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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-01-25

huge turnover in hospital labor, the
average worker staying less than two
weeks.
The trained nurses, who must at
tend training school for two years,
receive an average of $50 a month.
Unframed nurses who have not fin
ished training school, get $50 a
month. All slave IL hours a day. The
clerks average about 500 week.
The rates for patients are SO a
day for ward beds, Sd day for semi
private rooms, and Sc to $12 a day
for private rooms. Charges are made
for urine examinations (S2), X-rays
($5 a plate), for use of operating
room ($15-$25) and for drugs. With
these extra charges a hospital bill
averages at least $35 weekly, which
worker can pay only with heart
breaking sacrifices and borrowing, if
at all. In addition a doctors bill of
500 to over $1,000 must be paid.
Bellevue for Workers.
If worker cannot afford a priv
ate doctor he is placed on the routine
service Of member of the staff of
the Broad Street Hospital, who visits
him perhaps twice week, leaving
him at other times to the interns.
On South Street are thousands of
5obless seamen. They face daily club
tings by the police for no apparent
1,oocop Arc tboca y,,a,, bo&+,~oJ 81
bleeding, accepted as patients at
Broad Street Hospital? They are
sent to Bellevue. On Washington
Street, behind the canyons of Wall
Street, are the quarters of poverty
stricken workers of Greek and Syrian
descent dwelling in novels owned by
millionaire realty corporations. 1t is
Bellevue for these too when illness
comes.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-01-25
Editor. DAILY WORKER:

Editor, DAILY WORKER:
Permit me thru your columns to
comment on the recent letter Of Mat
thew Woll addressed to the Amer
ican-Russian Chamber of Commerce,
in which he is trying to solicit the
aid Of that organization.
Any worker who has followed
closely the activities of Woll and his
colleagues in the A. F. of L. will in
stantly recognize that this is nothing
new, but just an extension of the
treacherous official policy of the A..
F. of L. Before Woll starts to attack
the propaganda work of the Soviet
Union in this country, he should first
examine carefully the miserable fail
ure of the A. F. of L. to organize
the thousands of unorganized work
ers in this country; and the murder
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-01-25
WORKER WRITESTOW OLL
Reminds Him of Struggling Miners

of coal miners in Colorado and other
strike regions.
The attitude of the A. F. of L. to-
ward the United Mine Workers, its
aiding of the bosses in their onslaught
on the miners, and its Indifference to
the breaking of the strike by the
scabs--all bear evidence of thu
treachery of Vol and his colleagues.
But there is yet another thing
which must be remembered by Vol
before he starts to attack the Com
munists. And that is the criminal
neglect of the A. F. of L. in organ
izing the Negro workers who COM
prise great part of the working
population of this country.
Fraternally yours,
&C. CHARLES ALEXANDER.
New York City.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-01-25
y1ont Hospitals Lowest Fee Is Larger Than the Income OF Worker
AIR MONOPOLY
To RULE LATIN
AMERICA, PLAN
Admiral Moves to Beat
Germans
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cial aviation companies which are
competing with United States inter-
ests in Central America.
If the Fletcher proposals are pass
ed the United States will be in a
position to determine what planes
pass over the Panama Canal, Guata-
namo and other military and naval
bases. This is regarded as a direct
blow to German commercial aviation
interests which were planning to es-
tablish line from Colombia to Pa
mama. United States airplane COM
panies are working on plans for the
establishment of similar lines to the
Panama Canal.
u. S. Would Control.
According to the terms of the draft
treaty as prepared by the Inter-
American Commercial Aviation Com
mission in Washington last May,
countries may prohibit flying over
definite zones for military purposes;
but this provision, according to the
treaty, is to be applied to national
as we'll as foreign planes. The Flet-
cher amendments, if passed, it is
pointed out, would place commercial
aviation in Central America in the
hands of United States interests be-
cause the United States occupies the
strategic position of the Panama
Canal.
The Mexican plan for curbing the
complete control which the United
States now exercises in the Pan
American Union was attacked by
Charles Evans Hughes, chairman of
the United States delegation today
Hughes opposed any change in the
present composition of the governing
board, which is composed of the Latin
American ambassadors to Washing
ton and headed by the secretary of
state of the United States.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-01-25
Dodging Power Guilt

WASHINGTON, Jan. "a (FP). -
Another red herring has been drawn
across the path of power legislation,
anti-injunction legislation and farm
relief by southern senators Swanson
and Glass of Virginia, in fiery de-
bate Jan. % in which they disputed
statements by Bruce of Maryland.
who is equally reactionary and defend
ed the disfranchisement, in fact, OF
Negroes in the south. They denied
chat the 18th and 18th constitutional
amendments, which guaranteed Negro
suffrage after the Civil War, are be-
ing violated.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-01-25

WASHINGTON, Jan. "a (FP). -
Naturalization of the telephone and
telegraph lines throughout the United
States. through federal purchase, for
federal operation, is proposed in a
bill INTRODUCED Jan. % in the house.
Recent investigations have dis
closed that the American Telephone &
Telegraph Co. does 72 per cent of the
telephone business of the United
States, and dominates the rest. 1t is
the richest corporation in the world.
Through it's control of the Western
Electric Co., of which it owns SO per
cent of the stock, and from which all
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-01-25
LA TOILETTE men
{ N DORSE NORRIS

MADISON, Wis, Jan. "a. En-
dorsement of Senator George w. Nor
ris of Nebraska as the progressive
candidate for president and a demand
that the Volstead act be modified in
accordance with the recent Wisconsin
referendum so as to permit the use in
the home of 2.75 per cent beer were
the outstanding features of the La
Toilette Republican platform made
public here today. Big issues of farm
relief and questions of the exploita-
ton of the workers were relegated
to lesser position or absent alto
gether.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-01-25

81 without costs by Judge Dunn of
the City Court.
A paternal warning was issued by
the judge against "the spirit of
youth" misguiding the students "into
what the court would call too liberal
an Interpretation of liberty under the
Constitution of the United States
"Discourtesy" Deplored.
Although the judge said the in
dustrial aspects Of the case care not
an issue in the consideration of the
alleged violation of the city ordin-
ance," it is generally believed that
the arrests were made in an attempt
to stop the. Liberal Clubs agitation
for unionization and improvement of
conditions in the neckwear factories
The dean Of the university issued an
apology to New Haven capitalists for
the students "discourtesy" to them.
The Yale students intend tc carry
their case to a higher court, it is
stated, to prove ahe city ordinance in
voked against them is unconstitu-
tional. Attorneys Philip Troup and
Michael J. Quinn are being aided by
Louis Waldeman, New York represen-
tative of the American Civil Liber-
ties Union.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-01-25
LegiOnnaires in Bloc
For Anti-Alien Laws

ALBANY, N. Y, Jan. 24.-Seven
State Senators and 43 Assemblymen
who are members of the American
legion or veterans of the world war
will organize bloc to force thru the
American Legion's legislative de-
mands, which would discriminate
against foreign born workers while
giving war veterans special privileges.
The demands include the barring of
any but a citizen for civil service
examinations for public posts, giving
veterans absolute preference for the
jobs.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-01-25
American Tel. and Tel. Co.
R0bs Workers and Public

telephone companies are obliged to
purchase telephone apparatus on a
cost-plus basis, the trust exacts
tribute from the American people
from the time the apparatus is made,
down to and including the time when
the telephone user is compelled to pay
exorbitant rates for the service he
gets.
In addition to squeezing the people
for all they are worth by imposing a
variety of unnecessary charges, the
trust exploits the workers, compelling
them to work for ridiculously low
wages and for long hours at nerve
racking labor.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-01-25
VAIN ATTEMPT TO
bare GALS BOSS

WASHINGTON, Jan. ga pub
lie inventory Of the stock and bond
holdings of the President of the
United States, all cabinet officers, all
senators and representatives would be
authorized under a joint resolution
introduced in the senate today.
The resolution was aimed particu-
larly at learning what senator's and
representatives own stocks and bonds
of electric companies, grouped within
the so-called "power trust" which a
democratic, insurgent coalition is at
tempting to investigate.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-01-25
Private Interests Rock
Shipping Board Fleet

WASHINGTON, Jan. 24.-Hold UP
of sales of U. S. shipping boar1
steamers to private interests until
shipping legislation is passed by cor.
gress is asked in a resolution intro
duced in the House yesterday by REP
McDuffe, Democrat of Alabama. A
similar resolution has been Introduce
in the senate by Sen. Fletcher, Florid;
democrat. Both resolutions, however,
permit the sales if five out of seven
members Of the shipping board think
that the sales to private purchasers
"are to the best interests Of the gov
ernment."
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-01-25
Norris Heads Ticket

WASHINGTON, Jan. "a (FP). =
Senators LaFollette and Blaine of
Wisconsin head the list of progressive
republican candidates for delegates
to the Republican National Conven-
ton. George w. Norris Of Nebraska
is their candidate for the presidency.
They favor general policy of per-
manent public ownership of natural
resources now in government hands,
with like end in view.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-01-25
Spells System in Chi.

F., CHICAGO, Jan. "a. - "Big Bill''
Thompson, mayor of this city and
self-appointed menace to British pres
tige in America. was yesterday as
sailed by the public school emergency
committee, composed of local citi-
zens. The trial of William Mean
drew, deposed superintendent of edu-
cation, was condemned as can I'M
blushing and brutal plan of the spoils
system to lay hands on the public
schools"
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-01-25

hospital, taking nearly every bed for
themselves, their families, their rela
tives and their friends. A sick work
er had a hard job getting in. The
hospital beds were full of Masons. A
line of workers, injured on the job
and waiting to receive dispensary
treatment, would be forced to wait
if some Mason with a headache or
stomach ache came rushing in de-
manding instant treatment. Chronic
alcoholics and syphilitics would be
accepted because they were Masons
while workers and their families con-
tinued to be sent to Bellevue.
Workers Turned Away.
The hospital, almost exclusively
treating Masons free of charge, got
into an inextricable financial fix. The
Masonic officials of the hospital knew
nothing about operating a hospital
Having MIXED the hospital dry, they
gave it up in 1925.
Another professional efficiency ex-
pert, Cornelius Loder, was called in.
His salary too was $4,000 a year.
He fired the Masons from their soft
berths and brought in his own gang.
A $100-aweek job here, a $50-a-week
job there and the payroll had nearly
doubled. Loder instituted a speed-up
system, and was constantly at the
elbow of the workers, firing and hir-
ing right and left.
Spies Are Hired.
Nearly every day the entire hos
pital force would be called together
and given ''pep and efficiency" talk
by Loder. Stool pigeons were intro
duced among the workers. The Loder
Clique ran things as they liked. .until
forced out in 1926. Savage was re-
called, with man named Torelli as
his dummy. And now the old gang
reigns at Broad Street Hospital once
again. Since Savage's return the hos
pital has had to relinquish it's nurses
training school and nurses home.
Kitchen workers-cooks, dishwash-
ers, kitchen porters, and walters re-
celve $50 month for IL hours daily
labor. The porters and orderlies who
clean up the hospital IL hours a dav
get $50 month.
Quarters are Firetraps.
The ward maids who clean up after
the female patients get $50 month
There is no hope for raise for these
workers and none has been given
since the hospital opened over 10
years ago. Sometimes at Christmas
dollar or two is given as a bonus.
The helps quarters at Broad Street
Hospital are firetraps located in the
same building as the wards for work
ers. Six or seven employees must sleep
in the same room. The plumbing is
out of order so often that a decent
bath is rare. The toilets are filthy,
as are the toilets in the wards. The
workers are subject to instant dismiss
sal for any reason or no reason.
Epidemic Traced.
The workers in the kitchen, who
handle the food, are supposed under
the law to be examined thoroughly
when hired. A few years ago a
typhoid epidemic broke out in the
BROAD Street Hospital, in which sew
eral employees became severely i'll.
One student nurse died. The epidemic
was traced to a kitchen worker who
was typhoid carrier. Had he been
properly examined before being hired
the epidemic would not have occurred
Men with venereal diseases can Sc
cure employment in the kitchen,
where the patients food is prepared,
in any hospital in the city. The star
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-01-25
Con Shoots Cop; Jailed

: COLUMBUS, O., Jan. 24.-Patrol-
man W. L. Wade died in hospital
here early today with two bullet
wounds said to have been inflicted
by c. H. Lewis, a fellow policeman.
Lewis is under arrest.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-01-25

l.. CooSTdVc, So
called president of
the Irish Free State,
after a 15-minute
visit at the White
House, linked Presi-
dent Coolidge with
George Washington
and William Hale
("Big Bill") Thomp-
son, b o o k-burning
mayor of Chicago,
in his official diplo-
matte compliment to
inarticulate C a |.
e admired all three.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-01-25
Yale Student Fined, Rebuked,
for Aiding Neck1Ueay Strike

NEW HAVEN Conn., JAM James Patterson Jr of the 10
recently removed here from New York City fined
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-01-25
Essence of Diplomacy

WASHINGTON, Jan. 24.-william
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-01-25

CD. Chamberlin, commercial and war
Helps War. aviation. He first
'''' touched at Curtiss
Field, flying thence to Allentown, Pa,
the first stop. His plane is tiny
Sperry messenger biplane.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-01-25
Hops From Pavement
GARDEN CITY, L. l., Jan. "a

Clarence d. Cham
berlin Y e s t e r d a Y
hoped off from the
pavement between a
row of elm trees on
a proposed 100000
mile lecture and air
tour thru the United
States to drum up
the interest of the
American people in
commercial and war
r. r.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-01-25

Cosgrave said he admired all three.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1928-10-31
DOCTORS
HEALTH DRIVE
Slope Physicians Endorse Cam.
paign to Eradicate Diph-
liberia in State

Unanimous endorsement of the
campaign being made by the state
health department to eradicate
diphtheria in North Dakota was
given by members Of the Sixth Dis.
trict Medical Society at a meeting
at Mandan last night.
Two speakers spoke on the diph.
liberia campaign-Dr. c. E. Stack.
house Of Bismarck, talking on work
in Bismarck, and DR.. j. D. Jung.
man, Bismarck. telling Of the work
being done throughout the state
DR.. Jungman is the epidemiologist
at the state health department.
DR.. A. w. Guest, Jamestown, di.
rector of the state institution fol
the insane, was the principal speak.
er at the meeting, talking on the
modern methods Of care and treat.
ment of insane persons. His talk
followed q banquet held at Z p. m.
Bismarck was fully represented
at the meeting. The physicians al
the meeting from the Capital City
included r. w. Henderson, v. J. La.
Rose, F. B. Strauss, A. A. White.
more, w. H. Bodenstab, H. A. Bran.
des, ]. o. Arnson, F. B. Pierce, L
w. Larson, r. w. Waldschmidt, G.
M. Constans, C. E. Stackhouse, A
N. Fisher, N. o. Ramstad, F. F
Griebenow, w. L. Diven.
Mandan representatives were w
G. Aylen, L. G. Smith, G. H. Spiel.
man, C. G. Smith, B. S. Nickerson
Representatives from other cities
and towns in the sixth district were
F. p. Rasmussen, Beulah; E. E
Hamilton, New Leipzig; o. C
Gaebe, New Salem; w. c. Wolver'
ton, Linton; o. T. Benson, Gler
Ullin; P. F. Rice, New Salem, anc
w. L. Gordon, Washburn.
Visitors, besides Jungman ant
Guest, were A. L. Bavone, Bis
marck; DR.. Vounegut, Hague, ant
Captain Oswalt of Fort Lincoln.
Officers of the society are r. w
Henderson, president, and w. L
Diven, secretary treasurer. Boil
are from Bismarck.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1928-10-31
RUBTER HEADS
NEW LIONS DEN
Mott Service Club Holds First
Official Meeting With 80
Members
(Special To The Tribune )

Mott, N. D., Oct. 31.-W: F. Rue
ter was elected president Of the new
local Lions club at the first official
meeting Of the club held here Inst
night. The club has 80 charter
members.
s. F. Madden. was chosen first
vice president: Leo Bannon, second
vice president; o. H. Opland, third
vice president; h. P. Buehler, secre-
tary; George Galloway, treasurer;
]. H. Walsh, lion tanner and r. E.
Trousdale, tail twister.
Four directors elected are F. G.
Orr, G. H. Rounds, w. ]. Glenney
and Frank Fietsam.
The club is sponsored BY the Bis
marck Lions. Il was organized by
Larry Slater, field director Of Lions
international.
The charter night committee u
composed Of F. G. Orr, chairman; r.
p. Buehler, r. e. Trousdaie, G.. H.
Rounds. 8. F. MADDEN and ". r.
xSOSVSBe
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1928-10-31
ENUNCIATOR OF
FOREIGN POLICY
IN WAR Is DEAD
Robert Lansing, World War
Secretary of State, Dies
from Heart Attack

Washington, Oct. 81 (R - The
last Of three figures that bulked
large in the enunciation Of Ameri-
can foreign policy during the crit
ical days of the World war and the
period that Immediately preceded
the great conflict has gone.
Having claimed Woodrow Wilson
and William Jennings Bryan, death
late yesterday overlook Bryan's.suc-
cessor as secretary Of state, Robert
Lansing, who held the portfolio dur
ing the entire time that America was
one of the belligerent nations, anC
resigned upon receiving q rebukt
from President Wilson.
For several years Mr.. Lansing haC
suffered from a heart ailment de.
scribed by his physician as myo'
carditis. Four weeks ago he re-
turned to Washington from his sum.
mer home at Henderson Harbor
N. Y, and short while later his
illness became acute. For the last
three days ne was semiconscious
The former cabinet officer had sc
withdrawn from public affairs that
only a few knew of his critical con.
dition, and word of his death came
as surprise and a shock to officia
Washington generally.
Robert Lansing was a lifelong
student Of government, diplomacy
and international law. Bryan's cele
brated break with Wilson, arising
from a disagreement as to what the
official American attitude towarc
the tragedy Of the Lusitania should
be, found Mr.. Lansing holding the
post of counsellor Of the state de.
partment. With Bryan's resignation
he was promoted to the cabinet anc
was faced at once with the intrica.
cies Of what already was tense ma.
tional situation.
AS with his predecessor, Mr.. Ian.
sings tenure of office ended in dis
agreement with President Wilson
In Mr.. Lansing's case the break was
brought on, ostensibly, by his actor
in calling a meeting of the cabinet
while the president was i'll. A sharY
exchange with his chief followed
and when the documents were made
public they included Mr.. Lansing.
resignation.
Mr.. Lansing was 64 years of age
He was born at Watertown, N. Y.
and was q graduate of Amherst col
lege and lawyer by profession. Be
fore becoming actively connected
with the state department in 191.
he had represented the Unitet
States in connection with various
arbitration treaties for more than q
years.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1928-10-31
Wales to Don Irish
Tri-cOlOr for Race

London, Oct. 31.-(AP)-The
Daily Express said today that the
Prince Of Wales had promised to
wear the Irish free state tri-color in
2 horse race at Ell Doret, Tanganyi-
ka, Africa.
81 Doret is predominately Irish
settlement. One of the citizens
Thomas O'Shea, who was leading
Sim Feiner in Ireland in 1918, asked
the prince IL he would object tt
wearing the shamrock and tri-colol
in the race.
mot At All, will be delighted, ;
the prince replied. y
O'Shea's little daughter will pre-
sent the colo:, to the prince.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1928-10-31
.CRANELEAVES
TO GET WALLA
Alleged Hotel E m bezzler
Valves ExtraditiOn Hear.
ing in Wyoming

Deputy Sheriff Roland H. Crane
left last night for Casper, Wyo.,
where he will take charge Of Eugene
Merritt Walla, wanted. here to face
: charge Of embezzling $8,308.52
from the Patterson hotel, and bring
him back to Bismarck.
Walla was arrested Monday at
Casper by G. o. Housley, sheriff Of
Natrona county. Housley immedi-
ately notified Sheriff Rollin Welch
and agreed to hold Walla for Bur-
leigh county officials. Walla has
agreed to waive extradition pro-
ceedings, according to Housley, but
he requested 10 days to finish busi-
ness in the Wyoming city.
Learning that Wall was in Wy
oming, local officials wired the Wy
oming sheriff to be on the lookout
for him, describing the automobile
which he was driving and requesting
them to. look up his mail address.
Officials learned that Walla was
in Wyoming about 10 days ago, when
his Casper attorney wired to New
Salem in regard to Walla's property
In North Dakota.
Edward G. Patterson, owner Of
the Patterson hotel. believes that
Walla was attempting to sell the
property which he owned in North
Dakota to = concern in Cheyenne.
Wyo.
Patterson swore out . warrant for
Walla's arrest Oct. 20, when the
sheriff failed to locate Walla ct his
farm. The warrant was issued by
F.. E. McCurdy, states attorney.
Local officials declare that Walls
remained in Mandan until Sunday,
Oct. 81, when he left for Wyoming.
Whether or not Walla had his
mort9aged automobile in his posses
sion in Wyoming is not known by the
local officials, although it is believed
that he left the state in the machine.
The automobile was . Graham-P Paige
sedan, 1928 model, purchased from
the Olson Motor company in Bis
marck.
A good share Of the $8.308.52 loss
to the Patterson hotel was covered
BY surety bonds, It was announced
when the warrants were sworn out,