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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-08-06
Pacifist Masks Discarded for Open Offensive
Against Soviet Union

THE Macdonald government of Britain, that few days
ago raising its voice in the international chorus of
pacfs hypocrisy in effort to fool the masses into IN
activity international Red Day against mperast war and
for defense of the Soviet Union has dropped its pacs
mask and today openly raung the workers and peasants
government in the most shameful manner.
The Macdonald government afraid to force break in
the conversations the question of recognition with the
resentave of the Soviet before the Red Day
demonstrations Immediately forced the break August 2,
less than wenour hours after the worldwide demonstra
TONS by making insulting and provocative demands that the
Soviet Union Communist propaganda in Britain and
agree the czars debts to British mperasts before
further conversations can be held
Directly connected with the attack of the Macdonald
agents of imperialism the Soviet Union the growing
of the Chinese bandit that refuses to
establish the status preliminary to negotiations over the
Chinese Eastern Railway
These two events the breaking of conversations
ogntion by Britain and the mpudence of the Chang Kali
shek hreng of Imperialism not merely met with the ap
prova but had the active support of the United States gov
One of the first acts of the Macdonald government
when into office to evade it's prediction promise
to instantly reopen relations with the Soviet Union and in
stead to into conversations with Ambassador Dawes
for joint action against the Soviet Union The provocatons
on Manchuran border deliberate attempts to foment
of mperiaist invasion against the Soviet Union an
attempt withdraw forces from the western border to the
Siberian frontier that the armies massed on the borders
of Finland Poland and Roumana might invade Soviet ter
ritory on that front.
The demonstrations of the led by the Communist
Parties of the world last Thursday August First
Moscow Prava sad "a test of future fighters behind
the barrcades and showed clearly important part of
the working class realized the danger and that
Eat the of mobilization the Communist Parties will
fuarmed to meet the capitalist declaration OF war;
August First not the climax of movement, but
important stage in the fight against mperialist We
must drive August First to greater strug
giles against the mperasts and their social democratic
iackeys. ~. :
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-08-06
Commissioner Wood Warns Employers
Against Shop Papers

COMMISSIONER CHARLES G. WOOD of the Cancellation
~ of the United States Department of Labor who
has been trying his hand at srkebreang in the Southern
textile of the governments most adrolt fighters
against organized labor His talents developed
period of years in similar capacity in Massachusetts, under
Skebeaker Coolidge and Murderer Fuller In fact he made
such hit with Coolidge that he the federal appointee
selected by that worthy when the late Harding conveniently
died Francisco in order to evade the Teapot Dome
scandals.
In an interview with one Anabel Parker McCan Serb
bling for the New York Evening Post Commissioner Wood
employers against the disastrous effects of Communist
shop papers That these factory bulletins edited by the
Communist workers in various enterprises effective is
oncusvely proved by the comment of Wood these publ
cations: -..f
"They appeared since 1927 Ch they ap-
pered much earlerH NJ W2 and of them still ap
pearng all industries dhe fact is MORE of them appea
asg se Sc ara T+ o' ts %i f t - coast Tb
the mill factory where they cir
Detroit have been issued in several of
the automobile factories such the Buick Worker Packard
Worker Worker Body Similar pub
LEGATIONS distributed shoe factories, silk mills textile mills
chine shops all the of the company operating the
Industry.
sueh publications suddenly the workers in
factory knowing they from. worker
find his bench or in his coat pocket or in the pocket of
his working clothes be tucked under the door of his
home have plans promoted by representatives of
workers in of the country good and some bad
but this method of attack against employer the most
effective brought into invites immediate in
print matters which the workers them
empoyer-victim of this method
Z, of Attacks pretty to have fight on his hands,
Wood concludes his observations by advising executives
of industries to make their plants mpregnabe against this
form of attack He does not perceive that under the
system where workers exploited to the limit there
be such thing making industry mpregnabe against
Communist attacks against the employer AS long capital
ism exists the very conditions of the working class will fur
nish fruitful field for agitation and propaganda.
The comrade editors of the factory bulletins (shop
papers throughout the country will be highly compmened
by this tribute to the effectiveness of their work by
emnenty qualified to judge This recognition of the power
the shop papers by of the umnares of the strike
breaking apparatus should spur Party factory
nuclei everywhere to pay much attention to the shop
papers, establish them where exist and to strengthen
and make effective those being published Closely
connected with the shop papers also the question of worker
correspondents for the Party Every district committee
should to it that shop nucleus in its jurisdiction
has active energetic worker correspondent reporting to
the Daily Worker and the rest of the Party that in
the last of the word function the collective
agator and collective organizer of the working class
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-08-06
Article 1.-THE Centralia Case; Similarities to
the Present Gastonia Struggle and Trial

against the strikers were distributed
broadcast. Suppress the agita-
tors, Hang the Bolshevists", off
the agitators were taken care of we
would have very little trouble, Ode
port the radicals or use the rope,
etc, were the slogans used by the
Centralia bosses.
The "Citizens' Protective League"
was organized in Centralia composed
of the chamber of commerce and the
mill baron's crowd-just as Gas
tonia had its organized gunner, the
Committee of One Hundred" the
chamber of commerce crowd and the
mill crowd.
The COnspirators.
On October 20 meeting of these
good business men was held in the
Elks Club, at which lawyers admit
ted there was no legal way to get rid
of the union hall. William Scales,
commander of the American Legion
Post in Centralia and chairman of
the Elks Club meeting, then stated:
"I'm not in favor of raiding the hall
myself, but Pm certain that if any,
body else wants to raid the I.W.W.
hall, there is no jury in the land
who will ever convict them"
This is typical boss lynch talk.
The Southern employers press after
the Gastonia raids was full OF just
such statements about lynching. AL
ways a saving clause. eve advocate
legal methods" but eff the outraged
community did something, nobody
could blame it." Plain provocation,
very slightly disguised.
Decision for Self Defense.
A plot was made to raid the hall
and lynch the unionists in it during
the Centralia celebration of Ar
mistice Day. The news got out, as
the plan to raid the tent colony in
Gastonia leaked out, and the I.W.W
issued warning in the form of q
leaflet, as the Gastonia textile strik-
crs wired similar warning to the
governor of the state, saying in each
case, in substance: eve will defend
ourselves if necessary"
The American Legion headed the
parade on Armistice Day, in Contra
liza, the parade turned around and
marched back past the union hall.
Lieutenant Cormier gave a sigma
and the legionnaires rushed the hall
Some carried ropes for the lynching
Notice should be taken here of the
fact that the American Legion ir
Gastonia, after the raid and shoot.
ing, voted at meeting of some soc
of it's members to assist the lega
lynching of the Gastonia strikers
and gave it's blanket approval to the
police officers who did the raidine
and were shot during their attack
on the tent colony.
In Centralia the union men in the
hall shot back as the door crashed
in, just as the Gastonia strikers shot
back when they were fired upon by
police--mere trespassers as far as
the law goes-attacking them or
their own grounds without warrants
Attackers Shot.
Two Of the mob, Warren 0
Grimm and Arthur McElfresh, were
killed in the attack, and another, Ber
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-08-06
Self Defense in a Lumber Town

tale of shots fired before the attack
started, with small success. It
brought several witnesses to give
shadowy Identification of Eugene
Barnett, which they did after much
prompting. Barnett was not in the
hall, and was arrested at his home,
miles away. He was a well known
leader of the lumber workers. The
men who lynched Everest came down
to swear falsely to the prosecutions
theory. The jury did not believe
them. One juror, Harry Sellers, ac-
cording to affidavit of Jurors In
man, Sweitzer and Hutton, bulldozed
the majority of the jury into the be-
lief that they dared not acquit the
defendants, though most of the ju-
,ors thought them innocent. The
Judge allowed the jury to think that
if they brought in verdict of sec
ond degree murder there would be
light sentence, just long enough to
keep the men safe in prison until
the mob hysteria had died down.
How the Jurors Saw II.
Juror Torpen describes the situa-
ton in the jury room as follows: 81
felt that ought to have voted for
an acquittal. On the other hand,
was afraid that hung jury would
mean a new trial with worse jury,
and the innocent men would be put
to death, so l voted for second
degree verdict against seven, with
acquittal for two. 1t seemed better
that way"
II remember" says Torpen now,
when we went to the window and
got the first sight of the soldiers.
My God!' one of the jurors remark
ed to me, they are there to keep us
from being shot I couldn't see
why we should worry. But some of
them did. A man had to be plain
onery to do any thinking. Some, I'll
always figure, had their thinking
all done and out of the way when
they took their seats in the jury"
Jury Admits Innocence.
Nine Of the twelve jurors have
signed, after the trial, statements
that they do not believe the men con-
victed had fair trial, and most of
them say that had they heard evil
dence barred by the Judge on tech
nicalities, they would have acquitted
them.
But Judge Wilson got his verdict
of guilty" for the lumber trust and
kept his promise of leniency by CIV
ing sentences of "from Is to 40
years" to Bert Smith, O..C. Bland,
James McInerney, Bert Bland, Ray
Becker, Eugene Barnett and John
Lamb. Elmer Smith, the union at
torney tried because he told the men
they had legal right to defend
their hall, and Mike Sheehan were
found not guilty. Loren Roberts,
not in the hall, was adjudged in
sane, but is serving the same life
sentence as the others, in the same
penitentiary at Walla Walla. Wash
ington.
The Centralia case shows what
can be done in utter defiance of the
evidence, by prosecution which
cleverly uses mass hysteria and mob
hatred to influence a trial. These
same tactics will be attempted at the
Gastonia trial, are being employed
already, in fact.
Huge masses of workers must be
modified to offset this mass hys-
terra being worked up by the en-
ployers, bent on q legalized murder.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-08-06
By VERN SMITH

The summer of 1917 was a wild
one. All the loggers in the Pacific
Northwest were on strike. Some of
the saw mills were struck. Police
persecution, murder of workers by
numbers barons' gunner, widespread
arrests, the use of militia and regu-
lar SOLDIERS throughout the district
all of this became a commonplace.
Just as, later, in the southern tex
tile mills, the lumber workers were
fighting for shorter hours, more
wages and better conditions at work
and in the company houses Tin the
lumber industry, bunkhouses). In
spite of every use Of police and mill
tia and gunner, they were winning.
And in the end, they did win, though
during the war their organization
was outlawed, and considerably
smashed. 1t began to reassert itself
as soon as the war ended.
Centralia lies in the heart of the
lumber country. The Lumber Work
ers Industrial Union of the 1. W. w.
established headquarters there, a
regular lumber workers union hall
where union and educational meet
ings, lectures, ETC., were held. 1t
was not such a different union head
quarters from the first office Of the
National Textile Workers Union in
| Castonia.
Boss Organizes Attack
In May, 1918, under the direction
of F. 8. Hubbard, president of the
Employers Association of the State
of Washington, and owner of the
Eastern Railway and Lumber Co.,
Red Cross parade was organized
in Centralia. This parade left the
main streets of the town, went down
side street where the union hall
was located; it was following a route
arranged by the Chamber of Com
merce. At word of command, the
lumber baron's gangsters at the rear
of the procession broke ranks, raided
and practically destroyed the union
headquarters, beating and clubbing
the union men inside. A victrola
was stolen by James Churchill, own
er of glove factory. Hubbard him.
self got the secretary's roll-top desk
No one was ever punished for it.
And the unionists decided that the
next time an arson mob came, de-
stroying and looting, they would
fight.
1t will be remembered that in Cas-
tonia, too, the first union headquar-
tiers and relief station was wrecked
and all inside smashed or stolen, by
masked mob of mill owners agents
who also abused union man found
therein, and that a grand jury white
washed all participants in the raid
Also that the unionists plainly
warned everybody, in kilograms tc
the governor and messages to the
press, that a second such outrage
would be resisted.
The Second Raid.
In each case there was seconC
outrage, and the unionists fired ir
self defense.
The fatal attack in Centralia came
November II, 1919. This was after
the war, and the Lumber Workers
Industrial Union was growing fast
A criminal syndicalism law failed tt
smash them, for juries started to ac
quit defendants.
The Employers Association ISSUED
much written propaganda in the
form Of leaflets, letters, ETC., just a,
later. in Gastonia, little handbilI,
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Casagranda, died in the hospital of
wounds.
In the hall were Wesley Everest,
Bert Faulkner, Ray Becker, Britt
Smith, Mike Sheehan, James McIn-
erney and Tom Morgan, all lumber
workers and union members. All
but Everest remained in the hall
quietly until the authorities came to
arrest them. Everest slipped out
the back door; the mob caught sight
of him and pursued, firing at him.
Driven into the Chehalis river, Ev-
crest turned, came out, and on it's
bank shot Dale Hubbard, nephew
of the lumber kind, as waving a pis-
tol given him on the way by Ben
Coleman, Hubbard led the Legion
naires in their rush.
Lynching.
That night Everest was taken
from his cell in the county Jail, hor-
ribly beaten, loaded into an automo-
bile, mutilated with razor, hanged
from the Chehalis river bridge,
pulled up, alive, hanged again with
longer rope, and still again, until
his head was nearly jerked from his
body. He was left hanging, dead.
Centralia business men did it. Lum-
Der lords did it. The lynchers cut
up the rope used the first time they
dropped Everest over the bridge,
and each lyncher carried home a
piece an inch long for a souvenir.
All the prisoners were tortured,
beaten, kicked and threatened with
death.
Torture.
In Gastonia, too, after the first
raiders were driven away from their
work of destruction by gunfire, the
police and deputies came back, seiz-
ed prisoners, and tortured them in
jail, until one man came to the ha-
beas corpus hearings days later with
the blood stains from his beating
showing red through his shirt. In
Gastonia, too, every effort was made
to incite a lynching, which failed
only because there were not enough
lynchers.
Then came the Centralia cases
trial, with every agency of the bosses
used to prejudice the case, and with
the lumber barons paying for six of
the best known lawyers in the state
as special prosecutors, the prosecu-
ton being headed by w. H. Abel and
c. D. Cunningham, both attorneys
for the lumber trust.
So, too, in Gastonia, the mill bar
ems have hired battery of special
prosecutors, including the son-in-law
of the governor, and placed the Man.
ville-Jenckes attorney at the head
Of their prosecution.
! The Centralia case was tried in
Montesano, seat of Grays Harbor
County, by Judge Wilson, in a court
room crowded with soldiers, the jury
being told the soldiers were to keep
them safe from I. w. w. violence.
Evidence for Defense
There was plenty Of evidence that
the Legion was the aggressor, as
there will be plenty of evidence
available that the police shot first
in Gastonia.
! The prosecution tried to tell a
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-10-13

st know" Mabel said cit was easy for you
to meet Jimmie Gorante."
"You would bring that up!" Inez said peev-
ishly.
"You can't tell what fellow is just by loolxin'
at him. any more" Mabel explained. Believe
me, I'd rather sit home In my room an read
the paper the rest of my life than get mixed
up the way you are with that Jimmie Gorante."
"Oh, shut up about Jimmie Gorantel" Inez
said petulantly. II wonder what kind Of fel-
lows these cowboys are"
'T don't know" Mabel confessed. II never
met any"
"They don't look so much" Inez said.
"That sort Of short fellow down there with
the red hair got kind of a nice face" Mabel
said.
''Where?" Inez asked.
"Sittin' Just across" Mabel said. Hes just
gettin' up now See the one mean? Right
along by the wall just across from us"
'~The little runt with the green handkerchief
around his neck?" Inez asked, scorn In her
face. How do you get that way? He's bow
legged an he's got freckles."
"I kind of like his face" Mabel insisted.
''You mean that one with the No. 50 on his
back?" Inez asked. "Waitm I see." She
sandy all right. That tall fellow with him
isn't as bad lookin', though"
ct like the other one better" Mabel insisted,
mild but stubborn. Hes got a nice face"
"Forty-seven," Inez numbered, looking at her
program once more. Let's see. Here 1t is.
Forty-seven. Slim Coleman. That's good
name for him. He's slim, all right.
at don't like fellow to be SO skinny" Mabel
said.
Hes not skinny" Inez said Indignantly.
"He's just tall an he amt fat that's all. That
amt bein skinny, is it?"
ct like the one with the red hair" Mabel
said, returning to her original proposition. "I
airIr I1aSc ind NJ nil face
66THE next rider is Sandy Lucas ON Devil
Foot" the announcer called. Sandy
Lucas. No. So on your program. Riding out
of Chute No. T."
leaned forward eagerly. Now, we may see
somethingl" he exclaimed.
This fellow good is he? A reporter asked
the question. He was covering the rodeo for
the first time and welcomed information.
"A good rider and good horse" the white
haired man said. Sandy Lucas won at Pendle-
ton q couple of years back and this Devil Poots
a buckin' fool. Nobody's ridden him so far at
this meeting"
You connected with the rodeo?" the reporter
inquired.
"only a guest" the white haired man said.
I'm in business here in the city. Cotton
broker" He said this alphabetically. "I used
to ride, though" He was boasting now. For
COW outfit. Thirty years ago. Out in Arizona"
Well" said the reporter.
MY names Whittemore," the white-haired
man went on. 1.-THE boys in charge give me q
press card to this every year, SO can come and
go as I like. It's the only chance I have to
keep in touch with the old crowd"
You get kick but of it, eh?" the reporter
asked.
Greatest sport in the world!" Whittemore
declared. eff the people in this town just un-
derstoOd I'll They don't, though. They figure
it's just Wild West show Why, give out q
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SANDY LUCAS opened his eyes, blinked con-
fusedly at the doctors and cowboys standing
about him and slowly sat up.
Take It easy" a young doctor said. you're
all right"
"Ain't you nice to tell mel"
HE kicked you right in the pit Of the
stomach" the doctor continued.
You're Just full O. gossip, amt you?" Sandy
said. "I thought maybe I'd been took with the
measles all of a sudden
"Just keep quiet for awhile the doctor adj
vised.
"Sposn' you do that for me-" Sandy sug-
geSted testify.
Coin to haze for me?" Slim Coleman asked.
why not?" Sandy countered.
They moved away together, heading toward
the arena. Ten minutes later the announcer
called out: THE next steer wrestler is Slim
Coleman. No. Al on your program"
Hands swung open a chute gate A rangy
brindle steer plunged forth and headed across
the arena. AS he crossed the white line of
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couple of tickets to every performance to people
in my ONCE and can tell from the way they
talk that it all goes over their heads"
Here he comes!" the other cried.
The chute gate was swung open, revealing
Sandy Lucas mounted on a sturdy-legged black
bronco. For q moment the horse stood quiet,
head down. Then he pitched out into the
arena, back arched and the battle was ON.
Even the blase New York crowd, ignorant Of
the fine points Of the contest, knew the per-
Torrance for real fight between a savage, cum
ming bucking horse and q game and skillful
rider.
No straightaway crow-hopper this Devil Foot.
Muzzle to the ground, back arched like a hard
drawn bow, believing like naddened bull, he
pitched and weaved and twisted while Sandy
rode him free, scratching high and hard in
front and behind.
Ride him, boyl" whittemore shrieked leap
ing to his feet "Stay in there, Sandyl Scratch
him. cowboy! Look out! Look Quit Oil That's
too bad!"
whats the matter?" the reporter demanded.
Hes all right"
Hes coming loose" whittemore said regret
fully See? There he goes. Oh, that's too
bad"
Sandy came loose and pitched sideways from
the twisting saddle. The crowd screamed as the
bronco's flashing hoofs smacked into his fallen
body He hit the dirt and lay still.
In the balcony Mabel Glare cried out and COW
cred her eyes, In the arena Slim Coleman was
first at the side OF his unconscious buddy.
Whittemore sighed and shock his head.
TOO bad" he said regretfully HE was Civ
ing him great ride"
How did you know he was going to be bucked
OFF," the reporter asked. HE seemed to me to
be going all right"
He guessed wrong" Whittemore explained.
when you're in that saddle on one Of those
fellows you have to guess what he's going to do
a split fraction of second before he does it.
and guess right or you're gone Lucas guessed
wrong and came loose. knew he was gone
when saw him miss movement"
Two white-coated young doctors examined
Lucas hurriedly, and Slim Coleman, aided by
three other cowboys, carried him limp and
senseless from the arena. The voice of the an
nouncer doomed from the loud speakers: 1.-THE
next rider, Tim Callahan ON Hammerhead, rid
ing out of Chute"
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HE two left by the dimly lighted employees
entrance. In a show window was an ex-
hibition Of some of the prizes to be awarded
the rodeo winners-cusp, saddles, brides. Two
girls stopped to look at the display. Sandy
and Slim approached.
Didn't we see you girls over at the shown"
Sandy asked
The two girls looked at them, startled, and
then, questioningly at each other
Inez tossed her head. "You got your nerve.
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tanning to the origins of the World
War, are about to appear, published by
the French political weekly, Europe
Nouvellc
The first of these three volumes deals
with the entire Agadir incident. from
November. 1911, to February, 1912. and
the two other volumes will follow i'm
mediately.
The labor of compiling the full SO
volumes is incredible, since not only
the French foreign office documents
have been ransacked. but those of the
ministers of the army, marine and
colonies, and personal papers left 20
the French government by certain Am
bassadors What this work means is
clear from the fact that during a single