The Daily Worker Newspaper, January 14, 1924, Page 2

WINITSKY FREE) |Borah Will Give U. S. Senato AFTER LONG WAR INN. Y, COURTS Governor Smith Ends Case With Pardon (Special to “The Daily Worker”) NEW YORK.—Harry M, Winit- sky, Business Manager of the Frei-| heit, New York Jewish Communist! Daily, was granted a pardon Jan, 7th, by Governor Smith of New! York, after the Appellate Court of New York State had uphel is | conviction on a charge of ¢ inal anarchy, Harry Winitsky was convicted in| the spring of 1920 on the cha: | of violating the Criminal Anar Taw of the State of New York. He} was charged with helping to organ-| ize and being a member of the! Communist Party of America, dur-| ing the fall of 1919, and sentenced | to serve from five to ten years in New York State i Pending After two years in Sing Sing, Dannemora and Comstock prisons in New York State, Winitsky was finally granted bail ‘pending appeal to the higher course in the spring of 1922. The case has been pending in the Appellate Division since that time. Upon taking office at the begin-| ming of 1923, Governor Smith par- doned all of the Communists charged with Criminal Anarchy in New York State prison, but this pardon did not extend to the cases/| of Harry Winitsky and Benjamin Gitlow, altho pardons could have been secured in these cases if the court proceedings had been dropped. The defendants, however, with the concurrence of the National Defense Committee, decided to further test the Criminal Anarchy law in the courts before accepting pardon, The Winitsky case was decided about two weeks ago and the sen- tence affirmed, and Governor Smith has now extended a pardon to him THE DAILY WORKER January 14, 1924 Letters Showing That Hughes Has No Soviet Plot Facts (Special Washington Correspondence to “The Daily Worker’) WASHINGTON.—The Department of Justice concedes that it has not a shred of evidence to substantiate the wild and wooly charges of con- spiracy between the Soviet government and divers persons here in Amer- ica to overthrow the United States government and hoist the red flag over the White House, made by Secretary of State Hughes in a fabricated letter allegedly written by Zinoviev, chairman of the Communist International. The discomfiture of the anti-Russian section of the adménistration is obvious as the date set for the public hearing on Senator Borah’s motion for Soviet recognition approaches. The writers of diplomatic fiction cannot even take refuge behind closed doors, They must face an astonished public, |SUbmitted a concrete statement of astonished that even the oily lackey |facts, nor have I in any way been able of the Oil Trust, Charles Evans|to get a statement of facts to show Hughes, should risk the exposure of his chicanery without even a scrap of paper to cover his political nakedness, The gross receipts of radical book- stores thruout the country have sud- denly mounted as the result of the army of government agents which has been turned loose under Hughes’ or- der to bring in some evidence, dead or alive, that would save him from land- ing on the vaudeville stage as the biggest political joke of the decade. But even Department of Justice agents are obliged to laugh at the “raising the red flag over the White House” letter out of court. Ex-Federal Agent Robert J. Brani- gan of New York, once an active stool igeon in the ranks of the Communist admitted in a statement pub- lished in the New York World of Jan. 6th, that “The idea of the Communist Party of America engaging in shoot- ing practice and ‘raising the Red flag over the White House’ by armed in- surrection is a farce,” The Department of Justice, thru John W. H. Crim, Assistant Attorney General gave the Departments official position on the matter in letters is- sued in reply to inquiries as to why the government took no _ action against violation of the Logan Act and the criminal code by the many alleged perpetrators of criminal cor- respondence with the government of Russia. The Evidence Is Lacking One of the letters was written by Everett P, Wheeler, New York lawyer and student of international affairs who wrote an article contending that HE HEADS THE SOVIET INVESTIGATORS U. S. SENATOR BORAH, As He Appears violation of the Logan act. If you have any data in your possession which indicates a violation of the Logan act, please forward it to this department, or, better, take it to the United States attorney at Boston. “Respectfully, “For the Attorney General, “JOHN W, H. CRIM, “Assistant Attorney General.” Wheeler Asked for Facts, The letter to Mr, Wheeler reads: “Department of Justice, “Washington, D. C., Dec. 4, 1923. “Everett P. Wheeler, Esq., 27 William Street, New York City. “Sir: I have your letter of Novem- ber 30 inclosing a copy of your ar- ticle reprinted from The American Journal of International Law ana note the discussion in your letter with respect to the interpretation of section 5 of the United States crimi- nal eode. Both your letter and your article are interesting, but what this department needs, and what it has never had, is some evidencee to 27t on. No names of American citizens alleged to have offended this section have been submitted to this depart- ment. No verbal or written corre- spondence has been submitted to this department. No facts constituting intercourse have been submitted to this department. “If you will submit detailed evi- dence giving the names of the citi- zens, the correspondence or inter. course, the message or conduct of the foreign government, the dispute or controversy, which are necessary to be pleaded in an indictment this de- vartment will be, as it always has been, glad to take appropriate action. “All that it has ever had from your association is lettets or papers of the character of your letter of November 30, which amount to no more than academic discussions of section 5 of the criminal code. In such letter you state: “ ‘T know that you have under econ- sideration the question as to whether the act of Congress, section 5, of the erimins! code, amnlies to criminal cor- respondence with a foreign govern- ment which has not been recognized by the United States.’ Complaint Fails to Stand Up “Without submitting one single fact showing any criminal corre- spondence,/ you then proceed to dis- euss' a number .of-cases.-whick you: fee] throw light on an interpretation of this law. One fairly definite com- plaint was made to this department before I came here and the Attor- ney General held that the facts in- ve'-ed did not constitute an offense. “Your society can render a very much greater service if it will sub- mit detailed facts as to the conduct of definite individuals, rather than general discussions of whether or not the law ought to be enforced. Of course the law should be enforced, but it can not be enforced without knowing at least the name of some one to prosecute. Respectfully, (Signed) “JOHN W. H. CRIM, “Assistant Attorney General.” to Our Artist. lpipnprebiencamrennemeinsnsientgs @s in all the other Criminal An- archy cases, The case of Benjamin Gitlow is at pending in the United States jupreme Court, where a decision is expected within the next few weeks, Gitlow Case Important. The Gitlow case is of national importance in that there is involved in it an issue which will test every — Anarchy and Criminal yndicalism law on the statute books of this country. The defense contends in this case that to punish the utterances of doctrines or be- lief without any relationship to the circumstances or the possibilities of some one acting upon the utter- ances, is unconstitutional. This con- tention is along the lines of the decisions of the Supreme Court in all cases during the war period, the court having held that unless there | ‘wag imminent danger of some overt | act resulting from the utterances| of a doctrine, that such doetrine| ‘was mot punishable. ‘ | If the court follows its own de- cisions, it will have to declare the New York Criminal Anarchy law} unconstitutional and with it some} 8 other laws of a similar character, That the Supreme Court is puz-| zled by what to do about the Git-| low case is indicated by the fact| that the case was heard in April! of last year, and after arguments and briefs were submitted, the court | festored it to the calendar and| asked for new arguments which were submitted in November of this | year. Phone tpauiding 4670 ASHER B. PORTNOY & CO. Painters and % ore PAINTERS’ SUPPLIES Estimates on New and Wa Work 2619 MILWAU) KEE AVE, CHICAGO jthe possession of Senator Borah for there was ample law to reach these persons. Eren W. Burnstead, secre- tary of the Massachusetts Civic Alliance, aldp asked the department why the government did not act. In reply, Mr. Crim explained (iat the power of the law was ample to reach such individuals. All that was needed was the individuals. In other words, Mr. Crim’s reply to his questioners was the challenge “Bring on your individuals.” ‘Here Are the Letters The following letters to Mr. Burn- stead and to Mr, Wheeler, are now in use in the coming foreign relations committee investigation: “Department of Justice, “Washington, D, C,, Nov. 18, 1928. “Eben W. Burnstead, secretary, Mas- sachusetts Civic alliance, Box 1335, Boston, Mass. “Sir: I have your letter ‘of No- vember 2, with respect to the en- forcement of the Logan act. There has been a great deal of ‘slush’ com- ing to my attention with reference to this act, but not one single person has RACE DISCRIMINATION LOSES NEW YORK.—A legal prece- dent is established against racial discrimination in a case, fought and won in New York’s courts by two Negro citizens, Karl Brown and Miss Marion Allen, senior students at Harvard university and Hunter college, brought action against the Mid- Jand Beach Co. for refusing to let them use the cabins at that swim. WHO IS YOUR DELEGATE? The miners of the entire country have, by this time, elected their fel- Wa 1s YOUR DELEBAE? | KU KLUXERS’ GUN RULE IN HERRIN I$ UNCHALLENGED Klan Private Detective Leads Raiders (Special to “The Daily Worker”) MARION, Il.—-The Klu Klux Klan rules Williamson County by force and violence, Only the presence of State troops called in by the anti-klan fac- tion prevents civil war. The Federal forces under the direction of the Treasury Department have given the lead to the Klan under the direction of whieh the raids on bootleggers were carried out, Intense excitement prevails in Herrin, Not sinee the hectic days of May, 1922, when the scabs in the strip mine precipitated a riot was public feeling so outraged as when the fomenters of race hatred and religious discord plunged this county into anarchy. The smoke from burning cottages reminds one of the early days of Fascisti activity in Italy, before the black shirt brigade marched on Rome, Thoughtful people here see in this Ku Klux Klan, Prohibition, anti- foreign and anti-labor combination the advance guard of Fascism in America. Klan Flouts Law. The Ku Klux Klan refuses to dis+ arm, yet William J, Burns does not ask for a Federal appropriation to save the government. Law and or- ;der is flouted by the leaders of the Invisible Empire, yet the jails do not open their doors for the lawbreakers. Sam Stearns, exalted Cyclop of the Klan, is in open conflict with Sheriff Galligan, elected by the miners of Williamson County after the Herrin riot. The Sheriff represents “law and order.” Adjustant General Black, who came under the fire of the Illinois Chamber of Commerce because of his |favorable attitude toward the Herrin miners after the affair of his at the strip mine, is here in charge of the state militia. He arrived at the re- quest of Sheriff Galligan. The Ku Klux Klan and the prohibition agents who are in league with the Klan want to get rid of Black and his forces, should leave provided the Klan chief agrees to disarm his army. Majority of Arms Rule. This, Sterns refuses to do believing that the faction that can flash the greatest number of artillery pieces stands the best chance ot victory in a democratic country. A peace con- ference between the Klan chief and the Sheriff resulted in a draw. Both sides talked with their fingers on the triggers of their guns, Sheriff Galligan charges the fed- eral authorities and their Klan allies with having qbused wemen and chil- dren, in making the ‘ds ayd_ also with having looted the homes of citi-| zens. This the Klan denies of course, Glenn Young, private detective for the Klan, is also leader of the prohi- bition raiders, The sixth house to go up in smoke during the week was a roadhouse situated between Marion and Herrin. Most of those arrested in the raids are foreigners. The dictatorship of the Klan is believed by some to be a seque! to the Herrin affair with the anti-union elements in combination with the religious maniacs and mine owners who have not forgiven the Herrin miners for their former vic- tory. tll, BLANKENSTEIN GREETS DAILY WORKER FROM egates to the Indianapolis convention of the United Mine Workers of Amer- ica, Jan. 22, and now that you know who ig going to represent you, you should find out where he stands on the various issues that will come up for consideration. There will be the customary battles, of course, but the question is, where does he stand on PENNSYLVANIA PRISO If “The Daily Worker” started without greetings from the inside of a prison it would hardly be com- ete, . Here is a greeting from israel Blankenstein, who hag been in for several years and unless the such issues as will be brought in by| workers get him out will stay there the militant miners under the leader-|@ few more. ship of.the Progressives, to-wit: Reinstatements of Kansas Miners. Reinstatement of Jim McLachlan and the restoration of autonomy to Mist, No. 26. Nationalization of the coal mines. Establishment of the Labor Party. Election of organizers by the membership. Six-hour day and five-day week. Alliance with the railroad workers. Organization of the unorganized fields, i unionism Gnd amalgamation. Abolition of the pay-roll votes in conven. Lind Recognition of Soviet The $3 which Com- rade Blankenstein sends should Alex Howat and the| rouse others, who are much more fortunate, to action. Three dollars from a prisoner is a real sacrifice. Blankenstein writes: Dear Comrades: Congratuations' on the a rance of The Daily Worker, lieve me, the event is a source of joy to me, disabled as mem! am. With the W, ip, Lam proud of this ac- complishment. The appearance of Russia, International affilistion with world tebor| the Call and the Milwaukee Leader movement. Honest and efficient leadership. These are 13 definite issues that must be thrashed out, and each and every one is of vital importance to, And th not only the miners, but also to the entire labor movement. Make it Tout business to see the one who has een elected as delegate from your local union. and ask him whi stands on these questions. up in the next meeting of your local union and see to it that your delegate is instructed to support these issues and the Progressive Program in its entirety. Malay Communists Jailed. PERTH, West Australia. — Trav- mediately. elers arriving here from Jaya report increased activities of the Commun- ists in the Netherlands East Indies was made ‘ears of effort. The Daily Worker launched Lash Ne months after issuance of call for funds, one hundred thousand dol- lars were subscribed not and realtors, nor from union treas- urles, but by men and women of the Cidg factories and mines, The Daily Worker has a glorious mission to perform—to arouse, to cement, to point the way to workers of America. But it will have to fight inst tremendous odds and it will be a long time at best before it will become sel!- sustaining. I, therefore, Comrade Manager, move that you start im- “The Daily Worker Se- curity Fund” and I second the mo- tion with three dollars (which } will send under separnte cover as and the Malay states. A number of|required by the rules of this prison), | Malay Mnonscmiaiid have been arrest-| 7 ed in Soe “Citizens” for Seabs The French bourgeois press an- nounces an arrangement between the Citizens’ League and the Ministry of ming beach last summer. The jury awarded them $100 damages, Railroads whereby _ strike-breakers may receive instruction in railroad work in courses lasting from 5 to 14 have no doubt that the devo- tion and determination of the mili- tants which made possible the launching of The Daily will assure its continued existence, THE DAILY WORKER shall live and grow, rey ier the cause of thy BLANKENSTEIN, Amalgamation means strength! j » 4 paneled, Die Shed Cre Cold Snap Drives Poor Into the Open to Hunt for Food, Shelter The second cold snap of the winter is sweeping thru Chicago and the middle west. While the city’s business men and their wives were being incon. venienced by a taxi shortage and forced to ride on the elevated and surface cars, the city’s poor were suffering from lack of food, fuel and proper clothing. Social settlements all over the town were appealed to by the poor in need of aid, From the settlements they were referred to various charitable agencies: The United Charities of Chieago reported that all their branches were busy all day ing such assistance as they could to the poor, The county agents who receive the Dull | wre were errr of the requests for coal and shoes|dances enough space wae found for reported a rushing business, They|a@ note about homeless children, The gave out aid without stopping to in-| work done by this charity was de- vestigate if the people who asked it ee as “appealing and interest- ing. The Sheriff is willing that the latter | w. Smopeusrily are “|out of which the heels and boxes ble only after six| Ver the merger, lawyers | Pa! the| 4 step to American int were “worthy” or not. While the very poor were frankly asking for charity the less poor were| asking for jobs, Both Chicago Sun- day papers carried a record number of “Situations Wanted” ads, Ads such as the following hid the tragedy of the genteel poor, SITUATION WANTED — Middle aged man, business and legal ex- perience, clerical duties, all around worker; references; liv- ing expense basis. West Madison Street, the wander- ing ground of the homeless jobseeker, was the scene of keen suffering. The municipal lodging house and police stations in the district were filled with “boes” who did not have the price of a bed, “Society” was appealed to in the! society columns of the Sunday papers to aid the Illinois Children’s Home and Aid Society. Amid the accounts of weddings and balls, teas and [AMALGAMATION OF SHOE WORKERS BRINGING UNITY Consolidation Results in Biggest Shoe Union BY FEDERATED PRESS HAVERHILL, Mass.-The consol- idation of the Shoe Workers’ Pro- tective union and the United Shoe Workers of America make the &. P. U. the largest shoe workers organization in the country, A com- mittee is also negotiating with the Amalgamated Shoe Workers of America and it ig expected that they ssh come in, in the very near fu- ure, The S. W. P. U,. with general offices at Waverhill and organiza- tions in Boston, Loe Beverly, Wakefield, and Marblehead, Mass., ano ‘illiamsport, N, Y., has about %”' * embers, The U. 8, W. of A, Wm tocals in Rochester, N. Y. | St, Louts, Lynn, Newburyport, am | other New England cities as well as Chicago, Cincinnati, San Fran- ‘disco and many smaller s. In_ 1920 the joint council of the S, W. P. U. created a committee for the purpose of finding a method whereby the shoe workers could be united, and after meeting Sree tatives of other bodies a conference of New England shoe workers wa3 established, sponsored by the lasters’ ‘union of Lynn, a local of the U. S. W. of A. This conference broke ‘down after a few months, due to different ideas as to what kind of organization should be established. Then a second conference was in- stituted by the National Cutters’ council. But at the October, 1921. convention a constitution was adop- ted declaring for a policy of arbi- tration and conciliation and the S. W. P. U. and some locals of the U. 8S. W. of A. would not accept it, so that the effort at that time proved a failure. The S. W. P. U, is the oldest shoe workers’ organization in the country, having been established by the turn shoe-workers about 1888. Yr 1916 the cutters were admitted to membership and from that time until 1919 the various parts of the industry were organizing in Haver- hill and joining the S, W. P, U. In 1921 the Allied Shoe Workers of Haverhill, a small o tion of the making room em) , joined. Some of the Haverhill factories are controlled the Boot and Shoe Workers’ union, A. F. of L. The S. W. P, U, Iso ized the three classes of wor! who make the wooden heels. It also has the workers who make the wood and paper boxes in which the shoes cked as well as the teamsters handle the lumber and lumpers who are made, The shoe workers are much elated Op; Loans to Germany. The Chartiers Valley Central La- bor Union of Cannonsburg, Pa., a resolution protesting American interference in juropean affairs. The resolution declares that loans made by United States Government to Ger- many will merely be the prelim- erence inst rman internal affairs. Work Daily for “The Daily!” INTERNATIONAL LIEBKNECHT DAY Prudential Hall North Ave and Halsted St. Sunday, Jan. 20 7:30 P. M. Speakers: ‘ Foster, Bedacht, Minor, Edwards Musical Program, Admission 25c Auspices Young Workers Leagye in i { Tate alle ni Ser commana nee taen GaN eee Mere Babies Put to Work. NEW YORK.—Children two and three years of age are put to work by parents who take work to their homes, The idea that home work is the gy Sed widows is not borne out by the ts. Conditions among home workers are as bad today as they were 10 or 15 years ago. 8 that later sell for high prices in the city’s best stores are worked on in homes for starvation wea. No home workers make more in $500 a year in spite of the fact that whole families aasist in the work. People suffering from all sorts of diseases do_home work. These facts were testified to be- fore the New York Child Welfare Commission during a bearing held in City Hall, The Commission was considering recommendations for legislation to abolish home industries. SILVER STATE F. LP, TO AGT FOR MAY 30TH Conference Expected to Choose Delegates (Special to “The Daily Worker") DENVER.—Farmer-Labor activity in the western and far western states will come to a head at a con- ference called by the Colorado Farmer-Labor tani to meet in Den- ver, Jan. 26-29 at the time of the big stock show, which permits of re- duced railroad rates in these states of magnificent distances, Invita- tions to farmer and labor organtz tions in 18 states west of the Mis- sissippi have been sent. .Parley Parker Christensen, Far- mer-Labor presidential candidate in 1920, and a former resident of Salt Lake City, is an announced speaker. The conference will discuss third party ef ie pe svat pel oe @ expec to act on proposals le up with the national farmer-labyr conference to be held in Minneapolis ‘and St. Paui, May 8U, at wie cau os the Minnesota Farmer-Labor party. The collapse of the Henry Ford sidential boom sent a number of is political boosters scurrying into third party camps and some of them, particularly from the prairie states, will probably register for the Den- ver conference, ~ Fight New York Censorship NEW YORK CITY,.—A mass meet- ing called to protest against the pro- posed “Clean Books Bill” and all other forms of censorship will be held in Madison bg Garden tonignt. ‘The meeving is being held by the Americanism Protective League of | which Bernarr MacFadden, well‘ known physical culturist, is president. The purpose of the League is to fight censorsiup in all its forms. | The “Clean Books Bill” was spon- sored by Justice Ford after he h-d discovered that his 28-year-old deugh- ter had been shocked by reading a book by D, H. Lawrence. Dollar Steals More Dollars. SAN FRANCISCO. — Robert Dol- lar, famous labor hating ship oper- ator will begin the operation of his Round the World service from here for. Pirvcgat recently ste ok Blt ips e ernmen: ipping board for $5,860,000. The shi geri cost the government $30,- 000,000 but were sold to Dollar at reduced rates “in the interest of American shipping.” JOLIET WORKERS HEAR THE LABOR PARTY DISCUSSED Manley and Rodriguez Give Views to Council Joseph Man! for the Federated Farmer-Labor Party, and William E, Rodriguez for the Mlinois Farmer- Labor dy esotd invited to speak before the Central Trades and Labor Couneil of Will County, at Joliet, Ml, at its last meeting. The meeting was a crowded and successful one. Manley opened up by presenting the case for the Federated Farmer-Labor Party in a comprehen- sive and non-controversial manner. He eited fact after faet in proof of the steady growth on a national scale of the Federated Party. Rodriguez followed, with a ramb- ling statement couched in high brow, legal terms on the status of the Illi- nois Farmer-Labor Party. He too! occasion to air his differences with John Fitzpatrick, Jay Brown and Reb- ert M, Buck on the calling of the July 3rd convention. His whole talk was a repetition of the charges against the Federated and the Workers Party as agents of Moscow, Rodriguez displayed a woeful lack of knowledge of the needs of a class party of the workers and farmers when he stated: “South Dakots and Washington as a political force in the country are a joke.” He then admitted that the farmers of the west were more radical than many work- ers in the east, but again said that their movement —S Frags) Linge uence as compa’ e great in- dustriat centers to be found in Illi- nois. Following his tirade a delegate asked him about his statement that the Illinois Federation of Labor backs the Farmer-Labor Party, Rodrigu sidestepped the answer but the dele- gate supplied it by saying: “that the action of the Decatur convention, in endorsing the Gompers non-par- tisan political policy, was a virtual repudiation of the Farmer-Labor Party.” This meeting was one of the most successful ever held in Joliet, and will mark the beginning of a real in- —— in the Federated Farmer-Labor arty. se 8 Cook County F,-L, P. Meets Forty delerates seprescating 20 branches of the Farmer-Labor Party of Cook County and affiliated local paige met Sunday at 180 Washing- on David MeVey, delegate from the Lathers’ Union, was elected chairman for 1924, and an executive committce of 20 members were elected, It was decided by the convention that the Cook County Farmer-Labor Party sever its connectinns wits the Ernst Tilinois Stave Farmer-Labor Party, which had broken off from the Farmer-Labor Party of the United States, and affiliate itself with the provisional state organization which was part of the Farmer-Labor Party of the United States, Work Daily for “The Daily!" What Do You Say? VEGETARIAN HOME RESTAURANT 2nd Floor, at 2714 W. Division St. Is the center for the North-West Side ‘intelligent eaters. Strictl; home cooking and baking fre: daily. J, Koqanove, Proprietor. Phone Humboldt 8194 Morris Holtzman Delicatessen, Cigars, Cigarettes and Notions ICE CREAM We serve for parties and affairs 2120 W. Division St. CHICAGO, ILL. Phone 959-W Ideal and Sanitesy. INTERNATIONAL UNION SHOE HOSPITAL Ss. S. JACKSON Proprietor 72, PALOS VERDES ST. SAN PEDRO, CALIF, Work done while you wait, Comrades from out-of-town always welcome. We receive and send shoes by parce] post. |