The Daily Worker Newspaper, May 4, 1926, Page 2

Page Two STANDARD OIL COMPANY UNION REVOLT SEETHES ‘ Workers Are! Rebellious and Talk Strike By LOUIS FRANCIS BUDNEZ, (Federated Press) BAYONNE, N, J., May 2. — (FP)— Oil workers out on Constable Hook, 12,000 strong, are gaining courage from the apparently successful strike of their fellow workers in textiles In Passaic, and are showing definite signs of revolt against the company unions in operation here, “This is another Passaic,” was the greeting I received when | first ap- proached the gates of the Standarad Oll company to distribute copies of Labor Age 10 days ago. It was by pure accident we had stumbled on the unrest at Bayonne, Oil workers who had agreed to sell or distribute gratis copies of the April number of the monthly had reported the police had put a ban on the publication. The article, “A Company Union in Oil” by Robert W. Dunn was the re- puted cause of the ban. Dunn and I had agreed, accordingly, to go to the Constable Hook workers of the Stand- ard and give out the copies in defi- ance of the police. But Dunn that day was in Passaic jail, so my appearance had to be in a solo role. Workers Interested. Chief of Police Cornelius O’Neill denied we would be interfered with; but my appearance with tha maga- zine and the publicity it brot got the attention of the workers on the Hook. Dunn's clear analysis of the company’s methods was read in every department of the oil plants. Make Demands. The next day the entire force of the Vacuum Oil Company made demands, and the laborers of the Standard Oil did likewise. This encouraged us to make a second trip to Bayonne. As I was distributing the magazine in front of the gates general manager, William C. Coler, drove out in a big car and threatened me with arrest. Later Coler decided that discretion was the better part of valor, for sub- sequent trips have not been inter- fered with. Company Unions Weaken. | Company unionism is by no means sure of itself out here. The strike of the 31 representatives of the men under the company plan at Bayway, across the way, is still vividly remem- bered. The men complain they can- not be sure their grievances will be dealt with, under the company union. The representatives themselves are not unanimous on the value of the re- public of labor set up here. The men would like to meet as a unit, for ex- ample; that is, they would like to have a joint meeting for action be- tween the workers in the Standard, Vacuum and Tidewater companies. As it is, the companies insist that such meetings must be by separate company groups only. The Standard, particularly, is at cross angles with its workers on this point. Another grave complaint of the men is that they have no information on which to base demands. They know only about wages in this vicinity. Their data along this line must come from the company. They have long asked for a paid secretary, to represent their interests fully, but the demand has never been met. May Strike. A strike is not at all unlikely on the Hook. Two dangers are ahead, that may prevent such a movement and the forming of a real union, One is the possibility of the companies’ meeting the present demands, in part at least, and thus striking a diplo- matic blow at “outside. agitation.” The Vacuum Oil Company had refused its’ men’s demands, but it is now said to be reconsidering them. The other is, that certain departments may en- gage in premature strikes. The only hope of the oil workers is in a unitel ‘industrial walk-out, after careful prep- aration. Want Increase. The Vacuum Oil Company men’s de- mand is for conditions promised for Easter, 1924. They include granting of paid vacations after.so many years of service, and also an increase in wages. This week, balloting on the company union renresentatives has been going on. Whether all the elected representatives will receive the 0. K. of the companies remains a doubtful matter. Next week will show what the men may expect, and will be critical in the underground fight be tween the company union and the pos- sibility of real organization. Pidsibais Helpers’ Club of Brooklyn, New York calls on all helpers to join the club. Meetings every FRIDAY night, 8:30 p. m., at 4 7 Thatford Avenue, Brooklyn, N. Y. Coal Operators Do As They Please in Many Pennsylvania Pits {Special to The Dally Worker) COAL CENTRE, Pa., May 2. — Here are some of the conditions we are con- fronted with at Vesta 4 mine of the Vesta Coal company. Here is one of the incidents: A man went home one day about one hour and a half before quitting time and the next day his Place was “fenced off” until dinner time. He was kept from work that time. Later instructions gere given all over the mine that any man who went home before quitting time hy would lose his job. A few days later a couple of men were going home about dinner time and a boss met them and after they refused to return to work—stating their reasons for going home—he laid them off for 15 days. Some of the men in this mine are forced to work in water and they get all wet. The mine is ventilated pretty well in these places and as soon as the man has nothing to do he begin to freeze. Now if these men were not forced to stay in the mine until that time mentioned; then they could start to walk home as soon as they were positive that ‘the motor would not bring them any more “empties.” It is immaterial to the bosses whe- ther you freeze or not. The men should take up their grievances with the mine committee and attend local meetings, and see to it that the con ditions mentioned and many others detrimental to the workers are eradic- ated. 22,000 TRACTORS USED IN SOVIET SPRING PLOWING 18,925 Tnaported from United States WASHINGTON, D. ©. May 2. — Nearly 22,000 tractors are taking part in the spring plowing *in the Soviet Union this year, setting a new record for Russia, according to announcement by the Russian Information Bureau. Last spring there were about. 5,000 tractors, and before the war there were less than 500 in the whole Rus- sian Empire. Of the tractors 18,925 were imported from the United States, most of them within the past two years. The amount paid for them was $9,243,610, Since Jnauary 1, 1925, 16,- 062 tractors have been shipped to the Soviet Union from American® ports, and the Amtorg Trading corporation is shipping 50 more this week. In addition to the imports of tractors from the United States, the manu- facture of tractors has recently been organized in the Soviet Union. About 1,500 will be produced in Soviet fac- tories this year. This production will be steadily increased, but for many years it is estimated that the tractor- ization of agriculture in the Soviet Union must proceed largely thru the importation of machines made in American factories, For generations Russia has suffered from periodical famines, resulting from seasons of unfavorable weather plus the primitive methods of cultiva- tion employed. With the aid of the American tractor and extensive plans of irrigation the Soviet authorities ex- pect to make famine years a matter of history, Last summer Soviet agron- omists made an intensive first-hand study of American agricultural methods an@ of the work of the de- partment of agriculture in Washing- ton. Administration Leaders Fear Growth of “Farmer Bloc” in the Senate WASHINGTON, D. ©., May 2. The threatened revolt of 11 senetaros against the Coolidge policy of defer- ring relief for farmers until next ses sion has caused great worry among the administrg@ion supporters. The “farme:¥’ bloc” conferred with Coolidge in an effort*to enlist. his support on the Haughen farm relief bill. Coolidge refused to commit him- self, The senators from the mid-west pointed out the inadequacies of the Tincher bill and urged the passage of the Haughen Dill. Administration supporters fear the growing revolt and have held a num- ber of secret conferences with Coo- lidge and other officials in an attempt to map out a line of strategy. Many of the die-hards wish to postpone ac- tion on farm relief but fear that this action on their part may mean their defeat in the coming primaries and elections. They fear another defeat similar to that administered to Wil- liam B, McKinley. Two Die in Fire. GRANITE CITY, Il, May 2. — Two persons were burned to death in a fire that early today destroyed a block of stores and apartments here, ‘The flames raged unchecked because of a broken water main, The dead: Mrs, Julia A, Declue, 62, and Clif- ford Shelton, 8, Mrs, Declue’s grand- son, The first started shortly before mid- night and burned itself out several hours later. Many rescues were made with ladders to eecond-story windows. . ne GL, THE DAILY WORKER reese nin pereare nn nnarammarnsomnntaieitreemencmmantnct sweaters ENGLAND PLANS TO GANCEL DEBT TOU, 8, BANKERS Financial Bevertl Fear Export of Capital WASHINGTON, May 2. — (FP) — Grapevine messages from London are bringing word that Premier Baldwin is getting ready to repudiate the American war debt, which he person- ally “settled” a few years ago in ne- gotiation with Secretary Mellon. Pro- paganda opening the way to discovery that Britain cannot pay is said to be now in preparation. The British par- liament is to be informed, this fall, that British industries have suffered an almost mortal wound, and that the hopes on which the settlement pact was based have been swept away. Unemployment to Continue Both in London and in Washington the idea that British workers are going to remain unemployed—millions of them—seems to be accepted with the calmness of the comfortable, Bald- win believes that he and his ruling class will smash the labor movement in May, either thru conflict or forced sullen surrender to wage cuts and lengthening -of working hours. And still he does not expect to show a treasury strong enough to bear the payments to Washington that he has promised. Under advice from Tory bankers, British capital is leaving Britain to find investment in cheap- labor regions in Asia, Africa and Latin-America. Plants at home are shut down, One of the most eminent of conserv- ative economists in Washington, an- alyzing the situation, declares that the British debt pact, and the still unratified settlement with Mussolini, as well as the one that the French are expected to sign this summer, were designed to create a world-wide finan- cial “imperium.” This empire of gold will pivot on New York and London. Its program is one of forcing on all weaker nations a gold-exchange stand- ard of currency, which makes them more readily subject to orders from the international banking empire. None of these debtor nations will really pay the sums named in the debt settlements, because they cannot pay. But they will become colonies of the money empire, and even today their resources are rapidly coming under the active control of New York and London bankers. Fear Export of Capital. This economist is alarmed at the prospective development of this pro- cess. He sees American and British capital flowing into low-wage level countries, and leaving industrial ruin at home. He sees one-third of the po- pulation of Europe today holding Marxian views, and he fears that with the rise of the money empire this one- third will grow to become a majority. Then, he fears, will come a collapse of the whole business structure. The disinherited, disemployed, abandoned populations that have had the high wage standards while building the modern world will rise and take re- venge on the unweildy, impersonal, dividend-hungry group that will be the money empire of the world. The very fundamentals of modern society, built on private property rights, he sees endangered by the developments already assured, Bankers Want Low Tariff As tho in answer to this prophet of social disaster comes a prediction from, one of the shrewdest political guessers in Washington that the inter- national bankers will finance a low- tariff fight in the congressional cam- paign this year. His observations in Miami and New York in recent months lead him to believe that the big bank- ers are going to openly fight the manu- facturers who have hitherto controlled the republican party. He thinks they will back democrats, who will be pledged to revise the tariff in some fashion to permit collection of the bankers’ foreign loans thru foreign imports into this country. Both men predict a drive to break American .wages, thru the bankers’ power and interest in cheap-labor countries. Communist Deputy Assails Fascisti in Italian Chamber ROME, May 2. — After Musso- lini’s harangue at a special session of the Italian chamber of deputies a brief memorial was held for the Gio- vanni Amendola, leader of the Aven- tine opposition and one of the bitter parliamentary foes of the fascist dic- tator. The Communist deputy Mafi in speaking at the memorial exercises for Amendola in behalf of the Itallan Communist Party stressed the assas- sination and terrorism of deputies and workers by the fascist! and pointed to the assassination of the socialist de- puty Matteotti by the followers of Mussolini, some of whom are in jail today, as one of the blackest crimes in Italian history, His tribute to Amendola was re- ceived in a tense silence, Workers that had gained entrance in the gal- leries expected at any moment to see one of the fascist gang assassinate Maffi just as they had Matteotti for opposition to the fascist leader Mus- solin. One fascist and one liberal deputy also spoke at the Amendola services, Virgin Islands Bill Disfranchise Negroes Who Are in Majority WASHINGTON, May 2. — That the pending bill for the organization of civil government in the Virgin Islands, to replace the arbitrary rule of the navy, has provisions for exclud- ing the Negroes, who comprise nine- tenths of the population, from the bal- lot was admitted in testimony before the senate committee investigating the matter, The admission by Dr. Rufus Tucker, economic expert for the treas- ury department, was made in the course of his discussion and drew not a single objection from any member of the committee, “Regarding the suffrage situation,” he declared, “‘nine-tenths of the popula- tion are colored and some-of the white people are afraid that if universal suf- frage were granted there would be widespread race discrimination. The bill, as drawn, guards against this by limiting suffrage to thobe who can read and write.” sad Like Southern States, This is the same provision, which coupled with the so-called “grand- father” clause, in the southern states has led to the disfranchisement of the Negroes, The white election officials rule that Negroes are unable to read or write, even when well-educated. Any Negro who dares'to object gets his head caved in. The result is that with a few exceptions the Negroes are absolutely disfranchised) It is this same sort of a system which the re- actionary imperial Coolidge adminis- tration is proposing for these islands, LITTLE JUSTICE IN COURTS FOR NEGRO WORKERS Public Discriminations Go Unpunished A number of Chicago south side restaurants have continually refused to serve Negro patrons. Tho the state law provides that there can be no dis- criminations in places of public serv- ice, these restaurants tell tre Negro that he must either go into the kitch- en to eat or else he will not be served. When the Negro has a warrant sworn out and the waitress or waiter, who has been instructed by the restau- rant manager or proprietor not to serve Negroes, are brought into court, they are either released with a very small fine, a scolding or discharged because of insufficient, evidence.” Refuse to Servé Negro. Edward Collins, a Negro insurance went, entered the Willing’s Restau- -ant, at 203 East 48rd street, sat“down at the counter and ordered a meal. The waitress leaned over the counter and told him and his friend that they did not “serve Negroes here.” Collins had a Mary Doe warrant sworn out for the waitress. In court the waitress made the preposterous declaration that Collins had tried to become intimate with her in the res- taurant and because of that she had refused to serve him. Discharges Waitress. Collins pointed out that this charge was groundless and brought out that the waitress had refused to serve him because of his color. The judge discharged the case declaring there was “insufficient evidence.” Coolidge Grudge Costs Brookhart Senate Seat; President Unforgiving (Special to The Daily Worker) WASHINGTON, May 2. — Senator Butler of Massachusetts, republican national chairman and. spokesman of President Coolidge at the capitol, demonstrated his power when he re versed his own position three days before the vote was taken on the Brookhart-Steck election contest, and threw the New England republicans, and the final decisign, as Coolidge wanted it to go, That is to say, But- ler executed Coolidge’s order to throw Brookhart out, The final vote on the issue was 45 to 41. Had Butler not switched he would have held three or four New England votes on the side of Brook- hart, and the latterwould have re- tained his seat. § @ corporation democrat, would not fave entered the senate. Cummins would not have been compelled to against Brook- hart in the Iowa pri this year, Coolidge Gets Even. Coolidge was nursing an old grudge. Brookhart, nomi) by a big ma- jority in the repub! primary in 1924, had denounced the Coolidge poll- cies and flayed Dawes in a speech shortly before the election. He re- called Coolidge’s attempts to protect Fall, Daugherty and Denby. The re- publican reactionaries were fighting Brookhart anyhow, but his act of self- defense infuriated the New Englander in the White House, When Coolidge learned recently that Butler had been persuaded that it was better to keep Brookhart in the senate than to seat a corporation democrat, he became intensely interested. Butler suddenly reversed himself began canvass- ing for the atic contestant, Open your eyes! Look arounar There are the stories of the workers’ struggles around you begging to be written up. Do It! Send It in! Write you fight! Berger has the Blues as His Socialist Party Holds Small Convention By J. LOUIS ENGDAHL. “MMHIS is the smallest convention we have ever had.” With this observation, Victor L. Berger, the lone socialist congress- man in Washington and the editor of the remaining socialist daily, the Milwaukee Leader, summed up his views of the national convention of the socialist party in session on the . roof garden of the Hotel Chatham, here in Pittsburgh, opening on the morning of International May Day. “Issues!” Berger didn’t know of any to come before the gathering. “Program!” He stands on the pres- ent socialist platform that doesn’t need any changing. “Wet and dry!” Berger is wet and wants everybody to know it. The questions of af- fillation with the Communist Inter- national, the dictatorship of the proletariat, Soviets and similar is- sues will not come up. Berger doesn’t know of a single Commun- ist sympathizer in the whole con- vention to raise them, see With this. viewpoint, Berger doesn't feel obliged to remain very long in attendance at the gathering. In fact, he planned to return to Washington, D. C., and his con- gressional duties at the end of the first day, And on this day he gave the better part of an hour to your correspondent for a discussion of labor’s outlook in the United States, Later Berger qualified his state- ment that, “This is the smallest con- vention we have ever had.” He stated he believed the convention held at Cleveland, Ohio, in 1922, incidental to the gathering of the Conference for Progressive Polit ical Action, was still smaller. It was in this C. P. P. A. meeting that the socialists, under the direction of Morris Hillquit, led the attack against the seating of the Commun-~ ist delegates in a gathering that was aiming toward the creation of a la- bor party. fe @ Berger sees a wave of reaction sweeping the country. He doesn’t know how long it will last. But it is here. The suggestion that the socialists join with the Communists and other working class organizations in united front actions against this black wave of anti-labor tyranny, fell on barren soil. Berger is against having anything to do with the Communists, “You just want to bore from with- in, that’s all,” declares Berger, and he insisted on differentiating be- tween Communist boring from with- in, and the kind of boring from within that Samuel Gompers charged Berger with, when Berger was a regular delegate at conventions of the American Federation of Labor, persistently raising the opposition standards against Gomperism. Ber- ger quit this tactic years ago. He now states that he doesn’t believe he has ever met Gompers’ suc- * cessor, William Green, pe a Berger’s views reflect. the recep- tion that will be given the open let- ter of the Workers (Communist) Party suggesting a united front for the coming congressional elections and the placing in the field of a united labor ticket. Claiming a small gain in mem- bership, and insisting that their financial condition is better now than in years, the socialists are con- tented to go on alone, as they have been, except for their disastrous fling in the LaFollette campaign last year. * ec @ Yet Berger, inconsistent as’ al- ways, was promising the next mo- ment to attend the national confer- ence of the Councils for the Protec- tion of the Foreign-Born, to be held in Washington, May 15, and to make @ speech. “But I'll state my views clearly,” insisted Berger, thus accepting for himself the conditions that he would deny to the Communists, as clearly set forth in the “open letter” for united front activities, as follows: “Naturally, the socialist party as well as the Workers (Communist) Party would preserve its full right to advocate and carry on its work on the basis of its full program with- in such a united front movement.” 2. S That the most reactionary ele- ments in the socialist party are in control of this convention is seen in the fact that Julius Gerber, New York delegate, . spokesman for Abraham Cahan, editor of the Jewish Daily Forward, was made chairman of the first day. Gerber, who led the war against the Communists in New ‘York City before the break in the socialist party in 1919, an- nounced that he was delegate in place of Norman Thomas, recently arrested while . speaking to mill strikers at Passaic, New Jersey. It was claimed that Thomas was one of those who, could be depended on to lead a fight in this convention against Cahanism. in the socialist party, that is.the driving force back of the attempted reign of terror against the left wing in the needle trades unions, especially in New York City. Thus the national convention of the socialist party opens in Pitts- burgh, Pa, May Day and the Farmers By ALBERT KNUTSON, R hundreds and thousands of years the exploiters of the farm- ers and workers of the world have held sway upon the earth, directing Political and economic affairs in their own way and for their special benefit However, there is now unmistakable evidence that the end of the rule o those who Tob both the farmers and the workers is drawing nigh. Its force is spent, history demands a change. The first serious dent in the capital- ist armor was made in 1917 when the Russian farmers and workers got rid of their czarist exploiters and estab- lished their Soviet form of govern- ment, This was the firgt great chal- | &TS. lange to the rule of world capitalism over the workers and it will be follow- ed by others, Emancipation of Farmers and Workers. The emancipation of the farmers and workers everywhere cannot be stopped but must go on, The farmer and worker in Europe and America as well as the millions of oppressed in India, China and other colonial coun- tries are on the march against their exploiters and will win their freedom, They cannot lose. The day of victory maybe postponed, or retarded, but come it must. The first of May is a big day for the workers, and the farmers of the United States have as much interest in this international workers’ holiday ag the city industrial workers because it is only by forming a political and economic alliance with the latter that the exploited farmers ever will be able to abolish the robbery of the banks and the grain gamblers, On May Day they should, in company with their solidarity and challenge the rule of the capitalists, their exploiters, Farmers Lease Capitalist Parties For many decades the masses of farmeré in this country have trailed along with the politicians in the cap italist parties, but this, too, is now coming to an end. The idea is finally let loose among the farmer that the old parties cannot do anything for them. The July 1923 Farmer-Labor conference at Chicago, the St. Paul FarmerLabor enavention ia 1924, the spread of the Western Progressive Farmers im the Pacific Northwest and thru the central states, the organiza- tion of the militant United Farmers’ Educational League, the block of Farmer-Labor states under formation in the South and Northwest—all these manifest , and many others of a local character, prove that the farmer is leaving the old political track and is ready to take up the fight in his own interests. To be sure, he is at present only groping his way forward but the significant fact to note is that he has started to fight within his own political party and in alliance with the city industrial work- On this May Day the farmers of America should march side by side with the city workers in a great and enthusiastic demonstration against the capitalist powers, assert and give im- petus to the fight they are making within their own organization, for their own rights. Long live May Day and the interna- tional holiday of the workers! Long live the Farmers’ Interna- tional! i Long live May Day and the rule of the farmers and workers in all coun- tries. ‘ Py ' “General Ineptitude for Work” Reason for ; . Dry Agents’ Dismissal (Special to The Daily Worker) ‘WASHINGTON, May 2—The whole- sale dismissal of prohibition enforce- ment agents in Newark, N. J., was due to their “General ineptitude for the work,” Frederick Baird, newly appoint- ed administrator for Pennsylvania, and New Jersey, declared in a report to general Lincoln C, Andrews, Racing Balloon Sighted. LITTLE ROCK, Ark. May 2, — One of the nine balloons which started from the Little Rock alr port in the national baloon race late yes- terday, was sighted today passing over Nashville, Tenn., according to a message received by race officials to- aon. Nabe de lle alive of amd 4 RUSSIAN NOBLES SPEND EXILE IN DREAM OF POWER Assist Rosy Dreams with Dope By CHARLES ASHLEIGH (Special to The Daily Worker) PARIS, May 2. —(By Mail)—The monarchist Russians, exiled from the scene of their former plundering ac- tlivities, pass their time in manifold ways while awaiting the return of the “dear old days,” which, however, show less and less prospect of returning. Candidate Cyril, Grand Duke Cyril, cousin of the late lamented czar, is one of the candi- dates for the throne of Russia, He has proclaimed himself “Emperor of All the Russias.” He had to do it himself, because hardly anyone else would, Cyril is @ very merciful would-be ruler. He says that, when he gets back to power, he is going to pardon the wicked Bolsheviks, His magnan- imity is unexampled, but we fear he won't have the chance to exercise it. “Support of the People.” In an interview with the press, the Grand Duke said that his work to restore the throne “depended on the support of the mass of the people in Russia.” We are sorry, for his sake, to hear this, because it means that he is going to be a long, long time get- ting back, Other noble exiled Russians, in- stead of drowning their misery in rose-tinted visions of future power, seek escape thru the more expensive dreams.of dope, For instance Gen. Serge Roubitoff Vladicho Alexandro- vitch has just committed suicide in Constantinople, He was a general in the army of the czar. Later he commanded a part of Wrangel’s army, When the reds drove Wrangel from Russia he and his wife took refuge in Costanti- nople, Dope. When their hopes of returning to Russia to be greeted by the plaudits of adoring workers and peasants who had overthrown the Soviets began to get fainter, they resolved to reinforce them by resorting to the chemist’s shop. They yielded to the bewitching sway of morphine. Some pleasant evenings were had by all, when, chock-full of dope, they visualised the slaughter of the ferocious Bolsheviks andthe return of their broad estates. Slowly they slid down the long, steep road of drugged degeneration until, one night, the general's wife died from the effects of her debauch. No Hope. This helped to restore sense to the morphia-soaked brain of the czarist general. He came to himself; and the spectacle he saw was too cruel for his bearing. He saw there was no hope; that, under the rule of the workers and peasants, the Soviet Union was gfowing ever stronger. Fumbling and gibbering—a debased creature of his sordid addictions—he was terrified by truth. ‘ And so he purposely took an over- dose of the deadly drug and died. His name will probably be honored in the ranks of the White exiles. In Workers’ Russia he is forgotten, Inquiry Into/Child Labor Indenture Shows Injustice of System WASHINGTON, May 2. — The chil- dren’s bureau of the department of labor has just made public a report showing the Tesults of its investiga- tion into the system of child indenture as practiced in Wisconsin. The ‘study was made at the request.of the state authorities. ‘The cases of 827 children were in- vestigated. In most cases the home surroundings thus provided were found to be bad. Half of these homes were actually detrimental to the chil- dren, 44 per cent satisfactory, and only a few could be considered high class. Many of the children were virtually unpaid servants, often deprived of schooling and recreation and some- times cruelly treated. The children indentured came, of course, from poor families, where their parents could not give them personal attention. While the state of Wisconsin had thousands of dollars to spend on work of raising the standard of stock breeding, etc., it could only ford two agents to look after widely scattered wards, Thus mistreated and often had to wait for years to their complaints investigated. Sixteenth Century Relic. Child indenture is a relic of teenth century conditions in England, It was common there at the beginning of capitalism, when the abuses under its operation were #o terrible they could hardly ‘be described in adequate language. It is today still permitted by the states of twelve states—Arkan- sas, Illinois, Kansas, sylvania, Rhode Island, Virginia, West Virginia, Indiana, Michigan, Nevada and Wisconsin, Anthrax in Powder Puff. UNION CITY, Ind, Mey 2 — Ada Shockney, 17, inde ? i we. TT