The Daily Worker Newspaper, December 6, 1934, Page 4

Page 4 | Up-State Dai Rubber King Truth a Bit in Statement By AKRON Correspondent a Worker Ohio ice the ec! 8,000 more we { mar Ss have oni A stone need for this state of 50,000 people on re-| Firestone atement that was headlined a the local press YONE IF DECLARES -employment. or t exactly where those that he spea about, is at he is either lying or is elligent, or both states that the Ak and this is 42 per cent han the average in all other and that the rubber in- a larger per- oduction than tries. (I might id that the e a lower stand- ard of living than ever before, and the end t yet In sight. With speed-up, inflation and rising prices on everything that the workers use, Tubbe! is n including rent, the standard of liv- ing is being lowered Firestone is a great believer in supporting President Roosevelt, but he can’t agree with him on his at- titude towards labor. Some of us Districts that } Must Stretches H. S. FIRESTONE used to believe in supporting him, but the scales are rapidly being torn DAILY WORKER, NEW YORK, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 6, 1934 Stalin’s Photo Creates Furor in Tire Plant By a Worker Correspondent AKRON, Ohio.—Something un- usual happened here in the Goodrich Tire and Rubber fac- tory just two weeks ago. In the machine shop, as in every other department, there is a billboard. There you see all kinds of no- tices, announcements; company union, A. F. of L., this or that affair or notice. There also ap- peared one morning a picture that drew more attention than anything else. It was a picture of Joseph Stalin himself. It was cut out from the Times-Press, a local newspaper. It stood there for over ten days. Since there has been a practice that anything hung there should remain, this picture was not removed. Finally, the whole board was cleaned up, that is, all other announcements were removed and this picture also. But, believe me, all workers pass- | ing there took a look at Stalin, | and many wondered as to how long it will be yet until that time when such pictures will be in such places all over the shop. from our eyes. In spite of Roose- velt, N.R.A. and Section 7A, the} Firestone plants are still one hell of | a place to try and make a living in. | Some of us know where the fault | lies in regards to the troubles of the | workers, both employed and unem-| ployed. We are trying with all our} might to change the attitude of the | rest, from an attitude of acceptance | of their fate and kissing the chains | they are bound with, to cme of con- | sciousness of their role in capitalist society, to end once for all a system | that permits such men as H. S Firestone to exploit thousands of workers for his own profit, and then | crow about it, On to a Soviet America. Intensify Efforts to Fill Quotas Only $355 was received Tuesday, a sum thoroughly insufficient if | the more than $10,000 that is still needed in the “Daily” drive is to be/ raised by Dec. 15. New York sent most of this mo The total amount from Minnes Chicago, Cleveland complete their quotas by Dec. 1. T ‘Total Received Dec. 4, 1934 $355.49 wiously received $48,983.37 Total to date $49,320.80 DISTRICT 1 (Boston) Miss L A $50 CG 2% ohn F Dodo 50 Pianderson” (38 Total Dec 4 $2.0 AE 50 Tot to date $2249.48 DISTRICT 2 (New York City) Section 17 Lecture $30.00 Section 11 52.07 Section 11 10.00 Br 3508 TWO 2.00 United Coun Working class Women 3.45 Bub Section 10 60 Allerton Workers Club Lecture 4.10 3.00 Daniel Roberts 8.50 Loe 2.00 Exhibition 5.10 ers, 25.00 5.00 1.00 n é& Stein's classes in Workers les of Communism 36.13 of Workers Center 10.75 Einstem 2.00 B le Workers School 12.00 M Schneider 40 Cooperative Music School 1.00 New Youth Ch 4.00 2 1.00 N.Y 4.60 1.01 Clemeyer r 96 Pinochle Game 3 liam Allegro 2.00 perative Opticians 1.92 Zonuck 1.00 Total Dec 4 $235.35 Total to date $27,223.68 DISTRICT 3 (Phita.) Jos Lerner $5.00 Total Dec 4 $5.00 Total to date $8717.92 DISTRACT % (Pittsburgh) Peter Miravalie $1.00 ‘Total Dec 4 $1.00 Total to date $872.56 DISTRICT 6 (Cleveland) James Gregonch ae 00 | Aisieaey 1.00 ‘otal De $2.00 ee ios DISTRICT 7 (Detroit) | Total to date $118.40 Floyd Moody % 50 DISTRICT 26 (South Dakota) a tw ‘3 _| Walter Gray 42.00 fran to eave $2375.58 | Total Dec, 4 ae P ‘otal to date eae ee tet sre anes istal sia. | Distelbt 90s, Wi, Banguat ot Nov, 28, 1934 ian Club Tag Day 33.22 | Section 4 Unit 17 2.00 10 Cp 390| Unit SG 15 $20.40 Unit 8 10.00 a35| Unit 428 10.00 Unit 10 2.00 232| Unit 413 6.00 Unit 23 5.00 3a} Unit 495 115 Unit D 2.00 290 | Unit 422 2.00 Section 16 | 5.00 | Unityg27 50 «Unit 2 $2.00 | 100 | Unit We 6.00 Section 17 ie Satkinna 25| Unit 411 YOL 14.00 Unit 9 $3.00 Sec 5 Unit 9 5.00 | Unit 417 60 Unit 6 3.00 | r 2.00 | Section 7 20.00 © Unit 12 1.00 Sec 10 Unit 10 PB | Sec 4 Unit 9 PB 5.00 Unit BMT — 2.00/| Sec 4 Unit 8 Cp $20.00 Unit 7 2.00 Armenian Fraction 12.41 Unit 4 3.00 Women's Br No 4—-UUTO 10.00 | Section 13.10 Unit 5 3.00 Br 18 UUTO 1.00| Unit 3 5.00 Unit 11 1.00 2 9.00] Unit 4 5.00 Unit 3 1.00 | a Workers Club 3.70| Unit 2 5.00 Section 18 | n Workers Club 20.00 | Section 10 Unit 2 $2.55 n Workers Club Op 2.90 | Unit 2 $3.50 Section 19 Sec 4 Unit 3 1.58| Section 11 a0 sont atyy 2200 : 1 0.00} Unit ection Bert unt Pie ise | alt 4 2.00 Unit 204 $5.00 | Sec 5 Unit 2 Cp 1.090| Unit 13N 1.00 Unit 201 2.00 Sec 6 Unit 1 Cp 5.00 | Unit 2 2.00 Unit 203 3.00 Sec 6 Unit 1 499 | Israel Zion 7.00 Section 5 $42.00 Sec 6 Unit 2 152 | Section 13 $100.00 Section 74.54 | Ann Arbor Unit 2 7195 | Section 14 Section 4 Sec 9 Unit 3 112 | Unit 10 $5.99 Unit 405 $10.00 Sec 9 Unit 7 20 | Unit 4 3.00 = Unit: 426 2.00 Sec 1 Unit 1 2.51 | Section 34.00 Unit 415 10.00 1.50 | Section 15 Unit 411 5.00 | 67 | Unit 6 $1.00 Unit 416 3.00 an Paspui 5.00 | Unit 13 5.00 Unit 427 200 ILD Polish, Hameramck 5.00 | Unit 22 3.00 “Unit 410 50 Ukrainian Women Hamtramck §.00| Unit 9 10.00 Section 18 Ukrainian Prog Club Hamtramek 3.90 | Section 78.00 Unit 1 $7.15 Sec 1 Unit K 3.87 | Unit 20 190 Unit 5 10.00 Sommittee Nov 18th Affair 32.71 | Unit 21 100 Unit 15 7.40 Polish Chamber of Labor of North | unit 1 15.00 Unit 16 23.08 Detroit, Cp and PB 3,25 | Unit 2 2.00 Unit. 21 6.75 Roumanian Club Dearborn PB 5.00 | Unit 22 6.00 Here Is My Bit NAME Pittsburgh, ‘a, Seattle and California was only $11. and Detroit are districts which promised to Toward the $60,000! | superintendent of this company told | ney—$235. Cleveland, Detroit, Chicago, y must complete them before Dec. 15! | | over all their potatoes to this com- GOODRICH WORKER. Framed for Bucking RichFarmer By A Farmer Correspondent HARTFORD, Conn.—During the last part of October or early Nov, this year the Potato Crop Associa- tion, an organization of farmers of 40-50 acres, decided to donate to the unemployed their second class po- tatoes, as they had been getting 50 | cents a bushel for their first class | potatoes and felt that they could | get along on this. This was in the section of East Windsor Hill, Conn. Now the Staen Potato Plantation Co, of 500 acres opposed this idea because this plan would hurt the Price of potatoes the next year. The the poor farmers at one of their meetings that if they would turn pany he would see that they would | get one-half price for their seconds, | and 35 cents a bushel for the firsts. He also said that the prices would | go up and that he had a plan to| pack the potatoes in paper bags and | ship them to South America. | One farmer who lives between Rocksville and Hartford opposed the plan of the Kulak superintendent, and said it would result in the same way as with the tobacco growers in | -| 1917 with the notorious Fred Grif- | ; Sec 8 Unit 4 13.92 | | DISTRICT & (Chicago) | Anonymous $5.00 | Total Dec 4 $5.00 | Total to date $4392.74 | DISTRICT 9 (Minnesota) | W oJ Moritz $1.00 | Total Dec 4 $1.00 | Total to date $322.13 | DISTRICT 1° Gentile) | P Pele $ 50 Total Dec 4 $ 50) Total to date $684 a TRICT 13 (C omnia) F H Everhart $1.00 | Total Dec 4 | Fotal to date $829.53 | DISTRICT 14 (Newark) | | Unit 8 Paterss $1.55 | | Unit 1 Paterss 8.00 | Unit 6 Paterson 9.50 | Unit 3 Paterson 5.00 | Unit 4 Paterson 4.38 | Unemployed Relief Assn of Paterson 2.00 Tom Mooney Br IWO 8.00 | Daily Worker Benefit Affair Paterson 7.00 | Unit 3 Newark 5.00 | Hillside Unit PB 5.00 | Litinsky 60 | Tag Day 1.88 Passaic L Ingraham Seidler Boys Social Club Total Dec 4 $74.63 Total to date $953.86 DISTRICT 18 (Milwaukee) | South Slav LL.D. W. Allis $2.00 | Total Dec 4 $2. Total to date $662.64 | DISTRICT 1 (Denver) | Salt Lake Section $8.00 | Unit 8 Salt Lake City PB 15 Unit 2 Salt Lake Clty 1.25 | Midvale 1.36 | Unit 9 Salt Lake Oty 15 | District | ota Dec 4 Total to date | DISTRICT 2% (West Virginia) ADDRESS AMOUNT | | | Tear off and mail immediately to DAILY WORKER The Staen superintendent asked | Art if his potatoes were no good and that was the reason that he) was opposed to this plan? He re-/ plied that they were sound. Following this meeting, inspectors visited this farmer's place twice. On the second visit they found hol- low potatoes; farmer Art believes that the diseased potatoes were planted on him during the night, that he has been framed. ‘The inspectors poured kerosene on |500 bushels of potatoes and burned | 13.72 them up. The authority of the in-| 3-00 | spectors is not known at this writ- | ing. NRA Violation In Butter- Kist Bakeries By A Worker Correspondent NEW YORK—I wish to write in about the way the N. R. A. code is being violated by the Butter Kist Baking Company of Astoria, L. I. The Labor Board was notified of this and they sent some investigator down and nothing was done about it. We workers in this plant are forced to work 12 and sometimes even 13 hours a day for a six-day week. The N. R. A. code calls for a 40 hour week. We have a time clock in the place but it is never used as the company does not want any proof of its vio- lations of the code. A short while after a complaint was sent to the N. R. A., while we were receiving our pay checks, the foreman came around and asked everyone to sign | a statement. The top of this sheet was folded up so that we could not read it. , Still, everyone signed. | Most likely this was a statement to | the N. R.. When the N.R.A. investigated, they never came to the workers and asked them about conditions. They investigated through the company’s office, and it is very easy to under- stand what sort of a line they were given there. Not only are the provisions on | hours violated, but the wages also are below the minimum. According to the code in the industry, men working on the ovens are to get 65 cents an hour. Here, however, they receive only 32 cents an hour. It is clear to see here, that re- liance on the N.R.A. will not help. We workers in the Butter Kist as well as in all the large bakeries, should organize and then we will have a guarantee that our condi- tions will be improved and main- tained. NOTE: We publish every Thursday let- ters from farmers, agricultural and cannery and lumber workers. We urge farmers and workers in these industries to write us of their conditions and their efforts to or- New York, N. Y. ganize. Please get these letters fo us bw Aicuday of each week, | lished a paper, ry Farmers Breaking Milit Unity of Workers and Dairy Farmers Against} ants Cause ‘Dairy Day’ Boycott Milk Monopolies Need of the Hour (By a Farmer Correspondent) NORWICH, N. Y.—The dairy | farmers of New York State are be- | ing pushed around by interests that are looking out for their own per- | sonal gains, at the expense of the | dairy farmer. | In some places milk is selling for as low as $1 per hundred Ibs., or 2c a quart; while in New York City, |Grade B sells for 12c a quart, | and now the greedy distributors are trying to force the consuming public to pay another cent for their milk. | As it is, the poorer people of New) York who consume a large part of the milk sold in New York City, can hardly pay the price they do at present, and over the one cent raise, they are up in revolt. The sad part of it is that this revolt fight is being led by a group of silk stock- ing type of Socialists, who are thinking of their own personal gains. They have formed an al- liance with Mayor LaGuardia and his political followers and they are pretending to lead the working classes of New York City against the raise in price, Watching the City We farmers up-state are watch- ing what is done down in the city, and think it would be a good idea for the Communist Party to take up the fight against the proposed raise. Arrange for a series of city meet- ings, have speakers from the farms tell their city comrades just the conditions on the farms of the dairy district. Let them expose some of the so-called leaders like the Piseck Bros,, Albert Woodhead and others. How can rich dairy farmers have much of an interest in the poor dairy farmer, who is about to be driven from his farm by mortgages and low prices of their products? For the past year the New York Committee of the Farmers’ Action group have been active upstate. The work has been slow, owing to the hard headedness of thousands of the dairy farmers who worship the Republican Party and the Dairy- men’s League. Suddenly a few months ago hun- dreds of small dairy farmers found in their mail boxes, copies of the militant farmers’ program. The material found in these books along with the militancy created during the 1933 milk strike, has left an| impression on them. Dairy Day Circulation and Political Scheme According to government figures, the headquarters of the dairy in- dustry is situated in St. Lawrence and Jefferson County, New York State. The largest city in the sec- tion is Watertown, New YorX, which depends upon the dairy farmer for their trade, etc. In this city is pub- “The Watertown Times.” The editor is one Harold Johnson, who wanted to be the Republican candidate for Governor at the last election. He is a friend of the dairy farmer, that is the large wealthy ones and to hell with the little fellows. So as to become popular and gain circulation for his Paper, each year this Johnson spon- sored a plan of a Dairy Farmers’ Day at Watertown. There was a | Parade, a few bargains in the stores, and a hell of a lot of speaking in the Armory at night. Generally, at this meeting each year from four to five thousand people attended. This year Johnson, along with the big bellied members of the Rotary, Kiwanis, American Legion and other capitalist groups, met and planned company of troops would be in the parade from Fort Madison and the Legion Drum Corps and the children would march. When the plans were disclosed, a few militant farmers in those coun- ties became busy, They secured hundreds of copies of the special Dairy issue of the Farmers’ Weekly along with copies of the farm pro- gram, and a large bundle of the Daily Worker. On several nights, cars travelled the roads stopping at mail boxes, putting them in dairy cans, on bulletin boards of milk stations, in farmers’ cars parked in the small places. Soon the cry went up, “The Reds are up here,” and by then four hundred farmers knew that the militant farmers had a program meant for the poor farm- ers. Many Soldiers, But No Farmers Johnson and others no doubt knew of this distribution and evidently made hurried calls and plans. The results of this special work was shown in what tock place on Dairy Day at Watertown. Instead of having 15,000 farmers and their families iri town to watch the pa- rade, there were hardly 1,000. The parade in itself revealed just how the capitalist class acts. Instead of one troop of regular soldiers from Fort Madison, they had over 500 men, 16 large cannon and field pieces were in the line of march. There were 265 horses and over 150 members of the Legion. The only thing in the parade to show any connection with the dairy business was a manure spreader, and some claim it fs the one that the Shef- field Dairy Co. use to feed a lot of bull to their 15,000 members. With the parade nothing more than a show of the military, and a warning towards the militant farmers, a bust, the sponsors of the affair were desperate, They had the U. 8. Army band from the fort play in the Armory for over one hour in an attempt to draw in the farmers and city folks, to hear the members of the New York Milk Con- trol Board speak on the present situation in the dairy business, While the people listened to the band, the smug leaders in this Dairy Day were seated at the banauet table in the Woodruff Hotel, eating fine food, listening to an Orchestra and applauding a lot of “bunk” handed out. Meeting Disappointment for Farmers After the dinner these leaders all with nice fat cigars in their smug mouths went up to the Armory, to feed a lot of useless dope to the thousands of farmers they expected would be there. Here they received the shock of their lives. Instead of 5,000, there were less than 500 in the place a block long. Out of this 500, not over 100 were farmers. The chairman said, “4500 are missing and we can’t explain it.” The speakers, Johnson and Baldwin, Fee and Manley, of the Milk Board, hurriedly spoke their pieces, and got out as quickly as possible. It was a bitter pill for these so- called leaders, and it demonstrated thoroughly that the farmers up- state are tired of the old line of bunk handed to them. We wonder just how important a part the mili- tant literature played in the Farm- ers’ Day farce at Watertown this year? What has been done can be done other places if the worker consumers of the large cities will work with the farmers and join im their fight the Dairy Day for this year, May 5. Another parade was to be held, one Letters from Newberry, Mich, Dear Comrade Editor: First of all I want to send my revolutionary greetings to all the readers of the Daily Worker upon my release from prison, and I want to thank all the individuals and or- ganizations that have sent protests here to Michigan in behalf of Bur- man and myself. As you have per- haps heard, or read, Burman and I have been victims of the Michigan Criminal Syndicalist law, for over a year, and we have been released on a $5,000 bond. The case is pending in the State Supreme Court. I want to remind everybody that. if we as workers cannot do away with this law, in the very near fu- ture it will be used to a much greater extent than ever before, | Furthermore, this law is so loose that it forbids workers from even thinking in favor of the Red Flag or the forming of a Bolshevik gov- ernment. Our case has been taken to the Supreme Court mainly for the purpose of doing away with this law entirely, so that it can no longer be used as a tool against the work- ing class in its future struggles against the bosses, and there is no better way of doing this than through mass protests. So, com- rades, let's keep on sending these protests until the battle has been won. Another thing on my mind is the Christmas campaign for relief for political prisoners which the Inter- for a living for themselves and their families. Our Readers Immonen Greets Daily Worker Readers on His Release Urges Aid to I. L. D. Christmas Campaign for Relief for Political Prisoners mind now. We should exert the most intense pressure on all those whom we can influence, until thou- sands of workers, intellectuals and professionals are made conscious of the situation of political prisoners. Christmas is a bourgeois holiday, it is true; but custom has imprinted in the minds of workers at Christ- mas time the thought of giving. We should make this a class-conscious thought. Whom shall we give to? What shall we give for? Political prisoners are those courageous men and women who have fought in the daily struggle of the working class to better its living conditions. For this they are imprisoned and tor- tured by the capitalist ruling class. How can we at this time better ac- knowledge our appreciation, our understanding, our working class sympathy, at the same time that we are carrying forward the fight for their freedom, than by sending a ray of light into their bleak pris- ons, with gifts of books, magazines, cigarettes, money for fresh food, relief for their needy families? These are some of the things we can do through the Christmas cam- paign of the I. L. D. I remember how I looked forward to messages from the outside. I want to thank the Daily Worker for sending the paper to me during my imprisonment. It was some- thing I looked forward to every night. The only thing I had to complain about is that the paper was in such demand that I didn’t national Labor Defense is carrying on, This shotld be on everybody's get it very much to myself. There was always someone coming to me | Farmer’s Explanation Of Communist Program By a Farmer Correspondent LOUP CITY, Nebr. — What in hell do you Reds want anyhow, was a question put to me the other day. Well, I am going to explain in my farmer's way. Suppose an old rooster is sitting on the fence. Below is a bunch of chickens scratching up worms. Out of every five worms they | scratch up that bastard on the | fence jumps down and takes four | He's the one we want to get rid of, and now he is full of worms, and so he refuses to let them scratch, because he cannot dispose of any at a profit. I believe in knocking him off the fence, mak- ing him scratch or starve. The rooster is the capitalist. When the bees get their coop full of honey they quit work and enjoy the fruit of their labor. When a farmer has his granary full, there is a panic. When the workers have their warehouse full, they are fired. The bees kill the drones, but we the people put them in the White House, and after the capitalist drones take all our honey, they want to take posses- sion of the hive and kick you out of your home. What in hell do we Reds want? We want a farm- ers’ and workers’ government. A RED FARMER. No Turkey For Relief Workers (By a Worker Correspondent) NEW HAVEN, Oonn.—If the F.E.R.A. workers on the mosquito control jobs in New Haven had any illusions about the charity and FER.A. set-up, they know better now. On Tuesday, Nov. 27, these work- ers were informed that they should not expect to get their pay before ‘Thanksgiving, but at the end of the week as usual. They then decided to appeal to the authorities for emergency relief as most of the men have large families and unless they got some help would not be able to “celebrate” Thanksgiving Day. (Tra- dition, you know.) Accordingly, a letter was sent to the proper authorities, as follows: Dear Mrs. Gibbons, In charge, F.E.R.A. Charity Dept. A group of F.E.R.A. workers in New Haven, who work at Morris Cove mosquito control, are coming to see you today, Wednesday, be- tween 4:30 and 5 p.m., at your of- fice, the Charity Department. The purpose of this visit will be to re- quest from your department emer- gency orders to make it possible for these men and their families to celebrate Thanksgiving Day in the proper manner. We hope and trust that you will give this your serious consideration, and if necessary, get approval from the Charity Depart- ment and the F.E.R.A. administra- tion, Yours sincerely, A FROUP OF F.ER.A. WORKERS. P. 8.—One reason that makes this request necessary is the fact that we were told that we will not get our pay until Saturday morning. The next day, promptly at 4:45 p.m., these workers appeared at the new City Hall on Orange Street, There they found a meeting in progress of all the Charity and FER.A. personnel. They watted until the meeting was over. Mrs, Gibbons sneaked out of a side door, and only a Miss Ruth Stratton remained. This other head of the department, “sour face” as she is called by the people here, sat in the meeting room and would not come out. Finally, one of the men walked in and approached her, Before he could say anything, she turned and walked away, saying: “If you want to see me, you have 2 make an appointment in my of- ice.” “But, what about Thanksgiving, Miss Stratton?” this worker asked, “I'm sorry, I can’t help it,” was the answer he received. So, the Thanksgiving Day Proc- lamation of big-hearted Governor Cross, who urged all to give thanks “for the season’s blessings in the bountiful fruits of the earth and the prime fruits of the spirit,” went to naught for these workers, and asking me if he could read it, and I certainly could not miss such a golden opportunity to get some of the other inmates introduced to the class struggle. As a result I had to go without reading all of the paper. Sometimes I'd come in to find that my Daily Worker was gone and it would not come back to me until many hours after. I think that everywhere today workers are beginning to read the Daily Worker more and more, be- cause, as one of my fellow inmates said, “Its content is something that you do not see in the other papers” (meaning the capitalist papers), and “It speaks the truth, it doesn’t beat around the bush.” All I can say is, it's the best daily that I know of, and it surely was a won- derful companion during the days of my confinement. Comradely yours, UNTO IMMONEN. A LONG WAY TO GO! New Jerseyites help bring the Workers Correspondence Dept. almost up to Mike Gold’s level in the day’s figures—and nearer to “In the Home,” but Worcorrs are still far from the $500 mark. Unemployed Relief Assn. D. W. Benefit Affair in Paterson . ‘ | WORKERS’ HEALTH Conducted by the Daily Worker Medical Advisory Board (The Doctors on the Medical Advisory Board do not Advertise) Excessive Appetite . G.:—Your recent letter presents @ very interesting problem. You are indeed fortunate in being the possessor of a good appetite. Often we try vainly to build up the appe- tite of less fortunate people. Many workers in this land of plenty have neither proper nor sufficient food to tempt their palates, Offhand, with what little in- formation you furnish, our impres- sion is that you are a young, healthy girl who is blessed with a normal, vigorous appetite. However, to make certain of this, we would call to your attention some of the com- mon conditions where the appetite is increased. You yourself have suggested the mostycommon diabetes mellitus. In view of a negative twenty-four hour urine specimen, there is little pos- sibility of this. In order to reas- sure yourself, you might have a blood sugar done, to see if there is any increase there. Other disturbances of metabolism, thyroid and pituitary disease, may give increased appetites, but gain- ing weight in these conditions is rare, in spite of an increased quan- tity of food intake. Convalescents also eat more but gain more. Our advice to you, if you wish to watch your weight is, if possible, to cut down on your calories or food value. You could still get the same quantity of food, but change the quality. Substitute cabbage, lettuce. tomatoes and fresh fruit for sweets, bread, butter, potatoes, etc. A second important factor in re- ducing is judicious exercising. The usual sports, tennis, golf, horseback- riding, etc., not always available to the working class, are good. If not, try taking long daily walks, from one to two hours. If this regime does not take off one-half pound per week, after fair trial, we suggest consulting a com- petent physician for a possible physical cause. et) Treatment of Arthritis . J., Cleveland, Ohio: The treat- ment of arthritis, particularly the form from which you are suf- fering, depends upon a number of factors. It is important that an at- tempt be made to discover the cause of your ailment, and if that is dis- covered, it is to be corrected. A. diet containing lots of fresh fruit and vegetables is very es- | "THE right of women to scien- tific birth contrel informa- tion—the right of unemployed women to free birth control clinics —the establishment of free day nurseries for werking mothers by the government, maternity insur- ance. These most vital questions are raised in an editorial of the December Working Woman, now off the press, entitled, “A Mothers’ Bill of Rights.” pear “QECTION 211 of the federal laws,” the Working Woman editorial states, “classifies the giving of in- formation to prevent conception, with obscenity, pornography, and indecency, These laws were passed in 1873 . and are responsible for the death of millions of mothers and babies,” ate ete! H bec editorial calls upon “Women in all organizations . . . initi- ate a discussion in your organiza- ton, be it trade union, trade union auxiliary, mothers’ club, or other organization, for the development of » movement to amend Section 211; this discussion to involve Points on how to broaden a moye- ment for a “Mothers’ Bill of Rights” which will also include the establishment of free birth control clinics, with scientific in- formation by the government; the establishment of free day nurs- eries for working mothers by the government; maternity insurance as provided in the Workers Un- employment Insurance Bill, H. R. 7598." hw A’ THE Workers Unemployment and Social Insurance Congress, which takes place in Washington, iJan. 5, 6, and 7, 1935, the women’s sub-session will discuss, not only the question of unemployment insurance, but also the developing of a wide movement to fight for a Mothers’ Bill of Rights \ Women throughout the country, in textile centers, in mining camps, in the large cities, as well as the small, whose lives Section 211 af- fects so disastrously must and will respond to the call of the Working Woman for women delegates to the n . . . A “SCIENTIFIC PARENT” sends us a letter. He is all “het up” over the question of whether to spank or not to spank children. He writes: “About three years ago, when I became a father, I traded my stamp collection for a lot of books on child care and training. Most of them say that spanking is bad for chil- dren. At first I didn’t think the question was quite so important. But in three years, even the best of children tempt their parents to spank them an untold number of times. I don’t want to discuss the matter in detail, but I merely want to observe that from my own ex- perience spanking does nod good whatsoever. Spanking is only all right occasionally, and then, only if you are able to discuss with your child why you are doing so. I’ve no doubt that some parents will take this opportunity to write you letters agreeing with me.—A Selen- tific Parent.” a \ ' sential. must be regular, and constipation eliminated. Hot sulphur baths have The bowel movements been used for centuries. Recently the use of sulphur in the form of | baths as well as injections has been widely discussed. As a result of the increased demand, the price has | been increased to such an extent that the poor worker could not af- ford it. Sulphur has no specific curative value. It does not cure arthritis. The best we can expect from sulphur baths is the relief of pain. From our experience, one sulphur product is as good as another. If you take hot sea salt baths you will get a great deal of relief and loosen. ing of the stiffness. Cee RN; ao Hair Dyes |B: 8. L., Brooklyn, N. ¥.: The most widely used hair dye in the world probably, is henna, a paste made from the leaves of a plant found in India, Persia and Africa. All over the Orient it has been used from early times not only in the hair of the head but on the palms, soles, fingers and toe-nails and on the tails of horses. When applied to the skin it produces a bright red color, but dark hair so treated as- sumes a shade more like that of iron rust. The color lasts three to four weeks, It is not as harmful as other hair dyes but it should be pointed out that in some people it may cause an irritation of the scalp and face. HOPE BEATS ETERNAL! It's been a long time since the doctors have been able to draw as much financial support to their de- partment as they do today. 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