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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-03-17

counted in the early hours of next
Sunday, the progressive movement of
Chicago, Milwaukee and points west
will have again proven that they
have this great institution at heart.
The Red Revel is now in its fifth
year and as you all know the first
five years are the hardest. l eat no
mans doughnuts and / feel that the
good workers of Chicago will see that
/ don't have to. The proceeds of the
Red Revel will go to spread Com
munist propaganda and this banner
district must still retain the lead that
it has held for several years. thank
the members of the party in this
district and the sympathisers who
have helped to make the Red Revel
the success it is sure to be. My cleo
ton is certain. (Comrade Swabeck
forgot himself momentarily and thot
he was running for Officially
Greetings From Daily Worker Staff.
The following touching message
was received in Chicago from the
DAILY WORKER editors who left
Chicago for New York when the
Daily moved:
Comrades: Red Revel publicity ap-
pearing in Daily has us all weeping.
II we we're in Chicago we would not
have enough money to take a street
car home from the Red Revel not to
mention taxi. In fact we might have
to walk to as we'll as from but we
would be there and depend on luck.
New York is great city but we
have yet TO see Red Revel or any
thing like It here. hope you raise
enough money TO buy postage stamps
and send some news about your city.
(Signed) -Four Little Editors.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-03-17
BILL WEAKENING
WOMEN'S 4S-HOUR
LAW HITS SNAGS
Adversely Reported In
Mass. Legislature

BOSTON, March 16.-Organized
labor's state wide campaign to prevent
partial repeal of the forty-eight
hour law in Massachusetts, seems to
be winning.
The labor and industries committee
voted to report "leave to withdraw"
on the measure filed by the ArlSu-
right Club, an organization of tex
tile manufacturers, asking for a re-
peal of the law as it affected the
hours of labor of women in cotton
mills.
Under the bill women would be al
lowed to work "a hours a week pro-
vided the average for the year was
not in excess of AZ hours a week.
The bill will be adversely reported
to either the senate or the house and
a debate may be launched to over
throw the adverse report of the COM
mittee.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-03-17
FRIEDMAN SCORNS
BRIBERY ATTEMPT
BY SIGMAN CREW
In Prison Cell Writes of
Scheme to Fool Him

Another imprisoned cloakmaker
has written to his friends about the
tricks the reaetionary international
officials have played in their efforts
to make him attack the joint board
and its leaders.
From the Tombs comes his letter
addressed to "Comrade Goldman, and
all other comrades of the joint
board:
Right Wing Bribery.
Enclosed please find telegram
which l have received the 9th Of Feb
ruary from those takers. They have
tried to bride me in different ways
so that they may have some sensa-
tions for their treacherous news
paper.
"If l could only be free at pres
emit | would have exposed a great
deal of my discoveries. My strong
est desire is now TO express my full
hate and condemn that Sigman and
his gang.
"I've read the letter that my COM
rade Perlman Sent you from Sing
Sing prison, and my best wishes to
him and his family. Good luck and
good health for his strong bravery.
We all here in the Tombs consider
the bravery of our comrade. My
best regards to our comrades Boru-
chowitz and Hyman.
l remain. yours, as comrade,
Harry Freedman. Local g."
The telegram referred to by Freed
man, was sent by Sigman's appointed
officers of Local 2, and in it they
tried to convince the imprisoned
cloakmaker that the progressives
had betrayed him and it would be to
his best interests to condemn the
Joint Board. If he did that, the ne
dictionary rights would try to do
something for him.
Another protest against this same
sort of telegram was printed in The
DAILY WORKER on March 7th, and
was sent by Perlman who is also
carrying on behind prison bars the
struggle for a cloakmakers' union
free of all the union-smashing trail
tors like Sigman.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-03-17
SapirO's Associates
Were u. S. Senators

Continued from Page One)
ture Jardine in President Caolidge's
cabinet, are identified with and MEM
bers of the so-called Sapiro coopera-
tive association" said Gallagher.
Cash From Government.
Furthermore, according co Gallagh-
er, the ''cooperatives" founded by Sa-
piTo did not even borrow sheir money
from Jews.
Gallagher showed the jury series
Of pictures, published in Che Independ-
ent depicting strawberry, celery, and
pear fields in California. Over each
photo was a caption saying the Cali
fornia growers were paying tribute, "
or were dominated by the Jewish or
sanization.
No Jewish Ring.
eve viii PROVE said Gallagher,
that not one cent of tribute was ever
paid by those farmers to a Jewish
ring"
Gallagher also touched on Ford's
charges that the Sapiro cooperstives
borrowed money from Jewish bank
ers.
1--WE viii show that millions of dol
lars were borrowed by these coopera-
tives from the American government
and national banks" he added, "but
that not one cent was borrowed from
Jewish bankers"
Gallagher told the jury how q group
Of western cooperative leaders sought
TO see Ford to "set him right" on their
movement while it was under attack
in the Dearborn Independent. The
group was denied an audience with the
auto king but did succeed in stopping
publication Of the attacks for a little
while.
Ford Wouldn't Listen.
"The evidence will snow that when
this group appealed to Mr.. Ford for
a hearing to explain how wrong he
was, he refused to hear their appeal
or to give them the chance to set him
right. He finally granted them an
audience with Fred Black, business
manager of the Dearborn Independent.
A committee did see Mr.. Black and
explained how unjust the articles were
that had been published. q
"The articles stopped after that for
few months but were started again
later. The later articles all libelled
Mr.. Sapiro in the same manner as
before"
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-03-17
5000 MOTHERS
SCORE DELAY IN
HOUSING RELIEF
Filth in Tenements a
Menace to Workers

Protesting the wretched housing
conditions in New York CITY, three
thousand mothers gathered at the
Hotel Pennsylvania Tuesday night
to urge city and state officials to
take more active steps toward pro-
viding satisfactory dwellings for
families unable to pay more than SIS
or $40 monthly per room.
Representing 105 mothers clubs,
forty-five women described the
frightful congestion and filth which
is characteristic of the tenements in
to which New York workers are
herded. The meeting was the cul-
mination of a ten days organized
campaign for better housing.
The women suggest three concrete
schemes, all Of them more or less
intellectual, for housing relief. They
wish to have the Emergency Rent
Laws of the state retained; they de-
mand the scrapping of unsanitary
tenements and they ask the enact
ment of a city ordinance to permit
the building of low-priced tax-ex-
empt houses by limited-dividend
corporations.
The menace of the poorly lit and
poorly ventilated tenements to New
York workers was indicated by Com
missioner Of Health Louis I. Harris,
who declared that he saw "con-
slant potential source Of danger in
the congested areas should there be
an epidemic in New York" Even
now he said there was three or four
times as much scarlet fever as there
was last year.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-03-17
Governor Smiths Bill
To Consolidate County
Governments Is Beaten

ALBANY, N. Y, March 16.-Gov-
ernor Smiths bill providing for the
creation of a commission to study
county governments with a view of
consolidating many of the smaller
counties, was defeated by republicans
in the assembly today.
A motion by minority leader Bloch
to take the bill from rules committee
was lost by vote of so to 10.
No Goshen Hospital.
Over the opposition of the demo-
cratic minority, the senate today
gave final legislative approval to the
bill by Assemblynan Hall, republic
can, requiring the consent of town
authorities of Goshen, Orange county,
before tuberculosis hospital can be
erected within three miles of the
town limits. The vote was 26 to 20.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-03-17
Organize the Traction Workers.
ART VII THE SPY SYSTEM: ART OF THE MAN

duty by relating every scrap of news
he has overheard. Sometimes he has
a whole set Of improvements to sug-
gestl
Either Corrupted or Quits
Sooner or later, of course, he dis
covers the true nature Of tho role
which he has been playing. Then one
Of two things happens. Either he
leaves the company orr as is more
often the case, he accepts definitely
and consciously the part of a paid
spy.
Mention has already been made
that the company legal department
IS in many of it's workings the chief
spy agency of the Interborough and
that Mr.. e. l.. Quaekenbush is the
leading inquisitor and "Beakey".
"Put On The Carpet.
When there is any reason to sus-
pect that a particular worker is
"agitating" or is connected with any
movement towards organization, he
is sent to 1876 Broadway, the office
Of the Interborough and "put on the
carpet. To be put on the carpet"
is to be put through the third degree
in manner which would shame the
CONNOLLY. 49,. 49,. 80. 49,.
ingenuity of the heroes of the New
York industrial squad of the police
force. Men have reported that to be
grilled for three hours is no uncom-
mon thing.
The method is usually to inform
the man first that he is fired for dis
loyalty to the company or the "bro-
therhood". When he protests, he is
told that that he has been carefully
watched for the past few months,
that all his movements have been
known and that if he had not been
such a good worker in the past no
consideration would be offered him
at all. The attempt is then made
to anger him by all manner Of insults
and abuse. This method usually
works" to secure what little in
formation or suspicion he may have
of, for instance, organization plans
and members. If he possesses even
the slightest bit of information, he
is forced to make an affidavit of
his claims. Thereupon he is graci-
ously sent back to work with a warn
ing, and the man or men whom he
may have mentioned or only suspec-
ted are called in and put on the car
pet. In their case the procedure is
even more abusive and insulting.
Very often, however, these tactics do
not work.
Defiance Pays.
Many a man has told Mr.. Keegan
or Mr.. Quackenbush to go to He'll"
or "You know what you can do with
your jobp The most interesting fact
is that nothing is done to them there
after. They are invariably sent back
to work because the company needs
the men much more badly in most
cases than the workers need the kind
of employment which this corpor-
alton provides.
YellOw-DOg Oath.
A further development of the spy
system should be mentioned. Since
the last strike, the company has been
at its wits end to devise plans to
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-03-17
Sinclair Jury Has
Little to Decide

Continued from Page One)
ceeding growing out of the senate in
vestigation in 1924 into the leas-
ing of naval oil reserves. In the first,
former Secretary of the Interior AL
bert 3. Fall and Edward L. Doheny,
wealthy California operator, were ac-
quilted of charges of conspiracy to
defraud the government in the leasing
of the Elk Hills California reserve.
In the present case, Sinclair is
charged with contempt OF the United
States Senate for having refused to
answer certain questions propounded
by the senate committee upon his ne
gotistions with Fall for the Teapot
lone, Wyoming, reserve. Both leases
we're executed in April, 1922.
Bribery and Conspiracy.
Six legal proceedings were based
upon the revelations of the senate
committee. Two attacked the leases
IN civil proceedings; two charged
criminal conspiracy; one charged Do
heny and Fall with bribery and an
other cited Sinclair for contempt. The
Doheny civil suit recently ended in
the supreme court, where the lease
was invalidated. The Sinclair civil
suit is now before the same court
Fall and Doheny were acquitted last
december in the Elk Hills conspiracy
case. The Fall-Sinclair case, involv-
ing Teapot Dome. is set for trial in
the supreme court of the District of
Columbia on April %. The Fall-Do-
heny bribery case is yet to come to
trial.
Judges Decides Pertinency.
Attorneys for Sinclair laboriously
reared an elaborate defense before
Justice Hitz only TO have it. toppled
over like paper house by a ruling
of the court that the pertinency Of
The unanswered questions was for the
determination Of the court rather than
the jury. This ruling and its COM
panion, holding that all the questions
Sinclair declined to answer were per-
tinent to the oil inquiry, left for the
consideration Of the jurors only the
admitted facts that Sinclair had APP
pearcd before the committee on March
y. 1924, and had refused to answer
certain questions.
Under the law, Jail sentence Of
enc month to one year and fine Of
800 to 81 900 is mandatory when a
jury returns verdict Of guilty.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-03-17
Hackenburg Says That
Oh. Becker Is Innocent;
Against Death Penalty

That the innocence of Police Lieut..
Charles Becker who was electrocu;ed
in 1913 in connection with the Rosen-
thai murder in New York has been
established, was charged yesterday
by Assemblyman f. L. Hackenburg,
Appearing before the codes COM
mittee at a hearing on his bill to
abolish capital punishment Hacken-
burg, who has been making vigorous
attacks against the Baumes Law, de-
elared that "Henry M. Klein, former
Commissioner Of Accounts of New
York City, has in his possession COM
pletc vindication of Becker. This con-
sists of sworn proof and documentary
evidence which, before long, in a
proper way will be made public"
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-03-17
BY ROBERT MITCHELL

AS compared with the part played
by the "Beakey", the character Of the
"dollar-a-day" man stands out as
that Of star performer. His inn
portanco was early recognized by the
marlborough 'Intelligences But II is
only in recent times that the role of
the dollar-a-day man has been
brought to the necessary perfection.
A highly developed technique has
come into use:
Use New Men,.
A new man seeking employment
with the Interhorough who shows
himself 70 be above the average men
tally may be sent to the intelligence
department. There he is received by
Mr.. Rhatigan, CHIEF Of the "Reskey"
division. (The men say: "There goes
the rat sgainr') Mr.. Rhatigan con-
graduates the worker upon having
been singled out from the large mass
of employees. The procedure there
after is about as follows:
Nov, MIR. Smith, our intelligence
department needs men like you for
the work we are doing. You know
we are trying in every way to i'm
prove the conditions Of our men,
adopt better ways of conducting our
business, etc. We are trying in every
way to make our employees contented
and happy.
All For Kindness!
Naturally, when we have such a
large force it is almost impossible
to know exactly what is desired by
our men. Nor can we always tell
what is best for them. What we need
TO know is what they want, what
are their grievances and demands.
Nov, Mr.. Smith, if you are the
man who can help us with ideas and
can learn to understand the griev-
ances and complaints of the men, you
will do great deal towards making
this the best railroad in the country.
Besides, we will pay you some
thing in addition to your salary, even
as high as dollar a day, perhaps
ten dollars a week. AS you see, your
job will be a very important one.
You will become one of our Sim
provement" squad. But in order to
do your work most successfully, it
will be necessary to keep quiet about
your special task so that the mer
will feel more free in talking to you.
Just Be A Spy.
''In other words, you have to keep
your eyes and ears open but say
nothing. Make friends with the men,
get them to confide in you, learn
what their grievances are from them
so that we may know exactly how to
correct them"
The new worker is usually highly
elated at receiving the special work
as welfare expert. He makes
friends with the others and draws
them out as to their complaints and
demands. Being honest, and speak
ing quite openly about unsatisfactory
conditions, he soon wins confidence.
Perhaps weeks or even months go by
before the dollar-a-day man is sum-
moned to report. Usually he seeks
to prove his ability and attention to
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-03-17
RumOred That Standard
Oil Saves Nervous Nell
From Sudden Retiring

WASHINGTON, March 16 (FP).--
Official Washington is buzzing with
report that President Coolidge de-
finitely informed Ambassador Hough-
ton, two months ago that he would be
made secretary Of state in place of
Kellogg; that Iloughton came from
London and discussed it with Cool
idge; that suddenly Coolidge was in
duced to change his mind, and that he
told Houghton that he would not be
promoted, after all; that Charles
Evans Hughes, counsel for Standard
Oil and its associates, is credited with
having blocked the appointment.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-03-17
''ORIGINAL HAT"
BOSS VIOLATES
HIS AGREEMENT
Chicago Strike at Once
Begins Again

CHICAGO, March 16.-The strike
at the Original Hat Works, 81 South
Wabash, is still on. When the work
ers came down yesterday morning,
after settlement Of the strike had
been effected, they found the bosses
breaking their agreement by refusing
to take back the women millinery
workers. s
Fine Solidarity.
The strike started again inmedi-
ately. The cutters and operators re-
fused to work until the agreement was
kept with the women millinery work
ers.
A joint meeting of all millinery
workers is arranged fora tomorrow,
March II, at the Redwyn Bldg, 80
North Wells St., Immediately after
work. 1t is for members only, and
representatives of the Chicago Fed
GRAFTON Of Labor, Women's Trade
Union League, Millinery Workers In
ternational Union, and the Chicago or
ganizers will speak.
Caused by Discharge.
The strike in this plant first started
over the discharge of a union cutter.
All men and women handworkers and
operators walked out in solidarity.
Judge Injunction Denny" Sullivan
issued an order forbidding any strik-
ers to speak to the scabs or to picket.
Organizers Louis Klein and Anna f.
David directed the strike.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-03-17
HERE is THE EVIDENCE!

This unique picture of Jack
tombstone, local labor leader,
was snapped by Steve Rubicki,
tuchun of the Balkans, as
tombstone was washing up for
the Red Revel. Since Jack or
ganized the stockyard workers
he is suffering from an obses-
sion that there is not enough
soap and water in the world.
"It's three days off," says
Jack, 'but it is never too soon
to start" In fact that is the
general attitude towards the
Red Revel.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-03-17
COlOred Children Go
On Strike; Segregated
By School Principal

TOMS RIVER, n. j., March 16,
(FP).-Colored children and their
teachers are fighting the efforts of
Toms River supervising principal,
Edgar M. Fink, to segregate them
from their white fellow students.
Fink, upon his return from Texas, Or
dered the colored children out of the
fine new school building into an aban-
doned little church house.
Both the National Association for
the Advancement of Colored People
and the American Civil Liberties
Union have protested to Governor
Moore. Aid is being given the colored
parents in the court fight against
segregation.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-03-17
Aldehol Compulsory.

WASHINGTON, March 16.--Alde-
hol, non-poisonous denaturant for
industrial alcohol, will become COM
ppulsory in the governments de-
maturing formula on April /.
Dir. J. II. Doran, treasury chemist,
said today that this substitute for
poisonous pyridine, promises the end
OF industrial alcohol with the death
kick"
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-03-17

stop the steadily increasing organi-
cation and agitation. Circular let
ters threatening dismissal have been
sent out; the men have been forced
to renew their oaths Of allegiance to
the Brotherhood; the "yellow-dog"
contract has been extended to men
who had not previously signed one;
in the case Of the Third Avenue Rail-
way Company, they have even gone
to the length Of compelling the new
employees to make out an affidavit
that they do not and will not belong
to any labor organization. None of
these schemes, however, have pre-
vented the steady growth of the new
union. Even the recent injunction
has not prevented the movement
which has now become inevitable.
Raise Their Price.
AS a last desperate effort the In
terborough has offered a reward of
500 to any employee who will report
another worker who speaks to him
or agitates in any way about organ
izing. No questions are asked nor
are steps taken to verify the truth of
the report made by the spy who
"turns in" a man. The intention is
merely to intimidate the workers and
for this purpose it does not matter
whether the information is accurate
or not. 1t must be said to the great
credit of the men that in spite of the
temptation of the reward very few of
the many thousands of men have re-
ported anyone.
In order to make some kind of
showing, the company in one instance
put forward one of it's chief traits,
motorman by the name of Bill
Ryan to make a report about a work
er.
This worker was fired according to
the pre-arranged scheme. Big Bill
Ryan received no reward and no one
is deceived by the trick. Everyone
knows that he is just a petty "dol-
lar-a-day" man. He was one who
stayed in during the last strike. The
reason has now become clear to
everyone. Although he has never
passed the regular motorman's ex-
animation, he is being "made" into
a motorman.
The Law of The Club.
These are the kind of "petty lar
ceny" tactics which that great cor
poration, The PETERBOROUGH Rapid
Transit Company, resorts to. They
are the methods of the pickpocket
and the sneak thief with this diff
ference that the law is on the COM
pany's side as was so well illustra-
ted during the last strike. Men like
Frank Hedley and E. L. Quackenbush
stop at no extremes to secure their
ends. The law which they are always
calling upon and the order which
they do piously seek to preserve is
the law and order of the possessing
class: the law of the poIicenlan's
club and the order of the soldiers
bayonet.
1t was no idle boast which Mr..
Quackenbush made during the 1926
strike: "All the law which is re-
quired in this case will be found at
the end of policemans billy"
(TO Be COntinued)
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-03-17
Mother Freezes But
Rescues Her Infant

LAKEVIEW, Ore, March 16. -
Mother love which sacrificed self for
her baby was expected today to save
the life of the Is month old baby of
Mrs. ID. w. Amburger but the mother
may die and two other children are
dead.
Mrs. Amburger, trembling and ex-
hausted, her legs frozen below the
knees, was found by searching par
ty in the timbered mountain district
near here after being missing for
three days. Two of her children,
aged 8 and 8, were dead beside her
but the infant huddled to her breast
will probably live.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-03-17
Degenerate Crime in
Black Shirt Capital

ROME, March 16. The humble
home Of pretty little Amanda Leon
ardi, five-years old girl who was
outraged and strangled by some de-
generate in a field which was once
Caesars garden, was not large
enough to contain the floral offer
ings sent by sympathizers.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-03-17
Chicago Children Killed.

GARY, Ind, March 16.--The APP
parently slain bodies of Donald, G.,
and Vivian, 8, children Of Mr.. and
Mrs. Walter School of Chicago were
found in the closet of vacant house
here today.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-03-17
400 Pieces of Pork.

WASHINGTON, March 16.--The
war department this afternoon made
public its recommendation for al
lottments for rivers and harbors inn
all over the country. Be-
tween 400 and 500 projects were
listed. ap an