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The Daily Alaska empire., 1934-07-20
END OF STARVATION WAGES.

There two features of code operation that will interest casual observers of this innova- tion in our industrial and commercial life. One is the frequency of admission by leaders of industries including of the largest, that prior to MIRA they not well informed to internal condi- tions in their trades Another is the apparently unanimous assurance of industriasts that they will never again countenance the payment of starvation wages.
 Both of these points were mentioned in an interview with Mark w. Cresap. Chairman of the Clothing Code Authority, in the Daily News Record of New York
 In predicting tha: at the next session of Con- gress the MIRA will be continued, he declared:
 The great industrial crime committed in
 the United States during the depression was
 the ruthless exploitation of labor. This re-
 suited in bringing up hours and bringing
 down wages to degree that the trsde
 generally did not know until the figures
 were assembled for the initial code hearings.
 Any system that will permit that condition
 needs regulation and I believe that in in
 dustry generally there is practically unani-
 nous feeling on that point
 He emphasized the opening of factories Gin out of-the-way places" in order to readily exploit labor and said that if any complaints that small manufacturers have been dscriminated against are of that type, they entitled to sympathy" As far as legitimate small manufacturers are con- cerned, MT. Cresap said He exists just as well under MIRA as before, with all of the evident advantages of lower overhead and nexibity. If such 8 producer continue in business only because of his exploitation of labor then his busi- ness ought not to exist"
The Daily Alaska empire., 1934-07-20
MORGENTHAU CHANGES PLANS.

The sudden decision of Secretary Morgenthau not to visit Alaska this Summer as originally planned is disappointing Alaskans had hoped to have glimpse of the man picked by the President to have the direction of his monetary policies so largely criticised by Eastern financers and bankers. It would have been gratifying to and hear the Cabinet member who is paying Alaskan miners 69 per cent more for their gold than they ever got before and from whom they receive double the amount for their silver that they have been accustomed to being paid for several years.
 < So far as vftally affecting the Territorial ad- uninistxaticn. the visit of the Secretary of the -. n6uy would have had little effect. His agencies
The Daily Alaska empire., 1934-07-20
Hard on College.
(New York Times.0

Newton D. Baker believes that the college men whom We have been turning out in such large quantities do not exercise much influence on the great currents of national life. This seems odd at first, because MT Baker used to work as Secretary of War for college man named Woodrow Wilson, who is generally believed to have made some impression on his country and his times. It used to Joe standing reproach against Woodrow Wilson that he the schoolmaster in politics Still, MT. Baker may have been thinking of Woodrow Wilson as the earlier, selective type of college man.
 Brain trusers and other political professors today cannot get off easily. Apparently MT. Baker does not regard them seriously does Dr. Wrt But here, also, it is going too far to say that the academic mind is utterly without influence Of course, college men do not determine the sweep direction of the great currents of national life But the neither does any other class of
The Daily Alaska empire., 1934-07-20
. ee .
 . COMMUNICATION . . oo . c

JUNEAU, Alaska, July 19.-To the Editor:
 In your paper of July 18, 1884, you quoted me as saying at the Republican Club meeting held the preceding evening that: Tn my opinion there is no such thing as decent liquor dealer"
 This statement standing alone does not express my opinion at all; nor the substance of what I said. I know number of upright, re- sponsible citizens now dealing in intoxicating liquors. They did not engage in the liquor business when such business was unlawful. Nearly all of them are engaged in respon- sible business other than the liqlipr business. They have homes and families in the Territory; and they recognize a responsibility in their liquor business towards the social and civic welfare of these com munities and the Territory. I be- lieve promotion of temperance in the use of intoxicating liquors is safe in their hands.
 My remarks were directed to- wards those persons who engaged in the liquor business when such business was unlawful. The per- sons to whom I referred engaged in an unlawful business in defiance of rules and regulations then, and we have no assurance they will ob- serve any rules or regulations now. In particular, they recognized no social or civil responsibility in any community then, and there is lit
The Daily Alaska empire., 1934-07-20

The announcement that Senator Borah is going to make some political speeches during the Con- gressional campaign is like saying that tomorrow will be another day.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1934-07-20

France seems to have misunderstood the sug- geston that she pay us in wines and is confirming her payments to whines.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1934-07-20

Herr Hitler is having his troubles, but it doesn't follow that he is going to pass out of the picture all at once. Sometimes dictator gets his second wind Mussoni did, Detroit Free Press)
The Daily Alaska empire., 1934-07-20

Some veteran citizens stubborny contend that the good old winters colder But they surely would not attempt to establish the claim that the equivalent summers were hotter-Undanapoli Star )
The Daily Alaska empire., 1934-07-20

Governor Langer, of North Dakota, seems to have lot of constituents who don't care whether he defrauded the Government not Philadelphia Bulletin)
The Daily Alaska empire., 1934-07-20

Federal Emergency Administrator Harry Hopkins
 says The American citizen doesn't know what it is to be taxed" Like Kelly dont-tMacon Tele- graph3
The Daily Alaska empire., 1934-07-20

Americanism-Demandng Government hand out when you lose; bowling when the Government taxes your gains.-(Akron Beacon-JournalD
The Daily Alaska empire., 1934-07-20

The most welcome words we can think of these days are flair and warner"
The Daily Alaska empire., 1934-07-20

Let those who will get thrill out of the fact that Doug Fairbanks is wearing monocle. We'd rather see Dillinger wearing manacle-Boston Herald)
The Daily Alaska empire., 1934-07-20

Not only do the debtor nations refuse to pay Uncle Sam. but they don't even ask him to call back next Saturday.-Uos Angeles Times)
The Daily Alaska empire., 1934-07-20

According to the college boys what we need in
 this country is fewer codes and more co-eds.- | (Newark, Ohio, Advocate)
The Daily Alaska empire., 1934-07-20
20 YEARS AGO
 Prom The Empire

JULY 20. 1914.
 A number of the younger set were entertained at a dancing party for Miss Katherine Wagner, niece of Mrs. Cobb at the home of MT. and Mrs. J. H. Cobb the prev ious Saturday evening.
 Chief Milton Vim. of the Ju- neau Fire Department. and Mrs. Vim were expected to return from Sitka Hot Springs where they had been spending several weeks.
 Judge R. w. Jennings appointed John Rustgard, J. R. Vim and J. H. Cobb as a committee to exam inc Lester O. Gore, fwho had ap- piled for admission to the Juneau bar. 3
 The basement walls and floors were finished for both the new pOstoffice and B. M. Behrends bank buildings and Architect Win stead began setting the forms for the pillars and beams of the sec- ond story.
 A deed was filed in the U. S Commissioners office, transferring lots ' and 8, block 28, on Seventh Street, from MT. and Mrs. J. F. Malony to the Alaska Gastineau Mining Company. The property was occupied by the residence of Gen. eral Manager B. L. Thane, of the company. a5ess
 Weather for the precedlng 24 hours was partly cloudy The max imum temperature was 66 degrees and the minimum was 49..
 Sister Superior of St. Ann's Hos- pital was conducting an experi- mental garden on a small plot of ground near the hospital. Straw berries, which were being given an opportunity were producing splen- did results.
 The Orpheum Theatre was to r,raconf tha fhriy1ipo ctorr, o,t;nod
The Daily Alaska empire., 1934-07-20

The Orpheum Theatre was to present the thrilling story entitled 'The Miser's Millions" 3-reel feature of startling situations and climaXes.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1934-07-20

Weather for the precedlng 24 hours was partly cloudy. The max imum temperature was 66 degrees and the minimum was 49..
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-02-16
Workers. ORGANIZED Act Against the Firing Today OF CWA Men

,Az, tho Roosevelt government fires one
r 7oot nros for liquidation Of ". A Jobs BY May has
~ trogb The New Deal has already half million work
e together out Of their Jobs abandoned them TO W
mid-winter starvation. .
Of millions nut back to work through N R. and then W. A.
the cheapest form Of denagogo puos 90
cover for sharp against sixteen million jo0eS workers oy e
1 % Deal o Roosevelt now stands exposed
The UNEMPLOYED srVa The capitalist press ana
the deagogc their best push through the Hunger Po
gram through the program OF hng o nlon
workers anly" Renewed appropriations repeatedly promised
Of Roosevelt as Wagner k was spread Oh
pcps land schemes absorbing the four million WORK
es fred BY Roosevelt delay senate passing Rooseyes
liquidation ended The senate when 1t came to showdown
pushed through Rooseves firing program The
plays down the firing and takes C. Y" A OH 1e %
ant the stark truth reuaipsone half million c. W A.
already been per be fired until
workers have jobs The Recovery program
Of program the bankers and employers
increased unemployment and hunger for the workers
lynch Democratic Party makes the Negro workers the
first heaviest firing Of C. W. work
m-Cow practices W. A Roosevelt continued The
the Negroes stands out to the end in the C. W.
program. - - - w nm
FEAT RoosEvELTs HUNGER THE JoBLEss-oNLY ONE
WAY THE UNEMPLOYED JOBS AND RELIEF THAT IS
THROUGH THE ORGANIZATION broadcast MASSES OF
THE UNEMPLOYED EMPLOYED WORKERS ON THE BASIS OF
A BROAD UNITED FRONT AND MASS PROTEST AGAINST THE
C. w FIRING The delegates who attended the National Convention
against Unemployment recently held in Washington D. c. should take
n organizing protest against W, A firing.
WORKERs-Demand that not c. w A worker be fired
Every discharged be Immediately reinsated De-
mand cuts W. Jobs All wage cuts to be gwen back to
ONLY ORGANIZATION AND STRUGGLE CAN DEFEAT RoosE-
ATTACK AND WIN THE DEMANDS OF THE C. W A WORK
SET UP COMMITTEES OF ACTION ON EVERY O. W
u SEND RESOLUTIONS AND TELEGRANIs OF PROTEST FROM
i C. W. A WORKERS TO G. W. A. ADMINISTRATORS AND TO HOP
I RINs.
i HOLD DEMONSTRATIONS BEFORE ALL c. W. A. OFFICES.
THE FIGHT FOR CASH RELIEF AT ALL RELIEF OF
FTCEs FOR ALL THOSE FIRED FROM C. w JOBS RELIEF
4 EQUIVALENT TO FULL REGULAR WAGES.
DEMAND THE IMMEDIATE PASSAGE OF THE WORKERS UNE1
! PLoYMENT INSURANCE BILL Oh R 1888 BY CONGRESS-.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-02-16
800 Farmers Crowd
Court in Trial Of
ITALIA, Farm Leader
Defense Is in Need of
Funds; U. FL. Urges
Immediate Aid
Sneoial 70 the Daily Worker

WARSAW, Ind, Feb. 15.--With
500 farmers filling every seat and
crowding against the walls Of the
court room and 200 hundred more
filling the corridor. the trial Of Al
fred Tiala, National Secretary Of the
United Farmers League, his wife,
Viola Tiala, and Jesse Ham, local
farmer, opened in KoSciusko County
Courthouse this morning. The de-
Tense is being conducted jointly by
the I. L. D. and the U. F. L. defense
attorneys, David j. Bentall Of Chi
cago and Paul CHASER and Albert M.
Block of Gary. Prosecutor Seth z.
Rowdbaugh is being assisted by
former Circuit Judge L. w. Royse
and Walter Brubaker, local attorney.
Tiala, his wife, and Ham were ar
rested several weeks ago for leading
group of farmers to stop q fore
closure sale.
At the opening, the defense moved
to quaSh the indictment and dismiss
the case. Circuit Judge Donald Van
derveer oyerruled the motions. The
defense then requested separate trials
for each of three defendants. The
| Judge refused. The rest Of the day
was taken up with selecting a jury
! AS we go TO press the jury had no
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-02-16
Chicago District Will
Recruit 500 New
Members

in our work, not only of the district
and section, but each unit Of the
Party. Up till now, unfortunately
there was not sufficient initiative on
the part Of the lower Party organiza-
lions in developing united front from
below, in the shops, among umem-
ployed and with the local organiza-
lions, be 1t s. P. or Socialist-led
organizations or local unions of the
A. F. of L., etc. 1t still too much
depends on the question Of the
united front in struggle only when
it is national or at least city-wide
but not in the neighborhood, and
shops. just because we do not eX-
plain and build and develop the work
In the neighborhoods, In the factories
precisely because Of this there Is not
sufficient activity and actions Of a
united front character.
we want to especially urge the
Chicago Party organization to I'M
prove its work in connection with
the struggle against war and fas-
cisln, by building shop and neighbor-
hood committees of the American
League Against War and Fascism
involving the broadest masses o
workers and organizations.
For Bolshevik self-criticism.
For the improvement of our mas
work.
For the increasing Of the temps
of our mass work toward winning
the decisive sections Of the Amer
ican proletarist in the basic indus
| tries
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-02-16
NRA Head in Secret
Taxi Hearings; Cab
Drivers to Meet
Trade Union Council to
Discuss Hotel and
Taxi Strikes
BY HARRY RAYMOND

NEW YORK.-With the open taxi
cab code hearings in City Hall ended,
William l.. Allen, Deputy N.RA. Ad-
ministrator, began series Of secret
cOnfabs yesterday, the result of which
will be a code, which, if everything
goes Aliens way, will saddle further
starvation conditions on the drivers.
At the final open hearing it was
indicated by Allen that wages and
hours were secondary so far as ne
was concerned. Economies within
the industry" which when translated
into simple terms, means further
speed-up and intensification of labor,
more unemployment and more profits
for the operators-this is the pro-
gram of MIR. Allen.
Such was the type Of q code that
Mr.. Allen bestowed upon the textile
workers, a code which brought the
wages Of many skilled textile hands
down to $12 and $13 week and
even less for Negro workers.
Owners for So a Week
The taxi owners laid their cards
on the table at the last open hear
ing. Through their spokesman, Nor
ris Markin, head Of the Checker Cal
| Manufacturing Co, the bosses braz.
emily proposed a starvation minimum
wage Of So week for the hackmen.
The bosses were also represented
by a man named Kamn, head Of {
| Terminal Cab company union organ
ization. He put forward the La
| Guardia- Ernst proposal for cuttinj
down the number Of cabs and arouset
considerable protest among the driV
ers when he spoke against the mini
mum wage clause in the code pre-
scented by the Taxi Drivers Union.
Union Demands $23
The Taxi Drivers Union is demand
ing minimum of s23 week for da
work and $25 for night drivers.
: Meeting Tonight
! The Trade Union Unity Counc
S announced that it has called mas
J meeting at Manhattan Ly9eum to
night F'riday) at 1880 pm, to dis
. cuSs the taxi and hotel strikes.
! Contrary to the announcements
y Of the officials Of the NR.A. ano
Labor Department that the strike
f wave is at an end, thousands Of
= workers, oppressed by low wages
and miserable conditions resulting
S from the Roosevelt imitation policy
: are organizing their forces anc
: coming out on strike against tbs
It starvation codes -" said g state
;. ment issued yesterday by the Trade
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-02-16
cry Phase of Work Should Be Examined PreCoenon Discussion
Concentration and Mass Work of Units and Fractions Chicago

Of our work among the railroad
workers.
These few examples we are citing
to show that work can be done, that
the response OF the workers grows.
District Tasks
III conclusion, VIC wish to state
that the District Committee at its
meeting on Jan. q and 20 decided to
intensity the activities of the Party,
to fulfill the tasks Of the District
Plan of Work before the District
Party Convention, as demanded by
the Resolution Of the Central Com
mittee. We decided that we are to
recruit 500 new workers into the Party,
especially from the basic industries,
strengthening the existing shop units
and to organize ten new shop nuclei
and to strengthen the Y. G. l.. in the
shops and mines and to secure, by
May /, 500 yearly and 1000 Saturday
subscriptions to the Daily Worker
The tempo Of work in our district
must be increased. In the course OF
examining our work, 1t must be the
objective to increase the TEMPO OF
our mass work, to increase the
TEMPO of building the Party ano
the Vel. in the basic industries
and penetrating into the A. F. of L
unions to develop real mass work.
All these tasks must be combined
with the struggle against war ant
fascisn1 and that work Is to be or.
ganized on the basis Of the united
front from below. There is as ye
not q full understanding and appre'
citation in our Party Of the unitet
front. 1t must receive our maximum
attention. The united front is tn
main key in our mass work. tn
united front policy should be q guild
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-02-16
Building Workers
Fight On C.W.A

NEW YORE.-A delegation OF IS
building trades workers representing
all sections Of the A. F. Of L. Build
ing Trades Union, led by re
Strong, secretary Of the Joint Coun
ell of independent Building Trades
Workers, appeared at City Hall yes
terday and placed demands befor
the President Of the Board Of Alder
men, Deutsc1, to be given representa-
ton on the C.W.A. board, extention
of C.W.A. work and unemployment
insurance.
Criminal Neglect
In view of the criminal neglect OK
the part Of the ALL. officials TO
rally the workers Of the construction
industry against the code, the newly
formed Joint Council of Independent
Building Trades Unions, which has
10 affiliated unions with approx
mateIy 5000 members and connections
with independent trades unions IN
several parts Of the country, Is
launching an organizational drive to
rally the unorganized and organized
workers for fight against this code
/ The Council is calling a mass meet
4 ing Of all ubilding trades workers
which viii be held at Irving Plaza
/ Hall at 18th st. and Irving Pl., Tues
day, Feb. 20 at pm.
At this meeting the Council WI
propose for adoption a code based
on the requirements Of the worker
In the industry.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-02-16
Strikers Fill Up
Pittsburgh Court;
PiCketS Are Freed
Three A. f. of L. Locals
Support Hotel Strike;
Conference Tomorrow

PITTSBURGH, Pa, Feb. IA
Workers packed the courtroom here
yesterday when Jack KirSch, leader
of the VIM. Penn Hotel Strike, and
II other strikers were brought before
the judge on trlnnped up charges.
The II workers were discharged and
Kirsch was fined S..
The Sun-Telegraph pressmen took
up collection for the workers strike
fund. Finances are pouring in from
various organizations. The Greek
Spartans Club contributed SIS. Work
ers clubs and groups Of workers from
restaurants and hotels have helped
to swell the fund.
Conference Friday
A conference of A. F. Of L. locals
and fraternal organizations is callec
for Friday to take up the question
Of supporting the strike. Three locals
the Cleaners and Dyers, Amalgamatet
Clothing Workers and Journeymel
tailors have endorsed the conference
A huge affair will be held Friday Il
the Century Building, 1870 Seventh
St., In support Of the fight of tn
hotel workers. KQV radio stars, tn
Blue Chasers, Ambrose Brothers an
others viii entertain. Announce
ments Of the affair are being broad
cast over the radio.
The strikers are all in high spirit
and plan to send delegation to
hearing to be conducted by the Labc
Department in Harrisburg, whel
they will present their demands.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-02-16
Social Insurance
Bill Still Lies in
House Committee
Council CALI
for Mass Pressure
On Congress

NEW YORk.-The Workers I'm
employment Insurance Bill Is nov
before the House Committee on La
Dor, which heard Herbert Benjamin
and the delegation Of the Unempioy-
ment Councils in the name of two
million workers demand that the
Labor --1nittee renOrt the bill ont
to the floor of the House.
The Unemployment Council today
urges all workers and workers or
CARNATIONS to Immediately rush
telegrams and letters TO the House
Labor Committee Of which Cen
gresham C0nnery is chairman, and
to their own Congressman, demand
ing immediate enactment Of the
Workers Unemployment Insurance
Bill. The Workers Bill Is the only
bill now before Congress which ap-
plies to the 100000 workers now
Totally unemployed.
David Gordon, acting national sec
rotary Of the A. F. Of L. Trade Union
/ Committee for Unemployment Insur-
, ance and Relief, followed Benjanlin
/ at the hearing. Gordon pointed Out
I that despite the great opposition q
william Green, president Of the A. r
Of L., that more than 1000 A. F. OF l.
/ locals, the Colorado, Iowa and Nor
tana State declarations Of Labor, va
rious central labor unions, etc. have
endorsed the Workers Unemployment
Insurance Bill
! Gordon made It plain that the A
r. OF L. rank and file would supper
the bill to a much greater extent ver'
it not for the fact that Green wage
! a continuous campaign agains tn
/ A. T. Of L. Rank and File COMMITTEE
and the Workers Unemployment In
surance Bill.
1t was interesting 10 note HOY
quickly the members Of the Commit
tee of Labor came to the defense Q
Green and how they tried to mini
nize the growing mass revolt agains
Green and in favor Of the Workers
Bill, as well as for dues exemption
unemployed, etc. Gordon exposed u
fact that Green and the Executiy
Council of the A. F. Of L. was oppose
to any real federal unemployment in
. surance measure. Members Of I'll
q Committee on Labor rushed
9 Green's defense.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-02-16

of L., Steel and Metal Workers In
dustrial Union and those workers who
have some illusions IN the company
unions, to set up department. commits
tees working toward delegated body,
toward setting up a shop committee
and to raise to the forefront this
demand because this demand was q
result Of the general discomfort
among the workers.
But our unit unfortunately re-
manned passive and the reason for it
was that this demand was raised by
the company union. Therefore, why
should we raise it? In that mill
the workers on various occasions
showed their nilitancy. For instance,
in one department the workers on re
night shift refused to leave the plant
when they were told that there was
nc work for them that night. There
was such militant protest and insist
ance on getting the job, that the SUI
perintendent was brought to the mill
at 8 o'clock in the moring and only
under the demagogy and promises
Of the superintendent did the work
ers leave the plant.
In another instance, in the same
mill, in one of the departments, the
workers demanded more work and az
result a number of workers received
additional days work. Unfortunately
not all OF the workers, because they
were not organized.
II we can see such movements
among the workers, our task is moi
only to support, but actually partici-
pate in such q movement, develop it
broaden it and consciously to lead it
This Is how we will win the conf
dence of the workers in that particu
lar steel mil