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Campaign Funds

There indications that campaign funds this year will be
bigger and buster than This country richer than
four That is the rich richer and the poor
The individual worker producing wealth than be-
FORE and his portion of it less than Several million
aires have been created by the aronautc industry Prohibition
is remunerae than The capitalist groups behind
each party will throw their coin into great gamble Special
favors may millions in additional profits An humble
garbage contract in New York surepous let to friend of
the administration with bid netted the favored mil
lion. million be made out of heap of dung what could
not be gotten out of contract to feed the and navy?
Yes hundreds of millions will be spent by the democrats and
republicans in the coming contest will be used befudde
the and to corrupt them will be purchase
election day. 1t will be used to purchase corrupt leaders of
foregbo communities who base enough to barter their
influence with their people for a mess of pottage
The Workers Communst) Party the other hand though
standing for the interests of the millions of and
plotted farmers out to raise only 100000 the workers and
farmers class conscious this could be made 100000
Some day they will be and then there will be of
raising campaign funds to contest the elections with the parties
OF Wall Street There won't be parties of Wall Street
But sufficient unto this day the duties thereof The
Workers Communst Party raise that 100000 to help
put its national and tickets the ballot every possible
state in the union.
This is the biggest campaign the Party undertaken
Tons of literature must be printed.
Hundreds of speakers will be routed.
The whole Party will be modified bring the message
Communism into of the country to organize
workers for the struggle against capitalism and doing that
the republican and democratic parties Wall Streets
puppets and the socialist party berayer the interests
the working class. Let's have that 100000.
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Lines of pickets from different
mills at the south end marched on to
great meeting on Sauliner's lot,
singing to the tune of John Browns
Body:
The men all stick together and the
boys are fighting fine,
The women and the girls are all
right on the picket line,
No scabs, no threats can stop us
when we all march out on line,
In One Big Textile Union.
The young song and cheer leader
Elizabeth Donelley, is out on the pic
ket line again. She is tireless in
modifying the singing brigades of
children, grown ups and young work
ers. Antonio Adao, speaking in Por-
tuguese, keeps the strikers laughing
and applauding. He is a former I.
W. W. man and led 5000 Portuguese
strikers once before.
William. T. Murdoch, whose SEN
tence to 80 days for disturbing the
peace" is appealed to higher court
goes back and forth with Fred Beal
from north to south end speaking at
the hall and then at Sauliner's lot.
Ann Grafton Of the Workers Interna-
tional Relief visits relief stations and
holds the fort at headquarters.
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By MYRTLE DE MONTHS.

Not only is there real danger to the
working people through the exploita-
ton of little children of the poor
as is carried on through the juvenile
courts under DIR. William Healy in
Massachusetts, and of the helpless
shell-shocked veterans under DR.. Will
liam A. White, head of the national
asylum called st. Elizabeths Hospital,
Washington, d. C.-these two men
being prime movers of the Lunacy
Trust of America-but also in the
new-fangled mental Hygiene" laws
being passed in many different states
because Of the teachings Of these ex-
perts, which are pernicious.
This is DR.. Ralph Hamill, president
of the Illinois Society for Mental
Hygiene, speaking to the representa-
tives of large industrial and COM
mercial enterprise whom l quote:
"If the mental health of the work
err is normal he functions efficiently
and falls into the category of con-
tented employees.
IF his mental health is impaired
his efficiency suffers and the employe
develops a complex and becomes
grouchy, or suspicious, over-bearing
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Tasks of Red Labor international

can be summarized as follows: Re-
ports from the locals, I. P. G. report,
crganizational questions (connec-
tons, publicity activities, organiza-
ton. of minoritiesJ, the question of
unity and attitude to Amsterdam.
NEEDLE WORKERS MEETING
The characteristic feature of the
present moment is the fact that most
OF the gains that the needle workers
won during the last few years are
being filched from them, thanks to
the increased onslaught of the cap
italists, and the treacherous policy
of the reformist leaders. In their
struggle against the workers these
leaders are either utilizing the policy
of mass expulsion of left wing ele-
ments from the unions, like in Ger
many, or are uniting with the police,
as in America!
This meeting, therefore, urged the
following vital tasks: To recruit new
members for the unions, efforts to
be made first of all among the I'M
organized workers to achieve this.
To get control of the strike move
ment, to set up strike committees and
factory committees and local trade
union branches at the enterprises.
By carrying out concrete tasks to
struggle for the united front. AS
women are mostly employed in the
needle trades, the necessity was rec
ognized of including in the general
program demands to defend the in
terests of women workers-equal
pay for female and male labor, preg-
nant women to receive weeks
leave previous to and after confine-
ment, etc. To enhance organizational
activities among the unorganized, to
reinforce publicity activities, to set
up firmer connections between the l..
c. P. and A. and the locals and to
increase the l. c. P. and A. funds!
The keynote of the Food Workers
meeting was to exchange informa-
ton. Eighteen delegates from the
Fourth Congress attended this meet
ing. The question of the unions af-
filiation to the International Food
Workers Federation was discussed.
Orgapizational questions of purely
internal character were likewise
taken up.
Ito Be Continued)
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Textile Strikers Determined
{Reprinted From July L ID
Defender)

iReprinted From July Labor
Defender)
With spray of lilac in each picket's
buttonhole and the longest picket
lines since the strike began, New
Bedford strikers answered the bosses
move to open the mills, and the mills
did not open. Portuguese workers
remembered that flowers have always
ben the symbol of victory for their
armies, so lilacs picked in the country
yesterday were handed out today
when the pckets first came on the
line.
At least 1000 strikers at the south
end and 5000 or more at the north
end picketed or watched at the gates
of the Hathaway, Page, Nonquit and
other mills. AS the long line of pic
kets, marching two by two, moved up
and down past the big red brick build
ings, police watched silently and
crowds of other strikers across the
street stood unmoving for an hour
and half. Green picket cards of the
Textile Mills Committees emitting
the holders to food at the relief sta
tons were punched by members Of
the New Bedford committee. Chill
dren in the line got their cards
punched before hurrying ON to school.
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ing down, standards are being low
cred and these measures are receiving
the active support of the reformists.
Meanwhile, however, the influence of
the I. c. P. and A. is growing. At
the Fourth Conference the l. C. P.
and A. registered that the number of
countries with which it had connec-
tons had grown from Is to 43. Espe-
cially has its influence grown in the
Far East
In view of the situation at the
present moment, the plenum urged
first of all that the struggle against
the reformists be increased, to strug-
gle for trade and union unity, for
better labor conditions and to raise
the living standards of the transport
workers. The following were out
lined by the plenum as basic de-
mands: The 7-hour day, social in
surance at expense of employers,
supply of special working clothes,
workers to be engaged through the
trade union organizations, etc. 1t has
been recognized necessary likewise to
conduct a campaign to increase
wages, to abrogate laws prohibiting
strikes and the right of coalition, to
get the factory committees or CORE
spending organizations recognized
and to get equal rights for colored
and white workers.
Having discussed a whole series of
organizational questions, the plenum
recognized the necessity of establish
ing g single Transport Workers In
ternational and committees of friend
ship and fraternity, and of enhancing
organizationalSand agitational activi-
ties of the unions. Furthermore, the
establishment of opposition groups in
the reformist unions was also consid-
cred essential. A struggle must be
waged against the expulsion Of left
wing elements, to set up Transport
Committees of Action, control points
and International Clubs which will
serve as organizational bases for the
transport workers struggle. 1t was
also considered necessary to reinforce
the press.
MUNICIPAL WORKERS MEETING
This meeting was held to mako
preparations for the conference and
its convention in Germany. The
} agenda drawn up Tor this conference
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BY c. MILLER
District Organizer, Young Workers
(Communist) League of
PHILADELPHIA

The Young Workers League at the
present time is engaged in the task
of entrenching itself among the
masses of the young workers. At
this time more than ever before must
we take concrete organizational mea-
sures to build our nuclei in the fac
tories. In accordance with this a
series of shop nuclei organization
conferences are being held through
out the country.
In our district the conference will
take place on Sunday, July Is. The
agenda for this conference will be:
1. Report of the district organizer
on situation in the district in connec-
ton with shop activity.
2. Reports of the delegates from
the factories and mines.
3. Concrete tasks in each factory
Wide Representation
The following will attend this con-
ference: Unit organizers, unit indus
trial organizers, comrades working in
large factories, young miners, repre-
sentatives of the party shop and
mine nuclei, representatives of the
District Executive Committee and a
representative of the National Ex-
ecutive Committee.
The possibilities of building the
league in this district are great. We
find here the following industries
Anthracite coal, textile in Philadel-
phia (the largest textile city in the
country with over $4,000 workers)
steel, including the bethlehem Steel
mill in Baltimore, in which the party
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and Is cents per hour. This is no
exaggeration. The girls here, in or
der to make several dollars per week.
are forced to work 10 and II hours
per day. In other industries the con-
ditions are not much better.
In the anthracite where the Lewis
Cappelini machine and now the Bren-
men machine are engaged in the pro-
cess of wrecking the standards of the
workers, the young miners have their
part to play. 1t will be up to the
Young Workers (Communist) League
to mobilize the young miners to re-
sist the joint attack of the bosses and
union bureaucrats. Thru the organi-
cation of mine nuclei we are in the
best position to mobilize these young
miners.
This conference will have as it's
aim to take concrete measures for
the building Of the shop nuclei. This
task must be connected with some
concrete form of activity if we are
to be really successful.
In the city of Philadelphia the
league is taking the initiative to or
ganize a working youth conference.
This working youth conference I'M
like the one called by Brookwood Col
lege is expected to take active meas
ure in establishing machinery for
the unionization of the young work
ers. In the work for this conference
it will be the league that will have to
take the initiative. The shop nucleus
conference will help to mobilize the
league for this work in the factories
Similarly in the anthracite where a
working youth conference is being
called.
! At this conference we will also
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from the unions, etc. Outlining or
ganizational measures the plenum
set up single Woodwerkers Inter
national and to enhance the activities
of the 1, c. 2. and A., etc.
The same questions and decisions
were examined from the point of
view of their practical application in
various countries
BUILDING WORKERS PLENUM
Noting the general strengthening
and growth of the building workers
movement, on one hand, and existing
defects and shortcomings in trade
union activities, on the other, the
plenum in the main recognized the
necessity of putting greater energy
into the work, and of enhancing
same. The defects observed, which
the plenum considers must be eradi-
Gated at all costs, are: The weak
connections of the l. Ca P. and A.
with the various countries, the poor
supply of information, the weak re-
action to events and inadequate pub
licity activities.
Outline Tasks
The basic tasks outlined by the
Building Workers Plenum are: To
direct all activities to achieve the
united front, to organize the unor-
ganized workers, to set up organized
and centralized leaderships in all the
n1inorities, to reinforce the factory
committees, to extend activities
among the unemployed, to enhance
cultural educational work and to set
UP mutual aid funds.
Examining the position of build
ing workers in various countries, the
plenum in its resolution drew up
ways and means and instructions on
realizing in a practical fashion the
decisions of the Fourth Congress in
accordance with the conditions OBJ
tanning in each given country. as, for
example, in the United StateB,
France, Jugoslavia, Holland and
Czecho-Slovakia.
TRANSPORT WORKERS PLENIJM
Sizing up the present position of
the transport workers, the plenur,
considered that capitals attack on
them has increased in all countries.
Their position is becoming increas-
ingly worse. The IL and 13-hour day
lie being introduced. Wages are com
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Mine Women Fashion
Silken Relief Banner
Especial To The DAILY woRKER.)

Especial To The DAILY WORKER.)
RENTON, Pa, July 4.-The strik-
ing miners wives are gathered in
front of the Renton barracks, plan
ming silken banner which they will
embroider and send to the Detroit,
Michigan, branch of the National
Miners Relief Committee. 1t will be
awarded to the organization affil-
lated with the committee that COL
lects the most funds for relief pur-
poses in special campaign Detroit
is planning for the near future. Mass
meetings, house to house collections
and tag days are being considered.
Complete plans will be announced
soon.
According to Mrs. Anna Mondale.
TIE Rentor women have decided to
use red silk as the background and
er;broider the letters in gold.
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have to answer how we will mobilize
the young workers in the factories
for the relief Of the miners, for the
support of the Communist candidates
in the election campaign, and for the
other campaigns of the league. Above
all the struggle against the war
danger and for the defense of the So
Wet Union must be brought into the
factories.
This conference will have to lay
the basis for the actual building of
nuclei and for the bringing Of the diff
ferent campaigns into the factories.
This conference is a step in the
process to make the Factory the
Fortress Of Communisml'
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MoopMoRKERs, pLENuM

A marked veering to the right on
the part of the reformists has been
observed of late Switzerland, Bel
GUM, Poland, Germany and France)
while arrests are on the increase
(Rumania, Yugoslavia, Hungary and
latvia). Trade union activities in
England, Norway, Italy and in the
Balkans have been undermined.
In those countries where the wood
working trades are experiencing a
depression, wages are being lowered
and hours heightened. The curtail-
ment of production is causing unem-
ployment in countries like Czecho-
Slovakia, France, the Balkans and
Hungary. In Germany, where gen.
eral business conditions are relatively
more favorable, the workers in the
woodworking trades have to contend
with the ever increasing pressure of
the employers.
In view of this situation the plenum
stressed in its resolutions the neces-
sity of intensifying and defining all
class contradictions, to prepare the
masses for the coming struggles, to
reinforce the fight for unity and
strengthen our political influences by
penetrating the reformist unions, by
putting up revolutionary candidates
at elections and by combating the
expulsion of revolutionary elements
urges the necessity of transforming
the factory committees into genuine
proletarian organizations, to organ
ize them where they do not exist, to
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the workers engaged in manufactur-
ing in the whole country.
The conditions of the young work.
ers in this district are very bad. In
the silk industry in the anthracite
the young girls receive as low as 10
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TRANSPORT WORKERS pLENUM


has shop nucleus; rubber industry
in Trenton, N. j., where the league
has recently organized a unit, be-
sides large manufacturing industry
In Philadelphia and vicinity alone
there are about 10 per cent of all
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Observation-Disclosures plenums
and meetings of the Inter-
national Committees for Propa-
ganda and Action were COM
menced Immediately after the con-
clusion of the Fourth Red Labor
Union International Congress. Their
activities were to study and take up
in a concrete fashion those questions
and problems outlined by the Fourth
Congress as basis for the trade
union movement during the next few
years. Below we give brief survey
of the work of these conferences,
plenum sand meetings of the Inter
national Committees for Propaganda
and Action.
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nical violation calling for free
throw. Secrist probably realized,
too. that Muncie's sole hope lay in
securing possession of the ball,
which course, lay only in a jump
ball. A free throw by Wooden
would have. in the course of events,
made a tie score, resulting in an
overtime game.
MartinsviTle's stalling game was
perfect and the ArteSianS, no doubt,
could have retained possession OF
the sphere for the remainder OF the
contest. The calling Of time-out
necessitated free throw. Wooden
missed and the ball went back to
center for a tip-otT.
Tipping the ball backwards, Sc
crist seized it and swiftly completed
a reverse pivot. He fired away and
the ball arched high toward the
steel girders, coming down through
the hoop barely disturbing the net
ting. Secrist's strategy had won for
Muncie the State scholastic cham
pionShip.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-03-19
N ew Record
Is Set In Rich
Mexico Event
Victory of Crystal Pennant
Brings $4,000 to
Owners.
R,Y LHitcd Press

EB LHitcd Press
TIJUANA, Mexico, March 10
Crystal Pennant, a cast-off from
the Pineland Stables, occupied a
place Of prominence in the turf
world today by his neat victory in
the Coffroth Handicap here, Sun
day.
Closing with a rush Crystal Pen
nant won by a length from Sun God
II with Carlaris third and Can
tankerouS fourth.
The victory was worth APP
proXimately $4,000 10 w. II. HofT-
man of Ventura, Cal, who races in
the name of the r. G. Stables. It
was the richest race ever run in
Mexico or America. The previous
record purse vas S9l,79O, won by
Anita Peabody in the futirity at
Belmont Park last September.
Third choice in the betting
Crystal Pennant paid $3.50
straight. $640 place, and $440 to
show on So mutuels. Crystal Pen
nant is the 4-year-old son Of Pen
nant and Crystal Isles. Jockey
Tommy Luther was up.
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and speech making took place until
the wee hours Sunday.
While the tournament at Indian
apolis was productive of many close
and exciting games, decided by one
and two-point margins, the two
day meet seemed destined to close
minus the development Of an out
standing star.
Secrist rose to the heights of glory
in the last thirty seconds of play
in the final game. For twenty-nine
and one-half minutes the Bearcats
and the Artesians had battled nip
and tuck, Martinsville in the lead
the major portion of the conflict.
With the count standing at u to II
in favor of the eX-champions and
less than q minute to play. Wolfe.
Muncie forward, stood in front of
the basket and missed the entire
blackboard, the ball flying out of
bounds.
At this point, Secrist used re-
markable strategy. 1t was the Bear
cats fourth time out and a tech
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-03-19
unce Pays Homage State Champion Bearcat Basketball
Team; CiOic Bodies to Fete New TitLe-HoIderS

1t was Secrist's last appearance in
a Muncie suit. He had made the
all-State team before, but never had
reached the heights of glory. Now
he rightfully takes his place with
the great stars Of by-gone years
Lester Reynolds of Martinsville,
Charles (Stretch) Murphy OF
Marion, Wilbur Good of Frankfort
Bob Schnaiter of Martinsville, Reese
Jones of Vincennes, Robert Fuzzy
Vandiver, Johnny Cant and Burl
Friddle of Franklin, Bobby MarXson
Of Bloomington Don White of Leb-
anon, Don Tilson of Lafayette, Bob
Gipson of Thorntown, Homer Stone
braker of Wingate, Dick Porter of
Lebanon and Grady Chadwick Of
Charlottesville. Their names will
chime with spectacular play for
many year to come.
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Cathedral Ready
forNet Tourney

The Cathedral basketball team,
winners of the recent State Catholic
tournament, held its last practice
today before departing for Chicago
Tuesday to participate in the ma
tional Catholic Interscholastic meet
this week. Cathedral plays ST.
Cloud, Mimi, in its first game.
The meet will get under way
early Wednesday and end Saturday.
Play will be at the Loyola Academy
gym. Coach Edwin will take a
squad Of ten players on the trip.
All the squad appeared in fine con-
dition at the practice today
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BIZ United Press
NEW YORK, March 19.-The
first block in the special challenge
6OO-point billiard match between
Willie Hoppe, winner of first place
in the American Three-Cushion
Billiard League, and Allen Hall, a
contender throughout the season,
was scheduled this afternoon.
The test will be played in twelve
blocks of fifty points each. Both
players posted forfeits of $3.50 each,
which were added to the guarantee
of $1,000 put up by Promoter
Charles S. Kline.
Hoppe, who Sunday night broke
the worlds three-cushion billiard
record when he made an unfinished
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end for the umpteenth time. You
probably would say what we said
that night of nights.
We'll, I'll be id"
TWO great ball teams and a
L great battle. What more could
q guy want for his Annie Oakley?"
Frank facts, if there are such things,
tell us that Of the Blackboard was
honored in casting his lot with the
1923 MartinSville team. A finer out
fit of sportsmen, a greater bunch OF
ballplayerS and a team with more
courage did not play in the State
tournament this year. The Artc-
slams were equalled only by the new
champions.
4 T that. bhere have been few
"A better State tournaments <rom
competitive standpoint. Martins
Vile. defending champion, almost
eliminated in the opening round Of