The Daily Worker Newspaper, January 21, 1924, Page 5

/ _ MEETING HERE January Zi, 1924 meneame THE DAILY WUKmRow JOHNSON SPEAKS AT RECOGNITION Also Moving Pictures at Big Demonstration Albert A. Johnson, who has made four trips to Russia, the last as a member of the unofficial American Congressional Commission sent there by the Hearst newspapers will be one of the speakers at a monster mass meeting to urge recognition of Russia at Ashland Auditorium, Sun- day evening, Jan. 27. Robert Morse Lovett, a professor at the University of Chicago will also be a speaker. Upton Sinclair, inter- nationally known novelist has also been asked to speak. His reply to the invitation has not been received yet. In addition to the list of speakers who will tell why Russia should be recognized by the United States gov- | ernment there will be a musical pro- gram and moving pictures or both Russia and Germany. These pictures were taken by representatives of the International Workers Relief Com- mittee of which the Friends of Soviet Russia and Workers Germany is the American branch. The meeting is being arranged by the Friends of Soviet Russia and Workers Germany and the entire proceeds will be devoted to German relief. During Johnson’s four visits | to Russia he became personally acquaint- ed with most of the government of- ffic#ils there and is an expert on agri- culture. Johnson will speak with authority on Russia and her prob- lems. Industrial Bank In Moscow Shows Excellent Results MOSCOW.—Attention has beem drawn here to perfectly groundless reports, that have appeared lately in the foreign press, and, in particular, in American papers, alleging that the Industrial Bank had closed down in view of the would-be fifteen million rouble deficit which it was supposed to have incurred under the director- ship of Krasnostchekoff (now under trial. With reference to these totally false rumors, Mr. Xandroff, the pres- ent chairman of tha board of directors of the Industrial Bank, states that! not only has the Bank had no deficit’ factories and those who were skepti- | to take his part in Party union work during the last working year, but, in spite of the huge expenses involved tion of as much as forty branches of} the Bank thruout “all the Republics of the Soviet Union—it has cleared a net profit for the year of one mil- lion gold rubles, The active operations of the In- dustrial Bank totalled 85 millions in the current year, and the paid-up capital of the Bank will soon be in- creased 100%, The Bank, concludes its chairman, keeps up correspondent relations with largest banking institutions in all the Buropean capitals, and, closing, it is energetically pursuing its activities, with results that have surpassed the expectations of its founders. Revatriate Russian Soldiers. MOSCOW. — Raymond Poincare, French Premier, has wired George Chicherin, Russian People’s Commis- sar of Foreign Affairs, informing him that, in accordance with the re+ spective remarks made by the Soviet Government, the French Government. has decided to give an opportunity to the former Russian soldiers who eame to Marseilles too late for the last party of Russian soldier re- patriates which left from there, to return to their homes, Watch the “Daily Worker” for the first installment of “A Week,” the great epic of the Russian revolution, by the brilliant young Russian writer, far from| th Wives of Firemen Are Worst RED. REVEL PRESS Sufferers Under 24-Hour-Day} AGENT PULLS COLD And No Time For Home Life|STQRAGE EGG GAG A fireman’s life is a dog’s life. work that they do is bunk. That it is interesting and exciting Most of their time is spent in drudgery even at fires. It.is no job for a man with.a family, To be a fireman’s wife is just i@ little worse than to be a fireman. reporter for THE DAILY WORKER Those are the things firemen told a who wanted to know why they are trying to get a raise in pay of $500 a year. A fireman must work two and a half years before he gets $2,000 a year. He starts at $1,640 a year. He must pass a civil service and physical examination and then work for six months on probation before he is pro- tected by the civil service laws. Chicago has the two platoon sys- tem which means firemen are on duty at the engine house for 24 hours and then they can go home for 24 hours, but they are still on duty subject to call, “It’s no life for a man with a family. Being away from home every other day busts up a man’s family life. Then the worst part of being married is that your wife is continually worrying. I’ve been on the department for seven years and every time the phone or door bell rings when I’m away from home, my wife thinks it may be news that something has happened to me. And I know that the same thing is true of other firemen’s wives,” one vete- ran of a thousand fires told me. “In time it is bound to tell on a woman’s health. My wife is as nerv- ous as a cat. Every time I leave home for work she knows it may be the last, “It’s the bunk, this life. If you don’t get killed you stand a fine chance of getting seriously hurt in a lot of fires. hen you are sure you won't get hurt there is always a chance that you will get hot as all hell right up against the fire and then have to go out in the cold and By JOHN WILLIAMSON After several months of permeating our members with education in favor of increased industrial activities, the results are beginning to be felt. The second national industrial registration of our membership is being completed. Since the Party has also instituted a similar industrial regis- tratién a comparison of same in all units would be interesting. The Y, W. L. at its last convention adopted the shop nucleus form of organization as the only correct policy of building a mass organization and rooting ourselves and our principles among the mass of workers. We have several functioning nuclei in large ; cal in the beginning are convinced | that much better results are being | ~-y during this period by the organiza-! realized and all look forward to the |need. to rally every available mem- day when our League and Party will | be based entirely on shop nuclei. Early in the summer we had an, acceptance of our demand for a con-| ference regarding the working youth with Gompers. As expected he promised to consider our proposals but never as much as acknowledged future communications. Since then the Michigan Federation of Labor passed a resolution demanding that the A. F, of L. organize and educate the working class youth. We expect ru our efforts that other resolu- tions will be carried in the near fu- ture. In this work-the Party mem-, bers can be of unlimited value. How- ever, our work must not stop at passing resolutions. With over six million workers under 20 years of age, 2 million of these being mere children between 10 and 15, a fertile field lies before us. The work of the Y. W. L, is to reach these mil-' Kons of young workers,, utilizing | their everyday struggles and miser- | ies in furthering our program and | rallving them into shop units of our | organization. Our members have taken a larger | Two Million Children Suffer? What part in union and TUEL activity | a peculiar question to ask, especially We|when American farmers don’t know expect to accomplish still further re-| what to do with their produce, since this campaign has started. sults in this work. However, our Party members should ate real- ize that a member of the Y. W. a Young Communist and is a future lury Libedinsky. It will start soon. party member. ‘As such he wishes GENERAL REMARKS ON THE AC. coe OF CHILREN’S GROUPS Serh Article No. 4. First we want to deal with the ages of our children. We do not ignore the that very tiny children often want to visit our meetings, and that je we do not want to make our Junior Groups homes for babies—we must not *ugity or care! ré- ig hay ur ciple endeavor to collect children en the ages of 10 and 14. And then—? Above all, the children are not di- vided according to their public school classes, Now and then the oldest members of a sroup are united WORKERS ING WORKERS LEAGUE tees are formed to attend to the de- tails of the hikes, to give plays, or to aphid for the celebration of revolutionary anniversaries, But most important of all is our frequent and regular bpinelny ae of~ children of all ages in special meetings, dem- onstrations, children look after ones. Care is taken to drens groups from becoming an ex- elusive sect. We arrange regular public meetings in order to maintain contact with the masses of working class children. Children of different in ircle for a special se— for nataned: to fee ce: in beok 7 (Hag bat camper and ae ae. | of homething similar,” In. open air the joint discussion ef school affairs games the children divide themselves, the Joint di Paita, alate atten: taal. petitive wamen’ of wand | aniees, play evenings and other oces- ort! younger: guilds’ wenaliy’"plagp {MODs ; ren usta 4 ring Rinet Bat as often as |. It is not as difficult to begin with ble, on Sundays, on joons, | this work as it is to continue it, per- summer ee, after school severingly and persistently. Since ja play hours are arran; our Junior Groups are not exclusive ese, and evenings of reading of ag in in contact with dai- shasied "iy" stcnsnenesee Wy ae lie ot rain " h babies in their i ‘atch for Article No. 5 of this 4 ‘start knitting the American working L. is that recruiting work and] At the same time we do not wear games, On such occasions the older | blinkers and can see that right here the little ones| in the United States children go hun- and the little ones imitate the older | gry every day; that children are bit- poorest the chil-, are reduced to the Jowest sort have your wet clothes freeze on you. If you don’t get hurt you get sick. If you don’t get sick you get drag- ged up and fined ten days pay for going out without your uniform ‘on. “You-Know we are not allowed to go on the street anytime without our uniform on, Our entire time is at the command of the chief of the department. Anytime he desires he can issue an order that all free tirhe is cut off. “We have to buy our uniforms, pay for bedding at the fire station, buy helmets and rubber coats and fire clothes, There isn’t another job of any kind that is as hard on clothes as a firemans. Our uniforms have to meet the regulations. If a fellow goes to a fire in his uniform pants and they are torn to shreds he is out of luck, means $9 or $10 for a new pair. It has happened to me a dozen times. The city gives us a hose and axes for fires. All the other stuff we have to buy. Our boots have to be the best and in new condition all the time. Yeh, we’re the heroes all right. “When we are away from home we have to feed ourselves. That costs about $25 a month, Bedding costs about $4 a month. If I knew any other business I’d quit being a hero and get a regular job.” and not be considered a hangeron or a messenger boy for others. We ber in the unions and the work of the industrial department of the Y. W. L, has that aim. The Y. W. L. has made a good class youth into a mass organization, and the results in all fields of acti- vity are encouraging. Youth Views By HARRY GANNES A “Soft-Hearted” General “A recent survey showed that 2,000,000 undernourishd German children are in immediate need of feed many more before the com- winter, which promises to be the worst in Germany’s history, is over,”—Amerjcan Relief Report. Oddly enough, General Henry T. Allen former commander of — the American forces in Germany is again starving the German children, and writes an article to that effect in The Locomotive Engineers Jour- nal. His article is eniitled “Shall But the most tragical part of the General’s article is his statement “America never waged war. on children.” He refers feelingly to the 2,000,000 undernourished Ger- man children, but entirely overlooked the fact that right heer in the United States of America, in the year A. D, 1924, 2,500,000 hetween the ages of 2 and 15 are forced to work ih order to supply themselves with food, and that every investigation of the school children reveals savage undernourishment. But what can you expect from the head of a butcher- ing force? 1 ¢ are for immediate relief of the starving German children, and have gone a little farther than merely the writing of articles. The Young Workers’ League is solidily behind the workers’ relief campaign to aid the starving workers of Germany. terly exploited; that young people degradation because of low wages or no work at all, Capitalist generals whose can- oe tear up ripening fields, whose lets end the life of fathers and mothers, in the interest of world markets shouldn’t talk about the starving children, It doesn’t sqund just right, Russ Confer with Roumania. MOSCOW.—The place of the con- ference between the Union of Soviet Loh FA oe Fea ed mn trom iraspo! on the Russo-Roumanian r) to Odessa. Don’t mie ai &f : Even Dicks Scent Stale Hen Fruit The Department of Justice sus- pects another Red plot. They have learned the plot will be hatched among bad eggs, on February 16th. It has been Burris’ boast that wher- ever there is even a suspicion of bad odor, the Department of Jus- tice has always been there. But the case is of such importance that as} yet it is shrouded in mystery. Our reporter (who, of necessity, is underground) has.learned there will be music by Husk O’Hare’s Ten Wooden Soldiers. These men have a city-wide reputation for causing the most extreme agitation that has ruined the composure of the most re- spectable pillars of society. In regard to food, the hand of Moscow can be plainly seen. ‘Spe- cial artists are to prepare meals that will make the most bitter opponent look favorably on Bolshevism. The rumor of poison has so stirred the Department of Justice that all the agents have volunteered to sacrifice their lives by eating this meal. Vikings Do Their Stuff. But this plot the bad eggs are hatching has other features. The Swedes, a quiet, good-natured peo- ple, suddenly inbued with the spirit of this Red Revel, have offered to perform ancient folk-dances and| among them is the “Sedish Massaja.” | The feeling inspired by the Massaj has made youths of old men. The Poles, Ukranians and the cream of the other nationalities will be present in the gay colors of their national costumes, that together with Japanese, Bolsheviks. dancing girls and rag peddlers, will make this a historical occasion for the dan¢ing, food and joy. Whether conservative, pink, red or radical—you can be in, the move- ment at the Red Revel. Millionaire’s Son at Home Among the Kitchen Pans (Special to The Daily Worker) KANSAS CITY, Mc.—Laurence Adlon, 18 year old son of a German millionaire, is starting at the bot- tom in his training for the job of Succeeding his father to the man- agement of a string of hotels owned by the latter in Germany by work- ing in a hotel kitchen. hotel magnate’s son does not | in} to return to. Germany. until his @ducation is complete. He has already learned to clean a chicken and expects by the end of three months to have mastered the art of cleaning up everything in the hotel from the cuspidors to the guests. There is only one fly in the young fellow’s cream and that is the fear that on his return to Germany the workers of that coufftry may have seized power and that his hijgher training may not be of any more use to him provided he insists on following in his father’s footsteps with robbery as a career. The German workers are getting tired of being robbed tho it must be confessed they have lots of patience. Get unity thru the Labor Party! Plutes Buy Dem. Meet and McAdso Must “Line Up” (By The Federated Press) WASHINGTON. — McAdoo _ sup- | International porters in Democratic circles here, claim that Wall Street has dealt him a heavy blow by buying at auc- tion the national convention of their party. the price of $255,000. But, they add, the people will resent this attempt to influence the nomination, and Me- Adoo will win by a two-thirds ma- jority ext summer. At the same time, they admit that the reactionary forces in the Demo- cratic convention will dictate a re- actionary platform, and that Mr. Mc- Adoo, if nominated, will have to run on a platform that would equally fit Underwood or Ralston. Gone is McAdoo’s faith in government own- ership of railroads, which he ex- pressed in a signed statement to the Natl, Board of Farm Organizations in’ 1920, He must please the Mur- phy Ry eematt interests if he s to have their support at any stage of the game, The Locomotive Engineers’ Jour- nal now calls attention to the lack of assurance that McAdoo agrees with the railroad workers as to their industry, .and a painful political of | pause ensues, The Land for the Users! It goes to New York Cityiatd dw Made Red Baiter, Eats Some Lies' NEW YORK.—Clayton R. Lusk,! § whose name is linked with a little illegal affair at the Albany legisla- ture and who obtained brief notori- ety in this country as the hero who saved us from r-r-red revolushun, has elbowed himself into the lime- light again. But, alas, for good old Clayton: during the elbowing, he struck his funny bone. Also ours. Clayton the Irrepressible, arose at the legislature session yesterday to prevent the appointment of Colonel Frederick Greene as State Highway Commissioner, Let it be recorded parenthetically that since Clayton’s implication in a dubious silverware adventure he is regarded as some- thing of a spokesman ‘on affairs of the—well, highway. Clayton has outdone limself for a year in his denunciation of Colonel Greene. As we mentioned, he arose before the legislature yesterday. In- cidentally; he arose to devour a large mouthful of humble-pie. “I wish to offer an apology for my charge that Colonel Greene is men- tally dishonest ...” Voice in the gallery: “How can you judge anyone who is mentally anything ?” “I do not believe he is consciously dishonest,” continued Clayton, lusk- ily. There were a few more words to this effect; the senate proceeded to vote; and Colonel Greene’s nomina- tion was confirmed without a dis- senting ballot. It is generally agreed in senator- ial circles at Albany that if you wish a sure-fire way to be elected to any- thing, why, all you need is a little opposition from Clayton. Sing and Dance for Pittsburgh Victims on February 27 The time in nearing when the capy italist courts will decide on the fate of our comrades arrested in Pitts- burgh, Pa., on Feb. 27, 1923. Their erime consisted in belonging to the Workers Party. This is a high crime in the eyes of the capitalists and they insist on putting our com- rades behind the bars, thinking that they are thus preventing the prog- ress of our movement. The working women of Pittsburgh and vicinity, realizing the necessity of co-operation have organized the Women’s Progressive Circle. They meet every second and fourth Wed- nesday at the International Socialist Lyceum, 805 James Street, N. S., Pittsburgh, Pa. They have study classes and are at present arranging a huge Entertainment and Dance to be held on February 9, 1924, at the Socialist | Lyceum. | There will’ be~ singing, recitations; speaking and dancing. An excellent lunch is being prepared. We especially appeal to the work- ing women to join with us in this work to help in the struggle against the tyranny of American capitalism. Amalgamation means strength! Organizers of the Amalgamated at) Work in St. Louis ST. LOUIS.—Determined to union- ize the 7,000 men and women em- ployed in the St: Louis garment in- dustry, the Amalgamated Clothing Workers has five organizers here. The organizers say local wages are from 35 to 50 per cent below Chicago, New York, Philadelphia, Baltimore, Rochester, and other or- ganized cities. Miss Hortense Powermaker, an or- ganizer, says going into a St. Louis clothing factory is like “stepping backward ten years.” { Large plants here pay 10 cents a dozen for operations for which small contractors pay 25 cents, while Chi- cago agreements pay 55 cents an ur. The union maintains two offices here, one for women and one for men. Meetings are well attended and the membership is increasing rapidly. How About the Roycott? ST. LOUIS.—Information comes to the Trades Union Promotional league that the loca) branch, Merchants and Manufacturers association, has ap- pealed to business men thru a cir. cular letter, whenever possible not to handle union labeled) goods or em- ploy union labor, When it becomes necessary to carry union made goods, the open shoppers ask that such ar- ticles be not featured. Get unity thru the Labor Party! © Frisco Musictans May Strike SAN FRANCISCO. — Officers of the Musicians’ union have been given power by the members to take any necessary steps to secure the 15 cent wage increase denied them by the Allied Amusement Industries— even to calling a strike, Boost the News Stand Sales ‘The Dail; of Chica, stands early days of its each day until it is wel Daily W Workbe tevin'the Even though existence, are a subscriber and, readers to boost the Dai Worker can now be secured on the news stands it is of great importance that those who have cha: be given encouragement to display the Daily Worker in the in the city e of such are therefore urged to purchase at least one copy of the 1 advertised, 1 importance that our readers should ask for The Daily ¢ news agent near t heir homes, we nevertheless urge you to purchase an extra. day from a news stand. You can that to inter. "eat susthen worker in the paper and its message. 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Takala John Peramaki Emil Simila Youth International Greets Daily To “The Daily Worker”, Dear Comrades: The Young Communist International Moscow, Dec. 10th, 1923. has watched with special interest your campaign for the creation of an English daily organ. We consider the establishment of The Daily Worker of great im- portance for the further development of the revolutionary movement in the United States, organization We are We record with special satisfaction the fact that the youth articipates energetically and hepa in this compaign. irmly convinced that the interest whi ich the League shows for the campaign of the Party, will be appreciated by the Party and will be followed by an even closer co-operation between League and Party. We furthermore hope that this appreciation of the Party will also be shown in the columns of the daily organ. The education of a young revolutionary generation is of If the Party understands nificance for the Workers Party. atest sig- ow to pay due attention to the youth problem, it will itself harvest the fruits of this policy, We wish the Daily Worker the best success and hope that, equipped with this weapon, the Workers Party will succeed in carrying on ever more effectively the struggle for the liberation of the American proletariat. In the country of child labor the daily organ has even a particular significance and we express our wish, that the Workers Party will now be able, together with the League, to make an advance on the field of struggle against child labor, a part of the capitalist system. Hail to the Workers’ Daily, the most important weapon in the struggle against American capitalism! ‘tees i With communist greetings, — O. MUNGER, Secretary oat Executive Committee of the Young Communist International. ., ste pee . Gis Agius Isaac Narvi J. Undjus Simeon Huusko A. Bimbo Santeri Karo V. Vimikutione WATERBURY, CONN. J. Zvdko G. Slobedosky U. Oxpedryk S. Wasilevsky Steve Yanuschik FRENCH BRANCH, NEW YORK CITY Elsio Gazton M. de Yonge Joseph Fernier Octave Brasseur Cecilia Silverman Sofie Silverman Lillie Silverman Jean Legoff Donerco Henri Graindorge Gay N. Tanconi | Obermeier Rose Silverman Mavius Mabille Minne Gaffe Leon Mabille Dreming Remer SUPERIOR, WIS. Jnmssi and Kate Askeli Jennie Hakala Ada Tikkanen Eero Saarela Linda Tikkanen Lydia Kaipainen Hanna and Frank Leviinpii Mr. A. Neva Alma Westlund Impi Miintymaa Fannie Saari Aaro Kaipainen Antti Nissinen Ahti Salo Sam Matson Kaisa Alanne Elli Terho ( John Miller Alma Kantola Mandi Luoma Mrs, and Victor Harju Maiju and K. A. Nurmi Esther and Effie Pesonen Aini and Martha Sulkanen A. Eskelin and family Vivian Vickberg John Knuuti Lydia Hiltunen Arnold Ronn Hilja Tarki Eskel Ronn ; Edith Halonen Henry 8. 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