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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-09-09
POST OFFICE RETURNS
WORKERS PARTY MAIL
IT PRESERVED z YEARS

BY just now returning TO national
headquarters in Chicago letter
sent August 7, Nineteen Hundred
Twenty-four to VIM. Johnston, II
North Square, Boston, Mass, the
United States postoffice has some
what further demonstrated its inca
paeity and inetficiency.
Both the address of the sender
and that to which the letter was
intended to travel are even now,
after two years In the mails, plainly
Iegible on the envelope, as is also
the dated postmark. But before
the government of Morgan and
Rockefeller got around to deliver 1t,
Johnston had moved.
The envelope contained material
for the Foster-Gitlow presidential
campaign in 1924.
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they spent" The initial capital was
c apiece, subscribed, in weekly sub
scriptions of 3D., by the 2s trade un-
ionists, chartists and Owenite social
lists who formed the original members.
Owens teachings can be plainly noted
in the aims Of the society, for these in
cluded, besides the establishment of
a store for the sale Of food, "the build
ing, purchasing, or erecting a number
OF houses, in which these members,
desiring to assist each other in i'm
proving their domestic and social con-
dition, may reside; the manufacture
of articles, or purchase or rent Of land,
In order to employ members who were
out OF work or underpaid;" and fur
Their, that as soon as practicable this
society shall proceed to arrange the
powers Of production, distribution, ed
ucation, and government; or, in other
words TO establish a selfsupporting
home colony OF united interests. or as.
sist other societies in establishing
such colonies"
Many industrial districts followed
the Rochdale example. The purchase
in bulk and cooperative distribution
Of food and other essential commodi.
ties were plainly perceived by the
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-09-09
POVERTY DRIVES
MOTHER AND -FOUR
YOUNG TO DEATH
Husband Can't Support
Family on Wages
(speelaI to rhe palIy Workerl

SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. Crushed
by poverty and hunger and with evic-
ton from their modest home staring
them in the face, Mrs. Edna Fuller, 80,
gave up the struggle here today when
she huddled her five children ranging
from to IL years into one room,
locked the door and windows and
turned on the gas.
Her Husband Returns.
When Otto Fuller, 40, the husband
and father, a night Waterman, re-
turned to his home he found his wife
and four of the children dead. Win
field, II, was found barely alive. He
was rushed to the University of Cali
fornia Hospital, where physicians are
endeavoring to save his life. Fuller
has offered his own blood for trans
fusion operation that may be neces-
sary.
Struggling With Poverty.
The family had been struggling
with poverty for months, Fuller told
police, and he believes his wife be-
came temporarily deranged when she
resorted to her desperate act. A pitt.
full story of privation and misery was
told by Fuller. He said lbs monthly
salary was sos a month.
$35 for Rent.
''Thirty-five of this" he said, went
for rent and on the remaining $50 the
family for months had gotten along
as best they could.
at was agony for me to see them
suffer so,' he told officers.
He was frantic with grief and was
on the edge of collapse.
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Three Lie Factories.
The Soviet press points out that
there have long been Offices in Riga,
Stockholm and Prague where specially
invented communications concerning
the Soviet Union are fabricated. For
instance, the head of the bureau in
Riga is one Karabtchevswv, publisher
of the magazine, MIR" who provides
foreign correspondents with informa-
tion about the Soviet Union.
The foreign correspondent of the
Times. Urch, fabricates his special
kilograms from Russia" in Karabt-
chevswv's bureau. Amongst the en-
ployes of the bureau in Prague there
is a certain Block who is Bessara-
bian emigrant and leader of the Rus
sian section of the semi-ofIicial Prayer
Presse, and a certain Bolgovski, cor
respondent of the Europapress agency.
and a certain Magerovski, an employe
OF the official Czecho-Slovakian tele.
graph agency.
Stockholm Lie Bureau.
The head Of the bureau in Scandi-
navia is a member of the French mis-
sion, Russian white guardist, Shere.
shevski. alias Sergei Chessin. alias
Serges de Chassin. One of his as
sistants is certain Zion, who is per-
manently in London and who pub
fishes in the Stockholm Tidningen
correspondence from Moscow"
This lie factory forged the we'll
known "telegramme" purporting to be
from Chitcherin to Burov upon the
illegal transportation Of repatriated
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Polish Child Describes
Situation
BY NANNY MANKIN.
Young Pioneer.

THE government of Pilsudsh is try.
4 ing to make the people Of Poland
believe that they want peace. What
Pilsudsk1 really is plotting for is to
get control of all the countries around
Poland. He is also trying to destroy
the mass membership of the Polish
(Communist) Party, but the workers
and peasants of Poland can see right
thru his plans. The more things he
does to destroy them, the more mem
bers they get into the party. The
Workers (Communist) Party Of Po-
land is regarded as illegal by the Pill
sudski government and anyone found
with any party literature in their pos
session, the penalty for this crime Is
from four to ten years at hard labor.
There is practically no freedom OF
press in Poland. If any paper comes
out it is either censored or is confis-
Gated by the Pilsudski regime. All
the schools are under Pilsudski, and
they are taught whatever the dictator
wants them to know.
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Russians over the frontier of the So
Wet Union. This forgery was carried
out on the order of the Bulgarian gov
eminent. The declaration of Glitch.
erin that the Soviet Union would be
compelled to take action against per
sons arriving in Russia without per
mission and especially against. the
ships officers responsible for this traf-
fc was issued by the forgers as a
threat Of the Soviet Union to take rep
risals Gin particular against ex-of.
ficers."
Twisted Stories.
The same forgers. in reporting upon
events at the Polish-Lithuanian from,
tier, put instead of Poland the Soviet
Union. That is to say, they did not
report that Poland was mobilizing
against Lithuania, but that the Soviet
Union was sending troops to the Pol.
ish frontier.
The latest inventions concerning al
legged Instructions in the Soviet
Union, arrest of persons guilty of at
tempts upon Soviet leaders, etc, have
as their object the covering up of the
preparations for an attack on Lithua.
mia. The worth of these inventions
may be judged by the fact that even
Miliukov has issued a warning against
SANDERS issued from Riga and Stock
holm.
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FRENCH COMMUNIST YOUTH
SUPPORT FIGHT AGAINST
new BOSS OFFENSIVE

PARIS, France (By MaiD - It is
only the Communist Party here
which is carrying on consistent and
sincere fight against the government
of Poincare, BRAND and Herriot, just
as it did against the not much less
reactionary governments of the
smashed left bloc.
The Young Communist League OF
course is helping the party carry on
its fight against the new indirect
taxes, the transferring Of state monop-
olies to private exploitation, the con
tinuance Of the wars in Morocco and
Syria, the wholesale dismissals of the
government employees and reductions
in their salaries, the prepared Dawes
plan for France which also has the
sanction of socialists like Paul Bon
cour and Philip Snowden, the new in
f1ation of the franc, etc.
In this situation the most impor-
tant slogans raised by the party are:
The naturalization Of the banks, the
confscation of the rich, the state mo-
noply of foreign trade with workers
control, the cancellation of the inter
national debts, the dissolution of the
chamber (parliament) which was
elected against Poincare and is now
supporting him, and for a workers and
farmers government.
At the same time the Young Com
munist League also issued a stirring
call to the young workers, peasants
and soldiers to organize their defense
against the offensive of the capital
lists, calling especially on the boys on
the army and navy to fight for their
right to organize themselves and read
the workers press and telling them:
Don't shoot on the workers when
they are on strike! Don't let your
self be used as strikebreakers! Fra
ternize with the toiling masses in
their struggle against oppression!
Fraternize with the peoples Of Nor
Deco and Syria"
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the club and in order TO be let into
the banquet, free of charge, you need
only get $40 worth OF subs to The
DAILY WORKER, Workers Monthly,
Young Worker, Imprecor or any others
of the English party press. That is,
you must get $40 worth of subs for
any of these papers or a donation of
$40 for them. Well known national
speakers will be at the banquet, and
there will also be fine program.
Get to work-the campaign ends on
Sunday, Oct. II. Subs must be given
to the city literature agent DAILY
WORKER) in order to count; and
send them in, let's keep The DAILY
WORKER agent busy sending in the
subs.
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campaign:
Dear Comrades: Do you know what
a strong DAILY WORKER means to
the existence of our party? 1t means
that we will be better able to get new
members in the party, 1t means that
we will get into our party people who
will be attached to our party, thru a
press, which they will recognize as
their press. Are you the party men,
grows or not or are you the one who
wants 10 see the party grow and grow.
You must be the latter one or you
would not be member of the party.
Lenin said in relation to the Rus
sian press, "a paper is what we need
above all" and we can say the same
thing in relation to the English press.
Lenin said this in Russia and we say
II in America.
Local Campaign.
In order to give you chance to do
the real work this time we are giving
out the call for local campaign for
The DAILY WORKER.
There is going to be held a big at
fair for the benefit of The DAILY
WORKER and there is also going to
be organized a DAILY WORKER
Builders Club and only those who get
a certain amount OF subs will be able
TO become member OF this club
which will be an honorable position
in the city OF Baltimore. Are you go
ing TO be member Of the club?
Banquet.
:. In order to become a member OF
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Dunno in Minneapolis
on Friday, Sept. 10

On Friday, September 10th at 8
p. M, the workers of Minneapolis
will assemble in Moose Hall, 43 s.
Fourth Street, to listen to the state
ment of the Workers Party on the
farmer-Iabor movement and the
issues confronting the workers in
the fall elections.
William F. Dunno, the principal
speaker, is sure to draw a large at
tendance of working men and wo-
men, as he is an able speaker on
Issues and problems confronting
the working class.
Norman H. TaIIentire, district or
ganizer of the Workers Party, Min
nesota District No. 9, will preside as
chairman of the meeting.
A nominal admission charge of
ten cents is set and the advance
sale of tickets has already reached
encouraging proportions.
This is the first of a series of
meetings to be held under the
auspices of the Workers Party on
the farmer-Iabor movement and the
fall elections, to be addressed by
speakers of national and internal
tional prominence in the labor move
ment. Following the meeting with
William F. Dunno announced above
for Friday, Sept. 10, the workers Of
Minneapolis will hear ]. Louis Eng
dahl, Sept. oath, Bertram D. Wolfe,
Friday, Oct. 8, and c. E. Ruthenberg,
general secretary of the Workers
Party, on Sunday, Oct. 31st.
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NEWS AND
COMMENT
viii every Mondays WORKER

workers to be an advantage. The d.
velopment of the trading side gener-
ally submerged the ultimate aims, and
the idea of self-supporting colonies
faded from the vision OF British CO.
operation.
Economic Reasons for Success.
The success of the trade union and
cooperative movements after 1850,
was due mainly to the enormous eco
nomic development. which, aided by
improved means Of transport, opened
out the interiors of the vast CONT
mental markets. Hence increased de-
mand for labor-power to produce com
modities, and decreased competition
amongst workers, allowing them to or
ganize more effectively. Dives could
afford a few more crumbs for Las
arusl
The repeal of the corn laws in 1886
cheapened food, altho the factory
lords signalized their political triumph
by a 10 per cent all round reduction in
wages. AS the more fare-seeing OF
the chartists had previously pointed
out the landlords were not the only
enemies of the workers. One Of the
most important OF the factory acts
was passed in 1874. and this was fol-
lowed by the ten hours act in 1S47.
Legal protection was given to the
friendly societies, and TO a small ex-
tent cooperative societies, in 1876. All
this tended to assure the skilled
craftsmen Of a better standard Of life.
Real wages mounted steadily and
surely upwards, not 60 decline until
the formidable rivalry OF Germany and
America developed in the eighties.
The result was the growth of reform
ism, and organizations based on that
tactic-co.operation and trade union
ism.
British labor entered upon a long
period Of comparative material com.
fort and extreme intellectual stagua.
ton"
ITO Be cointinuedl
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-09-09
OPEN SHOPPERS
WARN OF union
DRIVE RESULTS
Fear Auto Industry May
Be Organized

WASHINGTON, Sept. Warming
has been issued to its members by
the Employers Association of Denver
against the campaign begun by the
machinists', metal workers, carpen-
ters', upholsterers', and Transfers and
chauffeurs' international unions to or
ganize the men in the automobile and
garage industry. One of these circu-
lars, issued by the Denver anti-union
group of employers, has reached the
headquarters of the International AS
ISOLATION Of Machinists.
up to this time" says the circu-
Tar, "they have made no material
Roadway in organizing mechanics in
Denver, at least. But in eastern cities
they have met with better success,
and the automobile industry faces the
necessity of so organizing its forces
that it will be prepared for whatever
may come.
"he organizing Of taxicab, motor bus
drivers and truck drivers is part of the
campaign and is backed by the ma
chinists. Next comes the organiza-
ton of auto plants, including three in
ternational rganizations-the uphol-
sterers, and sheet metal workers-to
secure the membership Of body trim
Z ers, wood working mechanics and
sheet metal workers.
And last, but not least, the Auto
mobile, Aircraft and Vehicle Workers
of America are gaining membership
thru an intensive drive. This union
is dominated largely by the Commu-
mist element. So it needs no stretch
of imagination to see what the conse-
quences would be, should organized
labor establish the closed shop in the
automobile industry. p. Organ
lied labor must not get control of the
industry, for it will mean another
transportation strike as of 1922, with
the automobile transportation thrown
in"
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Membership Course Weeks.
For New Members in Party.
The outline of the course follows:
Lesson /. What Kind Of Society Are We
Living In?
A. Why the capitalist class is strong.
l. Monopoly of means of production.
2. Splendid organization.
8. Control of state power.
l. Monopoly of culture and training.
B. Why the capitalist system is weak.
1. Glass struggle.
g Anarchy of production.
8. Machinery and employment.
4. Crisis, overproduction, commercial
c. What the capitalist system is COM
ing to.
q International organization of and
deeper exploitation of working class.
3. Oppression of farmers, colonies,
/. Waste and decay (Fetters upon
rebarbarization)
Lesson II. What Kind Of Society Do
We Want.
A. What is Communist society?
/. No class struggle.
2. Planned production.
g. No state and no wars.
4. High state of production and culture
for all.
B. Why we must have dictatorship of
proletariat before we can have Com
munism.
l. Meaning of dictatorship of prole-
tariat.
2. Necessity of dictatorship of prole-
tariat.
3. Historical function of era of dicta-
torship of proletariat
c. why the dictatorship Of proletariat
must take form Of Soviets.
/. The real nature Of parliamentary
democracy.
2. The real nature of Soviet democracy
Lesson III. What is Role Of c. I. and Its
American Section, w. p?
Introduction: w. p. is section Of a
world party, the G. l.
1. Advanced section.
A. It's relation to the working class.
2. Organized detachment and organ
izer.
8. No interests separate from the
working class.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-09-09
NEW YORK WORKERS SCHOOL TO
PROVIDE SHORT COURSES THIS
MONTH ON COMMUNIST THEORY

being carried the
requested Workers School
Organization Role
will September September respectively at The
and the beginning Sept We'd
Wolfe, director charge
Joined
party organization
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International Youth II
Day Is Celebrated by
Many Mass Meetings

NEW YORK ciTY-sept. 10 at Central
opera House, 9th ST. and Ord avenue.
Speakers: Lovestone, StacheI 3. Gold,
Don, Frankfeld.
BOSTON, Mass.-Sept. 20, Paine Memo
rial Hall, g Appleton ST. Speakers; Jack
tSachel, NJ. Kay and others.
Buffalo, NJ. Y.-Open air demonstrations
on corner of Division and Main SITS, Sept.
and 8. I. oreenberg and Benjamin,
speakers.
PERTH AMBOY, NJ. IL. Y. D. date
has bene changed to Sept. u, 1880 p. M,
at Workers Home, 800 Elm St.
ST. PAUL, Minn.-Sunday, Sept. ~, az
435 Rice st. The district organizers %
the party and Y. w. L. and NJ. Parmes
will be speakers.
PHILADELPHIA, Pa.-sept. II, 8 p.
m. Speakers; LoVestone and Darcy.
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VIGIL Radio Program

Chicago Federation OF Labor radio
broadcasting station VIGIL is on the
air with regular programs. II is
broadcasting on a d91.5 wave length
from the Municipal Pier.
TONIGHT.
500 D. m.--chcapo Federation OF La
Dor talks and bulletins.
6.f5 TO 6i3o-Fable Lady-Storles for
children.
$3.50 TO 7;3o-The Florentlne string Trio,
dinner music.
1880 70 s;3o-Arthur Billquist, bari-
tone; Harry Anderson, tenor.
$50 TO fosoo-tiekey and johnson,
Hawaiians; Little Joe Warner, gloom
chaser; Marie Wright, popular sonas.
1000 10 100 a. ni.--Alamo Cafe orehes-
ira and Entertainers. .1t
:. - - $780,
-=ssssss-'- --ssss-- ss-Hss iinikrissaaaz vss;'
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much greater success abroad.
Alexander Campbell and His
Pioneer Efforts.
Alexander Campbell claimed to be
the first propounder, in 1922, of the
theory that profits, since they repre-.
sented a surplus charged to the GUS
toners over the actual cost of the
goods, should be distributed to the
purchasers after the books had been
periodically balanced. He had lectur
ed in Rochdale, and was consulted by
the pioneers when their famous Equit
able Society was being formed.
Other societies preceded Rochdale
by paying dividend on purchases; e.g.
The Meltham Mills Society, near Hud
dersfield, established 1927, and the
Hometown Society. 1912. Charles
Howarth, who explained this idea to
the Rochdale weavers, made 1t the
recognized system OF profit distribu.
ton in Cooperative Societies, and the
success OF the system in Rochdale
gave It now impetus and made posi-.
BILE the growth OF the movement.
Tire Roehdale System.
The system adopted was that the
profits made by sales should be divid.
ed among all members who made pur-
chases in proportion TO the amount
.z..zz ~ ,s.s.@,.s A "a rlA..,--
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-09-09
Herrin, ILL.,, Mine
Resumes Operations

HERRIN, Ill, Sept. For the first
time since April Is, last, work has
been resumed at mine No. of the
Consolidated Coal Company of st,
Louis, which is regarded as the back
bone of Herrin's coal industry. The
nine employees about 700 men. The
Bobby Dick mine announced it would
start Immediately.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-09-09
FIVE MINERS SERIOUSLY
HURT IN VIOLENT BLAST
AT MOUNT CARMEL, PA.

MOUNT CARMEL, Pa, Sept. -
Five men we're critically injured and
several others slightly injured in a
violent explosion at the Reliance
shaft of the Philadelphia and Read
ing Coal and Iron Company, near
here, today. All of the Injured were
taken to the Shamokln State Hos
pItaI.
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HONOR ROLL
OF WORKERS
AIDING PRESS

Thomas Fisher, Chicago, ~. ............S 100
Y. w. l.. members, Superior, Wis.,. 1925
lenln Memorial Meeting,
Yonkers, NJ. Y. ............................ 1000
Frank Ranta Clinton, Ind. ................ 500
A. sohlemmer, Chicago City, Mimi. 100
J. kunkler, Chicago, ~. commandment. 300
Steve Soviek, Kansas City, KAN. $50
Alfred Dresehael. Maspeth. L. l..... 500
J. Leopold, Los Angeles, Calf. ......... 100
Anna Porter, San Jose, Calf. ........... 500
James Moran, Lone Pine, Calf ....... 500
w. e. Carpenter, Santa Monica, Cal. 80
J. Beirak, 81. Paul, MINI. ....a,1........ 80
A friend In Duquesne. Pa. ......,,......... 500
Esther Mendel, New York city ...... $500
A Friend In st. Louis, Mo. ...a....... 500
.---------- ---,e
Send The DAILY WORKER for one
month to your shop-mste, ort
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THE COOPERATIVE MOVEMENT.
CHAPTER ".
BY JOHN HAMILTON.
CHAPTER ".
The RochdaIe Pioneers and Their System.

The RochdaIe Pioneers and Their System
failed mainly
mainly failed industrial strength the
o support
Rochdal 1914 beginnings
working class
indeed,
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EXPOSE LIE FACTORIES WHICH
TURN OUT ANTI-SOVIET FAIRY
TALES, NAME THEIR MANAGERS

MOSCOW, Ma).-The
International bourgeois social democratic
of
public opinion the military
ania concentration Roumanan
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Chicago Russian
Fraction of w. P.
Meets Thursday

A very important meeting Of the
Chicago Russian fraction Of the Work
ers Party will be held Thursday, Sept.
., at the Workers House, 1902 West
Division st. Election to the district
convention will be held. Other i'm
portant reports will be discussed. Be
ginning at s y. m.
The size Of The DAILY WoRkE R
depends on you. Send q sub.
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CAMPAIGN is BEGUN TO INCREASE
BALTIMORE DAILY WORKER READERS

BALTIMORE Workers (Communs) Bal
circulation
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Workers Communist Party
THE WORKERS COMMUNIST PARTY
ENTERS THIS YEARS ELECTIONS

IN number by petition while
in others the petition still
(communist candidates officially ballots
Nominations officially
HcHlGAN-The following candidates officially
El ballot In the Primary Tuesday September
Governor William Reynolds.
Congress, 18th Dist, William MooIenhauer
Congress- 1s Dist Harry kshner.
Congress, Dlsty Daniel C. Holder. .alsa
DENNsYLVANA-The following
4 Governor H. M. Weks.
Leutenanteovernor, ParenIa Hills.
Secretary o. Internal Affairs, Jenkins.
United States Senator, E. Cary.
Legislature district
District, and Paransky.
Seventh District, Margaret
Eighth District Susie Kendra Skrlo.
District William Mikades Sam
State Senator, William Schmidt
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