davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-03-03
IRON WORKERS
LEADER SPEAKS
TO LABOR BODY
Mcnamara Indicted on
Trumped Up Charge

J. ]. Mcnamara, former secretary
Of the International Union OF Bridge
and Structural Iron Workers was
cordially received by the delegates to
the Chicago Federation of Labor yes
terday, when he was given the floor
to explain the campaign now being
carried on against him and the struc-
tural iron workers in indianapolis, by
the state and the employers associa-
tions.
Mcnamara is now business agent of
the indianapolis local of the iron
workers union and IS under indict-
ment on a charge Of blackmail. The
only truth in the Indictment Mona
mara explained, was that he approach
ed employers with the request that
members of his organization be en-
ptUyed on classification of work to
which the organization was entitled
First OF its Kind.
The employers boast that this IL
the first time such an indictment has
ever been voted in the United States
and if they are successful in convict
ing Mcnamara, it will give the bosses
another legal weapon with which to
fight the workers. The Chicago local
of the iron workers voted to support
Mcnamara in his fight and pledged
financial assistance. The local sent a
letter to the Chicago Federation of
CONTINUE on Page p
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-03-03
Hughes Suffers Defeat.

What the for this change Of front By American I'm
peraism?
the negoiations7
Wilson policy rabd hatred
into the Hardinocodge ad
nsraOn suffered political defeat the hands Of Senator
Coolidge
following recognition for Itself
Coolidge afford ALLEVIATE this which 5oh
leads.
fasy the Hughes
aetonary
cotton plantation competitors for the Russian
and their
the docon Of the American textile industry
because of Increasing Chinese competition.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-03-03
.''THEY MUST NOT.
DIE!" CRY HEARD
in MANY LANDS
Many Sacco VGnzetti
Meetings in U. S. A.

The protest Of the workers against
the continued imprisonment Of Nicola
Saeeo and Bartolomeo Vanzetti, now
facing death In Massachusetts, in la
boris cause, rang thru the world yes
terday.
Led by the Third (communlst) In
ternatlonaI the workers voiced their
protest against the frame-up Of the
two trade union organizers.
At meetings conducted by the Com
munists in all the principal countries
Of the world, the working class speak
ers declared that "Sacco and Van
zetti Must Not DE-" and rallied the
workers to fight against the onslaught
of the capitalist courts against the
organized workers.
Big Meeting in Chicago
The Sacco and Vanzetti meeting in
Emmett Memorial Hall, Chicago cheer
ed William F. Dunno, editor Of the
DAILY WORKER, Jack tombstone,
secretary Of the Trade Union Educat-
ional League, and speakers represent
ing the Industrial Workers of the
World and other labor organizations.
Mass Meetings were held in New
York, Pittsburgh, Boston, where Ben
jamin Gitlow was the principal speak
err, Cleveland, Ohio, where Robert
Minor, Communist speaker, writer
and cartoonist spoke, Warren, Ohio,
Hartford, Waterbury and New Haven,
Conn. Detroit, Mich, and many other
cities.
Huge demonstrations were schedul-
ed to take place in Paris. Rome, Ber-
lin, London, and the principal indus
trial centers and cities of Europe, as
we'll as thruout Soviet Russia.
Prisoners Of the Class War
"Sacco and Vanzetti are in Jail be-
cause there is class struggle" Dun
ne told the several hundred. enthus-
Iiastic workers VINO crowded the hall
"They symbolic the fate that the
capitalist class would visit on every
fighting worker" sA n
America is the land of the free and
the home of the brave" said Ralph
Chaplin sarcastically, "If you don't
believe it, read the capitalist press.
We can't blame our bourgeois friends
who are not working for the release
of Sacco and vanzetti. They think
Continue on Page p
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-03-03
RUSSIAN COMMUNIST
NEWSPAPER GREETS
The DAILY WORKER
Especial to The Daily work.r)

Especial to The Daily Worker)
kIEV, Russia, March THE
DAILY WORKER has received the
following letter from the "ProIe-
tarskaya Pravda," the Russian Com
munist newspaper published In
kiev, Ukraine. The letter conqra-
tuIates the DAILY WORKER on the
first anniversary Of its initial pubIl-
cation. II says:-- 80
Dear Comrades,
am glad to thank you for the
DAILY WORKER, which we began
to receive some days ago, and con-
graduate you on the first annIvers-
airy Of your paper. May II live and
become the paper Of all the work
ers OF America.
VIII you be so good as to send
US 1.-THE Workers MonthIy"--aIl
issues Of 1924 and the recent issues.
As to our paper, 1.-THE Proletarsa-
va Pravda" we are now sending II
to your office. Best greetings.
Your for Communism,
(sIgned) M. zoLoN."
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-03-03
in GERMAN reich
Spokesman of Capital
ism ShOw Their Regrets

Especial to The DAILY WoRKER.)
BERLIN, March f-Frederlek Ebert
president of the imperial German So
claIlst republic, died Saturday morn
ing after short illness following an
operation to remove his appendix.
Ebert's death may be followed by
a political crisis as the nation is al
ready torn with class struggles and
reeking with graft scandals is which
Ebert himself was alleged to have
been involved
Baldwin Sends Regrets.
The tory government of Britain has
sent its official regrets and Coolidge
president of the capitalist republic of
United States, cabled his regrets, as
did Secretary of State Hughes, who
said in part:
Il have the most agreeable mem
DRY of President Ebert, having been
received by him while I was in Ber-
lin, where l formed a high opinion of
his great ability and the part he
played in the development of Ger
man democracy since the war"
Among other condolences arriving
from capitalist governments was one
from Mussolini of fascist Italy, and
accompanying 1t was a message in
the name of the pope from the papal
secretary of state. SO far as known,
the Soviet government has omitted
both flowers and regrets.
Regrets Are Real.
That these regrets for the passing
of the well-known social-democrat are
real and have a profound foundation
in the conduct of Ebert and the
whole social democracy during and
since the war, is seen in the fear of
international capital that Ebert's
death may precipitate an election in
which the rising Communist vote may
disturb the right wing majority in
the reichstag and interfere with the
workings of the Dawes plan, which
Ebert's regime had imposed upon the
German workers.
While Ebert's son and social-demo-
cratic cronies are striving to picture
Ebert as having been "hounded to
death" by his political enemies, these
point out that the alleged worry he
was supposed to have suffered has
Continue on Page p
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-03-03

diplomacy China and the Far East
railway Soviet the
peoples OF
10 the of
half saohaIn Island given
policy Standard oil interests from that
policy Of trade with Soviet
successful military resistance Of the
between American and British
additional oil from the
rich stores of the Baku region.
the American capitalists into European affairs
hitherto unknowne pan the huge leans to France
economic penetration Of the vassal states
allied debts 70
established with Soviet Russia.
Coolidge will role
hbted
the American
to
that capitalism
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-03-03
British Business Men
Show Eagerness to Do
Business with Russia

MOSCOW, March L. As reported
from London, the British government
has been approached by group of
industrialists belonging to the con-
servative party and interested in do
ing business with the Soviet Union.
with a request that the report of the
British representative at Moscow on
the social and economic conditions in
the U. S. S. r. be published by the
government, and also that the latter
send commission to Russia for an
impartial study of the situation"
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-03-03
War Head Says He
Censors and Alters
Reports of Officers

WASHINGTON, D. c., March L.
Secretary of War Weeks admitted on
the stand before the aircraft congress
sional investigating committee, that
he censored reports of army officers
before allowing them to be printed. 81
wanted to be sure nothing was printed
that would cause disturbance" Weeks
said. Weeks also admitted that re-
ports of officers were frequently held
up year before being made public.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-03-03


their devotion to the working class.
German Is Chairman.
"The cause for Communism cannot
be crushed" said the chairman of the
meeting, Comrade Dave German. 1--WE
are abolitionists and you know now
what Garrison, John Brown and many
others received from the ruling class.
I'VE are expounding principles
which are more painful to the idlers
to the parasites, than the abolition
lists of the past. inasmuch as they
fought for reforms, changing from
chattle slavery to wage slavery, while
we are aiming to abolish all forms Of
slavery" .oo3
Bush penounees c. S. Law
Comrade Rushs In his speech on
what criminal syndicalism laws mean
to the workers Of this country, point
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-03-03

the coal barons greed and in
dustrial feudalism for the dig
gers.
The operators in Illinois and
Indiana, where the union has
not yet reached the level at
which the coal barons wish it
to be before opening the attack,
have not joined openly in the Of
fensive.
They have not accepted the invita-
ton to attend the Cleveland confer
ence, tho they admitted that the
movement had deep interest for
them. 1t is understood that they are
heavy contributors to the financial
pool which is backing the conspiracy.
The Plan of Attack.
The Ohio and western Pennsylvania
operators are expected to declare
a suspension of coal mining i'm
mediately after the Cleveland meet
ing, unless a more cautious policy
prevails. Should the original inten-
ton be adopted, the mines would be
opened after April 1, on a strictly non-
union basis. The miners will be Of
fered the 1917 wage scale which
means rs per cent cut.
The initiators of the open shop
drive were among the first to sign the
Jacksonville agreement which was
hailed by John L. Lewis as one Of
the greatest victories in the history
of the miners' union. The operators
signed with their tongues in their
cheeks and were awaiting an oppor-
tunity to break the agreement. Their
excuse now is, that non-union coal is
driving the union operators out of the
market, and unless the union agrees
to a wage scale that will enable them
to compete with the non-union opera
tors, they will be obliged in the in
terests of self-preservation to- break
with the union.
Owned BY Same interests.
It happens that the non-union mines
are owned by the same interests that
own the union mines. Very cleverly,
the coal operators exploited the Ken
lucky and West Virginia bituminous
fields until the production was suffi-
GENTLY heavy to supply the market in
the event of strike for a period long
enough to insure victory for the coal
barons. A progressive labor leader
ship would have thwarted this danger
by throwing the entire weight of the
organization into the unionization of
the scab pits. But this was the last
thing that occurred to Lewis who had
his hands full expelling honest and
courageous leaders like Howat, Nc
Lachlan and Macdonald from office
and from the United Mine Workers
Continued on page p
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-03-03
Recognize Russia!

~TATEMENT recognition the Central
- Of the Workers (communs Party.
Secretary State Hughes has been followed by
administration will
will be
Russian workers
powerful nation
impending lie
significance for
working international revolutionary
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-03-03
Mine B.arons Open
Big Offensive On
Union Coal Miners

The entering wedge of The gigantic open shop oens
waged against the lga 7zsd workers in this country
inserted into the western earsvana and Ohio sectors
United Mine Workers Of America, when the operators of
those sections of the group Of 50 coal states known the
central competitive field arranged for meeting to be held in
Cleveland Friday, which pans will be made looking
the smashing of the miners uno and eventually placing
the coal mining industry strictly non-union basis
high pitch of optimism the rapid advance
movement in the coal industry within the
years operators Pennsylvania feel that this
the opportune the that
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-03-03
Traction Lines
Run Down Under
Bankers Control

The annual report of the Chicago
surface lines, just made public, dis
closes that under the mis-management
of Samuel insult and the bankers con-
trolling the lines. net receipts were
s1.3Os, 700 less during the year ending
Jan. 81, 1925, than the preceding year.
The report declared that 100000
fewer passengers were carried in 1924
than in 1928.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-03-03

ed out the reason why IL is that the
Workers (CommunisD Party is now
bearing the brunt Of persecution.
He showed that It is the duty of
the workers to support and defend
the Communists for In defending the
Continued on page 81
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-03-03
DECREASED INDUSTRIAL ACTIVITY
In EAST HITS TOTAL OF WAGES

PHILADELPHIA March 1pecreased Industrial
falling off Of 25
Of Philadelphia
employment
declined
In IA
employed and Of 2s
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-03-03
Vienna Bakers to Strike.

VIENNA, March 1.-The bakers Of
this city threaten general strike If
their demand for ten per cent in
crease in wages is not granted.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-03-03
insurance. COMPANY WENT BROKE
BACKING BOSSES IN STRIKES

YORK. March Employers
corporation policy holders nsuns against strike
refused Tbsrs big publishing plants the
beats -.~t ~
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-03-03
WORKERS IN CALIFORNIA FIGHT II
THE CRIMINAL SYNDICALIST.LAWS;
CHEER FOR CLASS WARfVICTIMS
BY S. GLoBERMAN>
Especial 10 The Daily Worker)

LOS ANGELES March IA successful protest meeting
held
h
The crowd enthusiastically demonstrated opposion
Justify Ruhnberg, all
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-03-03

u. go. Tvs
I. ! .';' u; a; y: e BERT
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-03-03

THE BRITISH house of commons
by vote Of 27O to 101 appropri.
atod over s1OO,OOO.OOO for the biggest
air feet In the world. Even the pa.
cifists are no longer certain that the
last world war was indeed the last.
CONTINUED on Page 81
The Washington times., 1925-11-21
Hold Shows

Announcement is made from
the executive offices Of the Gran
dali Theaters in the Metropolitan
Theater building that special
holiday matinees win be given in
all of>the CrandalI houses on
Thursday, November &c, Thanks
giving Day. BY reason Of the
fact that a majority Of the Gran
dali Theater pursue the regular
policy Of presenting daily matt
nees. this means additional per-
formances only at Carndall's Am
bassador, Savoy, York, Apollo and
Home Theaters.
The Washington times., 1925-11-21

Erich Won Stroheim has such q
passion for realism that his stor-
les always have basis Of truth
no matter how fictional they may
seem.
Paradoxically. this man. who has
one of the most vivid Vaccinations
providing entertainment to the
public. cannot function unless his
material is founded on fact.
Practically. all of the stories he
has written and then filmed have
concerned characters Won Stroheim
has known. and have included sit
uations that were actual happen
ings he witnessed during his life
on the Continent.
This.holds true for the stories Of
Blind Husbands" 1.-THE Devils
Passkey," which was founded on
an idea Of Baroness De Meyers,
Foolish Wives" and the story as
Go-Round." Both the characters
and the situations may have been
exaggerated for the purpose of
drama. but most Of them had a
firm foundation Of reality. Won
0LTOuclNl . HudSlAdLAOA WIN ON VA
knitting together the uncorrelated
characters and situations.
Although the story of 1.-THE Mer-
ry Widow" Won Stroheim's Metro
Goldwyn- Mayer production which
opens second week at Loew's Col.
umbia tomorrow. is a modern YER
sion of tho famous stage play. the
material necessary to transpose it
usually is also based on truth.
The situations leading up to the
familiar incidents Of the romantic
stage play are slight paraphrases
The Washington times., 1925-11-21
THE PLAY CALENDAR

OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES Griffith Il
classified,
PALACE-I.On cnaney IN This Tower
RIALTo Bert LytelI IN sporting
Life =
CoIUaIBIA-Mas Murray = .'Ths
TTVoIi-HsrOid Lloyd IN 'The
freshman
AMBASSADORS corinne GrIffitht -
classified"
CENTRAI.-aAmeri Pluck"
COMING NOV. so
seventh Heaven.
KETTHS-Adelaide Hughes; FRANKIE
Heath; others
EARLE-Pem Dancers: other
acts and films.
STRAND-Earle Lindsay's Revue:
other acts and films.
GAYETY-Harry Jarbce'a Moiod9s
and Thrills burIesque.
ATUTUALr-tsHey. Ho," burlesque.
COLU1EBIA-Rudolph Valentino IN
seThe Eagle"
METROPOLITAN-S Chaplin II
'sThe Nah on. the Box.
PALACE-Thomas Meighan IN Irish
Luck
TTVOLH-Lon CLANCY in ''Ths Phan-
tom OF the Opera.
AHIBAsSADOR-'The Man ON the
CENTTiRAI-Monte Blue in THE
Limited Mall
The Washington times., 1925-11-21

TO-DAY
NATIONAL ziegfeld FoIlies. matinee
and night.
KETTH'S-Nan H0lpertn: Judge
walter Kelly; others.
EARLE-Frank Farnum Revue: other
acts and films.
STRAND-BOb Nelson; George N.
Brown; others and films.
GAYETY-"Bringing Up Father In
Burlesque."
MUTUAL-"whirl OF Girls burIesque.
PALACE-Marion Davies in Lights
of Old Broadway.
COLUNEBTA-Mae Murray, John Gil
bert IN 1.-THE Merry Widow
METROPOLITAN Lost World"
RIALTO-George O.Brien in Havoc"
TTVOLE-Betty Bronson IN 'sThe
Golden Princess"
AMBASSADOR-"W Wild Susan"
CENTRAL-sSeven Keys to Baldpate."
NEXT WEEK
-Queenie Smith IN ssTip-
Toes" Tuesday night; Burton Holmes
travelogue Sunday afternoon and
evening.
KEITH'S-Justine Johnston: AlbertinR
Rasch Ballet: others
Standardization Wilkins. dancer. and
her band; others and films.
STRAND-Charles Foy and company
in a revue; others and films. q
GAYETY-'Peek-a-B burlesque.
MUTUAL~-"Step Along burlesque.
The Washington times., 1925-11-21

Some mixing of Mr.. Chaney's
grievances must have come to the
ears Of his employers, the Metro
Goldwyn-Mayer organization, for
not 30 long ago. a CLANCY picture
became current at LoeW's Palace
here which seemed to meet all the
stars requirements. It was called
1.-The Unholy Three" and about
ell the disguise the star assumed
was to wear a 1925 model over.
coat and occasionally look nenac
ing and unholy.
The box offices reaction to a
Clancy without make up" was
not made public but there must
have been some sort of reaction
because in the meantime, Mr..
Clancy has apparently withdrawn
his objection to crepe hair and
grease paint and he fares forth
nearly as much disguised as ever
In The Tower of Lies" Victor
Eeastrom's production OF Selma
Lagerlof's novel, which opens at
Loew's Palace Sunday afternoon.
All Of which seems to indicate
that Mr.. Clancy proposes and
the public disposes, for after all
the estimate Lon had to say
about the makeup box, il is not
conceivable that he would have
resorted to its artful aid once
more unless the public had given
some rather pointed indication Of
Just how it liked him-With or
without. At any rate, the current
Palace release THE Tower OF
Lies" finds Clancy once more
s'made up" though not to the ex-
tent of grotesquerie that he re-
vealed in 1.-The Miracle Man. or
The Hunchback of Notre Dame"
The Washington times., 1925-11-21
v''i'E l The Stage
The Printed Page


The Lords WilI-Six one-ac!ers
by Paul Green, who contributed
much to the famous Carolina Play
makers under Frederick Koch.
British Dranlaf "A survey Of
the English stage BY Allardyce-
NicoII. OF the University o. Lon
don, from the beginning to the
present day.
Mantle Masks Indian Amer
lean danced dramas rendered in
charming style by Hartley Ajax
ander. and Illustrated.
Three Golden Plays - One.as:t
fantasies: The Clock Shop, The
Robe Of Wood and the Vanish
ing Princess"
Behind The Scenes - the Opera
The inside story OF the expert
ences Of famous stars by Mary +.
Watkins.
The Book Of American Spirituals
Sixty-one songs that are being
played and talked about by Carl
Sandburg and F.. r. "A.
The Washington times., 1925-11-21
VACHEL LINDSAY,
TROUIBADOUR
OF WORDS

Vachel Lindsay, called by a not
unlikely flight Of imagination ian
American minstrel" makes one
appearance next Friday after.
noon, November 81, at 4:S0 o'clock
at the Little Theater OF Ward
man Park Hotel. Tickets are on
sale at the hotel and the advance
has been OF sufficient encourage
ment to make the management
wish that two performances could
be arranged. As things stand
now. however, the 4:30 talk will
be the only one that Lindsay's
schedule will permit.
An estimate Of Lindsay by
Marguerite Wilkinson in New
Voices, follows in part:
"Vachel Lindsay Is a poet who
shares life with us in every word.
He puts it in the turn Of every
sentence. His phrases growl and
flirt, snnirk and glare, point
fingers and make faces, sputter
and, fizzle and splash color broad
ly upon the universe. We come
to realize gradually that he Is a
man with the imagination and
sensitivity Of the bards of Greece
and the prophets of Israel, living
in an immense modern world.
where life is multi-form and null
ti-colored, graver and more hu.
morous, more complex and more
varied than ever it was in the
days Of the ancient Greeks or
Hebrews. And we realize, also,
that he has lived in that state Of
social and spiritual consciousness
which we call the United States
Of America.
but his artistic heritage comes
to him from long, long ago, from
the troubadours and bards and
minnestngers and MINISTRIES, from
the makers Of sagas and runes.
To sum 1t all up, he Is something
that has never been before-an
American minstrel
The Washington times., 1925-11-21
SHAKE WELL If
YOU'D PLEASE
ANDREW

According to Andrew Toombs,
leading comedian In "Tip-Toes,"
the new musical comedy at the
National next week. IF you want
70 make people laugh, first learn
to laugh yourself"
"It's really remarkable how few
people know the way to laugh
and enjoy it," says Andy. 1--WE
begun to think it's a cultivated
taste like eating olives. Most PEG.
pie laugh as il they hated to part
with that much Joy. The quick
est way to get g. laugh is to laugh
yourself, and to do this you must
have q sense OF humor. That Is
something you hear a lot about,
but seldom find. II had my
choice OF all senses and could have
but one, I'd choose my sense of
humor, 1t would make up for the
loss Of sight, hearing, speech,
touch and taste.
you know the only fellow who
can preach a convincing sermon
81 the one who believes what he
says himself. Well. it is the same
way with comedian. Unless you
think you're funny, ana your
jokes seem funny, they'll never
get across the lootlights. Every
normal man or woman is always
waiting for a chance to laugh; in
fact. most Of the time they'n
laugh just out of spite, without
whiting for the right opportunity.
TkAt's the reason / shoot my
foxes ecpS@SNQuick. I'm afraid
theysn laugh themselves foolish
before I've told them the joke at
all. But unfortunately, all PEG.
pie are not normal. Some were
born with an ingrowing crouch.
And even those that are normal
every other way sometimes hate
to let themselves really laugh.
they'll gixgle or smile or laugh
half -hea$tedly. But the phyc1olo-
isis tell us that when a person
really laughs he shakes all over
and that Is the kind Of laughs /
1iiEa."
The Washington times., 1925-11-21
THANKS TO WEAK EYES,
SHE'S A SUCCESS

Because she was clever enough
to develop extremely bad eyesight
when physicians and school in
spectors came around to examine
her and ply her with questions,
Marion Wilkins, headline artistic
of next weeks bill at the Earle
Theater and one of vaudeville's
most gifted young actress-dancers,
was able to realize her ambition
to become stage dancer when
she was only eleven years old.
Before that time she had danced
in practically every large hotel in
the country, from the swagger
Fairmont, in San Francisco, and
The Mansions in Colorado, to the
big resort hotels in--the East.