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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-01-21

about It in the cars time, when the
lack of knowledge Of the Russian Ian
guage tied him to his village? At
present there are even In remote
places Institutes, and In Moscow and
in Leningrad there are faculties in
the universities for the eastern ma
tons. We can see now in our univer
stiles the Samoieds, the Giliaks and
others. This was never dreamed by
anybody 10 years ago. Turnout the
republics there is close net of
schools for the national minorities.
pUT not all remnants of the cursed
- cars time are done away with.
For instance, the unkind treatment
and persecution by the cars govern.
ment forced the Jews to reside in the
towns and to undertake a trade or
small tool shops. The Soviet govern.
ment wants to turn them from the
trade toward labor and therefore is
giving them land, hoping to make of
them agriculturers This campaign
has had great success. Thousands of
the Jews applied for land. The immi.
grants are getting land, they are
loaned money and all necessary help
with which the government is able to
attend these newly created peasants.
The experiment was a good one, and
the Jewish peasants, in their manage
ment, are on the same level as are the
Russian peasants.
Gypsies Aided.
THE nomad gypsies have won also
L 1t is we'll known that, being OBJ
pressed and turned out by everyone.
they were forced to beg and to steal.
Now they are enjoying autonomy.
There are schools for the gypsies as
well as in the cultural centers.
1t is true that many who do not
understand the significance of the ma
tional division begin to criticize it,
They say that 1t is unnecessary that
every nation has to use it's own Ian
guage. They say that the common
language must be the Russian Ian
guage.
That we have many languages in
the U. S. S. r. does not matter. But
the cultural level will be high.
With comradely greetings,
M. Ivanov.
WRITE AS you FIGHT
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-01-21

board thru the strike was a decided
victory, Hyman declared: The conces-
sions won from the bosses were
greatly in excess of the recommends
tons made by the governors commits
sion. OF course, he said, the agree
ment was not in every way what the
workers could desire, but taken as a
whole, 1t was satisfactory and the
workers were the winners.
Tells Of Tactics.
Hyman recalled some OF the strategy
used by the right wing to discredit
the left leadership and to bring de-
feat of the strike to gain their end.
At first the right wing, he pointed out,
pretended to be radical" and pressed
for demands from the bosses which
they knew were impossible. They
asked for these demands to make vic
tory impossible. They attempted to
place the strike leaders in such posi-
ton, he said, so that they could not
compromise with the bosses In any
Jhlubg duU JuuS piOtOh6 ChO Sbtu6SAC'
sIeman Prevented Settlement.
At one time during the strike vic
tory was near, Hyman said, but the
chicanery of the right wing was such
that they egged the bosses on to re-
slst the strikers and thus prevented
the ending of the strike until It was
finally brought to close.
Issues Challenge.
Hyman challenged Sigman and his
followers to submit the question of
leadership In the New York Joint
board to the membership, as the left
wing and impartial elements have adj
vocated. Hyman declared that the
left wing was willing to let the rank
and file decide whether they should
be continued in power.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-01-21
Workers Told
Race Problem Really
Is Class Struggle

~The race problem is more a prob
lem of class struggle" William
Thomas told his audience at the Amer
can Negro Labor Congress Open
Forum this week. "We need to or
ganize ourselves as workers." he
emphasized, ito fight our common
enemy, the capitalists. For that we
have to fight as workers, regardless
of color"
Thomas warned the Negro against
bosses who stirred their race pre-
judice against unions so they would
not join. '1Thes ultimate step of ANAL
gamation of unions is amalgamation
If races" he said.
An interesting discussion was held.
The Open Forum is held every Sunday
afternoon, o'clock, at 1918 S. State
|street. Admission is free.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-01-21
Federal Employment
Bureau Reports Many
Workers Out of Jobs

WASHINGTON, Jan. 10. Part
time operations are generally in effect
in the major industries, reports
Francis l. Jones, director general oil
the U. S. employment service. Jones
however, predicts that the workers
will soon be recalled, adding a Coo
lidgean touch to an otherwise gloomy
report.
"The automobile factories and ac-
cessory plants have laid off thous-
ands of employees, maintaining small
forces only for inventory purposes,
he reports, continuing, 1T is expected
that many of these workers would be
recalled in January"
He reports a decline in employment
in Illinois industries. Metal and ma
chinery plants were noticeably af-
fected, he said. Clothing manufac-
turers curtailed production.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-01-21
RUSSIAN WORKER CORRESPONDENT
WRITES OF SOVIET NATIONALITIES

Here is another letter from a Rus
sian worker to his comrades In Amer
lea, In which the interesting problem
OF many natIonalltIes In Russia Is
discussed. This Is one Of series of
letters being published by The DAILY
WORKER as part of the program Of
developing closer contact between the
workers Of the world by means Of d.
rect worker correspondence.
DEAR COMRADES: The U. S. S. R.
- unites great number of national
tiles. All these nationalities in the
cars time were crushed by heels of
the great Russians, who thought that
only they were human beings. The
other nationalities were not consid-
cred as men, and they were treated
accordingly.
A weapon for depressing a nation
was the use of ignorance. The cars
government did not wish even to think
about schools in Turkestan or Siberia.
One culture" was allowed that was
religion, industriously planted by the
bribed crowd of priests who led the
people in the opposite direction to the
class struggle.
TIME most oppressed were the Jews.
4 They were forbidden to enter the
capital towns and the large cities.
In the schools they were not admitted
The government and the police did
not protest against the persecution
which the Jews had to suffer. On the
contrary, 1t is an established fact that
the initiators of the pogroms were
the police and the ministers.
Gar Used Race Hatred.
This enmity of one nationality to-
ward another was used by the cars
government as a weapon to fight the
revolution. 1t excited the people
against the Jews, thus the car hoped
TO detract the attention OF the chris
tians from the revolutionary move
ment thru the pogroms of the Jews.
The massacre amongst the tribes In
the Caucasus was the route by which
the cars government saw way to
4 escape from the revolution. But the
peoples conscientiousness became VIC
'sorious and the car, with his whole
clique, was overthrown.
Caused Difficulties.
ENROM the very beginning the Soviet
= government met difficulties in deal
ing with the national question. 1t was
necessary to use great efforts to con.
vince the quarreling peoples that their
struggle each against another is alb
surd Even at present the matter is
not quite settled. But about this
shall mention later on. The greatest
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-01-21
"Singing Jailbirds," DramatizatiOn of l. W. W.
Harbor Strike, Next Production of NJ Y. League

NEW YORK, Jan. Singing
yailbirds," Upton Slnclair's impress
sionistic play of the I. w. w. harbor
strike in California, will be the second
production OF the Workers Drama
league here. Rehearsals have already
begun under the direction OF Jasper
Deeter, formerly director OF the
Hedgerow Theater near Philadelphia
and now with the Provincetown Play
ers Of New York.
is First Production In v. S.
This will be the first production
given Singing Jailbirds" in America,
altho it was written several years ago.
The Provincetown group was on the
verge Of producing it at one time. 1t
was produced by laborites in England,
where It was received with acclaim
Among the stirring scenes In SIN
clair's play are a series Of wobbly
mass scenes in which many OF the
famous wobbly songs are sung. The
play will also give the Drama League
artists, Hugo Gellert, Louis Lozowick,
William Chopper and Lo Hartman, an
opportunity to introduce modern i'm
press ionist scenery.
Still Playing "5oob."
The league is still giving occasional
performances of dts first play, Karl
Wittfogels 1.-THE Biggest Boob IN the
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lifficulties were in this: that in GER
ain regions in the boundaries of one
government reside several groups of
different nationalities. Such an OBJ
stacle was overcome in the following
way. Each of the nationalities was
granted autonomy.
How They Are Solved.
TN each republic, or in each autono
1 nous district, the official language
has to be the language of the re-
spective nationality. The books, the
newspapers, the schools and govern
ment offices must use the language of
the nation to which the republic or the
district belongs But it is impossible
to strictly distribute all the nationali-
ties in the districts and in the repub-
lies accordingly.
For instance, in the Ukraine reside
many Jews, Germans and Russians.
But here also solution had been
found. While in Ukraine the Ukrain-
ian language is the principal language,
there are in many Ukrainiani towns
Jewish courts of justice. The profess
sional unions are using a language
according to the majority of their
members.
Raises Culture.
GO 1t can be seen that the Soviet sys-
- tenn in settling the national ques-
ton, is securing the rising of the cul-
tural level of the nationalities. To-
wards this direction at present the
Soviet. authorities are aiming their
main efforts.
In all Of the most remote parts of
u. r. r. S. appear schools. Even
where the religion forbids the literary
education Gas do the Giliaks) now
schools can be seen. 1t proves that
the cultural level of the small nation
alities has been raised.
Many Books Now.
Thanks to the enormous effort Of
the Soviet government, every nation
atty has books and school books
printed in their own language. But
most important, every representative
OF every nationality can obtain a high
school education. How could he think
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-01-21

CLIO pSAAb PASOOhe.
slgman "Too Busy" to Come.
Sigman, who was invited by the
Chicago joint board to attend and
present his side of the case, did not
show up, and instead wired that he
was too busy"
The meeting was held despite re-
peated attempts Of Chicago right wing
gangsters to break 1t up. An attempt
to have the use of the hall denied
the Joint board was frustrated when
the plot was discovered In time: Right
wing gangsters were present at the
meeting, but the meeting was so over
whelmingly left that they did not
dare make a move toward disruption
when the speaking was under way:
Exposes SO Cent Books"
The so cent registration books" be-
ing given out by Sigman, who has
told the workers they will be freed
from their past dues, Is trick, Hy-
man pointed out. The joint board, he
said, is now in debt for about 100000
and this money will have to be paid
some time. Sigman's plan is to have
the workers leave the ranks of the
left wing, using the cancelling of back
dues as a bait, and when they are
once in, assess each member at least
$25 to pay the debts. This will amount
to as much as the dues, Hyman said.
Replies to "IIlegal" Charge.
Replying to the charge of the Sig
NANTES that the cloakmakers' strike
was unconstitutional and illegal"
Hyman reminded the right wing that
all during the strike Sigman was a
member of important committees, and
that Sigman's supporters were on all
committees.
Strike Was Victory.
The agreement gained by the Joint
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-01-21

World" a labor farce. The produc-
ton of the workers was lauded by
many New York dailies.
The Biggest Boob" will be given
again at the l. w. w. entertainment
and dance OF the Marine Transport
Workers in Webster Hail. 125 East
18th street, Friday. Jan 81
1t is the adm Of the league to en-
courage and produce plays by young
American writer's.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-01-21
cebo Miner Dies.

GEBO, Wyo., Jan. 49,. William
Knowles, member of the United Mine
Workers of America, is dead here.
Members of the union mourn the
death Of this worker. His death was
lue to heart disease and to lung
trouble, contracted from working in
the mines. He was 35 years old. A
wife and two children survive him.
Knowles had been a check-weigh-
man, but two weeks before his death
lost that job in a union election by a
few votes.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-01-21
VIGIL Radio Program

Chicago Federation of Labor radi
broadcasting station VIGIL Is on til
air with regular programs. 1t J..
broadcasting on a 491.5 wave length
from the Municipal Pier.
TONIGHT.
500 p. m.--chlcaeo Federation OF la
Dor Hour.
6:3o-The Brevoort Concert Trio; Little
Joe Warner; Hazel Nyman, accordoni
Anna 6oehni; Lucky Wilbur John Ude.
0;oo--Suporlor Dramatic Players.
fo;oo--Alamo Cafe Dance Orchestra
1iioo--Aamo FRtertaIncrs.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-01-21
ORGANIZE SACCO-
VANzETTI FIGHT.
IN Los ANGELES
BY DAVE RAPo
worker Correspondent

LOS ANGELES, Cal, Jan. 10
With 3S delegates representing "a
organizations, OF which IA are unions,
a Sacco-vanzetti conference was held
Sunday, Jan. 8, at the Labor Temple
This enlarged conference was called
together by the existing Sacco-Van-
zetti Conference organized by the In
ternational Labor Defense some time
ago.
The new conference elected new
officers and started work on broader
scale, especially among the trade
unions of the city.
In the report of the past activities
of the conference 1t came out that
many mass meetings, picnics, and
open air meetings had been held.
Thousands of petitions were for
warded by many organizations and
individuals to the governor Of Massa-
chusetts demanding a new trial for
Sacco and vanzetti.
A sum of SAT- was collected, Of
which $500 was sent direct to the
-DOSLOu D6l6uS6 CO1mlJL66. YlOO.oV
spent for halls, advertising, leaflets,
etc, and $21.70 was turned over to
the new conference.
Among the newly affiliated organ
5zations are large local unions Of
painters, carpenters, machinists, plas-
terers, and others; the Anti-Fascisti
Alliance, some Mexican workers or
CARNATIONS, l. L. d. branches, Work
mems Circle branches, etc.
The conference elected an executive
committee Of twelve which will meet
every Sunday morning at twelve at
Labor Temple.
A resolution is being prepared to
be sent for endorsement to all local
unions and central bodies of the city
demanding that the supreme court
grant a new trial to Sacco and Van
zetti.
only the workers can prevent this
judicial murder" stated Tom Lewis
at the conference.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-01-21
Ernploye Ownership"
of Stocks Shown to
Be Slight Quantity

WASHINGTON, Jan. 19.-Only 426
per cent of the stock of the 20 largest
corporations that have tried to sell
stock to their employees is owned by
these workers, according to study
made by Princeton university. The
telephone trust has sold only 5 per
cent of its stock to it's employees, who
have paid in $S0,OO0,OOO.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-01-21
Union Coal Miners in Four States
Face Drastic Wage Cut in April

TOLEDO ohio JAM fsunss Indiana
and Western Pennsylvania they
shutdown affecting $4,000
today from the four gathered
said, will
SCALE which nonunIon
but the April
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-01-21
N. Y. Int'l Woman's Day
Meeting for March 9th

international Woman's Day will be
celebrated in New York on March 8,
1927, at Central Opera House. 67th
Street near 3rd Avenue. There will
be an interesting variety program
Sympathetic organizations are
asked not to arrange anything for that
day.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-01-21
Garland Fund Takes
Over |. w. w. Pres

The American (Garland) Fund for
Public Service has come into posses
sion of the printing plant of the In
dustrial Workers of the World thru
foreclosure of machinery mortgages
held by it. This action was taken, a
former |. w. w. official states, to best
protect the interests Of all concerned.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-01-21
SIGMAN TACTICS IN CLOAKMAKERS'
STRIKE EXPOSED AT CHICAGO MASS
MEETING BY HYMAN OF JOINT BOARD


the the situation
dssmakers
Of the rghtwngers
the the left
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Policies and Programs
The Trade Union Press
Strikes--Injunctions
Labor and Imperialism
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Organized Labor-Trade Union Activities

News and Comment
Labor Education
Labor and Government
Trade Union Politics
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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-11-30
Morgan D. Bingham Held
In Apartment FracaS

Morgan d. Bingham, %. 1O9
Quincy st.. Chevy Chase, Nd. is
being held at the Twelfth precinct
on an assault charge pending the
outcome Of injuries suffered by
Bernhardt Wende, so, during a fight
in his apartment Sunday night.
Physicians at Providence Hospital
said today that Wende, who is suf-
fering from fractured skull. is
recovering. Police intimated that
charges against Bingham may be
dropped IL Wende RECEIVERS.
Bingham, son OF Policeman
James Bingham, Of the Fourteenth
precinct, went to Wende's apart.
ment at 1903 / st. N. W., early
Sunday night. A few drinks, were
served, he told police, and he left.
Later In the evening. the youth
said, he returned with q friond.
After few more drinks he went
to sleep in chair.
He was awakened by Wende and
the fight resulted. Bingham SAYS
he used only his fists.
Wende, who Is said to be q mem.
Der Of a prominent Buffalo family,
Is q business partner of Mai. c.
Henry Durham. He has steadfastly
refused to tell police any details
Of the affair.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-11-30

Everything was very quiet, saiu
the desk sergeant who was on duty
from midnight until o'clock to-
day.
Just the saY;e. householders OF the
fashionable locality the Cat" has
selected for his depredations are
continuing their dependence on
, watchmen and the use of flood.
lights tonight, and are expected to
do so until the prowler Is captured
or begins to suffer from ennut and
moves on.
Meanwhile both Major Edwin B.
Hesse, superintendent OF police. and
Chief OF Detectives Henry @. Pratt
are hopeful that it will be the city's
police who capture the elusive
Cat"
It mattered not that while they
were giving expression to this hope,
reports were being received of other
attempted burglaries, one at the
home OF Thomas r. Keene, 1899
Military Road, N. W., and another
at 3S27 Everett st. n. w. where
the Cat" pilfered some nuts from
MIS-. JCuuIS fSOfGTs
This all happened yesterday. and
II is too early yet to tell what
this day and tonight win bring
forth.
inspector Pratt bases his belief
that the Cats" capture is not far
off on the fact that he has left
more clues behind him of late than
he used to, and may be getting
careless.
The First precinct IL still holding
for Investigation by headquarters
detectives, Nelson Harrison, late
OF the Patterson House, ATS Penn.
sylvania Ave. n. W.. picked up as
a suspect at 1880 q. M, Monday,
near Sixth Street and Pennsylvania
Avenue Northwest, soon after he
He can only be held for investi-
CATION 4s hours, which will be up
at 100 q. m. tomorrow.
After thtat time he will have to be
either released or definite charge
placed against his name.
He may be arrested again, how.
ever, Immediately after his release
and again held for further investi-
cation If the detectives So desire.
This may be kept up indefinitely.
Hope that Harrison can be identi.
fled as the ''Cat" is dwindling, and
the police are inclined to look fur
Their afield.
There is q growing belief that the
"Cat" may be a resident on the
fringe OF the fashionable section In
which ne prowls.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-11-30
COMING IN WITH
DECEMBER

November and the unusually
warm weather which has been
prevalent for 80 days will pass out
together tonight. and winter will
move in with the advent Of De-
cember. the Weather Bureau an
nounced. today. -
Rain was cheduled for tonight,
with the temperature gradually
dropping. Thursday is expected to
be much colder, and late in the
afternoon, when the winds shift
from southwest to northwest. win.
ter will be here in earnest. the fore.
cast states.
Although figures will not be avail.
abIe until midnight this November
promises to break all records since
statistics were recorded In 1871.
An average OF 81 degrees Is the
present high figure for November
here. the temperature lowering
about that, mark IN 1896, 1902 and
1909.
Up until noon today, the average
for the month was 81 degrees. but
the temperature was rapidly rising
the District Meteorologist said. and
would probably lift the average
over the record mark.
The individual day mark this
year did not threaten the record
The hottest November day was
in 1879. when the temperature
showed so degrees. This year, on
November 2, ~ degrees waa
reached. incidentally, it wal
stated at the bureau. Washington
enjoyed weather this month which
was almost identical with that il
New Orleans.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-11-30

The speaker reported that the
board has under way an educational
program through the use OF text.
books, illustrated, lantern slides,
motion pictures and pageants.
81 cannot conceive" he said,
''any better way to defeat Governor
Smith. and other wet candidates,
and to advance the cause Of prohibi-
ton, than to organize a team 81
five or six young Methodist people,
and send them on tour OF every
large city throughout Lhe United
States, especially New York.
DIR. George Meeklenburg, Of
wheeling, w. Va, told the meeting
that, since the World War, alcohol
ism has increased in all OF the
European countries and Is spreading
rapidly into Turkey and other
Mohammedan countries
DIR. Mecklenburg spoke in detail
of his trip made recently through
Europe. Asia. and Africa. In quest
Of facts regarding the liquor traffic.
1.-THE most astonishing thing to an
American in England II the drinking
Of women" he asserted = saw
more women than men in the public
houses.
Seymour Lowman, Assistant Secre-
tary of the Treasury in charge of
prohibition, addressed the meeting