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stockmen declared. The actual occu-
pants of the range would hold the own
ers of the lease responsible for every
head of stock lost through resultant
operations. If the loss was actually sus-
tanned through the activities of the In
dams themselves, the syndicate IN turn
would deduct from their proposed pay
to the Indians all such losses, with in
terest added. The income that the In
dians might reasonably expect under
the terms of the lease would dwlndle
to an insignificant sum and increase
the discomfort.
ut can hardly be possible" continues
the comment of that day, that the In
terror department will allow this scheme
to be carried through. It would, indeed,
if consummated, be a cruel disappolnt-
ment to hundreds of men who have so
patiently waited along the banks OF the
Yellowstone for years, Drawing all the
hardships and dangers of frontier life
in its most rugged form, and stood as
the bulwark of government itself, that
they might settle upon these domains
that are now sought to be occupied by
men who have no right or title to them.
If so occupied trouble will result for
stockmen in the great northwest will
not tamely submit to open and bare
faced robbery"
The mass meeting held at Billings
maintained in resolutions adopted that
when the Crow Indian reservation was
thrown open it should be done for the
benefit and use of only such citizens OF
the United States as desire to secure
homes for themselves and their fami-
lies and not for the exclusive use OF
grasping monopoly. 1t was declared by
the stockmen attending the meeting
that experience had taught them that
such a lease would work an injustice
to the Grow Indians as well as to the
white settlers of eastern Montana. 1t
would result in endless conflict between
the Indians and cattlemen with all the
horrors of savage warfare.
The mass meeting represented all the
people of eastern Montana, irrespective
of party or business interest. It was re-
solved that we earnestly protest
against a lease being made between
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1934-06-29

We started down the pike, when the fun
commenced. Little did I think what
was coming. Soon we began to hear
some shooting. Some member of the
party remarked:
20, that is the Wild West show. Do
you want to go in there with us? They
have that wonderful woman with the
show; I think they call her Calamity
Jane. Did you ever hear of her in the
west?"
yes" I replied, II know Calamity
Jane"
We'll, let's go in; we all want to
meet her. You must introduce U.s."
Nells Bells! This crowd never fails
to go to church twice on Sunday, and
to prayer meeting on Wednesday nights,
and here I was ION the spot" and not
a balloon in sight. There was no way
Of getting away from it. They were
wild to meet her. I tried to explain
that Jane" was q bit rough. But it
was no use. the majority was against
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1934-06-29

me. We entered the big show. Another
salute was fired as we went in, but fate
also was against me; I did not get hit.
We found seats and the show opened.
It was a very good show. Somehow, I
became interested and forgot my wor-
ries. But suddenly there was a lull
in the performance.
A ballyho man mounted a pedestal,
and speaking through a large mega
phone began to tell of the wonderful
character of the great west he was
about to announce. Again I felt a sort
of high fever coming on, together with
a wild desire to get outside.
And then it happened. With a great
fan flare and bugle calls, Calamity Jane
was announced. She came tearing
into the ring on horseback, buckskin
boots and guns, land stole the show"
I mopped my brow as n of the girls
called to me:
20, I see where she went, and we will
go right over there as soon as the show
is out"
So, down across the arena we went as
the show closed. We came to the place
where the young lady said Jane went
into. It was her living quarters. A solid
door stopped us. The alarm vas given.
A Spanish looking fellow opened the
door about six inches.
What do you want?' he inquired.
II want to see Jane" I said.
"Well, what do you want of her?"
"Well, I am an old friend from Mon
tana."
20, why didn't you say so. Wait a
minute. I will see if she is in here"
My friends, by this time, began to
realize that they were in a part of the
country they did not realize existed.
Wild West show people and Indians
and NANCY dogs and smells of a new
order and odor, the expression on their
faces were rapidly changing their at
titudes. I noted their eyes were becom-
ing much larger, and I imagine some Of
them were already wondering. o, If
there was only a way out. I turned as
I heard the door open.
"Sliml Old Slim from Miles City.
Damn my skin, If it amt. Where in
D. did you-?2"
pushed Jane back through the door
again.
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The point was raised that the law
made it a criminal offense for any per-
son, firm or corporation to negotiate
with the Indians with a view Of secur-
ing a cession, or lease, upon their land.
Notwithstanding this, it was stated up
on what was said to have been good
authority, that the negotiations had
been, and we're then being, carried on
in the immediate presence of Indian
authorities appointed by the United
States government.
Indeed, it has been openly limited
through the public press" says one OBJ
servation made at the time, that the
secretary of the interior in his struggle
for office through Colorado influence,
has connived at the doings of the syn
dictate, if the agent has not actually
worked under his instructions"
Public feeling among the stockmen of
Montana ran high. If the Indians r
influenced to give up their lands they
ought to go to the benefit Of all citi-
zen of the United States, it vas con-
tended. Others besides the members of
the syndicate, or their ~lessees, might
choose to avail themselves of the adj
vantages presented for settlement. The
lease sought was declared to be, if con-
summated, a positive and absolute in
justice to the Indians themselves.
The further argument was made that
the occupancy of Indian lands by a syn
dictate, or such persons or firms as it
might select to place upon them, would
lead to inevitable collisions between
the stockmen and their employees and
the Indians. If white men were to be
permitted to occupy Indian lands which,
it vas felt, they would in time, they
should be thrown open to actual occu-
patton land not controlled by a syndi-
cate that has none other than a mer-
cenary interest in the matter. The fact
that a lease had been made would prove
no protection against loss to men who
took sub-contracts under the syndicate.
There must be a well-defined line be-
tween Indian and other lands, or much
trouble and possible bloodshed will re-
suit"
The proposed lease could not possibly
prove satisfactory to the Indians, many
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1934-06-29
Protests Against Leasing Portion of Cro1u Reservation
Were Strenuous]y Voiced by Stocknnen of Entire Area
Believed Indians Would Haze Been Deprived of Rjqht
!6!HHLEHf4fH4!f!6H
BY "MON TANA Low" GRILL

BY mon TANA Low" GRILL
Resolutions protesting against the
leasing of the western portion of the
Crow reservation were adopted at a
mass meeting held in Billings in No
vember, 1884. The Grow Indians Oc-
cupied a domain containing three
hundred and one million acres of the
richest farming and grazing lands of
Montana. There was an inexhaus-
tible store of mineral wealth. The re-
gion was capable of supporting a pop
ulation of 1OO,0 900 people.
Indignation was expressed, not only
by the stockmen OF Yellowstone county
but throughout the entire northwest
country. The report had been received
that a syndicate of capitalists, with
headquarters in Denver, Colo, were
seeking to control grazing operations in
the west. It was felt that the movement
to secure a lease was no longer an at
tempt" There was every reason to be-
lieve that important steps had been
taken looking to the contamination of
the lease.
The bold declaration was made at the
time that an agent, representing the
syndicate, had been at work among the
Crow Indians. It vas limited that the
potent influence of a little food were
being used as a ieaven to ferment the
hope of substantial gain. It was whis-
pered about that a few silver dollars
were being judiciously distributed
among the leading men of the Grow
nation to secure signatures to the pro-
posed lease.
Leading stockmen of southern Mon
tana contended that the proposed lease
would deprive the Crows of their rights
to the domain. It would also prevent
the occupancy of the valuable grazing
ground by stockmen already resident
there, except on such terms as the syn
dictate might dictate. Under any cir
cumstances, if the lease was consum-
mated, resident stockmen on the reser-
walton would be permitted to remain
only temporarily, it was heard. The pos
sible requirement of title to a new,
extensive and excellent range by a cor
poration which, it was stated, had TAX
en- no part in the development and the
settlement of the country, was resented.
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1934-06-29
Fishing in Yellowstone Park

1S1113H6 m &"10
Fishing in Yellowstone national park
has been open for several days, and
the season was greeted with a resound-
ing swapping Of flies, spinners and the
old trusty worms. In some places fish
ermen found it necessary to await their
turn to get a place to cast their bait
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1934-06-29

Exports from Shanghai, China, last
year were 43 per cent above 1882.
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1934-06-29

the people, but not gobbled up by q
few individuals"
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-01-23
in
Tokyo in Anti
Soviet Action
War Jingoes Attic mpt
To Storm Soviet
Embassy

TOKYO, Jan. 22.-An anti-Soviet
demonstration was held in this city
yesterday under the auspices OF jap
anese militarist organizations, which
are demanding that the government
go over from anti-Soviet provocationS
to immediate armed intervention
against the Soviet Union.
Significant of the governments at
titude the demonstration was permit
ted to proceed without interference
from the police, which viciously at
tackled demonstrations by Japanese
workers for the defense Of the Soviet
Union and against the war policy of
japanese imperialism. When, how
ever, the demonstrators attempted to
storm the Soviet Embassy, the police
interfered and arrested the leaders,
evidently on the theory that an at
tack now on the Soviet Embassy
would be premature and would serve
further to expose japanese war aims.
The demonstration was preceded by
a meeting of the reactionary Kenko-
kukai society, at which a resolution
was drawn up demanding that the
Soviet Union withdraw its defense
forces from Soviet Siberia.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-01-23
USSR Peace Policy
RleS War Mongers
Japanese Foreign Office
Spokesman Says Mem
ton of it Provocative

TOKYO, Jan. 22.-Because the U. s.
Ambassador to the Soviet Union, Will
liam G. Bullitt, in a speech declared
that the Soviet Union had demon
Strated to the entire world its peace
policy, a foreign Office spokesman to-
day protested against the speech as
a "provocation."
Ambassador Bullitt's speech, which
was the target of the Japanese for
eign Office, was made in Philadelphia
and dealt with the growing danger of
war in the Far East. Bullitt said that
the Soviet Union through its nom
aggression pacts was actively show
ing its desire for peace.
The same Japanese spokesman also
took ex-premier Eduard Herriot Of
France to task for pointing out Jap
anese war preparations in the Far
East against the Soviet Union, aid
the growing danger of war.
1t has become a routine matter for
the foreign office to brand all state
ments of other capitalist spokesman,
admitting the Soviet Unions peace
efforts, as "provocations."
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-01-23
Wages Drop Twice
As Fast in Crisis AS
Property Incomes

WASHINGTON, Jan. %. The
wages OF employed workers during
the period 1929-S2 dropped twice as
fast as the income which the rich
collected from property and invest
ments, a report of the Department Of
Commerce revealed today.
Whereas, the income from property
dropped 80 per cent, wages dropped
60 per cent. While wages dropped
from II billion dollars during the
four years of crisis to $6,839, 900 600,
rich investors collecting interest on
bonds collected practically the same
in 1892 as in 1929, about S5,500,0 900, 900.
While the crisis was getting worse,
in the year 1880 the amount col
lected by coupon clippers who owned
bonds rose from S5,697 100000 In
1929 to $5,826, 100000 in 1890.
The huge proportion of the ma
Eonal income that goes to the capt.
talist class in one form or another is
very ceary reveaed in this report.
Disguised under the head "entrepre-
neural Withdrawals the report
shows that the capitalist owners of
the factories and means of produc-
ton drew off $15,o00,0 100000 in 1929,
$4,000, 100000 In 1890, $1,000, 600, 900
IN 1881, and about $9,ooOoOo,OoO in
1890.
The report reveals that while the
total workers wages dropped by go
per cent, the cost Of living declined
by only 20 per cent. Since that time
1890 it has been rising.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-01-23
$50 Miners Strike,
Reject Scab Order
OF UMWA Officials

TERRE HAUTE, Ind, Jan. 22.-
United Mine Worker officials Of Dis
trict II have ordered $50 striking
miners of the Kings Mine local to
stop their strike and return to work
Immediately. The strikebreaking de-
cision of the UM.WA. officials is in
line with the MIRA. wage agreement.
The miners are on strike, demand
ing reinstatement Of five miners, dis
charged because they were indicted
on the charge of riot" The miners
were arrested last September. when
mine strikers forced scabs to leave
town.
After their trial and conviction,
the mine operator discharged the
men on the ground of their convic-
ton. Later, he changed this to the
technical charge of being away from
work for two days without reasonable
excuse.
The strikers refuse to obey the or
ders of their strikebreaking officials
and demand the five discharged and
convicted miners be reinstated.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-01-23
ROOSEVELT ANNOUNCES eva WORKERS MUST LOSE JOBS
WANTS TO PROTECT STOCK EXCHANGE B0NDHOLDER.
Anti-Racketing
Group in AFL
Hold Mass Meet
Committee ReveaIe d
"Kick-Back" Graft on
Building Jobs

NEW YORK.-Organizin the fight
against racketeering and gangster-
ism inside the American Federation
Of Labor unions, the -Racketeer-
ing Committee in A. F. of L. unions
will hold mass meeting tonight at 8
o'clock in Irving Plaza Hall, 18th ST.
and University Pl.
Speakers at the meeting will in
clude Alfred Sorenson, who was shot
by Harry Van Arsdale Jr., business
agent Of Local 3, Electrical Workers
Union. The trial of Van Arsdale and
Rosenberg opened up today at the
General Sessions Court. Alfred Terry,
one Of the witnesses to the shooting
and Adolph DIX, attorney for the
committee will be among the other
speakers at the meeting.
An indication of the probable out
come of the trial, at which Justice
Corrigan is presiding, was given at
the opening session today. The COR
rupt gangster-infested administration
Of Local 3 was there with a battery
of four high-priced lawyers raising
bbJCSJACAlo W CfC1J DAb VI bCobLlAOAlJ
introduced by Alfred Sorenson, who
was first to go on the stand. The
judge sustained most Of the objec-
tions, over-ruling Assistant District
Attorney Santangelo.
This notwithstanding Committee,
gathered scores Of plasterers and
bricklayers affidavitS, forcing the cap
italist press to print articles expos
| ing" the racketeer and gangster
methods of construction jobs.
At this meeting attempts viii be
made to broaden the composition Of
the committee, which up to now has
included only opposition groups in
building trades unions. Militant work.
ers in all A. F. of l.. unions through
out the city are asked to be present
at this meeting.
The series of articles on racke-
| teering and gangsterism in A. f.
of L. unions will be continued to-
morrow when the graft racket
worked by officials in the Painters
Brotherhood will be barred. This
will be followed by exposures of
Local officials Of the Electrical
Workers Union.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-01-23
Far East Teeming With
War Preparations; Japan
Rushes for Drive on USSR
British Imperialism Is AL
ready on War Footing
In Singapore

NEW YORK.-Singapore, the huge
British naval base in the Far East,
will be the scene today of an impor-
tant war preparations meeting of the
Admirals of the British, Australian
and New Zealand navies.
But this war gathering is not an
isolated event, as news from all other
parts of the world show.
Imperialist armies and navies are
being rushed to Singapore, China,
Manchuria. japanese imperialism,
according to the admissions Of former
French Prime Minister Eduoard Her
riot, writing in the French CONNER
cial newspaper "Agence Economique
ct Finance" is concentrating troops
ana supplies in Manchuria with a
view to war against the Soviet Union.
At the same time, Herriot sees a
flare-up of conflict between the
United States and Japan for Far
Eastern domination.
SquabbIe Over Date
In Japan, the feudal-landlord- i'm
perialist groups are squabbling over
the exact date and methods of this
war. Minister of War Araki has
stepped out of office to make way for
the more reactionary-though Araki
himself has been relentless in the
rapid preparation for war against the
U.SS.R.-military leader, General
Senjuro Hayashi.
London dispatches to New York
newspapers provocatively declare that
the Soviet Union is rushing war sup
plies to the Far East, to protect its
boundaries. But these cable stories
fail to mention the inperialist drive
of Japan in Manchuria and Mongolia,
TN the Spring.
The London dispatch concludes
with the alarming report that there
will be war in the Far East in the
spring:
"WelI-informed opinion in Lon
don and other European capitals
takes a gloomy view of coming
events in the Orient The old say
ing, SO familiar to students of
Near Eastern affairs Of rs years
Continued on Page p
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-01-23
ThOusandsLaid
Off, Pay Cut by
Chicago C.W.A.
Youngstown W ork ers
Also Victims of
Roosevelt

CHICAGO, H., Jan. 22.-Fifteen
thousand CW.A. workers in Chicago
and $4,000 throughout the state Of
Illinois have been fired, while all re-
manning C.W.A. workers have been
given wage cuts of from 20 to so per
cent, following the statements by
Roosevelt and Hopkins that the fed
eral government had abandoned the
C.W.A. program. Among those fired
were 1000 single workers who had
been recruited from lighthouses.
The Illinois Relief Commission has
issued a statement that these 1000
workers will not be readmitted to the
Lighthouses until they have spent
all their savings After that, their
applications will be 'Scrutinized.' In
this manner, single unemployed work
ers are to be denied the right of even
returning to the filthy, vermin-in-
tested, city-owned lighthouses.
The Cook County Unemployed
Council calls upon C.W.A. workers,
all employed and unemployed work.
'ers, all trade unions and workers or
CARNATIONS, and all workers in the
lighthouses to elect and send dele
gates to the National Convention
Against Unemployment to be held in
washington on Feb. 3, 4, and 5; to
elect committees to demand that the
local C.WA. stop lay-offs and pay
slashes at once; and for all workers
organizations to mobilize their entire
membership for the city-wide DEM
onstration for unemployment insur-
Continued on Page q
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-01-23
Bedford, Ohio, City
Council Endorses
Social Insurance
Sends Workers Bill to
Congress on Demand
of Unemployed

BEDFORD, Ohio, Jan. %. - The
Bedford City Council has endorsed
the Workers Unemployment and So
ciaI Insurance Bill introduced by the
Unemployed Council Of this city. The
following resolution was passed:
Whereas there is widespread I'M
employment and
Whereas numbers of people are
without their customary income or
are on greatly reduced incomes,
Nov therefore be it resolved by the
Council of the City Of Bedford, State
of Ohio:
Section THAT the Congress of
the United States of America be re-
quested and urged to pass the Work
ers Unemployment and Social Insur-
ance Bill.
Section 2-That the Congress Of
the United States of America be re-
quested and urged to provide funds
for the continuation Of the Civic
Work Administration jobs.
Section S-The Clerk of the Coun-
Gil be instructed TO forward a copy
Of this resolution to the Clerk OF the
Senate and the Clerk of Represen-
tatives in Washington.
Section 4-This resolution shall
take effect and be in force from and
after the earliest period allowed by
law.
Passed Jan. Is. 1884"
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-01-23
u. S. Extends
Aid to Brutal
.Mendieta Govt
Cuban Strikes Continue
as Masses Resist Ter
ror of Reaction

WASHINGTON, Jan. 22.-Presi-
dent Roosevelt moved with lightning
speed today to extend U. 8. recog-
milton to the Mendieta government
in Cuba in an attempt to bolster up
that reactionary government. Rep
resentatives Of the governments of
South and Central American coun-
tries were notified of Roosevelt
decision as the Wall Street govern
ment tried to line up its puppets in
those countries behind the Mendieta
government.
The Mendieta government came
into power following a coup engi-
neered by the reactionary A. B. G,
group, aided by Jefferson Cafferyi
Roosevelt's personal representative in
Cuba, and by Col. Batista, Chief of
Staff of the Cuban Army and proba-
bly, the most hated man in Cuba
today. 1t represents the united front
Of most of the local reactionary ele-
ments rallying around U. S. imperial
ism against the heroic revolutionary
struggles of the Cuban toiling masses
and students who, under the leader
ship of the Communist Party, are
fighting for the revolutionary way
out Of imperialist and native bour-
stamford exploitation, increas-
ing mass misery and hunger. The
Washington government had pre-
viously refused to recognize the Grau
San Martin government as not re-
dictionary enough for its purposes.
HAVANA, Jan. 22.-The Mendieta
government, established with the aid
of U. S. imperialists, moved today
to strengthen its reactionary base by
releasing n Machado army Officers
who were involved in the National
Hotel plot to re-establish the Macha-
dists in control of Cuba. Secretary
of War Gradados announced SIM
liar number will be freed tomorrow
Colonel Batista, Cuban Army Chief
of Staff, is reported to have reserved
$50 positions in the army for tht
Machadist officers whose good rec
ords warrant their rejoining the
army"
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-01-23
Roosevelt Approves
Bill To Give R.F.C.
$3.50, 100000 More

WASHINGTON, Jan. 22.-At the
same time that the Roosevelt gov
eminent is proceeding with its
plans to end the expenditures for
the C.W.A. jobs, Roosevelt Yesterday
signed the bill giving the RIG. an
other $3.50 100000 for loans to banks,
railroads and trust companies. The
life Of the corporation is extended
for another year to Feb 1, 1885
The RF.C. has loaned to various
banks. roads, mortgage companies,
ETC., s2,97O,000,OO0, of which about
only one-third he been repaid.
Most of the RFC. loans have gone
to help pay off bond interest, loans,
and other charges by Wall Street
investors. - -