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Page Two THE DA PRESS PLAYS [JP |Capellini, Broken Progressive Reed LEWIS DRIVE ON “BILL” FOSTER “Not Foster But Princi- ples,” Says Kennedy (Special to The Daily Worker) INDIANAPOLIS, Ind.—The United front between the reactionaries in the labor movement and the capitalist press wag again demonstrated this afternoon when the local papers here came out with big headlines featuring the passage of a resolution at the con- vention of the U, M. W. of A. at- tacking William Z, Foster, secretary of the Trade Union Educational League, who spoke here a few days ago. The resolution originated from a local union in Taylorville, Illinois, and was introduced by one Ben Williams, a staunch member of the “payroll” brigade. It charged Foster with seeking to dictate his policies to the United Mine Workers of America and several other high crimes and misdemeanors. Kennedy Urges Concurrence Chairman Kennedy of the resolu- tions committee recommended con- currence with the resolution, on the ground that the resolution came from a “legitimate” source and also that the United Mine Workers union was perfectly well able to take care of| its own affairs. He declared that the committee was not inspired by any animus against Foster personally but against his principles and methods. Foster and the things he stands for did not lack support in the conven- tion. Delegate Thomas Parry of Illinois took the platform and in ‘well chosen words paid testimony to the great work Foster did and is doing for the American labor movement. He referred to his leadership in the steel strike and the organization of the stock yard employees in Chicago, and asked that Foster be given the privilege of the floor to answer the charges against him. Foster Defended “William Z. Foster is not a dis- ruptor of the American labor move- ment,” declared Delegate Parry, “and I challenge any man on the floor of this convention to prove it. The things that he stands for are the things that the American working class want and the hatred that he has earned from the capitalist class is the best testimony to his worth to the labor movement.” The report of the resolutions com- mittee was adopted by a safe ma- jority, the payroll vote being an im- portant nucleus which can always be Telied on. Werk Daily for “The Daityt” Rodzihnke Dies Forgotten. " BELGRADH, Jugoslavia.—The day Lenin was being buried Michael V. Rodzianko, president of the last Rus- sian Duma died. Rodzianko, born in 1859, took part in the March revolu- tion. Watch the “Daily Worker” for the first instalment of “A Week”, the great epic of the Russian revolution, by the brilliant young Russian writer, Leans Against Reactionary Lewis (Special to The Daily Worker) INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. (By Mail).—-When Rinaldo Capel- lini, president of District 1, United Mine Workers of America, came to bat for the administration against the radical element at the convention, a deep feeling of disgust swept thru the sophisticated portion of the gathering, that portion that under- stands the art of changing progressives into reactionary hench- men, Capellini is not an intellectual, neither is he a thug. At least not in appearance. His English is by no means perfect, but he has a good voice and can appeal to the emotions of his hearers very effectively. He is not a strong man, but he has an emotional appeal, and his emp- ty sleeve lends pathos to his words. He reminds one some- what of Michael Davitt, the great frish Land Leaguer, in this respect. Of course Davitt was not a renegade. Capellini is, Nobody doubts but that the young Italian mine leader was won over by arguments other than those that appeal to the intellect. But there is a difference of opinion among those that knew him when he cherished a book full of newspapers clippings containing attacks on him by John L. Lewis and the mine owners’ for his activities in behalf of Alex Howat and the radi- cals in general. Some believe he |was at that time a sincere progres- sive. Others believe that he was only catering to the progressives and once having gained office that he felt safe to dispense qwith his radical | camouflage, Capellini was the possessor of three automobiles and well furnished home before he was elected as presi- dent of District One. He was giver the automobiles by the miners who looked up to him as a sincere and |j honest leader. Capellini Outdoes Brennan His opponent, William Brennan was considered a reactionary but it is safe to say that Brennan could not deliver a more vicious tirade against the progressive elements in the min- ers union than Capellini did last week. When Capellini “wined and dined” the Communists in his district, he was under no illusions as to what they stood for. They told him what they stood for and nobody talked more vigorously than he did for pro- gressive and radical measures, the program that he spurns today. What has happened in the meantime to ac- count for the right-about-face? Those who claim that Capellini was always a reactionary in disguise, point’ to the fact that he had his heaédquarters in Mulligan’s barroom, hig several aut@mobiles and his com- parative affluence. But merely meet- ine his friends)in a saloon would not copvict him playing double in ite of John EL. Lewis’s objection to having anything to do with a bar- tender, other than transacting legiti- mate business in accordance with the rules of the Bartender’s’ Union. Something Happens Behind Scenes The writer was informed by those who were acquainted with him after his election that he held to his con- vietions such as they were until the meeting which took place in Scran- ton, which among other matters de- cided the matter of the legality of his Tury Libedinsky. It will start soon./election as president of District 1, ) ER RD LET US BUILD A LIVING MONUMENT TO THE MEMORY OF, can be carried on thru living ‘vital force constantly, work our beloved Comrade carrying on Lenin’s work. You cannot afford to miss WORKER. If you know a worker who | THE DAILY WORKER, | 1640 N. HALSTED sT, Chicago, Ill. NIKOLAI LENIN Altho our beloved teacher and leader is dead his work THE DAILY WORKER His Life of Active Service . His Building for a Better World His Wonderful Influence for Good Can find no better form of lasting expression than a | | | Enclosed please find $........ fov........months? sub- | en T MAMIE LCi cuSdase eA iisesvedob uiacstbeneededs | " | consistently, continuing the did so well. Our friends want THE DAILY WORKER because it is Our enemies will read THE DAILY WORKER because they cannot afford to be ig- norant of the rapid growth of Lenin’s teachings. an issue of THE DAILY is not getting THE DAILY WORKER get him to subscribe—this will be a practical way of building that living monument to Lenin. — Se eae ae ee os scription to THE DAILY WORKER. against his oponent William Brennan, conservative, Something happened behind ¢? scenes there that must have made a very strong impression on Mr. /Ca- pellini. Our readers may remember that at the beginning of that segsion Bishop Hoban, of Seranton, took platform and flayed the radicalg and eulogized Mussolini and the Fascisti. Capellini after som@ dif- ficulty took the platform and told the bishop where to get off at a John L, the labor movement. had not then arrived. Lewis appeared worked up the miners into a fr against the radicals that almost sulted in the murder’of Joe Manly, Jack MeCarthy and his wife, perh: Capellini felt that he was up agai a buzzsaw. He did not raise a voice in prote! against the murderous attack on pe ple he had entertained ag guests i his home, but allowed the mad fu stopped the disgraceful scene. Mr. Lewis confirmed Capellini’ election as president of District Capellini was appointed a member o the scale committee of the anthracit i Ever since he has been send. went on strike in the usual “regular’ manner. His conversion to the “saf sane and conservative” policy is com: plete. How long will he be able to hol his strength with those who elected So long as he can do that he will find room in the Lewis chine. But the general opinion i that his political career as leader in District 1, will be as short lived his career as a radical. Jewish Comrades In N.Y. Lead Fight for the Foreign-Bor. (Special to The Daily Worker) _NEW YORK. —The Jewish Federa- ing the United Hebrew Trades to take part in common action toe com: bat the repressive Jaws. being ned against immigrants. invitation had already been sent t the central committee of the right and left Poale Zion and to the Jew. ish Socialist Federation. A provisional committee will direc! the fight of the Jewish laborin, masses for the protection of th foreign-born against repressive measures. In this provisional com. mittee there will be representative: of locals of the International Ladies’ Garment Workers’ Union, the Amal. gamated Clothing Workers, the bak: ers, painters, other unions, and also representa. tives of the Workmen’s Circle and ot political labor organizations. A series of big protest meetin; are being planned to take place it all parts of the city. A special leafle hag been issued by the Jewish Fed. eration as a part of the campai, against the exception laws which are being planned. Dick Trails Dick Thru Vice Dens of Old New York NEW YORK—Police Commission: er Richard Enright doesn’t trust hi own dicks, so he is using two sp and vw secret squads of detective: to watch the others, Just now the men who shadow the shadowers are on the trail of the vice and liquor bat- talion, known as the reorganized Spe- cial Service Division, It seems that chastity and sobriety is not the invariable rule among the dicks whose duty it is to keep New York pure and sober, and some there be who prefer dalliance in the houses of sin to the cold work of riding in patrol wagons with arrested ladies of. easy virtues and handcuffed bootleg- gers. So Enright is following tl motto of “set a dick to catch a dick.” But who will shadow the shadowers of the shadowers? Mexican Fascisti Suffer Heavy Rout as Esperanza F al 1 g| Chicago MEXICQ CITY—A_ rear guard action was fought today between Fascisti retreating from Esperanza and federal troops who scored an important victory in the capture of that city yesterday, were rung here and sirens blew when word came that E anza had fallen at 2 p, m, kapha. The counter-revolutionists were en in the direction 6f Boca ‘onte, Tdi oT theste listened oy iste eal theater, listen: speeches and then paraded the streets of the capital, bore banners, “. ee Watch the may Worker” for the first installment of “A Week,” the COMPERS WIL SOVIET SHIELD Reopened Hearings (Special to The Daily Worker) WASHINGTON, — With the hope of turning the tide against the sen- timent for Russian recognition, Sam- jel Gompers, conservatiye leader of the American Federation of Labor, has called upon Senator Borah for permission to testify before the com- mittee investigating evidence of Rus- sian propaganda in this country. The committee opens its hearing today or tomorrow. Gompers asks that several of his associates appear with him. These may include James Duncan, vice pres- ident of the federation. Matthew Woll, chief zpokesman for Gompers, and Chester Wright, renegade Social- ist and chief engmeer of tiie Gom- fers’ anti-red publicity, The A. F. of L. heirarchy will main- tain that their organization, as now constituted, is the chief bulwark of existing social institutions in the United States, and that recognition of Russia will threaten the domination of conservative labor policy in this country. At the Portland convention «f the federation, Matthew Woll de- clared that recognition would assist such movements as that represented by William F. Dunne, who had just been unseated. Duncan is the “Russian expert” of the official family of the federation. He was a member of the Elihu Root mission to Russia in 1917 and enjoyed the confidence of the leaders of the mission to such an extent that he was chosen by his colleagues to speak before the Petrograd Soviet. His subject was the “Union Label,” and he spoke for an hour and a half on this safe and sane theme to the as- tonishment of the‘ delegates to the Soviet, who had just overthrown czar- ism and capitalism. Represent Civic Federation Behind the Gompers’ forces lurks the American Civic Federation, arch foe of Russian recognition, Senator Borah is not enthusiastic about the continuance of the hearings, being more interested in bringing the subject of Soviet recognition direct before congress, but he has consent- ed to give the state department and Friends of Russian recognition will get the floor and be given an oppor- tunity to reply to the wild charges that have been made against them, Party Spokesmen May Appear The Workers Party exnects to have opportun: ae “antl the Ties against Soviet Russia and American radicals when the senate subcommit- tee resumes its hearings on the recognition of Soviet Russia. Sena- tor Borah, after a visit from C. E. Ruthenberg, executive secretary of the party and Jay Lovestone, said he would take up their request to ap- pear before the committee with his colleagues and expected quick action. John L. Lewis, president of- the United Mine Workers of America, is expected to send Ellis Searles, au- thor of his anti-red publicity, as a Pinch hitter for, the reactionary Lewis’s original intention, it is learned, may be given up as the result of the strength shown by the progressive forces at the miners’ con- vention. * It was Senator Borah’s intention to adjourn the hearings permanently and throw the whole case béfore the senate but demands of witnesses to appear have caused reconsideration. Borah feels that Secretary Hughes has made no case as yet, but he will continue the hearings till opportuni- ties to present evidence have been ex- hausted, nions Will Raise $10,000 for German Relief NEW YORK.—The conference for by local New York Friends of Soviet Russia and of Workers’ Germany was ¥. Two hundred and ixty dele, represent labor pa EL enteral organizations and class political o1 zations, relief, hes been raised and an addi 1 A new executive com- mittee of seventeen members, all of them hard workers, was elected, The New York branch of the F. 8. R. and W. G. is all set for a hard winter's wo! rk. The Friends of Soviet Russia and Germany $900 was pledged at the last confer- Workers’ national office in (URR EK Invites Himself Before] (Special to The Daily Worker) cribs in New York's tenement districts are being NEW YORK.—Bal armored against assaults by vicious and bit three children in a week. Adele Quattrochi, who was bitten thirteen times by a rat “as large as at,” is back in her crib after being treated at the hospital. Her mother has encased the crib in small mesh chicken wire. The latest victims of rats were Louis Adamo, 40 years old, and his 11 year old son, tenants of the same building as the Quattrochi family. Children of New York’s Poor BREAK LANCE ON Are Victims of Sewer Rats sewer rats which recently attacked PREACHERS FIGHTS TEEL WORKERS FOR FREE SPEECH/RESISTING DRIVE INK. C, PULPITS|ON FOREIGN-BORN Insist on Right to Call Pittsburgh Meeting on Courts Crooked (Special to The Daily Worker) KANSAS CITY, Mo.—Ministers of Kansas City united today to battle againts “efforts of courts to curb free speech in the pulpits.” Practically every minister in the city came to the support of Rev. Bax- ter Waters, pastor of the Budd Park Christian Church who, after attacking delays and other “loose” methods of courts in dealing with criminals, was hailed before Thad B, Landon, circuit judge, and severely reprimanded for criticizing the courts, Judge Landon demanded Rev. Wat- ers prove his statements that “juries are fixed,” and then told the minis- ter that encouragement of criminal classes comes, not from laxness in court methods, but from violation of laws by church members, He ae many of Rev. Waters’ congregation were breaking the prohibition law. Rey. Waters characterized Judge Landon’s efforts to,curb his speech was a “reversion the ancient days of. Ga Ge when‘the prophets were banished, tortured and imprisoned be- cause of their criticism of civil and political evils.” “If the time ever comes when any man is denied the right to discuss the conduct of courts, then freedom will have ceased,” Rev. Waters told his congregation. A score of other ministers deliv- ered sermons Sunday on the incident, all backing Rev. Waters’ statements. Judge Landon refused to make any answer to the ministers today and indicated the incident was closed as far as he is concerned, What’s This? The LaFollette Crowd Remembers Farmers! WASHINGTON — Ths La sails group in the senate today appeal to Aeserlcan farmers to show con- structive interest in measures pend- ing before congress for their relief. in a manifesto addressed to “farm- ers of the Northwest,” nine ‘oar sive: stated their inability, to legislate vigely on farm relief matters without Sa agg from the ‘farmers them- selves, They called on the farmers to hold old time precinct meetings in their lo- calities, adopting resolutions stating clearly what legislative relief they desire, sign and forward them to W-thington. Senators who signed the manifesto were La Follette, Wisconsin; Ladd and Frazier, North Dakota; Brook- hart, Iowa; Howell, Nebraska; John- son and Shipstead, Minnesota; Wheel- er, Montana and Dill, Washington. General Strike Is Threatened in Argentina Friday (Special to The Daily Worker) BUENOS AIRES.—All Argentina may be tied up by a general strike Friday morning, involving railway workers, dockers and seamen, build- ing tradesmen, chauffeurs, retail clerks, newspaper compositors and miscellaneous 5 The labor unions declare they will walk out if the government attempts to Pa into effect the new pension law under which the workers will be as- sessed 9 per cent of their wages the first year and 5 per cent thereafter. February 1 is the last day for put- Ee into ‘effect the new law and if ie is automatically Magnus’ Curb Is Decked by Eleven Cars of Old Crowd (By The Federated Press) WASHINGTON.— Eleven limou- sines were Pocus at one one day, in front of Senator nus Johnson’ March 9th (Special to The Daily Worker) WASHINGTON, 9. C.—Workers of Pittsburgh and the surrounding steel and coal areas will stage a monster demonstration March 9 for the protection of foreign-born work- ers. Many labor organizations, the Workers Party and the Defense Council, will participate in the prep- arations for the meeting. The steel workers and coal miners of this dis- trict are much interested in laws Congress is contemplating against the foreign-born workers, Congressman Fiorello H. LaGuar- dia of New York will be one of the speakers at thisjmeeting. Mr. La- uardia hag been very active in the fight made by progressives and in- surgents for the liberalization of the reactionary rules governing the House. Colonel LaGuardia has also consistently fought all restrictive immigration legislation and hag in- curred the enmity of many of the Old Guard reactionaries in his party. This meeting ‘of March 9th will be one of the many meetings and activities arranged for by the Work- ers Party and the labor organiza- tions cooperating with it in the fight for the protection of foreign-born workers, ps Ford Won't Go. to Washington. 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