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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-04-06
CAPITALISM FORCES CHILDREN
TO LABOR
New York City.

New York City.
Believe it or not, I once believed
the following statement which I
read in a capitalistic newspaper: "a
feather in President Roosevelt's hat
is the decree recently enacted which
abolished child labor in our coun-
try" But now I have a confession
to make. Today I was guilty of
having exploited young boy who
is one year older than my little
daughter.
The boy is eight years of age. I
was coming out of the Canal st.
subway station, when suddenly I
heard meek little voice saying to
me: Shine, misterP" I looked
down and 10 and behold saw a
little mite Of black haired boy,
who should have been playing with
his friends. His ragged appearance
aroused my curiosity and I decided
to do little research work. The
boys name is j. M, he lives -
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-04-06
(By a Group of Worker
Correspondence

NEY YORK.-We are former
students of the Beth David Train
ing School for Nurses, associated
with the Beth David Hospital at
Lexington Avenue and 18th Street.
For the past two years and three
months we have been admitted at
different periods into the Training
School as students, with the under
standing that during the period of
two years and four months we
would be trained, and would be
graduated with diploma at the
end of that time. Now, suddenly,
without any previous warning what
soever, we are notified by the
authorities in charge that the
Training School is no longer in
existence and that we must leave
as soon as possible.
We believe that the trustees of
the school must have known for
some time that this was about to
take place. Why then did they
continue to allow young women to
enter the hospital under the false
pretences of receiving complete
course in the study of nursing? A
few Of us have been attending the
school for four or five short months
only. Surely, at the time of en-
trance they had some idea of dis
continuing the training of nurses.
Such ideas are not suddenly born
overnight to be carried out next
day.
A number Of us are orphans, with
no one to turn to, with no funds
available. One of us comes from
San Francisco and has not even the
funds to return there.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-04-06
BY a Worker Correspondent


LONG ISLAND CITY, N. Y.-Fel-
low dining car workers:
We hope you have all read the
letter from the dining car worker
which was published in the Daily
Worker on Friday, March 80. He
shows just how the company is con-
tinuing to give us worse conditions
by firing us without cause and then
taking us back at lower wages.
We also know that when we
fought for better conditions we won
them. When we went down to
Washington and asked the agent to
be fed, he said that he couldn't dc
anything about it and to take it up
with SunnySide, but when so many
Of us came and demanded to be fed
he acted plenty quick. In fact, he
had Jimmy Barnes down in Wash
ington the next day handing out
slips to different cars which fed
us. We won the same thing at Har-
risburg.
Then we started being paid fol
dead-heading. It's true we are not
paid for every dead-head run, but
we have been paid for some Of
them.
Then we forced the company to
take back Chef Anderson. But We
must continue fighting for Ander-
son. He was a chef when he was
fired and has been taken back as
third cook. This means he has
had wage cut of 40 per cent. We
must keep fighting to have him re-
instated as a chef with seniority
and pass rights and to be paid fol
the time he has lost through this
action by the company.
The company has an argument
with the Brotherhood of Dining
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-04-06
Marine Union
Takes Offensive
Against P & N
Forcin G Concessions
on Hampton Roads
Ship Line

NORFOLK, Va. - The Marine
Workers Industrial Union has put
the bosses on the run in Hampton
Roads.
The P. & N. steamship line, better
known as the black boat, forced men
to work like jackasses, stay on the
dock for Is and 10 hours, and only
make an average of $1.80 per day
and then be chiseled out of 40 OF
SO cents of that.
But the Marine Workers Indus
trial Union is organized on six
docks, and in spite of all the bosses
terror has organized local on the
black boat. The thing that started
them on the run was when the M
w. l. U. drew up their own code
and elected two delegates to the N
R. A. code hearing, where the dele
gates exposed the rotten conditions
in Hampton Roads and opened up
on the facts on the P. and N.
AS a result of this, the company
has shortened the hours and hired
regular gangs. They are now talk
ing about pay day once a week
and this is something the P. and N.
never had. They are trying to make
the workers think that the company
had change of heart. But the
men are not being fooled. They are
taking the line of the M. w. I. U
and are working out an agreement
to present to the company along
with other docks.
Who benefited by the change
that the P. and N. made? Isn't
Beck up to his old trick? When
he pu on his regular gang, didn't he
leave off many old men and put
on lot of boys that he could speed
up?
Let's take look at the other rob-
Der on the north bound, Mr.. Cham
bers. On the same week the change
was made, the men made four hours
and % minutes on Thursday anc
only drew $1.20, and on Friday they
made three hours and 10 minutes
and drew $120. Doesn't this show
that you will have to make condi.
tons for yourself better and not tt
rely on the company and the N. r
A. code?
If we can force them to move
one thing, we can force them tt
move on to others. The M. w. I
U. points the way. If you have
not been written up and don't know
the delegate on the dock, you car
find the national organizer at SIS;
Church ST., Norfolk, any day from
10 to 2 O'Clock. Open charter, ne
joining fees, dues are SO cents pei
month.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-04-06

The discussion in our Unit was
based upon the draft resolution for
the eighth Communist Party con-
vention.. At first we considered it
dry, routine, monotonous material,
but finally we entered into the
spirit of the document with sur
rrising results.
The stress placed on Y.C.L. work
made us realize that we had ne
elected our youth work. Immediate
steps were taken to resurrect and
revive our Y. G. L.
Our work around our concentra-
ton factory improved considerably.
We passed leaflets to all shifts 60
ing in and coming out, even passing
leaflets as late as IL pm. to catch
the night shift. The response to
our leaflet was immediate and en-
couraging, furnishing us with many
opportunities to form a mass move
ment of the workers. We have i'm
proved our Daily Worker subscrip-
ton drive considerably.
Our worl. in the Relief Workers
Union has improved also to GER
tain extent.
Our distribution of literature
has become a reality. In short,
the Draft Resolution has helped
us to realize our wrong and incOr-
rect methods Of work; has helped
us to overcome some of the
mostly imaginary obstacles in
our path.
AS said in the beginning. we
thought the Draft Resolution a dry
document, but if it is interpreted
to our every day events it imme-
diately becomes an advisor and as
sistant, in that it seems that those
who drew up the Draft Resolution
had known very intimately the con-
dition of every unit and section.
We hope other comrades and units
find the Draft Resolution just as
helpful and interesting.
Section Leadership Gives No AS
sistance to Shop Group
Speaking about concentration,
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-04-06
Tumor From Aniline Dye

George Feldman, Staten Island
Aniline, as well as such substances
as benzidin, toluidine, diphenyla-
min, auramin, as well as other
amines often form tumorS, eSpe-
cially in the bladder. The irritat-
ing substance is breathed in by
workers and it enters the blood
through the lungs. 1t is excreted
through the kidneys and on the way
out it remains in the bladder for a
number of hours, where it causes
irritations and the formation of new
growths. These are very malig-
nant, causing metastases (colonies)
throughout the body. Most of these
tumors are inoperable when they
are diagnosed. Neither X-ray nor
radiurn seem to have been of much
use in these cases.
The best thing is prevention, or,
as it is known medically, propty-
laxis. Besides proper ventilation
and the use of closed apparatus, a
microscopic examination of the
urine of every worker should be
made at least once every three
months. If there is the slightest
suspicion that there might be some
bladder irritation, the worker should
be cystoscoped; which means that
an electric apparatus is introduced
into the bladder, which can be in
spected for any irritation. Workers
who are suffering from tuberculosis,
syphilis or other tumors should not
be employed in factory where they
are exposed to the anime fumes.
|
| Graolene and Lustre Shampoo
d. n, Chicago.-It is not true that
Graolene acts on the hair from
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-04-06
Seomen of Baltimore
Elect Delegation To
SOuiet Union May Day

BALTIMORE. Five hundred
seamen elected R. Minor, a men,
Der of the Marine Workers In
dustrial Union, to represent them
at the May Day celebration in
Moscow.
Minor is %, an American and
has worked with the U. S. Coast
and Goedetic Survey and the
Coast Guard. He has been a
member of the M. w. I. U. since
January.
A joint mass meeting of the
Friends Of the Soviet Union and
the NJ. w. I. U. will be held Sat-
urday at pm. at Workmen's
Circle Lyceum, 1929 E. Baltimore
st. There will be speakers and
entertainment.
The F. S. U. urges that funds
to assist Minors passage to the
Soviet Union be sent immedi-
ately to the International Book
Shop, 500 N. Eutaw St., or to the
Marine Workers Industrial
Union, 716 S. Broadway, Balti-
more.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-04-06
A Fighting Program for
the Dining Car Workers

Car employees which calls for set
scale of wages. Now just in order
to keep this agreement in force, the
company is running about a dozen
crews at these scales and the rest
of us on an hourly basis. That
means that we get paid for the
hours we are actually on a run, with
the result that while we may be
away from our homes for a week
or ten days, we actually make only
S. to $40 all during that time.
Since the company has an agree
n1ent with the Brotherhood Of Din
ing Car Employees, our first job is
to join this organization and begin
to fight. Not that we think the
Brotherhood by itself can do any
thing for us but that we can help
ourselves by using the Brotherhood
Council No. l meets at the Urban
League, and as members we can
take the floor and bring motions
on the floor for adoption.
Every member should go to this
meeting, and as members, when
new business" is being discussed
bring motions up for reinstatement
Of Chef Anderson as chef, motion
for pay for reporting time with a
three-hour minimum, a motion fol
meals while reporting and a motion
for full time scales and the aboli-
ticn of the hourly basis, and a mo-
rion against lay-offs.
Then, when these motions are
passed, a motion should be made tt
circularize every other council or
the Pennsylvania Road with a copy
of them asking the other councils tc
support them.
UNITY COMMITTEE,
Sunnyside Yards.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-04-06
No Equality in Bargaining
Under Capitalist Ownership
Bill Dunno Declares at Senate Hearing " Orkers
Can Adrance Only Through Struggle

big employers do not believe that
the A. F. of L. leaders can control
workers sufficiently to enforce their
CHESAPEAKE policy; and third, they
are prepared to recognize the A. F.
of L. leadership as an alternative,
rather than unions organized and
led by the T. q. U. L., or indepen-
dent unions so-called, led by mill
tant committees Of rank and file
workers.
Now as to some specific provisions
of the Wagner Bill:
The Wagner Bill proposes to
"equaize" the bargaining power Of
the employer and employees. This
in itself indicates one of its decep-
tive features. There can be no
equality of bargaining power be-
tween employers and employees as
long as private property is recog-
nized in natural resources, and the
machinery of production and distri-
button.
Section 2 Of the Bill speaks of
providing agencies for the peaceful
settlement of disputes. No one
should object to the peaceful settle
ment of disputes between capitalists
and workers regarding questions Of
wages, working conditions, etc, pro-
viding that the policy with prompt
emphasis on peaceful settlement
does not initiate against the inter
ests of the working class. But the
| present system is based on the en-
ployment of workers solely for profit.
The workers produce commodities
| for sale in all of which there is a
certain amount of surplus value
unpaid labor time. Surplus value is
created only by workers in the proc
ess of production and this is the
source of profit. But profit is only
realized through the sale or ex-
change of the commodities. The
worker therefore is always at the
mercy of the market, because, al
though he and his class are the
greatest market, he and it are
always producing more than Their
wages can buy back. This is the
main cause of capitalist crises. And
these are the facts of capitalist pro-
duction which render all talk OF
equality of bargaining power under
such a system an attempt to cover
up the real causes of the low sociaI
and economic standards Of the
working class as a whole.
1t is only by taking advantage Of
favorable opportunities the workers
are able to prevent themselves from
becoming a group of broken
wretches," as Marx said.
TO be continued)
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-04-06
LJADLOTED BY
HELEN LUKE

Stuff the cleaned fish with mix
ture, and if it is big one, make
three or four Sits in the back with
a knife and fill in with little strips
of bacon or salt pork. If they are
Just adolescents, or bantam types,
simply drape a bit or fat pork over
them and bake.
Little strips of clean cheese-c cloth
laid under the fish will make it
easier to take from pan without
sticking and breaking.
ITO Be Continued.) 49,.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-04-06
NOTE:

We publish letters every Friday
from workers in the transporta-
ton and communications 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 struggles
to organize. Please get these let
tiers to us by Tuesday Of each
week.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-04-06

Chrystie ST., is in grade 2-B in
public school. 1 asked him who had
taught him to shine shoes, and he
told me that his 16-year-old brother
did. I asked him what his 16-year-
old brother did, and the boy re-
piled: ooh, he plays baseball for
money" Scrub games which are
played in empty lots; each boy
chips in his share, usually about
so cents)
His father is out of work, and his
mother takes in clothes which she
makes at home and earns about 81
week for it when she works.
This scene can be repeated by the
thousands in our great and glorious
city. S. R.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-04-06
Can You Make EN-
Yourself?

Pattern 1872 is available in sizes
IA, Is, 10, 20, 80, "a, SO, 80, 40 and AZ.
Size Is takes S12 yards 80 inch fab
ric and q yard ruffling. Illustrated
step-by-step sewing instructions in
Guided.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-04-06
EXPOSING THE NEW LEADER"

brOllx, IN. Y. y.
Comrade Editor:
Some comrades in the Bronx sug-
gested, upon reading the March 8
New Leader Editors Corner" that
the Daily Worker" publish the
whole column.
In this column the most vicious
SANDER and lies that could be
printed show how diseased the
minds of the leadership of the So
cialist Party are. 1 believe it's a
good suggestion, because everything
the Daily Worker" has said of the
Socialist leadership is summed up
in that article. Also, to prove to
the masses of workers the differ
ence between the Daily Worker and
the New Leader.
Hope this point is taken under
consideration, I remain.
is BECKER.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-04-06
Western Union
Agent Apologies
For Huge Profits
Company Union Officials
Says Firm Only Tried
To Fool Bankers
BY a Western Union Worker
Correspondent


NEW YORK.-The New York
district head of the Association Of
Western Union Employees Company
union, in a recent visit to the
newspaper offices, was heard by al
least three witnesses to make a
statement that is fair indication
of what the company union off
Gals think of the mental capacity
Of their dupes.
In whining plea for the inter-
ests of the poor company" he said
that the w. U. really didn't make
any money the last year or so-they
just fixed up the books to fool the
bankers so they could get a loan
from the bankers" -. q I'D
Just fawncy, dontcher know =.
the poor, guileless and misled bank
ers.
Tie-up of Millionaire Press
and w. U.
In the report of the w. U. earn
ings on March % appears the fol-
lowing quotation from the N. Y
Times:
Although the economy program
has been successfully pursued and
operating expenses further reduced
by about $4,800,000. without sacri-
flee of efficiency. the wage deduc-
ton of 10 per cent, in effect since
Aug. l, 1882, was terminated July
l, 1888, and 100000 was thus
added to the annual pay Of our en-
ployeS Vacations with pay were
partially restored effective Jan. l
1884"
This would lead one to believe
that the 10 per cent cut had been
restored, when in fact it was the
second 10 per cent cut that was re-
stored. The total cut had been &c
per cent. And the 621z per cent OF
the second 10 per cent cut is still
not returned to us.
Answering a recent article which
appeared in these columns from
someone who was not a w. U. en-
ploye we can say: Sure! We know
what reduction of operating ex-
penses means in the w. U. finan-
cial report-it means it comes out
Of our hides (salaries)." The re-
duced time workers can especially
understand it.
It's about time we did something
about it.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-04-06

SEND FIFTEEN CENTS (I5c) IN
coins or stamps (coinS preferred
for this Anne Adams pattern. Write
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number. BE SURE TO STATE
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St., New York City.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-04-06


Winter came. and though spring
was far enough behind, it finally
got here, unless we've been fooled
again. We're not putting what's
left of the winter coat into moth
balls yet, but the wool underhose is
off and the fires out-not only be-
cause spring is supposedly here,
but because a whooping big gas bill
arrived this morning. along with
leaflet passing the buck for the
high price Of gas to the door of
government taxation.
Not that we doubt or enjoy the
following facts, given in this leaf
let: Even if you own no property
and pay no income taxes, you are
taxed indirectly in your grocery
bills, your rent, your bills for gas
and electricity In 1923 taxes
took 1890 cents on the average out
of every dollar paid for gas, cleo
trio, and steam service. In 1893
taxes took 1888 cents out of every
dollar paid by customers of the
Consolidated Gas Company of
New York and its affiliated COM
panieS for such service-an in
crease of more than so per cent"
Or, to make a long story short,
the less you've got the more they
soak you, which describes the whole
lousy system.
After that cheerful beginning,
which struck a snag, we'd better go
back and make fresh start. We
had set out to say that spring is
here and cookery ideas begin to run
counter to roasts. gravy. hot soup,
and in the direction of fruit, salad,
and-hsh. (Are your worms and
bent-pin ready?) It's bit late for
ersters and bit oily for stream fish,
but recipes will keep, and here
are a few suggestions.
1t will be easier to trim, scale, or
skin fresh fish if you sprinkle salt
on your hands and the fish: you
can get a better grip on the critters.
(Really fresh fish is red about the
gills and the eyes are bright)
Those lucky enough to drag their
own fish out of lake or brook will
not worry about recipes-they will
just clean 'em and fry em in bacon
fat or roast 'em in ash-paste &C
cording to the ancient and honor
able custom of fishers.
Fish to be boiled whole Cnnards
cleaned out, of course) may be
wrapped in a bit of clean cheese
cloth to keep it intact; it should be
put to boil in warm water, since
cold will draw out too much flavor
and hot may break the skin. After
II begins to boil, allow 10 minutes
per pound to finish. For mild,
flavorless varieties, flavor the water
with soup greens, such as carrot,
celery, onion, leeks, parsley, first
Drowned in fat.
For frying, it is tasty when first
dipped in cornmeal or flour.
For baking, it is good with stuff
ing. (Shad, bass, haddock) For
filling use very small cubes of dry
bread, or bread crumbs, mixed with
what is available-an egg if possible,
seasoning, chopped parsley, fine
chopped onion, celery,-and a bit
Of milk.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-04-06

"LLe earn is a sphere,
It turns on its axis
The rich own the gas wells,
The poor pay the taxes"
apologies to H. A. Potemkin,
author Of Strike Me Redo
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-04-06

Unit $40, Chicago, m.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1934-10-19

Reported rich discoveries of gold in the northern part of Ontario province, Canada, is causing a rush of prospectors to that region.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1934-10-19
OLD NEWSrSIGRS

In bundles fer sale at The Elm.
 pire office, 25c. Fine for starting your fires these chilly mornings.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1934-10-19
FISH SEASON,
 METLAKATLA,
 IS PROFITABLE
W. A. Fries, J.R. Reynolds Conferring with Chas.
 W. Hawkesworth

w. A. Fries, president of the First National Bank of Ketchikan, and J. R. Reynolds, prominent Ketchikan lumberman and busi- ness man, are in Juneau for an annual conference with Charles w. Hawkesworth of the Department of Indian Affairs, relative to the Metlakatla cannery operation.
 Mir Fries and MT. Reynolds and their associates, have a five year contract with the Secretary of the Interior to operate the cannery for the Metlakatla people and handle the marketing of the canned salmon for them.
 The second season under this arrangement has just been com pleted, and the results are most satisfactory from the Indian af- fairs point Of view MT. Hawkes. worth said today.
 Ono hundred and twenty-five thousand cases of salmon were packed through the arrangement this year, MT. Fries said today.
 Approximately 300 Metlakatlans were employed this season, ac- cording to MT Hawkesworth, and $50,O00 in wages. not taking into consideration profits, were distrib- uted among them during the sea- son.
 The profits which go to the Metlakatia community, through the arrangement, are used for genera improvements in the town of Met lakatla.
 Mir Hawkesworth said that he considers it very fortunate for al concerned that the men who have the cannery contract are Alaskan residents of proven business ability and entirely familiar with the conditions involved in such an ar rangement.
 Mrs. Fries accompanied her hus- band, and MT. Reynolds to Ju- neau. They plan to return to Ketchikan on the Yukon.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1934-10-19
KAUFMANN IN FINE F0RM;IS
 HIGH BOWLER
Trojan Cops Individual Score Honors Last
 Night at Elks

The pins on the Elks' Club al- lcys last night were bright, new and shiny and they put up good re- sistance to the onslaught Of the bowlers, but were toppling fast as the three matches wound up. Bob Kaufmann, of the Trojans, made the best showing, achieving a to- tai of 583 pins and rolling the best single game, 210.
 The Bruins, Gaels and Troians were the winning teams, Utes, h. dians and Broncos succumbing by the same margin of two out of three games.
 Baltimore, who took Adams place on the Indian team, bowled well in his first tournament ef- fort, rolling 437.
 Tonight's schedule: 7:30-Beavers vs. Vandals 8:30-Webfeet vs. Bull dogs 9:30-HuskfeS vs. Grizzlies.
 Last nights scores: