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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-08-31
AMTER DESCRIBES GREAT PROGRESS In ORGANIZING
SHOPS IN DISTRICT NO. G; ORGANIZERS REAL NEED

Israel Amter, Organizer of District
No. 6, (Cleveland) now in New York
City to attend the Fifth Convention
Of the Workers (Communist) Party,
reports that the work of the Party
in District No. 6 is progressing at
a speed which has not been equalled
before in the history of the District
and is only retarded at present by a
dearth of comrades fitted to organize
the field which lies open to the Party.
Shop Work Most Important
The most important work which is
being pushed in the Ohio District,
despite the fact that there are not
a sufficient number of trained or
ganizers to cope with the demand, is
our work in organizing the shops
and in publishing shop papers, The
bulk of the activity is concentrated in
the steel, mining, rubber and auto
mobile industries.
There are, at present, nuclei func-
tioning in 26 shops in eleven of which
shop papers are being regularly
published. Shop papers are also be-
ing published, tho irregularly, in
shops where the Party possesses no
nuclei.
Miners Show Fight.
The industries in the Ohio District
depend for their labor supply chiefly
on the South Slavs, Poles and Rus
slams, tho their are large native
American elements, especially in the
mines. The Party is learning now to
solve the problem of cooperation be-
tween these different racial groups
who are purposely hostile by the
propaganda of the bosses.
In discussing the situation in the
Ohio coal fields, Amter declared that
the miners are showing a splendid
fighting spirit for they know that if
bosses succeed in making the Ohio
fields non-union it means the smash
ing of the union thruout the country
But the leaders are weak or takers.
Workers Rescue Speaker From Jail
Comrade Amter tells how, in Mar
tins Ferry, a coal town where the
police revoked their permission for
a Sacco and Vanzetti protest meet
ing, and arrested the Workers Party
member who was trying to speak
the miners and steel workers streamed
thru the streets of the town in thou
sands in order to rescue the speaker
from the jail.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-08-31

creasing pauperization of the work.
ers in this industry.
1t is important to keep in mind
that what is true of the textile in.
dustry, merely parallels similar de-.
velopments in other Industries, thus
drawing in the whole American
working class.
The textile industry is one of the
oldest and the biggest in the de-
velopment of American capitalism.
In recent years it has shown, thru
actual figures, a decrease in the
number of workers employed, a de-
crease in the workers earnings.
while at the same time revealing
an increase in the hours of labor of
those still permitted the luxury of
having jobs. The figures are:
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-08-31
Mexican Mine Strike,
Protest of Murder of
Sacco, Vanzetti Grow


MEXICO CITY, Aug 30.-The
strike at the Amaparo mines is still
continuing despite the arrival of fed
eral troops despatched at the request
of American officials the Excelsior
says today. The strikes coupled with
the growing Sacco and Vanzetti pro-
test have frightened American mine
magnates.
Altho the mines are still shut down
there has been no destruction of prop
erty and no one was injured. The
miners at a number of other camps
ia the region are striking.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-08-31

Ills has given us in this book an in
spiration to carry on the brave fight
of Sacco and Vanzetti.
The drawings-like their conduct
call not for mourning but for strug-
gle"-says Jos. Freeman, noted writer
in his introduction.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-08-31

One need only look at the actual
statistics to learn the rich prize
that New England's industrial oil
garchs had staked in the slaughter
of Sacco and Vanzetti. They believe
that the lynching party at the Char
lestown State Prison, on the night
of August %, will help them main
tain the slavery conditions outlined
in the reports of the bureau of la
Dor statistics of the department of
labor, conditions that mean an in
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-08-31
LUCIA vANzETTI TO SAIL WITH
URNS SOON; 10000 VIEW DEATH
MASKS in MEMORIAL PROCESSION
Thousands of Floral Wreaths Brought by New
York Workers to Stuyvesant Casino
Continued from Page One)
will be on view until midnight when
they win be sent back to Boston.
Police Brutality

Police Brutality.
Many children were among those
who viewed the masks.
Representatives of all sections of
the working class population of New
York and vicinity are included among
those who are paying their final re-
spectg to the two martyrs. Occasion
ally there is a slight lull in the line,
then suddenly hundreds Of workers
pour into the building.
The only unpleasant part Of the en-
tire proceedings is the large detail
of police and detectives present.
While all the workers remove their
hats on entering the hall, the repre-
sentatives of claw and order" walk
down the building without showing
any consideration for the solemn
occasion Six policemen and several
members of the bomb squad are de-
tailed around the stand on which the
masks recHne. They see to it that
the passing workers do not Iinger,
roughly ordering them out thru side
door. Many Of them are compelled to
leave before they have ample oppor-
tznity to view the masks and the
wreaths,
Many Wreaths Arrive.
In, addition to the wreaths received
Monday, many more arrived yester-
day. They were from the Workers
Unity House, Hungarian International
Labor Defense, New Masses, Joint
Board of the Furriers' Union, Do
menico Di Sint, Joint Board, Shirts
and Boys Waists Makers Union,
Amalgamated Food Workers Union,
Window Cleaners Union, Industrial
Workers of the World, Painters
Union, residents of the United Work
ers' Cooperative House, Downtown
Jewish Workers Club, Anti-Fascist
Society Masserano and several from
slsops where the workers took up col
lections to purchase a wreath.
Many children requested flowers
as a remembrance of the occasion.
The request was granted in scores of
cases.
Beat Up Demonstrators.
Because he shouted for Sacco and
Nanzetti Monday evening at 10th St.
and First Ave, Sam Goldstein was
brutaIly beaten up and then taken to
Bellevue Hospital where he is now
being held, The police are trying to
Slain that he is insane, a tactic in
stituted against demonstrators, when
Powers Hapgood was recently ar
rested in Boston.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-08-31

ROOSEVELT FIELD, n. Y, Aug.
30.-Prospects of take-off by "Old
Glory" for Rome within the next
twenty hours waned Monday, when
Lloyd Bertaud and Jones De Witt Hill
inspected the runway and found it a
soggy stretch of mud from the recent
doWnpour.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-08-31
Los Angeles Police
Smash PrOtest;Pon
Secret Press Lies
(By a Worker Correspondent

LOS ANGELES, Cal, Aug. 80
The police and Uncle SAINTS secret
service men have uncovered" secret
plans for gigantic march of death
by Los Angeles workers in protest
against the executions of Sacco and
Vanzetti, according to the press. A
man and woman were caught in the
criminal" act of carrying huge pla-
cards bearing photographs of the
death men into building" The pla-
cards were seized and turned over to
the police intelligence bureau, in
famous for its lack of intelligence, ac-
cording to August Vollmer, former
chief of police heEe, who is a noted
expert in the manShunting Federal
agents were also notified, reports
stated.
Flimsy Police Lies.
What became of the man and
woman "apprehended" is a secret up
to this hour. Their names were not
even mentioned. The dicks" are
looking for secret printing shop at
present. They expect to uncover
thousands of placards and radical
literature bearing instructions for the
formation of secret union and the
institution of boycott"
Meeting Broken Up.
An open air meeting and parade
were both broken up by the police in
the Boyle Heights section recently.
The bomb squad has also been very
busy these days trying to beat the
records of Mitchell Palmer, former
U. S. attorney general, and VIM, j.
Burns.
The following story will explain
what have been found here to date:
"When 'Stubby' Phillips, electri-
clan at the Hall of Justice, deposited
gunnye sack there containing grass
he was taking home to feed his
geese, passerby reported to the
sheriff's office that bomb had been
planted. Several deputies responded
to the call, only to find the sack of
grass and explanation by Phillips
that he had left it at the corner of
the building while he went to a park
ing station for his car"
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-08-31

1924 485,000 1912 So
1926 $4,000 17.48 58.8
Squalor and misery follow in the
wake of those figures revealing
meager wages and the long work
week.
These conditions gave rise to the
repeated titanic struggles at Law
renee, Massachusetts,, and more re-
Gently at Passaic, New Jersey. They
are duplicated from New Bedford
and Fall River in the New England
North to the newest mill village in
Alabama or Texas in the Far South.
4
Other facts brought out, as re-
ported by Harvey O'Connor in the
Federated Press, are as follows:
"Of the $4,000 workers studied
in the 151 representative mills in
North and South, fully $4,000 or a
per cent were women. In many
states, particularly in New Eng
land, the women are in the major
ity. Down South the labor of men
is so cheap that the cotton mill
owners can afford to hire more of
them than women. The labor of
children" is thrown in for nearly
nothing. That solves the family
problem of what to do with the kids
when both father and mother work
in the mill"
In Massachusetts, "The Common
wealth" that murdered Sacco and
Vanzetti, the seat of capitalist
''kultur," an average wage of $40
is paid for a 48.5-hour work-week.
Rhode Island jumps the work-weel
to so hours and Pennsylvania to So.
In Virginia, on the edge of the
South, $16,75 is considered enough
for So hours and in North Carolina,
most advanced of the new indus
trial southern states, $16.13 is paid
for Sc hours work.
Wages are lower in South Caro-
lima and in Georgia sink to $14.25
and in Alabama to $13.26. Georgia
works her mill hands 81 hours a
week. Scores of mills in the Caro-
linas and Georgia impose the 60
hour week on hteir workers. Usu-
ally it is split into the 11-hour day
with five hours on Saturday. In
the Carolinas the 55-hour week is
the most common with 10 hours a
day and five on Saturday.
The attorney general of Massa-
chusetts, Reading, reports to his
fellow attorney generals at Buffalo
that it is the Communists who have
been most active in the defense of
Sacco and Vanzetti, but, he declares,
Fortunately, America does not of
fer fertile for Bolshevist ideas"
The mere fact that the panic
stricken textile capitalists of Mas
sachusetts sought to terrorize the
mill workers of New England with
the spectacle of Sacco and Vanzetti
done to death in the electric chair
gives the lie to the claim that "All's
Well In New England" They know
that the workers chafe at their
chains. They know that the muir
der of Sacco and Vanzetti has only
increased the discomfort of labor.
They know that the slavery condi-
tions in the textile industry breed
increasing resistance on the part of
the workers.
Thus the class nature of the
struggle, that the spokesman of the
owners of industry seek to min
imize, continues to grow. The Com
munists are in the lead in the or
ganization and the direction of that
struggle.
The Washington times., 1927-07-07
BUILDING OF
SCHOOLS

CCHooL construction has been
~ active in the United States in
the past two years. New school
buildings erected in the 2S1 cities
Of 10000 or more population cost
$245, 811,715, an average for each
city Of $S74,775, as shown by q
study Of recent movements in city
school systems by w. s. Deffen-
baugh, chief of city school division
Of the Bureau of Education, Inte-
rior Department, published as Bull
letin, 1927, No. 8. OF the buildings
erected. 432 were for elementary
schools, 165 for junior high schools,
and 127 for senior high schools.
The average cost Of the 724 build.
ingS was 1899 ,519 per building. If
similar activity existed in cities of
this size from which no reports
were received, 1880 new school
buildings were erected in this coun-
try during the biennium, 1924-1926,
at total expenditure Of $714,314.
365.
Notwithstanding this great &C.
tivity In city school construction,
inadequate school facilities necessi-
tated part.time instruction of q
number Of elementary children in
81 Of the 404 cities reporting,
and Of high school pupils in 10 Of
the cities for which statistics are
available.
The Washington times., 1927-07-07
IMMUNE TO
POISON

660NE Of the most fascinating
~ chapters in animal poisons. :"
says Prof. H. Munro Fox in the
July number of The Forum mag
azine. is the subject Of natural
immunity. the fact that some ami.
mails are immune to the poisons
OF others and remain unhurt IL
stung or bitten by the poisonous
animal, whereas all other sorts
of beasts succumb.
"A case in point is that Of des-
ert animals which are unframed
by e scorpions sting. The desert
fox, the kangaroo rat, and other
inhabitants of deserts where scor-
pions abound are in this happy
position. Their cousins, living
far away from the desert, would
at once be seriously injured by a
scorpions sting, whereas the
desert breeds remain unhurt. 1t
is to, be supposed that in the far
distant past. before the desert
animals had this complete i'm
munity to scorpion venom. those
which were stung and could not
resist died. leaving no offspring.
Their luckier brothers, who hap
pened to have a harder constitu-
ton, survived and left behind
them q resistant race of descen.
dants."
The Washington times., 1927-07-07

would son their clothes. and It
just couldn't be done.
What was the result?
In the course Of two long, lone
some hours two happy. well-be-
haved little girls turned into two
bored. petulant and nisbehaving
young imps. All because the
grown.up who had them In charge
decided that 4 o'clock was the
hour when they must leave their
play. take off their play-clothes.
and transform themselves into the
spic and span little things that are
supposed to adorn the premises OF
WeIl-to-do families.
Why can't people let children
alone? II they are amusing them
selves in a harmless and innocent
manner. why interfere with them?
It isn't question Of humoring
the Whims OF children. it Is a mat
ter Of keeping down the natural
cussedness that Is part Of every
human being. And as long as
children are absorbed In their play,
they have no thought Of making
trouble for other people.
Modern educators stress this
point OF letting children alone
but your great-grandmother prac-
ticed that same thing long before
anybody ever heard Of Montesori
methods. So II isn't new.fangled
doctrine at an. The idea il old
and still good.
The Washington times., 1927-07-07
by Z. lamar Matthews

EIMMY and Frances live in a
II beautiful town where flow.
ers and trees and happy hours
outdoors are part of their daily
existence.
Now, Emmy and Frances have
wonderful inaginations and they
find their greatest pleasure in
the n1ake-believe games which
they invent themselves. One Of
their chief delights Is playing
with stick dolls. Oh, yes, they
have several sure-enough dolls,
but somehow these little forked
sticks that they pick up under
meath the shrubbery give them
more Joy than any other kind of
plaything. Gorgeous leaves, rose
petals. ribbon grass and small,
graceful vines supply the cloth.
ing for the beloved stick dolls.
One afternoon recently they be-
decked their dollies in creations
that were colorful, becoming and
altogether satisfying to such ar
tistic temperaments. Emmy's
lady" was In the act Of gliding
into her luxurious cigar-box linn.
CUISINE while the lady" who be.
longed to Frances was ordering
tea for her expected caller.
Then all of a sudden came q
voice from the housed
The Washington times., 1927-07-07
QUESTIONS OF
ETIQUETTE
BY Cornelius Beeckmal
Wording the Invitations
DEAR MRS. REEcKMAN:

W0fQAug the AnNlbat1OHA
NEAR MRS. BEEcKMAN:
- Your decision in the mat.
ter Of the wording Of my we'd
ding invitations will lift great
load from my mind. ! am an
orphan. and my two sisters, al
though married, have lived In the
same house. Since our home mas
been sold they have separated,
and ] am living with my younger
sister. Should the names Of
both appear on the invitations Or
just one?
AS / have no brothers, or
uncles, / would Ike very much
to have my brother-in-law, who
IL also my godfather. give me
away. II you consider this inn
proper, I do not know who !
would have perform this duty.
A CONSTANT READER
CINcE you have no brothers,
~ or uncleS. and since your
brother-in-law is your godfather,
he 10 by all means the most APP
propriate person to present you
in marriage. That's what god
fathers are forl Also I advise that
you send your wedding invita-
tons In the name Of the sister
who Is married to this brother.
in-law. Like this:
Mr.. and Mrs. Walter White
Request the honor OF your presence
at the marriage of their sister,
Mary Elizabeth Brown,
The Washington times., 1927-07-07
White Grubs


WHEN you are turning over
w the soil in your garden you
may turn up white grubs. says
Nature Magazine. Put q spade
full Of dirt. some potato parings
and the grubs ia a screen-cov.
cred pail and see what happens.
Here IL something that viii In
terest you.
Grease stains can be removed
from wicker furniture by rubbing
them with little methylated
spirit.
Turpentine viii soften shoe pol.
fish. that has become too hard to
use easily.
The Washington times., 1927-07-07
Flying Dragons

DESPITE their title, the Flying
~ Dragons Of the Malay coun-
tries and Philippine Islands are
harmless little lizards, only q few
inches in length. They are re-
markable for their brilliant color.
ing and the expansion Of the
skin Of the sides OF the body into
a large parachute-like structure.
This enables them to take long
flying leaps from bough to bough,
or even from tree to tree. In the
extent Of these leaps they are
quite unique among reptiles, and
are, therefore, truly marvellous
animals, though they do not fly
in the proper sense OF the term.
The Washington times., 1927-07-07

FAN CIES

The Heel Of Achilles was his
one weak spot. but the heels Of
the latest novelty hose make
their strongest style appeal.
Stockings with q darker tone heel
haye been most fashionable for
street wear, but now q white
sports hose OF silk. with heels
OF red, blue, green, or black, to
match the trimmings on the white
sports shoes, are being sold for
summer wear at country clubs
and resorts.
Sandal Rubbers Set StyIe for
fair weather fashions, for one of
the most stunning pairs OF dressy
street slippers features q snake
skin shoe with patent leather
vamps and back strap In exact
reproduction OF skeleton rubbers.
The Washington times., 1927-07-07
Maria Jeritza Gives
Hints to
Girls
By Maria Jeritza
PFina Donna Of the Metropolitan
Opera Company and One Of
the Most Beautiful Women
Of the Day

Of the Day
LIARS are. comparatively speak
~ ing, a new feature OF feminine
loneliness. For many years sensi-
BILE folk advocated that women
should show both forehead and
ears in arranging their hair. All
far as practical effect was con-
cerned.
Then Fashion decreed that ears
show themselves rather than hide
beneath wads and waves of hair.
And prestol Pretty pink ears be-
gan to peep out from under we'll
groomed tresses. Women In in
creasing numbers are revealing
their ears In following the new
fashions.
DOUBTLESS. still greater num-
hers would adopt the new fashion
save that comparatively few
women have really pretty ears.
II your ears are hopelessly
large or ugly In shape. doubtless
you viii. If you are wise. let them
hide themselves beneath waves OF
hair. But few ears are hopeless.
Even outstanding ears, which
are most ugly. can be. made less
conspicuous and brought closer
10 the head by simple operation
Of plastic surgery.
Men ais well as women these
days are paying heed to agreeable
appearance. For even in business
aca,.s% vAVsne-3Hya OnpaFfo
young man / knew felt that his
business success was hindered by
the fact that his ears stood out
very awkWardly from his head,
giving him a gawky, Simple
Simon" appearance. Accordingly,
he underwent an operation at
the hands of plastic surgeon,
with the result that his ears are
shapely and his appearance Is Inn
mensely improved.
Be careful never to pull q child's
ears. as this habit often results
III causing its ears to grow out
from its head awkwardly. If a
baby's ears protrude too much let
ting 1t wear a bonnet cap tied
beneath its chin may correct this
defect. Once maturity is reached.
however. only an operation Is a
sure meaus OF restoring the shape
Of protrudinR ears.
Do you always include your ears
In your facial cream baths? This
Is most important, otherwise you
may have young. smooth face
and aged, wrinkled ears. Include
your ears also when you wash
your face with cold. softened water
or with your favorite tonic-astrin-
gent each morning.
Over-heavy earrings may drag
your ears downward out Of shape
besides irritating and inflan1ing
them. Only lightweight earrings
should be worn.
Re you are in the habit Of roug-
ing your face. you may like to add
q touch Of pink to the lobes of
your ears. Otherwise. rub their
tips with an astringent until they
glow like pink pearls. Always a
dainty finishing touch to the tot
lette is q drop of perfume or toilet
water on the pink lobe OF each
ear.
Among the new hobs this season
are several that can be worn
either low over the ears or brushed
back to expose them. You may
like TO try one of these new colt
fures when next you have you
have your hair trimmed. Then
you can safely experiment with
the effect on your face of a neatly
brushed head OF hair drawn back
from your face. exposing your ears
in all their dainty. shell-like
charm.
The Washington times., 1927-07-07

do between then and dinner time
except to keep as clean az pos
sible; but It was o'clock, as the
little girls were compelled to FOL.
low the usual order.
Two hours before dinner was
served. Emmy and Frances walked
out Of their room. clean. fragrant.
prettily dressed. and not q thing
on earth to do. To 70 back to
playing with stick dolls in the yard
was out Of the question. They
The Washington times., 1927-07-07

Come, Emmy. Come, Frances.
1t is time to take your BATH"
"Oh, please, let US play little
while longer" begged Emmy.
1T IL only 4 o'clock. Please
let US wait another hour. We are
having such good time"
Frances pleaded.
But no. Four o'clock was the
usual time the children dressed,
so dress they must.
There was nothing for them to
The Washington times., 1927-07-07
The Simple Wedding
NEAR MRS. BEECKMAN:


~ Is it considered bad taste
to wear dark blue suits at q 10
o'clock morning wedding? The
men do not care to wear full
dress. az the wedding Is just
going to be a simple home we'd
ding.
2. II the groom and best man
wear full dress. do the ushers
also? i. A. p.
WHAT the men Of the wedding
w party wear depends on
what the bride wears. The bride,
by her attire. determines the de-
gree OF formality OF the wedding.
II she wears an informal frocx,
or q travelling costume, it would
be quite all right for the men to
wear dark blue suits.
2. Yes.
The Washington times., 1927-07-07
54s7. ladies Bathing SUI.

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Cut In 4 Sizes: Small. 1886:
Medium. Ss.40: Large, 42.44: Elk
ira Large. 46-4S inches bust
measure. A Medium size re-
qnires rs yards Of figured ma.
terial. and 1ss yards OF plain
"a Inches wide. Price l0c.
5S7s. Ladies' Sleeveless Guimpe.
Cut In Z Sizes: Small. 1886; Ne.
dunn, 1910; Large, 42-44; Extra
Large. 46,4S inches bust measure.
A Medium size requires 3 yards
Of 40.inch material II made with
the jabot. Without the jabot ~
yards Il required. Price Zoe.
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