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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1935-01-03
BY an Agricultural Worker
Correspondent

SAN ANTONIO, Textile misery
and starvation existing among 5000
or more nut pickers in this city has
again been sidetracked with the
further postponement by the NR.A.
of the hearing scheduled for the
code recently inaugurated for this
industry. After the second post
ponement of the hearing on Deem
Der 10th, a committee of ten mem
bers elected by lei Nogal," militant
union OF the pecan shelters, was
turned away with instructions to
re-appear with their demand for a
hearing on December 18th.
The action of the MIRA. in set
ting aside the hearing is no more
than an attempt to discourage the
workers and to hold up the enforce
ment of the code until the Smelling
season is over in May or June. The
code would allow the pecan shelters
Sc per week for 40 hours of work
instead of the present wage of Is
cents day.
Bosses Block Code
When the code went into effect
on October 90, the Southern Pecan
Smelling Association and thirty -four
other compliments, including the
reformist union pecan Shelters
Union) led by Magdaleno Rodri-
guez, Mexican Nationalist, was
first associated in 1881 with the
Loves5oneite-led Unemployed Coun-
Gil in this city. When two pecan
shelters, last year, told plant boss
that they did not wish to be robbed
through the false weighing of their
nuts, they were Immediately fired
These workers, not realizing the
role of Rodriguez, and considering
that he had been connected with
what is supposed to have been an
Unemployed Council, felt that he
would help them. So they contacted
him. Rodriguez Immediately took
advantage of the situation by as
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1935-01-03
Relief Head
HasNORenedy
For Starvation
By a Worker Correspondent

TACOMA, Wash.-A feature Of
. recent demonstration of Tacoma's
unemployed, under leadership of
the Unemployed Councils, was the
singing Of the Internationsle by
about two hundred men and wo-
men in the main hall inside the
Pierce County Relief Headquarters.
They sang it again a bit more
Justify after hearing District Re-
lief Director A. B. Comfort admit
that he knows the present budget
means slow starvation, and that
he knows no remedy for starvation
under capitalism. But when asked
to study Communism's remedy, he
beat a hasty retreat.
Small farmers joined the city's
unemployed in this demonstration,
presenting their own demands; and
it was evident that nothing can
prevent them from organizing eff
fectively to gain something else
than capitalist starvation for their
families,
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1935-01-03
Promised Feed Loans
Obtained Through
Pull Only
By a Farmer Correspondent

STROOL, S. D.-Winter is sneak
ing in slowly in the stock country,
but there is very little snow yet,
and none at all in some places.
There is very little grass on the
prairie, less than there ever was in
the memory of the old timers. The
areas that have any grass are very
much overstocked. The bare areas
are going to try to get through the
winter on Russian thistle hay, dry
Russian thistle pasture and a little
grain or cotton seed cake.
When the weather is cold this Is
a poor diet. 1t is like feeding a
man on spinach and epson salts,
Old stockmen used to figure on q
ton of good hay to the head with
plenty of grazing on the side and
even then there was stock loss.
I hate to think what will happen
to the stock by May 1, especially
since they look like they're at the
end of the trail right now.
Cotton cake is fifty dollars a ton
and roughage is from fourteen dol
lars for ripgut straw to thirty-one
dollars for alfalfa.
A COW will lick up a ton of
alfalfa in six weeks when there is
nothing to splice out with.
The stockman who has been able
to keep some old hay over and SO
has good supply on hand with
some pasture with plenty Of old
grass is sitting pretty fair, but the
rest, and this means IS per cent
of them, are a thousand miles from
home with a played out horse.
The free money" that was talked
about this summer, that everyone
was supposed to get feed loan)
don't seem to be coming any more
except in cases of strong political
OF bank influence.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1935-01-03
Why Articles on Sex?

NJ. c. OhiO.-You say that you
have noticed the many articles on
sex in our column, that we have
been accused of being un-Marxist,
and you advise us to read Clara
Zetkin's "reminiscences of Lenin
ION Women, Marriage and Sex.
w would be poor Communists in
deed if we wrote on sex without be-
ing familiar with Lenin's important
writing on this subject. In the
pamphlet you mention Lenin Sc
verely criticizes the German women
and youth organizations for max
ing questions of sex and marriage
their chief subject Of political in
struction and education" If our
column had the same effect on our
women and youth organizations no
censure would be great enough for
us.
AS the editor stated when our
column was organized, we exist
solely for the purpose of furthering
the solution of workers health
problems through our paper" The
material that appears in the column
is not chosen in an arbitrary way,
but is determined by the subjects
that the workers are interested in,
and ask us about. Since many of
our letters ask questions about sex,
we write about it. Sexual questions
have been of a greater proportion
in the letters we receive and prob
ably more space should have been
devoted to this subject, but the
hypocritical bourgeois system of
morality makes a frank discussion
of some Of these questions a Grim
inal offense and, therefore, they
had to be omitted.
However, although our job is
primarily to answer questions about
health, we believe that the exami-
nation of practically any important
problem of modern life leads to the
Communist way out as the only
solution. This is particularly true
of the problems of sex. 1t is a
criminal indictment of our present
system that it distorts the lives of
workers and makes sex something
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1935-01-03

Stunning a dictatorship over these
workers.
A group of about IA members was
contacted by the two fired workers,
and these we're sent out to spread
propaganda about plant conditions.
Rodriguez continued in his dictator
ship of the growing group and
busted himself about getting as
many names as possible. Although
he claims that his union has 10000
members, these names represent no
more than 5000 actual nut pickers.
Rodriguez Makes Promises
He promised these workers, at the
outset, that he would secure for
them 10 cents and IL cents per
pound for shelters, with a minimum
wage of ST per week; $3.50 per day,
with eight hours, for cleaners, and
a minimum wage of 81 per hundred
pounds for crackers. Within two or
three weeks, he declared, he would
have a conference with the plant
owners. But this was never done.
No committees were elected, and
the workers were always put off
with promises. They continued to
work for cents and 7 cents a
pound, the same wage which they
had been getting before Rodriguez
appeared.
Rodriguez had committee of 25
men and 25 women to collect money
from these wretched workers. And.
according to A. F. of L. officials, who
wished to see the money come into
their organization, Rodriguez pock-
eted the funds. He further refused
to have any minutes of meetings
kept, and would not permit working
class literature to be introduced
Workers who had bought pamphlets
and papers from agents were forced
to return them, stating that Rodri-
guez had declared the distribution
of literature to be against the prin-
ciples of the Pecan Shelters Union.
Company officials, trying to subdue
the workers, cut wages to 2 cents
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1935-01-03

demonstration, the workers having
assembled en- masse at each hearing
through call made by "El Nogal"
to pack the courtroom. The organi-
zation is building up a united front,
not only locally, but over the coun-
try. The A. F. of l.. refused to sup
port the code, and would not permit
several sympathetic locals to sup
port it. About 140 plants here, filthy
and dark, are still packed with men,
women and children who are work
ing far into the night and again
before dawn in order to earn as
much as So per week on which
to support large families. Mean
while, Rodriguez boasted, in an ad-
dress which was broadcast over the
radio, that the company officials
would donate him an automobile
amounting to the value of thou
sand dollars so that he could con-
tinue his good work.
But there is a fierce militancy
and a growing clarity among the
nut pickers. They are rallying to
the call of Eel Nogal" to enforce
the code.
Editors Note.-This worker writes
in the letter that Eel Nogal' is
building a national and local united
front. 1t seems to us that any activ-
ity for the building of the united
front should be first directed toward
building trade union unity among
the nut pickers themselves. This
means the fight for the united
front between Eel Nogal' and the
Pecan Shelters Union.
From the letter it does not seem
as if this is placed in the forefront
of our policy there. The Pecan
Shelters Union, from the viewpoint
of membership alone, is as large as
lei Nogal" The duty of all militant
trade unionists there is to weld
together the power of both these
organizations around single mill
tant fighting program.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1935-01-03
Bushel of Potatoes
Nets Eighteen Cents
BY a Farmer Correspondent

GRAND JUNCTION, Mich. -
am living out here in the country
where We get nothing but capital
ist news.
We are Communists at heart, but
find it very hard to talk in a per-
suasive manner when we are so far
behind the times.
I believe there is a good chance
to do some work here. The farm
ers and small town people, about
one fifth Of them, are living on
charity which is pretty hard to get.
Potatoes sold at an auction for
eighteen cents a bushel. After
standing the expenses of shipping,
farmer realized fifteen cents a
bushel on apples.
I would like to hear from farm
ers in other parts Of the country
telling of conditions. The Social
lists tried but failed here. So did
the Farmers Union.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1935-01-03
AAA Feed AUOtnlentS Mean
SLOW Starvation for Cattle
Bank Loans Come First
Says Federal Agency
BY a Farmer Correspondent

LOUP CITY, Nebr.-We are
having the biggest snow storm
that I have seen in twenty years.
And all the feed I have on hand
is a four-year-old straw stack.
I have applied for a feed loan
on Aug. 6 and have not received
a feed loan as yet.
A young man told me the other
day that he was refused a feed
loan because he did not have
enough debts. He would have to
take a bigger loan from the gov
eminent and pay of the local
bank.
It shows Wall Street wants her
money first and Uncle Sam will
have to wait. 1t shows that the
capitalist structure is breaking
down fast and the workers and
farmers are suffering.
Even horses and cattle are
suffering under this undesirable
system.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1935-01-03
A UNITED FRONT AGAINST WAR
AND FASCISM EFFECTED
Bronx, N. Y,

Bronx, N. Y.
Dear Comrade Editor:
Four Socialist and two Communist
women workers, ex-members of an
antiquated organization, the Con-
sumers League, have met on Deem
Der IL, 1884, to decide what to do
with $57. which was left in the
treasury when the organization
liquidated.
1t occurred to Anna Tuchman,
one of the old members, to propose
a united front against war and fas-
cism. This proposal was accepted
unanimously and it was ordered to
have the $57 sent to the American
League Against War and Fascism
Immediately.
The Fascists won't like this at all!
L. n.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1935-01-03
Charity Heads
Give Destitute
Run-ArOund
By a Worker Correspondent

PHILADELPHIA Pal am writ
ing you this letter so as to inform
your readers what takers and liars
and hypocrites the wealthy of our
country are before Christmas.
In tenement located at 419
Spruce Street there are several des-
titute families with small children
who are receiving welfare orders of
$3.50 for three people. They pay
81 rent and have sixty cents left
for heat, food and clothes. This
applies particularly to two families.
The women in these families are
both about to become mothers.
These families applied at several
charity organizations for a Christ
mas basket, but on Christmas Eve
I saw that they would have no food
for the great Christmas that they
are told about.
I called up the City Mission,
located at 225 South Third Street.,
and received the answer that the
welfare is taking care of these fam
lilies.
Some time before Christmas, one
woman wrote letter to Mrs. Biddle,
living at 1929 Delaney Street, hay
ing read in the papers about all the
baskets and charity this woman was
giving out. In reply she received
card which said the following:
IT feel so sorry for you ALL
think the Emergency Aid will help
you, goth Street and SAMSON, Phila-
delphia.-I have great sympathy.
"a. BIDDLE."
When she called the organization
mentioned on the card she was in
formed that they had nothing for
/ her or her children and hung up
n - L u
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1935-01-03

I PROMISED once to tell the story
l about how my friend Stella got
coal. Here it is.
CTELLA fell Imply into chair.
y Little Stella, sweeping the floor
in stockinged feet, stopped to look
at her anxiously. Big Stella un-
buttoned the thin coat, and took
off the hat someone had given
her. In the next room Alec and
Frankly were play ing. They too
were in stockinged feet, because
there were no shoes. Irene, swing
ing her school books, came into
the room. TITS cold in here, Nom"
she said.
Stella was dead tired. She was
tired all over. Duly. she watched
the snow sift into the corner of
the room, from the crack in the
thin wall. There were only three
bucketfuls of coal left. Then what
would happen to them2
At the first touch of the cold
weather, that In the anthracite
coal regions becomes very bitter,
Stella had gone to the relief Office.
She, like the others, had waited
her turn i'm the outer room, then
in the inner room, and finally was
able to speak to the young man
at the desk. She explained that
she had a house full of kids, and
no coal for the winter. She said
she was afraid of what might
happen to them If there was no
coal.
Wen investigate" she had been
told. And she went away.
TWO weeks, three weeks passed by
No one came to the little house
to investigate. Stella went to the
relief again. But still there was no
investigator. 1t was November and
then December. Stella once dressed
herself like a man-and went to the
outskirts of the coal yards, and
ers and their wives from the ground.
with her fingers to fill the coal
bucket. All through the anthracite
coal section. the miners and their
wives, and those who had mined in
their day many tons of coal picked
COAL from that dropped by the coal
cars. The company used special po-
lice to chase these unemployed min
ers and their wives from the ground
Many of them were arrested Once
the man at the relief had said to
Stella: You're strong and husky
Why don't you go out and pick
coal?"
And Stella felt bitterly angry
Then if I get arrested" she re-
torted, will you look after my
children?" Neighbours loaned her
coal from their little store. And
now there was no more to be had
And the relief had stalled her once
more.
CTELLA sat there Imply. Then
~ suddenly she had a flashing
thought. Stella had been a mem
Der of the Unemployed Council.
She herself had gone in deIega-
tions to the relief to get food,
clothing, for other unemployed.
But she herself, had never raised
her own problem. Why not? How
foolish of her? She needed the
help of the Unemployed Council
now, if anyone did. She would 60
to the Unemployed Council.
IRENKA. mind the house" sht
calle d sharply. She got ur
threw her coat on. put on hel
hat, and whirled out of the house
She trudged up the hill slippery
with ice. The water slid into hel
shoes. But she didn't mind. Sht
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1935-01-03
OUR QUESTION AND ANSWER
COLUMN HELPS NEW READER
New York, N. Y.

New York, N. Y.
Dear Comrade Editor:
hope you have an idea Of how
great help the Daily Worker is to
US who are first being awakened 70
Communism.
1t is the greatest organ to show
new believers the truth of facts
that the readers of the capitalist
press are blind to.
Your Question and Answer Col
umn is excellent. have heen send
ing excerpts in fact to friend who
thinks that the Socialist Party is
the one way out.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1935-01-03
NOTE

We publish every Thursday let
tiers from farmers, share troopers
and cannery, agricultural and
lumber workers. We urge farm
ers and workers in these indus
tries to write us of their cOndi-
lions and efforts to organize.
Please get these letters to us by
Monday of each week.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1935-01-03

/. w. o. members should get
their branches to send greetings
to the Daily Worker on its Elev-
epth Anniversary! A greeting
from every branch should be the
Sogsn.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1935-01-03
Letters from.
OurReaders

Because of the volume Of letters re-
ceived by the Department, we can print
only those that are of general interest TO
Daily Worker readers. However, all let
tiers received are carefully read by the
editors. Suggestions and criticisms are
welcome and whenever possible are used
for the improvement of the Daily Worker.
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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1935-01-03

Your greeting to the Daily
sary should be in before Jan. IL!
Worker on its Eleventh Anniver-
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1935-01-03
Psoriasis

M. E., Brooklyn, N. Y.-Psoriasis
has been discussed in our column
on several occasions. There is no
known cure for this disease. The
eruption can be cleared in most
cases, but it usually returns after
several weeks, months or years and
must again be treated. 1t is not
contagious and does not affect the
general health 1t sometimes seems
to run in families.
There are many treatments for
this condition and often more than
one method must be tried. Have an
ointment made up of per cent
of Salicylic acid and 10 per cent Of
ammoniated mercury in petrolatum
and rub it into all the affected
parts at night and wash it off with
soap and water in the morning. Do
not use this ointment on your face
or your genitals.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1935-01-03

Unions - the Daily Worker is
your greatest ally! Greet 1t on
its Eleventh Anniversary
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1935-11-22
GEORGIA CHAIN GANGS
CONDEMNED BY PSYCHOLOGISTS

ATLANTA, Ga. - Georgia's d,
gangs stand condemned by the Amer,
Prison Assn, meeting at Atlanta as {
terly inconsistent with dictates of hun,
ity." Appointment of a committee TO i
chain gangs and jails throughout the cy
try was authorized.
Gov. Eugene Talmadge of Georgia
plying to critics, praised chain gangs
permitting prisoners to work out of ID
instead of within the "drab walls" of ap
itentiary. Sweat baxes and other tOra
associated with the Georgia chain ga
system have become known to a widen
public during recent years. 1t is to
Georgia chain gang that Angelo Hend
youthful Negro leader of a delegation Sc
ing relief, will go for 18 to 20 years, if ST
now being taken to free him do not i
coed.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1935-11-22
CIGARETTE TAX COLLECTIONS
IN DAKOTA INCREASE

BISMARCK, Nov. 10. - During
past four months, increased cigarette
collections have set new record, tressH
reports filed with Acting Governor w
ford showed today.
During the period from July to 0ctOt
inclusive, cigarette tax collections tOt1
$l47,891, largest in the history Of the
law, Wexford said.
Similarly the tax collections for the 70
from this source are showing STEADY
crease, according to the report. During
fiscal year 1928-29, cigarette tax income
tailed $349,965.
The income dropped steadily from q
point until the low was hit in 1925, vi
total of $241 1902. At the end Of the rs,
year ending June 1, 1885, cigarette tax
lections had risen to 1888, IT'S.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1935-11-22
OLDEST BIBLE MANUSCRIPT
FOUND IN ENGLAND

LONDON, Nov. 10. = What was de-
scrlbed officially as the oldest manuscript
OF any part of the Bible in any language
was found today in an old collection of pan
yrl IN the Rylands library at Manchester.
IL consists OF part of the green manu-
script OF the gospel of st. John written 200
years before the Codex Sinaiticus
The document was lost for centuries in
a, rubbish heap of Egyptian material in the
library.
ct probably was written before the ink
OF the original dried in the early mart of
the second century," said DIR. Henry Guppv.
librarian. Cor even in the last part of the
first century. Hitherto scholars THOUGHT
st. Johns gospel was one of the last writ
ten. This proves it was one of the first"
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1935-11-22
ITALY CALLS IN
ALL THE GOLD

ROME, Nov. 10. = Premier Mussolini
declared monopoly on all Italy's gold to-
night as the nation stood firm on a program
OF no compromise with countries applvino
sanctions against it because of the invasion
of Ethiopia.
II Duce authorized the national Institute
for foreign exchange -withthe cooperation
of the ministry of finance and the supreme
hnance commission to control all gold
transactions of Italians at home and a.
broad.
Italians will not be allowed to sell gold
without first offering it to the government
monopoly, which agrees to return gin not
more than one year, the same amount of
gold of the same fineness.
The gvernment offered 5 percent inter
est on gold turned over to the monopoly.
All sellers of gold must declare all their
holdings, and must record every transac
ton. Importation of gold will be licensed
Inc ministry of finance was authorized 20
investigate past sales of the metal.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1935-11-22
NEW WAR SCARE
MAKES FRANCE SILVER

PARIS, Nov. 10. - The specter of a
German army stronger by 355,OOO men
than that of France was raised today by
Deputy Leon Archimbaud in a report on
the new French war budget.
The reich's army in few months, Arch
imabaud said will reach a strength of L.
100000 men. 1t is already 100000 strong,
he declared. France has 645,OOO men un-
der arms.
The government offered percent inter
report calls for military expenditures in
1896 of 1888, 674, $3.50 francs ($458, 942, 5O8)
Expenditure of another billion francs 1855,
O0O,OOO) would be justified in view of the
disparity between the size of the French
and German armies Archimbaud said.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1935-11-22
BRITAIN MAY MAKE
LONG-TERM LOAN TO RUSSIA

LONDON, Nov. 10. - A British long
term loan to the soviet union, coupled with
possible settlement of the debts of the old
czarist regime is under official considera-
ton, it was revealed authoritatively today.
The plan is still in the stage at which
the British foreign office, treasury and
board OF trade are considering various sug-
gestlons, but there have been preliminary
discussions with the soviet government.
Formal AnglO-soviet negotiations, how
ever, will await further Qualification of the
British attitude.
The Russian personal---very. debts to
Britain, according to British estimates, to-
tailed 25O,OO0,OOO pounds (nearly $1,25O.-
O00,00O).