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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-01-03

is necessary to point out that the
District still is faced with many OBJ
stacles when it comes to the check
ing up on payments for tickets, cole
lection lists, ETC. This still is a REM
nant of the past, which we must over
come Immediately and teach our
comrades from the lowest ranks up,
to keep records and settle accounts
instead of dragging this out for
months and in many instances for
years. At the same time it is neces-
sary to point out that in a number
of mass organizations closely con-
nected with our Pafty we have not
as yet been able to receive regular
monthly financial reports. This is a
serious weakness which we must strive
to overcome at the very shortest per-
iod of time. Already we have gotten
in touch with the leading fractions
of these organizations and taken up
with them this question concretely
SO that We expect some good results
in this connection.
n, A few months ago, the Central
Committee has made some rear
rangements in connection with the
dues system of our Party, that is, a
large percentage remains in the units
below. This was done in order to
enable these units to carry out more
independent activity, to issue leaflets,
throw-aways, etc. in the name Of the
unit and to develop the unit as an
independent political factor. In
checking up on the results Of this
dues system, it is necessary to point
out that in our District in most in
stances, though the units are re-
ceiving this increased percentage on
dues, they have not utilized this adj
ditional money to develop the political
work of the units to a higher step.
There is no doubt that the main
fault lies with us in the District for
not keeping after the units and poll
tically explaining the reasons of this
Central Committee decision, and In
that way help the units to develop
their initiative and come out openly
as political factor in the struggles
OF the workers in their neighbour
hoods. This question we will under
take to overcome Immediately and
expect that generally in our District
there will be no repetition OF fin
ancial hooliganism as there existed
in the years gone by.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-01-03
Relief Workers Union Gets
Good Start in Oshkosh, Wis.
Leaflet Scores First Point When Workers
Get Jobs Nearer Home

about 275 men employed making a
park. In the park they are laying
out baseball diamonds, soft ball dia-
mond, football acid, tennis courts,
bride path, wading pool, stone side
walks, 80-foot road. This road is to
be laid with quarry stone set on
edge, a type of road that was built
some Is years ago, what they call
macadam. 1t is all hand labor. l
was working on the road bed here,
as are many others, grading with
shovel and pick, which is very hard
work, as the ground is frozen. The
lake is on a side of this park and
the ice froze inches thick.
AS I was working, one of the
bosses come over (by the way a
boss for every 20 men) and said,
Hard work, amt it?" l said, eyes. +"
"Well," he said, "take your time.
If you only dig a spoonful out, that s
enough, as long as you keep NOV
ing"
It certainly is a joke, when you
look at it from the class-conscious
viewpoint. Machines standing idle,
yet they send out the mass of hui
man beings with pick and shovels
so that they may earn just enough
for the bare necessities of life, in
many cases not even sufficient for
that.
Workers IS years old to 20 years
old, some stopped over from long
years of hard labor, some never had
a pick or shovel in their hands, and
after few days work, their hands
swell up so that it is impossible for
them to hold on to pick or shovel.
Some of these workers have worked
in shops all their lives, and are not
used to working in the cold, with
insufficient clothes, skilled workers,
carpenters, painters, bricklayers,
tinsmiths, truckdrivers, plasterers,
machinists, steamfitters, etc. All
workers become unsllilled, while
the machines stand and rust.
Fellow workers, the only solution
is organization. By organizing we
can win better working conditions
and a higher standard of life.
Skilled workers should either get
work of their skill at union rates, or
Unemployment Insurance.
After all the jobs that the C. W.
A. has started, there are just as
many on relief. Is it any wonder
Harry L. Hopkins wants to see
bands in certain places where the
workers go as a solution to the de-
preston? Bands may be all right,
but they won't fill up the stomach.
They are now giving saI the
workers on the jobs cards to fill out,
so they can find out some reason
to fire you. The payrolls are getting
too large, the administrators of the
c. W. A. jobs have to make their
jobs last. County directors, region
al directors, regional inspectors,
supervisors and what not, are build
ing up organizations to suppress
and Cypress the workers. These
people are all hand-picked, getting
jobs and pay at the expense of the
workers,
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-01-03
Alabama Rulers Bar Negroes
From democratic Primaries

bama's Black Belt. He is an out
spoken Negro-hater and Negro
batter, the representative of the most
reactionary forces in the state. After
being in the political shade for many
years, Heflin returns to the scene on
an open platform of white SUI
premacy."
Heflin's part in the prosecution of
the five Tallapoosa sharecroppers,
heroes of the battle of Reeltown, who
now sit in Speigner Prison because
of their struggle for bread was cor
rectly interpreted at the time as in
dicating desire to return to poll
tical HE. Heflin has recently been
carrying on campaign of unbridled
SANDER against the Scottsboro boys,
whom he labels in public meetings as
filthy black niggers" who must burn
in the electric chair if white wo-
manhood" is to be safe in the South.
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about the A. F. OF L. having recogni-
ton in the shop. If I were you, Joe,
I would not talk so much about rec
ignition, I would do something about
it to show the workers what it means
to have union, and to fight for the
workers rights in the shop.
Praises Daily Worker
Phil Dagostino read the article
that was in the Dec. 20 Daily Worker
about him. He admitted it was true.
He was asked by worker what he
thought about the Daily. He said it
was good paper for the workers.
So Phil ought to read it every day
and find out what the A. F. of L.
leaders are doing all over the coun-
try, how they help the N. R. A. to
break and sell out strikes for the
boss class.
How about the N.T.W.U., Phil?
You said it was the best union dur
ing the strike. We all know it hasn't
changed since the strike. The chair
man of the Victory belongs in the
A. F. of L. but carried out the policy
of the N.TW.U., so he was dis
charged. The workers called a strike.
The A. F. of L. leaders told the work
ers to go back to work Thy would
take care of the chairman. They told
the chairman not to make so much
trouble for the boss. A few days later
the chairman got a job in another
department. But it was the unity of
the workers that got him back in
the shop. Keep up the good work,
chairman.
A worker in the Arrow Piece Dye
Works went to work and put silk on
three dye tub machines and got it
ready to put in the dye. Then he
was told to go home Some one else
TOOK his place after he did the heavy
work. Do you think that is fairP
How about some action for this
worker in this shop, chairman? How
would you like to come in the shop
for one or two hours and then go
home. How can these workers keep
their families, pay rent and other
things on such little pay? The chair
man in this shop belongs to the A.
F. of L. union.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-01-03
READERS ASKED TO REPORT
NAZI PROPAGANDA

Comrade Editor:
Last week, at a fire in Newark,
boxes of Maxi propaganda were
carried out. This is only one
of the many nests which the Nazis
have established in the U. s.
We are sure all readers would
like to knew of instances of Nazi
propaganda being spread privately
and publicly throughout the coun-
try. May we therefore, through
your columns, ask all readers to
write to the Daily Worker about
any such incidents, with as many
details as possible.
The N. Y. Committee to Aid the
Victims of German Fascism can
use this material to tremendous
advantage in proving to outsiders
that the Nazi menace is close at
home.
New York Committee To
Aid Victims of German Fas-
cism, $40 Broadway, N. Y.c.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-01-03
Textile Trilnmers
Join Unemployment
Insurance Struggle
By a Textile Worker Correspondent

BY Textile Worker Correspondent
NEW yORK-Tbe history of the
Texti1e Trirnnoino WORKERS Union is
the history of The STRUGGLES If tho
workers of the tr;rnr,i,,g Industry fo,.
ba++or and ~,ona +a1anahIa aoJ;-
49,; c, u nv N- ''0ie -,Ni
'-g For ware tbe worters ev,5,,rad
starvatio,, waoas lo,g horrs end terN ~
ri iii. s s,1 ,' si,ca Anil 1920 fro,,
a r,,oie,,S If a faur ,-,iI;+ar+ ' uor iv.s'
tha nnioy, has CROWN into aastrono
w ue in tba bends Of tbe +r.,r,r,i,, %
,por ters - '--S -''t'~'S y '--0 = -'''-N'-''
VIII tbe onreoronca ~ +to .Nar,
Deal and it's NRA. the workers i'm
Imediately realized the real meaning of
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-01-03
Must Consolidate
Gains by Electing
Militant Workers
By a Leather worker Correspondent

BY a Leather Worker Correspondent
GLOVERSvILLE, N. Y.-Workers
in the mills must understand that
the only way they can achieve any
gains or retain any they have gotten
through struggles in the past is to
see that militant workers are elected
on the shop committees. Be sure
that these men and women are YOUR
representatives and not the bosses.
Back your representatives, after you
have chosen them.
You'll find that by choosing Com
muniSts in your departments you will
have picked trustworthy workers who
will defend your interests to the Ut
most. The bosses won't fool you If
you have representatives who are on
the alert for their schemes to dis
rupt your organizations. Workers
who are militant in defending their
rights belong in the Communist Party
because it is the vanguard of the lib
orators of the masses from the en-
slavement of the capitalist system.
AS you remember the fighters for
your rights when you select your rep
resentatives of "your own choice, -
SO your must remember those who
fight for and defend your rights in
the political field. The Communist
Party defends the interests of the
workers first and last 1t is the work
ers' Party. The battle of workers
for economic liberation must be car
ried on in the political campaigns as
well as in the day by day class con-
flicts puS5ued on the economic front.
The Communist Party does not
cease its action the day after an
election, but continues day in and
day out to be ready, able and willing
to prove in action that it is truly the
Workers Party.
Remember whom the boss tanners
fought the hardest during the strike?
Do you leather workers recall how
nearly we came to defeat when we
took the boss tanners advice to ''get
rid OF Solomon" and they'd settle in
"a hours.
We found out then that II we want
ed the truth we could obtain 1t only
from the strike leaders. We know
well the strikebreaking attempts Of
our fair and impartial press" We
also found that above all if we wanted
anything done it could be done by
cur own mass action end only By
ourselves. LEATHER WORKER.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-01-03
MONTGOMERY Ala

The Democratic State Executive
Committee, which met here on De-
cember Is, witnessed two actions by
which the white rulers of Alabama
openly spit in the faces of the Negro
people. For one thing, the commit
tee unanimously passed a resolution
barring Negroes from the coming
May primary. Second, Ex-senator j.
Thomas Helm announced that his
has is in the ring for the race for
Congress next year. He will run in
the Fifth Congressional District.
Needless to say, Negroes have been
barred from Democratic primaries in
Alabama all along, but a gesture by
the U. S. Supreme Court in 1882 made
further precautions necessary. The
Supreme Court, forced to pass on
the case of a Negro barred from
voting in the Texas Democratic pri-
mary, ruled that such action was
Illegal. The justices, however, stressed
the point that it was illegal only
because the primary was managed
as state function. They were kind
enough to point out in great detail
that the same result could be OBJ
tanned by putting the primary III
the hands of the Democratic Execu-
tive Committee, which is a private"
body.
While the officials of the N. A. A..
G. P. rejoiced ever this great vic
tory" in the Supreme Court, the
Democratic leaders in Texas took the
hint and passed a set of laws MAX
ing the primary election strictly
Party affair. The Alabama officials
have followed suit.
This action, coupled with the first
shot in the campaign of Helm to
return to the political scene, is di-
rect slap in the face to the Negro
masses, and to the white workers
whose destiny is tied up with this
oppressed nation.
Heflin-known familiarly as Cot
ton Tom" is the traditional, leader
of the feudal aristocracy of Ala
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-01-03
Rr a Worker Corre.pondent

~ " DEAEE N1EAEs p9naEnE
OSHKOSH, visit may have
been long time since I've sent any
news to the Daily Worker, but it is
not that way with activity. We
could write quite a story Of the
happenings for 1888.
A year ago the unit was started
with five members. Mass meetings
forced labor strikes, and a May Day
demonstration have been held A
Hunger March was begun here on
foot with about IS marchers from
here to the State Capitol, distance
of about 100 miles.
We held a demonstration before
the City Hall to present the
demands of unemployed workers to
the Mayor, about 1000 listening to
local workers speaking, and at the
present are organizing the workers
on C. w. A. jobs into the Relief
Workers Union.
Would also say that to date nine
workers have been arrested, some
serving Jail terms for taking part in
unemployed workers struggles to
better living conditions. Eight cases
are being appealed to circuit court
to test a City Vagrancy Ordinance.
We have sent three students to
District Training School for three
weeks. We have made many friends
among the workers and enemies
among the agents of the boss class.
I want to mention that we sent
kilograms and resolutions to many
cities, even to Hans Luther, on
December 10, protesting the actions
Of Hitler's regime.
Relief Workers Union Organized
We called workers to meeting
70 organize all C. w. A. workers.
Five jobs were represented. Griev-
ances on the Jobs were discussed,
Ill the workers taking part in the
discussion. After the discussion or
yanization was taken up. A large
lumber of workers signed up, a
;ecretary, organizer and education
Il director were elected, with the
)romise Of the workers to all be
)rganizers to get their fellow work
'rs 70 join the Relief Workers
Jnion. A leafet was gotten out and
distributed to nearly all jobs.
The job I work on was one of the
irst to get some. The leaflets were
:iven to the workers by Unem-
Logged Council members, so as not
0 directly involve the workers on
he job. The workers read them
yer, discussing many of the points
nat are raised. The following day
ney were to transfer men to other
obs. The boss comes around with
encil and pad in hand, asking
kers who live near this project
hey would like to get closer to
e. Now our leafet had raised
point about workers getting
as close to their homes as pos
This was pointed out to the
rkers, with the result that many
orkers wanted to join in the strug-
lie to win further demands.
The job / am working on has
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-01-03

and strengthen the powers of the
workers in dealing with the employ
ers, such as the right to the selection
Of unions and representatives, coll
lective bargaining, minimum wage
rate, working conditions, etc.
Production at this plant has been
boosted from nine to IL dozen gar
ments per hour, with no increase in
pay that at the highest falls far short
of the blue eagle demand although
the bird is prominently flown about
the building.
Everywhere within the working
elias districts can be seen the blaring
signs of xxx. nailed to trees, tele-
graph poles, vacant buildings, sign
posts, every accessible space Ieers
with this murderous insignia.
'Dud" Crosby.
signature Authorized).
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-01-03
Newark Plans Broad
Mass Sale of "Daily"

NEWARK, N. preparations
are going on full blast for a broad
mass distribution OF the 26-page,
tenth anniversary issue of the
Daily Worker. Hundreds of mem
bers from mass organizations will
be on the streets with this edi-
ton on Red Sunday, Jan. 7th.
Numerous individual workers
have placed bundle orders ranging
from so to 100 copies to sell on
Jan. 7th.
The tenth anniversary of the
Daily will be celebrated here on
Saturday evening, Jan. 9th, at the
Y. M. H. A. auditorium, High and
West Kinney ST., with Robert
Minor and Rebecca Grecht as the
speakers.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-01-03
BY PAUL LUTTINGER, MD.
ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
Itching and Pimples

J. S.-We do not understand what
you mean by llte base" of your feet
you mean by the base" of your feet.
seems as If the skin condition is
around your waistline and it may be
due to irritation from your belt. If
so, ask your druggist to give you
some white Precipitate ointment with
one per cent Phenol. Please let us
know the result.
Douching Powder
A. S., Portage, Pa.-Instead of the
perfumed and expensive Lorate, you
might use one tablespoonful each of
boric acid, bicarbonate of soda and
alum to two quarts of hot water. 1t
is best to use this with a bulb vag-
inal douche, instead of the old
fashioned syringe bag. With the
hand douche you are more likely to
reach the upper portions of the canal
which are never reached by the
anemic stream of water obtained
from the hanging bag.
Pimples-AIcohol After Shaving
Bernard w., Cleveland-1f you con-
suit the back numbers of the Daily
Worker you will find several articles
dealing with pimples and oily COM
plexion. Do not use full strength
alcohol after shaving. It is much
better to use either witch hazel or
two parts of ordinary rubbing al
cohol (Which is only 70 per cent?
and one part water. Before going to
bed squeeze your pimples gently and
paint them with tincture of iodine.
Even pimples will respond to gentle
treatment.
Coitrus During Menstruation
Aaron B., Bronx.--There is nothing
to worry about, even If you had used
no protector" Sexual diseases are
contracted only when the germs of
these diseases are present. The men
strual flow in itself will not infect
anybody, Notwithstanding the claims
of ignoramuses to the contrary.
A. H., Glenmere, Me.-Regarding
pimples see answer to Bernard w.
above. AS to Marvo, we cannot pre-
vent you, of course, from throwing
away your Sc. The guarantee that
the Marvo outfit gives you is alb
solutely useless. After three days
you will retain your pimples and you
will never get your money back. 1t
is too complicated to explain the con-
ditions which permit the company to
give a positive" guarantee and still
keep yuor money but If you keep on
reading the Daily Worker you will
understand in due time. If there
were any kind of salve or ointment
or application that could renovate
the skin, as the Marvo people prom
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-01-03

" IaVOT1Le pfedQ. we 1uuSb, con-
auing the subject from yesterday,
We q recipe now as promised, but
IL try to find space for q second
!e on Jan. c.
The historical notes from old Ger
a baking books which we trans
ed yesterday also give a second
t-tine method of baking. This was
seal the oven with clay and bake
bread in steamy atmosphere,
lcl1 prevented the formation of a
i'd crust; it also caramelized and
xtrinized the bread, giving the
1nlatic sweet-sour flavor which is
wadays sometimes appropriated
the inclusion of bit Of molasses
the dough.
faraous medicinal waters made
m Pllmpernickel are also de-
lbed, made with the addition of
;ewater, spices, wines, and, as
inraie Hathaway says, what-not.
70 Take You Off the Pins and
Needles
.lere Is one recipe for q modern
t.hod of making Pnnpernickel; it
given out by the yeast company
1tioned in 1t. AS I have been
bile to date to secure the whole
In rye meal needed I've not
~ as promised. Perhaps the
Il can be had from q bakery sup
house.
cup cornmeal.
( cups cold water.
II cups boiling water
u tablespoons salt.
tablespoonful sugar.
tablespoons fat.
tablespoon caraway seed.
cups mashed potatoes.
cup lukewarm water.
cake Fleischmann's yeast.
cups rye meal or purnpernickei
meal.
ups wheat flour.
the cold water into the corn
until smooth, place over fire,
1e boiling water and let cook,
constantly, to mush. Add
sugar and fat and let stand
Iukewarm. Add potatoes and
Yeast dissolved in the lukewarn
= and then the rye meal or
,ernickel meal and wheat flour.
& and knead to a smooth stiff
ri using wheat flour Or corn
on the board to mold, Cover,
side in warm place until double
nix Shape into small loaves,
ii creased pans. Let rise to
mans: bake / hour or longer
l.ot oven 1915 degrees Fahren-
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-01-03
Letters from Our Readers

C0MRADE u. ID. C. -- Many of
your suggestions are good. We will
try to put them into effect wher-
ever possible. Some of your sug-
gestionS are already in practice.
Others (such as the various col
umlls you PROPOSE cannot be
utilized because of lack of space.
Your letter was too long to pub
lish In full. AS soon as space per-
mits, we will publish parts of your
letter.
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80 Doctor
LGAzEiiNQe'z
OC1L>G4e4:

f, Use, the manufacturers of such REM
edy would become millionaireS within
a few months. We read the circular
: you sent us and we found it to con-
tain the same tommyrot, ballyhoo or
poppycock, interlocked with the same
lies as hundreds of other quack rem
edies are sending out to the various
sucker lists throughout the country.
/ Thank you for your contribution to
the Daily Worker.
Lead Poisoning.
n. G., Jersey City-You must be
/ very naive to think that the gov
crnment would force the large man
ufacturers to. use smaller amounts
OF lead arsenate. Whenever health
interferes with business, profits are
always preferred under the crazy
economic system prevalent in this
country. The truth is that the
small amount Of lead arsenate there
is on an apple, in the rayon OF
the silk stocking or in the cooking
.utensil, is not sufficient in itself to
cause poisoning in normal adult;
but there is the accumulation OF
this poison from various sources,
particularly in those who are
susceptible and in children, which
is the real danger. Technically,
you see, the government can claim
that the amount of lead arsenate
in one particular product Is NOT
enough to cause death or disease.
We doubt whether the new food
law which our political misleaders
are tinkering with, will improve
matters to any sppreciable extent.
Only government dedicated to the
welfare of the people, not to the
protection of manufacturers profits,
could be relied upon to do away
with the use of the various poisons
in our foo, and wearing apparel.
Sea Food
r. G. M,-Oyters, HOLSTERS, mus.
sells (not muzzles) do seem to have
some effect on sexual desire, espe.
cially when accompanied by cham-
payne; but lit is question whether
the same effect cannot be achieved
with other rich food. The opinion Of
physicians is that the stimulation IL
due to the iodine which is found in
all sea food. AS matter of fact, q
famous cocktail served in San Fran
cisco bars, before prohibition, owed
I its popularity to drop of tincture
OF iodine which was dexterously
mixed with the yermuth which was
its main ingredient.
Help The Fight For the Workers
Unemployment Insurance BilI.-See
Peace on Earth" Jan. ii, Thurs
day evening. Tickets at UnemploycA
Council, 20 e. goth St