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Evening star., 1935-05-07

show and remain throughout the day.
Luncheons for both adults and chill
dren Will be sold at . nominal charge
each day In the cafeteria that the
league has established in the attrac-
tive stone dwelling on the grounds.
A number OF choice box and
grandstand seats still available at the
Junior Leagues headquarters at 1913
Connecticut avenue.
Evening star., 1935-05-07
Barnes.McC Cormick
Wedding Plans Made

Miss Katrina Mccormick and Mr..
CORTLAND Barnes. jr., have completed
plans for their wedding, Saturday,
June IS. The ceremony in the new
Cathedral will be followed by . re-
ception in the gardens of the home
of the brides mother, Mrs.. Albert q.
Simms, on Thirtieth street.
Evening star., 1935-05-07
Women's Legion
Party Tomorrow

Mrs. Edmund p. Ellis. president OF
the American Women's Legion. viii be
assisted IN receiving tomorrow evening
at 8 o'clock in the Red Cross Building
at the annual convention by Mrs.
Acherson Hassan, chairman Of pro-
gram; Mrs. Egbert c. Corvan, Mrs.
Benjamin Soule GantZ, Mrs. M. S.
Cox, Mrs. Charles Demonet and Mrs.
Evening star., 1935-05-07

In Soviet Russia: Miss Estells Hunt,
accompanied by Aias Lillian Conn.
will sing. The music on this occasion
will be the orchestra Of the United
States Army Band
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1935-01-16

my history, was given thorough
examination. The doctor used rub
be- gloves. american doctors have
told me that Soviet doctors do not
use rubber gloves. I have never
had a better examination from a
private doctor. l was not rushed
through. When the doctor was
through, she made an appointment
for me with very prominent Mos
COW doctor, who is on the staff of
that hospital The doctor treats
her nurse as an equal. She did not
command her to do anything, she
asked her. In America, even a
trained nurse is mental.
I have one more incident to show
the brutal indifference of American
medical and government authority.
The wife of a jobless worker was in
the agony of childbirth. 1t was
useless to beg for an ambulance. He
took her out on the street. He
begged the policemen for help. No
use. He stopped a taxi and begged
the driver to take him and his wife
to the nearest hospital. The driver
asked if he had any money, and
told him he could not carry them
free. 1t would cost him his job.
Touched by the agony Of the wo-
man. the chauffeur finally con-
sented. AS they drove off, police
man, seeing the meter flag down,
stopped them The driver ex-
planned and pointed to the groaning
women. The policeman reported
the case. The driver was right. He
vas fired that night.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1935-01-16
Poison of Prejudice
Spread to Schoolboys
BY a Worker Correspondent

ny a worker correspondent
NEW YORK.-On my way back
from lunch to the school where I
teach came upon a group of about
10 to IA boys returning to their
school. AS I came upon them I
heard the breaking of glass in a
nearby Jewish synagogue.
seized one of the boys from this
group and brought him to my school.
There I proceeded to question him
as to why he had committed this
act. He was at loss to explain
why, outside of the one fact that it
was Jewish church" and he didn't
like Jews.
I took him back to his own school
and told the teacher there I wished
to get as many of the boys in this
group as possible and find out why
they had done this, and enlighten
them as much as possible on the
question of racial and religious pref
udice.
AS I see it, the incident is symp-
tomato of heightening of social and
political tension. 1t was an indica-
ton of how during the sharpening
of the class conflict, the theological
set-ups become overt, too, finally
affecting, in an active way particu-
larly the youth. This was the first
such incident that I have contacted
Such an instance should be a re-
minder to the Young Communist
League to intensity its work among
the youth.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1935-01-16
Clinics in New York and Moscow Compared

I stood in line again, paid my soc
and got my receipt. went back to
the line 1 stood in first. 1 got a
number there by which I would be
called in to see the doctor
A Long Wait
went to the waiting room
waited, and waited and waited
Nobody was called. l asked a young
chap, dressed in white, who was
lowering in and out of the room
when we were to be called in and
why it was taking so long. He told
me the doctors don't always come
on time and sometimes don't come
at all, but when and if they come
we will be attended to very quickly.
I finally found myself in front of
one of the doctors. What do you
think is the matter with your" he
asked in very irritated voice.
didn't answer at once. Hurry up
lady, I haven't got all day." he
snapped. 1t took me a second to
blurt out what l thought the mat
ter with me was He took slip,
put a circle around. one of the
numbers on it and told me to see
the nurse sitting outside the door
He did not examine me.
There were SO ahead of me, so 1
had another long wait A woman
behind me saiA, Dogs are treated
better than we are I just nodded
my head. The nurse told each of
us as our turn came that the slip
wa5 for drops for the eyes. She
ted us how to use them and when
TO come again. Go to the cashier
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1935-01-16
Forced Labor
In a Stable
By a Worker Correspondent

SAN DIEGO, Calif.,-I am work
ing at the S. E. R. A. sewing project
in the Goodwill Industries at the
corner of Fifth Ave. and ] Street.
Every day the regular workers of
the Goodwill have to go pray half
hour.
Now the S. E. R. A. project is
located in the same building, and
we S. E. R. A. Seamstresses have to
join in the half-hour chapel.
The building in which we work
used to be the old stable-garage of
Charles Hardy who left a fortune
he made selling bad meat to us
San Diego folks. It's terribly cold
and drafty. The Goodwill took it
over because the rent was so cheap
and all they did to it was whitewash
the inside little and tear out the
cid horse stalls, etc.
1 We have to sew under very I'M
sanitary conditions. We lost one
1orelady Mrs. Brooks, who died of
pneumonia. Now one of our seam
stresses is sick in a hospital with
pneumonia. and the other forelady
is very sick and ready to go to the
hospital.
This morning the regular Good
will men were scraping cement from
the walls and making an awful lot
of dust which we were forced to
breath. Our paymaster, Mr.. Adams,
promised he would try to get the
American Legion hall in East San
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1935-01-16
by a worker Correspondent


MOSCOW, U. S. S. RI once
visited two New York clinics, the
Eye and Ear Clinic and the Skin
and Cancer Clinic. 1t was a might
mare.
I recently visited clinic here in
Moscow. 1t was pleasant visit.
When I walked into the Eye and
Ear Clinic in New York 1 saw sew
eral long lines, I asked, Which line
for the eye patients?" Either one, "
the attendant said. 1 stood in line
30 minutes until my turn came
The girl at the desk said, without
looking up, Where's your receipt?
Did you pay your 50c?" NO, I have
not" I said, the attendant told me
this is the line for the eye patients"
You're in the wrong line, it's own
there I walked over to the other
line.
After waiting another 80 minutes
my turn came. The questions they
asked were as follows: Name. Ad-
dress. Religion. Church. How many
rooms in the apartment? How
many people live in the apartn Nnt?
Do you receive any relief? How
much? Is there an income? How
much is the income? From what
source obtained?
After the clerk had it all down
she said, soc please, Go over to
that line and pay" She handed
me a card and slip. Ii you can't
pay. you are told to take it up with
your relief agent. These clinits are
supposed to be free.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1935-01-16
LGyOfS Hit WeGuerS
At Lane Cotton Mill

There is a greater difference in
the living conditions of those that
are dependent upon the Lane Mill
for a living since the advent of the
NR.A. and the National Labor
Board.
The children of the majority of
the workers are pathetic. In pass
ing through the section of the city
where the biggest majority of the
Lane Mill hands dwell, one notices
the rundown and anemic conditions
of the innocents. When you think
of the cause OF that, it is enough
to make your blood boil to see the
parasites riding around in their
long cars with liveried chauffeurs
and in many cases with a fat
poodle, while the little children of
the workers in the mill are clothed
in rags in many instances, and sub
Stst on diet of red beans and rice.
Those that have a piece OF paper
saying that they own the mill, are
well clothed and feed on the fat of
the land.
Great numbers of these workers
in the Lane Mill are still waiting
for their magician, Huey P. Long
to produce prosperity and plenty
out Of his hair, while the Standard
Oil Company prepares to leave the
state, throwing out of employment
some 5000 men in Baton Rouge.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1935-01-16
Strike
Is Answer
To Firing

BY Shoe Worker Correspondent
LOWELL, Mass.-The crew of the
Lagsnas Shoe Company Of Lowell
walked out on strike Monday, Jan.
IA because the owners of this sweat
shop fired three lasters for putting
out bad work"
The real reason for firing these
three workers is because they mil
itantly opposed the fifteen per cent
wage cut that Lanagas has been
trying to put over. This shop is one
of the worst to work in around this
vicinity.
Besides asking for an increase in
wages, rehiring of the fired workers
and other minor concessions, the
workers in this shop must demand
the removal of the two rats, Brisko
and Pappas, who are driving the
workers to madness by their dom
ineering methods.
Brisko, by the way, is the super
intendent Of the Laganas Shoe
Company, and was recently hauled
into court charged with assault and
battery upon one Of the business
agents of the United Shoe and
Leather Workers Union.
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and pay 4Oc. You can't get your
drops without a receipt she told
us. Two girls tried to share one
receipt. They were told there is
only enough medicine in each
bottle to treat one. This is free
clinic"
At the skin clinic the questions
and waiting lines were similar. The
registration charge was little
cheaper. 1t was 4oc.
In Moscow I visited the Mol
chanovskaya Hospital here. AS l
said before, it was a pleasant visit
My slip was made out to the wrong
section of the hospital. I was told
to see the Chief Doctor of the hos
pital to have it changed. Her name
is Sophia Alexandrova. She was so
friendly I forgot I was in clinic
She not only fixed my slip but
telephoned the correct department
and told them was coming. I can't
imagine the head of any free clinic
in any other country taking the
trouble to see clinic patient, still
less would he bother to set pa
tient right.
When 1 got to the right depart
ment, DR.. Abramova and her nurse
took care of me. They were as
friendly as Dr. Sophia Alexandroya.
The history they took was different
from the one taken in the New
York clinics. They were interested
in the diseases I had had and what
diseases my parents had had, if
any. When they were through with
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1935-01-16
Delegate
Describes
'3BigDays'
By a Worker Correspondent

BY a Worker Correspondent
BOSTON, MaSS.-The three days
that will shake the world have got
ten no notice in the capitalist press.
In the Nations Capital on Jan. 5, 6
and 7 gathered the National Con-
gress for Unemployment and Social
Insurance.
Hundreds of delegates came from
all corners of the nation. Weather
beaten cowboys from the great
plains, Negroes from the South.
noisy New Workers and staid New
Englanders. Doctors. lawyers, writ
ers, men and women representing
all the professions; laborers, factory
workers, skilled workers, unem-
ployed; smartly dressed delegates
and ragged ones, but all animated
with one purpose-to fight for So
cial and unemployment insurance.
Workers and professionals clasped
hands in United Front. White
Southerners and Negroes walked
arm in arm forgetting the age old
feud, in the new found unity of
purpose. The barriers which once
kept apart workers and professionals
were broken down by mutual in
tereSt.
The huge Washington Auditorium
was jammed to the roof with dele
gates and visitors. Speaker after
speaker was cheered, but when Earl
Browder and Mother Bloor ad-
dressed the throng, pandemonium
reigned.
Jew and Gentle, Catholic and
Protestant, black and white, red In
dian and brown Filipino sat side
by side and partook of food in a
comradely fashion. Here there was
no race hatred-only workers united
in the struggle for security.
Delegations visited the President
and Vice-President, Senators and
Congressman, heads of departments
and secretaries and proudly de-
manded the right to social security.
No longer did workers cringe in
front Of representatives of the
bosses; no longer could the suave,
silver tongued Representatives Of
the people" stave off the stormy eyed
workers from demanding their birth
right. They were dealing with de-
termined men and women.
In the dining hall, groups of en-
thusiastic workers sang songs -
songs about hunger and privation,
about picket lines and police clubs.
No longer were the workers cowed.
They were united-the workers and
professionals-marching together to
new world, world of security-a
Soviet America
A rap Of the gavel and the con-
Yention was over Tired but happy
workers started for home-for the
factories and farms Offices and
clinics - government flop houses,
C.C.C. camps and bread lines; with
the determination to carry on the
struggle initiated on these three
memorable days = three days that
will go down in history as land
mark in the forging of the United
Front and the march toward a So
| Wet America
A DELEGATE.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1935-01-16
Red Tape
AndAdvice
In Hospital
By a Worker Correspondent

BY worker correspondent
NEW YORK.-One day last week
I fell and sprsined my ankle. Be-
ing a worker and not quite able to
afford private medical attention,
went to city hospital, the Nor
risania Hospital. at 16ath St. and
Walton Ave, Bronx. This is what
happened:
With some aid I hobbled into the
hospital dispensary. After waiting
for about half an hour, I reached
the application window. There I
was notified that this particular day
was for men only. q wonder
whether they think that women get
hurt on certain" days only.
After asking for any doctor or
nurse to attempt to stop the pain,
which was terrific, they referred me
to the emergency department. There
I also waited some time. Finally
a doctor appeared but still did Moth
ing to stop the pain. Here I was
advised Git seems they have plenty
Of advice to give, but no action to
go to a private doctor or go home
and try to do something for my
self asked why, and this was
the answer I got.
we only treat people on relief"
would like to know if as citizen
and a taxpayer am not entitled to
What I pay for through taxes and
other means? After all this red
tape and questioning, I had to go
to a private doctor, as little as
could afford it.
This is the service we workers get
in this great city.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1935-01-16
Shoe Pay Cut
Voted Down
IN Lowell

BY a Shoe Worker Correspondent
LOWELL, Mass.-The Lowell Dis
trict of the United Shoe and Leather
Workers Union, in a referendum
vote held last Saturday, rejected the
attempt of the manufacturers to
impose a wage cut of seven and q
half per cent upon the shoe work
ers. The vote was 461 to So.
HaVerhiL also, has rejected the
same demands by vote of approx
imately 1868 to $40.
1t was curious to note the action
OF some of the Joint Council mem
bers in Lowell when they were asked
to give their opinion on the wage
cut. Excepting two or three mem
bers who declared themselves OPP
posed to a reduction Of any kind,
the other members showed their
true colorS by refusing to take a
stand for or against reduction. De
spite the Joint Council attitude, the
workers in Lowell rejected the wage
cut proposal by an overwhelming
majority.
Thank goodness We have couple
of Joint Council members who are
solid, fighting union men.
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duct, hoping by this to stop the
fight to better our conditions.
In response to a leaflet put out
by the International Labor Defense
about 10 transients, both Negro and
white, jammed the court room. Six
of us testified in behalf of Murray,
and we could have had sixty to
show our working class solidarity,
but the prosecution decided enough
was enough and let the case be dis
missed. Sam Levine, attorney for
the International Labor Defense did
a good job, and showed the fellows
how the workers should defend
themselves in capitalist court.
This victory has shown us what
we can do, and we're going to keep
right on organizing and struggling
to better our conditions.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1935-01-16
Is Epilepsy Inherited?

L. s., GaIva, Hin your letter
you state that you suffer from
epilepsy Cats) and you fear to have
more children having one infant
now. You are worried about the
effect on yourself if you are steri-
lized.
If you were sterilized it would
have no harmful physical or mental
effects. Aside from preventing you
from bearing children, sterilization
would not otherwise affect the nor
NAL course Of your sex functions
nor Of your sex reactions.
There are various types of steri-
lization, but by all means the best
would be to have an operation in
which the womb would be tied off
50 that the ovum (egg) cannot
reach the womb This operation
would not interfere with the &C
tivity Of the ovaries and it is this
activity which controls the func-
tions with which you are con-
cerned.
Regarding the question of having
more children, we would strongly
advise you to have no more. 1t
was formerly thought that about
forty per cent of the cases of cpl
lepsy were hereditary. This per-
centage is undoubtedly very much
too high, but even if it were as low
as five per cent the danger would
still be great enough to warrant
your being sterilized. Even if your
children do not develop epilepsy
they might develop other conditions
which occur in such families, such
as, very severe form of periodic
headache (Migraine) or other con-
stitutional disturbances.
There are other factors to be con-
sidered beside the question Of
whether your children would be
epileptic. Do you want to assume
the additional risk and burden of
more children, and do you feel that
you will be able to care for such
cnlluren even II they are perfectly
normal?
Sterilization is a valid method of
dealing with certain health prob
lens as long as the patient is per-
mitted to choose or reject this step
freely. It is true that just as fire
may be used either to warm and
comfort man or to burn his house
or even himself, just so steriliza-
ton may be used as a Fascist poll
tical weapon against the masses or
may be used as a health measure.
Have You Thought of a Name?
The contest for the best name
for the magazine which is going to
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1935-01-16
LODI DYE SHOP ATTEMPTS TO SNIPE AT CONDITIONS
New Machinery Means
More Wooden LayOffs
BY a TeztiIe wOrker COrrespOndent

BY Textile Worker Correspondent
NEWPORT. N. HI wish K
explain how simple a matter i
it for the big bosses to send more
people into the ranks Of the I'M
employed.
At present there are 10 spin
ming mules in the spinning room
of the Gordon Wooden Co. Mill in
this town. I was talking to a
spinner last night and he said
that the old mules are going to be
replaced by new and bigger
mules, and that it will bring the
total number of spinning mules
down to 16 He also thought it
was a good idea, but he did not
realize that three spinners were
going to lose their jobs.
The spinners are running three
shifts, and, as we CURE it out, it
will mean that nine spinners will
have to look for another job.
What other results does the re-
placing of the old mules bring?
1t means that the company can
cut off nine pay checks from its
payroll which means more profit;
for the bosses. Also, because of
the larger mule, the spinners will
have to hurry more (speed-up).
has been said about wages
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1935-01-16
In THE HO Nj E
On the Picket Line
BY AN BA RI N

more revealing than two pages Of
statistics.
ONLY NINE MORE DAYS, and
the Working Woman Contest will
be over. The contest ends midnight,
Jan. 25. Have you sent to the
Working Woman, so East 18th
Street, New York, N Y, a letter
telling what you would do if your
husband would not let you attend
working class meetings? Write
letter today, and perhaps you will
win one of the sixteen prizes Of
fered by the Working Woman
magazine.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1935-01-16
BY a Worker Correspondent

SPOKANE, Wash. - After six
months membership in craft
union of the American Federation
Of Labor, I have some criticism to
voice as to their policies and tao
tics.
1. I think that it is very I'M
reasonable that officials and some
organizers are paid s4OO to $500 a
month and their travelling ex-
pensss. Especially, when so many
of us are working for S11 to s12
week. Yet officers of the union
seem to think that such salaries are
not out of the way. It seems to
me that when men are paid such
salaries. they automatically become
members of the capitalist class.
2. 1t seems that issues Of vital
Importance to the welfare of the
membership are either sidetracked
or not even mentioned, and the time
taken up with issues of a trivial
nature. Some members who have
not much to say seem to think
that other members should not say
ANYTHING. 1t is not the talking it
self that should be considered. but
what 2 person says when he or
she talks. That's what counts.
3. In my estimation it is the lack
Of proper knowledge on the part
Of the membership that is respon-
sihle for the officials getting by with
what they do If the members were
only somewhat class conscious and
politically educated. then there
wouldn't be any need for putting a
one-dollsr fine on members who fail
to attend one meeting a month 1--WE
have four meetings a month";. I
don't think the officers and some
Of the top officials could get away
with some Of the stuff they do. The
right kind of knowledge in the
hands of the workers will be dan
gerous to those who make their
living by misleading the very class
they are supposed to lead and
represent.
4. Then there is the refusal on
the part Of the officials to cooperate
with any organiza tons except craft
unions.
II mans home were on fire.
and the neighbors came to help put
the fire out, I wonder if that man
would ask each one if they belonged
to a certain church or lodge before
accepting their assistance. 1t is no
wonder that enlightened workers
have so much scorn for the tactics
and policies of the A. F.. Of L. I
say united we stand and divided we
fall. An injury to one is an in
Jury to all. apply that not only
locally, but nationally and interna-
tionally. Didn't the capitalist class
throughout the entire world unite
in an effort to keep the masses
down so that they can further en-
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1935-01-16
Vigilance Needed
To Ensure Equal
DiuisiOn Of Work

heard the shop chairman of Mill A,
Leo Courtier, say that he will fight
for whatever is in the contract and
nothing else. The other officials
say the same thing; it is not in the
contract and you cannot tell the
boss how to run his shop.
I believe that is a poor attitude
to take. Suppose there were no
contract, what would they fight for
then?
1 heard the same Leo Courtier
say in the course of an argument
with a worker from Mill B, that if
he were shop chairman in Mill B
he would put the said worker in
his place. What does he think he
is? A dictator?
tt is we workers who will help
put such as he in their place if
they do not help us win our battles.