davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Nome nugget., 1934-03-24
PLANS ALASKA LIQUOR LAW
ICE REFUGEES TO BE FLOWN TO NOME

tions from further prosecution.
 The President has not signed the bill as yet.
The Nome nugget., 1934-03-24
MISSING RUSSIAN AIR
 HERO FOUND
(By The Associated Press)

MOSCOW, March 19 The Russian air hero, Liapidivsky, who has been missing five days on his flight to the marooned Bering Sea party, has been located safe and well at Cape vankaren. He was forced down by engine trouble.
The Nome nugget., 1934-03-24
Hirota

TOKYO, March 21 Hirota asserted that Nippon has no in- tehtions whatever to provoke or make trouble with any other pow- CT. Secretary Hull, scanning the reported war clouds in the far East based on strained relations between Japan and Russia, said,. "I receive this statement with special gratification. am glad to take this opportunity to state cat egorically that the United States on it's part. has no desire to create any issues and has no intention 10 initiate any conflicts in it's re- lations with other countres. This is the first such passage of good will notes since Roosevelt took office,
The Nome nugget., 1934-03-24
HOUSE PASSES SILVER BILL
(By The Associated Press)

WASHINGTON. March 19 - Despite administration indifference, the House passed the Silver Re- monetization Farm Relief Bill by a majority well over the two thirds vote required by the pro- cedure under which it was con- sidered. The bill says that silver must be accepted at premium above the world price in exchange for agricultural comm modities in which a surplus exists.
The Nome nugget., 1934-03-24
ALASKA REPEAL
 BILL PROGRESSING
(By The Associated Press)

W1ASHINGTON,s March 19 = The Committee on territories ap- proved the Alaska Repeal Bill. It will be up before the House in two weeks.
The Nome nugget., 1934-03-24
WASHINGTON. March 20

The House passed and the Senate approved the bill for the repeal of prohibition in. Alaska. It now goes to the Senate for approval of minor amendments.
The Nome nugget., 1934-03-24
N o T c E

Anyone receiving news Of friends or others returning to Nome at any time, the Nugget would appre- ciate an opportunity of making local mention of same
The Nome nugget., 1934-03-24
PASSES PHILIPPINE
 INDEPENDENCE BILL

tBy The Associated Press)
 WASHINGTON, March 19 - The House passed and sent to the Senate the bill for the independ- ence of the Philippine Islands
The Nome nugget., 1934-03-24
LATEST ON RUSSIANS

The Russian avitOrs were test hopping their planes in Fairbanks today and expect to fly to Nome weather permitting. . - -
The Nome nugget., 1934-03-24
RUSSIANS ARRIVE FAIRBANKS
lBy The Associated pressl

FAIRBANKS, March 21-Pilot Joe Crosson arrived Wednesday night from Whitehorse with the three Russian rescuers who plan to rescue the 83 persons maroon ed on the ice foes of Bering Sea. The party plans to fly to- Nome, Thursday.
The Nome nugget., 1934-03-24
T.. $. AND JAPAN
 EXCHANGE FRIENDSHIP
tBy The Associated Press)

WASHINGTON, March 21 = The United States and Japan shook hands across the Pacific in significant exchange notes, nut ually pledging peace notes which were exchanged by Foreign Min ister Kiko H,rota and Secretary Hull = --s-=--------
The Nome nugget., 1934-03-24

WASHINGTON, March 20 - The Senate called on Morgenthau for dist of silver hoarders.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-03-01
Refuse to Call Out the
Dockers; Ship Sails
With Few Scabs

SEATTLE, Wash, Feb. 20 (By MaiD
Pete Gill, delegate from the Inter
national Seamen's Union, and Ben
nett, the I. L. A. secretary, helped the
Luckenbach Steamship Company
break a strike aboard the Andrea
Luckenbach, led by the Marine Work
ers Industrial Union.
When the NJ. w. 1 U. sent a delega-
ton to Bennett asking him to call out
the longshoremen, Bennett telephoned
Gill, who told him there was no strike
on the ship. Bennett used this lying
excuse to refuse to call his men of
despite the fact that there was a
picket line of 400 around the ship.
The strike began Sunday, Feb IS,
when a delegate of the M. w. l. q.
went aboard the ship at Todd's Dry
dock. The deck department called a
meeting and decided to strike for the
following demands; l. Ten dollars in
crease in pay; 2. Pay for all over
time; 3. improvement Of food; 4. Soap
and wash buckets for each man; 5.
Adequate linen supply; 6. No one to
be fired for striking
The strike was to begin the follow
ing day (NIonday) when the ship
docked to load cargo. The ship how
ever, sailed for Everett instead Of
loading in Seattle. A committee of
M. w. I. U. members went to Everett,
visited the ship and it was decided to
strike on Tuesday morning.
Longshoremen Stop Work
On Tuesday morning the longshore-
men refused to work the ship. The
deck department struck. Unable to
get the ship loaded it sailed for Seat
tie, towing three barge5 Of cargo, the
United States Marshall letting the
lines go with a gun in his hand.
In Seattle, Bennett refused to call
the 1ongshoremen out. Some con-
tinued to work at a srails pace, 5 Of
them throwing away their l. L. A.
cards, one of whom was a member for
over 10 years.
With police and State Troopers held
in readiness near the docks the lines
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-03-01

The National Furniture Workers
Industrial Union, in its last National
Convention, held in New York City,
February 8, 10, II, IL, 1884, has
adopted resolution unanimously on
Hours and Wages which declares:
Whereas, nearly so per cent of the
workers in the furniture industry are
unemployed and reduction of hours
of labor give more jobs for large
number of the unemployed workers:
and
Whereas, in the last decade, mod
ern machinery has been introduced
in the wooden furniture industry
which doubles and In many causes
triples the amount of production per
capita: and
Whereas, the speed-up in the
skilled handicraft trades has con-
siderably increased the amount of
production per worker; and
Whereas, the Furniture, Bedding,
Linoleum codes provide for the fur
niture 40-45 hours per week, Bed
ding 40-48 hours per week, Linoleum
40-46 hours per week, and SAC
oVC-oOC-0oC-41C Oh 1lOur respectively
by these above trades as the mini
mum, which does net provide a de-
cent living wage, nor does it reduce
the working hours per week suffi-
GENTLY to absorb the unemployed
workers in our industry: be it there
fore,
Resolved, that we declare our
selves in favor of the 30-hour,-5 day
week without reduction of wages; be
it further
Resolved, that the minimum wage
for umskilled furniture and allied
furniture workers shall be rs cents
an hour, and the minimum wage
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-03-01

for upholsterers, mattress makers,
cabinetmakers, drapery and curtain
operators slip cover operators and
cutters, metal bed workers, varnish-
ers, finishers, broom makers, reed
and willow workers, quilt workers,
linoleum workers,-shau be from rs
cents to SIPS per hour: be it further
Resolved, that this Convention of
the National Furniture Workers In
dustrial Union goes on record against
these starvation codes which have
been carried through in spite Of the
vigorous protests of the militant labor
unions in behalf of the organized
and unorganized furniture, bedding
and lnoleum workers in this coun-
try. We in body, repudiate these
slavery codes of the bosses and of
the government, and pledge our
selves to fight for the workers codes,
which were proposed by our Ma
tional Committee, at the November
9th, 1888, open hearing Of the "T'air
Competition in the Furniture Inc us
try" held at the Chamber of Ct7n-
merce Building, Washington, d. c.
The code presented in behalf of our
National Committee was drafted by
the workers employed in the furni-
ture industry
THE General Executive Board Of
the National Furniture Workers In
dustrial Union, in accordance with
the wish and determination of all Of
its members nationally demands the
abolition of these starvation codes i'll
the furniture and all allied indus
tries. 1t demands at the same time
the right to bargain collectively with
out any interference by the manu-
lecturers and the government.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-03-01
Roosevelt Code Put Over
Steep Cut in Real
Wages

WASHINGTON, D. c., Feb. %. -
Lashing the N r. A. codes, and es-
pecially the furniture code, which has
reduced the wages Of skilled workers
to a veritable starvation level, Joe
Kiss, National Secretary of the Fur
niture Workers Industrial Union,
shook the SNUG complacency of Cen
eral Johnson's criticism fest" which
opened here yesterday.
Speaking on the Furniture Code of
Fair Competition" Kiss said:
1.-THE Furniture Code of Fair Com
petition, which was approved by Pres
ident Roosevelt on December 7, 1888.
and marked as approved Code 145'
and the subsequent allied furniture
codes, for bedding and linoleum in
dustries established q minimum wage
scale of 30 and "a cents per hour for
furniture workers-30 and IS cents for
bedding, and So cents per hour for
female and AZ cents an hour for mae
in the linoleum industry. The N. r.
A. at the same time established an
open wage differential between the
North and South, something that has
been an important issue between en-
ployers and employees for many years.
These codes, according to
the statements of the manufacturers
and the N. r. A., were intended to es-
tablish higher wages, shorter hours,
and to increase the purchasing power
OF the people, nus creating and abb
sorbing the vast unemployment in our
industry. The workers in our industry
found al these statements farcical.
In the main, we wish to say,-and we
shall prove our statements with gov
eminent figures, that as far as we are
concerned the N. r. A. has lowered
our living standard and has created
even greater unemployment than was
the case befo-a June is, 1888.
What the N. X. A. Created in Our
Industry.
The N. r. A. code actually in
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-03-01
Portland, Me. CWA
Men Win Back Pay
900 March on City Hall,
Force Payment on Time

PORTLAND, Me, Feb. 28-Six
hundred c. VI. A. workers here. in
formed that they would no be paid
on Feb. "a, the regular pay day, threw
down their tools, marched on the City
Hall, and forced the G. w. a. officials
to issue pay checks.
AS the men converged on the City
Hall from every city project hurried
calls were sent in for police reserves.
Squad cars and police surrounded the
building. AL hough the workers we're
orderly and resisted any proyocation
by the police, they were driven from
the building.
c. w. A. officials hurriedly tele-
phoned the state c. w. A. headquar-
tiers in Augusta, and authorization
was given to issue checks immedi-
ately After having been paid, the
workers marched to the Workers
Center on Union St. held a mass pro-
test meeting and sent protest letters
to the press.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-03-01
CWOrkerSExpOSe
Conditions, Military
Training at Camps
II Young Workers Leave
Huntersville, w. Va.
C.C.C. Camp
by a C.C.C. Workerj


YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio, Feb. 28.-
Twelve CC.C. workers, unable to
endure the working conditions at
Camp Witoga, Huntersville, W. Va.
recently left the camp and returned
in a body to their homes in Youngs-
town, Ohio When interviewed, the
boys eagerly set to work exposing the
war nature of the camps. The. Young
Communist League is arranging a
series Of meetings at which some Of
these boys will report.
80 long boys, I'll see you in a
month or So" said Major Patchen Of
C.C.C. Camp Witoga at Huntersviue,
w. Va, to the Youngstown boys as
they were leaving the camp two
weeks ago.
What do you mean?" asked the
boys. You'll never see US again"
Why, don't you now?" said the
Major. There's going to be 3 war"
Promises of good food, recreation
and the job of rebuilding forests were
made to hundreds of unemployed
young steel workers who left Youngs-
town for the C.C.C. camps four
months ago to work for 81 a day.
Twelve Of these boys have Just
come back from Camp Witoga before
their term expired.
I'VE were told we would build
forests and plant trees, but we have
not even seen a tree. We were put
on road work and dam building
under supervision Of State men, and
the Army officers. We were doing
construction at 81 day and doing
the unemployed construction workers
out of job at the minimum pay re-
CURED by the state law, the boys said.
We We're only supposed to work
81 hours week, but they made us
work eight hours day, five days a
week and half a day in camp on
Saturday. And We never got rest.
The officers kept US under strict dis
cipline and no one was allowed to
leave the camp. Once in three weeks
they let us go to Warrington in the
camp trucks. We had no games in
camp or recreation Of any sort. The
food was just lousy, We would kick
clbOub bALC 4ODQ- -oDllleblllES II WOutQ
change, but most of the time 1t was
poor stuff.
I'VE didn't get any time off to
rest-eyen if we were sick. They had
a camp doctor, DR.. Podesta, who CO.
operated with the State men on the
construction job. We had to be pretty
sick before we were let off from work.
In some cases we had to buy our
own medicine. If we came late on
the job, got UP late or something, we
were docked whole days pay. If
we lost one day on account of cold,
rain, etc, we we're forced to make it
up on Saturday.
Then for one month straight they
drilled us in the camp. without
guns but they taught us all the army
methods of marching. Yes. we
got dishonorable discharge We
don't care-we were damned glad to
get away from the place. The
Vel. here is organizing meetings
in Youngstown at which these fell
lows will expose the conditions in
the C.C,C. and their war character. /"
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-03-01
Employment and Payrolls

furniture manufacturers way out
Employment and Payrons
We also may record, MIR. Admins
traitor, that the situation in the fur
niture industry may be gagged by the
report of the Survey Of Current Bust
ness February, 1889 published by the
U, S. Department of Commerce. In
December, 1888, it reports plant in
operations in all districts, manufac-
turing household furniture were at 81
per cent of normal" and in the
Grand Rapids, Mich, district at SO
per cent of normal" Employment
stood at 1913 and payrol-s at 30.4 in
December (the 1926 average equals
1901 the Department of Commerce
reports. Employment had declined 8.9
per cent and payrols II pei. cent be-
low the previous month. We also note,
that the rate of operations in fur
niture plants during December, 1898,
averaged Al per cent Of capacity or
8 points under that, Of November.
1888. Betwaen December Is, 1898 and
January Is, 1884, furuf IRE employ
ment in the state of Michigan de-
creased 10 per cent, payrolls 1872 and
average weekly earnings 10 per cent.
The average weekly earnings Of fur
niture workers in Michigan were 1887
in January. 1884, as compared with
$14.73 in Dscember, 1888 The situa-
ton in the southern furniture center,
went below this bare minimum,
In Massachusetts, the average week
ly earnings Of furniture workers were
SlS.8S in December, 1888 Employ
ment in the same month stood at 678
per cent Of the 1925-27 average
So, in submitting these figures, Mr..
Administrator, we state squarely that
with all the high faIutin' phrases Of
the N. r. A. Administration, it did
not create employment in our in
dustry, but instead it further de-
creased the working force in our in
dustry, throwing more men out Of ez-
istence as before the introduction of
the N. r. A. wages and payrons
steadily went down as the figures
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-03-01

creased hours in our industry Ac-
cording to official figures given to us
by the U. S. Bureau of Labor Sta
tistics, hours worked from October,
1882, to October, 1888, averaged 412
per cent per working week. The code
established q working week of from 40
to As in the furniture and bedding
and 40 to As in the linoleum industry.
The Bureau of Labor Statistics also
show that AZ per cent of all furniture
workers were unemployed during the
first eight months in 1888. Obviously,
the N. r. A. code, which increased
average hours, could not bring the alb
sorption of the unemployed in the
furniture industry.
Wages in the Furniture Industry
1.-The N. r. A. code handed us a
steep cut in real wages. According
to the United States Bureau of Labor
Statistics, the average wage in the
furniture industry In October, 1883,
was "a cents an hour, and the avera re
earnings were $1494 per week. The
Wage bllC NOOC, III
hours at "a cents-is $3.50. But in
many cases, particularly in the South,
wages went down below the minimum.
Furthermore, the drop in the pur-
chasing power of the American dollar
since the adoption of the codes has
been such that even Mr.. William
Green OF the American Federation of
Labor now tells us that workers are
steadily losing by price increases.
Food prices according to the Bureau
of Labor Statistics, have increased
1877 per cent. The prices of clothing
and furnishing in department stores,
ITS per cent.
But this is not all Of our wage
story. Today the $3.50 has become
generally the maximum. Moreover. we
co net by any means earn even this
sum, for So consecutive weeks Of the
year. The majority of furniture work
ers in fact are employed no more than
20 to Is weeks per year, so that our
weekly earnings averaged over year.
ly period actually amount to $3.50 per
worker, per week.
Thus we see Mr.. Administrators,
that the N. n, A. code did not in |
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-03-01
Hits Slave Codes As
Means of Lowering
Living Standards

CARNATIONS under independent con-
troll of the workers themselves and
co-ordinated with the organizations
Of the employed workers. A nation
wide unemployment organiza ion,
united and powerful, can give effec-
tive help to raise the wages of the
employed by organizing mass pickett
ing, by the unemployed in every
strike; and in turn the unemployed
can develop strike action to compel
the adoption Of q. S. government
social and unemployment insurance.
Permanent Jobless Army
It is truly said that unemployment
cannot be and will not be abolished
under the capitalist system. It is
true that capitalism is a savage sys-
TEN which actually requires for its
smooth" operation an army of I'M
employed, together with periodic
crises, starvation and war.
General johnson and Mr.. Richberg
we're correct this morning when they
said in effect that the N. r. A. has
for its purpose, not any change in
the system, but an attempt to pre-
serve the system. And to preserve
the sysA EN- would mean, if its preser-
walton were possible, the preservation
of unemployment, starvation and
war.
Our proposals for the immediate
handling of the problem Of unem-
ployment are:
/. The adoption Of a nationwide
and uniform system Of social in
surance, including unemployment
insurance, at the cost Of the gov
eminent and the empowers, and
without charge against the work
ers, to be administered by represent
tatives freely selected by the work
ers themselves.
2. The transfer of ali funds now
being devoted to war measures,
such as the S570,O00,000 Vinson bill
authorization ard the S238,000, 900
Navy allowance, to the use Of I'M
employment relief by cash payment
direct to the unemployed workers
themselves.
3. The immediate raising OF all
code minimums for wages not alone
to cover increased costs of living,
but to much higher levels, which
would greatly increase the purchas-
ing power of the masses.
T. The immediate cessation Of all
strikcbreaking activities of repre-
sentatives Of the N. r. A.
5. The employment by the work
ers Of their right to organize, to
strike and to picket; the right to
organize being construed as the
right to form whatever organize
ton the workers themselves may
choose, without the employers or
government having any hand or
any RIGHTS to interfere in the man
ner Of choice.
If the workers organizations re-
main passive, this conference viii re-
suit in nothing less than the diver
sion Of their struggles into the futile
channels of conferences a. Washing
ton, controlled in reality by the en-
ployers. This conference in that case
would serve only as part of the
strategy to defeat the wave of strikes
that is coming now, as well as the
accompanying movement among the
masses to compel the adoption Of a
federal system of unemployment re-
lief.
But the final word viii be said by
the wokers in the steel mills, the coal
mines, on the railroads and in the
workshops and factories of the ma
ton. The workers by their own ac-
ton can and viii win unemployment
! insurance.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-03-01
NRA Helped to Build the
Company Unions in
Furniture Cities
shown to us, and as we receive our
information from our locals affiliated
to our National Furniture Workers
Industrial Union.
Workers Right Violated with
Government Sanction

WorkcrS hdgnt violated With
Government Sanction
THE Section IA of the N. r. A. is
supposedly guarantee of the workers
right to organize, to belong to a bona
fide labor organization which protects
and promotes their interest. But in
practice we see, that the manufac-
turers with the governments silent
sanction, are interpreting Section IA
fer their own benefit, using this para
graph for their right to build UP com
many unions, violating the very code
they manufactured. Company unions
have been organized by the manufac-
turers in our industry. The Armstrong
Lino-eum Co., Lancaster, Pa, employ
ing 1000 workers, was the first Signer
Of the Linolenm and Felt Base Code,
signed by President Roosevelt on Sept.
Is, 1888. At that time, bona f1de
labor union was in existence in that
factory, embracing the vast majority
Of the workers in that factory
We know for instance that in
connection with the Armstrong Lin
oleum plant in Lancaster, Pa, the
discomfort Of the workers was so
great, that two N.R.A. conciliators
came down from Philadelphia, Pa,
in December, 1888. to investigate. =
They had a meeting with the bona
fide representatives of our union
down there. These N.R.A. con-
ciliators openly recognized the fact
that the Armstrong Co. organized a
company union in a violation OF
their own code, but added, that they
were powerless to do anything.
80 we see. Mr., Administrator, that
the workers cannot depend upon the
MIRA. to establish decent living con
ditions, to absorb the vast unemploy-
ment.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-03-01
Railroad Men to Hold
Gala Affair in N. Y.
sPEEgH or koBERr MINoR

NEW YORK. The Railroad
Motherhood Unity Committee, with
cifices at 799 Broadway, announced
yesterday that it is planning to open
p large headquarters in the near fu-
i;re from which it will lead and
direct the struggles Of the Pullman
p5rters and dining car workers on
TIE big railroads.
To raise funds for the new center
TIE Unity Committee has arranged
e special evening of entertainment to
be held Saturday. March 10, at the
Workers Center. SO e. 18th st.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-03-01
A. T. OF L. Leaders
Help to Break Ship
Strike in Seattle

were tossed off and the ship sailed
out with a fei scabs that we're
brought aboard with tug boat.
AS the ship sailed out the lines
could be seen hanging over the side,
with only two men hauling them in.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-03-01
Mass Firing in Princeton, Ind.

PRINCETON, Ind.-The majority
Of the C.W.A. and P.W.A. workers
here are being fired Immediately
after the first Roosevelt wage cut,
wholesale lay-offs were begun.
Recently an atrplane flew over The
city and threw out twenty-five cent
merchandise tickets redeemab1e at a
the workers scrambled for the tickets
local store. The manner in which
indicates the mass starvation and
hunger Of the workers.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-03-01
Resolution Hits Speedily
and Starvation Wage-Rate

WASHINGTON, Feb. 2S-Folowng speech at the a
yesterday, Furniture Workers
following
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-03-01
nor Rips Into New Deal Ball hoo the MIRA Open Hearings
Monster Epidemic of Unemployment
Is RGe0ging Lives Of y. S. Workers"

Communist Farty Replies
l. Gen. Johnson With
Program of Struggle
WASHINGTON, Feb. 28. - The
fo}cs.ng is the full text Of the
sCceoh delivered by Robert Minor,
sgelcersn of the Communist
fa~ty, bcfo~e the N.R.A. open hear
'aTs now in session here: