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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-03-18
Convicted Grafters
Lose Their Appeal in
u. S. Highest Court
Especial to The paIIy worker,


WASHINGTON, March 16 = Col.
Charles r. Forbes, former director of
the U. S. Veterans Bureau, and John
w. Thompson, st. Louis contractor,
who were convicted of conspiracy to
defraud the government in connection
with the sale Of hospital sites, lost
their appeals in the supreme court to-
day.
Forbes and Thompson were CON
victed in the lower federal court and
sentenced to the federal penitentiary
in addition to being fined. No further
appeals are now possible. 49,
Today's verdict is the closing
chapter in the long veterans bu.
reau scandal" under Forbes admin
istration. The matter has been pend
ing before the courts in one form or
another for approximately three years.
Forbes was accused OF accepting
money in return for the awarding of
contracts and sites for veterans
hospitals. The principal witness
against him was Elias II. Mortimer, a
former friend and confdant, who be-
came government witness and who
testified in Forbes trial in Chicago
that several thousands of dollars in
bride money was passed in a Chicago
hotel.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-03-18
SECOND TERM is
/. HALF OvER;O OPEN
new TERM SOON
Spring Session Starts
April IL

The second term Of the Chicago
Worker School has reached the half
way mark. Four weekly sessions have
been held and four remain, the term
winding up on Friday, April 2. The
classes are meeting with success, both
in attendance and in teaching. Capital,
Workers Journalism, National and
Colonial Problems, Elements of Com
munism, Trade Union Organization
and Tactics, Historical Materialism,
and English-these are going strong.
Comrade Gomez is in charge of the
National and Colonial Problems class;
Elements of Communism first term)
is taught by Dolsen; second term, by
Leslie Morris; Workers journalism
by Engdahl; Trade Union Organiza-
ton and Tactics by Arne Swabeck;
Historical Materialism by William
Simons, and English by Gertrude
Welsh.
The classes this term are showing
more regular attendance than during
the first term, when thru change of
instructors, some classes were almost
annihilated. Now the students show a
determination to finish the course,
even if they have to do it themselves
with a student as the class leader.
This is healthy development for
future Communist education.
The spring term will run for six
weeks, beginning April IL and ending
on May 81. The subjects for the term
have been selected by the school COM
mittee of the district executive com
mittee, and will be announced soon.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-03-18
PASSAIC STRIKE PLAY STAGED
BY PIONEERS
BY M. M. and L. NJ,
N. Y. Pioneer Group.

PASSAIC, N. ]. - AS the Young
Pioneers entered a Passaic mass meet
ing they were applauded by an eager
mass Of strikers. Back stage one
could see the Pioneers hurrying in
their places. The curtain opened and
a class room scene was presented be
fore the mass of strikers.
AS the play progressed George, a
Young Pioneer, who was acting the
part of strikers son, was asked by
the teacher: what can you do for
the workers? The government takes
care of the people" The young COM
rade then replied: "The government
doesn't take care Of the working peo-
pie. 1t sends police against them when
they strike. When / grow up am
going to show the workers how to
stick together so that they will have
better lives. At this point the enthu-
siastic crowd applauded for fully five
minutes.
An imitation of a patriotic speech
by both M. Johnson of the mill owners
and Judge Baker was responded to by
the boos of the strikers. The teacher
then asked George to recite poem
Free America" and instead he recited
"The Cry of the Workers" The judge
got red in the face and angry. The
boss was dumbfounded and the teach
er nearly tainted.
When the teacher asked the chill
dren to sing, Columbia the Gem OF
the Ocean," they instead started to
sing en- masse: ooh we scorn your
education" The children had been or
ganized for this mass move by the
Young Pioneers during the lunch
period. This was too much, the teach
er tainted and Judge Baker and Mr.
Johnson ran, upsetting and tripping
over the chairs.
The curtain dropped and the Pion
GERS prepared to go home. AS they
marched down the isles of strikers
cheers rang out, until the last Pioneer
left the hall.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-03-18
More Socialist treason.
Spanish Miners Union
Gets Government Loan
to Operate Coal Mines

MADRID, March 16 - The Spanish
government has granted a loan of
about $4,000 to the Spanish Miners
Union to enable it to continue to work
a coal mine which has recently come
into it's possession. The mine had fail
ed under private ownership. The
union lent money to enable the owner
to carry on, but all to no purpose.
The union will now take the respon-
sibility for the mine. The government
loan is for the purpose of reequipping
it under modern technical experts, and
to help pay off the existing debt.
The mine is a small one-the San
Vicente, at Langreo-em $50
men, with yearly output of approx
imately 10000 tons.
Worker Directors.
The workmen will elect their own
board Of directors, and the board will
apGbint the colliery officials.
All disputes will be settled by an
arbitration board, consisting of trade
union Representatives not necessarily
all Of them miners. The colliery man.
ager Will have a seat on the board.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-03-18
TURNS
DOWN PROPOSALS
OF R UBBER KING
Legislature Fears Loss of
Sovereignty

AKKRA, Gold Cost, West Africa,
March 16-- Much excitement has been
caused by the Liberian legislature
turning down the proposals of Harvey
Firestene, an American rubber
magnate, to develop 100000 acres OF
rubber plantations.
The Legislature turned down the
proposal that was made between the
Firestone rubber interests and Edwin
J. Barclay, the Liberian secretary OF
state, on the grounds that the pro
posals would make Liberia a colony
of the Firestone interests.
Barclay was severely censured for
entering into an agreement which
threatened the sovereignty of Liberia
Newspapers in Liberia that are sus-
pected of being subsidized by the
rubber interests are screaming in
scare headlines that this move of the
Liberian legislature is an act hinder
ing the "civilizing process" in Liberia
and urging the acceptance of the
$5,0OO,000 loan from Firestone on the
terms agreed to between Firestone
and Barclay. On the other hand
papers that see the sinister purpose
of the Firestone interests in Liberia
point out that with the acceptance of
the loan from the rubber interests
and the handing over of the vast
amounts of fertile land, Liberia no
longer can exist as nation, but
merely becomes colony of the rub
Der magnates.
President King favors the accept
ance of the loan and giving the Fire
stone interests all they demand. His
cabinet has lined up with the legis-
lature against the proposals.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-03-18
'Debunking Patriotism
at Teachers Meet

The Young Workers (Communist)
League and the Young Pioneers have
been carrying on a consistent warfare
against the nationalist" dope ped
died under the guise of education as
we'll as the other rotten conditions in
Americas schools. 1t is, therefore,
with pleasure that we greet even mild
moves on the part of the teachers to
expose some of these conditions them
selves.
The recent meeting of the Lower
Hudson Valley Association of teach
ers of history and social studies was
case in point. A. L. Keesler spoke
ON the question, 'Debunking Patriot
ism" He said that it was a common
practice to teach school children that
the fifteenth amendment gave citizen
ship rights to Negroes of the south.
Every well-informed person knows
that while the law says they may vote,
white southerners manage somehow
to keep them away from polling
places. Still the average teacher con-
tinues to tell the children that colored
people are citizens"
School children are taught that
patriotism forbids finding fault with
our government. According to this
anyone who discovers a case of politi.
cal graft and makes 1t known is not
a patriot"
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-03-18
Opening Enlarged SEES
sions of Young Commun-
list international

Especial TO ! ne lazy WOTNcEJ
\ MOSCOW, U. S. S. R., = The first
session of the enlarged executive of
the Y. C. l. was opened on the 22nd
February. The first session occupied
itself with the setting up of an agenda
and the formation of commissions.
The Agenda is:
1.-Report upon the political activi-
ty of the executive Speaker Vouyo-
vitch.) Report upon the organizations
al activity of the executive Speaker
Gyptner)
2.-Questions of the work in the
East Speakers: Fokin and Joung.)
3.-The organizational tasks of the
Young Communist Leagues Speaker:
Chitarov.)
4.-Trade Union work Speaker:
Schueller)
5. Utilization of the trade union
schools Speaker: Glaubauf)
6.-Childrens' Movement Speaker:
Bamatter)
1.-THE next tasks upon the field
of work (speaker: Gorkitch.)
S.-Questions of the individual sec
tions.
9.-Report of the sections of the
Y. G. /.
The following commissions were set
up: a French, Spanish, Czecho-Slovak-
ian, American and Scandinavian COM
missions. Further commission for
the Baltic states, one for the>illegal
countries, and one for the eastern
countries.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-03-18
CIRCUIT SCHOOL
CLASSES CLOSE
TERM THIS WEEK

The classes in Elements Of Com
munism, which have been running in
Gary and South Bend for four weeks,
on Monday and Tuesday evenings re-
spectively, will close this week with
a final review not only of this term,
but also of the material taken up at
the first term. Gary since last No
vember will have had IA sessions,
and South Bend Is, more than in any
previous year.
The second term began with a
study of the national and colonial
question and took up the antagonisms
between the imperialist powers, and
considered the strength Of American
imperialism.
This is the first time in the history
of the Party that the classes had a
thoro outline prepared by the Com
munist International for educational
work. 1t did not follow just one text
book, dealing with one phase of the
revolutionary movement, nor any
thing so elementary as the A. B. G.
of Communism. Instead the subjects
covered the wide range of the entire
movement, necessitating the present
alton of material gathered from all
revolutionary sources. The classes
were conducted by William Simons,
secretary of the Workers School of
Chicago, not by lectures, but rather
by a Joint discussion with the stu
dents, the teacher presenting material
where the students knowledge was
insufficient, but relying to as great
an extent as possible on the thots and
views of the students. This method
of teaching proved of interest and of
benefit to the students.
The classes in Gary and South
Bend have not yet completed the en-
tire course in Elements of Commun-
ism. The remainder will be taken
up next week.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-03-18
Rudyard Cooperative
for Fight on Fascism

RUDYARD, Mich, March 16. = The
Rudyard Cooperative company at its
meeting adopted resolution protest
ing against the Fascist terror in Italy
and calling for an international con.
ference at which delegates from the
Red International OF Labor Unions,
the international Federation OF Trade
Unions and the International Coop
erative Alliance would lay down plans
for an active fight against fascism.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-03-18
Soviet Union Pensions
Survivors of Those Who
Fought Russian Despot

MOSCOW, U. S. S. r., March 16 -
The council of peoples commissars
have granted life pensions of $112
each monthly to eight women and one
man, participants in the attack on the
tyrant, Alexander II. The despot,
whose oppressive measures caused the
deaths of thousands, met his death
March 10, 1881.
The pensions were voted in com
memoration of the forty-fifth anniver-
sary of that event.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-03-18
FRENCH YOUTH STRIKE A
SUCCESS.

PARIS, France-The strike which
broke out in st. Denis and which first
and foremost effected young workers
who took the lead in 1t, was brought
to victorious end. After repeated
negotiations and after the strike com
mittee got in touch with the Com
munist) mayor, who sent representa-
tive to the negotiations, the manage
ment of the factory capitulated and
conceded the youth demands.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-03-18
NO FAIRGROUNDS; CHILDREN
KILLED.

Figures on automobile fatalities
compiled by the Stewart Warner Au-
tomobile Safety Council shows that
the heaviest toll in deaths by auto
mobiles is paid by the children from
5 to Is years of age. This demon
strates the urgent need for more and
better Fairgrounds for the workers
children. These Fairgrounds must not
be controlled by the political agencies
Of the bosses but should be under the
control of the trade unions and other
workers organizations.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-03-18
Youngstown Street
Nuclei Aid Passaic
Textile Workers
Especial to The Daily worker)

YOUNGSTOWN, O., March 49,
Two street nuclei here have decided
to raise money for the relief of the
Passaic textile strikers. In the mean
time until sum is collected the two
nuclei decided to take up a collection
and to send the strikers Immediate
relief.
Tho many of the members Of these
nuclei are just barely able to make
both ends meet $25 was collected and
sent to the strikers general relief
committee.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-03-18
Historical Materialism
Class Meets Friday;
Simons Is Instructor

Historical Naturalization class in
Chicago meets this Friday, the 10Th,
at S:15 p. m. All members of the
class are advised to be present. The
school committee Of the district exc
cutive committee has confirmed the
recommendation of the class to have
Comrade Simons as the instructor.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-03-18
Milwaukee Class to
Meet on Thursday

The Milwaukee class in Elements
of Communism, which went thru eight
weeks for the first term and has had
four sessions this term, will meet
again Thursday evening, March IS at
s o'clock at Miller Hall, S02 State
street. All readers of the DAILY
WORKER are invited to attend the
class. The instructor is William ST.
mons, secretary Of the Workers
School of Chicago.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-03-18
Socialist Leader of
Poland Is Shown Up
as Traitor to Labor

WARSAW, March 16 = The former
Italian minister to Poland stated here
that the so-called @;zeligowski RAID
on Wilma in 1922 was officially in
spired by Marshal Pilsudski, then
president of Poland, At the time this
nearly precipitated a war between
Lithuania and Poland.
The Italian minister declared that
Pilsudski had informed the French
and British ministers to the same eff
feet. He quotes the words used by
the Polish president: Il had a great
deal of trouble before I could per-
suade the general to dispense with
written orders from me to rebel"
zeligowski was the general referred
to.
More Socialist Treason.
Pilsuski is a social-democrat and
was leader of the Polish party both
before and after the world war. This
confession adds another to the long
list of crimes committed by socialist
leaders against the working class of
their own and all other countries.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-03-18
If you HAVE THAT coNvEN.
TENT coMMoDiTY-AN AUTO

Come to 20 South Lincoln, |. |.
D. office, before p. m. on Thurs.
day and Friday, this week, to help
carry on the distribution Of PLUG.
gers for the Paris Commune com.
memoratlon. And II you haven't an
auto, come anyway You are
needed.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-03-18

Put copy of the DAILY
WORKER in your pocket when
you go to your union meeting.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-03-18

Watch the Saturday MGgazine
Section for neIo features every
ioeek. This is a good issue to give
to your felIotc to0rker.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-03-18
VOLSTEAD ACT TO
BE BIG ELECTION
ISSUE IN 1926
Mellon Hit in Senate as
Bootlegger

WASHINGTON, D. c., March 16 -
Modification of the volstead act or the
maintenance Of the prohibition status
quo is being doomed now as a major
campaign issue in the 1926 con-
gressional elections, with the POSSIBLE
ity that if sufficient of a response is
received by the "wets," an echo to the
fight will be heard in the 1928 presi-
Dental elections.
This has become apparent from the
onslaught that has just been begun
by the drys, led by Senator Mcclellan,
in retaliation for the running often
sive of the vets, led by Edge, Ed
wards and Reed of Missouri, in the
senate discussion on the bills now
pending in congress on the prohibit
ton question.
While the senate puppets are hav-
ing their set-to on the question, little
bits of information are dropped which
indicate the state of affairs in the very
innermost circles of the government.
In his speech Mcclellan denounced sec
rotary of the treasury Andy Mellon as
nothing short of bootlegger because
of the fact that Mellon is still indi-
rectly interested in liquors and brew
cries. Mcclellan pointed out that de-
spite the Volstead act, the newspapers
had recently reported that Mellon had
sold his stock of rum for $4,000, 900.
The indignation over the violation of
capitalist law, however, rests with the
verbal fireworks and does not assume
such harsh forms as it does when a
worker attempts to exercise rights al
legedly granted him under the consti-
tuition.
A Fake Fight.
The alleged fight over prohibition,
which is intended to take up major
portion of the campaign platforms and
speeches of the two old parties-with
the socialist party hanging on to this
profound labor question''-is meant
as a good blind to cover up the bank
ruptcy and reactionary position of
these parties on the real problems
that affect the workers of the coun-
try. The struggle over prohibition-in
the sense that it is now being fought
QUITS practically settled insofar as
even a number of church dignitaries
have lately declared themselves in
favor of light wines and beers. But a
fake fight will serve to cover up the
black position of both parties on the
question of the world court, of ap-
preaching war with Mexico, of lower
ed wages and worse conditions for the
workers in the country and the numer-
Gus other pressing problems of the
workers.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-03-18
COMRADES, BROTHERS, FELLOW Workers.

you Thursday Friday get
Lincoln And can't them We soldier
enlist
commemoration March 10. CALL
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-03-25
TELEPHONE l75-K
FARMERS PHONE 1O.11O

, w. H. Cummings arrived in town
Tuesday on business connected with
the Daniel II. Cummings Co.
Mrs. Gladys Pennell Bachelor re-
turned from Fairfield, Tuesday,
shrdul shrdlu shrdlu
where she has been visiting her sis
ter and husband, DR.. and Mrs. F. L.
Tozier.
Up to Wednesday night, the rain
and thaw had not appreciably af-
fected the Kennebec at Skowhegan.
But very little water is running over
the dam and at present there is no
fear of carnage by high water. Ar
rangements have been made, how
ever, for taking care Of a sudden
rise. Spots of open water are visible
in the back oh; mel which would in
dictate that the ice is wearing under
meath as well as on the surface.
Priscilla Rebekah Lodge will hold
a card party this Thursday evening
in the Municipal Court room at the
City building.
Miss Helen kmes and Miss Esther
Files gave surprise party at the
Files home on Coburn avenue, Tues
day evening in honor of the birthday
anniversary of their sisters, Miss
Gladys Ames and Miss Ruth Files.
Bridge furnished the evenings en-
tertainment, Mrs. Agnes Parsons
winning first prize and Miss Mar
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-03-25
-Sk0WHECAN LOCAL NEWS.
Somerset County Headquarters rARMHRs sSosH Elk o

Postmaster William r. Elliott was
| the speaker at the weekly meeting
! Of the Rotarians held Tuesday noon
at G. A. r. hall. Mr.. Elliott spoke
on postal affairs and the work at the
| local office. The fourth, fifth and
sixth grades, in charge of their
teacher, Mrs. Almon Sanford, furn-
ished splendid singing for the occa-
sion.
Mrs. Jennie Flood Kreger of Fair
field, speaker at the Business and
Professional Women's Club meeting
Tuesday evening, returned to her
home Wednesday. While here she
was the guest of Mr.. and Mrs. Irwin
Laid.
DR.. Merton Pierce of Pennington
returned to his home Wednesday
morning, after a visit with his par
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. Isaac Pierce.
The regular meeting of the Ladies
Auxiliary of the American Legion
will meet this Thursday evening in
the Legion room. The principal bus
mess of the meeting will be the max
ing Of peoples for the Legions an
nual poppy day.
Fred o. Eaton, who has been visit
ing relatives in tn West through the
winter, has returned to his home in
Skowhegan.
The report Of the Skowhegan
School Savings system for the fiscal
week, shows but three schools with
a perfect record: Academy 1902;
Park, 100 %; Our Lady of Loufdes,
1909 Garfield 900; Lincoln, 500;
Junior High, 1870; High School,
1870; Jewett Street, $500; number
of accounts now operating, 1910,
with a percentage Of "a.
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The Christmas Club

mas Club was held Tuesday after
noon at the home of Mrs. Louis Dow
on Turner avenue. While the men,
bers are very busy with work at
these meetings, there is always a
most enjoyable program arranged
This consisted of a piano solo, Miss
Merla Dow; readings. Mrs. Nina
Packard. Mrsr John Cool, Mrs. Mae
p. Trafton; song. Miss Merla Dow
The feature of the meeting was the
presentation of a beautiful banquet
through the courtesy of Mrs. Mark
Adams to fadame Dow. who has
been confined to the house for sew
eral monhs with a broken leg. The
next meeting will be held in two
weeks at the home of Mrs. Downs
on upper Main street.
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gan was a guest Tuesday Of Mis-
Sadie Lewis.
c. M. Holt and son. Bernard Of
Skowhegan were guests Friday Of
Mrs. Annie L. Holt.
Miss Lucie Burrill of Canaan, was
a guest one day last week Of her
niece, Mrs. Ray Ellis.
Everett Adams, who has employ.
nent in Gardiner. passed the week.
end at his home here.
Miss Ruth VALERIE, teacher IN the
Parker School, passed the weekend
at her home in Skowhegan.
Mrs. Ada Berry. who has been a
surgical patient at Somerset hospital
in Skowhegan has been discharged
and Is at the home of Mr.. and Mrs
Alfred Hilton, where she will remain
for a time before returning to her
home in Norridgewock.
Several members af the Sociabillty
Club were in Waterville SATURDAY,
and attended a meeting which was
held at the home of Mrs. Iva Emery.
A very pleasant afternoon was pass.
ed and refreshments were served
The next meeting will be held with
Mrs. Sarah Peavey. April 3.
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NYE'S CORNER

Mrs. Hattie Newcomb and her Sis
ter, Mrs. Clarence Mcpherson and
son. oliver Mcpherson. have returned
from a visit with another sister at
Portland. Mrs Mcpherson and son
have gone to their home at Mars Hill.
Mr.. and Mrs. Erven Lord of Shaw
NUT were in this place Sunday, calling
on friends. =
Charles Lashus of Waterville passed
Monday night with his son Perley and
wife in this place.
Master Leonard Newcomb Of Hu-
is visiting his grandparents, Mr..
| Mrs. fred Newcomb.
.ir. and Mrs. Arthur Howe of the
lge were Saturday evening guests
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Ballard.