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Newspaper
The Toiler
Location
Cleveland, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 14, 1920
Page
3
From Columbus comes word the coal strike remains unsettled as operators may reject the president's three-man commission award. The piece criticizes the miners union leaders for surrendering to injunctions and urges unity under a One Big Union to illuminate miners' future amid capitalist imperialism.
The New York Legislature seats five Socialists elected by their districts, declaring them unfit due to alleged disloyalty. The piece argues this move signals despotism in America, urged by capitalist dictatorship and revolutionary unionism as the workers’ response to defend constitutional rights.
Comrades urged to order more literature and subs for the Movement. Comrade L L Lowery sends two subs from Fir Ark. Sparks Marguerite Prevey to address a Prisoners Defense meeting at Bellaire on January 18. Locals plan meetings to spread propaganda and mobilize support.
The Toiler urges readers to subscribe and donate to the Communist Labor Party movements. Comrades praise Baker and the cartoon service while urging financial support, renewals, and bringing in new subscribers. The Bullitt Russia report is promoted as a best seller, with orders and subscriptions emphasized.
Paris reports Ar mand Charpentier’s letter to Populaire condemning the Lusitania torpedoing as part of a broader blockade of Russia. He says Wilson and Entente governments erred in war aims, warning ministers’ actions risked mass death of civilians while praising liberation efforts and local organizing in Guernsey County.
In Hungary a counterrevolution suppresses culture with priests executed and hundreds of teachers removed. Fourty teachers were mobbed and killed by White guards. youths face school exclusion for suspected socialist leanings. Private libraries are searched and revolutionary works banned under an official index.
The Communist Labor Party of Ohio announces a Book and Pamphlet Department to publish revolutionary literature and distribute titles through locals. The list includes Debs works, Lenin, Marxism texts, and many socialist titles with bulk pricing. readers are urged to place orders at once.
The fragment lists the Communist Labor Party of Ohio with an address at 8207 Clark Ave in Cleveland Ohio. It provides only the organization name and location without additional context or events.
The New York State Federation of Labor led by James P. Holland plans a two month drive to expel radical elements from the federation. The effort targets an estimated 5 to 6 thousand radicals tied to AF of L. Excerpts warn of disproportionate global resource shares and cite repressive raids on radicals as a warning. Washington notes machinists ban radicals from union membership, prohibiting affiliation with the IWW and similar groups.
Two prison poems by Ralph Chaplin express despair under confinement. The speaker laments iron bars and a heart restrained while yearning for stars, moonlight, and the free pulse of life beyond the walls.
A fragmentary poem laments the living dead and the calm of earth, invoking mothers and the enduring quiet of those who have died. The lines evoke memory and mortality, with a ceremonial cadence suggesting a meditation on death and departure.
London dispatch reports Italian Foreign Minister Scialoia argues Russia should be allowed the Soviet form of government and that Allies should recognize the current government. He, in discussions with Premier Lloyd George, calls Russia and the Turkish Empire as Europe’s two main diplomatic issues.
Comrade P R Davis of Cheaapeak C remits for one copy Bullitt's Report and $1.60 as a donation. He mentions placing the amount in the fund and works for The Toiler. The message notes payment to the Cartoon Dept and a broader social culture project described as demolished.
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