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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-12-02
That Railway Wage Increase

The eight per cent wage increase received by the
engineers and iremens brotherhoods on thewestern
railway lines, which the railway labor board ap-
pears to have granted merely to show its authority
in such matters, will not settle the real contro-
versy which revolves around both the power
claimed by the railway labor board and certain
changes in the working rules upon which the per
cent raise is made contingent
These changes, in methods of computing run
ming time and the Reconsideration of different kinds
of work into grades paying lower rate, have been
accepted by the Oficialdom Of the railway unions
on eastern roads, but only in the face Of much dis
content on the part of the more militant member
ship.
The major question, that of the right claimed
by the unions to deal directly with the railway
companies and not thru the railway board, is still
open. BY this maneuver, however, the railway
board obviously hopes to disorganze the opposition
to 1t the official expression of the railway in
fuence in government and pave the way to a com
plete surrender to its authority. 8.
Wage increases secured thru concessions weak
ening the control of the unions over the job condi
tons of their membership are not victories but de
feats If the membership of the engineers and fire.
mems unions have not already learned this, they
will in the near future. cue 1
'HThe major question of the revolution is the
question of power" said Lenin and this applies to
every struggle of the workers whether it be for the
overthrow of capitalism merely for more gaso-
line for the Lizzie on Sunday. Fg96q Ha{
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-12-02
Open Shop Editors
And Employers Shown
To Be fragrant Liars

WASHINGTON. Dec. Ia study OF
the productivity and costs Of some of
the building trades, made by the bu-
reau of labor statistics, shows that
while bricklayer in Birmingham,
Ala, laid 1928 bricks in eight hours
in straight-away wall construction, the
average for 10 cities studied was only
1866 bricks. In Indianapolis the days
work was 765 and in Boston ISL.
A bulletin by the social action de-
partment, national catholic welfare
conference, Analysing these returns,
calls attention to the claim made by
anti-union employers that bricklayers
before the war laid 1900 to 1000
bricks per day, but that since the war
they have dropped to 600 or possibly
500 as days output The average
shown in this government study is
twice as high as the open shop editors
rnd employers have asserted II to %.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-12-02
Shipping Board Busy
Turning u. S. Ships to
Private Ownership

WASHINGTON, D. c., Dec. IL
The United States shipping board has
been busy consolidating American
shipping lines and turning govern.
ment ships over to American own.
ers, according to the annual report
made public today. 1t is not revealed
in the report how much the private
shipping corporations paid the gov
eminent for these ships.
Among those buying ships from the
government at an unknown figure
was the Los Angeles shipping com
pany which bought the "City Of Los
Angeles and an ex-German vessel
seized at the beginning Of the war.
Seven vessels of the so-called 502 foot
class, described as large, medium
speed freight vessels with a limited
but extremely comfortable passenger
accommodation, were sold to the
Dollar Steamship Line for operation
in round the world service.
The w. F. Grace company pur-
chased two vessels for operation
from Pacific coast ports to the West
coast of South America. 1t is not
stated how much the government lost
on these sales or what the purchase
price was.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-12-02

cratic obstacles. He did not shrink
even from dissolving the constituent
assembly, which had been q sacred
thing in the minds of many genera
tions of Russian intellectuals. <Politi-
cal democracy was never able TO blind
his eyes to the social and economic
problems of the revolution. AS against
bourgeois democracy he placed the
democracy Of the proletariat.
International reformism saw in this
act Of Lenin's his heaviest sin, while
In reality It was one of his greatest
contributions of the proletarlan class
struggle. The civil war in Russia had
exposed the fractions and parties,
which had been fighting under the
banner Of democracy and the consti-
tuent assembly, as real counter.revo-
lutionists. The last years OF strug-
gle In the West have proved very con.
vincingly that the democratic co-opera-
zion between the social.democracy and
the bourgeoisie is nothing more than
betrayal Of the working class.
Tomorrow "The ProIctarisn
state and the Communist Party
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-12-02
PROTEST WHITE
TERROR Under
THE DAWES plan
Big Mass Meeting in
NerU York City
lspeoIaI to the oaiIy workerl


NEW YORK CITY, Dec. H.
The Workers Party and the In
ternationaI Workers Aid has ar
ranged a mass protest meeting
against the Dawes plan and the
arrests and prosecutions Of
Communists in Germany.
This meeting takes place Dec.
5 at the Labor Temple, 243 e.
84th street.
Every worker should attend this
meeting. Be there to raise your voice
in protest.
Organized capital is going mad in
its brutality in forcing the Dawes plan
upon the German workers. 1t has brot
about white terror in Germany
which daily takes on more and more
brutal forms.
With the adoption of the Dawes
plan every day brings new attacks
against the Communists with sen.
fences of long terms in prison and
hard labor for the revolutionary work
ers.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-12-02
Coal Diggers uersus COD Diggers

Hardly day has gone by since the ratification
Of the agreement in the anthracite district which
followed the election of the Lewis tool Cappellini
as district president that a strike, growing out of
unadjusted grievances, has not been going on with
the officials trying to drive the rank and file
miners back to work
AT present 1000 anthracite miners are on
strike. President Lewis, enjoying the hospitality
of the Mexican government in Mexico City, has
wired the miners to get back to work lose their
charter This is the kind of support that warns
the heart of the coal mine owners and makes them
thank their god for such safe and sane labor lead
ers as the Lewis variety.
There is another angle to this situation. An cleo
ton is coming in the United Mine Workers of
America and the anthracite miners, after more
than a years experience with the agreements
forced on them by the Lewis machine after receiv-
ing numerous communications from their presi-
dent, all containing the same phrase-"Go back to
work'-are not so enamored Of the Lewis Cap
pellini machine as they once were.
Lewis probably wants to revoke few charters
of doubtful locals, following the ancient custom
in the United Mine Workers. which makes the
interest of the membership secondary at all times
to that of the officials.
In the anthracite district as elsewhere the
miners, with the progressive miners committee
taking the lead are learning that Lewis agree
ments made for and by the operators, that their
chief purpose is to keep the miners digging coal
while the oficialdom tours the various districts
and reyses agreements for the benefit of the oper-
ators
Organization Of the left wing, control Of the or
ganzation for the and by the membership instead
of the operators and nationwide campaign of
unionization bringing the unorganized miners into
the U. NJ. W. of A., is all than can save this once
powerful union from defeat in the next few years.
The coal digging rank and file against gold dig
ging officials.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-12-02
Pure Democracy

Official figures pouring in to show that APP
proxmately half Of the eligible voters participated
In the November elections This is especially mean
ngfu because of the strenuous efforts made by the
employers associations turnout the country to get
a large voting turnout"
The Communists have always maintained that
the parliamentary structure itself is not conducive
to an unrestrained, an unlimited expression of the
will of the masses. The artificial, the arbitrary
bicameral divisions do not make for the facility
of expressing mass opinion. In fact the present
parliamentary method of voting only tends to con-
fuse the masses. 1t throws together huge numbers
a common basis which doesn't exist. While or
ganically suited to maintain and perpetiate the
rule of the employing class, the present parlia-
mentary structure pretends to be based on the
non-existence of economic classes. - faW
A glance at this phase Of our "pure democracy
shows that nineteen of the forty eight states have
cast smaller vote this year than in 1920 In South
Carolina, for instance, only 81 of the eligible
voters went to the polls. For the whole country
the present figures tend to indicate that about
52% of those eligible to vote participated.
There numerous reasons for such display
of lack of interest ON the part of so large mass
of voters. First and foremost among these are
the unfitness of the system of voting itself, the
various restrictive circumstances like residential
and other qualifications interference by the bosses
with the exercise of even the limited franchise and
general disgust with parliamentary voting as an
Institution. Ss 9l@g
The Communists propose to establish Workers
and Farmers Republic based on the mass organ
izations of the working and poor farming masses.
In this republic, men and women will express
themselves politically thru their workshops, in the
places where the issues are nearest and clearest to
them In this Soviet Republic the exploiters, in
stead of the workers, will be disfranchised This
will be a government of, by and for the workers
instead Of the pure capitalist democracy Of today
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-12-02

Judge Partridge of the California federal court
has ruled in the case Of William Burns, member
of the l. W. W., tried in his court because he was
arrested in Yosemite Park, United States property,
that slowing down of work is to be considered
sabotage insofar the state criminal syndicalism
law is concerned.
The inference is that for slowing down on the
job in California worker can be sentenced to
from to fourteen years in the penitentiary I'M
der the provisions of the law.
There are lot of people who think that slavery
was abolished by the civil war. Our opinion is
that it was made little more efficient for the
simple reason that many workers actually believe
they are free.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-12-02
Remember These Dates.

THE entire New York organIza.
1 ton Is expected to cooperate
in the following affairs. All affiIiat-
ed and sympathetic organizations
are requested not to arrange con-
fIIcting dates. :.
Jan. II, Sunday afternoon and
evening, DAILY WORKER Jubilee,
New Star Casino.
Feb. I, Sunday afternoon, Lenln
Memorial, Madison Square Garden.
Feb. 11-14, Defense Bazaar, The
Lyceum, 65th street.
March IS, Sunday afternoon and
evening, Press Pageant and Paris
Commune Celebration, Madison
Square Garden.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-12-02

Second International defended on
many occasions.
Workers Await Answer.
2. If the Second International de-
clares its agreement with this main
proposal, the International Red Relief
suggests that both organizations, for
the purpose Of the exchange Of the
prisoners, support each other by mu-
tual information on the situation of
the victims Of the civil war. On the
basis Of the collected material this sit
uation can be stated without preju-
dice.
A refusal of this proposal or the
non-arrival Of public, official and un-
equivocal answer would justify our
worst expectations and would expose
the true value of all phrases and
demagogic attacks of the Second In.
ternational.
The workers of the world wait for
the answer of the Second Information.
al.
The Executive Committee Of The IN
ternationaI Red Relief.
Lepeschinski, Lukaianoff, Temkin
GU. s. S. RI TRENT (France), Dombal
Bogutski (Poland), Geschke, Markgrai
Germany, Marabini Qtaly), Lulanofi
(Bulgaria), Badulesco (Roumania)
Rjastas baltic States), Gyptner CY
c. -, Redetzki (Red International OF
Labor Unions)
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-12-02
SEND RELIEF FOR
The COAL MINERS
TODAILY WORKER
Big Consignment Goes
to Sesser, Illinois

Relief for the needy coal miners OF
southern Illinois is being sent to the
DAILY WORKER In the form Of
money, clothing and canned food
stuffs,
Last week five packages Of clothing
donated by readers Of the DAILY
WORKER were dispatched by our
business ONCE to the needy miners
of Sesser, Illinois Several letters
have been received from New York
City and other places asking where
money should be sent direct, and the
DAILY WORKER has supplied the in.
formation.
The letter dispatched with the lat
est shipment of clothing reads as fol
lows:
Ross White.
Sesser, Ill.
Dear Comrade:
We are sending you by express to-
day nye packages OF clothing donated
by readers Of the DAILY WORKER
for the relief of the needy miners and
their children in your district.
We are glad to be able to help in
this small way, and only wish we
could do more. Please see that these
articles Of clothing are distributed to
the best advantage where they are
most needed.
The DAILY WORKER is glad to
stand with the miners in all their i'm
mediate. struggles. never forgetting
our revolutionary goal.
Fraternally yours,
The DAILY WORKER.
Any other persons wishing to help
the unemployed coal miners of south
ern Illinois thru the winter are ad-
vised to send money or clothing to
the DAILY WORKER. An account of
the disposition of the relief will be
printed in these columns.
Open Forum. Sunday Night, Lodge
Room, Ashland Auditorium.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-12-02
vigorous Action"

The direct connection between the murder of
colonial workers and the profits of Imperialism is
in the fact that stocks of the companies which
control the Sudan irrigation project rose on the
British market when the announcement was made
that the Gezira area was to be extended.
The stocks fell when the sudanese rose in
revolt but as as they had been safely saugh-
tered the stocks rose again.
"City circles" says London dispatch, sun
animously endorsed the vigorous action of the gov
eminent
Speed the day when vigorous action" will leave
the battlefelds not the corpses Of workers, but
those Of the skhatted fraternity Of plumber.
nEAn rLIr y Al " iA0nKEn
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-12-02

William II. Anderson, former head of the anti
saloon league, is out Of Sing Sing where he was
sent after being convicted Of graft He was paroed
in the care Of the salvation army Birds Of a
feather have habit Of hoclSing together.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-12-02
DEMAND RELEASE OF COMMUNISTS
SAYS RED RELIEF OPEN LETTER
SENT TO SECOND INTERNATIONAL

BERLIN. Germany Dec 1.-The International Red Relief
has letter to the Second International
that the Second International agate Commune
lists imprisoned in capitalist countries
The committee International Relief
exposes the hypocrisy Of the democratic pacfs propaganda
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-12-02

Get member for the Workers Party and new
subscription for the DAILY WORKER.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-12-02

Every day get "sub' for the DAILY WORKER
and a member for the Workers Party.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-12-02

Open Forum, Sunday Night, Lodge
Room, Ashland Auditorium.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1924-10-24
BIG MASS MEETING
FAVORS $4,000 BOND
FOR VILLAGE WATER
Committee Investigat n g
Cost of Well, Pumping
Plant and Tower

AT the mass meeting held Tuesday
night the people voted to bond the
town for $50, 900 to establish new
water system of some sort The mat
ter of buying out the pipe line sys-
tenn of the Oakley Warm Springs
Water company was deferred.
Some were in favor of buying the
Carpenter spring, while others wan
ted to investigate the well drilling
proposition. The latter group won
al least temporarily, 70 committee
composed of President w. T. Jack.
l.. j. Robinson, Jr. and Earl White
ley was appointed to report on feas-
ibility of drilling a we'll and proba-
bic cost of pumping plant and tower.
Over a hundred people attended
the meeting. 1t looked for a while
as if they had definitely agreed to
disagree for good and all, but line
of action was finally formed
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1924-10-24
EARLY EVENING THIEF
ENTERS COOP STORE
L A S T NIGHT (THU2S.)

A burglar entered the Coop last
evening and was found there about
ten O'Clock by Manager Charles l..
Haight who returned to put some
change into the safe. The thief es-
capped out the rear door and evident
~ did not take any loot with him
When Mr.. Haight entered the
store last night at ten and turned on
the light, he fancied he saw shad-
ow in the rear. Again, he thought he
heard a noise, but attributed it to
the store cat. A few seconds later he
heard noise that no cat-even
store cat-could make,
the removal of the complicated fas-
Jennings of the rear door When Mr..
Haight reached the door, the thief
had escaped
Mr.. Haight thinks that the robber
may have hidden himself in a dark
corner of the store before closing
time, as there was no evidence of
forced entry.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1924-10-24
JOHN H. ROTHERY
ACHIEVES SUCCESS
A S NOV E l. ] S T
Quits Selling Secondhand
Books to Write Books
of His Own

John H.. Rothery of Oakley has
recently sold novel to Doubleday
Page and company and long short
story to Smart Set" The novel is
entitled "Madre's Inheritance; the
short-story, u. H." Mr.. Rothery has
not learned yet when these works
will be published.
During the past summer Mr..
Rothery conducted a secondhand
book store just east of the Variety
store 1t is said that his business
venture was not exactly a roaring
success. Perhaps it is just as well,
for he had plenty of time between
customers to write stories-short-
stories and this novel, which may
not only bring him more money than
the business would have done, but
enviable distinction as well. This
may be called the success of failure
when a man neglects to accom-
plish his ostensible purpose, but
does something distinctly more sig
nificant.
Mr.. Rothery, formerly a school
teacher in this county, has been
writing for magazines and newspa-
pers for a number of years Most of
His works have been in verse.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1924-10-24
POLITICAL GOSSIP
AROUND THE TOWN

State Chairman John McMurray
Of the Republican party was here
from Boise the first of this week to
visit his family. Senator McMurray
didn't say so himself, but a boom is
already under way to nominate an
Oakley man for Governor of Idaho,
two years from now. Who says Oak
ley can't grow big political timber?
William A. Shuldberg of Preston,
Progressive candidate for congress-
man, was a caller at the Herald of
flee Monday. | was really glad to
meet him. Not that I'm going to
vote for him. l do not pretend to
agree with hinl-and that was one
of the principal reasons why it was
a pleasure to get his ideas=because
they were different from mine Per-
haps one way to keep from getting
into rut SO far as ideas are con-
cerned is to make a habit of listen
ing to as many sides OF every ques-
tion as possible. If l find myself get
ting to like a certain list of maga-
zines too we'll, l at once cancel the
and order a different
set-to keep from getting into a
rut.
Asher b. Wilson of Twin Falls,
Democratic candidate for Congress-
man, was in Oakley Tuesday and
called at the Herald office. He is
Il very good looking man.
Governor Moore addressed a large
audience in the Orpheum theatre
Wednesday afternoon. The Govern
pr made a good speech. T. Bailey Lee
Of Burley also addressed the crowd
Several Burlye people came up for
he speech-among them our former
fellow citizen, ]. s. Hanzel
Congressman Addison T. Smith is
q address the voters tonight at the
Opera House.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1924-10-24
NEWS OF MARION

j. b. Alexander attended the
dance at Burley, Saturday night.
Mr.. and Mrs. Eugene Pickett and
Mrs. A. G. Smith were visitors in
Burley, Wednesday of last week.
Mrs. Mary Martin and daughter
Mamie were guests at the home of
Mrs. John Alexander. Tuesday.
p. G. Martin made business trip
to Burley, Saturday
Elvaris Sessions of Burley was
here Saturday on business.
Arthur Smith and Charles C.
Haight of Burley were here on their
way to Nevada where they will hunt
deer. They were accompanied by
John Smith of Marion.
Mrs. Gerald Crranney visited her
mother, Mrs. Lucina Smith, in Bur-
ley, last week.
The Misses Mary Tolman, Marva
Martin, Ida Martin and Agnes
Smith were guests at the home of
Mrs. E. T. Barrus, Sunday.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1924-10-24

Mrs. Arthur Anderson left Sunday
for Salt Lake City to attend the fu-
neral of her brother
Mrs. August Larson returned
from Salt Lake City Tuesday after
attending the funeral of her brother
in-law, Mr.. Mayner who was killed
in Park City mine. A boulder fell
and crushed him.
Mrs. Ambrose Tanner is visiting
at the home of her mother, Mrs.
Smith.
Ray Bedke was down from his
Goose creek home Tuesday, looking
after business affairs.
Olin Baker and Joel Larson mo-
tored to Grouse Creek, Utah, Tues
day.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1924-10-24
OIL WELL DRILLING
O F I f N PROVIDES
INTENSE THRILLS
What May Happen Here If
Mr.. Carpenter Strikes
a Big Gasser

Drilling for oil was begun at Oak
ley sevraa years ago, but no well
has been completed. Work at the
West Pearl Oil and Gas company
well on Goose creek, twelve miles
south of Oakley, was discontinued
has kept their superintendent, j w.
Toomey on the field. At the Coal
creek we'll, twelve miles south of
Oakley, d. p Carpenter. superinten-
Development company. has been
drilling during large part of this
year. He has suspended operations
at the well pending an improvement
pany. Mr.. Carpenter firmly believes
that oil will be struck in the vicini-
ty of Oakley.
What may happen in the Oakley
oil fields some day is indicated by
recent developments in Utah The
Inland Oil Index of Casper, Wyom-
ing, has this to say, in part, about
Utahs great gasser:
THE midwest Renfining company
drilling for the Utah Refining COM
pany, on the Cisco fold, in Grand
county, Utah, has opened up flow
of 90,c00,000 cubic feet of gas in
the Dakota sand at 1896 to 1854
feet. The new field is located on the
Denver & Rio Grande Western rail
road, 30 miles west of the Colorado
bounary, and about the center of
the eastern part of the state.
Drilling commenced on the new
structure on August 21, after geolo-
gists for the company had been at
work for some time mapping the
fold which appears to have 5000 to
! 900 acres of possible productive
acreage inside of the 5250-foot clo-
SIRE. The Dakota sand was expected
Il $500 feet but was atcually found
more than 500 feet shallower than
he dips on the fflanks indicated
"The discovery marks the first i'm
;ortant strike made in Utah in re-
,ent years. Twelve miles to the
southeast of the Midwest well are
coated several shallow wells drilled
~ the Utah-Arizona Oil & Gas Com
,any, in which was obtained a pro-
luction of to s barrels at a depth
Iround 500 feet and in some of the {
wells was found a considerable flow {
y gas. These wells are considered ]
IF structure. Eighteen miles to the
outhwest, the Crescent Eagle Oil
,omapny has a well partially filled
With oil from a sand at 3205 feet.
his well, likewise. is believed to be ]
If structure, or not on any struc-
ure. The gasser proves the struc- {
ure to be sealed and the oil wells
Il the edges clearly indicate that
he sands on the flanks will be found l
D contain OIL 2
"The discovery is certain to result a
i considerable wildcatting in thta s