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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-06-29
Harrington and Walker Under Fire

republican Of Wisconsin, amending the
rules Of the senate to bar from its
membership any candidate spending
more $4,000 in his primary, was be-
fore the senate rules committee with
both democratic leaders and insurg-
ents demanding early action on it.
LaFollettee announced he would press
for vote upon the resolution before
adjournment and in this, he was
known to have the support of dem
ocratic leaders.
Unless amended to prevent its ap-
plication to the Pennsylvania primary,
adoption of the resolution would auto
matically bar Ware from the senate if
he is elected next November.
Continue League Probe.
A sweeping investigation of the $685.
100000 war chest" used by the anti
saloon league of America to write pro-
hibition into the constitution was as
sured today when the senate "slush
fund" committee called for the
leagues financial records for every
year since 1917.
The request was made of Wayne
B. Wheeler, general counsel of the
league, by Senator Reed, democrat, of
Missouri, chairman. The records,
which the committee will examine, in
Guiding all contributions, subscrip-
tions, the payroll of the national or
ganization and the campaign and edu-
cational expenditures for the last ten
years.
Il want the financial records for
every year since the league began it's
national campaign to put the prohibit
ton amendment in the constitution, /"
said Reed.
Expose "Anges."
Wheeler requested that the names
of contributors to the anti-saloon
league be kept private but the COM
mittee Immediately overruled him.
Senator LaFollette, republican, of
Wisconsin, protested against any Sec
recy in handling the names of dry
Angels"
81 feel that those contributions to a
public agency, used for political pur-
poses, should be spread on the public
records" LaFollettee declared. 81 am
for making them public"
so am L. agreed Reed. "Any man
who monkeys with politics can expect
to have his work barred to the public"
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-06-29
seattle Conference.

eUArTLE, Wash, June Primal
preparations are being made here for
the holding Of big conference, rep
resenting all labor organizations in
the city, for the support of Sacco and
vanxetti, says John Stovel, secretary
Of international Labor Defense of Sc
attic. The conference will take place
at the Labor Temple on Monday
night, June 2Sth. The speakers at
the conference will include Carl
Brannin, well-known labor journalist,
John c. Kennedy. of the Seattle La
Dor College. and James P. Thompson,
former class war prisoner and we'll
known organizer for the l. w. w. The
Seattle labor movement has been on
record for Sacco and Vanzetti from
the beginning of the case.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-06-29
SHOP CRAFTS TO
DISCUSS PARKER
WATSON R. R. LAW
Department Convention
to Take Up Problems

The unions composing the Railway
Employees Department of the A. F. Of
L. will meet here in convention for
the first time since 1922 today to dis
cuss wage demands and determine
what their attitude should be toward
the new Watson-Parker railroad labor
law, under which they are supposed to
take action in regard to forming
regional boards OF adjustment.
The whole matter Of what the law
means to labor is expected to come
up and find considerable discussion,
since by no means all unions and
uDionists regard the law as friendly
to their interests. In fact a great
many are completely opposed to 1t as
a company union, class collaboration
plan.
Representation in the convention
will be on the basis of one delegate
from each railroad system of the fol.
lowing international unions: Interna-
tional Brotherhood Of Boiler Makers,
Iron Ship Builders and Helpers, Inter
national Brotherhood of Blacksmiths,
Drop Forgers and Helpers, Interna-
tional Brotherhood OF Electrical Work
ers, Sheet Metal Workers Interna,
tional Association. Brotherhood of
Railway Carmen of America, Switch
mems Union of North America, Broth
erhood of Stationary Firemen and
oilers and the Brotherhood OF Main
tenance of Way Employees.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-06-29
Street Meeting Held
Each Tuesday by the
North Side Workers

If you are worker living in the
vicinity of Wilton and Belmont ave-
nues, or anywhere else for that mat
ter, the Lakeview Workmen's Club in
vites you to the street meetings held
every Tuesday evening at the street
corner when weather permits.
The club provides speakers from va
rious labor organizations upon many
questions Of interest to workers. This
week on Tuesday, June 20, the speak
ers will be Fred c. Biedenkapp and
Dora Lohse, both of the international
Workers Aid organization, and the
subject will be the great strike of the
British miners. Remember the day
Of the week, each week on Tuesday,
and the place-the corner of Wilton
and Belmont.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-06-29
REP. UNDERHILL
Is ANTI-LABOR
INSURANCE TOOL
Sacco-Vanzetti Enemy a
Butler Man
Especial to The Daily workerl

WASHINGTON, June 27. - OPP
Rep. Underhill of Massachusetts,, who
has recently gained press notoriety by
claiming that the Sacco-Vanzetti de-
Tense agitation is a Moscow plot, has
for years been a cinder in the eye of
organized labor at the capital. He is
the. leader of the opposition-regular
republican and bourbon democrat
alike-to the workmen's compensation
bill for the District Of Columbia which
is backed by the American Federation
Of Labor.
Insurance Company Man.
This measure, patterned after the
state-fund insurance plan of work
mems compensation legislation in
Ohio has the active hostility Of the
private insurance companies. Under
hill has introduced, session after ses-
sion, his own bill which gives the field
70 these private interests.
Butler Machine Member.
Underhill has frequently been charg-
a with close intimacy with the in
gnrance companies lobby. He plays
their game. He has had the support
ADf the Butler machine which has
BacRdily opposed the granting of a
new trial to the prisoners.
Ills recent outburst is estimated at
ne capital as an awkward attempt to
eUiist anti.Communist fervor in behalf
IT the Butler senatorial candidacy, and
Incidentally to help in putting to death
swU iabor radicals.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-06-29
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out his primary campaign and will do
likewise during the campaign for cleo
ton this Fall.
Small, with the aid of the Chi
cago crowd, including the states at
torney of Cook County of which Chi
cago is the seat of government; the
Chicago sanitary district, whose board
is appointed by the governor, and the
Chicago machine, was reelected gov
ernor in 1924, Notwithstanding the
supreme court has decided he owes
the state over $1,000,00O in interest on
funds he had collected and retained
on state money he had unlawfully used
for his own gain while it was in his
custody as the treasurer of the state"
Payroll Army.
II want to know whether the charge
is true that an army of state payroll
ers and a like army Of federal job
holders deserted their offices, and at
public expense went into the highways
and byways of Illinois to nominate a
candidate for United States senator.
If it is true, as charged, that John
Flanagan boasted OF lining up the rail
road and public utilities, many of
whom he represented, to contribute to
senatorial primary fund, we want to
know it as part of our information
in determining the course of railroad
legislation in this body.
Bought Negro Vote.
"a man by the name of Dan Schuy-
Ter is said to have spent vast sums to
collect votes in the so-called colored
wards and foreign language groups in
Chicago. find only few years ago
this man Schuyler was under indict-
ment for making false income tax re-
turns, that his real defense was that
the money he was shown to have re-
ceived from insult and other corpora
ton heads was really only contribu-
tons to the Thompson-Crow
Lundin campaign fund.
National Scope.
The senate's investigation of the
Pennsylvania 100000 primaries has
assumed national proportions. Senator
Reed announced that the funds used
in political campaigns everywhere
would be looked into with particular
reference to money raised by vets,
drys, the ku klux khan, the anti-saloon
league and the churches.
To Unseat Ware.
The basis for battle to unseat Rep.
William S. Ware for his part in spend
ing $615,OOO to win Pennsylvania's re-
cent 100000 senatorial primary, was
laid today while the senate "slush
fund" committee returned to an in
vestigation of the funds used in Amer.
ica's costliest election.
New Election Rule.
A resolution by Senator LaFollette,
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-06-29
WORKERS RAISE
VOICES AT NEGRO
CONGRESS- HERE
Labor Speaker Ahead Of
Chicago Millionaire

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white into trade unions will help to
remove this condition of mind.
Glass Cancellation Plea.
Randolph then proceeded to make
class Cancellation plea pointing to
the Watson-Parker bill, which he
thought was an example Of the recog-
milton of organized labor and the
Legitimate rights to organize"
Mr.. Randolph showed his lack Of
knowledge of the role Of the labor
movement by highly praising the
Watson-Parker bill which is in fact
descriptive to the labor movement, but
which he thought was a concession to
labor.
Randolph described the purpose of
the labor unions as being collabora-
ton of workers with employers for
the improvement Of industrial service
to the public.
George M. Mcclellan spoke very in
terestingly on the teaching of the
Negro.
Home Conditions Of Negro.
Miss Elizabeth Griffin spoke on
conditions of the Negro in their homes
declaring that low wages and bad con-
ditions of work were responsible for
miserable homes.
Miss Mcdowell read a paper from
Mrs. Pannady of Portland, Ore, in
which it was pointed out that the
present migration of Negroes was in
to the states of Oregon and Washing
ton.
Miss Kathrine M. Johnson of Brook
lyn spoke on the question of the dis
semination of books and literature of
the Negro people.
Criticize Agenda.
Lovett Fort-Whitman, president of
the American Negro Labor Congress,
Iimade few criticisms of the agenda
land pointed out that 1t was insufficient
and overbalanced as it made prac-
tically no allowance for labor organ
ization problems and the problems of
the farmers. fs4
Monday Session.
DR.. W. e. B. Dubois is expected to
arrive Monday morning. He will pre-
side over the business session in the
Pilgrim Baptist Church, 3Srd and In
diana Ave. ara
Addresses will be made by Dr..
Dubois, Mrs. F. P. Brown Of Chica-
go, Mrs. Myrtle F. Cook of Kansas
City, Miss Martha Brown of Baltimore
and Archie L. Weaver od chicago.
Coming Elections.
In the afternoon the subject will
be the supreme court decision ex-
Guiding the Negro from voting in
Texas. L. w. Washington of Ell Paso
will speak. The attitudebof the Negro
toward the coming congressional and
state elections will alsof be discussed.
William English Walhng, renegade
socialist, who became an ardent sup
porter of Woodrow Wilson during the
world war and is now seeking to foist
the Gompers policy of "rewarding
friends and Furnishing enemies" ON the
Negroes, will speak on "Nonpartisan
Voting" at the mass meeting to be
held at the convention hall in the
evening. 1t is also announced thai
Theodore Roosevelt, Jr., will also
speak at the evening session.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-06-29

We need more nows from the shops
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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-06-29
-Pugilist's Wife
Wants Disinterment
for Diamond Filings

Mrs. Robert Fitzsimmons, wife of
Bob Fitzsimmons, once worlds heavy
weight boxing champion, today re-
quested that the body Of the pugilist
be disinterred from grave here so
that two diamond settings in the old
fighters teeth might be removed, ac-
cording to a statement made by chief
of police, Morgan A. Collins.
Chief Collins said that a woman
who said she was Mrs. Fitzsimmons
had requested him to exhume the
body so the diamonds might be ex-
tracted.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-06-29
Nem Haven Meetinn-

NEW HAVEN, Conn, June PA
mass meeting at Hermanson Hall,
f5S Grown Street, will take place here
ION Monday night, June 2Sth. Among
the speakers will be Robert w. Dunn,
of the American Civil Liberties Onion,
and Arturo Giovannitti All workers
are urged to attend in order to voice
their protest against the possible exc
cution of the two innocent Italian
workers, Sacco and Vanzetti.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-06-29
uY b Vi. Is GaoAs
tm sArta

JOHN H. WALKER, president or
= the Illinois Federation of Labor,
and Frank harrington, president OF
the Illinois Mine Workers Union,
are charged with getting and spend
ing good bit of the huge corrup-
ton fund raised by the public utili-
ty interests of Illinois to give Col
onel Frank L. Smith the republican
senatorial nomination.
1t is declared that Samuel insult,
one of the biggest light and power
kaisers in the nation, personally
raised 100000 for the Smith cam
paign fund, and that 100000 more
came from E. H. Rollins and Sons,
Chicago investment bankers, in
terested in $2O,OO0,O0O utility
merger pending before the public
utilities commission headed by Sen.
atorial Candidate Smith.
1t is part of this money, that to-
tailed far into the millions, that
Walker and harrington are charged
with spending in their political ac-
tivities for the enemies of the work
ers, not the money of the workers,
raised by themselves to fight their
own battles. But this slush fund
was to be used, and was used in an
effort to corrupt working class
voters into casting their ballots for
TY1scf,I1,a oopdidoAo
1t is very important that this con.
dition be realized by all workers,
since 1t was their officials, that they
had put in power, who tried to line
them up for Mr.. insults Smith.
Mr.. insult has always bitterly
fought labor. He is head of the
Commonwealth Edison Co. that wars
on the the electrical workers. He
is the biggest figure in the Peoples
Gas, Light and Coke Co., that is con-
Quoted on an "open shop" basis. He
is chairman of the executive COM
mittee of the Chicago Elevated Rail-
ways, that never rests in its strug-
gle with the Street Garments Union.
He is also a dominating figure in
the surface lines and the phone
trust, in Chicago, at the same time
being interested in traction and
power interests turnout the entire
middle west. These huge interlock-
ing interests have but one policy
and that is to keep wages down for
the workers and prices up for the
consumers.
The exposure of the relations
between insult and Smith was made
by Senator Caraway, of Arkansas, a
democrat. 1t was very evidently
called forth in an effort to discredit
the republican nominee, Smith, in
his struggle with George T. Bren-
nan, the democratic boss, who wants
to go to the United States senate
as a prelude to the nomination of
Governor AL Smith, Of New York,
as the democratic candidate for
president in 1928.
Brennan's predecessor was Roger
Sullivan, who helped make Wood
row Wilson, but who was also one
of the dominant public utility kali
sers of Chicago, close ally of Samuel
insult, who now supports repub-
lican candidate. When Caraway,
therefore, attacked Smith as the
agent of the public utility interests,
he could just as easily have put
Brennan in the same boat and sunk
the together. But old party pol
itics isn't played that way.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-06-29
Grand Rapids Picnic.

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich, June "a
A picnic, for the benefit Of the cam
paign for Sacco and Vanzetti will be
held mere on Sunday, July 18th. BY In
ternational Labor Defense. The pic
mic grounds are at Miller's Grove,
60th avenue and Beloit Road. The
grove can be reached by taking a
Third-Burnham street car marked
nth Ave-" or "Woodlawn," and rid
ing to 6Oth avenue and George; walk
two blocks to the park. Max Shacht-
man, editor Of the Labor Defender,
VIII speak at the picnic on Sacco and
Vanzetti. Refreshments, music and
dancing, together with games and
sports, will be features of the picnic.
Admission is rs cents.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-06-29
ar Crash Injuries.

Three persons were injured today
when a southbound Jackson Park ele-
waited train on tho South Side crashed
Into string OF cars being switched
about at the Jackson Park station.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-06-29
Noted EnaIneer Dies.

NEW YORK, June q. - Charles
r. Scribner 6S, noted inventor and
electrical engineer, for 20 years the
chief engineer of the Western Electric
company, died at his summer home
at Jericho, Vermont, of apoplexy
yesterday, according to advices re-
ceived today.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-06-29
Charges Against Walker
and harrington Concern
Whole Working Class
BY J. LOUIS ENoDAHU.

Frank L. Smith made a good can
didate for the insult interests be-
cause he had proved an obedient
tool of the power trust as head Of
the illinois Public Utilities Commits
sion, a job given by Governor Len
Small, who also has the support Of
wide sections of the labor official
dom.
For this very reason all labor
should recognize him as its class
enemy. 1t is significant, however,
that the only section Of labor or
ganized in the trade unions that
fought Mr.. Insults Smith was the
Street Garments Union. In speaking
of the wage and hours struggle in
1922, this union, thru resolutions
adopted at a mass meeting April 5,
1926, officially declared:
AT the conclusion of this hearing,
when the employees representatives
presented statement Of the en-
ployes' position to the commission,
Frank L. Smith told them that the
employees would have to accept a
reduction in wages, and he attempt
ed to get them to agree to a wage
reduction Of IL cents an hour, from
80 cents to 6S cents. He insisted
that 68 cents an hour was a fair
wage for the street carmen of Chi
cago at that time, when the cost Of
living was abnormally high and
prices on the whole had not receded
much from war standards. Our rep
resentatives refused to concede to
this, and the result was that Frank
L. Smith, and the members of the
Illinois Commerce Commission en-
tered an order reducing car fare,
which was reflected in the employ
ing company attempting to cut the
wages of employees nearly 10 per
cent, and to take away their basic
eight-hour day and other favorable
labor conditions. The way was
paved for the company to pass the
decrease in revenue to the employees
by the action of Frank L. Smith and
the commission. Volumes of unrea-
sonable and unfair evidence against
the wages and labor conditions of
the employees were permitted to go
into record by Chairman Smith. AS
a result the strike against the wage
reduction and abandonment of the
eight-hour basic day took place in
August, 1922, involving 10000 of our
members in Chicago ind affecting
all its citizens. Among the pol
ItIeians that forced that strike on
the electric railway employees and
citizens of Chicago, Frank L. Smith
was as responsible as any"
Not only the street carmen, but
all labor, must join in the demand
that the harrington Walker Olander-
Fitzpatrick oficialdom of labor ex-
plain this alliance with the insult
Smith combination of great business
with republican politics. The pri-
maries may be over but four months
lie ahead before the general cleo
lions. There is yet time for the
workers and farmers to unite their
power and turn their strength
against the capitalists and those la
Dor officials who accept bags Of
gold from the employers corruption
funds to bride workers to fight
against their own interests.
The charges hurled at Harrington
and Walker are the concern of the
whole working class.
Evening star., 1926-10-08
KNIGHTS TEMPLAR
~
HOLD RECORD DRILL
BrightWood Commandery,
No. 6, Wins Loving Cup for
! Mastering Best.

For having the largest percentage
Of its membership present yesterday
evening at the annual field day exer-
cises held on the Ellipse. Brightwool
Commandery, No. 6, Knights Templar,
was awarded the silver loving cup
offered annually to the organization
with the most representatives at
these yearly exercises. The COM
mandery has won the cup on the
last three consecutive annual field
days.
Robert L. Middleton, right eminent
grand commander Of the Grand Com
mandery of knights Templar OF the
District of Columbia. made the pres
entation. Columbia Commandery, No.
2, drill team was awarded first honors
in the competitive drill and will be
given badges for it's proficiency. De
Molay Commandery No. 1, drill team
and Washington COmmandeFy, No. |,
drill team, won second and third hon
ors, respectively. Three Army officers
acted as judges.
The exercises were arranged by
Edward =. HaZelton, grand inspector
general who stated that the inspec-
ton of the Communicates was the
best held in many years. More than
500 Knights Templar participated.
Music was furnished by the Kallipolis
Drum Corps, the District of Columbia
National Guard Band and the Boys
Independent Band.
Evening star., 1926-10-08

.Hur" (second week.
photoplay. at 2:30 and $50 pm.
Polls - Her Cardboard Lover
comedy-drama, at 8:20 pm.
BelascO-"The Patsy" comedy, at
500 pm.
President-"The Kiss in a Taxi
farce. at $50 pm.
Keith's-"San Antonio Siamese
Twins" vaudeville, at 2:15 and s8:15
pm.
Earle-Elizabeth Brice, vaudeville,
continuous. 1880 to II pm.
Strand-"Watch the Drums" vaude.
Vile. continuous, 1890 to IL pm.
Gayety-"Bringing Up Father in
Florida" burlesQue, at 2:15 and 8:15
pm.
Mutual Evelyn Cunningham Re.
Vue, burlesque, at 2:15 and 8:15 pm.
Columbia-"La Boheme," at II am,
l, $40. $40, 7:10 and 9:25 pm.
etrOpOlitan-"Three Bad Men," at
ll20 am, 1:2O, 1926. 5:25. 7:3O and
s:35 pm.
Rialto-"Her Big Night" at 1880
am, 1:S0, $3.50, $50, 1880 and 9:30~p.m.
Palace-'The Four Horsemen of the
Apocalypse" at 1890. 1920, 2:S5,
455. 7:l5 and 9:35 pm.
Tivoli-"Almost a Lady," at 2:15, 4,
$50, 7:35 and 9:25 pm.
AmbasSadOr-"TheT Trap" at 6:15. 3
and $50 pm.
Wardman Park-"Cyrano de Ber.
gerac" Second week), at and 9 pm.
Centrai-"The Love Thief" at 1890,
2. $3.50. 5. $50. 8 and $40 pm
Lincoln (colorede"Tin Gods" from
, To IL Dm
Evening star., 1926-10-08
MOVIE SHOW PLANNED.
East Washington Community Gen.
ter to Give Exhibition Tomorrow.

The East Washington center of the
community center department will
present the second of its community
motion picture programs for the sea-
son tomorrow evening at o'clock in
the auditorium of New Eastern High
School, when. in cooperation with
the motion picture division of the De-
partment of Agriculture, three pic.
lures will be shown. Watching the
Weather Above" Horse and Man"
and "Sheep in Psalm and Sage" The
public is invited to these educational
programs each Saturday night during
the Winter.
A community dance will he held
Saturday night of this week. at East
Washington center, and on every
Tuesday and Saturday night through.
out the season.
Evening star., 1926-10-08
CONVICTED OF ARSON.
Colored Woman Accused of Setting
House Afire.

Bessie Locke. colored, has been
convicted Of arson by a jury in
Criminal Division / before Justice
Hoehling. The testimony indicated
that the woman had grievance
against tenants at 27O8 Olive street,
In Georgetown, owned by Edgar
Murphy, and set the house af1re.
She was remanded for sentence. AS
sistant United States Attorney
Fihelly conducted the prosecution.
Herbert Hill and John Green were
acquitted of charge Of robbery by
a jury in Justice Hoehling's court
They were charged with taking $3.50
from Charles Miller February last.
Attorneys Lodge and Vollmer repre-
Sented the accused.
Evening star., 1926-10-08

Fred Mitchell, administrator Of his
son, Fred, jr.. has been awarded a ver-
dict for $1,000 damages against Joseph
r. Brooks, by jury in the District
Supreme Court. The boy, 9 years old,
was struck and killed by the automo.
bile of the defendant October 16. 1928,
on Euclid street. Attorneys Peyser
and Edelin, appeared for the admin
istratOr.