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Evening star., 1934-06-02
CHAPTER VII.
WHAT HAS HAPPENED 80 FAR.

Rose Allen, American dancer in
Shanghai cafe, has met and married Har-
vey Therrold ne'er-do-well son Of a
wealthy American family. At his death
return to his home town of Catherwood
with his body: The family; furious ,hT at her
arrival. refuse to speak to her. Money
unknown to them to redeem a check
that Harvey. had forged in Shanghai.
Penniless and desperate. she seeks work
only to find all doors closed to her in
the town. which is dominated by the
Therrolds-mother. two daughters (Bar-
bara a nd URSULA. and the eldest son.
Jeffrey Bertha Harris waitress in the
local hotel. introduces her to Larry Nor
gan. local newspaper man, to whom she
tells her worries.
Evening star., 1934-06-02
MOMENT of confusion, while
Rose groped her way across
the dark room, hushing Kit
\ tens frightened cries, reach
ing for the wall phone.


A woman's voice coming over the
line, hearty voice which suggested q
large, vigorous personality behind it.
This Mrs. Therrold? :. Well, you
don't know me, but I'm Lottie Welch
I got a store down at the south end
of town ladies' dresses and
notions L. yes. I heard you was
lookin' for work. That right?"
After the brief delay of Roses sur
prised reply. her voice went on like a
foaming torrent. We'll, when heard
about it thought maybe if you was
to come in and see me we might get
together on it? I got to get some
help in the store. How about it?"
Roses wits, scattered by the sud
denness of this attack, rallied to
faint reply.
Evening star., 1934-06-02
OLD MOORE HOUSE
IN GEORGETOWN HAS
C0L0RFUL HISTORY

Continued From Page B-5.)
Evening star., 1934-06-02

w YHEN Maj. William z. KEEP
IA ner and Capt. Albert W.
Wv Stevens rise into the STRAIT
v osphere early in July, they
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-07-04
CRAMPS

A correspondent writes us that a
friend of his died from dose of
castor oil administered for cramps"
which proved to be due to appen-
dicitis. The surgeon who operated
maintained that the castor oil
caused the appendix to burst and
that the patient died of blood poi
soning due to the liberated pus. He
wants to know whether this is true.
The answer is that it is only too
true that many people die of a
busted" appendix brought about by
dose Of castor oil administered by
well-meaning, but ignorant friend
or neighbor. Many people like to
play the doctor and they often APP
ply the same remedy to conditions
which are entirely different as to
the underlying cause. This brings
us to the discussion of cramps in
general.
AT this period of the year, cramps
due to heat are very frequent.
People vino broil in the sun, those
who perspire a lot and those who
drink large quantities of water often
suffer from abdominal pains which
are commonly known as cramps.
The rapid drinking Of either iced
or ice water may also cause an acute
attack of intestinal pain.
In previous article, we discussed
the reason for the cramps due to
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-07-04
Letters from,
OurReaders
A LETTER FROM ACROSS THE
SEA


SEA
Amsterdam, Holland.
Dear Comrades:
I read your invitation to send in
comments on Conlrade Erskine
Caldwell's series on Detroit. I have
lived in Detroit for four years
worked in the auto-Shops and Ford
offices and I can only say this re-
garding the Caldwell-series: They
are grand"
This letter comes from way across
the ocean, but think that distance
couldn't stop my appreciation for
the Daily" and its excellent staff.
Every time I receive the Daily" l
tear the cover off and start reading
right away in spite of the reaction
airy crowd which surrounds me, or
the protests of friends who are
social-fascists. Nothing can stop
me from reading the Daily"
the oceanic distance nor the pres
sure from my folks, or the advice"
of my friends"
Three things have become part of
my life-the Daily Worker" the
Party and the revolution. American
workers. There are in Europe and
other parts of the world Americans
who live with you as wildly in your
struggles for Soviet power as you do
and we believe as you do that the
victory of our class is inevitable.
With revolutionary greetings,
J. G.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-07-04

time. For such impudence I was
asked to come to Miss Campion's
Office where I was told that if a
nurse couldn't finish her work on
time she would have to go without
time off duty, and if I didn't like
that could go off duty for the rest
of the day myself. I went off duty
and called the Office of the super
intendent for an audience with Miss
Sche:r, Miss Campion, and Miss
Kosco. Mr.. Fingerhood's secretary
granted me an appointment for 10
a. m. I arrived at 10 a. m. and
waited for Mr.. Fingerhood for as
minutes. Before speaking with me,
he spoke through the telephone with
Miss Sche:r. I told him that I
wanted to thrash this Jewish bust
ness out once and for all. He turned
his back on me and said, Il wouldn't
even listen to you. If Miss Scherr
were non-Jewish maybe I would,
but under the circumstances your
accusations are nil"
1t is a known fact amongt the
nurse5 thai one must win Miss
Scherr's heart with poaies and little
bits of gratuity.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-07-04
White Textile Workers of South Learning
To Unite With Negro Brothers in Struggle
SellOuts of U. T. W. Officials Also Teach Mill
Workers Need for Rank and File Union

ers said they could call out 100000
textile workers on strike. but when
the time came they called it all of.
Now workers think it over and
see if you can find any way to get
away from slavery without forming
union. There is no other way
except to join union which is run
by the workers not the bosses.
Now, white worker, tell the
colored worker that you and he
have got to pull together if you
ever get out Of slavery. The
coIored worker is waiting for you
to tell him and believe me you
don't have to be afraid of him for
he knows ne can only get out of
slavery with the help of the white
worker. And the best way to get
together is through the National
Textile Workers Union.
So workers think back what Cor
man, the U. T. w. vice president,
said in Danville, Va. back in 1881
and 1882. He said Mr.. West was
good friend to him. He also said
Mr.. West would have a good job
with the Riverside and Dan River
Cotton Mills some time. Now Cor
man knew what he was talking
about, for Mr.. West is now president
of the Riverside and Dan River
Cotton Mills. A labor leader said
company man was friend Of his.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-07-04
More Unity Like This Will Scare
the Shirts Off the Bosses

In Crown Heights, Brooklyn, the
Woman's Council A is organizing
domestic workers, and is actively
fighting discrimination against Ne
gro houseworkers.
On a recent Thursday morning
they had a protest meeting at Al
bany and Atlantic AYES, in front of
an employment agency that was
seating Negro applicants in the back
of the room, giving all the good
Jobs to white women. Negro appli-
cants were also refused the use of
the toilet, being told to go out in
tie park.
at this protest meeting, supported
by the Domestic Workers Union,
Elnora Ross was chairman and
Mary Ford spoke for the Union.
Mollie Samuels spoke for the Coun-
Gil and Mrs. Williams for the Fuel
Lee branch of the L. S. N. R. The
Unemployed Council also helped.
1T was very successful in draw
ing a sympathetic crowd" reported
Mary Ford. "A delegation presented
a resolution against discrimination
to the owner of the company. At
first she said there was no discrimi-
nation-then she said, why don't
the Negro women go to agencies
thai are specially for them?" She
said that the lavatory was her priv
ate lavatory and the colo.nd women
had no right to ask to use it.
Then she and her partner began
to abuse the delegation, saying that
the Communists we're a bunch of
chiselers," who we're stirring up the
Negro cocaine addicts to make
trouble" At this point she called
the police, who began to arrive from
all directions in cars-about a dozen
including a sergeant.
when they saw that the meeting
was peaceful and attended mostly
by women they looked very sheepish
and didn't say word to US, but
driftd away one by one. The Council
is going to hold another meeting on
the same corner"
Birth Control Expert" Sails for
soviet Union
All roads used to lead to Rome;
now they lead to the Soviet Union.
Mrs. Margaret Sanger, veteran cam
paigner for legalized birth control,
is. sailing for the Soviet Union to
study the population problem" in
"a country where the economic
problem is, for the time being, set
tled.' cFor the time being those
are die-hard wordsD
She is quoted as saying, Il want
to observe the situation in fresh
way - and if possible isolate the
question of the family from political
economic, and all other issues"
Families in a vacuum, as Comrade
Husband so succinctly commented
Mrs. Sanger-wife of j. Nolan
Slice, president of the Three in One
Oh Co,-feels sure that the next
mgr Will enact the birth con-
trcl legislation that has been on its
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-07-04
Wage Cuts Defeated in
Pennsylvania Silk Mills
Allentown Silk Workers
Union Wins Fight in
Higrade Silk Co.
BY Textile Worker Correspondent

BY a Textile Worker Correspondent
ALLENTOWN, Pa. Militant
strike action forced the bosses of
the Higrade Silk Co. to withdraw a
wage cut on the weavers of 10 to
Is per cent last week. The weayers
of the night shift shut down all
looms in the mill, called the boss
from his home, and forced the boss
to restore the cut. This shop is a
local of the Allentown Silk Work
ers Union.
In the Tremblau silk mill in
Emaus about four miles from Allen
town, the workers called shop
meeting and voted unanimously
against an announced 10 per cent
cut. The shop committee was in
structed to see the boss to take off
the Wsge-cut. On Monday morning
the workers did not enter the mill
till the boss agreed to rescind the
cut.
In the Zellinger-Schoth mill in
Emaus the workers also won back
a wage-cut of 11ac yard, by every
weaver shutting down his looms and
made the company rescind the cut.
In the Greenleaf Silk Co. the
workers were on one day strike
and won back part of a wage-cut.
The last two named mills are I'M
organized.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-07-04
SIS AL Shoe Organizer
Helps Boss Cut Wages
BY a Shoe Worker Correspondent

by Shoe Worker Correspondent
NEW YORK.-since Organizer
MIKE Tesero Of the Boot and Shoe
Union broke our last strike in
august and succeeded in having us
N MS grip. he Unanswered on
prices By having conferences with
the BOSSES, and the result was the
season IS over, the prices are with
the arbitration committee, or are
supposed to be; the back pay in
tne bosses pockets, and the union
local in debt. Mr.. Tesoro told us
TO keep record of our wages be-
SHINING Feb. Is, and that back paw
VIII be given to us when the new
Prices go into effect. Meanwhile
we worked the whole season at
prices the boss has chosen to pay.
When will we get our back pay?
When will the prices of last season
be settled?
The amount of wages the work
ers received they might have for
gotten, but they still remember the
way he backed the bosses when
Somebody complained he does not
make the minimum N R. A. wage.
We would like to know who au-
thorized his SIS weekly wage? Who
pays his salary?
Until now the union local Boot
and Shoe Local 654) was governed
by Mike Tesero and his appointed
executive of II members who backed
him on every statement and deed.
At meeting held Thursday, June
81, called for the purpose of dis
cussing coming elections and to re-
port on the financial condition of
the local, very interesting fact
was made public. Organizer Mike
Fesoro admitted, in fact he boosted,
that he gave up his trucking bust
ness in order to enter the union
business" ct must have been a
better proposition.) He also claims
to have invested $500 of his own
cash in the union. He is on the
payroll without our authorization
for SIS a week. How much of the
Unions payroll went to Mr.. Tesoro
we do not know, but now the local
owes him $4,000 back pay. Even if
we take the figures as they are it
IS not so bad, investing $500 and
having a balance in favor of $4,000.
1t is fine mortgage until the
members are awake. Is Mr.. TeSoro'S
work worth SIS Is he entitled to
the back pay? If we do not get our
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-07-04
DNckeA
lAAHinQ0a
OG1a,I6:
BY PAUL LUTTINGER, MD.

large quantities of water taken
while perspiring, and we said that
the cause was the loss Of salts in
the process of sweating. In boiler
and glass molding rooms, in steel
plants and foundries, where work is
done at high temperatures, poor
ventilation and excessive humidity,
the men suffer from frequent att
tackS of heat cramps. Besides the
pain and abdominal distress, there
is lack Of appetite, rapid heart
beat, vomiting and paleness Of the
face. In such cases it is best to pas-
the patient in a cool place and give
him water with lemon or orange.
If these are not procurable, quar-
ter of teaspoonful of ordinary
kitchen salt to glass of wate:7 will
answer the purpose. The drinking
water in factories where men are
required to work at high tempera-
lures should be between 48 and 81
degrees and new workers should not
be permitted to work without first
gradually accustoming themselves tt
higher temperatures. Fat people &,
not suffer from heat cramps as Of
ten as normal individuals.
Besides the heat cramps, worker
are apt to suffe- from occupations
cramps due tc the excessive use
the same group of muscles, day a
ter day, year after year.
(To be continued)
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-07-04

NEW YORK.-In the Forward of
May 8 a story was told that at the
firm of Kraus & Sons the En-
broidery Local &c carried on long
strike" and that the strike was
victorious"
The labor takers stated that "the
prolonged strike was caused by a
Communist who was employed at
the above named firm and who Gre
ated lo5 of trouble"
But what trouble" and to whom,
did that Communist worker" Gre
ate?
The facts are as follows:
First, there was no strike at the
above-namec firm, and that no one
ever declared any strike there!
Second, the firm for six years
employed one, and only one worker,
named Sam Halperin; and no at
tempt was ever made by the union
named above to do anything for
him.
So where is the victory?
The victory consists in this:
The firm makes flags and badges,
and since the said worker Halperin,
who was employed by them, was
for years an ardent fighter against
the right wing takers and mis-
leaders of the Embroidery Local.
they told the employer that if he
wants to get work from the Inter-
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-07-04
Oshkosh Relief
Workers Protest
Bulge" Hunger
By a Worker Correspondent

OSHKOSH, Wis. = The Relief
Workers Union called meeting of
its members and workers employed
on F. E. R. A. projects to protest
the present set-up A resolution
was drawn up by a committee to be
presented to the proper officials.
The resolution was also introduced
to the Central body Of Trade and
Labor "a. F. Of L., but for the
lack of proper organization in this
body it was referred to a committee
for their recommendations at fol-
lowing meeting. though it was read
and discussed by several delegates.
Following is the resolution:
I'VE workers employed on F. E. r.
A. projects do vigorously protest the
present plan of the F. E. R. A.
budget requirements The budget
set by the relief administration is
Just the bare necessities of life, in
GLIDING small allowance for
delinquent taxes. Under this set
up the workers have no opportunity
to meet other obligations, such as
interest on homes, doctor bills, etc.
The budget allowance in many
cases is not even sufficient to in
clude gas and electric light. We
protest against the present plan
and make the following demands:
/, A guaranteed S0-hour week,
with no less than IS cents an hour
for unskilled labor.
2. All skilled work to be paid the
union rate of wages.
8. No discrimination in the giving
of jobs.
a. Anybody hurt on the job to
get full pay.
5. Cash relief for those who are
not given jobs.
g. Enactment of Workers Unem-
ployment and Social Insurance Act,
H. r. 1898.
Under the present plan of work,
the worker is still subject to the
same conditions as when he was
getting grocery orders from the re-
lief department. The amount of
hours allotted is equal to what was
given him in relief monthly, with
out any increase for the added cost
when an individual buys his own
groceries, etc. In other words, the
difference is:
Instead of the relief department
giving oatmeal prunes, spaghetti
ETC., you have the privilege of buy
ing these, and if you do not submit
to their budget you will be laid off.
This has happened in several cases.
Fellow workers we must organize
so as to be able to fight for better
conditions.
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back pay, why should he get his?
We were brought together into
the so-called union, but from an
organizationa1 point Of view. it is
just an agency. Shop meetings are
seldom called. When an active
group is organized and insist on
having q meeting. the privilege is
granted, but rarely with an official
present. Why not more shop meet
ings? Why not membership meet
ings at least once a month?
No wonder there Is no loyalty to
the union. Many chairmen refuse
to collect dues. The members now
and then give Is cents to the dues
collector, fearing to be fired. The
81 tax was taken out Of the pay in
many shops against our will. The
bosses are assisting the officials
whenever they get a chance, some
by soaring the workers, others by
giving a bad lot or less work. Why
do we not hear shop reports from
our business agents at the meet
ingS?
We must have a rank and file
leadership which will be for the
workers all the time. We must have
an active group in every shop. We
cannot afford to be disorganized.
The workers who do not belong to
the groups should get connected
Immediately, or at least back them
in the shops and at the meetings.
We cannot let these conditions con-
tinue any longer.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-07-04
Anti-Semitisrn
Shown in Israel
Zion Hospital

NEW YORK; have been dis
charged from my position as a
charge nurse of three years standing
at the Is''ael Zion Hospital by SUI
perintendent of nurses who is a
Jewess. Her reasons for discharg-
ing me we're that I am an migrate
Jewish girl, too clever for my own
good. and she Just didn't know how
to get rid Of me any other way.
Saturday, March 49, I was called
to the SUPERINTENDENT Office and
was told that all the Jewish girls
had better watch their steps, and
that the Jewish girls are very un-
grateful to her for their employ
nent. the doctors complain that the
Jewish nurses are not as efficient as
other nurses, Jewish nurses are not
respectful, in short Jewish nurses
are Objectionable and undesirable.
I asked Miss Scherr, the superin-
tendent, to tell me at least one COM
plant as it was actually made by
the doctor, her answer was that it
was none OF my business, but if the
Jewish nurses didn't watch their
steps her two Gentle assistants,
Miss Camuion and Miss Kosco,
would see that they were gotten rid
Of.
Sunday morning, March 10, Miss
Campion called me and asked that
I send a nurse to relieve elsewhere
and I told her through the phone
that the treatments required by the
patients on that day were too much
work for three instead Of four nu-
ces. The previous day with four
nurses on duty one nurse missed he1-
time due her off duty because she
couldn't finish her assignment on
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-07-04
By a TextiIe worker Corresponden

By Textile Worker Correspondent
OLINVTLLE, Val am a textile
worker who has been sold out sew
eral times by the United Textile
Workers officials. Will say I have
woke up and will do all I can to
show up the leaders of the United
Textile Workers Union and the
A. F. Of L., for they are a lot of
leaders. They will tell the
workers anything to keep them in
slavery.
Why don't the bosses care if you
join the U. T. w. union? Because
if they can fool the workers into
their sell-out unions they can con-
troll them.
Believe me, the white workers
and the colored workers have done
woke up. They have learnt If
they ever get out of slavery they
will have to fight together like
brother union members. The boss
class for all these years have
always made the white worker
hate the coIored worker and there
fore the colored worker was
scared to say anything to the
white worker. But that is the
thing of the past, for the white
and the colored worSer have found
out that they will have to fight
together before either one gets up.
Now these so-called U. T. w. lead
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I'm order to show to the entire
Party membership in the Ohio Dis
trict the exact status Of two i'm
portant documents, the Convention
Manifesto and the District Resolu-
tons and Control tasks pamphlet,
we are listing the status of each
section.
"We see clearly that in many sec
tons there is a complete underes-
Of these important docu-
ments. AS further example, at a
unit organizers meeting of Section
One in Cleveland, only five unit or
ganizers had read the Convention
Manifesto themselves.
1T is easy to see why they have
no appreciation of the importance
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-07-04
Threat of Strike Forces
Trembleau Boss To
Drop Reduction
BY a Worker Correspondent


EMAUS, Pa.-The boss of the
Trembleau silk mill was forced by
the workers to withdraw a 10 per
cent wage cut.
AS soon as the workers learned
about the cut their local shop
union called meeting of the work
ers to decide on action. The union
is an independent, unaffiliated or
ganization and has over $50 men,
bers.
At the meeting on Saturday, June
%, at which the majority of the
workers were present, they unani-
mously decided to fight until the
wage cut is taken back. When the
committee came with an unsatis-
factory reply from the boss the
workers decided that, beginning
Sunday morning, every worker will
stay out on strike.
Two A. F. of L. officials, who
have been attempting to get the
workers of Emaus to join the A. F,
of L., were down in EmauS on Sat-
urday, again finding that none OF
the workers would even come to
their meetings cat the last meet
ing of the A. F. of L. called in
Emaus there were present two
speakers and one in the audience)
They tried to get into the strikers
meeting, but we're kept out by the
workers.
On Monday morning the deter
mination of the workers not to
stand for any wage cuts made the
boss change his mind.
However, the workers of the
Trembleau mill must be on their
guard, because the boss has by no
means given up his hopes of put
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LET'S HAVE MORE CONTRIBU-
TIONS

New York City.
We the workers employed in the
Workers Cooperative Colony in the
Bronx, recognize the improvement
in the contents of the Daily
Worker" and appreciate it greatly
We are enclosing $685. for our
paper and we pledge to help build
the circulation and make the
Daily a real mass paper.
Comradely yours.
WORKERS EMPLOYED IN
THE SHOP OF THE WORK
Frs COOPERATIVE
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A COLORADO C. c. C. CAMP
BY Worker Correspondent

CEDEREDGE, Colo.-We are in a
C.C.C. camp, 18 miles from the near
est town, which has a population
Of 200. We are more than 11,o0o
feet above sea level, and in one of
the most damnable camps in the
U. S.
The food is poor, and one of the
most contemplate captains I ever
came in contact with is in charge.
We are building roads up here for
the forestry service. These men
that have been in during the past
year have built II miles of new
road.
The men are subject to be fired
for the slightest offense. Forty
five are being discharged July l.
and about so more are due about
July 10.