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The Daily Alaska empire., 1935-08-08
DOUGLAS
 NEVIS
DOUGLAS COUNCIL IS READY
 TO RECEIVE PROJECT BIDS

At special meeting of the Doug las Council last evening, City En- gineer Beers submitted plans and specifications for the projected water and sewerage systems for the town which met the approval of the city fathers and they voted that bids be advertised for at once, all bids to be in within IS days
 It was then decided that a mass meeting of all those whose names are on this years tax assessment
The Daily Alaska empire., 1935-08-08

was in perfect mechanical condition and that he was well satisfied with its performance.
 No Flying Today
 Wiley Post had lunch at the Cas- tineau Cafe with Joe Crosson at, l o'clock and after inquiring about weather conditions in the Skagway area at the PAA office, returned to the PAA float with Crosson. Post and Rogers had intended to make a trip to Skagway this afternoon but cancelled it on account of poor fly ing weather. Rogers. who lunched alone at 80 pm. engaged in con- versation with Wm. A. Holzheimer, U. s. District Attorney, and E. w. Griffin, Secretary of Alaska, who were seated nearby.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1935-08-08
FORMER DOUGLAS GIRL
 IS BEREAvED IN SOUTH

The accidental death of Kenneth Lassiter on August 3, in Ellensberg, Wash, as the result of an auto accident, which was reported here yesterday, left widow, the former Saime Kronquist, daughter of Mrs. Anna Kronquist of Douglas One child, boy of about six months, also survives.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1935-08-08

roll be held in the city hall Fri Jay evening, August g, at o'clock for the purpose of explaining to them the projects pertaining to the PWA loan and the question of bending the city which is to be voted upon by them at special election next Tuesday.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1935-08-08
DRY LEADERS
 ARE 10 MEET

WASHINGTON, Aug. 8.-Declar- ing that repeal has failed. F. Scott Mcbride, General Superintendent of the Anti-Saloon League, has called a conference of State and national leaders to meet at Win ona Lake, Indiana, on August 26 to form a new offensive.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1935-08-08
B. M. BEHRENDS CO, Inc.
 Junsau's 1saa'ns DsPsrter.srat stors,1a s,

aliland front so that if war comes they can swoop down into the slightly defended area while the Italians would be allowed to take Adua and penetrate deep into northern Ethiopia. When they ar rived there the Philippians would try to cut them off and demoralize them with guerilla tactics.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1935-08-08
HOG PRICE
 ADVANCING

CHICAGO. Ill, Aug. S-A scar city of hogs with a, resultant new record for high prices salmost. daily is bringing cheers to hog. raisers whose porkers are ready for the market.
 A year ago hogs were ranging around s4.80. Today the average price was $1325. tax included.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1935-08-08
IL puCE FORCES AHEAD

ROME, Aug. & While waiting for the tri-power conversations, Mussolini drives on, holding mili- tary maneuvers about Brenner Pass and sending more troops to Africa The Italo-E Ethiopian conversations are set for August Is in Paris.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1935-08-08
MAKE LONG TRIP

MT. and Mrs. w E. Kelly made a long journey to board the Prin- cess Alice for her current round- trip voyage from Vancouver, B. C.f The Kelleys reside in Liverpool, England
The Daily Alaska empire., 1935-08-08
BACK FROM SOUTH

Paul Abbott. Alaska agent for the Dupont Powder Company, made his return to Juneau from an ex-1 tensiye trip to the States as al passenger on the Alaska from Se-1 attle.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1935-08-08

Jack Nix, employed by the Ad- miralty Gold Mining Go, at wind- ham Bay, who was admitted to St. Ann's Hospital on July for treatment of ribs broken in a fall was discharged from the hospital today.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1935-08-08
DR. GRANT IS DEAD

pr, A s Grant, former Mod erator of the Presbyterian Church in Dawson, died recently in Tor onto, He went to the Yukon dur ing the gold rush
The Daily Alaska empire., 1935-08-08

pr. J. H. Clements, physician from Virginia Mason Hospital in Seattle, arrived in Wrangell aboard the Alaska. He will relieve the Bureau of Indians physician there, Dr. William M. Whitehead.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1935-08-08

Hilja Reinikka arrived home yes- terday by plane from Fairbanks where she has been in attendance at the Alaska University. An envi- able record in which she is said to oe the highest ranking student in the entire college, has been attained by Miss Reinikka during her two years there.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1935-08-08
HOLBROOK BACK AT DESK

Wellman Holbrook, Assistant Re- gional Forester, was back at his desk today after being confined to his home several days because of illness.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1935-08-08
NEW CASHIER TRAVELS

T. Jeter is travelling from Seattle to Cordova on the Alaska. He plans to accept position as cashier in the Cordova bank. Jeter is former resident of Everett, Wash. ha
The Daily Alaska empire., 1935-08-08

Utah's first golf course, Forest Dale at Salt Lake City. has been made municipal links.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1935-08-08
WEATHER CONDITIONS AT A. M.

 ketchkan, ran o3 Sika rain 5 Port Ahorp 53 Radio Vlie ram Skagway rain 48 Cordoa McCartny clear 40 Valdez Anchorage part cloudy 54 Fairbanks Springs clear A. Ianana clear A. uanakee clear, A. Ruby, cloudy cloudy 54
 WEATHER SYNOPSIS trough center Beng and the Gulf of Alaska overle the the extreme northern part where the During the last "A hours light Pribo and Kodiak islands the heavy Southeast Alaska Temperatures warmer Southeast and Western Alaska and mostly lower in other parts
The Daily Alaska empire., 1935-08-08
SHOPPING AND INSPECTION BY
 ROGERS, POST
Nothing Definite Concern ing When Takeof to
 Interior to Occur

Continued trcm Page One)
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1935-02-01
Oh men may die in fire
And men be drowned at sea
But do not halt the profits
OF the Ward Line Companie.
Bares Distortion
Of n. Y. Times
By a Worker Correspondent


NEW YORK. New York
Times of Jan. % carries news item
about the mass picketing at t he
Garfield Cafeteria, Flatbush and
Church Avenues, Brooklyn. Work
ers have been on strike here for
several weeks, and as a result of an
attack by a police officer upon a
Negro worker, I was arrested for
protesting against her arrest.
In reporting my appearance be-
fore Judge Sabatino for admittance
to ball. the Times says, Or. Will
liam Mendelson of 131 Lincoln Road
Brooklyn, told Magistrate Sabatino
that he was a customer and had
taken no part in the disturbance.
This is pure fiction on the part
of the reporter My exact words
were as follows, Judge, if you saw
a woman having her arm wrenched
to the breaking point by police
officer, would you not protest?" To
which the learned judge replied, II
would walk away"
On Jan. Is, I was tried before
Judge Mason on diSorderly conduct,
interfering with the arrest by po-
lice officer of the above described
woman, was found guilty, and given
suspended sentence.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1935-02-01
BY a R,R. Worker Correspondent

CHICAGO, III. -A machinist on
the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
is faced with a probable life SEN
tence under the Lindbsrgh Act, after
being indicted on the charge of "at-
tempting to extract from Daniel
Willard and others a thing of value,
to wit: employment Of $500 men"
This worker, in desperation, had
written a letter threatening the
lives Of four B. and o. officials if
they did not stop lay-offs. OF
course, this threat could not force
the management to change its pre-
gram of speed-up and resulting lay
offs, but it did land him in Jail.
In contrast to this act of despera-
ton, a representative of the Rail
road Brotherhood Unity Movement
presented to a recent meeting of
Local 478 of the International As
ISOLATION of Machinists a program
which could get men back to work
The speaker proposed the election of
a committee from the Lodge TO
work out a plan for fighting the
Speed-up by controlling production
and also to list violations of the
agreement. He further proposed
that this plan be presented to the
local board for approval with the
view of taking all steps necessary
to put this plan into effect, thus
forcing the management to pu5
more men to work.
Certain local officials, following
the do nothing" policy of their
brothers higher up, willfully de-
feated this proposal by sidetracking
the real issue Ito put men to work.
and injecting the "red scare" One
of these officials was asked by the
representative of the Unity Move
ment if he had any better proposals
than these to make, so he sat down
and said nothing more until the
speaker had left the room.
However, determined efforts of
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1935-02-01
'WhirlaVind' Larson Tells How

This is how Whirlwind Larson
does it-Whirlwind Larson, of Chi
cago, ace subscription getter!
IF you work consistently in get
ting subscriptions for the Daily
Worker, it is the simplest thing in
the world to do he declares.
"Once workers start reading the
Daily Worker, I have very seldom
found them wanting to stop.
THE first thing I do is list the
prospects have at hand, that are
either given to me or that I pick
up when talking to people. I visit
them, find their attitude to the
paper, and give them a copy to
read. I spend a little time with
them, explaining what the paper
stands for. If they agree (and most
workers do) I ask them to support
it by reading it.
Il then ask the worker to state
his own time when he will be able
to subscribe. visit him daily with
q paper. so that not day is lost.
After coming back two or three
times you get the subscription, as
a rule. I then ask him to give me
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1935-02-01
Photographer Asks
Unions Name
BY a Telegraph Worker Core
sp0ndent

NEW YORK.-It's got me. am
a telegraph operator working at so
Hudson ST., N. Y. c., and I am
anxious to join a real union.
Reading your correspondence page
in a recent issue of the Daily Work
er, I found three articles by tele-
graph workers. Now, all of these
workers recommended the United
Telegraphists of America, an indie
pendent union. I have never heard
Of the United Telegraphists, but I
have seen time and again several
pickets in front of so Hudson Street
from the United Telegraphers Of
America independently. This or
ganization has been distributing
leaflets, picketing, etc.
I would like to know which is
which. Is it the United Telegra-
phists of which 1 never heard, or
is it the United Telegraphers?
Please inform me. I am ready to
fight.
Editors Note: You are right.
The organization is named the
United Telegraphers of America.
We were mistaken in using "teleg-
raphists."
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1935-02-01
Mechanics Paid
Helpers Rate
BY RAILROAD worker Corresponaenl

BY Railroad Worker Correspondent
CHICAGO, In.-When the Rock
Island Railroad Company started
wrecking cars at the Gresham
Yards, I guess that they thought
the men were so glad to get jobs
that they would be willing to work
at any rate.
Some mechanics working here are
from the 124th Street Shop and
others worked here before the place
closed down. They are made to use
torches and do all the other work
and are getting helpers rates.
The Rock Island Association
doesn't do anything about it. A few
of the men are joining the Car
mems Union. That is what we
need to do to force the company to
give us our rate back.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1935-02-01
Protest on Fruit Dock
Improves Sanitation
By Marine worker COrresponden

BY a Marine Worker Correspondent
NEW YORK Several weeks ago
there was published in the Daily
Worker a copy of a letter drawn
up by a group of longshoremen on
Pier 7, North River, of the United
Fruit Company, protesting to the
Commissioner of Health the unsan-
itary condition of the toilets on the
pier.
Well, we have gotten results. The
toilets have been cleaned up for the
first time in months, if not in years.
Furthermore, for the first time in
the memory of any man on the
docks, there is toilet paper there.
Just bit Of protest gets results.
However, we are going ahead to
build local of the International
Longshoremen's Association on the
dock and then we will settle our
other grievances such as wages,
waiting for the shape-up, chinee,
etc.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1935-02-01
Ballad of the Cent Per Cent
(By Marine Worker COrrespondentJ

by Marine Worker Correspondent
The Moro Castle" sailed away
For New York she was bound
Death and destruction took her
And then she ran aground.
The owners now did gather
The profits and the spoils-
The sharpened tongued lawyers
argued and argued
And ladled out the oil.
Then sailed the ship Havana"
And she too came to grief
She pounded out her bottom
On Mantiniilas reef.
The owners now were quiet
You could not hear a sound,
But kept their eyes on cent, per
cent,
The collar and the pound.
And now the good ship Mohawk, .
She too went out in style
BY some strange chance she was
struck and sank,
Men died from shore five mile.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1935-02-01
ShowsHow to Fight
Against Sales Tax
BY a Worker Correspondent

NEW YORK. - What do our
working men and women do in re-
gard to the sales tax? Are they
resisting it? Or are they submitting
to it? 1t seems to me that they are
doing the latter. Well, then, is there
any wonder that the rich trample
upon us? Hearts they don't have,
and if we let them get away with
every inhuman deed, why shouldn't
they? But what a difference it
would make if every working man
and woman would follow my eX-
ample. What do I do? Not much.
I just don't pay the tax. How do 1
manage? Here are some examples:
I bought a few articles in a dry
goods store which amounted to
$1.7O. zone seventy four" the pro-
prietor said to me after he had
wrapped up a neat little package.
1T is a dollar seventy" I said.
-Four cents tax" He answered
politely.
81 won't pay the tax"
What do you mean you won't
pay? It's law"
IT am against this law and I
won't support it."
"I'll tell you the truth I am
against it myself, but what can I
do2"
do what I do" said I, don't
pay" He smiled family, handed me
the package and accepted dollar
and seventy cents.
The next battle was harder one.
It was in a small shoe store. A
young girl waited on me. I bought
myself a pair of golloshes at the
price of one dollar. Dollar and two
cents" she said to me.
you said it was a dollar"
1.-TWO cents tax" She pointed to
a sign on the wall.
81 don't pay tax"
"Why?" she said in utter amaze
ment.
Because I am against it,"
Against it? Against help to the
poor?'
st am poor myself" I answered
And if Mayor LaGuardia's heart
bleeds for the poor, why didn't he
tax the rich?" She was quiet for a
moment. She seemed to be con-
fused, then she said. But if you
don't pay it, we have to pay il
from our pocket"
Maybe if you'll have to pay il
out of your pocket you'll do some
thing about it too."
But what can we do?"
Don't pay" OF course, she &C
cepted the dollar for the golloshes
But my satisfaction was not ir
saving the two cents, but the severa
other customers in the store listened
to what said and might learr
something by It.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1935-02-01
Law to Deny Relief
10 Foreign Born
BY a Worker Correspondent

CHICAGO, In.-The recently in
augurated intense drive against the
Communist Party in the United
States assumed its real significance
and revealed its true direction when
it was announced here today that
legislation will be proposed Friday,
at meeting of the American Citi-
zenShip section Of the Illinois Bar
Association, which will make it a
misdemeanor for any person who is
not a naturalized citizen of the
United States to apply for or to re-
ceive relief from any governmental
agency.
According to the provisions of
this proposed law, all so-called
'alienS" who have not applied for
naturalized papers would be forced
to register with authorities. If any
such "alien," regardless of circum-
stances, applies for or receives any
kind of governmental relief after
having registered, it shall be con-
sidered a misdemeanor and he shall
be punished accordingly.
Stating that there were about
100000 aliens" in this country,
Brigadier General j. V. Clinnin,
who is one of the proposed laws
chief sponsors, said: Registration
is the surest way to ferret them
out" Just why it was considered
necessary to ferret them out" was
clearly revealed when it became
known that previous DEPORTA-
TON cases involving "aliens" in
need of or receiving relief had been
exhumed from the files of the
Emergency Relief Administration
and were being studied with keen
interest.
The carrying out of these Fascist
economic pogromS against the for
eign-born directly, and indirectly
against the natiVe-born workers
who have given much OF their life
to the building of America and
whose toll and sweat have made
idleness and luxury possible for
countless overstuffed millionaires,
will be thrown into the streets to
depend upon almost non-eXistent
private charity, which, of course,
means actually starvation.
Upon the effective action of the
Communist Party alone hangs the
fate of these 100000 foreign-born
workers and their fellow workers
among the native-born. But the
Communist Party is not per-
former of wondrous miracles, nor
is it magician whose sleeve is full
of aces. 1t is a fighting organiza-
ton, and the effectiveness Of its
fight depends always upon the
spirit and number of the workers
who stand shoulder to shoulder
with it. If you shall be content
to witness 100000 men, women
and children walking and dying in
our streets; if you do not particu-
larly care what happens to you and
your own family-then this is not
your fight. Buff you feel tie
of solidarity and brotherhood with
those millions of helpless humans;
if you feel you've already had too
damn much of the tactics of these
numbering capitalists and their
boot licking politicians; if you
damn well DO care what happens
to you and yours, and if you can
realize that blow at ANY worker
is eventually a blow at ALL workers
then this is your fight, and
RIGHT NOW is the time to get
| into it.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1935-02-01
Starvation Relief
Causes Violence

BY a Social Worker Correspondent
CHICAGO.-The fatal shooting
of two social workers and the
wounding of two other employees in
Chicago public relief station last
Friday by an enraged client, who
Immediately afterward shot his
mother and himself, emphasizes the
increasing desperation to which the
unemployed are being driven in the
face of inadequate relief allow
ances.
This is not an isolated instance.
Threats and actual acts of violence
against case workers have been in
creasing in number, especially since
last November, when food budgets
were slashed by ten per cent and
the staff was reduced by twenty
five per cent.
The causes for such violence are
not difficult to discover. They are
inherent in relief system which
provides starvation relief, is made
quately stated, with resultant de-
lays in Investigations, stations po-
lice at the offices, conducts merci-
less Investigations and Suppresses
organization of the unemployed.
The local bourgeois press at
tempted to raise the red scare" in
connection with the shooting. The
slayer was labelled a Communist"
Workers know, however, that Com
munists do not believe in individual
acts of violence.
The possibility of increasing vio-
lence against social workers has
been given added impetus by this
Staying. The unemployed, con-
fuSedly, have become holder and
more threatening in their attitude
toward case workers. Their Or
CARNATIONS, as the Unemployment
Councils, being suppressed, they are
resorting, through sheer despera-
ton, to individual violence. 1t is
important, then, to point out who
is actually responsible for the STAY
ing-the relief authorities and the
capitalist system which they are at
tempting to maintain.
The rank and file social worker
is merely buffer between the I'M
employed and the relief authorities.
1t is his role to protect the pocket
books of the wealthy and still the
wrath of the cheated workers. Many
Of them, conscious of their role,
must continue because of the neces-
sity for earning a means of livei-
hood.
But basically they are no differ
ent from the mass of workers, en-
ployed or unemployed. They suffer
economic insecurity, are underpaid
and oVerworked. AS employees, they
have, together with the workers, a
common enemy-the employing rul-
ing class.
1t is high time that the unem-
ployed and case workers ceased
fighting each other. 1t is impera-
tive that they unite in fight for
more adequate relief, adequate I'M
employment insurance, removal of
police from relief stations and ade-
quate staffs and decent working
conditions for relief employees.
Both must unite in the abolition
of the capitalist system.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1935-02-01
From Factory. Mine, F@rm and office
Speed up and Negligence Offset
Safety Preaching on Railroad

are not locked This gives the
switchman a chance to kick of cars
which may run into the train and
move it enough either to cripple or
kill the inspector.
Switches should be under lock
and derails placed on the rail for
good protection. While shop switches
are under lock and workers under
one foreman are notified when
switching is to be performed, other
men who may be walking around
looking for something, are liable to
accidents.
We should demand two inspectors
and two oilers for each train, and
adequate time to inspect the trains.
We should also demand that
switches should be locked and de-
rails placed on the rails.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1935-02-01
Railroad Worker
In Unity Appeal
By a R.R. Worker Correspondent

CINCINNATI, Ohio.-Tnere is a
great deal of work that must be
done in industry, railroading. We
have been kept in the dark too long
by the conservative leaders of our
labor unions. Our union leaders
have failed us, causing thousands
to give up all interest in organized
labor.
Thanks to the Railroad Brother
hood Unity Movement. This move
ment has taken hold of the small
spark of life left in the railroad
unions, and the Railroad Unity
movement will grow and put a
fighting spirit in every one of our
many railroad unions. Some day,
in the not distant future, the real
union men and women in our in
dustry will take hold of these worn
out organizations and run the in
dustry on a paying basis for the
workers, so to speak.
One of the reasons our unions
have failed us is that we, the rank
and file, have electSd local and ma
tional leaders of our organizations,
and the minute the elections are
over, those whom we elect start to
plan how they can advance their
own interests with the railroad Of
ficials by using the confidence that
we have placed in them.
They aspire for official positions
and fill themselves like leeches on
the rank and file. The result is
that we the workers, and members
of the railroad unions, are forced
to work like slaves and made to
like it.
The Grand President pumps our
little local officials with Grand
Lodge selloUt tactics and promises
appointments and faYors to them,
and we, the rank and file, are given
a good beating by our union Off
Gals. We pay them with high dues
and assessments and they turn
against us at every opportunity
We are IN a terrible mess.
The general managers fill the
bottle of cocain. The general super
intendents put in the needle. The
supers and train masters insert the
needle into the yard masters and
we, the men that move the engines
and cars, get the squirt of all their
injections Of speedup. But-don't
get hurt! If you get hurt, you have
violated one of our most important
safety rules.
We will overcome this condition.
but it will take time and then the
workers in the railroad industry
will take the real radical leader
ship and show the workers in the
other unions that the railroad work.
ers can and will wake up and elect
rank and file workers as officials
of our local and national unions.
Then we will have the answer to
the dream that the railroad work
erS have cried for all their lives
UNITY!