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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-06-23

THE reformist leaders of the Czecho-
Slovak unions of railwaymen, the
social-democratic and the national
socialist union" and "Ednota," have
again given proof Of the manner dn
which they protect" the interests of
the Czecho-Slovak railwaymen. Out Of
the vast material on this question, we
shall mention only two facts which
have occurred quite recently.
Wages Tax.
DURING the last few months the
- whole of the Czecho-Slovak pro-
letariat, and the railwaymen to begin
with, have been fighting in the most
energetic manner against the govern
mental taxes on wages. The wage tax
law was adopted by the Czecho-Slovak
coalition government lin which both
the Czech social-democrats and the
Czech national-socialists take part)
several years ago; nevertheless II was
not applied in practice until now,
owing to the indignation which it
caused among the workers.
1t was only very recently that, with
the consent of the reformists, the
Czecho-Slovakian government has be.
gun to take up the energetic collec.
ton Of not only the current taxes, but
also OF all arrears of the tax, which at
times amounts to the half years
wages OF the workers. In collecting
the arrears the government does not
shrink from sequestrating and selling
by auction the most indispensable
household effects Of the workers, In
which the government officials are met
with the unanimous and wholehearted
resistance Of all the workers of a Civ.
on locality or district and which com
pels them to make concessions.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-06-23
Argentine Papers
Discuss Proposal
of Chile's Deputy

BUENOS AIRES, June 21. - The
Argentine government is silent on the
suggestion of a Chilean deputy that
Argentina, Brazil or other Latin-Amer.
lean nations arbitrate the Tacna- africa
dispute instead OF the United States
The influence of American imperial.
ism is thrown against making head.
way with this suggestion.
This is seen in some newspapers
soothing at the proposal. La Pren.s.
however, does not share with La Mac.
ion this view of the situation. La
Prensa declares in effect against the
United States position, by saying that
1t is impossible to believe that Chile
VIII not assure free voting, and there
fore the plebiscite should be held and
Is still necessary.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-06-23
c. .P. supports Workers.

NEEDLESS to say that in their fight
~ against the tax on wages the
Czecho-Slovakian workers have met
with support and every assistance
only on the part of the Communist
Party, which has modified all its
funds for this purpose. AS matter
of fact, owing to the energetic resist
ence OF the workers in a number of
districts, there existed definite hopes
that the government would be COM
PEELED to compromise, and II not to
rescind the law In its entirety, at least
to give up the collection of arrears.
Saved BY Reformists.
HOWEVER, at this critical stage,
- the bourgeois government OF
Czecho-Siovakia was saved by the
reformest leaders. The reformist lead
ers OF Union" and "Ednota,' without
consulting the other organizations Of
the railwaymen or the central com
mittee OF the railwaymen's delegates,
formed q secret pact with the rep
resentatlves or the ministry OF I'm
ances and treated the railwaymen to
the following susprise:
81" The tax on wages shall be cal
u culated and collected not only in
the fixed wages, but also on all kinds
of earnings, even IL the latter be al
ready charged with other taxes.
- Deductions for the payment Of
& the tax and arrears shall be per-
missible TO the extent of two per cent
OF the whole earnings.
~ The wage tax shall be collected
" from wages even IL the amount
is below the minimum fixed by law.
while payment must be made also By
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-06-23

arate unions necessary, and in
fact, as you instance; the practice
Of the party has also Illustrated that
tact.
The main trouble of Comrade Cal
verton, at least up to the time that
his correspondence with Comrade
Foster took place, seems to have been
that he accepted Saposs as an au-
thority on Communist policy and tao
tics.
LIS second difficulty was the one
IL pointed out in my criticism, /. e.,
that he used the term dual unionism"
in an entirely unscientific manner,
completely divorced from the realities
which confront the workers Of Amer
lea. Comrade Calverton saw only the
American Federation of Labor and
dual unions" This is nothing less
than a concession, very likely an un-
conscious one, to the A. F. of L. bu-
reaucracy which even hurls the term
dual union" at such organizations as
the Amalgamated Clothing Workers
and whose use of the term in many
instances is of great aid to the capt.
talists in crushing attempts at trade
union organization.
COMRADE CALvERTON, doubtless
~ to prove his lack of intent to
do evil to the bounded and shivering
Communists, states that:
was not trying to make a case
against the Communists any more
than | was against the S. L. p, but
was merely concerned with the is.
sue of dogmatism in situation in
which ! do not believe that dogma
tism as yet can be introduced.
We are, of course, grateful to Com
rade Calverton for holding, with such
a beautifully even balance, the scales
between the Workers (Communist)
Party, a section of the Communist
International, the recognized leader of
the worlds revolutionary working
class, and the 1900 members of the
moribund S. L. P.
QUT it was exactly this detached,
- academic and unrealistic approach
to a concrete question to which / OBJ
jected and of which considered Com
rade Calverton's article a typical ex-
ample. I fail to see any recognition
of this error in his reply.
AS to his statement relative to what
he characterizes as "sneering remarks
about the Calverton cult" and his
contention that they "are decisively
unwaranted and unjudicious," q con-
clude that he means injudicious-W.
F. d. 1 am quite ready to admit
that may have erred in adopting too
sharp tone.
TT is the duty of Communists to win
= for the party the best elements,
not only of the working class proper,
but of the sympathizing intelligentsia.
If Comrade Calverton has been driven
farther from our party by my criti-
cism it proves one of two things:
~ Either that my criticism was
too sharp and harsh, or
(2) That he is not Communist ma
terial.
l submit that this question cannot
be decided now. Only the future can
give the answer and I am willing to
await and acknowledge its decision.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-06-23

ganlzatlon, or any other Tor that mat
ter. Do write me line about it,
Yours as ever,
Signed (Wm. z. Foster)
June 7th. 1925.
Dear Foster:
Apparently my review seems to
have been misunderstood. did not
take a dig at the Workers Party in
my remark, but simply observed that
any stand toward the matter of bor-
ing within or dual unionism could
not be dogmatic at the present time.
The S. L. P. is dedicated to the propo-
sition of dual unionism despite the
failure of it's one ambitious attempt in
that direction, and is quite definitely
convinced that all boring from within
tactics are as fatuous as they are fu-
tile. According to Saposs in his de-
scription of the stand Of the Workers
Party, it seemed quite clear that the
Workers Party not only stood firmly
for the boring from within tactics,
which at the present time at least
believe is the more feasible approach,
but also was quite infiexibly opposed
to the project of independent dual
union organization.
Your letter, however, corrects my
impression and modifes somewhat
Saposs' interpretation ~ agree with
you thoroughly that the tendency to
split existing mass organizations is in
practically every instance, very I'M
wise. Your statement too, that when
conditions are fitting, the Workers
Party does not hesitate in forming
separate organizations, clarifies the
matter entirely. In simple, as you
have stated the stand of the Workers
Party in your letter, l have not one
iota of disagreement.
The difficulty was in Saposs' inter
probation, namely his statement that
the Workers Party was definitely op-
posed to dual unions and always un-
deviatingly. Your letter shows that
there are times when the Workers
Party believes separate unions are
necessary, and in fact, as you IN
stance, the practice of the party has
also illustrated that fact.
l think this makes my attitude
clear in sufficient detail. am sorry
if wrong impression is derived from
my review. If you wish iPll print your
letter in the fall issue Of the Quarterly
with my reply as expressed in this let
ter.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-06-23
Remarks on the Above.
BY WILLIAM r. bUNNE,


NOMRADE CALVERTON contends
~ that my remarks concerning what
called his attempt ito make a case
against the Communists" are "ab-
surd." ~
He tries to prove this contention by
submitting as evidence the CORE
spondence between himself and Com.
rade correspondence which
had not yet taken place when I wrote
my article and of which had no
knowledge until my criticism was
published AS
I am not possessed OF clarivoyant
powers. can only Judge by what an
individual, with whom am unac-
quainted says over his signature.
THAT Comrade Calverton now has
modified his position and retracted
In private correspondence what he
stated publicly as editor OF the Mod
ern Quarterly, in no way affects the
correctness Of my criticism Of his
statements.
My main criticism was of his ne.
glect to ascertain a fact easily OBJ.
tianable, /. e., the position OF the
Workers Community Party on dual
unions"
GoMRADE CALvERToN acknowl-
= edges the justice Of this criticism
when he says in his letter to Comrade
Foster Exhibit Number Two) that:
The difficulty wasgin ssposs' in
depreciation, namely his statement
that the Workers Party was def
niteIy opposed TO dial unions and
always undevIatinaIy Your letter
shows that there are times whom
the Workers Party believes sep
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-06-23
Farm Vote Fails.

WASHINGTON, June 2O.-An effort
to get an agreement for a vote on the
Haugen farm relief bill Saturday or
Monday failed. Senator Norris of
Nebraska said he was opposed to fix
ing any hour for vote lest some
Objectionable amendment be proposed
and acted upon without time for de-
bate.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-06-23
Czech Workers Fight Wage Tax

those railwaymen who have been EN-
ployed even less than a year,
To Be Examined.
Upon the initiative of the Czecho-
~ Slovak Communists. the question
about the above quoted pact" is TO
be submitted shortly for examination
by the central committee OF railway.
mems delegates, who will no doubt
deliver the proper opinion upon It.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-06-23
Killed in Building COLLAPSE.

RIO DE JANEIRo, June 2O.-Elev-
en- persons were killed and five seri-
ously injured when a building in a
hillside collapsed, demolishing eight
houses below. according to dispatches
from Bahia.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-06-23

That worker next door to You
may not have anything to do to.
night. Hand him this copy Of the
DAILY WORKER.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-06-23
Yours.
Signed ". F. calverton)
June 10. 1925.

June 10, 1926.
Dear Friend calverton:
l was glad to get your letter and to
know that you agree with the Party
policy with regard to the independent
unions. l expect to write something
of a pamphlet in the near future deal
ing more in detail with this PROPOSE
ton, and am sure you will be in &C
cord with its general trend.
just got back in town; a little while
ago after a week in the east. You
will realize, therefore, that 1 must
make this note a short one and get
busy on the work that is piled up
ahead of me.
With best wishes, / remain,
Fraternally yours,
Signed (Wm. z. Foster)
In conclusion, think 1t is only fair
to add that it is regretRbly unfortu-
nate that Comrade Dunno should
speak of me as one trying to make a
case against the Communists. !"
Frankly, this is absurd. I was not try
ing to make a case against the Com
munists any more than / was against
the S. L. p, but was merely con-
cerned with the issue of dogmatism in
a situation in which / do not believe
dogmatism as yet can be introduced.
My stand in the letters to Foster is
clear proof of the nature of my posi-
ton. And therefore, l think it is
only reasonable to add that sneering
remarks about "the Calverton cult"
and its tendency when II "gets within
what it believes is striking distance Of
the Communists" are decisively un.
warranted and unjudicious.
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SEND IN A suBf
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ganization, or any other for that mat
ter. Do write me line about it.
Yours as ever,
Signed (Wm. z. FOSTER
June 7th. 1925.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-07-25
Events Of Importance
In Arlington County

Mr.. and Mrs. Frank T. Mann of
Clarendon are spending their vaca'
ton at Ocean City, Md.
Mr.. and Mrs. John w. Rogers OF
Clarendon have as their guests, Mrs.
Mary Coleman and Mrs. William
Hunter of Los Angeles, Calf.
Mr.. and Mrs. Herbert Baggott of
Ballston have returned from motor
trip to Pittsburgh. Pa.
The home of Mr.. and Mrs. Edwin
w. Riddle of Waycroft was the scene
of very attractive wedding last
evening, when their daughter Adelaid
became the bride Of Mr.. Leonard w.
Wairam of Baltimore and Betterton,
Md. Miss Edna Riddle was maid of
honor for her sister and Mr.. Chef VIII
kins acted as best man for Mr.. War
ram. The ceremony was performed
by Rev. T. Is. Westbrook of Takoma
Park. A reception followed at which
there were over two hundred guests.
Mr.. and Mrs. Warram left later in the
evening for New York, Philadelphia
and Atlantic City. After August Is
they will be at home at $40 Hancock
avenue, Takoma Park.
Miss Jean Kelly Of Ashton Heights
is visiting friends in Scranton. Pa.
Miss Merlene Zimmerman of Ash
ton Heights has just returned from a
vacation trip in the Shenandoah Val
ley.
Mrs. Irene Wagner of Ashton
Heights entertained the semi.monthly
card club at her home Thursday
night.
Mr.. George Davies of Ashton
Heights has as his guest his brother,
Mr.. John r. Davies of Lakeland, Fla.
Mr. and Mrs. Clarence p. Warner
have with them in Ashton Heights.
Mrs. q. w. Lichlighter, her daughter
and son, Nina and Harry, also Mrs.
j. III. Keller and her daughter Lois.
Mrs. Lichlighter and Mrs. Keller are
sisters of Mrs. Warner.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. r. Saunderman of
Clarendon and their two daughters,
Eloise and Carol, have returned from
a motor trip to Lima and New Brem-
en-. Ohio. and Chicago, Ill. Mrs.
Sunderman's sister, Miss Viola Neu-
man Of Lima. who has been visiting
in New York City for a few weeks,
is again with her sister in Clarendon,
and will remain for the rest of the
Summer.
Mr.. and Mrs. f. X. holman and
Mr. and Mrs. j. G. Anderson of Clar-
endon are taking an automobile trip
through TIC HlOuHLdIHS "a fAShLl1
Mrs. E. V. Magruder of Clarendon
leaves this week for East Waterford.
Me-, where she will spend the rest of
the Summer.
Miss Margaret Rees of Clarendon
left last week for Richmond, where
she is one of the guests at the house
party given by Mrs. Jean Wood.
Mr.. and Mrs. Amos c. Crounse of
Clarendon are spending two weeks in
Miami, Fla.
Mrs. j. T. Teddy and son Edward
Of Altoona, Pa, are visiting Mr.. and
Mrs. Charles v. O'Brien of Clarendon.
Mrs. Leddy is Mrs. O'Briens mother.
Mr.. Williams E. Massie of Tyro,
Nelson County. Va, Is spending the
week end with his sister, Mrs. w. w.
Cosby of clarendon.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. r. Phelps and son
Robert of Clarendon are spending the
week end at Virginia Beach.
DR.. and Mrs. ]. II. Walton and
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-07-25
NEWS OF THE CLUBS
Conducted by Mamie Lancaster.

WOmen's City Club.-The next
monthly subscription dinner of the
business and professional womens
section will be held August II. The
speaker will be announced later.
The clubhouse grill, closed during
the past week for alterations and re-
pairs, will reopen July 81, at noon.
The Friday Morning Bridge Club,
of which Mrs. George Talbot is presi-
dent, will continue to meet through
out the Summer.
Included among the players at the
Free and Easy Auction Club last
Tuesday evening were Miss Margaret
NJ Bicknell, Mrs. Gertrude Lyons,
Mrs. Douglas A. White, Miss j..
Wentworth, Miss f. Drowney, Mrs.
Frances Williams, Miss l.. Dixon,
Miss Margaret Bayly. Mrs l.. S. Rob-
Miss NJ. Colt, Miss Haste, Miss Kerr
and Miss Atherton.
The members of the District of CO.
Iumbia Federation of Women's Clubs
will be interested In knowing that the
doll which will be sent to the Phila-
delphia Sesquicentennial to represent
Dolly Madison is now on exhibition
in an F street window at Woodward
& Lothrop's department store. The
diminutive Dolly Madison" is
adorned in a gown of cream brocaded
silk trimmed with rose. point lace, a
satin petticoat embroidered with
roses, a lace flchu and her hair is
dressed in a turban of cream satin.
She holds in her hand a miniature
copy of a book to represent Para
disc Lost"
.Srhn Am 1,,i1I ~ ~ ox,b;LtI;o1 ,,otiI
Tuesday, and will then be sent to
Philadelphia.
The Susan B. Anthony Foundation
held a meeting of the executive board
Friday evening at the home OF Mrs.
Mary Allen Adams, 1879 Massachu-
sets avenue, vice president and
chairman of the ways and means COM
mittee. the president, Mrs. Anna E.
Hendley, having come from Atlantic
City for a few days. She had been at
tending the first world conference on
anti-narcotics. called by the president
of the Anti-Narcotics Education Asso-
citation. Capt. Richmond Pierson Hob.
son, in connection with the Sesqui-
centennial Exposition. in Philadelphia
Among the members In attendance, be.
sides Mrs. Hendley. were DR.. and Mrs.
+. Homer Curtis, Mrs. Legare Obear
and Mrs. Virginia Peters Parkhurst
Among those present at the execu-
tive board meeting We're Mrs Mary
Allen Adams and daughter, Miss Flor.
ence Caroline Adams; Mrs Luella NJ.
MacKennan, Mrs Percy y. Bailey.
Mrs. William +. Chamberlin, Mrs.
Lucy Cooper Shaw, Mrs. Leon Arnold
Mrs. Clara O'Brien McCrone and Miss
Margaret Louise O'Brien. 1t was de-
oil n !
Keith's Theater, and several card par.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-07-25

Mr.. j.. r. Chew of Bon Air left Fri
day for Chicago with the Senate COM
mittee investigating primary cleo
tons.
Mr.. j. d. Cushman of Bon Air left
Thursday for an extended tour OF in
spection for the Quartermaster Corps.
Mrs. J. d. Cushman had as her
guests recently in her new home at
Bon Air Mrs. Katherine Donnelly
and Mrs. JEANNE Foley of Chicago.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-07-25
Tales of Well Known Folk
in Social and Official Life
Continued from Eleventh page)

Continued from Eleventh Page)
ration of the memorial room has re-
ceived some valuable ship models, ex-
ampIes which were utterly out of
reach of the commercial market. but
which were presented as gifts Of APP
probation to the memory of this
grandest of modern writer's of the sea-
Maps have been given in the same
way, and as ships and maps are to be
the only adornment used, a process or
selection has rendered these objects OF
more than ordinary interest and value.
This memorial will be a library and
lounge combined in the rear OF the
Seamen's Church. 1t is 160 feet long
and so feet wide. and two OF Gotham s
most gifted architects have been en-
gagged for some time in completing
every detail of book arrangement and
decoration. This Conrad memorial oc-
cupies all the space adjoining the
church along Front street in the an
mex from Cuylers alley to Coentiss
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read four chapters Of his newly COM
pleted novelet, THE Golden Parrot"
Next weeks program will include
some additional chapters of Mr.. Nc
Laughlin's story, poetry by Mrs. Mao
Donald and H. Hillman, Mrs. r. H.
SpidelI will have some Comments"
and Isabel Story an article. Jean
Monk, who has written a continued
story, will read the beginning of it
at this meeting. Any one interested
in writing of any sort is cordially in
Vited to attend.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-07-25

daughter Virginia, of Cherrydale,. are
at Piney Point, Md.
Mr.. Nelson Walton of Cherrydale
spent the week end at a house party
on the, Severn River as a guest Of his
classrnate, Mr.. Oliver ]. Marston.
Mr.. and Mrs. G. I. Topley Of Cherry
dale entertained a party of 10 over
the week end at their cottage at Owens
Beach. Md.
Misses Molly and Sarah Prender of
Cherrydale are spending two weeks at
the Girls Friendly Lodge at Mount
Vernon.
Mr.. and Mrs II. Thomas and chill
dren OF Cherrydale are leaving shortly
for trip by motor to New York.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. p. Garrett of Bon
Air have as their guest Mrs. Gar.
rett's aunt, Mrs. Van Sickler of
Philamont, Va.
Mrs. c. B. Nails of Bon Air is hav-
ing a visit from her sister, Miss Vir-
ginia Havy of Ashburn, Va.
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the Thousand Islands. where he will
spend the remainder of the Summer
months.
Mr.. and Mrs. Condit are now &C.
cupying their new home on Mckinley
street.
Mrs. Elizabeth Carter of Richmond,
Va, who has been the house guest of
her sister, Mrs. s. f. Slaymaker, on
Mckinley street, has gone to viii.
mington, Del, for several weeks
stay.
Mr.. and Mrs. Edward d. Chaplin,
who have been guests of their nephew
and niece, Mr.. and Mrs. Donald r.
Mcleod, in their home on Meadow
Lane. have gone to Spring Lake, N.
j., where they will spend several
weeks before returning to their home
in Rochester, n. Y
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slip. Though visitors are welcome,
the committee has no Idea. of permit
ting them to encroach upon the COM
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-07-25

The Writer'S Craft Club held it's
weekly meeting Monday in the base
ment of the Mount Pleasant Library
at 8 pm. P. F. Mackey read one OF
his own stories entitled His Sinister
Virtue" It occasioned a few mo-
ments of rather varied discussion.
Mrs. Love read we'll prepared paper
on free verse and Fred Mclaughlin
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1926-10-30
Venerable Canon
! sf Rel '' Men e

London, Oct. Canon
Marquis of Normandy, the only
marquis in holy order, says women
are not as religious as men.
"Women have grown worse in the
last fifty years, while the attitude
of men toward religion has inn
proved" declared the canon, who is
still preaching although he is eighty
years old. II THU many modern
women have too material and arti-
fetal an outlook on .life-perhaps
it Is the reaction from their greater
freedom" s
The venerable canon says the
great need of the established
church in England is more vigor-
GUS men in it's pulpits and he urges
the laity to assist the church in pay
ipg better salaries. He says. par
sons can not support families on
$1,000 a year.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1926-10-30

Mr.. Anderson presented the idea
with no thought Of personal gain or
credit and, although the show is now
an official state exposition and is
carried on by an organization known
as the North Dakota State Corn Show
association. he rightly deserves much
credit for his part I'M getting il
started.
A year after the first corn shON,
was held here, the Russell. Miller
Milling company was persuaded TO
put IN equipment for the proper
handling Of corn here ut Bismarck
which meant u great deal to the
farmers Of Burlcigh county
Show Easy to Finance
MIR. Anderson gives the county com.
nlissioners Of Rurlcigh county, the
business men Of Bismarck and Sena-
tor Olson a great deal Of credit for
the assistance given the corn show
each year-the commissioners for
making an appropriation each year
for corn show purposes, Senator
Olson for sponsoring and putting
through the bill giving the show
state recognition and biennium APP
preparation Of $1,000, and the bust
ness men for their generous contri-
buttons. ut is agreed by those who
have solicited finances for the show
that it is the easiest proposition ia
raise money for that has ever been
undertaken hcre," Mr. Anderson
states.