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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-11-29
PHILADELPHIA NOTES


Philadelphia, Pa, Nov. 27.-At last
the long awaited Communist Open Fo-
rum is here. William F. Dunno, of
Chicago, will be here to address the
first forum on Sunday 18th at 5 P. M.
The subject: "The Swing to the Left
in the American Labor Movement, is
quite appropriate as it comes imme-
diately after the furriers' convention
and on the eve of the International
Ladies' Garment Workers Union con.
vention which opens on the following
day in Philadelphia. The forum will
meet regularly every Sunday at Grand
Fraternity Hall, 1928 Arch st. at 8 D.
m. sharp. Admission free.
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CLEVELAND W.P.
WINS in FREE
SPEECH FIGHT
Judge Dismisses Case
Against Benjamin

Cleveland, o. (By MaD After sew
eral unsuccessful attempts to frame a
case that would justify the recent ar
rests of party members in this city,
police were to-day forced to dismiss
the case against Herbert Benjamin,
district organizational secretary and
admit that he was justified in resist
ing the arbitrary orders to cease dis
tributing le1flets on the street.
Comrade Benjamin was arrested on
Oct 30 when he refused to obey or
ders of local police to quit distribute
ing the party's program in the local
elections. He was offered a release
at the time Of the arrest providing he
would sign a waiver This he refused
to do, insisting that if the party is to
be prevented from distributing our lit
terature it would taEe gmore than an
arbitrary order by police, which can
be enforced or not as; they see fit. In
Diminishing the case against Comrade
Benjamin, Judge Oorlett took occasion
to express his angers that it was i'm
possible for him to lind a law that
would at the same time prevent the
dissemination of Communist literature
without interfering with those politi-
clans whose views he shares.
Only Party to Offer Program
This is the third time that Comrade
Benjamin appeared before the same
Judge on the charge of distributing
leaflets. On the occasion of a prev
i6hs appearance Comrade Benjamin
pointed out that the program which
he distributed and for which he was
arrested was the only program that
had been offered by any party in this
election and that the candidates in the
local elections had sought votes by
means of red fire campaign and hired
clowns, who sang silly songs" Judge
Corlett admitted that this was not an
intelligent way to appeal to voters. To
which Benjamin replied by pointing
out that these politicians were not
lodged in the jail or dragged into
court to be lectured to.
With the discharge of the case
against Benjamin and the admission of
Police Commissioning Barry that the
arrest of Benjamin while speaking on
the public square against the murder
GUS Horthy regime5 was unjustified,
the police has been forced to abandon
their effort to intimidate and harrass
Workers Party members.
The outcome of these cases will en-
courage party members everywhere in
the district to resist the attempts to
curtail the rights which they are sup
posed to have according to the boasts
of the champions Of American DEM
ocracy. 1t
The district executive committee
will now more energetically than be-
fore prosecute the fight for the right
to meet and speak in the cities like
Bellaire where our meetings have
been interfered with.
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Observation-Disclosures The DAILY
WORKER.
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Get member for Workers Party subscription
the DAILY WORSJlp i
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ProfIted Thru, Bankruptcy.

WASHINGTON, Nov. 27.-The spe-
cial house committee which hasfbeen
investigating charges that Federal
Judge G. w. English, of the eastern
district of Illinois, prohted in bank
ruptcy cases beforeehis court, will re-
sure sessions here next Tuesday, Rep.
Boies of Iowa, chairman, announced.
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new YORK NOTES
Important Meeting Monday.

New York, Nov 27.-Meeting of all
party fraction secretaries and branch
industrial organizers on Monday, Nov
80, los e. 14th Street.
Bert Miller, Industrial Organizer.
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Congress hitherto-constitut the
first item on the agenda, in order
thereby to enable the people of these
two republics to participate in the
work of the Congress and, further, in
order to emphasize the enormous i'm
portance Of the fact that two Eastern
Republics have freely joined our I'm
ion.
The second question is the report
Of the government, which will probab-
ly furnish occasion for a debate on
the general policy of the government
The third question which will be
discussed is the position of industry.
This item was deleted from the agen-
da Of the II Soviet Congress owing
to the death of comrade Lenin. Dur
ing the two years that have elapsed
since the l Soviet Congress, our in
dustry has made great Roadway. Two
years ago the main problem for our
industry consisted in keeping the fac
tories employed. The general slogan
of our industry at that time was give
orders!" To-day, our undertakings are
receiving orders at much quicker
rate than we had anticipated. The
time is not distant when our industry
will not know what to do with all the
numerous orders. Already to-day we
see a change of roles between the
Peoples Commissar for Traffic and the
Supreme Peoples Economic Council.
The Peoples Economic Council, which
formerly almost had to beg for orders
from the Peoples Commissar for Traf-
nc, has now become an organ that ex-
ecutes the orders of the Commissar
for Traffic as if they were the merest
trifes.
And in the next few years we shall
see the same thing happening along
the whole industrial front. This dew
elopment of industry brings to the
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-05-29
Stopping the Murder of Miners

Day before yesterday published story Reliance
Wyoming telling of the fight of the coal miners there
ent of safety provisions and the conspiracy existing
companies and the state inspectors.
Yesterday carried story of gas blast in Pennsylvania
mine that took the lives of five miners blast
result either of inspection of neglect report presence
1t is the accident district within
week.
1t to that the union offcadom
Of this kind to put the coal barOn the
could There tendency horrors
part of the risks that miners dislike
using them for great publicity campaigns which
union and nonnoR miners form
that would rigid inspection enforce
safety regulations to the hit
The reason for this is obvious The officials fear rank
committees especially responsible committees be-
just about much the operators do.
1t ridiculous that the long in American coal
mines cannot be cut down. but is just ridiculous
be reduced substantially by cooperation
Militant rank and file committees with union that backs
them up uncompromisngy is the only the of
for profit can be stopped .ye
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-05-29
PurcelPS Visit Alarms the Bosses

Ralph Easley of the Civic Federation the organization
officials and capitalists which the spiritual guidance of the Amer
lean labor movement vested has sounded the against
world trade union unity.
The occasion for the call aedom and its bosses be its
guard the coming visit of Purcell president the nterna
onal Federation of Trade Unions the United States He has
been elected fratena delegate the American Federation of
Labor convention by Congress-
powerful body organized workers world outside of Soviet
Russia and there utterng in the dveco of American
fakerdom in consequence.
Why? z1e1
Because Purcell delegation
Russia is member Of the Anglo Russian Trade Union Unity
Committee and of the editors of magazine devoted the drive
for unity among the organized workers of the world
special meeting of the Civic Federation will be called
devise of gaggng Purcell keeping him of the
he refuses keep his mouth say only things
labor agents of capitalism him say The plan
carried secretly due the prominence Purcell the
world and there first prospects the
nionsts getting closeup view pancy labor takers scurryng
for when the inevitable of their lies about Soviet
Russia the Russian labor the drive world
union unity begins. aQ
They have underestimate the strength the desire world
solidarity of the workers and they going be shown the
traitors they This will not happen overnight but the
the of Purce visit marks the beginning
enighmen in the ranks of ultimately
throne the Green's Wo Lewses and other gentle
art OF leading workers into the of their enemies
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-05-29
Negro Batting in Chicago

Negro lecturer into Chicago restaurant with two prom
nent social workers The proprietor refuses to him
four policemen called and throw the Negro him
him. The Chicago Tribune gives the story first space
treats it great joke the Negro
The victim of racial prejudice happens to be citizen of France
college graduate editor of paper published
He is in this country to investigate the conditions under which the
Negroes accident birth
ant of the royal family of Dahomey.
There is why should object his
patronage except that he is black.
Incidents the give professions
friendship made for the Negroes by the capitalist press Not only
such of the Negroes made the subject
but it directly encouraged in order that the white workers.
ignorance Of their class interests by the rulers have group
lower in the social scale than themselves which
and thereby forget the insults and hardhps visited upon them
the rulers of their color.
The outrage should be made the of al
the Negro sections of the city in which all whites who sincerely
racial hateds wiped out should be asked join Mass meeng
should be called delegations the city and authorities
and such fuss kicked that the Negro baers their
will understand that there penalty attached such brutal dis
regard the right Negroes live equals the United
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forefront quite a number Of extremely
important problems with which our
industry was quite unaquainted even
year ago. / will only mention, for
example, the necessity Of furnishing
our industrial undertakings with new
plant and machinery. 1t was obvious
that so long as our industry had only
to meet a minimum demand, it was
able to carry on with the old technical
equipment. At present, however, when
the output of the undertakings in
many places has reached hundred
per cent Of the pre-war output, they
cannot, Of course, cope with the de-
mand with the old worn out equip
ment.
THE fourth item on the agenda is
the question Of rendering assist
ance to agriculture. The congress will
probably adopt whole number Of
measures in order to improve the sit
uation in agriculture. These measures
will not be confined to measures for
improving the soil, but measures will
be adopted in the sphere of taxation,
cooperative activity, the consolidation
Of agricultural credits, the encourag-
ing Of home industry, etc. A great
number Of these measures have al
ready been introduced by the govern
ment, regarding which report will
be submitted and which will be dis
cussed from all sides by the congress.
The question Of the Soviet construc-
ton work constitutes the fifth item on
the agenda. This question, which
formerly had a purely organizatory
character, has recently received a pro-
found social and political import. In
all probability instructions will be is
sued with regard to the duties of the
higher officials, for the Improvement
of the Soviet apparatus and for bring
ing it into touch with the masses.
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JuLy4, 1925

July anniversary the founding the American gov
ernmen be mobilization day July has been substituted
for amsce President Coolidge the time the mill
tars loose for twenour hours and let them have their with
the populace
Coolidge may be dumb in but
him being line with the plans of his mperiaist
British Imperialism the real rival of America in the world today
the anniversary the struggle for independence from
Britain all of the camouag discarded orgy
patriotism INDUCED with the hated redcoats the target
Of 100 per cent American wrath.
This is clever and the coming anniversary will be
something than celebration of past vcorst will be
paraon for for world domination in which rulers
hope by sacrificing millions of workers. arise the unchaenged
tyrants of the eastern western hemispheres
On the necessary the
scous workers turn this ruling class holiday into day of demon
straon against mperiaist the muderous
revolutionary tradition further the bloody Of the ruling
class.
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The sixth item is the Report OF the
Peoples Commissar for Finance. FL
nance constitutes today the blood yes
sells of industry. Nevertheless. / be-
lieye that the dicussion of this ques-
ton at the III Soviet Congress will
not bring anything new or unexpected.
If anything new is decided upon this
will be in the direction of Tightening
taxation, and in no way in imposing
fresh burdens of taxation.
THE seventh item will be the Report
! on the Red Army. Formerly, these
reports contained statements regard
ing the conditions on our fronts, which
rendered them of very great interest.
The Red Army is now leading a more
or less peaceful life. During the past
year the activity of the Red Army has
consisted in developing and strength
ening our powers of resistance against
our enemies. In spite of our continu-
al efforts for peace, and our desire that
the time may soon come when armies
will be superflous, the Soviet Union is
at present compelled to follow atten-
lively the development of the military
power of the capitalist countries. and
to make its preparations accordingly.
Since the last report our Red Army
has made very great progress in the
sphere of organization, Of discipline,
and in learning the art Of war. OF
course, like other important branches
in the life of our state, it needs con-
siderable supply Of material means.
There is no doubt that the Congress
Of the Soviet Union will support our
Red Army with the whole of it's au-
thority; it will give expression to the
love and gratitude of the workers, the
peasants and of all honest citizens of
the Soviet Republic towards the de-
tenders of Soviet Russia.
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workers health service, are acting
rightly.
TT is clear that in this, connection il
4 will be only possible TO provide &C
comodation for about two to three
thousand peasants, but it is not a
matter of indifference whether these
2OOo to 5000 places are occupied by
the privileged sections OF the popula-
ton, who are able to visit the health
resorts almost every year, or by those
peasants who are most in need of a
stay at a convalescent home.
The question Of the seed campaign
will have an Informative character at
the Congress. It was necessary to
place it on the agenda, because the
unusual winter gave rise to some
doubts among the population regard
ing the results Of the autumn sowing.
According to the declarations Of the
specialists, the present condition Of
the crops sown in the autumn is
rather middling. An authoritative dec
laration regarding the results Of the
autumn and spring sowing certainly
would be of great importance.
In addition to the questions men,
toned above there stand on the ag-
enda certain constitutional questions
in connection with the establishment
Of the Union Of Soviet Republics, Of
which the R. S. F. s. R. (Russian So
cialist Federated Soviet Republic)
forms a constituent part.
II.
THE agenda of the III Soviet Con-
4 gress Of the Union OF Socialist So
Wet Republics, which will meet on
the Sth of May, is fairly large.
The first question to be discussed
will be the question Of the inclusion
of Turkmenistan and Usbekistan in
the Soviet Union. This question, there
for,-contrary to the traditions Of the
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-05-29
DaweS Plan Sterilization

The Dawes plan has brought temporary sterilization western
Europe and checked for time the revolutionary struggle
More than this it cannot do
On this point have the testimony parsonage than
Sir Esme Howard, British ambassador to America.
The heart of the Dawes plan the industry
But this revival meaningless Germany sell her
products abroad.
Germany France Britain huge Preparations
They in the United States billions dollars Germany
Great Britain and France only by selling her commodities
in their markets. They again pay the United States only
selling their commodities in American markets.
The Dawes plan therefore, upon the backs of the workers
of all nations 1t work only by the American being
reduced low living standard just Germany and Great
Britain has resulted lowering of the living standards of the
German and British workers The American capitalists will demand
that the American workers European competition. tariff
wall is solution of the problem in spite of the approval given
by Laurence Todd of the Federated Press recent article
Europe sell neither she buy tariff tariff the
breakdown Of the European markets spells unemployment for the
American workers.
The choice which the American workers have make is the
that the European workers make:
Either and militant struggle workers farmers
with control of industry by shop councils unions
coolie chronic oblessness and slow starvation
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-05-29
Two Brothers Victims Of Bloody
Exploitation

To the DAILY WORKER the
bloody exploitation OF the working
class the iron mine field Of northern
Minnesota is a crossless cemetery OF
workers bodies. The slogan Safety
First" is a veil behind which the steel
lords numerically suck the exhaust
ed workers blood. The death OF
miners is usual occurrance. and the
capitalist press usually describe IL as
due to some negligence on the part OF
the workers.
The two miners, Nick Yiliock, SO, and
his brother George, 2S, were killed
yesterday morning at Stevenson mine,
four miles west of Hibbing. The walls
fell in while they were working in a
small room on the 100 foot level.
Both OF the miners resided at the
ST. Louis location, near Keewatin.
Nick is survived by his wife and four
children. left at the mercy of the
capitalists.
George N. zsIossov, HibbIns, MINI
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Settlements That Settle Nothing

The proposed between France Spain
and the Riffs the other looking toward
can war; has in its provision something dangerous
working class of Europe than the itself
the breach between France and England project
controlled railway thru Spain to the Mediterranean that brings
French Africa into Europe concerned and which
is the basis Of the proposed agreement
The project as affects Great Britain exactly
BernBagdad railway scheme which the seeds
Great Britain have France tap her
great West African reservoir by railway
have Germany secure similar short rail route to the Near East
Settlements of colonial by alliances an days
high mperiast enterprise only increase
the great powers just will this settlement the
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-05-29
by MICHAEL KALINlN.
President OF the Union Of Soviet
Republics.

IDURING the first half of May the
- regular Soviet Congresses will
meet: first the Russian Or. S. F. S. RI
and afterwards that of the Soviet I'm
ion.
The main question on the agenda Of
the Soviet Congress of the R. S. F. S.
R. is the report Of the Peoples Com
misar for Health. 1t is the first time
since the existence of the Soviet Re-
public that this question is on the
agenda Of the Soviet Congress.
l believe that the Congress will sup
port the policy of the Peoples Com
misar for Health, which consists in
promoting as much as possible the
publis health in the villages, In spite
of our relative poverty, the public
service in the towns is more or less
satisfactory; in the village however,
1t is very much open to criticism.
believe that the Congress will point
out the necessity of finding some
means in order to enable number of
peasants to visit the sanatoriums in
the health resorts. Many comrades
will here make the objection that we
are not even able to supply the peas
ants with the necessary quantity Of
castor oil-how then, can we talk of
health resorts. 1t is true that in many
cases the drugs and medicines are
sold so dearly that they are almost
unobtainable for the peasants. But
it is the same case with the workers;
nevertheless, the health insurance
authorities find it useful to send sick
workers to health resorts, and 1 be-
lieve that the trade unions, which
determine the line of policy of the
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-05-29
Ziegfeld FolIies ShOw Up American FoIIies

senate could walk right out on water
without sinking. And the cowboy
that anyone who could change the
philosopher, highest-paid-ad-wr
tells you that it isn't the volstead
agents who are behind this orgy Of
prohibition padlocking but the Yale
lock people!
The Senator as presented by Tom
Lewis might by any distinguished DO
litical speaker getting rid of surplus
hot air. Lewis runs along absurdly
stringing, connecting phrases and frag-
ments of sentences. You get the idea
that he's trying to say something and
always suppressing it because he real
ICES at the instant that it isn't the
thing to say aloud. The show is a
contribution to American life but
priced out of reach of most workers.
II is beautiful production, with
matchless display of legs, and is not
so babbity as the usual audience who
sees it.
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Our Readers ViewS
Educational Possibilities Among
Miners.

Educational Possibilities Among
Miners.
To the DAILY WORKER: The
miners Of the Pittsburgh, Kansas, dis
tricts like the miners of the other dis
tricts are unemployed most of the
time. This forces many into the bus
mess of bootlegging, making this so
ci2l evil widespread menace to the
integrity of the workers. These work
ers must live and other industries can
not absorb them so they revert to
this natural result of capitalism.
Working class literature has not
penetrated this district. The unions
have neglected to take care of this
forced idleness for use as education
as the other nations do in the, way of
establishing reading rooms with maya
zines and books suitable for these
miners. s
The distribution and sale of the
DAILY WORKER, that now leads, the
contest being over the top in subs as
well as the sale of books, shows the
desire by these miners to read work
ing class literature and shows the ne
elected possibilities of trade unions in
this country.
{. Hugo oehler, Pittsburgh, Kan.
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LIVE IN WANT-REsT IN PEACE.
syEsTHER LOWELL, Fed. Press.

By ESTHER LOWELL, Fed. Press.
THANK you, bankers" Will Rogers
4 retorts in the Ziegfeld Follies
when he gets hand for Andrew Mel
Ion in his proposed cabinet. Rogers
claims that Mellon is the first secret
airy of the treasury we've had who
was used to handling money before
he took office. 'Why, when Mellon
comes from one of his own banks into
treasury" says Will, hes going slum-
ming"
Ziegfeld's famous Follies glorifies
the American girl as advertised but
slips in an assortment of slaps at
some other American institutions in
comic supplement style. Will Rogers
isn't the only dose of social satire in
the show. But Will is just himself
and Yields a wicked rope and swings
tart tongue. For instance he con-
.fidentially announces that Coolidge
talked to him like an insurance agent
and that the real reason the president
prefers his iron horse is OATS. Coo
lidge says the mechanical horse gives
him more exercise but viii remarks:
Give Cal real horse that won't eat
and he'll take him every timei
Rogers suggests that IL Hindenburg
disgraces the Kaiser by making him
vice-president Of Germany, when they
want another war let Dawes and Bill
fight It out-with pipe and sword.
Maybe Dawes can do better with his
European plan than with his Amer
lean plan, VIII says.-American plan
OF reforming the senate. Rogers thinks