The Daily Worker Newspaper, January 30, 1924, Page 1

Nicolai Lenin Memorial Edition FOR A WORKERS’ AND FARMERS’ GOVERNMENT VOL. I. No. 326. Entered as Second-class matter September 21, 1923, at the Post Office at Chicago, Mlinois, under the Act of March 3, 1879, i Published Daily except Sunday by THE DAILY WORKER . nt Chicago? By Mail se.00; by. Ceerer ‘$10.00 per year, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 30, 1924 <g> » PUBLISHING CO., 1640 N. Halsted St., Chicago, Mlinois. Price 3 Cents “Daily Worker's” a SAUGHERTY Summary of Oil Mess Disclosure D E N B Y, D U E WASHINGTON. Here ie’ tha story in skeleton of the Teapot Dome and other naval reserve leases: On May 31, 1921, President Harding, urged by Secretary of eae the Navy Denby and Secretary of T M h t 6 for Gan- the Interior Fall, transferred the 00 uC 0 arty nayy oil reserves from the navy to the interior department. didate Cal; July 21, Fall and Denby signed hac tipi with E. L. Doheny for exploitation of reserves One. and w ASHINGTON, D. ye At-|| Two in California. April 7, 1922, Fall and Denby torney-General Daugherty and/] signed leases with H. F. Sincinic Secretary of the Navy Denby|| for Tenet ee eeerye. a 9,481- ‘ i acre tract atronah county, BES slated for bad cP be Wyoming, containing roughly 22,- the prediction freely made,by|} 090,000 barrels of oil. senators closely in touch with April 15, the senate, having the developments in the Teapot |] heard of the Teapot Dome. lease, | JUST ANOTHER MINE DISASTER MINNEAPOLIS UNION MEN FOR NO DELAY Insist on Holding of May 30th Convention LEWIS GRIP ON UNION IS WEAKENING Militants Win In Hard Fought Battie At Indianapolis By JOHN FITZGERALD (Staff Correspondent of The Daily Worker) INDIANAPOLIS, Ind.—John L. Lewis and his machine re- ceived a crushing defeat when, after a stormy session, the con- vention voted down the report of the constitntion committee Gpeclal to The Dally Worker) MINNEAPOLIS, Minn.—Un- animous endorsement of tha May 30 convention, an em- phatic declaration in favor of a national class Farmer-Labor Party and unqualified support of the Minnesota Farmer-Labor ich was not officially announced, Federation, were the outstand- Dome investigation. pat 7 headed by Van Bitner. e@ Ss Well-informed political ob- wy rt Be eh in ||. The constitution committee ing features of the meeting of servers are of the opinion that|} a resolution, called for a com- report recommended non-con- ousting of these two oil-dome|! Plete investigation, currence in resolution 115, twins will come too late to save ate senate ordered inves- 1 pom Pursglove, W. Va., call- the Hennepin County Commit- tee of the Working People’s j )) aes Political League held here last night. Wm. Mahoney of St. Panui, editor of the Minnesota Labor Advocate, recently returned ; Hi ‘g|| lands committee hired. experts to || Vote of all organizers and field work- but believe that the president’s See Rather iC wae Was cll oe lice Waa, Xepalation spéciiiad that draining out of Teapot Dome. these officials should be prorated ac- March. 4, Fall resigned from | coding to the numerical strength of cabinet, the nationalities composing the mem- October 22, senate committee || ership of the union. began hearings, following report |} Machine Beat by 30 Votes. of experts. | After John Hindmarsh, of River- October 23, Fall, before commit. ‘ton, Ill, had delivered a telling tee, said he was proyd of leases. | speech ‘against the report of the October 25, Den! y_ told commit. | committee, James Watt, of Spring- tee leasing was “a routine detail,” flees one of the progressive leaders and he knew little about LS took the platf 4 sittee hi Trorrewed $160,000. "000. from = {inure cfer. ap mi e rom |i 1s previous poilion exrtied E, B. MeLean, » to buy |! g hand. has been forced by the recent disclosures, It is a matter of record that Denby joined Fall in recommending the transfer of the naval reserve oil lands to the jurisdiction of the de- partment of the interior over the protest of naval engineers. On Record in Senate On April 21, 1922, Denby, in a ommunication to) the senate, said: : hat “at thd suggestion of the Wdere! tary of the navy, the President of the Coolidge administration January 30, 1923, senate public ||ing for the election by = from Washington, gave an im- partial summary of the arguments for and against a postponement of the May 30 Farmer-Labor conven- tion, stating that the conference of farmer-labor groups of the western and southwestern states held recently in Denver, had gone on record for ps May. 30. meget. as > gainst any; emen: re- port of the actior® of the Genver con- ried by a large. majority i i - ference carried conmidetable weight on bs ae say pgs Daped ge ranch and said he never got a |/and the vote on the committee re- \ were, M4 with the delegates, ms idininisteation of lands in the naval|} cet from Sinclar’ or Doheny. port was then taken. The count Si Militants Fight Postponement. reserves in consultation and co- a Palm Beach, testified Fall got The administration then. staged a checks for $100,000, but returned onstrati fi Ml call and ni - at them uncashed, saying he had ar- ese gpg ole ray rote in Only a Few More Miners Murdered. I. G. Seott, socialist alderman and a member of the Plasterers’ Union; R. 8. Wiggin, member of the City and County Employees’ Union and assistant city attorney; Frank Min- er of the Machinists Union, and Rob- ley D. Cramer, editor of the Minne- operation with the secretary of the navy.” ‘After this, Denby signed the Tea- pot Dome lease giving these prop- erties to Sinclair and the Number 1, naval reserve lease to Doheny. _ Before the senate investigating January 11, 1924, McLean at es 730°in favor and 760 against. ranged to get money elsewhere. — of it nar, wari ing, Me | a oar Bos “= OVERFLOW LENIN. [owe renin ann |<z'en Takes Over cions that Teapot Dome lease mia ittee, Denby claimed to know in the consti 6 RS UNITED BY P apelia Labor Beriow, petite committee, Denby claimed to knew || obtained by corruption and uaid |[Sithes. het the ameatmnent” oy pire OMPE of Wilkesbarre, Pa. ment of the May 30 convention. Senators. huld: that asthe oficial || Sinclair had gone to Rurope selling or the election of international ta ceekiet wee ie a watchman of the naval oil reserves it a 22, Fall subpoenaed. pointy = would carry by # heavy MUTUAL SOVIET FEAR (Spectal to The Dally Worker) ‘i <a ae Penn wi ort, Sens January Bs rrre 4 Per, Whole: Day for Roll Call IN LOS ANGELES (By The Federated Press) post of the Shastionn: pg * which p lw oy block the landslide. for for their loss and the subsequent a Fall $ =. The roll eall may take one whole if 4 May 30 by attacking the radicals in the style of the capitalist press, ven D. C.—Samuel || broke up the Lenin Memorial meet- dal. or e longer. If it ends in a WASHINGTON, reat | nica taking oie ee sii Daugherty Under Suspicion } Pe get Bea he eho 5 Fal) ||defeat of the administration it is the | Gompers has called upon Chair. || ing in lawless fashion, has been given iministra the authority by Mayor Hart to de-| but these tactics had no effect on No one, apparently, is willing 2 $25,000 and advanced $10,000 f ope oe of conan that ga and Huge Demonstrations i in ; " cide what meetings shall and shall| the overwhelming majority. of the aaeraeeieeral cr civil, to Attorney:|| expenses of trip. to Russia. of John L. Lewis in the United Mine Many Cities ete. permit. Gom. |,20t be held in future. delegates present, Bee ncuuite ond a koowipigs January 26, Freint Cre, Workers is broken. ome of his associates in ; This decision was made st a con- cine Ga ye yo on 4 amnounced he would 2 it _Bpe- Wild Rumors to testify. erence with the mayor when Harry any Rp ro Wegerd ee Ne ae cial counsel to investigate and to “Two overflow meetings, express- "ad athe * this group, | Winitsky and Herbert Benjamin,| Postponement of the May 80 eon- head or tiie believed to have been al] prosecute civilly and eriminally of nextly after Chairman Van Bitner|ing condolences of Los Angeles which is the National Civic || representing the Workers Party, de-| Vention were elected unanimously by amen ag genase President |} any wrong-doing. ' Doheny offered the constitution committee began|workers with the Russian workers acclamation, Ac! ses ‘ornia read port, tion, to argue that recogni- |/clared that they would insist on the to announce his readiness |} to cancel leases on Calif re 1S ta ok Re pa lapldae over the loss of our great leader, || tion ok Riasia would . endanger |/right of free speech in Wilkesbarre. Coolidge to jal prosecutors if} serves. that thet wt 10 ont mowed |Lenin, were held here Sunday after-|| th, conservative leadership of Legionaires at the conference tried iateat gi oo aeeg should be January 28, senate prepared to || © ie convention go into executive noon,” says ® message from S. A. ¢ American labor, and turn the |/to intimidate the workers’ represen- necessary. RY AeA demand immediate caneellation of joer id lee Rll ang a reason Per ia te Roca the Workers || workers over to victimization at ||tatives and seemed to be on the point Senators are emphatic in den’ + f attacking them physically. iven was that divers persons of oF h oa. the hands of Communist agi re. to: hert: >: ‘or over two hours,” the mes- i that the existing All meetings demanding civil a “os part plays oe eae ware sade Getiet eo eeesiek, sage continued, “1,500 workers, lis. eae of the A. F. of L. is |/ liberty. will be dispersed, the mayor the adunbaluteation is quivering from| New $1 7,000,000 at 300 “re been tened ie sages ‘a tive languaes, the safest bulwark of asieting a |and legionaires. declared, unless they he t i ya Tage Tere hy oe tat hie. Oil Scan dal Is from Pittsburgh the previous even- Meals. r which. Lenin: lived ‘and || oe! institutions ek yb have the Legion’s permission, The new officers aret Scott, chair- man; Drake, vice-chairman; Miss Myrtle Cain, financial secretary« treasurer, The meeting was in: its entirety the most emphatic endorsement of the work for a class Farmer-Labor party yet given by the progressive labor elements in this city, ing. died. The meetin, States. The labor men will contest this gs were held under Radio M: ly Cha: tee, senate ee ee So Capital Sensation ors wore aedered ta: lente he iti | the auspices of Workers Party, Local |———————————————— outrageous fascist rule. WASKINGTON, D. Conk tothe by the house and senate on the can- The Daily Worker) exception being made in favot of ae eee meeting was held in| tire, speaking, and H. D. Kramer, Fight Anti-Labor Policy. monopoly is charged by the federal Breton of the oil leases it is practi-| wASHINGTON, D. G—A new sen-| wives of delegates, Denver at Machinists” Hall, the editor of the Minneapolis Labor Re-|| WASHINGTON.—Officers of the|trade commission against eight cor- cally certain that all legal measures | | tion involving the navy department Capelling Unpopular, rhe view, presiding. International Seamen's Union _ of | porations listed as “violating the law will be taken entirely out of Daugh- appeared this afternoon when Chair-| pinatdo Cappellini, president of gar York’s meeting in Madison| St. Paul, Labor Tempte, Sunday,|America have appealed to Admiral |against unfair competition in trade.” erty’s hands. man Butler of the House naval af-| +1, anthracite district, aatil his elec-|Square Garden, Monday evening, | Feb. 3, at.8 p.m. James P. Cannon |Palmer, president of the Emergency | Practically all radio equipment and See Coolidge as Target. fairs a ee eer tion an enemy of the Lewis machine,| February 4th, will be one of the big-|and Norman H, Tallentire, speaking. Fleet Corporation, to reserve the|service comes thru this gigantic several waval” sat ht developments in| Denby not appear to be very popular ta'the city has. seen in| Detroi ry Gardens, 5810] @Mti-labor policy which has been pur- cere ol scandal, now én-|Sppear tomorrow for Caren bs at this convention, He was howled|sontha. & w es by C. a Rather: forteart ave, Sunday, Feb. 8, at|Sued by the Shipping Board for the t Pa gaging official Washington ai combine, the government chai The accused corporations are: The to put Delegae pe ag Bee Z. Foster will be|o p.m. Speakers: Dennis Batt’and|Past three years. Radio Corporation of America, Gen- was few in number and Pets le P. <option 1 Electric, American Telephone ' corner. + Ha) resets ¥ ictal krania: d era! 4 p) all hours, made it appear today , ‘ “1” po! “ancertain ‘elle ty. a the enue ada thenber the Uy Bussian. Lure Mexicans to U. S. and Telegraph, Westinghaiss, bee that President Coolidge may attempt | The Symphony orchestra and | revolutionary funeral mayh. vleer gta a ie pment i ane ee United Fruit “and Wireless Specialty a direct target eof at- is % of pel rescue pictures of the life of Lenin| New York, Madison Square Gar- gedy of the luring of unskilled Mef#i- ft carn ge those who are demand- xk erred administration. | will add to the features of the eve- Luge pee Bae 2 tne Aneedcan ieee del yes potd & jo a complete cleanup in the of Labor, when ee te ph Live, pemeee ay. ee great meeting in Ash. atest sc al ment agents is about to begin again| Don't be a be ~ ror present investigation. 1 OB. that colored men land Auditorium comes Wi Hippodrome Sun-| and the warning against the spring | The Daily Worker. Send in your sul bor. move against in the ue of the DAILY ‘ kers in| drive of agents has been issued. scription at once. The President, it was report- : late for this iss Pog mae lr e A A ied sat Bat ortho ee hee Wes of, is inclined, Ws fpr oy rt yerhaige p in ou tat Oe Petters tanee Paai EaeY re eth Ie Se Rewwbatiton at Botiet Risetad |: Ree ._For Recognition of Soviet Rumia! | For Recognition of Soviet Russial stand by his cabinet mem! No reason the Sires a | thn an en, meetings, Mass., Feb. 8, 8 p.m. sa President in the “ be : to the week, are listed as follows ‘ Erlend oF tduented him as feel-| aor of British trade oni Lai maine soy Delaeate Hind-|"°™ hadehia Meeting coc adie eau toibaes Welneon City Mine Hovior Buse ta 4 City Mine Horror Due to been ceatncapeapenrtenatat y Mi Ke Feb. 3, at 3 Ne ° ree a laa, Work Daily for “Tho Dally soins ou every inn, i tae erste a adic, Abela at diy Hatt’ sunaay,| Deadly Fire Damp From Workings Se A NY Se “ fo Fi a ee neal Waste: ye” Wy. “Waimtona | tor, Coan, Sunday, Feb 8 el Te Daly Mae . r fr tlet'se. District 6 the | &t 8 p.m. SPRINGFIELD, Ill,—The explosion in the McClintock mine ve ‘tai b. 7, at 8p. m.finjury to eig as caused by fire damp, out of an Time in Miners’ m |i want any more ora- per of the eit, will be — as =a Pp. m. aban dine a working, becoming ig ited from an open miner's k ‘ spoke here large Russian Orchestra will| Streetcar Men ege increase.) Jamp, in the opinion o: rector Martin Bolt o e e De- “The a definite program Monday night’ to an audience of aed a) ite music. CLEVELAND. —The underpaid Setnent of Mines and Minerals. Bolt has just returned from Mine Workers of ‘ ply spprepria street car men of Cleveland will de- | for the first time in che "history of tr the Indiane-| "se, ot, £* Soren Pony gg bo ip lle mectings|mand wage increases and {mprove.|making an investigation of the explosion. Bolt is in Belleville said William Z. Foster, just mp a reviled ‘ iott ment in working conditions to take |on official business today. America,” | the His was | will be at: me instructive a was Richmond Halls, Sun-|effect at the ree of the pres- A probe will be made to discover whether the laws relating “That is th 0 oanenlin’ Bt ee ain ya as ap y, Feb. Wey 2 with nes ent agreement May 1. to gas inspection had been followed out before the disaster, Foster with elation, “and it is the al the. ambien county attorney; Norman Hf, Tallen- The Land for the Users} (More news of mine disaster on Page 8.) ia (ommanal-entege a ‘ . ee f . : gin nese tates