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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-10-02
Pennsylvania.

PennsyIvanla-The following were
the candidates nominated:
Governor, n. Nj. Wlcks.
NLIeutenant-G overhor, Parthenia
Hills.
Secretary Of Internal Affairs, Max
Jenkins.
United States Senator, &. J. Cary.
State Legislature, first district
Ernest careathers and Anna Weis-
man.
Second District, Mike 5laskovltz
and Celia Paransky.
For Congress.
Seventh District, Margaret Yeaser.
Eighth District, Susie Kendra and
Peter Skrtic.
Ninth District, William P. Mlkades
Thirty Fourth District, Sam Shore.
State Senator, William Schmidt.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-10-02
Workers Communist Party
We Must Take Advantage of Many
Opportunities NOw offered Our Party

mon, He had picked up throw
away advertising the meeting, that
he had noticed on the floor of a street
car. Many come in response to notices
secured in the capitalist press,
It must be emphasized that our own
Communist foreign-language press is
not giving sufficient publicity to the
party meetings planned for this falls
congressional campaign. They must
not only run brief notices Of the meet,
ings, but special appeals must be
made to the workers not only to attend
but to give active support to all these
gatherings. Comrades locally must
bring pressure to bear upon their
various foreign-language publications
to get the desired results,
The party forces are developing in
very encouraging manner insofar as
efforts are made to sell literature at
mass meetings. This work Is pretty
well organized as is the taking of
collections. The work of organizing
meetings for the getting of subscrip-
tons is not so we'll developed, while
comrades in charge Of meetings must
too often be reminded that every meet
ing must be utilized to get members
for the party. Where these other ac-
tvites are carried out, they meet with
good results, often surprising the com
rades who felt that nothing could be
done.
There Is an intense interest every
where in the problems of the workers
and peasants in the Soviet Union. This
is growing. 1t is extremely sympathe-
tic. could find no feeling that Soviet
Rule was slipping backwards" as the
kept press argues. The feeling every
where is that the Soviet Union Is
making tremendous strides forward.
The demand for the recognition Of the
Soviet Union by the United States
is a popular issue. The tremendous
efforts put forth by the capitalist press
to capitalize the discussions within the
Communist Party oe the Soviet Union
into Anti-Soviet propaganda, finds lit
tie sympathy among the workers /
came in contact with.
Good reports were received every
where Of effective party work in non
party organizations, where the party
had developed It's energies in this
direction. This work was carried on
successfully by comrades known as
Communists in the organizations in
which they were active. This fact
should act as stimulus for comrades
in those sections of the country where
the party is still isolated from any con-
siderable mass activity.
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Comrades Hold Basket
Party In Cleveland, o.

CLEVELAND, Sept SO.-For a good
time, Cleveland comrades should not
miss the social to be given on Sunday,
October 3, at the Freiheits Gesangsve-
rein Hall, 1914 E. 10th St., at D. m.
All nuclei have been asked to bring
baskets filled with good things to eat.
These will be sold and the entire
proceeds will go to help meet the cur
rent expenses of the district. There
will be an entertaining program, with
S. Amter and J. Mallender and others
participating. Admission free. Don't
miss 1t.
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BY J. LOUIS ENGDAHL

A FTER speaking to Is audiences
"A during two weeks tour thru nine
different states, and getting acquainted
as far as possible with the local con-
ditions everywhere, it is possible to
draw few conclusions concerning the
opportunities confronting our Workers
(Communist) Party.
First-It is not stating fond wish,
but the actual experiences developed
thru coming in contact with numerous
non-party elements prove that the OPP
portunities facing the party were
never better.
Second-Interest in the Workers
(Communist) Party, its program and
principles, on a scale never before ex-
perienced makes it possible to in
crease the sale of our literature, col
lect funds for party activities, get sub
scribers for our publications, especial
ly The DAILY WORKER, and prob
ably most important of all, get new
members into the party.
Third-Interest in the American
Communist Party is paralleled by
desire to learn OF the progress OF
Workers Rule in the Union OF Soviet
Republics.
Energetic work everywhere
brings excellent results IN nOn-party
organizations,
The open air meeting is a good
gauge OF what is in the minds Of the
workers generally. At times crowds
that gather at street corners to listen
to Communist speakers prove rather
thin. This is an indication that inter
est is tagging. The workers are think
Ning of something else.
OF course, in the great cities, it is
always possible to get good crowds at
popular corners. But feel that the
test was fairly applied in Hartford,
Conn, and Worcester, Mass, where
Unexpectedly large and friendly au-
diences were reached. in strongly en-
trenched open shop" centers. In
Massachusetts, Comrade H. M. Wicks
told of holding good meetings in mill
towns where he could find no party
members. Surely this is something
for the party to study Our party
must crystalline this favorable senti-
ment.
It is not uncommon at many meet
ings for the comrades in charge to
declare, THE outsiders seem to be
here tonight in greater numbers than
our own party comrades" At one
meeting a sympathizer declared that
he had come a great distance. lust
to hear what we had to say" .,.
Such declarations were not uncom-
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U. M. W, LOCAL
AN EXAMPLE TO
PROGRESSIvES
Real Support to Many
Labor Measures
BY GEORGE BROWN
Worker Correspondent.

W. BROWNSVILLE, Pa, Sept. 30.
Our local of the U. M. W., Local
No. 223O, sets an example for our sis
ter local unions in the U. M. w. A.
and In the rest of the labor move
ment in America. Take for example
what a local union can do when it's
members become real active. Our To-
cal was the first one to start fight
against, and call a conference to fight
the bills that were against the for
eign-born workers before the last
congress.
Assessment to Aid British.
We called a conference in our ter
ritory on the question of the British
miners strike. We assessed ourselves
s1OO every two weeks. 40 per cent
goes to the British miners, 60 per
cent goes to the miners in our own
district to fight the Pittsburgh Coal
company and other coal companies
for trying to force our brothers to
work on the 1917 scale by starving
and terrorizing them. We also re
Gently sent $4,000 to the British min
ers from a picnic which we had two
weeks ago.
On the question of the Passaic tex
tile strike, we also participated in the
raising of the money for the Passaic
textile strikers. At the same time we
helped to organize the Passaic textile
relief conference in the Brownsville
section. Our local alone raised over
$1,000 for the Passaic strike.
The members. of our local union
realize that we workers must have in
dependent political action. That is to
have political party which will op-
pose the democratic party and the
republican party and which will be
able to fight in behalf of the whole
labor movement, so when the West
Brownsville Trades Council called a
conference in Washington county to
organize such an affair our local un-
ion elected a committee to attend this
conference which was held recently
at Charleroi.
We also donated $1,000 to the con-
ference for the carrying on Of work
to build up a Washington county la
Dor party in this section of the coun-
try.
This local union stands one hun
bred per cent for John Brophy who is
now opposing John L. Lewis in the
coming elections in the U. M. w. A.
1t also stands behind all followers of
John Brophy who are opposing the
machine and who are for the build
ing up of the union.
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Bertram D. Wolfe.

Who Owns the Government" This
is the subject of the campaign talks of
Bertram D. Wolfe, director of the New
York Workers School and candidate
for congressman on the Workers
(Communist) Party ticket, who is now
touring the western Fart of the coun-
try. Comrade Wolfes tour is:
TACOMA, Wash.-Friday, October
LIST, at 8 p M, Fraternity Hall, 11171S
Tacoma Ave. So.
MT. VERNON, Wash.-Sunday, Oct.
3 at 2 (two) p M, Yeomen Hall.
SEATTLE, Wash, Sunday, October
3 at p. m, Labor Temple Large
HalD.
SPOKANE, Wash.-Tuesday, Octo-
Der at p. m. Open Forum Hall,
Norfalk Bldg. S161a West Riverside
Ave.
MINNEAPOLIS, Minn.-Oct. 8.
ST. PAUL, Minn.-Oct., 9.
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Ladies Garment Union
Issues Periodical to
Help Organize Workers
BY a Worker Correspondent.


The Ladies' Garment Worker, pub
lished by the joint board of the Inter-
national Ladies' Garment Workers in
Chicago, has made its appearance. 1t
Is a neatly printed four-page sheet
which aims ito uncover the injustices
committed by the so-called operators
Of the ladies' garment industry, mean
ing the employers"
The snappy little sheet is militant
and cannot fail but be of great service
in the unions aim to bring every
tailor employed on ladies' clothes into
the organization.
In addition to articles about condi-
lions in the non-union shops and other
matters that are of particular interest
to the garment workers, the interna-
tional aspects OF the class struggle are
introduced.
The first number of the Ladies' Gar
ment Worker is good. We wish it sue
cess. Garment workers who see this
notice and have not yet secured a copy
Of the little paper are invited to write
to the offices of the /. L. G. w. u, 1928
w. Van Buren, street.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-10-02

Chicago Among the organizations
that are actively engaged in pushing
the arrangements are the cloakmak-
ers, bakers, furriers, Freiheit Singing
Society, Freiheit Ugent Club, Is
branches Of the Workmen's Circle,
three branches of the Independent
Workmen's Circle.
First Number on Hand.
The first historic number Of the
Chicago edition Of the Freiheit will
be on hand at the demonstration and
everyone present will receive a copy.
other speakers announced are C.
r. Ruthenburg. general secretary of
the Workers (Communist) Party, and
NJ. Epstein, editor OF the Freiheit.
All Jewish comrades are urgently
requested to come to the Freiheit Of
nee at D. m. Saturday afternoon.
Ben Gold. who Is looked on as the
chief drawing card on the list of
speakers, will speak in English and
Yiddish.
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MINE INSPECTION /.
IN PENNSYLVANI
ONLY A PRETENSE.
Company and Inspector
Work Hand in Hand
ey zERo, Worker cOrrespOndent.

BY ZERO, Worker Correspondent.
DAISYTOWN, Pa, Sept sO.-Thers
are laws made by the Pennsylvania
legislature to protect the life and limb
Of coal miners. But these laws aral
not observed. There are state mine
inspectors whose duty 1t is to see that;
such laws are obeyed. But they do
not do their duty. This story teuS
how and why.
44a Injured in Six Months.
Vesta Mine No. 4 is a dangerous
mine. In the first six months Of this
year there were 44S miners who re.
ceived first aid in the company hos
pital, Some of them are now beyond
any aid.
There was much carelessness ID
spite of the. safety first" slogan Of the
company. So a few weeks ago when
the company started to do some badly
needed cleaning of side swipers. pully
ing down of bad roof, taking down
loose coal, posting up manway az
places and so on, we wondered what
was coming off. We didn't have I'd
wait long.
Knew Inspector Was Coming.
One fine morning assistant mine
foremen and fire bosses were rushing
from place to place and instructinS
the men to put their places in as safe
condition as possible, as the state
mine inspector was coming.
The inspector came around with
some of the mine officials and wenk.
away again. But he saw the mine
only where the company wanted him
to see it. He did not see any place
else and apparently did not want ia
see, any place else.
Very Easily Satisfied.
He never saw the dangerous ptacess
the place where few weeks ago four
men riding,on the man trip were hurt
by a fall of loose roof coal. He did
not see the place whore q man we4
killed by loose rock. He did not see
the place where another man was
squeezed by a loaded wagon and died
after three months Of suffering in the
company hospital.
But the point Of the incident fsg
How in hell do the bosses know when
the mine inspector@is coming? Is
there connection between the state
mine inspectors office and the coal
company?
1t is plain that the state and the
coal operators work hand in hand and
the inspection IS merely bluff to white
wash the company, for the miners de-
rive no real benefit from it,
1t is also plain that this will con-
Time until the miners themselves elect
the inspectors and the union super
vises their work.
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", P. ELECTION
CAMP AICN TOURS
Ben GitIow

Ben Gitlow, who Is well-known to
the workers of this country as a mill
tant fighter in the ranks of labor, be-
gins his big election campaign tour
under the banner of the Workers
Communist Party with a meeting in
New Haven on September 20. Work
ers In cities all over the country
Colnrade Gitlow's tour will take him
all the way from New Haven to MIL
waukee-will have the opportunity Of
hearing the 1924 vice-presidential can
didate of the Workers Party and It's
present gube@natorial candidate in
New York on: WHAT CAN THE
ELECTIONS DO FOR THE WORK
ERS?"
The complete tour Follows:
BOSTON, Mass.-Friday. Oct. 1,
Paine Memorial Hall. Appleton st.
ROCHESTER,, N. saturday, Oct.
2, Labor Lyceum.
BUFFALO, N. Y.-Sunday, Oct. 8,
2:9O p. M. SchwabPs Hall, S51 Broad
way.
CLEVELAND, ohio-Oct. 4.
DETROIT, Mich.-Oct. 5.
CHICAGO, nl-Oct. 6.
MILWAUKEE, Wis.-Oct. 10.
TOLEDO, Ohio-Oct. IL.
PITTSBURGH, Pa.-Oct. IL, N. S.
Carnegie Music Hall.
BALTIMORE, Md.-Oct. IS.
PHILADELPHIA, Pa.-Oct. IA
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-10-02
A Good Time for a
Good Cause Promised
Sunday, at Walsh Hall
By a Worker Correspondent.

Did you make arrangements to at
tend the great affair of the l. L. d.
this Sunday, at Walsh Hall? Better
get your tickets now. A good time, a
wonderful concert, Russian and Amer
lean dances to the tune of Kissin's
Union Orchestra and many other at
fractions are offered.
Charles Cline, for 13years prison
er in Texas Jail will speak. Come
and hear him.
Remember the date and place: Sun
day, October 8, at $3.50 p. m. at Walsh
Hall, cor. Milwaukee and Noble.
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PORTO RICANS
IMPORTED FOR
COTTON FIELDS
Suffer Awful Misery in
Arizona Valley
BY WILLIAM o'BRIEN
(Worker Correspondent)

PHOENIX, Ariz., Sept. 20 (By Mail)
The Cotton Growers Association
is importing Porto Rican labor, men,
women and children into the valley to
pick cotton. But the promises made
them are not lived up to and the
workers are suffering such terrible
conditions that they are forced to APP
peal to the Phoenix Central Labor
Council for aid.
Report Children Dead Of Exposure.
The Labor Hall was packed with
them, a pitiful sight. Babies in arms
Of sick and homeless mothers. They
walked into Phoenix from different
parts of the valley in search Of food,
shelter and medical attention for the
sick women and children. Three or
four children are reported to have died
from exposure and hunger.
At special meeting Of the Central
Labor Council, Brother Chavey of the
Porto Ricans who speaks good English
explained the situation:
Labor Agents Lied.
1.-THE agents of the Cotton Growers
contracted with us in Porto Rico that
we were to get So day and house
to live in, all children over ten years
to get the same pay. But many
picked cotton for three days with moth
ing to eat, drinking water from
bitches and living along the canal
banks without shelter. Children be-
came sick from exposure. No medical
attention was available.
1--WE were sold like sheep to the
farmers who paid only one and a
quarter cents per pound, and could
mot average over rs pounds day.
Therefore we are forced to leave and
appeal to our fellow workers for aid
and assistance to return to our
homes"
Shiploads Coming.
Brother Chavey reports that several
hundred are already in the valley,
another thousand on the way and a
ship about to leave Porto Rico with a
thousand more. The agents show them
pictures Of nice houses where they
are supposed to live to trick them
into signing up.
There are many mechanics, car
penters, bricklayers, printers and
painters among them, and I'M
doubtedly the Chamber of Commerce
hoped to fight the building trades
with them as strike breakers, but
the Porto Ricans are not that kind
of stun.
Mexicans were previously imported
and abused the same way, but since
the Gales government exists they
are going back to Mexico, not coming.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-10-02
All Set for Autumn
Festival and Ball at
Detroit Saturday Night

DETROIT, Mich. = All preparations
are completed for the Autumn Festival
and Ball arranged for Saturday, Oct.
End, at 8 p. m. at the Finnish Labor
Temple Ball Room, 1863 14th st.
Over 400 tickets have already been
sold and thousands of friends and
of the party have been
invited by mail to be- present.
This ball will be the annual meeting
of all radical, progressive and left
wing forces of Detroit.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-10-02
chicago worker, School sehedule


A. B. c. of the Glass Struggle, Mon
days, instructor, Kaplan ESQ., Side).
Trade Union Tactics & Strategy,
Mondays, instructor, Swabeck.
Role & Function of the Party, Tues
days, instructor, Abern.
A. B. C. of the Glass Struggle, We'd
nesdays, instructor, Simons.
Theory and Practice Of Three Work
ers' 1nternationals, Thursdays, instruc-
tor, Shachtman.
Elements of Communism, Fridays,
instructor, Bittelman.
All classes begin the week of Octo-
Der 4th and through December oath,
period Of eleven weeks. Meet one
night a week for two hours at 10 s.
Lincoln St., except Kaplan's class ON
South Side. Community Center, 1901
S. Wabash Ave. Fee is $3.50 for
eleven-week term. REGISTER AT
ONCE.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-10-02
New York.

Governor, Benjamin GItiow. Lieu
tenant Governor, Franklin p. Brill.
Attorney General, Arthur S. Leeds.
State Comptroller, Juliet Stuart
Poyntz.
(Manhattan)
Assembly 9th District, Benjamin
Llfsehltz. Assembly 9th District,
Rebeeea Greeht. Assembly 18th Dis
triet, Julius codklnd. Assembly 18th
District, Abraham Markor. Con-
eress 18th District, Charles krum-
bein. Congress 14th District, Alex
ander Traehtenberg. Congress goth
District, William w. Welnstone.
Senate f4th District, Elmer 7. ALL
son.
BRONX
Assembly Bird Dist, Elias Marks.
Assembly 9TH District, IsIdore Stein
zer. Assembly 9Th District, Charles
Zimmerman, Assembly 9TH District.
Joseph 5oruehowltz. Congress gard
District, Molssaye J. olnln.
(Brooklyn)
Assembly 9Th DlstrIct, George
PrlmoH. Assembly f4th District,
Samuel Nesln. Assembly 23rd Die
trio. Fannie Warshafsky. Congress
10th District, Bertrsm D. Wolfe.
Senate 9TH District, Morris Rosen.
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Colorado.

Governor, William Dietrich.
United States Senator, James A.
Ayers.
Secretary of State, Nelson Dewey.
State Treasurer, Leonard Forseh-
Ter.
Superintendent Of Public Instrue-
ton, Helena Dietrich.
State Auditor, o. MeswaIn.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-10-02
Michigan.

MlchICan-The following eandl-
dates will appear officially on the
ballot In the primary elections to be
held Tuesday, September IL:
Governor, william Reynolds.
Congress, 18th District, William
MoIlenhauer.
Congress, 1st Dist Harry Klsh-
ner. q.
Congress, 9th District, Daniel c.
Holder.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-10-02

J. Louis EnsdahI, candidate for
United States Senator from Illinois.
S. Hammersmark, for congress
man from 9TH congressional district.
Matilda Kalousek, ccngresswo-
man for 9th congressional district.
Elizabeth Griffin, congresswoman
for LIST congressional district.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-10-02
BEN GOLD AND THE FREIHEIT SINGING
SOCIETY MAIN ATTRACTIONS AT GREET
ING TO CHICAGO EDITION OF FREIHEIT

Gold manager
celebration the first
edition the Frehe the Jewish Communist daily
n Ashland Auditorium, October 9.
organizations make
successful
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-10-02

WORKERS PARTY ENTERS
CANDIDATES In STATE
ELECTIONS THIS YEAR

In number Of states nominations
have been filed by petition while In
others the petition campaign Is still
In progress to place Workers (com-
munlst) Party candidates officially
on the ballots.
Nominations officially filed;
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-10-02
Massachusetts.

Governor. Lewis Marks. Lieut.
Governor, Albert oddle, U. S. SEN
ator, John J. BALKAN. Treasurer,
Winfield A. Dryer. Auditor, Emma
p. Hutehins. Attorney General, Max
Lerner. Secretary Of State, Harry J.
canter.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-10-02
OHIO
Allen County

Judge of the Court Of Common
Pleas, Edwin Blank. Representa-
tive to the General Assembly, Cor
bin N. Shook. Sheriff, 3. X. Nc
Kercher. County Auditor, c. E.
Thompkins. County Commissioner,
Karl w. Frey. County Treasurer,
Frank Clay. County Recorder, L. L.
Lands. Prosecuting Attorney, Carl
3. Blank. CLERK Of the Courts, Rob-
ert J. Kelley.
WASHINGTON
j. L. Freeman, candidate United
States senate of the Earmer-Labor
Party.
PETITIoN CAMPAIGNS IN
PROGRESS TO PUT THESE CAN
DIDATEs ON THE BALLOTS:
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SHOEMAKER WANTED.

FIRST CLASS SHOE REPAIR MAN,
man that has been working In good
shops In city or big shoe stores or de-
partment stores. want a man that
can DO nice work and do Il fast enough
20 hold a Job In city shops. ! pay 500
day or $40 a week all year round
20 good man.
LEE SHOE FlNRY,
fo4 Patio do Leon, Fort Myers, Fla.
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Connecticut.

Governor, William Mackenzie.
Lleut Governor Edward Mrssko.
Comptroller, John yoombos. eeo'y.
n State, Jane X. Fsidmsn. Treas.
n. Wolff ~
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-10-02
Ohio.

Canton, Stark County
State Senator, 41st District, Carl
GuiIlod. State AssembIyman, 2tst
District, Peter Plchler. y
FARMER-LABoR PARTY cANDl-
DATES SUPPORTED BY THE
WORKERS PARTY: