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The daily worker., 1935-01-21
Z employees
OverwOrked
In Hospital
BY a Worker Correspondent


NEW YORK. = At the present
time we have a census of over 1000
patients in the Kings County
Hospital which is about twice as
much as its capacity.
The Long Island Hospital is af-
filiating here at this time, giving
the nurses twice as many patients
to take care of and twice as many
orders to take, one from our own
doctors and others from Long Is
land doctors.
Mr.. Norman, In charge of the
help, states that the city will not
appropriate more money for more
help, and so we are just worked to
death.
Several days ago a new ruling
came out that the orderlies who are
working on the male wards take
classes for two hours every day to
learn how to make beds, bathe
patients, and take care of the
patients in general. What does
this mean? That when the old
building winch mas been condemned
as fire trap, is going to be opened
again, there will be one nurse who
will take charge Of the ward and
two attendants working for $45 to
$50 per month taking the places of
nurses who should get $100 to $125
per month.
The only way We should fight this
is by organizing. Demand equal
pay for equal work. Demand that
the fire trap hospital stay closed.
Since there is twice as much work
for all hospital workers from Kings
County Hospital, we should demand
more help. This can only be done
by organizing and joining the
Hospital Workers Union.
The daily worker., 1935-01-21
Relief Neglect
Health Menace
In Peoria, iii.
By a Worker COrrespondent

PEORIA, In.-On Jan. IA, about
one p. m, leading comrade from
the Unemployment Council was in
the offices of the Peoria County
Emergency Relief when he was ap-
preached by two ladies who recog-
nized him as a member of the Coun-
Gil.
The first lady stated she had a
sick child at home in bed with the
measles, no coal to carry them over
the night. and husband without
work or money to buy same. The
case worker had told her to go out
and borrow or beg the money to
buy the coal until her husband could
get work to bug some.
The other women called attention
to her face, which was broken out
in small red blotcheS. She said
that she had the measles herself,
but, due to the fact she had not re-
ceived her relief order for groceries
in the mail-it was four days over
due-she had to go to the relief
station herself to request the order.
The Unemployed Council comrade
Immediately snapped into action,
went directly to the supervisor of
case workers and told her in no
uncertain terms that they had
better take care of these two women
instantly, give them their groceries
and let them go home. He pointed
out that the gross negligence, NAL
administration and actual refusal
of relief to unemployed families in
dire need had caused these ladies,
one with a contagious quarantine
case at home, the other with the
disease herself, to come to the re-
lief station themselves, thereby
menacing the health of others at
the relief station.
When the supervisor saw the
mood of the comrade and knowing
the past record of the Unemploy-
ment Council, she hurriedly came
over to the two ladies and promised
immediate action.
The daily worker., 1935-01-21
Homeopathy VS.. Allouatbv


E. E. writes: Il have frequent
controversies with a class conscious
co-Worker who is a staunch sup
porter Of homeopathy He claims
all doctors including those who
fight with the working class for a
better world are prejudiced towards
above progressive and healthy cures.
The methods Of allopathy are bene-
ficial, in his opinion, only in an ex-
tremely limited number of cases,
/. compared with those of the 'capi-
talistic' allopathy, are far beyond
talistic" allopathy, are Iar beyond
the benefits of allopathy.
He does not claim that homeo-
pathy is perfect. However, he claims
its superiority over allopathy. The
class conscious doctors are, as this
Board so often informs readers,
dominated directly or indirectly by
the capitalistic institutions of learn
ing that homeopathy is sectarian
and not scientific. This is his an
swer to the progressive and revolu-
tionary physicians"
Your letter raises up questions for
discussion rather than of directly
medical nature. AS our space is
limited, you will lind it discussed
more fully in our forthcoming
Health Magazine. We will answer
you here briefly. AS to homeopathy
VS.. allopathy, we are not concerned
particularly with defending any sys-
tenn of medicine. AS you know, in
a capitalistic country, the following
is true:
1. Scientific knowledge may be
extensive but is not applied for the
general welfare because of the profit
motive
2. knowledge may even be sup
pressed for the same reason. The
large group of industrial diseases is
an example of this.
3. Research is often haphazard,
at times wasted, reduplicated or
even meaningless. The conditions
under which research is done and
the motives behind it explain this.
Medicine is not the knowledge of
disease but rather the application of
this knowledge and as such it must
suffer and be open to all the short
comingS and criticisms of any capi-
talistic institution. However, you
will admit that technically capital
ism is able to turn out an efficient
airplane built on scientific prin-
ciple although you would not ap-
prove of the conditions of its pro-
duction or its later use. The same
is true of medicine. Insofar as al
lopathic medicine utilizes scientific
methods, we must adhere to it and
The daily worker., 1935-01-21

Biscuit Company crackers, she said
to the boss, You should know
better than serve N. B. c. products.
You know that their employees are
on strike. I will see to it that none
Of my fellow workers eat at this
place any longer if you continue to
serve N. B. c. products" With that
she walked out.
7 don't doubt if more like her do
the same thing that my boss will
stop serving N. B. c. products. This
is one instance to show that the
Nabisco strikers are not alone in
their fight but are backed up by
the rest of us.
I suggest that workers eating at
different restaurants protest and
stop eating at those places where
N. B. G. products are served, and
that housewives do the same thing
by protesting and stopping the
patronage of stores where N. B. G.
products are sold. BY doing that
they will help the Nabisco workers
win their strike.
Workers Of the N. B. C., carry on
the f1ghtl We are behind you.
The daily worker., 1935-01-21
Negro Workers, Writers and Daily Worker
Dear Comrade Editor /:

Dear Comrade Editor:
Of my experiences in selling the
Daily Worker, I wish to say the
following:
The Negro people are the easiest
to approach. They are very hos
pitable. The Negro workers are very
willing to learn. They ask ques-
tions. They ask you to come in, to
sit down, they are always ready for
discussion.
One Negro worker said to me:
mo, I won't buy it. I don't care for
this paper" And when I asked him
to explain the reason, he said:
They criticize too much. They
criticize Roosevelt, for instance, for
everything he does. Surely it can
not be possible that everything he
does should be wrong"
I explained that not only is it not
impossible but it is very natural.
Because Roosevelt is not of us poor
people, but one of a particular class;
one of the rich class. And every
plan he introduces is for the sole
purpose of serving his class; of
serving himself. Of course he is
very clever and knows how to make
it appear as though it is for the
good of the people, but it turns out
to be in favor of the rich. AS an
example, pointed out to the N.R.A.
1 was anxious to hear what he
would say when I finished. But he
did not say anything. He took out
three cents from his pocket, paid
me for the Daily Worker, thanked
me for my visit, and asked to call
again.
Another experience is that of a
conversation with a white worker.
1t is rather humorous, but may
serve to show our comrades how
important it is to talk to workers
about the Daily Worker.
How can I read this paper?" the
The daily worker., 1935-01-21

In counties having no town of
more than ten thousand population,
the pay will be fifteen cents an hour
for unskilled labor and forty cents
an hour for skilled labor. In coun-
ties where there is one town of over
ten thousand and not more than
fifty thousand, the rate will be
twenty cents for unskilled and fifty
cents for skilled. Where there is a
city of more than fifty thousand,
the common laborers will receive
twenty-five cents an hour, and the
skilled mechanics will get the pre-
vailing union scale in the particular
county. The average union scale
in the South for all organized labor
is about seventy per cent of that
in other parts of the United States.
For many months the United
States Chamber of Commerce and
employers of workers everywhere,
but especially in the South, have
been clamoring for a modification
of the Federal Bureau rates of pay,
and the Washington Administration
has been promising them that the
matter would be looked into, and
adjusted. The government opened
the way for such modification by
scrapping the Civilian Works Ad-
ministration program some months
ago. They then turned it over to
the Federal Emergency Relief Ad-
ministration, in which the states
The daily worker., 1935-01-21

But he is a writer" he said to
me much surprised.
Wei, who did you think were
writing for the Daily Worker?"
Gee, I didn't know" He mumbled,
Il didn't know that he was writ
ing for the Daily Worker. read his
book. 1t was good"
His articles are good too," I as
serted. Here, read this" He sat
down and read through the article
I pointed to.
IT'S good" he said. "It's mighty
good" FANNY FOX.
The daily worker., 1935-01-21
IN THE HON E
TEACHING A CHILD INDEPENDENCE
BY ANN B RTo \

(SLAVA DUNN'S weekly article
will be published regularly every
Saturday after this. She asks that
mothers write her questions, sug-
gestions on what they would like
her to take up, and criticisms, IT
they have any,
"HOW EARLY CAN WE Elk
PECT little children to become in
dependent of the help OF grown
ups? Like all other phases of
development, independence is a
slow and gradual process.
soon after the first year, a child
can begin to do little things for it
self. With gentle encouragement, a
child can learn at that age to hold
his spoon alone, and to drink from
a cup. No matter how clumsy he
is at first, or how many spots there
are on his bib, or on the table, it
is good to praise him and not to
expect a perfect job.
"OF COURSE A BUSY MOTHER
often is impatient, and instead OF
giving the needed encouragement to
the child's first efforts, she prefers
to do the job quickly herself. Yet
it pays to take time and teach the
small child to do things for him
self. The earlier the child learns
the fun Of being independent, the
easier it will be to teach him in
dependence later. Little achieve
mentS, such as taking off his owr
shoes and stockings, or washing his
own hands, teach child self
reliance and independence from
mothers help.
"CHILDREN'S SMALL MUSCLES
develop later than their big ones
For that reason it is hard for them
to handle small buttons, hooks, OF
small things of any kind. If chill
dren's clothes have large, easy but
tons, and are simple to handle
we can expect a child between the
ages of three and four to take OF
his clothes, or even put some Oh
them on.
"IT Is EASIER TO TRAIN
LITTLE CHILDREN If we give
them the idea that 1t is fun to do
things for oneself. Often a joke
at the right moment is as helpful
as actual physical assistance. How
ever, it is wise not to insist on self
help too rigidly when child feels
tired and cranky or sleepy or sick
Children get easily fed up with toe
dry routine and too much in
sistence. Such things as feeding
himself, taking his shoes and stock
ings off when unlaced, washing his
hands alone when a little box is
provided as a step, going to the
toilet without help, and partly
dressing and undressing, mean a
great deal to both mother and
young children. To the mother ii
is a time-saver. To the child, ii
means getting ready for life among
strangers where independence is
necessary.
Recently I asked Mrs. Field, who
has studied nurseries in the us
S.R., how Soviet children compare
with those in America. She an
swered that the Soviet children
compare very favorably. They seen
to be able to do many more things
| for themselves and are more in.
The daily worker., 1935-01-21
.KresgeFOlIows
.Anti-Semitic
Hiring Policy
By a Worker Correspondent

NEWARK, N. 1.-THE Kresge De-
partment Store of Newark is re-
flecting the anti-Semitic Hitlerite
campaign in this country by its at
titude toward its prospective en-
ployees.
A young worker went up to the
advertising manager of the store, a
Mr.. Barriscale, blue-eyed, pink
checked young man with a very
WinSome and appealing smile, and
asked him, for the twentieth time,
if there was yet an opening in his
department. He had been told by
this same (Mr.O Barriscale to drop
in at intervals to ask this question.
On this occasion, Barriscale wrote a
note to a subordinate which he
thought the applicant could not see.
But a large scrawl with a soft blue
pencil on large sheet of layout
paper is easily read from a distance
OF four feet. So the young worker
saw Mr.. Barriscale write out, to
the great amusement of his subor-
dlnate: What shall we do with this
goddamned kike?"
Foolishly enough, the young
worker did not sock the charming
rat on the nose, but went home and
wrote a letter to an official of the
store, Jew himself. This official
Mr.. Schindel, passed the buck, and
the letter was answered by a subor-
dinate who assured the young man
that he had been seeing things and
limited that that was no way to be-
have ones self if one expected q
job.
Anti-Semitism permeates t h c
American business structure, a sure
sign of what is ahead if the work
] erS do not unite speedilv
The daily worker., 1935-01-21
Negligence
In Hospital
Causes Death
BY a Worker Correspondent

ny worker Correspondent
LONG ISLAND CITY, N. Y.-On
Dec. % my baby. George Falzone
Is months old, was not well and
seemed quite sick Being unem-
ployed for two years, I couldn't af-
ford a private doctor, and so dur
ing the night I called the st. Johns
Hospital in Long Island City and
asked for an ambulance.
When the ambulance arrived the
doctor said it was not necessary tc
take the baby to the hospital but
left a prescription to be made out
Not having the money I had to &c
to the Home Relief Bureau to gel
1t filled out. At the Home Relief
Bureau they claimed that it was moi
made out with the baby's name anc
7 had to take it back to st. Johns
Hospital 1t wasn't before Thurs
day, Dec. 27, that I had it finally
filled.
On Friday morning Dec. %, my
baby looked quite bad and I called
for an ambulance again. The doctor
took the baby to the hospital anc
said it would be- all right, it was
just bronchial case. Next morn
ing at o'clock I was notified that
my baby died When I got to the
hospital I found the baby on a slat
in the bathroom and noticed that
the nose, right side of chin and
forehead was black and blue
I was told that 7 could not take
the baby home unless I had ar
autopsy performed to find out the
cause of death and that the Incl
sion would only be three inches.
The doctor who took care of the
ward in which my baby was, did
not know Of the death of baby until
late in the morning. When I met
the doctor about $50 that morning
he was surprised that the baby had
died. He said, "I examined the
baby at 3 o'clock this morning and
the baby was fine"
When got the baby home ]
opened the coffin and started to ex-
anime the baby myself. I found
that instead of three inch Incl
sion that they cut it from the tor
right down to the testicles and it
looked flat and empty.
I could see now, why they wanted
to perform an autopsy because nv
baby did not die a natural death
but fell out of the crib. It was a
very active child.
My contention is that because Of
lack of enough nurses to care for
the children of the poor who are
forced to go to hospital the baby
was not looked after.
Although 7 cannot bring back my
own child I want this to reach thou
sands of other workers to organize
and fight against such a system
that even makes money out of a
hospital at the expense of the pool
impoverished workers, to demand
of these hospitals more nurses anc
doctors to properly care for the sick
The daily worker., 1935-01-21

worker asked. There is nothing
there, only strikes, strikes and
strikes. No columns, no articles"
What do you mean no columns?"
said 1, there is a splendid column
by Michael Gold every day. And
there are"
by whom?" He interrupted me.
Michael Gold"
Il read book by Michael Gold,
Jews Without Money"
That's the same one" I said, che
writes in the Daily Worker every
day."
The daily worker., 1935-01-21
Boycott of National Biscuit Products Aids Striker

inasmuch as homeopathy rejects
| scientific methods and is unable to
demonstrate the truth of its claims.
we must reject it. What is essen
tial is that we must fight to make
the scientific medical knowledge
that we possess available to all and
completely within the reach of all. -.
Painful Feet
N. L., New York City: Painful
feet" are a problem of our modern
civilization" Feet have paid for
the social privilege of having placed
upon them ill-fitting, stlye-dictated
shoes.
Your condition set in with an in
jury. Previous to this, however.
your feet were probably being weak
ened by such factors as ill-f1tting
shoes, muscular fatigue and strain,
possible malnutrition and the other
offspring Of our capitalist society.
We would first of all recommend
exercises to strengthen the muscles
and ligaments of your feet. Illus
trated directions about these exer-
ciSes may be found in many books
in any public library. These ex-
ercises must be done faithfully.
In spite of your present pain even
with arch supports, it is our opinion
that you will need some sort of sup
port-either new fitting arch or
correct shoes. A visit to any Of
our better orthopedic clinics should
decide this for you.
Ointment for Eczema
H. w. writes: Kindly send me
the formula which appeared some
time ago in DR.. Luttinger's column
for an ointment for eczema. used
this formula with good results-but
the eczema came back after having
been gone for some time. In the
meanwhile I have lost the formula
and hope you will send me formula
soon, as my son has bad attack"
One of the best salves for the
treatment of eczema" is:
Crude coal tar five per cent in
Anlydrons lanolin.
However we do not approve treat
ing any disease without knowing
what the correct diagnosis is. The
term eczema" is often very vague
condition. Visit competent clinic
or physician for the correct dag
nosis first.
Volunteer help is needed by the
Board. TypistS who can give some
time are asked to call Monday at
II A. M. at the Daily Worker Of
flee.
The daily worker., 1935-01-21
Unemployed Council
Forces City to Establish
Food Station m Queens
Petitions and Mass Delegations Bring Pressure
on Department of Public Welfare
to COncede Demands
BY Worker Correspondent

NEW YORK.-For some time the workers of Corona
Heights Queens felt the necessity of Food and Coal Depot
The workers of that vicinity forced to travel miles for
such stores.
The Italian Workers Club of Corona Heights with the
The daily worker., 1935-01-21
Can You Make EN-
Yourself?

Pattern 2171 is available in sizes
IL, IA, IS, Is, 20, 80, 80, "a, So, 3S
and 40. Size 16 takes ~ yards
80 inch blouse fabric and 21s yards
skirt fabric. Illustrated step-by-
step sewing instructions included.
The daily worker., 1935-01-21
Georgia FERA Cuts
Pay TO l5c ON Hour
By a Worker Correspondent

MACON, Ga-Grace Shepperson, Relief Administrator
for the State of Georgia. JAM issued instructions to
all branches in the state to cut the former basis pay
relief jobs from the former thrtycent hour schedule
The daily worker., 1935-01-21
Yorker Protests
SerVice of ScGb
Goods in TeGrOOnl
Similar Action Needed by Restaurant Patrons
and Housewives to Ensure Victory
in Strike
Rv a Worker COrrespondent

NEW YORK. - working in a tea at 32nd
Street and Broadway Most of trade is from needle and
office workers.
The other day one of our customers was eating soup
with crackers When she noticed that they National
The daily worker., 1935-01-21


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getting to
oa workers
The daily worker., 1935-01-21

dependent than children in Amers
ican nurseries"
The Washington times., 1935-12-06
WILL ROGERS Said:

Well wake up morning with a hands Then
the mad rush will be to build Ships give the companies big
bonuses to get 'em done quick
Then will have to go through that silk shirt buying
period again.
England is pretty wise old bird. She relinqushed her
worlds financial supremacy but she didn't rnquish any ships
Father ODonne head of the great Nore Dame University
did the honor of visit out to the clean to- and by
the constant makes thing and that
"Noter Dame o. f. and the that try say Notrey
DOM are all wet.
No business school is bigger than the head of and you
Just have this fellow chat with him to see why that
school prospered
No matter what party if you have your
election during the hard times they will throw em their
ears.
Copyright by tn. McNauEh Syndicate 1naD
The Washington times., 1935-12-06
WIRE TAPPERS
TESTIFY IN
TAX PLOT
Income Unit Agents
Quote Talks Heard
Over Lines

The Government today turned
up its hole card" in the District
Supreme Court trial Of two for
mer Internal Revenue Bureau
officials and a New York tax con-
Sultant on conspiracy charges,
as it began the introduction Of
testimony obtained by tapping
their private telephone wires.
On trial are John w. Hard
grove. former chief conferee Of
the income tax unit; Henning r..
Nelson, former auditor, and Frank
B. McElhill, New York consultant.
All are charged with conspiring
to defraud the Government in
connection with the adjustment
of q $4,000 assessment on the
1882 income of Thomas M. Nc
Carter, New Jersey utilities mag
nate.
Confidence Betrayal Alleged
The indictment specifically al
leges that Hardgrove and Nelson
divulged confidential bureau in
formation to McElhill. through
which the latter was able to make
representations to his prospective
client.
L. A. Harris, an employe Of the
alcohol tax unit. first described
the manner in which he tapped
the telephone wires leading to
Hardgrove'S home at 1725 Var
mum st. N. W., and to Nelson's
home at 7611 Georgia Ave. N. W.,
setting UP liStening-in station in
q private garage in the area be-
tween the two houses.
Wires leading to telephones in
McElhill'S office in New York also
were tapped. and John Saxon, .jr.,
a special agent Of the income tax
unit, told the jury of having taken
Stenographic record Of converse
tionS between McElhill and Hard
grove. On August 13, 1884, Nc
Elhill called Hardgrove, according
to Saxon, who quoted excerpts
from the conversation in which
business was mingled with an invi-
tation to play golf on Hardgrove'S
vacation.
Testimony COrrOborated
Saxon was operating in New
York, and his testimony was cor
roborated by E. C. Palmer, another
agent who was listening in on the
conversation from the Washing
ton end. Saxon said he also identi-
fled the voices Of McEIhill and
McCarter in a telephone converse
ton between the two when the
$4,000 fee for the alleged at
temptS to ''fix" the assessment
levy was agreed upon.
McCarter had reported McEl-
hills first alleged approach to
Secretary OF the Treasury Henry
Morgenthau. jr., and was con-
tinuing to hold conferences with
McElhill under direction of the
Bureau of Internal Revenue.