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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-02-17
The Yellow Dog Injunction

AuC lCNUW DUS AnJuhChUH
1T looks as tho Justice Wasservoge has tied the
yellow dog said Maty Wo after the decision of the state
denying the application of the marlborough Rapid
Transit Co. for restraining order prohibit the organization OF
the New York employees of that corporation And Bill Green
resored poetry of the Salvation Army in exclaimng 1T is
ray light of sunshne while Frank Morrison declared:
THE inunction in labor disputes has passed its peak
ought proud of the fact that their courts
leading the way"
But it necessary working not become victims
of an illusion.
of Morrison carry the most fatal illusions that
imposed upon the American workers at the present time
the of njunctions equivalent court action
against labor "has passed its peak"
That there has change in the practice of capitalist
the workers. who be proud of these
courts.
There been change of inunctions has not
passed it's peak but is rising higher than
To understand Wasservogel the
circumstances
l. The presidential election is approaching.
There dispute going the issue of raising the
fare cents and in this dispute not all of the capitalist
interests accord with the NARROWER interests OF the Inter
borough Rapid Transit Co. The state in this represented
by Wasservoge always the committee for managing the
affairs of the capitalist class.
Very important the that the Bar Association anti
represents all the essential substance of
nunctons and virtually aembracing yelowdog contract
between the labor bureaucracy and capital now being pushed
forward.
Extremely important is the need for rehabitating the
the eyes the To utilize the services
Green Vol Morrison to raise the courts
of the contempt of the working class small gan and
itself worth occasional refusal of single injunction
where major interests of capital not in danger
The Wasservogel decision is not sweeping victory but
of capitalist judicial agents which in the
rapid toward egazng the trade unions
The proper for the workers is: No illusion about
friendly idle dreams that the state is hereafter
be used by the capitalist class which it. illusions
about Green Mahon Co.. but forward drive organize 100
per union workers in New York transit union
roed by the workers and capable of resisting by their organized
might floods of sharper njunctons attempts at yellow
dog by the American Bar Association and
specially blessed by the Matt VOLS Bill Greens and other allies
of the capitalist political forces who the present
situation.
Tying tin the yellow dog" is thing which cannot
be without catching hold of the appendages of those
labor takers and politicians who to deceive the workers with
illusions that the capitalist will hereafter be their friends
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-02-17
Slaves 20 Years
for Co.; Is Fired

The following is the story of Mr..
x, told to me by Mrs. B., the wife
of one of the Southern district man
ayers of the Singer Sewing Machine
Company.
Mr.. x. is a man of sixty-five or
seventy. He has family of six chill
dren. For twenty years he worked
for the Singer Corporation.
Co. "Retires" Him.
Four or five years ago the COM
pany "retired" him. He began to look
for another job, but without success.
Finally, after weeks of fruitless
searching, during which time his
meagre savings became exhausted, he
came as a last resort to see Mrs.
B.. the district managers wife, to
see if she could not let him have a
small loan until he could get work.
Mrs. B., a generous woman let him
have a small sum of money to aid
in keeping the wolf from the mans
door, and promised him she would
speak to her friends and see If she
could not get him some kind Of a
Job, so that his family might be
kept together and at the same time
not go hungry.
I asked Mrs. B. why her husband
couldn't get the Singer Corporation
to give him aid of some kind, or en-
ployment, since he had worked SO
faithfully for the sewing machine
people for the past twenty years, and
particularly since he was so well ex-
perienced in the company's business,
Mrs. B. replied: "you know how cor
porations are. They are heartless in
such matters. Mr.. x. is pretty old
and cannot work the way he used to,
so the company is using young men,
who have more energy and can turn
out more work."
Gave Life to Singer Co.
I then asked Mrs. B., "Don't you
think the company ought to do some
thing for him and his family since
he has been giving them his life for
so many years." She replied, THAT
the company ought to do something
for him as he is very good man,
But once during the twenty years he
quit for a short period. This may be
one reason for the company's indn-
ferenca"
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-02-17
BOOKS.
ENGLISH FOR WORKERS. By Eli

ENGLISH FOR WORKERS. BY Eli
B. jacobson. International Pub
fishers. Cloth $1.00.
THE workers in the United States
established the free public schools.
Today these very schools are avenues
for perpetuating the institutions OF
the capitalist class. The free evening
schools are places where patriotism
and one hundred per cent American
ism are taught to the foreigner.
Every text book used in these schools
contains material that glorifies the
institutions of our bourgeolsle; every
text book endeavors to lnstll IN the
foreigner the belief that the American
system of exploitation and imperial
ism has been and will be eternal.
English For Workers" is the first
text book that has appeared in the
United States which presents material \
from labor viewpoint. For the first
time teachers of English in labor
schools have at their disposal material
interesting to adult workers. No other
text book is so completely free from
childish subject matter as this one.
The author has been teaching English
to workers for many years. he knows
their interests and their aspirations.
The material is therefore so arranged
as to center about the life OF the
workers. 1t includes discussions of
social, political, economic and sclen-
tific questions. 1t contains labor
stories and poems.
1t is in the method and content of
the themes that this text book is a
pioneer effort in the teaching OF Eng
lish. Scientific research on the field
of education has taught US that the
sentence is the basis for learning any
language. No amount of teaching OF
isolated words, conjugation, declen-
sion and grammatical rules, Will ever
enable the foreigner to learn English.
He must express himself both in
speech and in writing by means OF
the sentence. Therefore each lesson
in the book begins with a theme.
These themes include a variety or
topics that are of vital interest to the
workers. There are discussions OF the
class struggle, the machine age; some
bits about American history are in
cluded, such as the origin of the con-
stitution, the role of the American
ederation of Labor, and Sacco-Van-
zetti case.
The theme in every lesson is fol-
lowed by exercise material. Cues
lions based on the themes form the
first exercise. These questions de-
velop conversation in the class room.
The Importance of oral English can
not be overemphasized. Students of
labor schools are for the most part
the more intelligent, progressive and
active members of the labor move
ment. 1t is of supreme Importance
that these workers know how to ex-
press themselves in English. Spelling,
idiomatic expressions, phonetic drills,
are also developed from the theme.
The English teaching staff OF the
Workers School, who have developed
the method employed by the author,
thru their experience in the class
rooms, have cooperated with the au-
thor in making this book possible.
Teachers and students in every la
Dor school in the United States will
welcome the publication of this ex-
cellent text book.
IN. r.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-02-17
Lay Off 600 Navy Yard
Workers in Boston

BOSTON, (FP) Feb. 16.--Boston
navy yard has orders from Washing
ton to lay off 600 more workers.
Mayor Nichols of Boston is urging
federal authorities to have the Mt.
Vernon reconditioned at this yard to
relieve the situation. Over 1000 skilled
metal trades workers and laborers
have been shut out of work at the
Boston yard during the past year.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-02-17
The Letter of A. Joffe

Party is passed over in complete 81
lence, though l do not in the least
doubt that sooner or later there will
be revlusion in the Party which will
force it to shake off those who have
led it into this shameful act. In this
sense my death will be the protest of
fighter, who is not in position to
respond to this shameful act in any
other way.
If / may be permitted to compare
small thing with a big one, | should
like to say that the great significance
of the historical fact of the exclusion
from the Party of yourself and Zino-
view, which must inevitably be looked
upon as the beginning of the Their
midorian period of our revolution, and
the circumstance that after twenty
seven years of revolutionary activity
in responsible Party positions, I have
been placed in a position which leaves
me no choice but to put bullet
through my head-that these two
facts are manifestations of one and
the same party policy; and most prob
ably these two facts, the small one
and the great one alike, will prove to
be destined to give the Party that
impulse which is required to hold it
back from the path of Thermidorian
error. should be happy could / per-
suade myself of the fact that things
will develop thus, for then l should
know that should not have died in
vain. But though I am firmly con-
WINGED that the moment will come
when the Party's eyes will be opened,
4 cannot persuade myself that mo-
ment is near at hand. Nevertheless,
l do not doubt that my death will
now be more useful than continual
ton of my life could be.
Praises Lenin.
With you, my dear Leo Davidovitch,
am connected by decades of common
work and, | venture to hope, persona
friendship. This gives me the right
to tell you in parting what faults I
find in you.
l have never doubted that the way
pointed out by you was the right way
and you know that I have been going
the same way as you for more than
twenty years, since the beginning of
the permanent revolution"
But have always been of the opin-
ion that you lack the inflexibility and
firmness of Lenin, that determination
to stick to the path recognized as
right, even if wholly isolated, trust
ing in a future majority and future
recognition of the entire rectitude of
yo,lr way.
Politically you have always been
right, ever since 1905. And | have
repeatedly told you that l heard with
my own ears how Lenin admitted that
you and not he was right in 1905. m
the face of death men do not lie; and
/ repeat the same again. But you
have often renowned your own truth
in favor of an agreement, compro.
mise which you over-estimated. That
was mistake. I repeat, politically
you were right. And now more than
ever. Once the Party will come to|
recognize this, and history will ap-I
preciate it as it deserves. Therefore
fear nothing if many turn from you
at present, and still less so if there
are not many that turn to you now
as quickly as we all wished. You are
in the right. But the guarantee of
the victory of your truth lies in
great firmness, in strict adherence to
the line of action, in the reputation
of all compromise, just as this was
always the secret Of the victory of
Lenin.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-02-17

ting any true Characterization either
of the one side or of the other, that
is to say neither of the actual revo-
lutionary leaders nor of the so-called
leaders who have also been harnessed
to the sledge, whereas it is just on
the personal characteristics of the per-
sons mentioned in the memoirs that
the foreign publishers insist. there
fore see no possibility of undergoing
medical treatment, since receive no
money from the Central Committee,
which after twenty-seven years of
revolutionary work on my part does
not value my life and my health at
more than 1000 roubles.
In the state in which am at pres
ent it is naturally impossible for me
to do any work. Even if / were
strong enough to continue my lee
lures in spite of the violent pain ]
suffer, l should require considerable
assistance. should have to be taken
about in bath-chair and should re.
quire help to get the necessary books
and materials in the library and from
the files. When I was i'll in former
times, the entire staff Of the embassy
was at my disposal. Now, however
since my rank is no higher than that
of a simple Secretary" 1 am no
longer entitled to such assistance; in
deed, in view of the inattention paie
of late to all my ailments las in thf
present case, when l have remained
nine days with practically no medical
assistance and have not even received
the electrical bed-warmer prescribed
me by DR.. Davidovitch), l cannot even
hope for such trifles as the loan of
a bath-chair.
And even if I were treated and
sent for the requisite length of time
abroad, my position would remain
highly precarious. On the last occa-
sion that I contracted an inflamma-
ton of the nerves, lay for two weeks
immovable, though at that time l had
no other illness besides the nervou~
complaint. Now l have half dozen
others. And even if I could devote
so much time to my health as woul6
be necessary, l should hardly have
the right-.to expect to be really we'll
even for quite short space of time
after this-cure.
Now that it is not thought pos
sible for me to be actually cured (for
treatment in Russia is hopeless in
the opinion of the doctors, and even
longer treatment abroad would be
hardly more efficacious), my life has
lost all sense. Even were I not to
start from the philosophical stand
point mentioned above, a person who
is condemned to lie immovable with
out the possibility of doing any work,
could hardly be expected to want to
live.
Decides on Suicide:
therefore repeat that the moment
has come to put an end to this life
l know the adverse attitude of the
Party in regard to suicide, but
hardly think that any one who con-
siders my position in the present cir
cumstances will seriously blame me.
Besides this, Professor Davidenko
assumes that the reason Of my re-
lapse into my former serious nervous
state is to be found in the excitement
experienced in recent times. If | were
healthy l should find sufficient
strength and energy to struggle
against the position which has de-
veloped within the Party. But in my
present condition this state of affairs
in the Party is insupportable to me,
sealing that your exclusion from the
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-02-17

have often wished to tell you this,
but it is only now, in taking leave of
you, that 1 could make up my mind
to do so.
Still few words of a personal
character. I leave behind me a wife
who is unused to independence, a
small boy, and sick daughter. l
know you can do nothing for them
at present, and from the present
Party leaders l expect absolutely
nothing in this regard. But l do not
doubt that the moment is not so far
distant when you will again resume
the position in the Party which is
yours by right. Do not then forget
my wife and my children.
wish you no smaller degree of
energy and courage than you have
demonstrated up to the present, and
speedy victory. l embrace you,
Farewell.
Your
A. JOFFE.
Moscow, November 16, 1927.
This letter wrote in the night
from the 10Th to the 10th. Today
Maria Michailovna went to the Medi-
cal Commission, to ask for me to be
sent abroad, if only for one or two
months. She was again told that III
the opinion of the specialists a So
journ abroad for a short time was
altogether useless and that the Med
ical Commission of the Central Com
mittee had determined to have me
transported at once to the Kremlin
Hospital. Thus even a short journey
abroad for my health was denied me;
though at the same time my doctors
themselves admitted that my treat
ment in Russia was senseless and
could lead to no result.
My dear Leo Davidovitch, greatly
regret that l could not see you again.
Not that | doubt the Brightness OF my
resolution and hoped you might per-
suade me otherwise. No. 1 do not in
the least doubt that this is the mos.
correct and most reasonable of al
resolutions / could possibly arrive at
But | have some misgivings as to this
letter of mine, for such a letter can
not but be subjective. And in view
of such subjectivism the criterion Of
objectivity may be lost sight of. Ano
any wrongly expressed phrase might
distort the whole impression of the
letter. Meanwhile l naturally hope
you will make full use of this letter,
since it is only thus, that the step l
am about to take can be efficacious.
! therefore not only give you com
plete authority to revise my letter,
but also request you most urgently
to omit from it anything that appears
superfluous to you and to add any
thing. you consider essential.
Forgive me, my dear friend. Be
strong. You have still plenty of
strength and energy at your disposal.
And remember me without bitterness
Evening star., 1928-04-05
THE WEATHER

District Of Columbia-Fair and con-
tinued warm tonight: tomorrow show
ers and thunderstorms: cooler tomorrow
night.
Maryland and Virginia--Increasing
cloudiness, followed by showers and
thunderstorms tomorrow and in extreme
west portion tonight, slightly cooler in
the interior tomorrow afternoon.
West Virginia-Fair and continued
warm tonight, tomorrow showers and
thunderstorms. cooler tomorrow night.
Record for Twenty-four Hours.
Thermometers pm, 78: 8 pm, 70;
IL midnight, IS; 4 am, so; 8 am, 81;
noon. 70.
Barometer-4 pm. 1922; 8 pm.
1922: IL midnight. 30.2l 4 am, 1921;
am. 1924: noon. 30.i9.
Highest temperature, 70, occurred a,
pm. yesterday.
Lowest temperature, SO, occurred al
$50 am. today.
Temperature same date last year
Highest, A; lowest, 80.
Tide Tables.
FURNISHED by United States Coast and
Geodetic Survey
Today-Low tide. ABA am. and :
pm; high tide. 1924 am. and 8:48 pm
Tomorrow-Low tide, 3:i2 am. and
3:41 pm; high tide, 9 am. and 90:
pm.
The Sun and Moon.
Today-Sun rose, SAT am; sun sets
6:35 pm.
Tomorrow-Sun rises, 5:46 am; sun
sets. 6:36 pm.
Moon rises 7:l2 pm: sets. 6:l6 am.
Automobile lamps to be lighted one.
half hour after sunset.
Condition Of the Water.
Great Falls-Slightly muddy.
Weather In Various Cities.
Evening star., 1928-04-05
r. A. MERTENS DEAD;
HEADED BOAT LINE
Came to Capital in 1893 From Cum.
berland--Funeral Sat-
urday.

Frederick A. Mertens, "a, for the past
% years president Of the Mount Vernon
6s Marshall Hall Steamboat Co., died
in Garfield Hospital yesterday after an
illness Of two weeks. Mr.. Mertens be-
came president Of the company when
1t was reorganized.
Born in Cumberland, Md, October g.
1883, Mr. Mertens resided there until
1893. when he came to this city. The
Mount Vernon 6r Marshall Hall
Steamboat Co. runs the Charles Mac
alester between this city, Marsall Hall
and Mount Vernon.
Mr.. Mertens Is survived by his widow
Mrs Anna T. Mertens; son, Frederick
A. Mertens, jr.. and two brothers. John
and Henry Mertens, all of this city.
Funeral services will be conducted al
the home, $40 East Capitol street
Saturday afternoon at 2 o'clock. Inter
ment will be in Fort Lincoln Cemetery
Evening star., 1928-04-05
MRS. A. C. BURCHARD LAID
TO REST IN GLENWOOD
Native Of saxony Came to This
Country as Child-Recently
Marked soth Birthday.

Burial services we're held In GIenwood
Cemetery today for Mrs. Augusta Cook
Burchard, who died in New Rochelle.
N. Y, on March %. day after she
celebrated her eightieth birthday. Rev
DR.. Ulysses @. Pierce Of All Souls Uni
tartan Church offlciated
Mrs. Burchard was born in Seitz.
Saxony and was brought TO this coun-
try by her parents when she was years
old. She was one of the first women to
enter Government service and retained
her position in the Internal Revenue
Department until 1858, when she mar
ried William Burchard, chief of the Bu-
reau Of Statistics Of the Treasury De-
partment, native of Germany, who
had served In the Germany Army and
the French Foreign Legion and had
been q captain of Artillery in the Union
Army during the Civil War. She moved
from Washington after the death Of her
husband.
Mrs. Burchard's eightieth birthday
was made the occasion for reunion oi
her five daughters. two Of whom came
| from Germany.
Evening star., 1928-04-05
LEAVES COURT POST.

L. H. Mercier, Secretary to Hoehl-
ing, to Practice Law.
Lucien H. Mercier, secretary to JUS
tice Hoehlfng at the time of his retire.
ment from the bench, has left his post
at the courthouse and has entered the
practice of law In the Metropolitan
Bank Building. Mr.. Mercier resigned
few days after Justice Hoehling, the
resignation to become effective on the
appointment of the Justices successor.
Justice Gordon. who succeeds Justice
iioehling asked Mr. Mercier to remain
S secretary, but his intention to begin
aw practice prevented him from doing
so. Mr.. Mercier received his law de-
gree from Georgetown University in
1923. He is 30 and married.
Evening star., 1928-04-05
Deaths Reported.

The following deaths have been reported 10
'"I Lissie W. Chase. 10. 1899 Mount View
Ksths n, Niekol. o.. 44lo Greenwich
henrietta Kapnler. so. Providence Hospital.
Anthony Mercurico. 5S, Emergency Hos
Grasis r.orso. SO. ae3 c5th at
Oscar TAYLOR, ~. Emergency Hospital.
Porter r johnson. 80, Walter Reed Hos.
Henry Foley, .ir,. S, 1888 jefferson ave.
Earl L. Rollison. . months, Children's
BETSY Smith. 90. 115a e1st At.
Rosetta Slaughter. 90. Home for Aged and
:. Anna Cooper a., Little Sisters of the
MARY. E. -Toison. es. Is 18th St. Sc
= Winnie Ramsay. 81 Galingcr Hospital.
Francis undefqiew So blf 10th st. Sc
Carrie johnson. 81. 1915 st.
Jana Williams 50. ST. Eligabeths Hos.
pital.
Lucreatia Ellis. AZ, 1887 9th at.
William Gooding. 80. Freedmcns Hospital.
Andrew Price. ~, 633 8 st
william NJ Tilghman. 30, en- route Cas-
ua'tv Hospitat.
Gail Watkins. "a. Garfield Hospital.
Annie Curry. -. Tuberculosis Hospital.
Auna lee Rellineer. ~. 3"3iS r at.
Efie Gladys Mickens. 10. 1915 V st.