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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-10-26


class.
THE present situation undoubtedly
4 holds great dangers for our party
and the whole labor movement. The
deadening effect of this period upon
the general labor movement has been
previously outlined but 1t is evident
also that our party has not escaped
entirely a similar effect.
II would be the greatest mistake
imaginable II, on the basis Of the
possibilities for organization work
among the unskilled and semi-skilled
workers we should elevate this work
to the level of revolutionary political
activity. Such course would in
evitably relegate us to the status of
trade union party, intent only ON
immediate reforms reminiscent of the
Bernsteinism Of the social-democracy
THERE is the second danger that in
= attempting to evade the first our
party will become the originator of
and instrument for the uttering of
revolutionary phrases without any
connection with the life and struggles
Of the American masses and thereby
isolate itself from the broad stream
of the American labor movement.
Only a. clear understanding of the
united front tactic directed toward
getting masses Of workers into motion
on tho iecuas 0f that 5o;H., a4,,,r,.Y..
and isolating, not our party, but the
agents of Imperialism within the labor
movement, the trade union bureau
cracy, because of their deliberate be-
trayals which we must be able not
only to point out but explain to the
masses on the basis of Leninism, will
prevent our party succumbing to
either one Of these two dangers.
WE must develop an understanding
w and method whereby we can
secure for the workingclass and our
party the maximum results from any
given situation
More than ever, when there are
such large sections of the working
class corrupted by the sops thrown
to them by immensely powerful and
wealthy rulingclass of America, it is
necessary that there be no separa-
ton of the economic and political
struggles and that in every struggle
the maximum effort be exerted, with
out jeopardizing the possibility of i'm
mediate substantial achievement, to
broaden and connect isolated conflicts
with the general struggle against cap
italism and the capitalist state.
THAT this demands a party soHdly
L rooted in the American labor move
ment and conscious of the traditions
of that movement without being rem
dered incapable of fiexibility and of
devising and adopting new methods
of struggle by the weight of tradition,
it seems almost needless to state.
Our party cannot by itself produce
great political struggles nor can il
lead these struggles when the situa-
ton arises unless it. has won the
loyalty of the Workingclass because
of its achievements.
A LII the facts of the present situa-
ton point unerringly to the con-
clusion that the line of our party is
that of a revolutionary party which
has correct program, has developed
some skill in maneuvering, organic
ing and inspiring certain sections of
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-10-26

I, the workers in their daily struggles,
but which has not as yet developed
the strength and following necessary
to exert decisive influence on the
American labor movement.
Even tho we had here in America a
revolutionary situation our party could
not lead the masses in the right direc-
! ton because of it's weakness. If the
British Communist Party was not able
to overcome the dead weight of the
reactionary leadership of the labor
movement in the general strike and
prevent a betrayal in situation a
thousand times more favorable than
that existing in America, how much
more difficult is our problem and how
much more routine work in the labor
movement lies ahead Of us.
AS the subjective factor in the.
L a American class struggle, we can
not wait for great political struggles
to develop with the hope that in their
difficulty the masses will come flock
ing to our banner. The reverse is
true. In this period we must build
and consolidate our influence while at
the same time gaining in the daily
struggles the skill, knowledge and
stamina which alone enable Commu-
mist parties to turn revolutionary
situations into actual and victorious
revolution.
We must be content with smaller
achievements conscious that they are
of solid character and represent real
steps on the road to building an Amer
lean mass Communist party.
TIME survey of the labor movement
4 from the Portland convention of
the A. F. of L. in 1923 to the recent
Detroit convention shows:
- That the trade union leader
ship has been going steadily to the
right and is acting as the agent of
the capitalist class in the labor move
ment
81 That large sections Of the trade
union membership has been going
steadily to the right under the in
fluence of (a) the concessions made
by a dominant American imperialism
and (b) the worker-cooperation policy
of the trade union leadership.
81 That certain sections of the I'M
organized workers are also being lull-
ed into quiescence by various kinds
of profit-sharing, welfare, social insur-
ance, pensions and company union
schemes. rs
A. That as a result of this the
labor movement has reached the low
est point in its history judged by the
standard of class-consciousness mill
fancy and effectiveness.
So That in spite of the extraordi-
nary efforts made by the capitalists
and the trade union leadership to
destroy all will to struggle, there is a
still weak but definite leftward press
ure from below.
g. That this leftward tendency can
be modified by the left wing and our
party to force action from the leader
ship in support of trade union strug-
giles like those Of the Passaic textile
workers and the garment workers.
~ That there is in a number of
both light and heavy industries re-
Spouse to such slogans as Organize
the Unorganized" and IAN Increase
in Wages" e... ea.
81 That it is possible in this pe-
riod for Communists to organize and
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servience to their imperiallst masters
Is becoming better known each day
to the working class and as to whose
real role in the period of Imperialism
the recent A. F. of L. convention fur
nished plenty Of proof.
OUR party, therefore, finds It pos
~ sible to become, by working thru
and aiding the slowly developing left
wing, the teacher and organizer Of
substantial sections OF the American
working class.
At this time there are no great po-
itical struggles appearing on the
horizon of the American labor move
ment. Even the severe distress and
discomfort among large numbers of
farmers has not been sufficient to
prevent the practical liquidation or
the stultifying of 5the farmer-labor
movements which appeared three
years ago and as has, been shown al
ready there are no large movements
in progress among the workers and
no sure signs OF their developing in
the immediate future with the sole ex.
ception of the soft coal mining in
dustry where a strike appears probable
next spring
OUR party must turn surely and GER
~ tainly to the hewing OF wood and
the drawing Of water in the American
labor movement. BY actual accom-.
plishment and achievement in these
tasks we can broaden greatly the
base Of our party, entrench It among
the masses in basic industry and the
trade unions, become known, respect
ed and loved because of our energy,
ability and willingness to do the
dirty work." but. the work that must
be done, and done far better than it is
now being done, in the labor move
ment.
Our shop bulletins, issued by our
nuclei, have already given some proof
of their possibilities as methods of
lifting the workers out of the mire
of company unionism and trade union
reaction, but in this field we have
not even scratched the surface. These
bulletins must beconie organs of a
systematic plan for the organization
of the unorganized and be linked up
much more closely with general trade
union work of the party.
ME have not given sufficient atten-
w ton to the formation of shop COM
mittees as method OF broadening the
activities of our nuclei Of developing
initiative among workers in basic in
dustry and as an Indispensable sec
ton of the left wing.
mention these two fields Of work
because they are the ones with which
we can approach effectively especially
those workers without previous or
with very little trade union experience
and who are not weighed down by Of
fetal reaction. ssaE9s
By actively prosecuting these two
tasks it is entirely possible, as the
gap widens between the labor aris-
tocracy, trade union officialdom and
the masses of the workers, as it al
ready is occurring, for the Commun-
lists to become the organizers Of the
new militant trade 'unionsm with it's
basis in the class struggle which the
inevitable pressure Of capitalism and
the continued betrayais Of the masses
by their leaders will put on the order
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MINERS CONVENTION VOTES FIVE
HUNDRED DOLLARS TO PASSAIC
tspeelsI 70 rhe oaIIy Workerl

o
SHAMOKN, Pa Oct. "a After
delegates voted
donat o. o o strikers
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8 Killed in Crash.

YOUNGSTOWN, Pa, Oct. 24.-Three
persons were killed and two others
were injured, one perhaps fatally,
when a truck and a passenger auto
mobile collided on the William Penn
highway near the Indiana Cambria
county line early today.
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The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1926-11-18
OH, ABSOLUTELY!

Herman Schmidt, who was figur-
ing on an appendicitis operation
last week, went to the hospital at
Pasco. While preparing for the
ordeal; according to his own story,
the doctors took a look at his
check book and postponed the OPP
Grafton until spring. Anyway, Her
man has been getting down to his
job at the lumber yard about 10
o'clock this last week. Thursday
he put an ad in The Courier-Re-
porter about some cheap coal. Be-
fore he got down Friday morning
his assistant had sold the entire
car, and Herman answered eleven
phone calls himself about it. j.
81. Cox, the implement man got a
little peeved at us last week, too.
He put in an ad about some stoves
he had for sale. He sold the stoves
and probably could have sold
a dozen more. He's kept fairly bu-
sy explaining that he had sold
out. It pays to advertise-oh, alb
solutely! -
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.WOMAN'S CLUB IT,
HOLDS RECEPTION
Club Officers Hostesses to Teach
ers at Regular Meeting Last
Friday Afternoon

The regular meeting of the Wo-
mans club was held Friday after
noon in the Commercial club
rooms. The meeting was opened by
all singing America under the
leadership of Mrs. L. M. Keene.
This being the first meeting with
the new officers, the president,
Mrs. A. F. Brown, gave her inaug-
ural address. Mrs. Brown gave a
very interesting talk, dwelling on
club work in its national, state
and community aspects.
Reports were given by the de-
partments and committees, and
the work for the coming year
outlined. Following the business
session a reception was held for
the teachers Of the public schools
to which all the ladies of the town
had been invited, the officers of
the club having charge. During the
social hour a short musical pro-
gram was given, consisting of vo-
cal numbers by Mrs. D. G. Rod
gers and instrumental selections
by Misses Alma Pecar and Doro-
thy Fisher.
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. Mr.. and Mrs. F. G. Fay and lit
tie son Gordon of Pendleton came
Saturday evening on surprise
to visit Mrs. Fay's mother Mrs.
J. Koelsch. They were accompan-
led by Mr.. and Mrs. Geo. Whitson,
who returned from Chicago to
visit Mr.. and Mrs. E.. P. Chellis.
Vic Nelson returned Saturday
from Portland where he attended
the football game of O.A.C. and
use. @">,
Mr.. and Mrs. C. E. McClendon
and children went to Yakima Sun
day to attend church.
Mrs. r. @. Macmahon of Ken
newick was a Richland visitor Fri
day.
Phillip Schireman, barber of
Wilson Creek, came home over
Sunday to visit his parents. Also
Henry, his brother of Colville,
Washington was here over Sun
day.
Mr.. Coleman has moved out of
town onto the Klatt ranch north
of town.
Mrs. R. B. Stevens arranged a
surprise party Tuesday afternoon
in honor of her mothers birthday
anniversary. Eight ladies met at
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Friday - Senior Class OF ~
presents "Polly with a Past, a
comedy in 8 acts. Curtain at $40
Seats reserved. '~
Saturday - For one night only
"Beverly of Graustark," with Mar
ion Davies, and Antonio Moreno
in this high spirited modern ro-
nance. An outstanding triumph
Also "Fair but Foolish" a comedy
full of ginger.
Tuesday - Dolores Costello
heroine of s'The Sea Beast, with
John Heron and Sheldon Lewis
in "Bride of the Storm" Also fine
comedy. Also Gene Tunney in "The
Fighting Marine"
Wednesday - Lillian Rich, Rob-
ert Frazier and Victor McLaglen
in 'eThe Isle of Retribution," the
crashing epic of the big SHOWS. A
big outdoor picture. Pathe News
and comedy.
Thursday = FLAMING Waters
with Malcomb McGregor, Pauline
Garon and Mary Carr. A high
strung story of the oil fields. Also
comedy.
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the Stevens residence, after which
they all went over to her mother
Mrs. j. M. Breithaupt, where a
dainty luncheon was served and
a fine time enjoyed.
f S. C. Kurdy returned Wednes-
day from Portland where he had
been on a weeks visit and bust
ness trip.
+ The Woman's club social Mon
day evening at the new Grange
hall was well attended in spite OF
the rainy weather. About one hun.
dred people were in attendance.
A. L. Nelson went to Portland
Tuesday on business.
The Ladies Aid of the M. E
church are having an all-day sew.
ing Wednesday of this week at ths
w. J. Scott home.
A party was given Tuesday eve.
ming at the home of w. T. RAIDER
for some of the children of this
community. f'
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1926-11-18
OILED ROADS
EASY ON CARS
Professor Says Dustless
Highways are Not So
Expensive

Developed in an effort to over
come disadvantages resulting from
the use of road surfaces by con-
stantly increasing number of au-
tonobiles and trucks, the modern
oiled gravel or broken stone road
has come to stay, declares Howard
E. Phelps, professor of highway
engineering at the state college.
"Using fuel oil to construct a
bituminous surface, an efficient
broken stone road has been laid
and maintained upon the Columbia
River Highway in eastern Oregon
Mr.. Phelps asserted. ''The main
tenance methods are interesting.
"After considerable experiment
tation, most of the factors neces-
sary for the successful construc-
ton of bituminous surface upon
clay-bound macadam have been de-
veloped and large mileage of this
highway was treated last spring.
The tests indicate that for an ini-
tial outlay of about $3.50 a mile,
a smooth, hard, dustless surface,
free from corrugations, can be
secured and that the surface can
be continuously maintained under
heavy automobile triffic for a
reasonable sum. - .r.G z.s.#'-.
"Recent tests have also shown
that oiled roads cause little wear
on automobile tires. The results of
an extensive program of tests to
determine the amount of wear on
tires when operated over various
surfaces show that the wear on
oiled roads is only one-third as
great as upon concrete pavements
and a fourteenth as much as upon
Washington broken stone macad-
am.
"The advantages of oiled roads
are: Reduced dust, less expense of
maintenance, no corrugations and
reduced tire wear. The disadvan-
tages are that considerable care
is required to do the work success
fully and that fresh oil is. quite
Objectionable to automobile own
ers. Unless a low speed is main
tanned over section being oiled,
automobiles will be spattered with
oil.
There is also some danger of
skidding unless the cars are oper-
ated carefully over freshly oiled
surfaces. These disadvantages are
only temporary, while the advan-
tages last for considerable time
and are believed sufficient to JUS
tify many miles of broken-stone
macadam in Washington in the
immediate future.
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NOTICE

- .....rs NollOc .5tsE $3.50 ~
State of Washington, county of
Benton, IS:
In Justice Cuort, H. E. Hunting
ton, justice.
To w. S. Stotler.
In the name of the. State of
Washington, you are hereby no.
titled that P. j. Murphy has filed
a complaint against you in said
court which will come on to be
heard at my office in Kennewick,
Benton County, State of Washing
ton on the 18th day of December
AID. 1926 at the hour Of ten o'clock
in the morning, and unless You ap-
pear and then and there answer,
the same will be taken as confess
ed and the demand of the plain
tiff granted. The object and de-
rnand of said complaint is to OBJ
tain Judgment for the amount of
$47.31 together with interest
thereon, at the rate of six per
cent per annum from September
II, 1926 until paid, which is the
amount due on that certain prom
issary note from W.. S. Stotler to
p. j. Murphy, and to enforce the
same by attachment proceedings
ancillary thereto.
Complaint filed Oct. 80, 1926.
II. E. HUNTINGTON, Justice
OF the Peace. 11:18-12:9
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, George F. Richardson, former
Kennewick boy, now living in Seat
tie, mas accepted a position as at
torney for the American Oriental
Bank Co. at Shanghai, China, and
is sailing with his family for that
place today. G. F. Jr., as he was
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called here, received his ss,,,.
schooling in KRIS. and was !.
member of our most noted dsh,t
ing team. He afterwards tool =.
law course and has been a nr.o
ticing attorney in Seattle for Gen
eral years.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1926-11-18

Rev. Bertram A. Warren, rector
| of St. Paul's Episcopal church In
Walla Walla and Dean of the
Snake River Deanery will preach
the sermon and conduct Holy Com
munion at the local church Sunday
evening at 7:15.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1926-11-18
PRATT & DICKINSON
A THANKSGIVING TREAT

Here's something all the family
will enjoy next Thursday. And it's
good for them, too
DYNAMITE Nut Raisin Loaf
liz cups sour milk, 1 cup sugar,
1 egg, tsp. salt, tsp. soda, tsp.
baking powder, 2 cups white flour,
2 cups Dina-Mite, " cup chopped
raisins, figs or dates, IL cup (or
more) walnuts. Mix thoroly, place
in loaf pans. allow to rise Is min
utes, then bake very slowly for
45 minutes. 80
Dina Mite at Grocers Csc and 45c
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Tea was served at the prettily
appointed table presided over by
Mrs. j. H. Siegfried and Mrs. G.
w. Sherk.
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A CORRECTION

Recently we printed an appeal
from the Legion Auxiliary for
canned goods for the veterans hos
pital at Walla Walla. There was
a fine response and an item was
handed in for publication later,
thanking the donors for their gen.
crosby. This card of thanks was
signed by the Legion Auxiliary,
but the pressman was too econom-
zeal that week and he failed to
dot the is and It's to save ink. He
also left off the word Auxiliary
for the same purpose. Anyway, it's
the Auxiliary that wants to do
the thanking not the Legion.
The Monmouth inquirer., 1926-01-21
No Doubt at All.

The ability of a juror to under
stand the meaning of a reasonable
doubt in regard to the guilt of
person on trial Or criminal charge
and a willingness to "give the ac-
cused the benefit of the doubt. -
should it exist, are qualifications
always required by criminal lawyers
in the examination of jurors and lack
CT either qualification results in a
challenge. 1t is seldom, however,
that a prospective juror will frankly
admit prejudice or inability to give
fair trial
A former negro preacher who had
fallen from grace was about to be
tried on charge of chicken stealing,
according to Judge Hugh Smith of
the Wyandotte Court of Common
Pleas and member of the former
congregation OF the accused was
caAed as juror. The attorney for
the defence explained the meaning
Of a plain doubt ard a reasonable"
doubt and then demanded:
If, after all the testimony has been
heard, there remains any reason to
believe that this defendant might not
be guilty win you give him the bene-
fit Of the doubt?"
yer Honor replied the prospec-
tive juror. looking disapproyingly at
his former guide of the flock and
then directing his reply to the Judge.
by the time | has heard half the
testimony in this case there amt
goin' to be no doubt
He was not required to serve as
juror. st Paul Pioneer Press.
The Monmouth inquirer., 1926-01-21

The aged. wrinkled gamekeeper
whistled his dog, and scratched his
towsled head before turning to the
company.
Yes, sir, said he; "the funniest
master ever had were old Parson
Sharpe AS blind as bit, he were. "
And did he go shooting?" ex-
claimed the audience in the village
working mems club.
Shooting!r replied the gamekeep-
er, with a snort of contempt at the
question. @Ay, that he did. Yes. he
shot regular. When he was in the
woods and anything rose. I'd cry:
Birds, sirl' and then I'd rur behind
the parson. and the dogs'd run be-
hind me. p
"And them" asked the audience.
"Then the old gent'd blaze away
with both bar'ls."
And did he ever hit anything?~
~Oh, yesl Sometimes it wur a COW
or a horse or a pig OF dog. NOW
and again It wur man- But he
always hit something. He were a
certain shcf, he yorel
-.
The Monmouth inquirer., 1926-01-21
A slMpLE MILK TEsr

Anybody Can Determine In a Few
Minutes the Quality Of the Fluid.
The following process for the de-
lection Of added water or ofeskimmed
milk in ordinary milk is more .accu-
rate than the simpleuse of lactoden-
simeter without the thermometer
check. The whole test, says the
Scientific American, can be made in
FIVE minutes. 4
The result does not show whether
the adulteration consisted in the adj
dition Of water or in the subtraction
OF cream, but as rule this matters
little to the consumer. What he wants
10 know is whether or not he got
what he paid for.
The suspected milk is stirred with
spoon in order to disseminate into
the whole liquid the cream which may
have come to the surface. Then one
volume of milk is poured into fifty
volumes of water-one fluid ounce to
two and half pints.
A candle is lighted in dark room.
The experimenter takes an ordinary
drinking glass with fiat and even
bottom and holds it Immediately
above the candle at distance of
about one foot from it so as to be
able to see the flame of the candle
through the bottom of the glass He
tfsn pours slowly the diluted milk in
to the glass.
The fame becomes less and less
b-isht as the level of the liquid rises
into the glass. The flame is soon re-
duced to dull white spot. A little
more liquid slowly added SO as to
avoid pouring an excess and the
flame becomes absolutely invisible
All that remains to be done is to
measure the height of the liquid in
the glass, this being most convenient
ly ascertained' by dipping into it a
iii of pasteboard and then measur-
ing the wet part. It should measure
not over an inch if the milk is pure.
With good quaint. milk diluted and
and tested as stated the depth will be
about seven-eighths of an inch be-
fore the fame is lost to view. A mix
ture of one volume of milk and half a
volume of water should show depth
of one and one-half inches. A depth
two II les indicates either partial
" SKINNED milk or mixture of one
volume Of good milk with one Of
water.