The Daily Worker Newspaper, February 20, 1935, Page 4

Page 4 HOME “THE Urban League gives number of Negro women ¢ d dj ic and personal This is nearly Negro domest workers support because no other Bill in- h is category of work: “The employers have taken ad- vantage of the crisis to force wages of domestic help below a subsist- ence level,” she said. “Many of them, posing a; philanthropists, offer ‘op- portunity’ homes, They contract for the full time work of a houseworker | in exchange for a ‘good’ home In many cases the accommodations consist of a folding cot in the hal way o> the kitchen and the poorest sort of food.” the New York State Labor tment reported that fifteen en year old girl domestic i.e ing from 6:30 in the morning to 10 in the evening, got $10 end $15 a month The Domestic Workers Union found c in which house- received $4.50 a week for a hour week. Out of this money had to pay 70 cents a week are ag well as their complete nance. In Sunnyside, Long there were many instances young girls who had been brought from other states to work month on a ten and r day with one afternoon Twenty-five dollars a al wage for a 70-hour fo: $15 a & spoke on the unemployment § situation among this terrifically exploited group. “The employment agencies in every city are crowded with workers seeking jobs: In cer- of New York and women stand on the reets in a modern form of slave market waiting for employers to offer them a few hours of work. The wages on the corners vary ten to twenty-five cents an wes have dropped below sub- sistence level, but even these star- vation jobs make the workers in- eligible for relief. For example, the H Relief Administration in New City has just instituted the Yo ~ \ practice of requesting former em- | ployers to rehire the workers and no matter what wages are offered the worker is forced to accept. “Domestic workers are the first group to suffer when an employer receives the least reduction in in- come. It is an excuse for a drastic cut or in many cases firing of the worker. Is is essential that any bill designed honestly to give security to the workers against unemploy- men: should include domestic work- ers. H.R. 2827 is the only unemploy- ment insurance bill which does not | exclude domestic workers from the categories of workers entitled to re- ceive benefits under the act. That is why the Domestic Workers’ Union | endorses without reservation the Unemployment and Social Insur- ance Bill H.R. 2827.” Can You Make ’Em ‘Yourself’ Pattern 2191 is 16, 18, 20, 34, 38, 40, 42 and 44. Size 36 takes 43 yards 39 inch fabric, Illustrated step-by-step sew- ing instructions included. ilable in siz. Send FIFTEEN CENTS in coins stamps (coins preferred) for each Anne Adams pattern (New York City residents should add one cent tax for ea pattern order). Write plainly, your name, adadre: and Style number. BE SURE TO STATE | SIZE WANTED. fers to Daily Worker | Iaicerh . D: ment, 243 West 17th | Street, New York City. North Carolina By a Textile Worker Correspondent IGTON, N. C.—The rank . in Local ing more and nh the actions of Twice Sonny i to come near the 1 at our regular meeting result, no meeting took as continued his attacks k and f voted le, He is sure be- to help the six brothers framed in the “dynamite” case. He continues to spread the tale that “Gorman is going to with- draw the union charter.” He made & rush trip to see Gorman recently when he was in these parts and says that Gorman told him that. Davis also rushed into the Charlotte head- ; quarters and has tried to spike the move to get the State Federation | behind the struggle to free: these | innocent workers in Burlington. Last week a group of our Defense | Committee met with representatives 7 ces t CT Gontlemen: In re Black 30-hour Bill We understand that the Black 30-hour bill fubscommittes of the Senate Judiciary Committee, and that there is considerable concern about the possibility of the ( 587 ) is now before the enactment of this bill. We would like to draw and to say that since this interest to ua--inaamuch an mean that your is Pay roll would and consequently the price of pover at your command. | I 30 and 40-hour week would 058 relations, and we bel: of the bill should be fought » possible. | i t Hi | It is our opinion that an: ' of the largest here, is throwing its with a letter urging them to take 30-hour Bill. |and rank and file union men were Cottrell leo Albany, N.Y. your attention to it, ite enactment would be higher--we connot stress too atrongly the fact that ‘e think you should oppose this bill with all the ALBANY, N. Y.—The Cotreil and Leonard Department Store, one Black 30-hour Bill. They are circulating all the firms they buy from They are pretty well konwn as a slave-driving outfit around town and it is the continuation of these practices that prompted them to initiate this move as is clearly shown in the letter reproduced below: Frame-up Case of the Socialist Party to talk over the possibility of them supporting | us on a united front basis. But we have heard nothing from them yet officially. However, we did hear that | they did not officially accept our in- vitation for full cooperation in this fight. You see, there is a split in the local North Carolina State So- cialist Party. Jack Fies, who has money and who is opposed to any united front with anything that looks pinker than Bill Green or Gorman, controls a large section of the S.P. state executive committee. Alton Lawrence, who was just re- cently removed as state secretary of the S-P., is in favor of the united front. But Lawrence does not con- trol as large a section of the ex- ecutive body. This makes it difficult to get any official action for sup- port from them. But rank and file members of the S.P. are helping. The Workers’ Defense Committee pleased to see the action taken re- cently by the Socialist Party on a certain Williamson, member of the S.P., in Burlington. Williamson had | scattered slanderous lies about the | Workers’ Defense Committee. He had done everything he could to hurt its effectiveness. His actions were reported by some of us who knew he was a “socialist.” And, al- | though it has not been announced | officially, we have learned that the Socialist Party State Executive Committee has suspended him on charges, and if they are not cleared | up in two weeks he will be expelled. The Workers’ Defense Commiitee DAILY WORKER, NEW YORK, WE “What's up? “Naw—a young Pioneer is waving a red lollypop!” Another strike?” is still trying to raise funds to pay for copying the evidence in the “dynamite” case. The address of | the committee is Box 427, Graham, N. C. Workers are urged to send} funds or write directly to the box. 30Hour Bill. February 11, 1938 a matter of vital heave to be increased, your merchandise vould y. Compromise between be equally: damaging to deve that the enrctment y you as strongly ae Yours very truly, LYONAND, INC, weight behind the fight against the action to block the passage of the PITTSBURGH, Pa. Feb. 18— Pennsylvania miners are quickly responding to the appeal of the Frankfeld-Egan Liberation Com- mittee for resolutions to the Penn- sylvania State Board of Pardons de- In November, 1933, the Soviet Government adopted a decree on the passing over of the functions of the People’s Commissariat of Labor, including labor protection, to the trade unions. How do the Soviet trade unions cope with this great task? The shortening of the working day to seven hours, which was de- creed in January, 1929, is among the main achievements of the work- ing class of the U. 5. S. R. After the functions of the People’s Com- missariat of Labor were passed over to the trade unions the latter continued and completed this im- portant work. On January 1, 1935, all the enterprises of the U.S. S. R., with a very few exceptions, were put on the seven-hour working day. This measure is of tremendous sig- nificance to the working class of the U. S. S. R. Cases of sickness and accident declined considerably; favorable conditions were created for the workers to take up tech- jnical studies and to raise their qualifications which entails an in- the workesr now ‘e time to raise their political and cultural level, to enjoy a good rest and entertain- ments. The trade unions conduct a good deal of practical work aiming to develop labor protection and safety regulations, The / 4 Miners Supporting Fight | to Free Frankfeld-Egan landing the immediate, uncondi- tional pardoning of Phil Frankfeld. Resolutions have been received from the following five U.M.W.A. |locals: 1736 of Rossiter, 6689 of Strattanville, 6464 of Boswell, 6480 of Houtzdale, and 1386 of Nanty Glo. Several of these locals also returned petition lists supporting the pardon applications, signed by — |achievements of the United Shoe {and Leather Workers Union under | rather childish mind in order not to | By a Shoe Worker Correspondent LEWISTON, Me.—Mr. Zimmer- | man, in the January issue of the | “United Shoe and Leather Worker,” | under the headline, “One Year of Amalgamation” boasts of the its present leadérship. Amongst other titings he claims to have or- ganized four locals in Lewiston | It is a fact known to every union | man in town, and Mr. Zimmerman knows it too, that we have in Lewis- ton only one local, namely local 27, which we took over from the form- er “National” after the amaigama- tion, which now has a membership not much larger than we amalga- | mated. The other three which Mr, Zimmerman adds are merely ex- aggerations, meant to make an im- pression upon the shoe workers | generally before election, even if it does not make him the laughing stock of the local shoe workers, (They haven't many votes any) way.) But maybe Mr. Zimmerman | had in mind the four paid organ- izers sent in by the General Board | and counts them for locals. | Now on the policies of organiza- | I. Miller Lays Up For Strike By a Shoe Worker Correspondent NEW YORK.—One must have a | understand the reason for the fever- | ish haste of I. Miller to manufacture a great quantity of shoes now that the “world” is at “peace.” Evidently the boss must be preparing for trouble, The necessity for the work- ers to unite and demand an im- provement of their conditions is very timely now. In reference to the raffle, we dis- covered that the boss has some dis- carded shces in every department | which are damaged and according | to him must be disposed of at the expense of the poor workers. We see that the workers must pay about 35 cents a week in the compo department and 60 cents in the turn department until everybody in turn gets one pair of shoes. Mind you, everybody must pay until the last pair is raffled. This means that in a department of 60 workers, paying 35 cents a week and raffling three pairs of shoes a week until everybody gets his pair or shoes, the boss would collect $21 a week for 20 weeks or | $420 for 60 pairs of shoes, which is | equivalent to $7 a pair. Burck’s cartoon book, “Hunger and Revolt” is now offered in a Lewiston, Me, Shoe: Workers Seek Militant Leadership By Redfield Unity Move in Fall River tion. It seems anybody with com- mon sense who. sends out field or- ganizers would seek able, devoted trade union men interested in or- ganization. But the General Board, in the good old politician way, looks out for their old friends whom they have to give a job even if they are not able or interested in organiza- tion, and were driven out of the organized centers from which they come, The committee sent in from Lynn to investigate the situation recom- mended their removal, but the General Board is deaf to such re- commendations from the rank and file. When at the last meeting of our local they were asked for an ac- count of their activity, they claimed that they were not responsible to our local. Bixley, their spokesman, tried to defend them in true Zim- merman fashion by saying that they are doing work “elsewhere.” There are hopeful signs, however. The workers are carrying on more independent activity. It would be a good idea for the organized cen- ters to look into the situation up here, Dangerous Job a In Dye Shop By a Dye Worker Correspondent BROOKLYN, N. Y.—I would like to describe the conditions under which we workers of Finco Dye Works have to work. Before the N.R.A. we worked till 6 p.m. Now we work till 4 p. m. and the boss tells us that we have to put out the same amount of work as before or we'll get fired. On an electric machine I roll up the fabrics which are ready to be rewashed as misprints. An old timer told me that I am the third worker on this job in the last four years. The others have either lost a few fingers or a hand, The factory has four lofts, and is all wood from top to bottom. Once in a while a Fire Inspector comes, and leaves with a good cigar. A doctor is supposed to examine us once a month. When a worker has a serious cut or a slight wound, the doctor puts on some iodine and tells us to go back to work, I am able to write this because it is slightly slow now, otherwise I would have never had the time, NOTE Every Wednesday we publish let- ters frem textile, shoe and needle workers. We urge workers in these industries to write us of their conditions and efforts to or- $1 edition with renewals and new all their members, subscriptions, ganize. Please get these letters to us by Saturday of each week, ESDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 1933 By a Textile Worker Correspondent FALL RIVER, Mass.—The repre- | sentatives of five local unions of the United Textile Workers met in a special meeting on Feb. 11, called by the Textile Council of the U. T. W. to take up the organization of all the textile workers in this city. The funny thing at this meeting was that the New England U. T. W. organizer, George Cortello, asked for a 15 per cent increase in his salary. He did not mention anything about raising the wages of the workers or shortening their hours. The repre- sentatives of the various locals ex- posed this official and told him that the meeting was for the purpose of discussing plans to organize the tex- tile workers to get higher wages and better working conditions, and not to give the officials a raise in salary, Another organizer, Mariano F. Bishop, told the workers that we cannot fight for higher wages now because the mill owners would move the mills to some other place where they could get cheap labor. Then the militants got up and exposed the sellout of Gorman and of Mr. Cortello in his speeches dur- Company, and the radical phrases | jing the strike. The militants were applauded by those present. | | The militants then made a pro- | posal to call a city conference of | the two unions in the city, the U. |T. W., A. F. of L. affiliate, and the | American Federation of Textile Op- |eratives, an independent union, for | the purpose of discussing plans to | unite the two unions into one pow- |erful union affiliated to the Amer- | ican Federation of Labor. | The officials tried to sidetrack the demands of the rank and file by saying that no steps could be taken tion of the International Office. | They also raised the point that at the last U. T. W. Convention the | Fall River delegation had presented |@ resolution that the International |affiliation to the A. F. of L., but }no steps had been taken on this resolution, The rank and file made a motion |to call on every local to discuss this most burning question of unity at their next regular meeting, and to | take steps for the conference with- out the sanction of the Interna- tional officials. Woll No Hero At Home By a Worker Correspondent NEW YORK.—On Sunday, Feb. 10, the New York Photo-Engravers Local No. 1 has a special meeting at Mecca Temple to discuss strike. At this meeting every sort of treachery was used by the officials, headed by Matthew Woll, to put over against the will of the mem- bership a two-year contract. This year the agreement between the union and the bosses’ Board of ‘Trade expired and the union had to open negotiations. The membership was determined to get the 30-hour week, as 25 per cent of the mem- bership has been unemployed for the past four or five years, The workers let their sentiment be known in no uncertain terms at the annual meeting in the St. George Hotel. When the chairman of the meeting asked for a secret vote of attendance, the unanimous answer was, “Strike!” At this Mecca Temple meeting, one sensed immediately that the of- ficials were prepared to betray the photo-engravers. The chairman E. White, president of the local union, opened the meeting with a warning against “mob psychology” After his remarks he introduced E. Volz, president of the interna- tional union. This canny politician, in his demagogic speech, tried his best to induce the workers to accept | the 37!5-36 hour week proposal, cit- ing how much those who work will gain by this reduction of 2": hours, As soon as he got through he proposed immediately that they take a referendum vote, but he met the indignant opposition of the membership. The chair had to re- cognize speakers from the floor. One worker after another spoke and de- nounced the action of the officials. All of the speakers called upon the workers to strike. Matthew Woll was the last speaker. It is interesting to note that when this notorious red-baiter and president of the strike-break- ing Civic Federation got up to speak, not a soul applauded, so much is he hated in his own union. The entire speech was a plea not to strike but to collaborate with the industry. After he concluded his speech a vote was taken and 1,967 voted for the bosses’ proposal and 827 voted against. Strike Committee Statement By a Group of Auto Workers DETROIT, Mich, — The attack upon the automobile workers by the employers association has been let joose. These employers and finan- cial magnates have agreed to break through all the democratic rights and liberties of organized labor.) On Thursday morning, Jan. 31, the maintenance workers of the Murray Body Plant presented their demands for increase in wages that were moderate compared to what is already being paid at present in other plants. They were summarily told by the management to ring their cards and get out. ‘These skilled mens’ wages were between 60 and 80 cents an hour. These were skilled men who had Murray Body Corporation for many years. corporation faithfully. These skilled workers, members of the United Automobile Workers Union,, na- turally could not stand the auto- cratic attitude of the Murray Body Corporation, and they walked out in a body. They organized a picket line, is- ganize their forces to carry through their demands. The Detroit Police, directed by Commissioner Pickert, arrested some of these workers for distributing leaflets. would allow the “Detroit Labor leaflets. But when they distributed “The Detroit Labor News” the distribute “The Detroit News,” but only leaflets. Manufacturers Association are or- ganized to fight organized labor. The City Council of the United Automobile Workers Union, con- sidering all the facts at its meet- ing on Monday night, Feb. 4, elected locked out. The United Automobile Workers Union will mobilize all labor or- ganizations to defend the interests of every worker in the Murray Body Plant. The United Automobile Workers are solidly behind all the workers in the Murray Body Plant. The production men in the plant realize that it is necessary to act together with the maintenance men, The Automobile Manufacturers As- sociation is using all its money and power to smash ali labor ozganiza- tions. All labor organizations are ready to defend the interests of the Murray Body Workers. THE STRIKE COMMITTEE, UNITED AUTO WORKERS UNION, Local No, 18276. et Trade Unions in the Struggle for Labor Protection up markedly. Suffice it to state that | for the first two years of the second | Five-Year Plan (1933-34) the ap- propriations for labor protection amounted to 219,000,000 rubbles. The trade unions saw to it that this | money be spent exclusively on labor | Protection. . . , Such measures were lately taken in the factories as for instance: Mechanization of labor absorbing jobs and of work in harm- ful trades, installation of under- ground safety lamps in the mines and shafts, mechanization of intra- factory transport, mechanization of the charging and discharging of furnaces, rationalization of natural and artificial ventilation, lowering of high temperature in foundries, etc., increase in the number of safety stations, etc. Side by side with the practical | Work of labor protection and safety | devices, conducted in the facto- ries, profound theoretical research was taken up in this field at the | Scientific Research Institute of | Labor Protection, controlled by the | All-Union Central Council of Trade Unions. The combination of the work conducted in both the branches gives splendid results. There are 18 scientific research institutes in the U. 8. S. R. that are, engazed in the investigation of the! preblems of labor protection and in| the working out of proper measures! rious industries. Hore is the L r Protestion In-' institute fully concentrated its work on the question of Labor protection and safety regulations in the fur and leather industries. This insti- tute elaborated the methods of col- lecting dust caused by the unhair- ing and carding machines, chemi- cals and ursol, and presented a plan of mechanizing the discharge of ; dust chambers. In order to prevent the ursol from affecting the workers the institute investigated the cases of ursol jasthma among the workers and checked up the method of profes- sional selection for the purpose of picking out the workers most sus- ceptible to ursol. The institute also designed brakes for the carding and unhairing ma- | chines, changed the design of the | splitting machines, invented an ap- pliance for the solution of ursol, | ete. Unions War on Acc'dents The practical work of labor pro- tection and safety regulations in the factory is organized and con- trolled by the factory committees. We will refer to a few examples showing the work of the factory: committees in this field. The Factory Committee of the! First State Ball-Bearing plant in Moscow secured the expenditure of 160,000 rubles on labor protection measures for the first half of 1934. What mersures were taken? | A safety device? cabinet was! tion of all the social workers and’ organizations of the plant, where the workers are taught methods of safety in their work. Rational lighting of the work places was in- stalled in six departments of the plant. The. work places are supplied with instructions on safety regula- tions and precautionary posters. The work of all the hoisting gears in the plant was checked up. Three sat- urators were placed to provide the workers in the foundries, etc., with aerated water. Ten washrooms were supplied with hot water. The show- er bath rooms and washing stands were completely overhauled. Ten ventilators and three hundred lock- ers were installed in the cloak- rooms, in addition to the cld ones, Two rooms for nursing the babies were newly equipped, etc. Soviet Worker Must Be Protected As a result of all these measures ; the number of accidents in the fac- tory decreased by 35 per cent. Another factory commitiee of the Mechanical Plant in Podolsk, was able to secure a decrease in the | number of accidents and sicknessses among the workers by 40 per cent in comparison with 1933. The factory committee developed a good deal of mass work in the domain of labor | protection and safety devices, to- wards which it attracted all the so- cial workers, organizations and mznagement cf the plant. Among other measures siming to create itute in Kazan, for instanc2, This equipped, with the active participa- | healthy and safe working condi- tions, the factory committee got the management to plant trees and shrubs and to lay flower-beds on the premises of the plant, to clean the factory yard of dust and scrap, to pave and asphalt it, to equip rail- way lines with a signal system, to organize a splendid exhibition and displays on safety devices in the de- partments, to equip the latter with shower-baths, etc. Other factory committees conduct similar work. 100,000 Guard Health AS a. result of the team-work con- ducted by the trade unions and trusts the number of accidents in the industries of the U.S. 8, R. de- clined markedly. So, for instance, the number of accidents and sick- nesses among the workers in the metal and machine building indus- try, decreased by almost 50 per cent. Speaking about the achievements in the field of labor protection we cannot but note the remarkable in- stitution of Public Inspectors, set up by the trade unions. These aro the best shock-workers having a duties of labor inspectors volun- tarily by way of social work. Such an inspector does not quit his job and is entitled to all the rights of an official State inspector. The man- egement of a factory must accept h's propcsels. In 1984 the number of such public inspectors exceeded 109,090. © This enabled to reduce the number of technical training, who fulfill the | | full-time inspectors from 9,600 to ; 4,800. i The public inspectors developed important work. At the “Belianke” Mine Comrade Ninayevy, a public in- spector, sccured a longer period of burning of the safety lamp and | grounding of all the electrical in- stallations as a result of which the number of accidents declined mark- edly. At the “Krasni Putiloy” Plant the hoisting and transport aggre- gates which did not correspond to the requirements of safety were or- dered to be repaired, upon request of the public inspectors. The pub- lic inspection got the management to assign special persons in the departments, to be held direcily re- sponsible for the condition of labor protection safety regulations and factory sanitation. . At the “Electrostal” factory Com- to rail off all the moving mechan- isms to supply aerated water to the | workers, to light the departmen! better, etc. and consequently the be cited. But the above-indicated will suffice to make the basic con- ciusion to the effect that the Soviet trade unions have fully coped with ithe very important task of ee Protection, entrusted to them. on this matter without the sanc- | has not only been ignored, but |fantile paralysis, slapped in the face. jsociety has been practically nil. Of been in the employment of the | They stated that they! The forces of the Automobile | some a committee of ten of its members | to deal with the whole situation in | the Murray Body Corporation in-| structing them to give full support | to the maintenance men who were| rade Vnukov, public inspector of the | thermic department, took measures number of accidents and sicknesses | in the department dropped by 4! per cent. | Very many similar examples may! Forms of Silicosis HE first of a series of articles on | the various forms of silicosis will appear in the first issue of | HEALTH AND HYGIENE, the Medical Advisory Board’s magazine, Miners, working in excessively rocky joil, are liable to suffer from one or another form of this disease. Of special importance is the silicosis |which attacks tunnel workers and the anthracosis appearing among the hard coal miners. Though the disease has become jmore common lately, with the |Speeding up of the workers and the |scrapping of safety measures, work- |ers rarely get compensation because most State laws do not recognize |the fatal character of the illness, |The series of articles will describe jthe causes and developments of the jdisease in all its forms and diz-s \Possible cures and the compen- i! |situation, | , BR aaa | Infantile Paralysis |(OMRADE A. N, of Phelps, Wis., |“ writes:—“About three years ago I got sick with infantile paralysis, |It affected both of my legs and |I haven't been able to walk since, I can move both legs a little, but ithey are very weak. Is there any jkind of treatment you would advise me to take? I have heard of such jcases being treated at Warm Springs, Georgia. Do you think |they could help me? te Our Reply yes the insecurity of the working |44 class, all its sufferings and in- |humane treatment can be read into letters of your kind. | Struck down at the age of twenty The right for collective bargaining |py so devastating a disease as in- your help from course, if you wish to become hear- tened in your present suffering, re- member that you may still become |President of the United States. You and Franklin Roosevelt have every- thing in common, except the best. orthopedic surgeons in America, va- tious ingenious braces for support of the afflicted limbs, expert mas- seurs and gymnasts who continu- ously catered to the strengthening of the weakened muscles; vacations in warm climates with beautiful at- tractive and health-giving warm They had slaved for this |"Ater pools, and a sufficient supply of that which is necessary to try any new scheme for the relief of the paralysis of the victims of such |& disease. So, you see what is required for your condition, Massage, exercises, general body tonics, various gym- nastics when the limbs are sub- merged under water; braces which sued leaflets, and took steps to or-|at first may have to be changed or adjusted frequently and occupa- tional, thus social, rehabiliation. You will have to take some other job while you await your call to the Presidency. As for getting to Warm Springs, Georgia, you will be one of thou- News” to be distributed, but not |sands “placed on the list” if you I japply and state your inability to pay the required cost. It would be police stated that they could not\a good thing, however, if you ob- Labor |tained and enlisted the aid of a trade union, unemployed council, or other mass organization. Pressure and exposure of this “charitable” enterprise at Warm Springs may bring you the oppor- tunity to go there. Pepe ee” Medicine to Increase Height 'OMRADE P. B., of New York, writes:— “I am sixteen years jold and five feet four inches tall. Both my parents are short. I have | hardly grown in the past year. What do you think of my chances of further growth? Is pituitary ex- jtract helpful in inducing growth?” eee as Our Reply STATURE of five feet four inches for a young man of your age is quite satisfactory. You prob- ably have at least ten more years in which to grow. The use of Pituitary extract in inducing growth has not yet passed the experimental stage and we would not advise you to experiment with yourself until such time as our knowledge of the effects of this gland become a cer= tainty. es ear Whooping Cough Serum M., Philadelphia, Pa.;—The oc- * currence of frequent colds and the presence of enlarge tonsils are sufficient. causes for the removal of the tonsils. In regard to the vaccine for pre- vention, and the serum in the treat- |! ment of infantile paralysis, it is too jearly and too uncertain to speak of their respective value. More carefully controlled and extensive |work must be done before a def- inite statement can be made. We don't advise its use. The new vaccine against whoop- ing cough must likewise be used more extensively and careful inter- pretation of these results must be made before any definite advice can be given. However, we feel that, et present, it is best not to inocus Jate a normal, healthy child. Only those under two years of age or those in very bad state of health, jmay be injected when there has oc- curred possible contact with a case of whcoping cough. SUBSCRIPTION BLANK HEALTH AND HYGIENE Medical Adisory Board Magazine T wish to subscribe to Health and Hygiene. Enclosed please find $1 for a year's subscription Name Address 4 ]