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The daily worker., 1934-01-30
AN UNEMPLOYED WORKER
RECEIVES A LETTER FROM
HIS LANDLORD

Hardly had the echoes OF Christian
goodwill and Happy New Year" died
when the following letter was re-
ceiyed by one Of our active workers,
in Philadelphia. From it we gather
clearly that, following in the path
shown by Gen. Johnson's NR.A., the
petty bourgeoisie has resolved to
crack down" on the workers more
ruthlessly and brutally than ever,
dropping any and all pretenses.
Above all it points out the growing
sharpness Of the class struggle.
The recipient Of the letter, Louis
Wolcott, a Negro, is member Of the
Unemployed Councils, the Food Work
ers' Industrial Union, and an active
member in all party activities. He
has been unemployed for two years
and has a family.
The letter reads:
Mr.. L. Wolcott. Jan. 2, 1894
Very sorry to read Of unemploy-
lnent affecting yourself and Mrs.
Wolcott but unless you can send up
q months rent before noon of 4th
instant the next best thing for you
to Go is to find g landlord willing
to take hard luck stories instead
Of punctual rent payment, in any
event we can readily re-rent the oc-
cupied property to a paying ten
ant so it is merely a matter of
paying rent or moving.
incidentally you might note that
organized charityin Philadelphia
will not pay the rent. The ex-
pectation is that the landlord
should supply rs per cent more re-
lief by giving free rent and we don't
think much of the idea and conse-
quently when we strike a non
aging tenant we put the same
out promptly.
Signed C. C. CANFTELD. .
The daily worker., 1934-01-30
Calls for Unity of
ALI Packing House
Workers of j. s,
by a Worker Correspondent,

PITTSBURGH, Pal wrote a
statement recently of the conditions
in the packing house industry here
in Pittsburgh to the Pittsburgh Press
to help the drive that this paper
claims to be making on the sweat
shop evil, but what did they do?
They sent me q personal letter, stat
ing that they thanked me very much
for the information that I gave them,
but they could not print such an
article because it was too fiery and
too radical and it would arouse the
people too much.
l think it is time to expose the
whole damn lot OF them, the crooked
employers and the capitalist press.
AS an executive of the Packing
House Workers Industrial Union I
would like to hear from some other
comrades in order that we may
correspond as to how we may form
a United Front movement in the
entire industry, all over this country,
from Pittsburgh to East, West,
North and South, and organize every
shop, inside workers and drivers, and
build unions on the industrial plan
all over this country.
Our strike was broken with the
help of the stool-pigeons in our
ranks-our local labor board, Of
which Pat Pagan is the exalted
ruler; our police, deputies, the capt
talist press and the N. R. A. officials
They told us to organize under the
A. F. of J.. as the packing house
workers did in 1919. They not only
got beat out Of their Jobs, but their
union at that time was busted up
altogether and the treasurer has not
been found to this day. They also
knew that the leaders of the P. H.
w. I. U. could not be bought.
We sent a telegram to Roosevelt,
but we never got an answer, nor did
we get one from General johnson,
giving the packing house workers a
concrete example Of how they were
enforcing Section IA, under the N.
r. A.
Fellow workers-get together and
organize in mill, mine and factory.
For this is the only way we can ac-
complish anything, including en-
ployed and unemployed.
PACKING HOUSE WORKERS
INDUSTRIAL UNION,
8l4 Middle St., Ms, Pittsburgh, Pa.
The daily worker., 1934-01-30
By a WOrker Correspondent


STATEN ISLAND, N. VI started
TO work for the RoulSton chain store
system as a delivery boy pushing a
cart and clerking. William Ross, the
superintendent. said, do as you are
told and it will not be long before
you get to be a manager Of a store,
a very good job. Seven-thirty
am. to $50 IN. Saturday from
7:30 am. to 10 pm. No supper hour,
and they did not furnish me with
nose bag. I did as was told.
The first instructions were the art
Of gypDing on weights Of butter,
cheese, sugar and coffee. An ounce
here and an ounce there. Then the
grading OF eggs. For instance, a case
Of eggs is charged to the store at 25
cents a dozen. We picked out the
larger whites which we sold for 81
cents, the brown at q, and the rest
at 25.
After seven months Of pushing the
cart around and being shifted from
one store to another to get ideas Of
other managers, they appointed me
as a manager. My heart and soul
vas in the work.
Mr.. Ross said, Jack, try and build
The business up to thousand dollars
week"
I worked hard building it higher
every week. The assistant took stock.
Mr.. Ross said. Jack, you are $34
short stock. Now you must charge
more for goods to make up your
short stock. Pick up ? cents on this,
3 cents on that, and so on. The fol-
lowing month, short stock again, af-
ter gypping the poor public for over
a month. Then I received a letter
from Mr.. Roulston:
Dear -
In looking over the records of the
past few weeks, find your store
shows an increase. 7 am very happy
TO compliment you on the good work
you are doing. BY honest. persistent
effort you are bound to be success
1ul. expect to see your store one
Of the best in your superintendent's s
district this winter.
"Signed-T. H. ROULSTON."
Next was told to join the Roul-
Ston Managers Association. We met
on the fi-st Thursday of every
G-cnth. Dues were so cents. I called
it 4 school. where We learned the art
Of gypp!ng and how to bleed the pen
MES out Of women customers.
Mr.. Ross said a lady came in the
store one Day and asked for a brand
Of tea the other manager had sold
her it vas 50 good. He said, II
picked SS1.e from one box here and
there, made mixture. and III be
God damned if 7 remember what I
The daily worker., 1934-01-30
ROulston Ex-Manager Exposes
Fine Art Of GyPPing Public
Grocery Chain Forces Heads of Stores to ChiseL
Pennies on Potatoes, Eggs, Etc.

sold her. and with the fne line Of
talk I gave her, she came back and
said it was the finest tea she ever
drank in her life
This was when Ross was manager
Of a store in Brooklyn.
I had two smoked shoulder hams
in one Of the stores I managed. The
shoulders were stale and moldy. The
assistant superintendent said, Jack,
make a solution Of soda and water,
soak the hams, wash them of, and
hold them over the coal fire to fresh
en-. The scheme worked fine, but I
would not have fed them to my dog.
A Scent Trick
We packed potatoes in five pound
bags. The assistant gave US an idea.
Ask the lady which she prefers, the
9 cent or u cent potatoes. Naturally
she though the u sent potatoes were
best, but she got the regular 9 cent
bag-gypped 3 cents.
They own their own bakery and
overload the stores with bread be-
cause there is a big profit in bread.
The stale bread is returned to the
bakery. I happened to be IN their
bakery in Brooklyn one Sunday
where I saw a man burning it in a
large boiler.
With the long hours We had TO
work they asked US to go canvassing
for orders in the noon hour and
evenings.
anrf17a,1 sfaaI- vrsoe 20
This time there was a short stock
Of seventy dollars with threats of
being fired.
When business started to drop, I
had one customer who owed $40. He
traded with Roulston continuously
for eight years, buying $50 to $35
worth every two weeks. Due to the
crisis he was denoted and forced to
work two days per week. This man
was honest, always paid his bill and
offered to pay So per week on the
$40 he owed. RouIston's said, mo
go collect" How could collect when
he did not have it.
RoulSton's wanted TO cut wages
so what do they do The assistant
superintendent walks in with a mar
to take my place. He tells me that
Mr.. Ross wants to see me right
away. ! go to Mr.. Ross, and he tells
me am over SlO0 short stock. The
following day I went to Brooklyn
general Office and demanded to SET
my stock shorts. There was no short
stock. Their trick is to fire the
old help and rehire at lower wages
This was done to almost all theil
help cn Staten Island.
Since the Blue Eagle flew intc
their stores the managers got E
raise, but the prices of groceries were
boosted to pay for their raise.
The daily worker., 1934-01-30
New Machinery Being Put Into Gary Mill to
Replace 1876 Men by 80, Says Correspondent
You'd Mean Bigger Pay for All in SOpiet Union,
But in U. S. 1t Means LGyOfs and Starvation

of L. are helping to impose the bosses
steel code on U. S. Take the
Illinois Steel Works Of Gary: In spite
Of all the ballyhoo about the NR.A.
bringing back prosperity and jobs
the reverse is happening on all sides.
The record Of layoffs and decline in
production Of last month is being
surpassed this month, while the pa
perS boast about operating at 81 per
cent capacity.
One Of the reasons the rail mill
men are not working steady is be-
cause Superintendent Griffin gets his
bonus for cutting production and
maintenance cost. He uses eight
from the billet mill soaking pits and
four from rail- mill pits, thus cutting
cut heater and a door boy from
each turn. Only one man is en-
ployed taking care of the billet and
rail mill.
Where two men tended four stoves
before, only one does it now, because
Of greedy Grifins bonus. There is
no such animal as safety. The only
tnlng That keeps the mills hanging
together is a breath. One of these
days, when Griffin is trying to make
a production record, the whole
damned works will fall apart like
the One HosS Shay. The soaking pits
have about caved in already.
On top of unsafe conditions and
speed-up. Griffin curses every man
who'll take it. He has forgotten the
kick we put in against his dirty
tongue few months ago. It just
shows how much we can depend on
the company union
We can protect ourselves only by
depending on our own organization.
We must build a larger and stronger
steel and metal workers union-in
this mill, then we can take care Of
Griffin and all the others like him,
and fight against speed-up and un-
safe working conditions.
The daily worker., 1934-01-30
Condemnation Spares
Fire Traps Owned by
Rich Realty Company
By a Worker Correspondent

CINCINNATI, Ohio = Since a
mother and four children were
burned to death in one of these many
human fire traps, IL rat holes have
been condemned, all of which be-
longed to private individuals who
have spent their whole life to have a
roof over their heads in their old
age.
We have here in the steel sub
division real estate company by the
name of Glasscock which owns many
of these "rat holes" but not one of
Glasscock's human fire traps were
condemned. Only homes belonging
to poor Negro workers were ordered
torn down.
Now their homes have been torn
down, and they have no place to go
and no security Of any kind, but to
face starvation and freeze to death.
This is what our local preachers are
satisfied to call Christian Society"
Fellow workers, how long will we
have to put up with such q criminal
Christian" society?
The daily worker., 1934-01-30
Letters from Our Readers
ON CHOPPERS CARTOON IN THE
LENIN MEMORIAL ISSUE

Kenosha, Wis.
Dear Conlrade:
The cartoon, entitled Hands Off,
drawn by Gropper, which appeared in
the Daily Worker of January 20, 1884,
while very powerful drawing, would
tend to create a wrong and harm
full impression, especially with new
workers and those not thoroughly
familiar with our Partys stand on
such matters.
To label the figure representing
Japanese imperialism as merely
Japan" leaves the impression that
unified Japanese nation desires to
attack the Soviet Union. 1t plays di-
rectly into the hands of the jingoists
and war-mongers who play on the
strings OF purely national pride and
hatred. What about the revolution
ary japanese workers, peasants and
soldiers? For them we must have the
most comradely Of feelings, yet this
cartoon certainly would not foster
such bonds Of solidarity.
That such a politically unclear car
toon should have gotten into the
Lenin issue OF the Daily Worker,
should be a warning to us never to
relax our vigilance Tor one moment
The danger Of such conceptions
would become Immediately apparent
in case United States imperialism
plunged us into a war with the Jap
anese imperialists, a possibility we
should never forget.
The Japanese military landlord
clique, the great Japanese capitalist
interests, these are enemies at home.
but the Japanese toilers are our
friends, and brothers and would be-
come our firmest allies in the event
Of an imperialist war between U. S.
and Japanese imperialisms.
D. G. JOHNSON.
The daily worker., 1934-01-30
10000 in indianapolis
Registered, But No Jobs
(By a Negro Worker Correspondent,

(By a Negro Worker Correspondent
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind.-A woman
tainted here in a crowd OF nearly
500 in the trustee Office trying to get
a relief order. But they are turning
down single people If they live with
their folks, and they only give 81
to single person and expect them
to live on 1t for a week.
For a married couple they give only
Sl.90 week to live on. A man who
has seven to ten in the family, gets
1878 a week, and then many are re-
fused relief, but are sent to the Cham
Der Of Commerce Or the Free State
Employment Office, and when they
get there they are turned down, be-
cause they say they have so many
who are heads OF families.
They have registered about 10000
and those registered won't be able to
get job, and yet there are thousands
who are not registered that can't find
work.
The daily worker., 1934-01-30

The recent struggles of the unem-,
ployed seamen in the port Of Bahi-'
more for relief show clearly that
when the correct policy is applied
results can be obtained. n
A tremendous sentiment for strug-
gle had been aroused amongst the
seamen, due to previous actions, led
by the union on several ships. The
unemployed Seamen were looking to-
words the union as something that
was good, and expected more actions,
especially on the relief question. a
systematic agitation and propaganda
campaign had been carried on which
created a situation where the sea-
men began to demand that some
thing be lonesome concrete action.
Realizing that the situation called
for immediate definite steps, the
comrades on the waterfront drew up
a plan of action and decided to carry.
it out. The amount of work that
had been already done, the forces
that could be used, the amount of
organization and existing sentiment
was taken into serious consideration,
and the plan of action applied ac-'
cordingly.
1t meant that at first there would
be no large spectacular action, which
would be biting off more than we
could chew. but some small steps,
taken properly, which would create
more sentiment, more organization,
and put us in position to take
larger actions and would culminate
into action on a large scale.
First an unemployed meeting was
held, where, after discussion on the
plan of actions, small committee
was elected to go to the local relief
board and present the demands.
The committee was widely popular
The daily worker., 1934-01-30
Back to Starvation
Is Result Of n. r. A.
AT Him ois Steel Co.
by a Steel Worker Correspondent

(By Steel Worker Correspondent
GARY, Ind-When the N.RA. was
created, the Illinois Steel Co. called
us to work after to years of starv-
alton. We were happy, but after a
couple of months or so we we're told
that there is no more work. Back
to starvation. All the alarm about the
blue buzzard making paradise for the
workers was for nothing.
We waited and still are waiting, but
1 believe we'll get our jobs back only
when we, the workers, take the mat
ter Of jobs in our hands. BY that I
mean when we organize in the Steel
and Metal Workers Industrial Union.
The daily worker., 1934-01-30
BY a Steel Worker Correspondent

GARY, Ind.-In both sheet and tin
plate mills, new machinery in four
high is being installed. This process
is taking place in tin mills through
out the counhy-and is throwing
tens OF thousands of workers out of
work. With the four high mills,
which cost the company plenty to
install, as much will be produced as
previously nine bar mills did. The
new mill will employ 13 men on a
turn, or 80 men, to replace Is men
on a turn in nine bar mills, or 486
men altogether Do you realize what
this new machinery will mean to us?
1t means that 447 workers will be
laid of.
Here in capitalist country the
machine is used against the workers
interest-to make more profit for the
boss and lay of the workers. But in
the Soviet Union, where the workers
rule, machines are the friends of the
workers and are used to help the
worker, by producing more with less
labor and giving workers higher
wages!
Workers, when you are handed
walking papers by the bosses because
Of new machinery, organize in your
department and refuse to leave the
mills, as the Merchant Mill workers
in the Illinois Steel attempted, until
guaranteed adequate relief and un-
employment insurance at the ex-
pense Of the government and the en-
ployers.
All this can be won only through
organization into department locals.
Select your department committees
regardless Of what union you belong
to. Support the program OF the Steel
and Metal Workers Industrial Union
for struggle against layoffs.
Don't listen to the talk of craft
unionism by the leaders OF the Anal
gamated Association, who together
with the national leaders of the A. F.
The daily worker., 1934-01-30
IO =
I'm the Homes
1ss##ah oo.Yssrp q, Y @
CONDUCTED BP
HELEN LUKE

Three long loud cheers for the food
workers OF the Waldorf Astoria, who
walked out and gave the pot-bellied
bourgeoisie taste of their own medi-
cine-hunger. The food workers have
the big shots in a vital spot, for, as
Conrade Chef says, the exploiters
must cat to cheat. 2
We published g few days ago
letVer from q girl who described the
wratched conditions in the Gypsy
Tavern. Here is a letter from Agnes
B., who has just gone through vain
struggle for decent conditions in a
N. j. hotel.
The daily worker., 1934-01-30
Can You Make EN-
Yourself?

Pattern 1857 is available in sizes
36, 49, 40, ~, A, 46 and 48. Size SO
takes 27a yards 80 inch fabric and Ia
yards contrasting. Illustrated step
'y-step sewing instructions included.
The daily worker., 1934-01-30
80 DocEoJL
I&G1<Ei GgeH
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QGlAtG4g4:
BY PAUL LUTTINGER. M,D.

develop rheumatism from infected
teeth ora fecal infection in any other
part Of the body.
We are glad to hear that you en-
joy reading the Daily Worker and
trust that you won't forget to send
in the proceeds Of the bet, regardless
who was correct.
Excessive Perspiration Of the Feet
Sidney j. For hyperidrosis Eek
cessive perspiration of the feet}, you
may use one Of the following astrin-
gent lotions, two or three timeS daily:
Powdered alum | ounce
Water 1 pint or
Zinc sulphate 2 drams
+, water 1pint or
Formalln drains
Alcohol mint
Before applying the lotion, the fees
should be thoroughly cleaned and
dried. The lotion should be allowed
to dry on the foot. 1t may be fol-
lowed by. the following dusting DOW,
ders or the powders can be applied
MlbllOub tliS. 1OLlOIlS.
Salicyiic acid Is drama
',a Alum ounce
r. Lycopodiurn / ounce
3 If you prefer an ointment, you
may use the. following:
Lead plaster olnce
Oil of lavender flowers is grains
Olive oil I'D to 2 ounces
Apply this ointment on gauze ana
a bandage.
Nervousness
John E,s Cleveland, O.-The adv;ca
given you by your physician seems
to be the. proper one. In due time
you will make the necessary contact
and most of your symptoms will dis
appear. Continue working in the va
rious organizations and do not be-
come impatient. Relations of this
nature cannot be hurried, as they de-
pend on combination Of circum-
stances with the proper person.
Thank you for the contribution.
The daily worker., 1934-01-30
NOTE

We publish letters from steel,
metal and auto workers every
Tuesday. We urge workers in these
industries to write Us of their work
ing conditions and of their efforts
TO organize. Please get the letters
to Us by Friday of each week
The daily worker., 1934-01-30
Answer to Con,rade R. M.

In regard to the letter referred to
me by DR.. Luttinger, must advise
that a marriage license costs So and
a Justice Of the Peace will perform a
marriage ceremony for another So, or
free OF charge on demand. AS to
whether or noG you should go through
all this or MOTT is up to the in
diYidual to decide.
The daily worker., 1934-01-30
A CRATER Gets
A Job on C.W.A.

(By an Auto Worker Correspondent
DETROIT, Mich.--I am writing to
expose some Of the graft that is going
on in Dearborn. One of our COM
rades got C.W.A job painting, but
was canned because che did not
The daily worker., 1934-01-30

Every new subscriber gained for
the Daily ctrengthens our revolu-
tutionary movement. Ask your fell
low worker TO subscribe.
The daily worker., 1934-01-30
ANSWER TO QUESTIONS
High Blood Pressure

Mrs. III. r., E. Pittsburgh, PA
blood pressure of 230, at your age, Is
a dangerous symptom. The first and
most important thing to do it to go
to bed Immediately, if you have no
money to go to the hospital. You
must stay in bed until your blood
pressure has gone down to about
I50,at least. If you walk about and
work with your high pressure, you
will surely get paralytic stroke.
When yol're in bed, keep a hot
water bottle or an electric pad at
your feet so as to draw the blood
away from your head and thus pre-
vent congestion of the brain. When
you're in bed, you need not take any
nitroglycerine (not glicerine nitrate(
or any other medicine to reduce your
blood pressure. The medicines you
mentioned have only a temporary
effect; they do not cure the under
lying cause. You may continue with
your diet which seems to be sem
sible one; but we see no reason why
you should have to take saccharifi;
you surely could do without any
sweets, as so many other people do.
$50
Rheumatism and Good Stomach
Dorothy Goldstein-"R Rheumatism"
has nothing to do with the good
ness" or badness" of the stomach,
People with excellent digestion and
who never suffered from constipation
are liable to contract rheumatism.
1t is true, of course, that most peo-
pie suffering from so-ca1led rheuma-
tism also suffer from stomach
trouble" but this is a coincidence
1t is also true that constipation would
aggravate a rheumatic condition. On
the other hand, there are thousands
of children who have suffered from
no gastric ailment and who contract
acute articular rheumatism from in
fected tonsils. Many adults likewise
The daily worker., 1934-01-30
Plants Replacing
Boys by Girls in
War Preparations
lRr a Worker Correspondentl

STAMFORD, Conn. Yale &
Towne in Stamford is preparing its
factory for the Forthcoming war.
They are replacing a big part Of
their male help with girls and young
women, for two reasons. Firstly,
because the girls are paid as low as
321a cents an hour, while the mini
The daily worker., 1934-01-30

ter, she can be depended on to give
hearty support to the food workers
strike.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1934-09-26
|N|LL|GAN TELLS
Of NEWS WORK

How newspaper stories are
handled from the moment that
news breaks" until the newsboy
is shouting a headline, was de-
scribed by John Dean Milligan,
of the editorial staff of The
Washington Times, in an address
before the Lions Club of Wash
ington today.
Mr.. Milligan appeared before a
luncheon meeting of the club,
held at the Hotel Mayflower. He
was selected to explain the prin-
ciples of news gathering and dis
semination because of his long
experience in journalistic and edi-
torial work.
Stressing the point that the
newspaper man must be versatile,
because upon his understanding
and writing ability depend the
success of efforts to give the public
a correct account of events, Mr..
Milligan stated:
"The practicing newspaper
man must be able to absorb and
interpret the technical speech Of
a scientist; the blarings of q
politician; the truth behind q
Government policy; the sorrow
of q mother whose child is kid
mapped.
"He must be able to obtain
cold, dry facts in the midst of
the hurry burly Of a three.alarm
fire or a riot. And he must be
able to assemble his data
quickly, write his story even
more quickly, and, in some in.
stances, dictate over q tele-
phone without writing it down
beforehand"
Mr.. Milligan is Housing Editor
of The Times, being the author of
the current series of articles on
the Federal Housing Administers
tiNn