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Evening star., 1924-11-03
BY JACOB SPOLANSKY.
ChEpter IS,

The main strength of the Commun-
ists-and, in fact, their only hope for
success in America--lies in their pub
LEGATIONS. For without propaganda
the organization would die over night,
and without it's own publications
there could be no propaganda in
country which forbids open broad
casting of revolutionary doctrine.
In the first years of communism,
which no one really had wax to
the. SERIOUSNESS of the thing in rela-
tion to the country's welfare, little
attention was paid by the communists
to the publication of their teachings
here. They didn't have to resort to
this method. Meetings were held in
the open. at which. at much less eN-
pcnse, their orators could demand
vocally the support of the masses"
which they now must solicit by print
ed documents smuggied into central
points of distribution.
After the drive against all radicals
hy the Government in 1873, however,
the Importance of printed matter con-
tanning revolutionary teachings was
At once seen-by both the Communist
leaders and the Government. 1t is
now sufficient grounds for deporta-
tion for any one to he found with
such "A publication in his possession,
it being taken as prima faCie evi-
dence of his connection with the con-
spiracy against the United States
Government.
Papers Stronrl. Backed.
These publications are backed by
millions of dollars-which are col
lected for that purpose both in the
United States and by subscription
from Moscow. Not long ago an en-
tire building was purchased by the
Communist party of America on West
Washington street, in Chicago. This
was accomplished, II has been learn
ed. through the financial aid of the
Communist International in Russia.
Here modern equipment has been
installed. and il is the plan of Amer
lean Communists that from this office
shall be turned out yearly millions
of pieces of propa ganda- to be sent
broadcast through the country, carry
ing the message of revolution to
tho~e "-orkers who have not yet been
reached.
OF course, following orders from the
Communist international, a great deal
of Communist work is being done
legally and i'll the open. Thousands
of pieces of literature are printed
damning capitalism, but yet not OPEN
ly preaching the overthrow of the
Government by force, and are there
fore legal. Yet. if this legal" propa-
ganda We're not augmented by un-
derground efforts through which the
the real purpose of communism could
be taught, communism as d prin-
ciple and as u vital force would fail
utterly. 1t is upon these secret pub
licatiOns that red leaders rely to add
to their lists of converts"
Main COff1mu unfst Organ.
The main organ of the Communist
party is the Communist.
Printed in % languages, this publ
cation carries weekly all news of
Communist activities throughout the
world. In its are to be found the lat
est orders from the international at
Evening star., 1924-11-03

struction Of the United States Gov
Evening star., 1924-11-03
RUSS EM|GRANTS
ON HUNGER STRIKE
Hold White Star Line Respon-
SibIe for Failure to
Land in u. S.
Gy the Associated Press.

Gy the Associated Press.
CHERBOCRG. France, November ..
---Russiau emigrants to the number
Of 235, who have been housed and
fed at the Atlantic Hotel for nearly
a year by the White Star Line, which
contracted to transport them to the
United States, but which cannot get
them to that country under the inn
migration quota. declared a hunger
strike yesterday. much to the delight
Of the hotel, because the White Star
Line gave them notice to leave.
The company offered to carry the
emigrants to South America or to
continue to try to get them work in
New York if they would obligate
themselves to pay their years board
bill. The emigrants, however, con-
tend that they We're brought from
their homes under Il promise 10 be
landed in New York and without be
ing warned of quota difficulties.
The French authorities are en-
deavoring to induce the Russians to
eat and to have the company moder-
ate its proposals to the emigrants
One complication in the situation is
rhat some of the Russians are work
inS and the White Star Line is of
he opinion that they should pay
heir own board bills.
Evening star., 1924-11-03

Communists to add the foreign Ian
guage mutual benefit societies to the
list of rganiZations under their con-
troll - organizations with huge re-
sources and some political power as
well. And to some extent they have
been successful. By placing men from
the Communist party in the various
societies as members to stir up ILL
feeling and discomfort they have sue
ceeded in many instances in getting
their members on the board of di-
rectors and many obtaining conn.,
plete control, more noticeably among
the Bohemian, Croatian, Slav and
Jewish societies.
Add this money power to the influ-
ence Of the 500 or 600 radical sheets,
some of them having a circulation
as high as 10000, and when it is
realized that these papers are dis
tributed among the hundreds of
thousands of workers 1t can easily
be seen that this danger, which has
been generally looked upon as a ma
tional buga boo, may quite possibly
develop, with the spread Of discon
Evening star., 1924-11-03
2 KILLED AT CROSSING.

MONTREAL November 3.-Mrs. T.
Du Pont of F'arnham, Quebec, and her
son, l.. Du Pont of Montreal, were
killed and two other persons injured
yesterday when their automobile
stalled on u railroad crossing nea.
here and was hit by train ana b3-
another automobile simultaneously
Evening star., 1924-11-03
OIL FIRM HEAD KILLED.
Companion Badly Hurt When Auto
Turns Over.

STUTTGART, Ark, November b
Walter D. Snotzmeier, president Of the
1liceland Petroleum Company, with
headquarters here, was fatally injured
and James Simpson seriously hurt
when the automobile in which they
we're driving here turned over yester-
day. Mr.. SnotZmeier died two hours
later in a local hospital.
Evening star., 1924-11-03
OFFERS SCHOLARSHIPS
IN STEINMETZ MEMORY
General Electric Company to Pro-
vide Memorial to Inventor
at Union College.
R- -ac Associated Press.

SCHENECTADY, y. y. November g.
The General Electric Company has
appropriated $4,000, income from
which Will be used TO provide four
scholarships at Union College as a
memorial to DR.. Charles L. Stein
metz, the company's chief consult
tng engineer, who died Il year ago it
vas announced by DR.. Charles \.
Richmond, president of the cole ge.
DIR. Steinmetz was for many years
:. professor at Union College, a posi-
ion which he greatly priced.
Evening star., 1924-11-03

tent and ill-feeling, into a real ma
tional danger.
Copyright, 1924, by Chicago Daily News)
The next installment in this series
will appear tomorrow.
Evening star., 1924-11-03

The easiest way" is the hardest
way after all. There is SO much to
be undone before we can really hope
to do anything worth while, says the
Charleston News.
Evening star., 1924-11-03

portion only of their strength can be
estimated. These organizations as a
whole claim membership of more
than 100000. OF these. the most
powerful federation, both financially
and numerically, is the Finnish fed
GRAFTON. This organization alone con-
trolls several daily newspapers. 1t
has its own publishing house in Du
luth, Mimi, and turns out yearly ap-
proximately 100000 pieces of radi-
cal literature.
This federation also controls a uni
evrsity for young men of Finnish ma
tionality, where they are prepared
for a career as proficient agitators.
Here they are taught economics, So
cialism, civics-but most of all COM
munism. In addition, this federation
itself owns real estate worth $1,000
600.
Evening star., 1924-11-03
How Control Widens.

During the last two years, as a
logical connection with the foreign
language radical papers, an organ
lied attempt has been made by the
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-05-26
Chicago Machinists
Sign Agreements With
Bosses; Get Wage Raise

District No. 8, OF the international
Association Of Machinists of Chicago,
has signed an agreement with the
employing machinists association
which fixes the wages of more than
1000 machinists at IS cents an hour.
This is 2 cents an hour more than the
old wage.
More important than the wage raise
is the stipulation in the new agree.
ment that men can be hired onlS thru
the district office Of the machinist's
union. This does away with the hir.
ing Of men at the shop doors or thru
employment offices.
Negotiations are still in progress
with some bosses who are not mem
bers Of the association. The new con
tract runs two years with the cues
ton Of wages left open for sixty days
after its expiration.
The machinists' union is the only
metal trades organization that has Sc.
cured an increase for its members.
The machinists are a little behind
other metal trades in wages but the
new agreement gives them excellent
protection as far as hours and work.
ing conditions are concerned.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-05-26
Operator Tries
Evicting Union Head
BY MARY wATkIvIcH.

LOUISVILLE, w. Va, May 25.-
Brady is a small mining town, which
has not been working since the first
OF April, when Sam Brady wanted the
men to 20 back to work on the 1917
scale. But so far, they have no scabs.
Sam Brady has also given the men
notice to move out, altho the notice
is not due yet
When the miners OF Brady we're
not expecting any trouble, Sam Brady
demanded them to move on a certain
day and anywhere they wanted to go
he would move them free. AS the
people were not ready to move out,
he demanded that Mr.. j. H. Morten,
the secretary OF local 4040 of District
II, get out. But as Mr.. J. II. Morten
had no place to go, he stayed in the
house. He locked the door to keep
out the gunner.
When Sam Brady could not talk
him out, he got one Of the gunner to
break In and the gunman split the
door and moved him to the Union
Hall That took them all day.
In the afternoon several OF the
board members from Fairmont came
down and settled the dispute.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-05-26
Russia Germany
Film In New York
Shows This Week

NEW YORK, May 25.-Those who
did not have the privilege Of seeing
Russia and Germany"-A Tale OF
Two Republics" when 1t was played
at the Opera House win have the
opportunity to see this wonder film
downtown at the Labor Temple, 14th
street and Second avenue, on Tues
day, Wednesday or Thursday of this
week.
Everywhere this picture has been
shown it has been well commented
upon. in view of the critical events
now transpiring in Germany the
scenes of the proletarian demon
STATIONS in that suffering country are
particularly interesting.
Russia is shown as contrast to
Germany. Incidents of the reconstruc-
ton work going on in the Soviet
Republic in schools and industries,
and in the development of natural
resources are flashed wildly before
the audience.
The picture is released by the
International workers Aid, and
proceed go to the benefit of the
struggling German workers.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-05-26
Corporation Profits,
Tax Secrecy, Are
Rescued By Senate

WASHINGTON, d. O., May 25.--
Continued secrecy on income tax mat
ters and elimination OF the proposed
tax on undistributed earnings OF cor
porations. which takes away some Of
the loot from business organizations
possessed OF the lions share OF the
spoils, are both provided for in the
compromise tax reduction bill report
ed to the Senate. This dilution OF the
Mellon bill makes II acceptable to the
Senate, which today approved It by
an Overwhelming majority.
That the bill in its present form is
supposed to aid the farmers, seems to
be a fact totally unappreciated by
farmers representatives in the Sen
ate. Brookhart. Frazier. Norris and
Magnus Johnson all voted against the
bill.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-05-26
Wheeler Cleared By
Senate Of William
Burns Oil Charge

WASHINGTON, May 25.-The SEN
ate today expressed its belief that
Senator Wheeler of Montana, is not
guilty of charges OF misusing his Of
flee, made in an indictment by a Mon
tana grand jury.
Adopting a motion of Senator Borah,
Chairman of the Committee, that in.
vestigated Wheeler's indictment, the
senate accepted the committees re-
port wholly generating Wheeler as
its own view of the case"
Senator Sterling's minority report,
leaving the case entirely to the courts,
was rejected So to 5.
Wheeler was indicted by a grand
jury at Great Falls, Montana, for al
legged acceptance of a retaining fee
from Gordon Campbell, Montana oil
man, to appear for him before the in
terror department, in connection with
issuance of oil land permits.
Wheeler charged that he was
framed" by agents of the Republican
national committee.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-05-26
Western Employers
Meet In Conference
For Open Shop Drive

PORTLAND. Ore, May 25.-- The
western openshop conference in Port
land determined on renewed activity
to enforce the open shop. One plan is
not to give work to men from out
side communities unless they have
permission from open shop employers
in the places the men come from. An
other is a rule forbidding employment
Of union men as foremen.
A scheme of education" and ia
Dor information" with a clearing
house at Salt Lake City, was also
adopted by the Portland conference.
There was dissatisfaction among
the employers with the trade schools
opened by anti-union organizations,
chiefly by the Industrial Association
of San Francisco.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-05-26

harris past. O'Brien and Petit show
ed him letter, signed by Todd, he
said and addressed to Daugherty, out
lining the plan to be followed in
watching the committee and Means.
His wife had telephone message
from the department, notifying her
that two men from New York" were
to see her, and these were the men.
Women "Shadowers" Confess.
Mrs. Duckstein confirmed her hus-
bands statements, while Mrs. Alaska
P. Davidson, another agent of Burns,
admitted that she was one of the
shadow group" who drove an auto
mobile used in the trailing of the COM
mitteemen. r. P. Burrus, another de-
tective in the bureau, said there were
five men in the squad that followed
Means. Every visitor to his home was
followed This espionage ceased on
April /, when it was known that
Means had lost the records with
which he was to help the committee
Spies Watch spy.
The chief of the bureau force for
the District Of Columbia, one Bonner,
testified that on March Gust after
Wheeler began his exposure of Daugh-
erty-Burns ordered him to watch
Means "as to his health" because he
had secured postponement of his trial
on the ground Of being under care Of
physician. On March IS, Burns or
dered him to see Clifford Burns, at
tached to Todd's office, and he was in
structed to have men follow all per-
sons who called on Means. On April
he was directed to stop this espion-
age. No reason was given for either
action. except that Todd wanted the
thing done. Bonner denied that any
one connected with the bureau had
tapped any wires since he had been
in the service-two years. He claimed
that Mrs Duckstein violated the rules,
If she knew of the theft of Means
documents and failed to report the
fact. She had never reported to him
anything of the sort, and he was not
convinced that the papers were ever
stolen.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-05-26

appeared before the oil scandals
investigating committee, two
months ago, in defense of F. b.
Mclean, of the Washington
Post.
Either they have broken with Nc
Lean and Burns and Daugherty, or
that precious trio have decided to
tell" now that they have been elimi-
mated by Coolidge. For the fight
against each of these investigating
committees has been, essentially, a
fight to save the political neck of
Coolidge.
Spy On Probers.
w. o. Duckstein, confidential sec
rotary" to Mclean, came before the
Wheeler-Brookhart committee and
testified that Hiram {. Todd, special
assistant attorney general and close
associate Of Daugherty, organized and
directed a big espionage campaign
against Wheeler, Brookhart and Ash
urst, the aggressive members of that
committee, and against CASTOR B.
Means, the former Burns agent who
testified to the payment of big sums
of graft to Jesse Smith, Daugherty's
personal guard.
Duckstein did not appear as a wit
ness until, as he said, Means had Sc
cured evidence which drove him to
admit what he knew. He said he and
his wife, a special agent under Burns
and formerly confidential secretary to
Burns, had been shown the papers
and diaries stolen from Means on
March 80, by two of this espionage
staff-Petitt and O'Brien. Three
suitcases full of papers and books
were shown them, in an automobile
which was driven to a secluded spot
in the park for the purpose. The pa
pers have not been recovered.
Burns Uses Wlretappers.
Duckstein said these spies against
the committee included wiretappers in
the Senate office building, and even a
woman placed in the women's rest
room. An agent was sent to Montana
to get data against Wheeler, and an
other went to Iowa to look up Brook
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-05-26
MUSIC.
BY ALFRED v. FRANKENSTEIN.

The sixteenth annual North Shore
music festival opens tonight at Pat
ten gymnasium Of Northwestern uni
versity, Evanston. The North Shore
festival is the biggest thing Of its kind
in the west. For it soloists and di-
rectors of international fame are en-
gagged, and several choruses and the
Chicago Symphony orchestra take
part. The festival is a week in dura-
ton.
Tonight the oratorio Elijah" by
Mendelssohn, will be given. The solo
lists are Monica Graham-Stults, sopra-
no; Merle Alcock, contralto; Richard
Crooks, tenor, and Louise Graveure,
baritone. The chorus will be a thou
sand in number with the Chicago
Symphony orchestra accompanying
and Peter c. Lutkin, of the North
western faculty, conducting.
The program Of Tuesday night is
called a Jenny Lind Concert" with
Frieda HempeI impersonating the
famous soprano. She will sing an aria
from Mozart's Marriage of Figaro, !"
the Shadow Song" from Meyerbeer's
"Dinorah," and the waltz song, 1.-THE
Kiss" by Arditi. Deems Taylor. mu-
sic critic of the New York World
will direct a performance of his suite,
Thru the Looking Glass" and Mr.
Stock will round out the program with
symphonic works by Brahms, Strauss,
and List. Further programs will be
announced later
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-05-26
WORKER SLAIN
IN REPRISAL FOR
YOUNG SHOOTING
Skelcher Assassinated
To Revenge Kleagle

HERRIN, ILL.,, May 25.-Following
closely upon the shooting near Belle
vile of s. Glenn Young, ex-"Czar" of
Williamson County, in the war upon
the miners union, and now KleagIe of
the Ku Klux Khan in East st. Louis,
members of Young's so-called con-
stabulary shot and killed Jack
Skelcher. who was riding in a car on
the road between Marion and Herrin.
Skelcher, who was riding with Carl
and Earl Shelton, was not quick
enough in obeying an order to stop,
according to the explanation of his
slayers. A previous attempt to get
Skelcher had been made by legal
means, when he was indicted after
Young's seizure of the Herrin govern
ment, which resulted in military rule
in Williamson County for several
weeks.
Khan Gunman Shot.
BELLEvILLE, ILL.,, May 25tF IS.
Glenn Young, notorious leader Il. the
war against Williamson County work
ers, fake prohibition officer, and Ku
klux Khan leader, was shot and in
jured while driving his big sedan car,
a reward for his services to reaction,
on road about 30 miles east of here
last evening.
Four men are reported to have
driven alongside Young's car and
opened fire, wounding him in the leg.
Mrs. Young, who accompanied him, is
reported slightly wounded. The
Catholic hospital here, to which they
were brought, refused to allow them
to be seen, but reported that their
condition was not serious.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-05-26
Amazing Story Exposes Final Plot of Daughery Regime
Illinois Coal Miners Want
Sub-District Organization

With the Convention of District II almost over, big
question remains to be decided That the conflict between
District Executive Board members and the sub-dstrcts.
The machine officials want abolish the ubdstrct while
the demand from the and file u.s. that subdstcts
be preserved and that the District Executive members be
brought into organic relation with Them
Bitter experience has proved to the miners that the SUBJ
district organizations closest their needs espon-
sWe to their grievances and the relied
upon to fight for remedy. To abolish the sub-dscts
officials want to do, would weaken the entire District
organization and Of the best weapons pro-
lection against discrimination.
The militant rank and file delegates demanding that
the subdstcts be retained and strengthened
executive of the District shall work thru the sub-dsrct
machinery in adjusting local grievances.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-05-26
Scab Manufactures
Brings Strikebreakers
To Boss Convention

Prominent in the Both annual meet.
ing OF the International Association
OF Garment Manufacturers in Chicago
is fits president, Mitchell F. lamar, OF
the anti-labor clothing firm OF r.
Patrick & Co., Duluth. lamar has a
new plan for strikebreakers. The
Amalgamated Clothing Workers are
conducting longdrawn out strike
against him because OF his dismissal
OF union workers without cause. He
brings 70 the convention as his guests
a number Of employees who betrayed
their fellow workers by remainin at
work when the strike was called.
There is much that a worker may
learn at convention Of this Sort,
lamar says. "He will learn things
about the intricacy OF the business he
would never learn in the shop"
One OF the intricacies Is perhaps
the method OF fighting against your
employees when they 90 on strike.
lamar in his Duluth trouble tried to
incite public opinion against the
workers by tating they went on strike
following instructions from Moscow.
The entire city laughed and the
Duluth central labor body indorsed
the Amalgamated strike. Almost
every striker IS American born.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-05-26
Your Union Meeting
FOURTH MONDAY, MAY %. 1024.

FOURTH MONDAY, MAY 20. 1924.
No. Place OF Meeting
"a Boot and Shoe Workers Joint
Council, 1899 Milwaukee Ave.
soi Brewery Workers, 1900 w. 21st ST.
Bridge and Structural Iron Work
ers, $40 w. Monroe ST.
5ss Butchers, Hebrew, 1920 w. Roose.
Cap Makers, 4oos Roosevelt Road.
SO Carpenters, 4osss ". MAJ Madison 50, St.
to1 Carpenters, 2o40 w. North Ave.
1893 Carpenters, s. c., ei39 Commercial
as cs rpsnss: sos S. state st.
zig Carpenters, 1851 clybourn Ave.
44s Carpenters, 222 N. West St., Wau-
1867 Carpenters, 2o4o W. North Ave.
2ooe Carpenters, 1854 s. Halsted st.
"A Cigar Makers Elk. 3D., 1866 w.
coopsrs. Joint Ex. 3D., s5as S. Hal
. E9sITi,ssr: CMarlne). sol capitol
400 Enuinesrs, 4s4s S. HaIstsd ST.
4o1 Engineers, 3tt s. Ashland Ave.
ss nsnssr: LAG " Wsshns.on 8.
Gas Engineers tR. R.), a4ss w Rooss-
700 Engineers tLoe.). 5000 W. North
50 FIrsmsn and EnoInsmen, soSs
Wentworth Ave.
Firemen and oilers, 17b w. Wash.
Hotel and Restaurant EmpI's Joint
e. 3D., 1866 w. Washington ST..
50 LsdIes Garment s2s Van Buren,
"a Iathers, 725 s. Western Ave.
MaohInists' Dis. Council. 1fs s.
MouIdsrs Conf. 3D., i1s S. Throop
Street.
fof Painters, asf6 W. North Ave.
194 Painters, Madison and 9Th Ave.
265 Painters, 11fth and Michigan Ave.
$40 Painters, 20 w. Randolph ST.
273 Painters, 2432 s. kedxie Ave.
227 Railway Carmen, Cicero and SUI
asa Railway Carmen, $3.50 s. Ashland.
1862 Railway Carmen, ssth and Com
fis2 Railway Carmen. s2nd and salt.
more.
Railway cIerks' Dis. Council. 1866
w. Madison ST.
$40 Railway Clerks, Madison and Sac
COS Railway cIerks( 18th and prexeI.
7ef Railway Clerks, $40 w, Washln aton.
or Railway. Trnlnmen, 1900 W. North
Ave-, $3.50 q. m.
1876 Retail Clerks, Van Buren, and Ash.
sailors, Union Of Great Lakes, 1855
NJ. Clark St.
1895 Scientific Laboratory Workers, city
Hail. Room 7f3
FOG Transfers, 22o s. Ashland Blvd.
Trade Union Label League, 1e6 w.
Washington.
fi2 upholsterers, IFS Washington ST.
(Note-Unless otherwise stated all
meetings are at ,. ND