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The daily worker., 1925-12-01
From MudpooL to Communism
BY MARTIN MATTILAs


TN the beginning there was cell
= which lived in a mudpool. The sun
kept it warm. 1T felt happy, grew
fat and strong until it by its own
weight was divided into two cells. And
that was the glorious end of the first
cell. nG Fss
The new cells.shad inherited good
appetites and in many generations
grew into tadpoles which in turn in
few millions Of sbhrs developed gills.
But the mudpool in which the illus
trous ancestral cell had lived and
loved, had dried up and our famous
foreparents with gills found them
selves on dry land.
Never did a sailor cuss the land
with such vehemence- as these unfor-
tunate kinsmen of ours, finding the
water all gone and no use for the fins,
and that is how it happened that the
air, instead of water, began to flow
thru their gill-openings.
Always rebellious against conditions
like good revolutionists, they began to
flap their fms as if to find out whether
or not they could rise still higher;
and indeed they were successful flap
pers.
For they, or at least their descend
ants, with shrieks of joy few into a
tree.
THERE were delicious berries in
the tree; but with stiff bills they
were hard to pick and wings indeed
were more in the way, than for use in
the thick tree.
That is why our forefathers Tip and
foremother Sip plucked the feathers
off their wings and always ground
their bills against the bark of the
tree. Such foolishness of course could
not lead anywhere but to death. But
before they died they had the bless
ing of many beautiful children tainted
with this plucking insanity.
In fact the children outdid their par
ents and plucked the feathers off their
entire body including the head. All
naked they felt cold and sought ref
uge in the hollow of the tree, or they
had found new trees BY this time. In
Mat hollow they found beard-moss
Which they tried to wrap around their
shivering bodies. They paid the pen
|alty of folly and succumbed to rheum-
atism, not before they had given lives
to short-billed and almost featherless
offspring. which continued the bril-
/ liant traditions of the species.
One Of them, called Ed, looked at
his garb Of beard-moss, scratched his
neck and thot how he could make such
a beard grow on his head, for the
head suffered most from the cold. AS
II for answer TO the constant scratch
ing, hair indeed began to grow on his
zenith. Mrs. Ed. made the discovery
ON her mates head and that might
could not sleep an eyeful. Trying tc
solve the mystery she. too, scratched
her head and with far more excellent
results. In hair-pulling contests and
helping each other to tree from hair
this personal adornment grew thick
and strong IL reached the back oi
the knees and one could conveniently
hang household goods TO 1t in moving
Ito new quarters
The daily worker., 1925-12-01

pUT the back was still cold some
- times and the scratching was ex-
tended over all the body. Father Ed.
summarily rubbed even his face,
which Mrs. Ed. was careful not to
touch for aesthetic reasons; there was
water in the mudpool and the lady
liked to watch her face in its glim-
mering surface.
Father Ed. was at first Mortified in
finding the growth on his face, but as
he could not prevent it, he declared,
Beard is a mans natural adornment.
pacify yourself with which solemn
judgment Lady Ed. had to content
herself.
The Eds lived to a very old age and
left be-whiskered and hairy children.
One couple, particularly sensitive to
cold, moved south where the sun
shone much more warmly There they
discovered that whereas hair was all
right for the north, one could live more
comfortably without it in the south:
consequently they had a hair-pulling
madness similar to the feather-pluck-
ing madness which their ancestors
had had. The hot sun helped them
and behold, they were naked
They had not taken any account of
horsefiies and wasps which bit and
stung them like the very enemies.
Without losing his resourcefulness the
Ed. of this generation captured bear
with his bare hands and snatched its
hide. It was retreat to hair but not
to ones own hairl Mrs. Ed. said that
] she wanted nice fur, the like she
had seen the leopard wear; and with
utmost patience, cunning, and strength
Mr.. Ed. succeeded in wrenching the
pelt from this swiftly-moving animal.
DUT even these Eds went the way of
- the world, for the great Joy of
their children who inherited their furs,
stone-axes and caves.
The race Of the Eds fiourished and
grew in number inasmuch as it was
saved from plaques, wild animals, cold
and hunger and above all, the wars
between different tribes of Eds.
For many, many generations later
we find again an Ed. seated in his
Workshop. He has on a neat suit Of
hair, woven Of sheep-wool; but his
chin is shaved with sharp weapon.
He is thinking, measuring, and cal
culating. He calls himself Edison
and tries to invent an electric light.
4 And he invents It.
One other of the Eds, Darwin.
forces his tools Of research into the
history of Eds and excavaies the
whole history from the mudpooly to
the master of the world.
Thus the progress continues. At
one time the Eds were able to fy:
now they have regained that knowl.
edge. Earlier yet they swan under
the seas; they now swim again in
powerful machines.
The next step or them Is to over.
throw the capitalist society which has
grown inadequate for their welfare,
and to establish in its place a Com
munistic commonwealth. When this
is done there will be great joys IN
store for them in the future.
The daily worker., 1925-12-01

the French league into a mass young
Communist league of the workers has
already begun. And the real Bolshevik
spirit, the feminist understanding and
activity, that the mass work of the
league manifests, give fair promise for
the future.
Long live the Young Communist
League of Francei
Long live the Young Communist In
ternationali t@N
The daily worker., 1925-12-01
Some Revelations of MIR. Hoover

provement in methods of manage
ment, and prohibition, Thanks to
elimination of waste and these other
contributing factors, we can as
nation show one Of the most aston
ishing transformations in economic
history"
Here is the table presented by
Hoover to prove his contention;
Movement of Wages and Prices,
an1n a0oE
The daily worker., 1925-12-01

Nuoin has complete control parts the govern
and directly controls the municipalities in the
nation which his insane despotm holds He the
Another character in history whose with
tyranny similar sentiments the century
The regime he peronied fell before the
Muoni is eadng The path Of his predecessor his destination
will be dismal.
The daily worker., 1925-12-01

on the same scale as adult workers,
social insurance functioning as no
where else, young workers in the trade
unions and occupying privileged posi-.
tion in them, a long vacation on full
pay Zone month a year,, summer re-
sorts for the youth, the factory the
center of social life and the factory
committee the real boss" in the fac
tory =. AS Petroff, in simple words,
case a rough sketch of the conditions
of the young workers in Russia, the
representatives of the French young
workers sat up amazed, hardly believ-
ing such things possible, and seeing
at last the malicious lies and SLAM
ders that the capitalist press had been
spreading about Soviet Russia in order
to befuddle the minds of the workers.
Nadia then spoke and she touched
more on the life of the young girls.
She concluded with an enthusiastic
description of how the red army car
ries on its tremendous educational and
political functions in helping to raise
the new generation of young workers
and peasants in the spirit of Com
munism.
The daily worker., 1925-12-01

plea for the unionization of the young
workers. "They must enter the
unions and fight for their demands
side by side with the adult workers.
In this way and in this only can be
realized the united front of the young
and the adult workers =.
World Trade Union Unity.
"But the working eclass-old and
young-cannot really be strong" >"
Croizat showed, unless it is united
internationally for the struggle of the
working class. Along with the strug-
gle for national unity, the worker
must carry on the struggle for world
trade union unity. oThe youth must
stand in the front ranks of this strug-
glei'' Nj
1t was in this spirit of militant
struggle and unity that Coulon. of the
c. G. T. (reformist unions) of Bour-
deaux, proposed to send delegation
to the national council of the c. G. T.
then in session. 2rta
"The C. G. t. U.,hhe said, 'has lis
tened to us and hast adopted our de-
mands. The C. G. Tyhas done nothing
for us. Let us bring, our demands be-
fore them!" Tua
A delegation of seven members was
Immediately chosen and dispatched on
it's mission.
Need of PoIitical Struggle.
Upon Comrade Ferrat fell the task
of pointing out the necessity for the
political struggle of the youth and
he proof that the Young Communist
League was the only organization that
could lead this struggle"
Citing the experiences of the strug-
giles of the French and the world pro-
letariat, Ferrat showed that only the
Communist nucleus could draw out,
organize, and direct the struggles Of
the youth on all fronts: in the factory,
on the land, in the army 49,.
Petroff and Nadia Speak.
re
On the last day apf the congress
there stepped forward two Russian
workers, the representatives Of the
emancipated proletarian and peasant
youth of Russia-al young worker by
the name of Petroff and young work
ing girl called Nadia The enthus-
iasm with which they were received
cannot be described.g
With broad strokes. Petroff painted
the situation of the Russian youth un-
der the czar. Long tours-10 to IA a
day-the most miserable wages, bru-
tai tyranny and oppression, ignor-
ance =. Came Odtoberi Then four
years of interventi6n civil war, block
ade. but the revolution was
maintained And@a the time the
conditions of the toiling youth were
the first care OF thepworkers' govern
ment. The working day had been re-
duced to to hours, the wages are
The daily worker., 1925-12-01
Significance Of the Congress.

Thus the congress ended after two
solid days of work. The great success
of this congress, its wide basis of rep
resentation, the militant spirit mani
tested in its deliberations and activi-
ties-these proved that important
revolutionary changes were and are
taking place in the ranks of the
French toiling youth. The revolution
ization of the masses is progressing
apace; the objective situation and the
The daily worker., 1925-12-01
French Delegation Appointed.

Questions followed thick and fast
which were all answered to the
greatest satisfaction. Finally Nadia
said "You should hurry up and
choose your delegation to go to Rus
sia to verify what you have been told
today. You trust us. But you will have
more confidence in your delegation"
The question of French young
workers and peasants delegation to
Russia then came up for discussion
and finally a delegation of fifteen was
chosen. These young workers are to
go to the Soviet Union and, in the
freest possible manner, investigate
and examine anything they may find
of interest there, stressing, of course,
the conditions of the young workers.
Then they will come back to France
and tell the French young workers
just what they saw, what they learned,
and what their conclusions are. There
can be no question that the report Of
this delegation will help tremendous
ly to open the eyes Of the widest
masses of young workers in France
and outsile to the truth about the
Soviet Union and the work of the
revolution.
The daily worker., 1925-12-01

plea for the unionization of the young
workers. "They must enter the
unions and fight for their demands
side by side with the adult workers.
In this way and in this only can be
realized the united front of the young
and the adult workers =.
The daily worker., 1925-12-01

The young workers must enter the
trade unionsl Croizat, member Of the
Executive Commission Of the c. G.
r. U. Revolutionary unions), made
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-01-08
EVIDENT LAxlTY AT THE JAIL

"The Jails Of Maine Loafing Plac-
es". This headline may be found in
Governor Baxter's farewell address.
The well-being of the prisoners de-
mands that they be given employ
ment, the well-being of society de-
mands it. What facilities for this
has the public provided? What may
be done for employment at the Ken
nebec Jail, for instance? Those &C
corded the favor of being made
TRUSTEES" may be employed at odd
Jobs. This in no way meets the de-
mand. Such a system is not only in
furious to the prisoners but it must
inevitably impair the dicipline which
should be maintained.
An incident, in some degree asso-
ciated with such lack of discipline,
though far from meriting excuse on
that ground, is reported in this city.
From what the Journal is able to
learn a prisoner serving sentence at
the county Jail and being as a
"trusty" permitted to work about the
grounds wandered down town the
other day and ended with being lock-
ed up in the police station for drunk
enness. AS the report goes, it was
not until the next morning it was
learned at the police station that this
prisoner was supposed to be an in
mate Of the Jail, that the officials at
the Jail did not know he was gone.
Presumably, there is another side
to this report, but we have not learn
ed what it is. AS matter of fact
it isn't necessary to have 1t for ar
irving at the conclusion that there
is not such discipline in Kennebec
Jail as the public has right to ex-
pect, Notwithstanding the public it.
self has, not provided what it should
for the employment and management
of the inmates.
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PALERMO

EAST-Guy Hannah has gone to
MASSACHUSETTS,, where he has en-
ployment
c. E. Scates is at work for I. N.
Quigg. and boarding at N. M. Han
mans.
Mr.. and Mrs. Willis E. Turner
are rejoicing over their New Years
gift. a son, Chester Alvin. Mrs.
Amelia Bradstreet has been caring
for Mrs. Turner and son.
Sidney l. Tibbetts Of Brooks, the
agent for McNess Co., was in this
place last week.
Miss Edith Brown Of Liberty is
now working at Willis Turner's.
Mrs. Amelia Bradstreet has gone
to Eden Rhodes at South Liberty.
The people in this vicinity, who
have been sick with the grip, are
now as usual.
The Sheepscot Lake Grange held
an all day session Saturday, Jan. 3.
They voted to have q benefit dance
for Ed Whitaker Saturday night.
Jan. TO- and the installation of Of
ficers will be held Saturday, Jan. IL.
+. G. Moore and Charles Tobey
are hauling cedar to Woods mill
for I. N. Quigg.
Mrs. Ellen Turner visited Mrs.
Hattie Trask for the day Tuesday.
Clarence Hannah. who has been
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s s 11rT ! )A Aszs5 iSA7
DAVID CORY

! thought the bunny boy. stepping
down on the smooth ice What fun
to skate across, slipperty slip!" But
they We're at home in dear Old
Bramble Patch, en- a shelf in the
closet, SO the bunny boy took slippy
slidy, and two slidy alippies, and the
next minute he bumped into the OPP
posite bank. Up he hoped and looked
about him. AS far as he could see
the white carpet of snow lay smooth
and sparkling under the rays of Mr..
Happy Sun. who was shining down
from the Big Blue Sky Country.
Many of the birds had flown to the
Sunny South. but in a bush, not far
away, maybe n hop and a skip or
three. sat little Charlie Chickadee.
Good morning" laughed the little
rabbit. Had your breakfast"
Eyes, indeedy," answered that
cheerful little birdie. There are lots
of dry seeds on the grass tops and
bushes. oh, yes, I've eaten my morn
ing cereal. That makes one strong,
you know"
80 mother says, and she ought to
know" replied the bunny boy. Il ate
my Glover Cereal and irark a glass
of milk for breakfast. Mrs. Cow never
forgets to give The Milk Man enough
for Mother and me. She pours 1t on
my cereal and in her cup Of tea
you're bunny poet" laughed the
little cheerful chickadee. DO you Of
ten talk in poetry?"
Mother says the world Is full Of
poetry" answered the little rabbit.
"She says Willie Wind sings a song
when he blows on a rose, or when he
whispers in the leaves through the
trees"
Guess she doesn't like Mr.. North
Winds chilly song," twittered the
little chickadee.
"Oh, yes. she does" laughed the
little rabbit. when he blows down
he chimney or under the door. she
miles and says:
Don't you hea, him shout to us;
Never mind the noise 1 make,
Nor the snowflakes on the floor,
l won't hurt the Angel Cake"
And in the next story
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SK0WHECAN

The regular meeting of Milburn
Commandery, No. 800. United Order
of Golden Cross, will be held this
evening in Golden Cross hall at $50.
This morning during the last half
of the History period of History b.
Sth Grade. of the Junior High school
u debate will be held. The question
to be discussed is Resolved, that an
Indian State Should Have Been Es-
tablished." The speakers will be-:
Affirmative, Lura Loomis, Earl
Simpson, Eldred Stevens; negative,
Elizabeth Jewett, Norman Taylor
and Eleanor Rowell. The instructor
is Mrs. Clyde +. Decker.
Mr. and Mrs. Wilbur Chase are
parents of little son, born Tuesday
at their home on North avenue.
The Jackson Jubilee singers, who
gave the third entertainment in the
Redpath mid winter course, were re-
ceived with a good and most APP
preciative audience Tuesday night.
They gave fine program, delighting
the audience with their Jubilee
chants. plantation melodies and
dances.
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Russell Post Special Guests

Members of the Russell Post OF
the Grand Army of the Republic
were special guests at the joint in
stallation of the officers Of the ST.
mon Peters Post of the American
Legion and the Ladies' Auxiliary to
the Post. held in Grand Army hall
Monday evening. At $50 delicious
supper was served. The table dec
orations were cut flowers and green
cry.
The Post officers installed were:
Commander. Harold c. Woodbury.;
vice commander, Walter Lessard ;
adjutant. Archie o. Dostie: sergeant
alarms, Edward Roderick; secre-
tary, Roy Pooler; chaplain. Ivan
Dyer; service officer, Arthur Streed.
officers of the Auxiliary installed
were: President, Ava V. Sheridan;
first vice president, Lila p. Perkins;
second vice president, Sarah Beau
lier; secretary. Vivian G. Woodbury.;
treasurer. Mary Roderick; chaplain,
Inga Dyer; historian, Esther Roder-
lex; executive committee. Minnie
Green. Mae Dane. Mary Patten. The
installing officers were: Abbie j.
Ladd, district committeewoman of
Fairfield, and James Boyle of Wa
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ROME

Mr.. and Mrs. Ernest Blaisdell and
son, Stanley, have returned hons
from Mt. Vernon, where they have
been visiting at the home of Ralph
>Currier.
Mr.. and Mrs. John King and sons
Paul and Edward, visited relatives u
Oakland, Sunday.
Raymond Tibbetts has returned 70
his work at Pittsfeld, Mass, aftel
passing his Christmas vacation WIN
his parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Charies
TibbettS.
Ermine Blaisdell has returned "
her school in Augusta, after wv
weeks vacation with her parenuA
Mr.. and Mrs. George Blaisdell.
Will Foss Of Oakland, was ~
cent caller on relatives in town.
Mrs. Elmer French is surgsA,
patient at the Augusta Genera
Hospital.
Installation of officers at Noun
Phillip Grange will be at tnI
regular meeting Jan. II. Deputy asa
Mrs. Williams of Pennington Will w
Nle work -.
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terville. Lessard's five piece orcnes-
ira furnished music during supper.

Annual Meeting Federated League
Tuesday afternoon at 4 O'CLOCK IN
the church parlor the amman Ineet-
ing of the Federated League was
held, the president, Mrs. W. n.
Woodbury., presiding. Reports were
rendered. The nominating commit
tee presented the following Nst OF
officers to serve for 1928. which was
accepted and officers elected: Presi-
dent. Mrs. Isaac Griffith: vice presl-
dent. Mrs. Inez Thomas; secretary
Mrs. Mae Ruth Dane; treasurer, Mrs.
Eta I,aCasse. At $50 delicious
cold meat supper was served to the
league members and guests number
ing about 20.
The annual reports of the secre-
tary and treasurer were given at
the supper hour. The tables were
prettily decorated in red and bas-
kets of nuts. The year has been
very successful, about $500 having
been taken in. The December falr
netted about $3.50 for the League.
John Steward, aged about ~
wears. who was committed to the
county Jail after hearing before
Judge Thomas A. Anderson OF Pitts
field of the Somerset municipal
court on charge Of intoXication and
vagrancy, is seriously Ill and
Wednesday morning was taken by
ambulance to the kennebec valley
hospital for treatment.
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my Fee is Csc"

If you we're examined physically,
your trouble diagnosed as a Grippy
Cold, Bronchial Cold, Sore Throat,
Cramps or Chills, a prescription
written and the announcement made
my fee is rs cents" you would
wonder if you had heard Alright.
Yet you are buying a doctors
prescription when you buy Is or
so cent bottle Of Johnson's Anodyne
Liniment for the treatment of any
of the ills above newfoundland in
addition this wonderful old prepar-
alton has record Of over 100 years
of success.
Johnson's Anodyne Liniment is for
internal and external use and it's
leadership as the most valuable Of
all family remedies has been es-
tablished and maintained since the
year 1A10-
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The Old Duck Pond was smooth
with ice.
The big Mill Wheel was still,
AS Mr.. North Wind blew the snow
Across Old Strawberry Hill.
But Little Jack Rabbit didn't care.
Oh, my no. His little white fur over
coat was nice and warm, and the
wooden muller which Lady Love, his
pretty bunny mother, had tied around
his neck, kept the snowfakes from
tickling his whiskers. On he hoped,
clipperty clip, lipperty lip, this par
ticular bright winter morning, his
little knapsack bouncing up and down
on his back and his red-striped candy
cane swinging on his left paw.
By and by, after a while, and a
bump and smile, and more than a
mile, he came to the pig log that lay
across the Bubbling Brook like a long
bridge-very convenient in the sum-
mer time for little four-footed people
to use as q cross-over to the Pleasant
Pasture. Now, of course, the brook
was frozen. so it wasn't needed.
wish l had my skates along"
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Railroads and Steamhoss.
MAINE CENTRAL RA,Lao1o
Eastern STANDARD Time
TRAINS LEAVE Au0lIsrA ro>

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D 4 A. PtA. tI2.z u. n, t2ss q. n. NJ /.
Bar Harbos. Asl.Oe A. M. t2ss a N. ~ =
Bath. te15a m. 1884 q. m. sew.
Belfast. c4.45 a. m. to. 80 a. m. t2.na.
Boston, 1921 a. m. t6.15 a. m t9.N.
$685. a. M. t246 q. m. 1914 p. m, taos =
Caiai.. f2.as a. M, t12.3s p. m.
Dover-Foxcroft, C4.45 a. M, t262 p. a.
Gardiner. 21 q. M. t6 Is a. m, t9.Nas
1855 a. m. IL. as p. m, ". "a p. m. M.0sn ~
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.2.46 o. m. s3.34p. M. TAOS p. m, fal5 q
III o. M, $40. 48 p. m.
Lewiston. t6. Is a. m. "a q. m, loW a.
f4O o. M, 40 48 p. m.
New York, 49, "a p. m, LOS p. N.
Portland. 49, 81 q. M. f6. 10 q. m. 1874 -
1855 a. M. f2.46 p. m. 1894 p m, taos D 8.
f7.I7p. m. tl0. 4S p. m.
Rockland, SIS a. m. 1924 q. M. TAOS a .
Skovheqan, C445 am. 1880 am, t2.Sins
So. Gardiner t6.15 a. M, 1894 q. n, I'M
am. u. as ON. 1894 pm. tS.l5p.m..fzt7na
s. sI Iohn. t12.47 a. m.
q. m. F4.45 a. m, g. 80 .. M. t123S p ID. i1S
o. M, Bill p. M, TAO p. IN.
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A Discontinued after October ID. sSupdayosin
DOUGLASS, d. L. HARRIS. Fl
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