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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-12-03
WORKER CORRESPONDENCE


The organization Of group in
New York City to develop worker cor
respondents from the ranks of the
different organizations and from the
workers as whole is a forward step.
In the revolutionary movement in
this country there are not enough
worker correspondents, as the term is
really meant and applied in the Eu-
ropean revolutionary movement.
A Worcorr is a WORKER who steadily
informs the press Of the conditions
in his factory or if he is unemployed
in his neighborhod; of the thoughts
OF the workers in reference to these
conditions, and who sees that the
press is distributed in the correct
place when the information is
printed.
Such workers help to break down
the hold the bosses have on the
minds Of the workers. They show
that the problem each individual
worker faces, is the same problem
every other worker fsces-in other
words that 1t is the problem of the
entire working class. They help to
stimulate some activity and struggle
in connection with thesa working
class problems-perhaps encourage
the building OF a grievance commit
tee in shop, or g. neighborhood Or
ganization of the unemployed. Thus
they help to make the revolutionary
press serve the purpose as Lenin
said: ito be a collective agitator,
propagandizer and organizer"
The New York group is not COM
posed entirely of worker correspen-
dents, but has decided to form GER
tain rules for the membership which
Will develop them as such. Every
member Is registered and the place of
his work is his assignment. At least
one item a week ON conditions in the
place Of work or residence is being
brought in by the group. The writer's
keep a copy OF their article and send
one copy to the press. A group dis
cussion of the articles written and
criticism and suggestions of changes
are made at their weekly meetings.
The ero,,n is oo;no 70 1o,,,c,,
meetings to which SNEAKERS on tha
struggles Of The workino-claer vilI
come. A nurnher of the osTo,,,, nil
link I'D the tsIIC WITH +be roIo If If
worker eorresnondence il, boi,o% a.,
arm to develop the different struggles
Of the workers more rapidly and
correctly. From these meetings they
will recruit workers for their group
and thus widen the basic relationship
of the revolutionary press with the
workers.
The eroun has iust etsrtad b,,4
these two main forms Of activitv ara
the result of their first efforts ~ 2r,aI,
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-12-03
TROTsKY GOES HOME.

COPENHACfEN, Denmark, Dec. 2.
Unable to face the hostile demons
trations of workers in the cities which
he had planned to visit, Leon Trot-
aky, leading anti-Soviet propaganda,
who delivered lecture here before
a group Of socialist college students,
has decided to go back to his home in
Prinkipo, Turkey. Trotsky left at
noon today by automobile for
Esbjerg, wf1ere he will embark to-
morrow for France.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-12-03
FUTHER PROGRESS ON MOS
COW-DONBAS RAILROAD

The first 80 miles of the new Mos
cow-Donbas railroad line will be
finished shortly and ready for fall
and winter shipping. About 800 miles
Of the roadbed is ready for the laying
of rails. The new line will serve
primarily to connect the industrial
region around Moscow with the
Donbas coal fields. and to transport
oil.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-12-03

Read the Daily Worker every day
Tor National Hunger March news
and d.recfionx.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-12-03

Read the Daily Worker every day
for National Hunger March news
and directions.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-12-03
MORE NEW YORK
VETS TO LEAVE
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Estimate took no action on the ex-
SerVicemens demands, but instead
voted approval of the Purdy letter.
This morning and afternoon the
Veterans Rank and File Committee
will hold a series of open-air rneet--
ings to rally support for the bonus
march. This evening the bonus
marcherS are called to report at Rank
and File headquarters, 154 West goth
st. A sendoff parade for the march
ers is being planned.
Call Vets to Form COMMITTEES
WASHINGTON, Dec. 2. With
more than 5000 ex-servicemen al
ready in Washington and large groups
marching from all parts of the coun-
try to demand at the opening of
Congress Dec. immediate payment
Of the bonus and no cuts in dis
ability allowances, the Veterans Ma
tional Rank and File Committee, in
statement issued today, called no
all groups of bonus mareherS to elect
their own rank and file committees
and report at the bonus march head
quarters 905 81" st., N. W., as soon
as they arrive in Washington.
Instructions to the bonus marcherS
also urge the full participation of
rank and file vets in all proposals
and decisions, the registration of the
vets by their own representatives, the
inclusion of Negro veterans on all
committees and a determined struggle
against all attempts to Segregate the
Negro vets.
The Rank and File Committee also
announced that, in addition to pre-
Senting a petition for the immediate
payment Of the bonus without cuts in
disability allowances, the marchers
will join in a mass tribute to Hushka
and Carlson, the two veterans who
were murdered when police attacked
the first bonus marchers on Bloody
Thursday, July %.
Herd Vets in Fascist Groups
NEW YORK.--With the coopera-
ton OF the Veterans of Foreign Wars,
the organization of unemployed ex-
servicemen into fascist units under
military discipline has been started
with the opening of barracks at $40
f. saith st. Raymond v. Ingersoll,
former impartial chairman of the
cloak and suit industry and crony Of
the socialist misleaders of the In
ternational Ladies Garment Workers
Union, heads the committee which is
in charge of the barracks.
Fifty unemployed veterans who
were living at the Municipal Lodging
House, have already been quartered
in these barracks, with $50 more
scheduled to arrive.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-12-03
BRITISH PLAN
TRADE REPRHALS

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The Alaskan., 1932-03-25
SECOND POLAR YEAR
PROGRAM

Delegate Wickersham has been informed that the House Joint Resolution providing fo,
 the appropriation of $30,00O te
 defray the expenses of parti-
 cipation by the Government irl
 the Second Polar Year Program
 August 1, 1892 to August 31, 1883
 is likely to pass the Senate and
 thus become a law, as the Re-
 solution has already passed the
 FTouGe. Most of this money vii,
 be used to erect and maintain 9 station at Fairbanks. According to the plan there are to be some Sc stations established through out the world, supported by vari- GUS governments of the world. To certain governments are al- lOtted certain stations, and to other governments are allotted certain other stations. Our gev- ernment is allotted a station at or near Fairbanks, Alaska. The idea is that at an instantaneous moment throughout the world the whole 80 stations will take observations, so that when all the data is gathered together the station in Alaska can say what happened at that station on that particular day at that particular minute, and the other stations of the world will be able to say what happened at their stations at that particular place and at that particular moment. It could not be brought to sucn accuracy 50 years ago when the other polar year was held, but by reason of the radio it can be brought to the very instant. The consequence will be that when the station in Alaska says that the polar lights appear at a certain time and certain things happened, the stations Of the world can say what hap pened by virtue of those polar lights at their particular station.
The Alaskan., 1932-03-25
PRIMARY LAW A BIG ISSUE

Anyone thinking that the pri- mary law is not an issue-a big issue in Alaska, is mistaken. The womenfolks are rising up i'll arms against the effort to have it repealed and they are going down the line against those pledged for it's repeal.
 Willardie B. Ketchum of Se- ward is sending out circulars i'll which he stands four square for its retention and his appeal to the voters in the Westward pre- cincts is being published in the neWsprints of those sections. Looks like somebody's funer- |al! Anthony Dimond, Democra- tic candidate for delegate to congress is outspoken for the repeal of the law. Delegate Wickersham, Republican nomi- lnee and A. H. ziegler. Demo-
The Alaskan., 1932-03-25
BILL NYE'S DEFINITION
What is a newspaper?

What is a newspaper?
 Bill" Nye (Edgard Wilson, American humorist and an hon- orary member of the Wiscinsiil Press association, in his address before the assocition meeting in Whitewater, August, 1885, de- fined it as completely as anyone has ever done.
 "The newspaper of today is a Ebrary," he said. Tt is an ency- clopedia, a poem, a biography, 3 history, prophecy, a direc- tory, timetable, a romance, a cookbook, a guide, a horoscope, an art critic, political resume, a ground plan of the civilized world, low-priced multum ill parvo. It is a sermon, a song, a circus, an obituary, picnic, shipwreck, a symphony in solid brevier, a medley of life and death, a grand aggregation of mans glory and his shame. It is, in short, bird's-eye view of all the magnonimity and meanness, the joys and griefs, the births and deaths, the pride and po- verty of the world, and all for two cents sometimes. Among others, it is long-felt want, a nine column paper in a five f column town, lying sheet, a
 eeble effort, a financial problem, | tottering wreck, political tool and a sheriff's sale. ."-Wiscon- in Press. N
The Alaskan., 1932-03-25

crows his head off about it, as
 if he had done it all himself. l One of the Cheechakos here
 and I were discussing this sub
 Ject last week. He called me a
 radical old "Sourdough," because
 I insist that no man has any,
 thing to crow about. If you strip
 a poor tramp or hobo and a
 congressman right down to the
 few primitive emotions that
 were their standard equipment
 at birth, they will both be as
 much alike as two peas in a pot,
 CT pair of corn cob pipes in a
 cigar store. Of course, when a man makes his mark, like a hootlegger or gangster, a baby snatcher, prohibition snooper. and big "banketer," he has a right to be proud. A man may be proud of making his mark in the world or on a pay-check. I think we are all marks right now, on Hoover Prosperity!" But it is nothing to crow about. Personal pride is a nail out of another keg, as the Cheechako said, when he drank some moon shine the other day. Three drinks only and he hanged his coat up, and robbed himself. I've got a big gob of personal pride myself. I can crack my own chewing gum between my store teeth and I'm proud of it. The Cheechako tried it and broke his upper plate into three pieces When I tell the Cheechakos down here how, I lived on ice worms and used candle fish for candles in Alaska one winter, they all believe me, and I'm proud of it. I guess if it were Sifted right down, I'd turn out to be the proudest "Sourdough" south of Mt. Mckinley. But with all my personal pride, I still say that T ain't got a durn thing 10 croW about" For if you take al way all the favors and free gifts nature has bestowed upon me, I'd have no more to crow about than hungry old red rooster with his bill fast in a steel trap iii a cribfull of corn. Some of the girls down here are taking seC- ting up exercise now. They set up every night with a new boy. Of course we have other girls here-just like peanut candy --l sweet and nutty.
The Alaskan., 1932-03-25
WHY DO WE CROW? By James R. Little

Humanity as a whole is a lot like an old red rooster of mine
 When there is little or nothing to crow about, he always crows the most. He molted very late in the season last fall. He looked as if the cook had dry picked him
 then tarred him, threw a hand tul of feathers at him, and he crowed and strutted and poked
The Alaskan., 1932-03-25
his bill into things more than

l his bill into things more than
 ever.
 I often noticed that about nine -tenths of the time, hu- nanity has no more to crow about than that old rooster in a snow storm with only about $ 1 third of his winter feathers on. May be I see things differently
 than the general run of man. kind. I don't know But I never lyet saw where I had anything
 to crow about. I often listen to
 my Cheechako neighbors brag
 and blow and crow. But, by gosh,
 I can't see where any of them
 have any more to crow about than I do, or than my old reG rooster has when he is in the last stage of molting-With an
 inch of ice on the pond near his coop.
 People brag about their good health and their cleverneSs; they blow about their family con- nections and crow about veery1 thing, just as if the free gifts of nature and the favOrs of provi- dence were their own inventions. What health, mental abilities, spiritual gifts, or temporal bless ings does any man or woman have that has not been the free gifts of God? What do men and women have to crow about at birth? AS an infant, he or she is a greedy, selfish, helpless, an-- moving little animal No more, no less. An infant will draw the last drop of nourishment from a dying mother. Then it will go into tantrums of rage at it's mother when death has stopped the flow of nourishment into it's greedy little stomach. Selfish ness, greed, impatience, no re- gard for others-such is mans and woman's standard equip r2lent, at birth.
 But our all-wise Creator ha7 freely given man capacities which other animals do not possess: The human heart is made with a space for kindness. sympathy, and love. The human brain has a corner in it where a knowledge of right and wrong may take root and grow. And So, from weak little animal, man and woman grows into civiliz- ed, educated, church-going hu- man being. By the grace and gifts of a kind providence, he may have health and standing in his community. He gets dig nity, bowed-legs, horn-rimmed spectacles, and bald head, then
The Alaskan., 1932-03-25

cratic candidate are both strong ly in favor of retaining the law. George B. Grigsby, another De- r1ocratic candidate for Delegate to Congress also is positively on record as favoring retention ot the law.
The Alaskan., 1932-03-25
PAY STREAK

Rich pay dirt has been uI1- covered on Livengood Creek, in terior Alaska. The pay is said to be as good as in the palmy days of the camp.
The Alaska fisherman., 1932-06-15
to Metlakatla for funeral and

to Metlakatla for funeral and interment.
 A citizen of Ketchikan speak ing of the demise of this good man says: we, the natives, es.- pecially in this district feel the loss of this good man; his lead- ership among his people in re- ligious doctrine, as a minister of the gospel, MT. Marsden was 6 man of positive and high character and his example be- fore our people was always of the very best. He always en- couraged both old and young to continue in educational and spiritual welfare.
 "Mr. Marsden was we'll known and liked among the white peo- rle and natives of Alaska equal ly as we'll. His death is a dis tinct loss to the territory"
The Alaska fisherman., 1932-06-15
May Not Operate
 Wran@ell School

The Senate has reduced the amount appropriated by the House for the education of Na- tives in Alaska from $690,000 to $650,000. The large reduction is $25, 1000 for salaries and $10,000 for equipment, etc. The rest is for travel expense and repairs. There is nothing allowed for operating the vessel Boxer, which is to be succeeded this summer by the North Star, which will be finished and oper- ating this month. No salary has been allowed for employees ot the Shoemaker Bay sch ool, which has just been completed rear Wrangell, and it is feared that this school will not be able to open for another year unless more consideration is given it's necessities in the conference be-. tween the Senate and House committees.
The Alaska fisherman., 1932-06-15
Consolidation Is
 Opposed

x
 An arrangement had been made by Delegate Wickersham with the Chairman of the House Judiciary Comittee that he was to appear before the Committee when the bill was considered to merge the Nome and Fairbanks judicial divisions into one divi- sion, with one set of court off, cials. At a meeting of the Con- 1nittee on April 5th the bill was inadvertently taken up and fav- orably reported, because of the presumed saving to the Govern n1ent of $25,0O0 early. When the Delegate learned of the action taken he requested of Chairman Summers that he hold up the re- port until he could be heard ill opposition to the bill. This was agreed to and April 13 was fixed as the time for the second hear ing, when the Delegate present. cd his objections and secured an annulment of the previous tav- orable report. Thus the bill stands as it formerly did, and is in the same position as is the Senate bill on the same subject, and neither will move forward until a favorable report is filed in Congress.
The Alaska fisherman., 1932-06-15
Alaska Diuine
 Has Last Call

Reverend Edward Marsden of Metlakatla, died in the Ketchi- kan General Hospital recently Of pneumonia following but a short illness.
 MT. Marsden was one of the early students of the Sheldon Jackson School and was picked Cut and sent to Marietta, Ohio, where he attended the college from which he was graduated. He continued in the study of the ministry and was ordained in the early '90's and for a number cf years was stationed at Sax man, near Ketchikan. After the death of Father Duncan, MT. Marsden was stationed at Met- lakatla where he organized the Presbyterian Church and under took construction of the present building now in use. He had a large congregation and was re-: cognized as one of the most able pastors in Alaska. His pulpit oratory was noted and attracted attention throughout the coun- try.
 MT. Marsden for several years was very active in shaping the policies of the Alaska Native Brotherhood but gradually step- ped back and was not so active while yet taking considerable interest in the affairs of the or ganization. He reafirmed his allegiance to the principles of the Brotherhood at the Sitka convention in 1929.
 MT. Marsden was born in old Metlakatla sixty three years ego and came to Alaska with the migration under Father Duncan. He is survived by his widow Mrs. Lucy Marsden to whom is going the expressions of sympathy in her hour of sorrow.
The Alaska fisherman., 1932-06-15

1t takes a smart man not to think he's smarter than he real ly is,
The Alaska fisherman., 1932-06-15

Neither days nor lives can be made holy by doing nothing ill them.-JOhn RuSkin.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-12-01
Sears Savings Stretch Christmas Club Money

Perhaps you are one of the os0,O00 deposiiors who, ace c0rdinG Co 0niciaI figures, have just received e55 ,403,- s30 from christmas Clubs tiie country over. Not as much as Ipst year, tO be sure, but it yin go 70 much further if it's spent at Sears that those. ;0f the 0SO,O00 who know our Triple Savings will hardly notice thc difference. Sears
 mass buying, direct shipping and lower rents mean most
 value from the money you
 have worked to save.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-11-21
Preliminary to Cancellation

Cancellation of war debts owed to the United
States again to the fore in public discussions
and international pareys. The moral grounds for
collation. beyond the 52 per cent average cancellation
already allowed-are obviously on the level with a
badly frayed scarecrow.
But there may be powerful practical reasons why
we temporarily should dispense with logic and justice
in the interest of aiding world recovery through fur
Their debt reductions.
1t is well however, 20 bear in mind two funda-
mental considerations One is that can not simply
wipe out the debts with magnificent gesture and
forget about them. Every cent which Europe fails to
pay will have to be taken of ultimately by the
already badly burdened American taxpayer.
The other is that the debtor nations are paying
annually for unnecessary ornaments vast sums which
make the required debt payments seem veritably like
pin money" by comparison.
There certainly is no reason why American citizens
should dig further in their nearpty socks to bring
forth money to arm Europe-very possibly for war
against ourselves.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-11-21

The promise of several Governors to halt dry law
prosecutions and grant amnesty to state liquor Of
tenders is welcome sign of realism in government
To continue to herd and women into jails, now
dangerously overcrowded, under law the people spe
cicaly have repudiated seems to violate the prnci-
pies of both fairness and economy.
Informally. Americas war on liquor ended by public
proclamation on election day. when all but six states
voted into power party pledged to modification and
repeal More formally 1t ended in those states that
also rescinded their state enforcement acts.
On Nov. American public opinion spoke in favor
of stacking guns in the fourteen years against
drinking We now are bivouacked under virtual
armistice until congress and the states define the
terms of permanent peace.
To the seventeen states that have declared against
prohibition rescnded their state enforcement acts
the falling of dry law offenders and the boarding
of the old will seem unjust and expensive
course Washington and Adams proclaimed pardons
for participants in the Pennsylvania whisky rebellion
The President, Of course. not grant blanket
nesy pardons to federal liquor law yiolators until
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-11-21

WHEN Mark Twain lived in Ne
w vada, he started out one day
to walk to a mountain not far away.
After walking half a. day. the noun
tain seemed as far as ever, and he
turned back.
At dinner that night, when some
one asked him to pass the salt, he
said: my friend, it looks easy, but
distances are deceptive out here
that salt cellar may be five miles
away" Yes, distances are decep-
tive, and they are not always mat
ter Of space.
Of King James of England it was
said that "he never said foolish
thing, and never did a wise one. y
When a man twitted him about the
size of London, his capital, as COM
pared with the tiny towns Of Scot
land, where he once reigned, his
mother-wit did not fail him.
He turned the tables by telling
of "a toun in Scotland, the toun of
Marin, so big that the people at one
end did not understand the Ian
guage of the people at the other
end"
No doubt he left his joke unex-
planned; but the fact was that in
the town Of Marin half the folk were
Gaelic-speaking HighlanderS, and
the other half Scots-speaking fish
ermen. 1t was a distance Of lam
guage, and in that sense Marin was
bigger than London; its distance"
could not be bridged.
Not mileage, but nlisrnderstand-
ing, makes the real distance in life,
separating people, and making sus-
picions and jealousies which keep
them apart.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-11-21

congress acts to modify The federal government
might however, take notice OF the national man
date
Instead of continuing to spend upward Of $4,000
600 year Of badly needed federal money to enforce
an uncomfortable law it better could divert its funds
and energies into more productive channels
Americas jails, both federal and state, are packed
70 the limit now and we not afford to build new
ones The Wickersham commission found our jails
overcrowded ito an almost incredible degree Federal
prisons were found $50 per cent overcrowded and
many state prisons almost as badly congested
With two men sharing single cells and hundreds
sleeping in corridors disease control and discipline
become difficult Prison riots have been traced largely
TO prison overcrowding. The depression is sending
men to Jail fast enough without the aid of this re-
jected law
The care Of dry law prisoners costs millions yearly
10 board and keep federal dry law prisoners alone
costs $4,oOOCOO year. not counting the cost of ar
rest conviction transportation nor the cost to the
states OF their own dry law volators
Fully one-haf of the governments $4,000 prison.
erS are victims OF the dry law
Here is appalling waste in human suffering and in
collars II Governors set about to save some of this
lew sensible Americans will object