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Comraoa Leo. M. of Erie Pa. wrote
recently, saying: Some time ago
some reference was made to birth
control, in your Home column.
However for several weeks now
nothing on this subject appeared.
IT am greatly interested in your
and DR., Luttinger's departments in
the Daily and assure you they have
served me greatly since they made
their appearance.
while fully understand that
birth control is not st. yet 1 real
lie very well how birth control can
immensely tighten the conditions
of struggle of workers, though it
can never be looked upon as a subs
titute for that struggle.
Undoubtedly it is the lack of
space which prevents your giving
more publicity to this important
question (Correct!-H L. and it is
for this reason that I'm asking you
20 send me the address of the Birth
Control Review to secure more d.
rect information on the birth con-
srol movement.
Again assuring you that do not
ook upon birth control as a sub
;titute for struggle,
remain, comradely,
LEO M"
We sent this information, as fol-
lows: (Others may also find it use
full The Birth Control Review
is published (monthly) by the
American Birth Control League,
Inc, 689 Madison Ave, New York
City.
Mrs. Margaret Sanger is Natl.
Chairman of the Natl Committee
IN Federal Legislation for Birth
Control, II w. 18th St., New York
City.
There are 10 state organizations
affiliated with the American Birth
Control League listed in the Birth
Control Review of May, 1882; for
Conn, Della, ILL.,, Ind, Mass, Mich,
Mimi, Mo, Penna., and r. I.
(Will send any of these addresses on
request) The July 1888 issue lists
also Ark, Fla, Ca, KY, Me, and
Va, but without addresses.
Comrade Leo is correct: legalized
birth control will not solve the "un-
employment problem" as the ladies
associated with the above organiza-
tons fondly imagine. eve must
have an article showing why not.)
For the present, however, it is well
to be acquainted with the progress
of the movement for legalization of
birth control.
Another Little Household Wrinkle
Comrade zelke sends this House
hold hint for impoverished worker
families: razor blades can be used
ten times longer than designed by
the Razor Blade Kings, by rotating
them briskly on the inside of a wet
tuplbler Works better than a
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-03-16
80 Doctor
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ndl,iae1:
BY PAUL LUTTINGER, MD.

the fish was reserved for the feasts
on holidays. The male halibut
weighs about 80 pounds, while the
female may attain the weight of
400 pounds or more. Like all floun-
ders, the halibut has a migrating
eye. In the young fish, the eyes
are normally placed; but, as the
fish grows, one of the eyes begins
to migrate until both eyes lie on
the right side and the fish swirns
on the left side, which becomes
white. Most of the halibut fisher
les center around Seattle, Washing
ton. We do not know why the hall
but liver contains more Vitamins
A and D than the cod liver. The
halibut livers are smaller.
Addiction to Pantopon
F. M.-Your mother has become
a morphine addict. Pantopon is
narcotic drug containing morphine
Notwithstanding the claims of the
manufacturers. We do not know of
any remedy which will make it pos
sible for you to further decrease the
amount of the narcotic which she
has become accustomed to take. AS
to building her up, we find that
foods and tonics are OF not much
use in these cases. Injections of
iron should be tried. With the Iron
certain amount of calcium Gime)
should be injected. In fact you
could inject the iron and lime to-
gether with the tablet of Pantopon
that you are using. Ask your drug
gist to give you two dozen aanpules
of glycero-phosphate of iron and a
like number of ampules Of calcfMp
glueqnate. Give her esas ansp1as q
each every daa
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-03-16
Postal Telegraph
MeSSengerSAreNOt
Paid for Overtime
(By Postal Telegraph Messenger)

by a Postal Telegraph Messenger
NEW YORK-The office where
work certainly treats the messengers
like dirt. If we put up any kick
about working overtime, which we
have to do many times, then we're
told We'll get the gate. They don't
say anything about the extra time
that we put in, but if we come late
once, then we're in plenty of hot
water. If the company expects to
be so careful about every minute of
work, then why don't they check up
and pay us all for the extra time?
But I guess it only works one way,
and that is the way it suits the COM
pany. All of us are pretty sore.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-03-16

BY Shipy'd Worker Correspondent
Some impressions by Jack Ger
agility, delegate Of the Central La
Dor Council of Pallejo, Cal, to the
Nov. Z anniversary celebration in
Moscow. Written for my former
shOpmates in the Brooklyn Navy
Yard.)
Although I brought back from the
U.S.S.R. six note books crammed
with data concerning the First
Workers Republic, interesting to me
and perhaps to all workers, I have
but short space for a synopsis Of
what saw there.
The delegation, after travelling by
the "hard" class trains through
France, Germany, Esthonia, Lat
via and section of the US.S.R.,
arrived at the Leningrad station,
where we were greeted by a large
group of workers, headed by a brass
band.
This was a shock to us. We knew
that Jimmy Walker or Queen Ma
RE of Roumania are received in
capitalist countries with a brass
band, but not workers delega-
ton, even though an aristocrat of
labor happened to be one of the
delegates. OF course in America we
have seen workers delegations
greeted by the police force but not
headed by the police band.
Seven Hour Day
In Leningrad we visited the fac
tories. The seven-hour day was in
operation. Complete medical atten-
ton was furnished to the workers
and their families, principally at
the factory hospitals. Activities of
all kinds are centered around the
job, sports, culture, education, etc.
We met our first Triangle" in the
Stain Metal Plant at Leningrad-
the manager, the trade union chair
man and the Communist Party rep
resentative of the factory.
We visited Soviets and found
them to be truly representative of
the working class. We were told of
and saw the Improvements in the
housing conditions, industrial ex-
pansion, cultural and educational
developments made since the Oc-
tober Revolution.
Tho f,.oda t,Y,,or,c - 4Iao
Union administer the Soviet Insur-
ance Fund, and see to further pro-
duction and to increase the mate
rial well being of the workers by
rapidly industrializing the entire
country; 95 per cent of the indus
trial workers are in the trade
unions.
Reviewed Parade
We were in the reviewing stand
in the Red Square in Moscow dur
ing the Nov. 7 celebration. We saw
a splendid army, we'll equipped.
Workers from the factories in their
civilian clothes, marching with ri
f1es, and other workers, men and
women, hundreds of thousands,
marching, dancing and singing
throughout the streets and Red
Square. Banners, models, placards,
were held aloft.
We went to Kazan, capital of the
Tartar Republic, and found that the
Soviet Union grants full equality to
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-03-16
Package of Food
In 5 Weeks Is All
Relief Negro Gets

by a Negro Worker Correspondent
OXFORD, Miss.-I am writing a
letter concerning the government. I
went up there to sign up about three
weeks ago and they told me to wait
until they came out to investigate
the house and so I did. About two
weeks ago, which is five weeks since
I signed, they came back and asked
me about my need, and I told them
all about it, so they told me to come
to town the following Saturday, so
I went.
They gave me three lbs. Of flour,
the same amount of sugar and rice
and coffee; no lard, no meat, no
clothes and very little of anything,
and one Of them said, You could
get some work to do."-when they
know there wasn't any for the poor
colored worker to do. And they
haven't been back to see just how
we are getting along. I don't know
how they expect us Negroes to live.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-03-16

".
II was at this second Congress
that the famous Theses Of Lenin on
the National and Colonial Question
was placed before the world in
sharp antagonism to the social
chauvinism of the Second Interna-
tional in which the labor bureau
crazy plays the foul role Of ally Of
the imperialism capitalists against
the vast millions Of colonial slaves.
'PrOletarians of all countries
and oppressed peoples, unite!"
This slogan, accurate, as Lenin
explained, from the aspect of pres
ent day politics" sharply marked
the course of the Communist Inter
national.
"The Socialist revolution will
be not only and mainly a struggle
of the revolutionary prOletarians
in every country against their
own bOurgeOisie; no, it will be a
struggle of all the colonies and
countries oppressed by imperial
ism against international inn
perialism.'
From PARKWAY Asia and Indonesia,
from Turkey, Persia and India, be-
gan to vibrate the first tremors Of
the awakening of the three quarters
of the world that would come to al
lance with the revolutionary in
dustrial proletariat, confirming the
words of Marx written in the 1865:
Eve may boldly prOphesy that
the Chinese revolution filings a
spark into the powder magazine
Of the modern productive system
and precipitates the long prepar-
ing general crisis, which will be
Immediately followed, when 1t
spreads across the frontiers, by
political revolution on the Con-
tinent."
The year 1920 was turbulent in
Europe. The Red Army was de-
feated in Poland in July, 1920. In
Italy the workers factory occupa-
ton" occurred in September.
The Third Congress Of the Com
munist International met in the
summer of 1881, at a time Of great
moment to the world revolution.
The March Action" of the German
proletariat of that spring had been
crushed. The Kronstadt rebellion
had flashed its onninous threat to
the life of the revolutionary re-
public. War Communism" had Civ
an way to the New Economic Policy
IN. E. P).
The bourgeoisie, on world scale,
was on the offensive. The Third
Congress of the Q. I. said in that
situation
The task of the c. I. in the
present period consists in the
leadership of the defensive strug-
gle Of the proletariat, in the
broadening, deepening, and con-
centrating of this struggle, in its
transformation in accordance with
the given circumstances, into an
offensive struggle, and in raising
of this struggle into a revolution
airy struggle for the overthrow Of
the bourgeoisie and the establish
ment Of the proletarian dictator
ship"
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-03-16
PARTY LIFE
Cleveland Dist. MObiLizes to
Carry Out Coneention Tasks
Communist Party of Ohio adopts Sharp ReSo-
LutiOns in Reviewing York of Past Months

The Ohio District Plenum met on
Feb. Bird and 4th, and on the basis Of
the reports given, opened up the
Party convention discussion, and
a sharp resolution revising
the work of the past three months
and outlined eight control tasks I'M
til the District convention.
On the basis of an analysis of the
resolutions and discussions of the
18th E. G. G. I and 18th G. c.
Plenums. the District Committee ex-
amined the work of the past three
The Plenum emphasized that:
I'VE see clearly that new strike
wave of larger proportion than
even last year will mature swiftly,
combined with mass discomfort,
and struggles of the unemployed,
homeOwners, inteIIectuals, vet
Grams, and Electromagnetic, be-
cause the n. r. A., while failing
to overcome the crisis of capital
ism, has chained the masses to the
industrial codes, and they will
now be faced soon with the sharp
est rise in prices, thus launching
a still greater attack on the living
standards and conditions of the
workers. There are deep rum
blings of discomfort and already
beginnings of struggles, which our
Party must give leadership to at
once. To prepare the Party to
lead these struggles and the
maturing strike wave in Ohio
through intensifying and i'm
proving our daily mass work, Is the
central task Of this Pienu1n.
Around this, all questiOns-defeat-
ing influence Of Social Fascists
"a. F. of L.-American Workers
Party; concentration tasks; over
hauling life and work of units to
make them conscious that they are
the decisive base of the Party
amongst the masses; drastic ad-
justments in language work and
financial policies to fit in with
concentration tasks; deepening
political understanding of Party,
and swift building of Party and
Y. c. L. in basic industries-must
revolve." District PIenum Resi-
The Plenum emphasized that tc
prepare the Party 30 lead these
struggles now, it was necessary to
arouse the Party to an understand
ing Of the demagogic moves and
phrases of the bourgeoisie and then
Social Fascist supporters of all
shades "a. F. Of L-Ohio Unem-
ployed Leagues - Farmers Labor
Party-American Workers Party.)
In dealing with the opportunist I'M
derestimation Of the A. F. of L., the
Plenum stated:
TN Ohio, we see that in many
places, we have given way to A.
F. of L. penetration of shops even
where we previously had a foot
hold of the Revolutionary unions.
This is particularly true in steel
Canton, Newcastle, Farrell, Car
negie in Youngston, Otis in Cleve-
land, Etc. where there was too
much the attitude, THE A. A. Is
dead--the workers will have no
thing to do with it," Precisely be-
cause of this underestimation Of
the A. F. of L., which was accom-
panied by Understanding the
need Of intensifying the building
Of the Revolutionary unions and,
of course, complete neglect of
working in such A. F. of L. unions,
the A. F. of L. comes forward and
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-03-16
Telegraph Union
Rank and File
OuStReaCtiOnary
(By a Telegraph Worker
Correspondent

NEW YORK CITY, was one of
the first to join the United Tele-
graphers of America, which is an in
organization. I dropped
out because I plainly saw the
manouvering of Shinnick. to drive
the membership into the G. T. U. A.,
an A. F. of L. affiliate.
I see now, however, that Shinnick
is out and so are his hangers on.
Good for ire U. T. A.
Shinnick reigned supreme over
the union for six months. He re-
puliated decisions of the board and
the membership. The rank and file
ras acted in this case and showed
its indignation against such leader
ship.
The rank and file must crush all
issues that tend to vest authority
in the hands of a few. None other
than company unionism can result
from such practice.
If the U. T. A. wants to grow let
it show definite action in the direc-
ton of a real union controlled by
the rank and file.
A POSTAL TELEGRAPH
OPERATOR.
Editors Note: This worker
gives sound advice, and we assume
he now sees that it is wrong for a
class conscious worker to drop out
Of an organization because Of q
reactiOnary leadership. He should
stay in the organization, as he now
points out, and fight for rank and
file control and a militant pro-
gram,
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-03-16
Daily Yorker Reading
Circle of RaiIrOaders
Planned in HOrneU
BY a Worker Correspondent


HORNELL, N. we are just
getting organized here. This is
a railroad center. We are plan
ming to have a reading circle of
railroaders in the near future,
and will increase our Daily
Worker order accordingly. The
Daily has very good approach
TO the problems Of the workers.
Try and have more news about
the railroads.
EDITORS NOTE: One way
we can have more news about
the railroads is for railroad
workers themselves to send us
more letters about their condi-
tions OF work, their opinions
about what Is going on In their
industry, In their organiza-
tions, etc.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-03-16
The 3rd COmintern Congress
And Postwar Developments
United Front and Workers and Peasants
Government Slogans GiUen Much attention

RY ROBERT MINOR-

The Congress fought out the
problems Of the German March
Action, condemning the right OPP
portunist psssivity of Levi and the
left" theory of the offensive"
ITO the masses!" was the cry of
the Third Congress to its section.
Mass Communist parties must be
formed. There were 500 delegates
from 50 countries. A great strength
ening of the orientation Of the
Communist Parties was brought
about at the Third Congress, after
which the united front slogan and
the slogan of the workers govern
ment we're brought to the front.
C. P. in U. S. A.
Immediately following the Third
Congress Of the c. L, the First Con-
gress of the Red International Of
Labor Unions took place in Mos
COW.
In the United States, the newly
formed American section of the
Communist international, then con-
tanning in an open political party
the decisive sections seeding from
the Socialist Party, had been
smashed as an open organization by
the red raids" Of Attorney Cen
eral Palmer and the liberal" pres
ident, woodrow Wilson, in January,
1920. The Communist Party in the
United States was living a narrow
underground existence, harraSSed by
countless prosecutions Of its leaders.
1t was the time of the great post
war economic struggles. Railroad,
coal, steel and textile strikes were
either raging or maturing. Greatest
of all was the big steel strike Of
1880, the leader of which was
william q. Foster, a man OF wide
revolutionary background both in
the Socialist Party and in the trade
union movement, the I.W.W. as well
as the A. F. Of L. The inevitable
treachery of the A. F. of L. bureau
cracy in relation to the steel strike
leading to the defeat of the work
ers, brought to a head the sharp
differences between the bureaucracy
and the strike leader, Foster, who
had come to symbolic the revolu-
tionary trend in the trade unions.
Foster attended the Third Con-
gress of the Communist Interna-
tional and also the first Congress
of the Red International of Labor
Unions, at which he played prom
inent role in the shaping of policy
From the Third Congress of the
Communist International there fol-
lowed the fusing of a considerable
section of revolutionary trade union
lists under Fosters leadership into
the Communist Party of the U.S.A.,
and this brought a big increase Of
strength to the weakest side Of the
American section of the Communist
International. Foster, already the
most widely known leader Of the
American workers economic strug-
giles, became, with Ruthenberg, the
/ foremost OF the leaders of the
American Communist Party.
! ITO Be Continued
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-03-16


on Soviet ships. I wish was
Russian. would be in the marine
industry now.
AS I explained about the social
room for the men. When they are
working, the upholstered daven-
ports are covered with linen, so as
to keep the social room in first
class condition. These covers are
laundered just like the bed linen.
Now the Manhattan and Wash
ington are ships of about $4,000
tons, carrying deck crew of As
men. The petty officers are the
only unlicensed men aboard the
ship that have q roona for them
selves
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-03-16
ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS

Gastric Ulcers
w. H., EverSon, Wa5h.-You have
to be careful with your diet, other
wise you will find yourself in a
dangerous condition. If you do not
wish to be operated upon, ask your
druggist to give you the following
prescription which might prevent
heartburn, hyperacidity and the
pressure pain that you complain of:
Bismuth subnitrate
Calcium lactate
Heavy oxide of magneSia
Fifteen grains of each to be taken
three times a day after meals. Let
us know how these powders affect
you, after taking them for two
weeks.
Pregnancy During Menopause
E. D., Lawrence, Mass.-Yes,
pregnancy does occur during the
menopause (change of life). It
does not happen very often. but it
is frequent enough to teach us to
be cautious. We would advise you
to continue the precautions that
you are now taking until the memo
pause is definitely established.
This means until at least one year
has passed after the last men,
strual period.
Halibut
Martin G., indianapolis. Ind
The halibut belongs to the founder
family. You do not see it in aquari-
ums because it is hard to catch
halibut alive. 1t can only live in
deep, cold water. The liver of the
halibut contains more Vitamins A
and D in proportion than cod liver.
The name halibut comes from the
name holy because in oloen times
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-03-16
Militancy Wins
Demands at Bklyn.
Paper Bag Plant

INDIANAPOLIS, Ind.-A memo
rial meeting for John Reed, Ameri-
can Bolshevik who died in Moscow
in 1920, will be held by the John
Reed Club of Indianapolis on
Friday, March Is, at Columbia
Securities Building, 143 E. Ohio
Street.
Paul Romano, correspondent of
the New Masses in Indianapolis,
will speak on John Reed-and
After
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-03-16
NOTE:

We publish letters every Friday
from workers in the transpOrta-
ton and communications indus
trieS-railroad, marine, surface
lines, subway, elevated lines, ex-
press companies, truck drivers,
etc.-and from the communica-
tiOns industries-post office, tele-
phone, telegraph, etc.
We urge workers from these
industries to write us of their
conditions of work, and their
struggles to organize. Please get
these letters to us by Tuesday of
each week.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-03-16
How Railroad
BurOCratS Try
To Stop Struggle
by a Railroad Worker
Correspondent

ERIE, Pa.-The Railroad Labor
Bureaucrats try to avoid giving the
rank and file any opportunity to
voice their dissatisfaction at the
coming wage negotiations. The
bureaucracy knows that any attempt
to continue the present 10 per cent
cut, or to cut still further, will be
resented. They, therefore, are try
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-03-16
Police Terror and
Graft in st. Louis
(By a Worker Correspondent

by a Worker CorreSpOndentI
ST. LOUIS, Mo.-The cops here
have started holocaust of beating
workers and intellectuals. They
beat one of the st. Louis University
students who was a spectator at
demonstration at the Austrian Con-
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-03-16
Can You Make EN-
Yourself?

Pattern 1897 is available in sizes
IA, Is, 10, 20, 80, "a, SO, 80, 40 and AZ.
Size 16 takes 314 yards 36-inch
fabric.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-03-16
EGN s.
IN tin, Hal.|4 IIgleR
GAMMA HELEN SS11s51 LUXE q R &

dollar strop' The tumbler, of
course has to be a plain straight
sided one.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-03-16

sulate's office. This sadist, Bowers,
is an offender at beating up workers
that are in the picket lines during
strikes.
Mayor Dickman was called to
Washington to answer graft charges.
The city fathers stole over three
weeks pay from the C. w. A. work.
ers, as the G. w. A. jobs here did not
start here until three weeks after
the rest of the National projects
started.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-03-16
Another Little Household Wrinkle

Comrade zelke sends this House
hold hint for impoverished worker
families: razor blades can be used
ten times longer than designed by
the Razor Blade Kings, by rotating
them briskly on the inside of a wet
lumber. Works better than