Daily Worker
May 10, 1925
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A = . bs ier Fears ROAe a soit me te eto tect > pt rp dae oe @ ts | (896olal to. The Dally Worker) WHEELING, W. Va., May 8.—Peaceful persuasion may. be attempt to unionize aker held in federal district court here to- day, in ruling on cases of. alleged” contempt brought twe members of the United Mine Workers of cited for an alleged violation of an injunction originally granted in 1913 and made permanent in 1914. construed as a victory for the union. In passing on the injunction the court, however, did not take. into consideration the question of whether there had been’ ‘contempt under the injunction. That phase of the’question was oned until Monday when counsel and operators will submit used by union mi mines, Judge W.-E. ‘in an. twei officers’ and Amer as ent of fact to the court. The court of appeals in. its modifications permitted ‘‘peace- ful persuasion”. in efforts of the mine organization to unionize nqn-union workers. The original injunction did not permit this. By REGINA MYROSKI. (Special to The MOUNDSVILLE. W. Va.—(By Mail.)—The miners of this city and vicin- 4ty are making a last desperate effort to win the fight against the capitalists and save themselves, their wives, and their children from future starvation. Whether they will succeed or not cannot Be determined at present writ- ing but everything points to their defeat. — | AS WE SEE IT By T. J. O'FLAHERTY. UDGE GARY declares that there is plenty of prosperity knocking around. While things could be better, they also could be worse—for Judge Gary and his kind. The judge will not go hungry even if all his mills shut down for two years. He has Plenty of money salted away, money squeezed out of the bodies of his thou- of wage slaves, When his mills and invites some friends to accompany | ‘him. He visits Mussolini or any other cutthroat who happens to excite his admiration. . xt * ¢e HE workers who produce the wealth that enables the judge to see the world and its important per- sonages do not take vacations when! the mills shut down. They are afraid to wear out their shoés walking around the block in which they live lest un- employment should continue so long that money for new shoes would not be available. And the longer they are out of work, the more liable théy will, be to offer their labor power to Gary for a low price. Everything is on Gary’s side. Even religion, which tells the workers that the poorer they are in this world, the happier they will be in the next. ” > * EON TROTSKY is back in Moscow and the capitalist journalists are working their typewriters overtime, turning out yarns about the ex-war minister’s return. Trotsky will be given a big job in the Soviet govern- ment, according to reports. Zinoviey has left Moscow, the story runs. Fun- ny ‘they did not have him arrested. It) is more than likely that within the next few weeks strange things will - happen in Soviet Russia—in the cap- italist press. When Lenin was alive, Trotsky and himself whiled away the section rather meek and docile wage’ i anything. (Continued on page 2) A 3 $6.00 per year. per year SUNDAY, MAY I Ome at Chen nts mer te Ato March 3 1879. On all other days, Three non-union coal against The decision was Daily Worker) The press, the law, public opinion (bourgeois) is antagonistic to the miners’ interests. With such mighty forces as these against them, what can the workers expect? Their united strength might be able to win the struggle but in many instances it has failed in the past and it might in this case. “April Strike Surprises Operators Strike was declared in this region around the. second week in April, much to the surprise of the local bourgeoisie as in the past few years they had found the coal miners in this slaves, owing to the fact that they were not organized and so could not mine, aid the Parrs ana mine had cut. the wage scale within the last few months and now were going to | repeat the performance. Miners Fight Second Wage Cut Because this is a scab region—the coal barons a few years ago having _completely succeeded in disorganizing the unions—the first act was success- ful: although some of the miners did strike, and of course the capitalists took it for granted that the same per- (Continued on page 2) | BAD WEATHER HALTS AMUNDSEN DRIVE FOR THE NORTH POLE (Special to The Daily Worker.) COPENHAGEN, May 8.—Cloudy, snowy weather today made the start of the Polar flight unlikely. Captain Raold Amundsen, artic and antartic explorer and Lincoln Ennsworth, Ohio flyer, who will ac- company him, were waiting at Spitz- bergen with their amphibious air- planes for favorable weather. The Fram and the Hobby, two ships which will serve as sea bases for the airplanes, have started for the rim of the Polar ice with provi- sions for the flyers. The storm started just after the Fram and Hobby got under way. BRIT ISH AND AMERICAN INTERESTS TO SIGN CONTRACT WITH SOVIET (Special to The LONDON, May 8.—The Russian government shortly will sign a conces- sion which will include British and American capital, Christian Rakovsky,\ Russian trade envoy to Great Britain, announced today. The announcement was construed in diplomatic circles to refer to the Harriman interests. °* «e An. exclusive dispatch from the Berlin, two months ago was the first information to reach the public regard- ing negotiations for manganese concessions in the Caucasus. capital was said at that time to be represented by A. W. Harriman, the New York financier. THE TIME: SUNDAY, MAY ‘1 at 2 P. M. + . - ~ ~_ . 7 ‘ are” ee? err ee? * eo? oe? ] | © _ ~******* eee 468444444 44 ee] > Daily Worker) * «e DAILY WORKER correspondent in The American returned, Galligan, ion and following chief executive and Galligan. The proposition that Galligan could stand on the authority of his office and go back any time he chose met | only a negative shake of the head and the remark that “Caristrom is very powerful—moral probably has other means of prevent- ing his return.” IN DETROIT! Today the DAILY © WORKER, in ite magazine section, begins the Publication of Masters and Slaves, a working class novel by John Las- sen, editor of Elore, the Hungar- ian Communist daily pubilshed In New York City. This is the first piece of extended fiction to. appear In the English language from this brillfant working class writer. He ‘hag beein a frequent contributor to the DAILY WORKER, but this Js the first time that we have had the good fortune to be able to present | to our readers a long story of Am- erican working class life from this author. The second installment will ap- pear in next Saturday's magazine section. Send in for a bundle of to- day’s issues for distribution among your fellow workers and neighbors. Write the DAILY WORKER, 1113 West Washington Bivd., Chioago, il, SCHEDEL CASE FELONY CHARGE But Denortatien Is Still} strixe co: Possible i, be The Labor Defense Council has re- | ceived the information from “Wash- ington, D. C., that the government has nollie prossed the case against John Schedel, charging him with the crimi-| nal offense of having returned to this | country after once being deported. ‘John Schedel was deported to Ger- many in 1920 as a “red”, but, because} his family ofa’ wife children were forced to remain behind, | jand, wa gl they were we Amiaieen ehotgh r starving Setelantr to trans- port his loved ones to that country, is understood, without legal permission, last autumn. He was at once arrested and not only held for deportation, but charged with the felony, so provided by the immigration law, of having returned after once being deported. charge which is now dismissed by the deportment of justice. The department of labor, however, still has the case of deportation pen- ding. The immigration commissioner ,jat Chicago has notified the Labor De- fense Council that it has been advised of the dismissal of the criminal charge, and that a further hearing on the deportation charge will be held soon. Small Sides with \ the Klan in Barring Sheriff from Hefrin SPRINGFIELD, Ill, May 8.—George “exiled” sheriff of William- son county, wants to go back to Mar- constitutional right to act as sheriff. But Attorney General Oscar Carlstrom disfavors the plan and probably will exercise every power to prevent it. This was the report current today in circles close to Governor Len Small between the it exercise his conferences Hundred Drown in Wreck. LONDON, Talk it up—your shopmate wil! subscribe! Speaker: NOLLE PROSSED|:=*"s and several || It is this suasion—and May 8—-A hundred per- sons were believed drowned in the wreck of the Japanese steamer Toyo Maru in a storm near Saschokyushu, according to a News Agency dispatch from Tokyoo today. S* Published daily except Sunday by PUBLISHING CO., 1113 W. Washington Bilvd., Chicago, Ill. by THE DAILY WORKER Price 5 Cents Ri fia os fo Piatt ff . & w Market to ill Monday More id out and Join- ed the striki ' it metal workers, jelectricians,. 4 | bers,. bricklayers, plasterers, — "4 etters, and iron bape 0. . riking against the | Landis ‘p cine Ave. The — 14th St. and Ra- a bviously slowed md strikers declare tom pletely tied up Monday me z To Union Shop. The buik des unions called the strike to fope@the organization of andis award, non- -cement finishers two hundred of workers’ have al- nd joined the un- s McLennan Con- which is con- market for the 2 company to re- mer St. market, has i a show of keep- | oing only by hiring new workers. wha mat Bet told sbout the fy, WORKER. learned about tfirst time in the pages of WORKER, sever- al ng the strike story i sold poe day at J. J. Conroy, wo of the build- ing trades council told the DAILY WORKER that the strike has not been settled. “Conferences all day Friday between the McLennan company and (Continued on page 2) FRENCH DRIVE AGAINST RIFFS ROILS: MASSES Communists Urge Sol- diers Not to Fight (Special to The Daily Worker.) PARIS, May 8—The French masses are aroused over the new campaign initiated by the government to push the French flag deeper into Moroccan territory. Humanite, the Communist organ is calling on the French troops to refuse to fight against the forces of Abd-el-Krim, who are trying to free the exploited. natives from the oppression of French capitalism. The Communist fraction in the chamber of deputies is warning the workers of the fresh attacks of the ruling class against the peasants of Morocco. Riffians Have Big Guns. In the meantimesthe Moroccans are not idle. The Rifffan tribesmen who were once easy “pie” for the French troops are now »well equipped with machine guns, airplanes and heavy artillery with which they are raising havoc among the French invaders. Elated with their victory over the Spaniards whom they drove into the sea, the Riffians are hurling a deadly hail upon the French from their big guns, hidden in th® mountains. The French report many killed and wounded. Riffian propagandists are going thru the country arousing the people against the enemy. The French as - This is the Place to Go Sunday DAILY WORKER MASS MEETING jusual, blame the Communists. SOVIET RULE HONORS “REAL DISCOVERER OF WIRELESS TELEGRIPHY (Special to The Daily Worker) LENINGRAD, U. S&S. 8S. R., May 8&8. —Ceremonies were held thruout Russia yesterday in honor of the memory of Prof. Alexander Popov of the Electro-Technical institute, who was the real discoverer of wire- less telegraphy. In 1895, two years before Gug- lielmo Marconi demonstrated his ap- paratus, the Rusians say, Prof. Po- pov received radio signals thru a thick concrete wall and later estab- lished successful wireless contact between St. Petersburg (the present Leningrad) and a station in the gulf of Finland. His first practical test, according to local records, was carried out in 1899, when during a heavy storm at sea he received a distress call from a steamer, as a result of which many lives were saved. His subsequent labors, according to the Soviet historians, received but scant recognition from the im- perial government and he died in poverty in 1905. TRIES TO FRAME UP SOVIET ENVOY AT COPENHAGEN Cosgglvecy A gainst Russia Revealed (Special to The Daily Worker.) COPENHAGEN, Denmark, May 8.— There is apparently an international conspiracy to attack the Communist _| movement under the lying fairy tale of “Moscow” plots to assassinate pub- lic officials and cause “riots.” No better example could be given than the present incident revealed by }the minister from Soviet Russia to the Danish capital. The minister, M. Kobetzky, reported to Count von Moltke, Danish minister of foreign affairs, that the Soviet legation had been visited by two men who offered to murder the leading social demo- crats, including the Danish premier, T. Stauning, to set fire to important buildings in Copenhagen and to “ar- range riots.” The Soviet minister naturally, re- fused all their offers, explaining that such individual acts of violence do not harmonize with the Communist principle of mass action by the whole exploited population, and, as stated, notified the Danish officials, who piac- ed the men under arrest. In spite of this, the capitalist press has come out brazenly with lying stories charging that the men, 4 Swede anda Frenchman, are “in league with Communists.” The ob- vious absurdity of the Soviet minis- ter reporting the matter contradict- ing any Communist “plots” manufac- tured in “Moscow,” has not restrain- ed the capitalist press from the at- tempt to alarm the country and the world with new manufactured “plots” by Communists. Communists look upon this new mendacity of the reactionaries as fur- ther proof of the recent conspiracy of the great imperialist powers to in- tensify and to spread the white ter- ror thruout Europe. Get Injunction Against Hatters. NEWARK, N. J.—An injunction to compel striking hat finishers to return to work at the C. B. Rutan Co. fac- tory has been denied the manufactur- ers by Vice-Chancellor Backes in chancery court. The United Hatters are striking because body makers were locked out by the closing of that branch of the work in the Rutan shops and finishers went out in sympathy. Miners Keep Away from Montana BILLINGS, Mont.—Stay away from Montana, is the advice to miners of Secy. Treas. Wm. Riddell of the Mon- tana Mine Workers’ Union. “There are a larzce number of mines shut down,” he says, “and : sarge number f men out of work.” WILLIAM F. DUNNE ig very apparent to any militant, even jhe cutely states in a. letter to the ATTACK ON STREET Ci npn PART sb. By ALFRED WAGENKNECHT, (Special to The Daily Worker) CLEVELAND, Ohio, May 8.—Seven column streamers upon the front pages of Cleveland capitalist sheets broadcast the words —“No Strike Now—Men Ask Terms!” Editorials in these same sheets are telling the Cleveland pub- lic that street carmen are good people, will obey the courts, will not inconvenience the car riders, will not disturb the industries. The street carmen, against whom the courts have rendered a decision declaring for the open shop and denying them the 12 cent raise in wages awarded them by an arbitration committee, met in mass meeting last night. > The street car men did not vote not to strike. Neither did they vote to WORKERS BLOCK HEADS OF A. 5 W. strike. They are to meet again to- night, all of them, to hear what pro- Levin Gang Loses Its Nerve After Protest gress has been made during the day. They can vote to strike athany time at such a mass meeting. Plan to Wreck Union. John J, Stanley, the president of the Cleveland Railway company, against which the Streetcar Men’s The membership of Polish Local 38 of the Amalgamated Clothing Work- ers at the meeting Wednesday fight, gave a mass demonstration of their unlimited disgust at the autocratic be- haviour of the local and joint board ‘officials in declaring Brother #. Union is at war, is following a very definate union wrecking policy, which Bramorski “suspended” in the face of a vote against such action by the membership. Officials Work Steam Roller. The previous meeting, which was attended by Levin and his gang, voted against the proposal of the official- that Bramorski’s suspension be continued. But the pan ee at the -behest of Bevin declared. in true, steam roller style, that the eo to take Bramorski off the job and keep him off was carried. This time, the workers of Local 38 were up in arms and in no uncertain tones demanded that the officers quit preventing members from earning a living on account of political opin- ions at variance with the yellow so- cialist crew represented by Levin. Members Protest. Over 300 members packed the hall, when the local officials opened the meeting. With the reading of the minutes of the previous meeting, the storm broke. The members rose up to their feet en masse demanding that the part of the minutes be re- jected which had falsely recorded the motion carried to suspend Bramorski. Brother Bramorski, whom the chair- man, L. Kochanski, had threatened to “throw downstairs” if he entered the union hall again, came up just as the fight was getting fast and furious. Chairman Kochanski was at that mo- ment apologetically stating that he had “made a mistake” when at the previous meeting he had declared the motion to suspend carried. He did not seem to remember his promise that it may be probable that many Cleveland union leaders cannot see it. A year ago, when the Streetcar Men’s Union demanded a closed shop and a 12 cent wage rise, he offered them a closed shop and a 5c wage rise. When/the courts decided that a closed shop for a public utility enjoying a mo- nopoly was illegal, Stanley changed his offer to read — 5 cent wage ad- vance and the open shop. Today he is hiding his real purpose to wreck the Street Car Men’s Union behind the promise not to interfere with seniority rights of the men, nor with their union, nor will he refuse to deal with the union. He wants to keep the men from striking and still gain his ends. And the end he has in vi union, which among many promises | contains these words: “You may con- tinue as a union member if you wish. We will treat you the same whether’ you are a member or not a member. Wages and working conditions will remain as above stated whether you act individually or collectively.” Exposes Plot of Traction Trust. Plain enough, surely. All that now need follow is for him to organize, among the weaker mortals and strike- breakers he may hire, a group that re- fuses to have anything to do with the union. Then the first sledge-hammer blow upon the wedge that will even- (Continued on page 3) | CHARGE BABIES WERE STARVED TO DEATH AT NEW YORK ‘BABY FARM’ NEW YORK, May 8.—Another death of a baby was added today to the list of infants who, it is alleged, have died at the “baby farm” con- ducted by Mrs. Helen Augusta Gein- senvolk in East Eighty-six street | about throwing the left winger down- here. stairs. In fact he forgot the matter The baby, an unidentified ten-day | completely. old boy, had been hurriedly removed from the infantorium after charges had been made that babies were being starved there. The baby died this morning in Metropolitan Hospi- tal while Assistant District Attorney Charlies White was investigating a report that a dozen deaths from starvation occurred in Mrs. Geinsen- volk’s infantorium In one month. The members, who insisted that the hated part of the minutes be ruled out and rejected, were shouting at the officials: “So you think you can get away with taking a worker’s bread and butter from his mouth because you don't like his polities! We- know that Bramorski fought for our inter- (Continued on page 3) IN DETROIT! Fditor of THE DAILY WORKER—the only English Language Communist Daily, and other well known Speakers. >> nnd dete, te te, ee he te, i, mm eS ee i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i a i i i i oe : VANDERVELDE, KING’S SOCIALIST, WILL MAKE ANOTHER TRY AT FORMING CABINET IN BELGIUM PARIS, May 8—Emile Vandervelde, Belgian socialist deputy and leader of the Belgian socialist party, today accepted for the second time King Albert’s invitation to form a cabinet, according to a Brussels dispatch te La Liberte. Beigium has been without a prime minister and cabinet since the elee tions of April 5. THE PLACE: HOUSE OF THE | MASSES 2646 ST. 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5 ‘ « "Os — ? a » s wert: . * é a 2 » - " - ° = Z ee ? 7 — : efi % THE DAILY. ; | ATES | 5 . 4 7 : eon ti bs = j ail eo ~w : - : ‘i er ' 4 : FOF L.FAKER | RAILWAYESHOP oF Phas = hs 8) err ae Use “Mother’s” Day to rr SPA ly 5” st a ee % Pees i ee 2 oe | a + $ . . & Miners’ Strike Battles H ange QF GREAT FALLS Workers Give the Gate to Disrupter Paul Smith official A. F. of L. dis- organizer, disrupter of labor unions, essociate of the notorius Citizens ppspeeit d 2 ee geet : 4 | eines trailing in the mud. arrived in Great Falls over weeks ago and at once made con- nections with threg disgruntled labor skates known as the black magic gang and the Tribune. The associated in- if Labor Union. It seemed Smith’s ar- (Continued from page 1) formance could be repeated a second time with like success. However, the workers refused to acoept a second wage cut and strike was declared. Every man walked out certain of victory and with his mind set on sticking it out to the end. The miners of the four above mentioned mines organized into a union and join- ed the U. M. W. of A. District No. 6 of the above organization. The first few days of the strike the coal companies refused to admit that a strike was in progres and gave vari- ous reasons for the cesation of oper- ations at the mines, stating that a good percentage of the miners were working (when scarcely one worker was in the mine) thus hoping to in- veigle the strikers into going back to work at cut prices. But their efforts met with faflure. The Clash At Glendale On April 19, 1925 a number of strikers, their wives, and children sur- rounded the home of a strike breaker, Robert Crow, who was employed at the Glendale Coal Mine, Glendale, W. Va., a town about two miles from the strike. Now there are quite a num- allowed to do as they please. “Law Observance” Pleasees Bosses Of course this pleases the capital- ists very much and flattering reports appear in the local newspapers on the observance of “law and order” by the strikers and their willingness to let those work that care to. Two members of the state police are exceedingly patriotic (7?) as they are world war veterans and were on duty in Mingo county when the workers there were struggling for their very existence. So, without doubt, the local authorities are congratulating them- selves upon securing the services of two such reliable law enforcers, who by the way are not regarded with as much respect by the strikers and who are making themselves very obnox- ious. The above alone did not satisfy the coal companies. They want to break the workers’ spirit altogether, so se- veral mine officials of the U. M. W. of A. were arrested on contempt of court charges, they having violated an in- junction. PICKETS FREED AT JURY TRIAL Strikers Wase: Sentenced by Judge in 1922 (Special te The Daily Worker) SUPERIOR, Wis., May 8.—Charges against Samuel Michaelson and nine associates sentenced in 1922 for al- leged violation of a federal court in- junction issued during the railroad shopmen’s strike to prevent picketing, were dismissed in federal court here The action ended a case that at- tracted nation-wide attention and that was heralded as *labor’s most im- portant victory in history. Michaelson and his associates without jury trial, but the States supreme court,.to which the case was appealed, ruled that such action was unconstitutional under the Clayton act and ordered the defend- Glorify Capitalist War; Mrs. Cal Coolidge Helps By J. LOUIS ENGDAHL. a —_—- ‘ODAY, on the eve of “Mother's Day,” the jingoes are energetically transmuti this occasion to their militarist purposes. It is to be another occasion for casting an ap- proving halo about the last world-war. In no other country that participated in the war could this ghastly mockery be put over. In other lands there were: too many dead. The corpses, the maimed, the mad were too numerous. It would be dangerous to thus taunt European motherhood. But in the United States even the wife of the president is to join in ss a golden wreath, Sunday, on the tomb of the unknown s0 ier in the Arlington amphitheater. This effort thus puts capitalism's official seal of approval on what it deems to be motherhood’s highest duty,—to breed _for the armies of the money changers. Motherhood Is exalted as the breeder of fodder for can- THE GOOD THINGS in the AY ISSUE 4 Pai oe y . vy of ag! ¥ THE WORKERS MONTHLY GUDOK by Wm. Z. Foster An article written Ih Russia ‘about a at newspaper in the world’s first workers’ republic. (With Photographs) Revol ution in Trade Union Terms The Wheeling Injunction. © ants tried by jury, Scores of mine/workers and officials Moundsville. Perhaps they were hop- The defendants, gli residents of ing to remonstrate with the man and non on the day that is supposed to be especially set apart for by Wm. F. Dunne rival was more than a mere coinci- From the beginning he had the sup- port of the Tribune, a notorius pros titute of the big interests. In a series of grossly distorted “news stories” the Tribune pictured Smith as a man who had arrived to reform the labor movement. It soon became apparent that Smith was doing the dirty work of the associated industries. Every- where he went he met with the stern opposition of the workers and was told in no uncertain language that his measure was taken and that he could fool nobody in this city. His advent Was an imitation of antics of a roaring lion while his exit resembled the trot ~ @ a whipped cur with his tail between his legs. persuade him to quit working, or per-|""° appearing in the United States asec ig Seen eeiraented shout the shops of the,.Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis and Omaha railroad at Hudson and “violating court injunction by hooting the non- union workers.” BRITISH FAKER COMING TO PROBE LIQUOR PROBLEM haps to frighten him into doing It. Some of the crowd began to hur! small stones at the company house in which the scab lived, whereupon th: latter seized his gun and began firine at the people. He succeeded in im planting a bullet in the head of one of the strikers, Samichow by name, and the man is yet in critical condi- tion. Twenty Strike Plokets Jailed Of course, police arrived upon the scene and succeeded in arresting 20 strikers, 19 men and cne woman, and immediately lodged them in the coun- ty jail. They were put unde: a thous- and dollar bond each. district court at Wheeling facing con- tempt charges which are the out- growth of allegations that they have violated injunctions which prohibit interference with the operation of the open shop mines. They are charged with violating the injunction protect- ing the Richard Coal Co. and Pitts- burgh-West Virginia Coal Co. John L. Lewis, Philip Murray, and other high officials are among those against whom charges have been entered. The non-union coal operators are seeking a complete withdrawal ofthe United Mine Workers from the north- ern panhandle district of West Vir- ginia thru a blanket injunction asked in United States district court at her ee a his is done on the day when the White House fran- tically sends out its disarmament propaganda piffle, while some Wall Street-owned statesmen even glibly talk of peace, while women’s organizations in session adopt anti-war reso- lutions; while, at the same time, however, rgan's mighty armada patrols the Pacifico in parton ong war maneuvers. Mother’s Day, 1925, drips with the ood, not only of the millions of victims of past wars, but is dedicated to the murder of more millions, many yet unborn, who will give up their lives in the wars to come, the wars of capitalism. Mother’s Day 1925, becomes the peculiar property of the warmakers. It is a capitalist holiday. Those mothers who read the celebration aright, know what is expected of | them. They know that they must give birth to sons, whose blood and bones will be but fertilizer for foreign battlefields; or whose flesh will become food for fishes in the giant naval battles ahead. A. Gommunist analysis of the British Trade Union Delegation Report on Russia. (With Photographs) ‘Commanism on the Streets of America by Earl R. Browder From Communist theory to as tlon in the stronghold of world capitalism. (With Photographs) May Day in America by Harrison George A great day of the working class traced thru the progress of Amer!l- can organized labor. Coke Miners in Revolt by Arne Swabeck The uprising of the “men who dig In the bowels of the earth’— a picture of the class struggle to- day. Picking The Goats The authorities are always ready to Wheeling. This petition has been LONDON, May 8—Several British It is stated that Smith has a number | ‘#¢ sides against the workers in any|j2q and will be brot up for hearing | labor politicians are planning visits to of alibis ready to offer William Green | CUtbreak but never against the scabs | during the term of court, which will |the United States and Canada next for his lack of success in Great Falls. | "20 are aiding in lowering the already |... May 25 at Parkersburg. autumn. Among the fntended visitors He is said to put the blame for his | ‘°0!Ow wages, thus by this act re) 41 of the Marshall county coal | are Arthur Hendefson, former secret- failure on Steve Ely and Ed. Manson, | 2UCing the standards or riving of the | wines will be affected by this injunc- | ®y for home affairs in the MacDonald proof, they say, that Communists are not pacifists. | and their two labor stoolpigeons in| WOT*ers, which results, as we altlis. which includes all the mines in| c@binet, who is going to the United All of which is true. But the Red Army and the Red Great Falls. Ely and Manson are | *20W, in the children growing up with-|11i, district. If the injunction is | States to study the liquor question. Fleet of the growing Union of Soviet Republics are the stated to be utterly discredited in la-| Ut Proper food and clothing and edu-| - anted the end of the strike is ex-| Ramsay MacDonald is going to] powerful instruments of a rising, oppressed class, to abolish bor circles in the state. They are re-| °*/0n, some of them turning into} pected, of course at the miners’ loss, | ©2nada on the invitation of the Cana- oppression forever. The Red Army and the Red Fleet, the garded as pure and simple pie card | “iminals. The officers of the “law” in The Fight with Starvation {dian government. He will also visit) fichting arm of the working class in the social revolution, artists who neglect the organization reality promote future law breaking. . the United States. John Wheatly, : of such centers as Billings and Helena No Charge Against Scab So, it looks dark indeed for the | former minister of héalth in the Mac- engage in the war to end all wars. They carry aloft and de- e®* ©« 8 ® But the charge Is also made that Communists believe In war. There is the great Red Army of the Workers’ Repub- lics, and the haughty Red Fleet of the Soviet Union. This is while engaged in using their slimy tools to stir up trouble in Great Falls. Manson and Ely do not dare to face any considerable body of: union men in Montana, but put in their time staying at expensive hotels where they plan reprisals against progress- ives in the labor movement with such discredited labor skates as Piecard , The men and woman arrested are held under the Redman Act, on the charge of intending to willfully des- troy property and intent.to do bodily harm, On May 4, 1925 they were in- dicted by the grand jury, at the coun- ty court house, in this city. Robert Crow, the scab who shot Samichow, is miners and very little hope of their winning the strike. It seems as if all the sacrifices they have undergone so far are for naught. Without doubt many of them will soon be in dire straits and perhaps many are already, as work for the past year or so has been slow indeed. Some of them have Donald cabinet, will visit America to study industrial conditions. He will also solicit business among the cath- olic organizations in America for his book publishing business. Wheatly is a Roman catholio. ° fend the standards of the new social order—Communism. Every working class mother can uphold such a struggle. Its victory not only means the emancipation of womanhood, but of the whole human race, from the bondage of the profit system. Millions of slain in the coming U. S.-Japanese war for the control of the Pacific, if it results merely in the victory of the ruling class of either country, will not profit the work- The Fight for Unity in Minnesota by C. A. Hathaway A history of the struggle of the : . reported held in the county jail but |already been refused credit at the. Southern Portions : mid-west farmer and industrial Are | ing class motherhood of the United States or of Japan. Such worker onthe péiitieal: deld-~nad i an imperialist war, creating the basis for new capitalist rival- Shaken by Quake] P a proposal for the next step to be Herb and”Bordsen. Ely with oriental|"° charge as yet has been entered |Stores. With their means of exist- of cunning, plans the coups, the last | 2#@/nst him. ence gone what can one expect under named clayheads try to execute. Their| The result of all this was that state |the circumstances? planning for the past six weeks in| Police are stationed here. Anybody Some of the storekeepers have been Great Falls has resulted in the open-| YO has observed conditions when /80 dastardly as to hint that the men MANILA, May 8-— The southern ing of the eyes of the workers to the | Military rule is in force knows what |return to work at the mines under the | Portions of the Philippine Islands kind of men who like leeches, are | “ances the miners have of winning |reduced wage scale, forgetting to re- continued to be rocked today and living off their backs. ber of strike breakers employed at the |member that perhaps they will be as |/ast night by earthquakes. Consider- The Parting Hymn. Glendale Mine, in fact about 40 or 50| unable to pay their bills under the |#ble damage has been done, partially They have succeeded in getting |®°CoTding to latest reports, and the |reduced wage scale as they are at | Wrecked buildings and homes having _ ries, will be but the furerunner of new wars. taken. But when the workers of the United States and Japan turn against the capitalisms of both countries, seize power and inaugurate their own Soviet Rule, the basis for wars between the two nations will disappear. Only then will : American and Japanese labor be able to live in a fraternal brotherhood. ee a as se The Pan-American Anti-Imperialist : Mig League Let the mothers of the ——— class mee “Moth- by Manuel Gomez | er’s Day.” It is their holiday. ey are willing to send the I sons of the working class to war to protect the profit inter- scueuiuies ant the chan po alee ests of their class. ing class for unified action in Latin The anniversary of working women is “Woman's Day,” America to combat the rule of Wall March 8, celebrated every year under the direction of the mireet, Communist International. March 8th is a real “Mother's Day,” rallying the women of labor everywhere for the Com- The Death of San munist victory of the workers. —_ (Continued from page 1.) Smith in a position where he will | Sttikers are powerless to do anything |the present time. The outlook is dark | 5eeD reported from manay localities. have to do some very tall explaining | 9% Dicketting -s forbidden. Scabs are ‘indeed for the workers. The quakes were reported as originat- when he gets in front of the executive | ;- -- 2 the —- pong eve — board of the A. F. of L. It is possible ; n Negros province, residents have that he may involve Ely who is paid AS WE SEE | T - Chile after visiting Argentine and| the building furthest north, and re-|haq not been making deliveries to his || $2.00 a Year —— $1.25 Six Months NEW YORK, May 8.—Great Britain | ants’ government of Russia as their co-operation of all the other unions | Uruguay early this ceummer. move the scaffolding on the middle| tenants since the early part of last HE WORKERS MONTHLY pound sterling, demand 4.85; Cable |own. No matter how the minds ofjin Cleveland it will win hands down. building. July because he discharged his union " 13 W. Washington Bivd. Chicago 4.36%. France, franc, demand 5.21; |!arge masses of workers may be|The court decision will be knocked Argentinian Sticks on the Job. The carpenters and a few laborers | janitor and took on a nonunion one. cable 5.21%. Belgium, franc, demand poisoned ,against the leaders. of the/into a cocked hat, as Alexander How- TOKIO, May §—. Major Pedro Zan- to haul boards and clean up were the The tenants, he said, were breaking Enclosed 5 TP De for months 6.04%; cable 5.05%. Italy, lira, de-| Russian masses, by the capitalists and|at knocked the industrial court law |ni, the Argentine aviator who started |°2!y workers on the job yesterday, | their leases and moving to the other|} sub to the Workers Monthly. mand 4.10%; cable 4.10%. Sweden, | ‘heir yellow socialist allies, they have|of Kansas. If the unfons mark time,|a flight around the world in July, | #24 their ranks were thinned by work-| side of the street and his apartments krone, demand 26.73; cable 26.76. Nor way, krone, demand 16.78; cable 16.8 ‘n instinctive love for the first work-jas the bosses want them to, they are|1924 but whose plane was wrecked | &® walking out when they learned) were nearly all empty. NAME ‘ republic in history which the cap-|lost. And this will be the signal for |in Japan last October, is planning to |! the strike. The men said they could not as|| STREET ea Denmark, krone, demand 18.84: cab! 18.86. Shanghai, tael, demand eable 74.40. >~——- alist do well not to underestimate. NHE open shop decision of the Ohio courts is a direct challenge te the 1 ad a revival of the open shop campaign on a larger scale than ever thruout the entire country. continue his flight west tomorrow. Get A Sub And Give Onel Does your friend subscribe to lhe DAILY WORKER? Ask him! union men enter the building while it was being picketed by union man on | strike, CITY STATE...........
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‘\» DETROIT BOOSTS. || DAILY WORKER AT SUNDAY MEETING ‘Bill’ Dunne Will Tell of Worker Correspondents DETROIT, Mich., May 8. — As a climax to what without question is the outstanding effort of propaganda di- stribution during the present Second Annual DAILY WORKER “Sub” Cam- paign, local Detroit will hold a mass meeting this Sunday, May 10th, with Wm. F. Dunne, editor of the DAILY WORKER, as the main speaker. This meeting to be held at the House of the Masses, 2646 St. Aubin St,. comes as an additional move to the distribution of 20,000 copies of the special May Day issue of the DAILY WORKER at the large shops and factories in Detroit, 6 possible thru the use of many automo used for the purpose, and in addition to the doorto-door distribution of thousands of copies of the DAILY WORKER in the working class residential districts during DAILY WORKBR Week of May 4th to 10th. Comrade Dunne will. bring to this city interesting information not only on the place of the DAILY WORKER in the class struggle in America but will deal also with the question of Worker Correspondents, a new de- velopment of the revolutionary move- ment. Comrade Dunne has just written @ small handbook on the subject number 4, in the Little Red Library series entitled “Worker Correspond- ents”’. Following his recent lecture in New York on the subject a club of Worker Correspondents has been formed, The same has been done in Pittsburgh, from where stories of working class life in the pages of the DAILY WORKER are drawing well deserved attention. Comrade Dunne’s lecture on Sunday, beginning at two o’clock in the after- noon, is sure to attract thousands of workers, not only interested in the subject of his lecture, but also in the speaker whose record in the struggles of American workers is’ widely known. Pycckaa BeywepuHKa Another Vetcherinka, performance and dance will be given by the Workers’ Home, formerly the §&o- viet School, this Sunday, May 10, at 1902 W. Division St. Two new Russian plays, “Birth Control” and “The Shadow of Liebknecht” will be presented. After the perform. ance there will be dancing till mid- night. Beginning at 7:30 p.m. A good time is Ree as usual. Come! For Rent—Furnished Rooms. LARGE FRONT ROOM and kitchen- ette, nicely furnished; $10.00. LARGE FRONT ROOM for sleeping, suitable for 1 or 2; $7.00. 1915 Warren Ave. Phone Seeley 3061 Frew#wrwfetfeFe.-erT,.,:,TT=T TT, T*T', ,T,'='T,vT "7" "Workers Block Repebsiene | in A. i. W. previous meeting was all right. The workers would not listen to him. “You! We know what you speak for! jthere, but were romist Levin failed to appear. When the officials begged that the minutes had to be acted upon so that the new contract could be taken up, the workers retorted: . | “O, it’s a new contract now! And where is Levin, who was so anxious to expell Bramorski. A contract is oS important thing but Levin doesn’t come here to talk about that: He comes here only to expel a good unfon member. He don’t care for the inter- ests of the workers. He is only in- terested in keeping his fat job.” Only Interested In Money. Other workers cried out, “Why didn’t we have a contract before May first? We always had a contract ready before. We know that the of- ficials were too busy moving their bank. They are more interested in money than in the membership. And you think you can expel our good union members and get away with it. We'll show you!” — As the whole order of business was tied up, the officials were in despair. Finally Bojnarowicz found a way out by moving that the matter of Bram- orski’s expulsion be opened up again, that the contract be handled at this meeting and Bramorski’s expulsion discussed further at the next meet- ing. Shall Not Be Expelled. The workers aret determined that Bramorski shall not be expelled, and while they recognize that the Levin gang will show up in force again at the next meeting, they are not going to be tinprepared to give him one of the warmest welcomes he has had in j his life. FIRE FIGHTERS . IFORCED TO SIGN YELLOW DOG PACT Salt Leke City Union Broken by Mormons WASHINGTON, May 8.—(FP)—In- formation has been received by the international headquarters of the fire fighters in Washington that, under threat of enactment of a city ordin- ance forbidding its holding metings, their local in Salt Lake City has dis- solved, Former members have been compelled by the city commission to sign a pledge to remain non-union. Leaders of the Mormon church have denounced trade unionism, and altho Salt Lake City is only 40 per cent Moron this official attitude has helped to make the fire fighters’ position un- tenable. On the other hand, the union suc- ceeded, before it collapsed, in forcing the resignation, under fire, of Chief | Bywater, who was president of the ‘National Association of Fire Chiefs. His autocratic attitude had created such relations ith the men that a wit- ness testified, during public hearings on the charge against him, that the chief never entered a burning build- ing. All but two of the city fire fight- ers’ were members of the union. Scrub Woman Dies “Easiest Way.” NEW YORK—(FP)—Lizzie Davis, 60-year old scrubwoman at Bellevue Hospital, grew despondent over ill health, her neighbors say, and so she took the easiest way out and died by gas. The pay of scrubwomen in hos- pitals as in office buildings is notably poor and the work hard. Companions of Mrs. Davis in her many years’ work at Bellevue are trying to collect a little fund to save her body from the potter’s field. bb + »- A + + » - » + + - - DD Db DD DD DD DS DS MANDOLIN Sunday, May at , Chi Jacob Schafer Concert COMPOSER OF WORKING CLASS MUSIC celebrating his tenth year as conductor of THE FREIHEIT SINGING SOCIETY ALSO Studebaker Theater, 418 S. Michigan Blvd. ORCHESTRA 24, 2:30 P. M. the cago Road; AAA Ahhh bh hb bd bbb DA bh bAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA Tickets tor sale by Freiheit Singing Sociéty, 3887 Rooseveit Daily Worker Office, 1113 W. Washington Rlvd.; Local Chicago W. P. Office, 19 8S. Lincoln St. _. ee ee» bb bb te bh ib bh bb DADAM AAA Ae De aed revwyrrTrrerTrrTrrTrTrTyrTYrTYYrTrTr,,rT,FrVrVrTyrTYyr Ye YY ee ee ee i i i i te 1) LUTCUTED EVOL CTUUT AEROS EEDA APTA ETA HAA Amalgamated NU GENERAL HEADQUARTERS | 81 East 10th Street, New York, N. Y. THIS IS OUR EMBLEM An Industrial Organization For All Workers in the Food Industry Food Workers SONA -~ Attack on Street Carmen in Cleveland Plot of Open Shoppers (Continued from page 1.) tually dismember the union will have been struck. For he will stand upon the right given him by the sacred courts to hire and deal with whom he pleases upon the basis of “equal rights.” If the street car men’s union does not strike today to maintain what it has gained, it will have to strike some day soon to win back what it will lose in the near future. To emphasize his atitude towards the union, Stanley said yesterday “that he wants every employe to know that now he does not neet to hire Geo. Rees (the buisiness agent of the street car men) as his representative if he doesn’t want to, He can deal with us personally.” At their mass meeting last night the street car men modified their de- mands to a 10 cent wage rise as against the 5 cents offered by the street car company, and a formal con- tract recognizing the union in place of the letter given them by Stanley yesterday. Hayes has Misgivings. Max Heyes, editor of the Cleveland Citizen, official organ of Cleveland unions, broke into print this morning with the following gem: “In view of what has happened, I don’t know whether we did right when we advised the men not to strike during the repu- blican convention. We believed we would get a square deal in the courts and took that chance. Ahd now John Stanley has the upper hand.” The street car men hat voted to strike just before the republican con- vontion was to be opened last June. By the above remark by Hayes, it would seem that labor leaders of all hues advised them not to do so. By advising them not to strike they un- doubtedly had the success of the re- publican convention in mind. Wanted it to proceed without having ti witness the turmoil and struggle of a strike. That b doing this they were helping to elect Coolidge the strike breaker, were helping to make the lower wages longer hours Dawes plan a success, were furthering the plans to further exploit the colonies and South Amer- ican countries by American imperial- ism, this probably never entered their heads. Know Hayes Advised Wrongly. Every thinking worker will not won- der whether Hayes did right in ad- vising the men not to strike. Every militant knows he did wrong. The thousand clubs, strike breakers in readiness, armored cars ready for action, open shoppers division of the chamber of commerce prepared to compel every ounce of force to be placed into the hands of Stanley — all this proves that now that the re- publican convention is over and Coo- lidge is in and the courts have acted. Hayes’ advice not to strike simply gave the enemy a chance to advance to a new and more advantageous front line of trenches. U. 8. Interferes In China PEKING, China, May 8.—The Amer- ican legation has protested to the Chinese government against the freight tax imposed by the mililtary authorities on the Tientsin-Pukow and Shanghai-Nanking railway. GET A SUB AND GIV= ONE! —— 1 | Dr. A. Moskalile | | DENTIST | 8S. W. Corner 7th and Miffiin Sts. | PHILADELPHIA, PA, Eat at the GLOBE CAFETERIA Best Foods at Moderate Prices. 14th STREET, COR. IRVING PLACE (Opposite New York Party Headquarters) Philadelphia, Notice! Weber Printing Co. 350 N. FIFTH STREET, Philadelphia, Pa. — CAKE \Pngf — “a AA Y 4 ind AAS MEETIN REPORTS * CHICAGO C. C. C. G SHOW WIDE ACTIVITY OF PARTY IN MANY FIELDS formation of a party book store, the (Communist) Party, Local Chicago. s Thoro wiialaas of the Irish famine and political situation, organization within a short time of mass protest meetings against the white terror raging in the Balkans, further development and concrete organizational steps for very excellent report of the Young Workers League activities, the coming American Negro Labor Congress and Trade Union Educational League activities were the main matters considered at a good attended meeting of the city central committee of the Workers Contacts for Party Thru Irish Rellef Work. Necessity of supporting the Irish famine relief campaign as a demonstra- tion of international workers’ solidarity, as a means of aiding and laying a basis for a Communist movement in Ireland and for gaining contacts with pointed out. Thei party must hence give complete support to the Irish famine meeting, Friday May 8th at North Side Turner Hall. Protest Mags Meetirig Against White Terror In Balkans With white tefror holding sway truout Europe, especially in the Bal- kans, the party is staging a huge mass protest meeting Within a few days. The South Slavic, Rumanian, Bulgar- ian, Greek branches especially will push this demonstration. On The Red Ald Activity It is evident that the International Red Aid must receive mass support from the party organization in order to meet thruout the world the increas- ing reaction of the imperialist nations. The Young Workers League The Young Workers League report was received with acclamation. The representative stated that the league was participating wholeheartedly in all the party demonstrations and af- fairs, such as the May Day demons- trations, street meetings, I. W. A., L R. A., Fretheit Jubilee, etc., etc. The league is showing a noticeably healthy growth in membership, most of the members being gotten thru nuclei and factory campaigns. A new working area branch organ- ized taking in South Chicago and Pullman territories with their large steel mills and cars shops employ- ing hundreds of young workers, thus offering a fine field for a factory camp- aign which the league is contemplat- ing starting this summer in the heavier industries. A number of league comradés are already working in some of the steel mills and car shops. Seven nuclei functioning and eight more can be organized immediately. Taking a very active part in the Negro campaign, getting out special leaflet, gathering information from ‘the branches on thg factories employ- ing Negro young , touring Com. Phillips to all. league branches to speak on this work. Y. W. L. fractions organized in three local unions in Chicago. Industry group meetings called to organize fractions and get league members eli- gible for union membership into the unions. Juniors active in schools, helping league, organizing parents’ councils. | Having a little difficulty in furnish- ing all groups with responsible lead- ers. Holding a gatice to raise funds for organizatio work this Saturday, May 9 at Workers Lyceum. Plane For Book Store Under Way City committee reported worked out plans for the campaign for book store. $2,500 are to be raised, the campaign to begin May 20th. Purpose is to open Workers Party Book Store by Sept. 15. There will be a general appeal for donations and those making dona- tions will obtain a refund on literature purchased. The Chicago party book store is only one of a chain of book stores thruout the county under the direction of the DAILY WORKER Publishing Co., and the party com- mittees. This book store undoubtedly will give a great stimulus to the sale and reading of Communist literature of every description, It is felt that the party will respond enthusiastically for the success of the book store which will also ,make it possible to establish a central library and reading room. A special commit- tee consisting of comrades Sam Ham- mersmark, M. Chilofsky, G. Chrysos, Natalie Gomez, Amy Schechter, Boris Shklar and M. Steinberg was elected to carry on the campaign for funds, assign the money quota for the bran- ches, etc. This committee meets, Saturday, May 9 for this purpose. Industrial Activity Interest and understanding: of the importance of the work of the T. U. | labor movement is becoming manifest. The printers group is making gradual | headway and is successfully pushing the widest distribution of their bul- | letin, The Amalgamationist. In the carpenters the progressive caucus has drawn up a program for the coming district elections. A program which is bound to have good effect on the rank and file carpenters and draw them to- wards the progressive group. This program has been printed on the T. U. E. L., of building a left wing in the | E. L. page. The progressive caucus meets every Sunday at 10 o’clock in Room 6, third floor of the Douglas Park Auditorium, Histsie and Ogden avenues. In the machinists the Metal Trades’ Bulletin is aiding greatly in crystal- izing left wing in the elections. Thus far in the machinists the Chicago lo- cal unions which have reported have voted 4 to 1 for the Anderson slate. The machinists T. WE. L. group has carried on an active campaign for the left wing progressive program. The Ns barbers progressive group is now gain- | . ip, ‘ the Irish workers in America were + ing new adherents, especially since their good scrap against the rotten agreement concluded by the official- dom for the barbers. Progressive group issued a special leaflet on the agreement which made a hit. At the general meeting of the T. U. E. L., as reported, the American Labor Negro Congress and the means for drawing unions to its support were taken up and a resolution endorsing the congress passed. The party appointed a special com- mittee of Comrades Wirkkula, Jurich, Held, Bakiesh, Welechko, Mrs. Kalou- sek, Gori and a Y. W. L. represent- ative to aid the T. U. E. L. picnic committee, in making the May 30th picnic a huge success. A meeting of the industrial organ- izers of all the branches and Y. W. L. will be held on Friday, May the 15, at 19 S. Lincoln street. A special July 4th Picnic committee, the annual affair of the party, consist- ing of Comrades Hans Pedersen, Geo. Maurer, M. Abern, S. Rubicki, Mrs. Filiwarkoyv, Jurich, Gori, A. Maki, Y. W. L., Steinberg, Mittelman and We- lechko was elected to take Initial steps for organizing the picnic. May Day Demonstrations Successful May Day meeting in Chi- cago was reported on and also wide distribution of leaflets at the North- west Car shops and other meetings. On the Negro Congress work, bran- ches are expected to call for Negro comrades to speak on the party atti- tude toward the American Negro La- bor Congress. Local unions are being visited wherever possible and the matter presented. The school conducted for Negro comrades helped considerably in the work. Cold weather is holding up street meetings in some mstances, but they are being held at every possible moment and branches are geting on the job everywhere for them. The DAILY WORKER Ten branches so far have responded to the DAILY WORKER Week distri- bution. The total number of copies distributed is 2,561 every night. Many branches will undoubtedly be heard from eventually, but the idea of the DAILY WORKER Week was a uni- form drive thruout the country. It will be necessary to follow up all of the people to whom deliveries are made, for subscriptions. If there are any of the comrades who expect to do this work within the next few days who have not yet received the special $1.00 for 2 months’ subscrip- tion cards, they should at once report at this office and secure same and also have a good supply of regular sub- scription blanks when they go out for subs. This $1.00 card is sent simply as a last resort. We do not want to stress bargain prices for the DAILY WORK- ER, but in case the comrade cannot possibly sign up a prospect for a three, six or twelve months sub, then rather than let this prospect go, they can present the dollar card and ask for at least a trial subscription. The sale of literature should great- ly increase now with the street meet- ings coming on and no street meet- ings should be held without a good supply of at least the DAILY WORK- ER, Workers Monthly and the four issues of the Little Red Library being on hand. The Little Red Library should have an immense sale, be- cause it Is only a 10 cent pamphlet and also more particularly because of the great value and interest of its contents. The office of the city literature de- partment will be open from 9 in the }morning till 7:30 in the evening every day, except Sunday and it is hoped that all literature agents will check up their present stock and also the ‘amount they owe for literature and 'periodicals and make some report ‘within the next week, if possible, to the city literature office, 19 S. Lincoln Street. Applications were accepted from the following branches: Lake View Scandinavian 4, Douglas Park Eng- lish 1, Armenian 1, Nucleus No. 3—1, Czecho-Slovak No. 1—1, Polish North Side 1, South Side English 1, Cicero English1, Northwest Jewish 1, Italian No. 1—1, South Side Scandinavian 1. Transfers granted from Finnish Branch 4, from South Side English to Cleveland 1. Next meeting of C. C. C. Wednes- day, May 20, 1925, 8 p. m. at 722 Blae Island Ave. Fraternally yours, Workers (Communist) Party Local Chicago. MARTIN ABERN, Secretary. Get a sub for the DAILY WORKER from your shopmate and you will make another mem. ber for your branch. May Day Celebration in Anthracite Region Stopped by Cossacks PLAINS, Pa., —(By Mall).—Police cossacks again showed their loyalty to the American “democracy” by stop- ping a mass meeting scheduled for Sunday, May 3rd, in Roma Hall, here to protest against the white terror in Poland. Comrades Jakira and Rad- wiansky were scheduled to speak. The minérs who came to attend the meet- ing found the doors of the hail closed. The manager reported that he was ordered by the police not to open the hall Soon the chief of police with several bluecoats arrived and announced that he has orders from the president of the board of commisisoners to stop the meeting and that he has no power to “disobey the instructious.” All at- tempts to reach the president of the board of commissioners proved to be futile. No explanation for the police action was given. There is no other hall in the little mining town, and the rain made it im- possible to proceed with an open air meeting in defiance of the police. Comrade Jakira announced to those who gathered around the hall that an open air meeting will soon be held in this town whether the police permits it or not. A short time ago a meeting of the Workers Party was stopped by the police in Wilkes Barre, which is only a short distance away from Plains. Outing in Los Angeles LOS ANGELES, Calif. May 8.— We're here again. On Sunday, May 17, the Young Workers League of Los Angeles will give a Yowl Outing and Hayride at Dalton’s Canyon. Remem- ber the last Y. W. L. outing—what a great time you had? Well} this affair will have it beat a thousand times. Never before in the history of Los Angeles Reds has such an affair been held. Never again will such an affair be held. Every imaginable amusement will be provided for every imaginable variety of Red. Singing, recitations, refreshments of the rarest kind! If you want to see the Reds throw dign- ity to the dogs, and have a rip-roaring time, don’t miss the Young Workers League Outing on May 17, al Dalton’s Canyon. Trucks will leave Mott and Brooklyn, and 6th & Los Angeles Sts., at 8 a. m. sharp. Button Workers Strike. HARTFORD, Conn.—Fifty workers at Parizek Pearl Button Co., Willing- ton, Conn., are striking because their demand for 10 per cent wage inéreas- es was not met. ee “Madison Phartidey ] J ) INC. ) BETTER ] | | ] ] , 4 DRUGS Light Luncheon Served 1154 Madison Street, | Corner Ann } OPEN DAY AND NIGHT | = - — —-_ - - - - - - - - OLD OBI IPI PI? OO OOOO oe -—_ Four Phones Dr. S. ZIMMERMAN IDEnwTr1s’! Special X-Ray rices — to Gas Workers Given ESTABLISHED 12 My Examination is Free My Prices Are Reasonable My Work ts Guaranteed Extracting Specialist DELAY MEANS DECAY PITTSBURGH, PA. To those who work hard fer thelr money, | will save 50 per cent on all their dental work, DR. RASNICK DENTIST 645 Smithfield Street. -_——-—- ‘yTwryrTerfeefefefée' y"="TgkT'%'t*'s%k\,XT'X%X''X%,%'s%TXxT'sTTX%T TTT," ".* J. KAPLAN MERCHANT TAILOR Suits Made to Order at Reasonable Prices 3546 ARMITAGE AVENUE Phone Albany 9400 —_— WANTED—FURNISHED ROOM Married couple (no children) want furnished room with use of kitchen, between 14th and 80th Streets, Man- hattan. State rent when answering. Address: N. J., Room 21, 108 B. 14th Street, New York City. sé. BOOK WANTED! “GREAT INITIATIVE” by Lenin DAILY BOOK EXCHANGE 805 JAMES STREET Pittsburgh, Pa. rS3 Spring TICKETS IN ‘TTT ts =sT'*sefe mero-fv”"-reoevrewrfeeweFeFewewewroewerweeewee'7Tr,rFrfewrty,pty-T*?* TO-NIGHT! THE Dance The Event of the Season You Can't Afford to Miss! Given by the Y. W. L,, Local Chicago, with the co-opera- tion of the Spanish Branch of the W. P. TONIGHT (Saturday, May 9) 8 P. M. WORKERS’ LYCEUM, 2733 Hirsch Blvd. Excellent Dance Musie by I. Fine Entertainment—Good Eats. ADVANCE 35c (Get your tickets at the DAILY WORKER or local W. 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This book by the secretary of the Russian Communist Party, who has been a constant and intimate co-worker of Lenin, is not only an extremely timely work, but also one that is destined surely to become one of the classics of Communist literature. 128 Pages—35 cents. THE DAILY WORKER PUSLISHING CO. hicago, Illinels
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———— -- by S DAILY WORKER PUBLISHING 00. 1218 W. Washington Bivd., Chicago, Ml . (Phone: Monroe 4718) SUBSCRIPTION RATES — ¢¢.00 per year months $2.00..8 months a By mall te, Chicago only): $8.00 per year $4.50....6 mon $2.60...3 months Adress all mail and make out ch te THE DAALY WORKER 8418 W. Washington Bivd. Chicago, Iitinele §& “LOUIS ENGDAHL WaiaN F. DUNNE | —— ee . Mutered as second-class mail Sept. 81, 1928, at the Post Office at Chicago, Ill, under the act of March 3, 1879. -_ Advertising rates os app*cation The Irish Famine Renewed efforts should be made to raise funds for the relief of the famine stricken workers and peasants in the west of Ireland who are con- fronted with the prospect of slow and lingering death thru starvation, unless the workers of the world rally to their aid. Considerable skepticism as to the extent of the famine is met with and this is not surprising in view of the propaganda put out by the Free State government, ably assisted by the catholic clergy of | Ireland and the United States. The Free State threw a few sops to the people of the famine region before the last elections. When the elec- tions were over, they locked the treasury door. Because a famine hurts the credit of a capitalist nation which puts the..interests of businessmen above human life, the Free State disapproves of efforts to raise money for the starving peasantry. Officials of that government have warned editors in the west of Ireland to “cut out that famine stuff.” And the Free State government is not particular about the weapons it uses in order to make its wishes respected. Its methods are differ- ent only in degree from those of Zankov of Bul- garia. The Peasants’ International recently issued a. manifesto calling on the peasants of all countries to send help to their brothers and sisters in Ire- land. The industrial proletariat must do the same. Let us help and help quickly before it is too late, a people that produced a revolutionary leader like James Connolly who raised the flag of revolt against British imperialism in 1916 when the bodies of the proletariat were being mangled on the battlefields of Europe and their leaders, who had sworn to serve in the international army of labor, had betrayed the cause and the millions who trusted their leadership. On the ninth anniversary of the Communist Connolly’s death, the workers of this country could honor his memory in no better way than by helping the cause for which he gave his life. They can do this by relieving the sufferings of the work- * ers and peasants whom Connolly loved so well that he gave his life to emancipate them. And in addi- tion they will strengthen the bonds of international solidarity.and help bring the Irish workers closer to the revolutionary battalions that are marching forward in spite of all obstacles to the conquest of power and the ownership of their world. ~ 4the republican party in Cleveland, the street rail- . - . . “Joking” in Dixie From Bristol, Virginia, comes a story that ex- plains more than the incident with which it deals. A young girl announces that she has been attacked by a Negro, a mob is formed, a man-hunt starts, two Negroes are seized and all is ready for that most enjoyable of southern pastimes—a lynching of a black man—when the girl adntits, under pressure from the few sane persons present, that she was only “joking.” ) How many Negroes have been sent to their deaths in similar cases will never be known, but if the records could be probed and the evidence collected it would be found that with negligible exceptions the crime of rape, the ostensible reason for their murder, was either imaginary or had been fastened on a black man to protect some white seducer by a mental process wtih which all psycho- pathists are familiar. The accusation of rape affords a convenient ex- cuse for the periodical acts of terrorism fomented and indulged in by the southern ruling class to keep the Negro population properly intimidated. The whole southern atmosphere is such that un- balanced white women are the exception rather than the rule and any sensation-seeking female can always aid a mob in securing a Negro victim. In this reeking southern cesspool where sadistic degeneracy is an effective weapon of the white Outlawing Cleveland Street | Railway Union “One of the arbitrators was favorable to the union,” was the excuse given by the Cleveland Street Railway company for refusal to accept the award of a board of arbitration rendered about a year ago. If any doubt remains in the minds of the work- ers as to the fraud of arbitration this utterance of the company, now installing the open shop un- der the protection of the Ohio supreme court, should remove it. In the conflicts between capitalists and work- ers, as in other forms of war, there are moments that are favorable to oye or the other of the forces involved. Last summer, during the convention of way men had a wonderful opportunity to bring the company. to terms. This opportunity was allowed to pass with the usual “welfare of the public” bunk played up plentifully by the officials of the street railway men’s union. The company wanted delay, knowing that such opportunities do not come every day, and succeeded in stalling the strike by “submitting” to arbitration, promptly rejecting the decision of the board after the emergency had passed. The supreme court, that staunch friend of cor- porations in distress, was appealed to. It'not only upheld the right of the company to reject the find- ings of the board, but went farther and declared the closed shop illegal in public utility enterprises. This is playing both ends against the middle bvith a vengeance. If the award of an arbitration board is against the workers they must, having bowed to “public welfare,” either accept it or for- feit the sympathy on which they staked so much. The capitalists, however, are bound. by no such restrictions. In nine times out of ten the award will be in their favor, but in the tenth case they can refuse to accept it, appeal to their courts and get a clean bill of health with a ruling outlawing the unions of the workers for good measure. This description of the process by which unions are hamstrung might seem somewhat far-fetched if we had not a concrete example which in com- plete disregard of the so-called right of the work- ers exceeds any product of our imagination. The open shop drive of the Cleveland Street Railway company has now the sanction of the highest body in the state and the street carmen are outlaws if they, strike against its ruling. Let us remember in this connection that the “experienced, practical and legitimate” leaders’ of the Cleveland labor movement, with one voice, urged the street carmen to remember the “public welfare” and not strike while the city’s hotels and, party of American imperialism, to have faith in the party of American imperialism, to have faith ni the capitalist courts and confidence in the righteous- ness of their cause. This is the day of reckoning. Max Hays, editor of the official organ of the Cleveland labor movement, finds it necessary to kay: | in view of what has happened | don’t -know whether we did right to advise the men not to strike during the republican convention. We believed we could get a square deal in the courts and took that chance. And-now John Stanley (head of the street railway company) has the upper hand. Such a statement, by a man whose life has been spent in the labor movement, is an admission of defective mentality. When has labor ever received a “square deal” in the capitalist courts? And why should labor expect a square deal from institutions whose sole function is the protection of property privileges, of the power to rob labor and legalize the methods by which this is done? The Cleveland street railwaymen now must fight an uphill battle where once they held the ad- vantage. They have been fooled by their leaders as all workers are fooled who accept a leadership whose program consists in remaining respectable and amenable to the regulations of labor’s ac- tivities by its class enemies. The Cleveland case is first class example of the poisonous fruits of class collaboration, an example of the complete bankruptcy of a trade union lead- ership which rejects the class struggle. This basic uc Stein Shop ae aa German ‘Cduaunists are stead- ily extending their influence in the shop committees.. In the recent shop committee elections held in the im- portant industrial Halle district, the majority of members elected were Communists, In the great Schwartz- kopf shops in Berlin the votes were distributed as follows: Social-demo- crats, 591; Hirsch-dunker, 122; Com- munists and sympathizers, 956. In the shop committee of the largest metal works in Reimscheid, the Com- munists obtained 802 votes (five dele- gates); the reformists 237 (one dele- gate); the ch-dunckers and Chris- tian unions, together 759 (five dele- gates). In this last case the victory of the Communists is especially sig- nificant in view of the fact that fol- lowing last year’s munist members o tees were dismissed. the shop commit- Red War--Veterans Meet — HE Fifth Congress of the Interna- tional Veteran *s Association was re- cently held in the Hamburg Trade Union Hall, with Comrade Pieck, Communist reichstag deputy, presid- ing. There wéfe present 132 dele: gates from all parts of Germary,.as well as delegatia@ns-from Austria, Bel- gium and France. The reichstag Communist fraction, the International Workers’ Aid, and the Red Interna- tional of Labor Unions, were all rep- resented. The reformist trade unions declined the invitation to attend. A large part of the delegates were social democrat and non-party: Col- lective affiliation to the Red Aid was decided on. After the congress a delegation went to the Fuehisbuttel fortress, to greet Comrade Urbans, sentenced to twelve years hard labor for leadership of the Hamburg insurrection of 1923, and the other erisoned comrades. Coming Struggle of Polish Miners HE coal bossés of Poland have sig- nified their intention of cutting min- ers’ wages 10 per cent. The workers of the Dombrowa region, who have been suffering intensely for a long time from the exorbitant cost of liv- ing and unemployment, have decided to fight the wage cut. The coal bosses zive the “unproductivity of labor” as justification for the decrease, but sta- istics show that this excuse is in lirect contradiction to the facts. According to official figures, in Jan- uary, 1924, there were 224,000 miners producting 2,964,000 tons monthly, and in November, 1924, 150,000, producing 3,036,000 tons monthly. In other words, after 74,000 miners had been dismissed, monthly coal production rase 72,000 tons, production being raised by 973 kilég per miner. Wages, however, underwent a 14 per cent re- duction in the ores of the same per- iod. The enormous ibiguse in profits accrueing to the icoal barons during this period is evidgnt from the follow- ing figures: i 1. The total reduction in wage costs, due to the peduction in person- nel, 7,600,000 z (about. $380,000) monthly. ¥ 2. The total production in wage costs due to the 14 pér cent decreases, total: 2,142.00 sloti {about $107,000). 3. The abolition of the coa) tax, 4,680,000 zloti (about $234,000). This makes a total of, 14,422,000 zloti sup plementary profits. The demands for a wage cut is meeting with bitter op- position on the part of the rank and file of the miners’ unions, and it seems very probable that a general strike will be provoked by this latest at- tempt on the part of the bosses to make the already wretched condition of the Polish miners still worse. French T. U..Conference and : Unity error is responsible for the weakness of the Amer ican labor movement and as long as the organized workers follow such leadership just so long will they meet defeat after defeat. It is a bitter lesson that the street railwaymen of Cleveland have had to learn, but if they have mastered it they are stronger than they were be- fore. They have a fight on their hands and they must get the full support of the labor movement. The street car company has mustered its forces exploiters, where vestigial remains of mediaeval | chivalry have crossed with the most disgusting forms of sexual perversion to form a monstrous offspring whose bloody orgies are reported by the capitalist press with favorable comment, only mili-| tant organization of the Negro workers and farm- ers and alliance with the conscious white workers who repudiate the persecutoin of the Negroes, can wipe out this result of suppression of one race by another. Such an alliance has more than a sentimental! foundation. It must and will be consummated be cause the whole purpose of these attacks on Ne groes is to keep them a subject class, lower in the social scale than the white workers, and by dis- sension and division of their forces lower the liy- ing standards of both, leaving the bosses and land lords supreme. A headline in the Chicago Tribune reads, “Mus solini gags Italy with new constitution.” What constitution on that of America. and intends to give no quarter. The street railway- men must fight with the same spirit and by mass resistance to exceptional laws prevent their being used to destroy the union. maintain their organization against the conspiracy of the capitalists and their forcible methods of T the recent ‘meeting of the na- tional committeé of the French Gen- eral Unity Confederation (left), in Paris, Gossip, gemeral secretary of the British Furnishing Trades Union, and Capp, of the British Minority (left) Movement; attended, in order to tell of the efforts of the British militants towardg§ international -trade union unity, and to enlist the sup- port of the Frerich workers ih this | campaign. The; great enthusiasm |which greeted their speeches showed that the delegates realized the vital trike, all the Com-}, 4239 %- Not ot Gof the Internatio who personally ‘created this will i unity, it was the working masses in the shops, and mills and mines who felt the absolute necessity for unity in the face of the menace of world reac- tion, who pushed on their chiefs, the latter only giving expression to the thought of millions of wage workers. “The unity that we wish is not a marriage between red and yellow leaders, it is not a sentimental alli- ance, it is a basic union of the mass- es. And we, the minority, say that in this unity we must keep our abso- lute right to struggle against the so- cial democratic conceptions of class collaboration and for our revolution- ary principles.” “We hope that the delegates to the national committee will return to the laboring masses of France and show them forcibly that it is absolutely necessary to work for unity, which alone will permit the conquest of cap- italism. Liebknecht’s Murder is Proved |} HE bourgeois Vienna newspaper, Die Stunde, publishes sensational revelations in connection with the as- sassination of Karl Liebknecht, com- pletely confirming the version of the shooting which has been consistent- ly maintained by the Communists. The paper gives three photographs. which conclusively establish the fact that the evidence given at the trial held after the shooting was abso- lutely false. The photographs, which were taken at the hospital to which Liebknecht’s body was carried after the murder, show that Liebknecht could not possibly have been shot at a distance of six metres while trying to escape from his captors, as was al- leged, but that he was shot poinf- blank, at the closest quarters, the bullets entering the breast, and not the back, as was claimed. The photographs were given out by a Dr. Jacobi, who was in attendance at the hospital to which the body was brought. Die Stunde declares that the photographic plates are still in the possession of the Berlin po- lice. This absolute confirmation of the fact of Liebknecht’s deliberate mur- der has aroused intense excitement among the German workers. The Rote Fahne is demanding the immediate re- opening of the case, and an ‘investi- gation into the culpability of the for- mer Berlin chief of police, Ernst, who seized and concealed the incriminat- ing plates, Swedish Union Delegation to U. S. S. R. DELEGATION of Swedish trade unionists is now visiting the U. S. S. R., carrying on a searching in- vestigation into factories, trade union organizations and co-operatives. The delegation has been very deeply im- pressed by what they have seen. Mat- lin, one of the delegates, and editor. of a Swedish social democratic pa- per, confessed that he had arranged with his party press to send them ma- terial to be used in attacking the Communists, but that since coming to Russia he had been convinced that his former conception of the Soviet government and Communism was er- roneous, and that the Soviet Union had accomplished tremendous things by the co-ordinated effort of workers and specialists. British Miners Must Fight | HE sub-committee of the executive - of the Miners’ Federation of Great Britain which has been conferring with the mine owners has made no progress, and the only course now open to the miners is to call a further delegate conference, formulate their wage demands and organize to fight for them. The Minority (left wing) Movement in the unions is keeping up energetic propaganda for the form- ulation of a united front of miners metal and transport workers against the capitalist offensive on wages an« hours which they are all facing. A. J. Cook, secretary of the Miners’ | Federation, and a leader of the Mino: ity Movement presented the situatio: forcefully in a recent address: struggle of British workers. litically and industrially.” nant, any time within living experience. |importance of the problem of unity, |together with the: Red International ,|of Labor Unions And the left wing of | 'the Amsterdam International for the | lent material for an American labor faker? suppression—weapons made more effective by the | | gathering of the working masses into cowardice and ignorance of labor officialdom. 'a single international. British Delegate Speaks. In the course of his address, Capp showed how the disillusionment caus- Now that the Spanish have proven their in-| ability carry the “white man’s burden” in ibility to pay a ed by the failure of MacDonaldism | Morocco, the I rench are taking a hand. The poor and the offensive entered upon by the |'French are only acting in self defense of course. employers and the conservative gov- ernment several months ago had caused a tremendous development in the tendency toward class struggle. This tendency, ofganized by the Min- | ority Movemenf,= had shown its strength at the Hull congress, which had decided to send a delegation to Russia, and to adopt a stand in fa- vor of internatiagmal unity. It is not Pureéll, Bramley, Cook and the other leaders of the left wing Those Moors will insist on claiming the right to live in their own country. “His overwhelming and determined way of utter- ing the most threadbare commonplaces-as if they were striking new discoveries makes conversation with him very difficult even for his partisans.” This is a sidelight on von Hindenburg. What excel- |any body of workers in Europe. It must be understood that the min- ers of Britain were” not going back. Rather were they going to strive to | the utmost to bring their comrades in other countries up to a higher | standard. | Referring to the state of the mining industry, Cook said it must first be understood that coal, land, machin- ery, and capital assets today belong- ed to private individuals linked to- gether in trusts and combines which controlled industry. The workers in industry had to no control whatever over production and consumption. They ere simply the wage slaves who Were made use of when the em- ployers so desired. “This year will see the greatest Our on- ly hope lies in a united front both po- Industry today, he said, was stag- and men, women and children were suffering more acutely than at The policy of the employers was to get uniformity of conditione based The fight now is to|@nd were ready fp: carry on the fight|on those of the worst conditions of oaths bn ins shan tages wee beyond description. | Tmagine $00,000 ates Fry tem ape varying between the paltry sums of 20 shillings and 60 shillings. (About $4.84 and $12.18.) b- On the other hand, during the last ten years the employers had made nearly 800,000,000 pounds of profits. attempt to improve the standard of living of the mine workers, and had even opposed the introduction of legis- lation designed to ensure the safety of men in the mines. Bad as were present conditions, they had only secured them in the teeth of the most violent opposition of the coal owners. Since Black Friday wages in the ma- ‘jority of districts had been reduced by 50 per cent, and, not content with this, the owners were further. attack- ing the basic rates, pit by pit, and district by district. “‘Sadoul Offers Services to French Communist Party. N' the evening of his acquittal Cap- tai® Jacques Sadoul met with a tremendous ovation from thousands of Paris workers. Sadoul made his first. appearance as a free man at a mass meeting held by the Paris Communist Party to launch the municipal election campaign. ‘er The meeting was held at the huge Luna Park hall, and was filled to overflowing. Comrade Marcel Cachin had opened the meeting, pointing out the necessity of conquering the muni- cipal governments, and directing a stinging attack against the left wing government. “We have gone thru the experience of a radical-socialist governn.ent,” he said. “It is dying in impotence—it has accomplished none of the things that it promised. By its weakness, it has left the way clear for fascism.” Comrade Marguerite Faussecauve followed Cachin, and while she was speaking, Sadoul entered the hall, ac- companied by his lawyer, Berthon. Paris Workers Greet Sadoul. As soon as the audience caught sight of Sadoul, thunderous applause swept thru the hall; and he was caught up and borne in triumph to the platform, amidst shouts of “Amnesty” and “The Soviets, the Soviets!” and the singing of the International. Great excitement had been feroused among the French workers by the trial of Sa- doul, who is looked upon not only as a French comrade, but also as a mes- senger from the Russian workers’ re- public. Deeply moved by the demonstra- tion, Sadoul greeted the Paris work- ers after his seven years’ exile. “From a lawyer,” he said, “I have become a man of action. I have come The mine owners had opposed every | ‘which prolonged the war. to the proletariat for action I want Sadoul Trial and Acquittal, Sadoul was acquitted by four votes. to three of the charges of desertion and of “intelligence with the enemy” in Russia in 1918. It was the second court martial. £ | The first, in 1919, condemned him to to demand a retrial, and was at once arrested. Among those who gave evidence on his behalf were M. Rakovsky, Al- bert Thomas and M. Henri » saa Sac an in 3 sky. Sadoul’s aetense was simple asd straightforward. He declared himself a revolutionary and Paap that he had taken service with Soviet government. But he had mat done so until after the war. At the time when he was serving the | interests of France by urging the Am- bassador M. Noulens, to apolar: | help the new Soviet Republic. “From the day of their advent to power,” he declared in court, “Lenin and Trotsky appealed constantly to the French military authorities help in continuing the war Germany. But M. Noulens and the peace of Brest-Litovek signed. “The Noulens-Clemenceau poliey was responsible for the treaty x Brest, shoulders rests Rect BB for ab deaths of some hundred thousands of French soldiers.” It was not defense, but a defiant vindication and a remorseless counter- attack. A curious court martial, which was rather the indictment of vise governments by Sadoul than the ecution of Sadoul by a ‘French : gov- ernment. Sadoul launched his acousations. His lawyer, Maitre Berthon, successfully that In no legal sense has the Soviet government been the “en- emy” of the French republic, got the charge cut down to simple “déser- tion.” Failure to join M. Nouléns in his unnecessary and undignified fight to Finland could scarcely be counted “desertion.” Sadoul could retort with some reason that it was the ambassa- dor who had deserted, he who had stayed at his post. Give your shopmate this copy of the DAILY WORKER—bnt be sure to see him the next day to get his subscription. j ’ -.1 = Hr eT GON BUILDERS AT A Way to Conduct a Communist Campaign. WORK eee he om Minneapolis Offers Lessons to Our Party. movement. they gather. And everywhere the of Communism. Communism. WORKER as the MEANS of better NE by one and with increasing rapidity the various units of the Workers (Communist) Party are learnirig that the DAILY WORK- ER is not simply a Communist newspaper of working class information but also and mainly the MEANS by which we can build the Communist Minneapolis is now in a stirring local election campaign. Stevens, veteran fighter of organized labor in this city and acting city DAILY WORKER agent, is the Communist candidate for mayor. has Minneapolis seen such a campaign. union meetings and open air meetings are reaching workers wherever bring further light on the Communist election pepgram and the principles | Thousands of copies of the DAILY WORKER (and the Workers Monthly) have.been distributed and on Thursday night a special Minne- | apolis edition of 10,000 copies added another landslide of messengers of : That this use of the DAILY WORKER has proved a real means of building for Communism can be attested not only by tripling the num| of subscriptions already sent in (these readers will make future C munists!) but also by the fact that many new members are ‘joining ‘the party according to advice received from the local headquarters. Not only in the field of political activity but in every instance of : ; — -- Never Noon-day shop meetings, trade DAILY WORKER is the means to party action, our party not only can, but must learn to use the DAILY building for Communist success. It will not be long, when these glaring examples of the efficacy of | the DAILY WORKER in every campaign will become so obvious that no unit of the party will make a single move without having the DAILY - WORKER as the means by which it will work. 7 : gg ee, ee. ee ae a. Aa ae a ——_———— It was now admitted that the wages of the miners were a scandal and dis- grace to « civilized community. The! IN THE SECOND ANNUAL DAILY WORKER SUB CAMPAIGN , these Communist builders have sent in new subs on May 7: PROVIDENCE, R. I.—Nat Lyon (2); J. Reid; Nellie Prabules; Ralph Kominsky. NEW YORK, N. Y.—Harry Casten; J. Toplensky; L. E. Katterfeld | (3); Eteenpain (3) BUFFALO, N. Y.—S. Katz. MINNEAPOLIS, MINN.—H. Seklund. FARIBAULT, MINN.—John Rush. 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