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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-10-01
COWDERY GOES TO CALIFORNIA

pect to leave Chicago for San Fran
cisco by auto about Oct. 5.
In California all political parties, ex-
cept sthe old parties, are practically
prohibited. The petitions required for
new parties are not only large, but
hedged about by supposedly impossible
requirements. A big political cam
paign will be on there in 1928. By
beginning now we can force a new
party on the ballot in 1928. The same
canvass that gets readers for The
DAILY WORKER can prepare the
minds of thousands for signing our
petitions. Each person canvassed can
be told about this and their minds
prepared so that they will register
Farmer-Labor Thus we will know
where these people are and the reg
ular canvassing force already func-
tioning, with others who come to life
only in campaigns, can quickly pre-
pare any size of petition the Smart
alex" politicians may require.
ITO prospective canvassers, any
4 where, let me say that there is a
living, even good living, in this work
for anyone who will select an area in
any working class district and stick to
1t. The income depends upon finding
those who are willing to repeatedly
renew their subscriptions. At first
lot Of canvassing is necessary. The IN
come will be small, it being necessary
to sell something in addition to the
paper to piece out. AS time passes.
the lob of canvassing will decrease
and that of collecting will increase
until satisfactory means of employ
ment and income will be established.
A canvasser now for every 10000
workers in California.
A monster political petition for
California in 1928.
Ten thousand DAILY WORKER
subscribers in California by 1928.
Every other state in proportion.
Do 1t now!
Fraternally, P. B. Cowdery.
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Pennsylvania.

Pennsyivanla--The following were
the candidates nominated:
Governor, r. Nj. Wleks.
Lleutenant-GoVer Parthenla
Hills.
Secretary Of Internal Affairs, Max
Jenkins.
United States Senator. E. J. Cary.
State Legislature, first district,
Ernest careathers and Anna Wells
man.
Second District, Mike 5IaskoVitz
and Celia Parans<y.
For Congress.
Seventh District, Margaret Yeager.
Eighth District, Susie kendra and
Peter Skrtlc.
Ninth District, William p. Mikades
Thirty Fourth District, Sam Shore.
State Senator, William Schmidt.
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Missouri Compensation
Law Up for Referendum

ST. LOUIS, Sept. 20. - (FP) -
Whether Missouri labor is to have the
protection of workmens' compensa-
ton law depends upon the result of a
referendum in the general election,
Nov. 2. The last legislature passed a
law which has been jointly approved
by the Missouri State Federation of
Labor and the employers organiza-
tions.
The measure was suspended pend
ing referendum, largely the work of
professional damage suit attorneys
whose business is at stake. President
Green, of the A. F. of L., has issued
an appeal for ratification of the law.
Missouri is the only important indus
trial state without a compensation
law.
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Trade Union Work.

Comrades active in the trade unions
particularly will welcome the class on
Theory and Practice of Trade Union
Work, conducted by H. S. Bloomfield.
Actual problems arising in the trade
union struggle will be analysed in the
course Of study Only party and
league members are eligible.
Conrade Bert Miller, district or
ganizer of the party, will conduct a
class in Party Theory and Practice
which will take up various stages and
phases in the development of the
Communist movement based largely
on the history of the Russian and
German parties.
Yiddish Class.
A class in the Fundamentals will
be conducted in Yiddish by Comrade
l.. f. Clark and other language class,
es as we'll as classes in Worker Cor
respondence, Literature and lido will
be conducted where registration war
rants.
Registration for all classes is going
on now and party members are urged
to enroll at once and bring along
their non-party fellow workers. The
fee for each class is $500.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-10-01

DEAR Comrade Editor: We lay
- plans, start projects. and try to
put them over. We succeed Not so
much in always doing as we planned,
but in doing somethingi We lay a
better foundation for better attempt
In The DAILY WORKER issues Of
August 8, 10, 10, and Is, you published
the beginnings of my efforts to estab-
lish delivery routes in Chicago by
means Of house-tojhouse canvassing
for serve" subscribers. My work in
this locality is about finished and
detailed report will be left with the
city circulation department.
The results are About $500
families canvassed, 900 either not seen
at all, or refused an interview; 500
purchased one or more copies; ITO
made trial order; 40 of these became
permanent readers as long as weekly
collection and daily delivery could be
continued; 20 of these became sub
scribers by paying subscription in
advance, with mail delivery. The rest
were practically non-committal.
The difficulties and defects are:
Lack of canvassers to cover our work
ing class residential areas. Lack Of
boys, or others, to deliver routes. One
must travel four miles to deliver 40
papers; also, the Saturday collection
is considerable chore.
oaron1. he
done. Subscriptions must be taken
for mail delivery. Bolsheviks are
found, not made in process of canvass.
The papers message, however, in
some form, must be sold to everyone
who will buy one copy of the paper,
specially prepared handbook, etc.
A letter from The DAILY WORKER
to prospective subscribers must be
invariably used. A record, house by
house, must be kept. Back calls and
special trips must be avoided also
arguments and explanations. Let the
literature and economic circumstances
do that. Do not bother about bread
and butter for yourself. l have fol
lowed this work all my life and never
have been unreasonably hungry or I'M
comfortable. More workers on this
job Especially those who cannot
function in shop nuclei.
It is my intention to carry on this
work In Oakland. California, includ-
ing San Francisco and the Bay dis
trict. Other comrades and myself ex.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-10-01

Ben Gitlow, who is well-kown 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 80. Work.
ers in cities all over the country
Comrade Gitlow's tour will take him
all the way from New Haven to Nil.
waukee-will have the opportunity OF
hearing the 1924 vice-presidential can.
didate of the Workers Party and its
present gubeenatorlal candidate IN
New York on: WHAT CAN THE
ELECTIONS DO FOR THE WORK.
ERs?"
The complete tour Follows:
WORCESTER, Mass. Thursday,
Sept. 80.
BOSTON, Mass Friday, Oct. /,
Paine Memorial Hall. 3 Appleton ST.
ROCHESTER,, N. Y.-s Saturday. Oct.
?, Labor Lyceum
BUFFALO N, Y.-sunday, oct. 3.
1880 p. M schwabls Hall. S5i Broad.
way.
! CLEVELAND. ohio--oct 4.
DETROIT. Mich Oct. 5.
CHICAGO, Ill.--Oct. 6.
MILWAUKEE,, wis.--Oct. 10. Is
TOLEDO, ohio--oct. IL
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will take up reading and writing
working class English, and viii also
include training in American citizen
ship. The instructors are AL Binch,
Phyllis Fenigston, Lillian Futran,
Joseph Berman, etc. A group Of
workers in any city may organize a
class and a teacher will be secured.
The course in the Fundamentals Of
Communism is a basic course essen
tial for every party member Com
rades cannot qualify for other classes
until they have completed this fun
damental course. Lewis Marks will
instruct this class.
Imperialism, study Of the final
Stage of capitalism, will trace the de-
velopment of finance-capitalism, and
will pay special attention of the part
played by the United States in the
fight for world domination. Harry J..
Canter will conduct.
Students qualified to take advanced
course in the theory of our move
ment should attend the class given
by Max Lerner on Marxism. This
will take up the study OF economics,
historical materialism, etc, based on
the works OF Marx, Engels, Lenin,
Bukharin and other Communist
classics.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-10-01
OPERATION OF
COMP ENSATION
LAW is URGED
Various FLUTES Favor
Longer Hours

Legislative means for improving the
operation of the Workmen's compen-
sation act were suggested by Miss
Frances Perkins to the New York
State Industrial Survey Commission
at its session in the Bar Association
Building.
More Rosy Cheeks.
Miss Perkins told Of the health Of
young women under the old regulation
of 60 hours week as compared with
the present law allowing but 81 hours
a week. She declared that the six
hours meant more red cheeks, a great
er interest in work and more time for
leisure. She added that when the law
provided for a 4S-hour week there
would still be greater joys and greater
production.
Urges Amendments.
To increase the value of the act
Miss Perkins urged several amend
ments. She asked that the limit of
$500 for a temporary total disability
be increased to $4,000; that the board
of review be empowered to act on the
Redistribution of disabilities; that
the section governing the review of
awards be amended to give to the re-
viewing board power to take into con-
sideration factors other than wages
in deciding the final award; that the
rules Of evidence and procedure be
changed to permit the admission of
hearsay evidence when obtained from
a reliable source, and that the I'M
insured employer and insurance COM
pany be obliged to pay into the re-
Mobilization fund.
Textile Rarons' Abb.
Mr.. Smith said that in New York
his textile firm found it impossible to
compete with the mills in South Caro-
lima and that in Massachusetts the
mills were working only thirty hours
a week while in South Carolina they
were in some instances working on an
average of sixty-fve hours a week.
This, he said, permitted the mills of
South Carolina to operate at cost so
much lower than in either New York
or Massachusetts that it would be
only question Of time when the mills
in Massachusetts would be forced to
close down. He declared that the
eight-hour day would bring about a
bad economic condition as compared
with other states.
Potter For Long Hours.
Mr.. Salisbury said that three com
panies in New York state provided 95
per cent of the total pottery output of
the country. This applied mainly to
dishes. About S5 per cent of the en-
ployes we're women and most of them
worked on piece basis. He declared
that the adoption of ty-eight-hour
week would disrupt the present sys-
tenn employed in these places and be
a slight hardship on the employer.
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New York.

Governor, Benjamin Gitlow. Lieu
tenant Governor, Franklin p. Brill
Attorney General, Arthur S. Leeds.
State Comptroller, Juliet Stuart
Poyntz.
: (Manhattan)
Assembly 9th District, Benjamin
Llfschitz. Assembly 9Th District,
Rebeeea Greeht. Assembly 18th Dis
triet, Julius codkind. Assembly 18th
District, Abraham Markoff. Con-
aress 18th District, Charles krur-
bein. Congress f4th District, Alex
ander Traehtenberg. Congress goth
District. William w. Weinstone.
Senate 14th District, Elmer T. Ali.
son.
BRONX
Assembly 3rd Dist, Elias Marks.
Assembly 4th District, lsidore Stein
zer. Assembly 9Th District, Charles
Zimmerman. Assembly 9TH District.
Joseph Boruehowitz. Congress 23rd
District, Molssaye J. olaln.
(Brooklyn)
Assembly 9th District, George
Prlmor. Assembly 14th District,
Samuel Nesin. Assembly 23rd Dis.
trio, Fannie Warshafsky. Congress
10th District, Bertram D. Wolfe
Senate 9Th District, Morris Rosen.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-10-01
VIGIL Radio Program

Chicago Federation OF Labor radio
broadcasting station VIGIL is on the
air with regular programs. II IL
broadcasting on d91.5 wave length
from the Municipal Pier.
TONIGHT.
600 p. m.--chieaso Federation Of Labor
talks and bulletins.
e;t5 TO 6.3o-FabIe Lady--storlos for
children. llH
e;so-Ths FIorentins string Trio,
Little Jos Warmers Hazel Nymsn, The
oeldsn Harmony Trioi sootty Welsh and
Madison Sisters.
sioo--pslphs Edwards, eontraltoj Alamo
Cafe dance orchestra.
iiloo--Alsmo kntsrtG
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-10-01
"CIVILIAN DRILL" FOR
n. Y. COLLEGE STUDENTS
REPLACES ARMY COURSE

NEW YORK, Sept. 2e.-clvilIan
drill Is the answer of the New York
City College authorities to last
years student protest against COM
pulsory military training. The new
course, termed by one professor az
scientific experiment." Is an al
Tentative for entering students to
military training under supervision
Of army officers. Upper cIassmen
who have already started military
training must finish, but freshmen
may take their choice.
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selves to raise the sum of $500.
To Tour District on Campaign.
A short tour has been arranged for
Comrade Bail and DAILY WORKER
Agent Spivack covering the following
cities:
September Baltimore, Md.
October Washington, d. c.
October 2-Richmond, Va.
October S-Norfolk, Va.
October 6-Trenton, n. J.
Philadelphia to Raise $4,000.
The campaign was launched in
Philadelphia thru a general function
aries meeting followed by section
membership meetings held during the
past week. In all cases the comrades
responded loyalty to the appeal of the
party to keep The DAILY WORKER
Not single member which attended
the meetings failed to make his con
tribution Various plans were de-
vised at the section meeting to as
sure the reaching Of the quota set by
each section meeting. In spite of the
numerous local difficulties which the
comrades have to face, they are de
termined to oversubseribe their quota.
The district organization will raise
$500 thru the arrangement of bazaar
and thru the soliciting of funds among
the numerous sympathizers and
/ friends of the movement.
Sections Act.
The past weeks the sections met
with the following results.
Section HAS set for itself quota
Of $500 and Immediately contributed
in cash and pledges $12100. A Save
The DAILY WORKER affair has been
arranged for Saturday, Oct. %, at 1901
s. Camac street.
Section 2-Has set quota of $500
and Immediately raised .S16S.25 in
cash and pledges. An affair for The
DAILY WORKER was arranged for
Saturday, Oct. 9, at 521 York Ave.
/ Section 3-Set a quota Of $500 and
raised on the spot 1920 in cash and
pledges. A section affair for The
DAILY WORKER is being arranged
The following we're the first com
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-10-01
All Fire Fighters Get Raise

WASHINGTON-FP)-Every mem
Der of the int. Assn. of Fire Fighters
some 10000 in all-has secured a
wage increase which averages $1,000
a year since the international was
formed in 1918. This is the high light
in the annual report to be presented
to its convention which opens Oct. 4
in Philadelphia. In the fire depart
ments that have been unionized the
personnel has been increased from 20
to 8Oq5 in the same period as means
Of reducing long hours on duty.
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,NQuNG NoaKERS LEAGUE

too narrow IN its work, Of combining
the sports organization only to the
advanced workers. This is a fatal
mistake. We do not organize the
sports movement only for class con-
scious workers; we organize 1t to help
make workers class conscious. In the
past the work was done in jerks; it
started and 1t stopped. The building
of tie workers sports movement de-
mands system, clarity and a correct
policy. These are some of the points
which should be stressed in all work
ers'>sports- organizations.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-10-01
Colorado.

Governor, William Dietrich.
United States Senator, James A.
Ayers.
Secretary Of State, Nelson Dewey.
state Treasurer, Leonard Forseh-
Ter.
Superintendent Of Public Instruo-
ton, Helena Dietrich.
State Auditor, o. MeSwain.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-10-01
Michigan.

MlehIsan-The following esndI-
dates will appear officially on tho
ballot in the primary elections to be
held Tuesday, September II:
Governor, william Reynolds.
Congress, 18th District, William
MoIlenhauer.
Congress, tst Dist, Harry Klsh'
ner.
Congress, 9Th District, Daniel c.
Holder.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-10-01
Try to Bar Children
of Chinese from the
Schools of Oakland

OAKLAND, Sept. 2s.-Agitation Tor
segregation of Chinese in Oakland
schools was under way here today.
Already parents of rs white pupils
have kept their children away from
the public schools until school author
tiles remove Chinese students from
the institution.
Superintendent of Schools Fred M.
Hunter declared that he had no inten-
ton of segregating the Chinese pupils
and said that IL the children were not
sent back to school prosecution under
the compulsory education law will fol-
low
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-10-01
Illinois.

J. Louis Engdahl, candidate for
United States Senator from Illinois.
s. Hammersmark, for congress-
man from 9Th congressional district.
Matilda kalousek, consresswo-
man for 9th congressional district.
elizabeth Griffin, eonaresswoman
for 1st congressional district.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-10-01
W. P. Election Campaign Tours

PITTSBURGH. Pa.-oct. 10, N. s.
Carnegie Music Hall.
BALTIMORE, Md.-oct. IS.
PHILADELPHIA, Pa.-Oct "A.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-10-01
Massachusetts.

Governor, Lewis Marks. Lieut.
Governor, Albert oddie. U. s. SEN
ator, John J. BALKAN. Treasurer,
Winfield A. Dryer. Auditor, Emma
p. Hutchlns. Attorney General, Max
Lerner. Secretary Of State, Harry J.
Canter.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-10-01
WORKERS PARTY ENTERS
CANDIDATES IN STATE
ELECTIONS THIS YEAR

In a number Of states nominations
have been flied by petition while In
others the petition campaign Is still
In progress to place Workers (ccr-
munist) Party candidates officially
on the ballots. a
Nominations officially filed;
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-10-01
DISTRICT THREE LAUNCHES BIG
DRIVE TO KEEP THE DAILY WORKER
Especial to Tho Daily worker)

PHILADELPHIA 8 at
last September 16
WORKER
The critical situation
District Organizer Bail Sunday
September 49, The enthusiastically pedng
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-10-01
Small Earthquake in California.

SANTA BARBARA, Cal, Sept. 20.
"A sharp earthquake shock rumbled
Santa Barbara at $50 a. m. yester-
day but no serious damage was re-
ported. The tremblor lasted about
seven seconds. st
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-10-01
BOSTON WORKERS SCHOOL TO OPEN
WITH MANY CLASSES ON OCTOBER /
BY HARRY ]. cANTER.

The Workers School Boston
classes various subjects of those the
school aims better fighters
effective participation in the class struggle.
classes which proved popular interesting the
will
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-10-01
Federal Taxes to Be Two Billion.

WASHINGTON, Sept. 29.-Federal
income tax collections for the calen-
dar year of 1926 will AMOUNT to nearly
OO,OOO,OOO, according to treasury
estimates. IA
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-10-01
Connecticut.

Governor, William Mackenzie.
Lieut. Governor, Edward Mrasko.
Comptroller. John CONDOS. see'y.
o. state, Jane n. Feldmsn. Treas.
n Watson
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-10-01
SECTION

rades in the city to respond in cash
contributions:
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Ohio.

Canton, Stark County
state Senator, 41st District, Carl
GulIIod. State Assemblyman, 21st
District, Peter PIchler.
FARMER-LABoR PARTY cANDl-
DATES SUPPORTED BY THE
WORKERS PARTY:
OHIO
Allen County
JUDGE of the Court Of Common
Pleas, Edwin Blank. Representa-
tive 10 the General Assembly, Cor
bin N. Shock. Sheriff, 3. X. Me-
kercher. County Auditor, c. {.
Thompkins. County Commissioner,
Karl w. Frey. County Treasurer,
Frank Clay. County Recorder, L. L.
Lands. Prosecuting Attorney, Carl
B. Blank. Clerk Of the Courts, Rob-
ert J. Kelley.
WASHINGTON
]. L. Freeman, candidate United
States senate Of the Farmer-LaboI
Party.
PETITION CAMPAIGNS IN
PROGRESS TO PUT THESE CAN
olpATEs ON THE BALLOTS:
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BUILD THE DAILY WITH A SUB.
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Joliet Pen Guard Tells
How Warden Was Made
to Hand Over the Keys

JOLIET, ILL.,, Nov. 24.-How six con-
victs now on trial for the murder of
Deputy Warden Peter M. Klein forced
him to hand over the keys to solitary
confinement cells was told in court
by Jacob Judnieh, guard at the Illi-
nois state prison.
Sam Oden, trusty, and were in
the solitary row outside Klein's Of
fce," Judnich told the court, when
we heard noise and went to investi-
gate. We saw Klein lying on the floor,
blood streaming down his face, and
several Of the convicts in the room.
Sam Price ordered me to give him
the keys. When l refused he struck
me with an iron bar, while another
prisoner stabbed Oden. | managed to
stagger out Of the Office and locked
myself in the solitary row."
The witness then told how Klein
was dragged from his Office and
shaken until he semi-consciously
nodded to him as a sign that it was
all right to hand over the keys.
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lures of the institution with which we
we're greatly impressed. The out
standing of these were a prison thea
ter lin the former prison church) I'M
der the direction Of a special cultural
director who devotes full time to cul-
LuTal work; an orchestra OF 25 pieces,
all prisoners: prison library of $500
volumes, which the inmate may take
TO their rooms; a wall newspaper,
written entirely by those confined in
the institution. The prisoners may
wife and receive as many letters as
they please, altho their mail Is taken
out only twice each week. Other fea-
lures were the cooperative bookstore
and general store, where the men may
make purchases with the money they
earn, at stated hours.
Members Punished.
We asked one man what he had
done. He was under ten-year SEN
tence. We expressed establishment to
tie director that for a crime of his
2 ~ SOFSAG q 6NhACA1G
have been imposed. The director in
formed US that the man had been q
Communist. Sentences as a rule are
not severe in the Soviet Union. But
when Communist commits a crime
punishment is many times greater
than for other individuals.
Preserve Identity.
Talking In the ONCE after our sur.
vey, the director attempted to i'm.
press upon us that this was one OF the
most strict prisons in the Soviet
Union. He also impressed upon us
that in Russia reform, not punish
ment, is the aim OF the prison system.
And after what we had seen we could
very we'll believe 1t. The men con
fined within this institution preserved
their identity as men. They did not
have number; they wore their own
clothes, not prison garb. All Of
them were happy. They talked to us
without hesitation, and We did not
encounter one bitter note in more
than half day that we spent there.
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Hall-Mills Witness
Is Offered Bride for
Keeping Mouth Shut

SOMERVILLE, N. j., Nov. 24.-Mrs.
Marie Demarest testified on the wit
ness stand in the Hall-Mills murder
case that shortly after the murder of
Rev. DR.. w. Hall and Eleanor Mills
Detective Felix Dimartini came to her
house and offered $4,000 If she would
keep her mouth shut"
Di Martini is the private detective
who was employed by Mrs. Frances
Stevens Hall, one of the defendants,
shortly after the murder.
The offer was made to Mrs. Dema-
rest, she said, If she would forget
about seeing Henry Stevens and
Ralph Gorsline and Minna Clark.
AS Mrs. Demarest spoke of being
offered $4,000 by Felix De Martini to
keep her mouth shut" Mrs. Halls
right hand clenched and unclenched
nervously. Her face, however, re.
NAMED expressionless. Henry Stew
ems squirmed in his seat. Willie
twiddled his mustache nervously