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Takers, Here and Elsewhere

the United States George L. Berry and his tools made
agreement with printing company which lowers the working
conditions of the employees enables the bosses install speed
ingup SYSTEM that will profits When the members of
Berrys union refuse under those ab conditions the union
hires strkebreakers the place the who walked
biggest crook in the international labor movement
others the Berry type in the United States
they be counted by thousands But the type exists in
other countries.
Britain Hayelock Wilson, head the
with the ship without the of the
which accepted pound sterling week
wages the members of the union The refused
the struck the ships Wilson denounced the
busy engaged thru his tools hiring abs the ships
when there strikes the Communists blamed
fomentng Communists blamed struggle
of the Chinese against the foreign mpera They blamed
every part oppressed peoples exploited
to liberate themselves. Why is this?
the place the Communists under the leadership the
Communist International aim organize the workers and
the overthrow of Imperialism The capitalists this
They that majority of the workers outside
still preuded against the Communists have yet
theological leadership The capitalists
nst distrust the Communists
workers But they will succeed just is impossible
the capitalists strikes eliminate the
Communists will always be the side of the
their struggles for immediate gains complete emancipation
from wage slavery. 4.
This fact will eventually break down all the fears hatreds
preudices plunderbund nstng
into of the against the Communists
their nefarious task of robbng the workers and prosecuting
the militant leaders of the workers the capitalists have
labor takers The Berrys
Wilson's England what American revoluons
apy labor eutenants capitalism" They
must go.
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The /. T. Convention

Lynch capitalist wardheeling politician complete
control of the convention of the International Typographical
Union of which he president Lynch rock ribbed reaonar
the kind that the capitalists admire
There is progressive wing in the T. u 1t is organized
But does much of that element known the
language pep 1t is 0 organized tho
the progressive the overwhelming majority of the union
the reaconares the leadership of Lynch with the
bacon 1.n
wing who claim be uaadcas lined with the aker Lynch
giving their reachery that the progressive cand
lived his promises therefore he should
ished by elecing Lynch This alibi asnne.
The willy Lynch used the vaporng of those fake radicals to
ukewarm progessves Thanks the
treachery revouOniss the lack
tion the opposition Lynch elected He has wasted
time since his election in strengthening his reactonary machine and
coab
Grafton any capitalist could wish.
against Lynch be carried in organized
disciplined the charatans and bogus radicals v
kept where they belong that is where they
the bring dscred the movement which they
belong but shouldn't
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TRUNKS CAN WAIT
UNTIL B AG CAG &c
BOSSES Give IN
Employers Decid d to
Make Wage Slash
Especial to The Daily worker)

NEW YORK CITY, Aug. 25-No
trunks must be moved till the work
ers win is the motto Of the 700 bag
gage transfer men of New York City
who struck today against a wage cut
and for the eight hour day. The
strike is being conducted by the Team
sters, Chauffeurs' and Helpers Union
and is directed against the Westcott
Express Co. and the New York Trans
fer Co., which together monopolizes the
business of moving passengers bag
gage from the railroad and ship term
inals.
The strike follows the companies
attempt to cut wages a dollar day
and continue the ten hour day system.
Wages were only S34 for the chauf-
feurs, $28 for the helpers, and $50 for
clerks under the old agreement which
expired Monday night, Aug. "a and
the transformer say they cannot work
for less money nor will they continue
the inhuman ten hour day. The men
are organized 100 per cent.
Very Hard Labor.
Transfer work is the hardest kind of
labor. Heavy trunks have to be car
ried up several flights of stairs and
the men have to be out in the worst
kind of weather. Rupture is a COM
mon ailment.
Attempts to get strikebreakers will
be opposed by picketing. If the yell
low Taxi Corporation tries to break
into more of the baggage business, the
union men in the taxi industry will
handle the situation.
The Yellow Scab company already
operate their own cabs from the Grand
Central railroad station and the Penn
sylvania station and advertise the
moving of trunks for twenty cents
whereas the transfer companies rate
is dollar. The strike of the transfer
men brings out the need for solidarity
and unity between all the transport
workers of New York City.
The Transfers and Chauffeurs and
Helpers Union is not an A. F. of. L.
union and has no connection with the
International Brotherhood of Team
stears, Chauffeurs and Helpers Union.
Martin Lacey is the president.
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arrested for trade union strike pick
citing, every revolutionary imprisoned
for a "seditious" speech, every Irish
fighter for the indepence of his coun
try, is a criminal, and the prison
treatment he has served out to him
is exactly the same as that given to
thieves or to violators Of children.
Must Not Talk.
English prisons are divided into two
classes. Prisons and penal settle
ments. The former for those SEN
fenced to two years or less, and the
latter for those sentenced to over
two years.
Now let us take a look at the in
side of one of the prisons. We find
that the first evidence the prisoner
gets of the scientific torture to which
he must submit is: He must spend
his first two weeks without pillow or
mattress. His bed is just a bare
loard Next, he finds his clothes are
eplaced by an ugly, pocketless, pris-
n uniform; uncomfortable, unsightly
md degrading
His individuality is completely sunk
n the general degradation of the
prison. Then he discovers that there
is a rule of silence" Never once
Turing his Imprisonment is he allow
ed to speak to anyone in prison, ex-
cept to answer a warder's questions.
Not only must he loose his voice
but for the first month he is locked
in his cell in solitary confinement and
not allowed to work in the sight OF
his fellow prisoners.
No Books on Economies.
Particularly for class war prison.
ers, with their usually active life in
the working class movement, this soil
tary confinement and rule of silence
is worse torture than any physical
torture ever invented by Holy
Church" in the middle ages. No book
but the bible for the first month.
After. that he has a book week, care
fully selected, always of the most
insipid petit bourgeois romance type
serious books are difficult to find in
any English prison and political or
economic works are never to be
found.
After the second month he is al
lowed to receive, and to send out
one letter a month. He is also al
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owed one visit a month, lasting for
wenty minutes, but even here he is
ortured for, all he can see of his
wife or friend is thru heavily wired
grill, about one foot square, in a
dark rooml On the slightest provo
cation he is hauled before the prison
governor, almost always a retired
army officer), and given few days
in punishment cell" He must not
attempt to lessen his WEAKNESS by
pacing his cell, whistling or singing
to himself. In facts he becomes just
an animal in ecage without any
human rights, and with a wardens
eye constantly pearing thru a hole in
the door to add to his mental tor
ments. Fe 81
Not Enough Food.
Perhaps one could better describe
the prisoners as an, animal on an OPP
GRAFTON table, for English prisons are
clean and well regulated So well
calculated is the whole regime that
even the caloric value of the food is
estimated to a fine degree, and the
prisoner given just sufficient to keep
healthy but hungry.
The above is thee regime for the
working class prisoner. But for those
few of the bourgeoisie whose crimes
cannot be hidden, there is what is
known as first division" sentence.
First division" prisoners can have
letters and visits daily, buy newspa-
pers, have their own food, clothes,
furniture, and even servant to clean
the cell.
Such is class justice. A bourgeois
rascal who some time ago embezzled
100000 of public money got few
months in the first division" as a
reward, whereas, at the same time,
half starved, unemployed worker,
who stole twenty-four cents worth of
fruit from a shop, got six months of
the torture described above
Everywhere the prisons are merely
instruments for the crushing of work
ers who dare to infringe on the
sacred rights of property; an instru-
ment of the class war at present at
the hands of the bourgeoisie. Ven
geance is no part of the revolutionary
program, but .,r
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-08-27
MINERS UNION
OFFICIAL STOLE
FROM STRIKERS
Feeney of Coke Region
Built Big Mansion
BY A coALDIGGER.
worker Correspondent


BROWNSVILLE, Pa, Aug. %. -
After the creates strike in the history
of the coal mining industry of the
country, in the year 1922, the Illinois
coal miners pledged to assess them
selves to support the Families of the
rank and file miners of the coke region
OF Pennsylvania.
William Feeney, as international or
ganizer of the United Mine Workers of
America, for over year was receiving
this large sum. The money was to buy
bread for the poor families of the
striking miners until they obtained a
decent standard of living.
The strike was called off in the
month of February, 1928. Half Of the
miners went back to producing coal,
and the rest stayed on strike. William
Feeney, as = wildcat" organizer, ran
thru the coke region telling the miners
if they didn't go back to work he
would denounce them as Bolsheviks
and put them all in the penitentiary.
AS matter of fact, while the rank
and file miners of Illinois and other
states were being assessed, they were
supporting William Feeney. Feeney
built a magnificent brick house in
Brownsville, Pa, instead of support
ing the families of the striking miners
Of the coke region.
The whole working class must unite
against.the imperialists and their sup
porters, the takers in the unions.
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the camouflage Of progressive phrases
He used purchasable people like Ber-
ry, Gompers, and other labor takers
as tools to fool the workers. 1t was
under Wilson's reign that some Of the
most notorious prosecutions against
the American workers in the history
of the working class were carried out.
Wilson purchased Berry with mill
tary title that he did nothing to earn.
and free trip to Europe.
The Image Of Gobbo.
After extolling Wilson to the skies
Berry gets the following gem off his
chest. Upon my desk there sits the
image of Gobbo, the smiling god of
good fortune, the divinity of optimism.
whose motto is BE cheerful and you
will be rich in everything given to
me by one whom 1 loved and with
whom / was honored to be associated
as labor adviser in Paris following the
worlds greatest and most horrible
war"
\ Freshmen wonder what did Wilson
want Berry for unless he had big
strikebreaking job on his hands. Billy
McHugh and S. (Marbletop) Marks
wandered over Europe in 1928. Be
sides the fun they had, it is reported
that Billy got a sore eye from looking
too Glossy at bottle of third grade
moOnshine. The bottle was in some
unfriendly hand when McHugh had
his eye in it.
Eyed Bottle Too Sharply.
OF course the pressmen would not
hold being hit with a bottle against
McHugh, or even his trip to Europe,
provided he ran into the oncoming
hootch container while battling for the
rights of the workers. The pressmen
are opposed to Berry, McHugh and the
rest of the brood because they are
hampering the union instead of trying
to help the membership in their daily
struggles with the employers.
The smiling god Gobbo is getting
too much credit for Berry's wealth and
affluence. He should thank the press
men and feeders in the international
for allowing him to get away with it,
Berry can afford to be cheerful be-
cause he is rich in worldly goods
Gobbo did not give the "majah" the
money with which to start several
industrial enterprises, buy farm and
grist mill. He took that money out Of
the Golfers of the international union.
Another instaIIment Of the series Of
articles on Berry will appear In tomor-
rows Issue of the DAILY WORKER.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-08-27
Charge New Tona War.

After truce of several weeks, guns
fiared in Chicago's Chinatown again
early today and one Chinese fell dead.
the first victim, police believe, in a
new outbreak of the war between the
on Leong and the Hig Sing tongs.
Lee Hoe, 30, address unknown, was
shot and killed at the foot of a stair
way leading to the Mong Sang Share
Association headquarters, a Chinese
employment and social club.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-08-27
RIast Home In Los Anaeles.

LOS ANGELES, Aug. 25.--An explo.
sion of dynamite early today shat
tered the home of William e. Downs,
brother Of Charles e. Downs, deposed
city council man, brought under fire
week ago on charges of bribery. One
corner of the Downs home was torn
to bits and the rest Of the house badly
damaged by the blast.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-08-27
Roadhouses Raided.

More than 125 persons were in
custody of county police yesterday,
the result of raids upon a score or
more Of roadhouses by county high
way police and men from the states
attorneys office under orders by
Sheriff Hoffman.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-08-27
To Fly over HImaIayas.

PARIS, Aug. 25.-An attempt to
fly across the Himalayan mountain
range, with the course laid over the
peak of Mount Everest, the worlds
highest peak, will be made in October
by Jean Calico, the French aviator,
it was announced today. Callizo is
holder Of the worlds airplane altitude
record. 81
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-08-27
Would Salvage Lusltania.

LONDON, Aug. 25.-An American,
B. F. Leavitt, of Brooklyn, wants to
salvage the Lusitania, the British
liner sunk by a German submarine in
the early days of the world war.
In an advertisement in today's is
sue of the Times Leavitt appealed for
financial backing for his program.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-08-27
Postpone FIIaht to Hawaii.

WASHINGTON, Aug. %. The
navy's airplane flight from the Pacific
coast to Hawaii has been postponed
until Aug. 81 at p. m, the navy de-
partment was advised today. No res-
son was given for the postponemeni.
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ENGLISH PRISONS ARE TORTURE
CHAMBERS FOR WORKERS, BUT RICH
GET SERVANTS, BOOKS CLOTHES

LONDON August 25The English
married. cruelty The scientific torture
finds in the prisons of other capitalist countries.
political
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-08-27

If you want to thoroughly un.
delstand Communism study it.
Send for a catalogue of all Com
munist literature.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-08-27
BERRY BOUGHT
A FARM With
union FUNDS
Workshops "Gobbo" the
God of Good Luck,
Continued from page u
with telephone in proximity.
The "Majah" Stepped In.

When the board of directors de-
cided to quit the printing business,
the "Majah" did not like to see so
much good material going to waste,
so he grabbed the equipment, which
consisted in part of power cutter,
a job press, two motors, several cases
of type, several type stands, power
punch and other miscellaneous arti-
cles of printing shop equipment and
furniture.
Berry and Orr did not start out i'm
mediately in the printing business un-
der their. own names. They used sew
eral names and finally the company
went into the hands of a receiver in
1919.
While Berry and Orr were connect
ed with these printing houses they
did printing for the international union
at a profit to themselves. They bought
supplies for their private printery on
the credit of the International union
and even used the money of the inter-
national union to pay the bills of their
printing shop. Berry's paper, the Rog-
ersville Review, was also printed in
this shop, and it paid no bills either
to the printing company or the inter-
national union. Bucket shop operators
and professional confidence men
should envy the "majah" his financial
acumen.
Berry's Grlst Mill.
The 'majah" also owns a grist mill
near the Pressmen's Home, and he
installed therein a ten-horse-power
electric generator. This was paid for
out of the union funds and this money
was never refunded.
Is it any wonder that "Majah" Berry
should be so certain that he is IA
yored child of good fortune that he
should have on his desk the image Of
Gobbo, the smiling god of good for
tune" We have Berry's own word
for it.
In the issue Of the American Press
man for March, 1924, Berry devoted a
page to an editorial tribute to Wood
row Wilson, who had just died. Will
son was one of the greatest political
mountebanks that this country, prolific
in mountebanks, ever produced. Viii
son was a hypocritical fraud who
served the capitalist class well under
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-08-27

Build the DAILY WORKER
with subs.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-08-27

The French Spanish troops preparing trap for Add
~ Krm II would be like the French and Standards fall
into it.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-08-27

business executives the call of prohibition
director General Andrews their country hopping the
liquor food They should worry They don't have join the
Prohibition staff to get a drink
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Morgan and MuSSoIini

Morgan again the of Benito AIussolni
aggregation cuhroats that pose civilized govern
ment in Italy.
has been placed Mussons disposal
Morgan bolster up the Ira which is going
like a diving duck.
before Morgan granted loan Of $00000 the fascist
time the Matteot expos
threatened bring the black dictatorship umbng about Mus
solini's
Morgan what he doing when he supports Musson
George that if capitalist democracy
there alternative proetaran dictatorship but fascist
dictatorship The workers called to choose between
democracy dictatorship What they will be called upon
decide which dictatorship they shall have Of their
dictatorship the Of the capitalists thru
fascist dictatorship with the Mussoin regime model
it be assumed that Morgan Mussolin
for the purpose poppng the backshrt
Bankers don't do things that In return for the loan the House
of Morgan will Iays industries 1t
step in the of turning Europe into colony of Wall Street
Seward daily gateway., 1925-12-30

RESURRECTION LODGE NO. AZ,
 l. o. O. E.
 Meets every Thursday at CSS S:0O D. m. in Odd Fellows Hall, next to the postoffice. Visiting brothers welcome. Fred Martinides, N. G.; Chas. Lechner, Secretary.
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Five-Piece 0rch.eess..:- 0rch.es.: ::
 Tomorrow Mites Dance

For the past week the Seward fve- piece orchestra has been practicing every evening running over a fine variety of dance scores for the Fire mems Annual Ball. which arrives to- morrow night, at the s. A. c. hall. With the musical program arranged the success of the annual affair is assured. A uniform costume of black and white will be worn by the musi- clans and seated, as they will be, in sea shell shaped band stand, which has been erected on the stage, surrounded by a sunburst of colors and flowers, they will undoubtedly be the feature of the evening.
 Composing the orchestra will be Mrs. Anderson, piano; Miss Cecil Leslie and Leonard Anderson, saxo- phones; Miss Elsie Leslie, marimba: Louis Thinker, traps. They will play the entire evening, welcoming the arrival of the New Year.
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MORE LIGHTS ON
 ''asA s'ROCKINC MOON''

Here are few lines from an ar- ticle written by Nadia Lavrova pub lished in the San Francisco Examiner The piece itself is too long to print here, but nevertheless it is a credit to our town, because so many out siders think this is such a cold and miserable country that only the stronger may survive. It follows in part:
 This is the story of young mother who journeyed from San Francisco to the City of Silver Shadows to see her novel projected on the screen She gave jaded Hollywood a thrill that was not studio make. For Bar rett Wflloughby is the only author on record who declared herself super latively satisfied with the picturiza- tion of her book.
 Before she left Miss Willoughby was warned by friends, warned by fellow authors, warned by magazine articles and hearsay tales: My dear you will not know your story when you see it! First, they substitute their own plot, then they invent a new set of characters, and lastly they change the title. The only thing they leave the author is the royalty which explains why authors do not commit murder oftener."
 We'll, Barrett Willoughby is back. On the table of her studio lie sev- eral dozens of stills which she ex- hibits with enthusiasm.
 "Oh, the thrill of seeing created characters come to life on the screen" t@s
 And everybody marvels For a
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miracle has happened,

miracle has happened,
 An intense investigation of what possibly could have turned Holly. wood directors into human beings, If only for time, revealed these fur ther sensations:
 Rocking Moon,' is an Alaskan mo- vie with not a single snow scene. Nor any sleigh riding. Nor dance hall.
 Nor a gambling scene. Nor any lady even distantly relat- ed to "MuckMk Neg" Moreover 1t is the first film, in the memory of man, to be cut personal ily by the director, to wit: George .Melford And-strangest of all these strange facts-it is the first Alaskan story written by an Alaska and film- ed in Alaska on a farm where they raise blue foxes, who came and help ed members of the company to eat their lunch.
 Puzzle this out.
 While you do we will talk to Bar rett Willoughby about our scenario. What? ta
 You did not know we had one? But yes! Rupert Hughes said re- gently that every man, woman and child in the United States were working upon a scenario Barrett Willoughby is inclined to believe it; so many people have asked her how to get their stories on the screen. So we begged her for statement:
 LET FEM MUTTLATE!"
 T just wrote a story of the Alaska that I know and love No thought was given to movie angle,' when a well-known Hollywood company ac- quired the picture rights to my book, said to myself with a sigh: Let them mutilate it!'
 My first pleasant surprise came when l heard that the entire com pany had taken ship for Alaska. On their way north, Lillian Hashman, the star who plays my Sasha, came in to see me unexpectedly. She was the Sasha of my dreams! I men, tioned, laughing and answer that I am lucky-Irish luck, you know Before I knew it the whole company with the proverbial superstition of artists, had taken me at my word. And instances of my luck began pil- ing up, and piling up!"
Seward daily gateway., 1925-12-30

,eLoo No. NINE, PIONEERS OF
 ALASKA Meets every Second and Fourth Fri day nights in Odd Fellows Hall; John Flowers, President; Coll A. McDou. gall, Secretary.
Seward daily gateway., 1925-12-30

The streets of Seward are bare of snow, an unusual occurrence for this period of the winter With the pre- vaiiing balmy climate citizens are greeting one another with the remark that Spring is here."
Seward daily gateway., 1925-12-30

Rev. Thomas Philip Graham was a passenger on the steamer Starr this morning for Days Harbor. Rev. Ora ham is making the trip just to view one of the industries of this district, the Days Harbor sawmill. He will return on the vessel in the morning.
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STARR TO DAYS ,HARBOR

The steamer Starr, Captain o. A. Johansen, left port this morning at 8 o'clock for Days Harbor to pick up load of railroad ties. The Starr will return to Seward this evening or early tomorrow morning.