The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-02-04
VIVID PICTURE OF
RUSSIAN PRESS
BY MISS STRONG
Workers Papers Throb
with Interest

throbbed with vital human interest,
at the annual banquet Of the Fed
Grated Press at Kings restaurant.
1t was her first appearance in
Chicago after years spent in the land
Of the Soviets and those who were
fortunate enough to hear her wish
only that thousands had been pres
ent.
Miss Strong reads Russian and
did not depend on translators. The
papers Of Moscow and other cities
she visited are as different from
the bloated monstrosities Of Amer
lean newspaperdom as day is from
night. Instead Of a glorification Of
the virtues and follies of the private
life Of the wealthy such as fiji the
columns Of the American press there
ara full and dramatic accounts of
the deeds which advance the inter
ests Of the workers.
No Plute Social Chatter.
Let scientific explorer find new
oil fields, mica or iron mines and
the papers give glowing and infor-
native accounts. Profiteers are dis
missed with sarcastic paragraphs
and the papers carry no social chat
ter Of the doings of their wives such
as encourages American people to
profteer SO that they can emulate
such a life.
The only time the profteer gets
more space is when evidence is
found against him. Much Of this
evidence appears in the newspapers
for the first time. Workers are
encouraged to write to the paper
and to tell what they wish, let the
chips fall where they will.
Workers Life" Department.
The workers Life" department
Of the Communist papers is composed
of letters from factory workers.
Here facts are presented about eff
cheney or inefficiencv in the facto-
ries, for above all other public ques-
tions the workers are interested in
successful production. Startling rev.
Citations are often made on graft,
leading to prosecutions. Let favor
itisin be shown in the distribution
Of products, such as shoes, or let
milk intended for the tubercular be
given to the healthy and the readers
Of the Workers Life" department
are likely to hear of it.
Albert Coyle, editor Of the Loco
motive Engineers Journal, followed
Miss Strong with a speech on the
need for extension Of the workers
press in America and a presentation
Of the financial problems labor pub
fishers face.
All Factions Represented.
j Carl Haessler, managing editor OF
the Federated Press, expressed his
pleasure at speaking to such 9
representative labor gathering as in
cluded conservative A. F. of L. edi-
tors, a communist advertising man
ager, an I. w. w. poet, an anarch-
list statistician, and others This va
ried clientele of the Federated Press
which aroused the hostility of the
A. F. of L. administration that
wished to restrict labor news service
to one faction of the labor move
ment, was the strength Of the serv-
ice. he declared.
Robert Morse Loyett called the
Federated Press a great agency for
free speech and fact-giving.
Observation-Disclosures of its
traditional policy of fair and cor
dial service to every group and wing
in the labor movement was voted by
the Federated Press, assembled in
fourth annual meeting in Chicago
Feb. 1.
By unanimous vote the labor edi-
tors declared that the association
now comprising 76 member papers
will continue to welcome all genuine
labor papers into its membership
and win continue to gather and dis
tribute news OF interest to them al
without discrimination.
The meeting followed established
custom by re-electing to the exeeyk
tive board all three Of the directors
whose terms expired this year. Those
reelected were E. B. Ault, editor
Seattle Union Record; VIM. 2. Fos-
ter, editor, Labor Herald, Chicago;
r. d. Cramer, editor, Labor Review
Minneapolis. At the meeting of the
new executive board following the
annual meeting the old officers OF
the board were unanimously re-elec-
ted.
The 1924 minimum budget as APP
proved by the board was adopted by
the annual meeting with minor
changes. 1t provides for an esti-
mated years income from sales and
donations Of $43,411.6 S,~ and for ex-
penditures to an equal amount.
Progressive People Nominate
OMAHA.-The Progressive Peo-
Plies Party, which was left in the
iurch by Henry Ford, is bravely