The Daily Worker Newspaper, May 9, 1934, Page 4

a Page Four DAILY WORKER, NEW YORK, WEDNESDAY, MAY 9, 1934 Union Gangster’s Open Shop | Stalls Off Unorganized Daas Workers Who Complain o By a Needle Worker Correspondent NEW YORK & Feld- 581 Eighth op. Conditions ible. The boss after they have for three or 10 apparent reason ss for a few cents a garment his answer is, don’t like it you can go.” ne shop formed 2 to go down to see Mr. Ave. in t there The examiners ertime without get- paid for it. There are about sirous of having the place or- ganized. Mr. Zimmerman promised to take care of the matter imme- diately. We waited for about a week ex- pecting Zimmerman to send some- one up, but no one came, Then an- workers in the place who are de-| f Wage Cuts | other committee went to the union Again we were promised action, but nothing happened. After sending Mr. Zimmerman a registered letter demanding action, a business agent came to the place, but instead of | talking to the workers he went into the office and spoke to the boss in |@ friendly way, and left. That same evening we went again to the union. This time it seemed that they/ were expecting us, for, as sOon as; | we came, Mr. Deutsch and the busi- ness agent, Mr. Thomas, called us/ +/in and told us that they had just been talking about this particular shop. He told us that this shop had not been organized before, be- se one of the bosses had been gangster in the union some time ago, making it very difficult to or- ganize the shop. When we wanted | m. to ask a question he did not give us a chance to speak, but promised to do something for us. The last time we went to see Mr.) | |Zimmerman, he was very rough with us and told us to leave his of- ice several times, without having done anything whatsoever for our conditions Salt Bus siness Man “Being Crushed by Bankers’ Greed (By a Worker Correspondent) ORLANDO, Fla—D. R. Doty, Texas banker, according to weal | facing the bread line, they'll find a| received here, told a group confer- ence of code authorities in Wash- ington, that he had heard some peo- | ple say that, “all you can get from | a banker is a sympathetic attitude | and two glass ey Chairman Riley “the smaller observed that, go out of business unless he can get credit. What are we going to do? Tell all these small merchants that they've got to go broke?” The banker: “I can’t figure any Way except charity. How can any- body, banker or indiivdual, lend} money unless he thinks he has as-| surance he will get it back?” Chairman Riley: “Don’t you think retailer cannot get) loans, and we are told that he must} that with, admittedly, the banks full | of money and these small businesses way to get it?” The banker, gravely: serious thought.” (Laughter) Chairman Riley: “Oh, I don’t mean with a gun, There are other | Ways. For instance, | taxed?” The banker: Oh yes, you could tax it out and give it to them, but that | would be charity, not credit.” David Ovens of North Carolina, president of the National Retail Dry Goods Association, said that 6,000,- 000 are employed in retailing in this | country — 1,200,000 stores are af- ected by the code and that their | credit is exhausted. There is plenty | of money in the banks, “but trick is to get it,” he said. 7 &G HAND FOR THE “SOLIDARITY HANDI- CRAFTERS” To continue our report on the work done and show given by the group of very young Negro “Soli- darity Handicrafters” of Chicago: ‘The puppet pl: “Without Sugar” shows alternately, American and Russian scenes. “Tt’s hell to get any kids to take the part of the American puppets,” wrete Comrade Active. “They all struck on us and picketed out in front. We got them back only by 2 compromise that they could leave the things (American puppets) back stage when they filed out for their audience greeting. Then the Rus- sians went on strike and we had to buy off the Americans. “When the kiddies realized at Iress rehearsal that they would ap- pear before the audience with their puppets, they bolted. I didn’t even know it was about showing up out in front. I only heard such rum- blings ‘I ain't studyin’ ‘bout holding ro old doll wearing char- itv sox. I jest ain’t studyin’ "bout it’ And after the actual nayment of the es’ I had to hold up their arms back stage. ‘This arm done give out.’ ‘An’ so’s this one.’ "Mine can’t stay up.’ “The only stage wait in the whole performance was for the ‘Ameri- cans’ to get their fingers in ‘these lil’ ole heads’ for every act.’” Nevertheless. in spite of hitches the show must have been a great success, The “Barn Yard Frolics” with the kids in “animal” cos- bumes, is a delichtful parody on the popular “We Are Going to Tell the King that the Sky Is Falling.” The fowls are goine “to ‘ell the President that civiliza- Sien is falling.” (“I know”—say she fowls—“cause it hit me in the i stomack.”) When the group tells the purpose of their trip to Norman Thomas, whom they meet, he says: “Oh, don’t hother—I've told him that al- : What did he say, Themes? N. T.: Oh, he just told me to fix it uv. ALL: That's bad. Then the fowls meet William Green. who says: “Inflation will hold it up,” and Muste, who says, “Then let Rev. Spoofus lead us in prever.” ALL: Willie Spoofus, Muste? Not much! N. T., Wm. G., Muste: But really, the President is out fishing! ‘Whereupon the eyes of a big owl light up and the owl advises the fowls that only International So- viets can remedy things. A stanza from a parody on a song in the Winnie-the-Pooh se- ries on children’s records: They're changing guard at Buck- ingham Palace ‘The King and Queen have a ter- ribie callus, They're on their knees in a Soviet jail, And a blarsted shame the way they wail... says Alice. Some of those patches a comrade sent us long ago “for kids” we still have. In order to give the Solidar- ity Handicrafters something more concrete than just praise, we'll for- ward a bundle including these patches when we return their pup- pets, etc., so they will not have to dress their actors in “charity sox.” May their embarrassment be liqui- dated! Norman CONDUCTED BY The patches include a fine piece of red wool, some green, blue, fig- ured, and black silk, and a bit of |fur that‘ll make swell caps, etc. Would like to get hold also of a few dark dull brown and navy pieces for “raggedy” and other workers’ costumes. Come to think of it I could also send pieces of some fancy paper,—metallic, and dark embossed leather-effects—that I have left over from my hand- bag designing days. I hastily typed off the program, plays, stage directions, etc., and would like to arrange it carefully, correct a few ambiguous lines, and mimeo it for use of other groups who want to get up these shows. nette group of the Workers Labora- tory Theatre about it. Can You Make Yourself? °Em Pattern 177: 3% yards 39 inch fabric ant 24-inch lace. step sewing instructions included. Ea ba {779 AK Send FIFTEEN CENTS (15e) in coins or stamps (coins preferred) for this Anne Adams pattern. Write plainly name. address and_ style number. BE SURE TO STATE THE SIZE. Address Orders to Daily Worker Pattern Department, 243 West 17th Street, New York City. “That is a| it could be; the | Will get together with the mario- | 1779 is. available in sizes 36, 38, 40, 42 44 and 46. Size 36 takes % yard Tilustrated step-by- N. Y. U College oo Dentistry Has Orly One Aim—Money By a Wi eaten Coerocsaniienly NEW VOPK.—The clinie of the New York University Collez> of Dentistry has all the ear-marks of a racket. It charges each natin-t 25 cents for a number and an ad- ditional dollar for a card. All this |before examination is made. The | work is supposed to be done by | students under faculty supervision, }so that no charge is to be made |for labor, and the onlv cost to the patient is for materials. I am a foreign-born worker who has a job as night watchman for one of the charities. Tt pays me $25 a month and maintenance. At this low wage it was impossible for to have my teeth attended to | When the work was necessary. I |was forced to let them go until I could not put off dental treatment any longer. A private dentist ex- jamined me and estimated thet the complete job would cost $75, but it would take me three months to save $75 if I had no other expenses. So when a friend teld me that three | years ago he had a tooth filled for ; nothing at all at the N. Y. U. Col- |lege of Dentistry, I went down. After T paid $1.25, I waited two or three hours before I received the examination. It lasted about two minutes and the doctor said I | Would need an X-ray for $5 in |cash. I told the man that outside doctors charge only $2.50 for X- rays, and why was it that he charged Park Avenue prices in a ‘so-called free clinic? He got ex- cited and wanted to know who did I think was running the place? He said the whole job would cost $105 and that he could not consider doing half the job at a time. Three {years ago my friend had a filling for nothing. Now they want $5 a filling, which is a top price. fering from a severe toothache and who was so down and out that he had no place to sleep, had borrowed from some friends the necessary not have another cent with him. The clinic refused to pull out the | tocth until he got ancther 25 cents |to pay for the extraction. They handle the other quarter. pe card tells you that you will| be sent around to different depart- ments and an additional charge will be made in each department you visit. But, says the card. don’t ‘ow impatient. The “Daily” gation of this racketeering “free” clinic. DISCRIMINATION IN SAWYER- VILLE By a Worker Correspondent SAWYERVILLE, Ala.—I was in | Sawyeryille today looking at the welfare woman, how she drove the | poor people away who wanted some- thing to eat and gave it to them that the big boss said to give it to. The colored men have to work on the road for no pay. If they don’t give a day's work they don’t eat. ; They are driven back like dogs. Her name is Mrs. Martam (or Morton) in Beat 6. NOTE: We publish letters from textile, needle, shoe and leather workers every Wednesday. Workers in those industries are urged to write us of their conditions of work, and of their struggles to organize. Get the letters to us by Saturday of each week. A Negro was there who was suf-| $1.25 to get into the place, and did| | sent him out into the street to pan- | the Homes: ;should demand a thorough investi- | | T apes Driven Off Land Enter New Orleans | To Swell Ranks of Unemployed By a Worker Correspondent NEW ORLEANS, La—Labor in |New Orleans continues to diminish, not only in the city but in the en- tire section of the country. | The Lane cotton mill has been laying off people in small groups every few days for several weeks. | This time last year there must have been at least 150 more people em- ployed there than at present. When the N. R. A. Cotton Textile Code went into effect on July 17, 1933, there was something like 2,200 em- ployed at the mill. Today it is doubtful if there are 900, and the majority of those are not making \sufficient wages to bear their ex- pense. went into effect the misleaders of the A. F. of L. immediately organ- ized the people of the mill, or about 1,700 of them, and then about Sept. 1, 1933, they went out on strike. The people were promised that they would be taken care of as far as food was concerned, but when they demanded food they were put off until they became really insistent. ‘At the time not many of the people had carfare but that did not deter the representatives of the A. F. of L. from sending a large group on |a blind trail, all the way from the | mill to somewhere in the vicinity of Erato and St. Charles Sts, a walk of about six miles, three or more miles each way, After mak- jing this long walk in the heat in semi-tropical weather, they found that at the address they were sent to there was only a registration of- fice for the E. R. A,, and that there was no food there and there was to be none there. So the long walk was for nothing. After that the people were fur- nished beans, bread and a few other articles of food, never in sufficient amount. We have never been able to find out what went with the more than $1,700 that was collected as initiation fees from the people. No one seems able to say where it went. Finally Dr. Robert Bruere came down from Washington to settle the Letters from FOR A BIGGER AND BETTER DAILY WORKER I am a reader of two daily news- | papers, the Daily Worker and the | World-Telegram. And although I don’t belong to any communistic or- ganization I want to admit that of the two newspapers I feel that the Daily is my newspaper, because it fights for my interest, for the in- | terest of all the workers, and for a better world, while the other news- paper is only confusing the minds of its readers. I read the World-Tele- gram because I find in it the news | which the Daily does not print and which it should print. And this is the reason that I write this letter. I have asked myself many times why the “Daily,” the only workers’ paper, has such a small circulation in comparison with the capitalist newspapers whose circulations reach the mil- lions. And my answer is that you omit a lot of general news which all papers print except you, and which can surely be printed in any Communist nawspaper. This is the reason why I have to read another newspaper and also why thousands of workers don’t read the Daily Worker at all. I am honestly convinced that if you will print all the important news of the day together with the interested articles and news re- ports of workers’ struggles that have always found space in your columns, the Daily Worker will be- When the cotton textile code} strike. Practically 99 per cent of| the people were opposed to the ar- rangements made, but were per- suaded to return to work, “pending arbitrations.” They were promised that there would be no discrimina-} |tion but the promise did not keep the company from placing at the} main gate the next day one of the foremen, who turned back anyone he thought was militant. Negotiations are still pending. They continue to lay off and dis- charge. This work is all that some of the people know. Even for those that have at some other time worked at different trades there is nothing for them to do, for the reason that about five out of six persons in the city are unemployed. Now, after-all that these people have been through, the same bunch of high-salaried strikebreakers are again attempting to mislead them. Economic conditions among the working class of this section are horrible. On the streets every day one can see mothers, many with babies in their arms that are starv- ing. The relief agencies are inade- quate. Because of their regulations, they do not furnish relief until after an investigation and sometimes it is weeks before the visitor gets around. It is more important that the well-fed relief director has the proof that you are really starving than it is that you be FED. One day this week about 25 men came into town from the country.! They and their families are starv- ing. They live on FARMS and large plantations but their children must starve, because there is so much food that the landholders are rent- ing their land to the government, and the farm laborers can starve. ‘These men want to know what is to become of them and their fam- ilies. They have nothing to eat but sweetened water, and all the time they are having less and less of that. The bosses and their fam- ilies do not live on bread and sweet- ened water. No, they have the best that can be obtained, while at their gate there are little children starv- ing. Our Readers come the best daily newspaper in America. No worker will have to read any other paper but the “Daily” because he will find there all the news of the day and above all the news that is nearest to his heart—news of the workers’ strug- gles. May I suggest to enlarge the med- ical column, sports column, and es- tablish a few more columns, such as questions and answers, etc. And in order to popularize the “Daily” let me urge you to print a few hundred thousand leaflets and distribute them in the streets and have posters on all news-stands in the city. Only in this way can the “Daily” become a real mass news paper. s. G. “WHY COMMUNISM?” BY OLGIN Claremont, N. H. Dear Comrades: Last Wednesday we called to see a worker in Claremont. He is a native son, to use a term in vogue around here, has a large family, and for the first time in his life has come to know hunger and poverty. We stood in his doorway talking to him, or rather at him, for not a muscle of his face moved, and he was all but belligerent in his hard passivity. We left him a copy of} “Why Communism?” and went on our way, feeling little had been ac- complished at that tenement door. We live in a shanty five miles from his home. Two mornings later, Lip Service to May Day Covers Work for Bosses NEW YORK.—Two or three days before May 1, Mr. Metz, the manager of Local 102 of the I. L. G. W. U. (truckdrivers), had a leaflet distrib- uted calling upon the members in our local to “Join the Great First of May Parade.” (Why not call it May Day, Mr. Metz, or is that too revo- lutionary sounding?) The first paragraph of this “mili- tant” call reads as follows: “Next Tuesday is the First of May, the great holiday (!) of labor, a day when all the wage-earners [how} about the unemployed and poor farmers, Mr. Metz?] of America and of the world join in a mighty dem- onstration of brotherly solidarity| and of loyalty to our common cause, the cause of organized workers.” Why don't you tell these newly or- ganized workers what the cause of organized labor is, Mr. Metz? Why don’t you tell them how May Day was born? Are you afraid that it will teach them too much and might arouse some questions about the way you're running the union? In concluding the leaflet, Metz writes, “Members of Local 102! Let every man in our ranks join next Tuesday the great First of May parade in New York in the division of the cloakmakers and dressmakers’ unions, our sister unions of the I. LG, W.i0." If you were sincere, Mr. Metz, you would have called all the shop chairmen and instructed them to take the workers off the job in a body to go to the parade? Then again, a ittle incident took place on Thursday, April 26, that contradicts this militant call, On that day Mr. Metz went to a meet-| ing of the bosses’ association to ask a favor of them. (This story was told by a boss who wanted to scare his workers by showing them how weak the union was.) It seemed that the I. L. G. W. U. was joining in the Socialist May Day parade. Well, Metz was one of the oldest members of the I. L. G. W. U., and how would it look if he didn’t have his men out in the parade? So he told the bosses that be didn’t want to hurt or interfere with business, but he would appreciate it if they cooperated with him and each boss send one or two men to the parade. The president of the association, Mr. Cohen, promised to cooperate, and Mr. Metz left, a happy man. As soon as he left Mr. Cohen told the bosses that all of them had some men who were laid off, and for them to send them to join the parade; they had nothing to lose. Out of more than 1,000 truck- men in the local, only 23 paraded with them. A MEMBER OF LOCAL 102, 1.L.G. W.U. Tell your friends and shopmates about the Daily Worker. Let them read your copy. Ask them to sub- scribe, as we were cooking breakfast, in walked this worker. He gave us no greeting, but sat on a bench. At Jast he said: “I read this here pam- phlet, and I says to myself, ‘Walter you been a Communist all your life and didn’t know it.’ Say, I want to join up. How can I?” So helpful has “Why Commu- nism?” been in our work, we are of the opinion that the Party should give away a million copies by rais- ing a subscription. Comradely yours, G. WILGUS. May Day Greetings to the “Daily Worker” ADDITIONAL GREETINGS RE- CEIVED AFTER MAY DAY AR Morris Kletter | F Steinberg Tourist Friend Tourist Friend Tourist Friend Anonymous Tourist Friend F & V Cutler Tourist Friend F Wilcoxon Jensen Frank N Weinmar |G W Halperin Robert V. ; Al Ragins Tourist Friend Ria Mena Rolfe J Minsky P Rodriguez Tourist Priend Harry Mark John Zalesky Junior Goldman Anna Goldberg Cicero, Ill. C. Bilatta D. D. Dinatolo FP. D. P.M B. Berik DISTRICT 7 Highland, Mich. Geo. Szalai Katz Beer Co. Highland Park, Mich. 2 A J.C. M. S. Kutasiewicz BLP. ky G. G. H. P. Smith c. G. dB: Vv. M. G. N. Brown R.N. oo J. D. Detroit, Mich. M. Peterson I. kK, M. Choma J. R. Theo. Davis Watson J, Uron Flint, Mich. C. Pacholok Scott ‘red Allen Smith Smith Listers May Day Grectings to the Daily Worker from Tourist Group! | to U. S. S. R. Aboard Ie de France: L D Plecash Braun Carl Guillod AR Joseph Dizdar S H Boronoff Dr A De Covvs Lucille Lazar A Remais P Garber E Feinberg John Groth D Liph Nat L Carl A Olson Wm L S Furman M Veber Harry Lipman Tourist Friend Harry Kenkopf Appelbaum Theodor Sitea NA Morris Cohen GK Tourist Friend bee's Dstrict 16 CHARLOTTE, N. C, Sam Boyd Cooks Mary Coachman’ Carter Richardson Wild Bill W Edwards M B Moore Wm Johnson M Adams E Cunningham W Dunn Henry Sisby W Nelson T Saunders Hudger L Jobn L House Johnson F Alexander F Alexander James Caraway DISTRICT EIGHT Gary, Indiana Greetings Internatlonal Workers’ Order, Branch No. 1028 Gary, Indiana Chicago, Ill. Unit 408: Jack Cullender Ellen Rice Unit 912: Novaks Markets Leon Pokrass N. Timmons I, Karish Robt. Williams DISTRICT 15 New Haven, Conn, W. K. H. Levin J, Soyka J. Zelichowsky R. Lemkin M. Somowska E. Dunn F. Weisser A Friend S. Can H. Blossom M. D. Stohl S. Schick J. Spector V. Shelton Mary Regoza J. Skotela Natir F. Zyone L. 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M Silverstein Alex Rubin H Scherer Anonymous P Fishman Anonymous AN Anonymous Bill Horowitz 2, H Sklarsh Anonymous Greetings Group for Political Discussion Unit 11, Section 1 A Socolow H Kushlamin HG C Posner M Rosen wLuw Abe Weissberg M Fink Rubalski B Lubowitz International Workers Order Br. 504 MK Monceratek C Peters Burroughs D Cheroff D Stoll M Friend JS SK A Waton S Felder A Wolensky F R Schwartz Connor cK GP: AP so S Syalaban EP P Brodes ES EM PG Ge M Ly Mrs F OK JA KP Buy N Stefanovich H Markowitz Kolechko DrJN R Rolph J Janovesik Algentin PG AC International Workers Order Br. 1524 CN Simth RL K Kenka fi J Sambroski Anna Wozna NW Rudolph K R Wischek RAO >ragugd 3 a oe 3 } Cambridge, Mass. National Student League Harvard Collge | Cambridge, Mass. Greetings Women’s Council 37 Unit 8, Section 1 Ray Unit 24, Section 6 Peter Shay Joseph Berner G Lawrence AS ES / BROOKLYN, N. Y. “ Percy Shostac EM O Kritman M Phillips RM ie S Segal MB Ww AD DISTRICT 1 Boston, Mass. E. Lirechlis DISTRICTS Library, Pa. Greetings Jugo Slay Workers’ Club Pittsburgh, Pa. Local No. 1, L. 8. N. R. East Pittsburgh, Pa. LL. D., Jugoslav Branch Wilmerding, Pa. Mr.} PARTY LIFE How to Work Among Workers In Fascist Organizations Leaders and Rank By I. AMTER In New Jersey, fascist oraniza- tions of every character are carry- ing on their work, The Nazis are |reported to have their national headquarters in Newark. The Sil- ver Shirts and Khaki Shirts are operating in many towns, and ap- parently are making headway among the young workers and espe- cially the unemployed. Their program is a demagogic one, and in their activities they pretend to put up a struggle for |relief and jobs. Headed by men | Who are connected with the au- thorities, and many of them plain |Tacketecrs—like Art Smith, the re- | cently-convicted commander -in- ’ chief of the Khaki Shirts who was making a racket out of building up the organization—and Pelley of the Silver Shirts who charged $10 each for membership in that organ- ization—these organizations pretend to help the workers. In Passaic the Khaki Shirts have organized a local, drawing into it a number of mis; workers under the \and Flag.” They unemployed to the Relief Buro where they have been rebuffed with the proposal that they should write | to Roosevelt and he will take care 'of them. These are workers who, up to a short time ago were em- ployed on C. W. A. jobs and had been fired with no hope of relief. “For God and Flag” has not pro- vided them with relief, but these workers have been inflamed against the Communists and militant or- ganizations through the slanders of their leaders. The Passaic comrades correctly took up a struggle against fascism. But in doing so made an error in two respects. (1) They failed to explain to the workers the devel- opment of fascism through the gov- ernment, especially through the N. R. A.; and (2) and most important —they did not distinguish between the leadership which is fascist and the rank and file, which is made up of many misguided, misled | workers. ‘When the proper approach was have taken the Communists Must Distinguish Between Fascist and File Workers made to these workers at a meeting in Passaic, the attitude of some of the rank and file who attended the meeting was quite different. Thé leaders left the meeting, but most of the rank and file remained, and applauded the speaker. But this was not all They proposed (1) That the Unemployed Council should join with the Khaki Shirts in a delegation to the Relief Buro to get relief, provided there would be no political speeches, no poli- tical slogans; (2) If this were done, they stated, they would join in the United Front May Day deme onstration. Our comrades must not make the mistake that was proposed in the opportunist slogan of some com- rades of the German Communist Party, “Smashe the Fascists wher- ever you meet them,” which was rejected by the Central Committee of the C. P. G. Often the rank and file of the fascist organizations is composed of many plain workers who are led on by the demagogic slogans of the fascist leaders, and have hopes that the promises of these leaders will be fulfilled. If we make the proper proposals, and have the proper approach, we can win these workers over to the revo- lutionary oragnizations. If we do not make the distinction between leadership and rank and file, we will not be able to carry out the decision of the thesis of the 13th | Plenum of the Comintern, namely, to work in the fascist organizations. ‘The above example of wrong or- ganization and its correction should help all the districts. Join the Communist Party 36 E. 12th STREET, N. Y¥. ©. Please send me more informa- tion on the Communist Party. Name Street City ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS How Sterilization Works in Germany B. R., Newark, N. J.—So far, we have little information regarding the practical application of the ; Sterilization law in Germany. On March 5, the Eugenics Court in Ger- many opened its first session and ordered several persons to be steri- lized. There are no details about the cases. The names of the de- fendants were concealed and the public was verboten to enter the Court. The proceedings were abso- lutely secret and we are, therefore, unable to judge whether the trial was a fair one or not. Judging by analogy, we are inclined to believe that it must have been an unfair trial, until the details regarding the nature of the cases are made public. ea ee yay Sulphur Dioxide in Food Mrs. Lillian M., Omaha, Neb.— The amount of sulphur dioxide in syrups made of molasses or cane sugar is about 100 to 200 parts in each millionth part of syrup. The amount of sulphur is too small to cause any injury to a healthy adult; but when an individual is below par, especially when he is suffering from inflammation of the intesti- nal tract or when this syrup is given in large quantities to chil- dren, sulphur may cause irritation, may aggravate the inflammation, and might become the cause of pro- longing the condition. The same may be said of the sulphur dioxide which is used on dry fruits and on flour which is bleached with the same agent. While it is true that natural food faddists have exag- gerated the harmfulness of sulphur dioxide in our food, it is, neverthe- less, a fact that it is liable to cause injury in delicate people, particu- larly infants, and in the sick. As there is no necessity for using sul- phur dioxide, we must condemn the practice of using it as a preserva- tive or as a bleaching agent for our food. All poisons—and sulphur dioxide is a poison—are liable to Doctor By PAUL LUTTINGER, MD. —————_—_ Program of “Health Magazine” and the Socialization of Medicine (Conclusion) “Health” will oppose all medical and dietetic fads, the purpose of which is to fatten on the gullibility of the ignorant or the semi-edu- cated. “Health” believes in modern scientific medicine and hygiene and will try to acquaint its readers with rational ideas about health and dis- ease. It is against charlatanism and unscientific quackery in medi- cine, dietetics and hygiene. It will advocate universal birth-control, truthful sex instruction and scien- tific demonstrable proof against fanciful, unproved theories. “Health” will concern itself chiefly with problems which are of the greatest interest to the largest number. Occupational and indus- trial hazards, personal health prob- lems, public health, diet, seasonal ailments, health insurance, workers’ compensation, mental hygiene and the care of children will constantly be discussed in its columns. Med- ical frauds and abuses in hospitals and other public health institutions will be exposed. We invite all those who know of any such abuses to write us without fear. We pledge ourselves to expose any injustice brought to our attention, whether it is committed against members of the allied medical professions or the public at large. Internes, nurses, drug clerks, laboratory tech- nicians, patients in sanatoria, hos- pitals, and in various public insti- tutions, will henceforth have a medium in which they can air their grievances and demand redress. Medicine came into existence with the first cry of pain heard in the jungle or cave it will only cease when pain and suffering have been banished from the earth. To this ultimate aim “Health” is dedicated! cause harm, no matter how much we dilute them. Food should not contain any poisons even in the smallest quantities allowed by the Food and Drug Act. \___Fresh Food—Proletarian Prices—50 FINAL MEETING AM Comrades Meet at the NEW HEALTH CENTER CAFETERIA , ALL DELEGATES F. 13th St.—WORKERS' CENTER, Finnish Bureau x Aimbige, Pa D-DAY MAY FESTIVAL & BAZAAR ee ‘Communist Party, N. ¥. District Turtle Creek, Pa. Mrs. Grubbs THURS., MAY 10—8 P. M.—50 E. 13th St.—Rm. 205 DISTRICT 13 Collect Articles Fill Red Honor Rolls San sence Cal. Bring In Greetings and Ads Sell Tickets reetings John H, Atkins ALL DELEGATES FROM UNIONS, MASS ORGANIZATIONS, I. W. O. and I. L. D. BRANCHES ARE URGENTLY DISTRICT 8 REQUESTED TO ATTEND Chicago, Ill. A. Kaplan John P. Dr. M. W. Geo. Willis Bartage N. Evanoff S. Danilevich B. A. ' Geo. Hedko ate Frank | A, Finkiewicz Beacon, N. Y. 8, K. minh Novitz DEAR COMRADE: TODAY acter = proune e We're having a grand time here. The athletic field . Hanser am Setun and tennis court are in trim, the food swell, the programs wt ‘Griorehis seek Br. fun. Spring weather is swell. Come join us! Betty Wesel- Your, COMRADES. Piiipn man P. S.—Cars leave from Co-operative Restaurant, 2700 Bronx Af ee Al Tarlow Park East, daily at 10:30 A.M. Estabrook 8-1400. P 4 S. Kessler bE 2 a eae TT ER Sy tte | casio a