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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-11-13
McAndrew's Schools Policy

The superintendent of Chicago's public schools
tax dodgers of Chicago that Calvin Coolidge so
successfully tried on the national plutocrats.
In this city of millionaires and multi-million-
aires, teachers are overwOrked and underpad and
the classes are already so large that the children
would be better off by staying at home and getting
educated by radio or attending mass meeting.
There cannot be any effort made to give individual
attention to the pupils under those conditions.
The superintendent has plan for reducing ex-
penses that would be quite laughable but for the
fact that the welfare of the workers children is
involved Heafinds that too much money is spent
on lunches for the children and that the bill for
pencils must be reduced.
Yet this same economy hound is backing up a
scheme to build $17O,OOO,OOO worth of schools in
ten years. on a seventeen million year schedule.
If the city cannot afford to raise enough money to
provide pencils for school work. if it must retrench
on the cost of lunches for the children, how or
where can it find the money for this big building
scheme?
The answer is that McAndrew was imported
from New York by the business interests to put
over the junior high school system. Under this
system robots will be turned out, trained to pro-
duce surplus values for the BOSSES For this func-
ton in life higher education is not only useless
but dangerous to the BOSSES The capitalists are
willing to spend money robot factories, but not
on real educational institutions.
It is regrettabe that the leaders of the Teachers
Federation do not make real fight against Nc
Andrew and his hackers on the main issues and
not make the interests of the teachers and the work
ers children the football of capitalist politics Mar
garet Haley, business agent of the Teachers FEEDER
alton, is an old and well disciplined politician
Under the tutelage of such arch reactionaries as
Victor Olander and Oscar Nelson, she has evaded
a fight on issues that would arouse class feeling,
but made of the fight with the school board per
sonal matter between herself and McAndrew, who
is but tool of the big business interests.
Under such reactionary and fossilized leader
ship neither the interests of the teachers nor the
interests of the school children will be served
The fight must be waged as part of the struggle of
the workers against the bosses. Only in this way
can McAndrew and his starvation plan for the
teachers and the children of the working class be
defeated. The present policy of riding with the
hounds and running with the hare, followed by
Margaret Haley, can only lead to defeat
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-11-13

progressive, represent the normal so.
cialist voters and they were expected
to vote for the S. P. candidates. The
garment workers who were led to be
lieve by their leaders, all good S. P.
members, that they may expect some
favors from Governor Smith, and the
East Side pushcart peddlers also hab-
itual socialist voters who really de-
pend on favors from Tammany poll
ticians whenever they come in conflict
with the law (licenses, etc. are re-
sponsible for that difference of 1OO,-
900 votes.
The straight" socialist vote looks
not only crooked when the LaFollette
and Thomas votes on the S. P. ticket
are compared. Thomas ran behind
every other candidate on his own state
ticket. The following is a comparison
between the votes received by
Thomas as candidate for governor
and Waldman as candidate for attor.
ney,
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-11-13
Steel Trust Loafers Cash In

LOW would you like to get full
l ! time pay with a bonus thrown in
when you only put in half your nor.
NAL work? You'd tell them to quit
kidding. that sort of luck don't come
to workers.
But that is just what the last
quartely profits of U. S. Steel mean to
the wealthy owners. Those profits OF
S30,71S,415 piled up during months
when operations were about so per
cent Of capacity show, as clearly az
figures can, that capital and labor
have little in common in a system or
ganized for the profiiteer. Following
a period in which unemployment and
part-tlme severely reduced the wages
of steel workers, Gary and his direc.
tors voted not only the regular div
ident but also a continuation of the
extra dividend begun in 1928
Profits made by the owners of the
corporation in the first months OF
the year reached a total of $122,174,.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-11-13

ing her to forward the same to your
Office for a years subscription of
the DAILY WORKER, the WORK
ERS MONTHLY and the COM
MUNIST INTERNATIONAL. But
the dear old lady is incurably re-
ligious and attributes my irreligion
to just such journals as the DAILY
WORKER She will sanction any
thing in the reading line from
Genesis to Revelations, but nix on
the red stuff. l am twenty-eight
years. old, by the way, but it is
trivial factor to her. 1t is next to
impossible to compromise this situa-
ton, so | am forced to depend on
another relative who can qualify on
the official rule This arrangement
will interfere with a prompt renewal
Of the sub on the ninth, but / as
sure you it will reach your Office at
the earliest date possible.
"Fraternallv
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clallst votes?
The answer is: They went straight
to AL Smith, who needed them badly
to beat his rival, Roosevelt.
The New York Evening Post char
acterized the wholesale socialist de
fctions to the candidate in the fol
lowing fashion: THE Rev. Norman
Thomas, socialist-progressive candi
date who was expected to cut into the
democratic total, made no more diff
ference in the result than if he had
been running in Alaska"
Having said A, the S. P. leaders
should have known that their loosely
held voters will follow by saying B.
The socialist leaders asked their vot.
ers to support a progressive" repub-
lican for president and the voters i'm
proved upon their leaders by voting
also for a progressive" democrat for
governor. This may be following in
structions with vengeance, but the
fault lies with the leaders and not
with their followers. The latter, at
least, were consistent, even if they
failed to vote intelligently.
It was expected that LaFollette
would run ahead of the socialist can.
didate for governor. But those who
selected to vote for LaFolette on the
socialist ticket in preference of the
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-11-13

BY ALEXANDER TRAcHTENsERc.
THE socialist party headquarters in
l East Harlem bore the following
legend during the campaign; Vote a
straight socialist ticket-Vote for La
Toilette for president; Wheeler for
vice-presdent, LaGuardia for con-
gresham.
The voters of Harlem, an old so
cialist stronghold, were invited to vote
straight socialist by voting for an in
dependent republican for president,
for an independent democrat for vice.
president, for another independent re-
publican for congressman. "As you
will SOW, so will you reap says an
ancient proverb, which still holds
good in politics. On Wednesday the
s. P. leaders read the following re-
turns:
Total vote for LaFollette in New
York on progressive and socialist
tickets-1s6,957.
Total votes for LaFollette on the
socialist ticket-149,33S.
Total vote for Thomas, s. P. can
didate for governor, on same ticket
4S,137.
The big question is: What happen
ed to the that straight" 100000 So
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firms must have been about as follows
Hartman G Co. 1911, 900, ]. w. Davis
& Co. $4,000: Post & Flagg $474, 900;
Harris, Winthrop & Co. 1921 900: C
/. Hudson & Co. $34S,OOO
Calvin Coolidge's modest SO shares
brought him 1896 or fully half the
amount considered necessary to sup
port the family of a laborer in the
steel mills and over twice the $3.50
fee he demanded from the war vet
Grams for a speech at the dedication
of a war memorial in Bridgeport
Conn.
These profits piling up for persons
who never turn hand in the produc-
ton Of iron and steel tend to increase
the precariousness of the real work
ers chance to earn living. A large
part of the profits goes into machinery
which under private capitalism tends
to displace labor, making possible sat.
isfactory profits with so per cent
operation.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-11-13

by Alexander Bittelman, and printed
by the Trade Union Educational
League in an attractive red stiff paper
cover with an excellent drawing of
Lenin speaking.
The author is known around the
world as an intimate associate of
Lenin in all the struggles of the old
Bolsheviks This is A. Losovsky, now
general secretary OF the Red Interna.
tional OF Labor Unions, and of his
work Comrade Bittelman, in his intro
duction, says il asked to tell in a few
words the most pronounced feature
OF the pamphlet, he would say: 1T
is a desire to extract from the ex-
periences OF Lenin's life as many les
sons as is humanity possible for the
advancement Of the class struggle
and for the promotion of the prole-
tartan victory thruout the world"
1t is this experience of Lenin. then,
which is available in 4S-page
pamphlet that sells for only 15c. II
is expected that every worker who
looks toward Communism, will provide
himself at the great meetings cele.
brating the birth of the Russian
Revolution on November Z, with a
copy of this important work on the
greatest working class leader of all
history.
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viii You Send The Daily Worker to Jail?

ira dose. You can aid-you will
want to when you read this letter
Of the Sacrifices the men behind
the bars make to receive the DAILY
WORKER. For obvious reasons we
omit names and place:
your card notifying me of the
expiration date of the DAILY
WORKER duly received. In reply
to this, here are the facts. l am
employed in the Duck Mill turn
ing out cloth for mail bags and earn
on an average of 33 cents a day.
The rules regarding this widows
mite is that one quarter of the
months earnings can be spent for
tobacco and few other articles of
special sanction. 1t further stipulates
that the remaining three quarters
can be sent to certain relatives or
else deposited Here is where the
rub comes in. l planned on sending
a check to my mother and instruct
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Every week we receive few
such requests. We want to make
them all happy. Send in your con-
tribution and you will help In such.
cases as this one in another prison
which was visited by comrade Mas
sey of Kansas City who writes us
in part:
HE says that the DAILY WORK.
Err gets an awful reading, as TWEEN
ty or more read it.
Wen take the matter up with
comrades and see if can't get en-
ough nickles and dimes to insure
that - gets .he paper for
some time"
These men should have the DAILY
WORKER. We would like to
send it 20 them and will have to IL
you don't sent in their subscription,
We need the money-maybe you.
don't as badly Will you-or will.
we?
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-11-13
'MAMMON ART BY UPTON
SINCLAIR TAKES SHOT At
ARTISTS FOR THE DOLLAR


PASADENA, caI.-Havina mick.
raked religion, journalism and sdu-
cation in recent studies, Upton sin.
clair now pays his respects to the
poets, dramatlsts, novelIsts, seuIp-
tors, painters and composers In his
newest book, Mammonart. The
manuscript is finished and goes TO
press for publication In January.
II am calling II Mammensrt.p
says Sinclair, meaning art whiet,
Is subsidized and paid for by AZ.
ruling classes. ! turn the pockets
Of our artists and writer's Unsld.
out, beginning with Homer and IN.
Bible writer's, asking them vhsre
they got II and what they did far
their paymasters. believe this !.
the most important task Of all. be.
cause cultural ideas lie at the bs.e
Of all other activities
The book is published by the Az.
thor at 81 cloth or 81 paper. sI,.
eIair's address 10 Pasadena, Cal.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-11-13
The First Assault

1t appears if the first assault of the reaction
in the next congressional sessions will be on the
tax question. There is still some doubt in the
minds of political observers whether the Coolidge
clique will attempt an immediate frontal attack
the tax problem in behalf of those interests
that invested heavily in bringing about the re-
publican victory. Some believe that the admins
tration will delay this effort until the new con,
gress meets and then steamroller revitalized Mel
lon tax scheme thru a special session.
1t is apparently certain, however, that the big
gest employing class interests will brook no delay
in getting rid of the limited publicity measure
attached to the last tax bill passed by the demo
cratic-LaFOllette coalition We may definitely look
for strong effort being made to repeal this section
OF the present income tax law. We can safely look
forward to an abject Observation-Disclosures sur
render to the black old guard of the Coolidge ad-
ministration on this matter There is considerable
truth in the statement that the democrats and the
sccalled progressves have been substantially "sob-
ered' by the singing defeat administered them in
the last elections. In plain English, this means
that they have been driven back into helplessness
before the advocates of unadulterated nOrmalcy
AT no time have we looked upon the very limited
publicity of the income tax law as being at all
adequate or of positive help to the working masses
Yet it is interesting to note the tremendous hos
tility that the employing class always manages to
generate to any Legislative enacton which is not
grossly conducive to the enhancement of their
class interests 1t would be useless for any one to
expect thorough and complete tax publicity from
government and press owned and controlled
by the very class Of expoiters that is seeking to
shirk taxation.
To us the whole question of repeating the tax
publicity law serves only barometer of the ex-
tent to.which and the readiness with which the
strongest section of our employing class is ready
to launch its offensive against the working class
The swifness with which the capitalists ere acting
to cash in on their victory ought to be lesson to
the workers in preparing to throw back their NOR
tai enemies, the open-shoppers and bosses.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-11-13
BY LELAND oLDs
Federated Press Industrial Editor)

The Wall Street Journal says, Ter
years ago showing like this on so
per cent operations would have been
an impossibility. Steel at that time
could not have gone through a quarter
without showing deficit of many mil
lions. Its ability at the present time
to show a surplus of over $15,000,000
for dividents is due entirely to en-
larged production, increased working
capital and increased efficiency in gen
eral over the last decade"
Thus the profits of the last 10 years
have freed the owners from anxiety
about whether the plants operate part
time or full-time. Although furnish
ing only half the employment they
could afford to labor they find profits
"enlinently satisfactory" The sur
plus produced by workers under the
private profit system is apparently
turned directly against labor's welfare
instead of going to shorter hours and
higher standard of living.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-11-13
Shows Russia Reads.

MoSCOW.-There were in all 1868
different publications issued thruout
the Union OF Soviet Socialist Repub-
les In 1928, including books and the
periodical press (reviews, newspapers
counting, naturally, each journal
daily or other. as but one publication
for the entire year under review
This figure compares most favorably
with the 1927 publications issued on
1922, thus showing an increase OF 80
per cent over the previous year.
II is interesting to note that the
corresponding figure for 1917 was but
1874 publications, so that in the cul.
tural development Soviet Russia sur.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-11-13

THE DAILY WORKER follows
our comrades to jail Every
known political prisoner in the
United States and in many parts of
the world is on the subscription list
of the DAILY WORKER. If there
is one that isn't-we want to know
about it,
Sometime ago the DAILY WORK
Err was paid for these subscrip-
tions-or filed them free of charge.
Today the subscriptions are begin
ming to expire.
And we wonder if you who read
this will help pay for them. The
DAILY WORKER has a difficult
task to sustain itself--and an even
more difficult one to grow. All labor
papers have this to contend with
and Communist paper gets an ex-
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-11-13
That Straight" Socialist Vote in New York

Why should Waldman receive al
most twice as many socialist" votes
than his running-mate Thomas? Evil
minds might suggest that very in
teresting statement published promi-
nently in the socialist weekly. New
Leader" helped Waldman to outdis
lance the head (sic) Of the ticket
Replying to an invitation Of a lawyers
committee to vote for Davis, and par
ticularly against LaFollette who was
attacking the courts, Waldman wrote
among other things I'm my judg-
ment, far from attacking the courts,
or being dangerous to the country,
the program Of the third party move
ment, led by LaFollette and Wheeler
would strengthen popular confidence
in the courts" 1t seems that the San
Francisco millionaire banker and SUI
gar king and the socialist Waldman
have agreed, that, to preserve the ex-
listing order, LaFollette and his party
must be put in control OF this coun
try Shades of Ben Hanford! Verify
the lawyers and the preachers have
managed to strip the S. p. of every
thing socialist and anti-capitalist il
ever espoused.
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passed the last pre-revolutionary year
altho the latter was richer materially
If the comparison be drawn still fur
Their and the year 1921 be taken, the
increase will be. seen to be 500 per
cent, as the number of publications in
that year was but 1929.
As regards the contents Of the 1928
literature, more than Al per cent of all
last years publications was devoted to
social science, fine literature (fiction
arts, etc., accounted for about 16 per
cent, applied sciences, 15 per cent, pre-
else sciences over per cent, etc.
Moscow is, naturally, the largest
publishing center, 5,O40 publications
Slightly less than 80 per cent Of all
the Union). having appeared there in
1923. Leningrad follows with 1888
publications.
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lis Il[l 1 i ]; Z q {

is the one who is by far the greatest.
There is now available in a brief
pamphlet entitled "Lenin-The Great
Strategist of Glass War;" the out
standing features of his life and
teachings. This is new pamphlet,
but recently translated from Russian
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-11-13

500 which financial papers refer to as
'eminently satisfactory. 1t means s1O.19
a share for the owners of common
stock. A glance at the following list
shows how certain stockholders must
smack their lips:
Profits for 9 months to leading owners
of IL s. Steel
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-11-13
New PamphIet on LenIn.

New Pamphlet on Lenin.
BY all workers whose eyes look
toward Moscow as the capitol and
headquarters of the world revolution,
IT is admitted that of all the men,
living or dead, who have stood at the
head Of the proletarian struggle, Lenin
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-11-13
BY JAY LovEsToNE.

In addition to the above, Mongolia established full
diplomatic relations with Soviet Russia Nov. S. 1921.
Czecho-Sovaki signed temporary treaty with Soviet
Russia July s. 1922. Negotiations are now going on
which will undoubtedly terminate in the Soviet govern
ent being accorded unconditional recognition Japan is
also concluding its negotiations with the Soviet republics
with view of establishing full diplomatic relations.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-11-13

One of the local labor hating papers wise-eracks
that "The only thing turning Red these days are
the October leaves"
Not so good. The DAILY WORKER is very
much RED and the increasing circulate" nrrves
it is read.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-11-13

Next Sunday Night and Every Sun
day Night, the Open Forum.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-11-13

Get member for the Workers Party and a new
subscription for the DAILY WORKER
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-11-13

George F. Baker ............---........ $500, 500
L. G. Phipps ........--......--.......... 5000
M. S Milligan ..........-............-... 10000
C. S. Mott .............---............. 49,, 900
Frank R. Bacon .-...........-......... 100000
l.. H. Cutter ........---............... $4,000
G. H. Singer .........-................. 1O1 900
E. A. Rohlfs ..........--.............. $4,000
j. A. Roebling ....~-...~...... $1,000
e. d. Barney ....--.-----............... 91,4OO
g. Duryea ..............-.-...--.......... 76,2OO
w, H. ~Crocker ....................... $1,000
A. M. Anderson ----........;...-.... 81 900
L. F. Bader .......,.................... 5O,95O
The month profits on large blocks of
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-11-13

The month profits on large blocks of
steel stock held by leading brokerage
El Mundo. [volume] (San Juan, P.R.) 1919-1990, 1924-03-15
POr la ceLebre erfistn

Peua que btendo exto conocdo dando cuaren tres
das segudos SALON De LA RENA MARIA cRSTNA de "a
coRTE feprisse petc6n del p1bco madrleho
TODA EMPRESA DEBE APRESURARSE PEDR FECA PARA ESTA
GRANDOSA PELICULA
El Mundo. [volume] (San Juan, P.R.) 1919-1990, 1924-03-15

nos Aires, en- Montevideo... Sc ha uti-
lizado, como muletilla que estimula las
simpatias da cuerpo los homenaJes
las apoteosis, Ell recurso politico. <
siempre. falso de toda falsedad, ma
dado ell resultado apetecido para el
'perseguimiento Intellectual. ma
ruesto unas cuantas piedras mas para
sostener la leyenda de la Espafa negra.
Unamuno es demasiado grande para
ESQ., Ell, sin duda, ha de hablar ha-
blara mucho en- America y ha de va
ciar muchas de sus amarguras y sus en-
conos en- sus discursos. Pero un hombre
de su ITALIA mental, de su contextura es-
riritual Y de su temple de alma, no
puede descender la femenil debili.
dad de tantos otros 'prohombres" que
pasaron por aqui y no vacilaron, pol
arrancar aplausos emocionados pro.
vocar caridades NAL disimuladas en-
denigrar directa indirectaemnte a
Espafia, que al fin y al cabo ha sido 3
es la base lnica de Ia gloria de sus
grandes hijos...
El Mundo. [volume] (San Juan, P.R.) 1919-1990, 1924-03-15
Panora1nasingleses

''reparation de dommages' cue Gle
menceau, con el auxilio del cntonces &C
lebre coronel House, hizo escribir en-
Ell pacto de armisticio. Ell Csclareci-
miento de la mayor complicidad dc
Wilson no puede interesar sino los
interesados en- disculparse. A los de-
mas hombres de Europa los interesan
otras cosas mas profundas y mas cuo-
tidianas. Pero, como detalle pintoresco
de la actualidad, debe apuntarse Ia
destreza con que Lloyd George ha sa-
bido colocarse en- el sitio mas visible
de las columnas de los diarios, en.ata-
dos en- homemade al cadaver de Wilson.
Cesar FALCON.
Londres.