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The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1926-08-16

Loyal employees should always laugh heartily
ghen the boss tells stale joke.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1926-08-16

Alonzo A. Stage, the veteran
director of hletics at the Uniyer-
3ity of Chicago, born at West
Orange, N. j., Cd years ago today.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1926-08-16

Joe Cantillon, for nearly so
years a prominent figure in base
bail, born at GAINESVILLE, Wis, IS
cars ago today.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1926-08-16

George Wingfield, a one-time
appointee to Z he United States
epate from Nevada, born at Fort
NTH, Ark, so years ago today.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1926-08-16
IMPROVEMENTS FOR KEY WEST
ADVOCATED BY THE CITIZEN

/. Water and Sewerage.
2. Road to the Mainland.
B.. Comprehensive City Plan.
4. Hotels and Apartments.
s. Bathing Pavilion.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-10-14

Federation Labor officials went back to the
defended them against the charge of
hurled by the open shop papers of Detroit Major
George Berry head of the Printing Premens Union proved
necessary engage in rough struggle with
poyers necessary be much rougher with workers,
instance strike and thus dscreded
veandtye officials President Green got off pa
brotherhood everybody in and the
F. of L. family happy the genemanly ending of
like break between the labor lead
and gospel sharks.
extremely conscious organs of the Detroit
this They fooled by the potesta
officials they know that officials cannot
always workers organized trade unions and they know
proportion the officials become like the
the difficulty their controlling the rank and file
open shoppers would have objection whatever unions
Berrys William But unions have
officials these members especially in
days Communists and left wings quite often get of
hand
open shoppers have Passac A. F. of L. union
compelled strike which it first ignored and then de
they have lost little confidence in the ability of
labor leaders to keep the brakes permanently
have the spectacle of certain middle class elements max
labor leaders while the really class
capitalist elements keep their attack with the expectation
fully justified by developments that the A. of L. ocialdom will
make further concessions in order to keep the peace
proesaons patriotism the solemn oaths of feay
wokerempOyer cooperation the determined cngng craft lines
organization resolution the declaration for pro
gressve shortening of the woday instead Of demand for
fveday weeka of these concessions to the capitalists
that the last thing A. f. of H. ocialdom in
call the American working class struggle
organization, higher and reduction of hours
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-10-14
ROmany Marie-AmericGn Imperial
iSm'S Hetaira

Queen the United States
companied by lyrical burbs the capitalist he has been
giving beautiful charmess thru the
press of the syndcated wrters is
arrival captured queens ancient Rome with
this pampeed heaa of American imperialism
being chariot given the royal suite
American government liner
Different time different methods
there nothing fguraive about the chains which bind
peasants American land French
capital With possible exception of
Bulgaria the lot the Romanan the worst in Europe
conditions inflicted upon Roumanan work
that the French unitarian trade union federation
representing oneha the organized workers of that country has
the following the Roumanian ambassador In Paris
you inform ysur that the working class
solidarity with the prosecuted ROumanian workers and
tolerate that in Roumania the system of political
applied the of Avarescu
Generate TRAVELLER Unare appeals to all
class democracy their voices against the shame
actions of the government in ROumania.
present protest should not be sufficient will organize
against and manifestations which
prove necessary manifestations of which viii hear than
the echo"
The close relations government maintains
regime make this protest of French trade union.
lists all the significant
Labor convention in session
real service the working class of Roumana
and make strong gesture real international solidarity if it will
emphatic protest against the official welcome extended
to this parasite whose garments dyed with the blood of
hundreds of murdered workers and peasants
labor movement still actuated by the
antroya spirit the revolutionary coonist Queen Marie the
gorv a family which bahes in the blood the ong
masses would allowed land only if she ashore
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-10-14
LAST WORDS ON EVOLUTION
BY ERNEST HAEcKEL

Continued from previous issue)
Critical philosophy, moreover, long
ago pronounced its doom. In the first
place, the most famous critical
thinker, Emmanuel Kant, proved in
his "Critique of Pure Reason that
absolute science affords no support to
the three central dogmas Of meta
physics, the personal God, the immor
tally of the soul, and the freedom Of
the will. 1t is true that he after
wards lin the course of his dualistic
and dogmatic metamorphosis) taught
that we must believe these three great
mystic forces, and that they are in
dispensable postulates of practical
reason; and that the, latter must take
precedence over pure reason. Mod
ern German philosophy, which clam
ors for a return of Kant" sees his
chief distinction in this impossible
reconciliation of polar contradictions.
The churches, and the ruling powers
in alliance with them, accord a wei
come to this diametrical contradie-
ton, recognized by all candid readers
of the Konigsberg philosopher, be-,
tween the two reasons. They use the
confusion that results for the pur-
pose of putting the light of the ereeds
in the darkness of doubling reason,
and imagine that they save religion in
this way. 'F
Whilst we are engaged with the inn
portant subject of religion, we must
refute the charge, often made, and
renewed of recent years, that our
Monistic philosophy and the theory OF
evolution that forms its chief founda
ton destroy religion. 1t is only op.
posed to those lower forms of re-
ligion that are based on superstition
and ignorance, and would hold mans
reason in bondage by empty formal
ism and belief in the miraculous, in
order to control it for political pur
poses. This is chiefly the case with
Romanism or Ultramontanism, that
pitiful caricature of pure christianity
that still plays so important part in
the world. Luther would turn in HIS
grave il he would see the predomi
nance Of the Roman. center party in
the German empire today. We find
the papacy. the deadly enemy Of
protestant Germany, controlling its
destiny, and the Reichstag submitting
willingly to be led by the Jesuits. Not
a voice do we hear raised in 1t against
the three most dangerous and mis-
chievous institutions of RomanismZ
the obligatory celibacy Of the clergy
the confessional, and indulgences.
Tho these later institutions of the
Roman church have nothing to do
with the original teaching of the
church and pure christianity; tho
their immortal consequences, so preju-
dicial to the life of the family and the
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-10-14

the British labor movement developed
into the powerful anti-imperialist and
revolutionary force q speak now of
the movement itself and not of the
leaders) which it has become.
BY the late eighties the competition
Of Germany (and> to some extent of
the United States) was being felt by
Britain in the world markets. She no
longer enjoyed monopoly position.
In 1889, Engels writing to Serge de-
scribes the change that could be
noticed in the British labor movement:
The movement is at last in mo-
ton and as think for good, but it
is not downright socialist $3.50.
Formally the movement Is a trade
union movement, but totally differ
ent from the old trade unions, the
skilled Iaborers, the labor aristo-
craey.
People proceed quite differently
now, they bring much bigger masses
into the struggle, they bring for
ward more far-reaching demands:
the eight-hour day, general fedora
ton of all organizations, complete
solidarity :. Moreover, the
people themselves look upon their
present demands In the light of
provisional demands, atho they
do not as yet know for what ultimate
aim they are working =. . Like
everyone else they must learn by
their own experience and from the
consequences of their own mistakes.
But this will not take very long as
they, contrary to the AoId trade
unions, deride any illusion to the
common interests Of capital and la
Dor.
TT will be seen that in 1889 large sec
L tions of the British working class,
under the influence of the competitive
struggle which the ruling class was
engaged in and which already threat
ened It's world supremacy, had ad-
vanced farther than the American
working class has in 1926, but had
taken about forty years to do this.
But here again we must keep in
mind the difference in the world situa-
ton and the immensely more rapid
tempo OF the class and imperialist
conflicts today.
The favorable position of American
capitalism will not last as long as that
of British capitalism did, and already
we see the beginning of a new compe-
tition for world markets in the rise
Of European industrial trusts which,
ironically enough but serving to show
the conflict between industrialists and
financiers, are backed by Wall Street.
There is in addition the ever-in-
creasing burden of militar'sm which
presses heavily on the masses and the
ever-present danger of world war.
(To be continued.)
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-10-14
From Portland to Detroit

But nevertheless It remains a ter
rlble testimony Of the low niveau
of the British proetariat. The,
priesthood has given evidence Of un-
expected power, and so has kow-
towing to official responsibility. Not
a single labor candidate has
ghost Of a chance, but MyIord Tom
nod or some parvenu snob carries
off the votes Of the workers with
the greatest ease.
With some slight notifications the
above description can be applied to
the American labor movement of today
even to the undoubted strengthening
of the republican party by woman suff-
rage amendment, the unexpected
power" of the priesthood (the recent
Eucharist Congress and the attitude
of the churches in Detroit, 'the kow-
towing to responsibility" notorious
vice Of the American labor movement,
etc. ga
TT is easy to fall into an error, how
L ever, when making such compare
sons and an error can be made from
two directions:
First, from attaching too much i'm.
portance to the militant wage and
organization struggles of the American
workers which took place in the pre-
imperialist epoch and thereby believ-
ing that all that is necessary to revive
the labor movement is to concentrate
on certain obvious needs of the move
ment such as extension of trade union
organization, higher wages, shortening
of the work-day, etc.
These measures alone will not give
the American labor movement the
character it must have in this i'm
perialist epoch.
THE second error can be made by
l. attaching to much Importance to
the absolute influence of an imperial
list environment on the American
working class, by carrying the analogy
with the British movement in the
rising capitalist period too far.
The Great Britain of which we
speak existed in a capitalist world
which was fairly stable, in a world
where capitalism was still on the up
grade. American capitalism exists in
world where capitalism has reached
its zenith and which is being torn
asunder by irreconcilable conflicts be
tween groups of imperialist nations
and by the similar conflicts between
capitalist class and working class, a
world in which capitalism is chal
lenged by the existence of the Soviet
Union. Hffs
NEVERTHELESS the history of the
~ British labor movement contains
many valuable comparisons and les,
sons for American revolutionists be
cause we can see, tho Of an Immensely
slower growth, the process by which
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-10-14
ARTICLE TEN.
BY WILLIAM F. dunno.


IN trying to break the vicious circle
with which the labor officialdom in
cooperation with the capitalists are
strangling the labor movement, in.
cluded in this circle being the loyalty
to the parties of American capitalism,
we must bear in mind that American
capitalism is not the capitalism of the
period which saw the formation Of the
labor movement and the early and
militant struggles of the American
workers.
MILITANT struggle practically
4'A ceased with the close Of the war
period. The great struggles of the
Western Federation OF Miners, of the
American Railway Union, Of the
United Mine Workers in its effort to
establish the union, the still earlier
struggles of the steel workers and
railwaymen, represented the revolt OF
the workers against the new condi
tons which concentration of capital
and Capitalization of industry had
made them face.
THE steel workers strike in 1890
4 the coal miners strike in 1919, the
railway shopmen's strike in 1922 car
be considered as the last mass strug
giles of the American workers before
the imperialists and imperiahst labor
leaders brought the official labor
movement, in policy and tactics, in
line with the new period-the period
of American imperialist supremacy.
The development of American cap
italism has been so rapid that many o.
the epochs, which in Great Britain fol
instance, lasted a decade or more, ap
pear here simply as passing and tenn
porary phases whose significance
escapes all but the closest observa
ton.
IRON 1S46, beginning with the re
peal of the Corn Laws and the
establishment of free trade policy
Great Britain until after the Franco
Prussian war and the foundation o
the German steel industry based or
the captured coal and iron of Alsace
Lorraine, had monopoly position II
the world markets. Two decades are
included in this period, but it is only
since 1915 that America can be sait
to have established a superior posi-
ton in regards to industry and finance
! WTRTTING to Marx, Engels describe:
w the labor movement of Britain il
that period in these words:
Everywhere the proletariat is the
ragtag and bobtaIl of the official par
ties, and If party has been
strengthened thru the new cleo
torate, It is the Tory Party
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what he would like to see the organ
lied workers of Detroit do in the
future 1se
Andy Complains.
Delegate Andrew Furuseth, of the
Seamen's Union, outlined what he de-
clared to be a deliberate campaign to
discredit the whole system of repre-
sentative government. He said this
was part of the program of attack
against the primary.
Delegate E. S. Mccullough, of the
typographical Union, declared that
the primary law in his home state In
Nebraska had been written in part on
his desk. He was formerly managing
editor of the Omaha, Neb., Bee, cap
italist newspaper.
WoII Closes.
Delegate Matthew Won, secretary
of the resolutions committee, then
closed the discussion. He did not
answer any of the demands for in
dependent political action. He refused
to be drawn into a discussion of the
success of the A. F. OF LIS non-par-
tisan policy. He declared that the
resolution, introduced by Harry w.
Fox, delegate OF the Wyoming Fed
Grafton of Labor, merely called for
support of the primary system as
against the convention system of
selecting candidates. Vol claimed
all the delegates had expressed ap-
prevail Of the primary and called for
the vote. The resolution was adopted.
This was the only resolution that
aroused any discussion with the first
days consideration Of the report of
the resolutions committee. Neither
Delegate e. d. Barry. of the Pennsyl-
vania Federation OF Labor, nor the
members of the delegation of the In
ternational Ladies' Garment Workers
Union, who had introduced resolu.
tons attacking the Citizens Military
Training Camps, would take the floor
to defend their resolutions.
Military Training Camps.
The resolutions against the camps
declared that the slogan OF the A. f.
of L. should be, Down with War!"
and against the militarization OF the
youth. II had been pointed out that
the large open shop employers domi.
mated the camps. They called on the
A. +. of l.. to fight the move to force
the youth Of labor 10 serve as cannon
fodder in the next war.
The resolutions committee offered a
substitute telling OF the visit of the
A. F. Of l.. executive council to the
Plattsburg Camp in New York City,
in which It was claimed that workers
derived benefit from the training they
received in these camps, that It
taught them citizenship, and that they
were improved by tKt discipline. For
this reason the committee disapproved
OF the resolutions offered and approved
Of the executive cozncil's report on
This question, II wah further claimed
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CONTINUED from page ~

lConunued from page l..
the delegates felt that here was a
subject upon which they could ex-
press their real feelings. Altho the
talk by Hayes did not put the Labor
Party issue squarely before the con-
vention, nevertheless it got a warm
reception as compared to the cold
shoulder accorded to Delegate John H.
Walker, president of the Illinois Fed
GRAFTON of Labor, who announced,
We've made up our minds in Illinois
to give the A. F. of L. non-partisan
political program tryout. We're go
ing to give it good tryout."
Evidently most Of the delegates felt
that the A. F. of L. program had been
given an excellent tryout in Illinois
where the candidacy of Sammy In
sulPs hired man, Frank L. Smith. who
got the republican nomination for
United States senator. had been en-
dorsed by the state federation with
Walker at its head. No doubt the
delegates had to hold their noses with
their hands, while Walker was talk.
ing, rather than use their hands in ap-
plauding his remarks.
Walker Talks.
Walker started out by telling of
the fight for the primary in Illinois,
where it has been declared unconsti-
tutional. Walker declared that 80 per
cent of the people in Illinois are for
the primary. and if the primary law
is declared unconstitutional, he de-
clared the next legislature will pass
a new primary law.
Like the previous speaker have
been affiliated with practically every
thing that has appeared under the
name Of independent political &C.
tion," he said, then making this con-
cession, to those with whom he had
formerly been associated. II believe
that those who now stand for the
Labor Party idea are honest and sin.
cere. II these men had Joined to.
gether and supported us in our prac.
teal program, we would have made
greater progress. know that they
can't be bluffed or bribed, and we
want them to come into the regular
1 movement"
Walker did not say IL his continued
forts to give the A. f. Of L. non.
ARTISAN political program tryout
meant that Sammy Insults man, Fri
lay would continue to get the sup.
.ort Of the Illinois Federation Of
.abor In fact all the speakers were
pretty shy in boosting the republican
md democratic party candidates.
Thus Frank X. Martel, president OF
he Detroit Federation of Labor and
nost TO the A. r. OF L. convention,
told in detalln Of the recent palace
revolution. that he staged within the
Wayne County (DetroiD republican
convention, that resulted in his being
thrown withF'his followers into the
street. But Martel gave no inkling A.
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Labor Party Issue Raised by Max Hayes

that the camps had a wholesome in
fiuence on those attending them, the
committee report Landed the super
vision and discipline under competent
officers that helped develop the indie
pendent and creative citizen. It was
claimed that all this develops good
trade union members" The commit
tee report was thereupon carried.
Saceo-Vanzetti.
The resolution offered by Delegate
Sam Squibb, of the Granite Cutters
Union, calling for federal investiga-
ton of the charges made against the
department of justice in the Sacco-
Vanzetti case was referred to the
executive council for action. The
committee report also called for re-
affirmation of the previous demands
made for a new trial. There was no
discussion.
The struggle the Bakers Union
against the bread trust was endorsed,
including the demand for a congress
sional investigation into the reasons
why the department of justice per-
mitted the proposed Ward Merger to
escape. punishment in the recent Bal
timore suit, permitting this combina-
ton to remain as powerful and domi.
nant as ever.
1t was urged that labor. thru its
national and international unions,
come to the support of the stricken
trade unionists in the Florida area.
Porto Rico.
Resolutions declaring that Porto
Rico had become the property Of few
financial interests and calling for as.
sistance from the A. F. OF l.. TO build
the organized labor movement on the
islands, were referred to the execu.
tive council for action.
Resolutions protesting against any
increase in postage on printed matter
were endorsed. II was declared that
the postal agency is a social agency
not run for profit.
Efforts on the part of Delegate q.
M. O'Hanlon, OF the New York Fed
Grafton of Labor, TO secure an en-
dorsement of Governor AL Smith for
the 1928 democratic presidential nomi-
nation were sidetracked by the com.
mittee's declaration that "Tammany
AL" is now running for reelection as
governor, and that II is too early to
consider 1928 presidential endorse
ments. The convention thereupon en-
dorsed the committees report urging
that the A. +. of l.. withhold any ex-
presslons OF judgments as to the presi-
Dental nominees two years hence
until the opportune time"
Gifts Distributed.
In the annual distribution of gifts
to the fraternal delegates, the usual
watches were presented to the repre-
sentatives Of the organized labor
movements OF Great Britain. Canada
and Mexico. The usual speeches were
made. The wives OF the=fraternal
delegates also got watch9s. The Brit.
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Debs Confined to
Elmhurst for Rest

ELMHURST, ILL.,, Oct. 12.--Eugene
v. Debs, international known social
list leader, Is III in the Lindlahr sani-
tarIum here. It became known today.
Comrade Debs. It was said, is suffer-
ing from generally rundown condi.
ton, and. altho II is expected that II
will be some time before he is able
TO return 70 his home, physicians de.
clared his condition was not serious
His brother. Theodore Debs, is with
MIN here.