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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-01-07
characterization" i'm Great Britain and i'm Germany

dinner was the beginning, a great
mass movement Of protest with but
a single purpose-that of protecting
the workers by abolishing capitalism.
THE concluding paragraph Of the
l. report of the National Congress OF
Working People in Berlin can serve
alike as a challenge TO British capt.
talism and an inspiration for the Brit
ish working class:
The congress was flaring bea-
con acting as a signal to the Ger
man working class that II should,
in alliance with the small peasants
and the working middle classes,
take up and carry thru with re-
newed energy the fight against the
danger Of war, capitalist ratlonaliza-
ton and pauperlzation. Even the
repre- sentatives OF the middle class
and the small peasants acknowi-
edged without reservations that
THE LEADERSHIP IN THIS
FIGHT is IN THE HANDS OF
THE INDUSTRIAL PRoLETA-
RAT. The congress created the
preliminary conditions for mighty
FIGHTING BLOC OF ALL THE
WoRkERs'IN GERMANY. II was
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-01-07

means placing all the burden of re-
building industry and making 1t profit
able upon the working masses, the
lower sections of the middle class and
the poor farmers.
THE effects of this policy in Ger
L many are seen in two ways in a
report of the National Congress of
Working People, attended by 1000
delegates, in session from Dec. 3 to 5.
Writing of this congress, an event of
tremendous significance for the labor
and revolutionary movement of
Europe, Fritz Ruck says in Number
81 of the International Press Core
spondence:
II demonstrated the existence Of
broad mass movement in Germany
fed from the most various sources,
which, however, have a common ori-
gin: Intensified exploitation and
oppression OF the masses by large
capital, growing pauperzatlon Of
ever widening circles, who are be-
ginning to combine for organized
resistance.
THE paper read by Fritz Heckert,
l. the main line Of which was ac-
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-01-07
BY WILLIAM r. dunno.

A Civic FEDERATION" patterned
"A on the American model seems to
be planned for Great Britain as part
of the general process of American
ization" of industry which the ruling
class is initiating now that the coal
miners have been temporarily defeat
ed. AS matter of fact. the war on
the miners is part of the American
isation" process.
A London dispatch dated Jan. 2,
sent out by the Associated Press, tells
of a "get-together" dinner in the best
style of American boosterdom, held in
the home of Lord Wimborne, former
lord lieutenant of Ireland. This din
ner was attended by Philip Snowden,
right wing labor party leader, several
officials OF the Trade Union Congress,
Winston Churchill, chancellor OF the
exchequer in the present tory govern
ment, and Lord D'Abernon, former
ambassador TO Germany.
THE dispatch says:
l. The primary object Of the din
ner, concerning which much reserve
10 observed, was to listen to lee
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-01-07

a tremendous advance along the
path Of gathering together the
masses in order to defeat capitalism
and establish socialism. Emphasis
in Originally
THE absence OF any considerable
l. peasantry in Great Britain and the
more favorable position of the trade
union movement, together with the
complete ruin of hundreds OF thou
sands OF the middle class, should
make easier there the task OF rallying
all sections exploited by capitalism.
The answer to the united front OF
the capitalists and labor oficialdom
in British civic federation will be q
united front OF the trade unions, the
exploited farmers and the ruined sec
tions Of the middle class.
"Americanizatlon" does not work In
countries which have lost or are los
ing their imperialist character. Even
in America II is working with much
oreaking and groaninS and II works
less smoothly as larger and larger
masses of workers discover that the
promissory notes issued by imperial.
ism are paid only to a minority u the
working class.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-01-07
Hurricanes Sweep Caucasus With
Loss of Life and Property Damage

MOSCOW, Jan. 5. = Hurricanes
sweeping the Caucasus have left a
trail of death and damage in their
wake.
Twenty-four known dead and many
missing are reported and the property
damage is estimated at millions OF
dollars.
Winds reaching velocity Of 12O
miles an hour turned over a ten-coach
passenger train and levelled 200 oil
derricks at Baku.
Fifteen men, working in stone
quarry, were blown by the wind over
a precipice to death.
Many ships, anchored in Black Sea
ports, have been swept out TO sea.
In the mountain regions many herds
of cattle persisted.
Telegraph lines were blown down
and railroad lines were torn up.
In northern Russia great damage
has been done by severe blizzard
which has showed in many trains
causing days of delay.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-01-07
GET A SUB.

The officialdom of the British labor
party and Trades Union Congress, to-
gether with their capitalist pals, are
greatly interested in the American
zation' process in Germany. Having
delivered a blow to the labor move
ment by the betrayal of the general
strike and the defeat of the miners, it
seems to them that nothing stands in
the way of "stability"-the capitalist
word for a condition in which the rul-
ing class is strong and the working
class organizations weak-except a
consolidation of the forces which
made the previous betrayals possible.
INTHILE the capitalists and labor Of
ficialdom are organizing to
"Americanize" Great Britain, with the
recent improvements made by Ger
man capitalism, the Communist Party
and the national minority movement,
are telling the British masses Of the
danger and organizing them for strug-
gle.
We shall see soon in Great Britain,
in answer to the new phase OF the
drive against the working class, Of
which the Wimborne "get.together"
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-01-07
COMPROMISE ON
RADIO CONTROL
APPEARS LIKELY
Hoover to Be Stripped of
Power

WASHINGTON, Jan. 5.-A com.
promise radio bill, creating a federal
commission with supervisory powers
over the air and stripping Secretary
of Commerce Hoover of most of his
present authority, doomed today as
the probable outcome Of the negotia'
lions between house and senate CON
ferees on radio legislation.
AS both the White bill, passed by
the house, and the Dill bill, enacted
by the senate, contained provisions
creating a commission, it was said
this phase Of the legislation was Ger.
tain to be retained. The house provi-
sion, however, would make the com
mission an appeal board while the
senate proviso would give the commits
sion all authority over radio. The
compromise probably will make the
commission regulatory body while
giving the secretary of commerce
power to carry out dts decisions.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-01-07
SHANGHAI WORKERS SWEAR BY UNIONS

in Shanghai nearly three years ago
about $4,000 American money for a
spacious club building with tennis
courts and Fairgrounds for employees
and their families. Certain privileges
were open to all employees without
payment, and three classes of mem
bership with graded additional privi-
leges were set up for fees of soc to
$3.50 per year.
The Commercial Press is a Chinese
owned and Chinese-managed concern,
but in the general disturbances after
May 80 1925 the Notwithstanding
printers, Offices workers and laborers-
organized -rpumion and presented de-
mands for higher wages and shorter
hours. After a strike which tied up
the plant, the company yielded in
pant to the demands of the union and
the workers returned to the plant.
But 200 men who had been active
in organizing and striking were dis
missed. The entire body walked out
again Dec. 20, demanding reinstate-
ment of their leaders. Gen. Sun Chuan
Fang supplied troops to guard the
plant (Which is situated in the Chi
nese city, but when clash occurred
in which 40 strikers were injured and
70 were arrested, the management de-
cided this was going too far and
agreed TO deal with the union.
The plant is now working an 81a-
hour day, with pay and a half for
overtime and maximum day OF IL
hours. The printers wages average
even in this plant only $40 American
money per month. Women workers
are on an equality with men workers
within the union. The union-as dis
tinct from the welfare clubs-publish-
es a small monthly paper. 1t also
with some financial assistance from
the company, conducts evening class
es.
The Commercial Press workers form
the largest single unit in the Printers
union of Shanghai, which claims 49,
$50 members. No other printing plant
has yet been brought by the union to
this standard of wages and hours.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-01-07
BY ANNA ROCHESTER.
Organize Under Difficulties


SHANGHAI, China.-(FP)- About
70%o Of the workers In Shanghai are
now enrolled in labor unions. Union
headquarters are all closed under po1
lice seal and leaders are closely
watched. Ii Hwa, labor leader, was
executed a few weeks ago without
trial. In spite of the friction between
the foreign and the reactionary Chi
nese authorities in Shanghai, the po-
lice and secret service of the Interna-
tional Settlement and of the Chinese
city apparently work in effective har-
mony against labor.
On the other hand, the labor unions
are all alive to tho Chinese nationalist
issues. Every labor man with whom
we talked emphasized the fact that
the Chinese workers are united in
wanting tho unequal treaties revised.
The general strike which followed
dents and othors May 80 1925, was pri-
marily anti-foreign, but during the
last Is months the straight Industrial
issues have come more to the front.
Since the general strike, about $50
strikes have occurred in Shanghai
alone, involving almost 100000 work
ers. Conditions of work are not
worse in foreign-owned mills than in
Chinese mills. 1t does happen, how
ever, that the only silk filature near
Shanghai, in which the cocoons are
taken from the boiling water not by
the hands of girls and children but
by machinery, and the only factory in
Shanghai which has come to anything
like recognition Of the union, are both
under Chinese auspices.
In spite of police interference, labor
organization work continues under
ground. With the present steady in
crease in the price Of rice the de-
mand for higher wages vail be more
insistent.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-01-07
PAINT '26 WITH
GLOOM; BRITAIN
GLAD IT'S GONE
Locarno, U. S. Hatred
and China Outstanding

LONDON, Jan. 5.-British govern
ment officials and the capitalist press
in reviews of 1925 were strikingly
unanimous in expressing gladness
that the year has gone. Practically
every public statement made on New
Years Day was Allied with exDre'
sions bemoaning the fate of the Brit.
lsh empire in 1926: few had any hope
for better year in 1927.
Baldwin Gloomy.
I'VE have left behind US a year of
unhappy discord and industrial de-
preston" said Premier Baldwin. Let
us resolve for 1927 to repair the dam
age and to restore our national pros
perity in a spirit of comradeship and
good will" he said.
Ramsay Macdonald Joined the
chorus. He called 1926 a terrible
year." and said that most people viii
be glad to get rid of 1t. We all hope
there will be more sanity and q little
more businesslike genius in the con-
duct of the nations affairs in 1877"
Inc uuduCldl OuLlOOh lOI GnBiduu
in 1927 is not any brighter than It was
in 1925, the government announced
1t is said there is a deficit OF a.,
$4,000 pounds more than the pre-
vious year. The coal strike was
blame for most of the deficit.
outstanding" Events.
Political observers here declare
there are three outstanding situations
and events that stand out on the 1926
horizon. One is the Locarno pact,
which resulted in the bringing of
Germany back into the fold" in
creased hatred of the United States.
being expressed in practically every
European nation, and the nervousness
in official circles because Of the sue
cesses of the revolutionists in China.
Locarno is pointed to with much pride
by the European statesmen. The
other two Outstanding" developments
are not sources of jubilation.
Hatred of America is increasing be-
cause of the United States stand on
war debts and because 1t has held
aloof from international situations po-
litically.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-01-07
| AMERICAN FINANCIERS
| ON BOARD OF JAPANESE
| ELECTRIC BOND COMP ANY
Especial to The Daily worker)

Especial TO The Daily Worker)
NEW YoRK.-Americans are par
ticipating in the formation of the
Japanese Electric Bond & Share Co.,
with a capitalization of $4,000, 900,
it is announced here. The company
will control electric utilities through
out the empire.
While American names appear on
the board of directors, including S.
z. Mitchell, president Of the Elee-
trio Bond & Share Co., II is claimed
that their investment is nominal and
that they are wanted by the Japan
csc largely to act in an advisory
capacity.
The Japanese, with some show Of
astuteness, evidently believe that
American finaneiers can tell them
how to grab and keep the control
of electrical energy.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-01-07
Demand Hands Off China
BY w. FRANCIS AHERN.

SYDNEY-(FP)-The Labor Coun-
Gil of New South Wales has issued
another manifesto demanding Hands
OF China. The manifesto reviews the
exploitation of the Chinese workers,
particularly women and young chill
dren, by British, American, Japanese
and French factory capitalists and
shows how the oppressed Chinese,
through their unions, are opposing
the terrible destruction Of their child
life and the ruthless oppression by
the capitalist nations. The manifesto
concludes:
I'VE call upon all workers to object
to the shedding Of working-class blood
to get cheap labor in China, and we
call upon them not only to refuse to
go to China but to as far as possible
prevent, by all lawful means, anyone
else going. We earnestly request
them to join with us in saying Hands
Off China. Not man or a gun to
assist the foreign capitalists to get
cheap labor in China"
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-01-07
Default in Payment
of Bonds Complexities
City Traction Snarl

Another knot was tied IN the trac-
ton tangle when It was discovered
that the Chicago City & Connecting
Railway Co. had defaulted in paying
the principal of its bonds, which had
fallen due. This came just as the
traction committee Of the city coun-
Gil was threatening a Showdown" in
its dealing with the surface lines.
President Leonard A. Busby of the
Surface Lines says no Importance is
to be attached to the default in prin'
cipal, as the road will continue to
keep up the interest payments. He
adds that 70 per cent of the bonds
are in the hands of protective COM
mittee. A wag, around the city hall
remarks that 1t is about time the
transportation committee of the coun'
Gil put its affairs in the hands of a
similar committee.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-01-07
Gary Painters Local
Reflects Its Heads
By a Worker Correspondent.

GARY, Ind, Jan. 5.-The Gary
Painters, Local No. s, at their last
meeting had election of officers.
All the principal officers will con-
tinue to retain their positions for the
coming year. Those reelected are:
George Sheean, president; AL Pagen,
vice-president; James Lions, financial
secretary; Fred H. DERRICK, treasurer,
and Fred Hadin, recording secretary.
Out of 244 paid-up members $50
were present at the meeting.
Early in, February Fred DERRICK will
go to Washington, d. c., representing
the painters and electrical workers OF
Lake county. Indiana, for the national
conference of these two bodies on the
painters and electrical workers con
troversy.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-01-07
Free Dental Clinic to
Commemorate Lenin

MOSCOW.-As a memorial to Len
in, the dentists in the Soviet have
opened clinic near the town OF Cor
XII, in the Moscow province, where
Lenin died. Here treatment at cost
or without charge will be given.
This results from an action taken
at the dentists convention last year,
when they voted down a suggestion
to place a wreath each year on the
great leaders tomb, deciding instead
to honor his memory in more prac-
teal way.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-01-07
Oregon VIII Talk
to American People

MEXICO CITY.-The American peo-
pie will have an opportunity Of hear
ing the Mexican side of present is
sues when former President Obregon
goes on his tour of the United states.
He will stress the opinion held In
Latin-American countries that they
have the right to solve their own
problems without dictation from the
outside.
Obregon's itinerary will include Chi
cago, New York, and Washington.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-01-07
Welfare Work Can't Stop Them

SHANGHAI, China. -FP)- Com
pany welfare work does not prevent
the Chinese workers from organizing
their own labor union. The CONNER
cial Press of Shanghai, the largest
printing and publishing house in
China, with branches in all the prin-
cipal cities, spent at its central plant
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-01-07
Zinc Workers on Strike.

LANGELOTH, Pa.-The workers Of
the American Zinc & Chemical Co. of
this place are ON strike, after the
company had refused to meet the men
to adjust grievances.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-01-07
Brazilian Rebels DIsarmsd.

MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay. About
400 Brazilian rebels who crossed into
Uruguay have been disarmed by the
Uruguay authorities. The Brazilian
government claims that in fighting
along the Carvera river they have
completely routed the rebels, while
revolutionary leaders claim not to
have participated at all in the fight
ing there.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-01-07

We will send sarapIe copies OF The
DAILY WORKER to your friends.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-01-07

Dispatches Of few days ago. re-
ported a revolutionary movement in
the Brazilian state OF Rio Grande do
Sui, which is directly north OF Uru-
quay
The Washington times., 1927-05-28
LUNCHEON TODAY
FOR BRIDE-TO-BE

Miss Marguerite Orme, daughter
of Mr.. and Mrs. James William
Orme, had a luncheon today in
compliment to Miss Jane Dunbar.
daughter Of Capt. and Mrs. Arthur
w. Dunbar, who is to be married
in June to James c. Parker, jr.
The other guests were Miss Fannie
Dial, Miss Louise Mason. Miss Eliza.
beth Reilly. Miss Idanthea Moffett,
Miss Sallie Hews Phillips. Miss
Helen Clifford and Miss Frances
Gore.
The Washington times., 1927-05-28

The Spring Used Car Sale offers
many Of WashingtOn's choice used cars
for sale through the Automobile Cell
gmns OF The Times and Herald CLASH
The Washington times., 1927-05-28
JEAN FLIOTs NEWS AND GOSSIP OF SOCIETY THE CAPITAL

scullin, Miss Laura Towne ana
Miss Helen Robinson.
In the Ring
Among the children riding this
Afternoon are CorneIia. Alice, Sylvia
and Gladys szechenyi. Alex, Ivy
and Martha Bacon, Laura Elizabeth.
James and Pauline Curtis, Alexander
and Gertrude Laughlin, Peter
Drury, Lucie Lais, Newbold and
Robert Noyes, Demarest and An
gelica Lloyd, Elsie Grew, Dora and
William White, Margaretta Row.
land. Anne Rollins, Helen Davis.
Persis, Mary and Louise Myer,
Sarah Lee, Betty and Master Perot,
Susan Todgers, Adeline Furness,
Edith Carlisle, Edith Woods. Keith
Merrill, jr., Ralph Worthington.
Helen and Elinor Ray, Margaret
Greyson, Polly Foraker, Bruce and
Calderon Howe. Roger Davis, Polly
LaBretton. Jacquelin Story, Eliza.
beth Ellsworth. Helen McGrew,
Edith Grant and Ernestine and
Jeanne van den Bosch.
The mothers of the youthful
equestrians will be given an oppor.
tunity to take part in the party in
class for ladies' saddle horses.
Mrs. James F. Curtis, who has re-
Gently opened a racing stable and
is racing this week at Belmont
Park, Is showing her steeplechaser,
Itan, in this event.
Patronesses for this afternoons
party include Mrs. Dwight Davis,
Countess Szechenyi. Mrs. Edward
B. Mclean. Mrs. James r. Curtis,
Mrs. Richard Aldrich, Mrs. Irwin
Laughlin and Mrs. George Hewitt
Myer.
A bridal shower was given in the
home Of Mrs. Merwin H. Browne
on Thursday evening in compliment
to Miss Josephine Braendle, daugh.
ter Of Mr.. and Mrs. Fred ]. Braen-
die, whose marriage to William A.
Miller will take place June /.
Assisting Mrs. Browne in entertain
ing were Mrs Emma B. Kistler and
Miss Bessie M. Steiner.
The Rev. and Mrs. John Bro
naugh Henry, Of East Falls Church
Va, announce the engagement Of
their daughter, Anna Gray, to DIR.
Pavel Stransky, formerly secretary
OF the Czechoslovak legation, now
with the ministry of foreign affairs
at Prague. Miss Henry will sail
from New York, June 18, for Paris,
where the wedding win take place.
The Washington times., 1927-05-28

and on Friday morning commence.
ment exercises viii be held, with
Edwin B. Broome, superintendent
Of the Montgomery county schools
as the speaker.
Miss Margaret de Forest Hicks,
daughter of Mrs. William Cleveland
Hicks, and James Bradley Williams,
jr.. Of New York, will be married
Thursday afternoon, June %, in
Bethlehem Chapel of Washington
Cathedral. Miss Hicks brother, the
Rev. William Cleveland Hicks, chap.
lain at Harvard University, will Of
ficiate, and Bishop Murray, presid.
ing elder of the Episcopal church,
will also be in the chancel.
Mr.. and Mrs. Whitman Cross en-
tertained a company at supper last
evening for Miss Hicks and Mr..
Williams. who have come from New
York for the week end.
Miss Lenore Marie de Grange
director of the Children Players of
Washington, has gone to New York,
where she is the guest Of Mrs.
John Jay White.
The Washington times., 1927-05-28

Of Engineers, U. S. A. Miss Henry
is a graduate of the National Cattle.
dral School in the class of 1928.
Later she studied French at the
University of Tours, France. Major
Irvine is on duty in the War De-
partment and Is junior aid to the
President. The wedding will take
place in the early summer.
y
Miss Olga Crandall, daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry NJ. Crandall,
was hostess to a number of her
classmates in the graduating class
of the National Park Seminary at
the home Of her parents, 4530 Six
tenth ST., on Thursday evening.
The reception and ball were at.
tended by large company. The
ballroom, parlors and dining room
We're deliberately decorated with cut
blossoms and seasonable greens,
Miss Crandall was assisted in re.
celVing by her parents and her sis.
tiers, Mrs. Leroy Sherman and Miss
Dorothy Crandall. Miss Crandall
sails from New York on Friday,
June "a, for a three months tour of
europe as graduation gift from
her father.
4 \
Matthew E. Hanna, who has
recently been appointed Diplomatic
inspector for Europe, and Mrs.
Hanna will entertain at dinner in
honor of George T. Summerlin.
American Minister to Honduras, on
wednesday evening in the FIoren.
tine Room at the Wardman Park
Hotel.
The Washington times., 1927-05-28

white chiffon and her hat is of
black satin.
Lieutenant White, who has been
on duty at Boiling Field, will take
his bride to China, having been de.
tailed to the American Legation in
Pekin. They will visit Honolulu,
Manila and Japan on their way to
their post
Tonight Mrs. Lipscomb will enter.
tain at the dinner dance at Ward
man Park Hotel for the out-of.town
guests here for the wedding. In
this group are:
Mr.. and Mrs. George Franklin
Lawrence, of New York, uncle and
aunt Of the bridegroom, and another
uncle and aunt, Mr.. and Mrs. Ash
by Weymouth, of New York. Also
the uncle and aunt of the bride,
Mr.. and Mrs. Howard Jamerson,
or Manassas, Va, and the brides
cousins, Mr.. and Mrs. William M.
Lipscomb, of Great Neck, Long
Island. Other guests from out-of.
town were Mr.. and Mrs. Albert C.
Opperman and Miss Opperman, of
Pittsburgh; Mr.. and Mrs. Frank D.
Foster, of Philadelphia; Mr.. and
Mrs. L. ]. Cammerer, of New York;
Vincent Parke, of New York; Mr..
and Mrs. Walter F. Austin, of Plain
field, N. j.: Mrs. Berrien Walker,
OF Baltimore, and Mrs. Lawrence, of
New York.