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Arizona state miner., 1926-02-06
Michigan's Distinction

In the case of Michigan the peo-
pie adopted state constitution and
elected a complete set of state Of
ficials. and later that constitution was
accepted by congress without readop-
ton. the original delegate was seated
in congress without reelection and
to serve without reelection after the
formal admission of the state by con-
gress on January 26, 1887. From No
vember l. 1885, to the date of admis-
sion Michigan was de facto a state,
although not technically a state in
the Union.
Arizona state miner., 1926-02-06
Somewhat Different

An aged divine, whose enuncfation
was none of the clearest, insisted
upon using big words on every possi-
BILE occasion. One day, after conduct
ing a children's service, he was
waited upon by deputatfon of par
ents. Our children" they complained,
inform us that you told them they
should always be up to mischief The
puzzled cleric. sure Of having said
nothing of the sort, asked the par
ents to wait while he consulted his
notes. Then it developed that what
he had really said was that they
should always be Optimistic"
Arizona state miner., 1926-02-06
Odd Court Cases in 1856

page from a Massachusetts court
docket for the year 1856 reveals that
Henry Walton was fined for saying
that he would as leave hear dog
bark as to hear Reverend CObbell
preach; that Robert Edwards was
fined for excess in apparel in wearing
sleeve lace and gold buttons; that
John ScudIy was fined for stealing his
masters OK and selling it to him and
that Sarah Collins was fined for rail
ing at her husband.-DetrOit News.
Arizona state miner., 1926-02-06
REPAIRING ELEVATOR

John L. Goodson, acting custod an
If the po tofice building, announced
hat mechanics were busy placing the
elevator in the building in working
order The custodian said that he ex-
pected to place the elevator in oper-
alton for the convenience of the pub
ic during the coming week. He re-
sractorily and that no obstacles were
expected.
Arizona state miner., 1926-02-06
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION
Department of the Interior,


U. s. Land Office at Phoen x Arena
January 80, 1876.
Notice is hereby given that Carl
F. Theme, Of Bouse, Arizona, VIII,
on March 6, 1925, made enlarged
homestead entry, No 057840, for the
S1a, Section IS, Township 6N., Ranne
16W., G & S. R. Meridian, has f1led
notice of intention to make Three
Year Proof, to establish claim to tho
land above de cribed before the Re-
lister of the U. S. Land Ofnc7, at
Phoenix, Arizona, on the 9th day o.
March, 1926.
Claimant names as witnesses.
M, A. Carter, Mrs. NJ A. Carter,
E. Reudin. w. c. Connolly, al o.
Bouse, Arizona
L. L. FFRRALL, Regi .to~,.
1st pub. Feb. 6-last pub. March 6 Il
Arizona state miner., 1926-02-06
Indefinite Term

The word few has never been
authoritativelv interpreted to mean a
definite number. The word is neces-
sarily indefinite and implies a small
number, not many. In general the
number is above two The word is
relative in respect to the number to
were expected an attendance of
hundred would be few. while if a
hundred We're a maximum. ten or
twenty v,NulN eoen q few
Arizona state miner., 1926-02-06
FIVE POINTS CONCERN TO BUILD
WAREHOUSE

The Five Points Seed and Feed
company under the management o.
Terris A. Manley has opened at 72G
Grand Avenue. A large warehouse
is to be constructed by the company
between Seventh ard Ninth avenues
south of the railroad tracks, and will
contain modern equipment fer the
preparation Of poultry feeds, for seed
cleaning and other duties.
The new company will cater par
icularly to market gardeners and to
poultrymen, dairymen and grain and
ay growers.
Arizona state miner., 1926-02-06
Dancing to Paradise

1t is the belief of the Ponapeans. a
tribe of South Sea Islanders. that un-
less you are good dancer you will
never go to heaven
According to their creed, every soul
passing to the Great Beyond" is
obliged to cross a bridge guarded by
demOniacal watchmen waiting to
pOunce upon him and draw him down
to the lower regions.
If, however. the soul is able to
dance across the bridge the watchmen
will be so engrossed in studying the
movements that they will forget their
duty and, before they have time to
realize it. the soul will slip past them
into paradise
Arizona state miner., 1926-02-06
WILL VISIT MOTHER

Ben Pearce left Sunday night on a
months trip to New York City, where
he will visit his mother, Mrs Mary
Pearce. Before returning to Phoenix
he plans to stop at Washington, D.
c., Philadelphia and other eastern
cities.
Arizona state miner., 1926-02-06
FARROW CHIx

The worlds greatesr sellino cNix
Jan. and Feb. delivery leghorns 81,
barred rocks and reds SIS in 1oa
lots; postpaid. Big catalog erep..
D. T. Farrow Chickeries Phoenix,
Arizona.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-01-02
PITTSBURGH WILL HAVE
BANQUET ON FRIDAY AND
LECTURE ON SATURDAY

PITTs5URc, Dec. so.-AII Pitts
burgh workers are invited to attend
the two big affairs arranged for Fri
day and Saturday, January and 2
at p. m. at the Labor Lyceum, 35
Miller Street.
The affair on Friday is banquet
and celebration of the Fourth ami
versary Of the Workers (communlst)
Party. Plenty Of refreshments, speak
ers, recltaIs and songs will make the
banquet once Of the most interesting
affairs ever held in Pittsburgh. Ad-
mission is only so cents.
On Saturday night comrade II. M.
Wieks, editorial writer of The DAILY
WORKER, will speak on the Locarno
."peace pact In the large Auditorium
Of the Labor Lyceum, 35 Miller Street.
A small admission Of rs cents will be
charged.
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v !!!!!!: !gG ). y!gl r.: Monkey !!!!!! &!
CONDUCTED ~ T+Ea&k sxpurG WORKERS LEAGUE
PORRIDCE Plus PILLS AT c. M TIC.

Many American youths having
heard wonderful fairy tales about the
C. M. T. c. in the schools, in the press
and in the shops, enlisted for a month
in order to enjoy the much advertised
benefits offered them free of charge.
"a months free vacation" beautiful
ly located camps" build your body"
etc., was some Of the catchy slogans
used in this campaign. The result
was camps filed to capacity two
months before opening time.
And so with beautiful illusions some
thirty-five thousand young workers
and students proceeded to camp to en-
joy the lovely surroundings, to devel-
op their bodies, to receive lessons in
good tizenship-and-to learn to
fight for American capitalism.
Yes, Plattsburg was certainly well
situated in the thickly pinned sections
of the Adirondaks, near Lake Champ
lain. But our very first meal made
Us forget about the pine trees and the
rest of it, and to think more of simple
things, food being one of them. The
greater part Of the twenty-five hun
bred boys that came to Plattsburg in
August of this year received a shock
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-01-02
REORGANIZATION
is COMPLETED IN
new YORK CITY
200 Members Regis
tered; Form II Sections

NEW YORK, Dec. 30-New York
has now completed the task of reor-
ganizing registration at which 2,700
members were present, and has organ
lied IL sections and 80 sub-sections
Two meetings have been held and the
general average attendance shows
that the membership has taken en-
Enthusiastically to the work Of reorgan-
ization.
At the first two subsection meet
ings the officers were elected and the
formation of the basic units, the shop
nuclei and international branches
have well begun.
Many of the shop nuclei because OF
language difficulties have not yet or
ganized themselves, but the sub-sec-
ton committees and the district office
are making special efforts to organ
ize these units within the next two
weeks.
The new sections have been organ
lied covering the following territory
| in industries:
Section From Battery to Hous-
ton street, clothing.
Section From Houston to 14tn
street, mems clothing.
Section 3-From 14th to 23rd street,
women's wear.
Section 4-From 23rd to 34th street,
needle trades, women's wear, furriers,
etc.
Section 5-From S4th to 42nd street,
women's wear.
Section 6-From 42nd to 59th street,
includes Long Island section, women's
wear and leather.
Section From seth to 129th
street, tobacco and wood industry,
residential sections.
Section S-From 129th to 149th
street, wood and metal.
Section 9-From 149th up, residen.
tial areas.
Section 1O-Brownsville, includes
women's wear and leather.
Section 11-From Williamsburg,
leather goods and women's wear.
Section thorough Park, residen-
tial area and waterfront.
On the question of the formation of
shop nuclei, the district committee
has formed street nuclei in the resi-
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of their young lives when they found
out thru the medium Of their first
neal that all was not going to be a bed
of roses. And that their much ex-
allied Uncle Sam was sometimes cap
able of telling untruths.
AS time went on, the quality Of the
food improved bit. I suppose it was
not the fault Of the camp authorities
that this was so. Many we're taken
ill, all suffered at one time or at an
other attacks of constipation, and
there were long lines Of sick to an
swer sick call every morning, and they
were amply supplied with C. G. pills
&c. M. T. G. pills is what they came to
be known as). / could understand the
poor quality of the food, when the
government appropriated approxim-
ately seventy cents day for food for
a person. once heard the top sar-
geant of our company tell group who
was discussing the problem that the
food in the regular army was much
better, although the allotment was
only thirty cents day for food for
each regular army man. It looked
like somebody was reeking of graft.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-01-02
EXPLOIT YOUNG WORKERS
IN DEPT. STORE BASEMENT
BY Young Worker Correspondent.

BY Young Worker Correspondent.
PHILADELPHIA, Pal worked in
a department store basement for al
most three years; breakdown, be-
cause of bad conditions, forced me
to leave my position as stock girl,
sales girl, errand girl, etc.,-all for
twelve dollars a week!!!
If you ever visited Bargain Base
ment," you need very little imagina-
ton to picture what 1t is like to work
in one. First of all, you are in con-
slant terror of the big Cheeses,"
for, if caught sitting down, you're "in
for it," Also, you go thru a process
of roasting in summer and freezing
in winter There is a general idea
that electric fans are installed to help
relieve the heat for the employees
try and stand in front of one of the
FEW believers" and you will be told
to stop loaflng and get to work. In
the second place, you constantly in
hale the same air you exhale, because
there are no air exhausts in most
easements.
The LABORATORY is a few feet from
where most Of the girls work all day.
No proper care is taken of this place,
which causes unhealthy odors. re-
member at one time we waded in
three inches of water for several
hours before they finally thought Of
sending for plumber. There are a
few stores that could mention where
one maid is hired to take care OF a
four story building. The dusty mer-
chandise, fowl doors, close air, per-
spiration of people in an unventilated
room, is certainly invigorating. r
Every Friday morning there is an
employees meeting; the Superinten-
dent offers the munificent sum OF
three dollars for the highest sales
book on Bargain Day. The girls work
like Hell" for small pittance and
the boss reaps more profit out OF
their special efforts.
The wages are from nine dollars TO
fourteen dollars; your salary is raised
on an average OF one dollar every
year and half, II you are fortunate
enough to be one Of the lucky few. II
seems very natural to be "docked"
every time you are a few minutes
late and not to receive sandwich
when working two or three hours
overtime.
Stock boys of sixteen or seventeen
are always working under Illusions,
especially in the Shoe Department.
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Dental territories, in, addition to
street nuclei in the factory districts,
with the understanding that they are
to act as concentration groups and to
take up as their first task that wher-
ever there is one member in the shop
a nucleus is to be formed.
These nuclei in the factory districts
can be Of great service if they will
only undertake energetically the task
of shop nuclei in order to transform
themselves into regular shop nuclei.
On the question of formation of
shop nuclei, the district executive
committee is paying attention to the
big shops. The district has advised
against the formation of shop nuclei
Unfortunately and as a general pro-
cedure members are to form shop
nuclei on the basis of one party COM
rade to six non-members in the shop.
The district will soon undertake
the problem of giving attention, as
soon as the units are stabilized and
functioning, of transferring attention
to the big industries in the city, so as
to increase the influence and organiza-
ton of the party in the big factories.
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They are promised wonderful posi-
tions if they work hard enough, so
they work early and late-from eight
in the morning to all hours of the
night. After two or three years Of
this, they find out, to their dismay,
the humbug Of this promise. Just as
soon as they ask for a raise, they are
fired, and new victims are acquired.
One of the many signs in the
superintendent office reads like this.
All employees working ten years
for this establishment are entitled
to two weeks vacation-one in
summer and one In winter.
BY the end of ten years you'd need
a permanent vacation, so they have
no fear of carrying out their promise.
JEAN COHEN.
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Continued from page u
become a long drawn out battle were
only too anxious to go back to sleep
in the arms of the administration
which has the trick of making votes
disappear when they are for the op-
position.
Their rank and file following con-
sisted of members over whom they
had job control and other backward
elements which did not clearly under
stand the division between the two
groups.
The blame for the big rank and file
support that the reactionary group has
received, can be placed to great ex-
tent on the failure of the progressives
to come before-the membership with a
detailed platform of criticism of the
past coupled with a definite construc-
tive program for the future.
Issues in Election.
Insofar as issues are concerned
there were two of them brot into the
campaign: the conflict between John
ston and Anderson and the lack of or
ganizational activity.
There can be no doubt that if the
progressives would have broadened
the issues by going behind personali-
ties into the principal differences be-
tween the two groups, such as, ANAL
gamation, class collaboration, expuls-
ions of opposition elements, they
would have drawn the line much
closer and gained a bigger following.
The arguments presented to the
membership by the two groups can
be summed up as follows
The progressives claimed that this
is an Anderson district and should
support Andersonites for district lead
ership. On the question of organiza-
ton it criticized the Office for its utter
lack of activity. Knowing that the dis
trict has, time and again, Endorsed the
fight against the corrupt national adj
ministration, the reactionaries have
made desperate attempts to seperate
the national conflict from the district
elections. Their main argument be-
| ing what difference does it make
whom a man is supporting as long as
he is good business agent? Their
argument fell fat because when II
came to organization that good bust.
ness agent" has come forward with
a record of activity the sum total OF
which was zero.
Progressives Win.
The result Of the election was that
the candidates Endorsed by the pro.
gressives have been elected with the
exception of the district recording
secretary and few minor positions.
The total vote cast amounted TO 2.100,
the majority for j. Daily the pro-
gressive candidate for business agent
over his opponent Bearick being rs
votes.
The two groups have conferred the
campaign around these two men and
the vote that they have received can
be taken as the barometer Of strength
of the respective groups that they rep
resent. The vote that the two groups
have received is so close that unless
the progressives unite all the active
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-01-02
WICKS WILL SPEAK
ON LOCARNO PACT IN
CLEVELAND SUNDAY

CLEVELAND, Ohio, Dec. so.-H.
M. Wieks, we'll known lecturer and
labor journalist, will deliver a lee
ture on "World Peace and the Lo-
carno Pact" on Sunday afternoon,
Jan. 8, at 2 o'clock at the Insurance
Center 6ldgy 1888 E. nth ST.
The capitalist press has been hail
ing the Locarno pact as the solution
Of the worlds problems. They real
ize that they must settle their diff
ferences If they are to successfully
combat the workers.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-01-02
new YORK WILL HOLD
DAILY WORKER SECOND
ANNIVERSARY BALL

NEW YORK, Dec. so.-The be-
ginning of the third year Of The
DAILY WORKERS existence is to
be celebrated In New York on Sun
day afternoon, January 10, with
grand concert at YorkviIIe Casino,
s6th ST. and Third Ave.
Details Of the program will be
announced within few days. In
the meantime all readers and
friends of The DAILY WORKER
in New York are requested TO keep
this date open.
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Election in the Machinist Union

militant elements in the union and
win over the misled rank and filers
who are still supporting the reaction
aries there is the danger Of hearing
a different story told the elections
next year. All these elements must
be united on a common program of ac-
tivity for the good of workers.
There are a few things to learn
from this campaign and the progress
sives will do we'll to take note of them.
The main issue that carried the cleo
ton for the progressives was organiza-
ton of the unorganized, and this in
spite of the fact that they only
criticized negatively not presenting a
definite program of organization of
their own. This means that the mem
bership of the union is so anxious to
see some organization work done at
last that it has signed blank check
and the responsibility rests now on
the progressives to prove to the rank
and file that they have placed their
trust in the right hands.
OiHdutNC Ouot 3dut&Cds
The line between the two groups
must be made more clear. to the mem
bership. In the fight against the cor
ruption of the Johnston machine the
cardinal issues dividing the two
groups have been neglected. Amalga-
nation, the fight against class collab-
bration, against political discriminna-
lions must be brot to the forefront
Not in an abstract manner but init
mately connecting and illustrating
them in connection with the everyday
needs of the workers.
The development of an intensive or
ganization campaign and giving It a
mass character by drawing the bulk
of the membership into 1t is the inn
mediate and most important problem.
A few thousand members in a district
where at least 10000 workers are elig-
ible to the l. A. of M. certainly offers
broad field of activity for such a
campaign. But radical departure
must be made from the methods Of
the past to achieve any results what
soever.
First of all the campaign must be
made at the shops and not exclusively
in the homes of prospective members
as has been done during the past
year. Home visiting as a major pro-
gram of organizing is not alone sufIici-
ent.
Last year has also illustrated that
the stan of officers and small commit.
tees cannot accomplish anything UNI
less they succeed in drawing in the
mass OF membership into well or
ganized and systematic campaign.
To achieve this II will be necessary
to wake up the membership thru edu-
catiopal work at the meetings to the
realization OF the fact that they can
not better their conditions unless they
get into the union the tens of thous.
ands Of workers WHO are at present
unorganized.
Question Of Specialists"
The most important thing that will
have to be accomplished and which
will be the deciding factor In the sue
cess or failure Of the organization
campaign is the change OF attitude to
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the semi-skilled and unskilled, the SO
called specialists"
The practice of placing the organ
ization behind the tool makers and
highly skilled machinists to the ne
elect of all others in the trade is a
relic of the times when this group was
the bulk of the trade. Only the blind
can fail to see that the last decade
and especially the war have revolu-
tionized the industry to the effect that
the former dominant group is only a
small minority now and that the mass
employed in the industry at present is
composed of semi-skilled and un-
skilled
In spite of this fact these great
numbers of men are ignored and even
worse than that contracts are signed
with employers for the few skilled
men in the shop, at the same time
having a so-called "gentlemen's agree
ment" that. no attempt will be made
to organize the rest of the men,
thereby leaving to the employers
mercy very often as high as rs per
cent of the workers in the plant.
Such practices are not only a be-
trayal of the interests of the mass of
orkers but at the same time Injuries
the welfare of the few men who are
supposed to benefit by this contract.
Whenever the employers feel like
breaking the agreement the men are
powerless to fight. The strategic po-
sition that the skill of these men is
supposed to give them is worth moth
ing unless it is united with the men
employed in production
Struggle Instead of Diplomacy.
Any employer can prepare himself
for strike with sets Of dies and tools
TO a sufficient degree to starve out the
few skilled men on strike while he is
carrying on his production and piling
up his profits which are made by the
semi-skilled and unskilled in the pro-
duction department.
Another important problem is the
thousands of women that have been
brot into the trade and are at present
used by the employers as an addition
al weapon for reducing wages.
1t is issues of this kind that will
develop a real progressive group and
will mobilize the membership for ac-
tivity thereby making Of the |. A. OF
M. a fighting organization that can
make demands and win them
The idea that Is so prevalent in the
heads of the officials that clever
diplomacy is the way of gaining de.
mands off employers is only an ad.
junct of the class collaboration psych
ology It is only a power that can stop
the profits of the employers that ever
gained anything for the workers and
this power is 100 per cent strike
which stops production.
The future OF the progressive group
depends on the way they solve these
problems. II they come before the
membership at the end of the year
with accomplishment in organization
work and with program OF action
based on the class struggle there Is
no question that the, reactionary group
will find very little support among
the membership.
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Women's Work
Conference to Be
Held in New York

NEW YORK, Dec. sO-A meeting
of subsection organizers for women's
work are to meet at the first confer
ence to take up the program of acti-
witty of the district executive COM
mittee on Monday, Jan. A.
Every organizer must be present
in order to begin at once the full
program in reference to housing and
other conditions, and the organiza-
ton of circles.
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The most important thing that will
have to be accomplished and which
will be the deciding factor in the sue
cess or failure of the organization
campaign is the change Of attitude to
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SPRINGFIELD, Illinois, Dec, 30
Springfield Elks are faced with re-
ownership for their imposing new
building or with refinancing the struc-
ture. Interest on the building bonds
is due Friday and the club has insult
fcient funds to meet the payment,
club officials have told members.