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The daily worker., 1934-03-22
BY an Agricultural worker
Correspondent

SACRAMENTO, Cal-The large
land owners of Imperial Valley live
in grand style. Beautiful homes
running filtered water electric
lights, radio, etc.
But the workers who till the fields
live in lean-tos. Some who have
canvas tents are extremely lucky. We
sleep right on the ground, in the
sand. We get our water for drinking
and cooking and all purposes right
from the irrigation bitches. This
water must stand at least all night
to allow the filth to settle before
it can be drunk. Often there are
dead horses or COWS or other farm
animals in the bitches.
The workers are about so per cent
of them Mexicans- 20 per cent are
Filipino workers = 10 per cent are
Negro workerS-30 per cent poor
white workers from the South.
The last strike IN the pea fields
was one Of the strikes that the
growers could not understand. There
was 100 per cent solidarity of the
workers.
We elected our officers in the best
way that we could and we COM
menced to agitate for 2 cents b,
for peas, filtered drinking water,
and closed toilets.
The Mexican and Philippine work
ers were the first to go out on strike
and they went out 100 per cent
strong. The Negro workers being
mostly local workers who live in
the small nearby towns went to their
homes with the exception of about
10 who were in the strikers camp.
Two days after the strike the white
American workers also came out.
We held mass meeting after
the picket line and elected CEN
tral strike committee.
The growers, having the state,
county police had also organized
the American Legion posts in the
various towns and armed vigilantes
to terrorize the strikers.
They were not successful as among
the strikers all of the men-from
The daily worker., 1934-03-22
Increase Mass York Among 100000 Negro and White Workers.

that the women will make up the
bulk of factory workers producing
war materials as well as manning
transportation.
Women viii Replace Men In the
Coming War
How important the U. S. govern
ment considers women for use in
war can be seen by the statement
of Major General Ely of the U. S.
Army, made in April, 1881:
Women will play greater part
in future wars. Governments, in
cluding our own, have been study
ing the use of women in war. Wo-
man power in many instances sup
plements and in other cases sup
plants man power in war"
There are in the u. S. close to
eleven million wage earning wo-
men, two million of whom are Ne
gro women. That is % per cent
of all wage earners. In addition
there are twenty-three million
housewives, millions Of whom are
employed part-time or doing sweat
shop work at home and are not
listed as wage earners.
1t is significant to note that dur
ing the ten years 1920-30 (post war
period and crisis the number of
women wage earners increased by
two and quarter million. This
means an increase of 26 per cent,
whereas the number of men in
creased only by Is per cent and
the general population by 16 per
cent. These figures show that wo-
men are displacing men in many
instances as a cheaper labor source,
which has the effect of a general
lowering of wages for all workers.
Due to naturalization and mech
anization of factories women are
to be found in almost all industries
and can at very short notice re-
place men. Over 10000 women
are working in metal industries in
cluding iron and steel, $4,000 in the
automobile industry, rs, 900 in rubber
factories, $4,000 in the making of
electrical supplies, and $4,000 in
chemical industries, $4,000 in the
textile industry. The rayon plants,
employ from so to so per cent wo-
men.
With so many millions of women
in production coupled with the fact
that night work for women has
been re-established since the N. R.
The daily worker., 1934-03-22
Letters from,
OurRedderS
CLEAR VIEW OF CAPITALISM
IN DAILY"

Washington, D. c.
Dear Comrade:
Your letter in regard to worker
correspondence at hand, and will
be glad TO write to you from time
to time. In the meantime I wish
to state that I am a regular and
devoted reader of the Daily Worker.
Reading the Daily is like taking
an airplane trip, and getting a clear
birds eye view of the whole show.
It's a real bracer.
have Just sent a strong criti-
cism to E. Haldeman julius. who
has recently been making savage
attacks against the U. S. Commu-
mist Party and the Daily Worker in
his publication, American Free
man" I believe we should make a
habit Of exposing these dope ped
dlers" such as Haldeman julius,
Haywood Broun, etc, who throw
poisonous darts of clever design.
principally for the benefit of the
white collar proletariat, who are not
yet fully convinced, due to lack of
theory. Our recent expose and
analysis of Gretta Palmer was an
excellent example.
Comradely,
The daily worker., 1934-03-22
Relief Meat Given
AS Pay for Hard
Work in Alabama
(By a sharecropper Correspondent

tBy SharecrOpper Correspondent
TALLAPOOSA COUNTY, Ala
We, farmers in the South, walk to
Dadeville with a piece of paper
just to hear the operator of the
G. w. A. tell the poor people lie.
We all are too far apart to win
these demands. If we all mean
to do anything we will have to be
as one and join hands and face
these rotten bosses and tell them
what we want and what we need.
and tell them that the damn piece
Of paper won't feed our family and
put shoes and clothes on them and
send our children to school.
The Chambers County landlords,
some of them are working on the
roads and have tenants on their
places, and the tenant can't get a
job and still the landlord won't
furnish the tenant anything. The
poor can't get on the road for the
landlords keep nearly all of us cut
off.
When the poor man works for
Mr.. Landlord, he doesn't want to
pay us anything but some sorghum
syrup or some relief meat, and
when the women wash for the
white ladies, they won't pay moth
ing for their washing but some
old WORKOUT dresses, an old piece
of stockings or a little meat or
butter, and the meat is sometimes
some relief meat, and they say that
this relief meat isn't to be sold,
but some Of us wash-women have
got it for washing.
The daily worker., 1934-03-22
Off All
CWA Workers in
Michigan County
By a C.w.A. Worker Correspondent

BY a C.W.A. Worker Correspondent
DEMMON, Mich. - Enclosed find
sub for six months Saturday edi-
ton of the Daily" We here, in
Demmon have a small territory and
it's kind of hard getting subs, be-
cause what few people there are
here are mostly religious people,
but we are trying our best
The people are looking more to
the Daily" than ever before, be-
cause it's the only newspaper that
exposes the c. W. A., N. R. A., etc.,
and the workers are starting to
realize that these N. R. A., ETC.,
are a complete flop.
In Michigan County they are lay
ing off all of the C. w. A. work
ers by April 1st, and most Of them
will be put back on relief.
The daily worker., 1934-03-22

Here are a few incidents to show
how we grow through the Daily
Worker: In the TX Radio" station
we made a subscriber of an eX-
service man. He reads the paper
with delight. He speaks Of joining
the Workers Ex-service Mems
League, of agitating among his old
buddies and of writing sketches with
new slant for his audiences.
After he is through reading the
paper he gives it to another en-
ployee unable to buy one with her
wages. She, a true blood, American,
fine type, is all bewildered with
what's coming over this country,
N. R. A., and ALL" She enjoys the
paper so much that after she is
through with it, she mails it to
her daughter in college. The
daughter enjoys it and speaks and
discusses Communism" with her
chuns.
No. 2.-My newsboy was con-
sidered a skunk" During the
strike of the workers in Brighton
Beach he deliberately went in the
bakery because the poor boss" had
a wife and children to support. OF
course, the workers boycotted him.
Knowing his father, with the
wooden leg Qost during the last
war; never abandoned him, but
kept talking to him and contrasting
the titles of the newspapers when
ever I could. Last night he pulled
my elbow and said:
Hey, Mrs, I would like to go up
once to your meetings, but am
afraid. I used to sell five Daily
Workers, and am now selling rs.
I acted wrong during the bread
strike, they will not let me in, I
am afraid"
I'll take you in," says I, 'but
come with your two brothers, and
your father"
No. 81 sent a subscription to a
nephew, medical student in Co
lumbia. The day after the Madison
Square demonstration he was in
vited to a party in a home Of
Socialist. Busy with studies, hardly
well informed on Communism him
self, he held his ground against five
guests, showing that an outburSt of
thousands of workers who spon-
taneouSly hisSed and booed their
class enemies can't be wrong. I do
expect results there.
No. 4In Madison Square Garden
before going there I called up a
Socialist Comrade to go together.
She tells me: when heard your
voice felt like sisters and broth
ers who have quarrelled but on the
day of a death in the family they
come together. and make peace" For
the sake of getting her attention
we exchanged papers.
I took her New Leader" for
which I was a constnat contributor
in their Women's Sphere for years
chow could I have been so blindP)
and she took my Daily Worker. Re-
suit: She promised to come with me
to hear some of our speakers at
home or in the Workers Center.
In Madison Square I chummed
with my old Comrades expressing
my surprise to still find them with
The daily worker., 1934-03-22
WOmenW Orkers DoubIy
Exploited in U. S.
Industry
BY ANNA DAMON

Can we speak of winning the
majority of the working class in
the q. S. A. for the final struggle
OF power without bringing to the
forefront the struggle around the
daily needs of the eleven million
doubly exploited wage earning Ne
gro and white women and leading
the fight for their demands?
Can we speak of an effective
struggle against fascism and i'm
perialiSt war without winning the
millions Of toiling women in the
U. S. away from the theological and
organizational influences of paci-
flsm and patriotism?
The 18th E. c. G. I. Plenum
Resolution on fascism and the
danger of war and the tasks of the
Communist Parties points to the
immediate necessity of broadening
our work among women:
Increasing the mass work among
women, at the same time promot-
ing and training even now a body
OF active Party women who, during
the war, could in a number of cases
replace modified comrades"
What is the meaning of this
declaration in the thesis of the E.
G. G. 1. Plenum?
Why is this great emphasis now
placed on work among women in
the present period of intensified
struggle against fascism and war?
Precisely because without the tens
of millions of Negro and white wo-
men employed in industry and
agriculture, without the women en-
ployed in their homes, without the
wives and daughters of the work
ers there can be no serious thought
of putting up effective resistance
against fascism and imperialist war
upon us.
Since in war time practically the
entire male population capable of
arms will be sent to the
front, almost three quarters of the
workers employed in industry will
be made up of women; the one
million Negro domestic workers will
oe placed in factories. This means
The daily worker., 1934-03-22
Article TX

Article TX
IN the discussion of the American
question in the Executive Com
nittee of the Communist Interns-
Sional, Comrade Stain made con-
,rTUuJi0n to the Marxist-LSciniSt
theoretical literature when he said:
Many now think that the gen.
eral crisis of world capitalism will
not affect America. That, Of
course, is not true. 1t is entirely
untrue, comrades. The crisis Of
world capitalism is developing
with increasing rapidity and can
not but affect American capital
ism. The 100000 now unem-
ployed in America are the first
swallows indicating the ripening
Of the economic crisis in America.
The sharpening antagonism be-
tween America and England, the
struggle for markets and raw ma
terials, and, finally, the colossal
growth Of armaments-that is the
second portend of the approach
ms crisis. I think the moment is
net far off when a revolutionary
crisis will develop in America.
And when a revolutionary crisis
develops in America, that will be
the beginning of the end of world
capitalism as a whole. 1t is essen
tial that the American Commu-
mist Party should be capable of
meeting that historical moment
fully prepared and of assuming
the leadership of the impending
class struggle in America. Every
effort and every means must be
employed in preparing for that,
comrades. For that end the
American Communist Party must
be improved and BolShevized. For
that end we must work for the
complete liquidation of factional-
ism and deviations in the Party.
For that end we must work for
the establishment of unity in
the Communist Party of America.
Fer that end we must work in
order to forge real revolutionary
ca6@o5 and real revolutionary
leadership Of the prolet tariat,
capable Of leading the many mill
ions CT the American working
class tcwa~d the revolutionary
class struggles"
While the inperialist States OF
Europe, headed by France, worked
night and day to encircle the Union
9f Soviet Republics with an iron
ring for Intervention, while the
capitalist drums of prosperity were
booming and while the struggle
within the Soviet Union against
capitalist elements increased in Bit
ternecs-the Union of Soviet So
calls Republics boldly marched
forward on the path towards social
ism.
Communism is the Soviet power
plus the electrification of the coun-
try. Lenin had said.
Under the sure hand of Stalir
there was no wavering, the "fnpos-
sible' Five-Year Plan was adopted
in its maximum form.
The ruthless, courageous carrying
through of the industrialization Of
the Union of Soviet Socialist Re-
publicS, maintaining and strength
ening at the same time the alliance
of the proletariat with the poor and
peasants under the leader
ship Of the workers became decisive
fot a whole historic epoch. The
The daily worker., 1934-03-22
Butler, of Oxford, Miss,
Uses Whip on Negroes
BY a Farmer Correspondent

OXFORD, MiSs.-I am writing a
letter concerning a little trouble
between a Mr.. j. D. Butler, white
man, and his three Negro workers.
Mr.. Butler lives in town and has
two of them on his farm.
He told these Negroes to put his
mules in the pasture and they did,
but during the night the mules got
out Of pasture. One got run over
by a truck and broke his hind legs.
Mr.. Butler went out on the Ne
groes and whipped them. One of
his men moved off the place but
the other one didn't have sense
enough to move. Mr.. Butler told
them not to say anything about
the whipping he gave them.
He told the Negro who stayed he
would have to pay for the mule.
The daily worker., 1934-03-22
Lumber Mill Boss
Tries to Shift the
Burden on Workers
(By a Farmer Correspondent

MARROW, N. H. - Recently, a
large crowd gathered at the local
Grange Hall to attend a meeting
called by the Watson Manufactrr-
ing Co. The crowd consisted Of
workers, farmers, citizens, and town
and local State officers.
Mr.. Watson addressed the meet
ing by saying that the object was
to discuss the possibilities Of con-
tinuing the operation of the plant
at NARROW, or shutting down the
plant entirely, or selling the plant
to the villagers, or to an outside
party.
This plant at NARROW, N. H, is
a wood working mill and local cleo
trio plant. 1t is one Of three plants
operated by the Watson Mfg. Co.,
the other two being located In Mill
bury and Leicester, Mass. Fhe
plant at NARROW is the smallest of
the three. At the NARROW mill,
the workers produce much dimen-
sion lumber, etc. A gang Of about
20 or IS workers are employed at
the mill, in two shifts a day and
another and smaller gang is in the
woods nearby getting the logs. This
gang Of choppers is usually q
separate gang or a contractors
crew; working under very hard
conditions and very little pay.
The workers in the mill are
usually paid by the hour. Often,
there is not enough steam, during
which time, some of the workers
remain idle while repairs are be-
ing made. They thus draw no pay,
The pay is very small, about the
minimum under the N. r. A. code;
$12 or $14.
The workers are practically all
native Americans, having originally
been farmers, hunters, trappers.
This boss, whom the workers
know so well, does not disdain to
speed them up and to tell them
that he is doing all he can for the
workers. And now, after this boss
has made some handsome profits,
as he himself admitted at this re-,
cent meeting, he is talking of shut
ting the mill down.
He has a scheme now to get
whatever he can out of you from
your savings and then let YOU nav
the high taxes on the mill.
Get organized in a strong work
ers' organization, with real work
erS' solidarity. Elect workers
from the mill to be your shop COM
mittee, to be in charge of every.
thing.
EDITORS NOTE: This worker
is right, only a workers own com.
mittee can be effective in protect
ing the interests of the workers.
Form a Union to draw up a pro-
gram for working conditions, and
to fight for these conditions.
If the plant is actually closed,
this same organization must fight
for relief from the town or county
and state, and join up in the ma
tIonal fight for unemrloyrnea& n.
Suray1ne aud rel&~R ----
The daily worker., 1934-03-22

"Why, hell, we should have had that
paper here all the time.
I have been wondering if there
had been union books and stamps
and closer cooperation between all
revolutionary organizations could
not we have gained all of these
workers for the revolutionary move
ment?
The daily worker., 1934-03-22
NOTE:

We publish letters from farm
ers, agricultural workers, cannery
workers, and forestry workers
every Thursday. These workers
are urged to send us letters about
their conditions of work, and
their struggles to organize. Please
get these letters to us by Mon
day of each week.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1934-10-31
'ORDWAY OPENS UPTOWN PHOTO | SHOP THURSDAY
Up- to : Date Establishment Is Located in Shat
 tuck Building m

Ordway's Uptown Photo Shop, in the Shattuck Building, will open tomorrow according to an an- nouncemen made today by Fred ordwag. Il,,s,, aiiIfis@as
 Extensive iremodelngs has been mada!in the loqationS sin the Shat tuck 3Buildtig,l formerly occupied by the. Smith Electric Company and many new increased facilities for handling the general portrait studio, and complete photo supply business that MT. Ordway operates
 A complete new portrait studio has been installed in the new loca- tion, with ample space, equipped to turn out an entirely new type of portrait, using the latest equip ment. developed for modern portrait studios.
 The additional space facilities which the store part of the new quarters afford, were needed to properly display an extensive e amount of new merchandise which is now in transit, including an extensive selection of Chris tmas merchandise.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1934-10-31
The Chamber of Commerce
 Invites ALL KIDDES
 FREE
 TONIGHT

U. S. Department of Agriculture, Bureau of Public Roads, October 26, 1884. Sealed bids will be re- ceived at the office of the Bureau of Public Roads, 419 Federal & Ter ritorial Bldg, Juneau, Alaska, until g o'clock am. on November zx, 1884, for clearing and grubbing Of 6.699 miles of the Seward High way, Lawing-Moose Pass Section, within the Chugach National F'or- est, Third Judicial Division, Terri tory of Alaska, involvinv 38.0 acres clearing and 25.5 acres grubbing. The attention of the bidder is di- rected to the special provisions covering certificate of compliance with codes of fair competition, sub letting and assigning ahe contract, minimum wage rates and alternate bid to be submitted in case he may desire to offer any foreign articles, materials or supplies. Where plans and specifications are requested, deposit of 5000 will be required to insure their return within 90 days after opening of bids. Checks shall be made payable to the Bu- reau of Public Roads, Federal & Territorial Bldg, Juneau, Alaska, and Bureau of Public Roads, Fed eral Building, Seward, Alaska. Bid blanks may be obtained at the office of the Bureau of Public Roads, Juneau, Alaska. w. D. WIl- Hams, District Engineer.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1934-10-31
NOTICE or HEARING ON FINAL ACCOUNT

In the United States Commission
 CTS Court for the Juneau Pre-
 cinct, Territory of Alaska, before
 the Honorable J. F. Mullen, Unit ed States Commissioner and ex-
 officio Probate Judge, sitting in Probate.
 In the Matter of the Estate of
 JOHN H. BIGGS, Deceased.
 This is to give notice that ELIZABETH BIGGS, the executrix of the estate of John H. Riggs, Deceased has filed her Final Ac- count, and that the Court has fixed the 18th day of December, 1894, as the day for hearing upon said Final Account, which said hearing will take place at two thirty o'clock on the afternoon of said day, at the office of the Unit ed States Commissioner in the Capitol Building at Juneau, Alaska. All persons having objections to the settlement and allowances of said Final Account or to the dis charge of the executrix are re- quired to present their objections upon said hearing.
 vss eS J. F, MULLEN,
 U s. CommissionHr and Ex-l
 Officio Probate Judge.
 Dated this 16th day of October, 1884 s' First publication, Oct. IT, 1884. Last publication, Nov. 2, 1884
The Daily Alaska empire., 1934-10-31

here for the Westward recently. Mrs. Mclean has been visiting in the south for several weeks.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1934-10-31

GOODY SALE Lutheran Ladies' Aid Saturday, November 3. adv.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1934-10-31
GEORGE BROTHERS TO. ADOPT PAY IN TAKIT"
 PLAN; OPEN TOMORROW

Closed today, George Brothers will be open again tomorrow morn ing at 8 o'clock with the modern "Pay'n Takit" merchandising plan.
 Entire floor displays have been remodeled with a view of volume of business at a minimum of ex- pense. All grocery items have been remarked on a cash basis.
 everything will be in readiness for a grand re-opening tomorrow morning" Joe George, manager, said today.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1934-10-31
MANY LAUGHS
 IN LEE TRACY /. GO NEEDY HIT

No picture in many months promises more laughs or more ten der irony that Advice to the Love- lorn," opening tonight at the Capi- tol Theatre, with Lee Tracy in the role of a hard-boiled reporter forced to conduct an agony col. umn. r
 The picture opens with Lee Ira cy, as Toby Prentiss, star reporter and feature writer, under five year-contract, sleeping off a drunk during an earthquake, the biggest story of the year.
 On the very same day, the portly heavy-faced woman who had con- ducted the Advice to the Love lorn" column for many years, re- signs to get married. The manag- ing editor, incensed at the stars frequent lapses in the direction of liquor, assigns him to fill the va cancy, making him an object of ridicule for his fellow reporters.
 The story moves from one Judi crous situation to another, with an hilarious denouement that comes very close to being tragic.
 Sally Blanc is the love interest, and others who will be seen in Advice to the Lovelorn" are Isa- bel Jewel, Paul Harvey, Judith Wood, May Boley, Sterling Hollo- way, C. Henry Gordon, Jean Adair, Matt Briggs, Charles Levinson, Eti- enne Girardot and Adalyn Doyle.
 Al Werker directed the produc- tion from story written by Leon- ard Praskins.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1934-10-31
|MR. AND MRS. M'KINNON |AND SON ARRIVE IN
 JUNEAU ON S.S. ALASKA

After an absence of three months during which time they motored oyer a considerable portion of the Northwest, MT. and Mrs. A. F. McKinnon and their infant son, Arthur, Jr., returned to their home in Juneau on the Alaska yesterday Both MT. and Mrs. McKinnon went through Dr. M. N. Gerhart's Clinic in Seattle and their son was born in his private hospital in the Puget Sound city.
 MT. and Mrs. McKinnon traded in their automobile for a new one which they get in Seattle and motored through Idaho, Montana Oregon and much of Washington, visiting many friends throughout those States. In Seattle, one of the highlights of the trip was the night baseball games seen be- tween the picked team of the Amercan League, managed by Con- nie Mack, veteran manager of the Philadelphia Athletics and an all- star aggregation which included such celebrities of the baseball world as Babe Ruth, Lou Gehrig, Earl Averill and Lefty Gomez.