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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-07-26
INSURANCE PLAN
Shown AS FRAUD
General Motors Will
Profit

Two group insurance policies to-
falling approximately half million
dollars were reported in New York
financial circles yesterday, as the
most recent and largest attempt by
open-shop employers to put over
welfare" instead Of paying decent
wages.
One was policy signed by AL
fred p Sloan, Jr.. president of the
General Motors Corno~ation. for the
100000 employees Of that company.
It was taken out with the Metro
politan Life Insurnnce Company and
totals about S10o.oo0.oo0.
The General Motors policy is
"co-operative" snd available to all
an1ploves who have been l., employ
Ct thu company thren north. II
n-o~idcs $4,000 life insu-n,re and
S15 'vealr'v for Illness or accident.
The other policy Yves ono an
nounced by tho Inter-southcrn Life
Irsu-orco Ccmreny FOR thu $4,000
employees OF tho Louisville and
Nnrhvillo Railroad.
IN both cnsos the workers them
selvan nro forced to pay tho pro-
miuri costs. which ara believed to
he >rho-t thr-a t'inos tho actual cost
Of tho iiis,'"~-eN.
Conceal Joker
In tho r.'i'e"v -ont out by tho
opon-ehar, Morrns-controllod Cen
eral Motors Corroration, the fact IL
carefully concealed that workers are
entitled to the irsursnee only as long
al they remain in tho employ Of the
union hating, low-wage concern. An
cmrlove who leaves HIS JOS forsaiss
what he isr paid n. ~ riatteF how
long ha has reen ps,inr.
Continued on Page F'ips
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-07-26
CAMP DEvENs, Mass, July

CAMP DEVENS, Mass, July 27.
-Four members of the (
Workers (Communist) League wr2
arrested by authorities and held for
some time, the officers making
threats of throwing them in the
military guard house, for distribu-
tion of letters and copies of the
Young Workers to members of the
CMTC and National Guard here.
60 Copies Confiscated.
Hundreds of copies of the Young
Worker, with letters to the service
men calling on them not to become
tools of the bosses and pointing out
the use of the National Guard in
New Bedford were distributed be-
fore the officers discovered the fact
and confiscated 60 copies. Four of
the six League members who took
part in the distribution were held
for some time.
Defy Officers.
When threatened with imprison-
ment in the guard house, the young
workers replied that they were
members of the Young Workers
(Communist) League and that the
organization would protect them
against the military authorities.
Also, they told the officers that the
Young Worker is a legal publica-
tion and that they will continue to
distribute it to the servicemen.
The young workers were set at
liberty when the officers failed to
frighten and intimidate them.
Try To Frame Communists.
FIT. HOYLE, Nd, July 25.-
Every effort is being made by the
authorities here to discredit the
Communists.
Letters were sent to the boys at
the Citizens Military Training
Camp here by the Young Workers
(Communist) League, calling their
attention to the real purposes of the
camp, pointing out the war danger,
and calling on the young workers
at the camp to use their military
knowledge for their own class and
not for the bosses.
The authorities took the names
of all at the camp who received the
letters and began an anti-Commu-
mist campaign.
Recently, tear gas was turned
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-07-26
FRANCHISE KING
SUPPORTS SMITH
Woodin. Bus Baron.
Pays Tammany Debt

With the announcement by John
]. Raskob, open shop manager of
the AL Smith campaign that the
goal set for the democratic drive
this year will total S3,500,000, a
record for the party, there was made
public the fact that William H.
Woodin, president of the American
Car and Foundry Company and
chief figure in the Equitable Bus
Company which recently obtained a
city bus franchise, will support Al
Smith.
Woodin, who is a prominent re-
publican and director in a dozen
large corporations, announced that
he would not only support Smith
but that he would campaign for the
Tammany governor. The news was
not thought surprising in view Of
the fact that within q year the
Equitable Bus Corporation secured
franchise from the city common
ly reported to be worth $150,000,-
900
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-07-26
COLLECT S1,O45
FOR SOVIET WORK
World Tourists Help
USSR Colonization

Joseph Brodsky, New York labor
attorney and president of World
Tourists, raised more than $1,000
from fellow-p assengers for the jew
ish colonies in the Soviet Union,
while on board the S. S. Acquitania,
enroute to Russia, according to a
cablegram received yesterday by
Milton Goodman, manager of the
New York office of World Tourists,
Inc, SO Fifth Ave. Brodsky was
one of a group of 75 tourists bound
for Russia who left New York
few weeks ago.
According to the cablegram, the
night before the boat docked at
Southampton the tourists gave
party in the second-class saloon.
Many passengers attended and as
the party was drawing to a close
Brodsky made spirited appeal for
funds for the Jewish farm colonies
in the U. S. S. R. A tally showed
that S1,045 had been collected.
The party has spent five days of
thrilling sightseeing in Moscow,
similar amount of time in Lenin-
grad and are now about to tour
through the Crimea and other sis
ter Soviet Republics.
While in Moscow the tourists Sc
cured extensions of their visas en-
titling each one TO visit any part
of the Soviet Union. These extern
sions, Mr.. Goodman states, have
been granted regularly to World
Tourists groups.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-07-26
AIRPLANES BOMB
SANDING CAMP
u. S. General Denies
Leaders Flight

MANAGUA, Nicaragua, July 25.
A virtual massacre of Nicara-
guans occurred today when a squa-
dron of marine planes bombed a
camp of soldiers under command of
Augustine Sandino, leader of the
army of independence. The planes
were subjected to heavy machine
gun and rifle fire but the defense
lacked anti-aircraft guns.
The squadron of planes circled
the camp situated about 80 miles
northeast of Mura on the Honduran
frontier, dropping bombs. The
marine planes kept out of range of
the rifle fire and continued to at
tack the camp of General Sandino.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-07-26
HOLD FUNERAL or
SOVIET AVIATOR
Impressive Rites for
Alexis Pavloff

MOSCOW, July 25 (UP).-Im-
pressive funeral services were held
today for Alexis Pavloff, army avia-
tor who heroically crashed his plane
Sunday in order to avoid running
down a crowd of spectators.
Pavloff was looping the loop be-
fore big crowd when his engine
stalled. Seeing that he was about
to go into the crowd, he nose-diEed
when close to the ground. His ma
chine was crushed to pieces and he
was killed instantly.
Pavloff's plane was one of 20 in
an exhibition. All were paid for by
a popular fund called "Russia's re-
ply to Chamberlain.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-07-26
Ey ESTHER LOWELL.

RALEIGH, N. c., July 20 (FP).--
AS Alabama 10 boing hailed for
withdrawing its last convies.miner
from the coal piss, North Carolina
has sent sa Negro prisoners la ono
Of ita two ininos. Organised labor
protesting letter, sent by tho Pied-
mont Organising Council, was rot
given ;he eeuFteay of a reply by the
Htato authorities.
Although Democrats Gov. Angus
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-07-26
SA VS. CENTRALIA JURY
VOTEDACQUITTAL

E. E. Torpen, one of the jurors in
the Centralia case, who helped to
sentence Eugene Barnett, John
Lamb, Bert Bland and five other
Centralia prisoners, from 20 to 40
years in the penitentiary, now de-
clares that the Centralia prisoners
should never have been convicted of
the crime charged, and that their
radicalism and the hysteria of the
period caused their conviction.
Voted for AcquittaI
The following are excerpts from
an affidavit subscribed and sworn
to by Torpen:
a.. When the jury retired to the
Jury room to deliberate upon their
verdict, it was suggested by one of
the jurors, whose name | am now
unable to recollect, that the jury
take trial ballot to ascertain the
sentiment of each juror before any
discussion was had; a ballot was
then taken and it was unanimous
in favor of acquitting the defendants
in the case"
"That the jury finally decided on
the verdict as rendered because of
the understanding the jurors had
with one another that they would
recommend extreme leniency to the
court in rendering his sentence upon
the defendants, and this was agreed
to by all the jurors, and the verdict
would not have been agreed to but
for that understanding.
Class Justice"
II verify believe, also, that if
these men had not been affiliated
with the I. w. W. organization, they
would never have been convicted of
the crime as charged. :"
Martin Abern, assistant national
secretary of International Labor
Defense, 80 East 18th St., New York
City, who today released the above
statement of the juror, stated that
the statement of Torpen was but
another evidence of the CHASTITY
frame-up perpetrated by the lumber
harons of Washington, the American
Legion and the courts against these
workers whose only crime was their
activity in organizing the lumber
workers into a union.
The labor movement is now in
sisting upon the unconditional re-
lease of the Centralia prisoners. In
ternational Labor Defense calls
upon the workers everywhere to
protest for the Walla Walla pris-
oners and to demand their release
by Governor Roland H. Hartley,
Olympia, Wash
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-07-26
Metal Uions' Outing
in Akron, O., Saturday

CLEVELAND, July %. = The
Metal Trades Council of Cleveland
will hold an outing at Summerbeach
Park, Akron. Ohio, on Saturday
Thi. affair includes all unions of
the metal industry Of all towns in
Northerb Ohio.
Several thousand tickets have
been distributed in all shops in
Ceveland and Northern Ohio. Two
roves and other articles will be
even away. Special busses have
hscn chartered to run from Cleveland
to the picnic grounds.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-07-26
AMERICANS VISIT U.S.S.R.
Expect 700 This Year, 5000 In 1929

Six American companies have bccn
accredited to send tourists to Russia
it was stated yesterday at the AM
torg Trading Corporation. Those or
carnations which have special
agreements with the Travel Bureau
Of the Soviet Merchant Fleet Com
pany, Stovtorgflot, are expected to
send this summer to the Soviet
Urion about 700 American tourists
four times the number Of last yoar
Other visitors will bring the total
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-07-26

to over 1000 Americans to visi,
Russia this year.
This 10 tho first timc since the
revolution that largo numbers OF
tourists from tho United statoz and
other countries are visiting tho So
Wet Union, II was explained at the
Amtorg. Vinos FOR ono month are
bcinr freely Issued TO American aiti.
sons and extenniona can bs obtained
Arrangements have been rinda to
Continued on Page Three
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-07-26
CONVICTS WORK IN MINES
Carolina Sends Prisoners to Coal Pits

Mclean declares that North Caro-
lima does not lease its convicts,
word-tochnicalities do not hide the
actual fact. The state leases its
eonviets' labor, providing its own
houuing, clothing, food and disci-
piinary supervision. The private
contractor, however, supplies work.
forcnen who have practical charge
of tho eonviet-worssrs in place Of
the low-typo guard usually sent by
Continued on Page Thros
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-07-26
Speakers and AgitprOp
Conference Saturday

All speakers Of the Workers
(Communist) Party in District q,
section, subsection and unit agitprop
directors and members of section
speakers Classes have been invited
to attend a conference to be held
Saturday, at p. m. at the Workers
Center, 1928 Union Square. The
meeting will be held on the fifth
Neas>
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-07-26
POLAR FLIGHT PLANNED.

OMAHA, Nebr., July 25 (UP).-s
Captain Sir George Wilkins and
Carl Ben Ellison, arctic explorersse
expect to start preparations for | =
south polo flight in about q month
they said here.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-07-26

ALBANY, N. Y, July "a (UP).
,--Tammany Governor Alfred r.
Smith announced today that he had
selected August 20 as the date on
which he will be notified of his nom.
ination as the democratic presiden-
tial candidate.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-07-26
FARM WAGES LOWER.

WASHINGTON, July 25.-Farm
wages are markedly lower this year
than last, it is reported by the De-
partment Of agriculture.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-07-26
Prepare To Renew Search.

MOSCOW, July rs CUP. AS
eight members of the crew of the
dirigible Italia, rescued after weeks
of suffering on desolate ice isles,
prepared to return to their homes,
relief measures were under way to
search for six other members of the
polar craft and six lost rescue fly
ers.
There are IL men still lost and
unaccounted for in the great space
Continued on Page Five
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-07-26
Chukhnovsky Saw 8 Men.

MOSCOW, July rs (UP).-
Aviator Chukhnovsky, in an official
report to the relief committee to-
day, said that when he sighted Capt.
Adalberto Mariana and Capt. Flip
po Zappi of the Italia on an ice floe,
there was third figure. looking
like human form with outstretched
arms, lying on the ice. Chukhnov-
sky confirmed that he took a pic
ture of the group. Zappi and Ma
riano had reported that they left
Prof. Finn Malmgren, who had
started with them from the Italia
ice camp, to die alone.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-07-26
USSR SENDS 3RD
ICE BREAKER TO
SEEK LOST men
Chukhnovsky Saw 3
Figures on Floe

MOSCOW, July 25.-The Tass
News Agency correspondent aboard
the icebreaker Krassin radioed at
5:20 p. m. today that the Krassin
was hearing sos calls from the
German steamer Monte Cervantes,
with 1900 passengers aboard.
MOSCOW, July 25.--Continuing
its efforts to save the six members
of the Amundsen party and the six
of the fascist Mobile expedition who
are still lost in the Arctic wastes,
the Soviet Rescue Commission today
ordered. the ice-breaker Sebov to ex-
plore the region around Franz Josef
Land and to search in a Northwestern
ly direction for the lost men.
The Sebov is the third Soviet ice
breaker to be dispatched to search
for members of the missing groups.
The ice-breaker, which has an air
plane attached TO II, is now IN Arc
tic waters.
Krassin To Be Repaired.
The Krassin, Soviet ice-breaker,
which rescued total of 16 men, is
now on its way to Stavanger, where
it will be overhauled and repaired.
The rescue commission will send by
airplane from Leningrad spare
parts to repair the plane of Chuk-
hnovsky, the aviator who first
sighted the survivors of the Mobile
party. After the completion of re-
pairs, the Krassin will resume its
search.
The second Soviet ice-breaker, the
Maligin, arrived this morning at
Archangel, after an unsuccessful
search for the missing MEN.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1928-02-09
THE MONROE DOCTRINE ENERGIES


define clearly the cases to be
manifest that the sate
make the same treaties with the other major
formally acknowledged by
questions
States admits the
involving onhauon uof te league
whc binding on US
Wilson did originally
reluctantly
pressure rather cryptic article 21
affect validity
engagements arbitration regional under
the maintenance OF peace
regional understanding" fantastic
affecting
agitation country at the time OF the
with the idea that the covenant
doctrine Of the freedom
the
that
vaguely
a
Oney called recognition of the doctrine
different
from that existing appearance peace
conference
take place before particular
phrases the vital interests
contracting
Douglas daily dispatch., 1928-02-09


lthe heightened the
from authorities railroads operating
which subsidy The railroads
security the that the will be
railroads other productive AS
of the the Russian to provoke proan
the be spent
evidence along this line its
justified American money spent toward
government nothing OF our own
department its position after received
informed the
the the revolution in 1917 owned
bonds which either the
guaranteed by the
Russian government
coming power the state
department jan H. 1918 repudad
subsequently caused the
present
realize on the creV
epudan the carrier ooha
o ndorsed this protest
Americans VINO
in the assets insurance companies
by
development The loan to be secured
against
protesting they hold repud
mortgage or property.
capital 1t their
the
suff
lend $50
millions
government boasts Of its record OF pudiaon
Douglas daily dispatch., 1928-02-09
Fire Not Unmixed Evil

Tuesday total destruction OF
II stood evidence OF the
metropolitan character of the city
the stranger Of
its passing represents
breaking sentimental
attachment
history development of all cities is
the and that fires always unnxed evils
something bigger and better
extended Mr. and Mrs Mackey
improving the
the ashes OF the Old
will add commnsratey to their
prosperity.
extending hosi
the visitors who being
natural advantages
arrangements
upon Gadsdn hotel that will take
its the be found in the state
the date Ccago great growth
occaond by Mrs Learys COW kicking
a lantern at milking time
possible through the fire
burning temporarily brake
the the city, should not be allowed TO secure the
psychological foothold of disaster.
international airport
development OF the Sulphur Springs valley
did await the
looking locations
will against
other handcaps
Both the THE hotel
n life in tn of building.
Ell rejoced
financial entad by the
fir
Douglas daily dispatch., 1928-02-09
Lindbergh on Time Again

has flying
American
South America and various countries in the
Antilles finally reaching yesterday will
OF good timely
exhibit peevhness because OF
projects had been shelved.
contribute greatly to
conference before delegates
tendency to blame the United
TO and aspirations
laid aside the attempt
indirectly attack the tariff barriers
policy of
evelng western hemisphere had no
it.
delegation the United
tariff purely
an independent countries
United intervention in Nicaragua also threatened
the
Cuba a United States intervention
will tendency to revive
dsamlng those VINO are
jealousy Of this country
the Cuban and
United the endeaVor
Americans unintentionan
scuttHng ship the Pan-Amercan union
preferential
a sufficient
country committed policy treating
the matter duties consideration
ahed by reciprocity
Tariff purposes viz for
the finding the tariff difference
discussion American relationship
Douglas daily dispatch., 1928-02-09

|! 1900; civil service commission, 457;
bureau of efficiency, II; federal trade
commission, 800; shipping board, 1000;
alien property office, 200 tariff COM
mission, 200; Panama canal, 10000;
public buildings and parks of the ma
tional capital, 2z64; general account
ing office, 1000; veterans bureau,
$4,000; war finance corporation, 86;
national advisory committee for aero
nautics, 169; federal reserve board,
2O4; board of tax appeals, 137, and
board of mediation, 81.
What does the government pay its
workers? Well President Coolidge said
in his last budget message that the
1927 average wage of the worker in
Washington was $1886 year. OF
course, many get less, including about
so per cent of the women; some get
all they're worth and perhaps more,
but many are notoriously underpaid,
a condition affecting especially the
technical and scientific experts above
the $2500 and $4,000 year class.
BY act of congress, the commission
gives war veterans preference over
other applicants for federal jobs. The
examination passing mark is 10 per
cent for ordinary applicants, 65 per
cent for veterans and so per cent for
disabled veterans Thus 20 per cent
of veteran applicants have been ap-
pointed and only IA per cent of the
others.
Eight classified civil service employees
were discharged last year for political
activities and IS were warned and
reprimanded; three others were Sus-
pended or reduced in salary and some
resigned when removal was recon-
mended.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1928-02-09

WASHINGTON. - The federal pay
roll seems to have something like
100000 jobs. AS President Coolidge
has pointed out, there were some
$4,000 Vacancies last year with about
250,000 applicants ambitious to fill
them.
AS to whether the government needs
all this help, you will have to ask
someone else. We have here some in
formation as to just where all those
workers are employed in the various
divisions of government work.
Omitting commissioned and enlisted
personnel of the army and navy,
which runs we'll over 100000 men, the
many thousands employed by the leg
islative and judicial branches, about
$1,000 miscellaneous postal employees
and a few more, the federal executive
service has some 100000 employees, ac-
cording to the civil service commission.
About $4,000 are here in Washington
and the other 100000 elsewhere. These
are what are known as government
workers They include about 10000
women and 100000 men.
Among them are nearly $4,000 en-
ployes of the postoffice department,
whose total roster runs to about 370,
600. The list shows other civil service
employe apportionments as follows:
White House, As; state department,
440O; treasury $4,000; war department,
$4,000; justice department, 3700; navy,
43 900; interior department, 10000;
agriculture department $4,000; COM
merce department $4,000 labor de-
partment, 1000; government printing
office, 1000; Smithsonian institution,
500; interstate commerce commission,
Douglas daily dispatch., 1928-02-09
Menus for the Family
BY SISTER MARY

NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. sec.
lions, cereal, cream, soft cooked
eggs, cornmeal waffles, strip, milk.
coffee.
LUNCHEON B ea' n > souffle,
brown bread and butter, sandwiches.
apple and celery salad, grape tapi.
oca, milk, tea.
Notwithstanding: roast, ,poA
tatoes baked with cheese, .stewed
tomatoes, orange puff. 'puddingI
milk, coffee.
When grapefruit is removed
from the shell and, served ready to
eat without danger Of Squirting"
1t is usually exceedingly popular
with all. members of the family.
The easiest way for, the cook to
prepare the fruit is to cut It In
halves and remove the seeds. Then
with strong teaspoon scoop out
the pulp between the membrane.
Sprinkle with sugar before serv'
ing.
Grape TaplOca
One and one-half cups grape
Juice, cup water, H.. teaspoon
salt. 2-3 cup sugar, 1s cup minute
tapioca, 2 tablespoons lemon juice.
Combine grape Juice, water and
sugar. Put over the, fire and bring
to the boiling point. When boil
ing, stir in tapioca. Add salt and
cook, stirring to prevent stiking,
until transparent. Remove from
fire. Stir in lemon juice and turn
into a mold, Chill and serve witb'
out or with whipped cream.
This is a nexcellent dessert for
small children as well as adults.
Copyright. 1928. NEA Service, Inc.l
Douglas daily dispatch., 1928-02-09
More Truth Than Poetry
BY JAMES J. MONTAGUE
AN APOLOGY

A matador, so I supposed
Was merely an overdressed bluff
A fellow who never disclosed
Any honestly valorous stuff
When the picadors wearied the bull
with their prods
Till it gave one a Shudder to view
him
The matador bowed tc the gallery
gods
Thrust sword through his vitals
and slew him.
I thought that this matador chap
Wes a lad who was fond of parade,
But who never would enter a scrap
With Ell Toro unless he had aid.
thought if the beast could Just catch
him alone,
His nag he would swiftly bestraddle
Expressing his fright with a long
hollow moan;
While proceeding forthwith to ske-
daddle
But recent despatch from Madrid
(Which I don't intend quoting in
fulD
Relates that one Matador did
Unassisted bowl over a bull
The bull got away in popuious mart,
And the Matador, skilns.ll and clever,
Sank a long slender sword in the
fierce creatures heart
Whose throbbing was ended forever.
Henceforth I'll have never g. Sneer
Or as much as grunt of disdain
For the persons who ply the career
That's SO highly regarded in Spain
The persons who call them a cowardly
lot
In the future I'll never give heed
to,
I don't give a rap if they're buffers
or not
But they can do their stuff when
they need to!