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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1935-01-23

This is quite a victory when we
consider how this local has been
run by four or five who are well
known as being tools of the Mill
companies. There is one, Mr.. Car
nell, who has been proven in an
other local (Spindsle local in North
Cardinal to have belonged to a
Detective Agency in Atlanta, Ga.
This man poses as Socialist leader
here. He was seen going into the
office of the Plaid Mill during the
strike.
From this same office came one
of the vilest frame-ups during the
workers struggle for better condi-
tions (the Dynamite frame-up).
From this Socialist" misleader, Mr..
CARMEL, came the argument at a
meeting of our local on Jan. IL
that we should write Mr.. German
to find out what should be done
about taking our loyal members
back since they had been suspended.
He argued that we might lose our
charter by not listening to the big
misleader German. But, we the
rank and file have got this stool
pigeon on the run. At our last
meeting he did not open his mouth
because he saw that we were get
ing wise to the part he is playing
for the Mill Company.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1935-01-23
By a Worker Correspondent

PHILADELPHIA, Pa.-"Temple.
with Rosan ill. loses to New York
University, 1922"
Beneath the heading We find out
chat Reds Rosan, the star of the
Temple University basketball team
is sick with grippe and has a high
fever He collapsed in the Hotel
Victoria on the day of the game,
and naturally was so sick that he
had to stay in bed. This meant
great loss to the great name Of
Temple.
Now let us see what Reds Rosan
lost.
About month ago, Red Rosan
was sick with the grippe. The first
game was only few days away
and the coach urged him to play as
soon as possible. This he did. Even
though doctors tell us that playing
strenuous basketball after a case of
grippe is dangerous to the heart,
and may leave young boy or man
with a weak heart for the rest of
his life, the coach and the doctor
permitted Reds Rosan to play.
Why should the coach ana doc
tor worry about Reds Rosan? They
are interested in the great Temple
University and in their own pocket
books. Why should they worry if
Reds will have weak heart for the
rest of his life? They are interested
in winning basketball games, and
as long as they can squeeze out. of
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1935-01-23
Worker Asks
TechnOcracy
Be Analysed
BY a Worker Correspondent

BY Worker Correspondent
SISTER BAY, Wise. = Money is
almost on the vanishing point up
here. Never before have I witnessed
such abject poverty and such
primitive miserable existence as can
be seen around this countryside.
To subscribe for any kind of a
paper has become a luxury, which
the majority of the people can not
afford, consequently they are totally
lacking in knowledge of what is
wrong, or of the class struggle which
is raging
l have never ceased in my effort
to clarity and enlighten the people,
to explain what a Communist So
ciety will mean as compared to the
anarchy and suffering of the pres
ent system. l am happy to know
that in the last election seven Com
munist votes were cast in this town
snip, Wnere before the people had
only heard of Communism in the
slanderous and poisonous way as
given them in the Hearst press and
by their preacher.
Of late, we have got the workers
on relief organized. More than 200
have enrolled in this county, but as
yet they are timid and conservative
in their leadership. The rank and
file is beginning to clamor for more
action.
Also, the Technocrats have come
here. They have held three meetings
of late in this county and at every
meeting they draw a large crowd
and the people sign up with them,
too. OF course, the promise of 5000
a year appeals to these poor people
who have no prospect of even max
ing $500 today.
would like to have Comrade
Gold in his column give us his
analysis of the Technocrat move
ment in America.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1935-01-23
Mental Illness in the Aged

I. R., Brooklyn, N. Y: Your
76-year-old mother is apparently
suffering from a senile psychoSis,
that is, mental illness, due to old
age. As a person gets older, differ
ent parts of the body tend to be-
come worn out. As a result of
physical changes in the brain, men
tai symptoms follow. In senile
psyehosis these are usually child
ishness, failing memory; more
marked for things that have hap
pened recently than for events of
long ago; inability to think and
concentrate well; tendency to be-
come irritable, stubborn and self
conferred; a tendency to recall and
talk a great deal about happenings
from childhood.
Often there is marked degree
of confusion and Discrimination mot
knowing where one is and losing
track of time). In addition to these
symptoms there may be decisions
false beliefs that are not subject
to the influence of reason, and
hallucinations Imaginary voices,
sights, smells or tastes. In your
mothers case the delusions are the
most prominent features. The other
symptoms may not be present as
yet or may be there in minor form
so that only psychiatriSt Especial
list in mental troubles) can detect
them.
Unfortunately your mothers ILL
ness is not a durable one. She is
suffering from old age Of the brain,
for which there is no cure. She
may get little better for short
time and seem improved, but there
will be a steady progress in the
wearing out process, and, in spite
of small changes from day to day,
the mental symptoms will get worse.
The decisions usually tend to dis
appear as the patient becomes more
childish.
We very strongly advise that you
take her to a State Hospital. This
may sound like harsh advice but
you really have no choice. You
will have to send her to one even
tually as she gets worse and in the
meantime your father will be driven
to distraction trying to care for her.
In addition she is a definite danger
in that she might leave the gas
turned on without lighting it as
result of forgetfulness or do similar
things. Homes for the aged will
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1935-01-23

THE LETTER printed few days
ago in this column, from a mother
who wants to take her children to
the Soviet Union so they can get
working class training, has brought
quite a few replies from column
readers. Here is one from Boston,
Massachusetts,.
Dear Comrade:
"THE SUBJECT of your column
Of today is, in my opinion, one Of
the most important of the so-called
personal problems arising in the
movement-that is, the training Of
our children. The problem is not
merely that of Pioneer age children.
but also affects those who are Of
Young Communist League age.
this SICKNESS, prevalent
among our close sympathizers, and
even among too many Party mem
bers, of leaving the child alone,
he'll have to be in the struggle later
is one which absolutely must be
driven out of the movement, tooth
and nail. maintain that this con-
stitutes criminal neglect. I have
seen too many comrades whose lives
are bound up with the movement
and whose children grow up away
from us and even hostile.
DRILL INTO THE MINDS OF
YOUR CHILDREN from their first
year, hatred of the ruling class
and everything it stands for, and
a deepgrowing love for their class
and its history Do not be afraid
that children so young as three,
four, ETC., are simply parroting what
you tell them and don't really I'M
derstand what they're talking about.
Of course they don't-but remember.
you are inoculating them against
the poison that they automatically
will receive in the capitalist schools.
"WE ARE IN NO POSITION to
give our children an ideal bring
ing up-to make well-rounded self
expressing individuals out Of them.
We are not living under Socialism.
We are living under Capitalism. Our
children must be first and foremost,
good fighters and leaders of the
working class. They must become
better Communists than we are.
Shielding them from the struggle
at an early age is not going to
accomplish this, but is a danger.
"THE PIONEER ORGANIZATION
would do a real service to initiate
an theological campaign in the
movement to convince our comrades
of the necessity for organizing the
children of pre- school age while
they are still at home and parents
have sole control over them. We
are not in a position to organize
pre- school kindergartens. This
makes it necessary for parents to
shoulder this responsibility alone,
and in determined manner"
The February Working Woman,
which will be off the press in a few
days, continues Stockyard Stella's
adventures. A wave of interest in
the story written collectively by a
group of stoGkya1:S workers, has
been made very apparent to the
Working Woman, who invite other
groups Of workers to get together
and write a story based on their
own experiences. A story on the
strike of the Boston Store in Mil
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1935-01-23
Dress Union Officials Gag Protests AS Bosses Prepare Attacks
StenOgrapher ks
Even for Payless Job
BY 4 Worker CORRESPONDENT


SPRINGFIELD, Mass.-I own
small business here and a few
days ago I received the following
letter:
Dear Sir:
I have a rather unusual propo-
sition to make which I hope you
will give your consideration. I am
an experienced stenographer out
Of employment and I am willing
to work two months without sal
airy if a position is available at
that time. 7 prefer dictatiOn but
would do any kind Of office work.
If you are interested please drop
me line to the above address and
I will call for an interview at your
convenience.
Your truly,
Signature.
I have omitted the name and
address. The address, however,
was in Longfellow, a fashionable
suburb of Springfield where mem
bers of the -four hundred" reside.
1t seems evident that the best"
of citizens are offering themselves
for sale cheap" For your infor-
nation, have no work to offer
even my own daughters,
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1935-01-23

delegates present voted not to work
for their budget, and that they
would see that no member of any
Of the organizations present would
go to work until the contract was
signed by all of the delegates
present.
The next day, Jack McLain
chairman Of the Progressive Trades
and Labor, and Frank Pobts. the
business agent, who was formerly
a state patrolman, met with Ray
Goodell, relief director of the
county. This Goodell is also known
as a former efficiency expert of the
Granite City Steel Co. Goodell,
who is eager to serve the big in
dustrial kings of the county, had UP
till that time been unsuccessful in
getting the men to work for their
relief. With the help of these two
misleaders, he has succeeded in put
ting about seventy-f1ve men to work
in EdWardSville.
The committee elected to work
with the business agents was COM
pletely ignored by him. These two
betrayers sneaked up to Gooden.
and between the three of them they
engineered the sellout of the work
erS in the whole county. Goodell
promised the Progressive Trades
and Labor 1913 hours a month at
771A cents an hour, with the under
standing that the Progressive
Trades and Labor workers were the
only ones to receive this offer. This
is nothing but a trick to force all
the other workers to go to work
and then cut the wages.
There is q great deal of dissension
between the workers In the A. F. of
l.. and the Progressive Trades and
Labor. The Illinois Workers ALI
ance in Edwsrdsville is dominated
and controlled by A. F. of L. Of
f1cials.
Frank Rogers, chairman of
the Illinois Workers Alliance, is a
feactlonary He refused to do any,
thing about these men who are
working, giving the excuse that the
A. F of L. will take care of them
in two or three weeks. He said he
wasn't going out on the job to tell
those men to come off. He is afraid,
and he has made that statement
before the rank and file.
When put on the spot by a few
of the militant workers, he raises
"the red scare" He has on three
different occasions t r ed to frame
three of the most militant. and
each time he has failed. The work
ers are beginning to see that the
red scare" is nothing but a trick
to cause dissension in their ranks
We are calling large mass meet
ing of all workers, especially A. F.
of l.. workers, where we will explain
who is responsible for the men that
are working.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1935-01-23
Craft RObs
GuGrdSn1en
Of Wages

NEW YORK.-We are several
members of the 258th Field Artil-
lery, N. Y. National Guard, who
wish to expose some of the graft
and rackets going on in our outfit.
We fellows know and can prove that
this graft is taking place.
Fellows are in the outfit for more
than two years without getting a
cent. When a fellow joins the N.G.
he is supposed to get dollar a
drill Many of us are out of work
and a dollar a week would come in
handy If we could only get at it.
Here are the methods by which
they manage to get our pay away
from us. First, the dress uniform
for which they soak us $72. We
know that the rules and regula-
tons of the War Department do
not call for a dress uniform; we
know because it has been priced)
that this uniform is not worth
more than $45 at the most; we
know that the uniform is not al
ways a new one. What usually
happens is this: When an enlisted
mans three years of service is up
he sells his uniform back to the
captain for about $40 or SIS. The
captain then sells these old uni
forms to the new rockies for the
full price of $72,
In our battery fellow turns over
So of every pay check if he has not
paid for his uniform in full, and IS
if he has, to the battery fund.
(Where this money goes is a mys-
terry to everyone but the captain)
The auditing committee is not
elected by the men, nor does it ever
give us financial reports.
We have already started move
ment to have the battery dues re-
duced and a new auditing commit
tee elected democratically from
among the men, After that comes
the full dress uniform. The fell
lows are backing us up and we're
going strong. If we stick together,
we can't lose.
GUARDSMEN 258TH F. A.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1935-01-23
Price Com mittee
Changed according.
To BOSS'S Orders
Militant Chairlady in PhiIa. Blouse Shop Election
Counted Out by I.L.G.W.U. Representative

tiOnS. The union succeeded by high
pressure methods in removing her
from the price committee.
Adella Dress Shop
A similar case is the Adella Dress
Shop. Here a merger Of the silk
and cotton departments took place
and the boss insisted on one chair
lady and one price committee, and
he made it clear that he wants one
Of his own choosing. At a shop
meeting. a sincere worker and
former chairlady Of the cotton de-
partment received the majority of
votes However, the union repre-
sentative, true to the policy of al
ways pleasing the boss against the
interest of the workers, miscounted
the votes, refused a recount, and
then walked out of the meeting.
The workers then elected a COM
mittee which was sent to the union
to demand another shop meeting.
Mr.. Reisberg is stalling on this
question. In the meantime the
boss is making further attacks on
the conditions of the workers in
that shop. The silk cutters who
are supposed to be working IS
hours a week, are working 50 hours
with the unions consent. He re-
fuses to recognize anyone but the
chairlady to whom the workers OBJ
ject and in all probability will get
away with it.
Minimum Not Lived Up To
In every shop in the city some
such incidents are taking place.
The minimum is not lived up to.
In many cases the time cards OF
the workers are being punched by
the bookkeeper and then the work
ers go back to work Militant work
ers are being removed from shop
committees or threatened with re-
moval.
The union leadership ignores
these complaints and when they
are settled it is always to the salts
faction of the bosses against the
interest of the workers.
Sister and brother dressmakers.
1t is about time you look after your
own interest instead of leaving
everything to Mr.. Reisberg. And
the way to do this is to build a
broad rank and file movement
which will be bulwark against
the bosses and the union bureau
Gratis. Build your own union in
your own way
Demand Rank and File Control.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1935-01-23

not take her or if they do they will
not keep her, and rightly so since
they are not equipped to care for
her.
1t is no disgrace to have a mem
tally i'll relative in State Hospital,
1t is much more of a disgrace to
let her stay home without the
proper care. Besides you must re-
member that in her mental condition
she is much more concerned about
her fear of being kidnapped than
about where she is living, and as
her mental condition continues she
will have steadily less appreciation
of her surroundings. At the State
hospital they will not cure her but
they will give her medicines to calm
her and will furnish other necessary
treatment.
AS to whether you should humour
her or try to talk her out of her
ideas, both of these methods are
equally useless. You cannot humour
her because her demands will be-
come too unreasonable. You cam
not talk her out of them
Addresses Wanted
All letters to the Board are an-
swered directly and are held con-
fidential. 1t is therefore necessary
that comrades send in full names
and addresses when requesting in
formation. The following comrades
omitted to send complete informa-
ton and their replies are ready to
be forwarded when they send in
their addresses:
Bob waite; S. s.; H. Mueller;
Gertrude Marsh; Bill Melanson:
Jerry Bremen; Eva Krauss; Paul
Walton, Brooklyn.
BuniOns and Weak Feet
From your letter we suspect that
the pain which you are having is
due largely to your weak or fallen
arches Bunions, as a rule do not
give rise to pain in the foot proper
but rather to pain over the bunion.
Should your bunion bother you, or
give you discomfort and pain, an
operation is indicated The opera
ton, in itself, is not serious but re-
quires your staying in the hospital
from ten days to two weeks. There
after you may have slight discom-
fort in walking for another two or
three weeks.
The treatment for weak feet con-
sists, largely, of exercises to
strengthen the muscles, foot plates,
and proper shoes.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1935-01-23

sick in bed with the grippe, and
with a fever of 1902, the coach is
wondering if he can sends Reds into
a fever hot game in just three days.
Isn't it pleasure to know that
in the Soviet Union the govern
ment absolutely refuses to let
sick player play until he is fully
recovered and in perfect health? Of
course in that country they are not
worrying about the gate receipts.
Amateur athletes, don't be suck
ers all your life.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1935-01-23
In THE HON E
''Our Children Must Be Good Fighters!''
BY ANN RTo N

waukee has been written in this way
Many women ask what to do to
carry on the work of the Washing
ton Unemployment and Social IN
surance Congress. The February
Working Woman answers that ques-
ton. The magazine promises many
attractive features during the COM
ing months. You should be sure
of getting your copy (the January
issue was sold out ten days after
it came off the press by subscribe
ing. Subscribe yourself, and get
other women to subscribe. See the
January and February issues to see
details of the prize contest for sub
getters now being conducted by the
Working Woman.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1935-01-23
By a Worker Correspondent

MEMPHIS, Tenn.-I have been
on the Transient Relief here with
my family for about six weeks, and
must say 1t is hell. We wait for
hours, jammed in a tiny room, to-
gether with others, in foul air for
a few crumbs of relief that amount
to SO cents week per head.
They sent us with our babies to
small, dingy, vermin infested, evil
smelling room, with an old laundry
stove in the center to heat and cook
with.
Then they would not give us any
relief because we would not wait
hours and hours together with some
diseased people to take vaccina-
tons, innoculations and get phys
ical examination. We are sorry for
these people whose health is gone
because they had no money to get
proper medical care, but it is not
right to put the healthy in contact
with the diseased.
The social worker, Miss Poindex-
ter, had the nerve to say that the
government only wanted to take
care of our health. Yeah! Hun
dreds of workers are stuck with
needles and scratched, while the
foul air gags them, and some faint
and vomit from the rotten condi-
tons. These examinations must be
for war purposes, or otherwise what
would the government care about
physical fitness?
Fought Forced Labor
We here fatty refused to work
without cash pay at union wages,
and we gave them the right name
for their "a hours a week at one
dollsr-fOrced labor. We were cut
off for this as we'll as refusing to
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1935-01-23
Protest Sent
To Ohrbach's
BY a Worker Correspondent


NEW YORK.-The following is
a letter Of protest sent by the
Ladies Sunday Bridge Club to the
Klein and Ohrbach Department
stores:
1--WE, the Ladies Sunday Bridge
Club, believe the salvation of this
country depends upon the strict en-
forcement of the N. r. A. We I'M
derstand you are not living up to
the code requirements. We there
for decided as a body not to trade
in your store until you settle your
dispute. We also will use our in
huence with similar organizations. !"
(Signed), EIGHT MEMBERS
OF THE CLUB.
Editors Note: We commend the
action of this organization in send
ing a protest to Kleins and Ohr-
bach's. However, we certainly can
not agree that "the salvation of
this country lies in the enforcement
of the N. R. A." The very strike
that prompted this action on the
part of this club is eloquent proof
of the reactionary nature of the N.
R. A. The government that made
the NJ R. A. law, the government
that can find troops to shoot down
strikers, that salf-same government
suddenly becomes powerless in the
face of Klein.
The N. r. A. has been used to
confuse the mass of people while
putting through the policy of the
biggest bankers and industrialistS
The workers at Klein's are fighting
for the right to organize which was
supposed to have been guaranteed
them by the N R. A.. but which
they have to get not through reli-
ance upon the N. r. A., but through
reliance upon the same power that
gave them the right to organize in
the past-their organized strength
and militant action. 1t is these
things that will help bring saliva
ton" to the workers, not the MIRA