The Daily Worker Newspaper, November 28, 1934, Page 4

Reopening of S DAILY WORKER, NEW YORK, WEDNESDAY. hoe Code Demanded in Haverhill, Mass. Textile Workers Get {National Run-around Men in New Orleans Fired for Union Aetivity| Sometimes Get Hearing, But Never a Job plants in this city do not pay very| much attention to the rulings of | the Labor Relations Board. It has been proven time and time again} that the union leaders are fired be- cause of their union activities, and that the Labor Board does nothing about it. By a Worker Correspondent NEW ORLEANS, La.—The Labor Relations Board is going to give the runaround to some people here again, Herbert Sheppard, vice-presi- dent of the American Pull Fashioned Hosiery Workers, an American Fed- efation of Labor affiliate, Frank Flores, William Perret and John Jim Hardiman, the president of | Radovich. | Local 1783 of the U.T.W., was fired hese four have filed charges of | last year and is still out. Herbert | Gidicimtaation against the “Alden | Sheppard, the vice-president of the Mills, These men have figured be-| Full Fashioned Hosiery Workers fore, either as witnesses or prin-| Union, has been fired until it looks cipals, in cases of discrimination /| like a habit. | against the Alden Mills. They| Not only are the officials of these charge they were fired for their] unions discriminated against, but union activities in behalf of their| the rank and file as well. During fellow workers | the strike at the Lane Mill last fall, ‘The National Textile Labor Rela-| all those who were arrested for their tions Board in Washington has sent | militancy were blacklisted by Oden- word to the Board in New Orleans/heimer. At the time of the strike to attempt “mediation” of this|Odenheimer and his slave drivers case, and if the New Orleans Board | set themselves up as judges, and re- fails, that the National Group will|gardless of why a worker was ar- hold a hearing and reach a final| rested, he was classed as a criminal decision. | and put on the blacklist. Charles McLelland, vice-president} the Labor Relations Board did of the Alden Mills, in a reply to the| thing about it, not even were the charges made public by the Labor workers allowed to defend them- Relations Board, declared that the! ives against the charges before the meh were not fired for their union! Roarq. Several of the workers put activities. He charged Sheppard | their cases before the Labor Board, with violating “mill rules” and the| hut when the time came for a hear- others with interrupting him while ing they were not allowed to be he was reprimanding other workers,| present. They were represented by and of “threatening me in an offen- |Mr. Odenheimer and the workers sive manner.” yer hance from the be- Sheppard was first fired in Sep-| ever had & chance tember, 1933 and ordered returned | &™7/NS- te work with “back pay.” He was There was a number of the people returned to work but laid off after| that did not put their cases before three days. The Board again in-| this Labor Board, because they knew vestigated the case and again or-| that it was useless to do so, for only déred him ‘returned to work but} industry was represented on the without back pay. He was returned| Board. They knew that labor would to work August 22 and was again| get small consideration, for there is fited on Oct. 4. He claimed to have| not and has not been a worker on been fired on trumped up charges| the Labor Board. The nearest thing beéause of his activities as a union| to a worker that has ever been on leader. | the board is James Dempsey, who Radovich, another worker, said} was the president of the Central that. after testifying for Sheppard | Trades and Labor Council, and who ina recent hearing, that he and| is now a Constable in the Criminal Sheppard were put on a night crew,| Court Building. It has always been and laid off after three days. known that a person could not The managements of the textile! serve two masters. Minneapolis and Buffalo ~ Must Take Drastic Steps Although it has reacheci only 38 per cent of its quota, Minneapolis sent only $6 last Monday in the face of the necessity for all districts to finish their quotas by Dec. 1 Connecticut and Newark have quotas of $750, only $50 less than Mihneapolis. But while Connecticut has already gone over the top, and Newark has achieved 87 per cent, Minneapolis is still shamefully listless. Buffalo, another district which has a quota equal to Connecticut and New Haven, sent only $3.42, although its percentage is hardly above 6D per cent. These two districts must immediately take special measures to over- come their neglect in this vital drive. ‘The Armenian Workers Organizations (Panvour) of California, sent $29.30 . . . The American Union Against Reaction contributes $25... From the Milwaukee Macedonian Peoples League comes $13. Make efforts every minute to raise district quotas by Dec. 1! Bethlehem Silk Workers Robbed by Red Cross By a Textile Worker Corre- spondent BETHLEHEM, Pa.— They are having the annual collection for the Red Cross here in the sik mills, where every worker must pay $1 or suffer the consequences. The Low’s Mill, one of the larg- est here, just gave the order to their employes. The rest are doing the same. This affects around two to three thousand silk workers. rest of the town also. It usually does. The community chest gets its grab also. The workers are only working part time. TuvimCan Take It-- In Cash By a Needle Worker Correspondent and the way he manages Local 142 of the International Ladies’ Gar- ment Workers’ Union. If an operator comes to him and complains of low prices, Tuvim goes to her boss about it and says that as long as he pays her the $14 minimum that’s all that matters. Every other week they sell all kinds of raffles for a radio, turkey, watch, etc. He also got a rake- off on the profits of the boat-ride held recently. Tuvim, every now and then, arranges a supper for the chairladies and chairmen and spends about $200 for that. There is no use in spending all this money on this, as the chairladies can do without the supper. It is just more commission for Tuvyim, Why does Tuvim go about spread- ing bad repo:ts on this and that cutter and insult these men? What is his business on this matter? If he has anything against these men let him either keep his mouth shut or summon them before the board. If, on the other hand, you say something about Tuvim that is not to his liking and he finds out who has said it, he threatens to expel that member from the organization. Has he got the right to do this, for, as yet, the members have no con- | stitution of their own. The present executive board? are a bunch of puppets in Tuvim’s | hands, as they let him do whatever | be wants. They are all afraid to open up their mouths and say what they mean. Nobody knows what becomes of the money taken in, as they do not itemize anything. All they say at a finance meeting is— “Date—so and so, expense—so and so, paid—so and so, ete.” You can't make head or tail of that. Where some members of the board work they let the boss stand and work with them at the cutting table, and also work all kinds of hours and do all sorts of things, which is against the union rules, Another vital fact is that Tuvim is in league with the big bosses of the association, and I am quite sure that the workers will be sold out when the new agreement comes along and if the workers go out on strike in December. It will just be a matter of form, as everything is agreed on between Tuvim and the bosses, and the workers won't gain anything. It will be a repetition of the old agreement. When Tuvim goes up to some of the big shops he has a private con- ference with the boss, as nobody is allowed to be there because the boss orders the bookkeeper and the stenographer out of the room until they get through. ters’ meeting once a month. What is he afraid of? He does not have them. Why doesn’t he inform the members what is being contem- plated toward a new agreement? What is Tuvim doing toward or- ganizing the workers in New Jer- sey? How long does it take to or- ganize a handful of shops? If it can’t be done with the aid of Rath- coff then let him employ someone who will do the job and not spend $50 per week for doing nothing. I say to you fellow-workers who read this article, let’s get together now, as right now is the time to get Tuvim out. Let us throw our lot in with them Communist work- ers, as they do more for their mem- bers than Tuvim. Received Nov. 26, 1934 $611.28, DISTRICT 8 (Chicago) Previously received 41,564.69| Albert Thalin 1.00 Dr. H. O. 5 ————-| M. Bergeson 1.00 Vennesland 1.00 ‘Total to date $42,175,97| AlPtashynski 5.00 Mike Swan 1.00 DISTRICT 1 (Boston) HL. Parker, Dorchester Unit | Total Nov. 26, 1934 9.00 Kkefield’ 4.50 Section 2 ‘1.00 | Total to date 3,941.36 Haverhill, Chelsea Chil- DISTRICT 9 (Minnesota) \Section|10 6.50 dren's School 5.00 | Palo Working Women’s Club 2.00 Providence, W. F.,|Port= J. Kykyn 4.00 *Seetion4 25.50 pee tynn,Sec.8 14.19 Total Nov. 26, 1934 6.00 | Total to date 313.63 Total Nov. 26, 1934 DISTRICT 11 (No. Dakota) Total to date 2,142.41 | Billings Unit 8.50 Glasgow Sec. 10.90 DISTRICT 2 (New York City) 8.V.Parris 1.00 H.J.Prenetto 50 Section 7 60 Mrs. McGwiney 6.00 | ie Section 13 425 H. Friedland — 1.00 | Total Nov. 26, 1934 20.90 Section 8 2.00 G. Ronde 6.09 | Total to date 95.65 Section 9 9.57 Bookshop 6.43 DISTRICT 12 (Seattle) Sec. 14,|Unit 1 3.00 Hurst Red Bldrs. .15| Pete Thompson 2.00 John L. Jackson .50 Section 14 17.80 Vandermolen 50 | Unit 3, Sec. 18 1.00 EmilErickson .25 Section 14 5.35 Anonymous 2.00| Ed. Johnson _—1.00 Gust Bloomdahl 25 Sec16,Unit 21 26.70 Un. Coun.Wkg 8.A.Bjoendahl .50 George Johnson .25 Section 16 14.28 Class Women N.G. Bjoendahl (30 L. Gyorog 25 Section 16 2.25 Coun. No.2 3.75 Theo. Jackson .50 Ernst N.Vorgt 1.00 Section|7 7.71 Coun. No. 38 10.00 = Section 7 Coun. 18 & 25 8.16 | Total Nov. 26, 1934 8.00 Unit 3 11,00 Coun. No. 332.00 | Total to date 448.34 Unit 4 2:87 Br. 84, LW.O. 5.00 DISTRICT 13 (California) Unit & 11.00 Dick Roberts 1.00 | Goodyear Sec. 1.00 Orgs. (Panv) 29.30 ‘Unit 68 7.00 Louis Schwartz .21| John Hamilton Boyle Hts. Sec, 1.50 Unit 155, 8.85 Amer. Union ¥. 6. L 1.15 Br. 1536, Pokroy- Section 5 Against Unit 7, Hollywd 3.00 sky, I.W.O, 10.00 Unit|10 2.00 _ Reaction 25.00 | Armenian Wkrs. Sol Sarch 1.50 Unit 9 10.00 ¥.C.L.,Sec.9 4.00 joialeeas: Unit 24 2.50 B. Miller 1.00 | Total Nov. 26, 1984 48.45 Upit 22 5.00 H..Hirschhorn 1.00 | Total to date 819.51 Section 5 20.18 + Wolkin 1.00 DISTRICT 14 (Newark) Section 5 85 Adolf Steinman 50/8, Liss 50 Sec.5, Unit 20 13.25 Sq. RadioCo. 5.00 | Misc. 05 Section 3 7.50 Jos. Tarasevich .50 | I. W. O.. Tom Mooney Shule 6.50 Section 3 20.16 Bill Haywood J. Andrusak 1.00 Bection 20 60 Br,ILD. 16.00 3ection 20 3.50 J. Reed Club 12.00 | Total Nov. 26, 1934 8.05 M.Barnaby 1.00 | Total to date 666.72 —— DISTRICT 15 (New Haven) ‘Total Nov. 26, 1934 336.96 | M. Kutas 6.25 Total to date 22,200.24 | Dist. Com. Lithuanian Lit. Soe, 5.00 DISTRICT 4 (Buffalo) eee Edwin Little 1.00 H. Albro 25 | Total Nov. 26, 1934 11.25 Alfred Carson 25 A. J. Sustar, Total to date 699.46 Carl Signell 25 Coll. 142 DISTRICT 18 (Milwaukee) Amy ¥radahi 25 — Macedonian Peoples League 13.00 Total Nov. 26, 1934 3.42| Section 4 13.64 Total to date 486.43 | Section 1, Unit 103 3.25 i DISTRICT 5 (Pittsburgh) Section 1, Unit 112 50 Pen and Hammer 10.00 | Section 5’ Movie 25.00 Michael Brinkiey .25| Mrs, K. Meininger 2.00 ‘Totat Noy. 26, 1934 10.25 | Total Nov. 26, 1934 57.39 ‘Total to date 740.21 | Total to date 633.50 ©. DISTRICT 6 (Cicveland) DISTRICT 21 (St. Louis) Augtst Hauck 50 | Nelson, Section 3 5.00 : ——_——— | Seetion 2 ‘Total Nov. 26, 1934 50 | Section 2 Total to date 2,053.55 | Section 6, Unit 62 + -. DISTRICT 7 (Detroit) Gec.1,Unit9 50 _‘T.W.O. 2.25 | Total Nov. 26, 1934 jee, 9, Unit! 2.54 Red Builders 1.08 | Total to date Sec. 4, Unit 8 1.00 Sec.1, Units 40 DISTRICT 24 (Louisiana) int, Mich 5.00 Sec. 4, Unit 3.00] O. Anderson 1.00 fcraitian A.C.8.H. 4.00 Total-Nov. 26, 1934 19.77 | Total Nov. 26, 1934 1.00 Total to date 2,120.03 ' Total to date 5.35 AMOUNT a i Tear off and mail immediately to DAILY WORKER New York, N. Y. Transients Grilled by Lorain Policemen By a Worker Correspondent LORAIN, Ohio—All transients here must submit to questioning by the Police Department before any aid is given by the Federal Tran- sient Relief Bureau, I suppose that the next step will be fingerprinting and photograph- ing the single unemployed men for the bowl of stew and bug-ridden bed at the Salvation Army here. STAFF SCORE IN $60,000 DRIVE Quota ‘foDate % Quota Gold $1,000 $637.59 $63.57 Gannes 500 306.72 61.34 Ramsey 250 «143.41 57.36 Burck 1,000 463.05 46.30 Del 500 «218.24 43.64 Med. Board 1.500 540.25 36.01 Ann Barton 500 «(107.86 8621.57 Wkr. Corres. 500 55.99 11.19 We publish every Wednesday letters from textile, needle, shoe and leather workers. We urge workers in these industries to write us of their conditions and their efforts to organize. Please get these letters to us by Satur- day of each week. am I believe that it will affect the | | | Mahon of the National and the| NEW YORK.—The following are | a few interesting facts about Tuvim | Tuvim is supposed to have a cut- | NOVEMBER 28, 1934 ® Employed and Jobless Together Fight Bosses’ Hunger Campaign 1,000 Sign Petitions! for New N.R.A. Hearing Company Union Plot | Defeated By a Shoe Worker Correspondent HAVERHILL, Mass.—The Haver- hill Vigilance Committee, with some of their agents in the United Shoe and Leather Workers Union, are attempting to pull off the same stunt that was pulled off in Lynn at the Stitchers’ Local in regards to the flag saluting idea. These same agents tried hard to smash the unemployed movement and the struggle for unemployment insurance. They got their friends to make motions against the fight at the meetings. These agents fight like ostriches, with their heads in| the sand. They come to the unem-| By a Shoe Worker Correspondent | HAVERHILL, Mass. — Over a thousand shoe workers in Haverhill have signed a petition to reopen hearings on the miserable shoe code now practiced. | ‘The movement for this petition | was started by a group of rank and file brothers and sisters and intro- duced in the District Council of the United Shoe and Leather Workers | Union. Already these petitions have been sent to Washington. The shoe code is the worst of all | codes. It was presented by the big manufacturers and okayed by the reactionary leaders of the former.) shoe workers’ unions, Nolan, Hamil- ton and Kelleher of the Protective, | Boot and Shoe officials. Mr. Priest was the lawyer for the | ‘former Protective Union here in| Haverhill. When they came back |ployed mass meetings, sit in the from Washington they praised the | back, and when asked to state their rotten code to the skies. Yet this |objections to this whole ‘movement, | same Mr. Priest is now running for | they don’t dare to. ; mayor of Haverhill. Every time the boss wants to give Because the movement to reopen |a wage cut, these agents say, “We'll the code is spreading fast and with |see Kareltz, the union lawyer.” This determination, the mayors of var- |Kareltz tried to become the union ious shoe towns and cities in Mas- | lawyer, but did not succeed as we all sachusetts are meeting together |remembered him as the local city trying to make it appear that they |solicitor. The local city government are doing something for us. What |tried to get him to act as a stool- | they are really trying to do is take |pigeon for them. But he did not leadership of the movement in or- |succed, as the majority of the lo- der to behead it. This has been jcals would not accept him. our experience in all movements| This so-called “friend of labor” for our own interests where the |was exposed by Alfred Porro, agent leadership was wrested from our |of the Lasters’ Local, who caught hands by the politicians. In the|Kareltz openly at a meeting with end we were betrayed. jthe Citizens Committee advocating ‘We must spread the movement |a 20 per cent wage cut and a 50 per for a new and better code to all|cent lay-off of the crews “in order shoe center, organized and unor-|to save the shop.” ganized. We must remember why we| After this exposure, even the did not get a better code in the first |agents of the Stitchers’ Local don’t place. Firstly, we workers were not |dare say, “We'll see Kareltz.” Every involved in drafting the code. We |day we are learning who our friends did not even know the briefs that |are and who our enemies are. were submitted, let alone make| The local Dr, Kapp, head of the suggestions as to what should be | Vigilance Committee, has been try- included in the code for our pro- ing to form a company union, but tection. jhe hasn't been successful. The Secondly, presenting the code|manufacturers are trying hard to there were only reactionary offi- smash the union | cials who had no intention in the} The only real friends we have | first place of fighting for a code ‘are the Communists, who not only | in our interests, expose the tricks of the bosses and We remember, however, that the |their agents but they also do all New York shoe workers were well |they can to help us better our con- prepared and New York was the jditions. I have never seen a Com- only shoe district that presented |munist. speak for a wage cut, and fought for a code benefiting |speed-up, discrimination and other the shoe workers. lousy conditions. We must prepare our own code} Look how Alfred Porro, agent of based on our needs and interests |the Lasters’ Local, Marina Brando- after a thorough discussion among |lini, member of the District Coun- the rank and file. We must have|cil, and Joe Costello, all known sincere and reliable rank and file |Communists, are fighting in every members present our code andjmovement that helps the workers. fight for it, |We must all try as hard as these Above all, let us not fall under |people do to better our conditions. the illusion that the code will solve| Let us put our shoulder to the our problems. Build our union.|wheel. Let us all go to our local Spread it out, strengthen it with |meetings and better the situation in militant leadership and oust those |our own locals. If we stay away who are trying to do the same as|from local meetings, it makes it our former leaders have done. It |easier for those who are always is only our own strengthe that we |willing to please the bosses to get can rely on to bring us results. away with their dirty work. WHAT KIND OF WORKER DO THE BOSSES LIKE? By a Worker Correspondent HAVERHILL, Mass.—What kind of a worker is admirable? Ask the Hazerhill Gazette, and it will tell Gazette printed the story of an un- named worker who had written in asking how to feed a family of four on $5 a week, the amount allowed by the local welfare. A few weeks you. Tts editor, William H, Heath, re- | 080, i seems, he Went to a dentist | Mac dentist diagnosed it as trench mouth, and pulled all his top teeth. He sold some furniture to pay the dentist, and investigated trench mouth. He learned that it is com- mon among the poor, whose food is improper and inadequate. “Strange,” he exclaims, “that such a conditions should exist in the richest country in the world. At 40 he is a grandfather. He has been working since he was 13. Until three or four years ago, he was al- ways able to earn a living. Now he can’t.” Strange, indeed! Strange, that Friend Worker never suspected there was something wrong with the system. But he didn’t. “I feel sure,” he concluded—and can’t you see Mr. Heath patting him approvingly on the back—‘that we cently spent half a column villifying Alfred Porro, Communist and an official of the local United Shoe and Leather Workers’ Union. Porro ran in the primaries for Mayor and threw a scare into the old guard. He got 686 votes, a 50 per cent in- crease over the vote for a Commu- pine ens DEH EE GH NORD Year ak nist for Alderman in the last elec-| This. workers, is the ideal the tion. And, just below this diatribe, the Haverhill Gazette holds up to you— not that “wild Communist” Porro! Letters from Our Readers THE YEAR-ROUND CAMPAIGN them the values they have pro- New York, N. Y. | duced; they have only a vague idea Dear Comrade Editor: of the wealth they have been robbed The reported gain in votes over | of. previous election campaigns calls to mind the urgency of keeping the spirit of class-consciousness alive all year around, rather than just at election time. Make the red campaign last 365 days in a year! Whenever there is a big strike struggle, or an exposure of condi- tions in some industry, we should feature at the same time intimate details of the lives of the principal shareholders in the business; the number and kind of homes they have, their cars, the expensive idio- cies of their sons and daughters, the experssion of their callous indif- ference to the source of their wealth and privileges. During the marine strike, for instance, when the drudgery and jail-house fare of seamen, the killing concitions of longshoremen and the brutal sup- pression of the strike were before the eyes of the working class, it would have been very enlightening M. R. THE OTHER SIDE OF THE PICTURE New York, N. Y. Dear Comrade Editor: One thing that most workers do not realize is the extent of their exploitation. They are keenly aware of their own miserable living and working conditions, but the complex organization of industry hides from | Action on Eleetion| Promises Demanded by Unemloyed By a Shoe Worker Correspondent HAVERHILL, Mass.—Last Thurs- day the Unemployed Council of the United Shoe and Leather Workers Union invited all candidates in the city election to speak on their plans for the unemployed. Of course they all said they “sympathized” with us. The truth of the matter is that it was elec- tion time and it didn’t cost much to make promises. Still more im- portant, our unemployed council is forging ahead in spite of all the sabotage on the part of the reac- tionaries and the manufacturers. At this same mass meeting we elected a committee of three to pre- sent to the City Council our de- mand for cash relief instead of script, and for the opening up of a cafeteria for the single unemployed with union wages for those em- ployed in this cafeteria. Since Mayor Dalrymple heard of these decisions being made at our meeting, and because he is coming up for re-election, he made a state- ment in Saturday's Gazette that he is for the cafeteria and that he will try to open it. Or course he is saying this for his own political reasons, and will try to take credit for the idea. But we are interested not in who takes credit, but in not starving, therefor we are going to hold Dalrymple and the other po- liticians to their promises. The del- egation going to the City Council meeting will also present The Workers Unemployment and Social Insurance Bill (H, R. 7598) for en- dorsement by the City Council. Our Unemployed Council has been organized only five weeks and has already accomplished many things such as spreading thousands of copies of the Workers Unemploy- ment and Social Insurance Bill, and the getting of employment for some single men on F, E. R. A. jobs. We will gain many more victories. The local Vigilance Committee, which recently tried to help the manufacturer, Mr. Emerson, put over a 20 per cent wage cut and lay off 50 per cent of the crew, in do- ing all it can to discourage and disrupt our unemployed council and union. We have exposed many ene- mies of the workers such as Nolan, Kelleher, City Solicitor George Karelitz, Dr. Kapp and lawyer Thomason the heads of the Vigil- ance Committee. We will continue to expose all those that stand in the way of the workers in their fight to better their conditions. Wage Cutting Aim of Curley Conference By a Shoe Worker Correspondent BOSTON, Mass.—Governor-elect Curley will meet with eleven mayors of shoe cities to discuss the crisis in the shoe industry and plan to stop the removal of shops.” This is an- nounced in the capitalist press. This conference, called by Curley for Nov. 25th, is a result of the fact that the situation has become so alarming for cities like Lynn and Haverhill, where the cities actually face a breakdown because the en- tire population depends upon the shoe industry for a livelihood. Then the failure of the bosses and their agents to enforce wage cuts, makes them look to the city and state gov- ernments as the last resort to help them carry through a cut. The general officials of the United Shoe and Leather Workers Union, instead of preparing the workers for struggle, are now pinning all their hopes on the reopening of the shoe code and are soliciting the help of the manufacturers, city and state governments to bring pressure on ‘Washington. SHOE COMMUNIST FRACTION CALLS OPEN MEETING The Communist fraction in the U. S. L. W. U. is calling an open fraction meeting on Friday, No- vember 30, 7:30 p.m., at Manhat- tan Lyceum, 64 East Fourth Street, New York City. The Communist position in the present situation in the labor movement in general and in the shoe trade in particular, will be (presented and discussed. Our attitud towards the Boot and Shoe Union will be presented. Shoe workers of the U. S. L. W. U. and of the Boot and Shoe are invited. 1,000 FOLLOWERS, TOO! Only 11 per cent of the $500 quota has been reached by the Worker Correspondence Depart- ment. They're ahead of—nobody. J. Kykin Gilbert . Michael Brinkiey . Vander Molen .. Previcusly received Total to know what the Dollar family was doing at the time. There is a tendency among the masses of the people to admire the rich, who are painted by their press, schools and theatre as smart, clean, educated, having good taste, know- ing what it’s all about. Let us show, with the pictures of the beau- tiful, nifty Junior League girls and their polo-playing brothers of the society section, the pictures of slow starvation and strike brutalities on which they are thriving. M. R. TONIGHT’S THE NIGHT NIGHT’S the night of the big dance given by the Daily Worker Medical Advisory Board, featuring Yossel Cutler and the New Dance Group, at the Savoy Ballroom, Lenox Ave. and 140th St. Did you buy your tickets yet? If not,get them at the Workers Book shops today, at 50 E. 13th St, New York City, 699 Prospect Ave., Bronx and 369 Sutter Ave., Brooklyn. Riokets IMRADE L. D., of Brooklyn, writes: “I have a two year old youngster who is very energetic and active. Since infancy he has had @ large and protruding abdomen which does not diminish as he grows older. He has always been around eight pounds overweight and a healthy child. However, I have been told by two doctors that he has rickets, and by a third that if not given the proper care, he will de- velop rickets. He has always had a hearty appetite, eaten plenty of vegetables, and health-building food, a quart of milk a day and cod liver oil, so I don’t possibly see how he could have rickets. I was always under the impression that a child with rickets was weak and not in the least active. He started to walk at 11 months and was bow-legged until this summer when he straight- ened out quite a bit. Now, the ques- tion is, is a child born with rickets, or does rickets develop out of some other disorder, and if so, what is to be done about it?” Our Reply NEW born baby—especially when born in the winter—will probably develop rickets by six months of age if it does not get sufficient sun- shine and certain food vitamins, such as, cod liver oil, contains. You say your child received cod liver oil but you do not state when the cod liver oil was started and what dosage you used. From your descrip- tion, it would appear that your child had rickets which is now most prob- ably healed. You need not be alarmed about this condition, for as you say the legs are already straight- ening. The abdomen will most likely become less and less promi- nent as the child grows older. An X-ray of the wrists would show con- clusively whether or not the child had rickets and whether or not it is completely healed. Ww RECEIVED news this morn- ing from Chicago demanding further events in the fight of the Chicago working women for lower prices. A few days ago, a com- mittee of 21 women delegates, “rep- resenting women’s councils, mass organizations, neighborhood action committees, workers’ committees on unemployment, Unemployment Councils, appeared at Swift’s pack- ing house general office, to present the demand for 25 per cent reduc- tion in the price of all food prod- ucts sold by the company.” Here is how one of the women on that delegation describes what followed: “The man at the information desk wes very nervous. We were urged, by a man who said he was the advertising manager, to come to a room on the fifth floor. Into the fancy reception room, with soft arm chairs, five men came, One shert, fas man, with an exception- ally red face, acted as spokesman, sie would not say exactly wno he was. He attempted to “explain” why it was necessary to charge the prices Swifts charge. But our com- mittee had figures in black and white as to the prefits the com- pany was making. The short, fat man said it was necessary for him to take the matter up with the of- ficials of the company, and said he would do that. He then told the committee that tables were being set for the committee's luncheon! This, we refused to accept. The short, fat gentleman, and the other four mea who were standing by, were told that tne workers would expect an answer at their butcher's and grocery. If prices continue as high as they are now, then other action will be taken, such as picket- ing, demonsirations, etc.” eats aa FTER the delegation’s visit, the committee met me at a hall to decide on further steps. They decided to organize neighborhood action committees who will or- ganize women in the neighbor- hood for real struggle there (pick- eting, organizing mass meetings, demonstrations, ctc.) on the basis of their particular needs in the neighborhood. It was decided to issue a leaflet immediately to the stockyard workers to explain to them the delegation, and its pur- pose. We want the Chicago com- rades to keep us informed about the developments of those strug- gles. 'HE dimensions of the rag rug are 26 inches by 16 inches. The rug is woven from blue, rose, white and yellow materials, and is very bright and cheery. Make your bid for it. WORTH TALKING ABOUT! Four branches of the Women’s Council give their support to “In the Home” which is highest in the day's contributions, and boost Ann Barton’s percentage to 21 per cent —still very low, but if such co-opera- tion continues, it will prove that WORKERS’ HEALTH Conducted by the Daily Worker Medical Advisory Board (The Doctors on the Medical Advisory Board do not Advertise) Varicose Veins and Ulcers IMRADE R. B. E. of Falon, Ne« vada, writes:—“My wife suffers with varicose veins. They break out into running sores, which. is very painful and heal with a ter- rible itching. Could you tell me what to get to heal these sores and that itehing?” Site. cate. Our Reply T the present time, the best re sults in treating varicose veins are obtained by injection of the veins with various chemicals. This requires, of course, treatment by a physician who has had wide ex- perience in performing these ins jections. The ulcers of the legs, due to such veins, are slow and trouble- some things to clear up well and require expert care. This consists usually in the application of what is called an “Unna boot” which encourages slow growth of the skin over the ulcers, or by surgical un- dermining of the edge of the ulcer, Of course, only the experiences Physician can do this. In the absence of facilities for obtaining these particular treat- ments, the following procedures meanwhile will give relief and pre- vent the condition from getting worse. If this is impossible, we would suggest that you either buy two inch Ace Bandages in the drug store, or if you cannot afford that, use strips of flannel 2 inches wide and long enough to run a snug bandage from the ankle to the knee. The reason for this method is that it is necessary to give some support to the weak veins. When- ever possible, have your wife rest in bed or in a chair with the leg @ little raised. Before putting on the bandage each morning, put some boric acid ointment on the ulcers and cover them with clean gauze. If the unbroken skin is itchy, buy some calamine lotion and apply it in the morning and at night. IT’S ALWAYS DARKEST BEFORE DAWN! That’s what the doctors say—ex- cusing the woeful lack of contribu- tors toward their column. They'll have to step on it—at tonight’s dance in Harlem, if they're to get beyond 36 per cent of their $1,500 quota! Total to date ............$540.25 IN THE HOME By ANN BARTON Chicago Women Demand Lower Prices women can stand up against the men any time! Palo Working Women’s Cl.. $2.00 A. J. Sustar Coll, » 2.00 Anonymous .. Women’s Council No. 36 ....10.00 Women’s Council No. 18&25.. 8.16 Mrs. McGwiney . . Women’s Council No. 33 . Previously received .... Total Can You Make ’Em Yourself? Pattern 2041 is available in sizes 4, 6, 8, 10 and 12. Size 10 takes 3% yards 36 inch fabric and % yard contrasting. Illustrated _step-by- step sewing instructions included. \\ NL Send FIFTEEN CENTS (15c) ix coins or stamps (coins preferred) for this Anne Adams pattern. Write plainly name, address and style number, BE SURE TO STATE SIZE. Address orders to Daily Worker, Pattern Department, 243 W. 17th Stx New York City, | S218) ents sinus One