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The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-03-07

after going to the White House, tells the Senate and tells the country that Mclean was in .sGch close touch with the president of the United States that even though the. President might not know where his secretary was Mclean would at all times know and because the President of the United States that was when he should have known that he telegraphed Mclean asking him to advise about the situation and SO on.
 Suspicion does attach to Siemp, for Slemp was down there in company with Fall eating, I believe, for 12 days at the same table with Ned Mclean and with Fall-Slemp cannot give out a statement here that removes the sus- picion. am glad that the senator from Massachusetts has seen the President and he has. made the statement he has,"
 Senator Carawsy brought up the visit which Senators Fall, republican, New Mexico, and Hitchcock, democrat, Nebraska, made to the Whipe House during the illness of President Wilson to obtain a report as to his condition.
 When Fall Assailed Wilson
 II recall, if the public prints may be trusted" he said, ''that Albert B. Fall assaDled in the, most vicious lam guage the President of the United States and that the, Senate appointed him, known enemy of the President of the United States, to go to his sick chamber and turn back the covers to see whether or not he was feigning ill., ness; to see whether or not he was capable, mentally and physically, of ex-
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wished to find out who was here who could take Mir. Prescott's place and give him the information he desired. He knew that Mir. Slemp would know.
 Lost Track or SIemp tsMr. Slemp was away in Florida. T!ha Presid9pt did not know where he was He had been moving about, and the president did not have his exact address.
 1t was in the evening. at half past nine to be exact, and the Presidents s other secretary hsd gone. He did not know whether Mir. Slemp had left Florida or not. He knew that Mir. Me Lean would know where MT. Slemp was because he had been with him in Flor ida. The President, therefore, tele- graphed to Mir. Mclean. in order to reach Mir. Slemp for the purpose of get ting from him the name of the man he desired to see in Washington. That's the whole story of the telegram.
 sThe, senator from Mississippi refers to that as. something smirching his repu- 'tation, because, suppose, the tele- gram was addressed to MT. Mclean. Into that I see no need of going. am not discussing Mr. McLean's character, but he was known to. the President and it, was a very natural way of reaching MT. Slemp if he were still in Florida, which was so. That is the whole thing.
 q. have known the present Presi- dent of the United States for many years. I know him well both in private and in public life. His private life, as his public life, has been without spot or blemish. The present scandal of cor ruption or conduct in (office has never come near him"
 Gould Have Gone Further"
 Replying to Senator Lodge. Senator Harrison declared he had made no at tack upon the President. T submitted the telegram" he said,. which was sent by the President with his name at- tached, to Ed Mclean at Palm Beach. I could have gone further. I could have said that the White House had been in constant touch with Mclean; that the White House, through its officials had notified Mclean at Palm Beach of almost the exact moment that Slemp, the Presidents private secretary, had rleft the White House for Florida; that Mclean was Kept ih touch with Slemp's movements.
 "The senator from Massachusetts,
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by him and turned over to McLean in Florida, and testified that w .. Burnt; chief of the justice depeft- ments bureau of. investigation, had permitted him to use deparfment code book in connection with thees
 Still another witness wSs Fred Starek; q director of the war finance corporation. He had been mentioned 'in the teiegrams as .desiring to get in touch with the publisher, but hc ex- plained that the matter he had In, mind related to purchdse of the Wash-6 ington Post and had nothing to do with oil.
 An explanation of the identity of "the principal" in telesram sent to Mclean is now desired by the commit tee from the author of the .message, Ira E. Bennett. m editorial writer of the Washington Post. Senator Walshl' said tonight that Bennett would bx' called tomorrow. sr
 Mclean still is awaiting . call to. the witness stand. It had been ex-. pecteds that he would be heard this week, but senators said today his exc animation would probably have to bss prosponed until next Monday or Tnes.3 day. a1;
 During the secret session today, while telegrams were being examined, a row arose in the committee as a result of charge that there had been a '1eak" of information. Some of the, republicans accused democratic mem. bers of breaking faith. Ss,
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and who stands out as one of the worlds greatest manufacturers and whose if nancial credit no one questions
 Now the power offer and the so- called fertilizer offer nf these three com panies clearly show in the record that what these companies want to get at Muscle Shoals is the power there, and they madeza flim-flam fertilizer offer only in order to get this power. They look upon Muscle Shoals simply as a power proposition and all they will seek at Muscle Shoals is the power that is available there"
 Mir. Madden also discussed the own. ership of stock in the Alabama Tow. CT company, declaring itsis controlled by a foreign corporation, Canadian company and the stock of this Canadian company is controlled by British owners"
 Must Bar Foreigners
 Whatever may be the differing views among members of the House. con tinued Mir. Madden. Since every member is an American, none will fail to approve the sections of the Me kenzie bill, which provides that no stocks or bonds issued by any company or subsidiary company in connection with the governments Muscle Shoals properties shall be owned or controlled by any foreign corporation, citizen or subject. This provision excluded, and rightfully, the Alabama Power company, and as for the power companies allied with it, they are merely stool pigeons"
 Mr. Madden declared that only, one bidder, Mir. Ford, has "squarely faced the responsibility at Muscle Shoals Mir. Ford's remarkable success in everything he has undertaken has ex- cited the admiration and confidence of the nation, Mr.: Madden added.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-03-07

POWER FIRMS PLAYED
 BYCHAIRlNAN. MADDEN .' BOOSTING FORD PLAN
Southern Concerns Stand Condemned In .
 Court, He Says

| WASHINGTON, March 6.-Chair- man Madden of the House appropria- tions committee, author of the amend. ment to the Mckenzie bill, providing for replacement of the, Gorgas steam plant, made an appeal today for favor able action on Ford's offer.
 With his plea he coupled a bitter att2ck lon the southern power com panies that are seeking control of the whose hands shall place the peoples Muscle Shoals.
 When Congress comes to decide in water power anld the peoples nitrate plants at Muscle Shoals" said MT Madden, "it is necessary to. inquire most ders; their business standing and integrity and whether they are worthy to be trusted with these properties, in- volvipg the national safety of the coun- try in time of war and an ample and cheaper supply of fertilizer for the farmers in time of peace"
 As to the Alabama Power company, MT. Madden said it stood "repudiated by it's .neighbors, the people of Alabama, and condemned in the records of Con gress and by the department of justice"
 Can't Find Support
 If these Indictments of the integrity of the Alabama Power company are not just" continued Mir. Madden, "why do we not find at least one member of this House from Alabama, who will rise and defend this corporation? And when no member of Congress from Ala bama-in which state the operations of the Alabama Power company are To- cated--utters a single word in defense of this company, shall the House en- trust the peoples property at Muscle Shoals in this company's hands? Shall the government entrust to this company its security and safety in time of war, and shall the farmers interests at Muscle Shoals be entrusted to the Ala bama Power company when this com pany is the avowed and open enemy of the farmers in their fight for the ac- ceptance of the Ford offery'
 With regard to the Tennessee Flee tric Power company" Mir. Madden said, it was defending a suit in the Tennessee supreme court for the can cellation of it's charter because it is monopoly, violating the antitrust law and the common law of the state of Tennessee."
 Mr. Madden declared the Memphis Power and Light company, the third corporation signing the company's proposal for power and the manufac- ture. of fertilizer at Muscle Shoals, ''can be dismissed from the attention of the House as having no reliable and dependable business standing, because i: has only recently come out of re- ceiyership."
 Power Companies Discredited
 .sSo, here,"s declared Mir. Madden, Eve have the trio of power companies in discredit. Here are the triplets who have broadcast in the press of the coun- try that they have made better offer for, Muscle Shoals than Henry Ford, in whom the American people have faith
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White House and McIeanss privats operator one and the same man. =
 Thinks Slcmp Sent to Mclean J;
 The plot thickens. Then Mr.. Slemp goes to Florida--for what pure. poseg I do not think he told the come mittee for what purpose he went. That is. plain talk, too, but think it is the5 plain truth. I think Slemp went on aS mission, that he was sent to see Mc-S Lean.
 ''The President says to Mclean: See Slemp.' He does not wire SIemp to z see Mclean, but he wires to the big boss with the cipher code in his pocket, with his commission as an agent in the department of justice, and dispenser of patronage in the District of CoIum- bia, and the Presidents warm friend --he wires and asks him to see my secretary and advise me with whom l. should confer back here.'
 The senator from Massachusetts,r 7. interrupted Senator Caraway, 'snggest-. cd that the President communicated. with Mclean in order to reach his sec- :. retary, Slemp. believe the record will, show that Slemp sw0fe that when lia z left Washington he did not expect to see Mclean, and his meeting with him :. was sRurely accidental. Now, do not like to see Siemp in such an embarras- sing position, and I hope somebody will explain his testimony <,
 Referring to Senator Lodges state-~ ment about debate in the Senate, Sem. ator Walsh, of Montana, said, HEyery.y body upderstands what is the trouble.i The debate has been serious matter, T f i he said. Tt has been, in general, a recital of revelations made by the public lands committee that have shocked ,tlle5 country, and, of course, has distressed, !. the senator. from Massachusetts and now he seeks to utilize the inst. rever- ence the people of the United States have for the office of President of the United States, and the respect they have for the incumbent, to minimize the dis closures made in the debate in this body with reference thereto"
 Dial H1bulsss Loaee s <
 Referring to Senator Lodges refer- ence to Senator Tillman, Senator Dial, of South Carolina, declared it would, perhaps, have been in better taste for the senator from Massachusetts not to have opened the grave" !
 IT he is looking for q precedent, ? s Senator Dial said, s'under this, one ! senator, or senators, could attack, or did attack a. President of the United States, he would not have to 10 fur-l ther back than; the last few years. when he and q great many of the sers- tors on his side of the chamber most cruelty and unjustly criticized former President Wilson. They we're unre-s !. lenting; in their efforts to discredit that :. high, official in here for several years. :. So + think propriety should have led him to go back for precedents beyond our own term of service in this body i,
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NO NOTICE KECErvEp, l,

NASHVILLE, Tenn. March 6 4Dr. Walter F. Fleming, dean of the CoiIeKen of Arts and Sciences at Vanderbilt uni yeEsity, asserted here tonight that he one connected with the Louisianl state university in regard to the possibility of having him succeed Dr.. T. ID. Bore as presidentaof that institution. IF
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the shape of gift from the govern ment, Mir. Quinn urged his colleagues to stand up for the poor men of this country who have no friends in the high places by supporting the Ford proposal. He characterized the Detroit manufacturer as "the only man in the United States who. has guaranteed to carry out the proposal"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-03-07

fOt h.NOH \ IO.>iC Is GOUI,
 Shen it makes you eat liSe hung, 'oy and brings back the .olol ty your cheeks. You can soon feel the Strengthening, lnyigorating Effect of GROvES' TASTELESS CHILL TONIC. G0c.--Adv. VI
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-03-07
TAKE PRECAUTIONS.
 AGAINST SMALLPOX
Cases Spreading And Vaccina- tiOn Centers On Schools

With smallpox becoming more preva- lent every day the health department is continuing its work of vaccination with vigor, it was stated Thursday. Pupils of the Robinson school were vaccinated Thursday while 205 pupils of the Cunningham school were inocu- lated Wednesday. A number were also protected against the disease at Pratt City and Graymont.
 Adults will be vaceinnated free of charge at the board of health labora. tory on the third floor of the city hall 6uiIdii1g
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DIR. EDMONSON RETURNS TODAY
 Dr. John H. Edmonson will return to Birmingham today after an absence of four weeks in the north and east where he has been engaged in special work.
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to delay the final vote on. the Ford proposition. 2,
 However" he added, "there will be no filibuster, and the vote finally will be unavoidable. We have hte strength to put the Ford offer across"
The daily worker., 1924-12-09
READ THE DAILY WORKER
And the ScQbbGrd Is ThrOwn
AwGv"

The birth of new and powerful alliance, real
united front of exploited masses, is heralded in
the announcement Of the organization of the Pan
American AntiInperialist League with head
quarters at Mexico City.
This organization, born of the resistance by revo
lutionary workers Of ALL America, to the savage
imperialism of the capitalist government of the
United States-the colossus of the NORTH" as it is
termed by the Latin-Americans- fair to give
unfinching battle to the infamous class colabora-
ton schemes of Gompers and Morones and their
satellites in North, Central and South America
The manifesto signed by this organization is
signed as well by the Workers (Communist Party
of America, the Trade Union Educational League
and the Communist Party of Mexico. These are
strong and determined forces to open the struggle
althO they face foe whose power is beyond theirs
at present.
But the forces Of history are on the side Of the
soldiers Of labor The workers of the entire western
hemisphere are arousing slowly but certainly, the
challenge to western Imperialism is made, 'The
night is gone the sword is drawn and the scabbard
is thrown away"
Down with imperialism M
The daily worker., 1924-12-09

plan, which is led by the Communists, be stamped
lout.
Thus the world divides more sharply than
ever into two classes-the capitalists who will
profit from the Dawes plan and the working class
who suffer from it. Is this not a clear illustration
of the conflicts within capitalism that forces it to
draw closer the battle lines and intensity the class
struggle at tine when it needs as never before the
unthinking loyalty of the class it exploits?
Then there are the national rivalries which will
not down and which prevent any such absolute
unity of world capitalism that implied in the
"entente cordiale" Unity against Bolshevism
means war; war for territories now acknowledging
the rule of the workers and PEASANTS government
Of Soviet Russia. The question Of the division of
the loot must first be settled by the bandit chiefs
and this question they cannot settle. 1t is this
question that appears to issue always from the
shadowy mouth Of the red spectre and the capital
ist rulers go crazy trying to find the answer.
There is no answer except that given by the Com
munst International 'Revolutionw I
1t is here in the United States that the only
really powerful counter revolutionary force in the
world lives. Here are the billions of wealth and
the millions of backward workers-the finances
and the cannon fodder for war on the European
working class and it is here therefore, that the
most telling blows must be dealt this new con
spiracy against the worlds workers, against the
Communist international and against the workers
and peasants government of Russia.
Every string that moves the ministerial puppets
of Europe has its end in Wall Street. Morgan the
puppets MASTER also jerks the strings controlling
the American variety in the White House and
American capitalism prepares-first to crush the
world revolution and second, to crush its capitalist
rivals Ss-
The Communist Party Of America has the big
gest job of ALL
The daily worker., 1924-12-09
PATERSON STRIKERS
CAN NOW TAKE CARE
OF THEIR MEMBERS

After four months Of strike, the
Paterson, N. J. silk workers, thru
their strike committee, make the
following statement relative to the
collection Of funds raised by out
side organizations for their sup
port:
The results Of the appeal issued
by the strike committee to support
the Paterson strikers in their strug.
gle for better conditions surpassed
all its expectations.
This is sufficient evidence that,
despite the attacks by certain news
papers and so-calIed labor leaders
to the effect that the strike was an
outlawed one, the workers thruout
the country, and particularly from
New York, recognized the cause Of
the silk workers Of Paterson as a
just one.
However, at this time, we are JUS
titled In making the statement that
the strike has reached the stage
where we will be able, with the
funds on hand and the money be-
ING raised by our membership, to
take care Of those who are in need
Of support.
w take this opportunity TO thank
all individuals, organizations, and
committees who have assisted In
the raising Of funds.
We request that all monies col
ieeted by organizations and COM
mittees be forwarded without de-
lay, so that an accounting Of re-
eelpts and expenses can be submit
ted.
The Strike COMMITTEES Associated
SILK Workers.
Fred HoeIscher, sec'y-Trsssure
The daily worker., 1924-12-09

Minas Geras, were lying in the Rio De
Janeiro harbor. After long negotia-
tions with the higher officers who re.
fused their demands, the crew and
petty officers of the Sac Paulo, led by
five young second-lieutenants not yet
out of their teens, seized their officers
and put them ashore.
Raise Red Flag.
They raised the red flag over the
ship and declared their intention of
Joining the revolutionary party. The
marine commander, Senior Alexandr-
ino de Alexncar, under white flag,
boarded the ship and argued all night
with the mutineers to no effect.
When he finally left they cleared
decks for action and slipped her cable
ready for the sea.
BY rumor the news Of the mutiny
had spread like wildfre and the
docks and wharfs around the harbor
were black with people at dawn.
The Minas Geras Would Not Fire.
The Sac Paulo sent demand to the
crew of the Minas Geras to join her
in the mutiny. Evidently the Off
GERS prevented seizure of the Minas
Geras, altho they could not force her
crew to open fire on the Sac Paulo,
which, Haunting the red flag at the
masthead, began steaming down the
harbor after sending couple of shells
into the naval prison on the harbor
hills and demolishing it while the
prison guards ran for their lives.
The President Was Elsewhere.
Not taking any chances, the Sac
Paulo kept her guns trained on the
Minas Geras while she stopped for an
hour Just off the palace of the Brazil
ian president on the Praia FLAMENCO
Apparently learning that the president
was not at home that morning, and
not wishing to waste ammunition on
perfectly good but empty palace, the
Sac Paulo went down the harbor.
Fort Gunners Had Bad Eyes.
Here it came under the guns of the
forts covering the harbor entrance
one of the best fortified harbors in
Sonth America She was subject to
few shots from some of the lesser
forts and replied with one or two
shots. Then she reached the harbor
mouth and came under the great guns
Of Fort Copacaban. Strangely
enough, it appeared that the gunners
Of the fort were puiposely shooting
wide of the mark
BY 1890 in the afternoon the Sac
Paulo, seemingly without injury and
with full steam up was out to sea and
turned southwark She is battleshir
worth $5,OOO,OOO, fully armed and
equipped with coal and supplies for a
voyage Of 5000 miles. Altho some of
the crew wished to take the ship to
Soviet Russia, the nationalist senti-
ment prevailed, so after a futile voy-
age which was, however. a demonstra
tion of what could be done, the ship
was voluntarily interned at Buenos
Aires.
The daily worker., 1924-12-09
France to Enter
New Naval and Air
Armament Race
Especial to The Daily Worker)


PARIS, France, Dec. s,-France's
new naval program calls for the build
ing OF over half a billion dollars worth
of battleships, and the entire recon
struction of the navy, as outlined by
the chamber Of deputies commission.
Particular attention will be given to
Strengthening the Mediterranean
fleet, in order to compete with the
Italian feet which is at present sup
erior to the French ships in the Med
iterranean. Air service will be de-
veloped to keep pace with American
air service development.
The reconstruction of the navy will
take twenty years to complete accord
ing to the plan.
The daily worker., 1924-12-09
Newark Bakers.

NEWARK, N. EVERY italian
baker in Newark recognizes the Am.
algamated Food Workers union local
No. II after the union workers four
months fight for organization of the
town. The local union has full juris-
diction over all Italian bakeries in the
district now.
The daily worker., 1924-12-09
Get member for the Workers Party and new
subscription for the DAILY WORKER
The Miners Election

The members of the United Mine Workers of
America thruout the jurisdiction of that organ
izaton voting today on the election of national
and district officers for the next two years This
election is of the greatest Importance to every coal
digger in the United States
1t is damning Indictment of John L. Lewis,
and his administration that while the ballots are
being cast ten locals in the anthracite coal fields
are disfranchsed by that autocrat's ORDERS be-
cause the members dared to strike against the coal
companies that violated their agreements The
czar of the miners union seized upon this pretext
to lift the charters of the locals knowing that the
sentiment there was strongly against him.
The incident in the anthracite field could be
multiplied one thousand fold. From Nova Scotia
to Kansas and from Alberta, Canada, to Wilkes
barre, Pa. this labor faker has left his trail of
treachery. Lewis and his administration, including
his machine in every district should be driven from
Office and the progressive slate elected
Not until the United Mine Workers of America
and the entire trade union movement are under
Communist leadership and the tools of the en-
ployers who now rule them are ousted, will these
organizations become effective instruments to fight
for the workers. interests.
Today the coal miners have an important duty
to perform. They should vote for the progressive
slate and solidify their forces for the next drive
against the entrenched agents of the coal operators
who now cruelty them. The battle cannot be won
in day, but victory is theirs just as soon as they
make real and determined effort to win.
Progressive workers in every industry in the
United States are today watching the action Of the
most militant section Of the American proletariat
The Chicago gunmen, altho denounced voci-