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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-03-09

One week before the verdict
against Clarence Norris was rem
dered, the executive committee Of
the Bronx Section I. L. D. decided
upon demonstration and mass
meeting to be held on Friday De-
cember 9th, on a United Front
basis. The organizer was instructed
to call upon the two Bronx c. P.
Sections, S and Is, to arrange this
demonstration on the basis of two
concentration points. at Intervale
Ave. and wilkins Ave, Section 5
territory, and at Claremont Park
way and Washington Ave. Section
is territory, with a march to cul-
inmate in a mass meeting at AM
bassador Hall. The two Party sec
tons as well as the Bronx I. L. D.
were to provide speakers at these
three points. It was also decided
that each organization print and
distribute about 5000 leaflets. The
T. L. D. did its share. Section S
left it to the units to do the job.
AS to section Is, we do not know
whether they printed any leaflets
at all. In the evening of the
demonstration, Section S, the Char
lotte st. Block Committee and the
lower Bronx Branch members of
the I. L. D. were beginning to ar
rive at Intervale and Wilkins Ave.
Surprisingly the organizer Of Sec
ton Is, who was supposed to con-
centrate at Claremont Parkway and
Washington Ave. was met at the
rally. I pointed out about his duty,
whereupon he Immediately left for
the Bronx.
After the I. L. D. chairman and
two speakers from Section had
explained to the workers assembled
the purpose Of the meeting, a col
lection was made which netted $3.50
and the march was organized and
led toward the second point of con-
centration. Midway Of the march,
the organizer Of Section left
stating he had an important meet
ing.
The marcher5, numbering about
600, were enthus. astically shouting
slogans for the freedom of the
Scottsboro boy; In a rather dis
organized manner. On arriving at
Claremont Parkway and Washing
ton Ave-, we saw about so people
gathered about the platform with
no banners or placards, an insig-
nificant, unprepared, unorganized
open air meeting, Section Is look
ing on rather hopelessly.
We continued our march to Am
bassador Hall, arriving there and
packing the Hall to OVERLOOKING
The workers, Negro and white were
determined to protest the frame III
OF the Scottsboro boys. While the
speakers from the I. L. D. were
there, G. P. speakers did not show
up and no trace of the Section {
or Is organizers or members from
the section committee was seen.
The meeting was enthusiastic
One resolution on Scottsboro anc
one on the frame up of the Ger.
man working class were introduced
and adopted. A collection of $1l.5C
was made. Ten workers signed ap.
plications for the I. L. D, and W,
adjourned at 1890 pm.
When I next called upon tn,
organizers Of Section 5 and Is ask.
ing the reason they failed to provid,
speakers for the mass meeting, thu
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-03-09
NOTE

We publish letters every Friday
from workers in the transDorta-
ton and communication indus
tries-railroad, marine, surface
lines, subway. elevated lines, ex-
press companies, truck drivers,
taxi drivers, etc.-and from the
communications industries-post
office, telephone, telegraph, etc.
We urge workers from these in
dustries to write us of their con-
ditiOns Of work, and their strug-
giles to organize. Please get these
letters to us by Tuesday Of each
week.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-03-09
ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
Marble Cutters Neuritis
fCoutinuadN



Later I went to the University
Dispensary and they began to give
me different medicines and trans
ferring me from one clinic to an
other. In the meantime, I Suf-
fered and have been getting worse
and weaker. Many days I barely
could finish the days work. Finally
they came to the conclusion that
my nerves are affected and the only
thing that would relieve me is
giving up my work. 1t was impos-
sible for me to go go on working
any longer anyway, so I quit and
started to do another work.
Gradually the suffering pain
began to grow less, and I felt fine
for while, except for the freezing
and numbness in my hands, which
I didn't get rid Of. Over one year
ago the same trouble came back
again, and as ! was unemployed,
I began to go to the City Hospital
Dispensary. At first I was treated
by the general medical doctors,
young doctors. They took several
different tests and it was negative
They have been giving me all kinds
of medicine and they also didn't
help.
Then they transferred me to the
Neurological Clinic, where they
have an outside doctor too. They
gave me a nerve test and a blood
test. The blood test was negative
but they told me that my nerves
are affected. They gave me needles
for a while and medicine and they
also failed to help me. Then they
told me not to come for fouI
months and try very hard to forge!
my pains. You know how easy it Is
to forget when you are tortured BY
severe pain every day. But they
are so busy that they don't care
for a person. All they care about
is to get rid of you and not helI
you. I stayed away for four month.
and tried my best not to think o.
1t, but I found it impossible, wher
am tortured like this. At the enc
Of the four months I went bacl
and instead Of doing something fol
me they sent me to the Surger,
Clinic for q skin and blood tes
again. I have been going five day
in succession to the Surgery Clint,
and couldn't see any doctor. Tha
made me very disguised and I hav,
stopped going there.
! M the meantime, INST people
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-03-09
CONDUCTED DY
HELEN LUKE

A mother who has been reading
the column with interest every
day. has sent a poem possessed of
\ wistful loneliness and great depth
Of feeling. She says in the letter
chat accompanies it, Recently my
Two babies Nadszhda and Vladimir,
aged 3 and 2 years, have had their
birthdays. By the names you can
guess whom I've named them after.
i've written a little verse in honor
Of them. and wonder If you can
ind room In your column for it, and
II you think it interesting enough
for other comrades. 1t may sound
bit personal, but it really aims to
explain to my little ones their
future role in the class struggle"
The title Of my verse is;
Dearest Babies. You Two!
(Nady, 3-Bulby, p
How were We to know
How sweet babies can be2
You are so Gear.
You are so precious,
You have brought US
happiness:
We would not have it
otherwisel
Many times you nag us,
Many times you cry,
Many times we scold!
But when you smile,
When you love us,
We are paid many times.
Dearest little babies:
We love you, your grandparents
love you,
Your aunts and uncles love you,
Your cousin Celeste and your
cousin Robert love you,
Your comrades in the class
struggle need and love
you,
Grow up and give your all
to us.
Dearest little children, you are
young,
Only three and two years young,
Your world is tiny sweet and
young,
When you'll be many times
your age,
You will have reached a
higher stage
In your development.
from your parents,
From your comrades,
From your grandparents
And other relations,
lou will learn Of the class struggle,
That there are two classes:
One that rules and Expresses us,
One that slaves and suffers.
You viii learn many many
things,
3ut this learn true:
Pioneers you two shall be
In the movement for true
liberty:
Better children to your rela-
tives and parents,
Better comrades for ALL
TO be.
- Your conrade mamma, 1893.
EST TER KLEIN. |
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-03-09

the return Of the 10 per cent deduc-
ton and an additional 10 per cent
increase in wages to meet the ris-
ing cost Of living. But II they wait
for the representatives Of the Penn
sylvania Company Union to get
them wage increases on any other
dement's, which Atterbury, President
Of the Pennsylvania Railroad, op-
poses, they can wait until hell
freezes over.
! would like TO caution the Daily
Worker against running any pub
hcity for Atterbury without warn
ing the workers 90 to Just what
these stunts mean.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-03-09
Letters from Our Readers

would be the history Of the work
ing class in America, the history of
the Russian revolution &c.
Secondly 1 would obtain Hugo
Geller's permission to reprint his
Autographs illustrating Marks cap
ital. Thirdly for a lighter feature
I would increase the comic section,
possibly have four or five each
Saturday. Fourth run a believe 1t
or not" series.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-03-09
CORRECTION
By a z. 3. WORKER COrrespondent

BY a r. r. Worker Correspondent
PEORIA, nl.-Your Feb. 16 issue,
the article by myself entitled I'll
linois Railway Bosses Break Pay
Promises" should be corrected to
eliminate all reference to E. N. Hur-
ley as connected with the US. Flag
Association. Due to similarity of
names and temporary inability to
consult my proper data, E. N. Hur-
ley was confused with P. j. Hurley
H. X. EDWARDS.
signature Requested
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-03-09
Can You Make EN-
Yourself?

Pattern 1889 is available in sizes
2, 4, 6, 8 and 10. Size takes 2 and
cn6-eighth yards 36 inch fabric.
ster-by-step sewing in
structions included.
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Send us names of those you
know who are not readers Of the
Daily Worker but who would be
interested in reading it. Address:
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Send FIFTEEN CENTS (15c.) in
coins or stamps (coins preferreO
for this Anne Adams pattern. Write
plainly name, address and style
number, BE SURE TO STATE
SIZE.
Address orders to Daily Worker
Pattern Department, 243 West 18th
Street, New York City.
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By PAUL. LuTTINeER. MD.

who have suffered from the sarne
things, and they told me that they
drank Crazy Crystal Water and 1t
cured them, so I have begun to
drink 1t too. 1 have been drinking
it for four weeks without results.
I am suffering badly and the pain
in my knees stays steadily and once
in while get a sharp pain, which
feels like nail is sticking in my
knee. I can't walk long. The pain
in my right shoulder, elbow and
wrist also stays steadily. Many
times the pain settles in all the
places which I told you about, but
it Is not steady. Also when have
finished doing my work, I feel like
cripple.
For the last three or four weeks,
the pain has penetrated into my
jaws. For two Or three days I could
not chew my food. II happen to
get into an argument and talk loud,
my lips and jaws begin to get stiff
and they feel paralyzed. From all
this agony, have lost about thirty
pounds and am getting so nervous
that I have hard time to control
myself. Because Of my nervousness,
I find 1t impossible to attend meet
ings for I cannot stay up late, as
I get very little sleep. I was forced
to drop out of the Communist
Party, because I was not able to
carry on my activities. I led tie
bread strike in Minneapolis ls{e
summer and I was one Of the OF
ganizers Of the Women's Council
and Workers Club, but I now find
1t utterly impossible to carry on my
political activities. What shall I do,
doctor? am young yet and I feel
that Il am getting disabled, yet
from appearances, no one believes
me. Please, II 1t is possible for you
to send me private letter, would
appreciate 1t very much, or send
me some prescription for something
that might help me. II you find 4
impossible, then please try to e6k
swer soon In the Daily Worries. II
Thanking you in advance, Y
"Comradely yours :.
II. q
Minneapolis Nina
eve wrote to this comrade pr
vateiy. We are publishing his let
ter as typical illustration Of the
heartless exploitation Of the worker
under the capitalist scheme and
the utter indifference with which
he Is thrown on the refuse heap
when he can no longer contxshute
to his boss's profits.)
Go b Cons&nes
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-10-26
|NARCISSUS SHOWS
 | INTERESTING DATA
Raising of Flower Simple;
 Bulbs Take Care of
 Themselves

This is the time of year when people begin to think of flowers to grow indoors during the long win- ter months. There are several different varieties that can be raised; but all of them, with one exception, are difficult to raise and require almost constant care. This one exception is the Paper White Narcissus. Incidentally, it
 might be interesting to know just how this flower got it's name, as
 this is closely connected with the
 method by which Narcissus is raised.
 Narcissus was the son of a Greek nobleman-a boy who had no responsibilities and no claims upon his time. His beauty was so
 marked and the boy himself 50 vain, that he used to spend his entire day beside a pool gazing at his own reflection. Mythology has 1t that the gods finally changed
 him into a flower and decreed that it should always grow in or near the water, so that it might behold its own reflection at all times. And
 that is just the way the Narcissus does grow,
 All that is necessary is to place the bulbs in a dish of pebbles and | water, and they will take care of themselves. By planting in differ
 ent lots from October to March continuous blooms may be had
 from Thanksgiving till Easter. Raising Narcissi is so simple that child can do 1t. The pure
 white blooms with their delicate
 lacy effect and their sweet fra- home.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-10-26
VIEW. Out To Enroll
 All Overseas Men
Increase of 100 Per Cent Goal of Wheeler Young Post
 By New Year to Push Legislative Program

A 100 per cent increase in mem7 bership by January 1, 1895. is the goal set for Wheeler Young Post No. POI, Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States, by its mem- bers. At a meeting of the post recently, each member was ap- pointed a committee of one" to recruit at least one eligible over seas veteran into Post No. 201 within the next three months.
 The purpose of the proposed membership increase is the suc- cess of the national legislative pro- gram of the V. F. w. which will seek immediate cash payment of adjusted service certificates, a uni- form pension code for all veterans of all wars, and other measures designed to aid disabled veterans and their dependents, Commander Vincent P. Mahoney, said.
 National Headquarters at Kan sas City, Mo-, informs me that the V. F. w. has organized more than $50 new local posts within the last year." Commander Ma honey said. ''That means a total membership increase of many thousands sn all parts of the coun- try. There still remain many thou sands of overseas veterans eligible to membership in the V. F. w. who are not actively allied with us. and the membership campaign which Post No. POI will sponsor early in october will be part of a na- tionwide movement in which all local posts will join for the pur- pose of increasing our membership to the point where it includes virt- tially every eligible veteran in this country"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-10-26
WALL STREET and the DEPRESSION
And Racketee Curbed As NeD Deals FaReaching Legislation Stock Market Probe

p,;cation must be made to the conn l 1nission, In that case elaborate m Formation about the corporation must bo supplied. The commission may then make rules governing re- ports by corporations. This IS a powerful weapon.
 MARGINS may be fixed by the ! ofeers as a guide the proposal that l brokers shalt not lend more than | (1) 55 per cent of the market val- ue of a security or (2) 100 per cent of the lowest market value within the preceding g. months, | but not more than 75 per cent of | the current market value--which- ever is the higher. In effect this means that speculators may buy on margins ranging from 20 to 4b l per cent. But the Reserve Board may make them even lower than | that. This is the most indefen- sible portion of the act. The board has since adopted this minimum | requirement. and Wall Street has | expressed itself exuberently about | the boards leniency. As a mat | ter of fact these margins are low CT than those now fixed by most brokerage houses. This ridiculous | provision was forced into the act
 by the presidents treasury ad- visers.
 There are numerous provisions | in the act which seem like very drastic rules. But read closely they are not rules but a grant of power to the commission to make rules. The commission can. however, make rules affecting every part of the exchanges lives. The most im-
 portant, at the moment, have to
 do with the functions of brokers.
 The popular notion that the ex- change is made up of brokers who represent their customers is a
 pure fiction. The brokers do the bulk of the trading. MT Pecora
 proved that in July, 1883, out of
 12O, O,0O0,00O shares traded in, the
 brokers or their firms or partners were on one side or the other of the market for their own accounts in the case of 63,000,000 shares,
 which is over fifty per cent. The
 commission is at present studying this subject and is considering the adoption of a rule (a) to prohibit specialists from speculating for their own account; (b) to prohibit
 floor brokers from using the fa- lcilities of the floor. In other words this rule, if adopted, will compel | all brokers to act as brokers and
 nothing else, and to refrain from gambling for their own account. |
 The act has number of excel-
 lent provisions to put an end to
 pools. It adopts two methods. (a)
 It makes members liable for losses
 sustained by customers because of pool activities of the member. (b)
 It gives the commission power to take from the members the imple-
 ments used in pool manipulations.
 These are options, publicity, cred it, making g-a-market operations
 (that is, fictitious activity to sttm-
 ulate business), short selling.
 Here 1t will be of interest to
 add that the commission is estab-
 fishing Bureau of Economic In-
 formation to which investors and
 financial institutions may apply for
 information about its work.
 TOMORROW: The Future of
 Wall Street.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-10-26

a wear through the cancellation of the outrageous life pension which had been voted to Wiggin of the Chase bank. Suits against various faithless executives have been started by swindled stock holders based on the committees s revelations.
 THE CHIEF RESULTS thus far. however, are three important laws already enacted. They are, the Glass-Steagel banking act, the se- curities act of 1893 and the na- tional securities and exchange act. These are really the most far-reaching pieces of legislation passed under the new deal.
 Under the Glass -Steagal act changes long demanded in the banking system were adopted Most important are:
 l. The Federal Reserve board
 is empowered to check too great a flow of credit into security loans
 by cutting off reserve credit to
 banks which exceed proper limits
 2. Investment bankers can no
 longer act as commercial bankers
 finder this the great firm of J. P.
 Morgan & Go have been forced
 out of the security business which
 they ruled with an iron hand TOT
 so long.
 3. investment bankers can no longer serve on the directorates of commercial banks. 4. National banks and banks enjoying reserve privileges are compelled to cut off their stock afiliates. For instance, the Ma tional City bank is a corporation. The National City company was an entirely separate corporation. Their ownership was evidenced on the same stock certificate and both belonged to the same set of stockholders. It was as if the bank were split into two corpora tions. One was called a bank One was called the National City company. In the latter the bank
 CTS were enabled to do all the things which the law, forbade the
 bank doing. It was an outrageous
 subterfuge invented by clever law yers. It worked untold losses on the American people. That has been stopped. 5. An attempt has been made to bring holding company banking under some sort of control by forcing holding companies which own banks to submit to examina- tion.
 THERE ARE good many other salutary provisions in that act.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-10-26
GRADUATE SCHOOL
 OF (. U. POPULAR
Registration This Year Shows Increase of Al
 Over l933

Washington, D. C.-The enroll ment of the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences of the Catholic University of America at Washing ton, D. C.. for the first semester of the academic year, 1934-1935 is 692 as compared with 651 for the first semester of the last academic year, according to figures just re- leased by Dr Roy J. Deferrari, dean of the school.
 This is the largest number Nof students pursing graduate studies in arts and sciences ever to have enrolled in the history of the uni- versity. Of particular significance is the fact that the number of full- time students is increasing more rapidly than the number of part time students. Over two-thirds of the total enrolment are men and women who are devoting their en- tire time to study. A steady in- crease of students is also evident from the people of the District of Columbia and vicinity. Teachers, particularly, are taking advantage of the university's offerings in much greater. numbers.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-10-26

The act was not sponsored by the administration for some strange reason. It was, I think, because the treasury department was un- der the domination of Wall Street. But following MT Pecora's revela- tions of the National City bank and the Morgans, it was no longer possible to stop the passage of the act.
 More important, however, are the two acts relating to secudrities. They must not be confused. One is called the securities act of 1898 and governs the issuance of new securities. The other is the national securities and exchange act and creates commission to control the stock exchanges of the country.
 The Securities Act of 1888
 In the 'Twenties the biggest racket of all was the security racket. The gangsters we fumed so much about probably got away with a hundred million or so. The stock racket cost the American investor billions. I do not refer to the blue sky racket run by blackleg stock salesmen. speak of the very respectable security racket which was operated by some of our most respectable citizens. For every dollar taken by the George Graham Rices, the Ponzis, the Wolves of Wall Street by ille- gal schemes, ten were taken by the Insulls, the Krugers, the Wig gins, the Mitchells, the Detroit bankers, the Cleveland bankers, by perfectly lawful means; by is- suing stock in established corpora tions, well filled with water, and then blowing them up with wind on the stock exchange and passing them on to the gullible public through a combination of bally- hoo and oither peoples money. This was made possible because the promoters could operate in secrecy and escape the legal re- sponsibility of their conduct. UNDER THIS ACT new issues publicly offered must be registered with the Securities Exchange com mission. c 0 m I e t e information about them must be disclosed. That information is open to any one. And the promoter, banker or COrpOTatlOn eAeCulINc WAV WAhulAy misrepresents the facts can be held liable for the losses sustained by his victims. How Wall Street has howled about that act! It had one terrible fault. The Wall Street lawyers could find no way to get around it. But they have succeed ed through the aid of allies in the treasury in getting it amended and, I am sorry to say, weakened.
 There are many things the act does not attempt to do. It does not put the government in the bus
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-10-26

The V. F. W. legislative pro- gram backed by greatly increased membership, will be assured ade- quate attention in the national Congress when next it convenes, Commander Mahoney said.
 Hundreds of thousands of vet erans, organized into a close-knit, unified group, will be able to speak with authority when the welfare of our disabled comrades is in- volved," Commander Mahoney de- clared. Congress and the admin istration must not be left in doubt as to the desires and recommenda- tions frognajpwetaoinshrdluuuu ,tions Of organized membership is the V. F. WIS best weapon in the coming fight against anti-veteran groups, disinterested office-hold- CTS and selfish politicians"