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The Washington times., 1924-09-01

movies together doing any Of the other delightful things
which carefree young girl finds to do with carefree
young boy And almost before she knew she head
heels in love with him And wondering when he ask
her marry him. But he didn't ask her marry him. He
kept right being crazy about her and taking her and
getting furious if she looked at any eebut he didn't
ask her to marry him.
Then night just after she d back from going to
the movies with him. the phone rang And there was his
wife, calling her every she could think of She seen
them coming out of the movies togeher-had him
when he got home-hed confessed everything For fifteen
minutes the wife told Constance what she thought of
who try to break up another womans home and
steal her husbands love- She would be telling her yet
Constance hadn't hung up her. And COMFY wants
that declared for Numbering Males and camors
for a law which WILL COMPEL ALL MARRIED MEN TO
WEAR NOSE RINGS
What do think of that scheme Constance9 think it's
flat tire The law which really needed which would
yKins
The Washington times., 1924-09-01
WORDS FROM THE LIPS OF WISE MEN

HE who has found life full Of interest has found
himself
Vanity is able machine it operates to benevolence
Those necessarily the greatest virtues which are most
useful to Others Justice, Courage Moderation Magnanim
ty, Mberality Gentleness, Reasonableness, Wisdom.
The Washington times., 1924-09-01

o well for him whose will is strong!
He suffers, but he will not suffer long!
He suffers. but he cannot suffer wrong.
'-Tennyson.
The Washington times., 1924-09-01

CONSTANCE wants the government to
declare an open season for Shooting
~ Males She's all prepared to bag the
limit on opening day. Constance isn't nat
urally a blood-thirsty female. She's little
and blond and confiding. She has, in fact, all
the markings Of an A No. Clinging Vine.
That's how the trouble started. Her trusting
nature trusted once too often, and when she
answered the phone his wife was on the
other end.
They worked in the same office and she
Thought he was only boy" 1t never
seemed to occur to Constance that even boy
can pull off some pretty slick tricks. So she
didn't think there was anything wrong in
going to lunch with him or meeting him in
front of The Fmnorium and OoinO tn the
The Washington times., 1924-09-01

Perfect taste the faculty of receiving the greatest
possible pleasure from those material which
ractve to moral nature in its purity and perfection
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-08-02

The insurgent or "outlaw" move
ments of the Illinois miners in 1920,
the railroad outlaw or wild cat"
strike in 1920, the Printers Vacation
Movement in New York in 1919 and
the New York Web Pressman's strike
in 1923 are vividly outlined. In each
instance Miss Kopald points out
plainly how the outlaw" or insurgent
walkouts had their basis in bread and
butter needs. The bread question in
each case was acute. The needs Of
the workers were obvious-even to
the tabor leaders" Only spark
was needed to touch off the seething
discomfort; and comparatively minor
incidents, such as unjust fines (Tom
Mooney penalty fine in Illinois), dis
charge of workers, Carey Printing
Company in New York; ETC., did pro-
woke the struggles which swiftly de-
veloped into struggles against the
bureaucracy and tyrannical despo-
tism of the labor officials and their,
the labor leaders aids, the govern
ment and the employing class.
AS these insurgent strikes spread
and brought thousands Of workers
into the ranks of the rebelsous mem
bers (such as in Illinois) or brought
out the entire organization such as
the New York Web Freshmen, the in,
surgents learned that they not only
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-08-02
in Labor Unions

had to face the employing class.
They discovered, to their dismay, but
increasing knowledge, that they had
to meet the enemy within the I'M
ions, their leaders" These capital
list tabor" leaders invoked the aid
of the employing class and the local,
state and national governmental ag-
.encies. Thugs, gunner, spies, expul-
sions met the insurgents on every
hand. This was the democracy Of
the unions and rank and file rule.
These revolts of the miners, rail
road workers and printers are signif-
cant, first in their similarity in ORR
gin, and, second, in their suppress
sions. These unofficial walkouts were
unorganized. Patience and suffering
had reached the point of revolt re-
CARELESS of consequences to the men.
The Union leadership suppressed
these revolts with an iron hand. The
insurgents were met at all times with
cries of Unconstitutionalism," Dol
sheviks" and the usual TRADE of
abuse, besides physical opposition.
Revolts in unions have taken place
many times in the past. They are
taking place in Europe and more will
come in America. But revolts in the
past and revolts now have a different
meaning. Even as has taken place
Continued on page ~
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movement, the unions have become
governments and woe to any militant
or oppressed and discouraged rank
and filler who dares to question the
authority of the bureaucrat, labeled
labor leader. The labor misleaders
have become separated from the
membership economically, in environ
ment, in thought.
Unions exist primarily to conduct a
struggle, class struggle, against the
employing class for better wages, con-
ditions of labor. etc. But the labor
unions in America today are not class
institutions. There are. two class in
situations. There is the working class
membership and then there is the
leadership, alphabetically minded
and alphabetically placed economic
ally. A leadership which is heart and
soul with the capitalist class, whom ii
must pretend to fight But in this
book, Kopald by citation of facts, by
statements and actions of the alleged
labor leaders themselves, Berry, Far
rington, ct al, shows how even the
pretense of defense of workers in the
unions has been eliminated and the
bureaucratic and fake leadership has
gone over completely and without any
misgiYings into the camp of the EN-
ploying class. 1t is class collabora
ton with a vengeance.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-08-02

A REVIEW MARTIN ABE2N.
rebellion in Labor Unions" dem
onstrates most clearly how closely
the official leaders of the American
labor movement are tied in every way
to the capitalist class How and why
the leadership in the labor unions is
separated from the rank and file is
graphically pictured as Miss Kopald
in simply written but brilliant chap
ters outlines four major outlaw
strikes in recent years.
The leaders have a vested interest
in the unions and this cuts into the
very heart of the organizations, pre-
sumably fighting bodies for the bet
torment of the conditions of the
workers. This book proves one thing,
if it proves nothing else: that the
American Labor Leaders," Earring
ton, Gompers, Lewis, Lee, Berry and
others are intensely interested in the
welfare of the employers and just as
inversely in that Of the rank and file
of the labor unions.
The long tenure in Office of the
Tabor leaders" has resulted in strong
machines being formed and these ma
chimes have inevitably produced bu
reaucracies and other oligarchic fea
lures. Under the leadership Of these
agents of capitalism in the labor
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-08-02
Continued from page A.

Continued from page a
ground that Farrington's spies might
be present and learn something in adj
vance about the fights we intended to
make in the convention. This atti-
tude is erroneous. 1t is the result OF
overcaution and too much concern
for immediate legislative and techni-
cal victories. Moreover; it represents,
to a certain extent, an unconscious
yielding to the position of the reac-
tIUndry UIuOxnIo wru atervtsE'ssssy HSoO-- .
any attempt to organize the rank and
file against them. This question goes
much deeper than appears at first
glance. The failure to organize the
left wing delegates at the convention
into a fighting body, If carried to its
logical conclusion, would lead to the
failure to organize the left wing fore
es thruout the union. 1t means Civ
ing up, under pressure Of the official
dom, the right to organize the Trade
Union Educational League. Don't
make a mole hill into mountain, =
is a good maxim; but it is just as
good if we turn it around and say to
the comrades who are willing to con-
cede this small point: Don't make
a mountain into a mole hill" If we
are making serious fight to break
the control of the trade union bureau
cracy we must nor neglect to organ
ize our troops.
Our fight for the conquest of the
union is at bottom fight to organize
the rank and file workers together
with us on the basis of the class
struggle. Therefore, they must be
enlightened as to our aims and plans
Conventions should be regarded as
the best occasions to advance this
process. The conventions afford us
the opportunity of coming into close
contact with rank and file delegates
of combating by discussion and ar
gument their prejudices and miscon
ceptions, and of uniting them with III
into an organized body to fight fol
the regeneration Of the labor move
ment. The left wing caucus is neces
sary for this work.
1t is far more important to us if WI
get acquainted with ten new worker
and make them part of the organ
lied fight, than if we pass dozel
resolutions in the convention by al
accidental majority.
I The conscious support of the work
ers is what we want We are fight
ing for their minds and hearts. d.
not forget that, comrades. The OF
ficialdom GAN turn our best resolu
tions into Scraps Of paper. They cal
retain Office by stealing elections. bu
they can not take away from us tn
workers we have won over to on
way of thinking and fighting. Tn
officials can maintain themselves i
power, for a time. by thousan
tricks and fraudulent practices. Blu
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-08-02

once we have won the masses over
to our side, we can snap our fingers
at them. The control of the unions
means for us the control of the
masses. This, and this alone, will
insure our final victory.
Communists and Union Offices.
l want to pass over now to another
question which will become more
and more important as our strength
develops in the trade unions. 1t has
confronted us already a number of
times. That is the question Of COM
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becoming candidates for Office. This
may become one of our greatest
dangers, and one of the greatest
sources of corruption of party mem
bers, if we do not properly estimate
this question and take a resolute
stand on it at the very beginning.
In the discussions which took place
here today, we heard the remark
made by one of the comrades that
our struggle in the unions is a
struggle for strategic positions. This
is one-sided view and il we allow
it to stand alone. we will fall into a
Lserious error We must adopt the
point of view that our struggle is a
struggle to develop the class con-
seriousness of the rank and file work
ers and to win them over to the prin-
Iciple Of the revolutionary struggle
against Capitalism under the leader
l.ship of our Party. 81
If we will connect the fight for stra-
tegic positions with this broad politi
cal aim and subordinate it to this aim,
we will be on safe ground. Other
wise, we will be confronted with the
spectacle of Party members regarding
the fight for Office as an end in itself;
of evading or putting aside questions
of principle with which the masses
are not familiar; of scheming and cal
culating too closely in order to gel
into Office. OF course the comrades
4 will justify all this on the ground thai
once they get into Office they will be
able to do big things for the Party
But quite often we will be apt to fine
the very comrades who adopt thi:
method of getting into Office falling
into the habit of continuing it in ordel
to hold the Office. They will thereby
degenerate into mere offce-holderI
and office-hunters. They will lose thu
confidence and respect of the militan
rank and file workers. and our Party
which stands responsible for them
will have its prestige greatly injured
Strategic positions, however, ar,
very important and we must not TAX
doctrinaire view in regard to them
The opinion expressed here by on
comrade that men become petty bouI
geois in their interests and outiool
as soon as they are elected to offic.
and that, therefore. we should hav
nothing to do with office. is not col
rect 1t is true that Official position
! especially in the American trade uT
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-08-02

ion movement, has led many men in
the past to corruption and betrayal OF
the workers, but that does not say
that communists must be corrupted.
We have to hold the conception that
true Communist can go anywhere
the party sends him and do anything,
and still remain a Communist-still
remain true to the working class.
Comrade Lenin was an official. He
had more power than Frank Earring
ton, but he did not become like Frank
Harrington. The guarantee against
oo.r~rtiesa- 90 P~rts, s.asnabers who be-
come officials is that they remain
close to the party and that they base
their fight for Office on the support of
the rank and file for the policy of the
class struggle. and do not become too
Iexpedient and too "clever'-do not
try to "sneak" into Office by soft-ped-
alling and pussy-footing on questions
of principle which may be unpopular,
but which Communists, nevertheless,
are duty-bound to stand for.
a Party OF struggle.
|. Our Party is a party of rank and
file revolutionary workers, Party of
revolutionary struggle against capital
ism and all its works, and we expect
comrades who are put into official po-
Isitions to retain that fundamental con-
lception and carry it out in all their
official work. They must not allow
themselves to be Influenced by their
positions into an attitude of overcau-
ton. Above all, they must not &C
quire an official" psychology, and fail
to do their duty by the Party for fear
of jeopardising their positions. We
do not put Communists into office in
order that they may do less for the
Party, but more.
The atmosphere of American trade
union officialdom is fetid one. 1t is
permeated thru and thru with Gus
toms and traditions Of a non-prole
tartan character. Take care, you
comrades who become officials, that
you do not sink into this swamp. Re
| AAAChADCA Oh eAob JOu "a . ~OAAA
munists and hold on to your rebe
Communist spirit. Do not succumb t.
the customs and traditions of Office
developed by the agents of the bour
geoisie, who have fastened themselves
upon the labor movement in oficia
positions, but take your own revolu
tionary ethics and customs with you
Party Discipline.
The question of Party discipline be
comes ESPECIALLY important in con
nection with comrades in official posi-
tions. Comrades so situated must til
themselves closely to the Party, max
themselves one with it, and regar'
the Party always as their best friend
The close union Of Communist off
, cial with the Party will be the bes
guarantee that he will be able to re
tain his revolutionary point of vie,
: and do his duty by the working class
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-08-02
Our Aims and Tactics in the Trade Unions

The Party expects even more discip-
line to be shown by comrades who
become officials and leaders than by
other members of the party. 1t does
not fear even the biggest officials who
go against the decisions of the Party
and follow a policy in conflict with it.
Comrades who hold Offices, no matter
how important they may be, cannot
act as independent individuals with
out being called to order by the Party.
The Test of Our Work.
We can sum up the whole question
IN few words. We are not Pro
gressives, but Revolutionists. Our
role in the trade union movement is
TO organize the masses for the prole-
tarian revolution and to lead them in
the struggle for it. All of our daily
work must be related to this, and
|subordinated to itkThe test of our
work can never be made by formal
victories on paper, but by the develop
ment Of class consciousness in the
ranks of the workers, the degree OF
their organization on that basis and
the increasing influence and leadership
Of our Party. Strategic positions in
the labor movement are of importance
chiefly from the standpoint Of enabl-
ing the Party to advance and develop
it's work of revolutionizing the masses.
Let us be shrewd and practical by
oil MAINS af nc 1aorr, hour fr, s,noaf
every question that arises in the I'M
ion, in a realistic and businesslike
manner. Let us become experts in
the daily work of the unions, and in
maneuvering for strategic positions,
but let us also remember always the
danger of degenerating into mere pro-
Active unionists, especially those
who hold Office, are beset by thous-
and temptations to turn aside from
the road of the class struggle. Only
their close union with the Party will
enable them to overcome these temp
tations. With the assistance OF the
Party they will learn how to serve
the workers in the daily struggle and
to connect all their activity with the
task Of leading the masses toward
the final revolution. They will learn
how to measure their progress at
every step, not by formal victories on
paper, but by the development of the
class consciousness of the workers
and the influence of the Party. by the
extent to which their activity inspires
the workers with that spirit of deter
mined struggle, which is the spirit Of
communism.
Many difficulties will confront us in
the task we have undertaken, but,
with the assistance of the Party and
the International, we will solve them
all. We will win over the masses to
the side OF Communism; we will wrest
the labor movement from the hands
OF the agents of the bourgeoisie and
convert them into mighty instruments
for the proletarian revolution
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1924-05-11
SCREEN SIDES
| ON FORD TRUCK
Also Canopy Top Supplied
AS Equipment On New
One-Ton Job

Screen slides and canopy top are
now being supplied by the Ford Motor
company as additional equipment for
the new Ford one-ton truck equipped
with all-steel body and cab.
Since its Introduction few months
ago, the new Ford haulage unit has
steadily gained in, popularity among
truck users throughout the country.
With the addition OF screen sides and
canopy top its utility is greatly extend
ed and the uses to which it may be
adapted become wider than ever, includ-
ing most every delivery service demand.
The screen sides. which are Of heavy
mesh in strong frames, are securely
bolted to the cab and body. The top
is covered with weather-proof material,
similar material being used for side
and end curtains, which are rolled up
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1924-05-11
WHAT is DOLLAR
WORTH TODAY?

Taking 1913 as a normal year with
4 dollar worth one hundred cents, what
il the purchasing power of the dollar
scday? Here are n few figures made
10 by the Prest-O-Lite company, Inc,
which show an interesting comparison
as to the actual return in goods we get
for our dollar.
The dollar spent for building a house
gets 1880 value in return. The hard
earned greenback that you spend for
clothes gives you only 51.Sc worth of
raiment. For furniture you get only
53.4c worth in comparison to the
amount you got in 1913. You get COO
worth of shoes for your dollar.
But with automobiles and auto
mobile supplies you fare better Case
line gives you $1.01 worth for dollar.
For the dollar you put into tires you
get $1.23 value in return.
Prest-O-Lite batteries give you 81 .6S
return. Think of it, Csc more battery
worth than you are actually paying
for.
Here's the explanation as given by
Mr.. Richardson of Live Wire Battery
Service Of this city. The automobile
Industry was comparatively young in
1918 and scientific production was not
as yet established. The market was
as yet unstable and quantity produc-
ton was just beginning. Today the
large institutions are ON a stable pro-
duction and, standardized basis and are
thus able to manufacture high quality
products to sell at a comparative value
that is much lower. The Prest-O-Lite
organization manufactures thousands of
batteries today of highest quality. That
Is the reason Prest-O-Lite is able to
give you actually more than. your
moneys worth"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1924-05-11
new WOCO Club
CONTEST BEGUN
WOfford Dealers Strive
For Membership
And Prizes

A second "Woco Club Contest" SINH
Lar to the one which preceded the cele-
bration of the sixth anniversary of
Woco Pep by the Wofford Oil CON-
pany, has been announced by the com
pany for the month of May, and the
Wofford dealers have already begun ac-
tive campaigning for membership in
the club and, the cash prizes offered.
The contest started May ], and will
end with the close of business May 81,
and all Woco dealers who have passed
their sales quotas at that time will win
membership in the Woco club, the fun
making organization of the Wofford
company. as well as numerous cash
prizes.
The previous "Woco Club contest
and the organization of the company s
fun-making club at the birthday ban
duet has attracted national attention,
according to officials of the company
During the last contest 80 of the Woco
Peppers passed their quotas and were
initiated into the club and those who
did not win membership at that time
are determined to get in during the
present contest. Those who have
previously won membership in the club
will be awarded extra cash prizes
should they win during the present con-
test.
The Woco loving cup, which was won
BY Hern's Terminal Station during the
last contest, will be contested for again
during the present contest, and f. Il.
Horn and Wallace Duran, present
holders, will attempt to win the second
Of the three legs necessary to retain
permanent possession of the trophy.
Plans for the contest have been worked
out in detail under the supervision of
O. FL. Armstrong, sales manager of the
company, and local motorists have
evinced great deal of interest in the
efforts of their favorite "Woco Pep
pers' to win the prizes.
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Wen concede the permanent popu-
Iarity Of Nah Jong when We find some
Of the garage hands sneaking half
hour or so to indulge in it beneath the
basement stems.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1924-05-11
ROMANCE is GONE IN TURKEY
American Consul At Ang0ra Finds One
Harem A Home For Aged

Ah0ACiH n k1OiiiC TUT {AEOu s
Americans who still think of Turkey
as romantic land where men spend
their time principally reclining on lux
urious cushions while the beautiful
women of their harems dance, sing and
display their charms, should stay at
home and continue reading The Ara
bian Knights" A trip to the storied
realms of the Near East would blast
their pleasant delusions, says the st.
Paul Dispatch.
According to Maynard Barnes, for
merly of st. Paul, now American consul
at Angora, Turkey. the vivid harem life
which once characterized Turkey has
vanished. Mr.. Barnes recently visited
st. Paul.
In two years in the consular service
in Turkey, Mr.. Barnes declared, he has
found only one real harem. The lord
and master of that was 80 years old.
and he had four wives-''beautifu
houris" they would be called in fic-
ton. All the romance was removed
from even this one harem, however, by
the fact that the youngest of the
"houris" was IS years old.