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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-04-18
By JAY LovEsToNE.

Nationally the socialist party
doesn't amount to row of pins as
an organization. Except for a few
centers like Milwaukee and Reading,
the socialist party has no local or
CARNATIONS. In these two cities, the
organization is maintained on the
same basis that the republican and
democratic parties are kept up-gov-
ernmcnt office patronage. In Mil
waukee and Reading the socialist
party is, practically speaking, an out
and-out third, petty bourgeois party,
In New York, whatever organization
there exists, subsists on the funds of
the yellow Jewish Daily Forward and
retired insurance agents, liberal bour-
geois widows, and a handful of law
yers.
But ideologically, the socialist par
ty still has some following. This is
true nationally. Debs may be dead,
but whatever is left of the following
of Debs is still in the main going
to the socialist party in election cam
pdlSIlS. vi COQ1 oC3 do q dAoLlLANb AOANS
of opposition in the everyday strug
giles of the workers, the socialist par
ty is at most a minimum quantity Not
only are socialist party officials US
ually lined up on the side of the re-
dictionary trade union bureaucracy
but very often they are the pace
settlers in the vicious moves made
against the left wing and the mill
tants in the labor movement. AS a
parliamentary force, however, the So
cialist party must still be somewhat
reckoned with by the labor movement
tho it's strength even in this field is
steadily dwindling.
The present convention of the So
cialist party marks further loss OF
even the slightest pretence at social
list character this party formerly used
to make. We cite four outstanding
events at this convention to make our
point emphatic and conclusive.
The Glass Struggle-UnconsGtutional
Those of US who were once in the
socialist party will recall the, class
struggle pledge that applicants fol
membership had to sign. In those
days the socialist party at least made
a gesture-empty as it was-at belief
in this fundamental principle OF
Marxism. Today, the socialist party
under the pretence of thorough Amer
icanization, has already deletec
from it's constitution the section pro
viding that only those who believe il
the class struggle shall be eligible
for membership. The American con
stitution framed by merchants, specu
lators and land barons, has become
the source of inspiration for The
American socialist party.
One recalls a signifi Narallel
moment at the last conve. N Of the
United Mine Workers of America.
For years the constitution of the
United Mine Workers of America,
particularly its preamble, smacked of
socialist thought and showed definite
imprint of socialist influence. At the
convention of the United Mine Work
ers of America, held in Indianapolis
in January, 1927, Lewis and his
union-wrecking agents succeeded in
deleting from the constitution ane
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-04-18

ton, and the strikebreaking marines
in Nicaragua. Mr.. Hillquit is not
complaining against the imperialist
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT of the American gov
Iernment. He is not seeking to mob
ilize mass & of workers and exploited
farmers ag@.Sst the Yankee imperial
list domination of Latin America. All
he is interested in, as first class
lawyer, is the legal sanction, the con-
gressional authorization for this i'm
perialist onslaught. 1t is not the
murderous crime against the Nicara-
guam masses that he is protesting
against. This "brains" of the social
list party is vitality concerned with
maintaining every legal fiction and
camouflaging most effectively the
outrages committed against the Mica
raguan people so that the American
working class will not be aroused suf-
ficiently against the Wall Street gov
eminent.
Berger Shakes Hands with Kaiser.
The whole farce of the socialist
party convention came to a head in
a very dramatic way. The New York
press reports that for nearly four
minutes the socialist party convention
stood with bowed heads in a demon
stration of the keenest appreciation
of the successful westward trans
Atlantic flight by German monarchist
agents. During the last imperialist
war Kaiser Wilhelm II appealed to
all his loyal subjects in Germany,
China, United States and elsewhere,
to rally to the banner of Prussian
imperialism. This appeal did not fall
on deaf ears, as far as Mr.. Berger
was concerned. Mr.. Berger was OPP
posed to Americas entering the last
war not because he was against
American Imperialism from a work
ing class viewpoint but because he
was for German imperialism.
Just now, while the impending i'm
perialist war is in the making, Kaiser
Wilhelm III, who owes his head still
being on his shoulders solely to the
Bergers, Hillquits and Thomases of
Germany, sent cable of congratula-
ton to Won Huenefeld, pilot of the
Bremen. On the same day, the So
'cialist party convention, which has re-
elected Victor Berger as it's national
chairman, congratulated Won Huene-
field, who was plotting the plane fly
ing the colors of the old German mon
archist regime. Won Huenefeld is
expected to be a nationalist candidate
in the coming elections in Germany
Under these circumstances, Messrs.
Hillquit and Berger must have kept
clearly in their minds the congratu-
lations to Won Huenefeld by the Ma
tional German Officers League, read
ing in part: ut fills US with grateful
pride that the spirit of German Of
ficers conquered the ocean and re-
vived respect for the sacred colors of
black, white and red in far away
parts of the world"
If any honest workingman or wom-
an still has any illusions about the
character of the socialist party let
him or her examine what happened
at the last convention. There is no
room today in the socialist party for
any honest workingman who has the
slightest bit of class consciousness
or class pride in him.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-04-18
Socialist Party Is Not Neutral

The former pastor Presbyterian
the daunes leader of the revolutionary hosts of the socialist
party its candidate for president puts himself before the world
rse posejust would expect of the Reverend
Doctor Norman Thomas In accepting what he called the pos
o succession the nominal leader of the
ary anabor party the gentle follower of Jesus Hqut and
Sgman expressed his repdaton at the thought of world onvu
sons and sighed for better world without revolutionary and
catastrophe woe"
This at a Socialist" convention!
the while this gentle parson casting clerical
robes around the of the Sman New York and
Chicago the Lewis gang the Miners Union around the police
the working class thousand fronts the United States The
socialist party is in fact supporting the reaconary of the
unions and IN the miners strike The Reverend Thomas and the
party which chooses him lead it in the coming campaign
neutral in the class struggle but active parisans
When the socialist party convention struck
sution all reference to the class struggle it inevitable
and act for that party When the socialist be-
it has become mobzng agency for breaking strikes
gripping the trade unions and preventing the formation of
the United States holding the
ing class back from class struggle and from reaching class
scousnessthen the only that party
the class struggle deny that there class struggle
With the praying the of its yellow
with the cold booded carreerist LAWYER Norris lot as it's
actual leader and with Jim Maurer whipped and tanned by Hill
quit and trained to be himself willing
the orders of the reactonary Hqu and Bergerhe
party strains to possible force throw itself
actively than into the class struggle side
reactt. .gainst the working class
The class struggle does not your when you
and party lie to the working class by denying the existence
OF that struggle
The working class will better understand the role of the
ca party of treason to the workers and of ycophan
to the capitalist class because the fact that the
venon of the party flung undsgued to the breezes the yellow
banner from the hands of anMan
puppe for the ractona gangsers of the labor
bureaucracy
the Zine of apostolic from Debs 1t
from Compassionate there is Of Il,
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-04-18
Labor Libraries

ANN ARBoR, Mich, April 17.-s
Valuable labor libraries are main.
tanned at the University of Michigan
here as we'll as at the University Of
Wisconsin, consisting of labor news,
papers, original manuscripts, current
bulletins of trade unions and mary
books
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1928-03-29
ZIHLMAN, MAYOR OF WASH
INGTON, is VERY POPULAR

The Chairman of the House Dis
trict Committee frequently is called
the mayor of Washington" and that's
title Representative Frederick Mich
olas Zihlman (''Fred" to some and
mick" to others), often hears applied
to him. Born in Pennsylvania in 1879,
he moved to Cumberland, Md, with
his parents when he was three years
old. At eleven he was working in a
glass factory and he stuck to that
work for many years, becoming prom
inent in trade union councils and serv-
ing one term as president of the
Maryland State Federation of Labor
He quit the glass trade to enter real
estate work in Cumberland in 1912.
Previously he had been elected State
Senator from Allegany county and
first came to Congress in 1917. He was
defeated for one term, but returned
the next time and has been in the
Lower House since. He has two hob
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1928-03-29
"AWAY ON BUSINESS

How often the editor of a paper is
told of some local item of interest
AFTER the paper has been printed,
would be impossible to calculate, but
ever so often someone comes up to
him and says, Didn't you know that
] was away for a few days last
week." No, the editor did not know,
and he is extremely sorry, but the
least he can do, and he usually does
it, is to remind the gentleman that a
little note slipped beneath the door,
a telephone call or a postcard mailed
at the postoffice telling of his absence
and when he would return, would be
all that was necessary to keep any
thing like that from happening Sec
ond time.
Newspapers have their regular
sources for news. Public officials, JUS
tees of the peace, court house at
taches, and others who have business
with the general public are inter-
viewed quite regularly by the repor-
ter who makes it duty to see these
persons at least once week, but if he
attempted to do that with each family
in Oakland it would be found to be
an impossibility.
The newspaper staff tries to know
everybody's business as it affects the
newspaper as a legitimate source of
news, but it's members are not per.
fect-they sometimes fail.
If those who are always lamenting
the fact that their little visit away
from home went by unnoticed would
just drop The Republican a line, it
would be gladly published. Parties and
visitors to ones home are news items
which are also gladly accepted. By
helping in this way one can make
The Republican an ideal county news
paper as it has endeavored to be ever
since its establishment.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1928-03-29
MT. LAKE PARK.

Special Lenten services are being
held this week in the NJ. E. church
and services will be conducted every
night next week except on Saturday.
Holy Communion will be observed on
Thursday evening of next week.
We are passing through another
wintry season but are hoping that it
will soon be over.
The old refreshment stand and book
store are being torn down and will be
rebuilt in the grove south of Tho
burn Inn. Many children spent the
day searching for coins which were
supposed to have been dropped thru
the porch floor at these buildings.
Wiley yelling, Jr., has resigned as
assistant postmaster here to accept a
position offered him in Cumberland.
Miss Meadows, of Pittsburgh, is
spending a week here with friends.
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The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1928-03-29

An examination for the position of
rural carrier at Selbysport will be
held at that place on some date to be
announced later. Receipt of applica-
lions will close on April IS, 1928.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1928-03-29
CORTNER.

The sympathy of the people far and
wide was aroused by the news of the
sudden death of Mrs. Walter Beck
man. Many of the residents in this
community learned to know and love
her when she participated in the
Lynn Dale services.
Mr.. Walter Wiles is quite ill, his
condition having been brought about
by leakage of the heart and Bright's
disease.
Among the dinner guests at the
home of S. J. Lichty on Sunday were
Mrs. Leah Bachman, Mr.. and Mrs.
Roy Pritts, of Berlin, Pa, and Messrs.
Jacob and D. l.. Swartzentruber and
families of this community.
Miss Pearl Swires of Lynndale, and
Mr.. Walter Schlossnagle, of this place,
were married at the Lutheran par
sonage at Red House on Saturday ev-
ening.
Our school teacher, Miss Virginia
Casteel, is i'll at this time as are also
a number of her pupils. Miss Eliza
beth West is teaching in Miss Cas-
teel's place while she is indisposed
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Dewitt re-
turned to their home at Hoyes on
Monday.
Mr.. and Mrs. d. L. Swartzentruber,
Mrs. w. E. Spoerlein, Misses Fannie
Yoder and Mary Lichty spent We'd
nesday at the Children's Home near
Grantsville where they assisted in di-
minishing the contents of the mend
ing basket.
Mrs. Hattie Wamsley returned on
Monday from Philippi, w. Va. where
she had visited her sister, Mrs. White
hair. Mrs. Wamsley is now staying
with Mr.. Walter Beckman and child
rem at Lynn Dale.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1928-03-29
FOR BETTER CITIZENSHIP

There is no better place for boy
past the age of II years to spend one
month of his summer vacation than at
one Of the training spots of the Citi-
zens' Military Training camps, which
will open this year on July 6.
Military is harsh sounding word,
and if one let's his Imagination run
rampant he thinks only of German
militarism and everlasting hard work
and never thinks of the other side of
military training. But it is there and
plays an important part in the work
of the month in camp.
There will be taught in these camps
elements of citizenship which will be
new to the trainees, but which are
necessary if the young soldiers-in-the-
making are to take their proper place
in the affairs of the nation.
There will be instruction in mill
tary tactics, because that is the basic
reason for these camps, but along
with the military part of camp life
there will come association with the
citizens from all parts of the country,
wholesome recreations in the form of
athletics, games, theatrical and NOV
ing picture entertainment, dances, IA
cilities for swimming and other eXer-
else, an opportunity to make week
end visits to places of interest which
one will value for lifetime. That is
only a small part of the value of this
months stay in camp at the expense
of Uncle Sam.
Physical and moral development
that will fit one to become an infuen-
tial leader in his community in times
of peace and leader of national de-
tense in time of war and to inculcate
stronger patriotism and whole
some respect for discipline and obedi-
ence to constituted authority is the
ultimate aim of these training CEN
tiers.
Anyone desiring to enter the camp
should make arrangements now to at.
tend this summer.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1928-03-29
OAKLAND A. A. ENJOYED
GOOD BASKETBALL SEASON
Claims Tie With Cumberland
Caseys for State HOnOrs-
Won Is Games-22 Played

Oakland A. A. basketball team en-
joyed very successful season, Win
ming Is out of % games played, ac-
cording to a compilation of figures
made by the manager yesterday. Ten
of the % games played were on for
eign courts and out of this number
five were put on the credit side of the
ledger.
McComas Leads Scorers.
Henry McComas was the leading
scorer for the season, with ia field
goals, 25 out of SO fouls, for a total
of 253 points. Killen was next with
102 field goals and IS out of SO fouls,
for total of 222 points.
Defeated Caseys.
The local team holds a victory ovet
the Knights of Columbus team, Cum
berland City champs, which has lately
been enormously claiming the cham
pionship of the State, and have won
games from the following: Kingwood,
Fairmont Y, Keyser Night Hawks,
Davis Eagles, 2; Berlin, Meyersdale,
2; Tri-Towns Collegians, B. G. o. Y of
Cumberland, Masontown, 2; Cumber-
land Caseys, and Hazel-Atlas of Graf
ton, 2.
Potomac State College was the only
team to defeat the locals twice, win
ming at Oakland 1888 and at Keyser
1884. Oakland also lost games to
Wesleyan College transformers, the
Fairmont Y, Berlin, Kingwood and the
Cumberland Caseys. Seven hundred
sixty-three points were scored to $50
for their opponents.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1928-03-29

bies-fshing and work. He says the
main hobby now is District bills. He
is a Methodist and married.
Because of the highly efficient work
as Chairman of the District Commit
tee-Mayor of Washington-Mr. Zihl-
man is practically as popular in the
capital of the nation as he is in his
own home district, which is saying a
great deal. In fact, it is generally adj
mitted throughout the Sixth District
that Congressman Zihlman will have
no opposition in the primary this year
and will probably continue invulnera-
BILE for long time to come.
Perhaps no Congressman from the
Sixth District has ever enjoyed great
er popularity with the people of his
district than has Mr.. Zihlman. To
most of the voters he is known as
Erred" or Nick Washington ID.
c. Times.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1928-03-29
MARYLAND CMTC QUOTA
THIS YEAR Is SET AT $50
Applications To Attend Military
Training Camps May Be OBJ
tanned Upon Request.

Six hundred and eighty Maryland
ers are to receive training at the Cit
liens Military Training camps in the
Third Corps area this summer from
July to August for the basic and
infantry courses, cavalry, field artil
lery and coast artillery, and August 8
to September for the signal corps,
according to information received at
The Republican Office.
Basic and infantry courses will be
given at Fort Eustis, Va; field artil-
lery courses, red, white and blue, will
be given at Fort Hoyle, Md; coast ar
tillery, red, white and blue, at Fort
Monroe, Va, and cavalry, red, white
and blue, at Fort Meyer, Va. The
signal corps will be trained at Fort
Monmouth, N. ].
Preparations are now going for
ward at the big military post on the
James River Fort Eustis) for the re-
ception of the trainees, Col. Joseph
P. Tracy, coast artillery corps, has
been designated as commanding Off
Ger of the camp, and plans are under
way for the comfort and welfare of
the young men who are to spend their
vacations at Uncle Sans expense at
the Peninsula post.
Brings Citizens Together.
The object of the training camp is
to bring together the best representa-
tive young American citizens to give
them the basis of military instruc-
ton and that physical and moral de-
velopment that will fit them to become
influential leaders in their respective
communities in times of peace and
leaders of national defense in time of
war and to inculcate a stronger pat
riotism and a wholesome respect for
discipline and obedience to constituted
authority.
Wholesome recreation has always
occupied prominent part in the OBJ
ject of these camps, including Fort
Eustis, where the beginners will be
taken. There are the best motion
pictures, theatricals, dances super
vised by hostesses, swimming facili
ties, an extensive library and opportu-
mites for weekend excursions to
number of points of interest.
Application Blanks.
Young men between the ages of II
and "a are eligible for the basic course
and application blanks to attend the
Fort Eustis camp may be obtained by
writing the recreation officer, Fort
Eustis, Va. The Government pays all
necessary eXpenses-transportation
to and from camp, food, uniforms,
medical attention and laundry.
There are no personal expenses at
camp except purchases and eXpendi-
lures one chooses to make from pocket
money. After acceptance and orders
are received, applicants pay own fare
to camp and will be repaid after ar
rival at camp at the rate of five cents
per mile or will be mailed trans
portation request for railroad ticket
which will be accepted by the railroad.
Physical requirements are given in
the CMTC application blank, which
must be filled out. A physical exam
ination is required for first year men,
also smallpox vaccination and typhoid
incubation.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1928-03-29
John Swauger Arrested on Boot
leg Charges

John Swauger, of near Bittinger,
was arrested on Monday by Federal
Prohibition officers, charged with the
manufacture and possession of liquor.
He appeared before a justice in Oak
land on Tuesday and gave bond for
his appearance at court. Two gallons
of moonshine liquor and three barrels
of mash are said to have been found
on his premises when the raid was
made.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1928-03-29
Points Scored.

A communication from w. Arnold
Gunther, manager of the Cumberland
Caseys, states that he will not con-
slider a third game with the Oakland
team except with side bet of $3.50.
THE game will not be played under
any terms but those of sportsman"
the Oakland manager stated. "The
rubber of a series is never settled in
that way, and if they do not choose
to play the third game the Oakland
Collegians have as much right to lay
claim to the State championship as
the Cumberland team"
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1928-03-29
POSTOFFICE WINS TITLE
MATCH FROM METHODISTS
Four of Five Games Taken With
a Margin of 270 Pins

Winning four out of five of the
games in the championship round
played Monday night at the Recrea-
ton alleys, Postoffice, leaders of the
first round of the Oakland Bowling
League, defeated the Methodists, the
leaders in the second round, by total
of 270 pins, marking the team as the
champions of the ten teams compris-
ing the league.
The five members of the Postoffice
team, Peddicord, Mason, Eggers, Hoff-
man and Kercheval, rolled a total of
1894 pins for the five games, while
the Methodists, composed of Sincell,
Smith, Spiker, McIntire and Ashby,
rolled total of 1924 pins. Mason
was high individual scorer.
Banquet Tonight.
Tonight at $50 o'clock at the Will
lian-James Hotel, the second of the
bowling banquets for members and
friends of the bowling league will be
held. There will be few short talks,
Bill Gibson, manager, stated, and
some special musical numbers. eve
are planning to have banner atten-
dance" he said, land if anyone wants
to have good time he should make it
a point to attend"
Monday nights scores in the cham
pionship games We're as follows:
POstOffice.
Peddicord-
14S 119 TIA 112 1872 -685
Mason
179 156 116 1877 131 TOO
Eggers-
1926 go go 119 80 -519
Hoffman
"a 1877 SO 95 95 800
Kercheval-
"a 70 121 100 80 -481
Total GAL 564 592 $50 53S-2894
MethOdists
Sincell-
SO ia SO "a 106 -496
1Os LOT 1Os SO 80 SOB
Spiker-
1875 10 95 1876 81 -554
McIntire-
"a IS 80 1913 so -481
Ashby--
143 "a Ill 1872 ITO 500
Total $50 507 496 583 469-2624
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