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on. His letters were so strong,
manly, and yet SO touching, that
even the jsilor wept as he CEN
sored them in the course Of his
duties AS Wendell Phillips said,
the million hearts Of his country
men had been melted by that old
Puritan soul.
With absolute equanimity, John
Brown wrote his will, wrote his
last few letters to his family. de-
termined the coffin in when he
was to be buried, and the inscrip-
ton on the family monument, said
farewell to his fellow prisoners
and Jail keepers. On the morning
of December End he stood ca-mly
on the steps Of the scaffold and
gazed about him. Before leaving
his cell he had handed to another
prisoner the following last and
uncompleted message:
81, John Brown, am now quite
certain that the crimes Of this
guilty land will never be purged
away but with blood. | had, as
now think, vainly fattered myself
that without much bloodshed it
might be DONE"
The Trap Is Sprung.
Now, as he looked about, he
could see massed beyond the fif-
teen hundred soldiers Virginia had
felt necessary for this execution,
the hazy outlines Of the Blue
Ridge mountains. The sun was
shining; the sky was blue. and his
heart was at peace. This is a
beautiful country" he said, 81
never had the pleasure Of really
seeing it before" He walked with
perfect composure up the steps,
watched by the eyes of the SOL
diery and officialdom Of slave
holding Virginia. They saw not a
tremor in his face or body: even
when the cap was drawn over his
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HIS question is one which has re.
Gently been presented to the Party
IN very pressing form.
One of the Party branches in the
West sent to the National Office an
enthusiastic letter announcing that a
Observation-Disclosures" club had
been organized and that the Party
members had captured control of the
organization. The branch further an
nounced that an intensive campaign
to spread the "LaFollette-for-Pr esi-
dent" clubs over the entire city and
county would be undertaken.
There may be other Party branches
which have similar ideas in regard to
our position in relation to LaFollette
and it is therefore necessary to dis
cuss the matter thoroly in order to
prevent other units of the organiza-
ton from going off on such wild
goose chases as that of the branch re-
ferred to.
Economic Forces at Work.
In discussing the conditions which
made a proletarian revolution posi-
BILE, Lenin said that there were two
conditions, the first being that the
bourgeoisie could no longer rule and
the second the will-to-power Of the
proletariat.
The conditions which make it posi-
bic for the capitalists rule are Gre
|ated by the economic forces devel-
oped within the capitalist system.
During and after the world war these
forces made their appearance in a
more or less developed form in prac-
tically every capitalist country. The
war disarranged the whole capitalist
structure of production. 1t created
enormous burdens of taxation in ev-
cry capitalist country The conse-
quences of this situation are that the
struggle between economic groups in
capitalist society has been sharpened
tremendously thru each group try
ing to escape the sacrifices made nee
essary to pay the cost of the heavy
economic burden created by the war.
The result of the shsrpened eco
nomic conflict reflects itself in the
political struggle. In place of more
or less homogeneous ruling capitalist
class, each economic group within tho
capitalist system which has divergent
economic interests, organizes itself
for the political struggle. The result
is that the centralized capitalist rul-
ing power breaks up into many strug-
Cling groups, which, while they
continuously endeavor to combine
against the working class. find them
selves forced apart again thru the
pressure Of their distinct economic
interests.
The continuous changes from gov
eminent to government in Germany,
the country which has to meet the
greatest burden, economically, on ac-
count of the war, represents this
process at work. This situation in
England is developing along this
line, with the added factor that under
the pressure of growing revolution
airy movement the capitalists find il
politically wise to permit pseudo
working class government to rule for
the present.
In the United States.
While the United States suffers
least as a result of the world war,
the sharpened economic struggle has
become apparent here as we'll as in
European countries. There is grow
ing movement on the part of both the
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ANTI-MUSSOLINI
MEETING HALTED
| IN PENNSY TOWN
Constitution Is a Joke in
Mt. Carmel

NEW YORK, April 9.-Interfer-
ence with an anti-Fascist meeting by
the officials of Mt. Carmel, Pa,
brought protest today from the
American Civil Liberties Union, sent
to Chief Burgess Walter Kozlowski,
and the announcement that another
meeting would soon be held there to
test the right of free speech. The
Union called upon Burgess Hollow
ski to furnish police protection $50
that the meeting may proceed in a
lawful and orderly manner in ac-
cordance with American traditions Of
free speech and assemblage." Court
action will be taken if necessary, the
lUnion declared.
Protest To Gift.
A protest was also sent to Gov
Arnor Clifford Pinchot, enclosing press
reports of the case and requesting
him to take such action as he could
under the law. The press reports show
that Italians supporting the Fascist
government secured the cooperation
Of the mayor and the police depart
inent in preventing the meeting.
"This is one of number of recent
instances Of the sort in Pennsylvania, :"
the Civil Liberties Union declared in
a statement issued today. "Pennsyl-
vania is at present the one state in
the country where such arbitrary in
reference with meetings is frequent.
The mayor of Wilkes-Barre recently
interfered with peaceful meeting
called to praise one foreign premier;
now the mayor of Mt. Carmel inter
feres with peaceful meeting called
to criticize another foreign premier.
The Constitution guarantees to Amer
lean citizens the right to discuss their
own government in any way they like.
They have surely the right to discuss
foreign governments. The action of
Burgess Kozlowski and Chief of Po-
lice Morgan is wholly without war
rant in law, public morals or common
sense"
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Robots in "R. L. r."
Cannot EUen Hear
The Whistle Blou.

Three halls nave now 6cor encPg
cd Tor the new Labor Production Of
Rqrel Capek's great Robot nelo
drama ar. u. R." The play viii
have It's first Chicago presentation
on Sunday afternoon, April 20, in
North Side Turner Hail $40 y.
Clark street. 4 second performance
VIII DO given Wednesday evening,
April 20, in G. S. p. s. Hall, 1l26
". 18th street. There will also 10
2 Pullman performance IN Strumiai:
Kali.
Scycra; innovations have been ir'
trcGucpd in the Labor Production %
IN. y. R." which represent darinc
sops-tureR from the method used b.
me Theatre Guild in rs staging OF
ths play. No liberties have boon
taieon with the authors manuscript.
On the contrary, certain dey;ces OF
ssfciag and costume have bean
ldo9sed which will serve to brlns:
Gst The real meaning cC Karel Ca.
paN'a significant dialogue. The pro-
dvctioa viii be complete In s'getv
setd;l, Tho acting Yill Je conlpav-
anio 20 She nign standard set by tic
! heaSr0 Gui.G il It's pGrforrnaaccS
hero.
The c1st M. 1esn -ehe9-sins ro~
N. aever1i wees, and Tho playnrs
ace baGtngin0 IT, az themselves into
Sf,st- 'arts u9:urally and elo:ly
ISle Eo6o.s hGve become inD1cd
TcEa tho spirit Of their rcle. that Il
las ncsslaiiy become necessary 60
'ei0w BIC. hnacSe fp.tory vhtstie
"sc tast they will know whom 70
rte2 work"
Tickets So- al performances sell
Sac rs cents. They can 90 seuiral
from the GaSo- Defense tousc,., L.;
". Wa&aiag+oo straet, Roam 3n7.
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Youth VieuDs
By HARRY CANNES
Number of Child and Youth Workers
Still Grows.

Still Grows.
All available reports show a rapid
increase in the number of youth and
child workers. The thirty-eight per
cent increase reported by. the United
States department of labor in the past
few months nowhere near gives a
true picture of the situation of youth
labor.
Since the close of the war, the
school attendance of the youth has
become exceedingly lax, and with
this the tendency to employ more and
more youth IA years of age and I'M
der is growing pronounced.
No action has been taken on the
pending useless bills in Congress
either for the abolition of child la
Dor or the passing of constitutional
amendment with a view of prohibit
ing child labor"
Strong OPPOSITION has been shown
to any attempts to better the con-
dition of the working children right
in the congressional committee in
vestigating the child labor constitu-
tional amendments.
There is but little chance of even
the present Congress. Every OPP
portunity is given the capitalists and
employers of child labor to talk and
act against the bill while very little
is being done really to get the facts
of the exploitation of the children.
Senator Medill Mccormick, who pa
rades as one in favor of the constitu-
tional amendment, announces that no
more information is needed on the
subject, while at the same time, hum
dreds upon hundreds Of child labor
employers and their representatives
appear before the committee in
charge Of the subject and urge that
the measure in favor of the children
be not passed.
This grim game of hide-and-seek
with the lives of the working children
will undoubtedly go on so long as the
workers ere limited in their express
sion against the sweating of children
TO Gompers and men of his stamp.
Before anything real can be done,
a farmer-labor party based on the
real needs of the workers and farm
ers, must come into existence. The
agitation against child labor becomes
a strong point in the argument for
a class fsrmer-labor party. To ex-
pect anything whatever from Com
pers or the bunch of robbers now in
charge Of the lives and health of the
little children is to hope for the inn
possible from the enemies of the
true interests Of t-e American work
ing youth and chill laborers.
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TICO Factions of
Armenian Section
In Boston Combined

The first results of the Boston
convention, Feb. %, whicn was hclA
for the purpose of unifying the two
sections Of the Armenian workers
and branches of the Workers PARTY
have been gained in the city of Bos-
ton. The Branch of the former
Armenian Federation of the Work
ers Party and that of the Armenian
Workers Party there, met on March
"a and adopted the following reso-
luton:
"In conformity with the deci.-
ion of the Central Executive Com
mittee of Workers Party Of Amer
Ca in regard to the unity of tho
branches Of the two Armenian
Sections, the two Boston branches
in a Joint session called by the
City Central Committee secreta-y
on March "a, 1924, az Faine Mo
mortal Hall, Boston, Mass. unan-
imously declare the union Of the
two separate branches into ore
unit"
The two branches will function
hereafter as the Boston Branch of
the Workers Party in the Armenian
Section. The example of the Bos-
ton Branch should be followed By
other groups of the Armenian Work
ers organization.
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DETROIT PLANS
VERY BUSY WEEK,
APRIL 10 TO 20
Ruthenberg, Trachten-
berg, Dunno to Speak

DETROIT, Mich, April 9.-The
eight-day period beginning Sunday,
April 18th, and ending Sunday, April
goth, is crammed with events of
great interest to the Party members
and sympathizers in Detroit and of
vital Importance to the Party.
The importance of Secretary C. E.
Ruthenberg's speech on 1.-THE Deci-
sive Stage Of Our Labor Party
Policy" neds no comment. All mem
bers are instructed to attend and
others who may be interested are
invited.
Many Lectures.
Comrade Trachtenberg's account
OF conditions in the two republics,
Russia and Germany, will be very in
structive as to the relative merits Of
revolutionary action and class col
liberation from the workers point
of view. Altho Comrade Trachten-
berg is a lecturer on social issues, his
talk will be descriptive Of the objec-
tive conditions attained by the work
ing class in the two countries. as a
result OF diverging policies.
On Saturday evening, April 10th,
Bill" Dunno will preside over a
banquet which has for its detectives.
first, to provide those attenting with
sumptuous dinner and an ENJOYABLE
evening, and, secondly, to defray
part Of the cost of a new and com
plete banqueting equipment for the
House of the Masses.
Sunday afternoon Comrade Dunno
will speak on coil, and the Germs
Of Labor Party" relating the i'm
portance Of the establishment of
the people as a result Of the expo
sure of our oily administration. and
the drive for a Farmer-Labor govern
ment.
All Attend.
We urge all readers to attend
these meetings. As the meetings are
held In various halls we caution all
readers to note carefully the sub
Ject, speaker, time and place Of
meetings so as to be at the right
place at the right time. The meet
ings are as follows:
The Decisive Stage of Our Labor
Party Policy" c. E. Ruthenberp. AZ
Finnish Hall, 1868, 18th St. SUNDAY
April 18th at 2:30 p. m.
What / Saw in Russia and Ger
many, A. Trachtenberg, at House Of
the Masses, 2101 Gratiot Ave. Tues
day April 18th, at 500 p. m.
Banquet, Dunno, Toastmaster.
House of the Masses, 2101 Gratiot
Ave. Saturday April 10th, $50 till
midnight.
oil and the Germs Of the Labor
Party" William F. Dunno. at Auto
Workers Temple, 1856 E. Adams
Sunday April goth. 2:3O p. m.
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lower middle class, the small business
men, the shopkeepers and well-to-do
farmers and on the part Of the work
ing class to challenge the centralized
capitalist ruling power in this coun-
try. This movement expresses itself
in the Third Party movement sup
ported by the lower middle class and
the class Farmer-Labor party sup
ported by the exploited farmers and
workers.
These two movements are not
separate and distinct; they are inter
mingled with admixtures of Third
Party elements in the class Farmer
Labor movement and working class
elements in the Third Party move
ment.
There is, however, one point of
agreement between the two move
ments. Both center their hopes upon
the leadership of LaFolIette as a can
didate for president. Masses of farm
ers and workers who are supporting
the June 18th Convention and who
organizationally are for Farmer
Labor Party are for LsFollette for
president as we'll as the small bust
ness men, the professional groups, the
aristocracy Of labor, etc., which sup
port the Third Party movement.
Our Policy.
Our Party recognizes this situa-
ton. 1t is endeavoring to fit its poll
cies so as to meet this situation. Does
that mean that we share the illusions
of the masses of workers, farmers,
professional men, small business men,
ETC., who look to LaFollette as the
Moses who will lead them out of the
economic wilderness which the rul-
ing capitalist has created for them.
Certainly if we shared these illusions
we would have no right to call our
selves Communists. If circumstances
develop so that our Party will find it.
self supporting the candidacy of La
Toilette for president it certainly will
not be because we have any such illu-
sions. II will not be because we be-
lieve that LaFollette will materially
change the exploitation of the eco
nomic lot of the workers and farmers
from what it is under capitalism to-
day.
We know that LaFollette as presi-
dent, with the capitalist system in
existence, would be the administra-
tive head of capitalist government.
We know that such a government
would have to serve the interests of
the capitalists, just as the Ramsay
Macdonald government in England
today is ruling for and in the inter-
ests Of the capitalists. There might be
some slight softening Of the capitalist
rule, some modification of harshness,
but there would not be and could not
be any change from existing condi-
tions which would materially infringe
upon the interests of the capitalist
class. This in itself is an answer to
the question, "Are we for LaFol-
letter"
We are not and cannot be for La
Toilette because we are Communists,
and when we say we are Communists,
we say that the road to emancipation
of the workers and exploited farmers
from the oppression and exploitation
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THE AGITAToR IN JAIL.

AAAE< All ~ 4 OAN AN SfAALs
Z OR in that month, John Brown
i accomplished more for aboli-
ton than even the stern deeds Of
Kansas had effected. He had put
by the sword forever, and now for
a month took up the pen and
made it as powerful weapon. He
wrote innumerable letters to
Northern friends and they were
published and read everywhere.
Their tone was Christ-like; no
longer was Brown the militant
captain in the field, but the s,veet,
patient martyr waiting for his end
in tranquil joy. In many letters
he repeats the statement that he
is glad to die; that his death Is
of more value to the cause than
ever his life could nave been.
This was no vaingIorious hysteri-
cal gesture with John Brown; he
was calmly certain Of it; he slept
peacefully as a child at night, and
wrote his letters by day. secure in
his tranquil wisdom. Friends were
planning an attempt to rescue
him, but he forbade them to try,
for he really felt that his death
was, necessary. II am worth now
infinitely more to die, than to
live," he said,
He Goes To His Death.
And in his letters he gave
Americans his last warning on the
slavery question. He told them it
must be settled; it could not 90
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Are We For LaFollette?
By c. E. RUTHENBERG

of capitalism is thru a Proletarian
Revolution, Soviets, and the Dictator
ship of the Proletariat and not thru
a LaFollette government.
Our Propaganda.
1t is our duty as a Communist
Party to openly say this to the work.
ing class. We must tell the workers
and exploited farmers now that La
Toilette, as president, viii have to
serve capitalism and will not serve the
workers and exploited farmers. We
cannot recede a hairs breadth from
this position. Any other position on
our part would mean that we would
no longer be Communist Party.
Will We Support LaFollette If He Is
Nominated7
What has been said above, does,
not, however, answer the question
whether we shall support LaFollette
If he is nominated on a Farmer-Labor
ticket.
Should that come about, and it
seems very likely, then we will un-
questionably support LaFollette IN
the election campaigns along with the
masses of workers and farmers who
are behind the Farmer-Labor Party
movement.
This is, of course, something quite
different from saying that we are for
LaFollette and from going out and
forming "LaFollette-For-P President"
clubs.
We are against LaFollette. We
know that the political victory of the
workers and exploited farmers lies
over the dead body politically, of
LaFollette. We will say this to the
working class of this country. If, in
spite of what we say, the masses of
workers and exploited farmers who
are not yet Communists, insist upon
nominating LaFolle1<e and placing
their hope upon him, we will not de-
sert them in the struggle. We will go
along with them and vote for their
candidate, but at every stage of de-
velopment we will point out that their
hopes are illusions.
A Difficult Policy.
Unquestionably the policy which
we must follow is a difficult one. II
is not easy to strongly criticise and
give support at the same time.
1t is much easier to do what the
western Party branch did, that is, to
become an enthusiastic supporter of
LaFollette and help to organize la
Follette-for-President" clubs.
There is a great danger that unless
our Party members clearly under
stand our policy in regard to LaFol-
lette that other Party units will de-
velop similar tendencies.
Even tho the policy of vigorous
criticism, of continual exposure of the
futility Of his program while at the
same time we are part of a United
Front movement and give our support
to the candidacy of LaFollette, may
be a difficult one, that is the policy
we must follow.
Let no Party member get the idea
that we are for LaFollette because
we may find ourselves supporting La
Toilette as part of the Farmer-Labor
United Front. Our central task is
not to be for LaFollette, but to d.
vorce the workers and exploited
farmers from LaFollette.
Every new DAILY WORKER reader
means new recruit in the ranks of
militant Iahor
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st. Louis Bakery
Workers Demand
So to 81 Increase
Special to The Daily worker,

ST. LOUIS, April 9.-The 1.4oo
union bakery workers in this citv
are negotiating for an increase Of
wages. The union asks SO a week
more. II is also demanded that
foremen in small shops draw the
same pay as in larger shops. This
would increase foremen In some
cases 81 a week. Another demand
is that shifts which begin work be-
fore 6 n. m. or work after 6 D. m.
shall receive the night shift scale
Of pay. which is So above the dav
rate. The present wage scale ranges
from S2S to SAG week, class Of
work governing.
The organized employers are
fighting the unions demands. declar-
ing that to grant the increase would
necessitate an increase in the price
Of bread. which the employers saw
the public" would not stand for
TO any one who may believe that
story the union workers cite the
recent indictment Of the bread trust
by Basil Manly, in which the bak-
cry combine was shown up as guilty
OF fragrant profteering in bread
How many of your shop-mates read
THE DAILY WORKER. Gel On. ~
fher. -.
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For information concerning the
Young Workers League of Amer
lea, address Y. w. L., 1909 n.
State St., Chicago, III.
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This is "The Story of John
Brown" by Michael Gold. Pub
lished by the DAILY WORKER
thru arrangement with Haldeman-
Julius Company, of Girard, Kans.
Copyrighted, 1924, by Haldeman-
julius Company.
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How many of your shop-mates read
The DAILY WORKER. Get one Of
them TO subscribe today.
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Every new DAILY WORKER reader
means a new recruit in the ranks of
militant labor.
Washington telegraph., 1924-08-29
COUNTY TREASURER
CHANGES OFFICES

County Treasurer w. p.
Agee has moved his office
equipment in the last Office to
the right of the hallway Of
the court house and parties
having business with that Off
cial will row find him installed
there. The heavy safe was
moved to the new quarters yes
terday.
For many years past, the
business of the county treasur-
er has been conducted in the
county clerks Office.
The new fireproof vault
which is to be built in that
office however, will take up so
much of the present floor
space of the office that all the
remaining room will be needed
by the county clerk.
Washington telegraph., 1924-08-29
WM. ETTER FALLS
FROM HIGH BRIDGE

William Etter Jr,. son of
Judge w. H. Etter of this city,
narrowly escaped serious in
jury Wednesday when the rail-
ing to the foot bridge in front
of the Etter home, on which he
was leaning broke, throwing
him backward from the struc-
ture. He landed on his back
in the bottom of the ravine be-
low, only slightly injured.
The young man together
with Che young son of Mr.. j..
r. Page, was playing or the
bridge when the accident oc-
Cured. He was knocked
b~eathless in the fall, but soon
revived and met his mother,
Who was summoned by the
Page child near the front gate
of his home. Aside from sore
ness from the fall, he is suffer
ing 10 i'll effects.