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The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1925-01-27
Cabinet Favors More
Pay for Ex-Employes

MAHtii NfsTnN IAN g1 AElH-
htun which would authar.la pay
fucBt ~ increased aunuitiss 10 re-
tired federal employees is favored by
members ~ President CooiidEss cab.
met. Secretary ~ the Interior work
said today 30 letter % Senator
stHnhrld. Oregon chairman ~ the
senate committee on civil service
Secretary work pointed aul that
the balance accumulated in the g..
tu meut fund had Increased beyond
nrisnai estimates and that more
liberal payments could n9N -
made
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1925-01-27
Workman Injured
in 50-Foot Fall

Failing about 90 feet from a seaf.
fold and down the elevator SHAFT OF
the new Medical building which n
under construction. Herbert Wind
sor q workman, living IN West seat
ne. was injured seriously Monday
morning He struck the ground with
his shoulders. iniuring him about
the back and head. lie was taken
20 Providence hospital IN shap-
ard ambulance
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1925-01-27
Burglars Sample"
Drug Stores Stock

Hotties % perfume huA after box
of JlsBra CiEarsts by the tuEsuH -
cartons and expensive chocolates
aIl disappeared when burglar
staged "a uiEhJ raid ON tire belmont
pharmacy. 5It o. Howell a., ae-
roTd.uE 90 a report made Go the
police MandB, The thief Eot iu
me drug store by smashing tho
glass iu "a rear door
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1925-01-27
Camas Resident Is
Burned to Death

VANCOUVER Jan. George
Loucks, B5, died in the fire which
destroyed his home ~ Camas. IL
miles east OF here. Sunday II Il be.
lisyed he stumbled over an oil heat
er which exploded
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1925-01-27
Edison to Drop
Birthday Interview

EAST ORANGE 81 q Jan zi.-
Thomas A. Edison plans 90 diaprnse
with he annual birthday intFrfi~s
Nttb newspaper and magazine re-
p0Ttrra This year and spend Frhru-
ais M. on which day hs win be
%. Ht his Port Meyer Fla home
EdisHu'a CLOSE associates ray De
reaches his Tgth birthday y1uuisnt
He Will live ta nF noe
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1925-01-27
PLAN TAX CUT
League Wants All Levies,
Except Income, Dropped

Al state taxes viii b. eliminated
excepting Income TAX un an ncamss
over $4,000 r. tHs suggestion ~ ths
executive committee ~ the Non,
partisan League ~ Washington
made 90 Gov Hartley and the Beg
stature t. adopted
The league. az a mestins saiur.
DAY. Endorsed tho proposal 10 ad,
iouru me legislature pending a
study 81 business administrations
aud taA reduction tbs COMMITTEES
urgys appointment 90 an interim
COMMITTEES % tbc governor and
members ~ the house and senate
90 formulate nonpartiean corpora
ZION form of state administration
10 also ursvs adoption 20 a lax
reform rrpgum, to include Erusu
revenue tax 90 gradually eliminate
all personal ana realty taN by sub
siitution q Tat tax on all royen-
uts exceeding $4,000
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1925-01-27
4 DIE IN FIRE
Children Burn While Mother
Is Chopping Wood

IOrlIS, $50 Jau 81 Whlrthr.r
mother va out rH0ppInE wool four
children Of Sir snd Sire Zach Coop
sr Wrre burned t8 death m q fire
which destroyed tHe.r home near
hero Mondsy Mr Cooper came
home 20 find tbs gHsued bodies boz
the ruins ~ ths house
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1925-01-27
Chicken Thieves
Are Active Again

For the third time IN a week.
chicken thieves were active. police
Eaid Monday. J. II, whceloek. sii5
t,so o.. reported the theft OF eight
Plymouth Hock hens. valued q, $40.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1925-01-27

A newly invented hwnmowrr en-.
ahlcs man 90 record tho distance
covered each time DC uses tho mow,
m and Ia an entire season
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1925-01-27

turcs. or about per cent OF appro.
priatious,
Mt Coolidge vigorously announced
his deterUinntiou 20 cut the severn.
mrnt payroll
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1925-01-27

NoTT-Do NOT LET snow or THE
sEbEHEsr WEATHER INTERFERE
WITH YOUR BEING BAKED. Our cold
or rheumatic eases need not fear catch
inE cold after hakes. They are prepared
after their hakrs to resist tho setere-t
storms, and We are having no complaints
Of patients catching cold whatsoever.
DIR. LouEhncy's Human Bake oven re-
mo,r- sFINAL LIMITATIONS pain In
back Of head! pulling Of cords In meek
some troubles with eyes, pnin between
shoulders In other parts Of spine.
burning. aching. tenderness or soreness
bronchitis; iRmene~a Of fingers or feet
dropsy tinRIing like priekling Of pins,
peculiar. almost indesoribsbie palms or
distress In heart. stomach, kidneys or
other parts Of chest or nbdomeni back
ache. srlatIcn, rheumatism! chronic con-
siipaiion and NIL stomach disorders.
NOTE-Dr. LouEhncy's offices nre To-
Gated Mt the corner Of Tifth and Union,
In the Crary Bldg, Rooms 3iO-3ii-3is-
3i3-91i.
Dr. Loughney l. assisted by competent
lady nurses. Hours, . n. IN. TO y. m.
sunday. 10 to ~ only. Telephone III. lot
gO3D
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1925-01-27
MY ASTHMA
WAS STOPPED
Inside Of Four Days
ByDr. Loughney's Treatment
Says 10 Year Old Alaskan

Temporary Address, Hotel
Iceland, Seattle.
SWORN AFFIDAVIT
FOLLOWS
Watch for Sworn Affidavits
Such as the Following
They Run in This Paper
Every Week-They Should
BE Your Assurance Of DIR.
Loughn $ Successful
Treatment OF Asthma,
Even in the Most Chronic
and Severe Cases.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1925-01-27

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rev ems tesssA Of sspas. AL sspna h.s
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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-01-06
An Optimistic Ambassador

Sir Esme Howard, British ambassador, ex-
pressed before the American Political Science As
ISOLATION recently the opinion that the Communist
danger was over so far as Europe was concerned.
The remarks of the spokesman of British imper-
ialsm contradicted by the strenuous efforts
now being made by the British foreign Office all
over Europe to arouse some semblance of united
action against the Communist International and
Soviet Russia. The danger is not over for capital
ism but is more menacing than in 1873 for the
very good reason that the Communist parties of
Europe are now well organized and disciplined
leaders of the revolutionary workingclass in their
respective countries.
The revolutions of 1888 failed because the
Communist parties young and inexperienced
and without sufficient contact with the masses. AT
that time the socialdemocratic parties we're strong
and had not lost their mass following as is the
case today 1t has taken almost seven years for the
workingcass of Europe to find out the true charac
ter of the socialdemOcracy-its treason to every
phase of the workingclass movement.
This process is almost completed-there is a
widespread establishment among the workers and
European capitalism has lost its last smoke
The struggle is clean-cut-the workingclass led by
the Communist International ON one side and cap
italism on the other.
1t is an optimistic capitalist spokesman that can
call such situation "devoid of danger" for cap
italism.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-01-06

there exists a surplus of skilled and
unskilled labor. Last month wit
messed loss in the forces employed
in the Oklahoma oil fields. The COM
pletion of cotton picking has increased
the surplus of unskilled labor in
Texas.
Southwest Hard Hit.
The railway shops of New Mexico
are operating on a five-day basis. In
this state all agricultural activities ex-
cept cotton harvesting work are show
ing seasonal curtailment. Industry
in Utah is less active now than thirty
days ago. In Wyoming there is con-
siderable release of out-of-door season
al workers. The outlook here is for
reduction of the forces in the oil in
dustry. There is moderate surplus of
common mine labor in Nevada. The
Idaho sugar beet crop activities have
been curtailed on account of the
drought. Building, highway construc-
ton and agricultural activities are
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-01-06
A Telephone Operators Strike

The news of a strike of telephone operators in
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, which has tied up all
telephone lines in that vicinity brings to mind the
fact that these women workers, once fairly well
organized under the jurisdiction of the Interna-
tional Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, are now
about 80 per cent unorganized and therefore at
the mercy of the telephone trust-the' Bell Tele-
phone company which has virtual monopoly of
this all-important public. utility.
The history of the disorganization of the tele-
phone operators is too long to be told in short
editorial but it is of the best instances of the
damnable effects of division into craft and calling
that curses the American labor movement. The
process of dsOrganization has been going on so
long and the telephone trust has been able to take
so much advantage of this condition that organiza-
ton is much more difficult than it was ten years
ago. Stock selling schemes, welfare systems So
cia activities under the auspices of the trust
have Slapped the morale Of the telephone oper
ators.
We hope that the Harrisburg strike is a sign of
a revival of the miitancy that was once character
istic of the operators and that enabled them to
wage many hard fought strikes.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-01-06
Capitalism's Tame MGdmGn

Mussolini is a mailman. His speech to the cham
Der was the speech of a homocial maniac and in
deed this is the only type of individual that could
see any wisdom in or hope of saving Italian cap
italsm
The American capitalist press greatly
cheered by the bombastic but wandering oratory of
its idol and all the little prostitute correspondents
"seen their duty and done it." They gave Mussoini
great boost but the story of the wrecking of the
of couple of masonic lodges by the
enthusiastic fascist will probably cool the admira
ton of the ku kluxers who have been following
the antics of their Italian prototypes with undis-
guised approval.
With the suppression of the opposition press as
the first step in his election campaign Mussolini
has turned all of Italy into battlefield When
the smoke clears away it will be seen that another
idol of capitalism which the masses were supposed
to fall down and worship had feet of clay Perhaps
they are even of more clinging and odorous
material.
Whatever the composition Of the feet of this fas-
cist idol there is plenty of proof that they cold
His speech in the chamber resembed nothing so
much as a boy whistling to keep up his courage
while passing a graveyard
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-01-06
Textile Workers Must Organize

The textile manufacturers are organized nation
ally and their association meets to decide, not
the matter of wage cuts in principle-on this they
are all agreed-but on the method of reduction
and the amount of decrease which they think the
textile workers will bear without revolt.
The textile workers are poorly organized and
almost at the mercy of the bosses. There are a
number of unions in tile industry, but very little
unity. Unless the textile workers soon see the
menace to themselves and their families in their
present situation, facing a powerful organization
of capitalists backed by local, state and national
government they will be worse off than the chattel
slaves of the precivil war period.
The Trade Union Educational League, in its
statement to the textile workers, points out the
remedy for this pitiful weakness. The Communists
in the textile districts must see that this message
and meaning gets to the workers and that it is
translated into concrete forms of organization.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-01-06

showing a seasonal letup in Montana.
Several thousand agricultural work
ers have been released in Colorado.
Mo Prosperity in Mountain District.
In California large force of work
ers has been released by the cessation
Of fall harvesting operations. Ordin-
airy mine labor shows an increased
surplus in this state. In the San
Francisco district labor as whole is
very plentiful in the iron and steel,
textile, printing, glass, clay and
leather industry. Work on railroad
and highway construction, as we'll as
in logging camps, is temporarily at
least being suspended in Oregon for
seasonal reasons. The fish and fruit
canneries are slowing up. Some of
the lumber mills of Washington are
reducing their output. The compile
ton of the apple harvest has added to
the unemployment list in this state.
In Seattle IAN increasing surplus of
laborers and mechanics prevails"
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-01-06
Teacher Sees Young comrade.

A few days ago 1 was telling
two of my classmates about the
young Comrade" and the junior
groups. They become interested.
l asked them if they would like
to see a copy of the Young Com
rade. Both eagerly responded
Eyes" Accordingly, 1 promised to
bring them each a copy of the
latest issue.
The other day, when / came
downstairs, / noticed my new
Young Comrade in our mail-box,
/ took it to school to read during
one of my study periods. At
school, remembered my promise,
L decided to let them see this one.
One of the girls has the same
study periods as l, so 1 asked her
if she would like to see it then.
She said she would and l gave it
to her.
1t happened to be one of the
days when the teacher walks
around the room to see who is
absent. A girl was reading a story
book and he passed her. Behind
this girl sat my friend. The teach
er looked at her, then at the paper.
He noticed a headline. 1t didn't
look like the headlines of the
school paper. The headline said
something about a strike. He took
the paper from her and looked
at the front page. ] noticed his
face change color as he read the
name "The Young Comrade."
"Are you on the library list?' he
asked her.
To understand what ne meant,
i win explain. Anyone who gets
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-01-06
The Coal Teamsters' Strike

The Chicago coal transfers have picked good
time to strike. The recent prolonged cold spell
has exhausted many coal stocks and deliveries
have been slow because of the bad condition of the
streets
TheAdemand of the transfers for a dollar per day
increase and the provision that the teamsters
themselves shall not handle coal has brought loud
protest from the coal Dealers but both demands
be conceded by the coal profteers simply by reduc-
ing their juicy profits. This is as it should be and
we do not believe that the transfers are going to
be influenced by the hard luck tales of the middle
class parasites that exploit them.
Driving a team or truck and at the same time
being forced to wallow in coal dust, is an I'M
necessary hardship for the men who handle coal.
They become heated while unloading the coal and
then may ride for miles in below atmosphere.
We have never seen coal HEAVIER that did not have
a racking cough during the winter months brought
on by this condition under which they work.
The dealers and the property owners who are
complaining at the strike and the demands of the
teamsters could not and would not endure the
misery that coal teamster suffers in an eight
hour winter day.
We hope they have to pay what the teamsters ask
and from all indications the transfers seem to be
determined to make good fight for their demands
They have our best wishes and the DAILY
WORKER, as always, will be one paper that will
tell of their struggle as it should be tobias part
of the class struggle which the workers are forced
to wage for even minor concessions in the form of
wages and hours.
The Workers (Communist) Party will gladly
furnish pickets if the teamsters need help but that
is not likely as in this strike they have already
shown their ability to take care of themselves
and the seabs.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-01-06
MORGAN POWER
TRUST AFTER
MUSCLE SHOALS
Ford Sidetracked by
Owner Of Dawes
tspseIaI 70 rhe paIIy w0rkerl

WASHINGTON, ID. c., Jan. 5.--The
General Electric company, in last
minute attempt to nullify the effect
Of unfavorable publicity in the SEN
ate, where the monopoly of electric
power by Morgan's power trust" has
come to light, announces fake dis
solution" Of the trust This dissolu-
ton, however, consists in the trans
ference of the stock Of the trust from
its left to its right hand pocket Owen
D.. Young, chairman of the board of
directors of the General electric COM
pany, announces that the stock of the
Electric Bond and Share company
has been distributed on pro rata
basis to the General Electric com
pany.
However. the Underwood Bill,
which would have given the Alabama
Power company owned by the Nor
gan power trust, lease on Muscle
Shoals, has been temporarily defeat
ed because of the disclosures.
The Electric Bond and Share Co.,
was formed by the General Electric
as means of controlling the numer-
GUS small electric light and power
companies, turnout the country. In
this way many independent COM
panies were brot under the wing of
Morgan's trust. A third powerful cor
poration in this trust, which extends
to the Bell telephone system and the
Western Union Telegraph company,
is the American Gas and Electric
company. These three large corpora
tions are connected with interlocking
directorates and stock ownership of
Morgan interests in all three COM
panies. Arson w. Burchard is a d.
rector in all of these companies. Di-
rectors of the three companies in
clude George F. Bakre, of the United
States Steel corporation and numer-
Gus railroads; Dwight F. Morrow,
Morgan's partner, Edwin Stettinius,
another Morgan partner, and other in.
dividuals under Morgan's control.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-01-06

limited to what $12.4O would buy. On
the same basis the average wage
Garner in Paris gets only $9.O5 worth
the average Berlin worker $6.S2 and
the average worker in Milan s$5.71
worth of necessaries.
The figures issued by the labor Of
flee are index numbers based on the
purchasing power of wages in London
as 100 per cent. The wages used in
the averages for each country include
building trades, metal trades, furni-
ture trades, printing and bookbinding
and common labor. The purchasing
power is measured in terms of the
cost Of given quantity of food in the
various cities. Where available the
cost Of housing is also taken into con-
sideration and second set of figures
developed to include this. The figures
given for wages prevailing July 1,
1924, are:
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-01-06
Another INDECENT Debtor

The friendship of the House Of Morgan for fas-
cism is shown by the fact that it is not adding to
the other troubles of Mussolini by prodding him
up about the italian debt to the American plumber
bund. Italy has made effort to pay its war debt
but no pressure is being exerted from Washington
that can be seen with the naked eye.
The slightest sign that that collection agency
for the house of Morgan-the Coolidge administra-
tion-was about to ask for few shekels as an
earnest of intention to pay would probably send
the lire tobogganing to oblivion. For that reason
the italian dictator is allowed to make paranoc
speeches in lieu Of advancing some cash.
Italy, like France, cannot and will not pay. The
whole nation teeters precariousy the edge of
bankruptcy and the black shirts Of the fascist are
about the poorest security in the world just now.
The House Of Morgan might foreclose on the
vatican and its treasures but the italian working
class with the Communists in the lead are also
keeping an eye this wellstocked storehouse
which contains something for more tangible than
the spiritual pabulum dispersed by its owners.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-01-06

"D's" cannot take books from the
school library. "D's" mean poors.
They make list of the names of
those who may draw books from
the school library and call this
library list.
NO." she answered.
''Then don't read this. Do some
work." She looked at him and
then at the paper finishing what
she had started to read.
/ Immediately wrote her a note,
showing her that he didn't ask
the girl in front of her if she was
on the list. When we next got a
chance to talk, 1 explained why
he didn't.
l think as a result, we will have
two more new juniors.
Comrades, this goes to show
how they treat us in the school.
Will we let this go on? No! We
won't! But how will we prevent
it? BY getting more Juniors, mem
bers.
Don't forget to send to Thelma
Kahn, 100 So. Robey st. for the
address of the junior group near
est your home. -E. s.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-01-06
NEED FOR FARMER
SUPPORT REASON
FOR RATE SLASH
Canadian Regime Plays
Old Game
BY JOHN RoBUR.
rated Press staN correspondens.l


OTTAWA, Can, Jan. 5.-The
Mackenzie King administration will
not cease it's efforts to keep the sup
port Of the progressive group in the
Canadian parliament. The latest step
is the reversal of the railway COM
missions order which abolished the
Crows Nest Pass railway rates be-
tween eastern and western Canada.
These rates are materially lower than
those generally in force; they apply
to grain and flour moving eastward
and to agricultural implements, fruit,
and quite a list of articles moving
westward. They were suspended dur
ing the latter years Of the war by
legislation; they came into force last
July; but they were again set aside
this fall by the railway commission.
Now the cabinet, which sits as a
court Of appeal in this matter, has
ordered their restoration in Is days.
The issue is on appeal before the sup
RENE court Of Canada, and the gov
eminent has put the Crows Nest rates
in effect until the supreme court de-
cides the question.
After Rural Support
The strongest pressure in favor Of
bringing back the low rates has natur-
ally come from the west, which is al
most entirely progressive in the house
of commons. The King administration
is in minority of two and needs sup
port from the farmers. Last sessions
1t got this support by tariff reduc-
tons. Now it has appealed to it by
cut in rates, and the same under
lying reasons may bring more tariff
reductions next session.