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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-07-08
Statement of the Elk.
Comm. of the Natl
Miners Union

1.-THE right to organize and bargain
collectively will be granted not by re.
lying on the Recovery Act but only
to the extent that the miners will en-
force this right through stubborn
struggle" the Executive Committee o
the National Miners Union declared
in a statement issued this week deal
ing with the question of what the Re.
covery Act means to the miners. The
statement follows in part:
The Industrial Recovery Act be
came law. The President appointed
committee to carry it out. The en-
ployers are organizing company un-
ions, and the UMWA officials arr
fighting desperately to organize theil
machine and to help carry it out.
The Industrial Recovery Act, VIZ
are told, will bring prosperity for all
1t Is said the mines and mills will
reopen. The unemployed will be giver
jobs. Wages will be increased anc
working hours reduced The workers
will have the same rights as the en-
ployers.
The UMWA Journal insists thai
the miners especially will benefit BY
the new law. The Journal writes and
the organizers agitate: 1.-THE new law
is the most gigantic progressive ster
ever taken in America" Tt "means
emancipation of the wage slave" I'll
makes the yellow-dog contract dead
beyond any possibility of resurrec-
ton" 1t spells the doom of the COM
pany union 1t gives the worker,
"undisputed right to organize anc
bargain collectively through repre-
sentatives of their own choosing"
The President already appointed q
Coal Board of Five, consisting Of
John L. Lewis and four billionaires
The Coal Board is to determine wages
and conditions of the miners. Wage
scales decided upon by the Board will
be considered final. A strike against
low wage scales will be considered a
violation of the law.
Company Unions
Despite the joyful declaration OF
the UMWA Journal that the new
law spells the doom of the company
union," the. Pittsburgh Coal. H. G
Prick, Westmoreland Coal, Bethle-
hem Mining, Vesta Coal, National
Mining and all other large corpora
lions have already built the yellow
dog company unions. The company
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-07-08
Miners Discovering
Initiation As a Slash

by Mine Worker Correspondent
WILKES BARRE, Pa.-Some time
ago we had the first conference of
miners in Wilkes Barre section, and
it drew some new elements into our
movement. We expect to hold regu-
lar meetings each week, also elected
a committee of five to act on dis
trict rank and file committee.
Our plan is to arrange mass meet
ingS of the miners in different
camps. They expect to call meetings
of collieries which have been closed
down and have the unemployed
miners elect delegates to the U. M.
w. A. convention this month. The
miners will have to go over the heads
OF the officials if they do this, as the
officials have forbidden the closed
down collieries to hold any meetings.
We held meeting of the unem-
ployed and got reorganized, and you
could almost feel a new response as
result. The workers are taking an
actual part in the organization
There was no mechanical election by
us OF the executive and the work
ers themselves felt this, also that
they actually were responsible for the
setting up Of the committee. The
press here reported they heard from
an authoritative source that the u
M. w. A. officials had signified their
Willingness for wage reduction,
provided that the coal operators
would guarantee the miners nov at
work" an equal division of the work.
ing time. Some comrades were I'M
der the impression that there would
be no wage reduction, that the coal
operators will be satisfied with in
flation measures, and I don't know
my Marxism il initiation does not
mean wage reductions, although we
use the term indirectly.
OF course it will be little harder
to make the miners understand this
kind of wage cut, but we will have
to explain again and again until they
do understand
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-07-08

at the shop as an apprentice. thus
enabling her employer to escape
paying her the minimum wage OF
SIC a week. The extent OF the
speed-up in the shop was SO great,
enc employee stated, that the sup
crintendent had told the blockers
not to leave their machines between
whistles. Go to the toilet when
you get home the superintendent
was reported to have said, ION your
own time"
The brutality of the Los Angeles
red squad in its attempts to break
the strike was described by the
strikers. Though peacefully picket
ing, many women strikers were bad
ly beaten. The repeal of the anti
picl,eting ordinance was asked by
Samuel Myers, chairman of the
strike committee,
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-07-08

into the A. f. OF l.. against their VIII.
The City Committee upheld the
stand of the International Fur Work
ers' Union in conspiring with the fur
bosses TO compel the workers to join
the a. F. of L. in order to pave the
way for the lowering Of their work
ing conditions.
Declares Confidence in Shore f
The Socialist Party discusses the
fact that Shore was chosen by them
to head the union wrecking A. F. Of
L. outfit and declares complete CON
fdence in his ability to accomplish
the task of smashing the Needle
Trades Union and restoring the for
mer intolerable condition in the shops.
The report, which was adopted by
vote of So to Is, warned the Socialist
leaders not to make such moves as
Thomas of finding out the true facts
without gaining the party's APP
prevail"
When questioned today as to the
number Of fur workers who have ac-
tually signed up with the A F.. of L.
union, Samuel Shore. Socialist man
ager of the union, refused to disclose
the number. He admitted, however,
that number of workers have re-
turned to work and continued their
affiliation with the Needle Trades
Workers Industrial Union despite the
conspiracy between him and the
bosses
What's Behind the S. P. Stand
The investigation undertaken by
the Socialist Party was the result Of
Norman Thomas visit to the fur
market a few weeks ago to "investi
gate" the situation. Thomas visit
was occasioned by the fact that he
realizes that the workers are fast los
ing faith in the Socialist Party which
supports the bosses in its effort to
destroy their union. Instead the
workers are lining up solidly behind
the militant leadership Of the union
which has fought so valiantly to gain
better conditions for them. 1t was
Thomas hope to save the face Of the
Socialist Party.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-07-08
American Miner Writes
of Work in Soviet Union

Philip Di Giambiattista, the writer
of the following letter, was an active
leader of the 1881 Miners Strike in
the Avella Section of Western Penn
sylvania and later in the Brownsville
field. There he was bounded by the
authorities at the instigation of the
coal operators and arrested. He was
ordered deported to fascist italy.
However, the International Labor De-
tense fought for voluntary departure
to the Soviet Union for Philip Thus
he went to help Guild Socialism in
that country.
U. S. S. r.
Donbas Station,
Voroshilov
Paris Commune Mine No. 4.
Dear Comrades of the
National Miners Union:
Well, American coal miners, I am
letting you know something about
the Soviet Union coal miners and
coal mines. Something in capitalist
America does not exist anymore and
that is, we, the Soviet Miners, be-
ginning first Of June, 1888, will get
another wage increase, while In
America I suppose you will get an
ether wage cut.
The American capitalist does not
understand any other language but
wage cuts for the workers and in
the mines there. That has been true
for long time, for those who still
have job. In the Soviet Union the
Bolsheviks understand another Ian
guage, the language Of the working
class which is wage increases and
better conditions for the workers.
On June LIST we get general in
crease of 10 percent and the ones who
fulfill the plan 100 percent will get
another 10 percent on top Of that. If
the worker does better than 100 per-
cent he gets another 80 percent on
top of that and a fund will be set
aside for all such workers to provide
for a premium. We get the premi-
ums now but under the new plan
it will be bigger and regular after
the list Of June.
I already got many premiums. On
the 1st of May I got 80 rubles premi-
UNI and made pay in April Of 62l
rubles for the month which filled my
plan assignment more than 300 per-
cent. In March I filled the plan 247
percent and each month much like
that.
/ also want to tell you that we in
the Soviet Union get one month va
cation every year with full pay and
I will get mine in July. I am cut
ting coal here and do I like it? Fine
boys. We work hours day and
work four days then rest the fifth
day. Such as this was never in
America for the working class and
never will be as long as you have
capitalism, for capitalism Is not go
ing to do anything for the working
class. They tell you that prosperity
Is around the corner but you need
a damn good flashlight to look for
it. Before you find prosperity you
will be dead from starvation, because
there is nothing like prosperity for
the workers under capitalist rule and
the only place that has prosperity
and future for the workers is the
Soviet Union.
I will tell you again, American coal
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-07-08
Miners Are Forced
To Sign With Lewis
Or Lose Jobs in Kan,
(By a Worker Correspondent


PITTSBURGH, Kan.--Most all the
deep mines around here are shut
down. Nearly all the coal taken out
now is done with steam shovels.
Then the land becomes unfit for
raising anything, and there are mil
lions of acres made useless because
OF these steam shoves. Great val
leyS are left in the wake of the
shovels and water collects and forms
ponds. These places cannot sustain
any kind of life because the water is
alkali.'
Hundreds of Miners Lose Jobs
The coal operators should be made
to level the ground after they have
taken out the coal. IT has been
estimated that by levying 50-cent
per ton tax on COAL this would cover
the labor cost Of filling these strip
pits.
More than two-thirds of the miners
are unemployed around this section.
One shovel at Minden, Mo-, one Of
the largest in the world, does the
work Of hundreds of former miners.
Coal sells mere from 81 to 50 per ton
delivered. So you can see that the
miners conditions are bad.
Miners Oppose Lewis.
The miners are about 85 per cent
opposed to Lewis and the role the
United Mine Workers is playing.
But they are compelled to sign up or
lose their jobs. Try as they like, to
put Lewis out, they can't, because
the Lewis machine counts the votes
and keeps itself in power with the
aid of the operators. BY forcing the
men to join the U. M. W., and
thereby paying Lewis his $4,000 a
year salary, while many families are
suffering hunger and cold, what
difference does this make to the
bosses? None whatsoever. &C.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-07-08
Millinery Strikers
Reveal Sweatsilon
Evils in Los Angeles

LOS ANGELES, July THE
truth of the sweatshop conditions
existing in Los Angeles millinery
shops was reveale d at an open
hearing given the 100 striking mil
linery workers of the Golden Broth
er's Shop before the city council
The strikers protested bitterly
against the attempted Inauguration
of a piece-work system which
would have virtually meant a SO
per cent wage cut. Girl strikers
told how they were forced TO work
on Sundays in violation OF the A
hour law for women One girl told
OF having worked under two names
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-07-08

on. what am I going to do"
asked the woman in charge, and
was told to go to a private doc
tor. When I explained I had no
money, the woman answered, IT'S
not our business to worry about
where you get the money to pay
for doctor"
A pregnant woman also out OF
work for a long time was told the
same thing when she asked for a
card III. v.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-07-08
LEATHER WORKERS STRIKE.

AMSTERDAM, N. Y, July More
than 200 workers struck against the
McGregor Leather Coat Co. demand
ing recognition of their union. The
strike is led by the Amalgamsted
Clothing Workers. Three pickets
we're arrested and held on charges Of
disorderly conduct
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-07-08

For many a decade past the his
tory of industry and commerce is
but the history Of the revolt Of
modern productive forces against
modern conditions of production,
against the property relations that
are the conditions for the existence
of the bourgeoisie and of its
rule.-Communist Manifesto.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-07-08
Socialist Party
Ubholds Attack by
ALL. Fur Bosses
City Committee Votes Complete Confidence"
in Campaign to Crush Fur Union
Backs Drive to Smash Conditions Won Under
Needle Trades Union Leadership

NEW YORKThe City Socialist
admitted its union wrecking Wedne
the which
workers under the leadership the industrial
Union
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-07-08
Federal Agent Sent to Force
Surrender of Salem Strikers
Promises Blessings" of Recovery Slavery
Act if Workers Will Return to Their Jobs;
State Arbitration Hearings Start

SALEM Mass
department. dspahng solicitor" to the the strike of 1900
Of the strikers finally
officials
plan their
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-07-08
NOTE:

We publish letters from miners
every Saturday Get them to us by
the preceding Wednesday
The Daily Alaska empire., 1933-10-21
FRANCE BACKING. DANUbIAN UNION. TO AID AUSTRIA
Italy Also Aiding Toward Common Program of
 Economic Relief

PARIS, Oct. 2l.-Fear of Ger man expansfon, diplomatic circles believe, is driving France and Italy toward a common program of ec- onomic relief of Central Europe
 These two nations, after being unable for years to agree on any plan for setting the Danubian countries back on their feet, are reported as talking seriously, un- der pressure of threatening nazi Germany. of a five-power Danub- ian customs union.
 Economic strengthening of Aus tria is sought so that she can ward off nazi pleas for federation with Germany and maintain the independence decreed her by the Versailles treaty.
 New Markets Wanted
 Almost the entire continent is opposed to ro-German union and efforts are being redoubled to wean away German sympathizsrs in Austria by opening up new markets for her products in Hun- gary, Rumania. Yugoslavia and
The Daily Alaska empire., 1933-10-21

the authority to levy taxes on l- quors, to prevent their rranspor- tation from wet to dry states and to guard against sending liquor advertisements through the mails into prohibition states.
 Federal Systems Proposed
 Any sizable extension of Federal control is not now contemplated. Government officials concerned with the legal phases that repeal would present and with taxation after repeal say regulation would be entirely state problem, as pledged in the repeal plank of the Democratic platform of 1882.
 While there have been propos- als for the establishment of Fed eral regulation systems such as those in Quebec, Sweden and Aus tralia, administration leaders in sist that the traffic be brought under the complete supervision and control of the states
 Paramount interest of the Fed eral government in the legalized manufacture and sale of liquor would be it's fruitfulness as a source of national revenue, as a hudget balancer and as a means of painless" taxation providing opportunity for reduction of oth- CT taxes.
 It is hoped, says Senator Pat Harrison of Mississippi, Chairman of the Senate Finance Commit tee, to derive total of $700,0O0,- GOO annually from Federal levies on alcoholic beverages.
 Webb Kenyon Act Effective
 It would be the duty of depart ment of justice agents to appre- hend violators of the Webb-Ken- yon act, which prohibits the transportation of intoxicating li- quors from any state or foreign country into dry state. That law, enacted for the purpose of protecting dry territory in pre- volstead days, in the event of re- peal would be buttressed by Par agraph 2 of the 21st admentment (the repeal amendment) which in- corporates it's provisions in the Constitution.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1933-10-21
THEY WONT PLAY.

There is disposition among some of the more adca drys to play the part of the spoiled child yho if he can't be the batter. takes his ball and goes home. An instance of this recently n the utterance of of the leaders of the Anti Saloon League in Ohio who commented that his organization hold views to the sort of iquor control system the country ought to see adopted after the repeal of the Eighteenth Amend ment. In this connection he declared
 That is impossible because the League
 does not admit defeat, will not concede any
 thing, will not discuss the possibility of
 repeal, will not give attention to any ques-
 tion of what may be done after repeal and
 will not prefer any particular form of liquor
 control, since it does not believe in any,
 thing except complete Prohibition.
 That is a defeatst attitude While there are not any large number of responsible citizens who entertain such view, it is voiced all too often for comfort They do not yield anything Faced with elimination of Prohibition they turn deaf ears to the suggestion that they join the more moderate drys and the moderate vets in formulating pro- gram in each State that will lead to true temper ance. With chance to render real public service, if they cannot control their fellows morals and capacities they wont do anything. Prohibition or nothing, and let temperance go neglected it has been abandoned for the past l3 years
The Daily Alaska empire., 1933-10-21
rMEN1US7 DAYl
Ry MRS. ALEXANDER GEORGE
 DINNER SERVING SIX

By MRS. ALEXANDER GEORGE
 DINNER SERVING SIX
 The Menu Sliced Roast Beef Apple Fritters
 Candied Sweet Potatoes
 Bread Currant Jam Head Lettuce French Dressing
 Chocolate Gelatin Pudding
 Queens Cookies
 Coffee
 CMilk for the Children
 Apple Fritters
 IF cups flour, 2 teaspoons of baking powder, r teaspoon salt, 1 teaspoon sugar, 2 cups sliced ap- ples. ? eggs, 2-3 cup milk.
 Mix ingredients and drop table spoonful into deep hot fat. Fry until well Drowned on all sides. dust with confectioner's sugar and serve.
 Candied Sweet Potatoes 6 peeled sweet potatoes, F cup brown sugar, F teaspoon cinna- mon, F teaspoon salt, A teaspoon paprika, cup water, 3 tablespoons butter
 Mix ingredients and pour into shallow baking pan. Bake 50 min utes in moderate oven. Turn po- tatoes frequently to allow even cooking.
 Chocolate Gelatin Pudding tablespoons granulated gela- tin, 4 tablespoons cold water, 21 cups milk, 1 cup sugar, 1is squares chocolate melted, A teaspoon salt, l teaspoon vanilla, F cup marsh mallows.
 Soak gelatin in water minutes Add the milk, sugar, chocolate and salt. Heat in double boiler and stir frequently until gelatin has dissolved Cool. Add vanilla and marshmallows and pour into glass mold. Chill until stiff. Serve with cream
 Queens Cookies F cup butter, l cup sugar, 2 eggs, 3 tablespoons cream, 1 tea spoon vanilla, 1s teaspoon salt, } f-3 cups flour, teaspoon bak- ng powder.
 Cream the butter and sugar. Add rest of ingredients. Chill tough. Break off bits of dough and flatten down inches apart 1n greased baking sheets and bake l2 minutes in moderate oven.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1933-10-21
ISLANDS LOST
 BY ROAD BLDG,

POMEROY, Ohio, Oct. 21.-When road building O. the Federal Pub lie Works program gets fully under way it probably will mean a few more big bites taken out of islands that dot the channel of the Ohio River.
 Many of these islands are com posed almost entirely of gravel and sand, and many of them are owned by sand and gravel companies.
 Eight Mile Island, bought few years ago. has almost disappeared as a result of sand and gravel be- ing hauled to the mainland for roads. Letart Island is consider ably diminished, and extensive op- erations are being carried on at Burlington Island where the Nor gan raiders made their last stand in Civil War time, historic Blenner- hassett Island where Aaron Burr was alleged to have plotted, and Goose Island.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1933-10-21

CzechoSlovakia, where she already sells about 30 per cent of her ex- ports. Germany, however, is Aus tria's largest single client.
 Austria, Hungary and Yugosla- via on their own initiative recently made agreements among themselves for freer exchange of wood and wheat. Wood is one of Austria's principal exports and the French are preparing lenient customs du- ties on Austrian timber.
 Mussolini, on his part, is re- ported to have offered Chancellor Dollfuss, who is fighting to keep Austria free from political entan- elements, use of the Italian port of Trieste, which belonged to the pre-war Hapsburg empire.
 Politics Stand in Way
 Barricades in the way of five power tariff convention are chief ly political. Mussolini, who sees the power of France behind the Little Entente, does not want the countries composing the entente Czechoslovakia, Rumania and Yu- goslavia-to dominate such a un- ion.
 Also, fears are expressed by Italian, French and British export CTS that Czechosolvakian manufac- turers would. at their expense, be the great beneficiaries of a cus- toms union.
 Still another obstacle has been Hungarian demands for territorial revision. Rumania and Czechoslo- vakia, both of which obtained Hungarian territory as a result of the war, hesitate to give Buda- pest an opening to discuss treaty changes.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1933-10-21
9 YEARS AGO
Prem The Empire
OCTOBER 21, 1913

OCTOBER 21, 1913
 Despite indictment weather, the Hotel Gains formal opening which extended over two days, met with a great success. Many people called and inspected the latest of Junaau's new hotels. Everything in connec- ton with the establishment called forth expressions of approval
 Bert Sperry and Richard Wulzen went ptarmigan hunting in the Granite Creek basin and got sev- eral choice birds.
 The heavy rains caused Gold Creek to go on another rampage and as a consequence, the big Gold Creek Hume of the Juneau Water Company was again car ried out. Workmen were repeairing the damage.
 The buffet of the Hotel Cain was to be formally opened in the even- ing and Managers Kirkpatrick and Ferguson invited the public to call. The opening was not held at the same time as the hotel opening owing to unavoidable delays Oc- casioned on some plumbing.
 Louis P. Shackleford left with the Jackling party for the States.
 The Junior Circle Of the Juneau Camp Fire Girls was organized at meeting in the studio of Miss Edith Kempthorne, the guardian. Officers elected were; Florence Lar son, secretary; Dorothy Haley, trea- surer; Margaret Delzelle, pacemak- CT; Gertrude Nelson, pianist; Anna Barley, Rose Mclaughlin, Doris Sweeney and Helen Hendrickson, entertainment committee and Madge Case and Dorothy Troy. reporters.
 Thise who consented to be pa rons of the Junior Cirlce of the Camp Fire were, Mrs. B. M. Beh- rends, Mrs. J. H. Cobb, Mrs. H. L. Faulkner, Mrs. S. Hellenthal, Mrs. J. R. Whipple; Messrs, H. P. Crow ther, A. A. Gabbs, Judge R. F. Gunnison, Dr. P. J. Malone, Dr. H. c. DeVighne and Dr. J. K. Simpson.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1933-10-21
AMERICAN IS
 GIVEN AWARD
 IN MEDICINE
Dr. T. H. Morgan Honored by Stockholm Author
 ities-l933 Prize

STOCKHOLM, Oct. 21. = The 1883 prize for medicine has been awarded Dr. Thomas Hunt Nor gan. of Pasadena, California, prominent American zoologist. Dr. Morgan has written number of works on heredity and sex embroy- ological subjects.
 The 1883 award was made in recognition of Dr. Morgan's discov- cries concerning eugenic functions.
 pr. Morgan was born in Ken lucky in 1886