davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-04-21

Detroit M. DIS are turning down
Ford's bid to eat hash in that town
at Henry's hospital because-the doc
tors there who use the saws cut up
the patients a la Ford and punch the
clock for Henry's board.
They sed to them It seemed TO be
that all Hank Ford's efficiency, as
shown in running hospitals for fixing
iivers, lungs and gals, made surgeons
into human tinkers. instead OF scien-
tifc thinkers. They overhaul the
human frame as a garage man does
same with one OF Henry's cars OF tin
when any parts get worn too thin.
They Jack the poor cuss up in bed,
shoot anesthetic in his head, roll up
their sleeves, adjust their bench and
ok him with a monkey.wrench.
In these days workers seem to be
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-04-21

thizers. They are with us and are
working for our program. theological
ly they are ready for membership in
the Workers Party. Now the ques-
ton arises: why are they not in the
Party? see only one answer to this
question and that is that we have not
convinced them of the Importance and
the necessity Of joining the Com
munist Party. They do not under
stand the role of the Communist
Party in the class struggle.
AS soon as we convince the worker
that the working class cannot over
throw the yoke of capitalism without
organized communist leadership, he
will join your ranks. Now the thing
for us to do is to bring the message
Of the Workers Party to these thou
sands of sympathizers, and gradually
they will be absorbed into the Party
They know that there is somewhere
in existence such thing as the Work
ers Party, but they do not know that
the moving and guiding force behind
all the revolutionary movements in
this country is the Workers Party.
Our sympathizers see only individual
members of the w. p, but they do
not see the Party as such.
Two Methods
There are two ways of bringing the
message of the Workers Party to
these sympathizers. One is thru the
{ods.v{d,,oI v,oovobo,.e ~ fba Dortxy ond
another thru the mass meetings Of
the Party. do not want to take too
much space of the paper, therefore, 1
will say a few words only about the
second question.
think that so far we have either
been unable or did not see the ne
cessity of utilizing our mass meetings
for approaching the workers with the
message of the Workers Party to the
extent that we should have done. Our
speakers very cleverly discuss the
general problems of capitalism and
the working class movement. They
are real masters in condemning the
capitalist system and in exposing it's
decay and crimes. And the workers
like their speeches very much. They
applaud, they contribute money to
further our work, they are ready to
fight with us against the enemies of
the working class. That is, thru our
meetings we increase the number of
our sympathizers. But we do not take
time and pains to tell these workers
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-04-21
BY A. RfMRA.


l hope that the declaration of the
Central Executive Committee on the
Activities Of the Workers Party"
will be carefully read and studied by
all of our comrades. The G. e. G..
correctly points out that "our supreme
objective, our Fundamental conception
in the period immediately before us,
must be the building of mass Com
munist Party" and that "that means
that the activities of our Party must
be developed upon balanced program
Of education, organization, and strate-
gy." If we carefully analyze the de-
velopment of the Workers Party and
its present status, we VIII find that we
haven't had such balanced program.
And think that the organizational
part of our program has been and still
remains very far behind all other acti-
vities of our Party Our Party orga-
nization is not closely following our
influence in the masses, which we
have attained during the last two
years.
w 0lESNiHS VI I-A0SdNtOU
Let us be understood that we can
not even for a moment entertain the
idea that we should slacken our edu-
cational and political activities. We
must carry them on with still greater
enthusiasm and intensity. And when
! say that we must pay more atten-
ton to our organizational work in the
Party, do not entertain the notion
that we should neglect our educational
and political activities. What we need
is not minimizing one or the other
phase of our movement, but proper
coordination of them.
"All educational and political activi-
ties must be closely followed by orga-
nization," says the declaration Of the
C. E. c. "The party must absorb and
make use of all the workers brought
into sympathetic contact with the party
thru education or common participa-
ton in the struggle. Organization is
a question of life and death to a Com
munist movement; our activities of
every sort must receive special orga-
nizational attention, they cannot be
allowed to drift along in vague and
uncrystalized form"
Thru our political activities we have
created large spheres of influence in
various organizations of the workers.
Thousands of workers are our sympa-
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-04-21

what our party is doing, what is its
program, and why it is absolutely ne
cessary for them to come and join
our ranks. We do not tell them that
it is not enough for them to help the
Communists and their movement, but
that they themselves must become
Communists by joining the Commu-
mist Party.
Three Examples
AS examples of the neglect Of our
organizational work along these lines
want to take the last three mass
meetings that were held in the City
of New York.
First, the great mass meeting in
Madison Square Garden. AS far as
the attendance is concerned the meet
ing was success beyond our expecta-
tons. But did it bring great organi-
rational results? No! Why? Let us
us look upon the arrangement of the
program. We had the best speakers
Comrade Foster was to make an ap-
peal for the Workers Party. He de-
livered masterful speech.
But he was left last on the program,
when many of the people were already
leaving the hall and about half of the
audience was standing between the
chairs. The speech lost it's entire
effect and the good appeal did not
bring the desired results. The main
object of the meeting should have
been to convince the workers that the
Workers Party is a Party of Leninism
and if they want to effectively con-
tinue the work of Lenin they must Join
the Workers Party.
Instead of that the meeting turned
out to be Communist school room in
which the teachers very effectively
expounded Leninism to their pupils.
that is, they have done good educa-
tional work and increased the num-
Der of our sympathizers, but the or.
ganizational results of the meeting
were almost negligible.
Lack of Coordination.
What was the matter? We abso-
lutely failed in the coordination of
our educational work with the organ
rational. Comrade Foster should
have been placed either first or
second on the program. He would
have pointed the way of the entire
meeting, the way that leads direct in
to the Workers Party. Leninism in
this country would have been made
synonym to the Workers Party.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-04-21
anna GOULD'S HUBBY
READY TO HOOK HIS
GERMAN Principally

PARIS, April 2o.- "This prince
is too much trouble" That, in a
sentence, sums up the reasons the.
duke of TaIleyrand de Perigord,
husband of Anna Gould, has put his
principaIity Of sasan on the auc-
tion block.
"My rights as Prince of Sagan
are very limited" the duke explain
ed in an interview with newspaper
men, land there are too many
duties"
~ have nothing to do with the
laws of the principaIity and have
little authority. In fact, I've MOTH
ing except my titles, my lands and
my chateau.
"My subjects are dependents o.
Germany"
The principally, which the duke
announced as "for sale" recently,
is situated between Silesia and
5radenburg and has existed since.
1649, when the King of Bohemia
made gift of it to the great mill
tary leader WaIIenstein. It has
been in the TaIIeyrand family since
1e45. It includes 500 square miles
with $1,000 inhabitants, a capital
city and a river full of fish.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-04-21
Senators Vow They
Will Pinch Brother
Of Harry Daugherty

WASHINGTON, April Ex-senator
Wheeler and Senator Brookhart, fol-
lowing an executive session of their
committee April 16, announced that
Nal Daugherty, brother of the form
er attorney general, will be arrested
and brought before the senate for
contempt. They decided that Howard
Warrington, who has defied the COM
mittee's summons to testify and has
raised the same objection that was
used against the oil investigating
committee by Harry Sinclair-that 1t
has no legal authority-shall be re-
served for direct criminal prosecution
on charges Of bribe-taking and con-
spiracy to violate federal laws. Man
nington was One Of Harry Daugherty's
close associates. He is alleged to have
shared the graft in the issuance of
whisky removal permits and in the
illegal transportation OF the Dempsey
prizefight films.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-04-21
New Jersey Wages DROP.

PHILADELPHIA, April 2O.-Wages
are falling in New Jersey, according
to a report issued here by the Phila-
delphia federal reserve bank show
ing that average weekly wages de-
clined per cent in March. Despite
the customary spring increase in jobs,
there was no more employment in
New Jersey in March than in Feb
ruary. Textile and leather manufac.
ture showed sharp decline in EN-.
ployment.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-04-21
Canadian Government
Makes Effort at Tax
Cutting to Save Self

OTTAWA, Canada.-The Canadian
government has taken step toward
the reduction Of taxation. 1t has not
reduced the income tax, but it has
made some small cuts in the tariff and
in the sales tax. The tariff reductions
Ore limited to implements used in agri.
culture, numbering, mining, fishing and
the coke industry. There are some re-
ductions in the taxes on a few varie.
ties OF food; but these are by low
ering OF the sales tax and not by the
tariff. The sales tax is subjected to
a general cut from to per cent.
The sales tax on boots and shoes is
cut in two.
Most Of these changes are in the ma.
ture of reduction in protection, but
there are exceptions. The reductions
are due to the political situation,
which makes 1t necessary for the gov
eminent to get support from the Pro-
gressive party. Western Liberal feel
ing, too. has been vigorously demand
ing changes in that direction
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-04-21
THAW MILLIONS
ARE.THE STAKE
IN SANITY TRIAL
Evelyn Wants Russell to
Inherit Estate.

PHILADELPHIA, April 2O.-The
entire aspect of Harry K. Thaw's san
ity trial has been changed by collapse
Of the original plan to have the mil
lionaire paranoic testify in his own
behalf and tell his story to the jury.
The plan collapsed when opposition
counsel refused to cross-examine
Thaw.
Now, however, the part that Eve
Ign Nesbit, Thaw's former wife, can
play becomes of increasing impor-
lance. She was to have been used
to prompt Attorney Gray in cross-ex-
animation of Thaw. On behalf of her
son Russell, for whom she claims
heritage of the Thaw millions, she is
opposing Harrys release.
Gray had been in doubt as to
whether he would call Evelyn to the
stand. He would not have done so
had he cross-examined Thaw to his
satisfaction. Now he may play Eve
Ign as his big card.
Similarly, the opposition's interest
in Evelyn increases and they were
considering the possible damage she
might do their cause. Mrs. Mary
Thaw, Harry's mother, still is ada
mainly opposed to a settlement with
Evelyn, however.
AS the case now stands, prepon-
derance of evidence is on Thaw's
side, but so is the burden of proof.
His counsel has called alienists, ply
sicians and friends of the alleged lun-
attic to prove him sane. The other
side has alenists to declare him other
wise.
Hearings resume Monday.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-04-21
Show "Polikushka"
AT Symphony Hall in
Boston on April %

BOSTON, April 20.-The activities
of the Boston local of the Friends of
Soviet Russia will receive an addi-
tional squirt with the showing of the
film "Polikushka" and Russia and
Germany" in that city. These films,
so well received in all cities turnout
the country will be shown ON April
% at Symphony Hail.
Not content vita the usual promo
ton for the showing of these pic
lures groups are being organized un-
der the direction of Comrade George
Kraska, secretary of the local, to
visit and speak at labor and fraternal
organizations.
The showing of the pictures in this
city are only an addition to the &C.
tivities OF this local. A house to
house canvass for funds to aid the
starving German workers and their
children tho smaH-in total, averaged
$40 per couple.
SAN FRANCISCO, April 90 A
squad OF six policemen in charge of
sergeant were present to investi-
gate mass meeting held by the San
Francisco local of the F. S. r. The
police were sent by Lyman Wilbur,
professor at the University Of Cali
fornia, and at present in charge OF
the General Allen Drive, a German
relief campaign organized by the Ia
bor-hating Hell n Maria" Dawes now
In Germany, and father OF the Min
ute Men of the Constitution Of such
Ill odor in Illinois.
An explanation of the purposes OF
the F. S. r. and a show of the litera.
ture on hand seemingly convinced
the police who returned to report to
their chief, Lyman Wilbur.
The San Francisco local, one OF the
most active of all the locals in this
country, on March 10th made a SAT
pound shipment OF clothing on the
steamer "Drechdyke" and have dou.
BILE that amount ready for the next
steamer.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-04-21

me process OF surrounding the CEN
trail competitive field with open shop
fields operating at lower wage scale
is slowly proceeding. The agreement
on the part of the Northern West
Virginia Operators Association to &C.
cept the Jacksonville scale appears to
have been made by rump organiza-
ton of that body. According to Black
Diamond only 81 of the mines in that
group voted for ratification and MANY
of the remainder will attempt to op-
crate independently of the union. II
continues:
Drive On Wages Continues.
Where there has been no agree
ment with the union, mine owners
are seeking business and at such
times as contracts are secured expect
to resume operations on an adjusted
wage scale. On the Monongah divi-
sion of the B. G. o. and on the Mon
ongahela railway it is claimed that
there are 25 non-union mines in op-
GRAFTON in addition to many mines on
the Cumberland division and the
Charleston division of the B. & o.
not to speak Of the non-union mines
on the Morgantown and Kingwood
railroad. On the Monongahela rail-
way in Pennsylvania near the West
Virginia line and therefore in COM
petition with mines in mongolia
county so Of the rs mines are being
operated on a non-union basis. In the
Upshur county field virtually all Of
the mines except those OF the Red
Rock Fuel Co. at Red Rock are op-
Grating now and have been operat-
ing since the first of April on the 1917
wage SCALE"
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-04-21
YOUTH VIEWS
BY HARRY CANNES
Won SEEcKT DICTATORSHIP DE-
LAYS Y. c. I. BUREAU SEES
SION DECISIONS.


Suppression and the Won Seekt die
tatorship in Germany delayed the
arrival Of the Resolutions and Theses
of the Fourth Bureau Session Of the
Young Communist international, held
in Moscow last year.
Tho the decisions and resolutions
were written some months back they
are particularly applicable to present
conditions in the league and in the
United States today.
What will interest our members
and the workers generally in the
United States most is the anti-mili-
tary decisions.
One of the points in the bureau
session pamphlet that is particularly
meeting the attention of the Ameri-
can communist you-n organization,
the Young Workers League of Ameri-
ca, is that which calls for "the organ
ization of a widespread anti-militarist
education among the children and
youth.
With war preparations speeding up,
the anti-military resolution of the
Fourth Bureau session is Of imme-
date Importance to the young work
ers of this country and makes very
interesting reading. The members of
the Y. w. L. will find it the best guide
for their work in this field.
What is OF permanent Importance
to the young workers, as well as the
adult members of the revolutionary
movement is the experiences Of build
ing shop nuclei and the conclusions
drawn therefrom.
All over the world the young com
munist leagues have been trying to
reconstruct and build their organiza-
lions on the shop nuclei basis, at the
place of work rather than in resi-
Dental territories; and success has
been recorded by more than one
country. Foremost is the young COM
munist league of Germany.
In the United States, the Young
Workers League has established
some shop nuclei, and continually
stresses the Importance Of changing
to this form of organization. The
Workers Party has also paid some at
tention to this necessary organiza-
tional work.
The Thesis and Resolutions of the
Fourth Bureau session contains some
very interesting and neIpful material
for those comrades WAC work in
shops, the proper places for the or
ganization of shop nuclei. Every
member Of league and party would
find it enlightening to study and un-
derstand the shop nuclei resolutions
Of the young communist international
especially since these resolutions are
based on nearly one year of expert
ence all over the world.
The statements on the agrarian
youth will interest our farming COM
rades, and the trade union and eco
nomic resolutions are of prime i'm
portance to our members in the trade
unions and in industry.
The number of pamphlets available
is limited; and copies can be had
from the Y. w. L., 1909 N. State St
retail 20 cents; for bundle orders 40
or more) II cents a copy.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-04-21
GERMAN WORKERS
SHARING SCRAPS
WITH EACH OTHER
Workers Council Feeds
Thousands Daily
BY LOUIS p. LocHNER.
(staff Correspondent Of the Fed. Press)
BERLIN. April 20,- In Germany,

BERLIN, April 2e.- In Germany,
as in every nation. there
are hard hearted people con-
cerned about themselves alone who
are spending the winter on the Ri
viera or in southern Italy while their
fellow human beings at home are
starving. It is true that the big en-
ployers discharge thousands of en-
pIoyes in an effort to Dreak the eight
hour day, and then, with grandilo-
quent gesture, make a donation to
charity for soup kitchens.
But 1t is also true that there is a
heroism and self-sacrifice and broth
erIiness shown by certain classes of
the German people, especially by the
workers and the impoverished intel
lectuals and middle-classes, of which
little news reaches the outside world.
Take the workers. There are the
postal employees, who are especially
concerned about their old people and
about those who were dismissed when
economy hit all departments Of the
government In Berlin, Dresden, and
Halle all postal employees contribute
a share Of their wages toward help
ing the less fortunate.
Hamburg Workers Council.
Again, in Dresden, the employees OF
a number Of large firms have taxed
themselves a percentage of their
wages. The money is used for soup
kitchens feeding 200 unemployed
each. They have insisted that their
employers furnish the room for the
kitchens. In Lubbock and Bergen the
municipal employees voluntarily part
with share of their wages for the
unemployed. In Hamburg a work
srs' council has been organized,
which daily distributes 10000 meals,
the money for which comes from the
employed workers.
International Workers.
In Berlin there is much activity.
One channel is the International
Workers Aid, concerning whose soup
kitchens, supported by the workers
from all over the world, The FEEDER
ated Press has reported repeatedly.
The German workers themselves are
contributing Loyalty to this organiza-
ton. The Committee for Workers
Welfare lays special emphasis upon
child feeding. This committee has
branches in other cities.
One form Of quiet, unassuming help
of which little is known is that Of in
wiling a needy person to take meals
in ones own family. 1t is hard to
obtain statistics on this. but there
can be no doubt that the practice is
widespread. The welfare organiza-
lions have tried to encourage peo-
pie to report to them when they ar
range for steady guest, but many
prefer not to report. The figures oh
tanned speak of 125,Ooo men, women
and children receiving free berths at
the tables of others.
School Children Share Meals.
In many families children take a
double portion of lunch to school. The
children deliver the second lunch II
the teacher, who distributes the Of
fering. Another practice is that Of
having classes at school adopt" an
aged couple by supplying food.
When considering the appeals of
German relief organizations in Amer
lea, 1t should be remembered that the
German workers are digging deep in
to their threadbare pockets to relieve
distress.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-04-21
"PETER RABBIT" AND HIS
SPRING SUIT.

1892. Here is a well-known nur-
sery friend, ready for the Bunny
Parade, with a new Jacket and Over
alls. One could make the Jacket Of
satin or velvet, and the Overalls Of
flannel, jersey or linen.
The Pattern includes the doll"
and the garments. II is cut in three
sizes: Small ~, Medium 16, Large
20 inches in length. A 12-inch size
requires 1s-yard for the doll" and rs
yard for the jacket and overalls.
To make as illustrated will require
1a.yard Of 27-inch material for the
Jacket. and 9s.yard for the Overalls.
Pattern mailed to any address on
receipt Of 10c in silver or stamps. The
DAILY WORKER, lib w. Washing
ton st., Chicago, I'll.
Send 12c in silver or stamps for
our UP-TO-DATE SPRING AND
SUMMER 1924 BOOK OF FASH
IONS.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-04-21
Down with War, Say Women

NEW YORK, April 2O.-Make War
Illegal-Abolish the Army and Navy,
said the signs carried by Women's
Peace union representatives who
marched 10 the New York state Re-
publican convention here. The women,
led by Tracy Mygatt. saw the Repub-
lican resolutions committee chairman
but could not convince him that their
plank should 80 in the G. o. p. plat
sorm.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-04-21
OPERATORS USE
UNE M LOYMENT
in WAR ON MINERS
But Strikers Refuse to
Take Wage Cuts
BY LELAND oLps.

(staff Correspondent Of the Fed. Press)
Slack business makes this the ideal
time for the coal operators to settle
issues with the miners, according to
the editor Of Black Diamond, the lead
ing operators journal of the trade.
Both editorially and in its news col
umns this periodical shows that I'M
der cover of the Jacksonville agree.
ment the operators intend war on the
United Mine Workers.
with business at a standstill."
says the editor, "and with contracts
hard to secure it cannot be material
to many operators whether they run
their mines now or not, so settle
ments of the points at issue might
be brought about even tho it might
involve suspension of operations.
100000 Miners Unemployed.
Approximately 100000 miners in the
union fields are now out of employ
ment, according to Pres. John L.
Lewis of the United Mine Workers.
The remaining 100000 are not work
ing more than two or three days a
week
Strikers by States.
Those completely idle include 3d.
600 on strike against a cut in wages.
These are distributed as follows: 40
900 out in Missouri, Kansas, Arkan-
sas, Texas and Oklahoma; 5000 in
southeastern Kentucky and Tennes-
see; 10000 in southern West Virgil
mia; 10000 in Canadian provinces and
$4,000 in western Kentucky.
Rate at Which Fields Work.
The extent Of the depression in
mining during the latter half Of
March is shown in the weekly pro-
duction figures of the U. S. geological
survey These show many import
ant fields operating at less than so
per cent of capacity with mo mar
ket" the chief cause. The percent of
capacity idle is shown in the follow
ing table: