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Evening star., 1924-04-06
P0INCARE MAJORITY
LIKELY TO TUMBLE
Premier Owes Vote of Confidence to
Coming Elections, Andre
Tardieu Holds.
BY ANDRE TARDIEU.

BY Radio to The Star.
PARIS, April Raymond Poincare
is again president of the council OF
ministers. OF course, nobody doubted
that he would receive a substantial
majority, considering the imminent
general elections, so the figures do
not reveal the surprise and disap-
pointment felt in many quarters at
the manner in which the cabinet was
reconstructed.
At any other time it is likely that
this cabinet, made up largely of his
former opponents, would either have
have received such a small majority
as to be utterly unavoidable.
But the election campaign begins In
two weeks. In such circumstances:
cabinet crisis was unthinkable. Ihe
majority, despite it's discomfort,
thinks it prudent to lean on NJ. Poin-
care in the coming struggle. Inc
writer greatly fears that their hopes
will be sadly disappointed.
Important issues Due.
But between now and the elections
there are important events on the
calendar, and despite M. Poincare's
long statement of policy. it is inn
possible to foretell what turn they
will take. First, there is the question
of French security on which CONVEX
sations have just begun between Lon
don and Paris. How VIII II emu
Time alone can tell.
Finally. the double question oil
reparations and the Ruhr, which are
linked with the experts reports ABOUT
to be published. Here again tne
French people are completely in the
dark.
NJ. Poincare continues to insist that
he will not evacuate the Ruhr until
France is paid. But apparently he is
ready to abandon all the economic
side of occupation in exchange Tor
other guarantees. Is ii his plan TO
hold a pledge, but not to exploit it?
1t is known that the agreements
between France and the Ruhr mag
mates expire April Is. and have not
been renewed, and that the German
government is opposed TO their re-
newal.
What effect will this grave question
have on the other two?
Thus 1t will be seen how many un-
Evening star., 1924-04-06
known factors there are in the Eu-

known factors there are in the Eu-
ropean situation, and it Is in the
midst of all this uncertainty that the
German elections, May 4, and the
French elections, May IL. will be
held.
In such circumstances, what proph-
ecy is possible? We can only watch
and wait. Uncertainty reaches every
where, and the future is in the hands
of chance.
AS for M. Poincare himself, it is
rather disconcerting to see him in
trust the execution of laws recently
passed. to men who, a few weeks
ago, branded these laws unjust, fu-
tile and dangerous. NJ. Poincare had
beer placed in the minority on the
question of general policy, for the
pension reform bill, on which he fell,
is directly linked with the fiscal pol
icy of the last few months, and ii
was the financial situation which led
Poincare to reject the pension re-
Evening star., 1924-04-06
complying with the French demand

complying with the French demand
for British military security, but
idea of England backing any con-
tinTntai Tbe on1H TilisarIntiS sari Pills % agnin
mand support of liberal and labor
opinion is general security and
peace of Europe under guarantees of
the league of nations But M Poin-
care does not accept the idea of or
ganiZed peace, and regards the league
as pretty toy for the service of old
to regard the league as the instru-
ment of her enemies under control
of France.
Labor Hold Insecure.
Under these menacing conditions,
the opening of London's peace ex-
hibition seems dangerously prema-
ture. Nor is the internal situation
much more favorable The labor
government founders along un-
steadily. now held upright by the
tories, now by the liberals while
their own extremists rage against
labor playing the role of a bourgeois
government.
The situation of Mr.. Macdonald is
made more difficult by labor discon-
tents outside. The only people who
strike effectively are those in public
or in command of public
services. while skilled workers in
trade are falling behind unskilled
workers in wages. Skilled engineers
in London are getting 81 shillings
weekly, while tram conductors now
have forced their wage up to 73 shill-
ings and dustmen are paid 80 shill-
ings. The result is that skilled engi-
neers are leaving the country in
thousands for America.
This is creating grave concern for
the future, but a remedy in the pres
ence of a depression in industry is
impossible to suggest. If the situa-
tfon in Europe took a turn for the
better. the problem would be solved,
but there is nothing in the present
circumstances that promises that So
luton.
Meanwhile, the finances of the
country are remarkably sound. The
financial year closes with an unex-
pected balance of 47.000,000 pounds
on the right side. What will Chan
cellor Snowden do with it? He is
strongly urged to apply it to debt
redemption.
The most interesting personal event
of the week is the announcement that
Oswald Mosley, Lord Curzon's Son-in-
law and one of the youngest and most
brilliant men in parliament, has left
the conservatives and has formally
joined the labor party.
Copyright, 1924
Evening star., 1924-04-06

forms which he had accepted in De-
cember But he declined to regard
the vote as preventing him from ac-
cepting power again However he
believed that it obliged him o drop
sixteen or eighteen ministers who
had stood with him in the fiscal bat
tie in which he declared the coun-
try's salvation was at stake
Chose Bifterest Enemies.
Moreover, in replacing these min
listers. he returned to several men
who had ardently opposed him in
that battle. Thus he came back be-
fore parliament, having got rid of
those who supported him and sur
rounded by those who were his bit
terest enemies. particularly Marshal
Locheur and Vincent de Jouvenal
Naturally, this Transformation pro-
duced general discomfort. AS for the
new ministers, although politicians
have right to change their minds
Evening star., 1924-04-06
Copyright. 1924

Some years ago record Easter egg
was presented 10 the Queen of Spain
as a token of affection by some of her
subjects 1t cost more than $4,000,
and was decorated with flowers made
of fine inetal and filled with the
choicest sweets and several articles
of exquisite jeWelry.
Evening star., 1924-04-06
It appears that they have somcwha
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0V1rdCnC it--SuCh sudden C0nVcrsI0ni
these are unusual.
The majority in the cham bcr OF
which the new ministry rests seem:
to be in n difficult situation, despite
the vote on Thursday for. in order Il
get his new laws through, NJ. Poin'
care had promised those who stool
with him-fo-ming a hollow squarI
around him-that they would be re
warded by his support in return
But where do thev stand today
when within this hollow square
standing beside their chief they SET
leaders of that minority which onl!
yesterday VI. Poincare adjured then
TO combat with all their strength?
Copyright, 1924
Evening star., 1924-04-06

A young Mexican never pays for
the tickets when he takes young
woman to the theater The lady's
father attends to that and considers
himself insulted if the young man
nrnnOSaS to nav.
Evening star., 1924-04-06

In Pomerdnia an apple eaten oil
Easter morning is believed to be
preventive Of fcvers.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-07-09

To The DAILY WORKER: While
the mills and factories in and about
the Pittsburgh district are further cur
failing production by only working
few days week and many are closed
down completely; with constant ru-
mors Of this and that factory to be
closed down for from one to three
months; with many workers reduced
in working hours; with also a reduc-
ton in wages in proportion TO the
reduction in hours; with wages of I'M
organized workers running from Csc
an hour to SOC an hour, but the high.
est priced workers are being laid of
and others being hired and placed in
their positions at almost 30 per cent
less than was paid others working
the same Job. On the heels Of this
comes continual advance in the cost
OF living, rents here this spring adj
vanced from 10 per cent to 30 per
cent; the rent for any house within
reason TO live in is from $50 a month
and up.
Now the latest OF these is TO be
put into effect by the Equitable Gas
Co. II will amount to about 10 per
cent increase in gas rates. They do
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-07-09
Shoe Workers Win
Right to Picket in
Calvin's Home State

Especial TO the DAILY WoRkER)
BROOKTON, Mass, July S.-The
right to picket was affirmed by the
Superior Court of Massachusetts, this
week in disposing of the 169 cases
arising out Of last summers strike Of
the Brockton Shoe Workers union.
All the cases were cleaned up by set
Element reached in a conference be-
tween District Attorney Williams of
Brockton and representatives Of the
union by which a number of the strik-
ers agreed to pay fine for lettering
and the rest plead nolo.
The outstanding feature of the case
was the fact that Judge Albert f.
Avery made a clear-cut distinction be-
tween those defendants who were
picketing and those who were loiter-
ing or were guilty Of disorderly con-
duct. This was construed as a victory
for the strikers who looked upon the
proceedings as "a conspiracy to des-
troy the right Of peaceful picketing
which is likely to spread to other
states If not checked" The right of
the Brockton Shoe Workers to retain
their legal and moral right to picket"
was backed by the American Civil Lib
critics Union.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-07-09
MEXICO BALLOTS
FOR NEW Chief;
BULLETS BANNED
international Bankers
Don't Like Gales

MEXICO CITY, July S.-The Next
can voters are deciding today whether
General Plutarco Elias Gales, sup
ported by the agrarian and industrial
workers, or General Angel Flores,
backed by the Catholic church and the
big landowners, will be the next Mex
lean president This time they are
Saying it with ballots"
The term of Office is four years.
Besides electing a president, a new
house of representatives will be vot-
ed in and half the membership of the
senate will be renewed.
The capitalists of others countries
have a regular army Of propagandists
and agents provacateur trying to stir
up trouble and sabotage the admins
tration of the present rulers of Mex
leo. The British oil magnates, even
under so-called labor government,
are carrying on campaign Of disrup-
ton against the present Mexican gov
eminent.
The bankers who had agreed to loan
a considerable sum of money to the
Mexican government on certain condi-
lions have now withdrawn their aid.
This action was taken largely thru the
efforts Of the British bankers.
The action Of the British envoy,
Cummins, in defying the authority Of
the Mexican government not alone
had the sanction of Mr.. Ramsay Mac
Donald, but also of the American
bankers, who are urging Washington
to adopt sterner measures toward the
Mexican government.
1t is true they have no good grounds
for hostile action just now, but eau
sus belli can be easily framed. The
Coolidge administration is watching
today's elections in Mexico with much
interest. If Coolige gets back into the
White House next November, it is like
ly that Dawes will head another COM
mittee of experts to go into Mexico
and put the country on paying basis
for Wall Street.
The De La Huerta faction, routed on
the battlefield has its agents in the
United States, actively propagandising
against the Obregon-Calles regime. It
is more than a coincidence, that An
drew Mellon, secretary Of the United
States treasury was accompanied TO
the bankers conference in London, by
the same Mr.. Cummins who was
kicked out Of Mexico for challenging
the governments authority in the case
Of the wealthy pluto Mrs. Evans.
There is very little doubt here init
the elections will result in q victory
for General Gales.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-07-09
German Dock Workers
L aud international
Aid; Officials Buck

HAMBURG, Germany, July SAC
cording to the report Of the Hamburg
section committee of the Information
al Workers Aid, the officials of the
German Trade Unions GA. d. G. b.
put every obstacle in the way of aid
to the locked-out dock workers in
Hamburg.
Recently when a shipment of food
stuffs sent by the American workers,
arrived, the section committee pro-
posed to the A. d. G. B. in Hamburg
that the distribution of food take
place jointly with them, but the Ham
burg Trade Union officials refused to
make any common cause in this work
of proletarian aid. These same Off
Gals which control the Gewerkschaft-
shaus even refused to allow the use
of a hall where the distribution of
food-stuffs could take place.
The locked out workers on the 9TH
er hand, nave very eagerly co-operated
with the international Workers Aid
and in spite of the sabotage, their
officials have expressed their warm
est greetings to the I. w. w. and to
the various national sections for the
work they have been doing in behalf
Of these locked out workers.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-07-09

tho dressed as kiddie, made her ap.
peal as an alluring, fully matured
woman. God will rock you to sleep
in his arms" Eva said to Topsy in a
baby voice. I'D like to rock Eva TO
sleep in my arms" a man in the
audience remarked.
The show as a whole was good
enough to barely escape boring the
audience, which is high praise for a
musical comedy. There was good
satire on the Negro question from
Topsy and Uncle Tom. There were
the enticing voice and figure of Eva.
There was some good dancing and
singing.
Above all there was curiosity cen.
tering around Topsy's bandaged nose.
The audience wanted to acclaim the
martyr who had escaped with her
life after an encounter with the boot
logging thugs who are the guardians
Of large corporations against the in.
terests of the people Of Western Elec.
trio Town.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-07-09
COMMUNIST DEPUTIES
TEARING SECRECY LID
OFF REICHSTAG DOINGS

Especial to the DAILY WoRKER)
BERLIN, July s.-German parlla-
mentarIans are worrying about the
announcement of the Communists
that the pledge of secrecy in execu-
tive sessions will not be observed
by them. The reichstaa never goes
into executive session but its for
elan affairs committee does. A
party must have 20 deputies before
II can claim seat on that commit
tee. In the last reiohstaa the Com
munist delegation was only II
strong. Now they have over go,
with members on the foreign sf-
fairs committee. These three re-
fuse to bind themselves to secrecy.
The committee is perplexed as to
what to do, for instance, during the
negotiations over the Dawes report.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-07-09
PRUSSIA and Germany"

NEW YORK. July S.-The new won
der film, which has had SUCH wide
publicity and has met with great sue
cess wherever it was shown, is COM
ing to the Sheffield theater at Sheffield
and Suffer AYES. Brownsville, tomor-
row, July 9, at p. m. You can travel
thru Russia and Germany without
passports, baggage or letters of credit,
and you can do it in two hours with
out leaving your home town.
All those who have not yet seen the
picture have another chance of seeing
1t in Brownsville, where it will be
shown for the first and only time. Ad-
mission is 25 cents. In addition to
"Russia-Germany" the usual daily pro-
gram of the theater will be shown.
Auspices Committee for International
Workers Aid.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-07-09
WASHINCTONF-L
PARTY CONvENES
TO PL AN PROGRAM
Enthusiastic Crowd in
Attendance
Especial to the DAILY woRKER)

Especial to the DAILY WoRKER)
SEATTLE, Wash, July s. The
Farmer-Labor Party of Washington
state convention heard the reports of
the delegates who attended the st.
Paul national convention on June IT.
John C. Kennedy was one of the chief
speakers.
The future policy of the party was
holly discussed and plans for carry
ing on the campaign were adopted
The state platform came up for de-
bate.
Representation in the state Farmer
Labor convention is as follows:
Each county in the state is entitled to
one delegate at large and one additional
delegate for every 500 votes cast for
James A. Duncan. Farmer Labor can
didate for United States senator in the
1922 election
Every labor organization or central la
Dor body having Endorsed the Farmer
Labor party is entitled to two delegates
All farmer organizations in the state in
dorsing the Farmer Labor party are en-
titled to representation.
Labor Organizations In Seattle's County
Leads
list of county delegations. The Farmer
Labor party is entitled to 25 delegates.
The labor and farmer organizations will
send delegates in addition to the party
delegates
The King county delegation is as
follows:
Joel shoemaker, Mrs. Fannie e. Perry,
Mrs. Emily M. Peters, John G. Kennedy,
f. w. Pratt, o. II. Bracket, James A.
Duncan, H. J. Probstfeldt, Mrs. Bessie
Nelson, Annabelle Kennedy.
w. f. Seeley, Wiley Scott, Frank Davis,
A. r. Walters, Jane CARROT, Chester A.
Tarr, w. G. Perry, John Fleming, John
Carmichael, Mrs. Elsie Shelton, Mrs.
Alice e. Hubert.
Rev. Sydney Strong, Hulet NJ Wells,
George f. Moore. Mrs. Mae Young Mrs.
Mae Miligan and Mrs. Eleanor Carlson.
Counties of the state entitled to more
than one delegate are: Easton, 3; Clal-
lam, 3; Clarke, q Cowlitz, 2; Franklin, 2;
Grays Harbor, 3; Island, 2; Kitsap, 4;
4; snohomish, 6; Spokane, 2; Thurston,
q; Whatcom, 4; Yakima, 3.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-07-09

STRIKE VICTORY
LIKELY IN N. Y.
Clothing Workers Make
Big Gain
BY LupWELL DENNY

(Staff Correspondent Of the Fed. Press)
NEW YORK, July S.-Victory for
the 10000 strikers in the mems and
children's clothing industry in New
York seems probable following the
settlement of the newly organized
New York Clothing Manufacturers Ex-
change with the Amalgamated Cloth
ing Workers union.
The employers organization repre-
sents about rs per cent of the produc-
ton in this market, and a majority Of
the independent manufacturers have
already applied for a settlement on
the basis of the union demands ac-
cepted by the exchange.
Union Asks Bosses Bonds.
But the difficulty in the New York
market is not in securing contracts
with the employers, as the union has
learned by costly experience, but in
enforcing contracts after they are
signed. Therefore the union is re-
quiring cash bonds of the independent
manufacturers as evidence of good
faith in signing with the union.
The greatest gain for the union that
has come out of the strike is the or
ganization of a responsible employers
exchange with which the Amalgam-
ated can deal. The settlement pro-
vides for minimum wage scale, de-
pendent upon production Arbitration
machinery, which has worked sue
cessfully in the Chicago and Roches-
ter markets, is to be set up.
Unemployment Insurance.
An unemployment insurance fund is
established by the agreement, which
follows the plan worked out in Chi
cago during the last year. This plan
provides for one and one-half per cent
of the weekly earnings to be paid in
by each worker, and an equal amount
to be paid by the employer during the
working period. Benefits are fixed at
40 per cent of the full time earnings,
with maximum benefit of $40 a week,
the benefit period being limited to a
maximum of five weeks in any single
year. The funds are entrusted to a
board of trustees composed of an
equal number of employer and en-
ploye representatives, with an impair
tial chairman. The Chicago fund had
81, 100000 in it when the first distribu-
ton took place in May at the close
of the first year.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-07-09
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ments on the Negro question. Uncle
Tom, in one instance was half-heart-
eddy trying to assure Topsy that, 1.-THE
good Lord doesn't forget us niggers."
Everything I ever has prayed for
rs gotten" said Uncle Tom, then as
II thinking of the terrible suffering
he had gone thru as member of the
black race, he drew laugh by add
ing. I'm time-in time"
The Monday night audience was
evidently largely composed OF the
curious who were there to see the
bandages Topsy wore and sympa-
thized with her for the brutal beat
Ing up given her by the Cicero po-
lice. A large wreath of flowers bear
ing ribbon lettered, "In memory OF
Cicero" decorated the lobby. Topsy
interspersed many comments on CT
cero and bootleggers and police vic.
lence in her lines. to the point OF be-
ing tiresome, but the audience seemed
to eat It up.
Eva" the other Duncan sister, al.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-07-09
Doctors Visit Russia.

MOSCOW, July Sit is learned on
good authority that the international
anti-malarian committee of the League
OF Nations, which has been visiting
the Balkan states, will come to Mos
COW this month. The committee will
visit Ukraine, the Donetz basin, eau
casus and the volga region, as we'll as
some other malaria-infected districts.
1t consists of Is prominent epidemi-
ologists and sanitarian doctors.
Send in that Subscription Today.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-07-09
Farmers War Boom
of Real Estate Has
Vanished Completely

Farm land prices have dropped to
pre-war level again after the imitation
of the war period, according to the
figures published by the Sears-Roebuck
Agricultural foundation. Farm land
values" as the report calls the fig
ures, have dropped more than 49,
O00, 900.
The slump involves all but three
states, altho the midwest and grain
growing are hardest hit. The report
states that:
Good pillow lands in Iowa that aver
aged $257 an acre for the entire state
five years ago are now valued at an
average price of 1859 an acre. Good
plow lands in Ohio shrunk in value
from 1892 an acre to 500 during the
same period. The equivalent figures
for Illinois are 1913 in 1920 and $14S
in 1924. South Dakota shows a shrink
age of SO per cent. Western irrigated
lands make the best showing taken as
a whole.
"The $4,000, 100000 shrlnkage is
figured on the basis of the 1920 census
valuation. This decline brings farm
land values back practically to the
1916 level. The last nine years have
shown practically no increase in farm
land values in the better farming
regions. The temporary rise in 1919
1920 benefited no farmer, unless he
sold and is no longer a farmer"
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-07-09
THE VIEWS OF OUR READERS ON
LIFE, LABOR, INDUSTRY, POLITICS

not have to strip to get it either; all
they do is notify the Public Service
Commission and its customers. They
control all the gas, and you either pay
or have the gas shut of. Now when
| came to Pittsburgh nine years ago,
gas was Csc a thousand feet, now II
costs SIC a thousand feet, and is to be
increased 10 per cent over the pres
ent rate, which equals an increase In
gas rates in the last nine years OF
over $50 per cent.
Now then, workers, gas will soon be
Csc a foot, at this rate, and electricity
will follow in the same suit, as long
as the capitalists have control OF
these necessities OF life. There is only
one way to stop this and that is the
creation Of class Farmer-Labor Pc.
litical party 10 take over these neces-
stiles of life for the benefit Of all and
not for the profits OF a few. Work.
ers, support the men who were placed
on the ticket at the ST. Paul conven-
ton.
Yours, forward thinker and sup.
porter Of the DAILY WORKER and
Labor Herald.