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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-11-13
CORRECT!
New York, N. Y.

New York, N. Y.
Dear Comrade Editor:
am a steady reader of the Daily
Worker and very close synpa-
thizer of the Communist movement
for a number of years. But the
soldiers and sailors never seemed to
De part of the working class move
ment. AS matter of fact. we al
ways seemed to be looking with posi-
tive contempt at a soldier.
I believe that the Daily Worker
should have articles more often,
showing the close unity that ought
to exist between the soldiers and
workers. For after all, who are
the soldiers if not unemployed
workers? The bulk of them come
from tenant farmers, poor farmers
and from working class families
generally. When we meet a soldier,
we should not say, as we have been
accustomed to do, Cali body and no
brains" We should say, "Here is
a worker who could not get any
WYNN, shee ID why uC ID wearing d
uniform. They too feel the class
struggle, but they have been
neglected too long by the advanced
workers"
Their salaries have been reduced.
and they are discouraged from
marrying and raising families. Even
if they were not discouraged, can
they do it on 1890 month? The
officers not only can afford to have
wives, but even so-called "love
nests" Naturally, this makes the
private think. A private finds out
very early in the game that he.
has no chance of becoming a general
or even captain. Let us turn our
attention more closely to the private
and understand that he is part
and parcel of the working class and
treat him as such.
My interest in the soldiers situa-
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-11-13
M ESD Heads
Try To Stife
Chicago Fight
By a Metal Worker Correspondent

BY a Metal Worker Correspondent
CHICAGO, nl-The M, E. S. A.
Mechanics Educational Society of
America S ocialist leadership Of
Johnson must be exposed for failure
to act in the interests of Local %,
Chicago.
MESA. members were locked out
at Rock Ola slot machine company
625 Jackson Blvd. No action was
taken by Johnson. Johnson worked
for this company and then deserted
his comrades by pulling a one-man
strike, saying that he could not
work under such conditions. But out
best union men took these jobs pur-
posely to organize this shop. He
refused to call a shop meeting until
the rank and file members de-
manded action. We were COM
PEELED to expose ourselves to the
bosses. The two best men who Or
gained the shop we're fired and
then when the shop meeting was
called, the bosses acted quickly by
firing the entire tool room, both day
and night shifts.
Now the Smith Harrison machine
is coming to Chicago to spill some
soothing syrup on the rank and file
and also try to put over a deal with
the bosses, supposedly to sign up
some jobbing shops.
Every time the Smith leadership
come from Detroit they tell us
every thing is hotsie totsie, $1.05 an
hour in Detroit and SIPS for good
men. Then Johnson runs a mis-
leading ad in the Tribune for men
to work for S105 an hour, while
wages in Rock Ola are SIS cents an
hour, taking out most militant work.
erS, If possible, out of Chicago into
the promised land, leaving the rest
under the illusion that there is work
here in Chicago.
We must be very careful and
watch every move of this Socialist
leadership to keep our union a rank
and file progressive movement.
Those who fail to adopt a program
OF action to reinstate the so locked
out tool and die makers and to or
ganize the production workers must
be exposed. We must also demand
a hearing from the MIRA. Labor
Board
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-11-13
CREDIT UNION PLAN PUTS RELIEF LOAD ON WORKER
Detroit Postal Jobs
Fail to Materialize
By a Worker Correspondent

DETROIT, Mich. - Thousands
of unemployed Detroit workers
who thronged the postofice when
it was announced that 5000 would
be taken on for Christmas work
are now discovering that they
have been hoaxed.
The Detroit Free Press, Repub-
ican newspaper, in its Nov. 3
issue exposes the fact that these
jobs were allotted several days
before to Democratic Congressman
and congressional candidates to
hand out as political patronage.
Postmaster Roscoe Huston, has
admitted that 5000 special ap-
plication blanks were distributed
among the Democratic congress-
men and congressional candidates.
Each of these blanks will bear the
signature of the politician after
being filled out by one of his sup
porters.
The thousands who waited long
hours in the cold for these jobs
have practically no chance of get
ting in. The Disabled Veterans of
the World War has wired a protest
to President Roosevelt, declaring
that press publicity had given the
impression that veterans would
receive preference for these jobs.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-11-13
Pressure Gets
Quick Chicago
Relief Orders
BY a worker Correspondent

CHICAGO, Ill.-The unemployed
workers of Chicago are putting up
a militant struggle to obtain imme-
date winter relief and to defeat
the attack of the Democratic Adj
ministration on the relief standards
in Cook County.
At the Humboldt Park District
Relief Station on the Northwest
Side of Chicago, the assembled
workers inside the relief station were
able to win immediate issuance of
so coal orders, winter clothing, as
well as additional food.
The Humboldt Park station, SUI
pervised by Lady Evelyn Byron,
is one of the stations in Cook County
where workers are Systematically
and cold bloodedly denied the mini
mum relief standard.
Last Saturday about 200 workers
inside the relief station found that
they were all there for the same
things, food, clothing and coal. Act
ing as a united body, refusing to
be intimidated by six carloads of
police and detectives, they forced
Lady" Byron to agree Immediately
to their demands. A special desk
was put up, and the workers lined
up and put in their demands, which
were at once granted.
The doors were locked to keep out
additional workers. But the locks
were not strong enough to with
stand the enraged workers who were
locked out. After the main body
of workers had left, with a promise
that the relief would work overtime
to fill orders, the police were able
to arrest one worker and it took
all of them to do that.
The International Labor Defense
will defend this workers right to
demand food for his wife and five
children. 1t calls upon all workers
to help in this fight.
We are rallying the workers to
make the Nov. oath demonstration
the mightiest Chicago has seen. We
will demonstrate for immediate win
ter relief, cash relief, the building
of subways, schools, and hospitals,
and for the Workers Unemployment
and Social Insurance Bill.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-11-13

ton came about suddenly. Another
girl and myself were selling the
Daily Worker. In one home that
We entered, we found few soldiers.
Well, we were stuck. We did not
seem to know what to do. But
after talking to them for while,
we found them very interested and
keen on knowing what is going on
in the world They know that they
will be the first ones to die when
war is declared. They know that
it is not glorious to die to protect
Morgan's millions. They know that
they won't benefit by a war. and
they are the last ones who want
war We should invite soldiers to
our dances, lectures and generally
accept them as fellow workers. The
units should also have discussions
on the role Of the soldier in the
class struggle.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-11-13
Boss Negligence Hurls
Worker Into Mixer Pit
BY a Steel Worker Correspondent

BY a Steel Worker Correspondent
GARY, Ind.-One of the fellows
in the number 3 open hearth mixer
pit, a crane operator known as Nick,
noticed that some of the electric
lights had burned out.
He went to see the electrical crew
and reported that he needed light
in that particular place. The cleo
trical crew told him that they were
busy somewhere else, and gave him
the bulb to put in since he was 60
ing there anyway. He took the bulb
and went to put it in the mixer pit.
But, fellow workers, what hap
pened then is a sad story. First,
I would like to tell you about the
location of the mixer pit tracks.
These tracks lead straight south,
and on the west side of the tracks
there is a walking platform about
ten feet wide. If an engine comes
along, the worker has no chance
to get out on the side.
At the very moment that this
fellow was doing his work, the en-
CINE came along with hot metal.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-11-13
1910 Interest CHARGED
On Loans to JObLesS
Mccormick Company Uses Scheme to Get Rid of
Older Workers and Dodge Responsibility

cause we will not owe the company
any money but to the Credit Union
in case We borrow any money.
This is the best way to get rid of
the old workers. The reason they
want to get rid of the old workers
is because they are not as strong
and fast as young workers and can
not produce as much for the COM
pany.
If you are laid OF two years or
over you lose all your rights. And
we have to start as new workers,
Some of us have been employed by
the company for 20 years or over.
When we started to work again
they hired us as new men. So it
means we lost all our pension rights,
etc. This is what is facing us with
the Credit Union.
We must support the Workers
Unemployment Insurance Bill CHR.
1899, which is before Congress,
originally proposed by the Commu-
mist Party and endorses by indie
pendent unions and American Fed
Grafton Of Labor unions all over
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-11-13
Big Families
in DdnUiUe Get
Little Relief
BY Textile Worker Correspondent

BY Textile Worker Correspondent
DANVILLE, Va.-President Roose-
welt has declared that his N.R.A.
would put an end to slavery and
starvation, but we workers know
this has not proven itself to be true.
For an example, I wish to state
here the true conditions in which
I found two families to be.
In a family of ten, five children
and five adults, only the father
was working, making an average
weekly wage of $720. Out of this
he had to pay $500 per month for
rent, $2.40 for insurance, and SITS
for water and lights. This left him
$1.91 week to buy food and clothes,
10 and one-tenth cents per person
for food and clothes.
The only fuel he has is wood,
picked up or fished out of rivers.
Once when the relief job wasn't
open, one of the men was forced to
work for Is cents an hour, 81 hours
a week, payable in the form of a
grocery order for four dollars and
five cents, issued to high priced
store.
He had a chance to get job
elsewhere and went to see about it,
missing the forced labor for that
week. When the mother applied for
a grocery order on Wednesday, she
had absolutely nothing left to eat
for those ten people. She was told
that because the man had not
worked, they could get no help at
all
She had to get a little bit of
food from friends and neighbors,
and by each helping a little, she
managed to get by till Saturday.
They were then in such a desper-
ate plight that even the hard boiled
relief officers could not ignore them
further. They were then given a
pittance for relief. This condition
is widespread and these people must
still struggle for existence.
This is another example of
Roosevelt's NR.A. prosperity. A
family OF nine, OF whom six are
able to work, but only one (the
mother) is working. The father
had worked in the mills for over a
quarter of century, but when the
speed-up and stretch-out increased
his machine load to such an extent
that he could not do the work, he
was laid off.
This woman makes an average of
So a week, out Of which she must
pay monthly $l2 house rent, $2.25
for water and lights, $500 for in
sursnce, and $500 for wood and
$500 for ca-fare This figured out
leaves 1888 a week with which to
feed and clothe nine people.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-11-13
BY a Metal Worker Correspondent

BY a Metal Worker Correspondent
CHICAGO, In.-At the last safety
meeting Of the Mccormick workers
the discussion took place about the
Credit Union.
What kind of Credit Union is
that? When you join the Credit
Union you pay Csc. On the money
you save in the Credit Union you
get s per cent interest. II you Dor
row money you have to pay IL per
cent interest. They also tell us that
the company has nothing to do with
the Credit Union, that the workers
control this union themselves, that
there is only one man on the pay
roll and that is the treasurer
Who started the Credit Union?
Some of the company agents did
so that the company doesn't have
to loan you any money when you
are laid off.
When we received a loan from the
company last time they had to put
us to work so that we could pay
back what We borrowed. In this way
they won't have to put us back be-
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-11-13

When the engine approached the
building, it whistIed three short
signals. The worker putting in the
light got so excited that he made
dive down. Instead of diving on
the platform, however, he dived in
to the mixer pit which is ten feet
deep and full of steel scrap.
What happened then fellow
workers? Well, I'll make a long
story short, this worker has heaps
of broken bones and is laid up in
the hospital for at least six months
if not longer.
Now the bosses are building a
fence around the mixer pit, after
this worker got crippled for life.
They'll do everything to put the
blame on the switchmen's should
ers. Well, they can not put any
thing over on the switchmen, and
they never will, for the switch
man goes to work ready for any
emergency. But, fellow workers
that's not enough. Unless we are
organized into a workers union we
won't be able to really cut out these
accidents.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-11-13
Elevator Strikers
In Militant Parade
By a WORKER Correspondent

NEW YORK-A grand display
of militant workers showed their
strength to the New York citi-
zenry, when on Friday at noon
Negro and white striking elevator
operators and service men pa
raded through the garment and
fur centers of Manhattan. =
Little mention was made in the
newspapers of the fine support
and cooperation given us by var
ious unions. The Fur Workers
Union and the left wing mem
bers of the I.LG.W.U. Immediate
ly printed leaflets urging all mem
bers to support our strike.
Our leaders called the strike
off, claiming victory in recogni-
ton of the union and temporary
wage increases of about two dol
lars.
I am sure that under revolu-
tionary leadership, with such mil
liant workers as there are in Local
BIB, minimum wage of at least
$25 for a 40 hour week could have
been attained had the strike con-
tinued two days more.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-11-13
FOR A UNITED FRONT OF THE
WORKING CLASS
Cleveland, Ohio.

Cleveland, Ohio.
Dear Comrade Editor:
Burck is darn good cartoonist,
but it did me no good in trying to
switch a local Socialist Party branch
to decisive united front action. I've
worked for several weeks there and
was about to get action, when UP
stands Socialist Party worker,
flashes the cartoon with the S. P.
emblem on the skeletal figure of
the capitalist system, shouting at
me. IF we are supporters of CAPT.
talism, why the h. do you want
a united front with us. You're
fakers," etc, etc.
Now for the love of mike, if the
Communist Party wants action, why
don't you cut out the provocation.
If you're stigmatizing S. P. mis-
leaders, ok; but don't provoke the
rank and file. You can't bulldoze
those S. P. workers into action. Help
and don't hinder.
H. r. P.
NOTE: Yes. even in cartoons,
ii is necessary to distinguish be-
tween Socialist leaders and So
cialist wOrkers.-Editor.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-11-13

By an Auto Worker Correspondent
DETROIT, Mich - Forty eight
cents for two days work!
This is the experience of one
Detroit automobile worker who got
a job at the Hupp Motor Car Co.,
but was laid off after working two
days. His pay was supposed to be
$6.98, but the company deducted
$3.50 for goggles that he required
for his work and gave him pay
check for 46 cents. These goggles
are generally supplied by the COM
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-11-13
Johnston City, N. Y, Banquet
Raises Total to Sum of S85

JOHNSON " contributor the district
Saturday proceeds
the Communist the benefit Of the Daily
Worker drive, brings the johnson City total to
sections this applies the the
country followed City, would
aid fulfilling the district quotas
William Allegro, City contributing his
weekly regularly
will undertake
Surely proposition like this help the Daily Worker
many supporters
Daily Editor
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-11-13
DIMES+NICKELS=S2

The Lowell Workers Center
was recently credited with a So
contribution. Wish it could be
more" wrote Alfred Christian.
Il collected this from comrades
by dimes and nickels." Small
change mounts up, if the COL
lector is energetic. We need
more like him for the $500 quota.
Total to date .............S $1,000
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-11-13
Letters from Our Readers

because of the volume of letters re-
ceived By the Department, we can print
only those that are of general interest
to Daily Worker readers. However, all
letters received are carefully read by the
editors. Suggestions and criticisms are
welcome and whenever possible are used
for the improvement of the Daily
Worker.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-11-13
48c for 2 Days. Work

panieS free; they can be bought in
stores for about 50.
In addition to robbing him of
nearly all his wages, tse Hupp
company made the worker wait al
most two months for his 48 cents.
This is a common practice among
the auto companies; in this way
workers are prevented from apply
ing for relief, because as long as
they have any pay coming to them,
the Welfare Department will not
place them on the relief rolls.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-11-13
In THE HON
Under the N. r.. A.
BY ANN BARToN

UERE are two examples of how
n women live under RooseveIt's'
N.R.A., and one instance of what
women are doing to defend their
standard of living.
The Federated Press reports on
survey made by the Women's
Bureau of the u. S. Department
Of Labor. Its report states "Glar-
ing wage discrimination against
women under N. r. A. industrial
codes is revealed in survey
made by the Women's Bureau.
Minimum wage rates of 80 per
cent to 6.S per cent below those
provided for men are fixed in 135
N. r. A. codes of the 533 that had
been approved up to Sept. 1, 1884.
In IS codes which do not fix wage
rates by sex, there are provisions
which actually result in lower
rate for women.
HERE are some facts from sur
III vey of home work in Phila-
delphia, conducted by the same
Women's Bureau. One woman who
was working on a three piece knit
suit, they found, would have to work
Sc hours a week, for month, in
order to complete the suit. She
then would receive $22.75 wages for
her months work. Out of this she
would have to pay for spoiled ma
terial, were there any. She would
have to pay carfares to get and
deliver her work. This knitted suit
would retail for $500. Sixty-nine
women were visited during this sur
vey, and more than half earned less
than SIS a week. More than half
the women worked from 40 to so
hours a week. One-third of those
working so hours a week or more,
made less than SIS week.
THE Chicago women are taking
action to fight against rising
food prices. They have formed
United Women's Committee
Against the High Cost of Living.
At their last delegates meeting,
ten women were elected to go to
the packing houses with demands
for a reduction of rs per cent in
the prices of all foods sold by
the packing houses.
The final meeting of the dele
cation before they present their
demands to the packing houses
will take place Wednesday,, Nov.
IA, at 1914 Wentworth Ave-, Chi
cagO, at 1880 pm. All Chicago
women reading this announce
ment. should be at that meeting
to support the delegation and par
ticipate in the work the Commit
tee is doing.
"The sending of delegation to
the packing houses will mark the
beginning of real struggle
against the high cost of living"
Women throughout the country
can learn from Chicago, and plan
similar actions in connection with
big food wholesalers. Delegations,
picket lines, solid organization is
the machinery of fight learned
from working class struggles
through the years. They can also
be applied to fighting the high
cost of living.
WE'VE had very few menus be-
W cause of lack of space. Today,
Mrs. B. hands us her recipe for
spinach soup. She says, Into five
glasses of sailed boiling water, put
two peeled potatoes which have been
sliced into several pieces. After ten
minutes, add one-half pound of
spinach. Let it all cook for ten
minutes. Drain and save the water.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-11-13

Red Builders! Your carrier
routes can be used to stimulate
interest in the 100000 drive. Speak
to your readers about the impor-
lance of supporting the Daily
Worker. Ask them to contribute
today.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-11-13

(NRA wages.) They expect in this
way to use FERA funds to help q
business man, who has the right
politics, at the expense of the work
ers. That's the way relief money is
used in politics.
The workers on this job are not
asleep. We have already held an in
formal meeting and plan to circu-
late a protest petition. By organic
ing an FERA Workers Association,
and fighting in unity with the
laundry workers we can defeat this
scheme.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-11-13

Students: Speak to your class
mates about the role of the Daily
Worker in organizing against
military training, and for freedom
of political expression in the
schools. Ask them to contribute
to the $50, 900 fund.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-11-13
BRING 1T UP!

BRING IT UP!
At every branch meeting Of
the Women's Council, raise the
question of the Daily Worker
and ask for collection. Or
ganize group competitions among
the branch members. We need
your help to raise our $500 for
the Daily Worker!
G. H. WelIman ........S Is
C. Chapman ........... 1000
Total to date. .S34.35
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-11-13
Lecture on sex Attitudes as
Factors in Mental Hvgienes

aCNOEo III NlCntdA IINRAEnC
TOMORROW night DIR. Frank
wood E. Williams will lecture
under the auspices of the Daily
Worker Medical Advisory Board on
Sex Attitudes As Factors in Men
tai Hygiene. The lecture will be
held at $3.50 o'clock in Irving
Plaza Hall, 18th Street and Irving
Place, New York City. All pro-
ceeds to go toward the Daily
Worker $4,000 financial drive.
Sodium PerbOrate and Mouth
Washes
HOMRADE H. B., of New York,
y writes:-"I should like to ask a
question about Sodium Perborate.
This was recommended to me by a
doctor, as a preventive for trench
mouth and pyorrhea. and I have
used it for some time.
I'm the U. S. Dept. of Agriculture
Notices of Judgment, under the
Food and Drugs Act for August,
1884, there is a notice of a seizure
Of quantity of sodium perborate.
The following are quotations from
it:
Analysis of sample . showed
that it consisted of Sodium Per-
borate favored with spearmint oil.
meteorological examination showed
that it was not antiseptic when
used as a mouth wash. The labels
alleged that the article was mis-
branded in that the following state
ments were false and mis-
leading, since the article would not
be effective as an antiseptic mouth
wash when used as directed: Anti
septic Mouth Wash Approved
antiSeptic for a daily mouth wash
one teaspoonful sodium per-
borate in glass of warm water.
MiSbranding was alleged for the
further reason that the following
statements on the label, regarding
the curative or therapeutic effects of
the article, were false and fraudu-
lent: Recommended as a prophy-
Tactic for the teeth and gums, help
full in the treatment of pyorrhea,
trench mauth, and Gingivitis +. I.
especially helpful in cases of sore
or infected gums
Il find it hard to understand
whether this means that all sodium
perborate is useless, or whether the
phrasing applies only to this one
particular shipment. shall be very
grateful for reply"