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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-02-10
Eagle Workers Point"
Directs Young Pencil
Workers in Struggles
BY J. MARI
(WOrker Correspondent


The young workers Of the Eagle
Pencil Company, see their emancipa-
tor in the shop newspaper, eagle
Workers Roint" They also feel the
driving force behind it striking the
very heart, (the pocketbooks) Of the
bosses.
What has happened in the last
month? Christmas came and passed,
then New Years came and passed.
What did the bosses give the young
workers as a Christmas and New
Years present? A vacation lasting
over a week Imagine whole week
Of joy only thinking of turkey, as
they received no wages and had emp
ty stomachs, also preparing for New
Year, and more likely worse than the
last.
The bosses also had a vaction but
with pay, taken from the sweat and
toll Of the youth in the factory, and
they also took inventory so that they
know with what amount Of capital
they are starting in the New Year
to make more profit, even more tina 2
the last year, from the toll and speed
ing up Of the young workers in the
factory.
Christmas and New Years are not
isolated cases. Every legal holiday
the workers are off with no pay, and
if the holidays comes out on a Fri
day, they are off Saturday also.
Recently, leaflets for a Liebknecht
memorial meeting were distributed by
members Of the Young Workers
League in front Of the pencil COM
pany. What was the demand Of the
young workers? Where is the eagle
Workers Point?" They know that
the Young Workers League through
the eagle Workers Point" are lead
ing them in their struggle against the
bosses of the factory they work in.
Even the adult workers, who are
fifty per cent Of the total number Of
workers in the plant, which is about
two thousand old timers, and new
are grumbling about the conditions
there, and know that they must stick
with the youth in the struggle, which
is their own.
Contributions such as articles and
donations should be sent in for the
next issue Of the eagle Workers
Point" Above all, the young workers
should join the ranks Of the Young
Workers League, and help bring the
message more clearly to the rest Of
the workers in the Eagle Pencil Com
pany With the immediate demand Of,
Full pay for all Legal holidays"
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-02-10
COMMITTEE VOTES
SMITH To SIT IN
Senate Then 60
Problem Of Man Caught
In Act inks SOlOns

WASHINGTON, Feb o. After a
lengthy investigation Of precedents,
the senate elections committee deciG
ed informally today to recommend the
immediate seating Of Senator-D esig-
nate Frank l.. Smith (R) Of Illinois,
and to recommend further his suisse
quent exclusion from the senate be-
cause Of his expenditures in last No
vember's senatorial primary.
The committee failed to take final
acton in the case because Of a disa-
greement over the manner Of writing
its report to the senate.
A majority favored letting Smith
take Che oath Of office at once, but
then to declare his seat vacant
Minority reports probably will be filed
by some members of the committee
protesting against both decisions.
The committee will meet again to-
morrow.
The Reed investigating committee
uncovered vast sums Of money grant
ed to Smith for primary election pur-
poses by the electrical super-powe1
and traction magnate, Samuel insult
of Chicago. 1t also disclosed that
insult had financed Smiths chief OPP
ponent, though to a lesser amount
evidently dealing with the victor
whoever might win.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-02-10
penounces STUPID Officials.

WASHINGTON, Feb. 9-Plans Of
Maj. Chester P. Mills, prohibition adj
ministrator for New York, to have
Rabbis supply him names of all per-
sons that consume sacramento wine,
started Rep, La Guardia of New York
on the warpath today.
In a letter to Secretary of the
Treasury Mellon, La Guardia said:
at is only the hopeless bewilder-
ment Of your administrator, Chester
P. Mills, and the stupid, impossible
orders sent out by him that again
compels me to direct your attention
to the last blunder Of this incOm-
petent official"
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-02-10

quarters at Moscow:
Red International of Trade Unions,
Moscow:
Comrades:
1t has been fifteen months since
we joined the Canton Hongkong
strike, Immediately after the impe-
Iialist massacre in Shanghai on MAY
so, 1925. Amidst our struggle, al
though our attentions were chiefly
directed to external affairs, we never
forgot our internal work. Conse-
quently reorganization conference
was held last January, and for the
following eleven months we devoted
our energy to the development of our
union and the conference of our
strength.
In the span of eleven months, near
ly three thousand new members en-
rolled, ship committees on board
twenty-three ships have been inau-
gurated and many schools for work.
ers and their children have been es-
tablished. There is also organized an
employment bureau, through which
seamen comrades have acquired their
jobs.
To review our fighting strength for
further struggle, the third plenary
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-02-10
SALE OF WESTERN
MARYL And STOCK
MAY END STRIKE
Owners May Make 1t
Excuse for Yielding

WASHINGTON, Feb. Whether
railroad labor will get better boss
is the problem raised by the sale by
John D. Rockefeller, Jr,, of his West
ern Maryland Railroad stock to the
Baltimore & Ohio, and his Wheeling
& Lake Erie stock to the Nickel Plate,
New York Central and Baltimore e.
Ohio interests.
Train service brotherhoods' Of
ficials in Washington were confident,
when the B. G. o. statement was is
sued, that the end of their two-years'
strike on the Western Maryland was
near.
Rockefeller Control.
Rockefeller was identified as the
largest stakeholder and actual con-
trolling influence behind Byers, and
during the past year he has been under
fire from many quarters because Of
the ruthlessly unfair labor policy pur-
sued by Byers. This sale of his stock
is made just on the eve of the pub
LEGATION of joint report on the causes
and effects Of the strike, by investi-
gators for the Federal Council of
Churches, the National Catholic We'll
fare Conference and the Central Coun-
Gil of American Rabbis.
A. o. Wharton, president of the
International Association of Ma
chinists, leader of the railroad shop
crafts and for four years a member
of the Railroad Labor Board, refused
to express optimism over the stock
deal.
Battle of Cash.
"Wait and see what the Interstate
Commerce Commission does on this
sale of stock in the Western Mary
land and the Wheeling e. Lake Erie"
was his advice. eff the B. & O. is
really to dictate policy, then it is a
fortunate thing for rail labor organ
izations. But there are billions Of dol
lars involved on both sides of this
contest in the stock market between
the Loree group and the New York
Central the Nickel Plate or Van
Swearington interests and the B. &
O. We do not know what win happen
next, to effect the labor policy on
any of these big roads or the little
ones. It's a gigantic battle, involv-
ing the determination Of Loree, with
his hackers who are not identified, to
have a road through the eastern ter
ritory. The Pennsylvania has been
obstructing the moves of the opposi-
ton, for its own peculiar ends. It is
battle of big money, and labor does
not figure in it at all except as la
cor gains or suffers by the policy Of
the winner.
Don't Trust b. & o.
The rank and file on strike see no
assurance that the B. & o. will treat
them any better than the Rockefeller
interests did, but think that the trans
fer may be made an excuse for re-
treat on the part of the railroad man
agement. before the determined eff
forts of the strikers to win.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-02-10
City of Angeles to
Hear Bishop Brown
Speak March Sixth

LOS ANGELES, Feb. civilian
Montgomery Brown will speak in Los
Angeles Sunday, March 9th, at 500
P. NJ. at the Trinity Auditorium, 9Th
and Grand Avenue. He will speak on
the interesting subject, "The Power
of the Workers."
Dates are being arranged for him
in Long Beach and Pasadena. You
are requested to keep the above date
open. For further details watch the
columns Of The DAILY WORKER
Paul C.. Reiss is in charge Of the ar
rangements for the meetings.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-02-10

The number of commercial failures
during 1926; according to both Dun's
and Bradstreet's reviews, exceeded
any year since 1922. With the excep-
ton of 1922 the 1926 figure is the
highest on record. Dun shows q, 773
failures in 1926 compared with 21,-
PA in 1925 and 20,615 in 1924.
Doctors Disagree.
Dun and Bradstreet disagree on the
liabilities of the concerns involved.
Dun places the 1926 liabilities at
S409, 232,278 compared with $453, 744,-
272 in 1925, a decrease of about 80.
Bradstreet has reported only on the
failures of the first II months of the
year, the figure being S560022, 1923
compared with $436,52S,1O1 in the
first II months of 1926, an increase
of 1850. Bradstreet's final total for
1926 will undoubtedly exceed $780,
100000.
Plenty Fail.
Bradstreet's figures for the failures
and liabilities of the first ii months
of each year since 1912 are:
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-02-10
ChaIiapin,s Daughter Works.

NEW YORK, Feb. 9. - Stella
Chaliapin, daughter Of Feodor
Chaliapin, former bass of the Met
ropolitan Opera, has gone to work
as a sales-girl in fifth avenue de-
partment store.
Her decision to become working
girl was made while her father ac-
companied his own opera company
on tour. Because he might be
against the idea, she acted while he
was away,
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-02-10
Green Tells New Haven
Workers AbOutAmerica
Being a Perfect Heaven
az q WOrker Corregpondentl

NEW HAVEN, Feb. 9.-The much
heralded mass meeting of William
Green, president of the American
Federation of Labor, under the au-
spices of the New Haven Trades
Council, drew a big crowd at the
Bijou Theatre, last Sunday, Feb. G.
A mixed group Of labor men and
those interested in the organized la
Dor movement awaited eagerly to
hear what the "head" of the A. F. of
l.. had to say regarding the burning
questions that at present confront or
eanized labor in America. They ex-
pected to hear what the successor of
the greatest labor leader of our
time," Mr.. Sam Gompers, as the
chairman of the meeting put it,
thought about the intensive campaign
that the manufacturers association
is waging at present against the trade
unions, in their effort to smash COM
pany unions"
Expected Much.
The public had all reasons to ex-
pect to hear the spokesman of organ
lied labor express himself on his at
titude towards our state department s
stand against Nicaragua, Mexico and
China and the struggle of the Chinese
to be free of the foreign yoke.
Ii the people expected to hear Mr..
Green touch upon these subjects -
they were greatly disappointed, as
Mr.. Green's mind was turned in a
different direction and this is-to
giorify the ideal conditions that the
workers enjoy in this country. He
said that all is we'll with us; that we
are better off here than the workers
IN any European country, ascribing
these blessings to the "safe and
sane" policy Of the A. f. of l.. in
dealing with the different labor prob
lens.
Green Is Proud.
Mr.. Green pointed out with pride
that different labor commissions are
being sent here from European coun-
tries to study our methods as to chow
we make it work." getting such high
wages that enable workers to own
automobiles. And all this we attained,
he exclaimed, in spite of our oppo-
sition to independent political action.
And here Mr.. Green pleaded most elo-
quently the cause of "rewarding our
friends and furnishing our enemies"
and pictured the horrors that would
result if organized labor would join
a labor party movement.
No Questions Allowed.
The meeting was over. No ques-
lions were allowed, and this was
great advantage for Mr.. Green, as
he. would have a hard job to prove
his assertions that all the workers in
this country are getting such high
wages that the methods used by the
A. f. of l.. in organizing the work
ers deserve to be followed by the
workers Of other countries
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-02-10

The last month Of the year, accord
ing to Dun, showed a very material
increase both in number Of failures
and in total liabilities. There were
2069 December failures with S45,619,-
578 liabilities compared with 1873
failures and $36,528, 100 liabilities in
December, 1925 The increase in LA
bilities was 25@t.
Middle Class.
Dun's figures for December classify
the failures according to line Of bust
ness. There were 494 failures among
manufacturers, 1869 among store
keepers and 106 in other commercial
lines. Among the classified manufac-
turers those producing lumber and
lumber products suffered most with
60 failures and S2,4s0,730 liabilities.
Manufacturers of machinery and tools
came next with 80 failures and total
liabilities Of $2,249,236. Among the
traders, food stores, clothing stores
and furniture stores suffered the
heaviest casualties.
As whole the figures show clearly
that although the totals involved are
large the persons hit belong to the
class Of petty capitalists who bridge
the gap between the dominant bust
ness interests and the working class.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-02-10

Judge E. E. Zesiger of Akron, o.,
sprang into fame the other day and
excited favorable editorials in all the
biggest papers by beating up John
Caves, waiting trial before him, with
rubber hose. Judge Zesiger has
long advocated the whipping post for
wife beaters, and Immediately issued
statement that he had dashed Caves
for that crime.
One trouble with his argument
seems TO be that Caves was not ar
rested for wife beating at all, but
merely for drunkenness. He is brick
layer, who sought refuge from the
m0nOtOny of laying one on top of an
other by moderate bottle or too, and
got something stronger than he meant.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-02-10
Carpenters Strike in
San Francisco Not Yet
Settled; Officers Talk

SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 9.-The
carpenters strike is still going on
here. The union officials, working
under strict control by Hutcheson, the
reactionary dictator of the union, have
been meeting with the contractors,
but without an agreement to date.
The strike has been in progress
since April l, 1926, and is for the
closed shop.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-02-10
PrOlet- Tribune Appears
In Chicago, Feb. 18th

CHICAGO, H., Feb. 9.--The next
issue Of the Prolet-Tribune, the Rus
sian living newspaper OF the Chicago
Novy Mir Worker Correspondents,
will be out Saturday, Feb. 26, pub
lished at the Workers House, 1902
West Division St., beginning at s p.
M. Admission is 25 cents.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-02-10

session of the executive committee
sat at Canton on the 18th inst. 1t
found our past work satisfactory and
recommends continued efforts.
We are thankful to recall the moral
and material support which the
Canton Hongkong strike received
from our comrades of every country,
and which has done much to strength
en- our decision to stand to the last
in the struggle against our mutual
enemies.
Comradesl We know from expe-
rience that the unity of the working
class is imperative, for unity is our
power. With this spirit we shake
hands with you, and hope you will
guide and help us, your juvenile COM
radesl
The Third Executive Committee
of the Chinese Seamen's Union,
Chairman, SON CHEN HING.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-02-10

sTATESVILLE, N. c., Feb. ga
man-hunting mob Of 500, armed with
rifles, pistols and shotguns, this
afternoon was surrounding a dense
swamp near here, searching for John
II. Rector, alleged slayer Of his wife.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-02-10


the capitalist government. Fosdick
wants to foist this bit of 18th cen
fury modernism" on his flock.
CLEEFUL chuckles can be heard
Vim Washington and London over
the reported retreat Of the Canton
csc. 1t seems the imperialists feel
their nationals quite safe under the
tender care of Sun Chuan Fang's
bandits. But their big guns were
ready to roar when the armies Of
the nationalist government We're APP
preaching. Yet, even the mission
aries admit that the Cantonese, thru
the Koumintang Party, are the only
political group in the history OF
China with a program other than
murder and pillage. The capitalists
favor the brigands, Fang and Chang
Tso-Lin, because they are purchas-
able. They are hostile to the Can
tonese because the latter intend To
restore China to the people OF China.
They purpose to clear out the for
eign imperialist armies of occupa-
ton and to clean up the native mill
tarists.
a n eight month Jail sentence and
"A $1,000 fine were imposed on
Boston publisher for caricaturing
former mayor James Z. Curley IN
cartoon representing a convict
with ball and chain and editoriahz-
ing on the mayors alleged Partially
for the cup that cheers. The former
mayor once served q Jail term, the
best political investment he ever
made. While a young man he evad-
ed laborious work but spent much
time in the public library, thus ac-
quiring a fair mountaineering with
the classics. He also learned enough
about arithmetic TO enable him to-
pass an examination for post office
clerk, for a friend who had a large
family but little education.
Curleys offense was brought toI
official notice, trial followed and
he was sent to the penitentiary on
Deer Island for a few months. Later
on, when running for mayor the
willy James would plant hardy
wight in the crowd attending his
meetings and have him ask the.
question: as it or is not true that.
you served term in jaif?" In al
deep voice that limited a trace Of
usefulness the candidate would first
caution the audience not to slaugh-
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-02-10
MIDDLE CLASS BEING LQUIDATED WHILE BIG
BUSINESS CALLS IT A PROSPEROUS YEAR IS
STATISTICAL RECORD OF BUSINESS FAILURES
Central Press
By LELAND oLDs Federated press)

decided the
the prosperity of American capitalism foundation The
great banker corporations buwaed
them through long private businesses would be
weed out absorbed while labor would
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-02-10

Frank Z. Campbell, Jr., IA, is in
sured for $l,Oo0,OOO, it became
known today thereby supplanting
Jackie Coogan, the movie star, as
the worlds most heavily insured
hoy. Jackie's policy is for $650,00O.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-02-10
PLENARY SESSION OF THE EXECUTIVE OF THE
CHINESE SEkMENS UNION REPORTS PROGRESS

CANTON ChnaThe Chinese
has sent the following letter to the Red International
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-02-10
CURRENT EVENTS

Continued from Page One)
sional is an extremely useful insti-
tuition to the catholic church and to
the capitalist government. Fosdick
wants to foist this bit of 18th cen
fury modernism" on his flock.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-02-10

ter the miscreant and then he would
reply: yes, it is true that | took
an examination for a poor man with
large family 1t is true that thru
my efforts he secured a position that
enabled him to Maintain his wife and
little ones in comfort. And it is also
true that owing to the Vaccinations
Of the blue-stockinged, poodle-pet-
ting parasites of the Back Bay
(Boston's aristocratic colony) Twas
sent to jail. But l am not ashamed
Of my action, and would go to Jail
any time to help a worthy friend in
need"
By this time the candidates elo-
quence would be put to the test to
save the questioning culprit from the
angry crowd. Curley became mayo
mainly because OF a few months
jail. The publisher, who expected
excite the populace against ma
who went to Jail for a friend, ha,
a reputation for never having beat
en- his mother or sent his wife out
to do washing and in addition could
hoist a stein Of beer with the lads,
is a candidate for an asylum for the
feeble-minded
MTE are so busy trying to clean up
w the stage, magazines and pc
liodicals thaU cater to the salacious-
minded, abate the evils that are
preying on our legal institutions
enieiiy vendors of straw bail-that
we completely overlooked the trou-
lies of honest astrologers whose
profession has been invaded by
hordes Of "pretenders and charlat-
ans who for twenty-five cents will
deliver a ready-made horoscope" In
other words the legitimate fraud
will get at least one dollar for what
the illegitimate interloper will turn
out Tor two bits.
Dr. Brooks, who is holding the
thin red line for the genuine" as
trologers, wants a law passed that
would provide for a yearly license
fee Of $25 for those practising as
trology. This would drive the
twenty-five center into bootlegging
his horoscopes.
DR.. Brooks claims that the profess
sion is social necessity. He says:
MANY times we are consulted on
neutrality-suspicious. a comparison Of
the prospective bride and groom
shows the union would be a happy
one" We suggest that the Doc
bring his mystic art to the attention
OF the Hollywood movie colony. He
would be kept as busy there as
furniture mover.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1927-04-29
WOODLAWN

Hopewell Community Club enter
tanned all the Clubs of the County
Tuesday afternoon, the 26th, in the
Church House, from two to four.
Mr.. and Mrs Edward T. Bryde, OF
Washington, spent Saturday night
with her mother, Mrs. ]. B. Tyson.
Misses Virginia and Cornelia Abb
rahams attended the funeral of their
cousin, Mrs. Joseph l. France, in
Baltic, Monday.
Mrs. G. B. Cullen, OF Philadelphia
is spending this week with her cous-
in, Mrs. George McCoullugh
Mrs. w. B. Clagett, Mss M. 1
Jackson, accompanied by Mrs E.
Jackson. of Ruthford, N. j., motor
ed to the house of Miss Eleanor Gil
lespie in Wilmington, Wednesday.
the goth for lunch.
Mrs. Charles Baker and daughter
Dorothy of Baltic, were weekend
guests of Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur G..
SINNERS.
Miss Evelyn Williams went t.
Washington. Friday morning with
the graduating class of the Jacob
Tome Institute, of which she is 3
member, returning Sunday.
The funeral of Howard R. Sim.
mers was held at his late home, Sat
urday at 2 o'clock, in charge of Rev
Harry Wright, of Wilmington. The
American Mechanics of Principle
Furnace had charge at the grave
His four brothers, Robert Taylor, a
brother-in-law, and Howard c.
Barnes. close friend, were pail
bearers. Interment in -, Hopewell
cemetery.