The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1934-09-14
BRISBANE
THIS WEEK
Feed Everybody? Big Job
Roads Ask $17O,O00,O0O
. Can't Shoot Santa Claus
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Steel Coffin for Wong

IAN SnOOt Santa Claus
Steel Coffin for Wong .
1t is announced that the government
Will feed, at public expense, men that
go on strike while the strike lasts
The American Federation OF Labor
representative in the South says the
100000 textile workers about to go
on strike will look to the government
to take care of them while the strike
lasts.
According to the Associated Press,
Harry l.. Hopkins. government relief
administrator, says: ut is a surpris-
ing thing to me we haven't had q
id sight more strikes than we have"
We shall probably have strikes In
sufficient number If the government
supports all strikers, and, If it should
decide to pay them out Of public mon
eys the wages they are asking while
the strike lasts, there might be o
| great many strikes.
Railroads ask for an increase OF
$170,OOO,0O0 in freight rates TO Offset
increased expenses which reflect
economic policies of the government"
Railroads must run, and if the people
are not paying enough they must pay
more. 1t is to be hoped that increased
payment will provide good pay for
railroad workers, conductors, engi-
neers, trainmen, track walkers, all
others.
There is nowhere In the world q
better body Of men, more reliable, dig
nified, obliging, safe, sober and use
full, than American railroad workers.
The american Liberty league" Or
ganized to protect the beautiful old
American dollar and vested interests"
from the New Deal" expects former
Governor Al Smith to help.
Mr.. John w. Davis, who also ran
for President on the Democratic ticket,
is said to be with the league heart
and SOUL"
Former Governor Smiths friends
think he may be too busy"
The probability of beating President
Roosevelt's party this fall was ex-
pressed well by former Democratic
cabinet member who is not a Roose-
welt man:
"You can't shoot Santa Claus. you
know, especially around Christmas"
This administration is, for tens OF
millions Of Americans and hundreds OF
American cities, the greatest santa
Claus" in all history.
Edmund Wong On Wah, Chinese air
pilot, dreamed that he crashed after
! collision and told his American wife
that when he did die he wanted an
iron coffin.
Wong On Wah was selected with
another Chinese flyer, Fong Shek, to
maneuver above the steamship Bre-
men, bringing in Gen. Chang Pathway
The planes collided, Wong was killed
and his desire to fly and fight for the
Chinese army thwarted. He will be
buried here in a $3.50 steel coffin
General Chang. whom Wong never
saw, gave the order.
Why do you suppose Wong wanted
an iron coffin? It could not keep the
soul in or keep the worms out, pre-
sumably. Many prosperous Americans
are buried In coffins of bronze.
Not long ago Mussolini and Hitler
Venice. Hands were clasped, vows Of
friendship and cooperation exchanged.
Mussolini was to visit Hitler at his
country estate as soon as possible, and
the world said, "How lovely to see die
tator brethren dwelling together In
amity!"
And now the Mussolini visit to Hit
Ter is postponed indefinitely. Musso-
lini did not like the Dollfuss assassina-
ton, and seems to hold Hitler's Nazf
friends responsible.
Europe discusses the expulsion OF
Mrs. Sinclair Lewis from Germany as
forerunner of rigid press control.
All copies of the London Times in Ger
man were recently seized and it is ex-
pected that foreign correspondents viii
be asked to leave If they write any
thing displeasing to Hitler. Engines
would not last long without a safety
valve, and liberty does not last long
without free expression Of opinion.
Modern dictators need to encroach
several hairs breadth on established
liberties, and all agree with Napoleon,
who said his power would last but q
few weeks If he permitted freedom OF
the press.
Germany, preparing for hard win
ter and with scarcity, is endeayoring,
through Propaganda Minister Goeb-
bells, "to establish hunger as a vir-
tue" and arouse the peoples enthusi-
asm concerning the duty Of "doing
without"
In this country also we expect a
hard winter, but instead of a glorify-
ing of hunger and the noble patriot
ism of going without" our government
says: Nobody shall be hungry" The
American plan will be the more pop
ular.
Lord Edward Montagu, second SOD
of the Duke of Manchester, thought he
would Join the French Foreign Legion.
changed his mind. started hot dog"
stand on the edge of the Thames, at
Maidenhead, and is well satisfied
He sells coffee, soft drinks and
sandwiches with his hot dogs. and he
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