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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-02-09
Baltimore Seamen
Mobilize in Buses
for Code Hearing
By a Marine Worker Correspondent

BY a Marine Worker Correspondent
BALTIMORE, Md.-Six big buses
holding approximately 200 seamen
rolled away from in front of the
boneyard bound for Washington,
D. c., to present and back up the
seamen'S demand for the acceptance
of the code Of the Marine Workers
Industrial Union.
This clearly shows the great mill
fancy of the seamen here in Balti-
more, and we believe it to be rep
resentative of all the seamen in all
ports. The 200 seamen were all very
enthusiastic and eager to go, and
were all willing and ready to fight
for the SeamenS code.
All the big buses were lined in
row with engines rumbling
throatily. there was a prominent
display Of the fighting banners and
slogans Of the seamen, and the flag
e the MWI,U. Baltimore local was
flung to the breeze astern OF one
OF the great buses; a great crowd
Of seamsn were all packed into the
buses and 3rowding the sidewalk
alongside, actually rushing and
showing each other to gain a seat
in a bus.
Across the street bv the patrol
box we're four big bulls, feverishly
scribbling into their notebooks and
phoning their reports to their head
quarters, in order, we presume, that
the Washington bulls could be no.
titled as to just what to expect.
Several other policemen were pa
trolling around the sidelines. No
attempt was made, however, to in
timidate, delay, Or disperse this
great throng of militant seamen.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-02-09
Speed Up Postal
Workers to Keep
Subs Unemployed
By a Post Office Worker Cor
respondent

respondent
NEW YORK; wish to call the
attention of the Daily Worker
readers to the fact that the post Of
flee employees are not immune from
the Wau st. offensive on the workers
living standards. The heaviest bur-
den Of the government economies are
thrown on the backs Of the hardest
working group in the government de-
partments.
The post office workers, partic-
ularly the carriers, clerks and labor
ers, are subjected to the most brutal
methods Of speed-uD in the form of
bounding, personal insults, denial of
a reasonable time to - to the lava
tory, and threats of dismissals by the
supervisors if they do not speed IN
the work This perpetual bounding
leaves us all exhausted at the end of
the day.
One Of the forernen called a worker
a "lazy-son-of-a-bitch" because he
went to take a drink after he had
been working two hours. The fact
that the worker was gone for only
two minutes didn't matter to the
foreman.
Another reason for this speed-up
and savage treatment is the reduc-
ton of the working force by retire
ments, dismissals and deaths, leaving
vacancies which have not been filled
for about three years. This fact
places an additional hardship on the
regular clerks and carriers who are
speeded up in order that the subs
may not go to work.
There is only one solution for this
problem. The postal workers must
help build Up one powerful militant
union embracing all postal workers,
which will be in a position to prevent
speed-up and brow-beating tactics,
and which will be able to put up eff
fective resistance to further lower
ing Of our living standards.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-02-09
Chicago Cabman Loses
Most of Tips on Gas

organize the Yellow Cab drivers, but
all have been smashed by company
sluggers and cops. Because of this
many drivers think that we will never
have union But these failures
don't count. We will find a way OF
doing it yet.
One thing is sure, there is no fun
trying to get along without one If
we were organized we miTht make
life little more worth while.
I watched the course of the Phil
2delphia cab drivers strike and
trust that they understand what bad
leadership can do. What's become of
the Taxi Worker? 1t is too good to
lose.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-02-09
About Meat-other Questions

E. G., BRONX. Meat is not abso-
lutely essential for mans diet. Meat
eaters are not stronger than vege-
table eaters; but they are inclined to
be f1ercer. Man is not descendant
of the apes; the concensus of opinion
is that he descends from creature
more nearly related to the modern
ape than to modern man. We are not
sure what the diet of this fs--away
ancestor was; but we are inclined to
believe that he was mainly frugi-
vcrouS 6ruit-eating.
2. Milk does constipate some peo-
pie. Sour milk is lust as good as
sweet milk; perhaps better for adults
Your teeth will not "rot" for lack of
calcium, if you don't drink milk. AS
a matter of fact, pasteurized milk has
very little calcium; most of it re-
NAMING encrusted on the sides of the
pasteurizing watts in the form of
milk crust"
8. A woman must not necessarily
drink milk in order to have more
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-02-09
I'm fIne, He,uul,.R
TED
HELEN ~
s-esssye.IGg5 g..
aELEN LUXE

There will be help and more help
r the RI.C.B. (Red International
ook Book and a warm reception
waiting it at its birth. Il wish this
light take place before Feb. 81 so it
puld be SOLD at the International
acc Defense Bazaar, but I'm afraid
Z 1'coos-ihlc.4 Constant Reader,
~ s'st TssSecl fC0 demand for q
al RICE, has Just written Il was
~ nluch r-cased by your notice of
y suggestion concerning the r. I.
B.-I would like to offer my SER
ceS to you for the stenciling and
imeographing. I have experience
that line. and 7 would be very glad
help. I lcok for work in the morn
gs h1t ros1 CT ny afternoons are
80
Iill5 hep W. be yeIy welcome. AS
on rs We can assemble enough ma
rial to warrant going ahead with
ltting the stencils, wen call on
onstant Reader to show us, among
her things, how to run the mimeo-
'aph. Otherwise I'm sure to wreck
mother Inning for the vegetarians
And here's still another letter of
elcome for the RIC.B.: Three
leers for the Int'l Cook Book. I'll
Iy one and sell some more. I have
% native recipe to contribute but
Ill give few suggestions to help.
resh vegetables seem relatively ex-
9nS.ve but can sometimes be
retched to further usefulness and so
ade cheaper.
For instance. the green tops of
slery and outside pieces of lettuce or
her salad greens which seem too
rong or bit withered for raw use
IN be dropped into just enough boil
ag water to cover and cooked 10 or
minutes. Drain of the liquid and
Sc either as q base for soups or
ews, or refreshing vitan1in and
ineral-salts drink.
Green pea pods can be treated
ae same way if they are not too
", and then mashed in collander
through q sieve to separate the
sshy part from the fibre envelope.
IlCAJ bO11@o C1lt stAoC BE OEl6Q TN
arm oven and crumbled to a DOW
81 to use later for a seasoning.
Parsley, ditto.)
ga Canadian green pea soup recipe
llich / once found in a magazine
ave a good hint: to use several thin
ices Of lemon with the carrot
ion, bayleaf, or other seasoning.
ne lemon gives an agreeable flavor
ID think it makes the soup more |
gestible. It might also reduce the
Irping- power of other pea or bean |
alps.
"A few drops of lemon In the water |
which artichckes (green, not Je-
salem yariety) are cooked, keeps
en- oreen end adds to flavor, I |
ad that cooking green leafy veg
ables in plenty of boiling water. |
rning the leaves over often with a
4 spoon, keeps the color and flavor
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-02-09
By a Taxi Worker Correspondent

BY Taxi Worker Correspondent
CHICAGO.-I work for the yell
low Cab Co. as driver. I am writ
ing this on the steering wheel be-
cause don't have time to sit down
and write at home. I work from Is
to 16 hours q day, and have to use
what little time have left for sleep.
We ret pcid a commission. I make
about $40 a week. There are scme
tips, but it takes most of them to
pay for the gas. Every garage has
hard boiled floormen who talk to us
as if we were dogs. If we talk they
tell us there are much better men
to be gotten for the job than we are.
Many attempts have been made to
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-02-09

better. Cook C-..y i4anJ-ul OF the
leaves at time so as not to use too
much water, draining out each hand
full as soon as done. Then the liquid
is saved for soups or stews or to
drink straight as a tonic.
Yours for Ours.
ESTHER L."
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-02-09
~ Dockct~
.lAAHinneh
QdL,Gaea:.
: BY PAUL LUTTINGER, MD.

milk for her child. Malt beer Is often
as ef1cacious as milk for that pur-
pose. Your analogy Of the COW is per-
fectly well taken; we do not feed
COWS with milk in order to increase
their milk supply.
4. The amount OF protein we need
IS relatively small and milk contains
only about 8 per cent protein.
S. We do not know why some peo-
pie lock so beautiful and healthy,
outwardly, in spite of being inter-
nally diseased; no more than we can
tell why beautifully ripe peach may
have worm inside of 1t. But We
do know that If the disease or the
worm remain long enough, q human,
as well as a peach, will sooner or lat
er show outward signs of the inter-
nal decay.
6. The same answer applies to this
question. People who eat garbage"
will show 1t sooner or later. The food
is one Of the factors, but not the only
one which causes pimply skin. II
has been shown recently, for IN
stance, that ovarian deficiency has O
direct relation to facial acne (pim-
ples).
7. 1t Is not true that meat degen-
crates into pus because It Is de-
composed before 1t is eaten" All
foods. including vegetables, are
dead" before we eat them; their de-
gree of decomposition varies this
same as that Of the meat we eat.
8. Ailfemale mammals, wild as well
as domestic ones, have process
analogous to that of menstruation;
but it can rarely be detected with
the naked eye because the amount Of
blood is relatively scanty. Domestic
animals, particularly bitches, show q
larger amount of blood in the mem
strual exfoliation and it therefore
becomes visible.
We trust that we have answered
ell these questions to your satisfac-
ton and that You will allow a few
months to pass before you submit
another set.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-02-09

Send FIFTEEN CENTS u5c) In
coins or stamps (coins preferred for
this Anne Adams pattern. Write
plainly name, address and style num-
Der. BE SURE TO STATE SIZE.
Address orders to Daily Worker,
Pattern Department, 243 West nth
Street, New York City.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-02-09
NOTE

We publish letters every Friday
from workers in the transportation
and communications industries
railroad, marine, surface lines,
express companies, truck drivers,
taxi drivers, etc.--and from the
communications industries - post
office, telephone, telegraph, etc.
We urge workers from these in
dustries to write US of their con-
ditiOns of work, and their strug-
giles to organize. Please get these
letters to us by Tuesday Of each
week.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-02-09
Up to All Of Us
to Help Build
Circulation
(By q Worker Correspondentl

tby worker correspondent
CHESTER, Pa.-There is one
outstanding fact in regard to< the
Daily Worker. and that Is the fact
that where and when workers are
active there is big demand for
the DAILY" and when the workers
lay down on the Job the c.rcula-
ton Of the "Daily" grows less.
/ have had almost years ex-
perience as one Of the worker
correspondents. I am past S. years
Of are, SO cannot hustle material
as ] would like to. If 1 could
stand the work necessary to do so
would send In reports OF every
factory and industry in the city,
reports on the Welfare Der't and
all other necessary news that Is
connected with out struggles for
existence.
The correspondents work is
vitally necessary to the success
Of the "Dailv," and It Is un to all
Of NJ to holm build m circulation
OF the worker only daily news
paper. PETER O'BRIEN.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-02-09
A DAILY LENIN CORNER
Miami Beach. Fla,

Dear Editor:
I have missed the 'Lenin Corner
in the Daily" these last few days, and
feel sure that many more readers
have been looking for it too. May
suggest therefore, tNet you continue
to print 'Lenin - ner" daily as it
seems to me that now, more than
ever, with the danger Of imperialist
war advancing to a greater climax
each day and our government with
its lackeys applying more fascist
methods while still using demagogic
phrases, are the workers in need Of
that great light and inspiration such
as we find in Lenin's teachings.
N. S. L.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-02-09

hackies at heart or whether he has
his own axe to grind and is using
the misery Of the hacknen to grind
it, only time will tell. At any rate,
the Non-Partisan, Fusion and New
York Taxi Unions have held most of
the meetings throughout the city,
and also the Madison Square Garden
meeting and they have grown from
no members at all to some 1000 in
the last four days.
However, these unions do not and
will not have everything their own
way For one, there is the Taxi Work
erS Union, which has made a reputa-
ton for itself as being reliable and
trustworthy, and has a following of
1000 members. The Taxi Workers
Union will fight to keep control of
the United Taxidrivers Union in the
hands Of the hackmen-in the hands
of the rank and file.
EDITORS NOTE: BY this time
taximen have already had clear
evidence that LaGuardia, the bank
ers' mayor, was only waiting for a
chance to come out with his strike
breaking seIl-out announcement
that the strike was settled, and
thus try to get the taxi men back
to work with none Of their de-
mands granted. The mayors pre-
tended moral support" mentioned
in the above letter is now seen to
be only a preparation for his latest
attempt to break the strike.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-02-09
Is Physiotherapy a Racket?

AnonynoIs-When the treatment
is Piven under the, direction Of a duly
qualified physician. physiotherapy Is
an excellent aid to other medical
methods. The circular letter Of the
physiotherapy Institute in the Bed
ford section Of Brooklyn which YOU
sent us seems to be calculated to get
patients directly, without medical
9upervision. If this is the case, then
this particular institute is a racket
becauses a physiotheraoist is unable
to moke d correct medical diagnosis
md the law does not permit him "a
treat patients. except under compe-
tent medical direction.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-02-09
Can You Make EN-
Yourself?

Pattern 176O is available in sizes
IS, SO, 40, AZ, a and as. Size IS
takes 3T-8 yards 80 inch fabric and
Y yard contrasting.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-02-09
DULUTH WORKERS HEAR COR.
LYSS LAMONT ON RADIO

Dear Comrades:
I am happy to tell you we had an
opportunity to listen to Recognition
and After" by Corliss Lamont to the
National Convention of the F. S. U.
and hope to get more such speakers
on the air.
The Daily Worker should publish
such news in time, say one week in
advance.
A. N.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-02-09

Every new subscriber you get for
ne Daily Worker means winning
neither worker 10 the revolution
Try struggle against exploitation,
war and fascism.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-02-09

Heip strengthen the revolution
airy movement by SPREADING the
Daily Worker. Get your fellow
workers to subscribe to the Daily"
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-02-09
Lead Arsenate Poisoning In
Orchards

w. I. W., Yakima, Wash.--It is a
recognized fact that workers with
poison sprays, in orchards, are apt to
suffer from chronic poisoning, If they
are not careful. The fresh air and
sufficient attention to personal
hygiene, such as frequent washing of
the hands, face and body, minimize,
to a certain extent, the bad effects of
the poison. But sooner or later, the
average worker begins to suffer with
the unmistakable signs of chroric
lead or other metal poisoning. In
your case, the symptoms are not def
mite enough to lead us to believe that
you are suffering from chronic lead
poisoning, but if you can possibly Sc
cure another Job, then we should adj
wise you to give up the one that you
have been holding for the last seven
wears
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-02-09

Help put the Daily Worker cir
culation campaign over the top.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-02-09
ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
Dry Scalp

Julia (Alias Ray, BrOoklyn.-In
order to prevent your hair from be-
coming as dry as your humor, we
should advise you to rub some olive
oil into your scalp, twice a week, and
do not wash your hair more often
than once in three weeks. When you
do wash it, it would be advisable to
do SO with shampoo made Of shaw
ings Of CASTLE soap melted in boiling
water. Eating fatty foods such as
olive oil, bacon, butter, cream, ETC.,
may also help in increasing the oili-
ness Of your scalp.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-02-09
Urges Cabmen
to Join Rank
and File Union
Bv a Taxi Worker CorresDondent

By a Taxi Worker CORRESPONDENT
tEditcr's Note: This letter was
written before the strike broke out
against the SC tax.
NEW YORK.-Why is it that any
racketeer that comes along finds the
hackman easy pickings? The last
one, the notorious Larry Fay, cor
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-09-29
A CHILD is BORN

A CHILD is born to Prince Humbert of Italy
n and there is great jubilation among the
people. To be sure, there would have been
greater rejoicing had the Crown Princess Marie
Jose given birth to boy, but even girl is
acceptable.
The event in itself would seem to mean
very little to democratic Americans. The
glamour of royalty, to the average person in
the United States. is confined to the magma
ton. and that at times isn't strong enough to
Gull up any more than casual interest.
But there is much firmer foundation for
joy among the populace of Italy than the
mere fact of the birth. or peoples love for
its hereditary rulers. It's the encouraging
news that in many Italian cities, free birth
cradles and clothing will be given to all needy
families, in honor of the event!
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-09-29
THE POWER SURVEY

TN its national survey the federal power COM
l. mission is undertaking a project long
overdue.
It proposes to separate the wheat of fact
from the chaff Of propaganda. 1t hopes to lay
before congress and the public true picture
of the nations vast power resources and to
chart sane and economically sound course Of
future development.
No industry is so befogged with fiction and
half-truth. with fanaticism and self-interest,
as the business of making and distributing
electricity.
A disinterested authority should establish
the relative merits of private and public power
development. and the actual production and
distribution costs under both systems. Do
private companies refuse to amortize their
debts; do they hide their costs, overpay their
executives, play politics with rate-making
bodies? Do public plants hide their cost in tax
rates2
The public should know the relative cheap
ness and efficiency of hydro-electric power and
that developed by steam and DIESEL plants.
Are we spending too much or too little to har-
ness streams? What of conservation, If We
use coal and oil instead of water?
We should know the limits. if any, of the
industrial and domestic power markets. 1t is
true. as the Tennessee Valley Authority claims,
that the power market so far has not been
scratched in America? Is the federal govern
ment extravagant or niggardly in spending
s2s7 600 900 toward electrihcation of the coun-
try7
We should know the part played by private
holding companies in overcharging consumers,
and We should find some means Of bringing
these financial carry-alls under rate regula-
ton along with their subsidiaries. To what
extent. and why. is state regulation breaking
down?
Useful also. in shedding light on the legal,
financial and propaganda aspects of the power
industry will be a forthcoming report by the
federal trade commission after seven-year
study. 1t is good news that this able body will
ask congress for continuing authority to in
vestigate utilities.
The private power companies as well as
public systems are interested in answers TO
most Of these questions. According to Vice
Chairman Basil Manly of the power commits
sion. private companies are cooperating will
ingly with the survey.
Prompt and full replies TO the questions
scheduled will enable us to compile and sub
NIT to congress" Manly says. 1.-The most COM
urehensive and authentic exhibit Of our power
resources and possibilities ever made in this
or any other country"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-09-29
SATURDAY. SEPT. %. 1924.
MOMENTOUS TOPICS

GENATOR ARTHUR ROBINSONS change
- Of front is interesting. A few weeks ago
he was ringing the welkin about the destruc-
ton Of the Constitution through the insidious
agency Of the Roosevelt recovery measures.
He said quite frankly that the good old U. S. A.
was ION the road to Moscow"
Then The Times printed his record in the
last session of congress It showed that he
had voted for every major piece Of recovery
legislation without uttering the slightest pro-
test
Then came the California, Mississippi and
Maine primaries indicating that uncommuni-
cative person. the average citizen, was not only
satisfied with Mr.. Roosevelts program, but
wanted more of it.
Now Mr.. Robinson has turned to two total
ly different issues: The veterans and Gov
ernor McNutt Just what the senator has ever
actually done for our ex-soldiers is still
mystery. We challenge him to point to his
name on a single important bill favoring the
veterans-or anything else, for that matter.
No, the senior senator's record is almost en-
tirely made up Of noise. A monograph in the
senate would have helped the veterans about
as much.
AS to his attacks on the state government,
they sound a great deal like the remarks of a
man who feels he must talk although he actu-
ally has nothing to say. Governor McNutt is
not standing for reelection this year. He is
not an issue in the senatorial campaign.
With the nation facing grave national
problems it is downright silly for Senator Rob-
inson to go careening about Indiana talking
=
does he think he can do in the United States
senate about state prisons? Or the liquor law?
or the Two Per Cent Club?" Nothing-and
he knows it.
We really should place the news of the
senator's campaign in the "Ho-Hun" depart
ment and let it go at that.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-09-29
EXPLAINS STATEMENTS
ABOUT RELIEF WORK

BY Sherman Long.
My letter which appeared in The
Message Center Sept. 10, concern
ing skilled workmen on relief, was
intended as my final statement on
the matter, but since some readers
have the wrong conception of some
of the comments and because of
the fact that some of my points were
not explicitly expressed, I am obliged
to clarity the letter.
When I referred to the new school
on Traub avenue, mentioning sec
ond-hand material, didn't mean
that the building material had been
used before. Neither was l insln-
uating that the authorities were
guilty of fraud or extravaganza in
the use of funds allotted for this
or any other project or that there
had been diSsension between the
workers and foremen, though this
seemed to be the understanding de-
rived by some of the readers.
1t is obvious that there has been
strict cooperation between the
workers and foremen at the school,
and other projects for that matter,
and this is precisely what I had
attempted to exemplify; that the
carpenter tools as well as the men
had surely reached possible state
of decline, due to a long period Of
unemployment and yet in the face
of every handicap, they are respon-
sible for the existence Of a modern
building.