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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-01-13
I Ii E

On the occasion of its first issue
WORKER pledges:
To support the workers of the United Sta
where in the world, in their strugs
capitalist class.
To fight always for the interests of the "
To participate in the daily struggles t
strength and conditions of the work
To direct it's attention always toward tn
plete emancipation.
To work to build up the strength and m
trade unions.
To help organize the unorganized worke
To help to organize and build up militia
party.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-01-13
AMALCAMATED IN
$4,000 GIF 7 TO
GERMAN WORKER
Clothing Workers Plan
Drive on West Coast

The General Executive Board of
the Amalgamated Clothing Workers
of America. in session in Chicago,
voted $4,000 to the needle trade
workers of Germany, who are now in
condition of extreme want as a re-
suit of the terrible state of that
country brought on by the decline
and generalization of the capitalist
system.
Sidney Hillman, General President
of the Amalgamated, in special in
terview to The Daily Worker de-
clared that the organization was in a
very satisfactory condition despite
the depression in the industry.
Organization Drive Planned
A plan is being formulated for an
organization campaign on the Pacific
coast where the industry is newly
established and rapidly spreading in
the ready-made clothing business.
The report Of the American-Rus
sian Industrial Corporation, with
recommendation that will further
advance the Amalgamated's assist
ddSC W AoON4cJ ANuoSld, WAS dQOpbtu.
A large number of organizers will
be placed in the field at once, de-
clared President Hillman. Their ac-
tivities will be mainly directed to-
ward what are known as the out-of-
town shops, where the attempt is
made by employers to establish old
sweat-shop conditions.
Big Fund on Hand
The Board decided to establish an
Unemployment Insurance Fund, in
the New York market along the lines
now existing in the Chicago market
The Fund now held in the Chicago
district amounts to three quarters of
a million dollars.
Favorable condition in the affairs
of the Amalgamated Clothing Work
ers' two banks are reported. Their
combined resources at the present
time are in excess of five million
dollars.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-01-13

He is typical specimen Of the
degenerate that can be found to do
this kind of work.
Pulvers joined the Hotel Workers
branch last summer and Immediately
approached Miss Elster with view
to inducing her to turn over the
names of the members of the union
to the Hotel owners. For this work
his boss promised to pay her $500
week and additional sums for such
special services as she might be called
upon from time to time.
Miss Elster informed, NJ. ODER
meier, Secretary-Treasurer of the
organization, at once of this offer and
the latter instructed her to appear
disposed to accept the offer with A
view of getting the goods on the fink.
She gave him lists which she assured
him were secured from Obermeier.
Pulver gave her $500 and a five
dollar bill on Dec. 10.
The spy signed document guar
anteeing TO pay Miss Elster the sum
of $4,000 per week in the event of
her losing her position as a result of
her work for him. This document
she Immediately turned over to ober-
meier.
The officers of the New York Hotel
Workers Union and particularly the
young girl, Miss Elster, are to be
complimented for their action in inn
mediately putting the skids under
this human sewer rat. He is only
one of the many that infest the labor
movement. And the fact that the
trade unions, conservative as well as
radical are their happy hunting
ground bears evidence to the fear in
which the unions are held by the
employing class.
The unions are the first line of de-
fence of the workers against their
exploiters and the latter use every
dirty method to smash the unions
and expose their membership to dan
ger. When a radical union such as
the Hotel Workers exists, the bosses
are still more willing to get rid of it
because its officers are imbued not
alone with the intention to improve
the daily conditions of the workers
but to reach far beyond that to the
goal which will end ell exploitation
with the emancipation of all workers
from wage slavery and the establish
ment of the Preletarian state on the
ruins of the capitalist system.
Wo-L nil g. teTb. Na;lvr,
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-01-13
ANGLO-SAXON SECTION,
MOSCOW IMMIGRANTS
CLUB, GREETS DAILY
Leontufskv 16. Moscow. Rusgia

Leohtufsky IS, Moscow, Russia.
The English-speaking immigrants
in Moscow, having suffered at the
hands Of Capitalism in America and
Great Britain, and now living in free
dom in the Workers and Peasants
Republic of Soviet Russia, send
GREETINGS TO THE DAILY
WORKER, ORGAN OF THE
FIGHTING WORKERS AND FARM
Frs OF AMERICA, AND no THE
WORKERS PARTY.
Workers and Farmers of America,
support your fighting "Daily"l Rally
to your Party!
Success to the Workers Daily!
Long live the Workers Party and
the Workers and Farmers of Amer
lea!
On behalf Of the Bureau,
With Communist Greetings,
JOHN EMERY,
H. GERISH.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-01-13

NC uCoAIC W dChuOWlCukG our
excellent piece of Communist propa-
ganda. His friend Gompers will not
thank him for it.
"The American workers whose
thoughts and ideas for many years
have been dominated by Gompers and
Ilillquit are beginning now to bestir
themselves and rally around the
young American Communist party"
the translation says.
whoever Desires" the translation
continues, "to aid the Communist par
ty to become, not guild organiza-
ton defending only the narrow class
interests of the proletariat, but a
party Of the proletariat, such a per-
son must, after having established
workers party, direct its attention
also to the conquest of the peasantry.
I'm this respect the American
Communist first felt out the new
path. The American Communists have
founded the labor farmers party
preserving to be sure their Commun-
ist proletariat party as an indepen-
dent organization.)
LET the American comrades with
still greater energy labor to conquer
before all the hearts of the American
proletariat. to snatch the American
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-01-13
IA Washington State Politicals

SEATTLE.-Th are Ia political
and classwar prisoners in Washington
state instead of nine, as previously
reported c. E. Payne, editor, Indus
trial Worker, lists eight Centralia
i. w. W.. defendants convicted. One
was declared criminaliy insane. He
lis to be confined until a sanity board
or physician of some kind declares
him mentally responsible. The other
seven are sentenced to serve 25 to
40 years each in the penitentiary for
defending their hall in 1919 against
an American legion mob.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-01-13
Merrick Frameup Trial Jan. Is

HAVERHILL, Mass.-John E. Mer-
rick, the shoe worker being held
under $4,000 bond to answer a
charge of planting dynamite at the
shoe factory of Knipe Bros. Inc,
Haverhill, will go to trial on or about
Ian AZ
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-01-13
Secretary Hughes Continues To
Spread Communist Propaganda

The latest the
attention Workers Party Of
America Znoviev of
greeting the American party its decision Communist daily
telegram the effect
pete text Of the article which appeared the Moscow
wires
to the American
to Trobes
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-01-13
An,aLgamated Food Workers
Expose Despicable Fink In
Employ of the Hotel Owners

Dorothy Ester employee New
Of
Puer the of the Hoteen Association and member
the Hotel Workers Branch the Amaamated and expelled
from the union.
this protopsm
issue the Free Voice official The Amagamated Food Workers
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-01-13

working class and its labor unions out
OF the tenacious, dead embrace Of
Gompers and other agents of capt.
tall"
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-01-13
IN AUSTRALIA

A movement is now on foot in
Australia to amalgamate all the vari-
Gus unions in the government railway
services of Australia into one power
full union. If this scheme is carried
out it will make the railway union the
largest on the Australian continent.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-04-08
ONE OF PLANES ON
WAY ROUND WORLD
OFF FOR S|TkA, ALAS,

Prince Rupert. B. c.. April =
Lieutenant Lowell H. Smith. whose
cruiser Chicago succeeded the Seattle
as flag plane of an american army
aerial squadron winging it's way
around the earth, was tonight pre-
pairing to rise from Seal Cove, here,
early tomorrow, to jump to Sitka,
Alaska, 500 miles away.
Major Frederick l.. Martin, who
commanded the expedition when it
started from Santa Monico, Calf,
March Il, was devoting himself TO
ehabilitation of the Seattle, which
was seriously damaged in landing
last night from Seattle, Wash.
Lieutenant Smith. born a Califor-
MAN, has several times distinguished
himself as an aviator on the Pacific
coast.
In 1923 he and Lieutenant John
Paul Richter by achieving for the
first time the feat of re-fueling a
plane in the sky, were able to stay
up 81 hours and 10 minutes over
Rockwell Field. San Diego, Calf,
and make a record for an endurance
flight that still stands.
BY use of the device Of re-fueling
this time performed over Eugene,
Ore, last October, Lieutenant Smith
and Lieutenant Richter completed a
flight from the Canadian to the Mex
lean border between dawn and dusk.
Lieutenant Smiths squadron con-
sists of three planes, the Chicago, the
Boston and the New Orleans.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-04-08
LegiOnaires Form
Glee Club with
Prospect 100 Members

The members of the James Fitzger-
aid Post, American Legion, enthusi-
astically entered into the formation of
a glee club and mems singing chorus
at the regular meeting of the post held
at Legion hall Monday evening. 1t is
expected that this mems chorus will in
the near future number close to one
hundred members, and the boys are
immensely pleased that Col. Keith
Ryan of the National Home is to con-
duct the rehearsals and lead the glee
club at future public appearances.
The necessary details Of organize
ton Of the glee club and the enroll
ment Of additional members will be
conducted by a committee which was
named last evening. composed of
Chairman IIervey Fogg. Frank Z.
Southland and DR. Lewis Johnson.
Action was also taken at the meet
ing of the Legionaires last evening for
lending support and full cooperation
to the Augusta Americanization Asso-
citation in it's plans for the American
iZation demonstration which is to be
presented at City hall on the evening
of Tuesday, April 80.
Frank r. Sprague was appointed
chairman CT the committee having the
arrangements in charge for the Easter
Monday ball which will be sponsored
this year by the Legion. The next
meeting of the James Fitzgerald Post
will occur on Thursday. April "a. the
date being set ahead from Monday.
the 21st. SO as not 70 conflict with the
Easter Monday ball At the meeting
on the oath one of the biggest affairs
in tire experience of the local post is
anticipated. There will be monster
supper, and initiation of candidates.
with full use of the ritual, which is
exceptionally impressive.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-04-08
'AUSPICI0US AND FLoURISHINC FUTURE ii
AUCURED FOR AUGUSTA GIRLS CLUB
MISS ann Viewer ELECTED PRESIDENT

duets with Mr.. Dubois. with Miss
Gladys little at the piano.
Miss Ann Weever, announced at the
supper table as the nominee for pres
ident. was called upon for q speech"
and in a few wcll-chosen words Miss
Viewer gave an original toast 20 Miss
Garside which made o hit with the
girls.
Miss Viewer Is a prominent member
Of the club although q newcomer. She
was popular choice for the presidency.
Miss Viewer is employed at the Cen
trail Maine Power Co. In outdoor
sports she excels and takes a keen in
terest In the clubs activities.
A topic of much interest at the Mon
day evening meeting was the annual
convention, June IS to %. to be held at
Smith College. Miss Garside and Miss
Hamlin outlined the program mapped
out for the delegates. The entire
Smith College is turned over to the
National League of Girls Clubs
which sends delegates from all over the
country. Leading speakers will be
heard upon subjects of great interest
to club members; there will he enter
tainment furnished by the various DEL
cgates and many wonderful things
which the girls will enjoy and bring
home to tell the others about.
After the business session general
good time was enjoyed, including music
and dancing and general talking. The
installation of officers will take place
at the next regular meeting OF the club.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-04-08

the club parlor on April 10. Roll
call, patriotic sentiments; hostesses.
Brainard.
A series Of meetings will COM
mence Thursday evening. conducted
by Evangelist Harry Taylor. He
Will be accompanied by his daugh-
ter. Ruth, who Is a soloist. It is
hoped large number will be pres
ent and all are most cordially in
vited.
Mr.. and Mrs. W. c. Packard have
returned to Pine Grove camps for
the summer.
Mrs. NJ. A. Colburn Of Augusta
was weekend guest of her son,
w. r. Mcnamara.
Kenneth, Waugh has returned to
Orono. after a weeks vacation at his
home in this place.
+. A. Hunt and son. Wesley, of
Melrose, Mass, are at their home for
awhile.
Mrs. Frances Nichols of Augusta is
visiting her daughter. Mrs. Eugene
James.
Mr.. and Mrs. James Keddy Of Au-
gusta were callers at the Winslow
farm Sunday.
Norman Seeley Of Farmingdale
was a visitor at A. c. Ford's, Sun
day.
Friends of Mrs. Eleanor May
Stuhlman. who formerly visited at
the WinSlow farm, will be glad to
hear that they have recently moved
from Madison, Wis, and have pur-
chased the Prof Chick farm at
Monmouth.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-04-08
Fireless Cookers
Made in County
By p Divisions

FlreleSS cookers are 10 lie maue
during April and May by the women
of twenty-five communities in Ken
nebec County. The women of each
of these towns lave joined with the
women in three other counties in
taking part in a fireless cooker
campaign this year.
Arrangements have already been
made and dates of meetings with
Miss Helen l.. Clark, home demon
ation agent, have been set. This
interest in fireless cookers on the
part of the women started in 1919
and every year since then some work
has been done along this line.
Last year the Extension Service
and the local farm bureaus con-
! Quoted a survey and found there
were more than $50 women in Ken
nebec County who were DESTROYS of
making a cooker, therefore a
Campaign is being run this year
which is larger than ever before.
The women in each community
who have already made cooker
are taking charge of the campaign
in their towns.
All the women in this county, both
bureau members are invited to take
part in the work. They will be sent
complete directions as to materials
and instructions of the kind OF
cooker they wish to make. The
orders for materials in each COM
munity will be pooled and thus pro-
cured at a very low cost. The one
nest cooker which is perhaps the
most popular can be made for a total
cost of less than four dollars.
The article is SO easy to make that
in most cases it can be made at
home by the women themselves.
However, If assistance is desired it
can be secured from the project
| leader or campaign leader of the
local farm bureau or from the home
demonstration agent at the meeting
on freless cookers.
Following is list of meetings
with the home demonstration agent
in the various communities where
free instructions will he given any
one who desires it.
May ]. Readfield, A. NJ. and
Wayne =. NJ. May ., Mt Vernon. A.
NJ, Fayette, r. NJ. May 8. West
Augusta; May s, Winslow A. NJ. and
Belgrade +. NJ: May :. Benton, 4.
NJ. and Oakland p. NJ: May s,
Weber Pond, A. NJ. and East Au-
gusta, +. NJ; May Q. Farmingdale.
A NJ. and Winthrop p. NJ: May 10,
Manchester A. NJ, and East Winth-
rop. p. NJ: May 10, China, A. NJ,
and Albion p. NJ: May IA, Litch-
field. n. NJ. and Monmouth, p. NJ:
May Is. Windsor A NJ. and Nassal-
boro l.. NJ: May %. Pittston.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-04-08

illness and death of her sister, Mrs.
Hattie Wilbur, left here Saturday aft
ernoon on her return trip home.
AIarada Johnson returned to Orono
Sunday, where she is attending the
University OF Name, after passing the
Easter recess with her parents, Mr..
and Mrs. Harry Johnson.
Frank Wagner, who has been visit
ing his parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Frank
Wagner. ST.. at their home on George
street, left Sunday for BrucetoWn. Vt,
where he has accepted a position in a
wooden mill.
Miss Helen Newhouse returned to
Bangor Sunday afternoon, where she
is attending business college, after a
visit in town with her parents, Mr..
and Mrs. Frank Newhouse.
Bryant Anderson who passed the
Easter recess with his parents, Judge
and Mrs. Thomas A. Anderson, re-
turned to Orono Sunday afternc on.
Bryant Anderson was one of the U.
of NJ. students who made his home at
Orono in the fraternity house that
was destroyed by fire last week. being
home at the time he lost all of his
personal effects and books that were
in his room.
Miss Meredith Blanchard who pass
ed the college vacation with her pa =
rents, Mr.. and Mrs. Lynne II. Blan-
chard, returned to Orono, Sunday af-
ternoon.
Harry Parker of Bangor was bus
mess caller in town Monday.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-04-08

Richmond for the past eight weeks,
came home Monday.
Frank H. Cate has opened his
home here after having been in
Massachusetts, during the winter
months.
Samuel Hoiway Of Augusta was a
business visitor in town over the
week end. -
Shcools in town began April Z, for
the spring term.
Seth \. Bailey is housed with
bronchitis.
Bridge academy began its spring
term, April I.
Rev. w. Bradeen of the NJ. E.
church was calling on the people at
Dresden Center. last week.
The ice in Eastern river. although
in a very treacherous condition, has
not broken. only around the three
bridges.
If the fats ice leaves the Kennebec
this week, the large ferry boats will
be put in the river
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-04-08
Teachers Enjoy
Real Vermont
Sugaring-Of Party

:, real "sugaring OFF, party la
Vermont. was the feature of the
Teachers Night program Monday
evening at the Y. Nj. {. A., which
was attended by a parry of teachers
of the public schools of this city and
their friends, numbering bout 100.
The susaring off party came after a
program of sports in the gymnasium
and on the bowlins alleys and rifle
range that was most enjoyable.
Principal E. V. Perkins, Miss Vera
Leland, Miss Ethel Raymond. Miss
Betty Cooper and Mrs. Lewis john
son, all eX-NermonterS were respon-
sible for the maple sugar part OF the
program. They arranged for ii some
time ago and kept the snow in cold
storage during the recent warm YEA
Their. a large quantity OF maple
syrup was provided for this event
and the teachers were each given a
plate of snow and pitchers OF not
maple syrup were passed around SO
that all had all they could eat of the
delightful sweet Doughnuts ana
pickles were also served.
The assembly hall, in which the
surgaring off party was held was
beautifully decorated with ever
greens, pussy willows and alder tas-
sells. The place cards were made of
birch bark.
In the gymnasium the teachers
were divided into two factions, the
East-Sj Us and the West-siders
The east side won in the potato race,
the Indian club race. the peanut and
spoon race, and the baseball game.
The west siders took the two Nolley
ball games. Several of the teachers
availed themselves of the opportun-
lty to use the shooting gallery and
the bowling alleys.
The entire affair was most enjoy
able to the large number of teachers
who attended and served to bring
them into closer ouch With one an
other, thus making for better work
oil
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-04-08

ton l.. Merrill. an Augusta hoy and
n graduate OF Cony High school in
the class of 1923. has attained de-
served recognition and holds posi-
tion of considerable responsibility ut
Detroit. Mich.
Milton Merrill is the son OF Mr.. and
Mrs. Arthur l.. Merrill of 6S Bangor
street. and shortly after his gradual
ton from Cony last June, where he
was active in athletics and other
school affairs, he went to Detroit
Seeking employment amongst the
great manufa curing plants of the
automobile city, where he was of
course a total stranger. he finally be
came connected with the J. e. Will
man Company. makers of bodies for
the Jewett automobile. which Is a
Paige built car. He started in as n
stock clerk. but his industry and
ambition soon won him advancement
TO the head of the department.
lie originated and installed n card
fling system. by the aid Of which the
great task OF keeping record OF
, the thousands of parts used in the
great factory daily. was greatly faci-
htated, and so complete was this sys-
tom that Merrill was designated as
the man to in a like manner sys-
tcmati2e the several other depart
mcnts of the Widman plant
Just recently the Augusta boy has
received an appointment as assistant
supervisor OF materials OF both fac
tories Of the j. e. Widman Company.
There are some ten or n dozen stock
foremcn supervised by his office and
these forcmen have 90-odd men UNI
der them.
Young Merrills success in the
great field of automobile building
will be plea sing to his many friends
in this city, but is no surprise To
those who were intimate with him as
he was always rcputed to be reg
ular bear for work" In a recent let
ter from Detroit to friends in this
city he wrote OF his anticipation OF n
trip to his home here later in the
Sprinu
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-04-08
CHIEF SMALL PAYS
TRIBUTE To FIREMEN
AT HOSE | MEETING

1.-THE city of Augusta had the
smallest fire loss in the past year OF
any city or town of its size in the
New England states" declared Chief
Roy mall, one of the guests at the
annual meeting and election of Of
ficers of Hose NO. ] of the Augusta
fire department, which was held
Monday night at the Hartford fire
station. He went on to say that this
is due in large part TO the efficient
work OF the three companies IN this
city and he thanked the boys heartily
for their cooperation and the fine
spirit which they have shown at all
times.
The occasion was very delightful.
1t opened with a fine supper which
was served by the boys under the
direction of Otis E. Sherman, the
steward. Baked beans, hot rolls,
sauerkraut, cheese, doughnuts. cof-
fee, ice cream and apple pie were on
the menu and the boys surely did
Justice to the fare. Special guests
at this banquet were Drivers Mon
roe. Norton, Currier and Norwood.
Chief Small Assistant Chief Wright,
Substitute Wallace Page and Henry
Plummer.
The following officers were elected,
ca ptaln, a. r. Hill. TTsL ileuleHdHt,
w. w. Taylor: second lieutenant.
George Wadliegh. Clerk. Otis f.
Sherman; steward, Dan Bush. The
retiring captain. George McCurdy,
then turned the meeting over TO the
newly elected first lieutenant. w. w.
Taylor, in the absence of Capt. Hill.
A discussion of the fire whistle was
taken up at which the sentiment
was that something should be done
so that ii might better be heard. in
windy weather 1t is very hard to
hear the whistle blow and the boys
are in danger of missing it alto
gether in the middle of the night. AS
the Augusta fire department has the
smallest personnel Of any town its
size in New England. it works a great
hardship upon the companies when
several Of their members miss the
alarm.