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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-10-15
By WILLIAM F. kRUSE.
Especial DAILY WORKER
Correspondence
Continued from Last Issue.)
Party Organization and Press.


Party Organization and Press.
The Party organization consists of
5000 members, of which 700 are in
the capital. In 1922 there were only
that many in all Karelia. The ma
tive" part Of the Party includes %
per cent Karelians and per cent
Films, this is less than their absolute
proportion of the total population,
but since their number is growing
more rapidly than that of the Rus
slams this condition will soon be over
come. There are two newspapers, a
Russian daily with a circulation of
1000 and a Finnish tri-weekly with
circulation of 1900. Both are called
RED Karelia." The Party organiza-
ton is headed by an Oblast Committee
which in turn is under the direction
Of the Northwest Bureau of the Cen
trail Committee of the CPSU.
Aside from the national problem,
the Party here has to contend with
peculiar objective conditions, one of
the most difficult of which is the
lack of goo d transport facilities.
Aside from the single Murmansk rail-
road and the extensive but uncon-
nected and unimproved waterways,
there is virtually no way of getting
about. This was a terrible strategic
handicap in the struggles against the
Finnish Whites in 1923. Now there
is an extensive bodybuilding program
NIyoX civ of A4o1
budget being devoted to this item.
Many Of the forest trails are so bad
that in summer the only means of
transport other than horseback is the
old Indian method of tying two sap
ling poles to the horses back and let
ting them trail on behind, the freight
being fastened across the space be-
tween the poles. Several good roads
have already been built and the intro
duction of mechanical intensive lum-
bering methods will give a big i'm
petus to better land transport. Two
new railroads are also projected, both
radiating from Soroka, the big saw
mill center, one of them to run down
the east shore of Lake Omega, there
by offering an alternate route to
Moscow that avoids Leningrad alto
gether. This is still job for the
future, the immediate task is to
build roads suitable for auto-truck
transport and this is being done.
Work in the Village.
The Party meets these difficulties
with special measures. It's agit-prop
work in the villages is of two types,
called respectively Stationary" and
Qiterally) "perambulating." The first
involves the sending of a professional
'propagandist" to live in the village,
where he usually is engaged in
technical work for the Soviet while
running the reading hut and doing
other educational work. A somewhat
higher type of worker is required for
the "perambulating" activity. He
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-10-15
Labor Economists" Contradict Each Other

labor agents capitalism the head of the Amer
Federation of Labor enter the realm of economics they be-
bewdered and contradict themselves from day day The
official policy in relation to increases is proclaimed to be
based upon ascerng by facts and figures whether
dustry able stand increase and precisely how great
the be. That policy is of
in the of class collaboration 1t effective of
preventing action while the experts conduct their surveys to
determine whether the workers entitled to living
But in contradiction this theory and completely dscred
ing the whole policy Of the socaed Workers Education Bureau
and its director Spencer Miller r the address of John p
Frey who while trying to defend the official policy in
reality presented arguments that completely dscred it, Frey
least had his statistics approximately correct the increase
productivity this country He showed that since 1899 pro-
ducton had increased cent while the real
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-10-15
Special Problems Face Karelian Comrades

covers a whole county and gives 2 or
8 nights week for a month or six
weeks to each village, helping exist
ing nuclei, reading huts, ETC., and
organizing new ones, preparing and
smoothing the way for stationary"
workers. There We're 10 such per-
ambulating units in action this sum-
mer and the number will be increased.
Of reading huts there are co. of "Red
Corners" $50. The principal distinc-
ton between the two is that the for
mer have trained full-time propa-
gandists in charge while the latter de-
pend on casual local talent.
The forces for this propaganda
work are trained in the SovPartShkol
School for Soviet and Party Work
ers. Only workers and peasants and
d limited number of soviet employees
are admitted. The course lasts two
years, and each year go students are
admitted to the school, half Russian
and half Karelian. Teaching is in
two languages, the student attending
in the one IN which he is most pro-
ficient. Only public school education
and Grade l ''Polit-grammar" is re-
quired as entrance qualification, and
the subjects taught include Political
Economy, Labor History, Soviet and
Party structure and method, mathe-
matics, and village practise. The first
step on graduation is usually to take
charge of reading hut in the village
OF else some phase of social work in
workers club in the town. Each
student is allowed 20 roubles per
month, for which he gets food, room,
laundry, movie tickets, etc, and one
fourth of the students are eligible
for an additional allowance of 20
roubles per month as a dependency
allowance. An excellent type of
worker is attracted to these courses
and they seem to be conducted with
fine success. Both of the comrades
at the head of the school speak good
English, one, Comrade Lassy, having
spent some time in England after
taking Pho. degree in Helsingfors
University, and the other, Comrade
Yakula, having been a well-known
figure in radical Finnish circles
around Duluth prior to the I.W.W.
split in the Finnish Federation in
1914.
Use Movies Extensively.
One of the best means of agitation
and propaganda in the Karelian vii
lagos has proven to be the motion pic
ture. The Party Agit-Prop Depart
ment has six movie units on the road
all the time. One of its chief OBJ
stacles has been lack of qualified
operators. This was overcome by
running a special training course on
motion picture work for which GER
tain party forces were Communicated
The courses are to be continued. Very
few villages have access to electric
current so a special dynamo which
can be turned by hand must be
carried along to generate current for
the protector lamps. The greatest
interest is shown in the new Soviet
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-10-15

the workers. Chat is the actual the workers
with the money received wage) had increased but five
per cent.
Certainly view Of this fact wages increase consider
ably without approaching the relative that realized
the working class of this country nearly thirty years ago
While the policy American Federation of Labor
agree with the facts in the will prevent the takers
carrying out treacherous role and trying their
perdy under avalanche of statistics compiled by mental
tues paid dstor facts conform the interests of
the employers.
Trade uonists who confronted with the new pol
lev of the A. f. L. toward defeating their
demands will we'll the figures presented by Frey against
the identical policy he supporting in his report.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-10-15
BY H. LEIKERT
Translated from the YidA sh)
Ru q Nail

NOTE:-hirsh Leckert, a Lithu-
anian Jewish cobbler who could
neither read nor write, has become
one of the heroes of the Russian
worlingclass. While member of
the once revolutionary "Bund," he
played a leading part in the efforts
TO overthrow the Czarist despotism in
Lithuania. On May 9Th, 1902, Leckert
was arrested and thrown into jail.
Despite fortunes and threats, mingled
with promises of clemency, he refused
to divulge the names of his COM
rades, and on June 10th the heroic
cobbler was hung on an open field
on the outskirts of Wilma. His execu-
ton stirred class-conscious workers
throughout Russia, and many years
later, with the establishment of the
workers and peasants government,
Leckert was officially recognized as
proletarian martyr. Memorials
have been built in his honor, streets
named after him in the U. S. S. R.,
and the 25th anniversary of his
death was observed throughout So
Wet Russia and in other parts of the
world.
H. Leivick, one of the foremost
Yiddish poets and dramatists, is the
author of Rags" "Shop," "The
Golem," and other plays and poems
which have given him an interna-
tional reputation. AS a young man
in Russia Leivick helped carry 'on the
traditions of Hirsh Leckert in the
"Bund," and in 1906 was arrested for
revolutionary activity. He served six
years at hard labor in various czarist
dungeons, and was then sentenced to
Siberia for life, but escaped to the
United States in 1913. Leivick re-
Gently completed a new play, "Hirsh
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-10-15
Invent Flying Antenna.o
OLD ORCHARD BEACH. Mai

Old ORCHARD BEACH, Maine,
Oct, ID. = The transatlantic plane
"The Dawn is using a new thing in
radio aptenna construction today.
1t is known as "the flying anten-
ma" In case of forced landing,
with the regular antenna submerged,
a kite to which is attached an an
tenna with one end fastened to
the radio set Of "The Dawn" can be
flown.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-10-15

made films, foreign pictures are sell
dom of a sort to be understandable
or liked by the village audiences. This
form of political cultural. work is to
be extended in view of its proven
superiority over all other methods of
spreading Communist enlightenment.
These are Of course only two of
the special conditions to be COPIED
with by the Party organization-the
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-10-15

difficulties of language and distance
but they serve to show the pliability
of Russian Party methods to meet ali
requirements. Space forbids going
into further detail but it is hoped
that these few Letters from Soviet
Karelia" have served to show our
American readers how the work of
Socialist construction is going on
even in the Artic Circle.
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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-10-15
Current Events
By T. J. 0'FlGherty

THE great love entertained for the
late Samuel Gompers by his sur
vivors in the official family of the
A. F, Of L. is demonstrated by the
amount of the collection for the Com
pers' Memorial Fund. Since the in
auguration of the fund on December
20, 1924, until August 81, 1927, the
enormous sum of $3.50 has been
garnered by his faithful followers. At
this rate there should be enough mon
ey raised by the end of this century
to build an ivory tower in honor of
Sans memory about the size of a
five cent cigar. 1t is interesting to
note that the A. F. of L. collected
$1,606.06 for the Woodrow Wilson
Memorial Building Fund in just two
years.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-10-15
Only Real Labor Paper.
Editor, The DAILY WORKER:

EulJOr, The DAILY WUKKEK:---
On June list / asked you to stop
sending me the DAILY WORKER
while was on four months camp
ing trip. Well, am back now, so
please send me the paper at once.
believe The DAILY WORKER is the
only real labor paper.
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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-10-15
Letters From Our Readers

boy Saturday" All Of us went
away very discouraged.
William Narotsky, Cleveland.
Seward daily gateway., 1927-06-20
ALASKA SAILS NORTH WITH 325 LISTED
 ON RESERVATIONS
FLEET ALASKA STEAMSHIP co, LINER HAS BANNER CROWD
 FOR TRIP NORTH

SEATTLE, June 20. [P)-The s. s.
 Alaska sailed at 10 o'clock a. m. Satur- day and carried 325 passengers. Sew
 are passengers are: Mrs. K. T. Fred erickson and two children, R. Freder-
 ickson, G. C. Stewart, F. A. McC1oud.
 T. B. Brown, A. J. Nordale, Mrs. C..
 Stanton. Mrs. A. Malley, T. s. Eng stom, Leo Zimmerman, c. D. Watkins
 and wife, Miss l.. Sankey, c. R. Bren- herman and wife, Mrs. F. Schew and
 son, W. A. Ellis, May Mead, Robert Scott, Captian Rowden, William With CT, O. B. Hart, E. E. Rasmussen, Mrs.
 M. Hunter and two children, Miss E. $. Schawass, Miss L. Schlitt, Nettie O'Donnell, A. P. Stone, wife and dough ter. K. H. Frank, H. J. Wade, W. A. Patterson, E. A. Rasmussen and wife, Miss E. Thorsen, Julia Crawford. Miss s. Halen and sister, T. M. Welsh, Mrs. F. M. Sumpter, Mrs R. Calvr, Alma Sacha, Anna lessen, Col W. R. Stani- ford and wife, J. H. Rose, W. H. Fredke, H. Buchanan, A. H. Mefford, Elsie Jensen, Miss A. Johnson, Miss A. Weller, Mrs. H. We'll, Donald Wright, o. Rynning, A. D. Hicks and wife, w. Simpson and two children, Olaf Sven son, l.. Mortenson, O. Halderson, J. Mahart E. Baker, Andy Hollwin, w. A. Jones, Ed Morgan, George Green, 0. Cogrimes, c. J. T. Jemsland, o. J. Judy, c. s. Pearson, H. T. Becken- dorf, Anna Hoad, Etta ShoverA Mrs. W. J. Shannon and nine steerage.
Seward daily gateway., 1927-06-20
SEWARD BOY KILLED; STRUCK BY BRILL
 JAR ON RAILROAD
SUDDEN DEATH OF POPULAR HIGH SCHOOL BOY SHOCKS
 COMMUNITY

The entire community was shocked Saturday upon hearing of the death of Bernard Horton, 16-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Horton. The hand of death, mysterious and inev- itable, has taken lovely boy from our midst, and when the news reached Seward about o'clock Sat urday afternoon that Bernie, who just two days previous had left home to join extra gang No. at Mile 52, Alaska Railroad, no words can ex- press the sudden sense of loss which overpowered all.
 Standing on the guard rail of the bridge at Mile 45, about 40 feet above the turbulent Placer river, it is said that Bernie was struck in the face by the handle on the Brill car en route to Anchorage, and hurled into the river.
 Prior to the arrival of the speeder the crew was warned that the gas car was coming and to get in the clear. Bernie, standing on the guard rail was seen to be in possible danger, and many of the men, it is said, shout ed at him to step back on one of the girders, but apparently, due to the roaring of the river below. their words of warning failed to reach him. The Brill car was not travelling at a high rate of speed, it is reported, but at about seven or eight miles an hour. Just as the car approached, according to The Gateway informant, Bernie was seen to shift his shoulders when he saw that he was not quite out of the road, but in so doing. swung in line
 tContinued on Page Eight)
Seward daily gateway., 1927-06-20
FOUNDER IF SEWARD
 CHARGES ANCHORAGE
 STATEMENTS UNTRUE
RAILROAD ACT CARRIES PROW. SION FOR CONCERNING ANY
 PROPERTY DESIRED

T heard new story in Anchorage during my trip to the Interior. It may not to be new to others, but it was new to me. If it IS true, 1t ought to make the best seller of the year"
 With this introductory comment by John E. Ballaine, founder of Seward and leading factor in the Alaska Rail- road project, on his return from three weeks of explorations in the up- per Susitna Valley with party of California associates, he told a group of Seward friends today how some of the Anchorage business men account for the starting of Anchorage and the disastrous attempt to make railroad terminals there. IA miles inland from the real ocean terminus at Seward.
 Their version" continued MT. Bal 1aine, with no establishment of de- tails lacking, is that after President Wilson designated Seward as the ter- minus of the Alaska Railroad, I asked such exorbitant prices for railroad terminal grounds that the government  was forced to build terminals at An chorage. And now, with those ex- pensive terminals at Anchorage abandoned and a total loss, and An chorage people the victims of that piece of folly to the ex- tent of several millions of dollars, they try to charge responsibility to the one man who tried his best to save them from the losses they have suffered"
 The people of Seward have heard stories of that kind before, MT. Bal laine was told, and he was asked to give the facts through The Gateway.
 "The plain facts are," he said, "that when President Wilson designated Seward as the terminus of the Alaska Railroad in April, 1915, there were l272 lots in the original townsite Of Seward. I owned exactly 360 of them,
 tContinued on Page Tour)
Seward daily gateway., 1927-06-20
TONNAGE LIMITATION PROPOSED AT OPENING .0F NAVAL CONF FERENCE
CHAIRMAN G | B s O N REGRETS FRANCE AND ITALY ARE NOT 
 REPRESENTED

GENEVA, June 20. P-Extension Extension of the five-three principle of naval strength of cruisers, destroy CTS and submarines to the United States, Great Britain and Japan was proposed at the three-power limita- ton of armament conference by the American delegation at the opening of the conference called by President Coolidge. Ambassador Hugh Gibson, chairman, proposed that cruisers be limited in tonnage to 250,O0O or 30O,- 900 tons, with the United States and Great Britain 150,000 or 80,OO0 for Japan; destriyer tonnege to be re- stricted to 100000 or 25O,OOO, larger power to 12O,00O or 150,000. Japan's maximum tonnage for submarines would be 9OOOO and 54,00O Gibson expressed regret that France and Italy were not active participants in the conference.
Seward daily gateway., 1927-06-20
FIRST MAYOR NOME, G.FREDER|CK GEESE,
 DIES IN CALIFORNIA
THROUGH HIS EFFORTS PRESENT SCHOOL SYSTEM WAS ES-
 TABLlSHED

SAN FRANCISCO, June 20. (P- Julius Frederick Giese, aged GA, first Mayor of Nome, through whose efforts the school system of Alaska was es- tablished, died here yesterday. The announcement of the passing of MT. Giese, who was a picturesque charac- ter in the Yukon and made him one of the best known men in Alaska, was made today The body will be sent to Seattle to be inferred besides Mrs. Giese, who was Elizabeth Sullivan. He met her in Nome and the marriage was the third wedding of white per sons in Alaska.
Seward daily gateway., 1927-06-20
HONORARY MASTEROF
 SCIENCE DECREE |S
 BESTOWED O|v BYRD
MEMORABLE WEATHER CONDl- TONS EXTENDING ACROSS
 OCEAN DELAYS HOP

ROOSEVELT FIELD, N. r., June 20. (P)-After a long conference with experts Commander Byrd announced that the Fokker monoplane would not hop of before Tuesday. Strong east winds with local rainstorms along the pressure area extending across the ocean indicated unfavorable condi- tions. Until Tuesday Byrd is going to Boston to attend commencement ex- ercises where he receives the honora- ry degree of Master of Science today.
Seward daily gateway., 1927-06-20
THREE BABIES DEAD IN REDEMP HOME
 DUE POISONED FOOD
HALF OF THE CHILDREN IN THE HOME AFFECTED; ALSO TWO
 WOMEN

SPRINGFIELD, Inn, June 20. (P)- Three babies are dead. another be- lieved to the dying and five others ara seriously ill from food poisoning at Springfield Redemption Home, an in- stitution for infants under the care of the courts. The food was served Sum- day morning. The meal is blamed for illness which affected half the chil- dren at the home. Samples of the food have been taken for analysis. Home Matron Minnie Manley and Housekeeper Alice Pauk also became ill, but their condition is not alarming.
Seward daily gateway., 1927-06-20
STRANGE TR|BESIMEN
 FOUND MADAGASCAR
WASH CLOTHING IN CREASE, DIET IS SOUR MILK, AND NEVER
 BATTLE

CHICAGO, June 20. P)-Strange Madagascar tribesmen. some of whom never bathe or wash their clothing, who sleep on carved wooden pillows and live largely on a diet of sour milk, have been found by Dr. Ralph Linton, leader and captain of the Marshall Field expedition to Madagascar for the Field Museum. The tribesmen follow the curious custom Of soaking their clothing in grease.
Seward daily gateway., 1927-06-20
ZANE GREY'S YACHT IN
 PACIFIC STRIKES ROCK

SAN FRANCISCO, June 20. (P)- Radio advises received here today indicated that Zane Gray's yacht the "Fisherman" carrying the author and /
 a party of friends on fishing trip in the Pacific had struck an unchart- ed rock at Rangiroa Island, in the South Seas and had three feet of water in her hold. The Fisherman" left California for the South Pacific November 18th 1926,
Seward daily gateway., 1927-06-20
FOURTH MEMBER OF
 BYRD's CREW IS CHOSEN

ROOSEVELT FIELD, June 20. (P -Lieut. Berndt Balchen, former Nor wegian naval officer, was chosen to be the fourth member of the crew of Commander Byrd's plane which is ready to take off for Paris as soon as Weather Bureau reports favorable coast. Byrd said there was no chance for start tonight or tomorrow.
Seward daily gateway., 1927-06-20
COOLIDGE LAUDs WORK
 0f YET ORGANIZATION

FL PASO. Texas, June 20. (P)- President Coolidge, in a letter to dis abled American veterans, which will be sent to be read at the national con- vention, lauded the organization work in securing aid for wounded veterans and declared that the government would continue it's work of compen- sating the disabled.
Seward daily gateway., 1927-06-20
HIGHEST ORDER OF MERIT
 CONFERRED ON PLIERS

VIENNA, June 20. (P-President Hainisch of the Austrian republic conferred upon Chamberlin and Le- vine the republics highest honors, the order of merit, Goldens Barenzeichen der Republic, in recognition of their flight from New York to Germany.
Seward daily gateway., 1927-06-20
POPE PIUS PAYS TRIBUTE

ROME, June 20. (P)-Pope Plus, in an alIocution at the secret consistory, paid a tribute to the Catholic episco- pacy in the United States for making known the situation of Catholics in Mexico.
Seward daily gateway., 1927-06-20
SKIPPER VIRGINIA II. DIES

KETCHIKAN, June 20. P)-Acci- dental poisoning caused the death of Frank Door, veteran troller, an au- topsy disclosed when Door was found dead on the eve of his departure for Seattle aboard his boat Virginia II.
Seward daily gateway., 1927-06-20
ADVICE FROM G. B. s.

LONDON, June 20 P)-Beranr1 Shaw's advice to amateur actors on the sure way to get applause is ito stamp your feet before an exit to start it''
Seward daily gateway., 1927-06-20
TELEPHONE POLE CROP READY

RALEIGH, N. C., June 20. (F"-- uncle Sam is preparing to market a crop of 15,000 telephone poles from Pisgah National Forest in North Carolina.
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