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Imperial Valley press., 1928-04-09
Tune Tn On kGEN
Nature Study Hour

It is the general understanding
among some circles that the word
polite is derived from two words
Polly and tick, the former word
Polly meaning lot of idle talk and
like the Parrot not always able to
tell the story as it was told in the
first place, also not always being
choice in regard to the truth or even
clean language The last half of
The word Polite is derived from the
word Credit or tick as it is common
~ called.
\ good politician reserves that
little thing called tick or credit for
his own use and at no times does he
give credit to any party other than
his own for having the ability or
honesty to perform any job right,
whether working for the govern.
mont, county, state or city. This
bird called Polly Tick is as dumb as
"a Owl and crazy like n Fox. Their
matcing season is just before elec
ton.
They get together ON the street
corners and also in the great open
spatts in front Of the post office or
general store. mateing as it were.
They pare off two by two and some
times in threcs. BY SO doing this
wise old bird, the Polly Tick has
found that when this great Migra
tory Flight to Justice and Public
service Via the Poles comes on clec-
ton day, that they not only have
the moral support Of there is such
a thing of this thing called Tick or
Ticket derived from the Spartan
words. beat it if You cam.
said birds have found out that by
fitting together in pairs or by
:hr,cs ~ seems to be the fad today,
that en- this flight to the City halls
,aftor the matcing season. if
there happens to be cripple or
lame duck cas- it wCrel in the crowd
Do. Will get in wake of these High
Powered birds and be drawn along
10 glory in the back wash of this
thing called Tick or Ticket. Nature
Is great study. The ants Kill off
the sluggards and cripples. The
bees put the stinger to the droncs.
Wolves drveur the weak brother
and in pack with bellies full rush
off 10 give battle 10 other than their
Kind. How different these birds
The Polly Ticks.
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Says Body May Be
That of Nephew

Possibility that the body Of the
man found on the desert near Plast-
er City a week ago will be identified
as that of John Burnett Clark of
Gonzales county, Texas, was express
sed at the coroner 5 office this morn
ing.
l. F. Burnett of Imperial viewed
the remains at the undertaking par
1ors Yesterday and said that he be
lieved the body was that OF his nep-
hew.
Burnett told the coroner that he
had seen his nephew in FL Centre
early last winter He had met Clark
with two other men at q gasoline
station where they were having their
car filled with gas. He said tha.
his nephew at that time told hi's
Imperial Valley press., 1928-04-09

he was going to Plaster city to see
whether he could obtain employment
and that he would call 10 see his
uncle in Imperial later.
The nephew has not been Geer
since that time by Burnett, but the
latter while expressing himself rs
of the belief that the body was that
of his nephew said that he would
get in touch with relatives ia Tex,
as Immediately to make sure. Th@
description Of the nephew given by
the uncle tallies with the presumed
description Of the dead man. Thn
body is in such condition that post
i've identification 10y merely view
ing the remains is impossible.
Clark had been working at Delan-
prior to coming to the valley, the
uncle declared.
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NEW RATE APRIL Is

LOS ANGELES, April 9.-Thr
new schedule of rates on the faci-
fecElcc,ric Railways, ordered by
the State Railroad Commission. will
be iu effect 10y April -, officials
IT the traction company stated to-
.tev
Imperial Valley press., 1928-04-09

The Church of the BTethern, La
Verne. Los Angeles county, is con
sidering the erection of a 100000
building.
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SEEKS DEATH WITH PIN
Ry United Press Leased Wire

Los ANGELES, April 9.-ITarvey
Crosby was placed under observa
tion at the psychoPathic ward to
day following his unsuccessful at
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NEWS BRIEFS
From City and County

Brswley Man In Jau-NHa.H
Is.a~. gH. .f Brav.,v uas .th,i Ha
~ tHe ,aaust HaIl saturday H-.H
and is being h.'d f.r Buvi.t a.
tlur.,4,s. NTuAUed b,.r. Judge
Griffin. Uu5~ pleaded HH' quilts .H
charge q Iumyra. ua;ur. .n-
Dru was UNst at $500 Die WIS f..
mauItd 'a fhr .autt .' 'H.'.ta" e
ut hat.
Barbara worth Rotel Clut
.Srcakt4st, 25e up Mechauts lauch
size. LATHE i hote dinner. tl.o0.
adt
The Most convenient place 90 hn.
your ice. Fifth street service S-1.
,ion, next to- ros1attlet. aif
Leans or Reldence. Edgar Bros.
Realty Co, 6.s Main 81 Phone
loo. adv
Late Model Used Cars wanted
tor cash. Geo. Morrison, 60 Main.
adv
ceu.t Urholds Verdict Nt.el..t
in favor of the plaintiff; #HI aae#u-
the defendant t.r S.o arI costs Na.
returned ~ ludge Vaughn Elnrf
son this morning B." ;le ,a.s
Walter G.. Math,WSuu. ch..t ,. t.r
bureau Of labor statistics s-aln,.
George K. Brown. Appeal from a d..
cision in the Justice r.urf u irJn
ley in which tho coutt had returned
Judgment in the SUM o.; $50 for tl,
PLAINTIFF had boon taken - o.
plaintiff.
DR.. Foncannon, osteopath Room
26 Davis Bldg. Phone 81. adv
DR.. A. B. fansJh, Dentist, DAVIS
Bldg. Extraction specialist. adv
We Loan &C BunG, Duv or refin.
.nce. Tyler Insurance Agency. adv
Parisienne Beauty shoppe. l27 y.
Fifth St, Phone 7S3. adv
DR.. j. A. Bowman, Osteopathic
Physician. 532 Main St. Phone Ia.
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Local Car sidesTiped g. T.. Al
len Of J43 Holt street reported at
the sheriff's office lat, Yesterday
that Chevrolet ear. driver uu-
known. had sid,,wip"l Dis machine
whi1o ho was driving East in the
vicinity of Coyote Wells. lie said
that the driver and woman com
panion both appeared 20 be under
the influence of intoXitants and
that in the collision q fender was
torn from his machine. investiga
tion thus far has failed 20 establish
the identity Of the driver.
Imperial Valley press., 1928-04-09

Do You Know That you can get
cash on your automobile. payable
over q period of twelve months and
;hat the rates are very rsgsouah'c'
Sterling Securities Co, 6d0 Main
~ fred Cross, Mgr. adv
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large charge Of assault brought by hi
when he Il wifi
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The Campaign Log

More than 100 delegates 10 the
Republican National Convention
will be chosen at four state con
vcntions and two primaries this
week. Both tho Illinois and Ne
braska primaries are scheduled for
tomorrow with the latter state al
most assured for Senator Norris
Former Governor Lowlon win have
most Of his own state delegation.
The Rhode Island convention is to-
dav with Secretary Hoover the only
candidate; Idaho Tuesday is cx-
pcctod to give it's delegation TO Sen
ator Borah, while Hoovcr-Lowden
fights are expected at the North
Carolina convention Wednesday and
the New Mexico convention Satur
day.
Governor Alfred f. Smith and his
family will 90 to Asheville. y. G..
this week for what Smith describes
as vacation. - 1t is expected he
will confer with Southern Demo
cratic leaders.
r. p. Creager, Republican Nation
Al committeeman of Texas, said
that the real farmers favored the
candidacy Of Secretary of Com
mcrce Hoover.
DIR. Hiram w Evans, Imperial
wizard of the Ku Klux Klan, said
his organization would take no par
tisan stand in the coming presidcn
tial election but would fight
against that nullificationist, Gov.
ernor Al Smith. ,"
Mrs. Nellie Tayloe Ross, former
Governor Of Wyoming, after q
,pcaking tour in the south said she
believe dsentiment favoring the De
mocratic candidacy Of Governor
Smith was gaining favor.
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adv
Wood Sues on Notes.-A civil ac-
tion was flied at the county CLERK S
office this morning H. VIII {.
Woods, superintendent OF state
banks as liquidator Of the Farmers
and Merchant 5 bank OF Imperial, T.
sainst Annibelle Bianchi and OziD
Farinelli. The complaint charges
the defendants with failure to pay
any part Of Il promisSory note in thH
sum Of $500. Judgment for that a
mount plus attorneys fees and in
terest is asked by the plaintiff FL
bert W. Davis and ). II. Hoffman
are appearing as attorneys.
Fryers wanred! Highest price
paid. Phone 9G6. 1Os3 Woodward.
adv
Get Your ice ut the Fifth Stree
Service Station. adv
Miss Effie Bower. specialist in
all branches Of beauty culture, al
Southern Barber and Beauty Shop
5l6-18 Main St. Phone 224. adv
Your Mattress will be renovated
and made like new at reasonable
prices. All our work is done with
the most modern machinery and
also guaranteed through our long
wears experience. We shall gladly
call, if YOU phone 295, Calcxico, or
white Calcxico Cotton Products,
Inc, 2l0 Mckinley, CaleXieo. We
invite YOU to inspect our newly fin
ishcd concrete building. adv
Wages Case Continued The case
of George Bitsekas WAS continued
until Thursday for trial by Judge
Mayfield this morning at the re-
quest of the defendant. Bitsekas is
charged with failure 10 pay wages
wien due, complaint having been
entered by NJ. Galdana.
Loans on Residence. Edgar Bros.
Realty Co, Cos Main St. Phone
100. adv
DR.. E. J. Barabe, Dentist, CAT Main
st. Phone 382W. adv
Phone 95e, 1odd Poultry Ranch,
1882 Woodward. Turkeys, fat hens
frycrs, soft bone roosters. dressed
10 order adv
Eucalyptus and AtheI wood, - in.
lengths. Ed Ruyce. adv
sciots Midnight Frolc, Tulane
Theater, Saturday, April II, start
ing at 1880 p. m. Regular Brunk 5
program with several additional fea'
lures. Everybody invited. Adm;s-
sion soc. adv
If You Need our country cream
eall US. We will deliver at any
time. A. N. Williams. Phone 653.
adv
FL Centre Wins.-El Centre All
Stars defeated the team formerly
known as the Mcxicali firemen, now
called the Mexicali Chamber Of
Commerce team, on the Palacio
grounds yesterday, il to O. The
batteries were Little and Lee for
IT Coutro; Leon and Gonzales for
Mexicali.
DR.. T. j. RHddy, Eye, Ear, Nose
and Throat Specialist, Of Los An
ce'cs. win be in the offices of DR.
T. A. Bowman. 532 Main St, O.,
Saturday, April i. As this is DR.
Pnddv'y last visit this spring, thos'
who wish TO see him should make
an appointment at an carly date
Phone ia. adv
Reckless Driver Fined. - G. E
Garcia, 30, Of Brawley district en-
tered a plea Of guilty TO a chargc
of reckless driving when arraigned
before Judge Mayfield this morn
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Trailer and Car stolen.

Trailer and Car Stolen.-Two au-
'nmebile th'ftS were reported at
the sheriff = office over tie week
end. Griswold ard Spear OF Braw-
ley reported early this morning that
tleE lad .ost FOUR wheel trader.
The trailer WAS taken from a park
ing place near their place ot husi.
ness in HraVlry. Tho other thief.
report wa, from Yuma % the effect
.ha: Ford sedan, faa- door. bear
ing the license Arizona G-SgS, was
stolen.
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Reckless Driver Fined. -- G. f
Garcia, 80, Of Brawley district en-
tered a plea Of guilty TO a chargc
of reckless driving when arraigned
before Judge Mayfield this morn
Imperial Valley press., 1928-04-09

DR.. J. A. Bowman, Ostecpathic
Physician. 532 Main St. Phone Ia.
adv
Imperial Valley press., 1928-04-09

Loans on Residence. Edgar Bros.
Realty Co, 6"s Main -. Phone
lG1. adv
Imperial Valley press., 1928-04-09

Parisienne Beauty Shoppe. I27 y.
Fifth St. Phone 7S3. adv
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The Fuller Brush Man is back in
town. Cal g65. Annex Eutel. adv
Imperial Valley press., 1928-04-09
Traff.c vlolaters Ticketel

Traffic Vlolators Ticketed \ I
sua Dixon = Ed Centre aud NaV Voc
e,l q Los Angeles were f..ketol
f.r appearances in city court hv
Notrt.ycle Fa'rulman Van B.z,l
over the weekend. Dixon VII face
a charge of reckless drivir. while
Nee,. is charged with speeding
Imperial Valley press., 1928-04-09

We Loan &C BunG, buy or refin.
,nee. Tyler Insurance Agency. adv
Imperial Valley press., 1928-04-09

Everybody has Cislikes, but
everybody likes Paul's Lemonade.
Wby' At rirkwick Stage Depot.
adv
Imperial Valley press., 1928-04-09

DR.. T. j. Raddy, Eye, Ear, Nose
and Throat Specialist, Of Los An
ge'cs. win be in the offices of DR.
7. A. Bowman. 532 Main St, o.
Saturday, April i. As this is DR.
Pnddv'y last visit this spring, thosC
who wish to see him should make
an appointment at an carly date
Phone ia. adv
Imperial Valley press., 1928-04-09

Miss Effie Bower. specialist in
all branches Of beauty culture, al
Southern Barber and Beauty shop.
5l6-I8 Main st. Phone 224. adv
Imperial Valley press., 1928-04-09

Wages Case CC.ltinued-Tho case
of George Bitsekas WAS continued
until Thursday for trial by Judge
Mayfield this morning at the re-
guest Of the defendant Bitsekas is
charged with failure 10 pay wages
Wien due, complaint having been
entered by NJ. Galdana.
Imperial Valley press., 1928-04-09

Loans on Residence. Edgar Bros.
Realty Co, Cos Main st. Phone
100. adv
Imperial Valley press., 1928-04-09

DR.. E. j. Barabe, Dentist, 647 lain
st. Phone 382W. adv
Imperial Valley press., 1928-04-09

.-r ii. ra j fine of So. Garcia
es arrested as tle result ,f 500 au-
'aa.. a.=# l.Ht IN the Cai,Nis1
..4.aas o. D. LAYER. Who was
-tf, injured boo the crash. ,hars.
.8 .#af after Garcia = masliua had
..-..- '.-. Garcia attempted % get
.F.. hut that te chased lim aul
..... Ht Ifa. ef'.r % two mill rl-r.
Cook with Gas. Inland Empire
ta- ,"uHluy, lI6 No. 9Th -. Phone
,-5. adv
loans on Re adenee. Edgar Bros.
'a.'s Co., 6.s Main ~. Phone
I.I adv
He6 o. Statutory Charge Il.
<...#a.. ~ i Jsu5ue,e. os the
-...# .stI.st vas locked ST. 20 the
..HtE aI late Last nigl. oa q
.#er-e ut having COM .tcd n
,HH#l assault against % woman.
N--I-e.a before Judge Robinson ~
~..'.s f.e defendant = hal, als fix.
..F .f $3.50 a#I O., vas erJ.f.d com
uf'.d - 'H- county jail FOO de.
isa.t. Hud.us preliminary ..afius
Bridge Luncheon by Womau's
TgH Thousand club, Wednesday,.
A.' f''A r m. Alwi-- IN 80.
adv
Nershes Have sor VI. anl Nfs
Iaal Marsh afa fia rr #ut ra- MS
rf % s.a, Iasn last F.ilae t flt
fea j. haw. TIE vauug rau h.s
I.sH gl#s',rrI Willard E.-shilt
.f.r.H. .#i #..r'r3 <.vsr aud ONE
LAIR r.srs, Fs'h De- and l.. .a't,.
Gre doing nicely.
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Fryers Wanred! Highest price
paid. Phone 9G6. 10s2 Woodward.
adv
Imperial Valley press., 1928-04-09

Get Your ice ut the Fifth Stree
Service Station. adv
Imperial Valley press., 1928-04-09

DR.. A. B. Ransh, Dentist, DAVIS
Bldg. Extraction specialist. adv
Imperial Valley press., 1928-04-09

FL Centre Wins.-El Centre All.
stars defeated the team formerly
known IS the Mcxicali firemcn, now
called the Mexicali Chamber Of
Commerce team, on the Palacio
grounds yesterday, II to O. The
batteries were Little and Lee for
Fl Ccntro; Leon and Gonzales for
Mexicah.
Imperial Valley press., 1928-04-09

Phone 96s, 1odd Poultry Ranch,
1882 Woodward. Turkeys, fat hens
frycrs, soft bone roosters. dressed
10 order adv
Eucalyptus and Athel wood, - in.
lengths. Ed Ruyce. adv
Imperial Valley press., 1928-04-09

Late Model Used Cars wanted
tor cash. Geo. Morrison, GO Main.
adv
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WeZc0me.l Red Delegates!

m red flag q; Communism flies tonight the first time
above national convention called for the purpose OF nominating
candidates for president and vceresdnt OF the United states
launching national election campaign Far be 1t from
us to assert that this the Communist Party convention
there many and stormy Communist conventions
the United States in the past eight and half hs
the first which called for the specific purpose OF putting the
revolutionary party full speed into the parliamentary struggle
Only six years ago the Communist Party convention held IN
Michigan aded resulting in wholesale arrests followed by
criminal trials in which the only charge was that OF
assembling" in connection with the Communist aims The Com
Party today ncomparab stronger better organ
lied and thoroughly trained revolutionary organization
vastly active and influential in the class struggle IN
the United States than it when solemn Judge
declared that its existence could not be permitted and that It's
leaders could be allowed at large Our revolutionary party
has thrived persecution.
Todays opening convention marks epoch for the
Communist Party America Not only in its increased parcpa-
election campaigns but because at the time has
power union struggles which it is learning
link with the parliamentary and other political strug
giles in 1922 the Infamous Harry Daughery u S attorney
nstgaed the prosecutions of the Party out OF fear that
would inevitably find its place at the head of big struggles such
the coal and railroad strikes of that tme 1928 true
that Communist Party playing leading role strikes
and is in fact the only force that offers the workers any
leadership in the struggle against the employing class In the
tremendous struggle of the coal miners the textile workers. the
needle workers for the right to live and to organize in the
resistance country against the bloody imperial
the police alliance socialist party bureaus and trade
msleaders the Workers Communist Party which alone
invariably recognized at the forefront of the work
ers fighting line Many times more severe struggles VIII be met
by Party the future many solemn judges will pro-
illegal in strenuous times to many the tragic
pressions and suengbut the Communist Party neverhe
the road to becoming party and the recognized
leader of all the struggles of the American working class.
Our brother Communist Parties have only in the last few
splendid records revolutionary working class parc
patton sham elections of bourgeois democracy in Poland
France and Germany.
conduct revolutionary campaign in 1928 to
them proud Of membership in the Communist
international Not with illusions in regard to capitalist elections
utilize these election campaigns for the mobilization and
development of the American workers revolutionary
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-05-25
By LELAND OLDS,
Federated Press).

The Soviet Union and China today
account for a third of the worlds
army of trade unionists. They are the
only countries in which organized la
Dor appears actively on the upgrade.
This is the story told by the Canadian
department of labor in its annual sur
vey of trade union membership
throughout the world.
The gains in trade union member
ship in the U. S. S. r. and China be-
tween 1926 and 1927 more than off
set losses in trade union strength in
other parts Of the world and they
were chiefly responsible for the gain
of nearly 100000 in the total number
of trade unionists. Trade unionism
once fourished chiefly in western
Europe and the United States. The
center of gravity appears to be shift
ing toward eastern Europe and the
Pacific.
Soviet Russia Leads.
The aggregate organized workers
at the close of 1927 in the Al coun-
tries covered by the report numbered
40,355,764. At the close of 1926 the
figure was 38,388,956. At the end of
1922 the world total was ID, 1865
Conditions in Germany, Austria, Po-
land, Czechoslovakia and Spain were
responsible for the shrinkage which
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save-Union Forces Gain.


The situation would be hopeless
one indeed without the militant OPP
position to this treason represented
by the Save-the- Union Movement.
Undoubtedly, this movement is gain
ing despite the lack of available
forces, and the fact that the union
machinery is in the hands of the
enemy.
The first inevitable results of the
Unreasonable policy of separate agree
ments are now showing themselves.
Its ultimate result must be wage
cuts, and union destruction has long
been acknowledged.
Result of Separate Agreements
The first results are that several
local unions have themselves on their
own hook signed separate agreements
involving wage cuts. The Fishwick
administration condemns these ac-
tions by the local unions and lifts
their charter, while it tries to justify
its own separate agreements which
are in no way different. All the
separate agreements signed give no
protection whatever to working eondi-
tions. Men working on tonnage rate
are compelled to clean out their own
dead work lay their own tracks, etc.
This is indirectly wage cut.
Seven local unions in the north
where the mines are small and the
coal vein not very deep, fell into the
trap of the separate agreement policy
and made their own settlement on
the basis of a wage cut, below the
Jacksonville scale. The proceeded to
form a new union, for which the
state of Illinois most readily granted
a charter.
In the heart of the southern field
local union No. $50 also fell into the
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-05-25
Buffalo Prosperous" Open Shop City of Low Wages

"Just that! I've got a piece of
bread. All 1 need is bit of boloney."
The man is dressed in blue over
alls, with broken shoes, He is gaunt,
haggard. Perhaps it is hunger; per-
haps it is booze. One thing certain:
good home, good job, a good diet,
good friends and good books do not
carve lines like that on a mans face.
"Well," he insists, twill you risk
it? What do you say? 2"
All about there are other men,
watching, specializing. Some of them
are buns. Others are workers, broken
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trap and signed its own agreement
as proposed by the mine super
appearing at the local
meeting providing for a wage cut to
8 cents per ton for machine runners
or a flat rate of $10.07 a day. The
revoking of the charters by the Fish
wick administration is maneuver to
throw dust in the eyes of the coal
miners, and shield it's own policies.
These local unions made serious
mistake, yet they did precisely what
had been done by the district officials
before. The whole separate agree
ment policy is responsible.
Prior to April First w. J. Jenkins,
the president of the Illinois Coal
Operators Association, referred to
John L. Lewis as having promised
wage cuts. In statement issued he
said that Lewis had given, definite
promise that he would take it upon
himself to guarantee that Illinois
would secure needed relief by April
first" The relief sought by the
operators was the wage reduction.
Miners Rebel.
Open rebellion has been the answer
by the miners in many instances to
the now unavailable conditions in the
state, particularly those created by
the contract for loading machines,
conveyors, and other mechanical de-
vices. Unemployment has increased,
the speed-up has increased thru COM
plete lack of working regulation. In
DuQuoin the men struck against it
and were literally forced back to work.
Numerous resolutions of protest have
been adopted by the local unions. some
petitioning for special convention to
rectify this evil. The DuQuoin locals
have begun petitioning for special
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-05-25
BY ARNE SWARECK

What was once the proud backbone
of the United Mine Workers of
America, the Illinois District, is now
being ground to pieces between the
cunning policy of attacks of the
operators and the sell-out of the union
officials.
Fishwick Backs Operators
Moreover the Fishwick administra-
ton by it's dealings with the opera
tors has conceded point after point
of gains won thru battles of the past.
The result Of its treason has been to
eliminate any respect which it once
may have enjoyed amongst the rank
and file. Its own machine powers
have been broken down. 1t has now
the operators only to depend upon to
come to it's rescue. The latter have
been willing, and in an effort to stop
the rank and file opposition move
ment, on April first changed their
policy and rapidly re-opened many
large mines for operation but alas,
after a few days of work, there were
jobs only for small force.
The mine bosses appearing at the
shaft, picking those who were per-
mitted to work, eliminated all who had
shown themselves good union men.
From company unionism to COM
plete union destruction is now the
road laid out for the Illinois miners.
The former is already taking place,
but to the operators this means only
a make-shift until they can proceed
to the next step. That is, unless the
rank and file opposition prevents
this, to attempt to crush this opposi-
ton is the task the operators have
assigned to their tools, the Fishwick
administration.