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PRISON IN YUGOSLAVIA
Letter Describes Cruelty and Bribery

and 5 prisoners are in the prison
hospital, all of them seriously i'll.
No less than 70 per cent of the
prisoners are consumptive.
"The treatment accorded TO the
prisoners is brutal in the extreme.
The peasants treat their cattle in a
more humane fashion than the war
ders treat prisoners. The warders
are all corrupt. If a prisoner is in
a position to pay 200 dinar he need
not work, otherwise he is compelled
to if he can stand on his feet at all.
After a certain length of time (de-
termined in the sentence) the pris-
oners are entitled to have the chains
removed from their hands and feet,
but the warders use this as a means
to extract money from the prisoners,
and only when they have been
bribed are the chains removed. The
prison is a fine business, both for
thu prison authorities and for the
ordinary warders." ...L~-.-
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peace" in the midst of industrial

peace" in the midst of industrial
war.
The employers had for nearly two
years been delivering smashing at
tacks on the trade unions, and the
ACTU right wing, finding support
from the timid leaders who had
been trained in the pacifism and
legalism of the Arbitration Courts
sought escape from struggle in
what is essentially surrender, but
what might be sugar-coated with
a lot of mythical benefits supposed
to be obtained by industrial
peace"
A ''Peace" of Surrender.
The employers and their govern
ment had attacked labor with per-
secutive laws such as the Grimes
Act, the Anti-Trade Union Law
the Transport Workers Act, it had
banned all working class literature
from entry into Australia, even that
published in England. It had at.
tackled union control in the meta
trades and used troops and police ir
the dockworkers' strike.
In this strike it had shot down
in good old American style, severa
strikers and an avalanche Of fines
and sentences were hurled at work.
ers and militant trade union Off.
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Forced to DROP Oswado Case,
Judge Attacks Workers Party

PHILADELPHIA, Feb. 6.-The
recent dismissal of the charges
against E. Oswaldo, Guisseppi Bal
dassare, Luigi Bruni, Nicholas Sny-
der, Andreas Pajor and Michael
Dauerbach terminates an eight
years. struggle conducted by the In
ternational Labor Defense to pre-
vent the deportation of these work
ers. They were ordered deported in
1921, charged with having "pro-
scribed literature in their possession
for purpose of distribution"
Dauerbach, Snyder and Pajor SUBJ
sequently faced a second charge of
perjury in connection with an al
legged fraudulent acquisition of citi-
zenship. Because of the strength
of the evidence in favor Of the
three, however, Federal Judge Dick
inson was forced to dismiss the
cases.
In giving the decision, the judge
took occasion to attack the Work
ers (Comk sunist) Party, Of which .
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-02-07
u. S. Imperialism Murders

regions on the border of Venezuela
and Colombia.
1t invites the Venezuelan revolu-
tionaries to organize their struggle
against the present dictatorship,
against the future compromisers and
against the foreign imperialist in
terests, within the ranks of our
Party, which is the only political or
ganization ready to defend the
sovereignty of the Venezuelan peo-
pie and defend the poor and ex-
plotted class against the avarice and
despotism of the classes which until
now have profited from political and
economic domination.
The hour has passed in which the
political leaders can move armies to
their personal profit. The popular
masses go to the struggle to emanci-
pate themselves politically and eco
nomically, to gain the individual
rights contained in all the Venezue-
Ian constitutions which have been
respected on rare occasions by the
governors only in order to rob for
the rich classes the just value of
the labor of the poor who today re-
ceive but a miserable wage, to sup
press the unjust exploitation of the
peasantry, to transform, in short,
the political and economic regime,
and to establish a social system
based on the Basic Principles of our
Party, a social system that will
guarantee in an effective form the
liberty and the interests of all
workers.
For the emancipation of the pea
SAINT from the landowner.
For the emancipation of the work
er from the domination of the CAPT
talist.
For the emancipation of the
soldier from the despotism of the
commander.
For Social Justice.
(Signed) Gustavo Machado,
General Secretary.
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Agents of Gomez, Wall st. Puppet, Assassinate
HilariO Montenegro

military forces which maintain them
in power.
Venezuela, gigantic torture cham
Der where a whole people suffers
misery, exploitation and death, Vene-
zuela unarmed and bleeding, has
raised itself in proud attempt to af-
firm in the face of the bestial die
tatorship it's unbreakable resolution
of shaking off the ignominious yoke
and burying forever the medieval
political system which, from the In
dependence until our own days, has
condemned the people to ignorance,
to cruel and humiliating slavery in
the barracks, and iniquitous ex-
ploitation for the workers.
Masses Revolt.
A trivial incident, a police perse-
cution of the students of the Vene-
zuelan capital, Caracas-trivial I'M
der the present inquisitorial regime
set off an explosion of popular
anger. In March and April of last
year, the disarmed Venezuelan peo-
pie launched itself into the streets.
The women. in public demonstra-
ton, stimulated rebellion. The
workers and employees paralyzed the
economic life of the country. Many
soldiers turned their arms against
the enemies of the people-who were
also their own enemies and blood
flowed in the streets of the capital.
Similar events occurred in many
cities of Venezuela.
Assassinations, tortures, imprison-
ments and a most violent and open
persecution crowned the momentary
triumph of the dictatorship. But the
people has not been conquered. The
popular masses, at their awakening,
have learned that their political and
economic liberation must be their
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-02-07
By HARRISON GEORGE.

The trade union movement of
Australia, embracing in all about
100000 members, broke down it's
former isolation in July, 1927, when
the Australasian Council of Trade
Unions, with 100000 members in the
affiliated sections of Victoria, New
South Wales, South Australia and
Tasmania, affiliated to the Pan.
Pacific Trade Union Secretariat.
The principal bodies then remain
ing outside the ACTU, which had
been set up in May, 1927, were the
Queensland and West Australian
trades councils and the Australian
Workers Union, the latter mostly
of militant agrarian workers, with
a leadership, however, completely
reactionary and bureaucratic, deep
ly involved in reformist labor party
politics and class collaboration.
Attack From the Right.
The AWU leaders, jointly and
somewhat identical with the labor
party chiefs, opened a war on the
ACTU, encouraged by the employ
ers and right Loyalty assisted by a
right wing inside the ACTU itself,
on the basis of the ACTU affilia-
ton to the Pan-Pacific Trade Union
Secretariat. The PPTUS was at
tackled as being Communist" as "a
Moscow trick" and the race preju-
dice fostered by the bourgeoisie was
given full play on "White Aus
tralia" basis.
Naturally, the most destructive
foe being the enemy within, the
contest between the militants and
reactionaries became most sharp
and dramatic when the ACTU held
an Emergency Congress in July,
1928. Here the right wing, led by
those elements in the Victorian
Trades Council who had tried to
prevent affiliation to the PPTUS in
1927, who are in connection with
the traitors of the Amsterdam In
ternational and who had been or
ganizing their supporters for a
fight, tried to get the Congress to
break affiliation with the PPTUS,
which was termed "a mob Of Asia
tics with unpronounceable Names
seeking to seduce Lily White Aus
tralia into recognizing class war in
stead Of race prejudice.
Confusion.
The right wing, however, was
given a smashing defeat on this
issue, in spite of the left wing not
being sufficiently prepared. This is
tribute to the soundness Of the
rank and file Of the ACTU.
But on another question, the ac-
ceptance or rejection of the offer
Of the employers to meet jointly in
an industrial peace conference"
the right wing won, and on Deem
Der 6, 1928, Australian labor and
apital "got together" at Melbourne
to cook up Q scheme for industrial
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Mihtancy of Australian Labor Increases

fixed up and sent a cable of con-
gratulations to Australia from Lon
don.
But a row arose from the side of
labor, although not enough of
row, when the motion was made to
exclude the press. To the shame
of the other trade union delegates,
only the three from the New South
Wales council voted against the ex-
clusion of the press and for secrecy
between labor's leaders and labor's
enemies. The N. S. w. Council,
learning of the decision, wired its
delegates the following instruction:
New South Wales Labor Awake.
'This council protests against the
decision to exclude the press from
the sessions of the conference and
instructs its delegates to insist that
all sessions be open to the press.
Further, that our delegates be in
structed to insist that, before any
discussions take place on industrial
matters, the following subjects be
taken up:
"1) The withdrawal of all scabs
from the waterfront; (2) The abro-
cation of all anti-working class
laws; 90 The release of all politi-
cal prisoners; az The removal of
the ban on working class literature"
The bosses would not permit the
issue Of the waterfront strikers to
be raised. They refused to let the
Transport Act be brought up as a
demand on the shipowners. Nor the
abolition of any anti-labor laws.
They evaded all the genuine prob
lens of the class struggle and
dwelt on speeches of Harmony"
and Cooperation" for the "best in
terests Of Australia"
The Class Struggle Goes On.
The net result of the conference
was decision to meet again in
February, while a permanent Com
mittee of Management, three from
each capital and labor, was set up
to maintain peace in industry" On
the very day the conference opened,
however, the "peace" idea was given
a black eye by several new cases of
capitalist persecution of militant
workers. Dickinson was imprisoned
in Adelaide, and Tom Wright and
Kavanaugh were fined in Sydney
for participation in the waterfront
strike.
Under such conditions the "Pan-
Pacific Worker" Of Australia, issued
by the A. C. +. u, remarks rightly,
that "all talk of peace in industry
is sham and lie. This was true
on December 9Th when the confer
ence opened, no less than on De.
cember 9th, or at any other time
or place under capitalism" But it
is also true that if such ideas are
to prevail in the policies Of the A..
c. T. u, then the class conscious
workers inside it must certainly or
ganize their struggle against the
right wing elements better in the
} future than in the past -
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The assassination in Curacao,
Dutch West Indies, of the Venezue-
Ian revolutionary, Hilario Montene-
gro, by agents of the Venezuelan
dictator, Juan Vicente Gomez. a
crime similar to the murder of
Julio Mella, Cuban revolutionary in
Mexico City, December 10, by agents
of Gerardo Machado, dictator of
Cuba-again draws the attention of
workers of the United States to the
crimes of United States imperial
ism, as it is unquestionable that both
these puppet rulers of Cuba and
Venezuela are mere creatures of
Wall Street and its Washington gov
eminent.
But, in addition, these assassina-
tions bring to light the fierceness
with which the workers and pea
SAINTS of Latin-America are strug-
Cling against both American and
British imperialism and their native
hirelings who seize and hold to
power by murder and suppression.
The struggle in Venezuela is no new
thing, but it has taken new and i'm
portant forms.
For that reason, to reveal what
the struggle is, in which Hilario
Montenegro has fallen under the
assassin's knife, we give the follow
ing manifesto issued recently by the
Venezuelan Revolutionary Party,
whose activities, because of the
terror, are directed by refugees in
countries outside Venezuela. The
manifesto follows:
=
THE ferocious dictatorship which
! Juan Vicente Gomez inaug-
urated in 1908, continuation of
the regime of Cipriano Castro, is
travelling rapidly, toward fatal
end. The unconditional supporters
of the dictator are disconnected at
the inefficacy Of the terror and at
the progressive disintegration of the
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-02-07

own work. 1t was the first time in
the history of Venezuela that the
masses have thrown themselves
against the government in the eff
fort to conquer power. 1t was the
first time that the political COM
promisers and exploiters have been
pushed aside by the popular up
rising.
Again Revolt.
The battle continues. A new as
sault against the stronghold of the
dictatorship took place in November
last. Despite the strict censorship
it is known that open battles &C.
Cured in the streets of the capital,
and that more than ten persons,
among them both workers and stu
dents, were killed. Political strikes,
similar to those of March and April,
proved anew the leading and active
intervention of the workers in the
struggle.
Facing this unprecedented revolu-
tionary situation, the Venezuelan
Revolutionary Party expresses its
solidarity with the valiant fighters
who are struggling within Vene-
zuela, and sends its fraternal greet
ings to the victims Of our emanci-
patton.
No Trickery!
1t again denounces the maneuvers
of the Venezuelan leaders abroad
who try to substitute the present
dictatorship, sold to the oil COM
panies, for a regime equal in OPP
preston, in favor of one of the ty;o
rival imperialists in the fight: the
Dutch Shell (English), and the
Standard Oil North American).
1t denounces the intrigues of
foreign capital, which tries to create
an independent" republic of the oil
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IRed Aid Press Seruicel

BERLIN, (By MaiD.-The fol-
lowing is an extract from letter
Of q former inmate of the prison in
Skoplye (Yugoslavia): "There is no
differentiation made between poll
tical prisoners and common prison
ers, unless it be that the former are
treated worse than the latter, and
this is actually the case.
"The political prisoners are not
permitted to obtain any printed ma
terial from outside the prison and
they are permitted to write only one
letter in fourteen days. There is a
differentiation made by the prison
authorities, and that is between the
born Macedonians and the prisoners
from old Serbia, who are in a privi-
legged position. The nourishment is
poor both in quality and in quantity.
The bread is revolving. In conse-
quence of the atrocious food, there
= i nigh nercentage Of sickness.
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number Of the defendants were
members. Although forced to dis
miss the case because Of the stub
born protest that had been raised,
he expressed his antagonism to all
working class organizations by
charging that the workers were the
"dupes Of agitators and that the
statute was meant to reach higher
ups"
Discussing the evidence, he men,
lions "the frank statement by the
Board Of Reviews that the
defendants are being deported be-
cause they are radicals"
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We that yesterday when thousands of needle trades
workers the big strike against the ntOeah conditions their
historical
of the Ellis
Daily Worker has enabled
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WATER WORKS MERGER.

WILLIAMSBURG, Pa, BY
MaiD The National Water Works
Corporation has acquired four
water works companies in Pennsyl-
vania and one in New Jersey. The
companies in Pennsylvania are at
Higgins Valley, Lehighton, Tower
City and Williamstown. The fifth
company is at Washington, N. j.
The companies are all open shop.
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The Smuggler- Union Mine; The Telluride
Strike; The Bullion Tunnel Disaster;
A Terrible SnOwslide

precious chapters Hay0od Of his boyhood the
Morons has growh manhood IN Nvada miner and cowboy
mining Silver City, idaho the early strikes in the Occur dAnes
his the head of the Western Federation of Miners He is
telling of the W. M contention of 1901 No reading.
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ney of the regular staff of the organization
After the convention the executive board appointed
John M. ONell, miner from Cripple Creek, as
editor Of the weekly. ONeill a fluent and
powerful writer and the magazine grew in popu-
larity. We were fortunate also in securing the serv
ices of John H. Murphy, who was at that time at
torney for the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen
He continued to hold that position well doing
the legal work for the w. F. M.
In anticipation of the expense that would GER
ta;ul y ha lved in oh for
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-02-07
BY WILLIAM d. HAYWOOD.
PART xxx.

THE convention evned by the of Vincent ST. john
president of Telluride Miners Union in which he described the
working conditions the Smugg Union mine, where strike
declared the first of May We arranged make weekly
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hour day. issued circular letter describing the life of the smelter
mill told of the work that had done
having eghhour by the Legislature different
Colorado had been defeated by stroke of the
constitutional had been ignored
adopted later in Colorado Now that had to fight
would involve strike after another
which would become bitter We received from twenty
twenty-five thousand dollars in reply to this letter.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1929-12-05

equal to corn, the rate Of gains,
quality and finish Of the barley fed
lambs being approximately the
same as those fed on corn. Lambs
also relish barley fully as much as
corn and will stay on feed equally
as well. Professor Jordan says the
best grain to use will depend upon
the competitive price of corn and
barley, pound for pound, and advis-
es farmers who are feeding lambs
to use the grain which will best fit
into their feeding program. In all
of these experiments alfalfa hay
was fed as roughage and oil meal
was added to the grain at the rate
of 10 percent of the grain ration.
Best results are secured when the
grain is fed whole rather than
ground and when on dull feed
lambs will consume from 2 to 2 IA
pounds of whole barley per day.
Feeders who have not had exper-
fence in lamb feeding should re-
member that it is important to
feed until the lambs are fat and
in prime condition. as half fed
lambs will take a severe cut on
the market from now on. Under
normal feeding conditions a gain
OF about 10 pounds per month may
be expected. Greater gains are
possible with choice feeding lambs
intelligently fed.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1929-12-05
Sigma Chi Omega

At a meeting held a short time
ago the Sigma Chi Omega elected
the following officers for the cur
rent year. President, Glen Sulli-
van, secretary and treasurer, Nor
bert Frank. Mr.. Beaumont was
elected to the position of advisor,
which was held by Mr.. Kaslow un-
til he left last year.
1t was decided at this meeting
that short program given for the
boys of the assembly might help
work up some interest in the Inter
class basket ball games which are
being held this week. Glen Sulli
van acting as chairman opened the
program by announcing the pur-
pose of the gathering. Mr.. Falk
then gave short talk on sports
manship and it's relation to the
coach and to the team. This talk
was very interesting and was en-
joyed by all the boys; especially by
those who played basketball the
year that Sank Centre was award
ed a beautiful silver loving cup
representative of the sportsman
ship displayed by Sank Centre in
the District basket ball tourna-
ment held here two years ago. Nor
bert Frank then gave another
short talk on craftsmanship, and
Dick Bergman gave a short dis
cussion on training and it's rela-
tion to athletics. The program was
concluded by the singing of the
school song, with Miss Hammond
assisting at the piano.
At the last meeting, the society
also voted upon the names of two
boys who had applied for member
ship. They were both accepted and
as a result Clarence Swift and Har
old Rogers are now serving their
sentences as pledges.
The Sigma Chi Omega is a boys
society and members are taken in
on merit only. They mus. in some
way aside from their regular class
work, do something which will give
them an honor point. When they
have seven honor points they are
eligible for membership. The MEM
beers are: Glen Sullivan. Norbert
Frank, Jim O'Gara, Clarence Eek
berg and Dick Borgmann.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1929-12-05
BIGGER PROFITS FROM BITTER FEEDINe
Proteins Biggest Feed Need OF

: ] $ .
Proteins Biggest Feed Need Of
Cow
To make the most money pos
|sible from milking cows, proper
feed and plenty of it is needed, says
the Blue Valley Creamery Insti-
tute. AS milk can be made only
from the feed the cow eats, those
feeds, to be of greatest value, must
contain all the ingredients that are
found in milk. That is why alfalfa
hay and other legume hays and oil
meal, cottonseed meal and other
feeds rich in protein are used with
corn and oats and other home
grown feeds in dairy COW rations
by successful dairy farmers whose
cows produce abundantly and most
profitably.
A good Illustration of the i'm
portance of feeding good rations to
milk cows is shown by the ex-
|perience Of an Illinois dairy farmer
who, as a member of a dairy i'm
provement association, keeps feed
and milk records on his small herd
of cows. In an effort to cut his
feed costs, this farmer one month
changed his cows regular ration to
ear corn and clover hay, ration
which contained only about half as
much protein as the regular ration.
After one months feeding of this
cheaper and poorer milk-making
feed, this farmer found that his
cows gave an average of 231 pounds
less milk and 1913 pounds less but
terfat than they did the month be-