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The Alaska fisherman. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1923-1932, 1932-01-15
THE BROTHERHOOD
IN POLITICS


the fact that the Alaska Native
Brotherhood took active interest
in political affairs in Alaska.
Their chief objection being that
the political action of the organ
ization has been opposed to the
directors. Proof of which lies in
silence, almost painful on their
side, at the detection of Klawock
and Metlakatla and the Joy they
express at counting those pre-
cincts lost to the Brotherhood.
Heretofore, direction of the
political action of this organi-
cation was in the hands of the
Executive Committee, composed
only of past-grand presidents.
This committee of seven turned
to William L. Paul for his re-
Communications and findings.
This year, the convention ap-
pointed a committee of three
President Frank Johnson, Kake;
F. D. Price, Juneau and Louis F..
Paul, Petersburg-which COM
n2ittee is instructed to look into
the fitness, honesty and integ-
rity and capability Of each
Political candidate and report to
the camps their findings and re-
concentrations. There is no di-
rcction in their recommended
tiCns-the camps are left free to
accept or reject the findings OF
the committee.
Just where this is going to put
the organization in politics is a
matter of serious conjecture to
students of Alaska politics. The
political situation is more acute
now than when the leadership
Of the organization was vested
in William L. Paul. For under
his leadership, the organization
was primarily Republican and
now under the amended resolu-
ticns, the organization may sup
pert any candidate it sees fit.
And it will always support only
such candidates as are fit, cap
The Alaska fisherman. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1923-1932, 1932-01-15

and sent to the Clerk Of the
House for introduction in Con-
gress many important measures,
among which are the following:
A bill to amend the Organic
Act and give the Territory great
er powers; providing that the
Legislative Assembly shall have
power to provide for the creation
and organization Of counties
and county form Of government
that no county shall have less
than 500 legal voters nor less
area than 1000 square miles.
and shall not be created until
the question is first submitted
to legal electors residing within
the proposed county and approv-
co by three-ffths majority Of
the legal votes cast at such
election.
That the United States shall
annually poy to the Territory s
sum equal to fifty Der cent Of the
amount received from the share
Of the u. S. in the operation OF
the seal fisheries Of the Pribilof
Islands.
To repeal the Act of Congress
entitled can Act to prohibit the
manufacture or sale Of alcoholic
liquors in the Territory Of Alas
i>a."
To establish a Supreme Court
Tor the Territory Of Alaska, to be
composed of a Chief Justice and
the four District Judges.
To authorize the construction
Of Coal Bunker as a part Of
tile Alaska Railroad at Seward,
and appropriating $4,000 there
Tor.
To authorize the Secretary Of
the Treasury to purchase block
6 in the town of Juneau for the
site and better fire protection Of
the Federal and Territorial
building, and appropriating $780,
600 for carrying out the purposes
Of the Act; providing that the
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-11-17

thus saving the rich from taxation.
RELIEF AMOUNTS
SHARPLY CUT
In practically every city amounts
given in relief during the winter of
1882 had been sharply cut down
by October, 1892 Milwaukee, Wis,
for example, under a Socialist
administration, cut it's total expen-
ditures for relief by so per cent
between March and July, 1892, al
though the numbers of unemployed
and their immediate needs were
steadily increasing.
Amounts now given by the well
fare agencies range from nine cents
a person per day in Schenectady
and Syracuse, and eleven cents a
day in New York City, up to fifteen
cents day in Detroit. Yet in De-
troit, this amount as scheduled OH
paper by the city relief administra-
ton, is in actual practice often cut
down to something like Z cents
person a day. Tulsa, Oklahoma, by
a special commissary plan, feeds its
10000 hungry citizens on six cents
a person a day. Atlanta, Georgia.
feeds its unemployed on a fraction
of one cent per person per meal
These amounts paid in relief are
not enough even for food to keep
a family in good health, to say
nothing OF shelter, fuel, light, cloth
ing and medical aid, which are no
longer even attempted by the well
fare agencies. The U. S. Children's
Bureau in its special studies of
economy budgets declares that at
least $5.15 for food alone is the
minimum requirement for a family
of three persons. Yet this is more
than twice the amount now given
by most agencies.
IN THE face of this situation, Off
Gals of the American Federation
Of Labor are terrified for fear the
hungry workers will rise in revolt
and demand food. Simply "as a
protection against revolution" Will
liam Green and the A. F. of L. vice
presidents have been vaguely dis
cussing some halfway scheme of
unemployment insurance. They
have been forced to take this posi-
ton by the mass pressure of rank
and-file workers within the Amer
lean Federation of Labor. The real
reason why Green and his lieu
tenants yielded to the pressure is
revealed in an official release of the
A. F. of L., Nov. IL, 1882, quoting
the British fraternal delegate Dukes
as saying that unemployment in
surance prevents revolution
The starving unemployed have
had enough of the charity that is
given as sop ito prevent revolu-
tion." They have had enough OF
these miserable charity handouts.
They are on the march to demand
immediate relief and real unem-
ployment insurance at the expense
of the bosses and the government.
They refuse to submit any longer to
the dictates of local and state relief
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-11-17

the end of November. This conven-
ton will not be as peaceful as
the one held last year in Vancouver
or the previous one in Boston. Sim
ultaneously with this convention,
the A. F. of L. Committees for IN
employment Insurance are calling
mass. conference in Cincinnati on
Nov. % and % in the American
Federation of Labor Hall, 1918 Wal
nut st. This conference of the
rank and file will express the de-
mands of the members of the A. F.
of l.. They will work out a pro-
gram for unemployment insurance,
for immediate relief and for exemp-
ton of dues stamps for the unem-
ployed and still remain in the or
ganization with full rights. The
Cincinnati mass conference must
go further than that. They must
give full support to the second Hun
ger March to Washington. They
must urge all local unions to par
ticipate in this Hunger March to
give moral and financial support
and join together with the millions
of unorganized unemployed work
ers in their struggle for federal I'M
employment insurance and imme-
date winter relief. Local unions
in the cities through which the
Hunger Marchers will pass must ar
range mass meetings together with
the Hunger Marchers and partici-
pate in the struggles led by the
unemployed councils against the
city administration for more relief.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-11-17
N. Y. JObless Could
Fill Ten Cities

NEW YORK, N. Y.-The jobIess
in New York are numerous enCrr-
to fill ten cities, each as large as
Albany, N. Y, according to David
G. Adie, Commissioner of Social
Welfare. He reveals further that
Is cities and six counties in the
state are already falling behind
even the present meager relief pro-
gram. 1t is from these hosts Of the
unemployed that the National. Hun
ger March will build its delegation.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-11-17

TIE DAILY WORKER IS THE
ONLY ENGLISH WORKING
CLASS PAPER THAT RALLIES
THE MASSES AND ORGANIZES
THE STRUGGLE FOR UNEM-
PLOYMENT RELIEF AND IN
SURANCE AS WELL AS THE
FIGHT AGAINST WAGE CUTS
FOR THOSE STILL EMPLOYED!
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-11-17
BOSSES FORCE DONATIONS

Employers impose forced collec-
tons for these private campaigns
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-11-17
RANK AND FILE
DEFY OFFICIALS

The rank and file of the A. F..
of l.. defeated the officials of the
Executive Council. In spite of their
opposition to unemployment insT-
ance, and their threats of expul-
sion, one local after another adopted
the Workers Unemployment Insur-
ance Bill and organized fighting
committees of delegates from local
unions for unemployment insurance
and immediate relief. The rank
and file has forced the officialdom
of the A. F. of L. to come out in
favor of unemployment insurance.
Although this was maneuver on
their part to stop the growing
movement for unemployment insur-
ance, yet it was a partial victory.
The rank and file Is not satisfied
with Green's or any other execu-
tive's promises; they want unem-
ployment insurance, immediate re-
lief and they have expressed their
willingness to fight for it.
The SIND annual convention of
the American Federation of Labor
will meet in Cincinnati, Ohio, at
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-11-17
Grim Factsof Poverty
Hunger. in the U.S.A.
Bosses Cut Down Relief, Compel Employed to
Care for Starving Families
BY Labor Research Association

BY Labor Research Association
CTARVATTON is a reality in the
~ United States. Now at the be-
ginning of this fourth winter of the
crisis, at least 100000 workers are
unemployed. At least 48,000,000
persons, or more than one-third the
total population of the country, are
without regular income. Untold
numbers are working only part time,
not enough to provide even a min
imum of subsistence for themselves
and their families.
Conditions are becoming steadily
worse, as all the welfare" spokes-
men admit. Relief needs are many
times more acute than last year.
Slight seasonal gains in employ
ment in October are being wiped
out in November. Even after the
small seasonal gains of last month,
IS per cent are still out of work in
building. 46 per cent in metal
trades, AZ per cent in manufactur-
ing, SO per cent in water transport,
81 per cent in theaters and so per
cent among musicians and other
professionals.
HUGE LOSSES IN WAGES
Workers have lost in income, as
a result of unemployment, part time
and wage cuts, at least 48 billion
dollars in the last three years. ac-
cording to conservative estimates of
business surveys. In the one year
1882 it is estimated that workers are
receiving 25 billion dollars less than
in 1929.
Capitalists have laid on the Shout
ders of the working class the main
burden of the crisis. While work.
ers were losing these 48 billions in
wages and salaries, the principal
corporations of the United States
were paying to bond and stock
holders interest and dividends to-
falling over eight billion dollars a
year From 1926 to the first half
of 1880, dividend and interest pay
ments increased at such a rate that
in the first half of 1890 they reached
a peak 81 per cent higher than the
1926 level. The total volume of in
terest and dividend payments in
both 1880 and 1881 were higher
than in 1929, and in the first half
of 1882 they were still 72 per cent
above the 1926 level.
IN RELIEF also the main burden
is laid on the working class. Cap
italists save themselves from taxa
ton by means of charity drives in
PRODUCED by rich men and women
speaking at expensive dinners in the
grand bathrooms of ritzy hotels, and
their speeches are printed in full
in the newspapers next day. And
with all this blah-blah in the capt.
talist press about the private char
ity campaigns, it is the workers in
the final analysis who do the
giving"
BOSSES FORCE DONATIONS
Employers impose forced collec-
q
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-11-17
THOUSANDS TO
( DEMAND RELIEF
Congress to Hear
Delegates of Jobless
Millions
Continued from Page u
haps) be given next spring.

haps) be given next spring.
AT the same time, the Washing
ton government Is today, this min
ute, actually a coalition govern
ment of both Hoover and Roose-
welt, and both equally represent
the capitalist class. If Hoover can
call upon Roosevelt to make joint
policies with him about the Allied
debts, the war question, ETC., then
if we march, demonstrate and or
ganize with sufficient energy and
in sufficient numbers, We can even
force them to talk about serious
proposal of relief and insurance to
Congress when it meets on Dec. 5.
All these facts and arguments.
and thousand others, we must
patiently, Systematically and ener-
getically carry to the broadest
masses Of workers and rally them
to the support OF the National Hun
ger March which is already on its
way to Washington.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-11-17
HUNGER
MARCH
BY DAVE BROWN.

BY DAVE BROWN.
SAY,
there's flophouses in Detroit
slop joints in Pittsburgh
HooYervilleS in Seattle
and in st. Louis we live
under the big bridges
that swing over the Mississippi
WE'RE HUNGER MARCHERS
delegates from unemployed,
starving America
marching to Washington
with hunger burning in our CUTS
hunger-song in our Threats
from shops, mines, miles closed
from farms barren and desolate
marching from the west coast,
marching
from far Seattle, Texas, hunger
burning in our CUTS :. over all
the states united, we come
MILLIONS BEHIND US
READY TO MARCH!
ready to fight
for bread and freedom
for the right to live
CLASS AGAINST CLASS!
banners Of militant anger
against the hunger rulers
against the counters of dollars
SPILLERS OF WORKERS
BLOOD!
our might is rising
prisoners Of starvation
greed and exploitation
acid Of revolt burning in our
breasts
burning, burning in our gutsi
Workers in London-down with
the means test!
Workers in Poland-down with
terror!
Workers in Ita1y--down with
faciSmi
Workers in all colonial lands!
Workers in India, China
down with peonage, death to
imperialism!
LET THE HUNGER RULERS
at the sound of marching feet
united in hunger
united in battle
against the bloodsuckers
against war and all misery
against capitalism and death.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-11-17
A. FL. Rank.
andFile IN Big
Hunger March
By LOUIS 10th.

tatlVeS OF the millions OF hungry
and unemployed will gather in
Washington on Dec. S. The second
time the representatives of the
working class will place their de-
mands before the u. S. Congress.
The demands are the demands of
every worker, employed and unem-
ployed, organized and unorganized,
white and Negro, foreign-born and
native, citizen or non-citizen.
Among the fifteen million unem
ployed and millions of part-time
workers there are organized and
unorganized workers hundreds Of
thousands Of unemployed, members
of American Federation Of Labor
and railroad brotherhoods; there
are hundreds Of thousands former
members of the American Fedora
ton of Labor and railroad brother
hoods who were expelled and sus-
pended because of non-payment of
dues on account of unemployment.
The rank and file of the Ameri-
can Federation of Labor and rail-
road brotherhoods have realized
this, last year, when the first hun
ger marchers went down to Wash
ington under the leadership of the
National Unemployed Councils. The
rank and file members of the A. F.
of L. gave moral and financial sup
port to the hunger marchers last
year. Mere than that, they par
ticipated in the Hunger March to-
gether with the unemployed work
ers and demanded from Congress
federal unemployment insurance
and immediate winter relief for
themselves and for their starving
families.
OFFICIALS AGAINST RELIEF
The attitude of the high-salaried
officialdom of the A. F. of L. to-
wards the Hunger Marchers was
similar to their attitude on unem-
ployment insurance. The official
dom of the A. F. of L., William
Green, M Vol, Hutchinson, Duffy,
and every international president,
vice president, general organizer,
who do not suffer from rnemploy-
ment, and are receiving a princely
salary of $4,000 to $4,000 a year,
are very strongly opposed to fed
eral unemployment insurance or to
immediate winter relief. These rep
reSentatiyes of the employing class
are safeguarding the interests of the
government and the millionaires.
Crisis or prosperity, these officials
are getting their salaries regularly.
If the income from the local unions
decreases, if the per capita tax sent
in by the locals do not cover the
expenditures Of the high official
dom, they call a moratorium on
death and disability payments and
use the funds for their salaries and
expenses, These fat boys of the A.
F. of L. are the open tools of the
employers. They are helping them
cut the wages of the workers; they
are supporting all capitalist schemes
Of wage-cuts. Mr.. Teagle's Share
the-work" plan is welcomed by the
labor leaders. Hoover's "stagger"
plan and all other forms Of wage
cuts are supported by them. They
are in favor of shorter workday and
shorter work-week with a CORE
spending reduction in pay. They
join every reactionary in this coun-
try with the bankers and Million
aires to fight against unemployment
insurance.
RANK AND FILE
DEFY OFFICIALS
The rank and file of the A. F.
of l.. defeated the officials of the
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-11-17

NEGRO DELEGATE "A Pennsyi-
vania coal miner in the 1881 Ma
tional Hunger March. Increasing
thousands of Negro workers are
Joining ranks with white workers in
the fight for immediate relief and
Unemployment Insurance.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-11-17
SUPPORT THE FIGHT

Call meetings to report upon and
discuss the Hunger March. Garry
the question into every trade union,
every workers club, every mutual
aid organization. Bring in the vet
erars, and support the veterans
march in the demand for the bonus.
Organize to help the marchers, with
food, clothing and money.
All forces to the support of the
Hunger MarcherS!
Fight for $50 winter relief for
every unemployed worker, plus So
for each dependent. in addition to
local relief!
Fight for unemployment and So
cial insurance, at the expense of
the government and the employers!
On to Washington on Dec. S!
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-11-17

on the workers in their plants, thus
putting the burden of these ''relief"
schemes ON the employed workers
whose wages have been repeatedly
slashed. That workers contribute
the major part of these funds may
be seen from the published lists Of
receipts of the emergency drives
and 81 Will Share" movements.
The worker dares not refuse to give
voluntarily" for fear of losing his
job. And after he has given, the
company Of course takes all the
credit for the giving and the sum
panhandled from the employees is
listed opposite its name in the lists
of contributors.
So in all the Block Aid" schemes
and Community Fund drives it is
the workers who still have any jobs
at all, however low the wages, who
are expected to share" with other
workers. These schemes are planned
with a view to- squeezing contribu-
tions out of the working class and
thus saving the rich from taxation.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-11-17

HUNGER MARCH PICTORIAL =
Should be sold along the line of
march at 10 cents a copy. Bundle
orders, now available at 4 cents a
copy. Wire your order to the Ma
tiOnal Committee of Unemployment
Councils, 799 Broadway, New York,
Room 436.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1932-11-04
Barter That Satisfied
All Concerned in Deal

Forty-five years ago owned a
lumber business in little country
town in Manitoba. We were all des-
perately poor; a $40 bill looked as
large as a bed sheet.
One day farmer asked me to sell
him, on credit. $40 worth of lumber,
explaining that he had sold some
hogs to the butcher, who could not
pay him. The butcher would go good
for the lumber bill, he said. ex
planned to the farmer that l would
as soon trust him as the butcher and
told him to get the butcher, who con-
firmed the farmers story.
I asked the butcher if he sold
meat to the Grand Central hotel,
where | was boarding. He said he
did and that they were owing him
money. told him to go to the hotel
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1932-11-04

Syrup Pepsin. This gentle stimulant
will soon right thingsI The bowels
will move with better regularity
and thoroughness. There won't be
so many sick spells or colds. Youth
find it just as wonderful for adults.
too, in larger spoonfulsl
Get some Syrup Pepsin; protect
your household from those bilious
days, frequent headaches, and that
sluggish state of half-health that
means the bowels need stimulating.
Keep this preparation in the home
to use instead of harsh cathartics
that cause chronic constipation if
taken too often. You can always
get DR.. Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin at
any drug store; they have it all
ready in big bottles.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1932-11-04

HAPPY little girl. just bursting
L i with pep, and she has never
tasted a ''tonicl"
Every child's stomach, liver, and
bowels need stimulating at times.
but give children something you
know all about.
Follow the advice of that famous
family physician who gave the
world Syrup Pepsin. Stimulate the
body's pital organs. DR.. CaldwelPs
prescription of pure pepsin. active
SIENNA, and fresh herbs is a mild
stimulant that keeps the system
from getting sluggish.
If your youngsters don't do well
at school, don't play as hard or eat
as well as other children do, begin
this evening with DR.. Caldwell's
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1932-11-04
DISPENSING With Help

''You say you have musical educa-
tion?' asked Senator Sorghum.
"Yes," replied the young man who
is learning politics. "But don't ex-
pect it to be of much assistance in
this business"
"You can't tell. There may be so
much objection to mans receiving
campaign contributions that every can
didate will have to be his own brass
band" Washington Star.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1932-11-04
copr. 1882, The Bayer Co., Inc.

and get me two S. meal tickets on
account of his meat bill, which he
did, and / furnished the farmer with
the lumber.
So the hotel paid for it's meat, the
butcher for the hogs, the farmer for
the lumber. and l for my board with
out any money passing.-W. ]. Palm
er, in Wall Street Journal.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1932-11-04
No Qne-Storv Man

Tramp-Madam, I've got an invalid
wife and six small, children, am out
of job and haven't cent to feed
them. l haven't always had this story
to tell.
Mrs. Wise-No, last time you were
widower with four crippled children
and no roof over your heads. and the
time before that you were working
your sons way through college.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1932-11-04
What Can You
Do For he Pains
Of Rheumatism :?
Pain Ended II, Few Minutes, This Way

It has now been discovered by
thousands of rheumatic sufferers
that the pains of that distressing
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Doctors advise two tablets of
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utes 1. and that is all. Pain is
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Relief comes so fast because of
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STANTLY in your stomach. And
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The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1932-11-04
ONE TOO MANY

"How's Mabels affair with Jack go
ing on?" asked Mrs. Flatte.
Their engagement has been broken
off," said Mabel's mother stiffly.
"Well. I'm surprised to hear that"
said Mrs. Flatte. Il was always given
to understand that Mabel adored every
hair in the young mans head"
Mabel's mother shifted.
"But not every hair on his shoulder
as WELL" she shot back.-Stray Stories.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1932-11-04

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marked Genuine Bayer Aspirin"
And that any tablet you take has
the name ''Bayer' stamped on it in
the form of a cross. Then you will
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Remember that when you buy.
And remember, too, that Genuine
Bayer Aspirin Does Not Harm the
Heart.