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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-06-12
work. RS' SCHOOL
SUMMER CLASSES
S I A R I JULY IS
New York Offers Half
Months Course

NEW YORK, June 1O.-Teachers
from all over the country as well as
students fro mall sections of the
United States will assemble together
for the national summer training
course of the Workers School, July
1880.
Every effort is being made to make
the summer training school an out
standing educational event both in
the character of the teachers who give
the courses and the workers who come
to New York to take them.
america Today
Jay Lovestone will give the course
entitled America Today" a study of
classification, class divisions, agrarian
problem, changing economic trend, in
ternational relations and national pol
itics of the United States in the post
war period.
William F. Dunno will give the
course in Trade Union Work" This
coErse will deal with the major prob
lens of the American labor movement
and the technique of work for the
trade unions.
David Saposs, Scion De Leon or An
ton Bimba will give the course in the
history of the American labor move
ment.
Political History.
Alexander Trachtenberg has been
secured for the course in the Eco
nomic and Political History of the
United States.
William W. Weinstone is the in
structor in History and Problems Of
the Workers (Communist) Party.
Jack Stachel is instructor in Struct-
ure and Organizational Problems and
Bert Wolfe in Marxism-Leninism.
Half Month Course.
Only workers who intend to do a
half month of intensive hard work
with five hours of class room work a
day and several additional hours of
study are invited to make application
for the course.
Tuition and Expenses.
On account of the expenses involved
in securing teachers outside of the
regular staff of the Workers School,
it has been found necessary to charge
a tuition fee for the two-week period
Of SIS. However, many scholarships
are being offered by friends of the
school and no worker who is really
capable of benefiting from the course
and contributing to the labor move
ment as result of his studies will
be excluded merely because he lacks
the tuition fee. Arrangements are
being made to give free scholarships
to those requiring it and even room
and in some few cases other expenses
while in New York City.
For further information on the
school and the summer course write
to Bertram D. Wolfe, director of the
Workers School, 1OS East 14th street,
New York City, giving details as to
occupation, activities in the labor
movement and possibilities as to
financing yourself in connection with
the summer course.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-06-12
DARCY SPEAKS AT
CHICAGO MEMBER MEET

The plenum of the National Commit
tee of the Young Workers League has
just taken place. This gathering dis
cussed the situation facing the young
workers of this country at this time
and laid down the program of work
for the coming period. The plenum
was unanimous in its constructive
ness.
What took place, the decisions ar
rived at, ETC., will be reported by the
National Secretary of the Y. w. L.,
Comrade Sam Darcy, at the Chicago
League membership meeting on Fri
day, June IL. 1880 p. m, at 1902 West
Division street. Come and bring your
membership cards
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-06-12
Workers Communist Party
What The Daily Worker Is
What 1t Must Become

wired the correction, but the wire was
received too late.
am sure that this one inaccuracy
will lessen much of the effect of the
story in Minneapolis and will be used
to show that The DAILY WORKER
consciously distorts the facts.
A little more care on my part would
have prevented this.
THE chief reason for our mistakes
in this direction, think, is that we
take too much for granted.
Even in the American labor move
ment, where development is proceed
ing very slowly, the situation is not
static by any means. Persons and
groups change their positions from
day to day, even tho very slightly, and
if we are to understand and interpret
correctly events in the labor move
ment we must follow such changes
with the utmost closeness.
Then again there is the fact that
what may seem to us relatively unim-
portant is considered something very
striking indeed by large numbers of
workers.
THE second type of error consists
l principally in attaching too much
Importance to what, to one who is
part of and knows the American labor
movement, is all in the days work.
Into this category fall many, if not
most Of what can be called "the reign
of terror" type of story dealing with
internal struggles in unions.
Just why we should be so Mortified
by few fist fights in unions or even
by fights in which guns and black
jacks are used by opponents of the
left wing has always been a mystery
to me and, I believe, to many other
party members and non-party workers
as well.
TT is nothing less than pacifist non.
4 sense to raise the cry of gangster-
ism and terrorism because some left
winger gets hit in the jaw or because
a squad of tough guys" is called in
by the bureaucrats. Ordinarily this
strongarm work is done by members
Of the union themselves. Sometimes
of course professional gunner are
hired, but in either case a dose of
their own medicine is much more eff
fective than two or more columns of
hysterical complaint.
Our comrades should learn to use
their hands as we'll as their heads.
and it is not always true that the pen
is mightier than the blackjack.
So far The DAILY WORKER has
recorded only defeats of party mem
bers and left wingers in these af-
trays, but it will have no objection to
giving as much space to some victory
stories as it has to incidents where
the left wing furnishes only the cas-
ualty list.
THEN there is the unqualified use of
the word thousands" when de-
scribing mass meetings, strikes,
demonstrations, etc. Our correspond
ents should not forget that these af-
fairs are witnessed by many workers
besides themselves and that it is a
poor policy for the long pull to contin-
ually exaggerate.
The capitalist press may lie in the
other direction, but when the Commu-
mist press says thousands it should
mean something more than POOL.
Ito be continued.)
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-06-12

We are coming into what may be
long season for the exaggerated in
depreciation of railroad earnings. 1t
Is true that the railroads are earning
today not only more in dollars but
also more In return on Invested capt.
tai than they have earned in many
years. 1t is also true that there is a
distinct probability that something
like the present scale Of earnings can
be maintained for a considerable time
In the future. 1t is we'll to renew ac-
quaintance with facts at time when
railroad labor proposes wage increases
which would reduce railroad earnings
to almost nothing. There is nothing
In the situation to make wishes for
higher wages prima facie. evidence that
they are justified"
Railroad Profits.
Railroad profits for the first quarter
OF 1926 amounted to 1928, 55S, 765, com.
pared with s204,6O5,9S2 the same pc.
Rod Of 1925. This means that the
roads are earning about 5b per cent
on the tentative valuation by the in.
terstate commerce commission. II all
imitation due to writing up the value
OF investments could be squeezed out
the rate of return would be consider
ably higher. Returns for April from
majority Of the country's railroads
indicate that combined profits for the
month will be about s7s,OO0,OO0, COM
pared with $66,199,236 a year ago.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-06-12
Two children Burned to Death.

ST. JOHNS, uQe, June 1.-TWO
children, Paul Emile and Ghyslaine
Cloutre, were burned to death in their
beds when fire destroyed their home
here. Their parents were badly burned
in trying to rescue the children.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-06-12

AKRON, Ohio, June 9.-Candace
Brollier, %. of Mt Gilead, a nurse at
Peoples Hospital here, was electro
cuted while curling her hair.
1t was believed the electric curler
became short circuited in some man
ner.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-06-12
CLASS COLLABORATION INCREASES
PROFITS OF THE B. & O. RAILROAD
BY LELAND oLps, Federated Press.

reports covering the first months the Baltimore
Ohio railroad running nearly gave common
stockholders 1870 ~
Thu April the s114S1 compared with
9l94942 the gives it the largest
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-06-12

That worker next door to You
may not have anything to do to.
night. Hand him this copy Of the
DAILY WORKER.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-06-12

Your nefghbor win appreciate
the favor-gfve him this copy Of
the DAILY WORKER.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-06-12
YOUTH EXCURSION

fOU n EXCURSION
IN PHILADELPHIA
Saturday, July 10th, viii be enjoy
ment day for the Philadelphia mill
tants. Where at? At New Riverview
Beach. That's where the Young Work
ers League excursion is going to.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-06-12
To Fight Wage Increases.

Profits of the railroad industry as a
whole are running more than 10 per
cent ahead of 1926. Propagandsts for
the owners are busy trying to discount
this argument for general increases in
railroad wages. Says Editor Griswold
of the Chicago Journal of Commerce;
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-06-12

'NO Saih VI the DlS eastern trunk INES.
The first quarter of the year ended
with B. & o. profits up rs per cent,
while profits of the Pennsylvania had
advanced 1871 per cent and the New
York Central only SIS per cent.
The part played by B. & o. shopmen
in producing these gains for the stock
holders appears in the decreased pro.
portion of revenue needed for mainte-
nance. The B. G. o. maintenance ra-
ito fell from 1863 per cent of gross
revenue in the first quarter of 1925
to 1873 per cent in 1926. This was the
most important factor in increasing
net income from 12.1 per cent of gross
revenue in 1925 to 14.4 per cent in
1926.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-06-12
ON TO MOSCOW!

Subs Received in the Third Annual Ma
tional Daily Worker Builders Cam
paian-Subs Of June 8, and 5.
pointa TotaI
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-06-12

WRITE AS you FIGHT
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1926-04-27
HEAR|NCPROBES
COTTON "A 7 ES

HOUSTON, April 2T.-CP)-Hear-
ings in the port concentration cotton
rate case were resumed here today
with Houston witnesses still on the
stand. Houston steamship agents
were questioned yesterday regarding
the handling of cotton at the water
front congresses. docks and ware
houses. J. r. Stockton, dock man
ager for the Houston Compress con-
pany, showed how truckage charges
from an area outside that allocated
10 the ship were not borne by the ship.
but were borne by the compress com.
pany. Steamship agents confirmed
this statement. The testimony was
intended to show the economy Of
fected 10 the shippers through the
handling of cotton through such ia
cilities as those offered here.
The hearing the first day wound
up with statement from +. r. Dial
Zell, traffic manager, through the
handling of cotton exchange in which
he recited the history Of Houston 5
growth as a port and the accompany
ing development of the present con
trOversy.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1926-04-27
DOUBLE SH|F IS
WILL SPEED
DAM WORK
City Grants Request to
Assure Completion of
Project.

Speeding MP of work on the Olmos
dam with prospects that il may be
completed within the specified con
tract time doomed Tuesday with an
nounccment from the city hall that
permission will be granted for placing
two shifts of men on the work. The
Mckenzie Construction company. it
was stated, will he notified that the
two shifts may be worked from day.
light until dark.
Night work, however. il was init
mated. will not be permitted.
Requests TO work night shifts were
made to the city recently when delay
ia the setting Of concrete, due to the
limited number Of forms, threatened
to prevent completion of the dam on
time. At that time the city said
night shifts would not be permitted
TO work.
Tuesday, however. it was stated
that after conference between the
mayor and commissioners, il had been
decided to permit the working Of two
shifts. provided only daylight work
was done.
A. J. Mckenzie, head Of the con
struction company. has not yet been
notified OF the city'S decision.
Under the contract. the city claims
the dam should he completed by late
August
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1926-04-27
Local Produce
VEGETABLES.

NEVElhDbfSo'
The farmer received the following
,riras for yegstaUl on the San Antonio
Wholesale market Tuesday:
Grapefruit, So TO 81 per box.
Sninach. 80 to 10 cents per bushel'
New potatoes, $500 per 100 POUNDS
Turnips. 40 TO so cents per dozen
Reefs, 50 10 40 cents per dozen.
onions. Sl.5O to $2.75 per crate
Radlshes. 80 to IS cents per ooE.
Mustard greens. 20 cents per dozen.
Parsnips, so cents per dozen
CABBAGE, IL cents per pound.
Carrots, 80 TO 40 cents per dozen.
california oranges, Ito the retsiier6
s425 to $500 per crate.
strawberries, S3.25 to $3.50 per crate.
Green peas: S2.25 per bushel.
Lettuce. SO cents per bushel.
Asparagus. 500 per dozen.
Suuesh Sl.25 per bushel.
String beans. S2.G5 per bushel.
Tomatoes $3.50 to 1915 per lug.
Cucumbrrs $3.50 per bushel
Celery, $500 per crate or $500 per
dozen.
RIackherries. $3.50 per crate.
Winesap apples. So per box.
POULTRY
The producer received the following
prices for poultry on the San Antonio
wholesale market Tuesday:
Hens, q cents per pound.
Fryers, 30 10 rs cents per pound.
BOOSTERS 10 cents per pound.
Eggs. $500 per crate.
Turkeys. IS cents per pound.
Packing stock butter, IS cents per
Mound
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1926-04-27
LINDSEY URGES
CHANGES 7 D
CURE CRIME
Denver Jurist Suggests
Religion to Replace
Brutal Methods.
Judge Ben h. Lindsey. Of Denver.

Judge Ben Il. Lindsey. 81 Denver,
world famous for his work in the
juvenile court Of that city, is one Of
ed places on the Hearst crime commits
sion.
Following his acceptance, Judge
Lindsey wrote this statement Outiin'
ing his views on the subject:
Denver. April 70
mfr. Hearst's editorial on the cure
Of crime by practical application OF
Christianity is one of the most power
full papers ever written on this i'm
portant question. Ny ri years ex.
perience on the bench. where | have
acted as trial judge in criminal eases
against adults, as well as my work IN
the juvenile and family court. all con-
firm the sanity. sense. truth and jus
tice of Mr.. Hearst's experimenting
declaration. agree whole-heart edly
with all he says.
Il also agree with the suggestion Of
Supreme Court Justice Black of New
York City in his letter to Mr.. Hearst
of April 20. proposing q voluntary
commission for the purpose of study
ing the real reason for the increase Of
crime and the real remedies.
Il accept with pleasure the invi-
tatiOn TO serve on such a commission.
One of the great mistakes in this
country is Overstrain in trying to get
virtuous conduct from people mostly
by coercion and the artificial re-
straints of force. through more laws.
punishments, violence and censorships,
They are the restraints that come
from without and are causing indif-
ference to real religion and education
in eQuipping youth with moral
strength from within to be their own
censorS and policemen to do right
because it is right, because they want
to aud not because they have to. Nat
ural restraints come from within; ar
tificial restraints from without.
These artificial restraints based on
fear. hate and violence are passing.
They no longer restrain. Through
real education aud religion We must
substitute the natural restraints that
come from within.
As Mr.. Hearst so well says: We
must adopt another and better sys.
tem' nat system must Dt alohs tue
line of knowing how, through science
and education. to overcome evil with
good, as Christ taught. and not
through n continuation of the brutal
methods of the past.
In a word, the lesson to be learned
with reference to the conduct of PEG
pie. as well as nations, is how wisely
and well to fight evil more and PED
pie less.
MIR. Hearst has sounded the trum-
pet call to sane and sensible action in
fighting the causes of crime. Again
he has proved his wisdom and real
value to the cause of truth and jus.
tice. Again he has earned a nations
gratitude.
"B. B. LINDSEY"
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1926-04-27
TEXAS MARKETS
BY Texas Marketing Bureau.
VEGETABLE SHIPMENTS.

with peak potato shipments over and
approximately three-fifths of the move
nent rolled. from the Lower Valley load
ings OF Monday were unreported and a
pickup of only Texas cars was re-
ported for Sunday. Shipments OF other
commodities except onions were also
very light, consisting OF but one car Of
mixed vegetables, S OF cabbage. with
pickups for previously unreported days
Of / cal Of mixed vegeta bles, 2 OF cab.
bage and l OF spinach. onion shipments
reached total of 50 cars at which
loadings were reported incomplete and
for sunday there were added in a total
Of 50 Texas cars. Shipments OF COM
modities for the nation as whole in
the day follow: Oranges 14S cars pota-
toes 2S6, spinach Sc, strawberries 1873
beans .. sweet, potatoes rs, toma toes &C.
apples l2S. asparagus 80, caulitlower g.
celery ,, cherries ), cuCumberS ). lemons
81. grapefruit Is, green peas 9, mixed
citrus ), lettuce 30, mixed vegetables 60
On usual terms basis of wire orders
to outside markets. beans yesterday were
firm at loading stations around S2.25G
ESQ per bushel hamper OF green stock
beets were firm for good quality, which
is getting scarce at Sl.OOGI25. potatoes
were steady with a firm uudertone at
IS cwt, carrots were in good demand at
SIl0nl."j per bushel basket cabbage
showed improvement and advanced 10
$4,000 1880 per ton, mostly the latter
Onions were rather weaker with Yellow
BeTmudas at Laredo bringing Sl.25dl. So
fl.75. as against 1925 for the former a,
Crystal City. The cash market at
Crystal city was in the neighborhood OF
Sl.l0 for YellOws and Sl.35ml.5O for
Whites. Al Rsymondville the trade was
offering stock TO the outside for S1.25
per bushel crate of Yellow Bermudas
but hardly enough sales were reported
to quote.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1926-04-27
Anti-red
Law Defended in
High Court Brief

WASHINGTON. April 27.-LP)-
The criminal syndicalism law of Mich
igan, under which Charles F.. Ruthen-
berg was sentenced after partic 'pating
in 1922 in the celebrated Communist
convention in the sand dunes near
Bridgmau. Mich. was defended in a
brief filed today in the Supreme court
by Attorney General Dougherty, of
that state.
He declared the statute = valid eT-
ercise of police power. Ruthenberg' >
claim that he is being deprived of con-
stitutional rights could not be given
serious consideration, the brief said.
because the right of free speech and
assembly were conditions upon a legal
assemblage for lawful purpose. con
tcmplating a petition for the redress
OF grievances.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1926-04-27
0ut-of- season Dove
Hunters Fined 500

The price Of wild game runs high
when bagged out of season. So say
Joseph Sugarek and August Blannar,
charged with violation of the migra-
tory bird law, who were tried before
Federal Judge DuVal West Monday
and each fined so.
The affidavit was made by a Unit
ed States game warden and a farmer
who claim to have discovered the men
shooting doves in Medina county last
July.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1926-04-27
Texas Scribes Plan
Joint Convention

TENARKANA. Ark. April %.
P)-W. 4. Smith OF San Saba. pres
ident, and Sam Hardin of Richardson.
secretary Of the Texas Press asSocia-
ton, and V. W. ST. John. of Mena,
Ark, Of the Arkansas Press associa-
ton, were in conference here with
members Of the Texarkana Chamber
Of Commerce in regard to the invita-
ton Of this city to the two press assoc
Citations TO hold the 1927 conventions
here rs a joint gathering.
The invitation will be placed before
the two associations NJ their regular
1925 meetings. The Arkansas ASSOC
citation meets at Little Rock. May -.
rs and 20. and the Texas association
meets at San Antonio June 10, II
and H.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1926-04-27
Two Flat Cars Needed to
Transport Massive
35-tOn Beam.

While San Antonians slept Monday
night. the largest steel girder ever
shipped below the MaSon-Dixon line
for a theatcr construction, was hauled
along the streets Of the city TO the
location Of the new Texas Theater.
The girder will be the principal
span supporting the entire balcony
span in the Texas Theater, now IN
der construction.
The massive steel girder weighs 81
tons, is 10 feet long. seven feet high
and required two cars 10 bring il to
San Antonio. 1t is Of such magnitude
that no bridge in the city will sup
port it, consequently it had 10 be
unloadcd at a point in the city where
it would be unnecessary 10 cross
bridges in hauling it to the theater
site.
In order to avoid the congested trnf-
fic of the downtown streets the girder
was hauled to the theater after the
streets We're clear late Monday night.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1926-04-27
British May Buy
White Star Line

NEW YORK. April 27.-PD-Ne-
gotiations for the sale of the White
Star fleet Of ocean liners TO a Brit
ish company were regarded in ship,
ping circles today as possible fore
runner TO a great increase in the pri-
yate-owned American merchant ma,
rine.
A provisional agreement was reach
ed in London yesterday for the sale
of vessels totaling 100000 tons
wholly or partly owned by the Inter
national Mercantile Marine Company
and flying the British flog. The pros
pcctiye purchasers were = British syn
dictate headed by Furness. Witty and
Company. Ltd.