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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-10-24
Hat Statesmen
Look .orReaI
Leaders hip
Ry a Worker Correspondent

NEW YORK. 49, The retail hat
statesmen employed by the large
chain stores in New York City are
for the first time in their history
going through the process Of learn
ing of the anti-working class poll
cies of the Retail Furnishers and
Hat Statesmen Union "a. F. of L..
Conditions for the last several
years have been extremely bad for
the majority of men employed in
our trade. With the coming of the
NR.A., a minimum wage of SIS
per week was established for all
statesmen mot managers). The
managers, who are called executives
by the NRA., have unlimited hours
and get wage of S35 per week.
Previous to the MIRA. code, men
received $40 to $50 per week and
managers as high as $40 and S45
per week. Now the mems salaries
run on the average of SIT some
earning as little as SIS, and amongst
managers only the minority get as
high as $35 to $38, the majority
earn from $25 to $50. The 4S-hour
work week that the MIRA. estab-
Hshed remains on paper.
Naturally the men turned eagerly
to the promises that the A. F. of
L. offered. Initiation fees we're COL
lected, then the A. F.. of L. began
"a long series of consultations with
the bosses. Instead Of appealing
and organizing the men to bring
them out on strike, they preferred
the conferences with the bosses. The
A. F. Of L. leaders ignored the men
entirely, they never report the re-
suits of their conferences. Now the
men are actually beginning to see
the results of these conferences.
kaufman and Adam have al
ready started the forming of COM
pany union. Young and the Truly
Warner officials are feeling out the
men on the company union plan.
Soon they will launch their so-called
union. Most of the men are for
the A. F. of L. union. Naturally
l am also for it. I think an A. F.
OF l.. union is better than none. and
certainly better than a company
union, and once We are in the A. F.
OF L. we can strive to take the lead
ership into our own hands.
Evidently the A. F.. OF L. leaders
are not particularly interested in
organizing the men for fight
against the bosses.
The men are grumbling and total
ly dissatisfied, and very much in
need of proper leadership. The
peculiar nature of our work keeus
us totally isolated from one an
other, so that even if few militants
want to plan an independent move
ment, it is impossible. A few of
us have spoken to some of the men
about an independent union. The
idea appeals to them. Due to our
lack of trade union experience. and
our isolation from one another. no
one wants to take the initiative in
forming an independent union. Is
1t possible to gain the assistance of
the T.UU.C. to have some tactful
organizer who understands the
problems of the white collar worker
contact us?
NOTE:-We advise this worker
to get in touch with the Retail
Clerks division of the Office Work
ers Union for advice, or with the
Trade Union Unity Council, in
order to discuss in detail the
problems of this industry Address
the Office Workers Union at ia
w. 14th St., New York; T.U.U.C.,
1919 Broadway, telephone Gramercy
5-OS57.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-10-24
Solidarity Against Discrimination Urged in Chicobee Mill
WORKERS HEALTH
Conducted by the
Daily Worker Medical Advisory Board

Sedatives
The following letter was received
from Comrade L. D.:-"I should be
interested in seeing an article on
sedatiYes in your column. Several
members of my family have been
in the habit of taking "allonal' as
hypnotic when they have had
difficulty in sleeping, due tc over
fatigue, anxiety, etc. The family
doctor said it is harmless, but I
read in the paper today that
Rochester doctor believes that
sedatives with barbitaric acid cause
the destruction of the white blood
corpuscles."
Our Reply
Thus far only one sedative has
been shown to have a definite con-
nection with the destruction of
white blood corpuscleS in human
beings. This sedatiYe is pyram-
idon (also called amidopyrine) we
still don't know just what happens,
because pyramidon is very COM
mon drug taken by thousands Of
people and the destruction of blood
cells which follows is extremely
rare, AS to allonal, luminal, bar
bital ortal, sedormid, all of these
have experimentally produced such
destruction; but in actual human
patients, such destructive action
occurs with extreme rarity.
Question
Comrade F. U. w. of Dearborn,
Mich, writes MY wife is A years
old, and lately she has been having
all kinds of trouble. But worst of
all, she seems to have palpitation
of the heart. It leaves her 50 ex-
hausted that she often cannot get
up in the morning. Can you advise
something for it."
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-10-24
KLdnSn1dn'S attack on Reds
Coolly Received in Mobile

of the so-called reds. The state
ment of Phillips Moscow Money
was coolly received. One person
was heard to remark, How can you
run the radicals out of the country
when everyone is hungry" Another
said, How about the people who
only get SIS a week, they don't
think that way, do they?" Then
Phillips closed by saying that any
thing, even open fascism. should be
used to combat the Communists.
And by saying that all the Com
munists would be isolated" by the
Khan and then "exterminated. /"
Some one then made the remark,
That's pretty big job, fellow"
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-10-24
PEDDLERS' UNION WINS FIFTY
MEMBERS
BY a Worker Correspondent

Dy VVAASh OOhACspVhHShS
CLEVELAND, Ohio. - The Fruit
and Vegetables Peddlers Union in
Cleveland, Ohio, has met at the
Workers Center, 1910 Woodland Ave,
started with seven members and has
now so members. We charter mem
bers of this union are out to better
conditions of the fruit and vege-
tables markets and workers, to sell
products at standard price and not
to undersell one another. We have
this line of business for stores as
well as peddlers and husksters. We
are supported by Trade Union Unity
League.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-10-24

Contributions received to the
credit of Helen Luke in her Social
list competition with David Ramsey,
Jacob Burck, Del, Harry Cannes,
Mike Gold and the Medical Advis-
DRY Board, in the Daily Worker
drive for 100000. QuOta-s5OO.
Total to date. .S1z.4e
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-10-24
NOTE

we publish every wednesday
letters from textile, needle, shoe
and leather workers. We urge
workers in these industries to
write us of their conditions and
their struggles to organize. Please
get these letters to us by Monday
of each week.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-10-24
Can You Make EN-
Yourself?

Pattern 205s is available in sizes
IA, is, IS, 20, 80, "a, SO, SO, 10, "A,
"A, IS and 4S. Size "a takes 3ss
yards SO inch fabric. illustrated
step-by-step sewing instructions in-
cluded.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-10-24
Letters from Our Readers
FROM A MEMBER OF THE ELKs

Santa Ana, Calf.
I notice that one Shannon, an
attorney from Los Angeles. and re-
Gently elected Grand Exalted Ruler
of Elks, is breaking into print
almost daily with TRADE against
those he is pleased to call reds"
and "agitators," etc.
Permit me to state, as member
in good standing of Clifton Lodge
No. 1174, B. P. o. E., Clifton, Ari-
IONA, also as a Legionaire and Mason,
that Brother Shannon does not speak
for me, and that I accept uncon-
ditionally the program Of the Com
munist Party as way out Of this
crisis and as the only way out.
w. D. STEVENS.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-10-24

Send FIFTEEN CENTS 15c)
in coins or stamps (coins pre-
ferred) for this Anne Adams pat
tern. Write name, address and
style number. BE SURE TO STATE
SIZE.
Address orders to Daily Worker
Pattern Department, 243 West 18th
Street, New York City.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-10-24
PROLETARIAN SLOGANS FOR
XMAS


Renton, Wash.
Dear Comrade Editor:
would like to see wave OF pro-
letarian greetings sent out this
Christmas in place Of bourgeois
platitudes. 1 suggest for designs:
the hammer and sickle on the red
card with "Proletarian Greetings;
worker breaking from his chains
with Born Again; a band Of
workers carrying a slogan "On to
Workers Christmas" etc. Perhaps
some enterprising comrsde printer
could take this up.
r. r. l..
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-10-24

this column will hold over. Send
in your pet recipe, your time saver.
What are the particular problems
of the working class woman and
mother in your section of the coun-
try? Write to your column.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-10-24

Fight Against Bonuses for Rich
Landlords and Starvation for Poor
Farmers by Voting Communist.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-10-24

Communist Candidates Are
Leaders in the Fight for the
Right TO Organize, Strike, Picket.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-10-24
Change of Life

Cna0ge Oh Lie
A woman "A years old is usually
in the period of life when her mem
situation becomes irregular and
then stops completely. While this
happens, most women are nervous,
irritable, cannot rest, lose their
sleep, feel suddenly warm in the
head, are at times dizzy, and weak,
and complain very frequently that
they feel their heart beats unusu-
ally fast. These troubles are annoy
ing, but not serious.
They are popularity called the
troubles Of change Of life, and are
caused by the fact that the ovary,
which regulates the menstruation,
stops functioning. These troubles
may begin before the menstruation
becomes irregular, and may last Tor
quite some time, even one year and
more. after the menstruation has
completely stopped, but eventually
disappear without treatment.
1t is important to be very patient
with women during this period OF
life. to spare them unnecessary ex-
citement and aggravations and also
to lessen their work whenever pos
Sible
Contributions received to the
credit of the Medical Advisory
Board in its Socialist competition
with Del. Mike Gold, Harry Cannes,
Jacob Burck, David Ramsey and
Helen Luke, in the Daily Worker
=. am nm n.nnAa eH knA
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$1,96594
20,641,O2
Evening star., 1934-12-02
Guild Meeting.
THE December meeting of the Dis

THE December meeting of the Dis
trict of Columbia Chapter, Amer
ican Guild of Organists, will be held
tomorrow evening at 8 o'clock in the
Church of st. Adams. The meeting
will be in the form Of a guild service
Robert Ruckman will give a short
recital at the beginning. st. Aloan
Choir, under the direction OF Walter
H. Nash. F. A. G. O.. organist and
choirmaster of St. Adams Church,
will sing the service. which will in
clude music written by two members
of the guild. The offertory anthem
to be used is one Of those required
for the guild choirmasters' examina-
ton to be held next April. The
postlude will be played by Marie H.
Little. The service Is open to the
public.
The regular monthly business meet
ing of the guild will follow imme-
diately after the service in the
parish hall, where plans will be dis
cussed for the tri-State convention In
the Spring, after routine matters have
been finished.
The guild, District Of Columbia
Chapter, is presenting three young
American organists IN recital at the
First Congregational Church. Tenth
and G streets. The first OF these, for
which there is nominal admission
fee, will be given by Charlotte Lock-
wood, Monday evening, December II.
Evening star., 1934-12-02
KENTUCKY TOBACCO
GROWERS EYE MART
Farmers Hope for More Money
for Less Crop Under
A. A. A. Plan.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
LEXINGTON, KY, December l.
Like rabid base ball fans watching
world series scoreboard, Kentucky
farmers will glue their eyes to huge
blackboards in the tobacco warehouses
here next Monday.
For on those boards will appear fig
ures that will spell either joy or gloom
for those who raise Kentucky's
money CROP hurley tobacco.
A fair or good average price would
mean the hurley growers can pay their
bills, buy much-needed supplies, and
breathe in contentment after several
lean years. The agricultural adjust
ment program of the Roosevelt Ad-
ministration raised high hopes and
Kentucky farmers are looking for
prices nearer the boom days of 1929
and 1890. They expect to receive
more money this year for less tobacco
than they raised last year. Almost
to man they have signed crop reduc-
ton contracts, making them eligible
for A. A. A. benefits. Leading tobacco
growers agree that the smaller crop
will mean higher quality leaf.
Evening star., 1934-12-02

is loud groaning sound to indicate
it. In cold weather the cranking
speed is not usually constant. as
variation in the sound made by the
starter will indicate. When the start
er is jammed there will be no noise
at all. following the initial noise of
the jamming process.
Hat, shoes and handbag to match
for your Winter attire may possibly
suggest the idea of new accessories
for the car if you are not turning it
in for the coming season. New horns,
special trunk for the rear and
something smart in tire covers will
offer just that note of smartness
needed to make the car hold its hood
bit higher in the style procession.
Horn tones can be raised and lowered
for different and often more pleasing
effects. Trunks and tire covers should
match the tenders. according to au-
tomotive stylists, although, as in dress
or home furnishing. some neat effects
are had through lucky contrasts.
Evening star., 1934-12-02
Pupils Recital.

LOUISE COUTINHO pre-.

MADAME LOUISE COUIINHO pre-
sented number Of her pupils
before large and appreciative au-
dience in an unusual and artistic
program last Wednesday evening at
her studio, 1909 Connecticut avenue
northwest. Compositions by Bach,
Mozart, Beethoven, Schumann, Chopin
and Rachmaninoff were given by the
pupils. Those who took part were
Richard Nicolaides, Patricia Bastian,
Barbara Cook, Dorothy Gould, Dor
othy Groesbeck, Miriam Leetch.
Patricia and Mary Gyntie Shipe,
Gloria Masgoret, John Earle, Felice
Hermann. John O'Brien. Joan and
Robin Hiddick, Helen Hudiak, Concha
Tellez, Nancy Callahan. Beall Lowry,
Joann Croarkin and Egor Shlopak
Nine Coutinho rendered two Sc
lections, Gardens Under the Rain" t"
by Debussy, and The Gate of Kieff."
by Moussorgsky. She also gave a
talk on music appreciation and the
necessity of music students attend
ing as many concerts as are available
in Washington.
Anna Howells, newcomer to
Washington, gave several readings
and Frances Shea sang two numbers,
accompanied at the piano by Cath
crime Latimer.
Evening star., 1934-12-02
Russian Music at Fair.

MUSIC will form an important fea-
A'A ture of the second annual st.
Nicholas day fair to be presented at
the Washington Club Wednesday
from till 10 pm. for the benefit
of st. Nicholas Russian Orthodox
Church here. The event is sponsored
by the Circle Of Lovers Of Russian
Arts and Crafts, of which Taisia
Stadnichenko is chairman. At in
tervals during the afternoon and
evening the choir from the church,
Alexander Pyankov, directing, will
sing Russian Christmas carols. Also.
under the direction of Nine. Marie
Zalipsky, brief scene from Rimsky-
Korsakoff's opera, The Night Be-
fore Christmas" will be sung, with
Countess Elizabeth Heiden in the
principal role. One performance will
be given in the afternoon and one
at 8 o'clock in the evening.
Children from Nine. Ludmilla Vas
silieff's dance studio will appear in
formally at intervals during the
progress Of the fair. Tickets ut q mod
est fee viii be sold at the door.
Evening star., 1934-12-02
Opens Saxophone Studio.

4 LBERT HOLLOWAY, well-known
"A instructor in saxophone and clar-
met. of Baltimore, will come to Wash
ington to teach these instruments
at the studios of DR.. Harmed, 1917
New York avenue. Mr.. Holloway will
give private lessons to beginners and
advanced students on Monday of each
week from II am. to 10 pm. and all
information may be obtained at
Droop's Music Store or by phoning
the studios.
A concert band of 25 saxophones,
formed by Mr.. Holloway in Baltimore,
has specialized in playing all the over
lures in arrangements made for this
instrument by Mr.. Holloway. Another
group from the Baltimore studio, the
Saxophone Sextet, played for II con-
secutive weeks over NBC, New York,
this past Summer. While these two
concert groups are composed Of young
men and boys. Mr.. Holloway has also
organized Girls Saxophone Quartet,
which has had several public appear
ances.
Mr. Holloway will bring his Con-
cert Band to Washington for a con-
cert in the near future.
Evening star., 1934-12-02
Woman Orsanist Coming.

CHARLOTTE LOCKWOOD will ap-
pear as the guest organist Of the
District of Columbia Chapter, Ameri-
can Guild of Organists, in the first in
the series of three organ concerts on
Monday, December II, at $50 pm, in
First Congregational Church.
Miss Lockwood was born in Hart
ford, Conn, but spent her youth in
North Carolina A graduate of Salem
College, she went to New York as a
pupil of DR.. Clarence Dickinson, and
within two years won the degree OF
associate and fellow member OF the
American Guild of Organists. Later
she studied in Paris, with Charles
Marie Widor, and in 1882 in Leipzig
with Prof. Gunther Ramin. organist
of the famous st. Thomas Church.
At present Miss Lockwood is organist
and choir director Of Crescent Avenue
PRESBYTERIAN Church, Plainfleld. N. j.,
and the West End Synagogue. New
York, and is faculty member OF
Union Theological Seminarys school
of Sacred Music.
The series of three organ recltals IS
being sold now at music stores. and
at First Congregational Church. as
we'll as by guild members throughout
the city.
Evening star., 1934-12-02

Continued From First Page)
prescription), newspapers, periodicals
escape its 2 per cent levy.
All the ordinary staples of living
such as clothing, gasoline, oil, toys,
liquor and the like are regarded as
taxable purchases.
Restaurant dinner checks are non
taxable, except in the case of an eve
ming outing at club or restaurant
with floor show or other entertain
ment, or having a cover or minimum
charge on its carte de menu. Beer
also is exempt.
The utilities tax-which represents
a doubling of an existing levy of IL
per cent-applies on the sales of gas,
electricity, steam and telephone and
telegraph services. The inheritance
tax is equal to 40 per cent of the
State tax on inheritances.
Merchants Bitter.
Bitter opposition has arisen to the
sales tax among city merchants, op-
position equaled only to the squall
which shook City Hall when a tax
levy was proposed against securities
sales. On that occasion the New York
Stock Exchange threatened to move
to Newark. N j., and went so far as
to rent quarters there.
Merchants associations condemned
the tax as ruinous, predicted it would
drive purchasers outside the city
limits, said it would increase unem-
ployment. They submitted figures to
show that in the case of the large
stores alone the tax would amount to
$8,000,000 year-"more than the
profit"
The mayor, however, has remained
adamant
And in anticipation of almost Ger
tain adoption of the tax program, the
city transferred $2O,00O,OOO from va
rious funds % the relief fund to meet
relief emergencies through January.
Evening star., 1934-12-02
Art Forum Begins Season.

THE International Art Forum will
open its 1934-35 recital series with
a two-piano recital by Anne Hull and
Mary Howe on Tuesday. December IL.
at $3.50 pm, at the Washington Club,
1701 K street northwest.
Both artists are very well known to
Washington music lovers in their pre-
vious two-piano programs. They have
also been heard in many other cities,
including New York City, where Miss
Hull makes her home.
Mary Howe, besides being an ac-
complished pianist. is a composer of
note, her compositions for piano,
string ensemble and orchestra having
been played by many well-known
musical organizations. Her compost
ton, Sand" was played by the Ma
tional Symphony last year and by the
Philadelphia Orchestra in its first con-
cert here this season.
Tickets for this recital may be OBJ
tanned at the T. Arthur Smith Con-
cert Bureau, 1880 G street northwest.
Evening star., 1934-12-02
Tenor In Recital.

ALVIN ELEY, lyric tenor and well
"A known concert artist, will give a
recital next Saturday in Christ
Church Parish Hall, Rockville. at $3.50
o'clock. Mr. Eley will be assisted by
Thomas A. Nealis, baritone. of New
York City. Mary Almoney will be at
the piano for both artists.
Mr.. Eley is an artist pupil Of Macs
tro Emilio A. Roxas of New York City
and Milan. Italy. Like Mr.. Eley, Mr..
Nealis is a finished artist, and has
appeared as soloist with the Paulist
Choir, and is one of the original De
Reszke Singers. Both of these artists
have appeared together professionally
from coast to coast, and for their pro-
gram here will sing many well-known
solos and duets.
Evening star., 1934-12-02


monthly estimates much in advance
Of the regular reports.
Construction of the proposed park
to-park highway connecting the ia
nous Shenandoah area of Virginia
with the Great Smoky Mountain Ma
tional Park in Western North Caro-
lima and Tennessee will give the East
ern United States one of the out
standing scenic drives of the world,
according to the American Automobile
Association.
The A. A. A. statement came on the
heels of selection of a route for the
highway by Secretary of the Interior
1ckeS. The section running through
Western Virginia to Blowing Rock,
N. c., had been previously approved,
and the latest action is in selecting
the Southern section from Blowing
Rock to the Great Smoky Mountain
National Park.
Sklrtlng many famous peaks in
the Blue Ridge and Allegheny Noun
talns," said the national motoring
body, "the highway will penetrate
areas noted for their natural beauty
and scenic resources. The noted Lin
vile Gorge, the Mount Mitchell and
Craggy ranges east of Asheville, N. c.,
and the national forests in the Pisgah
range are some of the more important
scenic objectives to be traversed by
what will be in every respect a 500
mile skyline drive.
approximately 50,000,000 people
reside in the area east of the Ale
gheny Mountains, from which access
to the Great Smoky Mountain Park
will be through the Cherokee gateway.
to be reached by the new drive"
Keystone Urges Wider Road.
U. S. Route so, Washington to An
napoliS, carries volume of traffic
warranting double its present width,
according to the findings of William
S. Canning, engineering director of
the Keystone Automobile Club, who
for the last six months has been
making a survey of Maryland, Vir-
ginia and District highways.
Between Parole and Priest Bridge
especially, there are several reverse
curves which the engineer believes
should be relocated in the interest of
safety. Generally, however" his re-
port states, "the character of the
country is such that relocations are
not readily feasible, but it is believed
the alignment and grade of this road
could be materially improved without
deviating greatly from the established
location. There is need for widening
the road throughout its length. and
wherever possible the dual highway
should be built to eliminate the ac-
cident hazard"
Evening star., 1934-12-02
ON WRONG SIDE
OF ROAD

their lives, while 7,720 were injured.
We might add to this also the number
injured because they did not have the
right of way, or because they passed
on the wrong side of the road, or
because they were driving recklessly.
They altogether account for more than
20 per cent of the injuries and acci-
dents.
There are times when q man can go
over on the wrong side Of the road to
pass. That is when he is on q
straight course with q clear vision
ahead. That is allowable, but If there
is any congestion Of traf1c, any curves
or dips, anything to block the clear
perspective, stay on your right side q
little longer. You won't lose much
time; you will save lives and limbs.