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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-11-27
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BY A Marine Worker Correspondent

BY A Marine Worker Correspondent
NEW YORK-F'or some time past
seamen on relief in the Jane st.
Mission have been forcibly elected
and barred for falling foul of a
minor official by the name of Sharp.
This Sharp has the full support of
the manager, YIN. c. A. Secre-
tary, named Ricketts,
A week ago Monday, young sea-
men asked Sharp's permission to
return to his room for his seaman'S
papers which by oversight he had
left in his locker room, which was
unlocked. This worthy, happy in the
advantage he had over a seamen
who had once opposed him in an
act of thuggery, refused.
The seamen, being worried over
what to any seaman is his most
valuable possession, asked another
official who complied.
Ricketts,, who had witnessed all
this, met the seamen but said Moth
ing, leaving the active part to his
agent Sharp who came forward in
a menacing manner. The seamen,
having had acquaintance with
Sharp'S methods, Immediately CAL
led Ricketts, to mediate Instead,
Ricketts, turned on him with a tor
rent of abuse and said, you've been
here too God Damned long!" and
threatened him with election.
The seaman then left the building
under protest and notified the
Waterfront Unemployed Council.
The w. U. c. held a meeting that
night and elected a delegation to
visit the Y. M. c. A. headquarters
in the Graybar Building.
The chief, Mr.. Diott, being absent,
a Mr.. Billheimer received them af-
ter stipulating that they must give
their names. This form of intimi-
dalton was followed by another
when he threatened them with Jail.
The men, however, refused to be
inundated and demanded that
Sharp be removed as his very pre-
sence was a source of danger, that
Ricketts, be disciplined and that
Seamen be reinstated in Jane St.,
should he choose to go back. They
also demanded that clean linen be
supplied to each newcomer, and
that the food scale be improved to
that of other relief projects until
such time as the seamen take over
their own relief from Y. M. G. A.
and billet unemployed Seamen in
restaurants and boarding houses.
Mr.. Billheimer was somewhat sur
prised at the ingratitude of the sea-
men to the "Y." One of them de-
clared, "You are giving up nothing
but what you are paid for, and we
are getting nothing but what work
erS have produced.
Bill then tried to assert that the
"Y" had lost $3.50 last month on
Jane St., but the seamen know
from experience that the quality
of food and lodging in Jane st. has
been such as to justify no greater
estimate than $75 daily of the 5000
allowance of the Government.
Mr.. Billheimer made some evasive
promises about investigation"
which did not achieve their aim as
one seaman said, "Mr. Bullheimer,
do not think that we seamen are a
lot of jettisoned humanity out there
on the waterfront. We are united,
and should this delegation receive
no satisfactory answer, we will come
back again and again with larger
delegations.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-11-27
YOUNG READER EXPOSES
RED CROSS

New York, N. Y.
Dear Comrade Editor:
I would like to tell you an incident
that happened in class IA, Public
School 95, Norman and Sedgwick
Avenues, the Bronx, on November
Fl, 1884. A few days before today,
the teacher asked us to bring money
for the Red Cross. I and three
other girls told the class not to
bring any money because we found
out that the money is used for war
funds. Most of the class believed us,
and only seven brought money. To-
day the teacher asked for more
money, so one girl told the teacher
that told her the money was used
for war funds. The teacher asked
me why said SO, and I said that
heard it was SO. Immediately my
friends raised their hands and told
about John Spivak's article in the
American Mercury showing up the
Red Cross. The teacher told us
the article was only one mans
opinion, and we shouldn't believe
him. Anyway, we're not going to
bring money because our older sis
tiers and brothers read the article,
and said that John Spivak proves
what he says very WE'LL Later the
teacher wrote letter to the prin-
cipal about this.
YOUNG READER
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-11-27
SPREAD THE SCOTTSBORO
APPEAL


Dear Comrade Editor.
With the need for Scottsboro
funds now more than ever, recall
an experience I had last summer.
I was on job in Wildwood, N. j.,
a seashore resort, when your Scots
boro appeal reached me. Since I
knew but few people in Wildwood,
I decided to walk across the rail-
road tracks to the section where the
Negro workers are segregated, and
inquired my way to the home of
the local Negro minister. It was
unnecessary for me to explain to
him about the Scottsboro case; he
and his congregation were aware of
the frame-up. In reply to my re-
quest that he appeal to his congre-
cation to help the defense of the
boys, he assured me that he would
do SO
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-11-27

nit ShyneSS and fear. That as a
boy you should have felt fear or
guilt or disgust at sexual things. is
no fault Of yours. 1t was a part of
the air you breathed It was fed
to you like food by a hypocritical
society. 1t is up to you to fight both
both the hypocriticaI society that
damages growing boys and girls
and the damage that has been done
to you in the form of these feelings
OF guilt and fear.
There is nothing guilty, fearful
or disgusting about sex. Sex is
healthful, fine and desirable. Do
not feel yourself responsible in any
way for the feelings you now have;
but recognize them as a boyish
hangover from earlier training.
Throw them overheard, as you have
many of your other boyish ideas,
and adopt an entirely new attitude
toward sex based upon your knowl-
elge as a man, and a man, we take
it, who is interested in building a
new society Of which sexual hypo-
crisy will not be a part.
COnvalescense after an Operation
B., Bichnell, Ind.-To build I'D
L. patients strength and blood
following an operation is usually
simple under the proper conditions.
In Soviet Russia patients who are
operated on, are given ample time
for recovery at convalescent homes
without worry over jobs or money.
At these homes they are fed prop
erly and given good medical care
and that is all that is necessary IN
most cases.
In your case, all that is necessary
probably is an ample diet If you
can afford it. Plenty of milk, eggs,
green vegetables, liver about two or
three times a week, a good amount
of rest, and you will shortly regain
your strength.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-11-27
In THE HON E
can UnintelIigent, Bigoted, Mani"
BY ANN TO N

I SPENT some time the other day,
locking over some of the letters
that have come to the Working
Woman Contest. 1t was interest
ing to note how many types of
working class women had sent re-
plies to the question raised in the
contest. From North, East, South
and West, letters were received,
each representing an individual
point of view on how to deal with
husband who would not let his
wife attend working class meet
ings, but who himself has other
interests. The replies were from
women working in mills, from
housewives, wives of silk workers,
wives of miners, wives of farmers,
school teachers, Communists, nom
Communists, class conscious wo-
men, and women new to the revo-
lutionary movement. Many of
them based their replies upon
personal experience.
THE sixteen valuable prizes offer
L ed would alone be an incentive
in the prize letter contest" woman
from Ohio writes. But this, to-
gether with the realization of this
question being deeply involved in
the problem of drawing more work
ing class women into activity should
bring a flood of letters into the
Office of the Working Woman maya
zine"
And see what wife of a silk
worker from Paterson, N. j., has to
say!
1.-THE problem mentioned is typi-
cal of an unintelligent bigoted man
If I we're the woman in question
would arrange with wives of other
working men who belong to the
group I wished to join, to plan q
meeting at my home. In that way
I would show him married womer
with children have the right tc
have nights off for this purposep
A WOMAN from a small town in
"A Pennsylvania. the mother of
seven children, Indignantly writes:
Il think the woman who writes
the letter in the November maya
zine Should get some freedom, and
if she can't get it by talking to
her husband nicely, then it is time
that she just gets out when she
knows it is her place to be at a
workers meeting
Still another woman, this time
from Maine, suggests eff both of
you cannot go on the same night
on account of the children, then
you should take turns"
One woman suggests that the
woman should just announce she
would like to go to the meeting,
and if the husband says mo-" she
should go anyway. when you
come home" says this woman, tell
him all about it. If he doesn't
want to listan, dent pay any at
tenti0n to him, and when the
next meeting comes, do the same
thing again. 1 think he will grad
ually understand"
IF YOU want to try for one of the
l sixteen really attractive prizes,
write directly to Contest Editor,
Working Woman, so East 18th ST.,
New York, N. Y. Say what you
would do if you had husband who
would not let you attend working
class meetings, even though he has
other interests outside his job. The
prizes include a Westinghouse adj
Unstable heating electric iron, a
hamper of White Rose canned
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-11-27

When I saw him later he had
taken the matter up with his fol-
lowers, and they had collected three
dollars, mostly in nickels and dimes.
I added another $1.50 and the min
lister sent the money to the 1. L. D.
with the assurance that he would
collect more later on.
L relate this because it shows that
people in small towns follow the
Scottsboro case and are willing to
help if approached.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-11-27
Wait Two Weeks for
Pay on Bombing
Plane Job
By a Worker Correspondent

FARMINGDALE, L. IL have
been working in the Kirkham En-
cheering and Manufacturing Co.,
Farmingdale, L. T., for about 8
months making bombing planes for
a South American government.
For the past month, we have had
our wages paid behind schedule.
Sometime we waited two weeks for
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-11-27
SONS SHOW HOW

Il am a housewife in a working
class home. I have two sons, both
in the Young Communist League,
who have continually been trying
to make me see the necessity of a
publication of the working class.
Enclosed find Is cents for support
of the Daily Worker previously
listed. I read the Daily" regu-
larly and enjoy your column. "A
Housewife.
Total to date ........................$59.70
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-11-27
YOUNG READER
NJ. w. I. u. is ON THE JOB
Meur Xnrk N Y

Dear Comrade Editor:
The circulation of the New York
Daily Worker must be increased in
the trade unions if we expect to put
the New York Daily on it's feet and
establish it. The best method to
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-11-27
Chicago Language Buros
Contribute $4I to Drive

particularly the Chicago district the
They that support
imperative continue leading the
struggles of the native and foreign-born workers.
Every should speed
that
Received Total to
Prevu
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-11-27
Can You Make EN-
Yourself?

Pattern 2076 is available in sizes
IL, Ia, Is, 10, 20, 30, 80, "a, So, SO,
40, AZ and A. Size 16 takes az
yards 80 inch fabric. illustrated
step-by- step sewing instructions
included.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-11-27

goods, a linen luncheon set, initia-
ton and three months dues pay
ment into the TWO, and subscrip-
tons to various publications. The
contest ends at midnight, January
25, 1885.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-11-27
RESPONSE AT LAST

Well, it looks like the Worker
Correspondence Dept. has not
entirely been forgotten. Now
these contributions make up,
partly, for the lean days when
we couldn't muster any support,
but we're still the lowest in the
Socialist competition. So keep
it up, comrades, and see us
th,.nn1crI,I
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-11-27
Dance Until Dawn

Time: Tomorrow Night.
Place: Savoy Ballroom, 146th
Street and LenOx Avenue.
Tickets can still be gotten at
the Workers Book Shops, so East
18th Street, New York City; 500
Prospect Avenue, Bronx; and S69
Suffer Avenue, Brooklyn. Tickets
bought in advance will mean that
much more money for the Daily
Worker.
Guilt and Sex
NOMRADE B. NJ, of New York,
v writes: Your excellent article
on the physiological effects of sexual
activity prompts me to ask the
following question: Why do insects
manage to prolong their lives two
or three times by retaining from
the act Of procreation during the
breeding period? Why do I expert
ence psychical dullness and slow
ness after wet dreams7 How can /
overcome my shyness and great
fear of manifesting frank sexual
desires?"
YOUR question as to insects we
1 cannot answer off hand. It is
an interesting question and we
would check up on it were there
time, but we are sure you will real
lie how pressed We are to answer
the large number of questions that
come to us. The implication that
lies in the asking Of the question
that what is good for insects ought
to be, or might be, good for human
beings, we do not believe holds true.
The answer to your second ques-
ton: Why do you experience phys
ical dullness and slowness after wet
dreams, we believe lies in the third
question: How can I overcome my
shyness and great fear of manifest
ing frank sexual desire?
You should not feel any physical
dullness after wet dreams. Wet
dreams are perfectly normal pro-
cess and should cause no ill effects
on the contrary, they should have
a good effect in relieving sexual
tension. If you feel dull afterwards,
it is because of your attitude toward
them-a hangover of boyish at
titude Of fear or guilt or disgust of
sexual things. That this is prob
ably true is shown, you see, from
your third question, where you ad-
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-11-27
GRAND BLOWOUT TOMORROW

Remember the Big Event tomor-
row-the Thanksgiving Eve dance
at the Savoy Ballroom in Harlem,
where Prof. Yosel Cutler will hold
forth with the assistance of DR..
Puppet. There's a surprise in store
for VOllI
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-11-27
Letters from Our Readers

Because of the volume of letters
received by the Department, we
can print only those that are of
general interest to Daily Worker
readers. However, all letters re-
ceived are carefully read by the
editors. Suggestions and cr:E-
cisms are welcome and whenever
possible are used for the improve
ment of the Daily Worker.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-11-27

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.
Evening star., 1934-02-06
CHICAGO LIVE STOCK.

Department Hc Of Asrleuiturei iEHoes, l5.0on,
including 5000 direct; active. unevenly
l5a3o higher than Monday l!o-2;oo
GOOD PIGS: "5a:i 90, packing sows, i.ooa
pounds. 3.5oa4 80; light weight. 160-:oo
pounds. 435a4 65; medium weight 200
$50 pounds. 3g0 "A is: heavy weight.
medium medium and dnaS good. a. 3ssG $50 pounds. nchs goa
3.33; pigs; good and choice loO-I3O
pounds. .2..5a3.65.
and light steers strong TO unevenly higher.
supply small; best LONG yearlinss. rs;
medium Weifht t and and wefhty steers seneP
1.3oo pounds; other killing classes un-
eeyenly steady to - higher light heifer
and mixed yearlingS showing most upturn
Slaughter cattle and veaiers: Steers. good
9O0-1,100 pounds 5.15a1.25; 1.Io0-l 300
pounds. 4.13a7.00 .300-l 800 pounds,
4.0Oa6,:5; common and medium. 53-l.3o4
mon nn4iee and medium p0ana cows % sood
3.40: low cutter and cutter, I15a. 90;
bulls 'yearlines excluded. good beef.
3.00a3.25: cutter. common and medium,
23a3: 10; vealers. GOOD and choice; 5.75a
mon. 4.ooa5.oo., Stocker and feeder cattle;
Steers: good and choice. ?Oo-l .o5o pounds.
$50.
Sheep 10000; fat lambs slow: indi-
cations - and more lower; scattered early
sales merely good quality. as downward;
best held above $50; nothing done on
Increased supply yearlirgs and limited
number clipped lambs; other classes scarce:
Lambs, 80 pounds down. good and choice.
S-3Oa4- so: common and medium. 1oOa
No; 9O-9S pounds. good and choice. 8 OOa
40; ewes. Su-l50 pounds. good and
choice. 300a4 So: all weights. common
and medium. 3.50a315
Evening star., 1934-02-06
BUY
AMERICAN BONDS
Return of u. S. Funds ACIDS
Also to Strength of
Investments.
BL CHARLES F. SPEARE.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
NEW YORK, February 6-It has
yet to be proved that those American
investors who sold all manner of
bonds last Autumn at low prices and
converted the proceeds into foreign
currencies or into common stocks dis
played good judgment.
Many of them are now trying to
buy back what they had rejected. and
at materially higher level. Again
this week one of the significant tea
lures of the bond market is the heavy
demand coming from Europe. While
this in a measure reflects the puliiSh
ness Of foreign capitalists on the
American situation, it also represents
the turning away of American funds
frcm the former centers of refuge
back TO home markets.
THE buying has been heaviest from
London. Paris. Geneva and AmSter-
dam, where capital from this country
mad Leen sent when the fear was
strongest that the American dollar
had 10 bottom and the credit Of the
suspicion.
Olst VI IllC DCNtL dl plODiNlilo NlloI
faced the administration in its effort
to devalue the dollar was the pros
pect of repatriation of American cap
ital as soon as a semblance of dollar
Stablllzation appeared. 1t is now an
actual problem. The purchase CT
American bonds from American c'ed-
i.ors abroad, or the same sort OF
transaction paid for in sterling or
francs, need not augment the west
ward flow of gold However, it ere
ates conditions in the exchange mar
kCt that make it mere Difficult. to
keep the dollar down. This is an
element in the situation that has to
be dealt with from now on, practically
and not acadernlcally.
Europeans have always been quick
to sense changes IN the United States
that react tor or against American
securities. They bought heavily into
American common stocks in the Sum
mer of 1882, after the Lausanne Con-
ference and before New York had dis
covered the political meaning of this
understanding. London began to buy
American bonds last week immedl-
ately after announcement that the
dollar had been stabilized around SO
cents. This was followed by heavy
purchases from Amsterdam, which
traditionally, likes Iow-grade Amer
ican bonds that have kick in
them" Swiss buyers are rather more
conservative. They have been taking
the medium-priced issues. Paris has
been speculating in both bonds and
common stocks
tCopyri2ht 1934)
Evening star., 1934-02-06
FINANCE COMPANY
EARNINGS CLIMB
Baltimore Firm Reports Sl02,S47
Total. Compared With
$66, lC3 in 1882.
Special D.spa tch to The Star.

Spec al D.spa tch to The Star.
BALTIMORE. February 6.-Net
earnings Of the Finance Company CT
America at Baltimore for 1898
amounted to s102 s4755. compared
with S66.lO322 reported for 1882. an
increase Of s367f433, according TO
the annual statement sent to stock
holders by President Louis EliasberG
The ccmpanys grocs volume for the
y months amounted 10 sl3906 $50.
as compared with sl4,78O.614 in 1882.
S16636. 1877 IN 1881 and $50. .622 ,40l in
1880.
The gross earnings were s293. .248 "a
except non-recurrirg losses on the
sale of securities. and providing re-
serves for doubtful accounts. This
compares with s304 .0l086 for 1882. a
decrease CT Sl0.76252
After addition of the net income
which stood at Sl.3l9,5 ,580.59 at the
beginning of 1888. and after deouctiug
losses from sales OF securities and
dividends paid during the year. the
ccmpany'S common equity on Decem-
Der 81 stood at Sl.305 .O2424, a de-
crease of only sl455635.
According to the comparative bal
ance sheet total current assets of the
finance company December 81
amounted to S2.666i28.59 and total
current liabilities were 81 OCT ,055 43.
Evening star., 1934-02-06
PENN MUTUAL SHOWS
INCREASED BUSINESS
IN rb. c+ar

Special Dispa tch to The Star.
PHILADELPHIA, February 6-An
increase Of l8 per cent in paid-for in
surance in January compared with
January Of last year was written by
the Penn Mutual Life Insurance Co..
William A. Law, president, announced
today. With only one exception. the
announcement said, the company has
shown an increase each month since
May compared with the correspond
ing month of the preceding year.
This consistent improvement in
our business is reflection of wide
spread business improvement" Mr.
Law said. 1T is an evidence too, of
greater confidence on the part of the
public
Evening star., 1934-02-06
FOREIGN EXCHANGES.

NEW YORK. February Il ,P,.-Forei-n
exchange strong. Great Britain in dol
lars. others IN cents Great Britain. De-
mand. i.!1: cables ! a.. GO-day bills
90 France: Demand. Is .:;:;. caSl-s. 6.:;;::i
Italy: Demand. = IL: cables. SiI
Demands: Belgium 3.iO. Germany
;Ssasn 81 ~. Holland - ~ 30 NorTay' - ~
land 3l.l5 Spain 1901. Portugal 4.55'
Greece. az; Poland 1s40': Czeohoslo-
vakia 76'; yuGcsls via. 1S' Austria
ls23s; Rumarla. ..H'; Argentina. -. I-!-
Brazil. s4s': Toxic. .H5d. Shangha /
:.:I,75; HongkoDs, $50; Mexico City 's!-
yer peso IS 90: Montreal in New York
90 So; New York. in Montreal IUO.sli4
Nominal
Evening star., 1934-02-06
SAFETY RAZOR NET
ABOVE YEAR AGO
international Company Bare,
Profit of S32, sol for 1888, or
II Cents a Share.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
NEW YORK. February 6.-1ntor-
national Safety Razor Co. reports
net profit Of s32 sol for 1888. equivs-
lent after dividends on the class A
shares to II cents a share on the class
B stock. In 1892 profits were s2l SIG,
or II cents share On the class B
stock
Scott Piper Co. and subsidiaries
had 1888 net profits CT 1925, ,948 and
after preferred dividends balance
equal to S40l a share on the COM
mon stock. against sSl84o5 in 1882 or
$500 a share.
a net profit Of sII7o9ss for 1899
was reported b. the Mccall Corpora
ton. equal to S2l7 share on the
capital stock In 1888 profits
amounted to Sl163,3oa or s2l3
share.
Evening star., 1934-02-06
Business Notes
By the ted Press

By the Associated Press.
NEW YORK. February 6.-Denim
prices have teen advanced cne-half
cent yard by leading mills. bringing
the basis to 16 cents for the 220 con-
struction. Other cotton goods mar
kets have also showed a stronger tone
recently.
All branches of the kitchenware
trade have felt the effect OF increased
buying here as retailers p.aced final
croers for March house furnishings
promotions. Kitchen tools. aluminium
tin and enamel ware cooking utensils.
crockery and glass manufacturers
booked large orders from chain and
ether retailers.
Approximate deliveries CT raw silk
TO domestic mills in January totaied
40 942 bales, compared with 26,959 in
December, according 10 the Federated
Textile Industries, Inc.
Evening star., 1934-02-06
PHOENIX MUTUAL LIFE
REVEALS LARGE GAIN
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch TO The Star
HARTFORD. Conn. February G.
With so per cent increase in Janu-
airy issued business over last year. the
Phoenix Mutual Life Insurance Co. of
Hartford. Conn. has now shown a
gain in six Of the seven months since
last June. The January increase.
however, is the largest yet recorded
and further justifics the company s
oelief that 1884 will bring continued
improvement in the life insurance
business
The Phoenix Mutual also reports a
gain of 50 per cent III the number of
applications issued IN January over
the same period Of last year. For the
seven months since last June this III
crease amounts TO 30 per cent.