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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-09-19
New Products
Obtained from Petroleum

Drs. Gustav Egloff and L. A.
Meklor of Chicago reported to the
Fuel Division of the American
Chemical Society meeting that by
heating crude oil under pressure
ranging from $50 to 600 pounds to
the square inch, they we're able to
crack" the raw product and OBJ
tain higher yields Of various liquid
fuels. The latter, they declared,
had from to u per cent more
heat units per gallon than the oil
fuels obtained by the usual methods.
Cracking" consists of breaking
down complicated oil molecules into
products like gasoline and kerosene.
By cracking one barrel Of crude oil
you can obtain twice as much gas
oline and kerosene as you can
get from two barrels of crude oil if
only the usual methods Of distilla-
ton are used.
The cracking of petroleum prod
ucts has been used for more than a
decade in the gasoline industry.
But the latest application of the
process to heavy fuels is of great
Importance to oil-burning ships.
The new cracked fuels, it is
pointed out, can be stored in tanks
and used as part of the ships bal
last. AS the oil is consumed by
the engines, sea water can be
pumped into the tanks to main
tain the same ballast. Formerly,
there had been a tendency for the
oil and water to form an emulsion
which caused much damage to the
boilers. But since the cracked oils
are so heavy. there will be but little
mixing Of oil and water, and con-
sequently the boilers will not be
harmed.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-09-19
SharecrOppers Drive n
Off the Land by
Owners
BY HOWARD BOLDT

ACTUAL peonage exists on the
n F.ER.A. projects in Savannah,
Ga, according to authoritative in
formation received here. In the
month of August, many of the relief
workers were handed two cuts, one
of Is per cent, and another of 10
per cent. Out of the starvation re-
lief budgets to each family is taken
the price of milk to babies. In the
past Spring, the unemployed were
urged to plant backyard gardens
and the price Of seed and fertilizer
was taken from the work relief pay.
Most of the unemployed on the
relief lists are forced to work on the
FER.A. projects for their relief
budgets, which on the average are
$7.20 week. In the case of smaller
families, work is staggered every
other week. An average family here
usually numbers about seven.
The relief workers are packed into
trucks, anywhere from twenty-five
to fifty in a truck, are charged fiji
teen to twenty cents each for the
ride, and driven from five to fifteen
miles to work. If he hasn't the cost
Of the truck ride, the worker loses
the days work, since the project is
too far to walk.
Farmers Driven off Land
A SURVEY made of hundreds of
n relief workers here tells one
story large families, many of
them driven off the land by the
owners who found it more profitable
to reduce acreage under the AA.A
"crop-reduction" program. Driven
from their shacks and cabins, the
sharecroppers were forced to come
to the city and apply for relief
Under the present relief admins
traitor, Rose Marie Smith, a former
Minnesota school teacher, many
unemployed white workers are being
denied relief which is being given
to the unemployed Negro workers.
Against this direct act of provoca-
ton many Of the backward elements
are openly talking of arming against
the first object of their resentment
the Negro workers. The more class
conscious Negro and white workers
are secretly meeting together, lay
ing the basis for closer fraterniza-
ton and for joint struggle of Negro
and white workers in the fight for
increased relief.
The survey made among the re-
lief workers and the unemployed
listed eighteen questions on work
conditions on the F.E.R.A. jobs
wages paid, how long period of
investigation before relief is granted,
number of persons in the individ-
ual families, cost of transportation
to the jobs, the number who are
transported in each truck, supple
mentary relief, medical aid, etc. In
all, the principal problems raised by
unemployment and the work condi-
tions on the F.E.R.A. projects were
listed.
In all the returns, identical an
Swers were given. Two skilled work
ers listed higher pay than the others.
Workers disabled while working on
the relief jobs we're getting two to
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-09-19
PeOnGge Conditions on F.ER.A. Jobs
Revealed in Savannah, Ca. Survey
K evival of Slavery
Conditions on
Plantations

each family in December, 1893 was
s1226. The month Of January saw
this figure cut to S11.95 average re-
lief to each family. In February
this was further slashed TO SLIP,
and in March, the latest available
F.E.R.A. complete reports show that
average relief to a family was Sl0.72.
Included in these figures, of course,
is the graft, inefficiency, and need
less expenditures by relief officials.
Because of this. the actual amounts
received by each family is in no way
represented by the above figures.
In this same period. the numbers
on the relief lists in the state have
increased month by month. Thus.
in December, 1888, IA, DAB persons in
the state were on the relief lists. BY
January this had risen to 202, 769;
in February. 1885, 1857, and in March,
1894, the F.ER.A. reports show
1913. 788 persons in the state on the
F. E r. A. relief lists. Wholesale
denial Of any form of relief leaves
other thousands absolutely destitute.
C.WA., which was terminated in
Georgia weeks before it was else
where as the large plantation own
ers brought pressure on the federal
relief administration, offered little
to the workers. Wage differentals
were set up by the C.WA. admins
tration whereby C.W.A. workers re-
ceived thirty cents an hour. The
fat plums were plucked by the poll
ticians for friends and relatives. The
history of that brief interlude in
Georgia when C.W.A. was being
made the football of the large land
owners and the politicians to the
denial Of work to the destitute will
undoubtedly never be made avail
able by the relief administration.
Slave Conditions Revived
WITHIN month after c. w. A.
" began, landowners, eager to
have a large army OF unemployed
for cheap labor on the plantations,
and mill owners, fearing that the
shop workers would demand in
creased wages, brought a storm of
protest around the head of the re-
lief administration. Thus C. w A.
workers, about 30 per cent of whom
were paid less than ten dollars a
week as compared with higher
wages elsewhere, were cut off C,WA.
At the end of March. not one
! person was employed on any form Of
work relief in the state. With the
introduction of the slave conditions
under which each unemployed family
must work for the barest minimum
relief needs, rapid strides were made
in the state in introducing forced
labor. Thus, on April S, in the
state which on the week previous
had no workers employed at work,
4,214 were working for their barest
needs. Within week, on April IL,
the figure had swollen to 11,274
working for budget needs" the re-
lief administrations term for forced
labor Today, each family on the
relief lists, if there is an employ
able" person in the family, must
work for its needs" need which
! the State relief officials have set at
about thirty-five cents family
! day.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-09-19
A Lurking Danger

IN ACCEPTING the challenge of the medcos not mmindfu
Of handicaps their announcement last Saturday
they they the Of repairing IA Of
cylinders therefore obvious that financial returns to this
menacng the doctors might be little
sabotage might of the running for few weeks
worry view of the fact that the Daily
Medical Advisory Board consists of doctors who at the
Whether this guarantee OF fair dealing
entirely since there certain hazards involved in
political the Of the doctors
However that little disturbed about
the politically active medicos
day faint that
appendix merely medical question: is also
political question"
import declaration still not entirely clear
from obtaining alright and
fooproof diagnosis the Medical Advisory Board work out
method which will rid pesous appendix by means OF
pledge to put all efforts behind the Daily
100000 with results that practicable with almost
scientific accuracy.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-09-19
Friday

ST. Room a. subj.ct: The Chinese East
ern Railway Situation" Adm, lSc.
Friday
GALA OPENING of Eastern Theatre Fes-
tival at Civic Repertory Theatre, Friday
Sept. 2lst. $50 pm. WILT, Artef, Jack
London Club of Newark and others. Aus
pieces League of Workers Theatres. ia w
14th ST. Chelsea 2-952s, Admission Csc
to 80 cents.
"SNIPER,' Soviet anti-war film, will be
shown at mass meeting to elect delegates
frcm Downtown Sec Of LID. TO Second
U. S. Congress Against War and Fascicm.
Manhattan Lyceum, IS E. 4th St, $50 p,
m. Prominent speakers. Adm. l5c.
Saturday
REGISTER ct once for special course
for dancers on fundamentals OF Class
Struggle" at Workers Dance League, so e.
18th st. Course, Fridays to $50 pm.
$3.50.
ADDRESS of Michael Colds lecture
changed. He will speak on Literature and
Revolution on Saturday. Sept. 22nd. pm.
at lis University Place cor. 18th st.
Auspices Workers Bookshop. rs cents
worth OF pamphlets entities you to a
FREE ticket Tickets Is cents in advance;
IS cents at door. Only IT'S seats.
INSTALLATION of Branch Brighton
Besch Workers Center. at 5000 Consy Is
land Ave, Brooklyn, Sept. 20 at 8 pm.
Symphonic Quintette. Dance Band. Max
Bcdccht speaker. Auspices, Ernst Thacl-
mann b.. 585 Two.
BAZAAR and Rummage sale at IS
Chaurccy St, Brooklyn, from now until
Saturday. Donations of used clothing or
any article will be accepted. Benefit Crown
Heights Workers School. Phone Or. War
wick. Lafayette 31s24
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-09-19
CHANGE
THE
WORLD!
By SENDER GARLIN

MY HAT is in the ring don't mean a candidate in
A the present election campaign. For reason that
cannot fathom have not been nominated for office
the Communist ticket, although should like nothing
better except, of course, being elected.
Perhaps the comrades of District feel that l would
not but then they probably do not know
that nominated for District Attorney
the Socialist ticket upstate county didn't make much of
campaign largely because had little free time left
after my with the result that the Re-
publican nominee hands down.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-09-19
AFFAIRS FOR THE
DAILY WORKER
Wednesday

Wednesday
ANr1-RELIGIOUs Dinner at Novy Mir
Club, 270o Bronx Park East, Women's
Council %. Proceeds to Daily 2 pm.
ANTI-RELIGIoUS Banquet and Concert
at East Side Workers Club. as Essex st.
Good food served all day. Comrades asked
to come and enjoy a good dinner. All
proceeds to Daily Worker.
Friday
DAILY WORKER Entertainment at Bush
Ave. Hail. Mariners Harbor, Staten Island.
Auspices syec. 10 Unit l. $50 pm
MEETING and Daily Worker Talk. 8 ..
M, at Red Spark Club, 81 Second Ave.
Saturday
MOVIE, entertainment and dance given
by Sec. Unit C.P. for the benefit of
the Daily Worker at the headquarters Of
the Film and Photo League, IL E. 18th ST.
Adm. 25c. Fine time promised.
NeU HdUen, Conn.
DAILY WORKER Affair at 222 Lafayette
St.. Saturday, Sept 20 at Ukrsinian Hall.
Program: Banquet, Play by Unity Players
Group. Dancing. Speaker. Bill Taylor, of
Hartford. Auspices, New Haven C.P. and
Daily Worker Committee
Chicago, III.
DAILY WORKER Affair given by Com
munist Party Unit 407, Friday, pm. at
North Side Center, 543 Wisconsin ST. (le0o
N. Larrabeel. Fine music. Dancing. Re-
freshments. Tickets 10c. At door 15c.
Superior. Wis.
DAILY WORKER Affair, Sunday, Sept.
% at Vasa Hall, 18th and John Ave. Pro-
gram: Musical selections, individual and
group numbers, speakers, games. dancing,
refreshments. Adm. 15c.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-09-19

WJJz-Denny Orch; Harry Rich
man, Songs
WABC-True Crime Drama
:00-WEAF-D'O rsev Orch.
WOR-Dance Orch.
WJZ-Comedy Sketch
WABC-Nick Lucas, Songs
l:15-WJz-Robert Royce. Songs
WABC-Nichols Orch
11:30-WEAF-The New American Navy
Henry L. Roosevelt. Assistant Sec
rotary CT the Navy
WOR-Dance Orch.
WJZ-Bestor Orch.
IL AS WABC-Busse Orch.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-09-19
Poison Ivy Toxic Isolated

Sufferers from poison ivy will be
interested to learn that the toxic
agent in the dreaded three leaYed
scourgs has been isolated and iden-
titled by Professor G. Albert Hall
of Wesleyan University. He re-
ported to the current meeting Of the
American Chemical Society that the
harmful chemical in poison ivy
which harnesses campers and pic
nickers is urushiol.
Many years ago the japanese
chemist Majima isolated the toxic
agent from Japanese lac. 1t will be
remembered that during the nah
jong craze in the late twenties quite
a number of persons were poisoned
by the lac used on their imported
sets.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-09-19
Justice to Poets

TON ADAMS recently released
Hsboro had something his conscience
months Judging a him today
Hisboo jail" Adams writes land want
take the opportunity through your
an unknown poet
published the West Coast Strike
lively editorial
author the hoogow in Hlboro
Fact udging by the nnumerable compliments
have received unfortunately not the author
IN all fairness real author of the should like
tn publish correction"
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-09-19
4 Accept the Challenge

appearing before the electorate
"a ddate Office will nevertheless make contribution to the
Communist That to the
Daily Medical Advisory Board arrives at decision
garding Which brings the subject at hand
The doctors which is conducting the Workers
Health announced that spirit Of Socialist compe
on they undertake the little of $500 in the Daily
Workers financial drive with that air of bslgence
characteristic professional they challenge the artists and col
Daily" shake similar I'll let
Burck DEL and Luke talk for themselves but
department concerned pledge raise $500 share
in the campaign.
I'll count Mike Gold to finish
job persist revolutionary literary cir
ready return to the job of carrying
this column.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-09-19
Thursday

CONCERT DANCE given by Crown
Heights Workers School, at Elks Hall, 1858
Fulton ST., Brooklyn, S pm. WILT. Fed
Dancers. Nigob-Piarist. Del-Cartoonist.
Fine Jazz band. Adm. 4oc.
LECTURE by Hansu Chan. $40 pm. 1T
Friends of Chinese People. 1913 W. 23rd
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-09-19
Those Yacht Races


OUCH these yachts whether the pleasure cruise
variety racers writes they're Take all the
which brass varnsh 1t all
polished rupuousy certain time each
morning enough that the
won't the drops in the precious decks and rails
always lots Of bright work yachts
of when the
The be only two between 80 and &c.
Morgans Corsa' Often the stands by the
waiting whether the Atlantic
Scottish conference with Sir Montague Nor
Corsair almost equal big liner in quick crossing
spend only week two aboard his yacht
although spend most of the cruising The
the There always parties
shake cocktails for and clean after And there all
down. Master Not Aboard
Dining his yacht club insignia his private signal ETC. Nor
skull cosbones be his personal flag
slightly discreet star and crescent.
sight buy build and to maintain
really into the fancy thousands of
Vanderbilt has unused boarded with tar
paper Geenpo Ihere for two He built
the dollar Rainbow to meet the British chal
lenger game rich mems toys It's of Wander
railroad shipping estate millions against the wartime
and postwar British aircraft millions of T. o. M Sopwih
workers will of fun with the yachts Soviet
America will with the bright wor
keep that, too, Ell.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-09-19
Thirty Against One

did the 80 doctors make their challenge than two
this through with contributions for the
dollar donation from reader in Blue
Lake. the other cents from comrade in In
that take pohot Douglas Mac
Points This comrade after paying his respects to
Gov Green Rhode Island, ends with this plea:
these takers against stone wall with nice red bricks
Is Use it where it is needed most
indianapolis didn't specify where he wanted the
quarteS don't in the entire world where
than in the Daily Worker.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-09-19

ST. Room IL. Subj.ct: The Chinese East
ern Railway Situation" Adm lSc.
Eridnu
Evening star., 1934-03-10
|DR. PIERCE'S TOPIC
TO TOBE'TEMPTATION'
Sermon of All Souls Minister
Tomorrow Another Of Series on
Great Moments"

Continuing a series Of sermons on
Great Moments in q Great Life"
DR.. Ulysses G. B. Pierce, minister Of
All Souls Unitarian Church, will
preach tomorrow at the II o'clock
service on 1.-THE Temptation; the
Great Refusal" At pm. the Or
ganist, Lewis Corning Atwater, has
arranged a half-hour program Of
organ music. This will be followed
at $50 by book chat on a recent
publication, "T. N. THESE Ma
tional Tax-Eaters," by the author, T.
by a committee of the Business and
Professional Women's Club from 6
to o'clock. The feature at the
motion picture hour in Pierce Hall
at 7:3O will be Berkeley Square" I"
with Leslie Howard.
Mrs. ]. H. Thoms heads the COM
mittee of the Women's Alliance in
charge of the bridge luncheon March
13. Tuesday evening at O'Clock
the conference class conducted by the
minister will discuss "Jesus-Myth,
Dogma or Friend? His Place and
Power in Modern Thought The
monthly dance under the auspices of
the Laymen's League will take place
on Thursday evening. On March 16
the feature at the foreign language
cinema presentation will be Eliza
Evening star., 1934-03-10
FOURTH IN SERIES
OF LENTEN SERMONS

At st. Paurs Lutheran Church to-
morrow morning. DR.. Henry w. Sny-
der will preach the fourth in a series
Of Lenten sermons on "Christ's Tri-
umph Over Dread" At the evening
service Testimonies of Devils" will be
his topic.
At the union service OF Lutheran
Churches held in Grace Church, Mon-
day evening. DR.. Snyder will be the
speaker on the theme, Heroic Sacri-
fees"
On Sunday evening the Luther
League will join with the League OF
the Church of the Incarnation at the
latter church, while Miss Marlin Pence
will lead the Christian Endeavor de-
votional service at st. Pauls.
A meeting of teachers and officers
Of the Sunday school will be Tuesday
evening and the Sewing Circle or
Tuesday. II to 3.
The Church Council and the Wom-
ems Missionary Society will meet
Wednesday evening.
Evening star., 1934-03-10
MORALITY, TOPIC
| Of DR.. ST0CKDALE
First Congregational Pastor
to Give Two Sermons
Tomorrow.

DR.. Allen A. Stockdale, pastor OF
the First Congregational Church. an
nounces Aspects of Modern Morality"
as his sermon subject for the IL
o'clock service. At pm. he will give
an address on What Is Theosophy?"
The vested choir under the direction
of Ruby Smith Stahl will sing at
both services.
The Calvin Coolidge Mems Glass,
under the leadership of DR.. B. B
James, meets in the east parlor. The
Young Peoples Society will meet at
$50 o'clock. Robert Hobbs will lead
discussion on "A New Deal of Re-
ligion." Miss Barbara Davis is wor-
ship chairman. The church night
supper and service will be omitted
Thursday.
The Working Band Will meet Mon
day at 10 o'clock in the Sunday
school room The Standing Committee
meets Monday evening. The Woman's S
Society will meet Tuesday at IL
o'clock in the Sunday school room.
Mrs. Charles L. Carhart, for many
years a missionary in foreign lands,
will be the guest speaker. Her sub
ject will be Oriental Women of To-
Evening star., 1934-03-10
"FAITH FOR TODAY"
REV. COALE'S TOPIC
Children's Story to Be on Rita
Larch" at Brightwood
Park Church.

At the Brightwood Park NJ E.
Church tomorrow morning Rev. S.
Carroll Coale, minister, will speak on
Faith for Today" Rita Larch" will
be the subject of the childrens story.
The High School League will meet at
GAS pm. and the Young Peoples So
ciety at Z.
The Cole Glass Club will attend the
evening service in body. The min
ister will preach on within Calling
Distance" The class trio, consisting
OF Mrs. Sarah Neifert, Mrs. Hazel E.
Hopkins and Miss Lucy E. Hopkins,
will sing
Circle No. will meet Monday eve
ming at the home of Mrs. P M. Bar
rows, with Mrs. E. G. Koenig as joint
hostess Circle No 3 will meet with
Mrs. w. D. Wilson, 809 Jefferson
street and Mrs. Pitt will be joint
hostess
The Downs Bible class will hold a
business meeting at the home of Mrs.
Elizabeth Peterson, 502 Nicholson
street, Tuesday evening. The Cole
Glass Club will hold a business meet
ing and social in the social hall We'd
neSday evening"
An operetta, Miss Bob White,
sponsored by Circle No. 2, will be given
in the church school Friday evening.
The Fidelis class will present a
three-act comedy "The Other Ghost, "
under the direction of Mrs S. Carroll
Coale, at Hamline Church Friday eve
ming.
Evening star., 1934-03-10
POOR IN SPIRIT"
MINISTER'S TOPIC
DR.. V. N. RidgeIy to Speak
Tomorrow at Calvary
Methodist.

DR.. Vernon N. Ridgely, minister of
the Calvary NJ E. Church, will preach
tomorrow morning on "The Poor in
Spirit and at the evening service he
will preach another sermon in the
series on the life of Abraham-'The
Supreme Test" The junior choir will
sing at the morning service and the
young peoples choir at the evening
service. Both of these choirs are con-
Quoted by Louis Potter, who also will
lead the song service at the opening
OF the evening worship.
Miss Dorothy Potter will be the
leader of the young peoples service
at 7 o'clock The subject will be
What 1t Means to Be Christian in
the Home" The Lenten service Will
be held Thursday evening, with the
minister in charge.
On next Sunday evening the COM
bined senior and young peoples choirs
will present Gaul's oratorio, The Holy
City" at the O'Clock service. A guest
soloist. organist and pianist will ac-
company and Louis Potter will con-
duct.
DR.. Hugh Dryden will be the speaker
at the service conducted by the mems
class at the Central Union Mission
Monday evening. DR.. Margaret Kau-
fold will sing and L. R. Turner and
Herman Welsh will assist Henry
Rhodes, who is in charge.
Mrs. E. NJ Hall will entertain Circle
No of the Woman's Guild at her
home Tuesday, with Mrs. H G. War
ing, Miss H. z. Fowler and Mrs. J. L.
Leverton assisting. Mrs NJ. Agard
will entertain Circle No. Thursday
at her home.
Evening star., 1934-03-10
VISITATION CAMPAIGN
AT ELDBROOKE CHURCH
New Members to Be Sought.
School Board Will Meet
Tomorrow.

THE Instability of Things" is the
sermon subject of Rev. Walter M.
Michael at Eldbrooke M. E. Church to-
morrow morning Workers in vista
ton campaign of evangelism will be
consecrated at this service to go forth
and win new members for the church.
Eldbrooke will unite with Wesley
Church at 8 pm. in the closing serv-
ice of joint preaching mission that
has been conducted during the past
week This service will be in charge
of the pastors of the officiating
churches.
A Church School Board meeting,
with election of officers, will be held
at 4 pm, followed by tea. The
High School League and Young Peo-
pies Society will have their devotional
service at 7 pm.
The all-day meeting of the ladies'
organizations will be held Wednesday
at II am, with lunch at noon by
Patience Circle. A bake sale will be
held by Thompson Circle in connec-
ton with the luncheon.
The Official Board will meet at 7
pm. Wednesday and will be followed
at 8 pm. by the fourth quarterly con-
ference. DR.. B. w. Meeks, superin-
tendent of the Washington district,
will preside and will be in charge Of
devotionS.
The annual thank offering and So
cial of the Woman's Foreign Mis-
sionary Society will be held on Friday
evening at the home of Mrs. H E.
Riley, 5000 Wisconsin avenue