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pai ot ex} the zat the syr Th she by ide br cal the Bo the tha der me of We the ex} ma _wh th dey iny inv dey co: por duc the cat oul thi roc dis em hay anc ‘Th lis! we she dis the mii par Page Two ee = es THE DAILY*“WORKER ~~ REED COMMITTEE LOOKS INTO FUND OF BREWERY MEN Wet Tells Why His League Supported Vare Special to The Daily Worker. WASHINGTON, June 30.—A search- ing inquiry into charges that a clique of brewers poured a stream of gold into Pennsylvania’s recent $3,000,000 senatorial primary was initiated today by the senate slush fund committee as the first step in an effort to learn whether a nation-wide wet combine has been created to influence Ameri- can elections. The committee summoned Captain William H. Strayton, head of the as- sociation against the prohibition amendment, as the first witness in its wet inquiry, which was prompted by Wayne B. Wheeler, general counsel of the Ant!-Saloon league, who charged at a secret session of the committee \.and.as a sort of blind for his own spending, that Pennsylvania brewers had raised a slush fund to “buy the nomination” for Representative Vare. ‘ Supported Vare, Since March, 1925, all the finances of the organization have been handled in Washington, Stayton said, He declared his association had “gent out literature” in the Pennsyl- vania campaign. “Whom did your association / sup port in the senatorial primary?” “Representative William S. Vare.” “why?” Why Vare Was Picked. “We decided that Governor Pin- chot, because of his Intellectual in- firmities, was unsulted for the sen- ate,” Stayton replied. ‘We felt Sen- ator Pepper had the opportunity to associate with good people, but that he lacked moral courage in his fall- ure to declare himself on the prohl- bition issue. We felt Vare was as- sociated with the evils of the organi- zation In Philadelphia, but that he had moral courage on thie issue. We preferred him to Pepper’ “It was a choice of two evils?” “Yes, unfortunately, we had.to take one of them.” Belgium Discovers British Strike Is Raising Coal Cost BRUSSELS, June 30.—The Belgian government finds it too expensive to accept German coal as reparations and will discontinue the importation of German coal as reparations in kind after September 1, The price of coal since the |British strike has sky- rocketed and Belgium finds it is giv- ing “too much credit” for German coal. Bobbed Hair on Government Stamp. SAN SALVADOR, June 30.—The government of Sam Salvador is the first to give official recognition of the feminine penchant for bobbed hair. A new stamp issued has for its cen- tral figure a typical modern young womart with bobbed hair. TO CONCLUDE THE CAMPAIGN gni The Declaration of Independence workers WORKER is most necessary. We, therefore, concluding The Daily Worker Sub Campaign, set here an example by pledging our independence RATES: Outside of Chicago Per year ... $6.00 Six months Three months ,. in Chicago Per year. Six months Three months with a tance, i, A WORKER to celebrate the 4th of July as a worker eessseeeee LOF seseeeeee MONthS subscription, should enclose §... Name Neen es scocnamnocinsooessoseee When, in the course of human events, it becomes necessary for workers to dissolve the political bands which have bound them to the old parties, and to assume with other workers all over the world an equal station by taking rights to which before all laws we are en- titled, a decent respect to the opinions of mankind requires that we should declare the separation and join with revolutionary workers everywhere. We hold these truths to be self-evident: A Labor Party of our own is most necessary; to this end and to secure not only the full product of wur toil but even the most elementary needs—and for the promotion of the interests of WORKER to which we attach remit- WITNESS MY SIGNATURE TO THIS DOCUMENT: seepennenoensenennaesenenanenseneneesnsnsnsneaseneedesssnseesssaesenssterstessseeseees BRITISH COAL MINE STRIKERS IN APPEAL TO ALL WORKERS (Continued from page 1) couraged to offer a stubborn resist- ance by our appreciation of the fact that any weakness on our part, while providing no remedy whatever for tho coal problem, would be followed by the extension of wage cuts and longer hours to the workers in other indus- tries. This is recognized by the whole Trade Union Movement, which has repeatedly pledged its support for the stand we are taking. Profits from the Industry. The government and the mine own- ers base their propaganda against the miners on the alleged serious finan- clal position of the industry. We can-| not forget that in the past 12 years the mine owners have made on an estimated capital of £180,000,000 Profits amounting to £212,000,000, while in addition, royalty owners dur ing these 12 years, has taken some £75,000,000 from the industry. Nevertheless, we realize that the economic position of the industry, in its present state of disorganization, requires urgent attention. The only treatment which will be effective with- out forcing the actual producers of wealth into starvation and worsened conditions, has repeatedly been made clear by us, and in dts main outlines has been accepted by four official in- quiries} in 1919, 1924, 1925, and 1925-26. Such treatment involves: (1) Selentific reorganization of the coal and allied Industries on a national basis, with the closing down of un-economic pits, and pro- vision for the men who are dis- placed. (2) Elimination of the middlemen by the municipal distribution of coal at home, and by the formation of co-operative selling agencies for the export trade, thus increasing the net proceeds re@eived by the col- EARTHQUAKES IN MANY PARTS OF THE WORLD SANTA BARBARA, Cal., June 30.— An earth trembler was felt in Santa Barbara, Los Angeles, Pasadena, Ven- tura, Santa Monica, Long Branch, Ox- nard and as far south as El Segundo. One child was killed in Santa Bar- bara when a chimney toppled over. Many buildings that had been’ weak- ened in the earth trembler which Santa Barbara had exactly a year ago were further weakened. , 2.4 132 Killed in Sumatra. PADANG Sumatra, June 30.—More than 100 were killed and almost all buildings in Pandjang were destroyed in an earthquake that occurred in central Sumatra. Seventeen ‘Were killed at Soengeiboeloe and fifteen at Solok, A sub a day will help to drive capital away. in all respects, The DAILY subscription to The DAILY lieries, without Increasing the price to the consumer. (3) The removal from the indus- try of the burden of royalties and way-leaves, which now absorb £ 6,250,000 per year. Having thus defined the issue, we ask your executive to give us the fulk est support in continuing our resis- tance to demands which, if submitted to, will be extended to the whole working class. Waiting for Starvation. The mine owners’ and the govern- ment are now merely waiting until the sufferings of our people become unen- durable, and they are forced by sheer st fon to submit. We are con- vinced that the organized labor move- ment will not allow us to go under, and is fully prepared to give us the necessary support. Such support will naturally take two forms, financial aid and sympa thetic action, We are asking every trade union to assist us, both cen- trally and thru its local organizations and membership, with financial aid. We also ask all organizations con- cerned with transport to take definite sympathetic action, by authorizing their members to refuse to handle coal while the lock-out continues. We submit these requests for your earnest consideration, and shall be glad to have your decision at the earli- est possible moment. Finally, on behalf of the executive committee, we wish in the name of the British miners and their families to thank all who have so generously given us their aid, in action, in money, and in personal service. Yours fraternally, On behalf of the Miners’ Federation of Great Britain, Herbert Smith, President. Thomas Richards, Vice-President. W. P. Richardson, Treasurer. A. J. Cook, Secretary. FARRINGTON DENIES ELECTION SLUSH FUND CHARGE OF CARAWAY (Special to The Daily Worker) SPRINGFIELD, Ill, June 30.— Frank Farrington, president of Dis- trict 12 of the United Mine Work- ers of America, whose name was mentioned with John H. Walker, president of the Illinois Federation of Labor, In connection with a slush fund sald to have been expended on behalf of Col. Frank L. Smith in the linois republican primaries, issued a flat denial of Senator Caraway’s charges upon his return to Spring- field today. “| feel quite certain, that no mat- ter how complete the investigation may be, the committee will not dis- Cover anything that will reflect dis- credit on Mr, Smith, John H. Walker, or myself.” The Reed senate committee now investigating the Pennsylvania pri- maries has announced it will hold hearings on the Illinois Smith- McKinley contest sometime in July. Senator Caraway’s insinuation that Smith and Farrington received part of the $2,000,000 slush fund alleged to have been spent by Smith will then be looked into, Farrington was emphatic in his invitation to the committee to inspect his record. Railroad Switchmen Organizing Chicago, Says Union Officer Adding new members at the rate of 50 a week in the Chicago switchiing district, the Switchmen’s Union of North America reports satisfactory progress in bringing Chicago up to the Buffalo record of 100% organiza- tion. Buffalo, the national headquart- ers, was the first spot to be tackled in the recently launched campaign and when practically every switchmen was signed up there, the drive was transferred to the vast and compli- cated Chicago switching district. “We are working north, south, east and west in the district,” says Inte national Vice-President, Leo Kanan, ‘and a Our work i y the fact attend of the rail. department of the ation of Labor, in ses- But we are tackling ny roads with fine results, Anti-Small Forces Assail Appointment of Joliet Warden The anti-Small forces of Illinois are planning to circuiate a petition de- manding that Gov. Len Small appoint “an experienced, competent man in- stead of naming merely a politician” jas the warden of the Joliet peniten- tlar The petition will also demand the removal of Chauncey Jenkins from jthe parole board, YOU CAN EAT WELL IN LOS ANGELES at GINSBERG'S VEGETARIAN RESTAURANT 2324-26 BROOKLYN AVENUE, LOS ANGELES, CAL. eee LABOR PLANNING CELEBRATION OF THE REVOLUTION July 4th Demonstrations in Many Cities There will be all kinds of Fourth of July celebrations and demonstra- tions. Workers are only too well ac- quainted with the regulation anti- labor, spread-eagle, jingoistic drivel regularly poured out every year by the regular run of politicians, bus!- ness men and other “leaders of the community.” No wonder that most militant and advanced :workers have come to look upon the Fourth of July with a feeling of disgust and re- pugnance. The Workers Will Demonstrate. But this year—one~ hundred and fifty years after the signing of the Declaration of Indepengrce—_ there will be a new kind of WG. stration. Probably for| in the history of this c tant revolutionary wor: to demonstrate on the In every part of ti! meetings, picnics, outin| of many other kinds ranged, At these dem significance of the Ai tion for the working jland affairs that the American rey for them in the class day. They will learn ‘ lution of '76 was the revolution and that th@@ime is now ripe for another Ameri revolution the revolution ‘of..the; orkers and poor farmers against ¢| capitalists. Reveal Role of Worf ts Party. The role of the jvolutionary party in this strug) will be brought out thru ill@§ ration, com- parisons, and contrasts’ ation in the first Ameri Appeals will be made conscious revolutionar§/ workers to join the Workers (Communist) Party and help solidify the ratiks of the or- ganized vanguard of te working class. Upon the 150th annivgtsary of the Declaration of Indepgndence the American working clas§ must make an effort to show that 1! has become mature enough to claim }ts inheritance of the revolutionary tragitions of the pth the situ- ‘h revolution. the class- past. It must meet tha@pchallenge of the bourgeoisie who h: appropriat- ed, distorted, and misuse, these tradi- tions for reactionary The revolutionary traditia belong to the only revol of today, the working mains with the’ worke! whether they will accep tions and carry them, these tradi. forward or New York, New Jers cut.—There will be a ment at a beautiful spo land. Jay Lovestone July 4 and J. Louis Engi The DAILY WORKER, Boston, Mass, July 4. mons, Bertram D. Wolf Utica, N. Y., July 3. Niagara Falls, N. Y., dolph Katz. Jamestown, N. Y., Jul y, Connecti- ass encamp- on Long Is ly 4.—Ru- 5.—Herbert v. Y, easy G—S. Essman. ik, July 3. — J. Louis ily 2—J. Louis Eng- nhl Pittsburgh, Pa, July 5.—Robert Minor, at Gajdas Farm, Cheswich, Pa. McKeesport, Pa., July 4.—Robert Minor. Erie, Pa., July 4, — Herbert Benja- | min. Cleveland, Ohio, July 4.—Ben Git- | low. f Akron, Ohio, July 5.—4:30 p. m. Ben Gitlow. i Youngstown, Ohio, July 5.—Ben Git- low. Chrisholm, Minn. July 2., Finnish Opera House, Wm. Foster. | Superior, Wis., July..3.—7:30.p. m, Workers’ Hall, Wm. Z. Foster. Duluth, Minn., July 38:30 p. m, William Z, Foster. rand Rapids, Mich.,,July 2.—Stan- ley J. Clark, Detroit, Mich., Monday, July 5, Yo- hoo Park, 18 Mile Road, near Main St. Stanley J. Clark, Chicago, Ill, July 5-0, E Ruthen- berg St. Louis, Mo., July 4.—C. EB. Ruth- enberg. Cantonese Prevent All British Trade (Special to The Dally Worker) SHANGHAI, China, June 30.— The strike boycott laid against British shipping thru Hongkong still con- tinues with telling effect. Hongkong ig but a skeleton of itself of former days. " The Cantonese permit nothing to come or go by Hongkong. A central strike committee oversees all ship- ping, backed with 3,000 welected pick- ets. All cargo ent Canton is subject to the examination of the strikers, All but British goods are sed. British seized as It Is Not An Insult to Labor to Reveal the Truth Aboutits Enemies || What Do You By J. LOUIS ENGDAHL. an UT in the Calumet carshops of the Pullman Company, workers are dismantling the million-dollar “Cardinal Special” trains that brought the papal legate, Bonzano, and his Catholic colleagues to the 28th International Eucharistic Con- gress, recently held in Chicago. To fit out these two trains for their one day of service, carrying their cath- olic prelates on the 20-hour run from New York to Chicago, and later to Mundelein, called for the greatest expense of the kind in all American history, ct ots The idea of furnishing the luxu- rious “Cardinal Special” trains orig- inated in the brain of Edward Francis Carry, the Roman Catholic president of the Pullman Company, who makes war on trade unions and blacklists all workers who show the least desite for organization as a means toward improving their own conditions, This was the manner in which the much vaunted “pilgrims” to the Eucharist Congress traveled, caus- ing an outlay which no American Croesus, not even oil Rockefeller, steel Schwab, or dollar Morgan, has yet attempted. It was with such a background that an attempt was made to whip the catholics attend- ing the congress into a religious frenzy. But with the event passed, it is very evident that the hundreds of thousands who haunted the gold- leafed shrine in Grant Park on the lake front did so more out of cu- riosity inspired by publicity than any veneration for the richly-robed and jeweled dignitaries who paraded be- fore them, 2 > oS Only one letter has been received by The DAILY WORKER protesting against its attitude toward the con- gress. It is gigned by a member of Local No. 144, of the Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America, It is the viewpoint of a worker and is therefore important, It declares in part: “L wish to protest against your at- tacks on the catholics. I think it is a shame that a paper like yours, that is supposed to be a left wing paper and for the workers, and you know that most of the workers are catho- lics, and therefore you should not have insulted them if you want them to help you. “I think that it makes no differ- ence to what religion anybody be- longs. Catholics are just as good as protestants, or Jews or any other religion, and it is none of your busi- ness to mix in and try to make a fight between them.” o- 952 The DAILY WORKER did not at- tack the workers. It merely point- ed out the nature of the catholic church, its influence as a reaction- ary power in politics, and its al- liance with great capitalist interests which makes its fundamentally anti- labor, The convincing example was cited of where the catholic church took its stand on the side of prop- erty rights as against human rights in the struggle of the German work- ers to confiscate the property of the REPORT ANOTHER BULGAR ‘PLOT’ THAT MAY MEAN FURTHER WHITE TERROR (Special to The Daily Worker) PARIS, June 30—Another “terror- ist” plot against the Bulgarian gov- ernment has been frustrated, a Sofia dispatch to Le Matin said to- day. The police have seized a huge quantity of explos' The dis- Patch said the plot was of “agrari- an-Communist” origin. It Is feared in Balkan circles here that this may be the signal for another “reprisal” like that following the explosion in Sofia cathedral, Akron Foreign-Born Council Holds Picnic on Monday, July 5 AKRON, 0., June 30.—The Akron Foreign Born Council is holding a picnic Monday, June 5, at “Ukrain- ian Ground,” Chifford avenue off of Broom street, There will be several speakers, among them being Benja- min Gitlow, member of the central executive committee of the Workers (Communist) Party, The picnic will begin at 12 o'clock. New York International Labor Defense Holds Picnic at Pleasant Bay NEW YORK, June 30, —- The annual outing of the International Labor De- fense, New York section, will take place Sunday, August 8, at Pleasant Bay Park, Bronx, N. Y, Friendly or- ganizations are kindly requested not to arrange any affairs deposed and parasite Hohenzollern dynasty in Germany. Catholic work- ers in Germany instinctively turned against their church as the betrayer of labor's interests, The same de- velopment proceeds in all other European countries, and it doesn’t matter whether the organized reli- gion involved is catholic or protest- ant, Jew or gentile. ss * @ The DAILY WORKER pointed out that the most favored guests at the eucharistic ceremonies were the catholic laymen of great wealth, Thus Samuel Insull, the traction and power kaiser of Chicago, who is charged with raising half a million dollars to win the republican sena- torial nomination in Illinois for his Political agent, Colonel Frank L. Smith, organized a party of 30 “pil- grims” to go to Mundelein. They did not make the trip on foot. They rode in state in 15 gorgeous limou- sines, escorted by motorcycle police- men, and witnessed the ceremonies from a section reserved for them facing the altar. Catholic workers, especially those in the great basic industries, may well study the names of the “pilgrims” that accompanied the labor baiter, Samuel Insull, on his pilgrimage to Mundelein | to watch the cardinals go thru with their mumery. Here are some of them: James A. Farrel, president of the bitterly anti-labor United States Steel Corporation. John D. Rayon, president of the Anaconda Copper Mining Co., that joined in the antilabor drive that helped destroy the Western Federa- tion of Miners. Edward Francis Carry, president of the “open shop” Pullman Cong pany, who furnished the million- dollar “special.” E. J. Doyle, vice-president of the ‘Commonwealth Edison Co., the light and power trust that fights the or- ganization of its workers. Nicholas F, Brady, president of the New York Edison Co., that oc- cupies the same position in .the metropolis that the Commonwealth Co. holds in Chicago. Edward F, Blair, the Chicago trac- tion magnate, bitter foe of the streetcar men’s union. Alexander French Banaks, presi- dent of the Elgin, Joliet and Eastern Railroad, affiliated with some of Chi- cago’s largest financial institutions and with banks in the steel centers of Gary and South Chicago, *_. © These constituted only part of the list. Betterment of the conditions of the workers did not come up, in any way, at the eucharistic congress. It did not enter into-any of the speeches made. There was a rea- son. The catholic church is respon- sive only to the interest of its multi- millionaire laymen. It is a defender of property interests. To state this is not to insult workers who are catholics. It is rather a statement of fact that they should carefully study. Only by so doing will they reach a proper conclusion beneficial to the interests of the whole work- ing class, catholics, protestant, Jew and unbeliever, [Prosperity Fading and Even Building Declines, Says Bank By LELAND OLDS, Federated Press. Labor will face increasing unem- ployment the latter half of 1926 and into 1927 if the Cleveland Trust Co.'s estimate of the business situation is accurate. The Cleveland Trust sees declining tendencies in many impor- tant industries, especially building and automobiles on which prosperity has been largely dependent. “It now seems likely,” says the com- pany, “that the first third of 1926 will prove to have been its best third, and to have marked the crest of this Period (1921-1926) of business expan- sion. Building is still at boom levels but the figures show that the volume of construction permits has been de- clining for several ‘months. The pros- pects are that the coming months will be @ period of the most severe com- petition in building, with reduced de- mands for labor and materials, and sharply narrowed profits or actual los for speculative builders,” Reported Earthquakes Found Not So Serious LONDON, June 30.—The latest re: Ports of the week-end earthquakes which shook most of the east Mediter- ranean countries and islands thru a belt extending from the Atlantic to the Pacific, caused more fright than actual damage, according to reports received here, dwellings were shaken down by the temblors, the reports thus far have While many small huts and minor 1776 Know About It? | Read the truth about the early history of the United States as the school books did NOT teach you. THE FATHERS LABOR LEADERS POLITICAL PARTIES FARMERS NEGRO The facts about these and other subjects will be the feature of the articles by Jay Lovestone Alexander Bittelman Tharber Lewis Lovett Fort-Whiteman and others “with PHOTOGRAPHS CARTOONS eked and HAY BALES and A SHORT STORY BY THE BRIL- LIANT YOUNG WRITER MICHAEL GOLD POEMS by the noted proletarian poet JIM WATERS A double size paper in a special issue of 12 Pages Saturday, July 3 ' 12 Page Magazine Supplement Order a Bundle Now! Wire if necessary—and ‘ by all means be sure to } Lali , Beet . Ce Ke 7.1 to get the special July 4 issue SATURDAY in | bundles, , 3%, CENTS A COPY The Daily Worker, 1113 W. Washington Bivd., copies of the July 4 Special, Nam ; sesarnonsonaneensssoressasonsnsuneereseesoensessseesseeng Street: RONEN Pea MeO