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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-10-18
Guns Fail
Against
Solidarity
Landlords Forced to
Grant Sl.0O Per
100 Pounds
By a worker Correspondent

DADEVILLE, Ala. - During the
cotton pickers strike, the southern
landlord sent scabs to pick their
cotton at 40 and 80 cents per 100
lbs. The bosses said they would
rather leave the cotton to rot in the
field than pay us 81 per 100 pounds.
They had been working the white
and negroes as they wanted to, but
this time they failed because the
Sharecroppers Union ran this strike,
with the help of the Communist
Party.
The boss got three or four scabs
and put them on the field to pick
cotton at 40 cents per 100 pounds
and meal. Some of the comrades
went down and told these workers
not to pick for less than 81 per 100
pounds. The landlord saw them and
got his gun and went out into the
field and watched them, he told the
scabs not to stop, told them the
Negroes have been free all their
born days, and you have come here,
warning with these Negroes"
The officials Of the relief who
were present didn't say anything,
they knew the workers we're hungry.
The woman from the relief jumped
up and got into the new Ford and
left. The comrades organized
large group Saturday and went
back, but the officials didn't show
up, and the workers did not get any
food.
The xxx. were riding slapping
some of the workers and shot two
or three, and jailed three to eight
because they found some leaflets
They are trying to make them say
they put those leaflets out, but they
would not.
They shot at a woman comrade,
tried to make her tell about the
Party, but she wouldn't The Party
answered by going to Camp Hill
and asked for help, and other places
as well, but they were refused.
The bosses were forced to give
81 per 100 pounds, else their cotton
would have rotted in the fields
Fellow workers throughout the
whole world, remember the suffer
ing of the workers in the south,
who had to work for 50 cents a day.
Suffering from hunger and cold,
they fought for their rights and
demands, and won!
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-10-18

] ObIe s s
Win Relief
Force Turning On of
Water and Stop to
Eviction
BY a Worker Correspondent


MILTON, Pa.-Friday, Oct. u,
was Columbus Day. The Unem-
ployment Council of Milton cele-
brated this holiday by winning
many improvements in the condi-
tons Of the workers here.
A large committee went down
early in the morning and forced
the water company to turn on the
water for Comrade Hotenstein.
Then we went to "Whitey's" house
on Locust st. and helped stop an
eviction. We forced Mr.. ShireS, the
landlord, to agree not to try to
eyict Whitley as long as Whitley Was
unemployed and could not pay rent.
In the afternoon q committee of
about Is men and women went to
see Miss Smart, the relief super
visor. She did not want to see the
whole committee but the workers
just went in anyhow and forced her
to see us all.
The workers told Miss Smart that
they could not live on promises and
explanations and that they wanted
more action in the form of relief
clothes, and coal. The meeting
lasted three hours. The workers
all stuck together and showed Miss
Smart they meant business. This
is why we were able to win better
conditions in every single case.
In the case of Mrs. Edgemeyer
we forced the supervisor to call
Reverend Lehman, the county ad-
ministrator, on the long distance
phone in Sunbury and demand an
emergency order. When the work.
erS were not satisfied with the an
swer Of Rev, Lehman, we demanded
that she call again and let Com
rade Dean, the leader of our dele.
cation, talk to him.
Comrade Dean said we would hold
Lehman responsible for ANYTHING
that happened to Mrs. Edermeyer's
children if they did not get some
thing to eat. Then the Reverend
promised to provide for the family
Immediately, and also to take ur
the matter of giving the family a
food order and placing them on
relief.
The delegation demanded that
rent and water rent be paid fol-
unemployed workers. This would
stop evictions and insure every
worker having water in his house
Miss Smart was instructed to pre-
sent these demands to her superiors
Miss Smart said that any COM
plants that came in through the
Unemployment Council would re-
ceive immediate attention.
The Unemployment Council is
the first organization of its kind
In the history of Milton that is
really winning better conditions
for the workers. The workers are
learning to stick together and
fight together for more relief and
clothes. We are growing bigger
every day and are planning to
send a big delegation to the con-
ference for the Workers Unem-
pi0yment Insurance Bill which
will be held in Harrisburg on Oct.
n and 28.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-10-18
Choppers
Toll Feeds
Landlord
Nothing Left to Tenant.
Not Even Chance of
Getting Relief
By q WORKER Correspondent


DADEVILLE, Ala-We Negroes
down here in the Black Belt are
having a hard time with the bosses.
They have cut my son off the re-
lief and he hasn't got any job nor
clothes fit to wear out. He has
been walking to Dadeville since last
December trying to get job but
couldn't get one. He asked them
to put him back on the relief, but
they asked him if he didn't have a
farm. He told them no, his father
only had one horse farm. They
asked him if he wasn't staying on
Mr.. IS place, he told them yes, ubt
Mr.. - was not furnishing him with
anything. They said, well. he will
furnish your father. You furnished
your father during the winter; now
let your father furnish you" The
landlord only furnishes his father
$500 a month and doesn't furnish
that every month, and there are
i've of us in the family.
Some that have farms with those
big bosses, are still on the relief
and they haven't cut them Now if
they won't give us jobs, and then
cut us off the relief because we are
living on some landlords place, I
don't know what we will do, for
most of us are living on some land
lords place. Now if we had q home
of our own and not have to make
a living for these bosses we could
make living and wouldn't have
to beg for a job, nor for relief, but
we can't make living for our
selves and them, too, so that is why
they try to stop our union.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-10-18
Cotton Pickers Defeat xxx Terror and Win Their Demands
A.A.A. Casts Tenants
Into Relief office
By a Worker Correspondent

By a Worker Correspondent
BARN HART, Texas. Mr.,
Roosevelt made a statement say
ing there will be no starving
people in the q. S. A. While
writing this letter there are 20
OO0.o0O on relief and his A.AA.
in action.
Mr.. Bradley, who spoke at the
Bible class, stated, You will not
believe it, but you can come 70
my office and see. In Tom Green
County, Texas, 25,0O0 out of
$4,000 live in our city of San
Angelo, and $1,000 of them are
on relief and the unbelievable
thing is this: The government
rented the landowners land at
S11 per acre in the country
around San Angelo with the re-
suit that I have at my office
$50 families of men, women, and
crying children, the evicted rent
erS. They have no place to go.
and nothing to eat. Come to my
office and see"
7 will add, great is the Blue
Buzzard Administration of
Roosevelt.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-10-18
COMMUNIST PARTY
FARM PROGRAM

munist Party puts forward the
following demands for the small,
mortgage ridden, tax-ridden farm
erS:
For the repeal of the Agricul-
turaI Adjustment Act; for emer-
gency relief to the impoverished
and drought : stricken farmers
without restriction by the govern
ment or banks; exemption of i'm
poverished farmers from taxation;
cancellation of the debts of poor
farmers; for the Farmers Emer-
gency Relief Bill"
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-10-18
Trial Rips
Cover Off
Starvation
F a h er of Six Small
Children jailed for
Taking Food
BY a Worker Correspondent

LUBBOCK, Texas.-E. c. Lamb,
"a, who has wife and six small
children from 5 to II, and who has
been out OF work and on welfare
relief receiving scant supplies for
some time, was arrested for taking
five cans OF Uncle Sans ham
burger meat from Relief Headouar-
tiers. Lamb had made several trips
for supplies and been refused. Then
he took the Ave cans Of hamburger
meat and on the way home was
taken in by an officer Of the New
Deal" and placed in the arms of
the blue eagle in the city jail
Friends and workers bailed Lamb
out, took up a collection, and sent
something to eat TO his hungry wife
and small starving children. After
these supplies had been received by
the family, the welfare relief" sent
a committee to investigate, and re-
ported that the Lamb family had
supplies.
Evidence in the trial developed
that meat given out by the "wel-
fare" Of the New Deal had worms
in it. Also, the butter had been on
hand so long 1t was dispensed to
large families only in 3o-pound lots
to make soup.
The prosecution tried desperately
to prove 1912 cents per day per
member was a generous sum to
feed a family of working man
The court room was packed during
the trials, people getting interested
in the new deal" After two days,
two able lawyers failed to prove
Lamb even temporarily insane.
Lamb had been operated ON for
appendicitis and gall stones, yet he
was handling 150-pound boxes at
Relief welfare" when he could
get job.
The city of Lubbock has money
in the treasury. The poor visit the
swill barrels to live. The super
visor" lady told the workers to GO
to the fields and pull bolls or &c
hungry. The New Deal is the old
deal. The workers here plan organ
izing, az the result Of the Lamb case
and the New DEAF Blue Eagle.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-10-18
In THE HON E
Five Years After, or What the Chicken in Every
Pot Has Come To
BY HELEN KE

A budget list of groceries, made
out for case No. So-and-so" by the
Nutrition Service" Of the Home Re-
lief Bureau, has come to our desk.
It itemizes kind and amount of food
for two weeks (cost, $1125) for
family Of four: father, mother, two
children under ten.
Tt consists Of: II quarts milk
(grade b, IS (talD cans evaporated
milk, IL lbs. cheese, 2 doz. eggs, 4
lbs. meat, lbs. fish, "a lbs. potatoes,
10 lbs. green vegetables, 8 lbs. other
vegetables, / ID. dried peas, beans, or
lentils, 4 cans tomatoes, 8 lbs. fresh
fruit, ~ lbs. dried fruit, IL lbs.
bread, II lbs. cereals, az lbs. but
ter, IL lbs. peanut butter, crisco,
lard, Suet, or oil, 3 lbs. sugar, l can
molasses, l lb. cocoa, l ID. coffee.
Dividing these amounts by two gives
one, Of course, the amounts for one
week.
And the resulting budget for one
week doesn't compare very favorably
with the starvation ('1ow-cost")
diets worked out by the Food
Economists" and "Nutritionists' of
tn Department of Agriculture,
which allow for family of only
three (parents and child of three
years. weekly: 10 Is lbs. bread,
3 to lbs. cereal, 1 to 2 lbs. flour, 9
to IA quarts milk, 8 to 10 lbs. pota-
toes, l to lbs. dried peas, etc., 4
lbs. tomatoes, IL to IA lbs. other
vegetables and dried fruit, lbs. fat,
~ lbs. sugar, 3 to lbs. meat, etc.
Looking again at our two-week's
budget for the family of four. If we
allow the daily quart of milk per
child and pint per adult which the
great national advertising cam
paigns assure us are minimum re-
quirement for health we get IS
quarts, just the amount allowed not
a drop to spare.
With the pound and half of
cheese you could possibly prepare
three dishes to serve on the meat
less days, such as macaroni au-
gratin. AS for the eggs-a dozen a
week for a family of four! QMy
grandparents would turn over in
their graves) Four pounds of meat:
cheap cuts too according to the
directives in the budget, full of
wasteful bone and gristle- for a
family of four for two weeksl CThey
would turn over again. Four pounds
Of fish: half a pound weekly per
person. (Really the unemployed
shouldn't be allowed to gorge
themselves like that. There ought
to be a law
Twenty -four pounds potatoes. In
clude these in the diet at least once
day." says the budget. Eight tiny,
or two to three medium sized pota-
toes weigh a pound. "At least once
a day well, it sounds swell on
paper, anyway.
Any housewife knows that when
you get all the dirt scrubbed off, bad
spots cut out, and rotten ones dis
carded, there's about 20 lbs. left
of the "a. CTo shop constantly for
spuds and never bring home bad
one takes real genius, buying talent
Of high order)
We also think the budget doesn't
allow enough fresh fruit and toma-
toes. We also devote an unhappy
thought to the rising cost of grocer
les. This isn't the first such budget
to reach our desk. We have tried
more than once, without success, to
work out satisfactory menus from
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-10-18
BY a Worker Correspondent

CHARLESTON, MOI was proud
of your paper, it is all right. I want
to ask you a few questions: You
don't believe in putting a tax on
cotton, hogs, grain, corn or wheat,
do you? I don't believe in these
taxes. The farmers are taxed on
their cotton $5.67 hundred pounds,
the hog tax is $3.50 a hundred
pounds. The farmers can't pay
these taxes and the government can
expect war with the farmers and
laborers on this issue.
They want to put a big tax on
everything they raise or grow to
keep them down in order to be
able TO handle them if trouble comes
up. I believe the farmer ought to
have his say, to run his farm the
way he wants, and to grow the
crops he wants, as much or as little
as he wants, the government not
to take our freedom away from us.
All the land they had left out
was p1allUCQ Will COIIl bI1o year,
enough to feed many hungry horses,
COWS and mules. On account of the
drought we had this year, the land
was made hard for the people to
cultivate and yet they are living on
1t and starving. Tt won't be hard
to starve the people to death.
NOTE:-The Communist Party
fights for the interests Of the
small, impoverished farmers as
against the interests Of the rich
landlords who own the biggest
farms and exploit farm labor. The
Roosevelt tax program is aimed at
substituting the richest farmers by
making the city workers pay for
these subsidies In higher prices
collected through the A. A. A.
processing tax. In its Congress
sional Election Platform, the Com
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-10-18
No COUer Against
Rain for Choppers
By a Worker Correspondent

by worker Correspondent
DADEVILhE, Ala-We have to
live outdoors. We have been living
here on this place 16 years, and
have made enough to pay double
for it, yet we have to live out
doors, go naked and barefooted,
and sometimes hungry. The house
top is rotten, and when it rains
1t rains on the inside and leaks
on the outside, though the land
lord doesn't seem to think we are
human enough to fix a house for
us fit to live in. He will say he
is going to fix it, but he hasn't
brought one board to fix it with.
It is mighty hard on us poor
Negroes down here, we have to
work so hard and then have to
live outdoors. We haven't got a
decent place to sleep, and any
thing decent to sleep on. But we
are still struggling for our rights
and better living conditions.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-10-18
Contributes SIS in Memory
Of Victim Of Capitalism

raIs SIS Comade Sol Taub
October active comrade the LSU
and soldier victim the capitalist system
the signature "a Friend"
washing the OF employees
at hospital zounek patient the Harlem Valley State
Hospital another The Russian National
Mutual Aid Subenve contributed s65oU Kar
mchk and deserving credit Joseph Dcew
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-10-18
Citrus Union Clique
Rules With Terror
By a Worker Correspondent

by 4 WOIAcI correspondent
AUBERNDALE, Fla.-Recently
a man named Jack Walker was
beaten up near here for showing
the Labor Research Monthly TO
some of his friends. The next
night he was shot at several times
and has been ordered to stay
away unless he wanted to be shot.
The election of the State Off
Gals in the United Citrus Work
ers is in November and the Off
Gals want to get rid of Walker
before the elections. Walker is
known as q fighter,
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-10-18
NOTE:

We publish every Thursday
letters from farmers, farm and
cannery workers. We urge farm
ers and workers in these indus
tries to write us of their condi-
tions and their struggles to or
ganize. Please get these letters to
us by Tuesday of each week.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-10-18

them. We submit that changing the
entire social and economic order
so that an abundance of good things
of all sorts would be produced and
distributed freely will actually be
easier. And more sensible!
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-10-18
ON GUARD FOR THE ELECTIONS

Little Fails, n. ].
Dear Comrade Editor:
This is suggestion for getting
out larger Communist vote in the
coming general election.
There are many potential voters
for the Party ticket anon the
foreign-born and, less literate native
groups who are bafhed by the Ian
guage difficulty in reading a long
ballot and marking it correctly. The
result Is either a totally spoiled
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-10-18
Letters from Our Readers

because of the volume Of letters re-
ceived by the Department, we can print
only those that are of general interest
to Daily Worker readers. However, all
letters received are carefully read by the
editors. Suggestions and criticisms are
welcome and whenever possible are used
for the improvement of the Daily
Worker.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-10-18

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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-10-18
How Do You Feel About 1t,


Comrade j. D., of Philadelphia,
writes us as follows;
Il should like to make the fol-
lowing suggestion. Many times I
read in the column of some treat
ment for an ailment. Not being
afflicted with this particular all
ment, at that time, I merely read
out of curiosity and for general in
formation. 1t frequently happens,
however, that some time later am
troubled by the same thing that
was discussed in the column a few
weeks back. Then I am unable to
find the issue of the Daily and if
1 need the advice badly, I am forced
to write to the Board for it. This
means a useless repetition of effort
in most cases.
Would it not be possible to COL
lect all the letters and answers to
letters in little booklet, issued
quarterly or semi-annually, in
dexed for reference, which would
sell at a very small price within the
reach of every reader of the Daily?
These booklets could be sold at the
bookstores. Also, when a worker
writes in concerning some matter
which has been fully covered in a
previous article, merely mail him
that particular issue of the book
let, indicating the article which is
the answer to his question. This
would enable every line Of the valu-
able space in the Daily to be filled
with new material every day, and
would also save time and energy
for the Board, as well as provide
many workers with handy refer
ences for treatment Of various i'll
nesses. Write a line in the column
about this suggestion and see what
the workers think about it,"
Question
Comrade r. j., of Los Angeles,
writes: my son has Bronchial
Asthma. My physician advised skin
tests. Are such tests painful2 Are
they OF any ValueP"
Skin Tests fer Asthma in Childhood
We advise examination of your
child by a competent physician and
certain Necessary studies to deter
mine more precisely the nature of
his illness. An X-ray of the Sinuses
and Of the Lungs should be taken
to rule out the possible presence of
the disease in either region. If such
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-10-18

Contributions received to the
credit of Helen Luke in her Social
ist competition with David Ramsey,
Jacob Burck, Del, Harry Cannes,
Mike Gold and the Medical Advis-
ory Board, in the Daily Worker
drive for 100000 Quota-S500.
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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-10-18
Can You Make EN-
Yourself?

Pattern 2050 is available in sizes
"a, 36, 38, 40, AZ, A and 46. Size 80
takes Az yards 80 inch fabric. Illus
trated step-by-step sewing ifastrucs
lions included.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-10-18
THE MESSAGE OF sTALINo

HE luESSAUE UF SIALIN
New York City.
Dear Comrade Editor:
Heartiest congratulations on your
editorial on THE Message of Sta
lin" on Oct. 10. 1t was a master
piece of simple language, yet con-
vincing approach.
When the Daily" can succeed in
spreading that type of writing to
others parts of the paper (particu-
larry the leading article on the
front page, the problem Of build
ing circulation will be made easier.
r. A. B.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-10-18
Lecture on Rirth Control

Are only women affected by birth
control2 What methods are in use
in the U. S. A.? The answers to
these and other questions will be
given on Friday. Oct. 10 at 9 p. m.
at Irving Plaza Hall, 18th Street and
Irving Place.
DR.. Cheri Appel, the well-known
authority on this subject, will Leo
ture for the Medical Advisory
Boards 81 500 quota. Films illustrate
ing methods of contraception will
be shown. Admission is Is cents.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-10-18

Contributions received to the
credit Of the Medical Advisory
Board in its Socialist competition
with Del Mike Gold, Harry Cannes,
Jacob Burck, David Ramsey and
Helen Luke. in the Daily Worker
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PoughkeepSie, N. Y, $l0.3O.
Today's list follows:
Received Oct. Is, 1884 s2l9.59
previously received 1s, sos .7s
Total TO date s18,825 90
The Washington times., 1934-03-28
SMALL INSISTS
COUNTY WATER
IS THE ISSUE
Minority Member Of Board
In Prince Georges Maps
Campaign With Counsel

Commissioner Frank Small,
minority member on the Prince
Georges Board of County Com
missioners, is intent upon making
the county's water supply system
a campaign issue.
Dissatisfied with the statement
made yesterday by T. Howard
Duckett, of the commission, Com.
missioner Small today declared he
had retained legal staff to study
the legislative acts of the Subur-
ban Sanitary Commission, with a
view of determining whether the
commission could purchase it's
owns bonds for its sinking fund.
The county is levied upon for the
interest on the bonds.
In his answer to the original
resolution of Mr.. Small, asking
for an investigation, adopted two
weeks ago, Mr.. Duckett said the
practice was good business.
The commission often has been
the target of criticism from mu-
inequalities for it's front-foot ben
eft charges and its meter-reading
charge.
Concerning the front-foot
charges, a total of $407,811.90
was raised in that fashion to
cover the total annual require
ment for 1888 for interest and
sinking funds Of $459,349.77.
Because of intense interest in
the work of the sanitary commits
sion among towns in the metro
politan area served by the COM
mission, any capital that Repub-
licans can make out of "revela.
tions" is to be considered a de-
cided tallying point.
Although the issue Of whether
the Sanitary Commission is pro-
ceeding legally is a delicate legal
question, it is believed that be-
cause water rates bear such an
important part in family life the
issue can be easily transcribed
into a campaign point.
Mr.. Duckett asserts that the
Prince Georges and Montgomery
county boards have decided con-
troll over the sinking fund ar
rangement and can refuse to au-
thorize the purchasing Of the
commissions bonds for invest
ment.