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Evening star., 1934-09-07

who claims the money for nursing
Mrs. Elkins' father, Henry Gassaway
Davis.
Her suit, filed through Attorney
Edward d. Hays, says she was en-
gagged as nurse in April. 1916. The
plaintiff says she was promised $50, 900
by Mrs. Elkins, but has received Only
$1,000.
Evening star., 1934-09-07
Insect Bite Fatal.

Mrs. MGregor of Belfast, ireland
when on a holiday at the home OF
her sister in County Monaghan, was
stung by an insect while she was
sitting on the shore Of a lake. She
took little note Of the sting at the
time, but a few days later her arm
began to swell and death swiftly fol-
lowed.
Evening star., 1934-09-07

Psrfsets ss1 Irrssal~s Of
81 and $1.29 Kniekers
Full-ltned knit
cuff bottom style; YN
8 to Is years. Also NJ
English Shorts: 1 ~
to 6 years.
Evening star., 1934-09-07
Institutions Get Fish.

Greater quantities Of fish are being
supplied to public charitable institu-
tions in Scotland to help the dis
tresSed fish industry.
Evening star., 1934-09-07
ELKINS ESTATE SUED
FOR S4s, 900 NURSE BILL
Only 42, 900 Of Promised $50, 900
Paid by Daughter of Senator
Davis, Says Bill.

The estate Of the late Mrs. Halle
Davis Ekins, mother, wife and daugh-
ter Of United States Senators from
West Virginia, was sued for $4s, 900 in
District Supreme Court yesterday by
Halle r. Clemson, IS, 1926 I street.
Evening star., 1934-09-07

the r street side. and the northwest
corner of the building to permit in
stallation Of the new speed elevators
In the shafts within 10 working days.
Evening star., 1934-09-07
PARK POLICE REPORT
FEWER DRUNK CASES
August Arrests Also Decline by
Comparison With July /,
Saws Cant. Carroll.
SAYS Capt. Carroll


An appreciable drop in the number
of drunks taken into custody, as well
as the total number Of arrests, is
recorded in the August report of the
United States Park Police, submitted
by Capt. p. j. Carroll to c. Marshall
Evening star., 1934-09-07
$479,388 INTERIOR
CONTRACT AWARDED
Work to Begin on Seventh Floor
Addition and Also on Treasury
Project.

Work is expected to begin very soon
on the seventh floor addition to the
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-12-07
By Taxi Worker Correspondent

BY Taxi Worker Correspondent
CHICAGO, ul.-On Friday night,
November "a, 1884, a gang of hood
lums, led by a squad of policemen
from the Vehicle Commission, broke
into the Food Workers Industrial
Union Office, at LOT West Van Buren,,
where a number of cab drivers held
a meeting to discuss their problems
in organizing the Chicago Taxi
Workers Union, terrorizing the
drivers and conhscating letters and
receipt books Of the Food Workers
Union.
The next day most of those driv-
ers present at the meeting were fired
out by Nike Shapiro, showing the
close connection between the Check
or Cab Co., the hoodlums and the
Vehicle Commission.
The drivers are up in arms against
the wheel tax of $50 year for the
use Of streets which was passed by
the City Ordinance on July l, 1884,
and becomes compulsory with the
beginning of the fiscal year, but the
Checker Cab Co. forced these pay
ments Immediately from the drivers.
This wheel tax is in addition to
the state licenses, the vehicle tax,
cab stand licenses, etc.
When a driver signs with the COM
pany, he has to sign a contract, and
thereby all licenses, the title, etc,
are signed over to the company.
In addition to this, the driver IS
forced to buy gas from the company
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-12-07
By q Telegraph Worker Core
Spondent

NEW YORK-Nothing so indi-
Gates the utter bankruptcy. the
Senile mutterings of company
union officialdom, as that por-
trayed by the material contained in
the Telegraph World. This feeble
excuse for a trade union medium
is issued monthly by the Associa-
ton of Western Union Telegraph
Employees from it's general head
quarters in Chicago.
Take the recent issue. The front
cover with some photos initiates
the frontispiece of the News Week
Magazine. Pictures that have no
immediate interest to the telegraph
worker who is working under ter
rifle pressure.
The inside cover shows a picture
of the General President Burton,
arch faker, comforting with the
president of one of the messenger
locals. The text states that mes
sengers are being welcomed into the
company union and that the mem
bership of the messengers locals is
now 5000. What it fails to say is
that the messengers were "wel-
comed' into the comapny union by
force only after the terribly ex-
plotted messengers had called
strikes in several cities. The threat
of strike in New York City caused
Gar Carroll to summon Vice
President Elsden and Louis Calao
who rushed to do his bidding. Only
in those spots where the militancy
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-12-07
Unity Move
Supported
By Porters
By a RR. Worker Correspondent

CHICAGO, Ill.-After hearing the
report of our President on the Con-
vention of the A. F. of L., held in
October in Frisco, and after having
studied the proceedings of the fifth
day, it seems that this day was set
aside to discuss the Negro and his
relationship to the A. F. of L. And
out of this discussion of the fifth
day it seems to have reacted on
the conductors to the extent that
they (the conductors decided to
take us over. A sort of a Stepcild,
or something similar. And we also
studied carefully the release in a
number of weekly publications but
all seem to carry the idea of divi-
sion but we insist what we want is
unity with the employees of the Pull
man Co.
We five purloughed Pullman por-
tiers did read every word that was
written in the report given out by
the A. F. of L. of the fifth days
proceedings, and our attitude to-
ward our problem is that it cannot
be solved by conductors taking over
maids and porters any more than
by maids and porters taking over
conductors. But we five furloughed
porters, after much discussion of
the problem that we are confronted
with, are of the opinion that the
most logical way to go about the
affair is to call conference with
conductors, porters and maids and
form a united front and work for
the interest of all. Experience has
taught us all that to struggle to-
gether is more effective than being
divided. We are proposing what we
consider the necessary steps to es-
tablish unification of our efforts in
a movement in order to develop
more effective actions against our
employers. That is, we must have
powerful apparatus organized of
conductors, porters and maids to
fight against low wages and long
hours, and to struggle together for
better working conditions in general.
FIVE PULLMAN PORTERS..
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-12-07
Workers. Problems AuOided
BY Company Union Magazine

of the messengers threatened to win
concessions and in many cases con-
cesSions were won, did the COM
pany union welcome messengers in
their ranks. Why was this welcome
so tardy? The reason is obvious.
Only to break the ranks of the mes
sengers as the company union
serves the same purpose to keep the
operators and clerks from better
ing their miserable conditions.
Adding insult to injury. The
main article, the piece de resist
ance,' is an article on the company
union as organized by the slave
driving concern of General Motors.
What more do we need to prove
that birds of feather flock to-
gether to keep the employees in a
docile mood.
The general officials of the COM
pany union like Burton, Schmidt,
Elsden, ETC., draw their fat pays
and what care they about the tele-
graph workers. The Telegraph
World is really a Telegraph He'll.
1t is merely reflection, by its abb
sence of the workers problems; OF
the utter inadequacy of the COM
pany union as medium to fight
for the workers rights. Words
mere empty words. And the day
of the merger draws near. Thou
sands of telegraph workers will be
thrown on the dump heap of UNI
employment by the connivance OF
the government and the financia,
powers who will profit by this
move.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-12-07
HOOdlums and Police Attack
Meeting of Chicago Hackies

at open market prices, which is very
profitable.
The biggest racket is on the stor-
age charge. which is s55 a month
for single shift and SIS for double
shift cars.
The company finds this racket so
profitable because there is no in
vestment, but everything is clear
profit that they are preparing to
smash any attempts of the drivers
to organize. The treasurer of this
company is Mr.. McMatt a former
officer of the U. S. Intelligence De-
partment. But that is only a cover.
His main job is to organize the
stool-pigeon system, to spy on the
drivers.
But, in spite of the terror, the
drivers are determined to go ahead
and organize.
The boys in the Public Cab have
already done some good work.
Through joint action they have
postponed the payment of this
wheel tax. The boys in the yellow
Cab, too, are beginning to move,
and we appeal to other drivers for
assistance in this fight against the
racketeers, and particularly to the
New York boys.
Send in protests to the Vehicle
Commission, at 1921 South State
Street, and States Attorney Court
ney at the City Hall, Chicago, Ill.
A CHECKER DRIVER.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-12-07
RMen Aid
1 insurance
Conference
Call for the Washington
Congress Warmly
Received
By a worker COrrespondent

NEW YORK.-The A. F. of L.
Committee on Social and Unem-
ployment Insurance has intensified
its drive for the securing of greater
mass support for HR. 1893 and the
making of the Washington Congress
on Jan. 5, 6, and real express
sion of the American toilers on this
subject.
The Railroad Brotherhood Lodges
are not being overlooked. A stand
ing committee is regularly visiting
their meetings and addressing them.
The response is everywhere unan-
imously warm and enthusiastic, eX-
cepting where some of the bureau
cratic officials succeed in throwing
cold water on it, and then arguing
only on technicalities. They can
not entirely succeed in preventing
the expression of the workers SEN
timent.
Local 666 of the Brotherhood of
Maintenance of Way employees
unanimously endorsed the bill and
voted a rising vote of thanks" with
tremendous applause to the COM
mittee.
The same is true of Lodge 1913
of the Brotherhood of Railroad
Trainmen. Local las of the
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engi-
neers Vanderbilt division) greeted
the bill very warmly but were pre-
vented from Immediately endorsing
it by some technicalities and red
tape raised by it's reactionary lead
ership. This happened also in the
track foremens local. These two
organizations will be followed up.
The committee has observed a
definite expression of understand
ing of unity as source of strength.
The workers volunteered informa-
ton as to the dates and places of
meetings of other lodges and locals,
evidently seeing that in united eff
fort of great masses of toilers pres
sure can be exerted that will result
in the passing of H.R. 1898, which
Is the only unemployment insurance
measure representing the interests
of the toilers.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-12-07
BMT Schedule
Change Brings
M as $ Layoff
By B.M.T. Worker Correspondent

By a B.M.T. Worker Correspondent
NEW YORK. train schedule
on the Lefferts Ave. and Fulton St.
line has been so changed as to
throw out of employment $50 men.
Men working for the B. M. t. for
II to IL years do not get more than
three hours work day.
At a recent brotherhood Com
pany union) meeting our so-called
representative, Freddy Lutt, prom
ised to fight for a change in sched-
ule so that more men would get
jobs. UP till now he has not done
a thing. I am sure now, more than
ever before, that any fighting
Freddy Lutt will do will be against
our standard of ng-fighting for
the B. M. T. against us. We cannot
rely on the fight of Freddy Lutt or
any individual, we must fight as an
organized body, and that body is
not the representatives of the COM
pany union. We must fight these
representatives just as we fight the
bosses.
B. M. T. workers, the way things
are now we have nothing to lose
let us lift up our heads and fight
for the betterment of our conditions
I am sending this to the Daily
Worker, for I know that those B
M. T. workers that will fight agains
the B. M. T. do get the Daily" anc
my message to them will be heard.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-12-07
abroad Brotherhood Chiefs Blocking Unemployment Fight
ROund-HOuse Boss
Intimidates Men

By a R.R. Worker Correspondent
MORRIS PARK, L. Ii have
been reading all your literature
and I am = steady reader Of the
Daily Worker.
The company union rats are
still at their old dOings. One rat
you have never mentioned is J.
Crowley, round-hOuse boss. He
told some of the boys that if they
wanted their jobs they had better
join the Brotherhood of Railroad
Shop Craftsmen of America. He
said it would become one of the
standard organizations.
This rat should be chased the
hell out of here. We should vote
for the A. F. Of l., in the coming
elections.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-12-07
Back AFL
Sa.ysMorris
PIX. Worker
Company Union Using
Threats to Swing
Mems Votes
By a R.R. Worker Correspondent


MORRIS PARK, L. 1.-The So
called Brotherhood of Railroad Shop
Craftmen of America, which was
born after Eastman's order dissolv-
ing the company union, is nothing
but the old outfit, manned by the
same gang and having the same
purpose.
Since its officials claim that the
company has nothing to do with it,
can they explain how the various
membership statesmen carry on their
work of intimidation and coercion
without interference by the fore
men?
Can the company explain the au-
thority used by the clerks When in
structing applicants to join the B.
R. R. S. G. of A. when hired?
These and many other under
handed methods are being used to
defeat the workers in winning vic
tory in the coming election. There
are many old-timerS in the shops
who can remember the raw deals
handed to us by the management
through the company union, and
they will vote right.
In the face of the past, the men
are surely convinced that they must
vote for the A. F. Of L. because it
is through this that we will be able
to build committees that will fight
for us, committees that will clean
out the Rattigans and Corrigans,
and gain us the right to control our
own organization in any way we see
fit. Let us build the rank and file
committees in every A. F. of L. local
Let us see that we shall win on
every front.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-12-07
Gag Law Applied To
Stop Action by the
Rank and File

By r. r. Worker Correspondent
DURAND, Mich,-In the past few
months, many of us have become
thoroughly disguised with the be-
trayals of our brotherhood chiefs,
and some of our local brotherhood
officials who are petty politicians
of the worst sort. We have reor-
ganized ourselves in a new organi-
cation of engineers and firemen
with the hope that we possibly
might benefit ourselves as workers.
Durand is strictly railroad town
and the depression has hit us very
hard. Our employment here is all
from the Grand Trunk, a Canadian
owned road. Every month, the G.
T. w. makes over hundred thou
sand dollars profit which is sent
over to Canada while Michigan
workers are starving.
In connection with this, I want
to say that some of us are abSo-
lutely disguised with the Brother
hoods because of their total neglect
of the unemployed brothers. D. S..
Robertson and crew at one time
promoted a fake $500 loan bill to
us and then conveniently forgot and
they have done nothing for us, even
so much as to raise their So-called
organized voice in our behalf.
I want to tell you of a special
case. The Brotherhood of Loco
motive Engineers at its last conven-
ton endorsed unemployment insur-
snee to be paid for solely by the
government and the industry. Al
vanely Johnston has refused to act
on the resolution.
Later, the Midwest Association Of
Engineers, of nine mid western
states, endorsed 'H.R. 1898, for fed
eral unemployment insurance with
out deductions from the employed.
Still, the big shots refuse to act.
Now then, before I quit the
brotherhood, a brother in Detroit
showed me some correspondence he
had with Johnston. This brother
is pretty well known on the CIV.
as a good union man who has been
fighting for the last two years for
our unemployed brothers. I under
stand he still belongs to the
brotherhood so I want to make it
clear that when I got the following
information that he and / both
were members of the Brotherhood
of Locomotive Engineers, so that it
was perfectly proper for him to
show me what now report.
He wrote to Alvanely Johnston as
follows:
I'm view of the fact that thou
sands of enginemen are unem-
ployed at present, including hum
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-12-07

have ever heard. Of the lot, Dean
Everett Martin is the most dan
gerous. The hall is always crowded,
and he is very popular person, He
takes every opportunity to knock
the Party, and is wildly applauded.
I don't blame the audience, for they
know not what they do, but some
thing should be done to let this per-
son know that there is some kind
of active opposition in the audience.
His lecture last week was on What
Happens TO Liberty in Planned
Economy" He spoke about an hour
and half, and five minutes was
devoted to the above subject. One
of the comrades asked him who
dictates the polices behind the radio
and press Our speaker informed
him that "the 100000 morons who
send letters into the radio stations
dictate these policies Quite a num-
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-12-07
Suggest Increase of
Tax Burden Upon
Workers

with no deductions from the en-
ployed. This bill is the only bill
which embodies the principles of
the resolution passed at our last
Triennial Convention. And so,
according to our constitution, I
ask your authority to petition
other divisions as a member of
the brotherhood"
Johnston replied to this brother:
I'VE do not believe it would
be advisable for you to take this
action above outlined as matters
of this kind should be handled
by the National Legislative Rep
resentatiye, and in the event it
is deemed necessary to call upon
the individual members for such
matters, the board could so ad-
wise all concerned"
This correspondence certainly
opened my eyes to what our gag
laws are, and it also brought home
to me the fact that the top lead
ership absolutely refuses to take up
the problems of the rank and file,
or act on them even when so or
dered by convention action.
Johnston, of course, doesn't need
to worry about his future eats as
he can accept his sentence any time
and thereby get fed by the state
for thirty years. But when john
ston told this brother that our Ma
tional Legislative Representative
was handling all such things, I
think he lied outright. I happen
to know that on recent trip out
west the National Legislative Rep
was asked questions
the Brotherhood stand
on child labor laws and other legis-
lation supposed to be backed by the
Brotherhoods and he stated he had
nothing to report on those matters.
Durand is a railroad town and
welfare conditions here are really
bad, but it seems that the grand
chiefs don't give damn for us.
I also note they are now support
ing an unemployment insurance
proposal that will take more de-
auctions from the employed brothers
while those of us who are already
unemployed will not be eligible.
In Michigan we now have the gas
tax, an old age head tax, per
cent sales tax, a 2 per cent de-
duction tax for our railroad pen
sions, the processing tax for the
cotton, wheat, hogs and cattle de-
stroyed. Now they propose 5 per
cent federal wage tax to help the
unemployed. How much tax can a
man really stand before he gets
wise?
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-12-07

Der of people were very indignant at
the idea of being classified as
morons. It is not the fact that the
man was lying which concerned
them, but that their feelings were
hurt.
I have some suggestions to make,
which I hope will meet with your
approval:
Since these lectures are free,
every comrade and sympathizer who
can should be urged to attend them.
Come early and ask questions, and
when a comrade asks pertinent
question, he should be applauded
loudly.
Letters of criticism should be sent
in to Dean Martin, informing him
that the 100000 morons" resent
being called such, and that he
should make a public apology. These
letters should be sent out immedi-
ately.
Also, I have seen many unem-
ployed there, the real destitute who
go in there to sleep, rest and be
warm These people should be
handed copies of the Daily Worker
free of charge, when they are leav-
ing the building. They should also
be urged to join the Unemployment
Councils.
This is all I can think of at pres
ent, except to urge that this should
be an organized action.
The Dean will speak again this
coming Friday, and 1 hope to hear
more comrades ask questions, and
hope to see some Red Builders out
side the building.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-12-07
REFUSE TO CARRY THROUGH
CONVENTION DECISIONS
OF LOCOMOTIVE ENGINEERS

dreds of our own brothers, and
in view of the fact that according
to our constitution your authority
is required, I would like author
ity from you to petition my
brothers in the Brotherhood of
Locomotive Engineers to enlist
their support for the Lundeen
Bill, H.R. 1898, which bill pro-
vides unemployment insurance
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-12-07

Read the facts about Father
Coughlin, in the Daily Worker.
Keep the Daily Worker alive to
expose all demagogues and fas-
cists and fight for the interests
Of the working class. Contribute
and get contributions today for
the Daily Worker drive. Nine
thousand dollars is still needed.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-12-07
NOTE

We publish letters every Friday
from workers In the transporta-
ton and communication industries
railroad, marine, traction, truck
ing, textile-and post office, tele-
graph, telephone, etc.
We urge workers from these in
dustrieS to write of their condi-
tions of work and their efforts to
organize. Please get these letters
to us by Tuesday of each week.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-12-07
1t Makes a Difference Whose Cow
Is Sick

IL GaCk
D. r., New York City: In the past
II certain epidemics of very severe
sore throat have been traced to
milk from cows with acute mastitis.
This is by no means true of all
such cows but only of those more
severely infected. The germ, a very
virulent (poisonous) one, probably
originally comes from q human
source (the caretaker), and through
this source the COW becomes in
fected.
This being SO, ideally speaking,
probably all such COWS should be
eliminated. However, the danger to
the consumer is for practical pur-
poses eliminated by other factors:
The dilution involved in pooling
large quantities of milk; the fact
that the germ is not thought to live
long at low temperatures; and
above all, the pasteurization of milk.
On tbs other hand, you are quite
correct in your suspicion as to the
motive behind this sudden, drastic
regulation. 1t is not primarily pub
lie health with which the authori-
ties are concerned there have been
to our knowledge no recent reports
Of infection from this source in
New York State), but with the
profits of the Milk Trust, in which,
incidentally, Governor Lehman has
a financial interest.
IT is highly instructive to compare
this public health measure with
what was done about a typhoid
epidemic in Decatur, Ala, as re-
ported in this column few weeks