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The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-10-24
LADY LIKES CHALK, CHAR- COAL, ASHES OR WHAT
 HAVE YOU

A mother says her baby is three months old. Before the baby was born and since she has had an ir- resistible craving Tor charcoal, chalk, ashes and even sand or gar den soil, but especially charcoal. Her physician assured her it is of no significance and that 1t was all right to partake of charcoal when she felt so inclined. Her husband thinks she is nut, and her friends gasp in horror at the very idea. She is in excellent health and her teeth are in fine shape. She does not nurse her baby.
 None of the things the lady likes is Injurious. except possibly garden soil, which may contain undesir- able bacteria or the microscopic eggs of insettinal parasites such as the common lunbricoid worm or the other intestinal worms.
 To make a long story short, no- body knows just why expectant mothers develop these peculiar cravings.
 My own theory, which cannot substantiate, is that the demands Of the developing child drain the mothers stores of certain vitamins and perhaps also certain mineral elements. We know that the pros- pective mother and the nursing mother require more calcium thar the ordinarily adequate ration. We know that vitamin D is essential for the assimilation, meta bolism, utilization of calcium in the body. This is getting in pretty deep for the layman, and I'm just founder ing around myself, but we haven't too many subscribers in Florida and I want to do what I can to hold what we have.
 Enough of the blah and on with the medicine. agree with the fam fly physician that it is all right for the lady to take.a chaw of chalk, sand, ashes or sawdust when she wishes. But suggest that she keep some wheat on hand, plain undoc- tored wheat, a grain still grown in some places out west. Let her have good chew of wheat few times a day. Then if the place affords raw carrots. turnips or potatoes she should try chewing such things In- deed, recommend that everybody eat one or two raw vegetables daily and if you can possibly get hold of some wheat chew some of that too. These things are fine for the teeth, the hair. bones, skin and insides. They provide some desirable vita- mins and some desirable minerals, calcium particularly. And while you. are enjoying the treat don't be stingy-let the children have some too. Even the baby, especially if he is unduly fond of woodwork, ashes and the soil in the flower pots, should have his daily ration of raw vegetable - scraped into pulp until he has teeth of his own.
 Here I should like to ask readers who have had experience in feed ing babies with banana to tell me whether the baby who gets some ripe banana daily from the age of four months-as I think every bsby should have-manifests this pica or peculiar appetite or craving foY such things. At any rate, babies who do have such pica "outgrow" 1t by the second or third year al- most always. Perhaps that is be- cause their diet is more liberal in the variety of things deemed suit able for the older child, and just by chance they get more vitaminsc in the fresh items.
 Trick Bread
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-10-24
Housing Hints Tips on How and What
 to Improve

Eliminate Cooking 'OdOrs draw ont cooking odors and grease laden air is drawn out and does not settle on fabrics and curtains.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-10-24
Control by Switches

If wall brackets are controlled by switches, many unnecessary steps, taken to turn them on and off, are saved. Each pair should be controlled by the same switch.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-10-24

The very slender girl has been provided for in this model by GOupy. The slender hips are em- phasized by . pouR effect in the back. Brown mOire velvet was used on the original.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-07-17

Foster, National Secretary.
To all Organizations of the
Trade Union Unity League.
To all A. F. of L. Organ
To all organized and unorganized
izatiOns.
workers.
Brothers:
The General Strike Of the San
Francisco workers in support of the
militant and determined strike of
the longshoremen and seamen opens
up a glorious page in present day
labor struggles, worthy of the best
traditions Of labor in this country.
1t is the workers answer to the
attempts of the master class to
break the strike through murder and
terror. The general strike is a di-
rect answer to the murder of two
strikers and the bringing in Of the
armed troops.
1t is the answer Of the San Fran
cisco organized workers to the at
tempts of the employers to smash
the unions and maintain and spread
the infamous open shop and COM
pany union plan, for the purpose Of
further driving down the living
standards of the workers.
1t is a splendid demonstration of
the growing solidarity of labor,
rallying of labor in the face of the
growing attacks against the workers
rights. A demonstration Of the
growing understanding on the part
of the workers that they can de-
feat the anti-strike and compulsory
arbitration plans of the new deal"
1t is a demonstration of the
growing awakening of labor that
only through organized and united
militant struggle can the workers
gain their demands.
A Defy to Green Ryan
1t is at the same time repudia-
ton of the policies of the Green
Ryan A. F. Of L. leadership which
tried to cripple the strike from the
beginning and which further took
the form in the appeal of President
Green to the Seattle labor organi-
cations to do all in their power to
prevent general strike" The San
Francisco general strike which has
every prospect of spreading to other
Pacific Coast cities is sign of the
fact that rank and file are carry
ing forward the best fighting tradi-
tons of the labor movement and
repudiating the anti workingclass
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-07-17

the buck to the Federal Govern
ment for failure to supply sufficient
relief funds while at the same time
blaming the Communist agitators'
for stirring up riots, is a crude at
tempt to absolve the City Govern
ment and the County Relief Admin
istration from all responsibility,
was pointed out in a statement by
the Communist Party Saturday and
indirectly indicated in statement
issued the same day by A. v. Can
non, County Relief head.
The City Government not only
found enough money recently to
raise 100000 for the police, but the
bloody attack on the unemployed
delegation at the Prospect Relief
Station Friday was deliberately car
ried out in line with decision tie
open up a reign Of terror against
the Unemployment Councils.
The Communist Party of Cleve
land drew attention to this in 9
statement issued Friday, immedi-
ately after the shooting. This cow
ardly murder is no mere accident,
the statement pointed out. Ar
unprovoked massacre of defenseless
unemployed, it is the first bloody
act of deliberate policy of terror
against the Unemployment Coun-
ellis proposed in secret document
of the CORA. Policy Commission
headed by the corporation lawyer
Cannon, and carried out with muir
derus swiftness by Davis, Shapiro
and Matowitz."
While not admitting the existence
of this secret document, a copy o1
which has come into the hands o!
the Communist Party, the state
ment of A. V. Cannon Saturday
practically admitted that such g
policy had been considered neces-
sary with regard to the Unemploy-
ment Councils in order to put the
relief cuts across. For manS
months" Cannon stated, "a sinai
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-07-17
Strike of 5000 Postponed
By A. f. of L. Officials

INDIANAPOLIS Ind, July IS.
Dividing the workers by raising the
red scare. Pietcak, International Of
fetal of the Amalgamated Meat CUT
tiers Union, A F. of L., has sue
ceeded in putting over temporary
postponement of the proposed strike
of 5000 at the Kingan and Armour
Packing Companies here. An agree
ment urged by Pietcak was accepted
by the strike committee, which pro-
vides for the following terms: COM
pany discussion with representatives
of the workers: seniority rights with
exceptions); guarantee of 80 hours
minimum weekly; no discrimination
on account of union affiliation.
Pointing out that the demand for
a 20 per cent wage increase had
been shelved, leaflet issued by the
Communist Party Of Indianapolis is
rapidly convincing the workers OF
the sell-out nature of the agreement.
That the agreement meant no real
recognition has been shown by the
fact that the day after the agree
ment was signed, the Armour Co.
went ahead with scheduled COM
pany union election.
Communist slogans and proposals
calling for immediate strike for the
20 per cent wage increase are vim
mig eager response from the work
ers. The union is now partly under
rank and file leadership as result
of the suspension Of Galloway, A. r.
of l.. official. from the labor slate.
] for misuse of funds.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-07-17

S. over three weeks ago addressed
another appeal for a united front
to the National Executive Commit
tee of the Socialist Party. This has
not been answered to date, despite
the repeated reminders in the Daily
Worker and the constant requests
for reply. The New York District
Committee of the Communist Party,
along with many other districts, has
likewise addressed united front APP
peals for common action against
imperialist war, against all fascist
measures in the United States,
against all terror and smashing Of
wages, and for the defense of the
most elementary and democratic
rights Of the American workers.
The greatest energy should now
be brought to bear i'm appealing
TO Socialist workers, to A. +. OF
J.. members, to all workers for a
realization Of the united front CT
Socialists and Communists in this
country in view Of the tremendous
rising struggles Of the workers for
their rights
Communists and Socialists will
join on July 20 in snti-war anti
fascist demonstrations, it was an
nounced today.
The July date was chosen because
it is the goth anniversary of the
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-07-17

group in this country has been de-
manding things which it was i'm
possible to grant. They have be-
come more and more arrogant. We
have seen the spectacle of their
behavior at City Council meetings
and their weekly and semi-weekly
demonstrations at CORA. branch
offices, which eliminated yesterday
in tragedy"
Deliberate Police Attack
That the massacre was part of a
deliberate policy is further indi-
Gated by the fact that the day be-
fore the shooting, Cannon called for
police to be stationed at all relief
offices, while acting Mayor Shapiro
issued a call for special suppressive
laws against the unemployed and
announced the assignment of as
sistant prosecutors to all courts
handling unemployed cases. Can
mons reference to the spectacle OF
the Unemployment Councils be-
havior at City Hall meetings, when
taken in the light of the specific
events, is direct proof that the
shooting of the Unemployment
Council members was the result OF
the deliberate orders issued follow
ing the adoption Of the new terror
policy The statement of the Com
munist Party reveals the connection
of these events. "On June Gath, .
the statement declares, "the militant
action of the unemployed upset the
complacsnt routine of the City
Council and forced the Council to
60 on record for cash payment OF
rent to small home owners against
evictions and relief cuts-without
of course, appropriating single
cent to put this policy into effect
The next day, the Cleveland Plain
Dealer sounded the alarm to the
rich corporations, bankers and poll
ticians. In vicious. bestial language
it demanded to know why the UNI
employed were not dubbed out o.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-07-17
Mass Funeral for Two Murdered in Relief Office
Bodies Lie In State at
Unemployment Council,
Mass Funeral We'd.

the council chambers. In anti
cipation of Hitler's bloody massacre
it called for bloody action against
the unemployed and their militant
organizations, the Unemployment.
Council"
Party Mobiles Workers
The Communist Party has taken
up the struggle against this ter
rcr. Two hundred workers rep
reSenting various organizations
responded to the call of the Com
munist Party and met in emer-
gency conference Saturday after
noon to organize the fight for the
following demands: Immediate
arrest Of the police involved in
the shooting; immediate removal
of Police Chief Matowitz, A. v.
Cannon, relief head, and Acting
Mayor Ezra Shapiro; eompensa-
tion for the families of the muir
dered victims; immediate removal
of all police from the relief sta
tons; increased cash relief, adj
ministered by elected committees
of the unemployed; halt TO all
discrimination against Negroes in
the distribution of relief; the
100000 police fund TO be turned
over to the unemployed; City
Council to endorse Unemployment
Insurance Bill (H. r. 759S); and
the funeral expenses of the muir
dered workers to be paid for by
the relief administration. A mass
protest meeting was called before
the special session of the City
Council on Monday morning, July
is, at 10 am.
Calling upon the workers to an
Swer the massacre of bloody Friday
by building q powerful unemploy-
ment council and mass Commu-
mist Party, the leaflet issued by the
Communist Party stated: Even be-
fore he was elected, the Republican
Davis boosted Of his record in
massacring dsmonstra ing workers
in 1919. To-Day, he proves by 8
new blood bath that he is still the
faithful lackey of the bankers ano
capitalists.
Davis claims TO be a friend Of
the Negro people, but yesterday his
government ordered the murder Of
Negro workers, repeating thu
massacre Of Rayford and Jackson
in 1881. His Negro Councilmen
Bundy and Payne, have not uttered
a word in protest against thi;
bestial murder or against the
vicious discrimination practiced by
the relief agencies against the Ne.
gro unemployed.
THE butchers of the Republican
City Hall and the New Deal Demo.
cratic Relief Administration hav
proved by their bloody deeds tina
the workers, Negro and white, cal
expect only hunger and terror from
the capitalist parties. State ant
Congressional elections are her
once more. Do not vote for thes
murderous politicians again. Sup
port and vote for the candidate
of your own class, the candidate
of the Communist Party"
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-07-17

policies of the A. F. of L. top Lead
ership.
The San Francisco strike is from
the very first stages Of the united
struggle of the marine workers up
to the general strike splendid
confirmation of the possibility and
absolute correctness Of the united
front Of workers organized in the
T.U.U.L., A. F. of L. unions and
the unOrganized. This must every
where lead TO breaking down the
barriers between the A. F. Of L.
workers, and TO the united strug-
giles against the bosses attacks.
The San Francisco general strike
deserves and must receive the sup
port of every worker in the United
States.
The T..UUL. unions must take
the lead in developing the strike
of the longshoremen and seamen
into a national strike. In all At
lantic and Gulf ports, on the lakes
the marine workers must be reused
into strike in solidarity with the
strikers and for their own demands.
Win the Railroad Men
Every effort must be made to win
the railroad workers going to and
from the Pacific coast to join in
the strike.
In all cities and in all industrial
towns the San Francisco general
strike must be brought before the
workers into every union local, into
every workers gathering. Pass reso-
buttons Of sympathy. Collect funds.
Send kilograms to the President. the
Governor of California, the Mayors
Of striking cities demanding an end
to the terror, the withdrawal of all
armed forces.
In every city and town take the
lead in the organization of united
mass demonstrations Of solidarity.
Make special efforts to enlist the
support Of the A F. of L. and So
cialist workers in these protest and
solidarity meetings.
Brothers. San Francisco is a fight
for the rights of the whole work
ingclass! Let the whole workingcIass
stand as one behind the San Fran
cisco fighters!
TRADE UNION UNITY LEAGUE.
NATIONAL EXECUTIVE BOARD
VIM. 2. Foster, National Secretary
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-07-17
Mob Being Formed
To Lynch Victory
IL. D. Is Warned
Army Reserve Officer
Heads Attempt on Life
of Acquitted Negro

DETROIT, July 15.-Information
that mob is being organized to
lynch James Victory, Negro worker
and World War veteran, has beer
received by Maurice Sugar, attorney
for the International Labor Defense
who defended Victory in the recent
trial in which he was acquitted
after being framed up on a charge
of having attacked and robbed q
xouthern- born white woman, Mrs
Carl Kaye.
The information was contained
in a letter to Sugar from reliable
person who has been in contact
with Mrs. Kaye and her husband
a reserve officer in the army avia-
ton corps.
Hes (Carl Kaye) been talking"
the informant writes, land 1 un-
derstand mob Is being organ
lied to take care of your Negro
client. In order to clear himself
of participation young Kaye will
stay away until the killing is over
and he says it will be only few
days" :.
The International Labor Defense
which organized the mass protest
movement that freed Victory, has
taken steps to protect Victory
against the lynchers. In addition
to its own measures, the LID. has
demanded that Victory be given a
permit to carry a gun for purposes
of self-defense. The LID. warns
the lynchers that the working
masses of Detroit, both Negro and
white, are ready to beat off any
attack on this innocent Negro
worker and will deal with the
Would-be lynchers as they deserve
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-07-17

Quincy Market Friday. The con-
slant gypping on the relief orders
of the Negro workers in this
densely populated Negro neighbor-
hood finally exhausted the patience
of the unemployed and they
smashed the store front of the
market. Indignant workers broke
down the door of the Miles Ave.
Relief Station. BY Friday night
the anger of the workers was
reused to such pitch that the
Quincy neighborhood workers
hurled bricks and stones from the
top of buildings, caving in the top
of a police radio cruiser.
In spite of efforts of the city adj
ministration and the press to blame
the Unemployment Councils for the
shooting, the capitalist papers have
been unabl to hide the repeated re-
lief cuts which called forth the mill
tant action of the unemployed.
Writing in the Cleveland Press Of
July 14th Robert Bordner, staff
writer, conceded that 1.-THE major
sore spots are: cuts in the amount
of relief since February; failure to
pay rents, ending of Civil Works
Administration jobs April LIST. Since
February Washington has been
curling the amount of relief money
to all states despite the fact that
relief needs hav been growing
steadily. Evicted from their homes
at regular intervals, seeing their
grocery orders and clothing orders
cut from month to month, and then
losing the hope engendered by the
C.W.A. jobs, they furnished fer
tile soil for Communist agitato-s.
In an effort to cover up the real
issue-the continuous relief cuts :
the local papers early Saturday
raised the red scare The Cleveland
News ran streamline stating that:
Police Hunt Plotters of Fatal Re-
lief Riot; Matowitz, Police Chief
ed) Seeking Ring leaders. Says Four
Outbreaks Were Carefully Timed
According to the News, Matowitz
ordered his men to arrest these
! agitators and ringleaders I'VE are
not after the poor unfortunates who
have been misled By these agitators
and don't know any better" the
Chief hypocritically declared. 1--WE
will turn our efforts toward getting
evidence to bring these agitators to
Jail and Wen keep after them until
we get them"
! That this double policy of passing
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-07-17
Seamen and DOckers
Open Conference in
New Orleans July Fl
To Demand Centralized
Shipping BurO in All
Ports in Gulf

NEW ORLEANS, July Is. - The
first Gulf District conference called
by the Marine Workers Industrial
Union in the Gulf will take place
Saturday and Sunday, July 21-22,
at 239 Decatur Street in New Or
leans. The preparations for that
conference which has been decided
upon at the National Convention
of the union held in Baltimore in
April, have brought before the sea-
men and longshoremen the program
of the union, through the calls
issued and other material put out
by our union in most all Gulf ports.
Delegates are expected from Gal
weston. Houston, New Orleans, Mo-
bile, Pensacola and other ports in
the Gulf. Some of the delegates
are coming from ports which have
never had hall of the union or
even a delegate there. There will be
delegates from LILA. locals, in spite
of the sabotage of the officials OF
the district and many corrupt local
UlllCldlS III lNCW O1ACdA1o.
Delegates From Ships
There will be delegates directly
from the ships crews who will be
in port during the weekend that
the conference will be held. The
problem Of putting up fight for
uniform wage scale on all ships
in line with the fighting seamen
and longshoremen. Another impor-
tant point to be discussed and acted
upon will be the fight for the estab-
lishment of a Centralized Shipping
Bureau in all ports in the Gulf and
with it the struggle for uniform
relief system for seamen both to be
controlled by the seamen themselves
New Ports Represented
An important feature in the con-
ference preparations was that ports
where the union had never before
had any contacts will have delegates
at the conference. This shows that
the program of our union is find
ing an echo even among the work.
ers who have never been in contact
with us before.
All the work done by that con-
ference will be preparatory to the
mobilization Of the workers in the
industry for the National Unity
Conference to be held in Baltimore
September IL. Roy B. Hudson, Ma
tional Secretary of the Marine
Workers Industrial Union who is
touring the country, and who is on
the West Coast is expected to be
here for the conference.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-07-17
All Cleveland Workers
Aroused Over Relief
Murders
BY A. LANDY

CLEVELAND, Ohio, July Ia.
~ Aroused by the massa-
ere of two un e m ploy e d
workers at the Prospect Re
lief Station, Friday, by police,
scores of meetings were held
and tens of thousands of leaf
lets distributed all over Cleveland
In preparation for a mass funeral
Wednesday noon. The bodies of the
murdered workers are now lying
in state at the Unemployed Coun
Gil Center, 1881 Central Ave, from
where the funeral will start Hun
dreds of protest kilograms, tele-
phone calls and resolutions kept
pouring in on Acting Mayor Sha-
piro from indignant workers in
every part of the city. A group Of
social workers at the Central Bu-
resu branded the stationing of
police there as direct provocation
of the unemployed.
Faced with wave of indignation
at the massacre on Bloody Friday
the city administration, supported
by local newspapers, sought to
whitewash the police, charging
that Sam Arsentini, murdered un-
employed worker, had killed Winnie
williams, Negro widow who is sur
vived by four young children.
County Prosecutor Frank T. Gull
Titan officially absolved police of
all blame, while local papers fol-
lowed the lead of Acting Mayor
Ezra Shapiro, expressing satisfac-
ton with the conduct of the police.
In public statement Shapiro said:
From reports made to the chief,
I am thoroughly convinced that
the police acted in a very careful,
cautious and prudent manner. In
my opinion the whole matter was
instigated by those who suffered
in the fray" Feeling the feeble
ness of this effort to shift re-
sponsibility for the massacre from
themselves, the city administration
resorted to the gesture of calling
for a Grand Jury investigation in
order to determine whether mem
bers of the police force we're in
any way to blame for yesterdays
disorders"
The action at Prospect Relief
Station, where the shooting oc-
Cured Friday, was part of series
of simultaneous demonstrations by
the unemployed at different relief
stations the same day. Nineteen
works. were arrested in the course
of these demonstrations and, con-
trary to usual procedure, exhorbi-
tant property bond was demanded
of them. Arthur Davis and John
Fears, two Negro workers, were
fined 500 and costs each and given
30-day workhouse sentences, as a
result of action by unemployed at