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The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1938-05-05
Aids Box Office

The Cubs have acquired a great,
but eccentric pitcher, a baseball
personality more colorful than any,
thing since Babe Ruth and box
office attraction of first magnitude.
But at best he is hard to handle.
His habit of popping off never add
ed spectacularly to team harmony
at st. Louis. This spring, though,
he quit popping off so far as the
Cardinals are concerned. But a
change Of scenery to Chicago may
throw him into reverse.
Some authorities have viewed the
deal with skepticism, for Branch
Hickey and Sam Breadon are noted
for their canniness and their record
over a period of years indicates that
they have never made really bad
trade.
On the other hand, the Cub rec
ord on trades in the last five or six
years has been one headache after
another. The Dean trade may break
the jinx. Only one of those deals
was really satisfactory and in the
process the Cubs tossed about a
million dollars in cash and players
around the league. That was the
trade that brought Tex Carleton, at
present top pitcher on the staff to
the Cubs from st. Louis in the off
season of 1884 in return for Pitch
ers Bud Timing, Dick Ward and a
bundle of cash.
Worst bust of all was the Chuck
Klein deal. The Cubs laid out $685.
900 plus three players to the Phillies
for the National leagues then prize
slugger. His cleanup attempts were
pathetic and three years later dis
illusioned management traded him
back to the Phillies along with
Pitcher Fabian Kowalik and cash
for Curt Davis and Ethan Allen.
Allen was of little use and went to
the st. Louis Browns. Davis de-
yeloped brittle tendencies that kept
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1938-05-05

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The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1938-05-05
Speeding of Sports
DealfOrDean
Recalls .Jinx
On Cub Trades
By GEORGE A. BARCLAY

By GEORGE A. BARCLAY
M ORE words have probably been
AZ written about the Dizzy Dean
deal than any sporting event since
the Dempsey-Tunney fight. In all
the writing there's a little word
called "If' that is going to be i'm
portant in the months to come. For
eff" looms mountain-sized in the
trade that brought Dean to the Cubs
in return for $1S5, 900 in cash and
Pitchers Curt Davis and Clyde
Shoun and Outfielder George Stain
back.
If Dizzy returns to great pitching
form he will deserve the title of
1880, 900 beauty" Phil K. Wrigley
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1938-05-05

him out of action and made him an
in-and-outer until his transfer to the
Cards in the Dean deal.
Another deal that soured was the
one that sent Lon Warneke to the
Cardinals in return for Pitcher Roy
Parmelee and First Baseman Rip
Collins. Parmelee has gone to Min
neapolis and Collins up until now
has not played the brand of ball ex-
pected of him by Charlie Grimm.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1938-05-05
MchMIn
Says: AA
Even as You and

The average citizen is one who
reads the headline threatening
economic disaster and says My!
Myl and turns to the funnies.
If civilization stagnates, it is be-
cause people cease to care
enough for each other.
One Road to Culture
The classics are not bulky. You
can find out all about them by
reading just little every day.
If people take your advice you
must be content with that. They
will not acknowledge it.
A, Table Requisite
A finger bowl is not a refined
affectation. You've got to have
one after fried chicken or grape
fruit.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1938-05-05
WHY NOT? HE WAS A FRIEND

The absent-minded professor was
busy in his study. 'Have you seen
this?" said his wife, entering.
There's a report in the paper of
your DEATH"
SIS that so?" returned the profess
sor without looking up. eve must
remember to send a wreath"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1938-05-05

will be called the David Harum of
baseball and Cub fans can start Or
dering their worlds series tickets
early.
If Dizzy causes Charley Grimm
no filters, if he settles down to bust
ness, if he pitches for the best in
terests of the team, if he gets along
well with his teammates and his
employers, then Chicago will have
cauSe for rejoicing.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1938-05-05
A GOODLY TASK

A tramp paused at the back door
of a home.
"Clear out" shouted the woman.
II hain't got no wood to chop. There
amt nothin' to do around here"
'There is, madam" replied the
wayfarer with dignity. ST could give
you a few lessons in grammar"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1938-05-05
No Light Task

By J. MILLAR WATT
By POP MOMAND

Girl made this cake all alone.
Boy-Yes, l can understand that,
but who helped you lift it out of
the oven?
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1938-05-05
Worth Holding

"I held peach of a hand last
night"
"What's her manner"
"Four aces and a king"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1938-05-05
WHAT SEEDS
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These carefully selected seeds
must have certain qualities for
success in this climate. The nee
essary "early" varieties are
chosen after hundreds of tests,
often with the help of nearby
State Agricultural Experiment
Stations.
Be sure of your seeds-choose
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PHOTOGRAPHY
This Cheerful Peasant
Hos Appliqued Apron

A brand new idea applique
scraps of print to form the aprons
for these gay, embroidered peas
ant figures which cheer up kitchen
towels. Pattern 1879 contains a
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omcial governmental purposes. No
sooner has the unfortunate worker
been misled, written his frst report,
and signed . receipt for his meager
pay, than the detective agency ofncial.
under the threat Of exposing him ~ =
stool pigeon, blackmails him into
acting ~ . tool for the spy agency.
Out Of = list Of approximately 800
Pinkerton industrial spies, 100 were
union officials, many Of them high in
the ranks Of labor organizations. for
mulating the policies for thousands
Of workers.
Spy Elected Unisn Treasurer.
With such An array Of talent at
its disposal, anti-union corporate labor
policy has followed . pattern which
the committees record has maae
familiar. The experience Of the en-
ployes Of the Fruehauf Trailer Co. of
Detroit, Mich, u . case in point.
The story was divulged in one Of the
first cases heard before the National
Labor Relations Board, and repeated
at the preliminary hearings of the
committee. The management Of the
company employed . Pinkerton spy
who joined the union and solicited
membership from other workers. He
was elected treasurer and placed in
charge Of the financial records and
membership lists. Armed with the
information which the spy furnished,
the management discharged nine lead
ing union members and threatened
others with dismissal. The dis
charged men found that they were
blacklisted in Detroit and were forced
to 60 on relief. To complete the de-
struction OF the union, the Pinkerton
spy absconded with its treasury.
The use of information obtained as
. union ofiicer to report the names OF
union members and union activity
is regular practice of labor spies.
An operative testified that when he
was given access to the records Of his
local union he promptly carted the
membership lists, minute books and
| financial records to the Pinkerton
ONCE where they were copied and
| forwarded to the corporation client
When a spy is denied voluntary ac-
cess to union records, he Is not averse
| to theft. as the record OF the COM
mittee discloses.
| The subcommittee proved that the
labor spy plays an important role in
the labor policy OF substantial
number of companies. Much of its
evidence came from the unwilling
admission of management itself
One witness, until recently the labor
relations director of a large automo-
bile manufacturer, said Of labor spy
| reports that I'VE used them as the
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duct Of their employees and defended
tho means which they had chosen to
obtain that Information. They were
quick to condemn the filching Of trade
secrets from = competitor, whether by
bribery or theft. But they Judged
their conduct toward their employees
by another standard.
The practices which the committee
proved and many employers confessed
are not new. For many years An in
huential section Of industry has re-
garded with callous indifference the
civil rights of its employes-and has
not hesitated to exercise force, deceit
and corruption to defeat them. Nor
did they abandon these practices when,
in 1888. Federal legislation for the first
time attempted to safeguard for all
workers the civil rights enshrined in
the Constitution. In the face of the
law. employers have continued to com
NIT their labor policy to the tender
| care Of detective agencies, to spend
thousands Of dollars on gas and guni
and other hundreds Of thousands OF
union -wrecking through espionage.
Today, when the National Labor Re.
iations Act has been approved by tn.
Supreme Court, when the practice o.
espionage has been finally revealed u
public view, this same section Of In
dustry seeks by loud public clamor t
weaken or destroy the Wagner Act
which has made effective our funda'
mental constitutional guarantees II
| labor. It seeks further to create pub
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background on which we built our

background on which we built our
whole structure"
Often Dominates Unisn Pslicy.
Information obtained in these and
other ways is not the only source Of
the background" to labor policy
which the spy can provide. He not
only reports union secrets, he y often
able to dominate union policy, to cast
suspicion upon loyal members. to
create internal dissension, to sabotage
organizational efforts and to provoke
strikes. Not even At the conference
table u labor immune from the activi-
ties Of the spy. The evidence records
an attempt by one agency to shadow
and eavesdrop on former Assistant
Secretary Of Labor McGrady while he
was engaged In mediating = strike
against one Of its clients. But the
perfect contamination Of q labor pol
icy based on espionage Is epitomized
in the experience Of the Lansing local
Of the Automobiles Workers Union
which, prior to the 1886 strike, was
reduced to = membership Of five, all
Of them officers and all spies.
The cases which have cited are not
isolated instances in which the ele-
mentary rights of workers have been
thwarted or suppressed. They are
typical Of hundreds of others, fully
documented in the records of the COM
mittee. The committee has found that
labor spying pervades American indus
try to an extent heretofore unsuspect-
ed. The list OF clients of detective
agencies contained in the report of
the committee includes a number OF
our greatest corporations along with
many smaller companies.
The names and distribution OF these
firms conclusively demonstrate the te-
nacious hold which the spying habit
has on American business. From re-
tail stores to steelmakers, from Air.
planes to automobiles, from small
units to giant enterprises, scarcely an
industry that is not represented
among the clients Of detective agen-
cies.
The cost of labor espionage to
American industry can only be ap-
proximated. The five detective agen-
cies examined by the committee re-
ported incomes in 1885 aggregating
over $4,900.000. A sample group OF
selected clients of detective agencies
were found to have spent in the four
years from 1888 to 1887 approximately
$4,000 600 for labor espionage, in
dustrial munitioning, strike-breakine
and allied services
Defended Means Chosen.
Faced with this record OF corruption
and treachery, the corporate repre-
sentatives who testified before the
committee unblushinely asserted their
right to know the thought and con-
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comprise its record contain convincing
proof of the need for the task which
the committee undertook Its recent
report contains a review OF the EVIL
dence and a statement Of its findings
on the subject of industrial espionage.
These findings are OF special impor-
tance today in view of industrys
attack upon the National Labor Rela-
tions Board and labor organizations in
general.
Let us see what industry has done to
thWart labor's right to organize and
bargain collectively. The committee
found that many employers. to avoid
dealing with free, undominated, bona
fide trade unions, encouraged the es-
tablishment Of illicit, camouf1aRed
company unions. When this strategy
was unsuccessful a large number Of
employers resorted to espionage When
spies reported the names of union
members they were fired or black
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listed and their organizing plans
subverted. If . union withstood these
preliminary barrages and engaged in
a strike, 1t often found itself pitted
against = small army Of notorious
strikebreakers, recruited from the
gutter with criminal records as their
certificates of proficiency. In many
instances the employer armed these
strikebreakers. often illegally. with
tear or vomiting gas, pistols and
machine guns.
The most commonplace feature Of
the labor espionage business is the
methodical recruiting and corrupting
Of honest workers to act as labor
spies. Any one of number OF SEEM
ingly legitimate reasons are employed
to hook" the future labor spy. For
instance, spy officials have even on
occasions impersonated Federal
officers and pretended that reports
from the worker were to be used for
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LAFOLLETTETELLS
OF LABOR SPIES
Activities of Detectives
Hired by Employers De-
SCribed in Radio Forum.

The following address on the Senate
Civil Liberties Committees investiga-
tions was given last night by Senator
La Toilette, Progressive, of Wisconsin,
chairman of the committee, who spoke
in the National Radio Forum. ar
ranged by The Star and broadcast
over a coast-to-coast network of the
National Broadcasting Co.:
In the past year of 1887 We have
seen the greatest increases in the
ranks of organized labor since unions
began in our country over 100 years
ago. 1t is an advance we all should
welcome.
The material gains it has brought
should not be lost sight of at this time
In the steel industry alone, for in
stance, according to figures of the
Iron and Steel Institute, the total
wage pay roll for August, 1896, before
organization had become factor, to-
tailed some $63.000,0OO.
Pay Roll Over S92 1000 900.
In August. 1887. after more than
half the workers in the industry joined
unions and signed collective bargain
ing agreements with the steel COM
panies. the total wage pay roll was
over 92.000,000. Recently these COL
lective bargaining agreements were
renewed after brief negotiations. They
maintain the advance in wages of the
previous contracts despite a reduction
in the price of steel.
Labor when well organized, helps to
advance progressive social legislation
In those communities where labor or
carnations are strongest, we find de-
mocracy advanced and civil liberties
most freely exercised.
There are some people who regard
this recent increase in union men,
bership with feelings of alarm. Many
OF these are neither ultraconservatives
nor non-union employers of labor, but
persons who. quite honestly and sin
cerely, feel uneasy at the prospect of
growing organization among the ranks
OF industrial workers. In many cases
this feeling is due tc the fact that
PSoPlC tiO iloG lIlhU GIlS
growth and development of unions de-
pend upon the exercise of two of our
most cherished rights-the right of free
speech and the right of assembly
Those rights are in the Constitution,
and to fear the results of their exercise
Is to fear democracy itself. Their ex-
ercise by workers promises, ultimately,
to extend democracy and to organize
the labor market which is essential to
the orderly functioning of our highly
integrated industrial system.
Must Be Free to Speak.
1t may not be clear to you how these
fundamental rights are involved in the
formation of labor unions But people
desiring to associate themselves for
economic hetterment, first in local
groups, and next in a national body
must be free to speak to one another
to have the right to use the printed
word and other means of communica-
ton: to associate and assemble to-
Rether in meetings, to decide on poll
cies and elect officers. If they cannot
do these things freely, they cannot
form unions. If man is likely to be
fired from his job, or blacklisted, be-
cause he talks about the union. or goes
to union meeting, or participates in
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lie distrust Of unions and Of demo-
cratic organizations Of working men.
Must First Clean Own House.

uc oh0uSt OF unions ana OF oem0s
cratic organizations Of working men.
Must First Clean Own House.
In view Of their past record and
their stubborn hostility to labor. 1t Ill
behooves such industrialists and their
spokesmen to take the attitude Of i'm
partial critics. Let them flrst clean
their own house. Let them first give
convincing evidence that they will
uproot and destroy the system and
habit Of industrial espionage. Let
them show that they are willing to
meet in good faith, and enter into
agreements with independent organi-
cations Of labor. In short, let them
demonstrate that they are willing to
permit others to exercise those rights
which they claim for themselves Then
and then only may they enter the
arena Of public discussion with clean
hands. Only after industrial manage.
ment has demonstrated that they
themselves are responsible and honeS
In their dealings with labor. are their
criticisms of labor entitled to serious
attention.
In the light of the long record Of
hostility and resort to unscrupulous
methods which has prevailed in q
large segment of industry, 1t is not
strange that there should be q difi-
cult period of adjustment in relations
between employer and employe. Even
those corporations which now in good
(See FORUM. Page A-l4)
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(See FORUM, Page A-14.)
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made public 4 study Of $4,000 cases
representing men, women and children
who received public assistance under
some form of the Social Security Act
in the past year.
Among the outstanding conclu-
sions Of this analysis" . statement
said, ARE those which indicate that
the large majority Of the persons who
receive old-age assistance have no form
Of money income except their assist
ance payments; that the families to
which aid is provided on behalf Of
dependent children represent. for the
most part, homes broken by the death
or absence Of the father, and that aid
to the blind is provided In considerable
part to individuals who also suffer
the handicap Of old age"
The assistance payments constituted
the sole income OF 81 out of every 100
aged persons among 100000 who are
beneficiaries, the board amplified. 1t
added that on the basis of reports,
this feature Of the act appears to be
fulfilling its purpose Of enabling old
people to live out their lives in familiar
home surroundings"
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Units. The Washington Infantry
Chapter Of the Reserve Officers As
sociation acted as host to the officers,
under direction of Capt. Raymond
Short, 320th Infantry, president of
the chapter, who co-operated in map
ping out plans for the instruction pro-
gram, and First 1t. L. L. Kornhauser,
320th Infantry, who drew up the mill
tary situation governing the assembly
and movement of the emergency
brigade organization.
Boiling Field officers who acted as
group leaders were Capt. McGregor
and Its. Rhudy. Fowler, Schroeder,
Regan. Cheatwood, Graves and Baker.
Those in charge Of the demonstra-
tions were Capt. Baxter and 1t. Per-
sons, hangar No. 8; Capt. Turner,
engineering: 1t. Robinson. control
tower; 1t. Wood, weather of1ice; 1t.
Grant, post radio; Capt. Baisley,
Photographic laboratory; 1t. Parker,
hangar No. 3, and 1t. Prudential,
mess.
Future contact camps will be held
in Aberdeen Proving Grounds, Nd. ::
Fort George G. Meade, Md: Fort
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RESERVES STUDY
D. c. AIR DEFENSE
First Of "Contact Camps
Held at Boiling Field With
600 in Attendance,

The largest group Of local officers
Of the Organized Reserves Of the Army
ever assembled for q tratring problem
received instruction In the latest prin-
ciples of air defense Of Washington
and the country during the first Of =
series of contact camps" held yes
terday afternoon at Boiling Field.
Six hundred Reserves, representing
oil arms and services, took part in
the camp, intended to stimulate Re-
serve training and to build up the
local emergency organization, as a
part Of the expansion OF the national
defenses.
The attendance, so per cent greater
than anticipated, was swelled by arri-
val OF $50 Reserve officers from Balti-
more and so from Philadelphia. Sue
cess of the encampment guarantees
the holding Of similar monthly train
ing camps at various posts in nearby
Maryland and Virginia throughout the
remainder of the winter and spring,
1t was said. The second in the series
will be held during the latter part of
February at Camp Holabird. Md.
Assemble in Boiling Gym.
Divided into eight groups, the 600
odhcers assembled in the gymnasium
at new Boiling Field for instruction
by 1t. Col. William Ord Ryan, Air
Corps, commanding officer, in latest
air defense methods. Col. Ryan ex-
planned recent developments In Air
Corps tactics and strategy and the
method Of cooperation with other
arms and services of the Army.
The groups. with Boiling Field ON
GERS acting As group guides and in
structors, made a first-hand study OF
the functioning of the various activi-
ties at the Air Corps post and inspected
the latest types Of combat and training
airplanes and equipment.
To add to the military value of the
camp, the Reserves were Assigned to
an emergency brigade with the mis-
sion OF meeting a simulated attack on
Washington from the sea coast by q
hostile invading force
ID. C. Chapter Acts rs Hosts.
The training course, approved by
the Sd Corps Area headquarters, was
1naueurated under general supervision
OF Col. Richard Wetherill, senior In.
etructor OF the Washington Reserve
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Robert McElroy; Johnny johnson. {"
by Paul Green: Their Eyes Were
Watching 0od." by Fora Neale Hurs-
ton; "Bugles Blow No More" by Clif-
ford Dowdy; Hounds of the Noun.
tain." by James Still, and 1.-THE Vast.
ed Land" by Gerald w. johnson. Dr.
Vernon Loggins and Herschel Brickell
were other members Of the award
jury.
copyright. 1888. By New York Tribune. Ina