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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-11-11
Michigan Corner Stone
is Laid at PeekskilI

The corner stone has been laid in
the wall of new school house for
the Mohegan Modern School Associa-
ton at the Mohegan Colony at
Peekskill, N. Y.
The new building, 120 by 40 feet,
will contain an auditorium with
stage, class rooms and a workshop
including facilities for carpentry,
printing, weaving and other crafts,
according to James H. Dick, principal.
Stone for the walls came from the
countryside. Speakers at the corner
stone laying, which was attended by
the children, parents and friends, in
cluded A. j. Music, principal of
Brookwood Labor College; Harry
Weinberger, New York attorney;
Mare Epstein, chairman of the asso-
citation, John G. Scott, of the school
staff, Harry Kelly, honorary chair
man of the association and Dick.
Other members of the staff are
Nellie Dick, assistant principal, and
Frances Goldenthall. Philip Fried is
treasurer George S. Seldes secretary
and Morris Kassell, recording secre-
tary.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-11-11
L@H1irA Saids-

Politics is science and that did not come down
heaven and not acquired gratis the proletarat isba 70
defeat the bourgeoisie must among it's ranks ito
bourgeois politicians " '"e
ana ne proceeded to organize the Boshevk Party of Russia
without which the Russian Revolution have been impossible
we must organize strong party in this country that will be
able to organize and lead the masses
Inc Workers Communst) Party asks you join and help
in the fight for ~ P
Labor Party and United Labor Ticket the 1928 elections
The defense Of the Soviet Union against aptast wars
The organization of the unorganzed
Making existing unions organize militant STRUGGLE
The protection of the foreign born
Application for Membership in Workers (Communist Party
Gill this blank and mail Party 125th St. N CIV,
-"e
ADDRESS
Occupation
Enclosed dues
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-11-11

BURLINGTON, VT, Nov. 10. -
Men, women and children standing in
torn-up streets reading papers days
old by the aid of lanterns and flash
lights.
Bonfires burning on the snow-cov-
cred hillsides and huddled around
them. refugees wondering what day
of the week it is and when relief will
come.
These were among the sights OBJ
served last night of the flood stricken
region of Waterbury and Bolton.
Twenty-eight persons were drowned
in Bolton. One whole family in a
lighted home went to their death, the
father shouting goodbye" to his
neighbor as his house drifted by the
other in the flood.
Dispatches from Vermont today all
mentioned the bitter cold and snow
drifts in the area of the Winooski
Valley.
A number of cases of diptheria
were reported in South Franklin, VT,
north of St. Adams. Montpelier, the
capitol city, feared an outbreak,
owing to the fact that the city drink
ing water was found to be contami-
mated Everywhere in the flooded
areas residents today were boiling
water.
The snow in many sections of Ver-
mont hampered reconstruction work
today. The mud and debris froze and
some roads were blocked by snow
drifts.
While Vermonts' flood damage may
mount to $5O,OO0,00O, the damage in
other states was not as great. 1t
was estimated that the damage in
New Hampshire will be $2,700,650, in
Rhode Island 100000, in Connect
cut $1,5O0,OOO and in Massachusetts
$3,O00,O00.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-11-11
HONOR LABOR LEADERS, HUNG FOR LEADING FIGHT
FOR EIGHT HOUR DAY; RECALL HAYMARKET STRUGGLE

was poured out against the strikers,
and especially against the leaders
who became marked men,"
The atmosphere of the city was
charged with excitement. The capital
lists were determined to crush the
strike and the workers were deter
mined to win. On May 3, the first
serious outbreak occurred. Police
men, recruited from ranks of rowdies,
broke up meeting of strikers near
the Mccormick reaper works, killing
6 workers and wounding 60.
Shoot Down Workers.
The following day meeting was
called at the Haymarket to protest
the brutality of the police. Wit
nesses from both sides, including the
mayor of Chicago, conceded that the
meeting was conspicuously peaceful
The 8-hour day was the main topic Ct
the speakers, Spies, Parsons and
Fielden.
There was no talk of violent
retaliation. Just as the meeting was
nearing adjournment a detail of 200
police appeared on the scene. The
police captain ordered the meeting
suspended. Then came the bomb.
workers were killed and SO wounded
in the murderous fire of police guns
that followed the explosion.
Thayer's Precursor.
On May II indictments We're re-
turned against the leaders. Of the
trial, Gov. Altgeld said in his pardon:
THE record of the case shows that
the judge conducted the case with
malicious ferocity. The facts tend to
show that the bomb was thrown as
an act of personal revenge and that
the prosecution has never discovered
who threw it and fails to show that
the man who did, ever heard or read
a word coming from the defendants"
So greatly were the work ers
aroused over the execution of the men
that 100000 marched in the funeral
procession and 100000 others crowded
the streets to pay tribute to the exc
cuted leaders. 1t was the biggest
demonstration known in America up
to that time.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-11-11
Business Men Now
DESERVING Cities
in Flood Region

MONTPELIER, Vt, Nov. 10. -
Wholesale assertions of small bust
ness men in large number of towns
in this state are taking place daily.
Unwilling to brave the discomfort re-
sulting from the devastating flood
which hit New England, many of
them are abandoning their shops and
stores and planning new enterprises
in other cities.
Cold, Disease, Hunger.
Meanwhile bitter cold, snow and
danger of a wide epidemic were added
to the basic problem of food for
thousands made homeless by the
flood. This applies to towns in Mas
sachusetts and New Hampshire as
well as in this state. Reports from
Springfield, Mass, state that the sec
ton will not be dry for a week, and
that refugees are not permitted to
return to their homes without rigid
examinations by health officials. 1t
is estimated that the number of home
less in that city is between 2,400 and
1000, mostly workers. A large num-
Der of scarlet fever cases were re-
ported from Chicopee, Mass, and
neighboring towns.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-11-11
Painters Regulations
Are Upheld by Court

WASHINGTON, (FP).-Nov. TO-
Regulations of the Brotherhood of
Painters, Paperhangers & Decora-
tors of America, as to "higher wage"
shorter week" and SO per cent mini
mum union help, are not violations of
the antitrust law, says the court of
appeals for the District of Columbia.
A decision has been given against
the Baker Painting Co.. Inc, which
sought to enjoin the union from ap-
plying its rules when the contractor
took an out-of-town job The rules
requires that out-of-town work be
done on the basis of the shorter week
and higher wage as between the two
towns involved.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-11-11
- DRAMA IN
"The Belt" in It's Final
Performances. The Cen
turies' Next Production

Realism will be injected into the
big scene of "The Belt" at the New
Playwrights Theatre on Monday, the
closing night. In the scene the work
men, learning that the huge auto
mobile plant is about to shut down for
ten months, start to tear apart the
relentless assembling belt on which
the flivvers are put together accord
ing to the straight line production
methods.
Previously the actors playing the
parts of workers have Smashed" the
Belt with discretion, realizing it must
be put together again for the next
performance. But Monday night,
knowing that "The Belt" set will no
longer be needed, actors in Paul
Sifton's drama of mass production at
Detroit will fall to their destructive
work with undisguised and realistic.
vigor, wrenching and hammering and
tossing. gears about the stage.
'rhe Centuries" by En- 10 Basshe.
will open on November %, the New
Playwrights' house remaining dark.
during the intervening week. Sylvia
Fenigston will play the leading role
of Gitel, the Jewish immigrant girl,
in the new production. Other mem
bers of the cast are: Peter Brocco,
Jane Barry, (now playing in "The
Belt"O, Lionel Ferrend, Herman
Bandes, Ellen Bartlett, and Herbert
Bergman.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-11-11
By HARRY KLETZK Y.
Federated Press)

CHICAGO, (FP) Nov. 10.-The
American labor movement, which to-
day has as it's goal the 4O-hour week,
recalls Nov. II the hanging of labor
leaders for their part in the early
agitation for shorter work day.
The Haymarket bomb episode eli
NAKED this early struggle for the g.
hour day in Chicago 40 years ago.
AS a result the leaders were hung
following a JUDICIAL travesty COM
parable to the Sacco and Vanzetti
case. AS in the Massachusetts
legal crime, the defendants were
Anarchists and this was used to
poison the minds of the people and
jurors against them.
In 40 years the state of Illinois has
not lived down the stigma Of sending
Albert R. Parsons, August Spies,
Adolph Fischer and George Engel to
the gallows.
Packed Jury.
Tried before a prejudiced Judge and
packed jury, these men, who had the
confidence and respect of the entire
labor movement here, were sentenced
to die, charged with murder of Chi
cago policeman. The policeman was
killed by bomb thrown into the
meeting in Haymarket Square. 1t
was never learned who threw the
bomb. But the four leaders were
hung.
Louis Lingg, another leader of the
movement, was also sentenced to
hang, but committed suicide in Jail
a day before the hangings. Three
others, Oscar Neebe, Samuel Fielden
and Michael Schwab, given life SEN
fences, were freed by Gov. Joseph P.
Aitgeld 5 years later.
R0wdies Break Up Meeting.
The Haymarket tragedy followed
a call by the American Federation of
Labor for nationwide strike for the
6-hour day on May /, 1886. Chicago
was the center of the agitation. 40
0O0~ workers here went on strike. All
OF the venom of the capitalist press
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-11-11
WOMEN VOTERS SEE MUSCLE
SHOALS

WASHINGTON, D. c., Nov. TO-
The National League of Women
Voters is sending special committee
to visit Muscle Shoals, the govern
ment's giant power development in
northern Alabama, as a preparation
for their part in the struggle in Con-
gress this winter over the issue of
public operation of that plant.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-11-11

scope for the display Of Reinhardt's
many-sided genius 1t will be pre-
sented on an elaborate scale, with
ballet, symphony orchestra and a
large cast of European stars.
The other plays which Re.nhardt
will present here will be chosen from
among the following: "Danton's Tod"
Death of Danton) by George Buech-
ner, "Peripherie" by Frantisek Lang
er, "Kabale und Liebe" Glove and
Intrigued by Friedrich Won Schiller,
"Diener Zweier, Herren" Servant of
Two Masters) by Carlo Goldoni and
"Jedermann" (Everyman) biased on
an old English morality play) by
Hugo Won Hofmannsthal.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-11-11
DUNDEE IN COURT FIGHT.

LOS ANGELES, Nov. 1O.-Dick
Donald, fight promoter, Joe Dundee,
welterweight champion and Max Wax
man, his manager, have pleaded not
guilty to charges of false advertising
concerning the recent failure of Dun
dee to meet Ace Hudkins here and
will receive a jury trial Dec. 2.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-11-11
Reinhardt and his Play
ers to Open in Shake
speare Play

Max Reinhardt and his group of
players will begin their New York
season at the Century Theatre, on
Thursday evening. November II.
Shakespeare's "a Midsummer Nights
Dream" will be the first production.
This play is selected according to Gill
bert Miller, because it offers through
its spectacular possibilities unusual
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-11-11
L. S. BUYS WASP ENGINES

WASHINGTON, Nov. 10 The
navy today awarded to the Pratt
Whitney Aircraft Corporation, Hart
ford, Conn, a contract to furnish BAG
wasp" airplane engines, of 440 hip.
for total price of S3,147,00O. The
engines are for use in airplanes now
under construction. An attempt to
make the United States navy supreme
in the air is being made.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-11-11
ANOTHER ARMY PLANE FALLS

NORFOLK, Va, Nov. 10.-Lieut.
Addison Nelson, N.S.N., of Boston,
was killed here today when his Curtis
Hawk combat plane crashed into
Tankers Creek after colliding with a
big Army Ids type plane while $500
feet in the air. The army Curtis
planes have been particularly fatal to
filters.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-11-11
AUTO KILLS OLD MAN

ALBANY, Nov. 10. = Believed
to have been the victim Of hit-and-
run driver, a middle-aged man was
found dead on the Albany-Troy road
today The man died from a frac-
tured skull.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-11-11
BEETHOVEN SYMPHONY AT
CARNEGIE HALL NEXT
WEDNESDAY

The second concert to be given by
the Beethoven Symphony Orchestra,
George "a sky conductor,
Wednesday evening, November 16 at
Carnegie Hall will have Joseph Szi-
getl, the Hungarian violinist as solo
lst The program will include: ''The
Marriage of Figaro" by Mozart,
Brahms Symphony, No in C minor,
beethoVen's Concerto in D major for
Vlolm and orchestra and the work of
an American composer, Emerson
Whithorne, New York Days and
Nights"
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-11-11

Tia Juana," new play by Chester
De Vonde and Kilbourn Gordon, au-
thors of "Kongo," will be brought
INTO New York by Kilbourn Gordon.
sometime in November. Frederic
Burt and Edna Bennett have been
engaged for leading roles. This is
the first of four plays Kilbourn Cor
don plans to produce this season.
two of them in addition to "Tia
Juana," being authored by both him
self and Chester De Vonde. The
other is mystery play, Candles" bv
Severance O'Sullivan, newcomer.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-11-11

BUY THE DAILY WORKER
AT T f NEWSSTANDS
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G + I A NEW READER,
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BUILD THE DAILY WORKER.
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Work Daily for the Daily Worker.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1927-07-26
GROWTH OF THE SMALL TOWN

For many years have Witnessed in this country the
phenomenon of pronounced population shifts from the
rural districts the cities While this still
be nprogess the development Of semirural environment
has been carried to the place where the big cites OF the
first magnitude growing seemingly more rapidly
than the small cities ard large towns, and
be the threshold Of reaction from tie traditional pro-
urban migration.
From the mos. complete and reliable of build
ing information available in this country is found that
during the first nine months of the year. the twenty
five leading cities Of the country point of housing
stYcton enjoyed building gain Of about II per cent
ihe anne period Of 1924. From the authority it is
learned that 344 cities and towns, exclusive Of the twenty
five meropoes, showed combined increase of ubstan-
TALLY the percentage Included in this list of 344
centers places with only few thousand
population
Wle these figures conclusive, they are
enough the point arousee interest of the student of
economic conditions and justify the hope that
The small town is beginning TO come into lis own.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1927-07-26
SUCH A FUNNY OCEAN,

Hhe Frantic Atlantic is of guide-book of the
ocean written by Basil Woon and just published by the
kncpfs Ii is delicious handling Of facts with light
touch
little touch of huinor is salt for many heavy facts
if only there sprinkle the salt One believes
that the World Almanac could be made best seller if
would touch up its statistics with little hunor such
Woon has used in conveying whole wagonload OF facts
about the Atlantic
The trouble is that hmoris take themselves too seri-
ousy. As they find out they funny, they refuse
be anything else They just sit around and write wise
cracks to make the world laugh When man gets a
reputation as huhors he goes the platform. He con-
sders himself failure unless the audience Laughs from the
time he appears the stage until the time OF his final
bow
who's Who could be made a riot if of the
interesting facts about the celebrities in gently
injected The way to do would be throw all rules
and get some writer write the biographical sketches
without restrictions. There's something amusing about
nearly everybody.
Websters International Dictionary is the most useful
book with the exception of the Bible which ought to be
left lust as But Webster would be improved wender
fully if he had humorous Introduction and an occasional
flash of hunor in the definition of words. 1t SIMPLY
tragic the way opportunities for saying funny things are
passed up by that dictionary.
Now this Woon is humorist at ALL He Just a
fellow with supendous collection OF interesting facts on
his mind and sense Of humor He tells you all about the
steamship lines and their history what celebrities ride on
which ships what to do for sea-sckness, what about card
arpers and vamp who operate shipboard, ana now 70
90 around the world for how much money But nc Goes u
all with smile.
Here's for having dozen Woons re-write our college
textbooks. And our high school Latin texts.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1927-07-26

EGad this pathetic letter and
help me to find a place for this
girl who wants so much to be good
but whose one sin is bounding her
to. despair.
Dear Mrs. Lee: AS | am all
alone in the hard world, l am
writing to you for advice, or at
least one word of encourage
ment. I am % years of age, have
naturally curly hair, good COM
pIexion, and / think | am as
good-Iooking as many other girls
my age.
my trouble is that when l
was IL / was sent to an institu-
ton for stealing girls pocket
book. / stayed there until | was
81 years old and l came out
broken in health and spirit. /
paid my price for SHINING and
paid dearly. When ] was at this
place, both my father and mother
died from grief over what had
done.
Now, after came out went
to work for a lady who was
wonderful to me until she found
out that l had been in an institu-
ton, then she fired me. l have
been to four places in one year
and every one finds out about me
and sends me away.
.'Oh, Lord, l want to be good.
Isn't there some kind person in
this world, Mrs. Lee, who will let
me work for her? | was thinking,
maybe. l had better go back to
the institution and stay there for
the rest of my life. It's so hard
Mrs. Lee, for a person that makes
one mistake to come back. Some
people only kick one little far
Their down in the mud.
II have few dollars saved and
am renting room until | can get
enough nerve to hunt another
job. Please answer, as I will
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1927-07-26
PACE is TOO FAST
SAYS JUDGE WELLS
Discusses Philosophy of Life
Before Cigar Box
Manufacturers

Judge Harold B. Wells, of Bor-
dentown, N. j., discussing the phil
osophy of life in a speech before
the eighth annual convention OF the
National Cigar Box Manufacturers
Association, at the Ambassador Ho-
tel, expressed the view that the
American people were "oyerliying,
and that the general business con-
ditions would not improve until
people stop spending more than
they earn
Judge Wells emphasized two phil
osophical concepts of life, viz:"Con-
troll myself" and Deny thyself.'
In discussing them he said that
practically everyone is "overliving
spending more than his income.
The man making S. a day was
spending $6,and the man making
SIS day was spending SIS, he de-
clared. Living thus beyond their
income,he said that the American
people were 'mortgaging the flu
ture." He pointed out that this
excess of spending was not due to
ignorance, but to the American
trait of wanting to put on a big
'front.'" and then, because of false
pride. keeping it up for the sake OF
appearances. No one in this coun-
try wants to be considered failure
the. Judge said, and that. brought
about a prolonged spending spree
in preference to being considered
on the toboggan.
Judge Wells declared it, to be his
opinion that business conditions
will not improve until the people
stop spending and Tive poor for a
couple of years in order to catch up
with themselves"
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1927-07-26
Big Improvement.

The narrow gauge railway train
had been humping along at a great
rate. In the passenger carriage
everything was in confusion. The
passengers were being jostled from
one end of the coach to the other,
and occasionally, as though for va
reity, from side to side. Finally.
however, the train at last settled
down to a much smoother pace.
One of the passengers turned to
another;
@Ah, the train is running much
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1927-07-26
NOTE DECREASE OF
LAW VIOLATORS
Wardens Secure SO Per Cent.
Convictions in Cases Which
Are Tried
ACTS HANDICAP THEM

Increasing respect for game
laws is credited by Prosecutor
James NJ. Stratton for a decline in
arrests for hunting and fishing
violations during the last fiscal
year, as shown in his annual re-
port to the Board of Fish and
Game Commissioners. During the
twelve months there were 912
prosecutions however, the wardens
secured a. total of 903 convictions,
SO per cent average.
Wardens were probably handi-
capped to some extent during the
year by legislatice acts depriving
deputy wardens of any part of the
penalty, as paid in previous years,
thereby causing a lack of incentive
for deputies to go out and assist
in getting information and evidence
on which wardens could act. 1t is
the general belief among wardens,
however, that the high percentage
of successful prosecutions and the
large penalties imposed have struck
fear in the hearts of would-be
violators.
In addition to those who paid
fines for violations, four offenders
went to jail for periods of from IL
to 80 days. Thirty-three licenses
were revoked and 46 guns were
confiscated from aliens. In two
cases of illegal net fishing, boats
and nets were confiscated.
The ten leading wardens in the
number of arrests were, in order
of their records: Thomas w
Graham, Thomas F. Nolan
George R. Paul, Chatham Mizell
John R. Hugg, James T. Evern
ham, Henry Bernius, Arthur
Dawson, Charles c. Hill. w. E
Young. The chief causes for arresi
were respectively, fishing without
license, hunting without license
dogs running at large, firearms il
woods out of season, alien fire
/, arms, procuring wrong license
Sunday cunning, illegal possession
of wild deer, other game or fish
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1927-07-26

smoother now"
~Yeh, we're off the rails and run
min on the ties"