The daily worker., 1925-01-13

N DAILY WORKERS staff, has pre-
pared chronology for our first year
as follows:
Jan. 13-First issue appeared.
Jan. 22-Reports national conven-
tion of United Mine Workers Of Amer
lea at Indianapolis.
Jan. 23-Death Of Nicolai Lenin an
nounced to working class of America
Jan. 2S-Exposure of fire trap
schools.
Jan. 29-Campaign to expose capi-
talist control of government begins
with articles on Teapot Dome oil
scandal.
Jan. 31-Madison Square Garden
much too small for Lenin memorial
meeting.
Feb. 2-Series of articles exposing
misery caused workers by nations
housing conditions begins.
Feb. 9-Italy recognizes Soviet Rus
sia.
Feb. 11-Race Sanhedrin conven-
ton, in which Workers Party and
DAILY WORKER upheld militant
working class Negro delegates begins
in Chicago.
Feb. 16-Start serial publication of
"a Week." great story of early Soviet
Russia by Jury Libedinsky.
Feb. 20-Strike of $4,000 dock work
ers shuts every British port.
Feb. 25-Calls on all sections of
party to celebrate fifth anniversary
of Third Communist International.
Feb. 27-Ten thousand needle work
ers, members of the International
Garment Workers Union, strike, de-
manding 40-hour week and the union
shop. AS the strike progresses, the
DAILY WORKER took an. active part.
Several hundred copies were bought
by the strikers every day, the DAILY
WORKER being the only paper in
Chicago giving accurate news of the
strike. Campaigned against the anti
picketing injunction, exposed indiffer-
ence of committee Of Is appointed by
Chicago Federation of Labor to aid
the strike, and sent it's reporters on
the picket line daily, three of them
being arrested.
March Especial Teapot Dome
edition appears.
April 14-Moves into its own build
ing at lib w. Washington Blvd, from
the temporary rented quarters on N.
Halsted street.
April 14-Exposes anti-Soviet plots
of Secretary of Commerce Herbert
Hoover.
April 21-Five hundred Pullman car
builders strike. Leads strike thruout,
reporters acting on picket line, being
arrested, leading strike meetings. and
distributing thousands Of Special
/ Pullman Edition"
May 14-Delegates to Furriers' con-
vention make unsuccessful attempt to
unseat DAILY WORKER reporter.
May 19-Chicago delegates present
resolution at convention of Interna-
tional Ladies' Garment Workers in
Boston, expressing appreciation Of
fight made by the DAILY WORKER
in Chicago garment strike. Sigman-
Perlstein machine. which had unseated
left wing delegates, jam thru sub
stitute resolution attacking DAILY
WORKER and left wing.
May 22-Iniunction issued against
Greek restaurant strikers. Special
restaurant workers strike editions ap-
pear.
May 22-Farrington has DAILY
WORKER reporter barred from con-
vention Of Illinois miners at Peoria
by miscounting vote. Harrington later
has his appointive power taken from
him by left wing delegates, who raj
lied around the DAILY WORKER.
May 29-LaFollette knifes st. Paul
farmcr-labor party convention and at
Lacks Communists.
June 16-Reporter jailed a second
time in Cicero for writing series Of
articles exposing scab methods in
Western Electric plant. Thousands of
copies sold daily to Western Electric
workers.
June 17-Reports conference Of
farmer-labor parties in st. Paul.
July 11-Exclusive announcement
that William 2. Foster and BENJAMIN
Gitlow are to run for president and
ice-president in first national election
iampaign of Workers Communist
Party.
July 1S-Campaign for relief Of un-
EN- ployed in full swing. Articles on
growth OF nations jobless army.
July 22-Continuous vigorous at
tack on Morgan's Dawes plan" to en-
slave weaker nations.
Aug. Exposes slave pen factory
at Morris, ILL.,, owned by Nathan Leo
pold, millionaire father OF Franks
boy killer.
Aug. $4,000 clothing workers
strike in Philadelphia, and 1900 silk
workers strike in Paterson, N. J.
Takes prominent part in both strikes
Aug. 13-Reporter deported from
Hegewisch, ILL.,, carbuilders' strike