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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-07-31
ROUNDING ROUND
Rit4 u WA51ES

When~Stuart Walker presents ''The Swan here on Mon
day night, | am safe in saying that the highest peak of his sea-
son has been reached.
Here is not only a brilliant comedy of old world court man
nerss but there will be a cast here which would reflect credit for
any play on Broadway.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-07-31

The scenes are laid in a suburban
town. The author takes a man, who
is OF the Supplemented, kindly, hen
pecked type, Ed Graham by name,
and places him in a home with a
wife who is complaining, dominating,
self.willed, and exactlng.
Ed has a daughter that would be
yle better for a daily trip to the
woodshed, did he dare to take her
there, but the wife being the auto
Crat, ali Ed can do is to be- the
gentle, i~ndulgent husband and
father.
Into his household comes a visitor,
Ada Towsley, who has in addition to
the unpleasant traits of her sister,
a sharp tongue that lashes every
body within the circle of her ac-
qu~aintance. Ada plays an important
part IN the forcing Of Ed to seek con-
ISOLATION outside his home.
AS stories usually go, the con-
Isolation is found next door. Ed has
, noticed for a long time, hat his
neighbor Belle Sheridan, has had to
play the role Of martyr to her
tyrannical husband.
Their two hearts crying out for the
same freedom, they finally find
solace in clandestine meetings But
Eds Unborn principles prevent him
from taking the step with Belle
which would give them both exemp.
ton from their marital servitude.
He has a family to whom he has
been faithful for thirteen years. Not.
withstanding his -disheartening.
domestic relations, he once took a
o to protect womanhood. That
vow was an eternal one. Belle, how
ever, had had a rather sophisticai
existence before her marriage. She
had been an actress, and was used
to somewhat of n Bohemian life.
When pressed to a decision, she,
therefore, went out from her hOne
alone. the tragic experiences which
led the two to their final decisions
constitute gripping scenes.
The cast of The Lady Next
Door is as follows:
Harriet Graham ......... Jyes LaRue
Sister Graham ........ Bernice Marsolais
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-07-31
b Buy

The Messrs. Shubert have
acquired the American rights
to the latest operetta by EN-
merich Kalman entitled die
Zirkusprinzessin" (The Circus
Princess.) They have scheduled
the presentation of this operet-
ia following the New York
premiere Of THE Nightingale"
THE Circus Princess" has
book by julius Bramner and
Alfred Grunwald. 1t was only
recently produced at the
Theatre an der Wien On Vienna
and will be presented In Ber-
lin in the autumn.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-03-04

Acquitted of basphemy the verdict
in Bmba BrocktoL If the law fol
the would been just the revrsBimba
beyond dispute gay basphemy and under baspemy law
god of all gods all puposive
all first fact everything behind which
any semblance Of any religion may be concealed.
exposes the swinde of religion rdcule and
wantony and maciOuy reve god and religion and
everything with them If that basphemy what
ask, is blasphemy?
BY marshag inconoyerbe facts of science prove that
every religion baseless there be god there
future existence BY proving the workers that this existence
the all in all blast their hope for compensation in realms beyond
The clouds for their earthly misery We them what they
entitled while they here instead of gazing toward
mythical afee Can anything be basphemous than not
only denying the existence of god but proving that god
possibly erist dnyDhere IN the unUerse?
the march scientific knowledge and the fact that
intelligent longer believes in the existence of god
despite the rawlings of such mental the BroOn shoe
manufacturers prosecuting attoneyhe petty judge the shoe
barons domains forced to throw the basphmy charge of
But the cb shop apostles of Brockon would not permit
their puppe judge to release Bmba he found guilty of
slightly overstepping7 the sediion statute.
of the will be appealed to higher court Mean
while Communists will insist upon ccsng the United States
the government Massachusetts the city
Brockton in order the against the desposm
the capitalist lackeys established right
the right criticize the real upon earth their executive
committee, the government
Communists do advocate force violence other
terrorism overthrow the government the country
simply point the historical that ruling
struggle it despised by
overwhelming society and only exists thru
fetter upon further development of social forces.
There difference between melting violence pre-
dieting the Of the class struggle upon the basis of the
lessons of history.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-03-04

Need Class Consciousness.
THESE same capitalists bring in
: hundreds of thousands of Next
cans, who are accustomed to meager
living and will not rebel so readily.
But one also hears these words
from the mouths of lackeys of the
capitalist class, Native-born Ameri-
can workers who regard everything
foreign as below the American stand
ard, assail the foreign-born workers
as if they were parasites on the life
of the native workers.
The American-born worker has not
learned class-consciousness as yet.
Just as he despises the Negro work
er and keeps him out Of the trade
unions, thereby mourning the hatred
of the Negro worker, so too he despis-
es the foreign-born worker and con-
siders him class apart.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-03-04
Keep Your Mouth Shut or Get Out Of the Country

knowledge of the authorities. AT any
time, at any place, an officer OF the
law will be allowed to stop a man
and ask for his registration card.
This is terrorization of the brazen-
est kind.
Why do the capitalists introduce
such legislation at this time? Because
of the approaching economic and po-
litical conditions in Europe, Asia and
this country-and because the labor
movement is weak and demoralzed.
To attack the weakest section of the
working class--the foreign-born work
ers-means an attack on the working
class as a whole. If the foreign-born
workers-7and the Negro workers
are inundated, they may be used to
force down the general condition Of
the working class. The lowered eco
nomic status of the foreign-born will
be a threat to the native workers
and the whole level will sink.
The foreign-born therefore, must or
ganize to protect themselves. Organ
ization is the only weapon of the
working class. Mass strength is the
hope of the workers. Once the for
eign-born are organized-which means
that they themselves have realized
the danger that confronts them-the
native workers will begin to under
stand the menace of the legislation
against the foreign-born worker. They
will and must unite with the foreign
born workers in protection first OF
the interests of the foreign-born
workers and of their own interests.
Organize to Protect Selves.
COUNCILS for the Protection of the
~ Foreign-Born Workers must be
the answer of the working class to
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-03-04
Why We Formed the Hawaiian Communist League

working for three months or there
abouts in the fields at the hardest
kind of work (called "Hohana Gang')
he gets a wonderful raise of five cents
per day. The next job that he gets is
mule driver at the rate of one dollar
and twenty cents per day. Then there
is the tractor driver who is the high
est paid Filipino on the plantation.
He is paid the princely sum Of one dol
lar and fifty cents. This is not for
paltry eight hours either. The Fill
ipino works tenehours.
The object of the Hawaiian Commu-
mist League was to alleviate such con-
ditions and to awaken the workers OF
the islands to their situation. There
were other reasons for the league, too
many to mention. One outstanding
reason was the fear in which the Fill
ipinos held anything pertaining to
the military forces. We sought to
bring the two branches of labor to-
gether and as it was easier to start
in the army we organized there first.
For us to try to organize in the ranks
of the Filipinos would have been use
less unless we were able to show
more than our own attitude, and again
there was the difficulty of obtaining
definite information from them while
we wore the uniform. The field is
still open and civilians will find an
excellent opportunity here for organ
izing self-supporting Communist
League that will be a credit to the
working class movement. My only re-
greet is that we didn't have sufficient
time to get well organized before we
were arrested.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-03-04
The Campaign Against the Foreign Born

the challenge of Coolidge and the
capitalist attempts to terrorize the
foreign-born. The Negroes must be
brot into these councils, for they suf-
fer from the same malicious, danger
Gus forces that the foreign-born do.
Even tho they may not be deported,
the attacks, discrimination and gem
eral dwelling of the Negro to status
below that of the foreign-born, make
it imperative that the Negro workers
become powerful factor in these
councils.
Support Councils!
The Communists must support
these councils in every way. The
members Of the party must recognize
that the impending mass menace are
the bills that will be introduced in
congress during the present term.
But whether these bills pass or not,
the foreign-born must remain organ
lied in order to protect their inter-
ests. The capitalists do not depend
upon law They have sufficient extra
legal organizations, fascist organiza-
tons, such as the ku klux khan, Anne
rican legion, American Defense So
ciety, National Security League, Min
ute Men of the Constitution, etc,
which demonstrate that they will spit
upon their own laws, when their in
terests are endangered.
Local and national councils for the
Protection of tho Foreign-Born Work
ers are the demand of the hour. Every
foreign-born worker, all trade unions,
and especially those containing a per-
centage of foreign-born workers-but
in reality all organized labor must
recognize the danger of the present
situation.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-03-04
ATLANTA SCHOOL HEADS
FEAR TEACHING OF
EVOLUTION THEORY
sDeciaI to The Daily workerl

isDeciai to The Daily Workerl
NEW YORK, March 2.-(FP)-
Atlanta, Georgia public schools are
being investigated to find whether
any teacher is trying to put over
evolution theories to students. The
investigating committee of the board
OF education has been appointed
but what action will be taken
against offending teachers, II any
are found, is not yet known. The
Atlanta board Of education resolu-
tions state that
at is not the intent or purpose
of this body to allow taught or
disseminated in the public schools
Of Atlanta any doctrine or theory,
either officially or unofficialIy, by
any teacher in any public school in
the city of Atlanta which would
lead to the acceptance by the youth
of this city Of the doctrine of evoIu-
ton or any theory that would take
from the majesty Of god as the
creator Of the universe and of hav-
Ing created man in his own like
ness and image, separate and dis
tinct from any other Of his crea-
tions, or that would In any way
reflect upon the bible as the dlvinely
inspired word Of god"
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-03-04

forced to work under a blazing sun
while he was so sick that he was
scarcely able to support his own
weight. Twice l half carried him to
the guardhouse and each time the
provost sergeant, Moss, laughed at
the plight in which Crouch was and
swore that he would knock his block
off if he came back to the guardhouse
before he was told to do so. Other
than this trouble we had smooth sail
ing because we were sent to another
guardhouse after Crouch came back
from the hospital
Autocratic Officers.
THEs reason for forming the Ha-
1 waiian Communist League were
many. Two reasons above all others
stand out. One is the attitude of the
officers toward the enlisted men. Au-
tocracy is a mild word to use for a
descriptive adjective. The situation is
being more and more felt by the men
themselves and the only reason that
they do not desert to a man is because
the island is so hard to get off from
without being caught Were "a mill
tary post in the United States to be
conducted upon the same basis there
would be complete desertion in TWEEN
ty-four hours.
Another reason for the formation of
the league was the labor situation on
the plantations. Such things as the
following facts were common knowl-
edge: As a general rule the plan.
tation owners employ Filipino labor
ers. The new arrival from the Philip.
pines get the magnificent wage of one
dollar and ten cents per day. After
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-03-04

and typed. The three members of the
executive committee signed it and
Nadeau and took 1t to the postoffice
and mailed it. We had already made
mistake, however. Eugene v.
Fisher, the hired spy of 1t. Col. John
B. Murphy, the assistant chief of
staff of the Hawaiian gdivision, had
seen the letter written and signed.
Since he had been told by the 1t. Col.
to get those d-n Bolsheviks" and
not care how it was done" he con-
sidered this an excellent opportunity
to get us. He therefore went with
Nadeau and me to the postoffice and
watched us mail the letter. Not until
the evening of this same day did we
suspect him definitely.
Wishing to wait for the answer
from Moscow before making any
more elaborate plans, we decided to
do only the work already planned l
drew plans for membership card
which met with the approval of the
committee but these were never
printed as we were jailed the next
day. fs
On Feb. 10 the enlisted men and
officers of the 21st U. S. Regt. of In
fantry were given an unusual order
The order@was to the effect that they
were to assemble in front of their re.
spective companies at one o'clock in
field uniform. No officer or enlisted
man was excused. Cooks, kitchen me1
and even stable men were required tc
attend. At the prescribed hour we
formed in company front at the ap
pointed place and waited develop
ments. They were not long in com
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-03-04

rope-in few states-and altogether
the unstable state of things will re-
fleet on America. Economic condi-
tions in the United States may not be
serious at the present time, but the
decline of European industry will inn
mediately have reaction on the
United States The apex of prosper
ity is probably past; the building in
dustry will not have another boom;
the steel industry is not looking for
prosperous year The decline of in
dustry will mean struggles for the
workers.
The workers in the basic industries
are foreign-born workers. The steel
industry employs ITO Negro workers,
because it requires just 17To of the
working force to keep the plants go
ing. Hence the capitalists have
launched campaign against the for
eign-born and Negro workers, hoping
to intimidate them.
Bills Against Foreign-Born.
THIS campaign is bound to become
4 more intense, as conditions get
worse The capitalists therefore have
introduced thru their representatives
in the government bills to coerce the
foreign-born workers. Keep your
mouth shut or get out of the coun-
try" is their slogan. In order to be
able to track down the offender-one
who fights for the interests of his
class-the capitalist government OF
this country intends to register the
foreign-born workers. According to
another bill, the foreign-born workers
will be registered, photographed and
fingerprinted. The foreign-born work
ers will not be able to move from
one part of the country without the
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-03-04


ing. A group of about twelve officers
including the 1t. Col. before mention
ed came into the quadrangle and pro
ceeded to question each company com
mander When they reached the ser
vice company they called Crouch from
the supply section and Nadeau and l
from the band section, ordered us up
to the orderly room and placed a
guard of about seven or eight military
police over us. We were afterwards
sent, still under heavy guard. to the
18th Field Artillery guardhouse.
WHILE in the guardhouses Crouch
w was so mistreated that he had to
be sent to the hospital. He was
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-03-04
Pennsylvania Miners
Help Zeigler Defense

AVELLA. Pa, Mar. g. Local No.
1881 Of the United Mine Workers Of
America at its last meeting adopted
a strong resolution expressing soil.
darity with the zeigler miners whom
the government is trying to railroad
to jail on frame.up charge of con-
spiracy and attempt to murder. Each
member Of the local is contributing
% cents for the defense of these vic.
tins of the coal operators. This will
bring in about 800.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-03-04

The capitalists and the capitalist
government know not only how to ex-
plot this lack of class7consciousness,
but at the same time they employ
means of intensifying IT, They pit
one nationality against the other-not
merely the American against the for
eign-born, but the foreign-born work
ers of different nationalities against
one another By dividing the work
ers, the capitalists manage to keep
control.
The capitalists furthermore, are as
well aware of the national and inter-
national situation as the Communists
and advanced workers oflthis country
are. They know that the situation of
several countries in Europe is pre-
carious. They know that the national
movement in Asia and Africa is grow
ing. The danger of revolution in Eu-
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-03-04
BY !. AMTER.

IF you like this country back to the
what every foregnborn worker has to face
he complains about conditions in this country
How much hypocrisy there in this statement emanates
mouths of capitalists who themselves depend
large upon foregnborn workers for cheap
skilled labor
capitalists who not in favor of
strcted immigration prefer that the silent of the White
House (who doing of empty talking these days. should
admit foeignbon workers above the quota
provided industry them Industry in the United States
NEED them the capitalist does He wants cheap
and under condl
tons that are below American minimum of existence
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-03-04

Bosses Make Enormous Profit.
Indian jute workers make a little
over $50 year, while their employ
ers make about $500 a year profit on
each worker-eight times the work
er's cost in wages. Dividends OF
three Indian jute mills were over 1870
per cent in 1924 and the Kinanlson
mill made 100 per cent. This mill
made over 400 per cent in 1920, and
all Of the Indian jute mills made fab
ulous war profits. During the last 10
years the; average dividend for all
companies has been 80 per cent.
English capital holds stock in these
Indian mills, the Dundee investigators
found. In the Gourerpore sharehold-
ers list. the item 1896 shares held FOR
Mackay and company, Ltd, account
Lord Inchape" proved Illuminating.
Most of the British shares are held by
banks or brokers.
Conditions Appalling.
Indian jute workers suffer all the
abuses which led Bombay cotton mill
workers TO strike last September: all
sorts OF wage deductions Tor fines, get
ting job, advancing, keeping the
foreman friendly, etc. The workers
are constantly in debt to money lend
ers who charge up to cooper cent
yearly interest. The British unionists
report their amazement at seeing
that the authorities had planted
cheap alcohol and opium shops all
over the mill area" Housing is hor-
rlble: two-thirds OF the workers llv-
ing in mud and plaster huts. With
the exception Of few toy mill
schools" there is no pretense OF edu-
cation for workers children.
Johnston and Slime tried to organ
lie white assistants In the mill but
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-03-04


half the story, which tells of such
magnificent profits on the original
investment that automotive indus
tries, the leading journal of the in
dustry, is inspired to carry long
article dealing with Hudson's finan-
cial history.
Net Worth 100000.
Starting in 1909 with an investment
of about 100000 represented by TO-
600 shares Of $40 par value stock, the
company has grown to net worth
of over S43000,000 almost entirely
thru the re-investment of excess pro-
fits made during the period. The new
cash paid for stock in the interim
amounted to less than 100000.
This growth out OF profits has been
accompanied by series OF stock divi-
dends, 900 per cent in 1910, about 80
per cent in 1913, 500 per cent In 1922
and 10 per cent in 1924. In 1922 there
were also issued 100000 shares in ex.
change for the Essex company which
was absorbed and In 1925 10000
shares were sold to the factory man
ager. Says A. Motelle in automotive
industries:
"Allowing for the shares Issued for
the Essex business and for the small
issue Of shares to employees, the orr
ginal investor has now approximately
100 shares for every share in 1909"
$4,000 on $40 investment.
As each share has today value of
more than $50 this means that an orr.
ginal investment Of $40 has grown in
II years TO over $4,000. In addition
the company has paid cash dividends
ranging from 10 per cent? to rs per
cent, total Of s16.e13.0OO. Altogeth-
err the original investor has thus ro1
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-03-04
Defend Right to
Teach Evolution

WASHINGTON, March 2.--FP)-
Defense of the right Of educators to
teach evolution was vetoed by the
National Education Association, in the
final session of its convention in
Washington. Fifteen thousand mem
bers had attended.
I'VE rely confidently" their resolu-
ton said, "in any conflict between
truth aHd error, upon that divine
wisdom that has endowed the human
brain with the power to think and
reason. Only that education can be
free which provides, under conditions
appropriate to the age Of the student.
complete liberty to seek the answer
to any honest question.
I'VE would respectfully remind our
fellow-citizens that while legislation
seeking to control the subject-matter
OF the curriculum may impede educa-
tional progress, II has not the power
to alter, modify or set aside any i'm
mutable law Of nature, OF science or
of god"
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-03-04

ceived approximately $1,000 in cash
on each $40 invested in addition to the
$4,000 gain in the value of his invest
ment, total gain of about $4,000.
The possibility of such. profits on
saving of $40 should certainly encour-
age wage earners to thrift. The pro-
paganda might read something like
this Invest $40 out OF each months
pay for IL months and at the end of
IL years your years savings will have
increased your wealth by over $780,
900. That is the kind of return that
a nation Of capitalists. has right to
expect. nm
Small Holder Gets Small End.
But of course, when labor is asked
to join the investing class the best
that 1t is offered is a per cent pre-
ferred stock. And at the end of II
years each $3.50 az months at 500 SO
invested would increase to about 3d.
500 IL all dividends we're re-inyested,
an amount somewhat short OF the $780,
900 which would result from 1920 in
vested by the owners OF industry,
without reinvesting their enormous
cash dividends.
Hudson's current dividend rate is
SO year on each share Of stock. But
as each original $40 share has bios
somed into 100 shares this means a
regular annual return OF $500 In cash
on each $40 invested in 1909. A regu-
lar 300 per cent cash dividend is rath.
or better than the 7 per cent which
wage earners draw ON their scattered
holdings In preferred stock
Observation-Disclosures The DAILY