The Daily Worker Newspaper, January 2, 1935, Page 4

Page 4 at DAILY WORKER, NEW YORK. WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 2, 1935 RUNAWAY SHOE SHOPS ABOLISH LIMIT ON HOURS HOME WORK FORCED [¢ye0d of ON ENTIRE FAMILY | Kills Weaver | [| Every Mill Room Gang of Seabs, Spies and Efficiency Managers Brought Over to Plant in Auburn, Me. By a Shee Worker Correspondent AUBURN, Me.—When I got up from my work ready to Mr, Sam me that i I woul everyone cise when he war When cousated and boot There is no card ing. Perhaps one ches his card or has a card What are is shop any- of every 20 pi I did not mave any at is taken thay can get the en on them. Wh through the shoe centers a house you can find th in the in man han run on week it amount to t doe: many cases more than $7. I have a few er- velopes which contained such pay- checks. A whole gang of scabs, spies and efficiency managers were brought down by our universally hated superintendent, Mr. Max Kagan. If any one shows some dissatisfaction or talks, it is immediately reported. and he laid off or fired. They send their spies to the union hall, meeting places or anywhere tt workers gather. They try to fi out who are the most militant and on men. These men are when discovered and sincere u blacklisted there is no chance for them to get a job in town. The Miller Employ- ment Agency has complete files of the shoe workers and no one gets a job without an O.K. from Miller. But, let us give Mr. Kagan his due credit, he had a banquet for us at Christmas, even if we did have to pay 50 cents a piece. Sitting by the machine in such surroundings, working under inhu-} man speed-up, with the bosses run- ning around and driving you all the time, you think bitterly of what our union jawyer, Mr. Bearack, said hen he spoke here last week. He pinned all the hopes of the shoe workers on a “New Code.” which he | said was going to solve all the prob- | lems of wages, unemployment and shop moving. | Didn't we learn anything from | the existing code, that only the! part safeguarding higher profits for | the manufacturers is observed, that | the codes are created for that reason, not for us? | Only a militant rank and file controlled union can solve our prob- | lems! Let's have one! | Letters from Our Readers Because of the volume of letters re- ceived by the Department, we can print only those that are of general interest to Daily Worker readers. However, all let- ters received are carefully read by the editors, Suggestions and criticisms arc welcome and whenever possible are used for the improvement of the Daily Worker. NOTE: The following Ietter re- fers to leading articles by Simon W. Gerson on the front page of the Daily Worker of December 26, 27 and 29 (City Edition) and De- cember 26, 27 and 31 (National Edition). THANKS A “FEARLESS AMER- ICAN NEWSPAPER” Oceanside, N. Y. To the Editor of the Daily Worker: I want to convey to you and your staff my sincerest appreciation for your untiring efforts in my behalf in bringing to the attention of your readers the corrupt conditions which I discovered as a bonded employee of T.E.R.A. while making a pre- audit of commitments in the city of Cohoes. Your publication has at least en- deavored to enlighten the tax-pay- ers as to how their funds are dis- bursed and the reasons for ever- increasing taxation, something which every other rewspaper re- fused to print. While contacting the various papers of this city I received much encouragement from such publica- tions as The New York American, Evening Post, World Telegram, Brooklyn Daily Eagie, Mirror, Brooklyn Times and New York Times. When I had the good fortune of reaching the chief editor of the New York Times I rejoiced and felt that the public would now read something worthwhile, but as in all other cases, all the enthusiasm first shown just dried up and the story found its Way into newspaper files. In my humble opinion, every periodical Which I contacted took an un-Amer- jean attitude in refusing for sundry Teasons to publish it. Povnaps the tie-up of both major political parties and the powerful Utilities hindered the press from exerting their con- stitutional rights of freedom of the press, The material for this expose was offered to the press for the past 17 weeks but not one saw the in- justice which was done through my unceremonious ousting for render- ing a report which has never been disproven, by using it. I believe Republicanism and Democracy comes before Americanism in minds of the powerful policially controlled press of this city. Before concluding, I want to ex-! HAIL THE DAILY WORKER! Iith Anniversary and Lenin Memorial Edition SATURDAY, JANUARY 19, 1935 I send revolutionary greetings America! City the | of the American working class, the leader in the fight for a Soviet (All gveetings, which must be accompanied by cash or money order, will be published in the Daily Worker.) press my personal thanks to Messrs. Ganner, Boldt, and in particular Mr. Gerson, who visited the City of | Cohoes and interviewed several res- | idents there. I can assure you that if| I succeed in locating a position which | will enable me to provide the bare necessities of life for my family, it will be my greatest desire to do} something nice for a fearless Amer- ican newspaper, the Daily Worker, Yours thankfully, | KARL HILLER MASS PRESSURE FOR H. R. 7598! | Inglis, Fla. Dear Comrade Editor: The National Unemployment Council and affiliated locals and | many other organizations have been busy popularizing the Workers’ Un- | employment and Social Insurance | Bill, H. R. 7598, in the way of the printed bills, pamphlets, lectures and postcard campaigns. | Many of these postcards in the | community where this is written were mailed to Congressman R. A. | Green, who represents this dis: trict in Congress, and he promptly replied to these postcard demands, stating that he was actively sup- porting this legislation. | Many of these replies came in before the last Congressional elec- tion was held, so there is the possi- bility of what {s so commonly | known as vote catching. | Therefore would it not be a splen- did idea for all persons who poss such letters from their Congre: men and Senators from all over the | country to get these letters into the hands of their sponsoring commit- | tees to be taken to the National | Congress and confront these poli- | ticians with their promissory notes. | These letters could be mailed to) the Executive Secretary of the Un- employment Councils, Mr. Herbert | | Benjamin, at 799 Broadway, New| | York City, in the absence of a local | Sponsoring committee to take care | jof them. Postcards demanding that | Congréssmen support the Bill are | also available at that address. | Here in the Southland, where they bar the Communists and So- | cialists from off the official ballot, many workers cast their ballots for | | the present officeholders on these | | promises, and they should either do | as promised or be exposed until | | such time as we organize strong enough to set up a workers’ and farmers’ Soviet government. | WORKER CORRESPONDENT. | All greetings to the Daily | Worker on its Anniversary should | be in before Jan, 12th! Ss | to the Daily Worker, the organizer ‘ | Council of the G.C.LA.. By a Textile Worker Correspondent DANVILLE, Va.—This is an ex- ie of the humane interest the the workers who make their millions for them. bosses take in A weaver in the No, 1 weave room in the Dan River Cotton Mills in Schoolfield, Va., was taken very sick a week ago Thursday, and he asked his boss to let him off as he was sick. The boss said no, he wasn’t sick enough to go home, and if he went home or stayed out next day he would lose his job. This worker, not having any other way to make a living and knowing that jobs were hard to get, worked rather than lose his job. He should have been in bed under a doctor's care. Friday, though he was more ill than the day before, he went, to the mill and pleaded with the boss to let him off, but this greedy parasite said no again, whereupon the worker, knowing that he was abso- lutely unable to work, quit his job and went home After going hom and getting a doctor, he was ordered to bed and orders were given that very strict | care should be given him, that his | condition was critical. His condition, much aggravated | by the previous night’s work and! exposure, grew rapidly worse and | even the best of care by the doctor | could not save him. Tuesday, Christmas day, this worker died and was buried with flowers and everything; praised as very * cToRY!” " gyec 85 17 ? go an honest worker by everyone, but no one uttered a word about the lent boss, Workers before have died like this, and under the capitalist re- gime -will continue to be exploited until their death. Fight against this unmerciful ex- ploitation and the capitalist sy: tem. Join the Communist Party and do your bit toward winning a Soviet, America. NOTE: Every Wednesday we publish letters from textile, shoe and needle workers. We urge workers | in these industries to write us of their conditions and efforts to or- ganize. Please get these letters to | us by Saturday of each week. | Granite Cutters’ ® By a Werker Correspondent CONCORD, N. H.—The following | is a report sent in to the Granite Cutters’ Journal by Dan McBain, Secretary of the Concord Branch of | the Granite Cutters’ International Association. Sam Squibb, Interna- tional President of the G.C.I\A. and editor of the “Journal,” failed to publish this repcrt because it criti- cised the N.R.A. azreement, which Squibb, the Executive Council and the employers are trying to put over on the granite cutters. Since Squibb is using his posi- tion to gag the rank and file, I am taking the liberty of sending a copy of MeBain’s letter in the hope that the Daily Worker will publish it. Following is the letter: Text of Letter There was an incresse in unem- ployment in Concord during the past month. with about 15 men be- ing laid off at thé Swenson sheds. Doubtless your Branch has re- ceived. as we have, a letter from our International President. re- questing you to call a special meet- ing to act on the proposed N.R.A. regional agreement to cover the whole of New England. The letter is acccmnanied by the minutes of the meeting held between the New England Building Granite Employ- ers’ Association and the Executive in Boston, Nov. 15, and a copy of the proposed N.R.A. agreement. I want to direct your attention first to the statement on Page 3 of the minutes: “Thé Granite Cut- ters’ International Association was | represented by Méssrs. Sam Sauibb, Costanzo Pagnano, Alex. Ross, Robt. Craig. John Hermanson. Silvio Bianchi and Panfilio DeBona.” That is, the Executive Council. I want to state that the Exec- | utive Council was not empowered to carry through any such confer- enc or to speak for the member- ship of Concord Branch. On the contrary, both the Concord and Barre Branches had passed specific |motions that a conference of all) “left to local regulations,” but care- | Branches in the East be called to/ fully fails to specify whether this | consider the question of a newjis to be local regulation by the |agreement before any conference| Branch of the union or by the N. |should be held with the manufac-|R. A. Board. It is clear that here turers. These motions were duly | passed and recorded by the Con-| lation of working conditions from cord and Barre Branches and in- | the union to N. R. A. local arbitra- fermation wes duly sent to Inte: national President Sauibb. However, these actions of the two Nashawena Mill Changes Styles To Rob Work- ers of Their Victory By a Textile Worker Correspondent NEW BEDFORD, Mass.—In m: last letter to you I-wrote about how | we won a strike for higher wages and less speed-up in the box loom | department of the Hashawena mill. Well, that particular style has run out and the boss is putting in style | B 2038 which runs very bad. For| Hathaway weavers working on silk| Weeks ago to the Prospect Avenue this particular style we are paid only $2.02 per 100,000 picks whereas we got $2.50 for the last style as a result of our four-day strike. This particular style runs so bad | !@5t week we were surprised by the | forced labor jobs at Greycourt, N.| that most of the men running one | 28S giving all of us rayon weavers |y. For this heinous crime, 29 work- | *Binns Delays Action on Complaints Until Cloth | Is Run Through Mill Committees Needed 29 Jailed | But Relief Is Forced By a Worker Correspondent NEW YORK —In carrying out the militant program of the Un- | | Addresses Wanted E publish below a list of names of Comrades who have written to the Workers’ Health column for information and did not give us an WORKERS’ HEALTH Conducted by the Daily Worker Medical Advisory Board (The Doctors on the Medical Advisory Board do not Advertise) | | tors. A woman has a miscarriage; | her doctor tells her it was due to | @ turned womb; she tells her friend, a woman with a turned womb can- | mot have a baby; her friend tells By a Textile Worker Correspondent employment Council which con-| address, Some of the names have| 2 neighbor that a woman with a NEW BEDFORD, Mass.—We are certainly reaping in on the great | “victory” that Mr. Gorman told us | We won as a result of the last gen- | eral strike. Several weeks ago it was the {and rayon that were | We workers in Gosnold mill thought | that it would not happen to us, but stantly exposes the hunger and forced labor program of the Wall | | Street Government, I came in con- flict with the Home Relief officials. AS a member of the Leggett Avenue Unemployment Council Local I went on a delegation two |Home Relief Bureau to demand speeded UP. food and clothing for needy fa-| milies. jobs at We also went to demand union wages instead of or two of the looms with it have | ®" additional loom to the six plain! ers were arrested in two weeks. their machines stopped most of the time. One weaver who used to make $20 a week drew a pay envelope of only $11 this last week. So far no action has been taken |that we were running, with a cor- | responding cut in wages. | Since we have no organization in |the mill, in spite of the fact that) that Roosevelt and the relief au-| {many of us belong to the U.T.W., | Although adequate relief, jobs and unemployment insurance were promised the unemployed, it scems thorities did not get together with by the weavers against this job al-|We Were not prepared to resist this | Judge Smith. though there is a great deal of dis- satisfaction among the weavers. What is needed is the formation of a large committee to go and see the boss and demand that he give the same rate of pay for this style that we got for the last style. If he does not give in to us, then we can| try the old reliable method of mak- speed-up and now we are running | eight looms with a number of weay- ;ers on the spare floor looking for a job. | What are we weavers going to do about this continuous speed-up? | How can we fight it? By the time that we raise this question at the union and Binns gets around to the ing him see our way by stopping | mills it is too late to do anything all our looms—that is, going on | about What we need is com- strike. |mittees in every room and weaye By the way, I want to tell you that the Daily Worker in which | my last letter was printed was bought up like hot cakes at the mill gate frem a comrade who was there selling it. Don't let a a | pass without | collecting a greeting for the Daily | Worker on its Anniversary! | Squibb, Granite Cutters’ Head, \ Is Loyal to Contractors By a Worker Correspondent | QUINCY, Mass.—The letters from | granite cutters which have appeared in your columns remind me of an in- | cident that happened a few months | real cruel character of the benevo- ago in which Mr. Squibb, Interna- tional president of the Granite Cutters, figured in a very dubious | light, A contracting company, building |a new bridge here in Quincy under | the F.E.R.A. requirements, en- deavored, and for some time suc- ceeded, to pay an undue proportion of the carpenters employed at semi- skilled rates of pay instead of, as stated in the code, $1.20 an hour. A dispute arose over this and went to arbitration. Squibb was one of the arbitrators, presumably labor's representative on a board of three. After the decision was given, the | business agent of the Carpenters’ Local went to the Granite Cutters’ headquarters and asked Squibb for a loan of Squibb's typed copy of | shed that can take immediate ac- tion. All the weavers in the mills should begin to form committees of action to fight against the continu- ous speeding up, cutting of wages and discrimination. | Collect greetings from your | neighbors for the Daily Worker | Anniversary! ithe decision. Squibb refused to let the document out of his office on the plea that he had pledged his word to a representative of the con- | tracting company that he would not | allow his copy out of the office. | Mr. Squibb, however, graciously condescended to allow the Carpen- | ters’ business agent to read his copy, but refused to lend it so that |a copy might be typed for the Car- | penters’ business agent, and fur- ther refused to allow any of his | clerical help to have Squibb’s copy typed there and then, even though the Carpenters’ business agent of- fered to pay right on the spot for any loss of time, etc., the Granite Cutters’ Union might suffer by such service. So our delegate had to go else- where, not a reputed labor leader, to get a copy whereby he might gov- ern himself by immediate reference when necessary. Now we carpenters say of Squibb, “A heck of a labor leader he turned out to be.” Report Bares | This judge sentenced two of the 29 arrested workers to 10 days in the workhouse. The only crime we committed was to demand what Roosevelt, La Guardia and the rest of the Wall Street politicians had | promised us. | Because of the arrests, not only ,Was more attention and quicker service given to workers, but reports have been made of immediate at-| tention in the form of medical care, clothing and rent to the clients of the Prospect Avenue Home Relief | Bureau. Specifically, the crime I had com- mitted was exposing the discrimina- tion practised by the Home Relief Bureau against Negro workers. An- | other crime was to tell workers that and I was to receive $12 more, a | total of $25.50 as compared to the | average $12 total for families of five and six. sufficient money for clothing I feel confident that with the ever in- creasing strength of the Unemploy- ment Council, we will not only be able to force the concession for adequate clothing but many more concessions. To digress from the story for a few moments to give you a picture of the place I was sent to correct |my “bad habits.” Welfare Island, a penal colony, {is located in the East River just | below the 59th Street bridge. In | this prison there are many victims |of our social and political system. ‘When I arrived on the “Island” |I was assigned to the dormitory which had about 85 inmates in the south wing and 87 in the north | wing. No pillows or mattresses were issued. Very seldom was there any. steam during the night or early morning. Only three thin blankets ; Were given to each inmate. Many | developed bad colds. Underwear had not been changed for two weeks. Prisoners live on a starvation diet, even lower in food value than the Home Relief Budget. In the penitentiary on the island ‘there arc no toilets in the cells. NRA Pact | of the largest: Branches in the East were ignored by our International | President and the Executive Coun-| cil. I, therefore, want to draw your attention to the fact that in con- sidering the proposed N.R.A. agree- | ment, you should bear in mind that the conference with the manufac- turers, of which this N.R.A. agree- ment is the fruit, was carried through in direct opposition to the expressed will of the members of| the largest of our Branches in New| England. | In my _ opinion this proposed | |N.R.A. agreement shows clearly | why the Executive Council was un-| willing to have the question previ- ously discussed with delegates of the rank and file of the different Branches. In the first place, on Page 5, Article 2, Section 1, it es-| tablishes the 8-hour day, 40-hour week, whereas Concord Branch has already gone on record for @ 7-hour | day with 8-hours’ pay; and Barre Branch has gone on record for a 6-hour day with 8-hours’ pay; 35 and 40-hour work weeks, respec- tively. It was intended that the confer- ence of delegates from the rank and file of the Branches in the East would succeed in adopting uniform proposals for wages and hours, but in any case that such proposals would be for an improvement over the present decidedly unsatisfac- tory conditions existing in the trade. |,,On Page 6, Article 3, Section 1, |the proposed N. R. A. agreement fixes a minimum wage of $1 per ‘hour. However, Concord Branch |had already gone on récord for a |T-hour day with 8 hours’ pay, or | $1.14 per hour; and Barre Branch | has gone on record for a scale call- \ing for $1.33 per hour. The pro- |posed N. R. A. agreement provides | for no improvement at all in wages and hours. | Arbitration Boards | Referring back to Page 5, Article 2, Section 8, “Exceptions,” the pro- posed N. R. A. agreement says that the question of exceptions to the | regulations regarding hours shall be jis an attempt to transfer the regu- | tion boards. | On Page 8, Article 8, “Violations,” iwe have the most vielous feature | of the whole ticle states: agreement. This ar- “Any complaints of violations of this agreement shall be subject to investigation by such Board or Boards as are established by the Administrator.” Here the whole question supposed guaranteed by the agreement is to be transferred from regulation by the union to the N, R. A. Boards. This means that instead of rely- ing upon our organized strength— of our union—for the guaranteeing of our conditions of employment, we would be supposed from now on to |rely on the arbitration boards. It has been the experience of the workers in every industry under the N. R. A.—especially the main in- dustries in New England, textile and shoe—that manufacturers carry through the most wholesale viola- tion of every condition contained in the N. R. A. agreements, and that when the workers go to the N. R. A. Boards to have these abuses corrected, they get what is commonly known as the “run- around.” The workers, in other words, are referred from one board to another, from one investigation committee to another, and are told to wait and wait for the outcome of endless investigations and studies. Then, as a final upshot, they are told that nothing can be done and that they should accept the condi- tions imposed by the employers. This procedure has become well known throughout the country to working men and women, particu- larly through such cases as that of the Weirton Steel and the Houde Engineering companies, which were referred to the courts, N. R. A. tribunals, in which, after months of waiting, decisions have been made against the workers. The New England shoe and textile workers, for example, have re- peatedly been forced to strike against decisions of the N. R. A.| arbitration boards, which acted in complete agreement with the man- ufacturers. They have been forced to strike against wholesale viola- tions of N. R. A. agreements which employers have carried on because of their assurance that they had nothing to fear from the arbitra~ tion or labor relations boards, and that the workers, in accordance with the N. R. A. agreements, would submit their conflicts with the em- ployers to such boards, instead of rélying upon direct negotiations be- tween the union and the manufac- turers, to be} I, therefore, want to state that | this arbitration clause would mean | the actual surrender of any control over conditions by our union and would mean the placing of such control in the hands of the em- ployers and of N.R.A. arbitration |boards, which invariably act in their interest. It is for this reason that the Concord. and Barre branches have already gone on record exposing arbitration in any form. Rejection Urged For these reasons I unhesitatingly | advise all members of the New |England branches to totally reject this proposed N.R.A. agreement as an instrument which would only make our working conditions worse than what they are today, and would weaken the power of our union. I further want to urge all our members in the East to demand of Internationel President Squibb and the executive council the reason why |the Conference of Eastern Branches’ Delegates proposed by Concord and | Barre Branches was not ‘called; the |reason why the other eastern \branches were not informed of the, action of Concord and Barre branches; and to take action in their branches without further de- lay to elect delegates from the membership of the branches to such a conference, which would work out uniform wage rates and working conditions, and prepare for direct negotiations with the manufactur- ers, the time and place of this meet- ing to be fixed as soon as possible. At our last regular meeting Con- |cord Branch endorsed the coming National Congress for Unemploy- ment and Social Insurance to be held in Washington, Jan. 5, 6 and 7, 1935. The Concord Central Labor Union has also given its endorse- ment. Present indications are that there will be large delegations at the Congress from the trade unions, fraternal and liberal organizations. In view of the present widespread increase in mass unemployment, particulariy in our own industry, I strongly urge every branch to sup- port and elect delegates to this Congress, which can be the means of securing an adequate system of federal unemployment insurance for the toiling population of our great nation. DAN McBAIN, Secretary, Concord Branch, GOLA |I had received $13.50 for clothing | Although many have been denied | been published before: A. L., Bronx, Arvo Lapakko, Superior, Wis. Jerry Bruce. | O.M. E. F., Detroit. H. S. J. Monia, Brooklyn. | Sam _ Anderson. H, W. S., Philadelphia. D. Z., Brooklyn, Sarah Jaffe. W. Z. A. D., New Cc. H.R. | J.D, Brooklyn. S. Green, J. R. Faulk, York. bs; BG. | ©. W. Davis. | Rose Gutnik, Bronx. ALS. . J, New York. Fa fe 33 BT A. Alexander. S. R., Bronx, * N. R, N. H. ee 8 Turned Womb and Pregnancy | L. M,, Utica, N. Y.:—When your | doctor said you have a normal | Womb and it cannot be tipped, he | He should have added that even | if the womb is tipped, that does not | prevent a woman from becoming pregnant. This idea that a woman having a tipped or turned womb cannot be- | come pregnant, is a widespread one. It is interesting how often medical information is incorrectly inter- preted by those who are not doc- By ANN “DEAR Comrade: “I want to express my opin- | jon on two questions which con- | cern women greatly. “First, regarding this new wave | of murders. of women and girls. | The tie-up between this and the | crisis. is so obvious that only the capitalist press can successfully | evade the question, Walk through | any public square of a city, There | sit hundreds of homeless men and beys; hungry, cold, constantly | forced to ‘move on.’ In their minds | may be thoughts and dreams of | Once happy families; of wives or | sweethearts, of warmth, good meals, happy days and nights. gil we aN Ae it any wonder that men go mad? Is it any surprise that a man reaches a limit to the self- suppression which capitalism en- forces? It doesn’t surprise me but only convinces me that only the struggle for bread, and the final |fight for a workers’ society can | overcome these “every day” horrors of the capitalist nightmare. eee tae “HE other question is my own personal preblem and that of thousands of women under cap- italisem. Once upon a time the favorite wheeze against the Com- munists was that they break up the home. But thousands of men and women are learning the truth of what the Communists have said for a long, lang time—that it is capitalism that is breaking up the home, and moreover is preventing homes from even being established. . * “WAY own is a case in point. I have been married a year to a work- er who works—just now and then. His trade is completely shot (which isn’t?). Our income is not only small, but now and then it stops complete- ly. We can just barely get along. “We both love children, We dream of having a child. We love each other very much and we're quite sure it would turn out to be a fine kid. But—we don’t dare. We can barely take care of ourselves, let alone a third. The few dollars I might earn on an occasional job would stop. And while the adults can fight it out, a poor workers’ baby, isn’t such a good fighter yet. Too many of them waste away from malnutrition. Others suffer from ex- posure. Dozens are abandoned by desperate parents. “So we put all our energy and dreams into our revolutionary work, knowing that if we survive the rev- olution with heads intact, we can raise all the kids we want in the full security of a workers’ society. I'm convinced as never hefore that Communism is not only the solu- tion of the evils of capitalism as a whole, but of individual problems confronting every worker. “HELEN R.” * a ND towards that security that a werkers’ society will bring us we must fight every inch of the way. The National Congress for Unemployment and Social Insur- ance meeting in Washington, Jan- uary 5, 6 and 7, established by a wide united front, will lay down a program of united action for these things needed if breath is to be kept in the bodies of mil- lions of men and women. The spe- cial women’s session will take place on Saturday, January 5, from 4 to 6 o’cleck. As well as un- did not give you a complete answer. | IN THE HOME | turned womb cannot become preg- nant, and that is how the fable grows. While it is true that many women with turned wombs may find it dif- ficult to become pregnant, or may have a miscarriage, it is also true | that the majority will carry the | Pregnancy normally. Let us repeat: Women with a turned womb can become pregnant, 4 oie Ringworm of the Nail M. R., Ballston, Wa.:—When the ringworm parasite lodges in the nail, it causes a discoloration, a piling ua | of nail tissue and brittleness of this part. Because of the thickness and hardness of the nail, it is obviously difficult to treat this condition, The nail should be washed with soap and water daily. An orange stick should be passed under the free edge of the nail in the same way that nail files are used in order to clean away the accumulated ma- terial. Have a salve made up of twenty grains of salicylic acid and thirty grains of benzoic acid in one ounce of boric acid ointment and rub this | into the nail and under its free edge. If this ointment does not help, X-ray treatments given by a skin | specialist or in a skin clinic should be tried. For ringworm disease of the ‘eet (athlete’s foot) the oint- ment suggested above should be rubbed into the diseased parts twice daily. When the skin of the hands ‘is involved in this disease, it is best to apply boric acid ointment. Don't let a day pass without collecting a greeting for the Daily Worker on its Anniversary! BARTON “Communism Solves Personal Problems” employment relief for single girfs, an action for the repealing of Sec- tion 211 of the Federal Laws will be discussed. This is the Section that prohibits the giving forth of birth control information, and means to working class women that a-system which does not. pro- vide sustenance for children, re- fuses to allow her the choice be- tween having or not having chil- dren. All women delegates will be admitted to the special session. The readers of this column must urge organizations to send women delegates, and try themselves to be sent to the Congress. It is im- portant that they join in the ac- tion that will come ont of the Congress, for the needs of work- ing class women. Each fight, each victory gained from the bosses, is a step in the direction of that workers’ society where women will come into her fullest happiness, Can You Make *Em Yourself? Pattern 2161 is available in sizes 14, 16, 18, 20, 32, 34, 36, 38,40 and 42. 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