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The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1925-08-21
AS THE WORKER
SEES HIS WORLD
Summary and Digest Of
Important Events Of the
Week, Here and Abroad

President Green, of A. F. of L.,
warns negro trade unionists against
communist-inspired American Negro
Labor Congress at Chicago.
International Typographical Union
holds convention at Kalamazoo, Mich;
Public Printer Carter is assailed.
Police eject communist members
who block debate in German reich
stag.
Thirty injured and Is arrested at
riot at Ku Klux Klan meeting near
birmingham, Mass.
Number of farms in United States
decreased by 10000 last year, de-
partment of agriculture reports.
Representative Johnson plans new
laws to deport aliens and further re-
strictions on immigration.
Charles w. Mills, noted for arbitra-
tion of Colorado and West Virginia
mine strikes, dies at Ocean City, N. j.
Conservatives defeat liberals in
New Brunswick elections.
George Gray, of Delaware, former
Judge and U. S. senator, who headed
arbitration commission in great coal
strike of 1902, dies at 85.
Former Premier Orlando, of Italy,
resigns seat in chamber of deputies
| in protest at Fascist methods.
Negro lynched by mob at Excelsior
Springs, Mo.
| British house of commons votes
$5O,OOO,OO0 subsidy for coal industry.
New York Central signs contracts
for installation of automatic train con-
troll devices on seven divisions
| U. S. petroleum supply ample, COM
mittee of experts says.
| Seven women workers and two men
die in factory explosion at Lugo,
Italy.
| Work resumed in Cape Breton
mines of Nova Scotia as striking min
ers and British Empire Steel Com
pany sign agreement.
International Labor Office investi-
gates wages and working conditions
Of journalists in more than 20 coun-
tries.
Unemployment causes much suffer
ing in Ulster and Irish Free State
Irish labor congress is told.
Thousands of Ku Klux Klansmer
march, unmasked, through streets OF
Washington, d. C.
Big Italian firm reported as pre-
pairing to buy large supplies of coal
from Russia.
Ford Motor Company to ship
freight by airplane to all parts OF
United States, Henry Ford says.
Mexican city police fail in attempts
to evict members of tenants union
who refuse to pay rent.
Philippines offer profitable field fol
rubber growing, department of com.
merce says. -
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1925-08-21
MINERS HIGH WAGE
Is Based on Low Levels
Union Official Declares

Atlantic City, N. 1.-THE "high"
wage increases the past 10 years are
based on starvation levels, declared
Philip Murray, vice president of the
United Mine Workers, replying to
the operators claim that miners have
received higher percentage of wage
increases since 1924 than have other
workers.
1.-The increases to which the oper-
ators refer are due to the starvation
wage levels upon which they are
based, and are wholly misleading in
that they do not reflect the actual
increases in earnings to which the
anthracite workers are entitled" said
Mr.. Murray.
"The wage level of 1914 was as low
as $1.5O per day while the maximum
wage for skilled tradesmen, such as
carpenters, blacksmiths, electricians,
structural iron workers, hosting en-
gineers, ETC., has always been much
lower than that paid in other indus
tries for the same class of work"
"The United States bureau Of labor
statistics, in its most recent report,
shows that the cost Of living from
May, 1924, to May, 1925, in 81 Amer
ican cities, has increased 7.2 per cent,
while the city of Scranton, in the
heart of our coal mining belt, has in
creased rs per cent during this Pc
riod, according to the same report.
Increases Of more substantial
nature than those reported by the bu-
reau of labor statistics have taken
place in the anthracite region. It is
freely predicted by well-known au-
thorities that there will be a con-
tinued an dsteady climb in living
costs.
1--WE expect to demonstrate before
the close of the present negotiations
that the increased cost Of living since
our agreement Of 1923 exceeds by
substantial amount the increased
wages that we are demanding in this
joint conference"
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1925-08-21
COMPANY "UNION"
SHAKY

Denver. - Rockefeller's company
"union" is in a shaky condition be-
cause of the second attempt to lower
wages. Many sections Of southern
Colorado are aflame with the trade
union sentiment, and the company
union" plan is in the weakest stage
of its career. It's friends are silent
because of the bold attempts of the
Colorado Fuel and Iron Company to
use their union" as wage reducing
club.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1925-08-21
WANTED

STOUT MEN and women to wear the
famous Camp Physiological Belt,
built to give you comfort. Holds
up the stomach. Lady attendant.
Dargue's Cut Rate Rate Store,
242 High street. tt
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1925-08-21
SAILORS INCREASE DUES

San Francisco.-By referendum
vote the Sailors Union Of the Pacific
has raised monthly dues from 81 to
$3.50.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1925-08-21
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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-05-22
May % Is Big Day
in New York

ONCE a year, the Young Workers
~ League Of New York runs Spring
Ball Of Youth. In the past, this ball
has been the best the revolutionary
movement has produced This year,
May % has been selected as the day
for the Spring Bali, and from the in
formation that has been given out
by the district office of the league in
! New York, it looks as If this year
will surpass all previous years.
The program thus far arranged, be-
sides good band which will provide
the best dance music, includes the
following:
School Days-a play that will be
presented by the Junior section. This
is the best propaganda and dramatic
work produced by the Communist
movement.
Social Amusements and the Work
ing class Movements talk by Com
rade Herbert Zam
An exhibition of wall newspapers
These newspapers, from all over the
world especially from Russia, are ex-
tremely interesting They will be ex-
hibited in order to give the comrades
instructions as to how to produce
them.
The selection of the winner of the
set of books-The contest is at present
going on, and the winner of Eugene
Sues History of Proletarian Fam
lily Across the Ages" a twenty dollar
set of books, will be selected at this
Ball.
These are only few Of the induce
ments. All the notables of the party
and the league have already promised
to be present, and some Of them may
even participate in providing the en-
ertainment-who knows?
Comrades are urged to come early.
No tickets will be sold. Admission at
the door will be 50cents.
The place is 1O5 Eldridge st. The
time is s p. m.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-05-22

ish Harlem, o; Mo. II Jewish Down
town $12i No. z Jewish Bronx, 81.
No. a Jewish Williamsburg, s4e.5o
IS English Williamsburg, o; No. IL Eng
lish. coney ISL, o; Mo. IS Jewish
Johannesburg n,., :s1i No; = HunparIan
BEUnx sss2s NS q 1 y 1:T eoD .0TsI
$26.25; 10. 70 Russian Downtown
Sas;25; No. 20 Russian Bronx, $3.50
Newark Y. w: l., SCI total, $S44.25.
TOTAL paid by Branches TO May 10,
$4,o94.75; sold at Madison Square Garden,
y, 1885; subscription receipts to May IS,
Branches marked have not yet set
tied their accounts in full. Members OF
these branches should Immediately re-
] turn all unsoId cards or pay for them.
Ihey should also see TO Il that their
DAILY WORKER agent reports at their
next meeting. Every subscription ticket
must be paid for or returned.
PRESS PAGEANT STATEMENT.
May IS, 1925.
RECEIPTS: Subscription tickets paid
at office, $4,os47s; subserIptIon tickets
S5,493.60; hat checks, 6,f2s at 25 cents,
$1,5s2i collection, s5s6.45; flowers, $27s.ssi
donation, $25; advertising In program,
$37o.5o; total, Ss,236.e3.
EXPENSES: Madison Square Garden
Hall $2177.6o; hat check privilege, $500
printing Of program, S327 so; other print
ing and publicity, 5s3; program numbers:
pageant, $1,o3s.to; Hungarian, $685.;
Ukrainian, $19o.5o; Finnish, $50; music,
ss7s; total, s1,651.25; flowers, S55; COM
missions on advertising, $500; extra
help, SIPS; stationery and postage,
$4745; prizes to contest winners csot,
s147.1s; miscellaneous, $685. total,
$5,e50.61. 1896 subscriptions at 50 cents
each, S2,198; total ss,o4s.s1. Surplus on
hand May is, sfss.12. Total, ss.256.s3.
cover the cost Of the first prize, the trip
to the National Convention. All other
bills are paid. Several hundred dollars
are still outstanding among the Branches
for subscriptino tickets sold and not yet
collected foE. As fast as this Is paid In,
language papers in proportion to the
amount sold by the respective language
Branches.)
DISTRIBUTION OF NET PROCEEDS.
The percentage Of the net profits OF the
Paris Commune Press Pageant orpanixa-
subscription tickets paid for by the
respective language branches, fs. as fol-
lows; District Office English speaking
and Miscellaneous 25.7 per cent? EIore
(Hunaarian) 2.8 percent; Eteenpaln,
(Finnlsh) 81 per remit Empros loreeD
is per cent; Frelheit (Jewlsh) 2o.4 per
cent? LaIsve (LithuanIsn) ~ per cent
tsh Paper Fund 2.5 per cent? Novy MIR
(Russian) 7 per cent; Ny It'd lScandinav-
ian) 81 per cent; obrana (cxecho Sio.
vak) 8 per cent; Proletar (Armenlan) -
per cent; Radnik (Jupo slavl 1.6 per
cent; Tribuna Robotnitxa (Po,snl xpe.
Jus lin (Esthonlanl Y per cent? volk-
sxeituno (oerman) 3.3 per cent; Young
Workers League and Young Worker 1873
per cent
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-05-22

succeeded in drawing a number of
revolutionary workers into this affair,
several heavy hard labor sentences
were passed while the actual muir
derer was not found.
The trial of Leipzig reminds in
many respects very much of the Blau
trial. Here also the only person who
was killed was the agent provocateur
Rausch, and the main witnesses are
spies or suspected of being spies. In
the preparation of the trial an i'm
mense apparatus was built up, book
let's were printed, newspaper COM
ments published, terrible Indictment
organized against the Communist
Party and the result of the trial was
apart from the above mentioned wit
nesses-an extremely poor one. And
yet there is a prosecutor and a trial
with the political title, the political
assessors and a hostile chairman
passing sentences as they have been
passed in Germany only against work
ers, sentences of unequalled brutality
and with the purpose Of annihila-
ton.
Socialists Betray Workers.
With regard to this trial which is no
glorious leaf in the history of Ger
man justice, but expresses the most
ruthless class antagonism, intensified
by the use of the dirtiest means
against the accused-the point to the
means of examination of Criminal In
spector Koppenhofer-the question
must be put how long this campaign of
Justice" against the German working
, class will continue. Since the be-
ginning of this year motions for am
nesty are buried among the material
of the legal commission Of the reich
stag, to the joy of the bourgeois par
ties who are against every amnesty,
and with the silent agreement of the
social-democrats. The social democ-
racy has repeatedly stated before the
last general elections that they, too,
would fight for amnesty. If they
really meant this, they would have had
the best occasion during the presi-
dents election to demand from their
bourgeois friends an agreement for
amnesty. The social-democrats have
not done that 1t is the more the
duty of the social-democratic workers
to influence their leaders and froce
them to stand for the liberation of the
political prisoners.
With the example of the spy trial of
Leipzig before our eyes, which shows
the great role of the police spies in
all trials against revolutionary work
ers, the call for liberation of the po-
litical prisoners must be raised clearly
and loudly by the German workers till
it will be fulfilled.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-05-22
MILITARISMN NOW
MORE EFFICIENT
THAN BEFORE WAR
General Says Cost of
Killing is Cut

Two out of every three dollars spent
by the U. S. army before the war were
wasted if one is to believe Gen. Kinsey
W. Walker, chief of finance Of the
army Speaking in Chicago he told
his audience of railroad executives and
bankers that the army is now getting
twice as much out of the dollar as
before the war, though the dollar to-
day is worth only two-thirds of the
prewar dollar.
Statistically considered this means
that one dollar in the army now goes
as far as three dollars before the war
In other words Walker admits that
two-thirds of the prewar expenditure
might have been saved and the same
results obtained with a little more
economy and efficiency on the part Of
the war department.
1t further means that the $355,723,-
600 spent by the war department in
1923 was really equivalent to an ap-
preparation Of $1,O67, 10000 in 1913.
The actual 1913 appropriation was
S2O2,129, 900.
Therefore the war department in
1928. after the war to end war, was
five times as militaristic as in 1913
before the Wilsonian crusade was sold
to the country, provided Gen. Walk
er was not talking through his gold
corded hat, as army officers speaking
to civilians often do
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-05-22
w.
The Democratic Pacihst
Era, Fascisn and Social
Democracy.
By G. zINovlEv.

Continued from last issue.)
TINE tendency for the British EN-
4 pire to breakup is becoming more
and more marked. The London Times,
between the End and 9Th of February,
published a series of articles entitled,
"The Dominions in Foreign Politics"
For the first time, the leading organ
of British imperialism spoke openly
Of the ever increasing danger menac-
ing the unity of the British Empire.
The Times starts out with the failure
to convene the imperial conference,
which was to have been called to OBJ
tain the views Of the various parts of
the empire upon thecGeneva protocol.
This failure was due to the fact that
the dominions generally are hostile to
all rivalries which may result In i'm
posing fresh burdens upon them, and
may give rise to fresh wars The art
icle in the Times reused the greatest
interest all over the world and for
weeks we're reproduced in the whole
of the British press.
Inc BRUSH bourgeo1s1e is realizing
that the dominions are slipping thru
their fingers. OF the ten points, the
point of Canada alone is sufficient to
prove that the antagonisms between
England and America are becoming
increasingly acute. The question of
the dominions, is assuming more and
more an acute and urgent character.
CONSEQUENTLY, to assert that a
- rapprochement is taking place be-
tween England and America is mere
ly to present one side of the picture
On the other side, we see a continuous
growth of antagonism, gradually as
Stunning more and more acute char
acter At the same time, America is
striving to take advantage of the an
tagonism existing between the various
European states. All the character
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-05-22
international Prospects and Bolshevization

will then have budget with a deficit
OF 4OO,OOO,OOO, and then you will see
what a tight corner the central COM
mittee will be in. But what actually
happened2 / am not revealing state
secret, when saw that not only is
there no deficit of 40O,OO0,OOO roubles,
but on the contrary, we have>a res
pectable surplus (applause). If in 1923
ten million roubles obtained from
foreign trade, was regarded as an
achievement, think that the surplus
which l have just mentioned, will
serve as a more striking confirmation
of the consolidation of the Soviet
union.
Z Furthermore, the wages Of the
workers In Moscow, Leninarad and
other towns, during the last three
months, In a number of branches Of
Industry, have exceeded pre-war
Industry. This Is another proof that
the economic position OF the country
Is gradually Improving.
A S you know comrades, our enemies
"A are gradually becoming reconciled
to this state of affairs and this has
resulted in number Of treaties, re-
cognitions etc. BY this do not wish
to say that we are no longer confront
ed by any dangers. There will still
be intense competition on the econ
omic field. The stronger the Soviet
republic becomes, the more inevitable
will be the attempts on the part of the
world bourgeoisie directly to attack
US. The International proletariat must
reckon with this possibility, 1t is quite
possible that a situation will arise
when the very progress we are max
ing will compel the bourgeoisie to
make aggressive plans against us.
Hence, when we review the polite
al situation, we must not be deceived
by the fact that rapprochement has
been established between England
and America. We must, to a no less
extent, take into our calculations the
situation in the Orient and in our
Union of Soviet Republics, which to
considerable degree also belongs to
the East, or more correctly, is
bridge to the East.
ITO be continued
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-05-22

/ Communist movement in the west
even If 1t has not yet led the working
class to victory-will give to the
struggle of the eastern peoples alto
gether different weight.
T WOULD like to remind you what
Comrade Lenin said concerning the
Eastern question before the war.
Already in 1911, after the revolution
had taken place in China, Lenin
wrote about progressive Asia and
backward Europe. To many at that
time this comparison seemed a very
strange one. Today, all see that it
was prophetic. In a certain sense we
have indeed today a progressive Asia
and backward Europe. 1t must not
be forgotten that the East embarrass
9O0,000,OO0, the majority OF the popu-
lation of the globe.
The enormous significance of the
fact that this gigantic mass is begin
ming to move, must not be forgotten.
Recall what a profound influence
the first, second and third Russian re-
volutions had upon the development
of the Orient If we desire to obtain
a general idea of the world situation,
we must direct our attention, not only
to Europe, but also to the Orient.
The Consolidation Of the
Soviet Union
THE next point characterizing the
present political situation is that
of the economic revival of the Union
of Socialist Soviet Republics What
is the situation here? The union has
grown stronger. It's economies and
political position has become consoli-
dated. In the first place. the economic
position of the union has improved.
You will remember how happy Com
rade Lenin was at the fourth congress
to report to you that we had accu-
mulated ten million gold roubles and
therefore, were in position to make
some progress in restoring the metal
industry. Now, ten million roubles is
not nearly so important a sum to us.
You will remember how some of our
friends in our opposition, more or less
openly said during the fifth congress:
Wait until the autumn, they" ii. e.
the government of the U. S. S. R.)
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-05-22

Iistic symptoms of Imperialism, the
proper calculation of which lays at
the basis of the feminist theory of i'm
perialism, are visible at the present
time.
Japan on the Eve Of Bourgeois
Revolution
THE Japanese situation is pregnant
4 with a bourgeois revolution, which
is acquiring enormous significance in
developing in Japan calls to mind the
period of 1905 in Russia Demonstra-
tions, the general growth Of the peas
ant movement, the growth of the
terrorist movement, all these are
characteristic of the Japanese move
ment. But the working class in Japan
is politically weaker than were the
workers in Russia in 1905. Numeric-
ally perhaps it is about the same as
the Russian proletariat was at that
time, but politically it is weaker For
all that, bourgeois revolution is knock
ing at the gates of Japan and such a
revolution, in our epoch must I'M
doubtedly hasten the liberation move
ment in the East and by that, hasten
the world proletarian revolution
The Orient and its Significance to
the World Revolution.
THE third is the Eastern question
This is a particularly important
question: the Eastern problem is
maturing with a rapidity that we
could never have imagined before.
The Soviet republic at the present
time has common line of front with
China. The growth of Sun-Yat Sens
party the Kuomingtang, which SYM
pathizes with us to a certain extent,
is of enormous Importance for the
Comintern. In China, in Egypt, in
the Dutch Indies, everywhere the
movement is growing.
In the concluding days of his life,
Lenin paid more and more attention
to the Orient. He clearly saw that
from the East a large reserve army
of the revolution was marching and
that perhaps the revolution would
change its route, and enter by other
gates. The Orient, by itself, without
the assistance of the western prole-
tariat, would be impotent. Only the
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-05-22
A Correction from
Daisytown, Penna.

In an article published in the DAILY
WORKER of May 13, page three
entitled, Miners in Pittsburgh Dis
trict Cheated by Bosses, Deserted by
Union Heads" bearing the date line
from Daisytpwn, Pa, the following
sentence appeared in the second para
graph: These are non-union mines,
where the wages have been cut to the
1917 SCALE"
The insertion Of this sentence was
an error attributable TO some confu-
sion in the composing room. 1t was
not part of the article sent US by
our Worker Correspondent The truth
is that the mines are union mines,
which was stated very clearly further
along in the article where it was said
that-"The local union Of the q. M.
w. of A. is very weak"
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-05-22
ModernIst. Score Victory

COLUMBUS, Ohio. May 20.-Mod-
ernists Of the presbyterian church,
today scored their first victory in the
pre-assembly battle, which will per.
NIT them to carry their fight TO the
floor Of the general assembly.
The church general counsel, at its
first meeting, voted to recommend tc
the general assembly an amendment
OF church law which will permit mi
nority reports Of the judicial commits
sion to be submitted to the general
assembly. Only majority reports have
been permitted before.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-05-22
Livingston, Mine Town,
Sees Big Strike Film

A feature of special interest in the
movie show at the Eagle Theatre,
Livingston, ILL.,, on May 26th, will be
the picture of the Paterson IN. J)
silk workers strickland the part play
ed by the Workers Party in that
struggle. The demonstration in front
of the Polish Consulate against the
threatened execution of Stanislaus
Lanzutsky will also be shown in this
DAILY Worker Film Edition"
The main picture will be "Polikush'
ka." made in Russia by the Moscow
Art Theatre. A two reel slapstick
comedy. Soldier Ivan's Miracle, will
complete the bill.