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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-08-06
Daily Yorker Gains
Readers in Spokane
BY a Worker Correspondent


SPOKANE, Wash.-"S Spokane, the
Inland Empire" So read the gaudy
billboards and the circulars issued
by the strike-breaking Chamber of
Commerce. But the hundreds of
men, living in this transient shelter
are no longer fooled. They know
Spokane is just another capitalist
city empty of jobs, full of poverty.
No longer do they read the cor
rupt and bloody capitalist press, for
true facts they read the Daily
Worker, a couple of which are dis
tributed every day in the shelter.
Many men, who previously had
never heard of the Daily Woc ker
now look forward to the arrival of
the papers each morning.
The men here have formed a
group to struggle against the city
commissions intended plans that
they work on sewers eight hours a
day, six days a week, for only a
nickel bag Of tobacco a day.
The Spokesman-Review, formerly
read almost exclusively here, is now
scarce. 1t has been almost sup
planted by the Daily Worker.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-08-06
Old Age Pension
Systems Shown Un
BY a Worker Correspondent

AMARILLO, Tex.-Old age pen
sions are now advocated by the
Democrats now running for Office in
Texas. Democrat Hughes, candi-
date for governor, sings the same
theme song as the rest of the job
seekers, abolish poverty in old age
and abolish the poor house"
Texans now pay the usual gas
taxes, Sc. a package on cigarettes, a
new N. R. A. license tax for small
truckers. A PEI cent sales tax is
proposed and next will be the 81 a
year head tax for old age pensions
such as is paid in Iowa and Michi-
gan.
The Denver Post of July 18th dis
closes that 2,918 old people received
1925 in June, an average Of $11.05
apiece, and even this is not certain!
The commissioners proposed to sus-
pend payments every other month
in order to make sure there would
be enough money for next winter
1t was finally decided by the pension
board that any month in which
there is not enough money to pay
all the pensions, payment for that
month will be suspended and re-
sumed the following month"
Why abolish the poorhouse? In
five states selected for check up
where old age pensions have been
in effect 2 years, the average pen
sion paid ir 1881 was S2060. The
average cost per person in the poor
houses was $4320.
In Wisconsin, the progressive co
state, the average pension was
1929, while in Utah it was only
1922 a MONTH
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-08-06
ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
Hays M0nodiet

Ilka D., BroOklyn:-W. H. Hays
ideas and book about food belongs
to that class of psuedo-scientific
drivel for which so many people fall
like ton of bricks. If he and his
ilk would only take 10 the trouble
to study q little physiology. he
would know that the acid secretion
Of the stomach and the alkaline
pancreatic juice are continually
secreted and that they are always
mixed in the upper part of the in
testine (the duodenum. When a
person takes food in the mouth or
even looks at food, these juices are
Immediately increased in quantity
through a reflex nervous mechan-
ism. If there is protein in the food,
the pepsin and hydrochloric acid
of the stomach and the trypsin of
the pancreas attack it and digest
it; if there are also carbohydrates
(starches) and fats, the other
digestive engines ferments) of the
pancrea and intestine take care Of
them. If the diet is composed of
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-08-06

as good as any human being
eats"
When the steak was put be-
fore this women, the knife she
was using for her own breakfast
was not clean enough for the
dogs meat, so she sent the wait
resS out for a clean knife.
The charge for the dogs
breakfast steak was SIPS.
The boss strictly ruled that
none of the help, not even the
cooks, could have steak or
chicken to eat.
Even the cooks working in
temperature as high as one hun
dred and fifteen degrees were
told they must buy their ice
cream if they wanted any.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-08-06
Narrow Kitchen Is
Torture Chamber
Cooks and Dishwashers Battle in Sweat While
Bosses Play in Cool Ocean Waves

However, these blood suckers
here want to be decent and res
pectable" so they don't let you ring
your time card when you come in
at 10 a. m. but at u o'clock. They
also fix your time when you get
through nights, and sometimes they
ring you out ct $50, and at IL you
are still on the job.
In the morning when we go in
we do all the dirty work from
washing windows to washing
glasses, and hopping the floors by
the bus boys. In che kitchen it is
Just as bad.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-08-06
STUDENTS AT WORKERS
SCHOOL SHOULD BE
MORE FRIENDLY
New York Citv

New YORK City.
I have been student at the
Workers School during the last
term, and 1 find that the friendly
feeling that one would expect to
find there is lacking. I have quite
a few friends who say the same.
Ishould think that since we want
all the new students we can get,
we can help ourselves by showing
a little more friendliness. 1t seems
that when new student comes into
the school, instead of trying to
make them feel at home they are
made to feel as though they are
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-08-06
Food Workers Jones Beach Get None of Sea Air Breahed by Rich
LOOKING FOR A JOB

So I am still out Of a job. I made
application at so many places that
it would take a shorthand writer a
week to write the names down. I
applied to the c. W. A. They were
very kind. They offered to send me
to the Salvation Army, but I was
not looking for Jesus, I was looking
for work, and an even break.
R. HENDERSON.
Signature authorized.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-08-06

to make sure that everything is
o. K. for the guests, and to make
more work for US, but no inspec-
tor comes to see our condition, our
endles hours, or our food.
The kitchen is narrow channel
of torture and fire, especially for
the cooks and dishwashers who
slave there long hours, especially
Saturday and Sunday. Every time
you look at them they look as
though they came out of shower
bath from the heat and sweat
Besides the big restaurant in the
casino, there are other cafeteriaS.
where they employ college and
high school boys for cheaper wages
and bigger exploitation. The man.
ager of the restaurant is a slave
driver named Paul Doyle, who
made himself famous among the
walters some time ago when work.
ing at the Waldorf Astoria as a
company manager.
Here are some of his tricks that
they use here: To get the job you
have to go to Mr.. Louis Burg of the
New York Employment office at
18th Street, and pay a fat COM
mission. You pay your own trans
portation, your own room in Wan
tagh seven miles away from Jones
Beach, and quarter a day to get
you back and forth to this military
castle, called by the workers Sink
Sink"
The walters are supposed to get
$3.50 week for nine hours a day,
but they work one day IL hours one
shift, from 10 a. m. to 10 D. M,
called short watch, and the next
clay from 10 a. m. to II or IL, with 2
hours off in the afternoon. And
Saturdays and Sundays, until you
almost drop from exhaustion. This
is the NR.A. in Jones Beach State
Park.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-08-06
MOuIdy Bread Handed
Out in Fisher LOdg e
By a Worker Correspondent

by W UIhSt Correspondent
DETROTT.-Being unemployed, I
am forced to live at Fisher Lodge,
where 1850 single men get two So
called meals day. Recently I
watched the help sorting over
Taystee Bread, and saw four slices
of mould taken from one loaf, six
from another, and about nine from
another.
I wonder if the Taystee Bread Co.
donates this bread to Fisher Lodge.
You can hold any slice of bread up
to the light and see mould spots in
the bread which is given to the i'm
mates.
saw one inmate fall and cut his
head open when in line. He was left
to lie on the concrete floor The
elevator operator was in a private
lunch room drinking beer, and the
first aid could not be found for 20
minutes.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-08-06
IN THE HON E
Working Women in the Stock Yards Have No
Time to Read
By HELEN LUKE

hers in the factory restaurant. She
gave a doubtful look but finally
agreed that it was possible, and that
many mothers would be relieved of
lot of worry if that could be done
here.
I'VE will have TO find a way to
speak to all mothers and other wo-
men working in the stock yards, on
this question
A. Y.
We are going to see if we can't
arrange to make possible some spe-
cial literature or leaflets to dis
tribute to these women. eve are
also taking care of another matter
which A. Y wrote about) Mean
while, have our readers any other
suggestions on A. US last sentence?
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-08-06
DR.. LUTTINCER ADVISES

only protein, this secretion is simply
wasted, just as it is wasted when
one only looks at food, without
being able to eat it.
Furthermore, there is no such
thing as a pure protein or other
food Most of the fruits and
grains are combinations of proteins,
fats and carbohydrates. When you
eat a piece of bread, an egg, a
steak or fruit, these three in
gradients are always mixed. in vari-
able quantities. You can see now
the fallscy of a monodiet; mono
meaning one.
You need not be surprised, there
fore, that the menus suggested by
this food faddist failed to do you
any good or that his "sanatoriums
is not a success. So far, it has been
found that mixed diet is best
suited for our needs.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-08-06

not wanted. There is snoobish at
tltude that a newcomer does not
like. The result is that they stay
away.
! am sure there could be some
thing done about it. A little more
friendship toward newcomers would
win them over much more quickly
than at the rate we are going.
Comrade LILLIAN.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-08-06
Keep Cutting Relief
lie There Is No Protest
BY a Worker Correspondent

CHICAGO, Ill.-We are a family
of four and we are supposed to get
S18.46 per month grocery order,
one quart Of milk a day, and the
box ration No. A." But we get
$12.70 per month and the box
ration No. g." In the mean time
they see I didn't act upon that at
once. so they kept the boz, too and
they let me keep the script.
We have no gas and no lights.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-08-06
MAIL BOX RULING PREVENTS
DELIVERY OF DAILY"

Lexington, Mass.
l want to subscribe to the Daily
Worker, but the mailman told me
he would not deliver it to my farm
in Lexington until I get one of the
new type mail boxes made in fac
tory owned by Mrs. Roosevelt, since
all other types have been outlawed
by Postmaster General Farley.
have to walk five miles every day
to get my mail. The new boxes cost
$3.50. and cannot afford to spend
that much, as l am an E. r. A.
worker.
Conditions here are pretty bad,
with many E. r. A. workers living
in tar paper shacks. G.. D.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-08-06
Can You Make EN-
Yourself?

Pattern 1887 is available in sizes
IA, IS, 10, 20, 80, "a, So, 3S, 40
and AZ. Size Is takes 5la yards
36 inch fabric Illustrated step-by-
step sewing instructions included.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-08-06

Send FIFTEEN CENTS (15c) in
coins or stamps (coins preferreO
for this Anne Adams pattern. Write
plainly name, address and style
number. BE SURE TO STATE
SIZE.
Address orders to Daily Worker
Pattern Department, DAB w. 18th
ST., New York City.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-08-06

The spread of the DAILY" to
the msss of workers is a pre-
requisite to their successful
struggles.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-08-06
Letters from Our Readers

sharply perhaps would be nour-
ished by the damning revelations
of the interlocking directorates and
intrigues Of the bourgeoisie.
To sum up, the Daily needs some
body familiar with big business and
banking to check up on statements
about banks and industries-sec-
ondly, this somebody could dig up
interesting and revolutionary facts
about the big bourgeoisie and help
build Wall Street Column.
Brooklyn, N. Y.
Comrades:
The Daily Worker has a Sports
Column and a Women's Column.
don't understand why it has not
a financial column, a stock ex-
change" or market" column
however it should be called. Such
column should not only give some
information about the movements
OF the market, but also comment
on them and show theil signifi-
canoe. After all, Wall Street is
the highest expression of capitalist
economy, and the class struggle has
an economic basis.
Some time ago Roosevelt boasted
Tin connection with his manipula-
lions of the dollar that many
gentlemen in Wall Street would
like to know what he was planning.
But is it possible that no group of
these gentlemen had any inside in
formation? Such goings on, If not
possible to be completely shown up.
should at least be indicated in this
column. I know lot of Daily
Worker readers are interested in
the market, if only ACCIDENTALLY"
p r.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-08-06
Rich Woman Buys
SI.25 Steak for Dog

BY Food Worker Correspondent
BOSTON, Mass. - Last Mon
day at the Newburyport Wolfe
Tavern, where I was working as
second cook, a guest having
breakfast ordered an extra
large, thick, sirloin steak for my
do. I want the best meat, as
1 believe a dog should have meat
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-12-24

Scots are generous, declared b waiter during recent trial in Glasgow, Scotland. and he showed that tips pooled at restaurant in IS months totaled $26,3S8, one waiter receiving tip of SIS.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-12-24
Wednesdays Program

"eOneSOayS ffOSFdm A. M.
 8:30--Musical Clock.
 9:00-Morning Devotions.
 9:15-Melody Express.
 9:45-Morning Pleasantries. 10:15-Mary Kitchen. 10:30-Melody Girls Quartette. 10:45-News. 11:00-Cecil and Sally. 11:15-Women's Shopping Reyt~e with Vita Vail. 11:45-Jimmie Colgan in Mem.
 ories at the Piano. 12:00-Eagles' Indoor Circus. P. M.
 12:15-Melodic Moments. 12:30-News. 12:'5-Melodic Moments. 1:15-What Do You Think? 1:30-Louise Greenfield. Popular Songs. 1:45-Carl Harrison, Songs. 2:00-Romeo Delfino, Pianist. 2:15-Farm Flashes. 2:30--Eb and Feb, Rural Comedy Sketch. 2:45-Rose Marshall, Soprano. 3:OO-Victor Zembruski's Orch. 3:3O-Van Clemens, Songs. 3:45-Eagles' Indoor Circus. 4:00-Hits and Bits. 4:15--News. 4:30-Sign off.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-12-24
CHRISTMAS NIGHT

What glorious, queenly, majestic night The stars shine brilliant with halos ot
 green-gold light While below Never footstep disturbs the fallen snow Virgin from the womb of heaven Just as the Babe about to be given By the womb of Virgin even This sacred, Godly moment! Haloed stars-green-gold-b Upright, Fallen snows-angelic-white Fen the sacred atmosphere what sight! All is quiet, in waiting for Babe The world of men to come and save. .. And He came! o, man, Look at that Child A God In very flesh and bone! The God Almighty lives by blood Out of Mary's own! .. A God on straw, His home cave! -. o Mary, what God love gave! And should we cease to honor Him Or shower glory e'er When God from human life can begin Why can't we desist from sin And everything that's given Him A wound or other care? Let us acknowledge His humility De facto and de jure, too, And let us merge with sanctity AS we were destined to Not only on this sweet Christmas Morn But every day when sins are born sOf our own accounting
 Rev J. J. KSipas t ~
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-12-24
Merry Christmas!
WATR PROGRAMS

F. M.
 Sketch. 2:45-Poet's Corner with vernon
 Pickup. 3:00-Lauren Cristoferson, Songs. 3:15-Pat and Fred. 3:3O-Christmas Stories. 3:45-Eagles' Indoor Circus. 4:O0-Hits and Bits. 4:15-News.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-12-24
Tn which ye columnist writes an annual letter:
Dear santa Claus:-

Dear Santa Claus:-
 Everybody keeps talking about Christmas and that sort of stuff so thought, dear old Santy (may call you Santy?) that I'd sit down on this grand Christmas eve of this golng-to-be-grand Christ mas and write you q very peachy letter, indeed. Which I am now in the process of doing as you can see, since I know that up at the North Pole you must get the Democrat (Circulation department please note that last crack.)
 Now, Santa, know it's
 kinda late, probably, to write
 you this letter but I have
 been a good boy and such.
 So I know that you won't go
 i'm for the F. s. A. IL. stuff of
 calling me down for not hav-
 ing written before. Anyway,
 there's no sense in your dos
 ing 1t; the city ed Is always
 telling me I'm late. (I'm de.
 pending a lot on the Christ
 mas spirit.)
 Gee, Santa, I want many things, like a railroad train and a bicycle and kiddie car and an auto and a teddy bear with electric eyes. Printers note-This guy must be copying a letter he wrote when he was about eight or nine years old.) I wanna scooter and some dollies for my sister and g cowboy suit and a lot of games and a football and lots of things. Every day l help my mother, Santa, especial ly the last week when she told me I wouldn't get any presents from you if I didn't do. what she said. How did she know that? (Printer's note-This guy is get ting worse). You know, Santy, know all about all the things you bring good boys and girls all over the world but still want to know one thing: How can one Santa be in all the places at the same time?
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-12-24

Good Evening.
 MERRY CHRISTMAS!
 
 Most
 Merry
 Christmas! From the Tower to you And Happy New Year, too! Watch the night as the tree you trim Like the midnight of old as lights grow dlm Sing carols sweet of the babe that was born Early on a cold Christmas morn And May Christmas joy be All yours
 Every
 One
 -Em Elm.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-12-24
ROAMING THE AIR WAVES

the members of his expedition,
 and thank them for the very
 different and very good en-
 tertainment they've given us
 from so many thousand miles
 away. At Washington, thank
 the radio commission for glv-
 ing Waterbury two stations
 since last Christmas. At
 Hartford, why not give them
 something very swell at
 VITO If they'll promise to get
 that WrightvilIe Clarion pro-
 gram off the air?
 Bring lot of presents for Frances Langford, for the Boswell Sisters, Rudy Vallee, Hal Kemp, Andre Kostelanetz and Johnny Green. Drop a lot of presents at the home of the sponsor who's putting on that big CBS show to- morrow, bringing Lionel Barry more to the air as "Scrooge". Don't forget Tin Pan Alley. either. Santy. Remember Cole Porter. Cor don and Revel. Rainger and Robin, and all the other writers who gave us so many good songs to hum, whistle and sing this year.
 know there must be lot
 of people I've forgotten
 Santy, so be sure to rcmem-
 Der everybody. You know
 how much we all thank you
 for the grand things you
 brought ms last year, and 1T
 you do as we'll this year, we
 won't complain at all. For
 that matter, we won't any
 way.
 Remember particularly, santa, all my friends and all this column friends. Bring them good health. prosperity and happiness at Cnrists Iss mas, all year and through all the vears Make everybody happy, so that this glorious Christmas spirit won't be something that only a few of us can really enjoy. G'bye. san'y.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-12-24

in more of them? Can we have radio sales plugging that's not so
 blatant and annoying? Can we
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-12-24
2OO--WDRC--Hartford--1330

P. M. 4:0O-visiting Americas Little
 Home. 4:15-Tito Guizar. 4:30-Chicago Variety Hour. 5:00-Baseball School, Pack On-
 slow. 5:15-Skippy. 5:30-Jack Armstrong-All-Am-
 erican Boy. 5:45-Eton Boys. 6:00-Mitch Lucas and Al White. 6:15-Bobby Benson and Sunny
 Jim. 6:30-The Shadow. 6:55-Press-Radio News. 7:00-Myrt and Marge. 7:15-Air Adventures of Jimmie
 Allen. 7:30-The O'Neill's. 7:45-Willard Alexander's Orch, 8:O0-Carson Robison and his
 Buckaroos. S:15-Edwin c. Hill-The Human
 Side of teh News. 8:30-Kate Smiths New Star Re-
 vue-Jack Miller's Orch. 9:00ARosa Ponselle and Andre
 Kostelanetz' Orch. 9:30-The Big Show-Gertrude
 Niesen; Lud Gluskin's
 Orch; Block and Sully. 10:00-Wayne Kings Orch. 10:30-Public Health Program. 10:45-Christmas Eve in the Nur-
 sery. 11:00-Christmas Eve Around the
 Festive Board. 11:15-Christmas Eve in the
 Cloister. 11:30-Te be announced.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-12-24
Tomorrow

A. M. 8:3O-Musical Clock. 9:00-Morning Devotions. 9:15-Melody Express. 1O:15-Broadcast from St. Johns
 Episcopal Church, Dr
 Lewis. 11:15-Women's Shopping Review. Carollers directed
 by Mrs M. s. Nuhn. 12:00-Organ Tones. F. M. 12:15-Melodic Moments. 12:30-News. 12:45-Melodic Moments. 1:00-Eagles Indoor Circus. 1:15-Victor Zembruskis Orch. 1:45-Christmas Song Program
 Paulette Wolozin, Soprano 2:00-Lithuanian Varieyt Hour. 2:30-Miriam Sweet and Frank
 Munson, Duets. 2:45-German Band Concert. 3:00-Women's Cum Chorus. 3:30-John Robinson, Grand
 Knight of Knights of Co.
 lumbus. 3:45-Eagles' Inoor Circus. 4:00-Uncle Harry. 4:10-Hits and Bits. 4:15-News.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-12-24

have even one program that has everything in it balanced exactly right? Can we have radio drama that'll take ad- vantage of all the chances radio gives and isn't just a carbon copy of some stage show or other?
 And, Santa, when you're
 making your trip all afOund
 the world tonight please bring
 something nice for Jack Benny,
 for Mary Livingstone, Frank
 Parker and all the people
 who make that Sunday night
 program one of the most de-
 pendable bits of entertainment
 on the air? Please do the
 same for Fred Allen and his
 gang, for Phil Baker, for StoOpnagIe and Budd, for
 Guy LOmbardo, for the March
 of Time, for Major BOwes.
 Give them all something nice, Sanfy, 'cause they deserve it. And, as long as it's Christmas, you might as well even give
 something or other to the Voice of Experience and to Jan Garber. Only because it's Christmas, though.
 If you want to be a really good Santa Claus, you could do some thing about getting Charlie Garlic back on the air. You might look into a change of programs that wouldn't have Bing Crosby and Ben Bernie on the air at the same time. Give Deems Taylor a whole stock ingful of things for the swell Job he's doing with those operas m English; the same goes for Paul Whiteman and his Music Hali' and be sure you don't forget Ra- mona. suppose you might as well give some presents to the peo- pie who put on those Hollywood programs, but won't you leave. a note with each of them asking why all the programs from the movie capital are just about the same?
 When you're away down at
 the South Pole give our re-
 garls to Admiral Byrd and
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-12-24

When you're away down at the South Pole give our re- garils to Admiral Byrd and
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-12-24

Next year, Santa, will you bring us lots of good radio programs? Can you have a little originality
Evening star., 1934-04-12
Chicago Girl III
OF Rare Disease
M1n,m'ifying SIKH,
Tissue in Face Gone, Re.
placed by Calcium
Deposits.

BY the Associated Press
CHICAGO, April 12.-Physicians at
the Cook County Children's Hospital
are fighting to save 14-year-old Gene
We've Liss from rare disease which
is causing her skin to mummify.
Already the tissue beneath the skin
of her face has virtually disappeared
and the skin is drawn taut across the
bones.
Scientists call the ailment, from
which Genevieve has been suffering
since she was a year old, "scleroderma
with calcinosis." They explain that
this means increased deposits Of cal
cium, or chalk. being laid under her
skin, which itself Is atrophying. They
are uncertain as to the cause, but
believe that it may be caused by q
decreased activity of the parathyroid
gland.
Chalk deposits-some Of them Q
half inch thick. have appeared be-
meath the skin of the girls arms and
legs, hampering her movements.