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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-05-18
COOlidgeiSn in ExceISis

One reads the speech delivered by Coolidge Williamsburg
Virginia the hundred and fh anniversary formal
declaration of independence with feeling fortnight and
unquvoca fighters for American independence JEFF
ferson must have turned in their graves. osla
The Coolidge speech be characterized clumsy
tempt Of Wall Street mariOnete cadge section
whose population fought for states rghshe rights this
instance being right beings chate
slaves. hs'
TO further increase power function
of governmental activity
intelligent nhabtan of the United States
without precedent American history
its extended and consolidated under the Coolidge regime
president delivers himself described by the correspondent
Chicago Tribune:
He tore into its declaring
neither health efficiency in it,
and anteentralon
these six and seventy
Hypocrisy has by Coolidge
and his advisers
The doctrine of rights not" Coolidge privilege
to continue in wrongdong but privilege be free
ference i'll well doing"
Deafening cheers from the Vrgnan chvary fat
dividends from child labor by virtue
the robbery of child workers purely question rights
must have followed the utterance this blatant Pyannaism
After this it emneny fitting that the president
ceve the degree of LID from William and Mary college, again
its distinguished aumnus jefferson must have
stirred uneasiy in his grave
But such incidents the life president some ad
yantages for If doubtful
of America have only recall that Calvin Coolidge
dent by the and gold Of the House Morgan
of policemen in Boston years ago.
takes much power make and keep Coolidge president
in these Benighted States.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-05-18
A Feeble Gesture

Tomorrow the opening day of the socaed preliminary
conference to be held in Geneva under the auspices the league
nations The attempt of the assembly of the league meeting
ordinary session. to admit Germany the council failed with
disastrous results that the league doesn't yet know whether
alive dead and it is afraid try long
conferences the that the delegates
preliminary conference will their
secret deliberations But given hint regarding
of the plans of Sir Eric Drummond and Lord Cecil The
is to decide upon the number Of committees selected ap
point the committees and then adjourn until fall while the
mes conduct Surveys" Of the problem prepare reports
TO be submitted the eyenth assembly the league
Meanwhile the mperiaist sleighOhand performers
for control of what remains of the
for disarmament their enemies and the smaller nations
under the influence Of enemiesobvousy impossible
The agents Of Moan government the job eneavorng
TO obtain advantages satisfactory their
the fighting strength Of other powers
The outcome Of disarmament conference only
and more subtle preparations for which inevitable in the
of capitalist Imperialism.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-05-18
Communism at University of Wisconsin

be a Communist party, but one rep
resenting all shades of opinion Of the
working class.
But a labor party is only the first
step toward the revolution" he con-
tinued. 1.-THE working class will not
come into its own until it will be rep
resented entirely by workingmens
government. Such is the soviet form
of government which would comprise
representatives of all those who labor.
Leaders are elected by the rank and
file, not chosen by the leading indus
trial or financial interests, to repre-
sent their interest, as is the case in
our two parties.
"Altho the soviet government Of
Russia is a dictatorship it is ?. dicta-
torship by an overwhelming majority,
and is far more democratic than the
democratic government of the United
States" Mr.. Wicks replied to an as
sertion from the audience that the
government of Russia was the auto
cratic rule of minority.
Lawyer Defends Capitalism.
Pointing out that capitalism has
been and is still percolating with in
justices, Mr. Lamfrom, in defending
the present industrial system, said
that capitalism is divesting itself of
these shortcomings thru social and
industrial legislation. The give and
take" spirit among enlightened en-
ployers has permitted such legislation
which adjusts unequal differences.
Private property, Mr.. Lamfrom de-
fined, is the invulnerable basis of cap
italism and the choicest instrument
thru which the aspirations and ambi-
tons of humanity can be expressed.
Mr. Lamform advised his audience
that a communistic form of govern
ment would be wholly incompatible
with human nature, would not permit
the acquisition of wealth, and would
fail utterly because it is contrary to
mans spiritual and psychological
makeup
Wisconsin, Mr.. Lamfrom cited as
an example of a commonwealth under
capitalism which does not exploit the
workers, but which utilizes the taxes
it's citizens pay in public services, such
as good roads, etc. To which NJ
Wicks responded that under commu-
nism the workers would not only
make the roads but ride over them.
Mr.. Lamfrom could not refrain from
slight eulogy of the present sys-
tenn.
when walk home on a winter
night and see the bright lamps in the
peaceful cottages of our workers. l
envy" the rest was buried under
waves of laughter. Mr.. Lamforms
eulogy seemed TO be antiuuated.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-05-18

the federal government harmonic
with the principal of national unity"
with the observation that if the fed
eral government should go out of ex-
istence the authority of the states
would be sufficient for a time to pre-
vent disorder. This part Of his speech
concluded with the warning that "the
doctrine of state rights is not privi-
lege to continue in wrong-doing but
a privilege to be free from interior
ence in well-doing."
This pointless observation seemed
to have no connection with the rest
Of his speech, but then modern
president is not obliged to be coherent
in his public utterances.
The Williamsburg speech is the be-
ginning of the sesqui-centennial eele-
brations that will eliminate in the
opening of the much-advertised show
at Philadelphia July 4th. 1t only in
dicates the trend of the capitalist prop
uganda calculated to pervert the re-
evolutionary past in order to inspire
respect for the tyrannioal present.
But in this celebration we Commun-
lists, the revolutionists of today, will
not be denied the right to make our
voices heard. We will observe the
15Oth anniversary of 1875 in our own
way
While we disdain to cloak the revo-
luton of today in the trappings Of the
past, we review the struggle of the
American revolutionists, praise their
revolutionary audacity, appraise their
errors and profit by their experiences
in their struggles against the despot-
ism of their day so that we may more
effectively wage our struggle against
the black reaction of our day.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-05-18

collectors and other cogs of the pol
itical machine get together and, under
instructions of the local or state boss,
endorse the slate that appeals to the
machine.
For the most part the direct prima-
ries follow the dictates of the politi-
cal boss But occasionally the regis
tered party voters repudiate the ma
chine-picked candidate and select one
who is not so satisfactory. With one
of the White House favorites already
repudiated by members of his own
party for his stand ON the world court
and with Lenroot in Wisconsin, Cum
Minis in Iowa, and others of the world
court senators facing primary con-
tests, Coolidge starts a campaign to
wipe out the direct primary, so the
registered republican voting cattle
cannot run amuck and select candi-
dates without the official stamp of the
bureaucratic machine.
Coolidge's protested concern over
the "disproportionate influence of or
ganized minorities" is only smoke
screen behind which he hopes to en-
force unquestioned obedience to the
Mellon-Coolidge machine in his own
party.
The Campaign Begins.
OTHER reactionary measures were
~ enunciated by Coolidge, such as
further Capitalization of government
power under the cloak of discourse
on states rights. Speaking before a
Virginia audience the White House
spokesman had to soft-pedal this part
Of his speech so he qualified his as
sertion that cit is impossible to lay
too much emphasis upon the necessity
Of making all our political action of
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-05-18
BY Deni, in Moscow Pravda

States Steel, including skilled as well
as unskilled employees in the computa-
ton. Scarcely name in the list is
known to the public. They are simply
owners.
Gary's announcement accompanied
the report of a $45,O61,2S profit for
the first quarter of 1925. This com
pares with S42,2SO, 465 in the last quar-
ter of 1925 and S39, $780, 1892 in the first
three months of 1925. 1t represents
$3.50 a share on common, more than
twice the dividend requirements for
the quarter. Thus United States Steel
is piling up the surplus which will
guarantee per cent dividends even
tho depression lays off the workers
in the industry.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-05-18
Coolidge Opens the Sesqui-Centennial Celebrations
Leading o sgng Dlh dU dby dyW Stree
to Reaction Toda

I0NE hundred and fifty years ago
May Is, 1916, the Virginia AS
sembly meeting in the hall of William
and Mary College at Williamsburg
adopted a resolution declaring Vir
ginia independent of Great Britain
This action by the oldest and largest
of the colonies spurred on the hesitat
ing elements to that defiance of the
crown and parliament of England that
eliminated in the American declara
ton of independence at Philadelphia
seven weeks later.
A century and a half after thai
memorable event Calvin Coolidge
stood in the same hall and expounded
the theories of the United States gov
eminent of today.
The walls that re-echoed the thunder
If Patrick Henry looked down upon
he puerile antics of Coolidge, the
court jester of Wall Street. The
pageantry of 1875 is besmirched by
the low burlesque of 1926. The revo-
lutionary grandeur of yesterday is
used as a cloak to cover the rapacious
imperialism Of today.
There is profound historical symbol
ism in this appearance of Coolidge
at Williamsburg in Old Virginia. 1t
represents two climaxes; one the cul-
mination of the preparatory struggle
against the arrogance of British tyran.
ny and the alignment of the. thirteen
colonies behind the open armed strug-
gle; the other the complete subservi-
ence of the government to the slight
est demands of the mighty imperial
ism of Wall Street.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-05-18
by H. M. WICKS.

BUT 1T HOLDS TO co-oPERA.
TON AND COMBINATION IN
THE ADMINISTRATION OF JUS
TICE."
While Coolidge did not refer spe-
officially to the world court, there can
be no question regarding his meaning.
He ignores the fact that the Virginia
resolutions were designed as prepa-
ration for revolutionary action against
the British government and that the
authors of those resolutions were
deliberately striving to invoke the aid
Of the European enemies of Britain
as we'll as to align all the colonies
on the side of the revolution, and that
the resolutions quoted did not have,
and could not have had, any refer
ence whatsoever to an international
tribunal of the character of the league
of nations world court, which the
Coolidge government has entered in
order to defend the interests of Amer
lean imperialism against its enemies.
Assails Direct Primaries.
COOLIDGE took advantage of the
" occasion to enunciate a new re-
dictionary program regarding elections
since his favorites have Jared so bad
ly at the hands of the registered
voters of his own party. Referring to
direct primaries as an element of re-
cent development that is to be de-
plored, Coolidge adds:
"Direet primaries and direct cleo
tions bring to bear upon the polIti-
cal fortunes Of public officials the
greatly disproportlonate influence of
organized mlnorities."
Coolidge yearns for the return of
the good old days of the party caucus,
where the ward-heelers, bribers, bride
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-05-18

.CLOAKING his imperialist program
~ behind historical "reminiscences,
Coolidge perverts the, famous resolu-
ton of May 10, 1776, into a defense
.Of the Wall Street world court pro-
gram. That resolution stated in part:
"That the delegates appointed to
represent this colony in general con-
uress be instructed to propose to
that respectable body to declare the
united colonies free and lndepend-
ent states, absoived from all ale
glance to or dependence upon the
crown or parliament of Great Brit
ain; and that they give the assent
Of this colony to such declaration,
and to WHATEVER MEASURES
MAY BE THOUGHT PROPER AND
NECESSARY BY THE CONGRESS
FOR FORMING FOREIGN AL
LIANcES." Emphasis mine.-H.
N. W.
The dirty sophistry Of Coolidge was
brot into full play in his "interpreta-
ton" of the part we have emphasized
in the quotation. Praising' the com
munion of colonies" the down east
lackey of the House of Morgan asserts
that these resolutions, even tho I'M
consciously, recognized a communion
of nations when they authorized the
forming of foreign alliances" Coo
lidge adds
"They could not escape the con-
cluslon that as the Individual de-
rIVes his liberty from an observance
Of the law, so nations derive their
independence and perpetuate their
sovereignty from an observance Of
that comfy by which they are all
bound. Our country holds to pol
itlcaI and economic independence,
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-05-18
Mexican Government
Turns Seven Catholic
Churches Into Schools

MEXICO CITY. May 16. - Seven
Catholic churches in various towns in
the state of Tobasco abandoned by
Catholic clergy, who refused to com
ply with the constitutional require
ments regarding religion. are being re.
modelled into public schools.
President Gales ordered the use of
these buildings as public schools under
constitutional provision which de-
clares that all church buildings are
national property.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-05-18

Because the government today does
not represent the working class II is
necessary to form a labor party thru
which American labor will be able to
fight back, Mr. Wicks explained in
advocating a political party. Every
class struggle Is political struggle,
he said. This labor party would not
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-05-18
BY MARY PERscHoNoK
university of wisconsin,


"The working class revolution is
the inevitable outcome Of the evo-
luton of our Industrial system.
The soviet form of government is
the only government which will rep
resent the proIetariat."
IF. M. Wcks.
1.-THE capitalist system most eff
nciently gratIries the instincts OF
human nature. Under capitalism,
in the past SO years, more wealth
and more happiness has been &C
quired by everybody than ever be-
FORE"
Leon Lamfron.
MADISON, Wis, May 14-Before an
audience that filled the Agricultural
hall Of the University of Wisconsin
these statement, one sketching the
aims and policies of the Workers
(Communist) Party of America, the
other defending the present capitalist
system, outlined in a joint discussion
the talks on communism and capital
Wisconsin Student Forum, a non
partisan liberal organization on the
campus devoted to the study of So
cial, political and economic questions.
H. M. Wicks. editorial writer for
The DAILY WORKER, represented
the Communist viewpoint, while Leon
Lamfrom. Milwaukee attorney, coun-
sci for the Wisconsin Employers as
sociation and we'll known thruout the
state for his agility in obtaining labor
injunctions and defeating labor legis-
lation, was the spokesman for the
present industrial system.
Traces Capitalist Development.
A background for the proletarian
revolution was painted by Mr.. Wicks
when he traced the development Of
capitalism from its inception as a
revolutionary movement which culmi-
mated in the French revolution, it's
progress in accommodating a surplus
thru the exploitation of wage labor,
thru its imperialistic stage, a result Of
expression in the world war.
Capitalism has outlived its useful
ness; it generates within itself a
negative force, the constant reinvest-
ment of surplus which it Is able to
obtain only thru the exploitation Of
wage labor It will not disappear Of
itself but in response to certain def
mite conditions and needs. And we
are doing everything to bring about
its speedy disappearance said Mr.
Wicks.
"A revolution would be unnecessary
If the capitalists yield to our demands,
but history shows that no class has
given up its power and position as
rulers without a struggle. That is
why we believe that a revolution is
/ necessary.
"The government today is an ex.
preston OF the capitalist class: not
the workers. At every opportunity,
in a struggle between capital and la
Dor. It lines up against the workers.
The present Coolidge administra-
ton especially was denounced by Mr..
Wicks. who said that II worked "hand
in glove so perfectly with the indus
trial and financial interests that no
lobbyists were required to watch the
governments action.
Advocates Labor Party.
Because the government today does
not represent the working class II Is
necessary to form a labor party thru
which American labor will be able to
fight back, Mr.. wicks explained in
advocating a political party. Every
class struggle Is a political struggle,
he said. This labor party would not
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-05-18

in the steel industry would scarcely
earn this in million, hours.
coupon-clippers.
Below Baker there are at least 334
holdings of more than 1000 shares
each. To earn the dividends on the
smallest of these would require 1900
hours of work at the rate paid COM
mon labor Many of the larger blocks
are in the hands of brokers and other
private finance corporations. Exclud-
ing these the IA individuals following
Baker, with their holdings and regular
annual dividends are:
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-05-18


The change in the regular dividend
rate was made at the suggestion Of j.
p. Morgan. The Wall Street Journal
says, while the change in the steel
common dividend so far is merely in
the method Of declaration. as the 81
regular rate represents the same pay.
ment to stockholders as the IS regular
and 50 extra payments in recent years
the change is a significant one. 1t in.
dicates the conviction of directors that
a 81 rate can be maintained Indefinite
ly and leaves the door open for extras
in good years"
Disburses s6o,eoo,s4s Annually.
The corporations regular dividends
will now mean a disbursement OF
$50, S00,s4S to the owners each year.
Calls unearned $3.50 share win come
to him regularly as a result Of the
work done by steel labor. An unskill-
ed laborer In the steel mills would
have to work more than $50 hours to
earn this for his family
But Coolidge is only a runt capitalist
compared with other stockholders in
the corporation. George +. Baker,
chairman OF Morgans First National
bank, leads via 1850 shnrea 81 com.
mon and preferred stock. The per.
cent dividends on both classes Of stock
bring him s4O9,15O a year without any
work on his part. A common laborer
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-05-18
Corbishley Speaks in
Avella on Sum-, May %
Especial to The Daily wOrker)

AvELLA, Pa, May 16. - Henry
Corbishley will speak on the zeigler
Miners Frame-Up at the Slovenian
Hall, Sunday afternoon, May 30 at 2
o'clock under the auspices of the In
ternational Labor DEFENSE.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-05-18
Number Of

Including Baker this makes IS indi.
viduals taking S2.SsO.525 a year in cash
dividends from single corporation.
This would pay 1900 workers the av-
erage annual wage paid by United
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-05-18
UNITED STATES STEEL CORPORATION
WILL HAND OUT BIGGER DIVIDENDS
TO COUPON CLIPPERS IN THE FUTURE

Calvin Coolidge fellow
Steel corporation
Garys regular
dividend will be
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1926-10-01
B0rnurn Left Record
of Sermon Preached

P. T. Barnum. the circus king, once
preached sermon. On a Sunday
morning in the late summer Of 1885,
the great Snowman appeared before
the congregation of the Rocky Mount
Falls Primitive Baptist church located
at the falls Of the Tar river, just be-
yond the village of Rocky Mount Mills,
N. G. The sermon is authenticated
by Barnum in his autobiography.
There are two versions of the Barnum
sermon. One is that the regular min
lister failed to appear and Barnum, in
camp near the church, took the pulpit
rather than see the crowd disappointed.
The other version indicates that Bar
mum preached after the regular pastor
had concluded his sermon. Barnum
leaves one quotation from his sermon
in his autobiography. 1t says:
1--WE cannot violate the laws of God
with impunity, and He will not keep
back the wages of well-doing. Dia-
monds may glitter on vicious breast,
but the souls calm sunshine and the
heartfelt joy is virtues prize."-Ra-
leigh News and Observer.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1926-10-01
The Outcost

1t came TO the notice of travelling
man who had happened into a coun-
try store in northern Maine that the
crackerbox loafers around the stove
seemed to be decidedly cool toward
one old man who appeared to be Of
their clique.
you don't seem to care much for
that fellows society,"" remarked the
travelling man to one OF the loafers.
"Nope," was the reply, I'VE don't.
He's always aboastin' about how he
amt done nothin' but loaf ever since
1880"
'Too much Of braggart, eh?"
Nope. faint tibet, but" he added
confidentally, I'VE jes can't stand a
Teller thet's forever talkin' shop
Forbes Magazine.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1926-10-01

fanciful fur collars have become the
vogue-a word to the wise be suffi-
cient.
The effectiveness Of handsome os-
trich boa is set forth in this picture
in several instances. Note the luxu-
RANT black feather boa as worn with
the stunning velvet beret, French
creation, shown to the left in this
group. By the way, Paris says for
the crowns of our hats, higher and
then higher until they reach the limit,
and in this smart velvet shape we see
the theory delightfully."- put into prac-
tice.
Very pleasingly is the vogue for
black and white stressed in the styl-
lsh black MORE chapeau to the right
with its Inevitable accompaniment of
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1926-10-01

an ostrich boa, this time of snow
white.
That most fetching millinery ere
alton which tops this group is con-
tent to have as its first aid'' to be-
comingness a girlish high collar of
gray squirrel, thus challenging ostrich
with fur.
Again fur completes with feather in
the collarette of black monkey, worn
with the large black velvet chapeau
shown below to the left. 'Tis said
In millinery circles that the call for
large black velvet hats is insistent.
In speaking of hats, velvet ones are
ultra-smart. especially shirred velvet
as shown in the nasturtium with Gin
namon-colored model to the right
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1926-10-01

left. That a generous circular cape
of plaided and striped kasha can be
one of the niftiest fashion opponents.
when it comes to fall wraps. is a
truth attested in this model. This
is cape which invokes an urge to
possess. Not only does a scarf col
lar give it extreme chic, but the fact
that it is topped with swagger vag-
abond velours hat gives it even great
er prestige as strikingly bespeaking
smartest mode. Just word about
the modish cloth coat dress over which
it is posed. Street frocks of this
strictly tailored genre express I'M
mistakable up-to-dateness.
JULIA BOTTOAILEY.
tSa 1926. Western Newspape. Uaion.,