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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-08-15
WORKERS PARTY
Gets ON BALLOT
Ticket Now Qualified
in II States
Continued from Page One

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played in order to roll up the ire
mendous number Of signatures re-
ouired to place Party ticket on
the ballot in New York.
Abraham Jakira, district organ
izer in Pittsburgh, assures the Ma
ton Election Campaign Committee
that he will come across with his
quota of 5000 signatures for Penn
sylvania, and there is no doubt but
H. BENJAMIN, organizer of District
8, will do likewise. There are thou
sands of miners in Pennsylvania
anxious to register a protest against
the capitalist parties of the coal
barons and to show by voting for
the Communist ticket on election
day that they have learned through
Is months of a grueling strike that
their only hope for the future is in
organization under the banner of a
revolutionary political party that
has for its final aim the overthrow
of the systems which breed unem-
ployment, wage-cutting, union
smashing, strikebreakers, stool
pigeons, coal and iron policemen
and state cossacks.
Big Ohio Vote.
One-half the necessary number of
signatures required to place the
Party ticket on the ballot in Ohio
has been secured. AS in Pennsyl-
vania, the mining population Of that
state have learned to lok with hate
on the capitalist parties that have
lined up with the operators in per-
scouting them during the strike.
Petitions are in circulation in Il
linois, and organizers are active in
Indiana and Wisconsin. In Mime
sofa, the heart Of the farmer-labor
movement, the reactionaries in that
party are hurting abuse at the Com
r,unists for putting a ticket in the
field. When the Communists worked
inside the farmer-labor party, they
were accused as disrupters and
trouble-makers. 1t is hard to please
the labor takers. The socialist
party is about dead in Minnesota;
only the Workers (Communist)
Party is holding aloft the banner
Of the class struggle. The Party
ticket will be on the ballot there.
The Middle West.
In the states of Oklahoma, Ne
braska, Colorado. Utah, Arizona
and Wyoming Workers Party organ
izers are doing excellent work. Ne
braska is almost over the top. B
H. Lauderdale Of Texas, Party or
ganizer in that state, is not only
paying his own way from his col
lections and sale of literature, but
he is sending money to the national
office.
Sorenson is preparing to get the
Party on the ballot in Oregon and
Washington. He is certain that his
efforts will be successful
Levine, district organizer in Cali
fornia, reports that new law
passed in 1927 provides the posi-
lility for placing our electors on
the ballot as Independents with a
minimum of $4,000 signatures. The
work of collecting signatures can
not be commenced before Septem-
Der 2, and they must be filed by
October l.
Of the $500 signatures needed
to qualify the Party ticket for a
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-08-15
Leaders Who Are Directing Plans for New Union

From right to left
are Pat Toohey,
secretary and John
J. Watt, chairman
of the National Ar
engagements C o m :
mittee for the melO
union. At the right
is George Voyzey,
leader of the Illinois
miners.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-08-15

invited by the A. F. of L. bu-
reaucracy into the situation.
Every proposal for mobilizing the
masses of the trade unions for the
support of the strikers was re-
jected. Faith was put in the cap
italist politicians who demanded
action against the Communists
and not support to the strike.
Instead of busying themselves
to help win the strike, the Off
Gals of the A. F. of L., William
Green, Matthew Woll and others,
met with the Bar Association and
with the largest open-shop inter
ests in America to plan an anti
strike law against the working
class of the United States.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-08-15
YELLOW TRAITORS EXPOSED.

ers, needle trade workers, and
others against their reactionary
strike breaking union-smashing
policies, the Executive Board of
the A. F. of L. again calls for the
determination of the rank and file
movement in the unions by raising
once more the war cry for the ex-
termination of the Communists
from the unions. The reactionary
officials only become militant
against the enemies of the ex-
ploiters, These tools Of the cap
italists in the unions are the most
bitter enemies of the militant
class-conscious revolutionary lead
ers of the workers.
The battle between these enemies
of the workers in the trade unions
and the rank and file will con.
tinue until the workers will GUST
the whole reactionary officialdom
from Green to Lewis and from
Woll to Sigman out of the labor
movement.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-08-15
FIGHT FOR A NEW MINE UNION.

On the road to victory is tie
National Miners Convention to
build a new Miners Union!
CENTRAL EXECUTIVE COM
MITTEE, WORKERS (COM
MUNIST) PARTY OF AM
ERICA.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-08-15
COMMUNIST PARTY FOR MINERS.

by side with the miners, raised
relief, fought the injunctions,
carried on a war against Lewis.
1t was the best and strongest al
ly Of the fighting miners and
the left wing. The Communists
were fought by Lewis, driven out
of the mines. The capitalists
raised cries against the Commu-
nists in the striking mine fields.
ALI these facts prove that the
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-08-15

against the miners in all districts.
The anthracite, Illinois and In
diana will be the next sections of
the coal industry to be attacked.
The Boylens, Cappelinis, Bren-
mans, Fishwicks, ETC., will not
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-08-15

save the miners from the attack
that will inevitably come and
soon as a result of the bitumin-
Gus betrayal and debacle. The
miners must organize to resist
this attack that will take place.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-08-15

Miners, fight on! Lead the
way! The textile workers, needle
trades workers, steel workers,
and others will follow to build a
united trade union movement in
the United States that will be in
vincible!
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-08-15

The Workers (Communist)
Party gave full support and lead
ership to this left wing and to
the brave fighting miners. 1t
fought all the enemies of the
miners inside Of the union and
outside. The Communist Party,
always loyal to the miners, is de-
serving Of the support Of each
and every miner. The Workers
(Communist) Party fought side
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-08-15
Mexican Priests Jailed
FOR Counter-Revolution

MEXICO CITY, Aug. ID (UP)-
Fourteen persons, including a
priest, have been arrested at Tor
reon charged with sedition, dis
patch to the newspaper Excelsior
said today.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-08-15

Against the workers the capt.
'talists act as united force. The
coal operators used the whole
power of the government of the
United States against the miners.
Betrayed by the reactionary
trade union officials on the one
hand, the miners, on the other
hand, were brow-beaten by the
police, prosecuted by the courts,
deprived of their most elementary
rights by injunctions, raided by
constabulary and shot by troops.
Caught between the two forces,
one Of the treachery of Lewis and
his officials and the other of the
persecution of the capitalist gov
eminent, the miners courageous
ly and stubbornly fighting, were
beaten back. Huddled in barracks
and tent colonies, starving and
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-08-15

of the strikers and their families.
Send contributions at once to the
Workers International Relief, 40
William St., New Bedford, Mass.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-08-15

The collapse of the strike also
exposes the strikebreaking role of
the bureaucracy of the American
Federation of Labor. Mr.. Green,
the president of the American
Federation of Labor, is member
and former official of the United
Mine Workers of America. The
bureaucracy of the A. F. of L. did
not raise a finger in behalf of
the miners. Not a single act of
solidarity was organized by the
reactionary officials of the Amer
lean Federation Of Labor.
At the convention of the A. F.
of L., the strike was ignored.
Later, capitalist politicians were
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-08-15

place on the ballot in Connecticut
over 1000 are already in. Arthur
Starr, who reported success in South
Dakota, will have the assistance of
A. c. Miller, former Communist as
semblyman in the North Dakota
Legislature, in placing the ticket on
the ballot in that state.
Petitions in South.
+ In the states of Tennessee, Ken
lucky, Georgia and Florida Party
organizers have been active for sew
eral weeks. Petitions are being cir
culated in Kentucky, and nominal
ing conventions are being arranged
in other states.
Though the state officials are
likely to take advantage of every
technicality to throw the Workers
(Communist) Party ticket off the
ballot, there is every reason to be-
lieve that at least 80 states will be
in the Communist column by cleo
ton day. AS the organizers finish
their work in states where the re-
quirements are not so strict, they
will be rushed to the states that are
harder to crack.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-08-15

This socialist party, which, dur
ing the days of Debs, hundreds of
thousands of miners supported
and voted for, has abandoned the
class struggle, has united with
the blacklist reactionaries in the
unions against the workers. The
socialist party, like John L. Lewis,
Green, Woll and Company, and the
coal operators, is responsible for
the miners defeat. 1t should be
despised and fought by every
miner.
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Continued from Page One
ization was thus seriously Grip
pied.
John L. Lewis fought the Kan
sas miners in their fight against
the Industrial Court, drove their
militant officials out of the union
and put in his own reactionary Of
ficials who agreed to the COM
pulsory arbitration clauses of the
Industrial Court of Kansas. He
squandered millions in West Vir-
ginia, but never seriously in
tended the organization of the
West Virginia miners. He stole
the last election of the United
Mine Workers of America after
the rank and file had overwhelm-
ingly defeated John L. Lewis and
his reactionary crew and elected
the progressive Save the Union
slate by an overwhelming major
ity.
Lewis advocated a policy of
class collaboration, arbitration,
industrial peace, ETC., based upon
capitalist efficiency and mass pro-
duction and the elimination of
miners from the industry.
In the Anthracite ne led the
strike to defeat and made an
agreement that enforces arbitra-
ton and the contract system upon
the miners.
He refused to consider national
action in the coal industry with
the result that union miners are
always actually working and
scabbing on their brothers who
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-08-15

The crushing defeat of the
United Mine Workers of America
is blow to the whole labor move
ment. 1t exposes the role Of the
present administration of the
American Federation of Labor as
being contrary to the interest of
the workers. BY its failure to
unite with the forces of the min
ers the workers of all other
unions. the bureaucracy of the A.
F. of L. has given great material
support to the offensive now be-
ing conducted by the open-shop
interests. It's action has greatly
weakened the unions and strength
ened the fight against them.
The general crisis facing the
trade unions has been brought
nearer by these actions. Faced
with the defeat of the bituminous
miners strike, the destruction of
the United Mine Workers of
America and with a growing re-
bellion among the textile work.
SOCIALIST PARTY
The socialist party did not sup
port the miners. 1t lined up with
John L. Lewis and his reactionary
machine. 1t did not appear in
the picket lines to inspire and
help the miners in their difficult
struggle against capitalist greed,
exploitation and persecution. 1t
fought the left wing which was
inspiring militancy in the struggle
and heroic resistance to the cap
italists and the reactionary Lewis
and his officials.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-08-15
NO MONEY FOR THE LEWIS MACHINE.

Not one penny from the hard
earned toll of the miners must go
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-08-15

to the traitor, Lewis! Don't pay
dues! Don't pay assessments!
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-08-15
Paterson Mill Owner
Sentenced for Fraud

Sentence of a year and day in
Federal Penitentiary was imposed
yesterday on Louis Taback, of Pa
terson, N. j., silk textile manufac-
turer, on a charge of conspiring to
conceal assets in the bankruptcy Of
the Franklin Silk Mills.
About $4,000 worth of silk had
been illegally concealed when the
mills were petitioned into bank
ruptcy with debts amounting to
$250,000, according to testimony.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-03-16
City's Estimated Population
of $4,000 Not Surprising

Nv Julv the District of Columbia will have population
D sou il is estimated by the Census Bureau which
bases its figures upon the percentage OF growth between S1U
and 1890 whenthe last census was taken
Most gratifying to Washington people IS That the CITY Is
growing faster than the country at large Wnie Is
estimated that the nations population by July VIII nave
increased approximately il per cent IN the eight years
reaching 1200O0000 Washingtons growth viii approx
mate &c per cent. .
Florida and California the greatest gains the former
rs per cent and the latter 80 per cent
It IS the sanguine belief Of Caornans that the great
Pacific Coast will lead all other States In percentage OF
growth when the 1880 taken The developments
there have been stupendous
II has long been evident that this Federal City eapng
forward in population wealth and progress The tremendous
amount of construction here since the war mas Deen necessary
to care for the increasing population
The marvellous part of growth IN residents tnat we
have no large industries bring people here and tnat our
md FLORIDA attractions to homeseekers ana
A. wealthy Deople buy lands and build palaa homes in
California and Florida so they do here The social and
official atmosphere Of Washington the opportunities TOT
education and learning the joys Of residence In the most
beautiful city the world account for increasing popuauon
hnd wealth.
Wasngtos advantages headquarters for large numbers
M national organizations bring here many residents
The latest Of these to choose Washington g
the K x. &. y, .
with every organization there come officials and their
FAMILIES They buy homes spend their salaries and private
means in this city. q.
orr famous educational institutions constantly receiving
rich endowens and adding to their facilities Tor increasing
their student rolls Georgetown University IS about 70 enter
upon momentous engagements $3.50.
It Is probably conservative estimate that by July 1880
this cys population will be 100000 In twenty years after
that it will have 100000 people,
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-03-16
FROM LORD BEAvERBROOK's LONDON
EXPRESS

Lord Beaverbrook who recently visited US on one Of his
wrlwind trips going to and fro in the earth and up and
down therein prints these interesting pictures OF Peace
conditions in his London Express
Above you see the nations listening to the peacemaker OF
Geneva as they stand in Britain. Uncle Sam, France
Germany Italy, Russia, all carrying weapons
representative of in Geneva says what You see
him saying in the picture.
The Others in the language Of moving pictures Hold
everything Not raises his hands, not man drops
his weapons Each quite willing that the others should drop
theirs and wonders at their perversy in not dropping
them
One thing certain Uncle Sam would be awful fool
HE should of his armament except such part as
stuff -
he should drop some Of the old Junk equip himself with
things really needed fast purs fighting planes, heavy
bombing planes plenty Of submarines; possible the kind
that come up again after they down. the swtes most
powerfully armed cruisers to interfere with any attacking
nation having merchant ships at sea.
AS for what do powers Of Europe that THEIR
business They always armed and fighting anyhow Our
business is to see that we such condition that It win
not disturb matter WHAT they do
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-03-16
PROMISES
BY DIR. Frank Crane

rs like the shadow Of great rock in weary land to run
across do occasionally, man who keeps MS word
who to his hurt but keeps his oath y
refreshing individual.
You may be able to sue written promises and contracts
who not keep his word strictly slippery customer ana
Mt is to with writing.
good faith. Unless people do what
whether they like it lose
by it not they going to clog all the machinery OF
merchandise. $780,,
The fundamental security for doing what he promises
Is, after al. character.
him money than he gives mortgage on his farm Doing
with liar satisfactory Somehow ne VIII
to wriggle of his promises
easy the strictly honest When ne owes
you money avoid but openly and frankly
you something account right along ne cannot pay you the
whole amount. -
fundamentally honest Is his puncualiy in
meeting his engagements in frankly explaining to why
those engagements cannot be met
realize what extent the fabric OF the business
world upon honesty.
The courts are people trying to evade their plain
engagements
debt sincerely tries meet that debt whether
hurts him not It trying and very disturbing to
nature find who always looking
for ab always seeking explanations for not doing as ne
said he would do. !.
The good loser the who loses and yet is cheerful the
the chief pillars of the social fabric
syndicate)
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-03-16
SECRETS OF
HEALTH

r OCKERS, the use Of which
IL was confined until recently
to gymnasiums and swimming
pools, are rapidly replacing the
oId.fashioned c1oakrooms in
schools. The storing Of wraps
and books is q very important
part of school sanitation, and it
is being more and more clearly
recognized that cloakrooms are
unhealthy things. Not only do
they waste space, but they allow
all kinds of clothing to be mixed
together so that infection is
spread from one to the other.
The locker is economical of space
and of health alike.
Some lockers are better than
others, and the best for both
space and health is the recessed
corridor locker. This type OF
locker can often be put in space
which otherwise would be wasted;
and it is sanitary because, being
let into the wall itself, it does not
allow dust and papers to collect
around the bottom or under its
floor. The walls separating the
classroom from the corridor have
to be thick in order to contain
steel or concrete beams, air
ducts, heating pipes, etc; but
these fittings take UP only a
small part of the space, and the
rest Is available for lockers.
Where the structure OF the
building makes it impossible to
fit lockers into the wall, 1t Is
necessary to fit the standing type
of locker. 1t is important that
these should be designed so that
dust cannot collect underneath
them, and to make the tops slope
forward so that they can be
easily cleaned and do not serve as
a "catch-all."
Whatever the type Of locker,
ventilation is an important PROB
lem, and should never be left TO
chance. The systems that have
been found most successful are
the concrete base duct or metal
pipe direct types. Concrete bases
are best for lockers that are
going to stay permanently in the
one place, and lockers which are
ventilated through the base should
have louvres (slots) in the upper
part of the door. When the
ventilation is done through a pipe
at the top, however, the louvres
should be toward the bottom Oh
the door.
For the ordinary high school
seventy-two inch locker is deslr-
able, as it allows coats to be
hung without trailing on the some
times dusty bottom. but in ele'
mentary schools sixty-inch locker
may be tall enough. Box lockers
or small compartment lockers are
very useful for storing small
articles like books or work ma
terials. Basket racks have the
advantage of being cheap TO in
stall and having complete ve1-tlla-
ton.
Lockers at swimming pools
should be finished with two cats
Of baked paint. as the damp OF
the atmosphere or of the clothes
placed in the locker will rust
through ordinary paint. Nothing
less than 16-gauge steel Is durable
enough for school lockers.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-03-16
By ELSIE ROBINSON

YOU really saw the stars spilling
like golden fruit from out a
purple bowl. That first half
frightened kiss
Did puppy love" come beauti-
fully to you, like that?
Or did it come in a sadder,
uglier way? Furtively, with
savage hunger that poisoned and
bewildered you
However it came, it has left
It's mark on your character which
will never be erased. That was
your first contact with life-your
first glimpse, because all of your
nature was in riot. Spring at
the flood. Your future world
was shaping out of that chaos.
Ever since you have been better
or worse-for that experience.
Remember that when you see
your youngsters grow starry
eyed and self-conscious. They too
are waking, entering into their
storm. Remember how you
needed sympathy. Remember how
hideously each jeering word hurt.
Remember how bewildered you
were-how you suffered from a
feeling of inferiority-and yet
what exquisite visions troubled
YOUR darkness - Remember-and
be gentle and reverent. Your
children, now, are listening to
God. He Is shaping a world in
their young chaos.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-03-16

Editor The Washington Times:
THIS Is summary of letter
u sent to parties sponsoring
and also to parties opposing the
Blue Sunday" bill.
am a married drug clerk.
During the twenty years have
been engaged in this business one
half of my home life has been
sacrificed.
AS far as Sunday work is
concerned, the hours of every
second Sabbath are almost
doubled, with is a poor substi'
tute for rest.
1t can be conclusively shown
that there is no more need to
keep drug stores open all day on
Sundays than there Is to keep
them open all night. All indis-
pensable work in the average
store can be done in an hour or
two.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-03-16

NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. things happen,
things which may bless or blight
the future life.
First love is more than a
yearning toward all the wonder
and beauty of newly discovered
universe. Suddenly the soul,
which has. through infancy, slept
softly, coiled within itself, arouses
Observation-Disclosures with a de-
licious amazement the world
about it-feels with a trembling
delight the forces at work within
'itself-then with a fierce, I'M
reasoning hunger, reaches out
toward this vast, new treasure
which seems centered in another
young, laughing face.
And we say-"Eddie IL gone on
little Mary"
But Eddie isn't gone on Mary.
Eddie's gone on Life-on Beauty
ON Courage and Romance and
Adventure and Honor-and God.
AND ALL EDDIE's ADULT
ATTITUDE IS GOING TO BE
COLORED BY THE HAPPI-
NESS OR MISERY OF THIS
FIRST SPELL OF PUPPY
LOVE"
Turn back the leaves of your
own life, Pal. Do you remember
the first, enchanted summer when
you used to creep along in the
shadow of the hedge, late at
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-03-16
WORDS FROM LIPS OF WISE MEN

Counsel that I once heard given
10 a young person: Always do
what you are afraid to do"
Emerson.
It Is only those who possess
4irnaness who can possess true
gentleness.-La Rochefoucauld.
The faith that stands on au-
fhority is nat faith.--Emergon.
It il not necessary to light
candle to the sun. Sidney.
A. thou sowest. 80 shalt thou
reap. Cicero.
Go forth to meet the shadowy
future without fear and with a
manly heart. --Longfellow.
Earth il but the frozen echo Of
khe silent voice Of God.
L A@eso SA4S~A@s