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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-09-23
By T. J. O'FIaherty

plantation laborers in Hawaii. It is
reported that Rudolph Spreckles, one
Of LaFollette's millionaire angels is a
large employer of Filipino laborers
on his Hawaii sugar plantations. But
even tho he is a progressive, Uncle
Sans troops will kill strikers in his
behalf and Bob will never shake his
pompador denouncing Mr.. Spreckles.
N GENTLEMAN who styles him.
n self Grand Duke Cyril of Russia,
has issued proclamation declaring
himself emperor of Russia, and nam
ing his seven-year-old son, heir to the
throne. Mr.. Cyril is living in London.
where the Volstead laws are not held
in high esteem.
british heroes" who won medals
- for their gallantry in the world
war are now returning the medals to
the donors with the legend, "Un-
wanted" Nothing was too good for
them while fighting for King Georges
throne, and the interests of the Brit
ish capitalists, but now, the ex-soldiers
who were employed by the govern
ment as clerks without undergoing
civil service, examinations are getting
their walking papers. 1t is a long,
long time since 1914. Capitalist gov
ernments are grateful to generals.
Marshall Haig got half a million dol
lars from grateful empire and other
military leaders got proportionate
share of the reward for experimenting
the butchery of the working class.
But piece of junk is considered sui.
ficient compensation for the rank and
file. Perhaps it will teach them les
son. If they fought for their own
class instead Of their masters they
would now be sending the capitalist
system to the junk pile along with
their military decorations.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-09-23

to the local takers from headquarters
in Washington.
S. p. Is Dumped.
Did this embarrass the S. p? Not
for minute! Did it embarrass the
local takers? Go to! Amongst them
was Victor Gauthier, who had just
practiced explosions in his own or
ganization by kicking half dozen
Communists out of the Toledo local
of the International Association Of
Machinists. So the S. P. job was
simple. 1t was moved, second, argued
and voted that the S. P. be obliged to
sever it's connection with the c. p.
p. A., and that their representative,
John Kocinski, who had also been
nominated for congress, be ousted
from the executive committee.
One of the "progressives" said:
I'VE wouldn't have any socialist party
in Toledo If it were not for the To-
ledo Blade and the republican party.
The Blade gives Klotz and his social
ist organization of 13 people the first
page and headlines on all occasions
now and Klotz jumps every time the
Blate tells him to-" Which doesn't
speak well for the S. P.
The TroubIemakers.
Said Walter Guntrup, another La
Folletteite: IF the socialists are not
getting paid for what they are doing
they are being cheated" And r. P.
McManamon, Of the railroad brother
hoods, added: "The socialists are try
ing to perpetrate fraud on the vot-
ers. We cannot afford to be a party
to it." And c. A. Stevenson, also of
the brotherhoods, made the conclud-
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-09-23
The C.P.P.A. Drops the S. P. in Toledo

ing statement: "The only way to pre-
serve harmony is to keep out those
who bring the discord. Klotz and
Bartholomew (local S. P. sharpers)
are the authors Of this trouble Let
the socialists come clean or get out"
What comedy when the takers
fall out!
Chairman Gauthier, the red-baiter in
his union, ended the onslaught against
the socialists by stating that they
were certified as delegates from the
residence of Ellis Bartholomew for
four organizations that simply did not
exist
Now, contrast this interesting little
take with the words of George R.
Kirkpatrick, in the official press SER
vice of the national Office of the S. P.
on September 10, 1924:
Millions of Wheeler club
members are now learning how sin
cere, how loyal, how unselfish, how
open-and-above-b board the socialists
are in their fellowship and eager will
ingness to do anything Everything
possible to help the plain people build
a labor party. :"
Who Knows, George?
Maybe SO, George, maybe so; but
while this moonshine may be all right
for the six dentists and lawyers who
are still in the party, it doesn't seem
to work with LaFollette and his
crowd. Who knows, George, some day
just little while before the Novem-
Der election, LaFollette may play you
fellows dirty trick and kick you out
altogether, if only to make "Hell-an'-
Maria" Dawes feel good.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-09-23

Many months ago, the Hillquiters
were impolitely kicked out of the New
York state conference for progressive
political action at Albany, by the la
Dor takers in control. And it was only
by pressure brought to bear from the
center that the New York bunch took
the socialists back into their expan-
sive bosoms, will gall in their hearts,
ready to pull the same stunt at the
first opportunity.
They Crowed Too Soon.
The S. p. began to point with pride.
They were an. accepted part Of the
progressive movement" But they
laid their egg without even building
a chicken coop.
The news has just come that in
Toledo, Ohio, the S. P. has been gent
ly but firmly ousted from the c. P.
P. A. The labor skates have dumped
the socialists back into the can.
1t happened thusly:
The Toledo G. p. P. A., controlled
by rabid labor bureaucrats, indorsed,
together with LaFollette and Wheeler,
the candidacy of General Isaac R.
Sherwood, for reelection to Congress.
At the county convention where Sher-
wood was nominated, the Independent
Progressives-which is the local mon
ECKER of the c. P. P. A.-discovered
that the S. P. had nominated by Pc
tition one of their members for the
office Of congressman on the ticket
OF the Independent Progressives. The
IS. P. had slipped in first, nominating
their man, Thomas c. Devine, "a war
lingo incidentally, before the indorse-
ment for Sherwood had come down
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-09-23
An American University in Russia

own accord suggested this estate to
the Americans, on account of the
educational character of their work
1t contains some $4,000 acres of the
richest black soil in the Kuban basin,
with main trunk railway running
right across the estate. There are
several factories, candy factory, and
a biscuit factory chiefly operated by
the products Of the place. The manor
house, an old hunting lodge of the
baron's, has SS guest-rooms, and is
set in 60 acre park.
Dakotans to Help.
when it is organized on American
lines 1t can become the very flower
of Russian agriculture" was the state
ment of the Americans after seeing it.
Mr.. Ware will organize the grain
production, with the help of a chosen
group OF North Dakota farmers. most
of whom have already seen service in
Russia. Mr.. Hillkowitz, himself sue
cessful fruit and raisin grower on a
large scale in California, will organize
the horticulture.
The plan is to make the farm from
the very beginning prosperous in.
dustrial farm, and on the basis Of its
prosperity, to build school teaching
modern farming methods to the entire
district. IL will be run as a joint UNI
dertaking with the Russian Depart
ment of Agriculture, but the Ameri-
cans will have full charge OF the or.
ganization, merely sharing profits with
the government. Except for such
funds as are needed to pay interest
on loans, most OF the income will go
into the educational features.
Arrangements are in process with
the Army Headquarters OF the region
to furnish young men. during the time
of their mobilization, selecting those
who themselves wish to learn agri
culture, and station them in organized
groups, under their own leaders, on
the estate. Thus the farm will secure
exactly the age and type Of young
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-09-23
Election Prophecies

On the eve of every national election political
writer's and observers of current events dabble
extensively in election prophecies This year the
election rumOr industry is fourishing
We need not lay threadbare the numerous lines
of gossip that the principal election rumors have
assumed. Yet, this year the general trend and the
particular form Of election estimates have taken
on significant feature This is not the first year
in which three parties committed to the main
tenance of the capitalist system are in struggle
for the control of the administrative machinery of
the government But this is the first national cleo
ton in which the employing class entertains, con
sciousy or otherwise, serious fears regarding the
stability of the two-party system.
The two-party system is an integral feature of
the entire American capitalist system of govern
ment based checks and balances. 1t is of the
frmest buttresses of the entire ediice of Wall
Street democracy. 1t is not so much the rise of
a third party movement that the exploiters dread
in the present campaign as the aftermath that will
more easily tend to follow once the hard and firm
ly rooted political practices of yesterday are
shaken 1t is not much the immediate labor
and farm following that LaFollette has attracted
that worries the employing class, but what these
masses will do when they are disillusioned with
LaFolette and his private panaceas.
1t is not at all unlikely, therefore, that the two
big parties of capitalism will come to sort of
agreement to the exclusion of the smallest party
of capitalism, the LaFollette organization. The
Davis-Dawes schematic prophecy may never see
daylight but the very fact that it even be dis
cussed by the leading agents of the republican and
democratic paties is Indicative of the undercur-
rent of disintegration in our national politics. In
times of sharp challenge to the fundamental class
interests, the employers always close their ranks,
hocio
against the dissidents within and the enemies with
out.
The particular individual election rumors are of
no pressing Importance to the workers and poor
farmers. The general character of these rumors,
however, is indeed warning and challenge to
the workers that they had sooner and better be
prepared to face closely united enemy determined
on maintaining and extending the privileges of
exploitation.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-09-23
BY MAX sHAcHTMAN.

EVER since, If not before, the
- speech of Charlie Dawes, in which
he attacked the LaFollette ticket as
being supported by the allegedly red
socialists, the Wisconsin senator has
been doing his best to prove that he
is firmly opposed to any and all things
radical
Dawes, it will be remembered, at
tackled LaFollette some time ago on
that basis, and repeated it in his Iowa
speech the other day by referring to
him as 'LaFollette, behind whom is
massed heterogeneous combination
Of the forces opposed to the existing
order of things in this country, the
largest portion of which are the So
cialists, flying the Red Flag"
LaFoIette's Antics.
Leaving aside for moment the fact
that Dawes doesn't know vSnat he is
talking about when he says the S. P.
is the largest portion of the senator's
support, it is obvious to anyone who
has been following the verbal antics
of LaFollette that he has been doing
his damnedest to wipe from his fair
escutcheon the stain of radicalism.
Now the LaFollette gang is taking
more concrete steps towards eliminat-
ing the socialist appendix. The S. P.
which was simply tickled to death
over the fact that it was at last in
contact with respectable people who
were running a real big show, has
pulled sort of a boner on a small
scale.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-09-23
BY ANlsE.

NNE of the finest estates in Rus
~ STA, formerly the property of Ba,
ron Steingel and exhibited by means
of pictures at the Paris Exposition of
1900 as a model farm, is to be turned
over to the group of Americans head
ed by Harold Ware and Mr.. Hillko-
WITT for the establishing of an Am
erican Farm University. Ware and
Hillkowitz are now in Rostov complet-
ing the contracts with the Southeast
ern Agricultural Trust, after which
Mr.. Hillkowitz' will return to the
United States via Odessa and Mr.
Ware will go on to Moscow for the
final arrangements with the Chief
Concessions Committee.
Work Of Americans.
The Agricultural University is the
result of two years planning by two
groups of Americans who have now
united. Two years ago Mr.. Ware took
to Russia the Tractor cnit OF the
Friends of Soviet Russia as a means
of famine reconstruction. At that time
he laid the foundation of experience
necessary for the plans, and discussed
che project with many leading Com
munists in Russia. The one thing
lacking was money. This is now be
ing secured thru combination with
the international University Com
mune, an organization started by sew
eral Californians with the aim Of
establishing Russian-American Uni
versity in Russia. They had already
raised large funds, but were quite
without Russian contracts and expert
ence.
The estate which is to be turned
over TO this group is one Of the mos
celebrated in Russia. Not long age
the Russian government refused t
consider giving It as concession
even tho half million roubles wa;
mentioned as the first sum to be pale
down. But the government OF II,
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-09-23

men desired, chiefly peasants of 20
years of age, from the surrounding
district. The army supports the stu
dents, and they give about six hours
daily to farm work, so organized as
to give them, by the ends of the sum-
mer, a well-rounded course in both
grain and fruit-raising and the use of
tractors. At the same time they re-
ceive instruction in the organization
Of cooperative farming groups in
their own villages After they return
to the villages they may secure their
tractors on . credit thru the school,
which will also act as permanent re.
pair and instruction base for machine
farming.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-09-23

as editor Of the Ladies' Home Jour
nal. The Brayin' Brothers would
command higher fees on the CHATEAU
qua circuit and Fightin' Bob and his
menagerie could step in with their
third party, representing those who
are fighting with Wall Street over the
division of labor's marrow bone. 1t
may not be a Third Party but a Sec
ond party. Those who expect labor
party to spring from that combina-
ton are going to be disillusioned we
fear. If there is going to be a labor
party in this country in the near fu-
ture, it will not be born as a result of
the efforts of the leaders in the La
Toilette movement. They want a
party after the fashion of the British
Labor Party which is labor in name
only.
THE alleged disarmament confer.
L ence held in Washington under
the auspices of Secretary Hughes,
was not such a bad thing for certain
people. Millionaire junkmen are not
crying over the results. Ships that
cost $20O,OOOOOO to build are sold as
junk for 100000. Private COM
panies got paid for building the ships
originally and private companies are
getting paid now for scrapping them.
1t is splendid system! Battleships
get old very quickly. New designs
are being constantly introduced. The
United States laid no new keels since
1920, but when the time comes to get
ready for the fray, Morgan can show
some speed in the shipbuilding line
And the warships will be up-to-date.
Disarmament conferences seem to be
good for the iron and steel business
in particular.
United STATES soldiers are busy
4 n
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-09-23

Some workers say that they would vote for
Foster if he had a chance to win, and since he
hasn't, they will vote for the Wisconsin toreador.
Well, if LaFoette is elected, he will have won, but
not the workers He stands only for piece of felt
wrapped around the toe of tbs capitalist boot that
is always striking the workers at the end Of the
spinal column.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-09-23

government Earring wellkept reactionary labor
leader even when he attempts to become hundred
per cent capitalist
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-09-23
AS WE SEE IT 5,77 o7.l.,f,

Big Business? With the violent Fas.
cist Hell-an'-Maria Dawes as vice.
president, in case of accidents-unl
the crabs already referred to are done
away with and the osteopaths succeed
in RELOCATING ptomaine poisoning to
the ash can of history-Dawes would
make a better president than Silent
Cal.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-09-23

THERE is a strong possibility that
L the next election may be thrown
into congress, with the result that Bill
Bryan's brother might have a chance.
Now, the capitalists don't like Bill
Bryan. Why? you may ask. Is he not
a supporter of the capitalist system?
1t is true that he is, but he rocks the
boat once in while and it would take
the big fellows some time to break
him in properly. They prefer one who
is already trained and who is not af.
flicted with crazy notions about a re-
vival of competition, government own.
ership and the like. The tiger will
fight for the tips of his mustache as
vigorously as he will defend his heart,
for the good reason that if he can be
shaved with impunity, somebody else
might come along and take more lib
critics with him. The capitalists will
surrender nothing without a struggle.
Should they fail to avert the calamity
of the Bryan Brothers in the White
House, they would make the best of
things and give the noted political
vaudevillians more presents than
Ramsay Macdonald received from Sir
Alexander Grant.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-09-23

| United STATES soldiers are busy
~ killing striking Filipino sugar
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-09-23

DUT why go to the troubmle of hav
- ing Skull-cap Bryan in the White
House when they can have a pair that
any capitalist country could justly be
proud of? Davis and Dawes! Silent
Cal can step up and get a good salary
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1924-08-27

soft wine tones, brilliant red and
greens on the reseda and Lanyin or
der. Because of the prevailing SIM
plicity in styles these high shades do
not make the wearer seem conspicuous.
Wearable for sports and especially
desirable as school type for autumn
is the girlish model here pictured 1t
is developed in peach-color flannel.
with pintucks detailing vestee and
pockets Clusters of pearl buttons and
collars and cuffs of white linen COM
plete this frock.
Among the distinctive features
stressed in the youthful flannel frock
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1924-08-27

smart vogue favors the simple cloth
dress this fall II makes the problem
of school apparel so much easier to
solve. Furthermore. fashion DEGREES
that the youthful frock OF flannel. rep,
poiret twill or serge, be enhanced with
daintiest lingerie accessories A touch
of lace, bit Of embroidery. what vast
possibilities do these trifes of femi-
nine f1nery suggest, A swift trans
formation In ones costume may be &C
complished by simply changing ones
collars or cuffs or adding lace slip
over bib. Some of these new laces and
tucked net bib effects have become 50
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1924-08-27

radio afternoons while you are at the
Office with that old set before having
to put Up with the usual week or two
of screams and whistles which accom-
pany the trying out Of a new lookup
The jack referred TO Is the one for
plugging In the detector only. For
all the use you get out of it does it
not seem that 1t might be dispensed
with altogether. since it will not OPP
crate the loud speaker? Fig. shows
the conventional wiring for this jack
and Fig. shows the suggested al
teration-
1t will be noted that in the latter
case those wires which were on the
outer springs are now on the inner,
and vice versa.
Now. II the plug is inserted in the
jack and two leads connected with
1t we have q connection TO the am
plifier unit, to which any detector unit
can be connected for experimental pur-
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1924-08-27
Untuned Primary Liked
for Home-Built Outfit

One of the notable advances in
home-built radio set practice is the
growing use of the aperiodic, or IN
tuned. primary. This sharpens tuning,
with lncrssse in signal strength; tends
to reduce radiation. improves regenera-
ton and generally sharpens and livens
the set.
From ten to twenty turns Of wire
about three to four inches in diameter,
to be determined by experiment, may
be placed on the same tube with the
secondary. can be coupled to the side
Of a honeycomb coil or variometer,
or. in fact, coupled to anything now
used as a single-circuit tuner.
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1924-08-27
FLANNELS HAVE FOUND FAVOR;
FOR THE AUTUMN SCHOOLTnME

OF DISTINCTLY youthful treat
~ ment and In a range Of delightful
Iy original colors are the regulation
straight-llne frocks styled for Office
and schoolroom wear. In fact, these
frocks Of simplicity are the sort which
make instant appeal TO women OF
practical affairs In general.
Flannel is a favorIte medium for the
Informal daytime frock. In such out
Extraordinary shades as russell,
peach, powder blue, mauve. reindeer.
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1924-08-27
Alteration Tips
on Jack Wiring
Suggestions for Wiring to
Suit Working Conditions
of Radio Fans.
BY PETER DAvEY

The majority of sets employing two
stages Of audio frequency ampliflca-
ton have three jacks, one for plugging
In each stage Of application and one
for plugging in the detector unit only
Ii is thought that the following sug-
gestions for the slight alteration of
Jack wiring will suit the particular
working conditions Of many fans. The
first suggestion concerns the last jack,
which plugs in the second stage of
audio.
This Is usually a single circuit jack,
located In the plate circuit of the last
tube, as shown in Fig. 1. This jack
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1924-08-27

a standard honeycomb coll mounting
and consists Of piece Of hard rubber
or bakelite 2k by IL inches, mounted
to the rear Of the regular panel and
about three-quarters Of an inch from
IT. On this are mounted six binding
posts for the primary. secondary and
ticker connections. The subpanel Is
fastened to the panel by means Of four
brass machine bolts of the required
length. The flexible leads from the
honsycomb coil mounting are passed
through a one-quarter-inch hole In the
panel and fastened to their respective
binding posts on the subpanel.
The cost of the material needed Is
very little and Is quite compensated
for by the improved appearance Of the
wiring Of the set.-Radio News.
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1924-08-27

b that Of ths bishop sleeve. This
Observation-Disclosures type gives oppor-
tunity for trimming effects in that the
wristbands may be tucked. embroid-
cred and otherwise designed.
The arrival of the directoire style
adds zest to the designing of the Sc
verely plain cloth street frock- Tight
fitting sleeves. conventional revers,
buttons, many Of them, and long,
severe lines with interesting capelets,
interpret this mode.
Competing with soft woolens for SUI
premacy in matter of tailored one
piece frocks are heavy ribbed silks,
bengaline being of outstanding style
Importance Also heavy crepe satins
and marocain crepes continue In IA
yer. Thess are made PIP - straight
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1924-08-27
WAS NO CANNIBAL

A misery old man visited one Of his
relatives unlimited.
One morning his little niece Of five
summers approached him Unexpectedly
with the indignant question: ~Uhcie,
are you cannibalT
The old man was startled, and said:
mo, Of course not my dear; but what
On earth makes you askT
The little girl replied: -Oh,
thought you must be, because mamma
was saying this morning just as you
came in that you always lived on your
relations"