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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-03-13
DAILY WORKER
AGENTS IN BIG
SUB DRIVE PLANS
every Party Member at
Least One Sub"
Continued from page y

(COuLlnueu IrOm page ~
mittee wants to set an example fol
the rest of the party.
Branches Responsible.
Comrade Thurber Lewis, the city
DAILY WORKER agent, was instruct
ed to send to the branches ever
two weeks the expiration lists Of tho
DAILY WORKER subs. These will
be sent to the branches according to
mailing stations and the branches will
assume the responsibility for re-
newals. s.N
The meeting recommended that all
branches instead of having two
agents; one for literature and one for
DAILY WORKER-should have but
one to care for both. In branches
of considerable size a committee
should be elected to assist the agent.
The matter of getting to union
meetings with the DAILY WORKER
and other party publications was dis.
cussed at length. This work is fall.
ing off in the branches. Comrade
Lewis was instructed to reassign to
every branch in the city a certain
number of union meetings to be GOV.
cred regularly by branch committees.
Shipment Of Books.
The matter of new literature wai
taken up. The comrades were in.
formed that large shipment of new
English books had arrived-books
that are of first interest to all party
members and sympathizers and books
that can be readily sold. Also, the
DAILY WORKER is getting out pam
phlets regularly now that must be
circulated thru the branches. The pro
paganda committee assumed the job
of getting this new literature before
the membership by visiting the
branches assigned to. them.
The DAILY WORKER agents were
informed of what members of the
propaganda committee are assigned
to their particular branches. The
committee has divided up the branch
es in the city so that each member
will have a few branches to care for.
They are to see that competent
DAILY WORKER literature agents
are elected and that the branches
carry on their propaganda functions.
The division has been made as fol
blows
Bob Garver:-S S. English, Engle-
wood English, S. S. Scandinavian, S.
S. Polish, South Slavish. sl
Charles Erickson: branches in CT
cero.
Clara Cabin: Douglas Park, Eng
fish; Douglas Park, Jewish; North
west Jewish, Russian No. 1.
Nick Dozenberg :-Lettish, Polish,
N. S.; Hungarian, Italian Terra Gotta.
Gertrude Welsh:-North Side Eng
lish, German, Italian SIst Ward, Ar
menian.
Hans Johnson Finnish, branch.
Scandinavian Lakeview, Ukrainian,
N. S. ~
Kitty Harris:- Mid-City English,
Czecho-Slovak No. 1, Lithuanian No.
TT
Paul Simonson Irving Park Eng.
fish, Greek, West Side Italian, Scan
dinavian Karl Marx. 1851
Morris hilofsky:-Northwest Eng
lish, Lithuanian No. 8, Ukrainian No.
! 1. ae
Thu1ber Lewis:-Bulgarian, Czech
Brookfeld, Italian 18th ward, Lithu-
anian No. 2, Lithuanian No. 5, Lithu-
anian No Al, Roumanian, Ukrainian
No. 5.
Because many branches have chang.
ed their meeting times lately or their
addresses, branch agents and secre-
taries are requested to notify Thur
Der Lewis of the time and place of
their branch meetings. The new IL
terature department and bookstore is
at 10 S. Lincoln st.
I - n
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Capitalist Tools Busy in Minnesota

convention, only 3S attended the Hen
nepin county meeting, two OF whom
were unseated and several others left
the hall in disgust, leaving little bet
ter than 80 to elect the delegation.
OF the delegation of 81 that were
chosen, only three could in any sense
be construed as members of the rank
and file or of having any progressive
ideas.
Unseat Emme and votaw.
In st. Paul they took a chance on
convention in the evening. This
was attended by IS delegates. The
first official act of the convention was
the unseating of Comrades Emme and
Votaw. There it took some clever
maneuvering to put this over as their
majority was shaky. The credentials
committee in making it's report, held
up the credentials of about ten dele
gates as being questionable, but re-
commended that neither Emme or
Votaw be seated. The zen delegates
held up were all left wing votes and
after they had unseated Emme and
,Votaw, they then moved to seat the
ten. A delegation of 33 was elected
to the state convention made up en-
tirely of reactionaries with the ex-
ception of three or four who may fur
nish some little opposition.
A nominating committee proposed
the list to the convention and IN the
nominating committee the reaction
airy group stated that they would not
recommend any one as delegate to
the state convention who voted to
seat Emme and Votaw on the first
vote. This eliminated % delegates
from any chance Of going to the state
convention.
The Acid Test.
In other words, they figured that
any one that would fight to seat a
Communist in the county convention
was not the kind of timber that would
help them destroy the farmer-labor
federation and turn the farmer-labor
movement over to a bunch of middle
class takers. The reports coming in
from the various county conventions
turnout the state show that similar
tactics were employed. The March
goth convention will not be farmer
labor convention. 1t will be made up
of the elements that in the past have
been the henchmen of the corrupt
democratic machine in Minnesota.
These elements are the same ones
that have pulled the chestnuts out
of the fire for the democratic party
in the labor movement in the past.
viii Sell Out Workers.
The rank and file workers in Min
nnesota should be on their guard
against the March 20 convention. The
March 20 convention is going to sell
out the farmer-labor movement. All
local unions would do well to notify
this convention in no uncertain Ian
guage that they do not recognize it as
being representative of the movement
that they built and insist on the call
ing of state convention of the farm
er-laber federation that can give ex-
preston to the desires of the rank
and file of the Minnesota movement
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CONTINUED from Page i


trolled the party up until then. In
the last election the candidates en-
dorsed by the Communists in the
farmer-labor primaries were the off.
cial nominees of the party. This
again made the reattionaries realize
the growing power of the left wing in
the movement. The result was an
effort by all of these elements to
unite their forces and tear down the
progressive steps that had been tax
en-. They even convinced Mahoney,
Cramer, Harmon and other centrist
elements that the farmer-labor party
was becoming a Communist Party
and that steps must be taken to block
this development.
Right Wing Gets Busy.
A few weeks ago this right wing
sentiment crystallized itself into a
conference in st. Paul. This confer
ence was made up Of hand picked
group composed of members of the
state legislature, Mahoney, Harmon,
Buckler, the state chairman of the
farmer-labor party, and other similar
elements. They decided that the far
mer-labor federation was TOO radical,
that certain petty bourgeoisie ele-
ments in the farmer-labor party could
not continue to support the party if
the federation continued to control.
Mahoney Lies.
This group, therefore, decided to
call unity" convention to be held
on the goth in ST. Paul. In order to
appease the opposition sentiment that
developed as a result of this confer.
ence, Mahoney in a speech before the
Hennepin county committee of the
farmer-labor federation deliberately
lied to get an endorsement for his
convention. He told them that in
Minneapolis, st. Paul, and Duluth
where the unions were strongly sup
porting the farmer-labor federation,
that these organizations would elect
the delegation to the state conven-
ton.
AS usual, his words meant. nothing
when he saw that by permitting that
procedure to be followed, it would re-
suit in the election of left wing dele.
cation so he, together with Buckler,
issued call for the Hennepin coun-
ty convention ignoring the county
farmer-labor federation entirely.
Workers Framed On.
Furthermore, this convention was
called at 200 o'clock on Saturday af.
ternoon when it wa- utterly impos.
sible for rank and file workers to be
present. The convention was attend.
ed by 3S delegates, all of whom were
either Office holders, business agents
or middle class politicians. The only
rank and file workers in the hall were
Comrades Youngdahl, and Stevens
both of whom were unseated because
of their membership in the Workers
Party Watkins of the switchmen
another actual worker, was roughly
set in his place when he took excep
ton to the procedure followed by the
conference. Hennepin county was en-
titled to Ga delegates to the state
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Patronize our advertisers.

note Of warning the press says l
have been advocating a strike. I am
going to do all can before susy next
to avoid stoppage Laen. want to
test the solidarity of the trade unions
before there is notice given"
Metal Trades Bosses Want Battle
Metal trades employers have told
the Amalgamated Engineering Union
they will not consider an increase OF
SAFE week unless the union will
consent to changes in rules to lower
the cost of production. They claim
this is necessary to meet foreign com
petition.
The longstanding conditions these
big employers insist on altering in.
volve output, hours, the day and night
shift agreement, and payments for
overtime, night shift-and double day
shift work.
Whole Labor Movement involved
The way the entire labor movement
may be involved is shown by New.
castle labor man not Immediately con-
nected with the negotiations: I'VE
are not in this affair directly but we
are all in indirectly whether we like
It or not. IL looks to me as IL the
employers are going TO show us the
way by driving us all to the wall
again where we will have to fight to-
gether."
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AS WE SEE 1T
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What is left for the Civil Liberties
Union to do? Liquidate! Perish the
thought. There are a few assassins,
who tried to murder the leaders of the
Russian revolution in Soviet jails.
They were ready to throw the bomb
or push the knife in return for foreign
gold. Now, that Coolidge has returned
this country to the ideals of 1.-THE
fathers" and has transformed the de-
partment of justice into a respect.
able research bureau for getting in
formation that will enable the people
to punish "malefactors of great wealth
Roger Baldwin and his army of knight
Grants, will measure swords with the
Soviet government.
DADICALS may take comfort from
~ the thought that the next time
they find a witness on the stand
against them, he or she will not be
horny-handed fink who graduated
from sewer or a mine but a law
school graduate. 1t will be much
more satisfactory to the ego to take
rap" under such conditions than &c
be railroaded on the testimony of a
stool-pigeon who uses the Language
of Bowery bum. Roger Baldwin is
becoming militant. When pacifist gel
that way, they usually take it out Oh
the revolutionists.
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Insult Spreads Some More

FORT WAYNE, Ind, March H.
The s2O,OOO,O0O Indiana Service cor
poration today passed into control of
Samuel insult. of Chicago, and his
associates with the election of a new
board of directors on which eastern
interests have no place.
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British imperialist diplomacy is not doing so
well in Europe since the Soviet government set the
fashion Of publishing secret documents Of that AMI
other capitalist governments. II is very hard for
lars to achieve any real brliancy when the astute
fevolutonists that head government of 100000
600 people are checking up on them
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Get a sub for the DAILY
WORKER from your shopmate
and you will make another mem
Der for your branch.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-01-15
The Left-Handsd Person.

DEAR MRS. BEECKMAN:
~ 1 am Northumberland is.
1 use my knife with my left
hand. Am I committing much
of a faux pas in doing SO, or
shall 1 try to use the right hand?
l can do so, but not very grace
fully.
~ When wearing rubbers to
a public place, do you have them
checked or do you slip them off
when you are seated?
J. 8.
T URGE you by all means to
i use the right hand, since you
can do 50. Even If you do not.
as you say, use your right hand
with the grace that you would
wish. still it looks more graceful
to use II rather than the left.
Eating with the left hand is the
most awkward Of all the left
handed performances, I think. So
90 use your right hand. l think
that you should be grateful to the
powers that be that you can, even
with any amount Of grace, use
your right hand. Most Ieft-handed
people would appreciate this, and
I am sure that you will be able
to "eat better and better" with
the right hand. Good luck to
you-and make this right handed
technique your New Year resolu-
ton. Tell me how it comes on.
(2) 1t is more convenient to
you and your campanions-if
you check them.
MRS. BeecknAn will be glad to
answer questions on etiquette
submitted by readers.)
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r Up the Amazon we went,
with two husky natives row
~ ing us. want to tell you
that II you are looking for adven.
ture there is the place to 60 For
more strange things happen on the
great river than you can ever
imagine.
And something strange happened
to use.
1t was getting toward noon and
Of course Bobby was looking for
a nice place to stop for lunch.
He had suggested stopping several
times, and finally I could resist
his appeal no longer, so I said:
There's a good place, Bobby,
over there under that tree over
hanging the water" And / or
dered our guides in the best Por-
tuguese I knew to row us there
For you know Brazil, the country
through which the Amazon flows,
was settled by the Portuguese.
We pulled up by the bank, took
our lunch kit ashore and settled
ourselves comfortably to eat our
sardines, baked beans and bis
cults.
After lunch thought it would
be good thing to take a snooze
you know, only forty winks,
just to rest my eyes.
So l stretched out, put my
hat over my eyes and before I
knew it I was dreaming about
a scissors grinder.
Bobby was just getting out his
knife to white q stick as I
dropped off to sleep, and as l
lost consciousness / heard him
say:
This knife wouldn't cut but
ter
But since we didn't have any
butter with us, I thought it was
unimportant and said nothing.
I'll tell you a secret was too
sleepy.
After a while, which seemed
very short to me, ] was awak-
ened by an argument between
Bunny and Bobby. 1t went some
thing like this:
II tell you it is a scissors
grinder" said Bobby
IT tell you 1t isn't" said Bunny.
Then they started 1T is"
ut isn't" You know how you do
that yourselves. Finally they wer.
out Of breath and stopped.
But by this time | was awake.
What are you two fellows
fussing about?" l inquired, rails
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-01-15
WANTPRETTY ANKLES?
Then Try This Exercise for That Slim
Line That You Love Will Also
Keep You Warm and Comfortable.

gives them an Objectionable, thick
look.
Swollen makes may be a symp-
tom that needs a physicians care
and so are quite outside the scope
of a beauty chat. But the ankle
that should be tapering and in
stead is fat can usually be brought
to lines of beauty by little pa.
tient work and perseverance.
Here is an exercise that Is ex-
celIent for, reducing large ankles:
Place a small stool or box in
front of you-something about
eighteen inches from the floor.
Stand straight before it with
your hands on your hips, your
heels close to each other, pointed
straight ahead, your back and
neck straight, weight over the
balls Of your feet.
Step on the stool with your
right foot, allowing your toes to
rest on it, and holding your hee.
well UP. Now place your left
foot beside the right on the stool,
in the same position. You will
then be standing on the stool on
tip-toes.
Hold this position a moment,
then step back on the floor with
your right foot, resting on your
right toes. Next, bring your left
foot back to the floor, standing
on the toes. Hold the position
few seconds, then lower your
heels. RI
Repeat the exercise each morn
ing ten times or more while
your bath water is running. And
If you can remember to practice
it again at night, so much the
better. 1t will improve the cir
culation through your ankles
and feet SO that they'll be likely
to keep warm and comfortable.
Also, the exercise, if you per-
sist in practicing it daily for
weeks and months. will trim
down your ankles and impart to
them the slim line you love-.
Copyright, 1926, by Premier syndi-
cate, Incl
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stenographer and his wife is just
the difference between an interest
ing propinQuity and a dutiful
proximity.
There are usually two women
in a mans life: the one who loves
him and bores him-and the one
who fascinates him and merely en-
dures him.
When a man comes bearing
gifts, a woman always remembers
the Greeks and beWares; but
a man never suspects that any
extra tenderness or solicitude on a
woman's part means anything,
except that he Is more fascinating
than usual.
A man never can realize what a
really stimulating holiday 1t is to
a woman to stand around and
watch her husband WORK on his
day off.
No matter how noble, how brill
liant nor how distinguished a man
may be, nothing so thrills and
flatters him as to have a woman
call him "a fascinating devil"
The reason" why a man is too
busy 10 see you" dearie, may not
ALWAYS be a blonde; it may be
only a brunette or a red-haired
woman.
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FOOLED ON THE AMAZON.

ing myself on one elbow and
giving a great yawn.
ITS just this, Foxy Grandpa"
said Bunny. do you hear that
noise?'
Isn't it scissors-gT1nder?"
asked Bobbie before 1 could an
swer Bunny.
1T certainly sounds like one"
said I, expecting to hear at any
moment a man call out:
ANY knives or scissors to
gr4nd?"
For believe me that noise,
sounded SO much like the buzz
of a. knife on a milestone that
I thought it must be.
But what under the sun is
such a person doing in this out
Of the way place." I exclaimed.
Perhaps there is a lumber
camp here and that Is the sound
Of an ak being sharpened on the
stone" suggested Bobby. Tin
going to see anyway. For my
knife is as dull as a tin sword
I'll investigate myself" added
Bunny hopping off beside Bobby.
This was too much for me.
with great effort-for 1 was
having such a nice nap-I got
up and followed Bunny and Bob
by as they headed in the direc-
ton from which the noise was
coming.
Soon we were right on the
noise 1t seemed. In fact 1t was
almost deafening.
mo lumber-camp here" said
Bobby slowly.
And no knife-grinder, either"
said Bunny.
Then what is it," | asked.
Look at that tree" said Bun
ny, pointing to a big beetle which
was sitting comfortably, head
down on the bark Of tall tree.
"For PHYS sake" l gasped.
wonder what 1t Is called"
Knife grinder" answered Bun
ny. Wish he could sharpen
mine" murnured Bobby.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-01-15
By Eleanor Meherin
The Biggest and Best Story =
Her Career.

y T $50 Dane Herrick came.
Tears flew to Nora Lees
eyes. No other fellow in all
S world had such clean-cut
ydnngness about him. There was
q stern thin look about his
mouth as though he, too. had
suffered-that sweet. stubborn
mouth. She was unnerved with
joy and paused a moment to
still her lips.
He stood In the doorway, his
hands cupped over a pipe he
was lighting. Then he would
walk out. She would rush up
to him. They would laugh, fling
themselves into each others
arms
He stood there a moment. She
watched shivering with half-fear-
ful eagerness.
Moments are short. Before this
one was ended it became eternal
with its pain. And Nora Lee
was running from the things she
wanted, cowed with a mortal
hurt.
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WHEN IN
DOUBT
When Cake and Coffee Are
Served.
by Cornelius Beekman-

TEAR MRS. BEEcKMAN:
~ When you make an after.
noon call. and cake and coffee are
served, the cup and saucer are en-
a little plate. Should you take the
cup and saucer off the plate and
put the cake on the plate, or should
you leave the cup and saucer on
the plate?
A CONSTANT READER.
IT depends on the convenience.
4 If you are served at a table
and there is room for both the cup
and saucer and the plate, it is more
convenient to take the cup and
saucer off the plate. and use the
plate for the cake. II. as usually
happens, you have to "juggle" the
Service" 1t is more convenient to
leave the cup and saucer on the
plate, push them to one side Of the
plate, and put the cake on the
other side Of the plate, where there
is more room. II there is still
more room on the side Of the
saucer than there IL on the side of
the plate, you use that room for
the cake.
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Second Installment of Modern Novel,
Conferred On Heart and Mind
of the "Flapper."

cornflower from his buttonhole
and gave It to the girl.
Anything but a blue cornflower!
He used to say her eyes were like
that-her eyes were bluer than
anything.
Their Flower.
Nora Lee shut her teeth so
quickly that her tongue caught.
Frantic tears splashed abruptly
on her cheeks. The blue corn
flower-their particular and cher
ished flower.
She had a mad impulse to
rush down the block herself,
between them-grab the blossom
from that bold, flirting girl
sneer at Dane Herrick. Ask
him scathingly what he knew
of love!
She was aware suddenly that
she was crying-staring in a
window in Montgomery street
and crying.
For she had all along burn
ingly believed he couldn't turn
from her. He'd have to come
back. He was an idealist cleav-
ing to a dream. She symbol
lied all that was high and holy
and sweet in his boyhood. He
wanted her and her love
nothing else. She believed this
with a passionate completeness.
Go Be Continued Tomorrow
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tunity. STAND
up before n
long m irr or
and critically
scrutinize them
from every an
gle, not for
getting t n e
curve just over
the heel.
We ca n n o t
c h q n 8 e t he
bone formation
Of our ankles,
Of course. And
some women
have naturally
smaller bones
than others.
But none Of
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POstOffice

ORIGINALLY ''postoffice"
" was the office which ar
ranged all details concerning the
posts-that is the places on the
great roads where relays Of horses
and men could be obtained for the
rapid forwarding OF the kings
dispatches.