The Daily Worker Newspaper, May 9, 1925, Page 3

\ | ) f i THE da WORKER Page Three xpose Treason of Renegade Socialists in Minneapolis (Continued from page 1) traitor to the working class. The pa- per finally appeared in 1920. Van Lear was on the board of directors, to act as the watchdog of the interests of the working class. I shall now trace, step by step, and strictly accord- ing to the indisputable facts in the case, how Van Lear stole the Star from the farmers and workers, in a legal way, and converted it into the property of the capitalist class. Van Lear Starts Fight on Gaston. Mr. Herbert Gaston was the first editor of the Star. He was a gentle- man and a scholar. He edited the pa- per on a truly progressive policy. He also assembled a progressive staff of writers, who knew how to write for the cause of the farmers and work- ors, i Gaston himself wrote the univer ly appreciated “Topics of the, Day.’ In this column he expounded genuine farm economics, which won the admi- ration of the farmers everywhere. He really instructed the farmers concern- ing their ever growing plight, be- cause he knew how and he possessed the courage of his convictions. The farmers were greatly delighted. Gaston had a man of real talent editor of foreign news, Mr. Adler. Adler mirrored in a most effective style, the imperialistic slaughter go- ing on thruout the world. He pub- lished accounts of the capitalist strug- gle for oil, coal, shipping and markets generally, in which he showed how the working classes bled themselves white for a wretched cause. The Minneapolis Chamber of Com- merce was alarmed. It feared the able editorship of Gaston. The facts which Gaston presented daily to the farmers and workers, would, if left unchecked, soon destroy their politi- cal power. They also hated the work of Adler, who was exposing the unholy game of fternational war. The capitalists eannot afford to let the people under- stand the economic nature of war. It Means the doom of war. Therefore, both Gaston and Adler became the special objects of the ire of the Min- neapolis Chamber of Commerce. This is not difficult to understand. The capitalists established a con- tact with Van Lear, who proceeded in & planned fashion, to harass Gaston. His first attack was made on Adler. He demanded that Adler should go as a member of the board of directors. ‘Van Lear was helped by Thomas V. Sullivan. However, Gaston held the fort vali- antly. Van Lear fought Adler persis- tently, as he fights better for capital- ism than he ever did for the workers. The fight lasted months. Then Gas- ton was forced to give in, in order to obtain the support of Van Lear and company for finances. The Minneapo- lis Chamber of Commerce scored its first victory, thru the person of Van Lear. . The victory of Van Lear on the question of Adler, spurred him onto a fresh challenge, this time against Gaston himself. The capitalists could not wait; they wanted the head of Gaston quickly. They got it. The war on Gaston came in the form of attacking his anti-vice and gambling den crusades. Van Lear was opposed to the policy of exposing these immoral joints, undoubtedly be- cause he had received much financial support from them, in the shape of “campaign contributions,” as a can- didate for office. It may also be that his opposition to Gaston’s moral pol- foy, was based on principle. The more Van Lear pressed for a cessation of the exposures of immoral- ity, the stronger Gaston pursued his attacks on vice. One day Mr. Gaston left for Chi- gago. Van Lear was at the office. An article exposing a new gambling den was set up. Van Lear heard about it. He flew down stairs in a vage, seized the stereotyped story, and in a true Van Learesque fashion, smashed it on the floor. He vowed that no more such rubbish would ever appear in the Star, The fight waxed hot and long. The paper needed money. Van Lear and company refused to consent, as mem- bers of the board, to the financial Plans of Gaston. Gaston, as a conse- quence, was put in the position of either acceding to the dictates, of Van Lear and company, or getting off the paper. In fact this proposition was actually made to him. Gaston was too honorable a man to play the role of stool pigeon for the Minneapolis Chamber of Commerce. He therefore resigned as editor, with his flag flying high. Van Lear, in carrying out his prom- ise to the workers, “I will protect the interests of the workers on the pa per,” hired a sports writer by the name of Fred Coburn, to edit the pa per. This gentleman could not tell the difference between a trade union pnd a threshing machine. He was as immune to social and economic ideas, as is a piece of glass. However, Van Lear wanted the readers to get ex- pert advice on golf, polo, baseball, football and tennis. That's why the Star was started. The capitalist press ie sadly deficient in handling this sort of stuff, so extremely important for the culture of the working classes, The ruin of the Star was now com- plete; it remained for the capitalists to take actual possession of the plant and the property. Van Lear set him- self to accomplish this job at once. How the Star Was Stolen from the Farmers and Workers, 7 Under the absolute regime of Van COMMUNISTS GET ENDORSEMENT OF _- MACHINISTS’ LODGE MINNEAPOLIS, Minn., May 7.— Lodge No, 91, International Associa- tion of Machinists at its regular meeting gave its endorsement to Dan W. Stevens, the Communist candidate for mayor and also to C. A. Hathaway and L. A. Roseland the Communist candidates for alderman in the first and tenth wards respect- ively. This meeting was attended by Harley P. Nickerson of Milwaukee, international vice president of the machinists’ union, who tried to swing the local behind “Bill” Johnston and his infamous B. & O. plan. The Com- munist members of the local explain- ed that to adopt the B. & O, plan meant the destruction of the union as a weapon in the hands of workers with which to carry on the struggle against the capitalists for Improved working conditions and appealed to the members to éupport the pro- gram of the left wing lead by the T. U. E.L. They called upon those present to vote for the Anderson ticket for the sole purpose of bust- ing the Johnston machine, but to organize the left wing with the Idea of placing the control of the union in their hands at the earliest pos- sible time, ¥ The vote of the !ocal at this meet- ing was 25 for the Anderson slate _and three for the Johnston machine. Nickerson left the meeting feeling rather blue after the left wing had challenged him to debate the class collaboration policy of the present leadership as opposed to the pro- gram of the class struggle advanced by the left wing. Lear, the Star became so rotten and treacherous to the workers and farm- ers, that it simply was unbearable. It sabotaged farmer-labor candidates running for office. It published news against the striking shopmen. More- over, it actually assisted the railroads to break the strike. The management of the paper was directed to the end of destroying it financially. For instance, four fore- men were employed where only one was needed in the mechanical depart- ment. This was sheer extravagance, which was cut out as soon as the cap- italists got the paper. The office staff was too large by five hundred dollars per month, This item was also cor- rected as soon as Frizzel, the finan- cial agent of the banks, took charge. A new press costing sixty thousand dollars was purchased. There was about as much need for this press as there is for a fifth wheel on a wagon. But somebody needed a fat commis- sion off of the purchase price. This white elephant of a press was sold soon after the farmers and workers lost the paper. The paper, moreover, published twenty-four page editions, when eight pages would have sufficed. This was a criminal waste“ of paper which drained the cash of the Star. All this reckless expenditure was calculated to wreck the Star financial- ly, so that the “fat boys,” to use Van Lear’s own expression, would get it. And they did. All this brazen treachery to the in- terests of the farmers and workers so enraged the stockholders, that their annual meeting held ‘November 8, 1923, took the form of a general indig- nation meeting against Van Lear, at which meeting he was jeered and hooted. They came to this meeting organ- ized to dethrone Van Lear. They pro- tested loudly against all of his shady manipulations. The farmers and workers learned at this meeting the exact nature of the Star’s co-operative basis. It was'a fraud. Van Lear and John Thompson owned one thousand shares of common stock bought at one dollar per share. These shares repre- sented an investde value of one thousand dollars, equalling the voting strength of about six hundred thous- and dollars invested by the farmers and the workers. Some co-operation! When Van Lear was asked how it was that he owned five hundred shares of this common stock “in the name of labor,” he replied: “I bought and paid for them with my money.” When this raw deal was put over the workers, the local labor fakers were interested in their pie cards, and not in the welfare of the workers whom, theoretically, they pretend to love. At this historic meeting Van Lear was licked. A new board of directors was elected, openly hostile to the in- terests which Van Lear represented. The new board elected was as fol- lows: Van Lear, Judge Harold Baker, John Thompson, A. B, Gilbert, and Thomas Sullivan who, at the first meeting of the board, resigned, Mrs. Minnie Cederholm was unanimously elected by the four other members of the board to succeed Sullivan.. Van Lear was elected to the new board on a compromise and not because the rank and file wanted him. Van Lear Takes the Last Step. On January 7, 1924, the new board held a meeting. Among other pro- posals, the board submitted what fol- lows, and which facts were issued in their letter to the stockholders on Jan. 19,1924. I quote: “Proposed Program of Economy.” “Ist. The establishment of a bud- set system, under which costs of op- eration of the business would be fairly established in advance and ad- hered to by the different departments. “2nd, The employment of a super- vising accountant to approve expense vouchers and hold expenses down to the budget allowance. “8rd, Reduction of operating ex- penses by rigid economies including the allowance of print paper so as to publish the paper approximately within its income. “Majority of Board Favor Economy Program.” “When the recommenaations were read to the full board on Jan. 7, Judge Harold Baker moved their adoption. The motion was seconded by Mrs. Cedarholm and Mr. A. B. Gilbert. “Whereupon President Thomas Van Lear refused to put the motfon, and announced that he had come to the conclusion that Judge Harold Baker and Mrs. Minnie Cedarholm were not properly elected members of the board and that he therefore had decided to refuse to recognize them further as directors, “The ground on which Mr. Van Lear assumed to disqualify these mem- bers was that at the precise moment of their election the stock of the com- pany held and owned by Judge Baker and Mrs. Cedarholm had not been transfered on the books of the com- pany, “Both Are Stockholders.” “The facts are that Judge Baker was a stockholder at the time of his election and delivered his stock for transfer to the secretary on the day of his election. Judge Baker’s stock was not transferred on the books of the company until after he had taken his seat on the board but during the time that Judge Baker has served as a director his stock has been on record. “Mrs. Minnie Cedarholm came into possession of her stock by transfer from her husband to herself and she likewise delivered her stock for trans- fer when she took her seat on the board. “These facts were known to Presi- dent Van Lear during the several weeks that Judge Baker and Mrs. Cedarholm have acted as directors, because Mr. Van Lear as president participated in the transfer of the stock of Judge Baker and Mrs. Cedar holm. President Van Lear had recog- nized these two directors at all board meetings up to Jan. 7, 1924. He found no occasion to disqualify them as members of the board nor did he at any time refuse to recognize them as members of the board until an issue arose between the three members of the board, Messrs. A. B. Gilbert and Judge Baker, and Mrs. Cedarholm on the one hand and President Van Lear and Vice President John Thompson on the other hand.. » “When President Van Lear found that the power hitherto exercised by himself and Mr. Thompson to spend the money of the corporation and to determine the policy of the paper was about to be modified, he, Mr. Van Lear, assumed power to destroy the major- ity against him by attempting to dis- qualify two members of the board not in agreement with him. “President Cannot Disqualify Members.” “Of course the president's arbitrary action did not and cannot disqualify Judge Baker and Mrs. Cedarholm on the board to which they were elected, and duly qualified by service thereon. The law does not give to the board members the right or power to dis- qualify each other. Only a court of law, or the stockholders themselves have power to take such action. “Judge Baker and Mrs. Cedarholm, therefore continue to act as directors. “Directors Continue Attendance at Board Meetings. “The last regular meeting of the board was called for Monday, Jan 14. Judge Baker was holding court at that time and could not be present until Thursday, Jan. 17. Directors Gilbert and Cedarholm did not for this rea- son attend the board meeting on Mon- day. Mr. Van Lear and Mr. Thomp- son met and adjuorned until Thurs- day, Jan, 17 at 6:30 p. m, at which meeting all five members attended and participated in an informal dis- cussion, President Van Lear finally called the meeting to order formally and entertained a motion from Mr. Thompson to adjourn until 1 p. m. Saturday, the board having taken no official action, “The directors all appeared on Sat- urday, Jan. 19. The three majority members of the board, Messrs, Baker, Gilbert and Mrs. Cedarholm entered the board room at exactly one o'clock and were informed by Mr. Van Lear that he had already adjourned the meeting. Whereupon the three direc- tors named again called the meeting to order as was their legal right, the three being a quorum, and a major- ity, and proceeded to hold a board meeting. The minutes of this meet- ing read as follows: “Minutes of Board Meeting. “The board of directors of the Northwest Publishing company met in the office of President Thomas Van Lear, at 1 p. m., Jan, 19, 1924, Mr, ‘Van Lear, Mr. Baker, Mr, Gilbert and Mrs. Cedarholm being present. Mr. Van Lear notified the board that he and Mr, Thompson had adjourned the meeting and were thru for the day. “Mr. Baker urged President Van Lear to remain at the meeting but he refused and further refused the direc tors the use of hie office, “Mr, Baker called the meeting to order and it was moved by Mrs, Cedarholm that the board adjourn to the secretary's ofc, Seconded and. . J CARPENTERS” UNION IS UNANIMOUS FOR ROSELAND, COMMUNIST MINNEAPOLIS, Minn., May 7.— Carpenters’ Local Union No. 7, at its last regular meeting endorsed L. A, Roseland, Communist candi- date for alderman in the 10th ward, . by unanimous vote. Comrade Roseland has been’ a member of this local for the past twelve years and Is now serving as President of the Twin City Carpen- ters’ District Council. He was one of the ‘carpenters’ delegates that was the center of the fight launched by the reactionary labor officials in their efforts to disrupt the local la- bor movement by expelling the Com- munist and left wing elements. The reactionary officials of the carpen- ters have also attempted to destroy the confidence held by the rank and file in Roseland, but the vote of the local at its last meeting is con- clusive proof that this comrade has won the support of the rank and file because of his sincerity and be- cause of the program that he has consistently supported, carried. Accordingly the board ad- journed to the office of the secretary, | A. B. Gilbert. “Moved by Judge Baker that Mr. John Thompson’s resignation as a di- rector be accepted. Seconded by Mrs. Cedarholm, and carried unani- mously. Moved by Judge Baker that we appoint Mr. F. D. McMillan as Mr. Thompson's successor on the board of directors, Seconded by Mrs. Cedar- holm and carried unanimously. “Mr. McMillan accepted the office and agreed to serve as an active mem- ber of the board. “Moved by Mr. Baker that we recall Mr. Van Lear as president of the board, but that Mr. Van Lear be con- tinued as treasurer. Seconded by Mrs. Cedarholm and carried unani- mously. “Moved to elect Mr. McMillan pres- ident of the board.; Seconded by Mrs. Cedarholm and carried unanimously. “Mr. McMillan accepted the office of president and agreed to serve without pay. “Moved by Mr. Gilbert that Judge Harold Baker be elected to the office of vice-president, made vacant by the resignation of Mr. Thompson. Sec- onded by Mr. McMillan and carried unanimously. “Moved by Judge Baker that the recommendations pfoviding for econ- omy presented on) January 7, and which were by | ted because of the refusal of fo * President Van Lear to put the motion be now adopt- ed. Seconded by Mr. Gilbert and car- ried unanimously. “ “Moved by Judge Baker that we call a meeting of the stockholders to en- able the majority members of the board to submit what action they have taken to the stockholders for their ap- proval or disapproval. “Meeting adjourned.” There you have it. Van Lear dis- qualified the board. He does not be- lieve in the dictatorship of the pro- letariat. What he enjoys is a person- al, a Van Lear dictatorship, to stool on the working classes; to betray their trust for the luster of gold. This czaristic act upon the part of Van Lear was not something which occured to him. The hand of capi- talism guided it. For the reader will take note of the important fact, stated in the above report of the new board, that “President Van Lear had recog- nized these two directors at all board meetings up to January 7, 1924.” Well, then, what caused him to change his conduct after that date.. When it became known to the cap- italist behind Van Lear, that the econ- omy program of the new board would save the Star for the progressive movement, they knew that the time had come for extraordinary measures. That's why Van Lear changed his mind. ‘a As a result of this unspeakably treacherous action of Van Lear, the board called a special meeting of the stockholders for February 8, 1924, to deal with the unusual situation. However, Van Lear and his lawyer, George B. Leonard, had everything set to spring the trap. At a special meeting of the stock- holders, Van Lear refused to make an appearance. A committee of farmers were delegated to visit him, and de- mand his presence at the meeting, He informed this committee, “my lawyer has instructed me not to attend.” All books and records of the corporation were denied the meeting, as that would, very likely, interfere with “co- operation.” ' The stockholders had no other al- ternative left but to resort to the courts, in an effort to compel Van Lear to obey the law. So they did. This action on the part of the stock- holders acted as an automatic signal for some of the creditors to also go into court. On the heels of the stock- holders’ court action, the Seaman Paper company, a creditor of the Star, applied for a receivership, which the court granted... That meant that henceforth the Star was managed by the court. “ life they denied theniselves and fam- ilies in order to buy shares in the Star, The workers also have now had ample time to think over the hypo- critical promises which Van Lear made them when he said, “I will be there to protect the interests of the workers.” He is as reliable now, as he was then. I do not propose to insult the Trib- une nor the Journal by comparing the slimay Star to these organs of black reaction. The Star is an out- cast in the journalistic house of pros- titution. It deserves no support what- soever from the working class and should get none. There is the Money. In 1921 Van Lear was a candidate for mayor. He was defeated. Leach was the victor. In that campaign, Leach said some very bad things about Van Lear. He wrote an open letter to Leach, in which he demanded that Leach produce some proof of his state- ments, and those of his henchmen, or stand convicted of “being a contempt- ible liar.” That’s what Van Lear, the master of bluff and bluster, wrote. Soon after his defeat, he issued a universal appeal to the farmers and workers for funds, with which to fight Leach in the courts on a charge of slander. He meant business. The workers and farmers, taking cogniz- ance of the cause for which the ap- peal was made, responded with their dollars. This historical legal action vanished loysteriously into the clouds. The money was collected. But no action Tesulted. What happened to these funds? Nobody knows. No account- ing was ever made. If this is not stealing from the working classes, then what does stealing consist of? ‘There are men in the penitentiary for doing less than this. Van Lear is as truthful now, as he was when he cir- culated that appeal. Moreover, this renegade socialist, who used to spread the doctrine of the class struggle; who preached amal- gamation, has been the bosom Political friend of Leach since 1922. The man whom he virtually called a “contempt- itle liar” in 1921. No, Van Lear is not a comedian; he is a political hypo- crite. In 1923 he says, “we could do worse than not to endorse Leach for mayor.” It is simply revolting, this black record of his, as it trails over the body of the working class move- ment. But it is not for nothing that the Minneapolis chamber of commerce had Van Lear riding in a back seat with them over the state, in their magni- ficiently appointed special train in 1923. Van Lear was. advising the farmers to “eat more wheat.” Appar- ently he thought that they were eat- ing oats. . The Descent into Hell. Van Lear is now associated with cal depravity, he has hit the very bot- tom of political baseness. go any lower. Since he handed over the Star to. the capitalists, his job there was done. His mission now is to destroy the workers’ representation in the city couneil by vomiting a stream of filth against the workers’ movements. This is the new job which the capitalists have detailed for him. It would not do for him to remain idle. As neither Van Lear nor “Little Lou” can write a line, Howard Guilford does that. This fellow Guilford is a profession- He can’t — Ths fellow Guilford is « protession-| know our paper Is doing your work MAGNUS JOHNSON CONVICTS SENATE FOE’S BOSS OF CRIMINAL LIBEL MINNEAPOLIS, Minn., May 7.—A. N. Jacobs, campaign manager for the blind congressman, Thomas Schall, who defeated Magnus Johnson in the election last fall for United States senator from Minnesota, was found guilty of criminal libel by a jury in district court today. His conviction grew out of the publication of a story charging Magnus Johnson with having been drunk in Minneapolis on May 8, 1928, that he was MINNEAPOLIS LABOR IN SACCO-VANZETTI PROTEST ON SUNDAY (Special to The Daily Worker) MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. May 7.— Workers of Minneapolis will join the swelling ranks of labor over the na- tion demanding the release of Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti, now starting thelr sixth year of imprison- ment in Massachusetts. They are under sentence to die as the result of the frameup of the New England shoe manufacturers seeking to rid | themseives of these militant labor agitators. The Minneapolis meeting will be held Sunday night, May 10, at 8:00 o'clock, in the Court House Auditor- ium, with J. Louis Engdahl, editor of the DAILY WORKER as the prin- cipal speaker. There will also be addresses by local speakers. al shake-down artist, as the whole town knows. He is an expert purvey- j or of dirty linen; that’s why decent | people hold their nose when his name is pronounced, | “For years he was the publicity agent for the underworld, when the town was wide open. He not only maintained a contact with the scarlet shadows of sin, but his sheet was lewd, obscene and lascivious. His rag was the official organ of Sodom and Gomorrah, For three years this fellow lashed Harthill and Van Lear: 1917, 1918, and 1919. That was due to the fact that Guilford considered himself as being “doublecrossed” by the pair, pertaining to some pre-election prom- ise. His dirty linen pen splashed all over Harthill and Van Lear. It was Guilford who coined Harthill’s nick- name, “Little Lou.” Today they em- brace one another. It is unbelievable, but true. In 1921 Guilford hired out to Ed. Carpenter and an official of the Minne- apolis Steel and Machinery company, to publish a broadside against Van Lear, who was a candidate for office. He was to obtain three thousand dol- lars for the job. However, after Guil- ford performed his part of the con- tract, the money was not forthcoming. | So Guilford entered suit to recover. Today Van Lear is an intimate work- er and warm friend of Guilford. This sounds, I know, as if it was a great | joke. Nevertheless, it’s the truth. Do not these facts prove conclusively that Van Lear and Harthill comprehend political honor, decency and self-re- spect, about as much as a hog does Latin. Yet they have got the brass to misrepresent honorable men in their unscrupulous sheet. The rag became so corrupt that Guilford quit. Now the traitor Gilbert does the writing. Is it not the duty of every honest and intelligent worker, in the light of the facts herein recorded, to shun these traitors to the cause of the work- ing class, and for their leperous rag, as he would a poisonous serpent. Cer- tainly it is. This sheet is a new bit of gold for the duo. It's the price of their continued treachery. They approach the mem- bers of the Citizen’s Alliance, whose good will they have got and whose ideals they are spreading in this man- ner: “We want an ad from you. You know our paper is doing your work. |ing Man and Woman. arrested, spent a night in the city —W WW ______..____e_o4* jail and was fined $10.00 in munici- pal court the next morning. He also implied that Magnus had been in- rolved with fast women. Magnus Avoided Primrose Path. This is looked upon here as the first step in the effort to unseat Schall in the senate. It is significant that prominent members of the republican machine in Minnesota testified in be- half of Johnson at this trial and were largely instrumental in bringing about Jacob's conviction. Schall is thought to be unpopular with the republican leaders and in as muchas Magnus is not asking for the seat himself, but is merely ask- ing ‘that Schall be unseated, they are willing to help with the job, It is also significant that the republican leaders introduced a bill in the last session of the state legislature, which was adopted, authorizing the governor (a republican) to appoint senators to fill vacancies in the event that such vacancies should occur, To Follow La Follette to G. O. P. Others here are of the opinion that this trial marks the beginning of the retreat of Magnus Johnson back into the fold of the republican party, where he will find many of his old farmerlabor companions such as Thomas Van Lear, Lewis Harthill and others, Get a sub for the DAILY WORKER from your shopmate and you will make another mem- Lewis Harthill in the publication of that harum-scarum rag called “Minne- sota.” With this last venture of politi- We are gonna put the radicals on the bum. That's the purpose of our pa- per; to raise hell with the labor men. We have already tied up the unions with our work in the assembly. It’s your cause we are fighting for. So help us do your work,” This is an exact reproduction of a canvas which they put over the busi- ness men. For money they stop at nothing. It is said by some who have recently returned from Washington that this scurrilous plaster of maggots is to become the official organ of the central labor union, I doubt it very much. But should it really happen, it would attest the fact that degenera- | tion has set in so far, in that place, that hope for its redemption is futile. The truth is before you Mr. Work- Van Lear and Harthill stand convicted of rank treachery and monstrous perfidy to the cause of the working classes. The movement that has fed and clothed them, and in the case of Van Lear, | honored him with its leadership, they have attempted to sell out to the en- emies of the toilers. Van Lear, who is also an expert on Russian questions, about like a village pump master, is an authority of dialectics, has dem- onstrated beyond any point of doubt, that he can be true to no man, cause or movement. The Workers (Communist) Party is the only organization that can protect the working class from a duplication of this kind of treason in the future. This is true because this party is a party of iron discipline. Its member- ship and its leadership are under the control of the organization. Conse- quently, treason is unthinkable. More- over, its press and publications gener- ally, are the property of the organiza- tion, utilized for the purpose of edu- cating the working class to organize for the overthrow of capitalism, as an economic system. . It is to be noted, in conclusion, that while Van Lear was perpetrating all of his treason, the so-called socialist- labor group headed by Albert Bastis and Lynn Thompson, not only did not raise a finger to stop him, but, in many cases, aetually co-operated with him. Between them and Van Lear is only a question of degree; in principle, they are the same, As for the labor fakers in the unions, such as Bob Cramer, there is no difference at all. The working class can very well afford to sing with Lord Byron: “I've learned to think and sternly speak the truth, Learn to derive the critic’s starch de- cree And break him on the wheel he meant for me.” Junior Group of Minneapolis Holds Picnic on Sunday MINNEAPOLIS, Minn., May 7—The Junior group of the Y. W. L. will hold a picnic on Sunday, June 7, at Parker's Lake, fifteen miles north of Minneapolis. Cars will leave the Fin- nish Hall, 1317 Western Ave. No., at 9 a. m. in the morning to transport the crowd. Refreshments will be fur- nished free to all children. A pro- gram of games has been arranged to provide entertainment for those pres- ent. In the evening the crowd will re- turn to the Finnish Hall where the Finnish women will put on an affair to raise funds to aid the Young Work- ers’ school which is to open in Sn- perior, Wisconsin, this summer. The Finnish Young Workers are starting a study class to be held every Monday evening at the Finnish Hall with Comrade Margerite Helan- der as instructor. T. J. OFLAHERTY, Committee. ROBERT TOTTEN, PICTURES ADMISSIO! Mass Meeting FOR IRISH FAMINE RELIEF TON Li GHT NORTH SIDE TURNER HALL, 827 North Clark St., Chicago SPEAKERS: JOHN P. McCARTHY, who has just returned from a visit to the famine region. WILLIAM F. DUNNE, Editor of THE DAILY WORKER. Secretary, Irish Workers’ and Peasants’ Famine Relief Secretary, Irish Workers’ Republican Club. SCENES, OF IRISH N FREE.