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The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-01-22
GOV. SMITH SUPPORTS HOOVER.

In the first of his syndicated articles appearing in a number of daily newspapers and wnlcn oeat with the unemployment problem, former Gov Alfred E. Smith of New York unreservedy supported Presi- dent Hoover in the latters dispute with the Senate over the control of funds for public works designed to stimulate employment MT. Hoovers plan, which would have left in executive hands the channels Of expenditure, which the Senate insisted should be designated by Congress, declared Gov. Smith was the sounder method. It would speed up awarding of contracts and hasten initiation of construction on public projects It would make possible economic use of the funds by preventing the tie-up of any surplus from or more jobs that, under the Presidents plan, could be diverted to some other project Under the Senate plan, specific sums would have been set up for each project and any surplus necessarily would revert to the Federal treasury to be returned to the general funds until Congress at some subsequent time should direct otherwise.
 It is the plain duty of the country to adopt some system that will make impossible the -ecur- renee of such a situation as that now caused by unemployment Gov. Smith asserted. In the past it has neglected to prepare for periods of depres- sion because American people never carry an um- brelIa They prepare to walk in eternal sunshine In times of prosperity and of plenty the public ol a political orator who would suggest a measure fol unemployment relief would find it most difficult tc get an audience.
 Much distress might have been avoided in th mast and surely can be averted in the future if thu soundness of the old saying Tn times of plenty provide for the day of want" is recognized and it admonition needed As Gov. Smith pointedly aver red. we as a nation are too apt to rest conten with the policy of crossing the bridge when meet it."
 Proposals for remedies should be carefully inves
The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-01-22

Heaven help the fellow who isn't even getting ready for prosperity Indianapolis News0
The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-01-22

MT. Coolidge gave Jim Lucas, his cobbler $100 in gold for Christmas present. These columnists! Easy come easy go.-(Macon, Ga. Telegraph)
The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-01-22

How far radical politicians behind the mathe- maticans is shown by the fact that the latter are monkeying with fourth dimension while the former will have nothing to do with even a third party Chicago News)
The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-01-22

Senator Heflin charges that the Democrats stole the Alabama eletcion last November. Since he was defeated, he naturally would conclude that How else could he possibly be beaten?
The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-01-22

Watch out for national charmen and executive directors and your political career will take care of itself-( Buffalo Courier -Express)
The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-01-22

country which turned out sixty-nine billion dollars worth of manufacturers in 1929 has some mark to shoot at-(Philadephia BulletinD
The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-01-22

At last the country has found out how to blight third party movement Just urge those threat ening to go ahead and make good.-(Detroit Free Press)
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-04-06
Washington Produce

Butter - One-pound prints, 34a35;
tub. 321aa331s.
Eggs-Hennery, 21a22; current re-
ceipts, 20.
Poultry. alive-Turkeys, young, 30a32;
old, 25a27: Winter chickens, 3oa35;
Spring broilers, 36a3S: Leghorn broilers,
34a35 hens, heavy, 22a23; small, 81 /:
Leghorns, 18a20; ROSTERS, Is; ducks. is;
keats, large and young, 60a65: old,
25a30. DresSed-Turkeys, young, 3Ba40;
old, 30a32: Winter chickens, 38a40;
Spring broilerS, As: hens, heavy, 26a2T;
small, %; Leghorns, %; capons. large,
37a38; snail, 32a33; ducks, 24a25;
ROSTERS. 16; keats, young, 70a80; old,
4Oa45.
Meats-Beef, 13Aa151a; veal, 14a16;
lamb, 10; pork loins, 1921; fresh hams,
10: fresh shoulders, IA; smoked hams,
81; smoked shoulders. IL; strip bacon,
81; lard, in bulk, IL; in packages, IL.
Fruits-Strawberries. IS; oranges,
California, 400a425: Florida, 4.o0a4.25;
grapefruit, 225a3.00: honeydews, Argen-
tina, 2.50a2.75; grapes, Argentina, $50
ASSOC; pineapples, $50; lemons. 4.50a
500; apples, per bushel basket, 1.00a
2.25; box stock. 1.75a2.50; pears, 4.50;
rhubarb. 5-pound boxes, 85a90.
vegetables - Potatoes, 40 pound
sacks, 2.65a2.75; Idaho bakers, 100
pound sacks, $50: Florida, new, per
bushel, 500: sweets, per bushel, LISA
$50; cabbage, new, per hamper, LISA
1.35; old, 100 pounds, $50; spinach
75a1 90; kale, 100; turnip green's, 100,
cress, 1.25; caulihower. 200; tomatoes,
repacks, per pan, 1O0a1.10; peppers,
400a5.50; string beans, 3.00a5 90; limas,
$50; peas, crates, 5.25a5.5O; baskets,
$50; cucumbers, hot house, per dozen,
2.25a2 so; carrots, 250a2.75; beets,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-04-06

down below the surface Of things. That
situation is going on today.
In nearly a dozen large American
corporations Quarrels between stock
holders and officers are now going on
Among these companies may be men
toned the American Tobacco Co., p.
Lorillard Co., Bethlehem Steel Corpo-
ration, the Transamerica Corporation,
the Brill Corporation, the Calumet &
Arizona Mining Co, Continental Shares,
Inc; the Container Corporation Of
America, the New York Dock Co., the
Standard Commercial Tobacco Co. and
the Philadelphia Rapid Transit Co.
It is estimated that the total assets
of the companies involved in these va
rious disputes reach nearly $S,000,-
100000.
The two largest companies in this
list are disputing with their stockhold-
ers over the bonus system, shared in
by various executive officers. These
companies are the American Tobacco
Co.. directed by George w. Hill, and the
Bethlehem Steel Corporation, headed by
Charles M. Scnwab and Eugene Grace.
Probably never in the history of the
country have their been so many stock
holders actions. asking such mass OF
detailed information on the activities OF
the various companies as right now.
Wheat Growing.
j. E. Neville Of the Northwest Ban
corporation, which owns 1873 banking
institutions in 10 Northwestern States,
calls my attention to the fact that
wheat is not the only agricultural prod
uct raised in these various States.
1T may surprise you to know that
agricultural diversiflcation and other
factors in recent years have completely
changed the picture; that Pennsylvania
is a greater wheat State than Mime
sofa, and either Maryland or Virginia
raises more wheat than Iowa, Delaware
or Wisconsin.
with 100 per cent of the national
population, this Northwest area pro-
duces 81 per cent of cur iron ore, 70
per cent Of cur copper and lead. 20 per
cent zinc, "a per cent of our gold and
Sc per cent of our silver. The physical
wealth of the 10 States IS Is per cent
of the entire physical assets OF the
country.
Thirty per cent of the farm income
from these States is from crops and 20
per cent from live stock, dairying and
kindred activities
The Southwest, recognizing this ex-
cellent Investigation work in the
Northwest, has taken the cue and the
Eeople there are at work doing the same
thing in the cotton sections, that has
been accomplished in the wheat sec
tons.
And its a very wise move, from the
standpoint of business stability.
(Copyright, 1881, by North American News
paper Alliance)
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-04-06
COMMODITIES DECLINE
is NOTED DURING WEEK
Special Dispatch the The Star.

Special Dispatch the The Star.
NEW YORK, April 6.-The benefit Of
sterilization in the prices of many COM
modities has been Offset by the down.
ward trend in quotations for bread
stuffs This again had the effect this
past week of lowering the average COM
modify index after a slight rise in
March, bringing 1t to the bottLm level
of the long downward swing.
Compared with the 1926 average,
commodities are now of Is per cent
and nearly so per cent from the high
point of the imitation period in 1920.
They are still, according to the Fisher
Index, about per cent higher than.
they were in 1913. This comparatively
small change from the pre-war situation
is affected mainly by the terrific de-
cline in a comparatively few commodi-
ties such as wheat. copper, rubber, sil-
yer, sugar and coffee.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-04-06
TENNESSEEAN KILLED

CHATTANOOGA, Tenn, April 6 [P.
Neal Dixon, a., and Hubert Sissom
were pinned beneath their overturned
automobile near here late Saturday
night.
The men discussed their plight for
two hours and then Dixon quit talking.
Sissom believed his companion had
fallen asleep and did not disturb him.
Passersby lifted the automobile yes
terday morning, some 10 hours later.
Dixon was dead.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-04-06
Minstrel Star Dead.

ATLANTIC CITY, N. j., April 6 up.
Victor Richards, star in Murphys
Minstres on the Steel Pier here for %
seasons, died Saturday from cerebral
hemorrhage. He was 70. Richards
played in all parts of the world during
a stage career spanning 49 years.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-04-06

THE whole country is talking about
= the throat-easy mildness and the fac
tory freshness of Camel Cigarettes in the
new HumidOr Pack.
The above chart prepared by the Pitts
burgh Testing Laboratory tells you why.
Please examine it carefully. 1t is an I'M
failing guide to cigarette selection and
enjoyment.
AS you can quickly see by the three
upper curves on this interesting chart,
cigarettes that lack the protection of the
HumidOr Pack lose their moisture rapidly
from the day they are manufactured.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-04-06
Ingrown Nail
Turns Right Out!

A few drops of "Outgro' in the
crevice Of the ingrowing nail re-
duces inflammation and pain and
so toughens the tender, sensitive
skin underneath the toe nail. that
it cannot penetrate the flesh, and the
nail turns naturally outward almost
over night.
"Outgro" is harmless antiseptic
manufactured for chiropodists. How
ever, any one can buy from the drug
store a tiny bottle containing direc-
tions.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-04-06

2.50a2.75; lettuce, iceberg, 2.25a3.25;
celery, $50; asparagus, 350a4.50; broc-
coli, 4.50a5 90; mushrooms, 90a1.10
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-04-06

And day by day as this moisture dis
appears, the smoke from these cigarettes
becomes hrsher, hotter, more urItind
to the smokers throat.
Not SO with Camels!
FactOry-fresh CameIs are air.sealed I'm
the new Sanitary Package which keeps
the dust and germs out and keeps the
favor in.
Make these tests yourself
1t is SO easy to tell the difference between
parched dry cigarettes and fresh prime
CameIs that it is no wonder everybody
is reaching for fresh cigarette today.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-04-06

Your fingers identify stale, dried-out
tObaccos at once. While Camel is flexible
and plant.
Your ears can tell the difference too.
For dust-dry cigarette crackles under
pressure.
But the real test is taste and there 10
simply no comparison between the rich
mildness of Camel and the hot, brackish
smoke from a stale, dry cigarette.
Switch to Camels just for today them
leave them tomorrow if you can.
r. J. REYNOLDS TOBACCO COMPANY u
WinsfOn-SGEem, N. C.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-09-24

ton in Manchuria was indicated yes
terday when the American dominated
Marking government rejected Japan's
offer for arbitration, and Japan flat
" refused to have the League Of
Nations inject itself in the situation.
The movement Of the nationalist
government, which assumed bel
ligerent tone, gave evidence that
American imperialist supporters were
egging them on.
Look To U. S. A.
The move of American imperialist
government Is counted on as the next
important one in the situation. The
League of Nations, in going through
the motions of protests" against
and advice for Japan, called on the
American government to make the
next move. All League Of Nations
documents and information involv-
ing the situation will be forwarded
to Washington. A proposal that a
mixed military commission be or
ganized to arbitrate the Manchurian
affair included an invitation to the
United States.
That Japan, too, is watching close
ly what move the American bankers
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-09-24
Millions Are Hit By
New, Widespread
Conspiracy
CONTINUED FROM PAGE ONE,

necessarily unless the workers smash
1t through their strike action.
Many wage cuts that are being
made are not made public. The New
York Evening Post on Wednesday in
a dispatch from Washington, said
There is no denying in the same
quarters (the White House, that may
large businesses have cut wages al
ready. Not all the cuts have been
publicly announced, however"
Wage cuts are rapidly sweeping on
to other industries. The next big
wage slashes will take place on the
railroads. Regarding this the New
York Evening Post declared:
"The steel wage cut naturally
focused interest on the railroads,
struggling hard to maintain a
margin of net income. Regardless
of how the Interstate Commerce
Commission acts on the application
of the railroads for Is per cent
interest in freight rates. it Is be-
lieved that sooner or late the car
riers will move for com parable
reduction OF wage costs.
1t Is unlikely, however, that any
steps will be taken by the railroads
until the I. C. G. has handled down
its rate decision, and that is not
expected until between October Is
and November 1.
Wage cuts are also planned in the
General Refractories Co, and the
Corn Products Refining Co.
Stock gamblers are already cash
ing in on the wage cuts, driving UP
the stock Of steel and other corpora
tons on the wage cut action. More
important still is the report that
stock buyers are making money on
railroad stocks in the belief that rail-
road wages will be cut. The New
York Post declared regarding this {.
I'm the belief that wage cuts in the
railroad and public utility field would
soon follow, Industry spectators
bought heavily In those groups OF
stocsy.' .
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-09-24

are disappointed" as they have been
informed all along about the i'm
pending wage slashes, and have done
their duty to the bosses in keeping
the workers from striking.
John Sullivan, president of the
New York State Federation of La
Dor, Tammany henchman, who has
repeatedly attacked the revolutionary
trade unions merely called it "a great
mistake for any corporation to red
uce wages" and let it go at that.
AFL Tries to Prevent Strikes
All through the statements of the
A. F. of L. officialdom runs the same
note! Do not resist-let the bosses
cut wages! This is the core of the
policy of the A. F. of L. bureaucracy
throughout the present crisis, and by
means Of which the bosses were
greatly aided in their wage cutting
drive.
What About the Agreement of 1929?
Not one word has been said about
the famous agreement of "no wage
cuts and no strikes" The bosses
have never lived up to the mo wage
cut" part, and now there can be no
pretense even of maintaining wages.
But the officialdom of the A. F. of
L. still carries out its role of mo
strikes" and goes SO far as to break
strikes that start
The present wage cut drive, that is
sweeping the entire country, affect
ing every worker, is the fruit of the
Hoover-Green action along with the
bankers and other exploiters. 1t is
not an accident that suddenly, one
week before October /, the largest
industrial corporations in the coun-
try announce 10 to 20 per cent
wage cut, and that the smaller fry
follow in their path.
For the past year the Daily Work
er has exposed every move of this
wage cutting drive, branding the role
Of the officials of the American Fed
Grafton of Labor as the wage-cutting
experts of the big corporations, and
scoring the hypocritical statements
Of the Hoover government about
maintaining wages"
Conspiracy Revealed
Some time ago, the Associated
Press announced that william Green
along with Secretary of Labor Doak,
had been in conference with Hoover
and the leading bosses with a view
to agreeing to general cut in wages
Of 10 per cent in all the leading in
dustries. At that time, Green en-
phatically denied that he had such
a conference. The present events
leave no doubt about the fact that
Green, Vol. and other A. F. of L.
officials were plotting with the bos-
ses to put through this very wage
slashes drive which is now resound-
ting throughout the country,
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-09-24

garding profits:
profits in the industry in 1927
were more than five times the ave-
rage profits for iron and steel
companies. A report covering IL
motor companies with total cap
itaI investment of S1,216. 794,s52 in
1927 showed a net profit of S341,-
2S6,O17 before bond requirements,
interest and dividends were paid,
or a profit of 2s per cent on total
capital"
Besides, the auto corporations have
multiplied their stocks and bonds to
a tremendous degree in order to
cover up the huge profits. Profits.
Profits went higher and higher in
1928 and 1929, and through speed
up and wage cuts kept up at the ex-
pense Of the workers during the
crisis.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-09-24


reduction" He did not clarity what
he meant by this, except that it in
dicated he feared the workers would
resist this attempt to force them
closre to starvation, and that the
whole process, while temporarily in
creasing the profits Of the bosses,
would nto end the crisis but would
ultimately drive it down to sharper
levels. This was also expressed by
another Spokesman" whose name is
not given. The Scripps- Howard
Newspaper Alliance in a dispatch re-
leased from here says:
Admit Millions To Suffer
Fear that the steel industry's
wage cut would result in other in
dustries doing the same, slow up
buying, intimidate those who have
not yet suffered pay reductions was
expressed today by a high govern
ment official who Is an expert on
American Cmomerce.
The threat now is that the mil
lions who have not had their wages
tempered with SO far in this de-
preston will suffer-"
Not one word about resistance" to
wage cut came from the headquar-
ters Of the American Federation of
Labor in Washington, when the Of
ficials were interviewed by capitalist
newspaper correspondents. When the
United States Steel Corporation first
announced its wage cut, a Mr.. Rob-
erts, who was acting for William
Green, president of the A. F. of L.,
told the workers not to believe it. On
the following day, however, Green
found it better policy to "deplore"
the pay slashing.
William Green could not be reach
ed to say anything about the wage
cuts up to the time this reached the
Daily Worker.
Vol Lies Again
Mathew Vol, speaking In New
York, forgot what he had previously
said about combating pay reduc-
tons" II can only express great
regret and profound disappointment
at the action of the United States
Steel Corporation" said his leading
force in the active propaganda for
war preparations against the workers
republic. the Soviet Union. Vol, as
well as Green. and the other A. F..
u L. officials lie when they say they
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-09-24

will make is indicated in the dis
patch of the New York Times Geneva
correspondent, in referring to the
mixed military commission:
1.-THE Japanese delegation was
unable to accept without instruc-
tions, and has put this up to Tokyo
with an urgent request for an I'M
mediate reply. Tokyo's answer is
considered here to depend a great
deal on what attitude the United
States takes, and how strongly it
takes it. That is one Of the rea-
sons why all eyes here are turned
even more on Washington than on
Tokyo"
The League of Nations proposals
and the anxiety expressed by the
British delegate, Lord Cecil, on what
the United States would do, are so
many peace" DISCUSSES behind which
the British are supporting the jap
ariese military advance in Manchuria.
Japanese troops are continuing
their penetration and threaten open
seizure of the Soviet owned Chinese
Eastern Railway from Chang Chun
to Hardin. The railway branch run
ming from Changchun to Kirin was
seized. Twenty-four thousand troops
in addition to the present 10000 now
holding TOO mile stretch along the
Southern Manchurian railroad are
reported enroute from Korea. A
battle was reported at Kung- Chu-
ling between Mukden and Hardin.
This is on the Chinese Eastern Line.
The awaited appeal of the Marking
government came unofficially from
the former and present Chinese min
lister to the nited States, calling for
American imperialist action against
Japan in the following terms:
1--WE appeal to the people Of the
nation which sponsored this great
proposal (the Kellogg Pact) TO ex-
ercise their influence In the cause
of international peace"
No information as to the specific
action contemplated by Washington
was forthcoming other than that
studying the situation.
Powerful American capitalist pa
pers in open and yelled form are
calling for recourse to the Kellogg
pact terms in regards to military
intervention. The New York World
Telegram says editorially in part:
Japan, by making war on China,
has violated the Kellogg Pact
What about the United States and
other treaty signatories propose to
do about it,"
"If the United States government
wishes to save its honor and its
Kellogg treaty It will act.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-09-24
GENERAL MOTORS
BEGINS DRIVE TO
HITAUTOTOILERS
CONTINUED Oh PAGE THREE,


will probably be construed as a
forerunner of similar step in
respect TO wages"
Besides the fact that about so
per cent of the automobile workers
are unemployed, there will be now
added to this to increase the misery
of the workers a general wage cut.
Normal there are around 100000
workers in the automobile and parts
industry. The General Motors is the
largest Of the automobile companies,
having on its payrolls, on July /,
1928, 2o9, 500 workers.
Profits Heavy
Profits in the auto industry have
been unusually heavy, and the pro-
posed wage cut is an attempt to keep
up the swollen gains Of the parasites
who own the auto plants at the ex-
pense Of the starving auto workers.
Robert w. Dunn IN his book on La
Dor and Automobiles" points out I, }
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-09-24
TWO BRoADCAsTTNG STATIONS
BUILT NEAR MOSCOW

Two broadcasting stations Of 100
XIV. each were scheduled to begin OPP
Grafton recently in Noginsk, within
60 kilometers Of Moscow. Due to Q
number of technical improvements.
the broadcasts from these new sta
stions will be received by the sins
plest one-or two-tube receiving ssts
in any part OF tho U.sS.R. In ExsruA
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-09-24
HOOVER AND AFL
OFFICIALSLONG
PLANNED CUTS

CONTINUED FROM PAGE ONE,
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-09-24

Soviet Forced Labor"--Bedacht'
series in pamphlet form at 10 cents
per copy. Read it--Spread III
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-09-24
AIM TO TURN
WAR in CHINA
AGAINST USSR

CONTINUED FROM PAGE ONE,