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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-05-05

MINERS LOCAL
CALLS FOR MAY
8 CONVENTION
Demand Pits 'Cleansed
of Scabs
(By a Worker Correspondent

by Worker Correspondent
BRIDGEPORT, Ohio, (By Mail).-4
Enclosed find a resolution which was
adopted by the Webb Local 1910, ons
Of the largest locals of sub-districf
5, of District 6. Please print the reso4
luton, as it was adopted.
SHARP.
Resolution.
To the Executive Board of Sub
district of District 6, u. M. w. of
A., Dear Sir and Brothers:
WHEREAS, We are now engaged
in the thirteenth month, in the Bit
terest struggle in the history of our
organization fighting against great
odds to maintain decent living
standard, and the right to maintaip
our Organization-the u. M. w. of
A, which is our only guarantee for
decent working conditions, and sole
protector against the greedy opera
tors and their agents, and,
WHEREAS, The rank and file of
the u. M w. of A. has in this most
critical and drawn out strike suf-
fered untold hardships thru which
it has demonstrated its solidarity
and willingness to fight and sacri-
flee for the working conditions and
wages achieved thru years of strug-
gle and,
WHEREAS, In this period of the
life and death struggle of our or
ganization all the resources at our
disposal should be mustered to beat
back the attacks of the open-shop
operators and bring this struggle
to a successful termination. Our
International district an4 suh-dir-
trict officials, with a stroke of the
pen, resort to wholesale expu4sio
and revoking of charters of the
strongest locals and the staunchest
supporters and fighters for the
principles for which the U. NJ. w.
of A. stands without any legality or
regard for the constitutional pro-
visions. and,
WHEREAS, Our sub-district,
district and International officials
have been drawing enormous sums
of money in salaries and expenses,
while thousands Of strikers and
their dependents are on the verge
of starvation. and,
WHEREAS, No sincere or seri-
Gus efforts are made to cleanse
the mines of the scabs, who in the
latter period have been coming in
in greater numbers, making it inn
possible to bring this strike to a
successful settlement, and.
WHEREAS, We are dissatisfied
with the haphazard manner in
which the already inadequate relief
is being distributed. allowing some
locals to receive more relief than
others, and in many cases entire
locals have been cut off from relief.
This state of affairs if allowed to
continue will drive hundreds to scab,
weaken our resistance, break the
strike, split our ranks, and destroy
our organization,
T H E R E FORE BE 1T RE-
SOLVED, We members of Local
Union $40 have gone on record in
favor of sub-district convention
at this time, and we hereby petition
the sub-district executive board to
call such special convention on
Wednesday, May 9th, 1928, to act
and remedy the grievances outlined
in this resolution and to consider
the present state of emergency con-
fronting the U. M. w. of A. and
our Sub District 5 Of District in
particular, and to take the neces-
sary steps to remedy same.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-05-05
Davis Bill Defeated

CLEVELAND, May 4.-The Davis
amendment, proposing to eliminate
the city manager system, has been
defeated here. A few weeks before
the election, the Workers Commune
ist) Party issued statement expos
ing Davis career and warning the
workers that any new system he pro-
posed would probably be controlled by
him.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-05-05
1000 Organized.

Let all delegates to the youth con-
ference consider our case. Here is
an organization of 1000 men already
organized, trying to gain admission.
What are you going to do in our be-
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-05-05
Lockout Glove Workers

MARION, Ind, May because
they were dissatisfied with % per
cent wage cut and We're discussing
organization, workers of the United
States Glove Company were locked out
here last week. Wages were cut after
a report by an "efficiency expert"
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-05-05

killed, Pet,r Kelly, hlex Campbell
and Thomas Ills while Sam Greccio
has been seriously wounded.
After discussion ~ the floor all
those present agreed that the re-.
dictionary and corrupt leaders, Cap
pelini ard Lewis, must go if this unior
is TO be saved.
ARD.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-05-05

TO FREE LABOR PRISONERS
THE who are in Jail because they fought for
Labor speak to all workers in every issue of
the Labor Defender" 1t is their magazine The
labor Defender is also the only American
monthly Labor pictorial Many photographs with
brief informative articles by noted writer's bring
before your eyes every event where labor is en-
gagged in struggle.
$1.00 A YEAR ssRFa
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-05-05
Z FISHERMEN DROWN.

BUCHAREST, May 4.-Seven per
sons were drowned today when three
fishing boats were sunk in the Black
Sea by a storm.
Evening star., 1928-12-24

forty-eight States he won a plurality
A solid Middle West and West, spread
ing from coast to coast; an unbroken
North, Northeast, in which Massa-
chusetts and Little Rhody" alone were
creviceS; South into which Republi-
can standards were carried for the first
time across four hitherto impregnable
Democratic State lines - that is an
achievement irrevocably designed to
perpetuate Herbert Hoover's name in
political history. 1t was mighty vote
of confidence The Californian is the
type of statesman who will not fail to
interpret it as one which imposes upon
him a responsibility no less tremendous
The tumult and the shouting of the
late unpleasantness have died away
with completeness for which a united
country has. cause for fervent thanks
giving at the turn of memorable year.
Twas famous victory" says a IA
miliar line of Robert Southey in "The
Battle of Blenheim" As the detailed
figures of the fray exhibit, it was also
a victory with glory enough for all.
Evening star., 1928-12-24

Sitting on roof, or a gutter, or away
up in tree, he gets the we'll known
bird'S-eye view of things.
Beauty OF landscape means nothing
at all to bird. He sits on tree or
house without realizing the one is a
tree or the other a house.
No doubt bird of 1928, being the
descendant of thousands of years of
bird life, feels more at home in tree
than on the top of house
We feel sure that your average winger
of the air finds the telephone pole
(product of a comparatively recent date
recent when compared to bird life
that Isl suspicious thing.
He sits on the telephone wire easily
enough, but beneath that low brow he
resents the fact that it wiggles in the
| wind.
Let it sway just bit too much, away
he flies, and this is all the more strange,
since the trees which come so natural
to him go through exactly the same sort
of movements.
The new bird fancier will resent at
| first the wary attitude assumed by his
feathered friends
They ought, he thinks, show some
normal gratitude. At least one of them
he feels, might sit firm without flying
away at the very sight of him.
The flock which had been spearing
grass seed all over the yard is now
clinging to the gutter of the house
across the alley.
The component members of the gallery
survey with absolute indifference the
| disposition of the bread in the rose
| bed.
LAS far as I care" every single bird
seems to be twittering, you are just
wasting your precious time putting out
| those bread crumbs. Bread crumbs?
Bah! I prefer suet:"
The enthusiast hopefully retreats
into the house in the faith that the
moment the door closes the birds will
swoop down for dinner
One minute goes by two minutes,
three minutes, four minutes, five min
utes, but not bird has swooped.
The silly things sit firm on their gut
ter. chirping their fool heads off.
All, ha!
One scout whirls down and settles
on an althea bush. For a long time
he carefully looks the situation over.
| He is joined by another, and an
other
Then they all fly away.
Birds are suspicious things. After
a while, however, they repeat the per-
formance, until one granddaddy bird,
the old man of the flock, bolder than
the. resS flies down and grabs himself
chunk of bread
Then do the remainder seize them
selves hunks, too?
| They do not.
They make grab for the piece gar
nered by the granddaddy bird.
In land of plenty, flguratively
speaking, they fight over a crumb.
FIRST one bird seizes the piece, then
another, until finally the whole crowd
get wise to the fact that there is plenty
for all.
Such chirping as goes up as each
selzeS large or small piece Of bread
and hops away with it!
Put out Christmas dinner for the
birds and be more than repaid in
watching their antics.
Evening star., 1928-12-24
Coolidge Expected
To Work After Rest

From the Manchester Union.
Mr.. Calvin Coolidge appears to have
no difficulty in solving the vexed prob
lem of what We should do with an eX-
President. Or, rather, he knows pretty
well what one President. soon to be an
"ex," proposes to do with himself.
First of all, he will take rest. He
has earned it. If he has not found
the presidency man-killing job, it has
titled to his hours of ease. Nobody will
begrudge them. So he will go back to
Northampton, sit down and think
things over. He still has a lease of the
two-family house he occupied before
he went to Washington. Probably he
will reside there. again for time.
Eventually he will acquire a bigger
house, but that is matter yet to be
decided. The selection naturally will
be affected by the occupation in which
he engages after his vacation.
1t Is stated, apparently with author
ity, that Mr.. Coolidge has reached no
decision about his future engagements.
He has money enough for his needs,
even If he should decide not to connect
himself with a pay roll. Washington
though he may be free of financial
worries, 1t Is not believed that he would
care for a long period of inactivity.
His friends say that he is inclined to
connect himself with something along
the line of public service. They also
hint that Vermont, his native State,
has high place in his affections, and
that he is likely to receive tempting
proposals from Vermont sources. But
there is no suggestion that ne has COM
mitted himself to any of the numerous
positions with which his name has
been connected in Capital gossip. And
this is not overlooking, of course. the
reports of plans to make him Senator
from Massachusetts, or otherwise draw
him into political activities.
If the President runs true to form,
the public will be informed Of his in
tentions when he is ready to speak
and not before that. Meanwhile there
is no need of worry about what he will
do after he quits the White House. He
won't have to wait for job, if he
wants one; and If he doesn't, he will
have no diff1culty in keeping the wolf
from the door.
Evening star., 1928-12-24
Hoover Homeward Bound.

Brazils magnificent reception of
Herbert Hoover supplies fitting climax
to the epochal adventure upon which
he embarked six weeks ago. The Presi-
dent-elect, surfeited with honors, sailed
away from Rio de Janeiro yesterday
and Christmas eve finds him home
ward-bound aboard the Utah. He is
entitled to celebrate his first Yuletide
in the exalted capacity which now
caparisons him in the consciousness of
having rendered his country notable,
tangible service. There is not the slight
est doubt that the United States rela-
tions with Latin America emerge
strengthened as the result Of Mr..
Hoover's unofficial invasion Of the
Southern Hemisphere.
The President of the Brazilian Cham
Der of Deputies, in public address de-
livered in the distinguished strangers
presence, eulogized the United States as
1.-The supreme inspirer of peace and
fraternity among the nations" There
is Latin temperament in that panegyric,
though perhaps the Kellogg. anti-war
pact does not entirely deprive America
of the rank and title which Senor DR..
Barros conferS upon her. In his responses
to the state banquet given him by the
President of Brazil, Mr.. Hoover re-
Trained from language so fervent, con-
fining himself, as is his wont, to the
practicalities in the North-South Amer
ican situation. He stressed the "eco-
nomic mutually of nations" and point
ed out the ideal degree to which the
two halves of the Western Hemisphere
supplement themselves, as far as their
respective demands and supplies are
concerned.
No statesman anywhere north or
south of the Rio Grande expects that
Herbert Hoover's visit to Latin America
has, as if by magic, eradicated all the
factors which make for differences be-
tween the United States and the twenty
lister republics of pan-America. But,
IN the other hand, every statesman
recognizes the priceless value of the
fabric Of good will which visits by men
like Mr.. Hoover build up. They lay
solid foundation of steel and concrete
upon which structure Of durable fiber
can be reared. The metaphor is
peculiarly appropriate in the case OF
the man who will become chief en-
gineer of the United States on March 4.
From the moment that engineer
touched upon Central American soil in
November to the hour he had his fare
well glimpse of the mountainous sky
line Of Rio de Janeiro. he had unique
opportunity to learn at first hand the
weak spots in the skyscraper of PAN
American fraternity. Knowing where
they are and what they are, Herbert
Hoover should be able to carry on the
endless work of pan-American friend
ship with a surer hand than was WELD
ed by any of his presidential prede-
cessors.
His trip to Latin America was an
inspiration. It has only temporarily
ended. The good that he has done
will live after it.
Evening star., 1928-12-24
A Workmen's Window,

Apparently few artisans or worknen,
skilled or unskilled, can labor long on
church or CATHEDRAL without alb
sorbing some Of the spirit in which the
edifice Is conceived and to which it is
dedicated. In line with this general
susceptibility and with peculiar pro-
priety at this particular time Of year
comes the announcement of the gift
Of beautiful stained glass window by
the men Of all ranks and all trades
who have constructed the new ST. Ste
phen's and the Incarnation Church. on
upper Sixteenth street.
This window appropriately depicts
the activities of the various important
building trades, the center panel dis
playing our Lord learning His trade as
a carpenter. The vast Importance in
any pretentiouS ecclesiastical edifice of
the man who works with his hands
and whose brow sweat transcends the
mere wages he receives has been cell
ebrated from the time of King Solomon
on down by writer's and by spiritual
leaders.
Such gift as that proffered by these
laborers Of today is, in a sense, a mod
ernization of the time and custom
when carpenter or mason, unable
to contribute financially to the erection
Of the cathedral Of his home COM
munity, gave gratis a certain number
Of annual days labor of love and de-
votion. 1t is a graceful action, made
more graceful and appealing by the
actuating spirit behind it, and when
Bishop Freeman shall unveil the warm
rich colors on Christmas morning, II
is doubtful If any one witnessing the
ceremony or seeing the window on a
subsequent Sunday fails to go to his
daily labors a better man and better
worker in whatever honorable calling
from the highest to the lowest, in which
he may be engaged.
Evening star., 1928-12-24
Air Corps Promotions.

THE Army Air Corps is facing a
serious situation in regard to its COM
misSioned personnel due to Stagnation
in promotion.
"At present the average Army Air
Corps officer is holding a command far
above his rank. His prospects of promo
ton are discouraging, and the oppor-
tunities offered by commercial aviation
are far greater than those of his Army
life
Military flying is more hazardous
than commercial flying and will become
more so as safety appliances are de-
veloped which cannot be used e in
combat planes. Also the physical strain
on an Army pilot in carrying out
military missions is not comparable to
that of commercial transportation.
1T is of utmost necessity at the
present time to take steps toward
building up the morale of our Air Corps
If we expect too>maintain its past
standard of efficiency.
Rank commensurate with command
Is OF prime Importance A number of
our best officers have already resigned
and unless steps are taken to relieve
the present situation We will lose manv
more in the near future.
In my opinion, separate promo
ton list will accomplish much in build
ing up an efficient Air Corps in the
United States"
Col. Lindbergh, who wrote these
words, did not write them as an
editorial for The Star. But because
they more adequately express the
fundamental necessity for the creation
OF a separate promotion list for the
Army Air Corps-and it should here be
said that the same logic applies with
equal pertinence to the Navy-The Star
reprints them, and says amen"
There is no doubt that the morale
OF the Army Air Corps has suffered
owing to the fact that, under the exist
ing system of promotion with aviators
on the same promotion list as those in
the less hazardous branches of the
service, there are many first lieutenants
engaged in actual flying service who
cannot look forward to anything but a
captaincy or maybe a majority by the
Time ne must retire. When this fact
is weighed as against the current in
ducements of civil aviation it becomes
apparent that from the standpoint of
practically something must be done if
efficient officers are to be retained in
the Air Corps. When it is, further
considered that with but one-twelfth
OF the total officer personnel upon its
rosters the Army Air Corps furnishes
approximately forty per cent of the
casualties among all Army officers in
time Of peace, and that in a vast
majority Of cases when an aviator is
killed 1t is an officer in the less
hazardous branches who is advanced to
take the rank which he held, from the
far more important standpoint of
ordinary justice one must demand a
change.
A bill purposed to effect this change
has passed the House of Representa-
tives. 1t will be brought up in the
Senate military affairs committee short
ly after the holidays. It should be
reported from that body with favor and
promptitude and swiftly enacted into
law by the Senate and President.
Evening star., 1928-12-24

OF entry has not furnished a case for
the Michigan life law. The victims
nave been picked up In the obscure cor
ners OF Michigan liquor lawlessness. and
tnelr convictions have not disturbed the
volume of trade and use in the State.
II Lansing and Michigan care
10 give American history a new exam
pie OF ferocious hysteria, carried into
execution by accepted legal procedure
With the consent of the people, 1t is
proceeding in exactly the right manner
TO get and keep the reputation"
X X X
While dispatches are recountine
graft and corruption In the ranks Of
customs inspectors assigned to stop the
flow of liquor across the border from
Ontario into Detroit" the Morgantown
New Dominion remarks, "other stories
describe the strange situation of a per-
son having been sentenced to life i'm
prisonment in the State penitentiary
after a fourth conviction for possession
OF liquor. Michigan, which few years
ago abandoned capital punishment, has
dry law which makes it mandatory
for judge to assess q life sentence
upon the fourth conviction of a felony. y
In connection with this case, the
Montgomery Advertiser feels that "it is
pertinent to take note of a bill now
pending before Congress. It Is known
as the Stalker bill," continues the Ad-
vertiser, land if it Is passed, it would
make violation Of the prohibition law
a felony throughout the United States.
Violation of the prohibition law" the
Alabama paper asserts, cannot proper
ly be made felony, and the argument
against the Stalker bill on this ground
alone Is weighty enough to establish
the unWlSdom of passing 1t. But there
is still another argument which is
more weighty, under the circumstances.
That is that if the Stalker bill were
passed, conditions similar to those in
Michigan would automatically become
prevalent in number of States, for
several States have laws modelled after
the Baumes law Of New York State"
1.-THE Lansing woman probably de-
cided," suggests the Huntington Ad-
vertiser, that selling liquor was the
easiest way to provide for the large
family dependent upon her. OF course.
she knew it~was against the law, but
she saw others getting away with it.
She was convicted of her fourth
felony offense under the prohibition
laws of Michigan. That brings her
within the scope of the States habitual
criminal act. Under the law, the trial
judge had no alternative. He must
send her to the penitentiary for the
remainder Of her natural life. The
habitual criminal act, which has been
adopted by several States in recent
years in the hope of checking the
rising tide Of crime, is fine thing,
but as 1t applies to this Michigan
Evening star., 1928-12-24
Election Glory for Everybody.

Moral victories for defeated parties
and candidates are hollow honors, yet
in the official figures of the recent
presidential election, just issued by the
Associated Press, there is an uncommon
amount of satisfaction for both victor
and vanquished.
Mr.. Hoover's plurality over Gov.
Smith is set at 6,643,612 - an over
whelning lead in total poll of &c.
F9s,669. Yet the Democratic nominee
rolled up a popular vote Of 1905 ,497
against his conqueror's 21,429,1o9 con-
stituting a total far in excess Of that
ever achieved by any other Democratic
candidate for the presidency.
The Smith vote was more than
5000 900 in excess of the 8,386,503 cast
for John w. Davis in 1924; 5,658,000
more than James M. Cox received in
1920; 5,875,0OO more than Woodrow
Wilson received in 1916, and 8,719,000
more than Wilson obtained when first
elected, in 1912. William Jennings
Bryan in his most peerless day-1896-
was a round 8,50O,O0O votes short of
the vote given Gov Smith in 1928.
The friends of the New Yorker take
justifable pride in such figures. The
hero Of Manhattan was not without
friends on November last, even though
the citizens who preferred Herbert
Hoover for President fabulously out
stripped them.
If the captain and crew of the ship
wrecked Democratic bark are entitled
to derive solace from numbers, Presi-
dent-elect Hoover and the Republican
party are, of course, even more justified
in pluming themselves. No man elevated
to the chief magistracy of the Republic
ever scaled those exalted heights with
so colossal an outpouring of the en-
franchised citizenry at his back. Twen-
ty-one million voters registered their
sovereign wish that Herbert Hoover
should take the Federal helni1 next
March. In no fewer than forty Of the
Evening star., 1928-12-24

because it is Christmas. The tempta-
ton to do SO Is large. Tradition behind
the festivities demands an ample board.
but the feast may be tempered with
common sense and still be quite as
merry as the occasion demands.
Especially is this moderation neces-
sary in families where children are
rightfully the center of attraction. The
little ones, confronted with an unusual
display of Christmas goodies" will eat
as much as they can hold, but with in
fluenza threatening they should be re-
quired to eat sensibly of diet which
includes plenty of green and leafy
vegetables and fruits.
Nor are their elders to be excepted
from this requirement, If they are to
look forward to beginning the New Year
with clear minds and clean bodies
Children have greater powers of re-
cuperation from "stuffing" than their
parents; many Juvenile ache and
pain vanishes with the morrow. Those
adults who eat not wisely, but too well
often rue their indiscretion for many a
day.
In the midst of the Christmas holi-
days, therefore, it will be well If every
household takes stock of itself in regard
to this matter of eating sanely, and sees
to it that the great basic law of health,
moderation, is not lost sight of. The
temptations will be many, but he or she
who feasts reasonably as we'll as mer-
rily will live longer and make the New
Year a happy one, indeed.