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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-05-22
Only Pity for John Walker

John II. Walker is one of the most
- pathetic figures in the labor move
ment; to hear him down at the Peoria
convention Of the United Mine Work
ers of Illinois, flaccidly complaining
about the Communists. to have heard
him at the Portland convention of the
American Federation Of Labor last
October going thru the same motions,
arouses a feeling of pity rather than
Of vigorous hate.
For the truth is, that Walker Is not
one of the strong forces OF the reac-
tionary camp; his abuse of the radi-
calls and his plea for old party poll
ticians carry little conviction. The
feeling comes over the auditor that
Honest" Jack is playing his part with
no Joy in the performance.
AT the state convention OF the Illi-
nois federation at Decatur last sum.
mer, Walkers eyes were moist as he
made recantation OF his protested
beliefs in independent political action
by the working class. There are
those who saw this lacrymose dew as
OF the crocodile variety, but our opin-
ion is that they were tears of shame
Long ago John II. Walker did some
rather vigorous organization work in
the new miners union. Mother"
Jones still tells Of tramping the
ties Of West Virginia with him when
John was young. But that was long
ago. His socialist beliefs he wore
more and more lightly. But they gave
him some comfort-he still stood be.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-05-22
Irish Labor Magazine
Urges Workers To
Look To St. Paul

The May number of The Irish Peo-
pie, in an article entitled 1.-THE Com
ing Elections" by T. ]. O'Flaherty,
urges it's readers to get behind the
movement for the organization of a
national Farmer-Labor Party at the
great convention that will meet in St.
Paul on June 18th The Irish work
ers in the United States are very
much under the influence of the Irish
labor leaders, the majority Of whom
are cogs in the wheel of the Democrat
Party in the United States.
One of the most interesting contri-
buttons in the May number is a re-
print from the New York Commercial
of an article by Fred Marvin, indie
pendent stool pigeon exposing The
Irish People as a Communist sheet
William F. Dunno, one of the contri-
buting editors and 7. ]. O'Flaherty
the editor, are attacked as enemies
Of christianity, etc. Marvin gets his
facts considerably mixed as usual but
the Irish People does not deny that
it is Communist publication. 1t is
rather proud of the fact
Donagh O'Dwyer, reviews the years
work of the magazine which is now
about to start its second year, in an
article, "The First Year" There are
three pages of snappy review of the
situation in ireland. The magazine
is published at 254O West Adams St.,
Chicago, Illinois. Subscription price
is S1.00 a year.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-05-22

fore the world as a progressive.
Came the war-that Pizarro sword
line that made public men stand in
one camp or the other. The oppor-
tunistic habits of the professional la
Dor faker carried the day and we
shortly found John roofing behind the
lines with might and main for the
bloody fray which buried millions Of
workmen in the mud of Europe for
capitalist profits. The profit lords re-
warded him and used him by giving
him a "mediator's" job in the north
west woods where the capitalists
were trying to trick the lumberwork-
ers out of the fruits Of their 1917
strike. And John gave his employers
full need OF service by denouncing
/. w. w. and other political prisoners
at labor conventions during the war.
The war over, John stoutly denied
that he was reactlonary. The labor
parties that spring up then found him
in their fold and he stayed with them
until the class conscious workers be-
gan to take control Of the movement
for Independent political action.
Again the line was drawn and
Honest" Jack, cherishing hfs state
federation presidency post where
he Is a mere tool for more rugged la
Dor lieutenants Of capitalism raw.
flshed backward all the way into the
ranks Of the pure white reactionaries.
The latter end Of this dead progress.
sive is sad one. There is not even
peace to his ashes.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-05-22
TEACHERS SHOULD
KNOW HOW To USE
KNIFE A N D FORK
Must Acquire Social
Polish, Says Speaker
BY SHERMAN BOWMAN.

DETROIT.-The lack Of social polish
in public school teachers was said by
Pres. Charles F. McKenny, Michigan
State Normal College, at Ypsilanti, to
be "the biggest social, educational and
moral problem facing normal schools
today" in an address that astonished
the National Congress Of Mothers and
Parent-Teacher Associations in De-
troit
1T is not fair to the children Of
Michigan to have to sit under the
guidance of teachers being turned out
by normal schools here and else
where" he said. THE girls who go
to Ypsilanti normal and other normal
schools in the state do not come from
the best families. They come from the
families of workingmen and others in
which it is necessary for the children
to earn their own way. Therefore, al
tho they are nice and intelligent girls
they lack certain social culture, a
certain presence which is necessary if
they are to stand before their classes
and represent themselves as proper
men and women in the cultural sense
Of the term"
Spy Leader.
McKenny is one of the leaders in
the development of modern campus
espionage systems, in which deans are
hired as specialists in organized spy
ing. Under this system the dismissal
of men and women students resembles
the deportation of aliens by an unscru-
pulous and autocratic bureau Of i'm
migration. fostered by the department
of labor. In making this speech, brist.
ling with phrases and pronounce
ments characteristic of rotting class
civilization, McKenny stood before an
audience of 1000 educators and pa
rents as the state-appointed head of
one of the two largest normal schools
in the United States.
"This condition will continue to OBJ
tain as long as students are forced
to room as they are in Ypsilanti in
400 different rooming houses and eat
around in boarding houses. They can
never acquire social polish in this
way" he continued. IL think the sol.
ution Ties in building dormitories at
the schools by the state. Splendid
women could be placed in charge OF
these dormitories and inspire the girls
placed in thei rcare Then, teachers
would learn to use their knife, fork
and spoon properly and would learn
not to leave the dining room with q
toothpick in their mouth"
Toothpick Professor.
The function of the proposed dormi
tories in "this mans school, could
readily be guessed by the wives Of
McKenny's workingmen who were in
his audience. Dormitories, these wives
and mothers later said, would make
spying easier, would standardize be
havior, foster snobbery and give a
dessert spoon and salad fork the
prestige of a philosophy.
These women did not believe that
McKenny had succeeded in stating the
biggest social; educational and moral
problem facing normal schools today"
They believed, however, that his
speech made plain what the problem
really is,-for the workers.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-05-22
Russian Peasants
Buy More Machines
For Agriculture
(Rosta News Aseney.)

MOSCOW, May 21.-The demand for
agricultural machinery on the part of
the peasants is very brisk, most of the
machines being sold on the local mar
kets The goods are usually sold on a
long-term credit basis at a price but
slightly higher than the net cost. A
large quantity of plows received from
Tchekho-Slovakia and scythes from
Austria have been sold by the State
Commercial Department at prices
lower than last years.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-05-22
l. A. M, 1877, On Record
To Help Boost June IL;
Protest Expulsions

Local NO. 337 of the International
Association of Machinists, at their last
meeting went on record as favoring
the June 18th st. Paul convention Of
Farmer-LaDor Party groups and elect
ed Ben Schlessinger, president Of the
local as delegate to the conventions
The same meeting also passed reses
luton protesting against the suspen-
sion Of certain members from the Ma
chinists' union in Toledo, because they
we're members of the T. U. e. l..
Business agents Buck and Olandei
reported to the meeting on the steps
which are being taken to get a new
wage scale for Chicago machinists.
Every new subscriber increases the
influence Of the DAILY WORKER.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-05-22
SACCO-VANzETTI
RETRY MOTIONS
COME TO JUDGE
Five Motions Made In
Frame-up Case
10y The Federated Pressl


BOSTON, May 21.---Judge Webster
Thayer, whose conduct of the trial
which resulted in the conviction Of
Nicola Sacco and Bartholomew Van
zetti has been criticized all over the
world as prejudicial, is about to file
a decision on five pending motions
for new trial in the case.
Whatever its character, the de-
cision will start new battle for the
lives of these Italian workers. If ia
vorable, preparations will begin for
new trial. If adverse, the case will
be taken 20 the higher courts and
further testimony impeaching the
prosecutions case will be presented
to the court.
Rumors in Massachusetts legal cir
cles say that Judge Thayer will deny
all five of the motions for retrial
These motions include confessions of
perjury by states witnesses, exposes
of so-called Identification witnesses
as crooks and prostitutes, and other
testimony that in ordinary cases
would assure new trial How Thay-
er will manage to brush aside evil
dence that on the face Of it seems in
controvertible is not known.
Prejudice Not Proof.
"An adverse decision on the mass
of new evidence seems like a mon
strous reversal Of common sense" a
member of the defense committee told
the Federated Press. 'The identifi-
cation evidence in the trial has been
completely exploded. BY their own
confession the witnesses lied, usually
under duress. The states contention
that the mortal bullet came from a
gun belonging to Sacco, likewise, has
been eliminated. The states own gun
expert has filed an affidavit accus-
ing the district attorney of misinter-
preting his words and Of refusing to
ask question to elicit a direct an
swer. All that remains is the general
prejudice against the two men as
reds" and as "dagos."
One of the five motions was filed
soon after the trial, two years ago.
1t has not yet been ruled upon by the
court. 1t proves by means of jurors
affidavits that the jury foreman
brot into the jury room cartridges
which had not been admitted as ex-
hibits and that he used them as a
basis for comparison with other cart
ridges involved in the case.
The federal and Massachusetts con-
situations provide that a defendant
must be confronted with all the evil
dence against him. The violation of
this guarantee may be the basis for
an appeal to the U. S. supreme court
as a last resort if Judge Thayer rules
against new trial
In preparation for the next and
most important phase of the fight,
the Sacco-Vanzetti New Trial League
has been formed, with Vice-President
]. Van Vaerenwyck, Massachusetts
Federation of Labor, an active mem
Der of the executive committee.
President Morris Sigman and a
committee. sent by the biennial con-
vention, International Ladies' Gar
ment Workers Union, in Boston, Wis
tied Sacco and Vanzetti in prison, as
surfing them Of the garment workers
financial and moral support in their
fight for life.
The Amalgamated Clothing Work
ers' convention also voted financial
and moral support to these unjustly
imprisoned men.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-05-22
Norwegian Workers +av. Sport Sheet

KRISTIANIA, May 21.--The Nor
wegian workers some time ago formed
their own sport organization, 1.-The
Workers Sport Opposition. This has
had colossal growth and been forced
to publish its own paper, Workers
Sport" six-page paper.
The Washington times., 1924-08-01
Y. s. sETTL rs WITH G. Y o.
FOR SEVEN MILLION

Final settlements with eleven adj
ditional carriers for the twenty-six
months Of Federal control were an
nounced today by the railroad ad.
ministration. Substantial amounts
were paid to the director general in
the settlements, the Chesapeake ana
Ohio paying him $7.O0O.OO0, the
Texas and Pacific, 81 400 900; the
CHARTERS Southern, 1920, 900. and
the Hooking Valley, 100000.
Other payments made to the
director general were al follows:
BY Waterloo, Cedar Falls and
Northern, $780, 900; Atlanta Terminal
Company. $1,000.
The director general made the
following payments: 10 Lake
Erie and Western, $70O; 600: Toledo,
81. Louis and Western, $3.50, 900;
Springfield Electric, $500: White
Sulphur Springs and Yellowstone
Park, $4,000 and st. Louis and
Hannibal, 81.
The Washington times., 1924-08-01
ASKS
K|DNAPERBE
RELEASED
Buffalo Police to Comply With
Request Love for Child
Prompted Act
~ TntsrnationaI News Service.

1879
BUFFALO. N. X. Aug. 1.-The
police Of Buffalo today received
word from the authorities In Cleve-
land TO release Mrs. Phoebe Woods
the fifty-year.old woman ARRESTED
here last night for kidnapping Doro'
thy May Blanchard. five years old,
Mrs. blanchard, the mother Of the
kidnapped youngster declaring that
she did not care to prosecute Mrs.
Woods.
The latter was still held. but
she was to be released later In the
day and It win be optional with
her whether she returns to Cleve-
land or remains here, Buffalo hav-
ing been her former home.
Mrs. Woods and the blanchard
youngster were located last night
in q Prospect avenue roonaing house.
Cleveland police took the young
ster back to thnt city this after
noon.
A pathetic story Of mother love
lies behind the alleged abduction,
the story Of q foster mother who
feared and fed from an organized
law that threatened to seperate
her from the child who held her
heart.
Clarence and Margaret Blanchard,
parents of the child, were separated
five months ago. Mrs. Blanchard
sought to keep her children, but
was unable to obtain sufficient
salary and asked the aid OF Mrs.
Woods. Besides Dorothy there
were Raymond, five years old, and
Jeanette, who died three weeks ago.
Mrs. Woods cared for the children
until last Saturday, when Mrs.
Blanchard announced her intention
Of taking the little ones to New
Jersey. Mrs. Woods pleaded to
have the little girl left with her,
The Washington times., 1924-08-01
FOREST FIRE PICTURES
AND TALK POSTPONED

William Barnes. Of the Forestry
Service. win give talk on forest
fires. in connection with the show.
Ing Of forest fire pictures. at the
Community Center concert next
Wednesday, following the u. S.
Army band concert at the Central
Stadium.
The program which was to be
given tonight has been POSTPONED
to Wednesday. The motion picture
feature and talk Is directed by the
Forestry Service Of the AgricuI.
tural Department, with r.. w. Per.
lSins In charge Of the pictures.
During the month Of August.
the community center viii con.
tllue the Wednesday and Friday
evening programs.
The Washington times., 1924-08-01
REFUSES TO BUY LIQUOR
PALS TAKE BLo GOD INSTEAD

PHILADELPHIA, August l,Re.
cause Walter OsBrien,. refused to
purchase g pint of liquor as he had
promised, Roy Kennedy, and vii.
liam Garyin, announced they would
take q pint Of blood instead, and,
drawing razors, proceeded to do SO
last night, police say.
The two other men visited O'Brien,
and each brought a pint Of liquor,
giving him to understand that when
that was gone he was expected to
purchase q pint. When they drew
The Washington times., 1924-08-01
JUDGE ouT5IDs vAGRANT,
RAISES HIM !" go DAYS

ATLANTIC CITY, Aug. -
anthony Sparino, thirty.one. 81
philadelphia. who was arrested On
charges Of vagrancy, was deter.
mined to have the last word with
Recorder Joseph Al. Corio.
am going to take care Of Won
for three months, " the recorder
said. II should worry, was the
reply. Well, wen make It six
months. the Judge said. s.That
suits me-" said Sparino. Three
hundred and fifty days, bid Carlo.
There was no reply.
The Washington times., 1924-08-01

and finally threatened to take her
and leave before she would let her
co.
Her pleas unavailing, Mrs.
Woods asked permission to buy
Dorothy q little dress as q parting
gift. She and the child left the
Woods home together Saturday
morning. according to q neighbor.
Mrs. Woods later returned home
Tor suitcase and pair Of spec.
tacles. She was last seen that eve.
ming, until located In Buffalo last
night,
The Washington times., 1924-08-01
WOMAN HELD IN $3.50, 900
FUR RoRRERIEs IN BOSTON

NEW YORK, Aug, Mrs. Els
Morris, twenty-five years old, was
arrested, charged with being fngi-
tive from pustice in connection with
fur robberies 4nvolving losses Of
100000 at Boston.
She said she is the wife Of Joseph
Morris, who was arrested by de-
tectives with three other men
charged with burglary and grand
The Washington times., 1924-08-01

razors, o'Brien fought back using
g razor Of his own. Police took the
three to st. Mary,s Hospital for
treatment, and then arrested them.
None is seriously injured.
The Connecticut labor news., 1924-02-02
CHILD LABOR LAW OUTLOOK
 DECIDEDLY BETTER THIS YEAR

proposal, introduced last month, is
 worded as follows:
 "The congress shall have power to prohibit or to regulate the hurs of labor in mines, quarries, mills, can
 neries, workshops, factories, or man
 ufacturing establishments of persons
 under 18 years of age and of women"
 Some objection is raised against
 this on the ground that, in trying to specify, 1t may leave loopholes which would not occur in a bill which mere ly decrees broad and general pro- hibition against all and any child la bor. Furthermore, some women's or ganizations object to measures ot this
 wording on the allegation that 1t classes women and children together.
 The time has passed, they say, when women can be grouped with children. The proposal of Congressman Greene of Fall River, Mass, is ex-
 actly similar to that of Senator Lodge. The bill of Congressman Rogers of Lowell, Mass, another textile center like Fall River, would give congress
 the power to regulate "the employ
 ment of women and of persons under the age of 21 years" The bill of Congressman Frqthing-
 ham of Brockton, Mass, is, in word ing, more limited It would give con-
 gress power to regulate or prohibit
 "the employment of children under I8 years of age" .-.. Congressman Dallinger of Cam bridge, Mass, would get at the prob lem in this manner: "The congress shall have power to establish uniform hours and conditions of labor for women and minors throughout the United States, and to prohibit hte ern- ployment of children under such ages as congress from time to time deter mine"
The Connecticut labor news., 1924-02-02
STAGE HANDS PLAN
 TO FORM UNION

Westheld, Feb. 2.-Local theater employees are taking steps for the or ganization of theater employees union which will include in it local men who have been engaged in thea ter work and motion picture machine operators. The local men engaged in the latter work are members of the Springfield union There are a half dozen local men who have been em- ployed from time to time as stage hands.
 Services of Springfield union men have been engaged in the past by the managers of the local p1ayhouses. The organization of a local union would make 1t obligatory on the part of the theater managers to. employ local men entirely except as the local crew was unable to handle all of the work.
 ' Union employees from Springfield have been paid at the rate of $II a day for their services in local play Foues at Sunday performances. Local men who have had experience in the work believe that this is unfair and that the Westfeld residents should be given the preference to this en- ployment and what compensation there is paid for such services.
The Connecticut labor news., 1924-02-02
New Englanders a t Washington Unite to Push Through Bill That Will Stick This Time.

Washington, D. C., Feb. 2-Once more New England senators and con- gressmen are mobiliznig their forces for the fight to get a child labor
 amendment through congress. Chances
 of success look peter this year than 1 they did last session.
 More than 20 bils, proposing a child labor amendment to the con stitution have been introduced in con-
 gress. Six of these measures have
 been submitted by New Englanders. The south, as usual, will endeavoi to block a national child labor law
 The south has no child labor laws
 now, while the New England states
 have. Add to this fact, somewhat lower wages and cheaper costs fol constructing textile mills. and it car
 be seen why the south prefers the present situation.
 Beyond the humanitarian angle there is another reason why New England wants child labor amend ment Such law would allow her to compete on a more equal basis with southern mills. Already many New England interests have moved their mills to the south, and the threat of further migrations is con- stantly present.
 Senator Lodge, of Massachusetts has submitted a proposed child labor amendment to the senate. Those who have introduced proposed amend ments in the house are Frothingham, Greene, Rogers, Dallinger, and Tague, all of Massachusetts. While these proposals all seek the same end they nearly all carry different wording.
 Over in the senate, Senator Colt of Rhode Island is member of the sub committee of the senate judiciary committee which Is holding hearings on child labor amendments.
 The Senate committee expects ot report out bill in the near future. Then the effort will be to bring it to a vote. New Englanders feel that once vote can be secured the meas ure will easily pass. In committee work the main question lies in the wording of the amendment. This is what arouses the discussion and the study. The amendment that was re ported to the senate last year was worded, following considerations and hearings lasting over several weeks, as follows: @ ss
 9Th eeongress will have power concurrent with that of the several states, to limit or prohibit the labor of persons under the age of 18 years"
 That wording may be altered a bit this year after the conclusion of hearings now under way. The Lodge
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1924-01-02

with her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Ed.
Davis.
Miss Sarah Simondet was a guest
at the L. Peterson home near Golden
last week returning to her home here
Sunday. - q :,
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Okins and
family of Revere spent Christmas at
the Fred Wise home. Miss Fern
Wise returned home with them for q
short visit.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. G. Tradewell, MIR.
and Mrs. George Allen and daughter
were dinner guests of Mr.. and Mrs.
Schunert Tuesday.
Dick Schunert, Oscar Sin,ondet.
Ulrich Lipp, and Frank Smith made
a fishing trip up to Hoffman Thurs
day.
Tom Tradewell and Clarence
Simondet spent Christmas evening
with friends in Morton.
A number of young people FROM
here attended a party at the Alvin
Becker home in Middle Creek Wednes~
day evening. Il
Mr.. and Mrs. j. Schaffer, and Mr.,
and Mrs. E. Currier and daughter of
Redwood Falls, Mr.. and Mrs. c.. Regal
and family of Morton, and Mr.. and,
Mrs. VIM. Hosken and family were
guests at the T. Hosken home Christ
mas.
Mr.. and Mrs. O. w. Simondet and
sons were dinner guests of Mr..
Simondet's mother Christmas.
A son was born to Mr.. and Mrs
VIM. Zielsdorf Tuesday, December
25th.
Murel and Hans Hansen returned
Friday evening from Stordan and
Heron Lake where they spent few
days with relatives.
Mrs. Ella Barnes and children spent
Christmas Day at the VIM. Barnes
home in Redwood Falls.