The Daily Worker Newspaper, July 6, 1934, Page 4

a5 Page Four Subway Workers Building Rank and File Organization Business Agent of Brotherhood Local Fights Workers Bill By a R. R. Worker C+rrespondent CHICAGO, Ill last meet- ing, Local Ni 7 of the Brother- ood of Rai Carmen of Amer- a DAILY WORKER, NEW YORK, FRIDAY, JULY 6, 1934 Ships ncisco Longshoremen | | - rey Tied Up by San Fra Fe } { Greater Effort Behind Railroad PARTY LIFE Literature of ECCI Plenums Unity NewsUrged | Poorly Distributed by Units By a Worker Correspondent NEW YORK.—There are many| ways to increase the circulation of | the workers’ press, but one, mostly Only Small Number of Propaganda Pamphlets Sold in Concentration Districts . ica, rejected the call of the ten | | overlooked, is through group-inter- Some Small Demands Already Won, but Stronger | unions which met, in conference | est papers., My work with the rank | we are , on April 22 and ia joint call | and file railroad movements has | 1 jof Marxist-Leninist classics, whose Fj. Needed Against W Cut epg Aah AR Sel oe | . : : tant : |publication should be considered Fight Is Needed Against age Cu fer a conference of all A. F. of L convinced me that a half million| By AGITPROP DEPT., C.C. Pi ———“- — ~ Railroad Brotherhood, and other ®y a Subway Worker Correspondent NEW YORK—Most of the work ers in the 98th St. I. R. T. r in the shop. ‘om being of the But they clean. local unions to ence to support employment meet in a confer- the Workers Un- Insurance Bill, H. R. railroad workers should read the Daily Worker. But it is sorrowfully true that there are but few who read the Railroad Unity News, the (Continued from Yesterda | Daily Worker) | | The literature sales of the C. C.| an event in the revolutionary move- ment.. It stands to reason that wthout such necessary populariza- tion of newly published literature, "5 7 vis: | ‘i i Pe | the circulation of literature, espe- i vith the Hines is still peddling tick- | 7598. There was a sharp division official organ of the Railroad/riterature Department also shows| ‘ = ; eae Oe Pee ae ets to beer parties, corned beef par-|in our local and the debate as to Brotherhood unity movement. These | that our Party has not yet learned|ially our theoretical and propae any union betray our 10 cent attractions | admitting a representative from one transportation workers are victim- | ganda literature, will not grow. time and agai lar or more a shot to t cf the ten locals occupied an hour ized by New Deals and old tricks |how to take advantage of certain In the ranks of our Party we 415 : publicatio: which are indispensi-j| 2 the workers in the shops. Some d and 15 minutes | of companies and labor fakers. |ble in our day-to-day wo:k. Take,|°ften hear complains of lack of Hees nie akan Two or three brothers took the A switchman in Buffalo gets $12 rin’s| Hime for reading, and this is given the delegates carr; ¥ Boe uate Meer floor in favor of admitting the re ea et akc |for instance, Comrade Knorin’s| 25° an excuse for poor literature show. It is the smoke s the Victory Ball that will be gi ebiae cf te Oe a | for two weeks’ pay. Papers de-| report on social-democracy. How les th. the Party. Yay olen ae hide their dirty work by our Transport Workers Union. |Tesentative of the ten locals. They voted to their problems are wanted. sales in the Party. Very o: LaSala, who Wage Cut Still In Effect nted out that the workers’ bill, R 7598, was the only proposed Distribution is lacking. A small is it utilized in such districts where | the Socialist Party has a mass fol- hear active com-ades say: “We | ie: Pg a would like to get this pamphlet or : s are still tri legislati : : . Ne | Sroup in Chicago attempted to dis-/ towing? The sales of Knorin’s re-| 1° pee os Rod rei ed 2 Feiberrant ec eaat legislation which offered a ae | The above scene of the big Pacific coast harbor shows part | tribute throughout the entire coun-| port A Philadelphia was 102 cdpies; a eee eae se Bae so ney Sees the top officials of the ee crices terchan cin ecavernnient) patina isa ain elie of the ships that wait with unloaded cargoes while the militant | try this rank and file paper. Com- meetings at night that we simply erhocd.” We appreciate his frank- ness. But if he were really with us he would put up a fight for us, and not act as apologizer for the inflation our wages buy less and less. We have to get that 10 per| cent back and 15 per cent more to offset the increase in the cost sums proposed for insurance, and that they discriminated against a | |large part of the workers. Maurice O’Connor, business agent | dockers carry on their struggle for better conditions on a 2,000 mile strike front. munist conventions have theorized on the issue of organization among the railroad workers. The most powerful instrument is overlooked, in California 162; in Connecticut 7; in Milwaukee 26. What are the reasons for the small sales of propaganda literature and have no time to read.” Other ace tive comrades do not even read the literature they buy. It is, of course, not within the province of this arti« : what should be done to improve this| cle to advise how the Party merm- Official clique of fakers on the| of living. We've got to reduce our|of the local, led the fight against 2 gare aaireripere peeuneied ais- | Situation? It must be made clear | bers should organize their inn ¢ “Brotherhood.” He would join with | working hours as the only means| admitting the delegation. He want- 4 ad roblem of issuing only| that the poor showing of Party lit=| Pa:ty and mass work and ha~e the Transport Workers Union which | for stopping lay-offs. But, of |ed to know why the seal of the ass ayois ontinue one paper for June and July, thus! erature sales, does not mean that| enough time left for at least mir! ie knows darn well is the only | course, we could only achieve these| Chicago Federation of Labor was ness of | the Party membership and the| mum reading of the most essential union that will put up a fight for| when we are organized in our rank] not on the credential of the dele- | e ainiaer ony a his usefulness if, | Tevolutionary worke:s are not inter-| publications. The methods a our the workers and win improveme and file Transport Workers Union.| gates. One member read off the | Cl C e Sh oe Goede A : z “lested in reading and di: ng| Party work were distinctly outlin-d This union is indenendent. It Some of the men are talking! list of the ten unions which had is- n 1iCagQo al ops ae Shee ee seers political questions. The Party mem-/} by the recent district and national no strings tied to the company about refusing to pay dues and as-|sued the call and asked if these | | Been: extende: yo eae. ties | bership and revolutionary workers| conventions. In fact, certain di-- to any A. F. of L. grafters to the “Brotherhood.”| were not bona-fide locals. The bi a —— Papelera Sa ne the Hes! are eager for such literature. The|tricts have set aside svecial nights The meetings of our “Brothe is, if done on a mass-scale, is a| ness agent then said that this would . q te) : pace] OF Seem: Seen Soro jcause is not in the lack of inter-'for no other work, but reading, hood” local are usually poor good idea. It is about time we|be turning the organization over to Brotherhood Officials Br Ing Forward Phoney Active unity workers are needed Ls tended. As few as 20 men show up at times. However, several weeks ago, when a meeting of the rank and file was called without the Presence of the delegates, we had @ record turn-out. tended it. At that meeting we elected a committee of nine to Tepresent us. Very few among us ‘Were quite clear as to what we were About 300 at-/ stopped paying for being betrayed and sold out,‘for having our wages cut and for working long hours in filthy, poisoned shops. Many of our workers are strong} for our union but they are afraid| The company spreads this fear purposely to keep the men company knows darn well that our organizing to join it. from organizing. The the “Communists. Another member spoke and said | that the business agent’s belly was full, but how about the brothers who | were laid off with no means of liv- | ing? O'Connor resorted to all sorts | of constitutional lawyer tricks, talked about their losing their char- ter, etc. When the vote was taken there Proposals to Protect Company By a R.R. Worker Correspondent ; C. & N. W. ask for ener loan CHICAGO, Ill.—Mass layoffs are| from the R.F.C. and that is organ- again taking place on the Chicago | ization would use its influence to and North Western railroad in the| help the road to get it. “Brother main carshops at Chicago and all} O'Connor apparently forgets that | over the road. Previous lay-offs| Most of the previous loans from the | aroused protest but no action has|S0vernment went to pay dividends | in all large rail centers. More rail- road Unity News readers means more Daily Worker readers. Only $374,822 Profit in 3 Months, Auto-Lite Couldn’t Raise Wages est. The trouble is with our dis-| tribution, with the organization of | literature sales and sales methods. It is common knowledge that when our Party plans a political] campaign, the sale of literature is not considered important enough to be included in the planning of the campaign. Every phase of the campaign is prepared’ and checked, studying, and school attendance. In general, we have already more than once worked out some very good plans for the development of Party education and Party study. What is needed is not more new plans but the efficient execution of the old. In conclusion, every Party mem- ber must understand that in order | : j y Ww ve is ti i t literature. With the result,|to continue to publish litera- joing to do. We just knew we had| w; i were 25 to admit the delegates and | been taken. This time every one is| 2Md interest on watered stocks and | - except t nti publish new litera. to a something a stop the abuses Witte Nia: cect Goes ears [2S against. aarnadig that something be done! bonds and not to increase employ-|| TOLEDO, Ohio, July 3.—The || that we very often have a campaign | ture it is necessary that the litera- and betrayals of the company union | us yet. But we all had our lessons|_ Then another brother made aj by our General Chairman. The de-| ment. || Electric Auto-Lite Co., which || without the necessary agitational Officials and the company. But, as the Transport Union Group in our shop pointed out in our paper at that time, the activi- ties and authority of this commit- tee were very limited. As a matter of fact, the “Brotherhood” officials refused to recognize our committee. In the Wire Department, the | of what it brought to other workers in this country. We witnessed the fights of the workers against the N.R.A. at Ambridge, Weirton, To- ledo, Minneapolis, Buffalo, Birming- ham, St. Louis, New York and hun- dreds of other places. Some of the workers in our shop who in the beginning fell for N.R.A’s hokum proposal that they propose to the company a three-day week to give the unemployed members a chance to earn a living. This brother un- doubtedly meant well, but why should we all starve to please the companies and our reactionary of- ficials? The Workers Unemployment In- mand was so strong and insistent} Carmen's Lodge 227 had passed a | ] ‘ that four of the business agents led| Motion asking the company to put} a delegation of some 12 or 13 to the us on @ three-day week, thus shar- office of Mr. Sargent, president of | ing the work. This too was brought | the road. up, and Mr.’ Pangle said that would | They were informed that Sargent Heehled Vi aE LAAT de was: out of ‘town and were tumed 02 their own back yard. He seemed % perfectly willing to have them fight over to a Mr. Pangle to state their over it—such a fight would mean was too “puor” to raise the wages of its workers a couple of months ago, and which brought in the National Guard to shoot down strikers, made a net profit of $374,822 for the first three months of 1934, it was learned yesterday. and propaganda literature to accom- pany it. In the best of circum- stances our literature comes late in the campaign, making impossible its effective use and distribution. This | situation is closely connected with| the fact, that in the districts our literature distribution apparatus is ture already published and which is on hand should be sold. Other- wise when the money invested in previous publication is tied up in unsold literature it is impossible to publish new pamphlets and books. The funds of the Party publishing houses are now in such a situation that unless the entire Party sells case. The writer was not of the| ey HG eciaessige Lea of Pers Party | Uterature already published, and un- q 7 inpi surance Bill provides that the com- 4 s3 a division between the older men or) machinery as a whole. Very often} less the district literatuze commit- workers made the management give | are now beginning to see Wall panies and state either provide | delegation, but a worker mem- | tens OE Gouger saienvon the Gis | Keep informed of the world-wide our literature committees are sepa-| tees and agents promptly meet their us steam to heat the water in the| Street's claws on the Blue Eagle. | wy, . i . ber of the committee reported what | * une |struggles by the working class} ee rina x c i i i | i i work or wages and is the only sane | be oe | tion of seniority rights and would | °; 7 ily | tated from the districts, sections,| obligations to the C. C. Literature washing pails. But that is about all! One fellow said the lightning wzs method of protecting ourselves | happened. | e cism and war by reading the Daily Os we got. There is still a scarcity of | for speed-up and the cog-wheel for |play into the hands of the com- lockers and many workers leave slicing wages. N.R.A. won't do any- their clothes around the shop or on| thing for us if we do not organize wrecked cars. Like the workers in| and force the company to give bet- | the rest of the I.R.T. we still work| ter wages and shorter hours. 50 hours a week. We get only a Considering the short time the half hour for lunch, The company] union is in existence and the big offered to reduce our hours but to} job it is to organize all these men Teduce our pay accordingly. want reduced hours without reduc- tion in pay. We! in the industry, we have made big headway. In our shop we may be behind the men in the other shops Lay-offs continue from time to| and lines but we are coming along. time. Some of the laid-off workers are re-hired at lower wages. This, of course, is a method through} building our which the company is slowly re- ducing the wages of all the men.| ditions to work and live like human} The toilets are now washed twice! peings. The sooner the workers in our shop turn to real constructive work in Transport Union the sooner will we win con- 98th STREET SLAVE. the Ho CONDUCTED BY HELEN LURE Is Your Clothespin Handy? Somewhere in the bourgeois press “jams’’—yes, we noticed it when the appeared the remark, among other | mothers of the framed-up Scotts- t | By a Subway Worker Coppeemnaens | We wages of the men 10 per cent) truly justified. Meetings are still charges, that the compositions |}or9 boys were refused an audience| LONG ISLAND CITY, N. Y.-I| NEW YORK. — As I know the) on January 1, 1933. But there} too long, and much time is taken Ete ferous ms en “The bour. on Mother's Day. |am a brakeman on the Long Island | workers on the LR.T. and BM,T,| Were no cuts for the big shots of| up by “local” speakers. These @eoisie doesn’t relish what is said about them in our paper: and all we do is tell the truth. However, if you can stand it, here’s a whiff . | abolishing jobs and speeding upthe|:ats and the company union. The| of our wages, on July 1, 1934, of 3| effort should be made to start the re ot terse thal erpenea| pokes workers. sooner the men on these railroads per cent on account of the pension| meeting on scheduled time thus in on ceeay In Defence of Diverce | Pattern 1926 is available in sizes| There is an agreement which | join a regular union the better off| for the men, which is a fake and| 4ffording the “local” speaker time Among Our Ruling Class, by that | 12. 14, 16, 18, 20, 30, 32, 34, 36, 38| Railroad Co-ordinator Eastman | they will be. I am for your union| doing the old-timers out of part of| ‘© make a brief talk, and will not doughty champion of women’s rights, Gretta Palmer, of the World Telegram—a tract titled, “Mrs. Dall’s Reno Trip of Wide Signifi- cance—It Proves Existence of New Deal for Women....” The most aromatic passage goes like this: “It would be illuminating to know how many people have be- haved in a fashion excruciatingly uncomfortable to themselves be- cause of setting a good example to the servants. The servants, lucky devils, having to set a good example to no one,. were per- mitted to be natural. Democracy , | at least, has brought in the theory that one person is as bad as another and that the pretense of perfection on the part of the upper classes is so much waste of time. The servants, in this mod- ern age, do not require a good Workers | against the stareation and unem- ployment that the companies are | jtrying to force upon us while at} the same time they increase their profits taken from our labor. But in addition to forcing the | employers and state to give us real unemployment insurance we will | also haye to put the toes of our brogans under the rear ends of all local officials who betray us. It makes no difference if it be Mau- | rice O'Connor, Al Whitney, or Bill | Green, these fakers will have to be chased out and honest rank and file workers elected if-our unions are to be anything but camou- |flaged company unions. All railroad workers who are sick and tired of being regularly sold | out should line up with the Railroad Brotherhood’s Unity Movement of | their lodge and establish rank and file unity of all railroad workers, | regardless of craft or organization. | Long Istand Railroad Breaks Overtime Pact | in Sunnyside Yard By a R. R. Worker Correspondent | Railroad in Sunnyside Yard. One business agent made a plea| pany, which favors share the work that the company gather some sev-| schemes, Such a scheme would cost eral hundred disused locomotives} the company nothing and would together and put them in repair} Jower the living standard of all the and that the shop craft organiza-|men in the shop. | tions would sell them. He said that} All seemed afraid to raise de- there should be a market for them| mands for our benefit, which would | in China, Soviet Russia, South] cut into the profits of the road. America or somewhere. One worker | Why not a demand for less speed- | delegate informed him that the| up, a demand for payment of relief | roads in the Soviet Union used a| by the road for all of us laid-off? different gauge track and that any-| Why not get in back of the cam- way the Soviets were building their| paign started by Machinists Lodges own locomtives and didn’t need any | 915 and 478 for a six-hour day with second-hand ones from this coun-| no reduction in our total earnings, | try. The company official pushed} and why not force our organizations aside the whole fantastic idea of| and the C. & N. W. officials to go the shopcraft officials finding for-|on record in favor of the Workers eign markets in a capitalist world! Unemployment Bill H.R. 7598 for gone broke, adequate relief for all workers at Then Maurice O'Connor, carmen’s| the expense of big business and business agent, proposed that the! the government? Worker Warns of Catches in New I. R.T. Pension Plan the company. Can You Make ’Em | Yourself? and 40. Size 16 takes 414 yards 39 inch fabric. Illustrated step-by- | step sewing instructions included. | ti a | average only one or two days a week work, due to made for the railroads that the| company is not living up to. That} agreement reads: than they can complete in cight| hours, | That is, they should abolish over- lated every day on the second trick | ladder job. They have been making from one to two hours overtime every day for the last month and All summer I have been able to the company On any job that has more work | there should be a relief.| ime. But this agreement is being vio- half. In doing so, the company never did get a square deal and 1/ will say they are getting worse all) | of the time, on account of the dirty and will do all I can to help the drive along. Company unions are the worst things there are against the work- ers, as the men never have a say on anything that the company| wants to do. If they do say any- thing against the company union; o> company, they are fired as soon as possible. Just a few lines in regards to the receivership on the I.R.T. The whole | thing was a frame-up between the} American Brake Shoe Co and the The whole thing is a slap in the face to the workers by these dirty rats. And now comes another cut out their pension, on the old system of pension. This new pension plan is compulsory for new men entering the service after June 30, 1934 and optional to employes in the service before June 30, 1934. There are reports out that the men that don’t join the new pension will be fired. There is not an article in the agreement on the pension that has not got a catch to it against the men. Article 12 says that this money collected will not be put in banks but it will be put out in |has been saving six and seven | hours a day for a whole crew. And | almost all the men that are marked up to report out at 11:30 p.m. go home without getting any work. | This shows us that we should not | have any faith in Co-ordinator Eastman ‘or the Roosevelt “New investments. So you can see there never will be any money for the workers. The men never had a vote on the pension plan. The company | can do as they please and the men have nothing to say. It's time the dirty rats were shown up. In Ar- ticle 5 it says, if the payment shall LR.T. The receivership was put over on account of LR.T. of a bill of $27,000 owed the American Brake Shoe Co., and at the time the LR.T. had cash of $6,000,000 and could not | pay the bili. The LR.T. paid the lawyers for the American Brake | Shoe Co. to fight to put the :e-| Worker. Buy it at the newsstands. Three cents a copy. Letters from Our Readers DELAY IN STARTING MEETINGS Hoboken, N. J. I want to protest against your protest meeting for this reason: you deprived me of hearing all the speakers—Mary van Kleeck and Mr. Bruce of the I.L.D. for example— by starting the meeting an hour late and by letting each speaker rave on as long as he wished. Even at that, because I live in New Jer- sey, I didn’t get home until 12:30, an impossible hour for a worker. How about beginning organization by organizing the next meeting—it’s only because the speakers were good that I'm mad. M. F. LAWSON. * . Editorial Note: The criticism of the situations described above are difficulties can be overcome if the organization of the meeting will be given a little more attention by the comrades in charge. Every deprive the audience from hearing the main speakers, We urgently request mass or- ganizations, sympathetic groups and our Party sections to take this criticism seriously and make every attempt to overcome these short- comings. (This note also applies to a letter on the same subject pub- lished yesterday.) GRAFT—UNDER ANY CAPITAL- IST PARTY I thought that the previous Re- publican and Democratic admin- istrations were reeking with graft, and had no illusions about it either. I am sure that most every- one who came into contact with those politicians in charge of the various license bureaus can easily units and fractions. As a result} the leading Party committees very} seldom check, advise and guide the| literature distribution work in the localities. Political discussions and reports in the Party units and fractions are not always accompanied with the necessary litezature on the question discussed. As a rule, the leader of} | the discussion or the reporter, reads | and quotes from all the available) literature on the topic of discussion. | However ueither the reporter, nor the literature agen! of the organi- zation will, as a rule, take tne trouble to prepare for that particular meeting suitable literature. ‘The re-| porter and leader of the discussion | must in advance and as a result of | the discussion stimulate individual reading of literature pertaining to his subject. The propaganda literature pub- lished by our Party is not suffi-) ciently popularized in the Daily| Worker and much less in the lan-| | guage press. At best we have an occasional review of a pamphlet. | But we have no serious discussions! Department the publication of new and more literature will be mad> impossible. However, the sale of literature is not just a mere business question. It is a serious political question a3 was pointed out in the beginning. It is a central taks in the politicel education of the Pa:ty membership, The district organizers and the dis- trict committees must therefore look into the matter of literature sales and make the entire Party con- scious of its responsibilities. Join the Communist Party 35 E. 12th STREET, N. Y. C. Please send me more. informa- tion on the Communist Party. Name Street CRAMPS (Continued) Besides the three types of cramps mentioned, there are organic cramps due to stomach or intes- tinal inflammation, often referred to as “bellyache” or colic ( in chil- dren). Appendicitis often causes severe abdominal pain; so does in- flammation or stone of the gall bladder or kidneys. An ulcer in the stomach, or duodenum, a strangu- lated (twisted) hernia or an attack of a certain type of heart disease, known as angina pectoris, are all liable to cause abdominal pain. When the pain is not accom- panied by nausea and vomiting and there is no temperature, simple remedies such as rest, hot drinks and hot compresses are sufficient to By PAUL LUTTINGER, M.D. impression among the thoughtless and inconsiderate that we can be disturbed in our regular routine, at all hours, for the most trivial mat- ter. This abuse of our willingness cannot be tolerated. It reached its climax late Tuesday night, when Comrade G, brought in a crony to take out a stitch from his scalp. After this service was rendered (and it could have waited for an- other week), Comrade G. became abusive when it was pointed out to him that he had gained admittance under a false pretense of emerg- ency. We take this opportunity to in- form anyone who is inconsiderate enough to disturb us in our rest or other work by making false claims of urgency that we shall refuse to ; Te ooking. Deal” policy. ceivership over. They paid the | Be Jess than $200,000 for such years,| Prove that the Fusion administra- relieve the pain; but under no cir- woe rae bby cuecitaeeanooe Sees (rey, erent looking. The Railroad Brotherhood lead-| lawyers $50,000. But still they|then the next year either an in-| ton is not any different, whether |" 00 om Past a castor oll or! : ‘Noblesse Oblige’ is no- longer | ers have not put up any fight | could not pay the bill of $27, 000, {enceee in the rates paid or a de-|Tegarding plumbing, electricity, or other deca tive" bss given Wisse . Gig class in the panede nie. | against the company violating these! the conspiracy was that ‘the | Crease, da. the: pension payments, | utomoeblle licenses finally wa mention andeher type Peroxide Not an Antiseptic. Pearce Boek the con cln-low wee agreements. LR.T. wanted to break the lease of | ts means a grab between two or| , This is my ean Rea on of cane ‘known as inorganic, due, D. V., Camden, N. J.—Peroxide white family's cook, after his little | | Lavin, our grievance committee | three millions of dollars a year for| @tiving a car for two years wi : ‘ experiment with a razor, can al- ‘Ways ccunt on the presence of the white family’s head in the court room, prepared to defend him in return for loyal service, he can de- pend-upon the Massa to look after him in the more serious disasters of his life....” She goes on to suggest that since feudalism has gone, wherein “the educated protect the interests of | the ignorant and the poor” (is this funny or is it funny!) it would be | nice if the great many “sensible and informed people,” the “ladies man, whom we are paying a good salary, has not carried a single suc- cessful fight to the boss to win any of our demands. | We must demand that the Penn. | | put a third trick on the ladder. We should all get together and go to Pirung, the Assistant Superin- tendent, and demand this. Also we should form unity groups in the Brotherhood to force our leaders to get up and fight against these jobs | making overtime. We should force | them to make a special rate of dues so that part-time workers could get 999 years with the Manhattan Rail- road and to cut the wages of the Of course, they did cut | the dirty rats. | The Senate investigation com- |mittee from Washington, D. C,, made a report that the receivership Was a racket for the lawyers, on its What the LR. T.. Will | investigation here last week. Do with Pension Fund | employes. WASHINGTON MACHINISTS VOTE STRIKE WASHINGTON, D. C. (FP).—A strike for a 40-hour week and higher hourly wage rates has been voted by members of the International Association of Machinists By An I. R. T. Worker’s Wife NEW YORK—That letter from a fellow worker regarding working conditions on the LR.T. states the case of the workers well. a license for which I had to pay $5 graft at that time. rest of the $5 bills lined up be- hind me, because they all received the same advice from the Curry auto salesroom, namely, “to come across or you won't be able to get I came across know- ing that would be cheaper than a license.” coming several times. Recently I found it necessary to renew my license since it had ex- pired, and forced to go through a This graft went straight into the palm of the road testing officer, so went all the to certain poisons, such as lead. Space does not permit us to go into the details of lead colic or other chemical colics; but we have said enough to convince the reader the “cramps” is not a simple condi- tion; that it might be caused by a variety of agents, and that the underlying cause must be diagnosed before attempting to treat an “ordi- nary pain the belly.” Our advice, therefore, is to shun the well- meaning neighbor or friend who urges you to take castor oil when you get abdominal cramps: It has very feeble, if any, antiseptic or germicidal properties. It is used to wash our wounds, especially deep ones, where anerobic bacteria are liable to develop. These bacteria cannot multiply in the presence of oxygen and as a fresh peroxide so- lution contains a lot of free oxygen, it is logical and practical to use it in such cases. Lockjaw is caused by one of these anerobic bacteria: Bacillus Tetani. * Lie. In the article on sunburn, carron oil was stated to be a mixture of 4, em- might cause your inflamed appen- |... : " eo The In‘erborough workers got road test, in which I “failed” water and linseed oil. It should with time and energy to burn,” | back in the Brotherhood. In that ployed in machine shops. The ma- & dix to rupture or your heart to stop have read: L should “haunt the stations, the | way we would have a muchstronger || %,,l° Per cent cut, and now an- |! chinists demand a 40-hour week|tWice. Having had two years of beating, if you suffer from angina ne e water and linseed court houses and the other centers where the ignorant are apt to find | organization under our control and | lighting for our conditions. other money grab will be made il esent on the workers’ wages by what turep meee Shige tat and $1.25 an hour instead of $1. experience I didn’t thing it was In necessary to “come across.” pectoric. oil. themselves in a dilemma that they do not understand, and “offer their | Services and advice.” | The final paragraph of the essay: “The Roosevelts do not live in fear of the opinion of the masses. | But they are very feudal in their | willingness to help them out of | jams.” | Wrong On Both Counts! | Thomas E. Murray, the receiver, calls a pension system. The capitalistic papers wrote this up as a “kind-hearted” gesture, but did not say how the money will be used until pension time (65 years of age) comes around—if || death from overwork and poor pay does not come first! The money will be used to give big pensions to bosses who now want to retire, like Frank Hedley, and addition, I didn’t have the 5-spot. Now I will have to make a new application which will cost me a dollar, and go through the same routine and still have to pay the five dollars to get the license, so I am told time and again by dif- ferent people. I think something ought to be done about this graft business, and I think something can be done. I propose that you give ———————$ WORKERS ( 2700-28009 BRONX PARK EAST COOPERATIVE COLONY has reduced the rent, several good apartments available. An employers’ offer to increase the hourly rate to $1.10 was rejected by the workers. About 120 ma- chinists in five shops are involved. On a Question of Personal Privilege Following demonstrations, strikes or other mzss movements, a num- ber of injured individuals are al- ways brousht to our office for med- ical or surgical attention. These we are always ready and glad to render, irrespective of whether the worker is a arty member or not. Such injuries received in the line of duty, are treated with special care and free of charge and at any | SUNNYSIDE YARD BRAKEMAN. NOTE: We publish letters every Friday from workers in the transporta- tion and communications indus- tries—railroad, marine, surface lines, subway, elevated lines, ex- press companies, truck drivers, taxi drivers, ete., and post office, telephone, telegraph, etc. We urge workers from these The Daily Worker keeps you informed of the world-wide strug- gles by the working class against | unemployment, hunger, fascism | and war. The Daily Worker for Send FIFTEEN CENTS As I remember it Mrs. Roosevelt |coins or stamps (coins preferred) made a hasty airplane trip to Reno | for this Anne Adams pattern. Write (15e) in Cultural Activities for Adults, Youth and Children. te dissuade her son from divorce.| Plainly neime, address and_style| , : the other money the workers pa: one month daily or six months of | publicity on this issue and call] time of the day or night, irrespec- | Divection: “exington Ave. White Plains "The divorces took place not because |number. BE SURE TO STATE) industries to write us of thelr |] in wil! be handed to lawyers oo || the Saturday eaition voces only 75 | for similar signed afMdavits from | tive of office hours and they take |} eridey ona Scene: gat {2 Pm the elder Roosevelts were com- | SIZE. | conditions of work, and their || engineers to figure out more is, Mend b to the Daily | 2! who have similar experiences. | precedence over all other patients | Sunday 10am. to2 pm.” Plaisant, but because the kids were| | Address orders to Daily Worker) struggles to organize. Please get |! ways of getting rid of workers || Cnt Send your su e Daily | ‘There are thousands of them. This| in tte waiting room. Hc *Raleptinties Ratayrdie e deal oe determined. And as for the will-| Pattern Department, 243 West 17th| these letters to us by Tuesday of || op reducing their pay. Worker, 50 E. 13th St., New York | petty graft can be made a tremen-! It seems that our readiness to Trains. Stop at Allerton Ave, Feet ingness to help the “masses” out of | St., New York City each week | City. dous issue. --G. C. render this service has created the |