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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-03-26
Disturbed Washington

Reports from Washington are to the effect
that President Coolidge is greatly disturbed
by the testimony of the past week" relative to
the corruption revealed in the attorney gen.
erals Office and other official places.
We are intrigued by the phrase greatly
disturbed" It would be just about as correct
to say that a householder was greatly dis
turbed" by the impact of burglars black
jack and the analogy is not so far-fetched as
might appear on the surface. The only differ
ence is that President Coolidge was and is one
of the burgarious crew who, since falling out
among themselves, have been cracking each
others craniums to the amusement of the on
lockers.
Attorney General Daugherty has dared the
president to fire him and he has not been fired
despite the accommodating proof that he has
been levying tribute on every form of vice
from bootlegging to white slavery in the in
term between periods when he has been Sc
curing injunctions against unions
It is not the attorney general or the presi-
dent as individuals in which this paper is
interested, however. What concerns us and
every member of the workingclass in the
United States is the obvious fact that dis
credited and disgraced, proved to have vio-
lated thousand tenets of bourgeois morality,
the Coolidges and Daughertys continue still to
represent the government of this country and
the edicts of the class they represent are still
enforced by their agents.
Today they are hated even by the deluded
millions who voted for the Harding Coolidge
slate; the issues on which they contested the
election are as dead as the head of the ticket
and yet we are told constantly that the Amer
lean form of government is a representative
one.
Just as a warning to those workers who
NAV have been led to overestirnate the sim
cerity of the democratic opponents of the
Coolidge regime by reason Of the philIippics
delivered daily in the senate let us say that
should the workers and farmers, tomorrow,
act for fundamental change in industry and
government, both prosecutors and defendants
would leap to the defense of American capital
ism; petty thieveries and moral turpitude of
the present incumbents would be forgotten in
the holy war against revolving workingcass.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-03-26
Chicago Labor Leaders
and lnjunctionS

The strike of the Ladies' Garment Workers
continues with police and employers thugs
arresting and beating up the strikers-both
male and female. The injunction Is enforced
and the bosses are jubilant
The COMMITTEE of 15," appointed by the
Chicago Federation of Labor, has done nothing
up to date except to emphasize to the
strikers the difficulty of combating injunction
processes. John Fitzpatrick, at recent meet
ing of the committee, displayed none of the
fighting spirit he has commonly been supposed
to possess, but merely dilated on the possible
ties of the militia being brought in if the fight
against the injunction developed real militancy
Such may be the tactics of resolute leader
Ship but in our opinion they represent spirit
of defeatism wholly out of keeping with the
necessities of the situation. There is way to
defeat the injunction issued against the Ladies'
Garment Workers Union and it consists of
massing the entire available force of the Chi
cago labor movement behind the strike, mass
picketing participated in by officials of unions
as we'll as the rank and file, compelling the
boss-controlled judges and police to Jail, not
only unknown strikers but well-known and
influential members of the Chicago labor move
ment. In this way the strike injunction could
and would be made an issue in every local
union, and the injunction itself shown as a
menace to all Chicago labor and not merely
to the Garment Workers.
The Committee of Is" has made no show
ing at ALL It is significant in this connection
that the official organ of the Chicago Fedora
ton of Labor, in its last issue, devotes lot of
space to the activities of the Church Fedora
ton Committee of So" but has nothing to
report for the official committee of organized
labor.
The American Federation of Labor and the
units that compose it have always loudly pro-
claimed their uncompromising enmity towards
injunction processes and when an offcialdom
like that of the Chicago Federation of Labor
which has acquired a reputation for militancy
in excess of that possessed by the parent body
lies down in the struggle against one of the
most vicious injunctions ever issued here, it is
apparent that the local labor movement, hav-
ing made considerable step to the right in
its fight against the Communists, is prepared
to surrender all its class character and become
Just another Gompers legislative body with no
heart and but little CUTS.
Ii labor leaders, so-called, will not fight in
functions, or even go to unusual lengths to
rally the membership for a fight against in
functions, there is nothing for which they will
fght-except their meal tickets
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-03-26
Tariff and Wheat

The high tariff is one of the panaceas fire.
quently offered the poor farmers to save them
from bankruptcy and stave off their complete
financial ruin.
Recently President Coolidge used the power
which the last Fordney- McCumber Tariff Act
gave him to regulate tariff schedules. The
Chief Executive raised the tariff on wheat.
This was an out and out attempt to stem the
tides of protest that are sweeping the wheat
belt against the do-nothing policy of the gov
eminent in the present agricultural crisis
Of course, the poor farming masses cannot
be misled by such maneuvers. In South Da-
kota, Governor McMaster, who is playing to
win the republican nomination for the senator
ship against the present incumbent. the reac-
tionary Sterling, knows this very well. Nc
Master is running on a program definitely
committed to repeating the capitalist tariff act,
the Fordney- McCumber Law
But it was left to the market conditions to
knock the very bottom out of this Coolidge
farm-relief fake. No sooner had the raise on
the tariff rates of wheat been announced, than
the market began to react unfavorably. The
break on wheat was so sharp that new low.
on the crop for May was reached. The price
on wheat at the Chicago Board of Trade. the
center of the grain gamblers activities, is now
within one quarter of one cent of the lowest
figures of the season.
Ills - Tie sorC Oh nelp tnaC the bankrupt
farmers can expect from the government con-
trolled by the big employers of labor. The
tariff is simply another method employed by
the government to help the big grain distribu-
tors and manufacturers. 1t levies a tax on the
farmers and workers in a most burdensome
and subtle form. Herein lies its danger. The
present tariff law, written by the agents of
Wall Street and put into effect by their ruling
clique In Washington, must be wiped off the
statute books at all costs. Coolidge must be
deprived of his autocratic power to raise tariff
rates under the guise of helping the workers
and farmers whom he is hurting.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-03-26
A Day of Preparedness

This year, May Day takes on special sig
nlicance for the working masses of our coun-
try. The celebration of this holiday of the
International workingclass should reflect this
added import.
May Day, this year, should be signal for
nationwide preparedness by the city workers
and exploited farmers to assume full political
power, complete governmental control. The
workers can we'll afford to take leaf out of
the book of their employers Our bosses, sell
dom, II ever, get into fight without adequate
preparation Experience has taught them that
preparedness for wars, strikes, and other tests
of class strength is the best guarantee for sue
cess in the struggle. The same holds true for
the oppressed masses occupying the opposite
line of trenches in the class war.
No one can seriously argue that now is not
the time to prepare for finish fight with the
employing class. AS matter of fact the polit-
zeal and economic situations have taken such
turns that the city and rural masses cannot
avoid fight without being doomed to abiect
sla-'e conditions The farmers are stripped to
their bones. Their conditions are going from
bad to worse, and from worse to worst The
workers are confronted with renewed schemes
for economic readjustment" which, in the
language of the pay envelope, means sIashed
wages Politically, the capitalists have dropped
all their sham pretenses. The bosses are now
openly employing the governmental machinery
TO crush the working masses fighting for the
most elementary civil rights and the barest
economic needs. The exploiters are now run
ming wild in their plumber of the natural re-
sources Of the country thru their iron control
OF the government apparatus.
Under these conditions it is next to impos-
sble for the working masses to avoid fight
to the finish. Preparedness must be the cry of
the workers and farmers today. The first step
in preparing the wordngclass for this decisive
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-03-26

conquer Ireland in the name Of the
Lord, the spoils to be divided between
the Pope and the King. The Lord
got nothing for the use Of his name
but whatever glory there was in it.
The situation in Ireland is covered
by the editor in snappy editorial para
graphs. There are excellent articles
by Michael T. Berry, Donough o.
Dwyer, Daniel Horsely, j. P. Nc
earthly and Thomas Horgan. The
magazine is attractive typographical
ly; is well edited and the material is
interesting and educational. Our
Irish comrades are to be congratu-
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-03-26

lated on keeping the Irish People
afoat it being the only Communist
publication now in existence making
a special appeal to Irish workers. Its
circulation is increasing rapidly in Ire
land, since the Workers Republic, the
Communist paper, suspended publica-
ton.
The Irish People is published at
2540 West Adams Street, Chicago,
Illinois. Subscription price is S1.O0
q year.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-03-26

conflict is the building up Of powerful Com
munist Party that will lead the workers and
poor farmers into battle and will wage the
struggle of the oppressed without hesitancy
and with courage. May Day should therefore
be signal for huge drive to join and build
a mighty Communist Workers Party in
America
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-03-26
AMONG THE MAGAZINES
THE IRISH PEOPLE.

The March issue Of The Irish Peo-
pie has not green cover in honor Of
the patron saint Of the Irish bour-
geois nationalists. Neither is it black.
1t is red. So much for the cover.
Looking on the inside the first
thing to strike your eye is the Papel
Bull granted by Pope Adrian Nv to
King Henry II "his dearest brother in
Christ" giving that worthy power to
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-03-26

Roxie Stinson will not be the one to saw
there is nothing in name after her experience
with the gentleman who engaged reservation
for her in Cleveland hotel, under an assumed
name, and then attempted to compromise her,
in order to choke off her coming expose Of
Daugherty His name was Fink
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-03-26

j. P. Morgan bought up France for $780,
100000 by biding his time. Now, the United
States government that threw four billion dol
lars into the French nav is doing a little
worrying. Morgan says it's all right. The
money will stay in the family.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-03-26

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M. Litvinoff, acting peoples COM
mlssar of foreign affairs, addressed
a note to Secretary Of State Hughes
protesting against such violation Of
the regulations for the entering Of
warships into foreign ports and ex-
pressing the hope that the govern
ment Of the United States which il
preaching the necessity for the gem
eral observance Of international law
ample. fN
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-03-26

Charles Evans Hughes is not say
ing very much these days about
Soviet plots against the security Of
American institutions. Perhaps he
is too busy covering his tracks.
fearing one of the many Investigate
ing administration crimes might get
the goods on him. While he was
fenouncing the Soviet government
for alleged interference with the
affairs Of the United States govern
ment, an American warship entered
the harbor of Kaluczimo, Kamchatka
without the permission Of Soviet au-
thorities. That was in September.
1923. Again in January Is Of this
year an American DESTROYER entered
the port Of Batum, Black Sea, with
out any permit.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-04-07

Ttsad ~ Ivis.so. Texts xvlls.
Thou ART tho Christ. tho son ~ the
living God.
Tho essence % tho experience
was tho actual presence % tho per
sonality Of Jesus communicating 10
mo disciples Of hia own victorious
souss OF appointment b. God 10 world
leaaerphlp IN the great movement 10
establish a race Of honest. friendly.
powerful men on the earth. Jesus
was still with them with undated
power and purpose. and this trans.
formed their doubt and bitter diaap.
poln,meat Into permanent enthusi.
asfn"
MEDITATION. The disciples real.
tied his divinity. They accepted this
IN fundamental and they committed
their lives 20 him. The glory Of tho
Christian religion Is that thru tho
years countless men and women. out
Of their own experience with Christ.
have como 20 know him as the Son
q tho living God and thru him 10
nave salvation.
PERSONAL QUESTION: Just
what Ia my NE do I intsrpre; 10 be
tho presence OF tho living Christi
PRAYER Heavenly Father. we
pray that VIC may neo thy glory IN
Jesus Christ Give us keencr con.
scIousneSs Of the presence OF the
spirit OF Christ IN our daily lives.
May wo have this Joy in abundance.
that wo may share with our needy
brethren. In tie namo OF Christ.
Amen.
Copyright. i9st--F. L. Fagicy)
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-04-07
By Frank J. Taylor

cieciIieity takss an average
running supply q z1.Gg8. g0g
horse power ~ electricity. o.
ogrdinE ~ the estimate ~ ne
soeiety o. Electrical Develop
mrnL
OF this total a little moro
than 100000 horpe power is de.
yel0ped ~ water power Tho
big producer q electricity l.
coal. which generates tteam,
which. IA turn. generates siee.
trlcity.
That q the most expensive
way o. producing electricity
IAkoWlHe. u is "a way which -
bound 20 END iu generation or
two. because our coal supply
win be burned Up soon. The
supply = limited Likewise. tie
supply o. OIL
nut we have in these United
States q sleeping giant. hydro
electric powsr. capable q devci.
oriug tpms 10000 900 horne pow.
er u electricity. according 20
iho enilmaies Of hydro-sitctrio
engineers.
More than 90. 900 900 Of this
potential power ia going 20
waste. as the waters of many
great rivers run away 10 tho
fea without turning a single
wheel. ana others turn fewer
wheels than they are capable Of
moving.
one interesting thing about
this source o. power y that q
belongs. Tor The most part 20
The public n n ineEhaustibie.
Coal and on have. FOR the mos,
part fallen into tie hands Of
private cKploliers. When they
are gone. water power VIII 60 on
az long nH ihs sunshine makes
clouds and tho clouds make rain
and SHOWS and they. IN turn.
mate firers
Tho problem now e 20 keen
these water powers. capable 81
doing more than double ail tho
work we ask % electricity IN
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-04-07
Mr.. Bryan's Antidote

Mr.. BRYAN comes forth with suggestion that the
1S1 government finance the campaigns of presidential
candidates Theodore Roosevelt advanced the same
idea.
The Bryan plan embodies the announcement of the
names of all candidates in government bulletin at the
proper time and provision for of 10 cents
per voter, apporoned among the parties according to
their last recorded strength to be appropriated from the
national treasury to the expenses of the campaign
The idea is worth serious consideration, for it would
in large measure protect the integrity of all candidates
against the demands of predatory interests political
grafters and others looking for special favor or easy
money Under its operation such repusive conditions as
have been uncovered recently in Washington would be in
frequent, if they happened at ALL and that would be
large gain in the direction of honesty and the neutraza
ton of public distrust But the plan would not put an
end to the fraites cupidty of men, for no human
plan or law can do that. Besides while honesty is the
best principle it is not always considered the best policy
IN politics, and Mr.. Bryan does not contemplate the
abandonment of politics We cannot entirely eradicate
that sort of poison from our system
Frank vanderlp Wall Street Washington /,
pure ana undefid but that looks like
General Prhlng writing war and peraps
he will tell $ who IT, , - 1870
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-04-07

ths eegatry. In the control o,
TIE public.
Clifford piaehD'. pioneer 4,
conservation offers -rryrs
points" Tor The protecfian n -
public. u q permits private r-r.
ties 70 harness our sise1luz
slant Instead q dsysloDIor
power sites on a public ounea.
fhip hasir. They are.
"Firut. insure complete eevsl
opmsnf, second. limit the lsssa
% not moro than % yeaz. ti.ird.
insure 70 the public az Tie "a
81 tho lease a free hand 10 tslrs
back the cite and works "a
terms fair both % the pabilo.
and The iessss. fourth, provi4s'
FOR tho regulation q servlcs
prices and security issues n
the lessee ~ engaged n public
herTiecs NTH. secure FOR to-
public al profits "a excess Of A
fair return On the lsssee's 40
tual net inysstmsFa nxtn IN.
sure a fair return 10 the pubts
on government money invested;
seventh. require the lessee 20
pay hh fair share % the COS.
u storage reservoirs built abovs
Ills works % the amount Of tbs
benefits be gets from them"
They arc worth studying. Ana
Il Is worth while remembering
that when your sons Sons are
az ola a. King Tut e today. and
when Man has forgotten uha.
coal looked Ike. water power
win Be on tho Job. working Tor
mankind. As time rolls on. tie
worth Of these water powers
VIII become 90 great that 81 is
simply impossible 70 place 4
value upon them.
They should no more be given
away than the sun or the seas
should be given away 20 private
oHplOiiers They arc all tbs
peoples. tust rs the nir r. an
peoples. 20 use and 70 enjoy,
but not 70 fence OF in some.
body's private hack yard.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-04-07
on HEALTH.
Beware of Dust Germs

HIIEN Mrs. Mann turned 10 her
w spouse upon certain satur.
day afternoon md bado him 10 find
the carpet heater. there was no
longer any doubt IN Mr.. Mann's
mind.
Spring was therel
And soon tho dust was flying.
which brings US 20 the moral Of this
tale;
IN domestic hygiene Il should be
recorded that dust can DO extremely
dangerous. During tho winter there
has probably been considerable sick.
ness in the house. Germs have
moved In and remained.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-04-07
TEST YOURSELF
For Clear Thinking

II you cnn think straight and per.
ceivo relationships properly. you
will bo able to solve tho following
tests correctly.
Directions: Select and underline
the word in the group OF five at
the end Of each question that com.
pletes It with sense.
!. Brother is 20 sister as aunt
is 20:
GrandchIld. mother, cousin. uncle.
son,
2. Hand IS TO arm as foot is to:
Toe. ankle. leg, knee. instep.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-04-07

2. Ink is TO pen as paint is TO:
House. picture, vnrnlsh. brush.
box.
&. Picture is TO frame as bool.
Is 10:
Paper. binding. wood. glass, print.
8. Man is to boy MS uheep IS to.
Wool, lamb. goat. shcphcrd, dog.
Answers; /. uncle; :, leg: 8.
brush: 4. binding: s, lamb.
tAll rights reserved by Science
Service. Ills Conn. ave. N. w,
Washington. ID. CO
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-04-07
A SLEEPING GIANT

KEEPuG the electric lights
~ lighted. the street cars
running. the eicctHe perooiat.
orr psreaiai,nE. tho electric
washing machines waahine. uls
fans tanning. curling iroua curl.
ing. and doinE tho sundry oai
iohs that Americans expect ~
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-04-07
QUESTIONS
AND
ANSWERS

you can Get an answer - any
question % fact Or Informs
Ton - writing 20 The Question
Editor, stars Washington Bus
fesu. itfs n. n. Ave. Washing
ton. =. 81. enclosing two cents Ia
stamps for reply. Medical. legal
and marital advice cannot be
given. nor can extended research
be undertaken. Unsigned re-
gussts cannot be ansWeTed.-
EDITOR
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-04-07
Moping the Mountain

THE Seattle Spirit got things done" again Sunday
i when a small army Of amateur road builders per-
formed the job of moving Mount Rainier 70 miles
Seattle.
Attaboyi
This summer. because Of Sundays job YOU can leave
here in the afternoon, have supper glacier and be
back in time 10 get good nights sleep Find another
city in America where you can do that
Sundays workers saved six hours Of driving 10 every
tourist coming here; six hours TO every Seattleite
Good work. boys and girls
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-04-07

Tho vacuum cleaner method q by.
chemically better because Il sucks VI
tho dirt and scatters none q IL
Also a damp cloth or a dustless
dus,cr Is preferably 70 the ordinary
dry duster.
Sunlight Is natures best dlsin.
feo;ant. Open the house TO the sun
and let IL destroy the germs with
which II comes in contact.
And don't forget the cellar, when
the spring cleaning Is on. Here ara
gathered many Of tho germs during
the winter months. particularly II
vegetables and fruits have been
stored there. Give Il plenty OF ven,
tliatlon.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-04-07
A Shining Exam pie

E1NGLANDs labor government is to give the world n
- splendid example. Under-Secretary Ponsonbv an
nounces the end of secret treaty-mang Hereafter mr.
lament and the British people will have 81 DAYS for dis
cusson OF treaties before the labor asks their
ratification secret treaties have always been loaded
with possibilities, and if Engand's labor governnt
will back its treaty policy with provision for popuar
referendum the question of entrance into war that
government will be years ahead of any other on earth
Jim Of Missouri lets the public longer n candidate
for the presidential nomination. He has been shown.
having established bium reserve everything is
all hooters OF that class. II
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-04-07
What Is the Answer?

TT is reported that the United States is expendnp for
education more money than all the other nations of
the earth combined.
More crime is committed in the United States than any,
where else earth and the average criminal now is well
within school age.
Either we are not getting the worth Of our money in
education education does not build character ne
should. Is this the answer? Or what is?
New England has lnauguaed croyiny camnarn Je.,, a.,
probability that certain politicians going TO need
Thing TO eat n little later on. 800" " -" 'V'"c'