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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-05-30
Buy Your Tickets for
Y.W.L. Picnic Now at
the Nearest Station

In order to distribute as widely as
possible the tickets for the Young
Workers League picnic which will be
held on the 14th of June at the Bey-
er's Grove, California Ave. and Irving
Park Blvd, the following stations
where tickets can be purchased in ad-
vance have been established:
Ukrainian Hall. 1882 w. Chicago
Ave-; Cafe Indrot, 1905 N Wilton ST.;
Benson's Candy Store, 1851 Belmont
Ave-; South Slav Book Store, 1906 S.
Racine Ave-; Wins, 3116 S. Halsted
St.; Workers Home, 1902 w. Division
St.; Workers Lyceum, 1888 Hirsch
Blvd; Imperial Hall, 24O9 N. Halsted
St.; Radical Book Shop, S26 N. Clark
St.; Rovnost Ludu, 1910 w. 18th St..
Union Press, 2O03 N. California Ave. /;
Delnick, 1928 w. 18th St.; Y. w. L.
Local Ofice-19 S. Lincoln st.
Readers of this paper are urged to
purchase their tickets in advance at
the reduced price, aa siis
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-05-30
John Reed Juniors sr
Have Good Time at q
Workers Home Affair

The affair given by the John Reed
Junior group of Chicago last Satur
day night at the Workers Home was
success. Up till about 1880 p. m.
there were all kinds of games for the
children. The real program started
at s with the singing of the Interna'
tional. Then there was a short talk
by the former organizer of the group
who graduated into the Y. w. L.
The musical program consisted of
piano, violin and harp solos and sing
ing by the group. and solo dance by
a small girl, Lydia Esaevich. Then
there was a beautiful tableaux repre-
senting Communism. 1t was composed
by member of the group and was
enacted by nine children each hold
ing one letter and reciting the mean.
ing of it. 1t brought forth storm Of
applause. There was also presented
a short play Of the Russian revolution
in which the members Of the group
participated under the direction OF the
Russian actress, Mrs. Pokatilov.
Cheer Soviet Scenes.
And then came the big surprise:
pictures OF the Russian revolution.
The children wildly cheered Lenin
Trotsky, and the Communist Interna-
tional which was shown in session.
They greeted with applause the Russ
ian Pioneers who were shown march
ing in a parade. They almost raised
the roof when Bill Foster was shown
as leader OF the steel strikers in 1919,
and they went wild when they them
selves. the John Reed Junior group.
were shown on the screen.
Max Shachtman, editor of the
Young Worker, who recently returned
from Soviet Russia brought greetings
from the Russian Pioneers.
After the program was over there
was some dancing. The soft drinks
bar was sold out and some money
raised which will be used by the group
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-05-30
PREMIER TAXI
DRIVERS WIN IN
BOSTON STRIKE
Out 3 Weeks Against
Non-Union Conditions
especial to The Daily wOrker1

kQPSOioi ~ tto 0dby NbOTkGFsl
BOSTON. Mass, May ga strike
against the open shop and commission
system was won by drivers Of the
Premier Cab Manufacturing company
Of Massachusetts, The strike was
won after a hard and bitter fight put
up by the Taxicab Drivers Union Lo-
cal No. 126. The strike lasted three
weeks and the company acceded to
the demands of the drivers for a
closed shop and a guaranteed wage of
81 a day.
Offers by the company executives
to the drivers for straight commits
sion was fatty rejected by all the
drivers.
Taxicab drivers of New York and
other cities should take this example
Of their comrades in Boston, and or
ganize a powerful and militant union.
They should fight to the bitter end
the bosses friend, the commission and
sweating systems.
There is only one way that these
systems can be completely destroyed,
and that is for all drivers join hands
together The motto Of all taxi driv-
ers should be: Every taxi driver a
union driver, and every garage where
taxicabs are stored, union garage"
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-05-30
More About Los Angeles May Day
Flight


May first as you all know is an
International Workers Holiday. The
Juniors of Los Angeles celebrated the
workers holiday with an outing. On
Monday. the children brought notes to
school. reading as follows: WAS abb
sent May 1st. on account Of Interna-
tional Workers Holiday" tho a few
who are not so Communistic brought
notes that they were Ill. This happen
ed in a Junior High School Of Los
Angeles.
When the attendance teacher saw
our notes, saw by the looks on his
face that he became angry. He told
us to report after school every day,
until further notice.
The children got together the same
evening with the Junior director, and
decided to call a meeting Of the
parents. When the parents met the
following day. they drew UP a petit
ton to which each one signed his
name and three parents were elected
W 80 VIII lh0 pcbAbiOh w TIC pAAhSi
pal and demand that the punishment
be taken of. The principal told them
that they had to go to the board OF
education. On the following day. when
they were prepared to go to the board
Of education, the teacher let all the
children off, saying the reason was
because they kept good attendance.
But OF course, that was just capital
istic bunk.
SO comrades, you see our activities
are getting on the minds OF the cap
italists. They are becoming afraid Of
our power. This incident will give us
new hope and we will keep up our
struggles with the thought that we
are going to win.
Ely Clayman,
Publicity Correspondent OF the
G. c. G. OF Junior Section OF
Los Angeles. Calf
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-05-30
Want ORGANIZED
LABOR SUPPORT
BIRTH CONTROL
Move to Amend Law to
Aid Working Women

NEW YORK, May 2S.-"The Ameri-
can Birth Control League wants to
get its message to organized labor,
says special leafet. Organized Labor
and Birth Control. issued at the
leagues headquarters at 1O4 Fifth
Ave.
A Monopoly Of the Rich.
Explaining that wealthy persons
have long had contraceptive informa-
ton but the workers denied it, the
leafet continues:
Employers of cheap labor and the
militarists do not want the masses to
know how to regulate the size Of their
families" Laws have been passed,
therefore, laws which the wealthy
evade.
Want Organized Labor Support
The league declares that It has.
within the law, been able to treat
1000 working class women but it says
that it has had to reject applications
Of many others needing help because
Of the statutes.
Organized labor is urged to allow
league speakers to appear before its
meetings and put the birth control
issue before the workers with the aim
of getting mass sentiment so that
laws may be amended to allow physi.
clans to legally give out contraceptive
information and to permit the estsb-
lishment Of clinics for workers who
cannot afford private doctors
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-05-30
Wobbly Speakers Will
Carry on Without Any
Permit In New York

NEW YORK - (FP) IT May U.s.
Propaganda meetings Of the Industri-
al Workers of the World are being
held on the streets despite attempts
Of police to stop them. Local patrol
men and sergeants order meetings to
stop, altho the union has previously
informed the local police station that
meetings would be held So far no
arrests have been made and the meet
ings are going on.
SO long as the police station is in
formed that a street meeting will
take place 1t is not necessary. accord
ing to law, to get formal permit,
as local policemen have insisted.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-05-30
BUILDING NOW
EXCEEDING The
RECORD OF 1924
Pre- dict Six Billion
Dollar Program
Especial to The DAILY Worker.l


NEW YORK CITY, May 2S.-The
First National Banks New England
letter states as follows concerning the
condition Of the building industry:
thee volume Of building opera
lions broke all records in the first
quarter. Contracts awarded during
April for the country as a whole were
10 per cent, and for New England IS
per cent above year ago. Contem-
plated projects arc also large, prob
ably 25 per cent above last year This
seasonal increase is much larger than
was anticipated.
while nearly half Of the construc-
ton was in residential buildings, the
greater gains were registered in pub
lilo works and utilities. Construction
in the rural communities is on the In
crease, and there has also beensa re-
vival in construction In New York
city, following the March slump.
Building costs have shown slight
easing tendency, but are only 8 per
cent below year ago."
8, w. straus, head Of the s. W.
Etraus Investment bankers of Chica-
go, In his industrial review states that
he predicts 1925 building program of
over $4,000, 900, 900, basing his re-
marks as tollowsi
Building ACTIVITIES this year are al
ready proportionately ahead Of last
years record of s5,750,O0O,o 900. All
trades and industries are materially
benefited by this increase in building
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-05-30
poctors Knock Ex.soIdIers.

/ ATLANTIC CITY, May 2S. II The
delegates to the seventy-sixth annual
session Of the American Medical as
ISOLATION passed a resolution advocat-
ing restriction Of the treatment of
war veterans. The doctors favored
the amendment of the war veterans
act to limit free hospital care to vet
Grams actually hurt in combat. They
desire to get business from a larger
number of sick persons, at the ex-
pense of the ex-soldiers.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-05-30
In the Second Annual Sub Campaign

following Builders on Wednesday,
May27
CHICAGO, LLshop Nucleus
Cicero English Branch; !. sIroky A. Valentine.
CLEVELAND, oP Luoaohle (2) Sam Hozman G. MsIIsvsc;
ST. PAUL, MINN-Fred LInek icy; w. H. Wanssrn
OAKLAND, cALF.-P. 3. cowdery
EAST LIVERPOOL, OBJ. r. Hartman ~.
BOSTON, MASS. saeermaster (2); Fritz LundvaII
MINNEAPOLIS, MINN-Dan W. Stevens 10y.
CINCINNATI ON Esterkn (3)
WEST CHESTER PA-chaiotte r.
DILLEs BOTTOM, ON stanovlch (2).
OMAHA, NEB.-DaVid
DETROIT, MIcH.-N stoyanoH (2).
HoxE, ARK-clay Mecurley
coNNEAUT, o.-S. n. Babcock.
HARTFORD CONN.,. e. Clark
MoNEssEN PA.-Mrs. Helen Maxi
TOLEDO, On.
ROCHESTER, N. ~ Peterson.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-05-30
Rockefeller Builds Church for
Foedlok.

NEW YORK, May 2S. - John d
Rockefeller, jr., has purchased the
block on Morningside Drive, from
nth to 11sth st., to build new
Park Ave. Baptist church for DR.. H
<. Fosdick. Fosdiok is a modern
ist," but Rockefeller knows that he
can be relied upon to philosophize
about the bible and keep the mind.
of the workers from their troubles
with the bosses, and the silk stock
ing" crowd entertained.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-05-30
Reporter Tells Story Of Irish Famine

John Knockton had seven children,
one eight months old and still breast
fed, while the mother had only potato
offal and bread to feed on. Around
his humble dwelling was laboriously
titled land, but the potatoes were all
rotting. All that was left to eat was
seed potato, with the seed-eyes cut
out for planting.
Old Mr.. McGrath said he had only
food to last four or five days more,
and that was only potato offal. He
had not known what 1t was to possess
any money for the last two yers at
least.
In hut where two families, Burke
and Hogan, lived, saw baby of IS
months, who had been breast-fed till
four months ago because there was no
food to give 1t. II could not yet walk,
and its poor little stomach was puffed
out in manner reminiscent of the
Russian or German famine babies.
The dread scourge of tubercule had
already shown its mark on its small
victim.
No Doctor
There was no doctor in the place.
the guardians doctor has to come
from Belmullet, 81 miles away west.
Another Port-a-Cloy child, on whom
l had a medical report but did not
see, was in the family of Michael
Doherty. Only IS months old, 1t was
suffering from marasmus, a wasting
disease due to malnutrition. 1t was
living on flour and water, when, ao-
cording to the doctor, 1t ought to be
having virol. Every rib in It's body
was clearly defined, and 1t was evil
dent that the hand of death was on
the child.
A grim joke they played on them
selves in this place was to make a
meal OF blind herring" and potato
offal. The herring" was a handful
Of brown salt in water. The pot is
put on the peat fire at noon, and a
lean cat would climb on to the hearth
stones and look into it hungrily for
food. The people are also picking
"bornods,' or limpets, from the rocks
in the sea and eating them.
Poaohers' Ravaaes
A poor hunonbacked woman saw
lived with her daughter, aged six, in
q hovel. with no food. She came beg
ging piteously for assistance. She has
to depend entirely on her neighbours
bounty, she said-and they have not
enough for themselves. She had been
told by the guardians of the district
to go to the workhouse when she
asked for relief
The grievance about the poaching
of the trawlers. said to be English
and French was very acute among the
men, who told me also that macherel
nets were offered them by the Free
State fishery department in return for
a payment of 30s., which is untold
wealth in this poverty-stricken com
munity. The nets were not put into
use, but remain locked up in a shed.
understand.
Il Conditions worse than those Of Port
la-Cloy were to be found, was told
at other places further on, but the
distance between these scattered
places are considerable, and in my
limited time was impossible to cover,
Ibut l can vouch for few facts
as having been gathered in Port-a-
lcloy.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-05-30
Fascist Troops to
Form Strikebreaking
Post Office Agency

ROME, Italy. May 2S.-The fascist
troops are extending their control OF
Italian institutions by forming a new
branch Of the fascist militia to super
wise and control the Italian post office.
It will be similar to the organization
now controlling the railways and
ports, It is planned. The militia will
so organize to act as a strikebreaking
agency in case of strikes of the post
office workers.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-05-30
N. Y. subways Would bodice Expen.e

NEW YORK, May 2s.-The Inter-
boro Rapid Transit company again
demanded an increase In the fare
charged New York subway riders, on
the ground that the company was
too poor to pay for improvements. I"
The company is endeavoring to force
the city to pay for the construction OF
new subways. and filed brief with
the city transit committee asking for
the fare increase.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-05-30
psnvIlIe Fire Losses.

DANvILLE. ILL.,. May 2s-Fire at
West Lebanon, Indiana, today de-
stroyed the store building Of Ira Cold
walldar, the bakery OF w. G. Bennett
and was prevented from spreading
only by the arrival of fire apparatus
from neighboring towns.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-05-30
Poland After Soviet Trade

WARSAW, Poland. May 2S.-A
trade treaty between Poland and the
Soviet Union is now being negotiated.
However, Poland continues to arrest
Communists. Poland is also increas-
ing the size of her army.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-05-30
Benefit for Party
in District Five at
4 Monessen, Pa,

4 MONESsEN. Pa. May 2S.-An in
teresting program will be given at
the Finnish Workers Hall, Saturday,
May 80, for the benefit Of District No.
s. The main speakers will be w. Fin
berg of Warren, Ohio.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-05-30
TAKE NOTICED

The Workers House has arranged
picnics for the following dates:
May 80, at National Grove.
June 20 and August 9, at William
Rimek Grove, Lyons, Ill.
All friendly organizations are re-
quested not to arrange other affairs
on those dates.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-05-30

Village Of Despair

ssase - s1o t aJ
Village Of Despair
"Seventy-fve pounds would save
this village from starvation" declared
an aged fisherman. to me in Port-a-
Cloy, one of the femine-ridden dis
tricts in the in the West OF Ireland,
where have Just visited.
1T would" he went on, buy us sal
mon nets, and start our men fishing
again for the fish out there now in the
bay. We could send out six crews
with money.
But we can't get It. We are cut
of from the rest of the country here
and nobody comes near us. We are
as fastened up here as though we
were in PRISON. And we are nearly all
starvingl" ss'sf ta'
found plenty Of evidence to sup
port his statements. The rude stone
novels that dotted the hiiisides, and
in which the people lived were, dis
covered, also the homes OF despair,
where the wasted frames OF men, we-
men and babies-and even of cats and
dogs-were sitting. All around was an
atmosphere of hopelessness engender-
ed by the feeling that these beings did
not know where the next meal was to
come from.
Cut or BY Bog m
1t may seem incredible that 80 small
sum would do so much for them, but
that may easily be true, as. their ham
let, on the distant coast of county
Mayo, is at the other side OF an anorm
GUS expanse of peat-bot, which seems
to occupy the greater part of the coun'
try, and to see them, people have to
come westward 20 miles, even, from
the nearest little town of Ballycastle,
Their plight is like that OF men on a
neglected island in the sea.
Rains unprecedented have rotted
their potatoes in the burrows, and
trawlers poach at nights, am told,
on their fishing beds, destroying the
living at sea the men had relied on
to balance potato failures.
Tramping over obg and rill, boulder
and hillock. from cottage to cottage
l heard the first-hand stories Of these
courteous Irish folk, and will give
few cases, with names, to illustrate
the general plight of Port-a-CloyTr-
and, ], am told, of many other sea-
board places in Donegal, Sligo, and
Galway. 7a3 ~yas
Poignant Tales st
James Hogan, nearly 40 now, had
been In America for 20 years, but re-
turned 81 years ago, and had since
mended boots for living till poverty
killed his trade. His only dwelling is
an earth cave, a little bigger than a
telephone box, which he has carefully
lined with stones. His days, in fact
his hours, are numbered, for he is dy,
ing of consumption. He had had no
breakfast, and there was no fire. His
emaciated frame was clad in rags.
He said he had had influenza since
Christmas and that he was paralyzed
on one side.
IF had something to eat l would
be all right" he said pathetically, as
he propped himself up at the door for
me to photograph him.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-05-30
N. Y. Williamsburg Branch-Just Look at This!

letter from the Downtown English branch arriving
late that the challenge
is subs they
extra subs to show why they have RAISED.
But what subs a Communist
branch? Comrades from the Williamsburg
challenge aoand then call another
Let BUILDING movement
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-05-30
GALES TROOPS FAIL
TO PREVENT STRIKE IN
TAMPICO OIL FIELDS

MEXICO oITY, May PA gen.
eral strike In the vast TampIeo oil
zone 10 unavoidable and may be
called soon, despite President CAL
les determination TO prevent II and
hIs action In sending troops to the
oil fields, officials stated today
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-05-30
Man Hit At Dangerous Crossing

DANvILLE, ILL.,, May 2s.-Charles
A. Smith, farmer, sof Broadland was
seriously injured at the Chicago and
Eastern Illinois railroad crossing at
Fairbanks. early today when train
hit his car.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-05-30
Cotton SHOVE Further Decline.

Declines OF to points marked
the opening OF the local cotton ex-
change today. July opened at 1885.
of :; Oct 1925. OF s; Dec. 22Sb, on
s; Jan. 1886, of Q.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-05-30

to help their paper, The Young Com.
rade, and for other similar purposes
All who attended the affair enjoyed
themselves.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-05-30
Farmer EaIIs Dead

DANvILLE, ILL.,. May 2s.- Polk
1andyne, SO, of Ridgefarm fell dead
his garden today while replanting
vegetables that had been destroyed
by the frost. hf
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-05-30
Soviet Protest AustrIan's Speech

S0Noh TiNtSSe HuSuiaHe SPSooH
VIENNA, Austria, May 28.-M.
Wolfsohn, the Soviet Unions trade
attaohe In Vienna. has protested to
NJ. Matajas, Austrian foreign minister,
against speech made by the minister
against the Soviet Union. The Soviet
Union is placing large orders In Au-
stria and therefore the foreign mini
ster took an apologetio attitude.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-05-30
Superior, Wis, Attention!

Another challenge being hurled by Builder
Myers Milwaukee challenge ognated
another and this challenge
Hemi Henonen Of Superior
sion Of the DAILY WORKER Builders
comade Helml Henonen get you
accepted to begin the "stlrrlns"7
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-05-30
UNEMPLOYMENT
BY EARL R. BRoWDER.

A study Of the causes Of this
capitalist disease and the way
In which the workers must
fight against II.
A pamphlet for your library
and one Of splendid props.
ganda value to hand to your
shop-mste.
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FROM THE POLICE

Ii owners Of dogs are enjoined
e. within the ending Of January
"a month to procure from the Pol
ice Office for Kin9shill District
from hingshill Police Station) the
signs for dos prescribed by the Pol
lie Pc ulauons, which according to
same must always be worn by the
dog, and for which Francs 1000
must be paid for the dogs in town
ana Francs 200 for those in the
country.
after said time dogs met not wear-
ing the sign for 1925 will be caught
and brought to the Police Office
Kingshill Police Station and de-
tanned for 5 times u hours, when it
will be killed, unless the owner APP
pears to claim the deg, pays a fine
of Francs 1900 and eventually pro
cure the required sign.
Christiansted's Police Office, St. Croix,
the 28th December 1925.
F. COULTER,
Director.
, 1925-12-31
T Publication
= FROM THE POLICE

IN accordance with the Ordinance
l of 18th November 1903, So, all
owners of firearms in Christian
sted's and Frederiksted's Jurisdic-
ton are hereby notified that a new
sign must be taken out for 1926 be-
fore the 18th Of February a, c.
Christianst6d Police Office, ST.. Croix,
the 18th December 1925.
F. COULTER,
Director.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1925-07-17
Curious Relics Kept
in English Churches

Some Of the parish churches of Eng
land are veritable museums Of quaint
end curious objects, IL one knows
where to look for them.
At Frensham, for instance, may be
seen the "Witch's Cauldron," glgan-
tic Iron cooklng-pot. The story goes
that 1t was deposited In the church
tower by one Mother Iudlum," fam.
Gus local witch, who flew with 1t
through the air on broomstick.
In the church OF st. Mary Radcliffe,
at Brlston, is preserved rib, said to
be that Of the tabled "dun cow" which
was so big that 1t was able to furnish
milk for all the inhabitants Of the
town. Unbelieving scientific people,
however, declare the rib to be that Of
whale--possibly cow-whale.
Calster parish church sets great
store by Its "gad-whlp," thought to
have been used by certain "holy wO-
man" who used to whip herself with
It. The stock Of the whip is made up
of four pieces Of wych-elm OF differ
ent lengths, denotlng the four gospels,
and at the end Of the thong Is leath-
er purse, probably intended to receive
the aims of the faithful.
At Heckfleld church, Hants, is
huge oaken money chest dating from
the time Of the Crusades.