The Daily Worker Newspaper, January 17, 1924, Page 5

January 17, 1924 THE DAILY WORKER MC ANDREW IS RAPPED HARD BY N.Y. ASSOCIATES Renegade Liberal, Says Teachers’ Union Head Communications received by Chi- cago union teachers from members of the New York Teachers’ Federa- tion state that William McAndrew, new superintendent of the local schools, is regarded ‘by the union teachers of New York as a “rene- gade liberal.” Henry Linville, president of the New York organization, character- izes McAndrew as a “fair weather superintendent” who would support all conventional standards and frown on anything new in the teaching pro- fession, “Altho he is falsely credited with * having fought politics in the school system,” continued Limville, “the fact is, he always tagged along with the ‘safe’ majority. He is clever and knows the routine of school ad- ministration, but he is intellectually dishonest and lacks completely the courage of his convictions.” “Trickiness,” is the word Linville employes to designate McAndrew’s administrative methods. “While Mc- Andrew was still at the head of the Washington Irving school in this city,” said Linville, “he wanted to prove to an investigating committee that. his school was overcrowded. And so when the committee arrived, McAndrew surreptitiously put’ two classes into each room visited. The committee, of course, left with a ‘doctored’ picture of congestion at the school, “He is known as one of the early promoters of the Gary system, and ‘we have good reason to believe that he has been ‘summoned to Chicago to install the Detroit platoon sys- tem there, a twin sister of the Gary system nti] it was ousted from New York’s schools.” | OUR BOOK REVIEWS | An Informative Pamphlet. (Special to The Daily Worker) ‘ NEW YORK,—Kurt Klaeber, a miner from Essen (Ruhr) who has been addressing workers on the situation in Germany, will speak at the Cooper Union mass here Jan. 20th, for German relief. This meet- ing has been arranged by the Friends of Soviet Russia (American Commit- tee International Workers Aid)' as the opening event in the campaign to aid the starving German workers. __ Kurt Klaeber was associated with the workers in the Ruhr and also with the workers of Saxony. During the early period of the Zeigner (Social- ist) Government of Saxony he acted as an adviser on workers’ education to the tment of Education, This is the only oceasion on which he will speak to American workers on the situation, as he departs for Germany at the end of the month. All workers should attend this meeting and give their energetic support to the campaign for German relief. i Page Five RUSSIAN DEBATE Doesn’t Like Reception Given Claude McKay WASHINGTON, D. C.—It has} happened. The ubiquitous Negro government the sum of $24,498,460. on the list with 49,678 pensioners drawin, The third was the state of New. York wher ernment live and received all told 20, with 36,392 pensioners receiving during the y: ‘RUHR MINER TO SPEAK FOR GERMAN RELIEF:LODGE INJEGQTS| Half Million Are War Pensioners | 'MASS MEETING COOPER UNION, N. ¥., JAN. 20INE PRO ISSUE IN WASHINGTON, D, C.-The United States Government has on its war | pension list 539,756 veterans and other dependents drawing pensions from | the government thru the Pension Bureau of the Deparment of the Interior. | Ir the last fisca! year the number of pensions fell off 7,206. The larg-| est number of pensioners on the rolls of the bureau during its entire history | was in the fiscal year 1902 when there were 999,446, The state of Ohio has the unique record of having within its borders more jersons being paid pensions than any. other state. year there were 51,206 pensioners living in Ohio and receiving from the | The state of Pennsylvania came next | ig a total amount of $24,898,955. | ¢ 42,894 pensioners of the gov- | Illinois was the fourth state | 648,342, ear $17,492,074. has appeared on the scene of Rus- | sian recognition by the United, States. In his screed against the Soviet Government of Russia as practically identical with the Communist Inter- national, whose declared object is to overthrow; all capitalist and op- pressive regimes, Senator Lodge read to the Senate a letter written by Trotzky to an American Communist, Claude McKay, the poet, which was Comradés? Do you remember the out of the verdict. corporation of Henr: brought all its big the State of Michigan and its alli YOU won! . aici Support Demand for Cash Bonus JOHN WILLIAMSON The attitude taken by ex-service men in a Chicago meeting to protest the action of Congress in sidetracking the bonus is one of interest not only to ex-service men of the last war but to the young workers of today who will be the service men of the next war. The names of Mellon and Coolidge were received with hisses and laugh- ter. _ Resolutions and replies by the President were read amidst yells of derision. The attitude of the ex-service men who overpacked the hall was a militant one. They were principally young workers who had been fooled by the hysterical ery of “Saving te World for Democracy” and ever since returning have been gradually real- }-——H—H—_—_____—__ | izing that they suffered and bled to “Save the World for Dollaracracy” instead, The outburst in Chicago is the climax of many long months of wait- ing and promises by every politi- cian who entered office. During all this time the Young Workers League has pointed out. to the ex-service men that the politicians whether they be Republican or Democrat, are only the Jickspittles of big capital. These swine made billions upon bil- lions of dollars’ profit during the war and should be made to pay a cash bonus out. of their profits. ‘The demand for a cash bonus should not stop at mass meetings. Four and five years ago we were told ‘nothing is too good for the serv- | Recent Developments in the American ice men.” It was they who gave welopments in the Ame! iv Ii : Labor. Movement. By Harry W. » | their lives, they who wallewed in Published by League for Industrial Democracy. This pamphlet is a short review of recent tendencies in the labor move- ment, dealing with the rising senti- ment for a labor party, the Plumb Plan, cooperation and jabor banking, workers’ education, labor journalism, and health and a special chapter on amalgamation. The author has been careful to avoid controversial matters, so it is the sae UP eh garcons BE FON Pe (pVDeMAe wy ya @ quasi: ow his position. He affirms no positi , the carnage of human flesh while the big capitalists of America were making billions exploiting the worl- ers at home. The Young Workers League commends the action of their ex-service brothers and pledges their | full support to fight for a cash ‘bonus from the profits of these | bosses represented by Mellon. The fight must be continued. If mass | Meetings cannot bring. the results | desired other measures must be need ‘The fieht met ha won With 'To:those thousands of trade unionists! young workers the fight will be -who are unfamiliar with modern ten- won, -dencies in the labor movement this! pamphlet is valuable and contains, Such men sufficient information to arouse aj Berry or Quinn do not stand for the desire to. know more about the move-} interests of the ex-service men. The there are! belligerent attitude of the masses of extensive bibliographies at the end| ex-service men has forced these lick- spittles to make a pretence at fight- The Federated Press is releasing| ing for the interests of the rank and the pamphlet for serial publication] file. Not one of them, however, has and undoubtedly many labor papers} taken any decisive attitude on his ment, For this purpose of each chapter. However, one thing is will reproduce it for the benefit of} own initiative. their readers. Amalgamation means strength! These men still proclaim the fake phrase that “we gre all free and equal” and simiar rot. The masses The Stalemate in Congress - - - In the history of American polities there has been many a do-nothing Congress. Most often the personnel of our congresses consists. of that brand of congressional timber that is | commonly called ‘“mawsh” repre- sentatives,—might as well stay home Congressmen. Tho the Sixty-eighth congress is not immune from this inherent fea- ture of our national legislative bodies, it ranks, in the political lad- der, several rungs above the average Congress that the country is blessed with every other year. This con- gress was born to be a do-nothing Congress, simply because of the deli- eate balance between the various contending groups included in its personnel. This delicate balance of strength among the insurgents, stand-patters, regulars, safe-and-sure- fellows, ordinary Democrats, inde-' oendent Democrats, farm-blocers, et ad infinitum is a reflex of the econo-» nic and political conditions prevail- ng in our country today. The chaos ind confusion arising in the ranks of he dominant parties have brought on jivisions growing ever sharper, hough still too vague at the present noment to express itself in the im- rediate organizetion of a new olitical party consisting of the so- alled liberal element snd totally in- enendent of both old parties, Reactionaries Firmly in Saddle Several weeks before Congress pened, the country was flooded with ropagand«a about the terrible crimes » be perpetrated by the still-more- wrrible “progressive” senators and mgressmen. Nothing has hap- ened, Congress hasn’t, attempted . do anything. Neither the Senate or the House has completed anything nee it has convened. As a matter * fact, the whips and leaders of the spublican clique are not anxious to , cd Ahi all, What they would se to see, ork Bill—a so-called generous ap- opriation bill; compromise on Mel- n’s taxation scheme. ‘Then they yuld like to see the congressional rtain fall and the whole farce end. Republica: appen is this: Pass a big’ which need immediate and lots of re- pairing, if their machine is to be saved from ruin. The reactionaries are not shaking in their shoes; they have more than held their own against the progres- |sives. The key committees of the Senate and the House are controlled |by them as securely as ever. They have done no buck-jumping despite the occasional attempts at fierce fire- works on the part of the handful of insurgents. . Democrat Smith to the chairmanship of the Inter-State Commerce Com- mittee, in the Senate, is the nearest the Administration machine has come toadefeat. Yet, in reality, not even defeat because the de: majority of this committee remains in the hands of the dyed-in-the-wool reactionaries. | over, were given to believe that “Silent Cal” would be a humble ser- vant before the Best Minds Republican coterie obvious. Owsley, McNider, The election of the, cisive | of ex-service men know this fraud and a lie, Today they are in the ranks of the working class. They are in the battle for bread and butter. When they protest they are thvown on the streets to starve and if they strike ‘young university men are used as utrikebreakers against them. The de- mands of the mass of ex-service men for a cash bonus can only be car- tied thru by a_ militant leadership. The leaders of the ex-service men must come from the ranks and be willing to sacrifice everything in fighting for the interests of those ex-service men who are now work- ers. Today 5 per cent of the budget goes for military purposes. We must: demand a cash bonus to come out of this military budget. Our leaders , Should fight for this. They must) jay against all future wars be- | eause thru bitter experience they | have learned that wars are fought ‘only in the interests of the bosses! and not in the interests of thej workers. | The Young Workers League calls! upon all ex-service men to renew with doubled energy their demand for an immediate cash bonus taken | from. the military budget. Enough | me has } isa a veen wasted already. The slogan must be “An Immediate Cash Bonus from the Military Budget.” We also call upon all ex-service men to take a miistant stand against the military preparations for future wars. We must expose the war game and the conditiors of the serv- ice men, Every opportunity we must agi- tate against all war. Beside the slogan, “An Imimedi- ate Cash Bonus from the Military of Lawrence College, Appleton, Wis.,! glomeration of children’s homes and {told the Anti-Saloon League today Sunday Schools, | American “some' modification in the prohibition | inate } published in the Moscow Isvestia Feb. 15, 1923. _ The letter was in answer to an inquiry by Mr. McKay as to Rus- That it the “kick” in it all; support that it can turn aside the bo: ist class. They arrest comrades and place a prohibitive bond upon them. sia’s attitude toward ,the world| At least, they think it.is prohibitive. struggle of the Negro for true|Of course, they fail to understand emancipation. The portion quoted|that while Mahomet could not move by Senator Lodge is as follows: “The training of black agitators is the most important revolutionary problem of the moment. ... Iam at a loss to say what are the most expedient organization forms for the movement among American Negroes, because I am not familiar with the | concrete conditions and _possibili- ties; but the organization form will | be found as soon as sufficient will| ‘lone’ Communist delegate at the for action is displayed.” |Portland Convention of the A, F. Senator Lodge also referred to of L. Can the State of Michigan suc- the enthusiastic reception given by ceed in imprisoning its present “lone” the Fourth Congress of the Third the mountain YOU could deliver the goods when called upon. They thought the Michigan Raid would stampede the movement. And now to make their joke more silly, out cones the DAILY WORKER. The party grows and its influence widens with each attack. It is YOU, comrades, who make it possible. Gompers succeeded in expelling the Beating the Courts of Michi Do you remember how we waited for the verd; , learned that Foster had won out for the ti: gan f ict in the Foster case, thrill that we experienced when we ime being? We got a great “kick” The state of Michigan, which contains the billion dollar y Ford, assisted by Mr. Burns’ “Department of Justice,” guns into the battle array, and the battle began. Against there were just YOU comrades. And that the party is able to command such mbarding of the big guns of the capital- Communist victim? We know that @s far as financial and moral support counts, it cannot. We know that the coupons that we have circulated will be bought by every comrade. Be- cause we know the stability and self- Sacrificing nature of our comrades, we know if the sale of these coupons can rob the State of Michigan of its “lone” Communist victim, Comrade Ruthenberg will never be confined behind the grim walls of Lansing pententiary. Perhaps you have not sold any yet. We know it is because you have not had them brought to your attention. Write to the Labor Defense Council, 166 W. Washing- ton St., Chicago, Ill. International to Claude McKay and another Negro from America “whose | identity is shrouded in mystery; and to the message of sympathy and en-| touragement sent by that Congress, to the .Negro people of America} and broadcasted last March thru the Crusader Service. | nae i Work Daily for “The Daily!” College Students Like Their Booze; Prof. Tells Drys WASHINGTON.—Drinking among college students has greatly in- (Note: The following is the first} | of a series of short articles which | | will give our readers an idea of the principles upon which the Junior Section (Children’s organization) of be Young Workers League is found-| ed. AIM AND PURPOSE OF THE JUNIOR SECTION Article No. J | The Junior Section of the Young creased since constitutional prohibi- Workers League is neither a Work-|! tion, Dr. Samuel Plantz, president, ers Party kindergarten nor a con- They are live or- at its 30th annual convention here. ganizations of the children of the He said a large percentage of Workers, organizations that counter- college. students favor act the poison of capitalist “educa- tion” in the Public Schools, Fema Bone ae peapee Usa RE Sei sagen saws | AME ADU eDPeuuE a we Ween | of our groups is the confidence of Amalgamation means strength! | the children in the leaders. With- | out this the work woyld be hin- dered by the egotism and stubborn- ness which have been fostered in the children by the Public Schools. We educate the children to act col- practically every labor organization | lectively, to perform responsible in this section of Ohio assembled/ work to use their independent ini- here for the second annual conven-| tiative—all subordinated to the com- tion of the. Trades Union Promo-| mon welfare—and teach them solid- tional league. The principal speak-| arity. ers include Pres. John G. Owens,! Therefore, our whole system of CLEVELAND. — Methods of in- creasing the consumption of unicn made goods are being considered by over 500 delegates, representing Budget,” we must put the slogan, “No More Capitalist Wars!” The Land for the Users! is now known in Washington rounds as the vestal virgin of National politics. The gentleman from Pennsylvania served as the silk glove to cover the jusly hand of Coolidge that maneu- jvered, manipulated, and gerryman- dered the apportionment of delegates to the coming Republican convention ‘in such a way as to increase the size ;of the Southern delegation who are known as hip-pocket votes for the Administration.. While the Progressives were bick- jering and talking, and _ hoping, Coolidge was driving his lieutenants ito action. His appointment of ©. B. Slemp, a notorious political Shylock from Virginia, was in itself a chal- lenge to all lovers of pure polities and all honest-to-goodness progres- sives. Then our President set about to have the suave and slick Slemp do some more _ housecleaning. ere are lots of Post offices to be distri- buted in a few months. Slemp is an expert in wholesale distribution of offices. Support is now coming to the Blue Room of the White Brokers. surprised House from many unexpected Geldof at Pi ng intend a was Lodge and Smoot le and Smoot were wav- Slas,” -Opionetiie 0 il ni erin as to a tax and bonus policy, | at the next Party convention. Teac- in jous Coolidge laid down the law and laid it. down with a bang. “Silent Cal” didn’t | do much talking. He had Mellon in- | troduce a tax programme worked out | to the minutest detail, a programme with which of course played into the hands | of Business, where Coolidge ted his inspiration and strength. e | gramme marily e {that for the first time in the history of American politics, a revenue meas- inet. mem- her , for adoption. Other Presidents have attem, to do that Suet b> pn A a2 groom and prepare ir the Senate and House i Cee, ee oe State Federation of Labor; Pres.| communist education is based upon W. F. Axton, Axton-Fisher Tobac-| the development in the children of co Co., Louisville; City Manager W.| a new and full sense of the commun- R. Hopkins, Cleveland ity as a whole; upon the arousing et ae a ae eS BY JAY LOVESTONE rules of seniority La Follette was en- Ititled to be the chairman of the In- 'ter-state Commerce Committee. But | seniority had to yield to financial necessity, Wall Street wouldn’t take a chance on permitting the Senator from Wisconsin to harass and bleed them as he would be able to in the capacity of chairmanship. The bank- ers from lower New York, now feel perfectly safe; they know that the Democrats and Republicans will. not permit La Follette to endanger their fliyidends or make valuable political capital out of the repeal of their big Bonus Railway Act—the Esch-Cum- mins law. Thus the progressives have actual- The Poor Democrats Though the Democrats have con- siderable strength in the Senate and House, they have not been able to capitalize it. Everybody expected them to play politics. But nobody has expected them to play it as poor- ly as they have played it to date. When the Democrats had the best chance, perhaps, of their career in his session of Congress to make a serious dent in the armor of their Republican opponents they failed miserably. This was the occasiomuf settling the fate of Cummins’ mem- bership on the Inter-state Commerce Committee. Had the Democratic floor leaders put yp any sort of a ; fight to all, Cummins would likely |ly lost ground since Congress has have been deprived ‘of his seat on|opened. They have lost ground this important committee and the | simply because they have permitted Democrats would have been con-\their most dangerous enemy, the fronted by a far less formidable op- lordly resident of the White House, | ponent chosen to fill his place. President Coolidge, to rob them of When the insurgents attempted to | the offensive which they had stolen liberalize the rules of procedure in from Harding in his last days. of that courage, real devotipn, and genuine feeling of responsibility that once existed in the primitive com- munist tribes and without which no revolutionary mass organization can be established. How do we arouse and develop this spirit of simultaneous independ- | ent initiative and communist solid- arity? Not by words and not by In the last fiscal | Many Greetings to THE DAILY WORKER from The Radical Inn The place where you can enjoy an interesting discussion while having a special Mrs, Smith’s own cooked meal or drinking a Russian Tchei- nick (pot) of tea with Mrs, Smith’s own home made cake. Arrangements for services for par- ties, organizations and private gatherings made at any time. Mrs, Smith's Tea Room 1431 S. SAWYER AVENUE Phone Rockwell 0202. 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 25e Auspices Young Workers League SEMEN EE TN precepts; not even by good exam- ples, altho it is true of course, that all our work is full of this spirit. We develop a form of organiza- tion which is governed by neither individual egotism nor by the herd spirit; one that stimulates the high- est form of activity and solidarity, This organization is the free, the self administered, and self legislative eros group of the Junior Sec- ion. The leader (teacher) of these groups is careful to avoid all dem- onstrations of guardianship. He does not suppress the childish wills and actions even when they each other, in different imdiwiduats. It is his task to combine their con- tradictions into a conscious commen will and aim. It has been and is the great-emis- take of many labor organizations, and especially is thas true of the American Federation of Labor, that they educate their members to de- pend upon the leaders, (Watch for Article No. 2 inthis series: How we lead the Junior (children’s) groups.) Get unity thre the Labor Peetyt WE GREET THE FIRST ENGLISH COMMUNIST DAILY. Trade Union Educational League Group, Local No. 39, of America. CKAKAAKNLAAN ANNAN NNN NN TS Sl IS RUSSIAN BRANCH, Philadelphia, Pa. We congratulate THE DAILY WORKER and hope that it will become in due time the House, the Democrats played the | role of ave tale and fled from the struggle. e only chance the, Democrats: could have of utilizing to the maximum advantage their pres- ent strength was in a sort of a near- friendly working alliance with the so- called progressives. Of course, no- body would expect the Democrats to do that since they hate the insur- gents as much as the hide-bound re- actionary Republicans do—almost assault and battery. The Helpless Pi ives ‘rogressi The sorriest lot in the whole con- gressional farce to date has been the shattered group of insurgents. The fight of the progressives for more democratic rules of procedure in the | House fizzled out into a thirty-day moratorium on ies. When the truce ended, Royal C. Johnson, a militant insurgent from the plains of South Dakota, stabbed the progres- sive fox, Mr, Nelson, of Wisconsin, in the back by lining up with the re- actionaries in a flat refusal to modify in the least effective way the rules of the House. Railway legislation has been the linch-pin of the ive plans in the Senate. La Follette has always prided himself on being the king-pin ft railway legislation rts in th county. ‘othe sacred { . Ce ae ae sin eaba QNR i a op Le) Sai the official organ of the Soviet The. present impassee in Congress is not disappointing to the reaction- ‘aries or to the bankers and manu- facturers whose back-door-confidence they enjoy. Wall Street wants well- enough to be let alone. It does not want to see the gains it made in the first two years of Harding’s Ad-| ministration taken away from Big} Business. The sooner Congress closes shop and the less Congress does, the more satisfied will Wall Street be. : But, what will the progressives do? There are many guessers, and more guesses, The progressives them- selves know less than anybody else | does what they intend to do to meet the oncoming disaster that will over- whelm them. There is only one way out for them, and that is to break, and break definitely and decisively with the reactionaries, The only road to salvation now open to them is to stop shaking their aprons at their reactionary opponents and go out into the open before their mass of | Let us tell you how to make your money work for you. discontented supporters as a new | No Speculation, Gamble or Chance of Loss. Small month- Ceedbaph ght lee ato asa '| ly payments. Exempt from National, State or Local tactics can end the present political | ‘Taxation. Based on 98% demand. Nine ont of every ten bankers have made similar investments. ‘stalemate in the country. Most ob- Write to BOX A. A. THE DAILY WORKER. government of America. nv NAR ARRGRSSARRRSAERAR OO RABE RAR CARESS METAL WORKERS AND FOOD WORKERS, come to the DANCE at the ‘WICKER PARK SMALL HALL, SAT. NIGHT, JAN. 19, for the benefit of the National Bulletins of the two groups TICKETS 50c IN ADVANCE, 65¢ AT THE DOOR bass UNION MUSIC SPECIAL NOTICE: Those helding tickets fer this affair advertised at the Workers Lyceum will kindly notice the change of the Hell, due to unforeseen circumstances. Auspices: Metal Trades and Food Trades Group of the Trade Union Educational League, Local Chicago servers doubt the readiness, or the ability of the insurgents to take such clear and vigorous Po Sigal Wabiala dle Jag nw Tae be aw