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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-09-21
By w. J. WHITE.

WHAT part will the youth of this
" country play when the war
drums are sounding? This is today
a potent question which we must
answer correctly. How must we or
ganize our youth of the working
class in order to offset the patriotic
hokum which is being instilled into
their minds thru their eyes and ears
by the teacher, the preacher and the
political bunkum and hokum ped
dlers who are behind the many ac-
tivities in sports, camp fire girls,
the boy scouts, the Y. M. C. A. and
the numerous sports clubs which
are being organized among the
youth in order to keep their minds
welded to the capitalist system? 1t
is doubtful if any other worker
aside from the actual building up
Of the army and navy, is getting as
much consideration as this propa-
ganda which is today being carried
on among the youth by the capital
lists Of the country.
Papers and Magazines
In order that the youth NAV be
lrshed to the chariot Of the War
God Of capitalism. printers ink is
being spilled by the gallon and the
physical advantages which co m e
from the many activities connected
with the boy scouts, the Y. M. c. A.
huts, the outdoor life. ETC.. nrc held
out In such an alluring way and in
such a manner that the real inten-
tlon is skillfully hidden behind all
this poisonous propaganda. In this
propaganda the paid hirelings of
tbs masters "brass check" press are
drawn up, and they respond with a
will to the commands Of their mas
tiers. Not only are the daily papers
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-09-21

ing the fight for a new union. In
the packing plants they are publish
ing shop papers and calling on the
workers. to organize. Many mass
meetings are being held, at which
Communist speakers show up Nor
ris and Brookhart and other politi-
clans as supporters of the capitalist
system. But in doing so they have
enraged the employers and the state
officials.
In Kansas, Hugo Oehler, district
organizer, ana ten other workers
we're arrested for speaking and hav-
ing in their possession such radical
literature as the Daily Worker, La
Dor Defender and party Platform. :"
AS yet their cases have not been
heard, but under the vicious Grim
inal syndicalist law of Kansas they
may be sentenced to five to ten
years Imprisonment. The Armour
Company caused their arrest by re-
porting to the police that the Com
p1unists were trying to organize the
packing house workers.
Jingoes Bar Negroes.
In Texas the secretary of state
refuses to allow the Workers Party
to go on the ballot, even though they
have complied with the law. Here
jingoism flourishes and race dis
elimination is at its height. Ne
groes are prevented by law from
voting in the primary election.
In Oklahoma the state officials
arc using every possible trick to
prevent the Communist electors
from filing on the Farmer-Labor
ticket, even though they, too, have
complied with the law.
In Nebraska the employers and
state officials are using the "red
baiters" in the American Legion and
Veterans of Foreign Wars to help
them throw the Workers Party
ticket off the ballot. Governor Adam
McMullen recently made speech
in which he stated that the Com
munists are making great inroads
in the state, especially among the
youth. Following his speech the
American Legion and other jingo-
ISIS got busy and filed a protest
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-09-21

actively engaged in this work of
moulding the minds of the young to
suit the purposes Of the bosses, but
the magazines are also drawn upon
to warp and twist the minds of the
young so that they will willingly go
out when called upon in case of
under the guise of the physical we'll
respond to the numerous calls to go
into the camps of the Citizens Mill
tary Training Camps.
The Part of the Church.
The religious press, especially of
some of the large protestant de-
nominations, and also the press of
the catholic church is filled with this
camouflaged war propaganda. The
feelings of working class fathers and
mothers are skillfully played upon
by such papers and their patriotism
and religious bigotry is appealed to
under the 'guise Of the physical we'll
fare of their children and the need
Of having them fit to take their part
In the affairs Of life. Baseball
leagues confined strictly to the men,
bers Of the churches are fostered
and given publicity by the church
papers, the same is true Of football
and kindred sports. The catholic
church takes advantage of the pa
triotic appeal to the young to build
up catholic organizations patterned
after the camp fire girls and the
boy scouts, but the church sees to it
that these organizations are confined
to the members Of its congregations.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-09-21
By ROY STEPHENS

COMMUNISM is growing in the
" middle-west. The workers in
this section of the country have al
ready put the Workers (Commu-
nist) Party on the ballot in the
states of Nebraska, Iowa, South Da-
bota, Arkansas, Oklahoma, Kansas,
and Texas. Indications are that the
Communist ticket will be on the bal
lot in every middle-western state.
A big fight is also being carried on
to organize the workers in the pack
ing houses and other big industries.
AS a result of these activities at
tempts are being made in the states
of Nebraska, Oklahoma, Kansas and
Texas to keep the Communist ticket
off the ballot and send the most
militant fighters to Jail. There are
also indications that attempts will
be made in several other states to
likewise prevent the workers from
putting their ticket on the ballot.
The conclusion to be drawn from
this is that it is a concerted attack
by the employers and open-shop in
terests to destroy the Communist
movement in the middle-west. That
is just what is happening.
Some Characteristics.
In order to understand just why
the employers fear the Communists
SO in this section of the country one
must understand the conditions ex-
listing here and the peculiar char
acteristics of this section.
The middle-west is admittedly the
most American section of the coun-
try. By this is meant that here the
people are the greatest per cent ma
tive-born and the most free ti1m
the customs of foreign immigrants
who come to our shores. Naturally
such American schemes as class
collaboration and company unionism
are put into practice most effec-
lively here. The capitalist press has
always boosted that Communism
cannot grow in this part of the coun-
try.
Since the war the labor move
ment has been almost completely de-
stroyed. The strong unions of the
miners and packing house workers
are no more. Cities like Omaha,
Kansas City, st. Joseph and Den
yer boast that labor troubles have
been solved. At the present time
Kansas City and Omaha are spending
several million dollars each year to
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-09-21
War and Working Class Youth

Very fortunately our party is
alive to this question, and in every
congress and the plenum of the
Workers (Communist) Party this
question of the youth is seriously
being discussed. This is finding
ever and ever more response in the
organizations of the young workers
and they are especially carrying on
more and more propaganda in the
training camps of the Citizens Mill
tary Training Camps, and also
among those young who are still
under the influence of the propa-
ganda of the industrial and i'm
perialistic rulers. This is as it
should be for if we neglect our
work among the youth in the mills
and factories of the country, then
we are not fulfilling our revolution
airy task. Organize the youth!
Build UP the Young Workers League
and the Pioneers in the United
States, for upon them rests the
future of our Party. One of the
means which will bring real results
to our Party in bringing to the front
those best fitted to lead in this
work, is the numerous schools which
the Party is conducting in such CEN
tiers as Ohio, Wisconsin, New York
and Massachusetts. 1t is from them
that we can look for the training
and discipline of our young workers.
In this we are, considering our
small membership and compare
lively weak resources doing very
fine work, and we can in the near
future, hope, bring to bear for
this work more and better and ever
larger schools with an ever growing
number of members attending the
classes in these and the other,
schools we will be opening from time
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-09-21
The Workers Party in the West

with the secretary of state. At their
Grand Island convention the Amer
lean Legion devoted one afternoon
Of their sessions to attacking the
Communists.
Boast of Stool Pigeons.
R. A. kirkpatrick, chairman of
the Americanization committee,
boosted that the Legion was carry
ing on an extensive espionage cam
paign, saying that Legion stool
pigeons attended several Communist
meetings and furnished reports to
the department of justice at Wash
ington. Marcus Poteet of the Lin
coin Post of the American Legion
stated that while he knew of no
legal objection to the Workers Party
filing he thought that a Communist
organization is subversive of Amer
lean ideals and that the placing of
a Communist ticket on the Ameri-
can ballot is so odious that the stu
alton transcends technicalities of the
law.
Newspapers in Nebraska carried
headlines announcing that a Red
Plot had been discovered here. An
American Legionnaire delivered a
speech over radio station WOW, in
which he attacked the Communists
at great length.
Want to Continue Exploitation.
The capitalist class hope to de-
stroy the Communist movement in
the middle-west. They want to
keep this section of the country I'M
organized so as to exploit the work
ers to the utmost and keep the mid
dle-west a reservoir from which to
recruit the bulk of the cannon fod-
der for the next imperialist war.
But the Communist Party will not
be destroyed. The attacks of our
enemies will only cause US to grow.
Workers are learning that the Com
munists are fighters and from the
attempts of the capitalist class to
keep us off the ballot they will learn
that democracy is only a dictator
ship of the capitalists and only the
Workers (Communist) Party fights
for workers and farmers govern
ment.
Workers, defeat the attacks of the
employers in the middle~west! Your
answer must be the placing of the
Communist ticket on the ballot in
at least thirty-five states. Forward
to workers and farmers govern
ment!
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-09-21
Trade Union Agreements
Advantageous or Harmful

Superficial observers of the labor move
ment, particularly the university professors
who try to formulate theories to justify the
betrayals of the working class by the reac-
tionary officials of the American Federation
Of Labor, make fetish out of trade union
agreements. Prof. John r. Commons Of the
University Of Wisconsin is the founder of
the modern school of learned apologists for
that theory and practice of trade union fax
cry that has come to be known under the
Ipperal term Of Gompersism The lesser
11ket3hat scAod are the Brookwood IA
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-09-21
Capitalist Press, Church and Schools Screech
Propaganda for Coming War

These organizations of the youth are
fostered in the parochial schools and
as much patriotism is instilled into
the heads of the young in these in
stitutions as in the purely secular
institutions.
Who Furnishes the Money?
In all of this the hand of the big
banking and capitalist institutions
can be seen at work. 1t is they who
go into their tills to furnish the
money for the meets and games
where the public can not be induced
to pay for the necessary uniforms
and paraphernalia. Of course they
bring to bear as much as possible
the law of emulation in which they
pit civic pride and use school re-
ligion and every other stimulation
they can play upon in accomplish
ing their ends. The big banks thru
their directors are the leaders who
put IN the money for the Y. M. c.
A. the Young Mems Catholic So
cieties and they are always ex-
tremely careful to see that so far
as possible none of their money is
wasted, but that it bears very
heavy interest in their favor. Prizes
are put up for the winners in the
contests. Silver loving cups are
made the prize for some contest,
while in others it may take on any
one Of thousand different forms,
however, always having in view the
advancement of the cause of big
business and capitalism, and war.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-09-21

Dor college" faculty, Selig Pearlman of Wis
consin University and considerable num-
Der of graduates of these institutions. Com
mons and his associates hold that a union
which does not maintain continuous con-
tracts with employers is doomed to failure.
In analyzing the birth and decline of various
independent unions they claim that the fail
ure to obtain agreements from employers is
"the rock upon which all such unions have
broken"
Certainly no intelligent worker will take
stand in opposition to all agreements. Like
wise no one except traitors to labor or their
theoretical defenders in the university chairs
will advocate the signing of any agreements
that may be obtained.
Agreements are most advantageous to
trade unions when they are forced from the
employer in a struggle that results in VIC
tory for the workers. Under such con-
dltions agreements serve as a weapon mas
much as they cover periods of low produc-
tivity in given industry and expire at a
date favorable to the workers and unfavor-
able for the employer. Under certain condi-
tons, in industries formerly unorganized or
industries in which the workers have only
weak organizations, it is possible to sign
agreements without improvements in condi-
tionS or increases in wages, provided they
expire at time favorable to the workers
During the life of such agreements intensive
.organizational work can proceed so that the
workers will be in better position to fight
the employers.
But certainly it is never advantageous to
the workers to sign agreements accepting
wage-cuts and expiring at time when the
workers are least able to put up fight Such
agreements would result in initiating a whole
series of wage-cuts and policy of steady
retreat on the part of labor.
The formerly militant sections of the
American Federation of Labor have never
made fetish of agreements. For instance,
the international Typographical Union dur
ing the short period since the war that it was
dominated by progressive forces lin fact and
not in name only, refused for years to sign
agreements with certain newspaper publish
ers in Chicago simply because the employers
insisted upon agreements expiring at date
unfavorable to the union. The same policy
was followed in Cleveland and other cities
in the job printing end of the industry. Far
better to work without any agreements at all
than to accept them when they are menace
to the future success of the workers..
The 1000 coal miners of Illinois who have
gone on strike against the infamous treachery
of the Lewis-Fishwick machine and who re-
fuse to abide by agreements that ratify
wage-cuts have followed the right line thus
far. Their next step must be a break with
Lewis and all his henchmen and affiiation
with the National Miners Union under a
leadership developed out of the struggle and
steeled in the long fight against Lewis and
the operators, leadership that realizes full
well that only by organization and deter
mined fight that will compel the employers
to grant living wages and decent conditions
in the mining industry can there be any
thought of agreements.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-09-21

IN all probability there will not be
much more fuss made about the
queens sewer scandal. Patten, Con-
nolly's man won out over his oppo-
nents in the primaries last Tuesday.
Tammany opposed Patten, evidently
because the wigwam warriors want
ed the sewers all to themselves.
Tammany was stopped at the bridge.
Tho shalt not pass" was the slogan
OF the Queens Democratic bosses.
Thieves will insist on falling out.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-09-21
Told You So

AL SMITH and Herbert Hoover
"a are now playing the role of
political confidence men to the work
ers and farmers. While Herbert was
trying to seduce the labor vote in
New Jersey, All was out in the potato
and corn belt trying to win the hand
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-09-21

and heart of the
farmer. Hoover
and Al did not
talk about love
weaving webs of
f a n cy on the
h orn s of the
m o on they
talked steak and
potatoes. They
talked about it,
that's all. The
w ork er who
takes H o ov er
seriously d e.
S e nv e S to car
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-09-21
&,vO,Mk.1

to time. This is the key to our
tasks among the young. Only by
founding such schools and building
up our papers can we hope to off
set and check-mate the work Of the
capitalists in their work of making
reactionaries of the rising youth of
our class.
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1928-11-06
HEAVY NEW YORK VOTE

At Least Half Of tho City's E,oc.
toests HAD Registered Theas
Choice b. Noon To-day.
New York. Nov. s N-At least 50
per cent Of the total registration Of
tho entire city had voted By noon.
according to official estimates at the
board Of elections. In many Of the
voting machine districts the per-
centags was well above the halfway
figure.
Mr.. and Mrs. Alfred e. Smith. IT..
voted shortly after II o'clock at the
Judson Memorial church on the
south side of Washington Square.
Both young Smith and his wife
expressed confidence about the re-
suit Of the election.
II am almost certain Of . demo-
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1928-11-06
ELECTION BROADCASTS
Radio, Coupled With News Services,
VIII flash Results to Waiting
=
Millions All Over U. s.

New York. Nov. R-Election
results will be broadcast throughout
the country tonight over two great
combinations Of radio stations. The
first returns viii start going on the
air at s o'clock, eastern standard
time.
The National Broadcasting COM
pany will use its red and blue net
works of SO stations and give an in
terpretive service based on the COM
bined reports of the Associated
Press. The United Press and Interna-
tional News Service. David Law
renee. political writer, will head it,
staff of experts. Graham McNamee.
announcer. will be in charge OF en-
tertainment between election re-
turns.
Altogether, with independent sta
tions, the National Broadcasting
company expects to have more than
IS stations associated with WEAE
and WIZ in the broadcast.
The New York World, In cooper
alton with 20 other associated press
newspapers throughout the country,
will furnish an election service d.
rect from its news rooms to be
broadcast by more than 50 stations
OF the Columbia Broadcasting COM
pany, Associated Broadcaster. Inc.
and an eastern, chain. and United
Broadcasters. Inc, = hookup OF In
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1928-11-06
SOUTHERN VOTERS
OUT IN NUMBERS
Record Vote VIII Be cast in
1blt Section
BY w. F. CALDWELL


Bestirred by the issues of prohi-
bition. religion. white supremacy
and party regularity. an aroused
south today recorded its choice for
president.
Gone was the apathy of former
years. Nor was 1t necessary for
party leaders to urge voters to turn
out.
The section from the Potomac to
the Rio Grange, with its ia cleo
toral votes. left its traditional side
line position Of previous presidential
years Immediately on tho nomina-
ton Of Governor Al Smith 1T Hous-
ton and tho resulting spread of Its
first real campaign In more than
half a century brought voters to the
ballot box in unprecedented num-
bers.
Generally fair, the weather menu
for the day. except for probable
showers forecast for Mississippi,
southern Louisiana and parts of
Florida, helped to swell the tide of
voters.
Predictions of victory from demo-
cratic leaders were met by equally
optimistic claims on the part Of re-
publicans and anti Smith managers
Texas, the bellwether of the
"solid SOUTH" was claimed by the
democrats by a 100000 majority.
Anti Smith leaders said Smith would
lose the state by $4,000. while repub-
licans foresaw a substantial margin
for Hoover.
Democratic State Chairman Hart
sill Ragon placed the majority for
Smith and Robinson in Arkansas at
from $4,000 to 100000 against a
Hoover counter claim by A. J. Ris-
sell. republican chairman, that
Hoover would win III a fair election
is held" He added. however. that
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1928-11-06

regardless Of the outcome. the vote
would be 70 close as to bring about
realignment Of political parties In
the state.
Mississippi and Louisiana demo-
cratic chieftains forecast . landslide
for Smith. Republicans said Hoover
had q chance to take both states
and In any event would pile up 2
big vote.
Chairman William B. Oliver. pre-
dicted Alabama would return =
democratic majority Of $4,000. while
Horace G. wilkinson. anti.smith
leader. said the state would 20 re-
publican by between $4,000 and 30.-
900. Republicans said their prospects
were never brighter.
Georgia. said John r. Slater.
democratic campaign manager.
would. return = majority Of from
10000 to $1,000 for Smith and Robin
son. Barry Wright. chairman of the
anti-Smith organization. predicted
Smith would lose the state by about
$4,000, and H. q. Hastings. republic
can general forecast Hoover ma
jority of upwards Of 10000.
George w. McCrory, secretary Of
the Florida democratic committee.
predicted that Smith and Robinson
would receive IS to II per cent Of
the total vote. On the other hand.
Glenn B. Skipper, republican nation
al committeeman and chairman OF
the campaign committee, said that
Hoover would win by comfortable
majority which he fixed at near 50,-
900.
The republicans In South Carolina,
in the opinion of democratic chair
man Roach Stewart, would not poll
more than 5000 votes, while he said
the democratic majority would be
the largest In the states history. The
heaviest Hoover vote was forecast
for Charleston county. Ben Adams,
chairman of anti Smith forces. say
ing there was a possibility 1t would
be in the Hoover column.
Anti-Smith forces claimed North
Carolina for Hoover by 10000. but
the democrats said the state would
retain its accustomed place with the
rest of the south by $4,000 or more.
In Virginia, r. H. Angel, chair
man Of the republican committee
predicted = Hoover Curtis majority
ranging from $4,000 to $4,000. j.
Murray Hooker, chairman of the
democratic committee. said Virginia
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1928-11-06
Prohibition Issue
Useless Varney Sayl

Rockville Centre, N. T., Nov. o.
R,-William F. Varney. prohibition
party candidate for president; be-
lieves his party should abandon pro-
hibition as a major issue.
1T was a mistake" he said. for
the prohibition party to concentrate
On the wet and dry issue to the ex-
clusion of other problems. II have
anything to do with another cam
paien. ! hope the party will aban-
don prohibition AZ . major issue"
He predicted the election Of Her.
bert Hoover by an overwhelming ma.
jority.
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AUTOMATIC FHOHE


WIZ Answer calls Whea Houe
Is Unoccaptod.
Dallas. Tex. Nov. tUP) - ].
Luther Collins OF Oak Gilt. , Dallas
suburb. has invented . machins AAs-
ignatsd to answer the telephone
while the Office force or housewife
Is out.
In a private exhibition In Chicago
recently the "Ansophone" a. the ap-
paratus 10 called. took dictation from
the Demonstration and later when the
phone rang 1t whirred family and
said. "Mr. Blank II out of his Office
at present. He will return at 300
o'clock. Please call again."