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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-12-25
us. ReneUs
1915 Attack
On England

WASHINGTON, Dec. 23.-As a
further strain upon the delicate re-
lations existing between the British
and American empires, already at
war commercially, the state depart
ment has just released a thousand
word history of the diplomatic con-
flict between U. S. and England in
1915 over the right of search and
seizure.
This question has never been set
tied. The U. S. government during
the first part of the world war de-
manded the right to ship foodstuffs
to Germany thru neutral ports Of
Holland and Denmark. England
seized ships with such cargoes.
When the U. S. government heed
ed the necessities of its bankers who
had staked enormous loans on Eng
lands winning the war, and entered
against the Central powers. the is
sue was left banking in the air.
Britain Inhuman."
With the publication of the corre-
spondence during 1915 between U. S.
and Great Britain, the impression
is given out that it was more or
less of an accident that U. S. fought
Germany instead of England, that
England was and still believes in a
policy of the greatest inhumanity to
civil populations. According to the
present release, three weeks after
the Lusitania was sunk, Robert
Lansing, the counselor at the state
department and later secretary of
state, held a frank conference with
the British ambassador, Sir Cecil
Spring Rice, and told him the United
States regarded the British blockade
as no less inhuman than Germany's
submarine warfare.
"Why does not your government
relieve themselves of the odium of
pursuing an inhuman policy by
agreeing to allow food to go to the
civil population of Germany" Ian
sing asked the British ambassador,
according to Lansing's memorandum
left in the department.
A War Measure.
In the opinion of political observ-
ers, watching the growing war
clouds on the British-American ho-
rizon, shown by the conflict in
South America, the tin, rubber,
nickel, radio and sother battles of
monopoies the recently declared
shipping war between the U. S.
shipping board and the Cunard line,
and the naval race, publication of
such documents at the present time
can be understood only as pre-war
propaganda.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-12-25
TRY TO DETAN DALI Y
ANNIVERSARY DANCERS

Three of the Isadora Dancers
scheduled to appear at the ami
versary entertainment of the Daily
Worker on January 5, 1929, were de-
MED entrance by Customs officials
yesterday when the liner Caronia
docked from Southampton here yes
terday. They gave as their excuse the
youth of the three dancers.
The three young dancers who
were sent to Ellis Island by the
United States officials are Lila
Maria and Elena Duncan, all under
the care of Irma Duncan, the famous
dancers adopted daughter.
The OBTAINING of three of the Dun
can dancers is considered to be ar
attempt to break up the group and
prevent their appearance in this
country, chiefly because their school
is located in Moscow, the capital OF
the Union of Socialist Soviet Re
publics.
All efforts are being directed to-
wards having the three dancers re-
leased from Ellis Island and to
thwart the attempt of the United
States government to break up the
troupe. All three arrested have
been dancing more than six years
in leading European capitals and
have appeared in China once, but
have never met with any such. at
tempt to sabotage them.
Minors who are members of other
dramatic and dancing groups have
until now been admitted by Amer
lean officials without any question.
This is an open attempt to prohibit
the famous Soviet dancers from ap-
pearing, and, since they are sched-
tiled to make their first appearance
at the Daily Worker anniversary, it
can only be considered as another
thrust at the working class paper.
The troupe, however, will appear in
full, it is believed, since an ener-
getic fight is on the way.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-12-25
Wall st. Puppets in
Nicaragua to Bow
to Masters Dec. rs

MANAGUA, Nicaragua, Dec. "a.
The Nicaraguan congress of
Yankee imperial puppets, run into
office by the United States marines
and sailors under the supervision of
General Mccoy, has decided to wait
until Dec. 26 to consider" the ma
tional elections and the report of the
American supervisors.
1t is e certainty that McCoy's re-
port to the congress will be ap-
proved.
Preparations are also being made
10 inaugurate Moncada, who be-
trayed the revolution and gave up
ris arms when he was promised by
Commander Sellers, of the Ameri-
can fleet in the Canal Zone, that he
would become president.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-12-25
BRITISH FIELD
GUNS USED BY
AFGHAN REBELS
Removal of Foreigners
Points to Intensive
Campaign
King Leaves X a bul
Hu ge High Powered
Planes Employed

NEW DELHI, India, Dec. a.
British advice to European legations
in Kabul to evacuate, following the
removal of 20 women and 8 children
of the English legation yesterday by
military plane, is an indication that
an intensification of the revolt is
expected shortly.
Additional British army planes
have been dispatched today from
Peshawar on the Indian frontier, 60
miles from Kabul, on pretense of
evacuating women and children at
tached to other foreign legations.
1t is also reported that Queen
Souriya and her mother left for
Kandahar.
At the same time it is reported
that King Amanullah has trans
ferred his government from Kabul
to Kandahar, 280 miles south, which
adds to the belief that the campaign
will be vigorously pushed.
More complete reports of the re-
moval of the British from Kabul by
military transport plane give
further details of the situation in
Kabul. For the first time it has
been officially reported that the re-
voting tribesmen have many pieces
of heavy artillery which can only
be from a British source and OBJ
tanned from the imperialist forces
in India.
The airplane used to evacuate the
British from Kabul, in preparation
for a more intensive drive, is a
military machine capable of carry.
ing % fully armed infantrymen, two
pilots and gunner. Machines OF
this type have been frequently used
by the British in their operations
amongst the tribesmen of Iraq anc
were used in the recent disturbance.
in Persia.
The accumulation of these cireum
stances during the last few weeks
leads to the belief that the British
imperialists are now engaged in ar
energetic campaign to dominate the
countries to the south of the Soviet
Union and create war bases there.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-12-25
lJNCER deal TO
END DOPE TALK
Whalen Fits Around
to Hide Rothstein Case

Police Commissioner Gorgeous
Grover" Whalen continues to act on
the theory and political wisdom of
those equally splendiferous latter
Caesars, whose cure for graft scan
dial was to provide carping critics
with a good spectacle and make them
forget Il.
Every once in while, when his
attention is forcefully called by
newspaper friends, always on hand.
to the fact that some one named
pothstein was killed Nov. J, and
that people do say that the reason
no one has been seriously accused
Of the crime is because Tammany
police and Tammany hackers up
town were mixed in Rothstein's bill
lion dollar drug ring, Whalen says:
ooh, yes, must tell the Homicide
Bureau, push the investigation
right along. We want action. This
case has been dragging too long!"
And then Whalen goes out at ?
q. m. to look for undiligent patrol
men who may be chatting with
friends or stealing a smoke while
on duty Sometimes ne catches one.
too, and the ever-present newspaper
men print columns and columns
about IT, to the exclusion Of the
Rothstein dope ring.
Unger Makes Bargain.
Meanwhile Unger, the only man
connected with it, pleaded
guilty yesterday to possessing S2,-
100000 worth Of drugs. and unless
the judge is unpolit,c enough to give
him long sentence and aggravate
him into telling what he knows, any
leakage Of information from that
source is stopped.
Unger's sister, supposed to know
something. too, has been taken out
of sight, DR.. K. II. Wouters Of De-
troit. head Of the narcotics squad
there, admits. She may be in New
York" says the doctor.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-12-25
COOLIDGE HOLDS
RIGHT TO EXACT
FULL INDEMNITY
Refuses to Officially
Appoint Delegate to
German Debt Meet
Snubs English Agent
Allows Six Powers to
Select American

WASHINGTON, Dec. 24.-Amer-
lean Imperialism, the inventor Of the
Dawes plan, which it now appears
is impossible for the German state
to carry out, refuses to be officially
identified with the conference of six
powers to revise the plan and fix
the amount of which the German
workers can be bled. The United
States government by refusing to
take part in the modification of the
plan, plainly reserves. the right to
collect from somebody all the
amounts due under present agree
ments.
They Can Appoint.
President Coolidge today consent
ed to permit American experts to
assist Germany and the allies in
solving the war reparations prob
lem," for which a conference will be
called early in 1929, but refused to
appoint or credential them.
The following statement was made
public at the state department: "The
secretary of state this afternoon in
formed Sir Esme Howard. the
British ambassador that if the six
governments desire American ex-
perts to serve upon the expert ccm-
mittee the United States have no OBJ
lection"
Sir Esme Howard, the British
Ambassador, called upon the secre-
tary of state this morning and in
formed him in the name of the six
governments interested in repara-
tions problem that they wished to
inquire whether the United States
government will agree to American
experts taking part in the work of
the proposed committee which is to
deal wgithsthe final settlement, of fRe
problem, and whether, if so, the
United States government would be
ready to propose the names of such
American experts.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-12-25
Trade Union Education
League Starts Drive in
Pacific Lumber Woods

SEATTLE, Wash, Dec. "a
There is vital ned of the Trade
Union Educational League among
the loggers and lumberjacks of the
Pacific northwest. Organization is
practically gone, since the demise
here Of the I. w. W., and will have
to be built up in order to remedy
the present bad conditions in the
woods.
The lumber workers section of the
7. U. E. l.. is beginning to work
at this job. To raise funds and get
things started, an entertainment and
dance will be held Jan. 5, at p. M,
at Finnish Hall, 1889 Washington
st. A Negro orchestra will furnish
the music. A little play, "a Logger
Expresses His Mind" will teach the
need of organization among lumber
workers.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-12-25
USSR Makes Second
Payment on German
Long Term Credits

The second payment of 36,000,000
marks ($S,56S,000l, due December
81, 1928. on the German 30O,000,0O0
mark (S71, ,400,00O) long-term credit
extended to Soviet economic organ.
izations was recently deposited with
the Deutsche Bank by the Soviet
Connnisariat for Trade, according to
cabled reports received yesterday by
the Amtorg Trading Corporation,
the principal firm in Soviet
can trade. The first payment on the
German credit amounted to 31,000,-
600 marks.
The German iong-term credit,
partly guaranteed by The govern
ment, was authorized two years
ago. German equipment to the to-
tai amount of the credit was pur-
chased within year by various
Soviet industrial and trade crgan-
izations. According to Soviet GUS
toms statistics of trade across Eu-
ropean frontiers, Soviet imports
from Germany in the fiscal year
1929, ending September 80, 1928,
amounted to 242,000,0OO rubles, and
from the United States to 1s1 1,500,-
900 rubles. as against the CORE
spending figures for the preceding
fiscal year of 157,7O0,OO0 rubles and
143, 100000 rabies, respectively.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-12-25
EW YORK, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 25, 1928
Hillmam Gets
Gold Medal for
Civic ~ lYtue"

Tailors streaming sweat as they
1lave long hours under the piece
work system forced upon them by
their union officialdom can hardly
wait until quitting time tonight to
vent their joy in congratulations for
one another!
For their president-the Anal
ganated Clothing Workers Union
president-Sidney Hillman, has been
awarded gold medal and cash
prize of $1,000!
The wage cuts instituted with the
aid of this same Sidney HilIman,
the shop reorganizations, where a
speed-up concurred in by Hillman
cost many workers their jobs; the
discarding of the 40-hour week de-
mand-all these unpleasantries are
forgotten by the workers $50 Hill
man would like), because hasn't
their great president brought honor
to the tailors?
The Harmon Foundation-an au-
gust body of rotund citizens with
the cash of a deceased millionaire
to hand out, has come to the con-
clusion that Sidney has done very
much "for the community" and has
dished out a solid gold medal and
peeled a bankroll off for those SER
vices.
What the services are? Perhaps
the tailors can tell us. No! Don't
bother them. They are too busy at
piece-wcrk. Time off to explain
means loss of so much and so much.
The Harmon Foundation will explain
Just as well; Sidney Hillman's '1a-
Dor bank, the unions real estate
maneuvers, his careful avoidance of
all ill-mannered demands from the
bosses, his enthusiastic agreement
to increase efficiency in their shops
all these things are great services
to the community and deserve a
medal!
Why, Sidney deserves another
medal for the modest "Thank you,
SIR" he emitted when notified. 81
appreciate the great fortune that
is mine in being so honored," said
the shy Hillman.
However, left wingers doubt that
the workers will forget the things
Sidney wants them to forget.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-12-25
CLERKS union
WINS A STRIKE
Bitter 11-Week Fight
Ends in Victory

after eleven weeks Of bitter
struggle against injunctions, the So
cialist trade union bureaucracy po-
lice sluggers and the Fruit Dealers
Association, the Retail Grocery,
Fruit and Dairy Clerks Union has
compelled the Freeman Fruit Ex-
change, Inc, to settle the strike
against their sores, concede all
union conditions, and sign agree
ments with the Union.
The Freeman firm has been one
of the pillars of the boss associa-
tion and had been one of the most
determined opponents of the work
ers' organization. They applied for
and were given injunctions against
the strikers; the employers ade
special alliances with the reaction
ary officialdom of the United He
brew Trades. Despite these diff
culties the union conducted the
strike militantly to victorious end.
The Two stores of the company
which have signed up are located at
94S Freeman st. and 2043 Davidson
Ave, Bronx.
The Clerks Union, for long time
affiliated to the United Hebrew
Trades and the A. F. of L., had gone
independent" after the policies of
its left wing leadership did not suit
the "likings" of Jewish Socialist"
labor fakerdom.
Since that time most vicious
campaign to wreck the union has
been carried on by the U. H. t.,
which itself took out and helped the
bosses take out literally scores of
anti-picketing injunctions. Despite
all this the union has grown more
than five-fold in membership.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-12-25
Pilsudski's Friend
Is Justice Minister

WARSAW. Poland, Dec. ga
very close friend of Pilsudslli and
a staunch supporter of the dictator,
has been appointed as Polish min
lister of justice to replace S. Meysz-
toics, who did not prove to be pliable
enough to the will of the Dictator
ship.
The rev minister, Stanislaw Car,
is a well-known reactionary and will
help the white terror against the
workers through the courts.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-12-25
Liebknecht Memorial
in Detroit on Jan. 16

DETROIT, Mich, Dec. PA
Liebknecht memorial meeting will
be held here on Sunday, Jan. 6, at
2 p. m. in the New Workers Hall,
1343 E. Ferry st. Mass tableaux,
depicting different events in the life
Of the great revolutionary martyr,
will be presented by the members
CT the Detroit Young Workers (Com-
munist) League.
Workers of Detroit are urged to
attend this memorial meeting and
to bring all friends and sympa-
thizers.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-12-25
HOOVER *
ON BRAZIL
VERY APPARL,,,l
Government Concerned
With Spectacle, Not
~ Eager for Orders
Military Demonstrated
Gave Him Cigars; Sent
Him Away Home

KEY WEST, Florida, Dec. "a
President-eleet Hoover is expected
here Jan. 6. The battleship Utah is
making fourteen knots, hurrying its
future commander-in-c n-chief in la
bored naval fashion away from
Latin America and back to the bust
ness of cabinet making as rapidly
as its heavy armor permits.
News arriving from the Utah is
the usual small gossip about gifts
and ceremonies. Christmas will be
celebrated by means of a tree
brought on board at Rio Janeiro.
Gave Him Spectacle.
Hoover is said to be somewhat
mystified as to the results CT his
last bargaining. Brazil is strong
nation, not so easy to bluff as the
little states along the Pacific Coast.
The Brazilian government gave
Hoover an unprecedented display,
nhilitarily and officially. The people
were apathetic or hostile.
The president-elect had his time
taken up with listening to the gov
ernment band of 120 pieces, dressed
in white, red and gold, with plumed
brass helmets, or in riding behind
flashing dragons and lancers, with
flashing swords and helmets, and
pennants swapping in the breeze.
But, although ne was allowed to
talk to congress, the president and
the supreme court, he was invari-
ably reminded that Brazil is coun-
try not too easy to conquer, every
thing the government has is for
sale to foreign imperialism, but at
a good price, and Britain is bidding
as we'll as the United States.
However, when Hoover embarked
to leave the country the government
gave him a fireworks display, a
book to read on the way to Florida,
and box of cigars.
=
For Intervention.
RIO JANEIRO, Dec. 24.-Butler
Sherwill, state department inter-
prefer for Hoover during his con-
versation with President Irogoyen's
statement in the newspaper Epocha
of Buenos Aires, that Hoover said
he was not in accord with Coolidge's
policy Of intervention. Hoover said
nothing of the sort, says Sherwill,
and instead declared that ne was in
favor of all Coolidge's policies, pre-
sumably including intervention. The
general opinion is that either Hoover
CT Ircgoyen is lying.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-12-25
co. BANKRUPT; WAGES LOST

OO. DH4NNNCT i, VNuLD bVDf
MILWAUKEE, Dec. 23.-The 80
workers of the Standard Crucible
Casting Co. lost S1,917 in wages due
when the company went bankrupt.
Little chance to collect the wages
is seen.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-12-25

TIE Workers tCOmmunistb Party Il
the party of tie class struggle.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-12-25

$4,000 MINERS LAID OFF
EDINBURGH (By MailD.-It is
reported that $4,000 Scottish miners
have been laid off in the past year.
Most of these face starvation.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-01-30
Other Papers
CULTURE FIRST
New York Evening Post)

ANEM "a 1F~AAA6 @00t
American educational standards have met severe
criticism at the annual meeting Of the Association Of
American Colleges, but President Lowell has perform
ed q distinct service in their behalf in emphasizing the
necessity the American college is under Of having a
self-sufficient field of its own, which he declares must
be cultural. The junior college and the vocational
school, he feels, are filling q genuine need, but if the
American college, which has played such a vital part
in the development Of the intellectual life Of this
country, is TO survive, it must not endeavor to en-
croach upon their fields, but must hew to the line Of
cultural studies.
College he's many side shows-the social advan-
tages which result from attendance at q fashionable
institution, the training occasionally provided in pre-
paration for business life, perhaps the moral discipline
which Dean Hawkes. of Columbia feels is one of the
Lowell is certainly right in stating that the real chal-
lense il must meet relates to its Intellectual standards.
Z If the American college can make its students see the
value Of Intellectual culture, and thss it can be at
tanned only by hard personal effort" he tells his fell
ly."
II the college can not meet this challenge, and by
lowering its standards gives way to the junior college
and the vocational school, what of culture in this coun-
try? That there is a desire for culture is only too a-
parent in the prevalence Of advertised short cuts TO the
intellectual life, familiar to every reader of a Sunday
newspaper, but that these pseudo-cultural courses are
built upon sand is a point we need not labor. Ameri-
can culture can not endure without our colleges, and
without recognition Of its cultural obligations the
American college, as distinct from the vocational
school, can not endure.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-01-30
Clean Up the Fruit

The Lower Rio Grande Valley has one month left
N which to remove citrus fruit from the trees and TO
destroy fallen fruit. The regulations formulated by
the Federal Horticultural Board, which imposed the
limited embargo last fall. state specifically that no
ripe citrus fruits, peaches, guavas or other host fruits
Of the Mexican fruit fly can remain on the trees later
than the first Of March.
Mayor A. B. Cole Of Brownsville last week issued
. proclamation calling upon the owners Of citrus trees
in the city to Immediately remove and destroy all
sour orange or other worthless fruits, and to have all
edible fruits removed from the trees not later than
February 90. Mayors of other Valley cities are ex-
pected TO take similar action, and efforts will be made
70 induce owners &c ali fruit trees in towns and cities
to complete a thorough cleanup before March 1.
In the rural sections where fruit is produced on a
commercial scale there has been no difficulty expert
enced in impressing upon the growers the necessity
for keeping their groves in proper condition. Most Of
the growers have picked up and destroyed all fallen
fruit There is still a large quantity Of fruit on the
trees in many sections. and February shipments will
be heavy. but BY March l every grower expects to
have his trees stripped and the fruit either in transit
TO market or in storage.
1t is the opinion Of the federal entomologists and
inspectors. who have been maintaining close contact
with the Valley fruit industry. that the principal diff
ficuIty in ~effecting a thorough cleanup Of the Valley
will be encountered in Brownsville and two or three
other cities where there are large numbers of sour
orange trees producing worthless fruit, but which are
~M N~~~H "-&TW - F|-N0
are never sprayed. are a constant menace to the citrus
industry Of the Valley. Horticulturists frankly state
that the hundreds Of worthless orange trees in Browns
vile constitute q menace which may eventually cost
the industry millions of dollars, and are unanimous in
urging that the city take some action toward either
eliminating them or demanding that they be given pro-
per care.
When the Valley-wide cleanup campaign was I'M
der way last summer the proposition of destroying the
worthless citrus trees received the recommendation Of
practically all horticrlturists and growers. They as
serted that repeated efforts had been made to induce
the owners Of such trees 10 give them some care, to
spray them occasionally and not permit their trees to
g the medium q possible infestation Of the Valleys
commercial groves. Practically no attention has been
given these requests. The city's u~nsprayed, diseased,
pest-infested trees. the ground in their vicinity Uttered
with fallen fruit, become a greater menace each year
M the planting CT citrus increases.
Mayor Coles proclamation should be hesded by
che owners OF citrus fruit trees in Brownsville. II the