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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-08-04
ANOTHER IRISH
CRISIS FACES
]. BULL CABINET
MacD Donald Caters to
Ulster Tories
Especial to The DAILY WoRKER)

Especial to The DAILY WoRKER)
LONDON, Aug. 3-Another Irish
crisis confronts the British govern
ment. The British Labor Party Of
fcials are dealing with the situation
in much the same fashion as previous
governments handled it. That is, by
trucking to the Ulster reactionaries.
The present crisis is over the
boundary commission. The Obstetrics
refused to accept third man APP
pointed by the British government
on the commission. The law creating
the Free State called for this but
the Belfast plutes care very little
for any law that does not suit them
selves. In 1914 the Orangemen took
up arms against the threatened en-
forcement of the Home Rule Bill. The
leader Of the rebels, Sir Edward Car
son, was rewarded by a cabinet posi-
ton. The same government that
placed the woolsack on Carson, soon
afterwards murdered James Connolly,
opposing CONSUMPTION with arms.
The Macdonald government is fol
lowing the policy of Asquith, Lloyd
George and Baldwin in dealing with
the boundary crisis. To show his alb
sence of party spirit he invited lead
ers of all the other big parties into
conference and the signatories to the
Free State treaty.
The privy council has ruled that the
government cannot create new COM
mission to settle the boundary question
unless new legislation is enacted.
With the opposition of the Tories this
will be difficult. To complicate mat
tiers, Ulster members of parliament
are on their way to London to oppose
such legislation.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-08-04
N. Y. PAYROLLS
DROP S1,5OO,OOO
IN SINGLE WEEK
Hard Facts Refuting
Prosperity Boosters
fspeeIaI to the Daily Worker.l


ALBANY, N. Y, Aug. S.--Another
million and a half dollars was clipped
from the weekly payrolls of factories
in New York state between May and
June, according to commissioner of
labor, B. L. Shientag. The reduction
since March in the monthly income
of the factory population amounts to
100000.
Wage rate decreases, says the re-
port, were significant for the first
time in years. Wage cuts during
the month outnumbered the increases.
In June 1928 factory payrolls in
the state reached the highest point
of the boom then under way. Weekly
payrolls were estimated at not less
than $3S,000,000. This June they
were down to about $32,5OO,OOO, a de-
crease of S5,000,000
The heaviest drop in payrolls for
any group of industries is in textiles.
Average weekly earnings of individ-
ual textile workers were cut almost
So. The reduction went over So in
cotton, carpet, and knitting mills. All
wearing apparel industries the same
way.
Conspicuous decreases are also
noted in the metal industries where
payrolls have been cut in half in the
iron and steel mills and cut one
third in the automobile factories.
Paper mills and shoe factories have
been severely affected. Average earn
ings in Rochester shoe factories were
down to $19.49 compared with s22.72
in June, 1923.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-08-04
Russian Chemical
Association Plans
Widespread Action
(Rosta News)

MOSCOW, Aug. 3.-At the last ses-
sion of the "Dobrochin" Volunteer
Chemical Association), held under Mr..
Trotsky's, the Peoples War Commits
sary's Craftsmanship, a number of inn
portant questions were discussed, con-
Hnected with the statutes, the organiza-
ton of branch associations thruout
the Union Of Soviet Republics and the
raising of funds. Mr.. Trotsky has
been finally elected Chairman and Mr..
Frunze (Acting Peoples War Commits
sary), Mr.. Piatakoff Chairman of the
Chief Concessions Committee) and
Mr.. Ipatieff-Vice-Ch Chairman Of the
"Dobrochin."
A number of sections and under
sections Of the Bureau have been or
ganized, covering all the various even
'tual activities Of the new national or
ganization. The main objects of the
"Dobrochim" are to propagate and
practically find ways and means for
the application of chemical resources
in all the fields of the life and activi-
ties of the Union OF Soviet Republics,
including national defence and the
economic restoration Of the country.
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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-08-04
Bill Lloyd Himself
Turns Up With Red
Bandanna Bundle

MILWAUKEE,, Aug. 8. - A suspi-
trousers created good deal of COM
motion among the guests at a tea
given by the pacifist women of Mil
waukee. The unlimited guest was
badly in need of a shave and took
very kindly to the cake and ice cream
which he grabbed without ceremony.
He failed to remove his evil looking
felt hat which apparently had nego-
tiated the Biblical flood and every
storm since then. His unshined heavy
shoes did not improve the rugs. His
red bandanna bundle, slung over his
shoulder, came dangerously near the
painting on the walls.
1t looked like one Of the lamentable
situations where pacifsm breaks
down and force and violence comes
to the rescue until he made himself
comfortable in Chippendale chair
and recited:
! think the youth on Iandsand sea,
Who meet the next emergency
viii wish before the end Is gained
That oIdstyle war had been re-
talned,
And quoting Shakespeare awfully
we'll,
Say, "War by any name. Is hell"
That was some relief for the paci.
fist women. With one accord they
applauded and gave rousing cheers
for Bill Lloyd, author of the Dinner
Pail Epics, the Federated Press Jim.
giles.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-08-04
AS WE SEE 1T
BY T. J. o'FLAHERTY.

Morner came into her lonely life. He
was the picture, of viking. had a
title, and had recently launched into
a campaign to make money via the
tooth paste route. Swedish Count
and tooth paste king Peggy was in.
trigued so she hoped onto him. The
Count took the count in short order,
threw up the sponge and threw up his
job as a manufacturer of tooth paste
Instead of cleaning teeth he was going
to clean up on Peggy.
But ah! Peggy found out that he
was cruel and the Count left nothing
to the imagination after he asked the
Countess to pay his laundry bill for
the 99th time. "a man who cannot
maintain himself in clean linen is no
viking" said Peggy, or words to that
effect, whereupon, the Count invoking
Thor, lit on Peggy. She did not have
a Chinaman's chance. The next act
will be staged in the divorce court.
There is no moral to this tale. 1t is
sufficiently adorned without one.
Neither the Count nor Peggy are Boil
sheviks, so the capitalist press and
William Jennings Bryan will draw no
nasty conclusions from the incident,
or blame it on evolution.
Mexico has recognized the Soviet
Republic. The president-elect of that
country will visit Europe and may
take a trip to Moscow. This news
will not add to the equanimity of our
bewhiskered Mr.. Hughes. The latter
lis now in Europe trying to clear the
road for the Dawes plan. Rakovsky.
the Soviet delegation leader in LON
don, is reported to have suggested to
Moscow that unless the British gov
eminent get down to business it is
no use wasting any more time in Lon
don. France is smuggling closer to
Moscow. Germany has just salaamed
to the Soviet Republic. Stresemann
did not exactly rub his forehead in
the mud but his head went below his
knees. Ramsay MacDonald's so-called
labor government refuses to recog-
nize Mexico because the latter was
not exactly nice to Lord Cowdray's
oil company. Lots of news in one
paragraph. One other item. British
|airplanes were wrecked while bomb
ing Indian villages. This happened a
few days. Not for the first time.
VIII Debs and Oswald Garrison vii
lard protest to Macdonald? They
Twill not.
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umphant march across the world.
The workers will have to submit in
an effort to Brighten such of them as
may be intelligent enough to resent
and resist the predatory wars of cap
italism. 1t will be the task of Com
munists everywhere in that day to
carry the message of this Anti-capi-
talist War Week concentrating the
beginning of the World War turnout
the land, into the ranks of the mobi-
liked workers in every state so that
they will not be deluded again when
the real war comes.
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Continued from page y
wanted to write some sweet nothings
about Mr.. Davis family. Nothing do
ing says the female scion Of the
House of Dayis-not David. The re-
porter persisted. He got the "look. "
1t is in the family.
OF course every capitalist candi-
date must be lousy with virtue once
Wall Street decides to put him on the
tracks for the great political mara
thon. Nothing more can be said
about Coolidge and he keeps perfect
ly silent. He does not make news.
Davis is good subject for the re-
porters to work on. Those who read
the capitalist press should not take
capitalist reporters too seriously.
They write what they must write. A
New York World reporter, at the In.
dianapolis convention of the United
Mine Workers of America, got sick
stomach listening to James J. Davis,
the Secretary Of Labor making a
speech. THAT nut makes me sick, /"
he said. HE is crazy anyhow. Why,
he jumped off train one night while
on his way to a convention" etc. And
so on. But that reporter wrote a
glowing account of Mr.. Davis speech,
telling how eloquently he flayed the
radicals.
Bennett is doing the same thing for
Davis. This look" which the Davis
family inherited is a cross between a
look Of dignified command and one of
whitening reproach. How does Mr..
Davis look when he comes into the
presence Of ]. P. Morgan, his lord and
master? The donkey jockey will need
much more than the ancestral look
to prove to the American workers
that he means anything to them ex-
cept willing taskmaster. 1t is sig
nifcant that the capitalist press are
as fulsome in their praise of Davis as
they are Of Calvin Coolidge. It means
that whatever difference hitherto ex-
listed between the two parties are now
practically eliminated.
Peggy Joyce has dropped the Count.
Not so very long ago she took the
Count. 1t happened very hastily as is
usual with Peggy when doing such
things. Marry in haste and repent
at leisure" is an admonition having
no terrors for the conjugally versa
tile actress. Four times, if her mem
DRY serves her right, Peggy had been
over the road, when Count Costa
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-08-04
Shown the "eoId Fish,

After a running gun battle today
with two boys whom they discovered
they say, robbing a South Side store
police captured Albert Green and
Robert Karkovitch, each Is years old,
who confessed to 215 robberies in the
past few weeks. The boys, who said
their activities last night included
eight burglaries, took police to a
cache where thousands Of dollars in
loot was discovered.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-08-04
GERMAN LABOR
FEELS DANGER
IN DAWES PLAN
Minister of Financ Q
Gives No Comfort
BY LOUIS P. LocHNER.


Federated Press Staff Corespondent)
BERLIN.-(By Maill The leaders
of the German trade unions, not only
of the General Federation, but also Of
the Christian unions and of the
Hirsch bunker independent trade
unions, have appeared before the gov
eminent to express their fear that
when the Dawes Preparations report Is
put in effect, the obligations will in
workers. The unions insist that there
must be an adequate distribution Of
the burden
Little encouragement did they get
from the government Minister OF
Finance Luther blandly declared that
the workers must abandon the dream
of a further seizure of property. In
other words, income taxes, inherit
ance taxes, taxes on profits, etc. are
not to be increased. The minister OF
finance holds that the possessing
class is carrying all that the traffic
will bear.
Luther holds that the only way to
meet the additional obligations is by
indirect taxation on consumption.
This means that the workers will be
the hardest hit.
More than ever the Dawes report
will be executed on the backs Of the
workers.
-.
ID Cent Hourly Wage.
The average wage per hour OF q
male skilled worker in German fac
tory today is IS pfennigs (Q4c), for
an unskilled worker, as pfennigs
(11c), and for female worker, IS
pfennigs (9c).
The skilled worker, if employed full
so weeks per annum, gets on an aver
age, 1925, an unskilled male worker,
$685., and female worker $500 for
the year.
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5000 WORKERS
PLEDGE SELVES
AGAINST WARS
Boston Common Packed
In Anti-War Meet
BY JAMES J. LACEY.
Special to The Daily Worker)

NSRS6iat ~ lazy NNOthCty
BOSTON, Aug. 3-Five Thousand
workers on Boston Common pledged
themselves to refuse military service
and to fight and oppose the next i'm
perialist war that this country en-
cages in. At a mass demonstration
held under the auspices of the Work
ers Party as part of the International
Anti-War week campaign, John ]. Bal
lam, District Organizer of the Work
ers Party, Lewis Marks of the Young
Workers League and Charles G. Rob
erts Of the Friends of Soviet Russia
spoke to the assembled thousands and
for two hours received their undivided
and enthusiastic attention. AT the
close of the meeting fully 80 per cent
of those present held up their right
hand and pledged themselves to unal-
terable opposition to all imperialist
adventures Of the ruling financial oil
garchy of this country.
The meeting was opened by Com
rade Harry j. Canter who told of the
International Demonstration being ar
ranged simultaneously in every coun-
try of the world by the affiliated sec
lions of the Communist International
in these countries. Comrade Roberts
spoke Of the feeling in Britain at the
opening Of the last war, of his and
his comrades experiences with the
Defense Of the Realm Act (their
equivalent to our Espionage Act)
when they pointed out the hollowness
of Britains claims to the title of Pro-
tector of Small Nations in the face Of
their treatment of the peoples Of Ire
land and Egypt.
U. S. Sailors Interested.
The chairman introduced Comrade
BALKAN by holding up a copy of the
Transcript Of last September which
contains reproduction of BALKANS
photograph and Bertillion measure
ments taken from the records of the
Plymouth County Jail (where Com
BALKAN served year under the charge
of obstructing recruiting). The signi-
ficance of this and of the fact of Bal
lam's unchanged opposition to all cap
italist wars was not lost to the audi
ence which stormily applauded his ap-
pearance and applauded again and
again every point he made against the
war makers and their assistants the
socialpatriots. Many sailors of the
U. s. Navy were in the audience and
they followed with interest his re-
marks on the gross profiteering that
went on under the Wilson admins
tration.
Forward with Foster.
Placards and posters bearing let
tered slogans were loudly applauded
as they were hung on the railing of
the stand. Among others were these
slogans: Back to rs with LaFolIette
or Forward to Soviet America with
Foster" Universal Peace thru the
Communist International or Imperial
list War thru the League of Nations"
Millions for War but not One Cent
for Unemployment" "War is He'll
Let the Boss Go to War" "A vote for
the Workers Party is a Vote Against
War" Capitalism is the Cause of
War-to Abolish War Abolish Capt.
talism."
During the rest Of the week at all
street meetings thru the city demon
strations on a small scale will be held.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-08-04
BLACKJACK" PERSHING COMES
FROM EUROPE'S BATTLEFIELDS
TO MOBILIZE FOR next WAR

blackjack" Pershing back in Washington after dining
Europe Belgian king notabes in
France and England.
General John Pershing who commanded United States
great returned inspecting
the the thousands young
to slaughter for the imperial capitalists roing.
And this Pershng has the audacity "home"
In time charge Of the preparations for the
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Award swItehmsn $4,000.

ST. LOUIS, Aug. S.-The Missouri
supreme court has sustained YER
dict for $4,000 in favor of Lucien De-
clue, switchman, against the Missouri
Pacific Railroad Co. The award is for
injuries sustained in 1920, while he
was switching cars for the defendant
company.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-07-15
Yankee Girls
Easily Grab
Swim Honors

DARls. Jul. i5.-Americn's Girl
1 swimming stars finished ono.
two. three in the finals Of the 400
meters free style event in the
Olympic championships today.
Martha Norelius won the event.
with Helen Wainwright second and
Gertrude Eberlc third. Miss Moles.
worth OF England finished fourth.
The American girls thrashcd their
way 10 an easy victory. tho only
competition being among them.
selves
The finals OF the 400 meters swim
for women produced an exciting con.
test US FAR as the three Americans
were concerned. however. Miss
Eberle led for the first zoo meters,
then Miss Wainwright passed her
and held the lead until 10 meters
from the finish. when Miss Norellus
Spurted aud won By an arms length.
Miss Wainwright was one second be.
hind the winner and Miss Eborle one
second behind Miss Wainwright.
In the finals of the high diving
Fall. United States. took fourth
place. the event being won by Eve,
OF Australia. with Janson. Sweden,
second. and Clark. England, third.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-07-15
How Woodland
Net Men Stand

80. Eori white heat Joe sWar1E. g-ss.i.
Dave CruikHhAnk beat ~. W Hart.
81. 81: Eari white beat Howard VETS
cnborn. 81. 81. d.ii - Hoy Foley beat
poUBIIs
whittst Hnd koriowski beat pustt and
Williams. 80. 40, 90, white aud VIM
cent beat William nnd Wciarntarn. s-f
80. keirhuer and Henry beat LiEhtfqot
and Nuffouru. 80. s-2
Waite and Pope beat stephens and
sNartH. 90 &c, 90; Williams and Kelly
beat Lghtfoot and Nuffoorn. a.. 60.
stephens and sehNartE beat Foley and
Oldham. t-s. s-i. s.s.
burr and tAnEiis defeated Kelehnsr
and Henry. 60. 60 &c,
THIS WEEKS SCHEDULE
George Rider "a Earl Wilson. Gene
Rssoa va Giyds p'Rssr.
koHioNHki and whlttet W Mclean and
Hatfield. fAgerstrpm and rider We Gene
Oldham aud Jack Hehsrmsr.
Dick Burr w. ". " Han. windy
i.hnEiic W. Howard weissnboru. Nelson
Robinson ". Mel prznEa, g. c. Williams
VI. Ray De COCA.
Williams and DranEa Va Dlrlsy and
Kidweu
cnst vinrsa, ". Mel pranEs, Ezra
Pope W, c. c, Williams. II. W. Hart W.
Dave cruikshaHk.
white snd Pope Va Williams and
Orange.
RaY be oca vs. clyde oIIsar. George
Rider ~ Nelson Robinson.
Dick Barr and Windy iahEiis ~ LEO
IaEerstfofn and CiYda u'near. Eimpre
Anderson and Hatfield ~ Tom Kidusli
and mob pitisy
Sehsrmsr and Oldham v. stephens
and SwArtE
These are matches lef, over: where
suhsiiiutions have 10 &c made. cap.
taius should phone them in between
7 and $ o'clock Tuesday az The Star.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-07-15
Four High-Priced Coast
Stars Fail in Big Show

slumped 10 .22s with the Mackmen.
This year when he failed TO do even
as well. he was benched in favor OF
Riconda,
Probably the biggest disappoint.
mcnt Of Macks entire baseball ca
reer. was the showing OF outflelder
Paul Strand. recently sent to the To-
ledo club Of the American associa-
ton.
Last year. with Salt Lake in the
Pacific Coast league. Strand led that
organization in hitting with the re.
marlcable average of 1874 for 1914
games.
Strand, in amassing that average.
made 325 hits. including 43 home
runs. 10 triples and &C doubles. lie
batted in 1877 runs.
Surely Strand win give my club a
batting punch. thought Mack. with
the athletics he hit only little bet.
ter than 200.
They do say that the high altitude
OF Salt Lake City where Strand played
plus the short fences. helped greatly
in his 1928 Coast league batting
spree.
ITS the climate" may be a prop.
er explanation of the failure OF some
of the highly touted coast batting
stars TO come thru.
Four major league owners have
spent a quarter OF n million dollars
for Kamm. o'Connell. Hale and
Strand. and as yet haven't had much
CT a run for their money.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-07-15

keen the team there.
Not only Is tho city out ~ the
circuit. being the longest jump the
league teams have 20 take. bu,
with It's 100000 people II can't sup
port Coast league ball
Outside OF Sacramento Il is the
smallest city in tho league, and. In
spite OF being larger than the Cali
fornia capital salt Lake doesn't
support its club as well
Tho logical place Tor the salt
Lake franchise Is In san Francisco,
the Mission district preferred.
The Seal city has always support
cd continuous baseball until the last
couple OF years. when oakland de-
cided TO play all OF It's home games
in Oakland.
Bill Lane stuck by Salt Lake un-
III his resources were so weakened
that he was forced to seek an
"out' and he would have made a
road team out OF his Bees before
finishing the season in Utah without
guarantee.
The rarified atmosphere and tho
cheese box park have made a joke
out OF the national pastime there
bowling scores being a regular
thing.
1t win be a good thing for the
league when the franchise Is moved
because salt Lake simply doesn't
az in as n Coast city.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-07-15
By BILLY EVANS

EouR big stars OF the Coast
l. league sold TO the majors at
fancy prices OF late years have
been bad nops in the big time.
John McGraw OF the New York
Giants paid $4,000 FOR Jimmy
Io'Connell in real money. The man.
aEer OF the Giants figured o'Con.
nell would win place in the out.
field and give the club a batting
punch.
Most Of the time since joining
the Giants o'Connell has done
bench duty
Chicago White sox paid a re.
puted price OF 100000 for Third
Baseman Bin Kamm.
In the field Kamm has lived up
10 all advance notices. but hasn't
done so well at the bat. Recently
at his own request he was taken
out OF the game and given a few
days rest.
A year ago Connie Mack paid in
the neighborhood OF $4,000 for
Third Baseman Sammy Hale.
While Hale had previously been
tried by Detroit and sent back,
Mack was confident he would add
much strength TO the Athletics. Al.
lowing for his fielding faults, the
leader OF the AS was confident he
would supply u batting punch to
his club.
Last year Hale. who had halted
around $50 in the Coast league.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-07-15
SEALS NEED
PITCHING

Outside OF the pitching the San
Francisco Seals haven't a weak
ness.
Give this team any kind OF
hurting and 1t stands head and
shoulders over the rest Of the en-
tries.
Their infield is an all-star quar-
tet. Their outfield is fine and their
catching Is all that can be asked.
And this means defensively as well
as extensively.
The pitching was somewhat weird
here, Bob Geary's Sunday perform
ance being the only good pitching
thruout a whole game that they
had.
Guy Williams. the angular left
handler, showed the boys a fast
one, and Marty Griffin looked good
in streaks, but the other pitching
was nothing to brag about.
The Seals looked more formidable
turnout the series than the Indians
did; they had that something that
makes great ball club.
The Seals are super-minor
league aggregation, while Seattle
has a good ball club with AIN cx-
ceptionaI manager.