The Daily Worker Newspaper, April 15, 1924, Page 3

‘Tuesday, April 8, 1924 CONVENTION OF 2 SHOE UNIONS Result of Negotiations Covering Year fs (Special to The Daily Worker) BOSTON, ‘Mass., April 14 The convention of the Shoe Workers Pro- tective Union and the United Shoe ‘Workers Union to frame a constitu- tion satisfactory to both organiza- tions, has opened here. After negotiations covering almost @ year, both organizations were ready to go into convention, the United Shoe Worker’ referendum being over- whelmingly in favor of entering a convention to frame a constitution. Seventy-seven delegates gathered in the Building of the Shoe Protective Union, about thirty from the United, and the remainder from the Protec- tive, Amalgamation Nearing. No delegates were present from any other shoe organization; the hope of some that at this convention there would be delegates from many other independent shoe unions proving un- warranted. If both organizations agree on a constitution, it will mean the union, according to Secretary Treasurer Ryan of the Protective of 20,000 mem- bers in the Protective, and 6,500 in the United, making a total of 26,000. Already the Protective is the larg- est in membership of the independent shoe unions, and with the increase, comes closer to the Boot and Shoe Workers’ figure, from 35,000 to 40,- 000. é The first day, outside of welcoming speeches, was given over to the elec- tion of committees on rules and con- stitution. Walter Rice of the S. W. P. U., of Marblehead, was ‘elected permanent chairman; and John Haley Salem, Mass., United Shoe Workers, vice-president: On the Constitutional Committee are Frank Buxton, Frank Ryan and George Culbert of Haver- hill; John Oldham, Rochester, N. Y.; P. Turner and H. Pulmeyer of St. Louis, Mo.; Joseph P. O’Rourke of East Boston; Michael Meaghan, Sa- lem, Mass. Speeches were made by Austin E. Gill, General Agent, and William J. Ryan,~Sec.-Treas., of the S. W. P. U.; and Thomas Lynch, Sec.- Treas., and John Oldham, Organizer, of the United. All expressed satisfac- tion over the step to be taken, and stated that this merger meant the hope of organizing the unorganized shoeworkers of the country. In a special interview granted to the rep- resentative of the DAILY WORKER, Ryan hailed the ‘convention as the ‘first step in amalgamating all the shoeworkers. He gave no further details, but the method of amalga- mating the organizations will be the samp as in this convention. He said that the present merger would not bring about any astonishing changes, becausé the industry was entering a dull period. Few Months Needed. The next few months would be spent. getting the new organization to function. The successful completion of the merger would put heart into shoe centers that have suffered from the manufacturers’ offensive- Rochest- ter in particular. The most import- ant change brought about at this con- vention would be the establishment of the organization on a national ba- sis. (At present, the Shoe Workers’ Protective Union is an organization administered by the Shoe Council, composed of delegates from the Ha- verhill locals, and other locals in the state of Massachusetts). Otherwise according to Ryan, the convention would mark no new departure in pol- fey. The drawn up constitution will go out to the rank and file on a ref- ferendum and be ratified before go- ing into effect, ‘There is much questioning about the planned Amalgamation Conven- tion before May ist, which was to convene on the call of independent shoe unions, according to the resolu- tion unanimously adopted at the _ March 23rd rank and file conference in Lynn, a detailed account of which is given in the first issue (April) of the Progressive Shoe and Leather Worker. The Haverhill rank and file dele- gates voted unanimously for the amal- gamation convention, with the excep- tion of Local 9, which withdrew its delegates’ before the March 9th meet- ing. The general officials at the pres- ent convention in Haverhill, the “con- stituttonal convention” as it is called by a Haverhill newspaper, will un- doubtedly oppose any pt to have their organization pate in the planned May Convention, / The passing of the resolution is only the first step in a fight to bring abont the amalgamation convention, with all independent shoe unions rep- resented. The militants in all the shoe centers are pinning: hopes on the Progressive Shoe and Leather Worker as the unifying force in the amalgamation movement in the shoe and leather industry. Mis S. FACUNA Gentlemen's, Ladies’ and Children’s SHOE REPAIRING A SPECIALTY Every Shoe Bears the Union Label _ 2018 W. CHICAGO AVENUE Phone Humboldt 048 HOLDING MERGER 2 RNS DUE TO FOLLOW DAUGHERTY: INDICTMENT OF OIL PROBE LEADER WHEELER BACKFIRES ON DETECTIVE By LAURENCE TODD (Staff Correspondent of the Federated Press) WASHINGTON, April 14.—President Coolidge has hastily called upon Attorney General Stone to free him from thé redhot poker he picked up when the administration’s frameup indict- ment of Senator Wheeler created a storm of indignation from one end of thé country to the other. as usual. Wheeler summoned a telephone manager and Detec- tive Burns to the stand, before his investigating . committee, and proved: Burns’ Agents After Wheeler 1. That Burns has had three men in Montana, trying to get Wheeler, and that they testified before the grand jury, * 2. That.the Republican national committee has had one Blair Coan looking up “evidence” against Whee- ler in Gréat Falls, and George B, Lock- wood, secretary of the national com- mittee, talked with Coan over the long distance telephone from party head- quarters here on the day the news of the indictment was published, 8. That Burns knew of the “evi- dence to be used against Wheeler se- veral weeks ago, and discussed it with Harry Daugherty, his lifelong crony, in Daugherty’s apartment. Burns’ See His Friend Burns was livid with suppressed ill- temper when Wheeler, leaning across the commitee table and challenging him to tell the fdcts, forced from the detective the disclosure that this was, as Wheeler had charged, just another Burns game, deliberately played after the administration had failed to stop the investigation of Daugherty’s rot- ten handling of the department of jus- tice. He seemed to sense his own downfall as the chief of the govern- ment secret service; he knew that the white house was trying to find a goat for the whole plot, and that Attorney General Stone had little stomach for new scandals. But there were bigger aspects to the matter than the prospective finish of Burns’ career as a public official. The senate had approved the selection of its own committee—consisting of Borah, McLean, Sterling, Swanson and Caraway—to report on the Great Falls indictment, and proposed to go ahead regardless of Coolidge’s instrue- tion to Stone to have the ‘indictment quashed if he thought it unwarranted. Burns In Shopmen’s Strike While scores of witnesses and dozens of lines of testimony wait their turn before Wheeler's committee in- vestigating the department of justice, the confession of Burns as to his part in the Great Falls frameup has logi- cally raised the question as to Burns’ own misuse of power in that depart- ment. The country may soon learn why 1100 of the striking railroad shop- men were jailed, and why Daugherty and Burns found so much pleasure in prosecuting these cases from behind the protection of a gasbank of poison- ed press interviews concerning “revo- lutionary radicals,” “dangerous bol- sheviks,” amd “dynamiters.” Burns and Heney It is one of the ironies of fate that just at the moment when Burns has been caught red-handed, Francis J. Heney comes triumphantly back to Washington, at the request of a ma- jority of Senator Couzens’ committee, to direct the investigation into the treasury department scandals. Heney gave Burns his first job as an investigator in the Oregon land fraud cases, some 18 years ago. He gave him a further chance in the San Francisco graft trials. Then Burns helped to frame Tom Mooney for the open shop- pers in San Francisco, and Heney and Burns have not cooperated since. Heney is about to shake the Mellon organization and show up vast frauds in the handling of income tax returns. Mellon will probably be driven from Dublic life. Defense Council’s Robots Have Long Trek to Pullman Pullman is in store for a theatrical treat—a real proletarian drama, full of signifiance for both the workers and their explotiers. \ R. U. R. will be played in Pullman on Saturday evening, April 19th, the day before its opening in Chicago. All arrangements have been made for a fully equipped production, which will be the same in every detail as the one in Chicago. Large numbers of tickets have already been sold. For the Pullman performance, the entire R: U. R. Company (including the only genuine Workers Party Ro- bots in existence) will be transported in a private, springless, but commodi- ous truck, along with the scenery and props. This is a good advertising stunt, and it saves carfare. Several Workers Party members connected with the building trades group, have lent their afsistence in the building of scenery. An electri- cian and one or two stage hands are still needed. Volunteers will ne wel- comed, Another Bonaparte Dies. PARIS, April 14.--Prince Roland Bonaparte, grandson of Lucien Bona- parte, a brother of the great Napo- leon, died here today. He was a not- ed geographer and a member of the Academy of Sciences. But he moved too slowly, DISARMAMENT TA'K BECOMING COMMON IN SENATE CHAMBER WASHINGTON, April 14—A res- olution authorizing President Cool- idge to appoint a commission of five to join the league of nations commision in drawing up a land, naval and air disarmament arrangement was intro- duced in the senate today by senator King, Utah, democrat, The resolution is the democratic substitute for the Pepper resolution authorizing the president to call a new disarmament conference. Fifteen Cents Is Admission Price To Good Concert By ALFRED V. FRANKENSTEIN, In the Sunday rush of concerts and recitals one is apt to overlook many minor concerts that go on. The least expensive, but not the least interest- ing of these is the series of orchestra concerts given at the Art Institute by an ensemble of eight Symphony musicians directed by George Dasch. Their program on April 13th, open- ed with the Weber overture to “Der Freischuetz”. The composition calls for full orchestra, but, by apt substti- tution of a trumpet for a French horn, and vigorous use of a piano, in the loud passages, they were able to get over the romantic music in good style. Followed a trio for two violins and viola, by Dvorak, played by the direc- tor and the violinists of the ensem- ble. These men constitute three- fourths of the well-known Philhar- monic quartet. The trio they played was good Sunday afternoon stuff, dreamy and quiet, good music on which to digest a big dinner. The second “Spring” suite of Lee Delibes followed. Delibes, wrote in- comparable ballet music with a light and melodious touch. George Dasch is most fond of it, gna plays it as tho he was. .The Mendelssohn “Spring Song” and Poldini’s “Delly Dances” are too well known to require comment. The concert closed with a march by Franz von Blon, who writes .cneap music vefined as far as possible. These concerts occur regularly on Sunday afternoons, ana cost the ex- orbitant sum of fifteen cents. Chamber Commerce Man Supported By Fake Labor Paper To The DAILY WORKER:—A pa- per, published in Pittsburgh, styled the Labor Free Press, is without doubt the champion political juggler extant. Its columns crammed with political ads denotes the caliber of its devotion to labor. It juggles the truth. For instance, on the front page in the right hand column, it con- demns a candidate because he voted against the Full Crew Bill and the Old Age Pension Bill, whilst on the same page in the right hand column, it goes out of its way to publish a lot of bunk about James T. Heffran, who is a candidate for re-election to the legislature, hoping, by covering up the truth about Heffran that he will be returned, that he may do their bidding. Heffran is the secretary of the Chamber of Commerce, an organiza tion that is condemned by organized labor in general and the.United Mine Workers in particular. Heffran voted against the full crew bill, and when the old age pension bill came to a vote, Heffran was absent, not having the courage to face the. test. Yet there are paid organizers of the mine workers in conjunction with the champion political juggler, the Labor Press Press, doing all they can to fool the voters so that Heffran may be sent back to do their dirty work. Will the coal miners, ‘the railroad men, and other organized men vote for a man who deliberately cheats them by voting measures for which organized labor has been fight- ing for the past 25 years? We be- Meve not. ALLEN DEWAR, Charlerol, Pa. y Dig ladelphia PHILADELPHIA, Pa, April 14.— Resolutions have been passed by Lo- cal 1078, of the Carpenters’ and Jotn- ers’ Union of Philadelphia, calling up- on all workers to unite to protect the interests of the foreign-born workers who are menaced by the Johnson anti-immigrant bill now be- fore the House, a= roe DAILY WORKER “FREE CENTRALIA LOGGERS!” IS LATEST MOSCOW FILM TRIUMPH OF ART AND HUMOR Experts Lavish Praises On Technique (Special to The Daily Worker) MOSCOW, April 14.—A new film has just been shown here which has proved, much to the surprise of many foreign correspondents, that the Com- munists have a keen sense of hu- mor. It is entitled “The adventures of Mr. West Among the Bolsheviki.” The idea of the picture is simple. An American business man, Mr. West, is called to Moscow to look after the af- fairs of a Russo-American corpora- tion, and has read in America horrt- ble stories about the Bolsheviki. He brings with him a copy of an Ameri- ean weekly magazine which describes, with photographic illustrations, the dreadful conditions supposed to pre- vail in Russia. On his arrival in Moscow he is met by an automobile from his business associates here, but a small valise containing the magazine is stolen by a member of a gang of robbers, whose chief realizes the capital that can be made from the American’s idea of Russia. He returns the valise to Mr® West, explaining that it was stolen by the Bolshevist Secret Police, who, he says “are now watching your every move- ment.” Then he points out to the American the members of his own gang slinking around Mr. West’s ho- tel, adding: “See, they're on your track already!” The Plot Thickens. He induces Mr. West to accompany him to other quarters, pointing out to him on the way “my own place, stol- en by these scoundrels” (the “place” being the Museum of Natural His- tory), and the “ruins” of the Grand Opero House and Moscow University “destroyed by criminal revolution- aries.” Once the American is in his new quarters the robber arranges a fake attack by “Bolshevist police,” follow- ed by a trial which coincides exactly with the stories published by the same widely circulated American ma- gazine. Hairy drunken blackguards condemn to death Mr. West and the wife of the principal robber, who lat- er tells him: “Fortunately these wretches are easily bribed. Sign a check fér $1,000 and we shall be able to escape.” Rescued by Soviet Police. Then, at the moment ~when the American, realizing the plot, gallant- ly faces overwhelming odds, the real Moscow police, who at the request of his friends have trackéd him with po- lice dogs, burst in and save his life. The final scenes show Mr. West in an automobile, accompanied by the Chief of Police, driving thru Moscow, where he sees the Grand Opera House and the University intact, to witness a review of the Red Army, “the real Eolsheviki,” marching in disciplined thousands past a veviewing stand where there are Trotzky and other revolutionary leaders. New Technique. Apart from its propaganda inter- est, the film has real importance as being the first example of the new technique in Russia. Under the direc- tion of a young artist, Koolishef, the Players follow an arbitrary plan of grouping for each scene, which gives it its full value as a pictorial compo- sition. Still more, they are trained in rhetoric and co-ordinated in move- ment, so that every “high light” in the story is emphasized by the static composition ‘effect which completes the essence of the dynamic idea. The result is extraordinary successful. The graphic art is so well concealed that the spectator gets the effect, of the utmost simplicity of action. The heroine, Mme. Khaklova, has followed the new tecnnique to the ut- most. Her very action is so clever- erly synchronized and yet so entirely natural as to give an impression of novelty and spontaneity which foreign experts claim surpasses everything they have ever seen. Judge Won’t Issue Injunction Against . Gay Married Man To the DAILY WORKER: I notice in @ morning newspaper that Circuit Judge Francis Wilson has refysed to grant an injunction to Mrs. Katherine Brosey against her husband, who has been running around with another woman. The judge claims that the law does not provide for an emergency of 4 married man running around with another woman and the practice can- not be prohibited by law. The man is no doubt a “higher up” and therefore the judge does not dare to bother him as he would a poor fish of a workingman who has been “im- }moral” and who does not know how to use his brains\’—A READER. GRIGER & NOVAK GENTS FURNISHING and MERCHANT TAILORS UNION NDISE 1934 W. CHICAGO AVENUE (Cor. Winchester) Humboldt 2707 unequivocally in favor of re- leasing these defendants, follow- ing the sworn admissions of six jurors that they were terrorized into convicting innocent men who defended themselves against at- tack by a mob. With this case an inevitable issue in the political field, and after four years still a raw wound in the side of labor, the Federated Industries here is renewing its efforts to break the hold of the Industrial Workers of the World in the Puget Sound region, par- ticularly in the lumber woods. It was resentment against that power of the I. W. W. in the woods which led to the carefully planned attack upon the industrialists’ hall in Centralia, the killing of three members of the mob by the hall defenders, and the lynch- ing by the mob of Wesley Everest, an I. W. W. railroad worker and volun- teer soldier. $55,000 Anti-Labor Fund. Just how much the grip of the union is felt by the industrial kings of this region is shown in the annual report of the Federated Industries of Wash- ington, lately issued to its members here. It reveals that the Northwest Logging Operators’ Association, an in- terlocking body organized at Tacoma last May, raised a budget of $55,000 to carry on the first year of the con- centrated fight against the I, W. W. In this fight the allied employers are using the blacklist system, travel- ing speakers, moving pictures de- signed to show what a beautiful thing the present industrial system is and how diligence will enable the tofler to Tise to heights of affluence; and! “‘ed- ucational” literature along similar lines, which is being widely distribut- ed among the logging camps. John H. Mcintosh, manager of the Feder- ated Industries, who signs its report, is also general manager of the log- ging operators’ association, _ which combines the operators of both Wash- ingtc and Oregon. Try to Disbar Elmer Smith, Continued activity of the Federated Industries in connection with the ‘Cen- tralia case is shown in this paragraph from the annual report: “During the summer disbarment proceedings were brought ‘against Elmer Smith, the I. W. W. and radical lawyer of Cen- tralia, * * * At the request of the attorney general's office the Federated Industries extended assistance in se- curing evidence for the prosecution. Thru the co-operation of Judge Reid, of the Northern Pacific, two im- portant witnesses who chanced to be employees of that road, were re- leased for witness duty. Your man- ager also journeyed to a Snohomish county logging camp to secure anoth- er important witness in this case.” Six Jurors Admit Injustice. Elmer Smith was tried with ten I. W. W. members in 1920 for alleged conspiracy to fire on the Armistice Day parade. One defendant was dis- missed by the court, one found insane, and seven were senteficed to serve from 25 to 40 years in prison, while Smith and Mike Sheehan were ac- quitted by the jury. Two of the six jurors who have since admitted that they convicted the seven because of the prevailing terror, declared that they acquitted Smith and Sheehan so that these two might be free to work for the release of the others; and that Page Three FARM-LABOR CAMPAIGN CRY AS BOSSES RAISE $55,000 FUND | (Defense News Service.) SEATTLE, Wash., April 14.—When the gubernatorial cam- paign is waged in this state next autumn, it is certain that the case of the eight I. W. W. members imprisoned as the result of the Armis- tice Day riots in Centralia in 1919 will be a major issue. Farmer-Labor Party of Washington has already declared itself The Intosh mentions that the Long-Bell Lumber Company of Longview lent the services of Attorney Tom Fisk, and that “the lumbermen of Lewis county also loaned us the services of their dgent, Judge Dysart.” Lloyd Dysart, son of George Dysart, was in command of one of the man- hunting posses that searched for I. W. W. members on the night of November 11th, 1919. “Hang the Bolshevists.” Some of the bulletins issued over the signature of George E. Russell, secretary-manager of the old associ- ation, admonished the members to “hang the bolshevists; * * * get rid of the I. W. W.’s; * * * deport about ten Russians in this commun- ity; * * * jail the radicals and deport them; * * * deport the rad- icals or use the rope as at Centralia.” The Federated Industries claims a membership of 3,152. Greek Republic In Fight to Maintain Its Dictatorship ATHENS, April 14.—Vigorous mea- sures were instituted today to guard the new-born Greek Republic, con- firmed by an overwhelming major- ity in Sunday’s popular plebiscite. The government announced that formal discussion regarding the change in regime is forbidden for a period of five years and that activi- ties against republican rule will be put down without mercy. It is forecast that the first Greek president will be elected in June, al- tho a date has not yet been deter- mined definitely. Following the de- parture of former Premier Venizelos, ex-Minister Zamis is mentioned as a Wading possibility for the post of if they could sit again in.a trial of the case they would acquit all of tue men accused. Fought Lumber Strike. Three or more pages of the Feder- ated Industries’ annual report are de- res d to the I. W. W. It asserts that ty ~ employers’ organization had ‘ad- vance information of the I. W. W., plans for its strike in the logging in- dustry last spring, and passed this in- formation to those most interested. McIntosh reports that he spent six weeks in March and April holding re- sional meetings of employers from Bellingham down to the Columbia river, preparing them to adopt a com- mon program as a counter-offensive in anticipation of the I. W. W. strike, which was coupled with a demand for amnesty for all war-time political pris- oners, i McIntosh takes credit for suggest- ing the blacklist system to the logging operators, describing it thus: “An identification card system, requiring every man seeking work to sign an application card, giving names of his last two employers as references, thus in time compiling a record of all the workers, and on the information thus obtained to eliminate from the indus- try the chronic agitators and organ- izers.” Blacklist System Described. This blacklist operates in Seattle thru the Federated Industries Labor Bureau at 95 Main street. Last July the Loggers’ Information Association was consolidated with that bureau. Applications for work are being han- dled there at the rate of 16,000 a year. Manhunter Dysart Is Agent. During the last session of the state legislature the Federated Industries legislative bureau was active in de- feating measures “inimical to the le- gitimate intérests of industry.” Mce- chief executive. In some quarters, however, it is believed Venizelos may return and become a candidate. The majority in favor of the re- public in yesterday's vote was over- whelming, according to a government bulletin today. Of slightly more than 200,000 votes counted 12,000 were in favor of the new regime. Election of the president will fol- low by the assembly and the senate, according to the French republican system. Admiral Conduoriotis will retain his title as provisional president of the Greek Republic until his suc- cessor is elected. 4 coentitiennpetiinrs North Side Y. W. L. Again. This. time we are announcing as our lecturer Comrade Al. Schaap, Y. W. L. Organizer for District 8, who has been active for many years in the youth movement and is well qualified to speak on his subject, “THE PROGRESS OF THE YOUNG WORKERS ORGANIZATIONS IN THE UNITED STATES.” This will include the manner in which the working class youth have successfully organized to rid themselves of the yoke of capitalist exploitation and its accompanying miseries. All who have followed the work of the youngsters will find this talk of great interest ane are invited to attend our meeting held this Wed- nesday evening at Imperial Hall, 2409 N. Halsted St. Bring your friends, especially those who are of age to join our league and tell them that we want them in our branch to support us in our work. Remember, we shall expect you at 8:15 p. m., so that you are in time for the opening of Comrade Schaap’s talk. French Senator for Recognition. MOSCOW, April 1%— The Paris Post correspondent reports that the French Senator Dorset, in a lengthy article in the Gazette de La Pourse, advocates an early resumption of nor- mal relations with the Union of So- viet Socialist Republics. Stating the mic progress achieved by the latter and the stability of the Soviet | Government, the writer asserts that it is high time for the French Gov- ernment to take up a definite policy in the Russian question. FISHERS' UNION HELPS TO RULE NEWFOUNDLAND Forces Resignation Of Bribing Premier By J. R. SMALLWOOD, Member Newfoundland Fisherman’s Union. (For the Federated Press.) ST. JOHN’S, Newfoundland, April 14,—With Sir Richard A. Squires, for- mer Newfoundland premier, proved guilty of accepting bribes from the British Empire Steel Corp. of Canada at & time when he was negotiating with them over the renewal of their mining contract with government and of receiving thousands of dollars from the department of the liquor con- troller for his own political purposes, there is great probability of a new general election. In this new election a big role will be played by the Fish- ermen’s Union party, the political wing of the powerful movement founded 15 years ago by Sir William F. Coaker. Forced Crook’s Resignation, Coaker forced the resignation of Squires from the premiership. When Coaker saw the evidence which later convicted Squires, he told Squires to resign. When Squires refused the cabinet went in a body to the gov- ernor and handed in their resigna- tions. An hour later Squires had to do likewise. In the new ministry there are three wings: the Squires wing, without their leader; the War- ren wing, hitherto nominally part of the Squires wing, and the Fishermen’s party wing. The Newfoundland government from 1919 has been a coalition consist- ing of the Liberal party, led By Squires, and the Fishermen’s Union party, led by Coaker. In the general election of 1919, combining their forces, they swept the country and were returned to parliament with 28 out of 36 members, the remainig 13 being the Tory opposition. Out of the 23 the Union wing had 12, so that they dominated the government. This domination was not complete, because, by effecting a new combina- tion with the Tories, Squires might have relegated the Union party to the opposition. This meant compromise. Natlonalized Fish Exports. Under Coaker’s leadership the Fish- ermen’s party introduced and estab- lished for two years nationalization of the entire codfish export industry of Newfoundland, by which all codfish exports to Spain, Portugal, Italy, Greece, Brazil and the West Indies were controlled by the government. and sold at a price set by the minis- ter of marine and fisheries, who was Coaker. While this was going on Squires grafted. This did not leak out until after the general election of 1923, when the coalition was returned again to the house with the same number of seats. Within two months Squires was forced to resign, as re- lated, and now, having been found guilty by the royal commission, he faces trial before the Newfoundland supreme court. San Quentin Class Prisoner Welcomes The Daily Worker To the DAILY WORKER: Here is what I think about the DAILY WORKER. As long as it does not change its policy and as long as it lives up to its principles, as it does now, I think it is very fine, and fur- thermore I think that it should have been printed at least twenty years ago in this country so that the work- ers might have had a little more knowledge of their own affairs. So I wish a long and prosperous life to the DAILY WORKER. Yours for a better world to live in, Raymond L. Sanches, San Quentin Prison, No. 85891, Hits Policy of “National Bloc.” MOSCOW, April 14.—The Paris cor- respondent of the Rosta News Agency reports that L’Ere Nouyelle has pub- lished a series of articles tending to Prove the harmful policy of the “Bloc National”. In the columns of this periodical, Mr. Armand Charpentier shows how the “Bloc” has been de- ceiving the French public opinion and doing all it could to prevent ne- gotiations between France and the Union of Soviet Republics. Gentlemen: letter and theck for $21. the work the workers again, | remain, they are not disappointed. Send in your contributions. ton Boul \. Need More Dollars for Dolla The following letter from Mrs. Jacob Dolla, showing her appre- ciation of the contributions made by the WORKER in response to its appeal | those readers who have not yet contributed, to do so at once. Just a few lines to let you know that | received your 1 am very thankful for all the kindness tha workers are showing me and my children and also for the interest e showing in my husband's case. P, S.—tI will send the letter to my husband. Thank youl It was only dire necessity that prompted Jacob Dolla to ask for aid for his wife and children and its is our duty to see that he and They are forwarded weekly. of contributors will be published as soon as we get over the hurry and inconvenience of moving to our own plant, 1113 West Washing- Lebanon, Pa., April 8, 1924, Thanking you and Mery Truly, Mrs. Barbara Dolla A list