THE NEWS OF THE WEEK
THE NEWS OF THE WEEK A Possible Coal Strike At th* time of writing it appear* that there will lie a coal strike within two' weeks. The price of coal na* already increased twenty to twenty Ave...
...The price of coal na* already increased twenty to twenty Ave cent* a' ton with prospects of more "velvet" going to the mine owner...
...Baldwin and Churchill recognize this...
...In capitalist polHica we never get what we are promised and we always are promised what we never get...
...only we could play thie radiant aaau Of lev* intangible, through gleemTaZ glance ^ And murmured King, lit only by the fasts Of chastity upon your countenanced Then the eternal night* would held tear tryet, wmAnd every sear o hilt when w* had km.* kitted...
...When thieves fall out...
...Out of the four dozen or to liberated souis who essembled there, ws were regaled with two gross of dissenting opinions and arguments...
...Theae figures are mute testimony to the increasing hardships of the working class...
...Otherwise there is no sense to his'statement, no more than there would be to Baer's...
...Bogus Plans «/ "United Fronters" President Green of the A. F. of L. has issued a letter to the trade unions warning them that the Amer-icen Negro Congress called to meet in Chicago on October 25 is a Communist conducted affair and warns them to stay away...
...60 I per cent in Charleston, S. C...
...White we must strive to win the farmers we should alee iraernjg* «*t their education win* be alow «M that many wiU return to the political flesh-pots of capitalism when their lot is somewhat eased by a change in prices...
...We believe that Mr...
...If we were civilized, if the working class used its political power effectively for its own welfare, these policies would be reversed...
...67 per cent in Richmond ; 64 per cent in Buffalo and Milwaukee...
...The sentiment is the same as the view of Baer of sainted memory...
...The high spot of the Olympied was the great parade on Sunday, participated in by some 60,000 marchers of a dozen nationalities, accompanied by acores of bands and drum corps...
...During the same period the opposition welkin will resound with Red Mike's rhodomontade (that's a good word...
...During the month from June 15 to July 15 all but one of the 28 cities showed increase* from 1 per cent to 7 per cent...
...The news that President Coolidge is agreeable to the lease of army dirigibles to aid the development of some transportation corporations, and that he told the organisers of one corporation to consult the Secretaries of the Navy, War and Commerce in making: arrangements, shows how the minds of bourgeois politicians work...
...The note of International Labor solidarity waa sounded in practically every speech and the most popular air waa tha soul-stirring "Internationale...
...In the miners' strike of 1002 Beer piously observed that the interests of the workers would be taken care of not by the agitators but by the "Christian gentlemen" to whom God had given the property of the nation...
...Postal services and education would receive ample funds for their support and the workers engaged in these services would be given decent incomes, hours and conditions...
...So there...
...Cook was emphasizing the fact that Labor could only get from the capitalist owners and their Government what it is strong enough to take...
...Premier Baldwin told me," said Cook, '"Yfu had us this time, but hereafter we will be prepared.' Chancellor of the Exchequer Churchill, on the same occasion said, 'Remember, Cook, this is not a gift from us, but it is cheaper than a revolu-' tion.'" The two remarks show high Government officials reluctant to make any concession yet doing what they cession waa not a "gift* He erouki give nothing to the miners if he could avoid It...
...One paragraph of th* will recalls the statement of the lete George F. Baer of anthracite fame...
...63 per cent in Jacksonville ; 62 per cent in Memphis...
...The sports over, the participants returned, home filled with inspiration for the further development of their muscles in the interests of the working class...
...In his will, however, the Great Resltor wrote of his "desiring to meke a just disposition of the worldly goods with which an indulgent heavenly Father has seen fit to bless me...
...Armies and navies would be scaled down till there would be no strutting generals and admirals itching to use them...
...These figures not only reveal the increasing coat ef living, they show the increasing cost of keeping cool with Coolidge...
...Only to ihow now glorit* in your /eat And tempting tremsure* for my Mana to snare...
...The pleesantest experience of tht weekend wes our journey to Stelton, N. J., to lecture to the Modern School Coloay on ."Anarchism and its Cure...
...oThe attention of the New York correspondents of the Paris Matin and the London Daily Mail ia drawn to what appears to be a Bolshevist plot to blow up the New York Times under the transparent pretense of preparing the ground for the foundations of a huge theatre and office building...
...No person wants a coal strike with its hardships, yet those who hide behind a mythical "public" and care not whether ths coel they get is made of the tears and suffering of men, women and children of the coel...
...The workers get only what they are ready to take and what they can take will depend upon how efficiently they are organized...
...The governments of the ruling classes and their politicians in all countries are alike...
...For example, if his Father blessed him with worldly goods, partly accumulated from real estate speeches, how did Bryan reconcile this with the fact that millions who spend their lives in producing wealth were not so blessed...
...oLittle Folk There are little folk, Who tit within e narrow room, Walled by little things— They greatly nam* to math their futU* nest— Who play at puny game* To flaunt thtir brain*' dull nimbUntu, Th* whil* a great round moon Climb* th* chimney top And grin*— Climb* th* brick on brick that th*y*havt laid To free slaved smoke...
...They "destroy life instead of enriching it...
...jfridenea increases from many sources JhAt the organised working class jswtab...
...Both officials talked like generate in a war...
...Power alone compelled the Premier and the Chancellor to concede something to Use miners...
...He connects so many with the youth movement., There is Norman Thomas, Rose Schneider-man, Morris Hillquit, Emily Balch, Harry Laidler, Roger Baldwin, De-vere Allen, Jane Addams, Rabbi Stephen Wise and "others...
...Therefore, we wonder whether he sincerely believed that his Fundamentalist Father approved his barking for Florida real estate interests...
...The Federation News recently published a letter which the Federation sent to affiliated organisations reciting the experience it has had with Communist organizations...
...FARMERS IN POLITICS IT is practically certain that the Farmer-Labor party of Minnesota will not elect another candidate to the United States Senate...
...The moment that prices of farm products tend to recover many thousands of farmers herd into capi-talist party ranks and go through another period of supporting reaction • ai ito^-mpm* mj* woritnr^jf^to^ties can^Pjinto tuavtiy ]»rt$m/tkm ti&tmmfim com* to realise the* ttttir e4ato » J» preaervation of Ufclteefcp tea* iflft-eion and that they nut* mm f» their let with th* workers of the cities and reorganize capitalism in the interest of both...
...I am growing thin In my dttpair I tptnd my day* in bei And live on argyrol and atpirin...
...That is, as Clarence Darrow said to the judge, you may hope...
...POWER OF ORGANIZATION IN a speech to the miners of County Durham, A. J. Cook, Secretary of the Miners' Federation, revealed an interesting incident of the negotiations of the miners with the Government...
...Not so with the War and Navy Departments...
...Fred, if you don't quit exposing us we'll do what the, vaudeville chappie threatened to do-^we'll slap you on the wnjet three times and each slap will be harder than its predecessor...
...What ths cure wes for Anarchism that we prescribed st Stelton last Sunday night we have forgotten by now—All's well, however, thst ends well in that Gubemia of lost touls...
...I •j i I taw a world On dull debasement centered, ! And only ash and grief Until you entered...
...They need, a jolt between the eyee to awaken them to the folly of a few corporations possessing natural resources which they did not create, which would exist if they never lived end which will remain after their itching palms no longer grsb wealth which miners snd others produce...
...It fosters communication all over the world...
...59 per j tent in Omaha...
...Gloria Goddsrd...
...In other words, the capitaliat owners of Germany are not satisfied with tha normal rate of profits received before the War and want to beat down the standard of living of the wage workers in order to get a higher rate...
...62 per cent in Atlanta, Bos-I ton, Cincinnati, and Cleveland...
...The miners were mobilized for war if necessary and these class struggles constitute war...
...You may be bringing One deathless echo To my tinging...
...Probably the answer is that he was incapable of thinking out matters in a logical and consistent way...
...It is as though a robber were to place his hand in the home and abstracted so much food and clothing from men, women and children...
...They eat hundreds of millions of dollars annually without bringing in any revenue...
...fields deserve to suffer themselves...
...v et THE Chatter-Box Mm Sonnets to That Lady XXVI i fsnew than faery weavs mm*t U it* set VkLrZIZ litfaKJ^ -3 wetap jeaw anm i ess one jay was) ass Th* moon, • sod duenna of tec afces St** th* eweet danger and in prudish writ...
...o—¦A Light Sonnet to a Dark Lady Min4tta, have you'ever had a not* So mucus-laden that you could not ipso...
...In England the contrast between the two policies goes so far that ill-paid teachers still pay a 10 per cent tax to the Government out of their miserable wages while the Baldwin Government gives its time to the building of more cruisers...
...England hss a* similar unemployment problem and we have seen the whole Lebor movement line up back of the miners and wrest, a notable concession from the British Ocgsy Labor Olympiad A Triumph The first Olympic Games staged by the Lucerne Sport* International in Frankfort-ly 24 to 28 were suc-^v...
...However, some publications have been taken in and many contributors have unwittingly helped the "united fronters...
...On your right, ladies and gentlemen, you can hope to hear Hylan explaining why he gave Tammany everything it asked for, for seven years, even to finding a soft berth (at the people's expense) for every district boss and bosslet that Tammany wanted taken care of...
...That strange and oppressive silence that you hear is Tammany Hall explaining why it gave John F. Hylan the highest office in its gift and then supported him for re-election, throwing all its resources and all its best men back of him, after every child in the city learned to know the kind of a man he is...
...Perhaps the demand for bootleggers has been so brisk that anxiety to get one weakened the minds of many...
...The crisis finds its source," reads a cable to the Times, "first in the fact that the industrialists are unwilling to reorganise on a pre-wer basis of profit-taking, and, second, the high price of money is making It impossible for the big factories to work at a profit wifh borrowed capital...
...He was afraid that their "initiative" would be smothered If a few doners came their way workers and fife to the exploiting^flg deliver a seratea en etbiee while eW*af| ^ntMssWVVwa WHEN THIEVES QUARREL FROM now until September 15 the welkin will ring with Tammany denunciation of Mayor Hylan as a charlatan and* fraud and a man of empty words, not of deeds...
...SsafcaflJ te\ ^ssBsBssa^^er*/ f^SaaeewSB^ tP»™"eP^W The Realtor's Worldly Goods The will of William JeAings Bryan reveals a larger estate than we expected...
...A hoit of foe** tented to duty, Like blind-drawn frotttd windowt I Dead to beauty...
...Point* « ee/t beam*of warning »m}ZZ hair...
...vr •- -, ¦BURGLARS IN THE HOME THE United States Department of Labor, through the Bureau of Labor Statistics, has completed cqmpilations showing changes in the retail cost of food in 23 of the 51 cjtins included in the Bureau's report...
...First Aid to Corporations A government is just as necessary to big business as offices with a filing system...
...j •else of the word and constituted a veritable triumph for the world solidarity of Socialist athletes...
...If the workers as a whole also recognized it there would be no Baldwins and Churchills at the head of governments...
...Surely, if the department was run free of any cost whatever, it would be a worth-while investment...
...Oh, shaU*» phrate...
...The only one who towered above the motley was thst dear patriarch, Hlppolyte Havel, whose logic and convincing exposition of the Anarchist philosophy positively convinced as that Socialism was the right road to a free will, mind and body...
...Nor could I find for my impounded dream* A pen to free them...
...At least 40,000 textile workerB at Munchen-Gladbach have received notice that the mills will close on August 25 unless they accept sweeping reductions in wages...
...Oh, my Minolta would that yon couU?k Here at my tide to thai* my cold with...
...V No one can tell me now there i* i'« p**1 Lik* unrequited love...
...Hut the miners heve suffered for generations, and this abstraction known as the "public" has never come to their relief...
...In fact, government is e department of organised capital...
...President Lewis of the miners writes a letter in answer to Chairman Warriner of the operators that is sarcastic and unusually militant...
...Probably a long coal strike would be an excellent educetion for | many who do not know how to think...
...The daily shocks felt by the .editorial writers of our neighbor in 43rd street are making them wonder how far the influence of "Moscow gold" can extend.** *•*>•• Alcoholic insanity has trebled in New York State in the five years since prohibition went into effect...
...The increases are atffber ia the industrial cantors of , ^^e«we^e^e^eaeeW*as^Bg ^B*^e^aw^B^B^si ^Psaf J^Vfe W^V^ji^Kf^sQ^Palg^BNB^flef' is that all the 23 citie* show an increase in the price of foot] seats from July 15, 1924, to July II this year...
...Of course, if the capitalist class have their way it would not be a solution, German workers heve a long experience in organisation and they would soon shake the poise of German capitalism with widespread atrlkes...
...It wssn't tks lecture, exectly that counted, nor the vociferous and variegated Vituperations hurled at our poor dome by the queer mince-pie philosophic community titers assembled...
...This attitude is true of every class that has lived off the toil of the workers and it it the attitude of this class's Representatives in all negotiations across the class antagonism which ia always present in modern society...
...It is taken as a matter of course...
...In voicing his appreciation, at the welcoming dinners and other festal affairs, of the hospitality of Frankfort, Jules Devlieger, General Secretary of the Lucerne International, said that no matter where the next Labor Olympiad, scheduled for 1929, might be held, Frankfort had set a mark that would be difficult to equal...
...The Chancellor was like a general reluctantly signing a truce...
...denouncing Tammany Hall «s a bunch of crooks and horse thieves and porch climbers who are the hirelings of the increased-fare-traction - capitalist - enemies - of -the-people crowd...
...That the technical side of the' affair was excellent is shown by the enthusiastic comments of the sporting writers of the big German dailies, who were lavish in their praise of the wonderful discipline and strength displayed by the hosts of husky young workers...
...The Greet Resltor was well-0n the road to being a millionaire, his estate being placed at over $800,000...
...But befir* we sound tap* with th* ir**™ Wt give again thank* to'.dld Hip Havtk a a he WITT...
...We understand thst the Chicago Federation of Labor, which for a long time helped to defend Communists before the courts, has been compelled to take the same action because of their disruptive methods...
...The trouble with millions of workers is that they invited the burglar into their homes last November and Coolidge and Company sent him...
...Freddie Marvin is a perfect sensation, so there...
...66 per cent in Indianapolis ; 55 per cent in Louisville and Manchester...
...On the one hand is an institution, the Postal Department, which has great possibilities as an agency of education...
...He was especially anxious that tha skinned farmers should not loan on the Government for aid after their valuables had been swiped by the financial and transportation skinners...
...Only a few weeks ago Senator Ship-stead was one of a reception committee to meet President Coolidge and this has been accepted as meaning that Shipstead would eventually find his way into the Republican fold.' The farmer unrest of the Northwest has considerably subsided and with it their political insurgency has declined...
...So ha* mini oesa, this week...
...All this awaits an enlightened ballot-armed working class...
...Then there is The New Leader, The World Tomorrow and "others...
...It is interesting to speculate how Bryan's mind worked in this and other matters...
...I have not borne these agonies in vain...
...And love hat never given me tuch oej...
...Bryan was one of those who revolted at thet statement...
...Not only was the giant new Stadium decorated with red banners and the colors of the German Republic, but even the leading business houses of the city were similarly decked out...
...It would have been interesting to know how much- of his income was derived from his speeches devoted to selling Florida real estate...
...The increase ranges from 7 per cent to 16 per cent...
...Meantime the "public" is being brought from its shelf, is being dusted by the capitalist, press, and is dangled before our eyes end we are asked, Are you going to make this defenseless fellow suffer...
...Our chief reliance must be upon the wankers who have no stake in the power* of production and whose interest in abolishing capitalism is much more stable...
...The Premier wasn't "prepared...
...As compared with the average cost in the year 1913, the retail cost of food on July 15 this year was 71 per cent higher in Chicago...
...EDUCATION AND MILITARISM APOSTAL deficit of nearly $40,-000,000 again gives some of our noble political brokers much concern...
...Bryan evidently regarded himself.as having been especially selected for heavenly favor...
...Recent political history emphasizes this point of view...
...Farmers have always proven to be very unstable allies of a political movement of the working class despite the fact that they have been thoroughly plundered,, by the ruling classes time after time...
...A writer in the Brooklyn Eagle offer* interesting evidence that the mine owner* want a strike and expect to make million* out of it...
...It also mentions five bogus organizations nursed by the Communists including the "Labor Defense Council," "Trade Union Educational League," "Amatgamationists," "Progressive Building Trades," "Americsn Negro Labor Congress," and the "Irish Workers and Peassnt Relief Committee...
...It makes possible efficient transportation of books and publications in all the states and to other nations...
...We can spend hundreds of millions upon a department that has no income at all but they manage to lose no sleep over it...
...No man in public life has more often delivered sermon* on the necessity of Ihe individual relying upon his own resources than Coolidge and no President haa held himself more in readiness to use the Government to aid the capitalist class than Coolidge...
...Under the expert guidance of Polly and her pal, Eddie Levinson, we manoeuvertd out of the jungleland on to tha htgh road toward Jersey City Ferry...
...71 our jousts against th* Knights of the Operating Table recently, we haw neglacted the muse eo shamefully that we must make this poor amend by Inserting another few verees of ours as fostees: * - Poet Love A million star* and not one eye To see them...
...68 per cent in Baltimore and Waahington...
...He declines arbitration, while the mine owners have refused to make any concession in the matter of wages and the check-off...
...Postal workers are denied a living wage and publishers are punished by increased rates...
...At Belmer then for the f*W end, oh proletariat— at Belmar whsrs «* Rooslan Intelligentsia and the silk nw owners congregate—there, oh there...
...An admirable sanitary service, with hundreds of nurses and scores of doctore, cared for the comparatively rare victims of the heet and over-okertion...
...This isn't what we were promised...
...THE NEWS OF THE WEEK A Possible Coal Strike At th* time of writing it appear* that there will lie a coal strike within two' weeks...
...Who cannot lay a simple dream To free themselves...
...The International Association of Machinists, recognizing the war waged by the Communists, hss in turn declared war upon them by giving alt members who are also members of Communist organisations thirty days to either leave them or stand suspended from the union...
...A deficit causes a' fit of the blues...
...They were more skinned the five years following the end of the World War than in any other period of our history and this period witnessed the highest point of their political rebellion...
...For five days the City of Frankfort was practically turned over to the thousands of participants and the scores of thousands of spectators who had come from every corner of Germany and from nearly every European country...
...It is what we get...
...The New Leader has received much publicity matter from all these organisations but has never run a line of It, knowing thet each sis a suction device intended to draw working class fdnds into Communist coffers...
...It is estimated that 600,000 have no work at all while another 600,000 are working only two or three days each week...
...j My eyee are red with weeping, and my head Ie heavymuten...
...Then rett a while, my tweet...
...So clogged it could not t*ll a red, red rets Front cabbage-leave...
...1* class-conscious aoul a-turning.....v...
...the 400-meter relay race in 61.3 seconds...
...But no...
...Unemployment In Germany < w Unemployment in Germany is increasing rapidly and it Is feared that it will lead to some crisis...
...However, our scatter-brained theorising, coupled with a few readings from our own effusions, were so effectively mixed that no desire for bloodletting aross in ths sod-ience...
...It is estimated that the number of jobless by October 1 will be 700,000...
...As usual in athletic events,, the Finns distinguished themselves and won'contest after contest, especially on the running track, but the honor of breaking a world's record fell to the Germans, their women winning...
...50 per cent in Little Rock, and 41 per cent in Salt Lake City...
...D. P. B. ¦< -o-- , There are more things than doctors" worry about in theae dog days, so we wm desist for the nonce from any more exposes of the chest-tappers and dirset oar ettentlon toward lighter and more sensian interests euch as surf-bathing and tans" raeketting...
Vol. 2 • August 1925 • No. 33
