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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-07-09
EDITORS NOTES
BY ALEX BITTELMAN

COOLIDGE is woong the farmers. Like real
practical man, he is combining pleasure with
business He has transferred his headquarters to
South Dakota and is carefully spreading a net of
political manipuatons to catch the farmers votes
in the coming presidential elections.
There is, of course, good deal of comedy in all
this business His political sermons his fishing
expeditions, his little interviews with socaed "dirt"
farmers, the whole pastoral and dyllic atmosphere
that has been created around the summer White
Houseal this presents excellent material for first
class humorist. But it would be serious mistake
to dismiss the entire matter Coodgesm
Because what is taking place in South Dakota
is real political struggle, class struggle in
which big capital is leading the offensive against
the poor and working farmers Of the United States
There are really two big detectives that the Cool
idge administration has set out to achieve through
the presidents expedition into South Dakota One
is to break down the farmers opposition to Coolidge
and the other is to kill the Lowden boom or the
possibility of any other so-caed western candidate
against Coolidge If the present incumbent of the
White House succeeds in this, he and the republican
party will undoubtedly receive the support of large
sections of big and medium capital in the coming
elections. If he fails, several things likely to
happen, none of which will be any too pleasing to
Coolidge and to the present republican machine.
Coolidge must therefore work hard. And so he
does. He is pursuing his old strategy of dividing the
farmers by trying TO conciiiate the rich at the
expense of the poor and middle farmers. He bangles
before the eyes Of the wellto-do farmers the prom
Use of government aid to cooperative marketing
ceties and the extension of credit terms fer market
ing surplus crops. But he continues to resist stub
bornly any of the basic provisions of the McNary-
Haugen bill. He does for the reason that the
capitalist class is opposed to these provisions. In
fact, the capitalists of the United States would
resist any legislation tending to curb or even ser-
ousy regulate the handling of agricultural products
on the home and world markets. All the friendly
talk Of Coolidge about cooperative marketing is
hollow and meaningless because the basic condition
that he attaches to it is that the grain spectators
and big bankers continue to dominate the trade
and its fortunes And long as this condition pre-
walls, no real farm relief is possible
Lowden's flrtations with the farmers are pretty
nearly of the same kind as those of Coolidge. With
this important difference that Lowdens agreement
with the McNary-Haugen bill shows him to be
consistently in favor of the rich farmers than
Coolidge is. In other words, the well-to-do ele-
ments among the farmers have in Lowden more
reliable friend than they expect to find
in Coolidge. Thus, far the rich capitalist
Continued Page Taoo)
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-07-09
The Industrial Squad The Bosses Cossacks
By JOSEPH JACK

neck, smash his SKULL murder him, specialtles
priced accordingly. Quite often the bosses associa
ton is in direct touch with the gangs, without any
intermediates. Here is how job is done.
The police having been properly instructed by
"higher ups" and for special consideration given
the cop the beat, the eyes Of the law enforcers
look the other way take walk. Gangsters in
automobiles come upon the scene, bounce on the
pickets, slash, stab and leave them laying there
bloody. Quite often such jobs are made one after
the other The gang in machines disappear as
quickly as they come. Sometimes in the dark of
night and quite often in open daylight and even in
the most congested parts of the city, such jobs are
done. il the pckets not enough intimidated by
this and if they still insist there is the injunction,
like in the last cloakmakers' STRIKE with wholesale
arrests and open suppression Of pcketng by uni
formed police. Arrests fines, etc. do a great deal
to empty the unions treasury.
All this used to be done in the past in an unsys-
tematical, accidental and inefficient way. More
over, the unions under reactionary leadership used
to hire professional underworld gangsters to counter
the bosses gangsters were bought by the union or
vice In many cases record the gangsters
took pay from both sides. A regulator had to be
put on this business Particularly with the rise
of militant unonism the underworld arm of the
bosses had to be systematized and made more reli-
able Hence bourgeois city fathers created this
institution, the Industrial Squad.
Big strapping fellows, comparable only to cos
sacks, with murky animal faces, guerias in human
FORM some of them formerly union officials, other
shady underworld characters, sluggers, former ex-
perienced patrolmen-this is the outfit They are
familiar with the underworld and know the leading
gangsters that sometimes work for the unions side
"the Frenches" 'little Augies," slack Noys," PC,
Continued on Page Six
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-07-09

THE war has brought many innovations in its wake,
various adaptations of fascism according to the
varied needs the employers have in each country.
In New York we have in the city's police force an
Institution called the Industrial Squad. This force
is supposed to preserve claw and order" in indus
trial disputes and has under its authority the uni
formed police whenever it's activities call for it.
Perhaps many workers don't know that the under
world that is that part of the population consisting
of gangsers, thieves murderers, etc., have anything
to do with strikes with employers associations, or
with anti-labor law enforcement and nowadays even
with control of unions. If the workers don't know
this they had better get acquainted, this is the
outfit that plays very important role in all strike
breaking combinations. The Industrial Squad fits
into this like head into body.
The law permits picketing, it permits organizing,
but just try and do it and you will find your pckets
arrested under all kinds of subterfuges restrictions
will be imposed, the pickets will be dubbed even
gassed, in Passac. Injunctions injunctions,
law no law the employers in control of the local
and state federal government will find way to
do it brutality and thoroly enough by indirect ter
rorlzation and if necessary laws passed in
functions issued for the purpose Quite often they
do the job without these formalities The usual
procedure in important strikes in big cities is in
many ways different from methods used in smaller
localities
Let us give brief illustration Of what takes
place. When strike is brewing in any trade in
New York the employers association thru its law
department gets in touch with certain detective
agencies and the police captain of the territory.
These detective agencies have their connections with
organized professional bands of gangsters who for
the proper amount are ready to do all kinds of jobs
the pickets, the mildest being a plain ordinary
beating. Stabbing, breaking arms, nose jaw or fing
ers have their extra prices To break workers
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-28
THREE F|REMEN DIE
IN GOTHAM BLAZE
Five Others Caught in Wreck
age Are in Hospitals.
Priest Is Hero.
BY the Associated Press

BY the Associated Press
NEW YORK, January 2S.~The body
of a third fireman. killed late last
night In the collapse Of three floors of
a fire.swept seven-story loft building
in the lower East Side, early today
was removed from tho RUNS.
Five other firemen OF ten caught in
the wreckage on the street floor were
in the hospital today. suffering from
fractures, decorations and Commissions.
Five injured mon were rescued from
the ruins early this morning a short
time after the bodies of their two com.
rades had been recovered. Three es
capped without injury.
The Rev. Alexander Mccarthy of St
Rose of Ermine Church fought his
way through the flaming debris to
administer the last rites of the
church 20 Michael Anzelone. one of
the firemen pinned In the mass of
stone, mortar and girders. Anzelone
is in the hospital.
The fire started on the third floor
and rapidly spread to a carbonated
water establishment on the fourth
story. Chemicals were ignited and
several explosions occurred. Stocks
or rag and paper firms on the sixth
ana seventh floors fed the mounting
flames.
One of the injured, Lieut.. Edward
Smith. pulled himself out of his rub
Der boots, caught in the fallen mass
and crawled to safety.
Damage was estimated at more than
$50, 900.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-28

also suggested that slight changes to
the present law would help materially
In reducing the practice here.
DIR. Joseph d. Rogers and Roy l..
Nevhauser chairman OF the Casualty
Hospital campaign committee, re-
uuested the club to aid in the drive,
which opens next week. for S250,000
TO remodel and properly equip the
hospital. DR.. Edward Wilson was APP.
pointed captain of the club team which
will aid in the drive.
Otto Il. Mclean and Harry Hoffman
we're admitted TO membership. James
s. Mckee, vice president OF the club,
presided.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-28
BAD CHECKS PRESENT
SERIOUS ISSUE HERE
Cosmopolitan Club Told Much
Worthless Paper Is Passed
in Capital.

BAD checks" have become a serious
problem for merchants and bankers
OF Washington. Assistant United
States District Attorney Ralph Given
stated in his address before the Cosmo
politan Club at the Lee House yester-
day. in which he described the many
methods of passing worthless paper
and the difficulties encountered in con
victing the guilty parties.
There is much misunderstanding
about what cannot and what must not
he done about bad checks among the
merchants and people of Washington,
he stated. TOO much care cannot
he taken. as numerous worthless
checks are passed daily here"
He suggested closer cooperation
between the insurance and bonding
companies and the merchants Of the
city as one means Of combating the
disregard for the present law. Ht
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-28
TOO MANY AUTO PARTS.
Manufacturers Plan Conference tc
Eliminate Excess Varieties.

Elimination of excess variety of
parts in the automotive industry
through reduction of the number of
sizes and varieties OF spark plugs,
pistons. piston.ring oversizes. brake
lining and roller bearings Is to be con-
sidered at a conference of manufac
turers. distributors and users in De-
troit February and 3. The meeting
will be held under the Joint auspices
of the simplified practice division of
the Commerce Department and the
national committee on metals utiliza-
ton. cooperating with the Society of
Automotive Engineers.
A conference held in Washington
late in 1924 urged plans for bringing
about adherence to simplifled list of
sizes by all manufacturers.
elimination of excess variety
means more intelligent utilization of
our national resources, more efficient
production at smaller cost and greater
production with resulting benefits to
the entire country" the metals utili-
cation committee declared today.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-28
Asks 5000 Damages.

Suit to recover $4,000 damages was
filed yesterday I'm the District Supreme
Court by Fannie f. Haley against the
Washington Railway and Electric Co.
for alleged personal injuries While a
passenger November q at Georgia
avenue and Shepherd street, she says,
the car suddenly started and threw
her down. She is represented by At.
torney Fred B. Rhodes.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-28
MAY SEIZE BIG BUILDING.
u. S. Commissioner Studies Law
After LIQUOR Is Found in Office.

CHICAGO. January e. R1.-United
States Commissioner BETTER yester-
day ordered an inquiry into possible
basis for seizure under libel OF a ouiid'
ing at 1874 West Washington street, III
the heart Of Chicago's elevated loop
business district. as result or ma
ing of liquor in an office there and the
attitude OF the building agent
Two men were arrested in an office
in the building. but tie agent OF the
building seemed evasive or unable TO
give information concerning them.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-28
Wife Says Actor
Preferred Blondes,
But Not at Home
nv the Associated Press.

nv the Associated Press
LOS ANGELES. January IS
Mrs. Elizabeth Bowen Pollard oh.
tanned a divorce here yesterday
from Harry "Snuh" Pollard. when
she charged that the film comedian
was susceptible TO blondes. hut
not i'm his own home. Mrs. Pol.
lard. who is IA decided blonde,
complained that her husband neg
leCted her for the company of other
blondes.
The actor did not contest the
suit and a property settlement was
made out OF court.
The pollardS were married in
1922. Mrs. Pollard formerly lived
at Lexington. Ky.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-28
Col. H. Mathews Coming Here.

Col. II. Mathews. assistant Quarter
master. United States Marine Corps,
who has been stationed at Peking,
China, for some time, has been ordered
to this city for duty at Marine head
quarters.
The Chapel Hill weekly. [volume] (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1923-1972, 1927-06-10
Wake Forest HOnOrs ROyster

Wake Forest College confer
red the degree of Doctor of Let
ters upon James F. Royster
Monday. In so doing Wake For
est honored one Of it's own sons,
for Mr.. Royster was graduated
there in 1900. He took his Phi.
D. at Chicago in 1907. After
several years in the faculty here
he went to the University of
Texas, and later returned as
Kenan professor of English
philology. He succeeded Ed
win Greenlaw as dean of the
graduate school.
The Chapel Hill weekly. [volume] (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1923-1972, 1927-06-10
CLUB TO EXTEND
GOLF PRIVILEGES
TO THE STUDENTS
Governors Decide that as Many
as Fifty May Play on the
Links Here
VACANT OFFICES FILLED

At a meeting this week the
board of governors of the Coun-
try Club voted to extend the golf
privileges to University stu
dents. The nAmber who may
avail themselves of the oppor-
tunity is limited to so. The
fee is $40 for the college year.
Many Of the students, coming
from towns Which have courses,
are deVotees of the game and
have been grieved at finding no
chance to play in Chapel Hill.
The course here is still in the
process of making, with only
four holes now in use. But the
golf committee, of which Critz
George is chairman, is making
extensions and improvements as
rapidly as the clubs financial re-
sources permit, and it's thought
that more holes will be opened
for play next fall.
The governors authorized the
expenditure of a sum not to ex-
ceed $3.50 for painting the house
and adding shutters and cutters.
The shutters are to afford pro-
lection against marauders. Sew
eral times the building has been
entered at night.
1t was voted to continue the
committee lotto Stuhlman,
chairman) which had been in
structed to work out plan for
the erection of a caretaker's
house.
Miss Lou Shine was elected
secretary to succeed Miss Elsa
Beust, who leaves for New York
this week. S. II. Hobbs, Jr.,
who goes to Wisconsin on
years leave, is succeeded as
chairman of the house commit
tee by Colonel Pratt, and Mrs.
Hobbs as member of the board
of governors by Mrs. Leavitt.
The members of the club who
have not paid their dues are re-
quested to square themselves
with the treasurer at once.
The Chapel Hill weekly. [volume] (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1923-1972, 1927-06-10
Miss Rockwell to Wisconsin

Miss Edith Rockwell, who has
been in charge of the bureau of
drama in the University's ex-
tension division, is leaving to
join the faculty of the Univer-
sity of Wisconsin. Her place will
be taken here by Miss Gertrude
Knott, who has been engaged
in the same sort of work at Cho-
wan College, Murfreesboro.
Miss Knott was in Chapel Hill
Wednesday. She plans to spend
this summer at the drama camp
at Peterboro, New Hampshire.
The Chapel Hill weekly. [volume] (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1923-1972, 1927-06-10
SEVERAL OF THE
TEACHERS HAND
IN RESERVATIONS
Changes in Personnel of SchoOl
Faculty Made Known as
the Year Closes
MUNICH WILL BE PRINCIPAL

There will be many changes
in the teaching force of the
Chapel Hill school next year.
Mrs. Spruill has resigned to
take fellowship in the institute
of social research in the Univer-
sity. Mrs. Glenn, Mrs. Fields,
and Mrs. Gwynn have resigned
the first two because their
husbands are leaving Chapel
Hill, the last because she has
decided to withdraw from teach
ing.
A newcomer in the high school
faculty will be Miss Ellen Mel
lick, who will be an assistant in
English. Mrs. Olsen will stay
on. There appears to be some
uncertainty about plans Of two
or three of the other high school
teachers. In the elementary
school Misses Bowen, Andrews,
Shell, Pleasantf fPGraham, and
Glass will remain.
Under the scheme of coopera-
ton between the University and
the village, high school depart
ments will be headed by H. F.
Munich, Minor Gwynn, Carlton
Preston, and A. K. King.
Miss SaIlie B. Marks will be
the supervising principal of the
elementary school. She is from
Salisbury but this last year she
has been in La Crosse, Wiscon-
sin.
Mr.. Munich, in addition to
teaching mathematics, will be
principal of the high school.
Mr.. Mosher, as previously an
nOunced, will succeed Mr.. Sides
as superintendent.
The Chapel Hill weekly. [volume] (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1923-1972, 1927-06-10
Chapel Hill Chaf

= R. R. Clark of Statesville
dropped in for a brief call Wed
nesday afternoon, He is a man
whom | delight to see walk in
to the printshop. An old-time
pewspaper man-(he was an as
Sociate of the celebrated 10 Cald-
well on the Landmark back in
the last century)-he always
has on tap entertaining remin-
iscences and cheerful shop-talk.
His visits are infrequent, and l
fear they would be more infre-
quent still were it not that he
drove down here to bring his
daughter, Miss Hope Clark, to
the Summer School and then,
later on, to take her home again.
| hope that Miss Clark will find
in the summer curriculum
enough courses to keep her in at
tendance for many years to
come.
A bewildering lot of titles
have been loaded upon Mr..
Mosher. AS | figure it now, he
is professor of education, direc-
tor of training, and superintendA
ent of the Chapel Hill school. If
he could get salary for every
title he would be in clover.
| suppose that in my life
time | have gone into a hundred
stores in New York in search of
the ideal socks for tennis, and
into at least a score in Paris and
London. But | never found just
what | wanted till | interviewed
Clyde Andrews here in Chapel
Hill. He says the socks | admire
will always be on hand for they
are what the farmers use in
blowing and other heavy work
about the fields.
/ got a note from Charlie
Norfieet in which underneath
his signature were written the
words, Attorney and Counsellor
at Law. How is a man who so
loves the play-acting game going
to stay out of it? 1t has been
said that many a lawyer in
North Carolina turns teacher or
editor. Mr.. Norfieet
may make another sort of trans
ition.
The Chapel Hill weekly. [volume] (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1923-1972, 1927-06-10
They'll See Lindbergh
Pattens to Be in Washington When
the Airman Is Welcomed Home

Rev. Walter Patten, Mrs. Pat
ten, and their three sons, Paul,
Lawrence, and Brooks, will be
in Washington Saturday when
Lindbergh receives his great
welcome home.
They fit this holiday into a
northern trip the main object of
which is to attend the goth re-
union of Mr.. Patterns class at
Wesleyan College in Middle
town, Connecticut.
They left here in their car
yesterday Thursday. This
morning they are seeing Mount
Vernon, and will probably arrive
in the capital tonight. After
they have seen the parades in
honor of Lindbergh and have
heard President Coolidge speak,
they will go on to Providence,
Rhode Island, to visit Mrs. Pat
tens alma mater, Brown Uni
versity. The reunion at WWes=
leyan will take place Monday the
goth.
The return trip will take the
Pattens through the Shenandoah
Valley. From Lake Junaluska,
where Mrs. Patten and the chill
dren will spend the summer, Mr..
Patten will come to Chapel Hill
about the 26th.
The Chapel Hill weekly. [volume] (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1923-1972, 1927-06-10
Oxford Orphans to Sing Here

The Oxford Orphanage sing
ing class will sing in the school
auditorium next Tuesday eve
ming, June IA, at 8 o'clock. There
are fourteen boys and girls in
the organization. 1t has been
in Chapel Hill several times and
has won many friends and ad-
mirers here. The price of ad-
mission will be 35 cents for
grown people and 25 cents for
children.
The Chapel Hill weekly. [volume] (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1923-1972, 1927-06-10
Mrs. r. s. Terry Is Here
With Future Prima Donna

Mrs. F. s. Terry, the former
Miss Lillian Slocomb, who used
to be a belle here in the nineties,
when she came as a visitor from
Fayetteville, In in Chapel Hill
with her daughter, Miss Lillian
Emerson. Miss Emerson is en-
joying the dances as a rest from
her training as a singer. En-
dowed with a remarkable voice,
she has been Rtildying under
Oscar SeagIe, and he expects
her to be a famous prima donna.
The Chapel Hill weekly. [volume] (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1923-1972, 1927-06-10
Clarence

All over the land the Clarences
are jubilant. There's new
spring in their step. They
square their shoulders, lift their
chins, look the world straight in
the eye, and ask defantly /:
well, what've you got to say
about it now?
And why? Look on the front
page of your newspaper. The
man who piloted a plane across
the ocean and broke all records
for a nonstop flight is named
Clarence Chamberlin.
The name Clarence has been
associated in the public mind
don't know for how long, but
certainly for many years-with
a delicate, not to say timorous,
disposition. To tell it by illus
tration: when Clarence is men
toned you think of an artful
dancer, a passer of graceful
compliments, a Wearer of correct
ties and hose, a man who never
uses the wrong fork-not a steel
riVeter, a bull-fghter, a pugilist,
or a pirate. Rather, that was
SO last week. 1t is so no longer.
Chamberlin has redeemed Clar-
ence. Hereafter the sound Of
the word will suggest the utmost
of danger and daring.
do not know how Clarence
came to connote a dainty and
pacific temperament. M y
thoughts turned to this when |
read of Chamberlin's success
Monday morning, and / had a
hazy feeling that history gave no
basis for any such association of
ideas. So | consulted my bio
graphical reference book, and
here is what found: The earli-
est distinguished bearer of the
name, the first Duke of Clarence,
was murdered in the Tower, his
attackers drowning him in a
butt of malmsey. His offense, in
the eyes of his brother Edward
the Fourth, was that he had con-
spired with the Earl of War
wick to oust Edward from the
throne. Surely a man who
qualified as a running mate to
Continued or page fOwr)
The Chapel Hill weekly. [volume] (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1923-1972, 1927-06-10
The WheeIers Are Off

Mr. and Mrs. A. s. Wheeler
and their son, Henry, went to
New York by automobile this
week. After a short visit there
Mrs. Wheeler and Henry will
leave for Tacoma, Washington,
making stops at Banff, Lake
Louise and Victoria, Mr.. Wheel
ar will remain for o while IN
Brooklyn.