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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-07-04
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GRAND RAPIDS, July 2.-During
the first part Of the week signs were
displayed all around the shop of the
Luce Furniture Co. in Grand Rapids,
Mich. announcing the fact that on
Wednesday noon a speaker would talk
to the workers on the subject, "Who
Cuts Wages?"
The strangest thing about it was
that the speaker had the o. X. of the
management of the company and all
Of the workers knew that the, company
had been cutting wages continuously
for the last a or 5 years. So they
were interested to hear what the
speaker had to say.
On Wednesday noon we were all
very surprised to learn from this
spellbinder that it was the chain
stores and retail syndicates that had
been cutting our wages and depriving
US Of decent living. He attempted
to convince us Of this absurd idea by
some very shallow arguments backed
up by lot of oratory. He claimed
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-07-04
Held Incommunicado

John Porter had been held prac-
tically incommunicado, denied news
papers and all reading matter, and
knew little of the drive being started
for his release. Also, he knew nothing
of the charges being prepared against
him by the military authorities. He
expressed his complete approval OF
what is being done, and requested
that the fight for his release must
be conducted with no apologies fol
his revolutionary principles, saying
that he is ready to face life imprison-
ment rather than retreat from his
position.
However, Porter has one regret
He requested US to inform the work
ers that he is sorry that he deserted
from the army and that now he would
remain and conduct propaganda
among his fellow soldiers, pointing
out the purposes for which they are
used and the necessity of defending
the working class.
Porter accepts his imprisonment
and the terrible conditions with which
the military authorities are trying to
break his spirit as incidents to be
expected in the life of any militant
fighter against the bosses, and re-
CARDS his Imprisonment from an i'm
personal viewpoint, seeing the revolu-
tionary significance above his own
suffering-in spite of persecution
which would break many Strong
men.
The workers must be informed i'm
mediately of the conditions under
which Porter is forced to exist at the
present time. 1t is almost impossible
to realize what such brutalities mean
and without delay these tortures must
be stopped by tremendous mass pro-
tests which will force the war denart.
ment to act.
Army Brutality
Porter's work in prison consists Of
shoveling coal with an intensive
speed-up system and armed guards t.
prevent a seconds rest for ten hours
daily for seven days per week. Fo,
this work he gets extremely boo,
food.
No reading matter is permitted
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-07-04
HANdOnTS

Anti-feminism has hit the soup
manufacturers. Campbell's soup is
now advertised as "a Mans Soup"
An easy method of obtaining wealth
under capitalism is suggested by DR..
Christian F. Reisner, pastor of the
Chelsea Methodist Church, in the fol-
lowing words: early marriage brings
the richest blessings"
A drop in the price of commodities
due to overproduction is noted in Chi
cargo. A good murder may now be OBJ
tanned for $31.
Joynson-Hicks, parliamentary jack
anapes of Great Britain, says he's GER
tain there's $135,000 of Moscow
money moving around in the British
Communist Party Joynson-H Hicks
would have terrible time alone in
the dark. He sees so many things
that aren't there.
Because the shepherds in John
Masefield's play, "The Coming of
Christ" which was presented at Cam
terbury Cathedral, England, mildly
discussed labor conditions as they af-
fected shepherds capitalist critics con-
demned the performance "as pre-
scented in consecrated house," Con-
secrated to the greed system that is
generous to the church.
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Smith as the friend of the direct pri-
mary. But Immediately upon taking
office in January, 1919, AL made a
deal with Big Boss Barnes of the Re-
publican machine to let the Repub-
hcan legislature by degrees get back
the convention system, in return for
which All was to be permitted to have
his way with the Public Service Com
mission. In his message to the legis-
lature that year he conveniently ON
mitted any reference to direct pri-
maries. At this time Smith openly
admitted to his friends that he would
personally prefer to see a return to
the old method of party conventions. :"
Red Batter
No high public official, with the
possible exception of A. Mitchell Pal
mer, has more energetically attacked
the radicals and Bolshevists. This is
a too little known fact. But the rec
ords stand against the great Tam
many liberal" A dozen times during
1919 he attacked the bold, bad Boil
sheviks who were plotting red revolu-
ton. When they held a meeting on
April "a, 1919, in the Brownsville La.
Dor Lyceum to welcome the newly ar
rived Ludwig C. A. K. Martens, am
bassador from the Soviet Union, AL
Smith sent letters to Police Commits
sioner Enright and to District Attor-
ney Henry E. Lewis, ordering them ia
investigate. Two weeks later he
signed bill making it crime to dis
play the Red Flag at meeting or in
parade. He delivered speeches al
Cornell University and in other places
on the great red menace.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-07-04
By JOHN l.. SHERMAN

The time for a detailed exposure
of the role and connections of Tam
many Al Smith will come a little
later in the summer with the ripen-
ing Of the election campaign. The
charming little liberals who have
been shocked by the direct methods Of
the two recent three-ring political
circuses at Kansas City and Houston
to the point of announcing, as did
the Nation" that they will not again
support the old parties, will by that
time have cooled off bit. The stir
ring progressive sentiments which
will no doubt be uttered by the gen.
tleman in the brown derby will, with
the coming of warm weather, gradu-
ally win over these liberals as they
were won over by Wilson twelve years
ago.
The socialists, too, now bit drunk
from the Unexpectedly large space al
loted hem in he New York Times
write-ups, and hypnotized into believ-
ing that the fold will increase under
tn BLESSINGS Of the Reverend Norman
Thomas, will by that time have been
a bit. disillusioned---enough so, at any
rate, to induce the little shopkeepers
to run for shelter underneath the
Tammany wing, as they did in 1926.
Exposure Of the most hypocritical,
political faker on the modern stage
will then serve double purpose.
In the meantime few preliminary
remarks are necessary.
Current Illusions
Three or four widespread convic-
tons account in part for the AL Smith
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-07-04
By PAUL CROUCH

On the-f8tf Of June, John Porter,
vice-president of the Textile Work
ers Union and organizer of the Young
Workers (Communist) League, was
imprisoned by the military authori-
ties. This was an event of tremendous
Importance to the working class.
First, it was an open intervention by
the army in the textile strike and
clearly exposed the role of capitalist
militarisnL Second, and of even
greater Importance, the case calls at
tention to the increasing class-con-
seriousness of the soldiers and the de-
termination not to be used as strike
breakers.
Porter a Symbol
John Porter today symbolizes the
fight against the anti-labor character
of the armed forces, and the fight for
his release is being taken up by the
workers, especially the youth, who
see in his Imprisonment a threat to
all militant servicemen and workers.
I have just had the opportunity Of
a personal interview with Porter at
the Fort Adams, R. l., guard house,
where he is confined. Personal con-
versation fully confirmed my opinion
that in Porter the working class has
a brave soldier who is ready to give
his life if necessary for the struggle
against the bosses, and who must be
freed by mass protest and returned to
his place as leader in the New Bed
ford textile strike.
Isaac Shorr, the New York attor-
ney retained by the international La
Dor Defense to defend the young
worker-soldier, and / went to New
port, Rhode Island, and from there
we had to go to Fort Adams, several
miles from the city. Our arrival did
not seem to please the military au-
thorities, but there is no way to pre-
vent an attorney from seeing a pris-
oner he is defending. After about an
hours delay, John Porter was brought
into the room. At last, / was able to
shake hands with my fellow-soldiel
of the future Red Army which will
defend the working class.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-07-04

Smith signed a convict labor hill
dlsapproved of a workmen's compen-
satlon bill, called upon the youth to
enter the military training camps
paved the way for the coming great
power grab, refused to listen to the
ousted B. R. T. women who came 10
plead with him because of the abuses
of the traction trust.
We shall not here go into details Of
his deeper relations with the Tam.
many Hall machine of graft and DO.
litical betrayal. These will all be told
in good time.
Puts Over Fare Steals
An individual is said to be known
by the character of the friends he
makes. This may or may not be true
but politician can always be told by
his appointments. Smiths appointees
on the Public Service Commission
have raised street car fares in prac.
tically every upstate city. The mar
who is now his campaign manager
George r. Van Nance, member O
the upstate commission, together
with William Prendergast, the Repub
lican chairman of the commission
were instrumental in putting over the
ten million gas rate steal of the Con
solidated Gas Company. He named
John H. Delaney as transit construc.
ton commissioner after it was pub.
licly proved that Delaney was the go
between Boss Murphy and Thomas F
Ryan, between traction swinder
and after Delaney was exposed in tax
ing brides from Ryan. Incidental,
Delaney still holds office as a mem
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Doom. These explain the paradox of
now the head of the Tammany graft
ring, an organization everywhere
feared and condemned, has been able
to rise to the proportions of a national
figure.
First there is the notion that while
Tammany is rotten AL Smith is pure,
Smith, accordingly, shines forth with
a sort of added glory among his
spotted associates. Then there is the
notion that AL is the example, par ex-
cellence, of the man of the people.
Thousands have risen from the bot
tom and crashed through the top. But
only AL has refrained from heaping
scorn upon the base ones whom he has
trampled in the upward ascent.
Then there is the general notion
that the New York governor is a
friend of labor, liberal, man COM
mitted to progressive measures in
government, practical, efficient, a
capable executive new democratic
Noah in generation of bad politi-
clans.
Isn't this the bunk!
What does AL Smith stand for?
On September 23, 1919, during his
first year as governor, AL Smith,
friend of the workers and idol of the
A. F. of l.. labor takers, sent out the
New York State Troopers to Lacka-
wanna, a little town near Buffalo, to
put down the steel strikers who were
then carrying on bit too vigorously
for their ]. P. Morgan masters. AL
is still doing good work for the Nor
gans, but on much larger scale.
! Reference is frequently made tc
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-07-04

ooh Mama look qohGt they stuck
IN the rotograveure?"
That's a den,agogue."
"Oh 1 k1aow 1Ohat that is fro,
GEOGRAPHIC. 1t eats grass and Iives
a long time"
"No this is different kind of an
animal. It's q species of senator. 1t
eats bran and HUes too long. It's
called q Helm"
"WeU a0hdt does ii dog"
1T makes oratory against AL
Smith,"
"Why."
al is Catholic. Heflim doesn't
aOant anybody to be president, and
direct the robbery of the qoorkers,
aobo IS an employee of the pope"
"Weu, aohGt does he a0ant thea,"
"He doesn't a0df1t the aUorkimg class,
whon, he Loves, to be robbed By any
body a0ho hasn't been baptised."
swell aOhat's he doing IN the pic
tare, getting ready to hat somebody
or only scratching hinsseIf?"
"Adolph, take that penny out of
the slot or l aoon't bring yoM to the
Autonlat again"
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-07-04
GEMS OF LEARNING.

GEMS OF LEARNING.
Otto HI. Kahn:-"I ntrinsically un-
derlying conditions are good and
America is still having fair modi-
cum of prosperity. "You can see it
with any good, magnifying glass.
Very Rev. DR.. Howard Chandler
Robbins, Dean of the Cathedral of st.
John the Divine people of
the present day do not desire religion
with the urge and earnestness that
they follow other quests, such as art
and science" Strange, isn't it?
Sir Thomas Upton, labor exploiter:
Prohibition in America meant the
possibility of an increase in the
worlds consumption of Lipton's tea,
to me. :. eat plenty of fresh fruit,
too. Here! Have a banana. It's good
for YOU" Banana oil!
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1928-03-23

THE Lessons Tor the first quarter
Of this year have dealt with
the early ministry OF Jesus, begin
ming with the preparation of the
way by John the Baptist. the bap-
tism Of Jesus, and his public dee
laration concerning his mission.
This m nistry of Jesus centers
in the proclamation OF the King
dom of God. But this expression.
''the Kingdom Of God" is in dan
ger OF being misunderstood. or
perverted from its true signif-
canoe, through too much empha-
sis upon the ideas of king" and
Kingdom" as these have been
manifest and persistent in history.
king and Kingdom" in their
role in human life. are associated
with rule. and with the authority
of man over man. But in the
Kingdom of Heaven the only au-
thority is the law of love from
within-a law of love finding it's
source and authority in the love
of God and expressing itself in
the response of man to truth and
goodness, in all his relationships
both toward God and to his fell
l0wmen.
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1928-03-23

March 70, 80 and 81. The meet
VIII attract between 500 and 1000
Students. There will be 21 con.
tests conducted in three auditor
lums. The larger cities are each
sendlng as many as SIS students.
Wolf Point expects to have five
representatives there. They are,
INA Herman, Belle Everett. Har-
old Shipman, Russell Huxsol and
Harry Veldhuis.
The eighth grade program will
be given on Friday of this week
Next week we have three class
programs: Monday, Freshman
program, Wednesday, Sophomore
program, Friday, Seventh grade
program.
On Friday afternoon of this
week will be held the local Ora
torlcal contest. Those taking
part are Clyta Cusker, Russell
Huxsol, Harold Shipman and Ber-
nard Geisen. The District con-
test will be held in Wolf Point on
Friday, April 6.
Normal Training girls go to
Dry Forks on Friday, March 81.
The Wide Awake School will hold
an Art and Spelling contest on
April 20. We would like to see
Roosevelt and Wide Awake meet
on the baseball diamond that af-
ternoon.
The first State eighth grade
exams will be held in Wolf Point
on Friday, April 81. This will be
the biggest event of the year and !
Wolf Point should get ready to
entertain many visitors.
1t would be a good thing if par
ents and teachers would read to
children certain items from the
daily newspapers. In Tuesdays
issue l note that a Bozeman boy,
age Is, lost his left eye as the re-
suit of a shot from an air rifle in
he hands of a sixteen year old
BOY.
AT Corvallis a boy was killed
when he hooked a ride on a gravel
He fell under the wheels.
The other day | saw a boy in
Wolf Point fall off of a big truck.
luckily for him he landed in the
middle of a soft mud puddle in
tead of under the heavy wheels.
Children are still cutting \
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he has the power of choice.
But beyond this we find a
strange mystery in the universe, a
mystery as yet unsolved, but a
mystery, ii we could see it in its
fullness, that we should find
probably inevitably associated
with the conditions Of mans rise
to glory. r .ncsy
The Balance
If there were no possibility of
fall and failure, there would be
no possibility of triumph. II
there were no trial and sorrow,
the probability is that there would
be no meaning to JOY and satisfac-
ton.
But into this universe with its
sin and mystery. its sorrow and
its distress, Jesus brings the
beauty of a glorious Gospel, mani
fest in the richness and perfection
Of a good life. He came not to
be ministered unto. but to min
lister, and to give his life a ransom
for many" That was the min
lstry Of Jesus. 1t is in responding
to that ministry, and bringing the
motive power Of it into our own
ives in seeking to minister in his
spirit and with him, that we find
he way to God and our place In
lis kingdom.
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1928-03-23
Other Livestock.

3 Ducks; 9 Geese; 40 Chickens
/ Sow with 5 pigs
1900 Bushels oats (feed is all CASH
$50 Bushels barley feed
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1928-03-23
Review Of the Quarters Lessons

Review Of the Quarters Lessons
Devotional Reading-Ruth 2:2-S, 14-17a lending with until
even9.
Golden TeXt-And Jesus Went about all the cities and the VIII
iases. teaching in their synagogues. and preaching the gospel of
the kingdom, and healing all manner OF disease and all manner of
sickness-Matt. 9;35.
The International Uniform sunday School Lesson for March %
Jesus ProcIaims the Kingdom OF God.
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1928-03-23
School Department
Young.
BY sUPT. F. H. LIVINGSTON

1OuuS.
2A-Miss Beier: Perfect atten
dance, Eunice Blacktail, John Gas
sidy. Clarabelle Funk, Evelyi
Holderman, Ralph Reichert
George Homrighaus, Vivian Nc
Donald, Virginia Wilson. Readine
80, Clarabelle Funk. spelling 81
Dorothy Dorr; penmanship, Wilma
Yellowrobe SO; language George
McCoun 80; hygiene 80, Evelyn
Holderman; numbers 95, Wilma
Yellowrobe; phonics "a; Wilma
Yellowrobe; music "a, Clarabelle
Funk; drawing 80, Eunice Black
tail.
2B grade-Helen Beier- Read
ing 50, Virginia Wilson. spelling
SO, Virginia Wilson; penmanship
81, Virginia Wilson; language S5,
Martin Bushman; hygiene IS,
numbers 80, music So, drawing
So, Martin Bushman; phonics 90,
Aston Tolbert.
4A-Mrs. Wigtil; Perfect atten-
dance Berdean Wilson, James
BEEN, Josephine Carson, Junior
Clayton, Aloysius Cody, Esther
Courchene, Carl Deck, Lois De-
Witt, DeVere Dougherty, Veima
Fishbach, Barbara Goodman, Tom
Jansen, Lillian Kellogg, Eleanor
Mus, Vincent Nedrud, Corinth
Saunders.
Elizabeth Schoening, reading
80, grammar 90; Myrtle Renville,
spelling 100, penmanship 100.
arithmetic SO; Jim Kelly, geog-
raphy 80. Myrtle Renville, music
"a; drawing, Robert Huxsol 90;
Junior Clayton, hygiene 81.
5B-Miss Ellison: Perfect at
tendance, Marie Wilson, Clara o.
son. Carol Mann, reading SO, Ian
suage 81, spelling SO, history 80;
Justin Redstone, penmanship 81:
Marie Wilson arithmetic 90; mu-
sic 81, drawing 80; Lloyd Stennes,
geography SO, hygiene IS.
4B-Perfect attendance James
Boyd, June Kelberer, Ivan Bush
nan, Aage Lang, Curtis Ditmar-
on, Esther Olson, Lucille Fred
icksen, Amy Redstone. Anna
Hide, Addie Snyder, Lorraine !
1ontgomery. William Odds. read {
ng SO, arithmetic SO, geography j
O.. Addie Snyder, language SO.
SO, hygiene 80. Bessie F
elgrade. penmanship SO; Hen v
Headdress, music 81, draw E
g SO. S
Third AIRS. Toring. Perfect Ii
tendance: Kathleen Baird. Ken ic
tn Blacktail, Dolores Bogut, m
Burgess, Oscar Byfuglin, &C
Chamberlain, Patricia
Wane, Helen Jansen. Marian at
lnson, Marjorie King, Janet W
veil, Charlotte Nichol, William te
il, Carl Onberg, Robert Penner, nj
n Eline Rothe. Tom Saunders, Ii
uise Schaale. Robert S~choening, Ii
-rriet Severson, Ernest Sham NJ
/, Inez Simon, Ruth Swedberg, H
ona Tolbert. NJ
Kenneth Chamberlain, reading, m
spelling 100. geography 90;
bert Penner, arithmetic 9S; ii,
King, music 95; langu- "a
2, Robert Schoening 80; draw NJ
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The Washington investigator
says that his studies prove the
contrary. Even children OF immi-
grants who were undersied or un-
der the standard of mental and
physical fitness have developed
amid wholesome American sur
roundings into sturdy, quick-to-
the-mark individuals.
Irene Boese chose as her sub
ject: Boys Who never Grow Up.
The boys are the makers of the
comic strips that are read in the
daily papers. She discussed Sid
ney Smith liking of them ALL,
George McManus and many others
that are well known. She said, It is
real interesting to read about the
struggles which many of these
comic artists made in trying to
gain recognition from the public.
After they get this, national fame
and fabulous salaries are theirs.
All of these were very good
talks.
Last Friday after school Misses
Watson and Beier were ~hostesses
at a Faculty Tea in the Primary
room. The table decorations we're
green and white. Beautiful green
candles were lighted. Silver and
good things to eat adorned the
table. Each teacher selected a
primary chair and proceeded to
enjoy a delicious lunch. This was
a happy original thought on the
part of these two teachers and we
certainly appreciated their kind
ness.
Misses Myrtle Brekke, Ellen
Appelgren and Irene Johnson
drove through from Valley City.
young ladies are teaching
in the north country. Miss Brek-
Ike is at Waska, Miss Johnson at
Pershing and Miss A~ppelgren at
the Woods school. They found
some extremely bad roads and
lucky to get through at all.
The sophomore class has sent a
Montana Booster" letter to the
Falls Creek, Wisconsin high ,
school sophomore class. :
One of the largest in~terscholas-
ic events of Montana will be I
at Helena when the state $
music meet is held at Helena on
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1928-03-23

These Senior talks have beer
given during the last two weeks:
Elizabeth Strand. Memorials OF
England's Poets She told where
these memorials were located and
how well they are being cared for.
Among those discussed were
Hathaway Cottage. Lake Gras-
mere and the Village from Red
Bank, England, Westminster Alb
hey and Tower of Magdalen.
Wilmar Burnison took the sub
ject, Aviation begins to Plumb
the Future. He discussed the
great strides being made. He said
that even the trained soldier
shrinks from the possibilities of
future warfare in the air. The
airships are gradually taking the
place of the steamships and the
trains.
Mabel Collins discussed the
Typical American. The Smithson-
ian Institution has found him.
America is a melting pot. All of
the types are fused in this pot.
Out of them all is emerging a new
type of man, distinct from those
of all other lands. Within 200
years, he believes, this type will
be clearly developed into a char
%acteristic American race distin-
guished by its virility and energy.
Many Americans have feared
lest the strain of American blood
has d|eteriorated through the in
lux of immigrants.
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1928-03-23
Manifesting Grace

1t was to declare and manifest
the truth of this that Jesus came.
This lies at the depth and height
of his ministry. The details Of
his ministry are but manifesto
tions of this elemental grace of
God. The healing of the sick, the
giving Of sight to the blind, the
restoring of life to the dead. are
all symbolic of this loving kind
5 OF God and his yearning to
restore men and women from all,
in the world and in their expert
ence, that has been out of har-
mony with his gracious purpose.
There are, of course. great
questions that arise in connection
with this Gospel of grace and its
manifestation. Whence come sin?
Whence disease. and sorrow, and
death? Why, if God is love and
God is all powerful, is human life
subject to such trial and travail?
To these questionings we have
found an answer in the powers of
man himself. He is not driven
love and righteousness. but
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1928-03-23

through between cars in the cen
ter of the block. Drivers cannot
see such children in time to stop.
Traffic on the whole seems to be
going at a reasonable rate of