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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-07-14
Those BOlsheviks =

Seven men, given up as lost in the ice-deserts
Of the north, have been rescued by the Soviet
ce-breaker, Krassin After weeks of heart
breaking effort, of petty rivalry among various
humanitarian" capitalist countries, it re-
manned for an aviator of the Soviet Union,
Chukhnovsky, and Soviet ship to effect the
rescue of the fascist Mobile party.
The policy and tactics of the Soviet Union
thruout this rescue work have been in striking
contrast to the behavior of the capitalist ma
tons. The expedition of Gen. Umberto Mobile
into the north was hardly actuated by scien-
tific motives. 1t was primarily an inflated
publicity stunt for the greater glory of italian
fascism and Gen. Mobile himself. Yet when it
became definitely known that the Mobile party
had met with disaster and was in danger, the
Soviet Union Immediately offered the resources
at its command in the rescue work. The orig
inal aims Of the expedition had failed miser-
ably. Only the practical task Of saving 16 hui
man beings now remained.
What cooperation did it receive from the
rescue parties of other countries? None at all.
The Soviet government proposed that central
commission be formed to direct the rescue work
in an organized fashion. The fascist Italian
government and the governments of the
countries that had sent out rescue parties re-
fused 1t would have been too great concession
for the capitalist nations for them to accept the
plan of their hated enemy, the first workers
and peasants republic
And when Lieut., Lundborg, the Swedish avi-
atar. finally sueeaedad Il locating Gre saaup
of the lost expedition, whom did he rescue
The fascist Gen. Mobile, leaving the others to
shift for themselves
Now even the capitalist press is forced to
praise the Soviet ice-breaker Krassin and the
heroic aviator, Chukhnovsky, who has himself
been temporarily stranded with his companions
1t is bitter pill for the capitalist countries to
swallow. The Krassin is proceeding with the
rescue work. Seven men have been saved and
another party is reported to have been sighted.
Meanwhile the toll of this grandiose fascist
expedition thus far is two known dead, with
Is others, including the Amundsen rescue par
ty, still lost-perhaps forever.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-07-14
Marine Life in Nicaragua

Capitalism has little gratitude for those who
do its dirty work. Soldiers may be heroes"
when there is a shortage of cannon fodder, but
after the bosses profits are safe the brave
are but rubbish cast aside.
The life of servicemen in Nicaragua, revealed
by letter from marine, published few days
ago in The DAILY WORKER, illustrates the
gratitude of Wall Street to those who defend
its investments
Visions are presented to the young workers
of the delights to be enjoyed in Nicaragua
When on arrival he finds himself actually a
prisoner with no prospect of release the glitter
of abstract soldering turns into the dross of
reality, when the recruit finds himself forced
to carry ninety pounds of equipment thirty
miles daily thru mud knee deep, to replace
oxen in pulling supply wagons the enchantment
borne of distance and the lying tongue of re-
cruiting officer soon fades
These marines learn to know the facts of
their actual conditions, but few realize that
when they are fighting against the freedom
of Nicaragua they are co9tfhung their own
enslavementA
The two marines who deserted the imperialist
forces of intervention to join the army of San
dino pointed out the only road to their freedom
and followed the true interests of the service
men who have been sent to Nicaragua by Wall
Street.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-07-14

This new hostile spirit was mani
tested as soon as late copy of my
magazines "Vigilante" and "The
Vigilant American" disclosed the
fact that the sheriff of New York
was involved and that some of the
big "higher-ups" in Tammany had
been influenced by George Gordon
Battle, the "liason officer" employed
by the Rockefeller group in pro-
curing certain democratic magis-
trates, judges, and district attor-
neys and officials of justice to mis-
conduct matters officially before
them. I, am sending you several is
sues of my magazines that contain
these charges as well as part of the
discriminating documentary evidence
to sustain and prove my charges.
While police headquarters admit
that I have the legal right to do
what l am doing, and the manner
in which l am proc eeding, it is OBJ
vious that the police department
heads are woefully inefficient and
incompetent, or that they are not
acting in good faith.
At any rate, they are not able to
stop the unlawful acts, illegal mo-
lestations and uncalled for inter
ferences of their patrolmen, ser
geants and officials, and with the
evidence our Vigilantes have now
collected, l can not resist the con-
clusion that it is but the carrying
out of a criminal conspiracy to in
jure, threaten, coerce and intimidate
me and others associated with me in
the exercise of our legal rights in
violation of section 10 of the Grim
inal Code which makes such Of
lenses punishable with 10 years i'm
prisonment and $4,000 fine.
Distort Law.
This law was originally passed to
suppress the activities of the Ku
Klux Khan, but now covers all con,
spiracies against the legal rights of
citizens. | note that while Police
Commissioner Warren is quick to
take action against assemblage and
professions of the X. K. K, he is
practically inaccessible when citi-
zen wishes to end the criminal prac-
tees of certain members of his
force when operating in collision
with certain "Racketeers of JUS
tice."
(Signed) CHARLES BRIGHT.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-07-14

The daily press further stated
that the candidate for the U. S.
senate was charged at the police
station with the offense of speaking
without a permit. From the same
sources l learned that whens Minor
attempted to exercise his legal
rights to address the court after
Magistrate Maurice II. Gottlieb had
pronounced the sentence of SIS fine
or five days in jail, he was man
handled and forced into prison.
Misconduct of Police.
Upon these two points, ARRESTS
for speaking without a permit" and
misconduct of police magistrates of
the city of New York in denying
accused parties their legal and CON
stitutional rights and fair hearing"
l happen to be qualified expert
and perhaps New York's most sue.
cessful expert judging by results
For l have won out in the end in
every case, either at the station
house, or in a dozen cases tried out
at the police courts, and in one case
of alleged criminal libel tried out
before a jury for nine days in the
Court of General Sessions, all end
ing with mot guilty"
In each case I traced the false
arrest Or interference back to its
source. In the beginning I always
found the arrest was due to the
agents of the crooked judges, Of
ficials and lawyers whom l am ex-
posing for conniving with the
Rockefeller group in putting
through the courts a series of
frauds.
These criminal acts are now the
subject matter of an action pending
and brought by me in the supreme
court of Queens county against the
Rockefellers, certain judges, and
others for damages for their guilty
participation in said frauds.
Improper Influences.
Of late l have found that / was
interfered with and molested and
even arrested but the charges not
accepted at the precinct station, not
only because of the above mentioned
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-07-14
Lawmakers as Lawbreakers and Why They
Are Out of Jail

improper influences, but because !
was interfering unwittingly with
certain "Racketeers of Justice" or
what might be described in short
as the graft" of certain magis-
trates, police court clerks, prosecu-
ting attorneys and officials and a
few police officers and the poll
ticians 81 district leaders, or their
captains, lieutenants and aides, and
other acconplices involved.
In the Bronx have just COM
pleted gathering the necessary legal
evidence against a magistrate, a
prosecuting attorney, clerk of the
court, a police sergeant, detectives
and others who utilize the West
Farms Police Court as base from
which they work this racket.
absent" Officials.
1 am forced to go slow because
the district attorney of the Bronx
is absent on vacation. likewise his
assistant Mr.. Ryan. Then the Com
missioner of Police Warren is hard
to see on such matters. The acting
mayor objects to go into such mat
tiers while the mayor is absent and
the mayor is not expected before
August. So we are now preparing
to lay it before Governor Smith
who has the power of removing the
district attorney for negligently
failing to act after being advised of
these violations of the criminal law
and who likewise can act should
Mayor Walker fail to compel the
police commissioner to do his duty.
Since | have unwittingly inter-
fered with and spoiled the graft of
these Racketeers of Justice, | am
suffering new form of molestatior
as result of conspiracy in viola
ton of Section 10 of the U. S
Criminal Code to feloniously pre-
vent me, among other things, from
exercising my legal rights under the
first and fourteenth amendments OF
the constitution to circulate and OBJ
tain signatures to petition to con-
gress of the Equality League, Inc.
for investigation and impeachment
of certain federal judges.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-07-14
>A,rOM&.H

this government. The knowledge
which the workers are obtaining
about the functioning of the cap
italist state during strikes is of far
greater value than that gained
through academic education.
Become Disillusioned
Here the workers, directly through
the harsh, tyrannical measures of
the police, are slowly becoming dis
iilusioned about the impartiality Of
our governmental apparatus. 1t is
thus shown to the workers that
against the efforts of the working
class to improve its standard of liv-
ing, to demand a little more of the
values which we, the workers, have
produced, the capitalists are fight
ing with all the weapons in their
possession, press, court, church, etc.
During election they will chal-
lenge the bosses; that they will do
this is shown by the fact that they
sent representative Eulalie Mendes
to greet the National Nominating
Convention of the Workers Com
munist) Party, which was held in
New York City May 25, 26 and 81.
In her greetings on behalf of the
$4,000 workers she told us of the
role Of the police, Of the discovery
of who is their enemy and who their
friend, and that they see that those
leaders who are labelled as Com
munists are always in the forefront
Of the struggle, unafraid of the ter
rors the bosses use against them.
Our Own Candidates
She told us, too, that she was In
structed to ask the Workers Party
to put up Albert Weisbord, national
secretary of the Textile Mills Com
mittees, in opposition to Butler, who
is chief adviser to Coolidge and
himself manufacturer.
We are sure that the workers Of
New Bedford will not only register
their vote for labor candidates, but
the most class-conscious of them
will follow in the steps of the 500
fighting miners who recently Joined
the Workers Party and together
with the thousands of militant men
and women fight the battles of
the working class, to its victory. ".
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-07-14
Use Sailed Rod.

For the slightest excuse, the
prisoners were punished by flogging,
being forced to wear clothing next
to the skin made Of coarse sacking,
and to work with iron bars fastened
to the legs from ankles to the waist.
On some occasions, as many as 80
prisoners were flogged in one day.
The victims were tied to triangular
wooden frame, their arms stretched
upwards, and flogged with sailed
rod. Among the Grimes" for which
such punishments are given is that
Of having a pencil.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-07-14
USED IN INDIAN PRISONS

prisoners are much better than those
of the natives, they were subjected
to extremely harsh treatment and
brutal tortures.
They rose at 6 every morning
were given thirty minutes drill
and then breakfast of "Kunji."
During the rest of the day, until
4 o'clock, they worked in their cells.
The work, for the most part, con
sisted Of grinding meal between two
small millstones, making envelopes
and making quinine tablets. At
night, during most of the period
Allison was confined, there were no
lights in the cells.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-07-14

The mills in the coal regions are
Of no less value to the bosses. There,
too, they can get cheap coal, cheap
rent and cheaper labor. Workers
are paid as low as Is to 20 cents an
hour. They are on different econ
omic plane from the workers in the
textile centers, because there men
and women find their only means of
earning a living, whereas in the
mining region, except for few
mechanics, the workers are all wo-
men and children, who use their
work as a side job to help out the
meager earnings received by the
miners. The bosses here, therefore,
pay a much lower wage than even
the very low average paid in the tex
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-07-14

lyndon, July 12.-Writing in
Communist newspaper, Work
Life, George Allison, who re-
tlv was released from prison in
ia tells of prison conditions
re.
Illison, an English miner, went
india to help trade union organ
lion. To prevent his activities
the Indian workers, Allison was
risoned Is months on technical
xe of violating passport regul-
MS. He served his sentence in
Yeravda prison, near Poona.
Breakfast of "Kunii."
ven til, conditions Of the white
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-07-14
RaCketeers Of Justice

editorial NOTE: The fol-
lowing letter written to The DAILY
WORKER by Charles Bright, an
engineer and former builder, who
has fought crooked judges, officials
and politicians and money power"
their master, big business and other
servants of big business for many
years, is timely in connection with
the arrests of our comrades for
their participation in the July
demonstration in Wall Street.)
Editor, DAILY WoRKFB;
Sir:
From the daily press and The
DAILY WORKER I gather that
Robert Minor, editor of The DAILY
WORKER and Workers (Commun-
ist) Party candidate for the United
States senate, was assaulted by the
police and dragged by the heels
from an automobile when making
an address near the corner of
Broad and Wall SITS, New York
City, against the imperialist acts Of
our president in waging an illegal
and unauthorized war carried on at
the behest of interested American
capitalists, schemers, and their po-
litical tools against that part of the
patriotic people of a weak and al
most defenseless nation, Nicaragua.
who object to and resist such in
vasions of their sovereignty-people
who refuse to acknowledge the au-
thority of Diaz, a former clerk of
these foreign capitalists, to act as
president of Nicaragua.
Acts of Terrorism.
This man Diaz, they declare, has
been unconstitutionally seated there
by the money and armed forces of
foreigners, and is now sustained in
power by the military forces of the
United States and principally by
their acts of terrorism in dropping
bombs from their places of vantage
and safety in the American military
planes above, upon the homes of
these patriots and their non-com.
Blatant women and children, an6
upon their heads in the brush where
they rush for shelter and safety
should they unfortunately make any
movement that would indicate the
presence of an animal or human be-
ing to the American military avia-
tors above.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1928-02-29
TWO FAMILIES
SEPARATE WHEN
JUSTICE MOVES

Mrs. Louise Stanley, the woman
charged with having smuggled five
grains of morphine into this coun-
try from Aqua Prieta, was taken to
Tucson Tuesday morning by Deputy
United States Marshall T. F. Simms.
Baxter Kerr, in whoje car Mrs.
Stanley was riding when she was
arrested, was also taken to Tucson,
where the federal grand jury will
hear the evidence against both.
Mrs. Stanley's husband and
Kerr's wife, after spending the first
few days in eberate attempts to
communicate with relatives in Okla
homa and other states to secure
bond money, relaxed yesterday fol-
lowing a heart-rendering farewell
as the officers prepared to leave
for Tucson.
Bond in each case was set at
$3.50 in commissioner court Mon
day. Stanley and Mrt Kerr are
now preparing to make trip to
Oklahoma to secure funds with
which to fight the case in the high
er court.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1928-02-29

sCnal friend of many Douglas citizens
! and knows the situation here and he
immediately volunteered to carry some
Of the advertising both to his home
city and to Silver City and insisted on
having a plentiful supply, because, he
said, he wanted to help the Douglas
people in getting their message to the
people.
Garage and gas station men showed
the same splendid spirit that Mr..
Alger had manifested and they either
at once tackled the posters in con-
spicuous place or put them where
they, would stay without the use of
tackS
There was found no disposition to
be other than fair with Douglas and
from a feeling of fairness, the senti-
ment ran even to a degree of favor
itism The rule in ali places was that
the tourist should have all the in
formation and in those places where
it was stated not to be the policy to
suggest the best route, it was said
that all tourists we're told the facts
concerning every possible route and
that they were given the assurances
that there were hotel accommodations
in Douglas.
One of the most enthusiastic sup
porters Of Douglas found on the trip
was w. E. Holt, editor and publisher
Of the Lordsburg newspaper. He asked
many questions about the business
conditions of Douglas and made it
also an inquiry about numerous friends
he has here and concluded his inter-
view with the statement that he
would help spread the news of Doug
las hotel accommodations in this
weeks issue of his paper. 81 do not
want Douglas to be injured through
any erroneous reports" said Editor
Holt, because know it is an hos
pitablG city end that there still are
ample hotel accommo modations for the
travelling public. Whenever tourists
have come to my office-and they
come frequently have always tried
to give them accurate information and
I have freely advised them of the
beauties to be found by trip through
Douglas. We of Lords burg are
friendly to Arizona. We have a
mutual interest You need the tour
ist trade. We need it. We ought to
work together to get it. There are
different routes in Arizona, as we all
know. and frankly, we feel friendly
to them all But when anyone tells
you that any citizen in Lordsburg has
been knocking Douglas or trying to
circulate bad reports about it's ability
to take care of its tourist guests, for
get it because we are not guilty"
Douglas daily dispatch., 1928-02-29
FINDS
ship CANAL BIG
HOUSTON ASSET

That business is better than average
around Houston, Texas, and that New
Orleans, too, is quite active now, is
the word brought back to Douglas
by James S. Douglas, well known
mining man, who returned to his
office here yesterday after several
days absence on a business visit to
those and other cities east and south
and one or two other places.
Houston is noticeably active and
it has made such strides since I
last visited there that it impressed
me with much force" said Mr.. Doug
las. "Its chief business comes from
cotton and sugar. Cotton prices have
been favorable and due to the ship
canal which has been constructed to
within six miles Of Houston, much
industrial activity is centering there,
bringing with it the benefits of pay
rolls. Sugar and cotton factories
probably are the outstanding ones
but there are numerous oil refineries
The Oil business, however, just now
is not active, in fact, using a common
business slang, it is on the bum
There is another favorable factor
to Houston's factory interests. They
now have natural gas as a fuel and
it is being sold at 20 cents for 1000
cubic feet for domestic use. That
helps to tighten the burden of living
costs to the workers.
1.-THE ship canal has draw Of
80 feet so that ocean going vessels
bring their cargoes right up to the
edge of the city and they take on
their cargoes of sugar and cotton
for all parts Of the world. The
activities of the Houston industries
impressed me most favorably and the
city seems to have an excellent future
I am informed that the committee
which had charge of bringing the
democratic convention to Houston has
all OF its money to meet its guarantee
ready to deliver and they are getting
ready to give the delegates a cordial
welcome.
my ->ssit of four days at Houston
was followed by two day stay at
New Orleans where also found
conditions satisfactory"
Asked about mining developments
at his several interests, Mr.. Douglas
remarked that there was absolutely
nothing in the way OF news" al
though he said that development
work is going ahead.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1928-02-29
SCOUTS PLAN TWO
DAYS OUTING AND
CONFERENCE WORK

Scout leaders of Cochise county are
planning on an interesting time al
Twin Buttes on Saturday and Sun
day, Mar, 3-4. The scoutmasters and
patrol leaders of each troop are urged
to be in attendanceI at the scout
leaders training course which is to
be held at that timel Each person
should bring his own blankets and
grub for three meals, and should plan
to stay for the whole session.
Tents, wood and water will be on
the ground and a good time is an
ticipated by those planning TO attend
Demonstrations in many of the scout
activities will be given, such as scout
games, troop meetings, court of honor.
investiture ceremony, mimetic drill
and craftwork. On Sunday the Doug
las boy scout band will be present
for a concert and will stay and
have lunch with the group already
there
Following in a program OF the
events of the course
Saturday, March
3:00-ATake camp.
-Craftwork, for patrol leaders
o.oO--E 4CpdIC SUPPER.
500 -Colors, retreat.
l6:15-Games, Walter Meyers, scout
master, Tombstone Troop NO. 7.
7:30-Discussion OF meeting pro-
grams A. L. Kobey, county scout
commissioner
-Investiture ceremony, Troop
No. 4, Bisbee, S. c. Andreas, scout
master.
6:30-Discussion of ceremonies, G
A. Nichols, scoutmaster Troop
Douglas.
9:00-Discussion of court OF honor
Pat White. district commissioner.
9:30-Call to quarters.
9:45-Taps.
Sunday, March
7:00-Setting up exercises, O. j
Ellscott, scoutmaster Wilcox Troop 8
8:30-Patrol and merit ;5adge ex-
hibit, Troop 2, Bisbee, r. Fergus
scoutmaster.
10:30-Church and fellowship. Doug
las scout band will play
1:00-DiscussicnS The Scout Move
ment, Scoutmaster R. G.. adams. San
Simon. Plans for Future, A. B.
Prescott, scout executive.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1928-02-29
DE LA HUERTA,
GAYOU, FERRIZ
CASES NOLLED

TUCSON. Feb 20 P)--Chargeg of
conspiracy to violate the United States
neutrality l2ws. pending in federal
court here against AdolfN De La
Huerfa, LOWS Gavou ard Francisco
Ferriz. wero dismissed TODAY on mo
tion of the United States attorneys Of
flee.
Todays action is the result of the
recent acouittal of the three men on
similar charges in Los Angeles. 1t will
not affect the status of Jose Gandara
of Ell Paso, Texas, convicted on a
charge of fomenting revolution i'll
Mexico. He was charged jointly with
Bishop Navarette of the diocese of
Sonora, and Esteban Borgaro, Jr. The
bishop was acquitted at separate
trial and mistrial resulted in the
case of Borgaro.