quite possible
that the adenoids grew back, which
would account for your little boys
mouth breathing. On the other
hand, he may be anemic or he might
have formed the habit which will
take time to overcome. Have him
examined by different doctor.
Tar Soap
ID. liar soap, like any other
soap, is only beneficial in removing
the dirt and the fat as well as the
dandruff scales. 1t has no curative
effect. However, 1t is as good Cor
bad) as any other soap. The same
may be said OF the shampoo you are
using. Have ycvrself examined by a
physician and find out whether
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-11-08
Express
Workers Sold Out
By Teamster Union
Ry a Ralway Express CORRESPONDENT

BY a Railway Express Correspondent
NEW YORK.-Just a few lines TO
enlighten my fellow workers of the
railway express companies on a very
important matter.
You know as well as ] do that the
Railway Express Employer Locals Nos.
459 and 90S, under the supervision Of
the International Brotherhood Of
Transfers and afflliated with the A.
F. of L., is not one of the Il Standard
Railroad Brotherhood organizations.
The National Industrial Recovery
Act does not apply to the railroads
and express companies. All rail-
roads and express companies come
under the provisions Of the Railway
Transportation Act which was passed
by Congress in the year Of 1920. All
employees of the Railway Express
Agency, Inc, are affected by the act
known as the Railway Labor Act of
1920. You employees were affected
under such acts when the American
Railway Express Company was in
operation and now you employees of
the Railway Express Agency, Inc, are
affected by the Emergency Transport
alton Act OF 1888.
The International Brotherhood of
Transfers Locals Nos 300 and 459
has however been evading this law
since 1914 Your international presi-
dent, Daniel Tobin, and your rep
resentatives know this and are taking
I,or ~ fol
pretenses and offering you no real
protection. The Transfers organiza-
ton is not railroad organization
and it cannot therefore function &C
cording to the law for your benefit.
That is why conditions are what they
are today and what they have been
in years gone by. If you want real,
honest, upright, good, clean working
conditions, then it is up to you en-
ployees to demand to be represented
by railroad organization Of your own
choice, under the Emergency Railroad
Transportation Act OF 1888.
When Congress was considering this
act which in its original form would
have meant the abolition of thou
sands of jobs. where were the officers
of the Transfers organization to be
found? And did they speak up in
defense OF your job? OF course they
didn't They were to be found re-
peating the words Of railroad man
agement in opposition to the job con-
servation amendments
Is this the sort of representation
you want?
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-11-08
UNIONS AND WORKERS SCHOOL

Comrade Editor:
I have always been told that one
of the shortcomings of the Workers
School was the small number of
workers employed in the decisive In
dustries such as steel, marine, metal,
etc. Not having attended the school
could not verify this fact.
This term, I am attending the
Workers School and find that this
shortening still prevails. The great
majority of the students are office
workers, students and intellectuals,
and the absence Of workers in the
heavy industries is very noticeable.
Not that Office workers are not to
be considered, but surely there ought
to be many more workers from the
docks, metal factories, steel, ETC., ana
they should be in the majority.
Students and intellectuals have
more opportunities for reading and
study than workers, SO that it Is i'm
portant to concentrate on workers
who have little time for study. The
Workers School is wonderful
source for real working class educa-
ton so that it defeats its purpose,
If 1t does not have many more
students from the factories.
The trade unions should be the
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-11-08

This goes to show that the action
of the workers is very effective. The
workers of this shop must now keep
closer ranks, so that the bosses could
not pull another trick like the bosses
of the Stratford Shoe Co., where they
closed the shop for seven or eight
weeks and then asked the workers to
go back as an open shop. They prom
ised that they would take back the
old help, and then turned around and
fired the most militant rank and filters.
The National Shoe Workers Asso-
citation, though promising they would
back up the workers II anybody
should be Disseminated against, have
not taken any action until now, to
heinstate the militant workers, and
did nothing to make the shop a union
shop.
The shop at present is still an
open shop, because immediate action
was not taken by the union. There
is a danger that other manufacturers
will follow the example Of the STRAIT
ford Shoe,
Every member OF the union must
raise the question at the local meet
ing and demand that action be taken
at once.
A Shoe Worker Of the Signal
Shoe Company.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-11-08


Finally. through the suggestion of
some of the workers who are mem
berS of the Communist Party, it was
decided that q committee go UP to
the boss and demand that he pay off
Immediately, if not, they would them
selves take measures. to force him
to do so. The suggestion appealed
to the workers, and a. committee was
elected to go up. At the same time
there were some q. chicken-hearted
workers who took the side Of the
boss, and asked that the workers not
go hard ON the "poor" boss.
The committee set off to see the
boss, but they could not get in. The
doors were closed to them, and the
hos would rot even answer telephone
calls. Outside of the factory, the
committee met one "of the foremen
and told him that the workers will
take. action If they don't get their
pay. The committee then mailed a
registered letter to the boss, demand
ing their pay.
Win Pay Back
The stool pigeons who were present
at the shop meeting must have rushed
the news to the boss Immediately, so
the next day the union received a
telephone call from the boss saying
that he would pay. And he paid that
afternoon. 49,
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-11-08
Letters from
Our Readers
ABOUT THE IRISH WORKERS
New York.

ABOUT THE IRISH WORKERS
New York.
Comrade Editor:
The Irish have been left out of
the revolutionary movement. Their
cooperation is not needed 1t seems.
The Jewish workers have their
organ, the Italians, the Firms, the
Germans ant other language groups
but the Irish! For goodness sake,
get busy and get out the Irish
Workers Voice"
There is an Irish Workers Club in
existence, whose members are doing
what they can to organize our fellow
countrymen for the revolutionary
fight in this country. Our forces are
small and we would be pleased if
class conscious Irishmen who think
the masses of the Irish are being
neglected would get down to action
In cur club.
A word In reference to the various
language organs: The reason other
cares such as the Jews and Germans
have their Freiheit and Arbeiter is
oecause they can read Jewish and
German much more easily than
English Now any Irishman can
pick up the Daily Worker and read
1t, so it Is up to us to make the Daily
our organizer for our struggles here.
AS for Irish News, the club was
in weekly receipt of zoo copies of the
Irish Workers Voice" from Dublin,
but since O'Duffy's blue shirted
heroes burned down Connolly House,
the headquarters of the Communist
Party OF Ireland, the group at home
have had to forego regular publics-
ton for lack of funds. When the
papers do come from home, they can
always be got at the Irish Workers
Club, located at 800 West 5Sth st.
The Club meets every Friday at 3
D. m. until November, when the
meeting night will be changed TO
Thursdays beginning Nov. End.
A, Hogan, Irish Workers Club.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-11-08
JoBLEss GROW IN BOISE
m a Wcrker Corresrordentl

BOISE, Idaho.-There are more
jobless men now than last year, and
wages are being cut right and left.
Yet the NJ r. A. has raised the cost
Of living Is per cent. There are
more families living on the city well
fare now than ever. Yet the bank
ers have lots Of money to buy beer
with.
They say the laborers should 90 to
work and quit loafing on the streets.
They say hundreds of men are
wanted to pick fruit, but don't mem
ton the price they have to work at.
which Is 40 cents to 81 per day, 10
hours per day, and board themselves
and sleep out on the ground.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-11-08

only Sll.SO week
Another girl joined US few min
uteg later. The first words she said
were: I've been laid off" When
asked how many had been laid off
all together, she said, About 125 girls. ."
We finally got into discussion on
the N.R.A. One OF the girls was
against the MIRA. because she is
making less money now. To use her
words exactly, I've never made so
little pay since I've been working, :"
and then she went on to show how
food prices and clothes have gone
up.
The other girl, although her faith
in the N.R.A. has been knocked fiat,
blamed the capitalists for not doing
what Roosevelt wants.
She will learn in time that the
N.R.A. is nothing but q new scheme
Of the bosses to fool the workers.
To show that the workers are los
ing their illusions Of the N.R.A. fast,
We had a discussion Of the N.R.A. in
q newly-formed young Italian Work
ers Club, and almost everybody took
the floor and told why he was against
the N.R.A. I won't enumerate them
all. but a few are that some have been
laid off under the N.R.A., others are
working part time, some Of their
fathers have been laid off, etc.
Three cheers for the Daily" the
only English daily paper to expose
the NR.A.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-11-08
WOMEN UNDER CAPITALISM
Rr DE-. HARRY NJ. TOOZAN

What is the situation of single
women under capitalism in America
at the present time? In April, 1880,
the census enumerated 100000
girls from Is years up; 100000
widows; 100000 divorced women;
there are also probably between a
quarter and d half million deserted
women
Together. he had the shocking
number Of 100000 single women
What happened the last four years
after the census? Every year a
million and half young women en-
ter the ranks of marriage candidates,
but the number Of marriages every
year falls dtsastrously.
The best record so far was 1900 600
marriages. In 1892 the number Of
marriages was below the million
mark. what is the result? In two
wears after the census, there was q
new "carryoyer' or surplus stock Of
100000 unmarried women, making
IL 1900, 900 single women, and now
we have 100000 single women
dreaming Of future happiness under
so-called American civilization,
dreaming OF husband, comfortable
modern home, and baby. Dream
fngI
No wonder then that the average
single woman feels some indefinite,
vague unrest without studying any
statistics, but from observation OF her
RI v1eHr f1Ne oTa-t
number OF single men that she
knows who are entirely not in a posi-
ton to support family.
Many millions of the young men
90 around without a job Of any kind,
many more millions make some mis-
cradle wages, never sure Of the job,
being hired and fired like so many
unimportant slaves.
Observation Of her married friends
With the tremendous difficulties Of
continually supporting the home,
with the constant fear OF losing the
lob, with the inpossibtlity OF salts
fving the ideas of the wife about the
higher standard of living all
these observations bring to the av-
EfcS6 girl i6eliliS bAloO OihAiSS oAC
bad, very bad.
BY the time she becomes rs, she
Is beginning to wear out her nerves,
becomes quite neurotic.> By 30, she
becomes actually panic-stricken, and,
II she is not made of strong, solid
material and does not possess ey-
traordinary vitality and q pliable
mind, she is liable TO become not
only panic-stricken and highly neu-
rotic, but actually psychopatl1ic.
In many thousands Of homes,
physicians see every day mothers
worried over their daughters. They
see cases of suicide, insanity, cases
Of melancholy, girls staying in bed |
FOR months. refusing food, saying
they're tired Of life, keeping away
from friends. being convinced that
y az sre awful failures and putting
~ whole blame ON themselves. TIE
soor creatures haven't got the slight
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-11-08

ullSual can DC ttOIlCcU Ii s4ac
securing Of applications for member
ship into the Party. The number O.
applications turned In to the DIS
trict for the two weeks preceding the
drive was 1853 while the number q
applications for the first two weeks Of
the drive was only ISL. This shows
that our Party membership, our sec
tons, units and fractions have not
been awakened yet to the necessity
Of making this an intensive recruit
ing drive.
while some sections have already
taken up the question Of recruiting
the effects cannot be felt as yet. Only
Section -Four (Harlem) has shown
that it means business during the
present drive. For the last two weeks
they have secured 81 applications and
have placed 80 of them. This is the
highest record ever achieved. The to-
tai applications secured in the district
during the past two weeks have been
ISL. while only SO Of these have been
assigned, or So per cent.
Gan example which should not b
followed in this drive is that ct Sec
ton 15-our largest ect1on-whtchs
with a membership OF about 800, only
recruited two members into the Par
ty. A little effort on the part ok SEQ
ton Is will enable it to recruit oveF
100 members in a single week.
"a bad feature OF our ortertexiea
in recruiting is that we are not d.
recting our recruiting among the shop
workers as suggested in the District
Plan. An indication Of this Is the fAct
that out Of the members recruited
during the first two weeks ,of tse
drive two-thirds are unemployed.
Recruiting by our fractions has
not started as yet. With the eeesp-
ton Of the shoe workers and woefs1s
and the transport fraction, the frAes
tons of the revolutionary uHfaoas
have sent in no applications
We give below list Of the nuus
Der Of members recruited during -
first two weeks Of the drive bcseeo1Gc
with the number Of tlaoes wsso Aeee
actually been assigned