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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-08-25
Kahn and Feldman
Striker Reports on
Conditions in Mill
By DAN RICO
By Textile Worker Correspondent

BROOKLYN. N. VI have been
working for the past four years for
Kahn and Feldman silk yarn mill.
which is now on strike. I started at
sl4 week but worked more than u
hours day at times to be able to
support a family of eight Since the
DAY that | came into the shop I have
always been rushed by the foreman
and had to work in great heat.
Most of the girls in the mill are
getting from 81 to $13 week. Girls
In the mill work much harder than
the boys and many time have to
take abuse from the foreman. One
day the foreman was very abusive to
one girl, who later tainted from the
heat. The boys avenged this insult
to the girl and beat up the foreman.
Next day the foreman pointed out
two of the boys, with the result that
they were sentenced to serve thirty
days in Jail.
The girls in tn mill look half dead.
because they cannot eat on account
OF the heat and lack of air in the
mill. Girls faint quite often and are
Immediately picked up by the mill
nurse, who revives them by giving
them pills. Some time ago a girl
dropped in the mill at her machine
and died there. She was removed to
the hospital, but too late to revive
her. Most of the workers did not
know of this and were told that she
was home sick.
A few days ago later two men rup-
tured themselves from lifting bob
bins. because when they get hot they
stick to the spindles and this makes
1t hard to lift them. I myself took
OFF a week during the hot weather,
as could not stand the speed-up
and the heat in the mill. For a
small-sized fellow I lost 20 pounds
since I'm working in the mill and
I'm now only % years old, The same
goes for the others.
After discussing the N. r. A. with
the rest of the strikers l believe that
this code is only for the benefit of
my bosses and not for us. I'm will
ing to stick with the rest of the
strikers and fight on until our de-
mands are granted. I do not think
that the Kahn and Feldman mill is
just mill. call it the"H House -
feel that with the leadership Of
the National Textile Workers Union,
of which I am already a member, we
will be able to win our fight.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-08-25
Mill Doubles the Work
for Half the Workers,
Lays Off Other Half
(By . Worker Correspondent)

CHESTER, PA woman was sent
to work at the Irving Worsted Mills.
She worked one week. When she
reported for work the next Monday
she found that the company had not
exhausted its resources on the speed
up system.
1t has always been considered a
very good days work to run 40 ends
from winding frame. Now she
found that two workers were. allotted
ITO ends, one had 80, and the, other
had 80 ends to handle.
This forces one girl to do lust
twice as much work as formerly and
the other 10 ends more than twice
as much, so instead of going TO work,
she and two other girl workers were
laid OF, sent home. fs
The N. R. A. is quite a money
maker for the bosses, but the work
ers are dearly paying the price, and
the increasing discomfort in prac-
tically every plant in the city will
verify this statement.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-08-25
Letters from Our Readers

wean them away from the bourgeois
poison dispensers.
New York City,
Conlrade Editor:
During all the years, Rose Pastor
Stokes was a member of the Com
munist' Party, she took a keen in
terest in drawing Negro workers
into the revolutionary movement and
fighting against white chauvinism.
In her speeches throughout the
country she made this known in no
uncertain terms. We no longer
have Comrade Rose Pastor Stokes
with us but we have the example
she set that we would do we'll to
follow.
Nothing would please Rose, Pastor
Stokes more than could she know
that there are many white workers
who must boldly jump at the
throat" of those who justify the OPP
preston Of the Negro. Let's carry
on the work Of our departed comrade
by offering Scholarship in the Ma
tional Workers School to the. worker
who puts up the best fight for Negro
Rights during the year.
The Negro workers OF America are
willing to contribute to the Rose
Pastor Stokes scholarship. Are the
white workers willing?
Comradely.
II. r. CABOT.
Editors Not: These suggestions
will be taken up by the National
Workers School, and reply will
be published in the Daily Worker.
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Praise for Worker
Correspondents

ASHEVILLE, NJ C.-From any
angle, the new "Daily" is great!
The workers correspondence is
much better. In Wednesdays Daily
Aug. 16 have in mind particularly
the letters from a furniture worker
of Kenosha. Wis, and the group of
workers at Kaplan Bros, New York.
These letters are praiseworthy for
their clarity and the definite state
ment of conditions and means of
struggle.
All worker correspondents should
emulate writers of this kind, and
remember not only to tell of work
ing and living conditions, but that
their letters can be of service in
leading their fellow workers and
others in their industry in the
struggle for better conditions.
w, D.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-08-25
By PAUL LUTTINGER, M. D.
v. Minor Neglects


Many Party workers are so much
taken up with their big" work that
they often neglect what they call
little" things about their health. If
they would stop to think that all big
things begin by being little, they
will soon nay more attention to what
appear to be trivial nishaps.
Take the matter of cuts or needle
pricks. The application Of little
iodine is sufficient to prevent any in
lection. But many Party workers are
SO busy with higher" things that
they neglect this little precaution.
The result is often a painful inflan1-
nation, an abscess which requires a
surgical operation or the more seri-
GUS septicemia (blood poisoning)
which often kills the patient.
A sprained ankle will get well
quickly if sufficiently rested. But
many Party workers have tried to
walk it out" and had to remain in
bed for weeks.
A plain cold, when neglected, be-
comes the Grippe and the Grippe
often turns into Pneumonia with
many wise guys" who don't be-
lieve in coddling.
Corns and bunions are allowed to
cripple the feet, distort the posture,
cause premature (early) tiredness
and make one fretful and miserable
when the condition could have been
avoided by the proverbial stitch in
time.
The teeth have cavities? Never
mind. Frequent sore Threats. Nitche-
vo. A vaginal discharge? Nobody sees
it. Frequent headaches? 1t will pass
Heartburn after meals? Bicarbonate
Blurred vision? I'll attend to it af-
ter the plenum. Pain in the ear?
I'll put some oil in it. How about that
hacking cough you have had since
your grippe? Oh, go milk a duck!
Now, everyone of the above little
troubles are known to have become
so serious in some cases that they
not only impaired the workers
health and efficiency, but in many
cases personally known to the writer
have resulted in permanent dis
ability or in death.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-08-25

been informed that you have stopped
publication. Was this for lack of
babies? The photographs Of the
babies from Coolidge Hill Road,
Back Bay, East Orange, New Jersey,
etc, were good, but what about the
babies from Red Hook Brooklyn,
Harlem-New York City, Coverdale-
West Virginia, or Molinaire- Western
PENNSYLVANIA? I could have sent
you some good photographs of these,
Z too
I have one swell photograph, Mrs.
Roosevelt. 1t is picture Of a West
Virginia coal miner with his wife
and seven children, the youngest baby
is only two weeks DID, and a few
sticks of furniture-all on the side
of the road underneath a large oak
tree. A sign on the large oak tree
says. Protect the trees. avoid forest
fires This man and his babies
we're evicted in the last Southern
West Virginia coal strike. This
would have made an attractive illus
tration for your magazine.
Not Pleasant to Look At
Somehow the babies Of the coal
mining areas do not photograph so
well for the nice magazine it isn't
pleasant to look at pictures of babies
with ricketts, and ugly head sores.
Condensed milk, pinto beans and
fat-back don't produce the rosy
cheeks and husky limbs that fresh
orange juice and certified milk do.
Yet, Mrs. Roosevelt, these are the
babies of America.
What was the purpose of the
publication. Babies, Just Babies"
anyway? Did you think that it
would be nice for coal miners wives
TO cut out the pictures of the nice
babies and tack them up on the
sooty walls of their clapboard shacks
a. reminders of what baby should
be to grow up strong and healthy?
Again in your article in the
eWoman's Home Companion" you
ask us to write you about what has
brought joy into our lives, how we
are adjusting ourselves to the new
conditions in this amazing, chang
ing world" and. to those of us who
have taken holidays inexpensively,
you ask us to tell how we have done
it. You say you want these stories
so that you can pass them on to
other Companion readers. When I
have more time I will write you
about the holiday" which I have
been having ever since the crisis be-
gan, and how it has brought Joy into
my life and how I am adjusting to
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-08-25

Convention of the Socialist Party
before the Communist Party was or
ganized. These workers came to the
New York Convention from Buffalo
and Syracuse and nominated me for
i Lieutenant Governor, much to the
dismay of the Hillquit-Panken ma
chine. Panken threatened me, told
me not to accept. as Jessie Hughan,
their respectable pet, had been slated
for that post. OF course, I accepted
the nomination of the workers, and
ran ahead of the ticket when the
votes we're counted.
This campaign gave me wonder
full opportunity to talk to the work
ers of the struggles Of the workers
and farmers of the Soviet Union,
and of the real condition of the
workers of Germany, of the treach-
erous leadership of the Second Inter
national, Scheidemann, Noske, Ebert
and Co., with their followers in this
country Hillquit, Gerrner Gerber,
Branstetter and many other rene
gades to the revolutionary move
ment whose names have gone into
dark oblivion.
Leu Str'he S'ruggies
during tne war. WINE acting as
oeate organizer Oh new YORK SCaOe
>. r, l incurred the serious olspieas-
ure OF Cnat party oy Joining Cne
Machlnlsts Union OF otica' N. Y,
ana Leading tne savage Arms StrlK-
ers 10 victory IN splte OF Inc Iact
tnaG tney were .laklie LEWIS AVA,
ton Guns etc. alSo acOeo against
the desires OF Inc .. r. cnleItalns IN
Leading the picket hnes OF Ine Dig
smith Wesson Arms striKe IN spring
neld, Mass.
After this rebellion on my part, l
was caleo 10 Kansas Oley, missouri
TO nelp create a demand ior tne
workers Worlo' OF winch EAT
BroWder was tne nrst eoltor. l was
Immediately elected organizer OF tne
Left-Wlng SOCIALIST group Ihere'
ana Win the paper as a eooo organ
for the organization of the Commu-
mist Labor Party. The federal prison
at Leavenworth had $50 radicals
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-08-25
s8 ~Cn q :
1elll fIl(, H(l !lZ!IIllIr,G9
9g#AN ~ "a
TOday's Menu

BREAKFAST
Grapefruit juice
Plain omelet
Toast
Coffee Milk
LUNCH
Dreamed potatoes Sliced Tomatoes
Bread and butter
Peach pie
For veal cutlet-Wipe meat with
wet cloth and then with dry.
Dust with salt, pepper and flour
Heat fat in pan till it smokes a lit
tie. Lay in meat and cook till brown.
Look inside and see that it is also
brown for outlet must not be eaten
red or pink inside.
SUPPER
Cream of green pea soup
Bread and butter
Pineapple salad
One pint of fresh peas. pint OF
water, l pint of hot milk, table
spoonful of flour, l tablespoonful of
butter, u teaspoonful of salt, 3
shakes Of pepper, l thin slice Of
onion.
Cook the peas with the water;
make the white sauce with the milk:
strain the peas and water through
the sieve, pressing well, and add the
milk and strain again. Even toasted
cubes of bread may be dropped into
each plate on serving.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-08-25
Can You Make 'em
Yourself :?

The jumper is most convenient. It
can be made up in any material
from gingham to satin. The same
can be said of the guirnpes (blouses)
to wear with it. If you use organdie,
we suggest organdie with a perma-
nent finish, which we believe, keeps
its crispness after having been wash
ed. Long sleeves for the winter could
be substituted for the short ones pic
tured Of course, more material
would be needed for long sleeves.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-08-25
~ Doctor
.LAHngeA
adUGa:

on this and allied subjects tabulateo
by the untiring efforts of Grarce
Burnham of the Labor Research As
ISOLATION, which we intend to put be-
fore our readers as conditions arise.
]. R., Detroit-There is signifi-
cant lack of health safeguards in the
various codes so far published by the
various industries, under the MIRA.
1t is up to the militant workers to
see that this oversight" be corrected,
aHsh
Gonorrhea
L. S., Chicago.-The correct name
fer the disease is gonorrhea. The
common name CLAP" Is not used tn
good society; but the disease itself
attacks the most respectable pillars"
of society.
az In most cases, in the male, the
disease can apparently be cured.
Some authorities claim that females
are never cured completely. From .
practical point of view, 1t seems that
the acute manifestations of the dis.
ease are cured, although it may leave
some after-effects which become ap-
parent many years later.
b. Gonorrhea does not affect the
children, except that the eyes Of the
newborn may become infected with
the pus. To avoid this good doctor
always puts in drop Of per cent
silver nitrate in each eye Of the new
born, which kills the germs. The san
itary code in New York prescribes
that every midwife and physician
should use these drops in all new
births, irrespective of whether the
mother has the disease or not.
Aluminium Ware-Sangwin
Mrs. L. M, Bronx-There is no SCI
entific proof, SO far, that aluminium
cooking utensils are harmful. Not q
single case of poisoning has been
reported in the medical literature, rs
lar as I know.
"Sangwin" is not considered to be
effective as an immune blood in
JUNCTION" for tuberculosis, whatever
these three silly words may mean.
Do not waste a cent on quack medi.
cines. Up to date, there is no better
cure for TB. than sunshine, fresh
air and good food.
Readers desiring health inform
alton should address their letters
to DR.. Paul Luttinger, CO Daily
Worker, IS East 18th St. New
! York City.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-08-25
Needle and Textile Workers Organizing
and Striking Against MIRA Conditions
Speed-Up Cripples
Worker inForstman
Go. Passaic Factory
BY a Worker Correspondent

PASSAIC, N. 1.-THE Fprstman
Wooden Company in Passaic and
Garfield claims it is paying the high
est wages in the wooden textile mills,
but we workers inside the shop know
how this is done. There is hardly
any department in Forstmans where
the piece work and speed-up system
is not established. -.-
In the finishing department, or
shearing, where the machines are
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-08-25
lamp Unity Meeting
raises $500 for LID.

CAMP UNITY.-More than 5000
1as collected for the Burke-Taylor
ase in Birmingham here Saturday,
hen Alice Burke, one OF the prison.
$ now out on bail, and Allan Taub,
International Labor Defense attor-
~, who was driven out of Tusca-
csa after being retained by Dan
ippen, Jr.. A. T. Harden and Elmore
arke, TO defend them, spoke.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-08-25
Dye Workers Signing
Up With Natl Textile
Union Despite Terror
By a Dye Worker Correspondent

BY Dye Worker Correspondent
LODI, N. 1.-THE United Piece Dye
Works in Lodi, N. j., is the largest
mill in New Jersey. Many wage cuts
took place here since 1882. Since the
new code went into effect, the work.
ers found out that they are in a
worse condition than before.
The wages are the following at
present: As cents per hour for male
and IS cents for female. Since this
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-08-25
NOTE

We publish letters from needle and
textile workers every Friday. Please
get them to us by the preceding
Tuesday.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-08-25
obless Woman Writes
Letter About Babies
to Presidents Wife
Tells of Children in Coal Mining Areas
Whose Pictures Were Never Included
in Babies Just Babies
BY JEAN Lands

Il me-, Mrs Franklin T. F the
o. Companion
" Very well, Mrs. Roosevelt here
My
happened your magazine
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-08-25
Occupational Diseases

D.P.-We contemplate to run a Sc
ries of articles on industrial hazards
to health in the near future. There
is a wealth of first-hand information
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-08-25
PHILADELPHIA, Pa.

Comrade Editor:
I wish to congratulate the Worker
on some of the recent stories pub
lished in its pages as well as on its
general improvement and, of course,
the increased size will help enor-
mously. I think that the stories and
news matter in the Worker should
be of simple Characteristic simpler
the better.
That is the only way you can i'm
press the great mass of readers and
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-08-25

Pattern 1889 is available in sizes
IL, IA, is, l8 and 20. Size 16 takes
~ yards 81 inch fabric and So
yards 36 inch contrasting. Illustrated
step-by-step sewing instructions in
cluded with this pattern.
Send FIFTEEN CENTS (15c) In
coins or stamps (coins preferred for
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plainly name. address and style num-
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Address orders to DAILY WORK
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terms by mail only.
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NEW YORK CITY.

NEW 1OfLh C114.
Comrade Editor:
Norman Thomas is faithfully keep
ing up his job of misleading the
workers into making them believe
that the Roosevelt administration is
everything the workers could hope
for.
The other day In Albany. at
gathering of worker delegates to the
Continental Congress, Mr.. Thomas
said, among other things, that "the
recovery efforts showed a logical
trend toward Socialism" This is at
a time when workers should be told
that the so-colled Srecovery" act is
nothing but slavery act and that
some capitalist papers are forced to
ADMIT that the N. R. A. is used by
the bosses to reduce the workers
wages to the very minimum of s14
per week without employing addi-
tional help.
Keep it up, Mr.. Thomas. Mr.. Nor
gan will not overlook 1t.
ALEXANDER LESTER,
signature authorized.)
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-08-25

PREVIOUS to the infamous Chicago Convention Socialist Party
Chicago 1919 building inside the
AS State
opportunities
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-08-25

w Readers desiring health inform.
alton should address their letters
to DR.. Paul Luttinger, CO Daily
Worker, IS East 18th St. New
York City.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-08-25
Mother Bloor Describes
Beginnings OF Communist
Party of nited States
Tells of Early Struggles Against Reactionary
Socialist Party Machine; Calls for Building
of Strong American Communist Party
BY ELLA REEVE BLooR

Mother BIoOr celebrated her SEVENTEEN birthday At
nary Party Congress held last month in New York.
The Washington times., 1933-04-17
Bv Beatrice Burton
By Tuthin
BY Cliff Sterrett
By Mnt Gross
BY Walt Disney

wonderful it would have been
to sit here and announce that
she was going to marry Mr..
Collins end would soon leave
the little flat forever.
"I suppose I may just as well
go back to Collins on Monday"
she said. "I won't be able to
get another job in a hurry
and I suppose it is my own
fault that he treated me the
way he did. I can see now
that I shouldn't have let him
PICK me up on a street corner
and then get sore because he
dropped me at one. I should
have made him call for me
here. Next time he asks me to
go out with him I will make
him do it."
That there would be a next
time she never doubted for an
instant. She knew that MIR.
Collins was infatuated with her.
She had seen his infatuation
in his eyes last night, had
heard it in the tones Of his
voice, and had felt it in his
kisses and the hard grip Of
his arms as he held her in
them.
"Just bring him here and
let me meet him! I can man.
age him! Dodie answered
Crimly, as she picked up her
fork.
Ito Be Continued,
The Washington times., 1933-04-17

You would not be disappointed
in selecting either Of these de-
signs, probably you would want
to make them both. You will
notice that there are borders
for both the Rose Cross" and
Rose Wreath" You may use
plain chambray for all of the
appliqued design, fine checked
ginghams, or tiny polka-dotted
materials.
Don't Miss This
That you will want this Won
der Package goes without say.
ing for to deprive yourself Of it
would mean that you would lack
that handy package Of many
ideas that will last you a life.
time, and be the answer so
many times for presents, useful
gifts and beautifying the house.
There are designs suited for
every need, for painting and em.
broidering as well, which makes
it welcome to man, woman or
child.
If you wish the Wonder Pack.
age mailed to you it will cost
$1.00 with coupon, but if you
wish to call for it the price is
88 cents. This may be obtained
at the office of The Washington
Times.
The Washington times., 1933-04-17

to have it touched UP" with
Sunshine Clint Shampoo every
week.
"You certainly weren't able
to CO." she said.
II didn't intend to go, any
way. I'm never going back
there Not after last night"
Last night? Her mother
laid down her fork. Her blue
eyes were wide and a shadow
crossed them like the shadow
Of a bird over blue water.
what happened last night
in addition to your getting
drunk" Her voice had knife
like edge.
Truth Comes Out
Sharlie shook her head. IT
had only a tiny bit of one
drink" she said. But hadn't
had anything for so long that
it went to my head-and it
didn't do that until I got into
the house. was all right while
I was out In the air-Oh, I'm
so sorry I went out with that
man last night! No girl ever
ought to go out with the man
she works for? Do you know
that?"
Dodie closed her book and
laid it on the cloth before her.
GO on" she said.
Sharlie went on. She told
her the whole story Of Fridays
The Washington times., 1933-04-17
'"SHARLIE"

(COntinued from Magazine PdRe)
and the slice of jelly roll that
Dodie had set out.
"Oh, but I'm SICK" she
groaned, and dropped down on
to one of the uncomfortable
room chairs. Tell me-did I
dream it, or did Edna come
home last night?" The trunk,
she saw had vanished from the
living room.
"She came home" her mother
answered shortly. where were
you last night. Sharlie? Who
gave you what you had to
drink?-Mr. CollinS?"
'Mr. Collins!" repeated Char
lie. why, yes-it was Mr.. Col
lins. But how did you guess it?"
Dodie raised one shoulder in a
shrug. "You were talking about
him last night"
A long silence. Then Sharlie
asked, did Edna hear me?"
"Of course. She was right
there"
Sharlie lifted her heavy eyes
to the little clock that stood on
the sideboard.
"Gosh, it's o'clock" she
said. did Edna go to the office
in my placer"
Her mother nodded her yel-
low head. It was not so yel-
low as it had been months ago
when Dodie had gone downtown