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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-08-23
Position Strengthened.

At the same time the japanese
imperialists are using every pos
sible intrigue 10 strengthen their
position. They are ready to use any
and every Chinese general for their
purpose and are negotiating with
Feng Yu-hsiang and Yen Si-shang
with this aim in view.
In his speech at the opening of
the Japanese parliament, the prime
minister and Foreign Minister Tan
aka declared that japan had a
great mission" in the far east. This
great mission" of course is moth
ing but tho maintenance of Japan
csc hegemony in China by the OPP
preston of the Chinese people, the
destruction of the revolution and the
humiliation of the "Red danger"
One can trust the government of
Tanaka to do, all in its power to be
true to this "great mission"
Its Fight With Britain.
When the great revolution threat
ened chiefly the positions of the
British during the advance CT the
Canton army against the north
Japan did everything in its power
to exploit the situation in order tc
take over the positions Of the Brit.
ish. This was the time of the
diplomacy of Shidekharas, or the
period of the economic penetration
of China. At that time Japan was
unwilling to cooperate with Great
Britain openly. The concern Mitsu'
bishi, whose political representative
was the ruling party of the day, tho
Kanseikai lat present Minseito) hac
not so much in the pool as the con
Germ Nitsui, the hacker Of the pres
emit governmental party Seiynkai
Further, the smaller merchants wh'
made considerable profits out Of th'
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-08-23
(By Special Correspondent

OMAHA, Neb., Aug. 16 (By
MaiD Norman Thomas and his So
cialist followers failed last night in
their attempt to hold big mass
convention of 500 voters as is re-
quired by the state election laws to
place their party ticket on the bal
lot in Nebraska.
For three weeks it had been ad-
vertised that Thomas would speak at
the meeting and thousands of leaf
lets had been distributed in hopes OF
inducing a few hundred workers to
attend the meeting. Only about
three hundred came to the meeting
and they were given leaflets at the
door by several class-conscious work
ers exposing the socialist party as
an enemy of the working class. Nor
mans followers became indignant
when they discovered the nature OF
the leaflet and started grabbing
them from the hands Of the persons
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-08-23

barons through their lobby in the
legislature are planning to wipe out
the 48-hour week. In Rhode Island,
Maine and other parts of New Eng
land the hours run from Sd up. In
South Carolina women are shaving
as many as 60 hours week. Not
only are the hours longer than they
were a few years ago, but the
quantity of production the workers
are forced to turn out, is greater
than ever. The number of machines
to be tended is doubled, tripled and
even more. Machinery is run at a
higher speed. The life and heart
eaten out of the worker in a nerve
wracking grind.
Wages in textile mills have al
ways been low. 1t is the lowest paid
of any big industry. On top of
average wages of about SIT week.
which is all the textile workers car
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-08-23
By NJ. L.

HE reactionary government OF
Japan has sent tens of thou
ands more soldiers to China and
coupled the whole of the province
{ Shantung, taken over the railway
ne Tchingtau- Tchinau and occu-
led the nearby mines and other in
ustrial undertakings. The army
perating in Manchuria is growing
nceasingly and new expedition
as been set up along the frontier Of
orea and Manchuria. In Tientsin
srong Japanese military forces are
protecting the town" and for this
sason they have occupied the
reater part of it. Japanese mill
Try planes have made military
demonstrations over the town.
That is no simple Intervention,
ut open war against the Chinese
eople. The Kuomintang, under its
dictionary leaders, does not even
mink of offering any serious re-
istance to these Japanese imper-
list Entertainments, but has even
ibordinated itself to the imperial
its. The appeals and protests
the Kuomintang have no real
eight. The Kuomintang in its
resent composition has ceased to
a danger to the imperialists
he Japanese interventionists know
his as well as anyone. The Japan
Sc are sending continual reinforce
rents to Manchuria and other parts
{ North China and declare quite
penly that Manchuria is a japanese
ossession and that anyone who
inks of taking up a threatening
osition towards The dominance OF
apan u Manchuria must be de.
poyed,
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-08-23
Rob Injured Children of Compensation

The Greater Pittsburgh steel
works annually produce eleven and
one-half million tons of steel in
gots and castings, which is about
rs per cent. of the country's pro-
ductibn and Is per cent. of the out
put of the entire world.
Greater Pittsburgh's steel works
and rolling mills, annually produce
nine and one-half million tons of
finished steel rolled products and
forgings, which sell on the world S
markets for more than 500 million
of dollars, and not one state in the
entire country can meet or excel
this record, except the state of
Pennsylvania.
Pittsburgh has one hundred and
one steel works and rolling mills
within it's confines and all of them
together have a grand capacity of
fifteen millions of tons of steel an
nually.
Steel Coal, Railroads and Oil.
In these mills and factories young
and ill-paid workers toll side by
side with their parents. In the
deadly heat and exhausting labor
they can be found risking their lives
amid the most massive and danger
Gus machinery. Not a day passes
but toll of injury and death is ex-
acted from the young and inexperi-
enced in life and limb. Yet wher
they go into court for compensa.
ton they are met with the barbar.
Gus maxim of the common law Of
England, "That they do not come
into court with clean hands,
is, that by under-st stating their age
become partners to an illegal con.
tract and can not recover.
Coal and Railroads Take Their Toll
In coal and on the railroads the
percentage of accidents is ever
higher. In the coal mines, especi.
ally now that they are, in many
cases, filled with inexperienced
strikebreakers and scabs, the death
toll is very high. The risk of the
average railroader is the highest, OF
among the highest, in all industry
and in these the young workers pay
they debt to naturalization" ano
the speed-up of greed. Yet wher
it comes to getting pay for their in
iuries, here also the mandate of the
owned and paid-for courts stand as
a bulwark to defend the interests
of those who profit from things az
they are.
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Percentage of Accidents in Pennsylvania High;
Courts are Harsh

more than the invested capital an
nually. The production of this pig
metal uses up 28,500,000 tons OF
iron ore, limestone, coke, and other
raw materials. This represents
100000 railroad cars of material
which, if placed end to end, would
reach for a distance of 4,500 miles
In steel, Greater Pittsburgh out
distances all other cities in the
country. No other city can even
compare with it.
It's production of this commodity
is rs per cent. of the entire coun-
try. 1t gives employment to more
than 100000 workers and the an
nual pay roll is S200,000,000. The
value of the product when marketed
is more than $750,000,000, and OF
this many millions are profits pro-
duced by the workers for the Thaws
Morgans and MELONS for nothing.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-08-23
Look Forward to Big Convention in New York
\ Sept. 1928
Sept. 22-23

average in these times of slack work
and unemployment, the textile
bosses in New England have insti-
tuted wage cuts of 10 per cent.
Whole families are finding them
selves reduced to starvation.
Lack of organization and false
leadership in the past has hampered
the efforts of the textile workers to
better their conditions. Only small
and weak unions have existed, most
ly on a craft basis. The principal
union, the UTW UNITED Textile
Workers. because of its black re-
dictionary leadership is looked upon
with hatred by all workers who
have had any dealings with it. The
UTW, in the place of militant fight
to win better conditions for. the
workers, has left Shiny trail OF
sell-outs, collaboration with the
bosses, neglect and betrayals. The
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-08-23

Nothing can now keep the Pull
man porters from striking! After
being endorsed by several religious
organizations, one or two insurance
societies; after having their recent
strike sabatoged by William Green,
president of the American Fedora
ton of Labor, the climax came yes
terday when the organization re-
ceived an endorsement from a Negro
employers association
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counting some of the products of
this industrial area.
Record Production.
The production of pig iron is
greater in the Pittsburgh area than
in any country of Europe. Its pro-
duction of this basic product is one
tenth of the world total and one
fifth of the United States total. In
money values it represents $780,
100000. The pig iron industry en-
ploys 1000 people and has a pay
roll of $13,500,000 annually. 1t has
greater pay roll than the total
pay roll of Arizona, New Mexico,
Nevada, North Dakota and South
Dakota combined. Its 81 blast fur
naces represent 10 per cent. of the
blast furnace capacity of the United
States. All of these represent an out
lay of S13,000,0oO. Notice that the
production sells for $70,000,00o
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-08-23

CAM PAIGN
COR N Err

A second order for "Vote Comnu-
mist" stamps has been received from
Baltimore. The first ten books or
dered have been quickly disposed
of, and the present order is expected
to last only few days. Prepare
tions are going forward to make the
rally and picnic on Labor Day, when
Benjamin Gitlow will speak, the
biggest affair of the kind since the
war. Scores of workers organiza-
tions are cooperating in the ar
engagements of this huge affair. All
eyes in the Quaker City are turned
toward Schuetzen Grove, where this
rally will be held.
Edward Mccormack of Denver
mailed a letter to Comrade George
Saul, the hustling Rocky Mountain
organizer, with Vote Communist
stamp pasted where the stamp of
Morgan's uncle is supposed to be.
1t was returned marked "unmail>
able" Uncle is particular. He prob
ably thinks that Benjamin Franklin
is a better looking man than Benja-
min Gitlow. He certainly has more
hair on his head than Gitlow and
Foster combined.
There is enough news of New
York activities to fill several CAM
paign corners. Rebecca Grecht, the
campaign manager, and Lawrence
Ross, the district publicity man, are
nifty with tongue and typewriter, so
there is much activity among the
comrades in the Empire State and
much talking and writing about it.
Signatures are coming in in big
bundles, and the workers and poor
farmers of the wealthiest state in
the union will have an opportunity
to mark their ballots for William F.
Dunno for governor, Robert Minor
for United States senator, and the
smaller Though not less worthy
fry on the state ticket. More about
New York in another "corner."
Funds, funds and more funds"
to paraphrase Danton or darned
near it in the absence of the cor
rect quotation. Elves and tens are
now pouring in on contribution
blanks. New states are going on
the ballot every week now, or the
Communist ticket is going on the
ballot in new states every week.
It's all the same either way. Action
brings more action and money. The
campaign is now beginning to hit
it's stride. The dog days are rapidly
going to the dogs, and with the APP
proach of bearable weather the
morale of the comrades is due for
a rise. Never mind if the Gulf
Stream switched it's course and
changed the climate. Well restore
the status quo after the revolution.
In the meantime, make the shekels
fly this way. Remember what
Hearst wired his correspondent in
Cuba before the Spanish War: "You
give US the news, and we will give
you the war;" Comrades and SYM
pathizers: "You give us the money,
and we will give you the campaign"
and a poppy one at that. Forward
your contributions at once to the
National Election Campaign COM
mittee, AZ E. 125th St., New York
City. Alexander Trachtenberg,
treasurer.
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LINDA !: By Virginia Swain

) talk Jagged. She knew it had not
Jagged before she entered, from
the guilty pause when they saw
her in the door. Dulcy was not
there. and someone ventured to
hint that she had gone to the ri
Delta house to dinner. scorning
the ruling Of the student govern
nent committee that goods who
were falling In any study should
dispense with mid.week dates.
Don't blame her." said Mary
Margaret. I'D go there too--or
anywhere else that / was likely
to meet that sweet moonlight
child with the curly hair and the
sainted-deviI eyes
What about Dulcy,s football
guy?" someone else inquired. ..oh,
Doyle Hosklns?" said Mary Mar
garet, and then with a glance at
Linda. shook her head at the In
quirer, and Interrupted herself to
change the subject.
Linda laid down the roll she
was about to butter. 1t would not
do to go away now. They would
know exactly why. Better to
nibble at the roll, play with the
wilted salad. until she could slip
away unnoticed.
She came out of the stuffy din
ing room at last, to the quiet,
dark hall, and, snatchinr IN her
coat from the chair where she
had thrown it, opened the door
and stepped out into the comfort
ing cold solitude Of the night.
She was walking briskly through
Rosemary Lane toward the lighted
windows of the library, glimmer.
ing out from the shadowy bulk of
the building. when she heard
horses hoofs behind her. From
her farm life she had learned to-
judge the gait from the sound. 1t
was a singlefoot. A moment later
the horse swept past her. so close
to the footpath that she could feel
the rush of wind against her face.
1t was the spotted pony she had
ridden TO the Devils Icebox. The
man who rode him seemed to he
dressed in the conventional riding
suit. But some pink stuff was
wound around his head, and the
ends trailed behind him as he
went, floating horizontal on the
breeze.
Linda stood still with astonish.
nent. Only one man in MarbI1rv
might be imagined to wear a tur-
ban--Dhan Gopal. She deter.
mined to ask him next morning
If he had been riding Calico. The
sight of the horse brought back
the terror of that night in the
drive before the old house. She
hurried on toward the friendly
lights OF the library.
In the corner by the magazine
indexes, Leonard Van Horne ad.
vanced upon her. There was no
escape. for she was seated on .
tall stool by the index shelf with
her legs childishly wound around
the legs OF the stool. She looked
up with an uninvitinS face
Linda" said Leonard. how arc
your I've been calling Won every
day to ask about your .ankle
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They said you left town yester.
day He looked vaguely re-
proachfuI.
II did" said Linda and made
AZ IL to bend her head once more
over the bulky index.
He came 9 little closer, So that
he might whisper to her. 'tWilI
you come to the Crows Nest with
me and have something to eat?
I'd like q little talk with you.
She intended to refuse. But his
eyes were pleading and the
warmth Of his devotion fell crate.
fully upon her loneliness. yes. Il
she said, "I'lI come"
He gathered mp her notebook
and the volume OF Shelley she
had taken from the circulating
department and i,shered her
through the long aisle between
the reading desks to the end OF
the great room and out into the
hall Linda saw how high he held
his chin and how his eyes flashed,
when heads went up in unmis-
taxable curiosity as Linda passed.
She laid her hand on his arm In
a little rush OF gratefuIness and
she could feel the warm, melting
delight that the act brought to
him.
They walked under the starry
sky across the main campus,
around the end of Old Brick Hall,
through the Hollyhock garden,
with its rows of dry, dead stalks.
Remember the first time we met
here. Linda?" he said in tremu-
lous voice.
In spite of herself Linda cut
his moment OF sentiment short.
Yes, when Thomas Moonlight
chased the pig and the pigs
owner chased me- Mention OF
Thomas Moonlight could damp
Leonard's pleasure In the scene,
but how much more overwhelm.
ing the gloom it cast upon her.
self!
She began to walk very fast.
"I'm cold" she expla ain d.
Hurry"
without word he measured
his steps to match hers.
Leonard and Linda came into
the Crows Nest after Linda had
begged moment outside to pow
der her nose and rouge her
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-07-23
Old Folks Say Doctor
Caldwell IS Right

The basis Of treating sickness has
not changed since DIR. Caldwell left
Medical College in 1875. nor since
he placed on the market the laxa.
tive prescription he had used in his
practice, known to druggists and
the public since 1892, as DR.. Cald-
wells Syrup Pepsin.
Then, the treatment Of constipa.
ton. biIiOusness, headaches, mental
depression, Indigestion, sour stOTis
ach and other indispositions that
result from constipation was erl-
tfreIy by means of simple vegetables
iaxatives. herbs and roots. These
are still the basis of DIR. Caldwells
Syrup Pepsin, which Is . combina-
ton Of SIENNA and other mild laxa-
tive herbs, with pepsin.
The simpler the remedy for con-
stipation, the safer for the child and
FOR you, and the better for the gen.
eraI health of all. And as you can
get results in a mild and safe way
BY using Or. CaIdWell's Syrup Pep
sin. why take chances with strong
drugs,
a bottle -0f DR., CaIdweIl's Syrup
PApsin viii last family several
months, and al can use 1t. 1t If
good for the baby because pleasant
70 the taste. gentle In action, and
free from narcotics. In the proper
dose, given in the directions, 1T IL
equally effective At all ages. Elderly
people viii find y especially ideal,
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Don't You think that lii the
twentieth century women have
grown q little old Tor toys
No, he answered emphat lea ly.
They have merely changed the
fashion In toys as In everything
else. Their toys used To be literal
glittering things q tiara, perhaps,
3. fountain In d Paris garden
villa on the Riviera NowT
have hardly noted the change 1T
il seat III Congress, II Is not,
or perhaps
He hesitated.
Do go on, Monsieur Maurois,
she invited
.sOr perhaps, dear lady. q conces-
sion from d foreign government.
Shirley controlled herself. fought
hack the angry flush that would
have mounted to her cheeks. Her
thoughts were rioting. He must
have seen that photograph, she told
herself, but could not have given
herself any reason for thinking 50.
She reminded herself that
she was dependent on his hnlou-
sine.
..Oh, that's 4 dig at me-. she
laughed. with deliberate display
Of stupidity. And only wish the
faunt were deserved I'm afraid It
isn't toy to me I've invested all
the money my father left me.
e am sorry to hear that. said
Maurois. Poor old Cuthbert KEEL
ton must have put in nearly every
thing that he had. =
Again came the little shock Of
surprise. Shirley had said no word
OF Macedonian Developments to the
Frenchman. Yet he knew
When ] was in New York last
Mr.. Kelton suggested that might
interest myself. but my hands were
very full. Al very delightful man.
i dined with him and met his eld-
est son. I suppose he inherited the
shares2''
Yes, and / acquired them from
him" put in Shirley quickly. You
know the whole history Of the com.
pany, i see, Monsieur Maurois."
More or less. The country is
comparatively small and one has to
keep informed"
Shirley rose to 90. Maurois rang
for the limousine. She went for
her cloak, feeling wild, unreason.
ing desire to get away.
When she returned to the hall he
was waiting for her.
IT Stavros should prove difficult.
! should regard 1t ais q privilege to
assist, he said. For myself, Il
have always found him reasonably
obedient.
Shirley thanked him. said that
she could not dream Of troubling so
busy a man and got into the linn
CUISINE.
1t was not until she got home
that she faced the fact that Mon
sieur MaurOis had most deliberate
ly offered her the concession.
On the following morning, Shir-
ley was able 10 persuade her
self that she had exaggerated
the Importance or her converse.
ton with Maurois--that, In fact,
1T had no Importance at all.
Maurois had shown that he could.
speak foolishlg and even, II one
were inclined to be prudish, mole,
than, a, little Extensively.
III I've got. 10 fight my way
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cheeks she could never again
afford to risk shiny nose or
pals cheeks, III this world which
She must defy. scorn, beat to its
knees In admiration. Strange
that one must be more beautiful
for ones enemies than ones
friends!
Here, too, the heads went up
but they did not stay up long
to stare at Linda. Nearly every
one IN the Crows Nest was oc-
cupied primarily with hot choco-
late or club sandwiches or Mar
bury special sundaes, and 1t took
fullssized scandal to hold the
attention OF the crowd away
from food. she was not. Linda
reflected bitterly. In .flIll-sized
scandal yet. Only q little hudss
ding. sproMting one. with promise
Of Juice aud meat enough FOR
everyone.
They sat down in e. corr er
booth and ordered sandwiches. To
her surprise. Linda felt hungry.
She had eaten practically nothing
since that breakfast in the lunch
wagon Whichever mind whom.
1t didn't matter.
Leonard bent toward her across
the narrow table. II don't want
to talk about anything that will
distress you, Linda. But / must
tell YOU / don't believe what
that brute said about you tlle
other night-even though every
body else should believe 1t, I'd
stand by you"
Everyone else evidently does, Z
said Linda, with q hard little
laugh. But you needn't line
yourself up with me. Leonard.
The story is true"
He did not blanch, only kept
on staring at her with his large.
solemn eyes.
Somehow. the eyes unnerved
her. Yes. it's true enough. /
was waitress and chambermaid--
and scrubwoman for the Mansion
House and before that l was
hired girl to half dozen hor.
rible, vulgar families, and my
father died in snowdrift and
my mother died three days later
when | was born. and here I nm
make what you can of me-"
She heard with horror, the rise of
hysteria in her voice.
Go BE Continued Tomorrow