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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-11-23

Isl pounds My biggest gain is in
my abdomen. I'd like to know il
there is a way to keep that abdomen
down by some kind Of exercise OF
some other means"
Our Reply
EXERCISES calculated to keep
II your abdomen down are those
which will strengthen your abdo-
minal muscles, such as these: Bend.
ing with arms and knees stiff, at
tempting to touch toes with tips Of
fingers; lying fiat on your back, rise
to sitting position without bending
the knees; lying fiat on your back,
raise first one leg then the other
without bending the knee; later on
raise both legs at the same time,
Gradually increase the number of
times you repeat these maneuvers,
"a rowing machine is ideal for this
type Of exercise, but, of course, it is
usually priced far beyond work.
u ooAoAy LAOMCNCly VIC nave Ib~
Gently seen cheap resistance springs
for exercising which, when attached
to the wall, would allow the move
ments of rowing to be made. In
doing this exercise, sit on low
stool and stretch as far forward as
possible and then pull back almost
to lying position and then repeat)
Exercise two or three times a day.
You are overweight. If you ara
able to exercise, you need not go on
a strenuous diet to reduce. Simply
cut out or limit your intake of fatty
and starchy foods, such as mayon-
naise, butter, cream, cream cheese,
olives, nuts, fatty fish, cake, candy,
ice-cream, rice, potatoes, beans, lima
beans, green peas. spaghetti, maca-
ROM, bread, cereals and noodles.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-11-23
Intimidation
Used to Build
Co. Union
BY a Telegraph Worker
Correspondent

NEW YORK, N. Y. Lots of
telegraph workers are demoralized
and confused at the situation in
the industry.
They see all around them the
worsening of conditions. Many are
denoted, fined, suspended, Speeded
up, terrorized, furloughed, trans
ferred, reduced in time, with ratings
cut, and suffer from all possible
ways in which supervisor or de-
partment head can utilize to justify
his job.
We see the Association of West
ern Union Employees with the help
Of the officials forcing everyone to
join. If you don't join, they tie the
can sooner or later. For example, a
manager of the largest Office on
Madison Avenue was transferred to
small Office in Brooklyn and his
salary was cut in half because he
refused to join the company union.
He stated to everyone that it is a
racket and company union. He
was too long in the service to be
fired, so he was exiled to an iso-
lated section where employees can't
hear him.
However, We see no hope in any
type of organization. There is none
that we can turn to. At least we
don't see visible evidence of any.
We hear runors that the reds are
coming in and won't they cause a
rumpus. We would like to see it.
Things have been too long like a
graveyard, with the A. W. U. E.
playing the part of the undertaken.
Let's see some action. Please give
us your position on this matter and
also if there is an organization in
the field that we can turn to.
TRAFFIC employees OF
60 HUDSON STREET.
Editors Note.-We recommend the
unity Of the furloughed workers and
those still on the job, to strengthen
the forces to fight against this evil
dent discrimination on the part of
the company to kick out the older
employees and get cheaper labor.
Also we must fight against the con
tinuous demotion, which is an at
tempt to introduce further wage
cuts. 1t is necessary, however, to
carry on the fight in the company
union with a. view to destroying
this graveyard.
At the same time, the Daily
Worker is informed that there is in
existence an independent union
called the United Telegraphers of
America, with offices at So Park
Row. This organization is now car
rying on an organizational drive
among the telegraph workers. 1t
is necessary to build up strong
union controlled by the workers in
order to be able to finally defeat the
company union.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-11-23
Gangs Cat Below LA
Agreement on INN
Docks
By A Marine Worker Correspondent

by A marine WORKER correspondent
NEW YORK, N. Y.-On Pier So
North River, the men are supposed
to start to work at 8 p. m. Instead,
they are called 10 or Is minutes
earlier.
These men are hired by I. Nolan
in gang forms. The I. L. A. agree
ment calls for Is men in a gang, but
they violate the agreement by only
hiring 10 men, cutting the gang
by 5.
While the men are working they
are shifted from pillar to post dur
ing each day that they work. The
men are hired at a quarter to any
hour. Their pay starts from the next
hour. For example if they start at
8:45 a. m, their pay starts at 9
a. m.
1t seems that T. Hogan is not the
only one doing that on the West
side. The men know of this i'll treat
ment, yet they are afraid to say
anything.
Coming to the finishing of the
cargo, when the ship is nearly ready
for sailing the gangs are reduced
still further down to the two sling
ers, and the rest of the dock gang
is replaced by the foreman or his
friend. We often lose one or two
days work owing 10 this arrange
ment by the bosses.
On the deck we have three men.
If one wants to go to the toilet, he
has to ask the foreman who looks
at his watch and times him. In the
hold we have the same conditions.
This also applies to the dock. If
any man is caught going to the
toilet too many times he will be
told that he is not hired for that.
That's the way it goes on this pier.
The men are pushed around like
slaves.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-11-23
Conducted by the

How Often Sexual Intercourse?
NOMRADE D. p, of Brooklyn.
v writes: Please advise me in your
column how often it is normal to
indulge in sexual intercourse in
married life. should also like to
know why my wife does not expert
ence any orgasm, although she
seems to enjoy the act"
No Rule Can Be Set
MO RULE can be set as to the
~ amount of sexual intercourse
that is normal or healthful. 1t is
highly individual matter, depend
ing on many factors. What would
be infrequent for one, would be
quite too much for another healthy
person. Experience alone will indi-
cate what is healthful for any given
person. A feeling of physical we'll
being and vigor should follow inter
course after a suitable rest period.
If this does not occur, then one
may question whether the periods
have not been too frequent. If it
does occur, then one need not be
concerned as to the frequency.
Except that one must take into
consideration the mate. It is quite
possible that the sexual appetite of
the one may be greater than the
sexual appetite of the other, or,
what would be healthfm for the one
would not be healthful for the
other. When this is the case, then
good will experimentation will have
to show what frequency is best for
each under the circumstances.
AS to why your wife does not
experience orgasm, although she
seems to enjoy intercourse, it is
difficult to say. This is true of
many women. The reason is usually
psychological: A dislike of, fear of,
disgust of, resentment of the fem
mime role in sexual intercourse
which she may be very little, OF
not at all, aware of herself. These
attitudes are the result of the in
huence of a hypocritical society
during her developmental years. Sex
training in capitalistic society is
damaging both to boys and girls,
but particularly to girls, and leads
to the great amount of unhappy,
often tragic, sexual mal-adjustment
that exists in all capitalist coun-
tries.
Reducing, with Special Attention
to the Abdomen
HOMRADE P. K, of Detroit, Mich,
" writes: Il am a woman of thirty
years of age, had two children,
height 5 feet 3 inches, and weigh
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-11-23
Associated Workers Club of
ny. Sends $50 More in Drive

THE ASSOCIATED WORKERS CLUB central organization Of
City, last Wednesday
highest of the entire New York dr1cts5o This
brings them almost to 40 cent Of their S75o quota
Further contributions Unit Id Section held
Worker which brought $S9 The
Relief Band sent in M In Section Unit
SGT.
which helped build the Pittsburgh district total to
$50 came ALWA $780, and So each
from the Dayown Branch the Working Womans
League and P Library sEav Workers Club
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-11-23
.Speed-up and Cutting Of Gangs
Offsets Pay Raise on Mr.. Docks
Chinee and Waiting
Time Used to Rob Dock
ers on United Fruit
BY A Marine Worker Correspondent

BY A Marine Worker Correspondent
NEW YORK, N. Y.-Working for
the United Fruit Company for the
past 8 years, I just want to say a
few words about conditions.
Lately one can notice new fellows
coming in. ALI they have to do is
present a letter from somebody and
the result is that they get a job. 1t
is even rumored that the N. Y. Pa
role Board is sending men down to
the United Fruit.
While they raised the wages 10
cents to Is cents an hour, the COM
pany gets even by hiring less men
with more speed up as you can see
especially on the orange boats (es-
calator) where they cut the crew in
half.
Then about the chinee. 1t aver
ages a half hour for every man and
ship.
Now about waiting time. You
might see on the blackboard that
the ship is scheduled to come in at
a. M, but if you get there at 8
a. m. you are told that it won't be
in before noon, and you are lucky
if it is.
Sometimes, you start work late in
the afternoon or even at night after
waiting all day. Conditions are not
bound to get better but worse unless
we longshoremen get wise to it and
start organizing.
We want more chinee. The COM
pany is supposed to give us the ex-
act time the ship comes in or else
pay us for waiting time. We want
no more difference between the
coastwise and deepwater longshore-
mems pay, and we also want the 6
hour day and 95 cents an hour rate,
the same as they have it on the
West Coast.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-11-23

good president wants us to keep on
paying into the same outfit with
the new name.
In way of explaining the good
points of the brotherhood, he told
US that it was a national union in
name only, and in the remote case
of a strike on the New Haven, the
rest of the roads could go on as
if nothing had happened.
After that, he lecJured to us on
the danger of losing our jobs if we
did not join this wonderful outfit.
Under these threats, somebody
made a motion that we all put life
into this brain child of Mr.. Frank
land. A vote was taken and the
motion went over the top.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-11-23
II THOUGHT 1 MUST GUARD
MY TALK -

Paw, Paw, Mich.
Dear Comrade Editor:
My brother, unemployed and
radical, subscribed to the Daily
Worker for three months and had
the paper sent to me. The sub
scription expired. I enclose a dollar,
that is all I can spare just now.
Later on, if I get some more dough
Ill send another buck or so. If you
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-11-23
MANSFIELD SHOWS RESULTS

Dear Comrade Editor:
AS a result of the 500 Daily
Worker Special election issues the
Mansfield comrades ordered, and of
which they sold 800 copies and dis
tributed 140, two units in Mansfield
pledged to sell each Saturday 60
copies.
Among the six comrades who sold
the Daily it was reported that it
was we'll received. Some workers
gave more than three cents for a
copy and thus paid for the many
workers who did not have the
pennies to pay for it. Ninety copies
were sold on four short streets
where the Daily Worker had never
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-11-23
TAKE A BIG SWALLOW

When Reader" contributed 81 to
this column the other day, he con-
fessed Been getting around to this
for weeks and weeks. Feel greatly
relieved Medical Department might
recommend it as a general tonic"
The bigger the dose, the better for
our 81 500 QUOTA
Williamsburg Wkrs. Club. $500
Previously received .... $518.@
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-11-23
In THE HON E
A Poem and A Song
By ANN BARTON

TODAY we'll have a poem and a
4 song. This column cannot print
all the poems it receives from its
women readers. There is the ever
present question of space, the ma
jority of which must be given over
to actual conditions, problems,
struggles of women. But occasional
ly we can tuck g poem or two in.
And today's the day for our poets.
Mrs. Nelson, a fighter in her re-
lief organization in New Jersey,
wrote this one.
They'll only take away q little at
a time
So we won't know we're starving
til we haven't got dime.
They do it very smoothly, 80 we
think they're doing good.
And then, before we know it, we're
left without our food.
A little here, little there, they
chisel it away.
And soon we'll all be starving in
the good old Yankee wayV"
And here is the song by Ruth
Gordon, from Madison, Wisconsin
1t is to be sung to the tune of Irving
Berlin's Russian Lullaby.
We are the women of this town
Whose men work for relief
When jobs at wages can't be found
It's we who come to grief.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-11-23
POINT oF ORDER,

Readers, decide. The offer of
handmade handkerchiefs and col
lars should stimulate contributions
but as for the hand-woven rag rug
Ann Barton could have made a
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-11-23
Forced Cheek-OH
ON Illinois Central
BY R. R. Worker Correspondent

BY a r. r. Worker Correspondent
CHICAGO, nH.-As a reader of
your paper I find there Is plenty
of facts and truth in everything
printed in your paper.
There is one thing I would like
your paper to do for me. In the
year Of 1888 the Illinois Central
took ten days off its employees
salaries. The union employees did
not have to give anything because
their chiefs would not allow them
to sign the papers.
After this went through, the
chief attorney of the Illinois Cen
trail was called to Washington for
a conference where a decision was
reached in the company's favor.
The attorney told President Roose-
Welt that every employee agreed to
sign of his own free will. This was
lie for those that did not sign
were fired,
This is the truth and nothing
else AS a reader of your paper,
I believe in your work and I would
like to see this in the paper.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-11-23

company union, they are trying to
spread suspicion and distrust among
the men. At the same time, they
are trying to drive the A. F. of L.
union out of existence.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-11-23
Letters from Our Readers
been sold before.

been sold before.
A 300 per cent increase in Com
munist votes is expected in Mans
field where large numbers of work.
ers heard the Communist platform
for the first time.
q n
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-11-23

Being a marine worker, and see
ing the progress the M.W.LU. has
made here on the lakes in their farst
year Of activity, send 81 to the $780,
geo drive
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-11-23
Can You Make EN-
Yourself?

Pattern 2o74 is available in sizes
"a, SO, SO, 10, AZ, A and As. Size
SO takes 234 yards 80 inch fabric
and ~ yards contrasting. Illus
trated step-by-step sewing instruc-
tons included.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-11-23
Chorus

Rockabye my baby,
Pops fighting so this may be
A land that's free
For you and me
And no ones on relief.
A subscriber writes to send us a
recipe for Ukrainian Borstch, which
she says her grandmother brought
with her when she came to this
country some fifty years ago."
THE food necessary includes a
ham bone and some beef meat or
some beef bones and piece of raw
ham, medium potato, a large
onion, three or four stalks of celery,
two beets, one-half of small cab
bage, two cups of tomatoes, some
pearl barley. Boil the meat with the
barley an hour and half in about
two quarts of water. Cut up all the
vegetables fine Except the to-
matoes) and boil another hour or
more. Add tomatoes and boil at
least half hour. This makes
thick soup, with pieces of all the
different vegetables. Heavy sour
cream is floated on the top by the
Russians, and gives a taste that is
particularly liked by those who like
It'll"
Note: Women who have collected
food, clothing, funds for the fam
lilies of the anti-fascists of the .saar,
should send them at once to the
Committee to Aid the Victims of
German Fascism, $40 Broadway,
New York, N. Y.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-11-23

An old member Of the MOlders'
Union in Jersey City, n. J., got a
young fellow shOpmate and union
brother interested in the Daily
Worker. Now he is a steady reader.
The other day the young worker,
unsolicited, contributed small sum
for the Daily Worker, asking his
friend to send it in. Once members
of trade unions are made ac-
quainted with the role of the Daily
Worker they become steady readers
and contributors. Concentrate on
your fellow workers. Ask them for
contributions 10 the $63,O90 fund!
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-11-23

Send FIFTEEN CENTS (15c) in
coins or stamps (coins preferred
for this Anne Adams pattern. Write
plainly name, address and style num-
Der. BE SURE TO STATE SIZE.
Order your WINTER PATTERN
BOOK. Order it NOW!
PRICE OF BOOK, FIFTEEN
CENTS. BOOK AND PATTERN TO-
GETHER, TWENTY-FIVE CENTS.
Address orders to Daily Worker
Pattern Department, 243 West 18th
Street, New York City.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-11-23

much better deal. The highest con-
tributor between now and the close
of the drive is deserving of the
prize.
N. Klein .................$ 30
v. Klein .................. rs
Previously received 49,. $51.10
Total ............. $51.45
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-11-23

Reducing, with Special Attention
to the Abdomen
HOMRADE P. K, of Detroit, Mich,
v writes; "I am woman of thirty
years of age, had two children,
height 5 feet inches, and weigh
Evening star., 1934-10-07
BY MORRIS FRADIN

Look at that kid will you? He must have
caught something big"
And after much eyestrain and suspense thew
discover he did catch something big-big and
round-an auto tire!
Then another lapse into the doldrums, broken
now and then by the splash of a hook cast into
the water. Some fishermen and women strike
comic poses while casting. They turn and
twist like whirling dervishes and 60 into all
sorts Of contortions before their sinker cleaves
the water several feet of shore. One struck
buoy anchored in midriver and swore he could
never duplicate the feat. Another 1icked his
cast into long parabola and almost hooked
. flying seagull. 1t veered aside and with a
wild scream streaked of, probably to hide Shiv-
ering In the marshes the rest Of its life.
[ ERE and there hooks are being baited with
shrimp and bloodworms. But corn meal
dough Is evident with bolt-and-washer
sinkers. Several long poles are in evidence,
affixed with curved hooks. Catfish and carp are
often snagged thus. when they appear close to
the surface. No wise fish would pop up to fig
uratively thumb its nose or stick out a tongue
at these watchful groups searching the water
hour after hour. There might be an uneven
streak Of luck on the side Of the humans.
Two tiny rockfish, however, wandered not
wisely but too well from parental warning.
They team up in a fip-hop adagio dance on
the pavement, while catfish lies putting on
its side in the grass nearby.
Evening star., 1934-10-07

perch held in her hand. The fish blinks as
the water beneath it, Jiggles farewell with Its
tail and dives back home with jaunty splash.
The child's parents raise a howl and the kid
joins in, following the blows on its posterior.
II never had chance" walls one disap-
pointed fisherman, borrowing his lament from
q popular tune. Singing sadly, he winds up his
tackle, and with an envious glance at the catch
of more fortunate companions, trudges of. And
the fish lie gasping and Tapping about. their
gills opening and closing vainly, their eyes
staring vacantly up at the weeping willows.
Soon these small fry will be strung and car
ried home to satisfy the family cats hunger
If the fisherman has no appetite. Which, BY
that time, makes no difference to the poor nsh.
Evening star., 1934-10-07

man pulls out his watch. goes over to the
rail and unties string. He pulls mess Of fish
out of the water, and, waving to his fellows,
walks OF home to cook and fry his supper.
Others follow suit, and one woman lifts large
can with perforated holes in the top cover. An
elegant receptacle for her tabby's meal.
small girl leans over the water, o little
Evening star., 1934-10-07

4 HORDE of fishing folk line Washing
Y tons sea 'walls-angling meals for
themselves or their cats. Along the
Tidal Basin, the guard rails of the
Speedway" East Potomac Park
and Hains Point men, women and
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-12-11
l. abor Defender Out
For Month Of December

Featuring three leading articles BY
outstanding figures in the literary
and political world, the December
issue Of the Labor Defender. just off
the press, contains material of I'M
usually wide range and scope.
Roman Rolland's article, Whom
Mussolini Murders" contains a bril-
liant analysis of Mussolini himself
and the biography Of his most OUT
standing victim, Antonio Gramsci.
Slater Brown writes on SPANS Oc-
tober." DR.. Kurt Rosenfeld describes
the prisoners relief work of the
German International Labor De-
tense before It was driven under
ground by Hitler, A thorough
analysis OF the present situation in
the Scottsbofo case by Anna Damon,
acting national secretary of the I.
L. D., answers many pressing ques-
tions of the moment
In addition there is a wealth of
material on the Christmas Drive for
Political Prisoners and their fam
lilies, and the usual dramatic ex-
posture of history in the making,
in pictures.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-12-11

After scene three, the direction of
the play disintegrates, becomes
blurred, confused. There is difficulty
even in following the action of the
play.
M. Gorelick's settings, reaching
high into space were impressive as
well as highly practical. Their full
effectiveness was lost, however, be-
cause the lighting was bad.
Now that It's audience problem is
in good way to being solved; now
that a growing body of enthusiastic
supporters can insure for every play
a moderately profitable run, 1t is
time that the Theatre Union bent
its energies to the creation of a
competent and permanent acting
company, that it strive to improve
the technical level of what forces it
already possesses, and that it seek to
draw, even from the bourgeois thea
tire, new, larger, technically COM
petent forces who are in turn willing
to learn from the Theatre Union
what it can teach them; the purpose
and the power Of revolutionary,
social dramaturgy.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-12-11
Theatre Group Will
Offer Scholarships

PHILADELPHIA. - New Theatre
announces that in the near future
worthy members of political, labor,
and trade union organizations in
Philadelphia will be given free
scholarships to the New Theatre
Glasses. The Group is doing this in
order that each organization may
have at its disposal at least one
member acquainted with theatre
technique when it finds it necessary
to stage its own productions in order
to increase It's finances or for other
reasons.
In order to carry on this work,
New Theatre must have money. Stu
dio partitions must be built = the
stage, offices, seats, lights, heating
system, painting and various other
things must be taken care of before
actual production, classes and reg
ular work can begin. Each of its
$50 members has pledged himself to
raise two dollars for New Theatre in
the next week or SO by selling sub
scription memberships. getting con-
tributions from labor organizations
and by contributing himself