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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-07-17

the cowardly commander, is no more than the
reflection of hundred million cowardly bour-
geois-the traditional towards of the market
place. Mobile, the coward clustering as the
bravest of them ALL is only the reflection of
the clustering coward Mussolini
When Zappi and Mariana, fascist officers I'M
der Mobile, after their leader had run away
to leave them to de- in turn with heart
sickening cravenness stole the food supply of
their companion, the Swedish scientist Malm-
gren and left him to die on the ice, they too
were acting quite naturally as fascist officers,
as smaller Mobiles, as little Mussolinis, as uni
formed mirrors of the bourgeoisie in the i'm
perialist period.
Then there are Chukhnovsky and his COM
rades, flyers for the Socialist Soviet Republic.
Never mind us, save the others" The So
Wet airmen willingly remained in the icy will
derness with their wrecked plane so that Mari
ano and Zappi, their bodies kept warm with
the food filched from their crippled and dying
comrade could be saved.
Once in while a sea captain goes down with
his ship rather than save himself while those
under his command must drown But this is
out of the individualist spirit of the capitalist
society in which we live Such things attract
otI0I4u4olI W4IcA ILSy happen, because Iney are
an anomaly in capitalist society
Mobile and Zappi and Mariana are more in
the spirit of capitalist society eve left him on
the ice; we took his food and compass and left
him to die" Mussolinis breed. The kind that
obtained financial assistance through the
American ambassador to organize an army of
cutthroats with which to do battle against the
working class for the rights of private prop
erty This is in the spirit of capitalism
The working class of the world gets a
fine glimpse of the latest prototype of present
capitalists heroes in the sneaking, lying, desert
ing towards, Zappi Mariana and Mobile
And we are proud that in the struggle with
the wild forces of Nature in the Arctic the
Union of Socialist Soviet Republics, father
land of the worlds working class, shows that
science and human courage are thriving there.
There is Bolshevism.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-07-17
.BaybMsse Edits
.NeM Ere nc h
Weekly Monde

THE appearance of the first two
numbers of lie Monde" a new
weekly in Paris under the direction
of Henri Barbusse, noted Commun-
ist author and editor, has attracted
universal attention.
Writers contributing to the first
two numbers include Panait Istrati,
young Rumanian writer who tells
of the last days of Christian Ra-
kovsky, former Soviet ambassador
to France and his friend for years;
Rene Marau, Negro author of "Ba-
touala," who begins a new novel; an
article by Tagore, Hindu writer, and
poems by Luc Curtain, outstanding
literary figure in France. Prof.
Einstein and Maxim Cork are col
laborators. Miguel de Unamuno,
exiled Spanish philosopher, is on the
directory which includes Upton Sim
clair.
In the first two issues Henri Bar
busse himself begins serial of his
trip to Soviet Russia. His most re-
cent contribution to the American
press was an article on the fascist
terror in one of the last issues of
the Labor Defender"
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-07-17
Politicians, Lawyers. Bankers, In Aimless
Talkfest

the socialist party, represented
that state.
The party, if such it may be
called, almost split on the nominal
tion of Norris. Thomas support
was strong. The slate makers for
Thomas and Maurer were led by
David McVey of the plasterers, a
delegate to the Chicago Federation
of Labor. He placed Thomas in
nomination. William V. Mahoney
representing the Lincoln-Jefferson
League of Washington, D. c., is
given credit for unwittingly wreck
ing the hopes of the socialist can
didates. He made the mistake of
rising to second the nomination of
Thomas. This peeved the Color
ado delegates.
Petty Bickering.
William Penn Collins, a lawyer
Of that state, rose to begin speech
with, "We will refuse to be tail
to the Hoover kite" making refer
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-07-17

to be willing to finance his own
campaign with bigger fund than
the socialists have.
Futile Convention.
Futility marked the convention
throughout. While there were dele
gates from IL states and the Dis
trict of Columbia, it is certain they
represented practically no one.
Illinois had the strongest delega-
ton, eight, representing paper
organization. The next largest dele
cation, Colorado with five, came by
car as sort of family group and
were probably inundated by not
many more than their own num-
Der. One or two each came from
Minnesota, South Dakota, Oklaho-
ma, Missouri, Iowa, Georgia and
Nebraska. The ubiquitous William
V. Mahoney, realtor of Washington,
D. c., was there. And a former
resident of New Mexico, Karl Jur-
SEX, side-kick of Murray King of
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-07-17
Mine Disasters Take Big Toll

four accidents bring the total num-
Der of such disasters to eight, with
a resulting loss of 264 lives during
the first five months of the present
year, as compared with seven for
the same period of 1927, with a loss
of lao lives. Fatality rates based
exclusively on these figures for
major disasters were 1.25 and 0.51
per million tons for 1928 and 1927,
respectively.
Comparing the record as to causes
of accidents from January to May
of the present year with that for the
same period of 1927, reduction is
noted for haulage, explosives and
electricity. No material change oc-
Cured in the rates for falls of roof
and coal. Because of the unusual
number of deaths caused by explo-
sions, that rate was much higher
for the 1928 period than for 1927.
Miners Lives Cheap.
This report of the government
office shows that the miners lives
are cheap. In no instance have the
coal operators, who are responsible
for these deaths been brought under
charges of murder. Every coal dig
ger knows that accidents in the
mines can be reduced to minimum,
but this would cost money; SO the
operators let the miners die. They
let miners cover the black coal with
their blood; and out TO this coal and
blood the gold is produced for the
capitalists.
Only the miners themselves can
stop this butchery; the miners
must take control of the union, they
must unite with other workers and
farmers, to form a labor party and
challenge the capitalist govern
ment, which at present puts the
rubber stamp of 20. K" on the
massacres of the coal diggers.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-07-17
Fascists Explore the Arctic

The wild story of the Arctic also has to do
with Bolshevism
All big nations of Europe taxed their Prov
ess to find the lost aviators of the Italia. In
the severe test of human skill, scientific knowl-
edge and courage, one nation consistently and
Systematically outdid all others. This was the
Union of Socialist Soviet Republics. 1t was
test in the struggle with the forces of nature.
There is deep satisfaction in this. Mans
struggle with nature antecedes the struggle be-
tween men and will reach it's greatest triumphs
only after the struggle between classes has
ended. That collectivist society is better
fitted to conquer natures forces than the dis
eased individualist society of capitalism is a
truth of Communism.
One reason the capitalist wise men cannot
conceive of the strength and resourcefulness
of the Union of Socialist Soviet Republics is
their inability to understand that a collectivist
society is better fit for such struggles.
The collectivist spirit, the Communist spirit
dominates the whole of the actions of society
in the Union of Socialist Soviet Republics.
The individuaist spirit the spirit of capital
list acquisition dominates all social acts of other
nations.
In the details of the Arctic epic connected
with the Italia expedition, the two spirits are
shown time and again in sharp contrast A
braggart tone pervaded all preparations for the
expedition of Italian fascist officers seeking
prestige for Mussolinis dictatorship-the die
tatorship which becomes more and more the
ideal of capitalism. Capitalism lives and
breathes of the rights of individual, private
property The arrogant Mobile is glorified
ambitious clerk of the capitalism of Italy-am-
bilious for superior acquisition of wealth, if not
in gold then in the personal glory that is
later peddled for gold. Fascism in politics finds
its level in orgies of corruption for the in
dividual enrichment of fascist politicians, for
the ideal of fascism is the private property sys-
tenn the exploitation of the masses to make
wealthy few What, then, was more natural
than for the exalted commander of the expedi-
ton to save his own hide, when it came to dis
aster, and to leave This men, to death Mobile,
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-07-17
Fake "Farmer-Labor" Convention Ends

ence to speech Mahoney had made
to his league earlier in the week
about the chances of defeating
Smith in a number of southern
states with a strong third party
ticket.
Collins accused Mahoney of want
ing combination of socialists and
farmer-laborites to go south and
take democratic votes from AL
Smith. He thereupon threw Col
orado's five votes to farmer dele
gate, Plageman of Iowa, on the
first ballot. This made a majority
impossible. On the second ballot,
Thomas supporter, evidently
thinking the vote to be on vice pres
ident, threw a marker for Maurer
into the hat and left Thomas with
fifteen votes against Norris like
number. That ballot would have
made Thomas the candidate. The
third ballot stood, Thomas IA, Nor
ris 16.
But the issue is still unsettled.
Norris won't run although many
delegates think Vereene's thou
sands will be an inducement. The
newly elected executive is, at this
writing, still trying to find a sue
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-07-17
By THURBER LEWIS.
Especial To DAILY WORKER.l

CHICAGO, ILL.,, July Is (By
MaiD Norman Thomas, nominee
of the socialist party, came within
one vote of being the nominee of
the farmer-labor party for presi-
dent of the United States. He was
beaten by Senator Norris of Ne
braska who had already declined the
honor.
Thirty delegates, with almost as
many different ideas about what
the party should do, wrangled for
three days over a platform that will
probably never be presented to the
electorate and then nominated for
president man who may not run.
If Thomas had gone over, Maurer
would have been chosen running
mate. But with the nomination Of
Norris, Will Vereene, a wealthy
garment factory and cotton mill
owner of Moultrie, Georgia, was
elected for vice presidential nom
inee. He is an old Watson sup
porter in the south, dry (although
the Georgia delegate confided he
liked his corn liquor) and is said
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-07-17
BILL HAYWOOD'S LAST DAYS

up to the present, has hardly been
penetrated by labor organizations, has
felt his hand. He was one of the
few who succeeded in bringing white
and black workers together. Who
that knows the South does not ap-
preciate the struggle that this alone
must have involved?
Many Stories to Tell.
We knew stories of his work that
we picked up among the workers
in various parts of the country.
But once in a discussion with him
we asked him to tell us about them.
He embarrassedlg laughed, "there
is nothing to tell-you simply fight
and let your proletarian conscience
be your guide"
But there are many stories to
tell. He went through the stormy
days of the Western Federation of
Miners, of which he was secretary
treasurer, and of the early militant
|. w. w. of which he was one of
the founders. He went through the
Cripple Creek struggle, the famous
Meyer, Haywood and Pettibone
trials, the Lawrence, Lowell, Pater-
son and many other textile strikes.
He went through the anti-war agita-
tion and was one of the few who
did not compromise with the bour-
geoisie. He was the leader and or
ganizer of dozens of small strikes
The story of the most militant
struggles 1s90-1919 is the story of
the location of his activity.
He represents the best traditions
Of the American class struggle of
his time. 1t is sign of strength OF
our Party that a working class lead
err of his mettle, experience, and
ability should himself come and
bring many of his best followers to
the banner of the Communist In
ternational.
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ally he wanted news.
We told him of the latest devel.
opments in the strike of the Goa,
miners, and of the textile strike ir
New England. Occasionally he in.
terrupted and asked questions.
We told him that Lewis had is
sued an expulsion order. He looked
scorn and hate.
Nov the miners can get some
where. They've got to kick Lewis
out. The Save-the- Union movement
has big mass support. 1t must use
it and not be afraid to go forward
1t will have difficulty getting
enough good organizers. We always
have that difficulty. But they can
do it if they stick together. The
Party is doing good work. In this
respect the miners are better off
than they have ever been. In the
old days we never had any Com
munist Party to help u.s."
He was by this time painting TO,
breath. His nurse looked angrily al
US. A clumsy silence ensued. He
turned his head towards the win,
dow.
"It's time, eh?"
We nodded. Another silence.
A Big Job.
"Too bad the New England strik.
ers didn't go out while Passaic wa:
tied up. They weakened Their
chances by separating. They got tc
get the unorganized out. This is the
biggest job they face, and it wont
be easy. But it's the only way they
can win"
Again silence. We showed him q
Pittsburgh paper with his picture
next to a story on the coal strug.
giles.
THAT picture is from Kuzbas."
We said we knew it. We showed
the picture to his nurse and his wife
who had just come in. Also batch
of other newspapers containing
stories of his illness.
Soon our visiting time was at ar
end and we had to leave.
Much of the discussion we have
not set down here. But the above
gives glimpse of the man anc
somewhat explains why the workers
always trusted him. His mind anc
heart were always completely occu.
pied with the class struggle. There
are few miners, lumber-jacks, OF
textile workers who do not know
Of his work. The South, which ever
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-07-17
By SAM DARCY.


THIS is being written about a week
after Bill Haywood died. Looking
back on the last moments that J.
Louis Engdahl, Haywood's wife, and
the writer spent with him we must
express our admiration for him, a
real revolutionist, who even on his
death bed thought only in terms of
leading the proletariat along cor
rect revolutionary struggle.
For those who know him, it is
unnecessary to characterize Hay
wood. 1t was fitting that the most
militant section of the working class
should have produced him. At nine
years of age he joined his father
in the mines. At thirty he led his
first strike Ia miners strike in
ldaho.). There followed thirty year.
Of struggle so intensive in char
acter, and filled with heroism as
only the best revolutionaries in any
country and very few in the United
States can show.
He had no clear and correct
theory to guide him. But he had
unlimited courage, unyielding loyal
ty to his class, a keen intelligence
and tremendous dynamic energy
This won him his place among the
workers. 1t is not exaggerating to
say that during the period 1891 to
the time he left the states, workers
followed him more trustingly and
fought more militantly under his
leadership than they did under that
of any other leader.
His Last Hours.
This powerful man was lying on
a white-sheeted bed as we came in.
knowing full well that his hours
were counted. Three or four times
during the previous two weeks we
were told that he would be gone in
a few hours. But he held on. Now,
however, he lay calmly, awaiting
the end. Part of him was paraly zed
he could speak only with great eff
fort, and he could digest no food
He answered our first few ques-
lions very briefly. He felt no pain
He was however, very tired. He
had received everything he wanted
Was he coming home soon? He
wiped a tear that forced its way
out but did not answer. He heard
that the Central Committee of the
American Communist Party had
telegraphed asking after his health.
This pleased him immensely. Fin
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-07-17
BY B. X. GEBERT.

Wyoming Valley in Pennsylvania
is celebrating the 150th anniversary
of the massacre of soldiers and the
white settlers in this region in ITS.
All patriotic societies, city boards
and villages in the mining region
from Pittston to Kingston and in the
surrounding territories are going
wild with patriotism. The old strug-
giles between the whites and Indians
of this region are retold, and the
old fable repeated that the Indians
were murderers while the whites
were the victims.
But while they go back $50 years
to eulogize struggles, we shall not
go so far. We shall mention a few
outstanding facts in the present day
industrial history of the anthracite
region:
Miners Hanged.
About So years ago in the city of
Pottsville, 10 miners were hanged
for organizing workers in this re-
gion. In 1897 in baltimore, Is
miners were massacred by the state
troopers under the sheriff Martin,
Of these pioneers and martyrs in the
cause of labor in the anthracite, not
only the public" but even the
bureaucracy of the union have "for-
gotten" These officials of the
union remember" their connections
only with the American legion, the
chambers of commerce, the coal
operators, and the government. In
celebrating the battle of Wyoming
not a word naturally, is said of those
who lost their lives in fighting and
building union of the coal diggers
in this region.
1t will also be interesting to know
that in the month of May according
to the U. S. Bureau of Mines, 373
men lost their lives in the mines,
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-07-17
1878 Coal Diggers Killed In May; Bosses
Negligence to Blame

The bureau of mines records show
that during the first five months of
1928 accidents in coal mines caused
the loss of 998 lives. The produc-
ton of coal for this period was
230,12S,000 tons, showing a death
rate of 4.29 per million tons as
against 1856 for the same five
months of 1927, based on 1,053
deaths and 273,642,000 tons of coal.
The record for bituminous coal alone
from January to May, 1928, was 979
fatalities and 198,326,000 tons, with
a fatality rate of 4.02; while that
for anthracite showed 1911 deaths,
31,S02,000 tons and a death rate
of COL. The same period for 1927
showed 829 deaths in bituminous
mines and 240,002,000 tons pro-
duceds with a rate per million tons
of 3.45. for anthracite, 224 deaths
nj 33,640,0 tons produced, with
a death rate CT 6.666; while for both
bituminous and anthracite 1858
deaths were reported, with a pro-
duetion of 273,643,000 tons and a
fatality rate of 1856.
-Four Major Disasters.
Four major disasters, that is dis
asters in which five or more lives
are lost, occurred during the month
of May, 1928. All of these disasters
were explosions. One at Mather,
Pa, on May 10, killed 1875 men. On
May %, an explosion at Harlan, KY,
caused the death of eight men and
another at Yukon, w. Va, on May
%, killed II men. An explosion at
an anthracite mine at Parsons, Pa,
on May rs, killed 10 men. These
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-07-17

but miners are not worthy of con-
sideration to the greedy coal opera
tors and officials of the union. Out
of these 1878 miners so of them came
from the anthracite.
Death Rate Doubles.
The death rate per million tons
of coal mined during the month was
8.34 based on a production of A.
748,000 tons as compared with 4.29
for May 1927, based on an output of
43,397 900 tons and 1856 deaths.
The unusually high rate for the
month of May was due to 230 deaths
caused by four explosions. Without
these deaths the rate per million
tons of coal produced would have
been 800 which is normal figure
and comparable with other months
and years. The fatality rate for
May, 1928 for bituminous coal alone
based on a production of 36,624,000
tons and 1913 fatalities, was 1872 per
million tons, which is also much
above normal.
Excluding 220 deaths which oc-
cured in three major disasters in
bituminous mines, the rate would
have hbeen Psi. The rate for an
thracite mines, with production of
8,124,0Ge tons and so fatalities was
els per million tons. In May, 1927
the fatality rate for bituminous
mines was 3.76 that for anthracite
was 6.62 and for the industry as a
whole it was Apo. The rates for
May, 1928, compared on a normal
basis with April of the present year
are lower for bituminous mines and
slightly higher for anthracite mines.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-07-17
Reveal Big Drop In
Textile Employment

BOSTON, July 16 (FP).-But 46
per cent of the number Of workers
employed in Massachusetts cotton
mills in 1923 are at work In that
industry now. Although the New
Bedford strike of $4,000 workers ac-
counts for part of the drop, only
Cd per cent of the 1923 number
was employed before the big strike.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-07-17
CAM PAIGN
CORNER

DAT DEVINE, Minnesota district
organizer, ventures to predict
that after this election we will be q
legal political party in Minnesota.
All that is necessary is to get eleven
thousand votes counted for us in
the entire state. So say we It
seems that Pat is not very venture
some.
One book of the beautiful new
Vote Communist Stamps or twenty
Vote Communist buttons will be
sent free of charge to anyone who
can write a political fairy tale as
good as the story about Al Smith
and the poor little crippled boys
spotted fawn. We believe that this
story will prove a far better vote
catcher than the best yet produced
by Norman Thomas. This contest
closes Thursday, July 10, at noon.
The Campaign Corner Editor will
Judge all contributions and publish
the best.
The Election Program is now on
sale by the Workers Library Pub
fishers. Price 10 cents, 30 per cent
discount in quantity lots.
Our Ohio comrades have alreaww
gathered 1000 signatures to gut the
party on the ballot in that state.
They need 10000. Watch their to-
tai grow!
THE Lithuanian Working Women's
Alliance is the first women's or
ganization heard from with dona-
ton of five dollars to the 100000
Communist Campaign Fund.
On being asked how many votes
the Communists expect to get, GER
tain young Pioneer replied: "Too
busy to count now. The more we
count now, the less we'll count on
election day." We must put the
party on the ballot. Buy book of
Vote Communist stamps and help
toost the campaign.
Who will be the first to make a
House Party collection for the $780,
600 Communist Campaign Fund and
send it in to Alexander Trachten-
berg, Treasurer. 43 East 125th ST.,
New York City?
We have a question.
Campaign Corner Editor: Dear
Comrade: Do you think our party
will be on the ballot in thirty states
this year? A. H., Hartford, Conn.
Answer: Yes, if we work very
hard and more if we work harder.
1t depends on the comrades in each
state.
Philadelphia has issued special
card for use at open-air meetings.
This card is used to register SYM
rathizers.
We note that Albert Gerling of
Madrid, Iowa, has bettered an
earlier contribution of S. to the
100000 Communist Campaign
Fund. This time he sends SO.
August 10 to 26 will be National
Tag Day Week to help build the
100000 Communist Campaign
Fund.