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The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-07-12

Small acre tracts along the high.
Ways are listed for sale in the Want
AZ columns. You en- buy them on
We easy-payment plan.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-07-12
"a Disillnsioned 81

Ny Dear Little Friend Unknown
You arc gnpplIng 20 find some way
10 that you may bc happy. Accord.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1924-08-29

the world snug down to the time Of
the French revolution.
The masses of the people in France
when the Bastile fell were quite as for
lorn and degraded as the people Of
Egypt were when Old Rameses reigned
at Memphis.
The workingman was simply a no
body. II he was permitted to toll
and by the sweat Of his brow to OBJ
tain fairly decent animal existence
a plenty Of coarse food and a pile Of
straw to sleep on at night, he had no
right to complain, no reason to be
looking for anything better.
The idea that the millions who did
the work of the world might justly
desire to improve themselves mentally
and socially; might have the wish to
hear music and to look upon beautiful
pictures In their habitations; might
desire to become acquainted with the
thoughts of the great men whose
names they had in one way or an
other heard Of, was utterly ridiculous.
The toilers needed only strong
muscles and stout backbones. They
had no use for mental culture, for so
cial aspirations, or for the knowledge
that gives one power and self-respect
and the ambition to rise In the world.
Labor was degraded thing. Only
the gentleman was respectable-and
the gentleman was the man who did
not have to work
Such was the absurd and degrading
idea that prevailed pretty nearly
everywhere from the days Of Aristotle
to those of Danton, Mirabeau and
Patrick Henry.
And to add to the badness Of the
situation, the masses Of the people
were largely Of the same way Of think
ing with the gentlemen"
In the majority of instances they
were satisfied with their sorrowful
lot; feeling that they were getting all
that they deserved They were stirred
by no ambition beyond that Of the
coarse material compensations Of their
daily toll.
Caliban.
Hence the significance of that date
May 4, 1860.
With the noble-minded clergyman of
the English church who started the
good work among the Lancashire
weavers we have the beginning Of the
movement for the betterment Of the
disgraceful situation that prevailed
for so long
Today the amelioration of the work
ingmens condition has assumed world
wide proportions.
The great problem, for so long q
period totally ignored, has become the
burning theme in every country.
In all countries there are to be
found, in great numbers. institutions
that are working along the lines laid
down in Rev. Mr.. Solly's "The Work
ngmens Mutual Improvement so
ciety," with the result that the toilers
are rapidly ceasing to be mere toilers.
They are ceasing to be things and are
becoming men, with the thoughts,
hopes and ambitions that properly be-
long to them as such.
Each new year means for the work
ers better homes, better apparel larger
thoughts, keener appreciation Of the
beautiful in nature and in art, deep
er self-respect; finer manhood and a
wider, more varied and more satis@
factory existence.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1924-08-29
Mans Only Labor Power
His Ability to Create

As all the world knows, the labor
power Of human being is his power
to work, his power to create. That
power Is the result Of the co-ordina-
ton Of the mental and physical forces
of the individual to accomplish par
ticular purpose.
These forces are personal; they are
inseparable from the living body of the
worker; he can ALLEVIATE them In no
way. The power to work develops as
the mind and the body of the individ-
ual develops and reaches its highest
efficiency in the period Of fullest devel-
opment of the worker, and begins to
wane when the physical powers of the
individual deteriorate with age. 1t
ceases altogether with the death Of
the Individual.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1924-08-29
that's hard.

you're sick of the game?" Well,
now, that's a shame.
You're young, and you're brave and
you're bright.
you've had raw deal,' l know
but don't squeal.
Buck up, do your damndest and
fight.
It's the plugging away that will win
you the day,
So don't be piker, old pard!
Just draw on your grit; it's SO easy
to quit,
It's the keeping your-chin-up that's
hard
It's easy to cry that you're beaten,
and die,
It's easy to crawfsh and crawl;
But to fight, and to fight when hopes
out of sight
Why, that's the best game Of them
all;
And though you come out of each
gruelling bout
All broken and beaten and SCARED,
Just have one more try. It's dead
easy to die
It's the keeping -on-living that's
hard.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1924-08-29

ing to Hoyle
To cock your revolver and-die.
But the Code of Man says, Eight
all you can,"
And self-dissolution is barred.
In hunger and woe, oh! it's easy to
blow
It's the hell-served- for breakfast
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1924-08-29
THE GUTTER

When you're lost in the Wild, and
you're scared as child,
And Death looks you bang in the
eye,
And you're sore as boil, it's accord
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1924-08-29

Some automobile owners have to
buy spare parts, while others live
near railroad crossings. Oskaloosa
Bow Wow.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1924-08-29
FIRED HIM

Hank-"My brother sure was a
dumb guy"
Frank-"How's that?''
Hank-"Why, they had to burn
down the school house. to get him out
of the first grade. Sun Dial.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1924-08-29
Each Mans
Battle

4 IAN today wins no victories
Vl alone; he overcomes no
injustice by himself, he con-
tributes nothing to the tide Of
progress while he walks by him
self. The battle for Justice, for
progress, for democracy, for
freedom, for a better life for
all is the battle Of all. 1t must
be fought by all-and all must
be united.
Labor must organize for the
fve-million mark-organize for
justice, for freedom, for the
great struggle to right wrongs,
for the triumph of service over
tyranny and greed.
Take the message of organi-
zation everywhere. Unite in
the service of humanity, for
the good of our people and the
greatest glory of our country.
Organize for the fve-million
mark. On this Labor day begin
the forward march.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1924-08-29
Great Need OF Society

Labor is honorable. One Of the
greatest needs in society is more peo-
pie at work. Busy people are always
J vpeaceable and generally prosperous.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-11-12
YOUNG WORKERS LEAGUE,
LOCAL CHICAGO.
Danish Army and
Navy to be Used
Against Workers

COPENHAGEN, Nov. 1.-THE an
nounoement that Denmark intends tc
o.sarm and cease building war vessels
which has caused much comment in
he capitalist press recently, is de-
clared by Communists to be a typical
league of nations bluff.
Neither the army nor the navy OF
this small country has ever been
much of menace Of world peace, and
the fact that both the army and the
navy are now to be used for police"
purposes means merely that they have
been taken over by the Danish cap
italists to be used against the Danish
workers. Meanwhile the government
dock yards are seeking everywhere to
obtain orders to build submarines and
war vessels for other countries.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-11-12
YOU CAN'T KID uE.

You may kid others
You may even kid yourself
Eut YOU CAN'T KID NE.
II you don't go to STUDY CLASS
You are lacking as a Communist.
Why are you against Capitalism
BY going to STUDY CLASS you enn
learn
How the workers arc exploited.
A Party STUDY CLASS Is held every
Wednesday,
At 26f3 Hlrsch Boulevard
Sublect-"Elementary MARKHAM Econ
omlcs."
Teacher-EarI r. 5rowder, Member
C. e. c. of the Workers Party
And Editor Of the Workers. MonthIy.
It's not too late to Join now.
Come tonight, Wednesday.
YOU CAN'T KID ME.-(The studIOus
kid.)
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-11-12

broke out in Russia he left this coun-
try together with Comrade Trotsky
who was then editor of the Novy Mir.
In Russia he Joined the fight against
the Kerensky government and actively
participated in the October revolution
which brought about the creation of
the Soviet government. Since then
he held different responsible positions
in the government and in the party.
Delegations from many unions, from
the Moscow Soviet the government
institutions, ETC., met the body when
it arrived in Moscow from Kislovodsk.
The funeral was held on October 26
in Moscow.
His memory was honored by the
workers of Russia and will be honored
by the Russian workers in this
country.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-11-12
COMRADE LICHACHEV is DEAD
BY M. A. sKRoMNY.


THE newspapers just received from
| Russia brought the sad news: Com
rade Vastly Lichachev died at Kis-
lovodsk
Who was Comrade Lichachev?
To the old timers in the Russian
colony in the United States he was
well-known, altho he stayed in this
country only few years.
Escapes Exile In Siberia.
Way back in 1910 after spending
years in the different jails of the cars
government, Comrade Villas" as he
was known in the revolutionary move
ment in Russia, was exiled to Siberia
He did not stay there very long To-
gether with another comrade he es-
capped, walking many miles to the Chi
.nese border. Making their way thru
Japan they finally arrived in this coun-
try in 1912. But the guardians at the
gates suspected them being "anar-
chists" and they were held up by the
immigration officials. The Russian
colony took up the matter and after
a stiff fight they were finally admitted.
Comrade Was at once became active
in the revolutionary movement. He
was broke, without a cent, but he
made his way, mostly on foot,
from Seattle to Chicago. It took him
about a year to, reach Chicago, speak
ing at every point he touched. Here
he worked as a window washer on
Milwaukee Ave-, as janitor on Divi-
sion St., etc. He joined the Russian
federation of the socialist party and
went around the country delivering
lectures, organizing new branches,
etc. Later on he became a member
Of the editorial board Of the Russian
daily, Novy Mir.
Returns to Russia With Trotsky.
He did not stay on this job very
long, for as soon as the revolution
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-11-12

mediate flght-this gamut that runs
from Nanderlip to Gompe-s to Hill
quit could not lay the basis for a class
party II they would and would not il
Lhsy could. The Communist call to
the workers to organize for class
power, expressed in a Workers Re.
public, the only slogan Of interest to
the workers in this campaign.
Lii Tells Some Good Ones
Miss Herstein opened her speech
by saying that as long as poor old
Bob" had been blamed for everything
that ever happened in Wisconsin, he
should have been charged with respon-
sibility for the flu epidemic as we'll
She sought to brush away the facts
and figures cited on living conditions
there by a pair of funny stories on
percentages and averages.
Suppose there are mistakes in Bob's
record" she said, "the only reason
why there are none in Fosters is be-
cause he has no record. It's easy for
a political infant to have a clean
slate"
HiIIquit Gets His
The Communists aims were all
right but their technique was all
wrong. They didn't understand Amer
lean psychology. Their tactics were
all right for Russia but not here.
American workers were militant, to be
sure, but they were not radical. They
would just as soon shoot one another
in Khan outrage as in a battle
against scabs. They re-elect Com
pers year after year, if they do that
what chance is there for a revolu.
ton? Or revolutionary spirit? We
must take more cognizance of nation.
al psychology" worker comes over
from Europe, works while, belongs
to the union, then becomes a boss and
one of the bitterest fighters against
the workers. She took a crack al
Morris Hillquit, an ardent LaFollette
fan, by using him as a horrible ex-
ample of rotten psychology" no
working class instincts, he charges a
labor union $4,000 for single case.
She wanted a labor party, tried to
get it with socialists, but they were
good for nothing except batting
reds" Tried to get it with Commun-
ists-that broke up, blame was $3.50.
Now trying to get it with LaFollette.
Try anything once, for Roosevelt in
1912, Wilson 1916, Christensen 1920,
now for Bob. Cannot organize a labor
party under Communist influence be-
cause workers are too well satisfied
Have not suffered enough. LaFollette
was against war and Wheeler was
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-11-12

through courts and militia, were ac-
tually worse in progressive" Wiscon.
sin than in reactionary strongholds.
He analysed the function of the state
and pointed out that anyone who be
loved in capitalism was certain to
use all powers of the capitalist state
in defense of the present system. The
case Of sugar strikers on the Hawaiian
plantations of Rudolph Spreckles, an
ardent LaFollette hacker, was cited
Can you imagine Bob being so un-
grateful to his friend and financial
hacker as to remove the troops sent
by Coolidge to break that strike?
Neverl Bob is above all things loyal
10 his friends-and to his class"
LaFolIette's Service to Master Class.
Conditions were ripe for this year
for the formation of a labor party.
Heavy unemployment farm crisis, and
an exceptionally rotten oil-graft scan.
dial that hit both old parties. IN
stead Of helping organize this party,
LaFollette had been the one man to d
the will of the master class in prev
enting the organization of class par.
ty. He had done more, wherever
there were such parties in existence
he tried to put them out Of business,
and even labor leader representation
on his executive committee, two out
of eleven ito say nothing of rank and
file representation, was no greater
than either Coolidge or Davis could
boast Of. He was all things to all
people, republican in Illinois, demo
crat in Montana, socialist in Calf
ornia-and pro-capitalst-system every.
where.
Those elements that looked to the
wierd conglomeration of his support
to crystalline into a class labor party
after the election were chasing rain
bows. Parties are organized on the
basis of class interests and for an i'm
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-11-12
S. P. and |. w. w. at
Red 9TH Meet in Mo.
Ask Many Questions
tspeelaI 70 the paIIy Workerl

KANSAS CITY, NO. Nov. 11.-Our
Red Seventh OF November was sue
cess. The crowd followed the speaker
closely and greatly enjoyed the comic
relief given by the questioners.
An old socialist derelict-who reso-
lutely refused to buy any literature
wildly asked who dares say the S. P
and the Second International are moi
Revolutionary?
A man who has trumpeted the NV
w. slogans for many years-and gone
to Jail for them too-rose to say: 1.-THE
bosses know their stuff. When they
fight LaFollette, does that not prove
that he is for better society for the
poor?"
This fellow worker has been circu
lating liberal petitions at penny q
signature and it seems his political
views went with the sale.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-11-12

brave enough to defend Dunno. Any.
way, don't vote for Coolidge or Davis.
kruse In RebuttaI.
Kruse in rebuttal evened the score
on funny stories by telling one that ex-
planned the function Of the funny
story as an answer to fact and figure.
The Wisconsin conditions were ex-
posed to show the failure of pro.
gressivism" in practise, not to con-
denim man. LaFollette voted against
war with Germany, but for every ap-
preparation bill that made the war
possible. Furthermore in 1898 he was
a rabid imperialist favoring the seiz.
ure of the PHILIPPINES as wedge to
the Asiatic market Would LaFolletto
oppose a war with Japan over the
Chinese market?
Wheeler stood by my friend, Bill
Dunne," perhaps. but he also stands
by his friend, Senator Walsh, who
wrote the Montana criminal syndical-
list law. Friendship is weak reed when
opposed to class interest. The Com
munists would have accepted LaF'ol'
lete as the candidate of a labor par
ty, it is true, but only on a labor plat
form, under labor control. "Ameri-
can psychology" was plffle used by
rcactionaries to divide the workers, a
good slogan for Coolidge and the Khan.
To talk to American Tabor" you must
speak hundred different languages
and Communism" sounds the same
in all. AS to trying anything once,
Miss Herstein had not taken just one
sample of political dope" she had
taken the whole catalog and was in
the market for more Now it was La
Folletteism, admittedly not a labor par
ty, but "for just this once something
Just as good" Rehuttal was wound ny
with another story that carried sharp
sting and left the audience rocking
with laughter.
Miss Herstein Becomes Serious.
In her final rebuttal, Miss Herstein
theorize too much. thsy know books
but she knew the workers and they
weren't Communists. Foster was a
good economic organiser, but the
stigma OF hsins a Communist kept
him out of the work he was best ut
ted to do. Msybe I.al'ollette ives an
lm9srialist in 1898. that was long ago
Where was Foster then: Maybe not
even born yet. There was big diff
ference in national psychology, even
in members of one race. Take Ger
man Jews and Russian Jews; the
former, thanks to their education
soon became rich while the latter be.
came sweatshop slaves. Communists
we're right when they tried to ham
msr away at the need for class con
seriousness, class action, class party
but workers were too we'll satisfied
Anyway no worker should vote for
Coolidge or Davis.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-11-12
Jury Probes Poison Gasoline

ELIZABETH, N. IA grand jury
is investigating the deaths of five
workers employed by the tetraethyl
lead plant of the Standard Oil Co. at
Bayway. Supreme court justice Ka-
lisch said if the company had not
warned the workers of the dangers Of
lead poisoning in the work, then the
company failed in the discharge Of its
duties" Thirty other workers are still
i'll from the effects of poisning.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-11-12
BRITISH BOSSES
STEAL INVENTORS
SAFETY SYSTEM
Plans Kept One Week
Then Thrown Out

GLACE BAY, Nova Scotia, Nov. IL
An inventor, John Pogofly Of Mon
treal is apparently the victim of the us
ual corporation methods used against
men Of mechanical genius. The British
Empire Steel Corp, exploiter of labor
in coal mines and steel mills, invited
him to come from Montreal to demon
strate his mine safety system and
other devices. He was guaranteed all
his expenses and compensation for
any information.
Pogorly arrived at the Offices Of the
corporation and Immediately con-
suited the various heads. The officials
brought all persuasive powers to bear
on the inventor to get him to leave
his plans with them for week. He
refused. However after much ado he
consented to leave them for a few
hours. Being a foreigner he was not
accustomed to the strategy Of the
company officials, and after many
trips to the company Office he was not
given his plans until two days later.
Pogorly alleges that the company
had ample time to copy his plans. The
company declares that the safety sys-
tenn cannot be applied to Nova Scotia
mines, and they will have nothing
more to do with the inventor. They
will not even pay his expenses as
guaranteed him.
Pogorly has been advised from OF
lava that if his safey system is
proved of value to human life then
government pressure can be brought
to bear on mining companies refusing
to install such systems.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-11-12
Cleveland Comrades
Who Like to Dance
Better Take Notice

CLEVELAND, Ohio. Nov. 11.-Big
coming dance to be held by the Jew
preparations are under way for the
ish branch of the Workers Party and
the Young Workers League Saturday
evening December 20, at the knights
Of Phythias Temple at 706 E. 1O5th
street, near st. Clair.
All sympathetic organizations in
Cleveland are asked to keep that date
open.
Watch for further announcements
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-11-12
WORKERS COLLEGE
HEARS KRUSE and
uEncTEVAI nEnATE
HEhOIEIN UEDAIE
Four-cornered Speech is
Turned into Debate
Especial to the DAILY worker)


WAUKEGAN, ILL.,, Nov. 11.-Failure
of republican and democratic repre-
sentatives to show up transformed
what was to have been a four-cor-
nered speech making contest into de-
bate on Communism vs.. Progressiv-
ism" with William F. Kruse repre-
senting the Workers Party and Lillian
Herstein defending LaFollettism. The
debate was held under the auspices
Of the Workers College Of Waukegan
M.), and the president of the Lake
County Central Labor Union. Mr.. o..
L. Stanley, made an, excellent chair
man. Mr.. Stanley is also Lake County
Organizer Of the A. F. Of L. and local
leader of the LaFollette forces.
Kruse Speaks First.
After several excellent musical mum.
bers and introductionary remarks con-
corning the college and its plans,
Kruse was introduced as the first
speaker. He stated that there would
be many things concerning the evils
of the present capitalist order on
which the other speaker would be in
complete agrement-altho this did not
hold true of all of the 1877 varities of
LaFolletteites that might have been
sent to defend the progressive position
Each Of the old parties based their
appeal for support on the glories OF
the past-Coolidge upon Lincoln,
Davis upon jefferson and Jackson
and now LaFollette upon "1776." in
SO doing they really cited epochs OF
class struggle in which class power
at the time did pass from one domin'
aat group to another. The Commun
lists looked to the past only for its
lessons, their epoch was in the pre-
sent, their proposed class power by
the workers was a program not foI
1YT6 but for 1924 and 5 and and as
long as was necessary until the strug
gle would be won.
Bob for "Interest" and Profit
Conditions under which workers
live under capitalism were cited-un
employment, child labor, bankrupted
farmers, oppressed subject peoples
war, and imperialism. These things
were inherent in capitalism, which
Coolidge and Davis openly and admit
teddy supported. He then read from
LaFoIlette's speeches and campaign
material showing the Wisconsin sen
ator TO favor both interest" and q
good round profit" and therefore in
favor Of the system that produced
them and their attendant evils.
faTolIette's remedy against these
abuses was the busting of the trusts
a program as impossible as it was
undesirable, and one which Harding
and Daugherty had used more than
ths progressives who advocated it. In
actual practice LaFolletteism sought to
regulate" the trusts = and watched
them get Fat on the treatment. The
Communists recognized in the trust a
highly organized finance machine, the
finest thing in the world for those who
owned 1.-THE remedy lay not in
smashing the machine but in achiev.
Ink working class ownership thereof.
ProgressiVism in Practise
Kruse then went into the actual
achievements of progressivism during
twenty years of power in Wisconsin
showing by statistics and friendly adj
mission that most of the capitalist
evils; low wages. long hours, child
labor, smashing unions, and the use
Of state force against the workers
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-11-12
Court UphoIds Antl-kIan Law.

BUFFALO, N. Y, Nov. 1.-THE
Walker law, aimed at the Ku Klux
Khan by the state legislature, is con-
stitutional, according to decision
handed down today by Justice Charles
A. Pooley in supreme court. The law
requires filing Of membership of secret
societies with state officials.