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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-06-23
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The great convention is over, and the founda-
ton has been laid Unity of all the forces that
sincerely want Farmer-Labor party in this cam
paign was achieved. A program was adopted
unanimously that outlines real struggle against
the forces of capitalism; it is a real working
class document, even though stopping short OF
Communism. The convention nominated Duncan
Mcdonald, an industrial worker, for president
and William Bouck, working farmer, for vice
president All the preparation work necessary
for a great campaign to mobilize the working
class of America in the political battle has been
done.
Now the real work can begin. In every city
town and village organizations of the Farmer
Labor party must be set up In every state where
the party is not yet organized, it must be put into
the field In every local union, central labor body
and international union, committees must be
formed to fight for the support and endorsement
of the only real working class ticket in the field in
this presidential campaign.
The convention has not done our work for us
it has only opened the door and given us the op
portunity. Now it is up to us The new party
win be what the workers everywhere, and espe
cially the readers of the DAILY WORKER
make of It. If we all do a little more than oul
part we will be astonished by the results Th'
field is ripe and waiting for our efforts. Now t
ysrki
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-06-23
Convention Peeves Harrington

them with a roll call in the second
fray, it makes it seem ridiculous to
cry about the loss of this power, if it
is better for his peace Of mind to be
without it.
Harrington contends that the
change will allow for too much union
politics, but the contrary is true, it
will eliminate union machine politics
and that is the reason that the dele
gates found themselves instructed be-
fore leaving their homes as to how
they should vote on this question.
This fight against the Appointive Pow
er in the miners union is not new
thing; it is an old sore, the only
thing new about it this time was the
instructed delegates and these instruc-
lions were given to eliminate the po-
litical influence of the machine. The
delegates voiced their sentiments
against it, stating that the appointees
participated in the corrupting of the
elections and while the convention
was in session one Of the ZAP
pointees" confded to me to the eff
feet that 1--WE would have stolen more
if we had needed them"
Once harrington Foe.
This fellow, Joe Somers by name, is
one of the jovial kind who doesn't
mind it being known that he is out
for all he can get, and, of course, is
taken at face value by all who know
him, because he was once bitter
opponent OF harrington and once in a
convention he was prepared to cut of
the official head. However, the story
is told that as Somers approached the
stage to denounce Harrington, Frank
pointed finger of scorn at his anita
gonist Of that time and hollered, zoe
Somers, you are a'crook!" and to this
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-06-23

GENEVA, Switzerland, June a.
Almost ten million soldiers were
wounded or disabled during the world
war, according to statistics published
by the International Labor Office. Ar.
ranged according to countries, the fig
ures stand as follows: Germany
1887, 900; France, 100000; Great
Britain, 100000; Italy, s0O,0oo; Rus
STA, 775,OOO; Poland, 100000.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-06-23
The Workers Party and Senator
LaFo[[ette


A score of capitalist newspaper writer's, for the
past week, have been trying to tell the nation the
attitude of the Workers party toward LaFollette,
the Wisconsin senator. For whole week the
subsidized press of the nation to the defense
Of LaFollette against the Communists who
were@eated as~delegates in the st. Paul conven-
Hon.
This unitedvfrOntsof LaFollette with the bosses
sheets sought to show that the st. Paul conven-
ton was made.up of ungrateful workers and farm
ers who refused to be stampeded into surrender
ing their movement Internationally in aid of the
Wisconsin senator's presidential aspirations.
The delegates to the St Paul convention did not
feel themselves obligated to anyone not even
LaFollette. They felt they had their interests to
conserve, and that their interests would be best
promoted by theabuilding Of class party of their
own, with class candidates standing on a class
program. They were out to build their own power
and if LaFollette would help he would be welcome.
This sentiment of the convention was clearly
stated in the words of William 2. Foster, chair
man of the Workers party, when he addressed the
convention, saying:
Relative to the candidacy OF Mr.. LaFol-
Iette, feel it incumbent upon me to state
the position of the Workers Party on this
matter In the coming negotiations be-
tween the National Committee of the Ma
tionaIF armer-Labor Party and other groups
relative 10 combined dCLiOn upon pIeSi-
Dental candidate, the only basis upon which
the Workers Party will accept LaF GILLETTE as
a candidate is if he agrees to run as the
Farmer-Labor candidate, to accept that
party's platform and its control over his
electoral campaign and campaign funds
Thakis a clear statement that the WOrKers AMI
farmers delegates at the St. Paul convention could
understand. They accepted it stating their
viewpoint They want LaFollette to know that If
he will help in building class party, his aid will
be welcome. But they also want him to know
that he has no lure in his power that can win the
workers and farmers for support of old party
candidates. or in pursuit of independent rain
bows The workers and farmers drive for class
power does not need to go begging for aid. 1t can
stand. on it's own feet 1t is not looking for lime
lights to illuminate its cause
That is the spirit with which the national ex
ecutive committee of the FarmerLabor party goes
to the Cleveland meeting of the Conference for
Progressive Political Action. That is the attitude
with which this committee will meet the overtures
of elements bending toward it from the bewildered
Cleveland gathering that hovers half way be
tween LaFollette and McAdoo.
The workers and farmers who met at st. Paul
are alone certain Of their position They stand
for the class party. They have cut themselves of
from Wall Street political rainbow chasing And
that defnteness of position is the contribution Of
the Workers party to the class farmerlabor move
ment.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-06-23

Berger and Hillquit wish to embrace LaFollette,
but find themselves in the embarrassing position
where, Is do so, means to destroy the remnants
Of their Socialist party. But cheer up, 1T is fifty
fifty either way The choice is one of the method OF
departing to thea great beyond.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-06-23

Coal miners dig coal, and are poor, coal oper-
ators "dig' Them and are rich.
While heads of the United Mine Workers are
raving about red flags, their organization is being
DESTROYED by white robes.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-06-23

Communism will drain the foul swamps Of cap
italsm, and plant them to fruit and flowers Tor
all the people.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-06-23

frey crosses are darklanterns, employed b.
those who seek to burglarize brotherhood.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-06-23

Union workers. who join the Ku Klux Klap,
soon learn that robes have no purse pockets.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-06-23

The Poor Fish says: Russia has
good crops this year, hear. God must
be falling down on the Job. These
eommissars think he ls tho biggest
Joke OF the ages and yot they GET
along better then we are who aoospt
him a HE faos uvsius.
New Britain herald., 1924-12-05
Future Bright

REIMBURSEMENT os q trans.
 4 Atlantic freight and passenger
 airship line is no longer e fu- ture possibility--it is a present probability.
 Indications thatthe dirlgible FRS, now in the hands Of the navy. will be used to start such service in the near future.
 The plan is advocated by Admiral ". A. Moffat, chief of the naval bureau of aeronautics, and always 6 strong supporter of Iong-distance commercial flying.
 If the plan materiaflzes the giant aircraft will probably be sold event. ually to private corporation which will continue the service and aug ment it with other flying ships.
 The terms under which this gov ernment obtained the ZR-3 from Germany forbid Its use for military purposes.
New Britain herald., 1924-12-05

liner You could put the Capitol inside 1t and only sc feet Of the dome would protrude from the bag. It has five giant motors, each in a gondole, or "jitncy car" as they are tacetiously called,
 The cabin for passengers is luxurious, It has space for berths that resemble berth in Pull man. Those who have ridden in both say they are equally comfortable. The pilots cabin is in front of the main car In It are all instruments necessary to guiding the big silver cigar" through the air safely.
 A door opens from thIs pilot house into the main cabin. Twenty passengers can be accom- nodated for sleeping and about 30 during short day trips.
 Eqch compartment contains four beds, which are arranged not lon-hwise as Pulmans, but crosswiee. During the day these are converted into seats, as in the case of the Pullman.
 BATHROOM TOO!
 Personal quarters consist 0: special cabin for the commander, two rooms for the officers. six bedrooms for tho men. It also has lounge for the officers and two for the crew.
 It has hath for both men and women, kitchen and is otherwise complete.
 In all this there is little difference from Zep ,ns of Inc past of which Americans know so little. Where the "Los Angeles" or ZR3 differs from the rest $ in the motors, These are trumphs ct fhe mechanical ogt.
 They are 4oo-hors,roacr. 12.oyliuder each. with 4to revelations per minute and built for endur. oa.o. They are reversible and can run with equal srcs3 forward or backward.
 Each of the crz.nes turn one tWohiaded wooden rp,!cr, similar to the familiar airplane propel er. Each propclIer is almost 12 feet long.
 Waon ths ship crossed the Atlantic it was filled win hydrogen gus, consldolei by experts to he too dangerous for common use in d.rieibles In C:t, the government officially has forbidden the ose of hydrogen in ifs rigid atrships Instead the ERR VIII b" filled with helium, a non ndqmmabIc eas. derived from natural gas and manufactured HOW ly the government in the southwest at com. rarau,ty low cost.
 In order to pro-1,e he'ium for government dlr-2.b,s. su,a ue the Shonlnioah uses. and the zR-3 will use, il is necessary to reduce the tenn .5 Incl No. 95
New Britain herald., 1924-12-05
KIND OF CHILLY!

One wonders what effect temperature of 3', below zero sou'd have on the human body N1n can just exist sr to degrees below in tho e,r...-
 Why, if a person would just toaah that @r1 de trees" Davenpart says. "a.s hand would fo.g so sordIy in fraction of soconi that h vo.. crop of. If you take a fresh piece of heDe~..4. drop it into the element at tha: temperature a~. then drop he pie>e of men, on the floor if wa.r. break of in a thousand pieces. nyns in a" d.. tons If should touca this pencil to it. {. ... E.. would scatter al oyer the room in small r..t. .. That s what 3l- degrees below zero would 7.'
 That the work of the government holu., u,7't is l1.le known is indicated by the ann ,... .mer- made Fy Prof. J. (, McLcaran of the Uat,.- of Toronto, that he had produced a sma" as.a,a ot houm by Uquefyine nitrogen. Where h. r.. duoei by small tuheful the Texas plan, = pm ds ing hy fhe carload and has been moDass.. .-ne on a who'oso]e s7a1o since 1918. AIo- e..r.nt of holmm had been prepared to send to inc An.o.. on fcrces in France when the armis;ice WIS d.-' nd
New Britain herald., 1924-12-05
1914

T0URTEEN less than a hundred years ago
 there was born at Lake Con-
 stance, Germany, A person the world later was to know as Count Ferdinand .von Zeppen
 He grew Into man of great vision. He was dreamer. He knew the time would come when people would take long journeys in airships and when others scofed at his theories he grtted his teeth and spent all his money to prove what he believed
 if only he could have lived to stanl at the Battery, in New York City and watch the zR3 come sailing out of the eastern fog, It would have repaid all his efforts efforts not crowned with success until the declining years of his lIfe The story Of the Zeppelin Is a story of achieve. nnent of one man. It is an old story, ever new. You could count on the fingers of one hand the people who could have weathered such disappont. nuent ,s fell to the lot of Zeppelin.
New Britain herald., 1924-12-05
THE ZR-3' IN
 FIGURES

DlAMEIER-9V6 6B feet. HEIGHT-10lfl feet.
 ,190 pounds TOTAL LIFT-1SO,ooo pounds GAS CAPACITY-2,472,o00 culic feet of hydroEen gas.
 PASSENGER CAPACITY-Wiu carry at least % passengers, with liberal cargo allowance.
 POWER-Equipped with 4 power cars. each with e l2cylinder 40o,horsepower, srocial.s ly designed, Maybach motor CONSTRUCTION-Chieay duraiunu, with some steel WIRELESS--The wireless station nm the FRS has radius of 1860 miles fer tele. graph and 315 miles for telephone PASSENGER ACCoMMoDAT1oNs-Majn cabin close to the hull, undeno'h the bow. Divided into two sccr~as, the smaller be.ng the control car. Tho larger division is for passengers, and t~ aividol into five compartments. Earh a r.o-s he tween a railway coach and s'oamcl. Each compartment has sleeping accommodations for four persons. Kitchen aud pantras are provided for serving meals sPEED-Not less than 75 miles 7a hour, with all motors running full or f> mHos on Ave motors at cruising speed t3 with four motors, 56 miles with three rlotors RADIUS OF ACTION-Wih Hle motors. full speed, 46 hours. 35o1 mics. With cruising speed. 7S hours. 52(a m .es.
New Britain herald., 1924-12-05
OFFICIAL RECOGNITION

The first trial was success, but 1t took five long years for official recognition to come. Then King William of Wurttemberg let him have sui fcient material to start a second dirigibe. By this time Zeppelin was 67 years old but his en. thusasm was that of a school boy.
 AS has been said the early gas bass were made of rubberlzed cotton fabric. But not only 1t heavy, but 1t allowed the dangerous and inham. mable hydrogen gas to deterorate during pro, longed operations. After considerable experiment. ing Zeppelin concluded that goldbeater skins which are the intestines of oxen and other cattle, will. when treated, become 90 tough and durable as to hold gas and at the same time preserve it. There was a disadvantage to this, though, he, cause of their small size. They were then shinged on the thin cotton fabric. Silk has been used since 19l7.
 Zeppelin pushed his advantage and by 1911 had a regular Zeppelin passenger service. This ser. vice really started as early as 1910. but minor accidents prevented anything resembling a regu, lar schedule,
 NOW "IOS ANGELES"
 The people of Germany justly hated to see the FRS leave the country. Likewise they dislike
New Britain herald., 1924-12-05
NOW "I0S ANGELES"

The people of Germany justly hated to see tn
New Britain herald., 1924-12-05
FIRST ZEPPELIN

An extraordinarily fine history of Zeppelin Is coptained in a volume written and copyrighted by Harry vssering of Chicago.
 Zeppelin first conceived his idea of rigid air. ship when he was an officer In the American Union Army in the Civil War! Few people knew this man whose brain was responsible for thot mag niAcent arship fought against slavery in this country. but that is fact nevertheless.
 Zeppelin used to love to explore sparsely in. habited regions in the Mississippi Valley and in letters he wrote home he told how wonderful 1t would be if someone invented big airships which could take peops iong distances.
 Later he became general in the German army end while in that position tried to interest people h his version of what rigid snip should be.
 It was not untn 1898, when Zeppelin was 5S years old. that he was able to get far enough with his dream to organize stock company, and nas two years later that, on July ?, 1a0O he was able to announce the first flight
New Britain herald., 1924-12-05

DRlVATE aircraft corporations i could send representatives to gain the roe3rd instruction in air. craft oas f.n and construction.
 Wa-r the t.ma came for the gov, .nman' to sa1. the aircraft com, my n ing the purchase would be ar-..aon to continue operating .,a 2...2 as a .rsns-A',antlc carrier ~.toarE other atrshtps of its own ..rs -.ae.
 T.r commercial lighter than-air
 '; c"n.r.es have already been
 m.3 o0l are preparing to open o...a.ans for purchase of the -HG
 r.o rwot operating cost of the ean will mt ha known ungiI the naval Apartment has completed ex. r."r.ita tests. But as the craft is aa2, 10 carry 2o passengers and 20 tons of frei-lt over and above its own supplies and crew, it is assumed that It couIl be operated commer -.al}y at a profit
New Britain herald., 1924-12-05
HUGE SUCCESS

Essentially the design of his first ship is the same as the presentday Zeppelin, Wise experts gathered to see the fun. They solemnly predicted the ship would keel over in midar. They said the center of gravity was too high,
 description of that first Zeppelin is inter. sstlns:
 Ut was huge thing in those days, 49s feet long u2S meters) with diameter of 3s3 feet u17 meters). It was made up of an immense aluminium framework. including 2i longitudinal
New Britain herald., 1924-12-05

sirders running bpm nose to tail and drawn to. gether at the ends.
 "Jolnlng the grdets were IS rings. reinforced with diagonal wires, formed of transverse girders, which held the body together. On the bottom side of the frame fixed bridgelike construc. ton which strengthened the framework sideways end attached to 1t were two motor gondolas.
 "Oyer this vast framework Zeppelin had stretched en envelope of smooth cotton cloth to lessen the friction through the air and to protect the gas bags from the direct rays of the sun. There were 1G single gas cells made of rubberzed balloon cloth placed inside the framework. All were equipped with safety valves and several were provided with maneuvering valves. All together they contained SSS,4l0 cubic feet, or 11,OoO cubic meters, of hydrogen gas"
New Britain herald., 1924-12-05

peraure of natural gas to 317 degrees below zero, at which point 1t becomes liquid and the hcltum is drawn off.
 This temperature is the coldest ever attained 1t is absolute zero. Cold. as scientists explain, is merely the absence of kinetic heat. There is heat in everything even at so degrees below zero, from the scientific view, for heat is merely another term for molecular motion.
 Stop this motion and you take away all heat and have absolute zero. The molecules won't stand up in line and perform their duty when at absolute zero. To transform an element into liquid you freeze" 1t to & certain low temperature and to transform 1t into solid. you've got to drop the mercury. so to speak, still more.
 NOT so EASY
 For instance, to change the nitrogen, which is in the natural gas at the helium pant, it IS necessary to reduce to 317 degrees below zero, but to change into solid, 1t is necessary to go to 353 degrees below. But solid nitrogen is not needed to make helum, so the trick isn't done.
 But could you reach 353 degrees below zcro?" Lieutenant R. E. Davenport. in charge of the gov ernment henum plant at Fort Worth, Texas, was asked
 "why certainly" he replied. Tt is just a system Of using air pressure. The same system to produce solid is used to get gas or a Lquid."
 And that Is the process used to get heu;m. Il doesn't explain in detail for the tochni-aHlos are q secret and the government intends 10 keep them SO.
 In case of war that secret would bs priceless to the United States. In the pareyn- room thoro are stills which reduce the temncrar9re to t.e desreo required, the stills holding co!dncgs of an intensity the mind can hardy grasp
 This large refrreratng plant was nal.t at an expenditure of five millions of dollars. Ourr coll storage houses are confetti to produce a maxtn.um Of 10 degrees be'ow zero,
New Britain herald., 1924-12-05

TT was turned over to the navy X simply because the navy had fa- ciIttics for bringing 1t to America. But the navy can only use 1t for training and for observations as to construction, operating cost and general practicabflity.
 The army has the same rights and pltvileges-but no more.
 Sooner or later. then, the ZR-3 mus, be put into commercial use. It must either he placed in the airnaiI service, or sold to some private cor. poration.
 There is llttle liklihood that 1t will he used for aIrmail. A dlrigible Is fundamentally a long.haul craft, in. efficient as a short line carrier, while aoroplanes are admirably suited to elrmail work.
 MoGac holds that the best use to which the navy could put It's newly acquired dir.sible would be as path dnJcr' for an over,water commercial service.
 He points out that while operating j' in this way the navy could obtain thc benefits of observation and train ing and at the same time render the assistance to private enterprise U.leh has always been a government policy.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-08-23

l friends with the Raggedys and the witch and he was ashamed that he had tried to take the store away from Mir. Tunky, just as the fat man was trying to do, so he jumped up and be- fore the fat man had time to think about anything the thin tall man had wrestled him so hard the fat man was very glad when the wrestling was over and he could run away through the woods.
 q tell you what you should do, kind Mrs. Witch !" Raggedy Ann said after she had thought and thought until the cotton in her rag head was a hard little lump, "you should get out your magic charms and make MT. Tunky's nice little store invisible to every sell fish person who comes this way, then they cannot see it and they will not bother Mir. Tunky at all p
 So the witch got out .,her magic charms and in a very short time had made the store invisible to all selfish people, but the good little boys and girls and the kind unselfish people could still see it, just as plain as day.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-08-23

Clifford, feeling that he was suffering i too much to be bothered. But after what Donald told me and because of Mona's desire to find work so she could be busy and forget, I teephoned him, asking him to have dinner with us and talk with me afterward.
 He came at once.
 Through dinner he talked but little, and then to Donald. The little fellow told him of the school activities, sports, etc, making us smile at some of his naive descriptions.
 In the library I told Clifford Means wanted to leave New York, wanted to work. Then I told him of Donald, his fight with the boy wso said unkind things about Mort, and of my promise that he shouldn't be sent back to that school.
 For some time Clifford sat quietly thinking. I did not interrupt him, made no further explanations. Finally he turned to me and asked:
 'tEhat do you want to do, Stella ? You have said nothing of yourself. .'
 q want to make them as happy as I can until Mort returns to us. It is my only wish"
 q think-yes, think 1 see the way That is if you agree"
 (To Be Continued)