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The broad ax., 1926-09-11
SUNDAY EVENING CLUB NEWS

Alderman Louis B. Anderson will be
the principal speaker at the Sunday
Evening Club Of Metropolitan Com
munity Center on Sunday evening.
September 18th, at 7:45 o'clock. Prof
j. Wesley Jones has prepared special
music for the occasion. Come out
and spend an enjoyable evening.
SANDY w. TRICE, Chrmn.
The broad ax., 1926-09-11
THE CHICAGO AND NORTHERN
DISTRICT FEDERATION

win hold its fourth quarterly meeting
at Quinn Chapel, Monday, September
18th, at $50 A. M.
Reports Of the years work, echoes
of the National Association Of Col
ored Women at Oakland. Calf, and
election Of officers. and q report Of
the state meeting at Quincy will be
given
The broad ax., 1926-09-11

THE THIRTY FIRST ANNIVERSARY EDITION OF THE
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The broad ax., 1926-09-11

The holier-than-thou attitude may
be caused by virtue, but usually It is
caused by a poor memory.-vancour
yer Province.
The broad ax., 1926-09-11

The triangle probably causes fewer
divorces than the lack OF old-fash.
toned square meals--BaltimOre sum.
The broad ax., 1926-09-11

A London doctor says that many
cases Of neurasthenia are really cases
Of eye-strain-
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-12-16
W NEW VICTORY AT PASSAIC
Passaic Points The Way

THE Passac strikers have brought the Botany mills to
TERMS the fighting policy of the Communists and the left
wing in the textile industry has been Vndcated and the drive
against militant unonism launched by the trade union OF
ficiadom has been dealt severe blow.
The strikers have the right to organize and to col
ectve bargaining there no discrimination against
strikers grievances be handled by the workers
committees, the wagecut to be restored and all strikers
to be employed before employees hired.
All strikers will be hired thru the union office There
will be mad stampede for jobs but the workers. whose
strike has been of the most remarkable examples of
workngcass discipline under the severest provocaton will
continue exercise this discipline thru the Local Union
strike.
The left wing in Passac has resisted all attempts
accept settlement for the mill section OF oomtxers spin
and and leave the great bulk OF the strikers
cold Likewise has the left wing fought all at
tepts settle merely the basis of restoration OF the
wage-cut without recognition of the right to organize and
deal with the companies thru union committees.
More than months of struggle in the face of hos
ty of the government the resistance of the bosses and
sabotage the part Of eactonary officials OF the trade
union movement ending in victory, is irrefutabe test
The surrender of the Botany mills will give tremen-
dous impetus to the strike against the
plant With the loss of its ally the Botany this group OF
capitalists will feel the full force of the strikers Of
fensVe.
With complete victory for the Passaic workers in
sight the collection of relief should go forward with new
energy and the strikers should lack nothing during this
cold weather. in the shape of food and clothing that will
enable them put the last of their energy into the
struggle.
victory from defeat They must be supported until all
opposition crumbed and with 100 per cent organiza
ton they place ranks of the American labor
position which their correct policy and entities
them. at~ -
In the midst of the drive of official reaction which is
trying to force the worker-empoyer cooperation theory
all sections of the labor the Passac strike
and Passaic victory stand out blazing sgnboard
pointing the way to the American workers.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-12-16
MARCONI PREDICTS THAT
POWER WILL Be SENT BY |
RADIO BEFORE VERY LONG |

LONDON, Dec. INSTRUMENTATION
Of power by radio waves and tele-
vision are possibilities of the fu-
ture, which Senator Guolielmo Mar
conf predicts today as he celebrates
the 25th anniversary Of his first suo-
cess In wireless transmission.
II will be a quarter century to-
morrow since Mareoni sat in a small
shack in Newfoundland and received
the first message ever transmitted
thru the air across the Atlantic.
"As to the future" he said in an
interview, "there is the possibility
that transmission OF power over
moderate distances may be deVeI-
oped and that televlslon will be-
come an actually. These things
will be as wonderful as anything we
have experienced"
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-12-16

Especial Cable TO The Daily Worker.)
MOSCOW, us. s. r., Dec. a.
The twentieth session OF PIenum OF
the executive, of the con,lntern be.
gan with a continuation Of the debate
on Stains report on the Russian
question. smeraI Of oslovakla
pointed out that the opposition In the
Communist Party Of the Soviet Union
had done considerable harm TO the
Communist Party, to the proietarian
dictatorship and the whole commu-
mist International, impeding the bust
nessllkc work Of the party, and threat
enins tho unity Of the party.
Amidst the general approval OF the
Plenum the speaker theoretically
charged the opposition with repeated
breaches OF discipline, with ignoring
the decision OF the Soviet Union Party
and with carrying on disruptive criti.
oisms aiming at fostering internal
strife. Today, however when the
rank and file OF the party have re-.
jected the opposition's demagogic
mRneuvers and when the workers OF
the, world are resoiutely supporting
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-12-16
is Head
or PROGRESSIVE
FARMERS OF U. S.
National Meeting Lays
Organization Plans
Especial to The psIly worksr)

MINNEAPOLIS, Dec. 14.-william
Bouck, leader Of the progressive
farmers OF Washington was elected
national chairman OF the Progressive
Farmers OF America at their first ma
tional convention held here. The or
ganization met here TO perfect plans
for formation OF state, local or county
units OF the Progressive Farmers OF
America to make II more effective
spokesman OF the farmers OF the
country.
Other officers elected we're: r. b.
French, Minneapolis, secretary: Hell
muth Ihlenfeldt. Green Bay, Wis.
treasurer; Mrs. Myrtle Boules, Alfred
Knudsen, Bismarck, N. D.. and ]. A.
Schumacher, Green Bay. members OF
the national educational committee.
More than 1000 farmers in, Min.
nesota have become members OF the
organization, Il was reported.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-12-16
BOTANY Mill IN
SURRENDER TO
UNIONS TERMS
Continue Strike Against
FOrStmGnn, Huffman
(spseIsI to The Daily wores.,

Especial 90 The Daily WerlosF9
PAssAIc, N. j., Oso. t4.-Passaie
textile strikers arc JublIant over their
second victory within a month-the
big Botany Consolidated Mills Co. has
agreed to recognize the union and to
take back all old workers without dlu.
elimination. This follows upon the
settlement several weeks ago with the
Passaie Worsted Co. and leaves the
Observation-Disclosures mills the only
large eontendsrs left In the field.
In a letter to the union, the man.
ssemeHt Of the Botany mills has
agreed 20 accept the union's tv~Yns
as follows:
VICTORY FOR WORKERS.
Agrees to recognize the right Of
the workers to organize in their L.
ultimate union.
No discrimination against workers
who have been on strike.
The right TO collective bargaining
thru the workers own committees.
Restoration Of the wsse-eut to ali
striking workers returning to the
mfIs before new help Is engaged.
All other demands are to be arhI-
trsted.e
As with the Worsted Co. agreement
the union will not insist on the
closed shop. The executive commit
tee of Local Union No. 1908 Of the
United Textile Workers Union called
tremendous mass meeting Of ali
Botany workers, who unanimously
adopted the terms. The meeting de-
cided that no one is to apply to the
Botany mills for jobs. but are to be
completely re-employed thrE the Of
fees OF the union.
Continue Fight.
All Passaic is wild with Joy over
the settlement The workers are de-
termined to continue the struggle
against Forstmann-Hurman and vic
tory is expected within the next few
weeks, now that the front Of the
bosses has been more than half over
come.
This last victory of the strikers is
a complete vindication OF the strike
leadership and assures a sound union
in the New Jersey textile industry.
II Months' Battle.
The Botany mill workers were ths
first large contingent of strikers 10
walk out following . drastic cut in
wages on Jan. 20. Three days lAt~r
they we're followed by tho worsesd
mill workers. and soon the strike BE-.
came general in the Psssaic vicinity.
Fifteen hundred workers are involved
in this last settlement They have
been on strike for almost eleven
months.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-12-16
STEEL WORKERS AND 4NSWER
THE CHALLENGE OF REA> 0NARIES;
WHO WILL BE THE NEXT TO REPLY

~ against left wing
and the and file of the challenge
Lewis VOL sigman, Beckerman
eeived check for s475 from Of miners
The check thru
Party from the following Luzerne Philadelphia
rem % Han'aaFvo Pa sessemer Pa W. Brownsville Pa Home
stead Pa Ironton Minn Akron,
Cal, Cleveland O. Trinidad color Detroit Mich
TINS the first the big wing
reaches appeal followed by
lar efforts from Of the country
The struggle the wing, reaoonary
Federation purely matter Of theoretical
opncn Of rivalry for office or Of personal likes o. dke
is matter which concerns the life the
men-
THE New York Furres general the
4oaou week The oOkmakes campaign They
strike this they winning the 40
hour week and Their other demands country
position pon to their demands
II they Will be open the offensive
by slaman doing everything
~ s power to defeat the oakmake
srire
The struggle taking place
ne miners The will show to some
regime.
lFE witnessing peculiar eactnarIes who
always fought against weapon of more effective
struggle against the Bosses hesitate forces
IN one general staff against the left and lIe
The situation demands of
american Iaho movement all the fighting Of labor
behind the fearless spokesman wing DAILY WORKER
would e tire most splendid victory for the reactonaes
leses the Siaman the 5eekermans cNahons
The DAILY crippled they were rid Of mi.
e wing weapon The right boast of n
sa FUNDS o their attack the left
not disclosed But thnas wind cannot tor
the support OF It's chief organ undscsed can de-
prno only upon the support of the
The rank and file
me esonars are able to get financial nefaous or
without much trouble Let rally speed TO Keen
me .s "oHNsh, the lighting organ of the wing
American workers. = '''
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-12-16

Of permanent revolution, Pepper was
actually the author of a peculiar so
cialistic Monroe Doctrine" for the
Soviet Union. The speaker agreed
with Zinoviev's contention that the
traditions OF Marxism and Leninism
entirely justify the views of the OPP
position.
On Socialism, In One Country.
He pointed out that imperialism, in
spite OF the sharpening of contradic.
tons. produced a certain dwelling
and decreased the irregularity OF the
development OF capitalism. ,Trotsky
maintained that Stains biggest err.
ror was the theory OF the possibility
of building socialism in one country
and declared It to be impossible TO
abstract one country from the world
economy: for example, pre-war Rus
STA constituted part OF the world
economy and hence was drawn into
the world war by financial capital.
To-day II is impossible 10 exclude Rus.
sia from the world economy the need
Of equipment for work (pre-revolu-
uonary equipment was 81 per cent
tcontinnsu on page ~
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-12-16
IrOtSky States Position to PIenum
Of COmintern; Bukharin Makes RepIy

revolutionary battle slogans, we can
look on quietly at the opposition's
Ruthless attempts to stir up fractional
strife and, to split the Comintern
The Comintern will unanimously liz.
uidate this danger and give the oppo.
sition last warning. he concluded.
Trotsky Speaks.
Trotsky, as the next speaker stat
ed that the opposition was not appeal.
ing to the Plenum against the party's
decisions but was only expoundink IT'S
own views. He retaliated again3t
Stains accusations Of Trotskyism by
saying that the only fact that Stain
had brought forward was that Trot.
sky had formerly not been a Bolshe-
vik and that he had once struggled
against Lenin. He declared that form.
erly he had been wrong but that on
Joining the Bolshevik Party he had
abandoned his mistaken views.
Trotsky further suggested that
while In former differences Lenin
and the party were right. some com.
rades a sthis time wore wrong: In
1918 :, Manvilsky and later Pepper
shared and even ''overdid" the theory
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-12-16
MeNARY PLACES
new farm Bill
before Senate
House May Act, COP.
Leader Says

WASHINGTON, Dec. ~. - The re-
vlsed McNary-Haugen farm relief bill,
proposing a S25o,ooo,ooo revolving
fund to stabilize American agriculture
by exporting all surplus crops in cot
ton, wheat, corn, rice and hogs, was
introduced In the senate by Senator
McNary Of oregon, chairman Of the
senate agriculture committee.
House May Act.
Farm relief will be given a prefer
entail status in the house this session
II the agriculture committee agrees
upon bill, Representative Tilson of
Connecticut, republican leader, said.
THE agricultural question is of such
great Importance that We are anxious
to do something II we can" said
Tilson.
Radio control, the McFadden
branch banking bill. alien property
and supply bills are now the chief OBJ
iects OF the house program.
In its new form the bill introduced
in the senate would use cooperative
associations to hold and dispose Of
surplus crops. Funds would be loaned
to. the co-operatiyes to carry out this
work All reference TO price levels
and price standards were eliminated.
The measure, however retained the
equalization fee, which provoked the
opposition OF President Coolidge, but
the fee would be collected only on
leach marketed unit" OF the commodi.
ties affected. Rice was included for
the first time in the list of products
affected, at the request of rice grow.
ers.
This bill is essentially a surplus
control bill, the sole aim being to sta.
bilize prices thru control of the sur
plus" said McNary.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-12-16
Union Miners
leave PITS TO
CAST BALLOTS
interest CenterS on the
Brophy-Lewis Race
Especial to The Daily wOrker)


SPRINGFIELD, ILL.,, Dec. A. Un-
ion mines thruout Illinois were Idle
today while the miners cast their bal
lots for international district and sub
district officers.
Results of the baIIotlna for district
officers are expected to be known
withntsix weeks while sub-distriet re-
suits will be known within few days.
When /. results in the international
confess. will be available is not stated.
Chief interest centers in the race
Of John L. Lewis, Springfield. for re-
election as international president.
Lewisois opposed by John Brophy of
Clearfield, Pa, heading the Save the
Union ticket.
gs District IL Race.
The race in District IL. including
practically all of Illinois and part
of Missouri, commonly considered as
the state OF Illinois organization, lies
between Harry A. Fishwick and Geo.
TumultV. Fishwick, present incum-
bent, was appointed to the presiden-
cy when Frank harrington, former
state president, resigned to accept a
position with the Peabody Coal in
terests.
TumuIty Supports Brophy.
In Sub-District IL, John A. Walker,
president, and John w. Hindmarsh
are expected to battle 1t out for the
presidency, with William E. Wall. al
so a candidate.
Point to Lewis Failure.
Other offices are to be filled but
the choice of the presidents is expect
ed to carry their slate with them into
Office. The opposition to Lewis points
to the loss of 100000 members and his
failure TO organize non-union fields.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-12-16
SIGMAN TRIES
TO SPLIT N. Y.
CLOAK union
Orders Custer of All
Left Wingers
BULLETIN.
Especial 20 The Daily Worker1

koP00tot kO iHe Calty W0FNSfV
NEW YORK CITY, Dec. 14.-Six
thousand cIoaknakers demonstrated
yesterday before international
Ladies' Garment Workers Union
headquarters On Sixteenth street
with placards denounelna the Gen.
eraI Executive Boards demand that
the Joint Board turn over local
unions and treasures. The cloak
makers paraded past the office and
iesred and booed slgman. Police
made the crowd move on, but al
lowed sanosters to remain. While
the crowd was being showed towards
Fifth avenue the 6eckerman-sioman
gangsters came out of headquarters
and attacked the last Of the process
sion which had been cut on from the
main body by the police.
Many workers were badly cut and
bruised. The procession reformed
and marched to demonstrate against
the Jewish Daily Forward, which is
leading the right wing forces.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-12-16
FIRESTONE GETS CONTROL |
OF MILLION ACRES LAND |
IN LIBERIA FOR RUBBER |
CspeeIaI . rhs Daily Workerl


AKRON, o., Dec. 14.-Ths Fire
stone Rubber company has OBJ
tanned control Of a million acres Of
land lnrthe Republic Of Liberia to
be used for growing rubber plants,
according to announcement made
by the company officials here. The
congress of Liberia ratified the
proposition Of the American COM
psny, it was announced, but details
Of the consideration are not given.
The company gets 9e-year lease
on Liberals best land for a rubber
plantation.
About S1oo,ooo,ooo will be spent
by the company 10 reclaim the
ground, it was said. Three hundred
and fifty thousand natives will be
employed in the project to produce
100000 tons of rubber annually.
The Firestone company also has
large tracts Of ground for rubber In
Mexico and In the Philippines.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-12-16


NEW YORK CITY, Dec. 14.-The
General Executive Board Of the Inter-
national Ladies' Garment Workers
Union, under the leadership of Presi-
dent slaman, has adopted a resolu-
ton ordering members of the New
York Joint Board to withdraw from
the strike leadership and has appoint
ed committees of right wineers to
supersede the Joint Board.
The resolutiop also ousted all local
Executive comhhittees OF the cloak
makers and replaced them with COM
mittees appointed by the General Exc
cutive Board.
Beiated Charges.
Altho President Sigman has been a
member of the general strike commit
lee, the resolution charges that the
strike of twenty-five weeks duration
was called Illegally and has been used
in the interest of the Communists.
The New York Joint Board has an
swered the resolution with a state
ment asking all the workers to stand
by the Joint Board against Sigman's
strikebreaking.
Joint Board Fights Split.
The Joint Board will refuse to COM
ply with the ultimatum to turn over
all the books and property to the right
committees and will continue to lead
the strike, calling upon the members
of the union to defeat Sigman,s union
wrecking and strikebreaking tactics
as they did last year.
The left wing will refuse to be
driven out of the union or into a split.
Raise Loan.
The joint board of the cloakmakers
has declared that one of the big needs
Of the strike at this time is funds
Looking towards raising the necessary
money to carry on the struggle, the
board has decided to raise loans from
Continued on page %
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-12-16
no Give rhompson Report.

WASHINGTON, Dec. l%--Presldent
Coolidge is expected to make public
the Thompson report on the Philip.
pine Islands next week, and with It
will make recommendation TO con.
gress for new legislation for the
islands. II is possible be will recon
mend that civil governor be an.
pointed instead OF the present military
one. Gen. Wood
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-12-16
SAVINGS Gain, Saw Banker.

NEW YoRK--savings bank depos.
its have increased this year more than
a billion and half dollars over last.
reports the savings bank division OF
the American Bankers association.
There are s24.696.192OOO in savings
accounts In the country, the report
says. distributed in 100000 &C
counts.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-12-16
eankers pIne on Japan.

NEW YORK-Bankers representing
nearly every large bank here and
heads OF industrial corporations at.
tended an informal luncheon given
BY Thomas w. Lamont Of J. P. Nor
gan g. Co. TO celebrate the loan ne
gotiated for the city OF Yokohoma.
Japan. Japanese and London bankers
attended.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-12-16
NewS in Brief
Claims Large Surplus.

WASHHTNGTON-Rep. Garner u
Texas predicts that the surplus IN the
U. S. treasury will amount TO $780,
100000 this year instead Of ssss,0Oe,.
900 as announced by Sec Mellon
Garner claims that the low figure was
made to discourage tax reduction tor
political purposes.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-12-16

COPENHAGEN. Denmark, Dec. IL.
"A new Danish cabinet was formed
today, headed BY NJ Mygdai. a LIBERAL
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-12-16
House Passes Bill
to Raise Salaries
of Federal Judges

N0P00'@' 10 INC DAILY Worker)
WASHINGTON. Dec. 1.-THE house
today passed, 2s5 to 80, the bill to in
crease salaries of federal judges. The
measure has been approved by the
senate.
p A separate measure to increase the
salary Of Chief Justice Taft from
$4,000 to S2O,5OO a year was also ap-
proved
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