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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-12-03
BY PAT DEVINE.
ARTICLE IL

A LII over the town, workers we're
a coming to those whom they knew
to be on the c. o. A., asking for tnfor-
nation. The feeling was abroad that
the supreme authority locally during
the strike was the c. o. A. There
again was a lesson to be learned. In the
time of great crisis, the workers for
got about the governmental authority
and placed their trust in their own
representatives The class war, which
had been pointed out for years by the
socialists was being made clear to the
masses and they were taking the side
Of their class.
The G. o. A. met on Monday at II
a. m. Various circulars were read
from the General Council of Trade I'm
ions, Scottish General Council and
from Lanarkshire Joint Council Of Ac-
ton. The dominant note in the circu-
lars from the lesser. bodies was to pre-
pare the forces for long drawn-out
struggle. From the National H. Q.
the information was to be patient and
do nothing likely to cause trouble.
Workers Defense.
DURING the discussion on the vari-
~ GUS, circulars, the members of the
Communist Party on the C. o. A. advo-
Gated the formation Of defense forces.
The majority of delegates were favor
able to the idea but always pointed
out the advice Of the G. c. T. U. not
to do anything likely to precipitate
trouble. That was the commencement
Of manifestation that was FREEDOM
inant during the strike, namely: the
faith in the leadership of the British
working class which could be taken
as the second lesson Of the general
strike.
Reports were then received from the
various committees. The Transport
committee reported that numerous ap-
plications for permits had been receiv-
ed from local transport men. Some
were granted; others were refused, &C
cording to the reason for application.
Only those definitely for conveyance
of foodstuffs were granted.
THEN followed a report of the picket
committee. This was the most i'm
portant committee at commencement
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-12-03
"The Witch of4Salem"
in Grand Opera in
English Here Dec. 9th

The fifth week of the Civic Opera
Season at the Chicago auditorium will
be made notable BY the world
premiere Of Charles Wakefield Cad.
mans American OPERA 1.-THE Witch Of
Salem" which will be sung in English
wednesday evening, Dec. 6.
The week will start fulfill next
Monday evening with a presentation
OF La Cena Dele Beffe" (''The Jest"),
the spectacular opera which aroused
a storm OF enthusiasm when 1t was
presented as novelty at the end Of
the third week.
The closing days OF the fourth week
are particularly interesting, for IN
stance tonight Thurs, Dec. % brings
the seasons first Barber OF Seville"
with the great American baritone,
Richard Bonelli, in the title role for
the first time in Chicago
Tomorrow FRIDAY, Dec. 81 evening
introduces the irst double bill OF the
season, "cavalleria Hllsticana" and
Il Pagliacci." -
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-12-03
A Workers Experience During
General Strike in Great Britain

to workers in order to buy off revo-
luton. Had the general strike car
ried on for some time, with the work
ers receiving no relief, there assuredly
would have been trouble and the
government was shrewd enough to see
that
Now that all committees had re-
ported, the meeting was thrown open
for general business. Many and var
led were the points raised, all Of
them being splendid contributions to
revolutionary history but not essential
to short sketch such as this is.
The meeting adjourned at p. M,
all speakers being urged to get to
their respective meeting places early.
Members of the Council of Action
were given credential cards certifying
their membership.
ITHB district was big one and there
was no means of transportation,
buses, cars, etc. so speakers were
compelled to hold up private vehicles
or transport on food supply business
and ask for lift to their respective des-
tinations. There was spectacle like
wine to working class fighters. A pri-
vate car would be coming along; a
comrade would stand on the street and
hold It up; c. o. A. credential cards
would be shown and the owner would
be all attention, prepared to be of as
sistance IN carrying on the work. Men
who in peace times were our enemies
became our friends in war time.
At the commencement Of the strike,
policemen were conspicuous by their
absence, though all Of us knew they
were in close proximity all the time,
only they didn't want to show them
selves. So long as nothing really un-
ruly was being done they remained
quiet, because they did not want to
precipitate fight, the end of which
would have been problematical. With
a stern, united and fearless front, the
workers could have carried the day.
The car took the speakers to the
meeting place. What sight! Streets
entirely black with people. A gang
way was speedily made and the plat
form made right for meeting. The
chairman read any circulars from H.
O., advising the workers to stand firm
and then called the speaker.
CONTINUED tomorrow
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-12-03

OF the strike II was reported that
various men were working because OF
confusion in the method of issuing the
strike instructions by the executive
committee Of various unions. The O.
o. A. had to handle this question care
fully In order to maintain order and
the confidence OF the rank and file,
something had to be done. A circular
had been received from national head
quarters, pointing out that all men af-
fliated to the General Council had to
stop work. Latterly, this was the cir
cular used as the basis for all activi-
ties by the picket committee. 1t was
decided that all the places where men
were working be picketed next day.
The third lesson or the. general
strike was that sole authority must be
placed in an executive, body which
would call all men out-at once without
risking confusion Of leaving that task
to the various executive committees.
The next report was from the pub
licity committee Arrangements had
been made for meetings and speakers
were assigned. 1t was reported that
various news agents were selling a
paper known as The Emergency Press.
In view Of it being the only paper on
hand, many workers were buying it.
It was decided to send q deputation to
the news agents, asking them to stop
selling the paper. Propagandists were
further advised to tell workers not to
buy the paper because it was nonunion
and gave only the governmental side
of the question
Food Problem.
THE Food Committee then reported.
4 Communist parish councillors re-
ported that a government circular had
been received, instructing parish coun-
ellis to arrange for payment Of relief
to dependents Of men on strike, the
scale of relief to be IL shillings for
wife and 4 shillings for each child.
The significance Of this move cannot
be overlooked. 1t will be seen that no
relief was paid to strikers. Never be-
fore in the history of Britain had the
dependents of strikers received such
relief The government omitted to
give relief to the actual striker be-
cause it did not want to show too OPP
emily the reason for its new position.
The fact was the relief was a subsidy
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CURRENT EVENTS
CONTINUED from page u

NOSANAAASA - SAA Qo6O ~
gandists began to prove to the world
that Hertzog's visit meant nothing in
particular, except that perhaps the
South African premier wanted to
taste Portuguese home brew, or some
thing like that.
ME learn that DR.. Juan Sacasa, for
w mer Nicaraguan vice-president, is
en- route to Puerto Cabezas to estab-
fish liberal government in opposi-
ton to the present reactionary govern
ment which is supported by United
States bayonets. 1t. should be noted
that Imperialism Is not sitting easily
these days. 1t is great mistake that
the United States Is in a position to
dominate the world at will. Granting
that the official American trade union
movement is a lackey of Imperialism
and that our Communist movement is
weak, the natives OF those countries
that Wall Street wants to fleece are
not ready to turn the other cheek
when one is smacked. And every lit
tie thing counts.
THE capitalist powers went about
l. discussing affairs OF state with the
collection OF puppets that posed as a
government OF China as II those lads
amounted to something. The Chinese
went ahead. ignoring them, and the
Cantonese, representing the most ad-
vanced and best organized section OF
revolutionary China, kept on ad-
vancing towards Picking. When the
latter got dangerously close to the
ancient capital, the puppet govern
ment put on It's hat and made for the
nearest exit. Indignant Chinese think
nothing of chopping off traitorous
head, so the government might as
well get to Japan as soon as possible.
In the meantime the Cantonese are
organizing labor unions everywhere
they pitch tent. The imperialists ad-
duce this fact as proof that the Can
tonese are under the influence OF So
Wet Russia. If this be treason, make
the most of It.
THIS Is a good time to ask what the
l. devil are the socialists doing TO
advance the social revolution By sup
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-12-03
Our Mexican Letter

these valueless papers we're to be paid
us as salary instead of silver. And
as it was supposed to be U. S. money,
we could use it only at the plantation
store; another way to bring back the
old hated company store Fortu-
nately they went to hell with their
Plans" and he laughed as he asked
me to send it to some labor paper
as I'm now doing. ss ssfr
Afterwards l found that these bills"
were printed at Vera Cruz, when the
De la Huertistas thought they had
Oregon beaten. So they started
preparations to further enslave the
Mexican masses to pay for the sup
port they got from all the reactionary
sources, but chiefly from U. s. i'm
perialism.
Pueba Textile Unions.
ON october IS, the textile workers
- belonging to the Confederation OF
a demonstration Of protest against the
textile bosses of Puebla, because, so
they said, "These bosses are the only
obstacle which impedes the harmon
ious relations between capital and la
bor."
Thus they repeated Morones'
speech at the conference of textile
workers and owners now nearly a
year ago.
THE workers are tired Of this mon
4 key business and want to strike,
but the c. r. o. NJ. leaders still have
control enough Of the masses and
are striving to avoid what they call
making trouble for the Gales gov
eminent.
These blind leaders cannot see that
they cannot fight the bosses of the
Puebla state textile industry, as cath
olics and at the same time be good
friends of them as Industrial textile
kings. 1t takes a real class struggle
fighter to do that Labor leaders of
the Morones and Green type are out
Of the question.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-12-03
Watch Mexico!

Ambassador Sheffield has Mexico Kellogg may
leaking shut days while Sheffield
with Mexican the oil
and mineral DEGREES of that country.
the capitalist press with almost complete I'M
anmy loose against southern neigh
editors rafting their fountain and copuent
newspaper propreors shaking their fists at Gales their
cocktails.
The Knights of Columbus opened nationwide campaign
with object forcing the Washington to intervene
in Mexico
the knights financing armed revos of ig
norant catholics against the Mexican government
situation aught with danger The Mexican
united Imperialism outside Of the papal
which rely the analysis only the superstous and
The wealthy who have been cleaned by the
revolution
Blocking American Imperialism crushing weaker
res today of the duty of the American working
class
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-12-03

Saturday matinee will bring a re-
peat performance of La Boheme,"
with Mason, Pavloska, Cortis, Monte
santo, Pelese and Lazzari; Polacco
conducting.
Saturday evening "The Daughter Of
the Regiment" will be repeated at
popular prices.
Sunday afternoon the suburban spe-
cial performance will be devoted to
Verdis spectacular and melodious
opera Aida with a great cast of
stars.
Monday evening brings the first re-
petition Of la Cena dele Beffe. Tues
day evening (Dec. ~ tuneful and
melodlous la Sonnambula. We'd
nesday evening 1.-THE Witch OF Sa.
lem" Thursday evening 1.-THE Jewels
Of the Madonna Friday evening the
Auditorium will be dark, as the COM
pany will be in Milwaukee for a per-
Torrance OF Tristan and Isolde
Saturday matinee dec. III brings a
repetition OF Aida" Saturday evening
dec. III "Lucia di Lammermour.
Sunday matinee (Dec. 12) will bring
the seasons first performance OF Won
Flotow's melodious and ever popular
Martha n AeD VIZ
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-12-03

talking with the peasant laborers Of a
sugar cane plantation not far from the
coast in the state Of Vera Cruz, the
stronghold Of the movement.
The unavoidable topis of their recol-
lections of the De la9lHuertista affair
was touched on, and one Of them ask
ing for a private talk, we walked
aside. He said; g
II want you to keep this paper that
our bosses from the United States
surely intended to use as wage pay
ments for us If Senior De la Huerta
had won his revolution"
r TOOK the paper and to my aston
L ishment l found it a bank-note
printed in English on one side, the
plate being that of the United States
Federal Reserve, series of 1914, by the
Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta Ca,
Serial 6-F, Number F-334429A, bear
ing the cut of Andrew Jackson, for ten
dollars. Above the cut was printed
MEXICAN BANK OF CONNER E'',
and underneath, Mote With No Val
ne" in an inconspicuous place.
wanted to know how this came to
be there and him to have it. He told
me.
| NIHEN the De la Huertistas ruled
w here during the revolution, we
kept working. Otherwise it meant to
get to the hills or carry the hollow
cane "a rife) for them. We kept
working although they dissolved our
union, hoping for their defeat and
waiting the proper time to get to the
hills"
But, as you know, they were de.
feated by the government troops and
our comrades, the armed peasants
who came and took over this place
These got many things from the plan.
tation's office, among them a great pile
of these notes. don't know how
many, but many thousands.
IT TOOK one as souvenir, and do
Ayou know what we We're told? That
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-12-03
BY
T. J. o'FLAHERTY

porting the fight of the colonial peo-
pies against imperialism? The reply
is worse than negative one The so
cialist theory-or the theory Of the
socialists that before the world can
Je emancipated from wage slavery, OPP
preston of all kinds, and before man
kind can see that golden rainbow ris-
ing over the ruins of capitalism, this
robber system must first prepare the
ground for 1t. The entire human race
must first be ruined before it can be
saved.
WHICH reminds me OF story, as
w an old S. L. P. friend of mine
used to say several times during the
course Of a lecture on the wisdom OF
Daniel de Leon. Once upon a time
good wife was seized with an attack
of pleurisy. Her equally good husband
saddled his steed and drove TO the
nearest doctor. The scene was some
where in the wide open spaces. The
doctor confessed that he was quite ig-
norant OF the proper treatment for
pleurisy. But" says he, II am an
expert on fits, so have medicine that
will throw her into fits and then ! am
the lad that can cure her." The social
list would first have the imperialists
trample over the workers OF the -orld
and then apply their evolutionary cure.
NIARGoT ASQUITH is blamed by
A'I Lord Birkenhead, alias Galloping
Smith, for setting the fashion in gos-
siping about people Of high rank. The
latest culprit is reporter who thought
he could earn an honest penny by tell
ing the truth about the escapades OF
eminent British statesmen and even
about the royal family. outside OF help
ing the British distilleries keep out
of the bankruptcy courts the British
royal family is very useful In provid-
ing an emotional cement that helps
keep the crumbling empire from run.
ming on the map. Therefore It is a
serious offense to take liberties with
the royal family. The book in which
the tales of royal intimacies we're re.
corded has been withdrawn from OR.
culation and the author Ia liable 10 %
To jail.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-12-03
BY A MEXICAN WORKER

THE Yaqui question is an old story
in Mexico. 1t has served to con-
ceal some dirty jobs of the hlgher-ups
from time to time. During the regime
of Porfrio Diaz the Yaqui revolt was
almost continuous over a 80 years Pc
riod. But at the same time we know
that it was the source of fortune for
good many generals in campaigns
to "pacify" the Yaquis.
In spite of all this, which may be
the case again, it is necessary to look
for deeper causes that may shed light
on the question of the much-abused
Yaquis and show the reasons for their
misunderstanding activities.
TT is we'll to remind those who be-
4 lieve that the Yaquis won't work, "
that they were badly accustomed to
this by the various governments
which bribed them with money, lands
and what not in order to keep them
quiet, so says General Arnulfo Co
mez.
All Of which il true to some extent
since Madero's revolution in 1910, has
also been the case with Gales after
crushing the De la Huerta uprising
Of 1924, through the generals from
Sonora. But certainly these gifts were
not given to the Yaquis for nothing.
THEY had been fighting for the land,
l. stolen from them since the Span
/ ish conquest of Mexico up to the time
of Porfirio Diaz. They have been
fighting to get recognition of their
rights to own and work the rich lands
Of the Yaqui river valley.
Now, after sixteen years of prom
ses given them by all the generals
who led them to battle air over the
country giving their best mems
blood, what have they received? What
have the found? They have found
that the rich soil they thought they
were fighting so hard and so long for
! is not theirs, and that. they. the poor
/ Indians, remain as before. simply
slaves, the poems of the new land
owners. This, at bottom, is the main
reason for the Yaqui's rebellious
spirit.
TT may well be that the catholic
L church, De la Huerta's agents Of
other political factions gathering
funds for the next presidential cam
paign, have managed to incite the
Yaquis TO rebellion, but whatever
other factors there are. they lack the
force Of the Yaquis own will to re
cover what they feel belongs to then
as II belonged TO their ancestors-tht
Yaqui lands.
The old cry Of the zapatistas has
been able to mobilize 10000 of the
best soldiers Of the Mexican army
headed by General Amaro, minister Of
war. to fight the lazy Yaquis' But
according to General Arnulfo Gomez
Il will take eight months to put dowr
The rebellious Yaquis. And he is sup
posed to know what he Is talking
about, being ham Yaqui himself.
Inperlslist Foresight.
COME time after the failure of the
- De la TIuerta movement, hap
pened to have the opportunity q
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-12-03
An Evening With the Seamen

| representing the various districts OF
Germany. She states that even tho
| they had been in the country a short
while their eyes had been opened TO
many things and concludes with,
Long live the International Work
ers' Republic!
Praise Conditions.
A DELEGATE representing the rev.
"A dictionary workers of Hamburg
now takes the opportunity to express
thanks for the splendid reception they
have had in Novorossick and points
out that they (the delegation) as
women, as mothers, have a keener
sense Of sight than the average man,
and have been surprised and gratified
by what they have seen of women's
and children's welfare in Soviet Rus
Psia. Here, she says, is a real life
for woman, real life for the child,
which is only possible under work
ers' government where they are
treated as human beings and not, as ,
in capitalist countries, as a means of
producing. profit for the robber class
She remarks how pleased she Is to
see this fraternal gathering of workers
Of many nationalities, and takes this
opportunity to appeal to all seamen
to save the British miners by enforc-
ing the embargo on coal
Seaman Traces Development.
ONE of the British seamen was
~ quickly chosen to give greetings
on our behalf, and in so doing he
points out that We must realize that
the improvements in the life OF the
worker here in Russia, as Witnessed
by the delegation, and ourselves as
seamen, was attained as a result OF
unceasing effort on the part Of, first,
Comrade Karl Marx land here be
points to their portraits in turn, fol
lowed by these great leaders Of the
workers, Comrades Lenin, Rosa Lux
emburg, Karl Liebknecht. etc, and
also by the mass of the Russian work
ers, and now the duty confronts us all
as workers to do our bit in this great
work for the sake of humanity.
Cheer Delegation.
| NOV the boys" altho heartily ap-
~ plauding these sentiments, did not
seem entirely satisfied that the vel.
come had been carried far enough.
and so, led by one of the bunch. up
they jumped and gave three rousing
cheers and tiger" for the German
womens delegation, with such force
and enthusiasm that it made the VERY
windows rattle and the halls echo
again. Then We close the meeting
appropriately by singing the Inter-
rationale in at least four different
languages, and then heads get to-
gether in the British section" and
hurried whispering, and to the sur
prise and delight Of the delegation.
broke forth a might roar, "Rote
Front, Rote Front, Rote 'FRONT.'" The
.limeys" had quickly learned this slo-
gan and salute of the German work
ers' fighting organization. which, che
ing translated. means Red Front, and
/ can tell you, comrades, the boys
gave full justice to this salute.
! THUS ended our evening with the
4 German womens delegation, but
that feeling of International comrade-
ship brought to the fore by such gath
erings does not end here. It will go
on, gathering strength as it goes, in
spite of all the efforts of the serio-
comic 'Jix" and the ditto Havelock
Wilson, Macdonald gangs and it will
go on until it unites us all in one In
ternational brotherhood.
Fraternally yours,
Seamus.
, 1926-11-27

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