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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-06-02
OAKLAND BLDG
JOB CUTS PAY
Carpenters, Other Get
Below Scale
by a Worker Correspondent

10y a SUThcE StlIGSpOAshChbB
OAKLAND, Cal.-Chas. D. Vezey
and Sons are contractors erecting
new Fremont High School and are
paying under standard wage scale
to workers. The Carpenters are being
paid dollar a day below scale, hoist
ing engineers 81 a day below scale,
the laborers ST. to $3.50 below scale.
This is a public job and shows up
clearly government and the bosses
hypocricy of talk about public jobs
maintaining standard wage scale.
Workers have written of their
grievance to local Board of Educa-
ton. Periodically inclined have pro-
tested because some non-citizens have
been hired on the job.
What the workers should do is fight
the wages reduction organizationally
Join up with the building trades
group under the leadership of the
Trade Union Unity League, form a
grievance committee on the job and
fight this bosses hipocricy. Putting
up workers to make an issue of non
citizens working there. is also up to
the general line of the bosses of keep
ing5 the workers separated and draw
ing attention away from the main
issue-namely their wage reduction.
Stand together workers of all races
and nationalities and fight wage cuts.
Get workers on other building pro-
iects to take same stand by visiting
them and setting up grievance COM
mittees.
]. NJ.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-06-02
Yonkers Conference
'For Daily Worker"

YONKERS, N. Y.--To push the
drive for finances TO save the Daily
Worker in its present financial emer-
gency the Westchester County Daily
Worker Committee has arranged a
conference on June at the Work
ers' Cooperative Center, 252 War
burton Ave, Yonkers.
A call has been sent out to many
organizations here urging them to
send representatives to save the
Daily Worker. The call says:
The Daily Worker at this critical
period appeals to the workers to rally
TO its support in order to make it
possible for the Daily Worker to help
lead the struggle of the workers"
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-06-02
TO MARCH ON
SPRINGFIELD
ON june 18th
WAR Is Certain" Cries
Chicago Press in New
Preparedness" Drive
$4,000 to the Legion
CHICAGO, ILL.,, June
While hundreds of
thousands are jobless
and starving, the state
of Illinois proceeds to


and starving, the state
Of Illinois proceeds to
stimulate a war scare, to ap-
propriate thousands of dollars
for the American Legion, and
nothing for social insurance.
The answer of the capitalist
class here to the growing demand
of the unemployed that they be al
lowed to live, is to make preparations
for war that will kill off part of
them, and to substitute the fascist
organizations relied on to smash
them back into starvation if they
make their demands too urgently.
War is certain; prepare for IT,"
IS a headline in the Chicago Herald
and Examiner, commenting on a
speech made in Chicago by Major
Gen. Smedley Butler at the Rotary
Club in the Hotel Sherman. Gen.
Butler, in his speech declared "War
Will come" And in line with this,
he declared, there is no finer gov
eminent employee than the soldier
and it is only fitting that we should
honor him on Memorial Day. And
then he called for full preparations
for the next war
The same day the Illinois State leg
islature appropriated $4,000 from
the County Fair and Agriculture
fund to the American Legion. This
is an open subsidy by the State to
the American Legion, not only pre-
pairing for war, but primarily as
strike breaking agency. The fascist
bands attack the workers when they
strike against wage cuts or demon
strate for immediate relief to the
unemployed
The workers in the State of Hi
nois, who march to Springfield, the
state capital, demanding social in
sursnce for the unemployed. and
immediate relief for the unemployed
workers and farmers, will not forget
that the State Of Illinois subsidized
the fascist American Legion in war
against the workers Marehers will
demand that this $4,000 be turned
over to the unemployed together
with all other funds provided for
military and police purposes.
Not penny for military prepa-
rations. All the funds for unern-
ployed relief" they will shout in
mass meetings all the way to Spring
field.
Every working class organization,
every worker and poor farmer in the
State of Illinois should rally behind
the State Hunger March June 10 10
Is at Springfield.
Send your delegates!
Write for all information to % SO.
Lincoln ST., Chicago, Ill.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-06-02
Carpenter Local Does
Bit for Five-Year Plan

NEW YORK.-The workers of
Branch 1854 of United Brotherhood
of Carpenters and Joiners presented
a box of tools to a fellow member
leaving for the Soviet Union.
The member, Samuel Bailinson,
was also given letter from the
local. He left with a group of
building workers who are going to
build railroads to help make the
Five Year Plan of the workers re-
public a, success.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-06-02
Work 30 Years for Co.
Fired AS 100 Old'

NEWARK, N j., May 3l.--After
working so years for the Hay Foundry
and Iron Works here, 55 men were
fired when the company was alb
sorbed by McChntic- Marshall corp
grafton. I'VE have rule that can't
be changed" said President George
H. Blakely, never to hire old men"
And he sens them away TO fight for
a place on the soup line If they can
find one.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-06-02
Elizabeth Policeman
jim Crows Negro Boys
Daily Worker:

Daily Worker
Here is rank discrimination against
the Negro workers. In Elizabeth some
Negro boys we're playing ball in the
street. Other white boys were play
ing on the same street. A policeman
came up and threatened the Negro
boys with beating if they didn't
scatter. However, the white boys
continued to play while the Negro
boys were forced to give up this
small pleasure.
All Negro workers must organize
with the white workers against this
race discrimination.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-06-02

Fight iynching. Fight deporta-
ton of foreign born Elect dele
gates to your city conference ioi
protection Of foreign born.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-06-02
What's On

NOTICE
Housewreckery brotherhood OF
Greater New York
Has transferred it's headquarters
from 217 z. Sixth st. to the Trade
Union Unity League Building, Is w.
2lst St
WEDNESDAY
United Council of Working Class
Women .
OF Williamsburg win give a lee
ture on what Shall Worker DO TO
Keep Wen2" at 81 Graham Ave. at
$3.50 p M Dr. slatkin will deliver
the lecture.
saceo- yanzetb Branch 7. l.. ID.
a general meeting will be held at
1872 Boston Rd. at 8 p. m. Prepare
tons for the mass meeting at Am
bsssador Hall will be made. Dis
cussions viii follow.
THURSDAY
Lecture
Given by Gina Modem at $40 D. m.
at zT00 Bronx Park East Coop Col
ony). Subject: women of the New
pvssia.r
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-06-02

q, small house, we must do as others
are doing, Showing up these in
stances and organizing into q mill
tant Union will bring about better
conditions.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-06-02

Build a Worcorr Group in your
shop. Write About your struggles!
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1931-10-02
RAISE BETTER COWS,
CALL TO DAIRYMEN
Advice of Old Applies to
Today's Conditions.

Away back In the nineties there
was business depression just about
as severe as the one through which
we are now passing. Dairymen suf-
fered along with the others. An ag-
ricultural writer of that day told his
readers that the solution of the prob
lem lay largely with themselves-that
what the most of them needed was
better cows Here is his striking de-
scription of the cows of his day: 1.-THE
average cow of today is made wrong.
Her head is too big and her udder
and her hips too narrow; her skin is
hard and her butter too soft; she has
too much tail and tallOw and too lit
tie capacity to make milk and butter;
her ancestry Is seldom respectable.
She has two intrinsically good quail
ties-appetite and constitutional Wig
or. They will do to graft upon. The
average COW is an innocent nuisance.
She Is the workmanship of the aver
age farmer. She has not been bred
right, she has not been fed right, she
has not been cared for as she should
be, and she gets even in the whole
sale robbery of the man who made
her what she is" The average cow
today is a lot better than the average
COW in the nineties, but it is still true
that 1t is the man with cows above
the average who can best weather
depression.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1931-10-02

Selling the heights northwest of Beau
mont At that time it consisted of
two French and two American divi-
sions, the Thirty-third and Twenty
ninth, making the corps in numerical
strength two-thirds American. Though
opposed by strong German resistance
the assault was successfully directed
by General Claudel, and our lines were
advanced during the next few days to
the commanding ground between Beau
mont and Richene Hill.
In well-conducted operation the
Thirty-third division (BelD crossed the
Mouse early October by bridges con-
structed during the night, captured
ConsenvOye, and progressed up the
neighbOring slopes. The following day
a further advance was made, but
heavy fire from the Borne de Cornouil-
Ter and the failure of the troops on
the right to keep up forced a retire.
ment to the morning line. This ground
was retaken despite strong resistance,
and by night of the 10th the division
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1931-10-02

Meuse. with the object of seizing the
heights there.
(3) October 9. The Fifth corps, re-
enforced by including within its front
the First division, to which was at
tached a brigade from the Ninety-first
division, attacked the heights Of the
Bots de Romagne.
az October 10-11. general attack
on the 20-mile front from Beaumont
west to the Aire river.
The French Fourth army had not
been able to keep abreast of the Amer.
lean First army, and it was evident
that clearing the ArgOnne forest
would materially aid it's advance. The
opportunity presented itself just at
this time. Although on October 6 the
enemy continued to hold the heights
of Cunel and Romagne, nevertheless
sufficient space had been secured along
the Aire river to warrant an attack to
the west with the object of striking
the rear of the enemy's positions in
the Argonne forest.
There was another important factor
that entered into the decision to force
the withdrawal Of the enemy from the
Argonne. This was the predicament
of the Lost Battalion" which under
Maj. G. w. Whittlesey had been hold
ing out near Binarville since Octo-
Der 2.
Efforts to relieve the battalion had
so far been unsuccessful, and the men
had consumed their rations and ex-
pended most Of their ammunition, al
though our aviatOrs had tried to drop
small amounts to them. The battalion
was resisting heroically against great
odds, without any thought of surren-
der.
Pursuant to the plan an attack was
made by the Twenty-eighth and
Eighty-second divisions against the
left and rear of the enemy's positions
in the region of Chatel-C hehery and
Cornay. After night march of eight
miles the Eighty-second division Dun-
CAM entered the line between the
Twenty-eighth (Muir) and the First
(SummeralD. In series of daring
hONCIeHtS " Tic WcSI NY tuc L WcH-
ty-eighth and Eighty-second divisions,
Cornay, Chatel-C hehery and the dom.
mating hills northwest of Apremont
were captured.
Although the continued operation of
these two divisions was attended by
severe fighting the results were imme-
date. The enemy was forced to with
draw from that region, the Argonne
forest was cleared. and the Seventy
seventh division was enabled to ad-
vance to the relief of it's Lost Bat
TALON" 1t then pushed on to the north
in pursuit of the retreating enemy.
East of the Meuse.
General Claudel's French Seven
teenth corps, east of the Meuse, at
tackled October 8 with the object of
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1931-10-02
Unknown Animals Still
in UNEMPLOYED Forests?

That there are still parts OF the
globe remaining to be explored and
that they probably contain animals
unknown to biologists is indicated in
a communication made to the French
Academy of Sciences regarding NADIA
gascar.
In the north Of the great island of
southeast Africa there are vast for
ests which the natives consider as
tabu. Two French settlers who were
allowed to enter one of these forests
discovered there an animal of the
lemur family hitherto unclassified. II
is about IS inches long. with a tail
as long as its body.
In the opinion Of biologists these
forests probably harbor other IN
known animals.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1931-10-02
DAIRY FACTS

Dairymen should be constantly alert
in seeking a herd sire to replace the
one now in use Study pedigrees and
records carefully before making de
cision.
There are some old-time poultrymen
who believe in practicing the old-fash-
toned "hatchet cure" for ailments
among fowls to keep the flock free
from disease. In such cases carcasses
should he burned
Feeding Of green kale, In addition
to the regular winter ration. has been
found to affect favorably the vitamin A
content of winter milk.
For most efficient milk production
cows should be fed grain even when
on pasture. the amount Of grain vary.
ing with the amount of milk produced
Farm butter making is far from
being lost art. Last year more thar
5OO.OOOO00 pounds of butter came ou;
If farm churns.-United States De
Dartnenf Of Agriculture
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1931-10-02

the Eighty-second, regardless of heavy
casualties, advanced to position
north of Sommerance. This town,
though in the sector of the First di-
vision, was occupied by the Eighty
second to protect it's own flank.
The night of October II our line
ran from east to west roughly as fol-
lows: Molleville farm-Bois de la Cote
Lemont-part of Bots de Foret-south
of Cote Dame -Sommerance-
Grandpre.
While these operations on our First
army front were in progress, the Thir-
tieth division of the Second corps
(Read) attacked October 8 as part. Of
the British Fourth army. aiding ma
terially in the general advance of that
army. The attack, although meeting
considerable opposition, was success
fun. and the progress continued three
days. When relieved the night of the
18th, the Thirtieth division had driven
the enemy back seven miles and had
reached the Selle river.
tTO BE CONTINUED,
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1931-10-02
Where Are the Good Cows?

A tester for an Iowa dairy herd i'm
provement association relates that he
recently spent day searching neigh
boring county for some dairy cows,
and he found a situation this year
which is rarely found in normal years.
The dairymen who belong to test
ing associations are not putting a
price on their cows for sale. Why?
There is only one logical reason-they
have cullled out their poor cows and
know that the cows they have left are
paying fair returns for their feed. and
due to testing they know which cows
are good property. and they are not
going to part with that kind.-Ey.
change.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1931-10-02
Washington's Spies

&c 4 USTlN ROE might justly be
called the Paul Revere of New
York, with this difference-that in
stead of taking one wonderful ride Roe
took hundred" Those are the words
of Morton Pennypacker, New York
historian who recently discovered in
an old chest in home on Long Island
some one hundred and fifty-year-old
documents which told the hitherto-un-
known story of Washington's spy sys-
tenn while the British occupied New
York city during the Revolution.
The man who collected in New York
the information about the British
plans was Robert Townsend, the sue
cessor of Nathan Hale. This Informal
ton he passed along to Austin Roe
who carried the messages from Brook
Ign to Setauket, L. l., where they were
handed over to Abraham Woodruff.
Woodruff then watched for signal
from house far across the fields and
this signal announced that Caleb Brew
ster had arrived with his boat to car
ry the information across the sound
to Maj. Benjamin Tallmadge who i'm
mediately delivered it to Washington.
Austin Roe's greatest ride-and one
which was more remarkable and in
fnitely more dangerous than Raul Re-
ver's famous exploit-was made to
save Newport, r. l., from the British.
Fifty-fve miles he covered in record
time on that occasion and it gave to
Washington the information that 5000
British troops were embarking at
Whitestone for Newport and that Adj
miral Graves with eleven ships was
already on the way to attack the
French fleet of seven ships off the
coast of Rhode Island. Receiving the
message from Townsend he sped
across Long Island to reach Woodruff
while Brewster waited to carry the
message. The information reached
Washington in time for him to put out
the false information and see to it
that British headquarters got 1t that
he was contemplating an immediate at
tack upon New York. Alarmed by this
possibility, the British commander Or
dered the expedition against Newport
withdrawn and this was done before
they had an opportunity to destroy the
town as they had planned to do.
Even more important in its results
was another ride which Roe made. On
this occasion he carried the message
to Major Talmadge which determined
him to have "John Anderson" major
Andre of the British army recalled
after he was well on his way to Ar
mold, the traitor, and to freedom. OF
this Mr.. Pennypacker says Colonel
TrumbuIl is quoted by L. p Clover as
saying that but for the capture OF Ma
jor Andre, the Declaration of INDIE
pendence might have proved abortive
and the blood of so many Of our coun.
trymen shed in vain"
fGl 1881 Western Newspaper Union.)
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1931-10-02
Proper Barn Equipment
HELPS Milk Production

With the steadfast improvement in
dairy herds through testing, breeding
and better feeding has also come the
increased use of better equipment,
which not only saves labor but also
protects the health and helps increase
the average production of the herd.
Dairy barn equipment is used every
day in the year and because of its
long life has a low overhead. The
average COW in a Wisconsin dairy herd
improvement association produces
nearly so per cent more than the av-
erage for the state as whole. Near
ly so per cent of the members of these
associations have equipped their barns
with drinking cups and approximately
half that number have barns with ven
tilation systems. More than a third
are also equipped with milking ma
chines.-EXchange
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1931-10-02
Forgotten
HI Err OES
BY
ELMO SCOTT WATSON


MO SOONER had the patriots wo.
their victories at Lexington and
Concord on that historic morning in
1775 than the provincial council de-
cided that the news Of the battle
should be taken at once to London
and be given to sympathizers with the
American cause before the British Of
ficials could present it to the public
in light favorable to their side Of
the argument. The man who was 10
carry this message must be a man Of
discretion and courage, for it was GER
tain that he would be arrested by the
officers Of the crown If his mission
became known. So it was entrusted
to Capt. John Derby, a well-known
Salem skipper who was to make the
journey on the packet Quero. He was
ordered to make for the port of Dub
lin or any other Irish port that seemed
wise and proceed from there to Lon
don. To his orders was attached this
imperative postscript: "YOu are to
keep this order a profound secret from
every person on EARTH"
After voyage Of % days the Quero
reached England. AS further safe
guard against betrayal of his plans,
Captain Derby did not put in at an
Irish port as he had been ordered to
do but sailed to the isle of Wight and
then went overland to Southampton
and London. There he Immediately
placed his papers in the hands of Ben
jamin Franklin, the Massachusetts
agent in London, and the next day pa
triot sympathizers throughout England
knew of the result of the battles.
That the officials Of the crown knew
that an attempt would be made to
bring this news to England is shown
by the fact that they were on the look
out for such messenger, who they
believed would be Captain Brown,
commander of the Sukey. Brown, .ow-
ever, did not arrive in England till
June 8 and by that time Captain Der
by's quick trip in the Quero had re-
suited in presenting to the British pub
lie first the patriots side of the story.
Although Captain Derby had full
filled his mission successfully he was
not yet out Of danger. There was
still the chance that agents of the king
would try to capture him and his prep
aratiOns for departure from England
were as mysterious as they had been
for his leaving America. There was
still danger, too, from the authorities
when he returned to America and so
he made secret landing upon his re-
turn to this country. One other item in
Derby's exploit is interesting. In rem
dering his bill to the provincial con-
gress for the trip, he made no charge
for his own expenses. 1t was his con-
tribution to the patriot cause.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1931-10-02
Germs in Milking Pals

The most important source of
germs in milk are the utensils,
such as pals, strainers, and the
cans that are used for the stor-
age and shipment of the product.
The cleaning of the milk pail. or can,
must be very thorough, otherwise, aft
er standing empty for few hours. Il
may contain uncountable billions Of
germs. To illustrate: AT the Illinois
experiment station some cans that had
been well washed and steamed and
then held for "a hours in warm wealth
er, contained so many bacteria that
when they were filled with fresh milk
a sample taken out of can as soon
as 1t had been well stirred contained
one million germs per C. c., or $4,000
per drop.