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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-09-02
FLYNN Will SPEAK
AT MASS MEETING
OF LABOR DEFENSE
Cannon, Ruthenberg and
Peters on Program

Elizabeth Gurley Flynn, one of the
most active leaders in the big strike
of the Passaic textile workers, who is
known to American workers in all
parts Of the country for her work in
the interests of labor, will be the chief
speaker at a mass rally for labor de-
Tense to be held here on September 6
at the Ashland Boulevard Auditorium.
The meeting is under the auspices of
International Labor Defense which
concludes it's second annual confer
ence on the same day.
Miss Flynn will relate the expert.
ences that the fifteen thousand Pas
sale strikers have had with the police
and the courts during their bitter bat
tie for union and for better working
conditions. The story of the mass ar
rests and police terrorism in Passaic
will be told by her in detail.
c. E. Ruthenberg, secretary of the
Workers Party, whose case arising out
Of the famous Michigan Communist ar
rests is now before the United States
supreme court on appeal, will speak
at the meeting.
DR.. J. ]. Peters, third assistant pres
ident-general of the Universal Negro
Improvement Association, will also APP
pear at the meeting to speak especial
ly about discrimination against Negro
workers and farmers, their incessant
persecution in many parts of the coun-
try, and about the number of Negro
workers and soldiers who are still in
prison today for defending their civil
and political rights.
James P. Cannon, secretary of In
ternational Labor Defense, will speak
at the meeting on the progress made
in the past year of the work of the
organization, and the need of labor
unity in the question Of defense of
labor prisoners.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-09-02
government Violated Law.

"The appalling threat of such over
crowding is better appreciated when
it is recalled that the New Jersey
state law-which is accepted by the
explosives industry as a reasonable
and safe precaution based on actual
experience-provides that it is illegal
to store in any one magazine more
than 10000 pounds Of loose or more
than 10000 pounds of packaged ex-
plosives such as T. N. T.
Are Government Officials Above Law?
"The same law further provides that
magazines which contain 10000
pounds may be distanced from other
explosives by at least 800 feet. Elk
Intentionally is the legal loophole
which permitted the United States
navy to indulge in practices which
would have landed a private manufac-
turer in Jail.
Navy officers crlminally Careless.
Had the precautions, with which
the navy was undoubtedly familiar,
been carefully observed, there would
Ne''O bSOA ~ NAodolSi at 4LdhS Len
mark. In fact that depot would have
been the insignificant storage place
for comparatively small quantity of
carefully segregated explosives.
Congress Should Investigate.
THE president has it within his
power to appoint an impartial board,
properly qualified to study the disas-
ter itself, the conditions that existed
at Lake Denmark and which now OBJ
tain at other governmental arsenals,
and, what is more important, the I'M
DERIVING faults in the departmental
machinery that permitted fragrant vio-
lations of established engineering
practices. Congress, too, must take a
real interest in such an inquiry"
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-09-02
Alex Bittelman to be
Speaker at T. u. Ell.
Needle Trades Party

Alex Bittelman, editor of the Satur-
day Magazine of the DAILY WORK
Err, well known to Chicago needle
trades workers, will be the speaker
at a package party to be given by the
needle trades section Of the Trade
Union Educational League.
The affair will be held at the Work
ers' Lyceum, 1888 Hirsch Blvd, on
Sept. 4 at 8 p. m. A surprise is prom
Ised by the committee. Admission is
Csc.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-09-02

Public interest demands the most
effective effort to prevent a possible
recurrence of this tragedy"
"Act Of God" No Excuse.
"The chemical engineering profess
sion" said DR., Parmelee, cannot ac-
cept an "act-of-god" explanation as the
last word in situation that appar-
emily involved many human violations
of recognized engineering practice in
the storage and handling of high ex-
plosives.
''In an area considerably less than
one mile square there were crowded
200 buildings in which were stored
$50, 1906 worth of munitions consist
ing of loaded and fused shells, depth
charges, aerial bombs, mines and tor
pedoes in addition to tremendous
stores of T. N. T., ammonium picrate,
black powder, picmric acid and smoke
less powder.
War Department to Blame.
"The court reported that this ammu-
lition was segregated in various mag
azines in accordance with bureau Of
ordinance instructions. But is it con-
ceivable that these instructions should
contemplate the conditions that &C
tually existed at Lake Denmark?
"The testimony showed that tenn
porary magazine No. 8, the first to ex-
plode, contained in addition to bulk
explosives more than 100000 pounds
of cast T. N. 7. in depth bombs and
that fifty feet away 100000 pounds
of the same explosive was in maya
zine No, 9, which exploded a few sec
onds later Eight other magazines
contained from 100000 pounds to g.
100000 pounds of explosives in bulk,
as well as aerial bombs and loaded
and fused projectiles.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-09-02
Former Socialists Now
Found in the LaFollette
Movement in Wisconsin
BY J. LOUIS ENoDAHL.


lack of International solidarity
among the workers of the world,
especially between the workers of
America and Great Britain. 1t Of
fered an opportunity to point out the
role that the workers of the Soviet
Union are playing in this great
struggle.
But this let loose a food Of ex-
periences from a woman comrade
of the coal mines, who had seen
struggle after struggle betrayed by
the Lewis regime in the United
Mine Workers Of America. She had
finally come to this agricultural Sec
ton of Wisconsin convinced that the
labor unions were no good. II don't
believe in them," she declared rather
vehemently.
But her resistance melted before
an explanation of the role of the
trade unions in the struggle of the
working class for power, and their
status in the United States at the
present time.
When thoroly satisfied on this
question, she was just as energetic
in her efforts to learn the position
Of the Soviet Union, and Of the Com
munist Party in the United States,
on the liquor problem. The declara-
ton in the congressional program of
the Workers (Communist) Party
was explained and she was satisfied,
stating that she was going to fight
against the evils Of alcohol on the
basis Of the Communist position.
This comrade breathed the spirit
that was to be found In the first let
ter that l read upon returning to
Chicago. 1t was headed Lost Youth"
and read as follows:
This is q farming community in
northern Wisconsin called Marengo.
Here large percentage of the youth
are poisoned or poison themselves
with moonshine, pleasant beverage
that anyone can cook without break
ing the prohibition law. This liquor
is sold here even to minors.
I'VE have here at Marengo an ac-
tive Young Workers League branch,
a Workers (Communist) Party
branch (Finnish) and a Womans
Club (Finnish). The Workers Party,
the Woman's Club and the Y. w. L.
branch all fight against the poison
ers of the youth, and teach the
youth at large which path to take
and why. Young Workers! Come
forth to the Young Workers
League!"
The saloonkeeper here at the
crossroads at Bloomville admitted
that alcohol had a stronger grip on
the population now than ever before.
"Wine and beer are made in 100
per cent of the homes" he said.
Fifty per cent of them cook
moon"
He insisted that alcohol was con-
quering the youth to a degree never
dreamt of under the days of the
saloon.
Our meeting decided that the
alcohol must be fought with the edu-
cational propaganda of the Commun-
list Party, and that the youth must
be won for the Young Workers
League, and the children for the
Pioneers. That was the lecture that
our woman comrade was reading to
what she called the gray heads"
who were present. She declared
emphatically that we must win the
young people. 1t was rapidly ap-
preaching midnight when our meet
ing came to an end and the audience
reluctantly dispersed, the men, wo-
men and children departing for their
various homes.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-09-02
MINORITY MEET
IN BRITAIN is
EPOCH-MAKING
Third Conference of His
toric Import
BY TOM FLEMING.

IONDON, Aug. 1S.-(By Mail )-The
Srd annual conference of the National
Minority Movement which is to be
held Aug. 2sth and goth has every
indication Of being a historic gather
ing.
The British workers have Just
passed thru the greatest strike that
labor has yet experienced, a strike in
which labor's strength was slapped by
cowardly and traitorous leaders who
paved the way to and perpetrated the
great betrayal of May IL.
First To Warn.
The minority movement and the
Communist Party alone foresaw the
coming of the capitalist offensive and
warned the whole working class of
Britain of the preparations the gov
eminent were making for the strug-
gle.
r. U. C. Leaders.
The T. q. c. leaders refused to be
warned, In fact experience has taught
now that they were entirely against
the idea of concerted working class
action and sabotaged It right to the
last, The working class of Great Brit
ain have been taught great lessons in
the last few months. The yellow So
cialist slogan of "Trust Your Leaders"
has been knocked to the ground
The lessons of the general strike are
taking hold Of the workers. The
never, never again" advocates are for
the present silenced by the blows
from the Minority Movement and the
Communist Party of Great Britain.
Program Of Struggle.
The Minority Movement has set it.
self the task of preparing the neces-
sary program for struggle in the trade
union movement. At the coming con-
terence all urgent questions facing the
labor movement will be discussed in
the light of recent happenings. A line
Of action will be formulated for the
future struggle against the reaction
airy leaders.
The Agenda.
The agenda of the conference is as
follows:
I. The General Strike and Its Lessons.
(a) The strike leadership.
(b) The strike machinery.
(c) The state and the strikers.
(d) The law and the strikers.
(e) The future Of mass strikes.
2. The Reorganization of the Trade
Union Movement.
(a) A better leadAship.
(b) Greater power to the General
Council.
(c) Speeding up union amalgama-
lions.
(d) Relations between Trade I'm
ions and Cooperatives.
(e) Development of Trades Coun-
ellis and their afiliation to the
T. U. c.
~ How to secure 100 per cent
Trade Unionism.
8. international Unity.
(a) The Russian Workers Aid.
OBJ The reconstruction of the
Anglo-Russian Committee.
(c) Next steps for securing Inter-
national Unity.
4. AntiLabor Legislation.
(a) The Emergency Powers Act
and the workers.
(b) Seditious laws and the work
ers.
(c) Judge-made law and the trade
unions
(d) Amnesty for all political pris-
oners.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-09-02
Thrilling GARAGE HoId.up.

STERLING, ILL.,, Aug. S1.-Three
bandits entered the best garage here
shortly after midnight yesterday, rifed
the safe of 500 in bills and a quantity
of silver. kidnapped three men in the
garage and escaped after leaving the
victims bound on a highway several
miles outside the city.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-09-02
CHEMICAL ENGINEERING EXPERT
CHARGES GOVERNMENT WHITEWASH
OF JERSEY MUNITIONS EXPLOSION

explaining the public
the
actofgod" whewash Of the
H. editor Engineering
failure fix the responsibility
study
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-09-02
German Swimmer Sets
New Record in Swim
Across the Channel

Dover, Aug. 31.-Otto Vierkoetten,
German swimmer, is the third person
to swim the channel this month and
is now the record holder for time in
making the treacherous swim.
Vierkoetten started from Cape Griz
Nee at 1876 this morning and accom-
plished the swim in IL hours and 35
minutes, which is the fastest ever
made in a channel swim, Gertrude
Ederle having held the previous rec.
ord Of II hours and 80 minutes.
The German swimmer made his
landing at Langdon Stairs, a mile and
half north OF Dover. Vierkoetten was
accompanied on the swim by a tug.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-09-02
New York Section,
|. L. D., Demands
Polish Amnesty

NEW YORK. Aug. 31.-Abolition Of
the reign Of white terror and general
amnesty for the 5000 political pris-
oners in Poland is demanded in a res
olution forwarded TO Prime Minister
Bartell, the Inter.Party Secretariat,
and the Polish Consul General by a
Conference OF delegates from the In
ternationai Labor Defense branches
and affiliated organizations represent
inc $4,000 organized workers, which
was held Thursday evening. Aug. 26,
at 100 Broadway.
The size Of The DAILY WORK
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That worker next door to you
may not have anything to do to-
night. Hand him this copy Of the
DAILY WORKER.
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A subscription to The DAILY
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tCdy. Try it.
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Another questioner, showing that
the British coal strike is being close
ly followed up here among the farm.
ers, wanted to know why 1t was that
scab coal was being sent to England
from the United States. II was easy
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-05-06
FOUR STATIONS GIVE UP
LICENSES LAST MONTH
All Surrendering Permits Of Small
Power and Operated on Low
wave Lengths.

A slight decrease in the number
of broadcasting stations in the United
States was effected last month with
The deletion of four stations: the De-
partment OF Commerce announced
today.
The four plants which surrendered
heir licenses We're all Of power less
than SO watts and all operated on
low wave lengths. They were
WFBD, 234 meters. operated by the
Gethsemane Baptist Church of Phil
adelphia; WGBM, 234 meters, ~oper-
ated by T. N. Sauty of Providence,
K. T.; KFVR, pa meters, operated
as the Moonlight Ranch station, at
Denver. and kFXM, 227 meters,
owned by the Neches Electric Co. of
Beaumont. Tex. Station KFJZ, 254
meters. which formerly was owned
and operated by the Southwestern
Baptist Theological Seminary, at Fort
Worth, has been relicensed in the
name of W. L. Branch.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-05-06

and will include, besides the ad-
dresses. music by the United States
Army Band. and Il group Of solos by
Mary Frances Glenn, soprano.
A change in the broadcastinG SEIZED
ule of WIZ, New York, will bring
THE Record Boys" to the microphone
IN their weekly entertainment at 7:10
tonight, at which time AL Bernard,
Frank Kamplain and Sammy Slept
will give a brief concert to be broad
cast simultaneously with WIZ and
WRC.
THE Voice of the Silent Drama, -
which will be heard at 1880 o'clock,
will give Il presentation of. Sweet
Daddies," q photoplay to be released
in the near future.
The Royal Hour of Music and the
Meyer Davis LIE Paradis Band Will
round out WRC's musical program
The Smithsonian Institution talk
tonight will be given by Clarence r.
Shoemaker of the National Museum,
on the subject, Spiders
Stations WBES and NTMAL have
scheduled programs tonight devoted
exclusively to muslca! features,
WBES will broadcast a concert by the
Bliss Electrical School Orchestra.
class of 1920, while WMAL has billed
a diversified studio musical program
In addition to a musical surprise" by
the TunefUl Tramp Trio
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-05-06
FIFTEEN MINUTES OF
RADIO EACH DAY
BY JOSEPH CALCATERRA.
Noted Authority on Radio.
All Rights Reserved. Reproduction
Prohibited.
Cleanliness Is Important in q Receiver.

Cleanliness Is Important in Receiver.
Neatness and cleanliness are abso-
lutely indispensable In the construc'
ton and maintenance OF q radio re-
ceiver Of any kind. More trouble Is
caused by failure to observe ordinary
rules Of neatness than by any other
one cause.
To begin with. always be sure that
the parts are placed in as orderly an
arrangement as possible and with the
wires arranged in such fashion as to
prevent any possibility Of their becom-
ing loose and causing open or short
circuits.
In soldering, do q neat Job and be
sure not to allow soldering fiux to
cover u lot of surrounding territory.
cloth applied with little alcohol
while the joint is still hot will remove
all traces of the fiuX and make g. much
better looking Job.
Use Alcohol to Clean Set.
Dirty panels are not pleasant to
look at. A little alcohol on a rag will
clean off all traces OF dirt and oil and
will improve the appearance and ef.
flciency Of the set.
If you want to get maximum ef'
ficiency from your receiver, make the
cabinet of your set as dustproof as
possible. There is very little that can
go wrong with a receiver unless II is
subjected to rough treatment, but dust
in between the plates Of the variable
condensers or on the socket springs
will result in poor reception.
While a cabinet will not keep out all
dust. it will limit the amount which
collects on the Instruments 10 d mini
mum. Occasionally the dust which
lodges between the plates of the
variable condensers should be cleaned
out. Pipe cleaners serve admirably
for this purpose.
Reduces Battery Efficiency.
The tops Of storage batteries often be-
come covered with spray from the cleo.
trolyte when on charge. This spray &C.
cumulates dust: becomes very dirty;
is bad to handle and is a positive
danger to clothes or any other such
material which may accidentally come
in contact with the liquid. This col
lection Of dust also reduces the eff.
ficiency Of the battery II enough of 1t
collects on the top to cause leakage
between the battery terminals.
Such moisture can be cleaned OFF
very easily by using rag moistened
in solution Of ammonia and water.
Keep Crystal Clean.
II you are using a crystal detector.
either in regular crystal detector
circuit or as the detector element in
reflex set or any other circuit using
a crystal detector, 1t Is important that
you keep the crystal clean. especially
If 1t Is the adjustable type.
Never touch the surface of the cry
stall with your fingers. The oil which
exudes from the skin is sufficient to
give the crystal a covering which de-
tracts from its efficiency.
Clean the crystal occasionally with
a soft brush dipped in alcohol and be
sure not to touch the surface when
you replace it in its holder.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-05-06
U. S. MAN ROBBED ABROAD
Russians Lure Chicago Doctor Into
Taxi in Berlin.

BERLIN. May IR.-Lured into
a taxicab by two Russians, DR.. James
Meyer of Chicago was set upon yester-
day and robbed of $1.130 and a dia-
mond ring valued at $4,000. The men
had offered to sell him diamonds at
a low price ii he would go with them
to their home. He is not seriously
injured. The police are without clues,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-05-06
KEITH AND ORPHEUM BUY
FILM CONCERN INTEREST
Two Circuits Now Half Owners of
Producers Distributing Corpora
ton and will Be Chief Outlet.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
| NEW YORK. May 6.-Negotia-
tions have been completed whereby
the Keith.Aibee and Orpheum vaude-
vile circuits will hereafter provide
the chief outlet for the motion picture
productions Of the Producers Dis
| tributing Corporation.
Edward F. Albee, president of the
Keith-Albee circuit, announced that
| the vaudeville group had obtained a
| half interest In the Producers Dis
ltributing Corporation. of which
;, Jermiah Milbank OF New York and
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-05-06

RENO, New, May 6 (P).-Robert
II. Chambers, son of Robert w.
Chambers, the novelist. was granted
a divorce here yesterday from Olive
Irene Chambers on the grounds of
desertion. lie said she left him a
month after their marriage in New
York in 1924
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-05-06
4 TO 8 PM.

Cecil B. De Mile of Los Angeles have
been principal owners.
Keith and Orpheum Theaters
throughout the. country now present
ing vaudeville exclusively will not be
affected by the new arrangement. Mr..
Albee said.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-05-06

about eight miles long north Of this
city Tuesday. Trees were uprooted.
many buildings were demolished,
unrcofed or torn from their founda
ton by the twister. No one was In
jilred
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-05-06
G. of G. Seeks Air Permit.

The Chamber Of Commerce of Eastern
North Carolina is one of the latest
petitioners for a broadcasting license
from the Government. The organiza.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-05-06

ton In making it's formal application
inclosed a map of the counties 1t was
proposed to serve with information
and entertainment and pointed out
that very few local radio programs
community.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-05-06
Peddlirg Soil.

Enterprising street peddlers selling
. small bags of soil for use in potting
lowers have become common in Lon
don this Spring.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-05-06
Prune Orchards Laid Waste.

VANCOUVER, Wash, May 8 GP.
A strip Of Clark County's finest
prune orchards was laid waste by
small tornado which swept q path
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-05-06

freeman, BlSnoI
Of Washin & t o n
and DR.. A.bran
Simon at the ban
quet of the Amer
lean War Vet
erans' Club viii
be broadcast by
station WRC dl
rect from the
Hotel Mayfower
The banquet pro
gram Will begir
at 8 O'Clock with
an address of vel
come by Lieut.. Col.
Fred Butterfield
Ryons, L. S. A.
president of the
A m erican War
Veterans Club
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-05-06
withdrawing Radio Forum
(2196 MeterSl.

( p.m.-Studio musical program.
7:45 p.m.-Musical surprise by TIL
Tuneful Tramp Trio.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-05-06
NOTABLESL|STED
| ON WRC PROGRAM
Speeches at American War
Veterans Club Dinner viii
Be Broadcast.

Addresses to be delivered tonight
by Senator Royal s. Copeland OF New
York, Senator Lawrence D. Tyson OF
Tennessee, Right Rev. James ID.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-05-06
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Radio Hospital
Early Program Tomorrow
WCAP-Chesapeake and Potona,
Telephone Go. 1885 Meters).
Early Program Tomorrow.

s:45 10 7:45 a.m.-"Tower Health
Exercises" from Metropolitan Tower.
New York City.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-05-06
WRC-Radio Corporation of America
. (i685 MeterSl

= p.nl.-Play by-play account of the
. Washlngton-NeW York base ball game.
. ESQ p.nl.--Base ball scores.
g 6:55 p.m.--"Spiders," by Clarence r.
= Shoemaker of the National Museum
under the auspices Of the Smithsonian
institution.
70 7:10 p.m.-"The Record Boys" - Al
Bernard, Frank kamplain and Sammy
Stept-broadcast with station VIZ
e, from New York.
> 1870 p.m.--"The Voice of the Silent
s Drama Sweet Daddies." broadcast
+. with station VIZ from New York.
e p.nl-The Royal Hour of Music
broadcast with stations WIZ, WGI
and WCAD from New York.
: 8 p.m.-Banquet of the American
d. War Veterans Club, broadcast from
q the Hotel ATayfiower; music by the
4. United States Army Band Orchestra
and Mary Francis Glenn, soprano: ad.
dresses by Lieut.. Col. Fred Buttertield
o Ryons, L. =. A., president; Right Rev
e James J.. Freeman, Bishop Of Wash
= ington; Senator Lawrence ID. Tyson
Of Tennessee, Rev. DIR. Abram Simon
= and Senator Royal S. Copeland of
p New York.
: 1870 pm.-AIeyer Davis lie Paradis
. Band. broadcast from the cafe LIE
Paradis