Page Two THE LABORER Panamas August 9, 1945.
NEWS BRIEFS THE NORTHERLY PEOPLE IN THE WORLD modern Nganasan comes from a people much more numerous than the present tribe; a people with a very high culture. number of points in the material collected confirm the fact that the distant ancestors of the Nganasan did not always live in the Far North, but inhabited a region of southern Siberia, in the Sayan foothills. When they migrated to the north they mingled with an aboriginal tribe of Palco Asiatic peoples traces of whom still remain at many places in the northern part of the continent of Asia.
This mingling was the beginning of the modern Nganasan, whose culture, under the conditions which existed for them in Tsarist times, was on the decline, but which has now beer revived as a result of the national policy of the Soviet Government and the support it gives to even the smallest people in the USSR.
output of these pursuits. The reindeer serves as a draft animal during the periods of wandering, and provides fresh meat. The frequent periods of scarcit and hunger formerly endured by the Nganasan are now a thing of the past.
Schools for children and for illiterate adults have been opened at the wintering camps and a number of medical centers have been set up. In their summer wanderings, the people are accompanied by medical workers.
During my stay among them, wrote a detailed description of the entire cycle of activity of both men and women, and made a film record of various labor processes, hunting scenes, costumes of the people and their dances have an excellent collection of clothing, household utensils, hunting weapons and fishing equipment, and also managed to obtain a large number of ancient religious objects daring back to the time when the religion of the shamans was still widespread.
The Nganasan are skilled in the art of bone carving. collected many examples of this folk art, including soms unique pipes made from inlaid mammoth tusk and smoked by women.
One of the most interesting results of my trip is a collection of hitherto completely unknown Nganasan fairy tales, legends, songs, stories and riddles. Twelve long epic poems, fruits of the unwritten literary art of the Nganasan poeple, which managed to write down in full, are of great artistic value.
The Nganasan legend of the creation of the world, which heard from local story tellers and wrote down, is most interesting and original The high artistic level of Nganasan oral folklore and its content, which includes many elements of the heroic epic, lead us to suppose that the and Eisenhower Welcomed cluding the AFL, joined in a By ANDREI POPOV By Union With Bonds request to their members and The Institute of Ethrounits throughout the country graphy of the Academy of New York City. Dressto dedicate participation in Science is now completing its inakers Union, Local 22, an Fourth of July celebrations to analysis of material gathered affiliate of the International discussion of the San Francis by air expedition organized Ladies Garment Workers Unco Charter, according to an shortly before the war to ion, purchased 350, 000 worth announcement made by Amer study in detail the life of the of bonds in the Seventh War icans United for World Or Nganasan known in pre reLoan as contribution to the ganization, Inc.
volutionary literature as the city welcome to General of This organization, headed by Tavgin people a small tribe the Army Dwight Eisen Ernest Hopkins, president living in the extreme north of hower. This purchase was made of Dartmouth College, the USSR on the Taimyr Penfrom funds in the local union has urged that the United States insula (Siberia) on the Arctic treasury and is over and above be the first nation to ratify Ocean.
the subscriptions of members the charter, thereby reassertThe Nganasan are the most of Local 22 in the current war ing the moral leadership of the northerly people in the wolrd, loan drive, which already total United States for internationai if one may express it that way.
to more than 2, 000, 000, Charles In their cooperation.
wanderings they Zimmerman, manager of reach higher latitudes than the local, said.
any other tribe inhabiting the Tobacco Workers Win Arctic regions, going farther north than the Eskimos of Ornburn To Broadcast Back Pay Dividend North America.
Over CBS On June 30 Winston Salem, In was entrusted with the Washington, Union compliance with WLdirect leadership of the expedition Label and Postwar will be the ives, the Brown Williamson and spent about two years subject of a radio address by Tobacco Corp. has remitted a among the Nganasan. In order Ornburn, Secretary total of 50, 000 in back pay to know them better, lived Treasurer, Union Label Trades to members of the AFL TO for 12 months with the family Department, American Feder bacco Workers Union, Locals of Okuo Urannik, sharing all ation of Labor, over the coast178 and 179, it was announced. the difficulties of a nomad life to coast network of the Col Individual payments ran as in the Far North and living umbia Broadcasting System high as 115.
on the produce of the hunt.
June 30, from 3:30 to 3:45 In 1917, at the time of the Employes of the Petersburg, m, EWT.
October Revolution, the NganThe Union Label Trades De Va. plant of the same comasan were still grouped in pany, will also benefit from the partment urges labor union gentes, or clans. Until quite same order and receive reofficials to ask the Columbia recently the home made bow troactive pay of about 229, station in their home cominunarrow was their chief 000.
ity to pick up this brcadcast hunting weapon: hunting and which originates in WashingThe payments represented a reindeer breeding the graduated wage increase in the ton.
principal means of subsistence.
local case and a flat cent The Nganasan are now raphourly increase in the Virginia idly absorbing Soviet culture, plant.
in flourishing and increasing AFL Workers Make numbers. The Soviet State has Improved Army Boxes supplied them with modern Dubinsky Reports hunting and Washington, weapons for WaterOn Union Finances equipment for fishing. They tight, heat and bug resisting have begun to organize coboxes of single ply or doubleNew York City David Dub operatives for reindeer breedply veneer Kraft board, made insky, president of the Internhunting, ing and for which by members of Carpenter Unational Ladies Garment Work have considerably raised the ion, AFL, at Plywood ers Union, made public a Company New Rochelle, statement of receipt and disY. plant are the QuartermasFlint Glass Workers bursements for 1944 showing ter Corps newest development the income of the 405 local Gain Better Conditions to protect goos going to the unions to be 8, 741, 731. 39, of Pacific theater.
Atlantic Citq. Speedy prowhich the national office regress was achieved at the 57th The old board pulpceived 499, 926. 05. The stateannual wage conference here board) carton was of no use ment covered also the 24 after it was opened. The new joint boards and 14 departWorkers Union and the Naveneer bcx can be used again, ments and regional offices.
Associatior of Manonce the nails are withdrawn. Total actual disbursements uufacturers of Pressed and Made primarily of wood, it were 6, 717, 131. 72, making a Blown Glassware.
stands up well despite fre total excess of receipts over quent handling necessary in disbursements of 2, 024, 599. 67. Harry Cook, union preslong distance shipping Mr. Dubinsky said that the ident, announced that the first union spent during 1944 855. meeting resulted in an agree153 for war relief, donations to ment under which automatic Peace Charter Rallies charitable and labor organizamachine operators will receive To Be Held On July tions and gifts to service men, night shift ot differentials exclusive of a sun totaling four and six cents an hour, Washington, Forty 750, 000 raised by its locals for plus improved vacation altwo national organizations, in war relief purposes.
lowances. In addition, the union won reaffirmation of the check off on a national basis.
Negotiations relating to POSTAL WORKERS GET.
other departments and skilled Continued from Page One the pay reforms were only the crafts in the trade will follow.
first step in the improvements which are estimated to agwhich it will seek to accompgregate about 150 million dolcouncil present, the next is lish in the government serlars a year.
vice. President William Dohturning its attention to other Enactment of this law, folerty, of the National Associaphases of government work. lowing fast upon the heels of believe it will not be long betion of Letter Carriers, said: the new law granting 15 perfore the council may ask the cent increases to other clas There are many other steps President to select a commisted government employes, which are needed to make a sion with sufficient authority was considered a tribute to government job attractive to to inquire into the needs of the effective operation of the the loyal, the ambitious, tie the service and of its personnewly organized Government well qualified and the energetic nel. Obviously, with our 300, Sit. Employes Council of the AFL, person who seeks career. 000 membership represented in which represent a large nun The council recognized the ur the council through their ber of federal workers who are gency of paying adequate sal leaders, we will expect to have organized into AFL unions. aries as its prime program a representative on that conThe council announced that That out of the way, for the mission.
were Catcher Bill Salkeld qualified as a villain in the eyes of Chicago fans by depriving Wyse of a no hit game. With one out in the eighth inning, he hit a line drive single to right center field.
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the newly upon Continued from Page One organized World Federation of Trade Unions as ceptions grows until finally an international Political Acfreedom for all is ended. tion Committee. He stated For instance, the rights of that the new federation has the the worker, his freedom to oravowed purpose of destroying ganize into a union of his own the old democratic International choosing and to bargain col Federation. He continued. lectively for wages and decent The WFTU will serve as anconditions of living. are the onther channel through which first to be destroyed if we seek the Soviet trade unions will to establish limited freedom.
exercise influence the trade unions in the democratic countries while we are unable Louis Waldman, New York to exert any influence whatlabor lawyer and author, told ever upon them. Unity cannot the final session of the Camp be a one way street unless there Tamiment Social and Economic is reciprocity, mutual cooperaconference, of which he is pertion and compromise.
manent chairman, that the great task of labor and mater The WFTU is not a step toial forces who take seriously the ward labor unity. It deepens principles of democracy in the the cleavage between the AFL United States is to unite against and CIO, and without labor the totalitarian forces.
unity on the domestic scene Mr. Waldman also stressed to her cannot be international the need for Unity among all unity.
truly progressive forces in Am Mr. Waldman characterized erican and Europe which have the Soviet trade union as a common democratic objective, agencies of the Soviet govrnas opposed to any united front ment and predicted that leadwith communists. He declared: ers of British and American We need unity, not with to unions will find their honeytalitarians, but against them. moon with the communists The labor lawyer assalled suddenly ending in a divorce.
a BIBLIOTECA NACIONAL ERNESTO CASTILLERO