The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-11-13
Short and Snabby
Stories Mark NOV.
'WorkingWoman'
THE WORKING WOMAN, NOvem-
Der issue, published at so E. 18th
Street, New York City. Price 5
cents.
Reviewed by
CLARINA NICHOLSON

Reviewed by
CLARINA NICHOLSON
FROM the lovely Soviet Girl
Worker on the cover, to the back
page appeal to American workers to
write in about their lives at home
and in the shop, the November issue
Of the Working Woman, just of the
press, is alive and interesting.
The articles and stories are short
and snappy, and the whole maya
zine has much more attractive
makeup than formerly. A marked
improvement is the change from the
scattered, rather uninteresting let
tiers printed formerly, to the depart
ment headed, I'm Factory and Of
fice,' with letters coming straight
from the mills and farms, factories
and Offices. 81 work from 2 to 10
p. m. Its crime to slave on four
machines for so many hours for $13
week =. We almost go blind
on the dark warps Mr.. Bard,
the president of the company, gave
orders to close the plant tempo
rarily and reopen with white work.
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These are the things we want to
hear-the pulse of the workers lives,
and we want to know what to do
about these wages, this speed-up,
about this discrimination against
Negro workers. There should be
more news sweaty from the shop,
more discussion by Negro and white
workers and housewives, and more
suggestions on how to solve prob
lens.
CASHA SMALL, editor of the Labor
~ Defender, takes some m or e
healthy socks at the rainbow-hued
dope magazines, which peddle sex,
loneliness, sunsets, success and
l-o-o-v-e to keep the workers minds
of these same wages, hours and
evictions, while Esther Lowell in her
article knocks out any illusions
workers may have about the bosses
newspapers.
You're Telling Me-" the pithy
regular feature conducted by Grace
Hutchins, a piece by Ann Barton,
on the thousands of homeless and
jobleSs women, and the 'Lindbergh
Case and the Scottsboro Boys are
other articles you will want to read.
We hope the Household Corner, "
started in the September issue, the
column by the Medical Advisor, -
and the Fashion Letter" will con-
tinue. They are all subjects OF in
terest to women, and improve the
magazine. More about care of chill
dren, and brief comment on the
movies could also be added.
A contest is started in this num-
Der, following letter from a woman
worker who says she would like to
get active in meetings and organ
izations but her husband won't let
her. What can she do? Prizes will
be given for the 16 best answers,
received by January Is, 1885.
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TEXTILE Workers What Next?,'
1 an article by Ann Burlak, young
textile leader, brings out some in
teresting facts of the terrific ex-
ploitation of women mill workers, in
sharp contrast to a story by Vern
Smith, "Smirnova Becomes a Red
Director" which shows the position
of women in the Soviet Union
where % per cent of the engineers,
chemists, and highly skilled spe-
cialists in the rubber industry and
garment trades are women.
Ann Burlak's article tells US how
in the recent textile strike, 5000
workers faced drawn bayonets, ir
Saylesville, +. L The strikers hest
tated. Suddenly a 16-year old girl
leaped forward: "They can't stor
us from picketing," she cried, "let's
go!" No, they can't stop us. And
the Working Woman is helping to
show the way.