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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-03-01
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BY PAUL LUTTINGER. MD.

cause children to catch colds
easily. Once the children have
the colds or sore threats, the best
medicine to give them is Elixir
Sodii Salicylatis, one teaspoonful
every two or three hours. Show
this to the druggist and he will
give you the right medicine. Al
ways remember, however, that il
the sore throat does not improve
within a day or two, that you
must call in a physician because a
diphtheritic throat will not inn
prove under any medical treat
ment; an anti-toxin injection must
be used in such cases.
Traumatic Synovitis.
Pat Harrington, Ch;cago-rf the
x-ray shows no fracture, it is best
to allow the blood clot to become
absorbed. There is plenty of time
to incise for drainage when The
blood clot does not show any ten
dency to become absorbed or be-
comes infected. Our advice is to
keep the foot immobilized and APP
ply external heat which will hasten
absorption of the clot (if there
is any, which we doubt.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-03-01
By D. 2. MANUusKY
Article X
Continual Concessions 70 the
RnurgeOisie.


Continual Concessions 70 the
BOurgeOisie.
Characteristic for Austria is the
fact that the great mass Of the Aus
trfan democratic workers, sys-
tematically restrained by social demo-
cracy. have not fought against the
bourgeoisie as they should. When
the working class came out, as 1t did,
en- its own initiative, on July 10, 1921
against the will Of the social-demo-
cratic leaders. the movement did not
spread. because al-demOCracy I'M
dermined the struggle. The Austrian
proletariat were not defeated in open
fight. Under the leadership Of So
ciaI-democracy, they have continually
retreated. But it is not a movement
to the Right which We see going on
now among the working class in Aus
tria, but a sharp swing to the Left,
which is compelling Otto Bauer to
make new zigzag maneuvers on the
question Of the o. S. S R., the united
front, etc. This is the first point.
The second point is that Austrian
social democracy has not solved and
could not solve any Of the tasks OF
the pro1eta. ian revolution in 1918, as,
let us say, the bourgeOisie solved the
tazks OF the bourgeois revolution in
the nineteenth century in its own
capitalist reactionary way. The gains
won by the Austrian proletariat in
its struggle do not contain anything
sceialistic. Austrian social-deno-
crazy deliberately announced these
gains to be "a bit of socialism, SO as
to calm the proleta-ian revolution.
The tasks OF the proletarian revolu-
ton still remain to be solved. The
Austrian bourgeoisie are not faced
with an Improvement in the economic
situation but with decline. The
general crisis Of capitalism can and
viii be ended only by a proletarian
revolution.
Thirdly, only an agent Of the bor-
geoisie, anxious to scare the Austrian
workers with talk Of a "counter-revo-
lutionary situation" could speak Of
consolidation in the camp Of the
b0urgeoisie, in the present conditions
of world economic crisis. The growth
Of the fascist movement in Austria
at the present time does not by any
means signify the consolidation Of
the bourgeoisie. If. on the one hand,
it is accompanied by an intensified
ton in the methods Of political re-
action, on the other hand it is also
a symptom Of the economic and
political breakdown Of capitalism
now beginning.
The rawlings Of reaction only serve
TO show how uncertain is the bour-
geois.e as TO what tomorrow may
bring. Autumn flies bite HARDEST ="
The discomfort Of the masses of the
petty bourgeoisie with the system Of
exploitation compels the fascists to
sresk to these masses in the language
Of anti-capitalist demagogy. But
this demagogy is beginning to lose its
credit among the masses. A break
down is maturing in the camp Of
fasniFn Itself.
Characteristic for Austria is the
fact that the great mass of the Aus
TRAN ocial-denocratic workers, sys-
tenlatically restrained by social
democracy, have not fought against
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-03-01
Mortgage Holders Throw Their Share of
Tax Burden on Farmers in New jersey
Fight Against This Injustice Can Be Basis for the
Organization, Correspondent Writes

$500 or $500 a year? And there are
many Of them today.
1t would be quite interesting to
investigate the other causes. We
would ask them, why the pre-war
time tax rates of l or is per cent
rose to IS or 5 per cent? That is,
the farm which In pre-war time paid
- tax ct resent probably paid
$500 to $3.50, or more.
OF course, we may say that for
the taxes we receive something, but
how about the interest on the mort
age? And the worst of it. the
farmer land the small properly own
err has to pay the tax on the total
assessed value Of the property.
I am informed by the old farmers
that years ago the mortgage holder
paid his share of the tax. Let me
lustrate this with a concrete ex-
ample. Suppose that a farm has
$1,000, and it is assessed to $4,000.
Suppose now, that the tax rate is
per cent. Then the farmer has to
icy $12O tex. But inasmuch as he
does not own the part represented
in the $1,000 mortgage, $40, chat is
the share OF the mortgage) should
be paid by the mortgage holder, or
Il should be taken of Of the inter
est Of the mortgage.
Here Is a Program
I repeat, years ago it was that way,
and it was nothing but just. But
Re h"~'-o-r End r~"l e~4-te sharks
changed this method and put every
him en- the farmers and small house
owners.
I certainly would like to see II the
farmers and small house owners
would join together and demand
that the mortgage holder also should
pay part of the taxes. OF course, I
know, that this will not solve def
rite'v TIE dep- ion unemp' ovmen
or the plight Of the farmers, but will
draw the attention Of millions of
farmers and small property owners
who at present are doubly gypped.
It would help to create an organi-
zation, which joining with the work.
ers could formulate some other i'm
mediate demands beside the final
aim Of abolishing the present waste
full, anarchial profit system
A Jersey Farmer.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-03-01
austrian FGSciStS Did Not
Fear Bauer's Empty Threats
Kneto That He WGs Systematically Disarming the
Austrian Orkers BY His Policies

the bourgeoisie as they should. When
the working class came out, as it did,
on its own initiative, on July Is, 1927,
against the will Of the demo-
cratic leaders, the movement did not
spread, because sociaI-democracy
undermined the struggle. The Aus
trian proletariat were not defeated in
open fight. Under the leadership Of
sOcial-demoCraCy, they have con-
tinually retreated. But it is not a
movement to the Right which We see
going on now among the working
class in Austria, but a sharp swing
to the Left, which is compelling Otto
Bauer to make new zigzag manoeu-
vres on the question Of the U. S.
S. R., the united front, etc. This is
the first point.
The second point is that Austrian
social-democracy has not solved and
could not solve any Of the tasks Of
the proletaTian revolution in 1918, as,
let US say, the bourgeoisie solved the
tasks Of the bourgeois revolution in
the nineteenth century in its own
capitalist reaCtiOnary way. The gains
won by the Austrian proletariat in
its struggle do not contain anything
socialistic. Austrian social-dsmoc-
racy deliberately announced these
gains to be "a bit Of socialism,, so
as to calm the proletariat and keep
them back from pro,etarian revolu-
ton. The tasks Of the proletarian
revolution still remain to be solved.
The Austrian bourgeoisie are not
faced with an improvement in the
economic situation but with a decline.
The general crisis of capitalism can
and will be ended only by a prole-
tartan revolution.
Thirdly, only an agent of the bour-
geoisie, anxious to scare the Austrian
workers with talk Of a counter
revolutionary situation" could speak
Of consolidation in the camp of the
bourgeoisie, in the present conditions
of world economic crisis. The growth
of the fascist movement in Austria
at the present time does not by any
means signify the consolidation of
the bourgeoiSie. If, on the one hand
it is accompanied by an intensified
tlon In the methods of political re-
/ action, on the other hand it is also
a breaking symptom of the economic
and political breakdown Of capitalism
now beginning.
The rawlings Of reaction can only
serve to show how uncertain is the
bourgeois as to what the morrow may
bring. Autumn flies" they say,
bite the hardest" The discon ent
Of the masses and petty-b bourgeois
with the system of exploitation COM
pels the fascists to speak to these
masses in the language of anti-capi-
talist demagogy. But this dsmagogy
is beginning to lose its credit among
t,s raoT-e~. A b-ec fdown is matur-
ing in the camp Of Fascism itself.
TO Be Continued
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-03-01
Columbia College
Cutting Pay PC.
BY a Worker Correspondent

NEW YORK; think the readers
OF the Daily Worker may be inter-
ested to learn OF the conditions Of us
workers at Columbia University.
President Butler, at the last meet
Ing OF the Board OF Trustees. an
nounced that the income, plus gifts
TO the university, had decreased Is
per cent less than last year. So, to
balance their budget, our wages will
be put on the executioner's block.
The dean of Teachers College, al
THOUGH not publicly announced, told
certain members that wage cut of
about Is per cent was due for the
faculty and workers about March 1.
But Mr.. Butler also announced.
but not so that everyone would notice
1t, that "at the same time the COR
poration's capital account showed a
net increase of S871, 571.62." In other
words, the value Of their capital has
gone up through the srising stock
market through increased dividends
as a result of the N. r. A. wage
cutting policy.
The only way we can fight that is
by organizing the Campus Workers
Group, composed of workers and
student-workers, in all the shops on
the campus.
Some of the things that happen at
our fine, liberal" university would
make a red-blooded worker boil For
instance, not long ago an old woman
who had been working for many
years was discharged. "Too old to
work"
What We need is Workers Unem-
ployment and Social Insurance,
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-03-01
OO-,-- - By
HELEN LUKE
TaE D0CT0Rs PASS THE BUCK

TaE DOCTURS PASS THE BUCK
The bourgeois press bristles like a
poscupine with the barbed utterances
Of the enemies Of women's welfare.
One such statement, arousing q justi-
fled rage and resentment in women,
is the dicturn recently handed out to
the United Press by DR.. Ray Lyman
Wilbur: ~. S. Death Rate in Child
birth Is Laid to Women"
Consider the circumstances. Here
is q nation whose great masses of
Goubly- exploited, working-class wo-
men, after five years of misery and
struggle under the increasing Wei~at
OF the capitalist crisis. are F-ginning
30 chafe restlessly in their chains
and cast longing g-aaces at the 49,
leges enjoyed ~ the Soviet women;
Plenty Of jobs, which carry maternity
and old-age insurance; legal birth
control clinics; creches, which free
the mother for all sorts o. industrial
and cultural activity; and first, last
and always, constant State care of
The health Of the workers, care which
has driven the Soviet maternity
death-rate down below ours, while
here, unemployment, the industrial
strain, lack Of care for the poor, and
the hazards to which our women are
subjected generally, have our death
rate on the up-and-up.
What to do? What to doP After all.
facts like these put the ruling class
In a very bad TX Clearly a cause
for this high death-rate must be
found, one which will not cost the
bosses money. Whom to blame for
this state of affairs?-The women
themselves? OF course! What could
be more natural in the capitalist or
Ger Of society, the very essence of
which is to make woman "the goat?
Could we expect anything else
than that the bourgeois doctors
would leap into the breach, and, add
ing insult to injury, declare "Ameri-
can womanhood is paying the PEN
atty OF self-indulg ence with the high
est death-rate from child birth Of
any civilized nation. The world.
especially the United States, has been
GOO kind to mothers for their own
GOOD. think the high American
death-rate can be traced directly to
The widespread use of methods to
Ease the pain of natures process.
Instead Of allowing birth to
axe its natural course, we interfere
90 often, usually at the desire Of
he woman. Women pay with their
liyes for this comfort"
Similar views" states the United
Press, were echoed by Dean Elias
? Lyon, Of the University Of Mime
Eota Medical School" And the doc
lors faithfully promise us that, pro-
FEEDING on this sweet theory, they
IRE going to do their darndest to
over this "disgraceful' high death
sate, no matter how much it hurts
rs).
Money talks.
You'll be hearing from us, you
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-03-01
Connecticut Tobacco
Workers Inspired by
California Struggle
By a Worker Correspondent


r. ITFC2D, Conn. - Last fall
she workers in the tobacco ware
'ol-ses We're preparing to go out on
strike for higher wages. Most Of the
workers in the warehouses were re-
ceiving from So to $12 per week.
The A. F.. of L. stepped in and told
he workers to wait and be patient.
The organizer for the A. F. of L.
promised the workers that he would
70 down to Washington ard get the
back wages that were due the work.
2rs.
Under the code for the tobacco in
dustry the workers, were supposed to
ret 80 cents per hour, but the bosses
1aking advantage of the workers not
being organized only paid them Is
cents for about four months. Seeing
chat the workers were beginning to
get militant, they increased the
wages to 80 cents. The workers,
',owever, were in the mood for strike
and then, in steps the A. F. of L.
promising to get the cents an hoW
Jack pay for them and in this way
',eheading the strike.
The workers are beginning to see
through the demagogy of the A. F.
of L. and are falling away. They
ere now beginning to come to the
meetings of the militant Tobacco
Workers Section of The Cannery
and Agricultural Workers Industrial
Union. They are beginning to see
that only through united struggles
with the workers in the fields to-
Tether with the workers in the ware
house will they be able to gain real
concessions from the bosses.
at a meeting Of the Tobacco
Worke- Section of the Cannery and
''r''i"'-' ''''7l workers Industrial
Union last week, the workers voted
n confidence OF the latter's program
We are expecting things to move
~apidly this coming summer on the
-cbecco plantations. We have al
ready formed a nucleus among the
tobacco workers and expect to follow
the lead Of the c. A. w. I. U. in
Southern California.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-03-01
by q Farmer Corresnondentl

FANWOOD, N. i've hear and
read a great deal about the Western
farmers. However, the farmers of
the East are in no better condition,
but on account. Of the total lack OF
any radical or progressive organiza-
ton among them, their voices are
seldom heard.
Among the Eastern farmers the
New Jersey farmers are regarded as
the most prosperous one, being so
close to the large cities Of the East.
But from an official publication Of
the Agricultural Department. of New
Jersey Circular 227) we may learn
that within the last 10 years 1924
farmers gave up their farms in that
state.
The officials were anxious to know
why there are so many idle farms
in the state. (Of course, the follow
+ng revelo tons are true of all the
Eastern states, in most, even in a
greater scale than in New Jersey.)
They selected a typical county, Hunt
erdon, and investigated all cases
there.
They found $50 idle farms in this
county, totaling 1921 acres, though
80 per cent Of the land is suitable
for farming. They found, after in
vestigation, that the reasons why the
owners, who had most Of them put
their life's savings into the farms,
had left them, we're: Mortgages, high
taxes, bad roads, unhtness Of the
owner, unfitness Of the land.
Last week we had another state
ment from New Jersey officials, CIV.
F. Knowles, Extension Economist Of
Agricultural Experiment Station, N.
j. S Eating that at present there are
$4,000. 600 MORTGAGES and an addi-
tional 100000 debts on New Jer-
sey farms.
The Tax and Mortgage.
According to Mr.. Knowles, the
farmers of New Jersey have to pay
annual interest Of 100000, that is,
pay that much for the privilege to
work and grow food for the others.
The present average interest charge
on a N. j. farm, according to Mr..
-Yno-le~. IS about $3.50 TO $500. Now
imagine the plight Of those farmers
whose gross income is not more than
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-03-01
Hospital Employees
Must Chase Boss to
G e t Their P ~
(By a Worker Correspondent


FAREfINGTON, Mimi have been
working as a night man in a hotel
and hospital in this small village of
Pennington, which is 80 miles south
Of Minneapolis. Before building con-
struction fell off to the lowest point
in is years Gin spite Of the P.WA.,
etc., was union bricklayer and
received $12 day while working,
but Hoover and Roosevelt thought
might become too independent if
that continued, so they fixed it up SO
I am now earning IS week, beard
and room. Have been getting the
board and room all right but one has
to get on Bonded knee (first having to
run all over the building to locate the
big doctor) and beg for the money
that has already been earned. He
then sends you to see his office girl,
and then she tells you to go see him,
and by that time he Is gone.
am not the only one, as the
nurses, cooks. mattresses, janitor,
laundry women, ETC., also have to go
almost totally unpaid while the doc
tor is busy.
was Ill in bed with the ''fiue" and
the good doctor came in shortly after
my fever went down Il was still very
ilO and said: "If you can't go to
work tomorrow, will have to get
someone else"
My aunt sent me the Daily Worker
and now I am Communist. So let
us rejoice as we will all be better off
in the future after we have learned
to follow the teachings of Marx and
Lenin.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-03-01
CHALLENGE OF CALIFORNIA
UNIT FOR DAILY WORKER
AND WESTERN WORK
ER STyRG
Err SUBS

Comrades: With the crisis Deepen
ing, C.WA. Jobs called off, war dam
ger approaching, Fascism at the
threshold, and capitalists working
overtime trying to figure out some
more bunk to hand out to the work
ers to keep them passive, it becomes
more than ever necessary to spread
our literature, the Daily Worker and
Western Worker, among the masses
and let them know the truth about
the value of organization and strug-
gle.
We challenge the FireStone section,
which is the next biggest to us, with
100 Western Worker Subs for one
month. Come onl Let's see If you
can beat usl So far no one has.
B.-Heights BeIvedere Sec, CT.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-03-01
Big Profit by Orange
Packing Plant Bosses
By q WORKER Correspondent

LOS ANGELES, Cal. - Some time
ago the D. w. gave conclusive proof
of the tremendous profits (425 per
cent? reaped by over $50 corporations
during 1888.
Here is another specific illustra-
ton. Two liberal bosses, who own a
local orange packing plant, conflded
in me (not knowing I was "red")
and proved to me that they actually
made $1,000 net profit during the
month Of January alone in 1884.
Needless to say the workers In
their plant receive a minimum wage
from $40 to SIS per week. for very
hard work / long hor''~ I'll pr" =
tically night work IN. r. A. be
damnedD
AS soon as I mentioned the sub
'ect of wages, they assumed typical
Norman Thomas attitude. Their
cong went something like this: well,
we cent pay any more than anybody
else, but, If the workers strike for
more money. we'll be the first ones
to settle with them and grant their
demands" Maybel
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-03-01
PARTY LIFE
Many Young Workers Sold
But Where Are the 'DGiLieS''?
Young Communists of Cleveland Hear Demands
for Daily Yorker from Fisher Plant Men

5he next night and instead Of the
three comrades, eight showed up to
sell the Young Workers. We sold
all the Young Workers we had, a
total Of 80 on both nights, and could
have sold more if we had them on
hand.
The Fisher Body plant is not our
units concentration point, but since
they hired some workers lately and
he unit that is concentrating at this
slant comes out only during the day,
we sell the paper at night. Our unit
has raised the circulation Of the
Young Worker from so to 100, and
will increase the next bundle order,
for we are working towards our goal,
200 copies, and well go over the top.
But here is something that heard
the first time. A worker came up to
me and asked whether any one is
selling the Daily Worker, and my an
swer was no. After we were through
selling the Young Worker, several
other comrades told me that they
were asked by the Fisher Body work
e-s whether they have the Daily
Worker must state that our Party
comrades are committing great
crime to our Party by neglecting such
a good opportunity of selling "Dailies"
to the factory workers.
Didn't Comrade Lenin say that the
newspaper is not only collective
propagandist and agitator, but also
the collective organizer" Now those
workers who asked for the Daily
Worker know what the Daily Is.
1t can be used now as a collective
organizer.
And for those who don't know
about the Daily" it will be q good
propaganda and agitator.
There are more members in the
Party than in our League. Isn't there
an unemployed comrade who can go
out and sell "Dailies" there, and at
the same time make few cents for
dues and car fare.
Step on it, comradesi Let's all
push forward and drive for new
readers and subs for our DAILY"
Let us win the challenge that the
Ohio district of the Party gave 70
the Detroit district.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-03-01
PROTEST ITALIA FRAMn-Up
By a Farmer Correspondent

SPENCER, Neb.-ThingS are rather
quiet here. Farmers think they will
get something for nothing on the
corn and hog program. I've been re-
ceiving the Daily Worker. I have no
trouble giving it away after we have
read it, but farmers are hard up and
cannot subscribe. have several
promises.
Expect farmers will start to listen
more when they find out how they
have been swindled.
Give us plenty Of news about the
ITALIA and Ham arrest and trial. We
sent a protest from Boyd County to
the daily press-they haven't men
toned a word about it.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-03-01
Lack of Clothes
Keeps Negro Boy
AWayFrOmSChOOl
By a Negro Worker Correspondent

DADEVILLE, Ala am Negro
woman living in the Black Belt, with
two small children to support, a boy
and girl. My boy is seven years old
and my little girl is two years old.
For the last two years we have
been unemployed, as we could get
nothing TO pillow, and therefore we
have no crop. And that leaves us all
in q needy condition for clothing,
choes, etc.
I am trying to send my little boy
% school, as schools have reopened
but he has only one pair Of overalls
to wear. But it looks terrible for him
to grow up without any education.
would thank any of the comrades for
anything you might give me, as I am
widow.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-03-01
KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK"
Oklahoma City, Okla.

Dear Comrades:
Just one word about the improve
ment of our paper. I have noticed
the people that read the Daily Work
er are aware of the improvement
and look for me with my paper every
day.
Such writer's as Michael Gold are
worthy Of the praise we hear from
readers every day. I personally
think the column, "a Genius Elk
plores Communism" was a MASTER
piece, and many other features too
numerous to mention.
Keep up the good work, we hers
will try hard to do our part.
G. W.