The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-01-15
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II = q uting agency, COM
n,ar1a Z Nrst anniversary Of
&, Err, notes that at
s.s.4,y = ,mmunist daily IN
-. NJ, q e was launched,
'.as ION was that it
- the few months
!, would 40 to dissipate its $76;gVO
nssr egg as The New Leader, success
sor TO The Call, had rioted tnr" It's
100000 in short order"
.evNsrEAD Of competing in comics
snorts. features, market reports
n,yatery stories and cross WORD puz-
z,as with the capitalist dailies' con
',turas the. Federated Press editor,
s,ba DAILY WORKER appeared
steadily day by day from its own
printing plant in Chicago as a six-pase
naner devoted to news for ana apou.
ishor The last postofice statement
II rs circulation, printed Oct. s, 1874
voya it's average net paid circulation
* 100. Among the Englsh
language dailies that have eiVner
ooased publication or sold out to the
enemy since the Federated Press was
organized in 1919 are the New YORK
cali the New York Leader, the Okla
homa Leader, the Butte Bulletin, tne
cumberland Leader, the Minnesota
Star"
rrHE Federated Press comment gives
the kew to the secret Of the sue
cess of the DAILY WORKER in main
tanning its existence and even pros
neriug in a revolutionary sense, at a
tihe when the corpses of dead iapor
uaners dotted the highways. Instead
If wasting money competing with the
capitalist press in serving literary
otfal To the workers the workers
party decided that the only reason
for bringing the daily into existence
was for fighting the battles OF the
workers and Organizing them for the
final. struggle against capitalism. Tnat
this policy is the only one Tor sucn
a paper to follow Is proven py tne
continued existence of the DAILY
WORKER and the fact that 1t has
today loyal army Of supporters be-
hind it which it could not hold for
sNssaSFfour hours II It catered to
popular prejudices and modified i's
policy. g
1T appears that the British and
l American capitalists have won
local victory in China when the fol-
lowers Of WI Pei Flu won back Shang-
hal from the adherents Of the new
Picking government. The capitalist
powers look with extreme concern at
the prospect OF the uniflcation OF
China under the benevolent tutelage
of Soviet Russia. The capitalists
cannot afford to give their own work
ers a living wage but they have mil
lions to pour into China. creating civil
war In order to dislnember the coun-
try so that they can secure better
concessions from the different leaders.
4 P. MORGAN delivered what is
Js reported to be the first speech
he ever made in public at testi-
monial dinner given under the aus
pieces of the New York State Bankers
Association to George F. Baker, head
OF the powerful National City Bank.
Morgan's father thought the world OF
Baker, declared his son. This is the
same Morgan who was accused by
Roosevelt in his letters now running
in the papers, of floating rotten securi-
ties. Among those present at the
dinner was Andrew Mellon. secretary
of the treasury. "Mr. Bakers spirit is
part OF the foundation Of America"
said Mellon. II you want to know who
the rulers of this country are, look
UP the heads Of the big banks. You
win find the Bakers, Morgans and
MELONS high up on the list.
AN American woman was doubt
~ fully honored in Rome few days
ago by being made a fascist, the first
American woman TO receive the title.
The woman's name is Mrs. John Ad-
ans Drake and she is president OF the
American FREQ milk and relief for
Italy. The pope also honored her an
audience. 1t seems his holiness and
Bonito are pulling very nicely togeth
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