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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-10-02
The Revolutionary Role of
the Worker CORRESPONDENTS

The middle class has countless
journals which cater to and express
the opinions of some particular
group.
Church newspapers and magazines
are legion.
In addition to these journals
speaking openly for some vested in
terest, there are the special propa-
ganda organs of the ruling class
each with its own field.
All of these journals are anti
working class in character-some of
them frankly so, some of them thinly
disguised with the veil of humanitar-
ianism, and social welfare"
Then there are the official organs
of the trade union movement and it's
various sections and affiliated bodies
formally opposing the capitalist
but actually ruled by the ethics and
swayed by the prejudices of capital
ism.
Trade Union Press.
The trade union press of the
United States is not labor press
with few negligible exceptions)
1t is in reality an aid to capitalism
with its warfare on the Communist
Party, its espousal of imperialism,
its catering to ignorant prejudices,
its imitation of capitalist journalism
and it's middle class doctrine of
equality of opportunity and iden-
tity of interest"
The socialist press joins with the
official trade union press, apologize
ing for capitalism, praising its par
liamentary system and fighting the
Communist Party as well as every
revolutionary tendency in the work
ing class movement.
There remains the Communist
press and it is for the Communist
press we organize and train worker
correspondents.
Our Press.
The Communist press, like the
Communist Party for which it
speaks, stands forth as the only clear
challenge to the capitalist press and
the capitalist class.
The Communist Party is the most
intelligent, resolute and disciplined
section of the working class. The
Communist press is the most mill.
tant of all the labor press.
To the Communist press the work
ers and the working class are al.
ways right. 1t never apologies fol-
the working class or attempts to re-
concile the class conflict. Instead il
seeks to encourage and broaden it.
Worker Correspondents.
The worker correspondents of the
Communist press therefore are no
mere observers and reporters of the
workers struggles. Their storie!
must not only reflect the life anC
battles of the working class, bu
shape their lives and struggles. The!
are not only the pulse of the move
ment, but the heart as well.
Worker correspondents of tn
Communist press are not only mir
rors in which the class conflicts ar
reflected, but hammers by who's
blows these conflicts are welded int
che battle line. Their writings mus
build "The iron battalions of tn
proletariat."
j Tireless energy is needed by worl,
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-10-02
Mill STRIKERS
RELIEF NEEDED
Will Continue Struggle
Against Sell Out

"Tell the good comrades and fell
low-workers that we will fight the
) per cent compromise as long as
your organization will send US re-
lief" writes a New Bedford textile
striker, according to Fred Bieden-
kapp, national secretary of the
Workers International Relief,
Union Square.
Solid Against Sellout.
"The workers up here are solid
against a sellout by Batty and his
gang, and as long as we can feed
our wives and kids we will hold out"
the letter reads. eve have been out
for six months now and if we can
stick it out for another few weeks
we can win our original demands"
Aid Letters Broadcast.
To meet the pressing calls for re-
lief from New Bedford and Fall
River the Workers International
Relief has broadcast tens of thou
sands Of letters to unions, fraternal
organizations and to individual
workers, calling attention to the
need for food and clothing during
the next few weeks of the strike.
THE need of the New Bedford
and Fall River textile strikers is
great" Biedenkapp said yesterday.
I'VE are sending food and clothing
as fast as we get it to the strikers
and their families. Every dollar
sent to US is an added help in fight
ing the 5 per cent wage compro-
mise"
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-10-02
5 Killed, A Injured
in Auto, Train Crash

MASSAPEQUA, l.. l., Sept. 80
U.H.-Five persons were killed and
four others injured, one seriously,
when an electric train Of the Long
Island Railroad struck an automo-
lie at a crossing east of here late
today.
The dead were George Schwartz,
10, driver Of the car, Madeline
)oetel, IL; Mildred Stenhol, 16;
Dagmar Stenholm, 10; and Eleanor
Rohling, all Of Hampstead, L. L
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-10-02
Slavy SdJ the Lot Of Elevator Operators Correspondent Write
Comedy Elmer the Great" Is
a Keen Insight Into Character

HERE'S the boob baseball player
A presented in all his hilarious
completeness. And it is not bur-
lesque. 1t is keen, realistic in
sight into character. The brilliant
performance of Walter Huston
makes a mental-child swagger and
exude dumbness so that he lives and
enfolds himself before you as real
as next months rent.
The play, elmer the Great" by
Ring Lardner, based on his famous
"You Know Me AL" stories, is just
another collection of nonsense. 1t
becomes a fine thing because of the
clearly defined character, many
splendid lines that made these roll
licking stories famous, and again,
and above everything, because of
that remarkable performance by
Walter Huston.
1t doesn't matter whether you
know anything about baceball.
You'll like the play, anyway. But
if you do know the game, and espe-
cially if you have been among ball
players, Elmer Kane ELMER the
Great), better known as Hurry"
Kane" will make you chuckle every
time you think of him in the next
five years to come Hurry" Kane,
animal-like, loves his food and his
sleep, and his efforts to think are
so awkward they creak. He is so
gloriously egotistic, so oblivious to
ridicule, yet so likeable in all his
clod-like qualities.
The plot is absurd. There's love
element in it, of course. Our hero
must, also, whether you like it or
not, end UP with wealth in his lap
and gorging himself as before, but
now on mushrooms under glass
and on egg benedictine. There's
some hooey about the honesty of
the "great American game" too.
But there is also the amusing an
swer in the fact that this great
"sport" of baseball, when presented
on the stage, has it's very plot based
on the crookedness of the gamblers
that infest it. And that's quite real,
brothers. Even the play insists on
reminding us of the baseball scan
dial of 1919. And the play con-
cludes, amusingly, with the bust
ness, l mean sport, of our hero
counting his profits.
The supporting cast, including
Nan Sunderland as the sweetie, is
a capable one, but serves only as a
setting for the hilariously splendid
Characterization by Walter Huston.
The baseball team is splendidly
cast. They look and they act like
ball players. The atmosphere is
authentic, too. When the ham is
cooked for the late and substantial
breakfast of the great Elmer. the
odor of ham is in the air. With the
price of ham these days smell of
it deserves mention.
Baseball may be not a sport but
a business. 1t is nevertheless also
the business of thousands of Ameri-
can workers. 1t belongs to our soil
and blends in the life we lead. It's
as American as chewing gum, tab
loids and Henry Ford-and here's a
play built around it, based on the
stories of Americas great humorist
and presented in a fine piece OF act
ing. Even the combination does not
make any great advance in the
American theatre. But it will give
you an evenings first-rate enjoy
ment. Elmer at the Lyceum The
atre is great. Ring Lardner created
him and Walter Huston makes him
alive.
sT JTTI, ACCIDENT"
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-10-02
Pillar of Church
Stole S1,0OO,OOO

WINNIPEG, Man, Oct. /. W.P)-
Officers from Atlanta, Ca, were
expected here today to take Clinton
S. Carnes, defaulting treasurer of
the Southern Baptist Mission Board,
to Atlanta to face charges of M
bezzling more than a million dollars
in church funds.
Winnipeg police said Carnes had
arranged Systematically to conceal
his identity. Labels had been torn
from his clothing, it was said, and
all matter bearing his name had
been destroyed.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-10-02

odessa, hletf and
G h a r k o f f under
such n o t e d con-
ductors as Glazou-
noff, Otto Kemp
erer and o S C a /
F ri e d.
The first contra
bass will be Paul
0 u G Ii z k Y. Mr.
Ouglitzky, who is
himself a promi-
nent conductor and
has been leader of
a no + a h a Svpo
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-10-02

phony orchestra in Crimea and the
Grand Opera House in CONSTANT
nople, is musician of high rank,
a pupil of Glazenov.
Edward Kreiner will be the first
viola of the Beethoven Symphony.
Mr.. Kreiner was for four years a
member of the Cincinnati Symphony
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-10-02
NEED A STRONG
union TO FIGHT
AGAINST BOSSES
Hours Long; Prey of
Employment Sharks

On q " OThGT IUfF6SpOtAL6HtJ
It is not very long since the Daily
Worker first came to my attention.
I have since realized of what great
Importance this newspaper is to the
American working class. 1t is only
too bad that so few workers know
about it.
am what you may call a drifter.
I have no real trade Of my own.
Since I left school I have done many
different things for living. Now
II am driving an elevator in New
York City, and to me comes the
idea, why couldn't the elevator boys
organize a union and make the boss
give them such wages and conditions
as to enable them to live decently.
When are the elevator boys going
to realize that the bosses cannot run
their buildings without the elevator
boys?
Bad Working Conditions.
Our working conditions are in
deed deplorable; long hours, low
wages and speed-up system Tin
office buildings especially is our
lot. Besides that we have prac-
tically no rights of any kind while
on the job. For the slightest little
thing, and sometimes for no reason
at all, we are fired. And then for
long time we walk the streets or
fall prey to the employment sharks.
spoke to a number of boys and
they seem careless and Indifferent.
They have no faith in union of
elevator boys. Yet I have a strange
feeling that if an honest man, a
strong leader, could arise and bring
the message to these boys land also
girls) he could make them realize
that if all the elevator boys, por-
tiers, cleaners, all-around mechanics,
etc, would unite into union then
the most skinflinting boss could be
made to understand that we, too, are
human beings.
Workers Paper.
Come, you boys and girls who
have anything to do with running
building, whether on the elevator,
or mopping the floor, or firing the
boiler, or tending to the steam en-
CINE in the engine room, we now
have a paper of our own, work
ers' paper. 1t will help US get to-
gether. This is the only way we
will get anywhere. Write to the
Daily Worker. Let US see how
many there are that heard the mes
sage of our paper.
Our bosses are piling UP big
money out of the rents. 1t is we
who toll and sweat to bring in their
fortunes, which they squander away
for leisure, Injuries and all the good
things of life. And, in return, what
do we get? 1t is quite common
thing to stay on the JOB for 10 to
II hours day for the princely sum
of S18 to 500 per week. In a great
many cases SIG for a 12-hour shift,
G-day week, is quite the highest we
can ever hope to attain.
Mr.. Editor, know practically
nothing OF what Communism means,
tut if that thing which you preach
in your paper is treason to our
country, then let US read it even
more. I know, and l feel certain,
that if all those who run the build
ngs of New York City could be got
ten together into union, an indus
trial union, not only of elevator
boys, but general building-run-
ners' union, we would be a mighty
power, and such that the bosses
would have to whether they want
to or not) take us into considera-
ton.
But who is going to lead us?
How are we to do it? Who is sup
posed to do the organizing?
ELEVATOR BOY.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-10-02

er correspondents. They secure their
information while engaged in the
tasks that capitalism allots them.
Their stories for the most part are
written after the days toll when
both body and mind are tired. Often
they must make special journeys to
get additional facts.
But they can and should write
with the hot breath of the struggle
still upon them. Sometimes it will
seem to them that they are writing
with their own blood.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-10-02
SEEK KIDNAPPERS

NEW ALBANY, Ind. Oct. l. W.R)-7
Authorities today searched for two
men alleged to have kidnapped two
girls here and later engaged in a
pistol fight with Louisville, KY,
police. According to reports from
Louisville, the girls were thrown
from the car there. Their identity
is unknown.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-10-02

Orchestra and is now teaching at
Princeton University with DR.. Alex
ander Russell. For six years he was
associated with the Lett quartet.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-10-02

is comedy by Floyd Dell and
Thomas Mitchell, made from Delfs
novel, ''The Unmarried Father"
Thomas Mitchell and Kay Johnson,
with Clare Woodbury. and Malcolm
Williams head the cast. "Gang War"
now at the Morosco will move to
the Sam Harris.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-10-02
ARTIST DIVORCED
(Bu United Press)

James Ben Ali Haggin, artist, has
been divorced in Mexico by Bonnie
Glass, dancer, it was announced by
the latter's attorney yesterday.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-10-02
LITTLE ACCIDENT"
COMING TO MOROSCO,
OCTOBER 10

Little Accident" which will
open at the Morosco Theatre,
Wednesday evening, October 10,
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-10-02

Tonight: "The Cradle Song" Wed.
Mat, "WOuld Be Gentleman" Wed.
Eve. "Hcdda GabIer." Thurs Eve
"L'InvitatiOn au Voyage" Premiere
Fri Eve. "WOuId BE Gentleman" Sat.
Mat, "Hedda GabIer." Saturday Eve.
'rv~it~t'on VOyage,"
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-10-02

TIVIC REPERTORY last, ethAv.
u Ewes. $50
: soc, $780, $3.50 Mats. Wed. &Sat., 2.SO
EVA LIE GALLIENNE, Director
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1928-09-27
Distinct Benefit of
j Trees on Civ Streets

In a discussion of the effect Of trees
on temperature Wesley Bailey Leach,
city forester of New York, points out
that If our streets and parks were well
supplied with vigorous trees we should
have much cooler summers and
warmer winters.
He gave as his chief reason for this
theory the fact that the temperature
OF tree never varies, In summer or
winter, from 81 degrees Fahrenheit.
If we cross one of the avenues on q
hot day." states Mr.. Leach, when the
temperature is 100 degrees Fahrenheit,
and pass under the shade Of a tree
we are refreshed by the cool air that
meets us. What makes the change?
Not the shade alone, but chiefly the
fact that we are in the presence of a
body that has a fixed temperature Of
"a degrees Fahrenheit, or 46 degrees
cooler than the street temperature"
Likewise, on a cold winter day, in
passing from the zero temperature Of
the street into a group of trees, the
warmth experienced is due not only
to the shelter afforded by the trees but
to the warmth of the trees themselves.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1928-09-27
DEMOCRATS ORGANIZE
HERE SATURDAY NIGHT

Between thirty-five and forty Demo
Gratis of the Askov community met
Saturday evening, Sept. 22nd, and
formed what will be known in the
future as the Progressive Political
Club" of Askov. H.. r. Buck was
elected chairman and A. G. Daniel
son, secretary and treasurer for the
coming year.
This club is different in some re-
spects than some other political
clubs, in that it will be perpetual
organization instead of just combining
its efforts to presidential election
year. Those who are responsible in
tend to be in active touch with poll
teal affairs and hold frequent meet
ings every year even between cleo
tions.
While the primary object of the
Progressive Political Club is. of
course, to promote the candidacy of
Smith and Robinson for president and
vice president respectively, it will in
general supervise the promotion of
all candidates who are in harmony
with it's political beliefs. Although
no action was taken at the time, it
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1928-09-27
PEDERSENS REACH
SILVER MILESTONE

The twenty-fifth wedding anniver'
sary of Mr. and Mrs. Peder T. Peder-
sen was celebrated Tuesday when
numerous friends and neighbors gath
cred at their home for an afternoon
and evening of merriment.
The Pedersens were married in
Vester Thorup, Upland, Denmark, on
September %. 1903 and remained
there where they engaged in farming
for nine years after which time they
removed to America in 1912 with
their two children, settling at Wood
stock, ILL.,, where they remained for
one year of which time they spent
six months on the farm and 6 months
in the city. The Pedersens came to
Askov in 1913 and rented the Simon
sen farm just south of the place
where they now reside. They rented
several farms in this community be-
fore they finally settled upon one of
their own, where they now live. Their
home consists of forty acre tract
2 miles east and 2 miles south of
Askov with Is acres under pillow and
almost all of the remainder cleared.
The Pedersens are plain modest peo-
pie and are known as excellent neigh
bors.
They have a son Christian near
Saratoga, Wyoming. where he is en-
ployed on 5000 acre ranch in the
forest reserve. Their, other son, Lau-
ritz is with them at home, and helps
with the farm work.
The Rev. Dyreborg gave an inter-
esting talk and read an appropriate
article. Several songs were rendered
by those present.
Andrew Christensen very fittingly
made the presentation of the several
presents, after which the Pedersens
were wished many more happy and
years of married life which
brought most delightful event to
close i4gs. .:@
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1928-09-27

MIR. Reed, supply and demand works
on all but agriculture. For instance,
this year the estimated potato crop
in the United States is 466 million
bushels whereas the normal crop is
1896 million bushels. With bounti-
full crop it would seem that the farm
er should be blessed with prosperity
but the opposite is the result. Over
production makes for less income on
the farm. The veto of the McNary-
Haugen bill and not suggesting or
offering substitute is held as an in
dictment against the present admin
stration, said the speaker.
Mr.. Reed having always voted the
Republican ticket, said that he was
being accused of twisting now, but
added that it is the others who
are going astray. He is still sticking
for agriculture, that which is nearest
to him and his state and of vital in
terest to the nation as a whole, for if
agriculture does not prosper, but de-
grades to the stage of peasantry, the
country will not survive.
Dwelling upon the deep waterway,
Mr.. Reed stated that he is vice pres
ident for Minnesota on the st. Law
renee Tidewater Association and as
such has spoken on that subject
many places in this state and adjoin-
ing states as well as in Canada. Mr..
Reed read from the Republican plat
form to the effect that they are for
inland waterways and development of
coastal trade. There has been no out
and out declaration for the st. Law
renee deep waterway. The Democrats
say in their platform that they are
for inland waterways and for water
ways connecting the Great Lakes with
the Atlantic ocean and the Gulf of
Mexico.
The Mississippi Valley Association
is forming, Hoover clubs, said the
speaker, and this association passed
a resolution in 1926 at st. Louis favor
ing the all-American water route,
That agriculture needs attention and
legislation, said Mr.! Reed, is attested
by the fact that 1000 banks were
closed in the last four years, $50 of
which were in agricultural sections
of the country.
Lauding Alfred E. Smith as an able
honorable and upright citizen, four
times governor of. the state of New
York, Mr.. Reed admonished all farm
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1928-09-27

ers and farmer women to vote the
national Democratic ticket this year
for self preservation.
Smith Robinson Clubs Formed.
After the speech in Pine City last
night Smith-Robinson clubs were or
ganized to function in many of the
villages and townships of Pine county,
Mr.. Hurley directing the organization.
The Pine City village Smith-Robinson
club has the following officers: Ed
Prochaska, president; Mrs. Clinton
Boo, vice president; w. A. Sauser,
treasurer; and VIM. Korbel, secretary.
On account of his many other du-
ties v. Justesen has resigned as secre-
tary of the Pine County Democratic
Committee and Ludwig Madsen, also
of Askov, has been selected in his
stead.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1928-09-27
RESIDENTS OF THIS
SECTION HEAR REED
Former President Of Farm Bur-
eau Spoke on McNary-Haugen
Bill and The Farm Situation at
AskOv and Pine City.

| J. F. Reed of Lac Qui Parle county
who recently resigned as president OF
the Minnesota Farm Bureau, to take
the stump for the national Demo
cratic party in this campaign, spoke
at Askov yesterday afternoon and at
Pine City in the evening, dwelling
principally on farm relief which he
considers the biggest issue in this
campaign.
At Askov Mr.. Reed was introduced
by v. Justesen, superintendent of the
local school, and at Pine City by
County Attorney Michael B. Hurley.
Being in the afternoon of busy fall
day the attendance at Askov was not
so large but the evening meeting at
Pine City was attended by about 300
at the Armory.
Mr.. Reed said in part that agricul-
ture receives less in returns for eff
forts expended than folks employed
in any other gainful occupation con-
sidering the capital invested, and that
the income of the farmer has con-
stantly been going down since the
war. In 1924 when agriculture petit
toned congress for relief they were
told that the prevailing condition was
result of the war and things would
soon mend themselves. Congress,
however, gave relief to other groups
such as the Transportation Act of
of 1920, the immigration bill for labor
and tariff that is effective to in
dustry.
In 1925, the speaker said, farmers
again went to congress, this time with
the McNary- Haugen bill for the pur-
pose of getting reasonable return
for their products, and to make the
tariff on agricultural products effect
i've. Mr.. Reed said that the tariff
on potatoes at present is SOC per 100
pounds. The price paid to farmers is
45c per 100 pounds. If the tariff was
effective, the farmer surely would
get more than the soc tariff-presum-
ably Csc per 100 pounds.
The farmer knows what he is to pay
in freight and if he travels on the
trains he also knows what fare he is
to pay, but he does not know what he
will get for his products, Said Mr..
Reed. The farmer is only asking for
what industry has had the past 100
years, and protection such as labor
and the railroads are getting. The
McNary-Haugen bill has been called
class legislation. Yes, but what of it?
asked the speaker, and added that
there has been class legislation right
along, only that the farmer has not
been in on it., 1t has also been called
economically unsound. Mr.. Reed an
swered this by asking: Are things
economically sound as they are now?
The McNary-Haugen bill was passed
by congress twice and vetoed by the
president twice. 1t has been sug-
gested that agriculture should guage
its production by demand, but, said
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1928-09-27
SANDSTONE
A CORRECTION

A report sent in which was pub
lished in last weeks American acct
dentally omitted the name of Eliza
beth A. Swanson from the list en-
rolled in the Sandstone Teachers
Training department. 1t is also an
nounced by the contributor of last
weeks article that the entire class of
1927 is teaching a second year in the
same district except the one that was
mentioned as no longer being in the
profession. ---