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Putnam patriot., 1924-01-18

Mother-"Willie have a big sur prise for you. Some one is here to see you"
 Willie-"O, I know who it is. bro- ther's back from college. know cause my bank won't rattle any more"
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-04-23
100000 JOBLESS,
100000 ON PART
Time IN GERMANY

According to the latest figures re-
ceived by the Committee for Interna-
tional Workers Aid, 80 So. Wabash
Ave, unemployment and part-time
work have increased so tremendously
in Germany that not less than quar-
ter of the whole population is suf-
fering from one or the other. There
are now about three million wholly
unemployed and about five million
short-time workers. If dependents are
also taken into consideration, there
are some "a million persons living in
penury and semi-starvation.
The distress of strikers and locked
out workers is especially great. The
fight for the eight-hour day is in full
progress. Employers are forcing an
almost general eleven and twelve
hour day on the workers. The Ger
man workers need the help Of work
ers in other countries in the fight
they are waging. The Committee for
International Workers Aid is rally1ng
the workers of America to send help
TO THE WORKERS OF GERMANY.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-04-23
DeliUer Smashing BIOw
AtFGScisti Dictator.

BERNIE, Switzerland, April 20.
we feel nothing but contempt
for the tyrannicaI Fascist gov
eminent of Italy" This is the
answer of the Swiss Federation
of Trade Unions to an ingratiat-
ing invitation received from the
MussoIini government to send
delegates to an International
emigration conference to be
held in Rome in the near future.
The Fascist government is
trying to create the impression
that it is deeply interested in
social questions.
The Swiss workers replied to the
Italian dictator: 1--WE beg to inform
you that we are very much interest
ed in the emigration question, but
we are unable to take part either in
the preparations for the conference
or in the conference itself, in view of
the fact that the Italian bona fide
trade unions :. :. :. are prosecuted
and oppressed by your government.
You must not count upon our coop
GRAFTON until a complete reversal Of
this policy has taken place"
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-04-23
GENERAL STRIKE
TIES Up HAVANA;
PAPERS SUSPEND
Walkout Called To Aid
Harbor Workers.

HAVANA, Cuba, April 22.-The
general strike here in support of the
striking dock workers widened when
the entire street car service Of the
city was stopped by the walkout of
all the motormen and conductors.
Some Of the Spanish language papers
have suspended as the printers have
quit with the other strikers.
A wire from the Transport Workers
Union of Havana, has been received
by Solidaridad, Spanish language or.
gan of the /. W. W., appealing for sup
port in the succinct words: "a gen.
eral strike in the harbor. Try to STOP
treason" In reply the general admin,
istration of the I. w. w. sent pledge
of solidarity, signed by Secretary
Treasurer Tom Doyle, and Executive
Board. Chairman Joe Fisher. The mes
sage declares that the Marine Trans
port Section Of the l. w. WI is stand
ing Loyalty behind the striking long
shoremen and promises that no /. w
W. seaman will work cargo or assist
the bosses in any way.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-04-23
SOCIALISTS WILL
BETRAY, SPEAKER
TELLS MIL WAUKEE
Trachtenberg Warns By
German Situation
tspeoIaI to rhe Daily worker,

Especial to The Daily Worker)
MILWAUKEE,, Wis, April 22.-
"Your Socialist will betray you in the
same way that Socialist democrats
betrayed the German Workers." Alex
ander Trachtenberg told a large au-
dience in the Freie Gemiende hall.
Interested Audience.
For two hours the assemblage of
workers listened with an intense at
tention to the splendid lecture on
Russia and Germany. In a masterful
and vivid manner the speaker outlin-
ed the industrial achievements of So.
Wet Russia in the period of recon
struction; and the notable other &C.
complishments of a fundamental ma.
ture in cultural, military and political
field. The gains of Russian industry
is not achieved thru the sacrifice OF
the workers, but on the contrary, ev.
cry year witnesses the Improvement
in the standard of living of the work
ers.
In picturing the misery of the Ger
man workers enslaved by information
al capitalism, the speaker pointed to
the ray of hope which can be seen in
the militant spirit of the workers.
The next struggle of the German
workers will not be a "Putsh" but
will be final and decisive struggle
which will lead to victory and the pro.
letarian dictatorship.
Betrayed German Workers.
Here in Milwaukee," said Trach.
tenberg, "you have the same elements
that have betrayed the working class
of Germany. The American Socialists
are twin brothers of their German
party.
"The problems of the American la
Dor movement and the rapidly devel
oping events in Europe place particu
lar responsibility upon the American
workers. You must join the Workers
Party in order that you may do your
duty to the international proletarian
movement
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-04-23
COMMUNISM OR
CAPITALISM is
DEBATE SUBJECT
Toledo "U" Students
Greatly Interested
Especial to The Daily worker)

TOLEDO, O., April 22.-Three
members of the local Workers Party
will debate with three students from
Toledo University on the relative
merits Of Communism and capitalist
reforms as methods of benefiting soci-
ETY.. The debate will be held on Sun
day, April q, at 8 p. m, in the La.
Dor Temple Auditorium. Tickets are
on sale at the Workers Bookshop
1S1 Michigan street.
Toledo University students have
become quite interested in Commun.
ism of late and are demanding all
the Workers Party literature they
can get. The Teapot Dome Special
Of the DAILY WORKER was distrib
uted on the campus and created con
siderable excitement. The students
were eager to learn more of the truth
about the capitalist democracy un.
der which they live. Jay Love.
stones book, "The Government
Strikebreaker," has been a popular
seller among the students, and
Lenin's state and Revolution" is
much sought.
Interest in the forthcoming debate
is keen among students as well as
in Workers Party groups. Both sides
expect to turn out in full force, not
SO much to cheer, but to learn. To.
ledo local of the Workers Party is
offering all assistance to the inter
ested University students to help
them get a real understanding OF
capitalism and Communism.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-04-23
0. Of ]. PRESSING case.

SHARON, Pa, April 22.-FarreI
newspapers come out with new scar,
lines calling for the deportation o
the Farrell defendants and chargin,
that red schools are being operate,
in Farrell advocating the overthrow
Of the Commonwealth Of PennsyI
vania.
"Hawkshaw' Lennon discovers,
these new plots hoping thereby :,
influence the grand jury now in SEES
sion at Mercer handling the Farrell
cases.
The Department of Justice prom
ises to have fine array Of lega
talent present at the trials and ono,
the six defendants are found guilt
by the Commonwealth Of Pennsyj
vania they are to be turned over {,
the immigration authorities for de
portation.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-04-23
The Workers Party in Action
TrGchtenberg Tour
LIst 81 Western pates.

The list Of Trachtenberg's western
dates follows. Addresses Of halls
and hours of meetings will be pub
lished later where they are not giver
here:
Thursday, April "a, Zeigler, Ill.
Friday, April 25, st. Louis, Mo-,
Labor Lyceum, 124S North Garrison,
D. m.
Sunday, April 81, Kansas City,
Carpenters Hall, 3114 Paseo, s p. m.
Monday, April %, Omaha.
Wednesday, April 80, Denver, Col.
Friday, May 2, Salt Lake City,
Unity Hall, 1872 South Second, East.
Sunday and Monday, May 4 and 5,
Los Angeles, Cal.
Wednesday, May Z, San Jose, Cal.
Thursday, May 8, Oakland, Cal.
Friday, May 8, and Saturday, May
10, San Francisco.
wednesday, May IA, Portland,
Ore.
Friday, May 16, Tacoma, Wash.
Saturday, May IL, Seattle, Wash.
Sunday, May Is, Vancouver, B. c.,
Canada.
Monday, May 10, Spokane, Wash.
Tuesday, May 20, Butte, Mont.
Saturday, May "a, Superior, Wis.
Sunday, May rs, st. Paul, MINI.
Monday, May 26, Minneapolis,
MINI.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-04-23
Dillonvale, Ohio,
Has Big Plans
For Its May Day

DILLONVALE, Ohio, April 3D.
May Day, the International Labor
Day, will be celebrated all day in this
town with workers of all nationalities
participating. A monster parade will
march thru the town at II a. m.
Lunch will be served in Bohemian
Hall at noon and a great mass meet.
Ing will assemble at o'clock. In the
evening the Young Workers League
will entertain with an international
dance in the hall.
Speakers in American, Italian
Hungarian and Slavish," are adver.
tised in the brilliant posters the Dill.
lonvale workers display. The Work.
ers Band plan to furnish an elaborate
musical program; so that the great
May Day celebration should be tri
umphal with all these organizations
cooperating.
All mine workers of Dillonvale and
vicinity are especially invited to join
their comrade workers in making this
May Day the ongest-remembered
Labor Day.
italian and Hungarian papers
please copy this announcement
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-04-23
MINE INSPECTORS
APPOINTMENT IS
ISSUE IN KANSAS
Operators Try To Gust
Workers Man.

PITTSBURGE, Kan, April ga
lively fight y Seing waged over the
appointment II Leon Besson as mine
inspector. Besson was appointed
thru the influence of the union min.
ers, and the coal operators are de.
handing that his appointment be can.
celled and their man, John Crawford,
be appointed.
Governor Davis stands pat on the
Besson appointment, but the attor.
ney general has ruled that Besson
must take an xamination-before an
examining board which is framed
against him. The Industrial Court is
dead against the miners selection,
too.
All this struggle over the appoint.
ment of mine inspector comes be-
cause his job is most strategic one
during strikes. The mine inspector
can rule during a strike that un.
trained scab miners shall not 20
down into the mines because they are
a menace to industrial safety and hu.
man life.
The clash between the Industrial
Court and Davis is becoming keener
The court. which was the issue that
defeated Aliens side in the last cleo.
ton and installed Davis, is trying to
keep the deputy mine inspectors ap,
pointed by Allen. 1t is not likely that
Davis will stand for this.
Hearing the names of these depu
ties called OF is like hearing a roll
call in the Irish Parliament, with the
o'Dougans, 0'Harrigans, etc, nearly
all OF them wearing either a Knights
OF Columbus pin or ring.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-04-23
Lectures In Lynch Land

NEW YORK, April 22.-James
Weldon Johnson, Secretary of the
National Association for the Advance
ment Of Colored People, with Head
quarters at go Fifth Avenue. left
today for a short lecture tour in
the South. Mr.. Johnson has appoint.
ments to lecture on April 20 in
Asheville, N. c., on the 2Sth in
Greensboro and on the goth in Dur
ham.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-04-23
sky plIot oraanlzes FaseletI.

Sky Pilot Organizes Fascist.
FARRELL, Pa, April 22.-The bat
tie going on in this city between the
defense in charge of the Farrell
cases was given sudden twist to-
day when the plute press came out
with scare lines announcing that
Rev. Leo J. Medic, pastor of the
United Presbyterian Church, here
only few weeks from Lackawana,
N. Y, has found it necessary to or
ganize what he is pleased to call the
"American-Croat Protective So
ciety" to save himself and congrega-
ton from the RED Terror"
Meeting behind closed doors with
five of his vestrymen the holy sky
pilot mapped out plans to combat the
spread of Communism which he
charges is preventing the work of his
holiness in Farrell. Medic's story to
the plute press about the alleged red
terror is but part of the campaign in
stituted to poison the public mind
just before the grand jury acts on the
Farrell cases.
A Hot Time Coming For Medic.
Medic's story runs like fiction and
if he lies to his God as he does to
the workers in Farrell he will need
something better than an asbestos
overcoat when he comes to wade the
river Jordan.
He charged that Workers Party
members refused to stand up when
the band played the Star Spangled
Banner and that they would be ex-
PEELED from the Party if they at
tended church; that the youngsters
in Farrell went around on Palm Sun
day with palm leaves hitched to their
coat tails and that women scoffed at
him, compelling him to have Squire
Franek and the great sleuth, Chief
Leyschock, come to his rescue. The
Mussolini OF Farrell further tells the
good people that the Croatian So.
ciety voted overwhelmingly against
the erection of a new church and
that the reds were responsible for
this.
The sky pilot completes his yarn
by asserting that his life has been
threatened by the Communists.
D. Of J. Fink Framed Yarn.
The defense has investigated his
yarn and 10! and behold the servant
of the Lord admits that Department
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-04-23

Of Justice Agent Lennon Of Pitt
burgh furnished it to the press.
It seems that Medic made his CON
plant to the Department Of Justic
who rugged up nice story Of bomb
and red terror and after decorating
same up with Palm leaves and tn
Star Spangled Banner dished it on
to the people in Farrell and Sharon
The prosecution is doing ever
dirty, contemplate trick it can b
railroad the defendants.
Medic was compelled by the attoI
neys for the defense to visit tn,
Sharon and Farrell newspapers an,
deny most of the statements given b.
Department of Justice Agent Lennon
and credited to Medic.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-04-23
Thieves stick Touetber.

TRENTON, N. j., April 22.-The
Spectator is necessary national in
stitution, according to speakers be
fore the local chapter, American In
stitute of Banking.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-04-23
MAY Be LAST
Time FOR ROBOT
PLAY IN CHICAGO
Scheduled for the Wilds
of Milwaukee
(By Labor Defense Press Service

(By Labor Defense Press Service.)
For the last time before quitting
Chicago for the wilds of Milwaukee
and mayhaps, Detroit-The Labor De-
Tense Councils now-famous Robots
will present the four-act play, "R. u.
R" here tonight, in G. S. P. S. Hall,
1926 w. 18th Street. All seats are
seventy-five cents.
The opening performance on Sun
day was such a success that it is ex-
pected the house will be sold out ear
ly. The audience received the play
with marked signs of appreciation.
1t was remarked on all sides that the
acting and settings were beyond all
expectations. The Labor Defense
Council has taken pains to make the
production complete in every detail in
order that "R. U. R." might be a
success from the artistic point Of
view as well as the financial.
Robots, Unitel
There are differences regarding
what Karel Capek had in mind in
writing his extraordinary melodrama
but the Labor Defense Councils ex-
pertinent proves there can be no
doubt Of the effect of the play upon
working class audiences. The an
ology between the Robots and the
modern wage slaves is clearly drawn.
The revolt of the Robots and their
rallying cry, ROBOTS OF THE
WORLD, UNITEl" carry a prophetic
significance to the end.
The Labor Defense Council is going
after the owner of Strummels Hall,
Roseland, Illinois, for not producing
his special temporary permit when
the police interfered with the produc-
ton of 'R. U. r." last Saturday. The
owner had a license to run his Pull
man hall but claimed that he could
not find it. The police looked up
the matter in their records and then
gave the Labor Defense Council per-
mission to give their performance OF
the Capek play. BY that time the au-
dience had dispersed, which was all
the Pullman police robots had hoped
for.
Who's To Blame?
No further attempt to put on "R.
U. R." in Pullman will be made, be-
cause of the great expense OF produc-
ing. The Labor Defense Council will
not, however, stop until IL gets sat
isfactory remuneration from the hall
owner for the closing OF their Satur-
day performance. The seats had all
been set up and everything was ready
for the curtains rise when the police
stopped the show.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-04-23
Labor News Political and Industrial
Activities of Farmers and Workers
NOISY STEEL TRUST PREACHER
ASSAILS "REDS" AS GRAND JURY
GETS SIX SYNDICALISM CASES
Especial to the Daily Worker. J

YOUNGSTOWN Ohio April 22-The Labor Defense and Ere
Speech Council will devote Saturday and Sunday canyasng
Ohio and Pennsylvania steel district for the six Farrell yndcasD
which going before the grand jury Mercer
Workers Party branches cooperating House house
will be made in all the steel towns surrounding Farrell Youngs
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-04-23
You Can Do What Goldberg
Is Doing

The DAILY WORKER, just the other day, carried a
story of the painters strike at ST. Louis Mo. 1t
good story It the kind Of stuff that the DAILY
WORKER likes to get and put into its columns. 1t
story Of workers struggle. The story written by
n. L. Goldberg.
But Goldberg did than write the story. Two
hundred and fifty copies of this issue Of the DAILY WORK.
Err rushed off to St. Louis and Goldberg saw to it
copies got the hands of the strikers There
will by Goldberg ST. Louis strike.
There will be other bundles of the DAILY WORKER going
to ST. Louis That is the kind of work that counts
The painters in St. LOUIS who read the DAILY WORK
Err while strike will subscribe and continue read
after the strike That is the way build the cir
cuation of the DAILY WORKER among the workers of
the nation. That is what you ought to be doing to help
What about it?
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-04-23
BY THOMAS MYERscoUeH.

DEN yin, Ill., April AA.- OuuI
hown for a hell of a long time;
Been shut down for a month; 60
ing to shut down next week" These
are the answers one gets when he
asks the question, "Are you work
lng?" Of the miners here in southern
Illinois.
At Indianapolis, in the interna-
honal convention last January, Lewis
laid the industry needed a breathing
spell and security against Strikes" so
ls to enable the miners and operators
10 recover from the effects of too
many strikes All kinds of bunk was
used by Lewis and his henchmen to
put over the government demand for
long term agreement. They said it
was necessary in order that the in
lustry could be stabilized. Lewis
made pretense at being alarmed,
because many miners were still in
lebt as a result of the strike of 1922,
claiming that another strike would be
disastrous.
The average miner, so far, has
been unable to discover any differ
Ince between the effects of a strike
and the effects of a lockout or shut
Down. There is no envelope on pay
lay in either case, and all will frankly
admit that, if the present situation in
the mine fields is the definition of sta
bilization, they would far rather have
struck for some improvement of the
conditions.
Even tho the scale committee OF
high salaried officials could not see
the benefit or the wisdom of move
Tor the shorter work day, the men OF
the mines, who are forced to look for
lays at siding of coal which they
produced in one day, can see not only
The wisdom of the move, but also the
absolute necessity of it.
The men of Illinois are apprehen.
tive of what the result of this three.
rear agreement will be, for they
know what the results of the previous
Tears have been. They truthfully
lay, We've had it for four years and
It has left misery and starvation in
It's wake, so what can we hope for
with another three years of it,"
What with the strikes and shut.
Towns now in effect, with approx.
nately, 100000 miners totally unem.
ployed, while most of the rest of
those who man the mines are work.
ing but little, the future holds very
little in store fol. the diggers of black
diamonds.
What are you doing, Mr.. Lewis, on
FOUR frequent visits to oily Washing
ton? What are you trying to "sta-
biIize?"
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-04-23

The Poor Fish says that the sol
diers would have got their bonus
long time ago but that they though
the war was over when the kaisa
was licked.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-04-23

town as the headquarters. The
case of these six Workers Party
members involves the right of
workers to assemble in Steel
Trust towns.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-04-23
MYERSCOUCH is
WRITING ABOUT
ILLINOIS MINES
Shows Effect of the
Lewis Policies

The sub-district convention OF the
Omitted Mine Workers Of America
convenes here today. Thomas My
erscough, of the Progressive Min
ers' Committee, will make SPECIAL
reports on this convention to the
DAILY WORKER. Myerscough
has been covering the southern
Illinois mine district during the last
week and sends the following in
teresting article from Benton on
the effects Of President John L.
Lewis policy of "stabilizing" the
mining industry.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-04-23
Tent Colony Needs Clothing

The tent colonists need clothing
badly and will appreciate any old
castoffs of any size for men, women
or children. Such things should be
sent to William Bowring, Eskdale,
w. Va.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1924-03-08
Commission Appointed
On Widening Front St.

For the purpose of widening Front
street from Bridge street to Linden
avenue, Commission composed of O.
A. Johnson, Raymond Dryden, and F.
Lee Bonneville was appointed by
Mayor Tull to inspect property on the
west side and award damages and
assess benefits.
Owing to some dissatisfaction, a
jury of twelve men was subsequently
appointed to settle the appeal of Mrs.
Rebecca Paradee. This week the
jury returned. report which award
ed Mrs. Paradee $500 damages and
assessed her $3.50 benefit. The amount
of ground taken off her property,
which lies on both sides of w. A.
Bowland's lot, is, on an average of
nearly 8 feet.
Front street will not be straight
ened by this but will be materially
by the increased width.