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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-11-30
Against
Jim -CrOwis1n
In the Schools
BY A R. R. Worker Correspondent

10y - i've AAs w VI mel AUIESDOAuEtfb
CHICAGO, I'LL am worker on
the Pennsylvania r. r. I have seen
the Daily Worker sold here many
times and thought it was a good
thing for us workers but I never
realized what friend of the work.
ers, Negro and white, it was until
this happened.
In Chicago, where I live, a cam
paign started to get the Negro
children out of certain school in
Morgan Park. A big company, the
Shulz Baking Co., with whom the
Negroes do business, went around
in a big broadcasting car, yelling
Are you with us in getting the
Negroes out of the white schools?"
We Negroes protested. We went to
the baking company, to a lot of
other places, but the campaign was
pretty much against us until the
Communists came in.
The Communists went around to
all the schools for miles around
speaking. They told the Jewish
neighborhood that in Morgan Park
Hitlerism was starting. They told
them that when they get through
with the Negroes they'll start on
the Jewish workers. And they told
them to go on sympathy strike
for the Negroes. immediately a
school with 800 students went on
strike This put q puncture in the
campaign and the whole thing was
dropped.
1 can now see the power that
Negro and white workers can have
when they unite. I am not Com
munist, and I have heard lot of
things against Communists, but #
this is what the Communists do,
fight for Negro and white workers,
then I am al for it.
A Penn. r. r. Worker.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-11-30
Occupational Diseases

DY occupational skin diseases is
meant those eruptions which
occur in workers as a result of con-
tact with certain irritating sub
stances in the course of their work
Generally speaking there are two
types Of occupational skin diseases.
One group is made up of t hose
cases caused by known skin irri-
tants. For instance, every one
knows that sulphuric acid, hydro
chlcric ecid, nitric acid, soda ash,
quicklime, alums, etc, can injure
the skin. Workers who handle
these chemicals must suffer in
Examinations of the skin unless
proper precautions are placed at
their disposal. The second group
concerns those cases in which Ger
tain people are for unknown rea-
sons, more sensitive to a particular
substance than others. For instance,
in a bakery one worker out Of ten
employed, may get a rash because
of handling flour We say that such
person is sensitive to flour. In
some, this sensitivity shows up the
first time flour is touched. In
others, it may develop after years
of work with this substance.
This condition is a problem both
for the employer and for the work
er. For the employer there is in
reference with the efficiency in
running his plant and the cost Of
compensation insurance. How short
sighted and selfish the employers
and insurance companies attitude
is we shall speak of later. For the
workers it means discomfort and
loss of work and all too often no
compensation.
In the many industries, workers
are exposed to hundreds of poisons
which cen irritate the skin and
cause even more serious conditions
resulting in death or permanent
disability. Workers handling print
er's type, compromising rubber and
making grids for electric storage
batteries, are exposed to antimony
which can irritate the skin and
cause inflammation of the lining Of
the mouth, nose and throat. Those
engaged in the manufacture Of
aniline dyes and coal-tar drugs
and those who spray trees and veg
etables are exposed to arsenic which
can cause most serious inflamma-
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-11-30
Members of the M VIII
and ISL Form Joint
Ships Committee
BY A Marine Worker Correspondent

BY A Marine Worker Correspondent
BALTIMORE, Md-The crew. Of
the S. 8. American Star are all
union members. The engine depart
ment is organized into the Marine
Workers Industrial Union and the
deck gang belong to the Interna-
tional Seamen's Union.
The seamen on this ship, real
izing the necessity for unity, formed
ships committee made up Of
members Of both unions, to take up
all grievances of the sesnen on the
ship. These seamen are not letting
organizational differences interfere
with improving their conditions on
board ship.
Two delegates of the M W. I. o..
visited the ship and had long talk
with the crew relative to the West
Coast strike and the present ne
gotiations taking place between the
l. % " OlAACAdtS dAlO OllC bAAAROWAACAS D
The I. S. U. members especially de-
nounced the maneuvers of the I. S.
U. officials in stalling and delaying
action for better conditions. They
stated that before the Seamen could
get better conditions they would
have to unite their ranks on the
basis of the united front. These
men learned the value of unity by
participating in the West Coast
strike.
This is a good example of what the
seamen can do to better their con-
ditions. Here we have divided
crew, half belonging to the I. S. U.
the other half to the M. w. 1. IT,
but they realize they are living UNI
der the same conditions and the
only way they car improve these
conditions on the particular ship Is
by Joint action of the entire crew.
When we see similar unity on the
majority of the ships, then condi-
lions will improve considerably.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-11-30
Short Dining
Car Grew on
Penna. Loop
BY A R. R. Worker Correspondent

BY A r. r. Worker Correspondent
SUNNYSIDE, L. IL want to ex-
pose some of the conditions on the
Pennsylvania Railroad.
I was in loop called "a, with
which all the workers are ac-
qusinted. We get paid for the actual
hours we make. On this particular
run we are out five days. In all
the principal cities that We lay over
night. we have sleeping quarters but
we have to sleep in the car to save
the twenty-five cents.
That is not all. We work With a
short crew Of three WATERS and two
cooks. A full crew consists of five
walters, steward and tee cocks.
Now you can see the t3rror and
speed-up Pennsy is using in getting
all of that work done by few men.
The first waiter who is in charge,
taking the stewards place, gets full
time pay. But, after every meal he
is one Of the first men to check no
on the kitty and the money is
evenly divided with the rest of the
walters.
I certainly wish this matter could
be brought up in the brotherhood
and a fight initiated against these
deplorsble conditions. We should
see to it that the men get at least
their full tins witch consists of 24o
hc--s ner r.cntl
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-11-30
Cut in Working Time
Offsets P ay Increase
BY a Marine Worker
Correspondent

NEW YORK. - I am working
on the United Fruit docks. I
worked only six hours last week
and only IS hours the whole
month.
Last month I made nearly 100
hours before the raise. That is
what the raise in pay means.
The speed-up cuts us out of
much work, and the little raise
we got does not make up for it.
If we had a union, everything
would be different We could
demand the 30-hour week and
the control Of our own hiring.
We could make the bosses grant
us our rights.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-11-30

and pensions, slackening of the
speed-up and other improvements
in the miserable working condi-
tions? Hell-No.
There is absurdity in this COM
radeship with the CAROLS, Titleys,
Welchs, ETC., who are just the ones
who carry through all of the plans
to save money at the expense of
the employees.
If there was any doubt in the
mind of any employee as to the
purpose of the company union, it
should be removed now. Refuse to
belong to this scab outfit. If you
do already belong, raise questions
at every meeting as to why certain
lousy conditions are permitted to
exist. In a very short time with
proper organization and effort this
company union can be smashed.
It's worth it and can be done. Your
future demands on what interest
you take in the organization that
affects your job. A company
union is not that organization.
That is clear. and several others
joined the United Telegraphers of
America who as an independent
organization have no strings to
any enemies of labor. The N.R.A
is supposed to guarantee the right
to belong to any union of your
choice and even the A.W.U.E. has
that clause in its MIRA. agree
ment. Let your choice be fight
ing union and you will win back
all of these conditions that the
company union officials like Bur-
ton, Colao, Silverglade, Taschner
and Elsden helped you lose. On
ward to a strong U. T. A.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-11-30
NOTE

We publish letters every Friday
from workers in the transpOrta-
ton and communication indus
tries - railroad, marine, traction,
trucking, taxi, etc.-and post Of
flee, telegraph, telephone, etc.
We urge workers from these in
dustries to write of their cOndi-
tions of work and their efforts to
organize. Please get these letters
to us by Tuesday of each week.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-11-30
Letters from Our Readers

foot to smash down on the wages
Of the craftsmen still working by
making helpers do mechanics work.
That is done openly in only one de-
partment now, but we know 1t is
the opening wedge into the other
crafts.
Also the next meeting of Congress
we know will react to the hollering
for further economy by the big
money men. by wage cuts and other
devious ways to lower the cost of
building the Wall Street navy. We
look to see the great demand for
unemployment insurance put on the
backs of the workers still holding
job. Roosevelt is still pretty
strong around here, but not quite
so much as in 1882. The election
returns have not yet been filed, and
it is four days since elections. This
county went 43 strong fer the Com
munist Party in 1882, but we look
to see larger vote this year. il
they will only count it.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-11-30
Cudrdsn,en Protest Graft
In 258th Field Artillery

BY A Soldier Worker Correspondent
NEW YORK-One Of the Com
munist girls who gives out leaflets
and speaks to us fellows after drill
suggested that I write a letter to
you. She told my buddy and me
that the Daily Worker is going to
print letters from guardsmen in a
special column. once a week.
My buddy and I are not Com
munists, because We don't believe
in many of your principles. But we
agree with this young Communist
girl. who says that there is no
reason why we can't get together
on the things that we do agree on.
For instance, the leaflets we get
from you people prove that there
is graft going on in our regiment.
My buddy and I joined the outfit
over two years ago and We under
stood that we we're to receive 81 for
every drill, We haven't seen a cent
yet. All we do is sign the payroll.
The captain says the money goes
to pay for our dress uniform which
costs us S72 and the rest of the
money is for our battery dues We
both are out Of work, so you see we
could use the money for expenses.
We are convinced that the cap
tain or some officers are making a
racket Of our drill pay. And as the
girl says we have to organize the
fellows in our battery and do some
thing about the graft. forgot to
mention that the leaflets always say
for the fellows to investigate the
price of the uniform. They state
we are being gypped here too. So
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-11-30
20 M pa ny
Officials
In A.W.U.E.
BY a Telegraph Worker Cor
respondent

ACSRolAAGhk
NEW YORK; am a telegraph
worker. Recently the A. w. U. E.
company union started a cam
paign to force every one into this
sell-out organization.
This is the irony of the chief
selling point. 1t is to laugh when
they point out that even some of
the yice-presidentS and general
managers have become members of
the union. Just imagine Vice
President WEIGH of the traffic de-
psrtment being member of the
same union with thousands of tele-
graph workers who are walking the
streets looking for work. I sup
pose he Joined the union to get
some of the benefits enjoyed by
A.W.U.E. members.
For example Does he get docked
for all holidays as most of the
employees do? Hell-No Will he
fight to correct this "cut in pay"
scheme? Hell-No. Will he organ
ize his fellow workers to Demand
an increase in pay, vacation with
full pay, increase in sick benefits
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-11-30
Daily Calls on Small
Districts To Speed Driue

EUFST VIRGINIA Wednesdays list with higher
it for entire week since the campaign
West Virginia above of its
district like Louisiana Houston Louis and others of the
smaller districts been conducting the $4,000 campaign far from
these raised half Of the
them This certainly be changed They take
determined to fill their quotas quickly
represented with $40 while Minneapolis
reported anything districts
$8O0and them
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-11-30
.Sedmen Overcome Barriers
Between IS. Il. and M. II. l. Il.
Is u Elects Committee
To Protest Rotten Grub
in Relief Project
BY A Marine Worker Correspondent

BY A Marine Worker Correspondent
BALTIMORE, Md. - Between
"Ex-lax" Mann and Galley rat
Duggan, the garbage at the project
is in a hell of a mess. The seamen
are getting pretty hungry. Even the
I. s. U. rank and file have now
started campaign to force the re-
lief takers to improve the food.
A few days ago an I. s. U. COM
mittee elected on the unions floor
went up to see Karl Eckert, the
projects chief spitoon wrestler, to
learn what he had to say about the
food situation
This indicates the resentment
about the food among the seamen
and their conditions No doubt
though, that subordinates like Eek
ert and Pimm can do anything be-
yond referring the committee to
"Clothes-hne" Wooley. This we
know from bitter and actual ex-
perience.
The top takers are the ones res
ponSible for the rotten conditions
at the project. Now is the time for
all seamen to unite and put some
pressure on the takers.
The I. S. U. rank and file should
go further than send committees
They should force their leaders to
organize the unions membership
into mass delegation and unite all
the unemployed seamen to take
action. All the unemployed seamen
are suffering from rotten garbage
and they should organize their
mower for better relief.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-11-30
SEAMEN ABOARD SHIP AND ON THE BEACH MOVE FOR UNIT
Telegraphers Union
Calls Mass Meeting
BY a Telegraph Worker
Correspondent

NEW YORK; have received a
notice signed by the United Tele-
graphists Of America, an independ-
ent organization, calling upon the
workers in the telegraph industry
and the general public to come to
mass meeting to be held at
Beethoven Hall, 21O East 5th St.,
on Friday night, Nov. both at p. m.
The notice says that this meeting
will discuss the conditions in the
telegraph industry - the increased
speed-up, the lay-offs and the pro-
posed merger in the industry. 1t
is clear from the notice that this
outfit is an honest one and not
phoney like the Association of West
ern Union Employees.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-11-30
Plants on Part Time
in Kansas City, Mo
By a Worker Correspondent

By Worker Correspondent
KANSAS CITY. Mo.-Conditions
are rotten for workers in Kansas
City and vicinity.
The P. w. A. workers of Kansas
City and Jackson County are only
getting from 30c to 4oc per hour
and "a hours week.
The Democrat politicians who are
foremen on the P. w. A. Jobs are
lousy. They get their $50 every
week, rain or shine. The P w. A.
workers are not at all satisfied.
Railroading is also getting bad
The M. P. R. R. layed off % men a
week ago The roofing plants are
only working one and two days a
week. The packing houses are lay
ing men and women off every day
The Shefneld Steel is only working
part time.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-11-30
Nv ANN BARTON

On October 10, at 10 a. M, the l35
v girls working in the Fordham
Laundry, at 25S East 18TH Street,
New York, dropped their work and
went on strike. 1t is now eight
weeks that these girls, mainly Ne
gro. have been shown an example Of
solidarity and fighting blood, that
has caused dismay to the owner of
the laundry and to the police. There
is a reason for this fighting blood.
The girls are fighting for the con-
tinued existence of the Laundry
Workers Industrial Union in their
shop.
FIVE of the leading girl strikers,
L four Negro and one white, and
the organizer. Jessie Taft, told me
the story of that strike. Less than a
year ago, there was no union. The
girls were working so, So, So hours
week, for 81 and 8, just as the
boss was pleased to pay. Then the
Laundry Workers Industrial Union
led department strike there which
forced a minimum weekly wage OF
$13.95, and a work-week of As hours.
The union forced the boss to pay
time and half for overtime.
But the Laundry Owners AssO-
citation, and the owners of the
Fordham Laundry, decided to
break the hold of the union
through a lockout. The girls or
ganized into the union, were a
few steps ahead of the bosses, and
three days before the lockout was
to go into effect, called the entire
shop out on strike. These girls
have defeated the bosses at
tempts to form a company union.
A FEW days ago, the boss sent a
n truckload of thugs, armed with
bottles, chains, bricks, to attack the
girls who gather every day at the
corner, to support the pickets
marching in front of the laundry.
Bricks flew. Bottles few But every
thing they threw, we threw back!
We sure put them on the rum said
one of the girls enthusiastically.
"Now," said Chauncey johnson.
a tiny Negro girl, leader of the
strike, ''the boss and the foreman
are trying to get the girls to leave
the industrial unicn. But our
| strike stands sOlid!"
81 know I'm fighting for my
rights-and I'd starve before I'd GO
back without the union" said Bella
Bross. a white girl who has been
working in the mangle room at the
laundry.
Inez Weston, member of the
shop committee is 26. and must sup
port her two children. For thre9
wears she was working at the laun-
dry and has seen the changed con-
ditions which the union syougiat.
"The Communists? the girls re-
piled in answer to question.
why they help us picket" said
| julie Sanuels.
Yes, the Communists want to
build the union' said Ethel Harris
Il guess because they want the
working class to he strong and
united" Many Of the girls, since
the strike, have joined the Young
Communist League, and the Com
munist Party The girls said strike
settlement is in the offing in the
very near future.
JESSIE TAFT, organizer for the
y Laundry Workers Industrial Union,
who as the girls say hasn't missed
day on the picket line" calls for
support of the fine struggle these
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-11-30
REPORT FROM THE NAVY YARD
Bremerton, Washington.

Lear Comrao6 GdltOr.
am little late in renewing my
own sub for the Saturday issue, and
am filming myself fifty cents for be-
ing that way. I only wish 1 were
able to tax myself more. had
few contacts for subs in the yard
and expected to send them all in
together, but circumstances do not
permit me to at this time. I will
have them though in the near fu-
ture.
The depression has not hit here,
as hard as other places, and of
course, I need not tell you why, as
you know this is navy yard, and
is pretty busy. The crisis, l am
sure, will start making its way into
the yard here as soon as the next
Congress meets and passes few
Of its wall Street bossesD laws for
further economy. ASSut one thou
-snd men have been laid of the
last four months. and ncva is o.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-11-30
Addresses Wanted

THE following letters have been
returned because Of wrong ad-
dress. Will you please send in your
correct address:
Peggy Paterson, the Bronx; G.
Van FRIGHT, Chicago; Frank U.
Wegner, Dearborn; Paul Sorbello,
Bronx; Il. Rosner, BROOKLYN 10
Ivoff, Tampa, Fla; c. w. Davis,
Omaha, Neb.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-11-30

we took my uniform to a tailor and
he said it's only worth about $40,
There are about so guys in our
battery so you can easily see what a
soft snap the Skipper" (csptsin)
has.
We have already begun to get the
fellows started. Ny friend speaks
to his pals and I speak to mine. We
expect to take some action as soon
as we get the fellows organized.
Hoping you print our letter.
Two Guardsmen in the 25Sth F.A.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-11-30

Although the quota set for the
Wcmen's Council of jamestown, N.
Y, was fulfilled when they contrib
uted $40, they are "far from salts
fled and pledge ourselves to redouble
our efforts to help put the Daily
Worker drive over the top in its
appeal for 100000 Has your Coun-
Gil reached its quota?
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-11-30

John P. Kral, of Conneaut, Ohio,
writes: Our units quota for the
Daily Worker drive was set at SIS.
We have raised to date $22.16, with
prospects Of raising $40 more" They
challenge every unit in the district
to beat the percentage of the Con-
neaut unit. They sold one raffle
book, and another Is almost COM
pleted.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-11-30
Can You Make EN-
Yourself?

Pattern 2051 is available in sizes
IA, 16, 18, 20, 80, "a. So, 38, 40, AZ and
A. Size So. takes 37s yards SO inch
fabric and II yard contrasting.
Illustrated step-b step sewing in
structions included.
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FAST STEPPING NEEDED!

The Workers Correspondence De-
partment reaches the 500 mark
today--but they have some step
ping to do, with only 20 per cent Of
their $500 nncea reachedI
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-11-30
SURPRISE COMING!

The doctors are waiting for the
big money of their dance last night
to be counted. We're all agogl
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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-11-30

WORKING WOMEN!
TN the Home" takes second place
in the days contributions, beating
such heavy cannon as Gold, Burck
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-11-30
In THE HO vi E
"OUR STRIKE STANDS sOLID!"
BY ANN RT o

girls are carrying on. She urges that
all sympathizers report for picket
duty at SOB East 136th Street. She
also asks that those who wish to
donate food for the strikers, should
send it to the relief kitchen at 1883
Third Avenue, New York, N. Y.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-11-30

JESSIE TAFT, organizer for the
y Laundry Workers Industrial Union,
who as the girls say hasn't missed
a day on the picket line calls for
support of the fine struggle these