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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-04-07
A Shameful Exhibition

The long recognized malignant enemies
organized In all honest labor leadership will strive
keep the affairs the union of the hands of courts and all
progressive elements have long fought against the interference
courts in labor disputes While all those who oppose the inter
vnton understand fully the character of these ns
lions used for the purpose of crushing labor
peence has taught them that the courts their and will
leave stone unturned to crush unionism
this knowledge it regreabe that the officials of
Typographical should law suit against
the council the international Typographical Union
the Shiny clutches of the federal There
certainly ample any grievances within the
the union itself least until every within the
laws of the union have been exhausted outside agency should
becalled upon settle internal controversy.
The controversy out of the executive council placing
onea the membership because it
that the pension fund serious danger The merits
this contention contested convention approved the action
of the executive council There yet remained referendum the
membership those who opposed the assessment wanted
it. instead of utilizing the machinery provided for by the laws
the organization the whole matter has been thrown into fed
eral court
that the affairs of the union of it's
hands that of organized labor is empowered
the demand Of the largest local union its jurisdiction
dictate its policy in conducting its affairs.
We hold brief for who INDUCES in autocrac
administering the affairs labor union On the
condemn such tactics in the strongest But do
there thing and that is placing the esne of
labor organization in the hands of the agents Of the capitalist
state. sra
A. and his associates in New York who
responsible this shameful should be repudiaed the first
opportunity the membership of Big Six who long have
arrogant despotsm of that apostle of Tammany Hail.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-04-07

American capitalism rests in its efforts create and
Nifty divisions in the ranks of it's subject working
Deep ceavages in labor solidarity have often been effected
thru employers exploitation racial religious nationality
preudices among the clever expoer thru his
seeks separate the abOrng into the foreign
born navebon order easier maintain his dominant posi-
ton the whole working class.
The brought its ruling class for fighting the
open struggle labor has gone
strike attempted display its strength the picket ne it
has been faced with the tear the armored tanks and
planes brought into action in defense of swollen profits
Similarly in the field of legislation in all the branches of the
prOfeers Socaed sedon special deportation
immigration become methods
oppression quite unfamiliar American labor before the Wall
and the italian lire in the much advertised holy crusade O make
the world democracy Gradually also the is paved
for the passage of federal laws providing for the registration finger
printing phographng and classification of fOregnborn workers
proposals with these objects in view before this
congress- the with the that preceded it.
of the ruling class that being rallied by the Councils for
the Protection of the ForegnBorn These councils sprngng
the nation in all the large industrial center They provide
The necessary for the mobilization of all elements anxious
hater this plot of Americas employing class to divide and
This mobilization include all who toll both
foreign natvebo under the lash of capitalist industry within
the the United States The reply to the capitalist attack
foreborn must be the development Of the complete solidarity
Of the whole American working class.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-04-07

Pennsylvania Of the Mellon brigade has
attained the of to the Mormon fnancer
Senator Utah. his defense of administration pol
ices Speaking the other day the Italian debt settlement Reed
admitted that the rs billion dollars raised thru the sale liberty
bonds during billions loans the allied
powers. lie further admits that we have to people
with interest $4,000 100000"
Several billion this Topped off the italian debt
defends But he deliberately
fs the matter when he tries to create the illusion that these
bonds in the hands Of he people, and that the government
pay the and principal the original holders Long
these found their the vaults of the banking
debt cancellation that burden will be
the shoulders of Musson and his yrannica
ernmen the people will be pay
interest to the bankers.
This the amportant fact to keep in mind and not all the
agents the House Of Morgan in the
change the Furthermore the Communists intend to
Of workers. farmers and other
this country fully informed regarding the details
of the Italian cancellation that they may hold
il contempt the government responsible for it
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-04-07

I twoJbillion-dollar capitalization, with
the object of controlling every article
of food from the place in which it is
raised, thru the manufacturing process
to the consumer.
Not only bread, but butter, milk
eggs, and every other article Of food
would be dominated by the food mo-
nopoly.
"If housewife tried to escape the
bread trust by baking her own bread
she would still have to pay tribute to
the Ward outfit because they would
control the -four mills, the yeast fac
tories and every other source Of ma
terial to make bread" The immense
power of the food trust is $780,
900, 0OO-twice as great as the steel
trust. sFrag
LaFollette sarcastically referred to
the pretenses of Ward and his fellow
monopolists that all over per cent
profits would be used for charitable
purposes and added that those who
understood the practice of monopolists
realize how contemplate such prom
Use really is.
Ward and his associates" said La
Toilette, have been permitted by the
government to form the bread trust
under the very noses Of the Coolidge
administration. Not only has the adj
ministration taken no effective action
to protect the public interest, but the
power of the government has actually
been used to suppress the investiga-
ton ordered by the senate. A civil
suit was instituted by the department
of justice against Ward and his asso-
lciates, but altho the department Of
Justice charges that Ward and his as
sociates have been, since 1921, guilty
of an unlawful conspiracy in violation
of the antitrust laws, no steps have
been taken to indict these conspirators
and send them to the penitentiary."
This brot salvo Of cheering from
the audience.
Futile Remedy.
After his careful and conclusive in
dictment of the bread trust as the
enemy Of the worker, the farmer
(whose prices of products the trust
tries to controD, the small baker and
other small business men in fact,
after proving that the food trust was
conspiracy against all the rest of
society and backed up by the United
States government, LaFollette's rem
edy was only an admonition to fight
Some inkling of the futility of the
old form of trust-busting must have
dawned upon the mind of the senator
for he added; This may not seem a
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-04-07

sure a congress packed for reconstruc-
ton with the big business viewpoint.
The league had received over half
million dollars, 100000 or $4,000
pledged by the Carnegie corporation,
when the house of representatives in
vestigated it in 1919. Sugar, steel,
arms and munitions, rubber, oil,
leather sisal, packing, harvester, cop
per, banking and other interests, rep
resented by the biggest corporations,
put money into the enterprise.
House report No. 1173, 65th con
gress. third session. takes pains to
mention excess war profits of many OF
the leagues backersPin order to label
the brand of patriotism the organiza-
ton was propagating. Since the war
the league has been active in anti
labor and particularly anti-radical
propaganda Much 'eboiler-plate' copy
is sent to newspapers and speakers
are routed about the country. This
O'Brien posed as William Y. Foster in
New Haven meeting, where he was
scheduled to speak, and only revealed
himself after delivering the fiery sort
OF speech which he thought Foster
would have given. He told his
audience he wanted to scare them.
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(continued from page u.

investigation of the textile industry.
Il believe" said Walsh, "that we
are facing an economic menace of
such proportions that unless the mass
of the people are aroused from coast
to coast we will be confronted with
the greatest calamity that ever befell
our country"
Dealing with the ramifcations Of
the Ward outfit, Walsh explained how
in 1915 the General Baking company
was practically moribund, with stock
at only So a share. During the war
the profits which were turned into
stock dividends increased to enormous
proportions, so that the stock is now
$3.50 share.
Walsh explained how the bread
trust was created thru the unity of
the "Big Three" the Ward Baking
company, with a capitalization of $780,
100000; the Continental Baking COM
pany, capitalized at $600,00O,0OO, and
the General Baking company, with ST.
O00,OO0,000 capitalization.
Smash Competition.
This giant combination, said Walsh,
is ruthless in its fight to crush indie
pendent competition. 1t enters the
field of the small producer, cuts prices
below the cost of production and bank
rupts the competitor, forcing him to
sell out to the trust or go out of bust
ness. Profits made by other plans Of
the trust are used to cover the loss
of such temporary price cutting. Then,
when all competition is destroyed, the
trust charges monopolistic prices.
In dealing with the cut-throat com
petition conducted against smaller
concerns, Walsh quoted from statistics
prepared by Basil M. Manley, director
Of the peoples legislative service. He
explained that the organization under
whose auspices the meeting was held
was created for the purpose Of com
batting the lobbyists of the great cor
porations in Washington.
"This is the beginning of a great
fight" asserted Walsh, land we in
tend to continue the fight until the
people Of this country are aware of
the menace of this two-billion-dollar
food trust, which not only strives to
control products, but is the bitter
enemy of organized labor and wages a
terrific fight against the unions"
Morrison Speaks.
In the absence of William Green,
president of the American Federation
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-04-07

Loans and discounts during this
year totaled 100000 rubles and
clients indebtedness rose from 1885,
100000 rubles to $4,000, 900 rubles.
This includes advances to nationalized
industrial enterprises totaling 947,000,-
900 rubles and the indebtedness at
the end Of the year amounted to $685.
100000 rubles. The chairman pointed
to the activities OF the Prombank in
the financing of foreign trade; adj
vances connected with these opera
tions amounted to 100000 rubles,
against 100000 rubles in the pre-
vious fiscal year. The work of the
collection department showed impor-
tant Increases; its turnover amounted
to 772,000,000 rubles, as against 3S7,-
100000 rubles for the previous year.
The turnover OF internal remittances
exceeded 2,500,000,000 rubles, as
against 900,OOO,00O rubles for the last
year. The turnover OF foreign remit
tances reached 65,0OO,000 rubles.
The net profit OF the bank during
the year just closed totaled S,59S,0O0
rubles.
The auditing committee, in its re,
port, pointed to the marked improve
ment in the work of all departments
Of the bank, particularly the improve
ment in the work OF the bookkeeping
department and in the department OF
administration governing the branches
The meeting approved the report OF
the board, accepted the opening bal.
ance for 1s25-26 and the account Of
profits and losses and took cognizance
OF the important improvement In the
general growth OF the banks opera
IONS, as well as considerable in.
crease in the banks reserves and . de.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-04-07

crease in cost Of credit operations.
The meeting found further reinforce
ment of the banks deposits necessary
in view of the supposed granting Of
long-term credits to industry and do
cided to request the peoples commits
sariat of finance to authorize an IN
crease in the banks capital from 75-
100000 rubles to 100000, 900 rubles.
According to the decision of the gem
eral meeting, rs per cent Of the net
profit of the bank is to be placed to
the reserve fund and 20 per cent to be
used as special funds for long-term
industrial credits. A dividend OF per
cent was declared. Ef
The new council consists OF 70 men,
bers and 10 candidates under the pres
idency OF the vice.president OF the
Supreme Council of National Econ
omy, q. l.. Platakoff. Practically the
entire personnel Of the banks board
OF directors has been reelected, the
only exception was the election of M.
p zaikin (Ural metal industry to the
place vacated by the resignation OF
y. A. Heine. V. N. Ksandroff was re-
elected as president OF the board Of
directors.
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Of Labor, who was advertised to speak,
Frank Morrison. secretary Of that or
ganization, was introduced, and read
speech that had been prepared.
He viewed the problem as one that
was Of vital concern to the workers
alone and not of so much Importance
to farmers, because, he said, the farm
ers largely bake their own bread.
1.-THE American Federation of Labor
is concerned because it is the great
est organization Of bread consumers
in the United States. We want good
bread-and at fair prices" said Morri-
son.
"Since most workers live in cities
and occupy apartments and tenements
1t is not possible for them to bake
bread, so they are dependent upon the
bakeries. Also many women have to
work in order that the income Of the
family may be sufficient to enable
them to live.
"How can women who work all day
bake their bread?" asked the speaker.
ut is to safeguard homes from
exploitation that we must oppose the
formation Of this trust"
Most of Morrison's speech was de-
voted to assaults of the Ward outfit
on organized labor. He explained that
altho there were few bakeries in the
trust working under union conditions,
it was due only to the fact that these
unites had union contracts when they
were absorbed by the trust and that
as soon as the contracts expired the
trust refused to have any further deal
ings with the union.
Morrison did not say what, IL any
thing, the American Federation of La
Dor was doing to combat this union
smashing campaign Of the food trust
and concluded with a plea to organize
the purchasing power" Of labor by
refusing to buy bread other than that
bearing the union label. In forward
ing this campaign he urged that all
affected join together, housewives.
workers. farmers, and pledge our
selves that we will not rest until the
bread trust has been destroyed"
SyndicaIist Argument.
The final words of Secretary Morri-
son might have been the utterances Of
an avowed syndicalist. He said: "The
American Federation of Labor has no
faith in antitrust laws, shaving learned
that such laws were used to aid trusts
and have even been used against la
Dor. Labor is coming more and more
to doubt the power Of government to
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-04-07
Coolidge Regime Defends the Food Trust

very hopeful suggestion in view Of the
80 years fight against monopolies, but
it is the only one that is worth any
thing"
1.-THE way to fight is to back up
the progressive republicans and pro-
gressive democrats in congress-" said
LaFollette. Hold mass meetings, and
above all get into the campaign this
summer and elect men and women
who will stand for the preservation Of
independent business"
In his peroration the senator from
Wisconsin lambasted Coolidge and
Mellon and Hoover for their tax pro-
gram that relieved the rich of their
tax burdens. He denounced the leas-
ing of Muscle Shoals to private con-
Germs and assailed the administration
for using the federal trade commits
sion, the interstate commerce commits
sion and the department of justice
against the people and for the great
combinations.
Eve may yet refuse to permit cap
tains of industry to be captains OF
our SOUL" was one Of his shibboleths.
Another was "On election day every
citizen stands on level with every
other citizen" ~
A resolution against the bread trust
and urging the prosecution Of the con-
spirators was introduced by F. H. La
Guardia, a congressman from New
York elected on the LaFollette third
party ticket in 1924. It carried unani-
mously.
PassaIc Strikers on Job.
Three truck loads of strikers came
over to the meeting from the battle
field of Passaic and a number of
women and young girls sat on the
platform. None of the speakers men
toned the Passaic strike, but at the
end Of the meeting the women on the
platform threw hundreds of copies of
the strike bulletin into the audience
and outside the doors others dis
tributed them.
A capitalist press reporter asked
Frank Morrison, secretary of the Amer
lCdn reueIdllOu VI hdUOIs dllSE inc
meeting iftthe American Federation Of
Labor had anything to do with the
Passaic strikers being there and Nor
rison stated that since 1t was public
meeting anyone had right to be there.
The peoples legislative service,
which conducted the meeting, an
nounces that it is going to hold similar
meetings turnout the country for the
purpose of exposing the ramifcations
of the food trust.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-04-07
COMMERCIAL AND INDUSTRIAL BANK
OF SOVIET UNION MAKES PROGRESS

MOSCOW u s. s. R, April Sat the third
holders Of the Commercial Of
Soviet Republics the chairman
his
the
rubes the balance the
900 rubes The
the
ubes The whole basic liabilities of the
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-04-07

ANDERSON, Ind. April g. John
Newman, a resident here. has been
granted permission by the United
States immigration commission to 70.
turn to Russia for his two children,
aged 10 and IA. whom he left in 1914.
Newman, now naturaIized. was pre-
vented from returning to Russia by
the World War, during which period
his wife died.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-04-07

pCdSCluhy AOl uCSSAl AAf4A6 anu WI n
ing conditions.
League Is Strike-Breaker.
While denying that the National
Security League is attempting to act
was the principal speaker at a meet
ing staged by certain Jack (Salmon)
Bryan, who has been attacking the
strike since his deposition as picket
leader. Bryan, who was drifting
around New York docks during the
Marine Transport Workers strike in
support OF British seamen and who
later appeared ON the Amalgamated
Clothing Workers Union picket line
at the International Tailoring COM
pany, was active in Passaic the first
few weeks of the wooden strike.
He then began attacking the leader
ship of the strike and attempted to get
the United Textile Workers and other
American Federation of Labor unions
to support his descriptive efforts. He
came to Federated Press, among 9th
ers, claiming that strikers were dis
satisfied and would follow him. His
first mass meeting, attended by hun
dreds Of strikers, booed him down and
cheered the strike and its leaders. His
second meeting, %here the Security
League speaker appeared, charged adj
mission ito prevent packing by strik-
ers" and proceeds were announced to
be for the benefit of strikers not helped
by the regular relief committee when
they could show no picket card.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-04-07
TO HOLD MAY
DAY MEETING
IN COLISEUM
Chicago .Mobilizes for
Big Demonstration

Mass meetings of the Workers
(Communist) Party in the city Of Chi
cago are getting such a hold on the
workers that nothing but the biggest
hall in the city will do. Ashland Audi
forum used to be the May Day hall,
but no more. The Lenin Memorial
meeting in the Coliseum proved that
the Workers (CommunisD Party, de-
spite all skeptics, could fill that mon
ster auditorium. And so 1t is decreed
that the May Day demonstration ar
ranged by District s of the Workers
(Communist) Party will take place in
the Coliseum.
II Begins to Move.
The party nuclei are being modified
for the meeting. Greater efforts are
needed than for the Lenin Memorial
meeting, because the balcony is
opened up, giving 1t a capacity of
1850. The sale OF tickets is pro.
ceeding at rapid pace. Already great
interest has been shown in the meet
Ing by workers OF many unions and
other working-class organizations. The
latter are postponing or cancelling
their proposed May Day celebration in
order to make the Coliseum meeting
a bowling success.
Splendid Program.
The May Day committee announces
an array of speakers not heard in this
city for many months, the best in the
entire country. One-of the best work
lng-class singing societies will be en-.
gagged. In addition. there will be dane,
ing by members Of well-known bal
let The plans Of the committee are
for the best May Day program ever
presented in Chicago. 1854
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-04-07
Take this copy of the DAILY
WORKER with you to the shop
New PoIIsh.RoumanIan treaty.

BUCHAREST, April 5.--To replace
the alliance between Poland and Ru-
mania that was signed In 1921 and
just recently expired. representatives
Of both nations, meeting here, have
agreed upon treaty Of mutual guar
antees. This treaty will also run for
1--WE years. An arbitration convention
will be signed later. A.,
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-04-07
BOSSES WELCOME ~OUTSIDE" FORCE
OF NATIONAL SECURITY LEAGUE
BY ESTHER LOWELL, Federated Press

PASSAIC, April 5P)The arrival
business Robert oBen who debated Scott Nearing
the
butaties police attacking striking
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-04-07
Bio Business Backs LEAGUE.

The National Security League, be-
gotten in late 1914 as preparedness
propaganda body after $. Stanwood
Menken had listened TO a debate in
the British house OF commons, shifted
10 strenuous political activity in the
United States during the war to IN
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-04-07

Five thousand new subs In three
weeks Is big Iob--but II can be done
with your help. Send va sub.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-11-05

was born. She was the friend OF
monarchs and the ronfidanse OF CHIEF
Sitting Bull. Acuuaintancesnip with
sovereigns of Europe cosored hel
brilliant career but one OF the most
picturesque episodes of l4er life was
her close friendship with the taciturn
old Indian chief who greatly admired
ler shooting ability.
Sitting Bull called ner Watanic
Cecilia, or Little Sure Shot" and
when he died he left her all his
personal belongings.
Annie akleY could shoot perfect
scores consistently. Driing one OF
her European tours King George V,
of England, told her she was the
best rifle shot in the world" and
awarded her medal Once in the
early eighties Annie Oakley, with a
bullet from her rifle, flicked the
ashes from cigarette held in the
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-11-05
Wieners.

Wiemers.
Jurisprudence-H. M. Wood, Bisbee.
Piano Solo-"On Lake Chautauqua"-
Miss Clara Duckett.
Question Box-Mrs. William Alberts.
Ballot-Mrs. Fred Wiemers.
Reading-"True Success"-Mrs. Bur-
ton, Bisbee.
'The Relation of o. E. S. to Masonry
j. H. Barrett.
What Grand Chapter May Mean to
Subordinate Chapter"-Denetza Angus
Bisbee.
my Duty to My Sisters and Broth
ers"-Mrs. Verfuth, Bisbee.
Song-"Hark to the Mandolin"-Mrs
Lee Adamson and Miss Duckett.
"A Discreet Silence"-W. M. Cox of
Bisbee.
Educational Fund and Educational
Work"-H. NJ. Wood, Bisbee.
"The Order of the Rainbow Girls
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-11-05
ANNIE OAKLEY DIES:
WILL BE BURIED NEAR
PLACE OF HER BIRTH

GREENVILLE, O., Nov. B-IE
the hills of Drake county, Ohio, where
the girl, Annie Oakley learned tt
handle u rifle, will rest the ashes
OF the noted marksman, VINO was
perhaps the greatest woman shooter
o1 all time.
Mrs. Frank Butler, better known
in this ana other countries as Annie
Oakley, marlIsman and show woman
died here last night at the home of
friends. She was sc years old. The
body will be Cremated, in accord
ance with her wishes and the ashes
will be inferred in a little cemetery
at the village of Brock, just a few
miles from Woodington, @, wnere she