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The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1925-05-01

Citizens of Minnesota who want
sections of the trunk highway
changed from ruts and bumps, into
smooth, expense-saving concrete, will
be accurate in their aim if they
shoot their criticism at the legis-
lature. It has limited the annual
amount to be expended in perman-
ent improvements to about one-half
the amount available in the past,
and that means a snail pace in road
betterment. The idocy of the legis-
lature is that Babcock's program
would not have cost the taxpayers
cent, and would have saved money
for the owners of motor vehicles.
The yellow crown of foolishness
should be placed on the low brow
of the legislative lack of sense. Why
should the auto owners be favored
above other taxpayers, especially
when they are not asking for any
such expensive luxury? Instead of
helping the motor vehicle owners, by
slowing up road improvements where
one dollar is saved in the reduction
of the license fee three will be add
ed to the item of expense of poor
roads. You would think that even
man dense enough to be elected
to the legislature would understand
this-but a majority of them didn't.
st. Cloud Journal Press.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1925-05-01
Seventeen" to be Staged May 21st

The Seniors of the local high
school will stage its annual school
play at the Auditorium Thursday
evening, May 21st. The clever Play,
Seventeen, by Booth Harrington,
the American humorist, is comedy
of youth and summertime. 1t deals
with the trials and tribulations of
the parents of a lad of II. Pure
amusement is furnished throughout
the whole play. The leading roles
are led by Henry Kaninen as Will
liam Sylvanus Baxter; Harold Clou-
tier, Joe Bullitt; Joe Skala, Genesis;
Theodore Pennala, Johnnie Watson
Thomas Nankervis,, George Crooper;
Sulo Roterus. Mr.. Parcher; William
Pickavance, Wallie Banks; Jane Bax-
ter by Sara Mitchell; May Parcher,
Rachael Porthan; Ethel Bake, Elna
Kuukkanen; Mary Brooks, Margaret
Schultz, and Mrs. Baxter, Ada john
son.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1925-05-01
PUBLISHED EVERY FRIDAY.

There is no law bearing on the
subject, that we know of, but Gus
tom of the road is that the per-
SON afoot should travel exactly the
opposite from the cars and should
walk against the traffic, rather than
with it. Cars keep to the right and
pedestrians to the left. Just mat
ter of common sense When walk
ing against traffic you see the car
coming toward you. Walk with the
traffic and the car overtakes you
from the rear, where you cannot
see it. And seeing the car coming
is where safety lies.-Cloquet Pine
Knot.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1925-05-01

cipal ones are George A. st. Clair
and Leonidas Merritt of Duluth.
The labor situation has been very
satisfactory on the Vermilion range
the past year, with plenty of work
The miners are employed regularly
the year round and are chiefly family
men owning their own homes. Ely
has enjoyed building boom the
last few years and a great many
new dwellings have been erected.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1925-05-01
Friendship Invaluable

Paddle your own canoe is mighty
good advice; but better is that which
admonishes that we help the other fell
low II he need help. We cannot
live unto ourselves IL we would have
friends, and friends are an invaluable
asset.-Grit.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1925-05-01

A report on Canada's much dis
cussed electric experiment says:
Electric consumers from the gov
ernmentally owned hydro-electric
system in Ontario have failed to
pay actual costs of service they have
received by more than SO, 200, O0O".
The bills have been paddy the
common taxpayer who uses little or
no power. Huxley, the scientist,
once wrote this immortal criticism
1.-THE great tragedy of science is the
Staying of beautiful hypothesis by
an ugly fact" The "cheap power"
hypothesis is slain by a low-browed
SO, 100000 tax-paid deficit.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1925-05-01

wards, Fannie Harri, Signora Lind
beck, Amelia Stenlund, Marguerite
rheno.
DECORATtON-Mr. Olson, John
Putcel, Harold Nesbit, Fred Church,
Joe Beck, Angela Pluth, Tyne Mir
va Evelyn Nankervis, Irene Lamp.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1925-05-01
CARD OF THANKS.

We wish to express our heartfelt
thanks to kind friends for their
sympathy and floral offerings during
our late bereavement in the loss of
our little loved one.
Mr. and Mrs. Jack F. Lampi, Jr
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1925-05-01

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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-04-22
Fascist Propaganda

We have received copy of a leaflet issued by the
MussOlini government in districts taken from Aus
tria. This particular lea1et was distributed to the
pupils of a confiscated school and is printed in
Italian, French, English and German For brazen
lying it is hard to beat but the most interesting
part of it is the close connection shown between
the fascist government and the catholic church
The leafet is as follows:
In Italy works sereney and quietly: the coun-
try does not interest itself with the poitcaistrlfe of
negligible minority
The national government presided by HenIto Mus.
sOini prides itself in the faith of the crown senate
and house of parliament.
No incident has ever disturbed for months and
months the public order or the public services. For
years, Italy has never past such period of quiet
and calm work.
All the contrary voices which have been dffused
abroad produced from the dark maneuvers of
our enemies, and adversaries of the church who are
trying to speculate on the exchange and to dssuade
the faithful from the Jubilee piIqrnaoe
Ask to honest person of your confidence for in
formation and you will have the full confirmation
of such news
The situation in Italy and its subject territories
must be one of great tension when a government
feels it necessary to descend to such puerile propa
ganda as this. But another thing is also evident
1t is that under fascsm Italy is going back TO the
dark ages when it was necessary only to brand an,
movement as an enemy of the church to put it out
side the pale.
In connection with this leafet it is well to re
member that Musolini has postponed the election.
to the chamber of deputies at the request of tn,
vatican as the latter feared that the inevitable
struggle would interfere with its jubilee celebra
ton.
There is light showing thru the dark clouds thai
hnvn, T4,I..
light of the jubilee candles. It is the red flame Of
revolt held aloft by the Communist Party of Italy
which in spite of the horrible prosecutions of it,
MEMBERS has steadily carried on its work of win
ming the masses for the overthrow of Italian can
italism
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-04-22

We have received the first number of Trade
Union Unity, the new English magazine devoted
to speeding up the drive for unity of the world
union movement, edited by A. A. Purcell president
of the international Federation of Trade Unions
Amsterdam), Edo Fimmen, secretary of the In
ternatiOnal Transport Workers Federation and
executive board member of Amsterdam, and George
Hicks OF the Building Workers. Union of Great
Britain, also board member of Amsterdam.
The first number contains articles by Fimmen
Purcell, VIII Thorne general articles on the world
trade union situation and news of the support of
the world unity movement from half dozen coun-
tries
The magazine is distinct contribution to trade
union literature and its aggressive tone is indica
tive of the seriousness and sincerity with which
the British trade unions have thrown themselves
into the work of building powerful fighting move
ment of the organized workers the world over. The
first issue carries messages of sympathy and sup
port from members of the general council of the
British Trades Union Congress, like r. b. Walker,
secretary of the National Union of Agricultural
Workers, who was fraternal delegate to the Port
land convention of the A. Il. of H.; Ben Turner,
president of the National Union of Textile Work
ers; A. Coney, secretary of the Tailors' and Gar
ment Workers Trade Union and Mary Quaile,
Transport and General Workers Union
The drive for unity of the world, labor move
rhent launched by the Red International, of Labor
Unions has, as Trade Union Unity shows, enlisted
the support of the most powerful unions in the
Amsterdam International itself. Not the least in
teresting Of the contents are the walls emanating
from the right wing organs dominated by the
Dawes plan socialists reprinted without comment
by the editors.
From time to time we shall reprint extracts from
this and other publications devoted to world trade
union unity. There is no more interesting and
important movement on foot in the world today
and upon the American Communists is the respon-
sbiity Of linking up the American trade union
movement with this drive that is directed right
at the heart of capitalist reaction.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-04-22

steel workers who produce surplus value of $24O
per month.
In connection with this it is enlightening to re
view the recent convention Of the Amalgamated
Association of Iron, Steel and Tin Workers held
in Pittsburgh. The steel trust secretary of labor,
James j. Davis, addressed the convention and
urged industrial peace" 4ol
In New York City the other day William Green,
president of the American Federation of Labor.
took lunch with the Civic Federation of which
Ebert Gary is an active member and also urged
industrial peace"
Well, putting two and two together, it is not
hard to that the steel trust can afford to sub
sidise labor leaders to talk of industrial peace when
peace due to the weakness of labor organization
makes it possible to rob each worker of just twice
what he receives in wages. n
AS an antidote to the Shiny servilityof the labor
takers, read the program for the workers in the
steel industry published by the Trade Union Edu-
cational League. 1t will be quite plain then why
Gary and Green unite to fight the Communists
and the left wing which they lead.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-04-22
Millions Stolen
from Government by
Schwab, Is Charge

NEW YORK, N. Y, April 2O.-That
Charles Schwab, when director gen.
eral Of the shipping board emergency
fleet corporation, used his govern
ment position as dollar a year man
to turn millions OF dollars worth OF
contracts to subsidiaries and corpo.
rations which he headed, is charged
by the United States government.
The government has sued the Beth.
lehem Shipbuilding corporation, of
which Schwab is the head, for $751;
100000, alleged to have been over
charged by the Schwab concern.
Schwab has filed a counter suit for
$9,OO0,000 which he charges is still
due on ships his firm built for the
government The ships were built on
the cost plus basis.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-04-22
Communists to Gain
In Second Poll in
Germany Next Week

GERLIN, Germany, April 20.-- Tbs
name of Ernst Thaelmann, Commun-
list Party candidate for president in
the coming German elections, is
printed on the list of candidates with
the occupation "stevedo-c" following
his name.
The Communists are expected to
materially increase their vote ever
the two million cast for Thaelmann
in the first elections in March, when
no candidate polled a majority.o of the
votes, necessitating a second cleo
ton.
Wilhelm Marx, the candidate of the
socialist-catholic-republican bloc, has
declared in favor of the annexation
of Austria, and other imperialistic
measures. Hindenburg, candidate Of
the fascist-monarchist right wing,
who dreams of a return to a mon
archy or fascist dictatorship, Is say
ing little, and has made no speeches
in Berlin.
The industrialists are dividing their
support between Hindenburg and
Marx. They declare the socialists
can be dealt with if Marx is elected,
and will more readily keep the work
ers from revolt than could Hind
enburg. Both candidates have re-
fused to put up fight against the
Dawes plan, and have declared that
"the foreign policy must remain I'M
changed"
=, In speech before the reichstag.
Foreign Minister Stresemann, admit
ted that American bankers have with
held loans from Germany in an at
tempt to secure influence over who
ever is elected president.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-04-22
CONTINUED from last issue.l

MOSCOW, April 1.--(By Mail.)-
A T the evening session the debate
"A on the question Of trade union
unity is continued sc
OEMARD (France) In France a
~ great compaign for unity was start
ed among the workers. The reformist
leaders are sabotaging the campaign;
but there is no doubt as to the SYM
pathies of the workers. The speaker
gathers from the various reports that
in some countries the unity campaign
is absolutely false and Trotskyist.
out many deviations.
It is our task to strengthen the left
wing in the reformist trade unions.
In this way we shall be able to win
over gradually, forty fifty and more
per cent of the workers, thus COM
polling the reformist leaders to effect
unity. 1t is necessary. to create frac-
tons everywhere, and to point out
on the basis of the program of partial
demands that without unity, not even
the daily immediate needs of the pro-
letariat can be satisfied.
THE agitation for unity must be be-
gun in those countries where an
economic crisis is setting in, as in
France, England, Czecho-Slovakia and
Central Europe. In France a crisis is
on the threshold, and large mass
movements are to be expected;
this must Of course be taken advan-
Iage of. In these countries it is our
task to discredit the reformist lead
ers. In France the masses grasp the
significance of the campaign, despite
the attempt Of the reformists to dis
credit it as mere maneuver. In
Germany the unity campaign is more
difficult, because there the social dem
ocrats still have considerable influ-
ence.
TT is necessary to fight against a
l. large number of trade union cen
ters. In every country propaganda
should be carried on in support of
the cooperation between the British
and the Russian trade unions.
The capitalists everywhere support
the reformists against the unity cam
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-04-22
Industrial Peace

The Gary plant Of the United States Steel corpor-
alton broke the record for production last month.
Three hundred and thirty thousand tons of steel
we're fabricated in addition to $4,000 tons of pig
iron and 300 900 tons of coke in round figures.
This production was in excess by $4,000 tons Of
the biggest month in the history of the plant
Let us sell these 100000 tons Of steel at prevail
ing pig iron prices and thus strike general aver
age for the entire production Pig iron is selling
around $24 per ton.
The Gary plant and its subsidiaries employ %
600 men. Each man produced, therefore, Is tons
Of finished steel. AT pig iron prices this amounts
to $3.50 per man.
The average wage in the steel plants is around
81 per day, $3.50 per month. Each worker there
fore delivered to the steel corporation exactly three
times much steel as he got paid for.
Each worker averaged S120 for the month, but
the steel trust, at the most conservative estimate
made $40 from each worker employed
The stockholders 70 the steel trust met yesterday
and President Ebert II. Gary reported a surplus
Of some $5l7, 100000 after all charges had been
met and extra dividends paid. This is an evidence
of prosperity, but little of its Sits thru to the
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-04-22
Sessions of Enlarged Executive of the c. |.

the A. F. of L. is supporting American
imperialism In view of the Dawes
plan, the A. F.. of L. pulling back in
to the Amsterdam International in
order there to combat Soviet Russia
and the left wing.
The speaker hopes that strong
left wing will be formed in the A. F.
of L.. thereby neutralizing the latter.
TN his closing speech, Comrade Los
4 ovsky states that the Amsterdam
International is in reality no interna-
tional at all, for it is dominated by
national tendencies.
We want unity not for it's own sake,
but as fighting organization. The
right wing combats the unity cam
paign not only thru agitation, but also
thru organizational measures. We
must fight energetically against the
explosions. s.
Up to the present our unity cam
paign was too abstract. The propa-
ganda for unity must be combined
with such daily problems as wages,
taxes, housing, ETC., and must be elas-
ticallys adapted to the concrete sit
uation. a,
THE plenum will adopt a general
resolution, also concrete recon-
endations and practical resolutions for
every country. The reformists are
opposed to unity because they know
that unity is possible only on the
basis of the class struggle. 1t is neces-
sary to fight not only the reformists
but also their organized machines.
The reformist leaders demand good
treatment from us. But it is not
question of politeness, but one of en-
phasizing the essence of the strug-
gle.
The coming conference should be
neither overestimated nor underestim-
ated. The conference will be an his
torical event, since for the first time,
the most important organization of
Amsterdam will confer with the Russ
ian trade unions as to the methods
of conducting the struggle.
THE negotiations will not deal with
4 questions of principle in relation
to reformism or Communism, but par
tial questions-which circumstance
signifies great progress in the ques-
ton of unity.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-04-22

The Anglo-Russian negotiations are
not a purely Anglo-Russian affair;
they constitute the beginning of trade
union unity.
The Vorwaerts is already utilizing
our analysis of the world situation to
exult in the cry that the world revo-
luton is at an end for the Oomintern
But the social democracy is shouting
much too early If we manage to do
good days work during the rela-
lively short period of sterilization,
then the prose of the daily tasks will
become the poetry of the social revo-
luton.
GOMRADE SALVAGE brings in the
" following resolution in the trade
union question:
1.-THE struggle for unity has COM
pletely proven the correctness of the
political policy Of the Fifth Congress.
The present development of the class
struggle strengthens the urge Of non
Communist masses to come under
Communist influence, and intensifies
the unity movement. The plenum
re-afirms the necessity of carrying on
systematic campaign for unity, since
the struggle for unity is a struggle
against the bourgeoisie and its lack
eys.
1.-THE plenum ascribes much import
ance to the unity negotiations of the
Russian and British trade unions, and
welcomes the coming Anglo-Russian
conference.
ct calls upon the workers of all
countries to support the creation of an
Anglo-Russia trade union bloc and to
fight energetically for International
trade union unity"
The resolution is assigned to the
political commission.
NOMRADE ARISOv (Roumania)
" greets the plenum in the name
of five million oppressed workers and
peasants of Bessarabia. He protests
against the false appeal of the Rou-
manian government to historical
rights" and asks for the support of
the Comintern, expressing the hope
that under the leadership of the Co
mintern the oppressive yoke Of the
boyars may be broken. (Applause).
The session is adjourned after Sem
ards return of greetings.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-04-22

paign; this should be utilized in our
agitation. The speaker proposes that,
besides the general resolution, speci-
fic recommendation should ,be made
to the different sections.
NESHKE Germany: Both in the
~ trade unions and in the factories,
the social democracy is fighting
against the unity campaign with all
means at its disposal. The German
social democratic party carries on a
more bitter fight against the Commun-
list Party of Germany than even the
reactionary forces. Those who had
been expelled from the trade unions
formed, under the Brandler central
committee, indepent unions, which,
under the leadership of Schumacher,
have rejected the unity campaign.
Leading comrades, and unfortunate
ly also workers, had to be expelled
from the party. In the independent
unions certain functionaries are still
opposed to unity
THE Qualification Of the trade union
4 problem has lent new strength to
the party. Polemising against Clara
Zetkin, the speaker declares that the
figures cited by Zetkin were not cor
rect, and that she has fallen victim
to an INSCRIPTIONS Vaccination. The
results Of the shop council elections
are not bad. 1t is true that the party
has lost S5 local units, but then it has
gained 81 new ones. The report of the
British trade union delegation has
done much to counterfeit the social
democratic lies. Factory delegations
wish to go to Russia in order to find
out whether Purcell or the Vorwarts
is telling the truth.
The approaching crisis will accele-
rate the unity campaign, but it would
be wrong to disregard the great diff
culties in our way.
nORSY (America): The American
- Federation Of Labor is d compare
lively small but strategically import
ant organization, because the A. F.
of L. wants to return into the Amster-
dam International At the time Will
son was in favor of the league of
nations, Gompers also favored the
league; but when the American bour-
geoisie opposed the league, Gompers
followed suit. At the present time
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-04-22
Build Strong Mexican Party.
BY MANUEL GOMEZ.
Especial to The Daily Worker.)

MEXICO CITY, April 13.-By
Mail -Willingness to face and solve
practical problems confronting the
Mexican workers, a firm determine
ton to stamp out opportunism in the
party itself, an absence of fractional
disputes and a strong sense of the
need for a united, homogeneous or
ganization marked the congress of the
Communist Party of Mexico, which
adjourned tonight after nearly week
of profitable sessions.
Rafael GARLIC, the "baby" of the
congress, who left his post in the
Mexican Young Workers League last
year to take over the secretaryship
Of the party in an emergency, was re-
elected national secretary by an al
most unanimous vtoe. In one short
year he has established himself as
one of the two or three most capable
Communist leaders in the country.
Elected with him on the new national
executive committee are: Manuel
Ramirez, Bertram ID. Wolfe, Javier
Guerrero, d. A. Siqueiros and Carlos
Rendon.
The third congress OF the party
may be considered in some ways its
first. For the first time the party APP
peared as an established organization,
with actual locals in most of the i'm.
portant industrial sections OF the
country. Numerically, however, It is
still very weak and altogether too
loosely organized. Organization re.
mains the primary task before the
party. i4 ca
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Important contacts have been estab-