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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-11-24

THE thousands of workers in the Ford plant
own little more than the labor power they
bring with them to work every morning and leave
work without every evening. The mere fact
that they get six instead of four dollars is of no
very great consequences in view of the terrific
strain they work under and in view OF the fact
that six dollars is blamed little anyhow, compared
with the cost of living. They are auotmatons.
Ford does with them as he pleases
Why should single individual, and that one
not very great individual, rule the destinies of
the thousands Of workers Shaving indirectly or
dependent on the Ford industries? The Ford in
dustries like other great industries have ceased
long since to become Fords. They have become
part of society. Their management is only in
small way directed by Henry Ford or his son, the
two owners. 1t is far too large and complicated.
The Ford plants are run by a system admins
tered by huge body of bosses and functionaries
that are but cogs in machine like the six dollar
a day worker Every one of the thousands of
workers in the Ford plant are indispensable to
the machine. Henry and his son could die or be
gone for many years and the plants would go
just the same. But if a plague struck Detroit
and decimated the workers, there would be diff
ferent story to tell
The Same With All Industry.
TT is the same with all the great industries of
this land and other lands in which this system
ish RIGHT to extract surplus value both absolute
and relative, gives these few industrial barons
and the bankers that control their finances, the
privilege to amass fortunes Of untold wealth.
while the thousands and millions of wealth pro-
ducng workers have to be satisfied with the
mere necessaries of life or a little better, with
word in the direction of their destinies
They are pawns that are pushed here and there
the capitalist wills it. Henry can make them
work a. six day week and produce a certain
amount of surplus value for Henry, or he can if
his interests require it, make the workers toll a
1ve-day week and produce as much, or more, as
they did in six.
The Essence Of Marxsm.
NOW that we have drawn with special refer
ence to the Ford industries and their opera
ton, some of the lessons that Marx taught, we
conclude in no better way than by repeating
the very essence of all Marks teachings:
workers Of the world unite, you have moth
ing to lose but your chains-you have a world
to gain"
Which, in the case of the workers in the Ford
industries MEANS unite with your fellow toilers in
all the other industries in this and every other
capitalist land and relieve the Fords of the burden
of building great fortune and arbitrarily direct
ing your destinies. The Ford plants belong not
to Ford, but to society, the workers The workers
should therefore make it their business to rule
their own destinies, set the work day and work
week time for themselves turn the rewards of
surplus value to the common good and direct
their own destinies on the path of progress
(The Enid
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-11-24
Letters rom Our
Readers
"catzofanestlD in New York.

"Catzofanesti" in New York.
Dear Editor:-Saturday's DAILY
WORKER has just received and read
very carefully the Marie story "Cotzo-
fanesti," which reminds me of some
thing very similar, if not worse, that
took place in one of the good places"
in New York where | used to work
as waiter.
When that happened l didn't know
much about the distinguished people"
of our society and didn't get theR
names to be able, like With "Cotzo-
fanesti" to convince and prove to the
readers of The DAILY WORKER.
with facts.
What was presented to my eyes
then is happening to other walters
eyes today, who, if they reveal the
real story of what is taking place in
these high class places" by those
distinguished guests" surely the work
ing people would declare revolution
And then kings, queens, Carols with
wine tubs and all the parasites will
have to find something else to do and
somewhere else to go.
AS long as the facts remain secret
the wealth of the working people will
be spent by this bloody oligarchy who
pose as pretty" and good" people.
&C. E. X. an ex-waiter, New York.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-11-24
CURRENT EVENTS
BY r. J. o'Flaherty.
Continued from page y

Continued from page y
d ECENTLY the grand council Of the
~ Knights of Columbus held SEES
sion in Chicago to devise ways and
means of expanding the $1,OOO,OOO
fund collected for educational" pur-
poses in Mexico. 1t is reported on
good authority that the knights have
been smuggling arms into Mexico and
there is no doubt but the Jesuits are
active in Nicaragua. Those who have
read Eugene Sues famous novel, 'The
Wandering Jew" win have a good
idea of the way in which the political
section of the Roman church works.
THE United States is out frankly to
gobble up South America. Mexico
is trying to organize a Latin American
nationalist bloc against Wall Street.
Therefore our imperialists have de-
termined that Mexico must be crushed
and it is only a question of time
when bayonets will take the place Of
notes. Excuses can be manufactured
with ease and a series of minor out
RACES" will precede what will be called
the 'last straw"
THRU the influence of the catholic
l. Militia of Christ" in the American
Federation of Labor and the fealty of
the oficialdom, protestant, catholic
and atheist to Wall Street, the A. F.
Of L. has changed It's policy towards
Mexico from one of friendship to
policy of neutrality at its worst. Just
as soon as Wall Street thinks the
time is ripe, it will make Green and
VOL and its other puppets in the
higher councils of the A. F. OF l.,
dance to the imperialist tune.
+ hight years after the last shot was
IL fired in the war to end war
the slogan of the mountebank Wood
row Wilson-the world is sitting on a
volcano with war a certainty and a
/ possibility of the near future. What
bloody farce that crusade was? All
the imperialist powers have spent
billions since 1918, slaughtering small
peoples" and robbing them of their
territory They are now snarling at
each other Italy at France. France at
England. Japan at the United States
and the United States is shaking the
mailed fist at the whole pack. The
next war is going to be a whopper
Fatten up, patriots! Bullets like them
nice and soft.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-11-24
VIGIL Radio Program

Chicago Federation of Labor radio
broadcasting station VIGIL is on the
air with regular programs. 1t is
broadcasting on a 491.5 wave length
from the Municipal Pier.
TONIGHT.
600 p. n1.-chlcago Federation Of La.
Dor Hour; Herbert Battles, State Super
visor of Vocational Rehabilitation, SUBJ
Ject; "Rehabiltating the Civilians Handi-
caps in illinois,"
6:3o-The 5revoort Concert Trio;
Nella Cook, contralto; Little Joe Warner,
Gerald crossaint, Charlie White, Mil
dred colucio, Harry Dream Daddy Davis.
9;oo-AIamo Cafe Dance Orchestra.
11:3o-Alamo Entertainers.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-11-24
Du Bois Visits the Soviet Union

The following editorial by DR.. W. E. 3. Dubois
appeared in "The Crisis" November, 1926 Or. Du-
Bots is head of the department Of the Ma
tonaI Association for the Advancement of coIored
People, and editor Of the Crisis, it's official organ.
Moscow, U. S. s. R.. 1926.
BY Or. w. E. D. Dubois.
T AM writing this in Russia / sitting in Revo-
luton Square opposite the Second House of the
Moscow Soviets, and in hotel by the Soviet
Government. Yonder the sun pours into my window
over the domes and eagles and pointed towers of
the Kremlin Here is the old Chinese wall of the
city; there is the gded glory of the Cathedral
of Christ, the Savior Thru yonder gate the vast
Red Square, Lenin sleeps his last sleep with long
lines of people peerng each day into his dead and
speaking face. Around city of two mil
lons-Holy Moscow
T HAVE been in Russia something less than two
blood and rapine. / know nothing of political pris-
oners secret police and underground propaganda.
My knowledge Of the Russian language is sketchy
and of this vast land, the largest single country
EARTH have travelled over two thousand miles and
visited four of its largest cities many of its towns,
the Neva, the Dneper Moscow and Volga of its
rivers, and stretches of land and village. | have
looked into the faces Of its races-Jews, Tartars,
Gypsies Caucasans, Armenians and Chinese. To
help my lack of language I have had personal
friends whom I knew before to Russia, as
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-11-24
New York Jewellers
Buy Crown Gems of
Ex-Russian Royalty

/ MOSCOW, Nov. 81. = A collection
of the jewels of the banished royalty
has been purchased by the New York
diamond merchant, Norman Weiss
from the Soviet government, and are
now on their way to New York. The
amount involved in the purchase has
not been made public.
The money from the sales is to be
used by the Soviet government to
purchase tractors, ploughs, loco
motives, and other practical needs OF
the Russian people.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-11-24
Paper Box Workers Fight ValiantIy

The valiant struggle the paper box workers in New York City
unonsm For years. the New York workers
bound organization that paraded union and in fact
thru officials who were bought off appendage
paper associations firing of Brinde
threw the officials who
the the and reOganzed genuine union
demand concessions from the BOSSES
After the change leadership the bosses suddenly decided that
without union They declared because
they longer policies the workers organization
thru the medium of tools within.
fought back thugs employed against
them police the the day and scabs
ported large still The paper box work
putting up stiff fight only for better conditions but
their union.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-11-24

Workers told by Ford propagandsts that it was
due to Henry's unusual ability and his great fore
the great auto plants at Highland Park and Fordson
For them the important thing is that Ford is the
OWNER of these great industrial Institutions They
entirely overlook the fact that billions of hours Of
exhaustive labor has gone into the building of the
huge Ford machine. But workers who think about it
easily that from these billions of hours of labor
gigantic auto industry but the millions OF dollars Of
profit that Henry is sole master of. BY what
risht7
longer hours When Marx made his worker speak
the above lines to the capitalist he vizualzed this
worker as not slave, but a man, who banded to-
gether with other workers, puts the case up the
capitalist in cold logic and enforces his logic by
the power of organization, by reason of being a
member of a union which is strong enough to
protect and conserve the lives and happiness of
it's workers.
Robbing Value of the Workers.
THAT'S the way that Karl Marx figured it out
in 1873 and earlier. 1t is the way that not only
Ford but, to increasing extent other big en-
ployers Of labor are getting richer and more pow
erful every day. 1t is the only logical way in
which the amassing of the huge Ford fortune can
be explained 1t is the only basis upon which
the ROBBERY of the workingclass can be ex-
planned.
For what else is it but ROBBERY? All Ford
and his family have done is to START the in
dustry and, by virtue of the nature of society
and the laws governing it. TO OWN 1T and all
the huge Tamiications of it that have developed
as thesresult of the growth and development of
society at large.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-11-24
Storms Hit Snain.

MADRID, Nov. q. Two deaths
and heavy property damage were re-
ported today as furious storms ragged
turnout Spain. Many districts were
cut off from communications as tele-
graph and telephone wires were blown
down. The river Seguara in middle
eastern Spain had risen to twenty feet
above normal.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-11-24
STRIKE STRATEGY
BY WILLIAM z. FOSTER
ARTICLE XXI
AN ORGANIZED RETREAT

Military strategy would be futile thing if it took into
consideration only the f9ctor of victory 1t must also con-
template the policies to be followed if defeat And
so it is with strike strategy. Lenin said
"You must know how to retreat 1t is necessary
understand and the revolutionary class learns to
understand through its bitter experience, that
cannot have victory without knowing how to advance
and how to retreat carefully"
When the unions heavily defeated and broken up
by the employers in industry often happens the
sentative labor leaders commonly abandon the field
hopeless They leave their fate the workers who
have Loyalty supported the strike with the ultimate dsas
effect of alternating these workers completely from the
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-11-24

very IIIt III MS BItdL WI n
Capital" Karl Marx refers to
this. Speaking thru the mouth
of a worker who he means to
embody the entire working
class. Marx says!
1.-THE commodity that !
have sold to you differs
from the crowd of other COM
noodi+ies in chat its ne ere.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-11-24
BY THURRER LEWIS
ARTICLE FOUR

DUT what about the worker? Has he nothing
II to say about this robbery of his vitality, his
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-11-24

Marx Proves with Cold Logic
How the Worker Is Robbed
The Mere Fact of OWNER
SHIP Permits Henry Ford
and Other Capitalists to
Control the Destinies Of
Millions There Is Only
One Answer the Work
ers Can Give to Henry
and His Pals.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-11-24

{ (The End.)
Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press., 1926-11-25
APPRECIATED COMPLIMENTS

The editor is indebted to Mayor John M
Slater, of Douglas, for his very complimentary
remarks at the Florida Exposition, when ne
presented us with gold pencil, as token OF
appreciation of himself and his city, for the
efforts made by the Leader-Enterprlse and lts
editor. as secretary of the Central Dixie High
way association.
Our modesty forbids US to reproduce the
many complimentary statements made all
along the route, especially those OF Judge
Reed, of Waycross; Thos. Wrench, OF Folks
ton Hon. F. o. Miller of Jacksonville and W..
T. Anderson, of Macon
Whatever good results may have come from
our efforts to the territory are a continuous
pleasure to us to know that we contributed TO
their accomplishment, but it is entirely human
to feel proud of having ones efforts so public
ly acknowledged.
We take this opportunity to also express to
the many loyal friends along the Central Dixie
Highway, who for so many years have respond
ed to every call in behalf of this route, our
appreciation
To the press of the state and especially to
the Atlanta Journal and the Atlanta Constitu-
LOn, 1or Iner SpeclaI correspondents anu
photographers on this trip-to the Jackson
vile Times Union and Journal for their liberal
writeup of the motorcade and to all who have
contributed to it's success. To the local COM
mittees, headed by w. A. Adams of the Lions
and j. H. Palmer of the Kiwanis committees,
Lloyd Meeks for their effort in securing local
cars, to C.. C. Powell for raising additional
funds to care for the band, to c. T. Owens for
his very fine attention to the band boys in his
care and to Mesdames j. P. Manning and c.
Glenn Johnson, chaperons for the young ladies
of the band.
C. Brewer, of Douglass F. o. Beckham,
Abbeville j. M. Willis, Ocilla; H. d. Bum,
of Waycross and Thomas Wrench of Folks
ton directors of the Central Dixie Highway, is
much credit due for making the trip success
and pleasurable for all of its participants
Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press., 1926-11-25
UNDESIRABLE ALIENS

Nearly every plant that grows in the United
States is preyed upon by some destructive In
sect The cucumber bug, sturdy little war
rior whose coat is covered with service stripes
Of many hard campaign, appears punctually
at the time he can do most damage even
though YOUR patch be miles from your neigh
bor's And the cucumber bug is only one OF a
vast army on which anyone who raises vege-
tables, grains, flowers shrubs, fruit trees OF
the like must wage constant war.
Some of these pests are natives but great
roanv of the most destructive belong in the
class of undesirable aliens.
The gipsy moth, for example, was accldent-
Iv introduced into Massachusetts from europe
about 1870 Appropriations by the state OF
Massachusetts to be used in the attempt TO
exterminate this pest have grown from $4,000
a wear to S15O,OOO. In all, several million dol
lars have been spent in the hight against tne
glpsy moth but the infested area has grown
with the appropriations.
Four or five years ago the Japanese fruit
beetle found it's way into this country, sup
posedly on iris roots, imported from Japan.
Whole sections in New Jersey, Delaware and
Pennsylvania bear witness to its destructive
Va wv -~-NN
gardens have been ravaged by the Japanese
fruit beetle, in these sections. And 1t IS
marching to other regions despite attempts
to control it.
Westward across the corn belt goes the corn
borer It has cost the farmers in the Middle
West vast sums. And the corn borer was IN
troduced into the United States from Germany
The boil weevil crossed the Rio GrGande
from Mexico as stowaway At present the
Mediterranean fruit fly is crossing the Atlantic
on shipments of white grapes. The list might
be extended indefinitely. Hundreds of these
undesirable aliens" have come to the United
States in similar fashion, and have thrlved
here at the expense of our farmers and fruit
raisers.
They are costly, these foreign pests. And
no one will argue that these undesirable
aliens" should be allowed to enter the United
States The most drastic steps by the FEEDER
al Horticultural Board to curb their inflow
will be welcomed
Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press., 1926-11-25
SHUT THE SENATE DOOR IN. THEIR
FACES

Now that Senators-elect William S. Ware, of
PENNSYLVANIA, and Frank l.. Smith, OF Illinois,
have demonstrated to their own satisfaction
that seats in the United States Senate can be
purchased from the electorate if only one has
the requisite amount of cash to plunk down
on the counter before primary elections, the
Senate faces the question of what's to be done
about it.
All America is interested IN the answer
reached by the other Senators as it was When
another Senate refused to seat Mr.. NeWberry.
And it is to be hoped this Senate will not fight
the question out on party lines. 1t is not
party question.
If the Senate is to maintain the comparative
" high position it occupies in the opinion OF
American citizens, that august body must make
known that it will not permit Senate seats TO
he knocked off at auction to the highest bid
der.
The Senate may not solve the problem Tor
wear. or it may solve it when it is organized.
Two opposing views are taken OF the manner
in which the question is to be attacked.
Senator Borah, of Idaho, maintains Ware
and Smith must be seated and that suose-
ouent resolution to declare their seats vacant
will require a two-thirds vote.
Senators Norris, of Nebraska, and Ashhurst
Of Arizona, say Ware and Smith may be de-
MED seats when they present their certltlcates
and that only majority vote will be necessary
to exclude them.
But discussion of the manner IN Whlch the
Senate is to act should not be allowed to clouo
the real issue May nominations be purchaseo
and the processes of government corrupted
while Congress sits by and watches?
American politics is in great need OF
thorough cleansing. The Senate should star
the bath by refusing to seat Ware and Smith.
Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press., 1926-11-25
MAMIE EUNICE TURNER

Mrs. Mamie Eunlce turner, zo'
died at the home, 1929 Roselle street,
early yesterday morning. She was a
member of the Riverside Park M.
E. church. She came to Jacksonville
from Fitzgerald, Ga, about five years
ago. Those who survive are her hus-
band, Thomas A. Turner, an employe
of the Seaboard shops; her parents.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. NJ. Carter; two
daughters, Mamie Eunice and Mar
tina, and one son, Thomas A. Jr. The
body, accompanied by the family will
be forwarded to Irwinville, Ca, for
funeral services there. The Seashole
Funeral Parlors are in charge of the
ngements.-Florida Times-Union.
The young woman's remains were
accompanied here on Wednesday and
laid to rest in the family burying
ground at Irwinville.
Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press., 1926-11-25
SPOTI.IGHTS
\ ON
PEOPLE =
Movie Men and Surgeons
to Co-operate
elders


At a recent meeting Of the Ameri-
can College of Surgeons, Mr.. Will
Hayes, who heads the movie interests,
conferred on the value that moving
pictures may come to have in the aid
of surgery. Important operations
performed by the great masters of
surgery may be caught by the cam
era and seen by students the world
over. Heretofore only the few pres
ent in tn cooperating room receives
the benefit of the demonstration.
Through the use of moving pictures
tens of thousands including those of
future generations will get close
up study of the methods of the great
surgeons. Mr.. Hayes said the screen
is now and ever will be in increasing
ratio the servant and true instrument
of science. Consideration was also
given to the possibl euse of the later
development of the vitaphone or
phonofilm where the voice of the
teacher, or surgeon will be heard in
explanation. A complete survey of
the subject of making these scientific
films and also the distribution meth
ods will be made.
Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press., 1926-11-25
Speaking of Cotton

The governor of Georgia has re-
quested Postmaster General New to
hold up the present bids on 100000
pounds of jute twine which is i'm
ported until he investigates the cot
ton twine possibilities and the advisa-
bility of substituting the latter.
Thousands of bales of cotton could
be used by such demand and would
be very advantageous to the cotton
farmer whose present predicament is
one Of national Importance. 1t would
be a most gratifying arrangement
from the ethical standpoint for the
government to lend signal aid in this
particular way to the farmers whose
prosperity is held to be '''"h a vital
matter to the entire country.
Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press., 1926-11-25
Nobel Prize Refused
Second Time

This year George Barnard Shaw
was the second writer to reject the
money award that goes with the No
bel prize for worthy literary distinc-
ton. Sinclair Lewis did this last
year on the ground that money prizes
were bad for literature. Shaw said
he was not sure of this being true but
anyway he would be interested to see
the subject threshed out in the press.
Shaw was not averse to the honor con-
ferred upon him nor did he intend
any disrespect to the Swedish Acad-
emy that makes the award but he did
say that he would not accept the
money for himself but only to pass
it on for some general benefit in a
literary connection. The prize is
$4,000. The award committee thinks
the money should remain for their
own selection of disposal if Shaw
refuses to accept it, possibly to a
more willing candidate.
Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press., 1926-11-25
MUSIC PRACTICE
AID TO SURGEON

Constant practice on musical in
strument as means Of acquiring that
degree of skill which the surgeon must
have for the successful pursuit Of his
profession. is advocated by a writer in
an English medical journal, copies OF
which have been received by the Conn
Musical Center. The editor Of the
magazine carrying the amazing article
is a famous Gloucester surgeon whose
advanced opinions are widely quoted.
The writer of the article maintains
that constant and Intensive practice
on a musical instrument gives The sur
geon super-degree of dexterity. The
difficult exercises required in bringing
tuneful blasts from q horn are even
superior to the skill required by the
medical man in the midst OF major
operation. Absolute muscular control
of the fingers and their Immediate re-
sponse to mental suggestion are listed
by the writer as paramount among the
benefits derived from the musical side
line.