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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-02-06
SOVIET SCHOOL
METHODSTO Be
LECTURE THEME
Russian Exposition Ar
ranges Talks

Educational methods used in the
Soviet Union will be discussed by DR..
Lucy Wilson, principal of the South
Philadelphia High School this after
noon and by Professor George Counts
of Columbia University and Henry
Noel Brailsford, English economist
and author, this evening at the Rvs
sian Exposition, 119 West 57th Street.
There is move on foot to take
the Exposition on tour throughout the
United States. All phases of educa-
ton, peasant handicrafts, literature
theatre sets, textiles, and Brilliant
posters can be seen at the Exposition
which opened January Both and will
continue until February 10, in New
York. 1t is conducted under the joint
auspices Of the American Society for
Cultural Relations with Russia ard
the American Russian Chamber of
Commerce.
DIR. Brailsford, who has visited the
Soviet Union five times, will spsak
on Impressions of the u. S. S. r."
He is planning to tour the country
and lecture on progress and reaction
in postwar Europe in all the prin-
ciple cities.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-02-06
SCABS Given SIS
EACH TO FIRE AT
MINER Chill DREN
Strikebreakers Seized
Making Getaway
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deputies and several rifles, shotguns,
pistols and ammunition were found.
They made no arrests.
"Conditions are approaching hell in
our town." Holzhauser declared eve
have tried to maintain neutral at
titude but we can't stand for gangs
Of strange strikebreakers running
amuck, with the coal company police
hanging back in the rear, approving
the rioting.
Bullets Almost Fatal.
eve held a meeting and decided
that we could not assume the respon-
sibility for keeping the school open,
with consequent danger to children
if irresponsible non-unionists are al
lowed to go on rampages and shoot
up the town."
One of the bullets fired at the
schoolhouse passed within a few
inches of child's head and but for
the action Of the teachers in shutting
the doors to prevent the kids from
running out there would be several
casualties. Three hundred pupils at
tend the school.
Squire O'Rourke declared that Mat
thews, an employee of the Pittsburgh
Terminal Coal Corporation, confessed
that he and Thomas were brought
from Powhatan, Ohio, by H. C. Isa-
bel, chief of the company's commits
sary and that they received $25 each
for the shooting. The object was to
terrorize the strikers. O'Rourke said
that he has the name of the "yellow
dog" who gave the gunner the
money,
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broke out, but when the war actually
came they said too many are fight
ing and that it was no use to stay
out, they must get the workers into
The fight Of democracy against auto
crazy The war danger presents the
great common task of especially the
Communist Parties of Canada and
the United States"
Mexican Communist Representative
Comrade Arroyo, representative of
the Communist Party of Mexico, was
next introduced and received an ova-
ton from the assembled members of
the Central Committee and hundreds
of Party functionaries present as
guests.
! "There have always been pleasant
relations" said Comrade Arroyo in
conveying the greetings of the revo-
Iutienary Mexican workers, "between
the Communist parties of Mexico and
of the United States. Now it is more
than ever necessary to work together
in the big common job we have tc
/ do, against the imperialism of Wal
Street.
"The influence of the Mexican Com.
munist Party is far in excess of its
numbers.
"Only in the last seventeen years
has feudalism in Mexico been in pro
cess of real breaking up. A revolu
ton of the workers is impossible
without the peasants, who have prac
tically no land after seventeen years
of struggle.
"Ninety-eight per cent of the lant
is still in the hands of landlords, ant
immense plantations are the form O.
agriculture. The catholic church il
still the big owner of the land thr,
dummy landowners.
Oregon Will Betray.
Now that the government of Mex
leo has moved to the right the figh
of the Communist Party of Mexico i
more important than ever. The gov
eminent of Mexico has becom
openly the friend oil Wall Street an
u. S. Ambassador Morrow, and is be
traying the Mexican revolution.
"But the anti-imperialist struggl
will continue. The working class wi
nave to be reckoned with as an indie
pendent force. The necessity of tn
Communist Party is more than eve
clear, and in the second revolution
the revolution of the proletariat,
will be the leader.
"Morones, the 'Gompers' of Mexico
and his followers, are not in the labo
movement for the sake of the labo
movement, but to line their own poe
kets. Now that the government 0
Oregon turns away from them an
seeks to destroy the labor movement
Morones and his lieutenants will no
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-02-06
Mexico and Canada Workers Greet L. S. Communists at Pe,u1

gram of destruction of the labor
movement. The trade union bureau
Gratis react to this only in lining up
with the bosses as shown in their
support of the candidacy of Hoover
in New Jersey and of Smith in New
York.
''The socialist party has become a
reactionary tool assisting the CAPT
talist class. -
''The period is one in which we
know how the Workers (Communist)
Party must take the lead, which we
can do,if we know how to organize
the workers in response to new
events. The formation of in New York
of the council of the unemployed is
such step as those necessary to
meet the new offensive against the
working class.
'This plenum of our Party as
sembles at the proper moment to
meet the new set of conditions and
to give a program. With still greater
unity it will mobilize the Party, am
confident, for new advances and
struggles which will increase the
power and influence of the Party"
Replying, on behalf of the Central
Committee to the greetings of the
fraternal delegates from Mexico and
Canada and to the welcoming speech
of the New York district, Jay Love-
stone, executive secretary of the
Party, said he recalled similar &C.
casion four years ago when fraternal
Representatives went to Mexico.
"These comrades in Mexico" sale
Lovestone, ''were told that 10 years
prior to that time if someone hao
come from the United States to SPEAK
to the revolutionary Mexican work
ers, he would never leave the country
SO intense was the suspicion between
the working class movements of tht
two countries, that they would mo-
have welcomed even worker. Thi.
plenum meets in new period o,
growing solidarity between the work
ers of all countries, and of these three
countries, Mexico, Canada and thu
United States.
LOOK TO Mexico.
eve look upon Mexico as the
!, threshold of Latin-America. The
bourgeoisie Of this land regard Can
ada as the forty-ninth $ ate of thu
i United States and Mexico as a colon.
Of the United States.
; "We look to the labor movement
of those two countries which will
struggle with US against the govern
ment of Wall Street. The Worker
], (Communist) Party of America will
fight tooth and nail, side by side witt
you, comrades, against the yankee
/. imperialist attempts against the in
i dependence of Latin-America and o
Canada"
y Lovestone referred to the recen
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-02-06
YOUNG WORKERS
LEAGUE SCORES
YPSL OFFICIALS
Urge United Front in
Fight for Workers

The refusal of the City Convention
of the Young Peoples Socialist
League to permit representatives of
the Young Workers League to speak
regarding the necessity for united
front of the working class was at
tackled in a statement issued yester-
day by the Young Workers League,
District 2, thru its organizer, John
Williamson.
The statement follows:
"We consider the action of the ma
jority of the City Convention of the
Young Peoples Socialist League in
refusing the floor to the representa-
tive of the Young Workers League
as a crime against the interests of
the working youth.
Unions Endangered.
Especially now, when the trade
unions are under sharp attack from
the employers, as exemplified by the
United Mine Workers and the build
ing trades unions; when the danger
of war becomes more apparent and
imminent, as shown by the attack on
the independence of Nicaragua, and
the feverish preparations for new
world wars by the American imperial
lists calls for billions of dollars for
ornaments. At such time we con-
slider it imperative that all working
class youth organizations shall en-
gage in joint and united front activi-
ties.
"This action on the part of the lead
ership of the Young Peoples Socialist
League proves that the organization
does not represent the interests of
the young workers and students, and
also ruthlessly suppresses the call of
the Y. w. L. to the rank and file OF
the YPSL for the united front.
Unity Vital.
"The present needs of the young
workers demand from the member
ship of the YPSL a Reputation
of the action of the leadership anC
majority Of the City Convention, and
for their participation in united front
activity with the Y. w. L. against the
war danger and against the offensive
of the bosses against the organized
labor movement, despite their reae,
tionary leaders.
Young Workers League, District
No. 2.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-02-06

be able to lead the working class. In
place of the fake struggle, we will
take up a real struggle. The only
answer to the imperialists is the
answer of Augustine Sandino-the
answer of the 5000 rifle.
1.-THE Communist parties of all the
Americas, just as you in this plenum,
must take up the struggle against
Yankee imperialism, against the
gringos of Wall Street. / am sure
that you in this plenum of your Cen
trail Committee will accomplish much
in making more concrete the plans
Of struggle, as | hope we will make
it more concrete in all the Commu-
mist parties of all the Americas"
Weinstone Welcomes for New York
District.
VIM. w. Weinstone, as district or
ganizer of the district of New York,
welcomed the plenum of the Central
Committee.
Events in New York and New
jersey" said Weinstone, indicate the
necessity to open a counter offensive
against the attempts Of the capitalists
to destroy the labor organizations
Unemployment, reaching four million
thruout the country, has affected
New York as well. Bourgeois socia
agencies are already declaring that
| the crisis is more severe than thai
of 1922"
Referring to the project of the
American Bar Association for {
federal anti-strike law, the banquet
of capitalist representatives and la
Dor bureaucrats at Passaic and the
Cooper Union meeting called by the
N. Y. State Federation of Labor fol
the ostensible purpose of securing
legislation against injunctions,. Vein
stone said the Cooper Union meeting
was in fact, like the other incidents
a treacherous move against labor.
would in fact be reactionary NOV
against labor and for the candidac.
of AL Smith for president.
"New Tammany Hail."
"There is new Talmmany Hall,
said Weinstone, (which, instead o
representing the petty -bourgeoisie a
the old Iammany Hall did, toda,
represents and expresses the interest
of finance capital. Tammany Hal
was formerly against the centraliza
ton of government. Now AL Smit
speaks for Capitalization of govern
ment in advocating the four-yea
term for governor of New York am
in the adoption of the short ballot
and the Baumes law. AL Smith repre-
sents more severe attacks on tn
working class and efficient govern
ment and hence the abandonment o
the old reform movement agains
Tammany Hall. The big bourgeoisi
is satisfied with the new Tamman
Hall to carry out completely its pro
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-02-06

utterances of Admiral Plunkett as
evidence of the imminence of the
danger of imperialist war and the
plans of the Wall Street government
for the conquest of weaker peoples.
"The socialist party of this coun-
try" he said, sis losing all semblance
of working class character. Our
Workers (Communist) Party is the
one working class party, and it is the
only workers organization that is
growing. This is because it follows
the leadership of Lenin and the Com
munist International.
Party Increasing Members.
"We can note at this plenum of our
Central Committee an increase of
1000 members since our last con-
vention. This makes our Party now
larger in membership than it has
| been at any time since we went into
7 the reorganization of the Party or
the basis of shop nuclei. This has
been despite objective difficulties.
"Our Party realizes the tasks be-
fore it. The crisis which faces us is
one which puts us all to the test
American imperialism knows that il
is bound for severe trials, and it will
unqucstionably strike at the revolu
tionary party. When it strikes, we
will strike back-not blow for blow
but three blows for one.
1--WE have program, we have {
correct analysis and correct ap
| proach to the struggle which will FREE
Mexico from the Morrows and Canad;
from the Wall Street exploiters, ant
which will finally lead not only to thu
victorious establishment of the work
ers' Soviet government of this coun
try, but to the federation of Sovie
governments of all the Americas.
eve will paint both continent
red"
Coal Miner Speaks.
, The assembled members and guest
of the Central Committee greete,
with applause the appearance of
, Communist coal miner from the strik
, fields of Pennsylvania. The miners
union is in grave danger of destruc
ton, he said.
, "After two years developments il
, the coal industry" he said, "the pro
gram of our Workers Communist
, Party is found to be basically cor
rect. The United Mine Worker
Union faces the fight for it's yer,
! life. In the Pittsburgh district tn
| miners have been fighting now TO
ten months and in other districts the,
! have been out striking two years. |
is now question of life and death
"The railroads, the coal operator
J and the Lewis bureaucrats are com
bined in struggle in which the
{ would destroy the miners union i
territory where it has been an estah
t lished institution for many years.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-02-06
Ohio Republicans Split
Over Party Candidate

COLUMBUS, o., Feb. 5.-By a vote
of 10 to I, the Republican State Cen
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-02-06

John l.. Lewis is playing into the
hands of the operators. The miners
are beginning to realize that the
question is Shall we keep our Union,
or shall we keep Lewis p
Lewis must go, or our union is
gone.
"Militancy and strikes aare becom-
ing more marked. There are people
who say they doubt the ability of
the American workers to fight.
These miners show that the longer
they fight the stronger is their ability
to fight. The determination of the
rank and file to fight is splendid.
Mass picketing is beginning. In
Western Pennsylvania the miners are
saying: Mass picketing is the only
way to smash injunctions.'
"Progressives who formerly con-
| sidered that if the left wing fought
in spite of the bureaucrats, it would
be "a grave breach of internal ethics,
have begun to see that if they don't
fight now they will never fight again.
They begin to realize that our policy
is right in smashing injunctions, mass
picketing and building a labor party.
Nowadays our party speakers are
welcome in the coal fields where they
!, were not before. They begin to un-
derstand when we say that the saw
ing of the union lies in the hands of
! the rank and file.
when Minerich was arrested, it
was for quoting Gompers in saying
! to hell with injunctions.' A state
policeman asked him who the hell is
, that guy Gompers? l want to see
him and he won't say that again!'
"The workers there are living in
'piano-box' barracks, their wives and
children are without shoes and are
J cold and hungry. We must bring
them relief.
Party Influence.
"Our Party must make showing
j and is making showing. But we
must redouble that showing. We
; have a man-size job before us. The
; comrades are being modified behind
: the Central Committee and it's policy
and know that the Party will not
I De ashamed TO go DeIOre the MASSES
: wi h the results"
Another from the Colorado Goa
strike fields spoke, after which Com.
5 rade Dunno spoke.
; Comrade Benjamin Gitlow, who just
E returned from an extensive triI
r across the continent, gave an account
' of conditions as he found them in in.
t dustry and in the labor movement Of
/. western cities. HIS speech ended the
$ afternoon session Saturday.
: Reports of these speeches will ap
' pear in tomorro DAHL
4 WORKER, as will the report of the
: Political Committee which was de-
livered by Comrade Lovestone.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-02-06
SPY NOT THIEF SAYS COURT

Jacob Nosowitszky, exposed in The
DAILY WORKER both in connection
with the rst-Mexican forgeries
and the Horthy-White Terror frame
ups in Hungary, has been acquitted
here on charge of grand larceny
made by his wife. Nosowitsky, who
announced in court that his regular
job" was being an international spy,
first obtained notoriety as a stool
pigeon during the days of the red
raids in this country in 1920.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-02-06

ton, (R) of Ohio, today urged that
Hoover's name be entered in the Ohio
primary election of delegates, oppos-
ing Sen. Willis, the "native son" can
didate.
II have made careful survey. of
republican preferences in Ohio, and /
have concluded that the dominant
sentiment is for Hoover" said Burton.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-02-06
Cold Kills Old Man

JERSEY CITY, N. j., Feb. 5. =
Barry Brainard, 75-year-old recluse,
was found frozen to death in tumble
down shack ON Railroad Ave-, which
the old man had inhabited alone for
many years. Brainard had been dead
at least three days.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-02-06

t + a | Committee
adopted a resolu-
ton endorsing U.
S. Sen. Frank B.
Willis, of Ohio, as
the Buckeye States
"favorite son" cam
didate for the re-
publican presiden-
tial nomination.
" II II
WASHINGTON,
Feb. 5.-Announc-
ing his support of
Herbert II o 0 v e +
for the republican
presidential nomi-
nation, Rep. Bur-
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-02-06
ERNEST wAGENKNECHT DIES.

ERNEST WAGENKNECHT DIES.
CLEVELAND, Feb. 5. - Ernest
Wagenknecht, active in the radical
movement since 1881 has died He
was buried on his list birthday. On
the day of his death Wagenknecht
scolded the mailman for bringing The
DAILY WORKER late.
Alfred Wagenknecht, director of
the Pennsylvania hio-Colorado Min
ers' Relief Committee, is a son of the
dead revolutionist.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1928-09-28
PAY ROLL TOTALS
And Employment Gain In
August

Washington, d. c. Il. L. N. ST.
Employment in manufacturing indus
tries increased 1.5 per cent in August
as compared with July, and payroll
totals increased 80 per cent, accord
ing to preliminary report made by
the United States Bureau of Labor
Statistics of the Department of Labor.
Increased employment in August is
a usual occurrence owing to the com
pletion of July inventory-taking and
repairs, but this increase in August,
1923, is significantly greater than in
any one of the last five years, and in
August, 1923, there was actually a
falling g-off in employment. A greater
number of separate industries report
ed increased employment in August
1923, than in any month since Oc-
tober, 1925.
The index of employment for Au-
gust, 1928, is higher than at any time
since October, 1927, with the excep-
tion of March, 1923, when the index
was one-tenth of / per cent higher
than in August.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1928-09-28
By Gene Carr

How the American soldiers in the
old fort of Detroit used to fare is in
dicated by warrant recorded in Sep
tember. 1897, contained in the records
of Otto Stoll, register of deeds. and
signed by Edward Day, department
commissary. The warrant reads: "The
United States owe at Detroit To
Messrs. Leith. Shepard and Duff, 5,lS5
rations of soap al % cents pound;
123 pounds beef at 10 tents pound;
31,736 rations af whisky at 50 q gal
Ion (onehaf gill being ration) /;
5,4O4 rations of candles at q cents
a pound. and 24,SS6 rations of vinegar
at 6 cents quart. All of
which quantities have become due to
the soldiery anterior to this date as
appears by due bills of the assistant
commissary."
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1928-09-28
Skunks ShoO Mercy

Under the skunk Geneva convention
the use of gas-attack is strictly for.
hidden in any battle which only
skunks are engaged in, says Nature
Magazine. In such fight the com
batants depend entirely on tooth an,
claw. Sometimes that fierce death-in
the-dark, the great horned owl, will oc-
casionally pounce on a strolling skunk.
Usually. however, he finds that the
latter's andaircraft armament is too
strong for him and retires without
honor to bear about with him the
aftermath Of his raid until his next
mOlting.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1928-09-28

Employment in August, 1928, stood
1.6 per cent below the level OF en-
ployment in August, 1927, and pay
roll totals were 09 per cent smaller
The decreases in both these items,
comparing 1928 with 1927, were de-
cidedly smaller in August than in any
previous month of 1928.
The data for August, 1928, are based
on returns made by 11,097 establish
ments in sd of the principal manufac-
turing industries of the United States.
These establishments in August had
3,111,655 employees.
Increased employment was shown in
August, 1928, as compared with July,
in 40 of the Sd separate industries and
increased payroll totals were shown
in 43 industries.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1928-09-28
Mirrors 5000 Years Old

When the modern girl picks up a
hand mirror TO admire herself, she is
only following the example of young
women of 5000 years ago.
Archeologists In Media In Greece,
have discovered in tombs of the My.
cenaean period several hand mirrors
one with an ivory handle. Silvered
glass was unknown in those days. and
mirrors were made of sheets of pol
ished metal
Even before polished metal was
used, girls had their mirrors. They
used polished stone, dipping ii into
water so that the thin film of liquid
would serve as q rejecting surface.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1928-09-28

State Corporation Commission has set
a limit on output.
The world movement is headed by
w. C. Teagle, president of the Stand
ard Dol Company of New Jersey, and
by English and Dutch operators.
The old competitive theory has
been replaced by belief that output
should be limited. This sabotage of
production is approved in every in
1uential quarter, but the five-day
week for workers, that is urged be-
cause of overproduction, is resisted.
In the mid-continent oil fields of the
United States oil well workers are
compelled to labor seven days a week.