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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-08-14
Milwaukee Trades
Council Raps Cal
On Military Feelers

MILWAUKEE,, Aug. 13.-Notwith-
standing the American Federation of
Labor executive councils refusal to
denounce President Coolidge's Mobil-
ization day stunt, the Milwaukee Fed
Grated Trades council unanimously
threw its hooks into the militarist
scheme and voted to tell Coolidge of
its disaproval. Delegates to the CEN
trail body declared Mobilization day
was one of the most atrocious pro-
posals ever launched by the munition
interests in time of peace.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-08-14
FARRELL STEEL
WORKER MAY Win
RETRIAL sept. 3
Defense Attorney Has
Fifty Grounds

The motion for new trial for Tony
Kovacovichsl steel worker Of Farrell,
convicted of "sedition" at Mercer, Pa,
will be argued on September 3, ac-
cording to the information just re-
ceived by Attorney I. e. Ferguson,
who is handling the defense of the six
indicted steel workers.
Ferguson will argue on the new trial
motion on as many as fifty grounds if
necessary. He says that there are
easily that many bases for granting a
new trial. Many grounds deal with
the evidence offered by the federal de-
partment of justice agent, Lennon.
Ferguson will argue on the impropri-
ETY. of the dicks testimony.
Altho the trial of the steel workers
comes in a klan-infested territory,
with X. X. K. bred hysteria influence
ing the juries, the judge is likely to
grant new trial. The many grounds
of error in the previous case should
be ample justification for his allowing
a retrial.
Wallace Metcalfe of the Labor De-
tense Council, in charge of defense
publicity and the raising of funds for
the Farrell steel workers, has written
that there is almost no money with
which to carry on this important work
Of protecting the workers of Pennsyl-
vania. The lower courts adverse de-
cisions in the Farrell cases will mean
practically the outlawing Of the
Workers Party in the steel territory
unless enough money is raised to car
ry the fight thru the highest courts.
The Labor Defense Council is plan
ming to launch a big campaign for
funds to protect the six Farrell work
ers, two of whom have already been
convicted. This is one of the most
necessary fights facing the Workers
Party, even tho not all of the workers
indicted belong.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-08-14
A LETTER FROM THE RUS
SIAN CHILDREN TO THEIR
AMERICAN COMRADES.

Moscow, Red Presnin District,
18th Branch of the Young Pho
neers, at Factory "Red Defense"
No. 80:
Workers of the World Unite
Pioneers for the sake of the work
ing class, be ready!
Dear Comrades: We are send
ing you our warm greetings. We
are interested to know how you
are organized. Have you got com
panies and branches? How many
branches have you got?
The first day Of May we had a
big celebration in Moscow. When
we passed the tomb of our dear
unforgetable grandfather, Hitch,
we all lowered our heads and
many had tears in their eyes.
Everyone reminded himself of our
dear Hitch. We celebrated the
first Of May but he was not among
us, and he will not return to us
any more. But altho he is dead,
his ideas will never die! Dear
children, you should never forget
our dear father Hitch!
The 18th of May our branch
went for an excursion to camp for
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-08-14
Stands tor Communist TIcket.

To the DAILY WORKER: LaFol-
lette is playing the same game that
Bryan played in 90. At that time
the populists voted the Democratic
ticket and lost their identity on the
ballot in many states. At our state
convention Peter Witt and George
Gruth of Cleveland, were the disturb
ers and busted the Populist party in
Ohio. l can now see the dirty work
they are playing in Ohio thru the
LaFollette movement. l am surprised
at Debs and many others who are
either playing as traitors or are too
cowardly to stand by their colors.
was a dyed-in-the-wool Republi-
can, and know what INSCRIPTIONS
and illegal tactics were used to poll
the vote. The Populist movement
was destroyed by its fusing with the
Democrats in the North and the Re-
publicans in the South. l was a char
ter member of the knights of Labor
in Michigan and now | want to ask
the old guard what other course we
have as the farmers and the work
ers but to get together and give the
plutes such a razzing by voting for
the Workers Party that will make
them hide. We have been hiding long
enough.
l am a full-fledged revolutionary
Communist and they may call me a
red or anarchist or an l. w. W., but
their bluff doesn't work on me.
Put me in touch with the Ohio state
organization so that can assist with
our state petition. l was pleased to
see Coldwell stick; he surely is not a
coward.-Otto Huber, New Richmond,
Ohio.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-08-14
MILITARISTS USE
DEFENSE DAY FOR
PROP AGANDIzING
Mayors Plans Prove
Preparedness Aim

The "defenses" which the mayors
of Illinois assembled in solemn meet.
ing in the Chicago Athletic Club par
lors plan to put up on Defense Day"
or, as 1t is better known, "Mobiliza-
ton Day" are not designed to show
what forces this nation has to PRO
tect" it from war but are directly in
tended to arouse the country for a
preparedness campaign.
Prayer and patriotic speeches are
prominent in the communications OF
the mayors. Display of flags on
homes, shops, streets and barns is
approved Athletic meets to demon.
strate the fitness" of the nations
youth for slaughter by all the horrible
devices of modern warfare are sug-
gested.
P Is for "Paytriotism."
Pageants and parades are included
in the patriotic mummery planned for
Sept H. The children are to form
tableaux and the army units are to
parade for the "paytriots." And fin
ally mass-meetings with music and
speakers on public safety are Of
fered as proper parts of the de
tense test"
The original purpose of "Mobiliza-
ton Day" was to mobilize the citizens
and the regular and reserve army to
demonstrate what forces this country
would have in the event of an out
break of war. But the tremendous
wave of criticism which has swept
over the government and against
Coolidge for proposing this "war-like"
gesture has made the militarists shift
bit and change their tactics.
War Pays the Bosses.
The proposals of the Illinois may
ors are sheerly for propaganda pur-
poses, for propagating the idea of
preparedness, for getting the country
into more susceptible temper for
war preparedness, and for ultimately
introducing the next world war to the
common people," the workers who
must fight the battles Of peace and
war for the capitalists until they get
sense enough to shake the corpulent
pests off their backs.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-08-14
No Compromise with
Coolidge, Cheated
Postal Clerks Say
(sy Federated Press.)

WASHINGTON, Aug. 1s.-Two Off
GERS of the company union" maintain
ed by high-collar men in the post.
Office department have started a re,
port that Coolidge has virtually" as.
sured them of favorable considera.
ton, after election, OF a "scientifical.
ly drawn" postal pay increase scheme.
This rumor is repeated by the Re.
publican national committee, and is
inflated by the Hearst wire service
to be the start for a generous postal
salary move by the man who vetoed
the salary bill on June Z.
officers of the postal employees
national unions state that no assur--
ance has been given by Coolidge, no
conference has been proposed none
is to be expected, and no truce with
Coolidge is to be made. The s0O,-
600 postofflce workers are out to de-
feat Coolidge because he not only
cheated them out of fair wage, but
slandered them into the bargain.
They do not consider his word worthy
of credence.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-08-14
Music for FOSTER campaIan.

To the DAILY WORKER have
just read the letter Of Comrade Franz
Miller, New York, in the DAILY
WORKER of Monday, Aug. 4.
In response to his suggestion that
the workers need music, l am send
ing an original composition, words
and music.
l would like to see Foster rollsup a
million or more votes. Faithfully, l
D. McFadden, Montrose, Colo.
FIGHT FOR FIGHTING FosTERl
Hear the cry Of terror springing
From the Plutocratic Host,
AS the working class IS swinging
Into line from coast to coast!
Foster is the Workers Party
Presidential candidate.
Communists are hale. and hearty
Vote the workers ticket straight
(cHoRUs)
We will end all exploitation
"Who will not work shall not eatp"
Fosters Red Administration
Graft of all kinds, will defeatl
See that Foster is elected
With a workers congressl They
Will have workers all protected
Union hours, union payl
Farmers, by cooperation,
SINNERS, will eliminated
Those who love appropriation,
Let the Reds appropriated
I. D. McFadden.
Editors Note-The music to this
song can be had upon application to
the DAILY WORKER, Readers View
Department.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-08-14
Free Railroads
Just as Logical
as Free Bridges

CLEVELAND, Aug. 13.-Toll rail-
roads must follow toll bridges. This
flashed through number of minds
as with the opening Of the 1,317-foot,
ten-span concrete bridge on the main
Chicago Cleveland Buffalo road the
last toll bridge in Ohio was wiped out.
Although the occasion was marked
with addresses by important federal
and state officials. not one called at
tention TO the fact that it is just as
illogical to permit private profit "a
favored corporations controlling the
nations steel roads as It is to permit
proilt-making control of its dirt roads
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-08-14
British Producing
Co-operatives Have
Growing Enterprise

CLEVELAND, Ohio, Aug. 13.-The
Cooperative Productive Federation
of Great Britain, comprising the lead
ing producers cooperative societies
of that country, has just released
thru the All-American Cooperative
Commission a report of its trade and
profits for the past year. The 80 So
cieties comprising the federation pro-
duced sS,3S9,0 900 worth of goods, with
net earning of $4,000 for their
members. The most prosperous
groups were the textile societie,
which did approximately S5,OO0,O0O
worth of business, while the cooper
alive shoe factories came second with
about half that amount OF trade
The British cooperative societies
have recently held a memorable con-
gress in the city of Nottingham The
producers societies represented man
ufacture everything human beings
need, all the way from toys for the
children to crutches for the aged.
The Oldest producers society at the
congress was the Paisley Textile
Works, established in 1862, and now
possessed of factories occupying sew
eral city blocks manufacturing all
kinds of textile goods.
The American cooperative head
quarters has received a beautiful SOU
venir of the Nottingham congress
produced by the Leicester Co-opera-
tive Printing Society, a handsomer
piece Of typographical work than any
cooperative society in this country
has yet produced.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-08-14
BILL TO SETTLE
BOUNDARY FIGHT
IS INTRODUCED
Irish Labor Charges
Treaty Violation

DUBLIN, Aug. 10. = The British
parliament will reassemble on Sept.
80, in order to take action on the
boundary dispute between the north
ern government of Ireland and the
Irish Free State. This issue has seri-
GUS possibilities and the Ramsay Mac
Donald government is doing every
thing in it's power to conciliate the
Orangemen and at the same time
make it appear that it is willing to
carry out the terms of the treaty
signed in 1921 and ratified by the
British parliament.
J. H. Thomas. colonial secretary,
journeyed to Dublin and Matched a
compromise with President Cosgrave
of the Free State. Mr.. Thomas agreed
to introduce bill Immediately de-
signed to settle the boundary dispute,
but to postpone debate on it until the
house reconvenes, hoping that in the
meantime the Obstetrics would listen
to reason.
Tories Defy Government.
The Ulster Tories have always in
the past been able to browbeat the
British government into acquiescence
with their desires, and they are sue
ceeding in imposing their will on the
British labor government So sub
servient has the present government
showed itself to the Tories that it
commissioned the Duke of Connaught
to represent the king at the Derry cor
poration (city counciD, which has re-
pudiated the principle of majority rule,
backed by the bayonets of the north
ern government.
The bill introduced in the house of
commons provides that, subject to
confirmation Of an agreement by the
British parliament and the Dali Fire
ann, the northern Irish governments
power to appoint commissioner shall
be transferred to and exercised by the
British government and for the pur-
pose Of Article IL of the treaty, any
commissioners so appointed shall be
deemed to be commissioner appoint
ed by the northern government.
cosgrave Fears Fall.
Failure of the British Labor govern
ment to enforce the terms of the
treaty has created serious political
situation for the Cosgrave govern
ment. Fear that the republicans might
take advantage of the crisis to over
throw the Free State government was
responsible for the hurried trip of
]. H. Thomas to Dublin.
The Irish Labor Party in the Dali
demands that steps be taken to frame
a new treaty on the ground that the
British government has been guilty of
a breach of faith.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-08-14
ADMIRAL ASKS
WARS TO keep
idle IN EASE
Beats MaIfhus' Fears
With Mutual Murder
Especial to The Daily worksrl

NopoOiAt 70 tUo GAtty WOFNoEJ
WILLIAM STOWN, Mass,
Aug. 13.-VIsions of people top
ping off the lodges" of the
United States unless we lmme-
diateIy prepare for a war of
aggression were created before
an audience at the Institute of
Politics at the open conference
on disarmament by Rear Ad-
miraI w. L. Rodgers, retired.
In the first frank defense of
war, including war Of aggres-
sion as well as war Of defense,
that any speaker at the Insti-
tute of Politics has made in the
four years of its existence, Adj
miral Rodgers declared that the
United States should arm itself
to defend it's new immigration
policy now and to seize territory
from other nations in the flu
ture with which to accommo-
date its growing population.
War to Keep Population Down.
Admiral Rodgers quoted Professor
Henry Pratt Fairfield of New York
university, who said the other day that
II Americas population continued to
increase at the present rate, it would
equal the present population of China
at the end of the century.
The present population of the Unit
ed States is 110,0O0,000, and that Of
China is 41O,OOO,OOO. That argument
convinced Admiral Rodgers and got
him to thinking, and he has found the
solution. We must create new wars.
In the course Of his speech he made
this interesting statement: 'In this
country we do ourselves the pleasure
of maintaining the weaklings of soci-
ETY. at the expense of the commun-
ity." We cannot help but agree with
Admiral Rodgers on this point. But
we differ "a little" as to the remedy
for this condition when he proposes
that we exploit the workers of other
countries SO that we may continue
supporting the weaklings of our soci-
ETY.. Perhaps we differ also with his
Interpretation of weaklings. For we
understand weaklings to be those who
do not work. He says we must take
unto ourselves more territory and en-
slave their inhabitants so that we may
continue to maintain these weaklings
in luxury. That is the sum total every
intelligent worker will get from his
speech.
The admiral made his statement
after listening for three days to Pro-
fessor James T. Shotwell's elucida-
ton of the American draft of pro-
posed treaty for disarmament which
will come up before the League of Ma
tons Assembly at Geneva next month.
Rodgers said the American plan
rested on the mistaken belief that thl
whole world wanted to do away with
war There might be some possibility
Of agreeing upon limitation of arma-
ment, he said, if all the world were
animated by the same adherence of
war shown by Professor Shotwell, but
he believed certain great and power
full nations regard successful war as
a means of getting what they want,
tho too expensive for FREQUENT use"
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-08-14
Reactionary Rulers
OF Serbia Fighting
Labor Movement
Especial to the DAILY woRkER)

Especial to the DAILY WoRkER)
BELGRADE, Yugoslavia, Aug. 49,
or the 100000 inhabitants OF Serbia
$4,000 may be classed as industrial
workers.
Wages per day in paper is about
IL times the rate before the war,
while the cost Of living has gone up 16
times.
The trade unions, which as a result
of the revolution jumped from pre-.
war membership Of 10000 to 100000
were dissolved by the government in
1920. Since 1921 they have been al
lowed to partly re-establish them.
selves, provided they are not radical.
The authorities and courts are hostile
to the labor movement
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-08-14
cossrave Fears Fall.
Buy U. S. Electric Goods.

MOSCOW, Aug. 13.-The Ukrainian
Ukraine, reports that, in May, the vol
ume of trade done between the
UlSrainian Foreign Trade Department
and American firms increased several
times, as compared with the preceding
months. Articles purchased in the
U. S. A. were mainly electro-technical
articles, All these deals are being
transacted directly between sellers
and buyers, without any Western
European Intermediates which nat
urally helps to make prices cheaper.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-08-14

five days. While in camp we
helped the peasants in the field.
One little pioneer, the smallest of
us, asked a peasant to allow him
to plough, and was actually
ploughing.
We are now real Pioneers. The
23rd of May we have taken the
official oath. We had a parade
before Comrade Trotzky. Now we
are called. Leninci (Leninists)
Hitch is dead, but he does not
need any dead wreaths, but live
ones.
The ranks of the Communist
Youth are growing constantly
Our branches are also growing
rapidly.
Write to us about your life. Is
your enemy very strong? Are you
helping your parents? Write to
us about your organizational
work. The struggle for us is an
easy one, as Hitch led us out to
the wide road and we are follow
ing his footsteps. Good bye.
Write to us soon. We will be
glad to receive your first letter.
Fraternally yours,
Pioneers at factory "Red De-
fense," Novo-Slobodskaya utica,
No. "a, Pioneer Branch IL,
MOSCOW.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-08-14
RUSSIAN Grain
BEATS RIVALS
IN MANY LANDS
Crowds Out u. S. in
Turkish Trade
(Rosta News.l

MOoCOW 10y mail) An interest
Ing survey of the Russian grain ex-
port trade was made at the conference
of the representatives of the Export
khleb"-the Grain Export Trust
held in Moscow.
The London agent of the Trust, Mr..
Jernakoff, told of the unfavourable
conditions under which the work Of
the organization had at first to be
started in England, as during nine
years interval the English market
had got disaccustomed to the Russian
grain. AS is known, the main sup
pliers of wheat to England are the
United States of America, then Cana
da, Argentine and Australia, and up
to the spring of the current year the
Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
played but very insignificant part
among the "other" importing countries
English Like Soviet Trade.
Since last March however, the sit
uation changed rather notably in a
favourable sense and imports of So
Wet grain, more especially barley,
have Since been rapidly growing.
What is noteworthy, too, is a rapid
change for the better in the general
attitude of the English market to-
wards Soviet grain: the British i'm
porters have now come to realize that
under the system of foreign trade
monopoly, the standard of Russian
grain exports is higher than it was at
the time this trade was in private
hands.
AS for Denmark, Mr.. Stohl, agent
for the export of grain at Copenhagen,
reported that Denmark takes the third
place among other European countries
in regard to the amount of Russian
bread products purchased. The con-
ditions under which Soviet grain is
being disposed of in the Danish mar
ket are considered on the whole to be
quite favorable.
Greece, Turkey Take Grain.
Mr.. Anikeyeff, agent for the Near
East, told of the great difficulties the
Grain Department of the Soviet Trade
Mission at Constantinople first met
with in view of the competition in the
Near Eastern market on the part of
the American produce. 1t is interest
ing to note that before the Soviet
made its appearance in this market,
the United States imported the entire
100 per cent of the foreign imports;
however, after Russia resumed opera.
tions, in August, 1923, IA per cent OF
all foreign imports in the Turkish
market were Soviet grain, and this
proportion rose rapidly to SS per cent
in January, 1924,-at which period the
States did not import a single pound
of bread to Turkey. At the present
time, about one half of the exports of
grain from the Soviet Union to the
Near Eastern countries goes to Greece,
and the other to Turkey.
The reporter concludes by stating
that the prospects of Soviet grain ex-
ports to the Near East are quite
favourable and stresses that the So
Wet can easily import into Turkey
from so to 80 per cent of the entire
imports of wheat into that country.
With regard to trade with Greece, Mr..
Anikeyeff believes that the Union of
Soviet Republics can import into that
country about half of the total i'm.
ports of grain into Greece.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-08-14
Bosses Must Quit Unions.

MELBOURNE, Australia, Aug. 49,
Employers Associations in Australia
are demanding that workers promot.
ed to stan positions where they con-
troll other workers must resign from
their unions. The Melbourne Trades
Hall council affirms its intention OF
preserving the right TO continued
membership.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-08-14
- WANTED

A citizen living in either SuffoId or
Nassau County, New York, who Is
sympathetic to the Workers Party
to 90 on the ballot as presidential
eIector for the party. Kindly COM
munlcate Immediately with Harry
M. Wlnltsky, campaign manager at
208 East 18th Street, N. Y. City.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-08-14
Write to This comrade.

To the DAILY WORKER am
sending you a letter which we have
received in response to our agitation
to draw workers into the Workers
Party This response comes from a
group of miners from Flushing, Ohio.
1t reads as follows:
Flushing, Ohio, Aug. Z, 1924.
Dear Editor Of the Novy Mir-On
the 9Th of August have read in your
paper the Lenin appeal, which calls to
the working masses to unite and be-
come members of the Workers Party
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-08-14
NEW YORK CITY
Party Activities
OPEN AIR MEETINGS.

Section 1-Oliver and Madison Sts.-
Speakers: George Primoff and others.
Section 3-163rd st. and So. Blvd
Speakers: Joe Brandy and Louis Baum
Section 4-Grand Street Extension
Speakers Ettlinger, S. Felshin.
Section 6--Stone and PitkiD Aves.-
Speakers: Charles Brewer and others.
Section 6--25th st. and Mermaid Ave.
Speakers: Fannie Warshawsky, Pollock
Union Hill, New Jersey.
Tuesday, August 12-Speakers: S. Eel
shin and others.
Saturday. August 16-George F-imoff
Jack Statchel.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-08-14
Negroes Gain Estate.

LEXINGTON, KY, Aug. 1S.-Ellen
Davis, aged Negro servant, was today
made heiress to farm estate, includ-
ing home, stock, equipment and 2731s
acres valued at 100000, thru the will
of her late employer, John T. Hughes.
Alex Rankin, another Negro servant,
was bequathed 96h acres.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-08-14
Christian AntI.war Week.

NEW YORK, Aug. 13.-The youth OF
America are asked to participate in
international Peace Week, August g.
10, by the Free Christian Students
Union and Young Peoples Union Of
Holland. Young peoples organizations
thruout Europe will participate in the
anti-war demonstration.