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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-12-16

and the Slgman administration seems
to be very uneasy over the situation,
What the trump cards will be is not
yet visible.
Two lrreconeiIable Views.
Left wing resolutions, such as
world trade union unity, are being
mechanically voted down and class
collaboration schemes endorsed me-
chemically by the Sigman paper ma
jority AT this writing the officers re-
port has not come before the conven-
ton. On this report will center the
struggle between the lefts and the
rights
The administration is frankly for
class collaboration and even lays the
basis for another expulsion policy
while the left wing, under the lead
ership of the Trade Union Education
al League, is determined to compel
the reputation of the expulsion pol
icy and to turn the organization away
from cooperation with the exploiters
of labor and into the channels of the
class struggle.
The fact that the left wing dele
gates represent all the large clothing
centers. with the exception of Cleve-
land, makes Sigman hesitate. He can
not repeat Boston. His manner thru
out the convention shows plainly that
he would like to, but the membership
has spoken and they are waiting to
speak again if what they expect from
this convention is not materialized.
Green's Soft Pedal.
Bill Green speech to the convention
was a plea for unity, concession
to the strength of the left wing. He
even praised the radicals, altho it
seemed many times that he was about
to forget his role for the moment and
talk about the radicals as he would
like to- Sigman undoubtedly told him
the predicament he was in. so the tao
tics had to be changed to suit the sit
uation.
A left wing representing the vast
majority of the membership cannot,
and will not allow itself to be ignor-
ed or pushed into the background
Sigman's strength lies in what is
known as the tout of town locals"
and to the method of representation.
Here are few examples of how Sig
man gained the majority of delegates
to the convention and why he is SO
uneasy about his majority. The fig
ures are compiled by the research de-
partment of the international so it is
Sigman's own figures | am using.
Long Island and Eastern Department.
Local No. Avg. Dues Paying Delegates
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-12-16
COOLIDGE and
Mine OWNERS
IN CONSPIRACY
Out to Smash Union in
Anthracite
By LAURENCE TODD.

WASHINGTON - OPP - Calvin
Coolidge may be stubbornly determine
ed to help Morgan and Mellon and
their allies in destroying the United
Mine Workers of America.
Coolidge's closest adviser, except
Mellon and Hoover. is Dwight Nor
row, partner of ]. P. Morgan. The
Morgan and the Geo. F. Baker in
terests control the anthracite industry
through the Big Seven anthracite
companies. Morrow is in a position
to tell Coolidge of any major moves
by the anthracite operators Does
Coolidge know this:
That the anthracite operators, in
GLIDING Warmer and Richards.
with Ivy Lee, their press agent, and
Merritt, their counsel, held a secret
conference Nov. 10, 20 and 81 in
the Railroad club in New York City.
at which they agreed to make
fight to a finish against the union?
That the big operators pledged
the support of the New York banks
to the smaller operators, to tide
them over the period of the fight.
and that Geo. f. Baker, Jr., was
present when this compact was
made?
That they took this action, re-
solved to brook no interference by
any public official, state or federal.
after satisfying themselves that
Coolidge would do nothing to spoil
their plan?
The Federated Press is assured
that this conference was held and
these decisions taken. It is assured
further that the sentiment of the
group is expressed by one operator
when he said that This time we will
stand for no politicians butting in:
we let Mark Hanna and Roosevelt
break in once, but that was enough"
The reference to Roosevelt and
Hanna recalls the Roosevelt letter to
Sen. Lodge, published last summer,
in which T. R. told Of having sent
Elihu Root to see Morgan & Co. since
it was obvious that Morgan was the
power in anthracite. Root saw Nor
CAMS partners Geo. W. Perkins and
Robert Bacon. and got "old Pierpont
Morgan" on the telephone, with Geo.
F. Baer. He induced them to agree to
accept a coal commission which
should make settlement. That was
in 1902. The strike had run all sum
mer.
Starve the union coal miners into
submission, is the plan the U. S.
chamber of commerce offers. It is
circulating this idea throughout the
country. Now the business lob
bies in the national capital are con-
fident that-with Coolidge's help and
the help Of the interstate commerce
commission and a huge antilabor
majority in congress-they are about
to witness the crushing of the strong
est unit in the American Federation
Of Labor.
Nowhere in the administration, or
among its business allies, is there
any fear that the American labor
movement will deliver a counter-blow.
HELP SAVE THE DAILY WORKER!
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-12-16
Relative Strength.


1000 members the Sigman admins
tration has so delegates.
Relative Strength.
Cleveland is the only center that
Sigman controls. Six locals have an
average membership Of 1,47O with IA
delegates. Even here the left wing
has three delegates out Of the IA
Philadelphia with a membership of
2,119 sent a solid machine delegation,
but the membership are supporters of
the left wing Most of the leading
members of the T. U. E. L. have been
expelled. Their return to the union
means left wing control Anyone who
had doubts about the left wings claim
should have attended the vecherinka
given by the left wing delegates at
which over 1000 of the Philadelphia
membership attended.
What strength the Sigman admin
istration has lies in Cleveland, and in
Locals 10, as and SO OF New York
Citys These three locals are large 10.
Gals with a total average membership
OF 11,490, and in these locals the left
wing has substantial minorities.
Where Left Has Power.
On the other hand contrast this
with the strength of the left wing.
Remember these figures are compiled
by the Sigman officials. Local 2, 10000
members; delegates, ID; Local 8, 1000
members, delegates, IL; Local %, 49,
600 members, delegates, IA; Local 35,
5000 members. delegates, 10. Here
we have only four locals with an aver
age membership of $4,000 with 40
delegates while Sigman has so dele.
gates for 1900 members. The left
wing also controls Chicago, Boston.
Montreal and many other smaller cen.
ters.'
IL can be readily seen, from these
figures who II is that speaks In the
name of the membership, and why the
Sigman machine is weakening under
the sledge hammer blows of the pro.
gressives and why the left wing frank.
ly tells Sigman that his conventions
paper majority will avail him nothing.
The rank and file has spoken in un.
mistakable terms, that they want and
must have class struggle program
and class conscious leadership.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-12-16
Workers Write About the Workers Life
THREE VALUABLE PRIZES OFFERED
FOR BEST CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE
WORKER CORRESPONDENTS PAGE

Three valuable prizes will be
Correspondents stories published
on the Friday Dec 18TH Worker Correspondents
WORKER The first prize the much valued
harn Historical MateraIism; price,
land by Leon Troy and the third original
by Logan framed the appear in this
Hurry and write story Non-pay
ers we'll members Any
worker can be Worker
Editor DAILY WORKER 1913 West Washington Chicago
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-12-16
Millinery Workers of
New York Get Exactly
What They Asked for
BY A Worker corresponde nt

NEW YORK CITY-Local "a Of the
Millinery Workers unanimously de-
handed the release of BENJAMIN Git
low from Sing Sing prison, at their
meeting on Thursday, Dec. 10 at
Bryant Hall.
The appeal for the pardon of Git
low was unanimously passed at a
meeting at which more than 100 work.
ers were present. This is one of the
many demands that have been made
by local unions Of this city for Git
lows release.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-12-16
WHY THE LEFT WING OF L. L. G. w.
HAS SIGMAN WHIPPED IN SPITE
OF FAXED CONVENTION MAJORITY
BY J. w. TOMBSTONE.
Especial TO The Daily Workerl

PHILADELPHIA 11(By Ma)The
wing
majority membership
attending
they represent
he
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-12-16
Christian" Poland
Arrests 112 Peasants;
Charge "High Treason"

GRODNO, Poland, Dec. IA hun
dred and twelve peasants were recent
ly arrested and forced to march long
distances to the prison here. All of
the peasants who were arrested are
charged with high treason because of
their demand that western White Rus
STA join the Soviet Union.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-12-16
EIGHTH WEEK OF STRIKE FINDS
HILLCREST SILK STRIKERS FIRM;
SCABS REPORTED TO HAVE QUIT

WEST NEW YORK, N J., 14The of
in the gallant silk Mil in
New York firm and solid as before
Those who have savings
before
Those who fund which
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-12-16

Order a bundle Of The DAILY
WORKER for every meeting Of
y'pw. spiosA $780,.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-12-16
TodGy's Honor Roll of Workers:

Young Workers League, Ger
man Dr., Philadelphia, Pa. IS 25. 90
Dillonvale, o., Czecho-Slovak
w. P. 1900
Karl Marx Br., Workers Party,
Chicago, ILL., 100. 90
Pullman, ILL.,, Street Nucleus 500
Rose Grossman, Baltimore, Nd. 800
Workers Party, Palidsade,
MINI. $50
Finnish Branch, Workers Party
Berkeley, Calf. Observation-Disclosures. 5000
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-12-16
Boiler Explosion
Sends Crew of Is
to Watery Grave

VIGO, Spain. Dec. 14.-Sixteen
members of the crew of launch at
Boomas were killed when the boiler
exploded.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-12-16

hof pickets on the picket line. How
ever, as the fight is becoming one of a
fight to finish character, contribu-
tons to the United Front Committee
of Textile Workers of Hudson county,
made payable to George Pearlman at
the headquarters, 393 Broadway,
Union City are very welcome.
The boss is frantic. In spite of
everything he is not able to get work
ers who will scab, at least he has
never been able to get even ten per
cent of the help he needs in the mill.
And now it has been reported that the
few scabs have not been able to face
the steady picket line of the strikers
and at least half of them quit work
telling the boss they were tired of
doing his dirty work.
Change of Front by Police.
The determination of the United
Front Committee of Textile Workers
in pushing the case against the police
for their illegal and brutal actions
have resulted in a change of front
on the part of the local Judge, police,
and mayor. They have become quite
polite. An offending policeman has
been removed from the force pending
investigation after the papers had CIV
en- front page publicity to how the
officer had forced someone physically
to go into the mill as strikebreaker.
A big mass meeting has been staged
with speakers: - Elizabeth Curley
Flynn, Carlo Tresca, and Albert Weiss
bord.
Efforts will be made to make the
mass meeting the initial force to slim
ulate into life mill committees in
the other mills of the district so as
to show the bosses that against their
united front the workers have esta-
blished an united front of their own.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-12-16

In i've sections Of the country, with
81 local unions, with approximately
1900 members the Sigman admins
tration has so delegates.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-09-11
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lie. The Store Of Greater Values
:s ID: THE FAIR
AZ 311-325 West Washington Street

Smart style, trimmed with
embroidery, applique and
piping. Brown, copen,
green, rust and tan. Sizes
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White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1925-02-20
Y. M. C. A. PLANS COURSE ON
"HoW TO SELECT A WlEE

The Y. M. G. A., which has so many
good things to its credit, has launched
into an unknown sea. Taking cour-
age in one hand and lamp of learn.
ing, we imagine, in the other, local
branch of the organization recently
announced course designed to pre-
pare bachelors for the serious task oil
selecting the right kind of wife.
The course, which aims to distrib
ute knowledge of the economic, ply
siological, and psychological aspect Of
marriage, as well as, training in the
care and education of children" will
last for six weeks.
Alas, some of US will think life
time too short to master such lessons,
and others in the light Of the moon
will cast six weeks aside as longer
than eternity.
But it's course for the brave and
earnest at any rate, and perhaps those
who heed the directors advice for a
man to take a second look at the girl
he anticipates marrying will rear
their reward and find the perfect wife
their studies deserve.
AS for the pessimists among us
they will doubtless remain confined
in their ancient opinion that hanging
and wiving go by destiny.-Woman's
Home Companion.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1925-02-20
Two Western Boys Aid
Hungary in Near East

Two Seattle boys in the midst of
the Turko- Greek disturbances in
Asia Minor are valiantly working for
the aid of adult Christian refugees
and their hungry children, says L. S.
Booth of the Near East Relief.
They are Ted Gannaway, son OF
DR.. Charles R. Gannaway, now caring
for $500 children on the coast OF
Syria; and Barclay Acheson, son OF
the Rev. 7. Davis Acheson, Of Rolling
Bay. Young Gannaway is helping to
clothe a half million refugees at Sa-
lonika in Macedonia.
1.-The expulsion of the Greek patri-
arch from Constantinople marks the
successful elimination of 500 years.
effort by the Turks to erase the name
Of Christ from their domain" said
Booth in explaining the new causes
of distress in Greece and Asia Minor.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1925-02-20
HUMAN LIFE SAFEST IN NORTHWEST

cations as one of the two or three
healthiest great cities of the nation,
and the place where infant life, in
particular, is safest. Portland, with
Tacoma, Spokane and other North
west cities, share in these high quail
ties of health and longevity, so I'm.
common among the greater popula
ton centers of the East.
This Northwest corner of the ma
ton is not only the most attractive
and promising part of the nation
when business and Industrial pros
poets are considered, but it's mild eli
mate, pure waters, and beneficent air
make it the. most comfortable and
healthful for the Northwest citizen
and his family. Doubtless the bliz-
zard1bitten brethren of other local.
ties will be impressed with these i'm.
portant facts and act accordingly.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1925-02-20
NEW ERA FOR NEWSPAPERS IN SIGHT

machinery that must follow their in
PRODUCTION to general use.
st does not require much stretch
Of Imagination" Mr.. Ochs said, etc
expect that reporters will in the near
future carry some kind of portable
wireless telephones, and thus keep in
touch with their Offices"
Mr.. Ochs warned his listeners
against inaccuracy, prejudice and
callousness.
In newspaper advertising, Mr.. Ochs
declared "the highest order Of jour
nalistic ability may be exercised he
said, you can more readily judge the
character Of a newspaper by its ad
vertising columns than any other out
ward appearances"
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1925-02-20
Savidge Acts to Save
Oyster Lands for State

In cancelling the oyster deed for
4O.O49 acres of tide lands sold under
the Bush act October 5, 1904, to Mark
H. Stanley Of Grand Junction, Colo,
Land Commission G. v. Savidge for
the first time in the states history
laid down the principle that if tide
lands are acquired for the purpose Of
raising shellfish they must be used
for that and no other purpose.
Under the Bush act tide lands to be
utilized for growing shellfish sold for
$1.25 an acre. The Stanley holdings
are located at the head of Hood Canal
in Mason County, in the vicinity of
the states oyster reserves. 1t de-
veloped at hearing held by Commits
sioner Savidge that the lands had
been used for other purposes and rent
al collected for them. Thereupon the
deed was cancelled.
1t is estimated that If the tide lands
were sold for general use they would
be appraised at from So to $40 per
chain. 1t is probable the lands in
question would be worth between 5000
and $1,000 for general commercial
purposes such as the location of a
booming ground for logging operators
When utilized for oyster culture ex.
tensive Improvements are required
and the state lang has followed the
policy of encouraging the raising OF
shelltish by charging only a nominal
fee for tide lands suitable for and
only used for that purpose. A 40
acre tract under the Bush act would
only cost about $50. Commissioner
Savidge is determined that If the
lands are obtained cheaply they shall
be used only as the law directs.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1925-02-20

Only seven states Of the Union had
lower death rate last year than in
the preceding year. These were all
Western states except one, and Wash
ington, Oregon, Montana, Utah, Colo
RADIO were included. The nations
death rate per thousand for 1928 was
1913. The Northwest rate is around
9 per LOCO.
This is pretty good record for the
Pacific Northwest. We have been
talking this district to the nation and
the world as the most attractive re-
gion in the respects of climate, future
business prospects, natural resources,
commerce, industry and happy homes
for enterprising citizens. Now comes
the federal vital statistics report and
adds the information that this partic-
ular district is also the healthiest in
the nation.
Seattle also has particular qualifi-
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1925-02-20

NEW YORK.-Functions of a news
paper and the men who make it were
explained to students Of the Pulitzer
School Of Journalism at Columbia Uni
versity by A. S. Ochs, publisher of
the New York Times.
Mr.. Ochs emphasized that the world
is entering an area Of invention which
may profoundly influence the news
papers printed today.
II have heard that great corpor-
ation," he said, sis in possession of
inventions which have been demon.
strated to be practical for general
use of so startling an experimenting
a character that the managers of the
company stand aghast in contempla
ton of the vast scrapping of existing
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1925-02-20
Potato soo.HusheI Growers Spray

Potato 3oo-BusheI Growers Spray
Many potato growers have achieved
big results by organizing spray rings
and buying big efficient spraying out
fits and spraying materials according
to the Michigan Farmer. Growers Of
certified seed are obliged to spray at
least five times with Bordeaux, using
a machine that can maintain a pres
sure Of at least $50 pounds The 26
members Of Michigan's 300-Bushel Po-
tato Club obtained yields averaging
1853 bushels last year, sprayed accord
ing to the schedule Of the Michigan
Agricultural College. Growers of GER
titled seed in that state also produced
an average Of 101.6 bushels on nearly
$500 acres by spraying five times.
When dry weather brings leaf hop
pers, spraying should be done every
seven days, every ten days or two
weeks being sufficient otherwise un-
less late blight threatens the crop.
ALI 100 gallons of material per acre
is needed when the plants are large.
Small growers with only three or four
acres get the benefit of the big out
fits where spraying rings are formed.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1925-02-20

his coming to this
country, may COM
pete in the Univer-
sity Stadium, Sc
attic, on July 4. An
invitation has been
extended by the
Rainier-Noble post,
American Legion,
who plans a mon
ster celebration for
that date. His ap-
pearance would fill
the attraction to
its capacity. Muir.
MRS appearance In
the West would be
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1925-02-20
Dean M. Lyle Spencer

Newspaper men in attendance at
the state press institute at the Uni
versity of Washington wired their
coincidence to Dean M. Lyle Spencer,
Of the Department Of Journalism, who
is now confined in Wisconsin hos
pital following injuries received in a
railroad wreck and could not attend
the meeting.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1925-02-20
that the

extended to them any service that the
school could render them.
$4,000 for the coming year. Professor
Kennedy urged all editors present
who were not already members to
join the association and help put over
the program for the next year.
Best wishes and condolences were
wired to Dean M. Lyle Spencer, who,
with Mrs. Spencer, were injured in
Wisconsin train wreck.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1925-02-20
FOR sALE-REAL ESTATE

FOR SALEL16O acres Of good wheat
land in Saskatchewan, only 20 miles
from Regina; 1870 acres broken; average
els Of wheat. to the acre. This Is your
chance to get started in this wonderful
wheat-growing district where crop Pfc fall u
write: l.. v. Cornfield care A. L. Burr,
Westlake Farmers Market, Seattle.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1925-02-20

"uNcLE SAM NEEDS A WIFE"
That Uncle Sam Needs Wife" is
the title Of new book by Ida Clyde
Clark which is a serious book devoted
to the advancement Of women in bust.
ness and public affairs.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1925-02-20

w. G.. Potts has an
n oun c Q d there
were exactly 800
banks in this state
which have quail
fed as state depos-
tories. This is q
slight increase ov-
er the number
which we're eligi-
BILE to receive state
+ u n DIS b 9 fore
Treasurer Potts
came into Office,
and is about six
times the number
that were on the
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1925-02-20

The Freed -Eisemann Radio Com
pany offered silver cup to the first
owner Of one Of their receiving sets
to report reception of an English
sending station during the recent In
ternational Radio week.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1925-02-20
GIVING FRIEND RIDE IN
TRUCK COSTS DRIVER $3.50

SEATTLE.-It cost Francisco Con.
zall, Seattle gardener, $6250 to give
his friend, Mike Tate, ride on his
auto truck.
A jury in Superior Judge j. T. Ron
AIDS court awarded that sum to
Tate's widow, Angelina Ttate, after
listening to testimony that Gonzall
was intoxicated
Tate was thrown from the truck,
which was said to be going at a high
rate Of speed, and sustained mortal
injuries. He died at the City Hospi.
tai three days after the accident.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1925-02-20

Out-of-town people like Jack Whites
Tray Tavern Cafeteria because it's SO
homelike and the food is like they
get at home. Try it next time you are
in Spokane. ADV.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1925-02-20

n RO5tN1 OV1 Uo V11O VI
the biggest events in Western athletic
history. John M. Allen, chairman of
the celebration committee, wired the
invitation to Nurmi and at the same
time wired Legion officials in the East
to exert local influence with the Finn
to induce him to visit the Northwest.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1925-02-20
PIruned

First Pruyn-1'm very happy the
Professor used me to test some alco-
hol last night.
Second Pruyn-Ah! that explains
why you are so stewed this morning.
Science and Invention.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1925-02-20
How About Corn-ed Beef

Prof.-Luther Burbank has proven
that corn came from Mexican weed,
and in fourteen years Of cultivatins
this weed he produced corn.
Johnnie OATS noting: me
Ma raised two corns on one toe
Science and Invention.