The Daily Worker Newspaper, January 22, 1924, Page 3

A ql January 22, 1924 THE DAILY WORKER LABOR HATER AS | Send Birthday ‘POLICE HEAD IN. ST, LOUIS, MO. Strikebreaker Says He Is for the Golden Rule ST. LOUIS.—Organized labor here is up in arms against the recent ap- Greetings to Our Class Prisoners MILWAUKDE, Wis.—Birthdays in February of political prisoners con- fined in American ‘‘state” prisons, as announced by the Workers’ National Prison Comfort club, 2923 Chestnut St., Milwaukee, follows: At San Quentin prison, San Quen- tin, Cal,; Feb, 5, Frank Sherman, No, 85768; Feb, 13, P, Gordon, 38113; Feb. 15, Math. A, Sehmidt, Feb. 17, Francis E, McClenegan, 38125; Feb, ointment of C, H. Howard to the Et Louis board of police commis- sioners by Governor Hyde. Howard is president, Commonwealth Steel Co., Granite City, Ill., whose workers have been on strike for several months for union recognition, Howard is notoriously hostile te union labor and maintains what he calls “The Commonwealth plan,”. a company union scheme. Union pickets at the struck plant have on numerous occa- | sions been intimidated and mis- treated. Howard says his labor policy is based on the Golden Rule and that he will insist on the same in the po- lice department. Representatives of the striking steel men warned the last meeting of the Central Trades and Labor union here to beware of a posible force to enforce his conception of the Golden Rule on striking workmen of St. Louis. The Central body adopted unanimously resolutions protesting the appointment. Governor Hyde was elected as a “friend” of labor. Here is Something for wee Middleman to Ponder Over Think of a series of 8000 distribut- ing depots furnishing consumers an- nually with 75,000,000 pounds of butter, 37,500,000 dozen eggs, 225,- 000,000 pounds of flour and 470,000,- 000 pounds of potatoes and you get a picture of the new economic order which is brutally crowding out the World of little businesses. Such a mammoth organization sounds as tho it ought to be a public enterprise, a sort of co-operative arrangement between consumers in the cities, But it isn’t yet, altho it may be some day, Today it is just the familiar Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Co., organized for private profit. A. & P. sales for the year ending Feb, 28, 1923, totaled $246,940,873. For the current year they will un- doubtedly climb to $300,000,000, In addition to the quantities of food noted above this chain of stores dis- tributed 60,000,000 pounds of coffee, 90,000,000 cans of milk, 150,000,000 loaves of bread, 30,000,000 cakes of oan. and 54.354.000 eana of vere- 19, W. 1, Fruit, 35715. At Repressa, Cal., Folsom, prison: Feb. 18, Richard Ford; Feb. 21 James McLaughlin; Feb. 26, Earl Firey. At Lock Box No. 500, Steilacoom, Wash.: Feb, 6, Anton Karachun, At Walla Walla, Wash. Box 620; Feb, 21, Eugene Barnett, 9414; Feb. WASHINGTON IS WORRIED OVER ST, PAUL MEET Coming ConferenceHas Politicians Guessing (Special to The Daily Worker) WASHINGTON, D. C.—In more than one discussion here of the prob- able outcome of the 1924 elections there has been heard lately worried predictions as to the role that will be played by the farmer-labor move- ment that is rapidly crystallizing thruout the country, particularly in the middle west, northwest and Rocky Mountain states, The call for the May 30 confer- 21, Frank Nash, 9516, At 818 Jefferson Ave., Mounds- ville, W. Va.: Feb, 27, Toney Staf- ford, 12126 (West Virginia miner). Cora Meyer, national secretary, in- vites friends and sympathizers to send birthday cards and letters to these litical risoners. ‘Money is advisable for gifts. Books and pub- lications to be sent directly from the publishers. A West Virginia state political Prisoner writes: “My birthday met with big success. From the depth of my heart I extend my thanks for the jkindness, Each and every greeting jfrom all over the United States was truly appreciated.” SENATE PROBE T0 DEGIDE WHO LIED, FALL OR McLEAN (Special to The Dail WASHINGTON, D. C.-—The senate committee charged with jnvestigat- ing the Teapot oil dome lease has been called together to hear the re- port of Senator Walsh, who made a trip to Florida to get the deposi- tion of Edward McLean, publisher of the Washington Post and personal friend of the late President Harding. Walsh questioned McLean as to the source of funds used by Fall, while secretary of the interior, in developing his New Mexico reich properties, Lean stated that he had given Fall checks totalling $100,000 but that they had been returned to him uncashed, Senator Fall had told the committee previously that he had used this money obtained from Mc- in, The committee will try to discover which of these two individuals, con- nected with the Teapot Dome grab, has had a lapse of memory. Archie Roosevelt, who, it was tes- HRad wan a edhe menntdan! Worker) wits encé in St. Paul sent out by a num- tracting much attention since the lo- cations of the national conventions of the democratic and republican par- ties Kave been settled and the possi- bility of the farmer-laborites secur- ing a balance of power in the next choice of presilent into the house of representatives is being seriously considered. K In Minnegota, South Dakota, Mon- tana, Idaho, Washington, Oolorado, New. York, Illinois, Pennsylvania and California thete are Farmer-Labor parties already in existence. Some of them are designated by other names but all of them are a more or less definite expression on the part of farmers and wage-earners for a political party owing allegiance to them alone, In Minnesota, two United States senators have been elected as a re- sult of the revolt against the old party leadership and Minnesota is considered the backbone of the new movement. All of these farmer-la~ bor groups are for nationalization of natural resources, public ownership of railways and other public utilities, removal of all restrictions on free speech, free press and assemblage, government cwntrol of credit, There is no disposition here to re- gard this movement as in any way similar to the Bull Moose adventure under the Roosevelt leadership but it is seen by clear-thinking old party politicians as a definite result of the rapid rise of knowledge concerning the cleavage cf class interests; the bankruptcy of whole great agricul- tural communities is an important contributing factor and the growtl of the farmer-labor movement in for: merly prosperous agricultural sta is all the evidence needed to supp the belief that it is deeply rooted econgmic injustice. } P gTeatest interest 1s expresed in the probable choice of a candidate by the organization that it is believe Frank P. Walsh the well known lawyer of organized labor, who defended the Communists in the Michigan trial, was the princi- pal speaker at a mass meeting in New York, which took place under the au- ‘| spices of the American Committee of International Aid for the German workers on Sunday, January 20, at 2 P. M., at Cooper Union. This is the beginning of the campaign for the suffering German workers. ference of workers’ organizations will take place on Sunday afternoon, Jan- uary 27, at the Labor Temple, 243 East 84th Street, for the purpose of organizing the relief work, Frank Walsh made a strong appeal in the interest of the suffering workers s f G il- Bek of datinmeivbes ventana ik ae a ermany and their hungry chil and children of Gernvany have been dying since the end of the world war of a slow death by hunger, The hoa Ike observed this tragic drama indi 4 dincioval collage: or. 0 thcowing teal cruel indifference. who still consider the Germans as an enemy people; but there are only a few today who are dominated by such unworthy ideas, will respond generously to the appeal for this relief work by which millions of peace-loving, industrious workers will be helped.” A Jinks Lurks at whose name is linked with an illegal affair at the Albany legislature and who obtained brief notoriety as the hero who saved America from y-r-r- red revolushun, has elbowed himself into the limelight again. for Clayton; during the elbowing, he Struck his funny bone, the state legislature to prevent the as state highway commissioner. garded as something of a spokesman As we mentioned, he arose before the legislature: p | tally dishonesg’, . .” you judge anything?” in Stirring Plea for German Aid| (Special to The Daily Worker) NEW YORK CITY.—Frank Walsh, A con- At the Cooper Union meeting ren. He spoke as follows: “The women a r There may e certain people in our own country “I hope that the American workers Political Elbow of Clayton Lusk NEW YORK—Clayton R, Lusk, But, alas, Clayton the Irrepressible arose in appointment of Col. Frederick Greene a Let it be recorded Pparenthetically that since Clayton’s implication in a dubi- ous silverware adventure he is re- on-affiairs of the well, highway. “I wish to offer an apology for my charge that Cglonel Greene is men- Voice in fhe gallery—How can meone who is mentally “Ido notMelieve he is concoiancly Caraway, Dem., way, Arkansas Democrat, reopened his attack on former Secretary of the 1 Interior Fall in the Senate today. a dispatch that Fall was considering I @ sea voyage and said: travelled considerably after selling West Point; Sinclair (lessee of Tea- i pot Dome) is in Europe and so is Bergdoll, so I believe that the three lone line a week, each additional line | tables, The company hag 21 huge ware- houses and a fleet of 915 five-ton trucks and 78 two-ton trucks to han- dle its distribution. It operates a chain of seven bakeries producing 1,000,000 loaves of bread a week and is about to add another for the Boston district with an initial pro- duction of 500,000 loaves a week. The A. & P. also operates can’ fac- tory which turns out 22,000,000 cans and covers each year. This huge public enterprise op- erated for private profit, employs 17,000 workers to distribute daily rations to a quarter of a million wage earners’ families, Distribution of food is rapidly. becoming a highly organized public utility. School Reports Success NEW YORK.—The second term of the Workers’ School at 127 Univer- sity Place, opens Feb, 14. Marxian economics, American and internation- al labor histary and Emglish and Eu- ropean literature are taught, The school reports a successful term. The - school aims to develop the spirit of intellectual inquiry and to train stu- dents for leadership in the labor movement, Coal Monopoly Threatens the Miners’ Union By LELAND OLDS (Federated Press Industrial Editor) Consolidation of the bituminous coal industry into a few great mono- polistic corporations under the con- trol of New York bankers as a solu- tion for the present over-expansion is a prospect facing the U. M. W. A, annual convention in Indianapolis, Jan. 22, Already more than 50% o: normal production is in the hands of sadn the operating corporations. combine with un-' growing limited resources (will vridly develop mass production which will entirely alter the basis of unionlsm in the in- MW p Ree veve pEeECUBUl VE YEY Us Sinclair’s companies, will appear be- fore the committee this afternon, Senator Walsh said. Roosevelt has not been subpoenaed but will appear voluntarily. He is a brother of The- odore Roosevelt, assistant secretary of the navy. The Senate Committee was notified today by Gavin MeNab, California at- torney, that he was enroute to Wash- ington from New Orleans with “m: client” to give the committee further information regarding Teapot Dome. McNab did not say who the client is. It was reported in private dispatch- es received here today that McNab arrived in New Orleans with Edward Doheny, oil man, on his private car. For this reason members of the com- mittee assumed McNab was Doheny’s attorney, Another Muscle Shoals Offer WASHINGTON. —. Secretary War Weeks today formall: presented to Congress the offer for Muscle Shoals made by the Southern utilities companies associated with the Ala- bama Power Co, Weeks said the plan contained “many excellent fea- ie ell er ae tad given consider- ation by Congress in di ing of Muscle Shoals, dia of nished by these wholesalers who are closely associated with the financial combine. The development of these giant coal combines will mean an end to the tradition of the individual miner upon which the strength. of the present type of unionism in the industry rests, instead will come mass production similar to that in the steel industry or in the huge automobile plants of Henry Ford. “The first step in checking the | bu spread of unionism in the coal mines,’ according to Supt. T. A, Stroup, Utah 1 Co., “will be to abolish Wilh) wine vew ve wer sung vv wussve-) usdhonest,” Bonciived Clayton insii ence, It is known that La Follette is | ly, "ae sade wa considering seriously what his rela-| There were a few words mg¢‘e to tion to it shall be, this effect; the senate proceeged to Tn South Dakota he was the choice of the farmer-laborites and he is known to wield a strong influence in Minnesota. The thing that really worries the politicians here, however, is that all signs point to the fact that this is 'Y |not a movement of or for candidates but of programs and policies. Were it otherwise there are quite a few nicheless “friends of the people” who might offer to play the role of messiah, War Makers Taboo. WASHINGTON.—No man who Was connected with the Wilson war administration can carry the West or the Southwest in this year’s pres- idential race, in the opinion of Gov. Charles W. Bryan of Nebraska, who is himself a candidate. The brother of the Commoner bases his candid- acy not only, upon his progressive record in office but also upon his belief that the country will have none of Mr. McAdoo and_ should have none of Underwood or Ralston, Protect the Foreign Born! ism_rests. The general trend in the industry is setting in this direction appearing particularly in the non-union fields which are pane to snatch the mar- ket from the older unionized areas, “The bituminous coal mining indus- try,” says the U, 9, coal commission, “js just entering the last stage of re- ducing manual labor thru the in- troduction of machinery.” CC, M. Means, consulting engineer of Pitts- y points out that “the coal mine of the future will be operated entirely automatic and semi-automatic ma- chinery and manual labor in the gen- sey neem term will be elimi- nated. vote; and Colonel Greene’s npmina.. n was confirmed without a ite vote. , It is generally agreed in senatorial bireles at Albany that if you wish &@ sure-fire way to be elected to any- thing, all you need tion from Clayton, ‘issent- pagan: is a little opposi- Ladd WASHINGTON.—Senator has undertaken to get an investiga- tion in the Senate which Representa- tive Frear failed to get in the House—/play card as well as the running an- into the facts of the Wood regime] nounc in the Philippines and the press pro- ence which has been conducted from ' |rope and at last our real govern- Manila since Wood arrived there. nent—the Howe of Morgan—has a This inquiry, if permitted by the Sen- representative there, ate, will also inclide a study of the financial affairs of the Wood fam- Heaps Epithets on | Fail, Republican (Special to The Daily Worker) WASHINGTON. — Senator Cara- Caraway had read into the record ! “I recall that Benedict Arnold tioned in polite society since I came here.” U. S. HAMPERS MOVE TO SHIP SOUTHERN COTTON TO RUSSIA WASHINGTON.—Russia, thru a government agency, has bought sev- eral million dollars’ worth of cotton in the south, only to be informed that vessels owned by the Emergency Fleet Corporation cannot be made available at this time to carry it to Russian ports. Senator Dial of South Carolina complained of this hostility, in the senate, the other day. He said he was “very gratified” to know that Russia was resuming its American trade, but he was “very much dis- appointed” to find that the buyers had to take out insurance in En- gland on these cargoes, and that pang had to ship it in Norwegian ves- sels, “I told these Russian people that if they would buy direet they would cut out the profit of the middlemen,” said Dial; “it is‘ that which causes agriculture in the United States to be in a starving condition. That pleased the members of the commit- tee, and they were delighted at the prospect. ... The Russian commit- tee wants many more thousand bales of cotton, which would be a very profitable business for our people.” of Teapot Referring to Fall’s recent state- pee Backs Philipinos, Your da against Philipine Le pone year one line published two times} a month, each additional line 13¢ an | wy of local unions. Laddlinch, 50c for half an inch card, Take this matter up in your next meeting. Charles Dawes has gone to Eu- Page Three Your Union iol MELLON MILLIONS Every local listed in the official di- BRIBE T0 FARMERS rectory of the CHICAGO FEDE T.ON OF LABOR will be publi a under this head on day of meeting} free of charge for the first month,| afterwards our lows: Monthly mecting—$3 4 year one| Rushing Dough to Save Votes rate will be as fol- ine once a month, each additional} ine, 15c¢ an issue, Semi-monthly meetings — $5 a a 2 sional delegation from South Dakota, Pres- |ident Coolidge is busy repairing his issue. Weekly meetings —$7.50 a year of them may have a congenial reuni ; Political fences in the northwest. Hé src genial reunion |1¢ an issue. s | plans to rush the release of thirty i oar FOURTH TUEADAY, Jon. 22, 194 | rillion dollars held by the War Fic “Here’s a man who stands before | no, Name of Local and Place of Meeting. | canoe Coad tact Barada the bar of public justice indicted for| 2 Amalgamated ‘Clothing Workers, Deus-) nance Corporation for immediate re. A rine itorium, | 2 f S, nO ia tata peice roe when} “1 Aameigumaied Clothing Workers, 175) Federal reserve board will then one sells the government,” Carawi Bt. ° lan: ft wy ii i continued. 4 MT ats camslgected ‘Clnins Werksrs, «t| or t, to plan just how the relief will ‘ fe ‘ 4 ted St. e given, ‘If he’s not guilty he would come| 21 pricklayers, #12, W. Monroe St. |. Mellon’s share of the plan is to before this committee and tell they 133 Ren ome | Shee Workers, 1939 Mil-! have Gecres Janes and Bae ae ne ,Bbout his lease Calumet Joint Council, 514 W. 117th| Cunningham, of the Federal Reservé jome, a ook: fit so dana | Board, Director Meyers, of the War jenters, Diversey and Sheffield, 9 | et ion, and © 4 ee tae Ge: . iar eee tere, 1098 15th Bt. | Finance Corporation, and Comptrol " ‘away had often at-| 379 Carpenters, Moose Hall, Chi. Heights.| ler of the Currency Dawes to go to tacked him, Caraway said: 461 Carpenters, Witten’s Hall, Highland) Chicago for a conference with middle _ “I never mentioned Albert B. Fall Park, Ui, nae | western bankers on the situation of in my life until he betrayed my coun-| 1786 Corpenters, Springleld and 20th. | | the farmers. try, 202 Engineers (Loc.), 5058 Wentworth Av.| ‘That the situation demands the “I have not heard his name men-| 402 Engineers, Clark and Erie Sts. | best braing of the best bankers is Engineers (Loc.), 2647 W. 35th St, 505 8. State St, 418 N. Clark St | shown by the fact that a South Da- | kota bank which has the deposits of H , 814 errivon St. | two hundred small county banks has 27 Hod Carriers, 2459 S. Homan Ave. ‘iat: dae “declared: (eae: itch- 16441 Federal Union, 2014 8, California Ave, Just been declared insoivent. ue 81 ’ Gar, Wkrs., 328 W, Van Buren, ll and Siou lis, S. D., are hard- 12 w Workers, 777 W. Adams S jest hit by the failure of this bank {and a panicky fecling is spreading 84 Machinists, 2548 bi cy iii. ti 915 Machinista, 4126 W, Lake St. | to Nebraska and Minnenete, Wall Machinists, 6234 Princeton Ave. | Street and Chicago bankers are ine Fire and Oilers, 357 N, Clark. 175 W. Washington St. 9206 Houston Ave. aroused over the financia} failure of the farmer, so that Coolidge’s eon- | cern for the farmer may have more W. Randelph Se | than sentiment behind it. The site cor, California and/ tion of the farmers is having a grawe | national effect which assures Cool | idge support if his plans are prompt ed by concern for the suffering son; of the soil, | Senator Capper, Painters, 20 Painters, N. E. Madison. Painters, 6414 S. Halsted St. Painters, N. W. cor. State and 55th. PAINTERS, 220 W. OAK STREET, | Painters, Trimbull ‘and Ogden Ave, | Plasterers, Monroe and Peoria Sts. Plumbers, 1507 Qgden Ave, of Kansas, ant 402 Plumbers, 4111 W. Madison St, | Ladd, of North Dakota, went for : HT Railway Carmen, 11037 Michigan Ave.| cruise down the Potomac with ti 1 way Carm | Presi be 415 Railway Carmen, 8617 Vincennes Ave,,| / resident and are said to have dis | cussed the entire situation, Thi Ben pp Senators are resting well after thei ailway Clerks, Moose Hall, Chicago! ip. Heights. ag es pleasant trip. Railway Clerks, 4538 8. Halsted St. Railread Trainmen, 3359 W. Madison, Window Washers, 180 W. Washingto Federal Control of Water Powe: Waiters, 234 ndolph St., 3 p. m. (By The Federated Press) (Note—Unless otherwise stated all’ meetings are at 8 p. m.) WASHINGTON.—-Senator LaFo lette has ranged himself with th The Daily Worker for a month free to the first member of any loca\ union Public Ownership League of Americ in support of the League’s bill ere sending in change of date or place ating a federal super-power com of meeting of iocals i'‘sted here. mission which shall develop and 0} Please watch for your locai and if not listed let us know, giving time erate the electric power resources ‘¢ for the 7:30 p,m, Railway Clerks, 549 W. Washington, and place of meeting so we can keep this daily announcement complete and up to date. On Tuesday of every week we ex-} ae 4 “Uspay aunouUncements ; the nauow 4 peo Rates will be $1 an| ing fund of »o0,000,0.. « » by a federal bond issue is prow in the bill, this fund to promote t building of power plants and d tributing systems, and te purcha existing plants where advisable, will also develop reclamation prt jects in which hydro-clectric pows will be one of the chief factors. This measure will be introdued i Congress by Senator Norris g@ Ni braska, and ‘will be given hearing before the committee on irrigatio local should have a weekly dis- ement under date of meeting. Don’t be a “Yes, But,” supporter of | ily in the Islands. When a worker tells you he doesn’t | and reclamation. The Daily Worker, Send in your sub- —_— — | believe in Communism, ask him if he scription at once. The Land for the Users! knows what Communists want. TALK IT UP!! THE DAILY WORKER is the best privilege of Readers by the hundreds tell us so every day. But there are thousands who don’t know what THE DAILY Thousands more never heard about us. - Our Readérs Don’t Have to Tell Us We’re Good. We Know It. Tell It to the World! Tell It to Your Neighbors! Tell It to Your Shop Mates! Tell them that THE DAILY WORKER is the only daily newspaper a red-blooded self-respecting working- ER is the only daily newspaper that fights all the time for WORKER is, man can read. SUBSCRIPTION “Wanted! Another Morgan in the| operation down to the minutest de-| ‘The gram RA : vitae Aneta ea a ae Sy of cay | cue eet seems enton il big business as expressed by Black | kind will fall on the worker.” When Illinois operators demand specifically: BY MAIL— Diamond, leading seem of the in-'this is accomplished, he points out,)“(1) A wage contract with the miners 1 r _ dustry. PX pas by a sys-|the United Mine Workers erica that will actually provide’ the un- geal tomatic procedure will decline like the Metal Miners’ | a right to manage their pro 6 months....$3.50 physical properties or a union w w is but a shadow of erties efficiently and to the best pt 2 months....$2.00 orpeniaition he ayer “the tradition of the indie | ares rege ore ng 2 The Fiat (e) ngan: , - ra! the anthracite tonnage. eee er, oa 94 respo nae bard to Wess all i. skilled work IN CHICAG: put on a sound engineering an been thoroly mechanicalized, all itd Maange oa i" a pe BY 00 id Prod tions have been standardized. ploves to be entirely free from any 1 year ........$8. stricted to approximate demand.” e trade of metal miner -has|interference. (4) A readjustment of 6 months....$4.50 iat oie woe workats fitting ints ‘niches ad cone [tiene rate eee repay the 2 ea, nee companies for H The th forming to. the, reulinn laid out by| this wor! is now inch ed th BY CARRIER— dent operators are not their man: eeetens tonnage mining rates.” * bea ee 22) n i cares bot grasa tsesien in the ier tem of , et 1 year ......$10,00 pa sn apie” Sy onan as doe forennen of Sh day fle, bean from laws of the miner and taking hn just a8 “a union and Nobehioa ssiners by “EVERY READER A dependent Sons eat eames he pes i toe sated hak oer eae ‘ pews apern>) ; Even thelr baal union! fe’ a Tell them that THE DAILY (WORK the interests of the wage-workers. TALK IT UP. TELL THEM HOW GOOD WE ARE AND PROVE IT WITH THIS ISSUE. Get a New Subscriber To-day! paper that reading. THE DAILY WORKER, 1640 N. HALSTED ST., Chicago, Ill. 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