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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-07-01
Strange Advice to Negroes

Fifteen Negro and listened Monday evening
speeches delivered by William English Wang and Theodore
Roosevelt speeches whose content poison of the most vruen
kind.
Wang urged Negroes place faith in parties but to
vote for their friends and against urged therefore
Negroes adopt the nonparsan method of voting which
the white workers tried and found wanting and
which they beginning in Minnesota to discard and oud
a party of their
If the Negroes per of whom workers and farmers
advice of Wang they become supporters OF both the
republican parties instead of merely supporters the
republican party of them present They become tied
to parties of American capitalism doubly enslaved
heavy responsibility upon the National Association for
the CoOred People when they allow their followers
to be duped by man like Wang who hour thru
which masses passedthe peroddeserted to
the Wilson camp assisted and cOndoned act designed to
throttle punish eroous jail sentences expression
dissenting opinion
For Waing the war good thing For the of the
Negro and white thing By following the ad
Wang and his kind the labor movement became coward
and impoent
If the Negro accept his policy weakness and impotence
will be their portion.
What is there of the republican and democrat
pr in the fifty the belief that their ranks
can enough good men, force the social political and
economic emancipation of the Negroes?
This type found the ranks OF the caplUalst
parties but outside because they good" in the
moral necessarily but because they have learned thru bitter
experience that power the capitalist parties is in the hands
of southern and industrial lordsthat the
capitalist parties of special classthe capital
which keeps both Negro and white workers IN
subsection.
alliance with the enemies of the Negro masses
AS Roosevelt his patudes rights and civic
opportuniteshave stock in trade of republican pol
ians for years strange conception of their duty to their
race which A. c. p to bring such speaker to their
meetings
Surely any group which has the interests OF their race at
and which little of the futile efforts made by the labor
unions tremendous waste OF time and energy ana
the results achieved by the nonparsn
policy least have given the question OF independent pon
zeal action by Negro white workers and farmers place on
the of it's conference.
The failure to do this has made the A. c. p field for
otaon bv every seeng politician and prey to the amb
on o every hrng democrat and republican par
ties another gain admission TO the
inner councils of the capitalists.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-07-01
GIin1pses of The Great Strike

IMTHAT did the workers think of the
w betrayal? On this point, there
will be much published, for the work
ers are writing many letters, some
of which are even forcing their way
into the official journals Even "Lans-
bury's", which is so afraid of hurt
ing anyone's feelings that it doesn't
criticise the leaders, has carried some
"hot stuff" from railroad workers de-
nouncing Thomas & Co. But the brief
est one of all, the most to the point,
was sent to the Women's Committee
for Miners Relief 1t said:
"Dear Madam :-Enclosed find three
shillings for your fund. II you will
throw our leaders in the Thames
we will next week send you three
pounds."-(slgned1 Three Rail-
road Workers."
IT ONDON is a collection of rs cities,
IL united under the London County
Council for certain purposes, but each
having its own organization, its own
Town Hall, etc. Four of these town
halls were turned over to the strike
committees or Councils of Action OF
their areas, and were at the same
time the seat of the new power Of
the workers as well as of the old
democratic government" to which
had been elected real leftswingers,
In Bethnal Green, the town council
had Joe Vaughn, Communist, as its
representative on the Council of Ac-
ton; it would be hard to find more
perfect example of transition forms of
organization such as may be expected
to show themselves during the pro-
cess of revolution.
INCIDENTAL to the infamous pol
L icy of the general council which
proclaimed that THE great strike was
'purely an industrial struggle" went
instructions to local strike commit
tees mot to allow any speakers to
talk politics at strike meetings" This
nonsensical order was simply ignored
in most places; in others it worked
out like this:
Chairman of Committee: 1--WE are
very glad to have you speak but you
must understand that most of ouI
workers here are Tories, voted fol
Baldwin, and while they are striking
Loyalty, still we must be careful Of
their feelings, and not talk politics.
Speaker: ooh, certainly, of course
we won't talk politics. Well just talk
about the strike and the issues com
ing out of it,"
! c. of c.: "All right, then" (Intro
duces the speaker).
Speaker: addressing meeting)
Comrades, l will not talk politics tt
you tonight, for we are interested in
! the general strike (great applause)
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-07-01

rounds Of London f'pAbs" is a little
story which excellently illustrates this
| fact:
1t was during thes negotiations car
ried on between the miners, the gen
eral council, and the Baldwin cabinet,
in the tense hours before the general
strike was to go into effect. Things.
had come to deadlock Everyone
was silent. Lord Birkenhead, presid-
ing, demanded: well, has no one
anything to contributor" Still deep ST
lence. "Mr. Smith," said his lord
ship, addressing the venerable presi-
dent of the Miners Federation,
haven't you final word for us?"
EYES," said Herbert Smith, bug.
ger you!" and he left the room.
THE large Royal Albert Hall was
4 packed with 10000 workers who
had paid six pence to two shillings
per seat for the privilege of dem
onstrating support of the miners. 1t
was a generous and warm-hearted
audience which gave money! thous-
and pounds-and rings, watches and
jewelry, to help feed the miners. 1t
also gave freely of its applause to all
the speakers, from the Communist,
William Paul, editor of the Sunday
Worker, to the Lady Cynthia Moseley,
wealthy aristocrat turned labor party.
But when Cook came on the platform
the applause became storm of
cheers and songs of greeting. The
climax of the meeting was when Cook
said:
"The most magnificent thing that
has come out of this struggle so far
is the demonstration of what real in
ternational solidarity means, in the
assistance given us by the Russian
unions"
The demonstration which followed,
and the singing Of the international,
indicated that in the hearts of about
1899 of the total 10000 workers pres
ent, the Anglo-Russian Unity Commit
tee was very vital and very living
thing.
| THESE little pictures are not nearly
l. so important as the statistics of
the decline of capitalist production,
or the weighty theses which must be
read by all of us on "The Lessons OF
the Great Strike" But still, slight as
they are and fragile, things, most of
them to be taken with smile, they
do reflect quite truly that enormously
important historical fact-that the
workers of Great Britain had set their
feet upon the path of revolution, and
were only snatched back, not by their
own fear or weakness, but by the fear
and treachery of their formerly-trust-
ed leaders. They tasted moment of
power, and from that moment dates
the future.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-07-01

In this fight we have found out that
the government is not on our side,
that it is on the side of the employ
ers, that it is the great strikebreaker
(hisses and cries of shame, shame)
But in spite of Baldwin and his fascist
aids, in spite of Sir Simon and the
miserable echoes of Baldwin in the
Liberal Party, in spite of the false
spokesman of Labor who cringe and
crawl before our enemies, we will
stand solid in this general strike I'M
til we win" tremendous cheering,
and cries of Down with Baldwin,"
Cup with the real Labor govern
ment').
Chairman latter the meeting); "We
certainly appreciated your wonderful
speech, and I'm so glad you didn't
touch on, politics, because these Tory
workers are so touchy about it,"
TT was certainly strange how acct
L dents would happen to spoil the
work of the few blacklegs who were
recruited during the strike. Thus,
they say Though | can't vouch for it,
that the reason why it is impossible
to get a copy of the first issue of
the British Gazette, is that the guilty
conscience of one of the blackleg
printers brought on a momentary
amnesia, which in turn resulted in
a bolt dropping in the press, and ruin
ing all the stereotype plates after the
original type had been distributed.
However that may be, certain
other printer certainly did slip-up at
exactly the correct moment, while
reading proof on the pamphlet Of
Hamilton Eyre which purports to tell
behind the scenes" stories of the
strike. The book is valuable, because
it is a perfect exposure of the silly,
fatuous, arrogant, and altogether de-
spicable bourgeois inside the labor
movement, and of the rank panic
which reigned among the big ones
of the T. U. G. general council. The
proof-reader must have been deeply
disguised with the book, for, when he
got to the cover, and there read a
putting advertisement of the contents,
he so far forgot his craft-pride that
he slipped in question mark where
it should not have been according to
the rules of the game. The result was
delicate irony. Thus
"Mr. Hamilton, Fyfe was in the
best position to know all about it
and in this book he tells what he
! knows?"
THE miners have fighting leaders
L in A. ]. Cook and Herbert Smith.
Nothing is. further from them than
such action as Thomas boosted Of
egrovelling for peace" Going the
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-07-01
Florida Collapse Is
Hitting Banks; Run
for Palm Beach Cash

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. June 20
The movement of $4,000, 900 in cash
in armored motor cars FROM Miami
to West Palm Beach during the night
became known this morning when all
banks In the city, with the exception
OF Palm Beach Bank and Trust Com
pany and the Commercial Bank and
Trust company opened their doors in
the face OF crowds thru which excite
ment ran high.
With the emergency supply OF cash
available, bank officials were confident
the near-panic among depositors
would rapidly suhtide. The Palm
eBach Bank and Trust company, II
was announced today. probably will
reopen within 60 days.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-07-01
AMT THE DEVIL BUSY!

The jolly old friars have right to
protest. At the greatest celebration
of the Eucharistic congress, just when
the representative of the pope started
a parade of three miles around a
lake, bearing the sacred monstrance
with the actual body" and the "ac-
tual blood" etc, all hell broke loose
in a driving storm of wind, rain and
hail. The faithful fed for shelter,
breaking so many ribs and tramping
on so many of one another that the
Chicago hospitals were filled to the
doors. 100000 of silken vestments
ruined, and more straw hats spoiled
than would feed Nebraska's cows over
winter. The good book had warned
them about It raining on the just and
the unjust, but II never said anything
about hail.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-07-01
New Railroad Merger
Involving a Billion Is
Planned by L. F. Loree

WASHINGTON. d. c., June 80. -
Plans for another gigantic railroad
merger, rivalling IN magnitude the
proposed billion dollar Van Sweringen
Nickel Plate consolidation, have been
practically completed, and will be sub
mitted this week to the Interstate
Commerce Commission for approval, II
was learned today.
The new merger involves the
Kansas City Southern, Missouri-Kan.
sas-Texas, and the st. Louis-South.
western railroads. l.. f. Loree, presi-
dent of the Delaware and Hudson, is
sponsor of the merger.
Loree's plans will differ from
Van Sweringen's IN that he does not
propose TO make stock exchange obi.
gatory.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-07-01
Natural Bloom"
Cigar Workers Strike
Enters Ninth Week

NEW YORK June 2S.-For the
past nine weeks the Natural Bloom"
cigar workers have been on strike.
Previous to the beginning of the
strike the best workers were making
$25 to $50 a week on piece work. The
bosses, in order to destroy union con-
ditions prevailing in the shop and to
further cut wages, brought in bunch
Of new workers. agreeing that they
should join the union under the pre-
text that they would be needed to fill
a number Of orders on hand.
No sooner had these new workers
been employed than the bosses
claimed that orders had been can
celled and started to lay off the old
union workers.
The company also established a fac
tory in Passaic In order to defeat the
pickets at the New York factory.
In Passaic the pickets have great
difficulty to get pear the factory. All
workers should remember that the
Natural Bloom cigar is being made
now by scabs.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-07-01
GOING suMMERlNG WITH BILLY
THE FAT? t

Bill Taft (you all know Billy the Fat)
Is reported as having been too sick to
leave Washington to occupy his summer
home in Canada. The DAILY WORKER
bunch have also been delayed in leaving
for their summer homes, but chiefly be-
cause they haven't got any. We imagine
that darn few workers have left for sum
mer homes because there aren't any
summer homes left for them, after the
capitalists occupy 'em. We note Taft has
chosen Canada, probably for the cool,
damp climate.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-07-01
Bishops and Bacteria.

We should like to knotc hOD many
OF the thousands of lips that haze
Kissed the episcopal rings Of the pre-
ldteS attending the EUchariStic Con-
greSS deposited 1ohat Udrieties Of
germs, and hoio many of each on the
blessed jeaceIs, and hoto many lips
carried them off again.
This seems to be a problem for one
Of those ecumenicdI councils that
looDy themselves trying to determine
ho1e many angels can dance on the
point of a needle.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-07-01

Reminds us of the hostesses who
were returning from seeing the Wis
itors off-on the train.
who did you have. Mr.. Brown"
asked Mrs. Retlaw.
"oh. a very nice minister. Who did
you have?r
Il had two locust preachers?p sadly
observed Mrs. Retlaw.
You mean local preachers. 10.
Gusts are those insects that swarm
over the land and eat up everything,
That's right" said Mrs. Retlaw. ~
had two OF them"
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-07-01
stand Back and Don't Crowd.

The "comrade at the next desk" was
looking over the Philadelphia papers.
and found an item concerning the
appropriation of 1900 francs by the
Colonial Council of the Virgin Islands
to provide for an exhibition at the
sesqui-centennial. The item was
headed Virgin Is To Exhibit Here"
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-07-01

oh; Dahm, Give Us a Younger EIderI
Under a bombardment of eggs,
vegetables, and stout sticks, four
disciples of John Alexander Dowie
were chased out of Evanston, Illi-
nois, by a crowd of 700 angry citi-
zens. Elder H. A Nichols was
plastered from head to foot with
eggs and Elder e. F. Dahms was
badly battered.-News item, June
{ 81, 1901.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-07-01
WITH THE STAFF
Being Things From Here and
There Which Have Inspired
Us to Folly or Frenzy
Who S a Swede, Eth?

Gustav Adolphe was jolly young
Swede;
o, a jolly young Swede was he,
Though his mothers folks came from
Hamburg
And his fathers from gay Paree.
He came to visit the U. S. A. 81.
And the pluto press went to ravln'
EE ks
At the face and the form
And the hair and the eyes
OF this typical Scandinavian" y
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-07-01

Ausustin Edwards is the leader Of
the Chilean delegation on the pIebis-
eitary commission that has been, un.
der the craftsmanship of an American,
trying to settle the sovereignty of
Taena and africa for eleven months.
The United States holds the. whip
hand. She is partial to Chile because
she has large interests of her own to
look after there.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-07-01

our idea Of nothing to kick
about is giren by the item from
Olso, Norioay. A protestant min
lister accuses the nurses in a
Catholic hospital of hdring de-
priUed protestant patient othis
bible and burning it. Our idea is
that it is bad luck enough to be in
% hospital.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-07-01
THEM WUZ THE DAYS

E MILWAUKEE, Wis.,, June rs, 1861
MODS attacked banks in this city
and enormous damage was done to
several institutions. The mob went
from one bank to another, wreeklna
az II went. The Capt. HIbbard
zouaves, preparing to leave for war,
were called and the rioters dispersed.
Fifty-two were arrested. The infIam-
matory meeting was held. A cannon
was procured and a demand made on
the mayor for the release Of the pris-
oners. The mayor refused and defied
the rioters. They threaten to take
the town by storm. Every citizen who
can get gun is armed and martial
law has been declared.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-07-01

A sub a day ioil help to driY
capital atody. =
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-07-01

THE miners have fighting leaders
l. in A. ]. Cook and Herbert Smith,
Nothing is further from them than
such action as Thomas boosted Of
"grovelling for peace" Going the
Evening star., 1926-08-26
N-RUNNING VESSEL
ESCAPES u. S. AIRMEN
Lands Cargo in Nicaraguan Port
Navy Doubts Own Planes
Involved.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
MANAGUA. Nicaragua, August 26.
An unsuccessful airplane attack by
American flyers was made yesterday
on gun.running vessel flying the
Mexican flag.
Arms and men were landed by the
vessel northwest Of Corinto, Nicara
gua's chief seaport on the Pacific
Ocean.
The government has sent 500 troops
to capture the smugglers and the
arms.
Officials here were somewhat at a
loss to account for the newspaper ad
vices from ManagIIa telling of an at
tack by American aviatorS on a fill.
clustering ship flying the Mexican
flag.
The only explanation available here
was that they might be private Ameri
can fiiers in the employ of the Nicara.
guam government. Although the Navy
has ordered warships to Nicaraguan
waters to protect American interests,
gun running by the Mexicans, it was
said, would not in itself warrant ar
attack by the Navy forces on such
vessels.
Records available here show nc
Navy planes attached to Rear Admiral
I.atimer'S special service squadron In
Central American waters, which pro
vided the two warships ordered tc
Nicaraguan waters. The nearest Navy
aircraft are in the Panama Canal
Zone
Evening star., 1926-08-26
INSPECTORS ARE GIVEN
BIRTHDAY REMEMBRANCE
Pratt and Brown Presented With
Silver Cigarette Case and
Flowers, Respectively.

Inspector Henry G. Pratt. chief Of
detectives, and Inspector Ernest w.
Brown, in chage of the Traffic Bureau
the former SO years old yesterday, and
the latter 50 years old today, We're re-
menbered by members of their re.
spective commands today.
Yesterday Inspector Pratt was guest
at a birthday anniversary celebration
rendered him by his sister, Mrs,
Charles Bevan, at her home in Phar.
salia, King George County, Va, ex,
planning the delay ON the part of
members Of his command in present.
Ing him an initiated silver cigarette
case. Detective Patrick O'Brien made
the presentation speech.
Desk Sergt. John r. Currier Of the
Traffic Bureau was spokesman at the
presentation of a basket of flowers
for Inspector Brown and floral spray
TO be placed on hts mothers grave
his mother having died only a few
months ago.
Both inspectors expressed deep ap.
probation OF the remembrances.
Evening star., 1926-08-26
MAN WITH SQUEAKY AUTO
HORN DENIES RUM CHARGE
Burke, Arrested by Federal Agents,
Demands Jury Trial and Is
Released on Bail

Charles Burke Of 472S Ninth street,
who was arrested Tuesday in the rear
of the Embassy Apartments, 1913
Harvard street. by Federal Agents
Brewer. Stott and Luckey. was ar.
raigned in United States branch of
Police Court today. He pleaded not
guilty to charges of sale, possession
and transportation of intoXicants ana
demanded a jury trial.
Burke, who was represented by At.
torney Harry T. Whelan, was re-
leased under $1,000 bah pending trial.
The enforcement agents report they
made a buy" from Burke and later
called him by phone and ordered a
quantity Of liquor brought to the rear
Of the Harvard street apartment
house.
Burke agreed to bring the liquor,
the agents say. and told them they
would recognize him by means of
the peculiar squeak of the automo'
bile horn.
Waiting till they heard the peculiar
squeak, the agents say, they arrested
Burke and confiscated his machine
and a quantity Of alleged intoxicants.
Evening star., 1926-08-26
tFrom the $50 Edition Of Yesterdays star.l
JUDICIARY SQUARE
PLAYGROUNDASKED
Wading Pools in All Recrea-
ton Tracts Urged in ST.
pervisor's Report.
Recommendation that Congress be

Recommendation that Congress be
asked to transfer a part of Judiciary
Square to the Commissioners for de-
velopment as a playground and that
all Of the Fairgrounds be provided
with branch libraries and wading
pools are the outstanding proposals
in the annual report of Mrs. Susie
Root Rhodes. supervisor Of play
grounds, submitted to the Commis-
sioners yesterday afternoon.
Mrs. Rhodes suggests the portion
of judiciary Square bounded by E
and F, Fourth and Fifth streets as
desirable for a play center II Con-
gress will give it's approval. The
supervisor says every playground
should have a wading pool for small
children and that bathing pools
should be constructed at all of the
larger Fairgrounds. Other recon-
mendations contained in the report
are:
That in the opening Of new sub
divisions in the city. one-tenth OF the
ground, exclusive Of streets, be set
aside as Fairgrounds.
That every playground be provided
WILH d IISlu IlOuoC SS OAhOAoAA 49,
indoor recreation in extreme hot or
cold weather.
That public-spirited citizens be re-
minded that there IS no gift that
can be made to the city Of greater
use and enjoyment, with more lasting
honor to the donor, than the gift OF
land for public playground.
Extension Need Cited.
"In conclusion" said Mrs. Rhodes.
II wish to emphasize the need Of con.
tinual improvement of the municipal
Fairgrounds by enlarging the areas
and Increasing the facilities for active
recreation. It has been found that
little children will not go moro than
one-fourth of mile to a playground.
go one.half mile. Older children, Of
course, 20 much farther to athletic
fields"
The supervisor said that this Sum-
mer demonstrated the great need Of
the playground department for more
swimming pools. At present there are
two pools for white children. at
Georgetown and at Rosedale. and one
for colored at Howard playground. All
three had overflow crowds nearly
every day Of the Summer months. The
FIVE wading pools for small children
are used to capacity, but the depart
ment feels there should be one on
every ground, in addition to pools for
larger children where the area of the
playground will permit.
The National Capital Park and Plan.
ming Commission a week ago took the
first step toward providing a chain Of
bathing pools for grown ups by select
ing nine locations scattered In all
parts of the District. The funds for
several Of these pools will be sought
from Congress in December.
Mrs. Rhodes reported that while 1t
is now possible to give play facilities
TO most sections Of the city, the goal
Of having a recreation ground within
walking distance for all the children
Of the District has not yet been
reached. Three new playground areas
were acquired during the past year
by the National Capital Park and
Planning Commission-one in Chevy
Chase, at Fortyf first and Livington
streets: one in Takoba Park, and one
in Anacostia