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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-04-08
Times WdshfnGton Bureau.
1922 NeaO York AVenue.

Eva ASHINGTON, April S.-Why
WI do you take the trouble to
G mail thing if you don't care
whether or not they reach their.
destination?
You don't tie up the packages
properly. You don't use heavy
enough paper or string. You don't
write the address plainly. You
don't put your own name and ad-
dress on the package so it can be
returned to you if it fails of delivery
at the other end of the line.
And as a result, thousands of
packages reach the dead letter office
OF the Post Office every year.
Every six months the government
has to hold a public auction to get
rid Of your mistakes, in order to
make room for new ones.
The Washington post office has
just held one of it's biggest auctions.
More than 500 lots were sold, each
Of these lots containing from one to
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-04-08
Selective Voting

N7OPULAR elections are the
II methods through which de-
u mocracy expresses itself, and
it Is therefore important that the
forms under which such elections
are conducted result in effectively
rejecting the voice Of democracy, in
electing governing officials who are
really representative Of the body OF
the people in their common inter
est. This common interest would
lie chiefly in the execution OF the
laws and the transaction Of the
public business, but would likewise
rest in the setting up OF institutions
through a constitution and the en-
actment OF laws under it that would
be reflective Of the popular will.
Whether or not our past and
present methods have been produc-
ing results in keeping with this pur-
pose is to be determined by an ex-
animation Of the problem as pre-
scented by present day conditions.
We have reached a point in our
political and public life where we
can visualize pretty clearly certain
outstanding facts in relation to our
political parties and the government
we are getting under them. There
have been periods of nauseating
political corruption, carrying with 1t
an utter disregard for the common
welfare. but I can call to mind no
time when political parties were so
completely bankrupt in principles or
in standing for a governmental pol
icy that is built for any other than
in the interest Of a particular party
or group or the special interests
to which the party must cater. Out
side Of interested political party
machine groups this can be said to
be an almost universal conclusion.
All this means a loss Of high-minded
leadership and makes for medioc-
rity in official public life and ire
sponsibility in political parties, has
reduced the natural instinct of self
interest to the lowest levels of self
seeking and lust for power to graft
fy this purpose.
Governing Agencies
There must be a. reason for this
state of political life that is to be
attributed to something other than
a lack of moral stamina or inherent
civic depravity. No one deliberately
courts an inefficient, irresponsible
and corrupt political party or gov
eminent, and much sincere effort is
made to check or avoid such sit
uations but without substantial re.
suits, in the long run. At bottom
this difficulty probably arises from
making political parties governing
agencies rather than popular me-
diums for proragating political. eco
nomic and social policies. condi-
ton further aggravated and per-
petuated by our system Of majority
minority elections.
Our present majority system Of
elections is a delusion. Almost never
is there a real majority, often 1t is
a factional minority, and in no
event is it producing a really rep
resentative democracy. II democratic
institutions are to be strengthened
and perpetuated there must be an
election system that will result in
giving real majorities Of such
character that when expressed the
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-04-08

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tial.-Editor
How many broadcasting stations
are there in the United States?
About 600.
Does the thinness of glass make
it transparent?
Glass is not necessarily trans
parent; in fact 1t can be opaque or
translucent even when very thin.
The translucent quality is due to
certain ingredients introduced to re-
making, derivatives of soda, potash.
and lime are mostly used for that
purpose.
What is the population of Can
ada?
According to the latest available
figures, It is 8.7S8,4S3.
What is the difference between
climate and weather?
Climate is the sum total of the at
mospheric conditions, Of locality es-
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-04-08

intersection OF
Pennsylvania and
Washington SITS.
and Virginia Ave.
were ordered.
Unquestionably
the pedestrian
now has a gaudy
time at downtown
intersections dur
ing rush periods.
lie leaps convul-
sively from crag
to crag while
street cars and
automobiles brush
the buttons from
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-04-08

ROME, April s.-Divers have
found the ruins OF q submerged city
thirty feet below the surface Of the
Mediterranean or the coast Of Tunis.
The undersea city was found near
the isle Of Lotus Eaters" Of which
Homer. the Greqian poet. wrote.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-04-08

And there are
those among our
readers who say
the author Of
"Fhe Green
Hat" was talk
ing through his.
Big crops
from Little
Gardens" is a
nice book to
eau w NOhA AtA
tuce and rad
ishes.
Even though a
new novel called
"Bobbed Hair"
was written by
20 authors, that
number wasn't
enough.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-04-08

There is one man in Indianapo-
lis who is coming right to the
front in writing modern and ma
tive themes. His name is Henry
Joslyn. Recently the st. Louis
Symphony played WAR Dance
Suite" from Native Moments" by
Joslyn. He is now in Chicago, pre-
paratory to rehearsing his latest
composition, American Skylines,"
a symphonic silhouette. Whiteman
will play this composition for the
first time in New York soon and
Ona B. Talbot plans to have this
number included on the program
that Whiteman will give at the
Murat on Sunday afternoon, April
10.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-04-08
Fellowship oil
Draper

Daily Lenten Bible reading
and meditation prepared for
Commission on Evangelism OF
Federal Council of Churches
OF Christ in America.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-04-08

fairs have approved The city manager plan as
the best form of city government yet devised"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-04-08
God is love; and he that dwelleth in love
dwelleth in God and God in him. John AIS.

God alone is true; God alone is great,
alone is God.--Laboulaye.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-04-08
Tom Sims Says

Love letters OF Napoleon found re-
Gently show his Waterloo was
named Josephine.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-04-08

"Smothered Fires" is one Of the
new books. the strange part being
II was not written by a janitor.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-05-22
UNITY OF TRADE ]
UNIONS DEMAND
OF SWEDISH Pc.
Postal Workers Pledge
Support to Soviets
Especial to The Daily Worker,

MOSCOW, U. S. S. r., May 20
The delegation Of the Swedish Postal
Employees trade unions returned yes
terday to Stockholm after having
made detailed study Of the situation
of their colleagues in Lenningrad and
Moscow.
Before their departure from Russia
there was held joint farewell session
Of the Central Committee of the
Postal Employees trade union of the
Soviet Union Of representatives Of
the factory councils and Of the Swed-
ish delegation. The representative Of
the latter, Mattelin, declared that the
delegation, after having made itself
acquainted with all the positive and
negative sides Of life in the Soviet
Union, had arrived at the conviction
that the achievements of the Russian
proletariat and the restoration of the
national economy were very consider
able. The five members Of the Swed-
ish delegation were returning to
Sweden as friends of the Russian rev.
olution.
The Swedish delegation presented
to their Russian brother trade union
lists a written address which, among
other things, gave expression to the
desire for the consolidation Of the
achievements of the Russian revolu-
ton and for the realization Of the
closest cooperation between the work
ers Of the Soviet Union and those of
other countries. as only by this means
viii the international working class be
able to fight successfully against or
ganized world capital
A joint resolution, which was unani.
mously adopted, states:
THE Russian and the Swedish
Postal, Telegraphic and Telephone
Trade Unions welcome the results
Of the London Trade Union confer
ence as the most important step
which has yet been taken towards
international trade union unity.
and declare the decision of the
Postal, Telegraphic and Telephone
employees in one united international
to be necessity. The desire Of the
Russian trade unions to be &C
cepted in the international should
therefore be supported"
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-05-22

The foreign deal was made possible
by the fact that Botany had accumu-
lated larger surplus profits than were
necessary for its enterprises in this
country It consisted Of a loan of
$2,000,000 to Kammgarnspinnerie,
Stoehr & Co. and the Elberfelder Tex
tile Works, two of the most important
textile concerns in Europe. The loan
gives Botany long-term option to ac-
quire so per cent interest in hold
ing company to control these two con-
Germs which in turn control over 30
plants located in Germany, Latvia.
Hungary, Czecho-Slovakia, Italy and
Holland.
Here is good example of how
excess profits which American work
ers produce for their masters go
abroad to back the competition of
low-paid European labor. There is a
direct connection between high profits
and unemployment in the United
States.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-05-22
Starring Irish Told to Gaze on Sky

ize over the beautiful surroundings
amidst which the people of the West
are starving. Sunset and evening
star, winding path and heathery hills,
the bright blue sea, are good food
maybe for poets dreams, may even
fill poets belly, but when in re-
port Of Lady Mayo's, or some other
lady's relief in the Dublin Evening
Herald Of the 22nd Of April l find:
Though other conditions fail them
the people Of the West have this COM
pensation. They can feast their eyes
on incompatible beauties and breathe
wonderful fresh alrl Tho Insufficient
ly clothed It was marvellous to see
their rosy cheeks and clear eyes,"
/ confess it was not poetry that
rose to my lips when l read that.
What kind Of mental inebriate was
responsible for penning these lines
| do not know. Rosy cheeks and
clear eyes" amid semi-starvation and
real nakedness, are probably the indi-
cation of tuberculosis, surely nothing
to raphsodize over in that. The Work
ers International Relief says let us
have an end of this soldering slush.
Want is Want. To starve on a hillside
is no more pleasant than to starve in
a cellar.
What is important is, that the Free
State government, while it it not re-
sponsible for "the incompatible
beauty" must certainly be held to &C
count for the condition of acute want
amounting to famine in certain areas
in Ireland. They can and will be
forced to make provision If the peo-
pie of Ireland once appreciate the
naked truth.
Meantime the Workers Information
al Relief will continue the work of
raising funds, and will distribute these
without regard to politics or religion.
Relief from the workers to their fell
low workers in distress, betokening the
unity Of the working class independ-
ent of the charity Of the oppressor,
native or foreign.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-05-22

NOTICE TO PATTERN BUYERs-Ths
patterns being sold thru the DAILY
WORKER pattern department are fur
nished by n New York Arm Of pattern
manufa cturers orders are forwarded By
the DAILY WORKER every day as re-
reived, and they are mailed by tho man-
ufacturcr direct 70 the customer. The
DAILY WORKER does not keep a stock
or patterns on hand. Delivery OF pat
terms ordinarily will take at least 10 days
from the date OF mailing the order. Do
not become impatient II your pattern Y
delayed
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-05-22
Our Readers Views

To the DAILY WORKER: "There
are only few of US active here. We
have the DAILY WORKER and
Workers Monthly on two newsstands
and we are distributing the DAILY
WORKER among the Negroes and
canvassing for subs. So far we have
not been very successful.
1 am trying my best to get subs at
the factory where work. Up to the
present l have given every man in
the department where I'work copies
of the DAILY WORKER and talked
to them about subscribing, but it
seems those fellows have no time to
read.
Where work they have the best
system for keeping the workers
minds enslaved. They have a psyche
logical way Of handling the slaves.
Mr.. car, the boss, who is on a trip
around the world every once in a
while sends in a notice and bulletins
are posted on the board telling how
he is enjoying himself and he tells
them to keep happy. OF course they
feel fiattered and call their master
good man. It makes my blood boil to
see those slaves so humble-but am
not tru with them yet.
About six weeks ago l asked for a
raise in pay. The super told me that
l wasn't very good talker, but l
am a good mechanic. l keep on ask
ing every week and l always get a
different excuse for not getting it.
A WORKER, Decatur, III.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-05-22
Your Union Meeting
Third Thursday, May 81, 1925.

Third Thursday, May Fl, 1925.
Name Of Local and Place
No. OF Meeting.
Allied Printing Trades Council, 50
271 Anal. Clothing Workers, 4os S.
227 so 1 Makers r. ao4o W. North Ave.
90 Boot and Shoe, 1899 Milwaukee
"a Brick and Clay, shermanvlIIe, ~.
1856 Brick and Clay, clenview, ~.
e Carpenters, 1l3 s.: Ashland Blvd.
sSi csrpentsrs, lao Emma ST.
434 Carpenters, South Chi, 11o37 Mich
lpan Ave.
, sS4 CARPENTERS, o.gdsn, and ksd.Is.
100 Drug Clerks, 4s1 S. Dearborn ST..
1874 Electrlelans, 1907 ogden Ave.
795 Electricians, 7475 Dante Ave.
l15 Engineers, s223 Houston Ave.
429 Fitenien and Enplnemen, 3eth and
2ss Hsd Carriers South Chi. s7oi e.
60 Janitressss. city Hall Hearing
IS ladies' Garment Workers, sas W.
81 LaaIe. Garment Workers. 1914 N.
100 Ladies' Garment Workers, 32s w.
IL Leather Woksrs, $40 W. Harrison
2ss MCgldsIs. tis s. Throop St.
Painters District Council. t44e w.
Adams ST.
371 Painters, Quits Hall, Chlcauo
Heights.
Plano ard Organ wkrs., 100 w.
Washington.
2si Plumbers Hallway, Monroe and
Peoria Sts.
724 Railway Carmen, 18th and Drexel
so4 Railway Clerks. sfss Commercial
i4ez2 Sign Hangers, $40 W. Harrison St.
~ Slate, Tile Roofers. 1924 Milwaukee.
40 stage Employees, Masonic Temple.
stone cuttsrs. 1870 W. Washington
ST.
z42 Teamsters, 97oe Houston Ave.
754 Teamsters DAIRY, 22o S. Ashland.
40 Upholstersrs, 1870 w. Washington
(Note--unisss otherwise stated all
meetings are at Q p. MI
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-05-22
To Hold Conference.
storm HaIts Interurban Traffic.

SPRINGFIELD, ILL.,, May 90 All
northbound interurban traffic between
Springfield and Peoria came to halt
at 10 a. m. today while linemen were
hurriedly dispatched to adjust diff
culties said by traction officials to
have resulted from a storm which
struck north central Illinois this
morning.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-05-22

This is in addition to the domestic in
terest and dividends which go on
growing in spite of unsettled business
and diminished employment.
That the Dawes family has its
share appears from the annual report
of Pure Oil Co., which is captained by
He'll an Maria's brother. For the year
ended March 81, 1925, Pure Oil turned
in an operating profit of $2O,0OO.OO0 in
round figures. After paying interest
and making heavy deductions for de-
pletion and depreciation about $780,.
100000 remained for the stockholders,
or somewhat over IL per cent on the
common stock. ge
Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Co.,
with $1O,OO0,0O0 profits on the COM
mon stock which is carried on the
books at $3.50, 900, provides the out
standing profit story Of the week. This
means s42 per S. share, a profit Of
about $40 per cent. A. & P. has been
paying cash dividends of 81 $50 per
cent?, the rest going into reserve to
enlarge the business. 1t has just rails
ed the dividend to IS or 100 per cent.
A. G. P. operates about 10000 stores
with the number increasing by 5000
year. This steady advance means
the conquest of the retail grocery field
by an anti-union corporation. The
old individual grocer who was willing
to employ union clerks is being driv-
en- from the field or absorbed. The
business of this great distributing cor
poration for the year amounted to
S352,093,S42. This is roughly 40 per-
cent, as large as the business done by
the giant U. S. Steel corporation.
Botany Consolidated Mills, the Anne
rican textile concern which has been
advancing capital to German mills, re-
ports 1924 profit of s1.731,29s. This
represents SIT a share on 100000
shares Of Class A stock or a return Of
"a per cent
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-05-22
TwO More Challenges
Observation-Disclosures BRANCH and BROWNS
VILE ENCLISH-NEW YORK

GILL the call for action continues with left
- the Second Campaign
good work. comrade Pdsny the uanan Philadelphia
secured sub and Immediately challenged
branch Of that city do the That's small job
branch that has three weeks It
Philadelphia Ukranan branch, your Job is sub from
every member before June IS. Will you do it?
In New York. comrade Louis Nebref full
threw challenge English
branch and
Up and at 'em comrade Mtnck
THREE MORE WEEKS TO GO coMRADES-ON THE
JOB NOW TO BUILD THE DAILY WORKER.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-05-22
Continued from page y

NOuAtAhucu rum pd50 ~
Ireland, and beyond it will be inter-
ested to read two messages that
reached our committee quite recently
The first is from The Rectory, Glen
Columcille, Co. Donegal, under date
Of April 4. 1t reads:
Robert Stewart, w. l. r.
Dear Sir:-I have been asked by
your representative who has charge Of
this locality to say word about the
condition of the people of this place.
They are very poorly off, and, I
think, some in want. Their first re-
quirement now is seed for their po-
tato crop. Some have the ground
turned up, but no seed to put in.
The season is running out now, and
If relief in that way is to be given it
should be done at once.
Yours Faithfully,
T. H. Meara (Rector)
No Seed; No Crops.
That is a very mild and careful
statement, but If mo seed is put in"
what will be the outcome for the time
that lies ahead Of these Every poorly
off" people? Surely worse time next
year. Are people "in want" with mo
seed to put in" famine stricken or
not? The fine shades of meaning con-
veyed in the words want, distress, or
famine, may interest straw splitting
dilletanti, but the plain person will
agree that whatever name it is called
by, relief speedy and sufficient is the
one thing necessary to alleviate it.
Letter No. is a trifie more explicit,
and comes without solicitation from
an official source and states:
Ardara Co., Donegal, April 80.
I hereby certify that distress is
acute in this district.
am in position to state positively
that in many cases starvation is not
very remote.
Signed: CHARLES H. FALvEY,
Medical officer.
Starvation is not very remote"
sounds rather ominous and discredits
completely those responsible for the
policy Of concealment.
No Exaggerations.
The facts Of the situation have
never been exaggerated in any way by
the Workers International Relief.
Our investigators in Donegal and
Mayo say with the most complete con-
viction based on personal examine
ton that the Medical Officer C. H.
Falvey is right.
We have committees working at the
distribution of food, seed and clothing
in an area in Donegal which includes
Teelin, Kilcar, Killybegs, on to Dun
gloe, and in Mayo all the way from
Ballina to Portacloy, Caaratigue, etc.
There is not single place in which
we have been able to do as much as
is necessary. We have been compel
led to 'sdeal small and share all" and
have only faced the situation so far,
as food and seed is concerned, and
even that inadequately. The ques-
tons of rent, mortgage debt, etc. are
quite beyond our province, but these
are a present fact which intensifles
the misery of these poor people, and
ought to be the subject of vigorous
and sustained agitation. so that com
plete moratorium might be secured.
Poetic Tommyrot.
The future could then be faced with
a reasonable measure of hope, as it is,
we must keep the people alive, we
must provide them with seed. 1t is
stupid and criminal to sentimental
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-05-22
RaIIroads Grantee Eueru wI.h

WASHINGTON, May 2O.-The New
York Central railroad and its sub
salaries, the Michigan Central and the
Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago & st.
Louis, were authorized by the inter-
state commerce commission today to
assume liability for S1O,53O,OOO of
equipment trust certificates to be is
sued by the Guaranty Trust Co. of
New York.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-05-22

PARIS. May 2O.- siegfried Lascos
Ibanez, second son of the famous
Spanish novelist, was arrested last
Sunday, believed as d reprisal against
his fathers attackS on King Alfonso,
II was learned today.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-05-22
DIRECT CONNECTION BETWEEN HIGH
PROFITS AND UNEMPLOYED, SHOWN
BY LELAND oLDs
Federated Press staff Correspondent

Wealth Wall
securities being issued satisfy
indicated that 1925 would
to satisfy wealthy
No wonder! There the regular year
the American investing from
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-05-22
Spanish Fishermen Drown.

VIGO, Spain, May 2O.-Four men
were drowned today when a Spanish
fishing boat foundered off the Portu-
guese coast.