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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-12-14
r. Man ShoOs Green's Fight Against JobIess Insurance
Elect Co. Union Heads
Under Firing Tire at
By a Worker Correspondent

NEW ORLEANS, lathe In
dependent Longshoremen Union
Company OUTFIT will had election
on Dec. 3rd. The slogan for the
election is that all the present
officers must be reelected.
The men have been instructed
that If they vote for any one else,
that they will be fined, or that
they will not be allowed to do any
work. So their jobs depend upon
their voting for the company Of
flcials.
The Negro longshoremen are re-
quired to pay $50 per quarter as
dues, and two and one half per
cent Of their salaries to Their
foremen or they are not allowed 10
do any work,
This longshoremen's organizs-
ton was organized by and for the
shipping interests. It is the same
organization that Ryan, Green g.
Co. tried TO give the charter Of the
old I. L. A. to.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-12-14
Labor Chiefs
Collaboration
Pc icy Hit
By a R. R. Worker Correspondent

By a r. r. Worker Correspondent
DETROTT.-In a recent issue of
LABOR, paper published for the
railroad brotherhood men, there
was a rather lengthy article ex-
posing the Bergoff ke-breaking
agency.
LABOR quoted Bergoh as saying
that his biggest job had been with
the Erie during the shopmen's
strike, and that he had also fur
nished strtkebreskers and gunner
for other railroads. AS usual
LABOR simply recited a few Of the
wrongs inflicted on the workers It
failed In this case to point out the
fact that our labor chiefs are now
collaborating with these very same
railroad presidents who do not
hesitate to hire thugs to murder
men on strike The article did ex-
pose the heartlessness and ruthless
ness, of the railroad bosses end to
what lengths they will go to defeat
the employees.
IL 4oAACo 1lOWCNCAy w
point out that the railroad labor
chiefs are all in favor Of meeting
these same railroad bosses in
pleasant conferences, under COM
pulsory arbitration laws which they
endorse. Is it to be assumed that
these railroad bosses, who do not
hesitate at murder, will concede the
employees any benefits at a con-
ference table knowing the workers
do not intend TO striker Does 1.-The
leopard change its spots" under
such circumstances The article
should have pointed out that the
parasites who control the roads will
go to any lengths to keep the men
down, and that there can be no
such thing as arbitration with them,
and that compulsory arbitration
will not win thing for anyone ex-
cept the labor chiefs who help to
put 1t across.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-12-14
4 Dye Workers. Aduice

layoffs during slack periods, but
rather an equal division of such
work as there was. This was looked
upon az one of our greatest gains,
but what actually did happen?
I was employed in Fairlawn, in
the mechanical department of one
Of the largest dye houses. Within
a month of the strike settlement.
about 80 of our force of 100 were
laid off, and there was no slack
period at that time. In fact, the
layof caused some jobs to actually
stop and others were given to out
side contractors.
Yet no action was taken by the
officials of Local 1913. I know that
this had demoralizing effect upon
the workers. 1t will be necessary
for the present leaders to be con-
stantly on the alert during the next
few weeks because they are fight
ing a powerful organization.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-12-14
Fear Repetition of Scab
Shipment by I, S. U.
Officials
By Marine Worker Correspondent

BY y Marine Worker Correspondent
BALTIMORE, Md.-This is one
of the ships that you heard so much
abou during the West Coast strike,
the S. s. Illinois, California Eastern
Steamship Co., States Line.
During the strike she managed to
get away from Portland, Oregon, on
July 18th. The skipper and three
mates who scsbbed during the strike
are still aboard. The engineers who
helped break the strike all got fined
$50 by the M. E. B. A., and later
got fired when a new chief engi-
neer came aboard.
Conditions aboard the illinois"
are very bad. The food is poor and
the ship is cold. There is no heat
in the foc'sle, messroom or wheel
house, and we are all willing to 60
on strike If we can have it guaran-
teed that the I. S. U. officials will
not ship scabs in our places. We
read about the East Coast strike
and how the I. S. U. shipped scabs,
For this reason we think it better
to wait until we get around to Frisco
where we know that we will get the
backing of the longshoremen, who
will not handle cargo while any
ship Is on strike. Several individual
ship strikes have been won since the
last big strike!
We are all dissatisfied with the
way the Arbitration Board is work
ing for the interest Of the ship
owners, and we doubt If we will get
any benefits at all without going
back on strike.
The most of the crew are I. S. U.
members, but there are six members
of the Marine Workers Industrial
Union aboard. Our ships committee
was busted up when we came around
to the East Coast; most of them get
of. But we are going to make
another one up Immediately.
The foc'sle is big room which
originally had 10 hunks, but since
the shipowners began to underman
there are only of us in the foc'sle,
A. BIS and 2 Ordinsries. The car
penter gets $55, bosun $50, A.B. S
$45 and Ordinaries $50. We are not
going to continue to work under
these conditions.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-12-14
GUIDANCE FOR THE NEW
READER

Flushing, N. Y.
Dear Comrade Editor:
I would like to make q suggestion
which I feel would be of great bene-
fit to our cause.
The difference between the Daily
Worker and any capitalist paper is
so great that sometimes a new
reader cannot understand it and
soon falls back to reading the cap
italist paper. Therefore, I think
that If you had a small column
every day In which you welcomed
the new reader and explained to
him in simple language what Com
munism is-its purpose, It's desire
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-12-14
BY a Telegraph Worker
Correspondent

NEW YORK; am a manager OF
a telegraph Office. That is, my title
is manager. Really am the porter,
operator, stenographer, delivery
clerk, call clerk, express agent, avia-
ton agent, money order agent,
package clerk, typist, telephone OPP
orator, secretary, accountant, book
keeper, time clock salesman, tele-
graph salesman, counter clerk and
thousand and one other positions
too many to enumerate. And, no
exaggeration I attend meetings, too.
MY morning mail is brought in a
truck. There are bundles to deliver,
magazines to collect money on, some
with receipts and some without. 1
send the messengers out with tele-
grams and packages to deliver and
at the same time I am receiving
and sending kilograms over the sim
pick, answering phones and smiling
sweetly at some customer at the
front counter BY the way, I must
inspect the messengers uniforms at
the same time to make sure the
wardrobe attendant did not let a
boy go by with a spot on his pants,
Let me go on. 1t may give you an
idea what speed-up has taken place
and how many jobs have been elm
mated.
The first thing find in my
morning mail is short checks. That
means that many weeks ago over
charged or undercharged one cent
on message while was busy on
the numerous tasks I mentioned be-
forehand. The next are bulletins
from various departments. For ex-
ample, one says that daylight saving
time has been abolished in the Zulu
Islands, another says that the cable
rate to Borneo has been increased,
another says that there is censor
ship on messages in the interior Of
India, another reads that a messen-
gers bicycle had been stolen, an
other claims that I failed to send
in a report due six months ago, an
other one says that my sign outside
is not illuminated very clearly at
night. The money order depart
ment takes me to task in that I fell
down on my quota for gift orders,
another says that a manager sold q
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-12-14
Letters from Our Readers

of their mountains, they were the
last (Asturians) who submitted to
the arms Of Rome and the first who
threw off the yoke OF the Arabs"
OF course Gibbons, the historian,
underestimate the militancy of the
Asturians by saying that 1t was the
strength of mountains" rather than
the strength and valor Of the ma
tive Asturians In their fight against
the Roman and Arab rulers.
The march of history continues,
and again the staunch and brave
Asturians have raised aloft the
banner of revolution in Spain, this
time, OF course, on a much higher
and conscious level, for the power
of the Soviet State. What a heroic
record ! The first province of Spain
to set up the Asturian Workers and
Farmers Soviet and the last to sub
nit to the yoke of Spanish fascist
reaction.
The eyes of the world proletariat
are still fastened on our brave pro-
letarian brothers and sisters OF As
turias. We take our hats off and
congratulate t h m. Although
crushed, they will again gather their
brave forces and be as impregnable
as their mountains. The next
period in Spain will see the flag of
Marx, Engels, Lenin and Stain
raised not only In Asturias but
throughout Spain. Their fight has
not been in vain and the next time
our Asturian brothers will remain
In power and will not be moved.
History has repeated itself again
and the proletariat of Asturias have
written a glorious page in the his
tory OF the working class.
| II D
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-12-14
THE GLORIOUS HISTORY OF
ASTURIAS

NEW IUIh, ~. 4,
Dear Comrade Editor:
The workers and farmers Of
Asturias, who put up one Of the
bravest fights in revolutionary his
tory against fascist reaction in
Spain, have a rich revolutionary
tradition extending as far back as
the Roman era. In glancing through
Gibbons Decline and Fall of the
Roman Empire" I came across a
section that dealt with the battles
which the people of Asturias took
up against the Roman imperial
yoke. I quote Gibbons, 1.-THE re-
mainder of Spain, Galicia and the
Asturias, Biscay and Navarro, Leon
and the two CASTLES, Valencia,
Catalonia and Aragon, all con-
tributed to form the third and most
considerable of Roman governments.
OF the natives, the Celtibereans
were the most powerful as the Can
tabrians and the Asturians proved
the most obstinate" obstinate to
Gibbons. Confident in the strength
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-12-14
Pay Delay Practiced
At Morris Park Yards

BY a r. r. Worker Correspondent
MORRIS PARK, L. I've want
to bring to light another gag prac-
ticed by the officials Of the Morris
Park yards.
Their latest scheme is to cut the
agreed upon two week wage by sew
eral dollars. What are Mr.. Casey
and his pals doing, imposing a pri-
vate sales tax on us?
We want full pay on time, and
none Of this chiselling and handing
us the rest Of the amount a week
late. What we need is a good rank
and file grievance committee in the
A. F. of L. to see that this practice
Is discontinued.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-12-14
NOTE

We publish every Friday letters
from workers in the transporta-
ton and communication indus
tries; marine, railroad, traction,
trucking, telegraph, telephone, etc.
We urge workers In these indus
tries to write ms Of their condi-
tons and their efforts to organ
lie. Please get these letters to
us on Tuesday Of each week.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-12-14
BY a Worker Correspondent

STATEN ISLAND, N Y. - We
read with interest your article on
the settlement Of the Paterson Dye
Strike.
1t has been great victory, and
due chiefly TO the militant element
that retained control throughout
the strike, and it should be held up
as model for the American labor
movement.
However, the danger in the dye
ing industry lies in the action the
companies will take in the next few
weeks.
Last year I took part in two
strikes of the dye workers. OF
course we won both, but of what
value were the gains" we made?
I will cite this as one example:
One clause Of the strike settlement
called for an equal division of work.
In other words, there were to be no
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-12-14
Mass Layoff
OF Telephone
3 m ployes
By a Telephone Worker
Correspondent

NEW YORK.-With all the money
the telephone companies are max
ing, they have thrown out about
one-third of their employees. Those
forced out find 1t extremely difficult
to get new Jobs because their work
in the telephone field is specialized
and their experience is valuable
only in telephone work, under en-
ployment conditions as they exist
today.
We have company union, which
Of course does not help those who
are employed, and, so far as know
there is no real workers union being
organized.
Most of the technical employees
have had to take cuts and many
with higher ratings were denoted to
lower jobs and have to do the same
work.
I think the employees Of the tele-
phone industries are sufficiently
hard pressed to take easily to any
union organized TO put up stiff
fight for better pay and working
conditions. Such a union would also
help the telephone employees forced
out of the telephone monopoly by
making 1t possible to demand that
the telephone interests reinstate
them.
If there is such a union being or
gained, I would be very glad &c
become member If not, I would
like to hear from telephone men
through your columns who would
like to start such a union.
Editors Note.-To our knowledge
there Is no union in the field as
| yet. We would advise this worker
and other telephone workers to
get In touch with the Trade Union
Unity Council at 799 Broadway.
They will be instrumental In either
helping to launch an organization
in the field, or connect you with
an organization that will UNDER
take this task.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-12-14
In THE HOME
Mrs. Roosevelt Makes an OmeIette
BY ANN BARToN

THE democratic" attitude of
Mrs. Roosevelt, has been fam
Jared throughout the country for
many months now. Both Frank
lin d. and Eleanor have been
pictured by the press, as a new
type-"close to the people" They
have been described as very
American" simple" informal"
IN THIS tradition, the New York
l Times of December 9th, carries a.
story called Simple Fare For the
White House" It says that Mrs.
Roosevelt, among a. circle of her
intimates, goes so far in the direc-
ton OF democracy, as to scramble,
with her own First Lady's hands,
the eggs for Sunday nights supper!
She drops the eggs, we are told,
in the hot chatting dish, with a
little butter, punctures the yolks,
and adds little cream. She stirs
until they are creamy. The fore
going Is supposed to make you feel
that I'VE are women-both of us.
Both she and I scramble eggs for
Sunday nights supper" 1t tells lis,
further, that the Roosevelt formal
dinners have merely six courses
these days.
THE menu most typical Of the
new administration, we are
told, is Mrs. Roosevelt's buffet
supper. "a plain American buffet
supper" the writer calls 1t. "A
cocktail Of fruit or tomato juice,
a hot dish Of chicken a la king,
or creamed shrimp, or crab meat
served on toast or in patty shells;
a green vegetable, peas or string
beans; hot rolls or biscuits, veg
etable or fruit salad; a dessert,
perhaps Ice cream or Bavarian
cream, and coffee. Just plain
American buffet support"
AND in case you are not yet salts
II fled that the Roosevelts are at
one with the people, living like an
ordinary American family" look
here, and be silent for all time.
Perhaps you have read that the
Roosevelts are buying a new set OF
dishes. Very democratic. We need
dishes too. Let's read the description
given Of that set of new dishes.
There will be mot less than 1000
pieces Of ivory china, each having
narrow gold edge, outlining a
wider band of deep blue, dotted with
forty-eight gold stars, and below In
light gold tracing a formal design,
which includes the rose and triple
feathers Of the Roosevelt coat OF
armsl" There, you have it. Not
too democratic to possess a coat OF
arms-insignia of old time rankl
Dear Mrs. Notwithstanding
eggs, just as you and I. It's just
too, too something or other!
THERE have been many requests
1 for material on children, their
food, their education, their recrea-
ton. We will introduce, tomor-
row, Slava Dunn, comrade who
has done a great deal Of work
with children. She is a mother
herself, and has directed chill
dren's schools. We will print an
article every week by Comrade
Dunn. Write her through this
column, ask her whatever you
wish about your child, except of
course, anything doing with chill
dren's ills, which is still the Med
ical Boards province. She will be
glad to answer through this col
urnn. And while we are about 1t,
Tn The Home" Is anxious to hear
from you, your comments, sug-
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-12-14
When Is GonOrrhea Considered
Cured?


Cured?
HOMRADE L. R., of New London
Conn, writes: - cat one time
when I was young, had the "clapp'
and was properly cured by a leading
New London physician at a cost OF
800. Now am wondering and
worrying whether it will ever come
back :"
THERE is no doubt that gonorrhes
can be cured if the proper treat
ment is carried out. Once cured 1t
is impossible for it to recur, except
by being exposed to infection again.
The question is, however, whether or
not the individual has been com
pletely cured.
To be considered cured there must
not only be a complete absence of
discharge, but in addition, three
successful prostate smears should be
negative. The patient should also
have the canal dilated and stretched
with sounds to make sure that no
structure is present. When these
conditions are fulfilled, there should
be done a so-called provocative test.
This consists of injecting a fairly
strong solution of silver nitrate into
the canal and examining the result
ing discharge, for gonorrhea germs.
If this test is also negative, the
patient is considered cured.
In the male, once the cure is es-
tablished by the above methods,
there is no reason whatsoever to
fear a recurrence.
Is Gonorrhea Contagious
NOMRADE E. r. Of Philadelphia
asks: els it possible to have in
tercourse without affecting my wife
when 'clapp in its dormant (sleep-
ing) stages Is present. Would the
child be affected"
AT no time should a patient with
gonorrhea, whether active or in
active (so-called dormant Stage)
ever have intercourse. There are
two reasons for this. In the first
place, there is the ever-present dan
ger Of injecting the innocent part
ner in the sexual act, and this can
occur at any stage Of gonorrhea.
In the second place, INDUCING in
sexual relations does irreparable
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-12-14
TRIBUTE TO POETRY

Dear Comrade Editor
In Tuesdays Daily Worker I read
Comrade Rolphe's poem, Unit As
signment." 1t makes me see the
way clear again; eager to work as
an organized Party member. We
can spike Hearst's and the other
boss-class lies about our Party by
building the Party bigger and
stronger in the way that you de-
scribe.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-12-14
THANKSl
New York, u. Y.

New York, n. Y.
Dear Cornrede Editor:
Congratulations on the quality OF
the "Daily"l May I suggest;
/. A feature column Simple Facts
About Communism.
2. That too many high-pressure
headlines result in failure Of en-
phasis.
3. That the front page is usually
too black, hard to read.
4. More headings between lines Of
one-column articles, shorter SEN
fences and paragraphs, would raise
level OF reliability.
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gestions, the conditions of women
in your shop, neighbOrhoed, your
problems, and how you have
solved them. Let other working
class women benefit through your
experiences. Write to Tn The
Home" We will not use your
name, If you would rather not.
TODAY AND TOMORROW LEFT!
Three weeks ago, we dared hops
that in the Daily" drive, this
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your contribution, no matter how
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Editorial Staff ..........s 700
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Can You Make EN-
Yourself?

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damage to the patient.
As to child-bearing, you should
under no circumstances allow YOUR
wife to become pregnant until YOU
are cured, because otherwise YOU
may infect her with the disease.
Gonorrhea in the female was at one
time one of the most common
causes Of blindness in newborn
children. At the present time this
is usually controlled by prophylactic
measures at the birth of the child.
consisting Of the installation of silver
nitrate into the infants eyes.
The Cross Eyed Child
TOMRADE r. S. of New York
writes about her nine months
child who squints and whom she has
taken to several eye doctors. Your
child is so young that you are doing
great deal of Unnecessary worry
ing. Most children at this age ap-
pear cross-eyed, they tend to suuint
in learning to use their eyes. Later
this is overcome. Wait at least
until the child is one year old before
you worry about this.
Both Doctors whom you have con-
suited have utilized the accepted
practices in the treatment of cross
eyes In the infant. Our personal
opinion is that the use of drops In
the good is is, however, more effec-
tive than the periodic patch, for the
following two reasons: % Most
children will not wear a patch even
for short period of time; (2) There
is always the lack of certainty that
the child is not peeping around the
sides Of the patch.
When drops are used caution
should be taken to keep the drops
from running into the child's nose,
This can be done by applying pres
sure over the inner angle of the
lower lid, which is held compressed
for two or three minutes after the
installation Of the drops.
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to improve the conditions OF the
workers-that this column would
do much in making new readers
and in getting new sympathizers.
M. L.
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