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The Washington times., 1931-12-18

Fechet made effort 10 seek redPpuin ca
ring to step down and retire from his beloved s0' "
his "Buddy' could have his chance
General Foulos' appointment as Army Ar CoipS n ce
directly attributable his magnificent work IN CARVING
thronoh without hitch or accident the spectacular army
air this spring He had direct command Hl n
unprecedented demonstration and his qulet' elli'' ~
ship him national praise
Marksnan, Horsennan Too
Both veterans enlisted while still in their teens Fechet
Texan bv birth Joined the cavalry and saw combat service
in Cuba and in the Philippines He was member OF the
famous "Fving Column in Pershings Mexican expedition
When the World War broke out he transferred to the
Signal Corps took up aviation He didn't get across
but plenty of hazardous service on TINS SIDE IN no
days of military aviation In 1925 he was MADE ASSIST
ant Chief of the Air Service, when Gen. BILLY Mitchell
lost his big fight against the Army bureaucrats
Fechet pronounced Fushay) is tall and rangy he mas
been in many smashups but has had to bail out
or use his parachute He expert hOseman and Is at
much at home astride horse as he is in plane.
He of the best marksmen in the Army, particularly
with the rifle He has many trophies through MS rle
shooting.
though both have long service Fechet will only be
81 when he retire month"; but will have than IS
continuous service behind him. Foulols several years
younger, has the length of continuous service.
FouIois Began as Truant
FouIois pronounced Fuoy) short andstocky aHe is
very informal in He is nearly bald with arnge
of hair about his
He ran away from his Connecticut home before lie
10 enlist in the infantry in the Spanish War In 1912
he decided take aviation and transferred to the Signal
In his early flying DAYS Fouo and selfrdg after whom
sefrdge Field in Detroit Mich, named and several
other Army fier made the entire military aviation
branch Of the United States Army Its official title was
''avation section of the Signal Corps
When the World War Foulos with the rank of
major, He promoted to brgadier-
general and made chief of the A E. F. Air Service where
he associate of General Mitchell For his able
vice abroad he the distinguished service medal and
number of allied decorations
Intrepid, Not Reckless
Benny as he is known to his friends, will take
mand of the Army Air Corps it the point of
petng the fveyear program of expansion that resulted
from General Mtckels demand that the countrys flying
service be strengthened.
Fouois daring but not reckless ier While direct
ing the spring air he flew his powerful fighting
plane through storm over the Allegheny
Mountains order be hand to supervise the handling
of large contingent of Army planes that approaching
from the West Other ships forced to land, but Fou
lois went through.
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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-08-20
To the Miners in All Countries

ONCE the beginning of 1881, strikes of miners
~ have followed one another in America The
attacks of the employers are met with still
greater resistance by the workers. Stimulated
through the permanent betrayal of the reform
list union officials, the American coal owners try
to worsen the miserable conditions of the min
ers. While the daily wage of miner amounted
two years ago to dollars the miners are re-
quired to work for $1.50 daily AS the
working week is or days, that means simply
starvation wages.
Under the leadership Of our revolutionary
union (National Miners Union) 5000 miners of
Pennsylvania struck work on May l. The strike
rapidly spread into Ohio, Northern West Vir-
GINA and Kentucky. Presently despite the uni
ted activities Of the local state and national
Government, the refornist union and the en-
ployers, 10000 miners are standing out
With help of machne-guns, shells and tear
gases against the picket lines and dernonstra-
tons Of strikers, they are trying to smash the
strike. Two miners have been killed, hundreds
wounded, more than 1000 jailed. In Kentucky,
81 miners are held on charges Of murder.
All miners are living in company owned
houses, and the employers are evicting them.
Owing to their sabotage OF. the fight. the re-
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-08-20

formist union lost every influence among the
miners. The State Government and the en-
ployers are leading vigorous campaign for
the revival of the reformist union. The Presi-
dent Hoover and the Governor of Pennsylvania
called together the employers and the union Of
ficials. They signed a number of contracts with
the employers in the name of the miners who
are striking under the leadership of our union.
One Of these contracts accepts wage of 80 cents
per ton Of output where before the strike 81
cents were paid. But the American miners gave
the only possible answer, they spread the strike.
Until now no terror was able to smash it.
Up to date, 10000 white and Negro miners
joined the red union. But with the spreading
and sharpening of the strike the wave of ter
ror is growing and all counter-revolutionar
forces are joining in order TO smash this he
roical fight.
For this reason it is the duty of the miners
of all countries, to tender all forces in orCer
to help this strike. The fight of the American
workers is a fight of the miners of all the
world. Would the American coal owners succeed in
smashing this strike the employers in all coun-
tries would try to use the same methods, as they
already partially did. in Germany France Eng
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-08-20
BY J. STACHEL

IN the recent months there have been numer-
GUS strikes against wage cuts and the worsen-
ing of the conditions OF the workers There
were more workers on strike in the first seven
months of this year than in the entire year
of 1880. In fact the number of workers on strike
this year already exceeds 100000, while the total
number on strike for the entire year 1880 was
about 100000 This shows that the workers are
now more readily entering the struggle against
the offensive of the bosses. The number of
strikes are increasing despite the increasing I'M
employment. There is every indication that
these struggles will increase and involve larger
masses of workers in many industries Thus
far most of the strikes have been in the textile,
mining, and needle trades, with smaller strikes
of the building marine and agricultural workers.
In the course of the strikes in the last few
months we have learned many valuable lessons.
Much has already been written about these les
sons and much more can, must and will be
written 1t is in the study of the lessons of
these strikes that we will be in better position
to learn how to prepare and develop bigger
struggles. 1t is not the aim of this article to
deal with these lessons Here wish to deal
with only one of the lessons-the question of
relief in strikes
What have the recent strikes shown? They
have shown that at the present time when
workers go on strike they in need of relief
almost the very week that they enter the strug-
gle. There are even cases when relief must
be given the day of the strike. This is due to
the fact that the workers wages have been red
uced There is part time work for even those
who are classified as employed. And added to
this is the fact that the workers in the company
town hardly receive any money so that they are
compelled to rely upon relief the moment they
go on strike. Thus the question of relief as
sumes an Importance far greater than in previ-
struggles.
There are many who believe that, Just because
this is period of deep crisis, it is impossible
to give relief during strikes; that it is more
difficult if not impossible to collect relief This
has been proved wrong by the recent experien-
ces- The workers. no matter how pogeTtS-
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-08-20
Why We Must Build the Workers
international Relief

stricken, share their last bit with those workers
on strike. The response has been excellent
from the workers who have been reached. The
steel workers, working part time and suffering
starvation themselves have shown an excellent
demonstration of solidarity with the miners
While the workers can not give as much as
they could before the present wage cuts and
part time employment, they are giving more
proportionately. They are making greater
rifices And for every one that gave in the past
there are many that are ready to give now.
Because the workers recognize more and more
the necessity of struggle and solidarity. But
the recent experiences in the collection Of relief
have demonstrated the necessity of organiza-
ton of the relief campaigns at the present time.
An outstanding lesson OF the recent strikes
has been the necessity of permanent relief
organization. First of all the fact that the
workers need relief the moment they enter the
struggle, and secondly, the simultaneous strikes
in different industries, makes necessary that
there be permanent relief organization. Other.
wise there is much time lost in building the
relief machinery And also there develop many
campaigns side by side for the different strikes
which not only creates confusion but also in
wolves great loss of energy and duplication of
overhead expenses Here can be clearly seen the
necessity Of building permanent relief organ
izat0n.
But there already EXISTS such an organization
the Workers International Relief This organ
ization has existed for many years 1t has par
ticipated in many Strikes of miners, textile
workers and workers in other industries. 1t has
a record Of workingclass service that extends
not only to the solidarity Of the workers in this
country but also internationally. The w r
played a leading role in the Gastonia strike. 1t
is today participating in the relief activities of
the miners and the textile workers. The Work.
International Relief performed a great SER
vice to the workers when 1t helped in the or
ganization and the feeding of the hunger mar
cheers in about dozen states during Che winter
and spring.
We have now reached the stage when the
Workers International Relief activities must be
further extended 1t must become the relief or
; saniMtior5 ~ The stz1kes nosA Ia rsueRess spA
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-08-20
BY A. PETERSON.

THE financial report of the New York Carpen-
tiers District Council speaks for itself 1t starts
with the following totals:
From July 1, 1880, to June 80, 1881, inclusive,
on hand and in bank June 80, $780, $17,57790.
Receipts from July l. 1890, to June 30, 1881,
$104,17O64; thus making total Of 121,74862.
Disbursements from July l, 1880, to June 80,
1881, $112,93O24; thus leaving $8,S1898 in the
treasury
A drop in the treasury in one year from a
balance of $17577.9S to $SS183S, surely means a
fast step to complete financial ruin. The certi-
fled public accountant signed it as a true state
ment, which means that so much money was
really supposed to have been spent and conse-
quently this is the balance.
But" protested a Scotchman at the meeting
in my local union, Where the hell could they
spend 112,930.24? Let us see i'll" The recording
secretary, an expert in maneuvering, out-maneu-
vered the reading of the full report on the
ground that financial statement of 16 pages is
too long to be read at a local meeting. And the
Scotchman is still puzzled how so much money
could be spent.
I have procured this Is page finance report
Some eXtractions from it are enough to reveal to
the reader the highway robbery of a union
treasury.
First a remark concerning the source of the
district councils income receipts: 1t is a per
capita tax from the local unions, per cent from
the high initiation fee for new members, income
from fines fines on union members
Now, where was so much money really spent
to help the members who cannot pay the dues
and are dropped from the membership books or
to help the unemployed? Not at ALL The only
expenses of this kind are $40 for the unemployed
IL. Ill.,. -Ff
a few other small donations that constitute an
unimportant fraction of the expenses. The main
expenses that drained the treasury are salaries
committee expenses and miscellaneous expenses
which make up total of $86,99065
Let us start with some of these miscellaneous
expenses. They are quite characteristic. We have
on page Is the following:
Queens Motor Car Co. Automobile for presi-
dent of district council-$3, 1880"
1t should be noted that the duties of this pres
ident are inside office duties and the office OF
the district council is located at 1870 Madison
Ave. New York
We have on page Is:
Strike pay, picket duty-$12 584O5"
Can any building trade worker or any dweller
of New York and vicinity tell us about any strike
or lockout for the last year among the carpen-
tiers in New York that could involve the union in
some strike pay or picket duty expense? 1t is
true that in some shops there were two to three
day stoppages from work where matters were
adjusted to the satisfaction of Une BOSSES But
nobody can claim that it involved the union in
any expense.
Back to page IS:
Presentation of scarf pin to John Halkett-
$425O0"
The only reason why Halkett should get a
present from the union and such an expensive
one in such hard times, is, maybe, because of
his championship in corrup;.ac and in this re-
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-08-20

spect he is really notorious among the union
membership
Samuel E. Wilson, upkeep for car for six
months-$5000o"
We may think that Wilson could reach the few
union shops in Manhattan and Brooklyn by
spending 10 cents car fare. The workers in these
so-called union shops know from experience that
Wilson's visit to the bossS office is surely not
for the benefit Of the workers. But these bosses
know why Wilson needs the car The agreed
amount of graft is supposed to be forgotten by
the boss under the seat in the car and Wilson
is supposed to find it there.
Charles W. Hanson, upkeep of car for six
months-$500.00."
Auto hire for whomO $4,000"
III. G. Cozzens procuring evidence on sub
ways-$400.00."
Louis v. H. Albers, steno at hearings on SUBJ
way matter-$166.70."
These subway matters are in relation to the
prevailing rates Of wages which carpenters are
supposed to get on city and state construction
jobs-matterS on which our so-called labor
friend Sullivan previously took thousands of dol
lars to fight 1t out and declared himself power
less when the union treasury was unable to pour
more thousands into his pocket.
AS far as the prevailing rates of wages are con-
cerned the union carpenters are not getting
them. Not on subway work, not on the bridge
construction work, and there are no expectations
whatsoever that the carpenters will get it under
these circumstances Tammany administration
of the city has to fool the workers in order to
get their votes on election day. The city job
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-08-20

lang, Belgium, Czecho-S lovaka, Poland and the
other countries
Take position in all pits on the fight of the
American miners and on the conditions in your
pits The smallest strike, for the most ele-
mentary daily demands means active help to
the American miners,
But at the same time it is necessary to help
materially this heroical fight 10000 miners and
their families are not only starving but are also
houseless, having been evicted.
Miners in all countries Give your mite and
help the American workers succeed!
The best supply for the fighting miners in
America is the organization of the fight for
your own demands. Link up the action of solid
arity for the fighting miners III America, with
the fight against wage cut against mass dis
missals, for wage increase and improvement Of
your conditions!
The International Miners Committee.
Berlin. August 6, 1924. .a,..s. .lh.,S....,...
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-08-20
The Fine Art of Robbing An A. F. Of l. Treasury

contractors are good Tammany politicians. The
labor takers in the carpenters union are Tam
many men and the good legal advisers who are
taking money from the carpenters union trea-
sury are also Tammany men: One and the same
family.
Phillips, Mahoney, Teibell and Fielding, legal
expenses-$9, 274.81"
Legal expenses-$1, 015.00."
prof. I. Maurice Wormser, legal services
$1,5OOOO"
Frederick L. Hackenberg, legal services
$4,000"
There are some more items of legal services
and can some one explain to us the reasons for
all these legal expenses?
And so it goes solid items of miscellaneous ex-
penses that have only one explanaton-"They
were spent and that is ALL
The salaries of the officials of the district
council make up total of $2S645.O0. Committee
expenses ,905.00. Also there are such expenses
as 900 dollar bills for delegations, etc.
The financial reports from the general office
and in the reactionary local unions resemble the
report of the New York district council. Some
local unions are running their budget at such an
alarming deficit that they cannot pay their per
capita tax and the good standing of their men,
bers is endangered
The rank and file membership will have to
take matters in their own hands, coordinate
their left-wing forces, build the TUUL groups in
the local union and under the leadership of the
Carpenters Section of the TUUL, to fight their
common enemies-the labor takers and the
bosses.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-08-20
Uncover Starvation and Misery

The capitalist press the agents of the ruling class
has been publishing less and less news about
unemployment. 1t hides the starvation of the
unemployed workers families. We must
constantly expose the miserable treatment
Of families of the unemployed by the city
governments and charity institutions. Wo
must uncover all cases Of starvation, I'M
dernourishment, sickness. We must pub
fish these cases in our press, In the
Daily Worker, In Labor Unity, tell
them at all workers meetings. I'm
employed Councils should publish
bulletins to inform all workers of
the starvation and misery Of the
unemployed.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-08-20

in the coming struggles. To achieve this the
Workers International Relief is calling con-
ference to take place on August 20 and 80 in
Pittsburgh, the very heart Of the miners strike.
This conference must receive the support of all
workers and all workers organizations
fraternal organizations, cooperatives, literary
CARNATIONS, etc. The TUUL unions and leagues
must be in front ranks in the building up of
the conference and the work of the WIR.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-08-20
FIGHT STEADILY FOR RELIEF

Organize Unemployed Councils to Fight
for Unemployment Relief. Organize the
Employed Workers Into Fighting
Unions. Mobilize the Employed and
Unemployed for Common Strug-
giles Under the Leadership of
Ysr- the yadA Union LJni68I eaGze -
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mail a t the
Seward daily gateway., 1931-01-15
EXPERT EXPLAINS HIlN n GUT (IUT
 SONE: 0F NOISES
STATIC NOT YET CONQUERED BY MAN. STATES RADIO
 ENGINEER

IA general talk on radio inter- ference and the usual methods of correcting or eliminating them, was given last night to Seward radio fans by an expert on the subject. Mn w. J. Wag- ner, civil service representative of the radio engineering depart ment of the Alaska communica- ton system, now in Alaska sup eryising construction of several governmental stations
 MT Wagner who has helped many communities clean up the air. interested his audience by telling how this is done. The
Seward daily gateway., 1931-01-15

Chas- Cramer, assistant Seward agent of the A. s. s. Co., is a returning passenger on the ss Alameda which is expected to arrive tomorrow from the south
Seward daily gateway., 1931-01-15

causes for interfenrences4 or ur- desirable noises, as this is call- ed among technicians, are de- fined in three classes; (1l sguea Hers, f2) general noises by. various electrical apparatus, and f3l sta- tic.7 . Static. he said. has not yet of course been conquered by man. but there are definite ways of eliminating the other two dis turbing factors. The sqHealer is first located, and the set check ed to determine whether NV is simply out of adjustment, or is an obsolete Set On which remod- cling would be too expensive to De practical. Usually the owner of the offensive set is willing to make the correction himself, but in some cases it is necessary to require him to do So by law, which method never fails provid- ling the city has an ordinance which may be applied ...
 General noises, caused bv mott ors, etc., are readily eliminated Iby proper adjustment of the dis- turbing device, or by applying tO lit appropriate filters or grounds for such purpose.
 MT. Wagner advised all set owners before complaining to test their sets to determine whether they are obtaining good ground connection. This ls done, he explained, buy tuning i'm on a station, then remove the ground wire and note whether the sig- nal decreases To test whether objectionable noise is created outside of your own set, remove both ground and antennae con- nections and note whether noise remains; if it does, the noise IS probably within the set itself. If it clears up, or the noise din1- insheS considerably, the noise is probably coming thru the anten- nae or ground. When tests prove a poor ground connection is had, steps should be taken irrlrnedi- ately to improve it, as this con-
 nection is most vital Steam pipes ordinarily do not make good grounds, nor do pipes or rods driven into ground that is sub ject to freezing. Frost or ice. he said acts as insulators. The practice of setting ground con- nections in cesspools has proven very satisfactory.
 The length of antensiaa5 NJ W matter of experiment. in each in- diyidual case, it being Erauil of l course that the longer tha an- tennae the more incraasaa wiIl be the noise He recommended that antennae wires be put up as high as possible, and that they do not parallel any other wires Also, that they ba aligned In the direction to the station de- sired, and the lead in. corne frorn the end towards the broadcast Ing point The final length and type must be determined by ex- pertinent.
 In concluding, MT. Wagner said that in general there ave no set rules that can always be follow- ed, and much experiment will usually have to be resorted to He urged every radio listener to become a member of the Ra- dio Club in his town, and to get together frequently for the bet- torment of radio reception. Y
Seward daily gateway., 1931-01-15

Alaska Views at the Alaska Shop.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-09-15

Sarafiny at st. Edwards who will
start his campaign with ten letter
men. With the exception Of center,
Sarafiny can put a veteran line on
the field. His backfield. with Kivlin
at quarterback. Ransom at halfback,
and Bomba at fullback. has three
veterans assured. The Saints pro-
mise to bloom as n OF the b-5t
bets for the conference champion
ship.
You can tell your readers I have
eleven lettermen returning. and a
squad OF twenty-nine experienced
candidates. but don't tell them that
we are going TO win the champion
ship for the outlook is not bright
The above Is from Coach Cecil
GTiggs of the Austin college Kan
garoos.
From a material view, the Sim
mons University Cowboys have an
inside track On the championship
course. With Clark at halfback;
Marshall at fullback; Golightly. Gen.
ter; Stafford. end, and Hamilton,
guard. Coaches Cranfill and Ander-
son have a foundation on which they
have a chance TO erect a redoubtahie
football machine. All the players
mentioned are top hands on the
Simmons squad. and are sprinkled
through the lineup enough TO offer
valuable aid to last year squadmen
and youngsters playing their first
year for the Cowboys.