Daily Worker
January 27, 1925
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The movement has spread to the |som:conld mot cope With: the tneurgent: 2 had to be re- inforced from out side. The Nagya gendarmerie authorities pretend they have unearthed a new plot against the regent, which: has given them an excuse for mass ar- rests. In connection with the posed visit of the empress to Kyoto workers and students, the latter being against militarization of high schools Proclamations are being everywhere distributed in enormous quantities calling to overthrow the present gov- ernment. The center of disturbance was at Nagya, where the local garri- . * -_—_ and Oswka, the police have rounde¢ up in both these places some four thousand “politically dangerous ele ments,” and the minister. of justice proposes to deport these “dangerour characters” to some remote islands belonging to the empire. * 8 a. We sais eo) hinted — — matter Septet by the supreme court as & result of a writ of supergeadeas granted by Just- ice Brandeis. : Arranging for Bn woe gat ‘Release ‘Batt Comrade esac was in Lansing. Michigan, when the Associated Press sent out Brookwalter’s statement. He (Continued on. page 2) (Specie! to The Dally Wérker) 4 manu LONDON, Jan. 25.—The allies. sent to Germany today an identic note in reply to the German note Which pro- tested the failure of the allies to evacuate the Cologne zone. The note was saſd to be formal in its tone and does not make a complete answer to Germany. It does not con- tain either, it was said, details. of the allies’. e that Germany’ has violated m provisions of the Versailles" gre This de pre charge is awaiting the completion the allies’ report being put up by the military control commission. 1 1 E * — ter A 9 1 N * 2 og “ ae 7 1 wa pe 19 I 17 * + es N 8 * < — 7 1 9 0 cry 1 * n » 5 — ＋ pee Pee . * 8 : 24 2 hee Fe * ig ab . along came af 2 255 Dann E jfeated 5 to 1 1. week style but women who make the union a. real force in the fight against the bosses who now have the support of the that is fighting for 4 to main- tain their present prestige. — — ' What Else Could You Expect tions tried to get the committee of the state senate yeste to vote for the child labor am but were de- was of course to be expected since the committee igs composed of bosses. V. W. L. of Harlem Notice. NEW YORK, Jan. 25—General mem- meeting of Harlem and York- file branch of Y. W. L. will be held. on Jan. 30 0 64 East een Friday. 18. New York City. THIS IS LENIN WEEK Read Lenin's Works! Go to the Lenin Memorial Meeting! Join Lenin's ——— — — — 7 87 LS 5 we te 4 * 4 * “a « * lety In old Paree reached "WORKER: in the form ‘a five dollar bill. This may be alittle late for your birthday party, but we are sure it can be used to ‘good advantage,” write the senders. “We have just heard about your drive to inaure the DAILY WORK. ER for 1926. We wish you a most The note was from Carl and Brannin, formerly of Kansas City, Mo., and Seattle, Wash., who “sek annie some me in . and e agree to re- 7 strain natives of their countries from acts which would endan- ger the order and security of the other country. According to the treaty, loans nego- tiated by the czarist government are to be discussed at a later conference. The two countries will also confer on the work now being carried on by the Japanese in Sakhalin, fisheries agrcement. A treaty on commerce and naviga- tion, based upon freedom of travel and residence, will also be discussed by the two nations. The Japanese are pushing the build. ing of large types of submarines and jdestroyers, it is learned here, nov, that they have made arrangements for a larger supply of oil. The Soviet ambassador to Rome M. Jereniev, has issued a statement declaring that the pact between Rus. sia and Japan is of world wide impor. tocracy tunce, and that the attitude of the see States toward Russia may be and on the 1907 effected by Japan's recognition. “The past was achieved despite the intrig- ues of our — Jereniev stated. te PAINTERS LOCAL Painters local 184 has invited the workers of Chicago to visit an exhtbit⸗- fon of: Decorative Art, which will be pdisplayed in Garfield Hall, 10 South California Avenue, beginning today end continuing until Friday, January 30th, inclusive. The exhibition is open to the public from 10a.m. to 12 p. m. Al exhibitors are artist members of lecal 194. Prizes will be awarded by popular vote of attendance. The prizes are: First, $200.00; second: $100.00; Third: $50.00. ‘in each branch and organization of »| aish’ news and reports for The DAILY U.S. Writ and Bond Ars Signed C. E. Ruthenberg. of the Workers P freed from the M prison at Jackson, Mich. noon or early afternoon on a writ of su . by the United States n court. So states George Maurer, bo- retary of the Labor Defense NEW YORK CITY, Jan. 25.— Much enthusiasm was aroused at the a membership the Workers Party meetin, at the , Casino when |Council, who is on his way ta E. K eld for the Lansing, Mich., this morning te of New York for the DAILY complete the arrangements. W RKER, reported that the daily was now on almost all the news stands and that the first copy of ‘the special New York edition had arrived. Map Out Circulation Drive. Uniess unforeseen misadventure 6 “¥ were laid before the interrupts, the documents should have Plans arrived in Lansing Sunday and be act meeting to increase the circulation ot ed upon Monday morning. The re The DAILY WORKER and a resolu- lease of Ruthenberg upon bond, pend- tion embodying these plans was unani- mousty adopted. ing the decision of the U. S. supreme report urance drive court upon the case, will come at once — dat Brot ny the branches de Michigan state authorities oficial ly communicate the order of release bad gone far toward meeting their austas and some had already. gone | te the Prison warden at Jackson. ste nese BEDE, LABORERS OF CLEVELAND ‘FORM NEW LOGAL threataned with a visit by the agent at thelr next meeting and asked to ox mic "No. 66 (Special to The Daily Worker) CLEVELAND, Ohio, Jan. 25.—Long The writ was signed by Justiag Brandeis and mailed, together with Ruthenberg’s bond, to the Michigan state authorities at Lansing on Sat urday. 5 of the city ‘are ‘busy getting the nétivities of workers wherever they dre and happenifigs in the unions and | continued dissatisfaction on the part party branches will be reported regu- ot the membership of Building La- larty. borers’ Local No. 10 of this city has Every Worker A Correspondent. éulminated in the organization of a All workers are invited to send in new local, which has just received a news items that reflect the life of the | charter from the International as No. masses and make The DAILY WORK- 66, and has opened headquarters at 7 FR a power for organization and edu- 1028 Walnut street. cation. Send all items te The DAILY This crisis came with the election WORKER, 208 E. 12th St., New Tork. ot omcers in December. On Dec. 19 the Resolutions adopted: nominations were held, and the reac- 1. This meeting recommends that tionary machine put up Chas. Smith, former business agent of the Building Trades Council, for president. Smith's eligibility was protested on the ground that he was only an honorary mem- ber in the union, never having been a working member, and having been (Continued on page 4) Amter Leads Off N. Y. Discussion On Trotzkyism, Wed. NEW YORK, Jan. 25.—The New York Downtown English Branch of the Workers Party has initiated an elaborate educational program for the next few months. The first sea- sion in this program is a discussion of the question of Trotskyism, which is agitating the Russian Party and the entire International at the pre sent time. Comrade Israel Amter will tead the discussion, which will take place at 208 East 12th street, on WEDNESDAY EVENING, JAN. 28. Members from other branches as well as others interested are invited to attend. The remainder of the educational program inciudes the following topics: The American Labor Move- ment and the Task of the Left Wing; The International Situation; The the party T. U. B. L., nucleus, etc., there shall be appointed a responsi- ble comrade to furnish news for The DAILY WORKER. 2. This meeting officially instructs the department heads to furnish news for The DAILY WORKER. 3. This meeting asks that volun- teérs in every branch of the party fur- WORKER. One Sub Per Member by Feb. 1. The following resolution was also passed unanimously: Local New York, in general mem- bership meeting assembled on Jan. 23, resolves to meet the circulation requirements laid down for the con- tinuation.of.the New York edition of The DAILY WORKER, that is, a 10 per. cent increase in circulation and doubling the newsstand sales. To this end: Every member shall try to get at least one new subscriber to The DAILY WORKER during Lenin week before Feb. 1. Every member shall ask at least one persen.to\ buy The DAILY WORKER on some newsstand every day. Every member is to buy for himself or to sell some non-member, at least ene DAILY WORKER policy. All party officials and party com- mittees are instructed to do all in | their power to put this resolution in- to effect. Until this task is successfully ac- complished The DAILY WORKER is to be the first order of business at all branch and other party meetings. Agricultural Crisis; Left Wing Com- munism; The Economic Situation; The C. P. P. A. Conference. Dates and speakers for these tec- tures will be announced later. Edu- cational meetings are held every two weeks. SPEAKERS: Foster Olgin Gitlow AND OTHERS. Ruthenberg Stachel ü n Afternoon, F eb. 1 A 34 ORIAL MEETING Madison Square Garden Wm 8 1 FULL SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA FREIHEIT CHORUS—400 VOICES Admission 50 Cents TICKETS ON SALE AT ALL WORKERS PARTY HEADQUARTERS dete, Geta | 7 lt lt i , Paring YS gene — . * ee ~ me
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* . ee. ty per gee x | " 3 f | ae, 3 oD tir Benner fe ee 2 n 1 — e e d Bae PEMA |. RMB ORES —— san 3 N 1 : LENIN MEMORIAL MEETINGS Press Shows Its ||" — — — a ? * : in : January 26. and Ruthenberg. | hos ee are aromas oe Sy eon * Dillonvale, Ohle. Speaker: Benja- New Haven, Conn., Hermanson’s . a kr imo ii ¥ 7 Hall, 158 Crown St., at 8 Pp. m. 11 min Gitlow. 7 p. m. 8 J : ee hdtv | vines ge he 3 NN b. m., Labor Ly | VAT Speaker: Benjamin — * , 2 g 3 Jie N ceum, 376 William St. Speaker, Ben- : | 15 7 f ioe Bellaire, Ohio. Speaker: Benjamin}; Portland, Ore., 227 Yamhill St., at 8 re la 9 laa rv N Gitlow. 7 p. m ‘Dy m. Speaker: Stanley Clark. vi * De Tells C hamber January 29. |” Elizabeth, N. J., Sunday, Feb. 8, 7:30 2 N. f D 8 2 Powhatan @oint, Ohio. Speaker: p. m., Turn Hall, 7256 High street. man Induetriaiss — — — Tadce OF Unie DU 4 — of amage Lone OUVLELS | Benjamin Gitipw. 7 p. m. ‘Erie, Pa., Russian Hall, 156 E. ard „ ei. ara, Pe BG his oe cr | Jenuary 30. St. Speaker: Benjamin Gitlow. 2:30 4 * ö (Special to The Dally Worker) Neffe, Ohio. Speaker: Benjamin p. m. | to PARIS, Jan. 8 Gitlow, 7 p. 1 . Waukegan, III., Slavonic National col Cachin, Communist deputy, in a ’ t 7 House, Cor. 10th St. and McAllister ca in the French chamber, | | —— iy ga at 7 ave. Speaker, Peter Herd. fer denounced the London agree- Sunday, Feb. 1. Sunday, Feb. 10. lak ment and the Geneva protocol ew york, N. V., at 2 p. m., Mad: | Baltimore, Md. Hall to be announce. : paragraph when he wr ste of the allies and declared them son square Garden. Speakers: Foster fed. Speaker, Joseph Manley. * chance Trotsky | lee ‘ we failures. . mS France| the army under his control. A Napoleon Bonaparte, or even g Napoleon tic Neither the United States nor 2 bts to 1, would have known what to do. Troteky didn’t know.” £ Great Britain would pay the MINOR’S TRIAL NOT POSTPONED But there are two other paragraphs that help shed some du slightest attention to the — additional light on Brisbane monumental ignorance, when Ne va protocol, Comrade Cachin (Continued from page 1) of the department of justice and spies he writes: ; 3 . an said. declared that the cases are directed | of the United States secret service “There le something the matter with Trotsky’s mental fighting ap- * The Comunist deputy showed the trom the office of the state’s attorney | who planned and executed the whole paratus. He had his chance when he had the Red Army under hie 8 2 “hypocrisy of the present French gor, in Lansing and that O. L. Smith, and trame-up. They certainly haven't lost ofders, and Lenin, dying, left the whole of Russia to any man able to | charge m et ‘ernment in attempting to repudiate) not Brookwalter is in charge. interest to the extent they are going seize the power. 1. to wring from Russia a 24" ‘the debt owed by America to France, Trials To Go On to let hard-earned indictments go by of- a Danton, Robesplerre or coal supply close at “Trotsky seems to lack the power the ‘while at the same time France in] Attorney for the defense, I. E. Fer- default for mere lacks of funds. Marat. Those men knew how to fight for what they thought was | first choice of all trade ‘eists that Soviet Russia pay debts in-] guson, called Smith on the phone Burne Takes a Hand. W to die cheerfully.” Siberia. * _feurred by the czar. Cachin declared after reading the Brookwalter state- A 5 n Ae * 0 * 40 5 Hoofer knows nothing officially bri t the banks which issued the loans ment and learned that no decision to There is another eleme U ? about the Sinclair oll concessions that Burns’ detective agency took an extra- | | for should refund the full amount, more postpone the Minor trial had yet been| ginary interest in these trials as The recent relations that have developed between the seem to have lapsed, and about the ae ‘than one billion francs. reached by the state. r Russian Communist Party and Trotsky pin pricks the bubbles | value of the oll concessions now given Ge France’s Anti-Soviet Acts. Comrade * * -e Both of these are professional red- that Brisbane, in common with the whole kept os lackey- to Japan. The possibility that this ni “It 1s no mote just to demand that |r The Daly u raising funds for the | Daiting institutions and are keeping dom, have been blowing these past seven years in speculation | fuel supply may turn the scale of Jap wh money than for America and Great in close touch with every move in as to the future of the Soviet Power. Trotsky u fen development toward the provine- At defense. The following dispatch from ill has pointed out that Great Britain tion ot steel and machinery, to the in tain to ask us to repay the 130,000,- the Michigan cases. been referred to as a “Red Napoleon,” who would in time : | on „our St. Joseph correspondent may will insist that it pays her deb! ’ jury of American commercial expans- r 8 ig |. Te Ree Doge cennteee: ee See establish a military dictatorship. Other prominent Russian , 80 throw some light on Brookwalter’s to the United Great Britain am ry ° p. r pro : ion in Asia, does not appeal to him. viet Russia would be justified, Com- that both these bodies as well as 2 . : wi reasons for making the statement. will also have to be paid. Churchil’| Communists were picked for roles that individuals have 3 o Cachin said, in asking compensa 5 * „ other organizations interested in the The White House Remains Calm. in : ‘tio ing the Michl. Is trying to eut the income tax for the] played in previous revolutions, notably the French Revo- : | : n for the billions of francs France Taxpayers Worrying prosecution, not forgetting the bri | From Japanese propaganda quarters NM | i ovi 8 an chamber of commerce, have let British millionaires,andhe sees in the] jution. In this, all these press prostitutes either display a | fhas loaned to enemies of Soviet Rus] gr. JOSEPH, Mich., Jan. 25.—Ber- | ® ; debt ent from France a way tc comes a plausible statement that Am re | ’ in its attempt to overthrow the rien county taxpayers are becoming | the authorities know there is no need etude’ biota * 3 wil or actual ignorance of the real nature of the Russian erica has lost nothing; that this 01 : et government. Poland and incensed by the increasing burden of | to Worry about running short of funds ‘anand ae * 1. — tion. does not give Japan nearly as much a! m Hrance had united in a secret treaty, | taxation the trials of the Commun. in Dushing the cases fo the Malt pays anyone else they must pay Brit- Lenin did not do, something he could not do, leave “the she gave up at the Washington con at Cachin charged, and was withholding | ists being prosecuted there under the State to Push Cases. ain a Rigs phn yey ole of Russia to any man able to seize the power.” | Lenin ference when she dropped her 21 de SS eee ton “trom che ‘pubee so to | Michigan criminal syedicalism law/ When Ruthephers wae semvenees 8 tics, iota Russia with the organization he had helped build, more |™mands against China and entered the tus contents. He was interrupted by are causing. Thousands of dollars are January 6, O. L. Smith, assistant at-] Wall Street bankers, in a move te than any other single individual, the Russian Communist four power pact. : te Premier Herriot, who detfended being spent by the county on every | torney general of Michigan, announc- . 5 * — he World. Communist But at the capital, where senators ™ “French democracy.” trial and there are thirty-one more ed that the state would proéeed with s bc . . e Party. His legacy to that party, and to 415 As unn speak their minds freely ff they are ck Dislike Borah’s Frankness. yet to be held. the other cases in February, with per ot esterday | under a — movement, is Leninism, the teachings of Lenin. not to be quoted, one learns that the 02 Senator Borah's frank statement The storm of protest has been s0/ Robert Minor to be the first one tried. French industrial — being 3 economic side of this Soviet treaty la i great that George Bookwalter, Berrien | Behind the prosecution are the notort- The ruling power today in Soviet Russia is not lodged with Japan is of the utmost tmpor- 2 that France and England secured the held back. The pointed out 5 ‘bulk of the plunder from the world county prosecutor, is beginning to ous Daugherty, active again in Wah- tnat German and Bran + | with any individual, or even group of individuals, tance to the future of the Pacific. 1 * War has caused excitement here. Bor. Morrr about his political fortunes. | ington, Burns and all the red and in- ing in ine e be Bot eine The dominant power in Soviet Russia today le the tres Japan a supply of oll for her 1 5 i h ‘ 7 ) an declared in his senate speech that n . 38 1 n capital to build their industries, and l] Russian Communist Party. It rules thru its hundreds of |28*7 and for her future industrial * 8 “If you take the states of Washington, lays in the prosecution of the Com-] ment of the country. France persists in her debt policy| thousands of members directly affiliated with it. — — 9 mat m Oregon, California, Idaho, Nevada, | munists. So that all rumors of the county they will force @ change by throwing Neither Trotsky, nor any other individual, at any time, ta 1 hi a, bn * eg Pee i Voters Kick. prosecution delaying or threatening ünnneial support 3 fe Germany. ruled the Red Army. it was ruled at all times by the Com- tm * F. we oil . in But that is mere talk for the vot- | to close the Michigan cases for lack — munist Party; especially thru the Communists o were the 5 N and Kansas, you will still have less ers. Brookwalter knows there will be | of funds. can well be “taken with af leadi if ifici irits in the Red D area in territory than Great Britals ac-| no shortage of funds for prosecuting grain of salt“ in the face of all these eading and most self-sacrificing sp n Army. p quired as a result of the great war.” | the Communists. This recalls a simi- | willing sources of revenue for send- _ The Communist Party rules in industry thru its members 0 Borah declared that, Never was jar situation that existed in 1923. ing the thirty-two Communists to in the shops, the mills, the mines and the factories. That was L there such a division of territory an: chen too, there was a kick from Ber- prison for long terms. | the strength of the Russian Communists, even before the 60 of spoils as characterized these settle] ien cougty. But it was goon hushed. . ETF revolution: that they were able everywhere that labor toiled ments designated and controlled by| rhe taxpayers were given to under- Law A Spurious God to create their nuclei, and keep in the closest touch with the a the secret treaties.” He said tha ] stand in various ways that they were ‘ everyda irations of the workers at their work places, 1 France got out of the war 402,39] not paying the bill. NEW YORK, Jan. 25.—In a talk) workers (Communist) Party for the ryday asp f square miles of territory with a pop] The Michigan state legislature, for here former United States Senator spring aidermanic elections are as leading them to victory. ee , t | ulation of 4,000,000, the coal beds of] example, passed a bill about that | Beveridge calls law a spurious god. follows: Maced | | the Saar, Alsace Lorraine, and much | time, authorizing the state board of American people are by 3 3rd WARD—E. L. Doty, candi- It is the inability, or lack of desire, on the part of the D aan from Germany. poy ag to 2 — „L 3 eed oe beige: od 8 a 0 — gg — Fd pyre Mica — — * understand the role of the Russlan i America Wants Plunder, Too. sary funds for the prosecutio apta ; ommunist Pa n the Russi 0 a „ .»| criminal cases in any county in the the case in Russia under the Czar or] gouth Side English, Englewood Eng- rey h an revolution, that leads to 8 Talk of the “moral contribution” of der the Sultan,” asserts many silly conclusions. The failure of the French Commune . state. This was obviously meant to Turkey under the Sultan, lish, South Side Scandinavian and U France and England to the war has hear the financial burden of the Ber- |ex-senator Beveridge. He would have] pollen South Side. was due to the fact that the French workers had no powerful, 2 | — Naot gape 8 u a law repealed every time a new one 444) WARD—Victor Zokaitis, can- disciplined, centralized Communist Party to inspire and lead 1 ———— — A Little Check For Berrien. = — 3 8 W- = didate; J. Manus, captain. Branches their struggle. The strength of the First Workers’ Republic der confiscated at the expense of the * a ocne’ = Le. — . ...˖7˖˙—”;Ü̃ß. 2 is such a party, the Russian Communist Party. Lenin’s German people. 2 of a check — nearly $4 000 00 — idge. He claims that “We have made r strength, his a ity ey out of his ability to lead the Rus- “Remember the secret conference at] by the state of Michigan to Berrien law a fetish, a spurious god.” 9 ers candidate: | nnn Communists in their struggle for power, and later in thelr „nien four or five nations met and county to help cover the costs of the „ fight to maintain power. literally divided the world,” Borab| prosecution. This was only one ot Reverses Court ae Theater Censor. | darts r Ceochetievik Mée. 1 It was Lenin who founded the Communist International, | ald, speaking of the Versailles treaty.| many checks. Beside this, the state NRwy yoRK—The God of Venge | and 3 Lithuanian No. 6, V. W. . the world Communist Party to win the victory for the world President Wilson was unable to re took the lead in the prosecution and the play against which judgmen | No. 4, Lithuanian No. 77, Douglas social revolution, just as he helped organize the Communist (lease their grips on these seizures.” | lightened the burden in that way as u Play as 9 229 part tri i fry Frias 7 was made on the grounds of its alleg | Park Jewish. arty to triumph in Russia. 4 The American capitalists are deter- well. organized, militant socialist , ed immorality, has won a reversal by| 24th WARD—H. Epstein, candl- There are no Alexanders, Caesars, Napoleons or Kaiser | mined to do some gripping of their) oe partment of Justice Wants Action : j : : , based upon the class struggle, and ex- own, and Morgan seems to consider 1; is also a matter of record that the court of appeals, because producer date; William fs rune, 8 n. Wilhelms in the Soviet Russia of today seeking world con- pressing in terms not to be misus- Coolidge more efficient at securine the department of justice has shoun fern Weinberger win ute enten 1e en ee Were Sine No. 2 am | quest. It is not in the theory or the practice of the Com, | derstood, the aim, purpose and deter ‘plunder than was Wilson. must more than a casual interest in e r ae 2 munist struggle for power. Trotsky knows this. He has / mination to educate, organize, discip- the proceedings in Michigan. It was Vith the effort of a brothel keeper to 28th WARD—N. Dozenberg, candi- shown it again by submitting to the discipline of the Rus- Une and equip the workers for 40 ” * * . When you buy, get an “Ad”! department of justice agents who rear his daughter in decency and hie] date; W. Ozol, captain. Branches sian Communist Party. ; historic mission of putting an end for the DAILY WORKER. raided the convention. It was agents ee Sid * „ „ * capitalism and wage slavery and re failure because of the environment] participating: Lettish and West Side tablishing an industrial and social — which he created around her. Scandinavian. Trotsky is weak because of his inability to help lead the der in whith the workers and prod : SOVIET OIL INDUSTRY WINNING | 82nd WARD—Peter M. Lucas, Russian Communist movement along the correct Bolshevik MARKETS FROM AMERICAN AND FF! ctalscuptum. | path. That weakness,—not courage, or willingness to |jobelihe owner tall ty produc BRITISH FIRMS THRUOUT PERSIA\| HIGHEST TIDES AND || csc: S28" ": e.... 8 P . found wanting, and they have been found wanting, then all I do not question Comrade Debs’ SOME G000 RADIO MUSIC 3 Fro the bravery in the “ would avail him — — He | Sincerity or his integrity, but I thing MOSCOW, Jan. 25.—-That Soviet-Persian trade relations are rapidly Branches participating: N. W. Eng-: would forfeit his place under the dictatorship of the prole- — —, 8 dentro for har growing, is shown by the following figures supplied to the press by Shu- UNION, 8. c., Jan. 25.—District | lish, Karl Marx Scandinavian, tariat that leads on to Communism. * — * — „ey che miatzky, plenipotentiary representative of the Union of Soviet Socialist Re- stations never before heard by radio | and the Armenian Branch. E63 2 8 8 cipl v 2 the 1 * publics at Teheran. While Soviet Russia exported 400,000 poods of oil to] fans in this city, literally filled the 34th WARO—Harry Brooker, can- It is this same capitalist mind supported by “socialist” me nder © leadership of Persia in 1922, 750,000 poods in 1923, th t th air with music today during the par | didate; I. L. Davidson, captain. . Diner bas. been ome — n export of this mineral reached vial belles af e un. | Branches participating: N. W. Jew. | theoreticians, that charges the present Dictatorship in Soviet [hobnobbing with labor fakers and 1.5 million poods in the current year. ai eclipse of the sun. ish, italian Terra Cotta; V. W. Russia is a dictatorship over the workers and peasants, and | peanut politicians for the sake of, At the same time, the Soviet ofl industry conquered new markets in . N ; expedi and Comrade Debs has : | N DAYTONIA BEACH, Fla., Jan. 25. | No. 6, and the Roumanian Branch. not a dictatorship by the workers and peasants. , South Persia which before were entirely controlled by American and ’ ‘ g enn now come to a realization of the fac British firms. As for sugar, exports —The highest tides on record here 44th WARD—J. W. Johnstone, Just as the kept press pictures Trotsky as usurping that th n . _ {ing out electrification in Persia, and for several years past, exceeding | candidate; Walt Carmon, captain. power without the aid of the Communist Party, so it claims ® party getting no have also grown considerably, namely, , 1 , ‘el : Finnish where. I fear, however, that this Seam 100,000 poods, in 1922, to 360,000 he Leningrad electrical industry will | even of the storm period last fall, | Branches participating: nnish, that the Communist Party eee a a dictatorship over the lebe has inka Gi tele soods ny 1923 and 600.000 poods in have a big part to play in this branch. are attracting the attention of tour- Lakeview, Scandinavian, North Side Workers and peasants in spite f their opposition. This is In regard to the partys participa wed 3 Soviet participation im the fulfilment | #t#. And residents. Belief. ie they | English Berman aes. Ws. tn also a phantastic dream. The Communist Party rules thru ton in the LaFollette campaign, 1 nnn of Persian orders for airships de an- n antinued calm weather at sea | “The Beauty and the Bolshevik” je| the dictatorship of the workers and peasants, and it maintains have seen here a campaign manager Z other interesting feature: Russian rrevails. |coming to Ashland Auditorium Feb. 6. its ruling position becau the masses of workers and sent in here by the state ; of Soviet trade in Persia and the in- AGO ae RATS eee ae peasants support its polici 8. who was accompanied by a BOOT rived in Persia in spite f ‘ terest witnessed for it on the part of 4 spite of all the dim | It is well that A an workers and poor farmers un- LDadER. who supplied him and a local merchants are due in a large | © — C s BIRTHDAYS OF POLITICAL PRISONERS derstand these fundamentals in order to interpret correctly |2U™mber of the local independent can. 8 © dne K Sla on. measure to the organizational forms 8 E 2 38882 b ZJJA„EöGkAͤAGͤůũ(kn . p 7˙.1¾ ² ⁰— ² ̃̃² · Ü! n r e e re eee on us other hasd, Trench machines the capitalist press accounts of what is transpiring in Soviet — B= N on: 8 and methods of the trade volicy of the n 3 3 Birthdays in February of political prisoners, confined in various state Russia. Of course, it is better still t to read the capitalist party bosses to swap votes, one con- Soviet Government,” remarked shu- works, have proved unfit for Persian | ™Stitutions of America, are announced by the Workers’ National Prison; press at all. Depend on the Comm press for the truth | sideration being that if the democratic rn stock com) | sitions Comfort Club, 2923 Chestnut street, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, as follows; about the First Workers’ Republic. sheriff was elected, the manager’s I ̃ . Bove Farm | At Box 500, Steilacoom, McNeils Island, Washington—February 6, Anton — 1 ‘| botlegger would be permitted to op- Setivities of one of which, the ‘Per-| de ue gr ester implements, | Mt erate a soft (1) drink parlor. All @ sian Cotton Trust, about 75 per cent | chines in late 2 — te — | At Box 520, Walla Walla, Washington—February 21, Eugene Barnett, YOU MUS ELP! ee the knowledge and the silent 2 — — —— —＋ iit may fairly well be expected. that Reg. No. 9414; February 21, Frank Nash, No. 9516. 1 on oe ae: oo 8 Trust’. is r 3 further progress will be reached in At San Quentin Pententiary, San Quentin, California—February 5, Frank Ruthenberg in prison! Thirty-one more trials ahead. What can the socialist party hope ing Persian silk industry, its work be- this branch with the gradual fall in Sherman, No. 35768; February 27, Francis E. McClennegen, No. 38125. Ten thousand dollars wanted by February 15. to accomplish in behalf of the work- ing carried on very successfully.” the cost of Soviet industrial products. | At Folsom Prison, Represa, California—February 13, P. Gordon, No. Volunteers wanted to help mail out tens of thousands ing class with such tactics as tl 1— The operations of the Russo-Persian | At present, the commercial turnover | 38113; February 26, Earl Firey, No. 12640. of lettare tak Michigan * er W. J. Daniel, Davenport, Iowa. Bank have considerably increased, | between the Union of Soviet Socialist | At Thomaston, Maine, Box “A”—February 11, Neils Randquist. 2 . their volume reaching nine miliion Mepublics and Persia is about 16 mil- | Cora Meyer, secretary, invites friends and sympathiers to send birthday Come during the day or phone State 5959 if you will rubles in the current year. ‘lion rubles and is steadily nearing pre- cards and letters (money is advisable for gifts) to these political prisoners. come at night. Bring others. ABs hs Further, special mixed companies | war dimensions, which will probably | Books and publications to be sent directly from the publishers. Small Labor Defense Council, 166 West Washington Street, : Aluue A Qu, Works fea under way of organization for carry- soon be exceeded. calendars for the year 1925 are alse suggested. 3 8 Room 307. | | | ‘ 2
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within the next two or three months in Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Maine, Michigan, Missouri, Minnesota, Neb- raska, New Hampshire, North Dakota, Ohio, Oregon, Rhode Island, Utah, Ver- mont and Wisconsin. It requires 36 states to put the amendment in force. State Regulation Status. All except 7 states have statutes technically prohibiting the employ- ment in factories and stores only of children under 14 years of age. Of the exceptions, Utah and Wyoming have no laws,, California, Maine, Michigan and Texas have established a minimum age of 15 and Montana and Ohio pro- hibit employment under 16. All except 12 states have statutes technically prohibiting the employ- hours a week. The exceptions are Florida, Idaho, Maine, Michigan, New Hampshire, Rhode Island and South Dakota with a maximum of 54 hours, Pennsylvania with: 51 hours, South Carolina with 55 hours and Georgia, attendance of some sort up to the 16th year. The exceptions are Idaho, Nevada, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon and Utah which set the age at 18 years; Delaware, Maine, Maryland, North Dakota, and South Dakota which set it at 17, Arkansas with 15 and Georgia, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carosina, Texas, Virginia and the District of Columbia in which school is required only up to 14 years. Exemptions Make Law Look Foolish. The exemptions allowed in 20 states render the apparent regulation a de- ception and make possible the em- ployment of over 1,000,000 children be- tween the ages of 10 and 15 years of whom 40 per cent are under 14. In many of these states children are al- lowed to work under the legal age or beyond the maximum number of hours during vacations or when employed by parents. In Arkansas, California, Delaware, Idaho, Mississippi, Utah and Virginia the hour limitation does not apply to work in the canneries which is recognized by the U. S. children’s bureau as one of the worst forms of child exploitation. Delaware and Mis- sissippi also exempt canneries from application of the minimum age limit. There are other grounds for exemp- on from one or another of the pro- -ective provisions of these state laws. Among them the most significant is poverty. Poverty is recognized for exemption from the requirement of pohool attendance in Arkansas, Colo- ado and fowa. It is recognized in orgia for reduction of the minimum ide from 14 years to 12 years. in south Dakota, Texas and Washington poverty deletes the age requirement together. In these states the children of the oor are not protected at all. Graham Benefit Ticket Holders Must Take Notice Those comrades holding tickets for 16 benefit of Comrade Graham, the ember of the Lakeview branch who ‘as seriously injured a few months go, and for whom the city central mmittee of Local Chicago organized is form of relief, are instructed to rn in all tickets and funds for fina) scounting at the local office, Room 7, 166 West Washington street by nesday evening, Jan. 27, or at the pople’s Hall, 4021 North Drake Ave. 7 Bank Closes Doors. Sr. PAUL, Minn., Jan. 25. — The rmers’ State Bank of Deer Creek forced to close its doors because lack of reserves, the state superin- ndent of banks announced. The had deposits of $100,000. It was al: at $25,000. ils 7777 FRING C. PP. A in conjunction with other rail- labor organizations, is now giv- consideration to this subject ! ew to determining upon a a ley to be followed, but up to this no definite program has been upon.” - * at nb N N. > 8 q Me 5 1 El France Got Plenty of Plunder, He Says WASHINGTON, D. ., Jan. 26.— Borah’s speech in the senate, de- manding that France pay her debt of $4,000,000,000, which the United States loaned Paris during the war, was a statement of the views of the Coolidge administration, it was learned at the White House: Borah’s speech stamps the Idaho senator as the mouthpiece of the Morgan bankers controlling the Coolidge government, and gives strength to the rumor that Coolidge will soon recognize Russia as a good business proposition. Borah claimed in his senate speech that France is trying to repudiate her debts. His speech was made at the time when a new French ambassador is on the way to Washington, Borah recalled that the French finance minister pointedly ignored the Ameri- can debt in his official report on assets and liabilities, which was made to the French chamber a month ago. Borah demands that the money, which was loaned on demand notes, be returned. Borah criticized the recent speech of Marin in the French cham- ber which characterized American as a Shylock, and declared France sa- crificed so much in life in the world war she should not have to pay. France gained 400,000 square miles of territory, her lost provinces, the richest iron basin of Europe and enormous cash payments from Germa- py in the world war, and America wanted her slice of plunder as well as France, Borah said. ar aa ae 2 e NEW YORK, Jan. 25. — Charles Evans Hughes, retiring secretary of state, may have a damage suit on his hands if the Lucy Stone League committee reports favorably. At the league’s dinner to Helena Normanton, English woman lawyer who won a passport in her own name, the use-your-own-name women decid- ed that they might take action against Hughes for the stern refusal to grant American women passports in their maiden names. Ruth Hale (wife of Haywood Broun, columnist), president of the league, did not succeed in getting her pass- port for a recent trip to Europe un- der her own name. They Fight Child Labor Law OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla., Jan. 25 —Na stone was left unturned by the exploiters of labor here to defeat the Child Labor Amendment to the United States constitution. Lavishly oiling their machine with the money stolen from workers’ toil. they succeeded in getting the Oklahoma legislature to vote 81 to 24 against the amendment. “The Beauty and the Bolshevik” is coming to Ashland Auditorium Feb. 5.4 FOR CAL. (Special to The Daily Worker) Glenn Young, Ku Klux Klan poms al has been 45 here, after lea aga nmen in an — on * Nas E * sheriff. : omas was attacked by 14 klan gunmen, who led by Young, opened fire on Thomas as he was walking down the principal street of the town un- Renectly Returned to Herrin. Thomas ran into the European Ho- tel and barricading himself behind the clerk’s desk, returned the fire of the klan killers. Thomas, before falling to the floor mortally wounded, shot and killed Glenn Young, and wounded Homer Warren and George Forbes, all klansmen. Thomas had just returned to Her- rin, after an absence dating from the latest shooting in which an autumobil« load of klansmen, which includec Homer Warren, attacked Thomas and Galligan anti-klan sheriff of William. son age. S men were killed in thir shooting, three of the attacking klans men being shot, and retreating before the fire of the deputy sheriffs. Young had paraded the streets armed to the teeth and looking for trouble. He had been staying at the Lyman Hotel where he declared he was writing his autoboiography. Troops have again been called from Carbondale by Governor Small. Many of the militiamen are also members o the ku klux klan. Had No Official Authority. Glenn Young gained prominence as a man killer. For 15 years he worke for the department of justice, spend- ing most of that time in hunting draft evaders and army deserters. Young is said to have received over $60,000 from the United States government ir return for the men be killed or cap- tured. Young had boasted that he killed 30 men during his career. 8 im 1920 Young came to IIIIinois working for the ku klux klan. His first act was to enter the home of a farmer at Madison, Illinois, and firc ing him in cold blood. Young had nc official authority for his murderous raids, being backed only by the. ku klux klan. Forbes Trial Nears End. CHICAGO, Jan. 25.—Closing argu- ments in the long-drawn-out trial of Col. Charles R. Forbes, former head of the war veterans’ bureau, and John W. Thompson, St. Louis and Chicago contractor, on charges of conspiracy to defraud the government were be- gun in the federal court today. Opening arguments for the govern- ment, Assistant Attorney General Ralph Potter asserted that the posi- only in importance to that of the president.” Court was adjourned at noon until Monday, when counsel for the defense will take up their pleas, with John W. H. Crimm, government attorney, mak- ing the final argument. Amalgamated Bank Statement NEW YORK, Jan. 25.—Sidney Hill- man announced today that the Amal- gamated Bank counted its earnings on stock last year at approximately ten per cent. Resources increased in the year to about $5,000,000 from $450,000 which the bank had when it opened. Together with the Chicago bank the in- stitution has sent abroad for workers $10,000,000 in 300,000 remittances thru e foreign exchange department. MOSCOW, Jan. 25.—The Belgian (Red Flag), trialists in favor of resuming relations publics without further delay. which possessed enterprises in South the company’s capital by the fact that they “must be fully prepared to re- commence work in Russia as soon as circumstances will permit—which may happen very soon.” The chairman of an important man- ufacturers’ union in Belgium has re- cently stated that they are eager to set to work in Russia again provided they can enjoy the “fruit of their la- bors in the limits of reasonable er- pectations.” . In a recent speech at a meeting of the Labor Party in Brussels, Mr. Van- derveide also spoke emphatically in favor of early Soviet recognition. Czechs Demand Recognition. It is reported from Pragua, Czecho- Slovakia, that the pro-government coalition parties have since for some time been discussing in a lively man- ner the question of restoration of nor- mal relations with the Union of Soviet It is symptomatic in this reference that a SOVIET RECOGNITION IS STIRRING BELGIUM AND CZECHO-SLOV AKIA Communist organ, the Drapeau Rouge reports that there is a strong movement among Belgian indus- with the Union of Soviet Socialist Re- large joint-stock company, Russia, explains the recent increase of — * „ Republics. A ing to the Czecho papers, the Natiofial-Socialists, the Social-Demo- crats and the Agrarian Party are all supporting Premier Benesh’s position in favor of prompt recognition. They have against them the right wing of the National-Democratic Party, headed by Mr. Cramarzj, while the left wing National-Democrats favor recognition for reasons of an economic character. The same differences seem to be splitting the Clerical Party, whose at- titude as a whole in the matter is yet uncertain. It is worth noting that an effort re- cently put up by the Czecho-Slova- kian fascists to arrange a meeting stirring anti-Soviet agitation failed to rally more than a very few hundred sympathizers, — ounty, in front of the Smith gar nine shots into the farmer’s. body. kill. am tion Forbes had held was second 1 Fro wing. | re, 7 5 2 e “ BON 4 * — ‘ HERRIN, III., Jan. 25.—8. wish The opening gun ot the 1925 Alder- manic campaign in the city ot Chi- cago will be fired in the 24th Ward at a campaign meeting next Tuesday, Jan. 27th, at Workers Party Center, 3118 W. Roosevelt Road. Hyman Ep- stein, candidate for alderman, will speak and well known figures in the American and Jewish labor movement will also voice their support to his candidacy, endorsed by the Workers (Communist) Party. Fifty workers will make a final house house canvas this Sunday, Jan, 25th, to get the remaining sig- natures needed to put their candidates on the ballot, and at the same time they will distribute the Workers Party Program and notice of this meeting. All volunteers will report to the Ward Campaign Headquarters, 3118 W. Roosevelt Road, Sunday from 10 to 1. | Several other meetings will be held in various parts of the ward, and a social affair will be run some time in TELL 10 re - - A 22 7 1 Te ae a ite ; F tee by e l N ae * * e 5 a -« N HEA THEY WILL FIGHT | Applause at Big Party Puts C rimp in His Day In rooms so close to each other that the cheers, roars of laughter, singing voices and thunderous applause of the 1,500 teachers, in their Silver Jubilee at the Morrison Hotel, drowned out the voice of the Superintendent of Schools, Wil- liam McAndrew, who was ad- dressing a meeting of the prin- cipals in the same building, the fight of the Chicago school teachers took on a new phase Saturday. The silver jubilee of the Teachers’ Federation was in celebration of the 25th anniversary of the federation’s first campaign against Chicago’s tax dodgers. But it was not only to thir battle that this gathering of teachers gave expression. In fact, it was a tribute to every battle the teachers have been waging to maintain the in- tegrity of their organization, to main- tain existing standards of education within the public schools of Chicago and for the further improvement of the education of the children and the betterment of their own conditions right up to their present fight with McAndrew. McAndrew chose even the same day, the same place and the same hour to meet the principals to hatch his plots for breaking the federation. Hears Their War Cry. The hundreds of voices that went up in cheers at the teachers’ gathering no doubt destroyed the confidence of McAndrew’s outfit in the success of their schemes. Nor could McAndrew or any of the others in his meeting help but have it brought home to them that the teachers’ federation is a fighting or- ganization and a powerful force to deal with. Miss Margaret Haley spoke, giving a brief outline of the teachers’ tax fight which began in 1899, its purpose being to round up wealthy property owners who were getting away with- out paying one single cent on valuable taxable property, while the teachers were receiving a mere pittance for a wage and the school system suffered the middle of February to help raise for mpaignu work should — to Wil. liam F. Kruse, 703 8. Ashland Blvd., or to the Douglas Park English, ouglas Park Jewish, or T. W. L. No. secretaries, City Council Bows To the WI of Traction | The protest of the workers of Chi- cago against the failure of Mayor De- ver and the city conneil:-to put up a fight against the continued control of the city traction lines by the bankers, President Henry A. Blair of the Chicago Surface lines, has now proposed a system ot subway and traction lines for Chicago, which ig- nores Dever’s proposal of a municipal- ly owned traction system The city council committee on transportation does nothing without consulting the bankers, and then takes ‘he orders zt the bankers. Blair's plan ignores the sale of the traction lines to the city and provides for the granting of a new franchise to the bankers by the city. So far the coun- cil has mace no attempt to confiscate ihe city traction lines, or to put the hankers in their place by delivering an ultimatum to them. The bankers will officially tell the city council what attitude they will take on the demand that the city con- trol the traction companies as 5 tes | ers has been paid. The city neil admits that, if the bankers do not ac- cept, the mayor’s plan is dead, as they do not intend to take action that would displease the bankers. Labor M. P. Gets Poor Relief. LoNpON—- Wulle Albert Law, a Bolton ¢otton-spinner and labor mem- ber of parliament until the October election, is applying for unemploy- ment relief, John Brotherton, elected to the house for labor at the same time, is just emerging from govern- ment assistance. Brotherton in his maiden speech in parliament announc- ed that unemployment had forced him to take the government dole until hi: election. Unemployment is responsi. ble for Law’s plight, together with a million other British workers. A Steinmetz Memorial. NEW YORK, Jan. 23—The directors NEW YORK, Jan. 25—The directors decidéd to establish a memorial to Dr. Charles Steinmetz, the late electri- cal wizard, in the form of a fund tor the tuition and laboratory fees of four students in Union college, Schenec- tady, where Steinmetz conducted a course for ten years. The fund will be a permanent one and will be available for sons of employes of the General Electric company and young men now employed in the company, | ——— — as a majority of the debt to the Ke Ithe speeches. cannot ignore revolutionary assem- from lack of money, a condition which they have been fighting ever since. Fight For Better Education. She urged \the teachers not to stop in their efforts to get across to the people of Chicago that all their fights are for the welfare of the children and for a higher standard of educa- tion in the public schools of Chicago. Night Shirts at Funeral. DANVILLE, III., Jan. 25.—The ku klux klansmen from many points in Illinois and western Indiana were in attendance today at the funeral of Dr. Samuel L. Paul, mayor of Milford, held at the methodist church. He had been the assistant state veterinarian of eastern Illinois for the past ten years. Jap Volcano Busy. TOKIO, Jan..25—The Shirane vol. Cano near Kasatsu is again pouring out ashes and smoke and the populace fled from the vicinity in great alarm today. HONOR ROLLS FOR | 1 l. JOINT BAZAAR ARE NEEDED AT ONCE NEW YORK, Jan. 265.—The last conference of the joint bazaar com- mittee was held Sunday. As the opening of the bazaar approaches, more and more energy must be de- voted to the affair. Great progress was reported on all hands. A Japanese booth is as- sured. The Russian booth with hand-woven linens and embroideries will Be one of the attractions of the bazaar. The italian spaghetti booth will supply that Italian dish in all its fine flavor. One of the finest at- tractions will be the Indian magi- cian’s booth. A real Hindu will per- form most unusual tricks of magic, such as are seldom seen. There will be a booth of kitchen utensils, one of books, of flowers, Armenian pastry, etc. The finest entertain- ment has been procured, among the organizations participating being the Freiheit Singing Society, the joint orchestra of 90 pieces, a chil- dren’s dancing school with 60 chil- dren, a children’s orchestra of 25 pieces, the Finnish societies, and various stars. The Red Honor Rolls must be re- turned by Jan. 26, so as to make it possible to print the names in the souvenir program. All funds collect- | ed should be sent in before the ba- | zaar. TEXTILE BARONS NOW WANT GIRLS TO WORK NIGHTS First Low Wage, Then Everything Else TRENTON, N. J., Jan. 25.— Writs attacking the constitutionality of New Jersey’s new law prohibiting night work for women have been granted certain manufacturing concerns of the state. Botany Mills, Jersey Cilty laundries Garfield Worsted Mills, Owens Bottle Co. and several others have refused to comply with the new law prevent- ing from women from working be- tween 10 p. m. and 6 a. m. Commissioner of labor Andrew F. McBride is restrained by the writs from attempting to enforce the law temporarily. Attorney General Robert H. McCar- ter acted in behalf of the manufactur- ers, arguing that the act was an im- proper exercise of the police power. Women's organization and the labor unions of New Jersey who backed the law charge that political manipula- tion to destroy the value of the law is practiced by the manufacuturers concerned. When you buy, get an “Ad” * Manifesto That Hits at Treaties (By Rosta News Agency) SHANGHAI, Jan. 25.—The Ming Kuo Ji Pao gives an ac- count of the inauguration con- ference of the Shanghai Com- mittee for Promoting the Na- tional Assembly. There were present over 400 delegates, re- presenting 143 organizations. Abolish Rights of Foreigners. A manifesto was passed, demanding abolition of unequal treaties, re-in- stallation of custom revenues to China herself, abolition of extra territorial) rights of foreigners in China. The conference declares that it is not only against a convention of mil- itarists, as planned by Peking, but will be against participation in the people’s conference of representa tives from milita:y cliques. The ton ference further appeals to the Chinese people to organize themselves and prepare a real people’s conference. In another passage of the manifes- to, the following demands are set forth: Guarantee of liberty of speech Tuchun system; disbandment oi troops; popular election of civil gov- ernors in provinces; abolition of likin and other extra taxation; enactment of laws for the protection of the inter- ests of workers and peasants; to stop the import and production of opium and other poisoning narcotics in China; protection of overseas Chinese residents by demanding annulment ol laws prohibiting the education of Chin. ese in their native language; abolition of the system of missionary schools uncontrolled by the Chinese national government; abolition of military and defense commissioners in Shanghai; confiscation of the property of militar- ists responsible for civil war, alloca- tion of these means for war sufferers relief and exemption of the peasants in the war region from land taxes for three years. The manifesto concludes by a.call to the Shanghai citizens to elect their mayor of the city and organize their own people's militia. f Urge People’s Conference. In a special telegram to the provis- ional chief executive, the conference demands the immediate summoning of the preliminary people’s conference and, within three months, of the peo- ple’s assembly; that a mandate be is- sued, abolishing all special police reg- ulations that are oppressing the rights of the people, and another mandate for the re-establishment of the work ers,’ students’ and peasants’ unions, suppressed by Wu Pei Fu, Tsaokun for the DAILY WORKER. and other militarists. CHINA NOT VANQUISHED NATION AND FIGHTS AGAINST DAWES PLAN ments from China. NEW YORK, Jan. 25.—There is further information available to the effect that the so-called “Dawes Plan for China” is apparently inspired by and has the strong backing of the Committee of American creditors, which was forced some six months ago by ten American companies having claims against China for supply of railway and other materials. active recently, bearing ever stronger pressure to be borne on the State Department that the latter adopt measures with a view to obtaining pay- This committee has been very The Annalist“, a well-known financial organ, while welcoming the idea of a Dawes plan for China, is bound to point out that there is the essential SIGNIFICANCE OF OUR MADISON SQUARE GARDEN MASS MEETING By ALEXANDER TRACHTENBERG. bo NEW YORK, Jan. 25. — Madison Square Garden is the largest arena in New York. When it is packed it is the nearest to an open air demonstra- tion. A successful Madison Square rden meeting has no peer in this ‘eA meeting in the Garden is a New York meeting. It is a natidnal meeting. In speaking to the 15,000 assembled at the Garden, we speak to the mil- lions outside, without broadcasting The capitalist press blies which pack the Garden, and the following day the whole country reads about our demonstration. But to achieve the significance of a real dem- onstration the Garden must be filled to the top. A meeting with an attendance of five or six thousand is generally a great meeting, but it would be a fail- ure as a Garden meeting. It will not be noticed, or it will be ridiculed. The great arena looks empty with six thousand people present. The Garden is at its best when it is packed to the roof. Those who have had something to do with running Garden meetings know the enthusiasm which a success. ful Garden rally produces among the members and sympathizers and the general propaganda which results from such a meeting. Last year’s Lenin Memorial meeting was the topic of conversation for weeks. We shall repeat the same feat this year if the masses hear about the meeting. They will come in thou- sands; they will fill the hall to over flowing because they want to pay homage to Lenin, who gave his life to the cause of the disinherited. They will come because they want to show their solidarity with the Russian work- ers, in whom they see a promise ful filled, a dream realized. Our slogan should be: “On to Madison Square Garden on February 1. By train, ferry, street car, subway, on foot—the thousands will come from | all corners of greater New York, with | strong delegations from nearby Con- necticut and New Jersey towns to join them at the Garden. Every friend of Soviet Russia, every militant worker, every rebel living in a radius of at least fifty miles form the Garden will want to be there Sunday, Feb. 1. They will come long before two + difference between Germany, for which the original Dawes plan has been adopted, and China in that the latter is not a vanguished foe, but an ally in need. This, the journal re- marks, would naturally make it more dificult to apply a Dawes plan in China. Returns published by the Depart- ment of Trade witness to the fact that the United States is ever more inter- ested in China. Of American external commerce for the first nine months of the current year, two per cent went to the East and 29 per cent to Europe, as against 22 and 30 per cent, respec- tively, during the same period in 1923. While the imports from China have somewhat decreased, the exports to China have somewhat decreased, the exports to China from America are larger this year by about $14,000,000. o'clock, the hour set for the meeting. When the doors open, thousands will be in line for admission to the Garden As last year, they will be happy in the thought that the Lenin Memoria) Get Tickets at Once. meeting was a great demonstration. Jobs Scarce in Detroit. DETROT—Employment in the capl- tal of the auto industry reflects very little of the industrial revival sup- posed to follow the election of Presi- dent Coolidge. According to the weekly report of the Detroit employ- Our advice to all who want to be on the inside of the Garden and witness to Soviet Russia and Communism, i: to obtain the admission tickets imme- diately and be near the Garden before noon on Sunday, Feb. 1. That day will be menrorable in the life of the militant workers of New York. All America will know about it, and the victorious Russian workers will be glad to hear that they have so many friends in New York. Madison Square Garden is soon t be demolished. Let the Lenin Mem- orial on Feb. 1 be the greatest in its history. — — — the demonstration to Lenin's memory, | ers’ assocation the number of work. ers on the payrolls reached 197,334. about 4,000 above the low point, when 194,249 were employed. This com- ‘pares with more than 242,000 in Feb- ruary, 1924. More than 18 per cent of those employed last February are out of a job. ' — — | 32nd WARD CAMPAIGN COMMIT- | TEE MEETS TONIGHT. | An important meeting of the 32nd Ward campaign committee will be held Monday, Jan. 26, at 8 p. m., at the Soviet School, 1902 W. Division St. Committees of Russian, Polish and |Ukrainian branches and v. W. E No. 5 must be present. ‘ res
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thie | A8 WE SEE IT - i ig OF N oN A Bone = egy ad tet ate Mh. « ee ee er NaN N Poets (Continued from Page 1.) Jee 2 S Se Sines: was only fair to her that she should nn, tn * ——— III *. 8 see 8 bridegroom befor: | tee > a Bir. 25. accepting him for better or very likely „ a ty 2 so The genial Urbain restraine¢ un po : his urbanity, but his stocks in the ) Comrades |) 1 * matrimonial market are now below e letter off t 132 Terms of Agreement AMUEL M. VAUCLAIN, president he cuts a big figure and in politi You're wrong, i . of the Baldwin Locomotive Works | when he speaks to Governor 8 The Neg o com- Arrived At has no use for people who are not favor of some imprisoned correct when they 5 always looking prosperity straight in Joliet gates fly open. F. workers are stu jt (Special to The The Dally Worker) the eye. He blames the workers who atte Mek, ei . | WILKESBARRE, Pa., Jan. 25. haven't a job for being unemployed. RRIO was shot at, last § The strike of 12,000 anthracite | There is no excuse for ft, he said. If} | and is seriously wounded. @ million workers were laid off, Be miners of the Pennsylvania Coal fuses to divulge the names of hi irected, , what they sallants and the police have a i> owever the optimistic plute, w sa 7 th the naar Cap- |should do, instead of trotting srounc ‘fun telling the newspapers that t . “er to the unemployment offices, is to take know who did the shooting, v us- pellini ring of district officials ag tee | and against the company, will pointless out their paint pots and brushes and reporters aré scratching their Ww On Friday morning a conference was held at a local hotel, participatec in by presidents of the ten striking locals with six representatives of the district locals gutside those on strike and the “speci investigation com- mission” appointed by John L. Lewis to quell the revolt against and save the hide of his local tool, Rinaldo Cap- pellini, president of District One. Look Em Over, Miners. This “special commission” is com posed of Neal J. Ferry, Edward Dob. bins of Illinois Dist. 12, John O'Leary of Pittsburgh, Dist. 5, John Matis of Williamstown, Pa., of Dist. 9, and John Ghazzoni of Homer City, Pa. The basis upon which the men wil) return to work Monday morning a: agreed at the above meeting is stipu- lated as follows: 1. That their grievances will be taken up immediately by the mine committees and district officials upon | efficiency if the girl was suing her hus a return to work. band for divorce, in a few years, on Immediately “Considered.” the ground of infidelity. 2. Reinstatement of the revoked * „„ ed but not published. troversy would be useless. of the DAILY WORKER is cle so is the polity of the Workers N and the Communist International. We are champions of the oppressed Negr . workers, and because the Negro con- stitutes one of the most exploited sec- ‘tions of the working class, therefore we are especially interested in the Negro—just as we consider more the COOLIDGE FORCES SECRECY IN TALK OVER STONE JOB Suppress O eiiien in Secret Session (Special to The Daily Worker) WASHINGTON, Jan. 25.—Opposi- dragged from their homes by employ: ers, in search ef help. Of course, it never occurred to Vauclain that not every worker is lucky enough to have a fence to paint. 8 ss ® ORRETTA HINES is the daughter of a millionaire lumberman. This ‘fact is responsible for the generou: space given to her marriage by the ND this is part of what she wore: ations’ capitalist papers of Chicago. Had sh. A blue serge tailleur, trimmed Britain b been the daughter of Murphy, the car- be tan crepe; a tan felt hat; tan stated, nd penter, who sometimes drives nails ir | chiffon hose and black patent leather | verted f Hines’ lumber, her name would neve: get beyond the marriage license col umn. As it is, a cardinal celebrated the public marriage and the wedding cost every nickel of $100,000. The bride was given a pair of handsome crystal rosary beads by the pope— for which he no doubt got handsomely re- imbursed—and Bishop Francis C. Kel ley, presented her with a white praye! book. It would be a tribute to satan’s be nting their fences. Thir t to think out new words 6f Soviet to who said this and that, his c be ended Monday morning when oat: — every paint shop and nail pind the mysteries of gangland. Japan and the con- one or the other was 2 or wrong. : workers « the miners are ordered by the factory in the country busy right away | enterprising city editor sent a sob its ile attitude assumed |5° we have to wo all the indignant nt. Nor did th . grievance committee to resume and the unemployed workers would beter to interview Mrs. Torrio, and the * ia by the comrades that th letters are receiv- : Negroes are 8 } gentle lady, the gun man’s wife, could | F hardly be prevented from discussing | the eclipse of the sun rather than the shooting of her husband. But the re porter was more interested in what | mi she wore than what she said, which 1 perhaps to the credit of the sob sis- news | ter’s sense of judgment. Cop eee t have lost Hag has been t against England, a Tiving by way of : ant The economic | continue until diplomatic zen Russia and Great p better, the dispatch to France and trade commissaries. eur Russo-Japan Pact. eign office here, which ex- | sentiment of the large industrialists, is partic- over the clause in the treaty providing that slippers; a rich moleskin wrap, with e Germany b. | coltar of gray fox, and a purse of tan Alarn suede. Only a platinum wedding ring The adorned her fingers! A good deal of this is Swedish to me. The money s that went to pay for the costly rai- ularly ala ment of Mrs. Torrio, did not come] Ru | from exploiting lumberjacks in British each jtry guarantees benevolent Columbia or Maine. If Torrio is not | neutrality im the event the other is the most maligned man in Chicago, 4 | inyvoly ‘war with another power. good deal of it came from the houses The forel office here has an- of prostitution which he owns. But it | nounced that the agreement might is money just the same and no quee conflict with the Geneva protocol if tions are asked as to its origin. Mrs. | that is ever adopted and New District 12 Cooperates In n to Insure Daily; More Work Still to Come Fifteen branches in District. 12 have proved themselves worthy of the good old reputation of “radicalism” that the western coast has borne since the far-off days of the general strike in Seattle. Tho tabor-fakire reign in the unions and press, ilkewise, In the |. W. W., many newly- RA ment of their grievances must com: soon or another revolt will break loose and will be harder to handle. | Movies for Workers “Beauty and the Bolshévik” and “Russia in Overalls” will be shown at the following places: Zeigler, III., Jan. 28. Chicago, Ashland Auditorium, Feb. Pittsburgh, Pa., Music Hall, Feb. 7. South Bend, Ind.— White N. 8. Carnegie Eagle Theater, 1125 W. Division St., Feb. 11. my eye. It read: “Dead from starva tion! So ambulance surgeon, Scott“ of Harlem Hospital said after examin. ing the body of a woman found lying in the basement of the tenement hous«c at 1985 Seventh avenue. She had ap parently crawled out of the snow storm to die.” This is a good picture of life under capitalism. The parasite daughter of a parasite capitalist ha: her $100,000 marriage ceremony per- formed by a prince of the catholic church. A woman of the working clase who participated in the production otf thé wealth which is squandered on these parasites, dies of starvation. * — . understanding of what we mean by Leninism by Bolshevist principles and tactics. Comrade Olgin, who has had first- hand contacts in Russia recently, has studied the question, and is well qual- ified to analyze the situation, will deal in his lecture with the issues involv- ed in the conflict within the Russian Communist Party. He will show the fundamental difference in the ten- dencies manifested, and will explain the significance of Leninism versus Trotzkyism. No New York militant should miss this opportunity to hear Olgin. Dur- ing this week, when all over the maintenance of friendly relations to the United States,” says the London Times. U. 8. 0 0 Peace. Japanese statesmen are exerting pressure on Washington to prevent the naval maneuvers of the American fleet in Pacific waters. Tetichi Sugita, members of the Japanese house of peers, has sent a letter to Congress- man Britten, urging him to endeavor to prevent the fleet maneuvers, which are called by the Japanese statesman “a menace to the yonce of the Far East.” The world economic and commercial situation is revolving about the Paci- ministration leaders. Administration Opposes Publicity. The secret session, lasting an hour, was characterized by a series of at- tacks on Stone, all of which were based on reports that the attorney general planned to obtain an indict- ment against Senator eeler in the courts of the district of umbia. ‘This reported activity led Senators Borah, Walsh and Heflin to bitterly flay the attorney general. They were joined in this stand by Senators Over- man, democrat, of North Carolina; Caraway, democrat of Arkansas, and Norris, republican of Nebraska. Under the flow of denunciation, Torrio and Miss Hines get their hab- it Russia wag declared an “aggressor” tion to the confirmation of Attorney] them. wr eta ee 1 5 charters will be immediately gonsid. Tn catholic church tells us that|erdashery described in the capitallst by the leagm®-of nations. Japan is General Harlan F. Stone as an assist- ered by the “special commission marriages are made in heaven. If press because they have money. Thi! | hound hy ‘its membership in the league, | ant justice of the United States gu- ‘Faceed with local debts, unemployment and handicaps due to the 0 when the men return to work. so, God should be able to keep the is one kind of equality that flourishes in such a case, to “engage in economic, | preme court flared into the open in newness of the party, nonetheless, western rades have realized thelr 0 3. Lewis’ commission will remair wolf trom the door until the next under capitalism. financial and moral pressure against the senate yesterday afternoon. dependence on a central party press. They have turned from their own 8 in Scranton until grievances are ad. seven years of plenty. Skeptical peo- the power to which Japan has prom- It revolved around an attempt by . to help insure the DAILY WORKER for 19298. h justed and will recommend no dis ple, particularly ex-catholics, are o q ised benevolent neutrality.” The Bald-| Senator Heflin, democrat of Alabama, * „% „ @ N crimination against strikers er their the opinion that heaven has only e WORKERS SCHOO win government has suffered from its to reply to a newspaper article which . leaders. long distance acquaintance with the stupid policy — * hostility toward Sov- charged him with opposing Stone's These Branches H ave Sent Their Aid Across ‘ : 4. The presidents of the three an treasures which his agents collect ip iet Rusa an is eating sour grapes confirmation because the latter was 4 | thracite districts are to help in the ad- his name. Anyhow, the wedding o ah atempling to show that Japan an “attorney for J. Pierpont Morgan.“ the Rockies to Daily Worker ‘ justment of grievances. the lumber magnate’s daughter mus‘ an “illegal” treaty. Coolidge for Suppression and Secrecy. Seatle, Wash e 8 10.00 \ Fight Changes Form—But Don’t Stop have caused rejoicing in heaven ane England's Troubles. Three times administration leaders Seattio w m4 3 797 ' The miners are not considering tha perhaps in the vatican. The pope ma) M 4 0 Be ‘ raised points of order against Heflin b sushi * 18.00 F the end of the strike means an end | console himself with the thot that even py * 1 ring ts to prevent him attacking Stone. Bothel, Wash., Engish. 7.00 : to their struggle against the treacher tho his friend Mussolini loses his heac hes 3 * * . aa eee Win Heflin apparently stopped by Marshfifield. Ore., English, — 14.00 1 ous Cappellini and his collaboration and the pope his rather spacious liv Subject Is 2 vs. ius These oe 8 = 8 oan the objection of republican leaders, Mount Vernon, Wash., English 13.00 with the operators to defeat them ir ing quarters, he could enjoy himself ir Tro tee ar ee ne ee ©| Senator Overman, democrat, of North Seattle, Wash., English .. 36.00 their insistence that the operators Chicago, among his catholic mone: ro tskyism” es Prog ior — egy en * * Carolina, moved that the senate im- Spokane, Wash., English..... . also, must abide by the agreement. barons. It is significant that every NEW YORK, Jan. 25.— The Inter- coe ieee of the "protocol “TE mediately consider Stone’s 9 ~~ Portiand, Ore., English. 8 0.00 * If this compromise means that Cap | capitalist paper in Chicago, all owner nal Con Within. the Ru 2 n "iq pment. in, “executive ime South Pace. Wash, English... +5 16.00 — * . by protestants, gave the Hines wed — —— — ahh a ‘the po tr 2 ane ould, bring a er prevalied Wy a one Vole f Hocutem, Wash., Flundeh. 3 8.00 . been demandi 2 3 no ding the front page. They even too} of a lecture by Moissaye J. Olgin at the blockaded state and those who gin, 1 Tool Ww Itwaeo, Wash., Finnish. —.— — 8.00 ng a special ct con | pictures of the ceremony with Cardi Coolidge’s Too! Busy hispering. w Finnish | ‘ nal Mundilein sitting on his “throné.’ [St., on Tuesday, Jan. 27th, 8 P. M. |The foreign office es that 8. en agp Winlock, Wash., Fi ö treason to their interests, the fact i: Not a pleasant picture for the ku klu: Th ; ese e , * . Ge : * Ai tn‘ tatthe ative tt Sanders, republican of innish...., — 5.00 N still evident that the miners are cer | klan. * © importance of aun question to Geneve growed! As e stands ue | Indiana, already selected by President Portland, Ore., Russsian....... — 40.00 tain to overthrow him at the first op e Gy e 1 e, move- because — * 8 liable to Coolidge as the successor to his sec- Tacoma, Wash., South Slavic — 63.00 portunity. They are completely dis | A FTER reading a description of the | rent dak of bülldlag re tal mans langug ot nations. “Mest neni the retarr, C. Bascom Slemp, appeared — illusioned in him and mean to end wedding that cost $100,000 a Fed sr Sas, eve om- | eagu + SOS men] on the floor. He conferred earnestly Total $272.00 his career. Moreover, the real adjust ee eee waite e munist parties, there must be a clear |rightly attach great importance to the in whispered conversations with ad- On the other hand, tho, certain branches, usually the bacckbone of Communist movements, have not yet reported activity. Nothing has yet been heard from either the Finnish or Russian units in Seattle, Wash. In all, 21 branches have so far played the part of passivists. This cuts down the average so low that sccarcely more than one-tenth of the district quota has been raised. Only $272.00 compared to an allotment of $2,034.00, since the membership of District 12 is estimated at 678. Twenty-one more branches must take their share of the responsi- bility. District Organizer Norman H. Tallentire must be alded. Real red achievement must be tortnooming if the DAILY WORKER is to carry on successfully. pn e 2 8 ee 9 the. Not A Dollar of Encouragement Vet Sent by These Twenty-one Branches mg rer 2 ‘ world workers are commemorating fc, and Soviet Russia at present has administration senators sat silent, BULGARIAN BRANCH—Portland, Ore. ‘ St. Paul, Minn.—444 Rice St., Feb. OUR big news features jostled each the death of the great leader of the more influence in the Far East than protesting only against efforts to car- ENGLISH BRANCH—Arlington, Wash. other in the Chicago papers yes international proletariat, the subject any other world power. ry the fight out into a public session. ESTHONIAN BRANCH—Portland, Ore. Milwaukee, Wis. ‘Pabst Theater, terday. They were: The Glenn Youn; is especially timely and fitting. FINNISH BRANCHES—Aberdeen, Wash.; Asteria, Ore.; Bothe! March 7. affair; the eclipse of the sun; the This is the fourth lecture in the . Are You Going to the Open Forum Wash.; Kalama, Wash.; Kent, Wash.; Kirkland Wash. — San Francisco, March 21. shooting of Johnny Torrio and the series on the Russian Revolution Bostonians Brave ee ee ge id, Ore.; Northport, Wash : Portland Ore.; e Wash.; 7 7 ’ * * Warkess Sensei un dernire unn Severe Storm to See Building Labo Roslyn, Wash.; Seattle, Wash.; South Prairie, Wash.; Woodland, ' Daily Worker Builders C orner days. Admission for a single lecture is Russian Film Show Wash. . | 25 cents. a 8 of Cleveland, O., SCANDANAVIAN BRANCH—Portland, Ore.; Tacoma, Wash. BOSTON, Jan. 25.—Great enthusi- asm was displayed at the showing of the first Proletkino production, “The SOUTH SLAVIC BRANCH—South Tacoma, Wash. * * „ # Form New Local (Continued from page 1) from Chicago to New York, probably before the end of February. Until then, our readers, who are Want Sunday for Church Only. NEW YORK, Jan. 25.—One of the ANY New York readers are wondering why the DAILY Conducted by L. E. Katterfeld — WORKER does not appear regular ly every day on the news stands, The explanation is really quite sim- ple. The paper is distributed to the stands by the Metropolitan News Co. which hasa tremendous machin- ery covering the entire Metropol- itan area and which begins its work right after midnight. In order to catch the days distribution the DAI- LY WORKER has to arrive in New York before midnight the night be- fore. I it comes later, then it has to walt till the next day. Now the only train that makes the trip from Chicago to New York after the DAILY WORKER is print- ed that arrives in New York in time | to catch the Metropolitan’s delivery | service is not a through mail train, but has to make connections in Cleveland and Buffalo. if it fails to make either ef these connections then the Daily can not appear on the New York news stands the next morning. There is no way to remedy this just at present. Gut within a few weeks it will be done by printing the DAILY WORKER New York edition in the afternoon instead of in the evening, and shipping it from Chicago at 5:30 Instead of eleven. This change can be made as soon as the italian Wi Laveratore moves | Agent as promptly as possibile. so loyally supporting the DAILY WORKER on the news stands, must be prepared to miss a day now and then and then purchase a double ration of two Daily Workers the next day. All readers of the DAILY WORK- ER will perform a great service if they will explain to others that the irregularity is not due to the , devilishness of the “printer’s devil” in the DAILY WORKER office, nor to any fault on the part of the Metro- politan News Co. that delivers to the New York news stands, but to a cause over which none concerned have any control. if there are complaints aside from this general difficulty, then these should be brought to the attention of the DAILY WORKER New York But to have value a complaint must be SPECIFIC. Always give the name and location of news stands and the exact date on which the DAILY WORKER was not received and the name of the agency through which the dealer regularly gets his papers. 208 East 12th street. With proper attentian to detail and enough “revolutionary patience” we shall gradually solve all the problems that confront us, and win the battie on the New York news stand frent. 2 most drastic blue law measures since the days of puritanism is being draft- ed for introduction into the N. Y. leg islature. It is said that if the bill be- comes law there will be a complete cessation of Sunday activities, with the exception of going to church. Canon W. C. Chase, head of the N. Y. State Civic League and the Rev O. R. Miller, who edits the League Bulletin, are said to be behind the pro- posed measure. It is said that several members of the assembly have beer approached about standing sponsor for the bill, but all declined. Roll Up Your Sleeves and Get Busy To the DAILY WORKER.— Cannot get “subs” here for “I live in the county of Morris, The home of the snob and the klan Where the rich only speak to the richer— And Communists are under the ban.“ NOTICE, ST. LOUIS! The St. Louis T. U. E. L. meets on Tuesday, Jan. 27, at 8 o'clock at Workers’ Hall, 2412 North 14th street John Braun will speak on “The La- bor Movement.” Fraternally, H. Stoltz. “The Beauty and the Bolshevik” is / for 1925! coming to Ashiand Auditerium Feb. 6. Beauty and the Bolshevik.” In the sumptuous symphony hall the audi- ence stood up in honor of the interna- tional which was rendered, at the opening of the show, by the organ- ist, on the beautiful concert organ. This made a very deep impression upon the audience, and after that, the applause for the first glimpse of Rus- sia in Overalls was tremendous. In spite of the fact that every one came in drenched and cold from the bitter storm that started in the late after- noon and continued all night the audi- ence was the most cheerful and en- thusiastic that symphony hall has had in a long time. As for the response of those pres- ent when Beauty and the Bolshevik was flashed on and the village life of the Russian peasant and land owner was shown the house came down with applause. Every one is still talking about the picture in Boston and in- quiring when the next’ pieture pro- duced by the ree eens will come to Boston. granted his card without initiation fee or initiation ceremony. Officials Call Police Against Members. But the protests were wunayailing, and at the election on Dec. 26, Smith, Rowe and Carley were candidates. The president, Brady, appointed ten tellers, the vice-president two, and Brady then ruled that the counting of ballots should be behind closed doors. The demand of the opposition can- didates to be present at the counting was met by the calling of the police, and some forty men, including candi dates and their supporters, were taken to the police station, and altho not de- tained, they found upon their return the doors of the hall locked. The Old Game. The tellers’ report gave Smith some 878 votes out of a total of about 1,480, altho it is almost impossible to find anyone to find anyone to say he voted for Smith. Mike Kelley and T. P. McNamara were defeated for re-elec- tion as business agents, because of having opposed the ruling machine, altho McNamara was credited with Help Insure ‘THE DAILY WORKER 430 votes as against the 220 which served to elect him in 1923. The membership had long been local officials. — = / thoroly disgusted with the conduct of The largest ‘ laborers’ local in the union, with over 6,000 members, it should have been able to accumulate a large surplus, but the Russian Branch Starts—Will It Keep Going? Just before the paper went to press, there arrived a 4. for 812.00 for DAILY WORKER insurance policies sold to the Russian branch of Seattle, Wash. This removes another branch from the non-militant class. Will this branch go even further and make a good beginning into a good ending? Will it complete its quota of $3.00 a member? And how about the other twenty branches that have not yet got Into action? We await word from them. . yp mse oa keep the money Investigators of . Treasury Dry. ‘Sugar Beet Charlie’ The meetings were so disorderly that the rank and file were practically unable to express themselves. The per capita tax to the International has not been paid since October with resulting loss of benefits. The conduct of the election gave sufficient proof that the machine in power will go to any length to keep out those who oppose them. The charter officers of the new local include John Carley, president, and T. P. McNamara; financial secretary. It is joining what is known as the “New” Building Trades Council, at- filiated with the A. F. of L. building trades department, while the “old” council, dominated by the carpenters, is not so affiliated. The new local claims over 1,000 members with more members of No. 10 coming over all the time. When you Ly we rere our n for the CV - — Just Pass the Buc (Special to the Daily Worker) WASHINGTON, Jan. 25—The 81 cial subcommittee investigating t nomination of Charles B. Warren attorney general refused today to: prove the appointment. It was decid to render a report to the sens judiciary committee “without reco mendation.” SAN 'FRANCISCO, Calif..—Jan. 2 Painters’ Local No. 19 of this ci the largest painters’ union in the ste has passed the resolution protest against the Sacco-Vanzetti verdict. ——
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P BSSTRESAS eR SSSA a esFe SE 2 tod * 3 12 31722 8 ) Buc rker) The 81 ating t Varren lay to: as decid he sent ut reco —Jan. 2! this ci the ste protest erdict. an “A R. —— ail . 1 1 n 7 e . > * Mh. * he 4 , Ps — em a ~ i 151 ae 0 5 1 a + 17 i : 11 Pel ; : 115 lel 58 F EEr a FA Ff 7 the Large Factories!” NEW YORK, Jan. 25-—The New ork district of the T. W. L. is at the resent time registering all the unem- oyed members of the league and nding them into the large factories here thousands of young workers are nployed. s This is a result of the campaign at the league is carrying on for the organization and further organiza on of the Young Workers League on e basis of shop nuclei. While every ember emploved in any shop no mat- how small must carry on Com nist activity, the very small shops never be the basis for the units The the large ones. é unemployment in the shifting many of our comrades into erent industries, and influencing usands of young workers. e must concentrate our forces in basic industries, in the large fac- es, and at the same time intensify work, in shops and thru system- efforts, win over the young work- to the program of the T. W. L. ENEVA, Jan. 26.—-The League of tions has not made public the rea- is given by Costa Rica in that na- n’s withdrawal from the league. sta Rica withdrew from the league mations on Dec, 24, but the league pressed the news until this time. r rw eHeS Bm 2 . * 5 n * ney : ; g ne Te 3 ee 1 * ö e 7 N N. oS "3 oy . en st r e = . a N moet) 241 & 55 by * * n 4 5 2 * 4 ~ ‘ 7 7 a b. * — 8 N 9 4 * 4 . 7 ’ Py a4 mt 3 — 7 i * 2 ae i „ 11 4 5. 4 - N 8 * a Sa 5 >» sis. i * 727577775 Fr 125582 5 Hh * 2 85 8 5 : 5 ing to the call of the Shirtmakers’ Un. ion which has sent a organizer into «Phe Paterson section of the T. W. L. that -has. shown how Communists should participate in a strike, by their heroic and splendid work in connec- m with, the recently terminated Pat- sik Workers’ General Strike. can be ed upon to render every possible assistance to the union in or- ganizing the workers and make it hot for.the shirt manufacturer. The treat- 2 manufacturer will re ceivé in Paterson will be a warnin; to all the manufacturers that the workers of the state of New Jersey are growing more militant. and will stop the epidemic of manufacturers moving their plants from New York to child—thus introducing the immoral] practices of Russia.” | The gentleman further fears that the passage of the amendment would release a horde of federal agents who would “question the right of every parent to have his child work, regu- late the hours that the child shall work or the conditions of his labor.” And (saddest thot of all for millions of proletarian parents!) “Congres: could even prevent a father from or- dering his boy to pick strawberries for his breakfast”! Patronize our advertisers. OUR DAILY PATTERNS | SET FOR THE BOUDOIR. ttern 3770 supplies these three els, It is cut in 3 sizes: Small, jum and large. The cap No. 1, require % yard of 27 inch mater- \ No. 2 will require 5% yard. One | of slippers will require % yard medium size. r the caps: lace, batiste, net „satin, silk, cretonne and chintz | be used. The slippers are at- ive in silk, satin, cretonne, chintz, el and eiderdown. tern mailed to any address on pt of 12c in silver or stamps. nd Le in silver or stamps for our TO-DATE SPRING E SUMMER BOOK OF FASHIONS. PITTSBURGH, PA. DR. RASNICK DENTIST Dental Service ears. ST., Near 7th a> Cor. Arthur COMFORTABLE SHOES AND A | WARM SACK FOR BABY. 4106. The models here shown are very practical and easy to develop. The sack could be of flannel, crepe, garbardine, silk or linen. The shoes of suede, satin, elderdown or linen or felt. As so little material is required for either the shoes of sacque—that one may readily fashion either from remnants or garments that have been outgrown. The shoes may be made from a felt hat, using the crown for the sole and sides, and the brim for the front portions. The pattern is cut in one size. The sack and shoes of one material will require 1% yard 32 inches wide. The shoes alone will require K yard for one pair. Pattern mailed to any address on receipt of 12c in silver or stamps. Send 12c in silver or stamps for our UP-TO-DATE SPRING & SUMMER 1925 BOOK OF FASHIONS. Address The DAILY WORKER, 1118 W. Washington mu Bivd., Chica . NOTICE TO-PATTERN BUYERS—The tterns per, 3 the * tern partment are - nished by a New York firm of pattern man Orders are forwarded by the DAILY WORKER every as re- ceived, and they are mailed by man- ufacturer to the customer. The C A we ee . — = n vhen the merry- maker misses the last various towns. of New Jersey to | te organs of the would-be deficit in the D 2 4 oo 1 * . 4 ae = yy me ls 8 9 e Poy 2 + wed the tee * 5 = wl es 29 5 18 1174 77114 4 3 only in emergency cases, such as sidered unnecessary. ; the net proceeds will be devoted tc strengthening our party here in Chi- cago will be a powerful incentive in inducing every member to work his (her) head off. Mark Down the Date. But fun! Particulars of the bill of fare will be published later on. For the present we advise you to take ou your note book, tell your wife, your sweétheart or your affinity that Feb ruary 28 is the date of the biggést so cial event of the season. Mark this date down in your book and get your- self in the proper frame of mind to énjoy it. The affair will be held ir West End Women's Club, 37 South Ashland Blvd., corner of Monroe. Kept Press Spreads Falsehoods About Budget of Soviets ‘ MOSCOW, Jan. 25.—It is stated au- thoritatively that the reports, which have appeared in some foreign, prese of the Union of Sovie tial crop failure in the & of Soviet Russia, are Asia matter ot fact, the agricultural tax, a levy which is usually completed by ch, is even now yielding on the average, eighty-seven, while in cer- tain places—one hundred per cent of the budget estimates. Now, the in- come from the agricultural tax forms Moreover, not only has the budget for the financial year 1924-26 been drawn up withont.a deficit, but the estimates even provide for some surplus funds. In refutation of the false assertions of the Russian white emigrant paperr regarding the allegedly unreal char- acter of the Union of Soviet Socialist’ Republic budget without. deficit — ar argument advanced in view of the would-be failure of last year’s budget, the Izvestia shows, on the strength of authentic figu and other materi. als, that the Working of the 1923-24 budget gave an excess of state revenue over expenditure of more than thirty million roubles, which was not provided for in the estimates. Against Boss—Only in the Home. NEW YORK, Jan. 25.—The Rev. N. J. Springer, last night sermonized in his Brooklyn church on “Problems of Modern Marriage,” and delivered him. self of the following sentiments: “It will be clear that the marriage relationship which I regard as ideal is the one in which the common and unreserved devotion of husband to wife and wife to husband rests, not on the ability of either to absorb and subdue the other. The only mar. riage relationship which I could re- The reverend is preaching a series of sermons on this subject. It is not announced that he will speak on the “Boss in Industry.” Dr S. ZIMMERMAN DEN TI SIT MY NEW LOCATION : X-Ray Gas ‘Given ESTABLISHED 12 YEARS. My Examination is Free _ My Prices Are Reasonable My Work is Guaranteed Extracting Specialist DELAY MEANS DECAY | SESS EES EEE | $100,000,000, ig the amount of pur- but one-third of the revenue estimates gard as tolerable is one of equality One cannot be both boss and husband ra se RRL BRERA wa 1 = plat WR ass bag 5 * W 5 , * ö 2 7 a 2 =f * N N 1 eS ees yp 1 ee a 2 n a 75 * 4 * 1 re SAS er * 2 2 . Wa + 2 ser: KN ö 5 8 * 3 4 3 F one ae: Ss ee i Lee te ak Se oe ae r een oy „„ 5 } ers . F 8 * 3 N 3 res A or waar ar oe . . 2 ; a a TS Nes 9 at “| aa a 1 7 4 be Tee S 0 L. =) ae OS Pe FD og iP a Ae ee Ss Las : ean . 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Five 9 ; 12 am, - + a. will — net ‘anty ie y 2 a r. but also practica OUR paper. rel us what YOU are — 72 7 * — — Be 8 a 2 rf ~ — N be 12 . — we >... = — —_—_ — . | BUILDERS AT of W I 1, ; bulla 7 an | \ epee to a omplish more for a mill ng—and we will “tell the world. to return to their the loom fixers of Here's a Good Way! esume ETHODS to “Build the DAILY a / 0 t good, some better and some are particularly suited to the immediate “weavers and loom needs of “Our Daily.” n Mills, Inc., the Nothing at this time is more urgent than this fact we ore bringing baie, | Come te your attention... . } rou need not be an euthurized arent to do it: wile agg ined out. Last year thousands of workers sent in their sulscriptiens in the ae 138 Arut two months of the year to greet the hirth of the DAILY WOnKHR. : Be ut the 10 — Hundreds of these are expiring during January and February NON! — cent wage cut » addit to pre- end if these are not renewed there will be a big lose to Our Doi.“ wage | tments ' That leaves two things to be done at once. We are now sending to a reduction of between $5 and $7 out the latest expiration lists to our DAILY WORKER agents thru- @ W ln out the country. If you want to lend a helping hand (every one of our — — - agents will welcome iti), get in touch with your branch or city agent N and “go seeking subs” and renewals. And if there is no ngent in your rr town write us about it and we will Business Deals way. pate a am All W Perhaps you can do another task even more simply. Take a peep eee at the label on this paper you are reading, if you got it by mail. If your ‘on. OK sub expires within the months of January or February get into action | cial expert says that at once. Send in your remittance to cover renewal. the weling phase of the Hither one of these methods—and both will be better—can help to current ment, now about “Build the DAILY WORKER”. Are you ready? Here's a good way! WORKER” are nany. Some are see that you “go seeking subs” any- chases by Russia. This expert says that a banker, con- versant with Russian business has thrown some light on the problem, saying that about three-quarters of all the gold shipped to London, and marked for reshipment, was destined Your Daten Meeting Fourth Monday, Jan. 26, 1925. 4 of Local and ww No. lace of Meeting. for Russia, He thought the bulk of} 9 Bartenders, 128 N. Clark St., 3 the conversion of profits in- 1 Brid ‘and 9 iron Work- . ; ers, % „ Monroe St. The new-born Russian textile indus-| 633 Bute hers, Hebrew, 2420 W. Roose. try, he said, was one ot the pheno- yelt Rd. : 870 Biue le- mena of 1924, Its profits were re,, une aver meee “an t neve : 113 8. Ashiand pies aren e e e ’ er „ . tages a such We. vm in 15 1 I 2505 Carpenters 180 W. Washington St called for their transfer in gold to| 79 farpenters, 7 W. sith St. ot. Russia. A considerable portion of the| 181 Carpenters, 2040 W. North Ave. gold shipped there recently, he bdeliev- 199 y rpen 5, 8. c. 9139 Commercial 416 Carpenters, 8. C., 305 8. State St. zarpenters, 8. C., 1487 Clybourn t N. West St., Wau- 2040 W. North Ave. ed, could be attributed to this opera tion: Coolidge Would 1 WASHINGTON, D. C., Jan. 25.—A test vote on the postal pay bill eliminate the provisions for increase 18 sn — 1710 N. Winches. in the postal rates. It is enpected that 2, eg ‘Carriers, 814 W. Har i St. the provisions injected by Coolidge; 58 -edies’ Garment, 328 W. Van senators; increasing the postal rates, 24 Lathers, S. Western Ave. will be stricken out: A vote will then 8898 be taken on the Moses bill, which has N the approval ot Coolidge, but amended so that the bill will be in practically h St. and Dohson Maintenance of Way, 1543 W. 103d Street the form which Coolidge 1 * . 723 1 of Way, 202 W. 47th If the amended Moses bill passes, — 175 W. Washi st. Coolidge is expected to veto the bill| 2 plumbers, 635 N. Cleero Ave. once more. The bill provides for in- n SW. North Ave. 10 a Kreis. * , Painters, 19 W. Adams St. crease in the pay of postal employes 333 ‘Painters, Madison and 5th Ave. amounting to $68,000,000 per year. 272 iters, 205 Sth St. The republican senators are trying 0 to pass the bill in a form which Een h 8 Painters 2432 8. Kedzie Ave. Railway Clerks, 159 N. State St. Sheet Metal W 1638 N. orkers, Halsted St. makes the pay increase retroactive Sailors Rag — 7 Great Lakes, 355 only until Jan, 1, 1925, ead of un- 5 Tailors, 180 W. Washington St., til July of last year. Coolidge is 20 p. m. . 11526 Michi Ave. thus trying to deprive the postal work. 758 Teamsters, 220°S. Ashland Blvd. ers of six months back pay. 772 Teatutere, 220 8. Ashiand Bivd. Out of Work—Takes Polson. NEW YORK, Jan. .25.—Four daye ago, Ruth Khlar left her home at 1619 Bathgate Ave. to find work in Philadelphia where she had been promised a job. Today s was found dead in Philadelphia with forty-nine cents in her pocketbook. On the top of her suitcase she h left a piece of paper on which ther was no message, nothing that spoke of her failure to find work or the desti- tution that drove her to take her own life. Only her name, “Ruth Klahr, 1619 Bathgate Ave., Bronx, N. Y.” was neatly printed on it. Policemen were “unable to estab- lish a motive” for her suicide. Street Cleaners Demand A 10 Per Cent Raise NEW YORK, Jan. 25. — The New York street cleaners get $29.40 a week, out of which they have to pay 51.08 Gar mensions and sickness insurance. They want an increase and are asking for 10 per cent more. Abraham Kasoff, president of the joint council of the street cleaners representing some 7,000 workers, has presented a petition to Mayor Hylan, before the board of estimates. | SALZMAN TOUR IN DIST, 5 Monessen, Pa., Jan. 28-29. Bentleyvilie, Pa., Jan. 30. Marriana, Pa., Jan. 31-Feb. 1. McKeesport, Pa. Feb. 3-4. E. Pittsburgh, Pa., Feb. 6. Rural Ridge, Pa., Feb. 7-8. Dates for Houston, Cannonsburg,.. Meadowlands and other. 2 be published in a few days. double. the intense cold and infections from ing. Double Capital of Soviet Bank. w. as nate St., 7: m * . 4— Electricians, 119 8. Throop St Fleece the Postal Engineers (Locomotive) W : NN ea’ Holeted. Street ngin . r Sis orkers of Back P ay 2 Engineers, 311 8. ‘Ashland Ave. — — w ington St — pose Enginemen, sath and ate votes as to whether t ara hott 698 and Enginemen, Madison Lon ce ge Tug, 3255 N. Clark Machinists, 1638 N. Halsted St. asking permission to lay his request The two severe snow storms recent- ly have made conditions of work ter- ribly hard for the clearners, who are exposed to grave dangers of-traffic, the bad conditions created by the mix- ture of snow and dirt, and the thaw- | STUDENTS OF LABOR COLLEGE SEND AID TO V. VIRGINIA MINERS KATONAH, N. V., Jan. 25.— The students and instructors at Brook- wood Labor College, Katonah, New York, have given up eating deserts for three weeks and are sending the money thus saved by the college commissary to the secretary-treas- urer of District No. 17 of the United Mine Workers of America in Charleston, West Virginia. Twenty thousand persons, evicted union members and their families, are liv- ing in tents and tlean-to’s on the windswept hilis of West Virginia today. The union is providing them with shelter and rations enough for a bare existence. The contribution of the Labor College is in response to an urgent appeal for clothing. In addition to money, two large boxes of clothing were dispatched today. Some students will go with- out needed overcoats, sweaters, or ‘under-clothing to help the West Vir- ginia miners. The initiative in this movement was taken by miners from Pennsylvania and Illinois be- longing to the Labor College’s student body. — Dies from Starvation. NEW YORK, Jan. 26.—Dead from starvation! So ambulance surgeon, Scotti of Harlem Hospital said after examining the body of a woman found lying in the basement of the tenement house at 1985 Seventh Ave. She had apparently crawled out of the snow storm to die. “The Beauty and the Bolshevik’ is NONSENSE POWERS AMUSING TO THE ( E CHINES Funny Demands Made in Recognition Parley (By Rosta News Agency.) PEKING, Jan. 25.—Attention is be ing directed in official and public Chin- ese circles to the juridical nonsense contained in the last note of the pow- ers, the particular point which has thus come under attention being as to how, if the present Chinese govern- ment is not organized (“de facto” rec- ognition being certainly tantamount to non-recognition of a government), can the provisional chief executive cab- inet be made responsible for treaties and agreements concluded by formal governments? Must Pledge Future Governments. A strict observance of internationa law would require that -the question stand as follows: either the present government is one formally recog- nized, in which case all demands in- volving formal engagements can be made to it; or it is not a recognized government, in which latter case the powers should wait for a formal gov. ernment to which to address their claims. Another curious point in the case is the utterly incomprehensfble demand put to a government to guarantee the good behavior of each and every fu- ture government that would succeed it, the failure to give this pledge to be followed by a refusal of formal recog. nition. This point, which juridically is also nonsensical, appears to have caused at least as much amusement as be- wilderment, revealing a hopeless: want of logical reasoning and, consequently, of any really earnest desire on the part of the authors of the note to have any one actually understand the “un- derstanding” proposed by them. They Ask Tee Much. One fact, however, stands out in all this pitiful affair, and that is that the powers have chosen—with utmost profit to themselves—to assume a pos- ition in which, while not recognizing the Chinese government themselves, they demand from this government that it recognize all the obligations with regard to the powers. ; In reference to the much talked of note of the powers, it is being pointed out in Chinese diplomatic quarters that if the powers really tobk serious- ly what they write to China in their own communications, the logical con sequence of their statement of de fac- to recognition of the Chinese govern. ment ought to bé the severance of diplomatic and consular relations with the present administration. Game of Mockery. Now, if the powers will not do it— as they surely have no intention of doing, all this juggling with the termes “de facto” and “de jure” becomes an unworthy game of mockery, meant only to frighten someone. Soviet Air Service ta Russia. MOSCOW, Jan. 25. — Regular air- plane service with Persia is rapidly improving, the distance from Moscow to Enzeli, Persian port oh the Cas pian Sea, being now covered by Junk- ers’ machines in slightly less than 22 coming to Ashland Auditorium Feb. 5. hours’ time. A TALK WITH TEACHER. In the school that I go to, the teacher always tells us that cap- italism is good. So one day I brought the DAILY WORKER to school and gave it to my teacher and asked her if it was a good paper. She said it was a bad paper be- cause it was against the govern- ment. So I asked her why she thought this government was so good. She said: “If you want to be a good citizen, you must be- lieve in this government.” So I said: “I agree with the viewpoint of this paper because it is a true one and because it represents the workers.” Then I MOSCOW, Jan. 25.—The capital ot asked her if she knew what Com- te Bank of the Union of Soviet Socialift Republics is to be raised munism means. She said that the Communists are people who want to overthrow the government. Then I said: “Isn’t it better fer the worker to control this country than the capitalists? The great mass of the people are workers; they do all the work and make everything in this country!” Then she said: “Where do you learn such horrid ideas? Who teaches them to you?” I knew she was getting sore, so I just answered that I learned these ideas by reading and think ing, and that I believed in them because they were true. Then she looked at me kind ef surprised for a while, and told me to go to my seat and that’s all. I guess I showed her she can’t tell me any more bunk about the grand American capitalist govern- ment. V. B., Member of the Wicker Park Juniors, Chicago. UNCLE WIGGILY’S TRICKS —_——~ — — * “J 0 ’ Poch! Whe will stop me! — g Stepl. Stop! ö — — — — j > A LAUGH FOR THE CHILDREN The hands of, the clock will stop you! 9 — — — —
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: 1 * F f, — n THE DAILY WORKER nu W. Washington Bivd. Chicago, Itlinele J. LOUIS ENGDAHL : IAM F. DUNNB{ an. MORITZ J. LO Manager Ent second-class mall Sept. 21, 1923, at the Post om Chicago, III., ander the act of March „25 Is It Going to Be a Funeral? The Conference for Progressive Political Action is scheduled to hold a convention in Chicago ona February 21. Opinions differ, whether it is going to be a funeral or the scene of another political miscarriage. One fact is obvious. The only party, if party it is, in the United States that takes a serious in- terest. in the coming conferénce is the socialist party. This outfit has been snatching at eee since it lost its proletarian’ trunk to the Communist movement, but every new straw that blows its way, only serves to inveigle it farther into the treacher- ous politieal currents which ‘have led to the brink of destruction. The railroad brotherhood sation, the real power in the C. P. P. A. would rather lay the baby on the shelf for a few years, or at least until the next con- gressional elections. They don’t want to be both- ered with any kind of an organization that re- quires even a litle activity to keep it alive. These labor fakers have frowned on the organization of a Third Party and let it be known that they were opposed to the February 21 conference. This leaves the socialists, William J. Johnston and a few nondescripts like J. A. H. Hopkins of the Committee of 48—which is dead by the way—in favor of holding the convention at all. It is likely tht Johnston will express, benevolent aspirations toward the ideal of a Third Party, but what can an honest man do with the railroad brotherhood officials running scab mines and de- manding pay -boosts for railroad officials, that they have no time to waste on third parties. Sidney Hillman, of the Amalgamated Clothing Workers will say, if he says anything, that his or- ganization is in favor of a class labor party and néthing less will satisfy them, This will give the wily Sidney, the necessary radical“ coloring and cover up his policy of eliminating the class rug gle on the industrial field thru banking operation. The labor papers that reaches the exchange desk are not excited over the future of the C. P. P. A. or any kind of a new party, third, fourth or fifth. It seems they ‘have not yet recovered from their LaFollette debauch. Senator Wheeler is off the third party reserva- tion for good. La Follette is almost as silent as “Cal.” Only the poor socialist party is looking around for a place to lay its head. Unless all signs fail it looks as if it would have to sieep on a bench. The Workers (Communist) Party points out that the C. P. P. A. is worse than useless as a means of fighting their battles. It is merely a pal itical liason officer between the labor fakers and the bourgeoisie. The workers must fight it. General Persing is on a tour of South America. He danced the tango in Argentine. Should fortune frown on him, he could be assured of a job as come- on in a first class cabaret. Lots of people think he is a better cake-eater than general. The Opium Smoke Screen Lord Cecil, British democrat and winner of a prize for telling the choicest collection of palatable lies about the great mountebank Woodrow Wilson is express his lordly indignation at Geneva be- cause the American delegates to the opium con- ference impolitely stated that England was insin- cere in her attitude on the opium evil and her pledge at the Hague convention was only a scrap of paper. This almost led to a scrap. The noble lord picked up his hat and was about to buy a ticket to London, when some other delegate caught him by the coat tail and pulled him back to his seat. According to those in the know, lords and dukes act just like ordinary people when they are angry or soused, which they are quite frequently, par- ticularly the latter. The opium conference is funny, to disinter- ested observes, but a tragic farce to the sufferers from the opium curse. Those sufferers are mainly the Chinese on whom the opium evil was forced by England at the point of,cannon. Britain had a double motive in this criminal act. One was to dope the brains of the Chinese and render them |‘ easy prey for British exploitation, the other was to enable British business men to make profit out of traffic in opium. Profit is at the bottom of the opium curse, and the same is true of ninety per cent of the evils that aflict the human race. When the Soviet government was invited to at- tend the opium parley, Tchitcherin informed the conference that the workers and peasants govern- ment was taking steps to abolish the opium curse not merely talk about it. The Soviet government is concerned with the welfare of the working class of the world and not with coining profit out of their morale. The school teachers of Chicago who have resisting the autocratic rule of superinte McAndrew since he was appointed to his post, may be excused for rubbing their e Coster wien suay real Mi ů˖ů wie that the local school céar favored granting them an increase in wages. That the teachers are 11 a miserly bourgeois taxpayer will deny. that McAndrews is serious in recommending the a vigorous campaign to smash the teachers’ coun- den are charged with the task of preparing the chil in the manner this training should be done. ee very idea of a union among the school teachers gall and wormwood to this lackey of big k and he used every first made a frontal attack and he had to retreat. Since then he has continued t fight, using whatever tactics he thought would best suit his purpose. So far he has been iefeated But he is persistent. Having failed to win ty foes a frontal attack, he tried a flank move. Having threats and cajolery he decided to play his bes card. He recommended an increase in salary, to prove that he was the teachers’ friend and that]? they could accomplish more for themselves by being} loyal to him and junking their organizations tt something that he cannot deliver, he hoped to create a division among the teachers which would enable him to destroy the councils. The school committee will not sanction the pro- posed salary increase. McAndrew knows that. The city council would not approve of it even if sanctioned by the school committee. McAndrew) knows that. But when his recommendations are rejected by the representatives of the cipitalists on the school committee and the city council, McAndrew can go to the teachers and say: 1 did the best I could for you. Can’t you see now that I am your best friend. We do not believe that McAndrews will suc- ceed. The man who tried to save money for the the tax dodgers by cutting out the penny lunches of the school children, cannot fool the teachers by his present streak of generosity. There are many other angles to the school situation which will be dealt with later on, but McAndrew’s hypocrisy deserves special treatment. Massolini and the Wild Beasts The freak section of a local capitalist paper enter the lion’s cage and remain with the animals for fully thirty minutes, while his appearance in- dicated that he was in deep thought. His action excited the curiosity of the audience which quickly gathered to witness this novel form of entertainment, but as no explanation of his conduct was given by the dictator, Rome and all Italy are still “up in the air” for an explanation. An article in the London Daily Herald, how- ever, from the pen of a correspondent who was driven out of Italy by the fascisti, may shed some light on the incident. It is stated that immediately prior to Mussolini’s latest attack on the opposi- tion, he was visited by a delegation of extreme fascists led by Roberto Farinacci, an ex-socialist and the most bloodthirsty of the blackshirts. Farinacci, speaking for his prize cutthroats, warned Benito that unless he stopped flirting with constitutionalism that he would be wir hig and the manner in which this task would be ac- complished was suggested by Farinacci, as he care- less like drew his hand across his throat. Mussolini immediately decided to give the op- position parties 48 hours within which to shut up. He suppressed several papers and gave his assassins permission to go on an orgy of rape, rr! son and murder that lasted until their momentary passion for crime was satiated. It is quite likely that Mussolini took a ride thru the park after this meeting and seeing the lion’s cage visited the animals in order to quiet his nerves after his experience with his fellow beasts. He’s a Hopeful Cuss “You feel that there is still hope of civilizing this commercial, imperialist, good-natured America of ours...” writes Oswald Garrison Villard in a circular letter sent to readers of The Nation. The bible says that “hope deferred maketh the heart sick” or perhaps one of the prophets said it. Itis a wise old saying but it does not apply to Villard. His fountain of hope never runs dry. Villard has reached the summit of optimism if cils. He wanted complete control over the schools a be and he bitterly resented the teachers—those 8 tims 1 1 * 0 ck he knew of, to break dave bership 72 tor bot marx 9 vou r failed to break the solidarity of the teachers by fm by fighting him. In other words, by recommending |, a McAndrew’s Hypocris titled to an increase and a big increase nobody but n — inerease is not so certain. Why? “yt 00 ot Ever since McAndrews came to this city to as-} ese sume his duties as superintendent he has waged} WHI er ay 2 =» of the workers for their role in life having a ‘valent — 8 — : 2 . ote Sal 5 . nd, In en County o * wu + N + Ae pres rs é 7 n . =. N 5 9 — i is ay ol recently carried the yarn that Benito Mussolini, | States murderer-in-chief of Italy, took a fancy while“ riding thru the zoological gardens in Rome to — and the Labor Press. Branch No. 51 of the Workmen's Sick and Death. Benefit Fund “which. consists of 304 members denten this petition.” „ “STUTE, — a Secretary. yoo ea italists See in ffn — ore G Material to ‘Exploit NEW YORK, py 25.—Capitalism sees in sport, dollars. The prow- ess of retro , and the other Finnish a Who beating the rest of the w } picked athletes, is re- garded as worth not less than $10,000,- 000 to Finland. Leonard Astrom, Minister of the Re- public of Finland, came to New York to present to Charles E. Mitchell, president ofthe National City Bank. the Order ot the White Rose. Mr. Astrom said that the victories of Nur - mi, Ritola, Stenrocs and other Pinns had aff Finland more advertis- ing than ng else in a century. It had su he said, even the De- claration of Independence of baue. in this respest. ; Mr. Mitchell said his obeerta: tions had been similar; that Amer- icans were by the ‘accom- plishments of this handful of athletes, and men who. had never devoted much tho he expects to civilize imperialism even by the ine English that adorns the pages of The Nation. Im- perialism is a beast of prey and can no more be ‘civilized” than a skunk can be trained for the drawing room. The only way to “civilize” imperialism is to de-| stroy it. How America can be “good-natured and imperialist” at the same time is a puzzle to us. As William Howard Taft in response to the ques- tion: “How can the unemployment problem be solved” answered, “God knows. I don’t.” The Soviet government is putting grand opera thru a delousing process. One, entitled “A Life of the Czar,” will be called “Seythe and Hammer.“ A similar operation on most of the stars would not their misery : do any harm. 18255 to Finland has began questioning | another about the country and it was able to pro- duce 80 a group ot field’ anc track athleteg. Results of this inquiry were such, he said, as immensely to enhance the eredit rating of Fin- land. Purchasers of bonds of Finnist extraction were satisfied that a stal- wart race, such as the Fluns uppear- ed to be from the victories of their athletes, was sufficientiy strong to a settlement of all debts. Jap Flu Claims Hundreds. TOKIO, Jan. 25.—The total number of deaths has not been officially estimated, but it was admitted hun- dreds haye died in the past three weeks. elting of mountain snows was expected to relieve the situation within the nen ten days. gE TEE 1 11 « 8 * — cloves. with adventure. Each new face at i 4 i 7 } : F III = AE 2 § 5 explained our purpose. d, but no change of expres- her sternness. “What an 232 it aw OF ar) - 44 * * a 1 2 N FF i el 1 * i He ; ae 29 + Te | that ‘Ol a r 0 * ees n . ac Wine 2 ＋ D, te t Stine inl Une tats s then? “th * 2 AGG eve Le Oe 7 sf =e ad ef —— faa By bk ae tr * * INDINAPOLIS, Jia: tere BO: pecia their recent defeats, Ku Klux Klan} elle . By ALFRED V. FRANKENSTEIN — — — ‘The thirteenth of the Chi- cago Symphony. orchestra, given at Orchestra Hall last Friday and Satur- day, was completely given over to Brahms. ‘Three of the German mee ter's compositions were played, the overture “Academic. Festiva,.” the third symphony and the second piano concerto. \ This prog! ill beyond a doubt that was at his best as a composer ot pieces in small forms. When he wrote in the large forms, especially that of the concerto, he was more or less of a fire. The “A Fest” is com- posed of four student songs woven together in a freely constructed over- ture. It smells of good beer and bad cigars. It is very German and very lively. The symphony and the concerto can be considered together. The concerto is far w than the symphony, but both suffer from the same defect in the composer. Johannes Brahms. lacked sustained inspiration. He could write deep, profound, stirring, wonderful melodies sixteen measures long. After that his flow ot melody went dry. These short, undeniably great melodies make up some of the finest songs, waltzes and short ‘Piano pieces in the literat- ure. Beginning: of Symphonies Best ‘But when Brahms started out to complete a symphony he struck a snag. After the statement of a cap- tivating theme at the beginning of every movement of his four sym- phonies he had to fall back on his pro- digious knowledge of musical science to finish the job. The result is that the short melody of the opening is in- variably variated and juggled about in so many ways that variation ceases to be variation and becomes distor- tion. The composer Chaykovski express- es this unsatisfactory quality in Brahms as a symphonist by a clever metaphor. The letter in which it ap- pears is quoted below. The concerto mentioned in the first sentence is Brahms’ only violin concerto, but the criticism of this work applies to all the symphonies and concerti of the German. Says Chaykovski: “The concerto of Brahms does not please me better than any of his other works. He is certainly a great musician, even a master, but, in his case, his mastery overwhelms his in- | spiration. ‘So many preparations and circumlocutions for something which : 7 ‘a edt es . WN Oh: = 8 fought to 3 charm us at once. . . * an 1 \ ~~ -a) > . 4 * Ne. 1 III N n SA AS er —and nothing does come but boredom. His music is not warmed. by any gen- uine emotion. It lacks poetry, but makes great pretensions to profundity. These depths contain: nothing; they are void. Take the opening of the concerto for instance. It is an intro- duction, a preparation for something : fine; an admirable pedestal for a statue; but the statue is lacking, we only get a second pedestal : upon the first. Brahms . never es anything, or when he does, he fails to express it fully. His music is made. up of fragments of some indefinable something, skillfully welded together. The design lacks definite cantour, color, life.” This opinion of Chaykovski is per- haps a bit exaggerated, but is never- theless true in the main. As we said before, the piano concerto of this program was far worse than the symphony. Tt is one of the worst concerti ever written. Except for the third movement, (there are four instead of the conventional three) and parts of the first, there is little music in it at all. f | Olga Samaroff,.who played the solo part in, the concerto, knows how to play the piano. There seems not the slightest effort in her work. She play- ed thru this long and difficult concerto without misplacing a hair. This does not mean that her work was lifeless. It was simply effortless, unposed, beautiful piano playing. Paviowa Farewell Elaborate preparations have been completed to welcome to Chicago An- na Paviowa and her Ballet Russe, coming to the Auditorium Theater tonight, for a farewell engagement of two weeks preceding her round-the- world tour. “Don Quixote” her newest offering one for which she and her helpers ransacked the art centers of Spain— will be the opening performance, and will also be repeated on Friday, Satur- day and Sunday of the same week. “Don Quixote” is given in a prologue and two acts, its story taken from the Cervantes book, and it calls for ah enormous cast. The program for the first week is as follows: Monday, “Don Quixote”; Tuesday, “Amarilla” and “Autumn Leaves”; Wednesday, “Fairy Doll” and “Invitation to the Dance”; Thurs- day, “Coppelia” and “Chopiniana”; Friday, “Don Quixote”; Saturday afternon, Sleeping Beauty” and “Fairy Doll”; Saturday evening, “Don Quixote”; Sunday “afternoon, “Don Quixote”, pin ripe —— — * 2 NMA ~PROCESSIONAL > A REVIEW. By SYLVAN X. POLLACK NHW YORK, Jan: 25.—-The Thea sional,” now playing at the Garrick Thea New York, is undoubtedly one of most frank 8 of the cl: struggle that the American thes has yet seen. A strike of the West Virginia min is used as the background for a p which actually lives up to it’s na for we see the procession of agents of the capitalist state pass fore us. It is presented satirica tor in an unvarnished form the An ican authorities and Henry Du might protest. It is not howeye: pink, pacifist affair, but a real, blooded, rebel play. . The principal figure is Jim, lee of the striking miners, who is arret by the sheriff, owned body and by, and working under the pers direction of the mine owners. escapes and when the troops are ed in and martial law proclair he wrests the bayonet away from soldier who is pursuing him, and | him in self-defense. He is huntec the troops who capture him, tie to a tree, and burn his eyes out real 100 per cent American style. The sheriff, we discover, is a n ber of the Ku Klux Klan, who g control of the town and mistreats mother and sweetheart, in thé n of the flag and the church. The sh says he can make anything he det legal. It is announced at a meeting of Klan, that the United States Cong has joined them to a man. The miners homes are burne< the hundred percenters, who sta reign of terror against them, who with ‘guns in their hands, the flag in the forefront, to drive out troops and klansmen. We have the K. K. K., the Ame) legion and the United States lined up in a united front agains workers. Even the yellow Hear: porter is on the job. He states if there would be no trouble, he v create it. Willie Hearst sends a telegram to make the wires hot the kind of news he wants. It is a remarkable p, a trv portrayal of the workers’ etru; The Theatre Guild should be mended for giving us the opport ot seeing this splendid chapter c class-war, with such a brilliant and scenery. eG casa — — — phy