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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-06-29

this students relief, cannot be an
swered here.
Some Students Help Workers.
For general propaganda, meetings
were arranged in many high schools
and colleges. Sometimes the meet
ings were highly successful, some
times very poorly attended. We have
had the experience that the first time
we send around speaker on the min
ers' strike the attendance is usually
good. That is, about rs to 100 or
over attend the meeting. In places
where we have had speakers more
than once, we find that the second
time the response is not so very good.
This observation is based on exper-
fence in City College, Hunter Col
lege, and one or two high schools.
However, the interesting fact is that
when we proceed to hold our second
tag day there the response in money
lis much better than the first time.
Teacher Sees No Struggle.
On the meetings that were held:
When Tony Minerich was in New
York we sent him to several places
to speak. The response was favor
able. Sabatini was toured thru sew
eral colleges. In the last month, how
ever, we succeeded in arranging
meetings in City College again, in
Hunter College, in Morris High
School, in Hunter College Annex on
32nd St., etc. In Morris High School
and in Hunter College Annex, the
meeting were very well attended, and
in Morris High School the lecture took
on the character of a debate because
a certain teacher tried to tell the
students that there was no class
struggle and no classes. When the
speaker got thru answering the in
sipid arguments of that senile peda-
gogue there was storm of applause
from all the students present. Every
where, the coal strike was shown to
be part of the class struggle gen
orally, and the students that were
spoken to listened most attentively to
the recital of the entire strike from
| its very beginning.
In a high school, New Utrecht, a
petition was gotten up, the Miners
Relief Committee demanding official
recognition on the part of the princi-
pal, and also the right to hold tag
day. Over 800 students signed this
petition. In various colleges, City
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-06-29
'HANdOuTS

Twenty-Five per cent of the pro-
ceeds of the barber shop in the Work
ers' Center last week went to The
DAILY WORKER. It's time The
DAILY WORKER trimmed these
BARRIERS. They've trimmed PRACTICAL
Iy everybody in District II of the
Workers Party. (NOte to printer:
Better kill IT'D
Attempt Of the board of education
of Newcomerstown, Conn, to limit the
field of instruction for it's teachers is
noted in it's resolution just passed
prohibiting teachers and pupils hav-
ing dates during the school year.
A slight misconceptiOn of what
workers enjoy on the part of a New
York newspaper is noted in the fol-
lowing sentence relative to subway
workers: Men willingly give up sun
shine and fresh air to work in the
dark, dank underground" Not will
ingly. Only after starvation.
An example of how to spend your
money after you'ves spent lifetime
exploiting workers is set by Frances
Clyne of Manhattan. She has Sc
cured an entire room in the Ander-
son galleries, which usually displays
a dozen or more pictures, to hang a
single canvas. The picture is a por-
trait of herself.
The press is quite sympathetic to
George Hicks, SO, who was uninjured
although he was run over by three
subway trains. He laid down flat.
But why have pity on him. He was
just as comfortable underneath the
trains as he would have been inside.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-06-29
By P. FRANKFELD.

The miners strike is now in it's 18th
month. The miners have been bat
ting against great odds. The great
sacrifices that the miners have been
making for American labor has
evoked a real feeling of solidarity on
the part of great masses of workers
not directly concerned in the strike.
Not only has the working class gen
orally responded to the call and need
of the miners-but also all sections
of the working class. The working
class youth, the working women, Ne
gro workers, and the children of the
workers as well.
We expect much from the workers.
The workers instinctively feel the
pulse of the struggle, the workers
know what prolonged strike means.
Therefore when workers in New York
City respond literally to the various
relief appeals that are made, it is an
expression of class solidarity, a sign
of recognition of the mutual inter-
ests of the working class as whole.
Students, however, are a bit diff
ferent Students, as a class, are
petty-bourgeois. Not that we do not
recognize various strata among the
students. There are students whose
parents are proletarians. There are
students who work part time. There
are students whose parents are small
business men. And still others whose
parents are big capitalists.
Student theology.
But students as a class have spe.
cial theology. They are isolated from
the class struggle. Their training ir
capitalist institutions of learning dis.
torts their views of society. Theil
very presence in those institutions Of
higher learning" is proof that they
are eager to rise above the ranks o.
the working class into the ranks o.
the professional classes teachers
doctors, lawyers, dentists, technicians
engineers, etc.. 1t is a we'll known
fact, and even sadly admitted toda,
by various professors that the sol,
purpose of most students going to col
lege is to be in a position of makins
an easy livelihood Education il
America is on a mass scale, lik,
everything else, and the students tina
go thru the mill of education are i'm
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-06-29

and at the same time becomes an
active propagandist in the course Of
the discussions with those who mani
fest ignorance of or opposition to the
revolutionary movement. In short,
this activity draws our comrades into
the pulsating life of the American
working-class, and that is a big
achievement.
Lenin's View
Lenin considered this phase of par
liamentary activity of vital impor-
lance to the revolutionary movement
when he gave our leftists along with
the leftists of England, Germany and
italy the following bit of advice in
1920:
"The Communists of Western Eu-
rope and America must learn to Gre
ate new parliamentarism, entirely
distinct from the usual opportunist,
office-seeking form. This new par
liamentarism must be used by the
Communist Party to set forth its pro-
gram; it must be used by the real
proletarian, who, in cooperation with
the unorganized and very much ig-
nored poor, should go from house to
house of the workers, from hut to
hut of the agricultural proletariat
and isolated peasantry, carrying and
distributing leaflets.
"The Communist should penetrate
into the hunblest taverns, should find
his way into the unions, societies, and
chance gatherings of the common peo-
pie and talk with them, not learned
ly, nor too much after the parlia-
mentary fashion. He should not for
a moment think of place in parlia-
ment; his only object should be every
where to awaken the minds of the
people, TO attract the masses, to trip
the bourgeoisie up on their own words,
Utilizing the apparatus created by
them, the election contests arranged
by them, the appeals to the whole
people issued by them, to preach Boil
shevism to the masses.
"Urder the rule of the bourgeoisie
this is possible only during an cleo
ton campaign-not counting, Of
course, the occasion of great strikes,
when similar apparatus of general
agitation may be utilized (Lenin
speaks of parliamentary campaigns
and strikes in the same sentence and
considers them both of equal impor-
lance; s. By, as we utilized it, still
more intensely. 1t is exceedingly diff
ficult to do this in Western Europe /,
end America, but it can and must b. j
done, for without labor the problemsg
Of Communism can in no way be
solved"
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-06-29
Wants Campaign Corner

tiles, Of various nationalities, and tc
the various races. Also, to the
farmers.
In this Campaign Corner" should
be found biographical sketches of oui
candidates and leaders. We should
also give pen-sketches of our political
and class-opponents so that we may
see who they actually are, and whom
they truly represent.
To this Campaign Corner" oul
Workers (Communist) Party candi-
dates, leaders, writers and function
aries should contribute, as we'll as all
the worker-correspondents.
Through such Campaign Corner
we are all certain to learn. Then
knowing what and how--to teach.
And last, but positively not least
this will serve to increase the circu.
lation of The DAILY WORKER.
Comradely yours,
MAX KITES, New York
EDITORS NOTE-AlI right.
Send in your work to the Campaign
Corner"
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-06-29

Picture Shows the mayor of Chica-
go, William Hale Thompson, one of
the poa0ers no1O at a0ar 1Oith Great
Britoin. The most recent casualty IN
the conflict is the rooster skoq0n above
which has long been suspected of
Pro-British synapothies due to has
habit of hanging around the British
consulate and croaUiag aOhem the Union
Jack is @nfarled. Many people think
Big Bill is q cLo10m. He's not. He's
a respectable business man getting
rich rapidly from the official ta1es
levied By the city and the unofficial
td~es levied ON the bootIegging in
dustry.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1928-10-26

peanut vender. And, 1.-THE Lord helps
those who help themselves" says the
banker who puts his. soft, white
fingers into the earnings of the work
ers, the little all of the widows, and
the meager savings of the old.
But some fine day long-suffering
people will rise up and cry with
righteous resolution and terrible
meaning: "The Lord help those who
dare to help themselves 20
Yes, the philosophy of give and
take" is sound and good when it is
written down exactly that way. But
when one writes give" in almost in
visible letters, and spreads take" in
shouting capitals clear across the
page, there is something wrong with
the line. Give or you shall not take.
When all is said and done no one
may draw unlimited checks on the
Bank of Life without occasionally
making deposits. And, by the same
token, that which one deposits one
is permitted to take again because II
is ones own. If we give hatred, we
are hated. If we give friendship, we
have friends. If we respect others.
others respect u.s. If we trust no one.
no one will trust us. If we give moth
ing, we receive nothing. If we refuse
happiness and well-being to others.
we cannot hope to take the like for
ourselves.
Do you remember what happened to
the goose that laid the golden egg?
Well. but did you ever ask what
happened to the poor fool who killed
the goose?
He went fiat broke, that's what
happened to him.
Yes. you see, he figured he could
save all expense of caring for the
goose and take all her gold by the
same operation. He thought he could
give. nothing and take everything and
he found the error In his calculations
too late.
There is every reason to believe
that II this person had given his goose
some decent encouragement or shown
some appreciation of her efforts In
his behalf, he could have continued to
profit If he had given her the three
square meals per day and the com
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1928-10-26
Real NetDs

A bunch of reporters and photog.
raphers from the Los Angeles papers
were trying to get into certain room
at the Hollywood hospital when Or.
George Martyr happened along.
"What is there so extraordinary
about the accident that has made 1t of
such interest?" he inquired Of the
head nurse.
"Why, haven't you heardY ex-
claimed the nurse. 1.-THE poor fellow
was knocked down and run over by a
horse-drawn vehicle LOS Angeles
Times
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1928-10-26

The moment one discovers
that the only thing of real i'm
portance in life is living, that
moment one begins truly to live.
The keystone In the arch of
well-lived life is this: To free
ly grant to others the priv
ileges and rights one demands
for ones self. And to firmly
demand for ones self the priv.
ileges and rights one grants to
others.
Most of us are so busy max
ing a living that we have no
time left in which to live.
But to make side issue OF
living in order to live. is not
intelligent to say the least.
Business, politics, the sci
ences and arts, religion, educa-
ton, and whatever else we
commonly bother about, are at
best only side issues of living.
Great souls have lived great
ly without most of the things
which we of these days call me-
cessities and to which we give
our lives.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1928-10-26
ActiUe Cigar Butt

When a lighted cigar butt was
tossed out of an eight-story window
In Pittsburgh building it first struck
an awning over a sixth-floor window.
From there it bounced to fifth floor
awning, thence to a secOnd-fioor avn
ing and to the ground, leaving enough
ashes to set fire to each one of the
three drapings.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1928-10-26
Pieceneal Counsel

And If any man think he will take
counsel, but 1t shall be by pieces; ask
ing counsel in one business OF one
man, and in another business of an
other man; 1t is well (that Is to say
better perhaps than If he asks none
at alb; but he runneth two dangers:
one, that he shall not be faithfully
counselled; for ii is a rare thing, ex-
cept ii be from a perfect and entire
friend, TO have counsel given, but such
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1928-10-26
The Driuer SurUiues

A survey shows that women live
longer than men, though men are Eore
healthy. But men live longer than
draft horses, though the horses are
healthier. Much depends On who Is
doing the ENTHUSIASTICALLY Eagle.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1928-10-26
QUEER CONSTRUCTION

In making rammed. earth houses the
wall Is made In one piece without
Joints. since the various layers are
combined under pounding into one
mass.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1928-10-26

as shall be bowed and crooked to some
ends which he hath that given it. The
other, that he shall have counsel given,
hurtful and unsafe Though with good
meaning), and mixed partly of mis-
chief and partly of remedy.-Bacon.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1928-10-26


PreachIn' Bill
N I'D you ever notice how many OF
II our old proverbs and sayings are
born of very human wish 10 justify
an inhuman selfishness? BY making
excuses into proverbs We try TO make
seltishness respectable. Well, be-
tween you and me, most of these old
saws need retiling.
IF you don't look out for your
self no one will look out for you"
/ suppose that choice bit of devils
philosophy dates back to the time
when Mr.. Cave Man was first struck
with the bright idea that it would
be easier to steal his neighbours stone
Ratchet than TO find good rock and
make one for himself.
To most of US, in this present gen.
Grafton of clif-dwellers and Ratchet
men, this ancient proyerb is the law
of life and the gospel of success. By
it we justify every crime we commit
against our neighbors. To our chill
dren 1t is mothers milk.
But consider those who have looked
out for themselves so zealously that
no one now would look out for them
If they were walking blindfolded on
the edge of the pit. BY their selfish
ness ther have forfeited right to
the respect of their fellows, and en-
joy the unselfish love and confidence
of no man, woman, or child. Having
never hesitated to betray others to
their own self-interest, they are met
on every side by eyes of suspicion. alb.
hOrrence and hate. Surrounded by
self-seeking followers, but without
real friends, they hear always as they
pass, the warning cry of the people
'unclean, unclean!"
1.-THE Lord helps those who help
themselves" says the cop as he dips
his paw into the basket of the old
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1928-10-26
Mussels' Strangiehold

When the liner iOntreal was locked
at Tilbury after lying for several years
off Southend. 100 tons of musseis were
removed from the under-part of the
resSel's hull
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1928-10-26
Horses Hoofs Start Fire

More than 1000 acres of forest land
in California were swept by fire re-
Gently, the blaze being started by
sparks from horses hOofs, accord
ing to the report of the state for
ester, says Popular Mechanics Maya
zine. This is believed to be the first
verified instance of an occurrence of
this kind, although other fires, start
ing in this manner, have been re-
ported.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1928-10-26
1t Depends

When he's an artist it's tempera
ment; when he's rich it's eccentricity
but when he isn't much of anything
it's just darn cussedness. Philadel
phia Inquirer.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1928-10-26
CLEARED UP

To maintain our great national
prosperity we. must continue TO spen0.
we are told. To insure our individual
prosperity we must save Now that's
all cleared up-Detroit News
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1928-10-26

There Is not moment without
some duty.-Cicero.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1928-10-26
The Highrood

Barnard NJ. Baruch, discussing sue
cess, said at luncheon i'm New York !:
Julius RosenwaId, the mail order
king, imputes his success to luck.
l would impute it to pluck, or what
ever the quality is that makes q
man fight on the harder, the more
he is knocked down and kicked about"
Mr.. Baruch paused moment; then
he said impressively:
Failure is the highrOad to sue
cess" =.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1928-10-26

up their minds to go anywhere moth
ing on earth can stop them.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1928-10-26

A lie which is half truth is ever
The blacklist of lies.-Tennyson.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1928-10-26
Between |
You and Me |
Common sense is the most
uncommon kind of sense"
BY HAROLD BELL WRIGHT ]
Number One

Hit would sure be a Gods blessin'
IL every Teller would let everyb ,dy
else do the things that he wants every
body else to let him do himself. AT the
same time there amt no sort of sense
in let;in'- the other Teller do to you
what you wouldn't do to yourself -
Preachln' Bill
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1928-10-26

He who praises everybody praises
nObody.-JOhnsOn.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-03-19
Now Up to the House

When the House military affairs committee
votes tomorrow ON Muscle Shoals there ought
to be no hesitancy in agreeing to report favor
ably the Norris bill.
Only by adoption Of this mesaure the
committee hope to dispose Of Muscle Shoals at
this Congress and only by its adoption will the
greatest namber of people benefit.
No one can profit under the Norris bill ex-
cent the Government and the people. No
private concern will be getting control of these
valuable properties and at all times they will be
ready for instant use for manufacture of ex-
plosives in event of another war.
Muscle Shoals was not built by the Govern
ment to enrich a few private individuals.
1t was built during the World War, when
ammunition was needed. The act under which
it was created provided that the plant be oper-
ated during wartime to manufacture munitions
and during peace time to make cheap fertilizer
for the farmers.
Senator Norris not only wants to see cheap
fertilizer made there but he wants to see the
vast power resources that nature has provided
operated in such way as to keep electricity
prices within reason and furnish an example
for the rest of the country.
The committee took proper step Saturday
when it invited Norris to appear and heard his
story from his own lips.
When Norris speaks, no listener can help
but be impressed Not only does he know his
subject, but he is earnest, fair and sincerely
anxious to see that the right disposition be
made of this Government property.
He did not attempt to tell the committee
what it ought to do. He told what the Senate
had done and why it had done it. He left the
decision up to the committee and expressed his
willingness to accept better plan if the COM
mittee has one.
The Norris bill represents the work of seven
years and is the best compromise the Senate
has been able to reach.
Unless the House committee accepts it as
such, all the work that has been done will 90
for naught And Muscle Shoals will be dead 50
far as this Congress is concerned.
The eyes Of the country are on the members
Of the House military affairs committee.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-03-19
THE STORY OF CIVILIZATION
aristotle Ends The Age of Faith
Written for The Times BIZ WI DNrant

end to the Age of Faith; from 1850
to 1925 translations from Syriac
into Arabic, into Hebrew, into
Latin: and when at last his vast
encyclopedia was made ineligible
to the students of medieval Europe
it was as if a new continent had
swum into their ken; 10 and behold,
here was a philosopher without
dogma to chain him, a nation with
out priests, great civilization
reared, precariously but nobly, on
the shifting sands of reason.
The Papal legate at Paris in 1915
forbade the universities to use these
exotic books; but the students Of
those days were lured by prohibit
ton as surely as students now; they
read Aristotle all the more, and soon
the schools we're calling him lille
Philosophus-the Philosopher.
In 1881 Gregory TX appointed a
commission to eXpurgate him, by
1860 he had become de rigeur in
every course Of philosophy, and the
scholars of Europe labored to alb
sorb his lore, and prove him a good
Christian.
Copyright. 1928. by viii Dursn0
(TO Be Continued
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-03-19

Z MAKE no attempt, Lord, TO
i penetrate Thy depths. for my
intellect has no such reach; but I
desire to understand some measure
of Thy truth, which my heart be-
lieves and loves. 1 do not seek to
know in order that I may believe;
but I believe that I may know
For I believe this also, that I'M
less I shall have believed, I shall
not understand"
1t is the argument Of mysticism
forever; even today it huns in our
ears from every fantastic creed. And
yet so great a man and so profound
a mind as Pascal could say that the
heart has its reasons, which the
head may never understand; and
which of us can be sure that Pascal
was wrong, and Abelard right? This
world is so vast, and we are so
little; our knowledge is a frail raft
on a sea of infinite ignorance; let
him who can believe be glad.
But if we wish TO follow the adj
venture of reason we must pass An
selm by; credo ut michigan is the
death Of reason, and the enthrone-
ment of obscurantism, intolerance
and superstition.
1t was Aristotle who brought en-
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-03-19
With Other Editors

and vigorous in his fight against
DR.. Shumaker, superintendent of
the Anti-Saloon League. 1t was
through his initiative and effort
that DR.. Shumaker was cited for
contempt of the Supreme Court
and was later sentenced to fine
and Imprisonment on that charge.
There will be no mincing Of
words on the part of Mr.. Gilliom.
His candidacy is bound to enliven
the senatorial contest as almost
nothing might have been expected
to Go.
He proclaims that he is seeking
a nomination at the hands Of the
Republican party and if it can not
be had without the consent of
those who. he declares, have tried
with some degree Of success to
establish supergovernment in In
diana he prefers to be defeated.
Win or lose, he promises po-
Gtical fireworks for a campaign
that already has shown indica-
tons that there Will be no dearth
of spectacular features.