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The DAILY WORKER Raises the Standard for a Workers’ and Farmers’ Government a Vol. ili. No. 253. Subscription Rates: in Chicago, by mail, $8.00 per year. Outside Chicago, by mail, $6.00 per year. 4 Ox (Ry OAS Sw S, 3: hay aa ME en «Be x bit iia, OH Sinn chee 2 2> r By T. J. O'FLAHERTY ESPITE repeated proof that re- sponsible fixtures in the capitalist poritical household never took Calvin ®oolidge seriously, a myth was sedu- fously built around the “silent man in fhe white house” with the object of veloping a legendary character that & public would have confidence in iter they saw practically every other ember of the old Harding gang get- g caught burying the loot. Since @oolidge succeeded the rotund and easureloving, tho dumb, Harding, at the only accomplishments he boast of is getting elected and Andrew Mellon, multi-million ire secretary of the treasury and boss @ the administration. ‘ eee senate, despite the fact that it & was republican, took a devilish light in dropping Cal’s secommenda- ns in the waste basket. During the Pays of the Teapot Dome hurricane, $hile there was much hysterical Jamor for the heads of the unlucky urglars who got caught, Cal kept his ead—shut. Only when it looked as if ere might be a march on Washing- n for the purpose of throwing Harry Paugherty into the Potomac did the esident ask Harry to take himself Courthouse Square, Ohio. eee SATEVERTHELESS it was expected ‘#% tat New Engiand would stand by only tenazit that section of the nited States contributed to the white ae in many moons. But when Coolidge made~a personal appeal to the voters of Massachusetts for his friend Butler, the wage-cutting mill ot New Bedford, the said oe ot out their scalping knives Phrew a ware dance and went forth to poparate Cal's friend from his politi- i scalp. This scalp is now drying the democratic wigwam. A strike had his day. ao rsa, run Te New they supported Ogden Mills, re- blican. The day before yesterday was a white house guest and Coolidge to spend his next vacation at the Hearst ranch in Cali- fortia. Hearst is a democrat and a Jover of the “peepul.” So is his old pian, Arthur Brisbane, who supports SMussolini and Aimee McPherson: Perhaps those celebrities are pros- pects for some of Arthur's real estate, Some chop suey is this Hearst outfit. see nada ta LEN SMALL of Illinois sees no reason why Frank L. Smith should not be seated in the United States senate. This is not surprising. If boodle were a mill- pione around an Illinois politician’s tmeck Small would now be scraping ‘the ground with his nose. Small got (Continued on page 3) KELLOGG DENIES ADMITTANCE TO SOVIET ENVOY Visa Refused Minister to Mexico WASHINGTON, Nov, §i—-Seoretary of State Kellogg, again demonstrating Mis puerile fear and hatred of Com. aaunists, bas ordered that Mme. Alex: e@endrs Kollantay, Sgvict” gove: imipister to Mexion, be deniéd oe 4ance to the United States: The } ysone he gives are the same that a gave for denying admiitance of Count ‘aud Counwoss Kerolyi and Shapurn Sakletvale, Cominunist member of the British perliament. Viea Refused in. Berlin, Mme. Kollantay wished to visit in the United States before going to Mexico where she assumed her duties as Russian minister. When she ay plied for a visa at the American em- bassy in Berlin her request was re fused, with the terse answer that “the secretary of state didn’t want her in the United Sta “She's a Communist.” When avked why fhe Soviet minis- tor wne denied adnvittance Kellogg’ condel in Germany sald, “Mme. Kot- fantay ves one of the outstanding members of the Russian Communis: Party, and has been actively associa . @4 with the international Communist ” i , law which Kellogg relies upon iF +e his action, pass * Oe hk airine was, 388 | President Witaon. Kelloggs is using Entered as Second-class matter September 21, 1923, at ithe Post-Office at Chicago, Ilhnois, under the Act of Maroh 3, 1879. SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 1926 RKERS HAIL SOV $5,000 Must Be Raised for the] Keep the Daily Worker Fund by Tuesday Celebrate 9th Anniversary of the Russian Revo- lution by Helping The Daily Worker! poe Oe By C. E. RUTHENBERG General Secretary, Workers (Communist) Party. The whole membership of our party and those who sympathize with its program of struggle in the workers’ interest must demon- strate. their loyalty to The DAILY WORKER by raising $5,000 for the Keep The DAILY WORKER fund by next Tuesday. , , The DAILY WORKER has notes, pay rolls of its printing plant, and other obligations falling due on Tuesday aggregating $5,000. These must be paid. There is no possibility of postponing these obligations. The only way The DAILY WORKER can raise this $5,000 is thra a quick mobilization of its supporters to collect this sum thru an intensification of the drive for the Keep The DAILY WORKER fund. On Saturday, Sunday and Monday the celebrations of the 9th anniversary of the proletarian revolution in Russia will be held. These meetings will bring together thousands of workers who sup- port the revolutionary struggle for the emancipation of the workers. There is no better way of demonstrating loyalty and support of the achievements of the workers and peasants of the Soviet Union than by supporting the revolutionary workers’ movement in this | country. . : At the present moment support of the revolutionary workers’ movement in this country can best be demonstrated by helping the Workers (Communist) Party KEEP THE DAILY WORKER as the militant daily voice of the revolutionary struggle of the workers. The questions which the workers and peasants of the Soviet Union ask of the representatives of the Workers (Communist) We ask every member of the party, ¢ is ti evolution in Russia and show their support of the workers and peasants of the Soviet Union by HELPING TO KEEP THE DAILY WORKER BY AIDING IT IN THE PRESENT EMERGENCY. The $5,000 which The DAILY WORKER must raise by Tuesday can be raised if the party members and supporters of The DAILY WORKER take up this task in the spirit which the Russian workers have shown in their struggles. Every nucleus secretary must immediately visit the members and collect the ripe A which they have raised through selling Keep The DAILY WORKER certificates. Every leading committee of the party must exhaust every possibility of securing contributions for the Keep The DAILY WORKER fund. ’ The situation of The DAILY WORKER must be present- ed at every celebration of the 9th Anniversary of the Russian revolution and appeal for The DAILY WORKER made. Every member of the party and sympathizer with its work who does not send a contribution through the above ways should send a contribution direct to The DAILY WORKER, WE MUST KEEP THE DAILY WORKER FOR OUR MOVEMENT. TO ACHIEVE THAT, WE MUST RAISE $5,000 OF THE KEEP THE DAILY WORKER FUND BY TUESDAY. WORK TO KEEP THE DAILY WORKER! VERY LEADING COMMITTEE OF THE PARTY: TO WORK TO KEEP THE DAILY WORKER! " TLENIN OM THE PROLETARIAN CHARGE FRAU | IN ELECTIONS | |STATE PoweR iW Russia BY GHIGAGOANS. «is sccsn'sescrsun neat suffice to secure the transition to A series of court contests and Communism, charges of fraud followed today in elated bed poyrcesieor teas the wake of Tuesday's election in ‘ N. LENIN Cock county. % #4 Edward J, Glackin, democrat, form- er member of the state legislature, Party are: How is the revolutionary movement . growing in the , United States? When will you be able to follow in our. footsteps? friend of the workers’ | rats the the | EVERY MEMBER AND EVERY SYMPATHIZER: TO } prepared to contest the re-election to congress of Elliott W. Sproul, repub- lean, by 3,179 votes in the third dis- trict. Harding Offers Reward. s With only 247 votes separating him from Martin J. O'Brien, democrat, in the race for county treasurer, George F. Harding, republican, announced he would contest and conduct a cam- paign to “clean up thé ballot box crooks.” Harding charged that 25,000 votes had been stolen from him. He offered rewards totaling $3,000 for informa- tion leading to conviction for fraud. ON Tanker Ashore, SAN FRANCISCO, Cal. Nov. 6.— The Associated Ofl tanker Solano is on the rocks 100 milow nerth of San Pedro, according to mesuages ed byte Federal Telegraph Company here today,” | ese Big Rubber Companies Merge to Develop New Manufacturing Process AKRON, O., Nov. 6.—The formation of the American Anode, Inc., a com- bination of subsidiaries of the B, F. Goodrich Rubber Co, the Eastman Kodak Co, and the Anode-Rubber Co., Ltd., London, for the purpose of man- ufacturing rubber goods by a new meThod, has been announced, The new company will manufacture rubber articles under processes pat- ented by Dr, P, Klein of Budapest and Drs. 8, B. Shepherd and L. W. Bber- Mn of the Eastman laboratories, .The hew processes will revolutionize the methods of compounding, milling and -“mergency Call @eq2 | | | | { \ bres So Reve DENY ARREST OF MACIA DISCLOSES ATTEMPT AT DESTROYING MUSSOLINI (Special to The Daily Worker) PARIS, Nov. 5.—Itallan and Span- ish circles today issued vehement denials. of reports that the arrest of Colonel Riecotti Garibaldi in Nice and of Colonel Macia in Per pignan have disclosed a plot engi- neered for the purpose of luring opponents of General de River and Muasclini into thelr respective countries for the purpose of crush- Ing them. INU. S, (Special to The WASHINGTON, edged sword was ing forged today by the opponents of the claim of William 8. Vare/foft Pennsylvania to a seat in the Unked States senate. Vare will nét only face a bitter at- ick upon the huge expenditures for ‘him tn the primary, but it will be |charged that he was fraudulently elected in Tuesday's balloting; it was indicated today. (New Tactics Evolved. The new tactics being evolved in the battle against the conqueror of George Wharton Pepper and William B, Wilson were disclosed in a siate- ment of Senator George W. Norrts, Nebraska progressive republican, Altho Vare came thru the election with a big majority, Norris declared he was repudiated outside of Phila- delphia and triumphed there thru manipulation of the ballots, Bare Majority Sufficient. The real significance behind Norris’ move to challenge the legality of Vare's election lies in the fdct that only a majority vote 1s required to pass upon—and possibjy oust—a sen- ator where his right to take the oath {s questioned. To expel a member after he has been seated, and where, there is no question of the legality of his election requires a two-thirds vote, THE SOVIET REPUBLIC ANWIVERSARY MEETINGS Announcements of meetings to oelebrate the ninth anniversary of the Russian revolution will be found | on page 3, i x » NATE two- WORKERS PARTY | | WAR ON VARE Seige wh years the star of the Russian Revolution has guided the workers of thé freedom. ; VOTE INCREASES IN NEWYORK lectin Officials Fail’ ‘o Record Vote Correct NEW YORK, Nov. 5.—The partial report on the vote for Communist can- » according to the police rec » shows an Increase in the vote | didate | for governor over 1924 In Bronx and Gitlow received a) |total vote of 4,668 in the counties of Manhattan, Bronx, Kings, Queens and! Richmond, showing in the Bronx an In- crease of 394 and 170. in Brooklyn | |against the Workers Party candidate | |for governor in 1924, The seer ay ‘report of the vote is not yet in, as the | up-state returns have not been pub- ‘lished. The report shows a drop in |the vote of the Workers Party in Man- | hattan. | Failed to Record Vote. | Numerous complaints received from | voters for the Workers Party—notably in the 4th assembly district, Manhat- tan, as well as in other assembly dis- tricts—show the same treatment ac- corded opposition voters as in pre- vious years. The records of the police department show that the election boards in assembly districts failed to record the vote so that in many in- stances the names of the Communist candidates do not even appear on the tally sheet. The increase in the vote in Bronx and Brooklyn, both for the candidate for governor, Gitlow, as well as for United States senator, Dunne, in- dicate an increase of from 15 to 26 per cent in the vote which the republican and democratic election boards and ward heelers concealed in Manhattan by failing to count the votes register- ed for the Workers Party in many assembly districts, Tammanyites: Sore. This treatment was accorded to the Workers Party especially because of the campaign they have made against Smith as a strikebreaker and exposing his responsibility for the treatment | accorded to the striking cloakmakers | of New York. The republicans are equally responsible for denying to the (Continued on page 3) Three Million for Stadium, Army and navy authorities are ne gotiating for a $3,000,000 joint armory on the Northwestern University cam- Publish PUBLISHING CO., 1113 W. ET REVOL EDITION NEW YORK ae y THE DAILY WORKER . hingtuu Bivd., Chicago, Ill. Price 3 Cents UTION =rm (RUSSIA NORE POWERFUL THAN EVER BEFORE ed Datly except Sunday Tower of “Strength for International Labor | From hundreds of platforms thru- Jout the United States, the message |of Communism will be given to the |American workingclass on the ocea- |eion of the ninth anniversary of the {overthrow of capltalist rule and the | | | | | WORKERS ADVISED 10 COME EARLY TO NOV.7 | | CHICAGO CELEBRATION | With the promise from the com- mittee in charge that the gavel op- ening the meeting will drop sharply at 8 p. m. Chicago workers wilt | start filling up the four thousand seats in Ashland Auditorium at an | early hour Sunday to participate In the celebration of the Ninth Year of the Russian workers’ revolution. The program of folk dances from the Czech opera, “The Bartered Bride,” performed by the Czecho- Slovak dancers, will be but one of a group of excellent entertainment numbers that are part of the per- formances accompanying the speak- ing. William Z. Foster, William F. Dunne and Sam Darcy will be the orators of the day with Arne Swa beck, district organizer of District 8 of the Workers (Communist) Party, under whose auspices the celebration is ged, In the chair. Boston Student Riot Results in Injuries and Property Damage| BOSTON, Noy. 5.—Twenty persons were injured, five were arrested and scores of students are today facing suspension or expulsion following a wild riot of 600. Massachusetts Insti- tute of Technology. men thru Cam- bridge afd this city, leaving a wake of destruction, Six of the students are suffering from the effects of tear bombs used by the police to quell the rioters bat- uling with reserves in a dance hall, Store signs were torn down, win- dows broken, automobiles wrecked, cars of the Boston elevated halted, trolley cords cut and window grills ripped off, while two cars on a train in the tunnel were put out of com- sion altogether, e National Grange to Vote on Endorsement of Organized Labor PORTLAND, Maine, Nov. 5.--When the National Grange meets here next week, an attempt will be made by the progressive element to have or- ganized labor endorsed by the organ- ization, it is reliably announced. Endorsement of organized labor has been brought up before at the Grange, and after spirited debates, the reso- lution was defeated each time. A more determined ,, in this direo- pus, it was reported today... + establishment of a workers’ and Peasants’ government in territory that covers one-sixth of the earth's surface, Not only ‘is the Soviet Union a s of hope for the but all oppressed of color find in peasants’ government a friend and supporter. Helped the Chinese. While the tmperia crushing the Chinese militaristic heel the was giving aid and ¢ viet Union Zement to a people struggling to f. themselves from native and foreign oppressors. The reactionary labor leaders in all countries and particularly in the United States have tried their best to poison the minds of the m against Russia but the truth is break- ing thru the capitalist blockade and the ninth year of proletarian rui finds the Soviet Union stronger tt ever internally and rapidly gaining in influence thruout the world 106 ORPHANS LEFT BY MINE CAVEAN DEAD Mining Camp Bereft of Male Workers (Special to The Daily Worker) ISHPEMING, Mich., Nov. 5.—The death of 51 workers in the flooded Barnes-Hecker iron mine Wednesday virtually exterminated the male popu- ‘lation ofsthe little mining camp of | North Lake and left 160 fatheriess children. There are only two men residents teft. Practically all the men who died in the mine ieft families. Water Recedes. There is no visible sign of water at 499 feet in th>Barnes-Hecker. mine, Tescue workers who reached that le- vel reported. Finding of the 44 as yet umrecover- ed bodies of the men trapped at the 1,060 foot level when a hidden lake engulfed the fron mine, will be hast- ened if the-water has disappeared,’ it was said: _ No Chance*of Life. Leading.-mine authorities from all |'sections of the state declared today | after a conference, there was only one | chante in ten million that the surg ing flood, which engulfed the mine, had not killed the entire 51. The first of seven funerals for vie- tims. whose bodies have already been recovered will be held tomorrow when William, Huot will be buried. He left a wife and seven children. ' Large Families. Equally large families have been left by) other victims. That of Ea- ward Chapman mourns not only the husband and father but also Herman, the eldest of ten children. Only seven bodies have been recov- ered of the 51 dead so far. About for- ty mien are working to recover the bodies, A memorial service has been arranged by the mayor of Ishpeming for the victims. The community school closed at North Lake today be- cause only six of the forty pupils at- tended. ‘Downstate’ Defeats Repeal of Dry Act ay . . in California, Vote SAN FRANCISCO, Nov, 6,—Bfforts to repeal the Wright act, the state prohibition enforcement law in Cait- fornia, had fatled today. What was thot to be a commanding lead cali- ing for a repeal, was wiped out as ballots from southern California aad Tural districts were tabulated. Barly today the vote stood 496,783

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