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The Pleasantville press., 1926-04-20

The subscription price of The
Pleasantville Press, issued twice
each week. is $3.50 per year.
Until May 1. subscriptions will be
received at $1.50 for the period
Of one year only.
The Pleasantville press., 1926-04-20

DAYLIGHT SAVING.

Daylight saving will go in
to effect in Pleasantville and
many other places on the
Mainland at 2 o'clock Sun
day morning. All watches
and clocks will be turned
ahead and the night short
ened an hour.
The Pleasantville press., 1926-04-20
ANNOUNCEMENT

The Modern Sanitary Barber
Shoppe now open for business at
II East Washington avenue.
Three expert BARRIERS in attend
ance in all lines. Ladies' work
a specially. adv.x
The Pleasantville press., 1926-04-20
MAINLAND TENNIS CLUB
Miss Katherine Porteus Elected
President.

The Mainland Tennis Club
held the first meeting of the sea-
son at the home of Miss Helene
Goldey, Shore Rd. and Pacific av.
Tuesday evening. Plans for fix
ing up the tennis court were dis
cussed The election of officers
took place. and officers of the pre-
vious year were reelected with
Miss Katherine Porteus president
and Miss Helene Goldey secretary
and treasurer Members of the
club will conduct a cake and pie
sale in the near future. Date
and place will soon be announced.
The Pleasantville press., 1926-04-20
NEW STATION eLYN MEATH

NEW STATION GLYN MEATH.
A fine station is being built at
Glyn Meath on the Shore Fast
Line. Glyn Meath is the home
development lying between Lin
wood and Somers Point, which
William Sharrock laid out and
got under way. The Shore Fast
is now completing a station and
platform which is spacious and
convenient.
The Pleasantville press., 1926-04-20

The First National Bank Of
Pleasantville, N. j., the origina-
tors of 4A9o interest, are still
paying that rate on Savings Ac-
counts.-adv.-x
The Pleasantville press., 1926-04-20

Zion M. E. church at Bargain.
town will serve an oyster supper
Thursday evening at Zion Hall.
adjoining the church.
The Pleasantville press., 1926-04-20
FIRE IN HOME OF
WILLIAM G. OXLEY.

The fire department of North
field was called out last evening,
when a chimney at the home of
VIM. G.. Oxley, on Zion and New
roads, burned out. The fire was
quickly subdued with small loss.
The Pleasantville press., 1926-04-20

The First National Bank OF
Pleasantville, N. j., pays Az %
Interest on Savings Accounts and
has done so since Jan. 1, 1924.
The Pleasantville press., 1926-04-20

E. Moss Mathis, editor of the
Tuckerton Beacon, member of the
Ocean County Board of Taxation,
is out for the Republican nomina-
The Pleasantville press., 1926-04-20

Your coal troubles eliminated.
Hygienic Ice e Coal Co., Franklin
and Reading Railroad. Advt."
The Pleasantville press., 1926-04-20

The old Central Barber Shop,
No. 10 West Washington Ave,
has reopened under new man
agement. Dan Calobro. Prop.
Adv.x
The Pleasantville press., 1926-04-20
OPENS OFFICE

Thomas I. Dunlap has opened
his Office at No. 201 West Wash
ington av. adv.*
The Pleasantville press., 1926-04-20

Clark Lumber Co., lumber, mill
work and builders supplies. Phone
287. Advt.s
The Pleasantville press., 1926-04-20

The motto of the First National
Bank of Pleasantville, N. j.
4A% Interest, 1000 Safety.
The Pleasantville press., 1926-04-20

VIM. E. Mathis, Plumbing and
43 E. West Jersey Ave.
Advt.*
The Pleasantville press., 1926-04-20

Clark Lumber Co., lumber. mill
work and builders supplies. Phone
287. Advt.a
The Pleasantville press., 1926-04-20

DIR. ]. Ward Weaver is now
ready for business in complete
ly equipped modern dental office
in the Risley building.-Adv.x
The Pleasantville press., 1926-04-20

Don't forget the 20 Lions
Dance, May 8. Fox Casino, adv.
The Pleasantville press., 1926-04-20

Clark Lumber Co., lumber. mill
work and builders supplies. Phone
287. Advt.%
The Pleasantville press., 1926-04-20
A Friend

for your coal needs. Hygienic Ice
& Coal Co., Franklin and Read.
ing Railroad. Advt.s
The Pleasantville press., 1926-04-20

-Pleasantville Press, twice each
week, Tuesdays and Fridays.
The Pleasantville press., 1926-04-20

-Pleasantville Press, twice
each week, Tuesdays and FRI
days.
The Pleasantville press., 1926-04-20

Don't forget the 20 Lions
Dance. May 3. Fox Casino, adv.
The Pleasantville press., 1926-04-20
ANNOUNCEMENT

H. Stokes Doriss, M. D., has
opened Offices at 300 West Wash
ington Ave. Hours 10 to IL a., 70.
nIsrr Advt.s
The Pleasantville press., 1926-04-20
TWICE EACH WEEK

ford's drug store. Phone 532-J.
Advt.'
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-06-08
IMMIGRATION
SPIES BULLY
The WORKERS
Snarl at Workers But
Smile at the Rich
BY 8. LEFCosKI,
worker Correspondent

SEATTLE, Wash. -(By Mail)- |
was coming on the steamer from
Bellingham to Seattle, and while sit
ting on a deck chair reading a news.
paper, along came the immigration
and customs officers.
With the instinct and action of a
detective he asked me what national
ity was, when came to this country,
whether l was ever in Canada, and
finally-asked if the hat was wearing
was my own hat. Then he looked in
side it to see if it was Of Canadian
make or from a Canadian store.
He asked if had any relations in
this country, where / was travelling
from and where to l was going. He
at last was satisfied, and gave my hat
back to me. Then he followed the
same line of talk with other travellers.
This sort of spies humiliate workers
particularly. They don't bother the
rich tourists, but often bully workers,
even the sovereign and free born"
American workers in their own" coun-
try.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-06-08

States, he returned to his native state
to organize the Indians and to lead
them in their struggles for the restora-
ton OF their communal lands. There
he Joined the Communist Party and
became one Of its two or three out
standing leaders.
IncorruptIbe and Brave.
He organized the League Of Ag-
rarlan Communities OF the State Of
Michoacan, with a membership of 15,-
900, and affiliated it with the League
of Agrarian Communities of the State
Of Vera Cruz, which in turn affiliated
with the Krestintern. He was alb.
solutely fearless, and what is more I'M
portant in a land where all leaders are
Systematically corrupted, absolutely
incorruptible.
Whenever an injustice was commit
ted against the peasants, he would
take the field at the head of an armed
band and see TO II that justice was
done. At times he was at the head
OF large guerrilla bands and at other
times he was isolated and in hiding.
His name became terror to the big
landowners OF his state, and house
hold word in the home OF every OPP
pressed Indian.
Hitherto attempts to assassinate
him, to frame him in legal trials, to
isolate and render him unpopular had
proved as futile as the attempts to
bride him with office or wealth.
Second Murder Of Communist Leaders.
The peasants and the Communist
Party OF Mexico have lost, in his
death, one Of their greatest leaders.
Primo Tapia is the second Mexican
Communist killed in a few months.
The other. Francisco Moreno, deputy
Of the state OF Vera Cruz, was shot
from behind pillar upon leaving the
chamber, His fight on behalf OF the
peasants OF Vera Cruz made his as
dangerous to the government as Primo
Tapia had become. III
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-06-08
THE MURDER OF PRIMO TAPIA
BY BERTRAM D. WOLFE.

Primo Tapia, beloved peasant leader
Of Mexico, president of the League of
Agrarian Communities of the state of
Michoacan, has been courtmartialed
and shot by the Mexican government.
In this manner the Gales government
keeps back the Communist movement
by Kidding Mexico of its few much
needed leaders. q
Primo Tapia was the best type of
Mexican peasant leader. OF Indian ex-
traction and Speaking not only the
language OF the country (Spanish) but
also the Indian dialect of the natives
of the state Of Michoacan, Tapia was
both worker and peasant. The peasant
leaders of Mexico are all brave and
rebellious, but few OF them have any
gift for organization or any clear con-
cept of the relation between the peas
ant and the worker.
"A Wise Leader.
Primo Tapia was an outstanding ex-
ception to this rule. Like many Mexi-
cans, he had gone to the United States
as an unskilled contract laborer and
worked, first on the railroads and then
in the coal mines, where he had join
ed the Miners Union, and learned how
the class struggle is conducted by an
organized labor movement.
Then, after 10 years in the United
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-06-08
FORD'S NET PROFITS
ARE S526,441 ,951 FOR
A SEVEN YEAR PERIOD

DETROIT, Mich, June 6. - Net
profits Of the Ford Motor Company
for the seven years 1917 to 1924
were S52s,441 ,951 and the gross
profits we're $s7s,176,2So, declared
Herbert L. Leister, chief auditor Of
the company, in his testimony be-
fore the United States district court.
The figures were brought out in a
suit Of the Parker Rust Proof Com
pany for royalties approxlmatine
100000 for infringement Of a pat
ent in the use Of a rustprooflnp
process.
A firm Of public accountants who
testified for the Parker Rust Com
pany claimed the net profits Of the
Ford Motor Company over the seven
year period was $7o2, oso,0o1.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-06-08
SOLID STRIKE OF
MASS. WEAVERS
WINS WAGE BOOST
Organize Into United
Front Committee
BY a Worker Correspondent.

NO. CHELMSFORD, Mass, June g.
The weavers of the Silasia mill won a
raise in wages of per cent after a
brief strike that lasted two days. The
Silasia mill is owned by the United
States Worsted Co., which operates
the Uswaco mill in Lawrence, two
large mills in Lowell, and several
other mills in different parts of New
England.
Majority Girls.
The Silasia mill employs about 900
workers in all departments. The ma
iority of the workers, with the excep-
ton Of those in the weaving depart.
ment, are young girls, who are mis-
erably exploited, The hours are long
and wages run from $12 to SIS a week.
The weavers averaged before the
strike sci week running one loom,
and lost time in repairing damaged
cloth for which they did not get paid
This was a standing grievance of the
weavers. -, os...t.s-
Shop Council.
A shop council was organized and a
demand for an increase of 20 per cent
was put TO the bosses. The superin-
tendent refused the demand. The
weavers walked out to a man and
tied up the two weave. rooms com
pletely. After striking for two days
the weavers went back to work with
an increase of per cent and rate of
81 cents for each hour spent in re-
pairing damagedreloth.
Organized BY United Front.
The weayers are being organized by
Inc United Front Committee of Lowell
textile workers. An effort will be
made to organize shop committees in
all other departments of the mill and
affiliate to the Lowell United Front
Committee of Textile Workers.
Attic the raise won is by far mad
equate and the pay much below a liv-
ing wage, the strike is a decided vic
tory for the weavers and shows what
solidarity and united action can ac-
complish for the workers.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-06-08

Tan Vale decision in which the courts
had held the union libale for heavy
strike damages. But the act strictly
specifies a trade dispute as a cause
for strikes.
Courts Forbid Glass Solidarity.
Justice Astbury simply held that
unions which go out on a sympathetic
strike without themselves having a
dispute with their employers do not
enjoy the protection of the act and
their employers can sue them for dam
ages and attach their funds.
This decision implies that the work
ers as a class cannot have a trade
dispute with the employers as a class.
1t threatens the leaders in charge Of
the general strike with immediate loss
Of their resources followed by a sub
sequent assault on the treasures of
all the unions involved. Says the
journal: Small wonder that the Brit
ish strikers surrendered"
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-06-08


What broke the strike, says the
journal editorially. was momentous
decision by Justice Astbury. The
Seamen's and Firemen's Union, Of
which Havelock Wilson is the head,
asked an injunction against a strike
declaration by certain of its officials.
The decision granting an injunction
was reported by the London Times as
follows:
General Strike illegal.
1.-THE socalled general strike (the
justice decided) was illegal and con-
trary to law, and those melting per-
sons to it were not protected by the
trade disputes act of 1906. There was
no trade dispute whatever alleged to
exist, except in the case of the mining
industry, and no trade dispute could
exist between the general council of
the Trade Union Congress and the
government The orders Of the coun-
Gil were therefore unlawful, and the
defendants were acting illegally and
ought to be restrained. Members Of
the union refusing to strike could not
be deprived OF their benefits. No men,
Der of the union or any other union
could lose his benefits by refusing to
obey Illegal orders and the orders OF
the Trades Union council were illegal.
Members striking would not be en-.
titled during the continuance of the
strike to receive strike pay. The
funds OF trade union we're held in a
iduciary capacity and could not leg
ally be used for, or depleted by, pay
ing strike pay 70 those strikers who
obeyed illegal orders. The matter was
beyond question. The defendants, in |
addition to defying the law (the court
concluded), had broken the rules of
their union"
The Wall Street Journal holds that
this puts an end of sympathetic
strikes. II says. 1.-THE union officers
who order strike without being able
to show trade dispute as reason
TOT doing so, can be enjoined from
spending union funds by members OF
the union, while the union can be sued
py the other party to the collective
bargain, the employer. It will be re-
membered that the British railway
men made an especially humiliating
surrender to save their union funds"
The trade disputes act was passed
IN 1906 TO protect Unions from being
sued for damages by employers fol-
lowing a strike. II resulted from the
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-06-08
cabling Fails in
Bloom Mill Strike
Rn a Worker correspondent.

BY a Worker Correspondent.
NEW LONDON, Conn, June Ave,
weavers of the Edward Bloom
bmpany, have been on STRIKE for the
list seven weeks. The reason for the
rike was a wage cut of rs per cent.
br the first five weeks the Bloom
I'm was practically shut down, but in
last part of the sixth week ne
led to break the strike by hiring
abs.
The foremen went to some Of the
orkers' homes, telling them that
ey should come back to work; that
strike was over. When the strike
pmmittee heard Of this they went to
h the weavers and told them TO be on
g nlcket line the next morning. Fifty
Il we're on that picket line and we
lop led all but three professional
all. Mr.. Bloom had the cops pro.
citing the scabs all day long. With
ich good work we should win the
.rike soon.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-06-08
Passaic Strikers Open
a Shoe Repair Shop
81 a Worker CORRESPONDENT.

PASSAIC, N. j., June 6.-The gen.
eral relief committee of textile strik-
ers has opened an AL shoe repair
shop. The shop is equipped with mod
ern machinery that will make possible
the repairing of hundreds of pairs of
shoes week. The shop constitutes
a big economy to the alternative of
buying new shoes for the workers.
For several weeks groups of New
York shoe workers have been coming
to Passaic to give their services free
Of charge in the essential work of
keeping the strikers properly shod.
But without machinery the work has
been too slow, and the need grows
greater with every day of picketing.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-06-08
IMPERIALISM
PICTURED AS
PEACE PLAN
Women's Clubs Hear
Conquest Glori6ed

ATLANTIC CITY, N. j., June 6. -
The convention OF the General FEEDER
alton of Women's Club appears to be
lacking in all sense of humor from
the placid way they received the
speech of Paul Harvey Of New York,
who told them that the international
Chamber of Commerce is lone of the
most effective instruments for world
peace ever devised"
It's purposeg said this disciple of
human brotherhood and exploitation,
was ito further the development of the
natural resources of the world under
international law, the lack of which
development was the root Of war"
Look Out 5elowI
1T is of the utmost Importance to
world peace" said Harvey, that the
oil, iron, coal, copper and other miner
al resources lying in the territories oc-
cupied by backward peoples, utterly
incapable for the uses of progress,
shall be opened and developed for the
benefit of humanity as whole"
He urged the, club women to sup
port his program for world peace"
thru the development of the worlds
resources under Sinternational law and
the international Chamber of Com
MERGE"
1.-THE organization will not be under
the world court because its problems
are not judicial. It will not be under
the league Of nations because. It's prob
lens are not political. 1t must be kept
out of politics. The new world secre-
tariat planned by the International
Chamber Of Commerce will have
branches in every nation Of the
globe"
Open Mind-open shop.
Mrs. Rufus. Dawes, sister-in.law of
the famous open shop banker with
the queer looking pipe, spoke follow.
ing Harvey on the subject, "Shall the
Meek Inherit the Earth?" Evidently
not, If one was to believe Mrs. Dawes,
who glorifed the open mind" much
as her brother-in-law does the open
shop. Nothing close about the Dawes
family.
Mrs. Thomas G. Winters, past presi-
dent of the federation, speaking on the
best way to guarantee world peace,
advocated that the very best plan she
thought Of was the creating of inter-
national scholarships and the swap
ping Of college professors between the
various nations.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-06-08
COOLIDGE CUTS
civil SERVICE
old ACE INCOME
olds Out Three and a
Half Per Cent of Pay
n BY C. STERN
Worker correspondent)

SOTTe6pouuONky
New YORK CITY. - Workers who
We given thirty years of labor in
Vernment employ are being allowed
miserable sum of s720 a year as
old age pension after they have
lched the age Of 20 years. To OBJ
n this pension they are obliged to
ltribute 21SP6 of their yearly wages
the government pension fund. This
ager income is insufficient to per-
worker and his family to be
disappearing and at the age of 70
is Obliged to seek additional work
deprive himself of the necessities.
rthermore, only a few workers,
Ter decades Of strenuous labor, live
the age at which the pension is
rem.
Thru continued agitation Of the
deral Employees Union, bill was
Produced providing an increase of
; old age pension to $1,000 a year
begin at the age Of S.. Workers
dangerous occupations might stop
'rk at so years. This bill was re-
rted favorably by the committees of
tn houses of congress. This does
t mean that the government was
ting the model employer for its half
llion workers. On the contrary, I'M
r this bill the workers would con-
butte over 20 millions of dollars out
their wages to get this security.
Coolidge Cuts Benefits, Raises
HoIdout.
But Coolidge, the mouthpiece Of the
ancial interests, who had just sup
4 TT ID a bill giving millions of dollars
army and navy for imperialistic
! RI kses, had to justify his campaign
economy" by economizing, not at
E expense of the capitalists, but of
e workers. He, therefore, ordered
other bill to be drawn up which
build cut the government cost and
lich was then introduced as an
.hendment to the bill already re-
|rted.
The amendment reduced the old age
|nsion to $1,000, increased the work
contribution to 31sSo and allowed
E retirement age to remain at 20
ars. BY this means the cost to the
|vernnent is not only $4,000 a year
IS than before, but the workers ara
reed to contribute larger portion
their wages. In other words, gov
nment workers are donating $4,000
year to the government in order to
ceYe the inadequate yearly income
LOCO If they live to the age of
|. This bill has Just passed both
uses of congress.
What To Do.
Workers in government service are
nployed by a capitalist government.
Attempts to improve working con-
tions by workers in government
nploy have met with the same treat
ent as have the efforts of all work
s at the hands of the greedy, profit
eking capitalist class. Labor must
ganize its own powerful, political
Dnt that will enable it to meet the
tacks of the capitalists, both in con-
ess and the state legislatures, by
Hiding up a labor party that win
int for labor's interests and pro-
ction.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-06-08
VAN SWERINGENS
TO SUBMIT new
MERCER PLANS

WASHINGTON, June 60. P. and
M. ]. Van Sweringen, railroad mag
mates, are preparing to submit a re-
vised unifcation plan to the inter
state commerce commission
The Van Sweringens have prac-
tically completed their new plan,
which involves the merger of the
Chesapeake & Ohio, Pere Marquette,
Erie, and Hooking Valley with the
Nickel Plate system, along lines that
will remove the objections that were
raised by the interstate commerce
commission against the former pro-
posed unification. 1t is understood
the new plan will be submitted to the
this month.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-06-08
Eckener Discovers
New Gas for Use
as Dirigible Fuel

JENA, Germany, June 6.--The dis
covery Of a new gas, as light as air
and possessing all the power without
the combustibility of gasoline. was an.
nounced here in an address by DR..
Hugo Eckener, who designed and pi.
loted the dfrigible Los Angeles, for.
merly the zR-3, to the United States.
The new gas, Eckener said, in
creases the safety Of dirigibles and
raises the carrying capacity by 20 per
cent.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-06-08
Japanese Volcano Active.

TOXIC, June 6.-Tokachi. fiery vol.
cano Of Hokkaido, was again In erup-
ton today, outbursts Of ashes and
sulphur causing great alarm among
the populations Of surrounding com
munities. While no casualties have
been reported. authorities are caution
ing watchfulness.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-06-08
Nearly 5000 Dead
in Burma Storm and
Cholera Epidemic

LONDON, June 6.--The total dead
in the recent cyclone on the Arrakan
coast in Burma was placed today at
2,746, according to advices from Ran
COON. The death list was increased by
an Epidemic OF cholera.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-06-08
SPLIT BEGINS IN
BAPTIST CHURCH
over MODERNISM
Pastor and His Flock Re-
main Fundamental
Especial to The Daily worker)

CLINTON, ILL.,, June e. Charging
that "theistic and atheistic evolution
that teaches man is an offspring of
an ape" is backed by "John d. Rookie
fellers millions and the University
of Chicago" Rev. Forrest L. Perkins,
pastor, and the congregation of the
First Baptist church here have de-
cided to withdraw from the Northern
Baptist convention modernistic wing,
1t was announced today.
Split Is Inevitable.
No support will be given to any
board, school, or organization endors-
ing liberal view of the bible, the
announcement said.
"A split in the Baptist church is in
evitable and is well on its way" Rev.
Perkins declared. "Rockefeller's
millions and the university of Chi
cago have poisoned the Northern Bap-
fist convention to the extent that
they are departing from the real
faith of the Baptist"
Rev. Perkins is member of the
executive board of the state Baptist
Bible Union and head of the Clinton
Ministerial Association.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-06-08
HAVELOCK WILSON'S INJUNCTION
AGAINST STRIKE BY SEANEN; THE
OUTLINING OF GENERAL STRIKE
By LELANp oLps, Federated Press ssrvIos.


The courts again revealed
weapons OF the owning class decision Justice Asty
of chncery dealing with the According
The Wall Street Journal this decision granting
pathetic strike undermined General Trades Union
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-06-08

"The pen Is mlehtier than tho
sword" provided you know how to use
Il. Come down and learn how In the
worker correspondents classes.
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