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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-11-26

crat and socialist-into a national move
ment, but to win the working class to sup
port the revolutionary program that will
challenge the entire capitalist class
Indicative also of the complete bankruptcy
of the socialist leaders, of their inability to
analyze even the plainest facts of cOntem-
porary social and political forces is their
very advocacy of liberal and progressive
party. The class from which such party
would draw its support, the middle class,
hasn't sufficient vitality to lead an indepen-
dent political existence. 1t could only be the
camp-follower of the big parties of finance
capital, as the socialist party is today. And
every day the rapid advance of the chain
store, the elaborate medical centers the con-
Solidated law offices, the canned" sermons
over the radio, sees more and more of the
backbone of that class to which the socialist
parson appeals-petty merchants, doctors,
lawyers and preachers-either declassed or
reduced to mere clerks for big capital.
AS against the victory of Imperialism,
personified in Hoover there is but one class
that can prevail. That is the working class
whose rise and final victory is assured by
the same memorable law that renders every
class that stands between the imperialists
and proletariat impotent as a political force.
And the socialist party has nothing to do
with the working class, except as a strike
breaker with an theological system for it's
purpose.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-11-26
Intensifying the Imperialist Drive
In Europe

At the Saturday morning white house
breakfast with number of senators, Cool
idge, whose trousers will polish the white
house chairs but a few weeks longer, let it
be known that another plan has been laid to
obtain the entry of the United States gov
eminent into membership in the permanent
court of international justice" otherwise and
better known as the world court of the
League of Nations. This is one of the pieces
of unfinished business" that the president
wishes to clear up before he turns over the
job to his successor, Hoover, as chairman of
the executive committee of yankee i'm
perialism.
In keeping with the current practice of
concealing war preparations under -pacifist
slogans in order to deceive the masses, Cool
idge depicts the new proposal to enter the
world court as further evidence of the peace
full intentions of his government.
Neither during the period of the famous
senatorial debate about adherence to the
world court in 1926, or today, has American
imperialism had any other motive in con-
sidering membership in the legal branch of
League of Nations than to be in position to
wrest control of the league or domination
among the nations constituting the league
from the hands of it's imperialist rival
Britain. Wall Street Imperialism wants to
put itself in position to be able to mobilize
under its own leadership this bloc of capt.
talist nations, to be used for its own ends
against the Soviet Union, against the Chinese
revolution and for general world reaction.
The world court move is no more pacific than
the so-called goodwill" journey of the i'm
perialist butcher and robber, Hoover, to Latin
America.
Adherence to the world court does not
mean, as Borah and other liberals" contend,
the entry of the meek and innocent Ameri-
can lamb into the den of man-eating Euro
pean lions. 1t means the entry of an i'm
perialist giant into the court, the backdoor of
the league, for the purpose of trying to crush
its rivals and pave the way for domination of
that instrument of imperialist aggression
conceived at the peace" conference at Yer
sailles. 1t means that every means at hand
will be used by yankee despotism to protect
its billions Of investments in Europe and to
try to extend its power over still more terri
tory. In short it is another step on the road
to that word-slaughter toward which i'm
perialist rivalries are plunging the world.
Every move on the field of diplomacy is a
new warning to the working class, danger
signal that ought to impel the workers and
farmers to new and more determined strug-
giles against Imperialism and all it's agents.
Only the relentless fight to destroy the
power of capitalism can avail against the
plotters of new blood baths for the masses.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-11-26

pressed themselves in favor of this
struggle.
The c. C. records, however, that
the Moscow Committee already in its
letter of October 2 has adopted all
the necessary measures in order to
correct this error. The C. c. de-
clares that the Moscow Committee
as a whole and it's leading nucleus
carried through and are carrying
through the line of the Party and
are Internationally executing the
decisions of its organs.
The C. C. repudiates as being
contrary to facts the rumors to the
effect that the Moscow Committee
is opposing the Central Committee
of the Party.
The c. c. therefore expresses its
firm conviction that the struggle
which recently took place within the
Moscow organization will be imme-
diately liquidated.
Appeals for Complete Unity.
The c. C. appeals to all members
of the Moscow organization to Sc
cure the complete unity of the Boil
sheviki' on the basis of the Party
decisions and the corresponding let
ter of the Moscow Committee re-
garding the new election of the
! Nuclei committees.
The C. C. is convinced that the new
elections of Nuclei committees and
the preparation of the Party Con-
ferences will be conducted in COM
radely unity, accompanied by the
Fbroadest development of self-criti-
cism and the mobilization of the
whole mass of the Party and the
working class round the chief slo-
gans of our Party:
For the unconditional preserva-
ton of the present rate of develop
ment of industry!
For the transformation of the vii
lsge to a cooperative and socialist
hasisi
For the alliance of the workers
and poor peasants with the middle
peasants on the basis of securing
the leading role of the working
class
For raising the material and cul-
tural level of the working class and
the toilers of TIE village!
Against TIE vacillations in pol
icy, for a firm feminist leadership!
For Bolshevist unity of the Mos
cow organization!
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-11-26
Grain Purchases in
USSR Exceed Last
Years Total 16.4%

According to cable reports re-
ceived by the Amtorg Trading Cor
poration from the Commissariat for
Trade of the Soviet Union, pur-
chases of grain from Soviet peas
ants by official procuring agencies
amounted for the first Is days of
November to 559,191 metric tons.
Procurements of grain showed an
increase of 600 per cent in COM
parison with the corresponding Is
days of November, 1927, and were
but 10 per cent below the purchases
for the entire month of November
last year.
The total purchases of grain fol-
the four and one7half months end
ing Nov. Is, 1928, amounted to A.
3T3,590 metric tons, as against g.
753,S70 metric tons for the CORE.
spending period of last year, gain
Of 16.4 per cent.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-11-26
MOliere Is Too Much
for Japanese Reign
of Terror, Is Banned
(Red Aid Press Seruice J

TOXIC, Japan.--In relation with
the repeated reports of arrests of
Communists in Japan and the fear
full sentences imposed on them, it is
not uninteresting to report that the
persecution of every movement TO,
freedom has extended to the French
dramatist, Moliere, who was widely
known in the seventeenth century.
Moliere is looked upon by Japan
csc authorities as a subversive writ
er--he undermined the authority Of
ages, for in his plays he turns the
younger generation against the
older, and campaigns against certain
social evils.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-11-26

St., on Thanksgiving eve, November
%.
The various industrial groups are
collecting contributions from their
members and competing to see who
can donate the largest number of
turkeys.
Dan Singer, Secretary of the Ma
tional Miners Union, Illinois district,
who led the 1919 wildcat strike will
be the principal speaker. There will
be a dance after the dinner.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-11-26
BEAUTIFYING THE LADIES

WASHINGTON, Nov. 25.-Per-
fumes, cosmetics and toilet prepara-
lions valued at S177,061,00 were
manufactured in the United States
in 1927. according to statistics of
The United States department of
commerce.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-11-26
British JObless
Rise 30,513 in
a Single Week

LONDON, by MaiD.-During
the week ended Oct. 20, the total of
unemployed workers registered at
the exchanges rose to 1,374,700, a
rise of 30,513 in that week alone.
The total was 268,643 more than a
year ago.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-11-26
Stain on Right Deviations

(NOTE;1,The following speech
a0as delivered by Conrade Stain,
secretary of the Communist Party
of the Soviet Union, at the Plenuan
Of the Moscow Committee and Mos
cow Control Commission of the C.
p. S. y. held on Oct. 10, 1928.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-11-26
Donate Turkeys for
Chicago Thanksgiving
Dinner for the Miners

CHICAGO, Nov. %. - Several
turkeys have already been donated
for the Thanksgiving dinner to be
given by the Chicago Trade Union
Educational League for the benefit
of the Illinois coal miners at the
Workers Center, 2021 W. Division
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-11-26
ARBITRATION FAILS

STOCKHOLM, Nov. 25.--Com~
pulsory arbitration is admitted to
have failed in Sweden. The conser-
vative government has admitted
that workers resistance to the act
killed it.
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The Enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 192?-1930, 1928-10-04
"VoodoO' Opera
Pioneer Step
In Race Culture

NEW YORK, Oct. g. w h n
"Voodoo," the first race opera TO
be offered in this country, written
by II. Lawrence Freeman, and pre-
sented by his son, Waldo. closed
their engagement at the 52nd Street
Theatre Sunday night, it marked a
pioneer step in new line of race
culture.
"Voodoo" is the first American
opera composed, produced and sung
by Negroes. Despite heart-breaking
handicaps due to obvious produc-
tion limitations, apparently caused
by lack of funds, "Voodoo" is a
most encouraging sign that the
Negro is capable of entering the
operate field and of contributing
valuable material and talent to it.
This work, however, serves more as
a shadow cast before future develop
ments rather than the realization
of a perfect production, for in its
present state 1t cannot rank with
the best in opera.
Freeman, the composer, is not
completely original in his compost
tion. He has leaned on several
sharply defined phases in national
music. Negro folk songs serve as
the basis for much of his score, as
do the spirituals, and Tin Pan AL
ley also shows a slight imprint. The
result is that the production gives
the impression of lacking a genuine
authenticity and that il depends too
much on outside influences to be
completely Negro. The last act is
unquestionably the finest and here
and there are touches of inspired
creative powers.
The theme is appropriate for this
first Negro opera. 1t is based on
the mystical and superstitious WOO
doc" a sort of curse. Plot is COM
plieated, but creditable, and lyrics
are generally good, but at times be-
come trifle lavish
The Enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 192?-1930, 1928-10-04
Race Citizens Unite
To Save Boxing

Los ANGELES, Cal. = Realizing
that the ring is one of the few roads
to wealth and the limelight in which
a Negro gets a pretty fair break
here, colored citizens out here are
lining up their forces to help save
the game, which is on the ballot to
be abolished through Amendment 5
in the November elections.
On all the cards staged at the
Olympic, Main Street, Wilmington,
Ocean Park and Pasadena arenas,
as well as the outside towns, colored
boxers have topped the cards week
after week, mostly against white op-
ponents.
Young Jack Thompson, Baby Joe
Cans, Neal Clisby and other top
notchers all got their start at these
clubs.
The Enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 192?-1930, 1928-10-04

Several Inmates
Burned By Blaze;
GirfsBody Found

HOUSTON. Texas, Oct. 3.-(Spe-
cial)-According to telephone in
formation received here Tuesday
morning, fire of an undetermined
origin completely destroyed the hos
pital at Prairie View State Normal
and Industrial College early Tuesday
morning, and also burned up the
residence of DR.. ]. NJ. Franklin,
resident college. physician, VIII C h
was adjacent to the elemosynary
institution.
1t is reported that several student
inmates of the hospital were severely
injured and seriously burned in the
conflagration, with which the col
lege fire department was unable to
cope.
The body of one girl, Missouri
Taylor, was found in the ruins, ac-
cording to latest report.
As soon as news of the disastrous
blaze reached Houston early Tuesday
morning, several local physicians
rushed overland to the state school
to render first aid to the injured.
Among the Houston doctors respond
ing to the appeal for medical assist
biSS "CASs Its II. L6G, VI. ~.
Forde, r. o. Roett, F. F. Stone, w.
M. Drake. C. W. Pemberton and B. J.
Covington
This is the second calamitous con-.
flagration to occur at Prairie View
within recent years, one of the girls
dormitories having been razed to The
ground by blaze during the wint or
of last year.
The frame shack employed as n
hospital was veritable fire trap,
and was totally unfit and inadequate
for such purpose. One redeeming
feature about the unfortunate Incl
dent is that work has already begun
on 100000 hospital, the building
having been made possible by an
outright gift of this amount from the
General Education (Rockefeller)
Board Of New York City.
The Enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 192?-1930, 1928-10-04
Arrest Pastor
On Charge OF
Selling Passes

RICHMOND, VA, Oct 3--Alleged
to be involved in a sensational rail
road pass sale scandal, the Rev. T.
d. Lee of Norfolk, assistant grand
chaplain of the l. B. =. o. 4. w.
and Alfred Chapman, Caucasian
former head OF the C. and o. pass
bureau, have been arrested by fed
eral agents.
Wholesale arrests of other promi-
nent colored Virginians is expected
in the near future in connection
with scandal which involves scores
of persons who attended the recent
Elks convention in Chicago and a
national meeting of religious body
in the same city last spring. 1t is
alleged that the pastor and Chap
man conspired to sell passes illegal
ly to a number of people who at
tended these two conventions.
Rev. Lee, with whom Chapman
is said to have conducted his prin-
cipal dealings in connection with the
Tidewater Elks delegation was
placed under arrest Saturday and
bailed for his appearance before the
federal grand jury in the United
States District Court here In Octo-
Der. Chapman, who is understood
to have made a confession to the
charges against him is confined in
the Richmond jail. He was unable
to raise the $4,000 bail bond re-
quired.
Several Richmond Elks also may
be involved in the matter. Federal
agents expect the eventual arrest of
fifty persons, many of them promi-
nent in fraternal circles. who are
said to have purchased passes illegal
ly issued by Chapman.
Most of { III ese passes federal
agents declare, went to, persons at
tending the annual convention of
Elks, held in Chicago last month.
Not only are persons in Richmond
under suspicion, but in various 9TH
er sections of the state it is ex-
pected that arrests will be made
in a few days.
Rev. Mr.. Lee gave bond for his
appearance in Federal court He
denied the charges against him.
The Enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 192?-1930, 1928-10-04
Marcus Garvey Seeks African Lands Il.
From The League Of Nations Now


shall be able within twenty years,
to prove to the world and to the
League our ability to govern our
selves"
I'VE, your petitioners" it con-
tinues, ARE of the opinion that It
was with the highest consideration
for helping in the development OF
the race, that the two late German
colonies were handed over to the
Union of South Africa as manda-
tories, but now that your petition
ers have brought to your notice the
fact that we, ourselves, as race,
are prepared to assume the respon-
sibility Of developing our own coun-
try--Africa. we have every reason
to feel that you will be moved to
give us that consideration which
justice demands"
TIL e petition attacks President
King Of Liberia, and the Firestor
lContinued on Page 81
The Enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 192?-1930, 1928-10-04
Boys Were Whipped
To Force Confession


NEW YORK. = Appeal briefs in
the cases of two young Negro boys.
Robert Bell and Grady Swain, IL
and 18 years old, sentenced to die
in Arkansas on charges of drowning
two white boys after confessions
extorted by beatings and torture,
have reached the National Associa-
ton for the Advancement Of Colored
People. 60 Fifth avenue.
In their brief, the attorneys say
OF fhe case:
(Which is the greatest punish
ment, 'Sweat-Box Case Thumb
Screw Wooden Boot, Calcutta
Hole, or -Four and a half feet by
three and a half inches wide No.
cowhlde scourge in the hands of a
man Of 200 pounds, Herculean
strength and active, applied to the
naked hack of a boy living face down
on a concrete floor with head and
hands being held'?--yet they have
the effrontery to say confessions
were free and voluntary
The Enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 192?-1930, 1928-10-04
Josephine Bakers
Popularity Wanes
In Paris, France

PARlS.-Josephine Baker, m e
recently the wife of an Italian count,
ceases to be the craze of the play
ground of the world.
Since last September, when her
contract expired with the Follies
Bergere, the American dancer has
been to Austria and Germany with
her wiles, only to be turned back to-
ward Paris. The fiasco with the So
called count and her marriage to him
are said to have caused Josephine
Baker to lose popularity.
To this pretty, well formed, and
wistful girl, the owner of two Rolls
Royce autos and the wife of an
Italian, Paris has turned a cold
shoulder and is looking elsewhere
for entertainment.
Josephine Bakers sensational rise
and fall in Paris have attracted
many American girls to emulate her.
Dozens have failed. Some danced
half naked in suburban wine houses,
preferring the squalor there, plus the
hope of getting their chance in the
Zig cabaret, to returning home and
admitting their defeat.
Josephine is %. In 1925 before
coming abroad she was end girl in
,Sissle and Blake's "Shuffle Along"
Some weeks she earned in Paris as
much as $4,000. sk
The Enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 192?-1930, 1928-10-04
Announces Essay Contest

BOSTON, Mass. - Cash prizes of
$25, SIS and SO will be given to the
author of the best essay of not more
than $50 words on "Why the Race
Should Register" by the National
Equal Rights League, it has been an
nounced by William Monroe Trotter,
secretary of that organization.
The contest will signalize the an
niversery of the issuance of the f.
Emancipation Proclamation and will
close Thursday, October rs. There
will be additional premiums on the
first manuscripts sent in and these
will be published weekly until the
close of the. contest. The awards will
be made on November 8. Manu-
scripts should be sent to the National
EQUAL Rights League, No. 8, Corn
Hill street, Boston, Mass.
The Enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 192?-1930, 1928-10-04
Stars and Giants
Even In Battle
For Pennani

ST. LOUIS, Mo-, Oct. 3.-The st.
Louis Stars and the Chicago Amer
lean Giants will resume their series
of games for the Negro National
League pennant at Stars park next
Saturday. The st. Louis club got
off to bad start in Chicago, losing
the first two games. Hensley came
to the rescue on Monday and gave
them victory and another was put
over on Tuesday with Mcdonald and
Trent. As result the teams are
now tied, two games each. The pen
nant winners must take three games
in the final play-off that starts here
Saturday and continues for five
games or until the issue is decided.
The st. Louis boys have the edge in
more ways than one and it's safe
bet they'll cop the bunting.
Chicago has but one pitcher now
who can give the Stars much trouble,
Foster. Willie Powell, the little right
handler who shut the Stars out on
Sunday 3 to 0, is in the hospital as
the result of an argument Tuesday
morning. 1t is said that Powell was
attempting to kill his wife because
of cabaret brawl and was seriously
injured by a shot gun in the hand
of her father.
William "Dizzy" Dismukes, busi-
ness manager of the Stars, is also on
the hospital list with broken leg.
Mr.. Dismukes and a friend figured
in an auto accident near Clinton, ILL.,,
while motoring back to st. Louis.
The car was wrecked and both were
The Enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 192?-1930, 1928-10-04
"Farina" Is Barred
From N, Y. Hotel

NEW YoRK.-Because the man
agement of the Roosevelt Hotel,
Madison avenue and 45th street, re-
fused to accommodate 'Farina"
Hoskins, of Hal Roach's "Our Gang"
and his mother, Mrs. F. Hoskins, and
his personal manager, L. B. Mathon-
lean, the managers of "0ur Gang"
changed their plans and took resi-
dence at the Park Central Hotel, 7th
avenue and 55th street, during their
stay here.
The Gang appeared in person all
last week at the Capital Theatre on
Broadway. Accommodation were
arranged for them in advance of
their arrival at the Roosevelt Hotel,
but when they arrived the hotel man
agement stated that under no cir
cumstances could they accommodate
the three colored members of the
troupe. Accommodation were then
arranged at the Park Central Hotel.
The Enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 192?-1930, 1928-10-04
Girl Kills Intruder
In Her Bedroom

HAMILTON, Ala.--Kenny Dill, a
well-to-do young white farmer, was
shot to death when he attempted to
enter the bedroom Of Miss Mavis
Terrell, race school girl. Miss Ter
rell told officials that she had re-
peatedly spurned unwelcome atten-
tions of the youth and that when he
attempted to enter her chamber Sat-
urday night she shot him with gun
she had placed in her room for pro-
lection.
Miss Terrell, pretty maid of 16
years. is the daughter of Arch Ter
rell. She was placed in the Marion
County jail in spite Of her plea.
Dill was shot in the head as he at
tempted to climb through window
of Miss Terrell's room where she was
unattired. He is said to have died
y, instantly.