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Newspaper
The Toiler
Location
Cleveland, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 28, 1920
Page
2
The column critiques papal sainthood for Joan of Arc and harsh foreign policy rhetoric, ponders Britain and Mexico oil aims, and mocks pro war and pro labor stances. It argues divorce should be easy and discusses farm labor shortages, banking meddling, and revolutionary upheavals with satirical, period tone. It references Morris and Cudahy, McAdoo, and May Day significance in Kansas.
A despatch from Washington surveys global unrest as European, Middle Eastern, and Asian states tilt toward anti Allied sentiment and pre Soviet influence. Analysts warn of rising Bolshevik sympathy among German officers, Turkish nationalists, and various disputed republics, with Syria and Poland cited as pivotal flashpoints.
The House trimmed half a million dollars from the DoJ snooping fund on May 10, vs Palmer's $2.5 million ask. Debate featured Byrne and MacGrath arguing over anarchist arrests linked to May Day, with Texas and New York lawmakers trading barbs about Palmer’s claims and the existence of 6,000 anarchists.
Russian representative Ludwig C. A. K. Martens faced a deportation hearing where Inspector Shell deviated from rules to read the DOJ questions into the record. Martens answered only to confirm he is the representative, while the government hinted at broader opposition to Soviet governance and possible future residence limits.
An English language monthly in Mexico seeks readers among communists, detailing Mexican Communist and T W W actions, and the Obregon revolution significance. It advertises a two dollar yearly subscription payable by New York draft or express order, warning against personal checks.
Washington insiders report President Wilson refuses to lift the blockade on Russia. A memorandum from Secretary Colby and State Department bureau chiefs urged abandonment, backed by Under Secretary Polk and the foreign trade chief. Commerce Secretary endorses the memo, while signees decline public comment.
In Portland a volley of letters and editorials attacks a compromise verdict by a Criminal Syndicalism jury. The writer questions leniency recommendations and argues jurors betrayed conviction, urging accountability and condemning perceived pressure on verdicts. A separate note from K. W. Oster, County Jail, Portland, May 3, 20, protests alleged injustices. Later, a Yugoslav Socialist Democratic Party convened in Marburg to unify Socialists in Yugoslavia against participation in government and in the Moscow International.
Olive, reading a stranger’s letter in a post office, confronts her tangled desires between a jailed rocker Jack and her shallow beau Frank. She confronts class hypocrisy and vows to seek truth beyond small-town constraints, imagining a life with Jack in rugged mountains as she weighs schooling, independence, and love.
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