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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-07-31
Three Day Vacation If
You WOrk 10 Years at
" estinghOuse p ant
BY a Worker Correspondent

BY worker Correspondent
EAST PITTSBURGH, Pain a
letter from the presidents office of
the Westinghouse Electric, it was
recently announced that few
scraps Of meat would be thrown to
the hungry dogs.
OF course the wording Of the
message was much more clever. Mr..
Merrick, the president, stated that
after weighing the circumstances
carefully, it was decided that vaca-
ton privileges would be estab-
hshed on the following basis: en-
ployes on salary to receive five days;
employees on check with 20 years
service to receive five days; en-
ployes on check with 10 years SER
vice to receive 3 days"
No mention was made Of those
with less than 10 years of service
seemingly they have not yet Gre
ated enough surplus value to merit
a three-day vacation privilege
One worker stated that "the pater-
naliStic spirit of the Westinghouse
just kills me-"
What far cry this is from the
Soviet Union, where it is not neces-
sary to give the major and best
part Of ones life to rate 3 or s
day vacation privilege" The Soviet
worker must work only one year to
gain his leave. We must die to get
ours.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-07-31
Solidarity Resolution
Shunted to Committee
With Aid Of Detroit SP
By a Worker Correspondent

ny a WOEkeT correspondent
DETROIT, Mich.-The never
ending circus conducted BY that
noted ringmaster, Frank x. Martel,
had another session Wednesday,
July Is. The two points of inter-
est to the delegates were the seat
ing of Kroon, a member of Paint
ers local 81, and the strike in San
Francisco.
Kroon, sent to represent his local,
had been rejected three times OIL
the basis that he is Communist.
The real reason is that Kroon is
the very active secretary of the A..
F. of L. Committee for Unemploy-
ment Insurance and Relief, which
is the problem that is causing Mar
tel many sleepless nights trying to
find way to smash this militant
movement that is not separate from
the A. F. of l.. but a very big part
Of it. The ethod that will defeat
this faker is to elect rank and file
delegates from the locals and drive
out the political iob-seekers infest-
ing the Central Body.
The failure to win seat in the
Central Body for Kroon shows the
immediate need for an organized
opposition to the machine.
On the question of the San Fran
cisco strike, a resolution was intro
duced to the Cenral Body pledging
support and greetings of solidarity
with the great struggle of the Cali
fornia workers. This was very we'll
received till there arose the baliy-
hoo man of the Socialist Party. a
MIR. Davidow whom Mr.. Martel in
PRODUCED as friend of labor"
(what friend the Hotel WORKERS
whispered. she took us for $500
when he was our attorney at the
Regional Board meetings."D.
This Mr.. Davidow asked that q
committee of action be appointed
to handle such matters in the flu
ture in conjunction with the So
cialist Party. They elected COM
mittee of five business agents and
two f1unkeys, or should say that
Martel picked them out of the as
sembled delegates, so we can look
for future general strikes to be
taken care of.
A problem that is worrying some
Of the native delegates is the one
Of just whv the federal auto unions
do not affiliate with the General
Body The reason, brothers and
sisters, is that Mr.. Collins just re-
fuses to give Martel his cut, so
Martel is doing all he can to pre-
vent you from affiliating to the
Central Body; the action of the
White Motors local in Cleveland is
a living example of what you should
CO. That is rank and file control
union.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-07-31
Fish Club" Is
Used to Spy on
Food Workers
BY a Food Worker Correspondent

BY a Food Worker Correspondent
BROOKLYN, N. Y.-Austin Mich
OILS Co. is not only the distributor
and wholesaler of Sunbeam Pure
Food and liquor, but also manufac-
turer of Sunbeam coffee, pork and
beans, olives, all kinds of jellies and
extracts, mayonnaise, and many
other food products, all Sunbeam
pure food" If they run short of
their own pure food" they re-label
goods made by other companies with
Sunbeam pure food labels. What
ever it is, it is made pure food" in
no time.
This pure food" building takes
the entire city block from North 3rd
ST, Kent Avenue, North 4th St., to
the East River. All six floors are
packed with goods.
All except those who were scab-
bling about five years ago are paid
not more than $3.50 day for 8
hours.
The company has organized an
"Anco' Fish Club, where the bosses,
fcremen and some youth belong.
Also there is baseball team. Din
ner hour is used up with sport: fall
and winter, football games; spring,
baseball; summer, horseshoe pitch
ing. They play two and three teams,
while the rest watch. And in that
way they keep the workers from
talking to each other, also from or
sanizing. Organization work is al
most impossible, because fish club
members are scattered ou5 on the
different floors, and there are many
spies.
But the worst enemy of the work
erS is Jack Barkenskas, known as
Charlie Malonis, and his son. The
said Jack Barkenskas, joined Sec
ton 6, Unit %, of the Communist
Party last year, and slandered not
only c. P. members but all Party
work and the Communist Interna-
tional.
Here is one job he did. On MAY
last al article was printed in LsisYe
exposing Anco conditions and q Ger
tain spy q. b.. There was also an
article in the Daily Worker on
June A.
J. Barkenskas ran down to Super
intendent A. T. Walcott. He named
the wrong man, who was laid off.
But all this will never keep work
ers from organizing.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-07-31
PARTY LIFE
Cites Unemployed activities
In the anthracite District
Pittsburgh Communists Must POLiticaIize the
Every Day Struggles of Workers

Our work is centered mainly
around the unemployment move
ment that we have built up. In
Lackawana County we have IS IN
employment Councils at the present
time with an approximate member
ship of 5000. Some of the councils
are real large bodies made up
mostly Of foreign born workers,
particularly Polish. Men an d
women are involved in the activi-
ties Of the councils. At the pres
ent time most of the activity CEN
tiers around discrimination in the
giving out of relief and a fight
against evictions. for payment of
rent to the small landlords.
The movement is rather in low
political stage. primarily because of
the weaknesses of our Party units
and the newness of our member
ship. The Party units are often
involved in daily routine work
around the unemployment councils.
leading committees to relief boards,
poor boards, single mems bureaus,
etc, that we do not take and Go
not try to find the necessary time
to give the Party membership more
systematic training and education
This is particularly felt all around
this area. Political campaigns of
the Party are brought into the IN
employment Councils very often in
an amateurish fashion. For in
stance, on May 1st, we had 5000
workers demonstrating in Scranton.
1000 in Wilkes Barre, 500 or 600
in Pottsville. The demonstrations
were militant. but we did not make
it clear enough to the workers what
May Day is. but mainly concen-
trated on local demands of the I'M
employed Another example, for
National Youth Day We went into
the councils, elected delegates to
this conference and succeeded to
have 800 workers marching through
Scranton, but the workers were not
told sufficiently while the delegates
were elected, what the purpose of
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-07-31
Accidents Increased
IN Steel Mill Speedup
LayOfs Also Multiply As Work in Regular De-
partments Drops, and New Machines
Are Introduced
By a Steel Worker Correspondent

By a Steel Worker Correspondent
BETHLEHEM, Pa. - Production
everywhere is declining in the steel
industries and Bethlehem Steel
Corp. is not an exception.
Many of the workers are laid
OF temporarily. In the D. E.
chipping department 156 men were
laid of on July Is and 10. These
workers were told that they will
be taken back as soon as work picks
up.
The Communist Party predicted
this and exposed the steel barons
in the shop bulletin, reporting the
installation of new clipping ma
chine which is able to do 20 mems
work. operated by one man. Many
Of these workers are married. with
big families.
In the drop forge 20 workers were
laid off temporarily and we're
told that if they can find another
job they would be glad to give them
transfer to the other department
The shell shop and bridge shop
shift were eliminated for a while.
Ingot mould foundry one shift
eliminated for good and this on
all along the line. There are
few departments that are running
full capacity. These are: Hammer
building, where they are pressing
armored plates for battleships; mill
ing department where they are
heating and testing cannon pipes
Chg guns for the U. S. Navy; brass
foundry making brass pipes for can
non, rings, etc.
Many accidents are occurring
lately in the steel mill, hammer
building, five men being hurt in
three weeks time-broken legs, hit
in the stomach, an arm cut of.
One man died from gas in the
power house. A man fell into the
pit in No. open hearth. He has
a broken leg and is in the hospital.
Another man fell from an ore crane
rs feet high. He's in the hospital
with broken hip. Three workers
died Of lead poisoning in the bridge
shop, and four are still sick. These
accidents happened in the last
seven months due to the speed-up.
The workers in Bethlehem ex-
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-07-31
Free" Hospital Treatment

HIS, Broolzlyn.-Your experiences
are those of nearly every proletarian
who applies for treatment at our
charitable" institutions. We do
not know why the Post Graduate
Hospital wanted to charge you $12
for a pair Of shoe plates which you
got at half price at the Jewish Hos
pital; nor can we explain why the
Hospital for Ruptured and Crippled
had to charge you SIS for an X-ray
of the knee which other hospitals
furnish for IS; even the baking at
ST each which this hospital gave
you is 100 high for Charitable"
institution. There is only one way
out of this racket; fight for social
system where all medical services
will be absolutely free for every
worker, as in Soviet Russia.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-07-31
Busy on Torpedo Caps
And Shell Ends at Mat
Tube Company Plant

By Steel Worker Correspondent
McKEEsPORT. Pa.-Here in the
Mat Tube Co. about one-third of
the men work days, 8 hours a
day
In the Chris5y Park Dept. for the
past six months they have been
making torpedo caps and some shell
ends. These are sent to Wilmend-
ing to the Westinghouse to be fin
ished I understand these are then
sent to New Jersey to some arms
factory.
Last month, in June, here in the
Mat Tube Co. they hired several
hundred extra men, for they fig
ured on using these men for break
ing the strike, which was about to
come off around here. Every young
school boy from the high school
who wished work was given a spe-
cial paper from the principal and
was put to work. This lasted for
six weeks.
Now everything is down.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-07-31
Work In the Army

LOS ANGELES, Calf. = AS an
ex-serviceman of the World War,
1 want to substantiate the story in
the Daily Worker on June IS on
page three about the strike at the
Virginia Rifle Range. In fact, they
were even worse during my stay
during the war.
In October, 1918, these barracks
were cold and damp during the
rainy season, with no means Of
heating up the place.
Our food was served outside on
the fields, with no tables to set our
plates on. (The c. P. o. and the Of
ficers ate indoors with service.)
We couldn't sit in the grass for it
was wet and damp after a rain, in
fact it rained for days. Due to the
flat ground, water did not drain off
easily.
For five days they fed us with
sour beans, three times day. With
the beans we were to get three slices
of bread The sixth day we were
fed with so-called stew.
There were 100 men in the COM
pany. BY the time three-fourths of
the men received their chow
nothing was left but potatoes for
the rest.
A few of us got together and told
the boys (who were rebellious by
this time) to tell the cook to feed
us fresh beans. plenty OF bread and
with plenty of meats. A strong COM
mittee called on the cook demand
ing these things. He called me a
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-07-31

socialist, because I had raised my
voice several times before. The cook
paid no attention to our demands.
We organized 100 per cent strong
to upset the food and yell until the
officers would come out to see what
all the rumpus was about.
Bugle blew chow. Everyone, in
stead of standing in the line as
usual, made a bee line for the chow,
grabbing everything in sight and
dumped the sour beans, also yelling
Officers came out to see what it
was all about. Everybody yelled
about the lousy sour beans and no
bread. 1t just happened some of
the beans where left over in the pot.
The officer tasted it. He spat it
out.
The cook told the officer that I
was the cause of the trouble, but
the boys stuck with me 100 per cent
and called the cook a liar. We re-
ceived plenty of good food after
that.
In addition we protested against
rifle practice. Due to the epidemic,
we refused to lie on the damp
ground to learn how to shoot. SO
during our stay at the grounds we
did not fire a shot.
So you see, Comrades, in the Army
and Navy the workers can be or
ganized during war as we'll as dur
ing the so-called peace time,
AN Elk SAILOR.
Formerly in the World War, now in
the ranks of the Communist Party)
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-07-31
Off for
Week at
Open Hearth


GARY, Ind.-On July 10, on the
II o'clock shift, No. 4 open hearth
shut down. Every worker was told
that he need not report for a week
unless he was called.
What does that mean? 1t means
that neither the MIRA. nor the A.
F. of L. have done anything to pre-
vent the lsy-offs or get relief fer
those that were laid off; Because
the leaders of the American Fed
Grafton of Labor or of the Amalga-
mated Association do not help the
workers, but instead they are help
ing the bosses.
Many workers had the illusion
that the MIRA. would force the
bosses to produce more work for
the American workers. Well, you
know that We were wrong on that
question, because the MIRA. is
nothing else but man grinder, and
that means you and me.
What is left to be done? Join
the militant Steel and Metal Work
ers Industrial Union and fight.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-07-31

The name of the plane is "Sey-
ersky;" this is the same engineer
who was working with zikarsky in
Bridgeport, Conn.
At present about Is men are work
ing in the shop and about Is N
the designing and blue print offices.
Thee are rumors maybe fakes
that they axe going to hire about
100 more workers.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-07-31
Weakening of the Bones

Philip W., Bronx.-The usual
weakening" of the bones is ricketts,.
The term softening would be more
appropriate The usual remedy is
cod-liver oil, sunshine or ultra
violet rays and diet rich in cali
cium.
We trust that your cough is bet
ter by now. Owing to the lack Of
funds. we are unable to employ a
private secretary; hence the delay
in replying.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-07-31
Homeless Youth Almost
Killed by Meal after
Three Days of Hunger
By a Worker Correspondent

EAST PITTSBURGH, Pa. -
Thomas Newcomer, age II, of
Windber, Pa., "a boSs-owned town
near Altoona) walked into a beer
garden in East Pittsburgh and
asked for food, handout of some
sort. He explained that he was on
the road and hadn't eaten for
three days; that he had no parents,
just one brother in Panama.
The tattered clothes, the faltering
voice, and the unsteady step of the
boy were convincing. The owner of
the beer garden gave him meal,
which was eaten quickly and
heartily.
Newcomer thanked the man and
offered to pay for the food with
work, but the owner wanted nothing
and the boy left.
Five minutes after Newcomer left
the place he began to get violent
pains in the stomach and, seeing a
doctors office across the street, he
oil OfGIs
Fortunately, the doctor was SYM
pathetic and after diagnosing the
case, rushed the boy to the Brad
dock Hospital. Here the usual
howl was raised about charity case,
no money, ETC." but the doctor
overcame this and got them busy
with the stomach pump.
The youth came through all right,
but where will he go after he does
get better? His case should be
taken up by the Young Communist
League, in their fight for relief for
the unemployed youth. The bosses
gave him starvation, we can teach
him to fight.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-07-31
Working Day and Night
On MagnetOs for
Aeroplanes
tBy a Worker Correspondent

SIDNEY, N. we are working
here, five of us from New York, all
carpenters, members of L. U. 20eo
AS you know, people are suffering
here, but still are fooled by the
churches, etc.
We found to our surprise about
300 men are working day and night,
manufacturing magnetos for aero
planes. In fact, this firm supplies
90 per cent of all aeroplanes in the
United States. If we stay here we
will try our best to enlighten these
workers.
There is a silk mill here, where
the conditions are very bad.
The farmers here are also badly
off.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-07-31
Letters from
OurReaders
FORWARD RED BUILDERS

New York.
To see our Red Builders in the
various corners throughout the city
sends an undefinable thrill through
me. 1t makes one proud and happy
to think that there are men and
women without regard for compen-
sation who have the honesty and
courage to sacrifice their time so
that the heavily laden may come
to know the truth, which, when
done, will make this world a better
one to live in.
Daily Worker, morning paper"
is a cry that gladdens me and,
while it may be distasteful to some,
this will change, for this hatred for
our movement comes only out of
ignorance. I speak with authority
on this subject, for 1, too, was a
patriot, a K. K. K. and mostly a
damn fool.
Keep up this work, Red Builders,
and know that you have an army of
appreciators. Forward to united
red front and country fit to live
in, a Soviet America!
TRANSPORT WORKER, No. SO.
Toledo, Ohio.
May tell our comrades an ex-
perience? The Edison Co. of our
city failed to send ME a bill for the
current used one month and tackled
the penalty charge on to the next
months bill. Gouging, I called it,
and told the lady clerk that if she
did not take off that penalty charge
I surely would get three new mem
bers for the Communist Party and
three new subscribers for the Daily
Worker"
She answered that she could not
say much, but that all the employees
of the Edison Co. of our city and
elsewhere are very dissatisfied, and
that she would like to talk to me
on the outside of the company's
properly and time.
She, of course, refused to take off
the penalty charge, and in that way
made sure that l keep my promise.
1t cost me couple of dollars, but
have made good in part already
and will continue.
1t is costing us in every way and
at every turn to remain where We
are. JOIN! SUBSCRIBE! BOOST!
every time that you are gouged, and
that is often. DIR. G. P.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-07-31
DR.. LUTTINCER ADVISES

make. Their discoveries are all
ways on the point of being made,
but somehow never materialize. No
first rate or even tenth rate original
discovery has ever been made in
that institution built with the blood
and sweat of exploited labor. The
clipping about influenza you sent US
is another one of those discoveries"
that are soon to be made" How
soon, only the god of greed and lies
could tell
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-07-31
Brinkley Reiuvenation Fake

Il. Men, Topeka, Kansas.-Yes,
John r. Brinkley, who is running
for the Republican nomination for
Governor of your state, is the same
individual whom we exposed in this
column as running fake rejuvena-
ton racket by the implantation of
goat glands His campaign prom
ises are on a par with his medical
claims. He knows that he can no
more rejuvenate the outworn capt.
talistic system than he can infuse
youth in the anatomy of decrepit
Kansas farmers. But glib tongue
still finds medical as well as polit-
ical dupes!
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-07-31
Tincture of Iodine Internally


Mincrva.-Your informant was
wrong; tinciure of iodine is used
in the mouth, throat and nose, the
same as on the skin. During the
experiments conducted by the Army
Medical School, few years ago. it
was found that iodine was superior
to tnercurochrome when applied to
mucuous membranes (the lining of
the mouth, nose, throat, etc.. We
use it extensively to paint the ton
sils, mouth sores, cuts on the
tongue, cervix of the uterus (mouth
of the womb. Some CASTRO
enterologists omach specialists
even prescribe the tincture Of
iodine to be taken by mouth and
swallowed. Certain forms of goitre
are also treated by certain num-
Der of drops of diluted iodine tine
ture daily. Of course, care has to
be exercised not to take too much,
owing to danger of poisoning or Of
thyroid irritation.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-07-31
IN THE HOME
Bread Strike
BY HELEN LUKE

fights militantly in the interests of
the farmer. In the Weekly itself
Mrs. r. Bremseth of So. Dakota
writes: Il heartily agree with Mrs.
Jennie Beltz in the June 9th issue
that more farm women should write
to show some interest in this line
of work, for it's for their own and
their children's salvation as much
as our. Yes, the farmers and work
ers should get together faster than
they are doing"
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-07-31
U.S.S.R. HOLDS GENERAL

MOSCOW-On the ground that
the constitution of the U. S. S. R.
rsv1nibits extradition, he press here
reports that the Soviet Government
has replied to the Sinkiang (China)
provincial government that it can
not conceds to its request for The
extradition Of General Ma T1chu
Yin. General Ma took part in
armed struggles in Sinkiang, and,
when defeated, crossed the Soviet
border, where he was interned.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-07-31
Large CarburetOrs
Sent to Var Bases
By a WOrker Correspondent


DETROIT, Mich.-In the fac
tory where I worked they GER
tainly are sending out war ma
terisl. They send out regular
shipments Of large carburetors
which are sent to war bases. This
is at the Smith carhuretor fac
tory at the foot Of Hart JefTer-
son.
Just recently, about March,
they sent about $50 airplane car
buretors for the U. S. Navy
which were inspected by gov
eminent man before they went
out.
A FIRED WORKER.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-07-31
ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
Address Wanted

Unemployed Comrades Wife
You failed to sign your letter, your
address was not on it, and you for
got to enclose the self-addressed
Stamped envelope. We cannot give
you, the information here. so please
send US your address and write in
ink.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-07-31

High Carbon Plates
Shipped Out for Var

BY a Steel Worker Correspondent
GARY. Ind.-Many OF us
workers do not know it, but what
about the 160-inch plate mill?
What 90 you suppose they are
rolling those high carbon plates
that are shipped to Milwaukee?
Do not think for a minute that
they are just ordinary plates.
Fellow workers, I am sure
there is more war material ship
ped out from Gary Steel Works
than I can point out.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-07-31

pected big turn when the steel
strike was supposed to take place
although not much preparation was
carried on in Bethlehem. The
leaders Of the Arnalgamated Associ-
alton Of Iron, Tin and Steel Work
ers told the workers to be patient,
to wait, and did not issue any calls,
and held no mass meetings to learn
the true sentiment Of the steel
workers.
The shop sections of the Com
munist Party Of Bethlehem Steel
issued a bulletin and told the work
ers what is to be done.