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Page Six System of Fines Used The United States Government in 1926 adopted a plan which provided | for a gradual growth of the Military | Air Force so that in 1931 the Navy) would have 1,000 active planes and| the Army 1,800. The Government} did not fulfill the Plan 100 per cent,| as the Army Air Corps has about 1300 planes whereas the Navy) reached its quota of 1,000 planes.) The Drum Board (composed of five} Army men headed by Major Drum) which is the nucleus of the Baker Committee) studied this matter in| 1933 and submitted a plan for the| building up of the Army Air Corps; to 2,320 fighting planes, | The Baker committee represents a liason of commercial and military aviation interests. Among the mem- bers of the committee are Karl T. Compton, president of the Mcs- sachusetts Institute of Technology foremost scientific institution in the U. S, Major General H. A. Drum| (who headed the Drum board), five Army men, Clarence D. Chamber- Jain, president of Stutz Motor Co.,| etc.: The inclusion on the com- mittee of a representative of the} automobile industry is extremely significant in view of the fact that| government experts have surveyed the existing automobile plants (e. g. General Motors) having in mind their conversion into production | aircraft parts. The Baker board is part of the N. R. A. scheme to mobilize an im- portant industry, aviation, on a war basis. Major W. H. Crom, chief of the industrial war plans section) of the Army Air Corps, is N. R. A.’ administration member in a super- visory capacity to the machine tool and forging machinery industry, an} industry of immense importance to the War Department and particu-| larly to the aviation industry. As in other industries, the U. S, has Mobilization plans of the aviation industzy. It has scheduled the number of planes needed month vy month in time of war. Experts have surveyed the existing air plane, engine and equipment factories estimating their maximum produc- tion. The government is especially interested in commercial aviation which is the backbone of the ili- tazy structure. The U. 8. has spent directly and indirectly more than $1,400,000,000 for military aviation in the period from July 1919 to June 1933. The Baker board repzesents gov- ernment planning for war in avia- tion and is a feature of the present wer set-up of the N. R. A. The aviation industry of the U. S. is controlled by the Rockefeller and Morgan interests. The two largest concerns in the industry are the United Aircraft and Tvansport Corp. and the Curtiss-Wright Corp.) The United Aircraft controls: | AS ONE AIR-PILOT TO ANOTHER BY A GROUP OF PILOTS AND DA MECHANICS 1. Boeing Airplane Co., Mfrs. of commezcial and military planes; 2. Stearman Aircraft Co., Mfrs. commercial and military planes; 3. Sik ky Aircraft Corp., Mfrs. comme:cial and military planes; 4. Chance-Vought Corp., Mfrs. of commercial and military planes 5. Pratt and Whitney Co., military airplane engines. 6. Hamilton Propeller Co., Aero- plane propellers; 7. United Aircraft Exports Inc., Miscellaneous. United Aircraft is controlled by the National City Bank which is connected with the Morgan Inter- ests. The Curtiss-Wright Corp. trols the following: 1. Curtiss Aeroplane and Motor Co., Mfrs of commercial and military planes; 2, Keystone Aircraft Corp., Mfrs of commercial and military planes. 3. Curtiss Wright Aeroplane Corp., of of con- Mfrs. of commercial and military | planes; | 4 Wright Aero Corp., Mfrs. of commercial and military engines. 5. Curtiss-Wright Export Service, Miscellaneous. The Curtiss-Wright Corp. is connected wgith the Chase National Bank which represents the Rocke- feller interests, These two giants control the , aviation industry of the U. Ss. The Baker Committee recom- mended that the government begin immediately to bring the Army Air Corps to 2,320 fighting planes. On May 5th, the War Department an- nounced a three year $50,000,000 aircraft program which willl give 1,000 new fighting planes and mode:nized aircraft equipment to the Army. On June 29th, the government ordered 81 Martin bom- bers. These bombers are special fighting planes developed especially for the War Dept. by the Martin Co. These Bombe:s can fiy 250 miles per hour; each plane can carry 4 to 6 men, 3 machine guns and 1,500 rounds of ammunition. In the Bomb racks will be a 2,000 lb. bomb, two of 1,100 lbs, three of 600 lbs. and five of 300 lbs. each. Incidentally these type of bombers are now making the Army flight maneuvers to Alaska. The govern- ment naval aircraft factory at | Philadelphia will be enlarged at the |cost of $2,700,000 to permit the |construction of part of the 1,184 |Planes needed to equip the Navy | authorized by the Vinson Act. Con- \8ress appropriated $11,486,000 for | new planes for the Army to be built in the fiscal year 1935 beginning this July. NOTE:—We invite ali aircraft workers reading this columns to write to us their experiences and suggestions on how to improve con- ditions in the industry, IN THE We hope all the housewives who still have any income to spend for groceries are making good use of all available vegetables, especially toma- toes (which pack a regular alphabet of vitamins), cabbage, carrots, beets, and fresh greens, now while prices are at lowest seasonal ebb, and be- fore the inflationary price rises soar any higher. We tremble to think what these items will cost next win- ter and probably next summer too for what the drought fails to ac- complish in destroying food the A. A. A. is still determined to do, cut- ting down our food supply to fit not our stomachs but our pocketbooks (which have been steadily robbed since 1492). Bourgeois papers say peaches are | a big bargain now, as they’re so} plentiful that a supply is being held for later sale. We admit they're a bit better and cheaper than when we talked about them last, but we Still stick to our story that most of “fem are too green and hard for any- thing but poaching or canning. This business of picking fruit, Melons, vegetables, half-ripe and storing them for high prices is an- other of the curses of capitalism. ~ Stuff ripened after picking never compares with food ripened in the «sun on the vine. After the revolu- tion these foods will be left to ripen properly on the stalk and then rushed to the big factory kitchens. to be served fresh, and we mean fresh!—the surplus being canned on the spot. Speaking of canning brings up the * question of sugar. Consumers’ Guide of June 24 in an article telling what the A. A. A. has done in regard to the sugar industry, tells also that the consumption of sugar per per- son in these United States was 109 -pounds per person in 1928 while it dropped to 95.9 pounds per person in 1932. Consumers’ Guide also shows these average increases in retail price from June, 1933 to June, 1934: cheese 2.2 per cent (more than that in our neighborhood!); butter 7.8 per cent; pork chops 32.4; leg of iamb, 19.8; eggs, 23 per cent; bread 22.7; and flour 44.1 per cent. Flour almost doubled! Those increases in- clude the highest, but many other foods were close runners-up—and if you think the story's ended, stick around and watch prices. The fun has just begun! Women—Protest Against Imperialist War! The big Women’s Anti-War Con- gress in Paris is to open today. While our sisters across the ocean Map out our fighting plans for the future, all out today here to show _ the war-makers there are plenty of By HELEN LUKE Flannel Dollars and the HOME Market Basket fighters “against war still on the home grounds! Can You Make "Em Yourself? Pattern 1836 is available in sizes 36, 38, 40, 42, 44, 46, 48 and 50. Size 36 takes 3% yards 39 inch fabric, and % yard 8 inch lace. Illustrated step-by-step sewing in- structions included, Send FIFTEEN CENTS (lic) 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 Pattern Department, 243 W. 17th St., New York City Aircraft | |labor agent openly says that the Ne g ee: ‘Winecs Terrorized by, ‘Thugs of T CI | By a Mine Worker Correspondent BESSEMER, Ala.—A week ago the ; Muscola Mine of the Tennessee Coal and Iron R. R. Co. shut down. The/ | company is keeping scabs, left over | from the strike, working around the | stock piles. We only worked 10 days, from the} sell-out of the strike to the shut- down. I was supposed to draw $34 for 10 shifts, but after the company made their deductions I only got | $12. We were supposed to be get- | ting $3.60 a day, but we only got $3.45, The welfare told us we were not on strike now, and we needn't ex- pect as much relief. The company labor agent is going around telling the young miners to stick around because they'll get their jobs back. They are getting young unemployed miners too. The militant union members will not get back to work. ‘The company guards are trying to terrorize militant Negro miners. Four Company Guards beat up a Negro miner while he was in a field grazing his cow. After white miners had invited Negro miners to watch their baseball game, the company guards chased the Negroes away be- cause they said, “the whites and niggers are getting too friendly.” Copper Miners Vote for} Union Despite Threats By a Mine Worker Correspondent BISBEE, Ariz.—Just a few words | in regard to the election in the Copper Queen Mines at Bisbee on July 18, under supervision of the Regional Labor Board. The miners’ union, the Interna- tional Union of Mine, Mill and Smelter Workers Local No. 30, hav- ing about 80 per cent of the min- ers signed up and in good stand- ing, won the right of representa- tion by a scant 24 votes, which shows that at least 150 union men were put down as in favor of the company union. Of course, the old gag was used to intimidate the men, such as closing down the mines, etc. Captain Hodgson, Czar of Bisbee, and general mAnager of the mines division, was a very scarce article for several days before and after the election. The whole affair proves the fact that only militant unionism educates the membership to the true fact confronting them in their daily struggles. TRIAL SUB OFFER DAILY WORKER 50 E. 13th St., New York City Send ms the Daily Worker every day I enclose $1 (check for two months. or money order) Name ... AGArC8E sss City . . State Note: This offer does not apply to re- newals, nor does it hold good for Man- hattan and Bronx. BOOST “DAILY” DRIVE—' i \ Next Time It Will Be Different Philip’s next door neighbor was sitting out on the porch. It was still half and hour before supper. Philip had just come back from an errand to the store. He sat down to wait for his father to come home. Whenever the weather was nice, the new neighbor sat on the porch. He had moved in a few months ago. He lived with his brother who had a wife and two grown up girls. Philip liked his neighbor, He could tell such interesting stories about the war. He had been through the heaviest fighting. At the end of the war he had come home with a crutch in place of the leg he had lost. His friend was reading the paper as Philip came up — “Hello! Mr. Adams—how’s things?” “O, K. with me,” answered Mr. Adams, “but I see by the papers that Europe's about ready to ex- plode. They're all itching for war over there, and I guess they'll get it.” “My brother, Tom, says that the United States wants war too,” said Philip, “Sure they do, and yet they holler about peace all the time. I wonder, if war broke loose again over there, if the United States would stay out of it. Like they did last time I guess.” “What happened then, what did people say?” asked Philip. “Well, in those days, the papers shouted that we'd stay out of it. President Wilson was elected again because he piped about peace just the way Roosevelt does. But the government changed its mind when the war was three years old. Then all the ballyhoo began, ‘Save the world from the terrible Huns, the Huns who murder women and chil- dren. Win this war to end all war’.” “Golly,” broke in Philip, “if you think that way, how come you went?” “Oh,” said Mr. Adams bitterly, “I was different then. I thought war would be a great adventure. I was proud to wear a uniform. Lots of jand treachery sell-out of the U. M. ILY WORKER EW YOR SATURDAY. xUST 4, 19 Company District Reinstatement of Mike Balya Opposed by Reveals Treachery Union Misleaders, Operator Points Out By a Mine Worker Correspondent CENTRAL CITY, Pa.—The min- ers of Central City Local 6410 had $5 deducted each time they were on Strike. The U. M. W. A, District of- ficials, President James Marks, and the other officials, promised the first time they broke the strike that they would use their “influence” with company officials to put Mike Balya back on the job and also to collect from the company the fine which was deducted from every miner. A committee of five was sent to the Clearfield U. M. W. A. office to demand that Mike be reinstated, and the money deducted for fines be returned. The committee found a company official in the district office, and also they demanded that the company give his job back to Mike. The company official told the com- mittee in the district office of the U. M. W. A. the following: “Well, for my part, I am willing to re-em- ploy Mike, and give the $5 fines back. But talk to your officials, they are the ones who push to keep Mike off the job and give no money back. If you boys can make them say that I hire Mike back and give back the money I will do it.” This was the reply of the coal op- erator to the local committee, And the miners could see who is behind the firing of Mike and many other militant workers in this and other districts. As a result of this horse-trading W. A. district and national official- dom in cooperation with the com- pany, the condition of miners is get- ting worse every day. No payment And many days the miners go into the mines and make not a cent. Also the machine cutters are work- ing day work and many places are! not cut, and in case the company wants to keep the machine men on day work, they will put on more machine men, so the miners could| have the places cut when the place is cleaned up, and to have coal that the miners could load when the mine is working, and not have the miner go and stay the whole day, and make nothing, Everybody knows what this N. R. A. is. If miners strike they are forced to pay $1 fine each day they are on strike. But for the company there is no cut. They can get the miners to go into the mine, to stay for nothing, and there’s no penalty for them. This is what the miners can expect from Lewis and his | henchmen. Mines only work at most four days in every two weeks. The company puts all the pussyfoots on as coal inspectors. So in this way many miners are laid off for “dirty coal,” ete. The boss's sons have whole hours of work, This is the condition of the miners here. The local union took up this question and a mine committee was sent to demand that this be changed. Superintendent Charles Eastep refused this week to see the committee and discuss the griev- ances. Miners are taking steps to see that their grievances be taken up and corrected. They elected del- egates for the conference on July 29, which was held in Barnesboro, Pa., to fight for restoration of the auton- omy and charter of District No. 2, for dead work, or cleaning supplies. U. M. W. A, Westmoreland Miners Fight Fines by UMWA By a Mine Worker Correspondent YUKON, Pa. — The miners of Westmoreland County have learned that mass pressure will bring them results, The Westmorcland Coal Co., to- gether with the District 3 officials of the United Mine Workers tried to fine the miners of the Export mine because they were loading one car per day to force the company to rehire a discharged motorman. The Pit committee of the seven West- moreland Coal mines told the dis- trict officials that all seven mines would be loading one car per day if the fine was put into effect. This mass move forced both the operators and distzict officials to change their minds, Two federal conciliators from Washington D. C. came to West- moreland County to settle up the dispute of the discharged motorman. These two went to the Export meet- ing, read off their proposal, and had it passed while most of the men didn’t know what it was all about. It stated in fancy lawyers’ language that the men had agreed to return one car per day in the future. The miners now realize their mistake, to normal work, and to quit © The| WITH OUR YOUNG READERS played and there were big parades, with flags waving and laughing girls to cheer us on. We were heroes. The men thought it great fun—but over there it was different, I soon found out. “It wasn’t fun any more. It wasn’t fun to stand for days without sleep, in the trenches, waist deep in water. The filth, mud, rats, and lice—it was sickening. It wasn’t fun to see hun- dreds fall down before the machine- gun fire. Many of the men went crazy—crazy from the endless burst- ing of shells that wouldn't let us even sleep. My buddy was blown to pieces just a few feet away from me. I wanted to capture a Hun then, and stick my bayonet throught him.” “Did you?,” asked Philip, “No, Funny thing happened when we captured our first bunch of Ger- mans. It was our first chance to get a real close look at the devilish Huns. But you know, we were so surprised to find they were just young fellows like ourselves, scared, tired, and harmless-looking. Not much like the Huns we set out to kill. “It was almost a relief when I was wounded and could go to the hos- pital. There the doctor told me I was lucky to lose only a leg. Others were blinded. Some lost both arms, or both legs. “Back again in the States it was tough to find a job. Even for the men who came beck whole. Plenty of them standing in breadlines. The others felt the same way. The bands war didn't do us any good. We got It was settled that the motorman was to return on his job in a few now | days. Attempts were made by the Fed- eral Agents to buy several of the most active fighters, but this failed. Then thcy were told to cease their activity, or it, will be too bad. And to this the men replied: “We will fight for our cause till hell freezes over.” The red scare was used without any success, and the question of boosting the Daily Worker was brought on the floor by a miner. There is now a feeling of future struggle, and attempis will be made to break up and jail the militants of the opposition, so it has been talked over of having a defense We publish letters from coal and ore miners, and from oil field workers, every Saturday. We urge workers in these fields to write us of their conditions of work and of their struggles to organize. Please get your letters to us by Wednesday of each week. 34 by U.M.W.A. Officials to Break Strike ; 9 Big Speakers [Battery Used To Gag Strike By « Mine Worker Correspondent STOCKDALE, Pa.—This is how the U. M. W. A. put over a scabby agreement on western Pennsylvania miners. A strike. wes threatened by the rank and file miners which the operators broke before it started, with the help of the U. M. W. A. officials and their government, by putting large posters on pillars and pit mouths announcing Miss Per- kins, Mrs. Carr, Mrs. Pinchot, and other labor “leaders” would address the miners April 2. The rally was held at California, Pa., with about 10,000 present. The first speaker introduced was a local preacher. He said that it was bad and miserable in the past, we have misery for the past, hope for the future—be with your leaders, they were loyal. O’Lary, National board member, said he got us a seven hour day, the operators show that we can do as much in seven hours. He said that next April he might get us a six hour day. “They didn’t raise wages here,” he said, “because if we produce coal cheaper we would have more work, that we would get the southern miners’ market.” Mrs. Carr spoke of her experi- ences organizing a company union. She found out that didn’t do, so She decided the A, F. of L. is the only union. Mrs. Pinchot said that Mr. Pin- chot was with us now, then, and always, and said he had to send state police to protect us miners. Even though miners on picket duty saw those state police swinging their clubs on the backs of us work- ers. The police were protecting her at the meeting. They also told us about the “New Deal,” that they were in Wash- ington settling our problems, for us to go to work, that everything would be all right. We went to work as loyal mem- bers. The bosses told us that we had to wear goggles, helmets, and safety shoes, which we refused to wear before. We brought the “safety” devices up at the first meeting for discussion. The mo- tion was made and seconded not to wear them. The local lackeys said it was in the agreement and no such motion could be called. A number of the rank and file were present. We told them it was @ ccmpany agreement. If the ques- tion wasn’t called we would elect a new president. He called the question. It was carzied unani- mously. Result—we are not using them yet. The next thing the bosses said we had to do was to set safety nosts, sprays, and snub the coal. They didn’t mention pav. We celled @ special meeting. The local lackeys didn’t show up. We elected a chair- man. discussed the dead work. The result—not to do it without pay. Three days later the bosses started after one worker, then an- other. The local officials said the mestine was illegal. fund of the Westmoreland Coal The bosses started to lay off the mines to prepare for future! most militant workers. “Dirty struggles, coal” excuse. Many of the rank and file do NOTE: not understend the importence of. attending the meetings, that it gives the lackevs a chance to con- trol the local if they don’t come. Our aim is to build opposition groups, get the rank and file to attend the meetings. and take the local in our hands for the benefit of the miners. dren’s East 1. wounded and killed, Our families paid high prices for food, rent and clothes. But the big guys got richer and richer. Now it looks as if they're getting ready again to send young men to war, so the rich guys can keep their stinking profits. Then the bands will play again, there will be parades and flags, and patriotic speeches. Everyone will think it's grand and off they'll go.” “Don't be too sure of that Mr. Adams.” It was Tom, Philip's big brother, who came out on the porch, and overheard the last words. They won't find it so easy to send us off to war this time. We're wise to the bosses’ tricks. We know that the bosses are plotting a war. When they spend two billion dollars for war supplies they mean_ business. We know that the bosses of all coun- tries must have war. That's the only way they know to get out of their business troubles. They're going to divide up the world again for them- selves. But there’s not enough for all of them and so they’ve got to fight for it. And they expect us to do the fighting for them. But when they put guns in our hands we will use them against the bosses that make war. Then we will fight the real ‘last war,’ a war against the bosses for a workers’ government. A workers government doesn’t need war to pile up profits. “In 1917 when the Russian work- ers and farmers grew tired of war they threw out their czar and the bunch who made money out of war. They made the Soviet Union, where workers rule and there is no un- employment. Everything they make is for themselves. Now in every country the workers look with hope to the Soviet Union. “All over the world workers or- ganize to fight against war. On August 1, International Anti-War Day, we hold big gatherings of People who pledge to fight bravely against the bosses’ war. These dem- onstrations scare the bosses. “They try to prevent us. But they cannot stop us. We will keep on «Conducted by Mary Morrow. Chil- editor, The Daily Worker, 50 3th St. New York City. CROSSWORD PUZZLE Across 1—The only country that doesn’t want war. (abbr.) 5—To estimate 6—Old I—Licks Down 1—Mountain range dividing Eu- * rope and Asia 2—Story 3—Walk 4———fight against bosses’ war. Answers to Last Week’s Puzzles The names of the nine fish in the Picture were sent in by Esther Per- sily and Dorcas Carr, new puzzle club members. The fish are: star- fish, swordfish, catfish, codfish, dog- fish, skatefish, sunfish, goldfish, and bluefish. MAGIC CHANGE: FISH fisT Mist mAst maLt malE TALE DO YOU KNOW THAT 1—The first “air-train’ in the world flew from Moscow to Crimea, a distance of many hundred miles? An “air-train’ is an airplane to which are attached three gliders (motorless planes) in tow. They can be uncoupled at different stations. 2—There is a Communist Party in Iceland? 3—Ten million men were killed and twenty million wounded in the last war? 4—These men died so that 22000 new millionaires could be made? 5—A Chinese empress was the first woman to bind up her feet? fighting together against war, every- where. We will tell the workers on the docks in the schools and on the farms, the truth about war. Then people will know what to do with their guns” You can find out why in a story called “Pioneers Visit Soviet China.” It is in the August issue of t\> New Pioneer, This magazine can be ob- tained from Box 28, Station D, New York City. The price is 5¢ a copy. PARTY LIFE Speed Work to Put Party On Ballot in Cincinnati In the 1933 Municipal Election Campaign the Communist Party in Cincinnati failed to go on the ballot. At that time the Party was con- fronted with many disruption ele- ments such as Berg-Brown-Davis, etc., and it was quite a difficult job to direct the main attention towards the Election Campaign. This year we have witnessed in our Section a certain degree of ac- tivity, important strikes have been conducted and many gains can be recorded for the workers (Butler County strike). The Party is grow- ing in the shops and among the unemployed, more intense activities are being carried out in the field of unemployed. Several new units of the party have been established, the growing political and ideological understanding of the membership. The extention of our work in more towns, the penetrating into Middle- town a company steel town, where the Party has rooted itself and firm- ly established. In the city of Ham- ilton last year the Party received 1,275 votes and it was due to the same lack of understanding in par- ticipating in parlamentary elections as this year that the Party failed to elect our comrades into office. At present we have all objective pos- sibilities in Cincinnati and Hamil- ton to elect Communists into office. In spite of this many of our com- Tades completely refuse to collect signatures, and some of our com- Tades who are candidates are not even willing to be popularized, re- fuse to speak at meetings. If our | Dr. ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS Physicians Are Workers Leatherneck: We believe you are too harsh in your opinion on the status of physicians. Please re- member that the average rank and file doctor, the general practitioner, is hardly able to eke out a living for himself and family. It is true that he is not class-conscious and that he often imagines, owing to faulty education, that he does not belong to the working class. Here is your opportunity to enlighten him by giving him our literature to read. Show him the New Masses and the Daily Worker. Do not an- tagonize him by frontal attacks on his professional dignity, etc. If he were a Park Avenue specialist, it would be different; but many gen- eral practitioners are ready to em- brace scientific Marxism, if we go about it the right way. Like other workers, they -slave all their life and are thrown on the refuse-heap when they are too old or too feeble to continue working. Numb-Fingers—Heartburn John J., Baltimore—Numb fin- gers are due to poor circulation of Indifference of Comrades Caused Slow in Drive for Signatures LUTTINGER ADVISES Start | 1 leading comrades have such an ape proach, it is v difficult to con- vince others to be active. We are confronted with a most serious problem, If we fail this year to place our candidates on the bal- lot, the Party will face a political defeat and it will be a tremendous setback for all of our work. At the same time we most point out that the Central Committee and the Daily Worker are giving very little attention to the coming Congres. sional Elections. We have seen dur- ing the strikes, many workers who have been confronted with the ac tion of the city authorities, police, A. F. of L. and N. R, A. have loudly spoken politics and expressed a sen- timent, that “the next election I will think twice before I will vote for the same people.” Up until July 20, not more than 500 signatures have been collected, and in order to place our candidates we require 6,000 signatures by Au- gust 1. In spite of the repeated sharp in- structions from Comrade William- son which have been transmitted to the units immediately, the unit or- ganizers and the majority of the Party comrades remained indiffer- ent to the critical situation. Unless the entire Party member- ship will awake from the lethargy and begin seriously to think and work with the most intense speed the election campaign will be a failure. Section 10 (Cincinnati) Dist. 6 (Ohio). the blood. It occurs more often during cold weather. The actual causes are too numcrous to be men- tioned. Anything from a weak heart to hereditary inclination is liable to be the underlying factor. Have yourself examined thoroughly by a reliable physician. “Heart” burn and sour. stomach are due to hyperacidity (too much acid) in the stomach. Normally, a certain amount of — hydrochoric acid is secreted by the cells in the inner lining of the stomach for the purpose of digesting the food. When the stomach is irritated by spicy food or any other agent, even by nervousness, more acid is secreted than necessary to combine with the food. The free acid then causes a burning which is referred to as “heart” burn because it is felt in the region of the heart; but it has nothing to do with the heart. The taste of vinegar is also due to this excess acid. As to the cure, you must first find out what the cause of your gastric hyperacidity is. The taking of bicarbonate is only a temporary relief and does more harm than good, in the lo~g run. METROPOL SUNDAY P August 5th From 10 A. M. to 10 P. M. Concert, TITAN ITALIAN Harlem Workers ICNIC Benefit of L’UNITA OPERAIA Wrestling Match, Sack Race, Dancing, Mass Singing of Chorus, Refreshments, Spaghetti Mock Trial, NORTH BEACH PARK Astoria, L. I, Directions: I. R. T. or B. M. T. subway or Second Ave. “L'’ to Ditmars Ave. Sta, There busses will meet you and bring you to the park, Admission 25c — CHICAGO, ILL. — Daily Worker Program: Sunday, August 19th WHITE HOUSE GROVE Irving Park Boulevard and River Drive Games, Gates Open 10 A. M. RED PRESS PICNIC of the Morning Freiheit Dancing, Kefveshments Admission 15¢ DIRECTIONS: Take Irving Park Blvd. car to end of line where our buses will take you direct to grove. $15,000 International Lzbor Defense Room 430, 80 East 11th St. New York City I contribute $.. and Defense. NAME ADDRESS is in your strength.” Free Herndon and Scottsboro Boys “It pleased me greatly to have received your letter today if I did receive unpleasant news a few minutes before. I¢ didn’t weaken my ccurage and faith whatever so Jeng as I know you will stick by me... .” Letter from Haywood Patterson, Kilby Prison, June 29, 1934. SCOTTSBORO-HERNDON EMERGENCY FUND ! . 315,006 for the Scottsboro-Horndon Appeals “Since the Georgia Supreme Court upheld my sentence of 18 to 20 years, the bosses and their jail tools hav-> increased the pressure on me. I am deathly sick as a result of the mur- derous treatment accorded me during my two yerrs cf con- finement. My only hopes of ever being in the ranks again Letter from Angelo Herndon, Fulton Tower Jail, dune 7, 1934.