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Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1934-08-23

ing into their worn but expectant
faces. Then he speaks very slowly
and without oratory:
ut is a problem. l would not try to
fool you by saying we know the solu-
ton of it. We don't. l believe In
being frank, and what l can tell you
from the bottom of my heart is this:
If it is possible for us to solve the
problem we are going to do it,"
So there was no easy promise by a
demagog, no political trickery, no
quack with a cure-all. Yet the disap-
pointed drouth victims cheered. 1t
was their tribute to honesty in high
office.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1934-08-23
PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH NOTES
Bruno,

Bible study Thursday evening at
the church.
c. e. Friday evening at the Ker-
rick church.
Sunday school at 10 o'clock; serv-
ice at 11:15; subject: "The Message
of Pentecost."
Kerrfck.
G. E. Friday evening at the church.
Service at 9:45 a. m; Sunday school
following.
Willow River.
Bible study Wednesday evenings at
the church.
Sunday school at 10 a. m; service
at 8 p. m.
DAVID HARRINGTON, Pastor.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1934-08-23

One of the hardest speeches in the
world to make sound convincing is
the one setting forth the reasons why
your son can't buy dog.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1934-08-23

Roosevelt Stopping Many Rackets,"
says Ford. He ought to know. Look
at all the rackets Ford stopped when
he quit making Model Us.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1934-08-23

Government is extended to every
opinion in the quiet certainty that
truth needs only a fair field to Sc
cure the Undergraduates Johnson.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1934-08-23
What'Il They Tax Next.

Prof-Mr. Twirp, what do you
know about French syntax?
Stude-Gosh, didn't know they had
to pay for their fun.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1934-08-23

urged us to vote the ticket straight
all down the line.
We were urged to organize junior
FL. organizations wherever such
were thought to be needed. 1t was a
very interesting meeting and l urge
as many as can to attend the meeting
at St. Cloud Sept. 10th.
HANS MOSBEK.
Askov, Mimi, Aug. 20, 1884.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1934-08-23

Tricks and treachery are the prac-
tice of fools that have not wit enough
to be honest.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1934-08-23
st. Paul'S Luth. Church, Willow River
Rev. H. C. Sporleder, pastor.

Church services at $3.50 a. m. Ser
mon subject, The Holy Christian
Church" Sunday school at 1915 a. m.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-01-06
Wage Agreements Seek
To Keep Down Strikes

items. Insurance amounts to 81 and
So a month, doctor $3.50 a month,
etc. The agreement ends with the
following paragraph:
''The United Mine Workers Of
America agree to protect the opera
tor under this section"
It is clear that the agreement in
no way improves the conditions of
the miners. On the contrary, its
chief purpose is to prevent the min
erS from fighting against the at
tacks Of the employers. 1t is semi
fascist agreement. 1t is a chain
around the great body Of the Starv-
ing miners, intended to keep them
under the starvation condition.
The chief task Of the Left Wing
delegates and all the delegates toiling
in the mines, when they come 10 the
convention, will have to be to raise the
mighty voice against the whole
agreement, demanding adoption Of a
new agreement that will tranform
the U.M.WA. into a powerful in
strument of the miners for the pro-
lection Of their daily interests,
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-01-06
NR.A., Operators, Lewis Have LoVered
Miners Pay Despite CroaOtt Of UMWA

plea for a S. basic wage scale. The
IS scale was offered before the strike
struggles developed. But the agree
ment, signed by Lewis and his
henchmen, provides $3.50 a day In
the Pittsburgh District, s4.36 In West
Virginia and as low as 1920 in the
Southern fields. Before the agree
ment was signed the Pittsburgh Dis
trict miners received 81 a day. Thus
their nominal wages were increased
only 60 cents a day, or is per cent,
ten days month and In many in
stances even less. The monthly earn
ings have been increased Sc. The
operators, in accordance with the
agreement, have raised the house rent
IS per month. Monthly dues Of the
U.M.WA. are 81. The increased house
rent and dues alone deprive the
miner OF the entire increase in
wages.
Meanwhile, the press on all the
necessities OF life, according to Dun g.
Bradstreet, Inc. have increased 40
per cent during the last year, and
IN company stores even more. Even
the mining lamp has been increased
from SC to SC a day. Increase in
prices Of a similar proportions have
been put into effect on all the sup
plies the miner must buy. The min
er must also pay the checkweighman
at least 81 per month without much
improvement in the weights.
Lower Living Standards
II is clear, therefore, that the n.
r. A.-0perators-Lewis agreement did
not raise, but on the contrary, sharply
decrease the living standards Of the
miners.
The same is true of the working
conditions. Concerning the most i'm
portant condition Of work, the dead
work, the agreement states: For
dead work, where abnormal condi-
tons exist, the price for the same
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-01-06
BY JOHN MELLON

National Secretary Treasurer Of Steel
and Metal Workers Industrial Union
PITTSBURGH, PENNA., Jan. s.
The Steel and Metal Workers In
dustrial Union has as It's task over
the next three months a drive In
preparation for the Second Conven-
ton scheduled to be held in Pitts
burgh, March %, 80 and April /. Our
recent National Executive Committee
meeting places very concrete tasks be-
fore our union nationally to insure
mobilization Of the entire membership
to prepare for this important event.
The central task of our Union is the
consolidation Of all OcalS on func-
tioning department basis.
During the past six months the
Steel and Metal Workers Industrial
Union made rapid strides in build
ing UP strong membership through
out the country. Due 10 the fact that
at least 80 per cent Of the present
membership approximately $1,000
was recruited during recent months
and constitutes a new membership,
the necessary work of consolidating
the locals on q department basis Of
organization has lagged behind the
growth Of the Union. In the major
struggles conducted by our Union IL
Was clearly seen that in those locals
where department form Of organiza-
ton had been built, the local came,
through their struggles, VIGOROUSLY,
winning concessions and maintaining
their respective membership intact.
Those locals in which the strikes
were conducted, but where depart
ment form Of organization had not
been developed, the revenue was
usually true. The Ambridge strike was
q notable example Of how the alb
sence Of department organization in
the locals weakenS the organization,
once they come into open conflict
with the boss
Another weakness which our Union
is now in the process OF overcoming
also arises out Of our failure gener-
ally to realize the importance Of
functioning department committees,
that is, the tendency toward strike as
the only means OF struggle and the
neglecting of the important partial
struggles around the day-to-day de-
mands Of the workers in the shops.
These small partial struggles are a
means by which our locals can gain
tremendous experience and draw
valuable lessons in their preparation
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-01-06
Speed-Up During Crisis Takes
Fearful Toll of Workers Lives

such injuries in 1892 was 2.S6 days
per 1000 hours worked, as against
2.59 in 1881"
The Bureau, however, attributes
the increase in accidents, Eat least
partly" to "a let-up in safety activi-
ties"
1.-THE difference in the frequency
rates for the two years is presumably,
at least partly, due to a let-up in
safety activities-a common, but I'M
fortunate result of economy programs
so that unsafe conditions or prac-
tices were not eliminated or improved.
Such neglect would naturally lead to
a proportionate increase in accidents
and aside from the standpoint of
human relations, would in the end
prove far more expensive than the
cost of the necessary safety work in
yolved."
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-01-06
Court FOrecloses
On Learning That
Worker Is Striking

NEWARK, N. j., Jan. 5-When
Vice Chancellor Buchanan learned
that the sons of John and Mamie
Spatola were striking, and that the
family was therefore unable to pay
the mortgage, he ordered the family
to vacate their home on a mortgage
foreclosure.
When Mrs. Spatola explained that
her sons were on strike, the Judge
turned to the lawyer and instructed
him to make his order Of dispossess
and foreclosure.
Addressing Mrs. 5patola, he added:
'You admit that your sons, who might
be working and earning money to
help you, are on strike. You will have
two weeks to get out" The court is
always ready to act as strikebreaker.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-01-06
STEEL UNION CONSOLIDATING GAINS.
BUILDING DEPARTMENT COMMITTEES
Partial Struggles Around Many Issues Give Locals
Valuable Experience in Leadership

for the more decisive struggles into
which they inevitably enter. The
conducting Of department agitational
campaigns. petitions, and the organi-
zation Of grievance committees on a
united front basis for the small and
more immediate demands Of the
workers, Is an excellent means Of
roofing our Union deeper in the shop
and Of developing the prestige of our
Union.
The steel and metal workers nation
ally are faced with conditions that
are growing worse day by day. All
Of the demsgogic promises made by
the Roosevelt government, and ex-
pressed concretely in the steel code,
have turned out to be actual means
in the hands Of steel trusts and
manufacturers for q further continu-
ancs Of attacks on the standards of
living Of the workers in this indus
try. The right to organize" has been
translated into terms Of machine
guns, tear gas, Strikebreaking ma
tional Labor Board, and treacher-
Gus leadership on the part Of the
American Federation Of Labor.
Eighty-flve per cent Of the steel in
dustTy nationally Is company union"
since the right to organize" was
given to the steel workers. Those
workers. as in Ambridge and other
centerS, who took the right to TO
ganiSe in their own hands, and built
real militant industrial unions, found
themselves faced with the combined
onslaught and opposition Of the gov
eminent, the state and the bosses.
The conditions in the steel indus
try in particular have become worse
than before the MIRA. period was
foisted upon the backs Of the work
erS.
This coming period will be one of
series of local strikes in the in
dustry, eliminating in major ter
ritorial struggles, such as we wit
messed this Fall In the Weirton, Steu-
benville, ClarkSburg and Ambridge
territories Our Union must prepare
now to lead these strikes, and as a
guarantee for the possibility of
strengthening and spreading tn e
coming struggles, the S.M.W.IU.
must Immediately begin to develop a
fraternal front with the rank and
file Of the A. F. of L. and a close
fraternal relationship with the grow
ing independent industrial unions in
the industry.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-01-06

shall be a question for local adjust
ment."
To establish firm control and to try
to make it impossible for the miners
to use their organization for the pro-
lection Of their interests, without
being subject to punishment, the
agreement boldly declares:
"a strike or Stoppage Of work on
the part Of the mine workers, shall
be a violation Of this agreement.
Under no circumstances shall the
operators discuss the matter under
dispute with the mine committee
or any representative of the United
Mine Workers of America during
suspension Of work in violation of
this agreement.
Should any mine worker or
mine workers at the mine cause the
mine or part Of the mine to shut
down in violation Of this rule, every
employe at said mines, except those
who continue to work, shall have q
deducted from his or their earnings
the sum of 81 per day or each part
of day they may remain idle
All fines provided for this agreement
shall be automatically collected and
any operator failing to collect such
fines shall pay a penalty of 81 for
each employe subject to be fined.
In no case shall any fine be re-
funded. E"
TT is further agreed that where
any employee enters suit in the
civil courts to collect any fines col
lected in accordance herewith, the
employees shall reimburse the OPP
orator for the expense incurred on
account Of such suit"
Deductions
Last but not least the agreement
specifies deductions from the miners
pay for checkweighman, stores, rent
fuel smithing, insurance, doctor
union dues and Ether not mentioned
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-01-06
Rank and File To Fight
at UMWA Convention
BY 2. RoRICH

since its last convention the
United Mine Workers Of America has
Undergone many important changes.
On one hand, q large section of the
miners IN three fields 49, Illinois
Washington and the Anthracite-due
the wage cutting, strikebreaking
)olicy and the gangster rule of Lewis
nd his appointed henchmen, split
way from the UMWA. and formed
Independent unions. These involve
ONE $4,000 miners.
On the other hand. in the unor-
anized fields approximately 10000
niners Joined the U.M.WA. Through
mass strikes and strike threats-de-
pdts the bitter opposition and open
trfkebreaking Of the entire official
ionn-they forced the recognition of
he UMWA. in all the key coal
felda Through bitterly fought
Ttrikes, despite split-offs, the U. M
v. A. once more became the largest
workers organization in the United
states.
The question arises: Have the wages
= The miners increased, their work
ng and living conditions improved as
result Of Che growth Of the q. NJ.
". AT Did the UMW.A. become an
instrument for the protection Of the
miners Interested?
The best possible answer TO these
questions is to be found in the agree
nent signed by the operators and the
J.M.WA. officials. approved by the
IRA. Labor Board and sealed by
President Roosevelt-an this without
he approval Of the miners and de-
pite their opposition.
What the Codes Provide
n Ia a well known fact that large
section Of the operators. in present.
ng the So-called General Coal
Code" approved by the NR.A. Ad-
ninistration and the UM.W.A. Of
dcaldom, offered IS day for hours,
Frank Taplin, one Of the richest op-
orators in the country, made public
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-01-06
BY SEYMOUR wALDMAN

AA<rs4Ay NOAhEAy WI
WASHINGTON, D. c., Jan. 5.-The
terrible toll Of workers lives and
health taken by the fearful speed-up
enforced throughout the country dur
ing the capitalist crisis is already be-
ginning to be reflected in official gov
eminent statistics.
IAN increase in both frequency and
severity rates for accidents In manu-
featuring industries in 1882, as COM
pared with 1881, is shown in the an
nual survey Of the Bureau of Labor
statistics" the December 1888
Monthly Labor Review Just given to
the press, announces.
THE average number Of workers
injured in 1882 was 1885 per 1000, 900
hours worked, as against 1885 in
1881, and the average time lost thru
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-01-06

Help The Fight For the Workers
Unemployment Insurance Bill.--See
Peace on Earth" Jan. Ii, Thurs
day evening. Tickets at Unemployed
Council. 20 2. 10th st.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-01-06

Greetings to the DAILY WORKER on the
occasion of its Tenth Anniversary from the
80 East l. th ST., Room 535, New York
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-01-06
Rail Union Official
For us. Control of
RoadsToAid
Plan Involves Pay Cuts,
Speedup and Layoffs
for Workers

NEW YORK-Preparing the basis
for drastic attack on the railroad
workers conditions, Alexander r.
Whitney, president Of the Railroad
Brotherhood of Trainmen, declared
that he favored government owner
ship Of the railroads, in a statement
yesterday.
Whitney, who is also chairman OF
the Railway Labor Executives Asso-
citation was in New York last night
to speak at a meeting to decide on
a third party"
Declaring that the railroad workers
were "fed up" Whitney proposed that
the government get up federal
corporation for the purpose of re-
financing the railroads and taking
the racket away from the banks" by
this plan of federal financing" says
Whitney, "a saving of close to $780,
100000 would be made for the rail-
roads"
Whitney's statement plays directly
into the hands Of the bankers and
railroad owners who would welcome
huge government payments for their
overeapitalized roads. On the other
hand, Whitney forecasts the inten-
ton Of the government to take over
the railroads and reorganize them to
a high point Of efficiency In preps-
ration for war
An organization plan by the gov
eminent would mean intensive ra-
tionalization involving mass lay-offs,
wage cuts and greater speed-up. This
plan has already been put into oper-
alton on some roads under the rail-
road emergency act with the full APP
prevail Of the railroad brotherhood Of
ficialS.
Whitney asked the railroad owners
to put over q ten per cent cut in the
basic wage of the railroad workers
last fall. His pretended fight for
naturalization of the roads as q
benefit to the railroad workers, masks
his real plan to aid the governments
war preparations and the drive on
the standards of the railroad workers
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-02-17
Dodgers Drop
Glenn Wright

BIZ United Press
NEW YORK, Feb. II. - Glenn
Wright, one of the outstanding
shortstops of the past decade, has
been given his unconditional re-
lease, the Brooklyn Dodgers an
nounced today
Wright is 32 He has been in
professional baseball for thirteen
years, five of which we're with the
Pittsburgh Pirates and five with
Brooklyn. He was field captain of
the Dodgers last year, but had a
poor season because of the recur-
rance of an old arm injury. He
also had trouble with Manager Max
Carey. The combination is believed
to have resulted in his release.
In 1888 he appeared in only sew
enty-one games, with 1872 trips to
the plate His batting average was
.255, the second lowest in his major
league career. During his hey-day,
Wright was an excellent batSman
and one of the most active flelderS
the game ever knew. In 1924, while
with Pittsburgh, he set National
League record of COL assists. His
big batting year was 1880 when he
batted 321 and made twenty-five
homers for Brooklyn.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-02-17

STEVE HANIAS, the 25year-old former Penn State foot
baler who took Max Schmeng, former heavyweight
champion, for stic ride in Philadelphia the other night
admits he has bad knee, but hastens to add that held
him up for twelve rounds against the German and out Of
that engagement he feels that the old grid injury the
mend He has been fighting the professional ranks only
three years thinks York sports writers per-
mtted their personal opinions to them when they de-
clined to give him full measure of credit for the upset
This column going to string with Hamas IN his grew
ance The York scrveners failed to give him tumble
their advance fight stories and figured the bout little
than a workout for Schmelng. It's true that Hamas
is handicapped by bad legs but this writer ready to
take his word for it that the pins coming back
When in college at Penn State HamaS eleven sports
letters than any other athlete in the schools history
He starred football boxing basketball track and lacrosse
Moreover he the intercollegiate heavyweight boxing
title.
IRON pointers gather from his
takes champion possible exception highly
veloF killer instinct against ne 5o%t s h ti h ouor
Tommy he must have picked his pointers from the Phadephan
of the few college graduates in
the prize fight ring today.
HET back under Knue Rockne in 1920 and 1921
Iayden Coaches throughout country
on p b ra b has been sports writer Grant goes from
where he has to produce the boys who make the
closely NOtre Dame up with peculiar back
could cach? If Grants
editors coaches For instance Indiana and Ohio state
with university laughing his sleeve He used
tpehat athletics directors put more tobacco in the old
A NYwAY Chef Grant played at
N The 1920 ten games and lost none hat
OF the
greatest Of all Frank Coughn was the captain
bumped OF the
toughest drew cleated shoe AS Chef
Duke Aubrey Devne and
when johnny thirty yards
sending Locke time after
time through holes ripped the line by the
giant tackle.
touchdown first half
i Captain kicked field goal After that both teams sug
of dangerously
another held at critical times That was
the only game that Grant look back on
splendid twenty victories in the two years
during VIII under Rockne
player playing
following told
Lott the
taking tour
through Holland
thing to do was to hoo ones oeat
tunnel because carbon monoXde gas
released would be fatal bathed INTO the
length OF the tunnel fell for the yarn
and nearly breath And did George get
amateur must have ter
fun makes Jolly Jack of Jacksonville dull boy
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-02-17

ance his teams of that era were the
best baseball ever had.
=
BOSTON won in Is, '16, and then
ID came a four-year lull that pro-
duced four different winners. Among
the nonrepeaters was one of the
great teams of all time-the 1919
White Sox. Technically they prove
the exception to the Cobb theory.
They could have repeated if they
had wanted to. They sold out.
Beginning with 1921 every sub
sequent American League pennant
winner was able to repeat once or
twice. The sequence was not
snapped until a year ago, when Joe
Yanks, topheavy favor
ties to do it again, went SPRAYING
in the mire on their regal shouts.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-02-17
Three Tied
in Cue War
Bozeman in First Place as
Hoppe, Cochran, Layton
Press Close.

By q tJed PFtSS
NEW YORK, Feb. 17-Johnny
Layton and Willie Hoppe were up
again today in tie with Welker
Cochran, defending champion, for
second place in the world three
cushion billiard championship.
Cochran and Hoppe will try to
take sole command of the position
in today's matches while Layton is
idle. Meanwhile, young Jay Boze-
man will attempt to retain his lead
in the tourney.
Bozeman is matched against Al
len Ball; Cochran tackles Arthur
Thurnblad, and Hoppe faces Tiff
Denton. In the fourth match,
Otto Reiselt meets Len Kenney,
tail-ender in the tourney.
Hoppe, former boy wonder" of
the cue, overwhelmed 71-year- old
Alfredo De Orc last night in the
Journeys shortest game of twenty
eight innings.
Layton, ten times holder of the
title, turned back Augie Kieckhefer,
so to At, in fifty frames. 1t was
a close, hard-fought match.
Kinney Matsuyama, national
champion, beat Otto Reiselt last
night, so to 38 in fifty-two innings,
for his fifth victory in nine starts
The japanese trailed in the early
innings but tied the count in the
sixth. He went on and his high
run of seven in the thirteenth gave
him a lead of 10 to 10. He held a
comfortable lead for the rest of
the contest.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-02-17
Love Captures
Main Mat Bout

With the match standing one fall
each. Billy Love was awarded the
victory over Jim Mellon in the main
go wrestling attraction at Tomlin-
son hall last night when Mellon was
disqualified for applying "strang-
ling" tactics.
Mellon captured the first fall in
nineteen minutes, with a combina-
ton crotch and slam, and Love
annexed the second toss in thirteen
minutes with a top body spin. The
grapplers we're in action for ten
minutes on tn ethird fall when the
referee called a halt
In the Semi-final Tommy TaSSel
dropped the first fall to Bill Cantrel
and then rallied and annexed the
next two and match. Jean Fox
threw Ed Slaughter in eleven min
utes in the one-fall prelim bout.