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The Kusko times., 1929-08-10
Takotna, Alaska. August 10, I ,29.
EXPERIMENTING IN HARDER
 VARIETIES OF TREE FRUITS

The growing of the hardier varie- tics of tree fruits is receiving >atten- ttion at the Matanuska experiment station, the work being in the nature tof a new experiment which was in- saugurated this year. An outline of ethe work is contained in the follow ling statement given to the Anchorage Times by Dr. H. w. Alberts, director sof experiment stations in Alaska:
 For some time the agricultural ex- pertinent station made free distri- lbution of seeds and bush fruits to set ttlers in the Territory. In the early pioneer days, when it was necessary ito determine what kind of vegetables would grow we'll in the gardens, .seeds of various varieties of vege- tables and plants, such as raspber- Iries, gooseberries, entrants and strawberries, were sent from the ex1 pertinent stations to the settlers with ,out charge. A report was required in teach instance showing the perform ;ance of the plants under Alaskan con sditions. It was found that plants be- Longing to the Cruciferee family, in- tcluding cabbage, caulifower, kohlrabi, tturnips, rutabagas, and brussel sprouts, grew we'll in nearly all sec ttions of Alaska where land is culti- Wated. Celery, radishes, beets, car lrots, onions, parsley, parsnips, lettuce ;andpeas also grew exceptionally we'll. Such plants as tomatoes, beans, cu- ecumbers, pumpkins and squashes or .dinarily do not produce a crop, be- cause climatic conditions are not fav- sorable.,
 "The growing of these vegetables iis beyond the experimental stage now and local stores have seeds of all the hardy vegetables in stock. In 1923 tthe experiment station therefore dis continued the distribution of all gar den seeds but continud to send to set tiers such bush fruits as gooseberries, entrants and raspberries. The com mon bush fruits, which will produce :abundantly, have been determined and the settler will be able to obtain ilnformation from the experiment. sta tion regarding which varieties are good producers. He can readily ob- tain these varieties from nursery men who list them in thei catalogues. The dissemination of such standard varie- ] ties, which have been developed at the experiment station, will be dis continued, because they are now cas- lily obtainable elsewhere. Experi- i ments are Tn progress with new vari- ties, and none of these will be ready for distribution until their value has been determined. The dissemination of all the common varieties is being discontinued this year just as the dis semination of all the common garden seeds were discontinued in 1923.
 "The experiment station is begin ming a new project in horticulture this year in attempting to establish and develop some varieties of tree fruits in this section of Alaska. Sev- ral hundred trees, including apples. pears, plums and cherries, are being planted. It is planned to not only
The Kusko times., 1929-08-10
Girls and Marriage.

Miss Jane Addams, the famous head cf Hull House, recently advised her Hull House girls to marry.
 Some girls" she saic, never marry because they have had no good offers But perhaps these girls are too choicey.
 "The girl," Miss Addams ended, who thinks no man is good enough for her may be right, but she is mast often left"
The Kusko times., 1929-08-10
STANDING OF BIG LEAGUES.

The following tables gives the standings and order of the clubs in the National, American and Coast Leagues, of date August 3:
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-05-13

accidents, the growth of unemploy-
ment, the insecurity Of the workers
job, the decreased purchasing power
of the worker, etc.
What part does the American
trade union movement play in con-
nection with this question? What
are the logical, the inevitable con-
clusions that we are to draw?
Building Worker, Past and Present.
The American building industry
is reputed to be a well-paid trade.
This is due to the fact that some
years ago the building workers sue
ceeded in their fight for somewhat
higher wages, in comparison with
other industries. But even the
"happy" lot Of the building worker
was to great extent exaggerated.
It was sort of trick on the part of
the employers to attract new hands
to the industry and thus effect a
wage reduction. Another step in
this direction on the part of the
employers was the foundation and
maintenance of a system of build
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Get 0UT,"SAYS
OFFICIAL, I'VE
WANTTODANCE"
Senate Body Adjourns
Probe on A. F. L. Tip
to Avoid Delegates
EvictiOns in Bessemer
Thugs Assault Pickets
Again; Arrest 3

WASHINGTON, May 12.--
When the delegation of starv-
ing textile workers from Gas
tonia arrived at the Women's
Trade Union League Convention
here yesterday, asking the right to
tell of the disease and misery ac-
companying evictions, and the bay
onet attacks on their picket line by
the Manville-Jenckes deputies, they
were told by Miss Gertrude Nc
Nally, an official of the convention
and in the past a member of var
ious congressional committees, to
get out and not bother the Amer
lean Federation of Labor festivities.
I'm sorry, you'll have to get out"
she said. eve must clear the floor
for a dance"
Delegates Applaud.
Delegates to the convention rose
and applauded as the ragged band
of strikers filed in carrying a sign
saying: "Gastonia textile strikers
delegation to Washington"
Women hurried to get chairs for
the tired looking members of the
strikers delegation, but Miss Rose
Schneiderman, president, called the
meeting to order and proceeded with
the business of passing resolutions.
Deny Right To Speak.
In few minutes, the business of
the convention was completed. Some
one moved to adjourn.
Karl Reeve, National Textile
Workers, Union organizer, asked
that the convention listen to the
stories of the strikers. "I'm sorry
Miss Schneiderman replied, "the cons
vention stands adjourned"
"But some of these strikers are
women" Reeve stated.
"The convention stands ad-
journed," Miss Schneiderman re-
peated.
Reeve Speaks.
Reeve took the floor and spoke
He pointed out that the
officials of the w. T. U. League
were not interested in women work.
ers. He denounced the strike
breaking activities of the United
Textile Workers Union. The con-
vention broke up in disorder, and
a free for all argument developed,
between the members of the w. T.
U. L. and the strikers.
The strikers delegation was
thrown out to make way for the
dance, on orders of the highest Of.
ficials of the Women's Trade Union
League.
The strikers all through the argu-
ment militantly supported the Ma
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comedy OF Liberty" Enacted
by Stupid Cops IN Bethlehem

The Great American Comedy of
Liberty" was enacted in Bethle-
hem, Pa, the town lying in the
maws of the infamous steel mills of
that name, when seventeen workers
were arrested last Saturday.
They were thrown into Jail, two of
them severely beaten, because the
police had received a .red-hot tip
that "some kind of red meeting
was going to be held at 1853
Mechanic Street"
Most Stupid Cop.
The police were marshalled by
County Detective Schweitzer, newly
elected Tealot, the usual big, red
faced fat man. The worho1S have
unanimously accorded him the palm
as the most stupid police official yet
encountered.
He is the man who explained,
"They had signs up in the hall Of
Lenin-you know, Lenin, the Soviet
of Russia"
Soviet of Russia"
Soviet of Russia 2" he was asked.
"Yes. The Soviet of Russia like
the Gar. He turned over the Rus
sian government and now he wants
to turn our government over"
One of the workers asked him,
with serious mien, if Lenin was still
alive. Schweitzer was uncertain.
The fat detective suburban edition
of the red-baiter, Palmer, exclaimed
with frightened eyes, "They distrib-
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Sandino to Attend Paris World Congress
AS DELEGATE OF
AMERICAN ANTI
IMPERIALISTS
May Attend Meetings
in New York City

General Augustine Sandino, the
head of the Nicaraguan Army of In
dependence which has been fight
ing heroically for two years against
the intervention of the army of the
United States in that country, is now
in Mexico.
He is preparing to attend the Sec
ond World Congress of the League
Against Imperialism and for indie
pendence, to be held in Paris from
July 20 to 81. He will go as a dele
gate of the Nicaraguan branch Of
the All-America Anti-Imperialist
League, whose headquarters are at
799 Broadway, New York, accord
ing to an announcement from the
League.
Invited to New York.
The national office of the All
America Anti-Imperialist League,
U. S. section, has extended an invi-
tation to Sandino to attend a con-
ference in New York on June 8 and
9. There will be at least two other
such conferences in the United
States for a cimilar purpose, mid
die western conference at Chicago,
and, at San Francisco, western
conference. These three confer
ences will each elect delegates from
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REICH TO ISSUE
RED FRONT BAN
Socialist" Minister Is
Forcing Premiers

BERLIN, May 12.-Karl Sever
ing, social-democratic minister of
the interior of the Reich, at meet
ing of all the premiers of the Ger
man states, forced through the
measure dear to the heart of the
social-democrats and got promise
that they would prohibit the Red
Front Fighters, the defense organ
ization which has put an end to
successful fascist attacks on work
ers' meetings in this country, and
which led the resistance to the
bloody assault of the Berlin police
from May ! to May 4.
Defy the Order.
So far only Prussia, Saxony and
naviria Of the large German states
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drive FULLY ON
FOR NEGRO WEEK
[. L. D. Pledges Full
Support, Defense

National Negro Week." set aside
for the purpose of intensifying the
drive to gain more Negro workers
for the Communist Party, the new
left wing unions and the new revo-
lutionary labor union center, is now
proceeding in full force in District
2 New York;, after having been
opened by a large Negro Champion
dinner in New York City.
Special membership meetings of
the New York sections of the Party
have been called for the week to
discuss and plan the work for ex-
tending influence among the Negro
workers. At the same time the units
of the Party are to take up special
tasks assigned to them.
The American Negro Labor Con-
Continued on Page FiVe)
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BY JOSEPH COHEN.

AS mans accomplishments and
desires have increased, the building
industry has involved more and
more branch MISUNDERSTANDING,
steam engineering, decorating, cleo
tricity, the telephone, the elevator,
the oil-burner and the like; so that
putting up building has now be-
come an entirely new process that
utilizes the most modern achieve
ments of science and practice.
The modern building represents
the joint product of some fifty-odd
crafts of various industries, all of
which the contractor must bring to-
gether. He "amalgamates" them, so
to speak.
How, then, does the capitalists
commercial amalgamation affect the
development Of the industry and the
condition Of the 100000 and more
workers employed (keeping in mind
the employers sole interest in huge
profits)? In answering this ques-
tion we shall consider the alarming
increase in the number Of industrial
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uted circulars against capitalism and
Imperialism"
"What's that?" he was asked.
Passes Test.
"Why, capitalism and imperialism
is the American government" he
exclaimed, getting one hundred per
cent in the examination.
Schweitzer admitted that the
meeting, if there was to be one,
had not started when he and his
brave policemen arrived. There had
been no speechmaking or any sort
of demonstration.
A 14-year-old boy, woman and
the remainder of the group were ar
rested because they Carried sedi-
tious pamphlets in their pockets and
there was Communist banners on
the walls"
!. l.. d. Defends.
AS a result of that evidence the
women, and three of the men are
under $4,000 bail each and the rest
are under $1,000 bail each, charged
with sedition and unlawful assembly.
All are out on bail now procured
through the I. L. D.
Several of the men arrested, for
eign workers unable to talk English,
were entirely ignorant of the meet
ing and had come to pay their
building and loan" in downstairs
floor of the building.
Albert Beerbaum and William
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Mooney,With Incurable
Disease, Sees Governor
Take Time Over Pardon

SAN QUENTIN STATE PRISON,
Calf, May 12.-The freedom which
Tom Mooney believes at last is
within his grasp, after 13 years i'm
prisonment, may be short-lived.
The man who was framed up, with
Billings for the San Francisco pre-
paredness day bombing in 1916, is
suffering from an incurable stomach
ailment.
Won't Take Parole.
"But l would rather rot in San
Quentin than accept a parole" 4"
Mooney said. "Mv friends have
urged again and again that | avail
myself of parole privileges, but I'll
stay here until the unconditional
pardon which / deserve is granted" >"
Governor c. c. Young is expected
to review the 5000 word appeal for
pardon within the next few days.
He has had it for weeks but de-
clared he would not touch it until
his vacation was over. The Interna-
tional Labor Defense has been fight
ing for the release of Mooney and
Billings.
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new YORK LABOR JOINS
WORLD STRUGGLE AGAINST
GROWING POLICE TERROR
Berlin May Day Murders, Tammany Police
Brutalities Denounced at Demonstration
Part of World Campaign; Cheer Textile and
Food Strikers; Urge Defense of USSR.

1kdI SeUering, minister of
cast government of Gensany today for outta,g
the Red Front Fighters.
2Roe Fohn fighting organ Porty of Ger
still under ban folmg suppression during May Day
Communist demonstrations
SDemonstraiom protesting against by
tst police IN Mosco USSR and other large
SoUe Union; Paris BGsLe SWierdnd
large number other cities The demonstration Shanghai
accompanied strike of $4,000 worrs
4New York aoorkers hold stirring demonstration at Union
Square, protest murder Berlin aoorke brutality of Tonang
uH police against striking food workers. and grong
oppression thr,osG the Dord
Party to enter municipal election campaign
NeW York City and responsibility
and socialist parties for nn'Dorkimg class activity
6-Portes G-WdU Street government of Mero
orientate itself toUdrd the
pushing ITS campaign of darnng peasants and in
The growing world struggle against capitalist terrorism
and oppression further strengthened by stirring demon
straon of 5000 workers in Union Square New York o.
Saturday afternoon.
Called by the Communist Party of New York to proes
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-05-13
zARITSKY THUGS,
POLICE, EJECT
LOCAL 43 GROUP
Reused at Demands for
Floor to Expose
His Clique
Labor Fakers Scared
Left Wing Mass Meet
Tomorrow Eve

Delegates of Local 43, the fight
ing millinery organization, were vio-
lently elected from Beethoven Hall
by police and henchmen of the Ia
risky clique during Saturdays ses-
sion of the packed convention of the
Cloth Hat, Millinery Workers Union,
which opened on May 1.
The delegation had never been
seated in the fake convention, but
had sat through the sessions of the
meet called to approve the activi-
ties of the reactionary CLIQUE since
the last convention two years ago.
Resented Exposure.
Zaritsky's action on Saturday was
caused by his resentment against the
continued exposure of the admins
tration's anti-union methods by a
handful of the left wing delegates
from other locals who were given
The floor-ten minutes at the time.
None of the actions of the con-
vention come with any feeling of
surprise to the militants in the Or
ganization, and even before the fake
conclave had formally closed had
planned for mobilizing the active
elements for a move which would
save the workers of the entire in
dustry from the destructive and
union-wrecking activities of the cor
rupt administration.
Mass Meet Tomorrow.
Following a three-day conference.
beginning Friday evening, of dele
gates from expelled locals, unorgar-
lied and partly organized cap and
milliners at Webster Hall, an an
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A. F. OF [. W0MENS CONVENTION BARS Mill STRIKERS
Shot Strikers
Boss Bnags of
Strike ThMgs

ooh, yes, we're getting our strike
breakers from the Phoenix Protec-
tive Agency, downtown" (private
phone).
1t was in the main office of the
George L. Storm Lumber Co., which
nestles comfortably amidst piles of
stacked-up timber. A short distance
from there on Thursday afternoon,
Garry Smith, a laborer who was on
strike against this firm, was shot
down III cold blood by Bronx po-
liceman.
The Daily Worker reporter had
approached the inner office and was
beckoned in.
The gentlemen didn't distinctly
hear the name of the paper which
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workers by the socialist" led
police and against the increas-
ing brutality of the New York
police, especially directed at
this time against the striking cafe
terra workers, speakers at the dem
onstrations pointed out that this
protest was just a part of the in
ternational offensive of the work
ing class against capitalist oppres-
sion everywhere.
They declared that the fight is
growing thruout the world against
the reaction in China, against fas-
cism in Italy, against the brutal ter
ror of the Japanese bourgeoisie,
against white terror in all lands.
The demonstration Joined in a
vigorous protest against the mur-
der of "a workers by the Socialist"
administration in Berlin following
the great Communist demonstrations
there, and against the unleashed
brutality of the Tammany Hall po-
lice in New York City, especially
toward the courageous cafeteria
strikers. The demonstration was ar
ranged by the New York districts of
the Communist Party of the U. S. A.
From two platforms erected in the
center of the North Side of the
Square, rs speakers pointed out that
violence against the working class
is an organic part Of capitalism.
Over 100 police, ten sergeants and
about a dozen mounted police were
stationed in the square. Poorly con-
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WATT TT ARRESTED
IN ATTEMPT TO
SPEAK IN HERRIN
National Miners Head
Threatened with Death

HERRIN, ILL.,, May 12.-John
Watt, president of the National Min
ers' Union, and several other mill
tant miners from Zeigler are in Jail
in Herrin, at the orders of the Pea
body Coal Co. and the Illinois dis
trict machine of the Lewis gang in
the strikebreaking United Mine
Workers of America.
They were arrested as soon as
they got out of cars to address a
mass meeting called by the National
Miners Union in Rome Club at
Herrin,
Threat To Shoot.
John Anderson, the Lewis Fish
wick agent who was put in office
as sub-district president of the
Zeigler sub-district of the U. M. W.
A. by the reactionary machine in
the U. M. w. A., threatened to
shoot Watt and others distributing
leaflets for this meeting last Tues
day. He was backed up in his gang
ster threat by three other machine
officials of the U. M. w. A. sub
district. They declared that they
would kill Watt if he came to ad-
dress the mass meeting. Watt re-
piled that he would be there. The
shooting did not take place, but the
arrest did.
Big Meetings.
Watt and the other officials of
the National Miners Union have
been holding great meetings all
Franklin County. A strong mem
over the big coal mining district of
bership of the National Miners
Union has been obtained for Frank
lin County, and the organization is
to penetrate the Herrin
field. The sub-district officials of
the U. M. W. A. are trying their
best to prevent N. M. u. organiza-
ton in Williamson County (Herrin
field).
"A great unemployment demon
was held in Zeigler yester-
day, attended by many miners made
jobless by the introduction of ma
chimes for cutting and loading coal,
which the United Mine Workers
have allowed without asking any
provision for the miners thus ra-
tionalized out of a chance to earn
a living.
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DECLARE STRIKES
IN Is CAFETERIAS
FoodWo WorkersDefyW
Mass Picketing Today

Strikes against at least 25 more
cafeterias in the lower east side will
be declared early this week, accord
ing to Michael Obermeier, organizer
of the Hotel, Restaurant and Cafe
terra Workers Union, which is ex-
tending its fight for unioniziag the
shops throughout the city. The
sweeping injunction recently secured
by the % Willow Cafeterias chain
will be protested at a mass picket
demonstration in the garment zone
at noon today, where the strike first
began by the cafeteria strikers.
Hundreds of workers from militant
working class organizations will join
in solidarity.
The joint board of the Needle
Trades Union passed a resolution at
it's last meeting urging its members
especially to support today's picket
demonstration. The union instructs
its members who are working to
join the demonstration in the lunch
hour. Unemployed members should
report at union offices at 131 w.
28th ST., where they will march to
the strike zone.
Several hundred strikers packed
the New York Communist Party
demonstration against the brutality
of the Berlin social democratic po-
lice and the cossack tactics of the
local Whalen police force at Union
Square Saturday. Support of the
strike was pledged by many labor
organizations, "in spite of the in
functions of the capitalist courts"
who cheercd enthusiastically reports
of the strike given by Obermeier.
Continuance of the strike in de-
fiance cf the injunction of the Will
low Cafeterias was urged by J.
Louis Engdahl, editor of the Daily
Worker.
Union secretary, Sam Kramberg,
and jacques Buitenkamp, attorney
for the union, denounced the SEN
tences inflicted on strikers by
Magistrate Gittlieb and Simpson
Saturday as glaring examples of
Capitalist justice"
At the 57th st. Court, four strik-
ers were sent to the workhouse for
Is days. Peaceful picketing was
the only evidence used against them.
Another striker was fined $40.
Two rickets arraigned at the 54th
st. Court chose Jail sentence of
ten days each rather than put up
a peace bond of $1,000 to keep off
the picket line. tA.s!. sss,6s
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BIG COMMUNIST I
VOTE in newark
Shown by Straw Ballot,
Masses at Meetings !,

NEWARK, N. j.. May 12.-
Nineteen candidates are running in
the Newark City commission cleo
tion, Tuesday. Of these, there are
three Communist candidates, Frank
Fischer, Anna Drenkowski, and
Samuel d. Levine. asl
The workers of Newark have res
ponded we'll to the Communist plat
form and up to now, have given to
our candidates close to 10000 in the
straw vote, or nearly one-half as
many as those cast for the leading
capitalist candidates, and 1000 more
than for the last capitalist candidate
James M. Reilly, who is running on
the socialist ticket. AS usual, the
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British Warships on River.
War Gas Escaping
From Japanese Army
Base Hurts Workers

TOXIC (By MaiD.-A leakage of
poison gas from an army munitions
factory has spread to the drainage
system of Oil, a suburb of Toxic.
Serious sickness has occurred
among the workers here, and 1000
workers dwellings had to be evacua-
ted due to leakage thru the sewers.
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Red Front Demonstration.

DUISBURG, Prussia, May H.
great Red Front Fighters demon
stration took place here yesterday
in spite of the government order
prohibiting it. Many thousands of
workers protested against the bloody
slaughter in Berlin on the First of
May and against the prohibition of
the Red Front organizations.
The Red Front Fighters appeared,
wearing their uniforms, and declare
the organization will exist despite
the prohibition of the government.