The Daily Worker Newspaper, November 20, 1934, Page 4

Labor Board Right aan Organize Denied to Strikers ."::2 Union Officials’ ‘‘New Deal’ Tactics Led to Weak Picket Lines and to Loss of Strike By a Shipyard Worker Correspondent STATEN ISLAND, N. Y.—After eight weeks of struggle, economic hardships and disillusionment, the striking welders at United Dry Docks, Staten Island, have returned to work without having won a single concession from the company. After eight weeks of stalling, the National Labor Relations Board handed down a decision to the ef- fect that the welders as a group did not have the right to bargain collectively (118 men) through their | leaders. e is typical of practic- vy eve rike since the N.R.A when the workers pinned their hopes and faith in the Labor Board. The ri could not have been e. The strike leaders of were “New Dealers.” They rmed the welders by telling them what they would do for them | through the Labor Board, the Navy ete. As a consequence of these tac- ties, the picket line was very weak, the men were not encouraged to be militant, scabs got into the yard in ever increasing numbers, but same of the leaders still managed to keep the majority under the spell of N.R.A. bunk, by telling them that every scab would be fired through action by the Navy Depart- ment and Labor Board. The crash came when the Labor Board handed down their damnable decision, and the remaining strikers voted to re- turn to work. To say that this strike was en- tirely last would not be true. The trikers have gained some valuable | knowledge. They learned that they | not only must struggle against the | boss, but his government as well; | that craft unionism is done for and must be replaced by industrial j unions. Since hearing a Commu- nist organizer by the name of Lewis speak (who had come to offer | moral support), they see the Com- munist Party from a different angle He pointed out shortly after the | beginning of the strike that other | workers had been betrayed by the labor boards and this struggle would be no exception, and that the strike | could be won only by a strong mass picket line. At that time the com- | rade was not very well received. To- ward the end of the strike he ac- companied some of the strikers to the Relief Bureau and got relief for them immediately. This fact, together with the proof of his state- ments regarding the N.R.A., raised the prestige of the Communist Party considerably. Why is it that most workers must pay so dearly for their knowledge? If they would only disreagard the bosses’ cry of “Reds!” and investi- gate the Communist Party, what it means to all workers, more strikes would be won and the day when | strikes are unnecessary would be closer at hand. Sparrows Pt, Bosses Follow Policy of Spreading Hunger By a Steel Worker Correspondent BALTIMORE, Md., — Conductor Nelson, on the trolley line in Spar- rows Point, is one of the most bru- tal degenerate types of company suckers. He and a cop, during a recent accident in which a seaman here was wedged between the front trucks of a street car for 20 min- utes before being release, refused to call a doctor, despite the fact that several coctors live within two blocks of the scene of the accident. This worker was compelled to re- main in all that agony until the car was jacked up. Some efforts were made to or- ganize unemployed workers in Highlandtown several weeks ago. In Sparrows Pt. there are very few totally unemployed. The mar. ried workers living in company houses on the Point get credit for all they need to eat, coxe for stoves, and some clothing. Workers living in Edgemere, which is close by (two miles) cannot get anything, as a | general rule. The workers on Spar- | rows Pt. have almost forgotten what | money looks like. The majority of the workers here are superstitious on the question of | wage cuts. They say, “If you talk | about a wage-cut, you will sure | enough get it in a hurry. The best way is not to talk about it.” Prior to the panic, when a worker would quit his job at Sparrows Pt., | the others would ask, “How long before you come back?” The com- pany is clever in this way. The majority of the bosses specialize in eeming to be good fellows. In the | plant you will find a representative of nearly every nationality. There are many workers here who have been betrayed in A. F. of L. strikes. There is a large bunch of strike- reakers who even brag about their past activities. Cort, the general | manager, told the last meeting of | company representatives that the future looks very dark. Medical Board Lecture Proceeds of $122 from the Da lecture last week constituted the ily Worker Medical Advisory Board highest contribution last Saturday, and brought the Board a little nearer its $1,500 quota in the Socialist competition with the other features of the paper. Lectures organized for the benefit of the Daily Worker by workers’ clubs, language organizations, and invariably bring a good financial one of the many methods which fulfill quotas of organizations, and cessful finish. units of the Communist Party will response from workers. This is but should be used more extensively to speed the financial drive to a suc- Received Nov. 17 $ 582.30) Banquet 7.12 South Haven 7.00 Previously received 38121.08| Red Builder 10 See T Unit 2 6.00 ——| Sec 8 Unit 9 5.00 oe Total to date 38708.38 | Sec 8 Unit 2 1.36 Tot Nov. 17 11 DISTRICT 1 (Boston) See 8 35 Tot to date 1839.19 John Reed Club 3.30| Sec 4 Unit 7 92 huler North End Unit 1.00 DISTRICT 8 (Chieago) soli 5.30 | Miss Ann Cooper 00 Pall River, Whist Party 7.00 a Br. & 5.00 | Total to Nov. 17 7.00 Br. 6 1.50 | Total to date 3736.64 jan Toilers 1.35 DISTRIOT 9 (Minnesota) Dock Unit of Duluth 20 Total to Nov. 17 24.35 | J. ©. Boures 1,00 Total to date 2079.72 | — DISTRICT 2 (Now York City) Total to Nov. 17 7.20 J. Martens 2.00 See 15 Unit 1 1.35 | Total to date 273.05 Sec 17 Unit 5 1.50 Sec 15 Unit 21 10.14 | DISTRICT 11 (No, Dakota) A Friend 25 Sec 15 H. J. Frenette 2.50 Section 9 23.50 Sec 15 Columbus 8.T.¥. & Cottonwood Daily Worker Sec 7 Unit 4 2.20| Farmers Club 10.00 Med. Ady. B. 122.19 Sec 7 Unit 98 17.15 re Daily Worker Sec 7 Unit 1 1.85| Total to Mov. 17 12.50 Med. Adv. B. Sec 7 Unit 3 5.00] Total to date 68.35 Bec 7 Unit 5 10.00 Sec 7 Unit 7 33 DISTRICT 18 (California) Nature Friends Sec 7 Unit 9 5.00|H. Morris 150 of Brooklyn 20.00 Sec 7 Unit 9 10.00| = J. Pradin 1.00 Sec 12 4.22| Total to Noy. 17 1.50 Harlem Prog. A Marine Total to date 44.41 Chub 10.00 Worker 50.00 DISTRICT 14 (Newark) Sec 17 Unit 13 31.28 Jean G. 50 | Unit 2, Patterson 4.64 Sec 17 39.70 J. Seiger 1.00 Sec 17 4.10 Sympathizer 1.00 | Total to Nov. 17 4.64 Sec 14 Unit 10 20.24 Reader 1.00 | Total to date 604.89 Sec 14 18.17 I. Stabinsky 50} DISTRICT 19 (Denver) Bec 14 4.75 Anonymous 0 | Bookery, Denver 2.00 Bee 15 Unit 17 8.00 - | peel Sec 15 Unit 22 5.35 480.75 | Total to Nov. 17 2.0 Sec 15 Unit 1 2.20 Less 479.30 | Total to date 366.90 Sec 13 Unit 18 3.10 ——| DISTRICT ™ (Henston) Bec 15 Unit 10 .51 Tot Nov, 17 479.30/ 8. Nedler Tot to date 20170.68 DISTRICT 8 (Philadelphia) Total to Nov. 17 Radnicka Slovoda 3.15 | Total to date DISTRICT 2# (80. Dakota) ‘Tots! to Nov. 17 | Aberdeen Unit Total to date DISTRICT 7 (Detroit) Total to Nov. 17 NW 10 Muskegon 4.00 | Total to date STAFF SCORE To Date Quota Per Cent Quota Mike Gold . $403.14 $ 500 80.6 Burek 380.15 1,000 38.9 Gennes . 192.87 300 38.5 Del... ‘d 144.69 500 28.9 Medical Board .... 508.50 1,500 33.9 RAMSEY ese 46.24 250 184 Atin Barton ..... 49.35 500 9.8 Worcorrs . 34.50 300 69 Here Is My NAME Bit Toward the $60,000! ADDRESS AMOUNT ‘Tear off and mail immediately to DAILY WORKER 50 EAST 13th St. New York, N. Y. Decision Mashed Potatoes Sour | in Camp Green Haven RadioWorkersLearn| By a Worker Correspondent NEW YORK.—I have been in Haven, a camp for transient unemployed, and it is/| positively no good. | They do not want to feed their | men right. The mashed potatoes are always sour. All that they | allow a man is $1 a week, | You cannot get any clothes. have an order in my pocket for underwear, but I could not get any. | I came to New York to get my teeth fixed, and they sent me to 225 Bowery, where it is filthy with ver- | | min, and I am unable to sleep on} | account of the drunks. ‘Shop Moved ‘To Moline ‘To Cut Pay By a Worker Correspondent MOLINE, Ill.—I am writing you to let you know a little of what's going on in Moline and vicinity. The International Harvester Co. lrecently moved their motor plant down from Chicago. A great spiel was made in the local press about the advantageous location and other ballyhoo, An alert reader could see that this is the policy of decentralizing industry in order to get cheaper labor. The Moline transient camp takes men and puts them at cleaning the city streets. This is the only town I know of where men are put on the streets cleaning up. The Mayor of Moline says that this is saving money for the taxpayers of Moline. The Silvis Shops of the R. I. rail- |road laid off 900 men indefinitely. This was just after they had an election to see if they should affil- iate with the A. F. of L. or stay in the company union. The A. F. of L. won, and now the talk is that this is behind the layoff at Silvis. The real cause, however, is that the bonds of the R. I. railroad are due, and in order to save money they | are cutting down operating expenses so Wall Street can get its grab. Drive Begun in Maine Against Deportation By a Worker Correspondent ROCKLAND, Me.—The campaign for the defense of Comrade Sade- quist, militant union man and Communist Party member, held for deportation because of working class activity, namely the organizing of | relief committees by the local unions, is widening in our state. The Joint Defense Committee, composed of delegates from several locals of the Paving Cutters Union, affiliated with the A. F. of L., to- gether with representatives of the ILD. is conducting the campaign. Several mass meetings were held in all important centers of the state, where protest resolutions were adopted and funds collected for the defense. One such meeting was held last night in Tenants Harbor where Comrade Sadequist worked. The main speaker of the evening was Comrade Burlak. She reported on the last textile strike, the lessons of that strike for the whole work- ing class. About 200 workers attended the meeting, which is pretty good when you consider the size of the place. Resolutions were passed to in- volve the whole local population in the fight against the deportation of Comrade Sadequist. The defense committee also approached the A. F. of L. locals and other unions in the state to join in this cam- paign and stop the intimidation of foreign born workers through the threat of deportation. It would be advisable for the Committee for the Protection of Foreign Born to get interested in this case and make a national cam- paign of it. Ushers Cut By NRA Down To $10 Weekly By a Worker Correspondent NEW YORK.—This is how the New Deal benefitted the movie ushers, myself amongst them. Be- fore the advent of the N. R. A., we ushers used to get $15-$18 for a six-day, 48-60 hour week. The theatrical code of the bosses cre- ated a 40-hour week at $10 with no pay cuts for ushers who pre- viously had earned more than that. After the code went into effect, °|T was laid off “because of a reduc- tion in employees, necessitated by becl business conditions.” After two days idleness, I was rehired by the same moyie chain in an- other of their houses at $10 per week. This maneuver took place not only in the company I work for, but throughout the entire movie industry, and resulted in all ushers being forced to accept the $10 wage scale. The so-called minimum wage is now the maximum. In the eyes of the Regional Labor Board, however, this is not a pay cut. This is not the worst of the sit- uation. Although the code speci- fies a 40-hour week, it does not pre- seribe the number of days per week, now I work a 6-hour day for 7 days a week. Although this means 42 hours, the boss tells me | that the extra hours are on my | own time, and that the N.R.A. will not allow him to pay me for the extra hours. In addition to this I put 4 or 5 hours work on “my own time” on marquee changes for which I am not paid. 1 DAILY WORKER, NEW YORK, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 1924 Cuts At Staten Island Welders About NRA Trickery Lecked-Out Workers Find That Some Action Is Obtained Only Trough Picketing 1! a | By a Radio Worker Correspondent NEW YORK.—Workers in Emer- son Radio began to organize in July, 1933, In November a commit- tee contacted Wm. Beedie, of the Radio Factory Workers Union (A, F. of L.), who sold them the idea of a N.R.A. settlement. Enrollment was carried on openly in the shop, no warning having been given by Beedie. On Nov. 21, the entire shop was locked out. Beedie began to play with the N.R.A. He refused to con- sider picketing for fear the case would be damaged with the N.R.A. About 150 were reinstated on Nov. 23. After much delay, Beedie pre- sented demands to Abrams, of Emerson, taking with him Delson, a Socialist lawyer. The committee of workers were left behind so as not to antagonize the boss. Attempts to form a company union failed when it was captured by some militant workers that had been rehired. More N.R.A hearings were held. Alger, of the N.R.A., finaliy ordering the reinstatement of all but three workers. Emerson failed to comply at first but finally agreed to take back 25 workers. They were kept for a week and then fired again, It is one year later, and almost 10 workers have not been reinstated as yet. N.R.A. hearings opened on the case early this month. Hear- ings were held and nothing was gained. Beedie finally lost fear of “being framed like Tom Mooney” and agreed to picket the plant and radio agreed to take back 23 workers more by Noy. 13. Not only in the Emerson case, but in every action of the union, Beedie has shown himself to be a coward when facing the bosses. He has used militant workers as a front. Later he expelled them, as he did in the case of Fran Saparoritti. The last executive board was forced to resign because they took initiative in union matters. He has not contacted or done any of the organization in any of the five shops in the union. Every case has been ‘settled” through the N.R.A. We workers in the Radio Factory Workers Union should get together and build a rank and file group to run Beedie out of the union and put it in the hands of the member- {ship which is willing to fight for better conditions and to build the union instead of relying on the NRA. HINT TO WORCORRS Worker correspondence is one of the most important features of the Daily Worker. In recent years, the number of correspon- dents has increased to over 1,000. If every Worcorr sent in 61, either his own, or collected from friends, this department would beat the Orts, the Literari, the Scientists, and Medicine Men. stores. The result was that Abrams of Emerson stopped stalling and! Letters from Our goal—$500. J. Seiger ... . $ 100 Previous received +» 33,50 TOtAL oe eesee see seeecene $34.50 Our Readers Argument Against Foreign Born Speakers Is Surrender to Chauvinism New York, N. Y. Dear Comrade Editor: Now that one of the most exten- sive campaigns of the Communist Party is over, I wish to make a few suggestions. The primary one is that of public speakers. I personally believe that comrades with a notice- able accent are detrimental to the Party and the movement in gen- eral as far as public speaking is concerned. Permit me to bear this out with an example. About a week ago I took some young worker: to a street corner meeting. The comrade who was speaking had a very noticeable German accent. I was very inter- ested in what he was saying and immediately saw that the comrade had a very fine intellectual back- ground, and had also participated in many of the workers’ struggles. However, my friend was immediate- ly repelled and biased because of the fact that the comrade was a toreigner. With all my pleading of, “Listen to what he has to say and not how he says it,” my friend would not have foreigners tell him how to run things in this country. And yet when this worker heard Paul C. Crossbie speak at a public school around the neigborhood, he was instantly interested and at the end of the lecture he applauded boisterously. Surely comrades, this is no light criticism. If there are people, and there must be millions, who do not like to hear foreigners tell them how to run “their” country, let us give them public speakers who can com- mand attention by their Yankee look and their Yankee speech. I am sure it is not asking too much and yet the good it can do the Party is infinite. H.W. osm . NOTE: Certainly the Party must utilize its forces to the best ad- vantage. And this includes a con- sideration of the best people for certain work, a weighing of the various factors in a given situa- tion that will permit the choice of comrades assigned to give the best results. In assigning speak- ers, the choice should be dictated by such considerations. But the careful consideration of the best choice for speakers can- not become of such a character that the Party makes inexcusable concessions to the mistaken ideas or backward prejudices of certain workers. Undoubtedly, many work- ers, for example, have been poisoned by the capitalist press in their opinion of “foreign” workers. Also, many workers have been poisoned by the ideas of white chauvinism, the idea that the Negro worker is “inferior.” But do we on that account refuse to place Negro comrades on our speaking stands? Do we hesitate to send Negro comrades into “white” neighborhoods or white comrades into Negro neighborhoods on that account? Would we not be guilty of assisting in the spreading of the poison of chauvinism if we did that? Is it not our duty to combat this poison by boldly defying these bourgeois prejudices with which the workers have been innoculated by the ruling class? Of course, we try to be skillfull in our fight against chauvinism. We do not simply close our eyes in sectarian blindness to the sit- uation as it exists, We try to de- velop methods of combatting the prejudices of backward workers. For oxemplc, in Negro neighbor- hoods, we take into account the nationalist poison which the Negro misleaders pump into the minds of the Negro masses about being wary of whites—all whites, includ- ing workers. To combat this, we arrange to send a Negro and white comrade together so that the Ne- gro comrade can gain a hearing, and then permit the white work- er to jein. In this way the suspi- cion of the Negro workers is broken down, Similarly, with the prejudice against “foreigners.” We should try to mix our program so that we have various types of speakers. But in the above case, could not the prejudiced worker be con- vineed by the very fact that he applauded Crosbie while he would not listen to the German-born worker? For the fact is that Crosbie and the “foreigner” are members of the same working class Party and are fighting for the same thing. Suppose the preju- diced worker were told that, would that not give him something to ponder over? Suppose he were told that wage cuts are handed down by em- Pleyers with foreign accents and without, that the accent doesn’t make any difference in the re- lations of the workers to their exploiters? Does a landlord in- quire as to your accent when you don’t pay rent? The prejudiced worker speaks about “running our country.” But how much of this country does he own? He owns no more nor less than the “foreigner” whom he looks down upon. They both are members of the same class, the working class, and both have the same interests, to fight together for better wages, better conditions, and against the attacks of the employers. Would it not be convincing to the prejudiced worker if examples could be shown him, preferably from his own experience, where the employers made use of this prejudice against “foreigners” or Negroes, to divide the ranks of the workers in a factory, the better to put over a wage cut? Could we not show him in this way that his prejudices are directly against his own interests? Could we not the better show him the capitalist source of this poison? There are more than 14,000,000 foreign-born workers in this country, Can the native workers ever hope to de- feat the employers if they are taken in by the poison of the bosses and do not join with these workers. This should be the line of argu- ment in fighting the prejudices against “foreigners.” To shirk this work and refuse to have “foreign- ers” speak on our platforms would be a serious error, a surrender to chauvinism. It takes work, com- rade, to defeat prejudice. But that is our job. SHIPWORKER NEEDS THE DAILY WORKER San Pedro, Cal. Dear Comrade Editor: Although I would like to help out in the campaign of our paper for funds, due to the fact that I am averaging less than $8 a week work- ing in the Bethlehem Shipyards, I find it impossible to send any money. But I do believe that it would be of very great help in trying to swing the workers to Communism to have the Daily Worker around. Therefore could you send me a sub- scription to the paper for the en- closed dollar? We are taking some step. to get higher wages after the recent sell— out of our strike, three months ago, pending arbitration. So far noth- ing has been done. By that time I hope to be able to renew the subscription. —. F. No Secret Balloting Allowed in Danville By a Worker Correspondent DANVILLE, Va—The polling places of Danville were not con- ducted according to the laws of the state and this should” be protested against. The law permits a secret ballot, in which the voter himself places the ballot in a ballot box that is accessible to the voter. At the voting precinct pf the first ward, however, the voter was forced by circumstances to hand his ballot to the ballot booth clerk who, I suppose, was to place it in the box. We don’t know about that as we couldn’t see him place it there, and there was no ballot box in sight. Danville voters, if you want fair play, demand that you be allowed to place your own vote in the box. Protest against this illegal action. An Appeal To Chicago Teachers By A Teacher Correspondent CHICAGO, Ill—During the time the teachers put up a militant strug- gle against the retrenchment pro- gram in education, for the immedi- ate payment in cash of back salary, some nine months in arrears, for the immediate re-instatement of 1,400 teachers displaced as a result of the “economy” program, the teachers called upon the parents for their support. The parents answered the call, and marched side by side with teachers’and pupils in parades, demonsrated in front of the Board of Education rooms and the City Hall, stormed the banks, protested at city-wide mass meetings. Parents, teachers, and pupils were united by @ common interest—upholding the right of every child to a free ade- quate education. From this unity between parent and teacher in the interest of edu- cation, there developed the con- sciousness ina great many teachers of a greater and far deeper unity between them; the unity of fellow- workers fighting against unemploy- ment, against stretch-out, wage- cuts, regimentation, discrimination, and for the right of every adult to employment at a decent wage under decent working conditions, in the field he is best suited for by virtue of his training and ability. On Saturday, Nov. 24th, great masses of employed and unemployed workers will march in a united front demonstration to the City Hall and the Illinois Emergency Relief Offices demanding the immediate with- drawal of the recent relief cut, de- manding cash relief, jobs, Unem- ployment and Social Insurance, HR-7598, It is in the interest of all teachers, employed and unemployed, to march in the ranks of this demonstration. Those same forces which are trying tosave themselves on the starvation and misery of the masses, are slowly destroying the educational system and with it the means of livelihood for the teachers. The United Front Demonstration on Saturday, Noy, 24th, is directed against those forces, Teachers of Chicago, unite with the workers in the demonstration Saturday, Noy. 24th, for their de- mands, for your demands, Boston Meat Cutters in Militant Struggle By a Worker Correspondent BOSTON, Mass—For over two years the meat cutters in Boston were trying to organize a union. ‘Now we have our union Local 278, A. F. of L, and we are now in the Process of a strike. What are the facts of this strike? About 300 to 400 workers are out on strike out of a total of 600. Vir- tually every shop is affected in the meat district with the Chamberlain Co, out practically 100 per cent. This Chamberlain Co. is a subsidi- ary of the Armour Co. The wages in this shop are $15 up for a 48 to 50 hour week. In the market, as a whole, the wages are $18 up, and no limit on time. In the boloney houses any price for any number of hours. For sveral weeks, the workers had been talking strike, and Walsh, the A. F. of L. vice-president of the Na- tional Organization, came to Boston to lead the strike. The demands of the workers are a 20 per cent wage increase, 40 hours weekly an drecognition of the union, The feeling of the workers is very high and they recognize that now is the time to win better conditions and haye a good strong union. Many shops have been pulled this week-end, and more will follow. Flying squadrons of pickets go to the different shops and pull out workers, The Chamberlain Co. has applied for an injunction against the union, and the workers say that if the company gets the injunction the en- tire market will go on strike. In spite of the class collaboration policy of the A. F. of L. the workers run this strike. That is, the rank and file, and they are determined to win the strike. We will continue to fight until every demand is won! NOTE: We publish every Tuesday letters from steel, metal, and auto work- ers. We urge workers in these in- dustries to write us of their con- ditions and their efforts to or- ganize. Please get these letters to us by Saturday of each werk. Little more than a week of this month is left, If every Party member will contribute this, the decision of the Central Commit- tee to complete the $50,000 drive before Dec, 1, will be carried out! WORKERS’ HEALTH Conducted by the Daily Worker Medical Advisory Board Itching in Women 'OMRADE A. M. of Boston, Mass,, writes: “For two months I have suffered with very irritating itching around the entrance of the vagina and lately it seems to be spreading down my legs. “There is no inflammation or any other external symptoms. Neither do I feel sick in any way. However, the itching is very annoying. Please, therefore, prescribe a remedy to relieve me.” Our Reply (pce again we must emphasize the fact that itching, like head- ache or discharge or cough, is a symptom, In order to treat this condition adequately, we must look for the underlying cause that is producing the symptom which in your case is the itch. It is also very important to know the age of the patient and whether she still menstruates. This infor mation is valuable in certain types of itching. Itching about the vagina is quite common, but there are a large variety of conditions that may pro- duce itching and for that reason no treatment can be prescribed through correspondence. The pa- tient must be seen and examined and sometimes certain laboratory tests must be done to help clinch the diagnosis. A very common cause for itching is the ordinary variety louse, which likes to make its home in the hair surrounding these parts (crabs), If on careful examination the insect is found, washing the affected area with soap and water and applying blue ointment (331-3 per cent) for a tew days will produce a cure, As a rule, the usual leukorrhea or vaginal discharge does not cause itching. The discharge in a. tri- chomonas vaginalis infection is very annoying and irritating, however, often extending to the inner side of the thighs. Sodium _ perborate douches (1 tablespoon to a quart of water) are very helpful. Itching is very common in dia- betes (sugar in the urine) and is often the first clue that the patient has this disease. The diagnosis is confirmed by examining the urine and the blood for sugar, The itch- ing is said to be caused by yeast cells about the vagina which fer- ment the sugar in the urine that escapes on the outed parts, pro- ducing irritating acids. Naturally, the logical treatment is to treat the diabetes with diet and insulin if necessary. The “privates” may be painted with a dye called gentian violet which is said to give considerable relief. A disease of the external femore genitals known as “Kraurosis” may produce very stubborn itching. In this condition, the skin seems to wither and dry up. It is present in middle?aged and elderly women and is associated with the absence of menstrual periods. Many cases of Kraurosis may’ de- veolp into cancer. The accepted form of treatment is to cut away the affected parts. This may seem to be a very radical procedure, but there is no other mothod available at the present time that will effect a cure, Sometimes the cause for the itch- ing cannot be found even after careful examination and laboratory tests. Salves and lotions are pres- cribed which offer only temporary relief. X-ray treatment has been advised but this does more harm than good. / In these cases considerable relief and often permanent cures are ob- tained by injecting alcohol into the underlying tissues of the affected parts. The alcohol destroys the nerves, thereby relieving the itch- ing sensation, ‘We would advise you to visit a clinic in Boston, preferably one connected with a medical school (Harvard or Tufts) where you will obtain proper advice and treatment. BOARD TAKES A JUMP Sabotage or no, the readers of the “Daily” have chosen! sound sex advice wins even over Burck’s brilliant cartoons, or the combined attraction of Mike Gold’s auto- graphed book or column. But read- ers, despite the seven league jumps nearer our $1,500 quota the lectures bring us. Mike’s and Burck’s steady climbing can overtake these strides, especially when they are few and far between, Our advice: Put your money on the winning horse and make it win! Med. Lecture U. 5, See. 7....$ 10.00 Dr, Williams Lecture . + 122.19 A Reader a - 1,00 Previously received . + 375.81 TOTAL 2... cic eens + $508.50 IN THE HOME About tS is about my friend, Stella. Stella lives in the anthracite section of Pennsylavnia. All around and on the outskirts of the city the mine tipples rise above piles of black refuse from the mines, The mines at best, these days, operate only several times a month, Stella has seven children living with her. The oldest is fifteen. They live in a dilapidated board house. What is lacking for furni- ture is made up by boxes and a bench, Stella’s_ husband was killed in the mine and Stella lives on Relief. es ea There Were No Shoes One cold winter there was little food, no coal, and only one pair of shoes between three of the chil- dren. (Later on the Unemployed Council of her town, forced the au- thorities to give her food, coal, and shoes for the kids. But that is a story I'll tell sometime soon.) Those days the children had to go to school in shifts, each one using the shoes in rotation after the other. Stella, therefore, might be ex- pected to be unhappy. You might expect that her children hugged the stove all day, sorrowful, their hunger weaving lines of tragedy in their young faces. But in that household, was more joy, more love, and hope than I've seen in many a day. ONE day when the cheap food in the giant pot was very thin, I could see Stella was struggling against “the dumps.” Her girls, twelve and fourteen were helping her with the food. The little ones were running around, sweeping the floor, setting the table. Stella was silent. Suddenly she stopped stirring, turned around, and cried, “Trenka, come sing! Let me hear all of you sing Pioneer songs!” And shes smiled as she waited for them to begin. The kids delight- edly formed a very formal line. They carefully put the littlest ones at one end, and the biggest at the other. Irene, like she had seen teacher do at school, stepped in front of the line and began waving her hand. “One, two, three, four.” And the children sang, with Stella joining in as she stirred, “We are a bunch of Pioneers you hear so much about,” and “Solidarity Forever.” The lit- tle house rang with the song, “How About the International?” “QJOW,” Stella said, “How about the Internationale?” And they all stood up. straight, with fists clenched, Stella too, and sang. And perhaps their voices were not all in tune—and perhaps outside the win- dow the mines stood, empty and foreboding—but inside that bare kitchen, Stella had flung her chal- lenge straight into the teeth of all bosses and the misery and povery they have created Cheap food bub- bling on the fire, shoeless feet were forgotten and they stood there, this Stella and her children, with clenched fists, symbolizing the cer- tain finish of the makers of misery. 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