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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-01-20
U.M.W.A. Enters
Indiana Mine Area
/. to Stop Struggle

CIV Mine Worker CORRESPONDENT
P1CKNELL, Ind.-JuSt few lines
to let you know how the miners en-
ployed at the Supply Mine near this
city found out what the N. R. A.
means to them in improving their
wages and conditions; and how the
u. M. w. A. District II Vice resi-
dent, Charles Foncannon, helped
them.
The Supply Mine is a wagon trade
mine and employed about fifty men.
When the Coal Code went into effect
the owner raised the tonnage rate
and day wage rate, but did not COM
ply with the Code in paying for
yardage and dead work. Another
feature was that the leaders with
the scale provided in the Code could
not earn the "day wage scale' on
account of poor turn.
Some of the men thought that see
ing that the U.M.W.A. was gaining
in membership they could expect pro-
lection and obtain help in improving
existing conditions. Charles Fon-
cannon, district vice-president, was
called in and gave them speech
about the great benefits that could
be realized If they came back into
the UMW.A. fold. During his speech
he also praised Roosevelt in general
and the N. r. A. in particular.
He told the miners that the gov
eminent would see that labor got
justice from from the operators. He
stated that if they would join, the
U. M. w. A. would force the operator
to abide by the Code. All but some
four or five Joined. This was about
six or seven weeks ago. No improve
ment was realized.
Last Friday, Jan. II, the operator
hired four men. This would make
conditions worse for those already
employed. The men struck and called
board member on the case. They
demanded that Foncannon's words
and promises that the U. M. w. A.
would force the operator to abide
by the coal code he lived up to.
The board member stated to the
men that the Code said nothing
about the operator having to recog-
nize the U. M. w. A., so the U. M.
W. A. was unable to do anything in
the case. He advised them to place
their case in the hands Of the Dis
:rict Arbitration Board.
The owner of the mine told the
men to be at work Monday or he
would hire new men. The men are
determined to fight on; they are
about through with the o. M. w. A..
These are the kind Of cases that
should be aired on the floor Of the
National Convention.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-01-20
By M. B.
DANGERi

WE MUST be frank. We must tell
w the absolute truth about our New
Pioneer magazine. It Is in dangerl
Unless money, unless 5000 Is raised
soon, VERY SOON, our magazine
will not be sssuedl
Now this Is very serious. Our
magazine is rated by everyone as one
Of the best magazines in the move
ment. It Is a real, brave and
devoted fighter for better conditions
Of workers and farmers children.
Every day young boys and girls OF
America write to us. They tell us
how much they like our magazine,
and how bad they feel when it
doesn't arrive on time. 1t teaches
them the truth, and shows them the
way to improve their living condi-
lions. Their letters inspire us, make
us want to work hard and build our
magazine until 1t reaches every home,
hut, and farmhouse. We want to
inspire new readers to join us in the
fight against hunger and for a
better world.
So you see what a tragedy it
would be to lose the only courageous
children's magazine in America
Shall we permit It? Shall we let
the bosses gloat and laugh at the
sinking condition of our New
Pioneer? Mol We must rally to
its support collect funds /.
save our magazine!
Districts and organizations i.
enter into Socialist competitionl
Speed the drive on! Comrades
young and old, join in send us
funds We must be yictoriousl
The following have contributed to
the $4,000 Save the New Pioneer
Drive; New York District, Y. P. A.
S1e-Ironwood, Mich. Y. P. A. So
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-01-20
JobIess Barred by UMWA
From EIecting Delegates
Organising, HOtOeUer, to Get Orient Local to
Unite With Others in Fayette County
to Struggle for Relief

a decision that the delegate must be
an employed miner. In other words,
the so men working Will dictate who
shall represent US 800 unemployed.
The president made this rule because
he wants some of the Lewis bench
men to go, but We may fool him
and his gang, as we are not asleep
altogether either.
We are organizing to get the local
to elect a broad unemployed COM
mittee; also to get in touch with
other unemployed locals in Fayette
County, and to start a fight for more
relief, Jobs on the c. W. A. for all
the unemployed, and to make the
U. NJ. W. A. really the miners union
and not a property of the Lewis and
company stools.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-01-20
ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
Cure Of Superficial Cancers

Henry Nj. Berman.-Sorry we cam
not help you place your caustic paste
for the cure (?) of superficial cam
GERS, on the market. The treatment
of superficial cancer by escharoticS
is as old as Medicine and, at one
time, had been used by large num-
Der Of physicians. 1t was given up
because it causes excruciating pain
and because It is not effective, exc
cept in very early cases. Your con-
tention that your method Of applica-
ton is better than those Of numerous
medical authorities, merely indicates
your colossal egotism. If you have
cured ten or twelve cases Of cancer,
as you claim, these grateful patients
should have recommended you, at
least, fifty others. AS this did not
take place, we are forced to disbe-
lieve your statements. There is no
necessity of investigating your claims
because there are literally hundreds
of similar claims made every year
which have, on the face Of them, no
scientific value. DR.. Kaplan was
right in returning your miraculous"
prescription and we do not want you
to send us any further communica-
tons on this matter.
The Secret Of the Bare Torso Boys
John p. Mitchell.-It is an open
secret that all the Strong Men" have
developed their muscles by the simple
method of using "staggering-weight
bar-bells. There is no other system
Of developing muscular strength than
by the gradual increase in resistance.
We did not go into details because
our aim was to expose the kind OF
advertisements which appear in
Physical Culture" rather than the
various frauds lurking behind each
one of them. We have all the docu-
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-01-20
On the Welfare
BY SADIE b. JONES

Our daddy hasn't got a cent,
We haven't any COW
To give us good warm milk to drink
We're on the Welfare now.
Oh yes, our daddy used to work,
He'd build or paint or pillow,
He can not even smoke his pipe
We're on the Welfare now.
Our daddy says there is a way
To make things right-"and howl"
So nobody would have to say,
Were on the Welfare now"
If workers who have made all wealth
Together'd stand and vow
To claim their own for boys and
girls
Who're on the Welfare now.
We'd see the masters rich in gold
Who're making men "kow-tow"
Get out and beg for work and say
We're on the Welfare nowl"
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-01-20
HOW THE SOUTH sLAV WORK
ING WOMEN SUPPORT THE
DAHY WORKER

ION the 9Th Of January the work
ing women Of this Valley prepared a
vetcherinka for the Daily Worker.
The profit from this was $9412, Of
which we decided to send IS for the
Borich case, IS for "Radnik," IS for
Workers Educational Club, SIS for
political prisoners in Germany. $40
for the local unit Of the C. P, and
the remaining $64 to the Daily
Worker.
This vetcherinks was q success be-
yond expectations. We, the commit
tee Of working women, congratulate
our women sympathizers Of the D.
w. on and Of this valley for their
splendid work, giving an example Of
what can be done when we work in
an organized manner.
Especially vital is such a cause as
this, our Daily Worker, which is the
official organ Of the Communist
Party of the q. S. A. During its ten
years Of existence it has been lead
ing force in all the struggles Of the
workers. It is one Of their greatest
weapons, the mouthpiece Of the work
ers, exposing the role Of the capital
list press which creates illusions in
the minds OF some of the workers
about the Roosevelt administration
and his N. r. A.
"It openly exposes most sharply
all our class enemies-and our work.
ing women, understanding this, de-
cided that they too must do their
share in helping the Daily to get
its new press so that it may be able
to reach its many readers sooner,
help them to organize the working
class in its further struggles, and
fortify them against such terror as
we have here in Farrell, which Is
dominated by the steel trust.
1.-THE working women Of this valley
will not stop with Just preparing this
affair for the Daily Worker, but ex-
pect to work actively as much as
possible getting subscriptions for it,
so that many more workers will be
acquainted with our movement.
"Our working women will also par
ttcipate In the campaign Of the Rad
mix" which began January First and
will last until April. This work they
will DO through our Workers Educa-
tional Club Of which they have now
become members. $50 far, our Club
has 20 new members since Jan. 1,
and new subscriptions for the Rad
MIX We also expect to pass our
quota and to be one Of the many
to send delegate to the o. 8. 8. r.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-01-20
BY Mine Worker Correspondent

DI q NA4nc HOEhcE Correspondent
WEST BROWNSVILLE, Pa.-Fri-
day. Dec. %, a number of miners in
the Lilley mine of the Valley Camp
Coal Co. were given their discharge
paper by their section bosses. On
asking for the reasons, the men were
referred to the pit boss, who referred
them to the super, who told them to
see their mine committee and the
local president. He also stated tina
he had nothing against the mer,
making the men understand that
was the local officials that demande
their discharge.
This is the second time that tt
members of the local union We
fired at the introduction of the loca
president, Sophish.
While our president processes to-:
believe, obey and carry out" the
MIRA. code he forgets Section IA.
His charge against the men both
times has been that they gre Ma
tionals," meaning members of the
National Miners Union. AS far as
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-01-20
Hard Struggle to
Own Shack in
Fairfield, Ala.

(By Negro Worker Correspondent
FAIRFIELD, Ala.-We got to have
some action. We are struggling very
hard to own property in Fairfield,
Ala. We are colored people of this
town, and the G. p, and we want
this to be written up in the Daily
Worker. Daily Worker, will you see
to this?
We are suffering, trying to own
property here. The company has sold
property to many hundreds of colored
people, and we have found out that
it takes hard struggle to own prop
erty in Fairfield. From the Tennes-
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-01-20
LENIN ON
WORKER CORRESPONDENTS

"Give to the worker an ever
wider possibility to write in our
newspaper, to write about all de-
cisively, to write as much as pos
Sible about his everyday life, Of
his interests and work-withOut
this material a Bolshevlk organ
will not be worth penny, and 1t
will not deserve to be called real
BoIshevik organ which would lead
the masses"
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-01-20
LENIN ON
WORKER CORRESPONDENCE

1t is a complete misapprehen-
sion to suppose that precisely the
educated people and almost xclu-
Sively the educated people, are
capable Of successful work upon 3
newspaper. The reverse Is the
case. The newspaper does rot
awaken to "aal ''H" -
continued life, until 500 or 5000
non-cl''' 5cG
tions to the work of five leading
and permanently active educated
workers.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-01-20

San Francisco, Calf. I. w. o. Jrs.
$2.4o-I. w. o. Jr. Branches $11.1a-
Stamford, Conn. Y. P. A. $2-F'in-
nish Workers Federation $2o--New-
ark, N. j. Y. P. A. S395-Hoquiam,
Wash. Y. P. A. $2-Ontonagon, Mich.
75c-Robert Kent 25c-Wn. Schubert
90c-J. Scott 50c-Irene Wonl Soc
Joyce Talol 25c-Joseph Czander 81
p. and S. 50c-Wm. Guty Csc
M. and j. Simanich (Montana) 81
Andrew Glen, Beloit, Wis. Sill. w.
o. Branch, Milwaukee, Wis. ST.
Jewish Workers Clubs $40.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-01-20
REELdN q
!1YsIgn fIl(e HalZEylsep
1SS$##aN s;.,,sr. e.. ,, - @
CoN3uCTED BY
HELEN LUKE

for the First of May. Long live the
working class press! Workers Of the
world, unite!
For a classics society,
working Women Of
ShenangO Valley"
enclosed in letter money order for
$64 clear from vetcherinka. $5.35 from
collection, and s786 for two bum
die orders for Anniversary Number
total, s77.21. Comrade S., mgr. Of
affair)
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-01-20
N O r z

n . I Z
We publish letters from coal and
ore miners, and from oil field work
ers, every Saturday. We urge
workers in these fields to write us
Of their conditions Of work and of
their struggles to organize. Please
get your letters to us by Wednes-
day of each week.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-01-20
A Workers Child
Ry JOSEPH PALATNTCK

BY JOSEPH PALATNICK
I am little workers child, ten year;
old,
I live In a house frozen cold.
No food to eat, no milk to drink
And SO I cannot sleep a wink.
My father he is unemployed,
For two years today.
And I sell papers in the streets
And have no time to play.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-01-20

Revolutionary devotion and
enterprise such as recorded in
the following inspiring letter,
written by the proletarian
women Of the territory around Far
rell, Pa, set a shining example for
all class consciousness working wo-
men to follow. "a vetcherinka Is a
party, the "Radnik" is the Jugo slav
G. P. organ.)
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-01-20
WITH OUR YOUNG READERS

suggestion to the Daily" The
winner Of the best name, will get
a prize and there's surprise
in that too!
HOW about those poems, stories,
IL jokes and puzzles we asked for?
Let us see what you have written
lately.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-01-20
Can You Make EN-
Yourself?

Pattern TIT is available in sizes
SO, 38, 40, AZ, "A and 46. Size So
takes Az yards SO inch fabric. IL
Illustrated step-by-step sewing in
structions included.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-01-20
Miner Reports How Officials of UMWA
COnspire to Get Militant Workers Fired
Also Tells How Bosses Are Allowed to Cut the
Wages by ''RecIassi6catiOn' System

that goes some Of the fired men were
never members of the NM.U. The
majority, however, were, but so were
the majority Of miners. in every mine
in the Western Pennsylvania district.
Our local president and some other
officials attack the H. G. Prick Com
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-01-20
80 D0cEct>
[AA1EGgpQe'g
QdUG4Ra:
By PAUL LUTTfNGER. MD.

ments regarding the Strong Men"
who advertise in other periodicals
and we may discuss some Of them
from time to time. Thanks Just the
same for your offer to show us some
of the booklets. Your letter was
most entertaining and instructive.
-saeet
Surgical Cleanliness
A. B. c., New York.-Your friends
objections to the doctors "rnsanis
tary" procedure was duly investigated.
He remembers distinctly that the
supply Of towels in his ONCE had
given out that day; but he states
that he had washed his hands previous
TO the examination. He has no
apology to offer, because the vaginal
canal is much more unsanitary than
his hands could have been. He ex-
pressed the opinion that he 10 not
anxious to deal with people who are
more pious than the pope, more royal
list than the king, and more sanitary
than the physician.
r We are inclined to agree with him
in this matter because some laynen
have made fetish out Of sanitary
cleanliness. AS a matter Of fact, It
is only during surgical operations that
the most scrupulous cleanliness and
asepsis should be observed. In most
other instances, the immaculate
.whiteness of certain doctors offices r.
usually displayed for show purposes
only Germs themselves do not cause
disease; they must find q suitable
soil in the weakened human organ
Ism.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-01-20
PARTY LIFE
IS Gained for Party by AL.
Party Fraction IN Chicago
Tnvise Group of A. F. Of L. Members to Hear
Cebert, Chicago District Organizer

The Communist fraction in one
Of the unions of the A. r. Of L.
invited group Of members Of the
union to a meeting to hear Com
rade Bill GeSert on the role Of the
Communist Party.
After Comrade Gebert's talk, Is
Of these members Of tire A. F. of
L. Joined the Communist Party.
This is a splendid example Of
how to recruit members to the
Communist Perty, and shall be fol-
lowed up by the Communist frac-
tons in other trade unions and
mass organizations of the workers.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-01-20
ARE WE CARRYING THROUGH
THE RECRUITING DRIVE?

BY Org. Department, DIST. No.
When in the middle of November
we undertook the membership drive
in connection with the preparations
for the Lanin Memorial meetings, we
set for ourselves the objective to COM
plcte the six months Plan of Work
adopted at the District Committee
Plenum, July 1916, 1898.
To what extent the drive Is car
ried through successfully can be seen
rom the recruiting during this Pc
Rod. Let us take the month Of De-
cember when the drive was to be in
full swing. During these 1--WE weeks
of December, we recruited in:
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-01-20

outlook we have Of recruiting from
basic concentration industries and
trade unions. And when we take the
basic industries Of concentration we
find among the 1853 members, the
following recruits:
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-01-20
Lenin, Remember

In 1917, remember
When Russia the suffering
The war-tortured Russia
Like a wind in fury
Swept out the cruel Gar
The beastly exploiters
Creators of hunger
Darkness and death,
Dumped them out in steel anger
Dumped them into the dustbfn
Where they rot in past history,
The world shook
1t was Lenin, remember
Lenin the leader
Torch of our freedom
Great muscle of struggle
Who led workers and farmers
Sloganning: Peace! Bread!
Land to the PEASANTS!
It was Lenin, remember,
Who flung to the heavanS
A light and a beacon
Flung to the heavens
The new Soviet Start
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-01-20

These figures should seriously be
considered by the fractions in the
unions.
The trade union fractions must
play a very important role In re.
cruiting into the Party. Some COM
radas R.R.) have expressed an
opinion that it is not the task of the
fractions to build the Party. With
such approach surely we will not
carry our control tasks in roofing our
Party in the basic industries.
In these last few weeks Of the
drive, we should have every unit, Sec
ticn and fraction in trade unions and
mass organizations review their re-
cruiting during this drive and see
that our control plans are completed.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-01-20

A total Of l53 new members Tor tive
weeks.
The important thing, however,
aside from the small number Of re-
cruits, is the question Of the main
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-01-20

noN'T. forget the contest. We ex-
y pect to announce the winner
within two weeks. Think of a good
title for our column. Then send your
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1934-06-22

RUBBER, one of the most useful
materials in the modern world,
which in its natural form is secured
from the sap Of a tropical tree. is
now made synthetically - another
victory for American scientists.
Coal, limestone, salt and water are
among the materials utilized in the
making of the new rubber. or 'Du.
Prene". as 1t is called. 1t sounds
simple, but It isn't. 1t took many
years to bring it about.
This new rubber is, among other
things, more resistant than natural
rubber to the swelling action Of
gasoline, kerosene. and other sol.
vents, and more resistant to the &C
ton of the air and to other chemi-
Gals that destroy rubber. 1t is re-
sistant to oil and vulcanizes by the
use Of heat alone. Due to the
smaller size of the particles In this
latex, 1t penetrates cloth, paper and
other fibrous materials more readi-
ly than natural rubber latex.
II is already being used by rub
Der manufacturers for purposes for
which it is specially suited.
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1934-06-22
BETHEL

Mr.. and Mrs. Lannis Riggin and
children of Wilmington spent the
weekend with relatives here and
was accompanied home with his
mother, Mrs. Alice Riggin.
Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Spence and
son spent a part of last week with
relatives in Greenwood.
Mr. and Mrs. John Smith enter
tanned over the weekend their
daughter and son-in-law. Mr.. and
Mrs. S. II. Leape of Camden. N. J.
Mrs. Jacob Goottee left Saturday
to spend sometime with friends in
Wilmington.
Mrs. Harry Wright left Tuesday
for Norfolk. Va. to spend a few
days on the barge with her husband.
Capt. Wright.
The Ladies Aid was entertained
on Thursday evening at the home
Of Mr.. and Mrs. o. L. Bell. Plans
were made TO hold bake. Saturday.
June %.
Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas Knowles of
Wilmington entertainedAgpests over
here.
Mrs. Annie Marshall and daughter
Jeanette of Wilmington were town
visitors Sunday. &
Prof. Jack Furniss and son of
Philadelphia are guests of his mo-
Their. Mrs. Florepee .F'uTniss.
Mrs. Clarencel Earett,5 returned
home Sunday after spending a few
days in Wilmington with relatives.
Mrs. Howard Ftitpiss and daugh-
ters, Peggy and Helen, spent Tues
day with friends at Bivalve, Md.
Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. Hopkins are
spending several days with friends
at Ocean Grove, N. J.
Mrs. Louis Cain of Wilmington
spent the weekend with her sis
.er, Mrs. Arthur Phillips.
The Children's Day services were
leld at the NJ. E. Church Sunday /
md enjoyed very much by all. The !
amounted to S4S.00.
Mr.. and Mrs. Vinol Lynch and
ION of Princess Anne. Nd, spent |
Sunday with the latter's parents;
'lr and Mrs. H. G. Sirman.
Misses Emogene and Mary Ann
of Bridgeville are visiting
heir grandparents. Mr.. and Mrs.
Ohm T. Phillips.
The Ushers Union will hold a fes-
ival on the community house lawn
saturday night. June 80. Everybody
Welcome.
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1934-06-22
Fat Girls ! Here's
A Tip For You

All over the world Krnschen Salts
is appealing to girls and women who
strive for an attractive. free from
fat figure that cannot fail to win ad-
miratiOn.
Here's the recipe that banisnes fat
and brings into blossom all the nat
ural attractiveness that every woman
possesses and does it SAFELY and
HARMLESSLY.
In the morning take one half tea
spoon of Kruschen Salts in glass
of hot water before breakfast
cut down on pastry and fatty meats
go light on potatoes. butter.
cream and sugar.
ITS the little daily dose that
takes off the fat" and brings that
Kruschen feeling" of energetic
health and activity that is reflected
in bright eyes. clear skin. cheerful
vivacity and charming figure.
But be sure for your health's
sake that you get Kruschen. A bot
tie that lasts 4 weeks costs but
little. You can always get Kruschen
at Pettyjohn's Pharmacy, and mon
ey back if not satisfied with results
after first bottle.