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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-08-14
MuIti-NiIIionaire Mexican Bishops

with which the Mexican
being deuged by the American capitalist it is
possible pick bits of real information which throw great
light the issues of the struggle which con
church but which reality part the
struggle of the Mexican masses for land and liberty
dispatch the Chicago Tribune dated August H. featuring
alleged five priests in the state of MchOacan tells
landed wealth of the church and its dgnaries
Bishop GOu Oacou left estate consisting Of ranches valued
at S6OO0OOOO property Bishop San Luis
Potosi is valued at S4OOOO,O0O
The constitution adopted in 1857 expressly prohibits the church
ownership landed property but estimates of such
property held Illegally and of which there record total
$6OOOOO0OO
background when facts the above character become known The
catholic church in Mexico is huge exploiting institution and is
its influence the ignorant ncte
hopes gale its ownership of its huge estates Its
struggle reaction pronfd and every worker and farmer has the
duty supporting the Mexican and the Mexican labor
in their fight against landordm backed by the enemies
of the workers and farmers in the United States
If American will try imagine
wherein the catholic church claimed title the
most farming districts the middle SOUTH
constitutional provision making this land the property
United States government continued to hold it and collect
addition this organized resistance the
officials who trying enforce the constitution they
fairly good idea of what happening in Mexico
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-08-14
You'll Come Crawling Back in Week"

, Mohegan Colony, Peekskill, N. Y.
The departure of these children for
The camps was used as the occasion
for bitter attack from four minis
ters of the gospel, all four members
Of the Citizens Committee, who, for
getful of their masters reputed solicit
tude for little children, savagely de-
nounced the mass departure of the
children in automobile buses as an
attempt to blacken the fair" name
Of their city.
Victory Playground.
While these ministers were still
Goaming at the mouth in their mill
directed efforts to cut off child re-
lief, the Victory Playground in Saddle
River county, near Garfield, was open
ed for the strikers children. This
playground is well equipped and thor
oily up-to-date. There are showers for
The kiddies, swings, see-saws, a sand
house, basketball and handball courts,
baseball diamond, etc Games and
plays are organized under the direc-
ton Of experienced and capable lead
ars, who have donated their services
for the summer. The carpentry and
other work on the grounds was all
done by the strikers, and the cost Of
equipping the playground was accord
ingly small.
The playground is also equipped
with a children's kitchen and milk
station, and the Riddles are here CIV
en- a nutritious meal and lots of milk
and fruit in between their games.
Women of the United Council of
Workingolass. Housewives take care
OF the kitchen and milk station. The
playground is visited by 1000 chill
dren daily They are picked up by
buses at nine o'clock in the morn
ing and taken back at four. Their
mothers are released between these
hours for the picket line and other
essential strike duties.
Organized labor may well be proud
of it's relief work in the big textile
strike. For the great rank and file
Of the American labor movement
there was no holding-back, no hesita-
lion, no betrayal of their revolving
brothers. but. a quick understanding
of the issues involved and a ready
and splendid response to the suffer
ings of the strikers. And, in this,
the 2Sth week of the strike, there is
no indication of any let-up on the
part of organized labor in its sup
port of relief, hut rather a determin-
alton to back the strikers. thru the
approaching settlement negotiations
for which a way has been paved by
Senator Borah, to the time when the
strikers return to the mills, in vic
tory and with a union.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-08-14

"History proues nothing of tho
sort. Raising hair is a pbitogen-
etic instinct, Professor Ward to
the contrary Notwithstanding, as
mag be seen By j. Ham Let0js,
Lloyd George and JahislGu Pad
ereWski. Independently speak
ing, I hare had some experience
in hGirraisiilg myself, and icGs
once the leading hair raiser of this
country.
'T'rWe enough, business is not
tohGt it used to be, bat that is no
proof that subjective conditions
hare changed. A real American
nowadays cannot step off the Flat
boat reservation toithout being ar
rested for treSpaSs. But that
doesn't prove that the t0hite man
has less hair and more brains
than I, but less conscience and
more rifles.
Gle, hee, hum Mrs. Meier.
WGSbed-HiS-Shirt, t0hdt did you
do toith n,y pearl-hamdled collar
buttonw
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-08-14
"Ma" Ferguson to Face
Moody in the Run-Of
Primaries In Texas
Especial to The Daily worker)

AUSTIN, Tex, Aug. IA techni-
cality in the acceptance by Dan
Moody, attorney general, of her chal-
lenge that she would resign imme-
diately il he beat her by one vote in
the primary was given by Mrs. Mir
lam A. Ferguson as the reason she
has not yet fulfilled the terms Of
her challenge.
Il accept the challenge issued by
Jim (Ma's husband) in his wife's
name" is the phrase on which ''Ma"
bases her refusal to carry out her
challenge terms. 1t is the phrase she
says Moody used in accepting the def
and Mrs. Ferguson claims that since
The challenge was her own and not
that of Jim her husband, and for
mer governor, that the words did not
constitute an acceptance.
Moody had charged frequently dur.
Ing his campaign against Mrs. Fergu-
son that PA who was imppached in
1917, was the real governor, and Ma
merely figured as ''figurehead' be.
hind which he continued ''his rule of
the stage"
The democratic nomination will
now go to run-off as the official
count showed Moody 1,17O votes short
OF receiving a majority OF all votes
cast and the Dallas election board
meeting recently certified both candi.
dates. ... 4.t..e,
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-08-14
Rome and Freedom

The conception of freedom held by the Roman catholic church
is well exemped in speech delivered by Senator RengO of
Colombia before large audience when Abada Mende took the
oath president of Colombia
RengO denounced the Mexican for persecutng
religious communities exiting bishops congregations
dedicated to benefaction and closing catholic temples"
breath this friend of religious freedom advocated the
press Or security This that the
would prohibit the publication material that did
the interests of the catholic church.
against the dictatorship of the catholic church in
of black reaction superstition exploitation the
South America in revolt The organization that sanct
thumbscew the poisoned cup
religion hold the where
only operate the handmaiden of Imperialism.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-08-14
VIGIL Radio Program

Chicago Federation of Labor radio
broadcasting station VIGIL is on the
air with regular programs. II is
broadcasting on a ALB wave length
from the Municipal Pier.
TONIGHT.
500 10 7;oo--cheapo Federation Of La
Dor talks and bulletins.
200 20 7;3o--WcFL Studio Ensemble.
Elena Moneak, director.
1880 TO ei3o--clarenee Sullivan, tenor;
Al seott's Harmony klnasi vella Cook,
eontralto. -. s-tI
$3.50 TO e;oo-Moneak's Orchestra, music
from Musical Comedy SHOWS.
$500 10 ei3o-Llttle Joe Warner, Erwin
5ara, Jimmy Cairns, popular songs.
$3.50 to ioioo-wcFL synoopstors.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-08-14
BY CYRIL v. BRIGGS,
(ReIief Publicity Directory

"VoU will come crawling back with,
4 in a week"
So the tariff,fattened mill bosses
tainted their poorly paid and impoy-
erished workers at the beginning of
the walk-out of the 10000 textile
workers Of Passaic and vicinity.
The bosses knew their workers
could barely exc out day-to-day,
starvation existence on the wretched
wages paid them; $11 to $3.50 a
week for family men, Saving even
dollar week on such wages was
wholly out of the question. The boss
es were confident, therefore, that the
strike would be short and would end
in defeat for the workers They sat
back and made plans for another
wage-cut when the workers would be
forced by the hunger cries of their
children to come crawling back on
their bellies begging to be taken
back"
Wages Paid in Industry.
The textile workers are the lowest
y
average wage Of the unskilled textile
worker is SIS a week The skilled
workers-such as the loom fixers- of
whom there are few in each mill
! receive from $40 to $40 weekly. An
analysis of 447 weekly pay envelopes,
chosen at random, shows that % per
cent received between $40 and 25
week; the remainder receiving
either less than $40 or over S25-
mostly less than $40 1t was, no
doubt, on the basis of these pay en-
velopes that the mill bosses made
their cold-blooded calculation that
their striking workers would be fore
ed within week to come crawling
back on their bellies, begging to be
taken back"
Bosses Get an Education.
Their bourbon minds, totally in
capable of conceiving of outside la
Dor being intelligent and class-con-
scious enough to come to the aid of
their revolving brothers in the tex
tile slave mills, were to experience
rude awakening And just as the
splendid spirit Of the strikers made
futile the thousand acts of police
violence and judicial tyrannies
against the strike, so the rushing of
relief to Passaic by labor unions and
sympathetic organizations thwarted
the plans of the bosses to starve the
strikers back to the mills.
From Maine to California labor has
rallied to the defense of these work
ers.
Relief Given Thousands.
AS a result of labor's support of
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-08-14

month. A special campaign was made
by the general relief committee to
place children in the camps of SYM
pathetic organizations and in the
homes of working-class families. and
four weeks ago the first group of four
hundred was sent off Fifty went to
private homes, the others to the fol-
lowing camps: The international
Workers Aid camp at Bernardsville.
N. j., the camp of the Modern School
at Stelton, N. j., the Chatham Camp,
Floral Hill, Chatham, N. Y, and the
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-08-14

md more families are forced to ap-
ply for relief.
Child Relief, Vital Factor.
Child relief is a vital factor in the
struggle. The bosses starvation Of
fensive was primarily aimed at the
children of the strikers for it would
be the children who would suffer most
grievously in the inability of the par
ents to provide food
The children became the target of
the bosses in their efforts to break
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-08-14

strike relief the general relief com
mittee of textile strikers, with of
fees at TAB Main avenue, Passaic, has
been able to supply relief to thou
sands of strikers families and give
milk and meals to the strikers chill
dren most of whom are suffering from
malnutrition
At this time nearly four thousand
strikers families are being fed thru
the four food stores supported by or
ganized labor. Thousands of suik-
ers have been provided with clothing
and shoes, contributed by workers
and distributed thru the relief com
mittee's clothing store in the strike
area. Food cards are issued on the
basis of the size of the family, the
highest denomination being $40. Each
application for relief is carefully in
vestigated by a committee of strikers
and only those families having alb
5olutely no other resources are given
strike relief.
The strain on the relief machinery
becomes greater instead of decreas-
ing as the struggle continues as more
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-08-14

supply of the strikers children.
Child Relief.
EARLY in the struggle the relief
committee established two children's
kitchens in the strike zone. AT these
kitchens one thousand children are
fed daily, getting one nutritious meal
a day, with fruit and milk Over three
thousand quarts of milk are distribut-
ed daily thru the relief milk stations.
Hundreds of children have been
sent to summer camps during the last
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-08-14
WITH THE STAFF
Being Things From Here and
There Which Have Inspired
Us to Folly or Frenzy


Regarding the assertion of Brit
ish scientists now in convention,
that the full growth of hair on
aboriginal man was a sign of
small mental capacity, Chief
Never Washed His-Shirt, VIII n
sought for an interview yesterday
by The DAILY WORKERS. per
spring reporter, vouchsafed the
following after touching up his
makeup bit with a bit of char
coal and vermillion lipstick:
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-08-14

attempts were made to cut off relief
rom the 10000 striking textile work
ers and their families. Complaisant
labor leaders were enlisted, and vari-
Gus agencies organized for the pur-
pose. One of these. the Citizens
(Vigilantes) Committee launched a
series of attacks on the strike and
The strike leaders, cunningly aiming
The bulk of its blows against strike
relief. This committee of bankers,
real estate sharks and other typical
business" men broadcasted state
ment after statement that these work
ers were not in need OF strike relief;
that there is no suffering among their
families and that everything is nor
NAL and beautiful in the fair city
II Passa.c. The milk campaign for
he strikers kiddies was savagely as
sailed, Dry Ryan. head officer of Pas
sale, and member of the Citizens
Committee, brazenly stated that these
children were not in need of milk
! This lie has been broadcasted far and
vide by the Citizens Committee in
Is frenzied efforts to cut of the milk
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-08-14
Some of Gals
Overwhelming Prosperity"

Overwhelming Prosperity.
Not one of the dye workers exam.
ined was free from physical de-
feet Dye workers drop from
sheer exhaustion on the wet, sIop
py floors of the workrooms, filled
with poisonous fumes. Rest rooms,
wash rooms, lunch places are un.
heard of. Toilets primitive. The
wages are from SIS to $40 a week
for men with dependent children
From a news item.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-08-14
Six Fireman Hurt in Oil Blast.

BALTIMORE, Md, Aug. 12-six
ilremen injured, more than 100000 gal.
Ions OF gasoline destroyed and other
property damaged marked the toll to.
day Of FIRE aud a series OF explo.
sions which late yesterday wrecked
the South Baltimore plant OF the
American OIL Company.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-08-14

the strike. The children assumed
greater Importance in the struggle,
with the bosses trying to starve them
on one hand and the workers, thru the
general relief committee, doing their
utmost to protect them from the boss
es' starvation offensive.
Bosses Attack Relief.
The bosses were slow in realizing
the Importance of relief, but once the
truth dawned upon them that they
we're being defeated on the relief
front, the most desperate and subtle
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-08-14
KNIGHT BUSINESS PICKS
UP.

After period Of postwar de-
preston, trdternaI orders in
america are coming back strong,
but they still find the auto, the
morie and the radio principal
competitors, says John BalIGn-
tyne, Supreme Chancellor of the
knights of PythiGs.-Neaos item.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-08-14
SOMETHING URGENT

After voting urgent procedure for the
sinking fund bill, the national assembly
of France adjourned until afternoon.
while committees went thru the formality
Of examining the measure.-News item.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-08-14
Too Much Locarno Spirit?

The French trawler "Loearno" was
abandoned in a sinking condition
about 200 miles south of Halifax. All
on board were saved by another
trawIer, now proceeding to st. Pierre.
News item.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-08-14

Relief Given Thousands.
AS a result of labor's support Oh
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Continued on Page Six)
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1926-01-21
SURROGATE
OPERATES AT PROFIT

ington-Surrogate Charles s.
Alvater and his deputy, Inez Post
Prall, had busy time during the
year just closed and have exper-
fenced the very pleasant thought
of having earned for the county
the magnificent sum of $2,840.29
over and above all the expenses of
the office which included the salar-
les, record books purchased and all
the supplies necessary for the pur-
pose of recording wills and other
estate matters.
Surrogate Alvater collected dur
ing the year $7,72S.59. The total
expenditures were $4,s8830, netting
the county $2,840.29. Mr.. Alvater
asked for an appropriation of $5,-
10000 to meet the expenses for the
year of 1925 and has the satisfac-
ton of not only keeping within his
appropriation, but also of having an
unexpended balance of $31l.70 which
will be available for the Freeholders
to use in defraying expenses Of other
departments of the county.
Surrogate Alvater and his deputy
have the records of the office kept
right up to the minute and both
feel justly proud of the record they
have made during the first year of
the term of Surrogate Alvater.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1926-01-21
BUNNY STRICKE Err PLAYERS
PLEASE LOCAL THEATREG GERS

The Bunny Stricken Players, who
are presenting a series Of plays Mt
st. Andrews hall for the benefit
of the Church coal fund, opened their
weeks engagement Monday night.
The play pleased the audience and
was highly commended for its clean
and high class performance.
The company carries it's own or
chestra, special scenery and lighting
effects which help to make each play
a production. Clever vaudeville
sketches are presented between the
acts so that there is no long waits
during the change of scenery.
Bunny Stricken, comedian is said
to be one of the best country boy or
boob kid characters in the repertoire
field, and his portrayal of Toby
parts are a scream. Harry Warner,
leading man is very effective and able
in all his roles. Each member lis
capable to play with ease and skill
Thursday night the company are
present "The Man from Texas.
bunny" plays very "goofy" part
in this play as that of "Skeeter", the
boy from Jersey. (And, by the way,
Mr.. Stricken is native Jerseyman)
Friday night, their feature play,
| is "The Painted Lady"
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1926-01-21
Pennington Fire Chief Jealous of
Spectacle Of Himself In
Lambertville Firemen And Makes
Protesting To Council
Against Their Aid

When the Pennington Baptist
Church caught fire on New Years
day the chairman of the fire commit
tee of the Pennington Council phoned
to the Lambertville Fire Department
for aid. Nelson B. Oblinger, presi-
dent of Union Fire Company, res
ponded with a dozen or more of
Union members, and in a record run
reached Pennington in fifteen min
utes.
But when they arrived there they
were as good as told that they
weren't wanted by John p, Reardon,
chief of the Pennington Depart
ment. He shunted them off to an
empty hydrant some distance from
the burning church. When they saw
how they were being side-tracked
they insisted that they wanted to
render some assistance. But they
were CURLY informed they weren't
needed, and that they might as well
return to Lambertville without get
ting their hose all wet
But as an evidence that they
were needed, consider this: The call
for the Lambertville fireman was
received at $40 P. M. The Union
Company Immediately responded with
a record run that made the l2
miles in Is minutes, arriving at the
conflagration at 5:25. After failing
to get water from the hydrant to
which they had been directed it was
$50 when they reported bacl, to tire
Pennington fremen and asked for
instructions. 1t was at that time
they were told that they were not
needed. BUT THE FIRE WAS NOT
COMPLETELY EXTINGJISHED
UNTIL NINE O'CLOCK!
That tells the story as to whether
or not assistance was needed. The
building burned three and half
hours after the services of the Lam
bertville firemen were discouiteously
refused!
Eye witnesses have expressed their
conviction that more of the historic
old church could have been saved
had the services of the Lambertvlle
firemen been intelligently used.
But not content with the ludierous
spectacle already presented, Chief
-Reardon, of the Pennington Council
protesting against the Lambertville
firemea being called. He said that
Union Company fireman connected
with the water system and went
into service without the knowledge
of those who were supposed to be
in charge of the fremen and the
whole proceeding became menace
to the efforts of the local hremen
which under the conditions could not
possibly have been helpful
President Oblinger and other mem
bers of the Union Compa.-,g VINO
responded, Indignantly deny that they
attempted operation without report
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1926-01-21
Judges For Missing
Word Contest
Ralph r. Rinck, Harry L. Van Horn
And A. II. Mathews

With the closing of the Missing
Word Contest Advertising in last
weeks paper, the judges to check
the coupons have been appointed as
follows: Ralph r. Rinck, proprietor
of the Shamalia Drug Store; Harry
+. Van Horn, dry goods merchant,
and Albert II. Mathews, clothier 1t
will be noted that the judges all had
advertisements in the contest, and
thus are thoroughly familiar with
it. They are reputable business men
of the city, and their audit of the
coupons will accepted by all as fair.
The coupons are now all in, and
as soon as they can be listed the
judges will meet for the check-up.
1t is expected this will be next
Monday. Immediately following their
decision, checks will be mailed to the
winners. In next weeks issue the
winners will be published, together
with a complete list of the correct
words and the names of the mer-
chants whose advertisements were
used for them. In this way all con-
testants can check for themselves to
see that the awards were correctly
made,
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1926-01-21
BOY SCOUT NEWS

The Delaware Valley District Com
mittee meeting will be held Monday
evening at the Lambertville House.
Scout Headquarters, 214 E. State
ST., Trenton, has some scout coats
which will be sold to members at
bargain prices.
Paul Malloy reports that this
community will be well presented
on the Penningtc ...Ae Saturday,
January Both. Line up, Boys!
st. Andrews Troop will have Scout
Night on February 3rd. Scoutmaster
Russell Taylor is planning some spec
ial demonstrations for the occasion.
Scouts Petrie and Germerhauser,
of the Presbyterian Troop, passed
their Second Class examinations last
Wednesday before Deputy Commits
sioner Corners Review Board. Their
Scoutmaster, Paul Vetter, is to be
commended.
Scoutmaster's Certificate was pre-
scented by Mr.. Livermore to Raymond
Roberts, of Troop No. last Sunday
at the Baptist Church. The Troop
Charter was delivered to William
Conover, chairman of the Troop Com
mittee.
Scoutmaster Narducci, of Troop A,
reorganized their patrol system last
Friday night. The % boys were divi-
ded into four patrols under the
names Eagle, Beaver, Rattlesnake
and the fourth is not yet named.
Leaders are respectively, William
Shurts, Thomas Mathews, E. Smith
and Francis Edwards. Assistants are
j. Mcclure, F. Nulty, S. Abrams
and F. Reid.
Last Sunday the troop took a hike
of ten miles. Gilbert g. Zahler sup
piled cakes.
The New Hope Troop had a big
night last Friday The new Scout
master, Carlen Hooker, was pre-
scented by Mr.. Livermore, and he
was roundly applauded. The boys
remembered the Good Turn" he did
when he drove the truck on which
they rode to the Princeton-Harvard
game. The Troop was visited by
Commissioners Cole, Kachline and
Kramer, and they were presented
with a charter of recognition for
their second year in scouting.