The Daily Worker Newspaper, August 1, 1926, Page 2

Page Two ‘WITH THE STAFF Being Things From Here and There Which Have ae » Us to Folly or Frenzy | Beane: ae THE BUCOLIC BIBLE. LOS ANGELES.—Deputy District At- torney Ryan discloses evidence that Aimee Semple MePherson and Kenneth Ormi: by-the-Sea for ten days, leaving behind in a hurried departure much Incriminat- ing evidence, Including a bible.—News item. I'm a lonesome little bible now; Nobody looks at me Since my readers flew the coop and left The cottage by the sea, Kenneth read of Lot’s fair daughters And the wife of Potiphar, Who go interested holy men They came from near and far, Though I have no funny pictures They appreciated me, When I told them naughty stories In the cottage by the sea, What's attractive in Hearst picture sheets I never yet could see; Neither why I'm left so lonely in The cottage by the sea, . SCRIPTURES SIMPLI- FIED FOR SIMPERING SADIE CHAPTER VIII. (Being the story of Jesus as a ladies’ man, as told In the gospel of Saint Bruce). Men followed him, and the leaders of men have very often been physically strong. But wom- en worshipped him. This is sig- nificant. The names of women constitute a very large proportion of the list of his close friends. There were Mary and Martha, two gentle maiden ladies who lived outside Jerusalem; there was Joanna, a rich woman, the wife of one of Herod’s stewards. Good women. The other sort of women came into contact with him, too— women of less fortunate erperi- ence and reputation—twhose illu- sions regarding men were gone, whose eyes saw piercingly. The men who have been women’s men in the finest sense, have been the vital, conquering figures of history. lees Magazine Romance Across panes grayness spread. Birds in tree-tops grew restless. Far away a valiant rooster chal- lenged — insolent. youth, bugling the faint-hearted to a revival of courage. Marvelously the east responded.—From Good House- keeping, which neglected to add that about that time the alarm clock also responded. see *% % Now You Tell One —DOUBLE DOSE— “I supported Colonel . Smith as a matter of “ principle.” -- Robert E. Crowe. “It’s refreshing to find } @ man with such senti- ments.”—Senator Reed. jon oscupied a cottage at Carmel- | SMITH AGENT PAID $6,000 FOR ILLINOIS FOREIGN - BORN VOTE SLUSH FUND WITNESS TESTIFIES The first trace of corruption in the $1,000,000 Illinois senatorial primary Was unearthed by the senate slush fund committee when Timothy P. Me- Carthy, an Hast St. Louis newspaperman, charged the endorsement of Frank L. Smith for the republican senatorial nomination by the Foreign Voters’ League of Illinois was “bought” for a $6,000 consideration, Sold Foreign-Born Vote, The deal was arranged, McCarthy testified under oath, by Charles Sendry, head of the Foreign Voters’ League and John J. Faulkner, Smith’s campaign manager in southwestern Illinois, até———__—__—___—_———. a banquet in Hast St. Louis, a few |days before the primary. McCarthy charged Sendry offered to sell the league's endorsement for the $6,000 and that the next day, Sendry gave out the league’s endorsement of Smith. Introduced Sendry. McCarthy, a political writer on the East St. Louis News-Review ‘and the St. Louis Times, said he. took. Sendry to the banquet to meet Faulkner at the request of a friend named Andrew Hunt. The banquet was held in Groves Hall in East St. Louis, he | added. “I met a man there, who was in- troduced to me as Faulkner and two attorneys, one named Ames from Chi- cago,” McCarthy testified. “Faulkner and Ames talked with us about get- ting the Foreign Voters’ League to endorse Smith as the republican can- didate for the senate. “Sendry told him that it could be arranged for a consideration.” “What was that consideration?” Senator Reed, democrat of Missouri, chairman, inquired. “$6,000,” McCarthy replied, “Sen- dry claimed he controlled 125,000 votes in Illinois. He then held a secret con- ference with the Chicago atotrney, and another man, They stepped out to a side room and when they came back, the banquet broke up. “The following day, Sendry came to my office in Bast St. Louis and told me he had a story to give. I turned him over to a reporter and it was an endorsement of Smith as the senatorial candidate. Our paper and the endorsement of Smith by the For- eign Voters’ League.” Reed carried McCarthy back over the story time and again. He wanted to know all about the banquet. “The lawyer, Ames, said his object in being in East St. Louis was to urge Sendry to endorsa Smith,” McCarthy declared. “Sendry balked. He sald he was a democrat. He then remarked he would for a cash consideration.” Had to Divide Up. Sendry went into detail first about how he had to distribute the money among leaders of the different na- tionalities. He named seven national- ities, including Bohemians, Polish, Bulgarians, Slavish and some others. “Was that money to go to the or- ganization or to the leaders?” “To the leaders.” “Did Sendry tell you he got the money?” “No, but he showed me $2,800 the next morning in cash.” “Where was that?” “At my office.” Sendry Was Cynical, “What did he say when he showed you the money?’ “He smiled and said: ‘We endorsed Smith, Irwin and Duvall.’” “How did he carry the money?” “He had it wrapped in a copy of our newspaper with a rubber band around it.” “Was this meeting in a soft drink place?” Reed inquired, “No,” McCarthy replied. He drew another laugh by adding: “Frankly, they served the ice and another East St. Louis paper carried | you had to bring the rest.” Some N. Y. Unions Secure Settlements (Continued from page 1) don’t stay away from the Fruhauf’s shop and stop picketing, we'll fill you full of lead.” The men arrested are Frank Garafolo, Vincent Garofolo and Vinncent Sciville, Hat Workers Return. The 850 hat frame workers who struck last week returned to work with a partial victory, They won their demand that employers not work at the bench with workers, that the min- imum wage scale be increased 20 per cent, but their demand for unemploy- ment insurance has bean held in abey- ance one year on the employers’ re- quest. Employers say that the year will show no unemployment insurance necessary. The agreement is for three years, but may be modified yearly. The “impartial chairman” con- tinues for the industry. 1, F. G. Settlement Goes Slowly. Only five additional settlements were concluded yesterday by the cloakmak- ers’ joint board with independent gar- ment manufacturers, bringing the to- tal settlements to date to 25. Union officials declared yesterday that they are forced to slow down progress of settlements because they are finding that manufacturers, generally credited with working exclusively for the trade, are also having work done thru job- bers who have no responsibility to the union. The union yesterday was forced to cancel one settlement made since Mun- day when it was discovered that the manufacturer made it a practice of turning over a good deal of his work to a jobber. “Say It with your pen in the worker correspondent page ‘of The DAILY WORKER.” Help the Class War Prisoners! Movie will be taken of the affair of the OUTING OF THE INTERNATIONAL Sunday, August 8, from 10 A. M. PLEASANT BAY PARK, BRONX TICKETS 35 CENTS, Auspices, International Labor Defense, New Work Section, 799 Broadway, Room 422. DIRECTIONS—Take 3rd Ave. car to 177th St., then take Unton- port car to Unionport (end of line), All Our Work Guaranteed, SEMINARY TAILORS CLEANERS & DYERS Pressing—Repairing—Remodeling Hats cleaned and blocked—Shoe Shining Parlor—Laundry 812-14 Fullerton Ave., Chicago, Ill. Phone Lincoln 3141 LABOR DEFENSE Buses to and from ‘park. We Call for and Deliver, nat Sh ett Dee Sc St th te th > RD i, I le ite ln BD EE NE ac A Rl ca A ER LG +. St ar evn ERTS FUR BOSSES HIRE GANGSTERS TO SLUG STRIKERS The Chicago Fur Manufacturer's in a letter to its members inform them that a equad of gangsters hired by the association to harass pickets and organizers of Local 45 Chicago Fur Workers Union is at their disposal at all times. The bosses are told that et tho slightest indication of “trouble” at tifeir shops they should immediately get in touch with the association's sluggers and they will receive im- mediate aid. Place Squad In Operation. A copy of the letter follows: “Dear Member: “The Manufacturers’ Association in conjunction with the Employers’ Association ‘have placed in operation a squad car, which has been patrol- ling the market for the past week. “The purpose of this squad car is to make investigations in the market and to afford you immediate protec- tion from any violence, However, ome of the members have mistaken he men in our squad for the wreck- ing crew of the union, and hesitate to permit them to enter their shops. “Our squad are provided with cre- dentials and identification which you will easily recognize, so in event that they approach you, insist upon seeing their credentials and then give them the information they may be seek- ing. ' “Be very careful, however, that you do not permit any group of men to come into your shop until you know who they are, because as soon as this announcement has been sent out to you, the union may attempt to im- personate our squad to get into ‘your shop. Ready To Beat Pickets. “In the event of the slightest trouble in or around your shops from pickets, union gluggers, or other strange people, immediately phone Randolph 2300, the Employers’ Asso- ciation, and you shall receive imme diate aid. “In face of the union's claims that the majority of our association shops have signed up, we wish to flatly state that we,have had a large in- crease in menibership since our last meeting, and hundreds of independ- ent union shops are striking with us in a body. “The union is already wavering which is but one of the many cigns of victory for the fair working prin- ciples we have set out to attain. “You will be notified of a meeting in the near future, “Yours for a 44-hour week, " “Chicago Fur Manufacturers’ Association, Robert Staedt President.” ‘ Fire Destroys Beach Resort, JACKSONVILLE, Fla., July 29,— The Ocean View Hotel, a moving pte ture house and a block of boardwalx concessions were destroyed by fire or unknown origin at Pablo Beach, bath: ing resort about 25 miles from here, Damage will total approximately $300,000, SPENT TO GET The Army of Landless, TOGA FOR SMITH|| Homeless Farmers Is Commerce _Commission Head Utilities Favorite (Continued from page 1) en to Moore after he told the auto magnate, whom he met at the ban- quet, that the treasury was rather low. How those lads can dispose of cash! A feature of last. Thursday’s after- noon session was the appearance of Palber Anderson, ted States mar- shal for this district. Anderson sup- ported McKinley inthe, primaries. The Deneen group, that had charge of McKinley's campaign in Cook county, asked the mars! to supply a sufficient number of deputy mar- shals to guard the polls on primary day owing to the activities of gan- sters and vote robbers. ‘The marshal referred the request;to Attorney Gen- eral Sargent, who advised “no action” as the department had no authority to authorize the appointments, A sec ond telegram from the marshal author- ized the appointment of 500 special deputies, at the rate of $5 each on primary day. ne Recruited From Detective Agency. The marshal lost no time. He got in touch with the MéQueeny Detective Agency, called an © investigating agency, and secured the protectors of the sacred baHot from that worthy source. But no sooner were the deputies Sworn in and $400 expended for deputy stars than Sargent reversed himself, leaving the marshal holding the bills. McKinley was no piker, however. His managers, Green and Roy West came across to the tune of over $1,000. “So you are not out of pocket” re- marked Reed icily. “No” replied the marshal. Has a Thirsty Look. How long the investigation will last or how thoro it will be is not yet de- termined, or if so, is not public knowl- edge. There are rumors that the anti- saloon league will be drawn into the probe. The league endarsed both Mc- Kinley and Smith, tho Smith does not look like a ary. He hails from Dwight where the famous Kéeley Institute 1s located. A completely dry state would hurt the town’s business considerably. But perhaps bootleg whiskey brings better results thon the old pre-war stuff. The investigation has not yet touched the use of gunmen on election days. It is doubtful if it wants to. Bukharin Wins-the Unanimous Vote of the Leningrad Communists (Continued from page 1) the opposition for the raising of prices of the products of industry, Bukharin emphasizes that the basic problem lies, not in the increase of prices, but in the decrease of prices on the basis of a rationalization of economy. Buk- harin points out that the increased trust of the middle and poor peasants in the Soviet government and the Communist Party is the result of the invigoration of the Soviets, the reduc- tion of taxes, the assurance of revolu- tionary legality, etc. The activity of the city and rural bourgeoisie is growing; the party is, however, undertaking in good time the necessary measures. The most essen- tial fact is that the socialistic elements of economy are growing and becoming stronger at a much more rapid rate than are the private ‘capitalistic ele- ments of economy. The slogan of the opposition brings into question the party organization— the freedom of fractions. The opposi- tion has practically joined together all of the anti-party groups that were con- demned by the party in recent years. Under cover of left phrases the lead- ers of the opposition \in reality step upon the same platform with the right semi-menshevist elements striving for the liquidation of theyoCmmunist In- ternational, to open wide the doors of the Soviet Union to foreign capital and to establish an “S, R.” parliamentary democracy in place of the proletarian dictatorship, On questions of the international labor movement the opposition, reject- ing the estimation of the present world economic-political situation as a phase of the temporary stabilization of cap- italism, practically revises the tactics of the united front in. suggesting the withdrawal of the delegation of the trade unions of the Soviet Union from the Anglo-Russian conimittee. The ideological sources of the oppo- sition are: doubt of the possibility of butlding of socialism fm the Union of Socialist Soviet Republics, and dis- trust of the forces of the working class, The leaders of the opposition do not notice that they are generals without an army. A vigorous discussion was opened by speakers who demanded a merci- | less condemnation of every attempt at violation of party unity and called for unanimous support of the central com- mittee, The meeting unanimously, with 3,006 votes, adopted the resolu- tion for the unity of the party against factionalism and illegal groups, and for iron Bolshevist discipline, Five dollars wil renew your sub for a year, if you send it in before August 15, Growing Ever By J. LOUIS ENGDAHL. Greater HERE are two tendencies very clearly manifesting themselves in that cluster of states in the north- ern part of the Mississippi Valley known as the “wheat belt” and the “corn belt.” They are: First: The so-called “progress- ives” continue to make their peace with the “regulars” in the capitalist parties. Second: The purchasing power of the farmer continues to drop and the number of tenant farmers is on the increase, eee This condition has been repeatedly pointed out in these columns. It may be well to do so again. Not only LaFollette, in Wisconsin, but also Brookhart, in Iowa, have been received back into the repub- lican fold. Both will receive the sup- port, altho it may be half-hearted, of the regulars in this fall's campaign. LaFollette is not himself a candidate for re-election, but he is open in his support of Governor Blaine, who is slated for Senator Lenroot’s seat. Senator LaFollette is the quietest member of the senate slush fund committee now investigating cam- paign expenditures, especially the flow of corruption money turned loose on behalf of republican candi- dates, The late LaFollette fought “Newberryism, but the son just “lets the world go by” as he hears testi- mony telling of millions spent for the corruption of the voters. Some of the same forces that are backing Colonel Frank L. Smith, in Ilinois, Jend sustenance to his political ma- chine in Wisconsin. see The “regular” republican machine expects to be functioning well in all of the corn and wheat states. The so-called “farm bloc” of the “pro- gressives” is not functioning at all, except that there may be a half- hearted exchange of speakers. But there is no definite program, so. All this does not help the farmer who, according to reports just issued by the department of agriculture, is facing a drop in the purchasing power of his products to the lowest level since December, 1924, That is an official report issued by the U. 8S. government. It says: “The general level of farm prices dropped from 139 to 135 per cent of the pre-war. level from June 15 to July 15. “The department’s index of pur- chasing power of farm products is placed at 87 for June, the same as in May, the 1909-14 five-year period being used as a base of 100. “Thus, the general average of pur- chasing power of farm products in June was 13 per cent below that in the five-year pre-war period, with a four-point drop in the farm price index for July. If non-agricultural prices remain at the June level, the July purchasing power of farm pro- ducts may be as low as 85, the low- est point since December, 1924.” de ee Those are facts that explain the growth of discontent among the farmers. They also explain the grow- ing farm tenantry that even Arthur Evans, the political writer of the Chicago Tribune has discovered in middle western states, In Nebraska tenantry has increased from 43 to 46.8 per cent in five years; in Iowa from 41.7 to 44.7 per cent; in South Dakota from 35 to 41.5 per cent; and in North Dakota from 25.6 to 34.4 per cent. The same figures also hold good for Illinois and Kansas, Where farmers formerly owned their own land, they now work the jJand for others. These farmers are continually complaining against being submerged into a landless, American peasant class. 2 oe This does not mean that there are no profits in farming, The profits taken by the bankers and the food speculators, the absentee landlords, who may live thousands of miles away in some other land or on some other continent, or the retired farm- er who has gone to the neighboring city to end his days in an idle, para- site life. All these leeches are continually clamoring for the riches coming from the land. They are united in worsening the conditions of the ac- tual farm workers. Bankruptcies among land-holding farmers mean real estate “bargains” for them, and an opportunity to increase their holdings. Pauperization on the one hand with growing riches on the other. “Excellent bargains” are found under the auctioneer’s ham- mer by ‘the haves” as new recruits are driven into the ranks of “the have nots.” . eee The above figures show that in those states where the land is cheap- est, as in the Dakotas, there the per- centage of increase in tenantry is the largest. Cheap land is no pro- tection for the farm worker. The “free land” is gone. All that is left is for the farm worker to toil with the soil, wherever he can get per- mission, to produce wealth, most of which will be stolen by the owning class, eo 5 The fact that the “progressive” politicians are joining with the con- servatives, while actual farm condi- tions are getting worse, provides the blest soil for the growth of inde- pendent political action. Another fact is the increasing in- dustrialization of these farm states, resulting in the growth of a city proletariat with much of it recruited from the land. Here is the basis for the Labor Party movement that is spreading over these states where wave the corn and wheat, from Wisconsin and Illinois west to the Pacific coast. The return of LaFollette, Brook- hart and others to the old capital- ist fold 1s the signal for greater Masses than ever of those who toil to join in their own class party to fight for their class interests against all their class enemies, “I AM READY TO DEFY ANOTHER INJUNCTION,” DECLARES VICTORIA CIESLAKIEWICZ AS SHE LEAVES JAIL “Tho I am no longer working at the trade, I am ready to go out whenever another strike is called and do over again what I did in the last strike,” declared Mrs. Victoria Cieslakiewicz as she left Cook County jail yesterday afternoon after serving a 60-day sen- tence for defying “Injunction” Judge Dennis E. Sullivan’s antti-picketing edict during the 1924 International Ladies’ Garment Workers’ strike, Mrs. Cieslakiewicz left four small ‘$5 will bring you a year’s subscription to The Daily Worker if you send it BEFORE AUGUST 15th. $1 brings RED CARTOONS —the greatest publica- tion of proletarian art ever issued, SEND FOR BOTH Five dollars will renew your sub for a year, if you send it in before August 15, children to go to serve her jail sent- ence, One of her children is a young girl that is crippled and needed con- stant care. During the stay of this fighter for better conditions in the county jail the joint board of the In- ternational Ladies’ Garment Workers’ Union cared for her children. Tomorrow afternoon at 4 o'clock, John Gottlip and Mrs. Sophie Ruddell (Sophie Young) will end their ences, Telephone Rockwell 2306 application, THE JEWISH DAILY FREIHEIT CHICAGO OFFICE: Roosevelt Road and Kedzie, Room 14 All Anformation about “Daily Fretheit” and “The Hammer,” advertising, subscriptions, etc., on WEISBORD AND BORAH DISCUSS _ PASSAIC STRIKE. Senator Nears, Strikers” Terms of Settlement By LAURENCE TODD, Federated Press. WASHINGTON, July 29, — Alberg Weisbord, leader of the Passaic tex- tile workers’ strike for a living wagey had an interview with Senator Borah on the situation in Passaic and the terms of settlement which the stril- ers will accept. Weisbord was ac- companied by two other members of the United Front’ Committee—Frank Giacomini and Gustav Deak—who ara familiar with the history of the six months’ struggle. Borah to See Bosses. Borah declined to issue any states ment on the interview, beyond saying that he was to see Col. Johnson, man- ager of the Botany Worsted Mills,! leader of the bosses, the next day. He had talked with Johnson over thei long distance telephone, and Johnsom had assured him that since he, John- son, was to be in Washington he would. call on Borah and talk things over. With matters in this balance, Weis- bord and his associates did not make public their terms of proposed settle-, ment, but stayed in the city to await’ developments, Tariff Revision Fight. When Borah first became interested, in a tentative way, in the long-drawn-} out contest between the underpaid mill workers and the tariff fattened | mill owners in Passaic, he asked why! the strikers had not been brought inte) the American Federation of Labor. The strikers explained, thru thei emissaries, that they had tried to get into the fedgration—in every way they, could think of, but had been rejected because they were strikers. The Am- erican Federation of Labor executive council and the executives of the Unit- ed Textile Workers of America, affilk iated with the American Federation of Labor, would not approve their coms ing in, in a mass of 16,000 fighters, until after their fight with the Passaic bosses was over. Relief Work Continues. General skepticism among onlookers in the early stages of the strike, as to the ability of the United Front Committee to secure funds to keep the battle going, has disappeared. Fol lowing the recent issuance of a warn- ing by President Green of the Amert- can Federation of Labor against Com munist leadership in Passaic and against the giving of funds to radi cals, many bodies affiliated with the federation have subscribed generous sums. One district of Green’s own organization—the United Mine Work- ers—has donated thousands of dok lars. Administration of strike funds in the feeding of strikers’ families has been well organized, and there is no Present prospect that the strikers can be starved into surrender, This persistence in staying in the fight, unbroken and unafraid, has helped the standing of the Passaic strikers with the rank and and file of the smerican Federation of Labor. There now appears a possibility, at least, that the leadership of the fed- eration will change its attitude and will decide to enlist these fighters while they still are unbeaten and un- cowed, MAX BEDACHT SPEAKS TONIGHT FOR Y. W. L. Max Bedacht, who nas just returned from the Soviet Union, will speak at the big sendoff arranged by Section 4, Chicago Young Workers (Communist) League, to the district school students tonight at Freiheit hall, 3209 W, Roose- velt road. Horses! Horses! Horses! Fastest of Them All at Illinois State Fair “| Springfield, Aug. 21-28 rrr _____|ppringneld, Aug. 21-28 TIMID New York Left Wing Needle Workers’ Excursion Saturday, August 14th, 1926 To SUNSET PARK on the Hudson Steamer “Cleremont”. Boat starts 2 p. m. sharp from Battery Park Pier A. Music, Refreshments, Etc. Tickets $1.10, at the pier $1.25. Tickets for sale at 2 108 East 14th St. jer: A, Ravitch a a