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the chief? 1t was a true marionette
play, in president and in acting presi.
dent worked out by the stupid For.
ward politicians. This play, charac,
terized at its best all the old hopeless
members Of the socialist party. They
have lost the ground under their feet.
There is no hope for them. Out OF
despair they have been driven to do
the most idiotic things Did the right
wingers have policy with regard to
the strike? Yes, of course! We have
already noted that it was their aim
to break the strike and to attack the
left wing in the furriers union, as
well as in other unions.
The Presidents Part.
THE president of the international,
Shachtman, was a member Of the
committee. 1t meant that he was sup
posed to have controlled all our COM
mittees as well as the entire strike.
The first few days the president Ia
left Pola-Zionist, as he called himself)
worked we'll in conjunction with the
strike committee. When the reports
Of the various committees came in to
the strike committee stating that the
strike was in perfect order, every
member of the strike committee ra.
dated with glee except the president,
who felt heartsick. The success of
the strike brought him into a sup
pressed mood The hall chairmen,
he hall committees, the investigation
committees, the information bureaus,
he law committee, finance and bene-
1t committees, and the special picket
ng committee, all important commit
tees led on their activities wonder
fully. 1t was truly happy glance
to notice that each committee went
thru its functions in such orderly man.
ner, but the "out-of-town" committee
was paralyzed-a dead committee.
This committee consisted of the pres
ident and half dozen vice-presidents
The strike committee was assured by
the president that the "out-of-town"
COMMITTEES would do wonders. Disre.
garding all the presidents assurances,
the strike committee appointed diff
ferent committee" which would work
in conjunction with the international
office. Two weeks passed. The strike
developed into strong fight Hun
dreds Of corporation scab shops were
closed. Mass picketing demonstra-
lions began. New York fur factories
were closed. The rank and file wero
drawn into the struggle The shop
chairmen were organized into a per-
manent institution. The strike leader
ship was given over to the chairmen.
The professional scabs did not dare TO
make any connections under the con-
tinually watchful eyes OF the investi-
cation committee. The former
strong" men were forced to give up
their plans OF obstructing the strike
because Of the strong fist OF the rank
and file picketing committee.
All was under control The manu-.
facturers began to feel the pressure
OF the strike. Tho Greek workers
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'dE brutal, ugly, paid, fst-hero has
- been ousted and has disappeared.
The fighter for better and more
beautiful life has taken his place.
Petty cynicism and the treachery
have disappeared. Comradeship,
brotherly relations, self-sacrifice,
guided by the beacon of a strong ideal
Ism, has guarded our way. Beauti-
fully and honestly has the union made
its beginning-the left union.
Communists Helped.
The gang ghashed its teeth. The
Communist leaders take no instruc-
lions from the Forward gang. They
will not accept commands of the un-
derworld. Yes, the Communist Party
helped us with council and with all it
could. The Communist Party was for
long time, is yet, and will doubtless
continue, to be our chief councillor.
The Communist Party is the organi-
cation of the idealistic and revolu-
tionary fighters. This is the very
reason it has spread its long roots
down deep into the hearts of so many
workers. We have left the socialist
party because it has become the party
of the union bureaucrats, petty bour-
geois and petty politicians who re-
main only vote hunters in time of
elections. The socialist party lost its
socialism. In the unions the social.
lists fight against its own revolution
airy rank and file, against the Soviet
Union, against every radical thought
and idea. We have DESIRED the so.
cialist party and found our identity
in the Communist Party.
1t is there We have recognized our
call. 1t is there that we have learned
the methods and tactics Of the mill
tant working class. With us each
Communist and each left winger must
be active in his union in times OF
peace, and much more so in times
of strife. In times of strife each Com
munist must enter into the first line
trenches. Every Communist paper
must help the unions in their strug-
gle. 1t was so in the furriers' strike.
The Communists and the left wingers
in their respective organizations
proved worthy of their task. And the
socialist party members? IL was the
duty of every socialist party member
TO undermine and demoralize the
strike. The Forward and the Vecker
and the Fur Worker did their share.
The latter, also edited by a socialist,
worked dexterously to break the
strike. The socialists worked in the
interests Of the fur bosses. Is this
the socialist party program? With
whom is the Forward and It's Long
Island associates? Are they In league
to break the strike?
Almost all subsidized, almost all
those who made themselves famous
during the 1920 strike, by taking
graft, became Long Island inhabitants
and the Forward took them under It's
protection. The frst who stepped out
into the arena for the strilse-breakers
was the aotive president. Where was
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came out of their shops and organized
their membership. Their committees
made themselves famous with their
loyalty and their militancy. No fur
coats were produced in New York.
The strikers did not permit it. The
fur manufacturers opened shops in
New Jersey. in Connecticut 1t is
there that the new harvest of shops
grew.
The International Failed.
THE International knew about them
l. and kept mum. The presidents
"out-of-town" committee was sound
asleep. Brother Palinsky, the chair
man of the "out-of-town" committee,
had protested to the strike committee
and demanded a report from the pres
ident. The president refused to give
such report under the excuse of
"CAREFULNESS" for facts. He as
sured the strike committee again that
the international would do its duty.
Suddenly the president quit coming
to New York. Long Island became
the nest Of all caucuses and confer
ences. Rumors had it that the inter-
national was going to take over the
strike leadership.
Why? How?
No one knew! The halls began to
be visited by the outcasts and they
behaved themselves suspiciously.
Gangsters came into Webster Hall and
demanded to be registered as strikers,
and requested strike cards. At the
headquarters of the general picketing
committee gang leaders made their
appearance under various excuses.
The Office Of the union began to be
surrounded by suspicious characters.
Strikers were invited to conferences
with right wing leaders. Many strik-
ers were accosted by the rights for
their names and addresses. President
Shachtman disappeared from New
York and from the international office.
New rumors were spread that Presi-
dent Shachtman resigned. The For
ward forced him to take such step
because he worked in conjunction
with the left wing strike committee.
other rumors had II that President
Shachtman had an agreement with the
bosses.
Where was the international presl.
dent?
No one knew! II was and still is
deep mystery. At the mass meetings
the president did not appear. No tel
egram to show his whereabouts did he
send. The strike committee was un.
able 10 answer the various questions
put up TO them. IL was finally spread
about that the international was
against the strike and would recall It.
The strike went on and with a
strong tempo. In the outof-towns
grew the number of shops, and the in
ternational knew all about Il. And
where in the world was the president
We shall tell more in our next
article. T Nh
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-08-25
BY 3. GOLD.
BY BEN GOLD.

IRON where did the unity and 10y
1 atty come in our last furriers'
strike? Our furriers suffered from
persecution for many years. For
years have the unconscientious For
ward boys oppressed the workers with
their fist methods" How could the
Forwardites expect better from the
rank and file? Is 1t any wonder that
in our strike-in this last furriers'
strike-reigned a hearty loyalty, a
warm brotherhood? The spirit of
blood relationship penetrated each
worker.
Is it any wonder that the furrier
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-08-25
NEXT BRITISH
GENERAL WALK
OUT WILL WIN
Tillett Tells Garment
Strikers of Lessons

NEW YORK, Aug 23.-Ben Tillett,
delegate of the General Council of the
British Trade Union Congress to
gather funds in America for the strik-
ing British miners, in an address to
the striking garment workers told of
what, to his view, had been the les
sons of the British general strike,
which was betrayed by the weakness
Of the General Council while the
whole working class was ready to con-
tinue the struggle to finish.
Workers Have Learned.
1.-THE next general strike" he said,
whenever it will come, will see the
adoption of a relentless method and
workers organized with a purpose
never to brook the insolence and op-
preston of those who break our bod
les and our lives and, starve our
women and children.
"The workers have learned from
hunger and restitution what agitators
could never teach them"
Tillett pointed out that 3,000SD0
able-bodied men and women workers
are unemployed in Great Britain. Two
million children under IA, he said
passionately, go without one square
meal per week and mothers cannot
suckle newly-born.
Baldwin Lies.
He warned that if the miners strike
is broken an anger and hatred will be
instilled in the next generation of
British workers that will prove force
to contend with. At one point he said:
when Premier Baldwin says none
Of our children are starving he knows
that he lies. Even when miners
worked six days week many had to
go to the poorhouse to get food for
their children"
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WORKER CORRESPONDENCE |
CLASS ORGANIZED BY ]. A.
FISHER IN LOS ANGELES |

Los ANGELES, CAL, Aug. 23. -
A workers correspondence class Of
IS members has been organized here
under the direction Of J. II. Fisher.
The class meets every Thursday
night and will soon forward some Of
its accomplishments to The DAILY
WORKER for publication.
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who spoke included Ben Tillett, head
Of the delegation to solicit funds for
the striking miners of England and
now in the 18th week of their struggle,
and Charles S. Zimmerman, strike
leader.
Speakers pointed out that jobbers,
who early in the strike declared they
were not involved in the struggle, are
now beginning to show their anxiety
at the unions solid position by inter
views in the Jewish and trade press,
declaring that they cannot meet the
union demands for a guarantee Of SO
weeks work per year and limitation
of contractors.
Ben TlIIett Speaks.
international solidarity Of labor was
shown at the meeting by the great
ovation given Tillett and pledges of
support for the striking British min
ers. The International Ladies' Gar
ment Workers Union has already
given $4,000 and, being in the midst
of strike, may not be able to in
crease the gift, but Hyman assured
Tillett that the cloak strikers would
use their influence in the American
Federation of Labor to get other in
ternational and local unions to con.
tribute. fHa
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-08-25
Chicago Drug Clerks
Union Holds Banquet

About 200 Chicago drug clerks were
at a banquet arranged by the Chicago
Drug Clerks Union at the Hotel Nor
rison. This union is but few months
old and has a membership of about
700. 1t is estimated that there are
about $500 drug clerks in the city.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-08-25
lmperialist Sailing
to Supervise Estate

NEW YORK, Aug. 2S.-The master
is on the way to his plantations in
Africa. Harvey S. Firestone, Jr., direc-
tor of the Firestone Tire and Rubber
Co., and vice-president of the Fire
stone Plantation Co., with land in
Liberia, is on his way there to inspect
his rubber fields.
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Policies and Programs
The Trade Union Press
Strikes-Iniunctions
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Evening star., 1926-11-14
Maybe you won't admit this

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Evening star., 1926-11-14

MO one likes to admit being lazy
IN about anything!
Particularly not to a boss, to a wife
or to father>in>law.
Up to this point we probably agree,
don't we?
BUT-unfortunately, most of us
maybe all OF us-are lazy about GER
tain things Usually these are the
small, important things in life, things
that often have very important
hearing on our own Well>being.
Take brushing the teeth, for example:
even in this simple little Job many of
us are careless.
At night we're tired; in the morning
were in hurry.
Realizing the truth of this, the makers
of Llsterlne set out deliberately to
formulate dentifrice that would fur
nish the easiest, quickest ,pdy to clean
teeth.
Evening star., 1926-11-14

n THIS specially prepared cleansing medium
according to tests based upon the scale Of
hardness scientists employ in studying
mineral substanoes) is much softer than
tooth enamel. therefore, 1t cannot scratch
or l,Jure the enamel.
AT the same time it is harder than the
tartar wh,ch deeunuldtes and starts tooth
decay
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-08-13
BORAH DENOUNCES
MONEY IN POLITICS
Fearful National Evil" He
Says, Praising Probes-Also
DEGREES Patronage.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
FAIRFIELD, Idaho, August 10
Senator William E. Borah, in an adj
dress prepared for delivery at the an
nual Pioneer day celebration at Camas
Prairie here today, declared that
Startling revelations as to the ex-
penditure Of money in elections" re-
veals that money has come to be the
moving power in American politics.
He expressed the wish that the eX-
posture of money in politics" will
succeed in arousing the people to the
real problem before u.s." in praising
the work of Senator James A. Reed,
Democrat, and his special Investigate
ing committee. The Senator decried
political patronage" and declared
that 1.-The Republican organization of
the South is held together and sus-
tanned by the worst kind of cOrrup
ton"
Senator Borah asserted that expo
sureS of the investigating committee
are more than an Impeachment of
the primary" when he advanced the
admonition, ''let us not be deluded by
the fallacious proposition that the late
expenditures are due to the primary or
confined to one or two States He
continued by describing expenditures
of money in elections" as a fearful
national evil
The Senator stressed principally
1.-The arousing of the people to the ne
cessity of dealing with those who run
for office on the strength Of money
rather than upon issues he also
continued his fight against adherence
to the World Court, and expressed OPP
position to the cancellation of foreign
debts by the United States.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-08-13
MEX4COPUTSGOAL
UNDER|TS CONTROL
New Mining Laws Will Exert
Big Influence on Ameri-
can Rights.


MEXICO CITY, August 13-The
Mexican government now rules coal
deposits national property, as it re-
Gently declared petroleum to be the
property of the nation and not Of the
landholder. The new mining laws,
which have just gone into effect by
publication. declare that all CONNER
cially valuable minerals and precious
stones are the property of the nation.
These laws will have a tremendous
effect on the mining industry OF
Mexico, in which hundreds of millions
Of dollars of American money have
been invested. Their full effect is not
yet apparent. American mining men
Will be more or less at sea until the
laws have been interpreted and actu-
ally applied. Apparently existing con-
cesSlonS will be affirmed or new con-
cesSlonS issued to cover such grants,
although hereafter foreign corpora
tons under no circumstances can
obtain such tmining) concessions"
Foreign individuals may obtain con-
ceSslons only by Waiving the protection
of their home governments, in so far
as their Mexican investments are
concerned.
The new laws cover with great
detail the granting and management
OF mining concessions. An elaborate
system OF inspection and supervision
by government agents is set up. Heavy
fines will follow failure to comply
with the various requirements
In granting new concessions of all
kinds preference will be given to Mex
lean citizens.
1t is required by the new laws that
80 per cent of the workers Of any
mining concession must be Mexican
citizens and that from so to 80 per
cent of the technical forces, such as
engineers and chemists, shall be
MeXicanS.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-08-13
GRAVES CONCEDED
ALABAMA VICTORY
CIinches GubernatoriaI Nom
inati0n Under Rule-BIack
Leads for Senate.

BIRMINGHAM, Ala, August ID
Newspapers opposing Bibb Graves for
governor in the Democratic primary
conceded his nomination today with
returns incomplete. although he has
a plurality of ony 1000 over Charles
s. Mcdowell, and a. II. Carmichael
was close third. A. G. Patterson
was definitely out of the race.
The nomination will he decided by
second choice votes under primary
rule which states that if no candidate
receives q ma jority of first choice
votes the nomination is decided be
tween the two highest candidates by
combining the first and second choice
votes each has received McDowell's
second choice strength is conceded
negligible.
Hugo l.. Black. candidate for Senate.
leads John II. Bankhead, the nearest
of his four opponents. by $4,000 votes,
and is virtually assured of the nomlna-
ton.
In the congressional race w. Il.
Steagall was nominated over j. j.
Speight. l.. l.. Patterson was leading
w. B. Bowling and NJ. G. Allgood was
far ahead of three opponents in his
district.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-08-13
UNMASkED KLANSMEN
TO MARCH ON AVENUE
Permit for Parade September Is,
in Regalia, But With Visors
Up, to Be Granted.

Formal application for permission
to hold a parade of the Knights of
the Ku Klux Khan on Pennsylvania
avenue, September 13. at $3.50 pm,
was made yesterday to Maj. Edwin B.
Hesse. superintendent of police, by
l.. A. Mueller. imperial representa-
tive Of the organization. The appli-
cation stated that the klansmen would
march in their regalia, but with the
visors lifted, giving a full view of the
face.
Mai. Hesse said he would approve
the application and make the neceS-
sary police arrangements for the pa
rade. In a conference recently with
the Klan's imperial representative the
superintendent of police made it clear
that he would not issue a permit for
the parade unless the klansmen
marched unmasked
The request for the permit was
made in writing and asked permission
TO use Pennsylvania avenue between
the Peace Monument and Fifteenth
street. No indication was given, how
ever. as to the possible number of
klansmen who would participate in
the demonstration.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-08-13
ia CLAIMANTS SEEKING
ESTATE OF MARK HOPKINS
$lO,OOO,OOO Alleged Property of
Coastman Who Died in 1878
Asked In Petition.
BY the Associated Press.

GREENSBORO. y. c.. August 10.
Formal petition of ia claimants Ia
snares in the estate of Mark Hop
klns, California millionaire, who
died March %. 1873, was filed in
Federal Court here yesterday.
Mr.. Hopkins died at Yuma. Ariz.,
leaving an estate valued at $4,000,
600. the petition states. 1t alleges
that Mark Hopkins was survived bv
nve brothers and three sisters, only
one OF whom received a portion Of
the estate. All of them are said to
have resided in North Carolina All
OF the brothers and sisters are now
dead. II is declared. leaving as next
OF Kin the signsrs Of the petition.
Hopkins died intestate, the petit
ton sets out. and three-fourths of
his estate by court decree was given
10 his widow and the remainder to
his brother. Moses Hopkins.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-08-13
DyNAM|T|NGPLOT
|NM|AM| DOUBTED
Commerce Chamber Head
Held, But Police Discredit
Story of Prisoner.
By the Associated Press.


MIAMI, Fla, August 13.-Three
official Investigations were directed
today into an alleged conspiracy to
dynamite the home of H. A. Hamp,
president of the Hialeah Chamber
of Commerce.
The alleged plot was revealed yes
terday when officers arrested Hamp-
ton Greene, Hialeah civic organiza-
ton promoter on warrant signed
by Hamp, which charged that
Greene had conspired to bomb
Hemp's home and kill him. The
warrant was based on a statement
said to have been made by w. A.
Welle. who was arrested for high
way robbery and burglary.
Welle told officers that bomb and
dynamite had been cached, but was
unable to locate any of the eXplo-
sive when officers accompanied him
to several places last night
Police place little credence in the
alleged plot. saying they believed
Welle had other motives in making
the statement which is said to have
implicated Greene. Greene has
emphatically denied the charge.
Greene has not asked to be al
lowed bond and no date has been
set for a preliminary hearing.