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Sa j - it especially lack of finance, had not Page Four WITH THE. Y , CONDUCTED = BY Thy MORKERS YOUNG WORKERS LEAGUE OF NEW ENGLAND HOLDS GOOD CONVENTION By WILLIAM SIMONS. (Special to The Daily Worker) x BOSTON, Mass., April 21.—The Young Workers League of New England |ing triéd to declass him. laid plans at their District Convention held here for strengthening their branches, establishing more of them, and of taking an active part in move- ments for the benefit of the young worker. This district suffers even more than others from the ravages of child|Tréasury. labor, and the Convention instructed the District Executive Committee to call a convention to launch a cam- paign against child labor. To the} convention are to be invited all local unions, central union bodies, Aabor political organizations, and any other committees engaged in fighting against child labor. A special com- mittee of the District Executive Com- mittee is to be created to keep in touch with all organizations inter- ested in fighting child labor includ- ing the labor unions. New Branches Created The delegates expressed their plea- sure over the creation of several new branches of the Young Workers League in Boston, under the guid- ance of Max Salzman, national or- ganizer of the Young Workers League. The benefits from that trip urged the delegates to go on record as requesting the National. Executive Committee to appoint a paid organ- izer for this district. It was under- stood, that before this was possible, the district would have to devise Ways and means of meeting a large part of the expense incurred by an organizer. In this connection, there Wasa discussion of the industrial character of the New England dis- trict, and the splendid opportunities for organizing the youth. With a committee from various cities, extending over a large area, it had been found difficult to get the District Executive Committee to- gether often. To meet this difficulty, it was voted that the members of the new District Executive Committee should be from Boston and vicinity. Those elected were, Boston, Lewis Marks, Aster Berkowich, H. Shainis; Maynard, George Heikkenin; Provi- dence, Lyons. They, together with the District Organizer, John Louko of Norwood, comprise the District Ex- ecutive Committee. Organization Needed In his report as organizer, Comrade Louko touched on the work being done, especially by the groups of Worcester, Boston and Providence. The District Executive Committee, be- cause of the difficulties confronting been able to take full advantage of thé opportunities before it. A start had been made on Junior groups, in many cities, for example, Boston; and W. Concord* N. H. He spoke on the extensive tour made by Comrade Salzman, and urged the necessity of such further organization work. The question of shop nuclei was still a Pressing one, the only functioning one yet established being in Providence. He urged the branches to complete the industrial registration called for by the National Office. On the Salz- man tour, the Finnish District Com- mittee of the New England District of the Workers Party had paid half of the expenses. The recent Finnish District Convention had voted to give the Young Workers League a chance to run the regular Fall festival thus make a large sum of money for or- ganizational purposes. After the acceptance of Comrade Louko’s report, William Simons, New England District Organizer of the Workers Party, and a delegate to the Young Workers League convention, gave a brief report on the activity of the Workers Party on the industrial field, as well as in relation to the Farmer-Labor movement in the coun- try and state. The report was ac- cepted, after the delegates from each city explained the relations existing between the Young Workers League and the Workers Party. Reports Given On finance, it was decided to hold the Fall Festival in Maynard and act in co-operation with the District Ex- ecutive Committee of the Finnish Federation. All branches are to be askéd to hold an affair for the Dis- trict Executive Committee once ev- ery six months and 30 per cent of all income derived from entertain- ments. It is hoped that this will raise sufficient money to allow of far- reach- ing propaganda campaigns. Child Labor Bill Now Before House Opposed By Bosses An amendment to the federal con- stitution affecting the child labor laws, expected to be passed by both House and Senate within a week, is backed by sixteen out of twenty-two members of the judiciary committee. Local organizations which favor the bill include the Illinois League of ‘Women Voters, the Illinois Federa- tion of Women’s Clubs, the City Club and the Council of Social Agencies. ‘The amendment, which is being op- posed by the National Manufacturers’ Association, provides: “Congress shall have power to limit, regulate and prohibit the labor of persons un- der eighteen years of age. This shall not impair the power of the several the federal enactment.” states except where in conflict with|THE DAIL MORALLY INSANE, ALIENIST ASSERTS OF HARRY THAW Says Millionaire Can’t Resist Temptation PHILADELPHIA, Pa., April 21.— “Harry Thaw’s is a case of moral in- sanity—no purely mental defects are apparent,” Dr. Charles W. Burr, lead- ing alienist, testifying for the Thaw» estate, said on the stand today. Opposing Release of Millionaire. “If freed, I believe, he would re- vert to his abnormal sexual practices —assuming that the history of his ease is true,” Dr. Burr continued, “I don’t believe him capable of taking care of himself—of resisting tempta- tion, once he is away from control,” the witness said. “It’s not the man’s fault. He can- not help it. He’s not responsible,” the alienist added. Possibility that Evelyn Nesbit, di- vorced wife of Harry K. Thaw, would take the stand today in the trial of the latter’s sanity on his petition to be released from “Kirkbridge’s” asy- lum drew crowds to the court room doors several hours before time set for resumption of the hearing. Fights For Son’s Heritage. Evelyn, fighting for the heritage of her boy, threw in her lot with those opposing the millionaire’s rélease. She now stands out as probably the most important witness against Thaw if her attorneys ask her to testify. Startling revelations have been promised by the cabaret entertainer who once was America’s most beau- tiful artist’s model and for whose love Thaw killed Stanford White and started the long chain of tragic events that brought him finally to a Philadelphia mad house. TRACHTENBERG ROUTED THRU TO PACIFIC COAST Revolutionary Lecture Booked For 19 Cities The eastern tour of Alexander Trachtenberg has been so successful and has met with such an enthusias- tic response from the party member- ship that the national office has de- cided to extend the tour to the Pacific coast. he title of Comrade Trachten- berg’s lecture is “What I Saw in Rus- sia and Germany,” and consists of an intimate account of his experiences during fourteen months in Russia and Central Europe. The lecture devotes particular attention to the activities and affairs of the Communist parties and labor unions in these countries. The western locals have an excep- tional opportunity to spread the mes- sage of Communism and increase the influence of the party by making these meetings of Comrade Trachten- berg’s successful. List of Western Dates. The list of Trachtenberg’s western dates follows. Addresses of halls and hours of meetings will be pub- lished later where they are not given here: Thursday, April 24, Zeigler, Ill. Friday, April 25, St. Louis, Mo., Labor Lyceum, 1243 North Garrison, 8 p. m. Sunday, April 27, Kansas City, Carpenters’ Hall, 3114 Paseo, 8 p. m. Monday, April 28, Omaha. ‘Wednesday, April 30, Denver, Col. Friday, May 2, Salt Lake City, Unity Hall, 132 South Second, Bast. Sunday and Monday, May 4 and 5, Los Angeles, Cal. Wednesday, May 7, San Jose, Cal. ‘Thursda; lay 8, Oakland, Cal. Friday, May 9, and Saturday, May 10, San Francisco. Wednesday, May 14, Ore. Friday, May 16, Tacoma, Wash. Saturday, May 17, Seattle, Wash. Sunday, May 18, Vancouver, B. C., Canada, Monday, May 19, Spokane, Wash. ‘Tuesday, May 20, Butte, Mont. Saturday, May 24, Superior, Wis. Sunday, May 25, St. Paul, Minn. Monday, May 26, Minneapolis, Minn. Portland, eee How many of your ehop-mates read WORKER. Get one of them to subscribe today. THE DAILY WORKE| VANDERLIP IS ON MELLON’S TRAIL; MAY BRING OUT FACTS ABOUT 30 CASES OF BIG GRAFT IN TREASURY By LAURENCE TODD (Federated Press Staff Correspondent) WASHINGTON, April 21.—Frank Vanderlip has been cast out by his fellow-managers of the financial government of the country, and his fighting blood is up. He knows the game from the inside, and it is the intrinsic fraud and the socially poisonous character of big business that he will presently expose—unless his banker friends take him back quickly and apologize for hay- That’s to be kept in mind when reading, next month or later, the sensational details of about 30 cases of big graft in the “oasis MOST FAMOUS bered when Vanderlip takes credit for having collected evi- dence of the skeletons locked sid in the Mellon closet, when the whole power of the kept press and of President Coolidge and the republican national commit- tee was mobilized to shield that closet door. Vanderlip Just Felt Hurt. If the kept press and the national committee had not been so ugly and personal in their resentment, at the time Vanderlip made a speech reflect- ing upon the integrity of Mr. Harding, Vanderlip would not have established a research bureau to justify his speech, Had he not founded this bureau, and secured rich returns in short or- der for his investment, President Coolidge would not have had to rush to the Senate with a frantic denunci- ation of its investigation plans, Jim Watson, of beef trust scandal notoriety, would not have had to take the Senate floor to denounce Senator Couzens and Francis J. Heney for seeking to learn the secrets of Mel- lon’s office. For it was Vanderlip who assem- bled the evidence which induced He- ney to say he would take the job of counsel to Couzens’ committee for in- vestigation of the treasury. All of these things are profound se- crets in the capital; nobody but the men who are watching the agony of the administration over the threat- ened investigation of Mellon’s coarse work could give you the details off- hand. But from them you may learn that the most famous graft prosecutor the country has ever produced has seen the evidence in these. 30 cases and has declared it to be “the biggest thing” he has ever tackled. Wall Street Gets Scared. ‘Wall street does not want the treas- ury examined by Francis J. Heney just on the eve of a presidential cam-| paign. It does not want the nature of capitalist management of politics I be indecently exposed at so critical atime. If there has been wholesale violation of the prohibition law in ev- ery direction, and under organized control, and for a price paid, the men in New York who run the real gov- ernment do not want that fact used to the possible disturbance of the stock market. Besides, there is the Mellon tax plan to be considered. It has been| badly dented already, but if Heney discoyers half the rottenness in the internal revenue bureau that the stench indicates, that plan and its Sponsors will be not merely found out, but utterly discredited for all time. The country has already observed the press bribery involved in Mellon's scheme of untaxing the rich, and has seen that bribery effective in support of the bill in support of Mellon as an individual accused of shielding graft. Yet the plan has not “gone over” as the finafciers. hoped. Another big drive must be made. Hundreds of millions of dollars are at stake. If Heney gets one week’s testimony into the record, a protest amounting to a revolution which will cost the millionaires several times the amount they hoped to grab by the “plan” will be inevitable. Hence the filibuster on Heney. Strike Blow at Seamen's Act. A blow has been struck at. the sea men’s act, in the immigration _ bil! which has just passed the Senate and is going to conference of the two houses. It is contained in the pro- vision which authorizes the bureau of immigration to regulate the time and conditions under which alien seamen may remain in American ports. Andrew Furuseth, president of the International Seamen’s Union, was able to persuade the senators in charge of the bill to strike out the clause drafted by Secretary of Labor Davis, under which Davis’ department could demand a cash bond of these alien seamen who might quit their jobs in American ports in order to re- ship’ at American rates of pay. The bond scheme would have nulli- fled the emancipation of seamen. But even without the bond feature the bill may be used by an anti-labor official such as Davis to defeat the whole pur- pose of the law which Furuseth worked 20 years to get. If alien sea- men are to be watched and bedeviled in their attempts to get a living wage from shipping masters in our ports, then the LaFollette seamen’s act is substantially repealed, This man Davis is a “bad actor,” as his three mischievous years in charge of the department have demon- strated. Maybe some day an investi- gation of his business affairs can be had. NEW YORK, April 21.—Two young men were “heaving at it” with right hooks and left jabs. William Baker TRAGEDIENNE IS TAKEN BY DEATH Eleanore Duse Stricken In Pittsburgh PITTSBURGH, Pa., April 21.—Elea- nora Duse, noted tragedienne, died here today. The Italian actress, whose alliance with Gabrielle D’Annunzio goes down with that of Abelard and Heloise as one of the most talked of love affairs of history, succumbed to influenza in her hotel suite here, far away from her native land and former lover. The actress was 65 years old and was ranged with Sarah Bernhardt as one of the great tragediennes of his- tory. Affair With D’Annunzio. The love affair between the actress and Gabrielle D’Annunzio came at the height of her career, after her union with the actor Checchi had been dis- solved. It set all Italy athrob. The poet wrote a number of plays for Duse, in which she scored some success in Italy, but which were a failure on tour in the United States. The tragedy queen herself was a daughter of the stage, born of stroll- ing players. Her father was Alessan- dro Duse and her mother Angelica Capeletto. The child was born near Venice, October 3, 1839. Began in “Les Miserables.” Duse made her first appearance on the stage in 1863, as the child “Coset- ta” in “Les Miserables,” and from her earliest years worked with her par- ents, playing in a variety of pieces. Subsequently she joined other travel- ing companies, touring all over Italy, and made her first substantial suc- cess in Turin in 1879, in “La Princesse de Bagdhad.” In 1891 she was accorded a splen- did reception in Russia éné@ Austria, and the following year created a fu- rore in Berlin in “La Tosca.” She paid her first visit to America in 1893. After appearing at the Drury Lane Theater, London, in 1906, in a benefit performance for Ellen Terry, she re- tired from, the stage, but after an ab- sence of 15 years reappeared at Turin in May, 1921. Triumphal Return to America. She cameyto New York again las! fall, after an absence of 20 years, ap- pearing at the Century Theater un- der the direction of Comstock & Gest, where she played a series of matinee performances, including “The Lady: from the Sea,” “Cosi Sia” and Ibsen’s “Ghosts.” She received a most en- thusiastic reception and at the con- clusion of her engagement signed a further contract with the Selwyns for a tour of the United States. 200 Daily Workers Sold At Kansas City Meeting Of Negroes KANSAS CITY, Mo., April 21.— ié DAILY WORKER scored a vic- tory at the meeting of Negroes ad- dressed here by Chandler Owens, ed- itor of the Messenger. Over 200 copies of the paper’ were distributed and sold when a worker outlined the Policy of the DAILY WORKER and announced a lecture on “Communism and the Race.” Many who had never seen the paper before paid it enthu- siastic compliments. Owens had spoken on the “Rising Tide of Color,” emphasizing that color is incidental and that the vital rela- tionship of men is economic, The speaker called for the white slave and the black slave of the wage system to join hands and “struggle for absolute equality.” He condemned the weak leaders and the “lunatic fringe” which advocates retreat to South America or Africa, which is already too full of Negroes, The speaker was in very different vein from that of some of his former speeches and editorials in which . criticized the revolutionary movement and praised Ifberals, who are far clos- er to the capitalists than they are to the workers. : Order Arrest Of 36 Victims Of Sherman Anti-Trust Statute CLEVELAND, 0, April 21.—Arrest of representatives of 36 malleable {ron corporations, indicted here for violation of the Sherman anti-trust assayed the role of peace maker. He is ht a hospital with many bruises and cuts and a fractured left leg. act, was ordered today ‘when that number failed to appear in federal court to answer to the indictments. DETROIT LIBERALS FIGHT FOR DOGS’ RIGHT TO RABIES Object To Vaccinating Canine Parasites. DETROIT, April 21—Once upon a time stag hounds used to hunt game as allies of man in the struggle for existence. The dogs crouched at meal time in the great dining halls of the nobles and received bones and scraps for the table. Other dogs guarded sheep. Others did relief work in mountainous re- gions. Symbols of Power. Now in great cities dogs run at large in the streets or strut at the ends of chains as symbols of power or elegance. Dogs in present day so- ciety are parasites, except where they are used to round up small herds of cattle or to pull dog sleds. And as pets, dogs differ from cats or birds in being dangerous. There is, however, a kind of social worker that devotes his life to “sav- ing” “dogs, just as another kind of so- cial worker devotes his life to “sav- ing” society. This kind of social worker usually organizes or joins an Animal Welfare League or Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals. In preventing cruelty to animals nothing is involved but the expression of a generally humane disposition. But in Detroit at the present time these saviors of “our four-legged friends” are engaged in a propaganda in behalf of dog life at the expense of human life. A Mad Dog Town. Rabies or hydrophobia among dogs in Detroit, according to Dr. S. L. Mor- gan of the department of health, is increasing. Thirty-five persons, most of them children, have been bitten by dogs recently and are under observa- tion. Six new cases were reported in one day. Three persons have died of rabies recently. Of 117 dogs sent to the pound for observation, 72. de- veloped positive cases of rabies. But a circle of dog lovers is carry- ing on a struggle against the plan of the department of health for syste- matic vaccination of all dogs. It is the plan to require vaccination before licenses will be issued. Compulsory vaccination of dogs is heresy to those who would prefer a lick on the hand from a servile dog to the fellowship of an intelligent child. Loss of Spirits Is Negative of American Spirit, Says Gompers WASHINGTON, April 21.—Declar- ing that he opposes the whole eight- eenth amendment as a “violation of the spirit of American freedom,” Sam- uel Gompers, president of the Ameri- can Federation of Labor, told the house judiciary committee that the American workingman must be given the right to drink beer. Gompers was the first witness in hearings before the House committee on various bills to modify the Vol- stead act. Our Daily Pattern. THE SEASON’S POPULAR STYLE. 4688-4418. For sports wear; for business or street the costume here portrayed will be ideal. 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