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The Washington times., 1934-03-16

ported today by the Department
of Agriculture.
Short crops Of the seeds and the
increasing demand for grass to be
sown on land taken out Of pro-
duction under the AAA crop re-
duction campaigns are principally
responsible.
The Washington times., 1934-03-16
Grass Seed Prices
In Sharp Advance

Prices Of grass and forage seeds
have risen greatly during the past
two months, in some cases in
creasing 100 per cent, it was re-
The Washington times., 1934-03-16
Randolph Explains
Roosevelt POLicu

President Roosevelt's interest
in the youth of the country was
explained by Representative Jen-
nings Randolph, guest speaker at
a meeting of the Federation Of
The Washington times., 1934-03-16
SPEAKS AT HOWARD

Samuel B. Horovitz, of Boston,
on workmen's compen-
sation laws, will deliver a series
of lectures on those laws at
Howard University next week.
The Washington times., 1934-03-16
ICKES, SO, TOLLS ON

Secretary Of the Interior Ickes
was SO years Of age yesterday.
He observed his birthday by put
ting in about 10 hours at his
desk, doing his usual hard days
work
The Washington times., 1934-03-16
and Gateleg Table.
2-Pc. Living Room Suites

Notice the le-and the fine construc-
tion is just as pronounced Comprises COM
Portable sofa and button-back chair carefully
upholstered in durable and attractive Tap
estry of appealing design.
Evening star., 1934-09-19
HALF-POINT MARGIN
WINS BRIDGE CROWN
Miss Elinor Murdoch Champion
in Masters Tourney
Play.
nv the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, September 19.-Miss
Elinor Murdoch Of New York is cham
pion of champions in the world OF
contract bridge.
BY the margin of one-half match
piont, she won the individual bridge
masters championship Of the Ameri-
can Bridge League last night and with
it the distinction Of being the first
woman to hold the title. She rolled
up a total Of $751; match points in
the 14o hands played. In second
place, just half q point behind, was
B. Jay Becker, young Philadelphia
expert who trailed Miss Murdoch by
"A points when the final session
started.
Miss Murdoch has been prominent
in tournament bridge for the last
four years. She finished second when
David Burnstine won the champion
ship last year.
Burnstine finished in tie with Wal
demar Won Zedtwitz for ninth place.
Evening star., 1934-09-19
RADIO NEWS COST
WARNING SOUNDED
Press Broadcast Bureau
Head Answers Plan to
Open New Service.
~ the Associated Press.

~ the Associated Press.
OAKLAND, Calf, September 19.-
y. r. Knowland, publisher Of the Oak
land Tribune, owner Of Radio Station
XIX here and chairman Of the Com
xnittee Of the Press Radio Bureau. Pa
eific Coast division, replied yesterday
to statements concerning the bureau
made yesterday in Cincinnati by Sen
stor C. C. Dill Of Washington.
In q statement he said:
"In view Of the statement yesterday
TO the convention of the National As
sociation Of Broadcasters at Cincin-
natl by Senator Dill that 80 per cent
Of American radio stations are in
favor Of setting up an agency of their
own to gather news to send out over
the air, I believe the public is entitled
to the facts Of the situation in the
Western United States.
There are approximately 120 radio
stations operating in the IL Western
states; IS Of these, or 81 per cent,
have applied for and have been
granted membership in the bureau,
emitting them to broadcast its news
reports. In Washington, Senator
Dill's home State, seven radio sta
tions recently organized their own
conference to obtain press radio news
and now are broadcasting it.
Although I am a radio station
owner as we'll as a publisher, I would
not undertake to tell the broadcasters
of the country what they should do.
However, would hesitate 10 make my
station liable for its share Of the bill
for organizing and operating another
news service in the face Of the $685.
600, 900 it costs the press associations
of the country annually to gather
their reports, which, through the
Press Radio Bureau, keep American
radio listeners informed promptly OF
important world happenings"
Evening star., 1934-09-19
Bus Funds Sought.

OXON HILL, Md. September 10
Especially In an effort to raise funds
to extend the Oxon Hill School bus
line to Temple Hills an old-fashioned
dance will be held in the school Sep
tember %. Mrs. Harry Andre Is IN
charge.
Evening star., 1934-09-19
p. W. A. TO INSPECT
| VIRGINIA PROJECTS
Wage Disputes Involved in Build
ing Of 20 Schools in
State.

Two Public Works Administration
inspectors yesterday started a tour OF
Virginia to investigate the work done
on 25 P w. A. projects in State. in
cluding 20 school buildings, that are
involved in wage disputes.
: Partial payment Of funds has been
held up pending the outcome Of labor
discussions, but the duty Of the two
inspectors, 1t was said, Is to see merely
Whether the work done on the
projects has been satisfactory.
Contrary to P. w. A. rules, 1t was
claimed, carpenters on the various
Jobs, hired as local skilled labor" 3"
are being paid less than the s1.10
per hour fixed for skilled labor in
the Virginia zone. 1t was alleged the
.'local skilled labor" is being paid
at the rate of 80 and IS cents per
hour.
The projects, none Of which is in
Arlington County, are scattered
throughout the State. They include
projects at the University of Virginia,
William and Mary College, the State
Teachers College and numerous
small town and country schools.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-09-10
PARTY LIFE
Suggestions Are Offered
For Open dir Meetings
Thoughtful Preparation Should BE Civen as
to Content and Presentation Of Speeches

Speakers should be prepared to
use not only the names Of neigh
borhood and national politicians but
the wealth of sta istics made avail
able in the Daily Worker and tbs
Labor Fact Book.
No matter how detailed the
plans for speeches may be, the ex-
act circumstances of the open-air
meeting must always be considered.
Speeches during hot or inclement
weather should not be too long or
too many. A previous plan must
always be altered in the face Of
changed or neglected conditions.
An open-air meeting cannot be
successful without the cooperation
Of the non-speakers.
The non-Speakers at our open-air
meetings have as much to learn as
the speakers.
First of all, there must be at
least one comrade to sell the Daily
Worker, one to sell other literature,
one with sign and one with a
collection box. These comrades
must function in such way as not
to prevent the listeners from hear
ing what the speaker is saying,
Second, all of the comrades must
cluster around the speaker and pay
attention to what he is saying, no
matter how many times they have
heard the same speech before. In
this way they will help draw in
passers-by and stimulate attention
on the part of the crowd. The nom
speakers, too, often stand with an
expression of complete boredom on
their faces. They too often look
for the nearest pole or the nearest
wall-against which they can rest
their tired bodies
Moreover, the non-speakers should
always be on the alert to button
hole passers-by and draw them to
the meeting. 1 have seen comrades
at an open-air meeting who have
nodded to passing friends without
so much as an attempt to have
them stop and listen. Strangers
also can be accosted-in a friendly
fashion-and persuaded 10 attend.
Before the meeting starts, everyone
can be active in this function. After
the meeting has started, the Daily
Worker salesman and the comrade
selling literature can do this best
since it is their business, anyway,
to move around and even to stray
at times from the fringes of the
crowd.
Each open-air meeting or DEM
onstration must be made the object
of searching criticism at the lext
indoor meeting. The comraS2s
should learn to criticize the speak
ers on the basis of planning, voice,
manner and political correctness.
They should not be backward n
criticizing speeches that were repc-
titious, dull or unsuited to the
neighborhood or the exact situation.
The non-speakers, also, should 10
criticized on the basis of salesman
ship. attention, applause and ability
to stop passers-by. Steps must re
taken to insure The correction Of
past mistakes at the next open-air
meeting.
A. H,
Organizer Unit 3O1, Sec. 3, Dist. 3.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-09-10
FaIlRiver Mills
Shut Down
By Picketing
BY a Worker Correspondent

FALL RIVER. Mass-Fall River
is out 100 percent! The manufac-
turers we're forced to close all mills,
due to mass picketing.
Last night police attacked thou
sands of pickets in front of the
Pepperill mill and threw tear gas
bombs. Up to date there have been
three strikers arrested.
The American Federation of Tex
tile Operatives is all out on strike,
even though the leaders voted
against it.
The American League against
War and Fascism passed the fol-
lowing resolution: I'VE, the Amer
lean League against War and Fas-
cism, support the united national
textile strike. We believe that the
leaders of the ALTO. should come
out Immediately in support of the
strike. We protest the use of tear
gas bombs at the Pepperill Mill.
We further protest the unwar-
rsnted arrest of three strikers
The workers are militant and de-
termined. But the U.T.W. is con-
sidered the radical union, and the
workers are not watching the union.
Ann Burlsk spoke Thursday at
the Big Berry Stadium.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-09-10
By a Worker Correspondent

MANCHESTER, N, H, Sept. g.
Leaders of the United Textile
Workers Union today presented a
sorry spectacle, as the 10000 work
ers Of the great Amoskeag mills,
largest single cotton manufacturing
unit in the world, sought by strike
to improve their conditions, and
win living wage.
They bickered among themselves
over the Is cents "cut" for each new
member signed up, as the workers
were induced to join the U. T. w.
under the impetus of the militant
strike action, and many Of them
had accepted bride" boss jobs in
the mills, as pay for the betrayal OF
their fellow workers.
Horace Brouillette, state organ
izer for the reactionary, company
controlled U. T. W., was the center
of the squabble over the new mem
bership spoils. With the 5000
Nashua mill workers, embittered by
the man-killing "stretch-out" and
speed up tactics Of the manufac-
turers, Brouillette saw his chance
and shipped crew of subordinates
into that city for a cleanup. Or
ganization rallies we're held, and
then, as machinery was set up for
the signing up" another gang"
was sent to Nashua to reap "the
harvest" These false -fronted union
leaders divided nearly 5000 among
themselves in a Today period, as
the workers signed up, paid out
their hard-earned dollars. n d
placed their faith in these profess
sional union hypocrites. The two
gangs" are now bucking each 9TH
er, with eyes on future graft, at
the expense of the trusting workers,
instead of being united in their
supposed job of leading the workers
to victory against the manufac-
turers.
The betraying U. T. w. leaders,
aided by the weak-faced John L.
Barry, president of the N. H. Fed
Grafton of Labor, have agreed with
the cossack police force to keep the
picket lines down to a minimum,
to help the Amoskeag defeat the
workers. Under this agreement,
only two pickets are allowed at
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-09-10
Southern Silk
Center Tied.
UplOOPercent.

BY Textile Worker Correspondent
BURLINGTON, ". Con the
evening of September all textile
mills in Alamance County came out
100 per cent. That was last night.
The strike started at the Alamancs
Novelty Co. at pm. In three
hours every mill in the county was
out. Between Is and 20 silk mills.
1 don't know how many workers
there were, but will find out later.
Burlington is one of the most i'm
portant towns in the South, as it
is the silk center. I am enclosing
a pay slip that I drew from the
EN-. Holt plaid mill company, $40
per week for working in the dye
department I worked on a con-
crete floor, covered with water, and
my clothes were wet all the time.
They drove us like slaves, working
without boots or anything TO keep
us dry. The company published in
the paper that all Of the Bu. liugJ9n
workers seemed to be satisfied, and
that they did not fear a strike, as
everybody Started to work Monday
morning. This lasted only three
days. We're out 100 percent, and
sure of staying that way until better
conditions are given us so that we
may be able to support our families,
give them the things they ere en-
titled to. The workers here don't
make enough to clothe themselves
with the material they work so hard
to make.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-09-10
Manchester L. T. W. Leaders Bcker Over New Membership SPOIL
WORKERS. HEALTH
Conducted by the
Daily Worker Medical Advisory Board

lies in which cancer does seem to
occur with unusual frequency.
Long continued, chronic irritation
has been found to be a definite
factor in producing cancer; while
the effects Of a violent blow on the
part afflicted is coming to be con-
sidered of little Importance. For
example, cancer Of the mouth or
tongue is found in inveterste
smokers and people with bad dental
hygiene; cancer of the skin is found
in X-ray doctors and technicians;
cancer of the lung is prevalent
among CzechoSlovakian pitchblende
miners working in radioactive
ore); cancer of the womb is found
in women who have borne many
children with inadequate repair to
torn parts. Malignant tumors oc-
cur at any age, the majority arising
in life, say, roughly, 35 to IS years.
Symptoms of cancer are, roughly,
as follows: Any unexplained sig
nificant loss of weight or strength,
any significant anemia is important
ANY abnormal bleeding from any
of the body openings without an
obvious cause, demands a check up
ANY liberation or sore on any part
of the body which in the absence
of a good reason does not begin to
heal over within three weeks is
suspicious. This is particularly true
if it is quite firm and hard around
the edges and if there is little or
no pain.
Any wart or pigmented mole
which shows signs of growth should
be tended to. ANY elevated dark
colored mole subject to chronic ir-
ritation through the rubbing Of
clothing should probably be re-
moved anyway as a precaution.
(To Be Continued
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-09-10
Letters from
OurReGders
READING THE TIMES"
BETWEEN THE LINES
New York City.


Dear Editor:
I wish to comment on the man
ner in which the Times" prints
news of the advance of Soviet Union
industry. At the very beginning of
the Article which appeared on Aug
% was the insidious remark, Fig
uIes for industrial production dur
ing the first half of this year throw
bright light on the sacrifices this
country is making now for the
future"
The fact that industry as a whole
has advanced 10 per cent in the
Soviet Union, giving immediate i'm
provement for the Russian masses,
is interpreted by the Times" as 2.
sacrifice AS matter of fact Stain
himself stated that the years of
sacrifice and crisis in the Soviet
Union have already passed and that
there would be steady progress and
advancement without any sacrifice
on the part of the Russian workers
Yet the Times begins a purely
news item with an insidious bit of
class propaganda for American con-
SUMPTION. Following which comes
an account of the tremendous ad-
vances in the different kinds of
Soviet industry. These reports, al
though we'll planned with the skep-
ticism of capitalist paper still show
that progress is being made and
that very rapidly the industrial adj
vance in the Soviet Union is
greater than that achieved in any
capitalist country in the heyday of
its development.
write this letter because I am
steady reader of both the Times
and the Daily Worker. In the latte.
paper the news comes out clean and
inspiring, whereas in the Times the
news and feature articles come out
distorted in manner which,
though on the surface seems to be
an honest report of facts, yet the
facts are biased in such a way that
the reader readily absorbs the
opinion Of the Times editorial staff.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-09-10

| purpose of officially verifying the
order I want to state that as a
ERA. worker myself, this action
on the part Of the ERA. admin
istration, is an attempt to intimi-
date myself and other active men,
bers of the ERA. Workers Pro-
tective Union of Lynn, vino on
Monday, August 10. 1884, organized
the union to fight against the
treacherous cut in hours of from
"a to 16 and az inst t'oo -----'A'-,-,
$500 wage-cut of from $12 to $500
per week.
want to state further that this
fight that successfully resulted in
the restoration of the cut to some
2,100 ERA. workers in the CITY of
Lynn is continuation of that
fight which every Communist Party
member puts no S65 days a year
against all and every attack upon
the living standards of the workers.
In conclusion. I not only refuse
to sign any such statement as the
'hNNNSs Odb nllCll Oil 2CblOD
as the rankest form Of intimidation
for justified organizational activity
and further protest the unccnsti-
tutionality of this act as the next
step to complete Acknowledgement
of working-class political rights.
Every means at the command of
the Communist Party on whose
ticket I am running for Congress-.
in the It'll Congressional District of
Massachusetts,, and the z. r. A.
Workers Protective Union in Lynn
of which I am the general organizer
will be mcbilized to bring sufficient
mass pressure to bear for the i'm
mediate restoration of the workers
constitutional rights.
JOSEPH LEEDS.
signature authorized)
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-09-10

The discussion on the technique
of running demonstrations and
open-air meetings, begun Tuesday,
Aug. %, should be continued until
set of general rules or suggestions
is hammered out. These principles
should fall into two natural divi-
sions: how the speakers should
conduct themselves and how the
other Party members at the meet
ing should conduct themselves.
First of all, there should be one
member in complete charge of
every open-air meeting preferably
the agitprop-or else the unit Or
ganizer. He should send for the
permit and supervise the activity of
10th the speakers and the nom
speakers.
AS Tor the peeches-they should
be planned in advance. Otherwise,
they will tend to lap over and thus
create a feeling of deadly repei-
tiousness. Furthermore, they must
be planned in an orderly fashion.
They should build up to a climax.
They should center around one i'm
portant idea-the election cam
paign,, the Negro question, future
demonstration, etc. This central
idea should provide the basis for an
exposition of the greater part of the
Party line. MANY good speeches,
however, have been spoiled by
bringing in so much of the Party
line that the central issue became
ooscured. This danger is greatest
in neighborhoods least familiar with
Communist ideas)
All speeches must be vivid and
interesting. Attention must be
given to tonal qualities, to pitch
to volume, to pauses, rhetorical
questions. A speakers voice must
vary, Many otherwise dull speeches
have been made interesting merely
by an interesting voice.
A voice must be appropriate to
the neighborhood. Foreign accents
are apt to create an unfavorable
attitude in community of Ameri-
can born. On the other hand, &C
cented voices and the proper for
eign tongue can often be used with
success among foreign-born work.
erS.
A speaker must learn to face his
audience, directly address passers-
by, fire questions at specific people,
evoke mass answers of yes" or
NO" develop these answers china
tically and present a plan for trans
lating this growing energy into &C
ton.
An ideal speech, however, must
have more in back Of it than the
proper kind of manner and voice
Color should be given to our
speeches by the use of catchy
phrases, humor and irony, refer
ences to neighborhood affairs and
national and interna .ional events of
the day, calling attention to specific
articles in the Daily Worker and
the fact that this paper is being
sold on the spot. Stories can often
be more effective in bringing home
a point than an undecorated state
ment OF that point. Stories of life
under the N. r. A., of Angelo Hern-
don's case, of the Scottsboro boys,
etc,
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-09-10

the past week by a fellow worker.
1t is the first time that have
ever seen or read copy of the
Daily Worker, and to put it frankly,
I felt so illuminated after reading
it, on so many things and con-
ditions towards which I had always
given sympathetic thought with
cut ever doing anything about it
beyond expressing my sympathies.
F.. Your columns seem to offer
real opportunities for doing some
thing and in my enthusiasm over
my enlightenment through reading
Just cn3 single copy CT the Daily
Worker it seemed an added happy
Thought to tell You Of it through the
medium of Contest Letter
For the relief of my benighted
state on so many points NAV
thank you and the young ledy who
handed it to me. and NAV say l
shall read It regularly"
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-09-10
From Eloise Moore, New York:

From Eloise Moore, New York:
Il could never tell all the reasons
why worker should read the Daily
Worker :. even if the entire sheet
was granted AS a Negro, 1 can
appreciate this working class paper
above all others. 1t should be writ
ten in the clouds with a Soviet star
for a crown. I have the first one
ever bought. Just can't dispose
of them. The facts about unem-
ployment, hunger, war the intensive
struggle for unemployment insur-
snce, the fight against lynching
Jim -Crowism. segregation, frame
ups, and police terror. the fight to
free al political prisoners, makes
this fearless conbstant paper de-
serving Of that glorious star. :.
Workers must read the Daily
Worker. 1t is different from all
others -
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-09-10
Cancer

The largest number Of people
who have symptoms of stomach
trouble do NOT have cancer. Most
people over 30 who for the first
time have stomach trouble do not
have cancer, but simple ulcer or
an entirely functional complaint.
due to worry, overwork, bad eating
habits, etc.
Cancer Of the stomach is eX-
tremely treachercus in that it gives
few warning symptoms, so that any
fairly definite symptoms of stom-
soh- disorder which cannot be eX-
planned as functional" appearing
during the cancer age, must be
investigated Thus, the overwhelm-
ing majority of cases Of bleeding
per rectum are due to simple piles;
yet German statistics of a recent
year show that 70 per cent of the
deaths from cancer of the rectum
mad first consulted an insurance
doctor with this comploint. and
without benefit of examination, or
only an inadequate once-over, had
been given a prescription for sup
positories. This, however, was I'M
der a system If social insurance put
through by the Social-Democrat
leaders. and for years managed by
them, under which the doctor was
so underpaid and overworGed, and
SO overwhelmed with clerical re-
ports. that he can't justly be blamed
for this state of affairs.
In the first place. let us consider
what known factors make one more
liable to get cancer. AS far as
heredity is concerned, no definitely
inherited factor has been traced.
Most cancer cases do not give a
family history, yet, there are fam