The Daily Worker Newspaper, October 23, 1934, Page 4

Page 4 DAILY WORKER. NEW YORK, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 23, 1934 ae Ford Administration Rackets Spread Throughout Plant Accidents Numerous At Otis Co. Workers Blamed for Injuries Due to Speed-up By a Worker Correspondent YONKERS, N. Y—The Quick Elevator Works, the so-called Otis Elevator Company, has joined the anxious to win that employees are requested | utmost to help in win- | st for the comp: | ployees of the Quick | Elevator W . ’t see the com- pany making any real effort to win | hat contest. In one department we But we the er be at both ends of the | rim to help out workers at | the macl Now the company is 0 anxious to reduce accidents that | we have to do with only one crane- man, but they haven't given us any more time to da a piece of work} with only one craneman to assis the workers. Oh, yes, the company wants to win the contest. A worker is given 8.5 nutes to do a cer- tain piece of work and for that piece he has to use the crane three differ- ent times. Now the craneman is held up at the other end of the depart- ment for 12 minutes and the man | that waited for the craneman is 60 what happens, when he gets the craneman to his end is beyond im- agination. The speed he must use to catch up the lost time. And dur- ing that period of speeding to catch up, the man gets hurt. The next day those that are so anxious to win the Accident Prevention Con- test come around to the injured employe and have the guts to ask the follow: : “Why did you get hu t be that the in- jured worker likes to feel pain. So, workers, don’t let the bosses fool you into believing that they're interested in your health, because they are not. Wake up, don’t dream any more about bettering your liv- ing conditions by waiting to win veepsta Join the Steel and , s Industrial Union to better your working conditions. | Show the bosses that we have lived on hope long enough. Write to the union office, Polisk Community Center, 92 Waverley St., Yonkers. N. Y¥. Ford Spray Operator Near Death As Result Of Intense Speed-Up By a Worker Correspondent DEARBORN, Mich. — Another victim of speed-up. A spray operator, while working rapidly, was.-critically injured when a tank ‘containing paint and pres- sured air exploded. He was in- jured on his stomach, approxi- mately six inches around. He is near death at Henry Ford Hos- pital. He will leave a wife and four children. He is only about 30 years old i The accident occurred in Spring Upset Bldg., Depot 188. This. department 1s i tended by Murphy. The gen- eral foreman and Rally both are cruel and hard on workers. They are only interested in the cot pany and not in the ke! safety Pirsi Contribution F N. Y. Finnish Group Today Prevention Contest | bound to keep up his 8.5 unit, time, | Relief Fight | Fascist Students Beat | Worker in New Haven By a Worker Corres\»ndent NEW HAVEN, Conn.—A few incidents that occurred when Mussolini’s fas students ar- rived here on Oct. 6. At about 1:15 o'clock, seven large Grey- nound busses arrived. The fas- cist students lined up on the sidewalk in military formation ; and immediately made the neighborhood ring with fascist | cries and salutes. Just then an Italian worker shouted some- thing. Two fascists started to pummel him, but the worker up- percut the two fascists several | times in the face. Immediatel, | a whole company of fascist stu- dents yelled in unison: “Com- munists!” They all started to pitch into the man They were later marched through the college (Yale). On their way out about eight young men and two girls shouted at them in derision. The fascists into them, too, in a pugna- | is manner. One professor started to interfere in behalf of the demonstrators. One of Mus- solini’s gang broke his glasses with a blow What gets me is how the col- lege can get the money to lay out on these parasites, and then claim they haven't any money to pay their taxes. Police Raids ~ Fail to Stop By an Auto Worker Correspondent DETROIT, Mich.—Tuesday, Sept. 9, at 1 p.m. the Workers’ Center at 2113 Lycaste was raided by the police. The caretaker, Francis Walker, and another auto worker, Bob Merat, who were in the Center at the time, were arrested and all the literature in the place was con-| fiscated. About 10 policemen made} the raid. The workers arrested were | taken to the police central station and held 24 hours for special in- vestigation. At the end of the 24 hours the workers were questioned | and then released. The arrests were |made entirely outside the bounds \of legality. The purpose of the raid was to terrorize the workers who| were organizing on the East Side in| struggles for relief in the Upem-| ployment Council, and who meet in the Workers Center. This raid was instigated by Mrs. Pearson who is supervisor of the Lemay Welfare station, because of the pressure put, on her office by the Unemployment Council and the workers in her dis- trict. The Unemployment Council im- mediately called a meeting to act on this raid. Leaflets were issued to expose the police terror against the needy workers and also Mrs. Pearson’s stalling-off tactics. In the same meeting a committee was elected to present to the welfare station new cases of relief by work- ers that sought the aid of the Coun- cil, The following morning the com- mittee went to see Mrs. Pearson at the station to demand that these cases be taken up immediately, but Mrs. Pearson refused to recognize the committee and called the police. Three members of the committee |were arrested, but the relief cases were taken care of. This proves |relief administrators to take care of the needy through mass pressure. rom HE first contribution from a Finnish organization in the New York District features today's list. The Finnish Workers Club of Staten Island sends $5.00. In Pittsburgh, the Finnish Br. of the F.W.F. also sends $6.00. The biggest sum from a language group, however, is that of $50 from the Lithuanian AL.D.L.D., of New Haven, Conn, . . * boats were being built, and got as Employment Office Cuts In | On Sale of Cars to Workers No Repayment Made of Forced Loans From| Workers; Whisky Must Be Supplied for Foremen| DEARBORN, ich.—The exposure of the Ford Execu- tive administration in the Daily Worker of Oct. 9th has| badly frightened these slave-drivers. They were having two motor boats built for their own personal use. The ex-| They came down to where the many men as they could to dis- mantle everything up to the bare skeleton of the boats. All the ma- terial was covered up until the trucks arrived to remove boats and material to the “Hemlock,” a Ford barge, at present tied up at the Ford loading dock. They had got | everything to the hold of the “Hem- lock,” where they intended to re- assemble the boats on the quiet, but the Ford Service Department was not satisfied that even this was sufficient cover. It was de- cided “to get the boats to hell out of here.” After a lot of discussion they concluded that all the stuff should be sent to the “Detroit Boat Co.” a small company of boat builders down the river, and there the boats and material was sent. There are so many instances of the corruption of this tribe of Ford Executives that now they keep | wondering what next is going to be shown up, and they are shaking in their skins. The Ford workers are mighty glad that the Daily Worker showed up these infamous wage- cutters and slave-drivers. But again we state that we are not through with them yet. All these Ford Executive Administrators are bound so closely together in their corrup- tion that each agrees to forget each other’s racket, providing that neither attempts to muscle in on their particular plans. eee “A blind pig in the Ford plant.” This is lcated at No. 1 Core Plant in the Foundry Dept. 83, at E 14, and is usually open to the bosses every morning from 7 A. M. to 9 A. M. Some of the Ford workers in this department are compelled to bring | in pint bottles of whiskey to keep up a regular supply. The workers’ jobs depend upon it. The fore- man demands the whiskey, and as- sociated with him are other of- | fieials. The Ford service men and a few |stock-chasers, and the bosses’ |roustabouts get their share also. But Greer earh By a Worker Correspondent FLINT, Mich.—Friday, Oct. 12, at the meeting of the Hudson Local of the newly formed Associated Au- tomobile Workers of America, held at the Amity Hall, two members of the A. F. of L. Rank and File Com- mittee distributed statements ex- | posing the constitution of the local | put over by its president, Arthur Greer, showing that it was similar |in aims and language to a company union. | Although these statements were that whether or not the committees | ; | are recognized, they can force the| handed out outside the hall to the | Hudson workers, a strong-arm com- mittee (Greer’s lieutenants) of about 12, forced these two workers |to move away from the hall under | threats of physical harm. Being outnumbered, there was nothing | else left for these two workers to do, |but most of the statements were handed out and placed into the cars around the hall. It was very easy to see that this strong-arm committee was com~- posed mostly of such elements from the shop, which are and never will ¢— “+ —| |the big bosses get their shots af/| | posure was timed to appear just when these two boats were | | almost completely. | whiskey upstairs, while the smaller fry get their shots of whiskey down- | stairs, The Ford workers in this depart- ment are not only expected to sup- ply bottles of whiskey, but they are expected to keep the bosses in| spending money. | ‘The Ford workers are asked to loan the bosses $2, $5 and some- times $10, and it is too bad if the | Ford worker, who is asked, does not | manage somehow to raise the money | demanded, and it’s ten times worse |for the Ford worker if he ever asks | the bosses for the repayment of the loan. Some of the Ford workers are exempt from the toll of rob- | bery, but it’s only because these | Ford Executive administrators are afraid of what these particular | workers might do. oy € It has been tabuiated by the Ford | dealers in Detroit that 50 per cent of the cars sold here were put thru | by Ford dealers in Dearborn. They | concluded that if. a Ford worker) | living at the extreme end, east of | Detroit, would go 16 to 18 miles | through to Dearborn, there must be |a valid reason. The fact has been |established that these Ford work- ers bought their cars in Dearborn, a Ford-controlled township, be- cause they were given assurances that they were more likely to keep their jobs in the Ford Plant by buying their cars through Ford dealers in Dearborn. They now know different. They have again found out that the word of these Ford-controlled dealers means nothing. Thousands have been laid off, and it’s only a matter of time until these Ford workers find that their cars are seized by Dearborn Ford dealers as well as by Ford} | dealers in Detroit. As a matter of | fact, already the used car lots are| | showing up thousands of 1934 Ford | cars for sale. | The connection of Dearborn Ford dealers with the Ford Employment. Office is obvious. But while the racket of the sale of Ford cars was going on another racket was con- ® ee tinuing alongside, and is even now going on. Many Ford workers had been out | of a job so long that they were des- perate, and it was possible if you | knew the right grocery or general store around Dearborn, to buy a job. You put adown $10 or $20, $50, and sometimes $100 and a slip was given to be taken to the employ- ment office. According to the j;amount of money that had been handed over by the worker, his particular job was fixed. The smaller the amount, the worse the job. There were too many in this racket, however, and when it was all divided up, it was not at all suf- ficient for the racketeers. It was too raw. So the latest method is for the Ford worker to call upon a Ford dealer, preferably in Dearborn, and look around, It’s not long be- fore the salesman on the hunt for prospects jumps upon him, 2 The worker is asked if he wants to buy a car. It comes out that he wants a car, but he is out of a job. The worker is then asked what he does, and the down payment is fixed accordingly. It can be paid in installments from his future wages, but the worker is led to understand that this down-pay- ment should stand for a while, and then later on is told definitely if he wants to keep his job, he had better forget that he has even paid any down-payment at all. The Ford employment office is part of the nefarious racket, and in many cases workers are fired every two or three months and are rehired again, after paying another down-payment for a Ford car. These statements are facts which implicate the whole force of Ford Executive Administra- tors. They are the lousiest crew that any decent worker has ever come into contact with. Wika ote That they can get away with it proves that the Ford system has within it a rottenness that per- meates those who control it, and it would not matter who were the Ford Executive Administrators, or who was the manager of the Ford employment office, or who com- posed the Ford service department. They would all go rotten and cor- Tupt sooner or later. The Ford workers themselves are the only power that could relieve and curb this monstrous tribe of atrocities, by group organization in each department, to enable the} workers to understand just what their difficulties are, and how they can be overcome. men Threaten ‘Hudson Auto Rank and Filers be honest proletarians, and which are willing and ready at any time to do the dirty work of the bosses and the likes of Greer. Greer has exposed himself as a rotten tool of the Hudson Motor Company—and naturally the yellow streak in him brought out his fear of an honest opinion voiced by hon- est and straight-minded fellow- workers, I hope all Hudson workers read these few lines and get wise to to Greer’s machinations and I ap- peal to those honest workers who | have received some of these state- | ments that particular night, to help open the eyes of their fellow work- ers, NOTE We publish every Tuesday let- ters from steel, metal and auto workers. We urge workers in these industries to write us of their conditions and their strug- gles to organize. Please get these letters to us Saturday of each week. Letters from Our Readers Received Oct. 20, 1934 $520. uy ] ppmen ee ers ed | Reeminy: zeeetved ee entmon Be. wey 30°| A LETTER TO COMRADE Anyone who has been in the wolf $20,841.02 | Penowa group of miners 3.90 | AMTER | dens can tell you something about ‘Total to date O it 5.00/ i suri methods. DISTRICT 1 (Boston) Be ee ine to0| Note: Comrade Israel Amer, to | torturing i. con aR aad R. si RNMAS Br I 5.00| whom this letter is addressed, is | But nevertheless the discontent oo. ake ee 29/ National Secretary of the Un- is growing dey by day. The XK. P. Total Oct. 20, 1034 99.07 | 5s 0) Dintrice 50° employment Councils and the |D. (Communist Party of Germany) Total to date $1,028.46 | Ourway Local No. 3, Unem. Coun, 163 ris ‘Lar Party candidate for |shall not disappear as the German Bec. wont Gi Sten eae 00 Ethussien Buro too! Governor in the present New (and other capitalists hoped. Some Be2 209.00 Packing House Unit $10.00) York State elections, It was ad- |day the banner of freedom will a Joint Picnic Comm., Hempstes: , ~yoo23| dressed to him in care of the (from towers, from factories am 3 1 ten Is! 5 ‘Toti it. 20, 1934 $69.33 ovate 7 ee ee eee $09 | aotal to date $391.75, Daily Worker, and is printed in | mines, and the whole world shall Anonymous 2.00 DISTRICT 8 (Obleago) this column because it contains | know that the proletariat from city H. Halpern 50 | W. H. Wangerin, Rock Island $1264! a4 message to all Daily Worker |and country have called out the H. and B. Parson 1.00] Total to date $1,091.83 oaders. | Soviets. S. P. member 1.00 DISTRICT 11 (No. Dakota) | . | ih : Leon and Unicorn 2.00) 5. H. — Montana ie Mymegen, Holland. | With revolutionary greetings, H. Kazdi Total to date . Branch 981 WO 25.00 DISTRICT 18 (California) Rie Comrade Amter: . | hig at Unit. 8, Sec. 11, Rachel Cohen William Norman b vel 3 SNE Coll by-A. Cesteiman 345 | Berman 00 | ath oo Belt tote be occuuy Your, |THE QUESTION AND ANSWERS A bet won fr: grocer EE Ae S t UMN P.W. 2 eaaiahe! 2.00 | Total Oct. 20, 1934 83. 09 | self with a private letter, but as I) con! Z. a eens sak und Mis ate Total to Anton oy deans $155.73|/knew you ’til the beginning of | New York City. leckwear Workers Rank ani rwarl ™ | . ©. P. Banquet, Johnson City 45.00 | Bessie S., Ventor, N. J. $3.50 ‘32, the time I left the States eee | Dear Comrade Editor: Greater City Library Service 1.00 | Total to date $300.78 | to Sah I eae a ar Congratulations on your correc- —— DISTRICT 15 (New Haven) our Comrade Amter, uu re- “ ” Total Oct. 20, 1934 $315.82 | Lith. A. L. L. L.D. and L. D. 8. $80.00! member me from the baokenhelin” | tion to “Answer” in the Daily Pee dhe cy im dsiay $1,063.12 | Simon W. Clacoms 40.00| the sterman ship which struck in Worker Questions and Answers De- s uff 3 0 ohiaens Oscar Appel and Ruth Manship $2.06) Total Oct. 20, 1984 Pee Roles York inet I loa sae | Partment of October 11. -——_| Total to date 19.26 | re overcrowded W art Total Oct, 20, 1984 $2.08 DISTRICTC 22 (West Virginia) | Von Tah Gore of the fighting | 2h® Questions and Answers ‘Total to date $223.54 | Frances Grasso $2.00 | ee column has been long overdue. DISTRICT 5 (Pittsburgh) | Total to date ss0.40| Proletariat. Nou are the comrade |rhere has been a long felt need for genet etal, Unef. Council ae 1b cy Sy edhe pea hia who was everywhere to assist tae| gion a department in the Daily Finleyville Unit Communist Party, Jacksonville » Freedom Unit 5.50 | Total to date s4z00 | Masses in Aghting against the bour-| worker. Here Is My Bit To ADDRESS ward the $60,000! AMOUNT $ Tear off and mail immediately to DAILY WORKER 50 EAST 13th St. “ New York, N, ¥. geoisie, our class enemy. At the present time there is the | Hitler regime, a fascist dictator- ship over the German masses. With Hitler is the sadist Goering and the whole of the bourgeois clique in Germany. Don’t think that Hitler has the support of the masses, We know better and so does he. His whole parliament is tottering, but holds on through the bestial methods of his hordes. Many a good proletarian worker was mur- dered and at this time is doomed to die. Many of our comrades, prole- tarians and anti-fascists rot away in the fascist concentration camps. The few answers appearing thus far have not been all that could be expected; but when I read the one Met With Guns, Say J&L Thugs By a Steel Worker Correspondent AMRIDGE, ‘Pa—The Jones and Laughlin Steel Corp. thugs and the Aliquippa police controlled by J. and L, held a meeting in Aliquippa, Pa., before a crowd of workers and told them not to join the union because they are going to strike, and if they attempt to keep the scabs from go- ing to work, they will be shot down like rabbits. This is the warning the workers of J. and L. got. Now I would propose, if we are ever go- ing to strike, I plead with all work- ers to prepare and to show these rats of J. and L. that we mean to win. Aliquippa also has a mayor, but J. and L. controls him and all the town. Any person in that town who does anything the boss doesn’t like is punished very heavily if he works for J. and L., and if he has no money to pay the forced fine, then J. and L. takes it off his pay. The minimum of $11.48 is taken off, and that is why most of the people call it the 11-48 town. There is only one thing left to do, and that is for all the workers to get together, educate themselves, show up the bosses; explain to the workers their place in the struggle, If the workers understand this, then we can overthrow the capitalist gov- érnment and in its place set up a Soviet America. The Jones and Laughlin Steel Corp. blame that “bunch of reds that came to ruin the name of Aliquippa.” But Aliquippa never had any name as a fair town. It is J. and L.’s dirty town. One woman in Aliquippa went to the J. and L. office and demanded enough wages for her husband to live on, or that he be dismissed altogether, so she got relief, because her husband's wages are less than She would get from relief. The superintendent called her a red, but she said, “I am not a red, but I’m not going to starve because your people are so greedy, that when a man works hard for the compan; he is not even entitled to live.” Police Break Up Showing of Strike Pictures in Gary By a Worker Correspondent GARY, Ind.—Comrades, on Oct. 11 we Bulgarian and Macedonian steel workers of Gary arranged to have a cultural movie brought to Gary. It's a picture of the recent strikes on the West Coast and the dumping of 25,000 cars of oranges in the October 11 issue I threw up my hands in despair. I was there- fore gled to read that this de- partment will get your most Serious attention. When answering questions, a real attempt should be made to clarify | the subject in question and when necessary reference should be made in order to keep prices up. This is what happened: The police depart- ment, with the help of the steel barons, kept us from seeing this pic- ture. The reason for our not being able to stop this was our lack of preparation and the fact that there is a group of Bulgarian and Mace- donian fascists here. Naturally the fascists always strike at the weak- est spot. When the police came to source material, thus stimulating the study of Marxist-Leninist literature MM. M, they first demanded to see the per- en issued by the State fire mar- shal ry j at the Murray Body Co. Each told Red Builder Uncowed By Police Terror By a Worker Correspondent DETROIT, Mich—On Sept, 1 a Detroit cop stopped our red builder at Moran St, and Gratiot Ave. and tried to intimidate him into stopping his selling of the Daily Worker and other red lit- erature. When he met with a re- fusal, he abused him badly and finally arrested him and sent him to jail. They kept him there for three days, without any charge and finally released him. The same blockhead police- man stopped him again on an- other day. He abused him, tore up the New Masses, called him a dirty wop, dirty red, and other epithets commonly heard from the bought dogs of capitalism. He did not arrest him, but told him that if he doesn’t quit sell- ing bolshevik lterature he will make it hard for him. The work- er did not show any fear and is still on the job like all red build- ers. This is a sign of fascism, fel- low workers. Let's hope the workers of Spain will give the fascists a good beating and raise another red flag with the hammer and sickle on it, Let us hope that that will succeed and give a headache to Mussolini and Hitler. Lay-Off Pa Is Demanded At Murray | By An Auto Worker Correspondent Detroit, Mich, To the Murray Body Workers: At the last regular meeting of the Murray Local of the Auto Workers’ Union, the Murray workers gave the vivid picture of conditions existing his story of how lay-offs have taken place in their respective depart- ments. They called upon the re-| maining workers, who are facing a | lay-off themselves on completion of | the old models, to join the Auto| Workers’ Union and make the Mur- ray Body Local so powerful that they will force the company to) grant them lay-off pay during the period of the unemployment. ‘The Murray Body Company, prac- tically a subsidiary of the Ford Motor Company, is about closed, with a few workers still employed, one or three days a week, finishing out the old models. About next week the whole plant will be shut | tight with the prospects of re- opening in November or December. The metal shops which were still working, with a reduced force of workers, are finishing their work now and will be closed down soon. The metal shop department No, 120 was laid off already, while the No. 135 department will be laid off next Monday. The No. 115 department was laid off last Monday, in one section, while the other section was laid off last Thursday, with the foreman telling the workers how sorry he was to let the workers go. He sent them home, he said, be- cause that was the order he re- ceived from the office, to cut the force down, and said that he had to abide by the factory orders, for fear that he would lose his own job, because there wasn’t enough work for all the men and the fac- tory demands economies, to finish the rest of the work with a few workers, who will also be laid off. Sor a In the sewing department, No. 130, over 50 to 70 women and girls were laid off Friday morning. The rest of the force are expected to be Jaid off completely Monday or Tues- day. One worker gave his report about his complete earnings re- ceived at the Murray Body Co. For the period of 22 weeks he had been employed here he made $226.78, averaging a little better than $12 a week for non-skilled work. Many workers, when laid off, went to the plant welfare department to re- ceive help during the time of un- employment until they would be called back to work again. If they were persistent they got $5 (pro- viding they had a family), on con- dition that they should go to their respective city welfare office for further aid. A family of two re- ceived only $3 a week to live on and were told not to come back be- cause most of the workers were new employes. Only workers who had Jong years of service in that com- pany would be accommodated with security till operations would be resumed again, and they would be called back to their respective occu- vations. Those who received help from the company welfare depart- ment had to sign two vouchers pledging themselves that the money extended to them by the welfare office would be remitted when they were called back to work again. With most of the workers receiv- ing hourly rates of 50 cents, work- ing six or less hours a day, three or four days = week, averaging $12 or $14 2 week, the ~orkers are ex- pected to pay back the money to the welfare fund. They have to draw a part of their pay in ad- vance, because they can’t exist on $12 a week, and after a few ad- vances they have no money coming on pay day, for they h--> “rawn it out before time. Workers, join the Murray Body Local, Auto Workers’ Union, and organize pressure to force the com- pany to give layed-off pay until re- hired, without a cent being paid back. That is the responsibility of the company: to take care of its workers who worked for low wages and were exploited and robbed at the time of production more than any other workers in the city. Help build a delegated body of workers to present these demands before this company’s welfare officials to cover the period of unemployment, Question Comrade A, A., of New York City, writes: “I have an eleven month old infant. A local nursery doctor rec- ommended Mead’s 10D Cod Liver Oil. I would like to know whether this is just a fancy name in order to charge more for it, or if there are other Cod Liver Oils that have more vitamins than the one men- tioned above?” Sie aE Cod Liver Oil It is necessary for your child to get Cod Liver Oil, or its equivalent. Plain Cod Liver Oil is the cheapest of the three vitamin A and D prepa- rations, but it must be given in amounts of 2 to 3 teaSpoonsful a day. Cod Liver Oil IOD (which is plain Cod Liver Oil, reinforced with an additional vitamin D in the form of Viosterol) is a more concentrated product which can be given in dos- age of one teaspoonful a day. Haliver Oil, with Viosterol (haliver oil is a concentrated preparation of Vitamin A and Viosterol of Vita- min D) is an expensive product whose only advantage over the others is that a daily dosage of 10 and 15 drops only is required. If your child will take the re- quired amount of plain Cod Liver Oil, there is no reason why you Should not use it. Mead’s products are of high quality. ‘The above-mentioned doses hold only for a notmal child. In cases of Rickets (a bone disease due to defi- ciency or lack of Vitamin D), etc., | larger amounts are required. QUESTION Comrade J, C. R., of Pueblo, Colorado, writes: “Being a reader of the Daily Worker, my wife and I follow your column with great in- terest. But getting down to the purpose of this letter: We have been married a little over a year. In the last nine months my wife has lost ten pounds of normal weight and worse yet, she continues to lose. “She eats well, sleeps well and feels fine, but the fact that people tell her she's getting thinner worries WORKERS’ HEALTH Conducted by the Daily Worker Medical Advisory Board She has consulted our doctor and he has recommended What we wish to know is this, is TIronized Yeast really beneficial, or just another fake among patent medicine. What would you advise?” Phage cee Ironized Yeast The cause of a steady loss of weight is always a difficult one for doctors to estimate, since they must always remembér that this may be the first symptom of a disease which they must diagnose. Further, loss of weight can be due to worry, emotional upsets, faulty diet, or just not having enough to eat (plain starvation). For these reasons, we would not undertake to decide what the cause is in your wife's case, on the basis of a letter alone. Since your wife is in the care of her family doctor, we would leave the responsibility to him. Now, about the “ironized yeast.” In this connection, it is the yeast that matters, and any good brand will do as much as the one you name, Yeast is rich in vitamin B, and is used in cases where the lack of this substance gives definite symptoms. Further, it is sometimes included in general diets for cases of poor appetite, digestive upsets, and slight loss of weight. The same substances are found in whole wheat, tomatoes, raw cabbage, fresh spinach, beans and peas. These, therefore, should be made part of the diet which can further be made as nourishing in other foods as you can afford. her, here “Tronized Yeast.” Contributions received to the credit of the Medical Advisory Board in its Socialist competition with Del, Mike Gold, Harry Gannes, Jacob Burck, David Remsey and Helen Luke, in the Daily Worker drive for $60,000, Quota—$i,500. A Vote for Communist Candi- dates Is a Vote against Company “Unions.” Vote Red Against the Menace of Fascism! IN THE HOME By HELEN LUKE A Marine Worker’s Recipe “Some time ago,” wrote Comrade Allen, a marine worker, “I had the good fortune of getting a few very good recipes from your column. Here is one in return. Please try it once and if good print it.” Due to hot weather and press of other duties, we did not test this immediately, but now, having done so, can testify that the dish, com- posed of very simple ingredients, is delicious. It’s called. Finnish Turnip Bake “Grate medium sized yellow turnip, also a large potato (both cooked and cooled before, of course). Add two eggs, and salt to taste; stir together with fork and pour into greased pan, Sprinkle with grated coarse nutmeg. Bake in slow oven gradually coming to about 375 degrees, about 30 minutes in oven.” (The potato should be quite large and if it is to be grated should not be boiled too much. It could be put through a potato ricer instead of grating if boiled soft. As we had no nutmeg we substituted a little grated cheese, browning top crust under grill. We think the dish could be made with only one egg if necessary.). For the Bazaar To be sold at the approaching bazaar for the benefit of the Daily Worker, Freiheit and Young Worker. Comrade Irene H. of Rich- mond, Ind. (who sent us the direc- tions for making a fireless cooker printed some months ago), has now sent six little “lipstick towels.” ‘These are to keep in hand bag or bathroom to wipe away surplus lip- stick; they are therefore red. ‘The ones Comrade Irene sent she worked by hand in a pattern of swans in black cross-stitch. These were gratefully received by the Bazaar Committee, as would be any other similar contributions articles of any sort from our read- ers. Here too is an opportunity to help the “Daily” for some who can- not make cash contributions, The bazaar was postponed to Novy. 9, 10, 11. We have promised in the past year to prepare designs for em- broidery for pennants, banners, quilt-blocks, etc., also for Russian blouses for which there is a marked demand; we are also anxious to complete the Red Cook Book which should prove a help to the house- keepers and a means of raising funds for the “Daily.” We find we need more time for these and many other similar tasks. So a change is being made here now. After today Comrade Ann Barton will take over editorship of the column. We feel sure this reorgani- zation will make for a much more interesting section, as well as the development of an urgently needed broader and stronger women’s movement, and indirectly youth movement, as demanded by the Thirteenth Plenum and the Eighth Party Convention. On leaving the daily editing we once more urge all the women, especially those outside New York City to send letters with their views, news of their struggles, and information on fascist activities they may run across, such as have been sent to us in the past year; such letters form the basis for more organization and effective mass struggle, Some good material which we still have on file and for which a propitious moment for presentation did not yet arrive, may yet appear in this section. Contributions received to the credit of Helen Luke in her Social- ist competition with David Ramsey, Jacob Burck, Del, Harry Gannes, Mike Gold and the Medical Advis- ory Board, in the Daily Worker drive for $60,000. Quota—$500. H. Halpern Bessie 8. Can You Make ’Em Yourself? of |: Pattern 2083 is available in sizes 2, 4, 6,8 and 10, Size 4 takes 2% yards 36-inch fabrie and % yard contrasting. Illustrated step-by- step sewing instructions included, Send FIFTEEN CENTS (15c) in coins or stamps (coins pre- ferred) for this Anne Adams pat- tern. Write name, address and style number, BE SURE TO STATE SIZE. . Address orders to Daily Worl Pattern Department, 243 West 1 Street, New York City,