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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-09-02
YESTERDAYS RESULTS

YESTERDAYS RESULTS
New York 3; Boston o Gst).
New York 70; Boston z (2nd).
Detroit IS; Chicago S $50.
Chicako 10: Detroit 2 (2nd).
St. Louis II: Cleveland 8 (1st).
Cleveland 10; St. Louis 2 (2nd).
Washington 10; Philadelphia
Gst.
Washington a; Philadelphia
(2nd).
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-09-02

Is it a good policy to carry
both light and heavy balls or
to play around with the same
kind of ballc
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-09-02
YESTERDAYS RESULTS

Boston S: New York 4 (1st).
New York 10: Boston 2 (2nd).
Brooklyn 7; Philadelphia 2 tst.
Brooklyn 6; Philadelphia (2nd)
Pittsburgh q; Chicago 3 Gstl.
Pittsburgh S; Chicago a (2nd).
. Cincinnati 5; St. Louis o Cist).
Cincinnati 9: St. Louis 0 (2nd).
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-09-02
AMERICAN LEAGUE

SATURDAYS RESULTS
Philadelphia 19; Boston (Ist).
Philadelphia 7: Boston 2 (2ndl.
New York 2; Washington I.
Detroit 8; St. Louis 1.
Cleveland II; Chicago 6.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-09-02
Totals ..... 80 Q IL
BAR HARBOR

Easterns. .... 20 o q q 1 o 5 IL
Bar Harbor... 0 I l l 0 o.
Two base hits Johnson, Hogan.
Lynch stolen bases Bish, Thurston.
Bases on balls by Mcneil 5. by
Whitehouse 5. Struck out by Nc
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-09-02

Neil s. by Whitchouse 4. Sacrifice
hits Eoch. Johnson. Mcneil (e)
Lynch Impircs Hunter and Ganley.
Time o.10.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-09-02

Savage. Dolan, Meriwether. I'M
pires Anderson and Abbott. Time,
1:45. Attendance $500.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-09-02
YESTERDAYS SCORE
PERCENTAGE DOPE
and GAMES TODAY
NATIONAL LEAGUE

SATURDAYS RESULTS
Philadelphia Z; Boston I (fst).
Philadelphia 10; Boston 8 (2nd).
Brooklyn 8; New York 5.
Pittsburgh Il; Cincinnati 3.
Chicago 8; St. Louis I.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-09-02
SUNDAYS RESULTS

Washington 4; Now York 90 in
ninss).
ST. Louis IL; Detroit a.
Chicago 10; Cleveland I.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-09-02
SUNDAYS RESULTS

Brooklyn 8; New York 3.
Cincinnati 5: St. Louis q.
Pittsburgh 2; Chicago 0.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-09-02
TEAM STANDING
IN maine LEAGUE
LEAGUE STANDING
SATURDAYS RESULTS

Al Auousta-Aueusta 8; OidtoMn y
AZ Waterville-W atervilie 7; Eas-
terms 8.
At Bar Harbor-Lisbon Falls Z;
| Bar Harbor s.
At Great Works-P. c. r. s: Farm
inaton 2 (1sN; Pennington ?; p G.
FL (2nd).
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-09-02

TOOAY'S GAMES
New York at Boston ~.
Brooklyn at Philadelphia.
Chicago At Pittsburgh.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-09-02

TODAY'S GAMES
Boston at New York.
Detroit at Chicago.
Cleveland at St. Louis.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-09-20
Contributed Paranranhs.
Paterson Strikers Picket i'm Mass

from claiming to speak in the inter
ests Of the broad silk workers of Pat.
erson, but If the majority of weavers
vote in favor of two-loom system,
the eight-hour day, and living wages,
then we will insist that we, and not a
spurious organization controlled by
towards and poltroons, speak in the
interest of the workers of Paterson.
Bosses Are Foreign-Born.
The attempt of this group to arouse
sentiment against the organization by
resorting to plea of patriotism is utter
ly grotesque, as it reveals the fact
that this anonymous group still i'm.
AGNES the war is on, and that insipid
appeals to patriotism are substitutes
for convincing argument. Their pa
triotic plea again reminds us that pa.
triotism is the last refuge of scound.
rels."
The further amusing feature in their
appeal to patriotism and 100 per cent
Americanism, is the fact that most OF
them are themselves foreign-born. The
Associated further asserts that it is
willing to take a census of the for
eign-born workers in the ranks of the
strikers, and the foreign-born exploit
ers in the ranks of the manufacturers
where the discovery will be made that
the overwhelming majority of manu-.
facturers are also foreign-born. Prob
ably the reason that they didn't sign
their names to the communication is
because they are such pure and un.
adorned, glittering American names as
Kaufman, Haenichan, Diamond
Schottland, Aronsohn. all of which are
recognized as having come pure and
shining down the centuries from the
founders OF Jamestown, Plymoth, and
other early American colonies.
AS to the use Of out-of-town agita'
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-09-20

CONTINUED from Page IL
and four loom system would go on in
spite of Misrepresentation.
"Our one weapon used in building
this organization is educational propa-
ganda," he said.
For Open Ballot.
1.-THE Associated Silk Workers Un-
ion, to settle the problem of three and
four looms, suggests that this so-called
manufacturers organization, If it can
be located in Paterson, participate in
a referendum to be voted upon by the
silk workers of Paterson, the ballot
to be no secret, and open to all weav-
ers in the industry.
1.-THE two-loom scheme is the limit
OF human endurance for most work
ers. To impose more looms upon
them means to shorten their lives by
demanding every ounce Of energy
they possess. This terrific toll, conf
bined with low wages, brings the av-
erage human being to the point OF
collapse in few years"
THE ASSOCIATED SILK WORK.
ERs HAVE REPLIED TO THE
STATEMENT OF THE so-cALLED
BROAD SILK MANUFACTURERS
ASSOCIATION AS FOLLOWS:
A spurious organization, calling itself
the BROAD SILK MANUFACTURE
ERS' ASSOCIATION, Of Paterson, is
sued to the public press statement
on last Friday morning, setting forth
various charges against the leader
ship Of the strike Of the workers In
the broad silk mills.
This assault was unsigned, the in
dividuals responsible for 1t evidently
fearing the ludicrous position In which
they would find themselves before the
public II they dared attach their
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-09-20

names to such series of insinuations
and bare-faced lies. The charge is
made that the Associated Silk Work
ers' Union resorts to intimidation and
violence to build up its membership.
This charge is known to be false by
every one even slightly acquainted
with the principles and tactics of this
organization. Our one weapon used
in building this organization is educa.
tional propaganda for the purpose of
convincing the silk mill workers that
it is to their material interest to be-
come members of our organization.
The worker with a modicum of intel
ligence readily recognizes the advan-
tages to be gained thru affiliation with
the Associated Silk Workers.
Urge Referendum.
Probably the farthest departure
from the truth in the communication
from this fake manufacturers organ
ization is its boast that it speaks for
the vast majority Of the silk workers
of Paterson. In defending the nerve
racking three and four-loom system,
these people, who are too cowardly
to sign their name to their commune
cation, arc indulging in fantasies when
they claim to speak for even a small
majority of workers.
The Associated Silk Workers I'm
ion, in order to once and for all settle
the problem of three and four-looms
has suggested that this so-called man
ufacturers' organization. If it can be
located anywhere in Paterson, parti
cipate In a referendum to be voted up
on by the silk workers Of Paterson.
The ballot to be secret and open tc
all weavers in the industry. II the
majority of them vote in favor of the
three and four-loom system. then the
Associated SILK Workers will refrain
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-09-20
The Proper Background

Paul M. Warburg chairman OF the international
Acceptance Bank, has just returned after two
months stay in Europe. Mr.. Warburg sings the
same song that the other American financial over
lords are now singing about Europe being on the
mend
The international banker tells us that 'The Ger
man loan will go, if offered at the right moment,
with the proper backing and the proper back
ground" One is tempted to ask for the full mean
ing of these prerequisites to the success of the
German loan What does Mr.. Warburg mean by
the proper backing? And what is meant by the
proper background?
If our experience is to guide us in our conclu-
sions, then there is puzzle or mystery in the
findings of Mr.. Warburg. BY the proper backing
is undoubtedly meant the full support of the big
pest business interests which will in turn be ade-
quately backed by the entire military and naval
machinery of the United States government. Then,
by the proper background is evidently meant the
launching of a campaign to psychologist the coun-
try into accepting the American participation III
the German loan as a step in the interests OF
humanity, reconstruction, civilization, and other
high flowing, but meaningless statements.
Mr. Warburg is hopeful. He and his ilk have
reason to be hopeful. The American imperialist
interests are in the midst of gigantic drive to
tighten their grip the industries and resources
of the world But can the American workers be
hopeful? The answer is decisively The very
"proper background" that Mr.. Warburg and his
class are speaking of is the foreground for another
world war that is now being prepared. This very
"proper background" is the fertile soil in which
our exploiters are sowing the seeds of new and
more CHASTITY imperialist conflicts.
The Dawes plan, with the proper backing and
the proper background in all its devious and dark
ramifcations is the latest stage of American inn
perialist aggression. The peace of the world is
more and more at the mercy of the tightening
thongs. of our aggressive exploiters. The sooner
the working men and appropriated farmers of our
country fustrate the offensive maneuvers and man
ipulations of our capitalist class, the sooner will
the peace and security of the world be at hand.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-09-20
The Lawyers Defend Their Meal Ticket

Law, after all, is not government,
but only one of number of instru-
mentalities which make up the gov.
ernmental machine. Another instru-
mentality is brute force. Yes, force
and violence. Arbitrary use of the
police power to break up meetings,
smash strikes, silence opposition to
war, etc. Insistence upon obedience
to the law goes hand in hand with
systematic violation of the law; both
principles are co-relative features of
everyday governmental procedure.
However pure and well-intentioned
the workers may be in a clash with
their bosses, however honest they
may be, however they may strive to
keep within the law they will
never get "justice" until the govern.
mental power is in their hands. What
is the most sacred doctrine Of the
American legal system? Private prop.
erty. What is the distinguishing fea-
ture of the American democracy as
expressed in the Constitution? Scorn-
full disregard Of popular majorities.
And this is the spirit expressed with
thotful sublimation, in the admoni-
ton: Remove not the ancient land.
mark which thy fathers have Set
which was the text used by the clergy.
man making the opening prayer be
fore the Bar Association on the first
day of it's Constitution Week"
Let the lawyers pay their respects
to the Constitution! They have some.
thing to rejoice about But workers
should not be taken in. If they sup.
port the Constitution it is like support.
ing rope which is strangling them.
Two Relationships.
The proletarian dictatorship Of So
Wet Russia is an instrument Of class
rule no less than the yelled Morgan
Rockefeller dictatorship in this coun-
try, but there is an essential differ.
ence. 1t is dictatorship in the in.
terests of the workers the only useful
class in society. The class which is
repressed is the capitalist class. The
enemies of the Constitution in Russia
are the financiers and money lenders,
the former plutocrats. the old czarist
aristocrats j. the unemployed Rus
sian colleagues of the American Bar
Association.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-09-20
Britain's Coming Issue

The raving Lloyd George is again on the political
warpath. Mr.. Baldwin, spokesman of the powerful
British steel interests, is becoming ever more
threatening Unless presently unforeseen events
intervene, there is every likelihood that Great
Britain will soon have another general election
1t appears that the Liberals and Conservatives
tho not as dissatisfied with the Macdonald regime
as they first thought they would be, are preparing
to sink harpoon into its administration
The forces of British reaction are massing their
strength for an attack the recently concluded
Anglo-Soviet treaty The fact that this treaty
provides for government guarantee of the loan
that is to be foated for the Soviet Republic in
England has around the btteres ire of all sections
of the employing class The recognized spokesman
of the various capitalist groups are solidiied in
their hostility to the British government aiding
in the slightest way the fotation of Soviet loan
in England.
This mad opposition to the guarantee clause
brings to our minds significant facts When CAPT
talist government defaults it's debt payments,
the international exploiters run to its When
a working class government does not pay the bills
incurred by its predecessors thru maintaining a
gigantic machinery for expressing the working
masses, then the international bankers ostracize
and boycott this proletarian government. Witness
the difference in treatment accorded the imperialist
government of France, and the working class gov
eminent of Russia by the United States.
Also, when the capitalists lend money to the
governments of other capitalist countries it is
sumed it is a sine qua non, that these loans are
guaranteed by the governments of the creditor
capitalists. But when a loan is proposed to a
working class government, then it is the height
of folly to suggest that the government accord the
same treatment to such loan as it accords to
loans made for capitalist governments.
These incidents unmask the ugly face of CAPT
talist democracy hiding behind the British and
American parliamentary illusions. The working
class of England will welcome the issue over the
peace treaty with Russia. The Anglo-Sovet treaty
has many shortcomings We feel certain that the
coming election will make it possible for the revis
ion of this treaty that it will be far favor
able to the interests of the British and Russian
working masses.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-09-20

tors, this spurious organization Of silk
manufacturers bowls about, we mere.
ly point to the fact that these same
patriots are securing the underworld
of nearby cities in desperate effort
to obtain strike breakers for their
mills, but their efforts have thus far
not proved enticing to even pick-pock.
cts. porch-climbers, and other gang
sters that usually serve as strike
breakers in other industries. Concern.
ing the merits of this case, we feel
that they have been adequately pre-
scented to the public. There is no ar.
gument from any point of view, either
Of humanity, economics, logic, or NOR
atty, that can justify the multiple
loom system. The two-loom system is
the limit of human endurance as far
as most workers are concerned. To
impose more looms upon them means
to shorten their lives by demanding
every ounce of energy they possess.
This terrific toll, combined with low
wages, brings the average human be-
ing 10 the point or collapse in very
few years. The strikers Of Paterson
are not fighting just because the un.
ion tells them to fight, they are fight
ing because they themselves, thru
their union machinery, have decided
in a democratic manner, to challenge
the multiple-loom system and fight it
to finish. We propose to continue
this fight until the multiple loom sys
tenn has been decisively eliminated In
the silk industry of Paterson, and no
amount OF bombast or cheap bill.
ingsgate on the part of an aggraga
ton too cowardly to sign their names
will cause us to pause in this strug.
gle.
ASSOCIATED SILK WORKERS.
FRED HoELSCHER, Secretary.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-09-20
COngratulating Themselves

Many observers have attempted to estimate the
political significance of the endorsement of the
LaFollette candidacy by the Executive Council of
the American Federation of Labor. The opinions
as to the real meaning of this endorsement have
exceeded in number even those who have opined
on this question.
But one conclusion has been arrived at with prac-
teal unanimity by the various interpreters of the
present policy of the american Federation of Labor
offcialdom. This conclusion is most tersely and
clearly expressed by the Magazine of Wall Street
in editorial captioned "Labor in Politics" com
menting on the support rendered LaFollette by the
Gompers machine.
This widely-recognized spokesman for the upper
most layer of our investing class tells that the
endorsement of LaFollette by Gompers and his
crew affords no cause for uneasness to the business
interests of the country This high oracle of highest
finance informs us that the LaFollette party sis
in very small degree radical compared with cur
rent commmunistic creeds." The Magazine of Wall
Street then goes to say ut is evident that this
country has in no way to fear from such institu
tons as the American Federation of Labor. On the
whole, American business can congratulate itself
on the inherent good sense of the average Amer
lean laboring man."
This estimate of the political significance of the
GompersLa Toilette combination was written for
home consumption. 1t was penned by the select
scribblers for select set of readers consisting
primarily of those who the real works in Amer
ican finance and politics. The view expressed by
the Magazine of Wall Street about LaFollette and
Gompers is the view genuinely entertained by our
exploiting class.
Indeed, the bosses are justified in congratulate
ing themselves over the turn of events in
the labor political field eliminating in the tenn
porary disruption of the farmerlabor class move
ment by the LaFollette Gompers alliance. Not only
has our business class no fear from the bureau
cracy of the American Federation of Labor, but it
actually finds strong source of support, one of
its main props and buttresses, in the machinery Of
the American Federation of Labor, as it is now
operated and controlled by Gompers, tombstone,
Schlesinger, and the lesser lights
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-09-20
40 W. OFf ByT.L OFlahey
By T. J. O'Flqherty

pour of rain, both sides stopped fight
ing until about six O'Clock tonight,
when they went at it again" This
just about describes the social-demo-
cratic version of the class war. In
tense periods, smile and an auto
mobile ride from the plutes, and the
sham battle is stopped "by mutual
consent" Only when the masses
storm the works under Communist
banners, do the reformists get back
into the fight-on the side of the enc
mics of the working class.
John WALLSTREET DAVIS re-
- Gently made the best anarchist
speech since the death of Herr Most,
or the departure of Emma Goldmon to
overthrow the workers government of
Russia. "Shall we surrender (our per-
sonal liberty to the will of the ma
jority Of the people? Never :.
To the majority of Legislature :.
congress? Never we will ig-
more the law and declare that it has
no value or substance" John is most
concerned with the right" to rob
wage labor. Surrender? Never! And
not even then! Unless the workers
decide otherwise.
WILLIAM r. KRUSE.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-09-20

minority and they must be suppressed
constitutionally or otherwise.
The Constitution demands it! Thus,
like good lawyers, reason the mem
bers of the American Bar Association.
John MarshalI's Work.
Lawyers have always been given the
job Of interpreting" the Constitution
for the capitalists, anyway. The first
lawyer to take this task seriously was
John Marshall, chief justice of the SUI
preme Court from 1901 to 1885. Mar.
shall was a dyed-in-the-wool Federal
list, the direct representative of the
privileged classes; and his whole work
was to keep the power in the hands
of those classes. One of his first
steps was to set a precedent giving the
Supreme Court the right to declare
acts of Congress unconstitutional! By
a long series of judicial decisions, he
helped to make the Constitution a
bulwark against progress.
Fifty enough, the A. B. A. will de-
vote an entire day to studying "the
services of John Marshall in making
the Constitution the supreme law of
the land"
1t is only natural that lawyers, for
all their drivel about "a government
Of laws and not of men," should be
precisely the ones to maintain in prac-
tice that the letter of the law has
nothing to do with Law and Order
The lawyers know their trade. And
they know that the essence of legalism
is simply defense of the ruling class
Part of the Constitution is actually
unwritten and it serves just as, well
as the rest. The whole Constitution
is as elastic as the famous Elastic
Clause.
This is why the various hirelings Of
the plutocrats can laud the Constitu-
ton to the skies because of it's liberal
Free Speech Clause, and in the same
breath bitterly denounce, as "subvers-
i've" all those who presume to speak
freely. 1t is why a highly-placed
crook like Albert B. Fall or Harry M.
Daugherty can fume against "law-
breaking radicals. without any
one honestly feeling any inconsis-
tency. The only ultimate test of the
legality of an act is it's effect on the
interests of the dominant social group
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-09-20

touching rather too touching
For instance, on September IL, they
discussed the so-called Bill Of Rights
of the Constitution, which is supposed
to provide for religious freedom, free
dom Of speech, freedom Of the press
and freedom of public assembly. What
they will discuss on the six other days
of Constitution Week" will be men
toned later on.
When corporation lawyers and pros
ecuting attorneys and judges talk
about free syeech it is time to sus-
pect something. In every single state
in the union, workers are languishing
in Jail because they dared to speak
their minds. Does the Bar Associa-
ton propose that these men be freed?
Does it propose that no more meet
ings be broken up, no more labor
presses destroyed, no more soapbox-
ers arrested? Does it? Everybody
knows the answer.
Berrien County Case.
Over thirty states have enacted
Criminal Syndicalist" and "Sedition"
laws, largely thru the active co-opera-
ton of the Bar Association. Practi-
cally all of these laws are unconstitu-
tional. In Berrien County, Michigan,
in the summer of 1922, a convention
of the Communist Party was raided,
in defiance of the constitutional guar
antee of free assembly, and G. e.
lRuthenberg is now appealing from
conviction, and the Bar Association
is lined up openly with the prosecu-
ton. What is the Constitution among
lawyers! except during Con
stitution Week"
Free Speech for Communists in Am
erica!, the slogan issued by the Labor
Defense Council, defending the Michi-
gan Cases, was not urged in the Sep
TENDER IL exercises. That wouldn't
fit in with the lawyers plans at all.
Indeed the idea is to launch an Of
fensive against the Communists. 1t
is written into the program that on
September 10, the juridicial admirers
of the Constitution will consider
means Of curbing Communism and
organized Minorities." 1t would ap-
pear that organized minorities are a
danger to our fundamental code; any
way the Communists are an organized