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The Daily Alaska empire., 1929-03-30
NOTICE OF ELECTION

TO THE ELECTORS OF THE
 CITY OF JUNEAU, TERRI
 TORY OF ALASKA.
 NOTICE Is hereby given that, pursuant to the provisions Of Or finance Number TIT of the City of Juneau, and in conformity there with, General Municipal Elec- ton will be held on TUESDAY, APRIL 9, 1929, between the hours of o'clock a. m and 2 o'clock p. m. of said day for the purpose of electing the following officers, to-Wit:
 A MAYOR;
 THREE COUNCILMEN
 ONE SCHOOL DIRECTOR.
 The Common Council of the City ,f Juneau having heretofore, by eSolution, duly designated the vot- ing precincts of said City and the Polling Place in each thereof, the electors are hereby notified:
 That all duly qualified voters re- siding within the boundaries of Voting Precinct No. One of said City of Juneau, which nre as fol- loWs:
 All that section lying on the northerly side of East Second Street md West Second Street and the said Second Street eXtende across he tide flats to the City Limits md easterly of Gold CrS ek will vote in the Fire Apparatus room Il the City Hall Building, located t the corner of Fourth mad Main Streets, the same be'-Ig the duly designated Polling Place in and ior Precinct No. One, City of Ju- neau.
 That all duly qualified voters re- siding within the boundaries of Voting Precinct No. Two of said City of Juneau, which are as fol- .owS:
 All that section lying ol the ,outherly side of East Second Street and West Second Street and the extension of said Second Street lcross the tide flats to the City Limits will vote in the Gross Build- ng, located on Block H, Lot 2, the anne being the duly designated Polling Place in and for Precinct No. Two, City of Juneau.
 That all duly qualified voters re- siding within the boundaries of Voting Precinct No. Three of said City of Juneau, which are a5 fol- IoWs:
 All that section lying on the northerly and westerly side of Gold Creek and the oil pipe line 0f the Electric Light Company, in- cluding the Scatter Addition, will vote in Burford Residence, located upper side Willoughby Avenue, the same being the duly designated polling place in and for Precinct No. Three, City of Juneau.
 Dated at Juneau, Alaska, this 10th day of March, 1929.
 R. H. SHEPARD,
 Clerk of the City of Juneau,
 Territory Of Alaska.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1929-03-30
APPOINTMENTS ON COLLEGE FACULTY
 ARE ANNOUNCED

To succeed Mrs. Lydia o. Fohn- Hansen, head of the home econom- ics department at the Alaska Col 1ege, whose resignation was an- nounced recently, President Bun nell announces the appointment of Miss Lola M. Cremeans, at present member of the faculty of the Uni yersity of Minnesota.
 Miss Cremeans was graduated from the University of Illinois in 1920, and received the degree of master of science in 1921. She has had an active teaching experi- ence of eight years and is highly recommended.
 To succeed Miss Martha A. Park, instructor in home economics whose resignation also has been reported, President Bunnell announces the appointment of Miss Allene Sewell, a graduate of the University of Minnesota in 1921 with the degree of B. s. Miss Sewell also has had successful teaching experience and is now an instructor at the Uni versity of Minnesota from which institution she will receive the mas ter's degree this year.
 Professor Otis D. Richardson, who resigns as professor of English and French at the close of his sec ond year at the College in order to complete his work for the doc tors degree, is to be succeeded by Louis McCorry Myers, a graduate of St. Stephens College, Columbia University.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1929-03-30
SEWARD'S DAY.

Alaska today untes in celebrating the sixty sec ond anniversary of the signing of the treaty of cession of Alaska by William H. Seward, the great Secretary of State under Presidents Lincoln and Andrew Johnson. It is highly probable that no other official act Of MT. Seward regarded as so insignificant and of such little moment was this And this impression prevailed for many years The popular msconcepton of the frigdity of the land. lack of fertility and resources rendered it forbdding uninvting country to most people. And it was not until the tag end of the nineteenth century with the occurrences of gold strikes the Yukon Territory and later in this Territory that there any preceptible change.
 Since that time knowledge about Alaska has in creased. Its climate maligned for decades is becom- ing known not severe in it's extremes as that in many sections of the United States proper.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1929-03-30
More or Less True


 If they have no children a wife always dresses better than her hus- band-and if they have son and daughter, daughters cast-off finery usually also looks better on her than sons old college scenery does on him.
 A man may desert woman who is everlastingly picking him to pieces for one who feeds him ap- plesauce, but never leaves one who feeds him apple sauce for one who can't see anything but his faults. And that's something else for wives to think about.
 When flam ming youth finally reaches the place where he has to work. or starve, his hardest job is going to be in learning to use the nights for sleeping.
 A once over of the ads in the magazines reveals the interesting fact that most of those for men only are of ways to earn more money-so we suppose, their wives can afford to buy all the other things advertised.
 A man is at heart an egotist, and no husband ever thinks his wife made a mistake in marrying him, but the mistake was in him not marrying a woman little more worthy of him.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1929-03-30
No Time to Argue With ,Em

Bob: What happened when you hoo-hooed at Rastus when he was passing the cemetery last night?"
 Bill: T heard him mutter, Feet if yo' all's goin' wid the rest of us yo SO gotta get move on yo'p and then there was swish that sounded like a cannon ball going through the air"
The Daily Alaska empire., 1929-03-30

Frocks of asbestos ustrous as silk and more durable than homespun is predicted by a Phia- delphia savant the garment for the future. This may be the acme of desirabiity for the Quaker City but what Chicagoans want is garment fash toned to be bullet-proof rather than heat proof.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1929-03-30
Different in Those Days

Son-You say you often helped a lady to alight when you were young?
 Dad-I certainly did.
 Son-Then why do you object SC now to women smoking.
 Women in those days didn't smoke, son; when I helped one to light it was from a buggy.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1929-03-30
Fancies Himself a Magician

Fancies Himself a Magician I went to bed at nine,
 Of rest to get a heap, But it was a. m.
 Before I got to sleep. Sam Hill in Cincinnati Enquirer. Do, old boy, as we do;
 YouT have no cause to whine, We go to bed at 3 am.
 And sleep right through til 9. u Morgan Cook in Philadelphia
 Inquirer. Man thinks he is-well sayl With wisdom all bedight, Because he turns night into day And turns day into night. Emma Spencer in Reward Ad-
 vocate.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1929-03-30
REGISTRATION CLIMBING

Registration at noon today had not reached the figures expected, though last minute registering may bring it past the 1000 mark. At 12 o'clock today SIT had signed the books, sign.fying their in- tention to vote in the muni- cipal election Tuesday.
 The City Clerks office will be open until C.30 o'clock o'clock this afternoon and from 7:30 to 9 o'clock to- night for the convenience of those who have not yet registered. The book close for registration tonight.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1929-03-30
ALONG LIFE'S DETOUR
 By SAM HILL
Interesting Information
By SAM HILL.

The stork having left a daughter at their home, A. Wake, of Louis- vile, is going to be his name, a good many nights when he'd rather be sleeping.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1929-03-30

Every citizen has the right to be heard in the conduct of the Citys business But it cannot be exercised except by voting in the municipal elec- tons. You cannot vote unless you register, and today is your last opportunity to do that. REG ISTER!
The Daily Alaska empire., 1929-03-30
EypERT SHOE REPAIRryG

It pays to nave your zippers and boots rebuilt at Mike Avoians. Gents furnishings. adv
The Daily Alaska empire., 1929-03-30

REGISTER Citizens have until o'clock this evening to get their the City registra- ton books. Register now and vote Tuesday! REG ISTERl
The Daily Alaska empire., 1929-03-30
CONCERT

Charles Wakefield Cadman, as sisted by Florence Beeler, April 8, Palace Theatre. Admission $1.OO.
 adv
The Daily Alaska empire., 1929-03-30
FOR EASTER

We have an abundance of Easter Lilies. Also plenty of home grown flowers and plants. Juneau Florists
 adv
The Daily Alaska empire., 1929-03-30
Passing Observation

Then maybe Einstein got his no- ton that things can be insulated against gravity from observing how the hem of the skirt has stayed up.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1929-03-30

We make ana alter all kinds of fur garments. Goldstein's Elm .oorium. adv.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1929-03-30
ATTENTION,

For Carpen<er Work of any kind shop or city-Call Handy Andy. Phone 498.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1929-03-30

Ice cream, brick or bulk. Juneau Ice Cream Parlors. adv
The Daily Alaska empire., 1929-03-30

Fresh roasted peanuts and pop corn. Juneau Ice Cream Parlors
 -adv.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1929-03-30

The problem of unequal distribu- tion also comes up in matrimony where there is too much hugging and kissing before marriage and almost none afterwards.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1929-03-30

The old-fashioned woman who took in washing to support her mo- account husband, has g daughter who is sailing high on the alimony the law compels her big disappoint- ment to earn for her.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1929-03-30
Forgiven for All Else

Forgiven for All Else
 Blinks: You always used to knock the radio, now you seem to be strong for it. What made you change your opinion of it?"
 Jinks: T read that the music publishers claim it is killing jazz"
The Daily Alaska empire., 1929-03-30
The Honest suburbanite

The Honest Suburbanite A garden soon I'll make,
 And with good seeds I'll SOW it; But from it naught I'll get For I'm sure I'll never hoe it.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1929-03-30

We SPECIALIZE on Tinting and Framing Pictures. Call in and see our work. Coates Studios. adv.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1929-03-30
Speakin'a Mysteries

Speakin'a Mysteries
 How did they happen to coin that word naughty" so long be- fore they had a chance to see what it is by observing a princess be- hind the counter of 5-and-10?
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-12-21
SOUTHERN COTTON MILLS
AND LABOR

whom we came in contact had been staying
in the village where they now lived, two years
or less. Almost two-thirds of them had been
in town less than five years, and only one
eighth had been there as long as fifteen years.
A recent study on "Lost Time and Labor
Turnover in Cotton Mills" by the us. Bur-
eau of Women in Industry, revealed that the
time lost by workers trying for jobs for short
periods in other mills comprises nearly three
times as great per cent of absence in the
South as in the North. The rate for the South
was 1912 per cent, and for the North, SO per
cent. Southern mill operatives, are even more
dissatisfied than stheir northern fellow work.
ers, because of lower wage rates, lack of union
rights, company ownership of villages and the
greater stigma on mill work in the Is South.
With increased earnings marked tendency
develops to remain in one place longer.
Wages earned by southern mill workers are
low and their hours long. South Carolina law
allows mills to work eleven hour day and a:
fifty-five hour week, while North Carolina
permits a sixty hour week. Most mills run
the maximum number of hours, while over
time in busy periods is widely practiced. In
some villages men told me of working seventy
twS hours week. Many mills work day and
night shifts. The lower wages and longer
hours prevailing in southern mills, as COM
pared with the forty eight hour week and wage
rates current in northern mills, accounts for
tie shift of the textile industry southwark.
The average yearly wage for all textile work
ers in South Carolina for 1919 was $756.73,
for North Carolina $730.12, and for Massachu-
sets $S97.17 GU. S. Fourteenth Census, Vol
ume Wild. The 1925 Biennial Census of
Manufacturers showed the average wage Of
cotton goods workers in South Carolina to be
$631.38; for North, $64O15; for Massachusetts,
S95400, and for the United States as whole,
S806.39. The southern mill ownerss have OBJ
iecte1 to this comparison of money wages of
northern and southern textile workers, on the
basis that it does not take into account the
differences in cost of living of the two mill
groups, but their objections have been proven
invalid. A study by the National industrial
Conference Board, manufacturers, organza-
ton, of the comparative cost Of living in
northern and southern textile towns, revealed
that the cost of living in the southern districts
is actually higher than that in the North, lower
rents in the South being more than offset by
higher food prices. Studies show that 81 $40
is the minimum amount on which family of
five can live in the Carolinas-about two-and-
one-haf times the actual amount earned by a
mill worker there. Differences in wages and
hours cannot be explained away in terms. of
cost of living, but are due to the pressure of
union demands and social legislation in the
northern region and the relative Jack of this
pressure in southern territory. is
TO Be Continued)
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-12-21
Recruiting Young Workers

Dear Comrades:
We comrades of the Upper Bronx, No. l,
agree to challenge you comrades of Harlem
on the following bases:
% To make good our quota of twenty
new League members (proletarians)
~ To get three new Negro young workers
(3) t fulfil our quota for sixty subscribers
to the Young Worker"
All this to be carried out by the end of the
drive.
We comrades of Upper Bronx No. l, under
stc~ding our revolutionary competition with
your unit, in order to fulfil car quota place
ourselves at the complete disposal of the Lea
que. We pledge ourselves to become soldiers
in the ranks of our League and to do what
eve work is assigned to u.s. To attend meet
ing regularly, to pay dues, and in that way
strengthen our League.
Speed up the membership drive!
Cleanse YOU League of all undesirable ele-
ments
Forward to a mass Young Communist Lea
que!
Ec1rs for successful membership drive,
UPPER BRONX, NO. 1.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-12-21
By S. A. Darcy
Article ii.

THE lack of initiative from below brought
with it many organizational shortcomings
in the New York election campaign of our
Party. Thus the assignment of speakers and
publicity for every local meeting was the task
of the District Committee, while the procuring
OF committees for these meetings were the
tasks of the section committee or unit. Thus
there a big gap between the speakers and
the committees for the meetings, making for
endless difficulties. Sometimes the speaker
did not come on time and so the committee
which came felt justly outraged and other
times the exact reverse would take place. This
lack of contact between speakers and commit
tees can be overcome through the encourage
ment of initiative from below; the establish
ment of section campaign headquarters which
shall have attached to itself certain number
of speakers so that the entire work of organ.
izing the local meetings shall be in the hands
of single committee thereby avoiding con-
fusion Another example of this same ten
dency to deprive lower .Party- organs of their
initiative the choosing of all local candi-
dates by the District Committee This put
the section committee in the position of Party
organizations which lack political authority.
And this also considerably weakened the cam
paign.
But even in District Committee there were
considerable shortcomings in the very way that
the work was organized. There was too much
tendency to centralize the whole campaign in
the hands of special campaign committee,
taking the campaign away from the regularly
functioning Party apparatus. The worst re-
suit was that the Party did not carry the
campaign into the shops
1t was inevitable that all these shortcom-
ings in the organization of the work should
have found reflection in the results obtained
Thus out Of approximately 500 street corner
meetings arranged during the campaign about
20 per cent never took place and consider
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-12-21
BIG STRUGGLES LOOM.

The characteristics of the third period can
be seen here fully Naturalization of the
Industries is being rapidly introduced to an
wen larger degree here. The speed up is get
ling more unbearable almost daily. The work
Frs are forced to produce almost twice the
previous amount with even lowering of
wages, instead of raising them. Lay-offs I'M
employment is prevalent in most of the mills.
At the Aborfoil textile mill, despite the intro
duction of the stretch-out system, only 425
instead of precious 1900 looms are running
AT the Ford plant, which is now almost at
standsti the bosses called in the foremen
and told them this: GAS we are going to raise
the wages, you must make the workers make
it up by producing more Keep the fast ones,
fire the slow ones" The contemplate scheme
is to fire and then rehire the workers at lower
wages, at the same time speeding them up
70 make more profits for the Humanitarian
Henry" The trick is accomplished by making
the workers believe, that they really mean to
:aise the wages.
Because Of these terrible conditions prevalent
within the factories, discomfort and readiness
FOR an offensive fight, can be seen among the
working population in the towns of this sec
ton. A large percentage of the workers here
are Negroes the most exploited section of the
working class.
AT many of the plants the workers are
speaking of calling strikes. The great major
tty of the workers in this sections are unor-
gained. The conditions for the building of
the TUUL and the Communist Party, here
are good.
Shortcomings of Party
The Communist Party here, however, has
many shortcomings, standing in the way of
its entertainment in these highly important
war industries. Pessimism, defeatism; e. e.,
cove are too weak to do anything') right
social Observation-Disclosures ("We are
too busy with our fraternal clubs"); white
rhauvinism is not entirely, as yet eradicated;
some stopped coming to the meetings and told
their children from the YCL and YP not to
go also, since we made Roadway with Negro
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-12-21

connections, here. Petty squabbes among the
comrades. Inactivity and passivity All this,
despite the fact that in several large plants
we already have Party members working;
while in other plants we have many good con-
nections. Meetings have been irregular, and
often c, P, TUUL meetings have not been
held for weeks and even for months.
The section conference held Sunday, De
cember 8th in Wilmington, Del, decided to
remove these shortcomings and obstacles that
stand in the way Of the building of the move
ment here This gap between the subjective
and objective conditions for Communist work
here, will be wiped out 1t already took def
mite steps to: l. Build the Communist Party
and the fractions. 3 Build shop nuclei and
shop committees. 8. Build the TUUL 4.
Build the A. n. L. c. and Tenants League. 5.
Build the Marine Workers League.
At the coming S. E, C. meeting a resou-
ton in regards to the C. P drive Dec. 10 to
Feb. 10, as applied to this section, is going to
be worked out We are little late, but we
shall work harder than ever to entrench the
Communist Party here, within the shortest
possible time.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-12-21
Down with Pennsylvania Terror!

and the Communist Party. The innumerable
meetings and protests held throughout the
country undoubtedly saved Accorsi.
One might we'll ask why Accorsi was not
murdered as Sacco and Vanzetti were. Con-
ditions in the country have changed consider
ably since the two militant Italian workers
were murdered
Today capitalism is in crisis The working
class is on the move. Gastonia is glorious
example of this.
Illinois, where the National Minevs Union is
leading thousands of militant miners in strug-
gle against the bosses is another example.
There, the miners on the picket line are being
met by the full force of the bosses backed up
by the bayonets, machine guns and bombs of
the militia.
Every fight of the working class today is q
political fight which smashes at the very
foundations of capitalist society.
The recent Wall Street crash, which Presi-
dent Hoover is endeavoring to minimize was
another sure sign of the instability of othis
supposedly all powerful structure of American
and world capitalism.
In such a situation the bosses have to be
very careful not to be too clean cut in their
disregard for the lives of workers--and also
to be very careful to try and preserve the faith
of many workers in capitalist justice. Hence,
the very weakness of the states case against
Accorsi, which ordinarily would have been suf.
ficent to convict, will be used everywhere as
sign of the ''justice of the capitalist courts!
Already the simon pure liberals are .beaming
Justice has been indicated they say We
may expect an exuberant statement from the
Civil Liberties Union telling the world that's at
last brutal Pennsylvania has seen the error, of
its ways and is approaching a more humane
standpoint. Worker" must reject this view
point
Remember that as Accorsi left the court
house free man, our three militant Wood
lawn comrades, M. Reseter, T. lima and p.
Muselin were .incarcerated in the Allegheny
county workhouse for five years. Our Wood
lawn comrades committed no crime They were
convicted for being members Of the Communist
Party.
1t is we'll also to remember that at this. very
moment the state cossacks are on their way
to frame up another worker. The Cheswick
"riots' from which the Accorsl case developed
not yet dead. Ten workers are still under
Indictment for sedition. Undoubtedly the long
arms of the law will stretch out for : victim
who must pay for the death of the trooper
Instead of losing our fighting spirit and
senstivity to struggle because Accorsi was
lieeu, we HiuSe oHalP pen our weapons anu pre-
pare to defend whomsoever the next victim
will be.
Build tho Communist Party
The bosses feel they can release ordinary,
workers of whom they are not afraid, in order
to continue the illusions about capitalist justice.
However, they take no chances with militant
class conscious Communists.
1t is well that the Communist Party has
started membership drive. Hundreds Of
workers will join our Party on the wave OF
this movement. of revolt. We must prepare
ourselves to take advantage Of IT,
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-12-21
BY MYRA PAGE.
Continued

There are but few mill hands on a mill hill.
The companies see to this. Also, only those
whose work at the mill makes it necessary to
live in the village would do so, Occupational
experience of villagers is limited, with rare
exceptions, to farming and mill life. APP
proXimately one-half of villagers are second or
third generation mill workers, while the others
are fresh recruits from the lowland and noun
tain farms.
A child born on a mill hill has little choice
of career before him. The chances are nine
to one that he will go into cotton mill. He
may become a dirt farmer or agricultural
aborer, but Poor Whites and Negroes both
know this to be poor alternative. If the
child is a girl the chances are SO to l that she
will work in the mill or marry mill hand, or
both. In talking with approximately 385 mill
families living in five Carolina mill villages,
these are the facts which came to light:
OCCUPATIONS OF. POPULATION F0URTEEN
CAROLINA MILL VILLAGES.
Percentage Engaged in:
Villa Nen-- w Omen----