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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-12-05
WORKER GROUP
TO GIVE DRAMA
FOR STRIKERS
BY SAM WEINBERG.
(Worker Correspondent

PHILADELPHIA, Pa, Dec. 8. =
Striking miners in Pennsylvania will
receive the proceeds from the next
play Of the Workers Theater Alliance,
which will be given at p. m, We'd
nesday, Dec. 9, at the Eagles Temple,
Broad and Spring Garden streets. The
performance will be under the
auspices Of the international Labor
Defense. u
The last performance of this work
ers' dramatic group, Sept. 20, was so
successful that many labor organiza-
tions have asked for bookings. The
group is always ready to produce
plays for the benefit of any labor or
fraternal organization, deducting from
the proceeds only the amount neces-
sary to cover expenses, with an adj
mission price of so cents. Ask for
open dates and information from the
secretary. Clara Thomas, 500 Girard
avenue. &
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-12-05

10 in those 10 months. The stirling
contradiction to Coolidges figures Is
the average wage decrease Of $2.7O a
week from 1920. W
Total Wages Smaller.
OF even greater Importance in terms
Of the wage earner's prosperity as
class is the decrease of $3.50, OOO, 600
a month in the total distributed, In
wages in 1925 compared with 1920.
The total wages paid all factory
workers averaged about 81 1850, 600, 600
month in 1920 and only $1,000, 000,-
900 a month in 1925 The workers
evidently get materially less to spend.
The major part Of this huge drop
in factory wages is due to a decrease
Of 100000 in the number OF work
ers employed. This sharp drop in the
number of jobs available is neglected
in Coolidge's hurrahing for prosperity.
The exact position of the large sec
ton of the population dependent on
factory employment in October 1925
may be defined by the following fg-
ures. Average factory employment in
the first 10 months OF 1926 was
10000 more than in the same period
Of 1924. This means that an average
Of $23,0OO,OO0 more in wages was
paid monthly in the first 10 months
of 1925 than in the same period Of
1925.
1,626,ooo Unemployed.
But the number employed is stfn
100000 short OF the average number
employed in 1920. The total diatrfb-
uted as factory wages this October
was approximately $31s,0OO,O00 short
of the monthly average in 1920
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-12-05

the lake south to the city limits.
All comrades working in shops in
one of these sections, and all building
trades workers, housewives, profess
SIGNALS, shopkeepers, ETC., living in
one of these sections, must attend the
meeting taking place in his or her
section
Section 3 meets at the Freiheit
Hall, 5311 Woodlawn Ave, on Friday.
Dec. 4, at p. m. sharp
Section meets at the Hungarian
Hall, 4SO9 Lorain Ave, on Saturday,
Dec 5, at 8 D. m sharp.
Section meets at Carpentina's
(Finnish) Hall, 1903 West 5Sth St.
(near Detroit Ave) on Monday. Dec.
Z at p m. sharp
Every comrade intending to remain
In the party must attend his or her
meeting. Everything else must be laid
aside.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-12-05

wages pdlu JllSu III 151U.
Coolidge Prosperity Bunk.
I'm 1920" according to Coolidge's
statement to the New York state
chamber of commerce, wages were
about 100 per cent above the prewar
rates and the average wholesale price
of commodities was about 100 per
cent above the prewar rates. A steady
increase in the wage index took place,
so that during the last year it was
100 per cent above the prewar rate.
Yet the wholesale price level declined
to only 81 per cent above the prewar
level. Thus as a result of greater
economy and efficiency, and the elm
ination of waste in the conduct Of the
national government and OF the bust
ness of the country, prices went down
while wages went up. The wage
Garner received more while the dollar
of the consumer will purchase more"
Coolidge is using the same figures
which feature the annual report Of
Secy. Hoover, who refers to the
alleged facts as "one of the most ex-
traordinary Transformations in eco
nomic history"
Manufacture Good Yarn.
Both Coolidge and Hoover contrive
to set up this Transformation" by
contrasting the price level Of goods
produced by farms, mines and facto-
ries with union wage scales paid in
such industries as building construc-
ton, printing and street railways
But the facts, based on federal fig
ures, are that with the exception of
coal miners the average producer Of
goods covered by the wholesale price
index is getting considerably lower
pay than in 1920.
The average factory wage in 1920.
according to the department Of labor,
was $3.50 a week. In October, 1925,
the department shows it as $26.9O
Coolidge might have pointed with
some justification to the increase Of
about 81 over October, 1924. But
Wholesale prices also advanced over
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-12-05
Prosecution Fails to
Reopen Its c a e
in Pittsburgh Trial

CONTINUED from page -
if the program was opposed to that OF
the state of Pennsylvania and was a
violation of the state sedition act,
why was the Workers Party allowed
to appear on the ballot
During the cross-examination
Horacek explained the relations be-
tween the Communist International
and the Workers Party.
Explains Glass Struggle.
He then went on in simple lam
guage to explain the struggle of the
workers against world imperialism.
AS he was explaining the struggle
between the two classes in society,
workers who had come to the trial
to hear the case, leaned forward in
their seats and listened intently.
Describe Russian Events.
He then went on to sdescribe the
events that transpired in Soviet Rus
STA giving a scientific analysis in the
simplest of words. His entire testi.
mony and his sincerity were such that
he made a favorable impression on
these workers that had assembled in
the court room. 'w ss1
In the session held yesterday, when
the state closed it's case, the attor.
'neys for the defense afnade a second
attempt to have the case thrown out
due to the failure of ntile Indictment
to specify overt acts committed by
the defendant. islGs3
The last piece of evidence to be IN
troduced by the prosecutor against
Koracek was the theses of the Com,
munist Party. Every time that he
came to the word bourgeois, he pro
nounced it "burgosep and then would
chuckle and say to the jury that
word means you-and me-the use
less class"
Lennon Proves Boomerang.
In the cross-examination, Attorney
Marshall, who is defending Koracek
introduced a blank ballot on which
was Koracek's name for state auditor
He asked Lennon, the chief of the de.
partment of justice for this district at
one time and who had stools placed
in the labor unions here to carry on
agent provocateur work, and one OF
the stars of the states battery OF
experts" whether Koracek Mad been
put on the ballot legally or not
Much laughter was caused by the
discomfort that the sight Of the bal
lit caused on this steel trust tool
Lennon, in spite of all his squirmings
was forced to admit that the Workers
Party was on the ballot legally. This
admission hurt the case of the state
very much as they have tried to
prove that the Workers Party was il
legal
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-12-05
AS WEE SEET : ByT.L. O'FIaherty,
Continued from page ~

Continued from page ~
first of all interested in freeing all
subject peoples from oppression. And
no matter what England does; no mat
ter how many clever diplomatic stunts
Chamberlain pulls off, the struggle
for the emancipation of the colonial
slaves will go on. Nothing can pre-
vent it. Oppression is the mother of
revolt.
TIME central fact in European pol
4 itics today is the underground war
between the capitalist powers on one
hand led by England and the U. S. S.
R. on the other. While it would ap-
pear that the Soviet Union is up
against overwhelming odds, it has one
mighty advantage. The class strug-
gle has divided its foes.s In every cap
italist nations there is an army of
workers, which regards It's own ruling
class as it's mortal enemy. But for
his obstacle the capitalist powers
would have long ago modified all
their available forces against the
workers republic. WHAT the robber
powers are doing no~ris trying to
maneuver Russia into situation
which will give them afplausible rea-
son to attack. di
TT is obvious that the capitalists
L have given up hope of overthrow
ing the Soviet power by civil war
only. They have always seized on
every pretext to predict collapse. But
the prophets are now thoroly discre
dited. When Leon Trotsky, then wa
minister had a disagreement ove>
questions of Communist policy wit
the Central Executive Committee
the Russian Communist Party, everJ
bourgeois liar from Riga to Rome sen.
dispatches to his paper telling of viol
ent struggles between troops follow
ing Trotsky" and troops loyal to Zinc
view" This was all bunk and the
bunk was finally exploded.
WHAT really took place was a
w sweeping discussion during which
the party sought to correct certain err.
roneous political conceptions held by
Trotsky. Trotsky was immensely pop
ulaf among the masses. He partici-
pated in two revolutions and was re-
garded all over the world among the
capitalists as one of the'two principals
devils Of the age. The main devil was
Lenin. The bourgeois scribblers could
not understand why a man with such
popularity among the masses and in
the army would allow himself to be so
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-12-05
Inc AIS euIIdIna Rehearlna.

SPRINGFIELD, H., Dec. 3-Re.
hearing of the case involving an in.
junction barring the South Park COM
mission of Chicago from issuing
S5,000,000 in bonds to reconstruct the
Fine Arts building was allowed by
the state supreme court The suit,
filed originally in Cook county super
Tor court by William E. Furlong,
asked as writ to halt financing of the
project. This was finally denied by
the superior court but was allowed by
the supreme court The petition of
the park commission Or rehear1ng
followed
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-12-05
Perth Amboy Party
for Pioneers on Dec. 10

PERTH AMBOY, N. J., Dec. a.
Workers of Perth Amboy bring your
children to the Young Pioneers party
and celebration of their first annivers-
airy on Dec. 18th at the Workers
Home, SOS Elm st. at p. m. Ad-
mission children 10 cents, adults 30
cents. Let us show you and your
children what good times we have
and how splendidly the Pioneers de-
velop in the environment of the Fred
erick Engles Young Pioneers group.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-12-05
Trial Bares National
Ramifcations of Dope
Peddling Syndicates

Nation wide traffic in narcotics, in
which telephones were used by mem
bers Of a smuggling and peddling
syndicate to give orders and keep in
touch with each other, beautiful wo
men were messengers and dope run
ners, and notorious gunner were
hired to protect the peddlers was dis
closed at the trial of Kitty and Willie
Gilhooley, called queen and king" Of
the dope ring.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-12-05

MONTREAL-(FP) = Addressing
the annual convention OF the Quebec
Labor party, Pres. A. R. Mosher of
the Canadian Brotherhood of Railroad
employees strongly upheld independent
political action on the part of labor,
and advocated affiliation of labor I'M
ions with the Canadian Labor party.
The convention adopted a resolution
favoring an all-embracing world inter
national Of labor along the lines laid
down by A. A. Purcell of the British
workers.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-12-05

severely criticised without taking ex-
IRENE measures.
SOCIALISTS, liberals, pseudo-Com-
- munists like Max Eastman, and
anarcho-syndicalists, sympathized with
Trotsky-until Trotsky heard about it.
He did not want such sympathy. Max
Eastman wrote a book defending"
him. Max said the whole thing was
wicked conspiracy to get rid of
Trotsky. Differences of opinion did
not count Nothing counted except
that magnetic personality, a splend-
id orator, great organizer and a man
with a record of service to the revo-
lutionary movement was getting pan
ned Systematically, vigorously and
thoroly as perhaps no other leader in
the history of the revolutionary move
ment got panned before for purely
personal reasons. k -
&slfea
NEEDLESS to say nor Communist
y took this position, least of all
Trotsky. Those who took comfort
from the differences between Trotsky
and the central committee were dis
appointed and their disappointment
has been growing ever since. They
reckoned without the power of a great,
disciplined, theoretically grounded, ex-
perienced revolutionary party. The
Of hn he
they admired Trotsky voted against
his political line. Trotsky admitted
his error and today occupies a very
important position in the Soviet gov
eminent. The fiction that the central
ommittee thru jealousy, wanted to
rive Trotsky out of the party was
loroly exploded Communist parties
ont work that way.
WHILE the great debate was on in
w the r. c. p, stories of threatened
civil war were featured on the front
pages of the capitalist press. But
few days ago the following notice.
the truth of which dosnot vouch for
appeared in a remote corner of the
New York Times: Leon Trotsky's
early return to position of influence
in Soviet affairs was indicated in the
declaration of Leo Kameneff of the
Council of Commissars at the Com
munist Party conference today. He
said, Reports that Trotsky is not on
good terms with the members of the
Central Executivel Committee are, not
true. He is actively engaged in party
work and at the coming party con-
gress in December / shall vote for
him as a member of the Central Elk,
ecutive and Political Bureau"
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-12-05
100000 UNEMPLOYED.
Two injured In WrneIk.

SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 3. = Two
passengers were slightly injured whan
several cars of the Santa Fe train
Number 2 bound for Chicago were de-
rallied near Legrand, according to ad-
vices received at the company's Of
fees here.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-12-05
Miners Strike for Safety

WELLINGTON. New zealand-(FP)
--Coal miners are on strike to regain
the right enjoyed for 10 years in the
state coal mines in New Zealand to
decide what timbering should be used
in their working places, The govern
ment, in order to cheapen production,
cancelled this safety custom.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-12-05
Keep Jan. end open,

NEW YORK, Dec. 3.-"Keep this
date open! Saturday, Jan. 2, 1926
The Workers House will have a real
Russian night at 1OS E. 14th ST., New
York City Come and have good
time. Admission S5 cents"
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-12-05

BOSTON-FP)-An agreement in
force until 1928 gives the Operative
Plasterers of Boston $150 per hour
The plasterers and contractors also
agreed to pay jointly advertising on
better plastering, to drum up addi-
tional work for workers and con-
tractors. tA
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-12-05
COOLIDGE AND HOOVER SHOUT
"PROSPERITYY0 WHILE WAGES GO
DOWN AND UNEMPLOYMENT GAINS
BY LELAND oLDs
Federated Press Industrial Edltor)

President Coolidge his
United
tories October oneenh
factory getting only threefouh total
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-12-05
NOTICE TO CHICAGO
MEMBERSHIP

Il general membership meetings unity question be
postponed for three beolnnno Dec 81
according instructions Of Committee
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-12-05

If you want to thoroughly un.
derstand CommunismLstudy it.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-03-04
Commission Market


Fruits
Apples-Fancy Jonathans. $3.50 .
Golden, Sc e SbI: winsssps: So NoTti.-
ern Spies. $3.50: Belleaoowers. 81; Soas-
sstS Grimes soslase9a Kama oman Sesntes
$2; Winesaps. 50 so: Northern spys. So.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. $3.50 q box
c Cr half barrel box.
Cocoanuts-S8 so a hundred.
rapefruit-$3@ 3.25.
Grapes-Fancy California Emperors,
Lemons California; sega ga. v.,.n.
cias 1885 to 250s. $3.50 Q6: Florida. SO
Pears-winter varieties, $3.50 g bu.:
fancy N. Y. D'Anjos. SIS bu.
Observation-Disclosures 4s he oV oar crate
Vegetables
Beans-Fancy Southern Green. 1925 a
:. Bes cts homegrown. $3.50 bu-;
pound; New Texas, 3@4c.
Celery--Forlda Sac 4.5Q a. 20 crate;
trimmed: 80 a bunch; Jumbo trimmed.
aulihower-Californ.a $3.50 a crate.
Cucumbers--Fancy Southern. 1926 a
Eggplant-S1. rs dozen.
Kaie-Eastern $2.65 a barrel.
Lettuce-Head Iceberg Blue boy, d W
4.75 crate: dollhouse leaf. $2.25 To-
MangoesMFancy Southern. coo . bas-
ket
Onions-Spanish. 81 q crate; home
grown, So a 3.25 100-Ib. sack: Ohio vel
low. $50 a 100-lb. sack: dollhouse
green's. 65c dozen lunches
Parsley - homegrown. Soc dozen
punches.
Peppers-SS case
Radishes - Buttons. dollhouse. 81 ID
dozen punches; long red or white. csc
dozen.
Rutabages-$2 a 5o-lb. basket.
Shallost--75c a basket.
Spinach--S1 rs bushel
Squash-Hubbard 3 Y x4c q pound.
Tomatoes-Fancy California repacked
S7@760 a x-basket crate.
Turnips-$2 bu.: $3.50 Dbl.
Potatoes
Fancy Michigan round whites, S2.l0 q
150-lb. bag Minnesota. SO a 160-lb. bag:
Red River Early Ohios,. 81. 25 a 120-lb.
bag: idaho Russets. 1915 120-lb.
bag; Kentucky cobblers. 80 @2.50 $50
Sweet Potatoes-virginia $4.75 a Dbl.
Eastern Jerseys, $3.50 hamper: indiana.
"a a bu:; Arkansas, 1926 hamper; Gold
englow. $3.50.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-03-04
GIRL IS THROWN
|NTOW|NDSH|ELD
Seriously Cut When Hurled
Thirty Feet In Crash.

Miss Althea Brown, II. of 915
Elm ST., is in a serious condition
at st. vincent's Hospital and three
other persons are suffering from IN
juries received early to day when the
auto in which they were riding on
Madison road 5kidded on slippery
car tracks north OF Greenwood, Ind,
and careened against a telephone
pole.
According to Miss Alice Brown, 10,
a sister. the injured girl was riding
in the rear seat of the machine with
Charles Rafferty,. living on Spruce
st. The sister was riding In the
front seat with Robert Hiatt, 20, Of
245 N. Oakland Ave-. driver.
Force of the impact hurled Miss
Althea Brown through the wind.
shield, cutting her face and head Sc.
verelX She was thrown twenty
feet. her sister said. Others were
slightly bruised and cut. Greenwood
residents brought the injured here.
Hospital attaches say, although
the girl did not receive a fractured
skull, concussion Of the brain was
sustained.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-03-04


STATE HIGHWAY CONSTRUCTION
will be received by the Director OF the
State highway Commission. at the office
81 see sa'e tv oS Indana
until 10 a. m. on the 18th day OF March.
1925. for the construction Of certain
niSNS o ana a. oe So sf Sec Sc i0 a. Lo
cation: Louisville Road. Marshheld to
Carter's Corner, except completed parts,
Jackson and Scott Counties. Miles,
No. 2. F. A. No; As, Sec, A. Loca-
ton: Pendleton Pike. Marion C05pnn County
I 6sA to FOr'ville' Hancock County Miles,
No. 8. F. A. No. 4e, Sec B. Location;
Pendleton Pike Fortville 70 state Road
M' No. T. G'0o A. No. 49, See. G. Location,
Pendleton Pike State Road Me- No: II e An
No 8. f. A. No ~, Sec, A. Loc9 Aon:
Anderson Muncie Road; Anderson " Two
miles north Of DaleSytilIe, Madison sdh and
No 8. +. 4. No. u, Sec B. Loo ion;
Anderson; Muncie Road, two miles orth
Of Dsleyils to one mile mile west sat Of Mnee
No. Z. +. A. No. 73, Sec, A.. Location;
Anderson Marion Road Kibuck Creek to
sarso miles M south e Alexandria Madison
No. 9. y 4, 10, 80 So bs ~, Con ss,
W ys to GamSridse ety E9Syee ana
No. 8. r. A. No. s3, Sec. A Locations
Anderson arlon Road. Alexandria to
Paramount, Madison and Grant Counties.
:" No Nc. To- OF Fl. A. No. So, Sec. B. Location.
Anderson Marion Road, Paramount to two
miles south. Of Marion. Grant County.
No IL +. A.NNo. so. Sec. A. Location.
Elkhart- Midldebury Road, three miles east
Of ,ElShart to Middlebury. Elkhart County.
Miles: 9Sl1
Combination bids win also be received
on the projects listed below for which pro-
posSals viii ,d be !. fu e 40 Ca An
Location Pendleton Pike, Marion County
Line to State Road No. IL, Hancock and
Madison Counties. Miles: ll97o.
Location: Anderson Muncie Road. Ander-
son to one mile west of Muncie, Madison
and. Delaware Counties; Miles: 1929;
Location alto - Anderson p M s sTion Road.
Alexandria To. two miles south of Marion.
Madison and Grant Counties. Miles:
Bids will be received for three types Of
pavement: Brick. Bituminous Concrete
and Concrete on the above listed projects.
rs shown on plans and described in Stand
ard Specifications for same.
Cement for the above listed projects
will be furnished the Contractor by the
Indiana State Highway Commission.
be obtained free, and plans upon pay
ment of $500 per set, upon application to
the State Highway Commission. Indianapo-
lis. Indiana No refund for plans re-
turned. Plans may also be seen at the
office OF the State Highway Commission.
Indianapolis. Indiana.
best bidder, but the right to reject any and
all bids Is reserved. II any cause exists
therefor. Bidders shall file bonds with the
j. d. WILLIAMS. Director.
Indiana State Highway Commission,
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CITY ADVERTISEMENT
DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS
OFFICE OF THE BOARD

49, - $500 @|OAAeC
mo Indianapolis, Ind Feb "a. 1925.
Notice is hereby, given by. the Board of
Public Works of the city of Indianapolis
Indiana that I is a. desired sir and deemed
Rpo as bye bS f tsS q Hfn
ed BY said board on the 10th day OF
February. 1925.
1mprovem.n, Rs.o,ut,9 Feb M 10, /, J 1922.
FIRST ALLEY WEST OF RURAL ST.
From south property line of Brookside
TO point 2e5.14 feet south.
grsdlng ana paving the alley With
from inches Of property line to O6"Hi ncRes
ii ,feet; providing 30 lineai fest Of 4x18-
or y x2x2-inch Standard Steel Paving
Guard Qua as specified; or grading and paving
finch base i 70 t Rs
iineal feet q, 4axx16.inch stratifed Lime
Also extending all water. gas. sewer and
other private service connections to prop
erty line. where not already In.
AL to be as shown on plan and as
All work done in the making of said
IN ACCORDANCE with the terms i' and dec condi,
tons OF the Improvement resolutions. as
numbered. adopted by the Board of Public
Works on the above named day, and the
detailed -, drawings, plans. profiles and
Public Works of the city OF Indianapolis
The said Board OF, Public Works has
fixed Wednesday. March 25 1925. 2 D. M,
place for the public consideration of the
proposed Improvement. at which time said
Board Of Public Works will hear ali per
sons interested, or whose property is liable
to be assessed for said Improvement. and
will determine whether the benefits to the
provement and the benefits to the city of
Indianapolis will equal the estimated cost
thereof.
BY order OF the Board of Public Works.
CHARLES Il COFFIN,
w. H. FREEMAN
MI, SPENCER,
Board of Public Works. City of Indian
apolls.