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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-02-09

engaged in wars, when the servants
mixed some new clay, made of some
new phrases, Rnd renewed in the
minds of the people the illusion that
they were governed by Democracy.
When the United States entered the
great World War of 1914, for ex-
ample, the statesmen told the peo-
pie that this was a War for De-
mocracy,' a War to End All Wars
and so on. And countless numbers
of workers died fighting for this
sham Democracy, this ifeless thing
Of clay.
"By this time there were people
who realized that Democracy was
but skeleton dressed up in phrases
that meant nothing but that were
intended to keep the workers in
bondage. You see, the workers used
up so much of their time and energy
in producing profits, that they had
very little opportunity to learn the
truths Of history and science. so
that most of them did not know
what was wrong with the world
10y AfCu III, sffAlu IuOuSnJ THAT
things always had been and always
would be as they were then. They.
therefore, believed everything the
capitalists told them thru their
statesmen, their newspapers, their
schools, churches and motion pic
lures.
$50 when these few wise people
tried to show the workers that De-
mocracy was only a lifeless figure,
all the mouth-pieces of the Capt.
talists said to the workers: These
people are traitors, anarchists. hor-
rible Bolsheviks. They are inter-
fering with our sacred War to
Make the World Safe for Democ-
racy.' And the workers, because
they were too tired and uneducated
to do their own thinking, silently
permitted things to go the Capital
lists way. The servants Of the Cap
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italists passed laws which permit
ted them to put some of these wiser
ones among the workers in a place
where they could not talk to other
workers, called a prison, and kept
others quiet by threatening them
with punishment, but they could not
suppress this new message alto
gether, and a brave few, inspired by
the successful establishment of the
First Workers Government, at that
time called Soviet Russia, kept up
their work.
"As you all know, they were finally
successful, after many hard strug-
giles, in exposing Democracy. When
the workers finally came to exam
inc Democracy, and pulled off the
painted and perfumed clay, what do
you suppose they found? Not even
a solid skeleton, for in the course
of times the bones had crumbled and
now, at the touch of the workers,
they fell into little heap of i'll
smelling dust, which the workers
buried deep underground"
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-02-09
By GEORGE HALONEN

That after all would clearly indicate
that at least the real beginning of a
large class party had been achieved.
But we, with our thesis, might be adj
yenturing with the winners" and
instead of profit we would have to
record big deficit, by losing the
faith of those labor elements which
remained in the FarmerLabor party
and whom I'VE betrayed with our
thesis.
This simple example is sufficient to
show that the thesis was untactical,
giving weapons unnecessarily into
the hands of our yellow" as well as
"leftist" opponents, creating con-
fusion in our own ranks and making
us, in the eyes of many workers and
farmers, just the same as bourgeois
politicians, because without actual
happenings, real facts before their
eyes, they could not understand our
tactics otherwise than that they were
based on the same dealings" with
the winners as they have seen in
the other parties.
The communist tactics are so well
defined that details hoy to vote and
whom to vote for, do not need to be
given before the situation requires
it. The Central Executive Commit
tee of the Communist party is we'll
qualified Especially when of such
quality as the majority of the pres
ent C. E. C. of the w. P.) to decide
questions of this nature when the
actual struggle with its experiences
can convince US of the real necessity
and benefit of such steps.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-02-09

Even If LaFollette were named as
the presidential candidate, our posi-
ton would not be different. if the
party were fundamentally based on
workers and farmers organizations
and not on artificial territorial,
political lines.
Let US then assume that LaFollette
did not join this Farmer-Labor
party, but instead, after the old
party conventions, being defeated
there, with the other radical" poll
ticians and in conjunction with the
Railroad BrotherhOods, would launch
a Third Party regardless Of the
Farmer-Labor party established on
May 30th, then we would have the
Farmer-Labor Party and the Third
Party. How to solve this question?
1t would be clear that the require
ment of our thesis, where the Farm
er-Labcr candidates have no chance
to win, was self-evident and MANY
OF our party members would specu-
late that "the third party can I'M
questionably win" and therefore. ac-
cording to our thesis, 1--WE will vote
for the third party candidates."
Would that be the right position.
altho it were according to our thesis?
OF course, the solving of situation
like that would require, not a specu-
lative thesis, but a careful ANALYSIS
of the actual situation. 1t might he
possible that the Farmer-Labor party.
in spite Of the LaFollette Third party.
would be real enough, strong enough,
to get vote of a million or two.
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THE THIRD PARTY QUESTION ), aT01aE H4107Fa

analytical ability of these comrades
in other respects, wish to say that
the majority of the delegates from
the Ninth district considered the
Third Party thesis, not only untimely
but of such nature that, published as
the resolution of the Communist
convention, it would have created
confusion and mistrust not only
among our own members, but also
among other sections of the Labor
movement, and so, instead of clari-
flying our position-and guiding us,
the real work for a Farmer-Ilabor
class party would have been weak
ened and confused.
The question of forming an ALI
ance with a bourgeois Third Party,
depends wholly upon a given situa-
ton, on actual conditions and the
stage of development of the class
struggle. Therefore, it was tactic
ally wrong to state in the Third
Party thesis: "Where the Farmer
Labor party candidates have no
chance to win and the Third Party
unquestionably can win against the
capitalist parties with our support
we will vote for the third party
candidates"
Suppose, that the May Both con-
vention be so successful that a ma
tional Farmer-Labor party is formed,
fundamentally based on the plan Of
decorating at least many of the diff
ferent workers and farmers organi-
cations? Naturally, the Workers
Party would be with this movement.
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TT HE main entrance to the prison
4 where Max Holz lies, opens on
a quiet suburban street in the north
of Breslau. 1t is a modern insti-
tuition. The officials live in separ-
ate houses near the street. Four
security police patrol the street. The
sign "police station" at TIM main
entrance shows that the bourgeoisie
deems it necessary to guard the
dangerous revolutionary with ispc-
cial police as well as with prison
officials.
| ring at the main entrance. The
gate is noisily opened l show my
credentials, am permitted to enter,
and led across two courtyards with
accompanying unlocking and lock-
ing of doors to the main building
for men. The secretary informs me
that the director ordered that l am
to 60 to him Immediately. The d.
rector, Roman Catholic priest, re-
ceives me in his Office. After greet
ing me, he assures me that Holz
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-02-09
A VISIT TO MAX HOLZ

has all the privileges that can be
granted in a prison. He orders
Holz brought in. Comrade HOlz
enters. / have often had the OPP
portunity, professionally, to see
prisoners, especially those who have
been sentenced to long terms in
prison. was shocked. Holz has
been in prison since April, 1921
barely two years. The last time
saw him was in Moabit, the day he
was sentenced. What inroads these
two years have made on himl His
face is marked with the inexpressible
suffering caused by deprivation Of
liberty. Max IIolz is a man Of ac-
ton. The mass influences him and
he influences the mass. His strength
lies in his temperament. He called
out the uprising of the slaves and
will continue to do so, and his
whole soul yearns for freedom.
His will and his health are being
broken against the walls of the
prison. On the basis Of the i'm
preston / received during my con-
versation with Holz, for several
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-02-09
By DR.. FELIX HALLE, Berlin

hours, / can testify that Max Holz
must be pronounced unfit for i'm
prisonment. He is troubled with
nervous and rheumatic pains. He
suffers from lack of sleep and ap-
petite. He eats no bread, but lives
only on nutritives, nerve foods, etc.
He has frequently collapsed. He
hurt himself in a fall in which he
suffered must loss of blood. It is
possible, even probable, that with
continued imprisonment, Comrade
Holz may reach such a stage of
despair that in a moment of sudden
ALTERATION he may lay violent hands
upon himself.
The cell in which Holz, with tho
exception of the brief interval of
exercise, must spend his days and
nights, is 25 cubic meters in size,
with a floor space of 81 square
meters. Even for normal person,
long residence in SO small a space,
results in an impairment Of health.
But for so high-strung a person as
Holz, long residence in this
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-02-09

M ANY years from now, when
4N1 the united human race is liv-
ing the world over under the admin
istration of things, the adults, after
a full happy day of work and study,
will gather their children around
them and tell them this tale:
"Long years ago, when the world
was divided into states, there was
q section of the world that you
learn about in your histories, called
the United States. This state was
established by means of a revolution,
and those who were instrumental in
establishing it called it a Democracy.
Democracy in those days was skele-
ton and the statesmen and polite
ians of that state saw that a skele-
ton could not rule over millions OF
people, SO they sought to clothe it
in flesh and blood.
''But they could not make a real,
living thing out of skeleton, so
before they proceeded : to compound
the clay with which they in
tended to cover the skeleton, they
told the people that those who would
not believe in the Democracy were
unpatriotic, traitors, and many other
ugly but meaningless things.
"You see, these statesmen were
the servants of rich and pow
erful class Of people called capital,
lists. Capitalists were men who,
by some accident of birth or for
tune, had come into possession Of
land or machinery, and allowed
others to use these instruments of
production for the purposes of earn
ing a bare livelihood, in exchange
for which the Capitalists received
what they called Profit. Thus the
Capitalists did little or no work and
lived in ease and luxury, while great
masses Of people toiled many hours
each day, scarcely earning enough
to obtain the necessities of life.
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N1HEN the last party convention
w decided to withdraw from tha
Labor-Party thesis the part relating
to the Third Party, it was distinctly
understood that the question would
be discussed in the party presN How
ever, fundamental discussion has
been carried on only in the language
press. Comrades John Pepper. C.
+. Ruthenberg and Max Bedacht.
from whom we would have expected
analytical ability and theoretical
knowledge, have dealt with this cues
ton mostly polemically and SO that
they have erronously "analvzed0
more or less imaginary groupings"
IN the convention and, instead Of
fundamental discussion of the Farm
er-Labor movement, we have had as
sertions that the majority" do not
love" farmers so ardently as the
minority" that the majority" is
formed from 'sectarians," ''propa-
gandists," ETC., that something more
than an assertion of a report in the
Volkszeitung is needed to make the
world believe that the Finnish
language group in alliance with
Comrade Ludwig Lore, Alexander
Trachtenberg, Juliet S. Poyntz, ETC.,
are all at once promoted to Gus
todians Of radicalism in the party"
and other such nonsense.
Without troubling myself to an
swer these silly analyses" and
''polemics," which, l must confess,
have in my mind minimized the
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-02-09

their religious differences, and
teaching them to hate those whose
opinions differed from their own.
"The servants of the capitalists
compounded their clay Of many sub
stances, such as Freedom Of Re-
hgious Worship Equality Before
the Law The Right to Life, Lib
erty and the Pursuit of Happiness
Government Of the People, and By
the People, and similar phrases.
GAS the country grew, it came
into conflict with other nations and
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cramped space, is absolutely I'M
bearable. Disregarding his rheu-
matism, heritage of the war, the
bourgeoisie condemns him TO Ian
guish in cold cell on a stone floor.
and gives him only a paltry straw
mat which Holz sent back because
of its musty odor. The little light
that enters the high window Is
merely a continual torture to a
nervous person. But one must not
imagine the prison To be a dark
dungeon Of the middle ages. The
prison is a modern institution. and
it should be emphasized that it Is
very clean. But that very fact is
the most provoking-modern means
are being applied in an absolutely
senseless way, not to help people,
but to torture them.
The Workers must not remain IN
ignorance Of the gravity of COM
rade Hollis situation. They must
do everything possible to help Holz
and free him from his miserable
condition.
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THEY WILL TELL THIS TALE By DAE

$50 you can see that the great
majority of the members of the hu-
man race were slaves to land and
machinery, and also to the owners
Of this land and machinery. The
Capitalists devised many ways Of
keeping them enslaved, such as en-
couraging them to hate people who
lived in other sections of the world
and spoke different languages, or had
skins of different color, magnifying
The Washington times., 1924-11-26
Goings-On

NATIONAL-FlOra LIE Breton,
English star, in Lass o. Laugh
ter"
BELASC - A new play,
Badges" with Gregory Kelly
and Lotus Robb.
POLI'S-Eddie Buell. in 1.-THE
Belle Of Quakertown."
kEITHS-McIntyre and Heath;
Harry Webb; others.
WARDMAN PARK - Rams
Head Players in THE EagIet."
STRAND-Vaudeville and films.
GAYETY-Jean Bedini's Peek
a-Boo."
jr."
METROPOLITAN - Richard
Barthelmess in Classmates.
RIALTO-Reginald Denny in
"The Fast Worker"
PALACE-Peter the Great. dog
star, in The Silent Accuser."
COLUMBIA-Rudolph Valentino
in "A Sainted Devil"
TIVOLI-"Her Marriage VOW"
AMBASSADOR-Gloria Swan
son in Her Love Story"
CENTRAL-Tom Meighan in
The Alaskan"
SAVOY-Lon CLANCY in THE
Shock"
AVENUE GRAND
Lloyd in Girl Shy"
APOLLO-"The Fast Set"
YORK-'The Last of the
Duanes."
The Washington times., 1924-11-26

Two weeks in Philadelphia, at
a loss of $4,000, was too great
a handicap.
Two road companies for
Madame Pompadour are being
organized by Martin Beck and
despite Hope Hampton's expert
ence in the name role, one COM
pany will be made up entirely
of motion picture folk and will
play on the West coast. France
has made David Belasco a
Chevalier of the Legion of Honor
and the ceremony of bestowal
will take place today On the
stage of the Belasco Theater in
New York.
Bertha Kalish is preparing
for a Keith vaudeville tour in
q play by Herman Suderman,
"Roses."
William A. Brady, one of the
best pastor-baiters in the show
game, has arranged Minister'S
matinee, December 4, of "Simon
Called Peter"
Ruth Chatterton, after the
custom set by Grace George,
has made the adaptation from
the French of Henry Miller's
new play, "The Man in Evening
Clothes"
The Washington times., 1924-11-26
SECOND WEEK AT
WARDMAN FOR
7 "EAGLET"

At Wardrnan Park Theater last
night the Rams Head Players en-.
tered their second week, offering
anew 1.-THE Eaglet," Rostand's
tale of the Napoleonic era, with
William Kirkland In the leading
role. Presentations will continue
nightly through this week. Next
week, beginning Tuesday, THE
New York Idea" will be offered.
A new conner Of promise Is
Ruth Harrison. who appears in
the current piece as the Countess
the Duke Of Reichstadt, Disgusting
herself in his uniform cloak to
cover his escape from the Aus
trian court. Miss Harrison is the
daughter of Colonel Ralph Harrt-
son, u. s. A.. and Is well known
in Washington. She has a charm
ing voice and a. delightful person
atty, and much is expected of her
In coming productions for which
she is acting as stage manager
for Robert Bell A graduate of
the Washington Square Players,
Miss Harrison played for season
with that organization, and then
went on tour with the highly sue
cessful Fair and Warmer" COM
pany. in which she understudied
Katherine Cornell. Coming to
this city to spend the winter, Mr..
Bell Immediately secured her for
the repertory company of the
Rams Head Players.
Elizabeth Gardiner, who appears
as Fanny Ellsler, the danseuse of
the Imperial Ballet, and friend of
the eaglet, is a dancer in real
life, well known in Washington
as the partner of Paul Tchernikoff,
The Washington times., 1924-11-26

who has just mastered the in
tricacies of Nah Jongg, only
to find the rest of the world
had long since abandoned that
pastime for the exasperations
of crossword-puzzling, has de-
cided to quit trying to be au
fait and to abandon herself en-
tirely to some early spring
drinking.
The L. L., ETC., made two i'm
portant discoveries this week.
One is that the authors of Glass
O. Laughter" have pilfered in
tact and toto a play ashe wrote
for the Thanatopsis and Back
biting Society of Cross Plains,
in her early teens. The Sec
ond, and more important dis
covery-important because it
isn't true-is that the new play
at the Belasco, Badges" will
fail because it boasts TIVE
startled-looking cats, one of
them blacker than the new
doorman's silk hat.
"All of US know confides
this delightful but occasionally
misinformed chum, shat actors
and sailors are the most super
stitious people in the world. I
read a whole volume once on
the superstitions of actor-folk
and would you believe it they
are positively ridick. l haven't
seen this play because of a
paucity of passes "a hint that
went right out the window and
landed on a cornice of the Daily
News building) but / am sure
it won't do we'll. And come up
Thanksgiving. We're have a
pot roast"
Oddly enough, the black cat
superstition which prevails in
our little world this side of the
magic cave sustains the opposite
belief in the theater. Black
cats bring good luck, whether
they are regularly hired at a
half herring a day or whether
they trespass casually.
The only thing the actors in.
sist upon-and reasonably, I
agree-is that the cat be alive
when it hits the boards.
X \ X
GOSSIP.
The most unsuccessful dilet-
tante now tumbling off the play
horizon is young Craig Biddle,
jr., of Philadelphia, who rather
pathetically failed as movie
actor and has now Topped with
his first venture as a stage
producer, with "Poor Richard"
The Washington times., 1924-11-26
AOVERTlSEMENT
few GIRLS KNOW HOW
TO PRESERVE BEAUTY
There's never a flower that blooms
tn May
That's half so fair as thou art"
Byron

Recently a noted authority on hui
man skin said that in the winter
time 80 per cent of the people lack
the proper amount Of the natural
oils which the skin must have to
keep it clear. smooth, soft and at.
tractive, because harsh winter winds
and weather use up more than the
supply which the system can fur
nish.
Naturally, then, if you don't
provide the skin with this defici-
ency, you must Snot complain IL
your skin Is rough and looks scaly
whenever you put on your face
powder this winter.
Girls and women who are using
the Cold Cream, which bears the
well-known Black and White label
put thin film of it on the skin
each night. This soothes the irri-
tation, prevents chapping and keeps
the skin smooth and lovely. Then
in the morning they wash the sur
face with a lather of Black and
White Soap, which don't rob the
pores, glands and skin tissue of
the benefits they get from the cold
cream during the night.
Black and White Cold Cream,
soap, etc., are economically priced
in liberal packages. The soc size
Black and White Cold Cream con-
tains nearly three times as much
as the 25c size and can be had of
most all dealers.
The Washington times., 1924-11-26

fore / was confined and finished the
bottle while ! was in bed. got up
feeling fine and have taken care of the
twins alone ever since. recommend
the Vegetable Compound highly and
will sing its praises in the future. -
Mrs. IDA GERBITz, Wyocena, Wis.
It is remarkable how many cases
have been reported similar to this one.
Many mothers are left in q weakened
and rundown condition after child
birth, and for such mothers the care
Of the baby is well-nigh impossible.
Not only is it hard for the mother, but
che child itself will indirectly suffer.
Lydia e. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound is an excellent tonic for the
mother both before and after child
birth. 1t is prepared from medicinal
roots and herbs, and can be taken
N safety by nursing mothers.
The Washington times., 1924-11-26
THE GATE-POST
BIZ Harold Phillips

Whether Hope Hampton actually sing merely good
poker player will be tested Martin Beck decided to give
New York of the outstanding treats in its history by inviting
Miss Hampton sing the role in Madame Pompadour from
which she ousted after lengthy rehearsals.
1t decided whether will the at
special matinee whether she win alternate with her
Vida Bennett, in night performances
Says Karl Kitchen in the New York Evening World:
If she does sing successfyand the test will be watched with
great interest by the theater wOrdshe will
the outstanding
dom in Martha Kallman Operetta, likely be her
reward.
she la-wel lot of Broadway wise will say 81 told
The Washington times., 1924-11-26
Gayety Novelty

The Eighteen Jazz-a- CANA
Girls, members Of Jean 6edini's
"Peek-a-Boo" show ut the Gay.
ETY. this week, were brought to
this country from London by Mr..
Bedini to appear in this produc-
ton. All Of the girls are talented
dancers and their chorus singing
is beautiful. These girls were
personally picked by Mr.. Bedini
from the music halls Of London. r
The Washington times., 1924-11-26

out for their complete and con-
vincing lure, doubly notable be-
cause Of early manifestation.
Gifted with a personality that
high.lights itself against any back
ground, Miss Ault has, In addi-
ton to terpsichorean nature,
vocal abilities seldom found in
one who sparkles so genuinely in
a dancing sense.
Her association with the st.
Patrick Players grew out OF a
vocal test and a RECOMMENDATION
from the writer OF the lyric of
the song she sings with Mr.. Cross
in the first act, Highway OF
Hearts,"
The Washington times., 1924-11-26
DR.. PIERCE
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Gained lOPounds
In u Days
Skinny Men Can
Do The Same
Use McCOY's Cod Liver Oil Tablets

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One woman gained ten pounds In
twenty-five days. Sixty tablets
sixty cents. Ask Peoples Drug
Stores or any druggist for McCoy's
Cod Liver Oil Tablets. Directions
and formula on each box.
"Get McCOy's, the original and
genuine Cod Liver Oil Tablets"