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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-08-25
Workers Of Geneva
Continue to Protest
Against the Murder

GENEVA, Aug. 24.--Drastic police
precautions were taken yesterday to
guard the United States consulate
building following the Sacco -Vanzetti
demonstration last night when one
person was killed and 30 wounded, in
Guiding five policemen.
Fourteen arrests were made.
A demonstration of 5000 that Ind
gathered in Plain Palais-the Central
Park Of Geneva---marched through
the streets. Hotels and stores were
attacked and all the windows in the
United States consulate were smash
ed There was considerable pillaging.
After charging the mob three times
the police finally dispersed it. There
was much shooting with revolvers.
Further violence on the part Of the
police was feared this afternoon when
the Communists planned another de-
monstration.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-08-25
Rail equipment Freight

The years 1905z6 saw the peak of
railway equipment orders, with 341,-
315 freight cars and 6,265 locomo-
tives ordered in 1905 and 310,315
freight cars and 5,642 locomotives in
1906. Equipment manufacturers
point out that this irregularity of
railroad ordering not only intensifies
the fluctuations in the country's in
dustrial activity but also increases the
cost of equipping the railroads.
From labor's standpoint the pres
ent handling of the enormous railroad
purchasing power is unquestionably a
menace. 1t renders one important
branch of the metal trades very diff
ficult to organize and by intensifying
depressions it tends to undermine
wage standards. But this can hardly
be changed until the control is taken
from the profiteering interests. I'm
der unified control this great power
could be handled in the interests of
stability.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-08-25
BY LELAND OLDS.
Federated Press.)

A drop in railroad expenditures in
volving the jobs of thousands of
workers is predicted in statement
by the bureau of railway economics
based on reports covering the capt.
tai expenditures of class / carries the
first 8 months Of the year. The bur-
eau, an employer body, forecasts ex-
penditures for the entire year at the
lowest level since 1922.
The bureaus figures afford one
explanation of the slowing down of
industry which has been noticeable
since the beginning of the year. The
enormous purchasing power of the
railroad industry furnishes to the
financiers an effective device for
speeding up or slowing down the
country's economic life. Through or
ders for cars andr locomotives, rails,
structural iron, tools, machinery and
other supplies the railroads afford
jobs to something like 100000 work
ers in addition to- those directly em-
ployed in transportation.
Less Equipment.
Capital expenditures of the rail-
roads for new equipment, additions,
etc, the first months of 1927
amounted to $t55, 022 900, decrease
of s1o,678,000 compared with the
same period of 1926 and of SHAFTS
900 compared with 1925. Capital au-
thorizations for 1927 as of April /
amounted to $724,s53,000 compared
with 1921, $4,000 the same date in
1925 and $750,000, 900 in 1925. From
these figures the bureau estimates
that expenditures for the year will
run between $700,0o0,000 and $780,
100000. Last year railroad capital
expenditures totaled $885,0S6,0 900 and
in 1928 $1,O59, 149, 000
Steel Orders Drop.
The reduction in railroad expendi-
lures is reflected in the state OF de-
preston which prevails in the rail
way equipment industry which in turn
involves a reduction in orders for
steel In the first half of 1927, ac-
cording to the Y. S. Department of
Commerce, locomotive manufacturers
built only $40 engines, compared with
901 the first half of 1926. In June
they had untitled orders on their
books for only 393, compared with
667 in June, 1926. Similarly in the
first months of the year car build
ers turned out 1921 freight cars,
compared with 2s,271 the same per-
iod of 1925. In May they had on
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-08-25
Gathering,
Hugest in History,
Hears WiCks Speak

BUFFALO August 24.-Twenty
thousand workers and sympathizers
took part in the monster Sacco and
Vanzetti protest meeting here. the
biggest demonstration ever staged in
Buffalo.
While police circIed the meeting
and every precaution was taken
against any kind of demonstration,
Harry Wicks of the Workers Party
told the masses of workers that only
the word of Fuller, the agent of cap
italism, stood between Sacco and
Vanzetti and death. The speaker
urged the workers to organize so that
a repetition of the crime might never
again be possible. He urged the
building up of a mass Labor Party,
OF the Communist Party and the In
ternational Labor Defense, and the
strengthening of the trade unions
against the bureaucracy which had
failed in its duty.
James c. Campbell. secretary of
the Moulders' Union characterized
William Green as a.criminal as great
as Judge Thayer and Governor Full
Ter.
The Rev. H. J. Hahn, who was re-
Gently arrested for picketing in Bos-
ton, asserted that the Massachusetts
authorities had plotted the murder of
Sacco and Vanzetti.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-08-25
[. u. E. L. Plans Big
Jamboree at Forest
Park, September 4

CHICAGO, Aug. 24.-All prepare
tions are being made to make the
T. U. e. L. Picnic on Sunday, Sept.
4th a success. Chicago workers will
gather on that day in support of the
only left wing organization struggling
against the reactionary labor takers
now in control of the Chicago unions
and leading the workers in their
everyday struggle against the bosses.
The picnic will be held at the AL
tenheim Grove, Forest Park. Take
the Forest Park 81" to the end of the
line and walk from there to the grove
or take the Madison Austin St. Car to
the end of the line, and take extern
sion car to the grove. In addition to
dancing all day there will be all kinds
of other amusements.
Tickets can be secured at 156 w.
Washington ST., Room 26, 1113 w.
Washington ST., 10 S. Lincoln St.,
"Vilnis" 3116 S. Halsted ST., zoos N.
California Ave-, "Freiheit" 1909 w.
Roosevelt Rd.. and from members of
the league. Do not Date
Sunday. September 4th.---Place, AL
tenheim Grove.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-08-25
etter follows in part:
No Faith In Courts.
August q, 1927.

ne lelUef foll0WS IN part
No Faith In Courts.
August q. 1927.
From the Death House of Massa.
chusetts State Prison.
Dearest friends and comrades OF
the Sacco-Vanzetti Defense Commit
tee:
"After tomorrow night we will be
executed, save new staying of the
sentence by the United States gu.
preme court or by Governor Alvan T
Fuller.
But now it is $50 in the after.
noon and no one has returned vet
This tells us there is no good news
II almost tells us that their effort.
have failed and that you are spend.
ing these remaining few hours in des.
pairing efforts to prevent our execu.
ton.
We Are Not anquished."
in word, we feel lost. That We
lost and have to die does rot diminish
our appreciation and gratitude fol
your great solidarity with US and oul
families.
"Only two of us will die-our ideal
YOU, our comrades will live by mil.
lions. We have won. We are not van,
ouished.
"Just treasure our suffering. oul
sorrow, our mistakes. our defeat, oul
passion, for future battles for the
great emancipation.
1--WE embrace you all and bid you
our extreme good bye. Now and ever
long life to you all. Long life to lib
erty.
Yours in life and death,
"Bartolomeo Vanzetti.
"Nicola Sacco."
The hall in which the bodies will
lie in state here will be filled with
posters and banners in all languages
and vii recall every stage of the seven
year fight that was made to save the
men from the chair.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-08-25

Many MASSACHUSETTS Industrial CT
ties show unemployment among build
ing tradesmen above the average.
Worcester reports 399o not working,
New Bedford $500, Springfield 1890
and Holyoke 1880 out of work.
Less in Factories.
June employment reports from
New York and Illinois indicate that
unemployment among factory work
ers is growing worse. This contrasts
with last year when the downward
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-08-25
Argentina Workers TO
Strike Indefinitely in
Protest Against Murder

BUENOs AIRES. Aug. "a. -
Workers affiliated with the Ar
gentina Regional Labor federation
voted to strike indefinitely Ia pro-
test against the murder of Sacco
and Vanzetti. Hundreds Of work.
ers belonging to other national la
bef organizations remained away
from work in protest.
Reports from Rosario state that
workers in sugar refinsries and
railway plants and railway shops
turnout central Argentina failed to
report to work.
Police fired into crowds Of de-
nlonstrators while mounted troops
rode thru masses of demonstrators
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-08-25
unemployed by occupations as follows

tendency of industrial activity in both
states was arrested in June In both
states the level of employment is
nearly Sc under June 1926 and APP
proximately 1850 under June 1928.
The Illinois free employment agencies
report 1870 applicants for each 100
jobs, this being the worst June since
1921 when the applicants for each
100 jobs rose to 240 In June 1926
the figure was 1873.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-08-25
PULLMANpORTERS
WIN RECOGNITION
OF THEIR UNION
Negro Workers Win Big
Victory After Fight

Word that the Brotherhood of
Sleeping Car Porters has been ac-
corded official recognition by the
United States Board of Mediation was
received at the headquarters of the
union, 2311 Seventh Ave, in tele-
gram from A. Philip Randolph, gen
eral organizer of the Brotherhood.
Mr.. Randolph is now in Chicago
where he has been representing the
union before the Railroad Board. The
Porters' Union is the first labor or
ganization of Negro workers on ma
tional scale, and the disposition of it's
case by the Federal Board has been
eagerly awaited in trade union as
well as Negro circles.
Frank Crosswaith, organizer of the
union, declared the decision of the
board in sending the dispute with the
Pullman Company to arbitration con-
stitutes great victory for his organ
ization. Mr.. Crosswaith said:
Company Fought Recognition.
Arbitration means recognition of
the Brotherhood as legitimate rep
resentative of the porters. The com
pany fought such a step bitterly.
However, we are happy to learn that
the board has overruled the company
and has sent the case to arbitration.
''All of the elaborate and extensive
research made by the Labor Bureau,
showing the actual conditions under
which the porters work, the wages
they receive, the amount of tips re-
ceived monthly by the average por-
ter, the total occupational expense of
each porter the number of hours and
the total mileage covered by the por-
ter during the 400-hour work month
will come before the arbitration.
Also the actual cost of living for the
porter with and without family, the
actual wage increase granted the
porters since their employment by
the Pullman Company some fifty
nine years ago will be presented to
the Board Of Arbitration. A sys-
tematic comparison between the work
and wages of the porters and the
other railroad workers will also be
submitted"
Legal Battle.
Mr.. Crosswaith explained that dur
ing mediation the attorneys of the
Brotherhood could not legally appear
and argue the organization case. Be-
fore the Board of Arbitration, how
ever, the full legal battery of the
Brotherhood will be called into ac-
ton. The chief legal advisor of the
brotherhood is Donald r. Riehberg,
eo-author of the Watson Parker Act
which created the Boards of Media
ton and Arbitration,
Associated with him are Henry T.
Hunt, former member of the old u.
S. Railroad Board and ex-mayor of
Cincinnati; Frank P. Walsh, Samuel
Untermyer, Arthur Garfield Hays,
Amos R. f. Pinchot and G. Francis
Stratford, prominent Negro attorney
of Chicago.
Organizer Randolph left New York
on July 18th for Chicago, having
been summoned there by Edwin P. |
Morrow, member of the U. S. Board
of Mediation. The actual mediation
began on the morning of July 18th
and has been in progress until the
decision recommending arbitration
was reached.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-08-25
Official Records Show Fewer Available Jobs
By LELAND oLDs Federated press).

Calls vacation days in the Black Hills might be troubled if
he read the employment reports from his with any
sympathy for the workers The drop of f in factory employ
ent reported by the Massachusetts department labor for June
that bad situation is growing worse.
Factory employment in Massachusetts is 48fo below
une 1926 This that the jobs fallen 300
below the average the years 199923 the period treated
the department normal and about ITO below 1914
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-08-25

Presser Must Serve Another Year
Izzy Presser must remain in prison
for year longer, even though twelve
years have passed since Presser was
sentenced to serve twelve years in
Sing Sing. He was so informed at
Sing Sing
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-08-25

MEXICO CITY, Aug. 24.-In an
effort to reduce Mexicos silver coin
age and to improve the exchange
rate, the department of the treasury
today ordered withdrawn from circu-
lation $4,000 silver pesos
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-08-25

Inc old line industries for which
the state was once famous have been
hardest hit. The boot and shoe fac
tories are employing just half as
many workers as in the 1919-1923
period Cotton-mills are employing
72%o of the number carried on the
payrolls in the earlier period, wooden
mills 1880 and manufacturers of
textile machinery 597@e.
The report shows that Of the num-
Der employed in June only 1850
were in establishments operating on
normal fulltime schedules. The aver
age weekly earnings stood at $2444,
The department shows the nercent
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-08-25
RAILROADS CUT DOWN ORDERS FOR EQUIPMENT;
SURE OMEN OF DEPRESSION; UNENPL OYDENT

their books orders for 1922 cars
compared with untitled orders for 81
437 in May, 1926.
The irregularity of railroad pur-
chases over a period of years is
shown in the following figures for
number of freight cars and locomo-
tives ordered: $780,.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-08-25
lingo General Dies.

Major-General Robert Lee Billiard.
retired, and Mrs. Ella Reiff Wall. of
New York, were to be married today
at the home of Mrs. Wall.
In obtaining their marriage license
yesterday at the Municipal building,
General Billiard gave his age as sixty
two. Mrs. Wall gave hers as fifty
two.
Billiard has made himself notorious
in his writings about the world war
by his SANDERS on the Negro race, and
by his jingoistic hundred per cent ut
terances since. Evidently something
in his front charmed his elderly bride.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-08-25
WE Die FOR FUTURE VICTORY"
SAY VICTIMS IN LAST MESSAGE
SaccO and Vanzetti, Facing Death Chair, See
Triumph for World Workers
BOSTON. Aug. 24-nJust treasure onr snfferi

boSlON Aug N-'Just treasure suffering, sor.
row. our mistakes, defeats, our passion for flu
ture battles for the great emancipation"
These the words penned by Sacco ard Vanzett in
letter to those who fought their freedom The letter was
written on Monday few minutes after Tuesday midnight the
two framed-up workers murdered
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-08-25

NEWS AND COMM ENT
AMOR EDU CATIoN
LABOR AND GOVERNMENT
TRADE UNION POLITICS
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-08-25

Win male Workers averaging $500
and women $16.45,
Unemployed in Mass, State.
Thousands of building trades work
ers in Massachusetts were unemploy-
ed on June / in spite of the fact that
the open season for construction was
in full swing. Reports to the state
department of labor from 271 unions
with combined membership of 48,947
indicated that 1910 were out of
job chiefly for lack of work. This
compares with 1880 on May and
274@6 on April 1.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-08-25

POLICIES AND PROGRAMS
STRIKES - INJUNCTIoNs
THE TRADE UNION PRESS
LABOR AND IMPERIALISM
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-08-25

Keep Up the Sustaining Fund
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-08-25
Unemployed in Mass, State.

with male workers averaging $28.S5
and women S16.45
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-09-02
Baby Book May Be Helpful
BY LYDIA LIE BARON WALKER.

a second or third child, items such as
what the mother did when the baby
| had its little ailments, at what age Its
| teeth came, and not only when the
child cut it's first tooth, though that,
of course. could never be omitted. 1t
| is decidedly an event in the life OF a
| child. The book should keep a record
| Of developments, such as when the
| child began to put words together
| with any real conference to make him
self understood, as we'll as the first
| word spoken, what It was. and how
old the baby was at that time.
Differences.
1t ia we'll TO remember In this con.
nection that there is an old saying
that a girl baby talks earlier than a
hoy baby, hut that the boy walks be-
fore the girl. 1t may be that such
amusing data are accurate, indicating
az intended, that girl talks more
than a man, while man walks faster,
or ii my be A saying only. However,
1t is apt to be found that old sayings
such as the one given have a grain
of truth at least in them.
Training.
Another item that will give helpful
hints on the training of another child
will be found in the management that
proved successful with the first. But
do not expect it will work exactly the
same magic with one child as another
No two children respond in just the
same way to discipline, but the same
general treatment is sometimes sue
Cessful. For instance, a baby who
wakes with a start and cries may need
merely to be soothed. while another
may need to be taken up so that it
can be relieved of gas on it's stomach.
either by gently patting its back or
by giving ii hot water But the child
who makes a point of crying just TO
have attention from its parents is not
unlike another child who acts in the
same way, ard any items put down
about the management of the first are
likely to suggest ways and means of
success with another baby.
Physical Record.
A record of weights at different
ages, of the height, indicating growth,
etc. will prove suggestive of what to
expect of another child. But above
all should the mother write down indi
vidual traits that are shown early, for
these are apt to be a clue to the child s
character and abilities in later years
And so baby book Is not a mere
happy record of an infant, but it NAV
give key to chara cter and be an aid
with other little ones.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-09-02

10 move TO part of the country where
the city water has iodine added TO it?
III ~ possible that my husbands work
VIII call him to section where this
IS done, and friend has told me that
IL would be advisa BILE for my husband
to accept this position, if for no other
reason than because of the good effect
mat the water would probably have
on our little girl.--Mrs. III. C..
Before beginning to answer your
question, | must remind you that
there are two main types of goiter,
ana IN one case iodine is helpful. In
the other it is not. Before you decide,
therefore. it would be absolutely neces.
sary to find out from your physician
the exact type of gOiter from which
your little girl is suffering. Then as
10 the city water to which iodine has
peen added. Several cities have
adopted this practice, but have not
continued it over a sufficient length of
time TO furnish us with data of final
and conclusive proof. In other words,
opinion is well divided as to the adyan.
tages of taking the drinking water
even Tor those who have a type of
gClteT which requires iodine for its
successful treatment.
Recent Verg careful study has raised
the question whether goiter is mate.
rally aided even by such foods as
contain iodine. Laboratory animals
that were fed on diet that contained
plenty Of iodine and other salts hut
lacked starch and green vegetables
developed marked cases of goiter.
This means. OF course, that iodine is
not valuable food salt. 1t simply
means that we have not yet proved
absolutely as to just how it helps con
troll the goiter.
fCopyriKht 1877
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-09-02
Heart Trouble and Reducing.

Very often those who are much
overweight are disturbed by all sorts
OF symptoms" Usually the symp-
toms are Of no consequence. Short
ness of breath, heart f1utterings may
be felt. Even pains around the heart
may be the result of Indigestion
caused by wrong diet, and may be no
, indication at all that the heart is
affected. Under such circumstances
safe reducing diet would not only
get rid of the fat but it would also
remove the discomfort and distress.
But a warning should be sounded to
all stout people that no one with a.
fiuttering of the heart should think
of ieducing under any circumstances
except under the personal eye of a
| competent physician. A further warn.
ing is In order. No one with any sort
| OF heart trouble and who is very
much overweight should start a reduc.
ing diet except on the advice and I'M
der the personal supervision Of a. ply.
stefan. In fact, 1t Is the best plan to
| undergo a complete physical examina.
ton before attempting 80 reduce at
all.
Weight reduction for stout people
who even have heart disease is help
LUZ, Out the DOCTOR should be con-
stantly examining his patient and
guiding his weight reduction.
! do not mean that one with an af-
fected heart cannot safely reduce. On
| the contrary, 1t is important for such
| a one to reduce. But it must be done
| cautiously and slowly. One whose
| heart is in perfect shape, therefore,
can reduce much more rapidly.
A man who in overweight and in
the bargain has heart trouble ia
doubly burdening his heart The poor
I organ has to work much harder. But
he must take into consideration his
particular disease and not think that
he can follow the same program that
a person whose organs are functioning
normally can follow.
Blood pressure results from the
force of the heart beat and the resist
| ance Of the arteries. One of the
| causes Of high blood pressure il over
| eating. Proper weight reduction diet
| will reduce the blood pressure as we'll
! as remove the excess weight.
II the blood pressure Is very high,
the heart, which is compelled to pump
blood through the vessels against an
increasing resistance. may enlarge
and therebyibe weakened.
For this feasah proper weight re.
duction under supervision Of q