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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-05-05

before courts" composed entirely Of
officers who have practically UNI
limited discretion" regarding SEN
fences. For anything the court may
wish to call Conduct to the prejudice
of good order and military discipline
a soldier may be sentenced to life i'm
prisonment under the Goth Article Of
War. The soldiers and the working
class must rally to the struggle for
abolition Of courts-martial, aud for
the trial Of soldiers, charged with
crime by civil courts.
Also, special fight should be CON
Quoted against many abuses not gen
orally known outside the army. For
instance, soldiers charged with any
offense, however, trivial, even though
there us no real evidence, are ar
rested without warrant and held in
prison at hard labor for long periods
awaiting trial, and are denied the
constitutional right Of bail The
facts about brutal treatment in guard
houses, etc. should be made known
Must Demand Free Uniforms.
The following service demands are
proposed:
/. Abolition of salute outside of
service period.
2. An eight hour service period,
inclusive of cleaning of barracks and
equipment, inspections, etc.
3. Free supply Of everything
needed by the soldier, such as tailor
made uniforms, bright buttons for
uniforms and insignias, shoe polish,
soap and toilet articles, cleaning oil
for rifles, etc. (Most soldiers at pres
ent are forced to purchase their ar
ticles, including tailor-made uniforms
in Hawaii. Panama, and elsewherel.
4. Furloughs for all soldiers with
out restrictions, determinations and
favoritisms, inclusive of these sta
toned in the colonies. Right of
soldiers in Hawaii, Panama, the
Philippine Islands and Alaska to
spend their furlough in the colonies
if they wish to do so, instead of be-
ing forced to return to the United
States.
5. Abolition of virtual imprison-
ment, of soldiers by refusal of passes
Tho right of recruits and other
soldiers to passes when not on duty.
Uniform regulations for army, in
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-05-05

been grossly betrayed, and have gone
the La Sale district, the miners have
back to work under the old wage scale
of six dollars q day. 1t is significant
that this territory is known as Lewis
territory.
In Springfield it was Hindmarsh
and Loda, two sub-district officials
who led thugs against the picketers
at the Old West Mine. This attempt
to beat and murder the picketers was
prearranged by these officials at the
local union meeting. In Taylorville.
where the fight is led by Fritz Bode.
one of the pioneers in the U. M. w.
OF A., is being Swallowed by machine
men. The other day his home was
bombed by an empty powder key
filled with carbide This was done in
order to scare this old fighter into
submission to the machine. 1t is not
necessary to say that in this they
did not succeed, rather, they instilled
more fight into him.
All these attempts at destroying
the Save-the Union movement fail.
This movement was brot about by
the existing condition in the miners
union. The movement will continue
to grow and live until the offficialdom
is replaced by the elements who are
now fighting them
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Liberty.

On the east side one finds a
branch Of J. P. Morgan and Co..
the real rulers Of Philadelphia as
well as The rest of the "land of the
free Further down on the east
side, strangely enough, is the office
of the Forwards" a Yialisb $50
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-05-05

ia the United States there
are many kinds OF Liberty ?
There is the Statue of Liberty on
Bedloe's Island, New York Harbor,
there is a town in the Catskills
named goodness knows for what
reasonl, Liberty. There is a maya
zine called Liberty for sale every
where for the small sum of five
cents, which weekly publishes ar
ticles and editorials about the right
eousness of war with Nicaragua,
China, and in fact any smaller or
weaker country and at the same
time derides and holds up to casti-
cation all Americans opposing such
wars or military expeditions.
A Cradle of Liberty
Then there are numerous cradles
Of liberty" For instance, there is
Boston. Yes, Boston may be a
cradle of Liberty, but when one
thinks Of Sacco and Vanzetti, one
shudders. And really, one oughtn't
to shudder merely at the thought
Of the ''cradle of liberty" And
then there is the famous, most re-
nowned Cradle of Liberty, OF which
the writer Of this happens through
no choice of his own to be ma
tive. Yes, Philadelphia, the city Of
Brotherly Love, whence warships
and marines are sent frequently to
China or Nicaragua to show the
natives of these countries how
much we love them
CITY of Brotherly Love"
And Philadelphia contains that
emblem Of bourgeois Liberty, the
Liberty" Bel, which most apprc-
priately enough has large crack
running along one side. This Glib
erty" Bell is the center of attraction
at independence Hall, building re-
nowned in revolutionary annals
that was in 1776). This Hall oc-
cupies q part Of independence
Square. In 1916 revolutions were
respectable. In fact, Il one were
not a revolutionist, his property
was Immediately confiscated, and
II was exiled to foreign parts. But
ta's Nay Day, $50 years later, finds
rditions much changed. in fact,
rsed. And there are few places
Aieh to-day better exemplify the
ronic thralldom Of Americans
r n independence Square.
On the north side is an entire
cow Of banks. insurance companies
and brokers' offices exacting their
daily tribute from the workers, Of
Philadelphia. On the south side,
chiefly large parasitical insurance"
companies in mammoth buildings.
Some Philadelphia Friends of
Liberty"
On the east side one finds a
branch Of J. p Morgan and Co..
the real rulers of Philadelphia as
well as The rest Of the "land of the
free. Further down on the east
side, strangely enough, is the office
q n ~ MIL. &C.
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5. Abolition of virtual imprison-
ment, of soldiers by refusal of passes
Tho right of recruits and other
soldiers to passes when not on duty.
Uniform regulations for army, in
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-05-05
ATTENTION
Soldiers, Sailors, Marines!


A special section of The DAILY
WORKER every week is given over
to the service men and to letters
from soldiers, sailors and marines.
We invite you to write about your
conditions and events in your post
or regiment, and what you think
would help improve the condition Of
the service men. The publication
of abuses and harsh treatment of
servicenien will help considerable
in the fight against them and in
making the service better for
soldiers, sailors, and marines.
Names will not be published.
Address: The DAILY WORKER,
So First Street, New York.
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Illinois Miners Face Combine of Operators and Officials

with, They are Of the opinion that
they have stopped a wage cut. Actu-
ally II means an attempt to check
and destroy the Save-the- Union for
ces. 1t further has as its objective to
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sections of Illinois
Pennsylvania
signed
The Alaskan., 1928-01-06
FLAG PAYTRIOTISM

We don't go a picayune-sou on |the sort of patriotism that has to be advertised. This idea of a flag in printers ink at the head of edi- torial columns to give the idea that the editor is regular he-man pa-
 tr1ot is the bunk. It gives us the
 impression that these fage wavers Iare really small things doing smaller things and are using the flag to
 hide their chicanery. There has
 been more dirty work done by these
 self advertised 100 per centers than
 the general public is aware of. They
 imagine that if they carry flag on
 their inside page the average per
 son will take them as top notcher
 yankee-doodle fellows who sing Hail
 Columb bia and the Star Spangled
 bdHner In tne1r dreams, and who
 breathe Columbia the Gem of the Ocean between drinks. Very often the cloak of religion is used to cov- CT some pretty dirty tricks. There are some who are so mean that they are ashamed to crawl behind any of the church pillars. Anyway, they are too we'll known, but they'll come out into the open singing Tramp. Tramp, Tramp and with whole lot of flag stuff think that they are pulling pile of such great patrio
 tism no one will look farther, and take 'em for what they say they are. If there were war tomorrow these flag printing lads would be the\least we'd rely on-unless there was graft somewhere in the conflict Nine times out of ten these flag publish
The Alaskan., 1928-01-06

you? Are you making an endeavor to get along honestly? Do you find pleasure in the things Nature has placed around you? Are you q grouch and a kicker?
 Do you think you have been as mean and ill dispositioned as it was possible to be? Do you have an idea that you were fair, just and good tempered? Are you willing to shake hands with the man on the street? Are you rambling along with your hands behind your back and your eyes to the ground? Do you look On the youngsters around you an the off scourings of hell? Do you think the kids have place in the world and feel that they are entitl- ed to respect and all the information you can give Lu0m DO you Luluh the world will weep and moan at your passing? Do you feel that it will rejoice at the work you have done? Are you an American, toler- ant, broad of vision and fair mind ed? Are you all American just be- cause you happen to be within the lreach of the U. S Government? Do you look on youth with a feeling that we're going plumb to the depths? Do you have an idea that this is a rapid age and that you are a bit slow in the running? Are you
 willing to live on the crust that is
 tossed to you, or are you striving
 for the loaf that the crust came
 from? Are you a stacker? Are you
 willing to hold up your end of the
 load?
 LET'S GO!
The Alaskan., 1928-01-06
THE VACANT DESK

The opening day of school after the holidays.
 Near the center of the room all empty desk.
 All through the day this desk stares at you It seems to stand out so big,-so by itself. It keeps drawing your attention.
 And the lad who occupied it?
 They are burying him today, across the Narrows, in the frosted tide lands under the deep snow.
 And the desk waits and waits.
 And you can't help looking at it.
The Alaskan., 1928-01-06
THE NEW FISH REGULATIONS
LET'S GO!

It is apparent, in running over the Laws and Regulations for Protec- tion of Fisheries of Alaska, in De- partment Circular 251, that at least a few of the salmon trust fish loca
 tions are still unharmed. Take at the mouth of the Karluk River, for instance ''b' of section 15 reads:
 "All commercial fishing for salmon is prohibited, as follows s-Karluk River: All waters within Karluk River and within 100 yards of it's mouth where it breaks through Kar- lux Spit into Shelikof Strait" The "spit" through which the Karluk River breaks into the strait belongs to the Alaska Packers Association by Congressional action This was a neatly worked scheme which gave the packers absolute control of the river mouth. The Northwestern Fisheries (Booth) were a strong contender for the long gravel penin- sula, but they didn't go about secur- ing the land in the same way that the packers did, and lost out. How ever, they both fish the river mouth by drag seines, The packers prac- ttcally control the river fish from in front; the Northwestern Fisheries from the north side The 100 yard clause in the regulations mean noth-
The Alaskan., 1928-01-06

ing at all, for the seines overlap the river mouth each haul, and as fasG us one seine is out of the way, anOth CT takes it's place, and this goes ou the whole of every fishing day ana often away into the nights. The Kar Hulk River and it's salmon, mostly reds, are therefore the property of the Packer and the Northwestern Fisheries Company. They have a cinch play here There is no oppor- tunity for any putting in by outside parties.
 The Karluk River, at one time, was the greatest sokoi stream in the world. At the time Joseph Hume constructed a cannery there years ago Gone of the first, if not the very first cannery in AIaska) he said If he had the equipment he could put up a million cases a year there and mot make a showinb in the number of salmon caught. It isn't done now and it is doubtful, very doubtful, if the "50 per cent escapement" regu~ lation clause in the fisheries law will build up the river again. The Kar- lux hatchery, government owned and IA. P. A. operated, has always been a money making scheme for the Packers, load for the government and frost insofar as stream replen- i5hment was concerned.
 Apparently, it was deemed not ad- visable to molest the Packers and the Northwestern Fisheries Company in their strangle hold on the Karluk River.
 Dropping back to Saginaw Bay, there is another bold stroke at trap protection that isn't at all fair when other places nearly like it are taken into consideration. The bay, accord ing to Circular 251 is protected in side of a line drawn from Halleck Harbor to the southwest shore ol the bay, and between Halleck Har- Dor and the mouth of the bay there 1 is floating trap. The trap dom mates the whole bay No other fish ing, by any method, is allowed in the bay One can't even catch herring inside, legally. Still, this foater iz allowed to operate and in normal years, it is a killer. Of course, 1t is on the side of the bay that the in coming salmon strike The whole of Saginaw Bay is, therefore, by Fish Commission regulation, abso lutely the property of one packing concern. We don't see where there is anything fair in this.
 At Security Bay, just beyond to the westward, fishing isn't allowed within 5000 feet of the salmon streams. However, the traps that dominate the bay from both sides aren't molested. The streams of se-
The Alaskan., 1928-01-06

Why is Petersburg so isolated?
 Why is it so off by itself. Why is it that the steamships rather sail by than land here? Why is that we continually lose trade? Why is i. that nearly every mail to outside parts tributary to Petersburg is eith- CT routed out of Ketchikan, Wran- gell or Juneau? Why is it that commercial travellers so frequently give the city ablack eye, particularly so soon as they get beyond the limits of the burg? Why is it that the tourists forget the town before they get here and fail to think of it after they pass? Why is it that
 no amount of advertising is going to indulge capital to come here. And why is it that the one big, cash paying industry of the place would
 pull out to other localities with but bit of coaxing?
 We'll, to be candid about it, Pet
 ersburg is the most un-American
 town in the United States. Accord ing to population it supplied more
 slackers during the war than any other town, village or settlement.
 This isn't quickly forgotten. It is talked of where ever one goes.
 That, alone, has created an atmos- phere that shunts both visitors and capital off to other places. It has
 made of the town a foreign settle ment in U. S. Territory. Then, on l top of that, the general city govern
 ment gives the impression that there has been no improvement. This is the main snag that Petersburg is 1 hooked on.
 Irrespective of nationality, there are some fine people in Peters
 burg. They are big hearted, hospit- able and progressive, but the handi- cap is so great that the forging ahead of the town will be slow and
 at times discouraging. There is considerable to live down. There
 can be no progress worth while so
 long as there are petty squabbles. ] clan organizations and alien contro- Iversy.
 Being American, we are going to lstand for those things that are American. We are going to fight sgraft, unfairness, one sided govern ament, over riding of law, favoritism, Unjust practices and the rule of might.
 Are you with us, or are you lagainst us?
The Alaskan., 1928-01-06

CTS are nothing more nor less than the cat paws of designing BIG BUS- NESS. And over their editorial columns the 5 5 sign would be more appropriate than the stars and stripes.
The Alaskan., 1928-01-06
OUR MISSION

We are starting in the New Year with our moose straight on the course we followed in the past. We feel that Alaska has been rib punched. chin jolted and generally bruised. We feel that she has been trodden on heavily by the iron heel" We think that she has been so grievous- ly exploited that she'll have a hard time recovering We may be mis- taken in this and we are willing to change our mind any time that we are shown to be in error.
 Today, Alaska is peopled by a mighty small handful, and they the people of adventurous spirit, most ly. Here and there, scattered about. are the agents of Big Business, shady politicians, biased officials and snoop CTS whose sole effort is to take every thing out of Alaska that they can and leave as little as they can. This has been so successfully carried on. and for such a lengthy period, that the footing of the territory is look ed upon as business so legitimate O fu ever there is whimper of protest
 The over lords of the country are we'll intrenched. The wealth they have taken out of the territory they now use, in part, to protect their plans, to carry on their system of grab, to stifle complaint, to pur- chase legislation, to control the press and to hemstring every effort to bring her back to her own.
 In the very short period of THE ALASKAN'S existence we feel that we've accomplished a whole lot to- ward bettering conditions and pry- ing open the eyes of those who mean we'll, but have fallen wearily asleep in the lullaby of the grabbers. Still. we have not much more than made a start. There is so much, so very much to do. It is an awful uphill climb, but there is a recompense in the knowledge that we have the SUD- port and the best wishes of the ma- jority of the people of Alaska.
 Locally the conditions are, for the most part peculiarly "Petersburgy.'' With the wonderful town site. the best of harbors and the all around opportunities the wonder is that the city isn't the metropolis of the ter ritory. Nature wasn't stingy nor mean in this small section of Alaska. But the city is just what it's peopl. have made it, or rather, what a DOT tion of the population has allowed the other portion to make.
The Alaskan., 1928-01-06
AND WHEN WILL THE MEETING
 BE

East is East
 And West is West,
 And never the twain shall meet
 Ktpling North is North
 And South is South,
 And when will the meeting be- We'll dressed CD ladies in the East go stockingless now. In place of hose they cover their legs with a prepared gold paint. The ladies have been painting from the top down for some little time. Now they are painting from the bottom up.
 And when will the meeting be?
The Alaskan., 1928-01-06
1928
If you care to be up-to-date

wake, aStern. Before the TrOth ana the whirls of it are lost to view and the days that made the year are for gotten, let's have a talk with our selves and find out just how we'll we are fixed to tackle the new year that is with us now.
 Have you played fairball with your neighb IS during the 365 years that are now history? What sort of a game have you lined out for the year at hand?
 Are you going to put the screws 1 to those you don't like? Have you lslackened any of the pressure you
 had on those who didn't agree with
 you yesterday?? Are you going to
 be hoggish and mean? Are you go- i ing to be fair and just? Are you
 willing to give and take? Are you
 going to give as little as you can
 and take all that you can? Are you going to try and be generally liked,
 or are you going to be as disagree
 able as the law allows?
 Most of our New Year resolutions fall by the wayside before the year is out of it's infancy. We are gov
 erned whole lot by the days that are gone, or by what happened in
 their passing. We have made some
 friends How about our enemies"
 Are they on the decrease? Does the future mean to you more than the past has given you, or that
 you have gouged out of it? Do you
 believe in 'The House By The Side IOf The Road?" What do you think
 of the Rule of Might as compared
 with the Law of Right? Do you lhave any feeling for the under dog
 in the stress of modern civilization?
 Are your sympathies all with those
 who stride with the ''iron heel"
 The past year has handed us 6
 few hardships along with an abund-
 ance of weather. In a manner shc t-
 has given lavishly to no one in this
 neck of the worlds illahee. How ido you feel about it? Are you sore
 sad and pining? Are you cheery, wide awake and ready to tackle what's coming? Are you narrow in your view point, or is your vision
 broad and far seeing?
 We'll, human nature doesn't change just because man-made dates 1 lfiop from one year to another. But 1 it should be borne in mind that we progress or drop backward. There lis no pinnacle where we may rest even for brief moment. It is eitn-
 CT go up or fall back. And. we've been long, long time getting up to where we are We could-and would-fall back into chaos and barbarity in a generation if we all gave up the upward climb. It has been said that civilization is but skin deep. It isn't that deep. It's only the skimpiest kind of a thin veneer.
 There are those who can't 'stand the pace. How about it? Shall we let them go to the devil? Shall We put out helping hand and en- deavor to assist the unfortunates land the weak over the bumps? There are those who are speedy land have vision and strength. What'n we do; catch hold of them, try to drag them back, obstruct them? Shall we sing out to them as they pass: Cheerio, fellow! Good luck, Tell 'em we're coming, too.
 What are you; black, yellow brown, red or white? Do you look down on the person alongside of you because his hide is a different shade? Is it your nature to Thigh hat" your neighbors or is it something you've grown into? Do you grovel at the feet of those who style themselves the high and mighty? Are you
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1928-06-07

of the celebration, which comprises
practically all Danish organizations
in Chicago was observed. Principal
speakers were Lauritz Olesen, chair
man of the National committee; j.
Christian Bay, head of the John
Crerar Library; Danish Consul Il.
Baumann, and a personal representa-
tive of Mayor big Bill" Thompson.
Many Tourists from U. s.
The Danish Tourist Society an
nounces that so far eighteen large
tourist steamers from foreign coun-
tries are scheduled to visit Copen-
hagen this summer. Most of these
boats will be American, and the ma
jority of the tourists will hail from
the United States. Altogether it is
expected that more than $4,000 trav-
elers from abroad will go to Denmark
during the summer-in addition to
those who come from continental
Europe via the land and air routes.
"SyithiOd" to Sweden.
The Svithiod singing society of Chi
cago will leave for a concert tour OF
Sweden within a few weeks, and ali
unusual feature in connection with
this enterprise is the fact that all
expenses of the tour have been COW
cred in advance by friends of the
singers so that they will not return
to America with any Swedish cash in
their possession. All money received
for concert tickets will be donated
to the municipalities of Sweden, with
the understanding that the poor peo-
pie of the districts are to be the
benefciaries. A Danish singing soci-
ETY., touring Denmark a year or two
ago, adopted a similar principle.
Under the Flag of Norway.
Announcement is made simultane-
ously at Oslo and New York, that
Capt. George H. wilkins and his pilot,
Carl B. Eielson Ga Norwegian-Amer-