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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-11-20
BY a Shipyard Worker
Correspondent

STATEN ISLAND, N. Y,-After
eight weeks Of struggle, economic
hardships and establishment, the
striking welders at United Dry
Docks. Staten Island, have returned
to work without having won a single
concession from the company.
After eight weeks of stalling. the
National Labor Relations Board
handed down decision to the eff
feet that the welders as a group
did not have the right to bargain
collectively C118 mem through their
leaders.
This strike is typical of practic-
ally every strike since the NRA.
when the workers pinned their
hopes and faith in the Labor Board.
The results could not have been
otherwise. The strike leaders of
course were New Dealers" They
disarmed the welders by telling
them what they would do for them
through the Labor Board, the Navy
etc. AS a consequence Of these tao
tics the picket line was very weak,
the men we're not encouraged to be
militant, scsbs got into the yard
in ever increasing numbers, but
same of the leaders still managed
to keep the majority under the spell
Of MIRA. bunk, by telling them
that every scab would be fired
through action by the Navy Depart
ment and Labor Board. The crash
came when the Labor Board handed
down their damnable decision, and
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-11-20
RadiOW
About NRATrickery
LOcked-Out Workers Find That Some ActiOn Is
Obtained Only Trough Picketing

agreed to take back % workers more
by Nov. 10.
Not only in the Emerson case, but
in every action of the union, Beedie
has shown himself to be a coward
when facing the bosses. He has
used militant workers as front.
Later he expelled them, as he did
in tho case of Fran Saparoritti. The
last executive board was forced to
resign because they took initiative
in union matters.
He has not contacted or done
any of the organization in any Of
the five shops in the union. Every
case has been settled" through the
MIRA.
We workers in the Radio Factory
Workers Union should get together
and build a rank and file group to
run Beedie out of the union and
put it in the hands of the member
ship which is willing to fight for
better conditions and to build the
union instead Of relying on the
N.R.A.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-11-20
AnAppeal
TOChicagO
Teachers
BY A Teacher Correspondent

CHICAGO, Ill.-During the time
the teachers put up a militant strug-
gle against the retrenchment pro-
gram in education, for the immedi-
ate payment in cash of back salary,
some nine months in arrears, for
the immediate reinstatement Of
400 teachers displaced as a result
of the economy" program, the
teachers called upon the parents for
their support. The parents answered
the call, and marched side by side
with teachers and pupils in parades,
demonstrated in front of the Board
of Education rooms and the City
Hall, stormed the banks, protested
at city wide mass meetings. Parents,
teachers, and pupils were united by
common interest-upholding the
right of every child to a free ade-
quate education.
From this unity between parent
and teacher in the interest of edu-
cation, there developed the con-
seriousness in a great many teachers
Of a greater and far deeper unity
between them; the unity of fellow
workers fighting against unemploy-
ment, against Stretch-out, wage
cuts, RECOMMENDATION, discrimination
and for the right of every adult to
employment at decent wage under
decent working conditions, in the
field he is best suited for by virtue
of his training and ability.
On Saturday, Nov. oath, great
masses of employed and unemployed
workers will march in united front
demonstration to the City Hall and
the Illinois Emergency Relief Offices
demanding the immediate with
drawal of the recent relief cut, de-
manding cash relief, jobs, Unem-
ployment and Social Insurance,
HR- 1893.
1t is in the interest of all teachers,
employed and unemployed, to march
in the ranks of this demonstration
Those same forces which are trying
to save themselves on the starvation
and misery of the masses, are slowly
destroying the educational system
and with it the means of livelihood
for the teachers. The United Front
Demonstration ON Saturday, Nov.
oath, is directed against those forces.
Teachers of Chicago, unite with
the workers in the demonstration
Saturday, Nov. oath, for their de-
mands, for your demands.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-11-20
Boston Meat Cutters
in Militant Struggle
By a worker Correspondent

BOSTON, Mass.-For over two
years the meat cutters in Boston
we're trying TO organize a union.
Now we have our union Local 278,
A. F. of L., and we are now in the
process of strike.
What are the facts of this striker
About 300 to 400 workers are out on
strike out Of total of 600. Vir-
tually every shop is affected in the
meat district with the Chamberlain
Co. out practically 100 per cent.
This Chamberlain Co. is a subsidi-
airy of the Armour Co. The wages
in this shop are SIS up for a 48
to so hour week. In the market, as
whole, the wages are $l8 up, and
no limit on time. In the boloney
houses any price for any number
of hours.
For sVeral weeks, the workers had
been talking strike, and Walsh, the
A. F. of L. vice-president of the Ma
tional Organization, came to Boston
to lead the strike.
The demands of the workers are
a 20 per cent wage increase, 40
hours weekly an drecognition of the
union.
The feeling of the workers is very
high and they recognize that now
is the time to win better conditions
and have good strong union.
Many shops have been pulled this
weekend, and more will follow
Flying squadrons of pickets go to
the different shops and pull out
workers.
The Chamberlain Co. has applied
for an injunction against the union,
and the workers say that if the
company gets the injunction the en-
tire market will go on strike.
In spite of the class collaboration
policy of the A. F. of L. the workers
run this strike. That is, the rank
and file, and they are determined
to win the strike. We will continue
to fight until every demand is won!
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-11-20
Right TO Organize
Denied to Strikers
Union O6icioIs' ''Ne,C DEAF Tactics Led to Weak
Picket Lines and to Loss of Strike

the remaining strikers voted to re-
turn to work.
To say that this strike was en-
tirely last would not be true. The
trikers have gained some valuable
knowledge. They learned that they
not only must struggle against the
boss, but his government as we'll;
that craft unionism is done for and
must be replaced by industrial
unions, Since hearing a Commu-
mist organizer by the name Of Lewis
speak who had come to offer
moral support, they see the Com
munist Party from different angle.
He pointed out shortly after the
beginning of the strike that other
workers had been betrayed by the
labor boards and this struggle would
be no exception, and that the strike
could be won only by a strong mass
picket line. At that time the COM
rade was not very well received. To-
ward the end of the strike he &C
companied some of the strikers to
the Relief Bureau and got relief
for them Immediately. This fact,
together with the proof of his state
ments regarding the MIRA, raised
the prestige of the Communist
Party considerably.
Why is it that most workers must
pay 80 dearly for their knowledge?
If they would only Disregard the
bosses cry of "Reds!" and investi-
gate the Communist Party, what it
means to all workers, more strikes
would be won and the day when
strikes are unnecessary would be
closer at hand.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-11-20
Letters from Our Readers
Argument Against Foreign Orn Spe ak ers Is
Surrender to Chauvinism

ing workers. To combat this, we
arrange to send Negro and white
cOmrade together so that the Ne
gro comrade can gain a hearing,
and then permit the white work
err to join. In this way the suspi-
ciOn of the Negro workers is
broken down.
Similarly, with the prejudice
against foreigners" We should
try to mix our program so that we
have various types of speakers.
But in the above case, could not
the preJudiced worker be con-
WINGED by the very fact that he
applauded Crosbie while he would
not listen to the German born
worker? For the fact is that
CrOsbie and the foreigner are
members of the same working class
Party and are fighting for the
same thing. Suppose the preju-
diced worker were told that, would
that not give him something to
ponder over?
Suppose he were told that wage
cuts are handed down by en-
ployers with foreign accents and
without, that the accent doesn't
make any difference In the re-
latiOns of the workers to their
explOiters? Does landlord in
quire as to your accent when you
don't pay rent? The prejudiced
worker speaks about running
our country" But how much of
this country does he own? He
owns no more nor less than the
foreigner" whom he looks down
upon. They both are members of
the same class, the working class,
and both have the same interests,
to fight together for better wages,
better conditions, and against the
attacks of the employers.
Would it not be convincing to
the prejudiced worker if examples
could be shown him, preferably
from his own experience, where
the employers made use of this
prejudice against foreigners" or
Negroes, to divide the ranks of the
workers in factory, the better to
put over a wage cut? Could we
not show him in this way that his
prejudices are directly against his
own interests? Could we not the
better show him the capitalist
source of this poison? There are
more than 100000 foreign born
workers in this country. Can the
native workers ever hope to de-
feat the employers if they are
taken in by the poison of the
bosses and do not join with these
workers.
This should be the line of argu-
ment in fighting the prejudices
against foreigners To shirk this
work and refuse to have foreign
ers' speak on our platforms would
be serious error, surrender to
chauvinism. 1t takes work, COM
rade, to defeat prejudice. But that
Is our job.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-11-20
Drive Begun in Maine
against Deportation
BY a Worker Correspondent

ny worker correspondent
ROCKLAND, Me.-The campaign
for the defense of Comrade SADIE
quist, militant union man and
Communist Party member, held for
deportation because of working class
activity, namely the organizing OF
relief committees by the local
unions, is widening in our state.
The Joint Defense Committee.
composed of delegates from several
locals of the Paving Cutters Union,
affiliated with the A. r. of L., to-
gether with representatives of the
LID. Is conducting the campaign.
Several mass meetings were held
in all important centers of the
state, where protest resolutions
were adopted and funds collected
for the defense.
One such meeting was held last
night in Tenants Harbor where
Comrade Sadequist worked. The
main speaker Of the evening was
Comrade Burlak. She reported on
the last textile strike, the lessons
Of that strike for the whole work.
ing class.
About 200 workers attended the
meeting, which is pretty good when
you consider the size of the place.
Resolutions were passed to in
volve the whole local population in
the fight against the deportation
Of Comrade Sadequist. The defense
committee also approached the
A. F. of L. locals and other unions
in the state to join in this cam
paign and stop the intimidation of
foreign born workers through the
threat of deportation.
1t would be advisable for the
Committee for the Protection of
Foreign Born to get interested in
this case and make national cam
paign of it.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-11-20
Z s hers Cut
By NRA Down
To $40 Weekly
BY Worker Correspondent

~ a FvOihCH contemporary
NEW YORK-This is how the
New Deal benefited the movie
ushers, myself amongst them. Be-
fore the advent of the N. r. A., we
ushers used to get $15-$18 for
six-day, 1890 hour week. The
theatrical code of the bosses Gre
ated 40-hour week at $40 with
no pay cuts for ushers who pre-
viously had earned more than that.
After the code went into effect,
I was laid off because of a reduc-
ton in employees, necessitated by
bad business conditions" After
two days idleness, I was rehired
by the same movie chain in an
other of their houses at $40 per
week.
This maneuver took place not
only in the company I work for,
but throughout the entire movie
industry and resulted in all ushers
being forced to accept the $40 wage
scale. The so-called minimum
wage is now the maximum. In the
eyes of the Regional Labor Board,
however, this is not a pay cut.
This is not the worst of the sit
uation. Although the code speci-
fies a 40-hour week, it does not pre-
scribe the number of days per
week, now work 6-hour day for
I days a week. Although this
means AZ hours, the boss tells me
that the extra hours are on my
own time. and that the MIRA. will
not allow him to pay me for the
extra hours In addition to this
I put 4 or hours work on my
own time" on marquee changes for
which I am not paid.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-11-20
SHIPWORKER NEEDS THE
DAILY WORKER

Odn FeQrO, Gal.
Dear Comrade Editor:
Although would like to help out
in the campaign of our paper for
funds, due to the fact that 1 am
averaging less than So week work
ing in the Bethlehem Shipyards, I
find it impossible to send any
money.
But I do believe that it would be
of very great help in trying to
swing the workers to Communism
to have the Daily Worker around.
Therefore could you send me a sub
scription to the paper for the en-
closed dollar?
We are taking some step. to get
higher wages after the recent sell
out of our strike, three months ago,
pending arbitration. So far moth
ing has been done. BY that time
hope to be able to renew the
subscription. j. F.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-11-20
Itching in Women


HOMRADE A. M. of Boston, Mass,
y writes: For two months I have
suffered with very irritating itching
around the entrance of the vagina
and lately it seems to be spreading
down my legs.
There is no Inflammation or any
other external symptoms. Neither
do I feel sick in any way. However,
the itching is very annoying. Please,
therefore, prescribe a remedy to
relieve me"
Our Reply
ONCE again we must emphasize
v the fact that itching, like head
ache or discharge or cough, is a
symptom. In order to treat this
condition adequately, we must look
for the underlying cause that is
producing the symptom which in
your case is the itch.
Tt is also very important to know
the age of the patient and whether
she still menstruates. This infor-
nation is valuable in certain types
of itching.
Itching about the vagina is quite
common, but there are large
variety of conditions that may pro-
duce itching and for that reason
no treatment can be prescribed
through correspondence. The pa
tent must be seen and examined
and sometimes certain laboratory
tests must be done to help clinch
the diagnosis.
A very common cause for itching
is the ordinary variety louise, which
likes to make its home in the hair
surrounding these parts (crabs). If
on careful examination the insect
is found, washing the affected area
with soap and water and applying
blue ointment (33 1-3 per cent? for
a few days will produce a cure.
AS a rule, the usual leukorrhea or
vaginal discharge does not cause
itching. The discharge in a tri-
chomonas vaginalis infection is very
annoying and irritating, however,
often extending to the inner side Of
the thighs. Sodiu m perborate
douches Il tablespoon to a quart
Of Water) are very helpful.
Itching is very common in dia-
betes sugar in the urine) and is
often the first clue that the patient
has this disease. The diagnosis is
confirmed by examining the urine
and the blood for sugar. The itch
ing Is said to be caused by yeast
cells about the vagina which fer
ment the sugar in the urine that
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-11-20
Labor Board Decision Cuts At Staten Island Weders
No Secret BalIOting
Allowed in DanviHe
Ry a Worker Correspondent

DANVILLE, Va.-The polling
places of Danville were not con-
Quoted according to the laws of the
state and this should be protested
against.
The law permits a secret ballot,
in which the voter himself places
the ballot in a ballot box that is
accessible to the voter.
At the voting precinct of the
first ward, however, the voter was
forced by circumstances to hand
his ballot to the ballot booth clerk
who, I suppose. was to place it in
the box. We don't know about that
as we couldn't see him place it
there, and there was no ballot box
in sight.
Danville voters, if you want fair
play, demand that you be allowed
to place your own vote in the box.
Protest against this illegal action.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-11-20
BY steel Worker Correspondent

BALTIMORE, Md, - Conductor
Nelson, on the trolley line in Spar
rows Point, is one of the most bru-
tai degenerate types of company
suckers He and cop, during a
recent accident in which a seaman
here was wedged between the front
trucks of a street car for 20 min
utes before being release, refused
to call a doctor, despite the fact
that several doctors live within two
blocks of the scene of the accident.
This worker was compelled to re-
main in all that agony until the car
was lacked up.
Some efforts were made to or
ganise unemployed workers in
Highlsndtown several weeks ago.
In Sparrows Pit. there are very
few totally unemployed. The mar
ried workers living in company
houses on the Point get credit for
all they need to eat, coke for stoves,
and some clothing. Workers living
in Edgemere, which is close by (two
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-11-20
BY ANN BA TO N

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Home" and explain that problems
are dealt with confronting women
workers, outside and inside the
home. In nine cases out of ten,
they will be willing to contribute
toward the Daily Worker drive
through this department. Ask them
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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-11-20
Ry q RadiO WORKER CORRESPONDENT

NEW YORK.-Workers in Erner-
son Radio began to organize in
July, 1898. In November a commit
tee contacted VIM. Beedie, of the
Radio Factory Workers Union "a,
F. of L., who sold them the idea
of a MIRA. settlement. Enrolment
was carried on openly in the shop,
no warning having been given b.
Beedie.
On Nov 81, the entire shop was
locked out. Beedie began to play
with the NR.A. He refused to con-
slider picketing for fear the case
would be damaged with the MIRA.
About $50 were reinstated on Nov.
%. After much delay, Beedie pre-
scented demands to Abrams, Of
Emerson, taking with him Delson,
Socialist lawyer. The committee
of workers were left behind so as
not to antagonize the boss.
Attempts to form company
union failed when it was captured
by some militant workers that had
been rehired. More MIRA hearings
were held. Alger, Of the MIRA,
finally ordering the reinstatement
Of all but three workers.
Emerson failed to comply at first
but finally agreed to take back IS
workers. They wers kept for week
and then fred again.
1t is one year later, and almost
10 workers have not been reinstated
as yet. NR.A. hearings opened on
the case early this month. Hear
ings were held and nothing was
gained.
Beedie finally lost fear Of being
framed like Tom Mooney" and
agreed to picket the plant and radio
stores. The result was that Abrams
Of Emerson stopped stalling and
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-11-20
Mashed Potatoes Sour
in Camp Green Haven
By a Worker CORRESPONDENT

NEW York; have been in
Camp Green Haven. a camp for
transient unemployed, and it is
positively no good.
They do not want to feed their
men right. The mashed potatoes
are always sour All that they
allow a man is 81 a week.
You cannot get any clothes. I
have an order in my pocket for
underwear, but I could not get any.
came to New York to get my
teeth fixed, and they sent me to 225
Bowery. where it is filthy with YER
min, and I am unable to sleep on
account of the DRINKS.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-11-20

THIS IS about my friend, Stella.
Stella lives in the anthracite
section of Pennsylvania. All
around and on the outskirts of the
city the mine tipples rise above
piles of black refuse from the
mines. The mines at best, these
days, operate only several times
a month.
Stella has seven children living
with her. The oldest is fifteen.
They live in dilapidated board
house. What is lacking for furni-
ture Is made up by boxes and a
bench. Stella's husband was
killed in the mine and Stella lives
on Relief.
There We're No Shoes
One cold winter there was little
food, no coal, and only one pair
Of shoes between three of the chill
dren. Later on the Unemployed
Council of her town, forced the au-
thorities to give her food, coal, and
shoes for the kids. But that is a
story I'll tell sometime soon.) Those
days the children had to go to
school in shifts, each one using the
shoes in rotation after the other.
Stella, therefore, might be ex-
pected to be unhappy. You might
expect that her children Rugged the
stove all day, lsorrowful, their
hunger weaving lines of tragedy in
their young faces.
But in that household, was more
joy, more love, and hope than I've
seen in many a day.
ONE day when the cheap food in
" the giant pot was very thin.
could see Stella was struggling
against "the dumps" Her girls,
twelve and fourteen were helping
her with the food. The little ones
were running around, sweeping
the floor, setting the table. Stella
was silent. Suddenly she stopped
stirring, turned around, and cried,
"Irenka, come sing, Let me hear
all of you sing Pioneer songs."
And shes smiled as she waited for
them to begin. The kids delight
edly formed very formal line.
They carefully put the Iittlest
ones at one end, and the biggest
at the other. Irene, like she had
seen eeacher do at school, stepped
in front of the line and began
waving her hand. "One, two,
three, four" And the children
sang, with Stella joining in as she
stirred. 1--WE are bunch of
Pioneers you hear so much about"
and Solidarity Forever" The lit
tie house rang with the song.
"How About the International"
NOV" Stella said, How about the
NInternationale?" And they all
stood up straight, with fists
clenched, Stella too, and sang. And
perhaps their voices were not all in
tune-and perhaps outside the win
dow the mines stood, empty and
foreboding-but inside that bare
kitchen, Stella had flung her chal-
lenge straight into the teeth of all
bosses and the misery and povery
they have created Cheap food bub-
bling on the fire, shoeless feet were
forgotten and they stood there, this
Stella and her children, with
clenched fists, symbolizing the GER
tain finish OF the makers of misery.
Stella was a symbol Of that pro-
letarian womanhood that will pro-
vide some day sturdy builders Of a
new world.
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NOTE:

We publish every Tuesday letters
from steel, metal, and auto work
ers. We urge workers in these in
dustries to write us of their con-
ditions and their efforts to or
ganize. Please get these letters
to us by Saturday of each week.
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of the most important features
of the Daily Worker. In recent
years, the number of correspon-
dents has increased to over 1000
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either his own, or collected from
friends, this department would
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