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The Daily Alaska empire., 1933-06-15

with Frank T. Bell, United States Commissioner of Fisheries. He pre- dicted for him as fine an admin istration as Alaskan can hope for. He stands for a square deal for all, cannerymen, fishermen and the public" he asserted.
 Faulkner Speaks fer Board H. L. Faulkner, President of the Board of Education, said that body, just created, necessarily must pro- ceed slowly. We are feeling our way as we go along" he said. There are a good many problems affecting tile Territorial school system that have to be studied and it will take time to find out just where we are at.
 50 far we haven't gone very far, although we have considered a number of things. On some of them we will have to confer with the Governor and on others with the Attorney General"
 He said the Board would have an announcement later to make re- garding matters of policy. He praised the work of the Depart ment of Education in the past, saying Alaska was very fortunate to have had efficient and capable Commissioners of Education and added: We all believe that Com missioner Karnes is as good as any we have ever had" He expressed regret at the unavoidable absence of A. H. ziegler, member for the First Division, and M. J. Walsh, member of the Second Division. Seek Destroyer Visit
 Informed that two destroyers will be in Alaskan waters early next month, the Chamber is making an effort to have one or both present in port here on the Fourth of July, 1t was announced today The Ex- ecutive Board reported it had tele- graphed the Commandant of the Thirteen Naval District to that end. No reply has yet been re- ceived, Secretary Walmsley said A resolution of the Anchorage Chamber of Commerce urging President Roosevelt to exercise the authority vested in him by recent legislation to devaluate the gold | content of the dollar to stabilize the gold mining industry was sub mitted to the Chamber by the Ter ritorial Chamber of Commerce for referendum. It was carried over until next week for action.
 A letter from Pacific Motor Boat praised the Chambers recent out ing pamphlet and expressed de- sire to reprint the cartograph map used in that publication to show the location of game and sport fishing resources of this district.
 Ickes Defends Tolls
 A letter from Secretary Ickes oi the Interior Department defended
 the plan to impose tolls ovel Richardson Highway He declared
 that the road had been built ano
 is entirely maintained by Fedora
 funds and said he felt that traffic
 over it, competing with the Alasks
 Railroad, ought to pay small fee He also asserted that he was sur,
 that no parallel situation existed
 anywhere in the entire country.
 The letter was a response to ;
 protest telegraphed by the Cham
 Der two weeks ago both to tn l President and Secretary Ickes.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-12-18
BOSSES DON'T LIKE C. p.
EXPOSURE OF n. r. A.

lildOCtplllb Eds
The well-known fascist Judge, Har-
ry S. McDevitt, the tool of the bosses
in this city denounced the Communist
Party OF America again as the open
enemy of god and country and
called on "god-fearing Americans" to
join together in casting the blight
ing menace from our shores"
The reason for this he said is be-
cause the Communists flooded the
city with circulars telling the workers
not to depend on the promises Of the
N. R. A. but to organize into militant
unions and strike.
But the more he and his like praise
Roosevelt and denounce the Com
munist Party, the more the masses of
exploited workers and farmers turn
to Communism, and this is what
makes Mr.. McDevitt mad as dog.
The strike Of the bakery workers
and the dozens of other strikes thru
out the city prove that the workers
don't listen to McDevitts' cries. No
doubt one of the big god fearing"
100 per cent Americans that will join
the Judge will be his friend, Cardinal
Dougherty, who pretends to represent
Jesus. who walked barefoot and did
not care. for more than one shirt. He
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-12-18
Messenger Boys
Learn Value of
DAILY Worker

NEW YORK. - Under the MIRA.
code adopted Sept. no provision
was made for the messengers who
struggled under a heavy load Of SAM
pies or advertising matter. The COM
pany paid such messengers for this
back-breaking labor the misery sum
of 20 cents per hour. The other dis
tribution companies paid men IS
cents to 90 cents per hour for the
same kind Of labor. TIE Western
Union made enormous profits out Of
this beastly exploitation.
Recently the Daily Worker pub
kshed letters that these poorly paid
boys wrote in exposing these crimes
against youth. One of our parents
sent these clippings to Washington
proving that the MIRA. is protecting
company in paying low wages to
boys for mems work. Some Of the
distributing companies competitors
to the telegraph companies) took up
the battle that the Daily Worker ex-
posed.
The Western Union was ordered TO
pay all messengers in New York City
51K cents per hour for all distribu-
ton work. A great victory. Thanks to
the Daily" Let us support 1t by
reading it daily and passing on copies
to other messengers.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-12-18
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you by irresponsible, ignorant ts
faddists.
Removal Of Entifp stomach
ID. w. N, Chicago, "a Eyes, 1t q
perfectly possible to i'm without q
stomach. The main (cSenp ~ diges-
ton OF the various fotsfiE salkes
place in the small irittssA,es. This
stomach can be removed surgicaNy
without causing much disturbance to
the patient, except that he has to b
careful and eat small quantities Of
food at time. A removal OF nearly
the entire stomach is being done al,
most every day in the week in tbs
hospitals of New York. In thes
operations, the end of the gullet Il
sutured to the small intestine. Ate;
while, little pouch is formed
which forms in the place where Thu
stomach was. 1t is merely q small
reservoir for the food in its transi
from the gullet to the small intestine
Note
Please note that the writer does no
make any home calls. He limits hi
practice TO Office consultation onl,
Comrades needing physician to vis'
them at their homes should pleas
call doctor in their neighborhood
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-12-18
Postal Workers
Form Committees
to Attain Unity

by Post Office Correspondent
NEW YORK; have read the con-
tributionS of Post Office workers that
have appeared in the Daily Worker
from time to time telling Of their
miserable working conditions, and am
aware of their contributions in the
form of money to help the Daily"
which in turn will help them fight
for betterrnent of their conditions.
In an archaic capitalist world where
the ethical code even among the
workers has been dog eat dog" it
is encouraging to see the radicaliza-
ton of an industry, (slow though it
may be- which has hitherto been
considered not only conservative, but
also reactionary.
A Congressional session is coming.
Pressure must be brought to bear
on individual Congressman, and on
the Congress as q whole, for the
amelloration Of the postal workers
miserable condition. How best could
this be done If not by one national
industrial union?
UNITY Movement
At present aiming toward this goal
are Committees for one organization"
in a number of cities, whose object
Is TO drive existing organizations into
amalgamation. Their role is to or
ganize opposition groups within the
dissatisfied ranks of the existing or
carnations, instead of allowing them
to drop from the rolls.
Thousands upon thousands have
quit these organizations, sick with
disguest at the "belly-crawling and
sell-out" tactics of the various lead
erships. These workers must not
be allowed to leave the ranks. They
must be organized and encouraged
to express their desires in more
potent way than mere quitting.
There are as yet too many back
ward workers, who although diSsatis-
fled with their organizations, will be
convinced by their misleaders that
although We speak of one organiza-
ton, actually we are forming still
another organization. This argument
is deadly one, and we must avoid
giving them the opportunity to use
it against us.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-12-18
Rr a Morker Correspo,,dent

NEW YORK. Every day have
been looking in the Daily Worker for
something about the tragedy which
happened to one of our workers on
the S. S, American Merchant. But
evidently you haven't heard of it.
A fireman, John Lynch, had a tooth
pulled In London. After leaving Lon
don his gum got sore SO he went to
the doctor, who put some iodine OIL it.
1t gradually got worse, so he reported
to the doctor again, and was given a
hot water bottle.
This man has been in the COM
pany for nine years and being faith
full worker, stood watch as long as he
could stand the pain in his jaw. The
doctor, said his gum was infected. This
went on for about week. He lay
over In the cold firemans forecastle
(cold because this ship Is heated by
back pressure to save fueD and no at
tention except what his fellow work
ers did for him. Poison set In and his
face swelled up.
Lynch passed away Tuesday morn
ing at Asst while we were waiting for
the Boston pilot. The night before he
died his throat started swelling, max
ing it hard to breath. He was still
left in the forecastle with the excuse
the hospital was too cold. 1t was sua-
gested putting him in an empty pas
sengerss room as there were only II
passengers on board. But his fellow
workers were told his sickness prinht
be contagious and he had TO be kept
isolated. But he was still left In the
fcrecastle with five other firenen.
At 8 O'Clock Monday night he was
found wandering around the alley
way barely breathing and the pain
unbearable. Some of his ship mates
got steamer chair and fixed him as
best as they could in a locker where
they keep empty beer bottles. Imagine
such place for dying man.
Waited Seven Hours
For seven hours before Lynch died
We waited out at Boston light for
pilot. With all the coast guard cut
tiers around us getting paid to help
seamen, the master OF officers
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-12-18

NEW YoRK.-With the drive close
to victory, number of districts are
still behind in their quotas. These
that have gone over the top are Seat
tile, Boston, Philadelphia, Detroit,
California, Newark. Each one Of
these districts did splendid revolu-
tionary work, more than going over
the top.
New York has raised 1894 per cent
OF its $4,000 quota; Cleveland, 83.6
per cent. Section /, in Cleveland,
has already raised 1911 on its quota
Of 1925, and is still going strong.
Pittsburgh has raised 71.87 per cent
on a quota Of $1,000; Chicago, 676
per cent on its pledge OF 5000. Con-
necticut has raised 77.2 per cent of
its $500. These districts, as well as
the others which have not raised
their quotas, are urged to do so and
help the Daily Worker install It's
new press.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-12-18

We we're suspicious that it might be
some sort of a racket.
When VIE got to Labor Temple
Thursday night, it was a little before
8 o'clock, and the place was already
packed. Later, about SO messengers
were turned away because there was
no room for them.
At the meeting we clearly saw that
this was just the thing we had been
waiting for for a long time. We
elected a delegation of four to go to
Washington to present a code which
we drew up a. this meeting, and We
are also going to double this delega-
ton at the next meeting and make a
real fight at Washington, and let
them know down there that we
nuts" don't want to be slaves all
our lives, but are going to organize
and demand better conditions. We
also decided to join the United Tele-
graphers of America so that we
should enjoy the protection of this
recently organized, in d ep ende
union.
Come on, fellows, all down to next
Thursdays meetingl
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-12-18
Chicago Streetcar
Men Exploited in
Military Fashion
(By a Street Car Worker
Correspondent

CHICAGO, Ill. - Twelve thousand
Chicago workers are occupied in the
surface transportation, besides the
1000 on the 'L." These workers,
dressed In uniforms with shiney but
tons, monkey suits as they are called
by most of them, are engaged in a
nerve racking and exacting work.
The schedules are the fastest, the
lay-over periods the shortest, the in
tervals between the cars the longest
that the Surface Lines efficiency
maniacs who work in the schedule
department can make.
Beset by an army of spoilers, or
inspectors" as they are called by the
company; watched by supervisors and
stool pigeons, the trainmen are urged
time and again by the lecturers Of
the accident prevention department.
not to take chanves, wait for pas
they are all Of that.
They work under a discipline more
severe than in the army and have
less privileges. They work without
vacations with pay and without pen
sions. Besides this they are victims
OF grafters, company and union.
On the company's side the General
Superintendent Of Transportation, Mr..
Evenson, has his own private graft
with the tacit consent of the union
officials (for a friendly CUT.
The side money made by him and
on which he does not pay any in
come tax is made on the sale Of
uniforms to the men.
For example: This winter a new
kind Of cap was invented by Mr..
Eyanson Che inyents them every
yearD The price Of each was $225,
at least q dollar higher than any
cap on the market. Even In War
time no cap cost more than SITS.
When one stops to figure out what
this means in volume - let us say
several thousand caps bought by the
men-Mr. Evenson makes in one shot
more than he receives as his salary
About the union graft, the special
assessment building fund into which
the street car men had paid over
$1,000, 600; although the Ashland
Boulevard Auditorium's total cost was
less than 100000. Watch the Daily
Worker!
AIeanwbae-How about The PEN
sions?
M. Nelson.
signature Authorized).
Editors Note: We ask street car
workers throughout the country, and
especially in Chicago, to write us of
their conditions of work.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-12-18
Fight for Unity
Urged in Every
Railroad Lodge
By a railroad worker Correspondent,

BY Railroad Worker Correspondent
NEW YORK.-It is common knowl-
edge that since before the enactment
Of the eight-hour law, whose provi-
sion for passenger service was sur
rendered to the railroads by our lead
ers then assembled at the Park
Avenue Hotel in New York City, a
policy of inaction and obstruction has
been the order of the day for our
Grand Chiefs.
IT is we'll to recall to mind that the
child OF their labor at the above
meeting was the eight within ten
hour clause for passenger service. At
that time it was palrned onto us with
the palliative, 1T will be of short du-
ration only" However, 1t has tlrived
these many years into 1usty adult
hood, with that other monstrosity, the
15o-mile day for passenger trainmen.
The Brotherhood Of Locomotive En-
gineers has been SO nnisnenaged that
IL is now ready to gasp it's last breath.
But there is still a flicker Of life and
hope. A survival of all the brother
hoods depends upon all OF the bro
theirs, each one, not just few; 1t
depends upon vigorous and pro-
longed battle.
Demand a six-i1our day. 100 miles or
less for all classes of service, with a
|aily rate much better than the on.
in effect at tie time of the 10 ps,
cent robbery. one that will insure {
decent living for q days work; double
time for all overtime; the setablish-
rnent Of a national pension plan;
compensation, and modern living
quarters of company property away
from home terminals; relieving ter
minals to be at starting point in short
turn around service; no short hauls
TO be coupled to through service, and
the abolition Of all mixed service.
There is no doubt that the men are
aware Of the trimming we are now
receiving, also that 1t can and must
be stopped and that now by proper
action. The place to do It is In our
lodge room, every lodge room, today,
in unity with all brotherhood menu
bers.
Editors Note.-To bring about the
unity Of the railroad workers, there
is the Railroad Brotherhood Unity
Movement, located at 799 Broadway,
New York City. This movement unites
sll railroad workers. no matter what
their afiiliation-whether A. F. OF L.,
Brotherhood, Independent or unor-
ganized-to act within their organ
irations and on the job, to put across
the program Of demands roughly out
lined above. We urge all railroad
workers to get in touch with this
movement.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-12-18
John Lynch, Sailor, Murdered
By Ship Owners Callousness
Left for Days in the Forecastle While Dying of
Blood Poison in Infected Gum

wouldn't try TO get him ashore At
5 80 one of the men on watch called
the doctor where he saw the condi-
ton Lynch was in. So he was finally
taken over to the hospital and given
shot" to ease the pain. BY that
time he was gaSplng FOR breath, and
couldn't speak. He died at 4:57 am.
Coming into Boston at daylight the
flag wasn't put at half-mast in re-
spect for the dead faithful worker.
When attention was called to this
we were told they didn't want the
reporters and passengers to know Of
the death. A very poor excuse, be-
cause the passengers soon heard OF
1t from the stewards. In Boston a
wire was sent to Lynch's father ask
ing what was to be done with the
body.
Body Thrown Overheard
Morning after we left Boston for
New York the masters and officers
decided to throw the body over the
side without waiting for a reply to
the telegram. The crew protested
against this, but with the doctor beg
ging and pleading, the body of Lynch
was thrown over just few hours
before we reached port (Which is
against the law. The only excuse
given was they we're saving his rela-
tiVeS the expense Of a funeral.
On arrival at the dock. there was
an undertaken to look after the body,
which was already disposed OF. This
man was veteran belonging to the
American Legion. 1t had been ar
ranged to give him military funeral.
So half the crew quit the ship for
the reason that there was given no
excuse why the body was done away
with without permission, and so
quickly within sight Of port. 1t looks
like crime was covered up. The
report read Lynch died from an in
fected tooth. Wed say from blood
poison through negligence and abuse.
So, Editor, hope you will find
this story worth printing In your pa
per. 1t may save some other worker
in the future. By the way, the doctor
sailed again yesterday on the Ameri-
can Merchant, all smiles as if nothing
happened. CT.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-12-18

The West Side Women's Council
No. 2, Chicago, raised sis at a sur
prise party for one of Its most ac-
tive members. Rose PrimacS. The
Followers Of the Trail, New York,
sent III SIS, in addition TO a previous
contribution of s45. The Russian T..
W. o. branch, South Bend, Ind,
raised IS at 25th anniversary party
for one OF its members. Ilwaco Unit.
Astoria, Oregon, sent $3.50. Herman
OFT, 1899 e. 18th St., Chicago, Ill,
80 years Of age, contributed 50 cents
to help the Daily; the Unemployed
Council No. 36 OF the same city,
sent e..
We appeal to all readers and or
CARNATIONS to help put the 1000
drive over the top and assure the
installation Of the new Daily Worker
press. Twenty-Five cents from every
reader will put the drive over the
top. FIJI out the coupon below:
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Lens has turned over to me
a relevant circular, which he
somehow got hold of. This
release-sheet describes a diet
Tor the fattening of actresses, now
that the lean and hungry look is no
longer fashionable. No doubt the
bourgeoisie, in these days Of wide
spread starvation for the masses, adj
inires the rotund figure as differen-
tiated from the common or cada-
yerous one of the unemployed.
The leaflet announces:
'CurVsciOus' Oct Prescribed fot
Actresses
With Mae West curves sweeping
INTO fashion and healthy femininity
returning, special strengthening
diet was formulated this week by
Richard Kline, trainer of all Para
mount stars.
Thin women tire easily, become
i'll frequently and lack the vitality OF
their more naturally developed sis
ters,' Kline declares.
THE physical instructor Is in
charge Of the training table of =.
girls who do vigorous swimming and
rowing scenes in Eight Girls
IN a Boat
kline's menu builds strength and
curves without causing fat to form
If normal exercise is taken each day.
He also recommends a quart of milk
and ten to fifteen glasses of water
daily The diet:
".Breakfast-Stewed or fresh fruit
or citrus Juice; bran type cereal;
whole wheat or bran toast; eggs in
any form: milk or cocoa.
"Lunch-Raw or cooked vegetable
salad or fruit salad; fresh fruit
'Dinrer-Fruit or avocado cocktail;
vegetable or chicken soup or broth;
small salad; choice of lamb chops,
steak, or vegetable plate; any des-
cert
What a breakfast, what break
fast Just like old tin1esl And I
see there's no limit on the number
of cggz. And think of the quart of
milk every day And then think Of
the miners kids that neves see q
PINT CT milk, let alone a quart.
So lis a diet for actresses, is it9
Tell-aftor Certain Event it's go
ing to be diet for miners, farmers
gnd factory workers-with potatoes
end crew in addition, II they want it.
C1inrade J n. has a real problem
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-12-18
~ PAUL LUT1NGEK, MD.
ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
No Smoking in Gastric Ulcer


II. H., Chicago, Hl.-If you have
an ulcer Of the stomach or OF the
duodenumen, 1t would be best to give
up smoking altogether. Smoking
definitely aggravates stomach ulcers
and other disorders Of digestion. If
you must smoke, do not use more
than one cigarette right after each
meal.
AS to the diet, the best thing is to
live on milk and cream for a few
weeks. After that, you can eat,
gradually, cereals and the finer yege-
tables. Never eat coarse vegetables,
like cabbage.
A Course Of Medicine and Course
Of Fasting
C. NJ, Stelton, N. J.--There is no
sense, for a healthy person to take
"a course OF medicine" by which you
mean dose of calomel, epson salts
or some other strong cathartic. These
periodical courses" which were SO
popular to the last generation have
no standing in modern science. A
person should take a laxative, If he
takes it at all, only when it is i'm
peratively needed.
AS to the starvation courses, we see
no need for them under the present
MIRA. administration, when people
starve continually. If you mean perl
odical fasting, this also is unneces-
sary and may even prove dangerous.
Certain diseases may require limited
periods Of comparative fasting; but
no person should undertake fasts at
periodical intervals, just because he
or she believes that 1t might do
some good. We would advise YOU
to stop reading the literature sent
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-12-18

which he thinks can be solved
through our column. He has little
girl whom he cannot keep in his
home, as there is no one to care
for her while he works. She is at
present boarding in g, private home,
where she is being taught religion,
taught to pray, and SO on.
Conrade j. r. of course objects to
this and wants to find a real work
ers' home for the little girl. He will
pay s25 month for her room, board
and care, and will also supply her
clothes and pay any extra little ex-
penses. The little girl is five years
old. If there is con1rade who
wishes to undertake her care, please
send letters to j. r., in care Of this
column.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-12-18
NOTE

In the future, all letters from work.
ers in the transportation and conmu-
uications industries will be published
each week on Friday, instead Of on
Monday, as heretofore. We urge
workers from these Industries which
include railroad, marine, surface lines,
subway, elevated lines, express COM
panies, truck drivers, taxi drivers, post
Office, telegraph, radio employees, etc,
to write to us of their conditions of
work, and their struggles to organize.
Please get these letters to US by Tues
day of each week.