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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1935-02-06
By . worker CORRESPONDENT

SOUTH BEND, Tnd.-The strike
Of 1,400 workers of the Oliver Farm
Equipment Company is still solid.
Mayor Treyermouth called in two
Notre Dame priests, and with DON
aghue of the MIRA. Board tried to
fool the strike committee into arbi-
tration by Disgusting it as a fact
finding committee. The strike COM
mittee told him that their business
was with the Oliver Company and
that they were not there to discuss
religion.
The strike committee and the
workers are united against arbitra-
ton, and the efforts of Donaghue
of the MIRA. to get the workers to
leave the settlement Of the strike
to a MIRA. Board has, and will, end
in failure. The workers are instead
putting their faith in mass picket
lines which have completely kept
out all scabs, and which have also
stopped all deliveries of food and
bedding with which the company
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1935-02-06

Rights Bill Scottsboro Angelo
Herndon Campaigns, for the fight
against local segregation, evictions,
and jim Crowism. Another weak
link in our work is the work among
the youth.
Before outlining the way to
achieve the Labor Party, I wish to
call attention to the fact that the
move for a labor" ticket or a fed
Grafton" ticket has been the topic
of discussion by some labor bureau
Gratis and a local politician, a Mr..
Joelson. Mr.. Joelson, a defeated
Democratic candidate for Congress,
split with his party. A former re-
corder Gudge) in the city, he has
built up reputation for fairness
and leniency" although he has sent
many workers to jail. His dema-
gogic campaigns and statements fool
many. He stood in high respect with
many workers, particularly the
dyers. He lost much of his support
by injecting himself into the Dyers
Strike and tried to play the good
samaritan by attempting to settle
the strike on decidedly unfavorable
terms to the workers. He tried to
build up reputation as labor
attorney, and friend of the poor"
In such manner he hopes to be
carried into Office as mayor with the
help of some labor" officials.
The question of LabC' Party
has also been discussed in the So
cialist Party. The militant and left
group of the Paterson Local has
been very much in favor for such a
step. The reactionary and odd
guard fight against it. for in it they
see the possibility of creating a reaI
United Front in Paterson. In this
we Communists, extend a helping
and brotherly hand.
The Communist Party mus
launch an educational campaign or
the nature Of the Labor Party anc
how it should be formed. The pro
gram can be as Comrade Stacte
designated, supplemented with loca
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1935-02-06
Workers Pay for
Damaged Shoes
BY a Shoe Worker Correspondent

BY Shoe Worker Correspondent
NEW YORK.-It is hardly neces-
sary to mention the fact that the
conditions in the 7. Miller shoe fac
tory are growing from bad to worse.
1t has become an almost daily Gus
tom of the boss to continually re-
mind the workers that the time is
ripe for wage cut. When the boss
thinks that the workers won't OBJ
ject, then, the blow will be struck.
What shall we do? Organize
A problem that is confronting lis
now is the rafting that is to take
place so as to relieve the boss from
the expense Of the damaged shoes
In other words, we must pay for
shoes which are damaged. In the
turn department the workers must
pay for ten pair a day. The fore
man suggested that they either pay
three dollars for each pair and let
the boss take the shoes, or rattle
off the shoes and let the boss take
the proceeds, This question is still
undecided In other departments,
several pairs of shoes will be raffled
every week.
We must organize into groups, go
to the boss and tell him that if the
shoes are damaged and can't be re-
paired, they must be sold as seconds
or gotten rid of any way he likes.
The expense must not be placed up
on the shoulders of the workers,
who as a result of the vicious speed
up unavoidably make mistakes.
One Of the most important OBJ
jectives of the day is to see that the
leaders of the union Boot and
Shoe) are more active in protecting
the interests of the workers. 1t
seems as if they are not interested
in our conditions at all, and ran
for leadership in order to get soft
jobs for themselves and protect the
bosses instead of the workers. We
must build our own rank and file
leadership and protest these con-
ditions.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1935-02-06
By JOSEPH SHE'LL

by Keller after the calling off of the
strike, was the end of Kellers re-
gime in the Union. During the gen.
ersl strike the dyers were held in
check against their own wishes.
They we're dyeing silk made by scab
labor. By refusing to call them OUT
on strike German and Ammirato
broke the strike since they failed to
extend the strike front.
Prepared for Strike
A deep ferment took place among
the workers in opposition to the
policies Of their union leaders.
When the dyers contract with the
dye bosses ended, they began to
prepare FOR strike. The prepara-
tons by the dyers were thorough
and efficient. The demands were the
wishes of all, being voted upon at
all the shop meetings. They we're
practicable and 1ealizable. They
built a rank and file strike ap-
paratus and defeated all efforts to
break the strike. They scored all
arDltratlon and won splendid VIC
tory. Never was there such a victory
for such large group of Paterson
workers. The strike was definitely
of, by, and for the rank and file.
Out of the heat of the struggle APP
peared the real rank and file lead
ers Of the dyers, such as Charles
Vigorito and Tony Ventura. This
fact was clearly realized by the over
whelming confidence expressed by
the members by electing them into
Office, with Vigotito as President Of
the Dyers Local 1913.
Backed Printers Strike
The recent 3 to victory of the
whole rank and file slate in the
broad silk department of the A. F
Of L. was another highlight in the
labor movement of Paterson. Down
in defeat went all the reactionaries
in complete militant union ex-
ecutive board!
Along with these developments,
the united front support of the
printers strike must be mentioned
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1935-02-06
Negro Rights Fight
Won in Jamaica
BY a Worker Correspondent

JAMAICA, N. Y. - The Young
Liberators of Jamaica won their
fight against a case of discrimina-
ton where a Negro fellow was fired
from Bohack's Store and replaced
by a white worker. This Negro
worker had been sick and sent
someone to substitute for him. How
ever, the boss seized this as an ex-
cuse to fire him and left him, his
wife and child to starve.
The Young Liberators and the
League of Struggle for Negro Rights
sent delegations to Bohack's de-
handing the immediate reinstate-
ment of this worker.
A picket line was set up, with a
number Of workers in the neighbor-
hood joining in. After a few weeks
of intensive picketing right through
the stormy weather in January
Bohack's was forced to rehire this
Negro worker. This shows the power
of mass pressure.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1935-02-06
Laundry Workers
Get Pay Cut
BY a Worker Correspondent

PEORIA, Ill.-A wage cut from
Is cents down to % cents an hour
has been forced on the girls in the
flat-work department of the Ideal
Troy Laundry Company here within
the past week.
In making the wage cut, Carl
Triebel, owner Of the laundry, i'm
piled to his girl workers that he
himself had not made any salary
the past two months. The Ideal
Troy some time ago lost their large
contract with the Jefferson Hotel
here, the jefferson Hotel putting in
their own laundry plant. The cut
in the Ideal-Troy flat-work depart
ment, it may reasonably be as
sumed is the first move on the part
Of Triebel to cut his workers in the
other departments,
Triebel was formerly chairman Of
the Peoria County Emergency Re-
lief Service Committee, resigning
this office on Nov. 80, 1894.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1935-02-06
Talk of Communists
Frightens Relief
By a Worker Correspondent

JOPLIN, Mo. A fellow worker
here had a little girl who was sick
with pneumonia and had to have
a doctor right away.
He went to the Welfare and asked
for doctor and they put up the
excuse that they did not know what
they could do about it, as they we're
without funds. He told them that
he would have to go and get a COM
mittee from the Communist Party,
and right away they advised him
not to, and go on home and they
would see to it that he got doctor.
Before he got home, there was a
doctor and nurse both out there
to his home. The nurse stayed all
night with the little girl.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1935-02-06
U.T.W. Official Stems Fight
Against Company Uuion

company man and refuses to lead
the workers in any militant action.
A few weeks ago strike vote was
taken but the strike was delayed.
When the president took Office some
time ago he made a statement to
the effect that he had worked in
mills from New England to Cali
fornia and Conner was the fairest
man he had worked for. Conner is
well known as the worst slave driver
and union smasher in the South.
Now the president of the union is
keeping the workers hands tied
while Conner is building his COM
pany union and smashing the
UT.W.
During the general strike Conner
wrote letter to w. o. Hare, sec
rotary of the State Federation of
Labor, asking him to not push the
union any further at that time
Hare stopped all activity and left
Corners Pell City mill half organ
lied and the other mills without
help. When Hare was confronted
with this letter in a committee
meeting he turned white as a sheet
and trembled all over. Now he
doesn't fool around these mills. He
is sending other takers to take his
job.
The workers at Avondale are
planning to kick out the president
in the next meeting and to prepare
for a strike. Already they are ask
ing for support from other unions.
They are determined to smash the
company union and force Conner to
recognize the U.T.W.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1935-02-06
YOUR
HEALTH
By
Medical Advisory Beard
Frozen Milk

Frozen Mix
r.. Y. WANTS to know whether
frozen milk is full Of dangerous
microbes and whether beef or pork
liver are injurious to the kidneys.
Bacteria enter milk from the cows
udder, the mixers hands, the con-
tanners it is put into, etc. Since
they start growing at once. most
milk contains large number. Most
of them, if not in too great num-
bers, are entirely harmless. Bacteria
grow well in warm temperature:
they are almost all killed by heat
ing nearly to the boiling point las
is done in pasteurizRtion) they do
not grow at all, and some are killed
of when milk is frozen.
Thus you can see that the fact
that milk may come to the consumer
frozen has nothing to do with its
content Of dangerous microbes. If
previous to being consumed. the
milk has not been contaminated
with disease germs and if. previous
to freezing, it has not stood around
at warm temperatures long enough
for the otherwise harmless bacteria
to multiply to a very large number.
the milk is certainly all right. In
general, milk can be kept longer
with safety In cold or freezing
weather because the bacteria do
not multiply nearly SO fast.
Beef and pork liver are both very
good food and in no way injurious
for the normal person. We feel
that you are confused by two popu-
lar notions concerning this matter.
In certain types Of kidney disease,
doctors believe in limiting the
amount of proteins eaten: this in
cludes fish, eggs, chicken. etc. as
well as red meat" But other types
OF kidney troubles should have a
large amount of protein. And GER
tainly, within any reasonable limit.
this has no effect on the normal
person one way or the other.
Secondly it was discovered about
ten years ago that liver in very
large quantities would cure a GER
tain type of anemia; from this, the
public got the idea that live is
good for the blood (whereas there
is no evidence that it has any such
effect on normal people,; and liver.
formerly the cheapest of meats,
usually thrown to the cat, rapidly
became one of the most expensive.
In general, healthy person
should not worry about this diet
or go in for fads but eat three nor
mally well-balanced meals a day
If in these times he can afford it.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1935-02-06

The question of a labor party is
not probability but an immediate
possibility in America. The growing
demand and need for a united
front, the breaking away of thous-
ands and millions of workers from
the old two party system, calls for
a energetic utilization of the desire
for such masses by our party and
for the formation of a genuine La
Dor Party.
AS Jack Stachel correctly stated.
in his articles recently published in
the Daily Worker, the Labor Party
must first arise in local places fused
in the program for the fight for the
demands Of the toiling masses. AS
an example Stachel cited the city
of Paterson where a Labor Party or
a united Labor Ticket can be
achieved. Being closely connected
with the work in Paterson, I wish to
enumerate the many and tremend-
Gus possibilities for such a political
force in the coming mayorality cleo
tons in November.
In order to understand how this
can be achieved one must know the
previous history of the labor move
ment in Paterson. Paterson has
been the scene of numerous labor
struggles. One of the first strikes
ever to take place in the U. S.
occurred in this city
Militant Tradition Exists
A militant tradition exists among
these workers. The workers Of Pat
erson have a sensitive alertness to
many important questions. This has
been sharpened and developed in
numerous struggles. The strong de-
gree of organization in the A. F. Of
L. with many large sections of the
workers silk dye, building trades
and others 100 per cent organized.
is another important factor for the
possibilities of Labor Party. The
national convention of the U.T.W.
went en- record in favor Of such a
labor party,
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1935-02-06
By a Textile Worker Correspondent

BY a Textile Worker Correspondent
BURLINGTON, N. C.-Workers
Of Burlington who sympathize with
the six innocent defendants In the
dynamite frame-up are made to
feel the power and the hatred Of
the companies.
Even while the trial" was going
on, the company rat Pruitt told
workers who were asked to be wit
nesses for the defendants that they
would lose their job if they went
on the stand for the six men. Since
the trial, four Of these witnesses
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1935-02-06
NOTE

Every Wednesday we publish
letters from textile, shoe and
needle workers. We urge workers
In these industries to write us of
their conditions and efforts to
organize. Please get these letters
to us by Saturday of each week.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1935-02-06

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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1935-02-06
Refused transportation
To Hospital
By a Worker Correspondent

JOPLIN Mo.-Here we are again
from joplin, Mo, "the land of a
million smiles"
On one of the P. w. A. projects,
young fellow worker was carry
ing a big boulder, slipped and fell
with it, hurting his leg very badly.
The authorities asked another
worker to take this fellow to the
hospital in his car. He did not have
any gas, and they would not fur
nish him any. Therefore, the worker
who was hurt had to get there the
best way he could.
Ask regular readers to become
subscribers of the Daily Worker.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1935-02-06
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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1935-02-06

have lost their jobs. The super said
they were not needed any more.
Shortly after the trial, Tom Ca
nipe, who worked for the Burling-
ton Mill Company, was fired. The
boss told him that the mill aSSo-
citation had met and decided they
couldn't work him, and advised
Tom to change his name if he tried
to get work anywhere else.
This week, a brother of Howard
Overman, who worked in a nearby
mill town, was fired. Some one had
left leaflet issued by the Workers
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1935-02-06
1--WE never been in a police court
l hafnre" whisnered Mrs HAYES.

v ~ AAENNA bNNAA Az q ksHAANA 1OAAA q
l before" whispered Mrs. Hayes.
Neither have 7" whispered Mrs.
Garrett, clothing worker and
mother Of a fifteen months old
baby.
THAT doesn't matter" assured
Mrs. Jones. a Negro woman. i've
been here before and I expect I'll
be here plenty more, I went Bill
ODonnels bail when he was ar
rested and they been trying to scare
me cut ever since. But I amt a.
scared because I don't come from
scarey kind Of people"
we walked into Police Msgis-
trate's cfece and started to find
seat-. They asked us what we
wanted. We walked up to the desk
"Wfst 90 you intend to do about
Bill ODonnell?" asked Mrs, Hen
derson. The Police Magistrates
face got red, but with all the force
he could muster he said Il have
done everything I intend to do
about O'Donnel, now and foreverl"
He had sentenced ODonne1 to
six months in jail for making a
Speech)
1T O'Donnel wants to commit
suicide" he shouted ut is no con-
Germ Of mine. have nothing more
to say" He stalked out.
I'VE looked at each other. What
w shall We do now7. Let's
tell the newspapers. We ought
to work night and day until we get
Bill ODonnsll out of jail
So we worked with the ODonnen
Defense Committee night and day,
circulating petitions, collecting
hundreds Of signatures for ODon-
nell's release. Some of us joined
the International Labor Defense
and helped prepare mass protest
meetings. We knocked from door
to door urging people to act in the
ODonnell case.
Then one night We got Mother
Bloor to come to a Free Bill o.
Donnell Mass Meeting" An old
man got up to speak. He said for
two reasons this was the happiesU
night Of his life. First because he
had always wanted to hear Mother
Bloor; and second, because a
telephone call had Just come from
the Bridgeton County Jail to say
that tomorrow at ten o'clock they
could come to take Bill O'Donnell
home from Jail Everyone jumped
up, hurrahing,
81 wonder what that Police
Magistrate has to say now about his
Now and Forever asked Mrs.
Jones whose confidence in the work
ers and their ability to free ODon-
nell never tagged. Mrs. Jones. SO
years old. mother of % children, is
a fighter. She has proved she doesn't
come from the "scarey" kind Of
people. She's our South Jersey
Mother Bloor.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1935-02-06
Does Birth Control Hinder
Subsequent Conception?

n. S. WRITES: Il have heard ten
that if young woman uses
contraceptives and puts off hav-
ing children for number of years,
she finds it very difficult to be-
come pregnant when she later on
does wish babies; and also that
when she finally does become
pregnant, the business of giving
birth goes very hard with her. Is
this true?"
Many doctors. especially those not
acquainted with the technique Of
birth control, offer such objections,
lie, that continued use of birth con-
troll measures will make it difficult
for the woman to become pregnant
when she wants to. This statement
is absolutely false and not based
upon any scientific evidence. AS
a matter of fact, we do know that
most women have become pregnant
very easily when disseminating the
practice of birth control.
And what makes the first state
ment most absurd, many women
have become pregnant following only
one occasion when they did not
follow the method accurately.
1t is also just as ridiculous to say
that giving birth is made more diff
ficult after prolonged use of con-
traceptives. The difficulties of child
birth are in no way related to BIRTH
control.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1935-02-06
Il d NJ
J. 4 + =
- By
Ann Bart0R

THE Working Woman has turned
over to this column q very in
teresting story that gives a side
light on the freeing Of william
o'Donnel. from a Jersey jail, where
he was imprisoned for his activities
in the Seabrook, New Jersey, agri-
cultural workers strike. Bill
ODonnelI had been on a hunger
strike. How the women Of New
Jersey participated in securing mis-
release is shown here by a woman
correspondent Of the Working
Woman:
The Omaha guide., 1935-03-02

Irving Mills, who sails for Europe
early in March with Duke Ellington
and his famous orchestra, has in
creased his activity in the production
field by building several new attrac-
tons and accepting sponsorship for
several others which he plans to de-
velop.
Inspired by the success of Ina Raw
Hutton and Her Melodears, the all-girl
band which has climbed to headline
proportions within six months, he is
organizing q mixed girl and boy or
chestra with two leaders, one femi-
nine and masculine. He has added
The Commanders. an internationally
famous band, to his growing list of at
fractions and has two other feature
units mn rehearsal, on q novelty vocal
group and the other a male dance band
which shows promise.
In Europe, Mills will arrange book
ing for units to be produced by him
in New York with foreign and domes-
tic acts.
The Omaha guide., 1935-03-02

One of the most rapid RS from
an unknown quantity to a headline at
traction in the history of show bust
ness has been made By the blonde
bombshell of melody and rhythm. Ina
Ray Hutton and Her Melodears.
Within a period of six months. Miss
Hutton and her all-girl orchestra have
PLACED all the principal theatres from
Boston to Washington, D. c., and
from New York to Chicago, and have
made one short subject and one
feature picture, Paramount's "Bie
Broadcast of 1885,.
The band has played twenty-five
weeks in theatres, seven of them re-
peat engagements because Of the
record crosses piled up on the initial
dates. Major cities in which the at
traction has appeared include New
York, Washington, D. c., Philadelphia,
Boston, Buffalo, Pittsburgh, Cincin-
natl, Detroit, Chicago and Mime
apolis.
Miss Hutton and her girls r en-
JOY ng q deserved rest in New York
before resuming their tour on March
9 at the Astor theatre in Reading, Pa.
They open on L1arch Is at the Earle
theatre in Providence, R. L., on March
22nd.