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The Connecticut labor news., 1924-05-17
The Real Mellon Plan

The following poem was inserted in the Congressional Record, of Febru- ary 3, by Representative William C. Lankford of Georgia:
 Tax the people, tax with care,
 Tax to help the millionaire;
 Tax the farmer; tax his fowl;
 Tax his hen and tax her egg.
 And let the bloonin' mudsill beg Tax them just all you can
 This IS, friends, the Mellon plan. Tax his pig and tax his squeal, Tax his boots, run down at heel; Tax his horses, tax his lands, Tax his blisters on his hands; Tax him just all you can;
 This is, friends, the Mellon plan. Tax his blow and tax his clothes, Tax his rag that wipes his nose; Tax his house and tax his bed, Tax the bald spot on his head; Tax the OK and tax the ass; Tax his Henry" tax the gas; Tax the road that he must pass And make him travel OCT the grass. Tax him just all you can;
 This is, friends, the Mellon plan. Tax his COW and tax the calf Tax him if he dares to laugh; He IS but common man,
 So tax the cuss just all you can. This is, friends, the Mellon plan. Tax the lab'rer, but be discreet, Tax him for walking on the street; Tax his breat and tax his meat, Tax his shoes clear off his feet; Tax the pay roll, tax the sale, Tax all his hard-earned paper ka1e; Tax his pipe and tax his smoke, Teach him government is no joke; Tax him just all you can. This is, friends, the Mellon plan. Tax their cofflns, tax their shrouds, Tax their souls beyond the clouds; Tax ''srnall' business, tax the shop; Tax their incomes, tax their stocks; Tax the living, tax the dead, Tax the unborn before they're fed; Tax the water, tax the air, Tax the sunlight if you dare; Tax them all, tax them we'll, Tax it all, don't leave a smell; Tax good roads, tax the stones, Tax the farmers, tax their loans Kill their credit, raise their rates, Tax the cities, tax the States; Save the profteer his gold, Tax the poor, tax the old; Tax them just all you can. This is, friends, the Mellon plan.
The Connecticut labor news., 1924-05-17
Baerfacts By J. M. BAER, The Congressman -Cartoonist International Labor News Service.
Old Guard Sparring for Time

mean heavy losses to its prohteer packers.
 The Progressives are b1oc'ing in fine shape and standing up strong with the assistance of their pro- gressive Democratic seconds.
 If the Progressives continue to follow up their jamning of rights and lefts, hooks and upper cuts, the Old Guard defenders of the Wall Street title will not last out the next round. After a few more short jabs the Old Guards sec onds in the Wall Street corner will have to throw in the sponge or its champion will get a knockout
 At any rate, the peoples fight commission will stop the political bout in November and award the decision to the Progressives.
The Connecticut labor news., 1924-05-17

It's great to be at ringside Ill Washington and see the big fight in the political arena between the reactionary Old Guard and the ag- gressive new nernbersi The Old Guard is sparring for. time while the Progressives are landing some beautiful ones in the open and some heavy body blows during the mitigating.
 During last weeks round the Progressives landed heavy hook to the jaw when they passed the rule to bring in the new railway labor act. This is the third time the House Progressives have hit the Old Guard on this vital point.
 In the same round the Senate Progressives delivered solar plexis to the Old Guard by defeat ing the Mellon Plan, which will
The Connecticut labor news., 1924-05-17

T believe in the people and I am justified by the history of the world in that belief" ef"-Representative Hat ton w. Summers of Texas in speaking on Chidl Labor Amendment
 Tn these days of rapid economic and social changes 1t is more neces- sary than eve rthat the fundamental law of our Nation-our national Con- stitution-should be flexible and adopt itself with reasonable ease to the changing conditions of our life - Representative Victor Berger of Wis consin in speaking on Child Labor Amendment
The Connecticut labor news., 1924-05-17
IGNORE LABOR'S GOOD WILL

Employers this country paying heavy for their pathetic attitude labor said S. F. Fannon address before the Merchants and Manufacturers Association Baltimore
 The employers losing dollar because ab good will between the forces and the employers almost entirely responsible for this condition, said Mr. Fannon
 The tendency of American industry he ad has been from sympathetic understanding of the working Much thought the speaker has been methods production finding leaks and other factors ds but the negects study the human factor where the greatest leak
 The remedy for these conditions said Mr. Fannon education and of the gulf and empoye This remedy working conditions, better understanding both sides relationship which will make for and increased production.
The Connecticut labor news., 1924-05-17
INJUNCTION JUDGE
 JAILS FUR WORKERS

New Brunswick, N. J., May H-A1- though a strike of fur workers against the Balk corporation was adjusted several weeks ago, Milton Corbet. member of the union, is in jail for con tempt of court. After his attorneys failed to have the sentence set aside. he surrendered and IS now serving three months. The fur workers are raising funds to support his family.
The Connecticut labor news., 1924-05-17
WANT RENTS CURED

Chattanooga, Tenn, May 17.-The State Federation of Labor convention favored legislation to control rent hogs. The resolution declared that rentals in this state "have become ex- orbitant"
The Connecticut labor news., 1924-05-17
ZINC WORKERS UNITING

Picher, Okla, May H.-The zinc fields of this state are being organized by the International Union of Mine, Mill and Shelter Workers.
The Connecticut labor news., 1924-05-17
HARVESTER PROFITS JUMP

New York, May 17.--In it's report Company shows a net profit of S1O,- 274, ,376, after all charges and taxes were paid. These profits were nearly double those of the previous year. President Legge said that the 1923 profits are liar from normal"
The Connecticut labor news., 1924-05-17
JOKES

An old woman in a country town
 was recommending her doctor to a new neighbor, and after eulogizing his skill and success. added: "Yes, he's the best in the, town. When my old man was sick he came to see him, and he said he'd die-and die he did
The Connecticut labor news., 1924-05-17

"Will-power is a great thing" said the professor,
 "Yes." said the cynic T know will that makes eight grandchildren, three sisters, two brothers, fourteen daughters -in-law. and four nieces behave them selves"
The Connecticut labor news., 1924-05-17

City Chap: (Which is correct, to speak of sitting hen or setting hen? y
 Farmer: Don't know and don't care. What I'd like to know is, when a hen cack1es has she been laying or is she lying?"
The Connecticut labor news., 1924-05-17
GET SATURDAY HALF HOLIDAY

Yonkers. N Y, May 17.-Teamsters of Westchester county have secured the Saturday half holiday and raised wages $2 a week. A two-year agree ment has been signed
The Connecticut labor news., 1924-05-17
sTEAMFITTERs ADVANCE

Cleveland, Ohio, May 17.-Steamht- an hour The new rate is $1.37H.
The Connecticut labor news., 1924-05-17
FLOOR LAYERS GAIN

Seattle. May 7-Floor layers have The new rate IS $1O.
The Connecticut labor news., 1924-05-17
WANT STATE PRINT SHOP

Denver, May 17.-Printers of this state have initiated a bill for a state owned and operated printing office.
The Connecticut labor news., 1924-05-17

Why did Adam and Eve get along so we'll together? Because Eve was cut out for him.
The Connecticut labor news., 1924-05-17

Proxy Eliot of Harvard 90 old probably ntoants for strict enoceent of prohibition Proxies Butler of Columbia and Hadley of Yale both its all bunk All favor of Eliot ye Wayne Wheeler Anderson alone
The Connecticut labor news., 1924-05-17

Somebody New Haven spend investigate the Connecticut conpany conditions that city body probably needs the ob What would would be for the the the 2O then fares might be decreased.
The Connecticut labor news., 1924-05-17
THE OPEN SHO T

Prospective teachers in the New Haven public take political civil before appointed the members of the board of education who should have 0 take examination before they oppointedn
The Connecticut labor news., 1924-05-17

George Cohan antibor producerhas retired farm entitled Twenty Years Broadway Georgie back farm long but the howgoer couldn't through his skull
The Connecticut labor news., 1924-05-17

Hi Bingham (bess that H the farmer vote the G. O. r. machine candidate for trailing with bosses He has the child labor out against the soldier bonus and anything else night help ordinary he is marching right down the field fighting for glory"
The Connecticut labor news., 1924-05-17

Wheel drops off engine of Knerbocker Express sengers collect for train being Freight buckles Hartf division and blocks traffic for hours Pretty good ones New Haven rolling stock
The Connecticut labor news., 1924-05-17

Secy of Labor Davis is certainly loyal his daily bread probably these days He before Pennsylvania Federation of Labor and defends President Coolidge
 Labor saying his record equaled If Coolidge of Labor then all labor are "scabs"
The Connecticut labor news., 1924-05-17

lead the believe THE GANC laying a faithful coming campaign the pubcwhere all that consca ted booze to.
The Connecticut labor news., 1924-05-17

Richmond and Washington and reviewed by the Pres casualties have yet been reported but evidently few
 Feeers planning trip Europe Yet ITS cheaper
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-04-11

For information concerning the
Young Workers League Of Amer
lea. address Y. W. L., 1909 N.
State St., Chicago, I'll.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-04-11
Your Union Meeting

Second Friday, April II, 1924
257 Bakers and Confeetioners, 3420 W.
Roosevelt Road.
Iz2 Blacksmiths, saith and s. Ashland Ave.
l2s Boiler Makers, 105th and Avenue NJ
l3l Boiler Makers, 55th and Halsted.
$50 Boiler Makers, s2d and Halsted.
Building Trades Council, $50 W. Wash
Carpenters' District Council, sos g.
State st.
1900 Carpenter. 4s3s s. Halsted ST.
1926 Commercial Portrait Artists, 10 W.
Electricians. 2sOI W. Monroe st.
ls2 Electricians. 10 W. Adams St.
ss3 Engineers (Loc.), Madison and Saera
mento.
sl5 Engineers. lss W. Washington ST.
67l Firemen and Enginemen. 54zs Went
worth Ave
IS Fur Workers.
17I17 Gardeners and Florists. Village Hall,
Morton Grove
81 Garment Workers. IFS w. Washing
ton St.. .. m.
~ Glass Workers. Emily and MarshheId.
lis Hod Carriers. 1850 Sherman ST.. Evan
stem.
Janitors, 1866 w. Washington ST.
Ladies' Garment Workers, Joint Board
s2s w. Van Buren, 81.
Lithographers. $50 S. Ashland Blvd.
Ils Maehnists. 1is S. Ashland Blvd.
1879 Machinists, ia s. Ashland Ave.
4JA mdCniHlsJs, OOtn ana hdlste0 StS
7ls machinists. $. Z. cor. Lexington AM
Western.
l225 Maehinists. SD Pl. and Halsted 81.
Metal Polishers. 11s S. Throop st.
s37 Painters. School and Sheffield Ave.
70 Pattern Makers. 1is S. Throop st.
Photo Engravers. s1l W. Harrison St.
$3.50 .. m.
$40 PlAsterers. $50 w. Washington st.
ss3 Plumbers, s2t2 s. Halsted ST.
si7 Plumbers. szsi 8. Chicago Ave.
297 Railway Carmen. 5sth and Halsted SITS
izes Railway Carmen, Blue Island. III.
1907 Railway Carmen. SD and Robey.
SIS Railway Clerks, 3 s. Clinton 81.
1887 Rope Spllcers, 550s Milwaukee Ave.
Teachers MEM, SIS Plymouth Ct.
$50 .. m.
Teleeraphers, o. r. T. Cort Club. A.
lantic Hotel.
III Upholsterers. iss n. State 81.
sol Watehmen (stoek Yards. 37ts 5. Hal
sted st.. a. m.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-04-11

that ragged after John Browns
deed. Lincoln was the first North
erner to be elected in forty years;
the South had always carried
things before it, and would have
done 80 again had hot John Brown
reused the entire North to con-
seriousness of what slavery meant.
And yet even most of his
friends thought him mad at the
time Of the deed. Abraham Lin
coin, in a campaign speech at
Cooper Union, in New York, said:
"Old John Brown has been exc
cuted for treason against state.
We cannot object, even tho he
agreed with us in thinking slav-
cry wrong. That cannot excuse
violence, bloodshed and treason"
Only men of the stamp of Wen
dell Phillips fully understood what
John Brown had done. His funeral
grafton at the last resting place
of John Browns body had all the
vision of the prophets:
Phillips Eulogy
Marvellous old man! He
has abolished slavery in Virginia.
You may say that this is too
much. Our neighbors are the very
last men we know. The hours that
pass US are the ones we appre-
ciate the least Men walked Bos-
ton streets, when night fell on
Bunker Hill, and pitied Warren,
saying, Foolish man! Thrown
his life away! Why didn't he
measure his means betterl' Now
we see him standing colossal on
that blood-stained sod, severing
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-04-11
Churches Back Khan
In Violence Crusade
Against JeWish Mayor
(Crusader Service.)

BUFFALO, N. Y, April 1O.-The
Buffalo Council OF Churches, repre-
senting virtually all Of the Protest
ant denominations in this city, is
backing the Ku Klux Khan in a bitter
campaign against Mayor Frank x.
Schwab, who Is a Jew and a mem
Der Of those groups outside the
charmed circle Of Klanism.
The campaign against the mayor
opened today with the burning Of a
10-foot oil soaked Khan cross in
South Park Avenue. near the Wood
side Methodist Church, Of which the
Rev Robert Doherty, Khan sympa-
thizer. is pastor, and ended with
Police Chief Zimmerman calling
upon the preachers TO keep out Of
police affairs. The campaign
against the Jewish mayor and chief
Of police is camoufaged behind a
so-called moral issue" which sup
porters Of the mayor declared is
made out Of the whole cloth
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-04-11
(THE END.)

the big capitalists by the Teapot
Done scandal and which nghss
against the farmers and other small
tax payers, is continually held up to
the children as perfection, and its
living and dead presidents are held
before the children as the country's
great men. In certain working class
districts the public school children
are required to swear allegiance to
the government every day.
Thus Superintendent McAndrew in
his speeches only shows us the more
clearly how the "public" schools are
training their students for the army
of capitalist supporters-to aid the
capitalist class in its imperialist
wars-and its continuous warfare
against the workers.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-04-11
Cleveland Labor
Comforting May II
On 3rd Party Issue
CBy The Federated PresO

CLEVELAND, April 10. - BY
unanimous action delegates to the
leveland Federation Of Labor in
tructed their officers to send out a
all for a progressive political mass
meeting May Ia. All local unions
ire asked to elect three delegates
id instruct them to vote on the
flowing propositions:
y /. Shall we form a non-partisan
political movement independent Of
all existing political organizations
to protect the rights and interests
Of the workers and secure honest
government?
2. Shall we conline our efforts,
as heretofore, for labor repre-
sentation in and thru the exist
ing political parties?
The Ohio State Federation has
Inflated with the conference fol
,olitical action by vote Of its state
convention in Mansfield three
months ago.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-04-11
COLUMBIA NEGRO
REFUSES TO MOVE
DESPITE KLUXERS
Wells Will Defend Self
Against White Bigots
CRUSADER Service.)

NEW YORK, April 1O.--Opinion
among Columbia students living in
Furnald Hall concerning the desir-
ability of Frederick w. Wells, col
ored law student, remaining as a
resident in the dormitory became
more sharply divided yesterday
after a cross had been burned on
the campus early in the morning
in an effort to terrorize Wells into
moving. A petition in behalf Of
Wells found many Nsigners and a
movement was begun to force the
students house committee to with
draw its resolution that the Negro
find lodgings elsewhere.
Will Defend himself.
Wells himself, while affected by
the demonstration of the burning of
the cross and white students run
ming thru the Railways crying,
Down with the Negro did not
weaken in his determination to keep
his room He declared that if at
tackled he would defend himself and
that only a request by university
officials would make him leave the
dormitory. The officials, however,
are expected to make no such
request.
at will take more manly men
than those who now oppose me to
GUST me-" Wells said.
Sentiment in Furnald Hall ap-
pears TO be rapidly swinging in sup
port of Wells. Joseph Zavatt, senior
law student. who heads a group Of
students that circulated a petition
against the action Of the hall com
mittee, said:
There are other students who
support my stand. They don't want
to sign their names, but they will
protest against the committees ac-
ton, just the same, by secret
ballot"
Charges of existence of a Column
bia khan came from former pron1i-
nent student Of Columbia College
who said he was present, but did not
Join, at khan organization meeting
held near the campus in 1921.
j. B. Rucker, Of Norfolk. Va,
chairman Of the hall committee and
leader in the fight against Wells, re-
fused to deny or affirm khan connec-
tions.
Indignant at Southerners.
L. R. Goldberg, of Marblehead.
Mass. member of the hall COM
mittee, announced his resignation
because Of adoption by this commit
tee Of the resolution urging univer-
sity authorities to ask Wells to
leave. At least four other members
all Of Northern birth are expected
soon to resign.
In resigning, Goldberg. who is a
jew attacked Rucker, Southerner.
deliberately incorporating the
feelings Of the majority of students
in the hall with regards to the Wells
matter.
II believe Mr.. kucKtr. se1f-ap-
pointed chairman, is not the TYNE of
man | desire to associate with"
Goldberg said
Dean Herbert E. Hawkes. said no
racial discrimination will be per-
mitted at Columbia and, in evidence
Of the attitude, Herbert l. Howe.
director of dormitories. accepted a
five dollar deposit from Wells for a
room for the summer.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-04-11

This is "The Story Of John
Brown" by Michael Gold. Pub
lished by the DAILY WORKER
thru arrangement with Haldeman-
julius Company, Of Girard, Kans.
Copyrighted, 1924, by Haldeman-
Julius Company.
His Soul Goes Marching On.
John BROWN was hung on
- December 2, 1859. Exactly
eleven months later Abraham Lin
coin was elected President of the
United States. Exactly eight
mont this after that, Northern
troops were marching southwark,
to put down the rebellion of the
slave states that had hung Brown.
No one at the time believed
events would march SO swiftly af-
ter Browns death. There were
many who knew that some sort Of
conflict between the North and
South was inevitable; it had been
brewing for decades But there
were as many more who were
confident that slavery would win
its legal fight, and would spread
over the whole continent. And
the great mass of Americans just
family understood the issues in
volved; to most Of them. John
Brown seemed some kind Ct mad
fanatic.
Abolitionists Gain Strength
President Lincoln's election un-
doubtedly provoked the Civil War.
And his election was undoubtedly
due to the discussion on slavery
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-04-11
WhiteWdsh Coal
BdrOns for Deaths
In ". Va. Explosion

BLUEFIELD, W. Va. April 10
Nobody" was responsible for the
explosion which occurred in mine
No. of the Yukon Pocahontas
Coal Co. here March 81. It was lust
q regular blowup that killed "a coal
diggers. There had to be n mock
Investigation, however. A coroner's
Jury that visited the Inflated mine
reported April 4 that the explosion
was caused by powder or electric
letonations and assisted bv coal
lust" II does not blame anyone.
The wrecked mine Is located in
Mcdowell county. owned and con.
rolled by non-union coal operators
This county charters the infamous
Baldwin-Felt detective agency
whose thugs have by brute force
kept all semblance of unionism ont
Of this territory. The accident was
4 dust explosion" that can onlv be
caused by Illegal accumulation of
dust in a mine. The law requires
hat such dust shall be removed or
'ampened by systematic sprinkline
with water to prevent It's ignition.
But a jury in Mcdowell county
does not consider laws where work
ers' lives are concerned. PEOPLE
here cannot remember a single all
'egap' accident in the mines.
No one was even held responsible
For the murder Of Sid Hatfield and
Ed Chambers on the courthouse
steps Of WEIGH in this county.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-04-11

\ HAT big capital should control
the schools 10 just as normal I'M
der the present system as their con-
troll Of the government; but only now
and then when there is a scandal
does the "public" awaken to this re-
latiunskip. At present there is no
scandal affecting the SCHOOLS such as
the public scandal exposing the gov
eminent, and for this reason the COM
plete control Of the schools by bust
ness cannot be exposed in such a
spectacular and convincing manner.
But fortunately there are always
garrulous principals and superinteIld-
ents who in their haste to please the
interests they serve are unnecessarily
frank and their speeches when print
ed in the papers help to destroy the
illusions Of the workers.
Talk Is Cheap.
Such a man is William McAndrew,
superintendent of the Chicago public
schools. During the short time he
has been in Chicago he has talked a
great deal about the correct manner
in which to educate children. 1t is
significant that almost all of his
speeches have been delivered before
business organizations, his first pub
lie speech in Chicago being before
the Chicago Association of Com
merce. His speeches show that he
is a man of great ambitions. If he
could carry out successfully the plan
Of education that he laid before the
Chicago Association Of Commerce he
would succeed in making each child a
soldier in his school army for the
defence Of the private property hold
ers in Chicago and Amcrica.
"The public schools are not for the
children; they are not run so the
pupils who attend them may become
better fitted Individually" All the
property owners Of the city and state
are taxed for public education, ire
spective of whether they have chill
dren of school age or not-thercfore
reasons McAndrew, they should be
trained to serve and support the tax
payers property owners) in return
for their kindness. With this debt
hanging over the heads Of the chill
dren. they should only concern them
selves with purposeful education
which will help them to repay it, and
should not be concerned with their
advancement. These are the convic-
tons Of Superintendent McAndrew.
children should go to school foi
the same reason that men join the
army-for the sake Of patriotism
saws McAndrew. From his previous
statements it would appear that he
were willing to substitute private
property" for patriotism, and had nc
Illusions about why men join the
amy.
Speeches Before Business Men.
But even in speeches before tusi.
ness mcn the schools must maithif
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Lore More and Take
Less, Young John d.
VIII Tell Workers

NEW YORK, April 10.-John ID.
Rockefeller, Jr., has been called in
TO pncify $500 workers at the
Standard oils Bayonne refinery
who refuse to accept President w.
c. Teagle's rejection Of their wage
demands. The men want 10 per
cent more pay. Naughty boys.
naughty boys, says Teagle. at is
a time when we need the most loyal
cooperation Of every employee II we
are TO maintain the present wage
scale together with the supple
mental benefits and yet make q 49,
cess Of the business