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ton of all the social workers and
organizations of the plant, where
the workers are taught methods of
safety in their work. Rational
lighting Of the work places was in
stalled in six departments of the
plant. The work places are supplied
with instructions on safety regula-
tons and precautionary posters. The
work Of all the hosting gears in the
plant was checked up. Three sat
TRAITORS were placed to provide the
workers in the foundries, ETC., with
aerated water. Ten Mushrooms were
supplied with hot water The show
er bath rooms and washing stands
were completely overhauled. Ten
ventilators and three hundred lock-
ers were installed in the cloak
rooms, in addition to the cid ones.
Two rooms for nursing the babies
were newly equipped, etc.
Soviet Worker Must Be Protected
AS result of all these measures
the number Of accidents in the fac
tory decreased by 35 per cent.
Another factory committee of the
Mechanical Plant in Podolsk, was
able to secure decrease in the
number of accidents and sicknessse3
among the workers by 40 per cent in
comparison with 1888. The factory
committee developed a good deal of
mass work in the domain of labor
protection and safety devices, to-
wards which it attracted all the So
cial workers, organizations and
management CT the plant. Among
other measures niming to create
healthy and safe working condi-
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/ up markedly. Suffice it to state that
for the first two years of the second
Fiye-Year Plan (1933-34) the ap-
preparations for labor protection
amounted to $4,000, 900 rubbles. The
trade unions saw to it that this
money be spent exclusively on labor
protection. . Such measures were
lately taken in the factories as for
instance: Mechanization of labor
absorbing jobs and of work in harm
full trades, installation of under
ground safety lamps in the mines
and shafts, mechanization of intra-
factory transport, INFLAMMATION of
the charging and discharging of
furnaces. naturalization of natural
and artificial ventilation, lowering
of high temperature in foundries,
etc, increase in the number of
safety stations, etc.
Side by side with the practical
work of labor protection and safety
devices, conducted in the facto-
ries, profound theoretical research
was taken up in this field at the
Scientific Research Institute of
Labor Protection, controlled by the
All-Union Central Council of Trade
Unions. The combination of the
work conducted in both the
branches gives splendid results.
There are 18 scientific research
institutes in the U. S. S. r. that are
engaged in the investigation Of the
problems Of labor protection and in
the working out of proper measures
fc~ various industries.
Hsre is the La3or Profession In
stituss in Kazan, for instance. This
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institute fully concentrated its work
on the question of Labor protection
and safety regulations in the fur
and leather industries. This insti-
tute elaborated the methods of col
lecting dust caused by the UNFAIR
ing and carding machines, chemi-
Gals and ursol, and presented a plan
of mechanizing the discharge of
dust chambers.
In order to prevent the ursol from
affecting the workers the institute
investigated the cases of ursol
asthma among the workers and
checked up the method OF profess
sional selection for the purpose of
picking out the workers most sus-
ceptible to ursol.
The institute also designed brakes
for the carding and unhairing ma
chimes, changed the design of the
splitting machines, invented an ap-
pliance for the solution of ursol,
etc.
Unions War on Accidents
The practical work of labor pro-
lection and safety regulations in
the factory is organized and con-
trolled by the factory committees
We will refer to a few examples
showing the work of the factory
committees in this field
The Factory Committee of the
First State Ball-Bearing plant in
Moscow secured the expenditure of
10000 rubles on labor protection
measures for the first half of 1884.
What mess ures were taken?
A safety device cabinet was
equipped, with the active participa-
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TRADE expired and the union had to
open negotiations. The membership
was determined to get the 30-hour
week, as Is per cent of the men,
bership has been unemployed for
the past four or five years. The
workers let their sentiment be
known in no uncertain terms at the
annual meeting in the st. George
Hotel. When the chairman of the
meeting asked for secret vote of
attendance, the unanimous answer
was, "Strikel"
At this Mecca Temple meeting,
one sensed Immediately that the Of
ficials we're prepared to betray the
photographers. The chairman E.
White, president of the local union,
opened the meeting with warning
against mob psychology
After his remarks he introduced
E. Volz, president of the interna-
tional union This canny politician,
in his demagogic speech, tried his
best to induce the workers to accept
the 37l2 SO hour week proposal, cit
ing how much those who work will
gain by this reduction of 2la hours.
AS soon as he got through he
proposed Immediately that they
take referendum vote, but he met
the indignant opposition of the
membership. The chair had to re-
cognize speakers from the floor. One
worker after another spoke and de-
nounced the action of the officials.
All of the speakers called upon the
workers to strike.
Matthew Vol was the last
speaker. 1t is interesting to note
that when this notorious red batter
and president of the strike-break-
ing Civic Federation got up to speak.
not soul applauded, so much is
he hated in his own union. The
entire speech was plea not to
strike but to collaborate with the
industry. After he concluded his
speech vote was taken and 1867
voted for the bosses proposal and
827 voted against.
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Strike Committees
Statement
BY a Group of Auto Workers

DETROIT, Mich. = The attack
upon the automobile workers by the
employers association has been let
loose. These employers and f1nan-
cial magnates have agreed 10 break
through all the democratic rights
and liberties of organized labor.
The right for collective bargaining
has not only been ignored, but
slapped In the face.
On Thursday morning, Jan. 81,
the maintenance workers of the
Murray Body Plant presented their
demands for increase in wages that
we're moderate compared to what
is already being paid at present in
other plants. They were summarily
told by the management to ring
their cards and get out.
These skilled mems wages were
between so and 80 cents an hour.
These were skilled men who had
been in the employment of the
Murray Body Corporation for many
years. They had shaved for this
corporation faithfully. These skilled
workers, members of the United
Automobile Workers Union, ma
turally could not stand the auto
cratic attitude of the Murray Body
Corporation, and they walked out
in a body.
They organized picket line, is
sued leaflets. and took steps to or
ganize their forces to carry through
their demands.
The Detroit Police, directed by
Commissioner Pickert, arrested some
of these workers for distributing
leaflets. They stated that they
would allow the Detroit Labor
News" to be distributed. but not
leaflets. But when they distributed
THE Detroit Labor News" the
police stated that they could not
distribute "The Detroit Labor
News" but only leaflets.
The forces of the Automobile
Manufacturers Association are or
ganized to fight organized labor.
The City Council of the United
Automobile Workers Union, con-
sidering all the facts at its meet
ing on Monday night, Feb. 4, elected
committee of ten of its members
to deal with the whole situation in
the Murray Body Corporation in
Structing them to give full support
to the maintenance men who were
locked out.
The United Automobile Workers
Union will mobilize all labor or
CARNATIONS to defend the interests
of every worker in the Murray Body
Plant. The United Automobile
Workers are solidly behind all the
workers in the Murray Body Plant.
The production men in the plant
realize that it is necessary to act
together with the maintenance men.
The Automobile Manufacturers As
ISOLATION is using all its money and
power to smash all labor organiza-
tons.
All labor organize tons are ready
to defend the interests of the
Murray Body Workers.
THE STRIKE COMMITTEE,
UNITED AUTO WORKERS
UNION, Local No. 1925.
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Dangerous Job
In Dye Shop
BY Dye Worker Correspondent


BROOKLYN, N. VI would like
to describe the conditions under
which we workers of Finco Dye
Works have to work.
Before the MIRA. we worked till
6 p. m. Now we work till 4 p. m.
and the boss tells us that we have
to put out the same amount of
work as before or We'll get fired.
On an electric machine roll up
the fabrics which are ready to be
reWashed as misprints. An old
timer told me that I am the third
worker on this job in the last four
years. The others have either lost
a few fingers or a hand.
The factory has four lofts, and is
all wood from top to bottom. Once
in while Fire Inspector comes,
and leaves with a good cigar.
A doctor is supposed to examine
us once a month. When a worker
has a serious cut or slight wound,
the doctor puts on some iodine and
tells us to go back to work.
I am able to write this because it
is slightly slow now, otherwise
would have never had the time.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1935-02-20
The Soviet Trade Unions the Struggle Protection

In November, 1888, the Soviet
Government adopted a decree on
the passing over of the functions
of the Peoples Commissariat of
Labor, including labor protection
to the trade unions. How do the
Soviet trade unions cope with this
great task?
The shortening of the working
day to seven hours, which was de-
creed in January, 1929, is among
the main achievements of the work.
ing class of the U. S. S. R. After
the functions Of the Peoples Com
misSariat Of Labor were passed
over to the trade unions the latter
continued and completed this i'm
portant work. On January /, 1885,
all the enterprises Of the U. S. S. r.,
with a very few exceptions, were
put on the seven-hour working day.
This measure is of tremendous sig
nificance to the working class of
the U. S. S. R. Cases of sickness
and accident declined considerably;
favorable conditions were created
for the workers to take up tech
nical studies and to raise their
qualifications which entails an in
crease in wages the workesr now
have more leisure time to raise
their political and cultural level. to
enjoy good rest and entertain
ments.
The trade unions conduct a good
deal Of practical work aiming to
develop labor protection and safety
regulations.
Ths STATE eacen.li.age on l2bor
protection and safety devices went
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brothers framed in the dynamite"
case. He continues to spread the
tale that German is going to with
draw the union charter" He made
a rush trip to see German recently
when he was in these parts and says
that German told him that. Davis
also rushed into the Charlotte head
quarters and has tried to spike the
move to get the State Federation
behind the struggle to free these
innocent workers in Burlington.
Last week a group of our Defense
Committee met with representatives
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handing the immediate, uncondi-
tional pardoning of Phil Frankfeld.
Resolutions have been received
from the following five U.M.W.A.
locals; 1886 of Rossiter, $3.50 Of
Strattanville, 6464 of Boswell. 648o
of Houtzdale, and 1886 of Manly
Clio. Several of these locals also
returned petition lists supporting
the pardon applications, signed by
all their members.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1935-02-20

G M, Philadelphia, Pa.;-The oc-
". currence Of frequent colds and
the presence of enlarge tonsils are
Sufficient causes for the removal
of the tonsils.
In regard to the vaccine for pre-
vention, and the serum in the treat
ment Of infantile paralysis, it is too
early and too uncertain to speak
of their respective value. More
carefully controlled and extensive
work must be done before a def
mite statement can be made. We
don't advise its use.
The new vaccine against whoop-
ing cough must likewise be used
more extensively and careful inter-
probation of these results must be
made before any definite advice can
be given. However, we feel that,
Iet present, it is best not to inocu-
late normal, healthy child. Only
those under two years of age or
those in very bad state of health,
may be injected when there has oc-
Cured possible contact with a case
Of whcoping cough.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1935-02-20
Miners Supporting Fight
to Free Frankfeld-Egan

PITTSBURGH, Pa, Feb. 49,
Pennsylvania miners are quickly
to the appeal of the
F'rankfeld-Egan Liberation Com
mittee for resolutions to the Penn
sylvania State Board Of Pardons de-
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1935-02-20
VOL No Hero
At Home
By . worker Correspondent

NEW YORK-On Sunday, Feb.
10, the New York Photo Engravers
Local No. l has a special meeting
at Mecca Temple to discuss strike.
At this meeting every sort of
treschery was used by the officials,
headed by Matthew Vol, to put
over against the will of the mem
bership a two-year contract.
This year the agreement between
the union and the bosses Board of
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1935-02-20
NOTE

Every Wednesday we publish let
ters from textile, shoe and needle
workers. We urge workers in
these industries to write us of
their conditions and efforts to or
ganize. Please get these letters to
MS by Saturday of each week.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1935-02-20
YOUR
HEALTH
By
Medical Advisory Board
Forms Of SAicosis

Forms Of SAicosis
THE first of a series Of articles on
the various forms of silicosis will
appear in the first issue Of
HEALTH AND HYGIENE. the
Medical Advisory Boards magazine.
Miners, working in excessively rocky
oil, are liable to suffer from one or
another form of this disease. OF
special Importance is the silicosis
which attacks tunnel workers and
the anthracosis appearing among
the hard coal miners.
Though the disease has become
more common lately, with the
speeding up of the workers and the
scrapping Of safety measures, work.
srs rarely get compensation because
most State laws do not recognize
the fatal character of the illness.
The series Of articles will describe
the causes and developments of the
disease in all its forms and disc..ss
possible cures and the compen !
situation.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1935-02-20
oJE:AJ

ALBANY YThe Cotren Department Store one
OF the largest here throwing against the
Black 3O-hor Bill They circulating all
with letter urging them to take action passage the
30-hom Bill
1hey pretty
and it the continuation of these prompted them
initiate this clearly letter reproduced below
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hS AcAthc NVtAOt Correspondent
BURLINGTON, N. C.-The rank
and file workers in Local 1777
U.TWA. are becoming more and
more disguised with the actions Of
our local leaders" Twice Sonny
Davis has refused to come near the
union hall at our regular meeting
days. As a result, no meeting took
place.
Davis has continued his attacks
on the rank and file. He is sore be
cause we voted to help the six
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1935-02-20
Can You Make EN- Yourself"

Pattern 2191 is available in sizsl
Is, 10, 20, 81, So, 40, AZ and "A.
Size SO takes 49s yards SO inch
fabric. Illustrated step-by-step sew
ing instructions included.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1935-02-20

Burck's cartoon book. Hunger
and Revolt" Is now offered in
81 edition with renewals and new
subscriptions.
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Send FIFTEEN CENTS in coins
stamps (coins preferred for each
Anne Adams pattern New York
City residents should add one cent
tax for each pattern order. Write
plainly. your name, address and
Style number BE SURE TO STATE
SIZE WANTED.
Address orders to Daily Worker
Pat.ern Ds7- ~tment, 243 West 18th
Street, New York City
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H Cd vi Z
/ ! T +

THE Urban League gives the
1 number of Negro women en-
ployed in domestic and personal
service as 1,152,560 This is nearly
three-fourths or p per cent Of all
Negro women gainfully employed
Rosa Rayside, representative OF the
Domestic Workers Union speaking
before the House Labor Sub-COm-
mittee in the hearings on the IN
employment and Social Insurance
Bill lH.R. 2827) in washington the
other day, brought forth clearly
that the domestic workers support
this Bill, because no other Bill in
cludes this category Of workers,
The employers have taken ad-
vantage of the crisis to force wages
Of domestic help below subsist-
cnce Level" she said. MANY of them,
posing a. philanthropists, offer OPP
portunity' homes. They contract for
the full time work of housewOrker
IN exchange for a good home In
many cases the accommodations
concist Of folding cot in the hall
way O. the kitchen and the poorest
sort Of food.
nv 1888 the New York State Labor
l Department reported that fifteen
and sixteen year old girl domestic
workers, working from $50 in the
morning to 10 in the evening, got
$40 and SIS a month.
The Domestic Workers Union
has found cases in which house
workers received $3.50 week for q
IS hour week. Out of this money
they had to pay 10 cents a week
carfara a. well as their complete
maintenance. In Sunnyside, Long
Island. there were many instances
Of young girls who had been
brought from other states to work
for SIS a month on ten and
eleven hour day with one afternoon
of a week. Twenty-Five dollars
month is q usual wage for 70-hour
week in New York City"
CHE spoke on the unemployment
y situation among this terTifcally
exploited group. The employment
agencies in every city are crowded
With workers seeking jobs; In GER
tain sections of New York and
Brooklyn, women stand on the
streets in a modern form of slave
market waiting for employers to
offer them a few hours of work
The wages on the corners vary
from ten to twenty-five cents an
hour.
Wages have dropped below sub
sis5ence level, but even these star
walton jobs make the workers in
eligible for relief. For example, the
Horse Relief Administration in New
York City has just instituted the
practice Of requesting former en-
ployers to rehire the workers and
no matter what wages are offered
the worker is forced to accept.
Domestic workers are the first
group to suffer when an employer
receives the least reduction in in
come. It is an excuse for a drastic
cut or in many cases firing of the
worker. Is is essential that any bill
designed honestly to give security
to the workers against unemploy-
men5 should include domestic work
ers. HR. 1927 is the only unemploy-
ment insurance bill which does not
exclude domestic workers from the
categories Of workers entitled to re-
ceive benefits under the act. That is
why the Domestic Workers Union
endorses without reservation the
Unemployment and Social Insur-
snce Bill HR. 1927"
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Store Fights 3O-Hour Bill
CotrelA Leonard
Albany, NY.

UMDdrV M ''7st'"'0'-
February H. 1888
Gentlemen:
In re Black 5o-hour Bill
Hs understand that tbs 5o-hour bill
Sof Is now before the sub-oonm
'snate Judiciary Committee there
considerable concern about he possibility ~ ~.
enactment Of this bill. - 1
-, 70 would like 70 draw your attention to g.
and TO say that this Is a matter ~ 49,
interest to us--inasn Ia s+men+ yo,15
7esn shst your pay roll would havst be
ana consequently tbs price vn,ia
| ,1sner--"e cannot stress too the
70 think you should oppose this With all tbs
power at ~
- II Is our opinion that any compromise besresn
oo una 4O-neur week would be equally damaging 70
uslness relations, and that the
possible, = 49, 80 ''''he-y 90
Yours very truly,
corRELJ~S LgoxAD, INC
..-~ "Da75
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1935-02-20
Infantlle Paralysis

NOMRADE A. N. of Phelps, Wis,
v writes:-"About three years ago
| got sick with infantile paralysis.
1t affected both of my legs and
1 haven't been able to walk since.
1 can move both legs a little, but
they are very weak. Is there any
kind of treatment you would advise
me to take? I have heard of such
cases being treated at Warm
Springs, Georgia. Do you think
they could help me?
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Our Reply

Our Reply
A STATURE of five feet four
n inches for young man of your
age is quite satisfactory. You prob
ably have at least ten more years
in which to grow The use Of
pituitary extract in inducing growth
has not yet passed the experimental
stage and we would not advise you
to experiment with yourself until
such time as our knowledge of the
effects Of this gland become a cer-
tainty.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1935-02-20

HOMRADE P. B., of New York,
v writes II am sixteen years
old and five feet four inches tall.
Both my parents are short. I have
hardly grown in the past year.
What do you think of my chances
of further growth? Is pituitary ex-
tract helpful in inducing growth?"
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Can move poCn legs little, but
they are very weak. Is there anv
kind of treatment you would advise
me to take? have heard of such
cases being treated at Warm
Springs Georgia. Do you think
they could help me?
Our Reply
ALL the insecurity Of the working
n class, all its sufferings and in
humane treatment can be read into
letters of your kind.
Struck down at the age of twenty
by so devastating a disease as in
fantile paralysis, your help from
society has been practically nil. OF
course, if you wish to become hear
tened in your present suffering, re-
member that you may still become
President of the United States. You
and Franklin Roosevelt have every
thing in common, except the best
orthopedic surgeons in America, va
rious ingenious braces for support
of the afflicted limbs, expert mas
seurs and gymnasts who continue
ously catered to the STRENGTHENING
of the weakened muscles; vacations
in warm climates with beautiful at
tractive and health-giving warm
water pools, and a sufficient supply
of that which is necessary to try
any new scheme for the relief of
the paralysis of the victims of such
a disease.
So, you see what is required for
your condition. Massage. exercises,
general body tonics, various gym
nastics when the limbs are sub
merged under water; braces which
at first may have to be changed or
adjusted frequently and occupa-
tional, thus social, rehabilitation.
You will have to take some other job
while you await your call to the
Presidency.
AS for getting to Warm Springs.
Georgia, you will be one of thou
sands placed on the list" if you
apply and state your inability to
pay the required cost 1t would be
"a good thing, however, if you OBJ
tanned and enlisted the aid of a
trade union, unemployed council, or
some other mass organization.
Pressure and exposure of this
Charitable enterprise at Warm
Springs may bring you the oppor-
tunity to go there.
Voice of action. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1933-1936, 1935-06-28
important Notice

Now as never before, the strike needs its strong
est aIy-the Voice of Action. Yet the paper again
faces immediate suspension!
Last week, issues of the greatest importance to
the entire labor movement forced to put out eight
pages IL, 500 copies Expenses shot to 1914 for the
week. Normal income, plus response to our previous
appeal for funds, plus loan of $6O-and the issue
came out.
This week the donations have not been repeated
The loan "out" cannot be repeated we must again
M, The issue squarely up to YOU, to YOUR TRADE
UNION LOCAL.
Meet the challenge of intense attack on the strik-
er with intensified support for the strikers organ
y
Send your donation to the Voice of Action, l43l
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