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Voice of action. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1933-1936, 1934-07-06
Urge Farmers
Join Il WPA

COUER d'ALENE, Idaho
A farmer from Squaw Bay re-
ports he had seven days re-
lief work in three months. He
has a family OF six and the
cost of driving twelve miles to
the job for three days was
$417. (He rode with a neigh
Dor the balance of the time.)
These farmers are forced to
come to Occur d'iiene to get
their work cards, then work
several miles from home and
return to town for their checks.
The r. w. P. A. appeals to
them to organize against this
forced labor and initiate for
more voucher or relief stations.
Voice of action. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1933-1936, 1934-07-06
US. Runs Cuba
By R. w. JACoBY

HAVANA, CUBA In the good
old days the Us. government
made loans to South American
countries. The next day vast
concessions would be granted
to private North American
companies.
Now private companies make
the loans to cuba and |. 5.
stands by to help them collect
when payments arc due.
So it is the same old story
with variations. And still the
same old song you scratch my
back and I'll scratch yours"
The Machado regime Dor
rOwed $GO,OGOOO0 from the Chase
National Bank, the City Ma
tiOnal City Bank and the Con
tinental Illinois National Bank
& Trust Company Of Chicago.
1t was loaned for the purposes
of "public works. The cuba
people are still wondering when
their Improvements will begin.
In the meantime the MaChadO
regime grew fat. only they
were disturbed now and then
long enough to shoot "A few
of the common people. They
borrowed the money from L.
$. Banks to buy bullets. Now
a Cuban government commits
sion declares the loans Illegal
charging that the money went
to MaChadO graft.
But Mendieta knows who put
him where he is. Perhaps Gu
bans were killed by ammuni-
ton purchased with the money.
Yet Mendieta does not rcpu-
date. His subOrdlnatCS have ap-
parently spoken out Of turn.
SO Mendieta stands ready to
repay the loans and Us. stands
behind private banks to help
them collect if necessary.
So Cuban Fascism and Am
Voice of action. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1933-1936, 1934-07-06
Communist Party To
Run RaSi And Huff

CENTRALIA, June 26.-The
Communist Party announces
the following tentative candi-
dates for office in Lewis COun-
ty: Y. A. Rasi OF WinlOck and
II. p. Huff of Ccntralia for
county commissioners. Other
candidates will be announced
shortly. Rasi is a younger mem
Der of the party, much re-
spcctCd as a leader, particular
ly among the Finnish people
of WinlOck, but sOlidly liked
by all. Huff is one of the first
Communists of the county, an
old and dependable worker in
District /. The local campaign
manager is +. A. BrttOn, who
is fighter in the front lines
whenever chance arises to
advance the program of the
party.
Voice of action. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1933-1936, 1934-07-06
Harrington Leaves
For JObleSS Farley

SEATTLE, July g Dick Harr-
iugt0n, chairman of the Wash
ingtOn State Committee of Ac-
ton, left Monday for Columbus,
Ohio to attend the second nat
ional convention of the Unem-
plOycd Leagues.
Harrington. elected last year
as Il member of the National
Committee of the Unemployed
Citizens Leagues, declared that
he would fight for real pro
gram of struggle on the issue
Of the Workers Unemployment
Insurance Bill.
crican Capitalism seem to I'M
dcrStand each other fairly well
and our government doesn't
seem to mind what they do.
Voice of action. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1933-1936, 1934-07-06
GROUP MAKES FORM A L
CALL ON AMBASSADOR
OF SOVIET UNION
Aid offered USSR In Spirit
That Science Knows Ne
Frontiers"
By Federaed Press

NEW YORK-(FP)- In the
spirit that science knows no
frontiers, the full facilities of the
engineering sOcities of the L. s.
are soon to be placed officially
at the disposal of the engineers
and scientists of the Soviet
Union.
The first official conference be-
tween representatives of the
two nations engineers took
place June II, when |. S. Mikhai-
Low. chief of the aviation depart
ment of the AmtOrg Trading
Corp, G. BrailO, editor of Ameri-
can engineering, a Russian Ian
guage magazine, and Samuel |. s.
Shipman, of AmtOrg, called on DR..
Calvin W. Rice, secretary of the
American Society of Mechanical
Engineers, DR.. p. G. AgneW, dire
ctOr of the American Standards
Association, c. B. Neale, research
Voice of action. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1933-1936, 1934-07-06

SEATTLE, July Stalking the
first step in their plans for a
gigantic demonstration against
War and Fascism, August !,
the Communist Party issued a
general call to all interested
organizations to semble dele
gates at the |. o. G. II. Hall,
July Is.
These delegates will confer at
s p. m. that evening to make
preparations for the mass meet.
ing and parade which will be
held in observance of the In
ternational Day of Struggle
Against War and FasciSm.
The main body of the call is
reproduced below:
AS each imperialist power
tries to escape from the crisis
at the expense of the others,
the currency and tariff war
now raging among tn m
threatens to burst into Slaugh-
terat any moment. One group
led by the butcher Hitler,
rushks headlong against al,
other group of robbers. led by
France, for the re-drafting OF
the map of Central and South
Europe and the Balkans.
| FUsN
United States and England is
more acute than ever. The
race for ornaments between
the U. s., Japan and England
is no longer concealed.
In the U. S, under the Blue
Eagle administration, munitiOr
factories strain to higher pro
ductive levels than before
Hundreds of thousands O.
young men are put through
Voice of action. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1933-1936, 1934-07-06
WAGES OF $40 A WEEK AP-
PROVED BY ROOSEVELT IN
GIG ARM AKIN AND ToB-
ACCO CODE
BY Federated Press

WASHINGTON (FP)- WGgC
minimumS of $40 a week, and 25C
an hour. are approved in the
codes for the cigar manufacture
ing industry and the retail tOb-
accO trade, which have been en-
dOrScd by Pres. Roosevelt. The
code for the wholesale tobacco
trade, approved by NRA Ad-
Illustrator johnson, sets a mini
mum of $l3 a week.
Voice of action. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1933-1936, 1934-07-06
CALL OFF STRIKE; PLAN
TO STRENGTHEN ORG

SEATTLE. - Gaining only
slight concessions from Puyal-
lup Valley Farm owners, the
members of the Cannery and
Agricultural Workers Industrial
Union. who have been out on
strike here for a short time,
voted to resume their work
Monday.
The workers took up their
former tasks in an organized
manner, and plan to perfect
their unions internal structure
before another concerted drive
for basic demands is made.
Voice of action. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1933-1936, 1934-07-06
Brand Wagner Bill
Substitute Complete
Anti-LabOr Measure

WASHINGTON-(FP)- Pres.
ROOsevelt's substitute for the
Wagner labor disputes bill is
denounced by the American Civil
Liberties Union in even stronger
terms than it used in criticiz-
ing the revised Wagner bill.
The proposed draft is not q
compromise; it is a complete
capitulation," says a memoran-
dun of the union sent to U. s.
Senators. In exchange for rob-
bling labor of what few hard-won
rights it now has, the bill gives
labor exactly nothing. While
the original Wagner bill pur-
ported to confer upon labor GER
tain new rights, the present pro-
posal does not even make any
pretense of doing So"
Denies Right To Strike
The union attacks the bill as
"a weapon in the hands of the
employers to crush organized
labor" on four counts: /. 1t vir-
tually establishes compulsory
arbitration and with it newt
able denial of the right of labor
to strike and picket. 2. 1t will
tend through the broad powers
of investigation of activities of
employees to outlaw all militant
labor groups critical of govern
ment policies or DESTROYS of any
change in the economic status
quo. 8. The right to collective
bargaining is ignored. 4. The
menace to organized labor of the
company dominated union is not
even considered"
Voice of action. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1933-1936, 1934-07-06
FIGHT FORCED LABOR

kELSO.-Filling the judge's
chambers in the court house,
the newly formed Unemploy,
ment Council met June % with
c. +. Malone of Seattle as the
chief speaker.
The question of forced labor,
which exists here in Cowlit2
County, was taken up and
plans for mass action made.
Voice of action. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1933-1936, 1934-07-06
SAME BLUE EAGLE FOR
PRISON MADE GOODS:
BUT WORDING DIFFERS

WASHINGTON-(FPl- When
the Blue Eagle is a jailbird, it
has got to look just a little diff
erent from the Eagle used for
nOn-prison industries. NRA Adj
Illustrator Hugh s. Johnson has
ordered a differently worded
NRA label for goods made under
the compact of fair competition
for the prison industries"
Voice of action. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1933-1936, 1934-07-06
DoCKwoRKER INJURED
IN CLASH WITH THUGS

MOBILE, Ala.-A Negro dock
worker was critically injured as
result of the first clash in
Mobile between striking long
shoremen and strike-breakers.
Voice of action. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1933-1936, 1934-07-06
WIN STRIKE!

CHICAGO Employees of the
national Malleable and Steel
Casting Co. quickly smased an
attempted ten percent cut in
June %.
Voice of action. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1933-1936, 1934-07-06

tiOn to force from the robber
class and their government real
relief for the farmers.
Adopt Unity Program
A real fighting program for
the farmers to organize around
and the basic OrganiZatiOnGl
steps to be taken for building
a mass organization was fOrmu
lated at this conference. The
steps to be taken in uniting
other farmers organizations for
struggle around these specific
demands and for the building
of united front action with the
city workers for the demands
of both, were clearly outlined,
Support Strikers
Resolutions were sent to the
striking lOngshOrcmcn and sea
men on the Pacific Coast and
to other workers supporting
them in their struggles for bet,
ter conditions. Also, resolutions
demanded the immediate and
unconditional release of all
class war prisoners.
The necessity Of the Farmers
National Weekly, official fight
ing organ of the UFL and other
militant organizations AS our
main weapon for organizing the
farmers and leading them in
their struggles. was greatly
stressed. and the necessity OF
-, building Farmers Weekly com
mittCPS, having picnicS ano
other means of pOpularizing
broadening the circulation and
raising finances for the support
of the Formers National Week,
ly to make it a better and big
ger paper.
Hear Hathaway
At the Farmers and Work
erS' picnic, which was held Sun
day. the 25th, ana attended by
approximately 1000, Clarence
Hathaway, editor of the Daily
Worker, official organ Of the
Communist Party, gave the 20
sitiOn of the Communist Party
in the farm movement and as
the leader of the farmers in al
their struggles for better cOndi
tiOnS. The Central Committee
of the Communist Party Of
America drafted and initiated
the campaign for the Farmer,
Emergency Relief Bill, which
has been Endorsed by the Elk
ecutive Council of the United
Farmers League.
See more of National Farm
Convention Story on Page 4
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u. S. Engineers
To Aid u S S r

manager, Society of Automotive
Engineers, and others at the En-
cheering SOCIETIES Bldg, % W.
18th St, to discuss the possibili-
ties.
This conference followed a for
NAL call upon Ambassador Troy
anOvsky at Washington by a
delegation of officials of the en-
gineering sOcities, consisting of
DIR. Rice, F. NJ. Faiker, secretary
of the American Engineers COun-
ell, George Il. Seabury, secretary
of the American Society of Civil
Engineers, II. II. Henling. Secre-
tary of the American Institute of
Electrical Engineering, A. b. Par
sons. secretary of the American
institute of Mining Engineers,
and Clarence +. Davies, Execu-
tive Secretary OF the American
Society of Mechanical Engineers.
They were presented to the am
bassadOr by Maj. p. II. FaymOn-
Vile, L. $. military attache at
the embassy in Moscow. The
delegation told the ambassador
it was prepared TO eXetend to
you any and all of our facilities
to assist your country in its en-
gineering progress" The offer
was cordially received and the
meeting in New York arranged.
Voice of action. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1933-1936, 1934-07-06

The morning after the Nazis
burned the Reichstag in order
to offer an excuse for wholesale
arrests and executions of work
ing class leaders, Thaelmann,
with a price on his head, gave
himself up. He had been urged
to leave the country, but he re.
fused. He recalled the words
which Karl Liebknecht and
Rosa Luxembourg had said in
January 1919, to their friends
who had likewise urged them to
flee Germany: when the
white terror bursts, when it is
necessary to gather strength, the
leaders must remain close to the
Party and close to the masses!"
The charges against Thaelman
are not yet known. 1t is known,
however, that the state police
have gone to the managers of
all the houses of Ill fame in Der.
lin and Hamburg, to all the gang
Evening star., 1934-04-29

"Italy and Germany have simply
abandoned a free economy, France
glides toward their position and only
England seems TO be avoiding it for
the time being. Russia approaches q
completely nobilized economy. We,
Evening star., 1934-04-29
Berle, One-Man Brain Trust,
Does His Thinking in Private
Goes From Ne,o York to Washington on
Financial affairs of City and Nation.
Lectures at Columbia.

however, are dedicated to the propo-
sition that We can reach a balance
without sacrificing our institutions.
1--WE must find a way out. Other
wise, there will be, in seven years
more, repetition of the smash-up of
1929, but more severe one. It is a
question whether the social structure
could stand that. It would multiply
the difficulties of the last depression
and multiply the number of men dis
located from normal life. Even now,
the submerged one-tenth of the popu-
lation has risen to a submerged one
fifth, and these people demand at
tention, so that the problem Of their
plight is sure to be kept alive until 1t
is solved"
DR.. Berle insists that "a fixed base
Of security" must be found. Unem-
ployment relief problems may grow
acute in the Fall. he predicts, and the
cities and the national administration
must cooperate on them.
Financial problems fuse into one,"
he said. THE problems of the big
bankers are not materially different
from ours. They are up against it, too
1t is all one great drama There must
be new taxes. The bills for the cities
inattention to government must be
paid and here I am opposed to further
borrowing, except to fund debts al
ready contracted.
Always in taxation there is the
urge to shift the burden. We must
seek wide base and the lowest posi-
BILE rate. The small fellow must get
break because his little business is
important in the economic scheme
and, by and large, he is the most valu-
able citizen"
Evening star., 1934-04-29
500 TO OPEN COMMUNITY
FOR COOPERATIVE ACTIVITIES
Social and Economic Equality Feature of Group
In Pennsylvania Unemploy.
ment Move.

ing them as long as they wish with
out paying rent. AL necessities are
furnished free to colony members.
mo wages are paid. The colony is
conducted as family usually is, all
working together, all sharing alike the
fruit of the labor of all. All are re-
quired to work, there are no drones or
idlers, none living from investments.
School System Feature.
Gas progress is made, the colony
will provide its own theater, dance
hall, swimming pool and other sources
of amusement. A school system also
will be provided, in which students
the things which are learned in
new system Of education as well as
one in which the job of life is found
in giving service, not trying to amass
wealth.
1.-THE purpose Of this organization
Is to eliminate unemployment and
take as many as possible off the list
of the relief; give them real job.
"At the present date, 800 acres Of
land have been offered and several
buildings in Lewistown borough.
About 500 persons have signed up with
the organization, and will act in COM
pliance with the Federal Relief Ad-
ministration.
Other Utopias Of their time in
Pennsylvania were Ole (Old) Bulls
Castle, Ephrate, Economy and the
French settlement in northern tier
counties.
Evening star., 1934-04-29
Special Dispatch to The Star.

special Dispatch to The Star.
Y EWISTOWN, Pa, April 28.-The
Mifdin County Cooperative As
sociation has obtained 800 acres
IL Of land and with their 500
members will attempt an expert
ment in social and economic equality,
according to an announcement by
Eugene P. Colyer, president of the as
sociation.
within this organization will be
three classes of memb--s, paying, bar
ter and working" Colyer said.
"All lands, buildings, enterprises, i'm
plements, ivestocks, machinery, indus
tries, farmlands, amusement places
and all accrued values are owned by
the colony as q whole.
"In order to make this possible un-
der the ordinary laws, 1t has been
necessary to incorporate in such q
manner that no one can get con-
troll through stock manipulation, and
so the rights of all shall be thoroughly
safeguarded.
Operating Method Simple.
"The method of operating Is simple,
too. There is board of directors,
selected by the resident membership,
which Is responsible for the manage
ment of the association. There is q
general manager selected by the board.
Foreman for the various departments
also will be appointed. All members
control the association which employs
them.
There is no rent, no profit and no
interest within the colony. Houses are
owned by the colony. members occupy
Evening star., 1934-04-29
DEMOCRATS SEE |
CERTAIN VICTORY
IN NORTH DAKOTA
Party, Formerly Impotent In
State, Counts on Ma
tionaI Record.
Special Dispatch to The Star.

SbSSAoi bIopaICu W 1uc DLdIs
BISMARCK, N. OAK, April 28.-
Having caused little more than
ripple In the States political mael-
strom for a generation, North Dakota s
Democratic party has thrown itself
full force into this years campaign.
Freely predicting victory, Demo-
Gratis hope the national administra-
tion's record will aid in converting
normally Republican North Dakota
to the Democratic cause.
Even more important, in the opin-
ion Of some leaders, is the three-way
split In the States Republican ranks,
now dominated by the Non-Partisan
League. which has been the storm
center In turbulent years of political
activity in North Dakota.
Two States Planned.
Two non-Partisan League states will
be presented to the voters in the June
primary by opposing factions. In
dependent Republicans. routed from
Office by the Non-PartiSan League
landslide two years ago, also will put
a ticket in the field.
The Democratic slate Is expected to
be unopposed in the primary, except
for possible individual" candidates
who run without support of any party.
Time was when Republican nomi-
nation was tantamount to election,
but political leaders on all sides see
q threat in the Democrats this year.
Centered primarily around the race
for Governor. for which Gov. William
LANCER seeks reelection on the Re-
publican ballot, the campaign al.
ready is tinged with unusual bitter.
ness.
The Governor, head Of the so-called
LANCER faction" Of the Non Partisan
League. will be opposed by T. H. II.
Thoresen. Grand Forks attorney,
choice Of the "anti-Langer" faction
Of the league, and by the candidate
to be offered by the independent Re-
publicans, who constitute a "con.
servative" wing of the party.
May Be UnoppOsed.
Thomas Noodle, Williston editor,
is the Democratic choice for Cover.
nor, and is generally regarded as as
sured Of nomination. There is even
possibility he will be unoppoSed in
the primary.
In the United States senatorial
race, Senator Lynn J. Frazier has
the Endorsement Of both Nom
Partisan League factions, but in
dependent Republicans plan to put
candidate in the field to oppose him.
Two other independents are SEEK
ing the nominations while the Demo-
Gratis have put up Henry Holt Of
Grand Forks.
The Republicans find themselves
in the same muddle in regard to the
congressional race, with Representa-
tives William Lemke and j. H. Sim
clair both seeking reelection. Lemke
has been indorsed by both league
factions, while Sinclair is being
backed by the "anti-Langer" group.
At least two others and possibly three
Republicans will toss their hats in the
ring.
Believing they have the Republi-
cans in the middle, the Democrats al
ready are forecasting their first VIC
tory since John Burke retired as
Governor in 1913 to become Treasurer
of the United States. Now on the
State Supreme Court bench, Burke is
the only Democrat ever elected to the
governorship.
Evening star., 1934-04-29
FISH RECLAIM LARGE
NORTH CAROLINA FARM
Pumps Which Kept 1t Drained
Stopped During Depression
and Lake Reformed.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
SWAN QUARTER, N. c., April 28-
Fish have reclaimed land once re.
garded as one Of the worlds biggest
farms.
A few years ago somebody hit upon
the idea Of draining shallow Malta
muskeet Lake and converting its vast
bed Of black, fertile loam to agricul-
ture.
A syndicate was formed and ST.
000,000 was spent on the development
The water was drained of all right
but an elaborate system Of pumps had
to be set up to keep the land dry.
The soil did all that was expected
of it-and then some. Corn grew SC
high the fields looked like small for
ests. Glover sprang up so thickly 9
person hardly could walk through it
Tomatoes took on the size Of canta-
loupes and bean vines grew SO tai
as to suggest maybe Jack the Giant
Killer wasn't a myth Of the fairy
stories after all.
But with all that the enterprise
never paid profits. Operation of the
pumps cost lots Of money. And ther
came the agricultural price crisis.
Last Fall the pumps were stopped
and water began to creep into the far
flung network of drainage canals. They
overf1owed in a little while, and the
cultivated lake basin, some distance
below sea level, gradually filled up
again. Now there Is scarcely a sigr
that anything but water ever covered
the basin.
The lake teens with fish, mostly
bass and perch. The syndicate prohib-
tied angling in the drainage canals
and during the years Of their protec-
ton they literally became fish hatch.
cries
Evening star., 1934-04-29
COLORADO
PLAN RAIL FETE
41-MiIe Line to Cut Time
From Denver to Salt
Lake City.

SALT LAKE CITY, April 20 CP.-
It's little more than a second cousin
to a street car line In respect to
length, but the new Dotsero railroad
cutoff which will be completed in
June rates a two-State celebration.
Mayor Louis Marcus Of Salt Lake and
Mayor George D. Begole of Denver
decided uII the ceremonies.
The 41-mile rail link, coupling the
Denver & Rio Grande Western with
the Denver & Salt Lake Railroad by
way of the Moffat Tunnel, shortens
the railroad distance between the two
cities 173 miles. On the strength of
that, June 26 has been set as the
tentative date for the celebration and
plans provide for making it reminis-
cent Of old-time frontier spirit.
Costs Three Millions.
The cutoff. running from Dotsero
to Orestod. which is the former sta
ton spelled backward, Is costing more
than $4,000 600. Its financing was
made possible by the Reconstruction
Finance Corporation.
Built in one of the most rugged sec
tions of the continental divide. in
Colorado, the new roadbed penetrates
a mountainous wilderness that was a
challenge to railroad engineering.
Travellers along the line will see an
amazing panorama Of cliffs and tow
ering peaks. 1t crosses a river and
deep ravines, and then noses into the
$18.000,000 Moffat Tunnel, which sew
eral counties Of Colorado constructed
as a public enterprise.
Long Discussed.
The road opens a new route through
the backbone of the continent and,
in effect, provides the Rio Grande
Western. Western Pacific and allied
lines with a coaSt-to-coast hook-up
short enough to compete with exist
ing systems.
The route the new roadbed follows
has figured in railroad discussions for
a half century or more, but its con-
struction awaited Federal loan.