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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-11-10
Tronble Ahead for CooLidge

From expect troubles pile up thick and fast
for the Coolidge The threats Senator Borah in
with seating of Ware from Pennsylvania and Smith
from Illinois constitute reality announcement of intention of
Boah begin his campaign for the presidential nomination in
1929
And he has plenty of issues.
The denial right transit American territory
Alexandra Koon Soviet Union ambassador Mexico by Secre
tary Kellogg with large
the American press and in his the defender Of the
principles of capitalist democracy Senator Borah has been able
strike responsive chord among millions of people who weary
of the groque caperngs the Coolidge official household
ocaldom which only allows royal debauchee like the
Roumanan queen the but unheardof
lengths the representative
of workers and peasants official mission
friendly nation while the time ondOnng the out
violations Of the capitalist moral code in the
elections appeal successfully forever prudce which it
carefully which the march of history
Iiquidating
Coolidge myth being wiped Not much by BOrah
of supds which have brought great
disgust disappointment to his capitalist masters
will witness many interesting encounters
Washington entirely mistaken Coolidge will
be the losing end Of all of them.
yet the of popular than of fundamental
character the struggle the cleavage between the
industrial capalupper and lower sections of the
the big banking nteressw become clearer
meantime the fight fOrs advantage in the preliminary
republican nomination, will be of guerilla nature
but IN ways will be all the deadly.
years. the struggle between conflicting
capitalist class harpen effort must be made to
working and farming the class issues
which the raise a smoke to hide
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-11-10
On KeIIoau.


The Editor:-Enclosed is a check
for $500 being a contribution to keep
The DAILY WORKER fund. Assure
you of some more a little later. l like
The DAILY WORKER and fully be.
lieve it strives to live up to the prin-
ciples 1t is fighting for.
Specially do ! want to thank you
for the editorial appearing in last
Thursdays issue entitled: 1--WE Stand
By Our Guns" 1t is sharp and to the
point and bet the capitalist servant
Secretary of State Kellogg has not
had the epistle read to him any plain
err than that; 1t is worthy of being put
in frame and hung up in his private
office.
There are few of Kellogg's type who
hate the Communists any more than
he. Personally did / hear him last
summer at the experimentation
centennial denounce the radicals and
told us, If we did not like this country
and its institutions" to get out and
go where they had such government
that would suit better.
Kellogg may, for some time, sup.
press a radical Organ" but he will
never be able to suppress the cause
and the principles for which It is
fighting.
J. F.--Alms, Wis.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-11-10
CURRENT EVENTS
BY T. J. o'FIaherty.

Continued from page ~
between republicanism and monarch
ism under capitalism.
L1VEN the capitalists are beginning
IL TO protest against the outrage
perpetrated against Sacco and Van
zetti, who have already spent six
years behind prison bars for a crime
they have not committed. Those two
workers would be now feeding the
worms but for the protests Of the in
ternational labor movement. The slo-
gan OF the working class was "Saceo
and Vanzetti shall not die This Is
still the slogan Of labor At this late
date the capitalist press. realizing that
the state Of Massachusetts Numbered,
and that this blunder tends to sharp
en- the class antagonisms comes cut
against the judicial hunkey Thayer
and makes him the goat, In case
whore the ruling classes OF Massachu-
sets are guilty.
THERE IS a labor paper published
a in Washington D. G. called Ga.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-11-10
WHY THE DELAY7

To The DAILY WORKER: G. Brom-
ley Oxnam's audience at the Los An
geles open forum was one of the big
gest and most enthusiastic of recent
ones there. When he spoke of the
determination of the Bolsheviks to
counteract religious superstition, while
at the same time according to all de-
nominations full religious liberty as
distinguished from anti-government ac-
tivities, he was drowned in applause.
His impressions of Russia agree gen.
orally with those OF other delegations
and even with reports in Communist
papers and Of returned Communist WIS.,
itors. But he put the average produc-
ton of industries at rs per cent of
pre-war, while Russian official reports
say many industries are above and the
average approximately equal to pre-
war Many questions were asked and
answered, but as raised hands grew
more numerous. he asked if the meet
ing was to last till midnight, which
put an end to 1t, after which he was
surrounded ON the stage by eager
questioners-I among them. wanted
to know If It was fair to say that requi-
sitioning farmers products is an in
herent part of Communism. May be
am wrong" he replied. suggested
that Communism Is voluntary ex-
change OF commodities thru store hous-
es conveniently located. Eyes, If you
speak Of the future" was the sub
stance OF his reply.
But Why DeIay7
In his speech he estimated that
America would not be ready for Com
munism for fifty years, which is not
unlike Edward Bellamy's estimate
But why delay? II is beginning to be
quite generally admitted that the Com
munists at the head OF the Soviet gov
eminent, despite all the difficulties left
them by Tsarism, despite the savage
attempts Of capitalist governments TO
defeat them and despite the famine
are performing a service TO the work
ers and peasants OF Russia that Is
marvellous.
On taking possession OF their coun-
,ry--assuming responsibilities an
tasks requiring almost superhuman
iaith, courage and Intelligence
hoped The workers OF the world would
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-11-10
Letters From Our Readers

Then everyone would have to have a
time card and everything would have
labOrs time stamped on it, and every
one would have to be a useful mem
Der of society. Then crime would dis
appear and the great powers would
vanish. Zepatta had good plan.
They did not handle any money.
Everyone had brass check showing
he was a member of the state.
Now, hoping the workers will keep
up The DAILY WORKER, as 1t is the
only way to keep posted. have not
bought a capitalist paper for years.
With my best thoughts for the party
members, | remain, worker.
w. n. Flood,
Huntsville.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-11-10

agreement which provides for increase
in the wages of apprentices at certain
periods and at certain ages of the
workers. The owners Of a mine in
Kansas refused to abide by the deci-
sion of the union in reference to the
wages entitled by one of the miners
under their agreement and rules. The
United Mine Workers local called
strike to enforce it's agreement with
the mine owners and the rule of the
union.
The supreme court decided that the
strike to collect back wages which the
mine owners refused to pay to the
miner involved, altho it was proven
that he was entitled to higher rate
Of wages for period before it was
granted by the mine owners, was IL
legal.
The basis of the decision was in the
words of Justice Brandeis, that "the
right to carry on business-be it call
ed liberty of property-has value. To
interfere with this right without just
cause is unlawful The fact that the
injury was inflicted by a strike is
sometimes justification, but strike
may be illegal because Of its purpose,
however orderly the manner in which
it is conducted To collect a stale
claim due to a fellow member of the
union who was formerly employed in
the business is not permissible pur
pose"
This decision of the supreme court
is bound to have a far reaching effect
on the organized labor movement
Since is now has been established that
strikes may be illegal under certain
circumstances, it will be easy for the
capitalists to establish many kinds of
circumstances which make strikes H.
legal. Just as the use of the injunc-
ton against strikers has been gradual
ly extended to decrease more and
more the rights of the workers to use
their organized powers during strikes,
SO we will have this decision of the
supreme court gradually drawn out to
establish more and more situations in
which strikes are Illegal
The Government Against the Workers,
These decisions of the supreme
court, show once more and clearly how
the whole power of the government is
modified against the workers. Con-
gress makes laws against the work
ers. The courts issue injunctions and
make Interpretation of laws which
weaken and limit the workers right
to strike. The executives use the
police power and the soldiers to beat
the workers when they do go on
strike.
The supreme court decisions above
discussed are another warning to the
American labor movement that unless
it organizes its political power for in
dependent political action and carries
on a political struggle in its own in
terests as a class, it will find that the
capitalists, using the governmental
power unchecked by counter-strug
gle of the workers, will rob them of
every right to fight on the industrial
field and thus complete their enslave-
ment.
These supreme court decisions are
another urgent reason for the organi-
cation of labor party to challenge the
political rule of the capitalists and
carry on a fight for the governmental
power for the workers of this country.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-11-10

follow their example and make the
Final conflict" brief; but their revolu-
ton startled the capitalist govern
ments and parasites, and those imme-
diately deluged their dominlons with
lies about Russia and killed and ar
rested Reds, and thereby, aided by re-
dictionary labor officials, Thomases,
MacDonalds, Scheidemanns, ETC.. sue
ceeded in preventing the world revo-
luton and prolonging the agony. If
the proletarian revolution can succeed
in Russia, why could it not have sue
ceeded everywhere at the same time?
Why so many liberal people aiding the
parasites in prolonging the agony of
the birth of the new society? Why
delay? ena
S. sooRBoRG,
Los Anpalaa
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-11-10

(The following letter has been
sent to the Nation, New York
liberal weekly, by Eugene Lyons,
writer and pubIicist associated with
the earlier stages of the Sacco-
Vanzetti defense. The DAILY
WORKER believes the point raised
by the writer is of sufficient inn
portance to warrant the pubIica-
ton of the letter in full, particu-
larly since the denial Of the appeal
for new trial by Judge Thayer,
in spite of the proof of the inno-
cence of Sacco and Vanzetti
brought forward by the defense,
raises sharply again the class issue
MISUNDERSTANDING Note.)
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S. S0ORBORG.
Los Angeles.
Drop capltaIIstie Papers.

To The DAILY WORKER:
Please find 81 to help keep The
DAILY WORKER. Now, the way
look at things, 1t would be very easy
to keep The DAILY WORKER II the
workers would drop their masters
papers and put the money into their
own paper.
But have lost all respect for the
average slave. He will not do any
thing for himself. Look back over
past history; 90 back TO Christs time.
Buck White writes in his book, THE
Call of the Carpenter" that Christ
was an industrial worker OF his day.
| can name only few. We read of
Sparticus leading the Cslaves. They
got him. Rosy Luxepburg, Nebnek
Lepatta, Frank Little and many 9th.
ers that are behind bars, like Mooney.
I wonder at times that | am not with
him. as | was helping him hand out
strike leaflets at the Union iron works
at the time of the car strike, and the
police took him and his wife, and
they told me that they had notion
to take me. But did not try to run
away.
There was one more fellow.worker
with us, and he skipped and did not
come back for months.
Well, will state again, as long as
we have a money system we will have
slavery. Money has to be made value.
less and place all value on labor and
reckon by labor's time hours and min
utes, in place OF dollars and cents.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-11-10
Two Supreme Court Decisions

times obstruct the win of the big
capitalists of this country There are
also the so-called progressiyes largely
representing the well-to-do but dis;
satisfied farmer OF the West.
The dominant great capitalists of
this country chafe under the obstruc-
ton which these groups sometimes
put in their way. The Capitalization
Of the governmental power, with
greater power in the hands of the
president whom they are certain Of,
means more expedition in carrying out
of their program. The supreme court
decision is step in this direction.
1t is another blow at the much-boasted
American democracy which has re-
ceived so many blows SO that little of
it remains as a result of most con
gressional and supreme court actions
during recent years. *
Limiting the Right to Strike.
The dominant capitalist oligarchy
in the country is determined to rob
the workers of their most powerful
weapon in the day to day struggle
for higher wages and better working
conditions American capitalism today
is the ruler of the world. The only
Fly in the ointment so far as its pro-
gram of unlimited exploitation and the
amassing of greater and greater for
tunes for the favorite few is concern
ed, is the danger that labor may be-
come dissatisfied and begin to fight
for a larger share in the enormous
product of American industry.
The strikes of the workers interiors
with the smooth development Of the
capitalist program Just as the vest
iges of democracy which still remain
so far as the government is concern
ed are being step by step whitfield
away, so the workers right to strike
is to be first limited and then abolish
ed completely.
The attack on the right to strike
and thus to carry on struggle for
higher wages and better working con-
ditions is being made in three forms:
First thru the development of the COM
pany unions and employees represen-
tation plan thru which the capitalists
are trying to befuddle the workers and
make them believe that there is no
necessity of their being organized on
class basis to fight for their inter
ests. Second, thru Legislative action
limiting and practically abolishing the
right to strike, as in the case Of the
Watson-Parker bill, controlling the
railroad workers under which these
workers must first submit their de-
mands to the railroad owners, then to
a board of mediation, then to board
of arbitration and finally to board of
Cancellation, before they can take
steps to enforce them thru strike.
After the workers have "mediated,"
'arbitrated" and "conciliated" such
period will have elapsed that they
will have to make new demands in
order to fight for anything worth
while. ~ @pA
The third form Of attack is thru the
supreme court decision, which has
now made it the highest law of the
and that under certain conditions the
workers do not have the right to strike
It all.
The case decided by the supreme
curt rose under the industrial court
aw of the State of Kansas. The unit
d Mine Workers of America made an
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-11-10
BY c. e. RurHsNRERe.

The role Of the capitalist govern
ment in the class struggle is to
strengthen the position of the capital
list class economically and politically
and to weaken the exploited workers
and suppress their struggles.
Congress and the president during
the last session gave striking proof
Of this use of the governmental
powers. In the revision of the in
come tax law and the funding of the
war debts, the power of the govern
ment was used to strengthen the
capitalists economically, and thru the
adoption of the Watson-Parker bill.
which tor all practical purposes takes
from the railroad workers the right to
strike, the workers lost a powerful
weapon in the class struggle,
On October 25th, the supreme court
of the United States handed down two
decisions which are equally striking
examples proving that the judicial
power Of the government is used in
the same manner. One of these deci-
sions strengthens the capitalist gov
eminent and the other is another step
to wrest from the workers the right
to strike.
New Powers for the President.
The first decision referred to deals
with the right of the president to re-
move federal appointees from Office
During the more than century and
a quarter of the existence Of the U.
S, government, congress has repeated
ly passed laws limiting the power of
the president in removing appointees
Of the government from office All
these limitations Of the presidents
power are swept away by the supreme
court decision. Altho under the con-
stitution the president can make ap-
pointments to certain offices only, "by
and with the advice and consent of the
senate" the supreme court gives the
president the right to remove any ap-
pointed federal Office holder, prospect
i've of the opinions of the senate as to
the correctness of the action of the
president.
Under the decisions of the supreme
court, the great army of appointed Of
fee holders of the federal government
are under the complete control Of the
president so FAR as their continuance
in office is concerned. Altho the Pre-
sident has not yet the right to 'hire"
at will, he has the right under this
supreme court decision to fire" any
federal appointee as may deem fit.
The supreme court has established
an autocracy so far as the tenure in
Office of federal appointees is con-
cerned. The president Of the United
States will hereafter WELD power so
FAR as the federal appointees are con-
cerned, which even the Car during
he darkest days of Russia might have
envied.
The effect of this decision is to
carry further the Capitalization of the
governmental powers, which has been
developing at a rapid pace in the U. S.
in recent years and which gained a
new impetus during the period of the
war Congress cannot always be de
pended upon to quickly do the will of
the capitalist class. There are minor
tiles in congress representing groups
within the capitalist class which some.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-11-10
EDIToR, The Nation,
II New York City.

Dear Sir
The Sacco-Vanzetti case seems in
serious danger of becoming respect
able. If it does, it will not matter
much how the affair ends. So far as
Sacco and Vanzetti themselves are
concerned, nothing the Massachusetts,
or federal courts can do will give
them back their lost years or the fine
physical and mentalsvigor with which
they started. The crime against them
is irreparable. The only thing they
have left to comfort them is the class
character of their ordeal. When that
is obliterated by well-meaning persons
who see in it only an exception to the
rule of justice rather than the exampls
and type of that justice, the case will
be dismally lost-even if the victims
should eventually be released. 1t will
be lost to the radical and labor move
ments for whom it symbolizes-or did
in the pasta larger and more basic
struggle. Sacco and Vanzetti them
selves would, l am sure, be the first to
agree with me in this.
TT is perfectly natural for the New
L York World in its belated concern
for Massachusetts, Justice, to center
attention upon William G. Thompson.
Thompson is not only crackerjack
lawyer, but excellent window-dressing
for an unpopular popular cause. 1t is
perfectly natural for the World to dis
miss with a shrug the five years be-
fore Tohmpson's conscience reacted
to the case. Back in 1921 the World
showed how little 1t was equipped to
understand a case of class persecu-
ton in a series of smart-alecky arti-
cles sensationalizing and distorting
the Sacco-Vanzetti case as the work
Of three super-propagandists The at
titude of these new friends implies too
BADLY that now at last the affair is in
safe and sane hands. -.
THAT the labor and liberal press
L should follow this lead so readily
is pathetic. They gave enough space
during those years to recording every
step in the exposure of the conspiracy
to know better. 1t was during those
five years that the essential class
character of the persecution was laid
bare. Witness after witness was ex-
posed as thief, prostitute, perjurer.
The methods of the district attorneys
gang and the Boston offices OF the de-
partment Of justice were revealed
mercilessly. The prejudice OF judge
and jury and the black atmosphere Of
hatred and ignorance in which the
conviction was staged were made man.
fest to the world.
It was slow, uphill work, Fred II.
Moore doing the bulk OF II, with the
enthusiastic support latter a while)
of the class-consclous elements.
TN those years, particularly the ear
L Hest, the working class all over the
world was made to realize that Il was
q working class case Without that,
the whole affair would be meaningless.
The recent Developments are pale by
comparison and less significant.
Without the background Of class-con.
scious defense they would scarcely be
noticed.
THE glorlication OF a capitalist at
1 torney by the labor and liberal
press is. OF course, just thoughtloss
yielding 10 the power Of suggestion ex.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-11-10

Dor" It is the official organ of the
standard railroad labor organizations.
1t is edited by democrat named Ed
ward Heating. There is very little
in the paper to justify its name. Dur
ing the recent election campaign It
boosted capitalist candidates and
spent thousands of dollars putting out
special editions in the various states
in support of so-called friends Of la
Dor" In Montana, this fake labor pa
per came out for a democratic candi-
date. for congress against a Farmer
Labor party candidate But the farm
er-laborite won despite the treachery
OF Labor.
TN recent issue OF Labor there APP
peared an article on the British
empire conference that is now taking
place in London The article would
do justice TO King Georges head pot.
boy It boasts OF the power OF the
British empire and declares that the
main business Of the empire Is peace.
II is hard to use restrained language
in dealing with this flunkeyism. II
helps TO prove that our labor leaders
have hit the bottom OF reaction and
that the most reactionary Of reaction.
aries are those who had been consid-
cred radical"
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Evening star., 1926-05-12
COOLIDGE is OBSERVING
NATIONAL HOSPITAL DAY
President Will Attend Reception at
Walter Reed-Al1 Institutions
Keep Open House.

President Coolidge this afternoon
will lead in the observance of Ma
tional Hospital day. in which the
hospitals of Washington and the en-
tire Nation are Joining.
1t was announced at the White
House that the President would be
the guest Of officials at Walter Reed
Hospital today during the open house
reception there. President Coolidge
Will inspect the facilities of the
Army hospital and be given a first
hand description of the plans for the
great building program at the insti-
tuition, which has been authorized.
Receptions are being held at all
Washington hospitals.
Officials of the hospitals have ex.
tended general invitations to the pub.
lie to visit the institutions at any hour
today and this evening. Special ar.
rangements have been made to exhibit
the facilities of the hospitals and SUI
Derintendents have declared they are
desirOuS of having the residents of
Washington see with their own ewes
Just what is being done for the sick
and injured persons in the local in.
stitutions.
The ladies' board of Children's Hos.
oital will receive from to O'Clock
his afternoon. Wives of members of
number Of Washington's civic as
sociations which have been consist.
emily supporting the hospital, includ.
ing the Kiwanis, Rotary, Lions, Elks
and Civitan clubs habe been invited.