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Conducted by the

ache, are combination of symptoms
which are seen not in one condo
ton, but many; and, therefore, our
best advice is that you go to a good
physician or clinic to get
thorough physical examination
which will reveal the cause of your
complaints, if there is any physical
basis for them. 1t is possible that
both the backache and constipation
are the result of damage to thu
pelvic organs received during your
last pregnancy. If you have not
yet tried it, you should take
tablespoon of mineral oil every
night and try to cultivate correct
bowel habits by sitting down ia
stool for at least fifteen minutes
every morning after breakfast.
Only too often, however. such
symptoms as you describe have. nd
physical basis, and are to be ex-
planned by the dullness, drabness.
drudgey, uncertainty and hopeless.
ness of life under the capitalist
system, which leads to nervousness,
fatigue, sleepiness, etc.
There is only one answer to such
a problem: Join in the struggle car
ried on by workers throughout the
World-in the struggle to so change
society as to make it possible for all
workers to enjoy life. Join the
Communist Party-the only Party
which through day to day struggles
is actively attempting to bring about
such changes and preparing the
workers for a complete overthrow
OF the capitalistic form of society
for the development of a classics
society.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1935-01-04
By a Marine Worker Correspondent

HOUSTON, Texas. - There are
certain elements in the American
Radio Telegraphists Association
that are attempting to raise the
"red scare" as a means Of splitting
up our organization.
One of these birds by the name
Mervyn Rathborne, who ran for
president Of the ARIA in the cleo
ton, has taken the initiative to
issue the following slanderous bull
letin. addressed to Dollar Line
Radio Operators. Sections Of the
text follow:
Judging from information re-
ceived in New York 1t appears that
our association. the ARIA, is in
danger Of being dominated and run
by a small. but powerful group of
Communists.
AN indication Of Communist &C
tivity within our ranks Is shown by
an article entitled The Marine
Strike" published on page Of the
October issue of the ARIA Bulletin.
This article mentions. The United
Front Strike Committee, composed
Of the New York Local Of the ARIA,
the Marine Workers Industrial
Union, along with unorganized sea-
men, and the I. S. U. seamen who
had gone over the heads of their
leaders, The existence Of such a
committee indicates definitely that
close and active cooperation, if
nothing more, exists between the
ARTA and the M. w. T. u. Proof
that the M. w. I. U. is a Communist
organization is given in the Official
Program Adopted by the M. w. I. U.
National Convention april 26-27.
19S0) which states. The M. w. I. U.
Is affiliated with the Red Interna-
tional Of Labor Unions which en-
braces over 100000 workers or
ganized in unions. Through the
R. I. L. u. the M. w. I. U. is linked
up with millions of revolutionary
workers not only in Europe (Russia)
but in China, Korea, Japan, Indo-
nesia. Australia and Latin America.
Additional evidence that the
ARTA is swinging very far to the
left is shown in the minutes of the
ARTA National Convention, held in
New York last September. This
meeting Of ARIA representatives
from all sections of the country
adopted numerous resolutions en-
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1935-01-04
By a Marine Worker Correspondent

BY Marine Worker Correspondent
SAN FRANCISCO, Cal. - The
West Coast seamen are finding out
as the months 60 by that their he
roic battle waged against the ship
owners has not as yet made their
miserable conditions any better.
The shipping companies have de-
cided to recognize the International
Seamen's Union as the spokesman
for the sailors. All this has meant
thus far is that the seamen have to
shell out an initiation fee Of S. be-
fore they car ship out.
The I. S. u. bureaucrats are hap
BY and call what is going on play
ing BALI with the shipowners. That
the shipowners are coming out on
top in this ball game" is shown
by the fact that the I. S. U. officials
have shipped scabs to break strug-
giles Of the seanen since the West
Coast strike, namely in Portland,
Seattle. New York and San Pedro.
The seamen seem to be the ball in
this game between the shipowners
and the I. S. U. officials.
All the developments since the
strike. the conducting of the poll by
the impartial" Arbitration Board
has shown the men that they
should never place their confidence
in any but trusted rank and file
leaders. The seamen now see how
the militant longshoremen have Sc
cured practically all their original
demands by repudiating Ryan.
While the longshoremen have been
going ahead consistently through
militant action. the seamen have
gained practically nothing.
The six months probationary pc
riod that every new I. S. U. mem
Der must serve is only an example
of the msneuvers the I, S. U. Off
Gals have to resort to in order to
keen the membership in check, One
would think that man who has
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1935-01-04
By AMIR. t. Worker Correspondent

By an ]. r. T. Worker Correspondent
NEW YORK-The Especial Off
GERS" on the I. r. T. are the most
exploited tools in the industry.
When anything happens on a train
or on station. 1, who am one OF
these special officers, am sent and
have no authority of arrest.
My grey-green uniform is supposed
to convince some drunk or mad
mad; but, if my opponent fails to
be convinced Cbeing WISE and
shouts about it, the public comes
down on me. and there is riot.
Then, Inspector Merritt calls me
up and blames me for not being
able to handle the simultaneous
potency. Oh no! Merit doesn't
let me get away with such a gentle
reprimand. He shouts when 1 get
INSIDE the door, You're another
donkey, of course" How long are
you in this country" and the man
tries to answer as best he can. Mer-
rift shouts again, TOO bad you
ever came over
Remember that I don't ask for
shield. The main reason they have
sllield men at all is. that he may
be on hand with his gun to do
strike duty - strike breaker Again
I say I don't want shield but I
don't want to do work which is for
. policeman, in order to save I. R.
+. money.
Not move have we station
agents seen made, so far, to set
right the class within class, made
within the Station Department by
the I. R. T., through the rates paid.
We agents must start in, with the
support of the Transport Workers
Union, to acquire full pay as soon
ss the platform men, who wait only
\ year.
Every man coming on the Station
Department now, gets platform
mans badge, previously he got that
Of gateman) and after, maybe, a
year they ask who wants to be an
agent, So you drop your platform
mans badge to get that of an agent,
and we make a nice start to wait
three years for full pay. A man
does not become an agent Just be-
cause he wants to, but because he
knows everybody can't be a plat
form man; cold stands at doors is
not for some men, packing heavy
traffic neither, though full pay but
a few months off. Also when you
take the place of a regular agent
you won't get his pay from the l.
r. T.
Well now, boys, many Of you. and
I know it, spend hours and hours
arguing to know who, of the agent
or platform man. is the best of, but
you. with the way George Reagan
has it fixed, could never arrive at
an agreeable decision, without get
ting heated This argument has
made many bad friends. and it is
just for this very purpose this
George and present dav industry es-
tshlish craft and craft, and worse
still. craft within craft. When the
conversation concludes in a fight.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1935-01-04
Mobile
Fight Against
Forced Labor
By a Marine Worker Correspondent

BY q Marine Worker Correspondent
MOBILE, Ala.-An article in the
Mobile Register Of Dec. 20 was head
lined Transient Seamen Do Not
Like Work" The article stated
further that they Cthe seamem were
ordered to labor If they would eat.
About week ago IT'S seamen
were thrown out on the street to
starve or else accept forced labor
at the Alabama Transient Bureau
at lousy dollar per week. How
ever, it is significant that out of
the ITS Seamen only IS accepted the
forced labor proposition.
The main reason the local takers,
Spear, Miss Reid and Harmon were
in such hurry to close the soup
line was the determination shown
by the seamen at their last meet
ing to fight any forced labor scheme.
Work slips had already been handed
out, but at the last meeting Of the
seamen they we're either turned in
or torn up
Seeing this spirit, the relief fax
ers thought it best to get rid of
these "bums and tramps" as the
Mobile Post, a capitalist gutter
sheet that is trying to capitalize on
the rehabilitation of the masses by
using radical phrases, calls all sea-
men and transientS.
Important also, is the fact that
the local IS.U. chief, Sootty Ross,
never opened his mouth against the
seamen being thrown out.
Well, I am pretty sure that he
is glad of it as there are no more
M.W.IU. members or Communists
left (?) to expose his treachery to
the seamen.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1935-01-04
Abuse and Police Work Lot
Of |. r. T. Special Officers

they know we are not prone to unite
in union of workers.
Now you know though many
reading this don't-what causes the
dissension (outside of the full wait
ing). Well the platform man is
accepted as ten-hour job, the
agents twelve; so, George (who puts
the finishing touch on the tricks
pays platform men more an hour
than agents, supposedly to make up
for shorter time. The agents, in
other words, have more working
time and less pay an hour, while
platform men have less working
time and more an hour; one in a
warm booth. the other in the cold.
Can you decide it? No. You must
learn not to get heated. though you
are driven to it by George, who
wishes to keep you from uniting as
unionists.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1935-01-04
Conditions Unchanged
Months After Strike
Seamen Are Inspired by Gains of LOngshOremen
Under Militant Leadership

weathered the eighty-four days Of
terrorism Of the police, National
Guard and vigilantes would be con-
sidered a good union man.
The December issue Of the Sea-
mems Journal, official publication of
the I. S. U, reveals between the
lines of joyous boasting that the
l. S. U. officials are bit uneasy. 1t
seems that there are still some mil
liant seamen who are determined
that their heroic efforts shall not
have been in vain. After boasting
how they (the ISL. ofhcials) have
helped to break the strike Of At
lantic Coast seamen, an editorial
states, quoting the words of mill
tant seaman, IF you can't lick them
-ioin them!" That is what the Off
cial pie-card artists of the I. S. U.
are afraid of-the militant seamen
that are fiocking into the 1. S. U.
Everywhere you hear sesmen ask
ing, when are we going to get re-
SulJS, anyway Inc OedHlctl . 0OuA
nal replies editorislly, Generally
speaking. arbitration is a slow proc
ess, but in this instance there has
been rapid start. The Arbitra-
ton Board has been selected Cd"
No seaman is falling for this line
any longer, not even a backward
one.
The majority of the men don't
give damn about arbitration. They
know that they will have to fight
for better conditions and the I. S.
U. officials will have a hard time
holding them in check as proven by
the strike on the Luckenbach ships
in the Northwest. The seamen are
at last grasping the meaning of the
longshoremen's slogan Of rank and
file control. AS one I. S. U. mem
Der said. Those stevedores have the
right idea. If we had men like
Harry Bridges, we might get some
where"
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1935-01-04
W.U.Employe
Calls Xmas
A Nightmare
BY a Telegraph Worker
Correspondent

NEW YORK.-My previous letter
received space in your valuable
paper. The few fellow workers who
read it we're very much surprised
that there was a newspaper which
published workers problems.
Christmas comes as a nightmare
to telegraph workers. The speed
up, pressure, being bawled out on
the carpet, extra hours with no pay,
insults, ETC., are bad enough during
Xmas week terrible. I am even
leaving out the tremendous pressure
to sell greeting messages" that
gives us the filters before the sacred
event.
Very little extra help Is provided
the over worked managers. The
heavy spasmodic increase in tele-
graph volume Ccaused in most cases
by employees, who in fear of their
jobs, file their own greeting mes
sages) send the telegraph worker
liOllIC III dliIlOob oil VIII
dition. The counter clerks, simplex
operators. delivery and call clerks
one and all of the various categories
find themselves in vortex of q
whirling mad house Of a purgatory
Holiday-kind sentiments. 1t is tc
laugh.
Many telegraph worker recuper-
ates after the Xmas holidays by
taking off a few days without pay
Others are put on furlough and re-
duced time, 1t is too bad there is M
medium at present to bring these
pertinent facts to the eyes Of all
telegraph workers. They must ht
aroused from their stage of lethargy
to action.
will write of specific conditions
from time to time.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1935-01-04
AduIts and ChiIdhood Diseases

Comrade T. c., of New York,
writes to inquire if adults as a gen.
eral rule contract childhood diseases
through actual contact with af-
flicted children. He asks further
whether the parents of sick child
are more susceptible than adult Wis
itors.
Whether adults contract child
hood diseases through actual con-
tact depends upon where they live
and whether they have had any Of
these diseases during their own
childhood.
Most adults, especially those hav-
ing lived in thickly populated cen
tiers are immune to childhood dis
eases inasmuch as the greater
number Of them pass through these
diseases as children. II such in
dividuals did not develop these con-
ditions as children, they either had
natural immunity or acquired it.
1t is well-known fact that indivi-
dualS who have been born into and
have been brought up in scattered.
outlying country districts possess
little or no immunity to many of
the childhood diseases. Such in
dlYiduals as adults frequently de-
yelop serious forms of these child
hood diseases when they move into
more densely populated areas. This
was dramatically brought out in the
army environments during the last
war when very serious outbreaks of
measles, German measles, chicken
pox, epidemic meningitis occurred
in camps where a large proportion
OF the recruits originated from
farms.
In general we can say that in
cities the greatest proportion of
parents or adult visitors are not
susceptible to these diseases.
Nervousness, Fatigue
y. N. P, New York, N. Y: Nerv-
business, fatigue, sleepiness, back
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1935-01-04
Resort to Gun Play
In Chicago Union Feud
BY a Worker Correspondent

ny d WUThcT CORRESPONDENT
CHICAGO, nl.-Displaying a re-
grettable lack of good aim. an I'M
identified gunman a few nights ago
emptied a shotgun at Edward Red"
Donovan and his companion, James
Burke, a hired thug and a minor
official respectively of the gangster-
controlled Motion Picture Operators
Union. Donovan escaped injury and
Burke was wounded in the right
arm.
A further development in the
shooting was the exploding of a
bomb a few hours later in the for
mer Banzai cafe, the cafe in which
the notorious gangster Bugs" Quin-
Ian was murdered last July and in
which cafe Donovan is said to be
financially interested.
In spite of common public knowl-
edge to the contrary, both Donovan
end Burke vigorously denied any
connection with the M P. o. U.
Police, however, are of the belief
that serious trouble has again
broken OUT IN the gangSter-rldden
union domineered by Gear" Thorn
as Malloy, and are working on the
case from that angle.
How the workers of the NJ. P. O..
U. feel about these constant wars
and counter-wars between Malloy,
Donovan, Burke and the other gun
officials of their union is not
stated in the local capitalist press;
but it is safe to assume that they.
in common with many thousands
of other union workers in America.
are beginning to see the light of
a new day. and that one day soon
there shall be real WAR within
the ranks of these unions, war
which will end once and for all time
the reign of labor-fakers and ter
roristS over honest workers.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1935-01-04

ployment Insurance Bill ballots,
sent in by a Pioneer Troop of the
TWO. Juniors. All week we have
been working to get as many votes
as possible. So far We have only
a few, but We will send more as
soon as we get them signed. We
suggest that you make an appeal
to other Pioneer Troops to do the
same as we are doing. Pioneers are
always successful and will do a great
deal to aid the Daily Worker in
getting the maximum number CT
votes for the H.R, 1898
Two. JUNIORS OF
TIL. Pioneer Leader.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1935-01-04

gineer to light the fires. You
couldn't even stretch your magma
ton and call these men seamen.
yet they are given jobs because they
are willing to accept low wages!
Perhaps this is one of the reasons
why so many bona-fide seamen are
forced to accept government relief!
Editors Note: This letter deals
with a point that should be
studied by all seamen. Although
the I. S. U. agreement is not what
the seamen wanted, yet even
$3.50 is more than the Ship
owners want to pay, particularly
companies like Luckenbach.
In order to get around the
agreement, the shipowners are
resorting to trick used by the
bosses in other industries. the
creation Of new helpers and ap-
prentice ratings. The Moore
MacCormack Company had started
shipping Apprentice Firemen."
Other companies will follow suit
and hire apprentice flremen, more
deck boys, cadets, etc. It is i'm
portant that the seamen fight for
a higher wage for beginners rat
ings that exist like deck boy, Or
binary seamen, ETC., and fight
against the introduction of new
ratings.
1t is also about time. that mill
tant seamen realized that pack
ing their gear and piling off is
not going to solve their problems
aboard ship. The only way to
better conditions aboard ship is
by staying on, organizing and
fighting the shipowners.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1935-01-04

l am proud to say there are mem
bers of the Communist Party and
Unemployment Councils. Whenever
there is a workers or farmers con-
vention held in Chicago, 1 usually
manage TO house about six workers
and get big thrill out of doing
my part.
l read with vital interest the
workers correspondence columns in
each issue and was vastly concerned
with both the Daily Workers ex-
pose Of Father Coughlin, the High
Priest, and his cure-all; also the
letters of comment from the work
ers.
I am vitality concerned about this
reverend faker, as I am an ex-
fourth egree member of the
Knights of Columbus and at present
third-deg.ee member, but thor
oughly disguised with this holy OF
holes outfit. 1t is Just anothe,
money making racket, and 1 have
quit paying dues into it for the
past five years. I am declaring
dividends myself from all the dough
I paid in by exposing the Knight;
of Columbus. 1t is like the A. F
CT L. and American Legion. 1t has
all big shots running it and is moi
rank and file controlled.
too, would earnestly implore you
to have pamphlet issued to sell
for a few cents, exposing Father
Coughlin. I'll buy plenty and spread
EN- around.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1935-01-04
POLICEMAN OFFERS HELP TO
REVOLUTIONARY MOVEMENT

Dear Comrade Editor
The writer is member of the
capitalist Chicago police force.
While serving in this capacity for
the past nine years, I happened to
pick up a copy of the Daily Worker
about five years ago on a seat in
train. and after reading the con-
tents, l was converted to Commu-
nism
Since that time l purchase copy
of the Daily Worker at the news
stand every day, and also have
taken ? solemn pledge to be en- in
side man for the working class. In
fact. among my best trusted friends.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1935-01-04

"yUE'RE from the Unemployed
" Council" the spokesman said
brusquely land we've come to see
that Mrs. Petrofsky gets the coal
she's been asking for these three
months"
Eyes, and she's going to get it,"
"What do you mean making her
wait so Iong?" "You don't care If
her children freeze to DEATH" the
delegation broke in.
Now, just a minute-pleeeeeze"
the man said softly "COme into
the next room all of you. Then
we won't disturb the people in
here, you see.' He steered the del
elegatien into the next room. The
man at the desk looked at them
curiously. The first man said with
cool emphasis, This is about Mrs.
Petrofsky's coal. It's sent out al
ready, isn't it? They needn't have
come at ALI"
Stella burst out Indignantly.
"Sent ont. When was it sent cut?
An hour ago. I was home
ooh, 1t was sent out, little
while ago." said the man at the
desk. "you didn't have to bring
all these people here
Now, looka here said one Of
the women, "after we leave here,
we're going right back to Stella's.
And we're going there to see il
what you said is true. And II the
coal isn't there by the time we get
there well come back." The
others burst in to agree. The man
said nothing as the group filed
out.
Them fakers," said Stella holly,
"it went be there" Don't you
worry, Stella-itll be there. They
don't want to fool with u.s."
Steila's heart was beating fast, as
she hurried with all Of them to
her tumble down house. Just as
they got to the corner. they saw
coil wagon draw M in front of
the door. ooh" Stella cried, and
ran down the block towards the
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1935-01-04
Gains
Support from
Licensed Men
BY a Marine Worker Correspondent

BY Marine Worker Correspondent
NEW YORK. l don't believe
that in all my life have ever seen
place that is hated so much as
the Seamen's Church Institute is
by the sesmen.
Most of the hatred Is caused by
the treatment they hand out to US.
The only love they have for us is
for our money, and they use all
seamen for cumming purposes.
The M w. I. U. has done lots of
good and is still doing good. While
there are not so many members
here in the officers section, still If
any one says anything against the
M. w. I. U. there are about fifteen
fellows right on his neck defend
ing the union.
There are about 200 mates and
engineers here and I don't believe
over five would take a ship in case
the M. w. I. U. called a strike.
/ know the union I belong to is
not worth a damn IN. E. B. Al.
They don't try to do anything and
they get no more dues from me.
I give you and the M. w. I. U.
credit for being fighters and doing
good things.
Editors note: This worker has
the wrong idea on what is to be
done about the union he belongs
to. Quitting it won't help make
it any better either for him or
the organization. There are many
honest licensed men in the M. E.
B. A. who are willing to put up
a fight for better conditions.
This worker should get together
with these men and fight to
eliminate from leadership those
people who are keeping the Or
ganization from becoming
fighting one. We would propose
to the licensed men that they
follow the example of the M. w.
I. U. and raise in their respec-
tive unions the question of ANAL
gamating all licensed mems or
CARNATIONS.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1935-01-04
NOTE:

We publish every Friday letters
from transportation and commu-
nicstion workers; marine, rail-
road, traction, truck, taxi, teIe-
graph, telephone, etc. We urge
workers in these industries to
write us of their conditions and
efforts to organize. Please g.t
thee letters to us by Tuesday of
each week.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1935-01-04
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