The Daily Worker Newspaper, February 6, 1934, Page 6

‘Obs Page . DAILY WORKER, NEW YORK, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 1934 [= Former Of Experien Foodstuffs More Plentiful, and Everything Is | Improving: Sure of Job Forever ce in USSR Plant (By An American Auto Worker In ( Ame: y are not | the Soviet Union) a us 2 are not AUTOSTRO nspi ls of Socialism. AU" C IT am very m excuse for not a duction conferences. | and pro‘ 7 were | of yut shopmate aving the bo this | No doubt you how we wor! myself because | the language, g The Rus-| very considerate and help | and are truly inter-| seven hours a Jose any wag it is one de y can, from two to their sympath Only | year with row in their outlook. | aaa = : From the above you will note the Se oat aes s we are making, All this is| god 3 or he bosses. foe cont many co! and con- pasaeeer, Oxi din Detroit while my life before or hero areat two weeks in neglected ov talization on just the same. We are assu Tong as we liv ditions gettin: they Sav thet vidual incent and societ to ask one ouestion ¢ men of the U. S. A. gressing now, the c talism or the Sovi We are gradually p out of the mud. It is but Bo'sheviks are thing hum ting my mite in| d's first classless cor ¢ of the wo JOHN ROSS (Former Diemaker in Ford River Rouge Plant). | McCormick Plant | Robs Workers of "| 10-p.c. for Night Job | (By a Metal Worker Correspondent) | CHICAGO, Til—A large number of | night v in Department: No. 27 in McCor Works receive no extra pay. According to the rules of the International Harvester every worker working nights is supposed to re- American workers r difficulties and ha. rk: ir country, they} em as the greatest | and they do it and full of en- without complaining a and hope 10 per cent more for night ‘ou can exoiain to friends that we have Workers in Department No. 27 do ails Sad agg not get this 10 per cent. b the br alt a! foreman, Mr. ° Hickey, the slave-| Mes cinsis driver of the department, does not | send in their time, as he is supposed cording to the rules. In. the morning when he comes :| down to work he starts hollering at |the workers and keeps it up until g time, so that by the time buildings have a This plant Oka R: abo! right in the wi railroad and I remember the ut Ide erisis, Ford h . ting good mer from hollering. Rouge because it The workers working on the night Detroit and there re no | shift in this department should get venience: We row quicker | together and demand that they get than Dearborn on our feet.| their 10 per cent which is due them. During the past ¢ since I haye| The best thing to do is to elect two he zes|or three fellows from the depart- ment to go to the boss and see that in the next pay the 10 per cent is added, or a petition should be gotten out which ‘all the workers should: sign and send into the McCormick, Works | portation now an ele Free Coffee But More Speed-Up at | Gem Metal Plant (By a Metal Woker Correspondent) | NEW YORK.—I am writing in to the Daily Worker, Imowing that something must. be done by us Gem workers. What have we gained through the N. R. A.? Wage cuts, speed-up and more uncertainty than} ~~ ever about our job. We are doing the same amount of work in eight hours as we did in nine. New ma- chines are being installed, which means more profit for the company and more lay-offs. A group of us workers were dis- cussing the good and the bad in Gem. One pointed out the company gives us free coffee or milk at noon. We’ should have no illusions about the company losing anything by this “kindness.” Another worker explained how in another factory in Boro Hall section they get free hot lunch and pool tables from the company. But what's the use? We workers are too tired to play after a day’s work. I also heard the following abaut our shop: That one worker who had been in the shop for 14 years was laid off at Christmas and hasn’t come back to work yet. Also that in some departments if a higher paid worker stays out for a day they may shift a lower paid worker on to his job for a day, still getting the lower pay. This is the way the company is making up for its “kindness.” After the N. R. A. cut our hours, we lost the eight-hour day. So, fellow workers in the Gem, the N. R. A. is supposed to be some co- operation between the bosses and the workers. If wage cuts and speed-up is co-operation, then it’s time to dump the bosses off our back. They are getting too heavy. The Steel and Metal Workers’ In- dustrial Union has approached us many times. That's the only way to beat the boss—through organization. Ford Diemaker Tells Acetylene Men Not Permitted to Break Glass to Save Lives, in Ford’s Plant e Bosses Go Wild Trying to Step Up Dismantling of Cars to 225 a Day (By an Auto Worker Correspondent) DETROIT, Mich. — I am working near open-hearth, dismantling cars on an average of 190 cars a day re previously we did 130 cars. The | superintendent and the bosses are go- ing wild trying to step up to 225 cars a day. Two workers must take off all door handles, hardware inside and out, also all glass that is, windshield, side win- dows and rear in 7% minutes per car. A minute’s delay due to some difficul- | ties makes one step lively to keep up with the conveyor. Imagine one step- ping sideways trying to remove screws with a screw driver especially when they are worn. Then we hop inside the car to remove all hardware and glass. Before we get through on the inside, the acetylene men are at work blaz- ing away, cutting off drive shafts at transmission, the motor hangers, steering column, etc. By the time we get through we are nearly roasted from the intense heat and suffocated from fumes of gas and burning oil and grease accumulated on the old car. Melting Metal Sprays Sometimes the melting metal, drip- ping sprays in all directions dréps on hands and feet, burning through the clothes and endangering our eye- sight. The intense heat within the car makes one sweat until the clothes are soaked through, which is not very healthy on these cold days. On a number of occasions it is nec- essary to knock out the glass in a hurry to get air, although this is not permissible, as they want to save all glass. One time I saw a worker in the other gang (three gangs at work, two acetylene men, two sledge men and two dismantling to each car) have trouble to remove glass and found himself surounded by torch and sledge men and could not get out through the door. The only wa¥ out was by breaking the rear window and crawl- ing out head first. The boss saw this act and laughed, remarking “Boy ain’t it hell”; but to the worker it was worse than hell, and besides his life was in danger. Sometimes I think of the hell-holes in the battle-fields of France with wild cries and laughs of maniacs, but it’s not half as bad as this depart- ment, although others are not much better. The conveyor is so speeded up that we don’t get time to go to toilets, and We must run to get a drink. Some- times the straw-boss will give a hand but it’s not a practice. We get little relief when the press jams, which compresses the car and the line is held up, but the bosses see that we do something else in the meantime. | whole shop. superintendent telling the workers to step on it or get the rag out. “Hurry up boys,” “You must get more work out. It costs this department too much money.” “Speed up there or you go out.”. After a day's work we are not only tired but we can’t read or concentrate. Our mind does not work. We are be- coming more and more worse slaves than the ancient slaves when they long this system is to continue like this depends on us workers. See that this paper reaches not only every worker ‘in our department but the Strike at Euclid Mine in Face of Threat by Union By = Worker Correspondent FITZHENRY, Pa.— Another strike in the Pennsylvania soft coal fields took place recently, despite the con- tract between the coal company and the U. M. W. of A. in which strikes are forbidden and strikers are penal- ized $1 a day. On Jan. 16, 380 miners of the Euclid mine of the Pittsburgh Coal Co. went out on strike. Several days before that @ new set of officers and nine commit- teemen were elected at the meeting and four demands were proposed for the mine committees to fight for the local uniori of the U. M. W. of A. They were the following: (1) The right to wear soft hats in place of hard tin hats, which cause loss of hair, head- aches and dizziness. (This is a youth issue. Other locals in this vicinity are begnning to fight this also, Banning and Osborne.) (2) The right to be hoisted on a cage when there are eight men on the bottom of a shaft. (3) No Saturday work. (This is also @ youth issue, as the young miners want Saturday as a day of sports.) (4 No hauling’coal from the big new machines. (A new machine has been introduced which casts and loads coal. Already two men are producing 80 tons a day. The miners realize that machines of this type are to throw men into the ranks of the jobless.) ‘We were out on strike seven days. During that time the organizers did all in their power to send the men back. The men went back finally with one of our de! is granted. “More could have been won if other locals of the U. M. W. A. would have sup- ported us. Where previous to the strike we had no machinery to work with. How, roads are being | | Council and force action at once. stuffs are The workers in Department 27) and in ger should organize into a militant union proving. and then they can meke Mr, Hickey | Never in h much in- | 2nd all the bosses treat them as they | dustry been bu a short | should be treated. The Steel. and | period. Whv? Metal’ -Workers’ Industrial Union are behind th 100 per found out about this condition in the Wait No Longer, had to walk up some 300 wet and sloppy steps, with water pouring down, now we are hoisted by a cage, a@ partial victory as a result of the Forced to Move Tanks ‘One day we were forced to move the ons of | department and we are willing to | give any help we can. You can get in touch with the Steel and Metal Workers’ Industrial Union at 1853 cent in building the found Socialism. The industries belong to} the workers and they take great pride in Jearnin® to overcome the technical But Organize, Says | W. Madison. the! WORKER FROM DEP'T 27. difficulties The trouble with of most TED bY LUKE —— | a the Essay 18 Warn us solemnly, mixed, and spicad evenly. Bake 25 and repeatedly of the dangers lurk-|to 30 minutes, medium hot.oven. If HELEN ing behind the fair frosting of the| your pans are large, use only two. seductively sweet cake and pie: ho Soe oc ever, if eaten with discretion, these} a 7 Inventions of the Devil should not Can You Make ‘Em Prove too disasirous! we feel inclined ¥ ma 1 9 t@ agree with Comrade Florence K.,| ourself? that occasionally rkers need som2| e, Sweets, especially the children, and| Pattern 1719 i€ available in sizes these are nourishing and inex-| 6. 8, 10, 12, 14 and 16. Size 14 takes pensive.” | 1% yards 54 inch fabric and % yard contrasting. i—Raisin Cake , (Contains no eggs or milk). Boil 15 minutes 2 cups raisins and 2 cups water.. Remove from stove and add 1cup cold water. Add 2/3 cup melted shortening. Measure out 2 nt cups Sugar, 1 teaspoon cinnamon, 1/3 tea- spoon each of cloves, nutmeg, and allspice, 2 level teaspoons soda, and| 3 cups flour. Sift dry ingredients to-| gether twice and add to raisin mix-| ture and beat well. Bake in 2 small} Joaf tins in moderate oven about 45 minutes, or in one large tin about an 2—Pudding } Use same recipe as for Raisin Cake, but use only half as much fiour. Bake as directed and serve with milk or cream. Other fruits and nuts can be added to make these recipes more elaborate. | Ice Box Cookies This recipe differs somewhat from | the recipe for overnight cookies pre- viously given. It has been sent by! Comrade Nora L. Cream 1 cup | shortening, add 1 cup brown sugar and 1 cup white sugar, and stir well together. Add 2 eggs, 1 cup chopped nut meats, 1 teaspoon vanilla, and VY teaspoor salt, and beat together. Add 4 cups flour sifted together with 3 teaspoons baking powder, Shape dough into two rolls 1% inches in eter, and let stand in ice box night or until hard enough to| slice. Cut into tl slices, and bake in hot oven ten thinutes. (Makes 6 dozen.) Crumb Cake | Sent by Comrade Anna R,, who| Bays it never fails for her. The in- gredients: 112 cups flour, 1 cup sugar, pinch of salt, 3 level teaspoons bak- dmg powder, 1 egg, 3 tablespoons but- ter, and 1 cup milk, Sift together 3 times the flour, sugar, baking powder and salt. Have the butter not too hard, and cut it inte the dry in- gredients, using only a knife; con- tinue cutting the ‘dough while you add the milk and the well beaten e Send fifteen cents (15c) in coins or stamps (coins preferred) for this Anne Adams pattern. Write plainly name, address and style number. Be sure to state size. . Address orders to Daily Worker. 2. Mix well with the knife for three| minutes: Turn into 3 buttered cake pens. On top put 1 cup chopped wal- | time they gave us three months of fary Steel Worker (By a Steel Worker Correspondent) GARY, Ind.—After they sent us home to yest, because in four years’ work, the bosses felt sorry that if we work too much or eat too much it won’t be so good for our health, so} they told us to stay home and dream of when we'll work again. Two months have already gone, we dreamed every night, but not of work, only of starvation, Then we dreamed of malnutrition. Mr. Dick Smith, the boss of the transportation department here in the Gary Works of the Illinois Steel Co., said to go to the employment office and register if we have citi- zenship papers or not, and then he would give us jobs some day (?), We did as told, but are still waiting. Wait, wait, is all we hear. Till when? T'll tell you, We'll wait and wait until we wake. up from our dreams and organize. Yes, organize into the only one union, the Steel and Metal Workers’ Indus- trial Union. That’s the only union | which fights for the workers to get |Jobs, better conditions and higher wages. ‘SP. Leader Brings Scabs to NY. Hotel By a Worker Correspondent NEW YORK.—I would like to give @ few facts on how a Socialist Party member “cooperates” in the strike of the restaurant workers at present out on strike, Mr. Dave Kessan, an old member of the Socialist Party firstly helped to organize the paper dealers of New York into an association. Now he is the president of this organization. He always collects funds for the So- clalist Party from the workers in this trade, and also from the bosses as well. He lives in the Bronx and Many times ran on the Socialist ticket. On Jan. 27th the bosses associa- tion of the paper dealers had a ban- quet in Hotel Astor. Mr. Kassen was very much worried about the food, because the kitchen staff and the waiters were on strike, so the good Socialist got_a hold of a couple of bakers, who had some experience as waiters, to have them in reserve in case the hotel by itself will not be able to get enough scabs. ° T hope rank and file honest work- ers of the Socialist Party realize the rotten role of such people as the one mentioned above and choose for themselves the party that deserves their attention, the Communist Party. Ss. L. NOTE We publish letters from steel, metal and auto workers every Ties- | day. We urge workers in these in- Gustries to write us of their work- ing conditions and of their efforts muts (or any other nuts), 42 cup Pattern. Department, 243 West brown sugar, and cinnamon to flavor, ule Street, New York City to organize. Please get the letters to us by Friday of each week. acetylene tanks weighing about 175 pounds from one end of conveyor to the other, which is about 2%4. blocks long. Only husky men could carry them. Others roll them along and re- quire rest in intervals. This was not to the liking of the superintendent, and he bellowed “You better not stand there with that tank. Keep moving, as we are laying men off.” ; There was no need for us to move these tanks, as Ford has trucks, but Ford's policy always was to keep the workers busy at all times or get out. No breathing spell 1s permitted. On another occasion we had to un- load loose parts from the freight car to place on the conveyor a short dis- tance away. A worker had a ha-**ul of scrap and dropped a rag. The superintendent seeing this uollcred “Pick it up! pick it up!!” It was very ridiculous and the worker was forced to reply, “What's the matter with you.” From morning till night you see the strike, We now have @ penalty of $700 for fighting for our rights. This may be a barrier. During this strike, relief was secured by sending a militi.-t committee of 15 to the relief office in Greensburg. The relief head tried to ridicule our spokesman, who is also president of our local, because he is & young miner. The following answer was given to her: “If we don’t get relief, the miners have fighting traditions, and will get the greatest’ demonstration at this building.” Three days after relief checks were distributed to some sixty families. Never has there been such speedy ' relief distribution in these parts. Mill- tant mass action wil always bring results. Already in the Pennsylvania soft coal fields there have been four strikes, and in the majority of these conflicts economic demands were raised. This indicates that we are about to go into another mass struggle bosses under the direction of the Letters from UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE IS THE SOLUTION CHICAGO, Ill—Enclosed you will find a circular or appeal which speaks volumes. The Allied Chicago Charities have sent me this and it says that there are in the City of the Centuty of Progress: 250,000 sick or cripple; 5,000- dependent children; 25,000 families, in all 110,000 men and women, not receiv- ing federal or state relief; 90,000 men, women and children who are de- pendents on the protective agencies; 230,000 men, women and children who are dependent on neighborhood agencies; 10,000 widowed and old people; 5,000 mothers and babies—al- together 610,000 people who are in need of relief—and this society wants me to donate money that these mis- fortunate victims of this rotten sys- tem may be kept believing that this is a kind world. Now I am a small shopkeeper who works from early morning till late at night to make out a miserable living and maybe they thought I am a soft- hearted fool and will take the last penny out of my families food basket and give it to them to support a be- lief that capitalism is O. K. No I did not. I do not feel responsible for all the misery that there is. Capitalism robs babies of their parents, capitalism makes workers sick and crippled while they pile up billions for Mellon, Ford, Reckefeller, Armour, Swift, Morgan. of workers and now I, the little tailor vresser, should support them after. shey are crippled. 25,000 families victims of unem- ployment who do not receive any re- lief because the Melvin ‘Traylors need the interest on their bonds and I should help the unemployed. No, gentlemen and ladies, I will not help your charities. To hell with charities! We need unemployment and social isnurance, and it is these Jousy charities*that are trying not to let people have it by asking always for aims. The Communist Party is my leader that shows the way to a better world, H and not charity, and I am getting They got rich on crippling.| with economic demands. Our Readers ready for the day when all of us workers, farmers and yes, the little two by four shopkeepers, will get to- gether not let this go any further, but stop capitalism and build a new world without so much and all of us will work for ourselves like one big family like our comrades are doing it in the Soviet Union now. Yours comradely, ' AS. T. BRING SCOTTSBORO CAMPAIGN INTO THE CHURCHES Chicago, Tl. From Sunday to Sunday there are about 15 of us on a committee to work in the churches. We started very well. The three of us that are working together we went to one church Sunday and our speaker spoke from the ILD. and we had the League of Struggle for Negro Rights. which did not get the floor. Though the minister asked us to come back. Bere not to make this our last The ILL.D. rep was Toney Rednade. He made a nice 15-minute outline on the scattered 15,000,000 Negroes in this country, which is doubly op- pressed.’ After the ILD. rep spoke, | the Rev. H. L. P. Jones backed up every word that the ILD. had said. He said at the Scottsboro det = tions of about 20,000, over half were white, and he said we must cooperate with them sooner or later. The collection ran up $8.52 for the Scottsboro case, and they told us not to make it our last time. This Rev- erend is the only Reverend that would turn his church over to us when Ne= gro women went other churches sorivers for the Dalty Worker, Organization Now Needed More Than Ever At Ford’s (By an Auto Worker Correspondent) PHILADELPHIA, Pa. — In’ your Daily Worker I have noticed letters from Ford workers and have read them with interest, but do not think TUEAGEINe Nae these men 1. if de ue organization in Ford's plants as hey should. No one can say too. much about the need of organization in Ford plants, as I have worked for Ford for 10 years up until the strike last summer, and during the strike I took active part. After the strike was sold out, I went back to work, and they have tried to make it as miserable for me as possible. Working conditions are much worse now than before the strike. They have hired men and have led these men to believe that, whatever the operation may be, before the strike one man did as much as two of them are doing now, and these men are killing themselves under these conditions. On some opera- tions they have one and two, where- as before they had from two to five men on the same operation. The old cry of “Hurry up” is the theme song from start to finish. Men, let’s show Henry that we will make him bargain with labor. We can show him that there is one organization that will not sell out, but if we do not organize Into a militant union, Henry will continue his slave-driving methods. Let’s show them that the Rank and File will not tolerate these methods any longer. I'll do my part, will you? , Machine for War Orders Put Into Terre Haute Plant By a Worker Correspondent TERRE HAUTE, Ind—The fever- ish prevarations to be in readiness to meet the demands for rapid pro- duction of war materials has been sharply ‘illustrated at the world’s largest enamelware plant, the Co- lumbian Enameling & Stamping Co. here, makers of pressed steel prod- ucts. Despite the fact that business at this plant is at the lowest. level in its history, a new monster auto- matic furnace -has just been in- stalled and placed into operation that is capable of an unbelievable rate of mass production. It was constructed at the cost of $48,000. Aided by a chain conveyer system, it has eliminated three crews of workers along with two whole de- partments. Many workers were thus added to the ranks of the un- employed, inclusive of several white collar workers of the clerical de- partments, cutting the workers still on the job to less than half time at a lower than starvation level wi age. This plant can be converted over- night to manufacture war mater- ials by simply changing the dies or the presses, as was the case in 1917 to produce helmets, mess hall anc kit utensils, small pack and trencl: implements, etc. " Terror Methods In Steel Plants (By a Steel Worker Correspondent) CHICAGO, Til—tI read about the new laws in Hitler’s Germany grant- ing absolute power to the private employers, which the “followers” or workers have to obey. As a black-listed worker of many years experience in large steel plants, I cannot see where fascism would change the present system in- side the big steel plants here very much. ‘There are no wage agree- ments here, and all power is in the hands of the bosses. Any employe can be fired at any time for any or no reason. The steel trust uses every method to defeat and divide the workers, such as bribery, terror, PARTY LIFE Joint Activities of the Y. C. L. and the Party Pioneer Group, Too, Sets Example for Party in Boston in Organizing Study Circle ‘The question of Party and League relations being such a burning prob= lem in both. Party and League, we, the members of Unit 6, Section 15, Y.CL., wish to let the comrades in other units know how we work with our Party unit in our territory. It was through the initiative of the Party unit (Unit 23, Section 5) that our attention was first called to the importance of the block on which Wwe are now concentrating. It is a ter- ritory composed of Negro workers located near a railroad yard. This youth work was criminally neglected until we were informed by our Party unit. | Party and Y.C.L. Unit Work Together Our work has been progressing sreatly since this, the Party cooper- yting in all possible ways. In draw- ing up our plan of action two buro members of the Party unit attended Use of Stoolpigeon Foreman Protested by Tool, Diemakers (By an Auto Worker Correspondent) DETROIT, Mich—The Mechanics Educational Society is answering the Kotcher’s Tooi Co's fight against the union by holding meetings outside of the plant of the Sherman & Riv- ard. The union will keep up the fight until the night foreman is dis- charged, The company worked the men 77 hours a week without one cent of overtime of pay. The union let them get away with that, but when the story circulated that the head fore~ man that stated the fact he would smash, that outfit, the M.E.S.A., the men started action. Good diemakers would, find that they had not gotten a correct a line- up on the jobs and soon there would be a tieup on the work. This proved very costly to the Kotcher Company, Good mechanics on this class of work found their reputations at stake and they would quit the job. A foreman giving an order verbally can change his story when a tie-up eccurs and the man must shoulder all the blame, Eventually the men at the union began to talk about this business and to compare experiences. Action was decided on. ‘The Kotcher Company, which earn- ed a fair name during the depression as a fair dealing firm, has lost its reputation. The company must re- alize that the union is here to stay. A night foreman who asks each man separately for the names of persons who asked him to join the union must go, The union must see to that. CHRYSLER EMPLOYE. Relief Shut Off for 300 in Indianapolis By a Negro Worker Correspondent INDIANAPOLIS, Ind—The trus- tee here has closed the door on about 300 workers, and then told them to go home and come back the next day. When those workers have children at home freezing and no coal to build a fire, and those children go to school without their meals, the trustee closes the doors on these workers, till they starve and freeze to death. They were told Roosevelt would |organize study circles. our meeting, bringing helpful sug- * gestions and furnishing us with po« litical guidance. Following our plan of action meeting, a joint unit meet- ing was held which was very well attended by both Party and League comrades. In a recent anti-war symposium at which a Negro reverend spoke, the Party did splendid work by speaking individually in the discussion and by bringing workers to the symposium,, which was @ success. We have arranged to have regular buro meetings with both Party League representatives present, and to have joint meetings at least once every six weks. One danger, however, which should be pointed out and which we cor- rected some time ago is that of lose ing our identity as a Y¥.C.L. unit} that is, of doing duplicate work to such an extent that we are really not doing work among the youth. This, we are glad ‘to say, has been abolished. We now have a group of children, a group of young boys and of young girls being organized within the neighborhood church. ‘We hope that this will serve as an example to both League and Party units; that the possibilities of jiont work are not possibilities, but that @ little cooperation on the part of both the League and the Party will lead to healthier and more effective work, UNIT 6; SECTION 5, ¥.CL. Pet ay Pioneer Group in Boston Sets Example to Party For the past number of weeks the District Literature Committee of Dis- trict 1 has been trying to induce the comrades to start libraries in their various groups, and it was the young comrades in the Roxbury Pioneer group who took the initiative to organize the first library. All the children brought one or more books from home and paid one penny for a library card. The comrades pay two cents every two weéks for dues and they will have little affairs to get new books. This group also has a class on the History of the Work- ing Class. Communist . Party comrades and sympathizers in organizations in the Boston District should follow’ the good example of the Pioneers. Or- ganize a library in your group and Divide the unit into groups of five, with the most politically developed comrades in the unit as captains of the groups and meet once a week for study. In- vite sympathetic members of the unions, block committees and other organizations into this circle for spe- cial discussions. Use the Daily Worker. Study the articles and ed- itorials and discuss -how to carry them into life in the territory or factory in which you are active. DISTRICT LITERATURE COM- MITTEE, DISTRICT 1. JOIN THE Communist Party 35 E. 12th STREET, N. Y. C. Please send me more informa- tion on the Communist Party. Name Street City put them to work. Instead they get laid off. se A Sensible Letter “My dear Dr. Luttinger: “I wonder whether you would care to print in your column the experi- ence of one who, despite the removal of tonsils and adenoids and an oper- ation on a deviated septum, is sus- ceptible to frequent colds. Your article in the Daily Worker on mouth antiseptics is the cause for my writing this letter. “T have found that gargling with Dobell’s solution as soon as the first symptoms of a sore throat appear produces almost certain relief. I make up my own solution by dissolving two grams of sodium bicarbonate, violence, deceit and demagogy. As an example of how they boast about defeating the workers, I read in “Steel” magazine recently how they said they managed to keep their “loyal” workers in the Carnegie coke plants at Clairton, Pa., from strik- ing when the striking miners were and trying to gain the sympathy of the steel workers. The ig bosses said they paid their “loyal” workers 24 hours pay for only 12 hours work and kept them inside all of the 24 hours until the danger ‘was over. I have seen workers protesting or dis- by armed I have seen work- ers with as high as 30 years ex- nerience “framed” out to make room for a favorite. I have seen work- the steel trust, the honest workers must organize in their own Steel & Metal Workers Industrial Union and at the same time build their own political party, the Communist Party. They must learn how to carry on ene ional work inside gh ngpine 6 vietims oy system, two grams of borax and one gram of phenol (carbolic acid) in one liter of water (slightly over one quart). This solution is, I believe, Cg twice the customary strength, but find it quite effective and non-ir- ritating. To those who would wish to make thelr own (which I recom- mend) one gram of either bicar- bonate. or borax is about that quant- ity which can be piled up on a dime (some of us still have a dime). To measure the carbolic acid is a little Phenol is usually 's_solu- ~ mouth- ive Martieariy, garTaiiGal bet se tates particular! Ss good and is not extremely toxic, which is about all one can say of most of the commercial mouth washes. “To continue with my treatment for colds: for a blocked up nose I use a spray from an atomizer or drops in the nostrils of plain ephed- rine in ofl (not the compound with menthol, etc.). It is no cure, but it By PAUL LUTTINGER, M.D. does act promptly. The objection to its use is its cost. “In the early stages of @ cold of any type, several stiff drinks of Hquor (must’ be legal) in the evening fol- lowed by a night, and if possible the next day too, in bed, works very frequently, " “T like your column except for your strictly A. M. A. attitude toward osteopaths. I know their limitations, but I believe that they also have some useful function. Massage and other measures of physical therapy are sometimes useful and necessary. Too often the medical practitioner is too far above the use of his hands on a patient, and more often he hasn’t the ability. The osteopath then has his uses. I agree that he should not attempt to cure all jlls by mas- sage, etc., but neither should the physician try to cure everything without it. The of osteopathy is probably the fault of the lazy phy- sician and the attitude of the AM.A. Perhaps when we have state medi- cine we will have the ideal division of duties amoyg the various types of healers too, “Sincerely, “SAMUEL MOSKOWITZ." { Views opposed to our own, when ,| logically expressed, will always be viven space in this column if the available space permits it.] Mila ares ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS “Grinding” of the Knees Mrs. Pearl C., Pueblo, Col.—We not believe that your operation fibroid tumor has anything to the “grinding” that you feel knees. We would advise you sage your legs two or three day with any kind of ointment. rubbing alcohol. The bring a better circulation to se fae ais limbs and the ‘stiffness will imj Your application has been ref / to the proper authorities. If you hear from them within a time, write to us again, fi i | )