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WICKS HURLS
challenge AT
G. O.P. OPPONENT
Ass0ils Republican La
Dor Record
tspeoiar to The Daily Worker,

PITTSBURGH, Pa, Oct. 25.-sar-
casticaIly referring to William S. Ware,
the hoodlum candidate for United
States senator on the republican ticket,
as mentally incapable of defending his
alleged platform, n. M. Wicks, Work
ers (communist) Party candidate for
governor of Pennsylvania, in an open
letter to the republican campaign
committee, challenges their candidate
for governor, John S. Fisher, to defend
the republican platform and candf
dates in joint debate to be held any
where in the state of Pennsylvania and
any time convenient to the republican
Four of the Pittsburgh daily papers
and most of the papers thruout the
state carried the challenge, but thus
far the republican gang remains silent
upon the question and no answer has
as yet been received at campaign
headquarters of the Workers Party.
A Searching Challenge.
The following is the letter sent by
Wicks to republican campaign head
quarters:
Our representatives were in attend
ance at your headquarters last Satur-
Continued on page g.
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THE action of Judge Webster Thayer in denying to Nicola
Sacco and BartoIomeo Vanzet a trial again DEM
onstates the fuy Of placing all of the hope and confidence
of the aroused workers of the world into the hands of the
corrupt judges in Massachusetts This last action of the
Vena and VndctiVe of Massachusetts, behind which
stand the omnous figures of the Massachusetts manufac
turers and the politicians of President Coodges home state
throws the two innocent italian workers under
the very shadow of the electric chair and indicates that the
Massachusetts, boubons intend hound these two
fighters to, their death.
1t is more clearly than apparent that to place
lance solely the justice of capitalist will
denim Sacco and Vanzetti their death The years Of
respite which they have gained from legal assassination
have been secured mainly by the mighty action of solidarity
in the international protest which gave expression
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-10-27
u. S. NEGROES
REPRESENTED
AT BRUSSELS
Pickens Going to the
January Conference
Especial to The Daily worker)


NEW YORK, Oct. 25.-American
Negroes will be represented at the
International Conference on oppres-
sion of minority races and peoples in
Brussels next January by William
Pickens, official representative and
field secretary, National Association
for the Advancement OF Colored Peo-
pie.
President Plutarco Gales OF Mexico
has asked that his country be allowed
a representative at the conference,
the N. A. A. c. P. reports.
Gen. Chang Kai-shih, commander.
in-chief OF the national revolutionary
army of China, has expressed SYM
pathy with the Brussels conference,
as have Bishop William Montgomery
Brown, Manuel Gomez (secretary All.
America Anti-Imperialist League)
Henri Barbusse (French writer in be-
half of oppressed European minor.
ities) Prof. Kou Meng You of Canton
National University. and Fritz Dan.
Tiger of Berlin.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-10-27
BOSSES FAIL TO ATTEND
MEET They REQUESTED
OF DATE STRIKERS HERE

The bosses Of the Maras and
company date factory failed 70 show
at the arbitration meeting that they
themselves had asked for Monday
morning. A committee representing
the striking Negro women appeared
at the appointed hour but no one
from the employers attended.
Saturday the strikers agreed TO
meet the bosses In an sffort 10 ar
range a settlement. after the COM
pany pleaded for such meeting.
Il In felt by strike leaders that
this action wac subtOrfuae 70
cause a slaekening Of pleketina.
Pieketina will continue. Il 10 an
nouneed.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-10-27
N. Y, JEWELRY
UNION TAKING
STRIKE BALLOT
500 Workers May Go
Out for Demands

NEW YORK CITY. Oct. 25.- Begin
ming at II a m today there viii be
stoppage Of work in all the iewelry
shops in New York. if the workers
respond TO the call issued Friday by
the newly orranized Amalgamated
Jewelry Workers Union.
Ii Is annoa4ced that thc workers
will assemble at that time at the
union headquarters, 7Ol Broadway.
and await an answer to demands pres
ented to the manufacturers on October
10. The chief demands are for union
recognition, a hour week. time and
a half for overtime and a 10 per cent
increase in wages.
Todays ssopraGe was authorized at
a meeting Of the Amalgamated Jewelry
Novelty Workers. Local No. II OF the
international JeWelry Workers Union.
held Friday evening.
Unless the employers settle with
the union today, II will mean a strike
/ nall unsettled shops tomorrow. ae-
cording to Anthony Capraro. manager
of the UNION.
About 1900 workers are involved in
the IS shops in this city engaged in
the manufacture OF novelty jewelry.
such as white metal aluminium and
silver imitation jewelry. toilet sets,
Spanish combs, celluloid earrings and
bracelets, buckles and millinery orna-
ments.
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Mfrs. ASSN. IS
Against 5-DAY
Week SCMzM...E:
Fearful of EGect on
Workers


NEW YORK. Oct. 25.-Five days a
week in the nations industries meets
with strenuous objection on the part of
fifty leading manufacturers, according
to statement made public by the Ma
tional Association of Manufacturers.
Summarized. the specific objections
registered are:
Adoption Of the five-day plan in in
dustry generally would greatly in
crease the cost of living.
at would be impracticable for all in
dustries.
at would create a craving for addi-
tional Injuries to occupy the addi-
tional time.
1T would be against the best in
terests of the man who wants to work
and advance.
1T would make us more vulnerable
to the economic onslaughts Of Europe.
now working as hard as she can to
overcome our lead"
Expressions eOndemnlng the five
day-week plan came from such manu-
facturers as James c. Martien. BaIti-
more; W. L. Clause, Pittsburgh Plate
Glass company; A. L. Humphrey.
westinghouse Air Brake company
Philip T. Dodge. Mergenthaler Limo
type company; George L. MARYLAND.
Philadelphia Gear Works company
Robert P. Lamont. American Steel
Foundries; Paul T. Norton, Columbus
o.; A. H. Mulliken, Pettibone-MuIliken
company Charles r. Sigh, Grand
Rapids, and Charles B. King, Marion,
Ohio.
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Two Sea Workers Lose
Lives when Freighter
Capsizes in Hudson

TARRYToWN, N. Y, Oct. U.s.
Caught in the tornado gale which
swept across the Tappan Zee, the
freight steamer G. r. Brady capsized
and sank in the Hudson river near
here today with the loss OF two lives.
The dead; Charles Hayes, fireman;
Mrs. Catherine Demond, cook. Thorn
rs II. Kelly, chief engineer, Is in 4
hospital, with burns and suffering
from immersion. Nine others OF the
crew were saved by tug.
When the gale upset the steamer
water rushed into the boiler room,
trapping Hayes as he attempted to
ascend the steel ladder. The vessel
was blown to bits by the force of the
boiler explosion.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-10-27
The Struggle Save the Life Of The DAILY WORKER Is Part
the Growing Fight Save the Lives Of Sacco and Vanze

the pressing danger Of being
forced to suspend publication of abors only daily.
campaign, therefore, this of the working
class-The DAILY WORKER, being repaired Furnished,
strengthened ready greater efforts there
only space, but also with
greater circulation DAILY WORKER, developed
into a keener effective fighting organ Of labor.
Let every friend of The DAILY WORKER there
FORE of achieving Immediately the goal set
forth in yesterdays
Within the few weeks, The DAILY WORKER must
quota $4,000 necessary of
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-10-27
No Illusions About Sacco and Vanzetti!

to the determined opposition the frame up by millions Of
workers.
Saoco and Vanzett are the very verge of being
murdered for their loyalty to the working class The black
and sinister forces of reaction have cunnngy manipulated
their instruments the benches of the courts They have
subjected Sacco and VanZett to that terrible torture OF
suspense which keeps them the brink of death every
ent of day They have refused them trial in the
face of the overwhelming evidence which has caused
capitalist papers admit the nsy nature of the prosecu
tons
Now than must the main energy of those
of workers. this country and throughout the world
be concentrated in an agitation and determined
opposition to the conspiracy railroad Sacco and Vanzet
to the electrocution chair.
INTERNATIONAL LABOR DEFENSE
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-10-27

But American labor has only daily in the English Ian
Voicng its grievances making fight today for saeeo
and Vanzeti. That daily The DAILY WORKER.
Even The DAILY WORKER is erevousy handicapped in
its efforts to bring the truth about the deliberate attempt
the Of the ruling class legally murder saeeo and Vanze
the attention Of the of toers this country
It devote much valuable the immediate
financial problem that confronts It. This vital question be
explained to its readers that they will respond quickly with
the aid continue the life Of This
would gladly be devoted abor struggles in giving greater
attention to the saceoVanzett not
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-10-27
West VIRGINIA
CHOSEN GROUND
OF OPEN SHOP
Textile Mill to Use Mine
Camp Women

PASSAIC, N. j., Oct. 25.-(FP)-
Acheson Harden Handkerchief com
pany, whose Passaic factory is called
the largest of its kind in the coun-
try, has given the contract for cree
ton of the first unit of its new plant
at Bluefeld, West Va. The first Blue
field unit will employ 200 workers,
mostly girls and women, and ulti-
mately the West Virginia factory is
expected TO employ 1000
In February of this year the N. Y.
Times ran the following ad, which
Federated Press brought to the at
tention of labor papers:
Business Connections.
1880 GIRL WORKERS available
in BIuefieId, w. Va; splendid OPP
portunity for hosiery, skirt, overall,
silk or other textile mill; 1925 fed
eral census gives city 23,s9e; not a
single industry employing women;
in heart Of southern West Virginia;
nonunion territory; half mile above
sea level; cool, healthfu summers
insure labor efficiency all year; adj
Joining Poeahontas coal fields, pro-
duoIna worlds finest steam coal; ex-
eeiIent transportation facilities; un-
limited electric power at low rates;
fast-urowlno, progressive eommun-
ny, elty-manaser government. Ad-
dress Chamber Of Commerce, Blue
nsld. W. Va"
Use Women OF Miners.
Nonunion soft coal miners in West
virginia have been found by a labor
investigator to be working only part
time and not earning sufficient wages
70 support their families. AS in other
mining communities, the miners
wives and daughters are forced 10
work 10 exc out a living.
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COOIidge's Endorsement of Senator
Butler in Massachusetts Shows the
FrGme-up Gang Sticking Together

Declaring that Communist the elections Tuesday
will be murder of Nicola sacco and
the New England shoe
factory textile mill Engdah Communist candidate for
United States Illinois, today pointed out
these urging reelection Of Senator Butler the multi
millionaire republican
party.
Workers states the nation register their protest
casting
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-10-27
NEGRO LEADER RETURNS
ENTHUSED FROM VISIT
TO THE SOVIET UNION
Especial to The Daily wOrksr)

NSpeclal 10 Inc Odly WoTRsD 4
NEW YORK, oct. 26.-(FP)-
Or. w. &. 3. Dubois Of the National
Association for the Advancement
of coIored People and editor Of The
Crisis, has returned from a Euro
pean trip Of three months. He was
In Belgium, Germany, Constantin-
ople, Italy and most Of the time
Russia, where he covered over 1000
miles.
DR.. Dubois comes back full Of en-
thuslasm for what the Russian peo-
pie are trying to do and is going
to write in The Crisis and lecture
on the subject during the coming
year, the N. A. A. c. p. announces.
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Irish Workers Greet
Sacco and Vanzetti

BOSTON, Oct. 25.-"Greetings to
Sacco and Vanzetti and congratula-
tions on defense offered, from the
Workers Union OF Ireland. Jim Lar
kin, secretary"-is the text Of a cable
gram received by the Sacco-Vanzetti
Defense Committee. Box SO, Hanover
st. Station, Boston.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-10-27
American Financier
Finds Improvement
in German Business
Especial to The Daily worksr)

NEW YORK. Oct. 19.-Germanys
rehabilitation is the most outstanding
recent development in Europe. accord
ing TO Charlton Ogburn, American A.
nancier, vlce-president of G. Il. Bar
rett and company, who has just re.
turned from a tour of Europe.
Germany's recovery IS nothing short
Of a miracle, said ogburn. The chiei
factor In it's recovery, he said, was
the part played by American gold
which was sent into Germany by
American capitalists.
He also praised governmental and
municipal control of many industries
as aiding In GermanStz recovery.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-10-27
Debt Settlements no
Business of Public's
says u. S. Ambassador
Especial to The Daily worksr)

NEW YORK. Oct. 25.--The time for
Individual tinkering with the Franco
American debt settlement is past II
Is now matter between the two gov.
ernments and private citizens should
keep hands off. This was the parting
advice to individuals OF both coun.
tries from Myron T. Herrick, Ameri-
can Ambassador to France, as he
sailed on the Paris to resume his post
after a vacation.
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3. q Q. Wr.ek Kl,Is rhre,.

HEREFORD, O.. Oct. 20. --Three
persons were killed here early this
morning when an eastbound Bslti-
more and Ohio passenger train col
lided with an automobile. The dead
j. ]. Doe. Paul Richards. James Gam
BILE. All are residents OF Canton.
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ger financially.
than onefourth total $4,000 ALL
come up present time. This Keep The
DAILY WORKER Army al $1,000.
to Page Four today read the sol
diers this Keep The DAILY WORKER Army saying
achievements "DAILY" join army by
doing something. matter small in aid campaign
REMEM5ERl
The struggle the life Of The DAILY WORKER Is
part of labors struggle to SAVE THE LIVES OF sAcco
AND VANZETTI
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-10-27
BY ]. LOUIS ENopAHL.

A7oR needs weapons carry struggles
IL One of the important weapons working
class is ts press. without press helpless
clearly revealed today the militant vanguard of
labor stands the giant Of making
whole working class the latest startling development
saccoVanzeti
battery daes from Of the land other
could quickly everywhere effective
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-10-27
Upholsterers Strike
Scranton, Pa, Shops

SCRANTON October 25.- (FP)-
Thirty upholsterers-26 men and four
women--are striking against K. J.
Smith plant al Quackenbush Ware
house for 44-hour week. 81 per hour
for men and s25 week for women
workers.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-10-27
U. S. CHAMBER OF COMMERCE HAS
PRESENTATIONS" ON EUROPEANS
MOVEMENT FOR JUSTIFICATION

PARIS Oct 3D. At the meeting
Der OF Commerce. quite stir
the chamber received cable from
Washington nstucng the question
international industrial enntesor
being o the European continent
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A subscription 10 The DAILY
WORKER for one month, TO the
members Of your union 70 a good
pGy. Try il
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kSs.s,% Sse..%
BY 7. ). o'FLAHERTV

n. c. STEPHENSON, former grand
- dragon of the realm of Indiana,
promised big revelations few weeks
ago. revelations that would shake In
diana politics to its deepest cesspool
and topple reigning politicians from
their thrones. But the expected dis
closures have failed to materialize and
the ex-dragon's head is shut as tight
az a miser's purse. What happened
in the meantime? In all probability
the republican machine that now cou-
trolls Indiana, promised Stephenson
his liberty after the elections, pro
vided he does not spill the beans.
TT was proven beyond the shadow
L of a doubt that the present G. O.
p. leadership of Indiana owes its Off
cial existence to the support OF the
X. X. X. Stephenson put them in Of
fee. but when he raped a young girl,
who died as a result, and got into the
tolls of the law, his former political
associates left him to his fate. This
made him angry, so he decided to
talk" The Jail authorities, on in
structions from above, refused to al
low anybody TO interview the ex-
dragon, until they had chance to
get things Strengthened out. When
permission was granted to the opposi-
ton to the state machine to inter
view Stephenson, the latter would not
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-10-27

their votes Tor Communist candidates.
next Tuesday" said Engdahl. only
the vicious class election laws Of the
capitalist rulers, who are trying to
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-10-27

fTHE official organ Of the Minnesota
i farmer-labor party has accepted ad-
vertisements for capitalist candidates
and the class conscious members of
the party are up in the air about 1t.
It appears that a gang Of labor fax
ers got hold Of the farmer labor party
in Minnesota, evidently with the OBJ
ject of killing it. Those political ras-
Gals made constant war on the Com
munist members of the farmer labor
association, principally because the
Communists were the backbone Of the
movement and would keep an eye
(Cc ntinued on page 81
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put Sacco and Vanzetti to death, have
made it impossible to have Commun-
Continued on page g.
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The Monmouth inquirer., 1926-10-21
pemand For Rat SAN.

The use Of rat skins in various in
dustries has created demand in Lon
don alone to the amount Of nearly
100000 a year. They are used, among
other things. for bookbinding. photo
graph frames. purses, and for thumbs
in gloves.
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increase the consumption largely, and
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was passed. The damage done by rats
in England alone is estimated to
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cupies a large number Of persons
Fur News.
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chinchilIa Becoming Scarce.

The chinchilla, the little rat-like an
imal which produces the popular fur,
is in danger of extinction.
ChinchilIa used to be found in
great numbers in the higher ranges
Of the Andes. in Bolivia and Chile, hut
owing to the demand for their skins
they have been ruthIessly hunted, in
season and out Of season, and the
Chilean Government finds it almost
impossible to enforce law which has
been passed for their protection.
The exports from Coquimbo. the
principal port for this trade, amount
ed lest year to twelve thousand dozen
skins. and the prices paid were dou-
ble those Of the previous year.