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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-02-28
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lists, the Furriers, A. c. W., the textile
industry and the present strike in Pas
sale, the steel industry, automobile In
dustry was mainly discussed. Ultra
left tendencies were noted, and par
ticularly dangerous right tendencies,
as in the l. L. G.. w. Concrete meth
DDS, applying to the situation in the
various districts, for developing the
campaign for a united labor ticket in
1926, for labor party, were touched
upon in the approach to the labor
unions, and central labor councils, on
these questions, and also the question
of trade union unity.
Daily Worker, Youth, Negro, AaItprop
Receive Consideration.
The continued sub-drive for The
DAILY WORKER, its financial situa-
ton, results since party reorganiza-
ton, the issuance of more party litera-
ture, particularly cheap pamphlets,
more of the Little Red Library, etc.,
came up under The DAILY WORKER
report.
Need Of party aid to establish the
Young Worker (Communist) League
on stronger footing were put for.
ward on the Y. w. L. report. The re-
cent party inner struggle had affected
the Y. w. l.. somewhat adversely
more important, tho, large, numbers OF
the Y. w. L. were now active in the
party and the Y. w. L. machinery had
been stripped nearly bare of the most
active elements. The party must now
aid the league in every city.
Agitprop work, in relation to the
foreign-born campaign, educational
work in the party, the establishment
of more party schools and classes
mass agitprop activity, work among
the Negroes, the drive to raise $4,000
to push forward more swiftly the
party campaigns were discussed un
der the agitprop report. Negro work
is being pushed and effort made to Sc.
cure organizational results.
Briefly, on major aspects Of the
SOAAOA OAOS, OA InC u ttuC uulOu WO1h
there was emphasized the need OF
basing our activity on the simplest OF
issues, such as wages, working con
ditions, unionization, and use these in
the development of broader issues
like labor party, trade union unity
amalgamation.
The foreign-born campaigns pre-
scented itself also means of demon
strating to the workers the oppres
sion and suppression of working class
standards of life and political rights;
the need Of drive to organize the
unorganized into the unions; Of
achieving closer unity and solidarity
between the American and foreign
born workers against capitalism and
joining thereby in common struggle
against the bills now before congress;
of working for an Independent politi
cal. movement of the workers to pre-
vent the passage of such anti-workine
class laws. This campaign permits Of
mobilizing vast mass movement oil
protest against capitalist aggression
In the campaign for united labor
ticket for 1926 and for labor party
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-02-28
NOTICE!
Chicago Daily Worker
and Literature Agents

There will be a meeting
of Daily Worker and Liter
ature Agents at the district
office, 10 s. Lincoln Street,
Saturday, Feb. q, 8 p. m.
sharp.
All Daily Worker and Lii
terature Agents MUST be
there. Please do not be late
be ON TIME,
Sam Hammersmark,
City Agent.
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THE STATE, THE CHURCH, THE KU
KLUXERS AND THE OPEN SHOPPERS
INA UNITED FRONT CELEBRATION
BY a Worker Correspondent.

YOUNGSTOWN Ohio, Feb. 26-The
stopped while they together with the newly
appointed Archbishop Mooney. home is here.
A Family
Mayor schebe and the chief police reception commit
well oenshopper the valley J. G. Butler
Jr A. CambeI and have made
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-02-28

Why worker correspondent? Why
not? Is there nothing of interest hap.
pening around your Write it Up and
send It lnI
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-03-23
DIR. FRANK CRANES
DAILY EDITORIAL
By DR. FRANK CRANE
A Fen Def illitiOns

- IVES are determined by definitions
How man defines the really important elements ok
Ife-what he believes religion, duty, ana IN
bred subjects mean-makes him act as he does
All life process Of fumblng around, seeking accepsang
and rejecting definitions
When each has completed set for himself ne has ne
basis upon which he builds his course of action
Everyone find himself those definitions which
he can accept given By others especially by
famous always interesting, whether " wholly
agree with them or not
Below are examples Of how Of the important things
of life have been defined.
Regardless Of whether they coincide with your defnons
Or not they will give food for profitable thought
il SUCCESS tsIf lives decent lite and does ms
work fairly and squarey that those dependent On nm
and attached him better for his having lived then he
IS success Theodore Roosevelt
3 WISDOM: He alone Is wise who can adapt himself e
every condition of life Bias
81 POLITENESS. True politeness consists ID simply
treating others would like to be treated Lord
Chesterfield
Napoleon.
). DUTY He only does his duty Who does bis best
Charles NJ. Schwab.
81 WELI-BORN: s. Any person who has reasonably gooa
health stands his feet and fights his own way Is
Il GOOD AND EVIL. One only good, namely, knowle
edge only evil, namely Ignorance ogenes Laertius
81 SCIENCE OF EDUCATIONs The science of educa
ton science Of helping people find out what they want
to know There foolish questions No really be-
fool until be stops asking questions E
Steinmetz
81 RELIGION. Pure religion and undefiled before God
and the Father, this to visit the father and widows il
their afction and To keep himself unspotted from The
world st James
TO- COMPLETE LIFE knowledge, love, power-there
is the complete life Henri AmieI
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"Maficking"

66XXfE Londoners have not had
w much occasion for 'maffick-
ing since Armistice Day. said
a recent visitor to America who
was inclined to take a peSsimistic
view of affairs in England.
BY ''mafficking, he meant wild.
unrestrained, uproarious rejoicing
or Qualification, in public. The
word is derived from the name
of the South African town OF
Mafeking, which was besieged by
the Beers, in the war between
themselves and the English, from
November, 1899, to May. 1900.
For many weary months the
British followed the fortunes of
the besieged place, and when it
was finally relieved, on May II,
1900, and the news reached Lon
don, the people of that city gave
themselves up entirely to night
of joy. 1t was a celebration
such as London has never before
seen in all her long history, and
it was not repeated until the
memorable night in November.
1918, when the armistice ended
the great war,
Americans who witnessed the
scenes in our cities on Armistice
Day and night will understand
readily what is meant by "maffick-
ing
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-03-23
CLIMATE MAKERS
By Garrett P. Seryiss

oceanic currents. conveying either
cold Or warm water along the.
coasts OF the continents, and
thereby exercising very great
influence upon climate, as we see
today, notably in the case Of
the Gulf Stream and the Labra
dor Current.
The globe II subject 70 inter
mas strains which at times mani
fest their tremendous power by
increasing the elevation or induc-
ing lowering of the level Of
whole continents. Any consider
able increase of elevation, to-
lofty mountains, must bring on
an attendant cooling Of climate.
Go up on a high mountain on a
suffocating summer day or take
a high ride in an airship IL you
want convincing practical evil
dence Of the effect on tempera-
ture OF increased elevation above
sea level. Or simply look at the
eternally unmelting SHOWS that
clothe the submits Of all very
lofty mountains.
Volcanic Clouds
No doubt great increase of
land surface during long period
would cause widespread lower
ing of temperature, because not
only would the mean elevation of
a vast area be increased. but
glaciated mountain ranges and
peaks would be formed. volcanic
forces would be released, and the
atmosphere would become blank
eted with thick clouds of dust
and volcanic gases.
The influence of volcanic clouds
was formerly not so we'll under
stood as it has come to be in re-
cent times. The famous dark
day" in New England, and the
wear without summer" have been
plausibiy accounted for as having
been induced by the spreading
of volcanic dust through the at
mosphere.
The long line of volcanoes
stretching out along the axis of
the Aleutian Islands has been a
potent factor at times in chang
ing the North American atmos-
phere with fine dust which eff
fectively obstructs the solar radia-
ton.
According to DR.. Humphreys,
every thick veil of volcanic dust
appreciably lowers the tempera-
ture. This Qf permanent for a
long period would lead to
greatly extended snow period dur
ing every season of the year, and
this cooling would be intensified
by thinning the blanket of water
vapor around the earth"
All these things are undoubt-
eddy so; yet it would be going
too far to affirm that variations
of the output of radiation from
the sun have no influence upon
the earth's climates. The sun is
certainly a variable star, and no
less certainly it is the one great
source OF heat, light and other
forms of radiant energy for the
earth.
Geological activities may alter
the conditions under which the
solar radiation is received and
distributed. just as changes in the
internal arrangements of house
similarly affect the utilization of
the heat from a furnace; but If
the furnace burns irregularly the
temperature of the house responds
to such variation, whatever the
details of heat distribution may be.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-03-23
ON EDGE OF
"POPPYLAND"

DESCRIBING prizefight,
~ sporting writer said:
"Maloney had Sharkey on the
edge of Poppyland when the foul
was called" He meant, of course,
that the former was just about to
be put to sleep--like one who had
INDUCED in the juice of the poppy.
The sporting writer was in very
good literary company in using
the expression, 'Poppyland."
Shakespeare, in "Othello," wrote
of poppy and mandragora and
all the drowsy syrups of the
world"
The poppy is the flower from
the Juice of which opium is made.
1t is derived from the unripe
capsules of the white poppy, but
from the ripened seeds a whole
some oil is extracted and the
residue Is made into oil cake that
is used for cattle food. The plant
which yields the opium of COM
merce, and also the other products
mentioned, is extensively cult
waited in India, Asia Minor Egypt,
Persia and China. The poppy
from which opium is obtained has
white flowers, but there are other
varieties with red. pink and yell
low blossoms.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-03-23

ii not for the attitude shown by
that last paragraph. That's the
paragraph I'm going to answer,
not only for Laura, but for thou
sands OF unfortunate stirs who
believe, as she does, that we must
pay, through suffering, for all
our happiness. and that there's
something holy in pain.
IF THERE'S "A DAMNABLE
THEORY ON EARTH, THAT'S
TT!
one need not only invoke re-
ligion to prove the outrageous
nature of this theory. One has
only to consult psychology and
common sense.
Health and happiness aren't
abnormal. ecstatic experiences for
which we must pay bitterly. as
we pay for all departures from
the normal program. Health and
happiness ARE the normal pro-
gram.
We were meant to be healthy
and happy.
We were meant to be healthy
and happy because health and
happiness afford the ideal con-
ditions for growth. And growth
is the aim of our physician ana
mental and moral world.
We do not know much about
the nature or plan of God and
our conceptions of Him differ,
Humanity has had thousand
names for Him But whatever
the conception or name, one thing
is sure-GOD BACKS LIFE. He
is life. He WANTS life. He
builds up and up and up. He
doesn't tear down. He wants
more Of us, not less of US.
Life-not death--that's the key
to His plan.
Fruition and fulfillment, not
destruction or punishment--that's
the end for which our lives were
made.
Every natural process, every
detail of our own lives. points to
that end. The cycle of the sea-
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-03-23

Noted Astronomer and Writer On
Scientific Topics Of Popular
Interest
II. w. j. HUMPHREYS, or
the Weather Bureau, who
- ii 81 man of originality OF
thought and observation. not con-
tent with mere authority In
scientific opinion. is reported ~
affirming that the sun has moth
ing to do with determining
the climate of the earth. DIR.
Humphreys, as professor OF
meteorological physics, himself
ranks among the authorities on
that subject, and his affirmation
that the earth has produced its
own climatic changes through
natural factors. is very In
tereSting.
What picture of our delight
fully capricious planet this view
offersi To be sure the earth's
caprices require very long periods
fer their exercise, an reckoned by
our measures of time, but we
may recall Emerson's dictum that
1.-The great lesson of life is to
believe what the years and fhe
centuries say against the hours
only III the NIStds OI sCleHC0 VIC
should believe the millenia and
the ami magni against the years
and the centuries.
Oceanic Currents
The underlying considerations
adduced by DR.. Humphreys are
of course of a geological char
acter. Three variable elements
enter into play. One OF these
is the change of level to which
the continents have, apparently.
always been subjected. Another
is the apparent long range perio-
deity in volcanic phenomena,
which it is held have great in
fluence up the state Of the atmos-
phere.
Then there are the great
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-03-23
THE MAID OF
HONOR
Mrs. Cornelius Beeekmahl

nEAR MRS. BEECK1fAN
~ VIII you please settle q
doubt between green ana his
bride as to the maid Of honor?
The groom's brother Is going
to be hest man and as maid Of
honor has chosen his sweetheart
But the bride wants her sister,
who is less than rs. to fiji the
position as maid of honor.
Who is right and why?
III. and r.. n.
The bride is Overwhelmingly
right To begin with, the groom
should have nothing to do with
the choice of the bridal attend
ants, and ii is very bad form and
very bad taste for him to suggest
t o the bride whom she should
choose. The maid of honor is
the bridal attendant, and the
bride should choose her. The groom
chose his brother for his attsnd-
ant-why shouldn't the bride
choose her sister for her at
tendant?
II is ridiculous to have the
sweetheart of the groom brother
as the attendant of the BRIDE
unless, of course, that is the brides
choice. as evidently it is not. In
this case.
/ hope that the bride VIII,
graciously but firmly, explain to
the groom that It'll her preroga-
tive 10 choose her own attend
ants.
A Widows Use OF Name
nEAR MISS FAIRFAX:
~ Please tell me whether or
not a widow should use her hus-
bands first name or her own at
all times? ri. III.
A widow uses her name as she
did when her husband was alive.
That is, on her visiting card she
still has engraved: MRS. Will
LIAM HENRY AMES. Her sig
nature to letters is the same and
to checks she still uses the same
name: Mary Smith Brown.
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~ ELSIE ROBINSON

He gave men the vision OF RAJ
diant understanding God, who
builds through JOY and friendli-
ness.
Christ,s vision was too much
for men, They couldn't grasp II
Moreover they did not really want
to grasp it, for 1t didn't give
them sufficient abb for their own
blood thirst. So the bleak and
bitter God still held his throne,
And now laura blames her
wrecked life on His will.
God does not wreck human life.
Laura. God has not wrecked
your life. Human ignorance and
cruelty have wrecked 1T. and your
own refusal to use the brains you
were born with.
You may not believe me. Prob
ably you won't. It's so much
easier to blame our disasters on
a Boojam than 1t is to shoulder
responsibility ourselves. But
you'll have to shoulder Il your
self, girl. IL ever you wish 70
straighten your tangled life
Stop hugging your grief stop
being q martyr. You're not get
ting anywhere with either God
or humanity by such auto.intoxi-
cation. Nobody IL picking on you.
Stop moaning and sniveling and
thinking you've been selected as
a burnt offering Some OF our
slickest egotisn functions I'm that
guise.
Stop wallowing in this plack
orgy, Of superstition and begin to
act like q civilized citizen. Snap
out of the situation that's wreck
ing your life and make q fresh
start. Now that you realize you
aren't earning any crown of Glory
by being a human sacrifice. IL
will be easy for you to see the
way.
GRINS AND GUMPTION ARE
WORTH, MORE IN THE HEAV-
EMILY KINGDOM THAN Al MIL
LION BLOOD ACHIEVEMENTS.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-03-23
Carry the News to Wilhelm
100000 Vote to Keep His Property

Four million German votes necessary to provide
concerning the former Kaisers property rights
Instead Of FOUR million, TEN million voted and
people viii decide, by referendum how many
lions the Kaiser should be allowed to take from his German
people
The vote taken appropriately, the anniversary
the revolution Of 1s4 the first uprising against German kings
That the uprising that made it necessary for Richard
Wagner to leave Germany Had the uprising successful
Wagner might have remained in politics only writing sing
ing music for fun
That would have been great calamity the world needed
King but otherwise might have been fortunate
che Germans had the 1848 revolution been successful
They would have been spared many years of by
Highest, including the years from 1914
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-03-23
| NEGOTIATIONS
OF A WIFE
by Helen Rowland
Has the FIapper i Soul?

has the Flappef 2 0Oui
LAS the flapper q SOUL?
And. II so, where does she keep
it, In her. vanity case or sumo
where in the back OF her con-
seriousness?
And what Is ii made Of? Bright
visione-or just pink light, i'm
ported perfume and crepe-de-
Is it an "over-soul"- just a
dancing.s sole?
She has brain and a mind
and a willard, sometimes,
heart. in spite Of her valiant de-
malls.
She is bubbling over with eff
cheney" and pep" and as bright
and as brittle as piece of cut
glass! She is so scintillating!
But, there is mighty little evi.
or not she has a soul! You can't
get it over the radio, or eat it. or
drink it. or wear 1t or dance It:
so, perhaps. she has never thought
about it.
Does she ever read poetry--or
anything but the latest sex-nov-
els?
IS
Does she ever buy hyacinths'
or dream day-dreams? Not while
there's a car running! Or a radio
or a monograph or moving pic
ture workingD
Does she ever suspect that there
is anything deeper to love, than a
kiss?
Does she ever feel an urge
to do anything more wonderful
than dance the Charleston, or an
aspiration above the burning am
bition to be able to buy things?
Does she ever hear the music of
the stars above the roar OF saxo-
phones and automobiles?
Does she ever get away from
her five senses-and use her I'M
AGINATION?
Does she BELIEVE in anything
that she can't see. taste, smell,
touch or hear?
The FIapper raves and babbles
a lot about individuality" and
personality. She thinks it's
simply AWFUL, if you haven't
got it!
But what is personality A
special brand Of perfume or
new haircut?
Oh, piffle. Personality is a
DIFFERENT kind of SOUL! A
soul that shines through and
brightens the eyes. 1t is the
LIGHT inside you!
Sometimes. wish the reform
ers would stop ranting about the
Flapper's clothes and manners
and try to find out about her
soul
Because. soul is a very com.
forting and important thing TO
have in this world. Much more
important than a perfect figure
% even than motor cart
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-03-23
On Their Own Land
Men Fight Hard

Men their territory and willing fight are hard
beat The French and SpanaTds realizing their
fight against Add lKrim, leader of the Riffians
One hundred thousand Spanards and many Frenchmen
with cavalry tanks flying machines shrapnel machine guns
other equipment will be in the field ready the
spring campaign.
After three years of fighting the Rans still fighting
scattered their sandhs hiding in their Add
eKrm declines to aegans to the Sultan Morocco
Another great European offensive against AbdeKrm will
begin early in May will be successful if it kills him Other
wise
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-03-23
SAYINGS OF WISE MEN

The splendors that belong unto
the fame of earth are but q
wind. shat in the same dir sction
lasts not long. Dante.
The fairest action of our human
life
jury:
For who forgives without . fur
Their strife,
His adversary's heart t. him
doth tie.-Carew
Conversation in its better part,
may be esteemed gift and not
an art -Cowper.
Fine manners. need the support
of fine manners ii others
Emexs
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-03-23

TIME condition upon which God
hath given liberty to men Is
eternal vigilance.--Curran.
He that wrestles with us
strengthens our nerves and sharp
ems our skill. Our antagonist Is
our helper. Burke.
Imitation is the sincerest of
flattery Cotton.
Three sparks pride, envy and
avarice-have been kindled in all
hearts.--Dante.
Sweet are thoughts that SAVIOR
of content:
The quiet mind Is richer than
crown. Greene.
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ND 1T I sun
ID pos 9 I've

~ - - %Ss4
ID pose I've
had to 90 through
all this suffering
because i had
such q happy
youth. I cpuIdn
expect so much
joy without pay
Ing for II
SO Laura ends
her frantic letter
Of tragedy and
injustice.
I'm not gong
to 8 Ii 5 w er the
main part of the
letter. All the I'M
happiness which
Laura relate S
sl1rinks into in
Z.
significance be
side the tragedy
of that para
graph. Ev er "
thing else could
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-03-23
Irish Is Not British
That Will Suit the Irish

British court has decided that residents Irish Free
State outside OF the British Empire An aged who
had lived IN Southern Ireland after the Free State was es
abshed denied the right old petition pension
The judges said that the right to appeal to-
His Majesty in Council was not Jet decided.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-03-23
LISTEN WORLD!

SONS the sur in
or he sou -
they re all FOR
more life happier
life hea lthier life
An COME
II H AS ~ u III IL Y
MIGHT III Al NJ ~
LIFE AND THAT
a Ia 10 i MIGHT
HAVE IT MORE
ABJTeDl .f1TIsY
cried Christ from
the high peak DC
his vision Of God )
p1Aus
With that he
thrust away the
old barbarian He
brew conception
of b Jealous God
Shyloclx God
who demanded
the last pound OF
flesh from those
to whom He gave
If4e An1 {nekoud
The Nome nugget., 1926-08-21
NOW HAVE JOHNSON
 IN MINNEAPOLIS

Minneapolis, Aug. 1G,- R)-Five thousand persons thronged the rail- way station as Johnson returned to face the Erdall staying charge. The Hennpin County Grand Jury today hears the detailed confession of the three victims of his holdups.
 Johnson was taken to the scene of the Erdail killing. and he quick ly picked out the place, then he was taken back to jail. where they went over list of robbery complaints now and then picking out one with the remark, "I did not know When asked how 1t felt to be a murderer, he said. "You walk the floors night and day and anyone who knows me in Minneapolis. knew that was never quiet more than fifteen minutes at a time be- cause I hate the fear which is in me, but today am sane and get down on my knees every night to pray the Lord to open my heart I must learn the Lords prayer.''
 He points to the indication that