The Daily Worker Newspaper, January 9, 1927, Page 3

NORTH DAKOTA NONPARTISANS LOSE CONTROL Opening of Legislature Shows I. V. A. Power (Special to The Dally Worker) BISMARCK, N. D., Jan. 7. — The North Dakota legislature has opened its sessions here with the old-time inaugural ceremonies and the show of state troops, something which has not ‘been seen here since 1915, ‘The “Independent Voters’ Associa- tion”, the so-called opposition in North Dakota, runs the show at the state house. They have a majority of one in the senate and eight in the house. Governor Sorlie, non-partisan leaguer, preached “harmony” and “co- operation” so long that the league farmers have now lost control of everything. Carr Elected Speaker. J. W. Carr, Jamestown, was elected speaker over J. H. Burkhart, Berthold, non-partisan candidate. Walter Mad dock, Meutenant-governor, a non-par. tisan leaguer, is the president of the senate. Many are after jobs during the 60-day session. The house com- mittee has 200 applicants for 25 jobs and the senate has about 100 for 25 jobs. A Bankers’ Governor, Governor Sorlie is still continuing to fool the farmers here with his plea for harmony and co-operation. At a non-partisan league banquet he called for a united front of all fac- tions in the state, that all work “in harmony” for the good of the state. Even old-time leaguers are somewhat skeptical about just where this kind of harmony is going to lead them to. . Session “Safe and Sane”, This will be a safe and sane ses- sion. The message of Governor Sor- Me devoted more attention to private banking than to agriculture. On ag- riculture Sorle stated the greatest meed was for proper marketing of farm commodities. He let it be known that it was very necessary for North Dakota to advertise properly its “su- perlor products” as a step in the solu- tion of the farm problem. e This session will be interesting to watch in that not all the farmers here may be willing to go the full length with Sorlie on his “harmony” program. German Government Backs Purchase of Newspapers, Charge NEW YORK, Jan. 7.—Charges that the German government backed the purchase of the Journal of Commerce, Commercial Bulletin, and the New York Commercial, three Wall Street finance papers, have been made e@gainst Bernard H., Victor F. and Joseph E. Ridder, the purchasers, The charges, made by the Volkszeitung, were denied by Bernard Ridder, The three papers have been con- Bolidated in the purchase and will ROW appear as one paper under the name of the Journal of Commerce and Commercial. WRITE AS YOU FIGHT! speaks on the subject Propaganda Organization to a Party of the Workers” and others, ADMISSION 25 CENTS. 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The olirculars are headed: “It Shall Not Take Place,” and say that “we will not allow propaganda under the vell of sclence to take place.” Every place Nobile has gone in this country he has been met and conducted about by fascist “guards of honor.’ The police have an- nounced they are taking extra pre- cautions to protect the Itallan gen- eral. PUBLIC OPINION VOICES VIEWS ON POISONED LIQUOR Makers of Wood Alcohol Fear Loss WASHINGTON.—Public opinion is divided on the question of poisoning liquor. THE DAILY WORKER “WE WILL HOLD OUT!” DECLARE PAPER STRIKERS ‘Box Workers Won’t Give Up Without Victory NDW YORK, Jan. 7.—‘We shall hold out as long as the strikers in Passate have been holding out, if nec- essary, and until the strike {s won,” was the unanimous answer of the 1,500 paper box strikers assembled at a huge mass meeting at the Church of All Nations. The answer of these marvelous strikers on the fourteenth week of the strike expresses the real spirit of the unionists who have been defying all brutalities inflicted upon them by the long and hard strike, Picket Lines Strong. Also, the picket lines this week were more energetic and cheerful, while the bosses were completely dis- couraged, They were certain that on the after-holiday week they would be able to run their shops with scabs, but they had built their hopes on shifting sands. The strikers are laughing at the suggestions of their bosses to return to work without a union, Nor are they afraid of the underworld agents and guerillas who are so generously paid by the employ- ers to beat up strikers and to break their ranks, Ali Must Ald, But the answer the workers had given at the mass meeting, “that they Secretary of the Treasury Mellon|'were ready to hold out,” must be disclosed today that telegrams are pouring into the treasury from all parts of the country, some protesting against the poisoning of liquor, others advocating a continuation of the pres- ent policy, and still others demanding that alcohol denaturants be made evon more deadly, Treasury officials said that most of the big consumers of industrial alco- hol are unanimous in advocating its use ag a denaturant. They pointed out to Mellon that the use of wood alcohol hag continued for twenty years or more, that a big industry has been built up on that basis and that to change the policy now would prove uneconomical, Cleveland Federation Backs Passaic Workers Still Out on Strike CLEVELAND, 0., Jan. 7. — The Cleveland Federation of Labor passed a resolution congratulating the Pas- saic textile strikers on their recent victories over four of the nine struck mills, pledging full support in the fight against the five mills that are still holding out against the textile union, bg The resolution called upon all A. F. of L. unions in this city to sup- port the new drive for Passaic strike relief, pointing out that of the 6.000 strikers affected by the settlements in Botany and three other mills, only} a small proportion had been taken back so far and that there were also over 6,000 strikers whose ‘employers have not yet settled. It was decided to stage a Passaic Relief Ball on January 29, in the Moose Hall. given by the Chicago Work- ers’ School wf Mass Northwest Hall Cor. North Ave, and Western Ave. LINOLEUM FURNITURE OSCAR I. BARKUN'S 5 STORES Phone Seeley 7722 Phone Monroe 6264 . Phone Humboldt 4983 Phone Humboldt 6941 Phone Nevada 1258 and Blocked We Call For and Deliver, backed up by the entire labor move- ment, The strikers depend and faith- fully rely upon organized labor. Sup- port must be coming forth. The strik- ers are fighting their battle for the recognition of their union. They must rot be hungry while on the picket line. The arrested strikers must be bailed and their children must get bread every day. Congress Will Prove Disfranchisement of Negro Voter in South WASHINGTON, Jan. 7.—Investiga- tions into the sale of patronage in the south and the alleged disfranchise- ment of Negroes have been ordered by the senate judiciary sub-committee. The committee disagreed upon whether to conduct the investigations singly or together. This question, it was indicated, will be left for the. full committee to decide. Disabled Veterans Complain of Trouble About Compensations Disabled veterans of the World War are having trouble with the gov- ernment in the matter of their com- pensation. They complain that let- ters written by them receive no at- tention. Compensation in some cases has been cut from $50 to $10 a month. Many whose condition does not re- quire hospital care do need to report to hospitals for treatment, sometimes as many as three or four times a week. They cannot afford the loss of time that this requires and in- stead must employ and pay their own family physician. Good Time Promis at Y. W. L. Dance, Jan. 8 If you want a good time with little damage to your pocketbook, to eat and to dance, you are urged to at: tend the dance and social to be given by the Young Workers’ League, Sec- tion 4, on Jan. 8 at 3209 West Roose- veit road at 8 o'clock, NOTICE TO CHICAGO READERS According to a new and more economical system of newsstand distribution, The DAILY WORKER will be on the stands by noon each day. Watch for it. NEW YORK! | WCEL Radio Program Chicago Federation of Labor radio broadcasting station WOFL is on the air with regular programs, It is broadcasting on a 491.5 wave length from the Municipal Pier. TONIGHT. 6:00 p. m=-Ghicago Federation of La- bor Hour. ‘evoort Concert Trio; Little 8:00—Vivian Lawrence, Mildred Coluclo, Rosalie Saaifeld, Ann Post, 9:00—Alame Gate Dance Orchestra. 11;:00—Alamo Entertainers, SUNDAY, JANUARY 9, 2:00 to 4:00 p. m.—Whiz Conpliment- ary Fellowship League, popular pro. gram. 4:00 p. mm-Wicker Park Lutheran Church, Rev. S. Ke Long. 7:46—Belden ve, Baptist Churoh, Rev, J, W. Hoyt. HURRICANE, COLD AND SNOW BRING DEATH IN SOVIET Great Loss of Property and Life MOSCOW, Jan, 7.—The death toll in the storms which have swept Rus- sia during the past two days has now reached 200, The storms, whith have been of hurricane force, have done great dam- age thruout the Caucasus and along the Black Sea. Five ‘vessels swept out into the Black Sea with their crews are be- lieved to have been sunk with a loss of fifty lives. The sailing vessel Cen- troysoyuz has been definitely report- ed lost with a crew of eleven and two steamers are reported sunk off Ku- taisk. One ship with a crew of six sank at the entrance of the Baku harbor, In the Baku ofl fields more than 300 derricks have been blown down, four workmen killed, and several millions of dollars of damage done. Thousands of Armenians, who were left homeless by. the earthquakes in the vicinity of Leninakan, are report- ed to be suffering great privation and many have frozen to death, according to reports received here. In Tiflis the snow has reached an unprecedented depth of six feet, caus- ing great suffering and damage to fruit orchards which have been de- stroyed. Batum has suffered the coldest weather it has known for fifty years and the fru{t orchards there have also been blasted. Twenty-two miners were killed at Novesibilsk when an avalanche of snow swept down the mountain side and buried their barracks, Legislature Waits to Know Who Is Mayor SPRINGFIELD, Il.—The state le- gislature is preparing to mark time until it knows the results of the may- oralty race in Chicago on April 5, tho it may be able to make a guess on he subject after the primary of Feb. ‘The legislature has adjourned and shut up shop for two weeks, in spite of the efforts of the leaders to cut the recess to a week. The members are anxious to know who will, as mayor, preside over the affairs of half of the population of the state before it commits itself to very much important legislation. Bread Trust Paternalism. NEW YORK.—Group insurance for more than 10,000 employes of the Continental Baking Corp., a unit in the Ward Baking combination popu- larly called the “bread trust,” has been announced by George C. Barber, chairman ‘board of directors. The Metropolitan Life Insurance Co. car ties the policies," which amount to about ten millioh) dollars life and nearly as much accident insurance. The first premitim is being paid in ‘ull by the company. From then on, he company and“gsured workers will share the cost of this paternalistic measure. The fitm is in the group of open shop baking concerns under fire of the Intl. Bakery & Confection- ery Workers’ Upion nationally and the Amalgamated. Food Workers’ Un- ion in addition to international locals in New York. ,, NEW YORK! The Biggest Event of the Yee? ~ LENIN MEMORIAL MEETING NEW YORK DAILY WORKER WELCOME Madison Square Garden 50th Street and 8th Avenue Saturday Eve., January 22, 8 P. M. Admission 50c, 75¢ and $1.00 Tickets In advance at Workers Party headquarters, 108 East 14th St; Jimmie Higgins Book Shop, 127 University Place. Auspices; Workers Party of America, Dist, No, 2. The Manager’s Corner ed The Lenin Memorial Meetings— An Efficiency Test. The coming Lenin Memorial Meetings will be a fine test of the efficiency of our literature and propaganda machinery. No meeting can be said to be fully successful unless there has been a good sale of literature, appropriate to the type of meet- ing. With the memorial to Lenin, we will have the best oppor- tunity of the year for this purpose, The plans for the Lenin Memorial Meetings this year should make ample provisions for an energetic and efficient literature committee—including girls, plenty of them, the prettier the better, and young pioneers, live ones, only. It might be pos- sible to arrange an attractive costume for the literature com- mittee to wear, one appropriate for the occasion. \ The literature should be displayed at the meetings with an eye to salesmanship, using pictures of Lenin, the Lenin Oalen- dar, books, red and black colorings so as to make an artistio and attractive arrangement. The books on sale should be bound with the red and white paper band, which we have printed, to make each book a real souvenir of the memorable day. Litera- ture should be advertised liberally, through posters, in the pro- gram, and through announcements from the platform, Above all, the literature offered should not be a hash of everything under the sun. It should consist of matter pertaining to Lenin and the subject of the meeting. Those who sell the literature should be carefully trained beforehand so that they know how to sell each book or item, what slogans to use, how to recommend the books, etc. It would be @ good thing for each comrade to read the book, before trying to sell it. I would attack the audience with the literature in woaves, like infantry. The first wave might go owt with “Lenin, His Life and Work” by Yaroslovsky, primed with arguments, and covering everyone in the audience with this valuable work. If everyone in the audience does not buy a copy of this new pamphlet, then the meeting has been partially a failure. The neat wave would attack with the Lenin Calendar. Each succeed- ing wave would launch the attack with another of [Lenin’s works, or a book about Lenin, Needless to say that the Special Memorial Issue of The DAILY. tention. WORKER will receive due at- Get the score of effciency of your meeting on the basis of the number who attended, the enthusiasm of the crowd, the amount of money that was made, and THE AMOUNT OF LITERATURE SOLD. BERT MILLER. ASKS ACTION 0 MINER OFFICERS IN IOWA COUNTY Time Is Now to Show Worth, Says Member William Marshall, union coal miner of Mystic, Iowa, writes the following in regard to union conditions in sub- district No. 1, District 13: “The drive is on in this sub-district No. 1 of the United Mine Workers of America for the 1917 scale. Some of the miners are working and we don't know what scale they are getting. “Now this county has been a good, loyal union county. But there is an end to endurance. Now is the time for the district officers to show what they are good for. Because of the drive made by the railroads, who are dictating the price of steam coal, the miners have been living in a semi- starvation way for four years. “If the United Mine Workers of America could put some money in this district for union work it would help some. The railroads think this county is a weak spot in the union, but if we get financial aid we can win.” Jewish Workers Give Concert. The Northside Jewish Workers’ Educational Club will hold a concert on Saturday evening, January 8, at the Workers’ Lyceum, 2733 Hirsch St. The program will consist of num- bers by the well-known mandolin or- chestra, violin and piano solos and| several dance numbers. ‘The affair is being run for the bene- fit of the club and a very fine pro-| gram has been arranged. A Correction. A. Mietla, of Kenosha, Wis., asks The DAILY WORKER to publish a correction of an item which some papers carried to the effect that his son was injured on a train between Kenosha and Chicago. The son was not on the train. Mrs. Mietla was, but she escpaed injury. We are glad to inform Mr. Mietla’s friends of this good news. Russian Council to Meet. There will be a meeting of the Rus- sian Council for the Protection of the Foreign Born on Sunday, the 16, at 1902 W. Division street. All Russian organizations are urged to send delegates to this meeting and become acquainted with the work which ft intends to do. Calexico Gets Heavier Shock. CALEXICO, Cal., Jan, 7.—A violent earthquake rocked Calexico and Mex- ieali at 8:44 a, m. today, tumbling down hundreds of walls already weak- ened by other shocks since New Yoar's Day, The shock appeared to be of greater intensity than any of its more than a hundred predecessors, No fatalities or injuries have been reported. POPULAR BARGAIN DRY GOODS STORE Ladies’, Gent's and Children’s Wear 236 E. 23rd St., New York City Lowest prices. Extra discount fer those presenting this ad. GINSBERGS Vegetarian Restaurant 2324-26 Brooklyn Avenue, LOS ANGELES, CAL. On January 13, pictures, stories and Sacco-Vanzetti case. their support of as their support of the is waging a real fight for their freedom. Send in your dollar for your greeting NOW! Working class organizations may secure advertising space at $100 per page. Pin your dollar to the blank below and mail it to The DAILY WORKER, 1113 W. Washington Blvd., Chi- cago, Ill., before January 1 HERE'S MY DOLLAR, COMRADES, to greet The DAILY WORKER on its third birthday, for which you will please enter my name on the Honor Roll in your Special Birthday Edition, NaMe,....ccorsssccsevensersseresssensen Addr eSS......0eseseee0 wonreredenee soe State. .rerccorcessressrerscersossseeion a liailie scan Birthday Issue Out Next Week! Special Birthday Number of The DAILY WORKER in honor of our Third Birthday. The issue will be devoted to’ special articles, better service to which to put our Special Birthday Issue than to the cause of Sacco and Vanzetti. We can think of no better way of celebrating our birthday than by making a strong plea for their freedom. We are ask- ing that our readers place their names on the Honor Roll in this special issue to indicate Sacco an Page Threw t Now on Sale! [F.WOREERS MONTHLY 26 Cents January, 1027 Contents: Towards Leninism By Bertram D. Wolfe ttt Position and Opposition in the Cc. P. S, U. By Max Bedacht +++ The Problems of the Enlarged Executive of the Comintern By John Pepper +++ The Struggle in the Needle Trades By Wm. Z. Foster +++ The Soviet Economy on the Ninth Anniversary +++ Ultra-Left Menshevism By Heinz Neumann +++ More About the First American Revolution By Jay Lovestone +++ Civilization—An Historical Category By Emanuel Kanter +++ The Youth and the Labor Movement By L. 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