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Evening star., 1926-12-09
Pierce Bailey Is Freed.

FORT MYERS, Fla, December 9
LR.-Pierce Bailey, wealthy young
New Yorker, on trial here for man.
slaughter in connection with the death
of Miss Katherin Lowrey of Chatta-
nooga in an automobile accident last
Summer, was found not guilty by a
Circuit Court jury yesterday after 20
minutes deliberation. A $4,000 civil
suit against Bailey, in which the girls
parents are plaintiffs, is to be called
at the present term of court
Evening star., 1926-12-09
a WILL Be AIDED
BY GIFT PROGRAM
Associated Charities Board
to Announce Annual '0p-
portunities" Soon.

The board of managers Of the Asso-
ciated Charities will carry out its
usual Christmas program or giving
the people of Washington an oppor-
tunity to make this Yuletide merry
one for IA needy families. These VIII
represent exceptional cases, where the
need is pressing and deserving. The
Fourteen Christmas Opportunities
will shortly be announced, including a
description Of the needs and the
amount necessary to insure comfort
able care.
The work of the Associated Charities
is increasing rapidly. Reports from
the District workers showed that tnere
are $40 families being cared for now,
AS against 355 at this time last year.
Relief disbursements for November
were 5,351.66. Last year they totaled
only $3,461.10. Deposits in the ProVl-
dent Savings Bank have shrunk from
1897 in November, 1925, to $S15 at the
end of the November past.
Explains Savings Fund.
Some conception of the money the
Associated Charities distributes to the
poor may be had from the statement
of DR. George M. Kober, chairman OF
The committee on provident fundS.
DR.. Kober said he inquired into the
total deposits in this fund since Its
Inauguration in 1896. The aggregate
during the last 80 years was $290.0O0,
or an average of nearly $10.O00
year.
The board instructed the secretary
TO express to the family of the late
Frederick w. Berthrong its sympathy
and it's appreciation of his services
as assistant treasurer. The reslgna-
ton of Mrs. Charles w. Richardson
was accepted with regret. Mrs. Rich
ardson, who has been a member since
1909, stated that she found it increas-
!ngly difficult to attend the meetings.
Welfare Work Outlined.
George S. Wilson, director Of public
welfare, gave a brief review of the
work of the board in the administra-
tion of the new law for the care Of de-
pendent children in their own homes.
Mr. Wilson stated that the board was
endeavoring to study each individual
application and to arrive at an esti-
mate that would prove adequate in
each instance for giving the proper
care to the children in accordance
with the purpose of the legislation.
Those present were Mrs. Whitman
Cross. DIR. Edward T. Devine, c. F.
NJ. F'adeley, Charles G. Glover, jr.;
Arthur HELEN, Mrs. Archibald Hop
kins. Coleman Jennings, DR.. George
VI. kober. DIR. William c. Rives, DR..
Arson Phelps Stokes and George S.
Wilson.
Evening star., 1926-12-09
MEANS NOTHING TO AIMEE.
Ormiston's Arrest Doesn't Affect Her,
She Says.

LOS ANGELES, December @.-
The arrest in Harrisburg, Pa, of Ken
meth G.. Ormiston. long sought An
gelus Temple radio operator. means
nothing to Aimee Semple Mcpherson.
pastor of the Four Square Gospel
Church here.
There is no significance In Mr..
Or,uiston's arrest a. far Is ] am con-
Evening star., 1926-12-09
Spain to Honor
Eight American
Naval Officers
BY the Associated Press.

Oy the Associated frce6.
Eight naval officers who served
with the American fiotilla In
European waters have been Sc
lected by the King of Spain to re-
ceive decorations of the Order OF
Naval Merit and Efficiency. The
decorations are held by the State
Department pending authorization
by Congress for their acceptance.
Heading the list is Rear Admiral
Roger Welles, who was recently
relieved from duty as commander
of the naval forces in European
waters. He is cited to receive the
Grand Cross of the Order. Others
named are Capt. Henry E. Lackey,
third-class decoration; Comdrs. Har-
vey Delano, A. B. Clifford and w.
L. Beck, second class, and Lieuts.
r. c. Welles, B. T. Talbot and A.
w. Dunn, jr., first class.
Evening star., 1926-12-09
DOHENY SAYS WAR =
SCARE MADE HIM
TAKE OIL CONTRACT

Continued from Fourth Page.)
Evening star., 1926-12-09
0RMIST0N, ELUSIVE
RADIO MAN, CAUGHT
IN HARRISBURG, PA

Continued from First Page.)
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-07-28
A New Anti-Mexican Campaign

propaganda machine of the catholic church has
artillery of the most ambitious campaigns
the vatican Its fire directed against the IN
dependence of the republic Of Mexico
Mexico long a the side of Rome The church
steadily prestige South America and its position among
peoples Europe extremely weak Until the papa
lussoni brought about favorable change in Italy
pope could hardly bark in front of his own kennel
pope has powerful ally than Mussolini 1t is
big 1t is for spiritual that
titles have been conferred leaders of American
business of the United States Steel Cor
poration official of the Pullman Sleeping Car
The church knows what is dong and so does Dig
business.
The catholic behind counterrevouton
passing Daz Its influence has always been
on the of Imperialism Prior the Mexican
revolution priests bishops owned immense estates
Many conscad and the of the clergy cut to
They did not like this tho they profess to set
a low valuation things earthly.
mperialss who hungered for the vast mineral
Mexico found in the dethroned clergy useful allies They
alliance since
decided crush the political of
the catholic church completely have by
its devotion constituted author
the church and orders have
affiliated sections all the world to
propaganda The of this propaganda that is
the of catholic against Mexico is
to be prayer addition there will be wire pulling
in Washington.
expect plenty atrocy stories from the Mexican
Americans conveniently
killed possible the American oil interests take
this situation another revolution
declare pretext other.
Mexican worried about the situation is
by of the minister of that all federal
be kept in their barracks indefinitely.
workers and all enemies of American imperial
ism quite Wall Street and its black ally
Rome that they had better keep hands off the Mexican republic
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-07-28

MOBILE, Ala, July 20. - A special
edition of Labor" organ of the rail
unions. was distributed thruout Ala
bama advocating the candidacy Of L.
B. Musgrove, a wealthy coal operator
who Labor" claims is sympathetic"
to unionism. Musgrove is also a prohi-
bition leader. His biggest rival is the
candidate OF the big corporations of
the rapidly industrializing state, John
II. Bankhead, lawyer Of Jesper.
Musgrove ran against Underwood,
now retiring from the senate, in the
1920 primaries and was defeated by
what is considered to have been one
of the worst vote frauds in the history
Of the country.
The rail labor group, giving un-
qualified endorsement to Musgrove is
acting on its own initiative and is not
officially supported by the A. +. of l..
which appears to be taking no stand
In the Alabama contest. The fact that
Musgrove Is coal miner and that
there are no union mines in the state
may or may not have something to do
with It. But despite this the rail union
heads insist he 10 . friend Of labor
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-07-28

new state of things. 1t is certain that
with time they will be compelled to
give way to new leaders who meet
the requirements of the militant mood
and heroism of the British proletar-
lat. Engels was right in calling such
leaders the "bourgeoisised leaders of
the working class"
A The general staff of British cap
Il italism-the conservative party
understood that the powerful strike
of the British workers is a fact of. ire
mendous political Importance, that a
serious struggle can be conducted
against such a strike only by means
of a political natures that to crush
the strike required taking recourse
to the authority of the king, the au-
thority of the house of commons, and
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-07-28
Stain Reviews the British General Strike

| shows, a general strike which is not
switched onto the rails of political
struggle, must inevitably collapse.
= The general staff of British CAPT
- talism understood that interna-
tional aid to the British strike repre-
sented for the bourgeoisie a deadly
danger, whereas the general coun-
ell did not understand or made believe
it did not understand that only with
! international proletarian solidarity
| could the strike of the British work
ers win. Hence the refusal of the
general council to accept the financial
aid of the workers of the Soviet Union
and of other countries. Such a tre-
mendous strike as the British general
strike, could give palpable results
only on at least two fundamental con-
ditions: either by switching the strike
onto political rails, or by converting
the strike into fight of the prole-
tarians of all the leading countries
against capital. But the British gen.
eral council, in it's own wisdom Pc
culiar to itself, renounced both these
conditions, thus predetermining the
collapse of the general strike.
e 1t is certain that no insignificant
W role was played by the more than
equivoca1 behaviour of the Second
International and the Amsterdam Fed
GRAFTON of Trade Unions in the matter
of aiding the British strike. Essen
TALLY the platonic resolutions of these
two social democratic organizations
on aiding the strike boiled down to
an actual refusal of any financial aid,
for in no other way than by the
equivocal behaviour of the social
democratic international can the fact
be explained that the trade unions Of
Europe and America together gave
no more than one-eighth of the aid
which the trade unions of the Soviet
Union found it possible to give their
British brothers. / won't even men,
ton aid of another sort-the aid in
the matter of stopping the transport
of coal, in which the Amsterdam Fed
Grafton of Trade Unions are acting lit
orally as strikebreakers.
n 1t is also certain that a no in
insignificant role in the collapse
of the general strike was played by
the weakness of the British Commu-
mist Party. 1t must be said that the
British Communist Party is one of the
best sections of the Communist Inter
national. 1t must be said that it's at
titude during the whole time of the
British strike was absolutely correct
But it must also be admitted that its
authority among the British workers
is still weak. And this circumstance
could not help but play fatal role
in the course of the general strike.
These are the circumstances, at
least the principle ones which we are
in position to explain at the present
time, which determined the undesir.
able outcome of the British general
strike.
Ito be continued)
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the constitution, that unless the
troops were modified, a state of
emergency declared, the strike could
not be ended whereas the staff of
the British labor movement-the gen.
eral council-did not understand this
simple thing, or did not want to under
stand it, or feared to admit it, assur-
ing each and all that the general strike
is purely economic weapon, that they
did not want and did not intend to
switch off the strike onto the rails of
political struggle, that they did not
dream of striking at the general staff
of British capital, the conservative
party, that they did not intend raising
the question of power. Thus the gen.
eral council doomed the strike to in
evitable collapse. For, as history
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-07-28
They Are Learning to Think

Hearst reprinted picture from the
represented British workers standing
n the general strike called to aid the miners.
The editorial made by the capitalist sheet the
could have been stupid had it been written
by Arthur Brisbane Perhaps it
paper say the British workers stood
little whle Trouble they did not think before
they hold forty million Bthers Then after they
strike their leaders began think with the result that the
realized how foolish they and returned to work
Now for the facts:
that British workers only stood together for
they their
did think they fooshy debating ito nation of forty
million of Bhers On the contrary the great majority of those
who strike proud of the general strike much to the
chagn Of their right wing leaders and the capitalists general
who discredit the strike weapon.
The Hearst editorial goes say that the dangerous
enemies labor those that deceive working men"
tell them the truth The nation is great body in which all
have their rights British labor strike against the whole
nation This like the feet going strike against the whole body
refusing carry further The head knows than
feet and will not be allowed to rule the entire body
If the fellow who that stupid editorial has head it
must be somewhere in the vicinity of his feet
But stupidity aside what the turnkey is trying prove
the workers good enough the burden of society fill
the bellies of the capitalists and staggr along under the
without grunt
Those who expect that the workers will continue
role of feet the capitalists forever bound
awakening The labor giant slowly realizing his power
rapidly coming the conclusion that his head contains
gray matter the head of his master.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-07-28
LABOR BANKING AND INSURANCE

against it. Labor banks can thus be
utilized for the good of labor. When
the militants attain control of the
trade unions, there is one thing we
must realize, however, and that is,
that the trade union bureaucracy
which controls the labor banks at
the present does not render any SER
vice to the members. except to put
the large amount of union funds in
their own banks.
MOT only has the labor movement
~ in recent years taken up bank
ing, but it has stressed a new pan
acea-insurance ventures At the Ell
Paso convention in 1924 the A. F. of
l.. favored the formation Of life in
surance company owned and con
trolled by the trade unions. A con-
ference of international officials and
the executive council was held in
Washington July 81, 1925. The plan
was adopted and committee was au-
thorized to carry it into effect. 1t
seems that the A. +. Of l.. is inter
ested in helping the workers when
they are dead, not when they are
alive. The A. +. of l.. wants to make
auxiliaries out of the unions instead
of militant fighting organizations.
The labor movement must guard it.
self against these new ventures of
trade union capitalism, just as it does
against business capitalism.
THE A. f. of L. is not interested in
4 organizing the unorganized. 1t is
more interested in making insurance
companies out of those UNIONS that are
1rganzed The militants should fight
life insurance schemes. We should
light that unemployment insurance be
paid by the employers. Industry
should be responsible for the army
of unemployed The A. f. of l.. has
copied this scheme from the company
unions. With this method they will
never organize the basic industries
II is impossible, when most of the
workers are not in trade unions, to
check banking and insurance. Labor
should encourage social insurance by
the state, and not let private. com.
panles monopolize insurance for pro-
1T.
Labors' aim must be to organize
organize and fight capitalism for its
emancipation.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-07-28

I The. British capitalists and the
l. conservative party, as the course
of the strike revealed, appeared on
the whole more experienced, better or
ganized and more determined and
therefore stronger than the British
workers and their leaders, the gem
eral council and the so-called labor
party.
. The British capitalists and the
%4' conservative party met the tre-
mendous social conflict completely
prepared and in full armour, whereas
the leaders of the British labor move
ment were taken unexpectedly by sur
prise by the lockout of the mine own
ers, having undertaken no prepare
tory work, or nearly none, expressing
their conviction onlyfa week before
the conflict, that there would be no
conflict.
. The staff of the capitalists, the
o. conservative party, conducted the
struggle with closed ranks and in an
organized manner, directing their
blows at the decisive points of the
struggle, whereas the staff of the la
Dor movement-the general council
of trade unions, and it's political COM
mission,"s the labor party-were in
ternally demoralized and disinte-
grated, for the chiefs of this staff
i proved themselves either direct trail
tors of the miners and of the whole
working class of England (Thomas,
Henderson, Macdonald, & Co.., or
characterless fellow-travelers of these
traitors, fearing the fight and still
more fearing the victory of the work
ing class purcell, Hicks, and such
like).
LONE might ask how it was possible
- that the powerful proletariat of
England, conducting the struggle with
unexampled heroism, came to have
such leaders-corrupt cowardly or
simply characterless. That is a very
important question. Such leaders did
not arise suddenly. They grew up
ment; they. had gone thru the re-
nowned school of education of the
labor leaders of England, the school
of that period when British capital
raking in the super-profits, could
wheedle the labor leaders and use
them for making compromises with
the British working class, while these
leaders of the working class, approach
ing the bourgeoisie in manner of life,
thereby cut themselves off from the
masses of workers, turned their backs
on them, and ceased to understand
them. That is the kind of leaders
of the working class who were blind
ed by the splendor of capitalism, who
were crushed by the power of capital,
and who dream of becoming persons
who count" and joining "the people
of opulence." 1t is certain that these
/ leaders (by your leave) are the echo
of the past, no longer adapted to the
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-07-28
BY SAM FISHER, Student
Brookwood Labor College.

ONE interesting development that
~ has taken place in the American
labor movement in the last few years
is labor banking The first labor
banks were organized in the year
1920, by the Brotherhood of Locomo-
tive Engineers, in Cleveland, Ohio,
and the Mount Vernon Savings Bank,
by the Machinists, in Washington,
d. c.
The rapid and successful progress
of labor banking has aroused great
deal of curiosity on the part of states
men and bankers, and some skeptie-
ism in the minds of the rank and file
in the trade unions. There are now
over thirty labor banks in operation
in the United States with capital of
over $3.50, 100000, and are increasing
very rapidly. Some people predict
that within a very few years there
will be labor banks in every city in
the United States.
THE left wing in the labor move
4 ment is opposed to labor banks.
But labor banks are here to stay. If
the capitalist bankers cannot wipe
them out, neither can the left wing.
Why should the left wing devote all
its time to fighting labor banks? Why
not fight the ofTicialdom for not Civ
ing aid to the labor movement in
times of emergency? The left wing
must remember that il fights to cap
ture the trae1 unions. Eventually
therefore, 1t will capture the bank
too. The question then is. VIII
they when this result has been ac
comphshed, abolish labor banking OF
use It to aid the interests OF labor?
WHAT shall labor do with the large
w funds it has? Shall 1t put them
in capitalist banks that help to de-
stroy the labor movement. or shall IL
have its own banks? Because the
present labor banks exist for the
purpose OF investing the unions funds
prontably, they create business psy.
chology among the workers. For this
reason the left wing ought TO fight
10 force the labor banks to serve the
interests OF the workers as well as
the poor farmers. In Minnesota, and
Michigan, and Superior, Wisconsin,
The Firms have cooperative central
exchange, as well as Mutual say.
ings Bank. These enterprises are
controlled by Workers Party mem.
bers, and are doing good work In aid.
ing trade unions and their members.
as well as tenant farmers.
THEY took an active part in various
= drives conducted by the class con
scious workers. and aided the militant
labor movement instead Of lighting
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-07-28
SCRIPTURES MADE EASY
FOR ScISSORBlLLS.
CHAPTER VI

~
I'm 1ohich Jesus. according TO the
gospel of Hearst, visits the Rotary
club and finds kindred spirit IN a
Roman Stare merchant &.
"a certain Centurion is one of
the anonymous characters in his
tory that every business man
would have liked to meet. The
disciples brought him to Jesus
with some misgivings and apoI-
ogy. They said:
"'Of course this man is a
Roman employer, and you may re-
prove us for introducing him.
But, really, he is a very good fell
low and respecter of our faith
"Jesus and the Centurion look
ing at each other found an imme-
date bond of union. Sid the Cen
turion: =
Il say to this man eco" and
he goeth; and to another Come"
and he comethj and to my serv-
ant, "Do this" and he doeth it.
Jesus face kindled with ad-
miration. 4 have not found any
where such faith as this he ex-
claimed. Both were executives.
They had the same problems and
the Same power; they talked the
same language"
ITO be continued)
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Federal Dick Learns
Lesson from Farme,

oACoMA, S. Oak, July 26. - MI
Ballantyne, agent of the United State
department OF justice or injustice o
he himself called 1t, confronted farm,
Hanson at his place six miles east Z
Reliance, s. Oak. with copies OF I'll
United Farmer, a paper published
Bismark, N. d.. in the interest OF Il
exploited farmers of the north,ss
asking him II he was the author
certain articles published in II ov
his name. and threatened him wi
deportation unless he desisted fri
publishing any more such articles.
The agent. not being satisfied W
blufing started to use slurring
insulting language, Hanson ordei
him off the place, lille succeeded
chasing the agent off the farm
lost a shirt sleeve In the encounts
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-07-28
CHAPTER VIJESUS THE
BOSS

"And as Jesus passed By, he
called Mattheio."
"AnsGSing. No argument; no
pleading. A smaller leader ,could
haze been compelled to set up the
adrGntage Of the opportunity. OF
course, you are doing toeg ,ohere
yoW are and making money. I
can't offer you as much as goa
are getting; in fact you may haze
some difficulty in making ends
meet. But i think zoe are going
to hare an interesting time and
shall probably accomplish a big
t0ork.'
"There a0ds no such trifIimg
Nth Jesus. As he passed By he
called Matthet0."
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Ito be continued.)

and say he donated funds to the un.
ion during the last strike.
Other candidates of less Importance
being supported by miscellaneous
groups of democratic politicians are
James Mayheld, lawyer, of Montgo.
merry, Hugo Black, lawyer, of Birming-
ham, Thomas Kilby, Of Admission, ex,
governor.
One of the features of an election
in southern state like alabama is
the impunity with which the Negro
population IL disfranchised by the
simple albeit illegal expedient of not
allowing them to enter the polling
booths except by permission of politi
clans.
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SCRIPTURES MADE EASY FOR !.

sCIsSoRBILLS.
" Now that we have gotten acquainted
somewhat with Christ Jesus, we can az
ford to give some further lessons on
Jesus as a business man. We hate to
admit II, but the papers OF William
Randolph Hearst, really express them-
selves most souIfuIIy on this. From this
mornings Issue we learn that Jesus
was an executive" Just what every third
assistant manager OF the toilet soap and
perfumery department aspires TO be. We
learn firstly that, 1.-THE centurian, a
Roman employer, understood Him. Both
we're executives. They had the same
problems and the same power; they
talked the same language" Now that
you understand the boss 10 Jesus and
vice versa-so on with the story.