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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-01-20
STUDENTS STRIKE AGAINST
EDICT ON BARE KNEES IN
SCHOOL PLAY; THEY WIN

Students at the Chesterton, Ind,
high school have won their strike
against the one-man school board,
represented by Charles N. Pearson,
for advanced" ideas In presenting
a school play. Pearson denounced
a play produced by Mrs. Ethel G.
Miller, teacher, as immoral because
the girls in It barred their knees and
the boys smoked cigarettes. He de-
manded rigid censorship In the
future.
Following his action, the teacher
did not report to school the next
day, and the students declared
strike in support. Parents also back
ed the students.
Fred H. Cole, county superinte nd
ent, sided with the teacher. With
everyone against him, Pearson had
to give in, and the students at
chesterton can now reveal their
knees all they want to-almost.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-01-20
insult and Grove Face
Contempt Proceedings
for Refusing Evidence

WASHINGTON Jan. 1S-Immedi-
ate action against Samuel insult, pub
lie utilities magnate, and Robert E.
Grove, states attorney for Cook coun-
ty, Illinois, is forecast by Senator
James A. Reed, chairman Of the SEN
ate slush fund inquiry committee, as
the result of the decision by the SUI
preme court giving congress power
to compel witnesses to testify and
produce records. insult and Grove re-
fused to give desired information in
connection with the investigation Of
the primary campaign in which Frank
L. Smith was nominated for the sen
ate.
Senator Reed will present resolu-
ton asking the senate to again
subpoena the two Illinoisians. Should
they again refuse to divulge informa-
ton and produce records revealing
corruption in the Smith election, con-
tempt proceedings will be started I'M
der power upheld by the supreme
court.
Harry F. Sinclair, oil magnate, will
also be cited for contempt and faces
a possible prison sentence under the
power given the senate. finclair re-
fused to testify in the Teapot Dome
investigation. OtheCs affected are
Thomas F. Cunningham, clerk of the
quarter session court, Philadelphia,
and Nal 8. DaughertS
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-01-20
CMcago's Political Atmosphere Filled
With Stencil as Much Mud Is Scattered

Chicago's political atmosphere is
being permeated by the old-time
stencil as charges and counter-charg-
es are being made by political oppon-
snts, centering chiefly around Will
lam (Big Bill Hale Thompson, for
mer republican mayor. Early in the
week Fred Lundin, political boss and
erstwhile bosom friend" of Thomp.
son, launched an attackon Thompson
and Charles Fitzmorris, Big Bits
chief OF police. Lundin also splash
ed mud over Robert S. Grove, states
attorney; who is Thompson booster.
Says Big Bill Lied.
Lundin's latest attack followed
statements by Thompson that Lun.
din had attempted to control police
department appointments while Fitz-
morris was at the helm. Lundin an.
swered by quoting statements OF
Thompson made during Lundin's trial
on charges of bootleg ring, in which
Thompson defended Lundin from the
charge Of manipulating the police de-
partment and the school board.
Thompson is either lying now or he
purJured then, said Lundin.
Something Rotten.
Lundin also points out that there
seems to be something rotten" in
the new friendship between Grove
and Thompson, recalling the former
enmity betyeen the two. whats the
deal between them?" Lundin asked.
Thompson has refused to answer
Lundin's charges. Edward r. Listing
er, Deneen- Brundage candidate, is
Joining in the Lundin attack and is
spilling more mud on Thompson thru.
out the city.
In the other camp, democratic, May.
Or Dever is scoffing at the campaigns
and promises being made by the re-
publicans. Dever says he will run
on his record.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-01-20
INDIANA SOLONS
TO PROBE STATE
POLITICAL CRAFT
Democrats Demand K.
K. K. Rule Exposure

INDIANAPOLIS, Ind, Jan. is. -
Plans to bring about a sweeping legis-
lative investigation of alleged political
corruption in Indiana politics will be
formulated at a caucus of all demo
cratic members of the general as
sembly, it was learned.
The charges were based chiefly on
allegations that D. c. Stephenson, de-
posed and imprisoned grand dragon OF
the state khan, dealt in various polit-
ical fortunes with a lavish hand.
The appointment Of bipartisan
committee to sit until the charges
are thoroly sifted, regardless of the
duration Of the legislature, is the plan
seeming to be most favored by those
backing the probe.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-01-20

aragua and Mexico require at least
a talking ACQUAINTANCE with the
main facts of the growth of Amer
lean imperialism. Meeting every
Thursday night for eight weeks
beginning the first week in Feb
ruary, the class above mentioned
will trace the growth and main
features of American imperialism
and draw from its development the
lessons which Lenin taught with
regard to Imperialism in general.
THE course will be under the
l. direction of Max Schachtman,
a close student of world events,
who, in recent months, has sub
mitted colonial development of the
United States empire to special
scrutiny in the light of Marxism
and Leninism.
Four other courses in working
class topics will continue during
the same period on other nights of
the week. All workers are invited
to enroll for these classes at the
Chicago Workers School head
quarters, 10 S. Lincoln ST.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-01-20
LANDLESSNESS GROWING
AMONG FARMERS OF U. S.
IOWA PROFESSOR SHOWS
Especial to Tho Daily worker)

Especial to The Daily Worker)
DIES MONIES, Ia.-ownership of
farm land in America is rapidly
passing out of the hands of farm
ers and into the hands of big OPP
orators and dealers, Macy Camp
bell of the department of education
of the Iowa State Teachers College
declared recently in a speech delv-
cred before the Farm Bureau con-
Vention.
The government figures which
Prof. Campbell quoted show that
the percentage of landIess farmers
was 26 per cent in 1880; in 1900 it
rose to 35 per cent; in 1920 it reach
ed 3S per cent; and in 1925 it had
almost reached the so per cent
mark.
AS to mortgages the figures show
that in 1890 % per cent of the
farms were burdsned with mort
cages. In 1920 this figure reached
over 40 per cent. Moreover the
farmers equity in these mortgages
Is growing smaller and smaller.
Prof. Campbell explained that the
earnings of the farmer were so
small and the price of land so high
that the young farmer must remain
tenant farmer for life. "conse-
quentIy," the professor concludes,
"landlessness is constantly in
creasing among those who till the
land"
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-01-20
Commission Defends
Jim Crow Tactics
of Pullman Company

WASHINGTON, Jan. 1S-The inter-
state commerce commission has de-
clared the refusal of the Pullman COM
pany to sell tickets to Negroes legal.
The commission, in deciding a case
brought by ]. P. Harden, Chicago Ne
gro attorney, declared that as long as
the refusal does not involve any situa-
ton by which one person obtained
transportation service for less than
another there is no discrimination.
Harden said he attempted to buy a
Pullman ticket from Atlanta to Chi
cago and was refused one by the sta
ton agent and the train conductor.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-01-20

efficiency OF tractors in land culttva-
ton many of the surrounding artels
and farmers associations have pro-
cured themselves tractors. The peas
ants are learning that the better one
cultivates his land the better crop he
receives from 1T next year. And to
cultivate the land we'll one needs pow
er, machine power. / remember one
incident. When we were blowing a.
peasant rode by; stopping, he gazed
long at our work. He seemed to ex-
perience a thrill Of joy and wonder
to see the bright steel shares turning
over the turf and lay the burrows one
one each other as a bricklayer would
lay bricks; and to see the green mea-
dows turn black and the cause of it
all the rumbling, putting iron horse
which now and then sent puffs of blue
smoke towards the sky, in places
where the plOws struck firm earth.
Third Year.
The following year seemed to prom
Use more at the very beginning. The
central executive committee sent out
TO our commune two qualified units.
One an agrieulturalist, the other a
party organized. Besides this, during
the summer work students from the
Communist university came here for
vacation. During their stay they
helped much in the household, in
work and in example to the communal
members. The crop this year was
medium.
Are More Satisfied.
AS whole our members seemed
more satisfied with their lot than in
former years, and believe this is be-
cause we have the right mental power
10 guide our household management
and political education. Tho we have
had outbreaks of dissatisfaction. vet
everybody understood that communal
matters concerned him as we'll as
everybody; that only patience was
needed and all would be we'll.
Sow for Next Year.
For the next new year we have
LOU uSotNthu6S S66u6Q uQQer winter
wheat, land ready plowed we have
amounting to 300 desatines. Now the
cold spells have set in; we are getting
in line with our household matters
GRINDING, overhauling tractors and
repairing implements).
Evenings our time is taken up in
study; politics we receive twice a
week to get acquainted with the Ian
guage we have courses given in Rus
sian, and for tractor drivers our
mechanic gives lessons ON how to
operate the tractor. In one word.
work and study is going forward as in
beehive. The communal life is
practical, only it needs a good man
agement.
Ending for the present, next time
we will write more about our Young
league work, ETC.
With comradely greetings to fellow
workers and farmers in America.
LEON MORO,
Member of the Russian Young
Communist League.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-01-20
Cleveland Holds Lenin
Memorial on January %

-CLEVELAND.-An elaborate pro-
gram with speakers, music and drama
has been prepared for the Cleveland
memorial meeting on Sunday, Jan.
%, at Moose Hall.
benjamin Gitlow, member Of the
Central Executive Committee of the
Workers (Communist) Party, will be
the chief speaker.
The Freiheit Gesangs verein and
the Lithuanian Singing Society will
give fine musical program and the
Workers Drama League of Cleveland
will present a pantomime portraying
the worlds struggle between imperial
ism and the Communist International
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-01-20
Lenin's Memorial on January 23Is
An Outstanding Chicago Labor Hent

The annual memorial to Ncoa Lenn tie out
standing events the Chicago labor movement Militant wers
regard this honong Of memory
leader as declaration OF their solidarity with the
cause Of which he with Karl Marx founder
The Workers (communs Chicago
Of this years redcdcaton to the spirit Of Lenn
only America that alive tradition
Marxs and fights the battles OF the poar leadshp
Of the Communist International which fder
Ashland Auditorium, Ashland
this years gathering The day January 23rd
begin promptly at with
In the form Of recitation written Michael "stke"
s Its appropriate
dramatic art form that all big celebrations among
European
Musical numbers OF program the Ain
address will be made by Max Bedaoht
tive Committee Of the Workers (communst) Party brnly
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-01-20
ORGANIZATIONS ARE
ASKED TO TAKE NOTE
OF POLISH AFFAIR

All friendly and party organiza
tions are earnestly asked not to ar
range affairs for Sunday, March 6,
as on this date the P,Iish Com
munlst paper, Trybuna kobotnicza,
will celebrate its third birthday
with a concert and ball It Walsh's
Hall, corner of Noble ST and Mil
waukee Ave. The celebration will
begin at p. m. with speeches by
prominent labor speakers.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-01-20
SENATE POWER TO-
FORCE TESTIMONY
UPHELD BY COURT
Nal Daugherty Loses
Highest Appeal
Especial to The Daily worxer)

WASHINGTON, Jan. 19.-The pow
er OF the senate to subpoena records
and witnesses in official Investigations
was upheld by the supreme court in
decision of far-reaching Importance,
which involved the constitutional pow
ers of the legislative branch of the
government.
Involves Nal Daugherty.
The decision was rendered in the
case of Nal S. Daugherty, brother Of
former Attorney General. Harry M.
Daugherty, and is an outgrowth of the
senate's famous investigation into the
department of justice while the latter
Daugherty was at it's head.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-01-20
Passaic Workers Hold
Lenin Meet on Jan. %

The workers of Passaic who, for
the last year, have been going thru
one of the biggest struggles of this
country will commemorate the mem
DRY of Lenin on Sunday, Jan. %, 1880
p. m, at Workers Home, q Dayton
avenue.
The speakers will be Abraham
Markoff, who has just returned from
the Soviet Union and D. Benjamin,
the assistant director of the New York
Workers School. There will also be
a good musical program. Admission
free.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-01-20
Direct Phone Connection.

NEW YORK, Jan. 19.-The Pacific
Northwest is on direct-line telephone
with the east for the
first time in history.
The American Telephone & Tele-
graph company opened its third and
newest trans-continental line. com
pleting a nationwide service. The new
cable will run west thru Chicago, Min.
neapolis, Fargo, Billings and Spokane
to Seattle and Portland. The two
previous lines run thru the central
and southern sections. ~
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-01-20
SECTION q, CHICAGO,
HOLDS Conf ERERCE or
ALL MEEfI;Ain members TONIGHT

All members of Section 4 Of the
Chicago Workers Party are urged
to attend . very Important confer
ence at 32o9 w. Roosevelt Road to-
night at 1880 =. m. Representa-
tlvcs of the district will be present
to take up decisive oreanizatonsl
questions and the resolutions Of the
last plenum of the central executive
co--sri+tee will be discussed. Sec
tion officers will be elected for the
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-01-20

Commune Koit, Donokoy Kushewka,
x. K. Station, December IL, 1926.
Dear Comrades:
We have been constant readers of
your paper for nearly years of our
existence here in the Union of Soviet
Republics. During the four years of
our existence here on the Prelipscian
estate, we have experienced crop fail
ures and other drawbacks, but the
hearts Of the pioneers have beat true
and we never lost hope in that great
idea we had come here to practice.
Estate Was Run Down.
We settled on the estate of the
Cossack headman, Prelipsckoi, in
May, 1923. All the buildings there
had suffered severely from the effects
Of civil war and Of all that grand
estate there remained but three build
ings for use, and even these were bad
ly out of repair The orchard, too,
was out of culture, weeds growing
under the fruit trees to the height
of man. The fields had been untitled
for many years and were overgrown,
just the same as the surrounding
steppes. In this shape we occupied
it on May 8, 1923. On arriving here
our first task was to clear and re-
pair the two dwellings for living
quarters and prepare as much garden
and potatoes as we were able to cul-
tivate land for.
Tractors Come.
When our tractors arrived we began
blowing, and as the days prolonged
the fields once green began to grow
black. The peasants, too, were very
interested in our tractors and they
soon began to converse on the topic
of. how to get themselves tractor,
whose efficiency they saw on our
fields.
With the arrival of fall we had 500
acres plowed. In the line of con-
struction we built new brick house,
bathhouse and set up the frame of a
two-story commune house. The social
conditions between the members of
the commune were satisfactory and
ON this account household work as
well as field work had progressed.
Malaria Delays Progress.
The next year with our small num-
Der of work units, we succeeded in
completing all work necessary. We
could have succeeded to do more, but
our unwelcome visitor, malaria, Wis
tied us and many times when work
was hardest, our men lay sick from
malaria.
In the spring of 1885 a group Of
members arrived and were just in
time for the spring work. This year
we sowed an area Of Ats desatines
(1,0S0 acres). During the summer We
built number of new buildings and
plowed new land. Altho the crop
did not yield as much as was expect
ed, it did a good deal towards salts
flying our immediate needs.
Example Of Efficiency.
The name of Commune "Koit" is
heard on the lips of every peasant
when he talks of examples in house
hold management After seeing the
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-01-20
LIEBkNEcHT MEETINGS.

BUFFALO-January 22, 8 D. m, at
Workers Forum Hall, SO West Huron
street. Speaker Sam Essman.
BoSTON-Paine Memorial Hall,
Appleton St., Jan. 23rd, $3.50 p. m,
s. Bloomfield, speaker
NEWARK-Sunday, Jan. 23rd, $50
p. m, Newark Labor Lyceum, 704 SO.
14th street, near Springfield Ave.
PITTSBURGH-Sunday, Jan. GARD
at p. m, at Labor Jyceum.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-01-20
SURVEY SHOWS GROWTH
OF EDUCATION IN SIBERIA
UNDER RULE OF SOWIETS

MOSCOW, (Tass) - II has been
ascertalned at the scientific con-
eress now In session at NovosIblrsk
that at present Siberia has six
universities and high colleges as
against two before the revolution
and over 200 scientific organs and
institutions as against 10 before the
revolution
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Young Russian Communist
Tells of Communal Life

The following is interesting letter o
America
conditions
thriving agricultural
published
write letters
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-01-20
''Ma" Ferguson Pardons
Many Prisoners as She
Leaves Governorship

AUSTIN, Tex, Jan. 1S.-A total of
227 executive clemencies, including
various degrees of consideration for
3S murderers, We're among the final
acts of Governor Miriam A. Ferguson,
as she stepped out Of Office. These
will bring her total clemencies to
3.51S compared with total of $3.50
prisoners in the states penal institu-
tions when she assumed office two
years ago.
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New Britain herald., 1927-06-28
State Prison Term for
 Auto Thief Imposed

Middletown, Conn.,. June 29 Rl- Frank Sanzo, member of a group of men who had been stealing and dis posing of automobiles, in 1925, was sent to state prison for three to five years by Judge A. r. Ellis. sitting in Middlesex superior court today.
 The conviction was on six counts. The head of the group was said to he Julius Shutte. garage owner and now serving a sentence in Sing Sing prison upon like conviction in New York. Shutte was witness against is father who was hanged for mur- der. Sanzo has a record. He former ]y came from Meriden and had served q year in Fairfield county and is wanted by Bridgeport. George J. Lucke. sofs Durham, was sent to Cheshire reformatory on conviction for stealing two diamonl rings, a blanket and q pair Of scissors. The court term was closed.
New Britain herald., 1927-06-28
Westbr00k Child Saved
 By a Passing AutOist

Westbrook, Conn, June 2s P- Katherine O'Brien. 12 years old. jumped out of a drifting boat yes- terday because she mistook her fathers signals, and was in danger of drowning when a rescue was made under almost dramatic condi- tions.
 Miss Pauline Merwin. newspaper woman, was passing along the shore in her machine when she noticed the girls struggles in the water. Leaving the machine she ran to a rowboat which had been drawn up on the beach, got 1t into the water. rowed out against wind and tide and made the rescue. The girl had kept afloat by help of a paddle but she was exhausted when Miss Merwin reached her.
New Britain herald., 1927-06-28

cal education up to graduation from the Kansas City College of Medicine and surgery, and his receiving two degrees from the Eclectic Medical university while in the army and one from the Kansas City college after a years work there in 1919 and 1920.
 In todays testimony he told of three weeks tutoring. after which he took the November. 1920. exam- nations in New Haven before the eclectic examining board. The ap. plication. he said. was filled out by Dr. Alexander. head of the Kansas City college. who with a Dr. J. w. C. Boon of the same city vouched on the application for Dr. Slabotsky's moral character. He paid the SIS fee to pr. Alexander.
 After failing to pass the first Con- necticut examination he did work in hospitals in Somerset county. Penn sylvania, Pittsburgh, and Washing ton. D. C., besides taking a course in the New York post graduate school and hospital.
 While in the Somerset hospital he came to New Haven again. took the examinations. and later received his license to practice.
 Coming to New Haven, he said he spent six weeks in Grace hospital and then went to Derby 10 practice.
 Dr. Slabotzky explained. in cross examination by Special Attorney General James w. Carpenter, that the permanent address given on his first application to the Connecticut board was not there when he signed the application.
 His address really was on Vine street. not 2225 Holmes street, as stated on the application. The Holmes street address was identified with the aid Of a 1925 Kansas City telephone directory as tha. listed for both Dr. Alexander and the school he headed.
 Denying that he had attended the eclectic medical university and the Kansas City college because the grades were so low you thought you could get in' more easily, he said he had never heard criticism of either until the investigation in Connecti- cut. The requirement of the univer- sity of Kansas that a medical stu dent enter with two preliminary years of college work. he said, was his reason for believing he could not enter that institution. He admitted knowing that tuition would have been free for him at the university of Missouri medical school. but did not explain his reason for not con- sidering that. Several other "repu- table" schools suggested by Attorney Carpenter, located in or near Kan sas City, he said he had not heard of.