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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-05-06
Questions and
Answers

When did President Wilson leave
the United States to attend the
peace conference at Versailles, and
when did he return to this country
Dec. a. 1918, President Wilson
sailed for France. He returned for
brief visit to the United States,
arriving at Boston, Feb. 4. 1919
and left New York on his second
trip to Europe on March 5. 1919.
The treaty was signed June %, 1919.
and President Wilson arrived at
New York, July 8. 1919.
Can the President Of the United
States he arrested and tried for a
crime committed while he is in
office?
He is immune from arrest and
can not be prosecuted while he is
in Office. He may be impeached,
and If convicted on the charges and
removed from Office, he can then
be arrested and prosecuted for any
crime which he may have COM
mitted.
Does the United States coin gold
free?
Persons having gold in amounts
of 500 worth or more may take 1t
to any United States assay office
and receive an equal amount of
gold coin in exchange. The minis
do not guarantee TO return to in
dividuals in coin the identical gold
they bring.
What birds build a bower or
roof in a tree to shelter large num-
bers Of the species?
Communities of social weavers OF
South Africa construct an UNI
brella-shaped roof in a tree, be-
meath which may be 800 bird homes.
An acacia tree, with straight,
smooth stem. that predaceous ami
mails can not climb, is often select
ed. Bower birds are also character
lied by q remarkable habit of con-
structing bowers or runs, which
have nothing to do with nesting,
but are apparently built for sport
and esthetic satisfaction.
Is Justice Brandeis Of the United
States supreme court Jew?
Yes
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The iUnwritten Law


MO one who followed the Massie
IN tragedy from the beginning
can fail to feel sympathy for the
defendants, but the 'unwritten
Law" is no proper part Of the jury
system. and some bad precedents
have been established in its name.
A murder trial was held recently
in the state Of Pennsylvania in
which no question OF race arose. A
young man killed his sister S ad-
mirer, on the ground that he found
it necessary TO shield her honor.
The young woman had not asked
for and even objected violently to
this protection. Nevertheless, the
jury not only acquitted the defend
ant, but cheered him 10 the echo
when he finished his testimony as
70 the shooting.
wonder whether the Herald
Tribune feels nat this 100 per cent
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ideals and opinions expressed
in this column are those Of
one of Americas most inter-
eSting writer's and are pre-
sented without regard 10 their
agreement or disagreement
with the editorial attitude Of
this paper.-The Editor.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-05-06

given by the Russian minister OF finance to the
governor Of the New York Stock Exchange
The bankers have shifted most Of the loss to the
Of investors in the securities which they osted
stl further, the bankers have been in part blame
for the defauIting through 'the impossibly harsh
terms they imposed on foreign borrowers. On one
defaulted Latin American loan. the borrowers actual
y realized only $4,000 out Of loan Of s3,sOOOOo.
DR.. Winker fears that the shorn lambs will learn
Lstle nothing from their unhappy experience.
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California man sold strip Of land an inch wide
Tor $50 From what know Of California real estate
men it's wonder he didn't try to subdivide it.
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Well, we'll The senate has found out that the
banks have quit lending money Who'll volunteer
to tell that august body who won the last world
series?
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The best way to avoid lending money is TO pre-
tend to be asleep a wisecracker says. Another way
would be to tell all your friends you used to be
banker.
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Now they're trying to call wine bricks unconstitu-
uonal-out there seems to be telling what some
mems constitutions will stand
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French newspaper says the German people have
lost all control over themselves. What it means is
that France has lost control.
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Washington newspaper has announced that It
VIII print list Of all senators who employ relatives.
1t could save lot Of space it printed the ones who
don't.
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somebody found rock in Connecticut the other
Gay 27OOoooO years old Well they certainly were
long time finding it.
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French socialists are accusing the government Of
advancing millions to banks and neglecting the COM
mon people. News from Washington to Paris must
travel fast
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Most wives dispute the statement that woman
stops hunting for husband when the engagement is
announced
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New York peanut magnate said the elephant was
his favorite animal Just for spite monkeys ought tc
go peanut strike
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Daily Thought

BE not forgetful 10 entertain
strangers: for thereby some have
entertained angels unawares.-
Hebrews 1872.
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When in doubt, lean to the side
OF mercy.-Cervantes.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-05-06

Is Justice Brandeis Of the United
States supreme court a Jew!
Yes.
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Editor Journal Of the American Medica
Association and Of HyEeia. the
The Alaska fisherman., 1932-06-15

salmon is known to the trade and in common parlance as reds or sockeyes. These are the most desirable and highest priced salmon on the American market, and Bristol Bay is, by far, the greatest single producer of this particular fish on the Alaska coast. A case of canned salmon contains forty-eight 1-pound cans. The average market price of Alaska reds is $10 per case, while other varieties of canned salmon average two, three, or more dollars per case below reds.
 Out of total of 1,183,001 cases of salmon packed on Bris- 1ol Bay in 1881, there were 1,- 107,725 cases of reds packed, equal to 93 per cent of the total. This pack of Bristol Bay reds had a total market value of S11,000,000 and this average pack value for that bay has held good for many years The red pack from Bristol Bay consti~ tute.s about one-f1fth of the en- tire Alaska pack of canned salmon. For nearly 25 years there have been about 25 can neries on Bristol Bay, canning reds. These canneries are located Cn the bay or river shore, at joints where there is good an- chorage and an abundance of fresh-water streams, both Of which are indispensable in car rying on f1sh-cannery work.
 Very early in the history of canning reds on this bay the nonresident cannery companies saw their opportunity for mo- nopolizing this business by secur ing the ownership of shore can nery sites, since each new can nery naturally divided the sup ply of fish coming yearly into that bay. After locating and constructing canneries on 9
The Alaska fisherman., 1932-06-15


 operate any cannery within the jurisdiction of the United States in Alaska unless a report shall have been filed with the Secre- tary of Commerce not later than December 1 of the preceding calendar year, stating the pro- posed place or location of opera tion, nor shall such a cannery hc operated in more than one place or location in any calen- dar year: Provided, That in re- spect to operations in 1882 the required information regarding place or location of operations may be filed within thirty days after approval of this act"
 Sec. 2. The second paragraph of section 1 of such act is a. r1ended to read as follows:
 Tt shall be unlawful to i'm port or bring into any place subject to the jurisdiction of the United States, for purposes other than for personal use and not for sale or barter, salmon from waters outside the juriS- diction of the United States north of 54 degrees and 40 min utes north latitude, taken during any closed period provided for by this act or regulations made hereunder"
 The majority report approves the foregoing bill and recom- mends that it do pass.
 A somewhat similar bill was introduced by MT. Welch of Cali fornia in the Seventy-flrst Con- gress, third session, H. R. 16480, Report No. 2480, referred to tn: Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries, reported favor ably, but did not become a law.
 It was again introduced in this Congress by Mr. Welch, and ex- tensive hearings held on it by the committee. Many witnesses
The Alaska fisherman., 1932-06-15
THE ALASKA FISHERMAN

people or fishermen of Alaska was heard in it's favor and it was vigorously opposed by the resi- dent fishermen of Alaska, both union and nonunion.
 Limit of the Hearings
 While the bill on it's face ap- pears to be general in it's appli- cation in Alaska fisheries, all the witnesses supporting and oppos- ing the bill confined their testi- mony to that part of the Alaska fisheries and fishing conditions on Bristol Bay. This bay lies immediately north of the Alaska Peninsula, and by reason of the natural conditions there and the character of the fish resorting to the salmon spawning streams entering it's waters, is the most valuable salmon fishery in Alas ka, and probably in the world. But little consideration was giv- en in the hearings to any Alaska fisheries outside of Bristol Bay, and it may fairly be said that the bill was drafted and sup ported by the nonresident car- rery companies engaged in the Bristol Bay area for the protec- tion of their special interests there.
 The proponents of the bill stated that it had it's origin with the Alaska Packers Association, a San Francisco fishing corpora tion, with canneries in Bristol Bay. This company is subsidi- ary of the California Packing Corporation, also having is common headquarters in San Francisco. It is one of the largest fruit, fish, and food canning corporations in America, owning and operating many other sub- sidiary companies on the Pacific coast, and in various parts of the United States, Canada, and
The Alaska fisherman., 1932-06-15

corporations in America, owning and operating many other sub- sidiary companies on the Pacific coast, and in various parts of the United States, Canada, and the Philippine Islands.
 Monopoly in the Bristol Bay
 Fisheries
 The hearings on this bill show that Bristol Bay is the narrow channel through which the most valuable variety of Alaska salm- on reaches their natural spawn ing beds in the rivers tributary
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-09-28
PARDONS GANGSTERS;
WORKERS ROT IN JAIL

Roosevelt's anti-labor record is
seen also in his method of hastily
pardoning prisoners who are gang
sters and crooks, while allowing
labor prisoners to serve long terms
for the crime" of leading the I'M
employed in demonstrations de-
manding relief. Thus, he left
william z. Foster, Robert Minor,
Israel Amter and Harry Raymond,
leaders in the New York demon
stration of unemployed workers on
March 6, 1880, to grow i'll in jail
Minor almost died-during the six
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-09-28
De Valera Moves Closer
to British Imperialism

LETTER recently addressed the British Government by
canon De Valera throws light the treacherous
vaciation of the De Valeras Fiannae Fail Party.
The Fianna Fail Government proposes in that letter to
arbrate the whole Irish question and deposit the land
tributes claimed by British Imperialism in the Bank for In
tematonal Settlements. In previous wordy utterance
De Valera had suggested that the land tributes squeezed
impoverished of Ireland would be spent in the country
This position was IN seF enough to SNOW t BE ya Cavern
ment was not to relieve the peasants of Ireland who face wholesale
off the heavy blows of the economic crisis
ne garng reveals however that under the
of the Irish Labor Party closely associated with the British
Labor Party the Fanna Fan Sen T Gne ep @
liberation of the Irish Labor Party mpeist through and
the instructions of the British Labor Party to check the
Instead Of unsashng the struggle Of the workers and peasants Gs
exploitation Of the workers by the Irish capitalists and cans upon the
to suffer order to victory" .-
tcnhd The eviction campaign against the poor peasants unable to
the Irish landowners aided by state Unemployment spreading
restitution increasing among the Irish to The oppression Of the
toe and their militant leaders, the Revolutionary Workers Groups
S becoming iercer.
THE peasants
of British imperialism and the
lying Workers Groups
snSence of Ireland from British npeisIn and free United Re-
struggle the workers Ireland need the
whom Irish must not
in the United
leadership Republican and Democratic politicians
ery speeches delivered by Irish politicians
Democratic and Republican Parties the Conference issued
toi United boycott British
commodities until the Ireland stopped by the British
did call the workers participate in the
preparations capitalism. did
the Haitian
Ran and Philippine people by American imperialism The
therefore nothing but by
cratic and Republican politicians to foster the ambitions of United States
while subng millions of ruthless
exploitation sympathy with the Irish tos
order weaken the position of its rival British imperialism
of the United States must protest
the the being by British
pesm and give militant the Irish toers But all
the
nunis Party fights for the freedom of the
Communist .,.t,.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-09-28
Not Only in NeeV HaVen

THE CRUEL conditions of labor to which workers
and children subjected brought to light the other
day New Haven Conn So horribly long the hours of
labor and pitfuy low the in all violation even of
the oppressive Connecticut laws that the Department of
Labor of that state compelled the of election TO
lodge complaints against group of local manufacturers
According to the Bridgeport Herald of Sunday, Sepem
Der 25h workers employed more than Is hours
in one week and drew pay of five and six dollars Others
worked high 80 hours week. days per week.
and received four and six dollars These manufacturers
breaking week
fifty
sweahop conditions abound not only in Con-
industrial cities of jersey New York Penn
throughout the country.
FILE greedy capitalist
particularly labor
profits with the full knowledge
socaed friends of labor with
A F L. the
manufacturers The working class is
unemployment staggering employment which
reducing the of the staggered
early but by
o
States must take
They must demand the
working without reduction and the abo
capitalist eeches demonstrations must
between the unemployed and
employed In this fight the Communist Party
militant leadership
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-09-28

much hunting and questioning.
would discover the address of par
ty headquarters and march there
in grim, determined squads to join
up.
A GREAT
MASS FUNERAL
There was q nlass-funeral for
Abe Gray, John Oneal and Thomas
Paige, the three victims of the
blood stained landlord system.
More than 100000 workers, black
and white, marched through the
South Side streets, a great solemi
army of proletarian vengeance
waving red banners. That day ha|
never been forgotten. II marked
the beginning of the revolt.
Hundreds of evictions since then
have been foiled by the Unem-
ployment Councils. They take place
almost every day. AS Brown Squire,
one of the leaders, told me, when
the first stick of furniture gets
thrown out, crowd gathers like
magic. Somebody unknown tele-
phones at once to the nearest coun-
Gil; everyone knows us. We first
send few delegates TO investigate.
TO see whether the tenant wants
lis TO move him back II he does.
we go there and carry on" T..
ITO BE CONTINUEDA a..
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-09-28
How US. Socialists Fought
Imberialist War of 1o14~1S

IN PREVIOUS issues of the Daily published excerpts
articles
International of the
statement
editor the
colleagues nperast slaughter
statement in Of
NeH York Sun
1t has policy
must obey it, OF pahs opposing the
draft law have established information under
personal supervision for the explaining
obedience and that
There 1000 socialists and MANY
Of them have written regarding has invariably
You American soldier Suppress your views
II they don't agree with the views of
believe ID by the nnajorty'"
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-09-28

THIS unemployment is a famine,
1 a Mississippi flood, a major
disaster to the human race. But
the Negro and white capitalists OF
Chicago, like their fraternity the
world over, have been concerned
only with preserving dividends.
More than 100000 Negroes are
segregated in Chicago alone. 1t is
estimated that more than so per-
cent of the Negroes in the city
are unemployed.
A year ago they we're throwing
thousands of Negro workers out in
to the naked streets to die. But
then a revolt began. Unemployed
Councils sprang up, under Commu-
mist guidance, which fought the
evictions. AS fast as poor work
erS furniture was throw into the
street, the councils carried it back.
The police used clubs, blackjacks
and Jail sentences, but the revolt
could not be stopped.
LANDLORDS
GROW DESPERATE.
The landlords grew desperate.
Oscar DePrieSt, the Negro congress-
man who has so often proved Jul
das to his race, is also one of the
chief landlords on the south side.
He retained as lawyers certain other
Judas liberals from the National
IF
Colored People. Then he called a
secret conference.
What was decided at this meet
ing Of landlords, politicians and
liberals, is not known to everyone.
That night the profit hoarders and
racketeers decided on nothing short
of murder.
THERE was to be an eviction on
L Dearborn Street the next day.
A 72-year old Negro working wom-
an was to be kicked out like a dog
to die. But the council arrived to
stop the crime.
While they placed back the fur
niture, the police appeared. This
time they did not merely club,
MAIN, gouge and crack skulls. They
had been instructed to use stronger
measures. With not the slightest
warning, they shot their H. P. riff
les again and again into the crowd.
They killed three Negro workers,
one of them a Communist, and
wounded many others.
IL was a murder plot. I found
proof of this year later when 1
came to Dearborn Street.
ON DEARBORN STREET.
This street offers the usual stage
setting of Negro tragedy in Chi
cago The brown ruined wooden
shacks have not been painted or
repaired for decades. They are al
lowed to rot away. 1t is the land
deuteronomy in America to buy
up putrid slulns that should be
burned, and rent them to Negroes.
When the houses finally collapse
they are torn down; meanwhile
they pay high dividends and cost
nothing to maintain.
+ (Clever, clever, American land
lords, some day you will yourselves
pay a high dividend for this.)
ON DEARBORN Street the gar
" bage is heaped everywhere,
foul as landlords heart. The city
has not removed garbage for
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-09-28

she told us an amazing fact.
Her windows look out over the
spot where the eviction-murders
took place. The night before, her
landlord had phoned her warning
not to look out of those windows
the next day; there would be shoot
ing.
But we did look out until the
shots began coming too thick" she
said, land my husband and 1 had
to throw ourselves on the floor. 1t
was murder; the police warned no.
body, just started to shoot. Such
a lot of black smoke around; my,
my, they just kept on shooting and
shooting! And those poor people
had nothing to fight back with,
just a few stones. 1t wasn't right.
Everyone on this street is still wild
about it,"
OTHERS on Dearborn Street had
" much the same story to tell, of
whispers, telephone warnings, and
the like. Tt was plot The land
lords evidently decided. to create
an atmosphere Of fear, to demon
strate to all that they controlled
the police. But the plot failed
Three Negro workers were kill
ed, but during the next weeks
five thousand others joined the
Unemployed Councils; 500 filled
out applications to the Commune
list Party; hundreds of others be-
came members of the Interna-
tionaI Labor Defense. Many of
these Negro workers are now in
the leadership of these organi-
cations.
Some of them have since drifted
away. The Party in America has
not yet worked out some simple,
consistent plan that would hold
such masses. Yet the South Side
was forest fire Of indignation.
Nothing else but the eviction
murders was talked about in baber-
shops, restaurants and churches.
Groups of Negro workers, after
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-09-28
Learning the
Truth About
the USSR"

Meanwhile the truth of condi-
tons in the Soviet Union are
becoming increasingly known to
workers of America. They are
learning that in the Soviet Union
there is no unemployment. They
hear of the steady rise in the
standard of living among Soviet
workers and of the opportunities
there for education and cultural
advancement. And while they are
facing longer hours OF unemploy-
ment and wage cuts, they read of
shorter working days and higher
wages in the Soviet Union. The
elimination of racial prejudices
against the Jews and other subject
peoples and the granting of equal
rights and opportunities to them
in Russia will stimulate thought
among the Negro masses in the
United States as to their own po-
sition and ways of lettering it. -
From letter by Louise Thompson,
Negro research worker, who Is at
present In the Soviet Union.
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