The Daily Worker Newspaper, January 5, 1935, Page 6

Page 6 DAILY WORKER, NEW YORK, SATURDAY, JANUARY 5, 1935 CHECK-OFF LEAVES MINER IN DEBT TO COMPANY ON PAY DAY Officials of U.M.W.A. Earn ings Ave $20.18 While Debt Is $24.76 Must Rally Forees Again st Van Bittner To Force Better Agreement in April By a Mine Worker Correspondent FAIRMONT, W. Va.—I work at the Barnshaft mine here in Fair- mont. This mine is owned by the Consolidation al Company Wwe work two days a week in this mine. Two men are forced to wo! in one place so this makes it that both of us are not able to earn hardly enough to live on I earned $20.18 in my last pay for two weeks’ work. The following was checked off by the company. Smithing $ 05 Doctor 1.05 Union dues 1.50 Group insurance 2.68 Safety lamp ansanie 16 Burial fund 50 Supplies a BT Ren 9.00 Garbage 85 One and a half ton coal 4.40 To Gas and Light Co. 3.25 The sum total is. $24.76 Out of my pay I still owed the eompany some money. There was nothing left for me to buy food and clothing for my family. I have a wife and three children We are not paid for any extra work. We get 45 cents a ton for clean coal, but when we go to buy it we have to pay $4.50 for one and @ half tons of coal and the hauling of this coal This agreement which we have now has not bettered our condi- tions at all. It will be up to us at High School Graduate Describes Hunt for Jobs By a Worker Correspondent NEW YORK.—The following are my observations after having been out of high school for one year and a half. I am sending this because I honestly feel that it might set some other young person thinking. I am a young girl, nineteen years old, I finished my high school course in June, 1933. Since that time I have worked in a sample card factory, for the C, W. A. and have had some other temporary po- sition. This interval of my life is typical of many, many other girls, who until they are married, must needs go forth and earn their liv- ing. When I left school, I fairly reg-| ularly made the rounds of the vari- ous employment agencies. As a re- sult, my rosy school-girl dreams went plop. I was taken by the/ shoulder, as it were, and gruffly| shaken awake. What T saw and heard there forced me to realize that all was not as I expected it to be. The files of these employment em- Poriums were already filled with applications of thousands of girls, and those in charge were tense and unsympathetic. New girls were rarely given applications. Beginners | didn’t have a chance. The waiting Tooms were most always crowded; and day after day I would see the same faces, the same girls. Not Many were ever given positions. After several weeks of such futil- ity, a friend of the family was kind | enough to aid me in securing a posi- tion at his place. It was a sample card factory owned by four part- ners. My salary for five days (ex- eluding Saturday) was $11.50 and for six days (inclnding Saturday) | #14 Before, I went to work at the sample card factory, IT had filed an application with the C. W. A. and) unexpectedly I was summoned to work. It was not quite as easy as that though. There were many de- partments to 20 to, many forms to| fill and many interviews to be had miners as to what our next agree- ment will be this coming April. If we prepare ourselves now and draw up an agreement and prepare the rank and file to back this agree- ment, we know that we can win an agreement which would better our conditions. If we prepare now to win better conditions or strike until we win better conditions we will get them. If we let Van Bittner sign the agreement without us taking part in the signing of this agree- ment our conditions will be even worse We are absolutely not allowed to say one word at our local union meeting about our conditions. If we get up and speak against the conditions we are sure that in a very short while we will have no jobs. The only thing the union is doing here for us is to check-off our dues to Lewis. It will be up to us rank and file workers who are in the organization to change this situation Let us build a real rank and file Xmas Presents! Used to Build CompanyUnion By a Mine Worker Correspondent BESSEMER, Ala. — I must say that the Daily Worker is the only| paper that means everything to the workers of the Tennessee Coal and Iron Co. and we are wishing you a revolutionary year for 19: At the Readers Mine of the T. C. I. on Christmas all the men in the} company union paid fifty cents each for a Christmas tree and they got | a little fruit on it. The compan: sheriff, Jack Brown, and his thugs went around telling the workers, see, you fellows are getting things from the company so you know what the} company has for you. Celebrate ‘Victory’ Kennedy Receives Silk Hat and Spats Upon His Election as Lieutenant-Governor By a Mine Worker Correspondent PITTSBURGH, Pa. — I want to call the attention of Daily Worker readers to a story that appeared in the December issue of the United Mine Workers Journal, official pub- lication of the U. M. W. of A. It was headlined, “Tribute to Ken- dy,” and reads as follows: ‘As a tribute to Secretary Thomas Kennedy of the Internation Union, newly elected lieutenant governor of Pennsylvania, the International Ex- ecutive Board tendered him a din- ner at the Carlton Hotel, attended Some stool pigeons shot at some company union men in the Ray- mond Mine, trying to raise a “red seare.” This mine is about « mile down the mountain and belongs to the Republic Steel Company. | Mr, Crawford, the Republic Steel by all the board members, some dis- trict presidents who happened to be in Washington, and other guests. “President Lewis acted as toast- master. A number of local board members and other guests made brief congratulatory talks, felicitat- | Company sheriff, called up Jack/ing Mr, Kennedy on his. political Brown and asked him to come and | victory. help find the men that did the| “The genial . secretary-treasurer shooting. But, Jack Brown said it|came in for considerable. ‘ribbing’ was off company property and that from his friends, and at. the. con- | he wasn’t coming since he was busy.| clusion Vice-President’ Murray pre- | The Raymond Local of the Inter-! sented to the ‘lieutenant governor- | national Mine, Mill and Smelter | elect’ a resplendent silk hat, a classy | started with, but when I left I was | making $17.50 a week. movement and make this our own union and not the coal companies’ union Workers Union endorsed the Work- ers Unemploymait and Social In- | surance Bill. That is why they are trying to raise the “red scare” there. LAYOFFS IN SIOUX CITY By a Worker Correspondent SIOUX CITY, Ilowa.—The lay-offs are a fright in Sioux City. I would judge that 25 per cent of all workers Young Worker eS eae Oe VeeLy Euart| = 1On Reliet Job (By a Worker Correspondent) | FAIRMONT, W. Va.—The State | | 1s building a bridge over the Buffalo | Creek here in Fairmont. The} building of this bridge was given over to a private contractor. Relief However, I was finally put to work.| workers are used on this job. The I don’t remember the exact sum 1) speed-up is very great, while safety measures are not taken until some- | jone is seriously injured. They be-| I considered myself rather fur-| gan building the bridge in Septem- | tunate, but it was not lasting. Our) ber. Already nine workers were in- | city fathers finally decided, I sup-|jured, some breaking their arm or pose, that it was helping too many | leg or suffering from other injuries. people. I was working there sev-| About a month ago a 17-year-old | eral months when they issued ques- boy, who was the water boy, fell off tionnaires by way of investigating| the bridge, 83 feet high. This boy | walking stick, and a pair of spats to be worn at his inauguration. Mr. Kennedy responded, not only to the presentation; but to the other re- marks directed his way during the} |evening. He said he might promise to wear the silk hat and the walk- ing stick at the inauguration, but | that he wouldn’t appear in the re- | |galia in his home town of Hazel- | ton. i} “The occasion was one of con- siderable pleasure, not only to the | |récipient of the honor, but to all the guests.” There you see what they do with the miners’ money. They throw banquets for each other, make pres- ents of silk hats and spats, while | thousands of members of the union | have to live on miserable relief. It is about time we miners got wise and organized these rank and | file groups strong enough to throw out these spats and silk hat para- | sites that are growing fat on our money and think more of their ban- quets and political careers than they do of the conditions of the | miners. Thirty-Eight Cent Check Is Clothin g Relief Order COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA TATE EMEROENCY RELIEF BOARD. SHOE AND CLOTHING RELIEF ORDER (3 tory vacbon Of mos Ax/OR CLITMIG te Pen Yum pion Putin TO THE PERSO NAMED WERE Tw xane___MOlifAN vlan me moe | Oe er AER jcan win by building a strong rank Chain Store (By a Worker Correspondent) jhopes that you may use it in a HAZELHURST, Pa.—The workers | way that will help the workers to here have received their shoe and|see and understand that we must clothing relief orders from the great | organize and be in a position to Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, | get something better than this mis- and here is mine. \erable relief. The way to put a As the stores here do not have | stop to these insults is to organize any overcoats, suits or shoes for | and force the government to accede sale at this price, I am_ sending | to the Workers’ Unemployment and my order to the Daily Worker in Social Insurance Bill H. R, 7598. the workers’ families were literally starving were to be retained, and those whose families contained other working members, though they earned but two dollars a week, were dropped from the. payroll. I did not know| this then, and filled out my sheet | truthfully. I told them that my older brother was employed but was not making more than seven dollars & week, and that my father was not working at all. At the end of the week I left my position. | ‘They were holding hearings for those who had been let go. thought that this might offer some small hope that we might be re- instated. I was reluctant to go. I hated the thought of pleading be-/| fore a stone wall for a chance to work. However, it was my duty to| do my best to hold on to a job, I| wenf up there and explained how| little my brother was earning, and | how insufficient it was for all of us; but I might have saved myself the | trouble. It was useless as I had} cases. Those whose| was sent up to take water to some | of the men without first telling him which way to go and if the boards were nailed down and safe to walk on. The boy fell 83 feet down onto a barge which had logs in it. As| the boy hit the logs he rolled into | the water. He did not lose con- | sciousness but was able to swim to shore. When he reached shore he just lay on the cold ground and no first aid was given to him but he lay for an hour in the cold until the ambulance came. The name of the boy is Steve 1| Vitro and he was receiving 20 cents |an hour for his work. The rest of the workers on labor | jobs receive 35, 45 and 50 cents an hour. A job like this really takes skilled workers at this trade and their) wages should be from 55 cents an/ hour to 65 cents an hour. By using relief workers they pay less which |means the lowering of the wages of the skilled workers. The means of protecting them- selves on this job is by having a Spoiled Vegetables Shipped at Terminal | By a Worker Correspondent NEW YORK.—1 am one of a gang of workers employed in discharging potatoes and cabbage that arrive at the Jay St. Terminal in Brooklyn. This food is rotten and frozen when it arrives. I picked up about fifteen potatoes and brought them home and all I could use was two. The potatoes are stored in one of Arbuckle’s warehouses and taken out again as fast as possible before they get too rotten to be handled. The cabbage is worse yet and that’s being stored’ on old Pier 3, Brooklyn, foot of Main St Most of this stuff was unfit to eat when it arrived. What will it be when the unemployed workers get it? Some of the better potatoes and cabbages are picked out by in- spectors and foremen and sold to foreseen. | relief workers union which will help | restaurants and stores in the neigh- Since then, an agency gave me a |them win better conditions on this | Py What does Fiorello think tha Urges More Publicity for Ohrbach Strike (By a Worker Correspondent) NEW YORK—All eyes should be | directed at the Ohrbach and Klein Department Store strikes at. Union |Square, led by the Office Workers Union. All sympathizers must support these strikes actively. has been such a situation before in New York, and if the strikes are lost it will be a terrible blow, not only to the prospect of organiz- ing white collar labor, but it will be a blow at all labor. One way of supporting the strikes is through publicity. If all leaflets of any sympathetic organization issued for any occasion carried an extra line at the bottom saying, “Support the Klein and Ohrbach strikers,” or some other slogan, so much more publicity would be at- tained without any extra cost or effort. There never | temporary position which lasted a job. week, and now looking back it seems | ° (Boss : Union | Forced Upon | Steel Workers | | (By. a Steel Worker Correspondent) | | FAIRFIELD, Ala—I am a worker | for the Tennessee Coal and Iron Company. I want to wish the Daily Worker a Happy New Year. I would like to tell all the work- ers that in 1935 we must have a workers’ and farmers’ government. Now I want to tell you about the | |T. C. I. and the company union. | The Fairfield Mills have been run- | ning on a stagger plan for 90 days. Now they are running five days a | week, and they say we can belong to any union we want to. | But, look out for the company union, for they check up on every } union man they can find and lay him off for thirty days. The thing is that you can’t work if you don’t belong to the company union. I/ have seen all this since the ore) strike. We started up the A. A. here in the sheet mill. But when the ore strike was over, Mr. Crawford would not call us out with our brothers. Now we can see what is taking place. The thing for us to do is to build our own union. Why should we build the A. A.? Because we and file movement in the A.A. We must also take the Daily’ Worker and build the Communist Party. The company is trying to black- ball all real union members be- cause they know they can’t win when we build a real union and a strong Communist Party. Then we will not be hungry and sorry and tired and the boss can go to hell with his company union. Clerks Desire Organization (By a Worker Correspondent) NEW YORK.—I occasionally buy at one of the Sheffield chain grocery stores. When I do, I always try to start a conversation with the| clerks about their working condi- tions and economic problems. A few days ago, the store being empty of customers at the time, I was able to get the information that a large number of Sheffield clerks have just received pay cuts for a New Year’s present. Also, a num- ber of stores have recently been closed throwing the workers who were employed there out of jobs. This has come about directly. after the purchase by the company of |a large number of new and expen- sive trucks. The workers in these stores are | unorganized. The particular ones with whom I have talked are will- ing, in fact anxious, to join a union and fight for better wages, etc. | Naturally, being unversed in organi- zational problems, they lack the | initiative to attempt the organiza- tional work by themselves. The general intimidation policies of the company and also the knowledge of how workers in the A. and P. and Butler chains have been victimized for union activities, keeps these clerks in a state of fear of losing their jobs. ‘There is a great need of action | on the part of the Grocery Clerks | Union here. Why don’t they send an organizer to these fellows? It is time this milk company was taken down from its high place. | once. | sive in time. clinging ruthlessly to as if a heavy door slammed shut af- ter me after I left the C. W. A.,| for I have not been able to secure | enough work to keep me alive. For- tunately, I have parents. But there | are those who have not. | And so, while drifting along and) wondering what tt was all about, my eyes gradually opened. My faith | is now wholeheartedly with the Communist Party. More power to! them! And may we all live to see} this world what !t really should and could be! Letters from Our Readers | “NEWS” FROM WARSAW FALSE | Brooklyn, M. ¥. | on the part of the United Press editor places 95 per cent of all al-| | boro boys, and about war and things Dear Comrade Editor: |leged Russian news bearing the By Mary Morrow, Children’s editor, WITH OUR YOUNG READERS resi ctvere ‘sein st. New York City. DAVID’S WAY eted in his seat and heard all the} David’s face was serious, “If you,or are they raising money for the David lived in a crowded working | class neighborhood. Most of the kids in David's class in Junior High were pretty tough. For a long time he hadn't let on he was a Young Pion- eer—only till after he'd been forced | into a fight and licked a couple of} the kids. After that they thought, he was o, k. even though he was a “Red.” For it soon became known that outside of school, David talked with the fellows about the Scotts- like that. The fellows liked him, and he even became a sort of leader remarks and giggles all directed at him, With just a glance at Harold and not changing the expression on his face, David sat down, He pre- tended he didn’t even notice Ha~- rold’s Boy Scout uniform. He knew what the kids expected. They thought he was going to jump at Harold right away because he was a Scout, | Changing classes between periods. | David heard Ed, a snub-nosed boy with red hair, say to his pal Tony: “It's funny Davie didn’t sail into guys think you're doing me a favor, you're all wet. You're picking on him just because you don’t like him in particular, and you fhink I ‘m going to do the same. Well, that’s not my way. If I think there’s any~- | thing wrong with Boy Scouts, I'll tell them s0 in a different way, not by razzing him. He's a Scout be- cause he thinks they're swell. He's never been told he’s a worker's kid, and ought to be in an organization that's for workers’ kids.” Then turning to Harold, who looked very much relieved, he said: Much of the recent “news” con- cerning Russia that is being printed | in the New York Times, bears the stamp “Warsaw,” which, in this connection, is synonymous with false. Two items from Warsaw, be-| low Denny's column of December | 31, 1934, told of people being exiled | ‘and hundreds of suicides in Russia | (although Denny himself. try as he did, could not conceal the wonder- | ful advances in Russia this year) | and the Times of January 1, 1935, on the first page, tells of “Anti-| Jewish Riots” as reported from} ‘Warsaw. Joseph Freeman, in his book, “The | Soviet Worker.” quotes Mr. Karl) A Bickel, president of the United Press Association, as follows (pp. 252-53:) “A conservative estimate America! Name City (All greetings, which must be HAIL THE DAILY WORKER! 11th Anniversary and Lenin Memorial Edition SATURDAY, JANUARY 19, 1935 I send revolutionary greetings to the Daily Worker, the organizer of the American working class, the leader in the fight for a Soviet order, will be published in the Datly Worker.) among them. He told them about Riga, Helsingfors, Bucharest or| ae aa it the Pioneers, an organization that Warsaw date line as incorrect and " < misleading. Bucharest and Riga Was for workers’ kids, not like the probably take the leadership in| Boy Scouts, who were used for the being most uniformly incorrect. Any | bosses’ needs. He told them that item coming from ‘any of these | 2ll that stuff, that only Boy Scouts points on any Russian subject should fell for, about dying for your coun- never be accepted with anything but | try, was just a lot of bunk to get you the greatest reserve—the same re-| ‘0 0 to war so that the rich could serve in regard to facts that you| make more money. David didn’t ‘ould normally extend to anything | have to say much against the Boy ritten for nursery consumption by | Scouts. The kids didn’t like them the late Hans Christian Andersen anyhow, and in particular they did —plus the fact that in many cases| Not like Harold. “Mama's boy — a the governments of the countries| bunch of sissies.” they'd say. in which are located the points of| One morning David came to class origination of these dispatches are | as usual. The kids were all in their actively anti-Russian, and that| Seats and the bell was about to often the correspondents themselves| ting. As he walked to his seat, he are known to enjoy a marked anti-| heard one fellow say: “Watch out Soviet bias.” = ye | there Harold, here comes Davie,” | “Careful now, the big bad wolf will get you, Harold.” said another, | David looked around and finally caught on. There was Harold with his Boy Scout uniform on. He looked eegoicae this morning.” | “Oh, I guess he’s just warmin’ up. “Comin’ my way, Harold?” And they walked off together. That happened a year ago. Harold has changed since then. It’s not only that he’s a Pioneer. He's not | He'll get him after a while.” “It's sure fun kiddin’ Harold. He'll never come to school in that uni- form again.” a sissy any more. He seems to know | re) he's just a dope.” Answered what he's talking about, He and David got to be real pals, and they have gotten several of their class- mates to join the Pioneers. And he always remembers that it was David who got him to join the Pioneers, | not by jumping on him and punch- ing his jaw, but by being friendly All morning David heard the kids razzing Harold. Finally during lunch period, they were standing around |in the yard. Harold, his face all red, was trying to get away from | the others, But they ran after him. “Say, where's your gun, soldier fast, dinner and supper.” Just then Davie came up. “Say, | what's the big idea anyhow,” se said. “Oh, we thought we were just $143.50 on their $700 quota, while Los Angeles has turned"in $75.25 on their $150 quota. Better hurry up New York Pioneers! Catch up with Los Angeles! We're at a loss about terribly uncomfortable as he fidg- helping you along. You don’t like| Chicago, Detroit, Cleveland. What Boy Scouts, do you?” happened? Are the Pioneers asleep, accompanied by cash or money (WHAT Kind, _ Adventures of Margie, Tim and Jerry ° OFAD drive? Better hurry up if you want the first prize of the bugle and drum corps, as the drive ends this month. MAGIC CHANGE CHANGE one LETTER - MAKING A NEW WoRD AT EACH STEP- This puzzle is about the Saar. Something very im- portant ts going to happen in the Saar hoy?” and showing him WHY. tee bora a ‘ GRR ELTR NES ENR YSEI t Germany eons see roar Anite, does tt) NEWS OF THE DRIVE | 14" Prince: ies i territory ric! “Aren't you afraid of Davie? He’s| So far we can report that the coal and other z a Red, you know. He don’t like) race is between New York and Los| mines. fone Answer to last Boy Scouts, He eats ‘em for break-| Angeles. New York has turned in piece oy tne Mahe crossword League of Nations. Now on January 13 the people are going to decide whether to remain under the League or go over to Germany or Prance. The people are almost entirely German, but there is a strong feeling inst Hitler's fascism. In all kinds of crooked ways. Hitler is try- ing to roll up the vote in his favor. Read the New Pioneer THAT'S LENIN. You Can READ ABOUT Hing iW THis = LEND irre You Nose Bleeds 1 . J. O.: You state that you get frequent nose bleeds, some of which are moderate, others profuse. The cause of nose bleeds may be local, that is, in the nose itself; in general, that is due to infection, cer- tain conditions of the blood and of certain body organs. If you are a female, and it may occur periodi- cally, it may be an irregular type of menstruation. We advise you to get a general! examination, including an examina-| tion of the blood cells, followed by | a visit to a nose and throat special- ist, who may find a local cause which | can be easily handled by him. | Since frequently repeated nose | bleeds may cause anemia, we advise | you to have this attended to at/ * 8 @ ‘Tape Worm . HL, Chicago, IL: Your friend’s | case presents an unfortunate situa- tion, such as is frequently seen in capitalistic society, in which a poor worker, suffering from a serious, though definitely curable ailment, cannot receive proper medical advice and treatment. The problem of tape-worm, as you say, is @ very serious one. This dreaded parasite reaches tremendous the wall of the bowel by means of hooks. He consumes most of the nourishment taken by the host with | the result that the patient becomes | progressively paler, weaker and un- | dernourished, as is the case with | J. M. | Getting rid of this parasite (as | of parasites of society) is difficult, but not impossible. The main pur- | pose is not to pass the worm, but | in addition to make sure that the/| head, which should be looked for in} the stool by an experienced observer, has also been passed. Only then can the patient be labeled “cured.” Although a variety of treatments | are known, the following is the sim- | plest: A. Evening: 1) Empty bowel with an enema or a mild laxative. 2) Eat a light, fluid supper. B. Following morning: 1) Bat only coffee or tea to be followed in @ half hour by a drug for expelling worms. There are various of these, but we found the best results from male fern. After taking this, follow it with a dose of epsom salts. | In a few hours the worm should | be expelled. Throughout the treat- ment the stool (discharge from the bowels) must be watched for the} solex (or worm head). repeat | IN THE SLAVA DUNN discusses today, playthings for children: | “WANY people have an idea that children’s play is very un- | important, just something with | which to amuse themselves, and to keep them quiet. “To the children, however, it is a very serious business, for to them, it is a way of learning. Through play and experimenta- tion, they learn about the world around them. It is true that play means joy and pleasure to them, since most of the things children do, mean new and stimulating experience—but at the same time, play ts real education for them, er OU know how little children like to touch examine handle, and even taste the things that attract their attention, They experiment with things, even break them some- times. But they must do this, if we want them to have an inquiring | mind, and be able to find things out for themselves. : “DECAUSE children do all these things, parents will do well to provide the kind of toys that en- courage free experimentation. Children like to DO things with their toys, rather than merely passively watch them. “Large rather than small toys, and simple rather than elaborate toys are best for them. Mechani- cal toys, for example, fascinate children, but for a short time. Such toys can usually do only one thing, and they usually break easily. “So give them toys that can be used for a long time, with in- creasing interest, . them into four, eight and twelve inch lengths, sandpapering them for smoothness. One or two dozen will do at the start. More can be added as the child grows and needs more. 4 Pie “CLAY, large crayons and paper, wooden beads, or old spools and large buttons are good for quiet play. Boxes, jars, rope, pieces of string, paper bags ,rub- ber bands, colored pleces of cloth, etc., are all well-liked by children, and cost little. Ten cent store cars and trucks are usually strong enough and inexpensive. ‘If dolls are used, it is best to have simple, durable, dolls rather than the ‘dressed up’ expensive kind.” * (Next Saturday Slava Dunn will discuss some home made, outdoor | Street, New York City, WORKERS’ HEALTH Condusted by the Daily Worker Medical Advisory Board (The Docters on the Medical Advisory Board do not Advertise) By ANN BARTON Playthings “I ARGE blocks, bought or made at home, are the best and most lasting toys for the pre-school child. He can do endless things with them. An inexpensive way to provide these is to get come ‘two by four’ pieces of lumber and cut treatment in a few days. In a month a re-examination of the stool for worm head should be done. There are some risks accompany- ing this routine, and it is best done under supervision of a competent Physician or dispensary. In view of the poor condition of your friend, and as other doctors advised it, we would also strongly urge hospitalization. ei Leniee The Will and Wont of Eating 'OMRADE E. asks how she can lose weight. although working in a candy store. Hating is a habit which is under our conscious con- trol. We can regulate this habit if we develop the will to do so—and this we can do by understanding the importance of conscious control. The only intelligent way to lose weight is by dieting. Suitable diets are obtainable from the New York City Board of Health. The only additional factor needed is an earn- est desire to lose. It is advisable to be sure that you are in good health before you begin to diet. Consult- ing one of the well-run clinics in any of the large medical centres would enable you to tell if you had any glandular disturbances which made it easy for you to gain, tig tases Flat Feet F. K,, Bronx, N. Y.:—You write, “My feet are becoming worse, I have spent much time and money going to hospitals and clinics with- out obtaining relief, and have bought expensive orthopedic shoes only to put them away, because T could not wear them.” From this description, you are, undoubtedly, suffering from what is commonly | termed double weak feet or flat feet. This is largely due to the relaxa< tion of the ligaments of the feet, resulting in the flattening of the longtitudinal and metatarsal arches. ‘The treatment generally prescribed for this condition consists of proper exercises to strengthen the muscles and ligaments that hold up the arches of the feet; and at a later stage plates are made after taking @ plaster of paris impression of the feet. Proper orthopedic shoes are essential. The term, orthopedic shoes, does not mean patented or expensive shoes, but rather those which are both wide and long enough and which maintain the foot in proper position. This. type of shoe can be obtained in any shoe store and is not necessarily expen- sive. Before svending any money, {t would be advisable for you to con- sult an orthopedic doctor who is a physician specializing in the treat- ment of bone joints and feet. HOME equipment, and the “children’s cor- ner” at home. Mothers are urged to write their comments and ques- tions to this column. Let us know just. what you would like Slava Dunn to write about.) Can You Make ’Em Yourself? Pattern 2163 is available in. sizes 16, 18, 20, 34, 36, 38 40, 42 and 44, Size 36 takes 4% yards 36-inch fab- ric. Tllustrated step-by-step sewing instructions included. which includes 1 cent to cover New York City Sales Tax, in 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 West 17th Soe Send SIXTEEN CENTS (16c)_