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San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1924-04-19
Chicagoan Heads Surgeons.

Baltimore. Md. April 18.-Dr.
bert J. Ochsnet of Chicago vas ele'
president of the American Surg
Association today at the final SEES
of its convention. He succeeds
George w. Grille of Cleveland.
Robert Il. Greenough was re-ele
secretary and DIR. Charles II. Peck
elected treasurer.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1924-04-19
ONE KILLED IN DETROIT.
Apparatus Turns Over Pinning Fire
men Underneath. :.

Detroit, April 19.-Fire Lieuten-
ant George Hawkins was killed and
five firemen were injured. two prob
ably fatally. when a rescue truck
overturned here last night while an
swering an alarm.
The driver swerved to avoid an
automobile and the truck overturned
pinnina the men under it.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1924-04-19
Gsorgi.n to Be State Language.

Moscow, April ia Tiflis dis
patch says that by decree Of the
Georgian executive of soviets, the
Georgian language becomes the state
language. Russian, Armenian and
Turkish may be used in other state
institutions.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1924-04-19

Chicago, April fe.-Eight firemen
and laborer were killed and score
Of persons. including two women, in-
iured. some probably fatally. last
night. when n wall of burning four
story box factory collapsed after an
explosion.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1924-04-19
LIVE WIRE KILLS TWO
Firemen Eleetrocuted When They At
tempt TO Remove Charged Strand.

Montclair. y. j. April 19.-Two
firemen were eleetrocuted today whilf
attempting TO remove alive wire which
had set fire to a board fence.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1924-04-19
LawmaIer Dies in Accident.

Manhattan, Kan. April 19.-State
Representative o. +. Snyder of At
Gibson, Kan. was killed here last
might in q motor car accident.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-02-27
The Destiny Of Public Education in Soviet Russia

ucation, the properly formulated
methods for the capture of the higher
educational institutions thru the
most intelligent forces Of the prole-
tariat.
Workers Increased Schools.
But these first years of enthusiasm
created much more. They created
almost out Of nothing a network Of
primary institutions for children be-
low school age which embrace more
than 100000 children. They raised
the number of schools in Russia to
60-70,000. They created whole
series of educational institutions in
the provinces. Unfortunately these
real successes, which arose Curing
the severe war, have proved to be
unstable or at least for the time be-
ing,-untimely. The desolation which
the war wrought in Russia has also
affected public education. All means
which remained in the country after
the war had to be used to heal those
wounded organs of the republic,
without whose restoration nothing
can live: the heavy industry and
transport. Public education can only
receive the crumbs.
Poverty Handicaps Schools.
We have to effect great reduc-
ton in the number of the pre- school
establishments and a great reduction
in the elementary schools; in addi-
ton to this, the second grade schools
are also in poor condition. In a
word: the foundation of the Russian
peoples education is in a greatly
shaken position. The ideal Socialist
school which we had in view, has not
only been retained but in some of
the better schools we even see an
exemplary extension Of many of its
main features. For the realization
Of this plan we simply and solely
lack the funds.
What else could we expect? The
richest countries, America not ex-
cepted, maintain their schools out of
municipal funds and out of private
means, and only relatively small
percentage is betrayed out -of the
national treasury. In Russia the
conditions during the revolution were
quite otherwise. There were no
private means available for the main
tenance of the schools, there were no
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-02-27

rifle and risked their lives only to be rewarded
by punishment worse than death.
The organs of plutocracy regret that con-
scientious DIRECTORS have been released while
those who have worn the uniform have not.
Why no voice has been raised in their behalf
is incomprehensible to them. The answer is
obvious. Those who campaigned to force the
government to release the war DIRECTORS did so
because they were of the opinion that these
men were impelled by worthy motives in de-
Ginning to participate in the work of slaughter
ing their fellow workers in other countries.
On the other hand the unfortunate victims
of court martial committed the very serious
crime of violating military discipline and must
be offered on the altar of patriotism as examples
to others. The reactionaries who put them in
Jail are now of the opinion that enough dis
satisfaction already has been created by the
refusal to grant the returned soldiers a bonus
so they try to win back the good will of the
veterans by belated attempt to secure the
release of those serving time for attractions of
the military code.
Another war will surely come if capitalism is
to live for some time. Soldiers will be needed
1t would never do to release the conscientious
objectors and keep those who wore the uniform
in prison even if some of them committed
henious crimes. It will not do to completely
eliminate the pay" in patriotism.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-02-27
Nv J. O. BENTALL

THE announcement that the Pull
Il man Co., has increased the wages
Of its porters an annual total amount
of 81 100000 looks mighty big.
You would almost get down on
your knees in alteration Of that great
corporation that has as bloody his
tory of starvation wages and COM
pany tenements as the steel strust it.
self il you did not stop TO figure out
that when divided among the 10000
porters it amounts TO only about 500
year for each.
But let us thank the newspapers
for laying stress on the million. It
gave us a moment of faith in the
good old promise our young school
maams always give us that we may
some day become president of the
United States or millionaire or both.
Our disappointment at the actual
figure is lcssened by the thought that
the income tax will be smaller and
that the porters do not have to make
up as many "uppers" as during the
was.
The average wage Of the porters
was about $1,000 year. The adj
dition Of another hundred dollars will
help someS but no one needs to figure
that the porters ,are in a position to
buy out the company--not yet.
The capitalist press always pres
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-02-27
More Liberal Criticism,

We pointed out the other day that Norman
Thomas, In the press service of the league for
industrial democracy, had falsely accused the
radicals at the miners convention of joining
forces with the Khan.
Mr.. Thomas, in the latest issue of the serv-
Ice, corrects himself as follows:
One of our correspondents writes regard.
ing our editorial about the Mine Workers
Convention (Service No. So: "The miner
radicals did not ally themselves with the
Khan. number of radicals were the
only ones that attended the small Khan
meeting and asked heckling questions.
However, the radicals seemed glad to
have the Khan issue come up because it
helped put Lewis in hole no matter
which way he jumped"
We are glad to circulate this point of
view would any other sincerely pre-
scented. From this long range it seemed
to us that the trouble with the radicals or
progressives was that they were more
anxious to put Lewis in hole than to get
the miners out of one. And we say this
with no love for the spirit and methods re-
veaIed by President Lewis and his jour-
nalistic errand boy, Ellis Searles.
Might we point out to Mr.. Thomas that the
only way yet found to get any group of work
ers out of a hole is to put their misleaders into
one?
This, of course, is somewhat different
meCnOd Lnan the nDeral-paclfSt one OF APP
pealing to the humanitarian sentiments of re-
dictionary blackguards, but the record to date
shows that it is the more effective. 1t neces-
states much unpleasantness, however, and
makes absolutely impossible any fraterniza-
ton with the enemy, the one thing that our
liberal brethren cannot bear to sacrifice.
Radicals make many mistakes; sometimes
they make the mistake of thinking friend
is an enemy, but they never make the habtual
liberal mistake of installing an enemy for a
friend
The class struggle is not fought over the
teacups and toasted marshmallows at the
Civic club and as far as we are concerned
we lean strongly towards the point of view
expressed by John S. Clarke:
You've got to stick mental pin in this:
The warfare of the classes
Isn't honey or molasses,
And you'll need sharper weapon than
kiss.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-02-27

municipal budgets, and the central
material resources rested entirely on
the requisitioning of grain in the
village and the printing of bank
notes.
Educational System Improves.
On the other hand the results
achieved by public education are
somewhat comforting. Attic the
equipment of the higher institutions
has suffered greatly thru poverty,
energetic measures have been re-
Gently adopted to raise the standard
Of living of the teachers. The for
nation of Workers Faculties, i. e.,
preparatory schools thru which the
most capable proletarians can pass
directly into the universities, have
almost entirely won the sympathy Of
the students.
The last elections to the Petrograd
Soviet and the elections to the stu
dents councils in Moscow proved that
the real leaders of the student body
are Communists. We cannot boast
that our universities are in good
condition, but we can at least say
that they are living.
Support Scientific Centres.
Up to now the Peoples Commits
sariat for Education has succeeded in
supporting the, chief centre Of scien-
tific and artistic life and almost en-
tirely to maintain it and to collect
great treasures which had been
stored up by the Cars aristocrats
and monasteries. The enormous
work in this. field will one day be
adequately appreciated. Russian art
and science constitutes an important
element Of human culture, in the
sense of preserving the old traditions
as well as in the sense of the new
discoveries evoked by the revolution.
Taken altogether we may say: all
roads that the revolution has taken
are right. We know what we have
to do and how it must be done. The
ideal machine must only be set into
movement by steam power and for
this we must obtain the necessary
fuel in the form of material re-
sources. The country is for the time
being frightfully poor, but a better
future awaits it. Therefore we can
look with confidence into the future
of the Russian peoples education.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-02-27
Handing it to the Boy Scouts

Washington dispatches carry the news that
Assistant Secretary of the Navy Theodore
Roosevelt is about to withdraw from political
activity and take up some other line of en-
deavor on which the white light of publicity
does not beat so fercely.
His friends are suggesting, according to one
news item, that he engage in some big con-
structive enterprise of a philanthropic ma
ture." The idea is, we are justified in sup
posing, that charity will serve to cover up
some of the MISUNDERSTANDING sins
1t is also suggested that he become the ma
tional head of the Boy Scouts and we rise with
alacrity to second the motion.
Young Roosevelt is so besmirched with oil
that he is undesirable in politics and is there
fore eminently fitted for the post of guardian
of the boys who are being taught that George
Washington never told lie, to believe that
BLACK Jack" Pershing is the finest flower of
Americanism.
We heard Teddy, Jr., speak once and at
that time cudgeled our brains for some role
in public life that he could fill and we feel
moved to say that the suggestion that he be-
come national commander of the Boy Scouts
is stroke of genius.
The Scouts need not feel at all embarrassed
in his presence because he is child like them
selves-mentally.
If the Teapot Dome scandal does nothing
else than reduce the crown prince of the
Roosevelt dynasty to the status of Y. M. G.
A. secretary. it will have been worth while.
The foisting of discredited politician upon
the youth of the land as a leader in ethics is
something we leave for bourgeois moralists
to ponder over.
,0YNs rxsr xxropuroc p.1rxx
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-02-27
Military Prisoners

Since the release from German prison of the
American Legion thug who tried to kidnap
Grover Cleveland Bergdoll. the draft evader, a
movement has sprung up here in Chicago to
bring about the release of those victims of mill
tarism who are serving terms of Imprisonment
in Leavenworth federal prison from few years
to life
Of these unfortunate victims of capitalism who
were seduced into the service of their masters
and for slight infraction of the rules perhaps,
or in some cases for a serious crime, were con-
demned to a life of isolation, but we protest
against the hypocrisy of the Chicago Tribune
and other organs Of the very interests in whose
behalf these hapless creatures shouldered the
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-02-27
By A. W. LuNACHARsKY.


IRON the beginning the Soviet
A Government was filed with the
consciousness that the only real sup
plement to the conquests of the pro-
letariat and the peasants, can be the
mastery of science. 1t is neces-
sary that the proletariat forms from
out of its ranks a wide section of
various specialists, who will replace
the old semi-bourgeois intelligentsia
in the theological and technical lead
ership Of the political and social life.
1t is also absolutely necessary to
raise the level Of the whole of the
people, in the field of general culture
as well as in the field of political
self-consciousness.
Now, on the fifth anniversary of
our Revolution, we hear many autho-
rative declarations which deal with
the relations Of the Communist Party
to the problems of Public education.
Leaders Put Education First.
Comrade Bucharin declared at
the trial of the S. RS that the
question whether the new economic
policy will end with the victory of
Communism or the temperance
of the bourgeOisie depended upon
how quickly and to what extent
the proletariat can provide its own
specialists.
.Comrade TrOtzky at the Youth
Congress described the question of
the education of the youth as a
vital question of the revolution.
Comrade Rykov, pointed out at
the Trade Union Congress that the
third front, j. e., the cultural front,
(the first being the military and
the second the economic), was the
most important.
We must divide the history of
public education during the Revolu-
ton into two parts: the years 1918
and 1919 were the period Of revolu-
tionary enthusiasm; the years 1920,
1921 and 1922 the years of clear
reckoning. Our heritage from the
first period are: our Declaration, our
fundamental ordinances regarding
the Unified Polytechnic Workers
School, the work of political exposi-
ton and its methods, a correct for
mutation of general vocational ed
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-02-27
MADE TO LOOK BIG

ents the most favorable figure in re-
porting the wages of the workers or
the increase that the bosses may
grant. This same press tells us that
the miners get $3.50 per day which
looks big to the casual reader. 1t
does not tell you that the miners
work less than 200 days in the year
and that no work means no pay.
1t is interesting to watch the CAPT
talist press and see how consistent it
is in always showing the most adj
Contagious angle to the class it repre-
sents. -
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-02-27
A FENCE
BY CARL SANDBURG.

Now the the lake
beginning the
The pangs life
out of who falls them
or all
bonds and hungry and all wandering children
Passing thru the and except
nndth he Rain andT Tomorrow 80
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-02-27

The Reverend Norman Thomas
felt quite uncomfortable while at
tending the st. Louis session Of the
Cleveland Conference for Rewarding
Our Friends and Furnishing Our
Enemies because of the presence of
G. E. Ruthenberg, executive secretary
of the Workers Party. In an article
in the Nation the progressive divine
tells us that the c. p. p. A. shortly
before that meeting showed indica-
tions Of desiring to lay down and
die after making a final wiggle by
endorsing William Gibbs McAdoo.
But one squirt Of oil made all sec
tions of the Conference akin, So
cialists, Democrats and Republicans
put up united front against any
motion that looked as If it originated
in the brain Of a communist. Under
the influence Of Liquor people are
known to have lurched back and
forth and show signs Of activity, not
generally associated with progress,
but the unsteady behavior Of the
progressive inactionists at st. Louis,
warmed up Mr.. Thomas and even
Socialist war horses" were getting
fidgety fearing that Ruthenberg
from his seat in the gallery had be-
devilled the delegates which was
perhaps responsible for passing such
progressive resolutions as favoring
trial by jury for contempt Of court
cases and the elimination Of graft
from capitalist politics. 1--WE must
hold these fellows back" said one
Socialist war horse to DR.. Thomas.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-02-27

How many Of your shop-mates
read the DAILY WORKER? Get
one of them to subscribe today.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-02-27

Radical and progressive organiza-
tions exerted themselves to secure
the release Of those prisoners who
were imprisoned for holding political
views in opposition to those held by
the administration of the moment.
The prisoners were not criminals.
Intellectually and morally they were
of the highest type. They believed
the war was a crime. They had
the courage then to say what ninety
per cent Of the people of this coun-
try now openly admit.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-02-27

The Poor Fish says the way our
rich statesmen are panned nowadays
IS som0hing awful. L0okit the way
Mellon is treated. Pretty soon we
will get no rich man to sacrifice him
self for us. Ne
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-07-14
RAINBOW REUNION
 TO OPEN TODAY
South Carolina Capital In Gala
 Dress For VeteranG

COLUMBIA, s. C., July 13.-(By Associated Press. )--With the capital city of South Carolina decked with American flags and bunting in national and rainbow colors and a gigantic rain- bow spanning the great stone steps of the state house, Columbia tonight was in readiness for the reception of dele gates to the national reunion here to- morrow of the Forty-second or Rainbow Division Veterans association.
 Delegates to the sixth annual con- vention of the association were arriving on every train from all over the country. The convention will open tomorrow morning in the hall of the house of rep resentatives.
 Approximately 250 veterans had ar- rived early this evening, of which the largest delegation was that from Indian apOlis, Ind., consisting of 80 members. Smaller delegations from California, Wisconsin and other stateJ had reached here.
 Among the notables already here are Col. J. Munroe Johnson of Marion, S. C., national president of the asso- ciation; Father Francis Duffy of New York, chaplain; Col. W. B. (Wild Bin) Donovan of New York, Maj. Gen. Henry J. Riley of Chicago, Col. Robert H. Tyndal, commander of the 15Oth in fantry, and Lieut.. Col. ". E. R. John son of Marion, s. c.
 Gen. J. G. Harboard of New York;, who was in command of the division at Brest, France, will arrive tomorrow, it was said.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-07-14
FEDERAL AGENTS ARE ARRESTED
 IN CAFE RAID New Orleans Dry Sleuths
 To File Counter Charge PANIC CREATED
 BY SUDDEN ENTRY Many Prominent Persons Included In List Of
 Guests
(By Associated Press.)

NEW ORLEANS, La., July 13,- Four federal prohibition agents, ln- clnding Max Overpeck, divisional chief, were arrested by police early today when the agents raided a fashionable restaurant at West End, on Lake Pontchartrain, while the place was crowded with guests.
 The raiders, after being locked in the Tenth precinct station for a short time, were paroled. They were ordered to appear in court and answer charges of disturbing the peace and disorderly conduct. In addition to MT. Overpeck, they were: Lake Holland, Lauren Col lins and L. J. Hoyt.
 To File Charges
 Mir. Overpeck stated tonight the off cers making the arrest would be charged in United States court with interfering with federal officers while in the dis charge of their duty.
 Widely divergent stories were told by the agents and the police. The agents reported they found liquor in the pos session of several guests and caused the arrest Of two persons. The ponce re- port of the raid, said no liquor was found in the restaurant.
 Panic Started
 The arrests of the agents were made, the police report stated, on the advice of Thomas V. Cravens, assistant district attorney, when the raiders, leaping through windows and crushing down a door of the restaurant, threw the guests into a panic. Many leading business men of New Orleans occupied tables at the time of the raid.
 Mir. Overpeck declared he and his as- sistants were taken into custody after the Lolice had refused to assist them in stopping what he believed to be vio. lations of the law and after the agents had tried to arrest two of the police, men for interfering with the work ol the prohibition forces.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-07-14
NO CHANGE SEEN
 M AUTO VICTIMS
Babe Still Lives, Though Prob
 ably With Fractured Skull

No change was noted Sunday in the condition of Elsie Louise Womack, little two-month-old daughter of Mrs. Josephine Womack, of White Star route, who was probably fatally injured Saturday when the mother and child were struck by an automobile at Tenth avenue and Twenty-sixth street, said to have been driven by E. R, Rivers, of 21OO Humboldt avenue. The child was thrown from the mothers arms to the pavement, and physicians at the Birmingham General hospital where the two were taken think it may have suffered a fractured skull.
 The condition of Mrs. Womack also remained unchanged. She is suffering from several bruises and cuts and a fractured arm. X-ray photographs made Sunday, however, failed to reveal evi- dences of internal injuries, which she was at first thought to have received
 Rivers, alleged driver of the auto mobile, was arrested following the ac- cident. and was released later in the night on $1,5O0 bond, charged with reckless driving. The charge will be changed to one of murder if the in- juries prove fatal to the young child, officers stated.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-07-14
SMITH THANKS
 ARBITRATION BOARD
Cloak And Suit Industry Settle
 ment Is Published

NEW YORK, July Ex-Governor Smith has extended his personal thanks to the members of the arbitration board appointed by him recently to avert threatened strike in the cloak and suit industry. The report of the commission written on the successful completion of it's labors was made pub lie today.
 Among the recommendations made by the commission are: Work should be done only in union shop purchases, should be made only from union shops union label should be designed and used all factors in the industry should be represented on joint board of sanitary control, the expenses to be shared; the establishment of unemploy- ment insurance; machinery should be created for the impartial settlement of disputes and the present contract should be extended for a year. A re- duction of working hours from fl to 4O is declared inadvisable.