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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-05-10
Two Louisiana Disasters-the Flood and Hoover.

Certainly the pathetic plight of the stricken victims
Mississippi river flood the South the sympathy of
everyone Countless thousands square miles inundated and
the inhabitants compelled flee raging the
that supposed to them too niggardy to
strengthen the dkes such The miserable
ogrong porbarre working hand in hand with
the grating grown rich securing appropriations
to build safeguards along the river 1t is the
a class and its that thousands Of poor inhabitants
of the bottom lands along the Mississippi driven from their
homes perish
The flood first leaving ruin its trail
Then came the second calamity supplementary disaster that
Will affect the population for to The second catas
trophe to befal them Mr.. Hoover
This Hoover apirant presidency
ary OF COodges cabinet the very personica
ton Of all that is worst Imperiastic America There
infamous act this has not been guilty against defensees
peoples OF the whole world he preys upon misery in order to
advance the interests his masters Wall bandits
agent of Wall Street Europe agony the pop
uaons OF the devastated countries into profits He distributed
food populations only condition that they
to American Imperialism He used his office agent the Will
son administration TO place the yoke OF slavery Whole
tries in return for of bread He actively aided the bloody
monster ory of Hungary conduct policy of determination
against the working His dripping
European workers. he Harding Denby-Fa Teapot
Dome cabinet of Harding and participated in the evey of that
gang his Imperialism darling the
reptile press of the nation
Like foul buzzard he prays upon disaster flood in
Louisiana him another opportunity his
The Coolidge administration would have believe that Hoover
mission IS one OF mercy He not there to relieve suffering but
to take advantage the population
TO the banking capitalists the loan He confer
ring with New Orleans bankers local agents Street.
the of placing the disposal of the afflicted farmers
long loans. Land will be drained years crop will
planted but the inhabitants will slave only pay
the loans to the bankers Already living close the line of
merest subsistence the victims today per-
peuay vctmzed by the bankers through
cry of Secretary Hoover.
Instead of the government coming the of the flood
victims and placing funds at their disposal gratis somewhat
aone for its neglect safeguard advantage
present misery to drive them lower.
Reprehensibe is the Hoover must be recog
nized part and parcel of the capitalist system which places
profits above human lives The government
the workers and farmers but enable the ruling
slave them.
The most effective available against such shame
full swndng the part of the political agents of Wall
Labor Party that will be able to rally its support
plotted farmers of both the and wheat belts middle
and far West and the cotton belt of the South.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-05-10
Wolfe VS.. Hays in
Debate on American
And Soviet System

What should prove one of the most
interesting debates of the year will
take place Friday, May 10, 8.15 p. M,
at the Community Church, Saith ST.,
and Park Ave, when Bertram D.
Wolfe, directors of the Workers
School debates Arthur Garfield Hayes,
well-known attorney for the Civil Lib
critics Union, on the question: as the
American System of Government Pre-
ferable to the Russian System ?"
John Haynes Holmes will be the chair
man.
Tickets are SOC and 75c and can be
secured at the Workers School, 10S
East 14th Street; Jimmie Higgins
Bookshop, 1O6 University Place; the
Freiheit, so Union Square; Commune
ity Church, 34th Street and Park Ave-.
nue.; and Bronx Free Fellowship, 1907
Boston Road
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-05-10
Don't Pan the President.
Dear Comrade Editor:

Dear Comrade Editor:
Be sure to read very carefully the
nice story told by VIM. Green of A.
+. L. on the Italian "Charter Of La
Dor" and then go over the A. F. of L.
methods of expulsion of the furriers
and the Joint Board and you will see
how Mussolini got his idea to strangle
labor.
The McGrady, Vol, Frayne game
in New York City is just the same.
I am somewhat surprised that old
Fox Green got excited and spilled
the beans.
Also notice that on April 23rd
O'Leary didn't have his name on any
N. Y. World articles. He is one "bird"
who is never fair, always on the
boss" side and never giving progress
sive labor an even break.
Why don't you give story on this
bird" Every one despises him.
I read your paper every day, and
consider it the only paper where one
can get the right slant of labor
news. don't like the abuse of Presi-
dent Coolidge, or men high in power
as it doesn't do any good, and makes
you many enemies.
Give the records of the takers who
go after you. AS you will find birds"
like Martin Littleton all have a story
that some one knows. When you rip
it into them on their past, it brings
you many admirers.
AS a democrat, resent it when you
roast the president. While I may
agree with you it's truth, but he is
president of the U. s. A. and should
not be attacked, as vile as you do
about "strile breaker" Use that type
and paper on the Greens, VOLS and
McGradys and all the "fat boys" who
rat labor in every strike. Rank and
file is a simple minded "cuss. and
can understand what A. r. Of L. of
ficials do, and brings home to them
what they know.
Ask anyone in the printing trades
about Jim Lynch, orr Vol, Berry,
Frayne, etc, and you will 80 times out
Of a 100 hear "the dirty S. of
b---s," etc.
With best wishes and success, be-
lieve me, as many more, sincere adj
mirers who cannot come out as would
like to do.
Keep after the Greens, Fraynes,
Wolls, ETC., and you will make many
news friends. Ask why no organic
ing has been done since the Detroit
Convention. How many millions un-
organized are there in the u. S. A.
and they will be more worried than
when you pan the president Of the
U. S. A.
GOOD LEWIS.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-05-10
" DRAMA II
Praise For Play, ''Mr.
PIN Passes By"

It might be we'll to record here
some of the comments of the critics
when they first witnessed the Thea
ire Guilds production of A. A..
Mines "Mr. PIN Passes By" This,
mind you, was seven years ago, in
the days when the Theatre Guild was
still struggling for recognition and
when it was housed at the Garrick
Theatre. Haywood Broun in the
Tribune:
"Mr. PIN Passes By" the new
comedy from A. A. Milne, which was
produced at the Garrick Theatre last
night, deserves to be ranked among
the conspicuous successes of the
Theatre Guild When a coincidence
of the first rank meets a deft light
comedy sparks are bound to fly, even
as they flew last night while Laura
Hope Crews revealed in the role of
Olivia Marden. This is surely one of
the most delightful performances Of
the season."
Charles Darnton in the Evening
World;
"Mr. PIN Passes By" is one of those
leisurely English comedies that make
playgoing delightful relaxation, and
1T was so capitally acted at the Gar
rick last night that the Theatre Guild
again distinguished itself for its good
taste, uncommon variety and general
cleverness."
Ru1.ns Mapfla IN fbo Mil.
-" An altogether perfect production
of a charming light comedy is this
newest venture of the resident com
pany at the Garrick."
The DAILY WORKER has secured
the play for the week of May Is to
21. Tickets are now on sale at spe-
cial prices for DAILY WORKER
readers at 108 East 14th street. The
popularity Of this show makes it i'm
perative that tickets be purchased
well in advance.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-05-10
LETTERS FROM OUR READERS
BertiIIiOn Steel Workers.


Dear Comrade Editor:
| want to acquaint you with the
system of Convict labor" used by
the Inland Steel Plant at Indiana Har-
Dor, Indiana. A week ago our office
represented a Mexican before the In
dustrial Board of Indiana, for in
juries sustained while in the plant of
the Inland. The facts showed that
our client Zapeda had obtained the
check and number of a brother Mex
lean who was leaving for Mexico, and
had worked for several weeks under
the check of Martinez. The Inland
Steel brought in the head timekeeper
to prove that as the man had never
been formally" employed by the In
land he was not entitled to compen-
sation.
The timekeeper's testimony was as
follow; First of all. he laid on the
table before him blackboard, well
linked and a roller, explained this by
saying that ALL employees of the
plant are finger-printed when enter
ing their plant to work. There is no
exception-chemist college graduates
as well as laborers.
Then he proceeded to read the card
which held the mans full record,
name, age, etc, whether he is a citizen
or not, whether he is or has been
connected with any labor organiza-
tons, whether or not he has been ac-
tive in strikes, whether or not he has
ever gone out on strike and numer-
GUS others of the same tender.
This "Bertillion" system is highly
recommended by the Inland, as the
timekeeper made the statement that
it keeps a lot Of hot headed "guys"
out of the plant Probably meaning
men who have gone out on strike.
If this is Of interest to your read
ers you may print it.
Sincerely,
PAUL P. CHASER.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-05-10

1t was workers who were complain
ing to you because they could not
stand the graft corruption and mis-
management any longer. But when
the membership removed the grafters
and elected honest workers to repre-
sent them, then you, Mr. Hutchinson
did become interested in the local and
declared that the officials were not
fit.
They We're too honest and had the
audacity to run a candidate against
you, Brother Rosen. He surely would
have represented the workers which
you do not. Then you declared that
you don't like the local and you dis
banded it. Did the members endorse
your action?
Did the membership agree to your
expelling the most active union men,
and disbanding entire locals? Did
the members accept your breaking up
the Detroit District Council and or
ganizing of scab locals?
You break up and destroy the union
and make agreements that are al
ways favorable to the bosses and not
to the workers. Do you think that
the workers are satisfied and agree
with your Misunderstanding activities
| tell you that they don't.
And you Mr.. Hutcheson want to
save the situation in the needle
unions. Perhaps you want to estab-
lish there union like ours? I adj
wise you as a good member of the
carpenters union not to mix in the
needle unions because you will fare
very badly.
Another question Mr.. Hutchinson.
Were you interested to know how the
New York district council is conduct
ing its business? Do you know that the
New YorlSGarpenters voted last year
with huge majority for a 40-hour
work week. Did they get it in their
agreement? No! The bosses re-
fused, and the district council is very
careful not to make the bosses angry.
Do you know about the fake re-
ferendum that the district council sent
out to the locals to raise the dues
And that many locals who voted
against it had their votes cancelled
Their votes were cancelled only be-
cause Jack Halkett wanted to do it.
Mr. Hutcheson, | think that you
are also acquainted with the case of
Local PITT when the chief officials
of the local, San Goldberg and Louis
Goldberg, took graft from the local
and shared it with Halkett, and that
they looted the locals out of thou
sands of dollars?
When the members threw out the
grafters and elected new officials.
the district council and Halkett re-
fused to recognize them. When the
local appealed to you, and Informed
you that Louis Goldberg was not q
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-05-10
BY B. GOLDBERG.

Dear President Hutcheson:-As q
member of the Carpenters Union, ]
take the liberty to address letter
to you.
In our monthly Journal, The Car
penter, for the month of April, an
article appeared by you in which you
ask local unions and all members to
help destroy the Communists in the
Needle Trades unions. You say in
the article that they are danger to
the unions. Let me ask you Mr..
Hutchinson, who are Communists to
you?
Are they Communists who refused
to obey your decision of 1915, when
you betrayed the strike in New York
after so per cent of the bosses had
settled on the new conditions? After
a two days strike you settled on the
old conditions and compelled the
workers to return to work. When the
workers refused to obey your treach-
erous order you brought scabs from
other cities and broke the strike. Did
you betray the strike then to spite
the Communists? At that time there
were no Communists yet.
You, Mr.. Hutcheson, ask the car
penters to support Mr. Green, Mat
thew Vol, McGrady and company in
the struggle to break the needle trade
unions. And you are becoming the
guardian Of other unionsl You have
become a friend Of the workers! You
want to save the workers from the
menace of Communism! The work
ers know you too well, Mr.. Hutche-
sonl
! would like to ask you one pertin-
ent question. You interfere in other
unions. You want to clean out, as
you say, the grafters. That's very
complimentary to you. But dear
president, what about our own Car
penters' Union of which you are the
president Is everything in our
union nice and orderly?
Yes. Let us talk little bit about
our own union. If you remember
Mr.. Hutchinson, you received many
communications from Local 376 with
many signatures of members when
our local was under the administra-
ton of Lensky and Gimpelewitch. We
asked you to investigate the books.
We called to your attention that the
officials of the local are not con-
Quoting the union affairs properly
and are violating the rights of the
members. When a member requests
report on union business he gets a
split head and is thrown out of the
hall.
You refused to pay any attention
to the appeals as if it was none of
your business. You received com
plants that the members were pay
ing money which the officials were
dividing up and the local was bank
rupt. You were not at all interested.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-05-10
Let's Fight On! Join
The Workers Party!


20 me loss Oh oomrade Ruthen-
oeig the workers tCommunlst) Par
~ mas lost It's foremost leader and
ehe AnerI s WORKING class Its
- SS"un ,oes. LIGHTER l rms loss can only
Dc o. .!. ~ many militant work
ei1 1,. I1ihine ene rarty that ne built.
-" ou' ,he appllcation below and
W 1rt'n -. p pC a mem0er OF the
"oIAers NN9hiniunlstl PARTY and
T V, torwaru the work OF Comrade
'I'nelioeIs'
", want 70 become member OF the
"0iN7iS NOomHuhlst) Farty'
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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-05-10
An Open Letter to President HutchesOn

/ citizen and that you violated the rules
of our constitution by allowing a nom
citizen to act as treasurer, you re-
jected the appeal of the local. You
insisted that the old grafters should
remain in office. You did not consid-
er the will of the membership. You
threw out the regularly elected Of
ficials who were elected by the work
ers unanimously, and wanted to force
the grafters upon them.
The case had to go before a CAPT
talist court. The facts that were
brought out in court made every
honest person shudder at the way the
officials Of the district councils and
the leaders of the New York carpen-
ters were stepped in graft, how Hal
kett and Goldberg divided up over
two hundred thousand dollars. Your
name, Mr.. President, was involved in
that case. l believe that you were
well aware of the entire situation,
and that your friends of the A. F. L.,
the Greens, Wolls and McGradys, also
knew all about it.
Now, wish to ask where were
you, big leaders of the American Fed
Grafton of Labor? Did you take the
least trouble to expel these grafters
who are disgrace to the labor move
ment? No, by no means. President
Green, Mathew Vol and McGrady
did not pay the least attention. They
did not say single word against
these corrupt grafters. They are
their own boys.
And you, President Hutcheson,
wasted thousands of dollars of the
workers money for lawyers to de-
fend the grafters.
But it did not help you. The court
issued a decision against you.
The grafters are still the leaders
of the district council
Now, Mr.. Hutchinson, you come out
with an article in the April number
Of The Carpenter appealing TO the
organized workers to help destroy
the Communists.
Who are you? Whom do you re-
present? You have no right to APP
peal to workers. You don't repre-
sent the workers. The workers know
you very we'll They know that the
struggle in the needle trades is re-
volt of the rank and file against the
corrupt leaders who want to turn the
unions into company unions.
The carpenters will follow their
fellow workers of the needle unions.
and will conduct the struggle with
united forces until they get rid of the
corrupt leaders, the Hutchesons.
Greens, VOLS and McGradys, and
their small grafters, and establish
honest unions for the workers and
not company unions for the bosses
and their agents.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-05-10
Farmers Ask Troops
Get Out of China

KETTLE RIVER, Mimi, May g.
AT mass meeting held here reso-
luton was adopted calling upon the
president to withdraw Immediately all
American military forces from Chi
nese soil and Chinese waters ard the
total abolition Of extraordinarily
for foreign nationals in Chinese cities.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-05-10

WORKERS! STOP THE MURDER
OF SACCO AND VANZETTI
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-05-10

PATRoNIzE OUR ADVERTISERS
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-05-10
Negro Labor Congress
Delegates Speak Here

Richard B. Moore. American Negro
Labor Congress, and recently returned
from the Brussels Conference against
Imperialism will lecture next Friday
evening on "The Dangers Of War"
at 100 West 2Sth Street, top floor.
All workers are urged to attend,
especially those working between 18th
and 42nd Steets.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-05-10
Commends Publicity.
April 30, 1927.

April 30, 1927.
Dear Comrade Editor:
The publicity your paper has given
us in the past has done lot for us.
In short time we gained on the
membership, but it is not enough yet.
From the thousand workers working
in this industry a couple of hundred
organized is almost nothing.
We hope that this time and also in
the future your paper will give us
publicity. We want to abolish, 10, IL
and IL hours a day of toll. We de-
mand 8 hours work.
Yours with comradely greetings,
JOHN NAzAREK, Sec'y.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-05-10
Talk On China

Ray Racozine will lecture on China
at the Hungarian Workers Home, $50
East Slst Street, thissevening.
The meeting will be held under the
auspices of the English branch of the
LID.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-05-10

Round" revue, opening at the Belmont
sometime this month.
Morning Glory" with a book by
Ralph Murphy, who wrote "Sure
Fire" will be produced early this sum
mer by Robert Newman, who pro-
duced Arthur Caesars "Off-Key" this
season.
up From the Sea-" new play by
Don Marquis, is announced for pro-
duction by George Tyler next season,
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-05-10
Broadway Briefs

Herbert Hall Winslow's new COM
edy "He Loved the Ladies'" will open
tonight at the Frolic theatre. Lillian
Ross heads the cast.
Julius Caesar" will be this years
choice for production by the Players
Club. The play will open in June.
An all-star is being assembled by
John Craig-who is directing.
Sophocles' Electra which was
presented at two performances last
week will be put on for regular show
ings at Jolson's theatre beginning
next Monday. Margaret Anglin will
again head the company, Countess
Martha" now at the Fifty-ninth
Street Playhouse will be transferred
to the Shubert Theatre.
Richard Herndon has engaged
Philip Loeb, Georgia Ingram, Maryon
Dale, Isabel Mason and Vida Manuel
for his forthcoming "Ma,.,.,, ~
Seward daily gateway., 1927-10-31
THREE MOOSE kuED
 FEW MILES FROM TOWN

The ambition of number of years was realized yesterday by D. E. Valade, manager of Brown and Haws kins clothing department, when he shot his first moose up Snow river. Today, in company with Alec Bolem, licensed guide and big game hunter, and Jack Bailey, one of the young successful trappers of this district, Valade is out on Snow river again, being taught the art of skinning the animal. Incidentally, it might be added here, though to them it is mo- thing exceptional, Bailey and Bolem each also obtained a moose yester- day, close to where Valade got his.
 Valade's specimen measured about AS inches, that of Bailey's around A inches and Alec's under that. Alec says his might be the smallest, but it's a "cinch" his meat will be the tenderest
Seward daily gateway., 1927-10-31
VISITOR FROM NENANA

Mrs. Charles Stanford, oldtime Ne mana resident, is visitor in Seward a few days awaiting the departure of the s. s. Admiral Watson for Seldovia. Mrs. Stanford will visit in Seldovia for couple of weeks and upon her return to Seward will depart for home again.
 A. J. Nelson, Mutual Life Insur- .ance man, returned to Seward Satur- day from the Interior. He is register d at the Seward hotel.
Seward daily gateway., 1927-10-31
MAJOR 4. [, RANSOM
 PRAISES ALASKA IN UNDERWRITERS REPORT


 The beauties of Alaska and the nat ural wealth of the country are two
 little known features of the U. s. Northern-most Territory, and Major A. K. Ransom. Alaska manager for the Occidental Life of Los Angeles. , takes exception to the opinion of the average American that it is a land of snow and ice and little business. Major Ransom makes periodical trips to the country to keep in touch with large number of Alaska policy hold CTS, he wrote the Underwriters Report, some of his observations of the land. While on this latest trip, Major Ransom wrote and closed ap- |proximately $3OO,OOO of new business in the Territory.
 Country Is Neglected Alaska covers a territory. he writes, 'one-fifth as large as the whole Unit ed States, and having in it's confines more wealth than most of the Europ- can countries, 1t stands maligned and neglected by the very people at the seat of our Government who should rally to it's standard. One pays six cents on the Government Railroad, in- stead of three; exorbitant freight rates on the privately-owned steam ship lines, and yet the hardy pioneers are bravely fighting the overwhelm- ing odds. Sometime in the future. politics and politicians will be forced aside by an awakened people, and mighty Alaska will come into it's own"
 But despite the difficulties, Major Ransom points out, the Alaskans have developed beautiful and busy cities. and have gradually added to the public works. Schools, highways and other modern facilities have been created. and the natural scenic beauties, of couruse, are ever present.
Seward daily gateway., 1927-10-31

Next to plain work outdoor exercise is the finest thing in the world for the human race.
 Not only will the children enjoy skating the pro- posed tennis court rink but the grown-ups will probably be trying to crowd them off, The suggestion put for ward today by local business that the court could be converted into ice rink at nominal expense de- carrying thru for there would be attendant dan- ger, tho danger is eliminated from the lake, when it is frozen solid. But having rink in town means mother keep an eye on the children.
 Besides it's so much fun to see take tunl- ble.
 The next president is rapidly increasing in numbers.