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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-09-05
Unity of Unemployed
and Employed Is
Stressed
DIV a Worker Correspondent

DANVILLE. Val am a Southern
worker who has two children, and
I have never done what I would like
10 for them. Why? Because I have
always been pressed so much.
You will hear some workers say,
I believe in union all right, every
body ought to belong to a union
but if you ask him to join a union
he will say union is a good thing
but the workers of the South won't
stick together.
Can't the workers learn to say
"The workers of the South will stick
together"
Every man, woman, boy or girl
has some influence over one, two
or three workers. These workers
will believe you, so let's every one
who believes union will help the
workers talk union. Then the two
or three workers that you have in
fiuence over will do the same.
You take some workers. They
form a union, never go to a meet
ing. Well the strike comes around
still they never go to a meeting
That is how the sell-out union lead
ers have so much chance to sell
the workers out. Form a union
attend your meetings, and if the
leaders try to put anything over on
the workers-kick them out, the
workers can run the union them
selves.
have heard some of the workers
here in Danville say when you are
out of a job it looks like the workers
that don't have jobs don't care for
the workers out of work. This same
worker, he gets a job, he forgets
what he said when he was out of
a job. He plays right into the hands
Of the boss class. Why, while you
are working, don't you join a union
pay your dues, and help your brother
and sister worker who is out OF
work.
Get in union, each and every
one of you-get in union and get
ready for the strike. Get in there
and fight for your rights, don't be-
lieve what they tell you, but make
them show you in writing. If they
try to pull anything over on you
then the rank and file take over
the union and run the union for
the good of the workers and not
the bosses.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-09-05
FaVOritism
At |. Miller
Shoe Factory
By a Textile Worker Correspondent

BY a Textile Worker Correspondent
NEW YORK.-On the fourth floor
of the I. Miller Shoe Co. of Long
Island are two departments. One
is the hand lasting and the other
the machine lasting department.
When there is no work in the ma
chine department the foreman picks
his favorites and puts them on the
hand work, and so makes it possible
for a few to get work all the time.
We know that in a union shop
the most outstanding demands are
equal division of work. 1. Miller is
Boot & Shoe Union shop. What
is the union doing about these evils
for the workers?
Fellow workers Let's get together
and force the union officials to en-
force the union demands of equal
division of work and no discrimi-
nation.
Only through our own organiza-
ton in the shop will we gain better
conditions for all the workers. Those
workers who are fooled by the boss
and accept fayors from the foreman
should realize that they are hurting
themselves as we'll as their fellow
workers, because in the long run
they will make less than they would
if they stuck together with the rest
of the workers
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-09-05
STRIKE AGAINST HUNGER SPEED-UP URGE DANVILE WORKERS
WORKERS HEALTH
by the
Daily Worker Medical Advisory Board

In your case, however, you be
come numb and cannot see" every
time you confront an examination.
This repeats itself with pattern-like
regularity, and is undoubtedly I'M
influenced by your knowledge, prep
aration, or the actual circum-
stances. This state indicates the
presence of neurotic anxiety Gun
easiness not warranted by the cir
cumstances and having other emo
tiona1 causes. This can be cured
with proper treatment.
You ask for help for the forth
coming examination, but unfortun-
ately there is no shortcut to the
acquisition of self confidence, and no
magic way of attaining it by po-
ton drunk the night before. If
you think you will not sleep well
night before take to 10 grains of
veronaI, or another Sedative, before
YOU 90 to bed. Some time after
the examination, see a psychiatrist
and get his advice. Your inability
to gain weight may be normal to
you, or may be part Of your nerv-
Gus state.
Plastic Surgery
F. c., New YOrk.-"PlaStic Sur
gerry" or the science of correcting
disfgurements, is a relatively new
branch of medicine. To correct the
scars mentioned in your letter it
would probably be necessary to per-
form several very delicate proce-
dures. The principles applied to
cases of this kind, are removal OF
the scar or deformed tissue and
replacement with normal skin
grated from suitable part of the
body. These procedures are very
delicate and require the services OF
a surgeon particularly skilled in
this speciality. In most cases the
chance of overcoming the disfigure-
ment are good
Our advice would be to place the
boy in the hands of a very com.
petent plastic surgeon for treat
ment The clinics of DR.. GlushaE
at the Hospital for Joint Diseases
or that of DR.. Sheehan at the Pos
Graduate Hospital are excellent fol
this work.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-09-05
LETTERS FROM
OUR READERS
FIGHTING VETS"

Brooklyn, N. Y.
Comrade Editor, Daily Worker
I have read the Daily" off and
on for five years. In general
like it. But being a veteran and a
class conscious worker 1 always
grab the Saturday issue to see
what's doing in the Fighting
Vets" column. I have other vet
eran friends who do the same. We
were discussing the column on the
Order of rs in a recent issue.
My friends said to me, why
doesn't M. Briggs give us the ad-
dress of the Workers Ex-Service-
mems League? l have some in
formation to give him on these
things from time to time" An
other said, Lets start group of
veteran news scouts and send our
stuff to Briggs.
am writing this to the Daily"
in the hope that you will print
it and tell Briggs we veterans ap-
preciate his witty information and
clear-cut explanations of the doings
of the vets and their enemies
throughout the country. Are there
any WE.SL. Posts in Brooklyn?
Maybe me and my friends would
join if we knew where they were.
NOTE: The address of the Work
ers' Ex- Servicemen's League is
/ Union Square, Room 715. Our
correspondents may send their
questions to COmrade Briggs at
that address.
A GROUP OF VETERANS.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-09-05
Work Tripled
In Texas Mills
Under n. r. A..
By a Worker Correspondent


DENISON. Texas. - Many cattle
are being killed and burned around
here now, and many of them are
in good condition, some even fat.
In the cotton mill here, where the
workers, before the MIRA, received
about 50 per day and worked nine
hours caring for three to four
looms, today, under the great Blue
Vulture NR,A.. the workers are
working eight hours per day and
looking after nine to twelve looms
mine average) and receiving $2.42
per day.
By speeding the workers up to the
killing point, they have increased
the rate of exploitation and robbery
over 200 per cent-since they now
produce as much in eight hours as
they used to do, before N.R.A., in
201z hours. Necessary labor time,
two hours, II minutes and a trifle
over II seconds. Surplus labor time,
five hours, AZ minutes and a trifie
over AZ seconds.
And right here it occurs to me
question and answer column in
the Daily" would be, in my opinion.
a very fine thing. Many workers
would like to ask questions on poll
teal economy, sociology, union ques-
tons, etc.
OF course, it would mean an all
round workers encyclopedia, but do
We not have it in the C.P., LID,
TUUL., etc.7
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-09-05
AN /. l.. G. w. U. MEETING
By a Worker Correspondent

NEW YORK; just wish to put
the finale to two important hap
penings at Brooklyn Labor Lyceum,
the East New York Hall (the So
cialist headquarters) for strikers of
the international Ladies' Garment
Workers Union. This was the sec
ond week of the strike. There were
70 workers present, the most the
hall ever contained during the
strike thus far.
The day that leaflets were dis
tributed, we had the great privilege
to enjoy the entertainers from the
Educational Department of the l.
L. G. w. U. After order had been
restored somewhat, the young So
cialst, teaching us songs, started to
scold us for running from our seats
saying we weren't good soldiers
and asking why we did not take
orders from our officials. Answers
we're heard spontaneously that the
officials were the first to run. He
then heatedly said that the Off
Gals should know better and apollo
gized to us.
Arrangements we're made for
sandwiches to be served. But some
how it leaked out that these sand
wiches we're bought on the outside
This aroused great resentment
among the strikers, as we have in
the hall building poor woman who
has a concession stand. We sale
that We were not scabs and refused
to eat unless money was given us
to purchase it from her. The fol
lowing week credit slips we're given
to us to purchase sandwiches from
the woman.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-09-05
90 Cents a Day at
Children's Wear Plant
of ROsenau's, Phila.

BY a Worker Correspondent
PHILADELPHIA, Pal am a
presser of children's clothes at
Rosenau Bros, 25th and Westmore-
land SITS. This factory has raised
its prices, but they have two floor
ladies whose business it is to see
that you make as little as possible.
There is a union, but it is
Rosenau's own union. 1t means
nothing at all to the girls, because
Rosenau has his own henchmen to
take care of things.
Friday I worked all day long,
from seven O'Clock to quarter of
four. I only made so cents for the
whole day.
The floor ladies don't want you
to press the dress, but they expect
you to wet them with starch water
until they stick to the iron board
and then iron them They found
fault and nagged me the whole day
when there really wasn't any occa-
sion to do so. Some of the old,
tough pressers are allowed to get
away with murder. They ask for
and can get the smallest sizes of
garments while the big sizes Q2-14
are given to the new girls. Before
the N. R. A. and the new way to
do things came in I averaged $13
a week at Rosenau's. I had to do
all the pinning of collars, sleeves,
belts, bows, ties and undergarments.
If would please them once and
make $13 week. why is it that
am only allowed to make Sc cents
day on dresses that have to be
ironed and hung up.
These floor ladies are known as
Emma and Mrs. Green. The girls
hate and fear them, We can't COM
plain to Mr.. Rosenau about his
henchmen, because it would only
mean that we would be fired The
girls are supposed to make $3.50 9
day To do this, the girls have tC
come in at $50 and work as fal
as possible through lunch. These
floor ladies are as mean as possible
I can't sign my name for fear OF
losing the 66-cent job.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-09-05

Section 13, District 8, was estab-
lished a little over month ago, for
intensive work in the Crane Shop
and Argo Products Company. Be-
sides the youngest, it is also the
smallest section of the District. But
in spite of its age, it is showing
organizational and political vitality,
The Section Committee is closely
consolidated around the Section Or
ganizer. The section is undertak-
ing a very elaborate campaign to
carry out the detectives of the Party
Anniversary Celebration. The sec
ton reports (the first in the dis
trict) that they have ordered the
proper literature for mass distribu-
ton and for study in the units. A
special neighborhood bulletin is to
be issued to acquaint the workers
with the history of our Party, the
program of our Party and mobiliz-
ing the workers to defend our Party
against provocation and attack.
Two special shop papers will be is
sued, one in the Argo Corn Products
Company and the other in the
Crane Plumbing Works.
The entire campaign is planned
to result in increasing the political
level of the Party membership,
Systematizing the literature sales
and above all, recruiting into the
Party and Y. c. L.
Special invitations are being sent
by the section to all mass organiza-
tons, inviting them to participate
in the celebration and offering to
send lecturers and speakers to the
membership on the Party Anniver
sary.
Section 8, next to the youngest,
is the next one to respond to the
thorough mobilization for the An
niversary.
Judging from the reports of the
sections at the District Conference,
where the comrades raised very
critically the weaknesses in their
work and very seriously looked for
solutions to their many problems,
it hardly seems possible that an OPP
portunity such as the Party Ami
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-09-05
BY Knit Goods Worker Core
SpOndent

NEW YORK.-After many weeks
of preparation, the knit goods work.
ers of the Industrial Union went
out on strike.
Many organizations helped us
that morning, by picketing shops
and pulling down others. Where
shop was pulled down, our people
persuaded the workers of the shop
to join our union, which most of
them did. Upon arriving at our
headquarters, THE Hinsdale Work
ers' Youth Club they were given
strike cards, which we're to be
punched every day, and then they
were sent out to picket shops.
Many shops refused to go down, but
the Industrial Union never turns
back from half done job, so they
kept at it until the shop went out
on strike.
We, the strikers, put our demands
to the bosses, and succeeded in get
ting most of them. The demands
are: Cd Establishment of an un-
employment relief fund, 90 two
legal holidays with pay, CD limita-
ton of machinery, "a wages rang
ing from $18 to sos per week,
90 35-hour week, (6) abolition of
piece-work, Cd end of overtime
work, 80 better shop conditions.
Some of the larger places gave
the workers most of the conditions.
These places were settled by our
organizer, Comrade Ben Frum.
Among the first shops to settle
were the Bell, Forsyth. Parkway,
Victory and the Duchen Knitting
Mills.
In passing, wish to thank the
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-09-05

Besides the necessity of building
the anti-War and anti-fascist front,
fighting for the release of class
war prisoners, supporting the great
textile strike and the battle for
lower food prices, notably milk, -
there is an election campaign star
ing us in the face. All these mat
tiers are inseparably linked, and of
vital interest to women.
Women are showing an increasing
tendency to stop and listen to open
air speeches. We should always
make a point of mentioning, at
least, if we cannot elaborate upon
it at all election meets, that the
Communist Party stands for the
liberation and social, economic and
political equality of women.
The recent Anti-War Congress of
women at Paris may be mentioned,
together with the fact that the
Communist Party supports these
women in their anti-war anti-fas-
cist work: ditto the struggles of the
Women's Councils to lower living
costs. There must be care USED
not to confuse these organizations
with the Communist Party0
In addition it can be pointed out
that the Communist Party puts for
ward many women candidates for
election. (There are no less than
twenty-five on the New York State
slate alone)
Whenever possible woman COM
rade should take the platform, if
only for a few minutes, speaking
especially for the women. If she
can talk about the broader general
issues, national industrial and eco
nonlic matters, and role of other
political parties. well and good. 1t
will be practical demonstration
of the enlightened state women can
achieve when they will be freed
of drudgery.
If she's not yet up on such mat
ters-we guarantee women passing
by will stop and listen in large
numbers to another woman talking
about the rising cost of groceries
and clothing, unemployment and
pay cuts for husbands, miserable
working conditions for women. their
lower wage scales sanctioned by the
N. r. A, the sort of thing women
have to contend with when working
for men bosses, of wretched hous-
ing conditions and maternity care,
lack of proper food and recreational
facilities for children, of the fascist
tendency to hound women out of
their jobs, of the way in which
women are generally despised as in
ferior creature. The bourgeois press
reeks with evidence of this boss
class attitude toward women,
Women, the Communist Party is
our Party. Let us not only join it
but get out and fight for the cleo
ton of our candidates. We can now
really hope to elect, if we stretch
ourselves. Buy the penny pamphlet,
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-09-05
Relief Is Cut While
Mills Crow Richer
Flour Up Last Week,
But Wages Have Not
Gone Up
By a Textile Worker Corresponden

BY Textile Worker Correspondent
DANVILLE. Val am on the re-
lief in Dsnville. I work for the
Welfare, and it sure Is hard on me
and my family I have been living
in Dsnvile all my life and every
year it gets harder on me and my
wife.
1 first worked for the C.W.A.
making 45c an hour. They allowed
me 80 hours a week, now I got a
work slip for August, where they
allow me So hours for the whole
month of August
Some time ago they gave me milk
tickets for my little girl, but finally
cut the milk tickets off. She is four
years old. They told me that she
was too fat, did not need any milk
Now think it is a damn shame
when the u. S. government is spend
ing so much money for war to let
the workers Starve.
What kind of health will my little
girl have when she has to eat fat
meat three times day, with some
gravy made out of flour and grease
and water. And still they tell me
my little girl doesn't need milk. ]
know the ones working for the well
fare here in Dsnville that have
children. You can see milk left on
their porch every day.
Flour went up last week. Wages
have not gone up.
If you do not believe they are
grating off the workers look at some
Of the figures since the New Deal
IL textile companies that reported
a S12,187 900 deficit in 1882 reported
$11 1881 900 net profit in 1888 and II
companies in the silk and hosiery
business that showed net profits Of
$2,145 900 in 1888; 36 cotton mill,
turned a deficit of $8,478,00 in 1885,
into a net profit of S7,813.000 last
year and seven wool manufacturing
firms reported net profits of So.
473,000 in 1888 as against a deficit
of 9,795 900 in 1882.
They told the workers that wen
to the World War that they coulc
come back and have their same ole
jobs back. But we have learned
that it was the same old tory
Prom Danville worker
who is a member of the Ma
tional Textile Workers Union
which is gaining in membership
every day. We also have an
Unemployment Council which
is gaining in membership every
day.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-09-05
ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
HiccOughS


W. B. L., Rockford, Ill. - You
mention the painful effect" which
you have lately developed with your
distressing hiccough. What is this
new symptom? Is it a cough? Is
it loss of weight, poor appetite and
psin III the abdomen? Because A
cough, coupled with hiccough points
to some trouble in the chest and
requires an examination by COM
peteut physician. The examining
physician may even use X-ray to
help him locate your trouble.
Loss Of weight, poor appetite and
pain also mean that you need a
thorough physical examination.
How is your general health,
otherwise? How is your eyesight?
These, too, are important questions.
Answers to these questions aid the
physician in his search for the cause
Of your hiccough.
Your letter leads us to believe
that, although your hiccough is not
continuous, you are never quite free
from it. If the most elementary
treatment does not work, We advise
you to go to a doctor.
Simple hiccough can often be
stopped by taking 10 or 20 sips Of
water without drawing a breath. If
this is not effective, try pulling on
the tongue with the thumb and
forefinger of the right hand. Lastly
breathe into a paper bag-cover
your mouth and nose with the bag
take 10 to 20 full deep breaths,
breathing back the expired air
through your nose into your lungs.
Nervousness Before Examinations
S. F., New YOrk.-Some people
can face tests with a great deal of
ease and self confidence; others do
so with less. The amount of I'M
easiness with which one faces such
situation is an index of the in
dividuals lack of self-reliance. A
little anxiety on these occasions may
be normal; and even a great deal
of anxiety may be normal where
one faces an important task un-
prepared.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-09-05
FOR LARGER AND MORE
SUCCESSFUL MEETINGS


Dear Editor:
I Just want to make a few sug-
gestions and constructive criticism
in regard to the Herndon and
Sacco- Vanzetti mass meeting held
last Wednesday night at the Bronx
Coliseum. Although the meeting
was undoubtedly a success, finan-
cially and morally, it could have
been a much greater success if the
meeting started no later than 8:15
and ended no later than 1870. All
mass meetings should start promptly
at BIS regardless of how many
people are in the audience. Even If
there are only thousand people
present, if the comrades see that
the meeting starts promptly, and
also ends promptly or as near to
II p. m. as possible, the people
will arrive earlier as we'll as come
oftener. But if the meeting starts
so late, about 9 o'clock and ends
at IL to l o'clock, it will discourage
thousands of people from coming to
future meetings. The meeting
should be properly regulated. Each
speaker to be allotted say Is to 20
minutes and must not go over that
time. If he speaks beyond that time
he should be reminded.
The maximum time allowed for
speech making should be no more
than hours and 80 minutes in
order not to tax the patience and
good nature of the audience. As
sumo that speakers are to be
heard that evening. If 6 speakers
take up the allotted time for speak
ing, the other two speakers must
be eliminated.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-09-05
PARTY LIFE
Sections in Chicago Prepare
For 18th Party Anniversary
Ne,oest and Smallest Section in District Is Con
Quoting an Intensive Campaign

versary to improve the political
level of the Party membership and
strengthen our work, should be SO
carelessly handled by most Of the
sections.
Older Sectiens-SectiOn 1, with
your 400 members and 30 units;
Section 2, the first section estsab~
liShed on the South Side of Chi~
cago; Section 3 the cradle of the
revolutionary movement in G nj
cago; Section 4, at one time ne
best functioning section in the Ivy ,
Section 5, is distinguished by tlia1es
fact that it contains the greatei,5 y
number of old-timers; Section S.,
with it's ambitious big plans; Secs
ton 10, which undertook to or$s
ganize the Western Electric. Sec
lions 6, 7, IL and IL are still watt
ing for some distinction.
Older sections take note! We
expect a change and real effort
to make the 18th Party Anniversary
one of the most outstanding events,
The developing campaign Of provo~
cations against our Party and the
movement demand a live mobiliza-
ton of the masses around the his
tory and program of our Party and
to turn the Party Celebration as
the Ashland Auditorium, Ashland
and Van Buren,, Sept. 9, into an
answer to the Kelly Horner- Roose- -
welt government that the workers
will defend the Party against att
tack.
AGITPROP DEPARTMENT, I,
DISTRICT 8. y
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-09-05

time or any time to eat their
lunch. Also when it came time to
go home they had no time even
to wash their face and hands.
AS for my part, I had to work
with all my energy to keep the ma
chine running in full time. When
I was spinning I was forced to run
48 sides on fine work or "a on coarse
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-09-05
NOTE:

We publish letters from textile,
needle, shoe and leather workers
every Wednesday. Workers in
these industries are urged to write
us of their conditions of work,
and of their struggles to organize.
Get the letters to us by Saturday
of each week.