The Daily Worker Newspaper, May 21, 1924, Page 2

+ ee ee ee Page Two JESS SMIT WAS BOSS OF SPY BUREAU Daugherty’s Graft Pard Could Hire and Fire (Special to The Daily Worker) WASHINGTON, May 20— How Jess Smith virtually “ran” the bureau of investigation of the department of justice was told to the senate Daugherty investigating committee today by L. J. Bailey, formerly chief of the bureau. “Smith was recognized as the most powerful man in the de- partment of justice outside the attorney general himself,” Bai- ley said. Agents of the bureau were “hired and fired” by Smith with Daugherty’s knowledge, the wit- ness said in relating specific in- stances of dismissals at Smith’s direction. Pierce Miller, former newspaper correspondent “covering” the depart- ment, related how A. Mitchell Palmer, formerly attorney general, had “been sent for” by Daugherty in connection with the Bosch magneto case. After Palmer left the office Daugherty told him in answer to a direct question, Miller said, that he (Daugherty) “would not indict Palmer unless he was forced to.” Daugherty said Palmer had had a lot of trouble and he did not wish to indict him, Miller testified. Bailey told him Smith “took an in- terest in almost everything in the bureau” and came into his office for daily conferences. When Daugherty became attorney general, Bailey said that he sought his views on the policies of his bu- reau. Daugherty told him, he said, that he was “a very busy man” and said that Smith would give directions of what he wanted done in the bureau of investigation. When Smith wanted an agent dis- charged, Bailey said, he would tell him that “the attorney general wants this man dismissed.” Bailey said the attorney general would approve it. Asked if Smith had access to the confidential files of the department of justice, Bailey said “he got anything he wanted in the department.” “Wert Smith's orders carried out by other employes of the depart- ment?” Senator Wheeler asked. “He was recognized as second in command; they knew that they could look for other employment if they didn’t obey his orders,” Bailey said. COOLIDGE HAS VETOES ENOUGH FOR PRESENT WASHINGTON, May 20.—President Coolidge will not veto the tax bill, despite passage of the $4,000,000,000 soldiers’ bonus bill over his veto, ac- cording to word reaching the capital today. With the bonus actually a law, ad- ministration leaders showed a ten- dency to drop talk of a veto of the tax measure because of the added drain imposed on the treasury by the meas- ure. Their view is that Mr. Coolidge should approve any tax bill that Con- gress sends him and get the tax ques- tion out of the way as a campaign is- sue. If more revenues are needed later to meet the added annual charge of about $152,000,000 imposed on the treasury by the bonus, special taxes ean be levied, rather than to try to re- vamp the present tax measure, lead- ers say. The bill, however, must be made ac- ceptable to Mr. Coolidge by elimina- tion of the tax return publicity pro- vision and modification of the gradual corporation levy, leaders say. This, according to word leaking from con- ferees, is about to be done, thru “trading” between Republicans and Democrats, the latter to get their sur- tax schedules approved in return for elimination of the publicity provision. THE DAILY WORKER ‘somnarse PROGRESSIVES STOP FARRINGTON’S INCITATION TO VIOLENCE AGAINST DAILY WORKER REPRESENTATIVES By KARL REEVE. (Special to The Daily Worker) PEORIA, Ill., May 20—Frank Farrington was prevented from inciting his pay-roll hangers-on and adherents of his machine to incite the convention to do violence to the representatives of the DAILY WORKER in the miners’ convention by the determined insistance of the progressive element at the Illinois miners’ con- vention that order be restored. Farrington’s prestige was materially damaged at today’s ses- sion by Howat’s speech urging the rank and file to organize and fight the corrupt officials of the union. attempt to stampede the dele- gates away from Howat and the progressives, tried to incite a riot and have the press repre- sentatives of the DAILY WORK- ER thrown out of the conven- tion. “Reds” Farrington’s Excuse. After Howat was thru speaking, Farrington declared that he had writ- ten to Howat almost a year ago, tell- ing Howat that he could no longer fight for the Kansas miners because Howat had contaminated himself by entering the Pittsburgh progressive conference and by association with Foster, the reds and the communists. Then Farrington, to show how vicious the reds were, cited the DAILY WORKER. “We have their agents at this con- vention, They are circulated thru the hall, voting as delegates. They are trying to influence delegates against me. They have no business here. Their representative sits at the press table and each day he is misrepresenting the news of the con- vention.” Cries of “Throw him out” from the Farrington machine dele- gates. Some of Farrington’s pay-roll ex- perts, following the policy of the Lewis-Farrington strong arm advo- cates, started the cry, “Throw them out,” “Where are they?” “If this was any place but a miner’s convention said Farrington, trying to increase the turmoil, “and they did what these reporters are saying they would be thrown out of the conven- tion.” “More cries of throw him out,” from the Farrington supporters. One old grandpa, waving a cane in one hand and a DAILY WORKER in the other, called out, “Is this the paper?” Farrington said “Yes,” and the old machine delegate yelled, “Then let’s throw them to hell out.” Delegate Sanders placed the respon- sibility for the turmoil by taking the floor and calling out, “If there is a riot here today, it will be your fault.” ‘When Farrington saw the responsi- bility for the violence of his hench- men was being placed where it be- longed, he immediately called the convention to order and Howat began his reply to Farrington’s false insinua- tions. “Deserter!” Cries Hindmarsh. The delegates showed their resent- ment for Farrington’s attitude on Howat. When Howat had completed his first speech, Farrington tried to say that he had not deserted Howat. He tried to show that Delegate John Hindmarsh again charged from cause he ran against Farrington for president of district twelve when Far- rington was supporting Howat. Hindmarsh again charged from the the floor that Farrington was a traitor to Howat. “Hindmarsh not only ran against Farrington,” called out Joe Tumulty, “But he was elected, too.” “You deserted all right,” one dele- gate called. “The army is still here fighting for the Kansas miners, but} El the leader has gone. He is a deserter.” Will Distribute Speeches. A motion was unanimously passed to print the two speeches of Alex Ho- wat and the statements of Farring- ton on the Howat case in pamphlet form and distribute them to the mem- bership of the mine workers. The sale of the DAILY WORKER is exceptionally good. The girls who are selling it declare they will con- tinue their work. Bandit Knocks Low Wages. BAKERSFIELD, Cal.—“Low wages turn girls to easy money. It is impos- sible to live on $15 per. an equal chance with men and they will go higher.” This is the conclusion of Eleanore Walling, 19 who has con- fessed to armed robbery of a bank at Taft, Cal. CARNEY WARNS INVISIBLE EMPIRE TO QUIT WHILE QUITTING IS GOOD SAN FRANCISCO.—Jack Carney, fighting editor of\ Labor Unity (a Federated Press member paper) has locked horns with the Ku Klux Klan. In a recent issue Carney ran a big headline, Smash the Klan! detailing beneath it some of the klan activities against the I. W, W. and the Workers Party in San Pedro, Los Angeles and elsewhere in California, The next day the editor got the following letter, which is given ver- batim: Government of this here country. you don’t like it get the hell out of it and go back where you belong—to Mexico, or some other one of them foreign countries. If they won't al- low you in Mexico go to Ireland, but what I want to emphasize is that you go somewhere, and the sooner you start going, the sooner you'll arrive at whereever you intend to go. I hope you get what I mean, because if you don’t go, you're going to stay— now get that right, YOU'RE GOING » If If you knew what was good for you, you'd let up on attacking the SR ae Se ae eee TO STAY. Verbum sap apienti— look that up in your dictionary—you Bolsheviki, so now get wise and go. —Dominus Vobiscum, KKK. Carney learned how to handle an- onymous threatening letters in a good school for fighters—as editor successively of Truth, The Butte Bul- letin and The Voice of Labor. His reply to this threat is an editorial in- vitation to the klan to “go where snowballs have an unusually short istay.” Give girls | R. Farrington, in a cheap FARCE OF ‘BOYS’ WEEK BARED BY YOUNG WORKERS Name Capitalists Who Control Institution By AL SCHAAP, Today is Boys’ Day in entertain- ment and athletics. For 364 days in the year the children of Chicago must play in the dirty lots and today they must do the same. They are forced to play in the gutters and the filthy dumping grounds while the children of the rich play tennis, baseball and other sports on grounds which are well laid out. Boys’ Week is another means of making slaves of the young masses by making them feel important. Among the founders of Boys’ Week there is not one representative of the working class. All the directors of this movement are either brankers, old party politicians or big industrial- ists, who only care for the develop- ment of their own children and do not give a ripple of worry for the chil- dren of the class that works. The capitalists make it necessary for even the child to go to the factory in order to have a mere right to exist. Here are some of the founders and their connections: George W. Dixon:—President Ar- thur Dixon, Transfer Co.; director Grand Trunk Western Ry. System, Central Trust Co. of Ill, Security Life Ins. Co. of America, Chicago Morris Plan Bank, B. & Q., Chicago & Conn. Ry., M staff of Gov. Yates, member Army and Na Melvin A. Traylor:—Vice pres. National Bank, — Ballinger Tex., rank of ‘y Club. First vice pres. First Trust & Savings Bank, vice pres. and dir. First National Bank, Chicago, dir. Industrial Ban, N. Y., ete. itt i Railway official, sqfince 1014; gen. Panama R. R. Panama. Myers:—Trustee Allandale Farm for Boys; Pres. Central Ill. Utilities Co., Mich. Gas. & Electric Co., Southern Wis. Electric Big Falls Power Co., Gogeic & Iron Counties Ry & Light Co., Ashland Power Co., Ironwood & Besse- mer Ry. & Lt. Co. airman State Coun- cil of Defense ‘for Co. 3 . Union Trust Chandelier . Beardslee Mfg. Co., ichardson Sand Co., Ill. Bell Tel. Co., Chicago Ass'n, Comm. Benjamin Franklin Affleck.: Pres. Portland Cement Co., pres. Calumet Sup- ply Co.; dir. First Nat. Bank.; member Union League. Harry E. Byram:—Railwa: pres. C. M. & St. P. Ry., ecutive of various railroads. Eaton Marqujs:—Lawyer; official at- torney for city treasurer, Chicago; dir. Chicago Trust Co., University State Bank; chairman Chicago Chapter Red Cross; Decorated Commendatore Italian president; formerly ex- Crown for w services. Cc. W. Folds:—Banker, First National Bank, Lake ‘orest, Ill; Commercial Acceptance Trust, Federal Securities Corp. D. R. Froagan:—Banker; pres. Union National Bank; pres. National City Bank, Chicago. Ww. Ff. Hyp sales manager Marshall Field dir. Towle & Hypes Co., Continental Audit Co. & Account Co.; first pres. Chicago North Shore Music Festival; pres. Chicago Y, M. C. A. Samuel Insull:—Pres. Edison Gen. -; controls entire electric lighting ss in Chicago; pres. Public Service Co. of Northern Ill, Midwest Utilities Co., Peoples Gas & Light ete. Nathan Wm. _MacCh ey: —Lawyer} commd. It. col., U. S. Nat. Com. on prisons and prison labor; past comdr, American Legion. » H. Markham:—Railway president, te bie age E . Peterson Lino- in Printing House & Co. Me member ‘Banker, lawyer, res. Trust & Savings Co.; pres. ‘al- N. W. aski Lumber Co.; city, atty.; state treas., Chicago. R. W. Stewart:—Lawyer, chairman bd. of directors Standard Oil ‘Co., Ind.; dir. Continental & cago; Nat. P Vol. ‘Cav., 1898, B. E. Sunny:—T. A 5 Chicage Telephone Gon Nat’ Bank, Cats 0. Upham, Fred W:—business man; 8. -N. W. Soc, Loyal Legion, Chi er wheate Th E ker; WS Ison, i ; Co., ‘air. Guaranty rast Co. ewe, © Wrigley, Wm. Jr.i—p. Wm. Wrigley, Jr. Cor, dir, Piest Nat, Bank, Wrst trast & Savings Bank, Boulevard Bridge Bank, These bankers and big industrialists want to fool the children, that they are getting freedom out of their cap- italist system. The only freedom that the children of the working class will get is when the workers themselves will rule and govern this country. Every boy a member of the Young Workers League and its Junior section! Child Labor Law Blocked In Senate By y King Of Utah WASHINGTON, May 20,--Action on the proposed child labor amendment was again blockedwas again blocked in the Senate today. When Senator Walsh, Montana, Democrat, asked unanimous consent to consider the amendment on May 27, objection was made by Senator King, Democrat, Utah. Walsh announced he would moye again to take up the amendment with- in a few days, Commercial Bank, Chi- ity Bank, N. Y,; Maj. U. 8. . Ae FRENCHFRANG AGAIN HITS THE GHUTES Financial Kings Fear For the Future PARIS, May 20.—The franc sold today on the opening of the exchange at 18.50 to the dollar and 80.55 to the pound sterling. Nervousness on the part of the financial magnates over the fall of their pet Poincare and the probability that J. P. Morgan would not open his purse any wider after the debacle that overtook the reactionary ele- ments which supported the gov- ernment about to pass out in a few weeks. Reports that Poincare used the Mor- gan millions to fix the elections, were made by the official organ of the Her- riot group, but denied by both Poin- care and Morgan. The charge was that Poincare used several million dollars to beat down the dollar and pound sterling and only halted when called by Morgan. The American banker denies that he was in on the plot. He does noi deny, however, that his French friend was innocent of the charge. FOOD WORKERS TO PUT STRIKE ON WIDE FRONT Meet Tonight To Plan City Wide Fight The restaurant and lunch room workers organized in the Amal- gamated Food Workers’ Union will hold a mass meeting tonight at their headquarters, 14 N. State street, to plan an organization campaign to reach all the workers in all the res- .|taurants of the city. That will be their answer to the message of the Chicago Restaurant Association, representing the Greek . {restaurant owners who have just no- tified the union they will not meet with the union representatives to dis- cuss a collective agreement. Strike Worries Association. The association had*tapproached the union to see if they could not end the strike of the union against the res- taurants of the North Side. The union informed them of their demands and indicated their willingness to talk set- tlement. Then the association sent back a reply they would not settle or negotiate for a collective agreement. The International office of the Food Workers’ Union has notified the Chi- cago strikers that they will render them all the aid in their power. Tonight’s meeting will hear reports from Organizer Norman on the strike situation and also on his organizing work on the South Side. 12-Hour Day Must Go. “This campaign means the begin- ning of the end of the 12-hour day in the Greek restaurants of Chicago,” Norman told the DAILY WORKER yesterday. “The bosses are going to learn that the workers no longer con- sider themselves slaves. To the de- mands of the union and the workers for decent conditions the bosses reply with injunctions. They are going to learn that injunctions don’t win argu- ments or strikes.” 9) “Hundreds of new members are coming into the union and we are go- ing to win. The active workers in the union know that now is the time to go.forward to victory and they are on the way.” Chamber Of Commerce Agent Failed To Scare Kansas Workers KANSAS CITY, Mo., May 20.—A group of rank and file workers en- dorsed the call for a State Farmer- Labor convention, to meet June 8th. The local Communists have done yeo- men service in getting the ball start- ed. They invite the local socialist party and all class conscious workers to attend the next meeting, May 25, at 8 p.m. Delegates to the convention will then be elected. Errol D, Leniton, a fat, slow-witted spy of the local chamber of com- merce, remarked that he proposed to “stamp out” the organization. He seemed abashed when courteously re- minded that such bad manners are out of place except in bootleg circles, The local thug growps have been un- ruly since a drunken score of the Mur- ray Davis Post of the Legion created a disturbance at a Workmen's Circle meeting in the new building of the Carpenters’ Local. A colored delegate spoke on the per- secution of his race and called on the F. L. P. to draft a platform for its relief. Railroad Workers Industrial union 520, is beginning publication of a monthly Bulletin, edited by John Grady, former general secretary-treas- urer of the I. W. W. It is a 16 page tabloid, published at 1001 W. Madison street, Chicago, orfen the Workday! By ARNE SWABECK. “I hold no brief for the Illinois operators, but | do for the Iilinois miners and my only desire is to help the miners, but ni order to do that | must help the operators find a wider market for their coal.” This is the solution offered by Presi- dent Farrington to the present heavy unemployment in the Illinois coal fields, as contained in his report to the Thirtieth consecutive and Ffth Biennial convention of District No. 12, United Min eWorkers of America, and he explains his solution in the fol- lowing manner: “There is only one way whereby we can get more work for Illinois and that is to cheapen the cost of pro- duction to the degree that will enable the Illinois operators to sell their coal in competition with coal mined in non-union and sparsely organized dis- tricts where the cost of production is much less than in Illinois.” A Sham Solution, Indeed, a poor solution. Cheapen- ing the cost of production of any article has never been known to ex- tend the markets. It has on the other hand, sérved to increase profits of those who own the tools of produc- tion, and perhaps this is what Mr. Farrington desires. Alexander Howat, in his address to that convention, stated very clear- ly and definitely that no gains could be made by the working class in general and by the coal miners in particular except what they were ready to fight for and could bring sufficient pressure to bear to obtain. In no instance does the interest of the operators correspond with that of the coal miners. Co-operation with them will help swell their coffers, but bring no additional work to the miner.s Non-Union Conditions. Farrington’s report dtaws a com- parison between the output of the organized mines in Illinois and that of the unorganized mines in West Virginia, Kentucky and Alabama, stating that during the last fiscal years with an average of 146 days work the former show a total output of 73,410,837 tons, while West Vir- ginia during approximately the same period and about the same number of men employed mined 103,000,000 tons. In the West Virginia field wages are much lower than in Illinois. In Alabama miners work 10 hours per day and the operators pay whatever they feel disposed to pay, and “the situation is almost identical with what it was in Illinois prior to 1897.” Would Stop Strikes. Farrington’s report proposes to the Illinois miners, “Respect for contract, elimination of strikes in violation of contract, work when the operator has work to do, careful workmanship, load clean coal, reduce the amount of slack by careful shooting, give an honest day’s work, co-operate with the man- agement in doing the things that are right.” In other words, do away with strikes, speed up production, make it possible for ‘the Illinois operators to compete with those of the unorgan- ized miners; accept their conditions of work; go back to the conditions which obtained in Illinois prior to 1897. . Fatal to Miners’ Union. This will mean nothing but the ulti- mate destruction of the miners union. Grant the operators the speed-up sys- tem, limit your right to strike, and the next thing which will follow in- evitably is a wage reduction. Ac- ceptance by the miners of the pro- posals made in Farrington’s report, will mean an immediate weakening of the miners’ union and an invitation to the operators to demand greater concessions. The coal miners’ unions of Germany, with the beginning of the occupation of the Ruhr, granted several concessions to the operators, under the general plea of supporting the nation. Today 600,000 of these coal miners in the Ruhr are out on strike against the threat of the op- erators to take away the prevailing seven-hour day for work below the surface anid the eight-hour workday on the surface, Super Power Pill. To detract the attention of the rank and file mine workers from the burn- ing issues within their organization and the need of practical steps to re- lieve the present situation of unem- ployment and destitution. Farring- ton’s report advances some alluring schemes for the establishment of one or more giant power plants on the Ohio and Mississippi river for the manufacture of electricity, Even this is put up as a means to extend the market and create more work, when as a matter of fact it would rather reduce the need of coal, In any event the coal operators of the nation are today so completely consolidated into great trusts with interlocking directorates that any temporary gain made along these lines by the miners in one state could only be on the cost of the miners in other states, just as much as the lowering of the conditions of work in one state would react to the same degree on the workers in other states, Eenemy Press Likes It, It is rather illuminating that the Chicago Tribune, so bitterly con- demned by Frank Farrington during this convention, a few ago, carried an editorial lauding Farrington’s scheme for co-operation with the op- erators as a sane and sensible plan. When the capitalist-controlled dailies praise proposdls made by labor lead- ers there is reason for the rank and file workers to viewing these propo- sals with suspicion, because these papers voice no other interests than those of the bosses. Would Be Disastrous. Acceptance of Farrington’s propo- sals for the cheapening of production of coal in order to. “extend the market and create more work for the coal miners” would be disastrous for the miners’ union and be the beginning of its complete annihilation. The un- employment situation, however, is a real problem which demands a con- crete solution. On the first day of this month, according to Farrington’s report, 150 Illinois mines were com- pletely closed, leaving fully 30,000 mine workers out of jobs, with very few of the mines now in operation working more than half time and the great majority of them not even that much, Shorten the Work-Day. Yet, what is needed is an adjust- ment of the hours of worker with no reduction of the day’s wagec so as to afford employment for all, with compensation: at regular union rates for any eventual unemployment and actual steps toward the nationaliza- tion of the coal mines. That, how- ever, would mean a real fight with the bosses, for which the rank and file mine workers are ready, but which is feared by Frank Farrington. POLICEWOMEN IGNORE HUNGRY POLISH GRANNY Matrons Talk Of Nifty London -Policewoman Police matrons of the West Chicago station were more interested in dis- cussing the proposed visit of Com- mandant Mary S. Allen, London Women Police, than in providing lunch for a poor old Polish woman who had been brought in friendless at 11:30 at night. The thin, wrinkled old woman shuffled about the women’s quarters of the police station, munching a thick slice of bread she had picked from some one’s lunch remains. Over her white-haired head a cheap blue handkerchief was tied. A coarse white knit waist, part of an under- garment, covered her lean body and a trailing black shirt hung on the old frame somehow. Her shoes were too large and run over at the sides. Prisoners Don't Feed. The matrons claimed they had fed her well, that she hadn't even drank all the coffee with real cream and sugar that they had offered her for breakfast. The policewomen were jollying one another over their lunch and couldn’t be bothered with the prisoners. A Polish reporter approached the old woman as she wandered in and out of the open cell rooms, opening a bundle on the desk without eager- ness but as tho she might find some- thing for herself within, The old woman waved him off, chewed again on her crust of bread, and wouldn’t answer. “Granny,” the reporter spoke in Polish, “where do you come from?” A bread-mufffed answer at length: “My son lives near Hoyne and Web- ster. Stanley Bednarek.” She con- tinued her slow shuffle about the rooms. “Granny,” the reporter tried again, but she wouldn’t reply nor would she be coaxed into a room with a younger, defiant Polish woman. Gran- ny wouldn’t go in and sit down until some one came for her. Everyone Has a Friend. “She must have some friend,” the police matron in charge remarked. “We can keep her until they find some one to take her; a few days, you know. We're pretty crowded here. Mostly ‘sporting women’ and drunks.” The wizened old Polish woman kept on wandering about, unemotionally. To be left alone seemed as much as she wished. Her persistence with the dry bread indicated that she hadn't had enough food for a long time, even it the police matrons had given her breakfast. One meal won't fill a stomach that has been nearly empty for weeks. In the hall the police matron joked with the officer in charge of the men’s ward, both speaking in good Irish brogue. British Can't Tell Irish. “They say she has her hair short and brushes it back pompadour,” the officer said of the British police woman. “They needn't think they can come over so smart and tell us anything,” retorted the rotund matron, “She wears a uniform, slick. 0, she'll come around here. Any place interestin’ like this,” the officer added. “Fancy us going to England and getting the royal reception she’s get- tial f The old Polish woman shuffled up to the door, “No, granny, you go back!” police matron returned to her The accom ueameinnncr muna te Bag } Wednesday, May 21, 1924 OHIO ORGANIZING FARM-LABOR FOR NATIONAL ACTION Convention Planned To Precede June 17 (Svecial to The Daily Worker) LIMA, Ohio, May 20.—A provisional committee elected by the Lima Trades and Labor Council has called a con- vention of all trade unions and central bodies, workers political parties, co- operatives, etc., to meet in Lima, O., on June 8rd for the purpose of forming a county brahch of the state Farmer- Labor Party. The convention is called as part of the organizatién plan for the forma- tion of the state Farmer-Labor Party which will be organized at a conven- tion held in Columbus on June 7th and 8th. The call for the Lima Convention states: “The County and State Con- ventions above referred to are in con- junction and harmony with the na- tional Farmer-Labor Party movement, which convention will be held in St. Paul, Minn., June 17th, 1924.” The state of Ohio at one time had a strong radical movement and all signs point to the fact that the Farmer- Labor Party in that state will quickly become a powerful organization. Hoover Opposed To Publishing Secrets Of Corporations (By The Federated Press) WASHINGTON, May 20.—Herbert Hoover, defender of the Chicago meat packers during and after the war, is now trying to head off the adoption of income tax returns in the confer- ence report on the revenue bill. The Senate voted overwhelmingly — for publicity, because it realized that La- Follette would make that an issue in the presidential campaign. The House conferees were expected to agree to this Senate amendment to the House bill. Hoover argues that big business cor- porations will learn the financial se- crets of their small competitors, and will be able to crush them by the use of that information. On the other hand, he fears that fake concerns, de- siring to fleece the public into buy- ing their stock, will make inflated re- turns and pay taxes not really due, in order to put up a convincing “front.” He claims that publicity of tax re- turns was required from 1867 to 1872, and that it added to the industrial and financial chaos of the time, However, Congress is not much frightened; it is familiar with the cor- poration twist in Hoover's brain. Chicago Federation Labor Party Ditches National Convention The Farmer-Labor Party of the Unit- ed States has abandoned plans for holding a national convention in Cleve- land July 4th, Jay G. Brown, national secretary announced yesterday, co- incident with the holding of the con- ference for Progressive Political Ac- tion. This decision follows and is the re- sult of the action of the Chicago Fed- eration of Labor abandoning the Farm- Labor Party at their meeting Sunday. The reason given is that the natiorfal committee of the Party does not feel justified in incurring the expense nec- essary to a national convention with- out better support than has thus far materialized. It is Believed that ““Ye New Major- ity” which has been the national organ of the party, will no longer be used for that purpose because it is owned by the Chicago Federation of Labor. Young Workers To - Hold Mass Meeting Tomorrow Night Believing that there is something in a name, the Englewood Branch of the Young Workers’ League has se- lected Prospect Hall, 64th street and Ashland avenue, for its bi-weekly “mass” meeting Thursday night. The Englewood branch is grappling at close range with the difficult task of organizing the American youth in- to Communist groups. This effort is deserving of all possible help, Talks on problems now confronting © the League will be given by Comrades Barney Mass and Max Shachtman. Dancing will follow, the music being furnished by the Young Workers’ League’s own orchestra, And If It Should Pass Supreme Court Would Down Thumbs WASHINGTON, May 20,—The Bark- ley-Howell railroad labor bill has been favorably reported to the senate in- terstate commerce committee by its subcommittee, with an amendment un- der which a strike would automatical- ly result in suits by the government to throw the roads into a receivership. The government would then seek to adjust the industri:l dispute in order to restore operatiy:. Every new subsci ber increases the | influence of the DAILY WORKER, %