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whenever water got short, which
usually happened a couple of times
during the hot months, the COM
pany would shut the water off from
"Rocktown" for three and four days
at time. During these periods ex-
actly at eight o'clock they would let
water for drinking purposes run
through for ten minutes. And then
you had to be quick about it and
have all your pots and pans and
tubs ready or else you'd be without
drinking water, or maybe it would
be your chicks or RABBITS.
But you mustn't think that this
rule was applied to the entire
Puarte countryside. The merchants,
the white residential section, the
ranches and groves, received all the
water they needed, no matter how
low the watershed was.
Like all the other inhabitants of
"Rocktown," Danny bore this dis
criminatory hardship with little
complaint. So when the water was
shut off for the fifth time that
summer, something before unheard
of, he cussed hard and let it go
at that.
Two days passed, three, four
Danny knew they'd have to start
running the water in regularly to-
morrow. And wasn't he gladl The
patch needed irrigating badly.
But instead of the regular water
supply on the following day, the
water was cut down to FIVE minutes.
Danny was frantic. How would he
cook? What about the livestock?
Who should he give the bit of water
to first; how should he divide it.?
"Rocktown" breathlessly awaited
the next day. Tomorrow surely
water would come tomorrow /.
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fruit. Swimming. Gardening. Hik-
ing. Camfire cams. A beautiful
lake. Woodcraft. Nature study.
Happy, earefree, laughing kids. Is
this contrasting picture to show
how the children of the leisure class
meet the onslaughts of the blister
ing summer heat? Not at all. These
children sitting under the shady
trees in the bright sunshine, are
workers children, and this camp
is the camp of the Camp
WoChiCa, in Wingdale. N. Y.
Here is a typical day for these
children in the camp:
AM.
7:OO-AII up. The children wash
and dress.
7;45-Salute to the workers flag
followed by short exercises.
8:O0-Nourishing breakfast.
8;45-Back to the tents-rnake beds,
clean up and sanitary inspec-
ton.
9:3O-An hour and a half of pro-
ject work under the guidance of
trained leaders; farming. road,
museum mature study, library,
decoration of Lenin Hall; sign
and slogan painting, landscape
gardening, wall bulletin, sport
field, shed work, handball court,
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campfire benches.
11:OO-Hiking and play; checkers,
chess, handball; other collec-
tive ball games; marbles, sun
baths, letter writing.
PM.
12:l5-Dinner.
l:o0-Rest period. Reading of mail,
etc.
2:l5-Circle period The children
choose the activity which inter
ests them most; arts and crafts,
dancing, dramatics, etc.
3:30--An hour of swimming in the
lake.
4:30-Milk and crackers.
5:00-An hour and half of sport
activities. Baseball, volleyball,
etc.
Supper.
7:l5-A free period for half hour.
7:45-The evening program; camp
fires, plays, and discussions.
9:OO-All children in bed. Lights
out.
DEFORE they are accepted into the
" camp the children are examined
by doctors. While at the camp, the
health of the children is carefully
guarded by medical staff which is
in attendance at all times. First
aid is taught to the children for use
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By Irving S. Kreitzberg

DUT on the morrow water was in
II stead, cut to three minutes.
There was no giving the livestock
water now. Even the family went
on short rations. Overheard torrid
sun beat mercilessly down upon the
valley. The chickens were cackling
for water. The corn was whiting.
The vegetable tops were drying up.
The dog lay painting under a tree.
Danny gazed at his patch and stock
and almost cried. Across the road,
the Mexican, Gonzales looked at his
and almost cried.
Water! Waterl All "RocktoWn"
thought of it. Everyone spoke of
it. 1t wasn't fair. If there was a
water shortage, why shouldn't all
bear the brunt equally? Unless they
had water everything would die
And to even think of the crop and
the stock killed off-no, no, it was
too terrible to even think of. Surely
water must come tomorrow
Danny woke up early-to find two
geese dead. That was terrible! What
could he dol The rest of the stock
was gasping. He looked at the
vegetables. Unless they got water
today, they would also be dead.
There was heavy feeling around
his heart He could scarcely wait
until eight.
Eight! Waterl Water! !.
but once again for only three min
utes. For a moment Danny could
hardly believe it, He glanced at his
crop dying right before his eyes,
and his gasping fowl, and then he
broke into storm of rage.
ALL "Rocktown" was furious. 1t
II seemed as if the whole town was
gathered in small buzzing groups
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in case of emergency. Trained lead
ers supervise the various activities
of the children at all times.
Sports, swimming, dramatics.
gardening, nature study, arts and
crafts, woodcraft, dancing, and
singing. are taught by specialists in
these fields. During the swimming
period, the Life Guards of Camp
Unity and all the camp leaders are
on guard and the strictest disci-
pine maintained. The beautiful
lake of Camp Unity is placed at the
disposal of the children certain
hours of the day for their swim
ming period. Hikes, games, camp
fires, social evenings, etc, are
among the diversions planned for
the enjoyment of the children.
WHAT is the purpose of Camp
W -Chi-Ca?
To combine with the sunshine,
nourishing food and play a work
ing class education. The projects
in which the children participate
fuse manual labor with education.
All tasks before the revolutionary
movement such as Scottsboro, An
gelo Herndon, Thaelmann, Unem-
ployment and Social Insurance,
War, Fascism and defense of the
Soviet Union are the base around
which activities are built.
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out on the road. Race lines were
forgotten in the common calamity.
Before he knew it Danny was tell
ing Gonzales about his dead geese
and in broken English Gonzales
told him all about his dying chicks.
Every one was saying that some
thing must be done
Then a few called the water COM
pany Office up on the phone and
begged for water. But the company
told them that because of an acute
water shortage, except for house
hold purposes, only those with
regular warrants could be supplied
for the next few days. They argued
and argued, but in vain.
How Danny felt at learning this,
there is no need to tell. He thought
of his dying stock and his willing
patch and he gritted his teeth.
I'm just thinking Gonzales he
informed his neighbor There's
only one thing left" And when
Gonzales asked him what this was
he spoke slowly so that the Mexican
might clearly understand: "Te turn
the water on, ourselves"
He was little surprised when
Gonzales not only agreed, but of
fered to go along with him. He
had always thought Mexicans were
cowar3s-they were always pictured
SO in the movies. Maybe he had
been wrong about Mexicans right
along.
They spoke about it to a few more
and before you could count three
the whole town knew about it and
was volunteering.
Up the mountainside trudged the
men, Negro and Mexican, side by
side. The women remained at home
to put the water to instant use the
moment it came through.
At last they reached the water
shed. The earetaker was surprised
to ses them.
whats this he asked, attempts
ing to be joyial, "a picnic?p
Danny acted as spokesman. 1--WE
want you to turn on the water to
Rocktown"
What" stammered the caretsker
in surprise.
Turn on the water to Rock
town"
you goddamned 'niggers' and
'greasers, clear right out of here
the caretaker cried, exoitedly. He
reached for the shotgun hanging on
the wall, but Gonzales grabbed it
first.
will you turn on that water?"
Danny commandered, "or !"
The caretaker looked at the mass
of grim determined faces all about
MIN.
NO" he replied hesitatingly.
Turn on that water"
He glanced at the clenched fists,
and his knees shook
Let me get in touch with the Of
flee first" he pleaded.
IF you don't put it ON right now
we'll put it on ourselves"
Say, you men don't really !"
He never finished the sentence.
The men swerved forward.
"All right! All right! You
VIM" he cried fear-stricken. mo
rough stuff. You'll break something.
I'll turn it on myself"
The earetaker reached for the
/ levers. There was a lump in
Danny's throat and his heart
pounded fiereely against his ribs.
"Rrrr :" went the levers, qRrrT
;" And the water for Roektown
| shot through.
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Il u n / N C. In

Correction; On Friday, thhe Short
Wave Radio Club announced that
the U. S. S. R. Short Wave Radio
Station nv SO would give an ex--
perimental broadcast on Is met.
This should have read so met,
from the 9th to the 18th of july.
700 Baseball Resume
WOR-Sports Talk-Ford Prick
WJZ-Mario Cozzi, Baritone
7:15-WEAF-Gene and Glenn-Sketch
WOR-Larry Tayler, Baritone
wJz-Hotz Orch.
wABC-Nick Lucas, Songs
30-WEAF-Shirley Howard, Songs; Trio
WOR-The O'Neills-Sketch
WJZ-What the Banks Are Doing to
Aid American Business-F. NJ. Law,
President American Bankers Asso.
WABC-Paul Kesst, Baritone; Hud-
son Orch.
7;45-WEAF-The Goldbergs-Sketch
WOR-Dorothy Miller and Garfield
wJz-Amos IN Andy-sketch
ssnith, Songs
WABC-Boake Carter, Commentator
800 WEAF-H imber Orch.
WJZ-Garber Orch.
WABC-Voice of Experience
:15-WOR-Lucky and Lefty-Sketch
wABC-Edwin O. HILL Commentator
8:3O-WEAF- Symphony Orch. Gladys
Swarthout, Soprano
-Wallenstein Sinfonietta
WJZ-Ceremonies at Christening Of
Stratosphere Gondola
WABe-Lillian Roth, Songs; Edward
Nell Jr., Baritone; Dance Orch.
8;45-WJZ- Basebell-Babe Ruth
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Orch; Robert Sim
mons, Tenor
WOR-Dance Orch
WJz-Min5trsl Show
WABC-Rosa Ponselle, Soprano;
Kcstelsnet5 Orch.
e.s3-WEAF-Jce Cock. Comedian, Donald
Novis, Tenor; Frances Langford
Gont-alto; Veerhees Orch
w0R-Tex Fletcher. Sengs
WJz-Dramstie Sketch
WABC-Gluskni Orch; Henrietta
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w A T E r !!

I
YOU wouldn't think much of
"Rocktown.p Yet it is located in
one of CALIFORNIA; most beautiful
spots. To one side, towering high
above it, is the famed Mt. Wilson,
with the worlds largest astronomi-
cal observatory upon it. On the
other that bare-headed scenic
splendor, Mt. Badly. Between these
peaks the valley is dotted with little
villages, with ranches and orange
/ groves, small and large. No finer
panorama can be found in all
America.
But one cannot live on scenery
not if the soil is rocky and arid.
/ Nor can your fowl and rabbits, if
they have no water.
You see, "Rocktown" isn't really
the name of a village. ''RocktoWn"
is the name dubbed to the section
of Puarte in which the Negro and
+ Mexican inhabitants live. 1t is a
part of the village which enereaehes
upon the foothills, Too rocky to be
I commercially titled, the pickers,
fruit ranch lahorers and section
hands who work in the surrounding
I groves or on the Santa Fe live
there, in shack-like houses more
reminiscent of the dark South then
of the much-puhlicized California
architecture.
! AS most of the work is seasonal
and the wages low, the "Rocktown"
workers have by the dint of long
effort and hard labor cleared little
patches of land about their homes
of rock, and planted it to corn and
vegetables and a few fruit trees, and
have built chicken coops and rabbit
roosts in order to supplement their
meager earnings. In fact without
them it would be almost impossible
to exist.
nanny ROBERTSON lived in
" "Rocktown" Until he had been
laid off some two years ago, Danny
had been a section hand. Now,
whenever possible, he picked up odd
/ jobs around the ranches. He had
4 four kids, and try as hard as he
could, he never made enough to
properly export them.
So to Danny of course, the plot
in back of his house assumed added
Importance. He worked hard in it;
he weeded and hoed and irrigated
and watched the corn shoot up from
the earth, and the vegetable tops
grow greener and larger, and his
cackling chickens hatch young ones
and every SO often there was an
extra rabbit to kill or to sell.
Danny anxiously looked forward
to his crop. 1t was getting harder
and harder to pick up jobs and the
prices per hamper becoming lower
and lower all the time. OF course
Dan knew that there was a crisis
on, but that wasn't the only trouble,
he would tell you. It was those
Mexicans, those damn "greasers.
They worked cheaper than the Ne
groes, and we're getting most of the
jobs. Gosh! But he hated those
'greasers.P
EVERY summer there was a water
u shortage around Puarte. The
canyons reservoir which had once
been able to supply the countryside
had now become insufficient due to
the too rapid reclamation of large
sections of semi-arid land by orange
growers, thus demanding more and
more watfr for irrigation. That was
why the new dam was being cor
structed.
So for the past few summers
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LABORATORY
AND SHOP
= Notes on Science and Technology

fertilizing elements. and then to im-
preguate the females with the de-
sired sex. Since the spermatazoa
are living cells carrying electrical
charges, Professor Koltzoff sep
arated them by passing an electrical
current through the cells. He can
then produce male or female rab-
bits, according to which electrically
separated group Of spermatazos ne
has used TO inpregnate the mother
rabbits. If Professor Koltzoff's
technique proves successful on a
large scale, it will be Of tremendous
value in helping to enormously in
crease the number Of COWS and pigs
in the Soviet Union-an important
Plan.
What Happens to Inventions?
THE DYMAXION. a three-wheel,
streanlined automobile, is one Of
the latest developments in automo-
tive construction. Its inventor,
Buckminster Fuller, claims superior
economy in operation, convenience
in parking and turning, and SUI
psrior endurance and speed, for the
new car.
There are two wheels in front
which carry rs per cent of the total
weight and also serve as tractors
and brakes. The single rear wheel
serves as a rudder for steering, so I
the car can turn around in lom-
plete circle within the diameter Of
its own length.
The wheel arrangement permits
use of a streamlined shell which
cuts thu air resistance of the Dym-
axiom down to one-quarter that of
the average sedan. This cuts down
fuel consumption to 40 miles per
gallon of gasoline, and gives the ear
a speed of 100 miles an hour. Nine
teen feet long, it has more than
twice the seating space Of big
sedans, and seats is people COM
fortably.
The Dymaxion furnishes still an
other example Of what capitalism
does to important technical achieve
ments. On a mass production basis
the car could be sold at around
500 unit. Instead, Fuller is CASH
ing in on the Dymaxion's "conspi-
euous waste" value as a novelty by
building cars on individual orders
for the luxury trade at price OF
more than 5000 apiece. To make it
available to workers and farmers
would involve the retooling Of exist
ing automobile plants. Obviously
the automobile manufacturers will
not tolerate any such threat to their
capital investments or rate of profit.
incidentally, Fuller has been try
ing to peddle his car to the War
Department, ostensibly for trans
port purposes. But machine gun
cockpits mounted on these roomy,
! fast moving and fast-turning cars
offer obvious strategic advantages
in auelling the riots that General
Macarthur, Police Commissioner
ORysn, Professor Moley and Mayor
LaGuardia expect the unemployed
to stage.
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Sex Planning

PROFESSOR N. K. KOLTzOFF,
l the famous Soviet biologist, has
devised a method of breeding male
or female animals according to plan,
Out of 200 baby rabbits. 100
blessed events had the sex that was
plannd for them. This summer the
birth of hundreds of calves and pigs
will show whether the method has
practical value for cattle breeding,
as is confidently expected by Pro-
fessor Keltzoff and his associates.
Scientists and animal breeders
have found that the sexes of ami
mails are about equally divided
Professor Kol.zoff intends to elm
mate almost half of the males-that
are unnecessary for increasing ami
NAL herds-and supplant them with
females. This would increase the
growth of the herds from so to rs
per cent.
The method of sex determination
used by Professor Koltzoff is based
on discoveries by American inyesti
gators. These scientists found that
sex in animals is determined by the
fertilizer elements (spermatazoa) in
the male which are equally divided
into spermatozoa having male and
female personalities. The female
egg it was discovered produces male
or female progeny according to
whether it is fortified by one or the
other type of speymatazoa.
The problem confronting Profess
sor Koltzoff was to separate the
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Workers. Children Find Refuge from
Sweltering Heat in Camp WO-CM-CG
Educational Program
Under Competent
Instructors

The first group Of so children
have already left for the camp. The
second group will leave on July 49,
Unfortunately, however, the very
existence of the camp is in danger
of collapse unless all organizations
Immediately rally to its support
Plans were carried through in the
belief that the response would
come as summer approached.
On May y, a can was issued to
oall trade unions and mass organiza-
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Schumann, Piano
9:f5-W0R-Jane Froman, Songs
1000 WEAF-Eastman Orch. Lullaby
Lady; Gene Arnold. Narrator
WOR-John Kelvin. Tenor
WJZ-Koestner Orch; Current
Eyents-Mrs. Franklin D. Reose-
welt
WABC-Dance Orch
Acknowledgement Events-H. E. Read
1880 WEAF-Mixed Chorus
WOR-Variety Musicale
WJz-Pickens Sisters, Songs
WABC-Msry Eastman; Soprano;
Evan Evans, Baritone
l0:45-WJZ-To Be Announced
ll:00- WEAF-Press-R Radio News
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STAGE and SCREEN
BeethoUen's Ninth Symphony
At the Stadium, Tonight

Beethoven's Ninth Symphony will
be given at the Stadium this eve
ming and tomorrow night with the
assistance of the Schola Cantorum
of New York and solnists Nina Nor
CANA, Rose hampton. Paul Alt
house and Frederic Baer. Jose
Iturbi will conduct. The program
also includes the "Leonore" Over
ture No. 8. On Wednesday Iturbi
will act as conductor and pianist,
presenting Mozart's "Eeine Kleine
Nachtmusie' and the Piano Con
eerto in D Minor and BeetheYen's
Piano Concerto No. 3 in C Minro.
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Air, Sunshine, G 90 d
Food, in Lovely
Surroundings
By HELEN SHERIDAN

BY HELEN SHERIDAN
CWELTERING midsummer city
y heat. Steaming sidewalks. Air
less tenement house flats. Half
naked little bodies among ash
cans, on fre-escapS, in dusty, dirty
back-aEeys. Thousands of anemic,
half-staved workers children
gaSping for relief. This is New York
in the summer for the great ma
jority of its citizens.
Sunshine. Fresh air. Milk and
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Statistics in the Soviet Union

UoW different it land where the workers and farmers
IL rule-in the Union
the workers need doctored facts There
the workers need for suppresg dsorng the truth There
exploiting class hire statician to paint pictures
the Union there neutrality-suspicious. need
for statisicians jugge figures unemployment
Soviet the level is constantly rising Who will
hire staisticans to juggle figures?
n scientific truth the
mental methods The working class needs other.
Under capitalism where tiny minority of bankers and indus
for hiding facts in order that
may their misery. whole
people willing their professional integrity needed
people Mary Keeck and w. o. Thompson for
realize that capitalist do
actual Others, Dr. Slverman, fired
The lesson is plain day.
only the revolutionary working class which bases itself
facts which predcae its whole activity the
actual facts of capitalist slavery
Only under Soviet the United States when the poll
ta structure the country placed harmony with
the forces of production that the workers and
produce the the nation it's weathen
will there between statistics between governmental facts
and actual existence.
Only Soviet the intellectual from the
status of prostitute Only under Soviet
the intellectual retain rs professional integrity"
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MOnd0Y

SUMMER TERM BEGINS TODAY =
Brownsville Workers School, 1855 Pit.iin
Ave. Registration stu open.
REHEARs AL-LsheT Defender Chorus at
Finnish Hall. Is w l26th St. Hall B., g
pm. Free course in sight-singing, All
workers invited.
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Double Communists
International To Be
Off Press Tomorrow

The next issue Of The Communist
International will be a double num-
her. No. 9-10. and will be out Tues
day It contains a review of May
Day throughout the world, an ar
ticle on Stain by " Knorin, the
speech Of Conrade Losovsky at the
18th Plenum of the E.ClC.I.. as well
as other important material on the
international struggles taking place
today. The full contents are as
follows.
Nav Day Review Of the Revolu-
tionary Forces Of the Proletariat.
The Leader of the World Prcleta-
Ran Revolutionary V. Knorirl.
The Next Tasks of the Interns-
tieaal Revolutionary Trade
Union Movement-By A. Lo-
soysky.
The Labor Party, the LIP, and
the Communist Party-By Harry
Pollitt.
The Latest Fascist Move of the
British National Government
BY D.
Some Experiences of the Conmu-
mist Party OF China in Orsaniz-
ing and Leading Strike Strug-
gies-By Ii Ming.
The Black Sea RevoIt-By Andre
Marty.
The Communist International Is
the official organ of the Executive
Committee of the Communist In
ternational. It is now published in
this country by Workers Library
Publishers. Copies may be had for
10 cents eseh at all Workers Book
stores. or from the publishers, Pc.
Box l48, Station D, New York City.
Subscription for one year is 81.
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CORRECTION

The story in Fridays paper,
called, I'VE Visit Some Homes of
Steel Workers in Pittsburgh"
was not written by NJ. yetch, as
stated, but was prepared by The
Pittsburgh Pen and Hammer.