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The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-01-02
BANNER YEAR
 FORESEEN BY
 LABOR CHIEF
Forecast Is Made by Presi. dent of American Fed
 eration of Labor
fContinued from rage One.)

have created in the lives of the people desire for more things that bring about comfort and happiness. The desire for better home comforts, luxuries, more abundant life, means that they have been taught to buy.
 There is no honest demand for reduction in wages. The people will insist that no obstacles shall be placed in the way of prosper ity such as an attack on the wage system now in effect. Peo- pie will demand that industry should find other means of re- ducing prices than reducing wages. The more efficient man agement becomes the lower prices can be without detriment to the wage standard.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-01-02
CANNERYMAN HERE ON WAY TO TODD CANNERY

Nick Be-, President and Man ager of the Peril Strait Packing Company, arrived Saturday night on the steamer Admiral Roge,s enroute to the company's plant at Todd. He will proceed there about Wednesday. remaining about a week, then return here.
 MT. Beg had no criticism to Of fer regarding the 1928 fishing regulations. He said the canncrs generally realized that Commits sioner O'Malley was acting for what he considered the best ir- terests of the salmon fisheries an1 are prepared to cooperate with him in making the regulations es- fective. Undoubtedly the restric- tions will curtail packs to some extent but it is hoped that they will also have a beneficial effect on the runs of fish.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-01-02
JACK OF ALL TRADE The Shon nf 0dd Iohs

If your pipes freeze up. or for any odd jobs Phone 473. John Holler. ---adv.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-01-02
TWO-HOUR FIRE
 RUINS BUILDING
Boarding House on Hillside Above Front Street
 Completely Gutted

A fire which started in Fred Matson's boarding house, former ly the Finnish Hall, on the hill side on Gastineau Avenue, and completely gutted the building was extinguished by firemen yes terday after two hours of fighting with four lines of hose.
 An alarm from Box 15 was turn ed in shortly after l o'clock in the afternoon When the firemen reached the scene of the blaze, volumes of smoke and flame were issuing from the windows in the second floor Lines were immedi- ately put out from four hydrants on Front Street and were taken up the hillside from near the Mug get Shop.
 A few minutes later the old truck was brought down and the other truck was returned to th' hall for emergency calls. One of he low pressure lines was run through the old truck and water was pumped up the hillside.
 For one and one half hours the fire burned fiercely. while the heat was held in by the corru- gated iron which covered the sides and roof of the structure For time the blaze was confined to the second floor but later spread to the upper floor. Short 1y after 2 o'clock the fire appear ed nearly out but sudden burst of wind famed the flames and they burned with renewed vigor
 By 2:30 the blaze was nearly extinguished and by o'clock the truck left for the fire hall while a few firemen chopped around in the building extinguishing the last sparks.
 Virtually the entire roof was off by the time the fire was over, while the interior of the house was completely burned out.
 While the firemen were pouring water from the truck line hose into the fire early during the fight the hose bursted and the water in that line was turned off while a new section of hosing was put in to replace tho old one.
 Fred Matsen. owner of the building. carried no insurance on the house. which. it is understood, he paid about $1,500. Several per sons who were living in the build ing lost many personal effects and belongings. Peter Chilbers. who lives on Gastlneau Avenue, took care of the fire victims yes terday until they were able to find temporary residences.
 An overloaded stove, on the sec ond floor. was the cause of the starting of the blaze, firemen said.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-01-02
NORTON LEAvES HOSPITAL

NORTON LEAVES SCSPITA AL
 William Norton, admitted to the hospital December 31 left today after undergoing medical treat ment.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-01-02
JUNEAU SCHOOLS
 OPEN TOMORROW

The Juneau schools open to- morrow morning for the second semester of the school year, after a 10 days vacation over the Christmas and New Years Day holidays.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-01-02
FIRST WHITE BABY
 OF YEAR BORN HERE

The stork started off properly in Juneau for 1928 and the first registration of the birth of <, white youngster was made last night at 6 o'clock at St. Ann 8 hospital when John Oliver Allen Douglas, an eight pound baby boy was born to MT. and Mrs. Doug las. The proud father is with the Juneau Weather Bureau office.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-01-02
FORESTS HAVE GOOD YEAR IN
 THIS SECTION
Forest Service Reviews Ac- tivities In Forest Indus
 tries Tn 5. E. Alaska

fContlnueu rom Page One. )
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-01-02

LET Almqulst Press Your Suit.
 We call and deliver. Phone 52S.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-01-02
Snow and Cold Snap
 In Eastern States

NEW YORK, Jan. 2. - Heavy SHOWS and cold snap which threatens the lowest temperatures of the season, today has North ern Pennsylvania and New York in a frigid grasp.
 In Erie. Penn, five feet of snow has paralyzed traffic.
 In Wilkesbarre, one death is attributed to the cold weather.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-07-24
Wrong Way to Organize Reading Circles

ter fighters for the working class
movement by combining theoretical
knowledge with practical work.
THE other error which is at present
being made, by almost all of our
sections, which began to organize
such circles, consists in the fact that
they limit them to party members
only. This is altogether wrong
Such narrow limitations are entirely
against the entire plan and purpose
of such circles. Such basis does
not justify the organization of these
circles. / believe, that if our COM
rades would read the bulletin on the
organization of reading circles care
fully, they would avoid many errors
be aware of all the dangers, and
would learn how to avoid them.
will just quote the passage in the
bulletin dealing with this particular
point, since / believe that the bulle-
tin gives it in a very clear and
definite form. In paragraph of the
bulletin We find the following: Gas
broad masses of workers as possible
should be reached and included in
circles. Non-party workers should
make up big majority Of circles,
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-07-24
Slaughter of Vienna Workers

of investigation and form republi-
can security service to take over the
maintenance of order out of the
hands of the police.
AS is usual with social democratic
promises, nothing at all of these
brave words was ever put into &C
ton. In order to hold the masses
in their ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS il
lusions the social democratic leaders
compromised at the first opportun-
ity, righteously rejected all non
parliamentary means and energeti-
cally attacked-the Communists!
This attitude completed the VIC
tory of the fascists and nationalists.
Today the leaders of the social DEM
ocratic party of Austria are sor-
rowing that the Austrian army is
completely reactionary and that the
fascists and nationalists dominate
the streets.
That is the irony of the situation.
The social democratic leaders want
ed law and order on the streets, be-
cause they were afraid of the
masses, who for the most part are
their own supporters. Only in par
lament the social democracy want
ed to fight VIGOROUSLY. And the
bourgeoisie, the traditional prota-
gonists of parliamentarism who the
oretica1lv reiact tho class struOola
formed illegal organizations, armed
them, and now control the streets.
At the conferences of the fascist
and nationalist organizations the
use of armed force against some
thing which is termed "Marxism"
is openly advocated. The tradition
al right of asylum no longer exists
in Austria today, and in the last
few days the Austrian prime minis
ter the priest Seipel has openly con-
cluded a pact with Mussolini.
The lessons of the blood bath in
Vienna on the 18th of July, 1927,
are clear enough today. Reformism
in policy and tactics was the pre-
Jude to the Schattendorf murders
and to the acquittal of the accused,
and the same attitude of the social
democracy towards the murderous
beastliness of the police on the 18th
of July paved the way for the
growth and strengthening of fas-
cism in Austria.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-07-24
When the Social Democracy of Austria Proved
An Ally of the Fascists

nationalist organizations. Such phen-
omena show themselves everywhere
where the proletariat, infected by
bourgeois democratic illusions,
leaves the straight line of the class
struggle.
In this atmosphere came the
Schattendorf murders. The social
democrats had arranged a party
meeting in Schattendorf. The fas-
cists arranged a meeting for the
same day in the same place and
called in reinforcements from Wen
ma and the surrounding neighbor-
hood. A collision occurred between
the social democrats and the fas-
cists. The victors were the fascists
who were armed.
A war invalid and a little boy
were killed by a volley fired unex-
pectedly from ambush into the rear
of the social democratic meeting.
Five seriously injured workers had
to be carried to the hospital. Not
one single fascist was injured. That
was in January, 1927.
The brutal and unprovoked muir
ders (both the killed were shot in
mendous wave of indignation, strikes
and mass demonstrations &C.
Cured. Three of the fascists were
arrested and put on trial. The pub
lie prosecutor asked the court to
condemn the accused, but declared
very emphatically that the greater
part of the responsibility must rest
on the shoulders of the social dem
ocrats who, according to the prose
cutor, had provoked the collision
(the murdered are of course guilty..
The jury acquitted the accused COM
pletely with votes against on
the ground that they had acted in
self defense.
This incredible provocation drove
the masses onto the streets. A ire
mendous demonstration took place
in Vienna. The police attacked the
demonstrators with bare sabres and
took advantage of the ensuing con-
fusion to fire on the demonstrators.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-07-24
Mistakes Frequently Made in This Important
Branch of Party Work

most frequently repeated, and which
at the same time touch upon the
main basis of their foundation, en-
dangering their existence right at
the beginning of their organization
We must point out how not to or
ganize reading circles.
Our Mistakes.
One of the mistakes so frequently
repeated by our comrades in various
sections, is the tendency to substi-
tute the unit educational meetings
with reading circles, the plan to or
ganize the reading of certain PAM
phlets, as soon as the business
part" of the meeting is over. Such
tendency shows misconception
and lack of understanding of the
entire plan and purpose of reading
circles and tends to overlook many
dangers as for instance the danger
of tending too much towards the
study of certain pamphlet, or sub
ject, at the same time neglecting
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-07-24

Flying women and children were
shot down like mad dogs on the
streets. There was no resistance
worthy of the name, for the work
ers were unarmed against the fierce
volleys of the police. 1t is true the
Palace of Justice and one police sta
ton were burned out, but what the
incendiaries were is unknown to this
day. One thing is certain however,
the police had commenced to fire on
the masses and had even routed the
republican Schutzbund which ap-
peared on the streets to "restore
order" long before the Palace of
Justice was set on fire.
Mass Arrests.
The bloody days harvest was Sc
dead and hundreds of wounded, the
number of the wounded cannot be
given with exactitude for many of
the wounded were treated private
ly. When the storm had subsidized
bourgeois class justice commenced
to CLEAN. Mass arrests were made,
but despite jealous spying and
reckless building up of indictments,
most of the arrested had to be re-
leased sooner or later without hav-
ing been brought to trail.
The authorities corrected the jury
lists and managed in this way to
obtain a number of verdicts against
the arrested. Before the Vienna
juries it was light work for the
defense to prove that the state
ments of the police were lying and
perjured and that the protocols put
forward as evidence had been man
ufactured by the police, so that in
all cases the accused were acquitted.
The political attitude of the So
cial democracy in the whole affair
was lamentable. When the fury of
the workers was at it's height the
social democratic leaders assured
lem that the police would not be
permitted to slaughter unarmed
men, women and children with i'm
punity. They promised to overthrow
the government, set up committee
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-07-24

AS bricklayer Smith certainly
makes good president of any
trucking corporation. 1t isn't every
trucking corporation president who
can boast that during his admins
tration the city of New York con-
veniently decided to abolish several
of its public markets, thus giving the
trucking corporation an opportunity
to extend it's public service facili-
ties without increasing the price of
fresh foods FOO sharpl''
Seems as though AL knows the
game better than Herbert. While
Herb is wasting time and money
fooling around with expensive pub
licity agents who don't get much re-
suits, AL has organized a private
menagerie which furnishes him
much food for publicity. Besides this
AL has whole bag of other little
tricks. Just watch and enjoy the
fun, too.
The Workers (Communist) Party
is in this election campaign to mo-
bilize the working class for fight
against the capitalist class and their
government.
If matters continue to go from
bad to worse in Flint and more work
ers commence to go out on strike
Mr.. Raskob may find himself too
busy strikebreaking to bother with
campaign managing. Smith, being a
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-07-24
BY A. GUSAKoFF.

ONCE the plan for the organiza-
= ton of reading circles has already
been adopted, after thorough dis
cussion at a joint meeting of the
agitprops and literature agents, held
some time ago, and we are at pres
ent confronted with the practical
task of actually putting this plan
into life. We should expect some
confusion as we'll as certain diff
culties in the practical application
of this plan, since after all, this is q
new plan, and it takes some time
until there is a clear understanding
of it. But what is surprising is the
fact that the difficulties are mostly
of technical nature, and not be-
cause of disagreement, or misunder-
standing of policy. 1t is therefore
important that the difficulties with
which certain units and sections are
confronted in their attempt to or
ganize such circles be taken up and
pointed out, so that there be more
clarity and understanding of the
steps to be taken in the organiza-
ton of circles. And that certain
dangers be avoided. 1t is important
to take up these errors, which are
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-07-24

1t is not difficult to discern what force it is
that gives the church-and-landord reaction its
strange forcefulness in this situation The
United States bankers during these several
months have been putting pressure upon both
Obregon and Gales to make peace" with the
church and to break up the relationship of
forces in which Gales and Obregon were forced
to fall back upon the arms of the working class
and peasantry. The pressure of Ambassador
Morrow had already made big Roadway with
Obregon. Already the United States ambassa-
dor was assuming the right to dictate policy to
Gales and to the incoming president-elect, be-
fore the assassination. Dispatches Indicate
that Morrow assumed more arrogant attitude
than ever after Obregon's DEATH
Now, under the influence of Morrow, the
assassination of Obregon is being made the long
looked for excuse for an exterminatng drive
against the labor movement and the peasantry.
Morones, insignificant instrument of stronger
men, is not the real object of attack, but only a
convenient scapegoat. Can anyone imagine the
United States bankers, in assuming control of
Mexico, letting the clerical and landlord ele-
ments be sacrificed to the advantage of the
working class and peasants? No, the workers
and peasants of Mexico are the coveted slaves
whom the United States bankers want to rem
der helpless for exploitation. The church and
the reactionary landlords, having also the lust
to exploit these same workers and peasants, are
too valuable allies of United States Imperialism
to be sacrificed. Under the new friendship
of the Mexican politicians with the Wall
Street bankers the church is to be white
washed-and probably we are on the eve of a
blood-bath for the working class.
The working class and peasants of Mexico
are probably in for one of the severest trials of
their history
The revolution of Mexico can only be revo-
luton in so far as it is directed to driving the
United States imperialists out of that country
and at the same time to crush the power of
the clergy and landlords. This is essentially
the task of the workers and peasants. Other
class elements that have had an interest in
smashing up the power of the landlords and
clargy, now show themselves completely
suborned to the Yankee imperialists. The
diplomatic art of Morrow has succeeded in
subverting all other elements and isolating the
working class and the poorest peasants
The Mexican working class must prepare for
the task of taking over the revolution into it's
own proletarian hands. Only the exploited
peasants can travel the present road with the
Mexican workers. The Communist Party of
Mexico has big work ahead of it. 1t must
undertake to shape the alliance of workers and
peasants that will become the all-dominating
force of the revolution and sweep away the
parasites.
United States Imperialism is and will remain
it's most powerful as we'll as it's most deadly
enemy.
The workers of the United States must be
the readiest to help the Mexican workers and
peasants to defeat the colossus of the North
which is in the act of swallowing Mexico.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-07-24

entirely the discussion of current
events, party campaigns, problems
and issues of the labor movement
etc. That means divorcing the com
rades from the every day activities
and life of the party, and taking on
more and more a form of Study
circle" of the old type caliber
against which the party fought so
much. Reading circles are not to in
terfere with regular educational
meetings of the units. The meeting
of the members of such circles should
take place on different night, and
not on the meeting night of the
party unit. Reading, study and dis
cussion circles, are not to be con-
sidered a part of our inner party
activity only, but is to be consid-
cred as part of our every day
work in reaching many workers and
bringing them into the movement
should be considered as an import
ant method of making workers bet
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-07-24
C A NJ P A | G N COR E r

address all communications to
Editor, Campaign Corner, 43 E.
125th St., New York;
Comrade B. H. Lauderdale sends
word from Texas that preparations
for the state convention soon to be
held are being completed. Under
the Texas law parties go on the bal
lot by holding state conventions.
The fastest job getting out pc
titions anywhere was that of Com
rade Oehler in Arkansas. Arriv-
ing in Little Rock Thursday, he had
secured full details of the require
ments of the law and had his pc
titions in circulation by Saturday.
Looks as though we will be on
the ballot in Arkansas with our
presidential electors and a full state
ticket. The law requires petitions
/. signed by 80 to 1000 voters for
each candidate.
We note that Smith is still on the
front page of the World, although it
must be admitted that he has sunk
pretty low. This time he has re-
fused to lay bricks as publicity
stunt. Wonder how high up on the
mage he would have been had he
Laid a-no, not an egg-a brick. AL
though All may be from the side
walks Of New York, who ever heard
Of him as a bricklayer anyway.
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photo on Page 81

On the 18th of July, 1927, armed
police in Vienna slaughtered SO I'M
armed working men, women and
children. Added to this horrifying fig
ure, many hundreds were wounded
by the dum-dum soft-nosed bullets
used by the police which inflicted
horrible wounds.
The July events in Vienna and the
great victory of armed police over
unarmed demonstrators are of great
significance for the proletarian
movement. A year after the events
which caused a sensation in the
whole world, it is possible to review
the political significance of those
few hectic days which to optimists
seemed to be the beginning of new
revolutionary uprisings.
Social Traitors.
The social democracy of Austria
was considered to be a strong bull
wark against the counter-revolution.
1t was powerful in the army, had
arms at its disposal, controlled a
republican guard in the shape of the
Scutzbund, the social democratic
workers defense league, and it con-
trolled the town parliament. Fur
Their it had a decisive influence in
the National Council. But the re-
formism of Renner stifled these
forces in the heavy atmosphere of
parliamentarism. The social demo-
cracy entered the coalition and
sacrificed its influence over the
army. Organizations of reaction
airy ex-soldiers and fascists took the
initiative and the weak and vacil-
lating attitude of the social demo-
cracy strengthened them morally in
the eyes of their hackers and
brought them also organizational
success. The resultsswere not long
in showing themselves. The en-
ployers commenced to use the ma
tionalist organizations as strike
breaking reserves. The factories
were cleaned as far as possible from
social democrats and individual So
cial democrats and members of the
Scutzbund were beaten to an ever
increasing extent on the streets,
ETC., by members of the fascist and
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-07-24
>MvOMA.H

though party members should be
drawn into the greatest possible ex-
tent" This l believe makes the en-
tire issue clear. There are a few
more errors which are being made
now and then. Errors, which are of
great Importance, since they can be
detrimental to the growth and de-
velopment of the circles. Errors not
only of technicalities, but also of
orientation and conception of the
entire plan. AS for instance theories
propounded by some of our COM
rades that we should not organize
Reading Circles, since we are no
underground party, etc. All these
errors can be avoided, if our COM
rades will follow the instructions
and confer with the agitprop and
literature departments before under
taking the formation of such circles.
We must be very careful, and try to
avoid many unnecessary complica-
tions, which will only be hindrance
to our progress.
More attention to the formation
Of reading circles should be our slo-
gan. More clarity on this question.
Units, sub-sections and sections
should organize discussions on this
question. We must try to link up
the organization of reading circles
with the election campaign. And
utilize the election campaign for the
formation of circles, as we'll as util-
ize the circles for the election cam
paign. We must know how not to
organize Reading Circlesl