davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-05-06
Unemployment and Suicide

The news dispatches reveal that unemployment
is so terrible in Austria, that May Day alone 10
jobless workers committed suicide.
The same tendency is to be noticed among the
unorganized, unenlightened. workers in this and
other countries when overtaken by the miseries
piled upon them by capitalism.
Yet this sway out" is seldom chosen by the
worker organized in unions and never will a revo
lutionist choose such methods of escape from cap
italism
The unionist has learned, however vaguely, the
lesson of collective struggle and nstinctivey looks
to the organization of which he is a member to
save him from extreme privation. The revolution
list, the most optimistic of humankind, puts aside
the despair which oyercomes the unenlightened
worker and merely as a matter of course adopts
the attitude of struggle together with his fellows
against capitalism for a betterment of conditions.
Suicide is for those who believe in the perma-
hence of capitalism, who are, convinced that its
contradictions have no solution, that the rule of
the exploiters cannot be questioned, modified or
ended and that their position as its victims is a
hopeless maze of misery from which there is nc
escape but self-murder.
The revOlutionist, with his knowledge that cap
italism is not only doomed to ultimate overthrowa
by the conscious effort of himself and his class,
but that its rapacious demands for more profits
at the expense of the workers can be modified
and the miseries of the workers alleviated by the
workers uniting themselves for militant conflict
chooses instinctiyely the path of struggle against
conditions. He "takes arms against this sea Of
troubles and by opposing, ends them"
The revOlutionist confronting the hunger and
misery of unemployment is man of action. He
does not see the swarms Of other unemployed
workers as his rivals quarrelling over a chance
job, but the material for organized demonstrative
protest against the capitalist class and its govern
mental instrument. He sees in them his comrades
in the overthrowal of capitalism, his army of dis
content which it is his duty to mobilize into an
army of protest that demands work at good wages
or maintenance by the capitalist government.
Let the unemployed worker take notice that his
misery is common to that of his class, that by
unity and struggle they can be relieved, and by
revolutionary struggle of the masses they can and
will be ended The capitalist class looks upon the
unorganized and hopeless masses of starving I'M
employed with a sniff of Indifference. But if they
organize and are revolutionary in action, ah, the
case is quite different
Moral: If you must die, die fighting for some
thing.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-05-06

The New York police raided the headquarters of
the Workers Communist Party in that city last
week. coniscated some literature and drove those
who we're present out into the streets The Mil
waukee Leader thinks the police foolish tho
it admits that the Communists are lawless people,
who deserve nothing better from the capitalist
thugs The point is that this policy of breaking
up Communist meetings is bad-for the capitalists.
This is the way Victor Berger, socialist looks
at it.
In an editorial entitled, "Witless Suppression"
Bergers paper advises the capitalists to let the
Communists hold their meetings without inter
ference lest their sufferings excite the sympathy
Of the workers. another thing" declares the
Leader, 'if our ruling class wants to kill off the
Communist movement entirely, let it exercise bet
ter judgment in it's attitude towards the workers
and refrain from embittering them. The ruling
class ought to have enough sense to stop its anti
union policy and come out intellectually for uni
yersal collective bargaining. This would smooth
the edges Of the class struggle and make for the
peaceful evolution of society"
No doubt the capitalists will appreciate this
friendly advice from the socialist bufoon, Victor
Berger The employers are not even urged to drop
an extra meatbone at their slaves in the name
Of sweet charity but in order to avert the growth
Of the Communist movement.
How many people would believe, ten years ago.
that the socialists Of all countries would become
the most loyal allies Of the capitalists and the most
dangerous enemies of the workers? But such is
the ease. The few who still flourish in America
under the old name have thrown off the old
camouhage, just they have done in every country
in Europe. If there are honest proletarian rebels
in the socialist party of Milwaukee, the Leader
editorial of May should completely disillusion
them unless they are bankrupt in intelligence
as Victor Berger is in political morals.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-05-06
DOLLAR LACKEYS
WAR ON MAY DAY
AT KANSAS CITY
Try to Stir Youth with
Fake "Boys' Week"

KANSAS CITY, Mo-, (By MaiD -
International Boys Week, April 81 to
May 8, celebrated May Day with
patriotic parade of $4,000 youths and
as usual the discrimination against the
Negro youth excluded them from the
parade.
In the evening the national orator
ical contest, financed by 80 news
papers, giving total prices of $4,000
for the best property rights inter
probation of the constitution by our
youth, is holding its final elimination
process, the winner to speak before
"Cal" Coolidge and our" supreme
court bench-warmers.
This contest with its May Day
climax is directed from Washington
by the sinister hands of Wall Street
interests. At the oratorical contest
you found the sleek muddle-class and
Kansas retired farmers
But in the Musicians Hall the united
front of the workers was demonstra-
ted. Not by the we'll fed big bellied
middle class type but by gathering
of brawny workers.
Com. Manuel Gomez, main speaker
Of the evening in forceful speech
told the workers that May Day was
an American contribution to the in
ternational labor movement, pointing
out that it is not imported as the
press would have us believe.
The capitalist lackeys may check
the advance of the proletariat for the
time being but they can never stem
the tide Of the oppressed masses,
never turn the events backward for
the rulers of men are destined to be
the workers of the world thru the die
tatorship of the proletariat.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-05-06
Southern Mob Which
Mutilated Salesman
Defendants in Trial

WILLIAMSON. M. c., May 4-The
thirty members of the mob alleged
to have mutilated Joseph Needleman,
a salesman, in Martin county last
March, went on trial here today.
Indications pointed to a lengthy
legal battle. In that event, solicitor
Gillian declared he would seek re-
moval Of the cases against the mob.
which also would cause removal Of
the trial Of Needleman, charged with
assault upon young girl here.
The solicitor also planned to send
bills against the 80 men charging
them with conspiracy to break jail.
Twenty-four of the mob have made
detailed confessions Of their partici-
patton in the attack on Needleman.
The men are not expected to be con-
yicted.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-05-06
Washington Gets
Worried Over Labor's
Demand for Pensions
CONTINUED from page L.

tCOuLlnueu from page IL
and the unemployable. What would be
the situation disclosed in the United
States, if survey were made?
Reactlonaries Gould Not Deliver
High Wages
Secretary Morrison of the American
Federation of Labor says that the fe-
Iteration is now on record in favor of
old age pensions. For many years the
conservative element in the federation
held out against any form of state aid,
insisting that the trade unions should
provide wage earners with wage that
would enable them to- take care of
themselves in old age. This theory did
not work out in practice, and so, after
years of study by special committees,
the convention of 1923 adopted this
report:
"The federation endorses the prin-
ciple of old age pensions for those who
have given the best period of their
lives to industry in order that they
may have sustenance without charity
when they are no longer able to work.
The officers and executive council of
the A. F. Of L. are requested to invest
igate or cause to be investigated the
several state constitutions with par
ticular reference to the enactment of
appropriate legislation herein contem-
plated and that consideration be given
by the executive council to the pre-
pairing and drafting of constitutional
amendments or legislative proposals
embracing the principle and purpose
herein declared for"
FL Paso Convention Buried the Subject
Yet in the report of the executive
council at the convention of 1924 the
whole subject was again obscured.
This FL Paso convention was in the
nature of a ratification meeting. Few
issues were really debated. SO the re-
port of the committee that handled
this part of the executive councils re-
port was approved without word Of
discussion. IL concurred in the view
that "The problem OF old age pensions
be made part Of the larger problem
OF labor insurance"
Old age pensions have become
again an issue. The British tories
program. stolen from the labor party.
may throw II into practical American
politics next year.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-05-06
NUCLEUS MEETING
BRINGS WORKERS
CLOSER TOGETHER

NEW YORK, May 4.-Shop Nucleus
No II of New York at it's last meet.
ing showed very clearly by its activi.
ties that the shop nucleus is the only
real Communist form of organization
for. our party. This nucleus which
started with six members now has 10.
OF this number ~ were present at the
meeting, which is an excellent attend.
ance record and all are paid UP ana
in good standing.
At first one would suppose that no
work could be done with the remark.
able mixture which made up this nu-
cleus. The comrades included those
of the following nationalities: Italian,
Jewish, Russian, Czecho-Slovakian
Roumanian and Armenian. Here in.
deed, it seemed that the foreign lang.
uage problem presented an insur-
mountable difficulty. But what hap.
pened? The meeting ran along as
smoothly as a clock. It was conduct
ed entirely in English It was sur.
prising the amount Of English which
the comrades could command when
they tried it in the nucleus Occasion.
ally a Russian comrade would be al
loss to find the right word. But inn
mediately he would be helped out of
his difficulty by others who volun.
teered the right word Suflce 1t 10
say that everyone understood project
ly all the proceedings and that every
one took part.
The first problem taken up was the
question of candidates for member
ship to the party. Here we did not
have the situation which usually takes
place in our present branches. Com
rades did not come to meetings first
and then receive approval The en-
tire staff of the shop was carefully
analysed and all those suitable for
membership in the party were picked
out, on the basis of their past record
and history Certain comrades were
assigned to follow up those candidates
who had been approved, on the basis
of language and department Among
the questions asked about each pros
pective member were the following
What papers does he read? What are
his former affiliations? What does he
say on political questions? What is
his record in the hop? It is very
likely that the nucleus will have three
times its initial membership before it
is very much older.
A motion was then passed to insti-
tute series Of lectures in the nucleus
so that the comrades should be In
close touch with all important party
problems.
The comrades are also pushing the
DAILY WORKER and the Red Aid
subscription lists. Wherever possible
they get the sympathizers to work
with them on these matters.
The workers in Shop Nucleus No. IL
are very enthusiastic about their work
and hope soon after May 1 to launch
campaign for the unionizatiun Of the
entire shop.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-05-06
Hoover's Lies Fail
To Stop Trade With
The Soviet Union
Continued from page u

development in Siberia, and how
readily the Lena basin may be made
to yield more than the Klondike and
all Alaska in their boom days.
Rich strikes were made in the Aldan
region, some $50 miles north east of
the Lena district, last year, and a rush
of some 5000 prospectors to the new
diggings took place. These men are
now at work, and a preliminary esti-
mate puts the resources of the region
at $50 tons Of the yellow metal. Far
Their east is the Amur district, whose
resources are estimated at three bill
lion dollars, and the Plagovaschensk
section of this field is being system
atically explored by government ex-
perts. A small Anglo-American conces-
sion has been located there for. three
years past.
Hoover Spreads Anti-Soviet Lies
Discussion of whether British and
American mining syndicates are going
to get the lions share of the profits
from the operation of creating big
gold reserve for the treasury of the
Soviet Union is more agreeable, in the
commerce department, than its ex-
PLANTATION of a new book they have
issued, on the international cotton
trade. For in this book Hoover's de-
partment utterly misrepresents the
facts as to Russia's cotton trade with
America, just as his department has
repeatedly, in the past four years,
sabotaged the resumption of Russo
American trade.
Everyone familiar with the Amer
lean cotton situation knows that the
Russian government textile syndicate
has bought and shipped from this
country about $4,000, 900 worth of cot
ton in the past year. The amount
bought between Dec. IS, 1923, and Sep
TENDER 30, 1924, was 222, bales, for
which the Soviet Union agents paid
$50, $4,000. Yet Hoovers publication,
submitted to him for his approval on
Jan. 30, 1925, declares that Russian
imports of cotton are negligible. It's
the same old Hoover who was furious
because his British associates lost
their mining properties in the revolu-
ton. and who undertook to choke Rus
STA into submission.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-05-06
YOUNG WORKERS LEAGUE
ACTIVITIES.
LOCAL CHICAGO,
Wednesday, MAY 6.

Meeting of all Y. w. l.. members
working in the building, metal trades
and all laborers, at Z p. m, at lib
w. Washington Blvd.
Working Area Branch No. 8, 1901
S. Wabash Ave. Rebecca Sacharow
speaking on when the Next War
Comes"
Thursday, May :.
Working Area Branch No. 4, BIS
w. Roosevelt Road. John Edwards
speaking on when the Next War
Comes"
Area Branch No. 2, at 1919 West
Roosevelt Rid. Harrison George speak
ing on when the Next War Comes"
Friday, May 8.
Working Area Branch No. /, Room
SOC, 166 w. Washington st. VIM. F.
Dunno speaking on THE Danger of
New Wars"
Working Area Branch No. 5, 10 S.
Lincoln st. Barney Mass speaking on
when the Next War Comes
Working Area Branch No. 6, 261S
Hirsch Blvd. Max Shachtman speak
ing on "The Danger of New Wars"
Saturday, May g.
Y. w. L. city dance, 273S Hirsch
Blvd.
Committee must be at the Work
ers' Ivceum at D. M, to make all
final arrangements.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-05-06
Patronize our advertisers.
Rich Jewel Passers Hit.

WASHINGTON, May 4.--The spot
light of publicity was today turned
on offenders against the customs laws
Of the United States when Assistant
Secretary Of the Treasury L. G. An
drews removed the barrier which has
for years restrained customs officers
from making public details Of opera
tions against smugglers. Rich society
women who smuggle costly jewels
and clothes will be hardest hit by the
ruling.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-05-06

OF the 2,125,000 employees in estab-
lishments reporting per cent opera
ton, 100000 were working full time
and 625,0OO part time All industry
operated about n per cent Of capacity.
Production of steel, it is now admit
ted, has been running far ahead of
consumption, which cannot average
more than about IA per cent of the
present capacity of the industry. Re-
Gently orders have been only from so
per cent to 60 per cent of capacity.
Production has fallen to about n per
cent of capacity compared with over
80 per cent earlier in the year. 1t will
fall further.
"The general picture" says Baker
of the Annalist, sis the now familiar
one of an overdeveloped productive
plant slowing down to match the un-
equal consuming power of its present
markets.
Right! Money continues to go to
the investing class that ought to go to
the consuming class.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-05-06

BERLIN. Mass, May A clash
between klansmen and anti-klansmen
occurred at a meeting OF three hun.
dred kluxers at Brewers Field hors.
The meeting OF the klsnsmen naally
disbanded.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-05-06
f,725, 36s Work on Railroads.

WASHINGTON, May 4.-The rail.
Dads had 1,725,366 persons on their
)ayrolls in February. the total COM
pensation amounting to s223,s71.052,
according to figures made public to-
day by the interstate commerce COM
mission.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-05-06
Find Body Of Lake rraaedy Victim

DETROIT, Mich, May with re-
covery OF the body OF Captain William
q. Stackford, master of the sand
sucker Kelly Island which overturned
two miles off point Pelee Saturday
afternoon, fisherman and life savers
have redoubled their efforts to find
the bodies Of the remaining eight vic
tins. Nine men Of crew Of is were
lost
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-05-06
OIL Trust Declares BIG Dividend.

The board Of directors of the stan
dard Oil company of Indiana at
meeting held here today declared a
cash dividend OF 6215 cents on each
share Of capital stock to be paid July
is to stockholders of record at the
close Of business May Is. eet
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-05-06

The American minister in Sofia hasens to deny
the statements attributed to the three British labor
members Of parliament who said that the American
minister acted in an advisory capacity to the
Iankov government. But diplomatic denial
means less than nothing.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-05-06
saI REFUSES to confer on ForeIan-horn

WASHINGTON, d. c., May 4.--The
Coolidge government has refused to
take part in the international confer
ence on immigration and emigration
At Rome in 1927, it is announced here.
Coolidge may send unofficial dele
gates" but will not be bound in any
way by the conference.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-05-06
What We Have Presidents For

WASHINGTON, May 4.-President
Coolidge today In behalf of friends Of
Bucky Harris, presented the manager
Of the Washington baseball team with
a wrist watch.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-05-06

"rhe ants have worked out Soviet system of
social and industrial life that is several millions
years older than that Of the human race" declares
an entomologist. The scientist has committed two
crimes he speaks rather kindly of a Soviet system
and he hints that the human race did not begin
when Adam lost his rib
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-05-06

Get a member for the Workers Party and new
subscription for the DAILY WORKER.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-05-06
INDUSTRY LIMPS
AT II PER CENT
TOTAL CAP ACITY
Bankers Use Coue Sys-
tenn. of Self Kidding
By LELAND oLDs.

Bankers have taken up new
thought" to sustain them in the sick
ness of the industrial order. This the
Chicago Journal Of Commerce finds in
st. Louis bank statement that ut
will be better to have fair conditions
for an extended period than to repeat
the violent fluctuations from very good
to very bad" The bosses have given
up the idea that they can maintain
good business and full employment
Production in the basic industries
in March slumped per cent below the
high reached in January, according to
the federal reserve.
Employment in factories in March
was per cent below March, 1924,
w per cent below March, 1923, and
j per cent below March, 1920, accord
ng to the U. S. department Of labor.
Decreases from March, 1924 and from
the average of 1923 in important in
dustries were:
The Washington times., 1925-09-23
DIXIE 8 SERIES
GETS CLOUDY
WEATHER
Atlanta and Fort Worth Due
to Open Southern
Classic Today

ATLANTA, Ga, Sept. 23.-Cool,
cloudy weather, with a promise
from the forecaster of a downpour
of rain today was the disappointing
prospect which greeted 500 Texas
baseball fans who accompanied the
Fort Worth Papthers here for the
opening game of the Dixie series
with the Atlanta Crackers.
The game was scheduled for ,
p. M, weather permitting
An attendance of 10000 was indi-
Gated by the advance seat sale.
The Texans. riding n two special
trains operated by Fort Worth
newspapers, came equipped with
cow bells and wide hats, and I'm
mediately made their presence
known with a noisy and spectacu-
lar parade to hotels where they have
headquarters.
Cavet and Lefty Johns, left
handlers, were the pitching selec-
tons of Atlanta and Fort Worth,
respectively.
The second game of the series
will be played here Thursday, and
the three game. Fort Worth end of
the series will open there Saturday.
The Washington times., 1925-09-23
HAGEN DEFENDS
TITLE AGAINST
MIKE BRADY
Crown Almost Snatched From
Walter by Al Watrous,
Of Grand Rapids

CHICAGo, Sept. %. Walter
Hagen; Of Pasadena, Fla, settled
his professional golf crown a bit
more firmly upon his head today
and went into action to defend it
against Mike Brady of Detroit, in
the second round Of the P. G. A.
tournament at Olympia Fields Coun-
try Club.
That crown, the last in Hagen's
keeping, was almost snatched from
him in the first round by Al Wat
rous Of Grand Rapids, medalist in
the elimination round. The bitterly
fought match between them went
to the thirty-ninth green where
Watrous suddenly went to pieces.
| The other second round matches
today are between Tommy Armour
and Johnny Golden Of New York,
Mortie Dutra of Aberdeen and Ed
Dudley of Joplin, Mo, Tom Kerri-
gan and Dan Williams Of New
York, Al Espinosa and Billy Mehl-
horn of Chicago, Johnny Farrell Of
| New York and Ray Derr Of Gin
cinnati, Harry Cooper of Dallas
and Jack Burke Of Houston, Leo
Diegel Of Washington and Bobby
| Cruickshank Of Oklahoma City.