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D|SPOSES
 IF STOCK q. LOUIS
 II1l1TIONAL BALL CUB
RECEIVED CLOSE TO S10O, OR HELD OUT FOR s1o5 A SHARE;
 S116,7OO

ST. LOUIS April 12. P)-A satis- factory settlement of the controversy between Rogers Hornsby and baseball officials regarding his eligibility to play on the Giants has been reached. Harnsby agreed to sell his stock in the St. Louis National Club for s116,- TOO, which is about S100 a share. The settlement was reached at a confer
 ence between Hornsby and National League officials. Hornsby has been holding out for S1O6 share for his stock. The stock will revert to Sam Brendon, president of the Cardinals and will be paid for jointly by the Giants, Cardinals and National League.
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CHECK REIN PLACED
 0N DRY OFFICIALS
ROY A. HAYNES HAS FULL AL, THORlTY BUT MUST HAVE
 APPROVAL ANDREWS

WASHINGTON, April F. (P)-A check rein was placed yesterday on Roy A. Haynes, the new acting Con- missioner of prohibition, to prevent him having full control of the dry forces Acting Secretary Of the Treasury Department, signed an ord CT delegating to Haynes full author ity to decide in all prohibition mat ters, but first, he must obtain the of Assistant Secretary of the Treasury, Lincoln C. Andrews.
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COUNTRIES DEMAND CANTONESE METE
 OUT PUNISHMENT
PROMISE ABSTAIN FROM FUR TIER VIOLENCE ASKED; ALSO
 PREPARATIONS

SHANGHAI, April 12. (P)-The con- sul generals of the United States, Great Britain, France, and Italy pre- sented a note to the Cantonese de- manding punishment Of commanders and troops responsible for the Nan king outrages, written apology from the Cantonese commander-in-c chief and formal promise to abstain from vio- lence against foreigners lives and in- terests and full reparation for injuries and damages.
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MODERATES, RADICALS SPLIT; MARITAL LAW .|S DECLARED IN ANDY
DEFINITE ANTi-BRlTISA MOVE. MENT TAKING FORM OF BOY-
 corr

SHANGHAI, April 12. (P-A split between the moderate and radical sec tion has occurred, the moderate groups in one case using field guns to attack radical gatherings at Shanghai, Han- kow, Ranking and Annoy, killing and disarming many radical laborites. Ad- herents of General Chiang Qua Shek descended upon every known labor union centre of Shanghai early this morning arresting 600 and capturing machine guns, rifles, pictols, bombs and ammunition. Fifty laborers in one building refused to surrender until field guns were brought up. The troop occupy the labor Headquarters and the secretary is missing.
 The definite anti-British movement which may take the forH of boy colt similar to those recently declared at Canton and Hongkong, was launch ed in the native section of Shanghai. The Great Anti-British League was organized by the Cantonese. Martial law has been declared at Annoy and Chinese troops are occupying all of the foreign houses and office buildings of the Standard Oil company at Chin kiang.
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MERRILL PASSENGERS
 CONSTRUCTED SHELTER

NOME, April 12 (P)-Merrill re- ports that after missing Candle in stonm the plane nosed down over, landing on Selawik lake. Nobody was hurt The wings of the plane were re- moved and used to build shelter for protection against the blizzard. They stayed 36 hours and walked Dart of the way and caught dogteam the rest of the way into Candle. He ex- poets to bring the plane to Candle at once.
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BIG LEAGUE OPENS TODAY |S DAZZLING
 ARRAY 0F TALENT
PHILADELPHIA FAVORiTE IN AM BARGAINS = PITTSBURGH FOR
 NATIONALS

NEW YORK. April 12. (P)-Chang- es are epected in baseball starts when the big leagues open the season today. Tie Philadelphia Americans are show ing the most brilliant list with the ad- dition of Ty Cobb, Eddie Collins and Zack Wheat. favorites for the pen nant. The Pittsburg Pirates are the National League favorites, with the Giants and Yankees promising a close race
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It was predicted that Smith would be the Democratic nominee with Gov ernor Donahey of Ohio as running mate. It was also predicted that this ticket would lose by 250,000 to Cool idge Any party that gets into the next campaign and proposes tc repeal wiped out of existence for 20 years," was another pdictiOn.
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TROOP CONCENTRATION
 QN SIBERIAN BORDER

LONDON, April 12. R)-A Toyio dispatch to the Daily Mail said the Japanese correspondents at Harbin re- ports large concentration of Russian and Chinese troops on the Siberian border preparing for possible hostili- ties growing out of relations between Soviet Russia and Northern China
 The Russians have four divisions and the Chinese one and half on the bor-
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|vAT|ONAL|STS HAVE MET REvERSES; ARE
 IN FULL RETREAT
OF YANGcHoW AN. NONcED-FANG'S OUTPOSTS
 ON BANKS OF YANGTSE

SHANGHAI, Ajril F. (P,-All re- ports indicate the Nationalists have encountered serious reverses in their advance from Canton. Foreign and Chinese reports announce the recap ture of Yangchow by troops of Mar shal Sun Chan Fang and announce his outposts already are on the banks of the Yangtse river Other reports state that the Nationalists are re- treating on Pukow.
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Judge Thayef- did not eply4tiinectly to the prisoners denunciations. He said the provisions of the Massachu- setts law put restrictions on presiding justices and he had sentenced the men to death. Sacco leaped to his feet andshouted: 'I am innocent. I never stole, never killed, never spilled blood" Vanzetti followed and charg- ed that the judge and jury were against him from the very beginning, and said My lawyer betrayed me for 30 pieces of silver"
 The attorneys of both men immedi- ately laid plans to appeal hte sentence in the Federal court on a habeas cor pus action.
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CRUSHED NOT BURNED

MODESTO, April 21. (P)-Inyesti- gation showed that Edward Neher, Pa cific air transport pilot .and Schal- Ter company official were crushed to death and not burned when the plane made forced landing and struck a pool of water and turned over.
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coLLiERY ROOF coLLAPsEs

BARNSLEY, N. Y, April F. (P)- Three men were killed when the roof of the Weirncluffe Colliery collapsed. Fourteen men were entombed, but were rescued by crews who forced a way through fires which broke out following the collapse.
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FOREIGN PROHIBITION
 TREATIES HELD VALID

WASHINGTON, Ajril 12. (P)-The Supreme court sustained in effect the treaties with foreign governments to aid in prohibition enforcement. The court held valid prosecutions against the crews of vessels seized under the treaties
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CAPTAIN JOHN BACkLAND
 PREPARING FOR ARCTIC

SEATTLE, April 12 (P)-Captain John Backland is preparing for his twenty first trading voyage to Point BarroWHis sailing schooner, c. $. Holmes, is being overhauled He de- pends entirely on wind for power and carries two launches for maneuvering the vessel and landing shipments.
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WASHINGTON, April 12 H9 "A group of experi- enced Republican political leaders breaasted at the White House. the date Chairman William Butler of the national committee is scheduled to start national survey of the political situation. Senator Willis of Ohio, who toured the country, called after breakfast and told President Coolidge he would be renominated and elected "Ony earthquake" could keep Coolidge from another term. he said
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MILLION DOLLAR SNOW
 STORM HITS WYOMING

CHEYENNE. Wyo., April 12. (P)- Roads are blocked in sections and no air. mail planes have reached here for what stockmen and farmers call a million dollar snow storm. Tempera- lures are mild
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DEDHAM, Mass, April 12 (9-Nicola sacco and Barholome Vanzetti, the two Italian radicals whose murder trial has echoed around the world for years sentenced by Judge Webster Thayer of the Massa cusetts Supreme court to die in the electric chair during the week of July 10 for the sayng of paymaster and his guard in South Braintree Mass, during holdup April 15, 1920
 Before sentence both in court protesting their nnocense and assaed the judge before whom they tried and about to sentence them, and in sisted they victims of persecution because of rad cal views Cacco talked about five minutes and VanZet made 42-nnute address which at times attained elo- Quence
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MRS. RUTH SNYDER AND
 PARAM0UR TRIAL APRIL 18

NEW YORK. April 12. P-Su- preme Court Justice ScLdder ruled that Mrs. Ruth Snyder and Henry Judd Gray, her paramour, must stand trial together for the murder of the
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Only An Earthquake
 Can Keep Coolidge
 From Another Term

GROUP EXPERIENCED REPUBLICAN POLITICAL LEADERS BREAKFAST AT THE WHITE HOUSE; SMITH IS PREDICTED AS DEMOCRATIC NOMI NEE WITH GOVERNOR DONAHEY OF OHIO AS RUNNING MATE
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SEVEN YEAR 0LDCASE
 ENDS SACCO VANZET1I
 SENTENCED TO CHAIR

JULY 10 IS DATE SET FOR EXECUTION-BOTH DE- NOUNCE JUDGE ON NBENCH-PRISONERS WERE WHILE VOICING PRIDE IN RADICAL VIEWS; DEFENSE MAPS PLAN FOR NEW EVIDENCE
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-01-07
Wages and Prosperity

1t is q benefcent circle the sample 0Gge moves
increased productivity makes possible an increased con-
slnpon but rhic must IeUe production d0e
groc commnsrGtey and not rise to hgher cces
production increase la still higher ratio
~ it is coming bereaIised and more clearly that
employs and the 'oho derotes ms SE"t
to another for hire are partners joint enterprise
Times comments edoraly on the polya
nasm dispensed by the American Federation
Labor and Secretary Davis relative to the prosperity
and contenment" of the American working class
average weekly earnings of workers in New York state fac
tories $2S33 for 1925.
The weekly earnings in all industries in the state oil
Illinois $2941
per hour for abores in iron and steel
substantial increases have been granted
since that me was departments AZ cents 40 cents
cents 1872 cents So cents so cents and 80 cents.
average notify earnings of farm hands in 1925-whou
and board-were S4S55
The above for Wages of on
the average a LITTLE OVER ONE-HALF those of
above examples ypicathey include two great in
dustrial Illinois They include such groups
as the aborers who the great majority of the
this industry Farm aborers alone make up
a group of 100000 workers.
productivity" has been established but the
ample wage"the subject much mpesoned writing the
capitalist and press-has been established
song reactonary labor officials capitalist
party obhoders and the capitalist press.
its purpose deception of the working masses 1T is
hoped they accept general estimate of
prosperity in place of wages.
tasks of the workers is
gigantic which being built around the central
slogan of "hgh wages and increased productivity"
It would be workers study the history
of British Imperialism These high
the labor agents of their respective mpeasms
the theories and concoced the conspnaces
against the working that in America today
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-01-07
The Notorious Mr.. Frank I. Smith

gangsters who are in the habit
Of hanging some religious mottos
over the doors of their political
bawdy houses and getting away with
it. Smith represents an element that
lives by politics and to a certain ex-
tent, like the mythical Robin Hood,
rob the rich and give to the poor
gangsters. Smiths opponents in the
finance-capital world would rather
have a representative who would take
orders for a fixed stipend. But ap-
parently Smith is of the adventurous
type that prefers to take chance on
making an uncertain amount rather
than be sure of a fixed sum.
Big business does not want Smith
not because he is a radical, but be-
cause he is political burglar. Smith
is for the capitalist system, and if Hi
nois big business had to choose be-
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-01-07

easier to purchase washington than
to entice the population. Of southern
Illinois on to a band wagon. We have
often heard 1t said that big business
controls or dominates the republican
party, but aus a matter of fact finance
capital feels more at home with
George Brennan in Illinois and with
Al. Smith in New York than with Len
Small, who robbed this state of one
million dollars, or with Senator-elect
Ware of Philadelphia who spent al
most as much getting elected.
There is nothing left to say except
that the probable election of Smith
from the senate because he received
100000 in election donations from
Sam Insult, will be one of the choicest
pieces of hypocrisy ever pulled off in
this country. All congressman and
senators are servants of the capital
lists. They owe their political exist
ence to their ability to serve the sys-
tenn. AS long as they are not caught
in some indiscretion that will not give
their group enemies chance to
arouse the Indignation of the bush
whacking voter, they can wear the
cloak of political virtue with inn
punity.
We are in favor of Smiths election
from the senate. In fact we cannot
think of anybody in either house who
would not serve a better purpose kill
ing boil weevils in Texas. But we
must be content with what we can
get. A senator walking home in the
wee small hours of the morning with
out the price of a taxi ride is sight
for the gods. Let's have more of them.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-01-07
The New Drive on Militant Trade UniOniSm

ways has been and DOUBTLESS will
remain, fundamentally economic in
character.
WTE have seen the announcements
w of President Green of the A. F. Of
l.. and other official spokesman rela-
tive to the role of trade unions as
production organs in close connection
with management and we have like
wise seen that the New York Times
and other mouthpieces of capitalism
share the same opinion.
All of these forces are united
against the section of the organized
workers and of the unorganized, as in
Passaic, who are disturbing" the
peaceful" development of American
imperialism. Ytr
THE dogma that strikes are unne-
L cessary and "wasteful" has been
put forward and an attempt clearly is
made, as in the New York needle
trades, to show that workers, by ac-
cepting the principle of slightly high
er pay for much more work. can bet.
ter their conditions substantially
WITHOUT strikes.
The struggle in the labor movement
now between right and left is a strug-
gle for the right to strike. But it is
something more than that-it is also
new kind of struggle, a-struggle
for the abolition of trade unions as
weapons of the working class which
is being conducted INSIDE of the
union by agents Of the capitalists
The left wing workers fight to STAY
in the unions and forge them into real
! weapons of all the workers.
TT is noticeable that. only where
L highly exploited workers revolt,
like in the textile industry recently
or only in militant strikes with some
political consciousness, like those OF
the furriers and cloakmakers, does the
capitalist class conduct direct of.
fensive and heap columns of abuse
upon them in it's press.
Wage demands of large and decisive
groups of workers, as in the railroad
| industry, do not evoke the open hatred
and abuse, when the capitalist class
knows that they will be compromised
thru the compulsory arbitration ma.
chinery, as do relatively small and un
important strikes in less decisive in
dustries.
IT UNINTERRUPTED production" is
- the slogan of American imperial
ism and it is echoed by the trade
union bureaucracy. The present labor
leadership, as has been stated in the
introduction to these articles, has nc
policy beyond that of securing a small
share of the enormous wealth pro
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-01-07

press we can add another statement,
previously quoted, from his editorial
n the December number of the Fed
erationist:
The workers. demands UNDER
COOPERATION HAVE BEEN RE-
STRAINED by better understanding
of the facts of production. EN-
phasis mine.)
1t is hardly necessary to point out
that there is no essential difference
between these statements-one by an
open and avowed imperialist, head of
bank whose depredations in Haiti,
Cuba and Nicaragua are notorious, the
other by the head of the American
labor movement.
NOR is this an accidental occur.
~ renee. The policy of worker
employer cooperation, OF definite in
crease in the amount of work for an
increase in wages, is the policy of
both American imperialism and the
trade union bureaucracy. Those ele-
ments of the working class that have
not been whipped or bribed into line
must be crushed.
This is what the struggle in the
trade unions centers around.
The union OF capitalists, trade union
ofiicialdom and socialist party bureau
cracy in this struggle is explained by
the facts of Imperialism and their eff
fects upon the working class.
T ENIN, in his Imperialism after
~ mentioning the enormous super
profits from foreign investments in
the pre-war imperialist period (Amer-
lean Imperialism now has 10000 0,-
600 invested abroad) shows the use to
which portion of them are putt:
1t is easy to perceive, that from
such large additional profit (for
it is received in addition to the pro-
fit which the capitalists extract
from their own country labor
leaders and the upper strata of the
workers. aristocracy CAN BE
BRIBED. So the capitalists of the
progressive" countries bride them
by a thousand means, direct and In
direct, open and secret. Emphasis
in the transIation.)
Some details of the manner in
which the trade union oficialdom
shares in the loot of American imper-
ialism, and how their status has be-
come that of the lower and central
section of the middle class, will make
clear the wide gap which separates
them from the workers upon whom, in
company with the bosses. and the so
3ialist bureaucracy, they are. making
| var in the trade unions
ITO be concluded0
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-01-07
ARTICLE XII.
BY WILLIAM F. dunno.

WE have seen how the socialist
w party bureaucracy has become
part Of the united front against
genuine trade unionism and parrots
the cry of the official union leader
ship that "trade unionism" must be
preserved from the very same sec
tions of the trade union movement
which have waged all the militant and
successful struggles in 1926.
1t is well to inquire here as to what
is meant when the accusation is made
by labor officialdom that their critics
and opponents in the labor movement
are trying to destroy trade union
ism"
no they actually believe that the
~ left wing and the Communist
workers are trying to wipe out the
trade unions and leave the working
class unorganized?
OF course they do not, but the accu-
sation is made in the above terms
with the idea in mind that trade
unionists and workers generally will
so understand it.
They have in mind, when they make
! the accusation, that there is a clash
of policies in the trade union move
ment-that a section of the organized
working class, either more exploited
than supporters of officialdom, more
class conscious, or both, tries to
guide the unions into the path of
POLITICAL struggle based on their
economic demands, while the more
privileged group of trade union mem
bers led by the labor bureaucracy
strive to keep the unions DIVORCED
FROM POLITICAL ACTION and con
fine them to the old program of "pure
and simple" trade unionism as Daniel
De Leon characterized it, or still
worse-make them outright efficiency
organs of capitalist production. AS a
matter of fact there is no difference
between the two except that the
former takes a little longer to render
the unions entirely helpless.
WILLIAM ENGLISH WALLING, the
w renegade socialist Che will now
find plenty of his former colleagues
in the same camp who early saw the
trend of the official trade union policy
and has become the semi-official
spokesman of A. F. of L. officialdom,
says in his book, American Labor and
American Democracy" favorably re-
viewed in all the official labor sheets:
The American labor movement al
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-01-07

tween Smith and ]. Louis EngdahI,
they would choose Smith. But they
don't have to make such choice just
now. Therefore they hop on Smith
like bunch of angry virgins and as
sumo defensive postures. They act as
if this man Smith was like a repub-
lican turned loose in an Alabama
village. They declare that the honor
of Illinois is at stake to the extent of
100000 worth of purchased ballots.
In all probability Smith will return
from the senate chamber like one of
kid" Wells checks bouncing back
from a bank. Because he was I'M
lucky? No. The philosopher was
right. There is no such thing as
chance. Smith does not happen to rep
resent the big lads who run things
just now, even tho they do not al
ways control the votes. 1t is much
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duced for the workers by means OF
cooperation" agreements providing
for increases in output per worker
piece work on a wholesale scale for
the working class. When the inevi-
table period of crisis comes, the labor
leadership is helpless. Still worse, as
it has done in the past, it becomes
the open ally of the suppressive ma
chinery of the capitalist government.
Its fight on the movement for the
formation of a labor party can be
explained by no other reason than
its fear that it may become an effec-
tive weapon of the masses in periods
of depression.
THE official policy of the American
Federation of Labor, based on the
present temporary prosperity, can be
shown easily to be similar to the view
point of the most representative
spokesman of Imperialism. For in
stance, Charles {. Mitchell, president
Of the National City Bank of New
York, the bank to whose service more
gunboats and marines have been de-
voted than to any other American
! financial institution, in an interview
devoted to prospects for 1927, said:
Increasing powers of production
are the basis of prosperity. The
problem of maintaining this pros
perity will not be solved by indis-
criminate wage increases which ne
cessitate price increases, interfere
with distribution and threaten
showdown of industry. ONLY
WHEN WAGE ADVANCES ARE
ACCOMPANIED BY CORRESPOND
ING INCREASES IN PRoDUc-
TON ARE THEY COMPATIBLE
WITH ENDURING PROSPERITY.
Emphasis mine.)
! COMPARE this statement by one Of
~ Americas leading imperialists
with a statement made for the same
purpose "a forecast of prospects for
1920 by the head of the trade union
movement:
MANY OF OUR INDUSTRIES
HAVE MADE REAL PROGRESS
IN DEVELOPING PRODUCTION
POLICIES AND METHODS THAT
SUSTAIN PROSPERITY. :. THE
WAGE INCREASES FOR THE
CONDUCTORS AND TRAINMEN
ON EASTERN ROADS AND THE
SHoPMEN ON THE BALTIMORE
/ AND OHIO AND THE CANAnIAN
NATIONAL railroad may reason
ably be regarded as indicative of
what is to be expected in 1927.
Emphasis mine.)
ITO this statement by President
4 Green which was Civ en- to the