The Daily Worker Newspaper, May 21, 1924, Page 3

Wednesday, May 21, 1924 THE DAILY WORKER Page Three eer Se et TEAPOT DOME SPECIAL BREAKS IN POLAND AS EX-MINISTERS BEGIN STONE PROMISES TO OUST FINKS FROM BUREAU However We Are From Missouri By LAURENCE TODD. (Staff Correspondent of the Fed, Press) WASHINGTON; May 20.—An end has come temporarily to the. dream of the boss detectives to create a secret political police, or political spy sys- tem, serving the employing antl bank- ing interests thru both the big capi- talist parties. ‘The hint given by Attorney General Stone appears to be confirmed by the statement to the Wheeler-Brookhart committee by John E. Hoover, mastey red-catcher now in charge of the bu- reau of investigation. Hoover said Stone had issued orders that none but lawyers should henceforth be em- ployed in the bureau, and that the work of the bureau should be limited to the assistance of federal attorneys in the preparation of cases already in their hands. Thé personnel, now 607 in all, is to be weeded out, and much of the work undertaken under. Palmer and Daugherty has been stopped. ee 8 What has been indicated in recent weeks is: That spies are abhorrent to Stone as a lawyer, and are not contemplated by law as part of the government machinery. Spying is to end. That the “dossier” or irresponsible secret report system established by Palmer as a means of terrorizing the country into making him president is abolished. Burns and Daugherty found these jackets in the files of the bu- reau—jackets filled with charges and gossip from cowardly enemies of great numbers of citizens, whose whole tendency was toward govern- ment by blackmail and frame-up. Burns enlarged this dossier library paying large sums of public money, illegally, for secret “evidence” against the political critics and opponents of Daugherty. That the system of exchange of finger-prints and other identification between police offices thruout the country and with foreign police, as built up Burns, will be dropped. Burns is supposed to“have been permitted by himself to gather records for the Burns agency in this way at public expense. er ee, Whether Stone is sincere will be tested by the fate of this John E. Hoover and of Rush Holland, who still ¢>) draw salaries as assistants. It was . E. Hoover, who caused the issuance of 10,000 warrants of arrest of labor radicals and caused the violations of law known as the red raids of Jan- uary, 1920. He is temporarily the head of the bureau of investigations, while Stone is finding a suitable law- yer for that job. Rush Holland, equally rabid in his attacks upon liberals, was Daugher- ty’s'representative in attendance on the Teapot Dome oil scandal hear- ings. Then there is Grimes, who has rep- resented the department before the Wheeler-Brookhart committee, and who has admitted on the stand that the records of his bureau may show that Albert Fall used part of the $100,- 000 he got in the suitcase from Do- heney to finance the Cantu revolt in Mexico, Senator Wheeler charged that the evidence of that crime was in the department's files, and Grimes did not deny it. * President Coolidge, then, must rely upon the privately financed gunmen and spies for the service rendered in national politics for the past six years by the bureau of investigation and its affiliates. The appropriation of $2,- 250,000 a year for the bureau will be sadly shrunk, and thé hopes of the “convention of 62 patriotic societies,” which has just met here to restore prosperity for the anti-Russian spying industry will be dashed—if Stone does what he promises. Predict Bitter Debate. x SPRINGFIELD, Mass., May 20.— " Bitter debate was forecast as pacifists and anti-pacifists in the 4th quadren- nial convention of the Methodist Epis- copal church prepared for a vote to- day on the anti-war resolution report- ed to the convention by its committee on state of church. “The rank and file of Methodism thruout the United States would not tolerate such a resolution for a single minute,” William ‘ Van Benschoten, New York attorney, said. “If adopted, it would cast the country's flag out of the church.” Russia to Exhibit In England. MOSCOW, May 20.—The question of the participation of the U. S. 8, R. in the London Hxhibition of 1925 has been settled, Ten branches of the eco- nomic life of the U. S. S. R, will be represented in the Soviet pavilion, the principal place being assigned to raw materials, WORKERS PARTY CANDIDATES ENTER MINNESOTA PRIMARIES; CAMPAIGN WITH STRONG TICKET MINNEAPOLIS, Minn., May 20.—The Workers Party is entering the politi- cal field of this state on June 16 with almost a full ticket of candidates bound to the suppory of the workers’ and farmers’ interests in office. The Farmer- Labor candidates are provisi@mally recommended to voters where the Workers Party has not entered. “Free Yourselves from the Dictatorship of Wall Street! Workers’ and Farniers’ Government!” Establish a These are the party cries raised for the voters of Minnesota in the forthcoming primary elections. The official statement of the District 9 organization follows: i fe During the past few months much has been said of the.activ- ities of the Workers Party by both the capitalist newspapers and the more conservative sup- porters of the Farmer-Labor Party, We, therefore, take this opportunity of telling the work- ers and farmers of Minnesota exactly what the aims of the Communist movement are. WORKERS AND FARMERS EX- PLOITED. The financial interests of this coun- try are ruthlessly exploiting both the farmers and the industrial workers. During the past few years millions of farmers have been driven from the land because they were not able to secure from their labor enough to supply their families with the neces- sities of life. Millions of other farmers will be forced to follow the same course unless they take a militant stand against this exploitation by the privileged capitalist class. Instead of the present government taking steps to relieve the farmers, those in con- trol are using their political power further to fatten the pockets of their masters, the grain gamblers, the bank- ers and the railroad magnates. During the same period of time, this same capitalist class, working under the guise of “open shop asso- ciations,” has launched a bitter at- tack against the workers in the cities. Taking advantage of the industrial depression, it has cut wages, length- ened hours of labor, and seriously weakened the labor unions by its at- tacks. In every strike, the govern- ment has allied itself with the finan- cial interests. It has used the police, the militia, and the courts to force the workers back into the workshops and mines. Injunctions against the work- ers are an every day occurance. The nfamous Daugherty Injunction against the railroad workers still stands an injunction which at one stroke robbed the workers of every right supposedly guaranteed by the constitution. The Republican and Democratic Parties have proven themselves equal~ ly the tools of the financial interests of Wall Street, They have both con- tributed their share toward maintain- ing the dictatorship of organized cap- ital over the lives of the producing masses. THE WORKERS AND FARMERS MUST RULE. The first task confronting the farm- ers and workers is to establish them- selves as the ruling power in govern- ment. The control of the financial in- terests must be broken. A workers’ and farmers’ government must be es- tablished. The greatest enemy of the farmers and workers is the group of financial parasites who live off their labor. The Workers’ Party is an organiza- tion made up entirely of farmers and workers, pledged to the abolition of the capitalist system of society and the establishment of a workers’ and farmers’ government. It carries on its activities entirely in the open. It has no interests; it adopts no poli-’ cies that are not in the interests of the producing masses of the world. The Workers’ Party is for the Farm- er-Labor Party. We will do our ut- most to build and strengthen the par- ty in every state in the union. We do this because we recognize that the Farmer-Labor Party can gather the masses of the workers and farmers inside its ranks and that by necessity it must carry on a struggle against the capitalist class. The aim of the Communist’ Movement is more far- reaching than the platform and pro- gram of the Farmer-Labor Party. The Farmer-Labor Party contents itself with demanding temporary remedial reforms. The Workers’ Party and its candidates will fight aggressively for every measure which affords relief from capitalist exploitation. They will use every effort to bring about the adoption of the measures proposed in the platform of the Farmer-Labor Federation of Minnesota, They will strive to build up and strengthen the Farmer-Labor Federation in an ef- fort ‘co develop it into a real fighting machine against the financial inter- ests. REFORMS NOT A SOLUTION. The platform of the Farmer-Labor Federation does not offer a permanent solution for the problems confronting the workers and farmers. The pres- ent bankruptcy of the farmers and the chronic unemployment develop- ing among the workers are world-wide symptoms of the cancer eating at the heart of society. The cancer is capi- talism. The workers and farmers of England, France, Germany, thruout RAILROADS’ SECRET AGENTS PLOT AGAINST BARKLEY-HOWELL BILL \ WASHINGTON, May 20.—Secret agents of the railroads using secret code telegrams have attempted to coerce and mislead members of congress in order to defeat the Barkley bill abolishing the railroad labor board, Representative Nelson, Wisconsin prog- ressive blican leader, ate'on the bill was res ed in the House ti when MINNESOTA! VOTE FOR THESE MEN JUNE 16! FORGET OLD PARTIES! MINNEAPOLIS, Minn., May 20.— Here are the men the Workers Party members of District nine are urged to support in the primary elections, June 16, in accordance with.the instructions of the accom- panying proclamation: For U. S. Senator—Hjalmar Dan- tos, Orr. For Governor—Dr. Wm. A. Scha- per, Minneapolis. For Lieutenant Governor—Emil E. Holmes, Hopkins. For Secretary of State—Susie W. Stageberg, Red Wing. For State Treasurer—Carl Berg, Erskine. For Attorney General—Thos. V. Sullivan, St. Paul. For Railroad and Warehouse Commissioner—A. E. Smith, St. Paul. Representatives for Congress. 1st District—Otto Baudler. 2nd District—O. F. Swanjord. 3rd District—J. B. Lokkesmos. 4th District—J. F. Emme, St. Paul. 5th District—J. O. Johnson, Min- neapolis. 6th District—Halver S. Halverson. 7th District—O. J. Kvale. 8th District—J. O. Bentall, Duluth. 9th District—Knute Wefald. 10th District—Irving G. Scott. emer minnie RD, the world in fact, are waging the same struggle as are the producers of this country. Recent elections in these countries indicate that the pro- ducing classes are making great gains in their battle for control. The work- ers and.farmers of Russia have forced, the government out of the hands of their exploiters and have established a. workers and. farmers’ dictatorship in its place. The next logical step the workers and farmers of Minnesota must take to improve their conditions is to unite their forces nationally into a class farmer-labor movement; wage a relentless struggle against the cap- italist system itself; and at the first opportunity set up a government of workers and farmers in this country. The Workers’ Party pledges itself to blaze the way in this struggle. Our organization, our money, our energy will be used to bring about a dicta- torship of workers and farmers as op- posed to the present dictatorship of capital. DOWN WITH THE DICTATOR. SHIP OF CAPITALISM. FORWARD TO A WORKERS’ AND FARMERS’ GOVERNMENT. VOTE FOR THE WORKERS’ PAR- TY CANDIDATES JUNE 16. For U. S. Senator, Hjalmar Dantes, Orr. For Representative in Congress, Fourth District, J. F. Emme, St. Paul. Fifth District, J. O. Johnson, Minne- apolis. Eighth District, J. O. Bentall, Duluth. Representative in State Legislature, Twenty-ninth District, Oscar Coover. Thirty-fifth District, Emil S. Young- dahl. Signed. WORKERS’ PARTY OR AMERICA, District Executive Committee, District Nine. By NORMAN H. TALLENTIRE, District Organizer, No. 9. SUPPORT THESE CANDIDATES JUNE 16. The Workers’ Party has not filed candidates for all offices. With the large number of candidates filed on the Fafmer-Labor ticket the nomina- tion .of candidates by the Workers’ Party for all state offices might cause the election of men who were opposed to the Farmer-Labor Federation and the building of a great national Farm- er-Labor Party at the St. Paul con- vention on Juné 17. The District Ex- ecutive Committee of the Workers’ Party, therefore, recommends the fol- lowing candidates to the workers and farmers, and urges that you support them on June 16) These men are not Communists, (except those who are listed as such in this leaflet). They will not carry out our program. Sup- port them, not because we think they will go as far in waging a struggle against capitalism as they should go, but because we feel i out of all the candidates filed, they are the staunchest supporters of the Farmer- Labor Federation, and we believe they will give the best administration for the workers and farmers. Public Has Friends. PHOENIX, Ariz.—Taking its cue from C, M. Scott, vice-president and general manager Arizona Eastern, branch of the Southern Pacific rail- way, the Phoenix chamber of com- merce is sponsoring the cause of the “public” in a resolution opposing the Howell-Barkley railway labor bill. _ Every new subscriber increases the influence of the DAILY WORK SENATOR SHIES ATRED REMARKS OF INTERVIEWER Brookhart Denies His Speech Communistic (Special to The Daily Worker) WASHINGTON, May 20.—One of the Workers Party members here took up the challenge of his group to go to see just what Senator Brookhart of Iowa meant in his recent speech in the senate. The Senator's remarks sounded suspiciously communistic to the friends and they wanted to “get the guy right.” The interview with the Senator, who was in a non-committal mood, follows: Balks at Daily Worker. , “Senator,” I began, “there is con- siderable comment going the rounds of the Communists with reference to certain remarks that you made in the Senate recently.” “To what remarks do you refer?” interrupted the Senator. “In referring to Henry Ford’s in- dustrial machine you stated that you believe it is not a good thing for the country to accumulate wealth thru the sweat and work of other men. Some of our members say that this is only another way of saying that you are opposed to the exploitation of labor. The Communists would appreciate your interpretation. “I am not,” replied Senator Brook- hart, “with the Communists. I believe in co-operatives.” “I am aware of that, Senator. Would you care to elaborate upon your other statement that you belong to the eco- nomic theory that never makes a mil- lionaire and never makes a pauper. It is quite possible to interpret that re- mark as a belief in Communism. The Chicago DAILY WORKER would be glad to print your interpretation.” “The WORKER will make its own interpretation anyway. I have nothing to add to what I said in the Senate.” TO CASH IN ON THEIR PATRIOTISM | ‘ By ANISE (Staff Correspondent of The Federated Press) WARSAW.—It will be a long time, I realize now, before the big imperialists and international capitalists of the world will be} much interested in concessions in Russia. Why? Because they can get such juicy profits out of the little states in eastern Europe which have been created and maintained for that purpose. A scandal, like our own Teapot Dome, is just starting in War- saw. The Polish senate is to investigate Kukharski, minister of trade and industry, and before that of finance. seems he lent millions of public money to start stock companies in the big industries that Polish and French capital had grabbed from the old Russian or German states. Later he allowed these millions to be repaid in de- preciated Polish marks, worth only a few thousand. Still later he was director of one of these companies which had been presented with millions from the Po- lish treasury. Mortgaged to Bankers. But this is only one little sample. The real profits are made, not in small stock companies, but in great international loans. Italy has just is- sued a loan of 400 million lire to Po- land, at 10 per cent. One condition is that 40 per cent of all tobacco bought from abroad for the Polish state tobacco monopoly shall be pur- chased of two designated firms in Italy. Those firms appear to have a stand-in with either Mussolini or the Bank of Italy, for they will be repaid three times or more by the workers of Poland to the firms that have the proper connections in Italy and they will still owe the®principal. Must Guzzle French Boose. Of course, the French are the real beneficiaries of Polish natural re- sources. They have concessions in oil which they are exploiting ruthless- ly, taking the crude oil out of the country in order to build up refineries in France over the protests of the Poles, who would like to develop a little industry themselves. France former It many. German merchants are ship- ping to Warsaw by way of France to escape the high tariffs. And France has forbidden Poland to set up any barrier against French wines, silks or perfumes, altho all these little countries much desired to cut down on imported luxuries. Incidentally, no wines but French can be brot into Polend at all. There has been a great fury of na- tional speculation on the basis of pa- triotism. Generals or former prime ministers give their names to stock companies, which then proceed to get concessions and loans from the gov- ernment, and sell stock in America or elsewhere abroad where loyal Poles, led by the famous name, subscribe to “help build up the industries of Po- land.” Some of these materialize, others don’t. United Front. Meantime the Polish workers are just beginning to act together. The Poles and Jews are in separate trade unions, but they have formed a joint central committee, It is strong enough so that recently when the tex- tile workers had failed to get together on account of the anti-Semitism of the Poles, the offending Polish union was expelled from the Central organiza- tion of trade unions. In textiles, leather and bakeries, the workers of both groups now act on joint agree- ments, but in the metal industries there is no recognition of Jewish workérs by the Poles unions. Strong nationalist feeling and old habits of division are still the curse also has a tariff treaty whereby she ot the Polish working class move- gets 40 per cent lower duty than Ger-!ment. Alex ‘Howat (Continued From Page 1.) us. I feel that he was misled, that somebody was telling him lies.” Refused to Betray Miners. “I was expelled and deposed as president of the Kansas miners be- cause I refused to go down the line with Lewis and refused to do some of the things he wanted me to do. I suppose if I'd gone down the line with Lewis I would still be president of the Kansas miners. But I am not going to surrender my principles as a man for anyone. I always went the limit for the Kansas miners and I would rather go to jail for the members of the miners’ union and keep my principles than stay out of jail and continue as the president of the Kansas miners’ organization and betray the men and my principles. “I suppose I could have gotten along _[Mdentity or purpose. easier if I had permitted the mine operators to impose on the Kansas miners.” In answering Farrington’s mis- statements that the progressive Min- ers’ Conference believes in a dual union, and that he had deserted Howat because he was associated with Foster in this conference, Howat said: Against Dual Unionism. “No man on earth can show that I have ever tried to do anything against the United Mine Workers of America or that I ever advocated a dual union, I have always advised the miners to stay inside the union and fight corruption from the inside, no matter how dissatisfied they may be with the officials of the miners’ union.” ~* “I have always tried to do’ my, part’ in making the miners’ union stronger and I always will, no matter what the disposition of any individual case may be. Farrington says he quit the fight for the Kansas miners because I at- tended the Pittsburgh progressive conference. I am not going to let Lewis tell me where I can go and where I can’t go. Best Men In Conference. _ “The Progressive Miners’ conven- tion was composed of coal miners. Some of the best men you have in the American Legion Stoolpigeons Spy On Labor For D. Of J. KANSAS CITY, Mo., May 20.—Ac- tivities of radical groups here have been subject to the constant spying of the American Legion Intelligen@ service, according to this organiza- tion’s recent’ report to the Department of Justice. The alleged Communist leanings at Central High School were particularly subject to the Legion's investigation, Members of the American Legion Intelligence service, led here by Ma- jor Charles Edwards and R. B, Boyle, attend meetings held by Socialist, Communist, or I. W. W. groups and make reports on what is said, parti- cularly when derogatory remarks are made concerning the flag, the United States Constitution, the military or- ganization, the klan, or any of the spe- cial privileged groups. Most of the members of the service Work like dinary dicks, without disclosing their Repels Attack At Peoria miners’ organization were at that con- vention. The meeting was composed of union men, and because I was not a member of the miners’ union I had no right to participate as a delegate. I addressed the meeting for half an hour. Regardless of whether or not the International officials condemn the progressive miners as a dual or- ganization, the men there had no more thought of breaking up the mine workers or forming a dual organiza- tion than have you men sitting here today. They are the same loyal men who went thru the bitter fight with me in the old days to form the United Mine Workers of America. I would have been a delegate to that con- ference had I been a member of the mine workers’ union. Building Stronger Unionism. “The conference of progressive miners was called to find means of making the mine workers union stronger for the rank and file mem- bers, and aimed to/do more for them than the international officials are do- ing for them. If I had been president of the District 14, no doubt I would have been there—I would have been there for the same reason that the other miner delegates were there—to get the miners better organized among themselves. “A platform was drawn up at the Progressive Miners’ convention which demanded things which I am sure-the rank and file members of the U. M. W. of A. want, and which, if put to a referendum vote, 95 per cent of the miners of this country would have vot- ed for. The convention had one thing in mind—to rét the miners to go into the international convention and fight for those things which were for the best interests of the miners’ organiza- tions. Their platform demanded a six hour work day, the nationalization of the mines, and the reinstatement of the Kansas miners’ officials. In all my travels among the miners of this country, I have not heard one word of condemnation from the miners of this country of this platform. “True, Walter Nesbit and Farring- ton complained about it, but if the in- ternational officials thought it a dual union, why didn’t they say s6 before the Pittsburgh conference, It was well advertised for two months, and yet the officials let these poor devils attend the conference and after it was over, condemned them as dual unionists. Fight On Industrial Court. Howat told the delegates of his early struggles to build up the miners’ organization in this country, and told them of his fight against the indus- trial court law. He told how he smashed it after spending 17 months in jail. Howat declared that Lewis deposed Dorsey and himself while they were in jail, without notice and without cause, and in direct violation of the constitution of the miners’ un- ion, which gives everyone the right to a fair trial. Howat expressed the sincere appre- ciation of the Kansas miners for the aid Illinois miners gave in fighting for the reinstatement of the Kansas leaders. “I voice the sentiment of at least 95 per cent of the Kansas min- ers when I say that we appreciate your help. And I would feel that I had lést almost my last friend if the Illinois miners deserted this fight. I call on the rank and file of the miners of Illinois to stand by us now as in the past even tho the district officials of district 12 do not.” Illinois The Backbone. “The miners of Illinois are the back- bone of the American Labor move- ment and I don’t believe they will al- low any set of men to crucify a man in the miners’ union because they do not like him.” The fight would have been won before this if the union offi- cials of district twelve hadn't layed down on us.” Some of Farrington’s statements were challenged from the floor of the convention when Howat spoke for the independent politrcai action of la- bor as against the Gompers policy of dealing with the politicians of the old parties. Howat is a delegate to the St. Paul conference on June 17th, elected from the Pittsburgh-Kansas central labor council. Lewis arrived in Peoria today from Springfield accompanied by the pres- ent secretary of the Kansas Mine Workers, Harry Burr. Not “Dual,” Farrington Admitted. The wind was taken out of Farring- ton’s sails, when Freeman Thomp- son, in spite of excessive use of the gavel on Farrington’s part, shouted out to the convention that he had a letter signed by Frank Farrington, in which Farrington stated specifically that he did not think the progressive miners’ organization was a dual union. Farrington had stated to the conven- tion that he had stopped fighting Ho- wat’s case because the international executive board had ruled the pro- gressive miners’ organization a dual union, But Freeman's letter shows that Farrington admitted that he did not think so, RAILWAY BROTHERHOODS OF WISCONSIN SPURN C. P. P. A. CLEVELAND CONFERENCE MADISON, Wis., May 20.—Rail brotherhoods and powerful LaFollette republicans in Wisconsin have declined to participate in the national Con- ference for Progressive Political Action, on which many third party advocates ganization” meeting of the Wisconsin conference here yester- day, the railroad brotherhoods, altho supporting Senator Robert M. LaFollette, withdrew after the conference got under way, saying its promoters were, “too radically inclined.” Republican progressives who are partisans of Governor John J jaine, and who also favor LaFollette, were sparsely represented at the meet, and former promoters of the Non-Partisan League controlled the convention. The Wisconsin conferenc — atta elected three delegates to the Cleveland national progressive convention July 4 and also chose a representative for the St, Paul Farmer-Laber Convention, June 12. N.Y. COMMUNISTS HAIL. VICTORIES; GERMAN, FRENCH |Point ‘Ancevican Need Of Farm-Labor Party, NEW YORK, May 20.—The revolu- tionary workers of New York cele- brated the great Communist victories in the recent French and German elections recently at Yorkville Ca- sino, William Weinstone, chairman, made a few brief remarks, illustrating how the German workers were rapidly casting off the yoke of the social traitors, and were joining the ranks of the revolutionary proletariat. The Communist Party in Germany has gained the adherence of the revolu- tionary workers thruout the country. Jack Stachel, organizer of the Young Workers League, spoke on the role of the young Communists in the revolutionary movement. Thousands of the young workers were killed in the Spartacan days of 1918, fighting side by side with their older com- rades. In every important struggle the youth can be found in the front ranks fighting the master class. Ring of Steel Breaks. Arnold Roller, who spoke in Ger- man, showed how the ring of steel that was forged by the Curzons and Poincare, aimed to crush the Russian and German workers was rapidly crumbling. The French workers have gone to the polls and registered the vote of condemnation against the im- perialism of the arch-reactionary Poincare, and the Socialist renegade Millerand. Earl Browder, editor of the “Labor Herald,” spoke on the June 17 confer- ence at St. Paul, and pointed out the importance of workers’ organizations sending delegates to the conference for the formation of a class Farmer- Labor Party. He appealed to all those present to help the Workers’ Party carry on the work for a revolu- tionary class party in this country that will fight for the abolition of capitalism and for a workers’ and farmers’ government. James P. Cannon, member of the Central Executive Committee of the Workers’ Party, delivered the main speech of the evening. He pointed out that the only way to help the rey- olutionary workers in Europe is to join the Workers’ Party, the Ameri- can section of the Communist Inter- national. It is the duty of the revo- lutionary workers in this country to strengthen their organization, and only this way can they emulate their European comrades. The German workers have shown “ty this etection— that they have finally forsaken the yellow banner of special patriotism for the red flag of communism. The meeting adjourned with the singing of the Internationale. Remember Political Prisoners’ Birthdays Coming During June Birthdays in June of political pris- oners, confined in the American Pris- ons, are announced by the Workers’ National Prison Comfort Club, 1923 Chestnut street, Milwaukee, Wis., as follows: At Massachusetts Charleston, Mass. June 11, Bartholomeo Vanzetti. At Folsom Prison, Represa, Cal. June 16, Herman O. Suhr, No. 9266; June 22, Louis Allen, No. 12026. At Leavenworth, Kan., Box No. 7. June 10, Jos. Baltrusaitis. At Blue Ridge State Farm, Hobby, Tex. June 29, Pedro Paroles. At Senior Farm, Dewalt, Brazoria Co., Texas. June 30, Jesus Gonzales, No. 3645; June 30, Leonard Vasquez. Cora Meyer, National Secretary, in- vites friends and sympathizers to send birthday cards and letters (money is advisable for gifts) to these political prisoners. Books and publications must be sent directly from the publishers, J. Baltrusaitus, who recently was made a political prisoner, writes: “It is indeed a cheer—yes—more than that, a pleasure appreciated very high- ly to receive letters of comfort. State Prison, Missouri Federation of Labor. MOBERLY, Mo.—The 31st conyen- tion, Missouri State Federation of La- bor, opened in the Moberly high school auditorium with almost 200 delegates, Workmen’s compensation legislation, still absent from Missouri statute books, is a principal topic before the convention, Other matters dealt with by the federation’s legislative commit- tee are a miner’s washhouse Dill, child labor and the defeated indus- trial court bill modeled on the Kansas measure that has proved a farce. Hiram Tosses Sponge. PIERRE, 8. D., May 20.—Hiram Johnson will release South Dakota's delegation to the republican national convention and they will go to Cleve- land uninstructed, John Sutherland, state manager for the Johnson cam- paign, said today. Meetings Forbidden. BERLIN.—Demonstrations of the workers on May First, the internation- al labor day, were forbidden in Italy, Hungary, Spain, Bulgaria, Roumania, Jugo-Slavia, and Germany. How many of your shop-mates read THE DAILY WORKER. 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