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Putnam patriot., 1926-08-06
saIsaIlnn ArmY Note.

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Victory

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Putnam patriot., 1926-08-06
Tn the Churches
Methodist Church Note.
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Rev \ E Burton. Pastor
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Putnam patriot., 1926-08-06

st Philip, Church Notes Serviera eNpfg sunday At a. m and 70 30 .a.-m-
Putnam patriot., 1926-08-06
PUTNAM GIRL NOW ADVANCE
 WORKER IS RoHE E r

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 eIatige and friend here.
Putnam patriot., 1926-08-06
Mary. Church Note.

Rev Charles r. Brdafd pastor Rev. Adrian nsheman and Rev. Ar Hhur mef. Hssl fuut pastors
 EdHsaes ra celebrated on SuHdayf al che following haHH 2 o'clock < a'- clock. $ 5 6selack and ld39 o.clecE
Putnam patriot., 1926-08-06
Al he Theatres
Bradley

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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-08-05
Class Lines i'm the Mexican
Church Conflict

Dor a resentment against the church
dignitaries. With the church eternal
ly on the side of their enemies, they
have not hesitated to take up arms
against 1t time after time.
Thus is explained the Ayutla revo-
luton, eliminating in the reform
laws and the constitution of 1857.
Thus is explained the irresistible
popular support behind Carranza,
Zapata and the others in their revo.
lutionary movement against Huerta,
the federal army, landed aristocrats
and the church.
Thus is explained the mass repudia-
ton of Adolfo de la Huerta in his
abortive counter-revolution of 1924.
Inside the very ranks of the &C.
clesiastics there are divisions, tremen.
dous divisions, which have helped to
make history and which are part Of
Mexican tradition. The great mass Of
poor priests-most of them native
Mexicans-are cruelty oppressed by
the higher church dignitaries, the great
majority of whom happen to be for
eigners. The latter appropriate all the
fat livings and sinecures to them
selves, with the result that a bitter
antagonism exists between the up
per and lower layers of the priest
hood. The poor priests have some
times stood with the people against
their superiors. Hidalgo and Moreles.
honored by every Mexican patriot as
fathers of the republic, were both
priests. Their fame has not been
diminished by the fact that they were
both communicated from the cath
Ollie church for their activities on be-
half of Mexican independence in de-
fance of the Spanish church digni-
taries.
Largely on the basis of these divi-
sions between upper and lower clergy,
the schismatic church movement OF
last year was organized. The "cisma'
ticos" founded the Mexican Catholic
Apostolic Church" as against the "Ro.
man Catholic" Notwithstanding the
manifest aid of the government, the
"cismaticos" never were able to make
CONTINUED on page a.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-08-05
BY MANUEL GOMEZ.

ARTICLE II.
NEARLY 100000 workers paraded
thru the streets of Mexico City
few days ago, demonstrating their sup
port to President Gales in his con-
flict with the Roman catholic hier-
archy. The capitalist press represents
the number of marchers as $4,000, but
even the latter figure is large
enough. It must have made a lot of
people think. The demonstration, or
ganized by the Regional Confederation
of Labor &C. R. o. NJ, will help to
throw light on the question of the
present line-upo of forces in Mexico.
What everyone is asking about the
Mexican situation is: Where do the
Mexican people stand? American
workers have read in the newspapers
that there are 100000 catholics in
Mexico, and some of them must be
frankly puzzled as to how the Next
can government can proceed so con-
fidently with its anti-clerical program
when apparently two-thirds of the
Mexican population is against it. The
truth is, of course that like many or
CARNATIONS, the church does consider
able padding of it's membership rolls.
Nevertheless, Mexico is undeniably
still catholic country" Catholicism
embraces undeniably wide sections of
the population and no other denomin-
ational creed has succeeded in sup
planting it.
How does it happen then that in a
catholic country" the government
should dare embark on an anti-clerical
campaign?
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-08-05
Street Carmen
TO SUPPORT L
MEMS demands
Will Stick Together in
Fight Against insult

Workers on Chicago surface lines
have decided not to go into neeotia-
tons for new agreement with the
company until the elevated men, now
talking a new wage scale over with
the bosses, have completed their set
Element.
William Quinlan, president of the
Surface Lines division of the Anal
gamated Street and Electric Railway
Employees said that would be che union
strategy in the present fight being
waged by the men both for can in.
crease and against a wage cut offered
by the company as a counter proposal.
All Have One Boss.
The insult interests control both the
street lines and the elevated as we'll
as the North Shore line, workers on
which are also in negotiations. The
surface line men will ask for the
gains the elevated men secure as the
result of their negotiations.
The North Shore men, who are get.
ting 76 cents an hour are out after
6 cent increase. The company is talk.
ing about a cent reduction but II is
known that II would be perfectly will.
ling to pay the old rate.
Meetings Continue.
The surface line men met at Car
mems Hall in their monthly meeting
and came to the above decision. The
elevated employees representatives.
will meet with the bosses today for
the first tilt In the negotiations and
the North Shore men will continue
their conversations with Insults
agents today and tomorrow.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-08-05
MEXICAN LABOR
PARTY CONTROLS
LOWER CHAMBER
All Credentials Were
Contested
Especial to The Daily Worker

MEXICO CITY, Aug. 3.-With the
contest on credentials to the Mexican
chamber of deputies half over, the
lower house of the Mexican parlia-
ment will without doubt be controlled
by the labor party and its allies in the
coming term. Nearly every credential
was contested.
After trying to take forclble control
of the green room of the chamber,
the opposition bloc has not returned
to the chamber. Only the representa-
tives Of the Labor Party-Socialist AL
lance" were present when the creden-
tials Of the newly.elected deputies were
examined.
Support Gales.
The government bloc Is not a
strictly socialist bloc in the European
sense of the word. II is rather sort
of loose confederation of many de-
centralized parties calling themselves
socialist The only genuine mass
party is the Patriotic Laborista."
which is controlled by Morones, min
lister Of labor. and HIS colleagues OF the
Mexican Federation Of Labor. This
party is the chief support of the Gales
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-08-05

Lundin gave expression to his
opinions in a loud voice. He de-
MED having any profitable bust
ness connections with politicians.
He opposed Mckinley because he
voted for the war, for the Coos
sack espiong law" for conscrip-
ton and fc the world court.
Smith Changes Position.
ri would not support Frank Smith
because in 1920 he would not stand up
for our platform which resolved
against all foreign entanglements. In
1924 when the republican party fav-
ored the world court he supported the
whole republican ticket and l voted
for Senator LaFollette because he
voted against the war, CONSUMPTION
and espionage law"
Lundin virtually charged Smith
with changing his position on the
world court. In 1917, Lundin said,
Smith opposed plank attacking "all
foreign alliances" at a republican
state convention in Springfield.
The senate slush fund committee
will extend it's Illinois inquiry to in
clude all anti-saloon league activities
in behalf of any candidates in the re-
cent million-dollar Illinois campaign,
it was definitely announced yesterday
afternoon.
To Probe Wet and Dry Issue.
Senator James A. Reed, democrat of
Missouri, chairman of the committee,
announced tie wet and dry question
would be delved into because reports
had reached him of activities of the
league in the recent Illinois campaign.
Frank Smith, winner in the cam
paign, and William B. Mckinley, the
loser, were both endorsed by the
league.
A Subpoena was issued this after
noon for the leagues state paymas-
ter" his name was not revealed.
Small Is Soulful"
Lundin gave an inside story" of
his relations with Governor Small.
Gov. Small is an old man." the
witness declared $50 am l. I've
known him for over 80 years. He's
wonderful fine soulful man. But
only support him when l think he is
right. | have no alliance with him or
any man or any set of men. l can't
go along with them all the time, be-
cause they are politicians and they
must have the support of a majority
Of the voters"
Lundin said his only expenditures
in the campaign were for the circula-
ton of a political paper. This cost
him between $1,000 and $4,000. He
knew nothing of other finances in the
campaign.
William Hale Thompson, former
mayor of Chicago, was the star wit
ness at yesterday mornings session of
the senate slush fund investigation in
the federal building.
Thompson returned from William
Randolph Hearst's ranch in California
Continued on page q
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Catholics But Not
Too Seriously.

THE convinced catholics, however,
l. are by no means all clericals. Next
co, catholic Mexico, has a long record
of struggle against the church. In
surgeRt soldiers of the anti-clerical
revolution of 1S54-56 died with an
ave Maria" on their lips Indignant
at the swollen wealth of the catholic
episcopate, its greed and its countless
petty impositions, millions of bare
footed poems long ago began to har-
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-08-05
EX-PRESIDENT
BACKS GALES
IN Church War
Obregon's Stand AUerts
Civil War
Especial to The Daily worke)

MEXICO CITY, Aug. 3. - Breaking
the ring of doubt that surrounded his
position with regard to the present
controversy between church and state
in Mexico, former President Aware
obregon has issued clear cut dec
laration in support Of the stand OF tha
Gales administration.
This brings considerable relief to
supporters of the government Obre-
gon is still man Of much influence.
He is a likely presidential candidate
in 1928. There had been rumors cir
culating that Obregon might take ad-
vantage of the fight between the
church and the Gales government to
throw his support to the church and
win back power. This would have
meant civil war.
slames Clergy.
Gen. Obregon was emphatic in his
denunciation Of the clergy and placed
the entire blame for the contest on
the church. Obregon's statement fol-
lows:
1T is evident that the high digni-
taries Of the catholic church provoked
this conflict, when, thru the mouth of
its most exalted representative, Senior
Mora y del Rio the first declarations
were made public, with an evident
rebelliOus spirit against the funda-
mental laws in force.
Points To Foreign Plot.
"These declarations. without any
previous incident that could have
brought them on, conceded with the
international crisis provoked by the
big foreign interests, which considered
themselves injured by the promulga-
ton of the petroleum and alien land
laws.
"All of rs who know the proceed
ings of the clergy thru the different
armed political conflicts that Mexico
has been obliged to wage in order to
sustain its independence, know that it
was not a mere coincidence, these ac-
tons of the clergy.
Alliance With Outside.
Furthermore, we know that these
acts of the clergy were for the deliber-
ate intention OF accommodating a new
difficulty and to demonstrate to discon-
tented foreigners that within our own
frontiers they had allies to combat our
own constitution, thus placing at the
service Of the political interests the
faith of the believer"
"Truce" Turned Down,
A so-called truce evidently a piece
of diplomatizing on the part Of church
dignitaries. was presented to the adj
ministration yesterday saying that
certain foreign diplomats had offered
their good Offices to intercede in The
dispute as arbitrators.
The episcopal letter containing the
offer was summary turned down by
President Gales with the announce
ment that il was the governments in
Continued on page A.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-08-05
Decisive Areas Lost
to the Church.

THE answer to that is two-fold;
L First, many Of the decisive areas
Of catholic strength have been lost to
the church; and second, there are
deep class antagonisms within the
ranks of "the faithful" themselves.
One reads much these days of cath
Ollie riots against government author
ity. These are magnified many times
over for publicity purposes but they
do happen. They happen particularly
in the Federal District, in Puebla, in
Guadalajara, in the states Of Guiana
juato and Michoacan-where the
clerical power is concentrated. But
go into the states Of the north or
along the coastline, where the reyolu-
tionary struggles OF the past Is years
have been fought out and you find a
totally different state Of affairs. The
active clerical minority in. these areas
is very small indeed for a catholic
country" Among the toiling masses,
and even AMONG the petty.bourgeoisie,
the back of the church has been
broken. That could be seen several
years ago in the reception accorded to
the constitution of 1917.
have gone into church after church
in the state Of Sonora and found them
deserted except Tor few women.
have noticed the same thing in Vera
Cruz, and in Tamaulipas. That cath
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-08-05

they are a menace"
Menace for Foees, Maybe.
The young men, however were noe
menace. for altho some Of them are
progressiyes, their number was small
and they were not organized Hencs
they sat IN the convention. angry and
Disguised and vowing 70 come back
Continued on page -
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olicism has lost its hold during the ex-
periences of revolution and counter
revolution is common gossip in these
parts. They, are important parts, for
every successful revolutionary move
ment in recent history has swept to-
ward the center from one of them.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-08-05

outlaw union, etc, etc.
Il declared itself for the union label,
but did not give~a moments time TO
consideration OF the Organization of
the unorganized, which would render
the union label superhuous and unnec.
essary, Fundamental questions were
ignored, for the old men present dom.
mated and as one of them said. There
are too many young men here. and
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-08-05
ROUMANIA DECLARES A
MARTIAL LAW REGIME
ON BULGAR FRONTIER

LONDON, Aug. 3.--The Romanian
government has declared martial
law for a distance Of thirty kiIo-
meters along Dobrudja frontier to
prevent ineursions from Bulgarian
eomltadIl, according TO Vienna dis
patch to the Exchange Telegraph.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-08-05
FRANC RAISES
AS BANKS Win
RATIFICATION
POincare to COnUoke the
National Assembly
Especial TO The Daily Worker,

PARIS, Aug. 3. - The Poincare gov
eminent having surrendered, perhaps
willingly, to the pressure of financiers
demanding that the MeIIon-5erenger
debt agreement be ratified at once,
the franc yesterday began rising
again, going up during the day from
4o.13 to 1895 to the dollar.
Got It Without Fighting.
Ambassador Berenger, who was one
of those who a month ago sat in
conspiratory meeting to overthrow
the constitutional government and dis
solve parliament by the use of troops
in order to get the debt agreement
ratified, has accomplished that object
without such military action. After
being informed yesterday officially by
Poincare, that the debt agreement will
be presented for ratification, he an
nounced he would return to his post
at Washington.
To Call National Assembly.
The French cabinet has approved
Poincare's project to establish great
sinking fund to retire the national de-
Tense bonds totaling 100000. 1t
is intended to get the approval Of this
as a fundamental law of the national
assembly, by having the senate and
the chamber of deputies meet jointly
at Versailles.
The national assembly, which meets
at Versailles, consists of the senate
and the chamber of deputies in joint
session. If they sit at Paris, these two
bodies must act within the constitu-
ton, but meeting jointly at Versailles
as the national assembly, they have no
restrictions whatever, and may
change, modify and even set aside the
constitution. 1t may well be that If
Poincare has the deputies and SEN
ators we'll in hand when they meet at
Versailles, that something more than
technical problems will be urged upon
it.
Pays lnstallment.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 8. France
yesterday paid S1O,OOO,OOO to the
United States as an installment on the
S40O 100000 owing for war supplies
sold to France at a great discount
after the war was over. This sum was
included in the whole debt funded I'M
der the Mellon-Berenger agreement,
but because that agreement is not yet
ratified, the payment was made on the
war supplies purchase.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-08-05

In accordance with these instruc-
lions, the bourgeois papers have
Siven very little space to the trial.
contrary to their attitude during the
,ast week they confined their reports
10 few lines on the proceedings and
even these reports we're printed in an
unobtrusive part OF the paper. The
pawSoapors went even further. Thsv
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-08-05

constructed reports tending to dis
credit the Communists in the eyes OF
the public. A progrom atmosphere is
being created preparatory to handing
out heavy Jail sentences.
NoTE:--Additional news OF trial on
Pare Six.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-08-05
HUNGARIAN PRESS is FORCED INTO
SILENCE ON TRIAL OF So WORKERS
BY LETTER FROM PRIME MINISTER

VIENNA July 16(By mpecorr)A
confidential
they are Instructed the Ragos trial concay
impossible affairs public
non trial in which the defendants frankly
court being made with the
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-08-05
OHIO STATE FEDERATION FAILS
TO ACT ON LABOR'S IMPORTANT
PROBLEMS, BUT DOES SOME GOOD

Federation Labor
hear nnumer-
nothing "reminiscences Jokes and
rushed through
United
Clothing dus and
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-08-05
FRED LUNDIN, C. 0. P. BOSS FOR Len
SMALL, SAYS SMITH SWITCHED HIS
POSITION ON WORLD COURT ISSUE

Frederick Lundn reputed organizer
Thompson machine politician but farmer
who does little thinking the side testimony
Yesterdays afternoon session the
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-08-05
OREGON DECLARES AGAINST CHURCH
ksss.s.x Se.|
By THOMAS J. o'FLAHERTY

CHICAGO police had been search
- ing for Al (Scarface) Capone for
months on suspicion that he was re-
sponsible for the murder of Assistant
States Attorney William McSwiggin.
In fact, the police publicity charged
him with the murder, and special
writer for a nationally known maya
zine, in a series of articles on the
thrilling doings of Chicago's gangland,
infinitely described the movements of
Scarface Immediately before the muir
der, even to the extent of telling how
he opened little door in the wall of
a Cicero restaurant, from which he
took the Thompson machine gun that
slaughtered McSwiggin and his two
gangster companions.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-08-05
Section Three, New
York City, to Meet
on Thursday Night

NEW YORK. Aug. S.--The section
conference to work out the plans for
the work in Section and to elect A
section executive committee will take
place Thursday, August s. at p. m,
at 30l w. 29th street.
This conference was 10 be held last
Thursday but was postponed due 10
the Dzerzhinky memorial meeting that
was held on that day
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-08-05

The American Worker Correspond
ent Is out. Did you get your eopy7
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-08-05

EVIDENTLY angry because Paris
II butted in on it's monopoly of ia
bles about Russia, Riga came across
last Saturday with the prize winner to
date Afraid that the red army would
become disorganized Leon Trot-
sky took a trip out of Moscow to rally
a battalion with the object of Selling
the Kremlin. He changed his mind
for some reason or other and returned.
Then the funny conclusion. The
authorities are considering Trotsky's
arrest. Another tale from London at
tributes Zinoviev's removal from the
political bureau 10 the wishes of For
eign Minister Streseman of Germany
You will hear many more fables of
this kind until after the next annual
congress of the All-Union Communist
Continued from page p
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-08-05

THE wolves are now bowling in
chorus for the infliction of punish
ment on Mexico for that country's
tomerity in putting the screws on the
catholic church. | picked up an Irish
American catholic-nationalist weekly
yesterday and found the greater part
Of one page devoted to anti-Mexican
propaganda OF course the paper is
subsidized by the church. 1t is De
Valera's chief mouthpiece in America.
And De Valera is strong for Irish in
dependence, from England, but not
from Rome Judge Talley of New
York, prominent spokesman for Irish
freedom, demands of Washington the
breaking off of diplomatic relations
with Mexico Real friends of Irish
freedom should warn those self-ap-
pointed spokesman for Irish independ-
ence that their anti-Mexican fulmina-
tlons are resented by all people who
believe that Mexico has as much right
to run her own affairs as any other
country.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-08-05


THIS was putting the finger on the
i sore spot. Sleuths we're supposed
to be exploring every nook and Granny
of the underworlds of six of Amer
ica's largest cities, but still the elu-
sive AL could not be located. Finally,
in the midst of the slush fund inves-
tigation, as If jealous of the competi-
ton for front page publicity, AL de-
cided to surrender, on terms. He
walked into the federal building as
the states attorney was about to take
the stand in the slush probe. Al was
treated very much like a predigal son,
TIE was booked on some contempt
IL BILE charge of violating the Vol
stead law by the federal government
and then turned over to his friends in
the states attorneys. office, He APP
peared in court the following day and
the Judge turned him loose. The state
had nothing on him, AL was much
relieved. 1t was a terrible thing, he
observed, to have the public believe
that he would have killed his "good
friend Bill McSwiggi1." Justice is
very simple. AS a cartoonist OBJ
served perhaps Al contributed to
somebody's campaign fund. Perhaps
his nickles went into that total of
Sill, 500 for the Crowe-Barrett county
ticket. Or perhaps he raised that
$4,000 that went to win the county
iudgeship for Assistant States Attor-
ney Joseph Savage, one of Groves
pets. 1t might be good investment
for al.
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The DAILY WORKER Raises
the Standard for a Workers
and Farmers Government