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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-09-03
Brutality, Deportation of Native Workers Has
Brought Awakening Of Class Consciousness

those who are at this moment in
iail, awaiting deportation to the
Siberia of the Indonesians.
At the opening session of the
Volksraad last year, the Governor
General De Graeff spoke of the pos
sibility of there being a large num-
Der of innocent persons among those
exiled. Now the colonial minister
declares in the Dutch parliament
that conscientious" inquiries will
be made as to how many innocent
persons have been unwittingly de-
ported to Upper Digoul! This is a
cheap excuse for a government
which governs the colony in the
most arbitrary manner possible;
while the oppressed people are I'M
ableyto bring the government to ac-
count.
During the session of the Volks-
raad De Graeff, still under the in
fluence of the above mentioned up
rising, declared that the government
will "exterminate Communism, :"
while at the same time he expressed
his willingness to tolerate and even
encourage the existence of pure
nationalist movement, but only as
long as it took up conciliatory and
loyal attitude towards the govern
ment And in order to win the sup
port of the moderate elements in the
nationalist movement the govern
ment proposed law, which, con-
trary to the present position, will
give the Indonesians majority in
the Volksraad--in which case the
council will consist of 30 Indones-
ians, 25 Dutch and 5 foreign Orien-
tails. In the meantime no change
has been made in the electoral sys-
TEN, which always guarantees the
government majority in the Volks-
aad, whatever it, racial proportion
composition may be. 1t should be
noted that under the present cleo
toral system most Of the Indonesian
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-09-03
Gets Taste of Own Reactionary Medicine When
Lewis Declares Him Ineligible

damned thing. You were doing
your share to undermine the labor
movement of Illinois by the same
policies that Lewis put up. You
were fighting the progressives in
Illinois, just as Lewis expelled the
progressive elements who urged
that the disintegration of the U. M.
W. A. be stopped.
And now you offer yourself as a
Messiah, as the Saviour of miners.
If the membership of the U. M.
w. A. couldn't save the union from
destruction by John L. Lewis and
his henchmen, what makes you
think that you can save the union
You don't intend to save the union
for the membership; you plan to
save the union for the bosses, for
the rotten official machine of the
u. M. w. A. Your hackers know
that the membership is against
Lewis, that the members are com
ing out in greater numbers for the
New Miners Union. And you are
being thrown into the race as yellow
herring to stop the tide toward the
new union among the Illinois miners.
But this won't work; the Illinois
miners know your reactionary
record. 1t won't work. The New
Miners Union will be built.
The interesting part of this story
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-09-03

is the confession of Walker that he
didn't kick when unconstitutional
acts were committed by Lewis. Why
didn't you kick, Honest" John
Walker?
Here is what Walker writes; 81
did not even raise objections to the
employment of former President
White of the Miners Union to repre-
sent the International Union in the
South West, altho he left our organi-
cation to become a non-union pow
der manufacturer, and so far as
know never dug any coal or worked
in or around the coal mines after
having started in as non-union
powder manufacturer. Why didn't
you kick, John?
He goes on: Neither had 1 any
objections to his employment of
Butch James of Tower Hill to re-
present our International Union in
a legislative capacity in Washington,
altho just prior to that time and
for year or more, Butch James
had been serving as the labor re-
preventative of the then VIGOROUSLY
non-union Mckinley Traction Sys-
tenn, and so far as l know, had not
worked in the mines to qualify him.
self to serve in any international
capacity since that time"
Why should you kick, Honest"
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-09-03
Dutch Imperialism Enslaves Indonesia

ment to hang without trial anyone
who opposed it. cord is cheaper"
said the "Java Bode," in other words,
hang the "rebels" instead of exiting
or puttive them in jail. Finally,
"Het NieaTos var den Dag" said that
such a method correspondent more
closely to the Dutch idea of justice
for Indonesians.
Notwithstanding the provisions
of the penal code making it punish
able to disseminate race hatred, the
Dutch colonial press can insult In
donesians daily with impunity. The
"Het Neiuws van den Dag" went
even so far as to write to the Gov
ernor-G General the following; go
awayl Make room for another! You
are an honest man with good inten-
tions, but what the Dutch East In
dies want at the present moment is
a stronger hand than yours" Ac-
cording to the prevalent code of
Justice" in Indonesia such things
are tolerated, if written for Dutch
newspapers by Dutch journalists;
but should an Indonesian journalist
say as much, the penal code is i'm
,nediately made applicable to him.
Many Indonesian editors hav9 been
sentenced to several years impris-
onment for minor Offences" while
their European colleagues have COM
nitted crimes for which they have
never been prosecuted.
ITO Be Continued
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-09-03
By MOHAMMAD HATTA.
President of "Perhimpoenan
Tndoneesia"

Since the recent insurrection, po-
litical events in Indonesia have
taken an exciting but hopeful turn.
On the one hand, the Governor
General De Graeff has made a
change of front in favor of the
Dutch colonial capitalist group,
while, on the other his attitude has
stimulated the Indonesian national
list parties to consolidate their uni
ted front.
When De Graeff took up his post
of GOVERNOR general in the autumn
of 1926, he announced in the Volks-
raad-the so-called National Coun-
Gil, which is anything but council
of the people-that the general line
of his policy would be to restore the
confidence of the people in the gov
eminent, This was an indirect re-
pudiation of the reactionary rule of
his predecessor, Fock. He criticized
in general terms the procedure that
had been adopted in combating
Communism because, he said, it had
degenerated into systematic per-
secution. And with regard to the
nationalist movement, he said that
he would not be a Dutch patriot if
he did not appreciate the national
aspirations of the Indonesians.
Deport Leader.
But the soft ethical" hand of
Jonkheer De Graeff came down
more heavily than the mailed fist
of the tyrant Fock, for after the
failure of the uprising the people
of Indoesnia were delivered over to
the unlimited arbitrariness of the
government. Hundreds of so-called
ringleaders were deported without
trial to Upper Digoul, an unhealthy,
swampy district in the barren
wilderness of New Guinea. Many
of then, have since become victims
of marsh-fever and died According
to the declaration of the colonial
government, more than 1,500 per-
sons includinr wor'"~ ~
have already been deported to these
concentration camp,
! Der will be greatly increased by
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-09-03
By Fred Brill.

Lewis has declared Walker
president Illinois State Fedora
ton of Labor ineligible as a
candidate for International Pres
ident of the U. M. W. A. Quoting
Section l, Article s of the Consti-
tuition, Lewis has informed him that
"You are not employed at our trade
and have no official connection with
the United Mine Workers of Amer
lea as required by law"
Pretty tough for a manipulation
of Constitutions to have the Consti-
tuition used against him! So
Walker is shedding tears and com
planning or discrimination and il
legality.
Walker is being pushed for the
office of President, in order to fool
somes miners into thinking that the
U. M. w. A. can be saved, that
there is no need of a new union.
Lewis seems to be fighting back.
Whether this is stage play or not
will be seen later.
Admits U. NJ. w. A. Broken.
Walker writes to a local union in
Illinois: 81 have looked on with
sincere regret and profound sorrow
at the disintegration of the U. M.
w. A. in recent years. There isn't
anything on earth that I would
rather do than to rehabilitate it and
put it once again on sound basis
in good standing with it's member
ship and with the people of our
country"
Looked on, John? What did you
do to stop the disintegration? Not
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-09-03
Freiheit Chorus Plans
New Numbers at Picnic

Many new musical numbers that
have never before been presented by
the Freiheit Gesangs Verein, will
make up big part of the program
of that organization at its annual
picnic, to be held Sunday, September
9, at Pleasant Bay Park.
The chorus is preparing an entire
ly new program for the entertain
ment of the thousands of workers
from New York City and vicinity
who are expected to attend.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-09-03
weeping" Walker Complains

John? James was only doing
openly-what Harrington and Lewis
were doing secretly-acting as
agents for the coal operators. Of
course, you didn't kick, John. Why
should you?
And finally, John protests: 81
did not raise any objections even
to K. G. Adams representing our
International Union before the
Interstate Commerce Commission at
Washington, dealing with the freight
rates (the thing which I think
failure to deal with properly has
brought about the disaster to our
union that it is suffering from
now, if in the judgement of the
men in charge, these men were best
calculated to render that service
even altho K. C. to my knowledge,
has never been a member of our
union at ALL"
The New Union.
John Walker, you're an operators
man as much as Fishwick, Far
rington, Lewis, Murray or the rest
of them. Your program is an
operators program. Your squealing
won't fool the miners. Your appeal
for constitutional rights and fair
play is a huge joke. You're getting
a dose of your own medicine.
Whether Lewis or you or some
henchman of Lewis becomes Pres
ident Of the U. M. w. u, it is
doomed. Nothing can save it. The
New Miners Union has come to stay.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-09-03

crackers because of their close SIM
ilarity to gun-shots, which might
confuse the marines who will stand
on guard all over Nicaragua. fully
armed to prevent any uprising
among the inhabitants.
The election commission, headed
by General Mccoy, United States
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-09-03
McCoy Nervous in Nicaragua Election

army officer, has made ali possible
precautions so as to prevent any at
tempt on the part of the Nicara-
guans to express their dissatisfac-
ton with the armed Intervention.
The same decree also bans the
sale of liquor from September II to
November 4
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-09-03

MANAGUA, Nicaragua, Aug. 81.
The situation here is SO Tense as
the elections of November a draw
near that a presidential decree,
published with the approval OF the
United States election committee,
as prohibited the explosion Of fire.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-09-03
COMBINES I think that capitalist

COMBINES think that capitalist
y politicians deserve all the graft
they collect. Once upon time ac-
companied candidate for the ju-
dietary on an automobile trip around
the baseball parks and picnic grounds
of Brooklyn. was collecting mater
ial for an unwritten novel. He paid
and paid and paid, but his audience
regarded him with plying look as
if they were being badgered by q
first-class nut. He passed in and out
of picnic grounds, forgetting that he
had tickets, brought from the ward
heller in his pocket and paying at
the turnstile both times. He stood
in the middle Of baseball park DUR
ing halt in the game, and was in
suited in forty languages by the
fans. Empty pop bottles popped
from all directions and the candidate
adjourned quickly but not gracefully.
ut was a wonderful reception" he
gurgled when he reached the safety
zone where the machine was parked.
So when you read of a capitalist
politician getting away with few
million dollars, you should not join
the anvil chorus of condemnation but
temper criticism with mercy.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-09-03

is no QOuDC
but the labor
takers are for
Al and they
will succeed in
cow i n c i n g
m a S S e S O.
workers t h a t
the election of
the Tammany
leader w oul d
mean needle
less beer. The
platform of the
Workers (Com-
munist) Party
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-09-03
ToldYou So

A NEWSPAPER headline tells us
"A that "Kellogg Mutism Sets New
Style In Diplomacy" This has to
do with the rule of silence observed
at the signing of the alleged anti
war treaty in Paris. BRAND, when
delivering his short speech of well
come must have thot of the adage:
"In the kingdom of the blind tie
cockeyed man is king"
CHIEFS of the New York State
v Federation of Labor cheered
mention of Al Smiths name. There
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-09-03


to the eighteenth amendment, but
those who expect relief from the
Volstead Act thru the election of
Al Smith, are dreaming. Further
more they are all wet, so to speak.
SCARCELY had the signatories to
the Kellogg pact adjourned to
the wine garden when a war broke
out in Paris. A band of rich ladies
who insisted that the belligerent
status of women should be recog-
nized in the treaty demanded
hearing and when refused, stormed
the presidents palace. They were
defeated in a short, but brisk en-
counter with the gendarmerie and
taken prisoners. This is the first
military victory won by the Kellogg
peace treaty.
IN ST FAD of struggling for
women's rights over in gallant
France, where the female of the
species gets little more substantial
than compliments, Doris Stevens
and her Amazonic army should re-
turn to this country where women
are appreciated. Listen to what
the noble Elk, vice-presidential G.
o. P. candidate Charlie Curtis has
to say: Il want to see you women
in action during the campaign. If
you join with the men we will win
By an overwhelming majority"
I mis- is an acknowledgements that
the vote of the female is as deadly
as the males.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-09-03

FOR eight years it was my privi-
lege to follow the track and it al
ways pleases me to see them
trot, pace or run," Charlie said. II
know you are here to see some rae
ing and not to listen to me. I hope
that they will bring the horses right
out and that you will all pick win
ners." Isn't that just like bright,
big-hearted Charlie?
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-09-03

CHARLIE reminds one of a good
" deal of that good old soul War
rem Gamaliel Harding. Gamaliel's
favorite pastime was shooting
craps when he was not doing the
right thing by his little Nan. 1t ap-
pears that Charlie is a race track
addict. The presidential candi-
date on the G. 0. P. ticket visited the
track at Syracuse and while there
delivered speech that must have
given the nags something to whinny
over for a while.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-09-03


by George this fellow Curtis is
gem. A Curtis speech is as
welcome to columnist on hot day
as thousand-word letter from in
dignant reader. Charlie spoke at
Syracuse and the natives took the
precaution to have his finger prints
taken. Even lifelong republicans
would not promise to vote for him
until he left his finger tracks in
the House of Correction. Now if a
Syracuse bank collapses in the near
future, the stockholders and de-
positors will know where to look
TO- the clue. Faith in capitalist
politicians is certainly ebbing fast.
Evening star., 1928-12-15

is of its like twisting; the Brit n
lions tail, which was the stock in trade
of our cheap political orators 80 years
ago. So plucking the American eagles
feathers is sometimes useful here.
Americans tell me they have heard
speakers at radical meetings denouncing
some American corhpany, which has
Just obtained a footllold, as a grasping
monopoly. while just across the street a
British company, three times as large,
went unnoticed.
But let no American take all this too
seriously. 1t by no means represents
the prevailing sentiment in the
Argentine
Another manifestation! of the froth
is the occasional anarci inistic outrage.
I Here as elsewhere, militarE and criminal
anarchists are an EXTREMELY minute
group. The anarchist ARRESTED with a
I big bomb in his possession three days
gago may or may not have meant it for
J Mr. Hoover. The police and1 the military
authorities are rightly taking no
schanceS.
The incident seems not. to have
sperturbed Mr.. Hoover. He tspent this
5morning and part of the afternoon
istrolling about the town, absorbing its
lagay and generous favor, calling on
4 sbaIlhClS, AiOuSIl1dlIoto dIiO puUfSIlSIS,
'yeven doing little shopping.
4 And his expression would seem to in
dicate that he likes this town He may
9well like it and approve of the popula-
ftion behind 1.-THE people who have
welcomed and cheered him so heartily
No city so rich, so civilized, so well
/ ordered and so beautiful could exist
iexcept by virtue of an able people.
l(Copyright. 1928. by North American News
paper Alliance.)
Evening star., 1928-12-15
RIO ARRANGES PROGRAM.
Slight Cha nges Made in Plans to Re-
ceiWe President Eject.

RIO JANlE1RO, December ID R).-
The fact that Herbert Hoover will ar
rive here next Friday, a day later than
originally Sc heduled, has made necessary
slight charges in the program. His
good will ship, the U. S. S. Utah, will be
escorted up tthe coast by two Brazilian
cruisers andi will be boarded outside the
harbor by the director of the protocol of
the foreign; Office and United States
Ambassador Morgan.
President and Mrs. Washington Luis,
with members of the cabinet, commit
tees Of the House and Senate and heads
Of departments, win greet the Hoover
party at thes dock. Mr.. Hoover will be
driven to Guanabara palace in the
presidential automobile with other
members Of! his party following with
military escort.
The evening of the first day and the
mornings of the others will be free for
the Hoover party to do as they wish
December % a special luncheon will
be given by the Jornai do Brazil at the
Jockey Club for the newspaper men
with the visitor and the next day Mr..
Hoover viii give luncheon at the
American embassy to President Wash
ington Luis. They will visit the race
course in the afternoon, and the Utah
will start northward in the early
evening.
Evening star., 1928-12-15

patronage act yesterday Acquitted Of
the charge with Howard were s. D..
Redmond, A. M. Redmond and Ed
L. Patton, colored lawyers of jackson.
and j. Scott Hubbard, white, suspended
deputy marshal in the Southern Mis-
sissippi jurisdiction.
The jui had the case TO 20 hours
After th ! verdict was announced Mil
ler McGilchrist. special Assistant Attor-
ney General of the United States. aid
ing in the prosecution. said that the
outcome of the case would not affect
the prosecution of several other cases
of similar nature pending This case
involved alleged purchase" of the
marshal's appointment in Southern
Mississippi. A. P. Russell, former post
master at Magee and principal witness
for the State, testified that conspiracy
existed to bargain for the marshal's Of
fee with Howard and the other colored
Evening star., 1928-12-15
GIBSON LIBRARY BILL
FOR DISTRIcTfINDoRcED
IsCommerce Chamber COMMITTEE Ap-
proves Five Yeart Building Pro-
gram to Meet City's Needs.

I The Gibson bill providing for a five
!year library building program for WASH
ington was approved yesterday after
noon by the public schools committee
sof the Washington Chamber of Com
;merce. This program was said to be
|. the first formulated ON a scale to meet
the needs of the cit y, which is held to
be far below comp arabic cities in IL
brary facilities
The committee, Of which Charles
H. LIE Fevre Is chair, nan, also approved
the proposed bill tot provide part pay
for teachers of the p nblic school system
on leave while attt mding educational
courses or for other purposes.
The committee sllso reiterated its
| Endorsement of the tlills to provide free
text books for the junior and senior
high schools of the District, to exempt
members of the Bt lard of Education
from personal liability for the actions
of the board, and TO exempt certain
public school employ es from the $4,000
salary limitation.
Evening star., 1928-12-15

the League 10 per cent of their trained
pilots. These pilots would serve as units
of an air force of peace which would
always be ready for mobilization where
war threatened.
The present dispute between Para
quay and Bolivia was cited by Col. Har-
mon as an instance where an interna-
tional air force, operating under the
League or the Kellogg BRAND pact re-
nouncing war, would be a powerful
deterrent He believes that a thousand
aviators surrounding a hostile country
could force it to sunlbit to the will of
the League.
One difficulty seen by League circles
in the project was the task of deciding
which was the aggressor nation in an
internationl crisis.
Evening star., 1928-12-15
1000 Street Trees Planted.

1.-TWO thousand new trees have been
planted throughout the city this Fall, y
Clifford L. Lanham, superintendent of
trees and parkings, declared today.
"All the trees removed in connection
With street widening have been re-
placed with better varieties" Lanham
said, with the exception of Tenth
and Seventeenth streets, where the
street work is not completed. Never
in the history of this department have
we had better or more trees on the
streets of Washington than are to be
found now at the close of the Fall
nlanting"
Evening star., 1928-12-15
HOOVER WINDING UP
ARGENTINE ! VISIT;
LEAvlNGEToMORRoW
Continued Fronl First Page.l

Continued Fronl First Page.)
ship in every avenlae of life such as
had never been knctwn before was be-
ing witnessed today. For these reasons
he did not fear the4 social decay such
as occurred in nations of the past.
Buenos Aires took the appearance
of a carnival city in honor of Mr.
Hoover The Stars and Stripes floated
over many miles offbeautiful boulevards
along with the bllae and white flag of
Argentina. The bronze statue of
George Washingt on, in Palmero Park,
was decorated With the flags of both
countries.
MIR. Hoovergwnl leave tomorrow morn
ing on the Argentine cruiser Buenos
Aires for Moutevideo, Uruguay, whence
he will go TO Rio de Janeiro aboard the
U. S. S. Utah.
RIO ARRANGES PROGRAM.
Evening star., 1928-12-15
Handkerchiefs for Men

Irish linen handkerchiefs, with henstitched hens
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Linen handkerchiefs. with hemstitching and col
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Evening star., 1928-12-15
Handkerchiefs for Women

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White linen handkerchiefs, with colored applique,
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