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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-05-02
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obtained" Old friend Geranium
Pink again. When you rub, the
warm moisture of the skin pene-
trates the oily coating, releasing
the dye, which Immediately tints
the skin. This rouge, and some
"sun-tan" powders are very I'M
certain, as the color may get more
brilliant, and in patches, after
you've perspired bit.
Rouges and powders, except pos
sibly the brown shades, contain
scarcely enough aniline to do any
damage by absorption through the
skin. 1t is in hairdye and lipstick
that the aniline and kindred dyes
may prove harmful. A lipstick that
is "indelible" is surely made with
aniline.
eve have some additional notes
on rouges, lotions, etc., for later
use.)
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-05-02
ACW Heads Protect CRATER.
Prosecute Militant Worker

The professor grew and expanded.
He reached Washington. He was 60
ing to stop strikes. He was now a
Federal mediator. Yes, the professor
was on his way to the White House,
with the crooked labor leaders push
ing him ahead, for the highest
honorS.
And then came a Chicago Grand
Jury and suddenly indicted the man
with a national reputation" for
graft, conspiracy and coercion.
But let us return to Kirshbaum
and see what happened to him as a
result of his persistence. For nearly
four years he was kept out of his
trade. He was ultimately compelled
to get a job in a different line. Here
he worked and earned less than one
half of what he could make in his
own trade. But he'd rather do that
than submit. This lasted year and
half. Then the Amalgamated came
in and organized this trade. They
wanted him to join, but he de-
clined on the ground that he had
been declared expelled" without a
hearing.
The local officials conferred with
the higher ups in the organization
about giving him hearing but the
latter said nothing doing. They
would rather have him out of the
organization and let him work in a
union shop without belonging to the
union than give him a hearing be-
fore their own machine.
1t should be decided once and for
all whether the machine in this
union and other unions should be
permitted to eliminate their OPP
ponents and the friends of the rank
and file by declaring them sus-
pended or expelled without charges
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-05-02
HCWU Officials Caught
Grabbing Big Salaries

one will be ashamed to face the
manufacturers if you reject the
raises for the officials"
Refuses Financial Statement
AS to the financial statement of
the union he informed us that we
cannot have it for the simple rea-
son that the manufacturers must
not know how much money we
have, therefore, we, too, must be
kept in the dark. He also informed
us that the other two branches, the
cotton and the cutters, have APP
proved the raise so that it will go
through anyway even if you people
don't approve. Nevertheless, he
ended his talk with pleas for the
raises.
BY that time most of the workers
were on their feet clamoring to be
heard. Mr. Reisberg quickly took
| advantage of the disorder and ad-
journed the meeting without taking
the question to a vote He an
nounced that the following Monday
a continuation meeting will be held
to vote on the raises and make
nominations and vote on the raises.
At the Monday meeting no dis
cusSion from the floor was allowed.
To gain still more time the chair
man proposed to take up nominal
lions first. Again the leadership
was forced to admit that the two
year ruling chat is, that only mem
bers who are two years in the union
are permitted to run as delegates to
the Convention) hold good for our
local in Philadelphia, in spite of
the fact that 95 per cent Of our
membership came into the union II
months ago during the general
strike, which means that these
workers actually remain without
representation.
1t was also revealed that Reisberg
was deliberately classifying when he
said that the question of raises
were passed in the other branches.
1t had not even been taken up in
the cotton branch, and the cutters
only passed it because they were
promised a SIS raise from the bosses.
In the end Reisberg succeeded to
maneuver in this question in such
manner that it was referred back
to all the executives of the local.
Officially the case is still pending,
while in actually they are getting
these raises.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-05-02

BY Needle Worker Correspondent
PHILADELPHIA, Pa.-On April
II the silk branch of the Interna-
tional Ladies Garment Workers
Union, Local No. so, was called to
a meeting for the purpose of elect
ing delegates to the National Con-
vention of the union, which will be
held in May. Due to the fact that
Reisberg steamrollered at the last
meeting and no question of the
trade were taken up, the workers
we're disguised and the turnout was
very poor. But the meeting proved
to be lively one.
Right from the start the tactics of
sidetracking important issues was
tried but failed. On popular de-
mand the floor was thrown open to
discussion and the leadership was
forced to admit things which they
certainly wanted to keep a secret.
The question of a raise for the
union staff was brought to the fore
front and it was revealed that they
already received these raises since
Feb. IL. The manager of the union,
who was getting $40 per week, is
getting $85 at the present time and
the business agents who were get
ting $40 are getting $50 per week
and so down the line. Even the
members of the Joint Board are to
get 81 each meeting they attend.
Workers Indignant
The workers were indignant, first
because raises were granted, and
second because it was done without
approval of the membership. For
three hours the workers discussed
the question.
When Reisberg took the floor his
face turned deep purple, and for
lack of a better method he tried
the good old tactic of blaming the
Communists. A half dozen workers
were on their feet at once to declare
that he should not bring in side is
sues. One worker exclaimed that
every one had right to his politi-
cal belief.
Then Reisberg got on the defen-
sive. Didn't the workers get a
raise in the shops since the MIRA.
came into effect? Why shouldn't we
who run your business get it? Be-
sides" he said, aren't you ashamed
to refuse your own workers a
raise? How will you be able to ask
for raise from your bosses? I for
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-05-02
More About The
Spy Who Heads
Drivers Local
BY a Needle Trades Worker
Correspondent

BROOKLYN, N. Y.-There ap-
peared in a recent edition of your
paper an article by Hy Boris relat-
ing to the many injustices to which
members of Local 1O2, Helpers and
Drivers Union, affiliated with the
International Ladies Garment
Workers Union with the A. F. Of
L., suffer.
AS spokesman for a group Of
members of this local, have been
selected to write to you telling of
our complete agreement with each
and every statement made by Mr..
Boris in his article. Through fear
of loss of positions, we must remain
anonymous, but we want you to
know that only this fear prevents
each and every member of this
group that commissioned me to
write to you from signing this let
ter and coming out in open support
instead of merely writing to show
that spiritually we are with him
100 per cent.
1t is true that Mr. Metz is an
entirely selfish person who is using
his position only to extract as much
personal gain as is humanity pos
sible, and he cares not a whit for
enforcing union conditions, and it
is true that he reports what is re-
lated to him supposedly in strict
est confidence) right back to our
bosses, and then between Metz and
the boss, the man is framed and
discharged, forcing the remaining
men to put up with less than the
union wage scale, no overtime pay,
and no voice at all in the govern
ing of our union.
I will close now with our sincere
congratulations and thanks to Mr..
Boris for the championing of our
cause and the prayer that some day
in the near future we may be all
able to openly side with him.
Thank you.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-05-02
' a shOewOrker CORRESPONDENT

Y a ShOewOrker Correspondent
LEWISTON. Me.-A tragedy, Of
lich the last page is not written
yet, occurred here in Local q of
United Shoe and Leather
orkers' Union Of Auburn, Me.
From the first letters you know
'eady, the opposition developed
re toward the new organizers,
licked out from Boston and New
)rk, respectively Brothers Nc
se and Frank Costello. The split
lg tactics of Mckee and Cos
10 Of putting the workers against
ch other on account Of political
Union or race was making them
liverSally unpopular. It was the
pic in the shops and in the streets,
I'd a showdown was expected at
G local meeting April 10.
But the big leaders, afraid of
cling the workers, brought down
cir protector, Brother thinner
an, and stood behind his back.
Brother Zimmerman, secretary of
e Co-ordinating Committee, in
rested for his own political
asons in their being here, even
sainst the will Of the workers,
me down to save the situation.
2 ignored all the protests Of the
orkers in the previous meetings,
leir letters to the Co-ordinating
ommittee, and decided to use
ing rule over the workers, which
no different from the Boot and
noe leaders.
At the said meeting. the chair
an, under Zimmerman influence
I'D instructions, came down with
prepared list of speakers, all So
llled leaders" not giving time to
le usual questions and discus
ons from the floor. When one
arted to speak from the floor, the
hartman closed the meeting, stat
Ig that Brother Mckee will be or
anizer and everybody should shake
ands with him Brother thinner
ian spoke of union democracy-of
ank and File control, and other
onderful things, when the dirty
Do of forcing on us leaders-or
1lers-was put up.
1t is interesting that Brother Nc
ZEE had such a cold reception
nat he did not speak more than
few minutes-it was too much for
i'm. Costello did not speak at all,
ne atmosphere was too thick.
1t is now left to see, will the
'orkers in Auburn stand for such
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-05-02

where they refused to put up a
fight when the workers in Roberts
Muma silk mill had to take a 10 per
cent cut in wages and 25 per cent
in hours. This proves again the
leaders of the A. F. S. w. will not
fight for our interests, but help the
bosses to cut our wages.
Our action shows clearly that only
by a United Front of the workers,
and a militant policy will win, and
not the policy of the A. F. of L.
which says no strikes, the N. R. A.
will help us. However, the workers
realize more every day the N. R. A.
does not help us but the bosses.
The action of the Doherty- Wads-
worth expresses the sentiment of
the Allentown silk workers who are
ready to fight and will fight for
better conditions. We must now
consolidate our victory and build a
strong organization run by the
Rank-and-File and not by the A.
F, of L. misleaders-to prepare for
future struggles.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-05-02
lBv a worker CORRESPONDENT


NEW YORK - L. KirshbaJun' S
article published recently by you on
modern sweat shops called to my
mind the interesting career of this
worker who almost single handed
carried on what may be termed an
individual struggle against corrup-
ton and graft in the Amalgamated
Clothing Workers of America.
In 1926 he published pamphlet
in which he pointed out the arch
enemy, parasite and racketeer, the
present notorious DR.. Benjamin
Squires. He showed there how
Squires and another honorable pro-
fessor, Leo Wolman, devised a
scheme of Unemployment Insur-
ance, so-called, which was nothing
else than the biggest source of cor
ruption and graft for the racketeers
and its machine. 1t was and still is
insurance" in name only.
He repeated these charges four
years later in Justice for Organized
workers" Before ne publlShed the
latter pamphlet he submitted the
manuscript and charges to Norman
Thomas and number of outstand-
ing liberals, most of them intimate
friends of the Analgamated and it's
leaders. The latter we're called upon
to refute the charges, but they
couldn't. They were trapped. These
liberals then wrote forewords and
Endorsed the pamphlet.
But the Amalgamated leaders is
sued statement after statement in
which they lamented that this man
who enjoyed a national reputa-
tion," said they, should be thus ac-
cused. The Advance, the Amalga-
mated's official mouthpiece lavished
praise for the honorable professor.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-05-02
Capitalistic Health Medicine "
Communist Health Service
(COntinued)

CapitaliStic Health Medicine VS..
Communist Health Service
(C0ntinued)
At the Stain Automobile Works
there are surgeons on duty day and
night so that an injured worker
can receive prompt medical aid, no
matter whether he belongs to a
day or night shift. There are
eleven medical stations operating in
the different departments of the
Stain Automobile Works. In each
department there are health nuclei
composed of the most active work.
ers who are interested in health
work and it is these "activists" as
they are called, who see to it that
every worker in the factory should
utilize all the possibilities that are
offered by the medical sanitary
system of the factory. 1t was one
of them who saw to it that our
young friend got immediate proven
tative medical attention.
After staying at the Crimea
health resort for three months, our
young friend has gained thirty-fi
pounds, his lung condition has been
cleared up entirely and he is pro-
nounced fit to return to his job.
After working at it for a year he
got a leave of absence to come back
to the United States to see his
family. Is it any wonder that, after
hearing his story, five other mem
bers of the family are anxious to
go back with him to the Stain
Automobile Works? The great con-
trast between the medical treat
ment received by these two young
men, shows the great difference be-
tween the two economic systems
under which the workers live in
this country and in the U. S. S. R.
In Soviet Russia where the social
philosophy has abandoned the in
dividualistic gauge and everything is
thought and acted upon from the
collective point of vivew, medicine is
not merchandise which is sold by
few of the initiators. Medicine
which in its essence is made to
protect, to cure and to relieve has
come into its own. 1t has broken
with disorder and mercantilism. In
Russia medicine is organized and
perceived from a given plan. the
plan of universal socialism. Medi-
cine has ceased to be private UNI
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-05-02
Two Starvation
HOm0SteadS In
South Carolina
By a Worker Correspondent

BY worker correspondent
COLUMBIA S. C.-The first step
in the campaign to herd part-time
textile workers onto subsistence
homesteads in the Piedmont area is
being taken With the establishment
of two such "homesteads" at Tay-
lors and LaFrance, South Carolina.
Both Of these will be located near
large cotton mills which are run on
a seasonal basis. These will be
three to six acres.
1t is hoped, according to NJ. L.
Wilson, director of the subsistence
homesteads for the federal govern
ment, that these starvation home
steads will spread through the
Southern textile regions.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-05-02

BY a Textile Worker Correspondent
ALLENTOWN, Pa.-The weavers
in Doherty and Wadsworth Silk
Mill, the second largest silk mill in
Allentown, won a 10 per cent in
crease in wages recently. This
means a raise in pay of $3.50 to S1.8O
a week.
This shop is unOrganized but due
to the low wages and bad condi-
tons the workers picked a commit
tee OF militant workers right in the
shop and sent them into the office
to prevent the demands for the in
crease.
The committee gave the manage
ment till next day to come across
or else the workers would strike.
The next day the entire night shift
stayed out of the mill for Is min
utes. When the bosses saw that the
workers would strike, they imme-
diately announced the 10 per cent
increase.
This action proved to the workers
that only by militant struggle can
we win better conditions and more
money. The unity of the workers
was very important here. On the
fighting committee were members
of the American Federation of Silk
Workers CA. F. of L., the Allen
town Silk Workers Union Qnde-
pendent and unorganized workers.
A real united front in the shop
This United Front action was a
big step in cementing the unity of
all workers in the shop, which is
necessary to win any fight for bet
ter conditions. The confidence of
the workers was greatly strength
ened for future struggles and to
build union.
Compare our militant fight and
pay increase in Doherty and Wads-
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-05-02
ANCHORED OFF THE ROCKY
SHORES OF BRILLIANT
ANILINE ISLE

Due to the news and messages
oming in this week over the ships
ado, we didn't leave the Beauty
quest" as early as we had expected,
D explore the color-islands further.
In old times, mineral, or non
poisonous colors from animals or
'lants, were used in cosmetics. I'm
Il rather recently, pigments used in
jainting pictures as well as in max
ng cosmetics, were drawn from a
'ewildering variety of sources. CThe
hemistry of coloring matters is
iyen in an intensely interesting
iook, THE Permanent Palette" bv
1artin Henry Fischer-a splendid
pcok for any artist to read
Anilines and whole family of re-
ated colors, are now drawn from
oal-tar and coal-tar products. Coal
IS compressed decayed vegetal
roWths-wood, ferns, plants; also
lead animals, bugs, and the like: all
ne accumulated contents of the liy-
ng forest, dead and compressed
his is coal, from which the anilines
IRE produced chemically. The vivid
faried hues Of long-dead flowers
Gloom again in the aniline watts.
In addition to their wide range of
brilliant rues, anilines possess a spe-
nal quality: they are thin" and
tranSparent"-there is little solid
matter in them, so they possess
great powers of penetration. es-
1eclally in substances like flesh. for
which they have an affinity. Thev
Ire highly soluble in water; thew
IRE in fact dyes, which penetrate
md do not lie on the surface like
IN old-time grease-paint.
Unhappily however they happen
10 be poisonous, containing toxic
substances which react badly in the
body; sufficient amounts may have
! deleterious effect on the ewes and
Kidneys, or cause a rash or eczema.
Their brilliance, wide range of
hue, their cleapness, and their in
delible property, are all duck soup
,or the cosmetic manufacturers
What is it to them if anilines are
poisonous, and that a law prohibits
their use in lipsticks? While the
dollars roll in over the cosmetic
counters, are they going to be
stopped by mere laws, when infrac-
lions carry such trif1ing penalties
as they do?
Anilines are also used for tinting
photos, as the gelatine film on the
paper on which photos are made
also absorbs anilines as skin does
gelatine being chemically like skin.
Anilines used for photo-t inting are
sold in powder form, or liquid, or
spread on small paper sheets bound
nto booklets. The Peerless" book
ct contains brilliant blush pink
,alled "Geranium Pink" 1t has a
regularity. In solution it appears
4 sick yellowiSh orange.
Now I see "geranium pink" flood
ng the toilet counters everywhere,
n powder, in lipstick, in rouge, in
goo. The manufacturers
have seized on its popularity to
make magic" Marvellous color
change" lipsticks are advertised
orange lipsticks, and the color
changes TO the correct rosy tint
lust for you" when you apply it,
or some such barney.
One company has just come out
vith Natural Developing" rouge;
It's powder covered with dye and
hen coated with some oily stuff
It comes as pink powder: you
ire told to apply little and rub /
until the desired depth of color is
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-05-02
Control Tasks of Section 5,
District Is

ID Every Party member eligible
to become a trade union member to
do so within one month. To
strengthen and build up the frac-
tons in the revolutionary and A, F.
of L. unions.
~ Every unemployed Party
member to become active in unem-
ployed work:-Unemployment Coun-
Gil, Workers Committee, at the
relief station.
go To carry on activity for the
endorsement cot the Workers I'm
employment and Social Insurance
Bill III. R. 1899. To secure it's
endorsement by at least three local
unions and five mass organizations,
other than those directly under our
influence.
"a To strengthen the two con-
centration shop nuclei by more de-
cisive Requirement, by developing
leadership and self initiative; and to
build shift or department nuclei in
the Nash and Simmons factories. To
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-05-02
~ Doctor
.,[GAAi1Qe,z
QdUd4G:
By PAUL LUTTINGER, MD.

dertaking and has become social
lied. The treatment our young
mechanic received shows the fallacy
of the well-known argument that
only the private family physician is
capable of interesting himself in
his patient. No doubt that at one
time, the private physician, the
good DOCTOR" the country doctor
was able to take care of his patient,
but this is no longer so. The private
physician, under the present CAPT.
talistic scheme has become busy
little business man. His morale has
Topped.
ITO Be Continually
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-05-02
LETTERS FROM
OUR READERS
TWO OF A KIND

NeW r1dFeIl, NOll1l.
The capitalist papers announced
that Professor Dana of Harvard
would give a lecture on Soviet Rus
STA, on the 10Th, at Trades Council
Hall. The lecture would be accom-
panied by pictures. About eighty
five people attended The A. F. of L.
chairman announced to the audi
ence that the professor got his dates
mixed up and wouldn't be there, but
Reverend Lakewell, of the First
Methodist Church would take his
place. No pictures we're shown. His
whole lecture was taken up with an
endorsement of the A. F. of l..
unions. He said President Roosevelt,
Johnson, Miss Perkins, and VIM.
Green were the greatest friends of
the downtrodden.
When he came to mention VIM.
Green as friend of the poor peo-
pie, four women that were seated
right in front of him, got up and
walked out simultaneously. This en-
barraSSed the Minister. 1t TOOK MN
several minutes before he got his
composure. He never said one word
in defense of the Soviet Union. He
said there are certain crowd of
radicals in this country that are
mad because these great people are
pulling this country out of the de-
preston. He stated that a new form
of trade unions are in the works,
which will be known as the Federal
Union. 1t will be inspired by such
people as Roosevelt, Perkins, Green
and a score Of others who have the
interest of the workers at heart
They then had short discussion on
trade unions. The pure and simplers,
and Socialists that we're present
gave him a rising vote of thanks.
w 7,
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-05-02
Work Z AM. to 10 PM.
AT Basket Stores Co.
By a Worker Correspondent

ST. JOSEPH, MOI am going to
write few lines to let the work
ers of other places know how the
A. F. of L. and MIRA. are serving
the retail sales corps. The corps
were organized into the A. F. of L.
union last September. Their business
agent and chairman are owners of
the Basket Stores Co.
The MIRA. code calls for so hours
per week. In one basket store, the
corps work code hours on week days.
On Saturday they go to work at
Z am, and work till 10 pm, with
out any lunch. They are afraid to
raise the issue for fear of losing
their job.
In our factories one worker does
the work Of three workers.