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in perfect condition" writes Mrs. Dane McGowan of So. 12S Arthur St. T ate normally, my nerves were strong and I gradually regained my normal health and strength"
 Sold by druggists everywhere. > l,s. Write to Dr.. Pierce's Clinic, Buffalo, IN. Y., for free medical advice.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1933-05-22

Old papers at The Empire.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1933-05-22

Attendance at Pacific Coast base ball league games showed an in crease of approximately 25 per cent over last year during the first three weeks of play.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1933-05-22
4s5 4s5 NERVOUS,
 - RUNDOWN !?
Spokane. Wash

Spokane, Wash
 My health had failed, I lost my ap- petite, my nerves were ragged, and l became thin and rundown and felt sluggish all the time, but Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Dis oox,o,v soon had mo
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establishments was announced a

Totals for the same products for other districts were: Central AL aska, 104,1l2,363 pounds, valued at S7880,347 Western Alaska. 73,408,- 805 pounds, valued at $7,940,564
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The baromec pressure lowest in southern Bering Sea light rain over Southern Alaska comparatively high in the clear weather the Interior Territory except West where they are rising slightly
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-11-11
Eight Year Old Boy Gives
Savings to Daily Worker

NEW YORK.-Bernard Fife, eight
and one-half-year-eld boy living in
the Bronx, took out all his pennies
from his savings bank and gave them
to the Daily Worker. His letter, writ
ten in very large handwriting, states:
My uncle told me that the Daily
Worker Is a working class paper, and
1t is in trouble. I took my Csc out
OF my penny savings bank, and I'm
sending them to help the paper"
Workers in Far West Help
In Los Angeles, Calf, a group of
shoe workers raised $40 for the Daily
Worker at an affair, and an addi-
tional amount for the shoe workers
on strike in New York. Locals of the
National Lumber Workers Union,
Seattle, Wash, among them the Will
keson Local, are rallying to the sup
port of the Daily Worker with con-
tributions.
From London, England
A group of American workers on
their way to the Soviet Union sent
$40 from London, England, with a
letter stating, The Daily Worker or
ganizes and prepares the American
workers for the decisive struggle
against capitalism. All must help it,"
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-11-11
Calls for Fight on
"MiSleaderS" and
Throatcutting RA
(By Mine Worker Correspondent

Wy NAAAC WOhACI COITtSpUAlu6EtJ
WILKES BARRE, Pa.-At the last
convention in Wilkes Barre, the min
ers declared a general strike in the
upper anthracite, after struggle on
the picket line for two months at
different locals before general strike
was called with the leadership of the
anthracite miners union in Pennsyl-
vania, where Mr.. Rinaldo Cappellini
and Thomas Maloney are the lead
ers. And at the miners convention
which was held in wilkes Barre, Mr..
Cappellini and Maloney were plead
ing to the workers not to take drastic
action such as calling 2 general strike,
and they said to wait.
But the workers got tired OF wait
ing, and working like slaves almost
for nothing, and called a general
strike, which shows the militancy of
the workers.
State Troopers, thugs, police and
Scabs, we're there, and many of the
militant miners got beaten up and
also the women, but the terrorization
does not stop the hungry miners and
their families from their most i'm
portant struggle. On with the strike,
elect large strike committees, Gust the
nisleaderS and their throat cut
ting MIRA.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-11-11
WorkedEightHours
Then Got Laid Off
BY Mine Worker Correspondent

by WINE WORKER correspondent
GREENSBURG, Pa. - The miners
Of the Hillman Coal g. Coke Co.
have finally enjoyed one day of
prosperity" only again on the next
day to have to apply for relief.
The Hillman Coal & Coke Co, of
Edna NO 2, flying the Blue "Buz-
card" and claiming to do its part,
issued notice that 200 men would
be hired on the next day for the
night shift that they we're putting
into operation. Over 300 men applied
for work the next day, and after a
doctors examination over half of the
men were rejected and the rest, about
49, were told to go to work that
night.
The miners took in all their
tools to the mine that night and
worked hours and went home feel
ing very happy and prosperous prais-
ing Roosevelt for getting them a job.
The next day the super told each
Of the $50 miners that the night
shift was of and all of these miners
would not be needed any longer. On
the next day the miners were not
praising Roosevelt.
The neighboring mine of the Ocean
Coal Co. of Herminie after signing an
agreement to work days a week and
flying the Blue "Buzzard" posted
notice that the mine was shut down
indefinitely.
All mines in Westmoreland County
are making the miners sign for a
check off for dues.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-11-11
More Unemployed
in the Coal Fields
Than Last Year
CBy Mine Worker Correspondent

VIRDEN, nl.-There are more I'M
employed in the coal fields than
there were last winter. We realize
that it will be more miserable to live
this winter under the Wall Street
Recovery Act. We cannot live through
this winter on the relief that we get
Unemployed families of two get $3.50
per week; families of three get So
per week and so on. This is less
than we got last winter at 81 per
week head because the price of all
goods have gone up 30 to 50 per cent.
The unemployed situation here is
so bad that unemployed miners can
not get coal this winter. The I'm
employed Council at Virden, ILL., has
been trying to get coal for all I'M
employed families. Only few got
coal because the supervisor Of relief
said that he had no more. At last
nights meeting there were two pro-
poSals-one to have the unemployed
work in the local mines until all the
miners coal bins we're full. This
would be a forced labor scheme and
only a few are for it. ct was a
Socialists idea). The other was to
do like we did last year-go out to the
C. B. g. o. Railroad and take it from
the trains.
This proposal of taking it we were
against also, and will be used only
when we are not furnished with coal,
Instead, we will go to the supervisor
in mass and force him to give every
family load of coal-like the work
ers in Chicago got it-and if he does
not come across, there will be only
one thing for us to do, take it.
With even schools closing down be-
cause they cannot be heated, the min
ers are beginning to understand that
they cannot expect anything from
this system of the bosses.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-11-11

a social club which was promptly
named 'whoopie Athletic Club The
result: they whoopied right away
from US.
Another example is in the Negro
Section. We told five Of our best new
Negro comrades to organize a social
club. The aim of this club was to
gather together Negro youth 10 facil-
itate their coming over into the X.
G. L. But actually what happened
was exactly the opposite. All OF
the young workers whom the COM
rades were urging to join the Y. Q L
were v>''-'~@d into this club. The
club developed interesting meetings
its social life and gave to the Negro
youth something which the z. 9. l..
did not. The club developed q nlors
attractive life than the Y. Q. l.. arlo
as result our own League youth
remained in the club and forgot about
the Y. G. L.
1--WE have to draw the lesson that
our whole inner life lacks 8 youth
attractiveness which causes the young
workers to drop out Of the League
And they go elsewhere.
Another example. We we're very
active in obtaining free clothes for
the unemployed youth. Those for
whom we got clothes knew we were
Communists and came to the League
Office to go with us to the Mayors
| Committee. Yet, we hedtated to
bring the young workers into the
Y. C.. L. Instead we organized q
Depression Club. The z. G. l. was
the class-struggle organization which
was getting them clothes. But we
hesitated and pushed them into a
bridge.
Perhaps this partly explains the
smallness Of the 7. c. L. in Buffalo.
"a Gs-BuffsIo."
Editorial Note by z. @. L. The
main lesson to be learned from the
Buffalo experiences Is that there is
no "easy" way to the masses of
youth. If we expect TO lead the young
workers they must be organized
around the struggle for their fnnme-
date demands. Social life and sports
are essential, but these are not the
! MAIN approaches tothe youth. The
conclusion must not be drawn from
this article that bridge organize
tons" are not to be organized. The
question is: what kind Of organiza-
tons? We must constantly raise be-
| fore the young workers the concrete
issues Of struggle. and not be afraid
to come forward With the program
OF our Young Communist League. At
the same time, we must make the life
| OF our LEAGUE units interesting to the
| young workers. a
At this moment the most important
mass organization in Buffalo is the
Steel and Metal Workers Industrial
Union. Here is where the Y. C. L.
members must work and build
powerful bridge to Communism or
the basis Of our daily defense Of the
economic interests Of the young
workers.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-11-11
Sheriff's Guns Force
Miners to Work Despite
Vote Against Checkoff
BY Mine Worker Correspondent

BY Mine Worker Correspondent
DENVER, Colo.-On Monday, Oct.
10th, the Sheriff was at the Puritan
mine In Northern Colo with machine
guns, gas bombs and shot guns, the
mine could not open. $50 of the go
men refused to sign up with the
U.M.WA.
The Sheriff told some Of the men
that the contract had been signed
and that they had better 60 to work.
The men that were for the check-off
stood to one side of the shaft while
those against stood on the other side,
but the Sheriff and the UM.WA.
officials, although the majority were
against the check-off, told the men
to go down and go to work.
Tuesday morning the Sheriff and
officials were at the mine again, and
again the men split as they had the
day before. The superintendent i'm
mediately told the men to go to work.
The miners at the Baum mine held
meeting and rejected the check-off
and membership in the U. NV. Of A.
by vote Of 103 to 0 with q miners
not present.
The fight being put up By the min
ers is not against the rank and file
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-11-11

no more strike. that they are Just q
bunch OF blacklisted men. I went
hoping to find out Just what is what
My four children are getting skin
nier every day. We can't make out
on the relief we get from our brothers
up north. How can we live on the
so cents we get every two weeks? Our
family gets no state relief. And now
we're going to be thrown out of our
home. We paid and paid on the
house and now they're served us a
notice to pay or get out. How can
we pay7 They know we're striking
and that's why they're making it so
hard for US. Winter is coming and
If something doesn't happen soon,
we'll be out on the street.
Anyhow, though there is plenty Of
trouble at home, I said to my hus-
band I'll go, this is a conference to
discuss the needs of striking miners.
Maybe III find out what we're going
to do. So I went and here's what
happened at the conference.
Mrs. Week got up and spoke. She
said that she's Just coming from Chi
cago and wasn't invited there by the
Communist Party, but by group Of
professors, ministers, lawyers, and
Norman Thomas. And she said that
Norman Thomas wept when she told
them about the striking miners. And
she told us she is a member of the
Socialist Party. And then she said
she wasn't starting q new union like
Pearcy said, and that she invited
Pearcy to speak here in the after
noon. And so the whole morning
was spent in doing nothing except
talking about what Pearcy said about
her and what she said about Pearcy.
Just Squabbling
Some OF us got together dinner
time and began to ask what was the
conference about and what shall we
do? One woman said she had a reso-
luton calling upon the miners up
north to strike until the miners down
south got their jobs back. But
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-11-11

nothing happened. There was no
resolutions committee or credentisl
committee elected and in the after
noon there was some more squab-
bling.
Pearcy spoke and said he was
against strike. He said we were
not strong enough to strike, that
there was only one Progressive to
every twenty miners.
Then Mrs. Week asked him what
he thought about march of striking
miners wives to Washington, and
Pearcy said he didn't see any sense
to it. Then he said that NR.A. is
a law and whether we like it or not
We got to obey it, Then he said he
was sorry about what happened at
Harrisburg.
And thought to myself how long
does he think the miners are going
to starve peacefully His belly looks
pretty full. And then he said he
was sorry about the Duquoin murder.
I almost got up and screamed. Mind
you, he blamed not the gun thugs
and sheriffs, but our boys who have
gone to Jail for life
And so the whole afternoon it was
a wrangle about some kind of a
mimeograph machine and so on.
Finally it was all over. And most
OF us asked each other, what did we
come here for? l know that some
of the good, militant women up north
think whole lot about Mrs. Week
1 spoke to them and they told me So
They like her because the reac-
tionarieS of the PIMA. are fighting
her and because Pearcy and the
Executive Board are against her. l
know Pearcy has no policy. But at
this conference I didn't see where
she had one. The conference was
just squabble and just mixed things
without giving us any policy If she
had a policy, she should have kept
Pearcy out and gone ahead with the
work Of the conference. There was
everything at the conference-except
a program, except telling lis. striking
miners wives what we are to do.
And now we're at home. And ou
men are saying: Again a bunch OF
takers are trying to sell us out. Ant
many of us are beginning to under
stand that We'll never get anywhere
this way, with this kind of leader
ship, that what We need is the rea,
reds down here, that we need the rea
leaders of the working class, the
Communists. And that we had better
organize Communist Party down
here which we need as never before
A Striking Miners Wife.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-11-11
TRAINING" THE YOUNGSTERS
WITH BOXES
BY Alice w. L.

Nov, about the cardboard boxes,
cereal boxes, etc. They make won
derful trains and will keep the chill
dren occupied for hours. The ordi-
nary cracker box makes a car. Wash
led dried milk bottle tops make the
wheels.
If paper fasteners are too expen-
sive, these can be pasted on with
thick mixture of flour and water, or
sewed in with needle and thread.
Windows can be cut out or squares of
colored paper pasted on to look like
windows.
A group of cars can be connected
2 together by sewing with strong
=, thread. For an engine use round
oatmeal box. Attach a "cow- catcher"
made of cardboard (from another
box) make a hole for the funnel and
Insert "a piece of rolled paper; cut
3 out the window for the engineer, and
SFsttach engine to the train.
The whole train can then he paint
Eed-the engine black with white let
<tering or numbers cut out from the
newspapers, the cars colored as the
child wishes, with names and num-
.sbers on the cars made from lettering
fr.n headlines.
This Is most satisfactory toy.
The child's enjoyment of it is greatly
increased by the fact that he made
it himself. From what we have seen
.. Of this type Of work we request the
" parent to let the child do 1t himself.
III Any child old enough to handle q
II scissors, and that means from the
age Of five up, can make the whole
thing himself.
From cracker boxes we can make
mot only trains, but go-carts, using
.lolly-pop sticks for handles, wagons,
and automobiles. BY careful cutting
and solving the problem of wheels
either by using milk-bottle tops or
by cutting larger circles Of cardboard,
practically any toy or object known
ito the children can be made.
One word to parents: do not cor
rect the child or poke fun at him
II the finished product is not up to
your standards. Appreciate what he
can do. Let him do 1t himself, and
remember that the more of this type
Y of toy he makes, the more expert
] he will become.
J He will not only have leaned how
to keep himself busy while his par
gents are occupied around the house,
but will draw admiration from his
little friends for these toys which are
SO simply and cheaply made.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-11-11

now works his mines with a scale
of $3.50, and tries by every method
to cut this starvation scale.
Here we were locked on every
( car of coal we loaded. When we
''9went back, the docking was to be
280 pounds per car! Of course the
local scabs and Pagan tools agreed
to this, but the miners strEck, and
after one day strike the company
&. Withdrew this high docking, and
will appeal" the case to the NRA
established arbitration board.
FMS -->saE5 that in a snort time
we will be locked 280 pounds per
car, and it will be legal, because
the board will OK. the docking.
i. The board will consist of three
operators and three miners! How
ever, while the operator will name
their representatives, we miners
will be represented by three
4"miners" such as Pagan, O'Leary
and largest, or three appointed by
: them!
~ In other words, the company will
/, lave six men to represent them and
3 the miners no one. If they wanted
to give US miners the representa-
tives of our own choice, then the
: local union involved in these cases
would elect its own men, and we
would have some choice Of repre-
sentation. If this rule would be
followed, then the arbitration board
. in the majority of cases could not
put over the wage cuts. Therefore
they let Pagan represent us.
What we must do is to determine
: not to accept any docking! And
when necessary strike against the
decisions Of the Impartial" arbi-
= trstion board.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-11-11
Gives Valued Gift

A worker In New York sent a SO
cent piece minted in 1882, stating
that he had no money but gave this
coin, which he values for senti-
mental reason to help the Daily
Worker. The coin came in velvet
case. The comrade signs himself IAN
Utter Failure" But no one Is a fail.
ure who is fighting for the life Of
our most powerful revolutionary
weapon, the Daily Worker.
Theatre Club Wins
The Theatre Club did win Burck's
cartoon 1.-TWO Systems" with q "a
bid.
From Midwest
Flint, Mich, has almost doubled It's
quota of SIS in the $4,000 Drive and
Is still going strong. Twenty dollars
came from the Working Women's
Council, Hamtramck, Mich; Jewish
Women's Council Of Detroit sent 81
that had been set aside for flowers
for sick member in the hospital,
in order to help save our Daily
Worker.
Hungarian Workers Help
The Baltimore Branch OF the Hun
garian Workers Federation sent in
$40 raised at party. An Irish
worker of New York City sent 81,
expressing his regret he could not
give more.
From Two. Branches
Branch 600, International Workers
Order, Mineola, N. Y, sent in $lo.14;
Branch SAG, Chicago, $3.50; Lenin
Branch AZ. Detroit, sent in $12.
Most Of the funds sent in by or
CARNATIONS are raised through house
parties, larger affairs and on collec-
ton lists. FOLLOW THEIR EXAM
PILE AND HELP SAVE THE DAILY
WORKER.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-11-11

Union Basket Ball League
1.-THE representatives from each club
formed q provisional committee, and
q committee Of four to manage the
gym and arrange games was also
elected. The provisional L.S.U. COM
mittee never met again. The manag-
ing committee of four died after two
weeks existence. Twenty-Five clubs
used the gym, and many of these
teams insisted on playing the Young
Communist League. We were becom-
ing quite a factor around William
Street.
Tn Rochester, the following clubs
were organized: Depression Club,
W.LR. Cultural Group 0his group
had fifty Italian Youth in it, Iith-
uanian Literary Club, Ukranian I.
W. o. and one or two other youth
clubs. All except the Lithuanian
Literary Club died out. What is the
reason for this state. Of affairs?
First and baSicauy was a wrong
conception Of the YCL. We did not
see the League as an all-embracing,
very broad youth organization. We
did not know how our League should
function as a mass organization. II
anyone had stated at that time that
we lacked a faith in the ability Of
the young workers to absorb Com
munism, that we we're deliberately
sitting our League and perpetuating
its isolation from the young workers,
we would very bitterly have called
that person a liar. But In practice
this was the policy, the line we fol
lowed.
Let us examine this little fur
Their. In Black Rock we had built up
"a League OF over thirty members.
The majority bought books and all
came to meetings regularly. All were
Polish workers, unemployed, who had
never had anything to do with Com
munisIn before. We had class, we
danced and played checkers. We took
some of the. workers to the city and
cot clothes for them. We functioned
and were growing. More often than
not the meetings were a combination
of a mad-house and one individual
doing all the talking and presenting
all the ideas. This, however, was un-
ayoidable. These young workers were
curious and wanted to know what
Communism is all about and were
ready to be convinced. However.
they were undisciplined, they had
been unemployed for long time.
their only activity being hustling
coal from the railroad yards. Most
of them had only a minimum Of
schooling and never belonged to any
organization before. While they re-
fuse to get up at meeting and
present their ideas they will give you
good suggestions when you talk with
them.
I'VE wanted to arrange for some
street action for unemployed relief
But the response at our League
meeting was unfavorable. It flowed
| from lack of conviction of the
| effectiveness Of such action in bring
ing results. What was necessary to
overcome this was more education
and a greater dramatization around
some single issue. But we didn't see
! the problem this way. We looked at
| these young workers as not quite
ready for the Y.C.L. In other words
we wanted finished Communists in
our Y.CL.
Eve took these very same League
members and organized them into
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-11-11
by PAUL LD4rINGER, MD.
ANSWER TO QUESTIONS
SIepnino,. Sickness

DR.. Adeir, st. Louis, Mo.--You have
no warrant Whatsoever for your as
sumption that encephahtiS lethargia
(sieeping sickness @is but the pssti-
lence following famine" 1t is true
that we do not know the germ
which causes the disease, but 1t at
tacks rich and poor alike 1t NEST
often fellows Influenza or the grippe,
not famine. When we don't know the
cause Of a disease il is best to sus-
pend Judgment, instead OF making
wild guesses. Incidentally, we do not
find your name in the directory of
praeticing physicians, published by
the American Medical Association.
Constipation
Angelyne r., Detroit.-n you are
sick of laxatives, try to eat bulky food,
such as bran, coarse vegetables (ceb-
bage, lettuce, celery, etc. Arrange to
visit the bathroom at the same hour,
every day, when you have most leis-
ure, even If you do not feel the urge
Of moving your bowels.
Rattlesnake Oil for Badness
A. A. D., Bronx:-If olive oil and
castor oil have failed, you'll get no
results from rattlesnake oil. Bald
ness is mainly hereditary except
when due to a specific disease like
typhoid fever or to anemia. Some
smart guys are making fortunes SELL
ing snake oil for rheumatism, but it
has never cured either rheumatism
or badness. Sunshine dries the
scalp. eating oily foods, on the other
hand, has tendency to increase
the amount of fat in the sebaceous
Glands which Intricate the hair. Try
TO increase the amount Of butter,