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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-03-04
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oilers; choice, 81.
First Floor.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-05-22

At Hollywood palace the Queens
Mrs. Fellow Worker" Brown
Seventh Hussars mounted guard as
the royal flag was hoisted over the
palace. Comrade Brown wore the uni
form of Lord Lieutenant of Ayrshire.
After the royal pair were properly
rugged out they proceeded to st.
Giles cathedral and opened the gen
eral assembly of the church. They
were hauled to the religious edifice in
a gold state coach. After the religi-
Gus ceremonies were over series OF
levees and banquets were initiated
that will last for ten days. They are
still going full blast. SO you see. how
the British Socialists, the prototypes
OF our Hillquits and Bergers are free
ing the British working class. They
will free them one by one, somewhat
after the fashion of our American In
Dor bankers.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-05-22
A Black United Front

Sixty-twO organizations have united to form a
permanent body to fight and exterminate ''revolu-
tionary and destructive radicalism" The leader
in this move is the American Legion The new
self-appointed guardian of Americanism was bapt-
Used at the recent sessions of gathering of non
descript organizations advertised as the AllAmer-
lean Conference.
This new trust, dedicated to red-baiting, is COM
mitted to wage campaigns extraordinary against
all forms of Soviet propaganda the recognition Of
Soviet Russia by the United States, and un-
restricted immigration. The giant red-scare cor
poration blazons forth its demand for 'unadulter-
ated and undiluted American history in American
Schools as opposed to the emasculated history
which has been introduced so generally robbing
Americanism of much of its elemental significance
and robbing democracy of its precious heritage
rather auspicious program in the way of
hypocritical ranting in patriotism The program
is as hackneyed as the purpose. However there
is one phase of this development in the extra
legal auxiliary organizations of the capitalist
class that deserves the most serious and immediate
attention of all the workers and farmers 1t is the
personnel of the black outfit that is interesting
as well as important
Among the leading bodies affiliated with the new
synod of reactionary bishops the American
Legion, the American Defense Society the AS
ISOLATION of Newspaper Executives, the American
Women's Legion, the National Civic Federation,
the National Grange the United States Chamber
of Commerce. and the American Federation of
Labor. Truly, a better collection of the spokesman
of employing class reaction could not be mar
shalled
What is the American FsAwation of Labor do
ing in company with the Ustted states Chamber
of Commerce, an organization which refused to
employ a single union man on its big building in
Washington? Why its warm embrace of the strike
breaking, labor-hating National Civic Federation
on the very day that the international Brother
hood Of Stationary Firemen voted unanimously to
withdraw from it because Of its being controlled
by the capitalists?
Gompers does not dare answer this hobnobbing
with the vilest enemies of the labor movement
There is no possible excuse, there is not even the
slightest organzational pretense, behind which
the grand old menace to the welfare Of the work
ing class can hide this organic connection with
the blacklist united front that the country has
seen for years.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-05-22
FUTURE BELONGS TO union MILITANTS : sss:: 90.

this was lost sight of and they join
ed in the general celebration.
1t seemed as though the smoke of
the battle that had been raging for
the past few months disappeared, and
all, even those who had come to re-
gard the union as a means of assur-
ing for themselves a comfortable liv-
ing as union officials, fondly looked
back when, urged on by an irresistible
feeling Of revolt, they came together
to lay the foundation of dream that
was to come true in the distant future.
Amid all the celebration, there
lurked in the subconsciousness of
every worker and rank and file dele
gate, the questions: Will the admin
istration use this convention to con-
tinue its ruthless policy of explosions,
which has brought chaos and democrat
ization in the ranks of the workers
Will it unseat the delegates who have
come with mandates from some of
he most important local unions to par
ticipate in the deliberations Of this
convention, or will it openly give lie
to their own statement, made in the
opening address of the president, that
nothing but another demonstration
like the strike of 1910 can bring real
results in the present negotiations
with the employers in New York?
Is there still spark of the old
idealism in the hearts of those who
at one time were part Of the revolu-
tionary movement in this country, or
have they gone over body and soul
to Gompers and will they emulate his
example at Portland by converting
the convention into a slaughter house
of all those who dared challenge their
incompetent leadership?
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-05-22
Facts and FancieS

Propaganda is one Of the most effective weapons
in all wars just now the country is being treated
to an example of its use in the class war, in the
present political conflict
The last six weeks have seen the Inauguration Of
powerful propaganda campaign to psychologist
if not convince, the masses to the effect that the
oil investigation disclosures have had no fund
amental effect on the politics of the country. We
are now told that there has been no change in
the political divisions. Toward this end the press
is harping on the following illusions and spending
considerable energy in posing them facts: First
of all, we are asked to believe that the Republican
Party is as sound and intact as ever and that
Coolidge is already elected to succeed himself.
Secondly we are asked to accept as a fact that
McAdoo has succeeded in Kidding his system of
Doheny oil and that he is once more the only
serious Democratic presidential asprant. Thirdly,
great stress is being placed by the kept press on
tie impossbility of Third Party being organized
in 1924. These editors would have us believe that
for some mysterious reason or other, the condi-
tons at hand, though admittedly more favorable
then ever for the organization of Third Party,
still will not produce one.
An examination of the facts betrays the un-
founded character of these contentious. The sue
cess of the Coolidge forces in the primaries only
shows that within the rank of the active Admins
tration agents what is left of the Republican
machine Coolidge money, because of its abundance
and strategic location is still spreme The success
of Coolidge in the primaries does not in the least
indicate popular sentiment towards the chief
executive. Nor do "Cautious Cal'so victories over
the discredited Hiram johnson obliterate the
truth that the Republican party is in the throes
of disintegration. When so many Republican
Senators and Congressman on the eve Of a nation
al election handily repudiate their only possible
leader, the President as they did in the Bonus
and Japanese exclusion votes, it is clear to all
that the Republican party is not unified and is face
to face with numerous serious difficulties of dis
organization. Out of 80 Senators that are to be
elected in November, the Old Guard is sure of only
three Seats Not a single one of the insurgents is
in danger of losing his place in the Senate.
As to LaFOllette heading Third party we need
but cite the fact that so reactOnary individual
as James r. Howard, formerly president of the
American Farm Bureau Federation is convinced
after touring the country, that the Wisconsin
Senator will lead new party campaign against
Coolidge next November and will lead it in so
well organized fashion as to insure the loss of
Michigan, Wisconsin, Minnesota, North Dakota,
South Dakota, Idaho Montana, Nebraska, Iowa,
and Washington to the President
We need not delve into these questions at any
greater length The gap between facts as they are
and fancies as they are advanced by the employ
ing class press is too great for the overwhelming
mass of the workers and farmes to overlook
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-05-22
Stone at Work

The first serious jolt which many OF our hope
full, democratically inspired liberals have received
at the hands of the new law-abiding Attorney
General Stone is rather harsh We confess that
in our most sangune estimate of the lack of differ
ence between the policies of Stone and his pre-
decessor Daugherty did not venture to expect
so severe a disappointment to the innocents at
home at early date.
Attorney General Stone has fatty refused to
allow Remus to get the papers giving the details
of the transaction in which he paid from $25O,OOO
to 100000 as protection money" to Jess Smith,
Daugherty's gobetween. In accordance with his
declaration of policy, Mr.. Stone hides his refusal
to help the Brookhart committee investigating the
Department of Justice, by an emphatic declara-
ton "to adhere strictly 10 the statutes" Mr. Stone
is ready to help the committee in the courts but
not at this juncture when it is busy getting evid-
cnce.
Herein lies the sole difference of approach and
tactics between the former attorney general and
his successor. Mr.. Daugherty was pretty blunt
and took little heed of legal pretenses in his adj
mnistering the office in behalf of the big business
interests Mr.. Stone, reputed to be afflicted with
a judicial mind and dedicated to the preservation
of law and order, runs his office much more in ac-
cordance with the law but at least as effectively
in behalf of the employers as Daugherty did
The refusal Of Attorney General Stone to permit
Remus, the uncr0wned king Of Americas bootleg
empire, 10 supply valuable evidence to the commit
tee, is most damaging blow struck at the Brook
hart committee. 1t shows very plainly that be-
meath the skin Stone and Daugherty have all in
common and practically nothing in difference.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-05-22

Does the Convention of the Interna-
tional Ladies' Garment Workers
Union Represent the Rank and File?
This question will challenge the at
tention of every impartial observer
who has followed the bitter internal
struggles in that union and has no
ticed the seemingly solid support of
the overwhelming majority of the dele
gates for the administration and its
policies.
In order to give definite answer to
this question it is necessary to review
the life and activities of the organiza-
ton for the past few years. Two years
ago, when the Cleveland convention
convened. the administration found it.
self in peculiar position. It found,
to its establishment, left block at the
convention which was not only repres-
entative of the majority of IT, mem
bership but came very near controlling
the majority of the votes at the con-
vention.
Abe Cohen at Cleveland.
The large vote of the opposition
threw the machine into panic, and
Immediately machinery was set in mo-
ton towards reaching a compromise.
Abe Cahan ian 'insider''), who was
present at the convention undertook
the task of bringing about an under
standing between the two groups in
the organization.
This attempt to break the left block
by offering eight concessions was con-
tinued after the adjournment of the
convention. These tactics, which at
first appeared to bring lgood results,
were soon proven to be a complete
allure, as the left wing became more
crystalized. 1t is quite true that some
of the leaders of the militants fell a
rey to the promises of the administra-
ton; but the rank and file, whose op-
position was based upon real differ
ences of policy and tactics that touch
ed the most vital problems of the or
ganization, persisted in their activities
even after some of the leaders desert
ed their ranks.
Faced with a movement which was
daily gaining new adherents, and
would not compromise it's principles,
the administration recognized in this
movement real menace and was COM
PEELED to adopt more drastic measures
so as to assure majority at the next
convention. The most convenient
weapon was to stigmatize the mill
tants as duel unionists and proceed to
expel them from the organization.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-05-22
BY Rebecca crecht

front every worker in his daily strug-
giles, they are doomed They may
gloat over their empty victories, but
their desperate policy proves con-
clusively that they fear the revolt OF
the masses in their union who con-
slider them the direct cause of their
misery.
Militantsl The convention is over,
but our work has just begun. It is
idealism, courage, foresight and deter
mination that will finally win. You
have all that on your side. The future
belongs to you.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-05-22
The Bonus Victory"

After two years of political dickering and iog-
rolling there has been enacted sham bonus law.
The measure which the senate and house passed
over the presidents veto has been appropriately
called a tombstone" bonus. The provisions Of
this law enable millions of ex-soldiers to borrow
money and pay heavy interest on insurance poll
cies granted them by the government
The real significance of the outcome of the
bonus controversy is not to be found in any ad-
vantages accruing to the ex-soIdier masses. The
basic importance of the senate and house over
riding the presidents veto is rather to be looked
for in its being an index to the status of the re-
publican party on the eve of the coming elections.
There is no question but that Coolidge, as pre-
sident is the only logical leader for the republican
machine in the coming campaign. Supported by
the maximum financial aid that Wall Street could
muster and backed by an almost unanimous press
Coolidge fought all bonus measures tooth and
nail He even organized breakfast-table lobbies.
The senators and congressman voting for the
very limited adjusted compensation bill did not
do so out of regard for the welfare of the ex-
soldiers but were animated simply by a desire
to get back to the capital after November. Here
we have basis of conflict between the only logic
al leader of the republican party and his lieuten-
ants. Coolidge will be unable to change his front
on the bonus issue which will become more of a
cash proposition than ever before. The senators
having taken cognizanee of the mass demand, by
voting to override the presidents veto will be
compelled to lend more attentive ear then ever
to the new bonus demands of the ex-soldiers. To
day. the republican party stands only one chance
of coming out of the fight intact 1t must have
strong centralized leadership and unity funda-
mental issues. The outcome of the bonus dispute
will prove source of deep dissension in the re-
publican fold during the coming campaign.
1t may be true as G. w. Barron of the Wall
Street journal said that Coolidge and Mussoini
are the ''two greatest economic minds in the
world.v Yet, billions can't be iugged even by
"Sient CAP at a time when the expenses of
maintaining the strikebreaking government are
mounting so rapidly. The leadership of Coolidge
has been substantially impaired by the decisive de
feat administered him by the Senate and House
this question
We do not accept the law enacted by the senate
as giving the ex-sOldier masses even fraction of
what the capitalists owe them. We believe the
time is at hand for forcing the employing class
government to recognize that the masses have some
interests and that for once an end should be put
to the employers receiving huge bonuses from the
governmental authorities We hope that the de-
feat of Coolidge will prove only an entering wedge
for series of real mass demands on the govern
ment by the workers and farmers in behalf of
themselves.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-05-22
Explosions BROUGHT CRISIS

The expulsion order was the first
step in preparation for the convention.
Never in the history of the union has
any action of the leaders given rise
to such bitter opposition. From the
! largest centers to the remotest towns,
the membership protested against the
order Of the G.. Z. B. This great storm
of protest more than anything else
convinced the administration that the
operation must be made at all costs.
IF we cannot control the union we
will break it," was their slogan
1t was only the great devotion and
revolutionary restraint of the militants
that prevented the complete destruc-
ton of the union. There was one
single thought, one single desire that
motivated all the actions of the Of
ficialdom, and that was the coming
convention.
Locals For Convention Use.
The various organization depart
ments which had remained a dead let
ter were equipped with STATS of or
ganizers and sent out to the suburbs
to organize, not the workers in the
shops, whose standards are much
lower than those in the large centers,
but to get together few workers
here and there who at one time or an
other belonged to the union, organize
local, and elect delegates to the con-
vention. Thousands of dollars were
spent, not to organize the workers, a
task for which the militants have been
agitating for many years, but to send
eighty delegates to the convention.
! These activities, together with the
elimination of active members as a
result of the expulsion policy prepared
the ground for the crescent farce in
Boston.
Opportunity For Solidarity.
The convention of the International
Ladies' Garment Workers, which
marked rs years Of proletarian strug-
gle, might have been a great event in
the history of the union. On. such an
occasion true proletarian leaders come
together not only to paint in glowing
colors the struggles and achievements
of the past but also to review the
cause Of many defeats, examine the
structure and policies Of the organiza-
ton in order to devise new methods
OF struggle and shape new tools to
suit the constantly changing condi-
tions.
Not so with this convention. The
opening was real holiday for the
workers of Boston to lay down their
tools and join the parade Of welcome
to the delegates. The flying red ban
ners and the genuine spirit OF Joy
gladdened the hearts OF every worker
no is dreaming OF the day wnen those
who toll will become the masters of
the world.
MiIitants Inspired.
Even the committees Of expelled
who had come from various parts of
the country to appeal against their ex-
pulsion, forgot for while the bitter
persecution that was the reward for
their long years Of service in the I'M
ion. They forgot that they who are
ready to give their all to strengthen and
build the union have been expelled,
black-listed and subjected TO great
suffering. not by the employers but
by the leaders of their own union. All
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-05-22

LENINGRAD, May 21-The produc
ton OF the Leningrad industries for
last February had considerably in.
creased as compared with January
1924. The productivity Of work in the
Leningrad metal branch has grown
20 per cent. The output Of the tobacco
works has increased rs per cent. The
paper mills produced over 10000 pools
more OF paper.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-05-22
MIIItant,s Work Begins.

The leaders of the International may
have an artificial majority at packed
convention. They may attempt, to
stifie every form of opposition, but so
long as they cannot answer the crying
needs of the workers in the industry,
so long as they cannot and dare not
face the pressing problems that con-
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-05-22

The Poor Fish says: Billy Sunday
has given religion a bad jolt He is
always advising people to go to Jesus,
but when he got pain in the belly
that was liable to send him there, in
stead OF going in the general direc-
tion Of Christ he went to Rochester
to have his kidneys treated.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1924-09-24
MINNEAPOLIS
ORCHESTRA TO
BE HERE OCT. %

Unless present plans miscarry the
Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra, sc
pieces, one of the biggest and best in
musical aggregations in the country,
will play at Grantland theatre, We'd
nesday, Oct 20. There will be two
performances, a matinee in the after
noon for school children of The nun-
ty, and night performance for the
adults 1t is confidently expected That
the event will draw music low for
many miles.
A change in route made it necessary
that the company come via the Bur-
lington and DR.. J. c. Doolittle was
asked if he could provide transporta-
ton overland from Potosi and for
some IS trunks and other items. The
doctor replied by wire that he could
and would.
When it is considered that an ag-
gregation of this kind plays metro
politan cities only, days engag cement
being valued at $4,000, bringing it to
Lancaster becomes an achievement.
Why the orchestra ranks supreme will
be covered il later issues.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1924-09-24
LOCAL GIRLS
ARM BROKEN
IN COLLISION

Mrs. Anime Showalter was called
to Madison Saturday morning by a
phone call saying that her daughter
Leona, had one arm broken in an
auto accident the night before.
A Ford, sedan in which Leone and
Miss Edna Beglinger and two uniyer-
sity men students were riding ran
into Hudson car which was parked
on University avenue with no lights
on. There were eight young men in
the Hudson car.
Leone received a serious cut on her
head and her left arm was broken.
Miss Beg1inger received severe cuts on
her head and face. Both girls are in
the Madison General hospital and are
improving. One of the men in the
Hudson, Mr.. Sumner, is also in the
hospital. The others were not hurt.
On account of the rain and fog the
driver of the sedan did not see the
Hudson, standing without lights, until
too late to avoid a crash. All con-
cerned are grateful it was no worse.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1924-09-24
JUDGE OPENS
CELL ON ROCK
ISLAND FATHER

VIM. Mcdonald, As, of Rock Island,
ILL.,, was brought to Lancaster last
week by Under Sheriff Morse and
locked in jailgon a charge of failing to
support his wife, Grace Mcdonald, and
two minor children, since January l.
1923.
R. D. Walker, attorney for Mr.. Nc
Donald, says his client has provided
So a week for his wife and children
out of salary of $22 a week, for 9
long period He says Mrs. Mcdonald
declines to live with her spouse at
Rock Island, preferring Potosi as a
place of residence. Mr.. Walker says
further that the wife speaks well of
her husband as provider and that
the complaint was made by village Of
ficials because the So week was not
sufficient to keep the Potosi branch
of the family on account of Mrs. Nc
Donald's illness. Mr.. Mcdonald has
another child at his home in Rock Is
land.
Mr.. Walker went over the matter
with Judge Goodsell Monday and upon
recommendation OF District Attorney
Clementson dismissed the case on the
Cle1nentson, the case was dismissed on
justify a prosecution. Mr.. Mcdonald
returned to Rock Island Monday af-
ternOon.