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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-05-02
The Fascist Menace in France

The French government vase officially represent
ed at the funeral of the fascist youths who were
killed in an encounter with young Communists in
Paris last week The fascists started the trouble
but the Communists finished it.
Among the speakers at the profascist demon
stration, beside the French premier Paul Pain
leve, were the late President Millerand, and Gen
era de Castelnau, military chief of the fascist,
and Deputy Pierre Pattlinger president of the
black shirt organization which started the fatal
riot
The speakers criticized the government for not
taking stern measures to crush the Communist
Party of France, but there was not one word Of
criticism of the fascist organizations which are
armed and Differed ready to establish a dictator
ship in France by force of arms as Mussolini and
his boodhounds established theirs in Italy
The bourgeois parliamentary system has had
hard shedding in Europe since the world war broke
out. As the workers. power grows and as their
demands become more ambitious, bourgeois democ-
racy will throw off its mask until it stands re-
vealed in all its horrible nakedness as a bloody
dictatorship of the many by the few. 1t is a
struggle between two relationships, that of the
bourgeoisie of the workers. Tho the present
French government is in political opposition to
the hackers of fascism, it does not stand neutral
in the fight between the Communists and their
foes 1t throws its power on the side of the
enemies OF Communism and the working class.
The liberal government of France is more
neutral in the class struggle than the government
Of Soviet Russia is. The latter is a government of
the workers and makes pretense of being neu-
trail. The French government hypocritically pre-
tends to be government of 'all" classes, just as
all capitalist governments do The big fight in
France in all capitalist countries is between
the workers on one side led by the Communists and
the capitalists the other. Whatever form that
fight may take it will go until the working class
are victorious.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-05-02
The Blue Fleet Wins

1t was just expected The 'blue" feet
representing the japanese navy defeated the
"black" feet of the United States in the naval
maneuvers around the islands of Hawaii. This
means larger appropriations for the air and sea
navies. Everybody will be happy, no doubt, except
the Hawaiians whose islands the "black" feet
was trying to protect form the enemy"
The casualties were heavy. The enemy seized
everything, which is further proof that congress
is crazy in the head when it whites down the
appropriations demanded by Wall Streets militar-
lists. A mine layer was sunk by seven "black"
planes and submarine. More planes; more sub
marines. Chortling from Henry Ford and Charles
Schwab. More profits.
& The only resemblance to real war was in the fact
that at the close of the first days "ighting" both
sides claimed victory. That is also part of the
game
While the guns of the army Numbered and the
engines of the airplanes purred, two private sol
diers listened from inside two prison cells They
are privates Crouch and Trumbull who were SEN
fenced to 40 and 26 years. respectively for attempt
ing to expose the purpose of the American military
and naval forces in and around Hawaii. The peo-
pie of Hawaii must not be told who their real
enemy is. Their enemy is American capitalism.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-05-02
The Socialist Vote

Take his vote away from a socialist and he is
hopeless as a Scandinavian without his snuff.
The socialist labor party watches the fluctuations
of the party's fortunes at the polls as a stock
gambler will watch the ticker The socialist
party spent its existence-when it did really exist
either voting or preparing to vote. 1t almost
completely ignored the working class Those who
thot the trade unions counted were expelled from
the party
While the socialist party vote was fairly respec-
table in size the leaders were iubant When it
dubbed around one million, they almost went
batty. But when it began to recede like the Red
Sea under the lash of the Mosaic rod, they looked
around for something to lean against. They used
LaFollette as a leaning and scratching post. But
the pillar gave way and the socialists are
scratching their heads
The voting for mayor of St Louis tells the sad
tale In 1921 the socialist vote for mayor was 1890
in the last election the socialist candidate for that
office only polled 951. This is tragic in view of
the promises the socialist standard bearer made
to the voters. He promised them everything but
his shirt. But it was no use, the capitalists could
promise more. And the capitalist candidates got
the votes
After the presidential elections the socialist
party boosted that it polled approximately 5000
900 votes. II laughed at the Workers Party and
its ridiculously small vote, $4,000 the socialists
gave us. AS matter of fact the official count was
something like $4,000. We poed at least 100000.
But we did not care so much about that. Our
party made good campaign. We put the Com
munst position before the workers and we are
cashng in on il now in organizational growth
and influence. What did the socialists gain for
allowing LaI'ollette to swallow them up? St
Louis tells the story.
Today the socialists have neither votes nor prn-
ciples. They shed every shred Of their socialist
raiment for the neeting pleasure of assocating
with the bourgeois LaFollette in an election cam.
paign. The workers can no longer see any differ.
ence between them and LaEollette and the capital
lists arc not yet in the extremity Of needing them
to hold back the tide Of revolution. 1t Is sad but
true aa
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-05-02

1t is one Of the irones of history that the Am
erican Federation of Labor, the most bitter
opponent Of May Day mad all that it stands for,
should be the first labor movement in the world to
designate that day as the one on which great
united effort should be started to force the eight
hour day from the American employers.
Today the bureaucracy of the American Fedora
tion Of Labor, their hands creased and their peck
cts lined with the bosses gold look on May Day
with hate and dread 1t signifies to them the har-
binger Of revolution, and of social system which
will have no room for parasite capitalist class
or for the lesser leeches-the labor takers.
But tho the reactonary leaders of the American
Federation of Labor have turned their backs on
May DAY. the workers in every country in the
world have not. May Day was celebrated as the
international holiday of labor for the first time in
1890. The slogans that first day were for the
eight-hour day and against
Since 1890 much water has passed under the
labor bridge. The demands of the workers have
grown. Their voice now speaks in holder tones.
And why not?
Tho they have not conquered the earth, the
workers flag today flies over onesixth of the globe
and the first workers. republic in history stands
firm and secure The workers and peasants of
Soviet Russia alone will hold their meetings to-
morrow in country that is theirs The demon
STATIONS will not be broken up by hostile police
their leaders jailed as will happen in every
other country. The workers of Russia will meet
to celebrate their glorious victory and the workers
in the other countries where the chains of capital
ism still bind them will meet to demonstrate for
their victory that is yet to come and to hasten the
day when they too shall stand in their own open
places and celebrate the arrival of the new day.
Today revolutionary labor under the leadership
of the Communist international stands on the
threshold of power. The rotten capitalist system
is crumbling. AS we meet on this May Day. the
seventh year Of the Soviet Republic, let us deter
mine to exert all our efforts towards the one great
purpose in ife the freedom of the workers and the
human from slavery and exploitation, thru
the establishment of the rule of labor in all lands
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-05-02
SCHOOL BOARDS
MOVE TO COLLECT
TAXES is BLUFF
Wealthy Tax Dodgers as
Secure as Ever

The board Of assessors issued
statement showing up the board or
education's latest pretense at getting
after property that is not being as
sessed at full value. Gene G. Oliver
in speaking for the assessors says the
letter demanding that private estates
under consideration at present in the
probate court be taxed at their full
value has nothing to it.
1.-THE school boards letter cites 1855
estates totalling $20,761,553 and de-
mands that the assessors fix full value
on every estate.
IF we granted the school boards
demand, and taxed these estates on
a full cash value the widows and
children would be forced to pay a four
per cent county tax. Most OF the tax
able assets cited by the school board
are stocks, bonds and other securities
which yield from three to five per
cent. The board of assessors is not
going to force payment of taxes in
excess Of income" Thus did the board
of assessors dispose Of the school
boards bluff at getting after the tax
dodgers.
This ridiculous pretense on the
part of the school board to show that
II is fighting tax dodgers will not give
its friends, the big loop pi operty own
ers and the stock yards property hold
ers any sleepless nights" was the
way one of the officers OF the Chica-
go's Teachers Federation viewed the
boards latest move. a"And neither
will IL fool any one else, tho they are
trying hard to put on face, of doing
something before they can dare to
come before the peoples with request
for an inorea1od tax rat -
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-05-02
nInsuraentsg Easily Pleased.

WASHINGTON April SO.-Repre-
sentatives Frear and Browne, insur-
gent congressman from Wisconsin
called on President Coolidge today
and praised Governor Horace NJ
Towner's administration of Porto
Rico.
Browne and Frear have just return
ed from visit to the island. While
there both conducted personal in
vestigation of island affairs They
told the president Towner's admins
tration was eminently satisfactory in
all respects.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-05-02
HAVANA WORKERS DOWN
TOOLS AND PARADE TO
CELEBRATE MAY DAY

HAVANA, Cuba, April 3o.-May
Day will be celebrated in Havana
by great parade of the workers,
authorization for which has been
granted by the secretary Of the in
terror.
A general strike will mark the
passage of May Day here. Street
car traffic will be suspended. All
dock workers will cease work and
loading and unloading of vessels
will be abandoned. Afternoon news
papers will not be published.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-05-02
SIX THOUSAND
Laid OFF IN C. &
n. ". CARSHOPS
Eighty-Six Per Cent of
Force Is Fired

The Chicago and Northwestern Rail
way company has laid off six thousand
workers employed in the car shops
at Kedzie Ave. and 42nd st. A reduc-
ton of eighty-six per cent in the work
ing forces was announced, to take eff
feet Monday
The workers, given practically no
notice, received with a shock the news
that only IA per cent of the normal
working forces would be retained next
week.
Many of the workers are in favor
of countering the lay off with strike
of the entire working forces.
The company announced that they
had contemplated either drastically
reducing wages or laying off the men,
and had decided on the latter course
The lay-off is practically complete
shut down of the car shops, as the
only work to be done is repair work,
for the most part in the round house.
The company endeavored to sup
press the news of the shut down, but
when this was found impossible, lied
to the newspapers, declaring that "A
fifty per cent reduction in the number
of hourly mechanics in the Chicago
shops has been ordered"
The men we're officially told, how
ever that So per cent would be laid,
off, only a few of the oldest employees
being retained to do repairs. This
announcement was also placed on the
bulletin boards at the shops.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-05-02
CLEVELAND AUDIENCE
PROTESTS ARREST OF
HAWAIIAN RED SOLDIERS

CLEVELAND, Ohio, April 3d.
The unanimous faye" of the enthu-
siastic audience of workers, in
favor Of a resolution condemning
the imprisonment Of the two soldier.
communists, Crouch and TrumbulI,
ringing thru the public square, sue
cessfuIly terminated the great
meeting Of protest called by the
Young Workers League OF cIeve-
land, Saturday, April 25.
Two hundred persons, most of
them young workers, listened to the
speakers, Phillip shatz and Carl
Weissberg expose the forces Of
American Imperialism behind the
ruthless treatment Of the two young
Communists In the American army
stationed In Hawaii.
Forty copies Of the Young Worker
we're sold and two subscriptions
were taken. After the meeting
many of the young workers who
had listened attentiveIy thruout the
speeches Of both comrades, ap-
preached them and asked for the
date Of the next English branch
meeting. fKn 3t
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-05-02
SOCIALIST APPOINTED
CHIEF OF BERLIN COPS
FOR Won HINDENBURG

BERLIN, Germany, April 3d.
Albert GroesInski, socialist deputy
in the Prusslan diet, has been APP
pointed chief of police for Berlin.
Herr Groesnski is a great admlrer
Of the presldent-eIect, Field Marshal
Won HIndenburg.
The new chief was a metal work.
er by trade before entering politics.
He was secretary of the metal work.
ers' local union at offenbach and
later president Of the Federation OF
labor at Cassel.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-05-02
Attention James ]. Davis

Nobody will doubt the loyalty of the secretary
of labor to the capitalist system. lie is every
thing that faithful tool of the American ruling
class should be and then some. But he could not
qualify for a position at the disposal of the Ma
tional Employment Exchange as the following
advertisement shows. Applicants must be:
1. American born.
2. Speak English with no accent
3. Minimum two years high school or equiv
aent
4. Modesty in dress.
3. Refinement of manner.
James j. Davis, secretary of labor is not Ameri-
can born. He does not speak English without an
accent Nobody does but one who is dumb if you
will pardon the OK Perhaps Mr.. Davis went to
high school for two years. tho we doubt it after
hearing him speak at the indianapolis convention
of the United Mine Workers of America. He is not
modest in dress. His neckties are atrocious. His
manner is that of a successful bartender.
The Nation commenting on these qualifications
says that "some employers are just snobs." Per
haps they are just jackasses but we are not so
sure of that when we learn that among those whose
names are emblazoned on the letter head of the
National Employment Exchange are j. p Morgan
John ID. Rockefeller and Robert w. de Forest
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RUSSIA DEMANDS THAT
PEkIN RETURN SOVIET
PROPERTY TO EMBASSY

PEklN, China, April 3o.-The
Russo-chinese conference, set for
May I, has been postponed while
preliminary demands are settled.
Soviet Russia demands that the
Russian orthodox church property
In PekIn be turned over to the So
Wet embassy, thet the Russian
troops In Gen. Chang Tso-lin's army
be dlsbanded, andathat China give
assurances preeludlng the rumored
Japanese railway concession in
Manohuria. a.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-05-02
peport Lisbon Students.

LISBON, April S0.-The Portuguese
government today deported a number
of students sending them from Lisbon
aboard the cruiser Carval Hoaraujo.
The reason given for the deporta-
ton was that the students were dan
gerous agitators and members of the
Red Legion"
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-05-02
Shipping Trust to Get More PIums.

WASHINGTON, D. c., April 3d.
The United States shipping board, in
line with the policy of the Coolidge
government of turning the ships built
by the government during the war
over to the private shipping interests
at a price far below cost, has an
nounced it's intention of selling 500
cargo ships. The move will have to
be ratified by the next congress.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-05-02

the children in the working class dis
tricts were definitely under-nourished.
He proceeds to list the causes of
malnutrition which have been scien-
tifically determined. They are divid-
ed into Social and individual"
causes, and their significance to the
workers. should be clear.
I. Social Causes.
Il. Employment of the child outside
of school hours.
20. Living in rooms without win
dows or sunlight.
"3. Lack of ventilation.
"A. Lack of bathing facilities.
80. Unsanitary school conditions"
2. Individual Causes.
Il. Food-insufficiency or unsuitable
ity.
20. Injurious sleeping arrangements.
"3. insufficient sleep.
"A. Want of cleanliness.
IS. Lack of childhood care"
We have right there what capital
ism and its forcing of the workers to
live in squalid poverty means to the
child of the worker.
Employment of the child outside of
school hours" in order to be able to
scrape together even the minimum
amount of food and shelter for the
family.
Living in rooms without windows
or sunlight, lack of ventilation" means
only the profiteering of the landlords
which thrusts the poor workers and
their children into dark ill-smelling
holes.
Injurious sleeping arrangements"
How we'll every Chicago worker knows
how that comes about! They want
rooms with windows. SO three fami-
lies decide to ego it, together, pool
their rent, and be able to live. And
a whole family is crowded into one
room, with three or four children
sleeping in the same bed.
The Social Workers. Inference.
Lack of bathing facilities and want
of cleanliness" Because the poor
worker cannot afford to pay the high
rent asked for modern conveniences."
1t is not, as the social workers infer,
a class love of dirt.
Lack of childhood CARE" With
the mother in the factory or shop,
with the children of necessity follow
ing the capitalists advice of not vast
ing his time in id1eness and play,
what childhood care can the workers
child have?
"Unsanitary school conditions" The
DAILY WORKER has often published
stories of the rotten sanitary condi-
tons in the schools in the working
class districts. Every point is an in
dictment of the system which enslaves
children and robs their parents.
one-Fifth of Chicago Children
StarvingI
And that one which should bring a
biaer ache and a feeling of resent
ment to the breast of every worker
to the heart of every working class
father and mother who is striving to
feed their little ones: Food INSULT
cheney" One-ffth of the children of
Chicagol In 1925!
But don't think the superintendent
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-05-02
"UnIon Stores" DIssoIves

SPRINGFIELD, ILL.,, April 30.-The
Union Stores company of La Sale
and the home purchasing and build
ing corporation of Nation, H., noti-
fed the secretary of state Of their
dissolution and surrendered their
charters.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-05-02

who wrote the report is running away
with sentiment. If you think that the
causes" were written in spirit of
understanding, perish the thought!
The superintendent goes on to take
up the subject of feeding the children
at school, and he says:
A Philosopher Of Hunger.
"There is a distinct danger that if
we feed these children at the expense
of the city, that we will undermine
the spirit of independence and self
helpfulness in the home. We must
remember that parasitism always
weakens and destroys the independ-
ence of the parasite-both in the veg
etable and the animal kingdoms"
How neatly and brazenly the real
parasites of society can turn about
and call the workers whom they have
forced into the lowest depths of de-
spair parasites"
Dull Minds from Slow Starvation.
There is an admitted connection,
too, between the backward and So
called feeble-minded children and the
malnutrition from which so many of
the workers children are suffering.
In Chicago's special rooms for back
ward children, the school physicians
have reported that "all our special
rooms for backward children give evil
dence of malnutrition. We know that
the very best way of reaching most
cases Of backwardness is to give
plenty of good food"
These are the workers children.
Starving! Without proper care!
Physically unable to take advantage
Of even the smattering of perverted
knowledge the capitalist schools hand
out. Thrust into industry at tender
age. Toiling before and after school.
Living in squalid poverty. Taught that
this is the best government in the
world, that Bolsheviks threaten our
freedom" Beset on all sides by vice,
disease and all the other horrible part
ners of poverty.
Down with the MoIoch of Capitalism
Only the Communists and the work
ers organized behind their leadership
can free the children of the workers
of Chicago and of the world from
these conditions and set their feet
upon the road To a new world, a world
of color and light, of freedom and
beauty for the workers and their chill
dren of the entire earth.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-05-02
SEVEN HUNDRED MORE ILLINOIS
COAL MINERS THROWN OUT OF WORK
WHEN HERRIN MINE CLOSES DOWN

HERRN Ill., April soseven Illinois miner,
OF ST. Louis posted notices ssok
the for the shut f#tN
Hundreds OF miners obes
out Of work thrueut the southern Illnos
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-05-02
Mexico City Court
Rules Against the
Standard Oil Co.

MEXICO City. April 30.-The fed
eral court here has decided that the
Standard Oil company of Indiana,
which recently acquired control of the
Huasteca Petroleum company and
other Doheny interests in Mexico, is
not entitled to take petroleum from
the Juan Felipe field adjoining the
famous Cerro Azul pools in the state
of Vera Cruz.
The Standard Oil company will APP
peal.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-05-02
)NE- FIFTH OF WORKING CLASS
CHILDREN OF CHICAGO STARVING,
REVEALED BY CHASTITY REPORT
. BY LILLIAN r. RoRGEsoN.
nL Article Four.

Malnuriton poverty and child labor
children
the school physicians that
suffering serious
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-05-02

Give your shopmate this copy
of the DAILY WORKER-but be
sure to see him the next day to
get his subscription.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-05-02

Now that Hindenburg has defeated Marx we
may read special articles dealing with the decline
of Marxism in Europe
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-05-02

The ears Of the American ruling class are getting
sensitive. They cannot even listen to the tame
stun Of two bourgeois republicans like Count
Karolyi and Mary Macswiney.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-05-02
FOSTER SPEAKS AT
PITTSBURGH 7. U. {. |.
MEETING SATURDAY

PITTSBURGH, Pa, April 3d.
The Pittsburgh general group Of the
Trade Union Educational League
will meet on Saturday night, May
2, at Labor Lyceum, so5 James St.,
North Side.
The speaker Of the evening will
be William e. Foster, recently re-
turned from Soviet Russia.
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