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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-06-05

was taken all right by the workers, but where
we fell down was to use such demands for
taking organizational form, such as, grievance
committees or else used to rouse the workers to
action for winning this point How? If the
shop bulletin for instance was to arouse the
workers to action in the form of say chalking
up the inside of the factory, or issuing slips
of papers to all workers or organizing into a
grievance committee on such an elementary is
sue These are small immediate actions that
lay the basis for our broader struggle against
the bosses. Calling workers to organize in the
abstract form will not have the effect that
these small actions have.
Because of this lack Of partial demands do
we continue to hammer away against stone
wall. IN our practical work on the outside of
the plant we had to use varied methods. One
Of these was sports Every noon hour many
young workers would come out in front of the
factory and play ball We had comrades go
out and play with them. Even some non League
members who were members of the Unemployed
Council helped us in this work. Here the LSU
could be utilized effectively in breaking through.
The mistake was that we discontinued this
TOWN of activity. Here is whore we must real
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-06-05

Senators Downing and Koenig; Assistant Dis
trict Attorneys Cardone and Mancuso MAN
cuso was later made a judge and helped to loot
the City Trust Bank) Sheriff Riegelman of
Queens; Public Works Commissioner Folks; Al
derman Charles McGillick and Commissioner
Roberts of the strikebreaking Department of
Cancellation of the Department of Labor in
Washington. Strikebreakers, labor-haters and
exploiters all.
"A new clubhouse, near Gun Hill Road, was
opened by Vaccarrelli in April 1880. Among
the gunner, politicians, labor miseaders and
professional strikebreakers who accepted invi-
tatons to the Legions housewarming banquet
Were
Governor Roosevelt Mayor Walker, Alder
manic President Joseph Mckee, Supreme Court
Justice John Mcclellan and Bronx Borough
President Henry Bruckner. Included in the list
of honorary members of this gunnan strike
breaker organization are Joseph Miller, Borough
President of Manhattan, and appointed to the
Supreme Court bench; Borough President Hen
ry Bruckner; Commissioner william Weber of
the oBard of Education; the Reverend James
Gaffney and Alderman j. j. Hanley"
1t is hard to beat the Chicago Municipal
Court Judges for sheer corruption or for gang
land connections. But the New York Mag
strates have won this honor. Jobs as City
Magistrate in New York are peddled like so
many sacks of potatoes to the highest bidder
Not content with the usual Income" of the
bench the City Magistrates and Municipal
Judges in New York invariably have side lines"
An example is given by Judge Vauses case.
In 1929, Judge Vause started the Columbia
Finance Corporation with the huge capital of
$128. The company later did business in the
millions 1t was only through the eventual
bankruptcy of the Columbia Finance Corpora
ton that it was discovered Judge Vause forged
a strangers name to a note on which he Dor
roWed $4,000. One slip led to another 1t was
further discovered that he got $250000 from
the United American Lines for negotiating the
transfer of Piers "a and Sc in New York
Judge Vause is not different, just unfortu-
nate and bit careless
Then there were judges Ewald and Rosen-
bluth. EWald purchased his job too openly He
paid Walker $4,000 in 1927 for the right to
evict workers and send strike pickets to Jail
Judge EWald, for instance, sent $50 pickets to
prison. Coaching him on which of the strikers
to give Jail terms to was Samuel Markowitz
lawyer for almost an the Socialist" unions in
New York. Markowitz sat on the bench next
to Ewald while the workers we're being "tried"
Judge Ewad was good friend of Legs"
Diamond and at a dinner given to Diamond on
his release after being suspected of killing two
other gunner, one of those present to toast
him was Judge Ewald
Tamnlany Hall is not content with pulling
the strings in the Municipal Courts alone The
Supreme Court judgeships likewise are for sale
Hereby hangs a sensational story.
(To be continued
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-06-05
American Dumping

We are downcast at the news reported in the
N. Y World-Telegram of last Friday, that Amer
lean dumping has taken on form peculiarly
obnoxious to Europe.
Texas Guinan, who joined the socialist" party
last election to support Haywood Gin" Broun
and the Reverend Norman Thomas, undertook
to go abroad with about twenty of her night
club "hostesses," business in New York having
fallen off alarmingly since the Stock Market
crash.
News reports are that she was barred from
England and certainly she and her "hostesses"
were prevented from landing in France The
World Telegram, being friendly to Socialists"
and "hoStesSes" used two columns and a front
page picture telling of the outrage.
1t seems strange enough that somebody had
whispered that Texas was one of those DANES
who makes money by introducing girls to tired
business men, and that British morals might
suffer if she landed with her "hostesses" or
performers who, it is said, perform things
that are not listed even in the Ten Command
ments.
Texas, in truly Socialist" indignation, resented
the charge, offered a reward If anybody could
prove it. and remarked bitterly that England
was only too glad to welcome me when worked
for her during the war" What kind of work
"hoSteSses' started for France
But a squad of French dicks met her and re-
fused to allow any scabbing on the girls of the
Montmarte Not Hostess" could go ashore
She had "falsified" to get visa, French off
Gals said. The affair endangered relations be-
tween France and Washington
The u S. Consul, Edwin Kent, went down to
the ship and tried to get the French to let the
the poor girls were forced to undergo the
hardships of cold luncheon certainly more
than U. S. official does for the unemployed
in America. But nothing doing
Gables to Washington, but Secretary Slim
son would not send the marines France is not
Nicaragua. The French ambassador at Wash
ington was interviewed. No, it was not a cues
ton of morals, he said "The reasons are econ
omics rather than moral" 1t appears that if
Texas and her "hoSteSSes" were moral and didn't
intend to compete with the Paris girls things
would be different. TOO many night club ladies
IN Paris already" said the ambassador
Meanwhile, from the top deck, Texas wasl
screaming at the French dicks Hey suckers
I've been thrown out of better places than this
Is this the land Jack Pershing and 1000 oo0|
Americans helped to liberate2 There's no moro
liberty here than in Russia" That last crack
was picked up straight from Haywood BrounB
column in the World-Telegram
1t was all very touching. Norman Thoma5
should protest The Civil Liberties Union shot,ld
demand the civil rights of an American citizen
be made effective The American Fund for
Public Service should send Kerensky a check to
finance an appeal to Aristde BRAND, and the
New Republic write another editorial saying tbs
it is all due to the SILLY Communists" attac'
ing the good constructive Socialists"
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-06-05
PRE- CONVENTION DISCUSSIONS
YOUNG COMMUNIST LEAGUE. U. S. A.
Experiences in Shop Work

unit we see the general attitude that was
taken by units that we did not feel it neces-
sary to htlp. AS the comrade that represented
that unit stated in her own words, 81 am on
the shock troop because we did not have any
body else that wanted or could be on it,"
Practical experience forced us to drop this
rather cumbersome form of organizing the
the plant
In line with the procedure that the National
Office has been following of sending shockers
to the various districts, the district has sent
the leading comrades to be responsible for the
work carried on at our factory concentration
points. Not only does this method gain a lot
of experience for the YCL and also act as train
ing for even these comrades but has also kept
the district in direct touch with these points.
Coming to the Gem Factory we found the
following situation. Not so long ago when we
began work here we had group of workers
who came to meetings called by the Metal Work.
ers' Industrial League. Everytime that these
workers met, the union always managed to have
a different rep. who went through the same
procedure as the previous rep. Always asking
their names. their addresses, their age, then
leave with the assurance that the Union would
do something Always it was that the union
would do something and the workers act only
as an information bureau TO the union. No
concrete, definite activity was given these
workers These workers we're not made to feel
they the union. Because OF such methods
we reached period when the workers wouldn't
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-06-05
BY l.. COOPER New York;.


IN the New York District we have gone through
4 quite a few experiences in our work at the
factories We have made many mistakes most
OF these coming from our lack of consistency
in our work We can divide our experiences at
the factory concentration points into the fol-
lowing:
New forms of activities.
2.-Failure to raise partial demands and mob
ilize young workers for struggle on these.
Let us take for example our work in the Gem
Razor Plant. First in planning this factory as
section concentration for Brooklyn where we
have several units in four different territories
it was wrong This whole section was to be
made Gem conscious" that is involved in the
life in and around this factory therefore we
proceeded in a purely mechanical manner to
have shock troops composed of representatives
from all units and assigned beside this we're
the three units that were around the plant to
do all their work at this plant. One big mis-
take in this was the following-we did not take
into consideration factors which are important,
such as local interest in the factory and the
reflection of this local interest in the life of
the unit The unit response to such a me-
chailical step plain disregard Of work at
this factory. Although I don't want to excuse
the units for not carrying out the instructions
OF the district, this response was reaction to
wrong decision. The units responded either
with no representation or bad representation.
Taking the case OF one unit (the Brownsville
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-06-05
We Set No Date

comrade who corresponds with friends ID
France tells us that there, among the news
paper men the rumor is current that war is
to "break out" in the coming July. Our COM
rade notes that this agrees with the prophecy
OF Ludendorff, the German general whose book
on the coming war was commented ON in the
N. Y. Times only about ten days ago.
What do we know about it? Well, we know
that imperialist war is certain as sunrise But
whether it will come in July or not we do not
venture to prophecy.
Everywhere, and inst as much in America as
elsewhere the imperialist governments are in
real fever of war preparations ANY day. both
before and after, as wei: as during July the
new world massacre may begin. War hysteria,
particularly against the Soviet Union. is being
consciously whipped up. That is ceai
But don't be deluded by. the apparent mass
enthusiasm for war when it begins Before it is
over, there will be more mass enthusiasm to-
stop it, determination 10 overthrow the i.nper-
ialst governments whi~li started IL ard con-
tinuc it.
Even the little limitation bombs dropped BY
accident" over upper New York the other day.
sent half million people into hystcria. lott
OF patriots will learn what it's like TO be AL
Nicaraguan before the next war is ended, and
they'll be ready to be called bandits and put
an END TO 1t 1sN,IslgISYgyD{ s&Ea;
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ize mistake-call those responsible to account
and revive this activity
Even the Young Pioneers who have group
in this section can't be utilized. Due to activ-
ity that the Young Pioneers have carried on
child was gotten in, whose mother works in
the factory. No attempt SO far has been made
to sound out this parent yet here we can see
what can be accomplished.
In spite OF these varied forms of work that
have in many cases met with partial success
no systematic approach towards activity on this
plant has been worked out. And only through
systematizng and organizing our approach to
the workers will we be able To succeed.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-06-05


After making new start we had four work.
ers who were ready to help Besides using these
workers for getting contacts, speaking to friends
and in general trying to organize workers, they
are putting out paper issued directly by them.
new method that is being utilized and is
meeting with some response from the workers
inside is the method of issuing little slips Of
papers and putting these in convenient places.
This in many cases is the center of discussions
among the workers because it shows that the
union is inside, and part Of them. The meth
cd of chalking up walls, ETC., is another method
that can be used. The main shortcoming in
our work here has been the complete failure
of raising in an organized manner any partial
demands. Because of raising these demands as
they came to our attention we made a few
mistakes by issuing wrong demands. Demands
that the workers did not want. In those places
that we did raise these partial demands they
we're raised only as propaganda slogans Let
us take the Polymet Radio as an example. There
simple demand based on unsanitary condi-
tons was raised. This demand was raised in
the shop bulletin as one the workers we're TO
ret only by going To the union. This demand
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1931-05-07
FARM LOAN GROUPS
MEET AT SANDSTONE

Between eighty and ninety repre-
sentatives from the AskOv, Markville,
Sturgeon Lake, and Sandstone Ma
tional Farm Loan associations which
are under the supervision of the Fed
eral Land Bank in st. Paul, gathered
in a business session in the banquet
room of the Madison Hotel in Sand
stone Wednesday. The meeting began
at 10 a. m. and a free banquet to
those attending was enjoyed at noon,
the style and the quality of which
caused the AskOv representatives to
comment on the excellence of the
Madison service.
A feature of the meeting was a lee
ture given by L. A. Lien, manager of
the farm sales department of the Fed
eral Land Bank. During his talk Mr..
Lien brought out many good points
as to the handling of farm finances.
The speaker compared the conditions
that surrounded borrowing of money
in the days before the farm loan assO-
citation system was in existence with
those at the present time and clari-
fed his talk with illustrations.
The Federal Land Bank system of
which there are II in the United
States, was inaugurated in 1917 and
the Askov charter was the forty-ninth
issued.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1931-05-07
SANDSTONE PAIR
Welded Is YEARS
Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas OrStad Are
Feted by Fifty-twO Friends
and Relatives.

Fifty-two guests were present Sum
day at the home of Mr.. and Mrs.
Thomas Orstad in Sandstone, to help
them celebrate their silver wedding
anniversary where dinner and supper
were enjoyed in happy reunion. The
Orstads were married in the Quarry
City 25 years ago and have large
circle of friends who were largely
responsible for the success of the
happy event Sunday. Mr.. and Mrs.
Orstad have one son, Ben, who is
afflicted with paralysis and does not
go to school, The honor couple was
presented with purse of money and
beautiful rose tree plant from the
guests.
Those attending from st. Paul were
Mr.. and Mrs. A. Gunderson, Mr.. and
Mrs. w. Carlson, Mr.. and Mrs. F.
Nelson, Mr.. and Mrs. Lochert, Mr.. and
Mrs. o. Gunderson, Mr.. and Mrs. A.
Petschel; the Mesdames Hegberg,
Siversen, Picha, Wickworth; the
Misses E. Schultz, Gladys and Mar
garet Seversen; the Messers Charlie
Rogallo, Danielson, M. Peterson and
Olav RyremO.
Those from Sandstone who were
guests included the following: Mrs. X.
Orstad, mother of Mr.. Orstad; Mr..
and Mrs. AL Orstad, AXel and Carl
Orstad. Mr.. and Mrs. l. Orstad of
Grindstone Lake also attended. All
of the latter named gentlemen are
brothers of Thomas Orstad.
The American joins with the many
friends of the Orstads in extending
best wishes and congratulations to
them.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1931-05-07
PINE CITY HEARS
HINDU SPEAKER
Native of India Tells i'm Interesting
Manner of Conditions in
Home Country.

Professor H. X. Mondel, native of
India, spoke at the Methodist church
in Pine City last Sunday morning and
also at the churches in Chengwatana
and Rock Creek on the same dates.
Using very fluent English, the speaker
spoke in an entertaining manner por-
traying the conditions to be found in
India and also described some of the
great work being done by missionaries
and local Christian workers to re-
lieve distress and suffering.
Professor Mondel was graduated
from college in the year 1915 and
from an English college in India in
1919. He has also studied extensively
in America and England. His father
was a Hindu farmer and also served
as a local preacher. The speaker
dwelt entirely on educational and re-
ligious matters in his address, and
did not mention the political condi-
tions now existing in India.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1931-05-07
A YOUNG PINE CITY
WOMAN DIES SUDDENLY
Funeral of Mrs. Wflmar Rose Held
Wednesday Afternoon; Was Born
i'm North Dakota.

Mrs. Wilmar Rose a young Pine
City woman of %, passed away at a
Minneapolis hospital Sunday after
noon, the cause of death being child
birth and peritonitis.
Mrs. Rose was born in North Dako-
ia, near Jamestown. She was married
in July of last year to Mr.. Rose who
then resided in Nebraska but who was
born and raised in Rock Creek town.
ship. They moved to Pine City last
September and had since resided
there.
Funeral services were conducted in
the Methodist church at Pine City
yesterday afternoon, the Rev. L. John
son officiating, and interment was
made in the Brentwood cemetery.
The pallbearers were Ed Crofoot, VIM.
Mount, Henry Cherrier, Chas. Trip
pier, VIM. Schwartzwald, and Mr..
Keecher. Besides the sorrowing hus-
band Mrs. Rose leaves to mourn her
untimely passing her mother, Mrs.
Burtel, and a sister, Mrs. Schiller,
who were present at the funeral; and
also three brothers.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1931-05-07
HALF CENTURY
| span CROSSED.
Rock Greek Couple Observe
Their Golden Wedding
Anniversary.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ne1S BOrnhOft
Have Lived in County
16 Years.

The home of Mr.. and Mrs. NeIs
Bornhoft at Rock Creek was the scene
of golden wedding anniversary cele-
bration Thursday when several rela-
tives and friends gathered during the
day to honor the venerable couple
who are held in high esteem.
Mr.. and Mrs. Bornhoft were mar
ried in Denmark on April 80, 1881,
and came to the United States the
same year settling in Iowa where
they lived until 1900 when they came
to Lincoln county, Minnesota. From
there they came to Rock Creek 16
years ago where they have since made
their home on the farm and in the
village, the latter place being their
home now where Mr.. Bornhoft is
janitor in the village school.
Mr.. Bornhoft is 76 years of age and
is in fair health while Mrs. Bornhoft
is 70 and has been an invalid for
many years. They have reared a
family of five children, three boys and
two girls, Christ and George Bornhoft
who operate maple syrup ranch
itOCi IACiilSh, AhuiCWp Will d IOdu
construction crew in the southern
part of the state, and Mrs. Richard
Holmes of near Sturgeon Lake and
Mrs. John A. Johnson of near Willow
River. All of the children except
Andrew were home for the occasion,
as were Mr.. and Mrs. ]. c. Jensen of
AskOv, and Mr.. and Mrs. Chris A.
Sandager of Faribault, Mrs. Jensen
and Mrs. Sandager being nieces.
During the day the Rock Creek min
lister and some friends gathered and
short program was rendered, which
helped to fill out day made happy
for the honored couple by the kindness
and we'll wishes of their many friends
and relatives. A purse of gold was
presented to Mr.. and Mrs. Bornhoft
by those present.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1931-05-07
TO HAVE
FILLING STATION
Erection of Building on Old Hotel
Corner Has Been Started; To be
in Operation June 1.

Construction operations were COM
menced yesterday on new gasoline
and oil service station in Askov on
the old hotel corner, facing north.
The structure will be modern in all
respects and will be stucco finished.
The building itself will be IL by Is
feet with a canopy extending out over
the pumps making the roof about 26
feet long.
Hans Koed, owner and promoter of
the project, has leased the business
to Clarence Morgensen who expects
to be in full swing there by June
as the building is scheduled to be
finished by May rs.
Which kind of gasoline and oil will
be sold there is yet undecided as vari-
GUS tempting offers have been made
by the different gasoline companies.
However, it is safe to say that it
will be the latest and most modern
tion with the ideal location should be
good drawing card for the only BUSH
ress that does not seem to slow up
under the depression.
Mr.. Morgensen has been with the
Askov Motor Co. for the past two years
and realizes that service and quality
are the essentials for successful
business, and says that those qualifi-
cations can be secured at the new sta
tion both early and late. The Ameri-
can extends best wishes and good luck
to him in his new undertaking.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1931-05-07
Club Standings.

The Pine County Baseball league
started play Sunday and the 1880
championship Moose Lake team COM
menced where it left off last fall by
defeating Pine City in a smuggling
match Is to II. Brook Park was
nosed out to in a ten-inning con-
test with Sandstone, with both teams
featuring midseason style of play.
Sturgeon Lake, runner-up in the
league last season, defeated Askov
to 1 with Mack Anderson for Sturgeon
striking out Is of the Askovites.
Mack Anderson pitching for Stur-
geon Lake made the strike-out record
Sunday with total of Is while Wes-
terman for Brook Park, and Ed Lar
son for Sandstone famed 10 and
IA respectively. Two home runs and
several double plays featured the
play. In the three games 46 hits were
made to net the six teams a total
of 43 scores with the winners of the
three games scoring 26 to their op-
ponents II, thus making a compare
lively close average play.
Professional umpires from the
Northwest Umpires association of
Minneapolis had charge of the games.
The box scores for the various
games follow:
Sandstone <. Rrook Park a.