The Daily Worker Newspaper, October 10, 1934, Page 4

Page 4 DA Produc Hysterical Speed On Gun w orkers Forced by Hunger Into Hated Jobs Find Extra Toil Brings No Extra Pay By a Worker WASHINGTON accelerated prod inch .ant Correspondent D. CA : the Yard practically to being hired as Detroit Pittsburgh and other unemployment h tie ran for any s, having 2 pe of work, feel un- comfoztable because we know that ing guns to destroy and homes. We are n war. te in the shop has been vident, corresponding to a war hys- teria, especially in the erecting shop No. 5 where the guns are assembled ‘The force was raised from 150 men to over 500. Three eight-hour shifts were Sta:ted instead of the “peace- one eight-hour shift a da} x hysteria the Navy chiefs created scores of new bosses to drive on the production. In their speed- inspired pian, unbalances soon ap- peared. Some shops were ahead of their schedules, some behind. One outs ing case is the great lag in the Sight Shop. In the meantime these new bosses, in order to gain favors and hold their jobs, have been instrumental in speeding up our wo: And the Navy Yard is bursting with activity. Work in the shop is carried on very secretively. Men are transferred here and there to eliminate the} cause of de in the number of produced. We are given a tio ACW Officials Ask Funds for Car Lost | on Pleasure Trip By a Worker Correspondent NEW YORK.—Sometime ago, an automobile accident occurred on a New Jersey highway. Three of the four occupants were in- for Ships jured, and taken to a hospital, where was revealed that the a two mi were delegates of the workers are purposely Amalgamated Clothing Workers k nm ignorance. of America, of Newark, Local 24. here are Department of Justice One of the girls is a bookkeeper known to us workers, who n the same local, the other through the shops constantly works in a tailor shop. snoop around and It was later learned that the whatev: accident occurred on a pleasure have with eac those of us who are i ho want to fight for better con- rip to Atlantic City, The delegates’ automobile was smashed. It was rumored that ions, and generally to ter- hey planned to take enough ize and prevent from dis- |] money from the workers for the cussing our grievances. |} 2urchase of a new car. In spite of the increased work And sure enough, they went tround asking the workers to the wages of the machinists, gen- eral helpers, apprentices and labor- ers have not been increased to meet the rising cost of living. The con- | uo aes eon Pathe Ae Graded to Cut Wages in the shop. War industry does not ben the workers, it drives them 1e limit. And the reactionary uard bureaucrats of the A. F. L. Machinists Local No. 17 do By a Worker Correspondent NEW YORK—The tailors, after the last short spring season, have been walking around the streets at | the Labor Markets and waiting pa- tiently through a period of months for the present fall secson The workers are beginning to see | through the manoeuvers of Sidney | Hillman, president of the Amalga- jonate, for men not less than $1, ind for 30 cents. the women not less than of nothing to make things better. When Roosevelt’s administration launched this tremendous war pro- gram they instituted the Economy Act, which cut our wages and as yet our full wages have not been restored. It goes to show that Roose- velt’s program does not benefit us but benefits the boss class which he represents. The guns built in the U. S. gun factory will mow down the workers of other countries, profits will be reaped by munitions magnate: They are getting richer, the work- crs poorer, crippled, killed. |mated Clothing Workers, which The war industry is the product |Continues the present rotten con- ditions. of capitalism that produces unem- ployment and suffering for the workers. The Navy Yard workers will gain nothing by war. Many of us Navy Yard workers can see that the only solution to this war profiteering is the over- throw of the capitalist system that | Was reduced. This scheme of grades promotes it. We would like to ask | W only a trick to confuse the the Daily Worker to answer this | Workers in order to cut their wages The Amalgamated chiefs brought the workers the so-called New Deal, | namely, classification of the cheaper ‘and better grades of the garments. This increased the cost of labor on cheaper grades, while the better line {|for their I1LY WURKER Boston Stitehers to - Organize Jobless Inspired by Ziebel’s Report on How N. Y. Work-| | ers Won Better Conditions | By a Worker Correspondent proposition was brought in, the BOSTON, Mass.—At the last | Lovestonites demanded that instead meeting of Stitchers Local No. 3,/of Ann Burlak, an official from the | Brother Ziebel of New York and a|U.T.W. be invited to speak on the member of the General Executive | textile strike. Their argument was} Board spoke on industrial umion-| that “we don’t know yet whether | ism.| He brought out the fact that| the strike was sold out, and so why | | because of the militant leadership | should we say the strike was be- | |in New York, and because the New| trayed?” They insisted that an of-{ York local is organized on the in- | ficial from the U.T.W. be invited. | dustrial basis, the New York s It was brought out from the floor | | workers were able to gain wage in-|by rank and file workers that the | creases and better factory condi- | Lovestonites are in full agreement | | tions. He also brought out that be-| with the misleaders of the A. F. of | | cause the New York shoe workers,|L. Certainly the line of the Love- | jemployed as well as unemployed, | stonites among the shoe workers | |with the other workers in New)and the treacherous role played by | York, put up a militant fight for | Zimmerman in the national office | relief, they were able to get relief |in the union is opening the eyes of unemployed members. many shoe workers as to who these | In Boston the unemployment | Lovestonites are. problem is the most acute. Over; The betrayal by Eli Keller of Pat- | 60 per cent of the Boston shoe/erson, N. J., among the textile workers are unemployed, and the| workers is still further evidence, if }rest are working part time. Up to|any more is needed, of the treach- | this time the leaders of the Joint | eroqus role played by these wolves Council have refused to do any-|in sheep’s clothing, The local fi- | thing for the unemployed. Due to|nally decided to table the entire the pressure from the rank and file, | question until a late date. |the stitchers’ local has taken the} In connection with the great un- | initiative in calling a meeting of |employment here, the manufactur- | unemployed, and an attempt will|ers are trying to take advantage |be made to organize a committee of this and are pressing for wage which with the rest of the unem-|cuts. The workers, however, are de- ployed shoe workers will try to force | termined not to give any wage cuts, relief from the city welfare. and so the Joint Council, under At the last meeting of the stitch-| pressure of these workers, was local, the educational commit- | forced to declare that it would not } tee brought in a recommendation | allow any cuts, and if any shop | to the local that Ann Burlak be} tries to give a cut, it will be de-/| invited to speak on the topic,|clared on strike immediately. The| “What can we learn from the tex-| slogan is, “No wage cuts; immedi- | tile strike?” Immediately after this | ate relief for the unemployed.” | | | Socialist Party Too Good for Brownsville, Sighs Solomon By a Worker Correspondent need is a Socialist Party in Browns- | NEW YORK.—Charles Solomon, | Vile, as in 1916, which will do day| W YORK, WEUNESDAY, UCTUBEK 10, 1934 n Quickened at Navy Yard in Washington, D. C. Communist Party Gains 200 Per Cent In Maine Election 1 By a Worker Correspondent LEWISTON, Me.—The papers just published the results of the elections in the state. The Com- |/ munist Party gained 200 per cent since the last presidential cam- paign. In the last elections we had only 169 votes, now we had 465, given by the capitalist press. We know the votes were much |# more than that, for wards in Portland and our _ Lewiston, where comrades voted, they re- duced from 20 to 4 or 5, and this we know about. Sweated In Blouse | Factory By a Needle Worker Correspondent | BOSTON, Mass. — Just a little story to show how the N. R. A. keeps ofi towering the conditions of the workers. I am working in a blouse shop) where about 20 girls are working.| The blouse code calls for a min-} imum of $15, I believe. In this shop there are quite a few very old ladies, Well, when the N. R. A. came in, these women were forced to take out working licenses because it was) claimed they were too old to make the minimum wage. I was not working there .at the time, only for the past three weeks, and I have always been considered a pretty fast operator, yet the speed- up in this shop is so great that I only make as much as the oldest | woman there. I can't bear to look at the faces of these women when we are working, they are so drawn} and yellow, and their hands tremble | while they are working. There are a few young girls and} their faces are glistening with per- | spiration, their eyes glued to the machine, not a minute to go for a! |a doctor, | really owe the saving to you. | the vegetable dealers have such a nt of a small part and told make it. We never know whai it is or what it goes on. It is only | Yard workers, working in a shop a number to us. It is therefore | where there is great danger of ex hard for us to find out what our! posure in taking part in any activity actual amount of production is, or | that is revolutionary, can carry on | exactly what we are building, be- activity. A MACHINIST. | letter telling us how we, as Navy | "THE $60,000 DRIVE. Received Oct. 8 1934 ‘omen's Clubs 5.00) Previously received $14,018.47 | Employees of Tyomies Soc. 13.74 Total to date $14,743.42 | Total Oct. 8, 1934 $34 DISTRICT 1 (Boston) Total to date $250.75 North Bnd Unit, Sec. 1 $1.50 DISTRICT 10 (Omaha) | South End Sec. 9 $9.68) R. N. M. A. 8, BH. 48 K.C. K $5.00 x. Unit 2, Sec. 2 5.35 cs = Dorchester Unit, ‘Sec. 2 1.50 Total Oct. 8, 1934 $5.00 Beisoly Unit, see. 8 5.85| Total to date $19.10 Haverhill, Sec. 10 5.00 DISTRICT 14 (Newark) be Ente Group 6.00, R. J. Daingerfleld, Jr. $10.00 @nishi Unit & Sec. 8 3.00/ A Reader 25 etal Oct. 8, 1934 ‘327.08 Total Oct. 8, 1934 $10.25 Beat th late 4354.71, Total to date $196.97 DISTRICT 2 (New York Citr) DISTRICT 19 (Denver) Maer is Anas s41.01 Helper, Utah Sec 88.00 Unit 13 5.00 Pages pe id Shit 13 1,00 | Total Oct. 8, 1934 $8.00 Sec. 18, Unit 16 5.09 | Total to date $239.34 Sec. 18, Unit 22 2.00 22 (W. Virginia) Sec, 18, Unit 22 8.35 | Harley Weaver $2.00 oe oa ano 1.00 | Assn. of Lith. Workers 2.25 Sec. 20, Unit 210 10.00 Sec, 20, Unit 210 9.25 | Total Oct. 8, 1934 $4.25 ine 20.00| Total to date $56.40 en a7 5 Honolulu raed E. Okerstrom $1.00 | vac. 5 SURES os Total Oct. 8, 1934 $1.00 | . Unit 2% 85 | PENAL Fe: aate $1.00 Si 2.90 Individual Donations Previously Listed Poni 2 1.90 Under Sections and Districts | ues 5.25 | Collected by H. Rabinowitz, 1.W.O. Br. 166 | cas 2.43 l Dinsky $.2 63 Val 25 20.90 | 2 Keller 25 Heeht Ty 16.90 W Greenbreg 580 5.00 Collected by 8. Perlmutter, I.W.o. Br. 166 20.00/53 Perlmutter 30 Jewel Samuel 10 190 | A. Ash 25 Armon Mendez 10 1.90 | John Garcia 10 4 Perez 10 | erie ia 36.15 A Anderson 35 B Quiroga 0 oat br 2430| > Kudrow 50 i i Ee tab: eoeatte. Movie 14.15 | Collected by Kupotz, 1.W.0. Br. 166 en ccuann te 6g| Harry Kaplan .10° 2ubin 05 Coun. Working Class Women 29.51| Nathan Luis 05 wevine +10 1. W. NO, 20 18.00 | Siliot Hants 95 3 Cohén 50 | ing Cl. W. No.3 1.00 | 3. Schultz see a x, 50 | ec’ Coun. Working Class Women 14.25 | “rank 10 Abe qKupets 25 | Sead Bader 3.00 | Collected by Noik, Br. 47 T.W.O. 2.99 | Joe Kent 05 8 Noik 25 05 Kate Levitein 25 05 Pauline Gross 10 F 25 Bella Patikey 25 5.00| "tank Forsyth .05 ‘WO Br 2081 3.00 sito | f Stullman 05 19.62 | Collected by Br. 47 I.W.O. 1.90 | M_ Bernfeld 35 S Margolis 25 2.09 Barelsky 2 TWO Br 3548 2.00 8.99 | Collected by James Br. 1116 “rises ton|John Dudiash .10 Drager Gabsi .10 Daxy: Bilior 1.99) Azok 05 James Gassy 25 | ne 100 he Ablonoft a Stephen Arpok .05 caret ca er 5.00| John Trogan — ped: roukh Ohub }$0| Collected by B. Klein, Br, 126 pa 1.2@ | dependent J Levinsky 50 | Meee into 199| Ladies Club 1.00 A Rorginsky 25 . _ "| 2 Epstein 25 T Feldman 25 | AR 5 | M Brown 30 | oy ie seanuag | Collected by B. Kiein, Br. 126 1.W.o. eet ae. - A friend 25, & Wolfson Wx PISTRICT 3 (Philadelphia) Reubenstein als n, Wath, D. ©. PE is K. Baltimore, “Ma. , Br 41 Lw.o. Total Oct. 8, $9.00 Mf Lavors 28 | Total to deté $2,265.02 Sam Shmaitz 10 DISTRICT 4 (Buffalo) Russ 25 Ben Ashkow 50 RN. M. A., Endicott, N.Y. $50.00 | 5, fp Mee see : [da Kalman 25 H Herman 25 ‘Tetal Cet. 8, 1934 $30.00 e basidis % ies eraiae is 10 Tetel to cate $147.92 : 3B : Dey ibe | A friend 35 Beshun 10 | s pts -. sitio $3.15 % Schmulholz wo I Rosenthal 10) ection 200 10 L Weltman 26 | Gascon 3.23 by Rothman 10 caihbsts Ban 25 Mrs Stern 10 Section bees 10-5 Rout 19 ¢ wo Section — 1 Katz, Br. 41 1.W.0. Seetior ta 1.09 John Zotko 25 Src! no! a 125 2.00 Mart Chroyvick .25 Section § 1-25] collected by J. Shemuga, Br. 4288 I.W.O. Section filan Misetie 18 G Vidovich 10 Section 1.621 5 Barkorki 10 95 Aadzew 27 5.09 | ate Lovich 10 05 Be os a ibe OT aaa acl ected by A. Buse aragnt Br, 2529 1.W.9. ‘ote rc 5 3 ae.65 in G 10 Total to date “i $555.14 Molle .10 A Lorenzi 10 DISTRICT 8 (Chicago) folle = 10S Mary Boscardin .10 $5.00 | coha Coudella 19 3 DePoali 10 6.00) vy Dal Ponti 19 Jack Banato 10 5.00 | Collect J. Flouzok, Br. 3313 I.w.o. 3.00 | -ran’ 50 25 3.004 Ky 50 15.75 | Anele Letzis §.00 | Cotrcted by M. L. R., wr naa Workers Clubs 15.00 | 7 itu 15 Section 5 6.33 | Codevuics 05 00 € of Tailors in Hart Schaffner ler 3513 50 M 85 | Collected by Gilso, Br. 789 1.W.O. T. Larson |Mrs F Ginney .10 Br 789 2 | ars E L Gilso 10 & Tesar co Tetal Oct. 8, 1934 2M B 20 Gd T Gilso Jr 10 tl to date $1,379.10 L Gik AS Br 789 25 DISTRICT 9 (Minneapolis) lcs walltchek 35 District 415.00 Collected by Ida Lichman Blia Bruce & Carl Taylor 1.00 Mt Bloom 25M. Cohen +10 ftcretariat of Finnith Working | 4 Hersi 0 and to derive more profits for the | Socialist Party candidate for Gov- bosses. ernor, speaking at a Socialist rati- The result of this deal was a flat fication meeting in the Brownsville reduction in wages of 7 per cent. Labor Lyceum, 219 Sackman St.. A year ago the workers were prom- | Brooklyn, on Friday night, delivered ised that the N-R.A. would give 4 bitter attack on the working them better conditions and jobs for Pee ot meine eectien, Carpi eed hundreds of additional unemployed | '2°M, as ’ miserable, unself-respect- 00 | By a Worker Correspondent | workers. The tailors were promised ing slum proletarians. better wages and longer seasons, etc. |The year has sed and th ndi- icism made from the platform lana Cee an ee endl liye, Dould eadott Sociallit candi tions of the tailors are still getting His speech was in reply to crit- | date for State Senator in Browns- | to carry its message. | worse. The wages are being con- |“ 4 tinually slashed. Most workers are | Ville. Sadoff, deploring the lack of | working part time, The Labor day to day activity of the Socialist | Bureau is crowded with jobless tail- | P&*ty, sai ors waiting for jobs, who cannot cbtain any. jobs r al fying and in is the building of a strong So-|many politicians. have fo apply for velint to supwort |cialist Party which will learn from jested only in getting help from di their children, while others AB order | the mistakes of the Socialist Parties | trict leaders and ward captains.” | to exist are compelled to seek side work, such as janitors, insurance 4 | e | Beenie ate like snow in the rain. What we | present. Strike Call The workers must not depend on —~ Sip tts Se ceah tg & | the fake promises of the Amalza- mated misleaders, but organize and | fight for a united militant union controlled by the rank and file. | The workers may expect to have | more misery and starvation this | coming winter. We must therefore | unite our forces in order to fight | for unemployment insurance with- | out discrimination. { Last winter the Amalgamated officials paid some unemployment insurance to their own boys who had jobs, while the others, who have been unemployed for months, did | not obtain any because they were | behind in dues. | CLOTHING WORKER. Velvet Waist Workers Get | $1.50 Per Day. NEW YORK-—I heard people talk | about the N.R.A, I didn’t know | ; What it meant until I found it out myself. I was working at 54 W. 21st Street, Esco Co., on velvet waists. They pay 60 cents for a dozen} | waists. It is possible to make 3 | dozen a day. The wozkers have to} wait for the thread end always | there's some sleeves missing, The | best experienced workers can make $1.50 a day. The bess brings the work back to the workers and tells them to do!/ better work or they'll have to get | out. A worker told the boss, “If/ you give us better pay, we'll turn out better wo: I worked very hazd for three} days and was only paid $2.95. The! workers complained to the N.R.A.| 20 board, who sent a delegate down. | He asked every worker how long he worked in this place. This meant we werkers had to join the N.R.A union, pay for the book, which is| , $7.50, and 35 cents a month, | “I'm not interested in this elec- Those who have the tion as such. What I am interested | proletarians are useful only to Tam- in Europe. At the end of eve! election the Socialist Party dissolves|stony silence by the 100 workers| Morro Castle About # By a Worker Correspondent NEW YORK.—Much has been | said on the negligence of the owner nd crew of the fa‘al S. S. Morro | Castle. ‘ I wish to make known one of the methods employed in hiring A. B. | (able-bodied) A friend of mine attempted to ‘ship out on the S. S. Morro Castle, | responding with your own age, then |Tesentative, read the telegram call- prior to its fatal trip. He and an- | other chap approached the shipping | nine o'clock and I'll see what I can | WaS a victory for the 1S.U,, there agent, Mr. Bordes, despite the fact | that they had no papers, and never | Letters from Our Readers (Because of the volume of letters re- csived by the Department, we can print only those that are of general interest to Daily Worker readers. However, all ters received are carefully read by the editors. Suggestions and criticisms are welcome and whenever possible are used for the improvement of the Daily THEY CALL IT “THE AMERICAN SYSTEM” San Francisco, Cal. Dear Editor: Hitler and Mussolini could have | devised such a brutal and inhu-| nia have underestimated their task. mane method of terrorizing their subjects as has been hatched by the rulers of California. All semblance of democracy has faded away and the vigilantes are running around to one worker’s home after another, | emeashing their furniture and throw- ing it into the streets, Union halls have been gutted and all the mem- bers incarcerated for weeks on flimsy, framed-up charges. Leaders of labor organizations have been thrown in jail on vagrancy charges or accused of “associating with thieves.” Anything on earth to get rid of these “elien reds.” Even the word democracy has passed out of existence; they call it the American System. But the workers know better phrases; they know that it is fascist teror. And they are getting | tired of having these minions of the chamber of commerce break into their halls and ciubs all time. Tne American Legion has finished s annual convention here. All the bigwigs were in the reviewing stand, decked in holiday attire. Motions were made and passed to punish ing any, and all reds with instant death| (pessibly by lynching). on down to five years at hard labor. Several thousand logionnaires, along with their, wives and children, paraded up Merket Street displaying posters such as “Elect Merriam Governor,” xperience of Seamen |to day work.” 5 . | Slass of water, in fact there is no| |, Solomon, in replying to this crit-| water except in the bathroom. This| icism, said: jis only one of many such shops, | |. “The reason the Socialist Party ite i ' | jin Brownsville today is not the So-| I could cite innumerable cases where | |clalist Party of 1916 is that Browns- | Onditions are as bad or worse. | | ville is not the same now as it waa But no matter how bad conditions| then. In 1916 Brownsville was a| are, the N. R. A. label is faithfully | jfine residential section occupied by|Sewed on the blouses or skirts or highly-paid skilled workers and by|coats or whatever the commodity | the lower middle class business men.| is that is being made. I suppose it At that time the Socialist Party| would cause the store owners great had people in Brownsville to whom| pain not to have the label on the roducts they are selling! “With the miserable, . unself-re- ee specting slum proletarian elemenis | which live here now, the Socialist | Party can do nothing. These slum| Seamen in Mobile Hear They are inter- Solomon’s speech was received in; Line Careless + wor coremmnien | MOBILE, Ala—Last Wednesday |night a meeting of longshoremen and seamen was held. This was the second meeting we had in the last worked on a boat. two weeks. At the meeting last “Have you any papers?” asked | Wednesday night there was quite Mr: Bordes |& bit of disappointment on account Gage Saat f the corrupt leadership of the No,” replied the young man. i a ioe id IS.U. At this meeting we were “Th, an len HOW 40 Yeu Sxpech ta: set supposed to elect a united front “T don’t know.” strike committee for the strike. “Well, if you can possibly buy| It must be pointed out that when any papers from a seaman, cor- the faker, Scotty Ross, 1.8.U. rep- lreport here Saturday morning at |ing off the strike, and saying this |do for you. But be sure to have the | W&5 no applause. Immediately at- | papers. Try the Institute.” | ter the faker Scotty Ross spoke, a |representative from the M.W.LU., | Williayn McGee, a militant worker, |got up and exposed Scotty Ross, {and the whole bunch of fakers. | When he exposed this gang. some of Scotty's lackeys (a few “gas hounds”), said that this fellow cought to be thrown out because he is a Communist. When this hap- pened, some of our members and “Retain Judge Steiger,” and “Ex- terminate the Reds.” One feature 1 Was some bird all dolled up with a long beard and carrying a bomb.|Symvathizers got up and said that They said that he was the last|if they attempted this they would Communist and that they found|have more than one to throw out. him down in the Imperial Valley.) While the strike has been calied But the working men and women Off. and called a “victory,” the rank | that saw the parade knew they were| and file here don’t agree with this, jonly kidding themselves. Applause | because there has been \ number | was conspicuous by its absence. pee ea use oan signed the | P ss 5% . | Strike pledge card o' e M.W.LU. I think the big shots in Califor- While we are limited here in ev- ery respect, financially, crganiza- tionally, etc., we are making a lit- tle headway anyhow. Nearly all over the watefront you can find M.W.LU, and Joint Strike Preva- rations Committee leaflets, and just a few minutes ago two delegates of the M.W.LU. went aboard one of the Clyde-Mallory steam ships, and gave out the strike leaflets, which ; Were gladly taken by the seamen. | The Western Worker has trebled its | circulation and is now coming out | twice as often since the big strike. |“Darey for Governor” offices have | Opened all over the state and you will see a change in the color of| these plutocrats’ faces after the next | |elections. The workers of Califor- | nia won't take it lying down. CORBY PAXTON. (Signature Authorized), NOTE: We print every Wednesday let- ters from nedle, textile, shoe and leather workers. We urge workers in these industries to write us of their conditions and the'r efforts to organize. Please get these let- ters to us by Monday of each werk. Here Is My Bit Toward the $60,000! NAME “J will not contribute to the Daily Worker $60,000 drive,” asserts Mr. Ralph Easley. The Daily Worker | can get along without Mr. Easley! | But it cannot get along without the | contributions of the working class, | | Send yeur contributions today! ! ADDRESS AMOUNT 8 Tear off and mail immediately to DAILY WORKER 50 EAST 13th St. New York, N. Y. | skin? WORKERS’ HEALTH Conducted by the Daily Worker Medical Advisory Board Laryngitis {in nutritiousness that we know of R. M. S., Indianapolis, Ind.: —| between California and native vege- There are numerous types of laryn-| tables and fruits. California prod- gitis classified according to their| ucts, because of the climate and cause. Assuming that you have the| soil, usually tend to grow larger ordinary type that occurs with colds| and look more inviting. But amount and grippe, it would be best for you| for amount, there is little difference. to rest your voice for a time by|The housewife who picks over the talking as little as possible. Simple| Produce and selects what appears steam inhalations are also useful.| to be fresh, in good condition and It is not necesary to add any of the | reasonable in price, is. probably able many advertised preparations for|to get more for her money than a this purpose, such as Vicks, Tinc-| doctor inexperienced in the art of ture of Benzoin, etc. All that is) such purchasing would be. In gen- necessary is the steam. If there is| eral, of course, fresh vegetables are coughing, codeine is sometimes pre-| preferable to dried, and dried to seribed to give the larynx relief} canned. from this strain. (Since codeine,| The distribution of fat over the not habit forming itself, is a deriva- | human body varies with the period tive of opium, it cannot be obtained | of life, for reasons we don't yet without a physician’s prescription.) | fully understand. In infants it is You may also spray your larynx| largely present on the extremities; | with the tip of the atomizer in-|in young people, over breast, hips serted deep into the throat and bent | and thighs, and in older people (as sharply downward; use a solution| well as extremely undernourished of half a teaspoon of salt and water | children) over the abdomen. In ad- and half a teaspoon of sodium bi-| dition, in women, multiple preg- carbonaate in a glass of warm nancies cause the abdominal mus water. cles to lose their tone. We can sug- If there is fever or the condition gest exercises for the abdominal Dersists more than a few days, see| muscles (such as bending down to | touch the toes without bending the | knees; lying down and sitting up Selling California’s Produce | without using the hands; lying age | down and lifting first one leg and ompnie Es 8: einaga | then the other, ae), ee and “Since your illuminating article of | possibly wearing a corset. last week on milk, I am convinced |" some people have more oil glands that my secret suspicions regarding | in their skin. than others; this is the superiority of Grade A over something one is born with, and Grade B were correct, and I have,|/has nothing to do with diet. Of accordingly, cut my milk bill by! course, certain additional blemishes twenty-eight cents per week. I to which oily-skinned people may be | subject may in some cases be hel} “I now make bold to ask you) py diet. Ofly skinned people atcuid whether there is any superiority in| wash frequently with soap and the much-praised California vege-| water: for dry skins, a cleansing tables, such as carrots, beets, let- | cream may be preferable to soap. tuce, etc., over those grown nearer | s a ; home, as in Long Island. The former always costs much more and| Answer to the Tattooing Question We are sorry to inform you that. subtle expression on their face when | the removal of tattoo marks on speaking of California produce that | YOur arms and chest is next to im- we women with young children al-| Possible. The procedure for re- ways succumb, ;moval would be so painful and “Here I hope you will be good Would leave you so scarred that it enough to explain why it is that|/ Would be better to leave them as otherwise thin women, and physi- | they are. cally active enough women, develop| We suggest in short, that since fat on the abdomen. Would ex-/ the figures on your body cannot be ercise help or is it wrong food, or|Changed or removed, the only bad digestion? Will you suggest a| Solution possible is a change in remedy? |your mental attitude toward them, “One other question: Do certain| foods contribute to causing an oily Where the diet is a whole- ae cee received to the Medical Advisory Contributions credit of the | some one and havits regular and|Board in its Socialist Competition the health fairly good, where can With “Change the World” and the trouble be?” |Harry Gannes in the Daily Worker * * * | $60,000 drive. Our Reply | Quota $1,500. } peveneees SIZ6I15 There is no essential difference Total to date IN THE HOME By HELEN LUKE The Road to Reyolt Remembering the Russian movie|a half teaspoon red pepper, one “The Road to Life,” showing how a| tablespoon pepper, two stablespoons group of “bespritziornie’. (homeless | salt, and a dash cloves or allspice. children’ were led back to a whole-| Simmer until thickened, pour into some and happy life through work-/| hot sterilized bottles, and seal air ing in their collective home, we| tight. used the title “Solidarity Handicraft- | ers on the Road to Life” in describ- ing the achievements of a group of Negro children of Chicago, who, with the help of “Comrade Active” got up a program including a puppet show. Our choice of a title proved unhappy. We should have remem- bered that there is no longer any collective road to life under cap- italism: the false “No Road” sign will remain on that road until we rip it off with our own October. For Joe-Joe, a very young Han- dicrafter, died last spring, the hos- pital dissecting the body without the parents’ permission, burying the| body in Potter's Field. (Charity case: hospital figures it Okay.) We reported this in a column at that time. Well, that’s not all. We had another letter a couple of days ago; here are a few lines: “What tragedies have struck the different ones of my “Handi- crafters” group. One of the boys injured in a concentration camp on the west coast. Fractured skull, broken arm. Mother was not per- mitted to see him when he was all but dying. Threatened to cut eff family relief if they caused any disturbance, “Another family of our com- rades: the gir’s out of school for want of shoes. Joe-Joe’s family starving. The father a big husk of bones. The little baby wasting away. They can’t even get enough milk. They had a policy for in- surance on Joe’s life. They can not get death certificate from the X—— Co. Hospital. No record of his death! If they turn the af- fair over to the relief agency they knew the relief will be discon- tinued if the insvrance is collected through their efforts, “A little handful of people of the tortured Negro population and such a cross-section of teeming anguish!” Can You Make ’Em Yourself? Pattern 2046 is available in sizes 34, 36, 38, 40, 42, 44 and 46. Size 36 takes 4% yards 39 inch fabric and ‘4 yard contrasting. Illustrated step-by-step sewing instructions in- | cluded. The Household When making cotton dresses for little girls, make one or two hand-|- kerchiefs of the same material, hemming by hand or machine as you prefer. Let the child use these as often as the dress: being laun- dered with the garment, they will fade equally, so that you can use one to mend the dress should it eee necessary later mi. Bahn Send FIFTEEN CENTS (15e) in coms or stamps (coins preferred) for this Anne Adams pattern. Write plainly name, address and_ style eee BE SURE. TO STATE Address orders to Daily Worker Pattern Department, 243 West 17th Street, New York City. Tomatoes being comparatively | cheap and plentiful, it occurs to us that someone might like a recipe for catsup: scald tomatoes so you can slip the skins off, heat them, | Put through colander. then sieve. To each two quarts of this purce, add one cup vinegar, a half of brown Helen Luke: Sugar, one tablespoon dry mustard, | Total to date 3.49