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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-07-10
The Young Miner Must Say His Word

The crisis confronting the mining
industry Of this country presents to
the Mining Youth a definite problem.
The over-development of the mining
industry during the war has created a
condition of chronic unemployment
turnout the year. The maneuver Of the
bosses to break the union by moving
the fields of production to the morgan
lied southern territory has aggravated
this situation.
At the same time the officialdom Of
the union does not adopt a fighting
policy and conducts a campaign
against those who even suggest such
militant, fighting policy.
In such situation 1t is necessary
to consolidate a fighting bloc with a
definite policy. In such a left wing
bloc the young miners can be power
full factor.
At the present time there exists
various determinations against the
young miner in the union agreement.
The youth in general is RELOCATED to
the background of the local union.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-07-10
WORKERS PARTY ASKS SOCIALIST
7 PARTY OF CALIFORNIA TO UNITE
IN MOVEMENT FOR A LABOR TICKET

SAN FRANCISCO, July 8. - The
California district organization of the
Workers (Communist) Party has is
sued an appeal to the Socialist Party
of California, and to Upton Sinclair
S. p. candidate for governor Of that
state, proposing that the Socialist
Party of California join in the is
suance of a joint call to all labor
unions and other workers organiza-
lions to participate in placing in the
field this fall a united labor ticket.
The formation of a special sub-com-
mittee to meet with a similar commit
tee of the Workers Party is suggested,
the two subcommittee to be charged
with working out a program for the
purpose.
In a letter to Lena Morrow Lewis,
state secretary of the Socialist Party
Of California, the district organizer of
the Workers (Communist) Party of
the district says: 1--WE feel that if the
Communists and the Socialists make
this united front appeal it will go a
long way in advancing the formation
of state Labor Party in California"
Appeal To Socialists.
The appeal to the Socialist Party
says:
Dear Comrades:
1.-THE present industrial and agricul-
tural situation in California is proving
to. the workers and farmers of this
state the fallacy of trying to remedy
their conditions by means of following
the political policy of supporting your
friends in the old capitalist parties.
"The state of California, which for
long time was the leading state for
the organized labor movement and the
progressive movement in general, is
now being definitely controlled by
those who are opposed to organized
labor, and even the educational insti-
tutions of the state are being openly
used for the purpose OF spreading the
ideas of the open shop.
Criminal syndicalist laws and court
injunctions have been used as a whip
against the organized workers and
over 80 innocent workers are now in
prison merely because of their activi-
ties on behalf Of the working class
"The most vicious anti-picketing
laws have been on the statute books
for years and are constantly being
used against every attempt of the
workers TO better their conditions.
Mexican and Negro workers are
being exploited to the limit in the
Agricultural districts in the south. In
the fruit and packing industries, men,
women and children of the same
family have TO work long hours In
order TO earn enough to live on.
Thousands of workers in the lum-
Der industry are working long hours
with very little pay and are prac-
tically deprived OF all rights OF citizen.
ship because OF the fact that they are
under constant control OF the lumber
interests and actually live in feudal
cities.
Farms have been left deserted be-.
cause of the inability OF the farmers
TO exc out living wage.
"The water and power resources Of
this state are being gradually control
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-07-10

led by the private water and power
interests.
Military training has been intensi-
fed in the universities, high schools
and even the higher grades in the
grammar schools. Constant propa-
ganda against Japanese workers is
being carried on, while ever increas-
ing appropriations for military pur-
poses are being made for this state.
All of these are for the purpose of
creating war spirit and making the
necessary preparedness for a war on
the Pacific.
"These conditions and the recogni-
ton by the workers and farmers of
the fallacy in hoping to get relief
from the two capitalist parties, makes
this the most opportune time to
crystalline the dissatisfaction into a
definite independent political express
sion of the workers and farmers.
Nov is the time for the workers to
organize themselves independently on
the political field.
we, therefore, invite the state ex-
ecutive committee of the Socialist
Party of California, to issue jointly a
call to all labor unions and workers
fraternal organizations for the purpose
of placing into the field a united labor
ticket. We also suggest that special
subcommittee meet with a similar
committee Of the Workers (Commun-
ist) Party to work out program to
this end.
Hoping that you will see the i'm
portance of this united front and that
you will respond favorably to our re
quest, We are
"Fraternally yours,
"organizer, District No. 10,
Workers (Communist) Party
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-07-10

Inequalities in economic conditions
prevail at present.
The coming international elections
and convention presents an excellent
opportunity for organized action Of the
young coal miner. The expiration of
the Jacksonville agreement presents
another opportunity to wage a strug-
gle for elimination Of these unfavor-
able clauses.
Utilizing these favorable circumstan-
ces the youth must mobilize its forces
and demand recognition within the
union, nominating young miners on
the left wing slate and running on a
platform calling upon the liquidation
of all unfavorable clauses in the con-
stitution, agreement with the bosses.
and better economic conditions. They
will also be assisting the union BY
waging determined struggle to or
ganize the non-union fields.
Youth conferences will prove an ex.
cellent medium of rallying the young
miners in this struggle.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-07-10
Youth in St. Louis
Laundry industry
Gets 8 Dollars Wages

An investigation of conditions in
which the youth in St. Louis industry
works, reveals a set of facts which
shows the worst exploitation of the
working youth in the United States.
The st. Louis laundry owners com.
bined maintain an iron clad soap
shop policy having successfully fought
every attempt unionize the workers
many of whom bring a pay of 5
dollars for full week work. No union
of laundry workers existed up till now
in st. Louis. The official trade union
movement did not consider seriously
the unionization of the laundry work.
ers in st. Louis. Why do the utmost
to make a stop to those terrible con.
ditions and organize a union in the
laundry trade.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-07-10

ty as the expression of the workers
who are fighting for better conditions.
But this is not sufficient: whenever
there is a condition in the shops, the
Communists must be the first to make
proposals for the changing of condi-
lions and to organize the workers for
fighting for the change. This deals
with immediate conditions in the
shops-whether they are wages,
hours, working conditions or anything
else. The workers are impressed by
nothing more than eadership-mil-
itancy and policy.
If in fighting for the interests of
the workers, however, we fail to make
recruits for the party, we are neglect
ing one of the most important party
tasks. Recruiting as a daily task, has
not become ingrained in the minds of
our party membership. Nor have we
yet learned to utilize non-party SYM
pathetic organizations for getting par
ty members. We have acquired too
much the "non-party" spirit Of these
non-party organizations and have for
gotten that they are excellent recruit
ing grounds for the party.
Slogan number two: Regular
recruiting campaigns as a result of &C.
'tlvities of the nuclei must be con-
Quoted in the shops and residential
sections.
Language Difficulties.
Difficulty of language has impeded
the growth of the party. Since the
breakup of the language declarations,
the party members have manifested
some loss of interest in the party
work. This is due to the common
basis thru language have been taken
from them. They feel unable to ex.
press themselves in English. AS Com
munists, we must provide ourselves
with one of the most necessary tools,
and that is language. Not that all
party members must become public
speakers, but they should acquire suf-
fcient command of the English Ian
guage, so that they reach practically
any worker in the shops. The knowl-
edge of foreign languages is advan-
tageous, but English must be regard
ed almost as basic. Owing to the dis
advantage Of not knowing the English
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-07-10
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! CONDUCTED ~ TAEg@l& sxpuNG WORKERS LEAGUE
Passaic Young Workers Are Infected With
tuberculosis Due to the Conditions in Shops
YOUTH INFECTED FOR PROFIT

In the examination of the striking
textile workers by the United Front
Committee, the physicians discovered
that out of 4O4 workers, 100 cases of
tuberculosis in different forms. $50
of the tubercular cases were found
among the youngest workers from IA
to 1s years old.
Case No. 81 is an example of what
happens, when girl of IA is forced
into the mills. This girl is IA pounds
underweight. For one year she swept
dusty floors and cleaned bobbins from
8 to 5 daily, getting from $745 to S11
a week. Had TO stand constantly
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-07-10
Workers Communist Party
How Shall We Gain Members for the Party?

language we'll, many of our comrades
hesitate about speaking to English
speaking workers. / realize that very
frequently they feel exposed to the
ridicule of the American-born worker
and that keeps many comrades from
being active in the trade unions. But
il they realize that the antagonism
against the party is in a large measure
due to its being a Bolsheyik Party
(most workers do not understand the
word Communist, but fully understand
Bolshevik), they would not be en-
barrassed by their inability to master
the English language, but would battle
thru the barrage of antipathy and
fight to gain the sympathy OF the
workers regardless of this handicap.
Slogan three: To the front--as good
sodiers-to overcome the language
difficulties that many comrades suffer
from.
Unequal Distribution of Capable
Comrades.
One further difficulty in the path
Of the party is that we have at the
present time an unequal distribution
of the capable comrades in the party.
When the party begins to realize the
Importance of certain districts and
certain industries, and seriously con-
siders the necessity of distributing
comrades thruout the party--particu-
larly the young comrades-we will
have leadership in each locality and
shift the comrades until in each town
we have at least one leader to rep
resent the party, direct the party COM
rades, who are most eager to do work
and are not daunted by defeats, and
aid most effectively in getting new
workers into the party.
Therefore, slogan four: Young mem
bers of the party and of the Y. w. /.
must be trained for party work, must
be dispatched to work in the strategic
points of certain industries and there
by aid in building up the party and
the Y. w. L.
/. Nothing will contribute more than
the leadership of the party as whole
to win recruits for the party-and this
leadership can be shown only in the
daily struggles OF the workers.
leadership in fact and not in theory.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-07-10
Terrible Exploitation
of Working Girls
All Over the u. S.

The official statistics of the o. s.
department of labor shows that the
average of the earnings of the working
girls in the shops, department stores.
and factories are from 10 to IL dollars
a week. The minimum sum to make
the poorest living amounts from IS
to 20 dollars. OF course, under such
conditions the girls must neglect them
selves and frequently suffer while
working. The hours Of the working
girls average over so week.
In some states a 10-hour protecting
law for women is established, but even
this law is violated, which shows in
many complaints to the department Of
labor. Specially the conditions in the
department stores are not endurable.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-07-10

windows were never opened because
the ends of the wool would break"
Result: incipient tuberculosis. She and
her brother are the sole support Of
family of six, The brother works ir-
regularly. When he is out Of work,
this child must take care Of the whole
family.
Similar cases are with other young
workers. No wonder that they are
fighting so vigorously for the simplest
conditions of work. This heroic fight
must find support by every young
worker in this country.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-07-10
Philadelphia Youth
Excursion on July 10

The Young Workers League Of Phi
ladelphia is giving an excursion on
Saturday, July 10, to New Riverview
Beach. The trip on the Delaware
River is very pleasant and the place
is good for bathing and has many
other amusements.
Comrade w. TrumbuH will be pres
ent and tell of his experiences.
Tickets can be gotten at 521 York
Ave, or of any member of the league.
Don't forget the date, July 10.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-07-10
N. Y. Young Workers
Excursion August |

NEW YORK CITY-on August LIST,
the first annual excursion on the S. S.
Pontiac chartered by the Y. w. L. for
that purpose will be held.
1t is intended that at this excursion
all efforts of the league will be made
to get outsiders principally to come.
The boat will sail up the Hudson to
Stony Point where the excursionist
will make merry on the spacious and
beautiful grounds.
The boat leaves at 10 a. m. sharp
Tickets at SIPS.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-07-10
BY !. AMrER.

TT is a fact in all parts OF the coun-
L try, that there are not enough com
rades to do the work of the party.
The party is handicapped for various
reasons: u the reorganization Of the
party, p the inexperience of the par
ty comrades in the new form of work,
- language difficulties.
The Reorganization and the Party.
Unquestionably the reorganization of
the party has done much to keep the
party from functioning as it should.
This is not novel in the Communist
International. The recent organiza-
ton conference held in Moscow just
before the Enlarged Executive Com
mittee demonstrated that the Com
munist parties have to bridge over
many difficulties when reorganization
takes place. Not that these difficulties
should be magnifed; on the contrary,
If proper cooperation takes place, the
reorganization can be brought about
with ease.
The reorganization, however, cost
our party large number of members,
and no comrade should shrug his
shoulders and say there is no loss to
the party, if the members who left
should not rejoin. On the contrary,
either due to misunderstanding or in
ability to think themselves into the
new form of organization, some COM
rades have left, who would be very
valuable to the party. 1t is true that
same of them may not have been the
type that wish to do much work; but
party work can be learned, and will
ingness to do it may be acquired
Hence, in many instances, it will be
found-as it has already been found
that members who have rejoined the
party become good party members.
Therefore, slogan number one: All
former party members possible must
be brought back into the party.
Recruiting.
Inexperience in the new form of
party work has not only hurt US in
the performance of the fundamental
work of the party, but has also made
it difficult for us to get new members.
The party membership, during the
days of language branches, rarely in
creased thru work in the shops. Most
of the members came to the party
thru contact in the fraternal organiza-
tions, unions, etc. This work must be
intensified, and every left winger, who
is eligible to membership in the party
must be brought in.
1t must be understood, however,
that the work in the trade unions,
fraternal organizations, etc., has not
been changed in form. 1t remains the
same, but is intensified and broad
ened.
The work in the shops is the novel
part of the reorganization. Work
thru the shop and street nuclei gives
us more direct contact with the work
ers. 1t must not be expected, how
ever, that the workers will flock into
the party just because we have reor-
ganized and now present ourselves to
the workers in an organized form in
the shops. 1t must be acknowledged
that the broad masses of the workers
know nothing about the party. The
publication of shop bulletins brings us
close to the workers on the question
OF their daily problems, and wherever
there is shop nucleus, we must have
shop bulletin. Street bulletins or
neighborhood bulletins should be IS
sued by the street nuclei, occupying
themselves with taking up the ques.
tons that harass the workers where
ever they live. This presents the par
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WHAT HAS GONE BEFORE.
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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-07-10
New York Yowls
Hike Sunday, July Is

NEW YORK CITY-All members of
the Young Workers League and those
sympathetic to it are requested to set
aside July 18th for the Grand Hike and
Hot Dog Roast to be held on that day.
Announcement as to where to met and
where the mixers are bound for will
be announced shortly.
The Monmouth inquirer., 1926-03-11
SOUND WAVE NOW
BIG HELP AT SEA
Radio Brings Marked Change
in Navigation

San Francfsco.-Radi0, which has
dissipated the pail of loneliness that
once overhung ships on the isolated
parts of the high seas. also is effect
ing marked change in navigation
methods.
More than half of the larger boats
visiting Pacific coast ports are now
getting direction signals over the
sound wave, and as a result the older.
more cumbersome ways Of figuring
distances, longitude and latitude are
fading.
The information that goes to the
captain in his chartroom through the
direction finder" enables him to de-
termine his exact position at sea. with
out reference to the ships speed or
detailed log.
A loop" which is the antennae, is
operated on bearings like a weather
vane at the top of its shaft. When
this is swung into position that gives
the maximum Intensity Of sound, de-
termined by ear, it is pointing direct
~ at the signaling shore station 1t
then is swung at right angles so that
no signal whatever is received.
In this position dials and hands OPP
Grating over a Sperry-gyro compass
record the direction of the ship, elm
mating the necessity of figuring vari-
alton because of magnetic attraction,
as must be done with a compass.
Another advance in navigation cred
table to the radio is the manner of
giving ships at sea the correct time.
In the old days the captain set his
chronometers when in port or off
shore where he was within range of
flashing light signal, the dropping
of a metal ball or the whine of a
siren. These adjuncts are still em-
ployed, but the navigator need not de-
pend on them. For he can get his
time at stated intervals no matter in
what part of the world his ship may
be.
Those on the Pacific-from Alaska
to Korea-are given time signal ev-
cry day at 10 p. M. San Francisco
time. 1t has been caught from points
as distant as London
The time given to the. navigator is
accurate to one part in 10000"
which in lay terms means that it is
not in error more than half second.
To the average man second means
little; to the Mare island naval OBJ
servatory it is 1864 00th part of day
Time is measured much more minute
ly than by seconds" however.
The observer gets his time, not from
the sun as is popularity supposed, but
by the movements of stars, which are
invariable. If a mistake of a half-sec-
ond should be made one day it would
almost inevitably be corrected the
next time the observer peeped through
his TELESCOPE and saw certain star
pass fixed point in the heavens, de-
termined by line on the telescope.
The Monmouth inquirer., 1926-03-11

record. The volume Of business in
dollars also set new record Of about
$500,000,00O. The development of the
foreign market is rapid Fifty-one
American railroads are now using mo-
tor trucks as part of their shipping
service, as compared with 33 in 1924.
The automobile industry, directly
and indirectly provides living for
8, 100000 persons. About 35O,OOO are
actually engaged in the manufacture
of cars, trucks and busses. Over g.
O00,O00O00 gallons of gasoline were
consumed in 1925 in American cars.
The total public Investment in auto
mobiles today is about 16,500,000,000.
According to present rate of produc-
ton and replacement seven seasons
viii be required to replace the 90.
100000 now in use.
In January of 1925 American auto
mobile manufacturers foretold an
output of 100000 for the year.
About 3,75O,000 cars were made. This
year they are estimating the demand
at from 100000 to 100000 They
count on the steady increase of
wealth in the country. the increase in
good roads; the extension of the au-
tomobile's usefulness; the tendency
of the well-to-do to own two cars or
else invest in a better car; the de-
sire Of every family to own car
and travel
The notorious business is sp1inging
up like a mushroom. One hundred
thousand are predicted for 1926. You
can get in an inclosed bus de luxe In
almost any large city and so almost
anywhere on regular schedule. The
city streets are full of great double
deckers
The foregoing outstanding facts of
the automotive industry, together
with others that might be mentioned
did space permit. seem to indicate
that the developments of the next ten
years will be exceedingly interesting
as well as of national Importance.
For example:
Organized society will have to take
q Qp1Qlle do ~ Tic ASSpCNlAFC
rights of motorist and pedestrians.
The appalling needless loss of human
life must be stopped.
The fuel situation is ridiculous
There is energy in gallon of gaso-
line converted 100 per cent Ito me-
chanical power to propel light car
$50 mi IS
How far can the practice Of time
payments on cars be carried?
Shall we have perpetual license
plates?
Shall we have federal control OF
through highways?
Shall highways provide for express
local and freight traffic? Shall we
have double-deck roads at congested
points?
One thing seems to be certain
Upon the permanent roadways will
depend the extent to which the motor
vehicle may be operated for pleasure
and profit
The Monmouth inquirer., 1926-03-11
Million Monuments Set
Canada Land Tracts

Ottawa, Ont-Over 100000 mon
uments have been erected in marking
the corners of the 10000 600 acre
tract constituting the surveyed por-
ton of the western provinces of Cam
ada, T. S. Nash told the annual meet
ing of the dominion land surveyors
here, reporting on the monumental sur
vey in the prairie provinces.
"Of the monuments only 10000 are
the modern standard survey posts
adopted in 1916,r Mr.. Nash said.
Canadians are too preoccupied to
take an interest In the boundary
marks that determine the limits of
their lands. In Manitoba, where the
original survey was marked by wood
en- posts As to so years ago, a large
percentage of the corners are already
lost Restoration surveys must be
carried out extensively in the next few
years, for If the number of lost cor
ners increases. the task of restoration
will ultimately become economically
impracticable.