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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-12-13
VIEW PROPOSED SITES
Board to Select IrvingtOn School
Location by Tuesday.

The site for the new grade school
to be built in Irvington will be def
nifty selected today or Tuesday, it
was announced this morning by the
board of school commissioners. Presi-
dent Theodore f. Vonnegut, Com
missioner Charles w. Kern and
superintendent of Buildings and
Grounds Jacob II. Hilkene looked
at several sites offered.
1.-THE Irvington grade school stu
alton needs relief more than any
other section of the city right now"
declared Vonnegut. School 81 is
overcrowded and work must be
started on new school almost i'm
mediately."
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-12-13

Oh for the life of a casl1et trim.
merl
A casket trimmer's life is Just the
thing, according to Miss Edith
Weaver of 1880 N. New Jersey ST.,
and Ethel Howard of 10 n. Illinois
Street.
ITS all in the days work." they
cheerily said as they deity tucked
in the ends of a bit of silk lining
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-12-13

in a sombre black coffin at the In
dianapolis Casket Company, 521 w.
North St. where they are employed.
The girl think nothing of their
daily association with baskets.
1.-THE latest fads that go to make
up the last thing in caskets. are
interesting. too" said Charles Will
hanson, vice president and general
superintendent of the company.
Among our seventy-fve different
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-12-13
Police 'HoLd-Up'
Auto Peters

PETERS, In an auto parked
on Cold Springs Rd., west of
Riverside Park, mistook two
park policemen for hold-up
men Sunday night and as q re-
suit the police emergency squad
made a hurried run to the
scene.
Two park policemen on the
lookout for thieves, who have
been stealing Christmas trees
from the city nursery, halted
their machine beside the parked
auto, drew revolvers and In
quired of the PETERS their bust
ness in the neighborhood.
The peters in the auto speed
ed to the home Of William
Meyers. nearby. and reported
the "hold-up' attempt. Meyers
called police.
All was explained when the
two squads of police met.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-12-13
$4,000 GEM ROBBERY
Three JeweIry Statesmen Held Up
BY Six Bandits i'm Auto.


By Six Bandits in Auto.
BH United Press
PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 1S.-Three
jewelry statesmen were held up to-
day on Lancaster Ave, on the out
skirts of Philadelphia and robbed
of cash and jewelry to a total of
nearly $4,000.
The three were Isaac ZiegGer, who
lost $31 900 in jewelry and 5000 in
cash; Jacob Cohen. from whom $4,000
in jewelry and a small amount OF
cash was taken. and Simon Ziegger,
who lost his watch and $25. The
three were taking the jewelry to
Lancaster. Pa. they told police.
Six men crowded their car from
the road and after carrying out the
robbery, sped away in the direction
Of Lancaster. the victims said.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-12-13

designs in shell manufacture we Of
fer over eighty.five different ma
terials for upholstered coverings that
have become so popular Of late. The
fabrics are Of velour, MORE, JAG
guard, and damasque, and each is
varied in color and design to har-
monte with the furniture of the
home in which the casket eventual
ly will be placed"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-12-13
NEW SCHOOL
HEAD

William f. Vogel Quits State Job
for Shelbyville Post.
BIZ United Press
! STIELBYVILLE, Ind, Dec. ID
William f. Vogel, director of the
teachers training and licensing
division Of the State department of
public instruction, win assume duties
Of superintendent of schools here
Jan. 1, it was learned today.
Vogel will fill the place left vacant
by the death Of a. c. Kibby.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-12-13
GIVES
PRIMARY SYSTEM
VIGOROUS DEFENSE
Former Senator ASSaiIS Plan
of Democrats and Re-
pubIiCanS.

Vigorous defense of the primary is
expressed in an article by former
Senator Albert J. Beveridge in the
current number of the Saturday Eve
ming Post.
Followers of Beverage had expect
ed him to champion the primary sys-
tenn following the formation Of BIZ
partisan conspiracy to destroy the
efficacy of the procedure. Both Dem
ocratic and Republican organizations
are behind the movement.
Beveridge's article considers the
various objections to the primary,
voiced by its opponents and answers
each argument.
. Combats Statement
Combating the statement that
only a rich man can make the race
in the primary, Beverage asserted:
IF primary expenses of oandl-
dates were small in most States, how
comes it that hundreds OF thou
sands and millions Of dollars had
to be spent in attempts to get nom-
nations for candidates for the very
same offices on only two or three
States?"
Part of the agitation against the
primary may be traced to the rich
men and corporations who find it
requires more money to control than
did the convention system, according
to Beverage.
AssaiIs Convention
Nothing is more subject to g,isto
of passion, anger and emotion OF all
sorts than the old-time convention"
Beveridge stated. Il have seen such
a body stampeded for a candidate by
Ia big brass band in the gallery sud
denly starting up Marching
Through Georgia" and playing the
tune as loudly and inspiringly as the
band could-play it,"
Asserting that in some States the
primary laws were written by oppon-
ents of the system, Beveridge advo-
Gated Strengthening Of the system.
Multiplicity of candidates would be
corrected through adoption Of the
short ballot, he said.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-12-13
Simply Paralyzed

I was simply paralyzed with fright.
My tongue Glove to the roof of my
mouth and I couldn't have moved if
had wanted to, which I didn't. L
wondered why 1 had left my home in
small Indiana village to seek fame
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-12-23
Introduction.

TIE purpose Of these articles evidence
whose authenticity that the against
all progressive tendencies the labor which launched
at the F. Of l.
there combination
oHeiadom the capitalist employers the
It will main which prompt
tenshd attack centerns first Communists
left wing suppress struggles
which nperiaIs
periy and either them
dead level doct (2) the ocadom
force the unions policy which will make Of them the docIe
ganaons which capitalists will (3) the
capitalists their
the unions destroy their influence the labor
they the fighting
unonm who trying to rally all workers for struggle
Of immediate and demands.
Finally these articles will policy
ofcadom of which the latest attack
is development its temporary swing
nothing
.but
The successful" this policy
from the
result The Communists the organized left
fighting Of the whole working
the offensive of combined
capitalism which. imperialism,
minor exceptions the whole bloc of trade union ohadom
W. r.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-12-23
Coolidge Economy and Cruisers

The controversy the question OF the add
onal cruisers which President Coolidge has agreed build but for
which he ready make minimum appropriation of $40
100000 open up the popular the inner workings of the
itaist political machine
Senators and of both republican and democrat
parties found supporting the building project and Off
ca Of both parties opposition to it. Coolidge trying salts
fly both ma and the mdde elements who feel the heavy
burden of taxation for the upkeep military and naval forces
not meeting with much
Coolidge economy is about the only bond between
dissatisfied The rumblings
middle disregarded by president
who wants to succeed himself
The patriots with visions juicy machinery and
eyes may about the inferior status
the navy there win be little doing the line of appropriations
until after 1928 American Imperialism has all the naval equipment
ntmidae the Latin American peoples it will not be
endangered by delay adding its feet and is that the
bowls the do not result in raid the
treasury this time.
if Coolidge reelected the miarists will get their
cruisers the farmers will get theirs-n the neck
the meantime is continue the farce
bankrupt and wheat not have
salt rubbed into their gaping wounds
necessary point this connection that only under
conditions prevailing the United States where the majority
support the parties Of the capitalists could
you have them, and dont devcethe
counterpart of the three shells and the whereby farm
pundered the county farbe successfully worked
deception possible OnyN farmers and workers still
believe capitalist parties and capitalist politicians will pro
tect their interests.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-12-23
Democracy in "DixieIand''

100000 disfranchised in southern
This fact the records of the United States senate and
longer possible gloss this shameful suppression of the
racial unit which irtiest necessary
in "Dixieland"
The details They exposed
the internal struggles of American capitalism and Negro
CARNATIONS aided the labor movement should make known
the world the denial by force the supposedly free members the
Negro of the elementary right take part local.
national eectiOna right that and exercised by
millions Of mentally unfit white persons 81 years age
According statements made in the Monday and
which denial made Alabama has dranchsed 100000
Negroes Arkansas 100000 Florida 200000 Georgia. 6OOOO0
Louisiana 3OOOOO Mississippi 3OOOOO North Carolina 2OOO0O
Carolina 100000; Texas 100000
Virginia 100000
years since Civil ended yet Negroes
against cruee they right
still pretense legality than prevailed in the days feudam
The magnificent periods of the capitalist and official labor
spokesman tributes democracy flag
waving paoteerg meaningless enough the white
working this country they pure truths them
pared of their practical application the life of
the southern Negro
The labor hold its head
prevails Still it's shame the that it
still supports the candidates of the democrat and republican
when the rivalry for another
usually ntensehave "gentlemans agreement moth
ing whatever about the submerged 100000.
both the labor and the Negro labor
their bondage In the meanwhile there
nationwide agitation that will keep the facts Of Negro
before the American
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-12-23

correspondence section of labor jour
nal before the movement was de-
bauched from the top down?
Read this from the Cambridge, Ohio,
correspondence in the December num-
Der of The American Flint, official
organ of the Flint Glass Workers
Union:
Walter Anderson is contemplating
retiring from the glass workers and
Joining the Pinkerton detective force
as he has already had some ex-
perience.
CAMBRIDGE, Ohio, and Coshocton,
~ the home of President Green, are
not very far apart. When Brother
Green brags that under his policy "the
workers demands ~. have been
restrained and Brother Anderson
announces in his union journal that he
is joining the Pinkerton detective force
as he has already had some ex-
perience," there is something more
than a geographical proximity-there
is unity of stoolpigeonism from
above and below SO clean and com
plete that it cannot be mistaken.
The chilling ooze of corruption from
above seeps down thru every creyice
Of the labor movement
"DARTNERSHIP in industry is an
4 other euphemistir catch-phrase
uSad b.y hofb trada ,,1,4o,, oA3otoIdon.
and the capitalist press in describing
the surrender of trade unions to the
capitalists in pursuance Of the worker
employer cooperation policy. The
New York Times considers this phrase
especially apt and never overlooks an
opportunity to use it. This hard
boiled capitalist sheet is just as strong
a supporter of "union-managment CO.
operation" and partnership in indus
try as are President Green and other
apostles of "eficiency unionism."
THE TIMES in a recent editorial
i makes comparison between the
methods of arbitration under govern
ment supervision-the logical and in
evitable extension of the "union-man-
agement cooperation" policy-and mil
liant unionism. 1t compares the out
come of the arbitration proceedings af-
fecting trainmen and conductors on
eastern lines with the outcome of the
cloakmakers' strike, and says:
Two labor stories Of Importance
stand out in the days news. They
supply chronicle and comment on
the rival methods Of reason and war
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-12-23

-
country, especially the European, OF
the net that is being laid to trap the
foreign workers into American indus
tries as .strikebreakers and to lower
the American living standard, when
ever the bosses decide that the time
for lowering wages is ripe.
The powerful influence OF the labor
press in Europe must be modified for
this purpose, our revolutionary com
rades In the foreign parliaments must
use every opportunity to raise their
voices in condemnation and protest,
warning against these sinister: designs
and conspiraciesa of the American in
dustrial magnates. ~ ~
This question is by no means only
an American issue, It is an issue which
concerns the whole worlds proleta-
riat. g
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-12-23

shall request the governor of each
state to submit a concise synopsis of
the resources of his state and the OPP
portunities open to immigrants in such
state and shall further request the
governor to submit monthly at stated
times estimates OF the number and
type Of immigrants that are deemed
desirable as residents OF such state.
The secretary of state shall, upon the
basis OF such information and official
reports and statistics, prepare state
ments from time to time Gin such Ian
guage as the secretary of state shall
deem expedient) setting out condi-
tions and opportunities in the several
states, which statements shall be fur
nished TO American consular officers.
Each alien applying TO any such Of
flcer for visa shall be given the OPP
portunity Of reading the statement
prepared by tho secretary OF state and
of selecting the place in the United
States TO- which such hlien desires to
80. which place shall DO named in the
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-12-23

in industry. A board of arbitration
acting under the new railroad law
awards an increase to the con-
ductors and trainmen on eastern
railroads, equivalent to I'VE per
cent increase in wages.
simultaneously, a mass meeting
Of garment workers in New York
City bitterly denounces lead
ership which preciptated an
unnecessary strike -. terminating
in an admittedly disastrous defeat.
... The conflict was planned and
let loose by the left wing element
in the local unions.
Arbitration wins, strikes lose-this
is the burden of the duet sung by the
right wing and capitalist press. l pro-
pose to diverge here from the main
line of my argument and deal briefly
with the attempt of The Times, in
which it is not alone by any means,
to confuse issues by an analogy which
is no analogy at all
TN the first place anyone who tries TO
4 make the wage problems Of gar
ment workers appear to be the same
as those of conductors and trainmen
is either ignorant or dishonest. Train
men and conductors, occupying strate-
gic positions in key industry, are
accorded privileges by the capitalists
which are denied to less favored Sec
tons Of the workers. But this is no
reason why these workers should
adopt arbitration as a method of secur-
ing their demands. As matter of
fact, the greatest concession ever Sc
cured by these workers was gained
by the threat of a general strike. CThe
eight-hour provisions of the Adamson
law enacted in 1850
THE 71s per cent increase in wages
= given by the mediation board,
seems to be great victory when it
is stated in lump sum as The Times
does. But, figured out in dollars and
cents per worker it dwindles surpris-
ingly. To be exact:
The average wage of these two
groups of railway workers, according
to the figures Of the railroad labor
board, was $571 per day in 1925.
Based on a thirty-day month (this is
far above the average, but 1 am in
clined to be generously this would be
a monthly income of S171.30.
The boosted 7Ia per cent increase
therefore shrlnks to s12.74 per
NOTWITHSTANDING representing no
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-12-23

visa. No alien entering the United
States after six months following the
enactment of this act shall be deemed
to have completed his registration un-
der this act until he has reported at
the office in the district in which is
located the place named in his VISA"
Would Provide strikebreakcrs.
The American industrialists have
never been entirely satisfied with the
Immigration laws OF this country and
the different industrial interests have
tried to get their own selfish view
points expressed in various bills. One
Of the latest attempts is to give full
authority to the president to regulate,
restrict or enlarge the immigration
quotas according to actual needs OF
the different industries. The quoted
section 10 of the Aswell bill is a step
in the same direction, and 1t provides
for speedy action in case of emer-
gency, Q. g., big strike, when the
governor in his official capacity is
compelled to issue monthly to the
state department a statement of the
industrial needs" in his state, and in
reliance on his statement the neces-
sary immigrants are to be brought
over to break the strike, or for use
generally when the capitalist class
starts campaign to lower wages.
The last clause Of the same section
Z to Inc
industrial serfdom, which would bind
the worker to the district stated In
his contract" VISA.
These aspects of the Aswell bill
call for tho particular attention of
every Council for the Protection of
the Foreign-Born Workers. Appeals
must be made TO workers in-America
and warnings must be broadcast to
tho labor movement OF every foreign
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-12-23

The Pullman Company is still try
ing to maintain the stand that the
Brotherhood OF Sleeping Car Porters
does not represent their employees.
Tho union IS asking for an adjustment
Of wages and conditions. II is asking
that the rate Of pay be changed from
a mileage 10 an hourly basis. The
company refuses TO recognize It's right
10 speak for the porters
The annual election of committees
in the company union was scheduled
to begin on the second Tuesday in
November. This was jumped ahead
and the election was conducted from
Oct 20 TO Nov. 3. The company claims
that So per cent OF the porters voted
az this election. thus substantiating
their claim that the company union Is
the proper channel thru which to con
duct negotiations.
The brotherhood refutes this claim
as 10 the percentage voting, and as
sorts that many who did vote were
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-12-23

the potential immigrants previous po-
litical and union activities before a
visa is issued that 1t would provide
a method of importing foreign labor to
lower wages, TO break strikes or for
direct use in any other Industrial dis
putes; that IL would provide the
American employing class with free
employment bureaus in every foreign
city where America has a consulate:
that the governor OF each state would
virtually become the "legalized" tool
Of the Industrial interests.
Break Down Safeguards.
But more than this, the bill vir-
tually contradicts former well-estab-
lished rules of law, e. g., that law
which forbade the importing or hiring
by contract OF any laborer abroad. or
that which in several states forbade
the transportation Of strikebreakers
unless they had been previously in.
formed OF the character OF their com.
ing duties"
The section which contains these
provisions Ia the 10Th:
SEQ. 10. The secretary OF state
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-12-23
The New Drive on Militant Trade lniOniSm

| tremendous Victory for unions which
had demanded an increase of 20 per
cent especially when we take Into
consideration the fact that railway
profits for this year are estimated
in round figures at $t,sso,ooo,ooo.
TINE garment workers secured an
4 increase Of SO per week and in addi-
ton a reduction of hours from "A to AZ
for the first half OF the life of the
agreement and 4O-hour week for the
last half. Neither are the garment
workers bound to any arbitration
scheme-the union has retained its
freedom of action.
For trade union this is funda-
mental.
We see that The Times estimate
of the two events is sadly lacking in
veracity. The, garment workers, even
tho led bysthe left wing to can admit
teddy disastrous, defeat" did consider
ably better than the trainmen and
conductors in spite of the privileges
granted these key workers by an
anxious imperialist system.
IpUT The Times is, like the official
- trade union leadership, concerned
with peace in industry" and part
nership in industry" Cassius-like, it
pretends friendship only to stab. AS
we have seen, The Times processes to
be worried greatly by the dissension
in the union, but its greatest grief is
reserved for the passing of the sub
pission of the New York Joint Board
to the governors commission. 1t says:
The principle Of arbitration, and
beyond that, of COOPERATION
FOR THE PROMOTION OF PEACE
AND THE WELFARE OF THE IN
DUsTRY, SEEMED TO BE WELL
ESTABLISHED. A noteworthy
advance had been made TOWARD
THAT PARTNERSHIP m INDUS
TRY WHICH uNDERLIES THE
sANEsT THOUGHT. among both
employers and workers.
WYE can be certain that The Times
w will agree that the "sanest
thought" in this direction among en-
ployers is voiced equally well by
President Green.
The Times is for partnership in in
dustry."
So is the American Federationist.
Both publications, one typically cap
italist, the other typical of the official
trade union press, denounce the Com
munists and the left wing because
they warn the workers of the danger
Of the policy expressed in this phrase
and organize them for a policy of
struggle.
Official labor leadership and the or
gans Of labor's class enemies here
show conclusively that they at least
have established an identity of in
terest." e...,.s l.. s...s.s
This same collision of reaction ap-
pears in other fields.
(To be continued.)
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-12-23
Matter of Who Represents Pullman
POrferS Comes to Notice of Morrow, o
Mediator Under Watson-Parker Act

collected over 1000 afiidavits to sup
port their claim Of Intimidation.
The matter was recently brought in
formally before Edwin Morrow of the
mediation board set up by the Watson
Parker railroad act. II was not a
public hearing. Morrow received in
formally the evidence submitted by
the brotherhood to support their claim
that they represent the employees II
the board rules favorably in that mat
ter, It will assume Jurisdiction in the
dispute. II It decides that the COM
pany union represents the men, II can
not deal further with tho brotherhood
Milton p. Webster, the organizer for
the brotherhood In tho Chicago dis
trict, reports that tho Pullman Com
pany practically produced no evidence
to support its claim for IT'S own com.
pany union,
lntimidated and coerced. They have
Tho hest fD1U---aff b aCfihe f0da4I
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-12-23
Bloom Threatens to
Force Ford to Prove
Charges Against Jews

WASHINGTON, Dec. 21.-R Henry
Ford does not appear voluntarily to
substantiate his charges that "the
Jews control government finance, the
federal reserve system, as well as in
ternational banking" Rep. Sol Bloom,
New York, will force him to come be-
fore the senate, Bloom threatens. The
New York congressman introduced a
resolution in the house asking that
Ford's charges against the Jew. which
appear in his Dearborn Independent,
be investigated
because Ford 10 a millionaire peo-
pie give credence TO his statements"
Bloom said, and they are grave
enough to demand investigation.