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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-12-22

RObS Strike
of Victory
By a Worker Correspondent


CENTRAL CITY, Pa.-Over two
months ago William Miller, working
as a timberman in Gahagan Mine
of the Huskin Run Coal Mining
Company, was discharged.
The reason given by the company
was that William Miller had tam
pered with an electric meter in his
house and that he was an unsatis-
factory worker, although every one
knows that Miller is a competent
timberman with many years Of eX-
perience in mine work.
After the company refused to set
tie with the Mine Committee and
give the job back to Miller, the case
went to the District Arbitration
Commissioners. They found that
Miller was unjustly discharged and
they ordered the company to re-
hire Miller.
Miller and the Mine Committee
went to the company Office and de-
manded that Miller be put back or
the job and that the company pay
him for all the time that he had
lost. The company refused to dc
this.
The officials Of District No. of
the U. M. w Of A, seeing that
the miners were going to strike, took
a hand in it. and sent Alfred B.
Martin, u NJ w. of A. organizer, to
call the miners out in an author
lied" strike. This was the first to
be called at a commercial mine in
District No. 2. The strike. involv-
ing lis miners, was called Dec. 5th
This was only a move by the dis
trict officials to sell out the strike
and this is how it was done The
miners were forced to strike to get
Miller back on the job, and force
the company to pay him his back
wages. According to the agreement
a third demand arose in the strike
Since the company unjustly dis
charged Miller and refused to take
him back, the company is supposed
to pay one-dolar fine to each
miner as that was deducted from
them before in unauthorized strikes
However. the District tried to get
the miners back to work with only
back pay. They settled the strike
so that Miller got his job back and
his back pay. but as far as the fine
goes. the company was not forced
to pay anything to the striking
miners.
This is how the U. NJ. w. of A
officials conduct strikes in order tt
sell the miners out. The miners SEE
clearly the role of the District No
2 Officials, not only in this strike
but in every strike they lead. They
sell out, and then they claim "vic.
tory" as they claim in this case.
This also shows that the miner!
must get busy and build the RAM
and File Committees in every loca
and mine, so as to not give thest
misleaders a chance to betray thu
miners, but have the miners them.
selves control their struggles. Onl,
then will we able to win a rea
victory, isolate these misleaders ant
take the union into the hands o
the miners.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-12-22

Nov. %, 1884.
Mr.. Clark G. NoOnan,
Central Trades Council,
P. o. Box 253,
Jeanette, Pa.
Dear Sir and Brother:
1 acknowledge receipt of your
communication of Nov. %, but I
am rather amazed that the G. 7. c.
Of Jeanette should undertake to
interfere with the affairs of the
U. M. w. of A.
The laws of the A. F. of l.. under
which your Trades Council is
chartered do not give such Organi-
cations any authority to inquire
into or participate in the business
affairs of affiliated International
Unions. The action of your coun-
Gil Is unwarranted and violation
of privilege.
With respect to your inquiry,
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-12-22

CONTINUOUSLY 10, ana Goes V1olaCe
the agreement.
The methods are different in each
case, but in majority of the cases,
the violation is hidden under the
guise of emergency work" This
is because the agreement gives the
company the right to work the men
overtime, double or three shifts, or
anything else they wish to do, by
calling it emergency"
A couple of Sundays ago, the as
sistant boss went to a house in
Blainsburg, and got two brothers to
go into the mine on Sunday and
load coal. They loaded sixteen
wagons pick coal. This is more
than some of the men get in a whole
week. These men may be called to
work again and again. They will
be drawn away from the union, and
brought under the influence of the
company, so that if the Valley
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-12-22
Stock Girls
Do Sales Work
AT Lower Pay
By a Worker Correspondent

NEW YORK.-This is to let the
readers of the Daily Worker know
what methods of exploitation some
of the largest department stores Of
New York use
I was hired as a stock girl at
Arnold Constable, that swanky store
on Fifth Avenue. They pay 1924 a
day to stock girls. Except for a few
weeks before Christmas, if you
come in at $50 am. you are finished
at 5:45 pm. Now, before Christmas,
you work from 800 am. to $50
pm. for the same 1924 They hire
twice as many stock girls as they
do sales girls. Sales girls get So a
dav.
These last few Saturdays the
store was crowded. They needed
sales girls. So they asked some of
the sock girls to sell We were all
ready to go, because we thought
that with a little experience we
would be able to apply for sales
positions. They would not give us
sales books because we would have
made something on commissions.
We had to transfer the sales to the
regular girls.
The next Saturday, the same thing
haCpe ned, only this time we did not
volunteer but were appointed to sell
upstairs. The work is three times as
hard You're almost dead by five
o'clock. You don't even get a min
ute's rest when there is a sale. And
what do you get for it?
Nothing. The same 1924. On each
girl they save 66 cents. Just figure
out how much they profit by using
from fifty to hundred stock girls
&c coIne rr;,.Iz ~, co+,,rJo,r
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-12-22
Absence Of Opposition
Slate Explained by Lewis

however, the identity of the Ger
tain individuals" to whom you
refer, large number of individ-
uaIs received nominations from
local unions of the U. M. w. of
A. for some International Office.
Many of them did not choose to
accept such nominations and be-
come candidates. This Is true of
two men who had announced
themselves candidates for eXecu-
tive offices in the u. M. w. Of A.
They did not choose to become
candidates and consequently their
names are not on the ballots.
With respect to another indi-
viduaI candidate for executive
office, he did not run because he
could not meet the constitutional
requirements of the UNIV. of A.
Yours truly,
]. LEWIS.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-12-22
A CHRISTMAS FAIRY TALE
By William Sanderson


Everyone knows that Santa Claus
lives up at the North Pole, in
house made of snow. He has hun
dreds of little gnomes who work for
him. They make the toys, see that
all o-ders are attended to, that the
reindeer are fed and properly shod
and that everything is in shipshape
order for the night of December
oath. One doesn't have to be a
Young Pioneer to know that Santa
Claus appears only in the homes
of the rich, where there are food,
clothes and toys anyhow. Old Santa
doesn't like the houses of workers
and poor farmers. Did you ever hear
about workers child getting a
Christmas present of real live
pony, or French doll with twelve
trunks of clothes? I never did.
Well, one night just before going
to bed Santa told his gnomes, You
runts will have to put in some exit
work. must have all these pack
ages addressed before tomorrow.
YOU can copy Jnem from my dig
address book" With these words,
he went to his bedroom.
The gnomes scratched their heads.
They were all so tired they could
hardly stand. The Christmas rush
in the past few weeks was terrible.
They had to work Is hours day.
ITO think how we have to work, "
said one of them whose name was
Mingo, and old Santa gets all
the credit. All he, has to do is 70
deliver the toys"
What do care about credit"
said another. "We have to do every
thing here, and what do we get?
Our wages are so low that we cant
even get clothes for ourselves, and
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-12-22
Struggle for Relief Brewing on Mesaba Iron Rang
Expulsion of Militants
Passed in UMWA Local
By a Mine Worker Correspondent

By a Mine Worker Correspondent
MIDVALE, Ohio-The local union
of the United Mine Workers OF
America has passed a resolution
saying that anyone talking Com
munism or caught distributing rev.
dictionary literature will be expelled
from the union.
That means no job, no relief and
deportation.
Lewis, the President of the UNIV.
of A. has placed his name on the
ballot with no opposition in the
elections.
The resolution was passed in the
centralized local which is a local
combination in the neighborhood Of
about 200 truck mines in Tusca-
nawaS County of Ohio which sup
plies coal to cities like Akron, Cleve-
land, etc., delivered to them by
large trucks and trailerS.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-12-22

Among other things that are hap
pening here, Local 6558, U. M. w
of A., elected a delegate to the Con-
gress for Unemployment and Social
Insurance
In the voting in Wyano Local
Charles Walker, rank and file can
didate, received "a votes and Pagan
received 81.
The Wyano Local also elected a
delegate to the Pittsburgh Confer
ence for Unemployment and Social
Insurance.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-12-22
$500 Attend Mass Meetings
In Eveleth and Virginia, MINI.

on the range, from which probably
will be sent delegates to the Ma
tional Security Congress at Wash
ington, and also to the State Relief
Conference to be held in st. Paul.
At the mass meeting in Eveleth,
the Communist Party pointed out
that resolutions were alright, but
only through mass pressure would
the workers ever have any Of their
demands met, and called for a dead
line of two weeks in which the re-
lief officials could procure sufficient
work and relief to take care of
every one in need, and if this was
not done, to arrange for another
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-12-22

greSS.
If the workers would elect their
own representatives, the candidates
of the Communist Party, into the
City Administration these things
would not happen, for the Com
munists would tax those who are
making millions of dollars out of
the toll of the workers. They
would not sell the homes of the
workers for taxes, as is now being
done with 1900 workers homes for
sale.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-12-22
Letters from Our Readers
THE FIGHT OF THE CHILDREN

TIE FIGHT OF THE CHILDREN
For the past weeks, Comrsde
Del, in his daily cartoon strip,
Little Lefty" has been telling the
true story of the splendid fight
made by Miss Sylvia Ettinger,
teacher of P. S. IS in Brooklyn,
who was dismissed from her job
for feeding hungry children in
the school lunch room, and the
brave boys and girls who sup
ported her in her fight against
hunger.
The following is a letter to Del
from Miss Ettinger:
Brooklyn, N. Y.
Dear Del:
The Free Food Fighters Club and
I have been following your car
ICONS with keen interest and we
wish to commend you on bringing
to life the story of what actually
took place at P. S. So, Brooklyn.
We are not surprised to find the
scenes you have depicted true to life
because we have already learned
that only the Daily Worker reports
truthfully the struggle of the work
ers and their children for better
living conditions. The parents, the
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-12-22
NOTE

NOTE
We publish every Saturday let
tiers from coal and ore miners and
oil workers. We urge miners and
oil workers to write us of their
conditions and efforts to organ
ize. Please get these letters to us
by Wednesday of each week.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-12-22
In THE HON E
Stockyard Stella
BY ANN TON

it without showing bad effects in
health and nervousness. BESIDES
the Importance of routine to a
growing child, it helps busy
mother, who has many duties, to
get little more freedom, and also
offers relief from nervous strain.
(Slava Dunn again asks mothers
to send her questions and sugges-
tions. Her next article will have
detailed suggestions for the daily
SCHEDULED
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-12-22
WGges Fall
AsPrO.fts
Are Static
By a Worker Correspondent

JAMESTOWN, N. Y.-The man
ufacturers of jamestown, N. Y. are
making big profits while the work
ers are receiving starvation wages
the following figures reveal.
In 1888 the manufacturers of no
establishments m de $7,909,916
clear profit, while 5,773 workers re-
ceived $4,536,917, or, on the aver
age received $15.11 each per week.
Many higher up, straw bosses, en-
gineers, superintendent, ETC., re-
ceive as high as $4,000 and $4,000
salary year. This shows that the
workers actually received much less
than SIS week on the average;
the workers actually received $40 to
$I2 week to feed, clothe and
shelter their families as we'll as pay
taxes.
Here are some more figures to
compare:
1898 1881
Number Of estab-
lShmentS ......,...,. llO AL
Wage earners' aver
age for year. 5,77s 1907
Wages total for the
year ...................-. s4,536,917 s,5ss, s75
Cost for materials,
containers for
products, fuel and
electric energy. 1896, S42 Sl2, $40, O64
Value of products sal, 3lS,675 SSS, 529, 4S4
Value added by
manufacturers. 1886, 1873 $40, sss, APO
Under Rooseyelt's N. R. A. and
the Rotten New Deal the workers
are receiving half the wages that
they received in 1881, or are I'M
employed totally. Because of this
they are unable to pay the taxes.
These workers largely own their
own homes which took their life
time savings. Now, on a large scale,
tax scales are taking place and the
bosses with their representatives in
the City Council are arnling them
selves with tear gas and riot guns
against these workers.
The City Council was exposed
Monday, Dec. 10th by various
speakers who presented the Work
ers' Unemployment and Social In
surance Bill, for endorsement by
the City Council. These speakers
also demanded that the City Coun-
Gil endorse the National Congress
for Unemployment and Social In
surance and that they appropriate
500 to help send the delegates tc
Washington. They pointed out that
if the City Council can spend the
money of the tax payers to arm
themselves against the workers
they certainly can give 500 tc
support the delegation to the con-
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-12-22

GIVE women good love story!
u Then you'll interest them."
That's what men, cOntemptuors
Of the advancement of wives and
women friends say! As if the
class struggle need stifie all
women's interest in love.
GIVE women a good proletarian
u love story-that's the way to
interest them" That's what many
men say who understand how all
of life and love and struggle can
be nodded and transformed into
harmonious symphony. That's what
many working class writers have
told the Working Woman" maya
zine.
AND now the working Woman"
n announcing that in its January
number, there will appear an
American prOIetarian love story.
Ihey annOunce-and believe me
they are not so casual about this
that it was written and titled
collectively by a group of work.
ers in the Chicago stockyards,
VINO wrote the love story as 1t
might happen to any OF them.
The heroine is "Stockyard Stella"
the hero, one of the boys work
ing in the yards. And you men,
who think the women can only
pc attracted by a love story
here's love story woven out of
the blood and fibre of the class
struggle. And you who fight on
picket lines ana still ike love
stories, attention. l am anxious
to see the reaction of our women,
and wemen outside the movement
to 'Stockyard Stella"
UE WILL run Slava Dunn's
W articles on children every
Saturday. Comrade Dunn writes
today on Routine"
this article, as well as the fol-
1 lowing ones will have in
mind mainly, children of pre-
school age q to 6 years., since
these are the most important
years for health building and
training.
zone OF the very important
factors in child training is daily
routine. All physical care of the
child, as well as his other activi-
ties and play should be organized
as far as possible. This should
be done tor the following rea-
sons:
"It makes the training itself
mucn easier. me enid forms
all habits much more readily
when things happen at the ex-
pected time. 1t helps to do away
with endless persuasions, nag
cling, coaxing, bribing, arguing
and threats which are all so often
used in home where the child
never knows when he is expected
to sleep, eat, work or play. The
regular life also is very important
to the child's physical health and
nervous stability. Even adults
benefit greatly by it, but grow
ing child especially needs regular
hours for his meals, sleep, elimi-
nation, and outdoor play.
TOR the children who live in
large cities with so much noise
and excitement all the time, the
regulated home life helps greatly to
counteract these difficulties. Some
say they know children who ir
spite of an irregular life are
healthy. There are, however, very
few who are sturdy enough to stand
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-12-22

And only when Santa Claus and
other bosses are put where they
belong, will the workers children
enjoy all the nice things they can
not get today.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-12-22
Some of the children of the polit-

Some of the children of the polit-
ical prisoners are going to be happy
when they receive the three pack
ages of toys and clothes that were
sent from Maryland, Washington
and New York. But that is not
enough fo- all the children. There
is still time. Send whatever you can
in toys, clothes and money, to
Prisoners Relief Department of the
LID. co Mary Morrow, SO E. 18th
St. New York City.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-12-22
Can You Make EN-
Yourself?

Pattern 2060 is available in sizes
small, medium and large. Small
size takes III yards 36-inch fabric
for each apron. Illustrated step
by-step sewing instructions included.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-12-22

Directions: Start from Dot No, |, and
draw lines through all the numbers up to
So. Then you will see someone who cares
for the interests Of the big bosses-some-
one who tells us lot about peace on
earth good will to men" But just see
what he is bringing the workers. When
you have worked out the puzzle mail it
in and you can become member of the
Daily Worker Puzzle Club. New members
are Ruth Elton. New York City; Harold
Allander, Colorado; Karl and Alma Hester
from Nebraska.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-12-22
Emergency Clause
Is Bosses Prete1t
To Violate Contract
Practised by Mine Operators Under
Emergency Cloak
BY a Mine Worker Correspondent

WEST BROWNSVILLE, Pa. = The conditions of the
miners in the Lley mine of the Valley Camp far from
good While have agreement between the Valley Camp
and District No of the u. NJ w. A. the company tries
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-12-22

Send SIXTEEN CENTS (16c) In
coins or stamps (coins preferred
for this Anne Adams pattern. Write
plainly name, address and style
number. BE SURE TO STATE
SIZE.
Address order to Daily Worker, 243
West 18th Street, New York City.
Send for your copy of the ANNE
ADAMS WINTER FASHION BOOK!
CENTS BUT WHEN ORDERED
WITH AN ANNE ADAMS PAT
TERN 1T is ONLY TEN CENTS.
TWENTY-SIX CENTS FOR BOTH.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-12-22
By a Mine Worker Correspondent

BY Mine Worker Correspondent
YUKON, Pal am enclosing a
duplicate copy Of letter we received
from j. Lewis in reply to a resolu-
ton sent to him protesting against
the taking Of rank and file candi-
dates off the ballot in the UNIV.
of A. elections. The letter we received
reads as follows:
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-12-22

TOR the children who live in
large cities with so much noise
and excitement all the time, the
regulated home life helps greatly to
counteract these difficulties Some
say they know children who in
spite of an irregular life are
healthy. There are, however, very
few who are sturdy enough to stand
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1934-01-13
AUGUSTUS GOMEZ
DIES LAST NIGHT
~ NERAL SERVICES TO BE
CONDUCTED TOMORROW
AFTERNOON

Augustus L. Gomez, % years
old, died $3.50 o'clock last night in
a local hospital. An appendectomy
was performed early this week
and the appendix was found to
be required.
Funeral services will be held a
o'clock tomorrow afternoon from
the residence, 1905 Division
street, to st. Mary's Star of the
Sea Catholic church, Rev. F. X.
Dougherty, S. j., officiating.
Mr.. Gomez is survived by his
widow; parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
Lorenzo Gomez; two sisters, Mrs.
S. r. Bryan, Montpelier, Vermont,
and Miss Evangeline Gomez, Key
West; five brothers, Foster, John,
Lawrence, Charles and William.
Pallbearers are William Sawyer,
Joseph Sawyer, William Freeman,
Vernon Albury, Vincent McDer-
mott, Henry B. Haskins, Robert
Pinder, Peter Varela. Mario Rios,
Bernard Garcia Carl Sawyer and
Robert Hart.
ARRANGEMENTS are in charge of
Pritclak6 8 y VI ] = f0llseS
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1934-01-13
FIRST PRESBYTERIAN
CHURCH

Corner of White and Washington
Streets
John C. Gekeler, Pastor
Sunday school at 10 o'clock.
A. C. Elgin, superintendent.
Morning worship at IL o'clock.
The sermon topic has been sug-
gested by a member of the con-
gregation, 1.-THE Father Loveth
You"
Young Peoples Devotional at
Gas o'clock.
Evening worship at 1880 o'clock.
Topic: "A Gift for My Friend"
Mid-week Bible Study hour
at 1880 Wednesday. Studies in
the Book of Amos. Please read
chapters one and two. The pas
tors Bible class in the Sunday
school is making systematic
study Of the Gospel of st. Mat
thew.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1934-01-13
William Southern, Jr., Publish
er of the independence (Missouri)
Examiner, says:

William Southern, Jr., Publish
er of the independence (Missouri)
Examiner, says:
eff q community newspaper is
of any value, it should receive the
support of the community. We
are inclined to believe that every
body agrees with this statement,
but great many thoughtlessly do
things which injure the commune
ty newspaper and make it less
able to be of the value it should
be. In order to be of the most
usefulness to its community, ev-
cry newspaper should be free, in
dependent and prosperous. A
newspaper which is hanging on
the edge of failure and has such
a narrow margin of profit is not
able to be independent. A news
paper would not say much about
an offending advertiser if the loss
of that account meant the differ
ence between a profit and a loss.
'There are many ways in which
the community Injuries the service
of its local newspaper uninten-
tionally. One of the most COM
mon is to spend money under the
name of. advertising on. every adj
vertising scheme that comes to
support 'throw-away' sheets. Of
course, if the newspaper in the
town, and to issue handbills and
community is not covering its ter
ritory, if it is merely issuing
enough copies to get by with the
postoffice and does not serve the
function of a newspaper, the mer-
chant cannot be blamed for at
tempting to reach his customers
some other way. This discussion
is not directed to papers of that
class.
I'm many communities, if not
all, the churches and schools are
offenders in this regard. The adj
vertiser is asked to carry a part
of the expenses of operating thei
churches and the schools, and
very often the Chamber of Com
merce itself solicits advertise
ments for local bulletin. It has
been our experience that a new
secretary of a chamber of COM
merce wants first of all an appro-
priation for the publication of al
chamber of commerce bulletin of !
which he is the editor. There is |
something about the word editor
which the ordinary person cannot
resist. If the money thrown away |
in this so-called advertising were
used to buy advertising in the 10
cal newspaper for the presenta-
tion of the needs of all local or
CARNATIONS, churches, schools or
chambers of commerce, the pur-
pose of such publications would be
more than fulfilled; not only
would the membership receive
the information desired, but the
entire community would under