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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-06-02
.Farmer-Labor
Stands Solid
For June 18th

According to reports being received
here by Joseph Manley, secretary of
the Federated Farmer-Labor party,
the attack of Senator LaFoIlette on
the st. Paul June II convention did
not make single dent anywhere in
the national class farmer-labor move
ment.
Most significant are statements
coming from William Bouck of Sedro-
Wooley, Wash, head Of the Western
Progressive Farmers, and from viii
liam H. Green Of Omaha, Neb., promi-
nent IN 'he Nebraska Progressive
party.
Bouck Talks Straight Out.
Bouck wires that: "The Western
Progressive Farmers stand for a pro-
ducers' political party, from the
ground up. We are not for any can
didate who is still hanging to the
skirts of either of the old bunk labor
hating parties.
I'VE are for the st. Paul conven-
tion and for that convention to nomi-
nate a real leader of the people; one
who has sympathy with and who will
go with labor nominating him and in
sist that he be there to accept and
stand on our platform.
LaFoIIette Only an Incident.
Eve are for the building of ma
tional Farmer-Labor party now; a
party that will stand like a rock for
principle, and its candidate hew to
the line of the program already put
forward.
mr. LaFollette is but an incident
with us. We are not building our
hopes or party around any individual,
but we will work only for that man or
men who will stand for an indepen-
dent producers party. Our state con-
vention meets this week and it will
speak in no uncertain language on
this matter"
The Message from Nebraska.
Green wired from Nebraska that:
1.-The requested postponement from
May 80 to June II was a political
trick The Progressive party of Ne
braska is emphatically for a clear-cut
convention, candidate
and platform, and will have large
delegation on hand to support that
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-06-02
NINE SUSPENDED
RESTORED
TO GOOD STANDING
Chicago Workers Made
Jensen Back Water

The nine suspended local unions OF
the Carpenters District Council won
their fight for reinstatement at the
last meeting of the district council,
and Harry Jensen has been forced to
reverse his decision and promise to
print the names OF his opponents in
the June IA elections on the ballots,
II was announced by delegate to the
district council.
Continued on page %
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-06-02

THE DAILY WORKER
RAISES THE STANDARD
FOR "A WORKERS. AND
FARMERS GOVERNMENT
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-06-02
UNIONISM is
SUPPRESSED
IN BIG PLANT
Army of Spies Watch
Over 10000 Workers

Uniformed policemen watch
from every doorway at the great
Western Electric manufacturing
plant at Hawthorne. Everyone
who enters, if unknown, is ques-
toned; and everyone who leaves
IS given the official squirt to
catch the departure of any COM
pany's goods with him. Plain
clothes spies infest the work.
rooms.
Western Electric is strictly
open shop. There is no sort of
employees representation. There
isn't even the feeble pretense of
a company union.
All grievances are taken to the fore
man or to the personnel director in
each department. His settlement of
the dispute is final as far as the work
er is concerned. take it or leave it"
is the policy
Personnel directors exist in each de-
partment. Each is responsible for
the smooth running of the work in his
branch of the factory. The personnel
men meet at intervals to discuss their
mutual problems Of keeping the work
ers complaints quiet.
House Of Morgan Methods.
The employees are allowed to join
a club subsidized by the Western Elec-
trio Company. This "employes" club
has control of all social and recrea-
tional activities of the workers. 1t also
runs the stores thru which the work
ers can return to the House of Nor
gan, which is the rover behind the
Western Electric, most Of their earn
ings. At tae small discount at which
the goods are sold, the company ac-
tualIy makes a profit on all ordinary
goods sold.
Bosses Control Club Elections.
The company furnished the athletic
field, the equipment and the "inspira-
ton" for most of the activities. It
supplies the teachers for the SCHOOLS
under the Hawthorne employees"
club direction. 1t finances the expen-
sive political campaigns held yearly
at the time of club elections.
1t is said that Western Electric
used to spend 100000 on these club
campaigns, supplying literature, pen
nants, posters, cards on telephone re-
ceivers, and in allowing the candidates
time off for thoro handshaking thru
out the plant While the pretty girls
stood the strongest chances of win
ming, still many important jobs go to
the official staff of the company who
are classed as employees" and belong
to the Hawthorne club.
cheapening Election Costs.
This year the company is economic
ing and also trying to insure that its
own candidates will make the best
showing The gaiety of the campaign
is to go.
The only appearance of tie candi-
dates will be before the assembled
10000 employees when each will be
given three minutes to speak and the
''loud-speaker" device will amplify
the sound sufficiently for all to hear.
No Labor Troubles"
Western Electric claims 1t has ne
yer had any labor trouble. 1t brags
of its apprenticeship courses, particu-
larly in tool-making and craftsman
ship. 1t gloats over its absurd official
statement that it pays the highest
wages compatible with living condi-
tions. II points to the pension system
granted faithful slaves and the sick
benefits and the tidy little hospital
where the workers can pay to have
Continued on page 81
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except Sunday by THE DAILY WORKER
o., lib w. Washington Blvd, Chicago. III.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-06-02

Follette's treacherous stab in
the back to the organized farm
er-labor movement has des-
troyed their illusions. They are
thru with LaFollette.
I'm sorry that man like LaFol-
lette has joined the wolves" says
Zange in his letter. LaFollette's repu-
diation of the Communists, because
they believe in force" he says, lis a
Reputation of the most important for
ward step in American history. Was
the revolutionary war, that estab-
lished the independence of the United
States fought by speeches? Pm the
Civil war, did they use the cannons
and rifles for killing sparrows?"
Capitalists Back LaFoIIette.
At the moment the Senator from
Wisconsin breaks with the Farmer
Labor organizations, the workers are
also learning that the 'LaFollette for
President Committee" with head
quarters in Chicago, is composed en-
tirely Of capitalist and middle-class
elements.
The chairman of his committee is
the Honorable w. T. Rawleigh, of
Freeport, Ill, a wealthy manufacture
er of medicines. The vice-chairman
is Dante NJ. Pierce, of Des Moines,
Iowa, rich publisher of chain Of
magazines and papers. The treasurer
is r. F. Koenig, director Of the Second
National Bank of Freeport. LaFol-
lette is organizing his campaign en-
tirely thru capitalists and their hang
ers-on.
A personal" Campaign.
LaFollette's efforts to destroy the
Farmer-Labor Party movement are
part of his attempt to harness all
elements Of discomfort to his purely
personal and independent desire to be
president. Not only the Farmer-La-
Dor Party is being ditched, but even
middle-class third party" is taboo
to him and his friends.
LaFollette will try to force his nom
nation at the republican convention,
thus demonstrating clearly that he
does not want to destroy that cor
rupt machine of oppression. II he
does not get that, then he threatens
that he may" run as an indepen-
dent, without organizing a party of
any kind. He sees nothing but his
own personality and ambitions. He
repudiates entirely the desires Of the
workers and farmers for organized po-
litical power, for party Of their own.
FL. p. ProeIalms Independence.
From all over the country, declara-
tons come from leaders Of the farm
ers and workers organized in the vari-
Gus Farmer-Labor Parties, denouncing
Continued on page 81
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Fight the Western Electric!

THE Western Electric" Is the
ests In the nation 10000
thorn Chicago
Electric" They must western Electric"
fight L. The DAILY WORKER today articles on
western Electric Read
Send "subsv regularly
the DAILY WORKER 1tfs W. Washington Blvd, Chicago,
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-06-02
RANK and FILERS STOP
CIRCULATING PETITIONS
AS SENATOR JOINS BURNS

Il had just started obtain signatures LaFoIetts
sdenta petition but when read his against June
18th Convention in the Cincinnati Post quit"
This the opening a letter written G.
Zange Cincinnati Ohio member of political party
millions revolt against capitalist parties
and hoping for effective rebellion against the dictatorship Of
Wall Street.
Zanges reaction is typical of that going turnout the
United among oppressed workers and
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-06-02
$4,000 NEW YORK CLOAKMAKERS
MAY GO OUT ON STRIKE TODAY

NEW YORK, Fifty
meeting chairman
dueon Of labor
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-06-02
Carpenters Win Fight
LAKE COUNTYLABOR TO JUNE 18TH

WAukEGAN Ill., June Unanimously voting
Farmlabor
Union elected Fable
delegate.
New Britain herald., 1924-06-14
INSANITY EXPERTS
 CALLED INTO CASE
Every Known Mental Disorder Foreseen in L0eb-LeOpOId Trial

Chicago, June l4.--E. rIy possible rl,utal disorder. which ,Eisht he ur2 e. m their defense. + 10 .c sought by plC bably fifty alicl i~ts examining Aa- tan F.. Leopold. Jr. and ltichari : I.ncb, nlilliOmalr's sOne and confess eel kidnappers-slay, of schoolboy Robert Franks. atturu,5a for the dc fcnsc indicated last night after Dr. Karl M. Bowman Of thc Boston Psyco- pathic hospital, and Dr. II. :. HuibCrt or Oak Park, Ill.,, hal visited thu" youths in iaIl. The Combinations wiIt br the basis oC he ccfcusG at tn , trial set for August [, Attorney Bach arach associated wi;h Attorney Clar. euCe DdrrOw, said.
 The alienists yesterday spent two hours with each youth Tn" sam" process win he repeated today. The result, Dr. Bowman said, wouId he ro- ported 10 defense cOHnsol Monday.
 Meanwhile States Attorney Grove has directed Milton D smith, assistant prosecutor, to make q study of forms Of insanity as preparation for cross examination of the alienists testifyine for the youths
 Behind locked doors these special
New Britain herald., 1924-06-14
COST OF EDUCATION
 RAPIDLY INCREASES
Climbs About 1S5 Per Cent in
 Past Five Years

9Hartford, June l4. - A pamphlet iust issued by the state board Of edu- cation from figures compiled under the direction of Alfred D. Simpson,
 director of the division of research and surveys. shows that the expendi-
 lures for the support of schools In
 1922-o3 was something over sl9,-
 900, O0G. indicating an increase or
 about 1Sj per cent >n the cost of edu-
 cation in tha past five years, but show
 ing also the interesting fact that town
 taxes pay the great bulk-or slightly over s16,O00, 900 Of the expense. The
 largest single item in outlay IS teach-
 CTS saIarits with totals Of SIP, 116,-
 7S6. The table shows receipts ot Sl9,-
 I%7,oo3.96 for current expenses, put in the last pages of the pamphlet re
 yiscd figures show that the total of current expenses for schools in all the towns was S19.l66,000. The source of the receipts, however is dealt with on the basis of s19,137,223 and shows that the state grants were only 7.Ss per cent Of the amount while town taxation furnished S3.7 per cent, dis trict taxation 4,2S per cent, income from town deposit funds ,l2 per cent, local funds, o5 per cent, and miscel- lancous sources, including tuition fees and voluntary contributions 4.3l per cent.
 For the year which is covered by the pamphlet, the capital outlays were as follows; New grounds and build ngs, s4.T76.SS5,3S; new equipment Interest on loans amounted to tS32,61253. The total from these sources l amounted 10 $5,965,077.69. The fig Ires showing this amount Of money 'aised in local taxation by towns and | school districts for school purposes ! Ire especially interesting. The total | mount is s16,SS0, ,4i4.S2. The amount rom district taxation in the i6 owns in the state where the schools ire maintained under the district sys- em was SSll,3777i The districts in hartford raised more than one half . fl that sum, or ti21 ,7fS2i. The dis rict system exists in only nine towns f present.
New Britain herald., 1924-06-14
COMMENCEMENT PROGRAM
 AT REMINGTON HOME
Winchell Smith To Deliver Address To Graduates and Present Di-
 plomas To Seven.

The commencement exercises at the
 Newington Home for Crippled Child ren begin Sunday with the baccalau- reate service at 3:30 p. m. daylight
 saving time) Dr. john B. Lewis of
 Waterbury will be the preacher for
 this occasion and there will be special
 music by the choir with awarding of
 prizes. On Monday the alumni a.- sociation and class dinner at 8 p. m.
 daylight saving 'time) will be follow ed by the planting of the ivy at the new building by the graduating class. graduating exercises will be held at the Home at 4 o'clock in the After noon (daylight saving time).
 The graduating class this year num- bers seven and Winchell Smith Of Pennington will make the address to the class and present the diplomas. This is an annual custom of Mir. Smith who has presented the diplo- mas each year special feature of the exercises on Tuesday afternoon will be selections by the school or chestra. This orchestra was started in November, 1928, under the direc- tion of T. C. Sheehan, funds being raised by a fair held at Newington.
 The public is cordially invited to both Sunday afternoon and graduat- ing exercises when opportunities will be given for guests to go through the new building and view the work ac- by the pupils in the vari- ,us departments.
New Britain herald., 1924-06-14
SALT BEDS OF UTAH ARE |. NATURAL AUTO SPEEDWAY
Victory Highway Shortest Transcon- tinenial Route, Win Bc Per.
 feet, Is Report.

San Francisco, June ti--The open ing Of the Victory highway, the short est transconiinental route from New York 10 San Francisco, this year, will make available for motorists what is considered perfect speed way, the great salt beds along the Wendover Cutoff in Utah. The salt beds are lovel and absolutely non skid" They were formed by the same process as tho Great Sale Lake.
 During the rainy season foot or more of water covers the beds, but in summer the water evaporatos, leaving an area of many square miles on which tourists can test out the racing qualities Of their machines. The salt is several feet thick and comparatively pure.
 The inaccessibIlity Of the salt beds heretofore prevented their use for racing. Some years ago, however. 1'edd Tetzlaf set record of i20 miles an hour on them. Racing men here say there Is practically no limit 10 the speed that might be made m the salt beds. They predict that the opening of the wendover Cutoff will make them great proving grounds for racing cars.
 From the highway approaches will lead 10 the beds at frequent intervals.
New Britain herald., 1924-06-14
NAVY DISASTER IS
 NOW BEING PRObED
Fatalities on Mississippi InVesti-
 gated by Inquiry Board

San Pedro, Cal. June ti.-Fnrther details Of the grim turret blast which killed 4s men aboard the dreadnaught a dozen others, five seriously, awaited telling as members of the naval board inquiry Investigating the disaster, gathered for their second session on the battleship today.
 1 vivid picture Of the fate which overlook the fighting men of turret : No. 2, while the guns of their shin and two other vessels roared at tar ket on the San Clemente drilgrounds south of here, was contained in testi- mony offered during yesterdays ses- sion.
 The testimony of Captain ". n. Brotherton. commander Of the Mis- sissippi emphasized the stealth which sudden, flaming death swept from a gun breech into the crowded turrct and eNting'lished almost half hun dred lives before the rest Of the ship knew what had happened.
 "T blame no one" he said fin con. cluslon. "All my men did their duty. everyone. I have only the highest praise to offer"
 Stuck to Their Posts.
 There was praise, too. Cor the way the men stuck 10 their posts after the nerve shattering news Of the disaster.
 Down in the engine and fire rooms. the black gang" stayed with their jobs, realizing fully a further explo. sion would mean death to them all. Deadly fumes from the turrets were sucked down into their compartment by the forced draught ventilating sys- tenn and several mon temporarily were overcome.
 Later those men were relieved hy another crew every man Of which knew what had happened in number two turret and that fire might st any moment reach and explode the for ward magazines a few feet away from where they must work.
 "1t was navy stuff. that's all" said Lieutenant Cari. Weincke. engineer officer Of the Mississippi. The spirit of the ship Is big"
 Tomorrow will he day of mourn ing in several Southern California cities and next Tuesday the day ten tatively set aside for the funeral serv- ices of the victims. will be marked kv exercises fin which civilians will join with men and officers or the fleet in paving homage 10 the men who died.
New Britain herald., 1924-06-14
CROSSES COUNTRY
 ID ATTEND REUNION
Seattle Mans 65th Graduation
 Anniversary at Wesleyan

Niddlctown, Conn.,, June 14.-Wes- leyans commencement festivities con- tinued today with the observance of alumni day, one Of the special days of celebration in anticipation of the ninety-second annual commencement exercises to be held Monday, with the delivery of the baccaaureatc sermon to the graduating class tomorroy.
 Among the visiting alumni today was Watson .. Squire. of the class of '59, who crossed the continent from his home in Seattle to be present at the 65th reunion of his class. Mem bsTs Of this class held the distinc- tion of first signing the alumni book for the year, the members besides Mr. Squire here being C. Colard Adams, Cromwell, Conn, Benjamin 4. Cheney, New Britain. Conn, and Samuel M. Mansfield, Boston.
 The program for the day included the annual meeting of the senior so- cieties, alumni council, trustees of the university and the alumni followed by buffet luncheon at noon.
 This afternoon the alumni parade will be formed carly and the visiting graduates will attend the Wesleyan Amherst baseball game.
 atcr this afternoon the presidents reception will be held, followed by the 1881" dinner and the individual reunion banquets
 The evening will witness the cam pus illumination and sing with music by band and glee club. On this oc- casion the new Wesleyan college song by Carl F, Price and Clar- ence R. Smith, will he sung for the first time for the approval of the ernunates.
New Britain herald., 1924-06-14
School Registration
 15l Higher Than in '23

The registration in the public schools last month was l5l higher thGE m the corresponding month fin 1923.
 In the elementary school group the registration shows e more pupils in attendance. This group includes the Washington. East. Smalley, Nathan Hale. smith, Rockwell, Northend, Lincoln. Monroe, Camp, Bartlett, Stanley Osgood Hill, Open Air and Elm street schools. The Junior High schools show a reduction of A pupils, and the Senior High school reglstra- ton is 12s higher than in 1923,
 The school attendance bureau has submitted its report for the month Of May, showing l2S6 cases reported to the ofrfca, l0S7 of which were inves- tigated. The school reporting the greatest number of attendance irreg- ularitics was the Washington school with 314. The Smalley school is sec ond with 2l9 reports The only school reporting no irregularities was the NoYthend school.
New Britain herald., 1924-06-14

iSts have set up their la boratory and arc examining the sta@rs mentally and physically. Each heart beat, the formation Of this and that bone, in tonatiOn of their cont ersatiOn, the flashes Of wit and temper are being chartcd. Somewhere in the complex the experts hope 10 find q streak that would fire the youths to commit mur- ddr, perhaps some ductless gland, the thyroid. pituitary or parathyroid. in- lIamed ur enlarged to q point that would lead the youths out. Of the nor IIal channels of nOrmality
 The state docs not believe that any amount of expert testimony can break iuWn the proof that both boys are aSove the normal in intelligence. The pl plrsccutors are preparcd to show that hnih have led normal lives; that they Ia,e loved and hated like other youths: that they were exceptional sludpnts and that there is no trace of inst.u / in either family, and, finally. that they knew they were committing a w"ung when they killed the Franks boy because they set up an elaborate srhcmc 10 hide their connection with ihc crime.
 One of the attorneys for the mur- dercis today received letter from N.w York warning him that the uritcr was one Of 5000 college stu don't who were convinced that Leo bold and Loeb should be hanged and thu if the attorney succeeded in set ting them free, he. the lawyer. would be l>nchcd at the first opportunity.
New Britain herald., 1924-06-14

4 3-icncmcnt house. also a 2-tene- nent in rear; present income two thousand dollars, Location. Seymour street; also extra large building loi. This property Is to be sold to seitle among the heirs of the late Paul Arata estate. It Is ceriainI, a good investment.
New Britain herald., 1924-06-14

In ancient times the seventh child nf a seventh child was credited with supernatural powers.
New Britain herald., 1924-06-14

| 1wo.tcncment house m Lyons street, ! rooms on floor, hot str furnace on isi floor, steam hest on
 End door Price ss,00O. 5000 cash reuutrpd
New Britain herald., 1924-06-14

| SiN-room Bungalow steam heat. | car garage. sil modern, , wears old
 Owner lives in south Manchester, uonn. Price ss,00O, Nm less tlian s2 .0o0 cash rcquirsl. This property is lo,ated in Bel, ldcre district near stanley street and Is modern in every way.
New Britain herald., 1924-06-14
SPECIAL MENTION

Vhis office has listed two large es- tntvs. located on Arch street. suitable TOT \bnsiness propositions. We have ihc Siaps of the property and would ne pNrascd to go over ihis matter
 with Nou
New Britain herald., 1924-06-14
Rcserres fell

New York.-A reservation was made by telegraph before the arrival at the Sing Sing death house of Frank Min nick. Buffalo slayer. Sheriff Tyler oT Erie county wanted to he sure that Minninck would have 2 bed in the prison.
New Britain herald., 1924-06-14

On Carlton street wc have a new G. room cottage. built hs the owner for home, not built to put on the market. It Is the owners intention io return to \. Y. state, where they formerly resided. You should sec this prop crty to get the ,alue offered.
 It is of the best construction with hot water system. modern in every way; s-car modern garage goes with this property.
Payette enterprise. (Payette, Canyon Co., Idaho) 1909-1935, 1924-04-03

AT Proctorville, in Lawrence county,
ONO there Is monument erected to
an apple, Rome Beauty" More than
century ago-in 1877, to be exact-
the first three Of that now famous va
-riety Of apple was planted near Proc
torville by boy named Alanson GIL
lett. 1t was mere twig, which his
father threw to him, saying, "You can
have that; l don't want it."
The boy planted it carefully and it
grew and flcurished, bearing in later
years fruit that proved to be OF an ex-
traordinary quality. Thousands of
buds did 1t yield for grating, and In
the course of time many and extern
sive orchards came to be made I'D of
Its progeny and descendants. Today
the Rome Beauty" is the leading va.
rlety grown In Ohio.-Philadelphia
Ledger.