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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-10-20
MAX EASTMAN AGAIN ATTACKS
THE RUSSIAN SOVIET REVOLUTION

attempted to erect his construction
ON completely rotten foundation. He
seizes upon isolated incidents occur
ring within our party in the course Of
some discussion in order by means OF
distorting the meaning of the facts
and exaggerating the relations in a
ridiculous manner to SANDER our
party and undermine the confidence
in it,"
EOMRADB KRUPSKAYA, whose
- party interest Eastman pretended
to defend a year and half ago, and
whose interest he is now again pre-
tending to defend in an attempt to
cover up his real mercenary interests
in the matter, declared of Eastman's
use of Comrade Lenins will"
Eastman invents various fctions
about Lenin' s letters to the party con-
crosses calling them 'testaments.
Eastman fails absolutely to under
stand the spirit of our party 4. The
real testament of Lenin is contained
in the last articles he wrote and re-
lates to fundamental questions Of
party and Soviet work. All his arti-
Giles have been published. But East
man finds nothing of interest in them
He is too busy helping the enemies
Of the Russian Communist Party to
calumniate and discredIt the central
committee by alleging that the tesla
ment' has been concealed" Com.
rade Krupskaya characterizes East
mans rawlings as follows:
''The author is only concerned to
gather up and smack his lips over
every scrap of gossip and color it
with his petty bourgeois anarchist
leanings.'
lTHE capitalist world is hard up for
4 material to SANDER the Russian
Revolution. The facts of revolution
airy reconstruction in Russia speak so
loud that the proletariat of the world
! is gradually becoming convinced that
OF all the national groups of the
working class of Europe the Russian
workers have selected the best road
out Of the utter economic and politi-
cal bankruptcy into which the rula
OF the bourgeoisie had thrown them.
The standard of living of the Russian
worker is constantly going up. Tho
economic security of the Soviet Union
is increasing hourly. Even the CAPT
talist governments themselves had
lost all hope of a successful counter
revolution. They have reconciled
themselves to the existence of
workers government But they can
not reconcile themselves to the fact
that such workers government
should stand out as a perpetual in
vitation to dissatisfied and rebellious
workers of other capitalist countries
to overthrow the rule of their bour-
geoisie and to take the construction
OF future society into their own
hands. Thus, while they carry on
relations with the hated soviet gov
eminent they continue belittling and
slandering it in the eyes of the work
ers. The need of the bourgeoisie for
evidence" against the Russian Revo-
luton brought Eastman the needed
money and at the same time satisfied
Eastman's desire to attack Russia.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-10-20
ware POSES AS
LABOR FRIEND
I'm CAMP AIGN

PHILADELPHIA, Oct. 1S.-William
S. Ware, republican candidate for
United States senator and central fig
ure in the Pennsylvania graft expose,
lis attempting to win the votes of the
workers by preaching that unless the
tariff goes up wages van go down, and
that he is their champion for higher
tariff"
Ware is travelling up and down the
state yelling at the top Of his voice his
tariff slogan. rE
Attacks Radicals.
Southern democrats and western
radicals are plotting to tear down oer
great protective tariff wall" walls
Ware to his audiencesIs What would
happen If that weres DONE" he rea.
sons, "is shown by what is happening
now under a tariff which is not high
enough to keep out a. food Of imports
that sell on the American market for
less than the cost Of production u
Pennsylvania factories"
Ware promised that he is elected he
will help put this tariff higher in order
TO keep wages untouched"
He did not say that wages would be
increased II this happens, or that he
has a very great personal interest in
seeing a higher tariff.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-10-20
LAWYERS FIGHT.
WITH FISTS IN
AIMEE'S TRIAL
Court in Turmoil When
Lie is Passed
Especial to The Daily WOrker)

LOS ANGELES, Oct, 1.-THE air
Of Judge Blake's court was still charg-
ed with excitement today as the pre-
liminary hearing OF Mrs. Aimee Sem
pie Mcpherson, evangelist, her moth
er, Mrs. Minnie Kennedy, and Mrs.
Lorraine Wiseman-Sielaff, all charged
with conspiracy, got under way to-
day
Attorneys Fight it Out.
After a week of dickering, fist
fight between w. /. Gilbert, chief
counsel for Mrs. Mcpherson, and s.
S. Hahn, attorney for Mrs. Sielaff,
threw the court into a turmoil yester-
day.
Gilbert and Hahn exchanged blows
when the latter accused Gilbert Of
telling the press that his client, Mrs.
Sielaff was a liar.
Gilbert then slapped Hahn across
the face with his open hand and Hahn
retaliated with similar blow.
Court attaches separated the two
men after which Judge Blake admon-
ished both of them for their actions.
Seek to Remove Juror.
Attorneys for the defense again
lost a move to have Mrs. Sielaff de-
clared incompetent upon the grounds
that she was once an inmate of an
insane asylum.
Her sister has stated that Mrs.
CtoIoFe ,,,oe pIooad in a TTfah institI,-
ton number of years ago, not be-
cause she was mentally deranged but
because she was incorrigible.
Repeats "Miss X" Testimony.
Mrs. Sielaff reiterated yesterday
that Mrs. Mcpherson offered her a
sum of money to produce a Miss X'
to assume the role of companion to
Kenneth G. Ormiston at a cottage at
Carmel, and she said the woman she
picked to play the role was Miss Ra-
chel Wells of Philadelphia. She de-
clared she did not know the where
abouts of Miss Wells at present but
thot she was in, New Orleans.
The prosecution is attempting to
prove that Mrs. Mcpherson was real
ly the companion of her former radio
operator, Ormiston, at Carmel, that
she conspired to produce false evil
dence in connection with the incident
and that her story Of beingNkidnapped
and held captive in Mexico, while her
followers thot her drowned, was moth
ing but hoax.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-10-20
SILK HAT LAWYERS
WOULD FOISTCOSSACK
TRIBE ON MISSOURI

ST. LoUls-(FP)-The Missouri
Association for Criminal Justice,
composed of silk hat lawyers, has
just completed an alleged survey
of crime conditions and drafted
program of proposed legislation
which will be urged upon the next
state legislature.
Sweeping changes in court pro-
eedure are recommended, but the
one in which labor is most vitality
Interested is state constabuIary.
The Missouri State Federation of
Labor is preparing its line of at
tack when the cossack proposal
raises its head in the Legislature.
Since the constabulary recon-
mendation was made public, nu-
rnerous new affiliations have been
received by the state federation.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-10-20
Jarecki Assailed
for Denying Vote
to War Veterans

County Judge Edmund II. Jarecki,
democratic nominee for reelection, is
being assailed by his republican OPP
ponent, Joseph Savage, for his deci-
sion, according to Savage, that wound
ed war veterans at the Speedway Hos
pltal here are paupers and hence can
not vote.
Savage, who was in the army, claims
that JareclKi made this ruling to pre-
won't the soldiers voting for their
buddy" as Savage styles himself.
"The county judge has more arbi.
trary power vested in him than any
other judicial or executive officer"
Savage told a meeting Of veterans Sun
day "The present Judge has never
hesitated TO use this power to his own
advantage"
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-10-20
Baltimore Republican
City Employees Insist
on Helping Democrats

BALTIMORE, Oct. Strip In an
ironical editorial the Baltimore Sun
describes the bleeding OF city charwo.
men and watchmen to the amount OF
" and S. respectively by the demo.
cratic campaign committee, on a
voluntary" basis.
what can Howard Bruce, chair
man of the democratic committee. do
in the circumstances" Il asks. "He
does not wish these poor people to
contribute-even on the easy Install
ment plan; more. he insists that he
will not countenanco such contribu-
tons o.. But the charwomen, and
the little republican jobholders, and
the aged republican watchmen, are ir.
resistible in their passion TO give to
the funds of the democratic party
'f the collectors should seriously re-
list. doubtless each collector would
% knocked nat on his back By some
iO-year-old charwoman who would
hen stuff the money into his pocket"
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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-10-20
Washington Labor to
Back Move to Gust
Anti-Labor Governor

SEATTLE, Wash, Oct. IS. 49, The
executive council of the Washington
State Federation of Labor has decided
that the federation win back the recall
movement against Gov. Hartley. The
recall was instituted following Hart
ley's dismissal Of the president Of the
University OF Washington several
weeks ago. Hartley, who is a II nber
boss Is VIGOROUSLY anti-labor.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-10-20

BUENoS AIRES, Oct. ia series
Of cryptic messages received here to.
day indicated that there may be grave
political disorders in Brazil Altho the
messages we're vague and without con
hrmatlop. in some quarters they were
interpreted as indicating that a new
revolution may have been attempted.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-10-20
Perth Amboy to See
Picture on Passaic

PERTH AMBoY N. J, Oct. 49,
THE Passaic Textile Strike" a seven
reel motion pictureigof the Passaic
strike, will be shownJin Perth Amboy
Thursday evening, October 81, at the
Washington Hail, tB Fayette street,
Perth Amboy, N. J.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-10-20
CHICAGO UNIONS
BACK Relief OF
PASSAIC STRIKE
Federation Votes Full
Support to U, T. w.

The final hour of Sundays session
Of the Chicago Federation of Labor
was enlivened by an appeal for the
support of the Passaic textile strikers,
made by Rebecca Grecht of the United
Textile Workers.
The speaker told of the marvellous
courage of the 10000 strikers, pre-
viously unorganized and of many
races. in their nine months of battle
against starvation wages
Bitter Struggle.
"If," said the speaker, "you could
have seen firemen, in the bitter cold
of winter, drench crowds of men,
women and children strikers with icy
water from their fire hoses; if you
could have seen tear gas bombs
thrown among the girl pickets, chok-
ing and strangling them with its poi
son fumes; if you could have seen
mounted police ride down crowds of
strikers children; then you would
know how their struggle must arouse
the sympathy of every worker who
has spark of humanity in him.
A Fight Against Company Unions.
But there is more than a humani-
tartan interest at stake" said Grecht.
She told how the fight was not only
against cold, hunger and police bru-
tality, but was a fight to protect the
union, Local 1903 of the United Tex
tile Workers. The mill owners are
trying to destroy this new union, and
all trade unionists must protect it
from the mill owners attempt to
force the workers to accept a com
pany union in place of real trade
union.
Terror Increased.
Since the A. F. of L. had taken
charge of the strike the mill barOns
had increased their terrorism. Fake
bomb plots have been framed up.
Four strikers are held on enormously
excessive bail. The strikers look to
the whole labor movement for sup
port. Without it they would never
have been able to stand up so far.
Now a strong boost from the labor
movement would force the mill own
ers to negotiate and settle on the
union terms.
A Unanimous Vote.
The speaker suggested that the fed
| Grafton empower the executive to
give whatever aid it could. BY unan-
lmous vote this was approved, with
/ the understanding that credentials
will be issued by the executive for So
Letting relief from affiliated unions.
Edward N. Nockels announced that
arrangements would be made to give
Passaic talk over VIGIL, the fedora
ton air station.
Aids |. L. G. Conference.
On request of the Joint Board of
the l. L. G. W., a committee was
authorized to work with the confer
ence called for next Sunday to work
out plans for support of the New York
garment strikers.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-10-20
(Continued from page 1l

NSOHllHuSu rum page ~
since the time Of Judas Iscariot,
and Eastman pocketed thousands
of pieces Of silver for his kiss of
betrayal)
Second, to make an attack on the
Russian Revolution, sufficiently dis
guised to fool even friends.
1t is not the first time that Max
Eastman has manipulated with this
material. A year and a half ago
he was already on the rampage
ito help Trotsky against the con-
spiracy of the central committee of
the Communist Party of the Soviet
Union" The thanks ne received
from Trotsky for this Service"
should have warned him against
further campaigns of that sort. But
Eastman seems to be very hard up
for money and the capitalist press
seems to be very hard up for mater
iaI against Russia so that both were
willing to disregard entirely what
Trotsky had said of Eastman,s ma
terial Of year and half ago.
.TNROTSKY at that time repudiated
4 Eastman and declared among
other things: Eastman asserts in
several places that the central com.
mittee has concealed from the
party large number of documents OF
extraordinary importance written by
Lenin during the last period of his
life. (The documents in question are
letters on the national question, the
famous will etc.e This as a pure
Islander against the central committee
of our party. Eastman's words con.
veyed the impression that these let
ters, which are of an advisory char.
acter and deal with the party organ.
ization, were intended by Lenin for
publication. This is not at all in
accordance with the facts. During
the time of his illness Lenin repeat.
eddy addressed letters and proposals
to the leading bodies and congresses
of the party. 1t must be definitely
stated that all these letters and sug-
gestions were invariably delivered to
their destination and they were all
brought to the knowledge of the dele.
gates of the 18th and 18th congresses
and have invariably exercised their
influence on the decisions of the
party. 49,. Comrade Lenin has not
left and will The bourgeois and
Menshevist press generally under
stands under the designation of
will one of oCmrade Lenin's let.
tiers (Which is so much altered as to
be almost illegible) in which he gives
the party some organizational advice.
The 18th Party Congress devoted the
greatest attention to it and the
other letters, and drew the conclus-
ions corresponding to the existing
situation. All talk with regard to a
concealed or mutilated will is moth
ing but a despicabIe lie, directed
against the real will of Comrade
Lenin and against the interests OF
the party created by him.,
In another part of Comrade Trot-
sky's refutation of Eastman we find
"a very fitting characterization OF
Eastman's present outburst. Comrade
Trotsky declares, that Eastman has
New Britain herald., 1926-08-07
BOARD OF WORKS NEEDS MONEY

The board of public works sui fered severe pains = at least the former one did when the city's financial sharks cut down it's appropriation Ito the bone" Hence 1t was not surprising that the pres ent board found itself entirely lack ing in an appropriation to grade Goodwin street, facing the new Roosevelt school II will be interest ing 10 note how the board and the civic authorities and school board finally arranged matters so that the work can proceed
 In the wild scramble to keep down appropriations each year some regard should be taken for emer- gencies, especially in connection with a board as closely identified with public improvements as the board Of public works.
New Britain herald., 1926-08-07
PUTTING A KICK IN PARKING RULES

The polics have acted with ex- pedltion and dispatch in an attempt to, end the practice of unlimited parking within restricted areas in this city.
 After a period of profound slum- Der it is suddenly discovered that numerous downtown streets have ben used as garages. and the sud- den activity of the bluecoats indi- cates this misconception of what streets are for can be eradicated if proper steps are taken.
 The police are desTous of edu- eating the public in various ways how to walk across streets without getting killed, how to watch the automatic lights and abide by what they. say, and how to do this or that
 This educational effort can well be extended to the minority of auto owners who do not believe in limited parking signs.
 The school is now in session. Let there be sessions every day in the year.
New Britain herald., 1926-08-07
EDERLE's TRIUMPH OVER CHANNEL

Americans win hail with rejoic- ing news to the effect that Ger trude Ederle. herself an American, was successful in her attempt to swim the English channel between France and England. Not only was she the first of her sex to success fully negotiate the crossing, but she established a new time record for any sex, her time of If hours and 3f minutes being nearly two hours less than that of the previous hold CT of the record, an Italian male swimmer from Argentina.
 Those of us who dabble in the water along Long Island Sound, venturing out occasionally into the tideway, can realize in part what the girl swimmer had to contend with in the waters of the channel. They were cold, in the first place, colder than the average along the Connecticut shore. and the tides run swift and strong along this waterway. Waves there were to contend with, according to the As- sociated Press, and choppy ones as we'll, which are harder to navigate for swimmer than long swells. It took 14 hours and a half to ac- complish the trick. Some of us spend a half an hour in the waters of the sound and perhaps several on the beach. After that we have usually had enough.
 As test of endurance the chan mel swim is the greatest. Miss Ederle's stamina, pluck and en- durance are cause for marvel in- deed. Our congratulations to the girl who withstood the terrific strain.
New Britain herald., 1926-08-07
DEFEAT FOR K. IA. K.

The Ku Klux Klan was the chief issue in the Kansas primary, and it is being pointed out with much satisfaction that the klan and it's candidates were defeated all along the line.
 Whereas a year or so ago the klan was so powerful in Kansas that it threatened to force jelly fish politicians to truclle to it's de- signs, today it's endorsement is q liability.
 William Allen White, the states fiery publicist, says the Kansas klan is now busted"
New Britain herald., 1926-08-07
HUGE RAIL EARNINGS BEING REPORTED

The Class 1 railroads of the country are enjoying record break ing earnings. The first half Of 1926, with the earning returns all re- ported to the Interstate Commerce Commission. proves that the pres ent rates, with the large volume of business, are putting the carriers on a firm footing.
 Yet the Class railroads. in spite of these record breaking earn ings, as class did not earn more than 5.60 per cent on the valuation placed upon these carriers by the I. c. c.
 They have a right to earn 5.75 per cent as a legally fair and just return upon capitalization. When above that the governments recap ture clause in the Transportation act takes effect.
 Not content with the I. c. c. valuation, which many claim is very generous. the railroads have their own little private valuation, which is still higher. According to this private valuation the net return for the six months was on a basis of only 4.e4 per cent.
 When considering the figures one must bear in mind that all Class 1 railroads are not making money: in truth, 22 operated at loss; and of these 13 were in the west These naturally were a drag upon the re- mainder in striking the average.
 Some of the big railroads are wading in money. The Baltimore & Ohio income at present has been computed at s21 a share; the Nor folk 6 Western at BPS share, the latter the highest in the country.
 The coal-carrying railroads. es- pecially those reaching West Vir- ginia, are most prosperous. The big passenger lines get the glory and public attention.
New Britain herald., 1926-08-07
25 Fears Ago Today

That New Britain should be num- bered among the earliest advocates Of constitutional reform is shown by an old document found in the big safe in the selectmen's office in the Stanley building. It is a certificate of the vote of the town in favor of an amendment at the annual town meeting held on the first Monday of October. 1865. The vote was 40S to 396.
 Four local boxers are on the card announced by Manager Willis of the Casino for Monday night Tommy Connolly will meet Morris Miller of Hartford Nick Ursno and John Rich will meet at 145 lbs. Patsy Welch, 115 lbs, will take on Lewis Paul of Rockville.
 A. H. Abbe, W. l. Hatch and H. D. Humphrey, the committee of the Businessmen's association look ing for reduced suburban trolley rates, called on Manager F. L. Ter ry this morning and conferred with him. He doubted if the patronage of the Berlin line warranted reducing the fare there to five cents, but ad- vised the signing of petition. A suggestion was also made that the trolley company extend it's line to East Berlin, it already Eavng the necessary charter for this. The em- ployes of the bridge shop and of Peck, Stow & Wilcox spend much money which would come to New Britain merchants if this were done.
 In the local markets tomatoes have gone up cents a quart and are now selling at IS cents. New potatoes are way up; usually they sell for about S1.15 bushel at this time of year but now they are $1.50. Cucumbers are to be found at the stores for a cent apiece. String beans are selling at three cents a quart.
 When Dick Hartnett, driver of noon to answer the fire alarm, he did not know that it was his own barn on Washington street that was in flames, and when he reached there he was obliged 10 remain or the seat Of the supply wagon while the firemen were at work on tho burning building. There was noth' ing in the barn except a carriage top, and that, as well as the top oi the barn, was ruined, the damage being s75.