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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-08-24
BY Group of Street Car Worker
Correspondents

CHICAGO, Ill. - To all members
of Divisions 241, 308 and 1922 of tbs
Amalgamated Association of Street
and Electric Railway Employees
Brothers:
There is no doubt that the articles
in the Daily Worker exposing the
leaders of Division 241 = Quinlan
Taber and Kehoe, their subservience
to the management of Chicago Sur
face lines, the terrorizing of the
street-car-men by their sluggers
and stool pigeons who are receiv-
ing ready and willing cooperation
of the company stool pigeons and
superlntendents = from Evenson
down-did lot of good to all hon
est rank and file members.
We exposed the sell-outs by our
officers, sell-outs as a result of
which our wages were cut 40 per
cent, the uniform graft, which is
netting Mr.. Evenson $4,000 yearly,
etc. We published the information
about the 3 cent raise six weeks be-
fore Kehoe played the comedy of
breaking this news" to the mem
bers of Division 241 as the "best
offer" he could get from the "im-
poverished" Chicago Surface Lines
These articles were, however,
more than exposures. They crystal
lied the honest indignation of bull
dozed street carmen into intelligent
opposition, they helped to lay a
sound foundation for the reorgan-
ization of the union on the prin-
ciple of control by the rank and file
membership, with the right of re-
call of officers at any time.
Our leaf1et to all Chicago traction
workers, street carmen, IL" train
men and bus drivers, calling for a
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-08-24
By a Railroad Worker
Correspondent

NEW YORK.-The Penn r. r.
has at present two company unions
trying to organize the workers, to
offset the rising militant groups
that are rapidly forming in all parts
Of the railroad industry, the Penn
sylvania system fraternity, and the
Brotherhood of Railroad Shop
crafts Of America. The general
manager Of the P. r. r. is at the
head Of both company unions, and
indirectly heading those that are
trying to organize under the A. F.
Of L.
Both Of these company unions
are being reorganized on A. F. of L.
lines. The new rules will be ready
in September, when the general
manager of the Pennsylvania R. r.
will by that time have them made
up. Its officers are foremen of diff
ferent crafts. A prayer led by the
chaplain in which all members
must pray is made before and after
the meeting. Grievances only of a
character that can be smoothed out
under rules laid down by the com
pany will be taken UP.
A furloughed worker Of the Main
tenance of Way Department. was
rehired last March. He made a
mistake in his age on pay day. On
receiving a shortage the worker re-
ported to the chairman of the
Pennsylvania system fraternity
company union. Upon looking up
this workers record the company
found the age difference. The
company union committee then
told this worker it would have been
better if he had kept his mouth
shut.
Last month $500 construction
workers were laid off, with addi-
tional hundreds going every week.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-08-24

abated in the least, and men are
at last confident that the T.WU.
opens to them the door Of freedom
from aggression by the company.
To you men who have not joined
I suggest that you join at once in
united struggle forward to better
working conditions, honest pension
funds, and wage raises to cover the
rapidly rising cost of living. You
are all agreed that the brotherhood
or company will not voluntarily give
them to us. Then why wait? Join
now; 1t is necessary,
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-08-24
Can You Make EN-
Yourself?

Pattern 1888 is available in sizes
Is, 10, 20, "a, SO, SO, 40, AZ, "A and
IS. Size is takes yards 80 inch
fabric and % yard contrasting
Illustrated step-by-step sewing in
structions included.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-08-24

A-A.A, it is classed as surplus" or
Glass III milk, for which the farmer
receives dirt-cheap prices, below his
cost Of production. Again, up to
our necks in sociological and pol
itical problem.
More Tomorrow
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-08-24
Comrades! Unemployed!

The 8-page New York Daily Worker will appear on
October Here will be complete daily newspaper
minute with five extra of news Grade Union
activities and City Hall politics. well complete foreign
and Washington
The early bulldog edition will be off the press
1t will sell like hot
The late morning edition from AM to 9 AM
at factories, shops terminals
Here is chance to really living expenses selling
New York Daily Worker! Join the and be
arong the first to get assigned to profitable
Two New York Editions
Of Extra Sales Daily"
Apply TODAY at SIS East Street store DAILY WORKER
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-08-24
Letters from
OurReaders

because Of the volume Of letters re-
Ceived by this 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, 1934-08-24
A CLEAR ANALYSIS OF THE
ROLE OF THE S. p.

Brooklyn, N. Y.
I have a word of praise for the
article written by Milton Howard
for the July 9th issue of the Daily
Worker. The articles analyzing the
role of the Socialist Party in be-
traying the class struggle are not
usually very clearly written for the
workingman. Milton Towards lat
est article is a definite improve
ment over others, because of the
wealth of quotations, Of which there
are never enough, and because OF
the simpler language. I am sure
that such articles will have greater
power to convince if they continue
to improve in this manner.
And may 1 add that adding the
Communist position after the re-
futation of each Socialist" argu-
ment (not in just a few words will
help clarity also.
BROOKLYN HIGH SCHOOL
TEACHER.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-08-24
TO SUBWAY WORKERS
Anger at Co. Unto II
Rats Spurs T.W.U.
Organization

BY a Subway Worker Correspondent
NEW YORK-That was a fine
meeting held last Friday night by
the Transport Workers Union at
Jerome and Anderson Avenues,
when the crowd as we'll as speakers
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-08-24
Plan Fight Against
Terror In Opelika, Ala.
Nv a worker Correspondenf

OPELIKA, Ala, Aug. 20.-On July
81, T. Glays was treated very badly
This is what happened to him.
The police went to his house and
looked for whisky, but did not find
any, only an empty key, no whisky.
They beat him very badly, enough
to make him need doctor.
We are going to write protests
about it and organize a struggle.
Get Subs for the DAILY" During
Fighter to Our Ranks!
Means Quickening Tempo in Class
Struggle.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-08-24

Every New Daily" Reader Adds
A Mass Circulation of our DAILY"
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-10-10

myself I was working at 50 w. 21st
Street, Esco Co., on velvet waists.
They pay so cents for a dozen
waists. It is possible to make
dozen day The workers have to
wait for the thread and always
there's some sleeves missing. The
best experienced workers can make
$3.50 day.
The boss brings the work back to
tie workers and tells them to do
better work or they'll have to get
out. A worker told the boss, IF
you give us better pay, we'll turn
out better wor;z..'
l worked very haSd for three
days and was only paid $2.95. The
workers complained to the NR.A.
board, who sent a delegate down
He asked every worker how long he
worked in this place. This meant
we workers had to join the N.R.A.
union pay for the book, which is
$50, and IS cents a month.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-10-10
Socialist Party Too Good for
Brownsville, Signs Solomon

need is a Socialist Party in Browns
vile, as in 1915, which will do day
to day work"
Solomon, in replying to this crit
iciSm, said:
The reason the Socialist Party
in Brownsville today is not the So
cialist Party of 1916 is that Browns
vile is not the same now as it was
then. In 1916 Brownsville was a
fine residential section occupied by
highly-paid skilled workers and by
the lower middle class business men.
At that time the Socialist Party
had people in Brownsville to whom
to carry its message.
With the miserable, unself-re-
Specting Stun proletarian elements
which live here now, the Socialist
Party can do nothing. These slum
proletarians are useful only to Tam
many politicians. They are inter
ested only in getting help from dis
trict leaders and ward captains"
Solomon's speech was received in
stony silence by the 100 workers
present.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-10-10
BY a Worker Correspondent

NEW YORK.-Charles Solomon,
Socialist Party candidate for Gov
ernor, speaking at a Socialist rati-
fication meeting in the Brownsville
Labor Lyceum, 219 Sackman St..
Brooklyn, on Friday night, delivered
a bitter attack on the working
class of the section, condemning
them as miserable, unself respect
ing slum proletarians.
His speech was in reply to crit
icism made from the platform by
Dr. Louis Sadoff, Socialist candi-
date for State Senator in Browns
vile. Sadoff, deploring the lack of
day to day activity of the Socialist
Party, said
I'm not interested in this cleo
ton as such. What I am interested
in is the building of strong So
cialist Party which will learn from
the mistakes of the Socialist Parties
in Europe At the end of every
election the Socialist Party dissolves
like snow in the rain. What we
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-10-10
Are
Graded to
Cut Wages
BY a Worker Correspondent

0g a worker correspondent
NEW YORK-The tailors. after
the last short spring season, have
been walking around the streets at
the Labor Markets and waiting pa
tiently through a period CT yn- &c
months for the present fall season.
The workers are beginning to see
through the manoeuvers of Sidney
Hillman, president of the Amalga-
mated Clothing Workers, which
continues the present rotten con-
ditions.
The Amalgamated chiefs brought
the workers the so-called New Deal,
namely, classification of the cheaper
and better grades of the garments.
This increased the cost of labor on
cheaper grades, while the better line
was reduced. This scheme of grades
was only trick to confuse the
workers in order to cut their wages
and to derive more profits for the
bosses.
The result of this deal was flat
reduction in wages of 7 per cent.
A year ago the workers were prom
ised that the N,R.A. would give
them better conditions and jobs for
hundreds of additional unemployed
workers, The tailors were promised
better wages and longer seasons, etc.
The year has passed and the condi-
tons Of the tailors are still getting
worse. The wages are being con-
tinually slashed Most workers are
working part time. The Lab or
Bureau is crowded with jobless tail
ors waiting for jobs, who cannot
obtain any. Those who have the
! jobs can not make a living and
have to apply for relief to support
their children, while others, in order
to exist are compelled to seek side
work. such as janitors, insurance
agents, etc.
The workers must not depend on
the fake promises of the Amalga-
mated misleaders, but organize and
fight for a united militant union
controlled by the rank and file.
The workers may expect to have
more misery and starvation this
coming winter. We must therefore
unite our forces in order to fight
for unemployment insurance with
out discrimination.
Last winter the Amalgamated
officials paid some unemployment
insurance to their own boys who
had jobs, while the others, who have
been unemployed for months, did
not obtain any because they were
behind in dues.
CLOTHING WORKER.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-10-10
Letters from Our Readers

Retain Judge Steiger," and Eek
terminate the Reds" One feature
was some bird all dolled up with a
long beard and carrying bomb
They said that he was the last
Communist and that they found
him down in the Imperial Valley
But the working men and women
that saw the parade knew they were
only kidding themselves. Applause
was conspicuous by its absence.
I think the big shots in Califor-
MIA have underestimate their task
The Western Worker has trebled its
circulation and is now coming out
twice as often since the big strike
Darcy for Governor" offices have
opened all over the state and you
will see a change in the color OF
these plutocrats' faces after the next
elections. The workers of Califor-
MIA won't take it lying down.
CORBY PAXTON.
signature Authorized).
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-10-10
THEY CALL 1T "THE AMERICAN
SYSTEM"
Dear Editor,
San Francisco, Cal.

Dear Editor:
Hitler and MuSsolini could have
devised such a brutal and inhu-
name method of terrorizing their
subjects as has been Matched by the
rulers of California. All semblance
of democracy has faded away and
the vigilantss are running around
to one workers home after another,
smashing their furniture and throw
ing it into the streets. Union halls
have been Quilted and all the mem
bers incarcerated for weeks on
f1imSy. framed-up charges. Leaders
of labor organizations have been
thrown in jail on vagrancy charges
or accused of "associating with
thieves Anything on earth to get
rid of these "elien reds" Even the
word democracy has passed out of
existence; they call it the American
System. But the workers know
better phrases; they know that it is
fascist terror. And they are getting
tired of having these minions of
the chamber of commerce breaking
into their halls and clubs all the
time.
The American Legion has finished
its annual convention here. All the
bigwigs were in the reviewing stand,
decked in holiday attire. Motions
were made and passed to punish
any and all reds with instant death
(pcssibly by lyrching). on down to
five years at hard labor. Several
thousand legionnaires, along with
their. wives and children, paradsd
up Market Street displaying posters
such as Elect Merriam Governor.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-10-10
WORKERS. HEALTH
Conducted by
Daily Worker Medical Advisory Board

in nutritiousness that we know of
between California and native vege-
tables and fruits. California prod
ucts, because of the climate and
soil, usually tend to grow larger
and look more inviting. But amount
for amount, there is little difference.
The housewife who picks over the
produce and selects what appears
to be fresh, in good condition and
reasonable in price, is probably able
to get more for her money than a
doctor inexperienced in the art Of
such purchasing would be. In gen.
eral, of course, fresh vegetables are
preferable to dried, and dried to
canned.
The distribution of fat over the
human body varies with the period
of life, for reasons we don't yet
fully understand. In infants it is
largely present on the extremities;
in young people. over breast. hips
and thighs, and in older people (as
well as extremely undernourished
children over the abdomen. In adj
dition, in women, multiple preg~
nancies cause the abdominal mus
cleS to lose their tone. We can sug-
geSt exercises for the abdominal
muscles (Such as bending down to
touch the toes without bending the
knees; lying down and sitting up
without using the hands; living
down and lifting first one leg and
then the other, etc. massage, and
possibly wearing a corset.
Some people have more oil glands
in their skin than others; this is
something one is born with. and
has nothing to do with diet. OF
course, certain additional blemishes
to which oily-skinned people may be
subject may in some cases be helped
by diet. Oily skinned people should
wash frequently with soap and
water; for dry skins, a cleansing
cream may be preferable to soap.
Answer TO the TattOoing Question
We are sorry to inform you that
the removal of tattoo marks on
your arms and chest is next to inn
possible. The procedure for re-
moval would be SO painful and
would leave you 50 SCARED that it
would be better to leave them as
they are.
We suggest in short, that since
the figures on your body cannot be-
changed or removed. the only
solution possible is a change in
your mental attitude toward them.
Contributions received to the
credit of the Medical Advisory
Board in its Socialist Competition
with Change the World" and
Harry Cannes in the Daily Worker
100000 drive.
Quota 1880.
Total TO date ....-.... S126.15
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-10-10
BY a Worker Correspondent

WASHINGTON. D. ca highly
accelerated production of 100 five
inch anti-aircraft guns and an I'M
known number of 8-inch triple
mounted guns for the battleships
constituting the war feet of the
U. S. is being maintained in the
Washington Navy Yard located in
Washington. D. C. The present pro-
gam in the building of these war
tools will last approximately two or
three years.
The various shops in the Yard
are employing men practically to
their capacity. Men are being hired
from several cities, as Detroit,
Philadelphia. Pittsburgh and other
places where unemployment has
made machinists frantic for any
type of work. Many Of us, having
taken this type Of work, feel IN
comfortable because we know that
We are building guns to destroy
workers lives and homes. We are
not interested in war.
The haste in the shop has been
evident, corresponding to war hys-
terra especially in the erecting shop
No. where the guns are assembled
The force was raised from $50 men
to over 500. Three eight-hour shifts
were started instead of the peace
time. one eight-hour shift a day.
In their hysteria the Navy chiefs
created scores of new bosses to drive
on the production. In their speed
inspired plan, unbalances soon APP
peared. Some shops were ahead of
their schedules, some behind One
outstanding case is the great lag
in the Sight Shop. In the meantime
these new bosses, in order to gain
fayors and hold their jobs, have
been instrumental in speeding up
our work. And the Navy Yard is
bursting with activity.
Work in the shop is carried on
very secretively. Men are transferred
here and there to eliminate the
cause of delay in the number of
guns produced. We are given a
blueprint of a small part and told
to make it. We never know what
it is or what it goes on. 1t is only
a number to us. 1t is therefore
hard for us to find out what our
actual amount Of production is, or
exactly what we are building, be-
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-10-10
SWeated
In Blouse
Factory
BY Needle Worker Correspondent

BY Needle Worker Correspondent
BOSTON, Mass. = Just q little
story to show how the NJ r. A.
keeps on lowering the conditions of
the workers.
am working in a blouse shop
where about 20 girls are working
The blouse code calls for a min
imum of SIS, believe. In this shop
there are quite a few very old
ladies.
Well when the N. R. A. came in,
these women were forced to take out
working licenses because it was
claimed they were too old to make
the minimum wage.
I was not working there at the
time, only for the past three weeks,
and I have always been considered
pretty fast operator, yet the speed
up in this shop is SO great that I
only make as much as the oldest
woman there. can't bear to look
at the faces of these women when
we are working, they are so drawn
and yellow, and their hands tremble
while they are working.
There are a few young girls and
their faces are glistening with per-
spiration, their eyes glued to the
machine, not a minute to 60 for a
glass of water, in fact there is no
water except in the bathroom. This
is only one of many such shops,
I could cite innumersble cases where
conditions are as bad or worse.
But no matter how bad conditions
are, the N. R. A. label is faithfully
sewed on the blouses or skirts or
coats or whatever the commodity
is that is being made. 1 suppose it
would cause the store owners great
pain not to have the label on the
products they are selling
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-10-10
SeOnlen in
Mobile Hear
Strike Call
BY a Worker Correspondent


MOBILE. Ala.-Last wednesday
night meeting of longshoremen
and seamen was held This was the
second meeting we had in the last
two weeks. At the meeting last
Wednesday night there was quite
a bit of disappointment on account
Of the corrupt leadership of the
IS.U. At this meeting we were
supposed to elect a united front
strike committee for the strike.
1t must be pointed out that when
the faker, Scotty Ross, I.S.U. rep
resentative, read the telegram call
ing off the strike, and saying this
was victory for the I.S.U., there
was no applause Immediately af-
ter the faker Scotty Ross spoke a
representative from the MW.I.U..
WilliaD MCGEE, a militant worker,
got UP and exposed Scotty Ross,
and the whole bunch of takers.
When he exposed this gang. some
of Scotty's lackeys Ca few gas
hounoS }, SAID that this fellow
ought to be thrown out because he
is Communist. When this hap
pened, some of our members and
svmDathizers got up and said that
if they attempted this they would
have more than one to throw out.
While the strike has been called
off. and called victory" the rank
and file here don't agree with this,
because there has been \ number
CT IS.U. members who signed the
strike pledge card of the M.WIU.
While we are limited here in ey-
cry respect, financially, crganiza-
tionally, etc, we are making a lit
tie Roadway anyhow. Nearly all
over the waterfront YOU can find
MWIU. and Joint Strike Preoa-
rations Committee leaflets, and Just
few minutes ago two delegates of
the M.W.IU. went aboard one CT
the Mallory steam ships. and
gave out the strike leaflets, which
were gladly taken by the sesmen.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-10-10
BY a Worker Correspondent

BOSTON, Mass.-At the last
meeting Of Stitchers Local No. 8
Brother ziebel of New York and a
member of the General Executive
Board spoke on industrial union
ism. He brought out the fact that
because of the militant leadership
in New York, and because the New
York local is organized on the in
dustrial basis, the New York shoe
workers were able to gain wage in
creaSeS and better factory condi-
tons. He also brought out that be-
cause the New York shoe workers,
employed as well as unemployed,
with the other workers in New
York, put up a militant fight for
relief, they were able to get relief
for their unemployed members.
In Boston the unemployment
problem is the most acute. Over
so per cent of the Boston shoe
workers are unemployed, and the
rest are working part time. Up to
this time the leaders Of the Joint
Council have refused to do any
thing for the unemployed Due to
the pressure from the rank and file,
the stitchers' local has taken the
initiative in calling meeting of
unemployed, and an attempt will
be made to organize a committee
which with the rest of the unem-
ployed shoe workers will try to force
relief from the city welfare,
At the last meeting of the stitch
ers' local, the educational commit
tee brought in a recommendation
to the local that Ann Burlak be
invited to speak on the topic,
What can we learn from the tex
tile striker" Immediately after this