The Daily Worker Newspaper, November 6, 1933, Page 4

% ‘ i t Ht Paze Four D AILY WORRES NEW YORK, MON PARTY LIFE Need Party’s Aid in Building’ of Y.C.L. Nuclei in Factories’ lose Cooperation Betwe Is U rged by Youth Leader By Gm The importance of the Party’s aid GREEN in building V.C.L. shop nuclei along- | 1 Party and League | side of every Party nucleus can only be understand when we bear in sind | that the Party has about 170 shop nuclei and the Y.C.L. only 40. shop nuclei seriously undertook the could build the League in shops in which we are isolated today | To cary through this most | tant decision the folol done: | (a) The Party comrades responsible | for ri at the concentrati Points, must be held directly respor istrict buro or section a YCL shop nucleus sible to the d: buro for build at*his concentration point before the end of the driv b) One comrade in every Party shop hucleus be placed in | charge of youtt This comrade should work wit the YCL in finding the special youth problems and de mands 2 the shop for concentration, youth page of the er, etc. is comrade | larly to the shop | ) Party comrade who is a| member of a shop nucleus or who| works in a shop mist make it his| job to approach and win over young | workers from his department. Te must also become a fighter in his} shop or union against discrimination of young workers and for their spe- | eiel demands. In this manner the Pal can win the confidence of the young workers. Party members must If these question of building the Y¥.C.L, we pam- with shop Young Worker young phlets said |which to convince his |mates to join the YCL 4—The Party should cooperate with the YCL in the organization of spe-! cial demonstrations and actions of e youth around their specific de- It must bring forward actions. In the trade unions mass organizations, our fractions must also help the Party the} 1 | d program of the YCL in all; | Week). youth in the struggle for their spe-| | cial interests and must be an active driving force in popularizing the pro- gram and of the YCL and in recruit- ing young workers into i in the trade unions must our Party ctions lead the fight for the crea~ tion of youth commitees and youth ns as instruments of the union jin winning and holding the young workers . If the entire Party will seriously undertake the task of building the League on a mass basis, if it will give the YCL the necessary politcal guid- ance, there is no question but that this drive can reach its objectives— namely. the rooting of the League among the most decisive sections of working youth. CONDUCTED BY HELEN ed me, “hing € eat first, and then t answer! "the Day. that Go over to candidates; | Communist | 1 machine out- first, if necessary, but | less. than } been reziste dish is spo ly the best recipe I} ft to get the workers food. And | ‘ks great both for women and lL not come popping | i the mechine, to be sure, but | Minor (and the cther re tes) are elected, you may be workers will be i for how! Byeon if they are not elected, a big will jar the bourg 5 loose from a lot more I meen to test the above recipe ty Com- | ou there, Com- money 2s ble Since I lost my | job I had to squeeze the dollar sa the eagle scroamed, and I like cook- | ing so much | could not be satisfied | with ope: ‘ans. Here is my prize ed meat balls with | ed pota-| caltoped.) | about the size of a silver dollar. First tix the chopped meat well with fine- ly chopped onion, salt and pepper to} taste, and a little flour to thi Walter co the meat won't stick. Spread the sliced potatoes on the | bottom of the pan; then a layer of Meat balls, another layer of potatoes, ‘and so on until the pan js full. Pour ia cup full of milk (half cup full of water if there is no milk), spread a smal. piece of butter over the top, ghd bake in & moderate oven until reeds. /Mexican meat bells, For one-and- a-half of chopped meat enough for six people) have the fol- lowing ingredients: one hard-boiled egg, one large green pepper, two me- dium onions, one clove garlic, one medium-sized can tomatoes, salt, pep- per, and a few bay leaves. Prepare the meat balls same as above, except for the onion—leave Roll the meat balls very piece of the hard-boiled egg. Fry the garlic (cut in bits) in fat or butter or oli; when brown, take it out, leaving @ flavored oil. | Next fry the chopped onions until slightly and evenly brown, adding the chopped green pepper. Then add tomatoes, and gradually, about three or four cups of water; let it come to a boil and drop in the meat palls one by one. Add seasoning and Jet simmer until the meat is done. ‘Those sound pretty good! But now we come to the sad part of today's ‘The Drive. I hate to repeat, but something’s gotta be done. Look, there’s just about eighteen and a half uf | offices LURE “Why don’t you teli the workers how to fell them how to cook it?” At last— the polls bright and early, and when little curtained booth, close the curtains, quickly turn | ight across *-— thousand dollars, after all these | weeks, and the Financial Department has stated flatly, the Daily Worker must have forty thousand dollars, Or Else! And far be it from me to argue with the Financial Department —my arithmetic is too anemic. As these lines are being written, my own chart in connection with e drive has got lost around the somewhere — I'll have to poke around and find it. Especi-| ally as I met a friend from) Long Island who told me that at a eting a collection was made and sent, for my list, and I'll all excited about this, I sure would like to give those other columnists a run for their money. So what! no house parties? Don't forget about tomorrow, .too— now is the time for all good gals to come to the aid of the fee Can You Make ‘Em Yourself? Pattern 1645 is available in sizes 5, 8, 10, 12 and 14, Size 10 takes : ris 54 inch fabric and J ated step- by step sewing instruc- tions included, Send FIFTEEN CENTS (15c) in coins or stamps (coins preferred) for this Anne Adams pattern. Write plainly name, address and style num- ber. BE SURE TO STATE SIZE. Address orders to Daily Worker Pattern Department, 243 West 17th St. New York City. Patterns by J oin the Com 35 EAST 12TH STREET, NEW YORK, N. Y. “Plense send me more information en the Communist Party. ‘NAME mail only, munist Party | Especially | contrasting. Tlus- | , NOVEMBER 6, 1933 Taxi Driver Tells of How He Worked Western Union Messenger Urges Real Organization (By a Worker Correspondent) BROOKLYN, N. Y.—I want to pri test against the vi the Western Uni exploits its mes: help, for that Western Union si We got nothing We" never even ing us for the last ers’ union—and wages, working books for the Lit others. all the petty against us by this cope. ger union, or in existence? of which we have ry still get our $8 a week 48-hours a week (the code says we may not work more than 48 hours a I for one refuse to stand for such conditions and I know many} other messengers who also are will- ing to fight for better conditions. e got a union i —but it’s 2 company protested wage-cuts the company has been ears. There- fore I say that we messengers should organize into our own union—a work~ for higher shorter hours, and better conditions (no speed-up, no developing greetings, iov grap! jigned of the sort! for more our cor union thre fight terary pra company) e What I want to know is this. you happen to know of any messen-| organization, brotherhood, or something like that There might be one never heard. Is hel no deliv Guild, Also we must fight against. yrannies h Co, (and all its When the the N.R.A,,| all of us messengers had high hopes j that the company was going to give us $15 a week and a 40-hour week. We than npany and has against the giv- and cticed | —A Western Union Messenger. * « A UNION FOR MESSENGERS (By a Worker Correspondent) BROOKLYN, N. Y.—I am a West- | ern Union Messenger, who has writ- | ten to you before about some of our conditions with which we had to} or Editor’s Note: The _ Workers Union, Be 799 Broads ping ering | | Do} | Terminal Co, Charged Him $1 for Cap and 30 Cents for Extra Gas By a Taxi Worker Correcpondent | BROOKLYN, N. ¥.—Many times I’ve read in the Daily Worker stories | of workers receiving $3 and less for a week’s work, but I would like to tell | the “Daily” readers how I earned 24 cents on a Terminal ezb for 14 hours’ work, When you apply for a job at the Terminal Cab, one of the largest | companies in the cify, questions are asked of your birth, past life, whether le or married, ete, Good physica! © mentally and ruin your physical condition is also required. When you have passed all these | health, drive a cab, — . tests, like a chicken in a market, you} At 8 pm. I was “dead.” I had picked up $2.65 from 4 p.m. to 8 pm. When I went to the garage there were many other cabs waiting in line to check in and go home. And here again was further aggravation. It took me an hour to check in. This wasted hour is of no benefit to any of us hackmen. I was so disgusted that I quit. Thursday, when I came for my check, I received 24 cents. One dol- lar was taken off for the cap, which I have no use for and wanted to return. Thirty cents was taken off for gas. I am sending in the check for the “Daily” drive, as I would like to use the 24 cents to help do away with the system which abuses us. LOUIS TUPEL, (Signature authorized.) are accepted. Then you must buy a uniform cap for $1. Monday morning, all fixed up and ready, I went to the 23rd Street Ter- minal Division and got a cab, and was told that I was allowed only one gallon of gas for each $1 business, and if I used two gallons and got $1 business I must pay 10 cents for each additional gallon. I went out of the garage at 6 am. Monday morning. At 4 p.m. I had $1.35, and had used up four gallons. Not being a writer, I cannot convey the mental and physical torture all hackmen go through, not only in one day, but day in and day out. People with money travel to Europe for the purpose of broadening themselves. If you would like to narrow yourself $26.50 for Uniform Chiseled ‘Gut of Army Transport Crew | | By @ Marine Worker Correspondent NEW YORK.—The U. 8. Army Transport “Chatean Thierry” has just come out of drydock after being laid up for three months, The majority | of the old crew returned. The men were told that uniform inspection would occur Friday. Wednesday the second steward took the names of those not having uniforms, and five minutes later we were called to the stewerd’s ®room. The steward called me to his room saying “Shut the door—stand over there. Take his measurment.” This last was addressed to the only other person in th room a fitter from Appel’s. I asked, “How much will the uni+ to organize the employes of the telegraph companies; and has made some good progress in this direc- tion. Get in touch with them. We will also send your name to them. They handle all names and infor- ; mation carefully. . NEW YORK.—“ writes John Kap) $40,000 Drive. His letter is as the “Worker,” $40,000 Fund. Kappe. Re Cab Dri another $2, all, Daily Worker,” taxi-men.” so as to save | working class pap very slow. Hold shopmates, to enabl | on the battle for t | working c's Total Nor. 2 10.00 Totel to dats 1007.45 DIST. No. 3 . Horton 6.00 M. Cowley 5.00 Scenic Designer 10.00 Meyerson 1.00 H, Singer Bt 3. 3. Sternback, LL. 2.00 Erwinns 5.06 x. 3.00 P, Rogers 10 8. ‘50 RK. 3 Cherne 50 BF. 10 J. J. Mullarky 6.00 Cook 2.00 Sagik-Barrels 3.08 FSU, D'ntown Br. .30 Wkrs. School 8.00 Custom T'lors 65 Amer, Youth Cl, Col. by Licbermen 3. H. Brien 2 Mustroft 0 8. Mistrott ‘os Barmeki 202 Liebarman a5 Nazenitsky ‘05 Feldman 06 Anon, Col. by Zepin Madaw 20 Zapin is F 10 NLS r Zapin 35 1Ool, by Pubrmass Eelbowits aH Rosenthal 50 Gutman, 108 Anne P, 105 Wolwott 05 Cantor 210 ©. Rosentha! 105 Hyman 5 Rosenberg 35 Col. by Oxenhorn 2.65 50 ‘oop. Colony 34.00 WESL Post 191 3.00 Wers, Circle Senat Seo. 4, Un. 404 i means as much as our da ‘The Dai Worker Says “Daily” Means As Much to Him As Bread Worker y bread,” pe frorn Phoenix, follows: the d Front!” — vers Help bated Reader Helps ty-year-old ading the Daily Worker only sent $1 to help the fizh er live. The was collected by A. Stoffenbeach, wh: ibutions and tions for our Daily Worker. The Drive, however, is on the whole affairs, cont he libera | Total ‘Thursday ... Total to date . Mo. 1 worker N. Y., sending a contribution to the “Comrades—I enclose money order for $10 for a year’s subscription for because Worker means for me as much as our daity bread. Use the rest for the Daily John A group of Chicago cab drivers who put thelr quota at $15, sent in making it $8 so far in out of their meager earnings. “We read with much interest in the they write, | growing militancy of the New York They ask that no receipts be sent until their quota is completed their Daily Worker “of the who a ribute, collect from your friends, neighbors, visit. mass organizations, celebrations to raise funds with which our Dally Worker to carry in of the | from capitalism, | subscrip- |form cost?” Mr. Neville, thy steward, replied “Twenty-six fifty.” (The uniform includes coat, vest, pants and cap and twenty-six fifty is $5 more than it cost a year ago.) I replied, “You realize that I | make but $31.85 a month?” He said | “Yes, but you have two months 50] Matos 351. ane 2 A bas ees ores $$)in which to pay.” (Which meant Tote! Nov. 9 ea Bicescine .20| that in two months I would make Total to dete 95.41) Col, hy Vroinies 37.20 on a mess boy’s job.) “But,” haga eee IP ced “Cah bee ap anita Anon., Pitts. Blatny 25/2. De aap a ly my L, Coxson Bujonion a5 | e’sewhere? ‘We are all pur- ‘Coton 12) chasing our uniforms from this Total Nov 3 —_-1.60| Kapudjya 38 7 eels A Total to date 401.50| Stepenson 25| gentleman,” Mr. Neville replied. DIST. No. 6 Strine 10 ‘But what assurance have I that % eee re ae int -10| the ship will not tie up again after Sandusky by Vroinjes ip?” J. Larson 360) Polish 10|# two months trip? : Abramo 20} Koren io} “Tt is not likely to occur.” Eid as eats 10|, ‘Bu should it happen I would G, Homols 25| Kolarich 1o|have practically no money and a Hiroc .20} Kupres 03/uniform which is no use to me eras ee oe ee ‘18\even on board a ship. I have just Star er sgh Serene ‘come back after being laid off Betica 2 erkovich 10 . —| Nusya ‘i0| three months. Six men have been sath rages ae oe fe Skuite 2 laid off to have expenses and we ctal to date 678. aber vi ive ‘DIST. No. 7 ie ne all saat a wage ee Col. Chamber 19| 28. per cent. Is it necessary at of Labor 17.00 10|I buy this uniform now? pars 10| “Yes. ‘Tote! Nov. 2 7.00 5 vee: | It may be added thet those who |are required to have uniforms in- | postage expense. 95} clude messboys, wipers, firemen An entertainment at the home of Bis. - 9 —jand the plumber, ‘ ; A F cot, by Wendia | Frances Lingren in far off Hood Sinviunen = River, Oregon, netted the Daily| Doyie 25| iKiubi 1.00 Worker $7.52. J. Graudrone 1.00] Kyrola 15 House Party— Torvinen 18 Letters From Clara 15 Total Nor. 3 Pelp 10 r’ Totel to date 15 Newhouse 10 Previou: ¢ Cont HOW TAMMANY HALL BUYS Crump 2) VOTES J Harrie Standing on line to repister Com- snist in the election headquarters, I was approached by two members of Tammany Hall. They asked me with oily pleasantness how I was, whether I was wor whether they could do any for me. Pretending rot to know t they were talking about, I asked in what way they meant to assist me. They said, “Of course, we hope you | Totet No, 2 date pare registering Democrat.” I said, “Yeah.” They replied, “We don’t 25| like the way you say that.” They 4 told me, after all, they are working 160 Lists to get O’Brien elected—that he was Un, 1910 2.00] Scholz Family 2.00 the best man for the job. During Litas Gel by Schubert 3.69) the course of half an hour's wait~ names Pe ad Hea 4 ing on the line to be registered, the a vies Pinkelstein Un. 701 os 50 Tate, two Tammany men were joined by sta Ly Col. by Ville Cot. by ‘Bella Col by Geen a third and a cop, all of whom tried ee 1.80| ‘Swanson 1.00} Balinsky by Ee 8 sleet ng persuade me Storm 1.00 an M. P. & MB. 85) Norrgard Being curious as to just how far ‘Rios - Heosrty the Tammany grafters went with Susser +10| Col. by Ruich their corruption, I visited the Tam- coger to} “Wiggen eee cite neo mext might,” 1 yas Col, by Raymond | Buktenico 35| Schroder ‘g5] Fece.ved by a committee. The job | a1 names Bilonko s10| Menyert. 10] was mine. In addition one of them | bce na a pee = sn ty penne would take me right out to dinner endulio ron i heii 9 names | Cel by DiGiacomo | Col, by Smelly 35 pat Snowe L tenor scoune invita — .25| Ogrodnic! . mela Lag 3 nl ont by Bergman 50/ Ollinelch The most subtle of these crude al to date 93681 : itic? id that per Corrections to Dist. 2 Soe ae Pesclowiky politic‘ans said that perhaps I had Far Rikwy. Un. 20.00| Cort 115| “Yankow :30| been listening to various people talk ee Ww. age Col. by Kinn 100 pas eh and had heard about various poli- .00] Col, by Hill .50| Folkman a inflae packer oa *"s.00| Bedulkie 0 otal Nov, 237.00 they rare are Ne ieee lis- ane 26 |. TORRE FO. cake, “") ten to them ani would see that Col. by Small 2.5 : x . No. 19 ‘ Gol. by Brown Q Sone “0 Col. aan oben they were right. After all, we had Sturifa 05} Burnetsky s10| 4 Martinez .28| to stick to the party that could ben- own. 10) Cal. by Redston a Worl eaikgthed = efit us personally. Now the Demo- inkowsk , d ‘i i meee: Si ee RE SR Bl Sia eecctars pan cone af cll tye ! endl Q oe re ake 19 Johnson -40} jobs. hereto hae e it and ‘ rigure ‘ i wa tl thers bun- Catiers i E te Ja1es| get a job. ne of the others Smith. 5 nm a0 Egger Sa, 8 gled up the job a little by stating ae ig Vasolk as aoe ee 14.50| that they had looked up my regis- a rong E. ele cs tration, that I had not registered Pe a : . | col, 4 Mroka Aid ee Pris 2 eo _ Democrat—how did I intend to | oe 3 38 og ye yote. zp a re et spree the | ers ry , 7 fi “o5 | man t rought was the best | Bre 2) Bukstencn 10) Ba ‘ts| fitted for the job. They eaid they Mopka 23) Zcborae 35 | Stanesak .95| had looked up everything about me, ares, 28) Bilanko 10) eat. W. 0. but if I was willing to yote Demo- pee Ede eee iene 1g| erat, they would give me a iy and —| Novak '50|° Fetylko ‘10| fix me up with an apartment, etc., Total Ror. 9 85 Bale ‘ 0 us are os | i ae ak i tired ‘3| . The slickest f them said D: Col, by Mall Matkocls 08 le sickest, one . 0: a Gal. by Fits a5] Sakon :05| that he trusted me to stick with the ane rl Koutos 1s Skylo = gang, but just to convince the other Goodman ‘on | .seaeeace pe. Tuies Wor. 8 boys that J was on the level with ‘Tane dt! Andrew «fb | Total to date 1646.08 my vote, they would bandage my 14 Hours and Received Only 24 Cents [Railway Express Workers Misled By Racketeers | By a Rallway Express Correspondent NEW YORK.—wWhile resting at the Pennsylvania Smoking Room I hap- pened to come across your Daily Worker. Reading the Daily Worker for the first time, it struck me as a fine paper and just the one I could trust with my story. I've been in the employ of the Railway Express Agency for 11 years, on the vehicles. All of us up to that length of service are laid off, according to. the seniority roster. Last November, 1932, we'were thrown out. We were brought back last month for a couple of weeks. And now we find ourselves on the street once more. The official magazine called the “Express Messenger,” declares in the current issue: “We do our part and are co-operating with the President.” The company is owned by our lead- ing railroads—and therefore not = member of the N: R. Abut instead is under supervision of the Railway Labor Act. We were originally rep- resented by’a progressive labor union, the Railroad Brotherhood. They later lost jurisdiction on our job, on ac- count of protests made by those arch-fakers who represent us at this writing, the International Brother- hood of Teamsters, Local No. 808. The officials of No. 808, Tom Lyons and Dick Sheerin, work hand in glove with the Express Agency bosses. Last week a group of furloughed worke:s visited the Federal Co-ordin- ator to plead that he intercede for our reinstatement. He could not help us—and suggested, after an ex- pose of the union—that we bore from within and oust the officials and thereby enable us to insist on our rights. But he was not aware of the gangster tactics pursued by this local. ‘This Sunday at 3 p.m. at Beethoven Hall Local 808 held a membership meeting for nomination of .officers, but we were not permitted entrance. I would be grateful if your worthy paper allowed us publicity for our demands for an immediate investiga- tion of Local 808—and its corrupt of- ficialdom. “AN EXPRESSMAN.” NRA Working Over, time to Cut RR Wages (By a Railroad Worker Correspondent) NEW YORK.—The.NRA is being worked overtime at the Pennsyl- vania R.R. power house, Long Island City. The New Deal told us there would be no future layoffs on the railroads after June 1, 1933. But along came Co-Ordinator Eastman and says he likes the 6-day week, 8-hour day. Well, the papérs were just full of the NRA, instead of more lay offs. The New Deal would have us work five days instead of six days aweek. This was supposed to keep one-sixth of the railroad men on the job. But along comes Eastman and says he wants the six-day week. So the railroads adopted it and put it into effect in the power house at Long Island City. The result is 28 men got laid off. Readers on ion Campaign hands on election day so that I could not pull down the levels on the voting machine. I would then have to call in two inspectors, one a Democvat and the other a Repub- lican, who would pull down the levers as I indicated. T walked out and never showed up for the job. I shall cast my | vote for the only Party thet can smash all this graft and covrrup- tion—the Communist Pariy. STUDENT URGES CLASSMATES TO VOTE COMMUNIST New York. The millinery designing class in Textile evening high school this evening was turned into a discussion of election issues when @ girl com- rade took the floor urging her class- mates to vote Communist in the coming slections. A girl’worker had tried to per- suade the girls to vote for La Guar- dia, when the Red student exposed La Guardia’s demagogy, showed what were the true issues in the campaign, and won the promise of a majority of the class to vote for Minor. She brought her message into the classroom by pointing out that only under Minor would the girls be as- sured of adequate educational faci- lities, which in Textile evening high school have been cut down, result- ing in crowded classes and over- worked teachers, She exposed the failure of the candidates—whose capitalist class re- lations she revealed to the girls — to breathe a word of the vital issue of unemployment insurance. In short, she gave a first-rate agita~ tional lecture, and won @ show of hands in favor of Minor. f The teacher, a former Socialist, said she sympathized 100 per cent with Minor, but had been promised a job by La Guardia, and that any way Minor wouldn't win, and that the issue was to get Tammany out of office. -#H. W. SECOND THE MOTION New York. TI was reading in bs newspaper that the government is planning to cancel the registration of the Puerto Ricans that don’t know how to read and write. I think that if these same people were good enough to go and fight in the World War, they are good enough to have the right to vote. —A Porto Rican. Postal Workers Describe — ‘Government pa & Workers Watched Through Peepholes, Speeded Up By Many Cruel Devices By a Postal Worker Correspondent NEW YORK—As a worker in the | Post Office for many years and a| victim of speed-up in all its branches, | I am writing this letter because it is interesting to see how in a time like this, when the government is making all this noise with the N.R. and talking about giving labor fair break, it treats its own help. When you get the job you have your fingerprints. taken and your pic- ture filed awey. Then you _ start working under a system that has speed-up down to perfection, with plenty of foremen who function like prison guards. Besides this, there are plenty of stool-pigeons, inspectors of all kinds, superintendents, and assis- tant superintendents. In the walis all over the place there are specially constructed peep-holes. A foreman is often put in charge with instructions to show results. He begins condensing routes, switching men, putting fast men et certain tasks to lead the speed-up, and sct @ pace to make the cther men thin! they are not doing much, cutting out certain assignments, standing in back cf the men and: hounding them, and also setting a few examples by hav- ing somebody fired or transferred miles from where they live. When this foreman slows down and can’t show any more results, a new fore- man is put into his place, who im- mediately starts out to hang up 2 record from where the other one left off. Nervous Breakdowns Lots of men who can’t stand the strain are continuously taking days off to recuperate. Nervous bres downs are not a rare thing in the Post Office. On ton of this we have received a cut and don't know what is in store for us when Congress will convene shortly. In a time a this when the gov- ernment. is talking about shortening the hours, we have men hanging around as much as 14 and 16 hours a day, getting paid for only a few of these long hours. This goes on | substitutes, of which I am one. | the additional work that is sweated SlaverDriving i Earnings af Si Subs for 10 Years Averaged Only $8 a Week ain: Post ‘Office (By a Postal Worker octibpomagis\ NEW YORK.—I have -worked ‘in many kinds of sHops in“my fe, but my experiences in the Post Office in the last few years have reached ,a new low. in despicable and _ mean treatment. Because of ‘the scarcity of jobs .on the outside, the government: waged a campaign of misery and dée- privation. against its, employes that. makes Morgan, Rockeféller-and come pany aprear benevolent by come parison. In order toceohtinue their policies of handing out huge mail subsidies graft) to the steamship, aisrhip arid ie companies, as well’as the ex- orbitant pri paid ‘for the les of post office sites, etc., they attempt to cover up these parasitic practices as the expense.of the postal worker, ie is the only method they ‘know, , lowering of salaries ‘by 15 per ae furlough (vacation without pay), speed-tp, intimidation, addi- tional cutting down of payroll by not filling in vaeancies caused by death, retirement, ete. cutting down postal deliveries and the general effi- ciency of the service, etc. ‘The de- ficit was vittually ‘eliminated by the first fiscal quarter of 1933. But at what a price to the 300,000 postal workers! ‘There is One group in partic that has suffered even more than others—a mere handful of 25,000 All out of the regular emvloyes means that much less work for the sub- stitutes. ‘These 25.000 men have been worke ing for the government for from three to ten years. Their earnings in the last. two years have averaged $8 2 week. And for that sum they are forced to be on duty ready to go to work anywhere up to 15 hoyrs.e day, seven days a week. Of course they are only paid for the actual work that they do—which is figured out to the minute. all year round, including Sundays and holidays. ‘There are thousands of vacancies that have not been} filled in with subs. | When you write to the newspapers | about it, they condense and distort | the facts, melting the letter appear | harmless, or ‘they ignore the letter | entirely. Misleading the Public ‘We hear so much about the N.R.A. They even put a large flag on the main Post Office with the blue eagle on it and what does that mean to the postal workers? It’s just up there to mislead the public. Of all the postal workers the sub- stitutes are the most exploited. They take the jobs with the understanding that they will reccive automatic in- creases but instead are kept subs for years and years, doing the work of regulars, Kind Advice In the garage a sign was hung up, reading, “Don't pick up anything too heavy —get help. Avoid strains.” Get heln locks good, but try and get it! They have laid off, condensed, and what not in the garage as in all other departments, and still they tell you to get help. They test ail work on known slow days and then add on more work. There was a time when Federal employees thought they were a privi- ed class but now we are begin- ig to see different. Some of us had our wives go to work to help out; still we couldn’t make a go of it. Must we send our grandmothers to help out also? In order to make a go of things we sold razor blades, rubber goods, socks, and what not as a side line, and still we can’t catch up. If we have steady jobs why do we have to come to loan s harks Why do we have to break rp our homes? Why do we have to g2t into Gcbt? Why do we have to give up our insurance at a big loss? If we can’t meke a living now, what about old age? Only by reading the Daily Worker can you get a true picture of what is happening today. We in the Post Office who were so optimistic all the while have already come to the con- clusion that something is rotten. President Roosevelt in his last radio There is much dissatisfaction in the ranks and it has manifested: it~ self in militant actions by organized eens in various parts of the coan- TY. Here's to bigger and better strug gles—the only way out for us R. S.. SAILORS CAN LEARN (By a Worker Correspondent) , BROOKLYN, N. Y. — The recent actions of His Majesty’s “Jolly Jack- tars” on the battleship Hood should do much to change the thought pro- cess of United States servicemen. Take, for’ instance, the Navy Y¥. M. ©, A..in Brooklyn. . The, only reading material available is the standard bourgeois hacks and such black works of reaction as Mahan’s “American Sea-Power, Present and Future.” Of course, all this is bolstered up “with the lying anti-red - “National Defense” and other maga- zines of “Fundamental Americanism.” To the sailors reading these, while a government claiming to be cease of fundamental Americanism tosir eagta icone Gai IE taper tisy, contradictions and inconsisten- cies come to light. Then it is that the Invergordon and Hood mutinies show themselves in their true to them and serve to counteract poison of bourgeois ideology. 38 talk admitted that it will take = time for things to improve. In of all the rosy pr it looks pretty dark for President admits it will time. I would like to from_ other postal beta the Daily Worker and will publish this letter letters, as I find it to be newspaper that really cremeegencs the workers. In closing I ask all readers of your paper to give their of the Daily Worker to a worker. You wouldn’t have’ to hard to find ‘one. There are sands of us all over. relatives probably works; in. Office: Or give the “Daily”, letter carrier on your -route. E He By PAUL LUTTINGER, M.D. ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS Deodorants Mary G.: Deodorants do not check perspiration; they merely disguise the odor. The .patented preparations which are sold for checking perspira- tion act temporarily, When applied to the armpits and cther parts, their ef- fects on the kidneys is practically nil and you need not fear any undue strain on the urinary elimination of nitrogenous wastes, . . Hay Fever? Christ M., Pitisburgh: By the time you read this reply you'll probably be free from ahy symptoms. It is impossible for us to diagnose your case through correspondence. The fact that you have so many nose- bleeds is against a diagnesis of hay fever. Better have yourself peaninee in & clinic, . Prostatic Massage John T., Cleveland: You sre too young (40) to be incurable ipotoni. The prostatic massage advised by the specialist may do you some good; but you can have it done more reason~ ably by a general practitioner. See a physician recommended by a friend of yours. He may consent to do it for Jess money. If you could make him write us, we should be glad to consult with him about your case. It is im~- possible for us to advise you more ex- Plicitly before you submit to a medi- . *>Sun-Baths ‘ 8. Z.: Sunbaths are beneficial everybody, except to people over In their cases, ultraviolet rays apt to increase the bane ierectes josclerosis (Hardening of the arteries) because these rays “fix? calcium im the bones and-in tissues: The more skin you expose, the better. In the city, of course, publi¢ opinion has to be taken jn ¢ window is 5 open, red to the yard. The higher the place the more ultraviolet rays you get, o« . * , Nothing Can Be Done as Mrs. Tom-L,,. Centval Falls: Sorry, you are'too far away for us to.de cnything in this matter; “less you can come to New York. +. Helping the Daily Worker Through:Dr. Luttinger — Contributions received to: the credit of Dr. Luttinger.jn hig Socialist come petition with Michael Gold, Ed Newhouse, Helon Luke, Jacob Bur and Del to raise $1,000:in' the $40, Daily Worker’ Drive: ’ ee | | ern —