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JOHN L. LEWIS
O.K.’S ANDERSON,
INJUNCTION JUDGE
Tell* Coolidge Author
Os 1919 Writ Suits Him
<Bp«cUl 'a Th. Daily Worker)
WASHINGTON, D. C., Mar. 27
The fact that John L, Lewis, inter
national president of the United
Mine Workers, has sold out body and
soul to capitalist politicians was
shown today when he told President
Coolidge that he would make no ob
jection to the appointment of Judge
A. B. Anderson, of Indianapolis, to
succeed Judge Francis E. Baker as
judge of the United States Circuit
Court.
Judge Anderson was the author of
one of {he most vicious injunctions in
the history of American labor. His
in junction, fssued in the fall of 1919
against the United Mine Workers’
Union, restrained the international
union and its branches from using
their funds to aid the great coal
strike that was then going on and
from abetting the struggle in any
way.
‘‘Cannot Fight Government.”
Local miners' unions ignored the
infamous writ and continued their
light until the operators were finally
forced to yield them an average in
crease of 27 per cenft over their for
mer wages. John L. Lewis and his
international officials, however, ac
cepted the injunction and laid down
to the courts and the employers.
“We cannot fight the govern
ment," announced Lewis. Even Sam
uel Gompers afterwards expressed
amazement at Lewis’ cowardice in
this crisis.
Seeks Vico Presidency. v
Lewis’ surrender to the Coolidge
politicians as regards the appoint
ment of this labor hating judge is
interpreted as part of his plan to
capture the vice-Rresidential nomi
nation, as running mate with Cool
idge in the fall elections.
Chicago Plumbers
Win $1.25 an Hour
And 44-Hour Week
A two-year agreement at $1.25 an
hour has been signed with employers
by Chicago units of the United Asso
ciation of Plumbers and Steamfitters
of the United States and Canada.
The $1.25 rate is below the wages
paid in a number of other middle
western cities. It works out to $lO
per eight-hour day. St. Louis plum
bers are getting sl4 a day and East
St. Louis plumbers sl3 per eight
hour day, according to Chicago offi
cials of Local 130.
Senator LaFollette
111 With Pneumonia;
Condition Satisfactory
WASHINGTON, Mar. 27.—Sena
tor LaFollette, progressive leader,
has developed pneumonia, it was an
nounced here today.
A statement by LaFollette’s doc
tors follows:
“Senator LaFollette has developed
pneumonia. His present condition is
satisfactory. (Signed) Dr.. C. C
Marbury, Dr. T. S. Lee, Dr. B. M.
Randolph.”
Harry Gannes Speaks
To Maplewood Young
Workers on Scouts
Harry Gannes, well-known news
paper reporter spoke last night at
the Workers Lyceum, 2733 Hirsch
Blvd., on “Who Owns the Boy Scouts
and the Y. M. C. A.?” The meeting
was held under the auspices of the
Maplewood Branch of the Young
Workers League.
Mutt Kneel To Orthodoxy.
NEW YORK, March 27 Put un
der ban by Bishop Manning, because
of barefoot dances performed in de
fiance of his order, wardens and
vestrymen of St. Mark’s-in-the-
Bocwerie must decide whether they
prefer independence of ritual to
episcopal visitations administrations.
Still Looking for Bergdoli.
BERLIN, Mar. 27.—Grover Cleve
land Bergdoli, who may—or may not
—be returning to the United States,
was not among the passengers on the
boat train that left to make connec
tions with the steamer Deutschland
today. He could, of course, board
the vessel at Cuxhaven.
Japs Drown in German Steamer.
DUNGENESS, England, March 27.
-Twenty-three Japanese sailort are
believed to have been drowned when
the German steamer Heimdal struck
and sank the Japanese cargo boat
Tokufuku Maru in dense fog off the
Kanish headland at midnight Six
teen of the Tokufuku Maru’s crew
were saved.
Railroads Have Dough.
ST. LOUIS, March 27.—Ten mil
lion dollars worth of equipment, in
cluding 25 locomotives, 50 steel pas
senger cars snd 4,250 freight cars,
have just been purchased by the
Southern Railway for delivery in the
next few months, it was announced
here.
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Make This Hired Man
Get On the Job
ALDERMAN OSCAR NELSON, vice-president of the
Chicagp Federation of Labor, did not raise his voice
for the striking garment workers in the city council on
Wednesday afternoon.
Alderman Nelson said that the DAILY WORKER could
not make him speak. He declared he was not taking his
orders from the DAILY WORKER.
Alderman Nelson said he w.ould get his orders from
Meyer Perlstein, vice-president of the International Ladies’
Garment Workers’ Union, in charge of the strike.
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It is said there are three kinds of servants.
The efficient servant knows what to do and does it.
One not so efficient has to get his prders and then
does it.
The third kind not only waits for his orders but has to
be watched while he is carrying them out, otherwise he
would fail to do what he has been t,old to do.
• * • *
Oscar Nelson is some kind of a servant of th« working
class. Otherwise he has no business in the labor movement.
We believe that the workers are finding out just how
Oscar Nelspn is, or is not, serving the workers in this
strike.
If Oscar Nelson were a good servant of the workers, in
this case the striking ladies’ garment workers, he would,
as alderman, not have waited for any kind of orders. He
would have gotten busy, instinctively, the first day the
strike started. But Oscar Nelson did not do that. So he is
not the first kind of servant.
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If Oscar Nelson were the second kind of servant of the
working class, he would have gotten busy in the city cpuncil
at the first suggestion, no matter what the source from
which it came. But he is even a bad second kind of servant.
He not only is balky at the DAILY WORKER’S suggestion.
He even resents them.
Oscar Nelson thus shows himself the third, pr worst
kind of servant, the workers could have in the city council.
He must be kicked into doing anything, and he must be
watched while he is doing it.
* * * *
Oscar Nelson, as attorney, is employed by the Interna
tional Ladies’ Garment Workers’ Union. He is under the
direction of Meyer Perlstein, in charge of the strike. Perl
stein is his boss. Perlstein can make him get op the job
for the strikers in the city council. At least Alderman
Nelson says he will take Perlstein’s orders.
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Perlstein’s duty is clear.
Let him give Oscar Nelson prders to put up a fight for
the strikers in the city council.
Let Perlstein get around to the city council and see that
Oscar Nelson carries out the prders given him.
Make this hired man, Oscar Nelson, get on the job.
Striking Miners of
West Virginia Need
Clothing and Food
(SpMial »• Th* Daily Worhar)
WARREN, Ohio, March 27.—The
city central committee of the Work
ers Party had a letter from the
United Mine Workers of West Vir
ginia appealing for shoes, clothing
and canned goods. They have been
on strike there for some time, so
that help would be welcome there
as soon as possible.
I hope every one answers this
appeal, and gives what they can,
when you all know what it means
to them. The different branches of
the Workers Party here will try
and do their best in this case, and
I hope everyone will try and help
■them to succeed in their efforts.
Most of you know what it means
to stand in a strike and fight for
your rights, altho great poverty
threatens you. And what it means
to receive help when all hope is al
most gone. This little help will
give these comrades more fighting
ability to continue their fight to a
victorious end. So once more—do
your bit to help these comrades to
win this fight.
Pope Crowns Two of
His Trusted Agents
With Red Headgear
ROME, March 27.—Amid all the
gorgeous splendor and pageantry of
Roman Catholicism, Cardinals Hayes
•and Mundelein today received from
Pope Pius XI the red hats that sig
nify their elevation to the rank of
princes of the church.
St Peter’s, where the ceremony
was performed, was jammed with a
tremendous throng, including hun
dreds of Americans privileged to
watch their countrymen, who start
ed together as poor boys on the
lower east aide of New York, re
ceivp the highest honors within the
power of the pontiff to bestow.
Cardinal Mundelein received his
red hat at 10:42 a. m., Cardinal
Hayes his at 10:45.
Don’t Baliare Huerta Is Bsck.
NEW ORLEANS, March 27—Offi
cials of the Obregon government here
today placed little credence in (the
widely circulated report that Adolfo
De LaHuerts, revolutionary chieftain,
landed here last night after fleeing
from Mexico. The report was cir
culated following the docking of the
Mexican steamer San Francisco.
Now Yorkors In Hike.
NEW YORK, March 27—Harlem
English branch of the Young Workers
League is holding a hike to Palisades
1 Park this Sunday morning. Comrades
i should assemble at 9 a. m. at Fort
Lee Ferry. In the evening a social
will be held at our heudquarters,
2042 6th avenue (Finnish Co-opcra-
|tire Hall), corner 126th street. A
good time ia promised all.
HIRAM NOSES
CALVIN OUT IN
S.D. PRIMARIES
Teapot Cabinet Head
Claims Victory.
(Sswial (» The Daily W.rk.r)
SIOUX PALLS, Mar. 27.—Hiram
Johnson is forging ahead of Cool
idge in the primary contest for the
republican state delegation to the
national convention in Cleveland.
The last returns from 1,469 out of
the 1,825 state precincts show John
son to be leading Coolidge by the
narrow margin of 298 votes; 36,585
for the Californian senator against
36,287 for the president.
Hostile to Coolidge.
The Johnson supporters are claim
ing the victory because their white
hope has come from behind and j
nosed out Coolidge. The returns |
now coming in are distinctly hostile
to Coolidge, These precincts cover
the furthest rural counties of the
states where the farmers are dis
gusted with the government and
seeking to give vent to their dis
satisfaction in every way possible.
Already the Coolidge supporters
are preparing excuses to explain
away the impending likely defeat.
Boscom Slemp. the president’s po
litical wire puller, now hig private
secretary, and other active Coolidge :
workers have already announced
that the South Dakota results will j
not ljiatter either way as the Cool
idge nomination at the republican
convention is only a matter of for
mality. They are boasting of the
fact that the reactionary clique
dominating the republican party has
to date succeeded in lining up for
the Teapot “principal,” the chief ex
ecutive of the country, more than
enough delegates to secure his nom
ination on the first ballot.
Restoring Johnson’s Shine.
The Johnson supporters are jubi
lant over the chances of success
they have here. They are especial
ly anxious to restore the losses suf
fered by Johnson in North Dakota.
The defeat in North Dakota has done
irreparable harm to the Johnson
boom. These managers of the fake
progressive from California are
looking forward anxiously to a vic
tory in South Dakota to restore
some of the shine on the boom of
their candidate.
Observers here feel convinced that
no matter who wins the republican
nomination, it will not be much of a
victory for either. The great mass
of fanners and workers are utterly
dissatisfied and thru with the repub
lican party.
How many of your ■hop-matn
road the DAILY WORKER? Cot
one of thorn to subscribe today. 1
THE DAILY WORKER
40 STRIKERS
FACING PICKET
CHARGE, FREED
Arrest* at Lowenthal’s
Prove Boomerang
(Continued from Pago 1)
on the chest knocking her down. Then
he had her arrested for assault.
Helen Tippy and Thomas Holland,
who witnessed the assault, both resi
dents of Hull House, were among
those discharged by Judge Trude
yesterday.
Keep the Courts Busy.
The entire morning session of
Judge Sullivan’s court was taken up
with hearing the testimony of Nat
Stein and Abraham Heller, dress
manufacturers.' Eleven respondents
were on trial and Nat Stein said that
he saw all of them on the picket line
since they were in court the last
time.
He said that he had not known them
before the strike but got to know
them from seeing them on the picket
line. He said that he himself did not
go in the street but stood in the door
way of his factory at 328 S. Market
street and from there saw them.
Stein Gets Rattled.
Under cross examination by Peter
Sissman, attorney for the unionists
oa trial, Stein grew rather rattled.
He was not so sure that he saw all
the respondents on the picket line.
Then he admitted he didn’t know
which ones he had seen and which
ones he had not seen.
He wag insistent that he had not
left his doorway to watch the pickets.
Then he said that he had seen some of
the strikers on trial at Jackson and
Market streets which is a little way
from his factory.
“But that was all right,” said Stein,
“I was there passing on my way to
the factory.”
Poor Stein did not seem to realize
that Dennie’s injunction was not for
the purpose of preventing bosses from
walking the streets. Dudley Taylor
had neglected to tell Stein that the
writ only tried to keep workers off
the streets.
Not So Sure After All.
Heller testified to the same effect.
Yes, Heller had seen all the respon
dents on the picket line. Yes, every
day of the strike. That is every day
but Sunday.
Yes, he saw them there yesterday.
He was sure about that till he was
told that the strikers on trial had
been in court the day before till 4:30
in the afternoon.
Then Heller was not so sure about
what he had seen. He said it might
have been the day before. But the
strikers were in court all day Tues
day. Well, wttl, he must be mistaken
but he had seen all of them on S.
Market street at various times.
Often, sure I
After a morning spent in hearing
such testimony Sullivan adjourned
court.
Dudley Taylor’s efforts to connect
the strikers on trial with picketing in
the strike district came as a surprise
to everybody in court after his furi
ous attempts to build up a conspiracy
charge against all strikers the day
before.
Many persons thought that he let
the conspiracy angle drop in order
that the defense might not get a
chance to put him on the stand and
ask him a few pressing questions
about the bossea and their conspiracy
to get all the workers in the gar
ment industry who are on strike into
jail.
May Put Dudley on Stand.
If Taylor attempts at any future
time to try to make a conspiracy case
out of the contempt trials it is ex
pected that the defense will have him
take the stand and try to get from
him what he knows. They expect that
1 he will fight every attempt to get at
J his knowledge because he knows much
more than he is willing to tell.
Everybody knows that if a con
spiracy exists among the bosses little
Dudley is the brains and backbone of
it.
Now Use Conspiracy Charge.
Dudley Taylor, attorney for labor
hating employers generally, and for
the open shop garment bosses in par
ticular, today showed that he and his
paymasters are using the same tac
tics against the garment strikers as
were used recently against the mem
bers of the upholsterers' union.
Arrested about 1:00 a. m. yesterday
morning, William Katzin, . Harry
Rosen and Oscar Simon—striking gar
ment workers—are to be arraigned
; in the Dexter avenue police court and
charged with “conspiracy, to violate
an injunction”—the injunction in
question being the one issued against
the International Ladies’ Garment
Workers Union, its officers and mem
ber*.
The three strikers were taken to
the office of State’s Attorney Crowe,
questioned, and sent back to jail.
When the attorney for the union ap
peared with a request for a writ of
habeas corpus the state’s attorney
sent notice over that conspiracy
charge had been filed.
Labor Charges Conspiracy.
Th* arrest of the three strikers snd
ths sppesrsnee of s conspiracy
charge in the war against ths Ladies’
Gsrmsnt Workers Union followed the
statement made yesterday by Dudley
Taylor that “a widespread conspiracy
existed to violate the injunction.”
"There is a conspiracy,” say union
officials, “but it is a conspiracy on the
part of the state’s attorney, the gar
ment bosses and thair legal aids to
railroad strikers to jail as the uphol
sterers were railroaded.”
OUT WITH DAUGHERTY!
Ne Scuttling as Oil Prebet
THE POWER COLVMti
FIGURES SPEAK
DEADING, PA., leads in the drive for 10,000 new subscribers by
June 15th having reached 27% of the quota assigned to it. Warren,
Ohio, follows close behind with 24%. Brooklyn with a quota of 200
follows having reached 21.6% of its quota and Patterson, N. J. follows
with 20%.
Cities with larger quotas show a much smaller percentage, due to
, ct ’ no doubt that they have not yet been able to muster up all
their forces for tha drive.
However, many of the larger cities must immediately put more
force behind the campaigns in their territories if they hope to reach
the quotas assigned to them, and we are sure that no city will feel
justified to fall below the quota assigned to it.
With the DAILY WORKER firmly established in its own hom.e and
with three months of successful existence, under energetic and intelligent
guidance of the city or branch agents, there should be no difficulty for
any city in which we have a DAILY WORKER connection to reach the
quota assigned to it and with a little extra effort to go far beyond the
quota.
The DAILY 'WORKER is here to stay. It has become known to
the workers of America. It has already taken part in major struggles
of the workers of America as in the United Mine Workers’ Convention
and now the great International Ladies’ Garment Workers’ strikes in
Chicago and other needle trades centers. It has boldly and unflinchingly
told all there is to be told about the great Teapot Dome exposure. It is
the only real workingclasa newspaper in America.
You know what the DAILY WORKER means to you.
You know what possibilities it offers to our movement. And now
it is up to you, up to every reader of the DAILY WORKER, every
branch and every city agent, every militant worker, to enlist their
fellow workers and shopmates into the strong army of DAILY WORKER
readers. With the special offer of two months for a dollar to new sub
scribers, no one, who calls himself a militant, can fail to secure several
new readers.
To the DAILY WORKER city agents, we say: Look over the Honor
Roll. Look at tha percentage of quota reached by your city, and if
it is not in proportion to your forces, set about immediately to remedy
any defects or laxity which may exist in your organization. See that
the branches in your city have elected their agents. Be always on the
lookout for new ways of carrying on the work, of making the work
more interesting and productive.
Exert all your efforts to yet the 10,000 new subscribers
by June 15th.
WHAT PART OF THE QUOTA WILL YOUR CITY
HAVE REACHED BY NEXT FRIDAY? MAKE IT HEAD
THE HONOR ROLL NEXT TIME WE PRINT IT!
Send us news of your work! BUT ABOVE ALL SEND
US SUBS!
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A PROVERB from one of our boosters: "Inclosed please find one
•fa almighty for a 2 mos. sub. Hope to get many more, I realize
subs are tacks or nails for the capitalist coffin that won’t ruat.”—E.
Grassenbacher.
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No. of Percentage
City Quota new subs reached
secured
Reading, Pa 16 4 27%
Warren, Ohio 60 12 24%
Brooklyn, N. Y. .., 200 43 21.6%
Paterson, N. J 25 6 20%
Springfield, 111 25 4 16%
Milwaukee, Wii. .. 100 13 13%
Kansas City, M 0... 50 6 12%
Rochester, N. Y.... 50 6 10%
Gary, Ind 50 4 8%
Detroit, Mich 400 26 6V*%
Boston, Mass 200 12 6%
Pittsburgh, Pa. ... 150 9 6%
Elizabeth, N. J.... 15 16%
Duluth, Minn 60 3 6%
Los Angeles, Cal... 100 5 5%
Chicago, 111 1000 64 5.4%
Philadelphia, Pa. .. 200 10 5%
New York City.... 500 21 4.2%
Toledo, Ohio 125 6 4.8%
Grand Rapids, Mich. 25 14%
Johnson City, 111!. 25 14%
St. Louis, Mo 125 4 3.2%
Youngstown, Ohio. 30 1 3.3%
Cleveland, Ohio .. 250 6 2.4%
St Paul, Minn.... 100 2 2%
Seattle, Wash. ... 60 12%
Minneapolis, Minn. 200 2 1%
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HONOR ROLL
of those who sent in subs since last Power Column was published:
BROOKLYN, N. Y.
Chas. Krai 4
A. Bimba 13
Herman S. Scherer 7
C. O. Peterson 1
CHICAGO, ILL.
R. Specter 3
S. T. Hammersmark 3
Ed. Falick 1
Anna Fox 2
J. A. Lopez 1
W. P. Jewish 8ranch......... 8
Geo. Mishinoff 2 •
S. Juska 2
NEW YORK CITY
G. Hal pern 1
Bob Van Patten 1
Chas. Beyer 1
Jos. Josper 1
Einar Olsen 1
H. Feinstein 1
Geo. Tutler 1
Eli Suomenberg 4
V. Fedor 2
Jos. Lapidus 1
A. Omholt 1
I. Rebelsky 1
BOSTON, MASS.
Fanny Altschuler 2
Robert Zelms 10
DETROIT, MICH.
K. Jaratzewich 1
W. Reynolds 1
WORCESTER, MAS 9.
Eteenpain Co-operative •
PITTSBURGH. PA.
Wm. Scarville 4
S. Merges 3
CLEVELAND, OHIO
E. A. Duchary 1
S< Hortley I
C. Kraven 1
Max Lerner 1
Nick G. Neder 1
Wm. E. Lee .*•*«•••*•«.»...• 1
NEFFS, OHIO
Adolf Ratay 0
ELY, MINN.
Alfred Paaanen 6
PHILADELPHIA, PA.
I. Minkoff 1
E. Grasaenbacher 1
Louis Zoobock 1
A. L. Rubin 1
W. Norton 1
PATERSON. N. J.
A. Lapinski 3
Mabel Madara 1
J. Senkanckas 1
ROCHESTER, N. Y.
Harry Davis 6
GLEASONDALE, MASB.
I. Mikhola 4
HAMMOND. IND.
L. F. Carver 4
HOLYOKE, MASS.
Jos. Kowalski 4
KANSAS CITY, MO.
N. Sorenson 3
WARREN, OHIO
Chas. Schwartz 3
COELLO. ILL.
Anne Haudeguard 3
SCRANTON, PA.
Isaac Lajarevitz 2
V. Turanskas 1
MILWAUKEE, WIS.
G. S. Shklar 2
DULUTH, MINN.
Robert Shapiro 2
ST. LOUIS, MO.
Wm. H. Johnson 2
GENEVA, NEB.
John Koheler 2
MT. VIEW, CAL.
N. G. Nicholas 2
IRONWOOD, MICH.
Frank Nurmi 1
TAYLORVILLE, ILL.
Geo. Bravo 1
BUFFALO. N. Y.
Carl Johnson 1
MORENGO. WIS.
J. Maalita 1
LITTLE FALLS, MONT.
Bror Aflerson 1
SNAKE RIVER, WIS.
Carl Christopheraon 1
SANDSTONE, MINN.
Peter Johnson 1
DAVENPORT, IOWA
Thos. Olsen 1
MONESSEN, PA.
P. J. Savo 1
BATTLE CREEK, MICH.
Jehn Bichek 1
ELIZABETH, N. J.
Anton Gabriel 1
CHELSEA, MASS.
J. Grabir 1
READING, PA.
H. R. John 1
BALTIMORE, MD.
Wm. Wilkins 1
FARIBAULT, MINN.
E. Ford 1
TUCUMCARI, N. MEX.
Geo. Hoffman 1
GARDNER. MICH.
Wain© Wick 1
PENACOOK, N. H.
R. Bforkblacka 1
BENTON HARBOR, MICH.
Gua. Glade 1
NEW CASTLE. PA.
Hanna Pulka 1
SEATTLE, WASH.
E. H. Cottrell 1
PERRYSBERG, N. Y.
G. Long 1
MINNEAPOLIS. MINN. '
E. Waysynen 1
GRAND RAPIDS, MICH.
Jot. Johnson 1
Friday, March 28, 1924
SDAUGHERTY GETS
BRANDED AS AN
AID TO CRIMINALS
Unmask Hi* Family as
Nest of Crooks
(Continued from page 1.)
he would get behind me and I would
be elected. We took a few drinks
of four roses. I asked him what wu
behind his mind. He said ‘l’m going
to be the biggest man in the United
States.’ He said something about
SIOO,OOO for a campaign for me. He
mentioned Harry Sinclair and some
other oil men.”
“What else did he say?”
“He said he had already been East
and talked with Boise Penrose and
that he could name the next presi
dent of the United States.
“He said Harding would be the
nominee of the convention. ‘Money
talks and I’m going to put up the
money,’ he said.”
Jennings charged that Will Hays
and Attorney General Daugherty
each got $25,000 in the “deal.”
No Collateral Needed.
Reversing its announced program,
the committee today called Leroy W.
Baldwin, president of the Empire
Trust Company of New York, as th«
first witness.
Baldwin brought records of tram*
actions between the Republican Na
tional Committee and his bank. He said
the bank made a loan on Sept. 9,
1920, of SIOO,OOO. On Jan. 9, 1921,
$6,000 was paid. In April SIO,OOO
was paid. On December 3, 1923, t.he
bank was paid $85,000. On April
5, 1923, the bank again loaned $166,-
620.85. That loan was paid off De
cember 14, 1923.
“What collateral was there for this
loan?” Walsh asked.
“We never had any collateral for
any of these loans. Some govern
ment bonds were, I believe, delivered
in the first instance, altho it was not
used entirely as collateral. They had
a par value of $75,000.”
“From what source did the bonds
come?”
“I think they came from Mr.
Hays.”
“Did you know about any payment
of $76,000 by Harry F. Sinclair?”
“No.”
Baldwin was then excused.
A1 Jennings was called to the
stand.
Jennings said he lived in Venice,
Cal. He lived in Oklahoma 20 years
and was an intimate friend, he said,
of Jake Hamon. He attended the
Republican National Convention in
Chicago in 1920 with Hamon.
The rattle of movie cameras
startled Jennings and he turned to
the press table and remarked:
“I’d rather face a batter of
sheriffs.”
Name* Pirate Crew.
Continuing his story, Jennings
said:
“Hamon told me Harding would be
nominated the next day and it would
cost him a million dollars. He said
Penrose was to get $250,000.
“It had been agreed that day,
Hamon told me, by Will Hays, Harry
Daugherty and somebody else that
Hamon was to be secretary of the in
terior.”
“Has the information Hamon gave
you come true?” Spencer asked.
“Pretty well.”
“Did Hamon tell you what he wa»
going to do as secretary?”
“Yes, he said he was going to get
all the oil lands the democrats had
left”
“Who did Hamon give money to in
connection with the convention?”
“He said he gave $25,000 to
Daugherty , $25,000 to Will Hays,
$250,000 to Penrose and f?6,-
000 to a man named Manning--
or something like that—form Ohio.
“Hamon believed that money
would buy everything. It seems to
have been pretty well founded in
some instances.
“Hamon Lacked Ideal'.’’
“I liked Jake Hamon in spit# of hia
|»ck of ideals. He was the only law
yer in Lawton, Okla., who extended
a helping hand to mo when I came
out of prison.
expected to be president of
the United States some day.”
“On what ticket did you plan to
run for governor?” Senator Buraum.
New Mexico, asked.
“Democratic.”
“Why did Hamon want you to run
on the Democratic ticket?"
I. m “ h
What did Hamon want you to run
for governor for?” Bursum asked.
He wanted me to disrupt the
Democratic party so he could carry
the state for Harding. Well, I didn’t
go into the deal. Harding did carry
the state. H*mon said that cost him
a half a million dollars."
“Wasn’t Hamon for Wood?”
No. He never liked Wood.”
Jennings was then excused.
Senator Spencer announced thia
afternoon that he had issued aub
poenaes for Wilbur Marsh, treasurer
of the Democratic National Commit
tee George White, Ohio, former
chairman of the Democratic National
Committee, John Walsh, brother of
Senator Walsh and E. L. Doheny,
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Fear Yugo-Slav*.
ATHENS, March 27—Despite the
denials from Belgrade, reports per
slst that 60,000 Yugo-Slav troops, in
cluding cavalry and artillery, are
concentrated in the Kenal district for
the curpose of occupying Greek
Macedonia in case Greece becomes a
republic.