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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-05-02
The 1919 May Day Terror
in Cleveland

Oh loyal crippled Oh most perfect
soldier of capitalism Crippled above
and belowl
Another hero of the day was Ser
geant Raymond Williams, "whose arm
was shattered at st. Mihiel, who like
Stevens, is here for the Victory Loan
was one of the first to get a red
flag. ="
Joseph IVANY and Sam Pearlman
were shot and killed by policemen.
Death alone saved the murdered
from being indicted on charge of
shooting with intent to kill. The po-
lice were exonerated and hailed as
heroes. The necessary hysteria for
successful Victory Loan campaign
was being worked up. What did it
matter if the lives of a few working
men were sacrificed on the altar of
patriotism and that hundreds should
be smashed, jailed and separated from
their families by deportation
r. E. RUTHENBERG, then as al
W ways, was in the forefront of the
fight. He led the parade to the Pub
lie Square and mounted the platform
accompanied by a number of war
veterans in uniform who carried red
flags. Those soldiers learned what
they had been fighting for and they
wanted to show their hatred for the
capitalists that sent them to the
slaughter. No sooner had the speak
ers and the radical soldiers mounted
the platform than hoodlums attacked
them.
The Victory Loan quota for the
city of Cleveland was $81 100000.
With only eight more days left the
patriots had succeeded only in high
lacking $31, 100000 out of the pockets
of the public. The bankers did noi
like the idea of having to fork out
the balance even tho they could dig
their fists into the peoples savings
in the banks and claim credit for
extra-patriotism.
THE arrests made by Friday num-
A5ered 1874. Most Of those were
foreign born. almost every other
man arraigned" the Cleveland Press
reports appeared with bandaged
head or body bound up. This was
the result of blows from police maces
or of cubs in the hands of loyalis,
crowds" Those were the days when
habitual criminals accustomed to the
rigorous treatment accorded them in
United States jails became patriots
for the moment by way of change
and got away with it until the war
hysteria died down. Many of them
are now back in their striped uni
forms, numbered and tagged in prison
cells.
MOT content with breaking up the
~ parade the gallant" hoodlums
visited socialist party headquarters
smashed the windows and destroyed
pictures and books. More than 200
workers were injured in the struggle
including II policemen. All the blows
were not on one side. The workers
defended themselves as best they
could against the armed hoodlums.
In the middle of the second page of
the Cleveland Press of May 2, and
surrounded by stories and pictures of
the riot was an appeal for contribu-
tions to the Victory Loan. Here is
an example Of the threatening langu-
age used by the chairman of the drive
committee:
at means a hair-trigger sprint
from now on. A victory button is
your only protection now. All instruc-
lions to wait for the canvassers to
reach your homes are off," This
meant that a worker without VIC
tory button prominently displayed
Continued on Page Three
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-05-02
M A Y D.A Y, 1927
Executive Committee of the Workers W
Party of America

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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-05-02

Hands Off China!-Hands Off the Soviet UniOn!-
Smash the Right Wing Drive Against Trade UniOnism
-SaccO and Vanzetti Shall Be Freed;
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-05-02

Save the Miners UnOn-Hands Off Nicaragua and Mexco
Withdrew All Troops and BattIeships From
China!-SuppOrt the Chinese Trade Unions!
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-06-05
EVERYDAY RELIGION
BY THE RIGHT REV. JAMES E. FREEMAN, d. D., ILL., d.
Bishop OF Washington.

never sought to ban the wholesome,
legitimate, colorful things that lend
zest to life. Too frequently we as
sociate Him with that which is somber
and unattractive. We think of Him.
too, largely as "a Man of Sorrows and
acquainted with grief" This He was
too, in the mighty burdens He as
sumed. On the other hand, everything
in His teaching was designed to en-
noble and enrich life. He sought to
give it poise and balance. He would
not take His disciples out of the world
but keep them from the evil No
greater injustice has been done His
teaching than to identify it with a
habit of life that is shorn of all that
is attractive and joyous. Too many
of His exemplars have urged the prac-
tice of a. form of penance wholly in
consistent with His purpose concern
ing men. The writer of the ancient
book from which the above text is
taken was seeking to make evident
the vanity Of living without an ade-
Quate conception of life'S higher de-
sign and purpose. To him the discon-
tented spectator in the large world of
human concerns was he who sought
his satisfaction from Indulgence in the
superficial things of life, whose vision
never penetrated beneath the surface
to an understanding of life's deennr
meaning. Through the long ages man
has been seeking to work out some
consistent and logical philosophy of
life. He has been attempting to frame
some hypothesis or system that
would guarantee to him the best the
world had to give and at the end of
the way assure him of enduring peace.
From Plato's Republic" to More's
utopia" he has been seeking to work
out an ideal. plan of life, but all his
systems have misCarried. There is
something that inheres in human ma
ture that is not satisfied with what if
sees nor with what it hears. Ever
beyond the horizon mans vision is
seeking to penetrate. He is an unsat-
istied spectator in the realm of being
In the dialogue of Epictetus with the
pessimists is the following passage:
was 1t not God who brought you
here? And as what did He bring you?
was II not as one who was to live
with little portion of flesh upon the
earth and to witness His administra-
tlon; TO behold the great spectacle
around you for a little while? After
you nave beheld the solemn and
august spectacle as long as is per-
mitted you, will you not depart when
tie leads you out. adoring and thank
ful for what you have heard and seen?
60 away then, like a modest and
grate1ul person; make room for
others" But why, urges the pessimist,
dld he bring me into the world on these
hard terms? oh" replies Epictetus,
IF you don't like the terms, it is al
ways in your power to leave them He
has no need OF disconnected spec
tator"
Or all the worlds religious teachers.
the great Master alone seeks to bring
Deace to the Disseminated SpactofDr
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-06-05
The Pyramid Tram.

"A rrenchman proposes to build n
railway to the top of the Great Pyra.
ma of Egypt, at Gizeh, near Cairo.
rams of the railway have not been
given to the public, but it may be a
cogWneel road like that to the top of
Plkes Peak. or a moving platform
ike one of those which lift you from
the subway to Broadway. 1t may be
a cable road, like those that made if
possible for men to live in north and
northwest San Francisco, or it may
be like the basket conveyor which is
soon to carry "Alpinists" to the top
of Mont Blanc.
A dispatch from Paris tells that the
plan is to make ascent of the Great
Pyramid easy for tourists. Cheops.
sometimes called Khufu. is the larg.
est and highest pyramid in Egypt.
The base covers twelve acres and
there is a space at the top twelve feet
square, 451 feet above the sand. From
it tourists get a remarkable view.
once there was an outer stone casing
which made the sides of the pyramid
but that casing was
broken off years ago, leaving 203
steps, the lower ones nearly five feet
high. by which tourists climb the
pyramid, that they may tell about it
to the folks at home.
The utility of tram line on one
side of Cheops is beyond doubt. The
tourist trade is large, and most great
travellers would rather ride than walk.
There will be objection to the tram,
because it will further commentaries
Cheops. Opponents of the pyramid
tram will be denounced as sentiment
talists and they will retort that the
who would desecrate Che
ops are prof1teers in ancient art. The
business men who keep booths near
Cheops and sell soft drinks and frag.
ments of pyramid stone from the
Turah quarries will pass a resolution
that the sentiment of other persons
should not be allowed to keep them
from getting all the piastres, kush
and foreign coins they can. And it is
likely that the business sentiment will
prevail and the tram of Cheops will
be built.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-06-05

of Able Gabriel. Others admitted the
possibility of modal condolences bring
ing about extraordinary conditions
similar to those experienced in the re.
mote past. 1t is Understandable that
there should be sequences of weather
conditions covering long periods. And
it is equally understandable that there
should be some difficulty in their
mathematical calculation. The miss.
ing of year in problem covering
several hundred centuries would not
be surprising. although it is to be
borne in mind that astronomers can
and do compute eclipses almost in.
definitely in advance of their occur.
renee, figuring them out not only to
the day but to the hour and the
minute.
BE all this as it may, the fact re.
mains that this is so far at least a
veritably heatless Summer. whatever
the coming fifteen or sixteen weeks
may hold in store for humanity.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-06-05

were only three possibilities, that the
murder had been committed by Liz.
zie, or by the servant, Bridget Sulli-
van. or by a stranger. There was a
rumor that a peddler had been seen
in the neighborhood a short time be.
fore the crime. Bridget Sullivan was
never suspected. She is now living in
Ireland. Lizzie Borden maintained
her innocence and after a trial unduly
protracted for those times she was &C.
quilted, the jury celebrating only
about an hour. The verdict was re.
ceived with manifestations of popular
approval. Years later Ratchet,
apparently blood-stained and wrap
ped in old newspapers, was found in
coal cellar in a nearby house. Ac-
cording to the established schedule of
the crime and the known movements
OF Lizzie Borden, it would appear that
she could not have taken it there on
the day Of the murders without being
observed. No other clue has ever been
discovered.
Despite the acquittal of Lizzie Bor-
den. there has always been feeling
on the part of many people that she
either committed this crime or had
connived at it. Her bearing through
out the case was extraordinary. She
was calm. collected, at all times mis-. |
tress of her emotions, an unusual |
woman in all respects. The medical |
showed that the stepmother |
had been slain some time before the |
father. If that was the case, Lizzie |
must have been in the house when |
the first Ratchet blows were struck.
The element of time was strangely |
confused. 1t was in all respects q |
most battling case. and now, with Liz
zie Borden's death, it becomes a pro-
found mystery, probably never to be
solved.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-06-05
Uncle Sam Fails as a <A<4
Solicitor of Insurance

disabilities are connected with their
service and are not rated as per
manent and total, and IL not financial
~ able to pay the hack premiums
may have them charged as loan
against the face of the policy.
The Government insurance Is in
seven forms, offering choice of types
of insurance comparable to those pro-
vided by commercial insurance com
panies One of these forms is five
year term policy at a low rate which
must be converted at the end of the
period to one of the forms Of per-
manent insurance. but with the DIS
advantage that when it is converter
the veteran must pay the premium tof
his age at that time.
Although the opportunity to rein,
state and convert the enormous totaI
of wartime term insurance Will ex-
pire July ., and a special drive has
been made in recent months to call
this fact to the attention or some
1000, 900 veterans who are entitled 10
take advantage of this offer, less tnan
IL 900 reinStatements and conversions
were recorded by the Veterans Blu
reau in the first four months this
year. Exceptions to the July time
limit apply to only few cases, unless
Congress should amend the law in the
future.
Under term insurance. Uncle sam
has made total disbursements OF $SIO,-
900 900 and has received premiums or
$449, 900, 900, the difference being q
charge on the Treasury, but the total
claims awarded under this insurance
will raise the final payments to $1,4S2.
900 900, as matters stand today. FOR
nearly three years now the Govern'
ment has been offering its conversion:
privilege and now has 473.000 policies
of this character in force for an aggre-
gate face value of $2,041, 900. 900. The
premiums to date on this converted
insurance have aggregated $245,OOO.-
900. For the permanent insurance
there is a special fund, to be invested
and thus take care of ultimate pay
ments. Claims awarded under con-
verified insurance already aggregate
SAP, 500, GOO. the payments being spread
out over a period Of years.
Somewhere i'm this country there Is
over 3S billion dollars worth OF in
surance, once held with Uncle Sam.
which can be reinstated and converted
into a permanent form at a nominal
cost and which can be carried at rates
approximately 90 per cent lower than
private insurance companies charge
! for similar policies, and the offer Is
going abegging.
tCopyriFht 1877
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-06-05

fatalities occur, for the most part, to
children at play, but at play in their
own homes, where they should be
protected against their own temerity
or the experiments they will try if
given opportunity.
Children Can Be Taught Safety.
While children do not take kindly
to the safety first" idea If it is given
them merely as a precept. they can
be taught safety if it is made a sort
of game, or if some reward is held out
to them for safety practices.'s In Mas
sachusetts, for example. they have a
safety council and a child can win an
associate membership button by per-
forming two acts of safety for others.
The deeds by which children have
earned this reward, at the same time
learning their own safety lessons, in
clude such acts as helping an elderly
or blind person across a street, noti-
flying a fireman of broken fire es-
cape, turning over a rake that has
been left with the prongs sticking up,
and warning others of traffic dangers.
One lad earned his button by twice
warning his father to keep the garage
door open when he was starting the
engine of his automobile. That boy,
III IihCliIIOOti, Will IiENCI spG q VIZ
tim of carbon monoXide.
The Fourth of July will soon be
celebrated, with it's ever-recurrent list
of accidents and fatalities, with chill
dren as victims, for the most part. Here
are some of the things that happened
on the Fourth last year that should
be a warning to parents: A 6year-old
boy put a cannon cracker in his
mouth and applied a match; little
girl was burned to death when a
spark from a piece of punk ignited
firecrackers in the pocket of her dress;
a 3-year-old swallowed a small fire.
cracker and died shortly afterward
a 10-year-old girl was terribly burned
when sparkler set her dress af1re.
Children who can spend their Sum-
mer on the farm. in camp or at the
seashore are fortunate, and so are
their parents, but there are vital
things for them to learn. They should
learn to recognize poison ivy, poison
oak, sumac and other plants which
cause painful eruptions, and they
should learn all they can about wild
berries and mushrooms. but not by
tasting them. They should learn to
keep away from trees, poles, wire
fences and barns during a thunder
storm, and to disinfect all cuts and
scratches, however Slight.
They should learn to swim, but also
to keep out of deep water, to avoid
currents,spiers and bulkheads, and to
make sure, before diving, that the
water is not too shallow.
They should learn to row and pad
die, but not to go out in a canoe un-
less they can swim or have an older
person with them who is a strong
swimmer, and thew should learn the
ways of righting a boat or canoe and
the fundamental methods of life-sav-
ing and resuscitation.
They should learn that the people
who live to useful and ripe old ages
are, In the main, those who are
thoughtful and careful of themselves
and of others
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-06-05
BY GLENN FRANK,
President of University of Wisconsin.

We spend no end of thought and
energy upon whether this or that man
shall be elected to Office and whether
this or that law shall be passed.
But beneath changing officials and
changing laws, the forces are gather
ing for certain fundamental battles,
the outcome of which will determine
the kind of America in which we shall
live out the rest of our lives and which
we shall bequeath to our children.
Let me list some of these battles
that are brewing.
First, the battle between Easternism
and Westernism.
Shall the future of America be domi-
mated by the spiritualism of Eastern
civilization or by the materialism of
Western civilization? Or shall we eff
feet merger of the two, achieving
spiritual power in the midst of ma
terial prosperity?
Second, the battle between individ.
ualism and colIectivism.
Shall the future of America rest
upon the freedom of the individual or
upon the supremacy of the crowd?
Can we practice majority rule with
out prosecuting the minority? Shall we
allow the collective judgment of the
crowd to stretch its authority beyond
the election of officials to the deter
mination of what the individual may
think and say?
Third, the battle between ruralism
and u-banism.
There is growing up alongside the
old agricultural America a new in
dustrial America. The old America
was rural. The new America is urban.
These two Americas do not act alike,
Their attitudes toward thinking and
drinking are different. Their presiden.
tial candidates are different. Which
shall dominate the future of America
Country or city?
Fourth, the battle between localism
and centralism.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-06-05

Shall our common life be administer.
ed more and more in our local COM
munitieS or more and more in our
capital cities? Shall the future Of
America be determined under a policy
of decentralization or under a policy
Of Capitalization? Old slogans about
States rights will not settle this Ii.
sue. Our life and our interests are
more fluid than when the doctrine of
States rights was announced. We are
straining against all sorts Of boun-
laries. And yet the farther the men who
govern are away from the things to
be governed, the less real their govern
ing is likely to be. There is no easy
answer to the question that arises
from this battle ground.
Fifth, the battle between nationalism
and internationalism.
We cherish the emotional Royalties
of patriotism and thrill with pride
over our national individuality. We.
are not moved by any milk-and-water
internationalism. And yet 1t becomes
more and more apparent that there
are obsolete features of patriotism
and nationaliSm that simply do not fit
into a world that has been knit into
neighborhood intimacy by rapid
transportation, swift communication,
international business, and now tele-
vision. There is q realistic interna-
tionalism growing up entirely out.
side the theoretical internationalism
Of the revolutionists. 1t is an inter.
nationalism of men working at com.
mon tasks that cross and recross from.
tiers without noticing them. Shall the
future of America find US in co-opera.
ton or in conflict with this practical
internationalism that is growing up
unconsciously without either prophets
or propagandists guiding it?
Our children must live on these bat.
tie grounds.
(HnnurirhA 10OS
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-06-05
Lindbergh the Man.

Two weeks have passed since Charles
Lindbergh landed in Paris, his first
stopping point after taking off from
| New York, and the thrill of that ad-
venture is still felt. Lindbergh has
been no mine days wonder" He has
maintained his hold upon the affec-
tions and his command of the interest
of the world, and week hence when
he arrives here he will still be figure
of international Importance. Not even
the gallant attempt of Chamberlin
to fly with a companion overseas is
taking from him the attention of
countless millions.
This is because Lindbergh the indl-
vidual is quite as remarkable as Lind.
bergh the aviator, because this young
man has grown in stature rather than
diminished after the accomplishment
of his self-assumed task. He met sue
cessfully the severest tests that could
possibly be applied. 1t required the
stanchest qualities of character to
pass through the ordeal of adulation
and acclaim, of praise and honor
without losing poise or betraying a
sense of self-importance. Those who
will gather here next Saturday to well
come Lindbergh will be inspired by a
desire to see the man who met the
President of France, the Kings of Bel
GUM and England and the greatest
personages of all three countries with
out embarrassment and without bump
tiousness, as much as to see the man
who made the first flight alone across
the sea. For Lindbergh has become
more than an aviator. He has gained
the stature of a parsonage of world
note.
Not once in all the interviews which
Lindbergh has given, in all the utter
ances in public since he first stepped
in the cockpit in the Spirit Of st.
Louis, has be by a syllable gloated
over his priority of performance. It
has been heretofore noted that in his
first statements about the fight he
used the plural pronoun "we." refer
ring to his airplane and himself. He
gave the credit Of the achievement to
the machine and it's makers rather
than to his own skill and courage in
directing it.
In another respect, too, has Lind
bergh gained enormously in public
esteem. He has in all situations ex-
pressed appreciation Of the courtesies
and attentions showered upon him. He
has taken nothing for granted, has
been in fact surprised by the tributes
to type. The real hero does not look
| to the laurels.