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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-06-12

followed the entertainment and ice
CT cam was on sale. The proceeds
for the evening amounted to 500,
which will be used to purchase
something for the school. School
will close June 10 for the sumner
recess. The parents as well 40 the
pupils hope to see Mrs. Frost back
at her desk in September. Mrs.
Frost having taught In this district
eight Yeara
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-06-12
CORNVILLE

NORTH-Mr. and Mrs. Lewis
Russell of Madison were Sunday
callers at Edgar Whittier's.
Several from this vicinity atteadLt
ed graduating, exercises ct Souero1
set Academy Friday svenins. Juee
6.
Mr.. ana Mrs. Sherman Williasq4
OF Madison passed tho weekend o.
their summer home.
Mr.. ard Mrs. hugo Htord hAyX
been staying for while with Do
Herds parents, Mr. and MN
Andrew Hjcrds -
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-06-12
MT. VERNON
School Entertainment

The pupils Of Wings School, un-
der the direction Of their teacher,
Mrs. Belle Frost, gave q very
pleasing entertainment Friday even.
ing. The program consisted OF
recitations, songs, drills and farces.
The little tots as well as the older
scholars carried out their parts
without prompting. A boz social
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-06-12
RICHMOND

coRNER-Mr. and Mrs. Raymond
whitney of Bteckten. Mass. are Wis
iting their parents. Mr.. and MIS-: T.
Dearborn.
J. C. Lancaster ana daughter OF
Amesbury, Mass. have been visitinS
relatives here for . week.
Nrs. John Hartford had the mistor-
tune to fall and seriously sprain an
Mr. and Mrs, A. q. Buker enter
fsinsd 8 party of friends Friday eve
Mrs. Sadie Mcclellan OF Richinond 10
visiting Mrs. A. G. Ruker.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-06-12

EORTH-Mrs. Minnie Abbott, who
has been In Massachusetts for some
time, has returned to her home.
Charles Turner of Waterville. &C.
companied by his son Milton and his
family, passed Sunday at his farm.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. K. Weir Of Mont.
willie were the guests Of Mr. and Mrs.
w. A. Blaisdeil Sunday.
Kenneth Black IL passing . portion
of his vacation in Albion.
Mrs. w. A Blaisdell made business
trip to Fairfield and Watsrviile Sat-
urday.
Miss Florence Nickerson, who has
been quite III, IN better at this writing.
Sunday school At the NJ. Il. church
Is well attended and the children are
preparing for q program on the 29th.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-06-12

ty house Thursday evening. June 18th.
The proceeds will be used for the
Roosevelt Improvement League.
Overland.
Earl Harvey of Brunswick was a
caller at Dean Estes Sunday.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-06-12

CENTER-The Ladies' Aid will
meet with Mrs. Charles Harmon Thurs
day, June IL. This will be an all-day
session. Each member please bring
pastry,
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-06-12

The regular meeting ives held Fri-
aav evening with good atteneanfe.
The lecturer presented an interestIns
prorram. The entertainment aas
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-06-12
REAL ESTATE FOR SALE

Business Property 81
BEST TIME--To have business. Fruit
and confectionery with soda fountain
and ice cream parlor for sale. reason.
sble price. Write Box 40, Waterville.
RESTAURANTS Everything goes with
the place. Large paying proposition.
Price. IL sold at once, $1,000. Liberal
terms. Inquire c. II. Beane. Gardiner.
CLASSlslED.UISPlAY
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-11-03
LaFOIIette and Chaos

This years presidential election campaign has
been characterized by an abnormal flow Of loose
talk The explanation of this high tide of political
buncombe is to be found in the rise of an additional
employing class party fighting for the boss vic
tory in the campaign. We have in mind the extra
noise made in the past few months by the LaFol-
lette drummers.
There has been invented the slogan Of Coolidge
or Chaos" Insofar as the working and farming
masses Of this country are concerned Coolidge
has proved most deadly efficient vehicle for bring
ing them chaos. The biggest employers are fully
aware of this situation What is chaos to the work
ers means swollen profits and fabulous dividends
to the exploiters. Hence the fear on the part of
our leading bankers about. the chaos that Cool
idge defeat might bring-to their bank accounts.
The LaFollette champions have picked up this
reactionary slogan. They have made every effort
to reassure the. fnanciers and manufacturers that
the Wisconsin senator will not be the harbinger Of
chaos if placed in the White House. We have in
mind the defense made by Mr.. Victor Berger in the
Milwaukee Leader of November 1, in which he
said Ear from being revolutionary, LaFollette is
the man who stands between capitalism and chaos"
Here we have it The employers are told by the
pinkest LaFoette defender that the over estimated
progressive senator is no danger to them.
We recall the days when Mr.. Berger did not OBJ
ect to being called socialist. We even recall the
days when Mr.. Berger made pretense at fighting
LaFollette in Wisconsin. At any rate, it has al
ways been axiom among those calling them
selves socialists that for the working class capital
ism and chaos are Synonymous. If ever this was
true it is infinitely truer today. Mr.. Berger knows
this. When Mr.. Berger tells the workers and the
bosses whose votes he is seeking for LaFolette
that his candidate stands as the sole barrier to
chaos he is simply telling the exploiters that La
Toilette is the most effective agent to perpetuae
capitalism and save it from being overwhelmd by
the waves of revolution.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-11-03

Iterment Of the workers position be-
cause of the "boom" and the whip
ping into line Of those who were only
flirting with the left movement, and
the desertion of many fair weather"
radicals who when defeated for Office
left us-all these things have made
our work more difficult in the trade
unions.
Communist Opposition in Unions
But in spite of the reverses that we
have suffered in the past months we
have at last established ourselves as
definite factor in the trade union
movement. In all Of the battles that
have been waged against the reaction
airy bureaucracies the Communists
have been the leaders. We have
added to the trade union movement
Of this continent a factor that was
lacking in the past and which &C
counts for the backwardness Of the
movement as a whole: A definite
Communist movement inside the
trade unions for the purpose of win
ming the organized workers for revo-
lutionary struggle against capitalism.
In the struggle against the Lewis
machine at Indianapolis last January
1t was our party that led the opposi-
ton fight. And despite the fact that
Lewis forced his policy thru the bitter
struggle against him effsctually
stopped him from carrying out his
threat to expell every progressive
miner from the union as he intended
doing prior to the convention. The
same thing applies to the other I'M
ions, the clothing workers, machin-
lists and carpenters. At the carpen-
ters' convention Hutchinson, the re-
dictionary president, denounced the
Communists and "Fosterism" in a
long speech in spite Of the fact that
he was not opposed by a definitely
organized Communist opposition at
the convention.
The struggle today in the trade un-
ions is between the left wing led by
Communists and the labor bureau
We have established ourselves as the
only force able to fight against the
reactionary and treacherous labor
leaders who have handed over the
trade unions to the bosses to be used
as instruments Of oppression of the
workers in their struggle for better
conditions.
But the unions while they are under
the dominance of Gompers and his
gang are barrier on our way to a
Communist mass party. The organ
lied workers are an immense reser-
voir upon which we must draw.
These workers have displayed sufici-
ent class consciousness to join labor
unions. They have been thru strikes
which have shown them the govern
ment forces lined up against them in
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-11-03
By JOSEPH M. coLpwELL.


GONE twenty odd years ago, Mark
- Hanna. who was then power in
the republican party, made a state
ment that the time was coming in
this country when the political bat
ties of the future would be fought
along the lines of capital VS.. labor
when that time comes" he said, 'the
bulwarks Of capitalism will be the
bourbons of the south and the Roman
Catholic church of the north"
Mark Hanna was a far-seeing man.
He could see into the future better
than many of us who called ourselves
socialists. We could not imagine how
those two opposing elements of So
ciety would ever have anything in
common. But today, with the south
organized into the Ku Klux Khan and
the north with a strongly organized
Roman Catholic church, we find both
of them fighting together on one isl
sue. And that issue is one that the
working class is vitality interested in.
1t is an issue that organized labor Of
this country has fought for four years.
Campaigns have been fought and men
have been elected to Office on that
issue. Public sentiment had been
created in favor Of that issue. State
laws had been passed as result Of
that awakened public sentiment and
ilnally national law was passed and
labor thought that victory had been
won, but the supreme court of the
United States declared that law un-
constitutional. The law | refer TO is
the Child Labor Law.
North and South Combine.
The labor movement of this coun-
try, aided by many liberal minded
persons, mustered up strength enough
in congress, to have AN amendment
to the constitution passed prohibiting
the employment of children under IS
years Of age in the industries of this
country. This amendment TO the con-
stitution must be passed by two-thirds
Of the states before it becomes part
of the United States constitution. One
OF the first states to reject this pro-
posed amendment was the Ku Klux
Khan dominated state Of Georgia. This
was to be expected.
Under the constitution Of the state
of Massachusetts, all such matters are
referred to the voters, for their accept
ance or rejection. and the result Of
the vote is a mandate which the state
legislature must obey. In accord
ance with the state law the question
of this proposed amendment to the
national constitution will be on the
ballot at the coming election.
Everything seemed to favor the ac-
ceptance OF this proposed amendment
by the voters The democratic party
at its state convention at Worcester,
in September had plank in It's plat
form advocating the adoption of the
amendment. The democratic candi-
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-11-03
Mark Hanna Was Riehf

GATE Tor governor, James f. Curley.
was outspoken in favor Of it. State
labor organizations had urged its
adoption by its members. AS far as
Massachusetts, was concerned every
thing seemed to be favorable and it
was only a question of the majority
it would receive.
Then bombshell was thrown. not
by a red" or by a "bolshevik," but
by the Rev. Cardinal O'Donnell of the
Roman Catholic church. In circu.
lar letter over his signature. distri-
buted to every parish priest under his
charge, the cardinal recommends TO
every pastor to bring before his par
ishioners 'the danger hidden in the
proposed amendment" and to impress
upon their congregations the necessity
of voting against it.
Issue Child Labor.
The power of the cardinal NAV he
judged by the act of Mr.. Curley, the
candidate of the democratic party for
governor. Mr.. Curley at once renounc.
ed his approval of the amendment.
Notwithstanding his former state
ments and Notwithstanding the plank
in the platform of the democratic par.
ty. So we now have the Ku Klux
Khan of Georgia. in the south, and
the Roman Catholic church of Massa.
chusetts, of the north, working to-
gether on the same issue against la.
Dor Both are opposed to a national
child labor law. Both are in favor
Of letting each state deal with this
question as it pleases. Both are work.
ing together in the interests of the
employers of child labor and both are
hollering about the sanctity of the
home, the flag and the constitution.
Mark Hanna was right when he said
that the bulwarks of capitalism were
the bourbons of the south and the
Roman Catholic church Of the north.
Politicians VIII Put II Over.
Under the present laws thirteen
states can prevent the adoption Of
any changes, in the constitution. So
the sooner those thirteen states ha ye
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-11-03
On the Path to a Mass Party

| endorsement of thousands Of railroad
workers locals. Fourteen state fed
erations of labor endorsed the "Chr
cago" resolution. Six international w
ions endorsed It also. The rank and
file Of the organized workers were for
our trade union program.
The Takers Rally.
But the last eighteen months have
shown a different aspect to our de-
velopment. An industrial boom"
came, and formed basis upon which
the labor takers rallied their forces
and fought us. For some time the bu-
reaucracy was Of the opinion that our
movement was of the usual character
of revolt of the "outs" against the
"ins"-and they did not worry much
as they had always been able to buy
up the leaders of such revolts in the
past. The present machines of the
labor takers contain many who gained
position thru staging such fake PRO.
gressive" movements.
But soon they recognized that this
was no mere movement of rival fax
ers. We went to the masses and stir
red them up. We insisted upon awak-
ening the organized workers to the
necessity of them taking over control
Of their unions and throwing out the
labor takers. And the slaughter of
takers that took place in the Mainten-
ence Of Way Mems Union at the con-
vention in 1922 when 10 out of % bur.
eaucrats were fred Tin spite of the
fact that Flozdal, who was elected
president, was merely fake progress
sive) woke the bureaucracy UP to a
realization of the awful fate that
awaited them II this movement made
any more Roadway among the rank
and file.
First Of all the bureaucrats put their
own camp in order. Those who had
been flirting with the Communists
were told to line up with Gompers
or get out. Fitzpatrick and Knockles
are fine example of this. Then the
drive against us began. The railroad
shipments strike, and the miners
strike Of 1922 forced the takers to
smash us because these strikes were
throwing the workers towards us.
Pressure was brought to bear on all
dissident central labor bodies such as
Seattle. The propaganda was inten-
sified. And the yellow socialists in
some of the needle trades unions
showed Gompers how to deal with the
Communists by expelling and smuggling
the leaders of the left wing move
ment in those unions. Atsthe last A.
F. of L. convention Gompers showed
that he had started fight to a finish
by expelling Bill Dunno from the con-
vention, even tho Dunno was all alone.
These things have had certain ef-
feet on many Of our party members
and adherents. Our political isolation,
the bitter and often murderous op-
position of the labor takers, the bet
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-11-03

Deen placed in opposition to the child
labor amendment the better the cant
talists will be pleased, and then the
politicians of the other states can
and probably win, vote in favor Of
it; when it has already been killed.
The attitude of the cardinal is not
surprising. He is on to his Job. II
is the mission of established religions.
all the world over, to protest against
any changes in the existing order OF
things, when the proposed change
would interfere with the interests Of
the ruling class. And it matters not
what that form Of religion is, whether
It is Protestant or Catholic, Jewish or
Mohammedan.a Agnostics and social.
ed free thinkers" win also be found
on the side Of the ruling classes In
all questions where the laboring class
are striving to better their conditions
There is only one clear line of denmark
alton and that is the class line. Your
religious preference or your racial ori-
gin should have no place in your mind,
when you take part in political or eco
nomic issues. We must take our
stand squarely with our class, the
working class, or with our enemies,
the capitalist class.
Must Free World of Capitalists.
Let the cardinals, the bishops, the
rabbis and the ministers attend to
their work of saving souls, our work
is to save the bodies of the workers.
Their ideals are spiritual, so they say,
alright let them stick to their ideals
and keep their hands out of our az
fairs that are materialistic All we
are looking for is a world freed from
capitalists. That is our ideal, that is
what we are working for. So vote
for the child labor amendment where
ever you have the opportunity, 1t is
only one of the many things we want
and which we will not get until We
have Communism Vote for Foster
and Gitlow and all the candidates OF
the Workers Party on the ballot and
YOU will be voting for Communism.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-11-03

defense Of the interests of the CAPT
talists. They are approachable with
Communist propaganda, but we must
get into the unions in order to reach
them.
1t is impossible to imagine the
working class Of America fighting the
capitalists seriously in its present un-
organized condition. The vast num-
bers who have never been organised
in the unions must be organized, and
again we face the fact that while
Gompers and his gang holds sway
they will block every step towards
really organizing them. And it must
be apparent to all that it is hopeless
to attempt to organize the unorganized
with the present craft from of organ
ization. The labor unions can only be
reorganized by the Communists work
ing inside them for the purpose OF
gaining the adherence Of the mass Of
the organized workers.
The organized workers constitute a
weapon which if under Communist
leadership will clear the way for the
organization Of the unorganized, and
will enable the workers of this coun-
try to fight the capitalists for better
living conditions. Persistent work in
the trade unions is the most fertile
field for Communist activity.
Win Organized Workers for Com
munism
Therefore we must increase our
trade union work, instead Of being
lax in it. Therefore we must tighten
our organization for this work instead
of giving away to despair and petu-
lence and loosening the bonds which
alone enable us to work efficiently.
The rapidly increasing unemploy-
ment, the growth Of the open shop
drives, lin the printing industry for
instance the open shop has gained
rapidly in the past year or so; open
shop newspapers have increased from
few to over four hundred at the
present time) all Of these things aid
US in our work of winning the or
ganized workers for the fight against
the bureaucracy, the reorganization
Of the trade unions, the organization
of the unorganized and the Commun-
ist Party, as the leader in the strua-
gle for the destruction of capitalism.
The road to mass party Of Com.
munism on this continent lies before
US and we can only travels toward that
goal when we have based mr. rar&w
on shop neuclei, when we seriously
build shop committees in each shcp
and factory embracing every works.
for the purpose Of lighting against tAs
bosses, and when our party members
are not only members of trade unions
but also members of definite trade
union fractions. In this way alonews
can conquer the masses for Commun.
ism.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-11-03

upon coming into Office actually assume power.
1t must disarm the capitalists and arm the work
ing class. 1t must seize control Of the basic in
dustries. And above all, 1t must begin building up
direct organs of proletarian mass struggle which
alone can give power to labor government in Of
fee.
MacDonalds government is defeated, but not the
British working class. 1t is continually moving
ahead, learning its lesson and Strengthening its
power. The future belongs to British labor if it
follows the path:
From MacDonaldism to class struggle, to the
social revolution and thence to real labor govern
ment.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-11-03
Stone Goes to Court

The selfStyled liberal and widely reputed law
loving Attorney General Stone will soon enter the
courts in suit which promises to develop into an
event of major political significance. Mr.. Stone
proposes to test the legality of the newspaper pub
LEGATION of the income tax lists.
There has been much speculation as to the rea-
sons animating the Mellon bureau of internal reye
nue. in its publication of the income tax lists on
the eve of a national election Some have declared
that our secretary of the treasury wanted to shed
light on the obvious fact that the democratic party
is as much tied up with the biggest business in
terests as the Coolidge coterie is Others have de-
clared that the plan was aimed to strike particu-
larly at Mr.. Davis, who is heavy income tax
payer himself. Still others contend that this was
one instance where Mr.. Mellon did not use his bill
liOnaire brains
When the leading metropolitan papers and the
big dailies turnout the country made public some
of the of the biggest income tax payers there
was fierce howl in the alleys of finance and in
dustry. Now Mr.. Stone proposes to settle the
argument and to have the courts declare that it
was Illegal for the newspapers to print these lists
The case involves of the fundamental practices
of the United States government and the role of the
press in American political life 1t is clear that
Mr.. Stone and the banking and manufacturing in
terests which he is defending conceived that
the provision to make the lists public meant any
thing more than to bury the records in unread
and unreliable government publication. Their
concept of the public was limited to the highly
priced few, the hired experts Of the huge financial
corporations. Mr.. Stone would have the law apply
only to those who are in the pay of the class he
serves.
We have little doubt that the courts will define
the public in this instance as the small group of
investigators engaged in preparing the official
truth for the ruling class. We have still less doubt
about the likelihood Of congress repeating even
this limited income tax publicity law. The sign-
ficant point at this moment is the fact that Mr.
Stone shows himself in his true role. Mr.. Stone
as we pointed out some time ago. believes that
the law as IL is today is sufficient and adequate for
maintaining the rule Of the BOSSES He is an ar
dent defender Of capitalism by the legal methods
chosen by the capitalists. Let our liberals rejoice
James A. Patten gives $1,5O0,O00 worth Of land
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-11-03

James A. Patten gives S1,5O0,O0O worth of land
to the Chicago Community Trust There is enough
working class blood concealed in that gift to ir.
rigate small desert. Wealthy robbers can afford
to be charitable.
New Britain herald., 1924-09-25
AIRPLANE RACE
Eleven Air Pilots are to Con,pete at International Event in Dayton on Saturday.

Saturday.
 By The Associated Press.
 Dayton, Ohio, Sept. 25.-EIeyen pilots from selfridge field, Mich, will compete in the John L. MitchxIl trophy race, which will be held on the last day of the international air races Saturday. October 4, ac- cording to the complete list of en- tries for the races. All are lieutep- ants.
 Last year at St. Louis, Captain Burt skeel of the Mitchell air field, won the Mitchell trophy, setting a speed of 146.44 miles an hour. This year, Skeel will fly in the Pulitzer race.
 Only Curtiss PW-s planes will take part in the Mitchell race, which is for pursuit type ships. It will be flown over a 200-kilometer course (l27,27 miles). There will be three prizes, the first. the figure Of a man symbolizing flight, and cups will be given as second and third awards
 Entrants are: Lieutenants H. R. feager, L. C. Hurd, J. T. Johnson, T. w. Blackburn, c. P. Tourtellot, T. K. Matthews, Cyrus Bettis, J. D. Summers, E. c. Whitehead, R. c. Moffat and D. r. Stace. ...