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The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1934-04-07
Exercises contrasted Markedly
from Dakota Territorial
Program
VICE PRESIDENT GAVE TALK
Second Stone Secured When
First Became Broken
And Damaged

In exercises contrasting markell,
with the program arranged In con.
Eection with the laying Of the corner.
stone Of the Dakota territorial captto
here Sept. 5, 1883, two cornerstone
for North Dakota's new modern cap.
atol building were laid.
With Charles r. Curtis, then vice
president OF the United States ant
personal representative Of President
Herbert Hoover, the chief speaker
the first cornerstone Of the new struc.
ture was laid amid great festivity Oct
D, 1882.
With this first cornerstone ''broker
end damaged 80 that 1t was unfit 70,
USE" . second cornerstone was laic
Sept. 5, 1883, on the 50th anniversary
Of the Dakota territorial capitol cor.
terstone program.
The first cornerstone was laid when
George 7. Shafer was governor and
George A. Bangs, Fred 1. Conklin and
e.. Angus Fraser members Of the cap
ltol building commission. The second
was commemorated when William
LANCER was governor and r. M. Rish.
worth, Nelson A. Sauvain, Mrs. Jen.
Tie ulsrud, John HUSKY and Arthur
4 Thompson were members Of the
commission.
Second Ceremony Brief
The second stone, that which nov
eraces the structure, was unveiled II
. hrief ceremony In which Governor
LANCER and state officials partici-
pated.
Rishworth, chairman Of the COM
mission, presided and short talks were
gwen by State Senator D. n. Hamil-
ton and Representative w. J. Flau-
nigan, author Of the resolution which,
directed . cornerstone hewn from
North Dakota granite b laid to re.
place the original stone.
Governor LANCER concluded the
ceremony BY cementing the top Of
the stone after two boxes. Of his
torical material had been placed In
It. Hamilton and Flanagan were
the only speakers at the service
which was completed In about Is min.
uteG.
The large copper box which had
Oeen placed IN the first stone wal
included In the new stone along Will,
. smaller box containing additional
historical Information for posterity.
Tho cornerstone program OF Oct
3. 1882, was one Of the most sig
nificant events In North Dakotal
history.
In the presence Of Vice President
Curtis ana visiting dignitaries from
sister states and neighboring Cana.
dian provinces, Judge Burieigh r
0palding, lone surviving member Of
the territorial capital commission
presented q trowel to Governor
George =. shafer to place cement
over the copper box set in tho center
Of the stone. Vice President Curtia
responded to the governors invita-
ton and used the trowel also, Is &
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1934-04-07
ATTENTION, PIONEERS!

some residents OF Bismarck IN
1888 who still are living may have
been inadvertently omitted from
this list Of pioneers. II 50, write to
Us and let US know. We would
like to have . complete list Of the
pioneers who still are uving.-The
Editor.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1934-04-07
LAST.NnN1UT4 EIEvAroRS

LAST.MUNUT8 ELEVATORS
Lifts In North Dakota's new state
house represent tho ultra latest In
elevators, being the OTIS automatic
signal control type, developed By the
largest lift manufactures In the
United States.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1934-12-19
Il. WRIGHT TAKEN
On FISHING TRIP

Hamilton H. Wright head d
q large news syndicate, enjoyed 3
very successful fishing excursion
Monday afternoon.
While ont in the morning with
party Of friends he had the sat
isfaetion Of catching q number Of
kingfish and other specimens Of
the larger varieties which are
found N these waters
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1934-12-19

Batting averages Of individual
players On the Lopez team are Is
follows
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1934-12-19

Lopez Funeral Home ana BIS
Bees for the championship Of flis
.A.1.a.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1934-12-19

Team batting average for tbs
Busy Bee is -221.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1934-12-19

1s2s-Jans Cunningham croly,
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1934-12-19

I haKa seen Manager Mendoza
a n4 4 wiling e play hall IN
go a4F condition. he says He
HISS las 8Mne and Be WI give
~ fans baseball this uinBeE. Mem
Iaza expects Ehe other MANAGERS
e esI 81 line end play bali So.
I hore s. hear from TIE other man
ayers 81 order Is cali meeting
~ get the league under way. Now
4 snla Ike % hear fr1m Ace
feAa nad FIe Traynor. Let's hear
m xou boys. to get tie league
b. TIE first az the geaf.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1934-12-19

Hating average Of the Lopa3
keaIn IS 40
Indixidual batting averages e.
tie Busy Bees ten are As follos
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1934-12-19

IeMtffow afternoon at
lhe Medina Stars win cross
tz w',h lie Troians Il the May
Batteries win Be SeviiIa
ard Medina and Wickefs and joe
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-02-12
ChicagODistrictSe Itself Tasks
On 18th Plenum Resolution

The District Committee of District
8, at its meeting on Jan. q and %,
1884, after hearing the report of
Comrade Gebert on the 18th Plenum
Of the E. G. G. I. and the 18th meet
ing Of the Central Committee of our
Party, fully agrees with and endorses
the line and tasks laid down in the
thesis Of the E. c. G. 1. and resolu-
ton Of the Central Committee.
We fully agree with the character
ization of the E. G. c. I. resolution
that "the tremendous strains of the
internal class antagonisms in the
capitalist countries, as well as of the
international antagonisins, testify to
the fact that the objective prereQui-
sites for a revolutionary crisis have
matured TO such an extent that at
the present time the world is closely
approaching new round Of revolu-
ton and wars"
We fully agree with the c. C. reso-
luton, which correctly applies the
estimate Of the international situa-
ton to the United States, as heading
through the N. r. A. to war and
faScism.
This correct estimate places before
our Party very sharply the task of
boldly posing the revolutionary way
out Of the crisis, Of popularizing
among the widest masses Of workers
the achievements of the Soviet Union,
showing concretely how the dictator
ship of the proletsriat will benefit
the workers in the United States.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-02-12

Washington Post, in the words Of the
Graham committee, "at that time had
large copper investments and was
heavily interested in the business" Of
course, the companies represented in
this copper combine made the best
Of their opportunities, the Calumet &
Hecla Mining Company making a
profit as high as 800 per cent of its
capital stock.
Nevertheless, many Of the men who
fought this rotten, imperialist war
and the ghouls who were fattening
on the blood Of the work
ers, still remain in jail.
THE World War prosecutions and
L colrts-martial were only for those
who fought for the workers-for men
ike Gene Debs.
Chairman Graham, in that section
f the committees report dealing with
enforcing the law against war profit
GERS. said:
"How many criminals have been
uncovered? 1t matters not how many
have been uncovered, 1t goes without
saying that none will be prosecuted
During the war hundreds of
people were prosecuted by the vigilant
Attorney General for violation of the
espionage act, but who has heard of
a prosecution Of a war profiteer? !
say to you, with a full comprehen-
sion Of the nature Of the charge, that
there are thousands of men who have
violated the law during the war, Of
whom the Attorney Generals Depart
ment has full knowledge, and none
of whom has been or viii be prose-
cuted. You talk OF prosecution. You
might as well submit to the prisoner
in the dock the question of his own
guilt. There will be no prosecution,
no courts-martial. What this COM
mittee uncovers will be laughed to
scorn by the War Department and
Department Of Justice" GAS quoted
in the War Policies Commission Hear
ingS, page 6l4)
Mr.. Graham was made Chief Judge
Of the United States Court Of Claims
And A. Mitchell Palmer, Wilson'S
Attorney General during 1921, who
neglected the profiteers for his rabid
red-raids, turned up at the Demo
cratic convention to help write the
Roosevelt Democratic platform.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-02-12
Members Send in Articles Letters Questions Convention Discussion

THE Party greatest effectiveness
and results only the Party membership it
and contributes to it in way
already been published IN In the
convention the Daily Worker will continuously publish
We especially Party to letters
articles questions deal with the 18th
Plen Resolution application of the questions
answer or inclusion in the Resolution
Convention of Party.
IL SHOULD be the leading comrades urge Party members
not USED to writing td participating discussion
to write They should stimulate the discussion
prevail contribute the discussion because
OF their participation factory activities
to send in articles letters
Wh shop unit or other nucleus discusses
Vehlon some comrade should be assigned writing
% the Daily Worker the whole Party may available
Send in discussion articles yolet or questions
possible
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-02-12
Chicago Plans Big Drive
To Increase Daily Sale

rHICAGO, III, Feb. 9.-with en-
thusiasm for the Daily Worker at its
highest peak, plans for an effectual
circulation drive were made by sixty
two delegates who attended four
hour conference held at the Peoples
Auditorium here.
Beatrice Shields, agit-prop director
OF this district Of the Communist
Party, addressed the conference call
ing for, rather small plan accom-
plished 100 per cent or more, than
the biting OF a bigger chunk than we
can chew" She announced the es-
Establishment of the Mid Western Bu-
reau in Chicago, assuring more news
Of this territory in the DAILY"
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-02-12

These tasks can only be accom-
plished by a determined struggle for
the line of the Party among the
broad masses, by intensification Of
our daily work and in the process Of
our mass work defeat and isolate the
leaders Of the social-fascists and
their cleft" varieties, and in the
Party the right danger, which repre-
sents the main danger, and "left"
opportunism.
The road to a successful struggle
against war and fascisn lies in i'm
proving the fighting fitness Of our
Party organization and, by 4ncreas-
ing the tempo Of our mass work, ~
fulfilling by the District Convention
by every unit, fraction and section
and the District the tasks laid down
in the six months plan of work, In
the light and spirit Of the Open
Letter: To root our party among the
basic American proletarist In the
shops and trade unions, the Negro
masses, and among the unemployed
youth and women workers.
The District Committee pledges to
mobilize the Party membership for
more intensified mass work to carry
out the line and tasks of the Party
and decided to recruit 500 new mem
bers into the Party, to strengthen the
present shop nuclei, and to build ten
new shop nuclei by April / and secure
500 yearly and 1000 Saturday sub
scriptions for the Daily Worker BY
May First.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-02-12
BY z. W.

10000. st. Louis is the gateway to
the South and West. Particularly
during war time is it a strategic
point for the entire Party. This was
acknowledged in two articles, one in
the G. I. magazine No. II, and the
other in the Daily Worker of a more
recent date. Both of these articles
pointed out that for st. Louis the
most important concentration from
the point Of view Of the Open Letter
Is railroad work But months after
the Open Letter this fact remained q
mystery to the leadership of the
Party Sub-District Committee. Ma
turally 1t likewise remains unknown
to the membership in st. Louis.
Work In Lodges Not An End
In Itself
st. Louis and District 8 have often
boosted OF having railroad nucleus
on the most strategic road In that
territory. This nucleus Is supposed
to have enough influence to control
lodge on the road. However. II
this is how we control the lodges
then it isn't something to boast of.
On an average, ten workers attend
lodge meetings, and often there Is no
quorum (seven members reulired).
and then meetings are not held at
all.
The lodge functions much the same
as those where the reactionaries hold
full sway in that it is not the center of
militant action to protect the wages,
working conditions and jobs OF the
350 men working under It's jurisdic-
ton. Sometimes the few who attend
meetings elect delegate to con-
Terence and for this reason our COM
rades draw the conclusion that we
control the lodge.
Under our leadership a lodge
should be the basis for uniting the
employed and unemployed, the or
ganized and unorganized In militant
action against daily grievances. Our
influence in a lodge Of one craft
should be an instrument for develop
ing a united front with other lodges
on the question of unemployment. the
return Of the 10 per cent cut, and
on other burning issues which affect
al workers on the job, regardless Of
craft divisions. This Is the only way
chat is by mobilizing the great mass
Of the workers. we workers can de-
feat the attacks Of the roads. ONLY
around such a program can we win
the confidence of the workers for the
line OF the Party and make It possible
to bring the most militant and ad-
vanced workers into the Party.
1t is clear that this was not the
perspective of the Party Nucleus in
this st. Louis Lodge. In fact the
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-02-12
So Bankers Chip in To
Pay Back Wages to
School Employees
By JOHN L. sPrvAK
Continued from Page y

Continued from Page y
consciously or Unconsciously, 1t viii
be passed on TO the children
1t is noteworthy that the wealthy
employers here fully realize their de-
pendence, for the future maintenance
this system, upon contented teach
ers. For period last year the banks
refused to loan Brockton any more
money and the teachers received no
nay. AS the weeks dragged on in a
bankrupt community "the spirit of
discomfort" among the teachers be-
came more pronounced. They voiced
their open dissatisfaction with the
economic and political control Of the
city, and open expressions of SYM
pathy for the poverty stricken fam
lies whose children they were teach
ing. Several wealthy manufacturers
promptly donated the sum necessary
to meet the teachers payroll and thus
stave off the discomfort"
The economies and retrenchments
Of the school system in Brockton have
been surpassed only by four other
towns in the state-and this city was
once reckoned as a wealthy one.
IS Towns Cut School Budget
Two hundred and fifty-five towns
and cities in Massachusetts, reported
economies in the school system when
QUESTIONABLE was sent out last year.
The economies were varied.
In e towns and cities salaries OF
teachers were reduced.
In 1899 towns and cities expenditures
for school books, supplies and repairs
were reduced.
In 81 towns and cities, transporta-
ton for the school children In the
rural COMMITTEES were reduced so that
hundreds of them had to walk to
school, sometimes g distance of sew
eral miles.
In 26 towns and cities there was
curtailment Of the subjects offered in
he high schools.
Lest it be thought that the school
superintendent is an alarmist about
the conditions in the Brockton schools,
perhaps it is well to note the com
ments Of the president Of the school
board:
mo person genuinely interested in
education or the welfare Of children
can deny the effect of present day
conditions upon them" ne said.
without Bare Necessities
There are those without the bare
necessities of life-food, clothing and
shelter. In order to meet this prob
lem special funds are being raised
by public and private agencies. The
latter are gifts. The former affect
taxes.
Values of real estate have shrunk,
industry has been drastically crippled,
industrial wages have gone through
a series of reductions, incomes have
been very materially reduced and
even completely wiped out. These,
with many other reasons, make it i'm
possible for tax levy to bring the
same amount Of income as formerly.
Obviously it has been trying year
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-02-12

Unit had no clear outlook or plan
Of action and neither had the SUBJ
district leadership. This explains our
failure to develop a broad opposition
movement and to build the Party
among these workers.
For the first time since its exist
ence the sub-district committee had a
discussion on this point, admitted its
mistakes and reached the following
decision:
Ito concentrate on the st. Louis
Terminal Railroad.
&To choose two lodges through
which to develop our program of con-
centration.
36For this purpose to strengthen
the Unit and win the mass organiza-
tons like the I. L. D. and the I'M
employed Council branches of the
South Side for this plan of concen-
tration. Goth these organizations
have number Of railroad workers
among their members.)
Campaigns Not Linked Up with
Concentration Work
In Bloomington, another one Of
those numerous points in which rail-
road men constitute the largest and
most important groups Of workers,
and which is an important railroad
center, I found that we have only
two Party members who are former
railroad men. They were not brought
into the Party as q result of our
planned activity among railroad
workers, but came In as result Of
our leadership In unemployed strug-
giles.
It is interesting to note that at the
height OF the unemployed movement
in Bloomington. which was led by the
Party, the Chicago & Alton shon.
employing $500 men, was laying off
wholesale, but the unemployed move
ment, which was of militant char
acter. was not linked up with the
problems in the railroad shop or the
layoffs taking place there.
Not only are the railroad workers,
because Of their numbers and i'm
portant position, the most important
decisive factor in the life of Bloom
intgon, but, in addition, they are wei
organized. Any action or movement
in which they would take part would
have its effect in rousing the sur
rounding territory Of oppressed work
ers and farmers
Yet no effort was made 10 estab-
lish united front and involve the
railroad lodges and the workers being
laid off from the 9. g. A. shops in
the struggle against layoffs, for un-
insurance and immediate
relief. Such move would not only
have established the unity of the
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-02-12

employed and unemployed. We would
also have won considerable influence
among the railroad workers and
would have become an outstanding
political factor in Bloomington, the
leader Of many workers and farmers
in that territory.
Chicago, the Main Concentration
Point, Shows Little Improvement
In Chicago, although we can speak
OF the first beginnings to improve our
activity among railroad workers, the
situation is little better than ex-
planned above. AS far as the Units
and mass organizations In these ter
rltories, the Sections and District
Committees Of the Party are con-
cerned, as well as the leadership in
the mass organizations, railroad con-
centration is not being carried out!
The reason for this situation is not
that the comrades do not want to do
railroad work. In BLOOMINGTON, in
st. Louis, where the first elementary
steps IN the situation were clarified
for the leading comrades, in one of
the concentration units in Chicago,
where special attention HAS been
given, we are beginning to overcome
our isolation in the railroad industry.
The reason for our failure to make
headwav among railroad workers re-
solves itself around the fact that con-
centration requires change, a real
departure from our accustomed
methods of work. 1t requires an I'M
derstanding of what we mean by
concentration in important indus
tries, and also how to concentrate on
the particular industry under dis
cussion.
What Is Concentration
Comrade Green in No. IL of the
Q. I. Magazine, on page 573, para
graph 1, says: Concentration is not
one of the branches Of PARTY work,
slong with other branches. It is the
fundamental Party work for the for
nation Of the main base of the Party
in big factories, in the basic branches
Of industry"
However, to some leading comrades
in District 8, railroad concentration
is not fundamental Party work" and
is not the problem of the entire Party.
A member of the District Bureau. be-
cause of such misunderstanding, finds
it necessary to sharply criticize at a
functionaries' meeting handful Of
Party members in opposition work
for their failure to build the Party.
OF course there can be no objection
to such criticism II It had been made
as a part Of the criticism directed
against the Party as whole in this
district, for its failure TO build the
Party in the railroad industry
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-02-12

the sale of the very large quantities
Of food supplies now held in storage
in the United States" the War De-
partment was reprimanded for enter
ing into an agreement with the can
ners' association whereby 100000, 900
cans of vegetables-paid for by the
workers - were kept off the domestic
market TO protect the Gamers who
had sold the produce, from competi-
ton with the governmental surplus. .
CORRUPTION is inseparable from
v capitalism, especially under war
conditions. For instance, every mem
Der Of the cooperative committee on
copper appointed to assist the Coun-
Gil Of National Defense Advisory Com
mission under Chairman Bernard M.
Baruch Zone of Roosevelt's chief ad-
visors and former employer of N. r. A.
Administrator General Johnson
banker, according to the Graham in
Vestigating committees report, twas
deeply interested in the copper in
dustry and in the success of various
fS@NESA VINO CMAlCI VI LOllhLOllCNl DdIl
by them The cooperative commit
tee on copper, appointed by Mr..
Baruch, consisted of: John D. Ryan
Of the Anaconda Copper Mining Com
pany; Murry M. Guggenhein, an Of
ficer and stakeholder Of the Chile
Copper Company and heavily inter-
ested in the huge Guggenheim copper
interests; and among others, James
Mclean, vice president Of the Phelps
Dodge Cooperation and director in
the Greene-C ananea Company.
This was the committee, SAYS the
Graham report, whose function ii
vas to assist in or advise. as to the
purchase OF copper for the Govern
ment." In brief, this cooperative COM
nittee Of copper producers, through
. sales agency called the United
Metal Selling Company, with Gov.
eminent authority, practically con-
trolled the companies that in turr
controlled the price of copper in the
United States" And later on Baruct
brought into the picture as his repre-
sentative, Eugene Meyer, Jr. Meyer
HooVers Governor of the Federal Re.
serve Board and now publisher Of the