April 11, 1938 (4 pages)

ij ; ST ne aR trey z ae e ‘h " party had many years in which they Thinking Out Loud H. M. L. A Sacramento newspaper quoted the editor of this newspaper at some length yesterday morning. We have never said anything for publication in any other newspaper than the Nugget. Most thewspaper publishers refuse to quote anyone, especially in their own profession, unless permission is given. It is generally regarded bad professional ethics to quote a man without his knowledge or consent. What happened was this: There was a report to the effect a motorcade of CIO-communists was either enroute or about to start from Sacramento Saturday evening. A: large erowd had gathered along Brcoad street. The editor of the Nugget called up a Sacramento newspaper office to ascertain whether the CIO motorcade story was a fact. He was assured it was not. There ensued a few brief exchanges of gossip and rumors regarding the conditions in Sac-! 'Tamento-and Nevada City. To our amazement and disgust we find this conversation, presumably privileged, as between newspaper editors, boldly set forth in type. Since President Roosevelt called the newspaper reporters out after midnight during ‘his recent stay at Warm Springs, Georgia, to hand them a statement to the effect that he did. not wish to be a dictator, even if he could, Congress to all practical purposes has defeated the Reorganization bill. The House of Representatives, of course, never doubting the President’s word, that he wouldn't be a dictator if he could, does not intend to give him a chance to ‘be. The bill to pack the Supreme Court defeated in the senate, and Reorganization bill to put vast powers in the President’s hands to perpetuate the New Deal, beaten in the House of Representatives, together are probably the severest rebuke any President has had since the impeachment of Andrew Jackson. To make it even more humiliating the rebuke is administered by his own party members in Congress. The governmen: ° of the United States is unquestionably the most extravagant and wasteful on earth. Everybody knows that there is a crying need for reorganization. But Congress, which has com to know Mr. Roosevelt far better than those who listen to his fireside chats, does not propose to trust the president with the reorganization job. evada City Nu COVERS RICHEST GOL D AREA IN CALIFORNIA gget in the right to publish the Truth, with -good motives and for ifiable ends. — Alexander’ Hamilton From the Californian, March 15, 1848: The Liberty of the Press consists just, — “ciueenean Vee 42. “No. 30. The County Seat Paper hick Sa pei CAL AF ORNIA . _The Gold Center co “MONDAY "APRIL 11, 1938. Three hundred ClIO-communists i staged a sit down strike eS lawn j of the Capitol park this morning. The return of Governor Frank Merriam was awaited by the Sacramento police before dispersing them. The three hundeed claimed to thave come from Nevada County but authorities there recognized many agitators whlo make Sacramento their hangout. Sheriff Carl J. Tobiassen states that deputies and state ‘highway patrolmen have been withdrawn as an escort for the Lava Cap miners. Otto Schiffner, Lava Cap manager told une sheriff that he had dismissed over ‘thirty men who went down to Sacramento yesterday and failed to show up for their shift today, Schiffner also stated that any one who failed to show up for tonight's shift would also be dismissed. The manager said that only one iman had quit the mine. on account of the labor trouble. and he had quit voluntarily. The whole county is experiencing a sense of relief since the CIO-communists have moved out. The ‘threats, abuse and various petty acts of coercion that wore down the patience of a long suffering community, have sudlenly ceased. Business in the twin cities is responding immediately to what might be termed a surgical operation, Jim Vasion; one of the six to be tried on a charge of rioting on April 25, has moved to Sacramento with his wife and seven children It is reported ‘that he has been provided with a tent set up on the Capitol lawn. Vasion has been a lonely figure on Broad street and his friends are rejoiced that he has now rejoined his comrads in Sacramento. Alarmed by the misrepresentation and the propaganda being peddled What is needed is for Congress to choose a disinterested commissidn Cone more commission cannot do any harm) and let it draft a new plan, by the CIO-communists to the newspapers In San Francisco and other Chamber Thanks State Officers For Aid After Communist Exodus upset for the past four months by communist CIO organizers who have no interest in our welfare other than to cause trouble. The ten thousand people of *these communities are of one mind in their determination to preserve the peaceful and orderly conditions that we have enjoyed for a generation. We ask your continued cooperation in our efforts, Sincerely. NEVADA CITY CHAMBER OF COMMERCE. 3 FRED E. CONNER, President. W.-H. GRIFFITHS, Secretary. April 10th, 1938! E. Raymond Cato, Chief of California Highway Patrol, Sacramento, Cal. Dear Mr. Cato: The people of Nevada City, through this Chamber of Commerce, desire to thank you for your cooperation and that of your excellent patrol. Their services in preserving order during. our recent difficulties with the communist CIO agitators has been commented on locally so favorably that you should feel proud of your organization. News ~ reports broadcast by the radical element are so biased and misleading as. to create false ideas regarding conditions here. Any comments by the rabble rousers concerning the conduct of your department we hope you will ignore, for there are 10,000 people in these two communities who say you are right. Sincerely, THE NEVADA CITY CHAMBER OF COMMERCE. FRED, E. CONNER, President. D. W. GRIFFITH, Secretary. This letter is\addressed localiy to Carl J. Tobiassen,. Sheriff. April 10th, 1938. Carl J. Tobiassen, Sheriff of Nevada County, Nevada City, Cal. cities of California, fraternal, patriotic and civil organizations of Nevada then adopt it. Whatever the new re-. : : organization plan is, it shorld c: , . City are engaged in sending letters . . state « Pities « > TESS . half the red tape, cut out tire over-. to State authorities and the . like admiistration regard! services in an attempt to present to lapping, cut out the waste every! : : where, cut out the pork and oppor-. the public a true picture of what has “tunity to graft. In short it shoulq occurred here. The Nevada City bea ‘plat to safeguard and save the . Chamber of Commerce today wired . c=) } : : » P 1 q a > “ware people’s tax money and to give this) the following: letiers: r nd business. } ee country an efficient a S April 10th, eh : : oy . Hon, Frank F. Merriam, party in : yer or the men in the! se rer eas WI = Hot . } Covernor of California, lt hite oO . ’ , . ae . sacramen<o, Cal We alniosy¥# be lieve that if the Re-. .Dear Governor: The Nevada City . F : + i Ch er of Commerce, at this as-} publican party would pledge ttself . amber of C mmerce to do this, it would help it to win the . Semblage, desires to express to you national election in 1940. But skept-. ‘'5 S!mcere appreciation of your unicism will-intrude. The Republican! @ s oe voce I an impossible element in our comhad the power to do and failed. Hoover, occupant of the White House was ever a better business man, tried it. He couldn’t get to first base with it. The Democratic majority in the . House was intent on handicapping and defeating the Repwhblitan Pres*dent. Charley Michelson was _ busy with his ‘“‘smear.’’Party above country won the day. this very thing than whom no four months in an attempt to force People throughout this nation are. their brand of radicalism upon our “now tax conscious The begin to es-. miners, whose only desire is to work ‘timate the appalling burden of 38-. !2 Peace, billion ‘dollars, of which the Roosevelt experiments account, for, roughly, 18-billions. The 20 billions .are mainly attributable to President Wilson’s experiment in ‘making the world safe for democracy.” Unless . 0P¢ration. < DE oe there is.a general repudiation of NEVADA CITY. CHAMB COMMERCE. these debts, or its erasure by means of wild inflation, generations of Americans will wince under the galling saddle of the tax collector. Mr. and Mrs. Fred E. Conner, who reside south of San Juan had as guests during Sunday the following guests, Mr, and Mrs. Elmer Lindeman, Mrs. Jennie Renwick, Miss Sadie Ames, Sacramento;. Mrs. W. P. Sawyer and faniily, Nevada City and Mr. and Mrs. Washburn of North San Juan. munity. Two of the very CIO agitators who called upon for were caught here this same night with an you treiops . Commerce, . bership, ;forts and success in preserving law !and order during the recent disturbance with the communist CIO agitators. . You may rest assured-that you . haye and will have the fullest ev. (O carry on our industry free from . . outside interference. Cordially yours, THE NEVADA CITY CHAMBER Sir: The Nevada City Chaniber of through its entire memdesires to. express to you its. sincere appreciation of your. efNEVADA CITY, WITH LOAD REMOVED, BACK TO NORMAL COMMUNIST. CHAMBER MAY NAME PUBLICITY There will be « a meeting . of the Chamber of Commerce this evening at the city hall. Among mattters to be considered will be the question of whether or not to appoint a committee to take charge of publicity eamipaign to place before the people of California Nevada City’s point of view concerning the .derpprture of ClO-communisis from this community. All members of the chamber are especially urged to be present. Nevada City Chamber of merce requests all members and in"erested ‘parties to attend the meeting in the city ‘hall tonight as the 4th of July celebration is to be diseussed, 4 The noon luncheons are creating a néw interest in the Chamber of Commerce as eight new members h come in including the Grant and Heether Sawmill firm of Camptonville, Lewis Woods and Mrs. W. Cunningham, merchants of North San Juan. New Nevada City members are: Save More Stores, (E. Gallagher), Mrs. Jack Brooks, Brownie Dudley, Phil Scadden. ROTARY TO ELECT OFFICERS THURS. The Rotary. Cheb . at next Thursday’s luncheon will nominate and elect directors. The president, Harley IM, Leete, especially urges that all members be present. The entertainment program will consist of an address by Lieutenant A. J. Meas of the United States navy. He has been in charge of CCC camps at various locations and has made-an excellent record. The program chairman will be R. L. P. Bigelow. GOOD FRIDAY SERVICES ComBODY TONIGHT ;lous persons and organizations have ROBT. HULLANDER Robert A. Huila nder, the Lava Cap mine, employed at came into the afternoon, and. declared tat he neither a member of the CIO nor of any other organization, that he has not left town’and dees not intend to leave town, This is a notice to all and sundry. This mistake which appeared in several newspapers, was due largely to the confusion which resulted from the disturbances last week. ELKS STAND BEHIND COUNTY PEACE OFFICERS WHEREAS it has been called to the attention of this lodge of Elks, through the public press, that varbeen and are now DEMANDING that the Attorney General of the Statte of National officers take charge of the law enforcement agencies ‘in Nevada County, California. due to the alleged breakdown of these agencies, and, WHEREAS thsi Lodge of the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, is residing here and knowing the true conditions and state of affairs in this county, and, WHEREAS the Order of Elks js vledged to the support of our American form of government, therefore be it resolved: That as American citizens and Elks we declare.ouerselves ag being in hearty accord with the measures that have been and are being taken} by our peace officers during the immediate past few days, and with the results obtained ‘by the peace offiicers, municipal, county and state and we do hereby commend their efforts and pledge them our support in following their lawful duties and making our community a safe place AT METHODIST CHURCH A community ¥ Good Friday service will be held at the Methodist church . on Friday between two and three . o’clock. Rev. H. H. Buckner. will . bring the Good Friday message. Miss Helen Arbogast and Rey. Gray will sing ‘solos. : Everyone is invited and welcome. . operation from this body in the pre. servation of the right to work and . JF COMMERCE. *‘ FRED E. CONNER, President. By W. H. GRIFFITHS, Secretary. Five beautiful snow scenes are on . display in the Bret Harte cigar store! that are unsually clear and give some . idea of the depth of snow in the Sierras. The first is a snow-go clearing the highway of snow at Steep Hol low and the others are of the little town of Forest above Alleghany. A tunnel has been made in the snow Decorated (Kaster Eggs— . with names at Colle *ys Confectionery. c re sam to enter the lower story in one, and the others show the snow to be about . ten feet deep. imported band of thugs who were armed with guns. The real truth of the matter is that strike conditions have never prevail-. ed here. CIO organizers from outside remote points have threatened and insulted the community for the past There are 10,000 people in these communities who are of one mind in their determination to keep these trouble makers out of here. We shall be thankful for your continued coFRED E. CONNER, Pres. W. H. GRIFFITHS, Secty. April 10th, 193%. U. S. Webb, U. S. Attorney General, San Francisco, Cal. Dear General: The people of Nevada City through this Chamber of Commerce, wesire to express to you their sincere appreciation of your understanding and cooperation at a time when the right to work and the City' Council Seeks To Scotch Red Propaganda . The followi ing resolution ‘vas peaceful community. forcible expulsion: we are been for many months. . peace of this community has been Saturday and wired to state and Federal author ities and newspapers: Conditions in Nevada City are being grossly misrepresented and falsified in both radio and press by the insiduous propaganda of the communist CIO organizers-who have been expelled by the working miners and business men of this district. For the past three months we have been coerced, threatened and insulted to the point of exasperation by a band of outside radicals who have no other interest than to create trouble in an otherwise At no time have strike conditions prevailed here. Twenty men out of the two hundred employed at the Murchie mine have sought to force CIO membtrship upon twenty four hundred of our miners, who have had their own union for a generation and are receiving the best pay of any camp in California, Two of these organizers, after complaining to the Governor and the Attorney General’s office in Sacramento appeared here again the same night and were caught with an imported delegation of reds from Boca and other points. These thugs were armed with guns and steel knuckles and it was this act of aggression which led to their We are determined that the radical communist element shall never jgain a foothold here and since this purge of these undesirables glad to say that conditions here——all reports to the contrary notwithstanding—are more peaceful and_ orderly ithan they have Nevada City, Calif., April 9th, 1938. passed by the Nevada City Council * * NEVADA CITY COUNCIL Benjamin Hall, Mayor. ;copy of a resolution passed at the in which to live—for all law abiding American citizens and residents, ; and we further resolve: That copies of this resolution be sent to the public press and to Governor Frank Merriam. Attorney General U. S. Webb. U. S. Attorney Frank J. Hennessy. Chief E. Raymond Cato. Sheriff Carl. J. Tobdiassen. Police Department Grass Tailay. Police Department Nevada City. “We hereby certify that this, a true regular meeting of Nevada Lodge No. 518,-B. P. O. April 8, 1938. FRANK G., Attest: City E. Held FINNEGAN, E, R. Roland Wright, Secretary. RESENTS FALSE neroer NEVAD A COUNTY Nevada City Nugget office Saturday California and other State and even . /taan themselves knew what it was ; Miners. “GOADED BY CLO. " PAST ENDURANCE By GEORGE (¢ CALANAN Irresponsible parties have advertised that anarehy prevails in these two communties. Nothing can be the truth. The people of Nevada County pride themselves on, the high ciass of their citizenship and their manhood and theirwomanhood. We are a patient people. That you may be convinced of this facet, let us briefly recall some of our labor troubles. Until.the CIO came into the district we did not have such troubles. A local Miners Union has hanilled the labor disputes. It pays ten dollars a week for sick. benefits, death bene fits to the amount of $150 and assistance to the widows and orphans of deceased members. It has a surplus of over $40,000 at present. No monies are paid out for any other purpose except rent, which is $18 per month and the sercetary’s salary. The initiation fee is $3,00 and dues are $1.00 per month. The membershiy is 1800, all paid up. Last spring the CIO organizers come into the field. The $40,060 ttreasury surplus was very alluring to tae paid organibers of the CIO. The peace and quiet of the community was not disturbed until the middle of January. Then the CIO picketed the Murchie mine. No notice was given. No demands were made, No one other farther from about. It later developed at 4 hearing of an “interim committee of the assembly”’ that 23. members out of 35 members of the CIO ordered: this strike. It was not unanimous: The date of the vote was early in September 1937. No strike was called at this time but was left to the executive committee of 15 to call a strike whenever they decided te do so. 1uc, called .the strike January {5, 393s. Fifteen men took this action which affected 240 men.who were employed at this time. The above statement was sworn to by Alfred-Garesio, secretary of the said CIO members. The Murchie mine was not oper= ating at a profit and had decided to curtail their operations. This is a usual procedure in the mining industry. The Murehie men had been receiving 50 cents less per day than the miners in the Grass Valley district where the seale of wages were adopted by the operators and the The Murchie mine and the Zeibright mines which are operated by the same company gave the men the privilege of working at the old scale of wages or a shut down of the mine. A vote was taken and the men voted overwhelmingly to conBIRTHDAYSIT. === 00 . Send a Greeting to Your Friends. a8 April 13th ROBERT B. FARMER Nevada City April 14th MRS. M. J. PRESTON Boulder Street April 16th GRACE PAULY Camptonville DONALD THOMAS R. F. D. Nevada City April 17 Easter Sunday OLIVE GROVES Camptonville RENO MACARI Alleghany MRS. CARL JOHNSON Park Avenue MRS, HIMES Nevada City ALBERT PRATTI Clark Street April 18th BILLIE HALLETT : Broad Street BEVERLY ELAINE FLYNN ' . Nevada City : —Happy Birthday n ‘go through the picket line the first ‘felled across it. The sheriff and his called the “Miners Voice” quent intervals attackii i tinue work. The Murchie’ miners were then given a 25c per day raise, After 3 or 4 days demands were made by the CIO for different wage scales and bargaining rights. The Murchie mine workers did not day. Sunday meetings were held and about two thirds of the Murchie men organized’and notified the management that they were ready to go back to work, Convoyed by the deputy sheriffs they did so on January 20 and were assdulted by 75 or more CIO members and sympathizers. Seot Irwin CIO organizer from Wallace, Idaho was on the ground, personally, in an.advisory capacity. The road _ had been obstructed by a large tree : deputies were knocked down and kicked and roughly manhandled. Clubs were used and some of the CIO members were struck. Tear gas finally dispersed the crowd and ever since the Murchie men ‘have bee: convoyed to their jobs by deputi They had to pass through the picket lines, sometimes few and somet es numerous. These pickets call the miners “seabs’* and vile Children along the road took p calling the mimers names, A scurrilous mimographed distributed about the city,

ij ; ST ne aR trey z ae e ‘h " party had many years in which they Thinking Out Loud H. M. L. A Sacramento newspaper quoted the editor of this newspaper at some length yesterday morning. We have never said anything for publication in any other newspaper than the Nugget. Most thewspaper publishers refuse to quote anyone, especially in their own profession, unless permission is given. It is generally regarded bad professional ethics to quote a man without his knowledge or consent. What happened was this: There was a report to the effect a motorcade of CIO-communists was either enroute or about to start from Sacramento Saturday evening. A: large erowd had gathered along Brcoad street. The editor of the Nugget called up a Sacramento newspaper office to ascertain whether the CIO motorcade story was a fact. He was assured it was not. There ensued a few brief exchanges of gossip and rumors regarding the conditions in Sac-! 'Tamento-and Nevada City. To our amazement and disgust we find this conversation, presumably privileged, as between newspaper editors, boldly set forth in type. Since President Roosevelt called the newspaper reporters out after midnight during ‘his recent stay at Warm Springs, Georgia, to hand them a statement to the effect that he did. not wish to be a dictator, even if he could, Congress to all practical purposes has defeated the Reorganization bill. The House of Representatives, of course, never doubting the President’s word, that he wouldn't be a dictator if he could, does not intend to give him a chance to ‘be. The bill to pack the Supreme Court defeated in the senate, and Reorganization bill to put vast powers in the President’s hands to perpetuate the New Deal, beaten in the House of Representatives, together are probably the severest rebuke any President has had since the impeachment of Andrew Jackson. To make it even more humiliating the rebuke is administered by his own party members in Congress. The governmen: ° of the United States is unquestionably the most extravagant and wasteful on earth. Everybody knows that there is a crying need for reorganization. But Congress, which has com to know Mr. Roosevelt far better than those who listen to his fireside chats, does not propose to trust the president with the reorganization job. evada City Nu COVERS RICHEST GOL D AREA IN CALIFORNIA gget in the right to publish the Truth, with -good motives and for ifiable ends. — Alexander’ Hamilton From the Californian, March 15, 1848: The Liberty of the Press consists just, — “ciueenean Vee 42. “No. 30. The County Seat Paper hick Sa pei CAL AF ORNIA . _The Gold Center co “MONDAY "APRIL 11, 1938. Three hundred ClIO-communists i staged a sit down strike eS lawn j of the Capitol park this morning. The return of Governor Frank Merriam was awaited by the Sacramento police before dispersing them. The three hundeed claimed to thave come from Nevada County but authorities there recognized many agitators whlo make Sacramento their hangout. Sheriff Carl J. Tobiassen states that deputies and state ‘highway patrolmen have been withdrawn as an escort for the Lava Cap miners. Otto Schiffner, Lava Cap manager told une sheriff that he had dismissed over ‘thirty men who went down to Sacramento yesterday and failed to show up for their shift today, Schiffner also stated that any one who failed to show up for tonight's shift would also be dismissed. The manager said that only one iman had quit the mine. on account of the labor trouble. and he had quit voluntarily. The whole county is experiencing a sense of relief since the CIO-communists have moved out. The ‘threats, abuse and various petty acts of coercion that wore down the patience of a long suffering community, have sudlenly ceased. Business in the twin cities is responding immediately to what might be termed a surgical operation, Jim Vasion; one of the six to be tried on a charge of rioting on April 25, has moved to Sacramento with his wife and seven children It is reported ‘that he has been provided with a tent set up on the Capitol lawn. Vasion has been a lonely figure on Broad street and his friends are rejoiced that he has now rejoined his comrads in Sacramento. Alarmed by the misrepresentation and the propaganda being peddled What is needed is for Congress to choose a disinterested commissidn Cone more commission cannot do any harm) and let it draft a new plan, by the CIO-communists to the newspapers In San Francisco and other Chamber Thanks State Officers For Aid After Communist Exodus upset for the past four months by communist CIO organizers who have no interest in our welfare other than to cause trouble. The ten thousand people of *these communities are of one mind in their determination to preserve the peaceful and orderly conditions that we have enjoyed for a generation. We ask your continued cooperation in our efforts, Sincerely. NEVADA CITY CHAMBER OF COMMERCE. 3 FRED E. CONNER, President. W.-H. GRIFFITHS, Secretary. April 10th, 1938! E. Raymond Cato, Chief of California Highway Patrol, Sacramento, Cal. Dear Mr. Cato: The people of Nevada City, through this Chamber of Commerce, desire to thank you for your cooperation and that of your excellent patrol. Their services in preserving order during. our recent difficulties with the communist CIO agitators has been commented on locally so favorably that you should feel proud of your organization. News ~ reports broadcast by the radical element are so biased and misleading as. to create false ideas regarding conditions here. Any comments by the rabble rousers concerning the conduct of your department we hope you will ignore, for there are 10,000 people in these two communities who say you are right. Sincerely, THE NEVADA CITY CHAMBER OF COMMERCE. FRED, E. CONNER, President. D. W. GRIFFITH, Secretary. This letter is\addressed localiy to Carl J. Tobiassen,. Sheriff. April 10th, 1938. Carl J. Tobiassen, Sheriff of Nevada County, Nevada City, Cal. cities of California, fraternal, patriotic and civil organizations of Nevada then adopt it. Whatever the new re-. : : organization plan is, it shorld c: , . City are engaged in sending letters . . state « Pities « > TESS . half the red tape, cut out tire over-. to State authorities and the . like admiistration regard! services in an attempt to present to lapping, cut out the waste every! : : where, cut out the pork and oppor-. the public a true picture of what has “tunity to graft. In short it shoulq occurred here. The Nevada City bea ‘plat to safeguard and save the . Chamber of Commerce today wired . c=) } : : » P 1 q a > “ware people’s tax money and to give this) the following: letiers: r nd business. } ee country an efficient a S April 10th, eh : : oy . Hon, Frank F. Merriam, party in : yer or the men in the! se rer eas WI = Hot . } Covernor of California, lt hite oO . ’ , . ae . sacramen<o, Cal We alniosy¥# be lieve that if the Re-. .Dear Governor: The Nevada City . F : + i Ch er of Commerce, at this as-} publican party would pledge ttself . amber of C mmerce to do this, it would help it to win the . Semblage, desires to express to you national election in 1940. But skept-. ‘'5 S!mcere appreciation of your unicism will-intrude. The Republican! @ s oe voce I an impossible element in our comhad the power to do and failed. Hoover, occupant of the White House was ever a better business man, tried it. He couldn’t get to first base with it. The Democratic majority in the . House was intent on handicapping and defeating the Repwhblitan Pres*dent. Charley Michelson was _ busy with his ‘“‘smear.’’Party above country won the day. this very thing than whom no four months in an attempt to force People throughout this nation are. their brand of radicalism upon our “now tax conscious The begin to es-. miners, whose only desire is to work ‘timate the appalling burden of 38-. !2 Peace, billion ‘dollars, of which the Roosevelt experiments account, for, roughly, 18-billions. The 20 billions .are mainly attributable to President Wilson’s experiment in ‘making the world safe for democracy.” Unless . 0P¢ration. < DE oe there is.a general repudiation of NEVADA CITY. CHAMB COMMERCE. these debts, or its erasure by means of wild inflation, generations of Americans will wince under the galling saddle of the tax collector. Mr. and Mrs. Fred E. Conner, who reside south of San Juan had as guests during Sunday the following guests, Mr, and Mrs. Elmer Lindeman, Mrs. Jennie Renwick, Miss Sadie Ames, Sacramento;. Mrs. W. P. Sawyer and faniily, Nevada City and Mr. and Mrs. Washburn of North San Juan. munity. Two of the very CIO agitators who called upon for were caught here this same night with an you treiops . Commerce, . bership, ;forts and success in preserving law !and order during the recent disturbance with the communist CIO agitators. . You may rest assured-that you . haye and will have the fullest ev. (O carry on our industry free from . . outside interference. Cordially yours, THE NEVADA CITY CHAMBER Sir: The Nevada City Chaniber of through its entire memdesires to. express to you its. sincere appreciation of your. efNEVADA CITY, WITH LOAD REMOVED, BACK TO NORMAL COMMUNIST. CHAMBER MAY NAME PUBLICITY There will be « a meeting . of the Chamber of Commerce this evening at the city hall. Among mattters to be considered will be the question of whether or not to appoint a committee to take charge of publicity eamipaign to place before the people of California Nevada City’s point of view concerning the .derpprture of ClO-communisis from this community. All members of the chamber are especially urged to be present. Nevada City Chamber of merce requests all members and in"erested ‘parties to attend the meeting in the city ‘hall tonight as the 4th of July celebration is to be diseussed, 4 The noon luncheons are creating a néw interest in the Chamber of Commerce as eight new members h come in including the Grant and Heether Sawmill firm of Camptonville, Lewis Woods and Mrs. W. Cunningham, merchants of North San Juan. New Nevada City members are: Save More Stores, (E. Gallagher), Mrs. Jack Brooks, Brownie Dudley, Phil Scadden. ROTARY TO ELECT OFFICERS THURS. The Rotary. Cheb . at next Thursday’s luncheon will nominate and elect directors. The president, Harley IM, Leete, especially urges that all members be present. The entertainment program will consist of an address by Lieutenant A. J. Meas of the United States navy. He has been in charge of CCC camps at various locations and has made-an excellent record. The program chairman will be R. L. P. Bigelow.

GOOD FRIDAY SERVICES ComBODY TONIGHT ;lous persons and organizations have ROBT. HULLANDER Robert A. Huila nder, the Lava Cap mine, employed at came into the afternoon, and. declared tat he neither a member of the CIO nor of any other organization, that he has not left town’and dees not intend to leave town, This is a notice to all and sundry. This mistake which appeared in several newspapers, was due largely to the confusion which resulted from the disturbances last week. ELKS STAND BEHIND COUNTY PEACE OFFICERS WHEREAS it has been called to the attention of this lodge of Elks, through the public press, that varbeen and are now DEMANDING that the Attorney General of the Statte of National officers take charge of the law enforcement agencies ‘in Nevada County, California. due to the alleged breakdown of these agencies, and, WHEREAS thsi Lodge of the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, is residing here and knowing the true conditions and state of affairs in this county, and, WHEREAS the Order of Elks js vledged to the support of our American form of government, therefore be it resolved: That as American citizens and Elks we declare.ouerselves ag being in hearty accord with the measures that have been and are being taken} by our peace officers during the immediate past few days, and with the results obtained ‘by the peace offiicers, municipal, county and state and we do hereby commend their efforts and pledge them our support in following their lawful duties and making our community a safe place AT METHODIST CHURCH A community ¥ Good Friday service will be held at the Methodist church . on Friday between two and three . o’clock. Rev. H. H. Buckner. will . bring the Good Friday message. Miss Helen Arbogast and Rey. Gray will sing ‘solos. : Everyone is invited and welcome. . operation from this body in the pre. servation of the right to work and . JF COMMERCE. *‘ FRED E. CONNER, President. By W. H. GRIFFITHS, Secretary. Five beautiful snow scenes are on . display in the Bret Harte cigar store! that are unsually clear and give some . idea of the depth of snow in the Sierras. The first is a snow-go clearing the highway of snow at Steep Hol low and the others are of the little town of Forest above Alleghany. A tunnel has been made in the snow Decorated (Kaster Eggs— . with names at Colle *ys Confectionery. c re sam to enter the lower story in one, and the others show the snow to be about . ten feet deep. imported band of thugs who were armed with guns. The real truth of the matter is that strike conditions have never prevail-. ed here. CIO organizers from outside remote points have threatened and insulted the community for the past There are 10,000 people in these communities who are of one mind in their determination to keep these trouble makers out of here. We shall be thankful for your continued coFRED E. CONNER, Pres. W. H. GRIFFITHS, Secty. April 10th, 193%. U. S. Webb, U. S. Attorney General, San Francisco, Cal. Dear General: The people of Nevada City through this Chamber of Commerce, wesire to express to you their sincere appreciation of your understanding and cooperation at a time when the right to work and the City' Council Seeks To Scotch Red Propaganda . The followi ing resolution ‘vas peaceful community. forcible expulsion: we are been for many months. . peace of this community has been Saturday and wired to state and Federal author ities and newspapers: Conditions in Nevada City are being grossly misrepresented and falsified in both radio and press by the insiduous propaganda of the communist CIO organizers-who have been expelled by the working miners and business men of this district. For the past three months we have been coerced, threatened and insulted to the point of exasperation by a band of outside radicals who have no other interest than to create trouble in an otherwise At no time have strike conditions prevailed here. Twenty men out of the two hundred employed at the Murchie mine have sought to force CIO membtrship upon twenty four hundred of our miners, who have had their own union for a generation and are receiving the best pay of any camp in California, Two of these organizers, after complaining to the Governor and the Attorney General’s office in Sacramento appeared here again the same night and were caught with an imported delegation of reds from Boca and other points. These thugs were armed with guns and steel knuckles and it was this act of aggression which led to their We are determined that the radical communist element shall never jgain a foothold here and since this purge of these undesirables glad to say that conditions here——all reports to the contrary notwithstanding—are more peaceful and_ orderly ithan they have Nevada City, Calif., April 9th, 1938. passed by the Nevada City Council * * NEVADA CITY COUNCIL Benjamin Hall, Mayor. ;copy of a resolution passed at the in which to live—for all law abiding American citizens and residents, ; and we further resolve: That copies of this resolution be sent to the public press and to Governor Frank Merriam. Attorney General U. S. Webb. U. S. Attorney Frank J. Hennessy. Chief E. Raymond Cato. Sheriff Carl. J. Tobdiassen. Police Department Grass Tailay. Police Department Nevada City. “We hereby certify that this, a true regular meeting of Nevada Lodge No. 518,-B. P. O. April 8, 1938. FRANK G., Attest: City E. Held FINNEGAN, E, R. Roland Wright, Secretary. RESENTS FALSE neroer NEVAD A COUNTY Nevada City Nugget office Saturday California and other State and even . /taan themselves knew what it was ; Miners. “GOADED BY CLO. " PAST ENDURANCE By GEORGE (¢ CALANAN Irresponsible parties have advertised that anarehy prevails in these two communties. Nothing can be the truth. The people of Nevada County pride themselves on, the high ciass of their citizenship and their manhood and theirwomanhood. We are a patient people. That you may be convinced of this facet, let us briefly recall some of our labor troubles. Until.the CIO came into the district we did not have such troubles. A local Miners Union has hanilled the labor disputes. It pays ten dollars a week for sick. benefits, death bene fits to the amount of $150 and assistance to the widows and orphans of deceased members. It has a surplus of over $40,000 at present. No monies are paid out for any other purpose except rent, which is $18 per month and the sercetary’s salary. The initiation fee is $3,00 and dues are $1.00 per month. The membershiy is 1800, all paid up. Last spring the CIO organizers come into the field. The $40,060 ttreasury surplus was very alluring to tae paid organibers of the CIO. The peace and quiet of the community was not disturbed until the middle of January. Then the CIO picketed the Murchie mine. No notice was given. No demands were made, No one other farther from about. It later developed at 4 hearing of an “interim committee of the assembly”’ that 23. members out of 35 members of the CIO ordered: this strike. It was not unanimous: The date of the vote was early in September 1937. No strike was called at this time but was left to the executive committee of 15 to call a strike whenever they decided te do so. 1uc, called .the strike January {5, 393s. Fifteen men took this action which affected 240 men.who were employed at this time. The above statement was sworn to by Alfred-Garesio, secretary of the said CIO members. The Murchie mine was not oper= ating at a profit and had decided to curtail their operations. This is a usual procedure in the mining industry. The Murehie men had been receiving 50 cents less per day than the miners in the Grass Valley district where the seale of wages were adopted by the operators and the The Murchie mine and the Zeibright mines which are operated by the same company gave the men the privilege of working at the old scale of wages or a shut down of the mine. A vote was taken and the men voted overwhelmingly to conBIRTHDAYSIT. === 00 . Send a Greeting to Your Friends. a8 April 13th ROBERT B. FARMER Nevada City April 14th MRS. M. J. PRESTON Boulder Street April 16th GRACE PAULY Camptonville DONALD THOMAS R. F. D. Nevada City April 17 Easter Sunday OLIVE GROVES Camptonville RENO MACARI Alleghany MRS. CARL JOHNSON Park Avenue MRS, HIMES Nevada City ALBERT PRATTI Clark Street April 18th BILLIE HALLETT : Broad Street BEVERLY ELAINE FLYNN ' . Nevada City : —Happy Birthday n ‘go through the picket line the first ‘felled across it. The sheriff and his called the “Miners Voice” quent intervals attackii i tinue work. The Murchie’ miners were then given a 25c per day raise, After 3 or 4 days demands were made by the CIO for different wage scales and bargaining rights. The Murchie mine workers did not day. Sunday meetings were held and about two thirds of the Murchie men organized’and notified the management that they were ready to go back to work, Convoyed by the deputy sheriffs they did so on January 20 and were assdulted by 75 or more CIO members and sympathizers. Seot Irwin CIO organizer from Wallace, Idaho was on the ground, personally, in an.advisory capacity. The road _ had been obstructed by a large tree : deputies were knocked down and kicked and roughly manhandled. Clubs were used and some of the CIO members were struck. Tear gas finally dispersed the crowd and ever since the Murchie men ‘have bee: convoyed to their jobs by deputi They had to pass through the picket lines, sometimes few and somet es numerous. These pickets call the miners “seabs’* and vile Children along the road took p calling the mimers names, A scurrilous mimographed distributed about the city,