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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-10-27
ROTARY CLUB LECTURE

Prof. Roman Dyboski win speak
next Wednesday at luncheon of
the Rotary Club The visitor is
head of the department of English
literature at the University of
CracoM. Poland.
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MAN WHO HURT
COP SOUGHT
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officers and the wrecked autorl2hll@
was found against a telegraph pcls
a short distance away.
McHenry, who is in the Frederick
city hospital. suffering from pos
sible fracture OF the skull, said he
did not know whether he was struck
and knocked from the machine or
whether he was thrown to the street
when his prisoner suddenly started
the car and it crashed into the pole
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-10-27
V. r. w. 10 DANCE

The Front Line Post, No. 140f,
Veterans of Foreign Wars, will
hold a military ball in the Raleigh
Hotel tonight.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-02-13
MINERS DEFEAT
Attempted COUP
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"shut up the crazy membership of
this locality"
The 500 rank and filers present at
the meeting answered with boots and
jeers when the officials proceeded to
appoint chairman. Protesting from
all quarters of the hall, the miners
demanded the right to name their
own chairman. A deadlock lasted for
an hour and half. AT the end of
that time chairman named from the
floor called the meeting to order from
the opposite end Of the hall. Every
miner in the hall then turned his chair
around and faced the progressive
chairman thus elected.
Lewis Men Leave.
The following henchmen Of Fresi-
dent Lewis then filed from the hall,
their purposes defeated: Lee Hall,
president of the district; David Wat
kins, vice president; G. w. Savage,
secretary; John Clinque, president Of
the sub-district, and Myers Davis,
sub district board member. With
them were the handful Of supporters
they had brought with them. On his
way out of the hall Clinque threat
ened certain individual miners.
A resolution urged general strike
Of hard and soft coal miners and a
demand for the resignation of Presi-
dent Lewis. The resolution urged
also that the salaries of the interna-
tional, district and sub-district Off
GERS be suspended for the duration of
the strike and turned into the strik-
ers' relief fund.
It charged also that the union Of
ficials "have made no effort to or
ganize the unorganized fields
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-02-13
MILL STRIKE SOON IF DEMANDS LOOSE;
RANK AND FILE FORCE UNION ACTION
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been rising rapidly. Several craft
unions belonging to or Independent of
the textile council had threatened to
strike Independently.
1t is quite apparent, according to
most workers here, that this latest
decision of the union membership was
not relished by the council leadership.
But the unanimity Of opinion on the
need for militant action to get the
wage cut returned, compelled the Of
ficials to ask for another conference
with the employers, which was OBJ
tanned Friday.
General Strike Possible.
Expert opinion here declares that
spirit of fight expressed by the work.
ers since the unsuccessful strike vote
was taken, shows that a general
strike may develop if their demands
are turned down by the mill owners.
INDIGNATION at the ruthless manner
in which the wages Of the 10000 tex
lie workers in this city were slashed,
'uns high not only among the ranks
of those directly affected; but also
among many of the small merchants
in the town. Several clergymen, both
Catholic and Protestant. have ex-
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-02-13
COLO. MARTIAL
LAW Gets TEST

DENVER, Feb. 12.-An action to
test in the federal courts the Colo
RADIO statute under which virtual mar
tial law has been declared in the coal
districts will begin in the federal dis
trict court here tomorrow.
The American Civil Liberties Union
has wired Attorney Guy D. Duncan
to institute habeas corpus proceed
ings for the release of Frank A.
Palmer, former editor of the Colorado
Labor Advocate.
Palmer waSarrested without war
rant at Lafayette January q after
addressing a meeting of strikers.
He has been held without trial or
charges.
Issue Is Clear.
Attorneys for the American Civil
Liberties Union here state that it Of
fers the first chance to get before
the courts a clear issue of the power
of the state, without declaring mar
tial law, to suspend civil rights and
establish rule by the state militia on
the mere declaration of the governor
or a local military officer that a
state of insurrection exists"
The International Labor Defense
is conducting the cases of coal min
ers arrested for participation in the
strike.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-02-13
NATION WIDE PLOT
TO WRECK DAILY
Efficient Spy System
Disclosed

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relentless war against all those who
would pull down our public institu-
tons, national standards and demo-
cratic ideals.
" Societies in Plot.
1--WE are associated with II other
patriotic societies."
Fred r. Marvin, president of the
Keymen of America, Room 1901, 100
West 42nd street, New York city, is
perhaps the most active agent in this
anti-red activity. Several years ago
he founded an organization which is
now soliciting members with this ad-
vertisement.
Lists of names and reports are pub
lished and widely circulated by most
of the aforementioned organizations
as well as many others. Anti-red
pamphlets such as Frank A. Good
wins "Sacco and Vanzetti and the
Red Peril" are prepared entirely from
material gathered in these yellow
sheets.
In addition to the ambitious ven
ture in attempting to destroy The
DAILY WORKER, these organiza-
tons are making every attempt to
suppress all sorts discussions on such
issues as militarism, naval building
program, the state departments pol
icy in Latin America, and the Soviet
Union in schools, colleges, forums,
and publications.
Practically all of them, and partic-
ularly the Keymen of America, have
united in aiding and furnishing So
called data in the attack on The
DAILY WORKER.
Save the Daily Worker.
William F. Dunno, assistant editor
of The DAILY WORKER, Alex Bit
lehman, former editor of the New
Magazine section of the paper. end
Bert Miller, former business manager
are now awaiting re-arresG on cnal ( es
which involve thousands of dollars in
fines and five years apiece in federal
penitentiaries. Capitalists have
brought this about in an attempt to
break the paper completely Only the
united support of the whole militant
working class can save these leaders
from Jail and The DAILY WORKER
from destruction.
Rush contributions. Every cent is
needed to raise the huge funds nee
essary to save American labor's only
militant daily paper.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-02-13
Choosing Weapon That Can
Fight for Farmers, Workers

that some way will be found to make
farmers prosperous by using in some
miraculous way, the same machinery
of exploitation that made them poor.
The chief value of cooperative or
ganizations among farmers. is that the
experience of their members will en-
able them to more wisely form their
programs of political action in the fu-
ture.
Until farmer and labor forces unite
on the political field in a party of
their own, removed from the compro-
missing influences of the parties of
Wall Street, they will make very little
progress either IN forcing recognition
of their political power or in gaining
any very substantial benefits through
their cooperative enterprises.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-02-13

OPEN SHOPPERS
ATTACK UNIONS
IN WASHING
Anti Injunction Bill
Considered

WASHINGTON, Feb. 12.-Continu-
ing his testimony before the senate
judiciary committee which is holding
hearing on the Shipstead anti
injunction bill, William Green, presi-
dent of the American Federation OF
Labor, made what is considered a
weak attack on company unions, es-
pecially the Interborough company
union on the traction line in New
York City.
"Organized labor" said Green, "is
awaiting with interest the outcome
of the injunction suit of the Inter
borough"
At the same time he stated that
"organized labor is not opposed t.
iniunctions" but merely objected tc
the way they were used in some IN
stances.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 12.-Open
shop coal operators, representatives
of the country's railroads, and dele
gates from various anti-labor bodies
are here to oppose the Shipstead Bill
which would limit the issuance OF
iniunctions and which is supported
by the American Federation OF Labor.
Alfred P. Thorn, representing the
countries railroads, has testified to
what he termed the dangerous" char
acter of the bill.
an my opinion this bill is uncon-
stitutional," he said.
Furuseth Weeps for Courts.
E. C. Greever, counsel for the West
Virginia open shop coal companies,
testified to the need of injunctions Ito
protect our property"
Testifying for the A. F. of L., An
drew Furuseth, president of the In
ternational Seamen's Union, argued
that the use of injunctions was breed
ing a distrust of the courts.
"For one who has love of coun-
try" said the old veteran, who has
been charged with breaking up his
own union to eliminate the militants,
zone of the most disheartening things
is the destruction of faith in the
courts"
Green Quotes Taft.
William Green, president of the
Federation, declared that he stood
ready to prevent all strikes and pro-
mote peace in industry. In order to
support the conservatism of his posi-
ton, he quoted William Howard Taft,
former president who was supported
in 1908 by the National Manufac-
turers' Association, countrywide
anti-labor body.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-02-13
POWER TRUST is
REPORTED under
FORMATION here
Billion Dollar Combine
Proposed

Reports Of the formation of huge
Eastern power trust are now current
in the financial district, in which it
is stated that the Consolidated Gas
Company, the Brooklyn Union Gas
Company and the Brooklyn Edison
Company will take the lead in form
ing trust second in size only to
the American Telephone and Tele-
graph Company.
Possibilities are indicated that the
merger of the utilities in Greater New
York will also take in corporations in
other states, making them part of
huge super-power system that will ex-
tend from Philadelphia thru New
Jersey and northern New York and
Massachusetts. The impending mer-
ger is considered certain to take in
all Westchester county dominated by
the Consolidated Gas Company, and
Long Island, controlled by interests
headed by E. L. Phillips.
Mellon Interests.
The United Gas Improvement Com
pany, q Mellon interest, controls the
huge Public Service Corporation in
New Jersey and together with the
General Electric Company and the
Brady interests controls the upstate
power systems which will also be con-
solidated in the reported merger. The
New York Edison Company, one of
the largest power companies in the
country, and the United Electric Light
and Power Co., which share with the
Consolidated the control of Manhat-
tan and the Bronx, as far as power
and light are concerned, are both
owned by the Consolidated Gas, said
to be the prime mover in the direc-
ton of a power trust. The proposed
trust would be worth over a billion
dollars, it is said.
Workers Not Organized.
The thousands of workers in the
gas and electrical light and power
industries in the states which the re-
ported merger will cover are prac-
tically all unprotected by labor or
CARNATIONS of any sort. They have
succeeded in winning but few i'm
provements in the foul conditions
Under which they work. 1t has been
feared in the past year that great
wage cut is impending. The workers
weakened condition will render them
powerless when the huge open shop
corporations pool their resources
against them.
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would be accepted from any one per-
son." explaining to some degree the
large campaign debts.
Follows John D., Jr.
This evidence which resulted in the
committee going Immediately into
closed session, came after the testi-
mony by John D. Rockefeller, Jr., who
the senators helped out of hot water.
Rockefeller, more than eager to talk,
tried to whitewash himself and Stand
ard Oil, doing everything to show
that he was not directly involved and
to shift the blame on associates and
less important oil magnates. Nye
and Walsh thanked the Ell king pro-
fusely, and did their best to ask no
embarrassing questions, even accept
ing the statement by Rockefeller that
he had no connection with Sinclair,
when questioning him as to the half
interest owned by Standard in the
Sinclair Crude Oil Purchasing Com
pany. Senator Nye ran to have his
picture taken with Rockefeller, and
they both expressed their "gratifica-
ton at the cooperation arranged" be-
fore the long line of cameras, includ-
ing talking motion picture apparatus.
All Testified Before.
AS result of the evidence now in
the hands of Senator Nye, most of
which was presented to Nye and
Walsh four years ago by Basil Man
ly, large number of witnesses will
be called, all of whom testified in the
previous investigation. Among them
is Leroy w. Baldwin OF the Empire
Trust who testified as far back as
March 27, 1924, as to the debt of the
Republican National Committee, tell
ing of $4,000 contributed by Gen.
du Pont and the $4,000 in Liberty
Bonds which have again become an
issue. Will II. Hays testified on
March 22 Of the same year and at
that time admitted that to the best
Of his recollection Sinclair had paid
the $4,000 which was applied on the
Empire Trust notes.
Smoot, Gooding and Dale, old guard
republican members of the Public
Lands have so far avoided all meet
ings of the committee, while Oddie
has attended for only ten-minute
period.
T. Coleman du Pont, supposedly re-
covering from throat operation
which does not permit him the use Of
his voice, will never testify before the
senate committee, it was announced
today. In the meantime the republi-
can senator from Delaware, who
knows the details Of the transaction
between Hays and Sinclair and who
himself contributed $4,000 to the
party's campaign debt, is hiding in
his home at Irvington-O On Hudson, N.
Y, with all the main roads to his
estate barricaded and no reporters
being admitted.
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pressed strong protest against the -
ton of the mill owners.
Another factor adding to the tense
ness of the situation is the hypocri-
teal manner in which the bosses tried
to use the recent fire here as an adj
ditional justification for the accept
ance Of the wage cut. Insurance com
pany statements after the fire proved
that only two mills entered insurance
claims, the damage in both totalling
not quite 5000.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-02-13
FIRE HOLDS 40
IN Mine TRAP

TIMMINs, Ontario, Feb. 12.-Al-
most forty miners remain trapped in
the Hollinger gold mine here, more
than 500 feet underground, while six
are positively known to be dead.
A dozen men were rescued yester-
day while the miners wives and
families around the shafthead held
more hope that at least portion Of
the 40 imprisoned men might still be
saved.
The fire broke out two days ago
at the $50 foot level in rubbish which
the company had allowed to accum-
ulate for years.
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RI. LABOR LOSES
BY ARBITRATION
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S. H. Huff shock hands on the agree
ment with Chief Justice W. 2. Stacy
of the Supreme Court of North Caro-
lima and former Secretary Of the
Treasury Leslie M. Shay, the two
neutral" arbitrators.
Something, however, happened dur
ing lunch. When these neutral arbi-
traitors returned that afternoon, they
argued for less than half the increase
they had agreed upon.
A long and heated discussion fol-
lowed, it is reported. Eventually the
representatives of the union were
forced to agree on 6la per cent in
crease instead of the IA per cent
originally accepted.
Deny Other Requests.
Further than this, the chief de-
mands Of the members that allow
ance be made them for excessively
loaded trains were all refused. At
the present time, the carrying capac-
ity of trains is over twice that of
twenty years ago. ms practlcaiiy
doubles the work Of the engineers
and especially the firemen, who are
seriously overtaxed to shovel coal.
Demandh for some additional COM
pensation for the speed-up system
now in force en- all roads have been
rejected by this arbitration award.
Considerable Indignation is being
aroused among the rank and file at
what is considered plain "sell-out"
in this last award. Workers are
pointing to this result Of "arbitra-
ton" with considerable bitterness es-
pecially in view of the present at
tempt by the American Bar Associa-
ton to institute similar country
wide law to include the whole labor
, movement.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-02-13
Liebknecht Meet

DETROIT, Feb. IA Liebknecht
memorial meeting will be held Sum
day at 2.30 p. m. at New Workers
Hall, 1343 East Ferry St., under the
auspices Of the Young Workers
League.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-02-13
Milwaukee Bazaar

MILWAUKEE,, Feb. PA two
day bazaar end festival will be given
by the Workers ommunist) Party
on Feb. 25 AMI oS.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-05-16
URGE PROMPT AID
FOR RED Center"
Weinstone Addressing.
All Party Units
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day, but we are far behind the sum
of $4,000, and within four weeks we
must make another payment of $12,-
coo in order to take full possession
of the building, and in order that the
Workers Party and The DAILY
WORKER should be able to move in.
Proper alterations are necessary,
which involves another expense of a
few thousand dollars. Therefore, we
urge every comrade to speed up col
lections and rush them to the Center
as soon as possible. All the collection
lists and lists of bricks must be re-
turned within week.
"On Saturday, June 2, we will have
q wind-up affair with a great concert
and addresses by prominent leaders
of this district. A large red silk ban
ner will be presented to the unit
which will secure the most money for
the Center.
every unit must secure tickets at
once as the seating capacity of the
hall is only 600.
sour office from now on will be
on the sixth floor and will be open
daily from 9 a. m. to 8 p. m.
"Fraternally yours,
"W. w. Weinstone, secretary.
up. S.-The exhibition of paintings
ID sculpture by proletarian artists
will continue until June 2. Come and
bring your friends. Admission is Is
cents at the door,"
All units are urged to make this
letter and its instructions their chief
order of business and to get to work
Immediately to raise their quotas.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-05-16

too, many Negro preachers swallow
Pullman yarns and become tools of
anti-union propaganda.
THE company is intensifying its
I drive to terrorize employees
against the strike move. Loyal
Pullman Porters' Clubs have been
formed in all parts of the country.
In Washington, IL men old in the
service, were fired for union affilia.
ton. Then they were invited back il
they would join the Loyal Club
One prominent unionist was given
the choice of presiding at a Loyal
Club dinner or quitting. Resolutions
are passed expressing loyalty to the
company. These are posted in the
yards and all workers forced to sign
them.
The majority Of the porters have
voted for a strike to compel Pull
man to deal with the Brotherhood,
despite every method known to in
dustrial tyranny. Porters are unit
in asserting that they too, like their
white fellow-workers on the rail
roads, want union protection and
mean to get it.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-05-16
JAIL So new YORK
FUR WORKERS
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Recently the workers, whom the pol
ice, bosses and A. F. of l.. compelled
to register in the fake dual union,
have begun an open revolt at the
meetings of the right wing union.
Fear Wrath of Workers.
The local meetings held recently
were the scene of so powerful a de-
mand for single united front that
the reactionaries in control were COM
PEELED to break off their own meeting
to prevent the passage of a severely
condemnatory measure.
The decision which sends So work.
ers to Jail at this seemingly oppor-
tune moment, for the reactionaries,
has served as a boomerang to the
right wing, if the deep resentment
aroused among the workers in the fur
manufacturing market is to be used
as guage.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-05-16
STRIKE! SAY SLEEPING CAR PoRTERs
Pullman Blacklsts College Trained Workers; Union Hope

CLERKS of the Brotherhood of
" Sleeping Car Porters are toiling
over tabulating machines counting
a practically unanimous strike vote
against the Pullman Co.
Discharge, discipline" and cor
ruption having failed to stem the
porters' demand for union recogni-
ton, Pullman is using pulpit, press
and college to undermine the union.
Pullman's powerful propaganda is
penetrating into every corner of
Dixie.
College leaders, his lifelong
friends, hemmed and hawed when
w. H. Des Verney, Negro organ
izer, asked for the floor in student
assemblies. Embarrassed, they ex-
planned awkwardly that Pullman
influences had indicated that
Brotherhood speakers must be
barred, if college students are to
find employment. with the company
in the future.
Then they told Des Verney of
Pullman's three-year old policy of
not hiring college men. So power
full has been the unions appeal to
the imagination of Negro youth
that the Brotherhood is known in
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-05-16

every college as the outstanding
champion of the rights of Negro
workers. So Pullman is afraid to
hire college men and is cutting out
important avenues of employment
for graduates, unless Negro col
leges and industrial schools see the
light in the right way.
NEITHER will Pullman hire north
~ ern Negro workers, as the result
Of the Brotherhood's successful
drive for membership and recogni-
ton. And so their labor agents go
into backward rural communities in
Dixie to pick out young fellows to
man the cars. Fearful that even
these simple lads will be infected"
with unionism, labor agents warn
them not to associate with northern
Negro workers. They are "disloyal"
and not to be trusted, these raw
workers are told.
Southern preachers are fed bum
combe, too. Pullman spreads wild
tales about unionism's attitude to-
ward the church. Fingers are point
ed to Brotherhood leaders and the
word "Bolshevik" is whispered into
credulous ears. In northern cities.
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WOrtis Will Address
WOmen's Conference
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tbs last night. "Their struggle has
helped to set a new standard for
workers in the five-day, forty-hour
week. Their record of steady and
courageous fighting has stirred ex-
plotted women in many trades to I'M
derstand how helpless and futile the
women workers are unless organized.
"The militant dressmakers union
has again demonstrated its ability to
fight for the workers in the industry
by repudiating the convention in Bos-
ton controlled by the reactionaries.
"The New York Working Women's
Federation which meets to organize
next Saturday will support every eff
fort of working women in this and
other trades to organize their forces.
Militant worlSingclass women are de-
termined to organize. The New York
Working Womep's Federation is an
answer and challenge to those who
wish to keep working women divided"