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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-09-30
Policy of Lewis Is "RuIe or Ruiz"

ST. that ] might be governed accord
ingly in determining my course
| informed the gentlemen that had
decided early in July to return to the
only work | knew, but | found my
self blacklisted by the coal operators
in the Pittsburgh district. came
here in broad daylight and challenge
anyone to prove the charges made
against me.
That the coal operators have re-
fused me employment is proof sufh-
cient that l am not an enemy of the
union as my foes charge.
Green Replied.
These letters we're registered so as
to assure myself that they were re-
ceived. After waiting a reasonable
time and failing to receive an answer
l addressed the following joint letter
to the two secretaries. Green of the
International and Williams of District
1. The latter did as Lewis and Cap
ellini had done. l. e., ignored the let
ter, while Green who boasts of an
indelible rule to answer all mail re-
ceived, answered in a very evasive
manner.
Secretary. Green's letter simply re-
ferred me to the report of the com.
mittee on appeals of the international
Convention. which read that the ap-
peal of Thomas Myerscough be placed
on file pending receipt of evidence by
the complainant, either in person or
in letter to substantially his appeal.
Green's Hypocrisy.
Such hypocrisy! He addresses me
as Brother" winds up with every
good wish" and | suppose the wish is
that l was in Hades or some other
seaport, but uses evasion to avoid a
serious organizationaI question.
The question is often asked, do ahe
officials of the u NJ. w. Of A. wan
a one hundred per cent organization p
and think truthfully answer for
them when say they don't" If
they had one hundred per cent or.
ganization they would be forced to
get things for the men they are sup.
posed to represent, and that would
put them in bad with the employers
whom they really now represent.
They would, by such perfection, be
deprived iof all their pet excuses for
doing nothing as is the case now.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-09-30
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years since the U. M. w Of A was
founded and the major portion OF
those who fought the bitter battles to
establish the miners union, live only
in the memory of those who have
some thought of the toiling masses all
over the world. Indeed, if some of
them lived otherwise, there would be
sorrow in the camp of those who now
have the reins of power in the organ
lied labor world, especially in, the
miners union. 7
Misused Their Power.
The officials, almost without excep.
ton, have misused that which in real.
ity is the heritage Of all the miners,
using it only for their own selfish
personal and material gain. Horatio
Alger could we'll have written his
From Poverty to Riches" by choos-
ing his characters from the official
family of the miners union, for in
stead of doing something to lessen the
misery of those who make UP the vast
membership Of the U. NJ. w. of A.,
they have been more concerned in TAX.
ing an inventory of the very best"
hotels in the country and making
wholesale deliveries of the miners
vote at elections.
John L Lewis is at the present time
on the republican party's advisory
committee, seeking to re-elect Strike
breaker Coolidge as president of the
United States. OF course this it a
profitable occupation and helps ma.
terially to fatten bank accounts. That
they are not concerned about the
growth Of the miners union can be
attested to by the following CORE
spondence. The writer had been
successful with others in showing up
all kinds Of frauds in the official cir
cles Of the organization, and was
more than successful in disseminating
the information to the membership all
over the jurisdiction of the union.
For this crime and that of fighting
for the rights of myself and others
in the organization, was expelled
from the miners union, much to the
delight of the coal operators who al.
ready had me blacklisted along with
hundreds of others of like thot. At
any event | decided to again attempt
to work in the mines and came to
the hard coal region only to find that
| was not wanted by the two sets Of
rulers here; the operators and the
Cappellini dynasty One denied me
work, the other denied me the right
to join the union. so decided to
write Joint letter to Lewis Inter.
national president and to Rinaldo Cap.
ellini, president of District No. /.
Inspired Story.
In this letter, | called attention to
big story that appeared in the
Wilkes Barre newspapers to the eff
feet that | had been declared inelig.
ible for membership in the miners
union, and the grounds for such &C
ton against me were based on my
alleged failure to answer charges pre-.
ferred against me by Pittsburgh 10.
cal union. As carried my case to
the last international convention, and
was refused a hearing on the floor OF
the convention. inquired of Messrs
Lewis and Capellini as to my status
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-09-30

when 10 and behold, not even
one individual gave a five dollar
bill to the collection subsequent
Ito the tears, blood and sweat"
appeal made by George r. Kirk
patrick, that peer of collection
takers.
His Renegade Fatness Appears.
The first sign of life manifested in
the meeting came when quite a por
ton of Milwaukee waddled down an
ISLE Victor Berger mounted the
stage and hid himself behind the back
of one of the three large chairs he
should have sat in. When it was
Hillquit's turn to come in there was
another burst of applause. He
mounted the steps and hid himself
behind the amplifier. The meeting
did not seem to get quite an open and
above board start.
Joseph STARTS of Ohio was the first
speaker. He proved that he was an
American. He had fought in the
Spanish-American war, his father
had fought in the Civil war, his grand
father had fought with George Wash
ington. When that was settled to
everyones satisfaction, he off-hand
took the number Of sixty years as his
theme and began to prove that where
as it took just sixty years to get us
the Civil war and to abolish Negro
slavery, counting that sixty from the
time the Abolitionist party was or.
ganized. so exactly another sixty
years had passed from the Civil war
ito the day LaFollette began to lead
the masses out of the wilderness
And, he added, just as the abolition OF
Negro slavery was accomplished by
union Of small parties on platform
that said nothing about slavery and
by president who was not a radical
when he was a candidate, so today,
we are with LaFollette in the same
advantageous situation. This he
dubbed a peculiarly American charac.
teristic. II is that working class rev.
olution should find it's impetus on a
platform and with candidates that
are not radical!
Then Berger was introduced. The
chairman said: Friends and com.
rades. the next speaker I have the
honor to present to you is one who
never gives up. In Milwaukee they
elected him to congress. He was not
seated and they elected him again.
II he had not then been seated they
would have elected him again and
they would have kept this up until he
was seated" That's the socialist
party all over. Hardly another word
need be said for its depth OF revolu.
tionary understanding.
LaFotette Did-LaFoIIette Didn't.
Victor Berger admitted at the out.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-09-30
Ruv Russian Buns.

NEW YORK, Sept. 29.--News Of
Russia's fur auction in Leipsic 4;
looked upon in New York as indicat
ing renewed activity in the fur trade
Fur workers have been hit by the de
preston and will welcome more
steady employment. The first days
sales OF the Russian trade delegation
in Leipsic amounted to about $3.50,
900. American and British buyers
took an active part in the auction and
forced prices on fox pelts above the
minimum set by the Russians.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-09-30
CAPITALIST WAR
HARD HIT BY
new YORK PLAY
So Question is Raised if
it is Proper

NEW YORK, Sept. 2o.-An
informal board Of review pro-
posed by Mayor HyIan to
consist of Admiral Charles P.
Plunkett, Maj.-Gen. Robert L.
Billiard, Police Commissioner
Enright and License Commits
sioner William QuigIey is to
determine whether what Price
Glory" a frank play of the
marines in wartime. is a proper
play to present to the public, T"
as 0uigIey puts it.
The play, written by Maxwell
Anderson and Lawrence Stall
ings, the latter an ex-marine
who lost a leg in the last war,
contains a good deal.of military
profanity and does not maintain
the customary theatrical illu-
sion that war is a glorious, ro-
mantle occupation.
Mixes It with Nudity.
Admiral Plunkett admits that he
transmitted the complaint to mayor
Hylan but denies that the military is
officially interested. Commissioner
Quigley asserts that an official from
one of the government departments
was assigned to attend the play and
report upon its fitness for the public
mind.
Mayor Hylan's letter to Quigley be-
gins by saying that there is a very
regrettable tendency upon the part of
some producers to stage plays in
which nudity, obscenity, and profan-
ity are paraded"
He concludes with the suggestion
that the mixed military commission
meet with the managers ito see what
can be done to eliminate the objec-
tionable features complained off,
Most of the writer's and dramatic
critics who have seen the play have
praised it highly and some of them
are suggesting the constituting Of an
informal bord of review among them
selves to decide upon the fitness of
the military board to determine what
is art and what is best for public
morals.
Smells Like Real War.
Robert Littell, reviewing What Price
Glory for The New Republic asks,
Where is our war now? Where is
last years dirty wash? A few are
still wearing the War, some proudly,
others like a last torn buttonless shirt,
the only one they have. Years from
now, when a new generation wants to
know, not its histories and propagan-
das, its mechanisms, glories and bru-
talities, but what the war smelt and
tasted life, to Americans in it, we
doubt if they can do better than put
on a revival of this real and ringing
and fiercely goodhumored play by Mr..
Anderson and Mr.. Stallings."
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-09-30
WAGENKNECHT SAYS THE SOCIALIST
PARTY is LOSING ITS LAST CHICKS
BY ALFRED WA0ENKNEcHT.

hen begins to lose her chicks they able
deep for their food And the socialist party losing
its chicks Some of little sick of the hundred
seout LaFoette scratching all Others
have scratched Deep have become wise that they
Ting the old hen.
undoubtedly to the few members has that the
socialist party tried to stage big rally in the Ashland Audi
forum Sunday afternoon. The hall crowded the
hundred And the unprecedented interest
shown in the policy of the socialist registered
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-09-30

proves it's chicanery, which in revo.
lutionary terms means that it has
again rung the bell as a first class
counter-revolutionary force. The vote
vote, vote tone of the meeting, and
the reasons given for voting, more
firmly than ever rivet this party to
the reactionary bourgeois parliament
tory machine.
Try Brass Tacks on Them.
In the hallway, going out, the ush.
ers were selling LaFollette. Wheeler
toy balloons filed with gas. Well
that is the kind of meeting 1t was.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-09-30
No Pay Raise In Tacoma.

TACOMA, Wash.--The promised 10
per cent increase to workers EN-
ployed by the city of Tacoma went
aglimmering when the city commits
sion led by mayor Fawcett turned
down all raises, including the SIS
boost for salaried employees getting
less than $3.50 a month.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-09-30

On Monday, October 10, every
branch secretary will send the
total money subscribed to the
national office of the Workers
Party, 1113 West Washington
Blvd, Chicago, III.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-09-30
Here's How

Every Branch will call a SPE-
ClAL MEETING of its members
for Sunday, October 18th. Every
member must attend.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-09-30

The ONLY order of business
at this SPECIAL MEETING will
be: HOW TO S PEAK TO
THREE MILLION WORKERS
IN ONE WEEK.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-09-30

$4,000 MEMBERS MEETING
IN 1927 BRANCHES WILL
PLACE ORDERS FOR 100000
PIECES OF LITERATURE TO
BE USED IN ONE FINAL.
ECTIO'N CA M PAIGN
BROADSIDE.
THIS is HOW WE SHALL
SPEAK TO THREE MILLION
WORKERS AND FARMERS IN
ONE WEEK.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-09-30

October 20 to November 2.
inclusive, will be NATIONWIDE
DISTRIBUTION WEEK.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-09-30

At this SPECIAL BRANCH
MEETING every member will
give the branch secretary fifty
cents for the following 137-piece
literature unit:
100 Campaign Leaflets. zoe
rs Campaign Stiokers........ SC
2 Campaign Pamphlets. 15c
10 Daily Workers................ 10c
1877 SOC
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-09-30

Every branch member will
distribute his 137-piece Iitera-
ture unit during this week, in
mine, mills, shop and homes.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1924-12-14

dog stories. Their quality is Of q
kind to lead some one to say, They
make you swear, they make you cry
make you 60 out to hug the first
dog you meet" Exactly right. too.
THE sPRITE. ERNEST Harold
Baynes. The Macmillan Company
This is the story of red fox. II you
have read Baynes' "Polaris: The Story
of IN Eskimo Dog" you will fly to
read "sprite." II you have not read
1t and have not read The Sprite."
either--well, then you have two
treats right at your hand now. Beau
tifuily understanding work.
GREYLIGHT. tAnne Bosworth
Greene. The Century Coz A true
story. a practically true story, about
a horse and its mistress, Z young girl.
Along with a deal OF interesting
story stuff there go here good sense,
kindness, a sense Of responsibility
and a complete freedom from soft
sentimentality. A finely robust mat
ter throughout between these two
friends. A story to last for many
rere aiding and for the stirring of an
active interest in this particular
friend of man.
LIONS M TIGERS M EVERY
THING. Courtney Ryley Coopst
Little. Brown & Coz The story of q
big city. A city Of cages where inn
prisoned animals live their days.
Dozens of them, one after another.
each in some critical moment Of ac-
ton, or in some characteristic mode
of behavior, come before the reader
in a new conception of what 1t Is TO
trade off freedom and danger for
captivity and security. An interest
Ing story. among many such. tells
how "Old Nom" has ouelled many a
mutiny among these citizens and sub
dued many a rising panic. There are
stories here. too, about the modern
ways OF training animals, ways that
seem to be based on the law of kind
ness. rather than upon the law Of
cruelty, on the one hand. and fear
on the other. Mr.. Cooper paints more
than one picture of mutual friend
ship and service between animals and
trainers. He knows his circus and
sometimes almost convinces us. not
quite. that 1t is "A justi1able way of
spreading knowledge and creating
entertainment.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1924-12-14
INSECTS DEFY DRY LAWS.
Daily the .Midges Get Drunk on
Arum Lily Pollen.

From the Pittsburgh Chronicle Telegraph.
ITS an ageravating thing" said a
member of the Anti-SaIoon League,
ITS most aggravating thing that
In dry country like ours, where no
human being is permitted to get
drunk, insects by the million booze
night and day
The insects ! mean are those tiny
hies known as little drunkards." that
hang around baskets Of grapes, the
mouth of vinegar demijohns and
overripe fruit. The little drunkards
don't get full that way, of course.
Such tipple is too mild for them.
What they load up on is arum lily
pollen.
THE little rascals devote the entire
period of the arum lily's blooming to
one long jag. They load UP on arum
pollen till they fall senseless into the
inside of the lily; there they sleep
their jag off. and when they wake up
they go right after the pollen again,
til they fall down once more into the
lily senseless.
Cut an arum lily open At the
bottom of the narrow neck you'll
always find 200 to 800 nudge flies
lying dead drunk. -Scandalous / call
1t, in a dry country like ours"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1924-12-14

France, Anatole. pseud On Life
and Letters--fourth series. Y3s-
/, Fs44vc.E.
Galzy, Jeanne. Les Allonges. Y3sF-
Gl39a.
Geniaux. Charles. Pour la Gloire.
Ys9F-G27spo.
Geraldy, Paul. lie Prelude. YssF-
Hermant, Abel. LIE Cycle de Lord
Chelsea. YasF-H42scy.
Hermant, Abel. Les Fortunes de
Ludmilla. Y39F-H428f.
Hunkins, c. H., ed Favorite French
Poems. Y39P-9H894f
Jacob, Max. LHomme de Chair ct
fHomme Refiet. Y39F-J152h
Jammes, Francis. Cloches Pour Deux
Marriages Y39F-J246c
Kessel. J. LEquipage. Y3sF-K4Sse.
Labiche, T.. NJ. and Delacour A. C. L.
Les Petits Oiseaux. Y39D-L111p.
Martin Chauffier, Louis. Patrice
Y39FM366p.
Mauriac, Francois. Genitrix. Y39F-
M445g.
Morand, Paul Ferme La Mutt. YasF-
M797f
Poe, +. A. Contes Etranges. 1910.
Y39F-P753c
Poe, r. A. Nouveaux Contes Etranges.
1921. Y39F-P753n.
Provost, Marcel Les Don Juanes.
1922. YS9F-P924do.
Willy, Colette. pseud. LIE Bile en-
Herbe. Y39F-W6ssb.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1924-12-14

anglo turn. 1t also takes care OF all
the inequalities in the road surface,
permitting the driving effort to be
transferred entirely to one wheel il
the other hits stone or a hole"
Where is the differential for the
front wheels?" Smith asked, after he
had compared the front axle with the
rear.
There is no need for a. front diff
ferential." I explained, because, as
1 told you some time ago, the front
axle is dead the wheels merely turn
ing on spindles connected TO It's ends.
The independence of the wheels is
difYerential enough"
I'm other words, the front wheels
of an automobile are similar in prin-
ciple to those of a wagon" Smith
summarized.
Like Wagon Principle.
Yes" I agreed, but there is
another similarity which you are not
likely TO notice unless you have been
familiar with wagons. I refer to
the similarity in principle between
the whiffietree and the modern diff
ferential. The former is a pivoted or
swinging bar to which the traces or
the horses harness are fastened.
This permits the wagon to be drawn
ahead evenly even though the horse
steps out nrSt Win the TlBnt leS5
and then with the left. This device
is usually called the tree" when 1t
compensates for the uneven pulling
force of one horse. and "whiftietree"
Cor sometimes whipplstree) when
compounded to compensate for tina
inequalities in pulling forces OF TWO
horses. The differential, instead OF
compensating for the inequalities in
pulling force--is a gear action which
compensAtes for the inequalities in
road conditions which wheels must
encounter when imparting the driving
force to the chassis"
l left Smith peering through the
opening IN the rear axle housing. 1t
was plain to be seen that he was mar
Yelling at the ingenuity of automobile
engineers and wondering how so
many motorists can use their cars
so extensively and yet care so little
about knowing the romance of the
works"
Copyright. 1e24.)
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1924-12-14
BOOKS RECEIVED.
LEGENDS OF CHARLEMAGNE.

LEGENDS OF CHARLEMAGNE. BY
Thomas Bulf1nch. Illustrated by
y. c. Wyeth. New York: Cosmo-
politan Book Corporation.
DAVID BALFOUR. BY Robert Louis
Stevenson. illustrated by n. C..
Wyeth. New York: Charles Scrib-
ners Sons.
dixie MARTIN, The Girl OF Wood
fOrd's Canon. BY Grace May
North. Illustrated by Elizabeth
b. Warren. Boston: Lothrop, Lee
& Shepard Co.
THE SHELDON SIX SUSAN. BY
Grace NJ. Remick, author OF THE
Glenloch Girls" illustrated by
Isabel W. Galley. Philadelphia:
The Penn Publishing Co.
HILDA OF lands AND COMPANY.
BY Pemberton Ginther, author of
author. Philadelphia: The Penn
Publishing Co.
PEMROSE LORRY, SKY SAILOR,
BY Isabel Hornibrook. illustrated
by Mana Bickford Rollins. Boston:
Little, Brown & Co
THE LITTLE COCKALORUM on
HER OWN. BY Wallis Simkins,
author Of THE Little Cockalorum,"
etc. illustrated by Ralph Dun
kelberger. Philadelphia: The Penn
Publishing Co.
GORDON OF THE LOST LAGOON, A
Romance OF the Pacific Coast. By
Robert Watson, author of MY
Brave and Gallant Gentleman" etc.
New York: Minton, Balch & Co.
THE TWISTED FOOT. BY William
Patterson White. With frontis-
piece by George W. Gage. Boston:
Little, Brown & Co.
THE INVENTION sERIEs-CARL
AND THE COTTON GIN. BY Sara
Ware Bassett. illustrated by
William F. Stetcher. Boston:
Little, Brown & Co.
TOUCHDOWNs. BY Lawrence Perry.
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons.
JIMMY SHARSWOOD. BY Roy Heiton.
illustrated by Ralph Durkelberg-
er. Philadelphia: The Penn Pub
fishing Co.
CHARTS SEES 1T THROUGH. BY
Margaret Widdemer, author of "A
Minister Of Grace" etc. New York
Harcourt, Brace & Co.
CHILDREN OF ANCIENT GREECE.
By L. Lamprey. illustrated by
Edna F. Hart-Hubon. Boston: Lit
tie, Brown & Co.
PERSONALITY OF INSECTS. By
Royal Dixon and Brayton Eddy.
With frontispiece in color by A.
Garfield Learned and 80 illustra-
tions from photographs. New
York: Charles w. Clark Co.
A GIRL OF THE PLAINS COUNTRY.
By Alice MacGowan, author Of
judith Of the Cumberlands," etc
New York: Frederick A. Stokes
Co.
st. Paul for Young People. BY J..
G.. Stevenson, author Of THE
Christ of the Children" Illustrat-
ed. New York: George II. Doran
Co.
THE NEW MOON; The Story OF Dick
Martins Courage, His silver Six
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1924-12-14
FEW TRIBES TOOK sCALPs.
Custom, Spread on Account of
Bounties, Writer Says.
From the Kansas City Star.

from tnc hdnshS Slty SthT
The custom of scalping was not
found universally among the Indians
of North America. 1t was not found
on the Northwest Coast, nor in New
England or along the Atlantic Coast
to a great extent and recent studies
by the German savant Friederici go
to show that in the earliest times 1t
was confined to the limited area in
eastern North America, occupied by
the peoples of the Iroquoian and
Muskhogean stocks; that lis. the five
nations, the Huron-Wyandot, the
Cherokee. Creek, Choctaw. Chickasaw
and Seminole tribes. The spread
westward of the custom was largely
due to encouragement due to scalp
bounties offered by the colonial and
even later governments.
While scalping may not have been
known to the New England tribes,
there is strong evidence that the Mar
ragansetts and perhaps others were
at one time head hunters.