The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-02-20

sometimes five dollars a week, but
never more.
Rent? Never-eXcept when we
were dispoSsessed four times last
year. When we moved to this adj
dress, 1864 Bath Aye.-they paid gas
and electric bills.
But they stopped the milk used
to get from the Brooklyn Bureau.
What about mike I asked. I need
them. Ineed it.
mo, they said. We don't give
milk--only food allowance. gas
and electric bills. But milk-no.
we don't do that. I went back TO
the Brooklyn Bureau of Charities.
1 asked them why my milk allow
ance was stopped since [ trans
ferred.
Well they said, you're a Home
Relief case now, We have nothing
more to do with you The milk was
supplied US by the Borden Com
pany for distribution to the cases.
In any case, we couldn't allow you
milk
Why? I asked.
Because you owed the Borden
Company seventeen dollar milk
bill"
THE twins were born June last
L year. The Home Relief sent a
visiting nurse. I told her the milk
had been stopped. She said she
would take it up with the st. Vim
cent de Paul Society. But the boss
Of the society said the organization
was collecting no money these days.
They couldn't afford to buy me
milk, they said.
Il went with the nurse to The
Brooklyn Bureau. The head woman
there said she would get a milk al
loWance or raise in relief from the
Home Relief. At that time I was
getting ten dollars every two weeks.
Then my husband raised hell with
them and we got q raise to twelve
every two weeks
But how could We live on that?
Especially when we had the twins
TO look after. So I took the twins
and the other two children TO the
head office Of the Home Relief
WAS that woman mad when I
brought them in with mel
"sYou don't have to bring the
children in here like that she snap
ped out"
But We got the raise all right
Fifteen dollars every two weeks,
although we had to wait two months
before they got around to it."
GO the Fiamettis fought with the
y Home Relief-such a trouble
some case! The nurse visited the
family and was shocked when she
saw the babies were fed on grade
B milk.
why, she censued, chose babies
will get sick if they get only grade
B milk"
The babies, the Mortified social
sevice said, needed lime water, and
maltese, "a dollar ten every two
weeks and they needed boric acid
salve, fifty cents d small box, and
they needed milk Of magnesia; spe-
cial medicines; special soap. (tWen-
ty-five cents cake;) special tow
els; special--it was almost Lind
berg baby diet
And it was all to come from the
81 SO a week that was TO provide Tor
a man, woman and four children
THE twins were three months old
when new investigator came.
A jealous guardian Of Tammany's
finances. he cut the relief to $14
every two weeks. In vain the Fla
mettis protested. THE city couldn't
afford it." Angrily, bitterly, the
Fiamettis said the babies we're get
ting sick. Finally Home Relief Of
ficials parted With the dollar. The
new scale was to be SIS every two
weeks.
1t was too late. The babies were
already being taken to the hospital
aTHEY won't pull through" the
4 nurse said. zone child has a
nastoid in the ear, both are very
weak, they are undernourished."
Frantic, Fiametti offered blood
"Weu operate" the doctors said.
Wen let you know when we want
YOU.
There was telegram from the
hospital next day -- twenty-one
cents collect Mrs Fiametti Dor