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The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1934-06-01

Emil Hurja, right hand man
to James A. Farley, postmaster
general, has the reputation of
seeing more, absorbing more
and saying less than any other
key figure in Washington. He
did say a few things on his visit
to st. Paul a few days ago
among which were that the
powers that be in Washington
had heard all about the 1884
platform of the Farmer-Labor
party in Minnesota and are I'M
slterably opposed to giving aid
or comfort to so radical a pro-
gram.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1934-06-01
Fatal Auto Accident.

The sympathy of range towns is ex-
tended Jake Weyenberg of the Eveleth
News end NJ n. Greenberg, Eveleth
attorney, on the serious injury of Mrs
Weyenberg and the death Of Mrs.
Greenberg IN an auto accident Satur-
day on the Miller Trunk highway about
q mile from Central Lakes The ac-
cident was one Of these unexplained
unfortunate affairs. Mrs Greenberg
was driving the car in which they were
riding when it skidded before turning
over. Mrs. Greenberg was instantly
killed -WeyenbGE IS at her homs
ct Eveleth where she Is recovering.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1934-06-01
Plane Used to Get
Signature for Pay Roll.

Supt. o. II. Whitehead and e. r.
Bauer, members of the Mountain Iron
school board, came to Ely Thursday
and took q plane ride to Knife Lake
where another member Of the board,
Oscar johnson, was engaged with the
crew dragging for the bodies Of Emo
Aalto and waino Havila, drowned three
weeks ago when their boat capsized
while fishing. The members Of the
board from Mountain Iron came up to
have Mr.. johnson sign the payroll
for teachers salaries.
Up to the present the bodies Of the
drowned man hare not been recovered.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1934-06-01
Macy to Recruit I4O0.-

The q. s. Navy VII enlist loo men
during the month Of june throughout
the United States Enlistments are
made of young men between the ages
of IL and Is. with good schooling and
of excellent moral and reputational
character OF this loo the Mime
apois district via recruit -, taking
men from the states Of Minnesota,
North Dakota, Wisconsin and Upper
1nchienn. ~
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1934-06-01

The FL. party organs who
adhere strictly to the party
platform adopted at the state
convention, can find no fault
with the document and are
using column after column of
space to inform the public that
all is we'll and that the platform
does not mean what it says,
especially where it states that
"a cooperative commonwealth
Is the only solution" to the
troubles that beset the State of
Minnesota today. We don't
know what you think, but we
would hate like'ell to turn over
our printing office, in the &C
emulation of which we have
worked over fifty years, to a
bunch of Soviets. Get right
down to brass tacks, those so
loudly at present excusing this
confiscation of industry, would
also hate to lose their plants to
uphold foreign bred propa-
gsnda-and the platform calls
for just that, in plain English.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1934-06-01

Figure it up yourself. Don't
go into high gear when you
hear of the NRA raising wages
and cutting hours 10 per cent.
Take SO cents an hour and 40
hours a week as a base. This
amounts to $40 a week. Raise
the hour rate ten per cent and
you get 55 cents an hour. Cut
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1934-06-01

A down-state paper in an
obituary of a prominent citizen,
who had passed away after a
long illness, said: He was in
deed a man who had suffered
much. He had been a sub
scriber to this paper since its
first number"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1934-06-01
MEMORIAL day
OBSERVANCE
Impressive Memorial Services
are Conducted by Legion
at the Cemetery

Under an overcast sky which tenn
pered the suns rays for the several
thousand people at the cemetery on
Wednesday to pay fitting tribute to ths
memory OF the soldier dead, very i'm
pressive program was given under the
direction Of Frank Lozar Post No. 24s
Of the American Legion.
The observance began with a parade
leaving the Community Center at $50
O'Clock. The parade was composed Of
the colors and color guard; Gold Star
Mothers in cars; members of the Ameri-
can Legion and Auxiliary Girl and Boy
Scouts; thousand or more school
pupils in charge of their teachers; citt-
zens IN cars and on foot; the whole
column measuring over a mile IN length
and headed by the Ely Community
Band in their natty white uniforms.
The parade was colorfuI affair with
its array of flags and the bright eolored
costumes of those taking part.
The Rev. A. NJ. GuStafson Of the
Bethany Lutheran church gave the IN
vocation and also the benediction. The
quartet composed of Cecil Nichols, d.
Rauh James, SigEd Olson and Wilson
Carlson, with Mrs E w. Hanson As
accompanies, sang Cover Them Over
and later In the program rendered
Brave Hearts Sleep On"
The Rev. Father c. j. Normoyle, for
merly connected as chaplain for the
Western Superior District CCC but now
with the camps along the North Shore,
was the speaker of the day. Father
Normoyle, himself an ex-service man
and former chaplain of the State De-
partmeE Of the Legion in Minnesota,
spoke feelingly of the dead of all wars,
the Gold Star Mothers, and admonished
his listeners TO carry on" the principles
for which the dead stood before making
the great sacrifice. He left with his
hearers noble thought on Americanasm
and much food for reflection especially
after he stated in all truth that not
outstanding the difficult situation we
are passing through, America was still
the best country on earth.
Only two Gold Star Mothers were
present as honored guests of the day,
Mrs. Robert Suominen and Mrs. Anna
Matetich- The Star Spangled Banner"
by the band, the salute to the dead by
the firing squad and Taps" by two
trumpeters closed the services.
Past Commander Edward Buckley Of
the local post called the roll of the
honored Ely soldier dead as follows:
Civil War
Cyril La Belle James ONiel
Spanish American War
John A. Johnson Phillip Sheridan
World War
Carlo Caimi, Rudolph Chimzar, Glenn
Coffey. Frank Erchull, John Kerze,
Herbert Kurvinen, Ignatius Loushin.
Frank Lozar, John K. Maxi, Matt
Mattila, n w. Meade, John II. Piuth,
George e. Porthan, Toivo Matt Por-
than. Matt Preblich, Joseph Freshmen,
Arthur Sikala, John Skantz, Matthias
Smrekar, Matt Smuk, Peter Stark,
Anton Wulotz, Frank Zimmerman,
Howard schaefer, Charles Heino. All
OF these are buried in the Ely cemetery.
Buried In other cemeteries are: VII
lard Esterberg at White Iron; John z.
Mattson, lost at sea; Douglas Cohey,
New York; Arthur Dugan, Pennsyl-
vania; Alfred Johns, Calumet. Mich
igan; Phillip White, Clear Lake, Mn
nesota; Mark Petritz, Butte, Montana;
Joseph Maahyich, Otto Pussari, Robert
Remes. Turie Suominen, France.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1934-06-01
BuOys Ordered for Lake.

The County Commissioners ct their
session Friday ordered buoys placed IN
BURNSIDE Lake to mark dangerous reefs
at q cost Of $500. Buoys were also
ordered for vermilion at q cost Of
81 900.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1934-06-01

The fellow who will invent
some kind of a cigarette ash
consumer will get rich as we'll
as aiding humanity, is the
opinion of an editorial squibber.
Mothers are complaining that
while nursing babies the ashes
from their cigarettes drop into
the little ones eyes.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-05-08
Smith Ends Stove
Strike in Detroit
With Betrayal
Head of MESA Leaves
Strikers Open to
Blacklist

DETROIT, May 6.-The strike of
one thousand workers at the Mich
igan Stove Company has finally
been smashed. The walkout started
April under the leadership of the
Mechanics Educational Society of
America. with demands for a 20 per
cent wage increase and the 36-hour,
five-day week. Despite the splen-
did militancy of the strikers. the
treacherous policies of Matthew
Smith, General Secretary of the M.
E. S. A., plus the terror against
the strikers by armed gangsters,
operating under police protection,
succeeded in breaking the strike.
In announcing the end of the
strike. Smith continued his ef-
forts to dupe the workers by
declaring the settlement was a
compromise" and that the COM
pany had agreed to take the men
back without discrimination and to
make wage adjustment" This was
denied in toto by John A. Fry, vice
president of the company, who de-
clared scabS would remain and only
about half of the strikers would be
taken back on the old terms. 1t
is clear that the most militant
strikers are being victimized.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-05-08
Fur Shops Strike
For Wage Increase
Two Special Meetings of
Furriers Called

NEW YORK. Workers of the
Green Brothers and Goldstein. 345
Seventh Ave, and Uberrnan Bros,
226 w. 29th St, both fur shops. were
declared on strike yesterday by the
Fur Workers Industrial Union. 131
w. 18th S..
The Green Bros. concern. which
is member of the Fur Manufac-
turers' Association, has worked hand
in hand with the Joint Council to
bring down the wages of the work
ers.
In the Uberman shop the mailer
was getting SO a day and was forced
to work from early morning until
late at nigh, union workers report.
The conditions in the fur trade
will be discussed by Ben Gold,
leader of the furriers, at an open
forum in the union headquarters
today at 1:30 pm.
A special meeting Of fur finishers
will be held in the union auditorium
at 2 pm. on Wednesday At this
meeting a committee will be elected
to go to Washington to protest.
against the evils of contracting, I'M
and forced registration
into the Joint Council.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-05-08
Peoria County May l
Demands Passage
OF Bill II. r. 1898

PEORIA, Ill, May 4.-Mey Day
and the Workers unemployment
Insurance Bill CHR. 7596) were
successfully popularized here thru
the mass meeting and demonstra-
ton organized by the Peoria County
Unemployment Council at Court
House Square.
Between 500 and 500 workers at
tended the demonstration, DESPITE
2 whole series of police provoca-
tionc, arrests and last minute st-
tenpt5 to cancel permit fo2 the
meeting. In the evening, zoo at
tended a celebration at the Volun-
teer5 of America Hall.
Seven workers arrested for dis
tributing May Day leaflets were
later relea3ed. The Unemployment
Councils are pushing the fight for
free speech and assemblage in con-
nectiol with the campaign for the
Workers Unemployment Insurance
Bill III. r. 1899.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-05-08
500 Rally in Duluth
In Bitterly Cold Weather

DULUTH, MINI. - An estimated
crowd of 800 workers attended the
May Day demonstration in Court
House Square here in bitterly cold
weather.
A feature of the demonstration
was q short speech by Comrsde
Griffith, member of the Socialist
Party and labor endorsed" candi-
date for school board in School
Board elections in Duluth. Griffith
spent most of his time dealing with
the necessity of united front action
between Socialist and Communist
Party workers and of the need for
united ranks of the working class to
defeat the hunger and war plans
of the capitalist class.
He further stated that while we
must build organization to fight for
the right to live now, the only per-
manent solution is through pro-
letarian revolution and the setting
up of workers government which,
alone, can build socialism.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-05-08
BOilermakerS, On
Strike in College
Town, Reject NRA
Refuse to ''Arbitrate'';
ALL. Leaders Send
In Scabs

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. May 8. -
Sixty skilled and unskilled workers
walked out of the Riverside Boiler
Works on April 20. The workers
have elected their own strike COM
mittee and are demanding recogni-
ton of their Industrial Metal Work
ers' Union, increased pay, and full
payment for their work. The strike
is now entering its second week. The
strikers have stopped scabs sent by
A. F Of L. officials from entering the
plant.
Heretofore, Riverside Boiler Works
has been one of the worst sweat
shops in the college city" Pay is
low and treatment bad. The high
est possible pay has been fifty-nine
cents an hour. The Code rate of
forty cents has many times been
openly violated by tricky, cold
blooded maneuver.
The strikers have rejected two N.
R. A. strike-breaking decisions, and
have voted to negotiate only with
the boss, and accept no compulsory
arbitration.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-05-08

take an active part in the
struggle against the war
mongers. Especially will it
depend upon the most physi-
cally capable of the youth,
the type which should naturally be
enrolled in a workers sport move
ment.
Yet, it is true that the work of
such a movement in the
United States has been a, difficult
one. It is painful to think how in
our athletic organizati lions
are, in comparison with the similar
ones which grew up in Germany.
for instance. This fact remains,
though it must be kept in view, of
course, that body like our Labor
Sports Union, whose duty it is to
be the dominant factor in the form
ing and welding of such groups, is
handicapped both in money
and in forces with which to carry
on It's task.
IT is obvious that thousands of
1 workers who have not been con-
tacted by workers clubs and who
are in the main unaware of the
existence of such clubs are members
Of so-called social clubs. These clubs
provide them with various forms of
besides athletics. They
are even in many instances discus
sion clubs. With them more than
one form of cooperation can be
successfully achieved. On the issue
Of war and fascism particularly, is
the ground fallow On like issue
the National Students League was
able to stage q nationwide strike
and demonstration.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-05-08
Subsistence Farms
Started in Texas
" orkers Paid 90 Gents a
Week at Forced Labor

AUSTIN. Texas.-A new measure
by which the government is trying
to further enslave the Southern
worker is the subsistence village"
system. A consolidation of tran
sient camps and subsistence farms,
such villages are under construction
in Texas, Louisiana and Mississippi
One subsistence village, located
about 20 miles from Austin, Texas,
speaks for the others in the gen.
eral uniform plan of the govern
ment. The village. of which the
construction is practically complete,
is about mile from the main high
way. A narrow road through the
cedarbrake leads to large, BASIN
like valley which is entirely sur
rounded by mountains. 1t is we'll
hidden from the public, and there
has purposely been no publicity to
attract attention to it.
80 Cents Week PAY"
The villages will be comprised Of
entire fanilies-the men doing the
various work allotted to them. The
women will keep house, which
means a complete denial of a
woman's right to an equal place in
business and professional life. All
of the villages will be run on sub
sistence basis with pay in kind"
The laborer will receive approx
mately go cents per week cash al
lowance. while the white collar
worker will be given about $3.50 per
week. To obtain maximum eff
cheney, bonuses" will be allotted
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-05-08
Denounce S. p. Leader
Who Tries 10 Break the
karp Brothers Strike

NEW YORK. - You're a strike
breaker" workers shouted at Henry
Jsga~, Scc'7ll-t Party leader when
he came ,ast Saturday night to
sneak to strikers Of the Karp Bros.
store.
The strike has been on since
March 20 under the leadership Of
the Fco1 Workers Industrial Union.
Socialist and A. F. of L. leaders
are trying to break the strike by
forcing the strikers back to work on
the basis Of en- agreement signed
by them with the store owners,
without the consent of the workers.
The Milk Drivers Section of the
F. ". l. U. chalked up another
victory when they signed up the
RubV Farms Co. 444 Rochester Ave,
Brooklyn. The workers won q So in
crease in wages, recognition of the
union and vacations with pay.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-05-08
FOrWard'LaunChes
Attack on Strike
Accuses Communists of
"Antagonizing' Cops

PHILADELPHIA, Pa, May g.
Workers of the Starrle Mill, who
returned to work after a six weeks
strike. walked out again Thursday
noon. This was in protest against
the actions Of the bosses to discrim-
mate against the workers who we're
the most militant and active in the
organization of the shop before the
strike and during it. The strikers
say they will stay out until there is
assurance Of no discrimination
against the strikers.
Workers of four other mills are
still out on strike.
The Forward" yellow organ of
the Socialist Party, carried a story
that day under the headline,
Communist Leaders Kill Strike of
Philadelphia Knit Goods Workers"
The story accused the Communists
Va N4ASoe 5ol4AcAAlS Vic bOcoeS anu
criticizes them for not putting the
case in the hands of the Labor
Board" The strikers are familiar
with the record of the local Labor
Board which sold-out the recent
taxi strike and it's record in the
Budd strike where the workers
we're forced back to work without
the granting of single demand.
This action of the Socialist sheet
follows the line laid down by the
S. P, which has taken the lead of
two strikes in Camden. In the ship
yard strike. they have laid the mat
ter before President Roosevelt, who
is anxious that the two warships
under construction at the yards be
finished and that no labor trouble
delay the ships to be constructed in
the future.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-05-08
Samuel Fmber Dies
OF Heart attack in
Philadelphia, Pa.

PHILADELPHIA, Pa. 49, Mem
bers of the Communist Party
and of all revolutionary mass or
CARNATIONS in South Philadel-
phis, were greatly grieved at the
sudden death last week of Sam
uel Farber, from a heart attack.
Fellow Worker Farber was a
close sympathizer with the revo-
lutionary movement and was of
great help to various organiza-
tons in his capacity as manager
Of Gollub's on South Seventh
Street. He is survived by q.
widow and several sons. and all
of revolutionary organ
izations who knew him, wish to
extend comrsdely consultations to
his family.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-05-08
Allentown Socialist
Workers Join United
Front May Day Meet

WIN, Pa, May g.
Headed by the banner Of the United
Front Against Hunger, Fasci-m
and War, 1000 Allentown employed
and unemployed workers demon
strated May l at the City Square.
300 marched through the streets to
the demonstration.
The Socialist and Musteite leaders
OF the Unemployed Leagues ooeyed
the bosses wishes by refusing to
call the workers out on May Day and
by rejecting the invitations of the
United Front May Day Committee.
It was only after some locals Of the
Unemployed Leagues endorsed the
United Front, that the Lehirh e.
ecutive Committee of the Unem-
ployed Leagues. controlled by the
Musteites, also joined
Many Socialist workers partici-
osted, despite the sabotage Of May
Day and the United Front by their
leaders.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-05-08
AMERICAN LEAGUE
n. I. Hatters Prepare
For Strike; Will Meet
Today to Discuss Plan

NEW YORK. - Hatters in New
York are getting ready to strike for
an increase in wages. The exact
amount that will be demanded by
the matters from the hat manufac-
turers is not known yet. A shop
conference of the United Hatters
Local 8 on Tuesday end q meeting
on Thursday of Local 7, will decide
on the demands of the workers of
each of these locals.
Last week at shop-call of the
Perfect Shop the men instructed
their delegates to the conference to
propose an increase of 76c on doZ
This would increase the earnings of
the average f1nisher from Se.72 to
$500 a day.
Judging by this and the sentiment
among the workers in other shops
this will most likely be the demand
of the union.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-05-08
School Board Bans
Discussion After
Hathaway SpeakS
Free Speech Rights
Denied After Editor
Smashes .Jim-Crow

NEW ORLEANS. La. May g.
Following 2 speech bv Clarence
Hathaway at the New Orleans Pub
lie Forum at which many Negro
workers were present, the orleans
Parish School Board banned dis
cussicns Of Economics and ways
out Of the depression" in public
school buildings.
Edmund Garland, vice-president
Of the board, stated that the action
was taken because the racial ques-
ticn had been raised.
George Treadwel another board
member. declared that he had voted
for the ban because of the "mingl-
ing Of Negroes and whites" and
because Il am not fond of commu-
nistic doctrines authoritatively dis
cussed."
Theodore Hotsrd averred that
the board would not tolerate the
meetings of blacks and whites" On
the question Of Communism he
said, Its true that the forum is
held by q bunch of professors from
Tulane, ell in high esteem, and by
other people, in esteem, too, but on
the other hand We deplore such eX-
preSsions."
The ban on meetings is seen as
an indication of the difference of
opinion between the opponents of
the more open forms Of suppression
of freedom of expression and the
liberal" attitude in New Orleans.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-05-08
LID. Demands
Sheriff'S Arrest in
NOrmanKidnaping
LID Lakeland Organizer
Attacked by Police,
Patterson Saws

NEW YORK. 49, Demand for the
immediate arrest of Sheriff W W.
Chase Of Lakeland, Fla. for the kid
mapping and possible murder of
Frank Norman. International Labor
Defense organizer there. was made
by William L. Patterson, national
secretary of the LID. in letters
Saturday to Governor Dave Sholtz
and Mayor E. L. Mack.
Patterson's letter to Sholtz fol-
lows, in part:
From evidence in our possession
it is clear that Frank Norman was
not only kidnapped at the behest Of
the authorities, but at the present
moment those in authority are max
ing every effort to shiled the kid
nappers and perhaps murderers.
These are some Of the facts:
Norman was removed from his
house by Sheriff Chase of Lakeland.
who called there toward midnight of
April Is. Chase was accompanied
by three men in an automobile. Not
only was Norman taken. but a
neighbor by the name of su1Tency
went with them at Norman's re-
quest, and is now available for
questioning. Surrency was later
forced out of the car. He heard a
struggle and shot from the car.
Norman hasn't been seen since that
time.
Chase is now trying to circulate
reports that Norman has been kid
mapped by Reds
I'VE demand the immediate in
vestigation along the lines set forth
in this letter. We demand the i'm
mediate arrest Of Sheriff Chase. We
demand the immediate establish
ment of a Board Of Inquiry upon
which workers shall constitute s.
majority and which will be subsi-
died by the State to carry forward
the investigation. We demand the
right Of the workers to arm them
selves for self-defense.
Failure on your part to act along
the lines Of the proposals outlined
above is evidence Of the connivance
of the highest authority of the
State with the Ku Klux Khan fas-
cist murderers who are terrorizing
workers in the Lakeland district in
an attempt to smash their struggles
for better living conditions"
A similar letter was sent to. Mayor
Mack.