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YoungstownskeÌ SlovenskeÌ noviny = Youngstown Slovak news. (Youngstown, Ohio) 1910-1940, 1936-01-03

"A Sl0Vdk wire WOEkeE
and tinsmith of Trencin,
Slovakia, Grunik by name,
came to America in 1868;
he finally settled in Buenos
Aires. Slovaks took part in
the Civil War. In Chicago a
certain Mihalovic organized
a regiment; DR.. Figuly is
another one of those men,
toned. The Slovak Daniel
Schustek settled in Chicago
shortly after the Great Fire
(about 1879. Of course, the
first Slovak immigrants kept
in touch with their country
men in Slovakia and called
to them to come to the land
of the free. Thus we find
that the number of Slovak
immigrants increases greatly
by 1870. The first of the
Slovak settlers took to the
coal regions of Pennsylva-
MIA and Illinois; the Slovaks
were accustomed to hard
work.
The Slovaks are naturally
deeply religious. They prov
ed that when they built
their own churches; this was
always their first concern.
The first Slovak Church in
America was built in the
fall of 1885, in Hazleton,
Pa. It was founded by Rev.
/. J. Jaskovic, who had come
to America as the first Slo-
yak Catholic priest in 1880.
The Slovak Evangelicals
had their first minister in
Freeland, Pa, in the person
of the. Rev. Cyril Droppa
(about 1880.
The first Slovak news
paper was launched in 1885
by julius j. Wolf and Johr
Slovensky in Pittsburgh, Pa
The paper was called "a
merikansko- -Slovenske Novi
ny" and was printed in the
Saris dialect, because mos
of the Slovaks in Americs
at the time spoke this di
alect. Space in this "Stor,
of the Slovaks" will not per
nit detailed information OF
the life and the accomplish
ments of those first Sloval
settlers, but at least a sketch
, is attempted. But it may b.
stated at the outset, tina
all that the Slovaks point tt
with pride today was ini
tiated in the closing year
of the nineteenth century
Of course, all played a part
but two men especially stant
out from the rest ~ mel
with vision, intelligence, in
defatigable zeal to bette
the conditions of their fel
low countrymen: Rev. Steph
en- Furdek, and Peter I
Rovnianek. The former wa
a Catholic clergyman, schol
ar, writer, educator, publish
er and organizer, while tn
latter, a layman, proved hi
worth along the same lines
Let us at least review thei
lives and become acquainte
: with their accomplishment
!, - the work Of pioneers, tn
work of leaders Of the
people.
/ The Rev. Stephen Furdek.
: Rev. Stephen Furdel
r Catholic priest, outstandin
! Slovak in America, educate
It writer, and organizer, W,
d born in Trstena, Slovaki
i Sept. 2, 1865, In 1882, Re
= Furdek was called to Clev
n land. Ohio, by bishop Gi
it mour to administer to tt
d spiritual needs of the Slav'
IS mic groups in the dioces
He completed his studi,
YoungstownskeÌ SlovenskeÌ noviny = Youngstown Slovak news. (Youngstown, Ohio) 1910-1940, 1936-01-03
SIROTA PODHRADSKYCH
Roman.
Napisala TEREzlA VANSOVA.
fPokracovanie.)
Roman.

SkOTO SIdN1lOSlIlyHl POM d.
dom pozerala ma neho, no
yoriac:
4'Pocujes, otGe moi? Ty 81
ospravedlneny; tvoja pamia-
tka cista je uz pred svetom,
ako bola - vzdy pred dee
rou tvojou - mily, mily
otec moj!'
4'Ty vel'mi milovala 81 o.
tea svojho, Viola!' hovoril
k nej Tmrich skoro prizvu-
kom ziarlivosti a pozeral ma
fu obdivom. - "Nezelal
by som 81 mic ineho, nez aby
81 tax milovala al mia
Viola pozrela ma neho vru-
enc a podajuc mu ruku, rie-
kla vazne:
"Oj, Imrich! ia citim, re
len raz v zivote mono milo
vat tax, ako ia teba milu-
jem; -- podobna laska ne
da sa prem6ct', media obeto-
vat incl. Ved' ami Danielovi,
tomu milemu, tomu dobre-
mu, nemohla som priniest' o.
bet tdto."
Kto Dol st'astnejsim, nez
1mrich?
Ale vzpamatal sa, re tam
dolu caka no este vazna roz
prava patron Sylvestrom.
ia idem," riekol ku sta
stnej deve. "snad' budem
moct' este nieco napravit',
co pokazila 81 ty, neopatrna
devuska!"
Viola usmiala sa blaze
nym usmevom a odpovedala
so zartom:
"Chod' len, vsak ~ tam
uz mic nevykonas. Ami obrat
most sikovneho fiskala ne
moze mic Wac urobit'.'
Iduc chodbou. nazrel I'M
rich do kuchyne a nalozil
jednej 20 sluzok:
"Chod' k panu lekarovi a
, povedz, ze dam prosit', ably
sem prisiel.'
Ked' vosiel do prizemnej
izby, poberal sa pater Syl-
vester uz prec. Imrich zavo-
lal ho este do kancelarie a
shovaral sa S MIN dlho. Ked'
pater Sylvester odisiel, boil
Imrich malomluvny, zamyr
sleny a vazny. Smutne, te-
mar vycitky plnym pohl'a-
dom pozrel ma otca, u kto-
teho nasiel DIR. Lukaca v do
vernon rozhovore, - prav-
da, len jednostrannom. Le-
karovi sdelil Imrich svoju
bhavu o otca, pre- ktoru dal
no vOlat k nemu. - No, DIR.
sAukac mu hned' povedal, ze
niet sa coho bat, lebo re
fhory pan je teraz pre- vse-
tko 0 mnoho menej wilma
vtm, nez predtym, a re iste
nz teraz malo zna o tom a
toho, CO konalo sa pred
4 hvipkou u neho.
Uspokojeny Imrich isiel
- teraz po Violu, pri kto-
N ri sedela uz Emka a t1lila
- k nej lichotive:
ssVsak yer sa mi uz Wac
kehnevas?"
ma teba som sa ami ne,
! hnevala", odvetila tazana a
bozkala zvedave dievcatko
buducu svagrinu.
Ani ma Imra?"
"Ani -
eeOj, to je znamenite!' te
ja sa Emka. "Vidis, js
lem, ze ia on rad ma; js
Som mu vsetko 0 tebe roz
pravala. ?
A Co takeho, ty NAL;
Rtetecka?" pytala sa Viola
''Vsetko to, co som 81 zia
dal vediet' a Co ucinilo m;
yel'mi stsastnym', dolozi
Enrich . sadol 81 k MIN k'
Qblocku, kde uz ubyvajdc'
eH1tlo dha menilo sa v sd
rsk.
Oj, Imro, Viola sa uz ne
evk I; pozri, ona sa nam U
YoungstownskeÌ SlovenskeÌ noviny = Youngstown Slovak news. (Youngstown, Ohio) 1910-1940, 1936-01-03

O1oC bCA h1"JSeho3 va 0hA
lasky sa mi nedostavalo
mnoho a lila som. Ma
proti tomu teraz som boha-
ia, oj, TAXA bohata!"
''Povedz, ze mala 81 'byt'
bohatou, Viola! Takou boha-
tou, ze by som 81 musel roz-
mysliet', ci by som smell k
tebe podvihnut' svoje oci!'
"Oj, co to hovoris?! A ke-
by som vladla pokladaml In
die, nemala by som milsieho
20 svete mad Imricha Vilin-
skeho - tomu obetovala by
som milerada vsetko -"
"A ia len teba chcem --
ME bohatstvo, ME poklady
- len teba!'
Emka S naramnym udive-
MIN hl'adela ma brata a ma
Violu. Neporozumela sice
ich slovam, no, chapala O
GO sa jedna. Preto, ked' I'M
rich znovu pritiahol mileni
devu k sebe a bozkal ju v
Emkinej pritomnosti, tazala
sa tato S chytrackym usme-
vom:
"Vari 81 ju venues "a ze-
nu?'
"Pravda, ze vezmem; ci
budes S mojou zenickou spo-
kojna?"
"Miesto odpovede zvyska-
la Emka od radosti a hodiac
sa Viole do naruCia, bozka-
vala ju naruzive. Potom "a
Sc Imricha, ktory meme pri-
vinul malu sestricku k sebe
a riekol dojaty:
"Vy dive ste mi tym mai
milsim, CO mann ma svete!''
"a JULIO a apko?'
"Hej, JULIO, - ten sibal,' u
usmial sa Imrich, - "pisal
ii, Violka?'
"Pravda, pisal -- a ia Sc,
becky zabudla som na neho
Tu je list j podobizne - je,
no a jeho Irenky."
"Hrad'ze no, chytraka
On chce sa zenit',' riekoI
Imrich a pozeral v svetle sd.
mraku podobizen Julove.
sverenice.
'Sumna tvaricka a zda ss
byt' dobra. Ale pod'me do
lu, tn je uz tina a tam dolu
cakaju mas. - Vsak, Viola
mechanic 81 chyzku tuto tax
ako je, ma pamiatku a bu
deme sa rozpominat' ma tie
to chvile."
"A ma nemoc Emkinu, bt
uz vtedy citila som kuz
10, ktore tiahlo ma k tebt
mocou nezdolatel'nou.'
Zach, ia som veru hlad
na," ozvala sa Emka a ska
ckala vopred, "idem do ku
chyne pozriet', ei mi nechal
kavu.'
Tam dolu v osvetlenej izb,
sedeli vsetci pohromade, a
ko kym bolo este vsetko pr
starom. Doktor '/,kac, oh
veseleny whom, medal rcz
hovoru zaspat'. Zartoval
Herminkou, ktora mu so STR
jenym smiechom sdelila, &
zajtra odide k rodine, kd
ma 81 chystat' vybavu.
"Naozaj? A Wy ste mi an
nesdelily, ze mienite preme
nit svoj stav! Kto re je tie,
st'astny? CT smiem blahoze
lat'?'
"Oj, d'akujem. Je to pre-
dsa uz ME novina. Mole zs
snubenie s panom Bubeli
kom je uz cd niekol 'kyc
| dnf skutkom."
/ ITO je znamenite!" ds
| sviedcal doktor s usmevOn
"Zda sa mi, lie skoro bud'
me slavit' druhe zasnub'
ME-, a pri tom ukazal n
dvere; tam prave vkroc
Imrich 8 Violou.
Hermfnkinu tvar poll
temny rumenec. Oko j,
vzplanulo ma okamih, poto
obratila sa cd skupiny,
ktord pozriet' bez hnevu
1I1lS.. -.~L~1o .~s A
YoungstownskeÌ SlovenskeÌ noviny = Youngstown Slovak news. (Youngstown, Ohio) 1910-1940, 1936-01-03


JONI.
"Uz cd niekopkych dni
nosim ho so scbou, ako al
odkaz vyznamny."
Ivy ma prindtite k zve-
davosti."
"Nebudem vas trapit'. Po-.
viem yam niekol'kymi slova-
mi, ze cd isteho casu chodim
ma vonok liecit' jedneho
mladika, ktory byva u svo-
jej starej matky, pani Pod
hradskej."
"Mojej starej matky,' rie-
kla deva so vzdychom.
"Ano; a tato, uz vel'mi
stara, ale este rezka pani,
dopytovala sa ma vas. ia,
prirodzene, sdelil som jej 0
vas len to najlepsie. Konec-
ne prisla k tomu presvedce-
niu, ze bez vas Wac byt' ne
smie a nema, nalozila mi,
povedat' yam, lie jej narucie
je vzdy otvorene sirote jej
syna."
"Oj, rozumiem, to je va
Sc dielo, doktore,' zvolala
Viola so slzami V ociach.
"Vy napomenuli ste ju. j.
stotne ste to len Wy vyko-
nall, aby smierili ste ju so
mnou, - vd'aka yam "a
to-"
Lukac sa ohrnal, no ko-
necne prijal vd 'aku 81 tax
krasnych dst" dolozjl s
uprimnym obdivom.
Medzitym sedel Imrich pri
otcovi a sdelil mu Julov IL
myself. Glory Vilinsky roz-
trzite posldchal slovam pr
vorodeneho svojho, - potom
hodil rukou a volal pohl'a-
dom ma Violu, ktoru uz cd
chvile ocima hl'adal:
Gale - ale haha - ale 49,
Ola - TIL" Poslednd sla-
biku prizvukoval tax napad-
ne, re Imrich musel poroz-
umiet', Go to znamena. K
tomu este chytil Vilinsky sy-
novu ruku a silno ju 81; ,ul.
Imrich porozumel ziadosti o.
tea a so st'astnym usmevom
doviedol mu Violu, a ably
starec lepsie porozumel, OBJ
jal Imrich mladuchu svoju
a bozkal ju pred otcom, ma
dokaz, ze davna jeho tuzba
dojde splnenia. Vilinsky OBJ
jimal potion S radostnvm
smiechom slzami, ktore di-
vno vynimaly sa v jeho O.
ciach, syna Imricha i neve-
stu Violu.
"a teraz dost' rozculenia"
- zamiesal sa Lukac a po-
lozil ruku ma kreslo. "Jestli
vam l'lbo, pojdeme 81 pah-
NUT" povedal Vilinskemu a
bez vsetkych okolkov obra-
til kreslo ma kolieskach a
viezol pacienta svojho do
loznice. Tam pripravil mu
obcerstvujuci napoj a po-
mocou pribehnuvsej PAM
Vilinskej ulozil choreho do
postele.
''Polievku moze uzit' v
posteli," riekol potom ku vi
linskej, ktora opytovala sa
doktora ma vselico.
Kym sa veceralo, rozpra-
val Lukac al Imrichovi G
; Violinej starej make.
"Dost' pozde prichodi jej
ma um, ze ma vnucku', po,
znamenal Imrich.
: "Ale ME pripozde!" rie'
: kla Viola a pozrela proseb'
ne ma svojho snubenca.
ia musel som jej rozpra
= vat vsetko o vas, rozumie
/ sa, re len to dobre," rozpra
: val lekar znamym sposobon
skadlenia; "a ona chce s
s. vas, slecna, what k sebe, {
: to ma vzdy.''
: ~ toho nebude nic," o
4 zval sa znovu Imrich. -
"Pojdeme ju raz navstivit'
: potom po svadbe."
i. II dotedy este, prosil;
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1936-02-24
WHAT THEY WANTED TO KNOW

LOOMING on top of the Supreme Court IVA de-
- cison, the ruling of the Fifth United States Cir
cult Court of Appeals gives little comfort to those
private utilities which have felt that somehow the
Constitution vested in them the exclusive right to
furnish electricity to the American people.
The appellate court found nothing whatever I'M
constitutional in the Public Works Administration
advancing money to Greenwood County, South Car
ona to be used in generating and distributing cleo
trcity in territory already served by the protesting
Duke Power Co.
If the Supreme Court upholds this view the gov
ernments broad program of providing cheap cleo
tricity for the people of the country will have
fairly clear road ahead Already the PWA has al
lotted funds to local governments for 247 power
projects, SO of which are tied up by iniunctons
involving issues similar to that decided in the
South Carolina
Az In the IVA territory, the appellate courts de-
cison would seem to point out constitutional
method of marketing the surplus energy generated
at government dams The Supreme Court decided
that the Federal government had certain response
bites affecting the national defense navgabity
of streams and flood control which gave it the right
to construct Wilson Dam at Muscle Shoals The
court also held that, having constructed this dam
in pursuance of these Federal functions the gov
to carry to markets the electrical energy generated
as by-product at the dam.
The South Carolina case involves issues entirely
different but nevertheless extremely significant to
the Tennessee Valley. The does not touch
upon wartime powers, navigability flood control or
the right of the Federal government to sell cleo
tricity to the ultimate consumers. In it the Fed
eral government advances the money for public
works project to relieve unemployment and the
local government uses that money to enter the
power business.
The appellate court said that was all right
which is just exactly what number of municipali-
ties and other local governments in the Tennessee
Valley have been wanting to know For it stands
to reason that if the government can lend money to
a local government to engage in both the manufac-
ture and sale of power, it also can lend money to
local government to set up distributing system to
retail surplus power tapped from IVA transmission
lines.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1936-02-24
A WOMAN'S VIEWPOINT
BY Mrs. Walter Ferguson

DEACE of mind is wonderful blessing and moth
- ing contributes to it like balanced budget.
daresay half our worry and certainly much of our
domestic unhappiness be traced to our ignorance
of simple arithmetic.
For a long time we have thought we should teach
boys not only how to make but how to spend money
The education of girls has not been so thorough
And with what disastrous consequences
For the girls are the home-makers and home
making is job which requires good judgment, dis
cretion and business ability.
American women spend the major part of Amer
cas income. Very often they spend it wisely but
it is rather pathetic to our simple trust in their
natural ability to do what acknowledged to be the
hardest job there is The old theory that every girl
is born with knack for cooking has been stretched
to include belief that she is also divinely endowed
with a knack for balancing budgets
All this, in spite of the fact that each of us is
afflicted with desire to keep up with the Joneses"
There's no use in kidding ourselves about that No
one is wholly immune from the germ of that disease
a disease which has killed many men who have had
to work beyond their strength in order to pay the
bills of an extravagant family.
Living within our means is perhaps the first
foundation of happy home life. Romance is all
very well and we must have it. but romance without
financial good is worse than useless for keep
ing the home fires burning.
The wife who manages the affairs of her house
hold so that the family never spends more than it
can justly consider herself her husbands bust
ness partner.
Let's look at the virtue from another angle, too.
1t is sign of great strength of character form of
self discpline which than anything else marks
the well balanced personality. IL
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taxes, but they had the one virtue Of making the
commodities which the farm program helped pay
their own way
What shall We have to take their placer More
hidden levies, which have all the vices and of
the virtues7 We hope not Already approximately
two-thirds of the Federal revenue comes from hid
den taxes-eves on so-called Injuries such as furs
cosmetics, gasoline, motor OIL automobiles and tires
matches, cigarets and liquor These are taxes paid
by all Of us, paid out of purchasing power which
otherwise would go into the buying of more goods,
the promotion of more trade, more production more
employment. And these the taxes which
most burdensome to those of us who poor, least
burdensome to those Of us who are rich
That other one-third of Federal revenue-taxes
on income profits, estates-comes from only COM
paratve few but there is nothing painless about the
extraction. They're visible, approximately 1,750,OO0
of us, representing less than per cent of the popu
lation, pay income taxes. For most of the 100000
the income tax is but small part of the total tax
bill. But it is the part which hurts, and the part
which causes us to view with concern any waste of
government money. If all of the governments rev.
enue were raised by such direct abiityto-pay leves
with accompanying elimination of the invisible
types, and if the base broaGened to multi
ply the number OF such taxpayers, we would have
something approaching ideal tax systcun-one
which would operate automatically to tax
payers to police and restrain unwise government
spending.
MO form of visible Federal taxation in our opin-
ion is less Objectionable than the death duties
taxes on estates. But too little practicable
has been made of death taxation For example es-
tates up to $4,000 not touched We believe the
broadened- base principle that should be ap-
piled to income taxation should apply to estates;
starting small and graduating upward.
We believe further that the present method of
collection of estate taxes should be changed; that
a change would work equally to the interest of the
government and of the estate taxpayer An orderly
plan of time payment should be worked out whereby
estates translate into cash which the gov
eminent tax collector demands. Too frequently
estates suffer and the government loses under the
present method. When Congress gets down to the
business of raising money it should give spe-
cial study to this important problem of paper tax
rates versus actual tax collections
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1936-02-24

Q-Is there any Federal bureau
of motion picture censors?
A-No; although censorship is
enforced in eight states, and some
cities have local censor boards.
GIN which states are maple SUI
gar and syrup produced?
A-Maine, New Hampshire, Ver-
mont, Massachusetts,, New York,
Pennsylvania, Ohio, Michigan, Wis
consin and Maryland.
Q-Why we're the new clipper
ships called China" Philippine
and Hawaii?
A-Because these giant planes
stop at Hawaii, Philippines and
China.
Q-What is a huaca?
Alt means a sacred object
Among the ancient Peruvians it
meant one of the forces of nature;
or local or tribal god as distin-
guished from the great gods of the
Inca Pantheon; hence a totem It
came also to stand for the abode of
such a spirit; as a charm or other
sacred object.
Q-How many automobile acct
dents are caused by tire punctures
or blowouts?
Ain 1884 there wefe. 7740. Of
which 400 resulted in fatalities.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1936-02-24
WITH US ALWAYS?

II DO not think you will accuse me of pessimsm
when I say that unemployment-or better disem
poyment-is, like the airplane, the radio the wealth
-er and taxes, here to stay"-Aubrey W. Williams,
assistant WPA administrator
If Mr. Williams means that vast section of able
bodied Americans has been pred loose from the
nomic map and set adrift past hope of rescue he
must be accused of pessimsm. Yet must con-
slider even that black postuate.
The present method is too costly both in morale
and in tax dollars Under the New Deal unemploy-
ment has been reduced from approximately 141a
millions to 1917 millions including millions
lief To get these millions to work and absorb new
workers who have come of age has cost something
like ia billions in Federal relief and public works
alone Even at the present absorption rate. John
r Flynn points out we still will have million job
less at the end of the next three years. And there's
limit to spending.
There are certain obvious things may do to
retire what looks like surplus manpower. We can
pension the older workers. send child workers back
to school, shorten work hours within limits.
But the answer requires more craftsmanship than
these elementary reforms.
History is poor guide book. In the past Amer
lea has relied two cures-cheap frontier land and
inventive science. Up to the time of the Civil War
all our jobless families had to do to move West.
Then, when cheap western land all settled, in
ventions to aid The railroads pulled us
of the 1870 depression electricity out of the 1896
and the auto from the slump of 1907 and 1920 Today
we are turning toward the scientist again. Will he
respond as in the past?
President Karl T. Compton of the Massachusetts,
Institute of Technology thinks that if planning
accords a big place to the practical sciences vast
fields will be opened. He suggests the develop
ment of silk from wood rubber from weeds, alcohol
motor fuel from farm products Such new industries
as prefabricated houses air cooling, the electrca-
ton of farms transport also likely to expand
! desires and build new industries and new jobs.
But, with 70 per cent of our families, even in
prosperous 1929" forced to live on $500 year
less the physical sciences still lack the formula.
The new social frontier must now be Fam
flies must have buying power; city and rural
Sums must be RACED labor must be given status and
dignity; disease and nliteracy must be conquered.
These things call not only to the physical scientist
but to the social scientist.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1936-02-24
TAXES-AGAIN

Otter though the political pill may be-tax
- legislation in an election year-the Administra-
ton is going to have to swallow it.
Substitute revenue must be obtained to take the
place of the outlawed AAA processing taxes in nan-
cling me f-billon-dollar farm program, and still
more income may be sought to take care in part of
what the bonus did in making the already unbal-
anceo budget more unbalanced
Apparently those two items are as far as the
President aud his leaders have the courage to 60
That's politics They prefer to postpone until after
the people 60 the polls the day of reckoning which
emergency relief spending has made inevitable.
The desire of President Roosevelt and his major
ity followers to few as practicable
and to make those which are unacceptable as pain
less" as possible is understandable politically al
though BAD fiscal policy
1t is to be regretted that politics dominates the
approach to the unpleasant task. For courageous
overhauling of tax system now would speed the
day when government income and outgo would
be in balance and whole economic system on
irmer foundation.
THE only taxes Of the so-called painless and n-
visible variety which have ever had any justn-
cation. in our opinion. the AAA processing
lekes They had all the vices OF other hidden sales
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1936-02-24
DEFENDS WPA FOREMEN,
SUPERINTENDENTS.

BY The Rev. Harley Smith
I read in The Times concerning
the 'avoidable accidental death" of
a WPA worker, Mr.. Locke. AS some
one has stated and as a fellow
worker, I wish to say that if it were
not for the constant watching and
warning of our superintendent and
foremen many more would perhaps
pay the same price as Mr.. Locke.
feel our superintendent and
foremen are doing their best to
make our working conditions as
safe and pleasant as possible Unless
We workmen cooperate with them,
we can not expect anything short of
such tragedies.
In all due respect to Mr.. Locke, I
feel he was only a victim of his own
unwillingneSs to heed the warning
of those working near him and not
a victim of our government of OPP
preston for the poor
Only this last week on my gang,
with this tragedy still fresh in our
minds, the foreman had to all but
drag the men away to keep them
from digging and undermining
those banks.
So instead of criticising and find