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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-12-24
safe Period"
(C0ntinuedl

WHAT about this regularity Well,
" we know from accurate statistics
that the normal woman does not
menstruate regularly. The only reg
ular characteristic about the men
strual periods is that they are ir-
regular. A woman may be perfectly
healthy and yet her periods may
vary-the length of the cycle may
vary from twenty-five and thirty
five days. Naturally, if the safe
period" is determined by the length
of the cycle, and the cycle varies so
much, then the safe period cannot
be accurately measured.
We know that the time of owl
lation is not the same in all wo-
men. Although in the majority of
women it may occur about the
middle of the menstrual cycle, it
may also occur soon after or a
short time before menstruation. 1t
is also true that ovulation time will
vary in the same woman. Obviously,
then, we cannot depend upon owl
lation time for determining the safe
period.
Another and important factor,
must also be considered-the hui
man element. Just for the sake of
argument, let us assume that there
is a safe period In order for it
to work, the couple must regulate
their sex life so that sexual inter-
course shall only take place during
the prescribed days, leaving a
period of eight to ten days of total
abstinence. We know that short OF
complete absence of one partner
from the other, abstinence is very
unreliable-peOple will not abstain.
From the above discussion it is
easy to gather that there is as yet
no scientific evidence to prove the
existence of a safe period-the ir-
regularity of the cycles, and of owl
lation time are enough to condemn
the idea. Add to this the uncer-
tainty of the human element, and
we can say that compared to other
methods of control, the safe period
is NOT safe. While it is true that
If intercourse takes place only dur
ing the prescribed days-if these
days can be determined-pregnancy
is not likely to occur and so these
periods are relatively safe-it is also
true that there are other methods
which are much more valuable and
work in greater percentage Of
cases.
Intercourse during menstruation
is a question of personal choice
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-12-24
BY a Macy Worker Correspondent

BY a Macy Worker Correspondent
NEW YORK. - Hysterieal scenes
and fiery denunciationS feature the
mass Christmas firing now going on
in Macy's.
No longer as in former years do
the lsid-off workers smile wanly as
they are told the bad news. The
picture of want at home, and the
terrible effect that the dismissal will
have on their families, are too much
for them to keep up the sham of
politeness and hope. The excited
voices Of workers arguing, pleading
and explaining their plight is so
loud and unrestrained that listen
ing workers in surrounding offlces
have been very much affected by
the condition.
More than ever before have they
seen the usually concealed suffer
ing and pain of their fellow work
ers, and tears Of sympathy spring
to their eyes. The management, in
order to offset this effect on their
morals, has arranged a pussyfoot-
ing staggered system-even for fir
ing. Supervisors have been in
structed to avoid the appearance of
mass firing to make the loss of
their livelihood seem a casual thing.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-12-24
NaZi Consul
Blocks Fla.
FiImShOwing
DIV a Worker Correspondent

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - The Hit
lerite Vice-Consul in cooperation
with local authorities has dealt an
other blow at the workers.
The I. w. O., with the support
of other organizations. sponsored
the bringing of the Soviet film,
Maxim Gorki's Mother" to a local
theatre, the Casino. The picture
was to be shown at midnight on
Dec. IS.
It had been widely advertised
through a preview at the theatre,
leaflets and through the local press.
Many workers we're enthusiastic and
anxious to see this great picture.
Therefore they worked hard to
make it a big success.
But, a few hours before the film
was to be shown the murderous Hit
lerite Vice-Consul DR.. E.G.Steinke,
with the help Of a U. S. agent forced
the manager of the theatre not to
show the picture.
The agent Of the Hitler murder
regime told the manager that he had
been to the American Legion and
the Chamber Of Commerce and
claimed that he had their support
in demanding that this picture be
stopped.
This fascist agent together with
the local American faScists called
this picture an Anarchist picture.
We, the workers of Jacksonville,
know that this is a working class
picture. We workers are beginning
to realize who are our friends and
who are our enemies. We have
learned that the American Legion,
the Chamber of Commerce, other
anti-labor organizations and the
Roosevelt government officials are
linked with the bloody hand of the
Hitler agent, They are working
hand in hand to Cypress the work
ing class.
Now, we had the Congressional
Committee investigating ln-Amer-
lean activities. The local press
writes about Communist activities
which are claimed to be discovered"
by the committee with the gracious
help Of the A. F. Of L. mis-leaders,
Mr.. Green and. Mr.. VOL. What
will they say about this?
The workers of Jacksonville are
uniting stronger than ever to bring
such pictures here in the near future
in spite of the terror.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-12-24
ALL. Locals
Back ParIey
DespiteHeads
By a WORKER Correspondent

NEW HAVEN, Conn.-There has
been quite a red scare" raised here
by the officials of the A. F. of L.
over the success Of the work being
carried on by the Sponsoring Com
mittee for the New Haven Confer
ence for Unemployment and Social
Insurance.
Mr.. Tierney, president of the New
Haven Trades Council, made a
statement that any A. F. of L.
union daring to take part in the
Conference would be expelled. And
Mr.. Egan, secretary of the State
Federation of Labor, charged that
the Conference was "Communistic
and had no support from the A. F.
of L.
He was promptly answered by L..
M. Cory, chairman of the New
Haven Sponsoring Committee, who
presented facts that A. F. of L.
unions not only throughout the
country, but right in New Haven
had endorsed the Congress and
were sending delegates. So John
Egan made another statement and
said that it was true, these A. F.
Of L. unions had endorsed the Con-
gress, but they were hoodwinked, I"
they did not know at the time that
it was "communistic."
Also, Mr.. Egan was very much
worried over the terms of the
Workers Bill, because under it I'M
employed workers would be getting
more money than workers in shops.
He said that the A. F. Of l.. was
preparing legislation for unemploy-
ment insurance, but he did not
state what kind of insurance. Now
we all know what Bill Green's
scheme is-take the insurance right
out from the pockets of the work.
ers.
l. Amter, secretary of the National
Unemployment Councils spoke to
200 workers at a mass meeting and
smashed Egans red scare" He ex-
posed Bill Green and the other fax
ers at the top leadership of the
A. F. of L. and showed the workers
at the meeting how they were try
ing to pass some fake unemploy-
ment insurance scheme onto the
workers.
In spite of all the "red scare"
raised by Egan on orders from his
higher-ups, we had successful
conference at which there we're del
egates from A. F. of l.. unions.
Also, the Arrangements Committee
elected at this Conference is going
to work to send to Washington as
big number of A. F. of L. dele
gates as possible.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-12-24

The membership drive of the In
ternational Workers Order is now
in it's last stage. According to the
decision of the Organization Com
mittee all applications, and only
those applications, reaching the ma
tional office up to and including
December 81 will be counted as re-
suits of the campaign.
The campaign is part Of a six
months plan of work from July l
to December 81. 1t provided the
recruiting during this period of u.s.
600 adult Including YOUTH and
5000 children members.
Even before the campaign got I'M
der way we were confronted with
the inability of obtaining State
licenses for the Order from the In
surance Departments Of the States
of Pennsylvania and Massachusetts,.
1t was required of us to cease any
recruiting and any functioning in
these States until the licenses were
granted and entitled us to "do bust
ness" This removed from our pros
poets important recruiting grounds
which we're to net the Order $500
members. The total quota was
never officially reduced by these
$500 members. The National Ex-
ecutive Committee instead of ad-
justing these figures, urged the
various sections of the Order to
make up for the loss of Pennsyl-
vania and Massachusetts, by more
intense activities in other centers.
Some of the sections did accom-
plish this. The English and the
Jewish Sections, and especially the
Children's Section. intensified their
work in New York and other con-
centration districts to point of
enabling them to reach their quota
even so.
The Ukrainian, Hungarian and
Slovak Sections did not succeed in
reorientsting their work sufficiently.
They did not succeed in making up
for the lost territory. OF course,
they had a hard job on hand in
trying. A large number of their
most active branches are located in
Pennsylvania.
In order to secure a concrete and
realistic analysis, we must now de-
duct these $500 prospective but I'M
attainable recruits from Pennsyl-
vania and Massachusetts,, from the
total quota. This leaves as the
total aim Of the recruiting drive
1880 members exclusive of the
children.
With two more weeks to go, the
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-12-24
Seamen Pack Courtroom
In Defense of Comrades

BY Marine Worker Correspondent
NEW YORK.-Last Tuesday night
two young seamen, members Of the
Marine Workers Industrial Union
and the Waterfront Unemployed
Council, were arrested for handing
out copies of the Dog House News,
organ of the w. U. c., in the Dog
House (Seamens Church Institute,
a holy flop house for seamen).
When the Dog House thugs, a
sadistic gang, nabbed the first sea-
man and were going to beat up on
him, his mate called upon the other
seamen present to rally to the sup
port of the nabbed seaman The
bulls then grabbed the second one
When the seamen came before his
nibs, the judge, the court was filled
with over ninety seamen. His honor
did not like this and when some
one in a true seamanly manner
called the judge a name, which
questioned the legality of his birth,
his nibs' face damn near fell to
his pot belly.
The I. l.. D. responded wonder
fully and had two lawyers present
when the case came
The trial was then postponed till
the next day. When the judge saw
a court full Of seamen the folio ring
day, he kept the case over till TIE
afternoon, but the seamen stuck to
the ship.
Sentence was held over till the
next day. The seamen were again
present. The judge made a dema-
gogic speech that he was for work.
ers fighting for better conditions
but, nevertheless he gave them
ten dollars or two days. They took
the two days.
The solidarity of the seamen in
the court room is a direct result
Of the work of the Waterfront IN
employed Council.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-12-24
Stormy Scenes Accompany
Macy's Christmas Layoffs

However, none of these ruses fool
the workers. The advertisement as
to the intelligence of Macy work
ers which Straus boasts about is no
overstatement. If he could hear
them as we do, he would be sur
prised and perhaps frightened.
1t won't be long now. Their rapid
calculations, and arrival at accurate
conclusions would slow up his wage
slashing, staggering, and hour
lengthening attacks on their lives,
This conversation overheard on
the lunch line" is typical.
Gee, it's swell Of them giving us
free lunch"
well what of it, amt they TAX
ing eight hours from us for moth
ing? How much are you getting?"
Fourteen"
Gee, me eighteen. guess plenty
of us old timers will be dropped in
the mass layoff
The "old timer" was about twenty
years old Old enough to be scrapped
by Mays for cheaper labor.
Talk about doing something, I"
getting together" and other ex-
pressions are not uncommon.
Go to it, girlsl And you, fellows!
What are we waiting for? Why
don't we join the union?
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-12-24
Refuse to Sign City
Petition for IO% Cut

and twenty hours per week. We
received fifteen hundred dollars per
year.
During the year 1888 we went on
what is called a two platoon sys-
TEN, our hours were thus reduced
TO eighty-two per week. When the
petition was brought to us last year
there was a slight increase in the
murmur, but the boys signed just
the same, and the treachery of the
city council had now been exposed
twice, BUT
Today, when the petition was
brought around for the third time
there was a stone wall. We were
told the cops were all signing, but
an entire shift of the cops stand
solidly with our entire platoon
against the alleged voluntary sign
ing. All have vowed that if a con-
tinusnce of the cut was to be in
force it must be taken from us by
city ordinance,
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-12-24
Young Circle League
Sent Only Observers
To New Haven Farley

NEW HAVEN, Conn, Dec. %
Observers from the Young Circle
League, who attended the Regional
Youth Conference here, will report
back to their organization on the
decisions of the conference.
The league did not send regular
delegates, as enormously reported
in the Daily Worker of Dec. 10, and
its position on the National Youth
Congress to be held in Washington,
Jan. 4 and 5, will not be known
until after the observers report back
to the organization.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-12-24
THE STRAINED LOOK OF
HUNGER

Leslie, Mich.
Dear Comrade Editor:
They are cutting down on relief
here and people seem puzzled and
baffled. The strained look of the
workers as they pass is becoming
one of desperation.
I sell fifteen to twenty Daily
Workers week. The capitalist press
has created such a red scare about
Communist papers that I have to
overcome it.
The Daily Worker is the best
friend of the workers and wish we
had more people here to push the
sales of it. 1t is my inspiration. 1t
may use some big words and ex-
pressions, but that is a good thing
sometimes. The Daily Worker is
worthy of study by all the working
class.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-12-24


The concentration territories
have practically achieved their
quota. Originally $500 members
were expected to be recruited
through branches in non-concentra-
ton territories. Reducing the total
expected recruitment from $4,000 to
1850, this left for -concentra-
ton territories $500 members to
recruit. The actual recruitment is
3 400, or 997 per cent.
Without trying to anticipate, we
can say that the drive on the whole
was very successful. However, the
work in the two concentration dis
tricts Of Chicago and Detroit was
bad in one and worse in the other.
A final analysis and Judgment will
have to wait two weeks. These two
weeks must be utilized to make final
efforts. Cleveland and New York
must make efforts to fulfill their
quotas. Chicago and Detroit must
make efforts to better their show
ing. The whole Order must make
efforts to push the membership to-
ward its immediate goal.
Forward to $4,000 members!
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-12-24
BY Municipal Worker Core
spondent

BY Municipal Worker Core
spondent
LANCASTER, Pa am sending
you q clipping from the Lancaster
New Era" of Dec. II. also a copy
Of a petition sent out among the
Police and Fire Departments of
which latter I am a member. 1t is
Just another bit of the decaying
system BY which we are governed.
The copy of the petition is as fol-
lows:
Lancaster. Penna.,
Dec. Is, 1884.
Council of the City of Lancaster
State of Pennsylvania,
Municipal Building,
Lancaster, Penna.
Gentlemen:
We, the undersigned, members
Of the Lancaster City Fire Dept,
Lancaster, Pa, do hereby agree
to accept a voluntary reduction
Of the ten 10 per cent per cen
tum from our regular rate of pay
fer the period, January 1, 1888
to December 81, 1885.
There we're enough spaces for
each member to af1x his name &C
cording to the company with which
he is affiliated. Here is the point:
December, 1882, the Chief under
a former administration came
around to us and told us that if
so much as one man failed or re-
fused to sign the petition, the city
fathers might take it from us.
There were two of us who had the
CUTS to refuse to sign. However,
after finding that there was no fur
Their sense in our holding out we
too signed, and there was deduc-
ton of 10 per cent in our pay
checks small as they were. At this
time we we're working one hundred
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-12-24
There are no medical objections to
(The End
Infantile Eczema

Infantile Eczema
Comrade B., N. Y: Although a
positive diagnosis cannot be made.
your baby is probably suffering
from "infantile eczema" This con-
sists of red scaly oozing spots usu-
ally on the cheeks, arms. legs or
even over the entire body. 1t is
very itchy and lasts a long time.
The condition arises from being
sensitive usually to some food in
the diet Occasionally the child
may be sensitive to several foods.
Local treatment: The best, simple
form of treatment is to rub into the
affected skin a 3 per cent crude coal
tar ointment once or twice daily.
The logical treatment, however, is
to discover the food causing the
trouble and to remove it from the
diet. Cut out such foods as seem
to make the rash worse. In your
case you notice this after feeding
baby green peas, which may be the
offending food. Cod Liver Oil,
which you suspect, may possibly be
at fault, although 1t is unlikely.
AS concerns a diet, start with
milk, orange juice and cod liver oil.
Then, as the skin improves, add q
food at a time to see its effect. If
there is none, it may be kept in
the diet. Some cases may do poorly
even on the simple milk diet. Such
case may eventually lose its SEN
SitiYity to the milk. 1t would prob
ably be asking too much to substi-
tute goats milk for the cows milk
on account of expense.
Skin tests have not been shown
to have any definite value in most
cases, so that it would be waste
of energy, time and money to sub
ject your child to a lengthy series
of skin tests Certainly an expen-
sive course of tests is entirely out
of the question, since the knowledge
we usually gain from them equals
zero, in this condition Of infantile
eczema.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-12-24

good time but to me the highlight
of the evening was the performance
of the Pioneer dramatic group. It
was announced as their first pro-
duction and the workers assembled
gave the young actors perfect CO.
operation by their silence, atten-
ton and the deserved applause.
But I was disappointed in the
matter fact manner in which
the performance Of the dramatic
group was accepted by the com
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-12-24

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mittee in charge. The least I ex-
pected was to have one Of the func-
tionaries comment and welcome
the spirit and work of the children
in their center-their own children.
I hope you publish this so that the
comrades in charge of that center
and other centers-realize the i'm
portance Of cultural work for chill
dren and will do more to help them
along in the future.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-12-24

The grand total quota, with the
children included, is 81 500. The
grand total recruitment, with the
children included, was 15,072, or
70.1 per cent of the total.
Aside from language section as
signments, the National Executive
Committee had made concrete city
assignments. AS concentration points
were selected Chicago, New York,
Cleveland. Detroit and Pittsburgh.
With Pittsburgh eliminated, the dis
tricts achieved the following:
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-12-24
ABOUT THE WORKERS AND
FARMERS GOVERNMENT

Dear Comrade Editor:

Dear Comrade Editor:
I am sending you an article from
the Boston Post of Nov. 28, the
paper which carried just a little
while ago series of articles against
the U.S.S.R., the only land where
poor farmers like myself are not
robbed and taxed out of existence.
1t is Of interest to note that so
great an authority op the U.sSR.
is forced to admit that there is no
religious persecution in the Soviet
Union.
A FARMER.
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VOLUNTEERS WANTED

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LET HEARST HEAR OUR IN
DIGNATION

DIJNAIION
Omaha, Nebr.
Dear Comrade Editor:
Again I enclose 81 for the Daily
Worker fund. Your article of Satur-
day, Dec. s, on yellow Hearst" did
me so much good that want to
send contribution
I am not much of a writer. but I
do take issues with the Hearst
paper here. I let them know what
I think about their editorials.
1 believe more people should write
to the yellow press and tell them
what they think of the stuff that
is printed, Maybe it would make
them hesitate in what they print.
There are many people here who
don't like the Hearst papers. My
daughter hates it as if it were a
rattlesnake She gives me hell if
she knows I spend money for it, but
il I had SO to spare I'd have sent
1t in on the strength of that article
on yellow Hearst"
WR
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-12-24
Reach 7O% Of Quota in IWO
Drive uUith One Week to Go
English, Jewish and Children's Sections Lead
Concentration Points Weak
BY MAX BEDACHT

campaign has netted 1897 applica-
tions, not counting the children
This is 64.8 per cent of the quota.
The various Sections have sue
ceeded in achieving the following
percentages of their unadjusteo
quotas:
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-12-24
IN THE HON E
A Letter and An Answer
BY ANN BART ON.

and misery. But, "B," you cannot
stop at letting suffering react upon
you. You've got to see that you
can bring out of this suffering,
action, that will bring an end to
misery.
And the best way to do that o."
is by connecting yourself up directly,
with the Communist Party, whose
aim you are already connected with.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-12-24
LETTERS FROM
OUR READERS

Because of the volume of letters
received by the Department, we
can print only those that are of
general interest to Daily Worker
readers. However, all letters re-
ceived are carefully read by the
editors. Suggestions and criticisms
are welcome and whenever pos
sible are used for the improve
rnent Of the Daily Worker.
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