The Daily Worker Newspaper, January 29, 1924, Page 1

DAILY WORKE | RAISES THE STANDARD FOR A WORKERS’ AND FARMERS’ GOVERNMENT Subscription Rates: By Mail, $6.00 per year. Chicago: By Mail, $8.00; by Carrier $10.00 per year. HARDING LET ® 4 VOL. I. No. 325. o @: @ TERS PRO THE DAILY WORKER. Entered as Second-class matter September 21, 1928, at the Post Office at Chicago, IWlinofs, under the Act of March 3, 1879. TUESDAY, JANUARY 29, 1924 BP 20. V Published Daily except Sunday by THE DAILY WORKER PUBLISHING CO., 1640 N. Halsted St., Chicago, Ilinois. E COOLIDE Workers! Farmers! Demand: The Labor Party Amalgamation Organization of Unorganized The Land for the Users The Industries for the Workers Protection of the Foreign-Born Recognition of Soviet Russia Price 3 Cents LIED 1° * Solid Opposition to Delay of May 30th Conference "GAL AND KIS CABINET ALL INOLYMESS) Administration Rocked by New Exposures (Special to The Daily Worker) WASHINGTON, Jan. 28.— The late President Harding and his entire cabinet, includ- ing Coolidge, were drawn into the Teapot Dome scandal to- day when Senator Walsh, Mon- tana, read to the Senate two letters which disclosed: That President Harding had complete knowledge of the plans of Secretary of the Inter- ior Fall to lease naval oil re- serves to private oil interests and that this policy had his full endorsement and approval. The whole matter was repeatedly discussed at meetings of the Harding cabinet. President Coolidge in a Statement issued a few days ago de- nied responsibility on the ground that the oil leases had not been dis- cussed.in cabinet meetings. Walsh’s epee disclosure et | made after Senate met. al | noon. rr Walsh began by charg- ing that Fall was not. alone respons- ible for leasing cf the oil reserves, which has since developed into the greatest scandal since the Ballinger- Pinghot controversy. alsh then read in support of his charges a letter Fall wrote President Harding in which Fall said the whole policy was discussed by the Harding cabinet. Whole Cabinet Involved A- letter from Mr. Harding, trans- mitting to the senate Fall’s letter and other data regarding the Teapot Dome and other leases, disclosed that Mr. Harding included in responsibili- fi ¥ for the leasing policy not only ‘all and secretary of the navy Den- by, but himself, for he said the whole quéstion of poligy involved had been submitted to him in advance on its adoption and that it had at all times had his complete approval. “We have it upon the word of Sec- retary Fall that before these leases were executed, not only the leases themselves, but even the question of legality of the leases was discussed before the cabinet,” said Walsh, “I am fully appreciative of the fact that anything said by former Sec- retary Fall or anything to be said must be taken with a certain degree of doubt.” The Teapot Dome scandal was transferred today from the investi- gating committee to the floor of the senate where the Walsh-Caraway re- solution for immediate cancellation of the Teapot Dome and California No. 1 leases was to be presented, with a demand for its adoption. ) Panic in Old Guard Ranks Unless unexpected pressure is ap- plied to prevent administration sen- Need Coolidge to Prevent Changes, Schwab Declares VIENNA.—Calvin Coolidge is the choice of Charles M. Schwab for president of the United States, the steel manufacturer declared while on a commercial. mission here, Conditions in America are too) of politicians who prosperous. to make a change desir-| able, Mr. ,Schwab continued. His! only compiaint was at. the lack of) surplus labor. The spanlay at con-! dition would ease for buyers of la- bor, the visitor suid he believed, when the proposed bill for selective immigration, went. thru, permitting admission of efficient workers and rejecting “amndeisrables.” their strength to prevent it. A conference of twenty leading la- bor progressives held here last night Defrauded of More Millions, voted unanimously to oppose post- WASHINGTON, Jan, 28—Alleg-| ponement and appointed a committee ing that citizens of 15 states) have! to inform William Mahoney of their been defrauded of millions thru| attitude and to request him to stand Texas land companies holding y-| firm for the holding of the Farmer- erty in the lower Rio Grande distrit,} Labor convention before the conven- ators from voting for the resolution,| Senator Heflin, Alabama, today in-| tions of the republican and democratic i Rei we , slesias. The pay pos- poe Teeth for a cher % sibility its defeat or postponement} investigation. . B, Creager, Active Unionists e Dela: lay in the fact that some adminis-»lican, national committeeman from) «we want as eee Spreevs: Deey - tration leaders thought congress! Texas, is president of one of the posible” said R. D. Cramer, editor of (Continued on page 4.) companies. the Minneapolis Labor Review, “but it must be built on the strong founda- Five Die in New York Cold Wawe; | wersste tnd the working farmers No Rich Found Among Victims}: « swamp. it must be 4 rank and and not a group The new party must be neither a sect NEW YORK, Jan. 28—New York shivered with the coldest weather | { ig a mass promised milder S| nor a swamp. It must be a rank and of politicians man- 2g. workers and it has in years today as the weather bureau irmers for their own advantage.” Pagers: and an opportunity to thaw out frozen pipes. I. G. Scott, labor alderman; R. 8. of five persons was ited directly to the near zero | W: assistant County Attorney, weather, ff the City and ity Em- In Perth saber N. J., Stephen Senior, aged recluse, was found Union. Dan Stevens, Secretary frozen to death in shack. He was clad in rags. Trades and Labor Assembly, MEMORIAL To Be Held ‘ {LENIN _ TUESDAY, JAN. 29TH, 8 P. M. / | SOME WHITE WASH JOB THIS TIME | It'll Prove Too Big, Even for Coolidge. Twin City Labor Opposes All Postponement of May 30th Meet to Suit the Plans of the Politicans (Special Correspondence to The Daily Worker) Minneapolis, Minn.—The proposal to postpone the National Farmer- Labor convention, called for May 30th, at St. Paul,.to suit the convenience ho still remain in the republican and democratic parties, is meeting with the most. determined opposition of the militant and progres- sive elements of the Twin-City labor movement. Practically every influential leader of the Minneapolis Trades and Labor Assembly has already» declared himself against the postponement. danger of dissolving the class movement of the city workers and exploited farmers into a Bull Moose hodge-podge dominated by cast-off politicians from the capitalist parties, is clearly seen, gentine class party have sounded the alarm find taken ,steps to exert The nd the supporters ‘of and many others, spoke emphatically ‘on the question: “If we wait for the so-called progressives who still re- main in the capitalist parties, we will wait forever,” said R. S. Wiggin, The people we have to pin our faith in are those who have already taken a stand for a class party. we are enough of us now to make a real powerful national Farmer-Labor Par- ae We do not. need to wait for any- “We have only one question to answer,” said Dan Stevens. “That question is, what kind of a party do we want? If we want a genuine class party representing the c! interests of the workers and farmers we must support the rank and file convention on May 30th and protect it from the machinations of middle class politi- cians.” ¢ ° St. Paul Stands Pat. Similar sentiments were expressed by leaders of the St; Paul movement. 'C, N, Hathaway, business agent of ( Continued on page 4) DENVER F,LP, MEET BOOST FOR MAY 30 Opposed to Any Delay or Any Exclusions (Special to The Daily Worker) DENVER, Col.—The farmer- labor conference of western and southwestern states closed an enthusiastic two days’ ses- sion here today. It adopted unanimously a resolution en- dorsing the St. Paul confer- ence, on May 30, endorsed:the plan for a united front of all workers’ and farmers’ organ- izations, and sent the following telegram to Senators Johnson and Shipstead, and to William Mahoney, refusing assent to the proposed postponement of the May 30th conference: “Conference Farmer-Labor re- presentatives western and south- western states in session Denver teday unalterably opposed to any change in date Farmer-Labor par- ty convention called May 30th. Twin Cities shall proceed: under call as issued. “Signed: Morten, Chairman. “McArthur, Secretary.” The following is the text of the resolution endorsing the St. Paul conference: “Regional conference western and southwestern states, Farmer-Labor party of United States, sends greet- ings to Farmer-Labor organizations and progressive groups in states not represented and expresses hope and belief that in present muddled econ- omic and corrupt political conditions of country there may be no obstacles to complete unification of progress- ive farmer-labor efforts now in pro- gress. “We favor a United Front of all progressive, political and industrial groups entitled to meet in Twin Cities, May 30, for the purpose of organizing a permanent continent- wide party of useful people in be- half of platform and candidates favoring fundamental economic and political changes necessary to restore peace and prosperity to distressed people of the United States. “We endorse action of conference which called convention for May 30th and urge all progressive groups to take part in its deliberations. “The Farmer-Labor parties which will meet in Twin Cities as the re- sult of the call issued for May 30th convention constitute a constructive political force standing for certain well-defined public policies not em- bodied in platforms of old political ties. We feel that in taking the nitiative in this movement for a unified national Farmer-Labor party, our representatives deserve commen- dation and hearty support.” Raps Exclusion Policy Passing upon a suggestion made from the floor that the certain radical groups be excluded, the con- ference unanimously went on record against any such action by adopting the following resolution: . this conference for the exclusion of certain groups from participa- tion in May 30th convention, we feel that the action of the St. Paul conference in calling a convention including all groups subscribing to platform without discrimination is final and that we have no jurisdic. tion to bar any groups or suggest any exclusion.’ Work Daily for “The Daily!” In the ASHLAND AUDITORUM Ashland Ave. and Van Buren St. Funeral March by Freiheit Singing Society and Englewood Orchestra. FILM PICTURING LENIN IN ACTION -;-a delegate LEWIS GANG. =. COULDNT OUST HOWATS MAN By JOHN FITZGERALD. (Staff Correspondent of The Daily Worker) INDJANAPOLIS, Ind. — Surprise that quickly turned to anger was shawn in the United Mine Workers’ Convention when what was obviously an overwhelming vote against the re- port of the credentials committee un- seating John McGraw, representing three locals of District 14, Kansas was announced as sustaining the | committee. The battle raged for two hours over the question whether McGraw, | who fought the Industrial Court law, was guilty of having worked a mine during the strike called by the inter- national. There was no evidence | submitted to prove this contention or janything else reflecting on his char- acter except that he had leased a small mine and his brother-in-law had pumped water out of it for six days, Reverse of Nova Scotia. Inasmuch as one of the charges }made by Lewis against the Nova Scotia miners was that they had al- |lowed the property of the operators to deteriorate by refusing to man the pumps it would seem that McGraw’s brother-in-law did not violate any laws of the United Mine Workers. No charges were preferred in his local union against McGraw. He is tothe Central Labor.Un- ion in Pittsburgh, Kansas, McGraw defended himself against | the charge and said that. the real op- | position against hii was aroused because of his’ figh' ainst Gov- ernor Allen’s slave law.” It was ‘quite evident that the majority of the delegates were of the same opin- ion. When the vote was taken on the motion of the committee it ap- ‘peared to be defeated overwhelm- ingly but was announced by the ma- | chine tellers as 950 for the report jand 750 against. Storm of Protest, In a second the great mass of miners was on its feet shouting for a roll-call. When the chairman gavelled the delegates to order the count was again disappointing. The necessary 30 per was not counted. The majority of the delegates were by no means satisfied and not since the steam-rollering of the Nova Scotia jappeal by Philip Murray has there (Continued on page 4.) “, MANY STILL PASSING. THE LENIN. TOMB Flowers and Wreaths Are Heaped Over Grave (Special to The Daily Worker) MOSCOW, Jan. 28—In a marble tomb by the Kremlin wall, the body of Nikolai Lenin lay enshrined today, while tens of thousands, unable to get near the ceremonies of burial Sunday, passed in endless pro- cession. Flowers and more than six hundred wreaths were heaped high about the mausoleum where workmen toiled on scaffolding in the high con- struction shed, completing the tomb. At 4 p, m. Sunday while bells tol- led, guns roared and bands blared the Internationale, Lenin’s body was taken to the appointed place. Power- ful radio broadcasting stations caught the mighty dirge and the- sounds; sym! ol tie nation s* sorrow at its chieftain’s sing to every wireless station in the land. Brave Bitter Cold The weather was frightfully cold. Thousands were frost bitten, includ- ing the chief of police. As Lenin’s body was placed in the vault, seores fell, many unconscious. They would have frozen to death if first aid men had not rushed to the rescue, Leon Trotsky, whose arrival by air- plane had been expected, did not ap- Pear, owing to illness. . . ° Million fn Funeral Ceremony Nearly a million Russians are estimated to have taken part in the four-day procession past the body of Nicolai Lenin as it lay in state on the red dais in the House of Unions, A, half million more braved the terrific cold on the funeral day and marched past their departed comrade (Continued on page 3) Serfdom to be Revived by Congress as Status of Foreign-Born Workers (This is the fourth of a series of articles which The Dai publishing on the laws which are now pending before roc Bid prised against foreign-born workers who those who are in this country.) « * wish to come to this country and te o ¥ z 2 ME By C. E. RUTHENBERG, Probably the most far-reaching bill directed against for- eign-born workers coming to this this country has been introduced of California. country and those already in by Representative Lineberger His bill is House Bill No. 4089. It proposed that the foreign-born workers coming to this country in the future and those already here shall be attached to certain industries as the serfs were attached to the land in feudal times. During the period of feudalism each serf had his little tract of land assigned to him on the estate of-some feudal lord. “A demand having been made in | He was unable to leave this land; he lived and died there and the children who came after him were attached to that same tract of land and com- pelled to labor there for the benefit of the feudal lord. The Lineberger bill provides that each immigrant coming to the United States and all foreign-born workers petares here shall “be notified as to what location in the jurisdiction of the United States they will be per- mitted to go to, to remain, until the rovisions of this act and other regu- tions as to aliens and citizenship are complied with.” Further along, this law ides that “each immi- grant shall remain in a respective district until such a time as he shall become a citizen or is deported un- less he can satisfy the Department of (Continued on page 8) ARORA Nin in Bb? al ALANNA IE ASD ARRAN SPOR NRT 2) WILLIAM Z. FOSTER, C. E. RUTHENBERG, WILLIAM F. DUNNE, ROBERT MINOR and MARTIN ABERN will speak on LENIN AND THE ROLE OF THE COMMUNIST PARTY Auspices: Workers Party, Local Chicago. ADMISSION FREE.