Daily Worker
June 13, 1925

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Daily Worker Annual Sub- cription Drive Now on in Full Blast! GET IN ON IT! Vol. Il. No. 130. rie Aes _ = . he x . ; “. - : : > ' ¥ ¥ > omy "3 - ’ , F i ~~ . —e nh Pe \ " , =e , | ‘ . 7 , ° a is ‘ - Pa ae te : Su. 7; ‘ oF we ’ ‘ + on ¥ q s Entered as second-c 00 per year. ene oon SA «¢ Act of March 8, 1879, £ 2 eB eR a ae NEW YOR ae EDITION | FY . ; 00 per year. 2 Lw - - " ane Fl hi Ae ea AF : - January, namely, the wreckin Detroit. olds, vice-prés ship. AS WE SEE IT By T. J. O’FLAHERTY. der false pretenses. doubt c ** * al manner. tion may stand for a lot of inconveni- ence in getting their liquor, they will insist on getting their sex stuff served up the necessary wire netting for the But there must something inside the screen be- The queen had . sake of their morals. } be : sides stern virtue. : better look out. -*e *« 6 HB Irish Free State government has let the feline out of the sack. While that government has appropri- ated money for famine relief, it still What's the big idea? One of the reasons was Irish minister of commerce, when he told newspaper reporters that stories of circulated in America Ho- tel owners and resort keepers called on the minister and gave him instruc- tions to counter the famine propagan- But at the same time his government appropriated nearly half a million dollars for famine re- This shows how little credence can be placed in the statements of j denies that there is a famine. . given by Patrick McGilligan, f Irish famine ; were injuring the tourist trade. da. He did. lief. capitalist governments. * - - LEXANDER P. MOORE, United ’ States ambassador to Spain, gave a dinner and ball in Madrid in honor of King Alfonso and the royal fam- ily. This is the ambassador that Will- \. jam R. Hearst is conducting a cam. 5 \, paign im behalf of keeping him ir \Madrid. Some Pennsylvania politi cians want to recall Moore. Mrs Hearst staged a gypsy dance recentl) in a New York hotel im honor of Moore is a great admirer of Alfonso and of the fascist dictator Primo de Rivera. So Both are typical fascists. Moore's return to Spain. is Hearst. * ¢ se RITAIN framed a security pact de- signed to satisfy France and Ger- Britain is bring about peace between Germany and England has always played off European nations against one an- other. The old balance of power which It satisfies neither. particularly many. not anxious to France. (Continued on Page 5) Postpone Fare Raising Hearing. Representatives of more than fifty towns and villages near Chicago suc- ceeded in having postponed hearing of the application of the fifteen rail- service, for an increase of 20 per cent in the Illinois commerce roads supplying suburban fare, before the commission. Distribute a bundle every day during Red Week of June 15 to 21. Hutcheson. H® revelations of the queen of Roumania are a keen disappoint- ment, if the first article can be taken as an example of what is to follow. Even Elinor Glyn’s advice to the love- lorn manages to stow away a livelier kick. The queen is getting money un- When the one- time Mrs. Peck, who won for Wood- row Wilson the title of “Peck’s Bad Boy” turned herself loose in the pages of a popular magazine, the babbitry | expected a treat. But the gastric juic- es conjured up by visions of a sala- cious. feast, had nothing to digest. Mrs. Peck simply did not deliver the goods, neither did she remove a lively in the public mind that she had a good story te tell. nah \ Fe: os. if our present-day .Ma-_ | | 4 dame Pompadours are playing the confidence game in a new and origin- | But let them not go: too far. There is a limit to public pa- tience and while our rotary popula- | (Special to The Daily Worker) DETROIT, Mich., June 11.—Hutcheson has at last suc-/ ceeded in what has apparently been his design ever since last of the carpenters’ movement in Starting with the illegal expulsion of f There has been no district council functioning for the last three months, and during the last two months four locals have *been in a state of temporary or yxermanent suspension for re- fusal to bow to the will of czar As the carpenters locally must pay for this fight in terms of working conditions and wages while Hutcheson sits back and fights the rank and file at $7,500 per plus ,expensse, they had decided to accept Hutche- son’s bullying terms and the trouble was on the verge of being settled, when Hutcheson came forward with a proposition that every member of the four suspended local unions must sign a “yellow dog pledge,” bullying arrogance beats anything that the blackest open shoppers have ever tried to cram down the throats of unorganized workers. No “Free Will” About It. In spite of the wording of the pledge, that one sighed of his own “free will and accord,” the members of these four suspended local unions (Continued on page 6.) of Santa Clara when a high tension wire across the Belico river fell on the bridge. —_ | VOLUNTEERS WANTED 10 MAKE N.Y. WORKERS PARTY PIGKIG SUCCESS NEW YORK, June 11—One hun- dred active members of the Work- ers (Communist) Party, New York section, are wanted hére to work at the party picnic to be held June 21. | On Monday, June15, 8p. m., In the district office a conference will be held where work for the picnic will be assigned and it is up to the comrades to attend this conference and make the picnic a gigantic suc- cess. William Reyn- ident of the district. council, and continuing with the use of plug-uglies, police violence, and injunctions, Hutcheson has kept the union in constant turmoil and rendered it incapable of functioning. As a result, the carpenters of Detroit are working Aor $1.15 per hour instead of $1.25 as voted for by the member- ia which just closed which for the lone M. V. FRUNZE. * ¢ (Special to The Daily Worker) MOSCOW.—At the Third § All- Russian Congress of the Soviets its sessions in Moscow, Comrade M. V. Frunze, head of the military forces of the Soviet Union, gave a report on the red army. Answering the accusa- tions of the enemies of the Soviets on the so-called “red imperialism,” he brought up some _ interesting figures and comparisons. For in- stance: For every 10,000 people in the Soviet Union there are 41 soldiers. In Roumania and Poland there are tries the armies are proportionately between three and five times bigger than in the Soviet Union. There are now 552,000 soldiers in the Soviet Union instead of 1,129,- 000 of the pre-war czarist army. The countries of the victors who won the war “to end all wars” have in- creased their armies by 1,183,000 since the war. The upkeep of a soldier in the Soviet Union costs every citizen less than three rubles. in the Baltic states up to seven rubles, in Poland up to 11 rubles and in France up to 14 rubles. Save Balloonist From Sea. PARIS, June 11.—Pilot Veenstra of remaining balloon racer Prince Leopold in the Gordon Bennet race was reported picked up in the last stages of exhaustion by a Spanish steamer off Vigo, Spain, in dispatches today from Madrid to Le Liberte. 100 soldiers, and in France (with-; ‘some of the western European coun- —_” - PUBLISHING CO., 1118 W. W Published daily except Sunday by THE DAILY WORKER ashington Blvd ~~ Chicage, IIL Price 3 Cents 7 « > ae RDAY, JUNE 13, 1925 H “7 t . it ; | 4 hes 4 ins + S t ie i eg , yl ws ’ i | | aa a o i TO FORCE ALL D FORCES FROM SHANGHAL 10 * pte f off its*sh determine its own destiny. ernment to forces from troops, the seamen’s strike are granted by next Sunday. A-thr (Special to The Dally Worker) SHANGHAI, China, June 11.—China, the vast nation of the Orient with its 400,000,000 population, is seething with revolt imperialism and is gathering its forces to strike ‘of foreign domination and assert its right to This Was shown by the sharp demands of the Chinese gov- y upon the foreign powers to withdraw their armed anghai, the expected arrival here of 2,000 Chinese ere spreading to Hong Kong and the threat of a great national strike unless all Chinese demands to call a national general strike in all industries, shops and schools unless a satisfactory settlement for the murder aad (Continued on page 2) cit EVOLT fly Nation Is Breakin kles of | f f — The Oppressed Nation Demands EKING, June 11.—The Chinese foreign office, in a strong note to the powers today demanded that the Shanghai authorities spontaneously lift martial law, re- embark foreign marines, disarm the foreign regular and volunteer police, and release the rioting students from jail. The note asserted that the Chinese not share the foreign view as to the shooting of ten students in the street demonstrations that preceded the resent general strike. The note insisted that responsibil- ily for the shooting falls on those foreigners in authority in the international concession. The Imperialist Nation Tries to Reject Wrens June 11.—Regardiess of the Chinese demands made to foreign diplomats at Peking, American military forces will not be withdrawn from Shanghai and Canton so long as state and navy depart- ment representatives in the Far East believe they are needed for the “protection of American lives and inter- ests,” it was learned here this afternoon. . overnment can A 0g RET HEN: disaster notionly. in that dangerous defects. since occupation of the Ruhr. marks are due July 1. Strenuous efforts are being made by the banks to “sanitate’”’ the Stinnes struc- ture to prevent’ further partial break- downs. May Cause Catastrophic Ruin. DUMMY WORKMEN HIRED BY i. ST. PAUL OPEN SHOP CONCERN TO FOOL CUSTOMERS AT FETE (Special to The Daily Worker) ST. PAUL, June 11—On Friday evening, June 5, the United States Bed- ding company of St. Paul, one of the largest manufacturers of bedding sup- plies in the country, held a concert and banquet in order to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the founding of the company and to advertise its busi- ness. It was also the 60th anniversary of Samuel Broustein, who is the | Essen, one of Germany’s chief indus- founder of the company. . Broustein has associated with him his four sons in | ‘rial cities, today: urged the central -he business. All of them act in official capacity as president, superintend- ‘nt and managers. At this affair, the sales force and many of those who have done busi- ness with the company were present. Great stress was laid on the wonder- (Continued on page™sd:) | reorganization Further trouble in this huge chain of industries would rock the already shaky German industrial world. Less than a week ago the Stinnes was made public. Three days later it was reported the | Situation at the Thyssen works was | , critical, threatening at least a partial shut-down. The great Krupp works previously had announced the dismissal of 9,000 workers July 1 and wage cuts for those remaining on the payroll. * . . Even Socialists Howl. BERLIN.—Socialist trade unions at committee of the unions to enter a protest with the allies against the dis- armament note, especially against the destruction ef machinery which would, the unions declared, cause additional unemployment and misery. rich basin abi cides ot Disaster to German Industry .ooms as Bankruptcy of Big _ Firms Threatens Dawes Plan an Reichsbank and by private | ‘TWO-IN-ONE’ CONTEST FOR WORKER CORRESPONDENTS IS ANNOUNCED Read Rules Carefully—Then, Get Busy! By WILLIAM F. DUNNE The DAILY WORKER, to stimulate interest in the work of its worker correspondents among our readers and to give additional incentive for good work by the correspon- dents themselves, has decided to begin a series of friendly competitions, in which the winner will be determined solely by the quality of his work. : ; The rules for these con- tests—which will be carried (Continued on page 4) By MORITZ J. LOEB Side by side with the con- test of worker correspon- dents, the DAILY WORKER will conduct a competition among the worker distribut- ors, those who circulate the DAILY WORKER in the shops and unions about which work- er correspondence is being printed. Prizes of $5.00 worth of literature will be given to the individual or group which, using a worker correspond- ence story as a basis for work (Continued on Page 4) NO MOBILIZATION FOR IMPERIALISM | JUNE 29 TO JULY 41S ANTI-IMPERIALIST WEEK! "mse: AGITATE! PROCLAMATION OF THE ALL-AMERICAN ANTI-IMPERIALIST LEAGUE. _—_————- HE president of the United States has issued the call for a nation-wide mobilization of military forces on July 4. This “defense test,” as President Coolidge chooses to call it, follows close upon the heels of the big dem- onstration of the American fleet in Far Eastern waters. It is to be a festival of American militarism, dramatizing on a much more trem- endous scale the chauvinistic style of “flag day,” and the hosts of si- milar “days” which are béing staged in the United States with increasing frequency. Two days before President Cool- idge’s proclamation of a general mobilization for July 4, the Ameri- can secretary of state made a public confession of faith in “the two fun- damentais of American foreign pol- icy: the Monroe doctrine in Latin- America and the “open door” policy in the Far East. If the secretary had mentioned a third “funda- mental”—the Dawes pian in Europe —his analysis would have been com- plete. This. is the foreign policy which American mobilization is to guaran- tee. it is a policy of flagrant im- perialism. With measured cynism, the date selected for mobilization is none other than the anniversary of American independence from Great na Britain. . July 4, the historic independence day of the United States, has be- come a threat to the independence of every othe nation in the western world. The United States government » talke in terms of “defense,” but this has always beem its method. Who in Latin America does not remem- ber that the Momroe doctrine itself was “to defend Latin-American ter- ritory -against European aggres- sion?” But Eurepe does not threat- en, and the Monroe doctrine serves to hinder any outside help against agreasion by the “United States, In the name wf the Monroe doc- trine, the United States has as- sumed control of customs houses, appointed “financial advisers,” and by systematic application of the many subtie devices of imperialism has worked itself into a dominant position in the affairs of Latin- America. Cuba has been bound hand and foot to the American sugar kings, tobacco lords and shipping trust magnates, under the guise of the so-called Platt amendment. Colombia has been robbed and the “independent” Republic of Panama turned. into a satrapy of American naval lieutenants. Haiti and Santo Domingo have — —- ~~. : been gutted. Mexico has been assaulted again and again. All Central America has beee re- duced to abject slavery, for plunder by the United Fruit company and the National City Bank of New York, These are only the more obvious outrages of American imperialism. Sometimes the American financial oligarchy has set one Latin-Amer- ican nation against another, as in the case of Chile and Peru. Some- times bribery and cajolery have been resorted to. Where it suits theginterests of Wall Street, the (Contiaued on page 2) oe oe te NO ge Sek SH eo I to bh ee) | ; oie omic and industrial disruption. hung over the Rulir today, threatening” ~~ but all industrial Germany. The infamous Dawes plan is proving to be full of large and It was announced 165,000 workers and miners and 800 office employes of one of the most important industrial concerns in the Ruhr would be dismissed June 15. The industrial storm has been brewing for weeks. It was foreshadowed a fortnight before the international feud, re- organization: and division of the Stinnes interests, pointed to a possible disintegration of the great structure reared by the late Hugo Stinnes. The development today indicated that Germany is in the midst of one of the most serious crisis she has faced According to reliable information, the Stinnes liabilities total 155,000,000 gold marks ($31,000,000), of which 110,000,000 MINNEAPOLIS LABOR FAKERS ~ AIDED BOSSES Treason Ruins Werk of Years (Special to The Daily Worker) MINNEAPOLIS, June 11.— After four years of labor control of the Minneapolis city council, the conserv- ative forces yesterday were returned to power by an overwhelming vote With seven sdcialist and labor alder- men up for re-Clection, only one, John Peterson of the sixth ward, was re- elected. He was the most conserva- tive of the labor representatives and had the support of reactionary ele- ments. The vote on aldermen follows: First Ward—Dunleavy, (labor), 1,224; Ryan, 1,598; (three precincts missing. Third Ward—Lindsten, (labor), 4,523; Sweeney, 4,682; (complete). Sixth Ward— Peterson, (labor, 1,146: Herkal, 426; (complete). Ninth Ward— Voelker, (labor), 2,817; Pearson, 4,004; (complete). Tenth Ward— Guider, (labor), 2,962; Giebenhain, 3,092; (one pre- cinct missing). Eleventh Ward— Beneke, (labor), 1,676; Benson, 2,021; (one precinct missing). Twelfth Ward— Jenson, (labor), 4,751; Ekberg, 4,752; (complete). In the second, fourth, fifth, sew enth, eighth, and thirteenth wards no labor candidates were running, all-of them being conservative wards. Conservative Labor Supported Leach In the mayorality fight, George E. Leach, the present republican ineum- bent was re-elected over his republi- can opponent James T. Elwell, by a seven thousand majority, the vote (Continued on page 5.) Greek Cabinet Resigns. ATHENS, Greece, June 11—The Greek cabinet has resigned. 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Harbor Strike Hits British Shipping WENTY-TWO steamers—twenty of, which are British and two Japan- ese—are now tied ap here, stranded by the waterside strike. Many other ships are temporarily eliminating Shanghai as a port of call or anchor- ing at the mouth of the Yangtze River and lightering their cargoes to shore. The strike, however, is not consider- ed large enough to affect trans-pacific liners. The China Merchants’ Steamship company, Chinese owned, has snts- pended its sailings indefinitely. Some other steamship companies are in- structing their vessels now at outside ports not to return to Shanghai at present. The China Merchants’ Steam Navigation company operates thirty coastwise and river steamships. Shipping Is Paralyzed Virtually all river and coast-wise shipping is paralyzed here as a result of the spreading seamen’s strike. In addition, messages from Honk Konk indicate that the Seamen’s Union there is planning a sympathetic strike. The general situation remains un- changed but the foreigners are wor- ried over a report that Chang Haueh Liang, son of Chang Tso-lin the Man- churian war lord, is arriving tonight BATTLE RAGES FOR CONTROL OF CANTON Power House Strikes at Marder of Worker CANTON, China, June 11.—Fighting day and night, the armies of the Yun- nanese mercenaries In control of the city and the Cantonese (Kuo Min Tang) armies are locked in combat more furious than before with casual- tles growing heavier. Landing Party Repulsed. A force of Kwangtung troops adher- ing to the Kuo Min Tang Canton forc- es attempted to make a landing from the river last night under cover of darkness.’ The Yunnanese discovered the surprise attack and repulsed the from Nanking with 2,000 Fengtien| Kwangtung troops. troops. Missionaries Testify for Students J. W. Cline and 8. R. Anderson, two American methodist missionaries, in spite of the reprimand sent them a few days ago by the American lega- tion at Peking, who said their interest in getting justice for the murder of Chinese students was “inexpedient,” yesterday took the witness stand in the mixed court trial and testified that firing by the police on the students on May 30 as unjustified. They accused Police In- spector Everson in charge of the bru- tal Sikh police troops of responsfvility. It is now proven that the Chinese were murdered by the British troops outside the area of the foreign settle- ment in the territory where the Bri- tish armed forces or any other foreign- ers have not the slightest authority, they considered the The Yunnanese declare, however, their willingness to give over the government offices to the Kwangtung forces. But the fight continues una- bated. Yunnanese Kill Agitator; Get a Strike Yunnanese troops killed an “agita- tor” at the Canton electric power plant. In reply the workers have all gone on strike against the Yunnanese control of the city. Thousands of refugees are leaving for Hong Kong. Airplanes of the Kuo Min Tang armies are flying over Canton, drop- ping leaflets threatening to drop bombs unless the Yunnanese evacuate the city. American marines have been landed on Honan Island to guard the Canton Christiay college. Food supplies are running short for the civilian population. Yunnanese recruits sent from Hong Kong by British imperialist interests even by the many treaties of violence forced upon China by the powers. The foreign troops have authority under were captured by the Kuo Min Tang. such treaties only in the foreign con- cessions wrung from China by force. In Shanghai these concessions have a population of approximately 180,000 Chinese, with about 20,000 foreigners, including British, Americans, French Italians, Japanese, Malays and Hindus. They are, however, governed by a Mu- nicipal council elected by the 20,000 18 Students Released. SHANGHAI, June 11.—Eighteen student agitators who were arrested during the May 30 riots which re sulted in a city wide strike and na tion-wide anti-foreigner agitation were released on peace bonds late to the mixed courts here. the mix®4 courts here. foreigners, although taxes are levied ee Ss without discrimination on the Chinese who own or occupy most of the pro- perty, as well as the foreigners. Discrimination Charged It is charged by the Chinese and ad- mitted by many foreigners that the Chinese in Shanghai and others of the numerous foreign concesions in China are treated as a subject class and have no show of justice in the courts and | that the conduct of the police and | foreign citizens of the concessions to- ward them is one of contempt and brutality. Demonstrated For a Free Press The first of the series of massacres by foreign troops resulting from the cotton mill strike came on Saturday, May 30, when 3,000 Chinese students protesting against jail sentences imposed by the marched in a parade Pick 21 Mediators. SHANGHAI, June i11.-—The secre- tary of the chamber of commerce an- nounced today that a committee of twenty-one had been appointed to as sist in mediating between the mu- nicipal council and the official body of tne strikers, known as the gen- eral union of education, labor and commerce. The chamber was most anxious, he said, for an early settlement, as Chi nese business was hard hit. The chamber is receiving many thousands of dollars from Peking, Tieutsin, the South Sea islands and Mexico to as- sist in feeding the striking workers. ———_ Food Costs Go Up. WASHINGTON, D. C., June 11-— From April 15 to May 15, the prices of food increased in fifteen out of concession courts on editors of Chine- | twenty cities, the department of labor se newspapers who had supported the demands of the cotton mill strikers for The mills are under Jap- higher pay. anese ownership The students had arrived in front of the gate of the Louza police sub- and not in the foreign settlement and it was the police officials that “menacing.” A volley by the Sikh police, who had no /to station in Chinese territory by conduct asserted their was authority in this section of the city killed six instantly, wounded eight probably mortally and eight others “seriously.” Four More Killed The students, in spite of the shoot ing, returned unarmed to take part in another demonstration Sunday and On Monday afternoon again Monday. they were again fired upon by the Sikh police and four were killed bringing the deaths up to that time to sixteen. There were other shoot- ings of Chinese strikers and sympa- thizers during the week. Distribute a bundle every day during Red Week of June 15 to 21. ; ‘announced. In all twenty cities the food prices have gone up since last year. Cooler Weather Has An Inning. WASHINGTON, June 11-— Cooler 'weather from the northwest has now ,overspread the region of the Great Lakes, the Ohio valley and the middle and north Atlantic states, according reports to the United States weather bureau today. Did you order a bundle for Red Week? a Lae a) PITTSBURGH STEEL BARONS OPEN) OFFENSIVE {Specia! te The Dally Worker.) PITTSBURGH, June i11—An in- stant response, as only workers de- terminded fight can respond, was made to the appeal of the Labor De- fense and Free Speech Oouncil of Western Pa. on behalf of those rebels whom the “open shop” forces of the steel city are trying to make their first victims when the opening gunin their campaign to exterminate all working class organisation is fired Monday, June 15. The trial of the ten Communists, who were so closely identified with thd struggles of the coal miners of 1922, who built and actively supported the “Miners Relief Commit- tee,” have been set for that date These trials will be but an advance notice of the general attacks to smash the unions which are to follow. For two years these cases have been hanging fire the real prosecut- ors, the coal barons and the steel kings, knowing that they had nothing to base their attacks on except their thirst for vengeance against the mill- tant opposition offered by the Com munists to their “open shop” cam- paign. On April 27, 1922, nine of the defendants were arrested as the employers feared that the May Day following may bring a demonstration of working class solidarity in the great struggles waged at that time. The employers always fear such dem- onstrations but particularly then with several hundred thousand coal min- ers on strike to obtain human living conditions. The tenth defendant, Thomas Meyerscough, was arrested just a few days later. Think Time Opportunte. However, not until now has the or ganized capitalist combination found the time opportune to launch the gen- eral drive against the working class. Now they feel their forces well pre- pared and think the workers weaken- ed. Moreover they are confident that in the meantime their servile tools, the labor fakers, have done eévery- thing within their power to disrupt the ranks of the organized workers, revoked charters and expelled the militant fighters. These are the facts which the workers of the Pittsburgh coal and steel district are beginning to realize, hence such splendid re- sponse. Delegates to the Pittsburgh Cehtral Labor Union nodded their approval when McNamara of the machinists’ union annuonced that the trial of the first defendant, Fred H. Merrick, had been set for June 15 and that all affiliated unions would be called upon to support the defense and meet the attack made not only against the ten Communists but against the working class as a whole. Local unions have discussed the cases recognizing their implications and dangers to organ- ized labor and money has béen voted as a concrete token of support. Ac- tive trade union members have rallied with determination to see the fight thru. They have not remained satis- fled with sympathetic declarations but have put their shoulder to the wheel to bring hard cash for the sup- port of the defense and thus in the most effective way meet the “open shop” attacks. A Splendid Example. One coal miner, when hearing of But, Like Oil Trust They Will, Increase * and Multiply Greatly WASHINGTON, June 11.—Indict- ments have been returned at Chicago under the Sherman anti-trust law against the American Tannery pro- ducts company and other tannery companies, the department of justice announced this afternoon. The companies are charged with conspiracy in restraint of trade and with the creation of a monopoly in cattle, cattle hair and other products. THE DA ON REBEL WORKERS mi i tel listed on the contribution lists and after two days turned in $66.00. He is still active. There ate many more like him who have learned a lession of the past struggles and understand the signifi- cance of an attack against the most militant foree in the labor movement. But still many more active workers can be used in this defense work. The Pittsburgh tr are: portent of what is to come ne¢ The spirit shown by the n rallying to the defense are couraging and proves that they ,on the alert ready to solidify their ranks and meet whatever attacks may ,be planned. MOORS PUSH THE FRENCH ACROSS Colored Troops Under Spain in Revolt FEZ, French Morocco, June 11— The Rifflans continue to push back the lines of the Invading’ French army. The natives have captured the posts of Boweoour, and Achrkane, north of El BiBbane, The Moroccans have pushed acrose the Ouergha river east of Kelaa Des Sless, the official French war communique admits, add- Ing “another Moorish offensive was started in the direction of Ouezzan, In which very important enemy con- tingents were engaged.” Premire Painleve is now conferring with the heads of the French army at Rabat, after his hasty flight by airplane from Paris, The attacks of Abd-el-Krim, whose native army is attempting to drive the French from their native soil in North Africa, is now being waged Many of the menibers ‘of the Frenc along a sixty mile front. Many of the members of the French foreign legion, who;are bearing the brunt of the attack are German fas- cists who enlisted after the Ruhr sep- aratist movement failed. * * Moors Revolt nst Spain. id, June 11—Mor- occan troops in the Spanish army have revolted, reports from Tangier state. The Moors in the Spanish service, “established an ambush three miles inside th einternationa] zone near Tangier,” the report declares. “The Magrish troops, 2,200 in number, had been guarding the frontier.” Attempt to Save Young Mexican from the Gallows SPRINGFIELD, IL,. June 11.—Join- ed by George Springer and Erving Wasson, of Peoria, attorneys for Jose Ortiz, young Mexican sentenced to be hanged in Peoria Friday, for the mur- der of his recalcitrant sweetheart, Eniliana Martinez, M. Lupian, Mexi- can consul in Chicago prepared today to ask Governor Small for a reprieve until motion for a new trial could be acted upon by the next session of the supreme court. Immediately following the court’s denial of a petition for a writ of er- ror and supersedas the consul was understood to have planned to ask the governor for commutation to life sentence. THREE-DAY BATTLE FOR CANTON STILL RAGES AS KUOMINTANG GETS READY FOR FINAL VICTORY BLOW CANTON, China, June 11.— For three days now the battle has waxed and waned without decisive result between the Yannanese mercenaries }and the Canton Kuo Min Tang army |across the river. United States marines landed yes- terday on Honan Island which is |held by the Kuo Min Tang forces, os- tensibly to protect the Christian col- lege and foreign residents. Ameri- cans feel safer on Honan Island than in Canton, as General Lei Fuk-lam, commanding the island, is a patron of the Christian college. Last year he gave a hospital to the college and secured the prompt release of twenty students kidnapped by mercenary ,troops several months ago. Americans Leave Canton. For this reason Americans are flee- ing from Canton to Honan Island to A, SOFIA, Bulgaria, June 11-—The | Marko Friedman r cad : at Sunrise this morning by the Zankov white terror government. lleg was the fourth worker to be publicly executed for resisting the assaults of the Zankov brigands on the workers and peasants of Bulgaria. charged with “complicity in the bombing of the Sveti Krai cathedral.” Three other workers were hanged on May 27, including the Communist, ZANKOV WHITE TERROR PUBLICLY MURDERS ANOTHER COMMUNIST Communist Pertchemliev was hanged Pertchem- He was ————— seek refuge. The .Canton-American hospital was struck by shell fire dur- ing the fighting yesterday. And the Yunnanese fired on a launch return- ing to Canton from Honan Island. riddling it with machine gun bullets and forcing its return to Honan. Kuo Min Tang troops are converg- ing upon Canton from two directions but all attempts so far at ousting the Yunnanese havé been desultory failures. Gunboats on Monday night tried to land troops on the Canton side of the Pearl (Chukiang) river, but were repulsed. But Kuo Min Tang forces are adVancing from the east andi Chu Pei-teh with more rein- forcements is coming from the north. Want War Segregated. The Chinese chamber of commerce accompanied by a delegation of Ame- rican business men, called upon the army leaders yesterday and asked that they take the \war at least ten miles out of town. ‘The call was ap- parently unsuccessful. The report that a Cantonese gun- boat commander succumbed to a bribe of $100,000 from the French and British backed Yunnanese is de- nied. It appears t he got the $100,000 all right, but he turned it over to the Kuo Mf Tang army apd left the YunnaneseFrench-British to hold the sack. ae ee ee Ae f > = a ¢ Boo Green sts for _ = ¢ Flag That Never Protected Interests of Workers By J. LOUIS ENODAHL. a TODAY, William Green, president of the Amerloan Federa- tion of Labor, joins the Jin hosts that are trying to make*a howling success of F ag Day, June 14, from the r cr standpoint of 100 per cent Ame , that those who refuse to pull their hats off, : in the singing of the Star Spangled Banner, knocked off in the best fascist style, if some. happens to be near. William Green comes from the coal was secretary-treasurer of the United M America when he was lifted to his present positio American flag has played a conspicuous part In ‘the history merican coal not only of the miners as well. nism. | W re ee se ie ae miners, but of the metal Green did not set forth any of these bitter experiences of the workers in his cringing Fl Day declaration. Instead he poured gobs of praise on the flag. He declared its stands for “freedom and democracy,” “inspires patriotism” and is an “incentive to Americanization.” Dba a Hk In fact, Flag Day arrives in time to witness the adminis- tering of another and fatal kick to the fraudulent “liberties” that unsuccessfully try to raise their heads and lay claim to life in the words of the federal constitution. But Green will justify the supreme court decision in the Gitlow case be- cause it was returned against Communists. But the flag! It was raised by women and children over their tent homes in the Colorado coal strike. But it was no protection. Militiamen, takin felier’s Colorado Fuel and Iron turned a murderous fire on the mine strikers and their fam- ilies, burned the tents, killing and suffocating many in what has become known as the Ludlow massacre. The flag does not “inspire patriotism” in the Southern Colorado coal fields. The workers here know what it stands for. Great parades were features of the North Michigan copper strike in 1913. Children marched with thelr fathers and mothers. “Big Anna,” who led many of these proces- sions, carried a flag. g their orders from Rocke- 0 . also carrying “The Flag,” But it was trampled under foot and torn to shreds under the hoofs of giant horses mounted by state cossacks in military uniform sent to break the strike. William Green, the “labor lieutenant” of capitalism, says that, “Those who have marched behind our flag to maintain the liberty of our nation have been encouraged to greater efforts by its presence.” Truth may be read into those words. To be sure, strikers in Colorado, in Michigan, over the iron range in Minnesota, thruout the textile and shoe districts of New Eng- land, have marched behind the flag, mistakenly believing that it gave them some protection against the capitalist task- master. But they have quickly learned their mistake. They have been “encouraged to greater efforts,” in spite of the flag, against all that it stands, to build their own organiza- tions and fight for their own liberation. | Flag Day is the day of the bankers, the industrialists, the great landlords and profiteers of every description. They can well afford to spend some of their loot on bunting to decorate their homes and places of business, their offices and factories. It protects their profit system. When the mine owners sought to break the 1922 coal strike with bayonets, the flag was raised over every tipple thruout the coal fields, | ~ - i Pet ee es I nde OS 8 aw ee So E a, ¥:

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Is pret fu~ iret fat- pru- ists ad — ~ Lay w t= 4 on | oe - ee PR PB * + 7 . Drag i iy ay peck mi ry 45% me asks eae ‘Cy ‘ i, , Scabs from Nova cotia Collieries TORONTO, Ont., Canada, June 11— The miners’ union officials of Dietrict 26 of the U. M. W. of A. have been forced by the militant strikers to In- stitute real maes ploketing, after a three months effort to claas collaboration policy. All malntenanoe work In District 26 ie now at a standstill. At Waterford the’ men invaded the power plant en masse, carried out the sceabby, white collared officials and placed them In thelr car. - Premier Armstrong and Attorney- General O’Hearn have suddenly be come “active” and threaten “mounted police” intervention. “Middle Olaee” Sobs. Executive members McLeod, Mo- Kay and Nearing are touring the miners’ local advocating 100 per cent picketing. After three months of slow starva- tion the miners’ executive have made their final confession of failure of class collaboration by reversing their policy in favor of mass picketing and a one handred per cent strike. This is what the progressive coal miners have been calling for these last threes months. This is what they called for at the very outset of the strike. We claimed that the miners had nothing but treachery to expect from the Armstrongs, the Murdocks and the middle class “relief” crew. “Public opinion” did a little sob- bing over the miners’ hovels while the sensation was new. When the middle class saw that this was an in- dustrial class struggle and that it would be dangerous to go too far in “sympathy” for the workers, “public opinion” shut up Hke a clam. It is more interested in the horse races. The miners can be bloodily smashed but “public opinion” won't let out a peep protest. Position Reversed. Then in response to the growing de- mand of the men for action, and under pressure of the left-wingers on the board, McLeod and McKay finally emitted a feeble notice sanctioning picketing. This “sanction” is the weakest statement we have ever seen! It urged the men to treat Besco’s prop- erty reverently and it took the whole Suts.out of the picketing. . At the convention a couple of weeks ago. to diccnie future policy, McLeod still argued against mass-picketing. He claimed there was a 100 per cent strike even if scab officials were do- ing the maintenance work. And now McLeod's whole position is reversed—after three months. McLeod admits that it was not a 100 per cent strike while Besco kept its officials doing scab work. The situation three months ago was the same as today. Three months have been wasted. Besco has been allowed to get more arrogant, to lay “open-shop” plans. Militancy has been justified. The workers have nothing but their chains to lose. On with the struggle for bread and against the 10 per cént reduction. Out with the white-collar scabs! Everything to win! Oil Trust Ambassadér Back. WASHINGTON, June 11.—James R. Sheffield, United States ambassador to Mexico, arrived here today for a series of conferences with President Coolidge and Secretary of State Kel- logg on Mexican-American relations. Sheffield is aiding the Standard Oil company and the Calles government in the drive against the trade unions and peasants. Mobilize the Red Army for Red Week. >>??? > > & SUNDAY, Refreshments »* ee See eeeeneeS SSeS && SS] S84 4448S 44S 4S SSS SS SH 4848S OS OS 4S OS OS SS SF reese? & © enact their! ce Ff ce? he _-_ re ewe han * “ee eee .¥ “* Sy ont Ceregr ee be a7 hy a i ai De pe an wee ye em pee & ag ‘a Peart) ae aie P 7 rs wat a Se a 4 3 a | LGARIAN WORKERS MURDERED BY FASCIST ZANKOV GOVERNMENT ~_———+—- -~« Pass een ie & _, a a Wee HIS ploture just received shows the ghastly drama of cathedral bombing In capital of Bulgaria, In one of its phases. Here we see three mén with thelr hands tied behind their backs awaiting execution while a bishop of the orthodox Catholic church Is seeing pumping his spritual liquid fire into them. The three condemned men In upper picture are: Koev, Zadgorski and: Fried- man. The three scaffolds on which they were executed was erected in ar’ open fleld and a multitude was Invited by the Zankov government to watch the murder. In the lower left picture are the three gypsies who were forced to pull the chairs from beneath the condemned men. Below right is one of the doomed men ready for death. The horrible brutality of the Bulgarian arch-fiends now running the government has shocked the workers of the world. The capitalists have nothing but words of praise for the murderers. CHILDREN UNDER TEN YEARS OF AGE WORKING TEN HOURS A DAY IN HERDS OF FARMING SLAVES NEW YORK, June 11—Children of ten working ten hours a day are the farm laborers of South New Jersey truck farms, the startling report of Russell J. Eldridge, Jersey state director of employment, to state labor commissioner, Andrew F. McBride, shows. The situation is complicated by the fact that the Work Under Lock and Key for 23 Hours By L. P. RINDAL. (Speolal to The Daily Worker) LOS ANGELES, OCal., June 11—Hol- lywood ie aeyenth heaven for brase check prese-agented movie stare with beauty prizes and other “affaire” to thelr “oredit,” but exploitation — be- low the starvation point—for plain ex- tras. Work Stretch of 23 Hours. About 175 men and 75 women went to work for the Globe Picture corpora- tion at 7 o'clock in the morning, May 15, and they were locked up on the job until 6 a.m. the next day, or 23 hours’ “velo in sleep or rest, At 3 o’cl in the morning, May 16, the men demanded pay for 8 days if they wanted .them to stay any, longer. This was promised by the di-! rector but, later, refused by the com- pany. The fair sex, some of whom receiv- ed a higher rate than the male ele- ment for the same kind of work, were paid for two days anda half (3 hours short). The men, however, were offered only two days pay (7 hours short.) For a whole week, these 250 extras, men and women, stormed the offices of deputy labor commisisoner, Block and Baker. Finally, the men were paid off with a check for two days and a half, or the same as the women. Once more: Blessed be equality! But best of all—solidarity! The women made a’kick for being forced to work over 8 hours—under lock and key~-and their cases are sent to the state labor commisisoner in San Francisco. Work But No Eats, For 23 hours work—day and night— and one weéK loss of time in order to collect the men received the “huge” sum of $6.70. After the room rent is paid (to a gréedy landlord) out of a wage like that, there is nothing left to live on—except sunshine and hot air; and, when it rains—like it does during this Shriners’ week—we are entirely out of luck. “It hasn't rain- ed for 40 years; but it rained like ‘hell’ today,” sing thé nobles; so the break- fast, from now on, must be made out of something @lse besides climate. Even the sour oranges, one in this locality; hanging ‘too high— not only for movie extras, but more so for every member of the the army of over 65,000 unemployed workers, from the ranks of which the different pic- ture studios hire their over-worked (if majority of the child workers are sent in by Philadelphia agencies and cannot worked at all) and under-paid slaves. be controlled directly by Jersey laws. “Rest periods are unknown, except at the discretion of parents,” Eldridge says. “I observé none’ in effect.”” He found “no child working possessed an age or schooling certificate.” Chil- dren under 10 form 10 per cent of the total number of child workers on the truck farms and cranberry bogs. The total number working could only be determined by a weekly survey of the entire farming district, particularly below Trenton, from May 15 to Oct. 15. “In many cases the houses provided were inferior to even tenement stand- ards, with regard to ventilation, fire safeguarding, water, toilet and cook- ing facilities, sanitation and hygiene,” Eldridge reports. Most of the local schools had not tried to reach the working children and some show a disinclination to accommodate out-of- town children. The padrone system of labor is still used. Inspection and rigid application of the Jersey child welfare act at Cam- den, where most of the Philadelphia immigration comes in, is urged by the investigator. Watch on Jersey em- lington Y. W. Liu, president Chinese ports, residents and premises.” Thinks Imperialist Nations “Magnani- mous,” “A change of heart is called for in those foreign agents in China who may be misrepresenting the magnani- mity and fairplay of their home gov- ernments,” he continues. “We believe the situation is not so grave as to call for foreign armed intervention. The issue was originally industrial and SSS SEES S SST S VS SSS SSS STS ST SES SSSVSI SSS F545 5444488G ’ ATTENTION, DETROITERS! JUNE 14th, THE WORKERS PARTY OF DETROIT WILL HOLD ITS INTERNATIONAL PICNIC at 16 MILE ROAD GROVE Speaking SPECIAL ATTRACTION: BASEBALL GAME DAILY WORKER versus NOVY MIR. DIRECTIONS—Take Woodward Ave, car to Fair Grounds. buses will operate between Fair Grounds and grove. Rochester, Oxford and Imlay City local cars to Lyons Stop. AUTOS—Drive out Woodward Ave. to South Main street. South Main street and follow signs. Admission 25 Cents. i i i ne economic, and not political. If labor strikes in England, France and the United States can be settled thru legal means and by industrial arbitration, logic compels us to believe that the Sino-Japanese cotton mill dispute can be equally well adjusted without un- necessary shedding of blood. “But, unfortunately, reckless firing on the part of irresponsible foreign agents in Shanghai has precipitated a crisis which leads to the movement of numerous foreign cruisers and de stroyers by foreign powers, thinking that their own interests are in jeop- ardy.” Sees End of Democracy. The letter, approved by a& mass meeting of Chinese students in New York, declares that the Shanghai trouble is “not an anti-foreign upris- ing.” It says, “If a peaceful and sym- pathetic demonstration by a group of unarmed and defenceless young stu- dents to protest against the ill-treat- ment meted out by a mixed court to an ill-organized group of laborers on ployment agents is also suggested. 1925 Dancing CHINESE STUDENTS IN AMERICA VOICE ANGER AT IMPERIALISM’S ACTS, HOPING FOR ITS REFORM By ESTHER LOWELL (Federated Press Staff Correspondent) NEW YORK, June 11.—(PF.P.)—‘“The time has passed when China can be treated as an outlying colony of any one nation or group of nations, " Wel- Students Alliance in America, writes to secretary of state Kellog in reference to the Shanghai situation. Liu states that “the question which originally as a purely industrial dis- agreement between Japanese employers and Chinese workers has now as- sumed a political aspect and the powers are fast rusing forces to Chinese ostensibly to protect foreign sdhininabein strike could be called ‘Red’ or ‘anti- foreign,’ we shudder to see the be- ginning of the end of freedom of speech and freedom of assembly which are the glory of all democratic traditions of the world.” Aeake No More Marines. The letter concludes: “We would feel proud if our traditional friend on this side of the Pacific stands firm on the ground that China’s sovereignity shall be respected at all costs, that no more marines shall be landed and those additional units of naval forces shall be withdrawn so soon as is com- patible with the safety of American residents in China.” Angry at Mixed Court. The Chinese Students Alliance is divided into three groups in America: Eastern, mid-west and western, ac- cording to C. Y. Cheng of the Chinese consulate-general office in New York. The alliance includes over 2,000 mem- bers. The feeling hag run high about the Shanghai affair, Cheng explains, be- cause the students were merely on sympathetic strike demonstrating against the injustice to strikers con- victed in the mixed court (not Chinese court). When the foreign police fired into the ranks of the students, some- times when the students were not even in the foreign quarter, students in other parts of China and in Amer- ica became aroused to protest. Two Or take Flint, NOW 244,385 MORE UNEMPLOYED IN GREAT BRITAIN THAN IN 1924 Along during the week ending June 6, by and the government expressed “ Si i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i 244,388 over Laas youn »_* see eee & & & & @ af LONDON, Eng., June 11.—The number of unemployed workers increased 60,778, the goveimment officially an nounced. This le the biggest increase In unemployment - many monthe, anxiety and There are now 1,247,300 unempleyed workers many thousands more not tabulated, an Increase in theofficial tabulation of y reoorded, with RIFFIAN TALKING COLD TURKEY TO PROUD) GENERAL OF BOURGEOIS SPAIN OR

geen ee wae ve ASA ooo ae peepormesnn Seer rrr” ai HE Spanish general who Is sitting In the chair, as the president of the Chicago Federation of Labor would say Is “in a most unhappy position.” The person with the garb resembling a bath robe Is a Riffian chief, and what- The two Moroccan soldiers and the Spanish soldier standing by, appear to be ever he is say!ng to the Spanish general, the latter is taking it all in. having a good time. This picture was taken when Spain decided that dis- the hardy Rifflans. NEGRO ALUMNI ELECT ANTI-DURKEE HEAD, PROTEST DISMISSAL OF TWO STUDENTS FOR STRIKE ACTIVITIES WASHINGTON, D. C., June 11.—Meeting in annual session in Andrew Rankin Memorial chapel, the General Alumni association of Howard univer- sity elected as its- head, on an anti-administration platform, George Fraser France is now wrestling with the job. hin Europe. WHEAT HARVEST Europe Recovers From». Crop Shortage. By ALFRED KNUTSON. (Special to The Dally Worker) MOSCOW, U, 8. &. R., dune Mp Last year the crops In Europe did nos turn out very well, but thie year the prospects for a good crop are fine. oth In Russia and In Germany the harvest was poor generally last year and because of thie fact, the economia development of these countries were for a time somewhat arrested, One big reagon for the good wheat prices in the United States last fall was the failure of a crop In Europe. This year the outlook so far for @ good crop in Burope is good, The rye is headed out in most places and the stand is fine. The wheat fs doing « well, and tho the fields are spotted: here and there, an averagé yield ie expected, even should the rain fall from now until harvest be not very great. I traveled from Moscow to Kiev and from Kiev to Karkoff and then back to Moscow during the first days of May and over this whole territory the rye and wheat flelds as well as other farm products appeared in good condition. During the last two weeks fine rains have fallen over the greater part of Ukraina, Russia, which is considered an important bread basket So that tn this section of the Soviet Union a fairly good crop is now practically assured. May 18, I drove by automobile into the country around Tula, about, 120 nfiles south of Moscow, and found | crop canditions there somewhat ‘good, | tho the flelds were snffering some from lack of moisture, but since I was cretion was the better part of valor and proposed to let somebody else tackle | there raim has fallen in this section, | All over Germany this year a good | crop is expected. Splendid flelds of rye are to be seen from Koenigsburg to Hamburg and all other farm pro@ ucts are in very good shape. Eirnss Putz, Bavarian farmer and Commun ist member of the reichstag, told me yesterday that Germany would have a good crop, and upon my question whether a crop was assured even tho no more’rain fell before harvest, he answered in the affirmative, tho he said the yield naturally would be somewhat reduced. Mrs. Agnes Davis Durrah, of Plain- +— field, N. J., delivered the annual ad- dress on the “duty of the alumni.” Shy NEW YORK WORKER urged the association to “stand solid- ly behind President Durkee and the | university trustees,” but to no avail.” nego of Brooklyn, N. Y., to succeed W. Justin Carter, of Harrisburg, Pa. | CORRESPONDEN TS. : MEET AGAIN, SATURDAY, JUNE 13th The work of the past year was report- Worker Correspondents of New ed by the retiring president. | party headquarters, Two Strikers Expelled | day evening, June 13th. Every i Already inflamed by the news that | two students—James Reed and Harry M/A This will be the jthe recent student strike, the assembly ' That the of 400 alumni from various parts of the country were electrified from a fifth meeting of the class, York will hold their next session at 108 Fast 14th Street, New York, at seven o'clock Satur worker who would like to take two months training in Communist Journalism is invited to be present. but there is still time for be- Bright—-had been asked yesterday to! . withdraw from the university at the | 8i@mers to enroll at this meeting, since the systematic study based on Bill end of this week for participation in| Dunne’s pamphlet on Workers Correspondence will begin the next session, class means business was proven by the good atternance last Saturday evening in spite of the record breaking heat. Comrade Jack Carney, who deserves great credit for the in-# ——_ | speech by Neval H. Thomas placing) terest he has taken in this work,| stnay and criticiam. in nomination Mr. Miller as “against | again acted as class leader and gave The class will not be HMmited ta autocracy, the wasting of university; very helpful criticisms of the various party members. Non members whe. funds and Dr. Durkee’s presidency of | manuscripts submitted. are workers will also be admitted ta the Curry School of Expression of Three special assignments were | ¢nig course. Bnroll at the Workers Boston, which bars Negroes.” given to members of the class for this| gchool, 108 Bast 14th street. Oppose Administration week: The Brindell case, grafting of Obstructionist tactics, led by “Wil-| OLY Sens: 1 gd oandnag Motes wetves Mores to Danes liam H. Houston, to block a vote on es deriun’ th se atcha a sar Br etul PIETERMARTZBURG, Matal, South i . . “ ; ; © Pe eS. . ee eee ea ee every member of the class is expected Africa, June 11.—The Prince of Wales, | x * | to produce at least one news item for| Who is touring Natal today, witnessed | our in the morning the nomination y . » . ok Tir. Sills wan tit ond benvied be the DAILY WORKER during thejan aboriginal dance. The natives were, a heavy: mextaeted. @ inom ailieddindant vty Ager got de laer se * * nigeria order of the authorities. @ program in opposition to the admi- Waa ay EES MLSS Cane See ee eee “ nistration at Howard University will | = — . be put in operation at once. RAIN OR SHINE WE CELEBRATE! I Novel of College . M4 i; Life Barred from 3rd Annual International i . rT ” Mails as “Indecent t | . rococo. om ol! Wass lM eeti ne | “The College Exodus,” by Russel M. ' Arundel, a novel of college life, cen- ! tering around the “upper intellec- ana Koad tuals” and the problems of a student's | career, has been barred from the | mails, according to a statement r« | ceived by the author today from J. J. | AVON PARK, GIRARD, OHIO Kiely, postmaster at New York. / | Kiely said the book, which publish- | Sunday Noon, June 14th ers planned to market this fall, violat- | ed section 470.of the postal regula- | Z x | tions because chapters 17 and 20, dis SPEAKERS: | cussing sex philosophy and describ- . . ing wild revelry among students of C E.. RUTHENBERG of Chicago the art and literary departments, were and short speeches in all languages. “suggestive.” . Arundel is a former student of the Speaking starts at 2:30 P. M. universtiy of Illinois and much of his _ material was said to have been ob- rn , WO UW Erp ca TA QTTO } 4 re eer hae te } Ol conte tte LEAG| E will provide a& program 7 wabtel pathesttien bellows ech of sports and singing. Free prizes will be given away. In book will incite moral degeneracy case of rain the speaking will take place indoors at the rather than drive it out of the col- park. leges, I shall gladly withdraw it from A GOOD TIME FOR ALL. the publishers,” Arundel said. i “T had hoped to place before the public the exact environment in col- REMEMBER THE DATE AND PLACE AND BRING lege that leads to destruction of a ALONG YOUR FAMILY. sense of moral justive and develops characters that menace the welfare Take a street car or bus out of Warren or Youngstown | of upright and ambitious students.” and get off at AVON PARK. i . .__) — — _ sah | Getting a DAILY WORKER snub or Ausploes! Sub-District Committees, Workers Party of Amertoa. two, will make a better Communis | “Bee wage eee — :

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ip Pioenten ye Withhold Morgan Credits MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. 11-—Speak- ing on behalf of the Coolldge admin- istration, as the mouthpiece of the * J. P. Morgan bankers, Senator Simeon Fess, in an address here warn- . @d France that she would be econ- omically rulned, and Indicated that Morgan would withhold further credits * from France unless negotiations are ») begun immediately for the settlement of France’a war debt to America. _ Fess included in his address a de- * claration that “we are hopeful that under the leadership of Presidént Coolidge we may have another con- ference to do for armies what was done by the Washington conference * for the navies.” ' Tn otKher words, the bankers con- trolling Ooolfdge are, thrn financial pressure, forcing France to complete ‘her dependence on Great Britain and the United States by smashing at a new “arms parley” the wir and land forces of France, just as the naval ‘forces were smashed at the last con- ference. France is fast headed toward a posi- tion of subordination to the United States financial powers as complete as the subjection of Germany under the Dawes plan. NEW YORK HAT WORKERS VOTE FOR A STRIKE Demand Wage Raise of | 15 Per Cent NEW YORK, June ‘1—Loeal 8 of ‘the United Hatters of North America at a well attended mass meeting in Bethoven Hall decided by a vote of 443 to 73 in favor of calling an im- midiate strike in order to compel the bosses to grant their domand for a vVage incerase of 15 per unt. The demand of a wage increase was among others seut to. the bosses some time ago. To date the bosses hare rot signified their willingness to even consider tho matter of an increase in wages despite the fact that the bosses have been piling up huge prof- its, and the man cannot get along on the old wages. In order to mislead the men from their main demand and fool them with promises the bosses proposed to grant the minor demands and promis- ed to use better hat bodies instead of the inferior ones now in use in or- der to make it easier for’ the men to work. The workers are, with good reason, mistrustful of this offer, because this is not the first time mey have heard this promise from the bosses, It has become almost a yearly yarn used by the greedy pack of exploiters to fool the workers with. All the men are determined to stick to their just demand of a 15 per cent fmcrnease. The date for the walkout has been already set in case of the 7 * . ae. continued refusal of the bosses to meet that demand. The men are ex- pected to down tools and effect a 100 per cent walkout. June 15 to 21. RED WEEK- PIC —— PLEASANT BDALABAALA DE ASAAAAAAAAAAAASBAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA Running events, baseball, danoing, re ahd children will be some of the attractions where workers and their | families will have an enjoyable time. 5 Auspices, Workers Party, Local New York, take Unionport car to Uniouport (end of line). THE FIRST RED ATHLETIC CARNIVAL AND this season at BRONX, N. Y. Spacious, shady, green groves overlooking Long Island Sound SUNDAY, JUNE 21, 1925 Gates Open at 10 A. M. ADMISSION 35 CENTS. DIRECTIONS—tTake Bronx Park subway or “L” to 177th St, then Free buses to park. TICKETS for sale at Party district office, Fretheit office, and from Party members. iT Voume’ Watleeret to Hold Hike in New York on Sunday NEW ZORK, June 11.—All mem- bers of the Young Workers League, as well as their friends. and sympa- thizers will meet at 129th St. and 3rd Ave. at 8 a. m. sharp this Sunday June 14 from where they will go to Silver Lake on a hike. There will be games, entertainment, an educational program and also a surprise attraction which will not be announced. r Those who have bathing suits should bring them along, as well as 50c. which will be the car fare round trip. MEMBERSHIP MEET IN YOUNGSTOWN SUNDAY, JUNE 21 ‘Hands Off China!’ Mass Meeting at Nite YOUNGSTOWN, June 11—A gen- eral membership meeting of all Work- ers Party branches in the Youngstown steel sub-district will be held Sunday, June 21, at the Hungarian Hall, 338% West Federal St., top floor, starting at 10 a. m. sharp. Steel workers from the Pittsburg district and the Youngs- Swabeck and Wagenknecht. have been mailed out to every branch | and the sub-district secretary has or- dered a general mobilization of a)l party members fn the steel sub-dis- trict to be on hand promptly at the hour set. Party members in Waren, Niles, Girard, Youngstown and East Youngstown, Ohio and in New Castle, Bessmer and Farrell, Pa, take note. Important party work in steel industry is to be taken up and the D. O. directs a full attendance. Mass Meeting at Nite In the evening on this same date at the Ukrainian Hall, 52544 West Rayen test meeting against imperialist in- tervention in China will be held with er. This will be a “Hands Off China” Tela instructions by the C. E. C. to protest against the slaughter of Chinese workers, dents. All party press readers are urged to advertise the mass meeting and bring along their worker sympa- thizers to the meeting. Party members in Columbiana coun- ty are invited to attend the general membership meeting in the morning so that they may be familiar with this phase of our party work. By order of C. E. C., D. 0’s Wagenknecht and Swaberk sub-district committee. Wallace T. Metcalfe, S. D. Secretary New Treasury Loan. ernment’s offering of $120,000,000 edness was oversubscribed three lon announced today. The issue will not exceed the offering. About $400,000,000 in securities wil! be retired from the proceeds of this issue and June 15 tax receipts. Another Investigation. chief of the Coal division, commerce department, tigate the serious depression in the bituminous coal industry, nounced today. it was an- NIC BAY PARK refreshments, games, for adults Ave., at 8 p. m. prompt a mass pro- peasants and. stu- WASHINGTON, June 11—The gOV- three per cent cerffficates of indebt- times, Secretary of the Treasury Mel- WASHINGTON, June 11—J. P. White will leave tomorrow for Toledo, Ohio, and Chicago, to inves. a > | 4 a a a a a a - a a a 4 4 4 4 a a 7 a a 4 ’ 4 4 4 4 , 4 ‘ 4 , ‘ 4 i Read Rules Carefully—Then Get Busy! (Continued from page 1) By WILLIAM Fe DUNNE on for a two week period— make it possible for workers who have never written a news story in their lives, those who are just beginning to write and those who have had considerable experience, to compete on an equal foot- ing. These rules have been care- fully worked out and they make it easy for everyone ex- cept the judges—Comrades Loeb, Engdahl and the writer. They will have to consider the material as it is submitted, not after it is edited and pub- lished. A few words now to the workers who will take part in this contest. You will note that Rule 6 states: “Stories are not limited in length but those of 500 words and less will re- ceive preference.” Keep this in mind. } town sub-district will meet with Com- | It is quite plain that stories of 500 and rade William F. Dunne of the central | less have much more chance of being executive committee and comrades | read carefully than longer contribu- Notices | tions. One of the main purposes of _these competions will have been over- looked if the contestants do not take |advantage of them to learn to write 'clearly—and briefly. Remember the complaint of Lenin after reading the long and wandering articles by sin- cere but very wordy revolutionary journalists: “Why” he said, “is it not pos sible to write in 10 or 20 lines in- stead of 200 or 400 of things with which the workers are familiar?” The $5 worth of literature that is to be awarded to the worker corres- comrade Dunne as the principal speak- | mass meeting and in accordance with | a > 7 > ‘ 7 > > » » , > » 4 > > > 7 ; > . . > > r 7 - 7 > > 7 , > > > pondent who turns in the best story can be selected from any of the pub- ‘lications handled by the DAILY | WORKER. The name of the winner, the title | of his story and the reasons for award- ing the prize to him will be published every two weeks. The necessary criticism that will accompany the an- nouncoments of the stories submitted will be of the greatest value to all the competitors and aid them to do better work in the next contest. Send in your stories. Rules of Worker Correspondent’s Contest Every two weeks the DAILY WORKER will give a prize of $5.00 worth of literature to the worker who sends in the best Worker Correspond- ent story during that period. This prize may be selected from any books or pamphlets in the catalogue of the Daily Worker Publishing company or may be applied to DAILY WORKER or Workers Monthly subscriptions. 1. The first contest will commence June 15 and end June 27. New con- tests will be closed every second Saturday thereafter. 2. The contest is open to everyone with the exception of paid employees of the DAILY WORKER and of the Workers Party and its sections. 3. Manuscripts received up until June 27 will be entered in the first contest. Stories received subsequently will be considered during the next contest. 4” The stories must deal with act- ual events effecting workers. 5. Manuscripts must be written legibly on one side of paper, with one-half inch between lines if in hand- writing. Type written copy its prefer- red but not essential. 6. Stories are not limited as to length but those of 500 words or less will receive preference. 7. Only news stories, that is those dealing with what has happened or what is about to happen will be con- sidered. 8. Subject matter is limited only to that of a working class_nature, but stories dealing with evenets and strug- | gles of workers in places of employ- ,ment and in and by labor unions will be given preference. 9. While literary merit in the sto- ‘ries is of course desirable, it will not be considered in determination of the best story. Those who have had little school education or no experience in writing will thus have an equal chance with experienced writers. The story |'which best meets the following re- ‘quirements will be declared the win- | ner: (a) Is the story of interest to the working class, either locally or na- | tionally or both? (b) Has the writer done a good job in gathering the essential facts? (c) Will the printing of the story secure benefit to the working class? (d) Has he shown ability to esti- | (Continued from Page 1) By MORITZ J. LOEB in the shop or locality con- cerned, develops the best DAILY WORKER disribution. Worker Correspondents can enter the distribution con- test and vice versa. It is of course understood that the reason for encourag- ing the writing of worker correspondence is not merely to give the militants an op- portunity to express them- selves and the experience so that they may write coherent- ly. The reason’for the crea- tion of a worker correspond- ence system is so that the DAILY WORKER may not only become the organ,of the militant working class in its ultimate goal but also that the DAILY WORKER may become the organ of all of the work- ing class in its broadest political and industrial struggles and in the every- day struggles in the shops and the unions as well. For this it is necessary for the DAILY WORKER to be distributed particularly in the shops and unions about which Workers Correspondence stories are written.’ Worker Correspondence avails little unless it is directly connected up with distribution. But Worker Correspond- ence in the DAILY WORKER which is followed up conscientiously and energetically -with the sale of the DAILY WORKER will yield results for the Communists press and the Communist movement which are be- yond measurement. In some places, and to a small degree, this connection has been made. In order to make the distribu- tion of the DAILY WORKER an in- tegral part of the system of which writing correspondence is the other part, the DAILY WORKER announces the contest between Worker Corres- pondence distributors Which is to be held at the same time as the other contests mentioned above. The con- ditions are simple. Individuals or groups may compete. Workers in small cities or those who work in places. where there are few employees will ive just as good a chance in this contést as workers in, the biggest cities and ‘shops. Those who do the best work under the con- ditions which they nitst face will be declared the-winner. | Rules of Workers Correspondent’s Distribution Contest At the same time as the Worker Correspondent’s contest is held an- other contest will be conducted to de- velop the distribution of the DAILY WORKER in the cities and shops about which the Worker Correspond- ent’s are writing. Prizes of $5 worth of literature will be given the win- ners. 1. The first contest will end on July 4 and a new contest will there- upon be started immediately to end two weeks later. These contests will be continued every two weeks during the summer at least. 2. The contest is open to everyone with the exception of paid employees of the Workers Party and its sections and professional writer. 3. The prize will be awarded to the individual or group of individual which accomplishes the best results toward increasing the circulation of the DAILY WORKER on the basis of a Worker Correspondent story appear- ing in the DAILY WORKER. 4. The results secured will be measured in the light of the special circumstances; that is what advant- ages are taken of the opportunities for securing new readers for the DAILY WORKER by reason of’the Worker Correspondent stories. For instance: If a story is printed in the DAILY WORKER concerning a shop which has 1000 employees and on the basis of this story 100 copies of the DAILY WORKER are sold and 5 new sub- scriptions secured while in another shop which employed 100 workers 50 copies of the paper were sold and 3 new subs secured, it would be con- sidered that the comrades in the smal- ler shop were more successful than those in the larger shop. 5. It is not necessary for the con- testant in this contest to write the Worker Correspondence himself. He may proceed on the basis of a story written by someone else in his —— shop or union or he may work in co-| operation with a Worker Correspond- | ent. 6. Entry into the contest must be ‘mate and emphasize the most import- | made at the time an article of Worker ant facts? (e) increase the effectiveness of | DAILY WORKER or Party or the left wing in general? | 10. All stories submitted for the contests must be addressed: “Worker Correspondents Editor, the DAILY WORKER. 1l. The name and address of the writer must be sent with each story. If the writers do not want their names printed in the DAILY WORKER they story “De Roh mae wy Rema” ; should write at the beginning of their Correspondence is sent into the Will. the printing of the story DAILY WORKER. This is to be done the | by sending along with the story an the Workers order for copies of the issue in which the story is to appear which are to be paid for in advance at the rate of 2 cents a copy for the week day issues and 3% cents'a copy for Satur- day issues. 7. Within one wie after the ap pearance of the ker Correspond- ee story in the Y WORKER, the entrant must e his report on his experiences and ihe results of his distribution. “ |/FIVE. THOU WORKERS WANTED ON JULY FOURTH Men, Women and Even Children Welcome This year, July 4 will be officially taken over by the jingoes and. war mongers. The Coolidge administration has set the: seal of official approval on the deal. Not that July 4, has not always been used to bolster up the prestige of American capitalism. It has, but the ruling class is becoming bolder and bolder. In a few places July 4 will be ob- served, not as the bourgeoisie observe it now or in the past. It will be ob- served as a day of which the class conscious workers take advantage, to secure needed recreation and make a little money to carry on the work of spreading enlightenment among the masses. Beyers Grove, Chicago will be one of those places. Big Growd Wanted The affair will be a Workers’ Party picnic. There are approximately 1,500 members of the party living in this city and it does not take an expert at figures to show that if each one of our’ members brings another worker to the picnic we will have 3,000 people at Beyers Grove, on July 4. And that makes quite a-crowd, tho there is no reason why we should not have 5,000. Cannon To Speak One of the attractions at the picnic will be a speech by James P. Cannon, member of the central executive com- mittee of the Workers (Communist) Party. Comrade Cannon attended the last session of the Enlarged Executive of the Communist International in Moscow and is able to tell a story in a way that is pleasing to the ear and instructive. The usual features common to pic- nics will be in evidence. Games will be indulged in and those who like to trip the light fantastic can do so aided by snappy music and supported in the terpsichorean effort by attract- ive partners. All ‘other party units are advised that rival picnics will be verboten on that day. There will be a united front at Beyers Grove. In order to get there take a California Avenue car to the end of the line. The damages at the gates are fifty cents. Inside what you spend will be at your own discretion. The less discretion you use the better. New Crisis in Norway. OLSO, Norway, June 11—The Nor- ni . ‘ H br a. >! gs Se . + 2a Sd -- , - 2 > J ary a= i : 2 ae *, na ay ‘Yar “es a {+ Se tet eet Hag . % mobile bodies. ample of “ PHILADELPHIA, Pa. — The An claimed another victim to its meroll workers at the plant of the American stantly killed by an exposed electric wire. - M. Egavian member of the Armenian braneh Workers Party ion hie foreman J. Srablan a close sy pathiser of the Communist move- ment were the two victimes of the companies greed for profits which neglected to safeguard the machinery used for the production of auto- Comrade Egavian wae using a portable grinding machine and in this process came In contact with the badly insulated 220 voit wire which caused his Instant death, hie friend and foreman J. Srabian came to his assistance and was likewise killed Instantly. The story given to the local press by the company was an ex- shifting the blame for the companies gross neglegence to the alleged inexperience of the workers and stated that Comrade Egavian had worked in the plant but a few days when as a matter of fact he has been employed for over six weeks. Comrade Egavian has been a charter member of the Workers Party and one of the leading figures In the Armenian branch. Com- — rade Egavian set an example of what a disciplined Communist can do. In all the party activities he stood In the forefront among the Philadel- phia members. His recent election as a DAILY WORKER Agent ‘brought immediate and satisfactory results with the result that the Ar menian branch leads in the Dally Werker subscription campaign, In the demonstrations of the Armenian comrades against the Ar- menian social-democrats Comrade Egavian took an active and lead- ing part with the result that the Armenian workers in Philadelphia are looking to the Armenian Communists for guidance and leadership. The Armenian branch has lost one of its most active and in- © fluential workers, a comrade upon whom they could always rely to carry out the most difficult and unpleasant tasks and who never yet has failed to comply with the instructions and discipline of the party. The entire membership of the Armenian branch will lay down , tools on Wednesday, June 10 and participate in Comrade Egavian fun- eral as a last demonstration of their Communist solidarity te a com- rade who has fallen a victim to the pittiless struggle for existence, a victim of the greedy and merciless capitalist system that he hae so ably and fearlessly fought side by side with them for over four years. lean Industrial system hae grind for profits when two ‘ Body Corporation were in- wegian cabinet was defeated in par. liament on the trivial matter of free postage for state officials, and the government faces a serious crisis. It is thot that the “agrarian party,” will form a coalition cabinet with the support of the conservatives, to drive the Communists out of parliament. TAKE NOTICE! The Workers’ House has arranged picnics for the following dates: June 28 and August 9, at William Rimek Grove, Lyons, Ill. All friendly organizations are re- quested not to arrange other affairs on those dates. Get a sub—make another Com- munist! ment— scribe. A Six-Month Sub to the Workers Monthly —_ Will be sent you without charge if you make your subscription to the DAILY WORKER for one | DEMONSTRATE SUNDAY AT CHICAGO PICHIC IN HANDS OFF CHINA? DRIVE The first “Hands Off China!” de- monstration will be held in Chicago this Sunaay, June 14, at the picnic of the Russian, Polish and Ukrain- ian branches of the Workers: Party. The world imperiatiste are just now trying to crush the revolt of the Shanghal workers and students. The murder of Chinese strikers by the foreign troops and white- guards spread the revolt all over China! “It's the Bolsheviks!” cries the prostituted press the world over. No, not yet—do we reply.—But Bolshevism is surely coming there. The Chinese workers and peasants had enough of capitalist Imperial- ism and they are .ooking for a way to escape it. The only way out of it is Bolshevism. The Chinese people are already beginning to see in the Bolsheviks their only friends. The demonstration against the murder of the innocent workers and students In Shanghai is called by the Bolsheviks of Chicago. Come and make it a mass demon- stration! Let the Chinese workers and peasants see that they have friends here, in Chiicago, who de- mand justice and “Hands off China!” Make this demand heard all over the country. Don’t forget, Sunday, June 14, at Marvell inn Grove, at the end of Milwaukee Ave. If you are a convinced Communist—one who understands the tmpor- * tance of the DAILY WORKER to the American Communist move- Mark Your Choice with a Cross . Morgan Agent In Berlin. BERLIN, June 11.—Nicholas Long- worth, United States congressional leader, who has been in Berlin several days, held a long conference today with Foreign Minister Stresemann on a subject which was not made publia Longworth next will visit Paris. He is touring Burope on behalf of the Mor- gan-Coolidge administration. Distribute a bundle during Red eek. To Learn WHAT WHERE WHEN WHY HOW Get WORKER GORRESPONDENTS By WM. F. DUNNE, . Editor of the Dally Worker. A book about this subject of grow- ing importance—and a pocket text book of another means to build the revolutionary movement. No. 4 THE LITTLE RED LIBRARY 10 cents each— 12 phe mex for $1.00. Daily Worker Publishing Co. 1113 W. Washington Bivd., Chicago, Ill. These Are the Facts-- Whether or not you are a ‘Communist, you need the DAILY WORKER to keep informed of the developments in the world of labor—and partic- ularly of the progress of the Communist driving force within it. And the necssity of closely following Conimunist action and theory thru the pages of the DAILY WORKER— Surely no argument is necessary to convince you that you should sub- | A Loose-Leaf Leather Binder Will be sent to you with a year’s sub to the DAILY WORKER if you prefer it to a six month sub year. to the WORKERS MONTHLY. 4 THE DAILY WORKER 1113 W. Washington Bivd. RATES Chicago, Ill. Outside of Chicago i For enclosed §............send the Daily Ee A Year TE cntiisisisasiiivitinat Six Months Worker for mos. to: $2.00 Three Months | Name | + In Chicago | $8.00 A Year Street $4.50 .. Six Months | $2.50 Three Months City . | 4 State | / me ; ee eS ee

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wePBSEES ? & i W- xt " 0. Bey mag ee ee gee whan. DUMMY TOILERS USED TO FOOL HOLIDAY St. Paul ‘Open Sho Has New Shopper (Continued from page 1.) ful achievement of the company and in praising the founder and the man- agement. During the evening, Mr. Broustein, Jr., safd for the benefit of the business men present: “All you know of the company is the salesmen that gall on you; you do not know of the men who are back of the company here in the plant.” So the various foremen of the plant were introduced to those pres- ent who arose but said nothing. Workers Left Out. The actual workers who have been at the machines and have been doing the other work of the plant were en- tirely forgotten. No mention was made of them during the entire eve ning. The impression left was that the Brousteins and the foremen were the only necessary. forces to make the plant a success. The plant has not been running full capacity for some time. And the com- pany wanted to make a big show of Sow the business was booming. It would not do to have idle machines in sight. So in order that the proper impression might be left on the entire gathering who were taken thru the plant it was necessary to employ a number of dummies in addition to the regular working force. It was stated that 30 of these dummies would be re- quired to fill the vacancies at the idle machines. We do not know how many dummies were obtained but we do know of a number of persons who worked there for a few hours in the evening to make the grand showing and who obtained $1.00 for their serv- ices. After 9 p. m. the employes were called in to join the concert. Some of them went in, others were so disgust- ed they went home. These workers were told that cold beer would be served and really felt that cold drink would not be amiss after sweating at the machines during the hot evening. But they stood around for a long time watching the upper class partake be- fore there was any chance for them, and then some of them failed to get a handout. In fact those who did manage to get a bottle had waited so long that the beer was warm before it got to them. In order to provide a spicy atmos- phere for the evening. a hula-hula dancer appeared who performed every- thing known_in the buls-acience, even to vulgarity. 17 The United States Bedding company is one of the notorious open shop con- cerns who openly state ‘that they will not employ members of organized la- bor. Any worker is immediately dis- charged who mentions unionism. .= — League of Robbers Closes. GENEVA, June 11-—The council of the league of nations closed its thirty- fourth session at noon today. i. Don’t you be a campaign shirker— get subscriptions for the DAILY WORKER! tg Caspers Fight Yellow D Dg Contract “4 (Continued from page 1) are given until June 25, to sign the forfeit their membership, according to Hutcheson. .. . Two local unions, have voted unani- mously to refuse to sign the pledge, while a vigorous minority in the other two locals are refusing to sign it. Hutcheson tried to expel one mem~ ber in violation of the constitution and his stupid actions in trying to make good that expulsion has brot him to a position where he must ex- peba thousand-.members or back down very considerably. It is our guess that he. will back down. Will Take. 1t to .Membership. It is the intention of the two local unions whose expuision now seems certain, to iin themselves as ex- pelled locals of, the, brotherhood and carry the and file of the brother hood. tng the juris- diction. There can be little doubt that when the carpentérs ‘of Aimerica become fully acquaintéd ‘with the czarism practiced by Hutetieson and his flunk- eys in Detroit;*the ramk and filers in Detroit will be reinstated and Hutche- son’s wrecking. crew will stand ex- posed as the most.contemptible and unscrupulous gang..of self-seeking parasites that ever fastened them- selves on a trusting membership. The record of their actions in De troit will stand as the foulest page of the history of & gang of petty, in- capable and tyrannical grafters main- taining their privileged positions by the rankest fraud and betrayal. The answer of the carpenters of Detroit to Hutcheson’s “yellow dog pledge” is contained in a leaflet issued by the Carpenters’ Progressive Com- mittee, which was widely circulated in Detroit. It-is reproduced herewith: Carpenters of Detroit, Don’t Sign Hutcheson’s Yellow Dog Pledge. “Out of the struggles of the workers to organize themselves in the various industries, notably the lumber work- ers and mine workers of the west, and the machinists of the east, has come a weapon of the bosses Known as the “Yellow Dog Pledge.” “During times of agitation for organization of unions the master class in these industries compelled those working ‘or applying for work to sign a pledge not to “affi- liate with, or give support, assistance or comfort to” any tradé union “or similar or kindred organization.” Na- turally the weak-kneed and servile were the first to sign these pledges which thus came to be known as “yel- flow dog pledges” as indicating the color of those who signed them. “Hutcheson’s yellow dog pledge is identical in form to hundreds issued by. the bosses against rank file workers and goes to, proye t Hut- cheson gets his ideas, methods and tactics from the class enemies of the: workers. Hutcheson not only apes the master class in his mode of living but thinks their thoughts and sup- ports their fight against the militant workers struggling to educate them- selves and improve their condition. The pledge is as follows; “|, the undersigned, do hereby promise and agree that ! will ob- serve and comply. with all the laws, rules and regulations of the United Brotherhood.of Carpenters and Joiners of America, and that L OUR DAILY PATTERNS A PRETTY FROOK FOR A LITTLE MISS 4906. Figured or dotted prints, wash silK, or batiste would be pleasing for this style. The pattern is cut in 4 sizes: .2, 4, 6 and 8 years. A 4 year size requires 24% yards of one material 32 inches wide. If made as illustrated it will require 1% yard of figured material and % yard of plain material. Pattern mailed to any address on receipt of 12c in silver or stamps. a * + NOTICE TO PATTERN BUYERS—The tterns being sold thru the DAILY ORKER pattern department are fur- nished by a New York firm of pattern manufacturers. Orders are forwarded by the DAILY WORKER every day as re- ceived, and they are mailed by the man- ufacturer direct to the customer. The DAILY WORKER does not keep a stock of patterns on hand. Delivery of pat- terns ordinarily will take at least 10 days from the date of mailing the order. Do not become impatient if your pattern is delayed. PITTSBURGH, PA. To those who work hard for thelr money, | will save 50 per cent on all their dental work, DR. RASNICK DENTIST . a A COMFORTABLE DANCE FROCK. 5151. Faille, crepe, satin or metal brocades could be used for this smart style. The godets and sleeve puffs may be of contrasting material. The pattern is cut in 6 sizes: 34, 36, 38, 40, 42 and 44 inches bust measure. A 38 inch size, if made as illustrated in the large view will require 3% yards of 32 inch material with 1% yard of contrasting material for the godets. Sleeve puffs require 4 yard of contrd@sting material. The width at the foot is 25% yards. o 7 ” FASHION BOOK NOTICE! Send i1%8c in silver or stamps for our up-to-date Spring and Summer 1925 Book of Fashions, showing color plates and contai designs of ladies’, ve cle dress- making, aleo some pointe for the needle ( 80 the various simple sti valuable hints to the home pledge, failing to do which they will |: 1 will, In way affiliate with or give eu » assistance or com- fort to the Trade Union Educa- tional League, or any similar or kindred organizations. “In subscribing to the above | do 80 of my own free will and ac- cord, and agree that snouid | violate said agreement, or pledge, it Is undrestood that my member- ship In the United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joinere of Amer- ica be forfeited without complain by me.” Witness “Hutcheson fears the awakening and enlightenment of those from whose toil he lives in master class style and splendor and he seeks by this pledge to retstrain them from association with their fellow workers ‘in an endeavor to understand the problems arising out of their poverty and uncertainty of employment and life. The pledge asserts that one signs of his “own free will and accord,” when as a matter of fact the most extreme coercion within the power of Hutcheson and his bullying crew is re- sorted to. The pledge is typical of the whole attitude of Hutcheson which is a mixture of lies and arro- gance, fraud and subterfuge. “This cowardly attempt of Hutche- son to make us sign away our rights and privileges guaranteed by our con- stitution shall be as barren of results as his former coercive measures. His expulsion policy met with defeat be- cause we ralifed almost to a man in defense of our constitutional rights to a fair trial. The bodyguard of unt- formed police with which the under- lings Botterill and Sharrock sur- rounded themselves in holy fear of the wrath of an aroused membership while they carried out the dirty work of their master Hutcheson merely served to stee] the rank and file to resist infringements upon their rights. His despicable resort to a capitalist court for an injunction came to naught because the manhood of our member- ship stood as a unit against the yel- low few who for Jndaa, silver or promise of jobs supported the dirty work of the Indianapolis autocrat. “It is within the power of any in- dividual member to successfully fight this latest piece of stupid arrogance. However, it is important that as many as possible be enlisted in this struggle for justice so as to broaden the fight and make the burden light on each individual. No one possessed of man- hood desires another to bear his bur- den and this is a common cause vital- ly concerning all workers. “Wendell Phillips, America’s fore- most liberator, speaking on behalf of the emancipation movement which |, led to the civil War and the emanci- pation of the Negro from chattel slave- ry said of those too timid to engage in the struggle: “They are cowards who fear to be In the right with two or three.” “Already there are hundreds and thousands in this fight for manhood rights against official tyranny. No great amount of courage is required to refuse to sign this yellow dog pledge. We hope the percentage of cowards among the carpenters of De- troit is very small. “It stands to the lasting credit of the carpenters of Detroit that the ‘in- famous and 1 pulsion policy of Hutcheson has been smashed ~~ neatitntinansa } ‘}and his shameful resort to capitalist courts for injunctions defeated. “It is now within our province to once for all settle the question whether or not union men are to be compelled by their overlords in of- ficial positions to sign away their rights to do their own thinking. No greater service can be rendered to the labor movement, It can easily be ac- complished if we tally up to the measure of men. “Members of the brotherhood, re- member your manhood! “Don’t be yellow dogs! “Carpenters’ Progressive Committee of Detroit.” British Company Gets Soviet Gold Mine Concession MOSCOW (By Mail)—The Soviet | government has ratified the conces- sion contract signed by the supreme concessions committee with the Brit- ish company, the Aryan corporation, Ltd., providing for the concession lease for a period of 36 years of a gold mining area in the Okhotosk district, of Kamtchatka province. According to the terms of the con- tract, the government has the right to purchase all the gold produced inas- much as the concessionaries forbear the right they have to export that gold abroad. Apart from the rent pay, the con- cessionaires are to turn over five per cent of the output to the government, the latter also becoming full owner of the enterprise on the expiration of the concession term without any special compensation. Shaina Pyne WORKER - IMINNERPOLIS sae KERS SSES Treason Ruins Work of Years (Continued from Page 1) standing, Leach, 50,866; Elwell, 43,- 084; with only 10 precincts yet to be heard from. Conservative labor men supported Leach in the election. In the last city council there were 14 labor representatives to 12 reac tionaries; iff the new council there will be 8 =. men to 18 conserva- tives. Wn 0m the t four years much n made in unioniz- ing pag hs emp Working condi- tions had been’ eontiy improved and wages had been increased. As a re sult of the ‘eomplete victory for the “open shop” ‘férces it is the concen- sus of opiniGm+here that a drive will be instituted tmmediately after July i,.when the aiew council assumes of- fice, to break up the city and county employes’ n.and reduce the wages of city emp oyes. This opinion is born out by the fact that the reac- tionary members of the council have that have come before the council. Defeat Result of Seli-out. The defeat. suffered by the labor forces in this election fs due to the betrayals that have taken place with- in the labor movement. As long as the movement in Minneapolis was waging ita fight both political and economic on the basis of the class struggle steady progress was being made. In évery election since 1913 gains always resulted. Two years ago the first break took place when labor was deliberately be- trayed into supporting Leach the re- publican for mayor. The rank and file insisted on a labor candidate in opposition to the views of the leaders. Lindsten failed to satisfy this demand, two days after the filing of candi- dates closed, he went into court and had his name withdrawn on the grounds “that his wife did not want him to run” Dut the actual reason was that he had. heen “gotten too” by the labor leaders led by Robley OD. Cramer. . Last fall these same leaders further destroyed the idea of independent po- litical action by lining up with the petty-bourgeois, La Follette thus lay- ing the way for the complete slide to the right that took place here yes- terday. A. F. be. Affidavits Aid Reactionaries. The A, F. tig L, atl 4 e council also played their ¢ demoral- ine seostane Penal growing satieaiae of the. Minnesota move- ment, they sent, Paul J...Smith to Minneapolis with,instructions to line the. movement up for the class colla-, boration policies of the leaders or de- stroy it. He gucceeded in creating enough confusion so that the sincere workers will have to expand much energy in order to overcome it as the election shows. Ex-Socialists Worst Enemies. The worst enemies of the working class, are none other than our former “socialist” leaders, Van Lear and Harthill. Van Lear thru the Minne- apolis Daily Star, which he stole from the workers and farmers, carried on a continuous attack against the labor members of the council. "His propa- ganda was particularly effective be- cause the workers have not yet learn- ed that the Star is no longer their paper. They looked upon these daily attacks as the official statements of the labor political movement. Harthill distributed thousands of copies of his red-baiting sheet, “Minnesota” in all the labor wards. In addition he ac- tively campaigned for the capitalist candidates. His paper is plainly sub- sidized by the bosses of Minneapolis as thousands of copies are being sent to workers’ homes every week with- out them having subscribed. The workers have not yet learned the character of these former leaders, but with the city now in the hands | of reaction they will have two years ‘in which to learn the lessons of so- | cialist treachery. | Communists for Unity. During the Campaign the Workers (Communist) Party carried on a con- | sistant campaign in an effort to over- | come the confusion that had develop- led as a result of these betrayals. The party now has the task before it of showing the workers the cause for this defeat ‘and pf the necessity of uniting their forces in a labor party that will Wage future campaigns on the basis of the class struggle. i. Forelgn Exchange NEW YORK,’ June 11. reat Brit- ain, pound sterling, demand 4.85 9-16: cable 4.86 1-16. Prance, franc, demand 4.86%; cable 4.87%. Belgium, franc, demand 4.82; cable 4.82%. Italy, lira, demand 3.96%; cable 3.97. Sweden, krone, demand 26.73: cable 26.77. Norway, krone, demand 16.85: cable 16.87. Denmark, krone, demand 18.86; cable 18.88. Germany, mark, no quote. Shanghat, tael, demand 77.50; cable 78.50. ’ GET IT! The June Issue of THE WORKERS MONTHLY Now On Sale —————— Philadel ghia, Attention! For best Union Made OVERALLS and Work Clothes sé¢ ABE GREENBERG, 804 Vine St. bitterly opposed all wage increases | BUILDERS * MANY LOCALS RESPOND Red Week Looms Big VERY mail brings an ever increasing response to Red Week. Locals and individuals are sending in ordera for bundies to be distributed and for special sub carde to be used—as well as sending in thelr pledges assuring the DAILY WORKER a certain number of new suba Youngstown, O., Omaha, Neb., Los Angeles, Gal—one local after an- other from all parts of the country have sént' word that they will push RED WEEK and get on the job to make thousands of workers acquainted with the paper that is fighting their Has your local—HAVE YOU battles. t in your request for free copies and special sub cards to be used during RED WEEK? These Are Red Week Pledges: English Branch, Portland, Oregon 50 English Branch, Loe Angeles, Cal. 50 South Slavic Branch, Export, Pa. ; , 10 Finnish Branch, Avella, Pa. 10 * YY. W. L., Monessen, Pa. 10 Jewleh Branch, Revere, Mass. 20 itallan Branch, Woonsocket, R. | 10 English Branch, Youngstown, O. 20 English Branch, Cicero, Ill 10 Finnish Branch, Chicago, I!!! 15 North Side Engliah, Chicago, Ill. 15 Shop Nucleus 5, Chicago, Iil. 15 English Branch, Kansas City, Mo. 20 Ruselan No. 2, Hamtranck, Mich. 40 3 Bak ae In the Second Ann ual Sub Campaign New subs from the following Builders were received on Wednesday, June 10: NEW YORK, Adele Jager (3); BARTON, 0O.—Louls Eich. BRIDGEPORT, CONN.—8imon Katterfeld (3); Harry Fox (2). Feldman (2). PITTSBURGH, PA.—Arne Swabeck (2). ST. PAUL, MINN.—O. L. Johnson (2). WEST ALLIS, WIS.—St. Korade (2). COROAPOLIS, PA.—Nick Pentek. BOSTON, MAS8.— . t ey : ee! ee 2 , ae ee =, af +? ia ° its # j ‘ “f aa +e gowns: | ace’ t ee ee ? " = . — be i a i: Yr Your Union Meet SECOND FRIDAY, MAY 8, 1928, ‘ | Name of Local and No. Place of Méeting. Bakers and Confectioners, 3420 W, Roosevelt Road. 64th and S. Ashland Blacksmiths, Ave. Boller Makers, 106th and Ave. M. Boller Makers, 55th and Halsted. Boller Makers, 624 and Building Trades Council, 180 wv. Washingto Carpenters’ District Council, 18@ . Washington 8t. Carpenters, 4339 8. Haisted St. Commercial Portrait Artists, 18 Ww. dams St. 9 Electricians, 2901 W. Monroe &t. Electricians, 19 W. Adame St. Engineers (Loc.), Madison and Sacramento. Engineers, 180 W. Washington 8G Firemen and Enginemen, 6428 Wentworth Ave 45 Fur Workers, Gardeners Hall, Morton Grove. 21 Garment oly ge 175 W. Washe ington St., 6 m. 84 —_ Workers, Pemily and Marsh« Hod = on Lge 1850 Sherman Sty 7 Pee range 166 W. Washi gton St. anitors, ashin les’ Garment. ow orkers, s, Joing Board, Ww, Bure S ographers, 639 3. Ashiand vd, 113 8S. Ashland B 4 Lit 113 M faahinieta, Ivd. 199 - fachinists, 113 S Ashland Bivd. 746 eens, S. E. cor. estern. 1225 - Machinists, 53d Pl. and Halsted, 6 Metal Polishers, 119 8. | ASWESEEIT -:- By T. J. O’Flaherty (Continued from page 1.) the ‘war Was supposed ‘to knock out forever is very much alive; much more so than Woodrow Wilson’s four- teen points. Things look a little rosier for capitalism on the whole than they did a few years ago, but there are big black clouds on the horizon. * ¢ NE of those clouds is in China, the other in Morocco. Those who are inclined to get pessimistic when they see reaction restored in Germany and in fact, see it in the saddle in every capitalist country, should never for- get that the red flag of proletarian rule flies over one-sixth of the earth’s surface and it would not surprise us to see it fly over another big stretch in the near future. If you look at the map of China, you will see that Mongolia is quite a hefty piece of real estate and so is South China. The Soviet idea is quite popular in both areas. * . > T is also well to-take a look back and note the position labor occu- pied a few generations ago. The capi- talists have real reason to fear the workers today. They know that their power is not to last forever. They know that the labor fakers will not always be able to keep the masses in check; that the workers will lose faith in those fake leaders, when they are betrayed once too often. And more than all they fear the Commun- ist movement which knows what it wants and how to get it. Clonds also appear on the proletarian horizon, but they are destined to disappear. a 7 RESIDENT GREEN of the Ameri- can Federation of Labor and War- ren S. Stone are in complete accord in their analysis of the labor move- ment. They claim that in this coun- try it has passed thru two stages of development and is now passing thru ‘ae a third. First, was the pioneering and fighting stage. Next came thé “consolidating stage.” Now, says Green, we are “cashing in” on the sacrifices and heroic struggles of the founders. True, very true in the nar- row sense. Green and his gang are “cashing in,” but what of the mil- lions of unorganized workers and even of the organized? st 637 Pafnters, School and Sheffield Ave. 78 Pattern Makers, 119 8. Throop 8 5 te, Engravers, 814 W. DP. t ‘ ; * Halsted St. umbers, 9251 S. Chicago Ave. saat Railway Carmen, 59th and Halsted Ra way Carmen, Blue Island, Ii, way Carmen, 62d — Robey. iway Clerks, 9 8. Clinton St. Rope Splicers, 5508 Milwaukes Ave. 2 eo py (Men), 315 Plymouth Ct., O. Bt. Cort Coy Telegraphere. hee Hotel. | JIL Upholsterers, 159 N. State St. | $301 atchmen (Stock Taree), 3749 8S. Halsted St., 9 a. | Loeal 269, A. Cc. W..—Meets every 2nd Friday, 1564 No. Robey. (Note—Unless stated all otherwise |meetings are at 8 p. m.) | | Get a sub for the DAILY WORKER from your sbopmaté and you will make another men ber for your branch. Dr S. ZIMMERMAN DEN Tr1S’[. 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. Published by the DAILY WORKER PUBLISHING CO. 1113 W. Washington Blvd., Chicago, Il. Phone Monroe 4712 Eo. SUBSCRIPTION RATES te By mall (In Chicago only): By mall (outside of Chicago): $8.00 per year $4.50 six months $6.00 per year $3.50 six months $2.50 three months $2.00 three months Address all mail and make out checks to THE DAILY WORKER, 1113 W. Washington Bivd., Chicago, Iilinols J. LOUIS ENGDAHL } »aditors WILLIAM F. DUNNE j MORITZ J. LOBEB..... Business Manager Entered as second-class mail September 21, 1923, at the post-office at Chi- cago, Ill., under the act of ‘March 8, 1879. Advertising rates on application. China on the March From Canton to Pekin the Chinese nation has risen against im- perialism. That we are learning, thru the unsatisfactory medium of cap- italist press correspondents, of a great historical event-—-a drive for complete freedom from foreign capitalist dominations. on the part of the largest single nation in the word—cannot be doubted. The Pekin government demands the disarming of all troops of the imperalist powers and the withdrawal of their gunboats, the students and workers of Shanghai, in a meeting where 50,000 as- sembled, adopt a resolution for a general and nation-wide strike if the murderers of their comrades are not punished, the»Chinese sea- men strike and tie up all foreign shipping. The Chinese people, 443,000,000 strong, are on the march. Behind them stand the 160,000,000 workers and peasants of Soviet Russia. Since the Russian revolution in 1917 there has been no event of such supreme importance to the hundreds of millions of enslaved colonial peoples and to the world’s working class. We can, however, without any exaggeration, say that the beginning of the end of im. perialism in the Far East is in sight. The immediate question is: Can the imperialist powers reconcile their bitter antagonisms and present a united military front to the Chinese liberation move ment? Is it to be peace in the Pacific or war? The Riffian Advance The Riffians are attacking the French expeditionary forces in Morocco along a sixty mile front as Pemier Painleve arrives on a tour of inspection. The French have been forced out of a number of their strongholds and are evidently retiring in many sectors. The remarks of Painleve, quoted in dispatches, shed much light on the attitude of French imperialism. He said: The day that the Riffians renounce their proclaimed inten- tion of taking Fez and -acoept an honest peace with normal economis relations ...... France will be ready to make these <p 290 enemies our collaborators. This is quite clear to us and the sturdy fight the Rifflans are put- ting up shows that they too are clear on the matter. It means that if the Rifflans will surrender their country to the French exploiters ‘normal economic relations,” that is, the unhampered robbery of them, will continue. They will be “allowed” to submit to any kind of servitude the French imperialists desire to enforce. This is what is meant by accepting the Riffians as “collaborators.” The Riffians have had plenty of experience with the concrete application of this policy, first by Spain and then by France. They are fed up with it and while-probably having no knowledge of “the role of colonial peoples in final stage of capitalism” from the theo- retical standpoint, they are damned good shots and have very definite ideas as to who the enemy is. These hard riding, close shooting, Koran reading dark-skinned tribesmen are giving French imperialism the fight of its life and we are for them. New Light on Centralia The recent affidavit signed in behalf of the I. W. W. by two resi- dents of Centralia, detailing the part played by Judge Wilson, who tried the defendants in the famous case, in the conspiracy of busi- nessmen and the lumber barons preceding the raid on the I. W. W. hall, would, under ordinary circumstances, entitle the convicted men now in Walla Walla peniteniary to a new trial. But in the present state of affairs, with the lumber interests in control, only mass pressure can get results. The affidavit states plainly that Judge Wilson openly invited violence against “radicals” and that “he expressed enmity for the coe Wee This was the man who administered “impartial” justice in the Montesano case to the workers who defended themselves and their hall from an armistice day mob led by chamber of commerce hench- men. It is almost six years since the Centralia defendants were ar- rested. They have been in jail all of this time. In labor circles) there has never been any doubt of their innocence; a labor jury! selected by the Seattle labor movement attended the trial and branded | itasaframeup. The cases of these workers, legally under thesjuris- diction of the state of Washington, is actually a case of national im- portance. The late President Harding evidently thought so because | he made a special journey to Centralia and laid a wreath.on the graves of the lumber trust tools whom his masters sent to their deaths. Surely there is some way by which national interest can be aroused in and focused on this crime of Washington capitalism and | these working class fighters released. The signing of this affidavit indicates a revival of the effort on| behalf of the Centralia defendants and the DAILY WORKER can) be depended upon to give the campaign all the publicity possible. Brookwood college is to have a class in discussion on the topic | “The Labor Movement as a Career for Students.” This gives a valuable slant on the contribution of this institu- tion, run by as choice a collection of mush-and-mill liberals as an ever collected on one spot, to labor thought. If there is one thing| the labor movement does NOT need it is young men who are looking for careers. The Landis award gang and their handpicked crew of union wreckers are on their last legs in Chicago. This is the meaning of the decision Of the building trades unions to refuse to work with non-union workers furnished by the employ ment board of the bosses. -_— —— — — “Oil Industry Cheered By Drop in Crude Output”—Headline in| capitalist press. Capitalism has to sabotage its own productive machinery it ap- pears. (iet a member for the Workers Party and a new subscription for the DAILY WORKER. ee The Enshivement i ARTIOLE V. HE war of 1914 was brought to Asia and made a world war for ——a | two reasons: 1. Great Britain was détermined to crush Germany—wipe her out as 2a great power: This could not be done without-taking from Germany her col- onial possessions. 2. Japan, quite aside from her in- terests as an ally of Great Britain, wanted to remove Germany—hey most active, efficient and therefore, most dangerous commercial competitor. Germany's semi-military alliance with China gave Japan an additional in- centive. The conflict over fixing the blame for the beginning of hostilities in China has raged all over the world. Some authorities denounce Great Bri- tain, others Japan, The truth is that it was a joint enterprise of two thieves who had to get rid of a poach- er on their field of enterprise before they could settle the major question of which one should be supreme. N view of the hostility of the British dominions towards the Anglo-Jap- anese alliance, the arrangement has always been a dangerous one for Great Britain, Only the emergency of the great war made it possible for the purposes of the alliance to be ful- filed without an inter-empim crisis. Let us look at a few documents. On August 24, at the time Japan came into the conflict: a correspond- ent urged in the London Times that British commercial interests should “take advantage of every opportunity which may present itself for divert- ing German commerce to our advan- tage.” (Quoted by Gilbert Reid in “Ohina, Captive of Free.” Page 45.) ARON KATO, Japanese minister for foreign affairs, speaking in the Diet on September 4, said: Early in August the British gov- ernment asked the Imperial govern- ment for assistance under the terms of the Anglo-Japanese alliance. The Japanese government therefore re- solved to comply with the British request, and if necessary to open hostilities against Germany. WO weeks a Hs; + otal Kato had made the statement quoted above, the London Times hada said: It should be sald og that the Japanese Intervent s not taken place without full — with Great Britain. Five weeks later (September 25) the Times .stated further: We appealed to our ally in the terme of the treaty, and she has answered that appeal with the loy- alty we have-learned to expect of her. Japan had no desire to enter the war. She has done so, the em- peror and hie ministers tell us, BE- CAUSE SHE COULD NOT BREAK HER PROMISES. (€mphasis ours.) UT according to a’ diplomat, author of “The Fall of Tsingtao” under the pen name of Jefferson Jones, who was in Tokio at the e and in pos- session of the facts, Japan on August 2, told the British government that she was willing “to'put In force the Anglo-Japanese alliance.” Five days later, August 7, the Bri- tish ambassador in Tokio “handed to the foreign office at .Tokio a request that Japan join in the European war.” So far the record. shows that the opportunity to proceed against Ger- many in China was welcomed by both Great Britain and Japan. One was ready to ask aid; the other was wait- ing anxiously for the request, waiting anxiously that she asked to be asked. UT there are other references whose evidence is still stronger in support of the contention that the declaration of war on Germany by Japan and the seizure of German leased territory by military measures which violated every known rule of international law, was a joint con- spiracy on the part of Great Britain and China, directed at both Germany and China. K. K. Kawakami, himself a Japanese and defender of Japanese foreign pol- icy, writing _in the Atlantic Monthly for November, 1914, said What caused Downing Street to Invite Japanese co-operation is not clearly known to the outside world. But the Japanese préss is in all probability, right, when it says that Japan and England were obliged to act BE in order to frustrate the German scheme to transfer Kiaocho to the Chinese government before Germany was compelled to surrender it at the point of the | sword. Had Germany succeeded in carrying out this scheme she would still have enjoyed, in virtue of Ar- tlele Five of the Kiaochow conven- — Ing In some future time “a more suitable territory” In China. This was exactly the condition which the allles did not want to see establish- ed In China. If, on the other hand, Germany was forced to abandon Kiaochow by the arbitrament of the sword, China would no longer be under obligation to “cede to Ger- many a more sultable place.” EST some of our readers get the mistaken impression from the last sentence quoted that Japan took Kiao- chow so that China would be relieved of the necessity of ceding to Germany “a more suitable territory,” in other words, that Great Britain and Japan went to war on Germany in China for China’s good, let us see what Japan actually did. To attack Tsingtao the Japanese landed troops at Lungkow—not da Bri- tish or German but a Chinese port and marched them 150 miles across Shantung peninsula— Chinese terrt- tory. Bodies of Japanese troops made detours, occupying cities and towns of the province wide of the direct line of march. Wherever they went, the Japanese assumed control of the country, means of communication, posts and telegraphs; and subject- ed the Chinese population to many hardships, Indignitles and depriva- tlons, which were observed and re- ported by American and British missionaries in that region. (Thomas F. Millard, “Our Eastern Question,” Page 107.) Japan then, made war on China as well as on Germany; made war on a neutral power just as Germany did in the case of Belgium and in co-opera- tion with the troops of the same gov- ernment, that) made the violation of Belgian neutrality a pretext for war 'on Germany. tlon of 1898, the privilege of seour * ING in the New Republic, March 38, 1920, John Dewey says: Japanese troops overran the prov-. Ince before they made any serious attempt to capture Tsingtao. It Is only a slight exaggeration to say that they took the “Chinese” Tsinan before they took the German Tsing- tao. But why did Japan overrun Shang- tung province and seize Tsinan? Be- cause Tsinan was the terminus of the Tsinan-Tsingtao railway. We quote Millard again: Japan’s seizure of the entire Tsin- an-Tsingtao Rallway was not a nec- essary military measure, as was pre- tended but was a POLITICAL move. The seeming acquiescence of Great Britain with ‘this move give it added importance. These considera- tlons make thie question very signi- ficant to China; and-also significant to all foreign ents existing in China now, a Bos oy Hn whioh may hope to ge ean mate foothold In China he Nedenss in the original.) P REAT BRITAIN had the single purpose of disposing of Germany permanently .as .a.rival in China and of wiping out. the.,,German empire. Japan cared mothing about crushing Germany in Burope.nor did she feel an enmity towards. Germany as a na tion. We have referred before to the whole affair as a “cold blooded” plan conceived so far as Japan was con- cerned, without animosity towards anyone but China. This is borne out by the manner in which the attack on the German for- tificatiohns at Tsingtao was conducted: From an Orlental standpoint the slege of Tsingtao will always stand- out as remarkably free from hat- red. During the operations, Japan- ese officers sent many messages In- to the Tsingtao garrison, wishing thelr German friends and former tu- tors luck and safety during the slege. They placed courtesy fore- most, instead of Indulging in re- crimination such as usually goes on between the German and Itish officers and troops. General Kamio- and his officers did not desire’to hu- millate the defeated German offi- cers. The messages that were Inter- changed during the siege and after- wards» were couched In the most courteous language. (Jefferson Jones, “Fall of Tsingtao,” Page 87.) § late as December 1, 1921, the seizure of Shangtung was deéefend- ed by K. K. Kawakami. Wri at the time of the Washington confer- ence and published later as part of “Japan’s Pacific Policy,” the article entitled “The Shangtung Dispute,” says: , To establish her claim to Kliao chow, China should not only have declared war, but should have taken it from Germany by force of arme. But as China was neither capable nor willing to drive Germany from Klaochow, Japan had that task. Had China there might have been some force In the plea that she preferred to re sume the Garment rights for her- self. But China never did this. Jap- an and Great Britain attacked and took the German colony. China’s hope for direct restitution of Klao- chow was totally destroyed when on May 20, 1920, the Berlin government notified Peking that by virtue of the Versailles treaty, Germany had re- nounced in favor of Japan all rights and interests. China was plainly told by Germany that she must ne- gotiate with Japan If she wanted to recover those rights. APAN had taken Germany’s former leasehold by force and in viola- tion of the elementary rights of the Chinese nation. Yet she was not satisfied and she would not be satis- fled until the richest sections of Chin- ese territory were subjugated as Korea had been. She proceeded to consolidate her new holdings and the manner in which she did it, without any hind- rance from the champions of democ- racy in the western world is another interesting chapter—interesting to American workers because of the part played by the Wilson government as well as that played by the rising Chin- ese liberation movement of students, workers and peasants with which Jap- an came into conflict—a force with which she had not reckoned. The next article will deal with these events. WEST VIRGINIA TAILOR STRIKE IS EXCEPTIONAL American Women Fight Bravely for Rights NEW YORK, June 11—(FP)—A bitter fight of members of Journey- men Tailors’ Union Local 350 against the National Woolen Mills of Parker- enurg, West Vipginia, is being brought to the attention of unionists all over the country. Emmanuel Jacobs, general organ- izer of the tailors in New York, says that the company organized about 15 years ago and asked the union to organize its plant. For 15 years the business grew until the concern was worth $1,000,000 and had retail stores in many cities. An All American Strike Suddenly on January 24, 1925 the firm locked out the union and declar- ed that those who wished to return would have to come back to an open- shop. The remarkable thing about the lockout, which is now a strike, is that the majority of the workers are native Americans, 75 per cent of them women, Jacobs asserts, and they have remained out over 18 weeks without a single break in their ranks. Strike benefits of $6 to $7 cannot support them but their solidarity is exemplary, Jacobs says. Even a severe injunction against picketing and all strike activities has not scared the workers. College Training and Union Label The president of the company com- mitted suicide recently, during the strike and possibly because of it, ac- cording to the strikers. Strikers also say that the president’s son returned from college with 100 per cent plus Americanism and open shop ideas | which he immediately attempted to | put into effect in the union shop. The company is now sending out letters to its stores that it will have \the label of the United .Garment Workers on its clothes soon, Jacobs states. Work is being sent out from Parkersburg to independent shops. In Balttiimore the Amalgamated Cloth- | ing Workers’ Union refused to accept work from the National Woolen Mills because of the tailors’ strike. The Journeymen Tailors, Local No. l, is conducting a vigorous organiza- tion campaign in New York. About 75 per cent of the tailors are Italians, so three Italian organizers are kept busy in addition to Jacobs. MARTIAL LAW IN OKLAHOMA CITY AS UNION MINERS BATTLE SCABS United Mine Wor flared into open last night. The union miners virtually took men to line up against the bosses. perhaps fatally ae The troops of AND IMPORTED COMPANY GUNMEN (Special to The Daily Worker) HENRYETTA, Okla., June 11.—The bitter and continuous warfare which for weeks has been _golng on between the rank and file members of the, ho have been trying to organize the non-union mines; As a result the to law with state troops patrolling the streets with fixed bayonets. is under martial possession of the town after company: gunmen had attempted to prevent non-union miners being solicited by union Andrew Meitus, a scab, is known to be and many others are hurt. pation are those of Company E of Okmulgee, called out after midnight “Rh the town was in the hands of battling miners. | CHICAGO LABOR DEFENSE FORCES TO MEET FRIDAY | The Chicago conference for La- bor Defense and Relief will meet Friday, June 12, (today) at Greek Workers’ Hall, 722 Blue Island Ave., 8 p. m. sharp. Arrangements will be made for a monster mass meeting to wind up the national conference of all Labor Defense organizations on June 28th. Temple Hall has been secured and Bishop William Montgomery Brown, Alexander Howatt and Scott Near- ing, as well as William Z. Foster and C. E. Ruthenberg will be the speakers. In addition there is the matter of getting full returns on the new de- fense coupons just sent to alé bran- ches. All delegates are expected to bring in the names, addresses and former military unit of all ex-serv- ice men in or friendly to our move- ment for the fortherance of the Crouch-Trumbull agitation. Settle- ments of all outstanding accounts are also urged. (Art Shields Will Address New. York | Worker Correspondents NEW YORK.—Art. Shields of the Federated Press will speak this Sa- ents at 108 subject: How to Report Labor News.” Admis- sion is free. The class begins at seven o'clock. East i4th street on the Five thousand subs for Red Week. | Red Week of June 15 to 21. “MOTHER” BLOOR BLAZING RED. TRAIL THRU MORMON TERRITORY SATL LAKE CITY, Utah, June munist, who is making a coast to coast arrived here yesterday and is to add Labor Temple. Comrade Bloor will be in Ogden Satusa 11—Ella Reeve sien veteran Cém- tour in behalf of the DAILY WORKER ress a mass meeting tomorrow in the on Friday and in k Springs on os turday evenings Junev6th at the meet- | ing of New York Workers Correspond- | “The Fedérated Press and | NORWAY HOPES FOR U. S. AID IN ARCTIC SEARCH OSLO, Norway, June 11. — Nor- wegian friends of Captain Roald Amundsen still were hopeful today that the United States will aid in the search in the polar region for th« missing Amundsen-Ellsworth North Pole fiyers. There is a possibility a sea expe- dition may go north prepared to re- main all winter in the Arctic and be equipped with sledges to search for Amundsen. It would be desirable that hydroplanes be included for re- connoitering. This was brought out today in com- ment by the Norwegian newspaper Tidens, which discussed the refusal of Secretary of the Navy Wilbur to allow air craft to join the several re- lief expeditions. Living Newspaper Composed by New York Young Workers NEW YORK, June 11.—The Young Workers League of District New York has arranged a living newspaper for Friday June 12th at 105 Eldridge St. to begin at 8 p. m. sharp. | This is the first time in the country that any unit of the League has ar- ranged such a rich educational pro- |gram of Leninism. Below is a list of the articles that will be read. Lenin and Imperialism, the National and Peasant Questions by Jack Stachel; Lenin and the Party by Will | Herberg; Lenin and the Comintern by |S. Don; Lenin and the Trade Unions iby J. Rubin; Lenin the the Russian Revolution by H. Fox: Lenin and the | Youth by Herbert Zam. Editor Her- bert Zam. All workers are invited to attend this reading of the living newspaper and to acquaint themselves with the teachings of the greatest leader of the World Revolution, with Leninism. Every sub youeget during Red | Week of June 15 to 21 is a sub to “make anvther Coinm' eee Orne ——a “| 10,000-JERSEY PAINTERS FIGHT a POISON se Rliaalitines and ffolds to Go By ARTHUR SHIELDS, (Federated) Preés Staff Correspondent) NEW YORK, June 11—Ten thous- and union painters of New. Jersey have launcHed a campaign against poisonous. materials, the menace of the spraying machine and bad scaf- foldings. The first health agreement is like- ly to be signed by District Council No. 19, comprising the painters in Bergen and Passaic counties and will be similar to. agreements drafted by the health . bureau and in force be- tween the painters’ union and the master painters’ associations in New York City and Rochester. Fight Against Spraying Machine. The spraying machine must go, say the New Jersey painters. Abolition, not regulation, is the union’s program m the advice of scientific experts of the health bureau who have shown that regulation of this mecheuism does not in practice safeguard the painters. The spray machine, now coming into wider use, is used by em- ployers to save labor on large-surface jobs. The paint is- literally sprayed and the air ie filled with flying par- ticles of paint materials for mapy feet around the Machine. In the case of lead paints. it. has been found that the air in the yicinity of the spraying machine contains.27 to 83 times as much lead ag.would poison a man. An important .phase of the present campaign is... the education of the Spa | BURNED. BODIES OF 17 MINERS BROUGHT FROM WRECKED WORKINGS STURGIS, Ky.—Seventeen bodies of. miners. killed In the explosion which wrecked, the shaft of tne Ken- tucky ‘Coal company’s mine No. 9 were found at the four hundred foot level, more than a mile and a quar ter back ofthe mouth of the shaft, and brought to the surface. The bodies were terribly burned. An explosion in the same mine killed 62 men. eight years ago. union members in health and safety measures, Leaflets explain danger- ous materials and symptoms of poil- soning and union members receive forms for reporting accidents and suspicious work materials, as well as medical forms to be given to physi- cians to assist in proving an occupa- tional disease. Workers are assisted in taking the practical steps need- ed to get what is coming to them un- der the compensation law and are specifically instructed that the New Jersey Occupational Disease law that went into effect July, 1924, allows cer- tain compensation for lead, wood alk cohol and benzol poisoning. Monthly conferences are held be tween the workers’ health bureau and the health committee of the New Jer ~ sey Painters’ State conference. The New Jersey health campaign repre- sents a union of industrial health ex- perts and organized workers and promises substantial gains in health and safety for painters. Heat Wave Hits London. LONDON, June 11.—The heat wave which brought suffering to New York and other American cities last week déscended on London today. TELLS OF SHANGHAI CONSULAR BODY’S AUTOCRATIC BEHAVIOR BEFORE PRESENT STRIKE BEGAN — By SINBAD SHANGHAI? China—(By Mail)—The consular body of Shanghai has incidentally very dark. it to be an opium runner. proceed on its way. The crew of the gunboat convinced of its suspicions opened fiire immediately with the re- sult that the launch was well-riddled with bullets and one of the party on board, a Britisher, was wounded. This was the incident which occas- ioned the alarm on the part of the lo- cal consular body. There are several aspects of the case which it would be in order to mention here. In the first place it is obvious even to the novice on the question of military or naval law that the British launch was in the wrong. Since the Sthangoee river is, at least a oe -= ~ again felt the necéssity for the sending of an urgent telegram to the diplo matic body of Peking informing it that “lives and porperty of foreigners” in Shanghai have ‘again been endangered. to the local newspapers is as follows: A foreign launch was proceeding up the river Sunday night which was One of the Chinese gunboats challenged it, think- The boat ignored the command and attempted to The cause of this_action .aceording nominally, Chinese territory, the Chi- nese gunboat had full jurisdiction over this area; hence, the launch should have arrested its course and declared its identity. Failing in this important measure the boat was, naturally, fired on with the resulting injury to’one of the passengers. Another interesting fact is that there are no less than 18 battleships, British, American, Japanese, Italian and French strewed up and down the” river the presence of which makes any apprehension for the “safety of for eign lives and property” absurd, a ; bean tosh engaged on the side of the allies,

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£9,9%; wn C4 ace sie gt | oo. paratus and employes at its disposal = eR encountér the chief combinations of . The government and its whole appar —“} atts tre arene powers vain || W@Xt Week: Story Dy | |: p=: a: 2 ay mr i @ ‘politics of the great powers which ' : * aganda. The government, however, tirestions Side teed active — Lia Er] h ” fe: | ae Sik Sas alte oF m O'Flaherty any private citizen may ay. If states and in the whole private citizen infringes the laws 6r| and Far East. And Soe er baa ‘ the treaties, then he will be made fe- main combinations of world EXT Saturday’s magazine suplement of the DAILY WORKER will sponsible. We cannot however com -% e | (we can distinguish two Bem contain a short story from the gifted pen of Liam O'Flaherty, a 4 ge eee lsd ee nae to two important, one could say, anta- young proletarian writer who has already won an international reputa- teas wpe ote of jun Gite, gonistic tendencies. The one category tion thru his books and short stories. ist Pasty to refrain from acting as peta a Dit. sa of a united UR of his books have been published within two years: The Communists.” | The combthations of the other kind = Neighbor’s Wife; The Black Soul; The Informer and a collection And Curzon repjied to me: consist in the efforts, arising out of | | °f Short stories. One of England’s leading critica declared that he is If it means that it is here a ques ee the antagonism of the great powers one of the best five short story writers in the English language. One tion, not of a 100 per cent, but of a 50 : and which seek to draw us into one of those short stories, dealing with the civil war in Ireland, in which per cent propaganda being conducted = or the other combinations of the capt- he fought on the side of the Republicans, is listed in the collection of then the es cae his —? = talist states, For example, in France| | the best short stories produced in Great Britain during 1923. ee eee 1AM O’FLAHERTY Ied a colorful life, tho now only twenty-six declaration of Chamberlain: “Cease | years old. He left a little fishing village in the Arran Islands on conducting propaganda!” the west coast of Ireland at an early age for college, where he was T is propaganda? We stand >» ae with international relations. English government proves are misusing our diplomatic conneéc- ‘tions, then we are prepared to agree to everything demanded of us in this respect. If, however, we are told that all propaganda must cease in the Soviet Unions, this is tantamount to demand- ing that the Communist Party shall cease to be a Communist Party. Here it is a question of whether we shall ~ continue to exist or not. It concerns the main question of our relations with the capitalist world by which we are surrounded. If Chamberlain says to us: ~ “All were in harmony with these declara- | Propaganda must cease, the Comm seks. o¢ the tiatteh minietce. ist Party shall cease to be a Commi | ist Party,” then we must answer: role. “4 ig panties the official attitude of | “Paites le, citoyen Chamberlain,” “Do the English government towards | jt, Citizen Chamberlain!” , | us during the last few months has : . been vacillating. It has altered. At English foreign minister has of- ship in Alexandria, Egypt, later on taking a “tramp” for Canada. While there he worked as a lumber jack, belonging to the I. W. W. E finally crossed the border into the United States, worked as telegraph messenger boy, dish washer in a restaurant, and helper im a powder factory. He jumped to South America again and after several months returned to Ireland where he participated in the war against the Free State in the Communist detachment of the Republican army. HEN the civil war ended he took to writing and after living pre- . cariously on “fish and chips” he made good and is now eating regular food. The magazine section of the DAILY WORKER is able to promise its readers artciles and short stories from Liam O’Fiaher- ty’s pen from time to time. : tion in which we have to conduct our policy of peace, our policy of creating »~ = plays the most active and influential England. ) & U have already attempted it, buat . the commencement of the year, in ficially declared that he was not, you did not succeed. What do you really want? War? You do not is not and will not be the initiator and originator of any plans of a unit- ed front against us. Nevertheless we that period when in a whole number of questions, as Morocco, Tuunis, etc., England did not succéed in arriving at am understanding with the contin- ental states, the official position of want war. You cannot want war. A fresh intervention? You have already tried that. What then do you want? You must understand that between England and ourselves, between the capitalist states and our state, a mo- dus vivendi must be created. But in order to create a modus vivendi, the English government must adopt its former standpoint, that is to say, reg- ulate the relations from government to government. The English govern- ; ment must abandon its present stand- | point which consists in demanding that the Communist Party shall cease to be a Communist Party. Everything that is possible with regard to the government’s policy, with regard to agreements, obligations of the govern- ment as regards the official apparatus, our government is prepared to under- take and will undertake. On this basis concrete demands can ) be discussed and definite agreements arrived at. We may mention that when, in 1921, we concluded a tem- porary treaty with England, which to- ~ is the only valid treaty between us and England, we proposeed to England that it shoura not ilmit her- (Continued on page 8) pve many indications in the world press and in the English press, that English influence is playing a role in Ae that atmosphere of general ‘The chief role is still being playea | TC*nS tha . by England. England however, is cage ef gama ee closely connected with America. In We have already mentioned that a deputation of conservatives approach- ed the English government with the demand that relations be broken off with us, The conservative press states that the English foreign min- ister declared that England could not alone venture on a breach with the Soviet Union. If these words are rightly reported, this would «suggest that England as a member of a united | front, would be capable Of severing re- lations with us. This means that in- fluential conservative’ circles, which belong to that party which is in pow- er, consider it important to Support the idea of the united front against us. Thus, whether this only represents — present standpoint of the Eng- a tendency within the conservative lish foreign minister is somewhat party, or whether we have to reckon | different. He says, that the establish- with the possibility of government ac- dee of friendly relations with the 1 the English government was as fol- lows: the Soviet government may el pose negotiations, we are prepared to negotiate: the Soviet government may make proposals, we will examine these proposals. We declared at that time: we are ready at any moment and with the greatest pleasure to commence and conduct these negotiations, we only want to know in which respect the treaty signed by MaeDonald is accept- able for the new English government. They said to us: “Submit a propos, al"; We, however, said: “There is the treaty, show us wherein it is ac- ceptable and then we will know what Proposals are possible.” This how- ever, was not done. 77 Dawes plan, the results of which consist in the immediate domination of American capital over European conditions, ts of so much in- terest to the American government that it threatens the European states _ with the withdrawal of its support in the event of the Dawes plan being threatened.by the disunity of the Eu- ropean states. As after the world war the world’s gold supplies have .accu- mulated in the valuts of the American banks, that means that as America is the present chief creditor and also the only possible chief creditor of the The Question of Propaganda. _ ,

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By M. RADU (Bucharest). N the 28th of April there com- menced before the military court ; 7 ! | : } aut Boke 2 : I abolished. URING the last few months the the cultural associations of the peo- ples living in Siebenburgen, Bessara- bia, and in Bucovina have been closed, and in the best cases replaced by Roumanian institutions, while the teaching staffs have been driven out. The educational act which has been [i Oat E E F | H 4 4 mania the Communist Party has been the only one to raise its voice on be- half of the right to self-determination of the subject nationalities, up to complete separation from the ruling state, and to point out to the suppres- sed masses of Bessarabia, Siebenbur- gen and Bucovina the only possible ot Roumania an able campaign of, terror, with mass ar- rests the on of martial HT i aie ; , com- enter upon a hunger-strike as a protest against their unlawful arrest and bar- barous ill-treatment. After a 30 to 40 days’ hunger-strike, which almost re- pelied the arrested comrad PEe8 FE Hi ! H tee Tay ee eax e Soa?” ne, er + : ee eee ee a at » ie 7 isi eae =: ; > : ghpthpe: cteife® g a iz Be eR: f g 5 a g very pitiful fashion. She met her friend in Poland in one o fthe hos- pitals during the previous war, work- ing as a Red Cross nurse. She was then a young and happy girl coming from a bourgeols fam- ily. The revolution broke out. The Reds took over power. And the brutal red Bolsheviks slaughtered her family, for aid. Then she closes her letter by say- ing that when she heard in Madison Square Garden, the innocent little voices of our free American children Soviets, then and only then could we save the free American children from the red plague. can children, toiling in the cotton fields, mills and mines, the canning industries of the north. The hundreds of little children dying of disease due to the lack of care. Cry for the free American youth that were slaughtered in the previous war for democracy. And then kind hearted nurse, if you have enough tears left, cry for the workers that were slaughtered in the time of the French revolution, to save the noble and capitalistic god of yours. Free Russia is the Statue of Liberty, her torch shines bright, and ge ees j the older ones chunks. But after they once get started read the truth they then take right ahold and are anxious for more and we want something i g tH HL ip g HiT 2 sks eee 3 i fet 22 .- ea

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Sig em Remar a kT ee a es ete ey i me Sa tii oi BE a ew a ck eae iS oC PB Set aes Aas 5 Uae ad vec RS Ne oe Fis a 1 Oe Pats ERR Ihe pee? SEER RS Soe re oe ee tn eee Ge oa Fee EEE RE ts bE rt RL ORS, co ‘¢ ‘a wv 7 = ae D4 i. » i Ose foe Ae PS Fe? | > % id - + Me 6 - her eee ae Sree, eee SS Sei 8S oe aS Ee eta et, SP GAOT HY ‘os’ i i * an vod 2 eg A Rae o> ae ® % 6 cig "Sis ears 2 e “ ee ae * 2 a} " ae = - * ’ 7 ‘ ‘Bilhie P—) e E A. s TY Pe Gee. Oe eT Ree om aall et « . ot Le 4 : OK: ee Pe uy te 6 ee ‘4S ‘ Le ee ate te 4 a CFR < So os te sakt a Parti gta. 2 bee H oo ag a wee? aes My v =o ’ . aes ~ ti ea. rs ig et tee tS oe s ra ee ay aN Ned m3 Pica 2a a : ae : -- mi ‘ a | oe | ae x bi Rae ee _ » = fits of the steel mills, _ The Black Cloud of Union Miners. UT always the menace + rs ; : ‘3 CG a . els of the earth, at his work, or living his colorless life in a numbered com- pany house under the shadow of the | elaborate company store, with seldom i g é 5 é and the union organizer as his patron saint. The “brains” of steel long ago re- cognized this menace and almost co- incident with the Homestead strike H. C. Frick moved upon Fayette coun: ty and destroyed the last vestige of unionism among the Connellsville key to Pittsburgh’s labor problem 4 ke miners whe supplied the coke necessary in the production of steel. It was not so easy, however, to de- stroy the union in the immediate vicinity of Pittsburgh. The miners could not be herded together in one factory group and the evolution of ‘to subsidiaries of all the big steel their furnaces were quite out of style. Thus Frick and the leading steel magnates most logically became the bitter foes of the union miner. S time went on this grew more serious. The union miner out of leaders on the precipice even a movie to distract his attention } i i f : f iF i i 58 : ij TE lll 5 ze E tf i a3 Eg | g = 5 é j 35 FE af cial life blood. Three banks he. § trolled were found “unsound” and he — quickly disgorged with large and juicy coal properties he was attempt- ing unsuccessfully to swallow... .., The second group were “regular” district officials of District 6, U. M. W. of A. whom the Pittsburgh Coal company claim were “unfair an@ who have been trailed for months recently by U. S. treasury agents in an effort to catch them in income tax irregu- larities.” Pittsburgh Miners’ Relief Conference. fourth group were at the time considered a joke—“just a bunch of nuts.” It however, developed that this group was the most dangerous of all. Starting with a capital of $15, a handful of Pittsburgh trade union- ists conceived of the idea, while the 1922 strike was still on, of raising enough help to | up only a few “key” 1 " by this strategy hold the mass of the miners in line under the leadership of these few important mines. This Was necessary as the officials of the limited to help many miners. Natur- ally, they picked the camps where the miners were most militant. Going from house to house in the working class districts of Pittsburgh, facing ridicule, suspicion and abuse, “The Pittsburgh Miners’ Relief Confer- ence,” raised $15,000, in food, clothes and money. This modest sum was the stabilizing force in strategic camps of the Pittsburgh Coal com- pany in the closing days of the 1922 strike. | (Continued on page 6.) The Canadian Wheat Pools ty tesice Speco AT the present time the annual membership drive is going on in the three western prairie provinces of the Dominion of Canada for the wheat Aer Hh if if Ht i H i i a i The stages of the formation of these He fap islet! Tht SHH He: | 4 : : marketing. But wheat pool co-opera- Hie iid fie peer eeel a F ; 3

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~ 78". @ eu Re. BROW comes up to the girl. oe All around is black. we Marguerite stares at him in horror: “T can’t find it.” . I'm coming directly, rm ealy| i _ etaybe its over there, among the busher"—the} ‘man says. - The girl goes there. The man follows her. He fates Welle that bo 44, iockaan-eeb-eacaiele He bends over the girl.’ Marguerite shrinks back, How beautiful is a trembling Ferg ne ae ge The man reaches for Marguerite’s breasts, » "! ~The young, firm breasts. _ be He throws his arms around her. The arms: of steel. | Marguerite is in his power. A faint ery. “Nickles !” “Quiet !”—comes the man’s command, harsh, short, decisive. Marguerite defends herself. _ “Nickles!”—but this time it is hardly audible. | “Shut up!”’—the man orders her in moffled, angry tone. | He drags the girl along. . . To where there is little light. . , “Hurry, hurry !”—he commands fiercely. The man is strong .. . He is the master. Marguerite has no time for reaction . . » Broi- din’s terriffic strength weakens her, breaks her re sistance. . . Broidin is not SBE HE bites, strikes, Par her, like a madman. . He is the master. ee par She is the servant. | pres: Broidin presses Marguerite to himself. The quivering body. Takes it. The body. Entirely. *' All is black. He sees nothing, only feels the fragrant body fresh with dew. . ‘ _ % “Quick! Quick!” Oh yes, the camera. Marguerite arranges her dress, her hair, Nickles? ene She will tell him all about it. Sut He had thrown himself upon her . » , He x3 wanted her body. He hadn’t spoken @ word to her. Hadn’t stroked her once. She won’t tell ¥ oy gp iong at FOr Oppressive heat.’ New moon. The wife is already. snoring. The husband lies down beside her. A few min- utes pass. And he is also asleep. Deep. Healthy. In blissful satiation. _ - » 7. _* * Marguerite does not sleep. She tosses on the bed. The night is deep black. If Nickles knew it! She didn’t go to tell him. Nickles is polishing the table service. Today again the mountain won’t disappea. * * * * CHAPTER XV. hy into LORADO SPRINGS was no longer that in- _~ vinecible citadel of the bosses which it had been only a few months before... The strike of the bar. bers let loose great discontent. The very fact great influence a all the workers in Springs, for it proved that it depended entirely upon the will of the worker: themselves whether they would tolerate im silenc< the dictatorship of the- bosses. The barbers were followed by the automobile workers, then the street construction workers, the i great ho ‘or a whole an sudden dly at a b 3y laid six that the he hood wi ere, at yo before the . And it: on. 2 business yn. e hotel-kee “L. meant |

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NS ae ea en ee — re gE SE ee ee ee ae oe » Lee 3 pou tees eet sane ‘ Pte hg, TR Ragoe oe MeL, pee PEEVE G+ Bel eRe ee Bone AP pha oa AG , = ES S8 ar sh 5 “'s os ee od rave ieee MS fe eae ee igi m1, a Se eee ORES ee oe Tee Ae ee oe 7 Me “ey 2 Paes «4 aoe F 4 OE? ne he = ae ce eee. s f nt mae. Te 12 he pe ees FoR ei Ime “ bid . . Y tee fe eee oe ; Nine + ‘oe aD he Say? Pi. - ~~ by 7 ee he tne tt, alg i Fal 1 Fos 1 r 5 + LZ q be og ere eee, 4s brs) ey we 5 we 7 bs xx : mo } 7 “T - i. « on = 5 re a ag : 2 A ~ a we. ee #2 a= ” Ye * - ae iF a ee * ay el ee ine «ds ie 7 hy: re, I - r] - 7 * ie be y! * “ } od a r ya 4 - fe i — Pay ie 5 . ™ ae =f 4 » ye ay - ’ at - 4" : ae rH : > 7 Fs oe - * e. 4 + J Y SS ee x" ’ i - ¥ “ a v + 4 branches of industry they did not even abet: ) Fa The time was favorable. A boom!|i > union moveunitt teenie stronger. n 1 come 80 unexpectedly that the small Jocal . E _sokegp igaelagpetingtione “ workers were| : to make the surprise-a as the end of the summer meant also a counter- e of the bosses. Gay Dae In a. ‘trade was there " | sand for the eight-hour day. And the demand "He ia btirrOunded: by a amalt group... 2 8 ‘ also -low. It-wes lower than the} - Lawleds agitntors’are fomenting: trouble among _ 3 paid in other citiés. nee ie thastde’—bayn the-poetiea!: Christian Geleatiat - 4 40 the Domes were not in any too great a} . yoke ke gerere 4 “We only need to fill people with Christian mor- Sl, ality, and law and order is assured.” eee. “Mankind is longing for order“—exclaims a unt tewasn’t such a bad slogan. versity professor—‘“It is a purely external force d the smaller business men waited. With rouged lips, delicate red tint on the which is fighting against law and order. I am of _3y knew that the fire had not blazed in vain| cheeks and sharply marked eye-brows. that our eration is a to. : the opinion gen ppointed _mmmer night on Pikes Peak. - The hostess is everywhere at once. make safe for all times the road of human’ free é ey ht The guests must be entertained. dom.” i great hope was: Ku klux klan. | mise Sema A judge expresses himself in a like manner: ‘or a whole month nothing was heard from it.| The men contemplate the women’s bodies. They} “Unfortunately the written law binds us too — en suddenly the klansmen appeared unex-! stare. Colorful chaos. A riot of colors. much. But I know a higher law, which can § dly at a burial. | ee ek ee qstrengthen the pillars of present-day society.” ; 3y laid six roses on the grave. The mourners} he dinner. The university professor with pride: , that the klansmen would disappear again,| Yellow color symphony. “My students, the spiritual youth, have the right § he hood with the death’s head began tospeak:| §trong wines. French and Spanish wines. [Spirit.” ere, at your grave we vow that we will not} prohibition? And a young mililonarie’s son: t : before the extortions of the organized work- There is no such thing for the rich. ) “T believe we will be the ones to uproot the red lass. If the government does not feel inclined] ‘The glasses sparkle deep red. weeds !” + an end to this madness which prevents the} The cook is a master in his trade. The young man said this with such youthful pae- ving citizen from getting the or a out of] ‘The food looks appetizing. It tickles the palates. sion and enthusiasm that those who were around Ff verity, we'll get order oprselves.” pei Bey es | Mee soplantel. re el ee BS “Law and ordér must’be established” ©'°"" [i098 Dol Poet wa dreamy exes, drew 1 | e next day the “Springs Paper” heralded to| ev ac nae = 7 Thies te the way which leads to. the kingdom of : ritizens the news that the benevolent eyes of] ie. as nae aa oe ase Christ.” at ; _u klux klan were once more watching over}. 4. of Ba pas the shameless, impossible} hey gat down at the small drink-tables. , _ And-it also stressed this by means of a big yrs approval. They drank. . . : on. * + 7 . . . + _ 2 business men rubbed their hands with satis- esi’ alain Gaciemnh ani sai aiaadh eeiiniieist. 10 mn Champagne i bro The be from twenty dollars to fifty dol- 2 hotel-keeper refused his hall to the mason’s The exalted poet with the unworldly eyes helps © bets rose from twenty do Y es 5 to pull out the corks. He knows how to do that lars. ; th Pappa Aga best of all. ° Me. Broidin dancéd wee: e young woman. meant new hardships for the workers. A| He is praised for that by the hostess. Rabergent ph te. Se a ere ; eiahiah hides th The champagne foams. . Mrs. Broidin beamed with joy. | 4 hall-keepers broke eases themselves, “That’s the stuff!” There was general intoxication. ‘ s were intimidated by secret threats. Gini spacorl: were many who.got the surplus. profit of the oars Bodies cling to each other. The women smelled from perfume. ers. These said: “The one who makes more pee aa Morning dawned ie Ea tr Ma ee ape Broidin chatters with a young woman. ‘He is| Nothing can last forever. 7 e disputes became more and more heated. once more overcome by & fever. - Bh Pe eg al e it ad Paper” demanded érder. “How pretty you are”—he says. Nickles could hardly move his arms any more. | Pa fecha Samat Gee Eee, iba en et enguseo toes se tal | woman’s own. | the cloud o oung woman, ei arts “How white your skin is” ‘soft stroking of her hand, and her diadem BE So‘gate | The diadem of diamonds littered before his closed eyes. bie ir th ‘ | “You can tell mat aay BR, “A lady of the highest society . . Tomorrow CHAPTER XVI. _ Broidin declares. ba ,} Pm going to meet her. . . | Joep siepery ders cont trearre thru the msirets ms Laken ainmies _which the Japanese and Chinese gods with gs servan ellies squatted were lighted by small electric cs her. s. The whole room floated in a strange light. AES ED PRS 251 a eee eae simplest e Broidin family was preparing for a great} This complicated Chinese game is a pleasant quietest way ng. It was autumn. Outside blew a cool| stimulus for the nerves. ' (fo be continued next Saturday) >

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~ ”~ é ae Tw oa es ae ie --+ Keres (ore ‘ ed a % , : . ot ony oe he te eI prea yate thei ; pT te) s - = = 4 “ me ae - (Continue from Page 3) Organization of Progressive Miners’ Committee. contact made in this relief fear was greatly in- when the District Five com- mittee became sponsor for the “Inter- national Progressive Committee of the U. M. W. of A.” in the spring of 1923. Naturally the members of this committee fraternized much . with their friends in the “Pittsburgh Min-| *®® “Red Raid” of April 27, 1923. this miners’ committee ‘issued a call for a national con- ‘ference of the progressive miners’ veénsternation reigned in the camp of ‘the “open shoppers” for they knew this group would fight and a fight was not what they were looking for. Immediately scores of detectives be- gan shadowing and hounding the rep- resentatives of the Progressive Min- ers. The “reds” retaliated by bring- dis- district. hea effort to prevent Natic Confer. ence of Progressive Miners in sr of burgh a raid was made on the build- ing of eum, and lists . seized. ic in the office carted out and officers of the party placed under arrest along with members of the party in other parts of the city. The district organ- izer was held for indictment as a se- ditious person and bail fixed at $50,- Y members of the Workers , if Me 7 * as red whe ‘, ave 7 a ed " "wth Sie a. 4 Pat +. BR i Sl ay i > es ¥ 43 3. a tis, Sve oP ye . eae . : eS. hows . i ‘giae* An “ , : Ma 3 a ‘ P 4 * P ‘eg y ap Bes 2 : - f on - © A © : Oe hp +2: wt = he _ a sen ae By we : a” sa" ‘ wae BD -* Df aie a,” © 7 ‘ a : :" ~~ ’ ‘ aes va" made in all ten defendants who were indicted for the major crime of se dition under an act approved in 1921 which provides a maximum sentence of $10,000 fine and 20 years impris- onment. This act was so savage in its character that when before the eae: oe Gifford Maurer tion of leaders against Called Years. ae ane ible on which to hang such a serious charge that the district attorney has done nothing since the original indict- ment. The raid was on April 27, 1923, Probably in no other part of the Unit- ed States could there be such an ab surd manipulation of “justice.” The severity of the class struggle here has made it necessary for the ruling class to develop political agents who are willing, on a moment’s notice, to vio late even the “American traditions” y as to make the whole Figures Again. figures in the economic tragic evolution of the soft coal in- dustry has brought the big Pitts- burgh coal operators into keen com- raising its finger to organize this non- union territory while confusing the membership with strike in northern ‘West Virginia, the “union” operators of the Pittsburgh District have an ad- _ ws legislative committee hearings were ditional economic incentive to de ie - ig _ = Foe SP — = - ante — oop Be ery = . - aa oe at ngt — Te dhe Ot a NaS ere % . the special rate of two mo week * ‘Thousands of BUILDERS will be on the munist building during RED WEEK set aside pose. WILL YOU BE ON THE JOB, COMRADE? oe; 2 © .& IN THE SECOND ANNUAL SUB CAMPAIGN ‘These new subs were received on Friday, June 12: CLEVELAND, O.—J. R. Rancken (4); J. A. Hamilton (2); P. Luca- chic (2). NEW YORK, N. Y.—Dissentiouse (2); Yetta Davis; Bessie Turick; Salkend; Fannie Bobick. PHILADELPHIA, PA—tLena Rosenberg (3). CHICAGO, ILL.-—Mrs. Lee Green; H. P. Clausen (2). ST. PAUL, MINN—J. F. Amme (2); O. R. Votaw. MINNEAPOLIS, MINN.—Dan W. Stevens (5). OAKLAND, CALIF.—P. B. Cowdery (5). WARREN, O.—John Yanoz (2). HANCOCK, MiICH—Farmers Co-operative (2). FRANKFORT HEIGHTS, ILL—Wm. Schroeder. LOS ANGELES, CALIF-—S. Globerman. HOUSTON, TEX.—N. Bell. LDERS AT WIRE IF YOU ARE LATE! lf you have not sent in your order for a free bundle of the DAILY WORKER to distribute during RED WEEK send in your order at once by mail or by wire if necessary. Send also for a stack of ial sub cards to ORK subs at s for one dollar during this ~ of Com- or this pur- MORE PLEDGES FOR RED WEEK E branch, Astoria, L. |. N. Y. . 15 |personal messenger, how it is then written, set up, proof-read, plated, printed, and distributed. The film is used to instruct the Worker Corre spondents in every factory, trade union, co-operative, village soviet etc., -how.to write.up their stories; it serves to dramatize the newspaper columns with the vital moving image of the actual eyents written about. Thus May .Day riots in Paris are thrown on the screen, the’ news Is wirelessed to Moscow, and soon the workers of Russia are reading about it. Less spectacular but equally im- portant events in Soviet Russia, the improvement of production technique, the fraternizing of workers and peas- ants and soldiers at a joint picnic, the habits and customs of all the far- flung sixty-five nations that make up the U.8.8.R., as well as the methods by which this information reaches the newspaper offices are shown. Much the same purpose and method underlies the tie-up of the radio with the press. Two editions are broad- casted daily, one at 12:25 p.m., to co- incide with the workers’ noon-hour, the other at 7:55 p. m., when they get home and prior to the start of most evening meetings. The noon edition includes only the principal happenings of the day and the work- as they eat their lunch. The evening edition includes all the departments of the printed paper—news, editori- als, special educational articles, party doings, short stories, and literary, musical, dramatic and motion picture reviews. Thus the world’s news be- comes accessible even to the last aged Mfliterate. Special lectures are broadcasted, particular attention being given to agricultural instruction, suitable to the season, for the vast peasant audi- ence. A children’s newspaper is be ing planned by the Narkompross, (the department of education), and A. V. for suggestions and plans in this field. Concerts are devoted more to class- ical and folk music than to jazz, but attention is nevertheless, focused on encourage progressive this field as on all others. The actual charge of the radio transmission is entirely in the hands of the department of poste and tele 15 oe thus far about fifty ers gather around the loud speakers / broadcasting stations have been es tablished. This development of a great new discovery by a workers’ government for the enjoyment and instruction of the working class is iff cléar ¢ontrast | to the line taken by the same indus- try in America, Here the broadcast- — ing is in private hands, generally that of the manufacturers of receiving ap- paratus who use the programs to stimulate the sale of their products. These programs are often paid for by other private interests who receive in exchange radio notice for the par- ticular product and trade mark which they exploit. Thus, it will be an- nounced, that “The next number will be ‘How Can I Leave Thee,’ by cour- tesy..of the Sticktite Flypaper Com-. pany.” | 0 ae] Cc *) 77) | Light Luncheon Served 1154 Madison Street, ' . OPEN DAY AND NIGHT } Four Phones a ee 3 so Se aoe . 4 ‘ ni >, * NS - (a > x Ff -# d a = 2 ee

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- Nee eae ee 4 1 i i must form a connecting link between the party organizations and the broad masses of the workers. The Com- munist newspaper must be such that the non-party workman does not re- gard it merely as a remote organ representing a political party, but as his own labor newspapers, compre- hensible to him, mirroring his hopes, his interests, his daily life, and his struggles. HUS the whole character of the Communist newspaper must be changed. Many comrades, accustom- ed to the traditional type of bourgeois newspaper, and unable to break ab- ruptly with this conservative tradi- tion, are alagmed at what appears to them to be a “weakness” of our press (which is not “equal” to the firmly established bourgeois press, aided by a large number of intellectual literary forces) but this so-called weakness is in reality a sympton that our press is on the right road to proletarisa- _ tion, that its contact with the mass- es is becoming: closer, and that it is ceasing ‘fo“féllow in the ruts of the social democratic press, which differs from the bourgeois press solely by a political nuance. Emancipation from this tradition is the first step towards the Bolshevization of the press. — The real purport of the extensive Worker Correspondent movement now being called into life is to bring wide masses of the workers into the ranks of the Party, and to make these into conscious and active Party members. It is obvious that the Communist press will accomplish this task effi- ciently in proportion to its closer con- tact with the masses, with the works and factories. Sue the V Congtess, our press has been able to report consider- able success in this direction in a number of countries ,and it is a suit- able moment to make a survey of these first attempts, to praise the best efforts, to encourage the backward. The convening of an International. Press Conference appears to us to be the most suitable form of carrying out this survey. But from the ideological and organisatory standpoint the most suitable ‘date for an extensive cam- paign of this nature appears to us to be May 5—the anniversary of the founding of the Bolsheyist newspaper “Pravda” in 1912. This campaign could be made to form the immediate continuation of the campaign begin- ning of May 1, the opportunity being thus given for carrying out mass agi- tation on’ an extensive scale in the five days till May 5. This press conference may be made the opportunity (as our Russian com- rades made it) of more firmly es- tablishing the connection between the Communist Party and the laboring masses by means of the Communist newspaper, and of awakening active interest for the Communist newspaper among the broad masses of the non- party workers. On this day a Com- munist newspaper must be found in every factory in every workshop in every workman’s family. Mass meet- ings—a special number of the news- paper being distributed gratis on this ie. vization is differentiation. © the most important coun # sto 2) lines of action might be laid down for | had one single daily paper up to now. The _ revolutionary movement has however attained such an extent — to say nothing of the broad masses backing up the “left wing” — that there is sufficient foun- dation upon which to build up a daily labor newspaper for the masses. For England the question to be discussed at the Communist press conference is the founding of a daily Communist newspaper. The fact that the present weekly paper the Workers’ Weekly, the central organ of the English Com. munist Party, disposes of an edition of 50,000 copies, although the number of members belonging to the party is only 4,000 to 5,000, shows that our En- glish comrades could fulfil this task. The revolutionary minorities could at the same time be used as a ‘starting point for the establishment of contact between the labor newspaper and the mation of ext corfespondents,;. ‘The. the workér correspondent should procede propaganda for a daily mass newspaper, rJ\HE United States. In the United States, on the other hand, our little party has more than a dozen daily newspapers, but we are confronted with a number of other problems: 1. These newspapers afe not published under any uniform party control, they do not pursue a uniform Communist line, and“are at times subject to such aberrations that it is difficult to dis- tinguish them from the ordinary Men- shevist newspapers (this applies for instance to the New Yorker Volks- zeitung.) Here the Bolshevization of the press would thus signify in the first place a strictly centralized con- trol of the Communist press by the paper in the English language, the DAILY WORKER must be converted into a@ mass newspaper. The organi- perative for this newspaper. 3. The main weakness of the non-English newspapers, is that they devote too little attention to the life of America, and cling too much to that of the country in whose language they are published. This weakness must be overcome, for it only leads to an en- hancement of national separatism, and to a weakening of the feeling of class solidarity of the American pro- letariat. ; JTTALY. The organ of the Italian Communist Party should be con- verted into a mass organ, and be ‘brought into closer contact with the working masses. This is the slogan of the press conference for Italy. The Communist daily newspaper, the Unita accords a certain amount of space to worker correspondents, but the letters sent in are a perfect example of how such reports should not be drawn up. The workers reports printed in the Unita give the impression of having been written in the editor's study. Be- sides this, these reports throw no light upon the life and interests of work- shop and factory, but refer exclusively to the opinion held by this or that ‘newspaper itself, that is, in the organ-|. | ization. of a mass movemeng of worl} er correspondents. a! ‘|.. But the essential factor of NGLAND. Here the party has not} works and factories, and for the for-| ive cadres of worker | or Communist Party. 2. The chief news- }. zation of a -worker correspondent | movement is one of the first tasks im-|. a ey ae EO ee a ae eo FS cafe ae Seta ee i og: Pe ae Oe ge | ee ae 4 a ee * oe kp 33 sen for this; up to now the Humanite has accorded but a very small part of its columns to workers’ reports, and gives but scanty reports on the So- viet Union (a matter of intense in- terést to the working masses.) (\ERMANY. In this respect the press of our German party is much in advance of others. The con- ference of worker correspondents lately held, the number of similiar local conferences (Hamburg), the founding of an editors’ school for the} instruction of worker journalists, all these are positive symptoms of the proletarizing of our press in Ger- many. At the present time the Ger- “Double circulation!” The factory councils and the party factory nuclei must form the foundation of this cam- paign in the shops and factories; Every worker reading the Rote Fahne must gain a new reader. With respect to the provincial cent- ers where no newspapers exist as yet, but where one could be founded, the campaign must be carried on under the slogan of gaining “readers for the publication of a local newspaper.” As 4 sire fig Hi press. acd oe tg ; (\ZECHO-SLOVAKIA. ‘ For Czecho- Slovakia the chief slogan must be: Deprovincialization and politisation 4 of the working class its- Bolshevist party. possible solely by the Pravda did not follow by the bourgeois 7 az 1 i ral He Ca Pe SFESEREGE to penetrate into the masses, and for the Communist parties to become : soon as 5,000 readers are secured, a really Bolshevist mass workers’ or- The Soviet Union and Great Britain . :| oer | $4 (Continued from page 1) - | stand and perceive that it is precisely self to this short and all too general agreement. — ~ We proposed to examine all ques- tions which are of interest to us, and im all these questions to create an ac- ceptable modus vivendi between our selves and England. This was reject- ed at the time. The government of Lloyd George did not desire such a conference. Even MacDonald did not undertake an exhaustive concrete ex- amination of all disputed questions. O long as this is not done, there will exist between us and England, and therefore in the whole of interna- tional politics, that element of uncer- tainty which the capitalist states find. so painful today. And if Chamberlain says that the cause of this uncertainty ig the existence of the Soviet Union, then Chamberlain is guilty for this, because he does not attempt to arrive at a compromise with us, which would be capable of removing, so far as is possible and so far as the present his- torical period* permits, that element of uncertainty between us and Eng- land, and therefore the uncertainty of international relations in general. our government that constitutes ‘the element of peaceful settlement of those problems with which we are confronted, and that those actions which lead to further uncertainty in international relations do not proceed from us. + ; The Walden Book Shop 307 Plymouth Coart (Between State and Dearborn Just South of Jackson) CHICAGO onan ——y - PITTSBURGH, PA. ‘To those who work hard for thelé money, ! will save 50 per cent on all , their dental work. DR. 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