The Daily Worker Newspaper, January 29, 1924, Page 5

FOSTER ANALYZES INDUSTRIAL CRISIS IN LABOR. HERALD February Issue Com- pletes Paper’s 2nd Year By CYRIL LAMBKIN. The more intelligent workers in the Labor Movement of America per- ceived ‘years ago the decline of the trade unions, a decline which assumed serious proportions about two years ago, following the industrial depres- sion of that time. They looked for a dam to stem’ the tide. The Trade Union Educational League was or- ganized not only to stem that tide, but to reverse it, if posible, and make the waters of trade unionism flow into new channels, The Labor Her- ald, the official organ of the League, was eagerly welcomed and trusted. The Labor Herald for February, which completes the second year of its existence abundantly justifies the trust placed in it by the militant Workers of America, Warns of Bankrupt Leaders It opens with an exceptionally lu- cid analysis of the present economic period by Wm, Z. Foster. He proves conclusively that there is impending a new industrial crisis, which will be taken sevartare of by the employers to, engage Labor in a new terrific struggle in order to wipe out, if pos- sible, whatever advantages the work- ers still enjoy thru their weakened organizations. He predicts that the bankrupt leaders will pay their usual traitorous role in that struggle, Fi- nally, he points to some new policies which are required by the new condi- tions, in additions to the present gen- eral policies of the League. ‘lo miss this article is to miss the most im- portant analysis of the new develop- ments taking place in our economic life and the problems that they pre- sent to the workers who are deter- mined to make the American Labor Movement intelligent and powerful, Earl Browder, in a review of the second year of the League, very in- terestingly tells of the organizational development of the League, following the first year of missionary and pro- paganda work. He gibes an account of the frantic efforts of the trade union bureaucrats to halt the prog- ress by campaigns of lies and expul- sions, and predicts for the new year greater struggles and corresponding- ly important successes. The magnitude of the problem of organizing the metal miners is set forth by Wm. F. Dunne, for many years one of the trusted leaders of Organized Labor in the heart of the copper country, Butte, Montana. His account of the heroic struggle of the old union, the brutality of the Copper ‘Trust, the treachery of dishonest of- ficials and the mistakes of well-mean- ing radicals, constitutes a lesson which no progressive worker can af- ford to skip. Tells of ‘Brutal Struggle. Excellent articles on The Movement for /Autonomy in Canada, by Tim ‘Buck, on the Coming Struggles in Britain, by Harry Pollitt, one of the struggles, the strike of the Locomo- tive Enginemen and Firemen, already having materialized; “RAIC” in Rus- sia, by Robert W. Dunn; the Men- ace of Vicious iumigration Laws, by: Ben Gitlow, and several other arti- cles and incisive editorials, offer the usual wealth of material one has come to expect of the Labor Herald. One must not forget the remarkable trib- ute paid the T. U. E. L. by A. Lo- Sovsky, general secretary of the Red International of Labor Unions, Who will contradict the statement pane oe wer Herald is the most instructive and most inspiring la journal in America? ee ee —_——_—_ Women Heavy Smokers. NEW YORK, Jan, 28.—Women Smoked seven billion cigarettes in “1928, according to the National To- bacco exposition in session here, so it was decided there should be some- thing new and special in cigarettes henceforth for milady. That's why vari-colored cigarettes—anything to symatch any gown—came into yogue today, Cerise, lemon, peach blos- ‘som, black and crimson are among ‘the popular shades. The Industries for the workers! column, / If you will write to THE DAILY WORKER, telling your needs, the delegates will read your letter. One of the big things you N.Y. Judge Rules For Company In Machinist Case (Special to The Daily Worker) NEW YORK, N. Y.—A permanent injunction restraining members of Bureka Lodge 434, International Association of Machinists, from pick- eting the plant of R, Hoe and Co., manufacturers of printing - presses, has just been issued by Judge Selah B. Strong in the special term of the ie a Court here, he judge’s decision is based on the contention that the strike against the company was a violation of a contract entered into between it and the union. Attorneys for the union showed, however, that there was no contract in existence at the time but merely a memorandum dealing with wages and conditions of labor drawn up for convenience between the date of the expiration of the old agreement and the negotiations of a new one, The strike, the union claims, was called because no agreement had been reached. In the face of these facts the judge decided for R, Hoe and Co. COAL MINERS! Talk To Your Convention Thru Daily Worker Coal Miners! Your convention is on at Indianapolis, Ind. It will be responsive to your needs if you will talk to it, talk _ to it in loud and emphatic tones. ‘ You can do this thru your paper, THE DAILY WORKER. ‘You can do it every day. You can yourself 5 Every day THE DAILY WORKER goes to the convention - at Tomlinson Hall, at Indianapolis. The miners’ delegates are reading it, from first. page, first column, te last page, German Masses Are Endangered by Efforts at Economy (By The Federated Press) BERLIN.—In the general effort at effecting economies in the govern- mental and administrative apparatus of Germany, many institutions are being reduced in such a manner as to endanger the population. A case in point is the public health and hy- giene department, The number of visiting nurses in the closely crowded tenement dis- tricts has been reduced to one for every 10,000 children of school age. Tuberculosis is again on the increase after having been reduced mater- ially thru the vigilance‘of the visit- ing nurses and physicians. % some of the city hospitals of Berlin the patients have been or- dered to bring along their own bed linens, by way of bringing down ad- ministration costs. This means un- equal treatment of patients, for only the best situated among them can bring linens. An examination of children in the proletarian section of Neukolin, ir Berlin, showed that 41 per cent ot the children under one year of age, 60 per cent between 2 and 3 years, 70. per cent between 3 and 4 years, and 86 per cent between 4 and 5 years, are under weight. N.Y. Lenin Memorial Will Hear Russian Symphony Music (Special to The Daily Worker) NEW YORK:—Monday, Yeb. 4,,ic the day when the class conscious workers of New York and the vicin- ity will gather in a mass demonstra- tion, at Madison Square Gardens, to| pay their respects to the greatest man of our time—Lenin, The. Lenin Memorial Meeting which will take place at the largest hall in the city—Madison Square Gar- den—will be the greatest event in the history of the revolutionary la- bor movement in this country. Fos- ter and Ruthenberg will be among the speakers, The Lenin Memorial committee has. been successful in securing the Russian Symphony Orchestra with Modest Altschuler as conductor. The orchestra will render a musical pro- gram fitting for this occasion, Admission will be twenty-five and fifty cents, Probe Grade Crossing Horror. HAMMOND, Ind., Jan. 28.—A cor- oner’s investigation was started to- day in the death of four person: here yesterday in a grade crossing crash. Mrs. Beairice Doner, 28, her ‘two children, one an infant, and Robert Paterson, 18, Moline, IIl., were killed. Perkins Has Plan, George W. Perkins, internationa’ president .of the cigar makers’ union, says that life insurance companies will be organized, owned and con- trolled by labor unions within e short time. He believes that is the logical step following labor banking. heard. are interested in is unemploy- i-smomte If you don’t work there is no pay envelope. If you don’t work, there is nothing with which to pay the landlord, the By sop dungeon ah thcay A echig od ve gms diem How do you get along? How do you make both ‘do you demand? | Tell it to the delegates at Indianapolis. ‘highly paid officials, whose salaries go on the whole year Wilke chott, sll the other grent prbulons confronting ih coal miners of this country. Your letters will be published in THE DAILY WORKER and read by the delegates at your cons ‘ vention at Indianapolis, Write to the Editor, Daily W Jersey. <a. 1640°N. Halsted St, Chicago, Il “ _— THE DAILY WORKER Page Five MOURNFUL MUSIC HEARD IN CHICAGO Symphony Orchestra to Render Bach Next By ALFRED V. FRANKENSTEIN, A purely orchestral program, with- out a soloist, was played by the Chicago Symphony orchestra Friday and Saturday. The concert opened with the fourth overture to. Beeth6- vens “Fidelio.” In its fiery yet fot mal classic spirit the overture close- ly resembles the familiar “Leonore Overture No, 3.” The symphony of the week was Cesar Franck’s justly famous work. The first movement is painted in gray orchestral colors of subdued, deep gripping mourning, with cli- maxes suggestive of something more passionate. The second movement is a revery, a sort of half dream, but shot full of melancholy. The last section continues the spirit of the second, but rises to a climax in which the themes that seemed so sad before are treated in- a tri- umphant, heroic fashion, Ettore Panizza, the opera conduc- tor, took time out from his labors at the Auditorium long enough to direct the first performance in Amer- ica of an original theme with varia- tions. It is supposed to interpret the spirit of Russian music, but as Rus- sian art it smacks too much of Mi- lan! The work is a good example of the varying moods that a single short musical idea can be trans- formed into. The prelude to Lohengrin fol- lowed. The prelude to Lohengrin is a long, ethereal ecstacy of religious mysticism. Just as religion has re- tarded and warped scientific thought, it has contributed immeasureably to the development of art, and thru this mystic and ecstatic art expression has been able to keep its grip on the minds of men, The Bacchanale from*Tannhauser was played. ‘This is a frenzied and weird dance of Venus and her ador: ers, ending in a sensuous, erotic slow movement. The love scene from Richard Strauss’ opera ‘“Feuersnot,” (The Need of Fire), which concluded the program, is a brilliant and magnifi- cent piece of music, but no more sug- gestive of the passion of love than a list of books approved for chil- G3 dren’s reading by the W. C, T. U. Next week the orchestra plays a concerto for orchestra by Bach, and a symphony by Bruckner, and Carl Friedberg, pianist, will play the Bee- thoven fifth eoncerto for his instru- ment. 46 Left Wingers Win _ Place on Ticket of N. D. League (Special to The Daily Worker) WILLISTON, N. D.— Resentment of farmers at the failure of old party movements to meet the agrarian crisis led to the nomination of A. C. Mil'er for state legislature and Om- holt, for sheriff, at the nominating convention of the Nonpartisan League here. Both men are left wingers. The state convention of the league will be held Feb. 6, at Bismarck, and efforts will be made there to unify the forces that are working for the election of candidates representing the farmers and workers and inde- precast of the oldline political mach- ines. Tom Ayres, candidate for tae U. S, senate on the Farmer-Labor ticket of South Dakota, and Joseph Manley, secretary of the Federated Farmer- Labor Party will be present a& the state convention. Charies Taylor, Montana .state senator, is expected. MERCIFUL FIRE GOD STAGES BLAZE ON WEEK-END HOLIDAY Fire of undetermined origin Sun- day destroyed St. Anthony’s Paro- chial School on West 28th Place. The fire started on the third floor which is occupied by grammar grades and spread to the second floor. The first floor was saved from damage by fire but suffered from) water. Luckily the fire happened on Sunday when the school ing was not being used or loss of life would have been certain. The fire spread so rapidly that as soon as the first engine company arrived a spe- cial alarm calling out more fire com- was sent in, The companies called out by the special alarm fought the fire for more than an hour before it was brought under control. The fire served to show what could| portant news, let be expected if a fire were to break out in a lic school during school hours. Anthony’s school was housed in sh comparatively modern | of building urned like tinder, ge Bl of the public school bui! city are twice as old and not| Sunday, as well equipped with fire esca feon in tse undoubtedly great log n in use Mite would have resulted from the Morgan-Rockefeller Deal. NEW YORK. BM re ge hase of $10,000 will CESAR FRANCK’S|Greeting from British Communist Editor! K.K. to Unhood To the Daily Paper: a Daily paper. There is no more working class than labor’s own syndicated capitalist press, wage, But with courage, thru, Against the poison and dope of the yellow press we must put struggle, and ever more struggle, building up all the time our own work- ers press and creating the WILL to victory. Thomas Bell, Editor, The Communist Review. Congratulations upon your decision to launch | pouring out its weekly, the militants of the working class fortitude and self-denial, sure in the ultimate victory of the toilers over the exploiters the labor militants will win | Send in Your News The Daily Worker urges all members of the party to send in the news of their various sec- Every Party Branch should appoint its own correspondent and make him responsible for the news that ought to be sent in to The Daily Worker. The Party Page if Atlanta Klan Wins Its Fight (Special to The Daily Worker) ATLANTA, Ga—Abolition of the mask will be demanded at the con- clave of klansmen of the nation! called by former Emperor E. Y. Ularke, to meet Feb. 26 to “kill, or] cure” the “invisible empire.” | Atlanta Klan No. One, the “mo-|] should be the livest page in The ther” klan, made this clear in an- ' that it had tal % || Daily Worker. Help make it so. nouncing that i aken over pre- i : liminary-plans for the congress of|| Address all mail to the Editor, The LONDON, England, Dec, 12, 1923. erful weapon in the armory of the ly organ. Faced with a gigantic | millions of copies daily and | have a tremendous fight to tions. Yours fraternally, CITY AND FARM LABOR IN MEXICO WIN OVER FASCISTI Workers Attack White Guards in Rear ited Press) Farmers’ and (By The Fe: MEXICO CITY. ‘workers’ organizations continue to ur men into the fedaral army, eneral Barbosa is landing a party of irregulars consisting of armed peasants in the state of Vera Cruz announce that they will prevent counter-revolutionaries taking refuge there. They state in their message that they know which side gave them the land and which side is trying to take it away again, One-fifth of the army of 50,000 was involved in the counter-revolu- tion, according to the war depart- ment. Volunteers, consisting mostly of peasants and to a less extent of workers, have now raised the fed- eral army to 70,000. Fascisti Draft Workers’ Leaders. When the workers at Rio Blanco, near Orizaba, in the fascisti district, went on strike, their leaders were drafted inte the rebel army and sent immediately to the front and their strike meetings were declared counter revolutionists against the conspiracies and broken up. Eulaio Martinez, organizer, Mexican Feder- ation of Labor, was one of the first to be so drafted, but after being sent to the front escaped to the federal lines. - Fascistj Blockade Tampico. De Ja Huerta has declared a block- ade of the government port of Tam- pico, which will be enforced by the battleships Tampico, Agua Priet and which ‘fell into fascisti hands with the seizure >f the port of Vera Cruz. The object of the blockade order is to prevent the landing of Amer- ican munitions for the government, but it is expected that such ships will be escorted by American men- of-war so that the blockade will -probably not be effective. It will, jowéeVer, furrlish” an excellent pre- text for international complications later on the part of damaged na- tionals of the-many countries hav- ing merchant shipping connections with Tampico, Politicians Enjoy Exemption. The majority uf the Delahuertista deputies in the national congress re- main here in the cagital, enjoying their parliamentary privilege of ex- emption from arrest and blocking the work of the congress. J. Perez Artiz, Mexican Federation of La- bor, issued a statement that if the government didn’t proceed against these deputies, the workers of his organization would resort to “di- rect action.” A motion, ,which carried unani- mously, to put the chamber of depu- ties into three days’ mourning for the death of Felipe Carrillo, askas- sinated governor of Yucatan, evoked a bitter speech of Deputy Luis N. Morones, Labor party leadez, in which he declared that “direct ac- tion” would be used by the work- ers of the country to drive out the fascist deputies if they did not voluntarily go to join the counter- revolution. He promised that the labor movement would exact ven- ance for the death of their beloved jeader. ship 5 Propose Legion Ce: re SAN FRANCISCO.—The Califor nia posts of the American legion are about to launch a “drive for citizen- ship education” in this state. Be- tween 1,500 and 2,000 legion mem- bers have been enrolled as speakers and organizers. Recent attempts by the legion to censor history text- books are a sufficient indication of the brand of “citizenship” which will be advocated. “As we fought over there,” says State Commander Col- lins, “we'll fight over here‘to arouse every American to his duties toward his nation and state.” » Wants It Weekiv To THE DAILY WORKER. In my opinion “The Week” should be printed in weekly installments. A workingman has hardly time enough to read thru the most im- alone stories or novels, ally those of us who read the Federation papers, find it quite a job to get thru with a couple pers daily. If “The Week” is sting that we all ought to 80 ;|follow it up,, then give it to us on when we have ample time for reading.—Charles Schwartz, Re- vere, Thornston Case Dismissed BAKERSFIELD, Cal.—-The crim- inal syndicalism charge against Felix Thornton has been dismissed. Thorn-/BY MAIL— 19 hire stock wi ponte until the recent reversal of his con- rng of $12,000,000 soon. The | victi who was arrested in December,, , was held in jail almost a year, ion, which aroused much atten- crude oil for|tion as a blow at the criminal syndi- the Standard company of New|calism law. po SEEN NE, Nag The Land for the Users! =», case without @ new trial, — klansmen. Daily Worker, 1640 N. Halsted START SEGOND SEMESTER | nos "Seen® eivused ana has put the) order into dis te and we favor its Gompers at 74 Feels Like Forty; Still Unchanged immediate elimination,” a statement} of the “mother” klan said. | The Atlanta klan announced also that it would make an effort in the} convention to radically. change the| system of electing officials and other} phases of organization, Orphans Send Cable to Moscow. NEW YORK..-"Deeply moved by the death of Viadimir Iyitch,” the Russian Orphans’ Aid Society cables Moscow. “May the death of the great leader stronger unite the ranks of the proletarian republic.” OF WORKERS’ SCHOOL IN NEW YORK CITY, FEB, 4, Do you want to become a more successful fighter in the American Labor movement? Do you want to obtain that power that results from knowledge? If so, then come to the Workers’ School, 127 University Place, New York City. New courses in various political, economic, historical and trade union problems will begin on February the 5th. Competent, experienced teach- ers are engaged as instructors, WASHINGTON —Samuel Gom- ‘pers, celebrating his 74th birthday, fannounces that he feels just the same as he did when he was 40. He furth- er added that he is so energetic that he couldn’t keep still if he wanted to. Progressives in the labor move- ment agree with both those asser- tions. They point out that when he was 40, the 20th century was in full blast and Sam to all intents and pur- For “A Week” Every Day. It is the duty of each worker to) To The DAILY WORKER: I be-|poses is still in the 19th century. reserve 2 evenings for educational]! eve the daily publication of “Aj|And his’ statement that he couldn’t purposes. Week” will serve the best purpose.—| keep still even if he wanted to was borne out at the Portland convention whére he was perpetually interrupt- ing proceedings for lengthy speeches, expressing the same sentiments he felt when he was 40. _ The Workers’ School endeavors and aims to utilize education in the struggle for the liberation of the working class. Comrades and sympathizers, do your duty for the movement, Come to the Workers’ School, M. T. Bruce, Deming, N. M. Congratuations from Mississippi. To The DAILY WORKER: Con- gratulations on the splendid work in The DAILY WORKER.—Mrs, §. F. J. Linn, Mississippi. The Daily Worker Will Start Publishing “A WEEK” ON FEB. 16 Read This Letter Carefully! Illinois, January 28, 1924 For Recognition of Soviet Russia! Chicago, To the Readers of THE DAILY WORKER: - Dear Reader:-THE DAILY WORKER has been advertising that the great Russian Novel A WEEK by Iury Libedinski will be published serially in the columns of THE DAILY WORKER. We are now happy to announce that this wonderful book which every worker in America will want to read will be published starting February 16. Whether the installments will be published weekly or daily will be for our readers to decide, We know that every one of our readers are looking forward with a great deal of pleasurable anticipation to A WEEK. We know that none of the rapidly growing army of : DAILY WORKER readers who already feel that no day is complete without THE DAILY WORKER, will now more than ever want to assure themselves that they will not miss a single issue. But we wish to call to your attention that many who are now getting THE DAILY WORKER regularly are those whose subscriptions for the weekly WORKER were transferred over to the Daily. Most of these subscriptions will expire on February 14 and shortly thereafter. 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