The Daily Worker Newspaper, January 19, 1924, Page 4

ge Four iH THE DAILY WORKER ME DAILY WORKER.| blished by the DAILY WORKER PUBLISHING CO., 1640 N. Halsted St., Chicago, Il. (Phone: Lincoln 7680.) SUBSCRIPTION RATES By mail: 00 per year $3.50..6 months $2.00..3 months By mail (in Chicago only): 00 per year $4,50..6 months $2.50. .3 months By carrier: $10.00 per year $1.00 per month idress all mail and make out checks to ‘ THE DAILY WORKER 40 N. Halsted Street J. LOUIS ENGDAHL. MORITZ J. LOEB.... atered as second-class mail Sept. 21, 1923 at the Post- fice at Chicago, Ill., under the act of March 3, 1879. bs Ana ie da Mtb Massa hitedl sth eee snbaAed Berit se 306 Advertising rates. on application. Military Efficiency The superhuman efficiency of military and aval men and, of course, of the departments iat supervise and direct their all-important stivities in this imperialistic period is one of te favorite themes of the publicity agents of apitalism. Recently, however, a succession of severe hocks has been sustained by the gullible ones tho swallow this bunk. To persons of a gen- e disposition who, like ourselves, suffer eenly by reason of such unfortunate occur- ences, it seems that since seven of our colony- rabbing destroyers tried to climb the moun- ain ranges lying just east of the Pacific coast, ot a day has passed that does not bring similar idings. Just at present one of our warships—the ‘acoma—sent to southern waters to convey a aessage of light and hope to the natives of hose parts who were growing restive under he exactions of American bankers—is wround. The shore, unbeknownst to the effi- ient commander, was too close to the water. The. Shenandoah, built for us by German nechanics and the pride of our air-fleet de, pite its Hunnish origin, also slipped its moor- ng recently and, if we are to believe Secre- ary of the Navy Denby,'‘all because it was ‘tabled hastily and some inexperienced cow- tand tied it up with a bow-knot which the vind blew loose. Numerous other examples of the efficiency o£ military and naval experts occur to us, but space is scarce. We have not the slightest loubt that nothing like the machine-like preci- ion of our gallant defenders of profit, interest ind rent has ever been seen by man, but a little nore knowledge of, mon things like the «ier and thé tierua of r would ap- ently reduce the casualty list. Seriously, we venture to say that no more ncompetent and conceited gang of parasites ever lived upon the underlying population shan these same exponents of an efficiency that exists only in the minds of “drum and trum- pet” historians—ancient and modern. Chicago, Miinois wesecccccceees -RGItOr .+--Business Manager Is there any connection betwéen the publica- tion of the Bok peace plan and the midnight flight of the Shenandoah? BS False Friends The attempt made by the industrial mag- ates who met in Chicago recently under the auspices of the Illinois Manufacturers’ Asso- siation to pass themselves off as friends of the ‘armers. Tt was an obvious effort to throw a monkey vrench into the machinery that is now being developed with the object of bringing together politically the forces of the two great produc- ing elements in American life, the working far- mers and industrial workers. But the capital- ists and financiers have so discredited them- selves with the farmers that more than soft phrases or flattery are necessary to convince the exploited farmers that their interests and ‘hose of the mortgage sharps are identical. Benjamin W. Marsh, Managing Director of the Farmers’ National Council and a conserva- tive, saw in the Chicago manufacturers’ con- ference “an ill disguised effort to break up the ‘armer-labor combination.” He goes on to ay: “This is shown by the vicious attacks iade by speakers upon labor and the farmer combination with labor. It will strengthen the farmer-labor combination as most of the spokesmen there for the farmer have been kieked out of farmer organizations. The re- solutions and actions of the packed convention mean nothing. It is simply an alibi for the labor-baiters of the Illinois Manufacturers’ As- sociation.” The alleged farmers who represented them- selves as friends of labor at the plute gather- ng are merely decoy ducks sent out to catch -he unwary. They are false friends and the farmers will treat them as such. The growing -irit of solidarity between exploited farmer d industrial worker is causing the American ing classes anxious moments and they fran- ally try to save the situation with bluff. {r. F. A. Pattison, of the Committee of ‘y-eight, a political party in itself tho now iderably reduced in number, sent a letter obert M. LaFollette, calling on the Wis- n Senator to place himself at the head of cd party. Perhaps Mr. LaFollette is hard aring, but he has not replied, yet. The Hiblen Cass Because Captain Paxton Hibben, of the Offi-| cers’ Reserve Corps, holds views not in har- mony with the standardized capitalist ideas | held by the Washington administration, an ef- fort is made to expel him:from the army as a dangerous person. He is now undergoing trial before a military board and the charge against him is that he is in favor of recognizing the Russian Soviet Rep- ublic contrary to the policy of Charles Evans | Hughes and the Department of Justice. This attack on the freedom of expression of | Captain Hibben for taking the side of the pro- gressive forces in American public life is in striking contrast to the attitude of the govern- ment toward Admiral Sims, the Anglophile| and jingo who committed this government in advance to war on the side of England and openly expressed his regard for reaction every- | where. The Admiral was not even slapped on’ the wrist tho his Pro-Imperial vaporings| caused several storms of disapproval to beat | against the White House doors. But Hibben is guilty of a real crime in the eyes of the capitalist class whose faithful serv- ant the United States government is. He has committed the unforgivable sin of sympathis- ‘ing with the Russian workers and peasants who are trying to establish a real democracy on the ruins of Czarism. Had he spent his time glorifying Mussolini or some other capi- talist dictator not court martial. but high honors would be his portion. The trial of this officer only serves to emphasize our contention that this spurious democracy of ours is only a dictatorship in disguise. It depends on its armed forces to maintain itself and the least indication of liberalism among the army or navy causes the dictators to tremble with fear. Unless LaFollette gets down to business pretty soon, Calvin Coolidge will have Magnus Johnson milked of all his radicalism, Senator Ladd consigned to the lumberyard and Senator Frazier completely at sea At this rate it should not take Coolidge long to reduce his enemies to their native element. Coal, Union and Non- Union The growth in productive capacity of the non-union coal fields and the prospects of a strike in the bituminous coal industry begin- ning the first of April are intimately related. There has been a well-planned campaign en- gaged in by the coal operators’ association, backed by the steel trust, to increase produc- tion in those fields where the United Mine Workers of America are either entirely unor- ganized or have but little foothold. The center of the-efforts.in-this.direction-hast744d_© been West Virginia and it is in this that is found the explanation of the bitter and bloody, struggle waged in that state to exterminate the union. West Vinginia coal fields are among the richest, if not the richest, in. the nation. No mine started in West Virginia has ever failed nor has a mine ever failed to pay from the time the first ton was mined. In this fabu- lously rich coal belt, where thousands of acres of undeveloped coal lands, owned by individ. uals who never saw their property, is being conducted a program of expansion designed to flood the eastern and middle-western markets with coal produced so cheaply by underpaid labor that unionized fields cannot compete. Agreements between the United Mine Workers of America and the coal operators have always taken into consideration certain special conditions in what is known as the “competitive field”—Illinois, Indiana, Ohio and part of Pennsylvania. The influx of nonunion coal is rapidly rendering these special condi- tions non-existent and the United Mine Work- ers of America have but two alternatives—to lower their wages approximately to the level of the competitive non-union districts like West Virginia which means surrender to the’ bosses; or to mobilize the full strength of the organization behind an organization campai in West Virginia, Kentucky and other south-‘ fare. ern states. The life of the coal miners’ organization de- pends upon the rapid unionization of these districts just as the success of the offensive of the coal operators depends upon the rapidity with which the output of non-union coal can be increased and unionized mines forced to close. What fighting spirit and stamina is left in the United Mine Workers after the deliberate hounding of the left wing elements, the expul- sion of Alex Howatt, the revocation of the charters of district after district that did not line up with the Lewis machine, the policy of collaboration with the blackest agencies of American capitalism, will be shown at the con- vention of the organization that meets next Tuesday in Indianapolis. . We do not believe that the United Mine Workers of America can stand two years more of the united front of officials and employers against those members of the union who want a clear-cut policy of organization, a class party AS WE SEE IT By T, J. O'FLAHERTY. The. army of Baron Wrangel, the gentleman who tried to overthrow the Russian Soviet Republic in 1920, with an army financed by the allies, is now engaged in another form of activity. It is sawing wood in Jugo- Slavia and Bulgaria. This informa- tion is supplied by the female para- site who styles herself the Baroness Von Wrangel. The lady is in New York, putting a kick into the social life of the good-for-nothing of that city’s four hundred. *_ * * Wrangel’s army is not now ac- tively engaged in overthrowing some workers’ government, They are sim- ply acting as scabs and helping to lower the wages of the workers of Jugo-Slavia and Bulgaria. They work for six dollars a month, live in huts built by themselves and are ready to be shipped anywhere at short notice. They have won the reputation of being excellent work- men, says the Baroness. When the Bulgarian Fascisti overthrew the Peasant government of that coun- try, Wrangel’s troops were used against the peasants. They are ready for any kind, the dirty work, the dirtier the better. ” . * We are informed that when Mr. Asquith, the Liberal leader, finished his speech supporting the no con- fidence vote of the British Labor party, two English princess leaned over from their seats in the gallery and smiled at the thought of the king being surrounded by labor advisors. The king may not be overburdened with intelligence but the British rul- ing class whose puppet the king is, have no fear that the lackey Ramsay Mac Donald is going to give his Ma- jecty any advice that would injure the safety of his realm. 2 & King Tut-ankh-Amen has a rival.” Another king by the name of Ay-he made it snappy—appears to have made himself a tomb and now “Tut” is playing second fiddle to Ay. It is always thus. The public mind is fickle. So long as “Tut” was the only mummy in the valley, he had the front page but he is now pushed off the boards by his more easily pronounced competitor. King “Tut’? was born in a place where there was nothing in the name, but vowels and consonants, * +. * Judge Landis, the $50,000 per year baseball jurist, friend of Samuel Gompers and enemy of human pro- gress is wroth over the release of the war prisoners by President Coolidge. This judicial ignoramus is fond of making threats of physical violence against any American citizen who is gifted with at least ordinary intelli- génce. Speaking to a gang of rail- the polls and vote against all those aspirants to public office who showed even the slightest leaning toward common decency during the war. “Paste them one for me” was the final exhortation of Landis. * * * In the early edition of the Jan. 18, issue of the Chicago Tribune, the Tea Pot scandal claimed the eight column headline. But in the mean: time news of the latest amorous ad- venture of a clergyman hit the edi- tor’s eye and the love pirate’s escapade crowded Daugherty, Fall and Company. into a corner. To give the clergyman credit, they make good newspaper copy. They give women whose time hangs heavily on their hands an opportunity to live dan- gerously. * * * What’s the mater with the Riga correspondent of the Chicago Tri- bune? Trotsky has not killed him- self, arrested Lenin, married a Bul- garian Princess, or made a trillion rubles on the Bourse, for over twenty-four hours. Perhaps the lips of Riga’s principal liars are frozen by a below-zero wave. ae Another new record was. estab- lished in the growth of democracy in Europe when King Albert of Bel- gium, on his way from the hunt, hopped on a street car and paid his The only surprising thing about it is that he paid his fare, He generally “bums” his ride. * * The American Legion “patriot” who was obviously commissioned to violate the laws the German Republic in an endeavor to kidnap the wealthy sentence for his failure is now the object of tender solicitude from the American capitalist press and the idle matrons of Chicago’s Gold Coast. Jt is significant that camparatively little interest was manifested in this thug’s welfare until a few days ago. It is rumored that the cause of this sudden flurry of excitement is a threat on the part of Griffis to tell the whole truth of the episode which resulted in the killing of one man and the wounding of another. If can citizens would be mentioned. Hence the hurry to turn Griffis loose. to fight the battles of labor on the parliamen- tary field, protection of foreign-born workers and a general policy of amalgamation for the American labor movement of which they are part. ‘ Samuel Insull, the Chicago traction magnate, can subsidize the local Civic Opera Company but he cannot afford to give the unfortunate victims of antique transportation, who pay seven cents to ride in his street cars, a little heat during the zero weather, Dress Up-to-Date J. KAPLAN MADE-TO-ORDER SUIT OR OVERCOAT $40.00 and Up He will do your cleaning and repairing at moderate prices, J. KAPLAN Expert Ladies’ and Gents’ Tailors 3546 ARMITAGE AVE. Phone Albany 9400 Work Called for and Delivered draft evader, Grover Cleveland Berg- |¥% doll and drew a fifteen month prison | % Griffis were allowed to tell his story | % it is the general opinion that the |¥ names of several prominent Ameri- January 19, 1924 RIGHTS QUOTED AT $100 PER, IN COPELAND LAW Employers’ Rights Not: Infringed as Usual (Special to The Daily Worker) WASHINGTON.—If a bill pre-|% sented by Senator Copeland becomes 4 a federal law and is not vetoed by % the Supreme Court, there will be a tax of $100 on every, revolver pro- 3 duced or imported into the United 4 States. This bill is presented with the idea of cutting down the gun- man’s death toll, which at present distinguishes our country as most murderous on child knows that such a law would do nothing of the kind, an increase 3 in the Ee of the instruments of a 4 lon must be made up by in- % creased revenue and activity therein. 4 Nor will such a law put an end % to the worst form of gun forte, y 4 manufacturers for the purpose of % profes: the arming of private guards intimidati: is essential the capitalist order, and the bosses’ workers, The private armies will have their guns ; ‘whether the tax is paid or evaded. The effect and the real purpose of this law is by disarming the work- ers to make more secure the terror- ists, official and onofficial, whose life function it is to turn gun muzzles against the workers. A maxim of class warfare is to disarm your op-|% ponents, do it legally and constitu- tionally if you can, but if as in this case you must forget the constitu- tion—do it anyway. Senator Cope- land writes a plain lesson of the kind that workers need to read—and un- derstand. Copeland would change the .con- stitutional “Bill of Rights” to read “The .right of the people to bear arms (in the interests of their em- ployers)- shall not be questioned— (otherwise it is verboten).” ATTENTION! Milwaukee, Wis. ATTENTION! THE FIFTH YEAR’ Vivid 9-Reel Motion Picture SOVIET RUSSIA is coming to Milwaukee, Wis. SATURDAY EVENING, JAN. 19 at PABST THEATRE, East Water and Oneida Sts. One showing only at 8:00 P. M. : Sharp. DR. A. J. CHYZ Chiropractic - Osteopathy Physiological Adjustments 1009 NORTH STATE ST. a" CHICAGO | Office Hours: 9 a. m. to 12 N., 1 P. M, to6 P.M, 7P.M. to9 P.M, For Recognition of Soviet Russia! TONIGHT ee Auspices the ¢ earth. Any 4 gunman 4 to the maintenance of ¥ 4) RES ( ) SESS ( MASS MEETING FOR RECOGNITION OF SOVIET RUSSIA AND SKA NNN ION NNN NAH HN NINN TD HB DI BDI TI BDI DI TIN TN DN TI BN TI TDI I TT TTI I IS ASHLAND AUDITORIUM The Most Original Affair of the Season BEGGARS’ BALL MILLIARDS GIVEN IN PRIZES TO THE BEST MASKS GRAND MARCH OF BEGGARS, HOBOS King of Beggars Riding a Live Goat ‘Benefit of the Orphan Homes in Russia The Picture of the Year The Picture of THE KUZBAS FILM WAKING GIANT (A BRAY PICTURE) SIX BEAUTIFUL AND INSTRUCTIVE REELS OF RUSSIAN LIFE, PAST AND PRESENT Will be shown all over America as soon as Releases are arranged. Unions, Societies and Organizations may write for terms te Kuzbas, 110 West 40th Street, New York, N. Y. “Lifelike . . . depicts Soviet Russia in’ a favorable manner... excellent entertainment «++ Should be shown every day for some time... very instructive . . . shows obsolete methods of working and urgency of industrial improvements . . shows Kuzbas Colony at work, life in town and country and Soviets in all their departments «+. very interesting to those who know little about Russia.”—N. Y. Volkszeitung. A TRULY GREAT PICTURE WHICH MUST BE SEEN TO BE APPRECIATED - Will Be Shown at the LABOR TEMPLE (14th Street and 2nd Ave., Manhattan, New York) Monday, Jan. 21, at 7:30 at 9:15 P. M. Tuesday, Jan. 22, at 7:30 and 9:15 P. M. ADMISSION, 35c ADMISSION, 35c (White-hot steel jn Ural mills; Bill Haywood shouldering arms; a hundred thousand Russian youth on the Red Square; the Kuzbas Colony in overalls. All this and more.) WATCH THE DAILY WORKER FOR COMING RELEASES. the Year RELIEF FOR WORKERS’ GERMANY, Ashland Auditorium Van Buren St. and Ashland Ave. Sunday, January 27th, 8:15 P. M. ' ——__ SPEAKERS. Prof. Robert Morse Lovett, Max Selinsky, of the Journey- men Tailors’ Union, Albert Johnson, member of the Hearst’s Unofficial Congressional Commission for Investi- gation of Soviet Russia, Jas. P. Cannon, Chairman \Work- ers Party, Max Bedacht, Editor Soviet Russia Pictorial. Freiheit Singing Society and other entertaining features. Film—“RUSSIA AND GERMANY” All Proceeds Go for the Relief of Workers in Germany. ADMISSION 25 CENTS Auspices Friends of Soviet Russia and Workers’ Germany. e ) ED () < () OSD () A () GREETS () EEE () CRC) SN MM WORKERS PARTY FORUM Me CAPITOL BUILDING (Cori}thian Hall) 159 N. State St., Chicago, Til. EVERY SUNDAY, 8 P. M. JAMES P. CANNON i Speaks Sunday, January 20th SUBJECT “The I. W. W. and the Communists” ADMISSION 25 CENTS aR gem omunomannnninnnecenunmannnanmennannunnunnnNn Nanni Let us tell you how to make your money work for you. No Speculation, Gamble or Chance of Loss. Small month- ly payments. 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