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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-06-02

rules, we must place the whole
blame on the coal company for not
furnishing the miners with the
necessary posts and timbers.
The rule should be established
whereby, if any miners lose a day
or a part of day, due to lack of
the necessary supplies, the coal COM
pany shall pay these men at the
prevailing daymen's wages for the
lost time. This would soon stop
the practices Of the bosses who COM
pei miners to go into abandoned
places.
In the last few weeks, seven men
were hurt in this mine alone. Prac-
tically all of these accidents are the
fault of the company. No one gets
fired, no one gets blamed, but the
men who get hurt Our local Of
the U. M. w. A. is controlled by
a set of officials that do not see
these things, because they are like
their master, John Lewis. They be-
lieve that they are here to protect
the interest of the coal company
and not the interest of the miners.
We must change this situation, by
removing out of all the union Of
fees the agents of John L. and the
coal companies.
A CLYDE NO. MINER.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-06-02
Miners Forced Into
Dangerous Places By
Threats of Dismissal
Then Get Blamed for accidents, Although the
Bosses Themselves Made Them Break Rules
By a Mine Worker Correspondent

BY Mine Worker Correspondent
CLYDE MINE, Pa. - Some time
ago, miner working here in Clyde
No. 3 of the Rainey Coal had no
posts. The assistant boss threatened
to send him home unless he has
his place posted up. The law is
that the company furnishes all the
posts and timbers.
The man demanded from the boss
a car of posts but did not get it.
When ordered by the boss to post
his place or go home, and not wish
ing to lose a days work, he did the
next best; he went into an old
worked out place and tried to knock
a post down. He did, but with the
post came tons of rock and slate,
which killed him.
OF course now the bosses are not
blamed, neither is the Rainey COM
pany The man that got killed is
blamed because he violated min
ing rule by going into an abandoned
place and knocking the posts down.
Really though every miner knows
that if this man went home, he
might have had his lamp stopped
the next day, he would have lost a
few days work, and while we may
blame the man for doing something
that is dangerous, and against the
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-06-02
Rubber Workers Grow Tired
Of A. F. L. Sailing Tactics

agreement would be ready to pre-
sent to the membership in about
two weeks or ten days, and we
know you will like it. One of the
high points is a minimum wage of
rs cents per hour"
This rs cents per hour is all we
heard about from the officials. They
were determined to sell the whole
thing on this one point, and when
finally the agreement was read in
the locals, it revealed itself as being
a masterpiece for the rubber barons.
1t does not call for a closed shop,
not even recognition of any union.
But it contained many clauses that
placed it in such slow channels
that it will never reach its pro-
posed destination. And now as the
peak period of the season has
passed there is no hope of getting
anything for the workers. The rub
Der industry is seasonal, and Mr..
Claherty can use this fact to try
to stall a while longer.
There are rumblings of upheav-
ais in some of the locals indicat-
ing complete dissatisfaction. The
A. F. of L. will not be able to hold
these workers much longer under
these conditions. Goodrich local
now has splits in it, about three fac
tons, also the company union exists
in all the large shops. There is
one sure thing, if these workers
ever become disorganized again, they
will have no faith in any kind of
a union and many years will be re-
CURED to organize them again. They
nylril-erWbeseyaDan.- b :. all etao
were betrayed by the A. F. of L.
several years ago. and that still
fingers in the minds of some of the
older workers.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-06-02

call it the butchers mine. Every
single day some of the miners get
hurt, a finger chopped off, hands
broken, legs broken, back broken, or
crashed to death.
When worker gets his finger
cut off or his hand broken, or leg,
Or anything else, they carry him
into the mine to attend the water
pump, or some other place, so that
the poor worker does not have COM
pensation, and takes another work
ing mans job.
The company has it's own doctors,
who play with the crippled men as
If they were animals, not humans.
For instance, one coal digger last
year had coal rack fall upon him
and break his shoulder blades. The
second day the doctor sent him
back to work with pick and shovel,
with a shoulder blade broken in
three places.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-06-02
DOMESTIC WORKERS UNION
OLLECTS FULL MONTHS
WAGES FOR HOUSEWORKER
MADE ILL BY OVERWORK

Though the MIRA. protests that
employers of domestics can't be
made subject to rules and regula-
tions as to wages, hours, etc, the
Union is demonstrating the power
of the organized workers to secure
better conditions.
For year, Martha Scheffer,
union member, worked for Mrs.
Nina Bodzin, PAT Eastern Parkway,
Brooklyn. For SIS a month, Martha
did the cleaning, washing, ironing,
the. cooking and window-washing,
and cared for the two children.
This wasn't enough in May,
"spring cleaning" was instituted in
the Bodzin household and Mar
tina. was asked, in addition to the
already crushing duties, to wash
the walls and woodwork and shellac
the floors.
Her health broke and she had to
be taken to a hospital. Her feet
were seriously affected. After two
weeks in the hospital the doctors
advised her not to work for a
month. I'm so glad she finished
the floors before she was taken
sick" said Mrs. Bodzin.
Martha was taken i'll about two
weeks after her previous payday.
She received SO, and 50 for the
clinic. The Union decided to de-
mand a full months pay for her
and sent a delegation consisting of
one Finnish worker, (Martha), and
one japanese, one Negro, one white
American and one Esthonian to the
employers home. AS there was no
one home the delegation decided to
wait in the park across from the
apartment building for the return
of the family The building super
intendent called cop, demanding
the delegations arrest. The cop
singled out the Negro worker for
arrest, whereupon the delegation
declared if one was arrested all
must be.
Under fire of their protests the
COP withdrew, with the threat to
arrest them if they came again.
Mr.. Bodzin, hearing Of this Incl
dent, agreed to confer with the
committee in the headquarters of
the F.WIU. at so West 45th st.
He objected to the demand for a
full months salary for Martha and
to the mixed delegation which he
said had "disgraced" him. Upon
threat to picket his home he
agreed to pay the other Is, check
which Martha got two days later
Mr.. Bodzins attitude was one of
heartbroken reproach for Martha.
He admitted that she had been
overworked, but thought she should
have refused to work so hard. He
also reproached her for net inaui
irg as to the health OF the children.
Further lie explained that it meant
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-06-02

of our Party. Unfortunately our
Party Districts have not approached
the distribution of this Manifesto
with the same enthusiasm. Up to
the present time not two million
but only 100000 Manifestos have
been distributed, $4,000 of which
were distributed in New York Dis
trict. The rest of the country and
particularly the concentration dis
tricts underestimate both the im-
portance of the manifesto, and the
eagerness with which it is received
and read by the workers and farm
erS everywhere. We would like to
accept the suggest ion of the COM
rade who is willing to sacrifice rest
and food to distribute Is million
copies. If the task is approached
in this spirit by the comrades in
the districts, the first two million
copies can be easily put into the
hards of the workers and farmers,
and funds raised for 20 million
more. Let's go, comrades.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-06-02
Denver, Colo.
~ Doctor
AgE>GG1.Ill1GlH
~>mGHA,S1e1:
By PAUL LUTTrNGER. MD.

Several correspondents have re-
Gently inquired regarding the synp-
toms and prevention of arsenical
poisoning. We have collected all the
letters on this subject and are re-
plying to them collectively:
There are two sets of symptoms,
one from arsenic compounds and
one from arseniuretted hydrogen
gas. Within a few hours after
inhaling arseniuretted hydrogen gas,
the following symptoms may appear:
weakness, dizziness, headaches,
vomiting, jaundice, and sooner or
later, anemia.
Arsenic compounds give the fol-
lowing symptoms irritation and
later liberation of the skin; ulcera-
ton of the nose; discoloration of
the skin and thickening of the skin
on the palms and soles; irritation of
eyes; sore throat; hoarseness; vom-
iting; abdominal pain; diarrhea,
pain and numbness in the arms and
legs.
Arsenic is harmless metal, but
poisoning occurs from compounds Of
arsenic. The most poisonous of
them is white arsenic or arsenious
acid which is a solid compound.
Paris Green and Scheele's Green
are the arsenical compounds most
often employed; they are mixtures
Of arsenic and copper. When COM
pounds containing arsenic are
heated, vapors arise which are
yellow in color and have a char
acteristic garlic odor. Arseniuretted
hydrogen is a gas which has no
color but a very bad smell and it
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-06-02
PIMA Chiefs
Hide Origin
OfHR 1898
By a Mine Worker Correspondent

BY Mine Worker correspondent
PANA, I'LL was present at the
recent State Committee meeting of
the Unemployment Councils at
which report was given by the
Secretary z. Jones, on the number
of local unions down state which
have endorsed the Unemployment
Insurance Bill HR 1898. Close to
40 locals P. M. A. and Auxiliary
have given support to this bill, after
the Progressive Miner came out in
an editorial openly supporting the
fake Wagner Bill.
I asked one of the Board members
from our district, why does the
PIMA. of1cialdom support such fake
stuff, when they know it is against
the unemployed and also when they
know that the only real bill is the
one introduced by the Unemployed
Councils, thru pressure on Congress
man Lundeen. The Board member
told me he didn't know, but I
think it was one of those political
moves of the P. M. A. brain trust"
at the time when they called upon
us to support Nesbit and all that
gang.
The P. NJ. A. officialdom thought
that by this horse trading they
would get in the good graces of the
N. R. A. and maybe horn in on
John L., and now since they got no
results and also seeing that the rank
and file after all knows what is
good for them. they haven't come
out in the last issue of the
Progressive miner, giving space and
explanation to our Bill 1898 as the
only bill (which really means some
thing to labor"
The P. NJ A. officials are still
trying to cover up the fact that
this bill is the work of the Unem-
ployed Councils for the past three
years, and they are trying to make
it look like it's a Lundeen bill. We
miners don't care what it's called.
but I wish the Daily would point
out to the workers that this Bill
was and is the result of the hard
work by the Communists and tens
of thousands of unemployed Coun-
Gil members. whom the P. M. A.
officials and other labor states are
attacking today.
UNEMPLOYED MINER.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-06-02
By a Worker Correspondent

AKRON, Ohio-Akron, the rubber
manufacturing center of the world,
traditionally a non-union city, has
now about $500 workers organized
in A. F. of L. Federal locals.
Last June the A. F. of L. with
the aid of MIRA. penetrated this
non-union city with little or no
resistance from the rubber barons.
What little resistance was offered
was for the purpose of camouflage.
Coleman Claherty was sent here
by Bill Green as his chief repre-
sentative. He set up an elaborate
Office in the finest bank building
in Akron. So far, the only thing
the rubber workers have received
from the A. F. of L. is an oppor-
tunity to pay 81 per month dues
and listen to ballyhoo from Clah-
erty and Stanley Denlinger, lawyer
politician.
From the very beginning, Clah-
erJyS program mas DeSn one VI
stalling and preventing any strug-
gle whatsoever. At first he had
to use wait till we get 100 per cent
organized; second, wait till we get
a rubber code; third, wait till we
decide what we want; fourth, wait
till draft blanket agreement for
the industry as a whole"
He was about five months draft
ing the agreement. Then he called
the leaders of the various locals to
several meetings to sell them (the
leaders, this agreement, at the same
time keeping the rank and file in
complete ignorance of the contents.
After several weeks of officers meet
ings, it was announced that "the
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-06-02
PARTY LIFE
PARTY LIFE
25, Not 2 Million Convention
ManifeStOeS Shoulder rinted
NOn-Pmty Farmer Thinks Quota Too Small;
VIII Sacrifice and York to Spread Them

I say we should distribute 20 or
Is million of the Eighth National
Convention Manifesto of the Com
munist Party. This is not impos-
sible or so difficult 1t can be &C
complished if $4,000 Party mem
hers and sympathizers pay for and
distribute an average of 1000 PAM
phlets each. Those who can't
spare $100 can no doubt collect
from those who have read the
manifesto.
Where it is impossible to reach
all farmers, one good way is put the
manifesto in cars, and hand them
out on the streets and at public
meetings. Hundreds and thousands
of farmers cars are parked in towns
on Saturday nights, at picture
shows, etc. Also all public gather
ingS Of farmers should have the
manifestos distributed. Those dis
tributed to farmers might be stamp
ed with the address of the National
Farmers Weekly Newspaper and
those to workers with the Daily
Worker, etc.
In order to carry out the afore-
mentioned plan I am willing, if
necessary, to miss many meals and
many nights rest. =.
We must not delay until nearly
time for the November elections this
fall
&c.
Denver, Colo.
Editors Note.
We are publishing the above let
ter to show the reaction of the
non-Party masses to the Manifesto
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-06-02
SAGE Expense
But Menace
Miners Lies
By a Mine Worker Correspondent

By a Mine Worker Correspondent
SPRINGFIELD, I'LL am en-
ployed at the Old West mine, be-
longing to Panther Creek Coal
Co. I've been working here for the
past ten years but never did I find
such bad conditions as now. This
mine is controlled by the P, M. A.,
and close to 400 men are working
here on an average of two to three
days a week, The company is bent
on making as much profit as pos
sible without spending a penny on
repairs. The air is bad, but what
is worse, the top is bad, the logs are
strewn all around, without cleaning,
so that it's dangerous to go a step.
The reason for this is that the COM
pany does not want to hire more
day men to clean up and keep the
roadways in good shape. The
company doesn't give a damn.
What is also bad is the condition
of the air shaft. Several weeks ago
when our litter" went bad, it took
us three hours to get out of the
mine, because only five men were
permitted at a time up those rotten
stairways. In case of fire or blow
up, we all would be cooked in there.
Yet up to now not thing was
done to improve this.
Once in a local union a kick was
made against these conditions, but
the local politicians said, Lets not
start any trouble, we got to wait till
we get stronger"
What want to know is how can
our union grow when we permit our
conditions to get worse and worse?
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-06-02
ON WORKERS DEFENSE CORPS
New York.

ON WORKERS DEFENSE CORPS
New York.
Comrade Editor:
There appeared recently in the
Daily Worker, opinions of workers
about the necessity of organizing
Workers Defense Corps
With the rising tide of the class
struggle and the simultaneous
threat of fascism, think the ques-
ton of this defense of the working
class is immediate and should re-
ceive careful consideration. 1t seems
to me that in order to insure the
victory of the workers in the fourth
coming showdown it is essential
that they be better prepared to face
and muster the actual technique of
struggle.
I think it is especially important
to spread the Workers Defense
Corps" idea among the young work
ers, because these workers are, due
to lack of experience, easier prey
and victims of fascist demagogy.
A WHITE COLLAR WORKER.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-06-02
NOTE:

We publish letters from coal
and ore miners, and from oil field
workers every Saturday. We urge
workers in these fields to write us
of their conditions of work and
of their struggle to improve their
conditions and organize. Please
get your letters to us by We'd
nesday of each week.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-06-02

Smart guys. But we're smart too.
Today Joey and I walked down
Prospect Avenue lookin' for some of
the fellows. We got leaflets to give
out. We SPOT Tony and Ed on the
corner, and give them the high sign
to follow us, because the dicks and
cops keep their eyes open for us.
They got trucks filled with gang
Sters to bust up any meeting. So
we walk about a block together and
slip Tony and Ed a bunch of leaf
lets to give out. 1t says we want a
dollar for the night newsies. And
do the guys eat those leaflets up!
You know. this way we'll get some
where's. We're gonna stick to this
until we get decent conditions.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-06-02
Comradely yours.
EUGENE GRASSE.
PUZZLE CORNER

See how many different ways
you can arrange the numbers one
to nine Il to 81, using each num-
Der only once, so that they add
up to Is in every row, across and
down.
You can join the Daily Worker
Puzzle Club by sending in your
answer.
Puzzle Club Members. At last
membership cards have been sent
out. If you don't receive yours,
please let us know.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-06-02
Company Cheats
Crippled Miners

BY Mine Worker Correspondent
NELLIS, w. Va. i have been
working in hundreds of different
mines, but the mine I am now
working at, the Han Coal Mine
Corp, is the most dangerous mine.
About $50 men work here. They
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-06-02
Can You Make EN-
Yourself?

Pattern 1885 is available in sizes
36, 80, 40, AZ, "A, 46 and 48. Size
36 takes 215 yards So inch fabric
and IL yards contrasting. Illus
trated step-by-step sewing instruc-
tons included.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-06-02
Conducted by Mary Morrow. Chill
dren's editor, The Daily Worker, So
East 18th St.. New York CITY.

Chicago, Ill.
Dear Comrade Editor:
In our troop of Young Pioneers
there are two little Negro girls.
They had to sell flowers so that
they would be able to eat on
Mothers Day. Their Mother had
to make the flowers and they had
to sell them, So you see that the
bosses don't care about mothers,
but only to make profits for them
selves.
Comradely yours.
EUGENE GRASSE.
The June issue of the New
Pioneer is out! Be sure you get
your copy. There's lots of adven-
ture in it, a grand account of the
Russian explorers on the CheIyus-
kin expedition, and the beginning
of a serial about Russian Pioneers
in China.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-06-02
N1lS0UCTED BY
HELEN LUCE

a sacrifice for him to hire domestic
help but that he did so because
his wife was not very well and
strong and should not work
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-06-02
LETTERS FROM
OUR READERS
THE DAILY" IN THE NAVY
YARD
New York.

New York.
Dear Sir:
On May LIST, Daily Workers were
distributed at the gate of the Brook
Ign Navy Yard. These papers we're
taken by almost all the men. When
we got to the entrance, the Marines
and cops started to take the papers
from us. I want to tell you that.
lot of the men got sore at this be-
cause they had no right doing it.
The Daily Worker" is a regular
newspaper and just because it says
things the officials don't like, it
doesn't mean they can take it from
us. The paper ought to send
letter to the Commandment of the
Yard raising He'll and asking what
right he had in having the Marines
take the papers away.
A GROUP OF YARD WORKMEN.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-10-18

The Stop signs, which the Board of Police Commissioners has had ordered placed at the inc tersections of all Waterville streets with Thomaston avenue, were set up several days ago and are serv- ing admirably in reducing accident hazards on the main thoroughfare. They call for a full stop by all vehicles before turning into Thom- aston avenue and are of the refiec- tor type which makes them equally effective day and night. The in- creased speed of traffic using the avenue since the completion of the new concrete pavement was most hazardous insofar as it affected the traffic, from the side streets and the signs are affording de- finite control. With the rotary traffic circle at the Huntingdon avenue-Homer street intersection and the warning signs near factory gates and the school much has been done toward creating safer situation. The establishment of speed limit signs requiring traffic through the village to confine to definite maximum limit in the one additional step which might be taken to furhter improve the situation.
 Bible Class to Attend Convention.
 A good delegation from Every mans Bible class of Waterville will attend the sessions of the State Federation of Mems Bible class which takes place at Norwich on Friday and Saturday of this week.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-10-18
Stop Signals Make
 Traffic Here Safer
Accident Hazards Reduced Bible Members to Attend
 Norwich Convention Tomorrow
FAYETTEVILLE

Frederick Book, president of the waterbury Federation and mem Der of the waterville class win lead the delegation fro mthe city
 F. T. A. Conference.
 The Waterviile Parent Teacher association was well represented at the meeting of the New Haven County Council of that organiza% ton which took place yesterday at Cheshire. Mrs Louis c. Willard the local president, was accompan- jed by Mrs Elemer Wilson, Mrs Ralph Darlington, Mrs Russell Atherton, Mrs Joseph Cookson, Mrs Frank Bailey, Mrs c. Arthur Du~ Bois, Mrs Walter Herman, Mrs Mulford B. Simonson, Mrs Napier Lorraine and Mrs Peter Corrigan-
 An interesting feature of the afternoon was an inspection tour of the Cheshire Reformatory. The delegates visited the various work shops and other facilities of the institution and were greeted by Superintendent Erskine, who deA- cribed the work which is being done at the reformatory.
 The business session late in the afternoon took place at the Che- shire Congregational Church and was followed by a supper, served by the ladies of the church. In the evening the session wa addressed by Prof. Lester Ade, the head of the New Haven Normal school whose inspiring address was of un- usual importance. A