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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-01-28
BOSSES PRESS
TELLS LIES OF
SOVIET RUSSIA
Seamen Has Been There
and Seen for Himself
BY FRANK MORRISON.

Correspondent Steamship Boverton)
am not much of writer, anyway
good or bad, wish to relate my ex-
periences in the U. S. S. R., for the
reason that I wish my fellow workers
in other countries to know what is go
ing on there, and also to know that
the capitalist press are liars.
We arrived in port of Berdiansk on
the 4th of November, and fortunately
for us, we visited the Transport Work
ers' club there, and tho none of us
could speak Russian and none of the
Russians could speak English, we were
well received and made welcome.
Can't Be Broken.
On Nov. we went among the
farmers, and spent with them the an
niversary of the Russian revolution.
This event shall never leave my mem
DRY. must say that the organization
and brotherhood of the Russian farm
ers and workers can never be broken
by the combined capitalist countries
of the world.
l have also seen the great effort in
educating the workers, especially in
the clubs during the evenings having
courses in culture and art besides the
usual elementary courses. am sorry
to say that we do not have these con-
ditions in our country.
Proud Of Communists.
What impressed me the most was
the interest the workers took in the
Communist Party, and how proud
they were in pointing out to US the
most active Communists, who seemed
to me most capable and reliable.
l do hope that the Soviet govern
ment will prosper and that the idea
will be fact in our country before
long.
! thank you, dear editor, in antici-
patton for publishing this letter, and
send my best wishes to all the Rus
sian workers.
Long live the u. S. S. r.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-01-28
Two Brotherhoods to
Ask for Wage Raises

COMMUNICATIONS OF
the Brotherhood of Railroad Train
men and the Order of Railway Con.
ductors will vote almost unanimously
for wage increase, according to
referendum returns. made public in
Cleveland by Trainmen officers. The
vote means that officers must negoti-
ate for substantial increases although
the demands will not be made public
until presented to the railway man.
agements. The move is considered
an answer TO the formal demand OF
the Switchmen's Union OF North Am
erica, an A. F. OF l.. rival of the
Trainmes, for a wage increase.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-01-28

Leningrad Institute of Applied
Botany, is proceeding to the Mediter-
ranean Archipelago, Egypt, Abyssinia,
Syria and Palestine to investigate the
cultures Of legumes, fax, cotton, etc.
Last year Prof. Vavilov imported 1000
different samples of seed from Afghan
istan. Prof. Burasov is at present
studying the cultures Of potatoes,
tomatoes, maize, sun flowers, etc, in
the Western Andes Of South America,
while his colleague, Prof. Voronov, is
at work in the Brazilian mountains
seeking types of rubber trees that
can survive a somewhat rigorous
climate.
The fertilizer needs are also being
foreseen and one of the dozens of
economic-geological expeditions now
at work for the various Soviet insti-
tutions has discovered large layers of
potassium cloride, a particularly val
liable chemical fertilizer, on the banks
of the Kama river near the town OF
Solikamsk The percentage OF con.
tent is very high, in some cases reach
ing 2295.
Soviet Russia is engaged in show
ing the world that planned social ex-
ploitation of natural resources will
accomplish even. greater results and
shorter time for the masses than did
capitalist exploitation in the older in
dustrial lands.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-01-28
sympathy Stake shuts plant.

NEWMARKET, N. H.--Fifteen hun
dred workers walked out of the New
market Manufacturing company plant
in support Of the spinners who struck
several days before when they we're
told to do more work for the same
wages. The plant is shut down.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-01-28
WHIPPING
LOCALIZED IN
NORTH Carolina
Jail Superintendent
LaSheS Men to Death
BY ART SHIELDS,
Federated Press.)

NEW YORK, Jan. 26.-North Caro-
lima laws expressly authorize the LASH
Ing of road gang prisoners Of that
state. Thus that commonwealth must
bear It's share Of responsibility for the
murder of the two Negro prisoners
that led to murder indictments
against N. c. Crawford, superlnten-
dent Of the Stanley county convict
system.
lnfIIct Tortures.
The investigating committee Of the
state board of charities and public
welfare returned report stating that
there had been hundreds of cases of
floggings; that men had been strung
up by the heels and hands, that pris-
oners had been knitted, had their
hands broken or dragged, shackled be-
hind trucks. This report bares the
important fact that Crawford tho ex-
ceeding the brutality officially author
lied, was yet permitted by state law
to lash prisoners.
The convict superintendent was Civ
Gil MlAllCA duInOlALdJAOA ny LuC 0Ldu-
ley county road commissioners to APP
ply reasonable corporal furnishing
for disobedience, refusal to work, or
other infraction Of the rules laid down
by such superintendent for the gov
ernlng Of the chain gang, by whipping
such prisoner or prisoners with a
single ply strap, striking him not
more than twenty ticks, in such man
ner as not to inflict serious damage
on the body Of such prisoner or pris-
oners." This ORDER" says the in
vestigating committee, twas made in
compliance with Chapter $50, Public
Local Laws 1928"
Treated Like Mules.
G.. d. Troutman, chairman of the
road commission, told an investigator
of the charities board that he was
satisfied as long as the men received
the same treatment as the mules.
Both he and County Attorney w. E.
Smith, said, that "the only way to
appeal to a niger is thru his hide
Convict laborers are either worked
directly under county supervision or
farmed out to road contractors. The
contractors get county prisoners for
as little as so cents day-depending
on the price fixed by the commits
sioners. State prisoners, at last re-
ports, fetch So day.
conViot-Made Roads.
North Carolina motor clubs are ad-
vertising their fine roadways for the
purpose of attracting northern travel
ers. 1t is well for the labor move
ment to realize that these highways
they see pictured in motorlogue sec
tons of the newspapers are built with
unpaid labor, driven by the lash. The
brief digest of atrocities given above
cannot do justice to THE brutalities
catalogued in the state charities re-
port. And it is we'll for the labor
movement also to realize that unem-
ployed workers who in other states
find relief by highway jobs in North
Carolina and in all the state where
the chain gang system prevails SEQ
their places taken by penal slaves.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-01-28
Firms Support Miners.

NEW YORK-The Finnish Coop
erative Trading Association OF Brook.
lyn has sent to the American Civil
Liberties Union the sum of 5000 to be
forwarded TO the anthracite strikers.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-01-28
Fire In AIrplane shed

WASHINGTON, Jan. 26--Nlne army
airplanes, twelve liberty motors and
other air service property were des-
troyed this morning in a fire at Boiling
Field, the capitals big airport on the
outskirts of the city.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-01-28
FOR THE UNITY OF THE CITY AND LAND
SOVIET RUSSIA TO OPEN LANDS
FOR MILLIONS OF FARMERS AND
RECLAIM USELESS WASTE LANDS
BY WILLIAM E. kRusE.
tspeeIaI MOSCOW Commencement Of rhe palIx NJ

Especial Moscow Correspondent Of The Daily Worker)
MoSCoW-By Mal)-Anothe of
development in Russia
land policy that it will
well solve the problem
According a by
there Soviet Russia and the
vacant land available for 269SOOO settlers available
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-01-28
Syrup Concern Is
Liquor Distillery

Prohibition agents after years
search seized an olcohol distillery in
Chicago which, posing as syrup con-
Germ, is alleged to have turned out
5000 gallons of outlaw liquor daily for
the last year.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-01-28
ANDY MELONS ALUMINIUM TRUST
HAS WORLD MONOPOLY OF LNGOT
PRODUCTION; HIDE BIG PROFITS
BY LELAND oLps, Federated Press.

1925 profit than 2OO his the Aluminium
Co of America
$OOOOOO
brother cabinet member will not hasten
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-01-28

"The proIetariat struggles for the
conquest Of power."-Lenin. How
LenIn lived this struggle will be told
at the Lenin Memorial meetings.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-01-28

Put a copy of the DAILY
WORKER in your pocket when
you go to your union meeting.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-09-28
AUTO FINISHING
PLANT TIED Up
BY UPHOLS TERERS
Recognition of Sh o p
Committee Asked

ELIZABETH, N. j., Sept. 26.-Four
hundred upholsterers and trimmers of
the Hays-Hunt auto finishing plant of
Durant Motor Corp. are striking for
recognition Of their shop committee.
improved working conditions and rein
statement of workers who were dis
charged for their labor organization
efforts.
Strikers are picketing the plant and
urging their fellow-workers to walk
out in sympathy and join the union.
The strikers are organized in Local 10,
international Upholstery Workers, at
iliated with the American Federation
of Labor.
For several months a group of Hays
Hunt workers have issued a shop bull
letin which stressed the need of or
ganizing the workers into unions for
the improvement of their working con-
ditions. The whole auto works-Du-
rant Motor Corp. and its subsidiary,
H ays-Hunt-employs up to 10000
workers when production is full.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-09-28
Lowell Silk Strikers
Allowed Only Six
Pickets, Says Judge

BOSTON. Sept. 2S.-Only six pick
cts at a time are permitted at the
Lowell Silk Mills by the injunction
obtained by the firm. Hearings on
whether the restraining order shall be
made permanent begin Sept. %.
The weavers demand the return of
three-loom base satin and four on pom
gee and casket lining, the wide looms
to be a subject of further arbitration,
20 per cent increase, time and a half
for overtime, improved sanitary condi-
tions and ventilation, rest room, full
time pay for time lost on job, recogni-
ton of the mill council and no dis
elimination against any worker The
firm complained that long picket lines
with singing interfered with their
business.
The workers have been out since
July %.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-09-28
Shirtmakers Fighting
Wage Cut Lockout, But
I a k e the Aggressive

NEW YORK, Sept. 26.-Workers for
the Shirt and Boys Waist Contractors
Association have been locked out for
their refusal to accept Is per cent
wage cuts. The union, part of the
Amalgamated Clothing Workers, is
prepared to carry out a strike Of the
industry to thoroly organize 1t and
gain their demands.
The union officials expect 90 per
cent OF the workers will be back on
the Job as soon as the union signs
agreements with the manufacturers,
who promise to have work done only
in union contracting shops. The union
Is against the extension OF the con.
tract system, which has so disrupted
standards in other needle trades.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-09-28

tAoI IL WOutu Uo BTduLeu, IndL We
should be considered the only local
union OF the Inside Iron & Bronze
Workers of Greater New York and
Vicinity.
The reason we asked this is because
experience has taught us that If an
other charter should be issued to an
other group Of men, which means, the
creation Of another local union, this
would divide our ranks and we would
never be able to accomplish anything.
Obstacles Put In Way.
The reply of the international was
that II we want to be admitted as the
only local of Greater New York and
vicinity, we will have to pay the debt
of The three local unions, which were
in existence three years ago, and were
expelled for not paying the dues and
The sum of the debt, tho not speci-
fed exactly. would amount to about
$S5, 900.
We communicated again with the
international, stating we will be will
ing to pay the debt of the former
three locals providing the information
al will assure us that they will give
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-09-28
More Production With
Less Workers is New
Boast Of Cleveland

CLEVELAND, o., Sept. 26.-Accord-
ing to the report of the chamber Of
commerce OF this city the value Of
production rose from ;1.Os6. 600, 600 in
1923 to $1,124,OoO,OOO in 1925. In 1928
there were on the average 141, s4s at
work, compared with 1857 in 1925.
Thus every man is turning out more
goods. According to the report, the
cost OF production has decreased 7 per
cent in the two years-and unques-
Itionably this has been taken out of
the skins Of the workers. It is the
presumption of the chamber OF COM
|merce that production increased this
year and more men were employed,
altho 1t has no figures to substantiate
this contention. ......
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-09-28

Frame Up Unionists.
-Four men, three of them connected
with the strike, are under arrest
charged with the ancient frame-up al.
legation Of bombing" Those under
arrest are Joseph Bellani of Garfield,
member of the executive committee
of the new Local 1903 of the United
Textile workers and a candidate for
councilman on the Independent ticket;
Thomas Winick of Garfield, Thomas
Current Of Clifton and Tony Pochno.
The Usual "DiseoVerles."
The police have found" nitro
glycerine in Pochno's home, much
after the find" of dynamite in the
historic Lawrence strike, which later
turned out to have been planted there
by a prominent mill owners agent.
The Passaic police have often dropped
revolvers in the outside pockets Of
strikers and then arrested them the
next moment for carrying arms. In
this case they found" q revolver on
the ground and charge it to Pochno.
The mill owners have been desir-
Gus of finding an excuse not to settle
the strike with the A. F. of L. union.
and this sort of work was expected by
the strike leaders.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-09-28
CONTRACTORS IN
CLEVELAND SEEK
TO KILL UNIONS
Non-Union Painters Are
Hired by Builders

CLEVELAND, o.. Sept. 2s.-several
days ago 500 union men working ON
the Ohio Bell Telephone Co. building
went out on strike because four non.
union painters were put on the Job by
sub-contrsctors According to the re-
cent statement Of the builders, a sub
contractor doing one Of the Jobs EN-.
ploys non-union men and the CON
tractors consider an agreement with
the sub-contractor sacred"
Contractors Go to Court.
AS the strike Of the 500 men is hold
ing up the construction work, the con-
tractors went to court to secure a
writ compelling the union leaders to
call off the strike and send the men
back to work.
IF contracts between the unions
and the contractors are worth the
paper they are written on then the
union leaders should cancel their
strike ORDERS" says the representative
of the contractors.
Trying to Break Union.
The contractors, backed by the Citi-
zens' League, think that they can fool
the workers of this city. The workers
know very we'll that the purpose of
the contractors in sending in four nom
union men to work is to take the mi
tial steps in breaking up the union
and providing non-union conditions in
this city, where the building trades
are well organized. They will not sue
coed in their attempt, no matter how
the court judges. Sixty subpoenas
have been issued, but the men are I'M
moved.
Five Million No Bubble.
This move on the part of the con-
tractors, however, should provoke a
little thinking on the part of the build
ing workers. Is the Citizens League
live body, is its fund Of $5,O0O,OO a
factor, or are we to believe Charles
Smith, the business representative of
the building trades, that it is only a
bubble? The Citizens League is a
powerful factor in the industrial life
of Cleveland, and If the workers, and
above all the building workers, do not
awaken to the fact they will feel the
full force of it's power, especially the
carpenters and others whose agree
ments terminate on May 1.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-09-28

us hand in organizing the iron and
bronze workers and that the interna-
tional will influence the outside local
unions, especially Local 81, which is
the nearest related to us, to assist us
in our struggle with the open shop
bosses.
Must Beg Aid.
To some it may sound ridiculous
to ask such a thing from a parent
body. why ask?" some one may say,
'is it not the duty Of the international
to see that one local union should
help the other one in their struggle
for better conditions, especially when
there is possibility for It," But such
are conditions. We are obliged to
ask. And what was the answer?
Well, there was no answer at all. The
matter will be taken up by the gem
eral council, we were told.
Months have passed. We have gone
thru a strike, we have solved many
difficult problems, but the information
al did not have the time to solve our
problem as yet, and we are still wait
ing for an answer.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-09-28
KLAN, MILITARY
ORGANIZATION,
SAYS CYCLOPS
Smith Banished by the
All-Highest War Lord

AKRON, o., Sept ga split has
taken place in the local khan, owing
to the fight over the property owned
by the khan, valued at $53,394. The
Rev. A. o. Henry, local minister and
exalted cyclops Of the local khan"
and another member Of the khan have
brought suit against Imperial Wizard
Evans Of Atlanta to prevent the latter
from transferring the property to an
other 'cyclops." A meeting OF the
local khan was held and 1t was decided
to surrender the charter. withdraw
from the ku klux khan and start an
other organization.
BanIshed from Realm.
W. X. Smith. the former head of the
khan, was banished from the organi-
zation at the grand conclave" held In
Washington, when he was ordered out
Of the ranks Of fthe Ohio delegation
as it was about to parade.
mo one knows why Smith was ban
ished," said local leader. "Ths khan
Is a military organization. Smiths
banlshment Is the result Of military
orders"
Education Needed.
The important thing FOR organized
labor to do is to start campaign of
education of the workers as to the ma
ture of the X. K. K, for there are
many workers in that organization,
particularly in the city of Akron. II
this is not done. when the workers
make demands for better conditions
they will find that they are hampered
by the agents and members of this
military" organization, which works
hand in hand with the employers.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-09-28
Harry Daugherty Is
Adept at Destroying
His Bank Accounts

NEW YORK, Sept. 26.-Harry M.
Daugherty, former attorney general
Of the United States, destroyed the
records of his account in the Midland
National Bank at Washington Court
house, Ohio, according to his brother,
Nal S. Daugherty, who testified to-
day at the trial of the former cabinet
member, and Col Thomas w. Miller,
former alien property custodian.
Harry M. Daugherty also destroyed
the accounts of the late Jesse Smith
and of Nal S. Daugherty, the bank
president testified.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-09-28
Lincoln Mine Opened
u n d e r Jacksonville
Contract, Not 1917 Basis
b. JOE KoHYLAK, JR.

NEFFS, o., Sept. 26.-The Lincoln
mine of Lorraine Coal & Dock Co.,
located on the National Highway near
Bridgeport, Ohio, has resumed opera
ton under the Jacksonville contract,
after being idle six months.
The article written by worker cor.
respondent On The DAILY WORKER
issue dated Sept. II, 1925, was incor-
rect.
Every coal mine that resumed opera
ton in eastern Ohio has gone to work
under the Jacksonville contract.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-09-28
Building Construction
In Ohio Is On Decline

CLEVELAND, o., Sept. 26.-Accord-
ing to figures just issued by the F. w.
Dodge Corporation, there has been a
loss of 20 per cent in the contracts
let in the state Of Ohio in the month Of
August, as compared with July Of this
year, and a decrease of "A per cent as
compared with August Of last year.
For the first eight months of this year
the contracts amounted to $3.50, 100000
as compared with 1911, 100000 during
the same period Of last year, or a de-
cline Of 10 per cent.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-09-28
BOSTON FUR WORKERS
STRIKE 1000 STRONG
FOR A new AGREEMENT

BOSTON, Sept. 24.-one thousand
Boston fur workers are striking in
SO shops for new agreement. Ne
gotiatlons with the employers broke
down when the old agreement ex-
pired.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-09-28
LABORERS' UNION
STANDS ALONE IN
LABOR DAY MARCH
Central Labor Union
Wouldn't Parade
BIZ SIDNEY eLooMFIELp

WORCESTER, Mass, 26. - Labor
ers' Union Local No. $40 continues to
be the talk Of the local labor move
ment. After months Of discussion,
haggling and doubling the central la
Dor union as we'll as other local I'M
ions gave up the idea of labor day
parade. The Laborers' Union. organ
lied only four months, at a special
meeting decided to parade, utilizing
the parade as an organization drive.
committee was appointed and with
in a week all plans were complete.
On labor day the Laborers' local was
the only unit in line, together with
other societies.
600 Turn Out.
At the Central Labor Union, Dele
gate Thornton, of the Molders' Union
who was one of the labor day speak
ers, gave an enthusiastic report of the
lone local union that celebrated labor
day. Despite a drizzling rain, 600
members turned out with business
agent Mike Rano, as chief marshall
and headed by the Worcester Brass
Band.
The parade started at 9:15 a. m.
from the union hail on Shrewsbury
street, down to Front street, before
the headquarters of the open shop as
ISOLATION. Mayor O'Hara and Deputy
Chief of Police McMurray reviewed
the parade from the reviewing stand
at the city hall.
Banner Heads March.
The original schedule called for an
open air mass meeting which was
held at Victory Hall instead because
of the heavy rain A huge banner,
carried by two men at the head of
the procession bore the nicely painted
pick and shovel together with the in
scrtption reading, "Laborers' Union
No. $40, just organized 600 strong
Come and join us now!" Thirty-seven
signs were carried by the marchers
bearing militant propaganda slogans
on the most important labor questions,
such as the Youth, Women in Indus
try, Organization of the Unorganized,
Anti-Speed-up Production, Open Shop
Menace, Amalgamation, Help for Brit
fish Miners, etc.
At Victory hall the great audience
was addressed by Thomas F. Lonner-
gan, president of the c. L. u, Thomas
F. Conroy, secretary of the C.. L. u,
VIM. H. Thornton, and two Italian
speakers. A committee of three head
ed by r. DeSanto of the Passaic, N.
j., textile strikers was present. Broth
er DeSanto gave a short and inter-
esting talk on the strike situation In
Passaic and asked for support of the
strikers. A collection was taken up
which amounted to S59.10. Together
with the previous donation of $4,000,
Local No. $40 gave s109.1O to the Pas
sale strikers.
Even the opponents Of labor day
parade were cheered by the militant
and class-conscious spirit displayed by
this new local, and after repeated ex-
presstons Of Joy by the delegates and
predictions Of huge parade next la
boz day as the result of the inspir-
ing demonstration staged by Local No.
$40, the report of Brother Thornton
was unanimously accepted as one Of
progress.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-09-28
Eneouraaement.

I'VE ought to do what we can for
our old employees" remarked the presi.
dent OF a big industrial concern.
Eyes, indeed" agreed the chairman
Of the, board. Lets issue an order
asking all the younger clerks to ad.
dress them as Sir Locomotive En-.
gineers' journal.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-09-28
HAVERHILL SHOE UNION
DEMANDS PAY INCREASE;
GOES TO ARBITRATION

HAvERHILE, Mass, Sept. 26. -
The Shoe Workers Protective
Union Is asking rs per cent In
ereases to restore the prices paid In
the industry previous to cuts In
1924. The unions request goes to
the shoe board Of arbitration for
action.