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Newberry, Mich,

NeWDerTy, Mich.
Dear Comrade Editor:
First of all 1 want to send my
revolutionary greetings to all the
readers of the Daily Worker upon
my release from prison, and I want
to thank all the individuals and or
CARNATIONS that have sent protests
here to Michigan in behalf of Bur-
man and myself. As you have per-
haps heard, or read, Burman and I
have been victims of the Michigan
Criminal Syndicalist law, for over
a year, and we have been released
on $1,000 bond. The case is
pending in the State Supreme
Court.
I want to remind everybody that
if we as workers cannot do away
with this law, in the very near flu
ture it will be used to much
greater extent than ever before.
Furthermore, this law Is so loose
that it forbids workers from even
thinking in favor of the Red Flag
or the forming of Bolshevik gov
eminent. Our case has been taken
to the Supreme Court mainly for
the purpose of doing away with this
law entirely, so that it can no longer
be used as a tool against the work
ing class in its future struggles
against the bosses, and there is no
better way of doing this than
through mass protests. So, COM
rades, let's keep on sending these
protests until the battle has been
won.
Another thing on my mind is the
Christmas campaign for relief for
political prisoners which the Inter-
national Labor Defense is carrying
on. This should be on everybody's
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-12-06
Rubber King Stretches
Truth o. Bit in Statement
By a Worker Correspondent

AKRON. Ohio. - Although there
are over $4,000 people on relief in
Akron and Summit counties, more
than at any time since the economic
crisis began, and 10000 more than
at this time last year, we have one
supposedly intelligent man in Akron,
none other than H. S. Firestone
himself. who seems to think that
there is no need for this state of
affairs at all $4,000 people on re-
lief
Firestone issued statement that
was headlined as follows in the local
press JOBS FOR EVERYONE IF
THEY JUST LOOK, FIRESTONE
DECLARES
In answer 70 him. the very fact
that hundreds have been lsyed of
in the last few months in the Fire
stone plants in Akron without any
hope of unemployment. or without
being told Just exactly where those
Jobs are that he speaks about, is
proof that he is either lying or is
not very intelligent or both.
Mr.. Firestone also states that the
hourly wage rate for Akron, and this
includes his plant, is AZ per cent
higher than the average in all other
industries, and that the rubber in
dustry has enjoyed a larger per-
centage of annual production than
other major industries. Il might
add, profits also)
But the fact remains that the
rubber workers have a lower stand
ard of living than ever before, and
the end is not yet in sight. With
speed-up, imitation and rising prices
on everything that the workers use,
including rent. the standard Of liv-
Ing is being lowered.
Firestone is q great believer in
supporting President Roosevelt, but
he can't agree with him on his at
titude towards labor. Some of us
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-12-06
IN THE HOME
BY ANN RToN
A Mothers Bill of Rights

THE right of women to scien-
tific birth control informa-
tion-the right of unemployed
women to free birth control clinics
the establishment of free day
nurseries for working mothers by
the government, maternity insur-
ance. These most vital questions
are raised in an editorial of the
December Working Woman, now
off the press, entitled, "a Mothers
Bill Of Rights
"CECTION 2l1 of the federal laws
~ the Working Woman editorial
states, Classics the giving of in
formation to prevent conception
with obscenity, pornography, and
indecency. These laws were passed
in 1873 and are responsible for
the death of millions of mothers
and babies"
THE editorial calls upon women
In all organizations initi-
ate q discussion In your Organiza-
uOn. be 1t trade union, trade union
auxiliary, mothers club, or other
organization, for the development
OF = movement to amend Section
I'll; this discussion to involve
points on how to broaden a move
ment for Mothers Bill OF
Rights" which will also include
the establishment of free birth
control clinics, with scientific in
formation by the government; the
establishment of free day nurs-
cries for working mothers by the
government; maternity insurance
as provided in the Workers I'm
employment Insurance Bill, III. r.
1882
AT THE Workers Unemployment
"A and Social Insurance Congress
which takes place in Washington
Jan. 5, 6, and 7, 1885, the women's
sub-session will discuss, not only the
question of unemployment insurance
but also the developing of wide
movement to fight for a Mothers
Bill of Rights
Women throughout the country
in textile centers, in mining camps
in the large cities, as we'll as the
small, whose lives Section 211 af-
fects so disastrously must and will
respond to the call Of the WORKING
Woman for women delegates to the
Congress.
A SCIENTIFIC PARENT" sends
a us letter. He is all "het up
over the question of whether to
spank or not to spank children. He
writes:
About three years ago, when
became a father, I traded my stamp
collection for lot of books on child
care and training. Most of them
say that spanking is bad for chill
dren. At first I didn't think the
question was quite so important
But in three years, even the best OF
children tempt their parents to
spank them an untold number OF
times. I don't want to discuss the
matter in detail, but l merely want
to observe that from my own ex-
perience spanking does no good
whatsoever. Spanking is only all
right occasionally, and then, only
if you are able to discuss with your
child why you are doing so. I've
no doubt that some parents will
take this opportunity to write you
letters agreeing with me.-A Scien-
tific Parent"
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NOTE:

We publish every Thursday let
tiers from farmers, agricultural
and cannery and lumber workers.
We urge farmers and workers in
these industries to write us of their
conditions and their efforts to or
esnize. Please get these letters
to us hA Monday of zach week
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-12-06
WILL YOU ALLOW TT?

WILL you ALLOW TT?
If Ann Barton's followers don't
show more enterprise, I'm the
Home" will be surpassed by the
Workers Correspondence Dept. in
"a hours.
United Council of Working
Class Women ...........$ 3.43
Previously received ........ 1876
Total to date ............. S139.19
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sential. The bowel movements
must be regular, and constipation
eliminated. Hot sulphur baths have
been used for centuries. Recently
the use of sulphur in the form of
baths as well as injections has been
widely discussed. AS a result of the
increased demand, the price has
been increased to such an extent
that the poor worker could not af-
ford it. Sulphur has no specific
curative value It does not cure
arthritis. The best we can expect
from sulphur baths is the relief Of
pain.
From our experience, one sulphur
product is as good as another. Il
you take hot sea salt baths you will
get great deal of relief and loosen.
ing Of the stiffness.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-12-06
Hair Dyes

D. S. L., Brooklyn, N. Y; The most
N widely used hair dye in the world
probably, is henna, a paste made
from the leaves of a plant found in
India, Persia and Africa. All over
the Orient it has been used from
early times not only in the hair of
the head but on the palms, soles,
fingers and toe-nails and on the
tails Of horses. When applied to
the skin it produces a bright red
color, but dark hair so treated as
sumes a shade more like that Of
iron rust. The color lasts three to
four weeks. 1t is not as harmful as
other hair dyes but it should be
pointed out that in some people it
may cause an irritation of the scalp
and face.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-12-06
NOTurkey
For Relief
Workers
nv a Worker Correspondent

my - WVAhEA WA DoksSAhbSkA"f
NEW HAVEN, Conn. L the
F.ER.A. workers on the mosquito
control jobs in New Haven had any
illusions about the charity and
FER,A. set-up, they know better
now.
On Tuesday, Nov. II, these work
ers were informed that they should
not expect to get their pay before
Thanksgiving, but at the end of the
week as usual. They then decided
to appeal to the authorities for
emergency relief as most of the men
have large families and unless they
got some help would not be able to
celebrate" Thanksgiving Day. (Tra-
dition, you know
Accordingly, letter was sent to
the proper authorities, as follows:
Dear Mrs. Gibbons,
In charge, F.E.R.A. Charity Dept
A group Of FER.A. workers in
New Haven, who work at Morris
Cove mosquito control, are coming
to see you today Wednesday, be-
tween 4:30 and pm, at your Of
flee, the Charity Department. The
purpose of this visit will be to re-
quest from your department emer-
gency orders to make 1t possible for
these men and their families to
celebrate Thanksgiving Day in the
proper manner. We hope and trust
that you will give this your serious
consideration, and If necessary, get
approval from the Charity Depart
ment and the FER.A. administra-
ton.
Yours sincerely,
A FROUP OF
F.ER.A. WORKERS.
P. S.-One reason that makes this
request necessary is the fact that
we were told that we will not get
our pay until Saturday morning.
The next day, promptly at 4:45
pm, these workers appeared at the
new City Hall on Orange Street.
There they found a meeting in
progress of all the Charity and
F.E.R.A. personnel. They waited
until the meeting was over.
Mrs. Gibbons sneaked out of q
side door, and only a Miss Ruth
Stratton remained. This other head
of the department, "sour face" as
she Is called by the people here
sat in the meeting room and would
not come out. Finally, one of the
men walked in and approached her
Before he could say anything, she
turned and walked away, saving:
IF you want to see me, you have
to make an appointment in my Of
fee"
But, what about Thanksgiving
Miss Stratton?" this worker asked
I'm sorry, I can't help it," was
the answer he received.
So, the Thanksgiving Day Proc
lamation of big-hearted Governor
Cross, who urged all to give thanks
FOR the seasons blessings in the
bountiful fruits of the earth and
the prime fruits of the spirit" went
to naught for these workers.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-12-06
Can You Make EN-
Yourself?

Pattern 2O85 is available only in
sizes 10, IL, IA, 16 and 1S. Size 10
takes az yards "a inch fabric. IL
Illustrated step-by-step sewing iA-
structions included.
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Districts Must Intensity
Efforts to Fill Quotas

Only 1855 was received Tuesday thoroughly insufficient
the more than $4,000 the Daily drive is to be
by Dec. is.
New York sent of this money-S2S5.
The total amount from Pittsburgh Detroit Chicago
Minnesota Seattle California only 81.
Chicago districts which promised to
copete their quotas complete them before Dec ISL
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-12-06
HOPE BEATS ETERNAL

It's been long time since the
doctors have been able to draw as
much financial support to their de-
partment as they do today. Can
they count on such receipts regu-
larly to speed them toward their
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-12-06

Every reader should set aside
a day or an evening next week
to canvass his neighborhood for
funds for the Daily Worker!
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-12-06

Send FIFTEEN CENTS 15c) in
coins or stamps coins preferred)
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.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-05-26

all of the above whether the attacker or attackers
are private individuals or officers of the law, or
both and whether or not such attack was directed
against any particular individual Participation in
any attempted lynching shall be felony punish
able by imprisonment for not less than one year.
CECTIQN 3:-Any official or official body Of any
v subdivision of the United States government or
the government of any state county, or munich
pality who shall adopt or enforce any measure
aimed at or resulting in the denial of full equality
of Negroes, is guilty of malfeasance in office, and
is subject to immediate removal and is guilty Of
felony. In such category of prohibited measures,
are all so-called Jm-Crow laws and regulations
which provide for segregation Of or discrimination
against Negroes, which deprive them of the right
to vote through the enactng of special qualifications
which in practice result, in depriving the Negroes
of the franchise which exclude them from Jury
lists or panels and in practice result the dismissal
of persons from Juries on account Of being Negroes
which exclude Negroes from any employment or
Office, or which in any way directly or indirectly
deprive the Negroes of their full and complete
rights of participation in any phase of public life
CECTION Amy person who shall in his private
" capacity discriminate against Negroes in en-
poyment or in the renting or other occupancy of
any dwelling business quarters or who shall
charge higher prices or rents to Negroes than to
the general public, or who shall refuse to render
to Negroes professional services which he or she
normally offers to the public, shall be declared
guiltylof misdemeanor punishable by not less than
six months in prison, and upon third repetition
Of the ofense is guilty of felony, punishable by
not less than two years in prison in both cases
in addition to punitive damages payable to the
person Disseminated against.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-05-26

ers at Braddock were in receipt of
food baskets, families of 10 and II
were found who never got any milk
at all, despite the presence of many
children. The men were working
only two or three days in two weeks.
Moreover, Carnegie workers claim
that the 50 food boxes could have
been duplicated and much improved
at chain stores for less. Jones g.
Laughlin, which extended relief
through credit at the company
store, collected its interest through
higher prices on some products.
Eggs, sugar and bread, for example,
have been about 20 per cent above
normal.
Homes of some 80 Jones &
Laughlin workers on Pittsburgh's
South Side we're visited since Feb.
l. Three-fourths of them had their
gas and electricity turned off and
were using kerosene lamps and coal
for cooking. Many families who
owned their own homes had no in
side toilets, no bathrooms and
rarely hot water. One of the J. 81
L. workers recently averaged $40
for two weeks pay. He was given
only So in cash, the rest going for
the company store where the fam
lily owed S170.
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ing a revolutionary trade union
leadership.
2. For the immediate enactment
Of the Workers Unemployment
Insurance Bill III. r. 1899, the
only real social insurance proposal
before the country. which has al
ready been endorsed by over 1000
A. r. of l.. unions, by many City
Councils, including those of Mil
waukee and Bridgeport, by the
Farmer-LabOr Party Of Mime
sofa, by the unions Of the Trade
Union Unity League,-fOr a vigor-
Gus struggle for immediate relief,
for building strong Unemploy-
ment Council movement, and uni
flying all mass organizations of the
unemployed.
3. For the immediate enactment
of the Farmers Emergency Relief
Bill, to secure the farmers in pos
session of their land and tools, to
provide them with the means to
cultivate their lands, and to pro-
duce the abundance Of food that
the masses need. This is the only
measure before the country which,
IL carried out, will really meet the
needs of the masses of farmers.
d. For the immediate enactment
Of the Bill for Negro Rights and
TO Suppress Lynching proposed by
the League of Struggle for Negro
Rights; for q daily struggle to inn
mediateIy win equal rights for the
Negroes In every phase of life; for
the unconditional liberation of the
Scottsboro boys.
s. For the united struggle
against War and Fascism, to stop
shipments of munitions, to de-
fend the Soviet Union, etc, along
the lines of the program Of the
American League Against War
and Fascism, adopted unanimously
by the great q. S. Congress
Against War on October /, 1888,
by ISIS delegates from the broad
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-05-26

est variety Of organizations ever
gathered together in the Z, s.; For
the freedom Of Thselmann and all
other anti-Fascist prisoners in
Germany.
6. For the broadest possible
united action in localities In the
factories and trade unions, on
every question affecting the work
ers and toiling masses, to win bet
ter working conditions, relief for
the unemployed, etc, and to build
and unity the existing mass or
CARNATIONS Of the working class.
The Communist Party Is prepared
to cooperate with every worker and
workers organization which will
really fight for these things. We Of
fered a united front in March, 1888,
but it was refused by your leaders,
in theasanle way as the German So
cialists refused the Communist offer
for joint fight against Hitler. We
offered to suspend criticism of or
carnations entering such Joint
struggle, for the duration Of the
sgreed-upon actions, on condition
that the fight is Loyalty carried
through by all.
We are Offering to all workers in
the Socialist Party who really want
to fight against the terrible misery,
against the growing danger Of i'm
perialist war and fascism, every
where, in all factories, trade unions,
and localities, to build real and
solid fighting united front.
For unity in struggle against
hunger, fasctsm and warl
Fraternslly yours,
CENTRAL COMMITTEE
COMMUNIST PARTY OF Z. S, A.
Earl BrOwder,
General Secretary.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-05-26
japanese Bombing
Plane Slaughters
1000 in Manchuria

PEIPING, China, May 24.-over
1000 Manchurian peasants around
Chinchow, Southern Manchukuo,
we're slaughtered yesterday by the
japanese aerial bombardment when
they refused to give up their arms
to the Japanese invaders.
The japanese bombing planes de-
stroyed 20 villages by the use of
incendiary bombs. Very few of the
villagers escaped the fire or the ex-
plosives.
The policy of destroying whole
villages follows the plan of the
Japanese imperialists of joint re-
sponsibility of entire villages in the
event of resistance to the Japanese
bandits. If group>of Chinese peas
ants in village resist the Japanese
and the village does not report it.
all are held jointly responsible: and
in this instance were DESTROYED by
the commandment.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-05-26
NeaoNegro Rights BiHto Be a Central
Point in Mass Fight on Lynch Terror

enforcement of the Bill would be
D. central point in its nation wide
fight against Negro oppression.
The decision at the same time
pointed out that the mass fight
against IynchIng and Negro per-
secution remained the most effee-
tive weapon In the hands of the
workers, and that it is only
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-05-26
Bill for Negro Rights and the ppression of Lynching
Abolish Full Equality
Through bout thu tates

QECTION 1:--BE 1T ENACTED BY THE SENATE
AND HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA IN CONGRESS
ASSEMBLED, that because the rights of the
Negro people, although guaranteed by the Consti-
tuition of the United States of America - a. Is
Amendments have been and are being systematic
cally violated shown by: the denial of the rights
Of citizenship and equality the denial in many
sections of the country of their right to vote, to
serve on iuries and to enjoy equal rights in courts
Of law, the system of peonage and slavery and
chain gang widely practiced in the South the whole
sale frame-ups against innocent Negroes and other
such oppressive practices the fact that during the
past fifty years more than 5000 ynchings have
taken place in the United States and with very
little effort on the part of the Police or Judicial
Authorities to apprehend or to punish the guilty
parties; therefore it becomes necessary to adopt
special measures to suppress the practice of lynch
ing and to secure to the Negro people the full and
free exercise of complete equal rights with every
other section of the population.
CECTION EVERY person participating in a
ynchng is declared to be guilty of murder il
the first degree, and upon conviction shall be
punished by DEATH Lynching is defined as violent
assault, resulting in death or aggravated injury,
directed against the victim because of supposed
inferiority of the Negroes and Ior, because he or
she is accused of crime associated with such sup
posed inferiorty and /or when such violent attacks
are wholly or partly directed towards intimidatng
the Negro population to prevent them from claim
ing their rights, and lor when such violence is
directed towards preventing the free association of
whites and Negroes and their joint activity in all
phases of life. Such violent attac shall be con-
sdered'a lynching whenever motiYated by any or
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-05-26

through that mass fight that Con-
gress can be forced to pass the
Bill and enforce It's provisions.
All workers and intellectuals, and
all sincere opponents of lynching
and Negro oppression, are urged
to support the mass fight for the
passage Of the Bill, and for sub
sequent enforcement of Its provt-
sions. The Bill follows:
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-05-26

DETROIT, Mich.-Under the
guise Of criticizing the n. R. A.,
Norman Thomas, Socialist candidate
for President in 1882, has been
paying compliments to the man
most responsible for putting the
NRA. in action, President Roose-
welt, in a series Of speeches, he
has been making throughout Mich
igan in preparation for the So
cislist Party national convention,
which opens in Detroit. June /.
Thomas, who early last summer,
hailed the N. r. A. as 4 step
toward socialism, has now changed
his tune in view of the wide
spread establishment with and
growing struggle against the N.
r, A. on the part Of tens Of
thousands of workers. It is sig
nificant, however, that in his
speeches in various cities Of this
state, Thomas, following the lead
Of the capitalist press, has levelled
most Of his criticisms at Gen.
johnson. Though he now likens
the N, r. A: to fascism, this did
not prevent him from saying in
his speech at Lansing, the state
capitol, that the country was bet
ter of today than when Roosevelt
took office.
In his speech at Grand Rapids.
Thomas was quoted in the press
as saying
What we have got today Is
a more intelligent and better
adapted form Of capitalism. We
still have disintegrsting capt.