The Daily Worker Newspaper, January 31, 1924, Page 4

{© the Workers Party for the express ‘Page Four READING LABOR PARTY BLOCKED BY S. P, LEADERS Second Labor Confer- ence Will Reopen Issue (Bpecial to The Daily Worker) READING, Pa.—Socialist Party Neaders here halted action for the formation of a labor party movement at a conference of 70 delegates from labor unions, working class po- Hitien! parties, co-operatives and other organizations, but the dele- gates will reconvene shortly to, con- sider the question anew. The United Front conference of Jan, 25, was brought together thru the local branch of the Federated Parmer Labor Party for the express purpose of the formation of a labor Practically every labor union in the City of Reading was represented. In addition there were representa- tives from the Socialist Party, the Workers Party, from the Co-opera- tive Society, from the Paine Memo-! rial Foundation and from Workmen Circle branches and sick and death benefit societies. The conference was opened by Wm. Gundrum, a member of the American Federation of Railway Workers. , Socialists Losing Strength. Charles F. Sands, who followed, eae out that the workers in ding instead of making progress on the political field, were retrogres- sing. He pointed out how recéntly the vote of the Socialist party in the city of Reading was every year becoming smaller and smaller in proportion te the entire vote being east. He urged the necessity of a political organization in Reading that would unify the workers behind @ common program for a_ united fight on the political field. He point- ed out that the unions in Reading were demoralized and weak, and that in order to build them up, it ‘was necessary to organize the work- ers not only industrially but also politically. His appeal for the for- mation of a labor party in Read- ing was well received by practically all the delegates present. Gitlow Speaks. Benjamin Gitlow was then invited to take the floor and speak on the question of the Labor Party. At first some of the delegates of the Socialist. Party tried to object but the conference unanimously granted the invitation, Gitlow pointed out that the move- ment for the organization of a labor party in the United States was born from the experiences of the giprisers yond was not due to the ganize a political party for them- selves. The workers in their strug- gies against their bosses have dis- covered that they must combat the opposition of the United States gov- ernment, the speaker showed. Concrete examples he gave were: the government suppression of the William F. Dunne, the Worker, has written a’most “The Russian in Lenin.” Zetkin Factory.” Special Magazine The magazine section of The Daily Worker, of Feb. 2, will contain many interesting articles, ical Activity in the Trade Unions.” Max Bedacht, editor of Soviet Russia Pictorial, is the author of an article on the Third Party Movement. One of the most interesting studies of Lenin and Leninism is contributed by Trotzky in an article entitled An analysis of the present economic situation and its political significance is presented by Jay Lovestone. Jessica Smith, now in Soviet Russia, has written a special article for The Daily Worker on “The Clara Among the other interesting contributions is one by Victor Serge on Boris Pilniak. Send in your orders for Saturday’s Issue to The Daily Worker, 1640 N. Halsted St., Chicago, Illinois. THE DAILY WORKER labor editor of The Daily instructive article on “Polit- establish a dictatorship Labor Party. Raymond §S, Hoefses, editor of the Labor Advocate, a Socialist weekly in Reading, president of the Fed- erated Trade Council and organizer of the Socialist Party, followed Mr. Stump. He opened up his speech by declaring that he wholeheartedly indorsed every statement in the speech delivered by Gitlow, but de- clared that the Socialist Party has demonstrated in the past that it is a Labor Party. And he asserted there was no necessity in Reading to create confusion by organizing an- other Labor Party. Says Time Is Ripe. In answer Harold R. John, rep- resentative of the Workers Party, stated that the Workers Party was in favor of organizing a Labor Party in Reading immediately. He said that the time was ripe to make such a step. He said that the Work- ers Party had no intentions to: put anything over on the conference, and that the Workers Party was repre- sented at the conference by only two delegates. Sands again took the floor and ridiculed the idea that the Workers Party was in a position to capture the conference. He showed clearly that the conference was composed of a majority of Socialist Party delegates and that the provisional committee that called the conference invited all organizations in the city of Reading, including those that were known to be decidedly organi- zations of the Sociglist Party. Since the Workers Party had only two delegates, how could one expect them to put something over on the Social- ist Party when the Socialist Party ‘was in @ position to take full charge of the cynference. He charged Mr. Stack” the’ Bk "Se™B- Mass, ealde;. by injecting foreign issues into the conference. An old Socialist, represeftative of the Thomas Paine Memorial Foun- dation, spoke in favor of the Labor Party and wanted the conference to do something in that respect. steel strike, the Coronado decision handed down against the unions by the United States Supreme Court, the case of Alexander Howat and the Industrial Court Act of Kansas, the numerous injunctions issued against workers out on strike and finally the smash up of the railroad strike by the interference of the United States governnient thru the Daugherty injunction. He then ex- plained that a Labor Party in the United States, if it hopes to be suc- cessful, must include not only all economic and political organizations of the workers but must also include in its organization the millions of exploited farmers. Many Delegates Support. Delegate after delegate from the Reading labor unions took the floor and emphasized the necessity of or- ganizing a labor party. The Social- ist Party delegates, sensing that the Labor Party idea was making progress among the union delegates, made a counter attack against the possibility of the conference going on record in favor of the Labor J. Henry Stump, delegate from the Socialist Party, manager of the Peo- les’ Printing company, accredited ler of the Socialist Party in _ Reading, and their last candidate for + took the floor and made a ih in opposition to the Labor j and in favor of the Socialist He accused the provisional com- mittee of trying to put something over on the conference and explained that the conference was called by of injecting themselves into Labor movement in Reading. 2 Ei ES accused the Workers Party of be a party seeking votes and Party of principles, and ended ta A \ of the proletariat and would the organization of Moulders’ Delegate a Progressive. M. C. Kaiser, representative of the Moulders’ Union, pointed out that the Moulders’ International, at its last convention, went on record in favor of the Labor Party and that he was prepared to take steps to organize a Labor Party out of the conference. Robert Weaver, the other delegate of the Workers Party, spoke for the organization of a La- bor Party. H. H. Bellman, a vet- eran in the Socialist movement of Reading, spoke also of the necessity of organizing the Labor Party. The conference adjourned to re- convene at a later date to consider the question. However, the Labor Party idea has taken root in the minds of many of the delegates pres- ent. The leadership and influence over the unions that the Socialist Party has enjoyed in Reading for the last twenty years is now threat- ened by their vacillating tactics. Unless the Socialist Party in Read- ing will willingly go along with the Labor Party movement its in- fluence will be destroyed. Plan Good White . Wash for Hitler and _ Ludendorff BERLIN. — General Ludendorff, Adolph Hitler, and others implicat- in such a Young Workers’ ed in the recent fascist lag orm g in Bavaria will be brought to trial in Munich on Feb. 18. If some pretext is not found for avoiding this trial at the last min- uate, it is almost a certainty that the accused men, tho admittedly guilty of treason to the German re- public, will be whitewashed and al- lowed freedom to continue their pre- parations for a counter-revolutionary dictatorship. The Bavarian courts, where these culprits will be tried, are notoriously reactionary and their function has come to be simply the legal encour- agement of treason from the Whites ond the imposing of ruthless sen- Sa ictsred thas a Labor Party page lly dectaring that he was to the idea of the dictator- mpeces Bogie the Workers Party road ‘To All _ City and vicinity. date. 5 Bs pacnaaso nage rom ptet Je nia sennMie Party Branches, Labor Unions and Sympathetic Organizations ° | .. A monster Lenin Memorial Meeting is’ arranged for _ Monday evening, Feb. 4th, at Madison Square Garden. _ To make this demonstration a success we need the co-operation of every class-conscious worker in New York f ee ask you not to arrange any affairs on or before “i Lenin Memorial Committee. tence upon workers and Socialists. Tour Being Made in New England (Special to The Daily Worker) BOSTON.—For a month ending Feb. 27, Max Salzman, national or- ganizer of the Young Workers League, will be in the New England district No. 1. The tour is being arranged with the financial co-op- eration of the Finnish District Com- mittee, which is sharing the expenses equally with the national office of the Young Workers League. One to two days will be spent in each of the cities visited. The first night will be devoted to a mass meeting on “The Youth in Indus- try,” and the second one to a Young Workers League branch meeting for organization work. The final dates are as follows: Lowell, Mass., Feb, 5. Lanesville, Feb, 6. Amesbury, Feb. 7. Lawrence, Feb. 9. Boston (Jewish branch), Feb. 10. Roxbury (English), Feb. 11. Lynn, “Feb. 12. Malden, Feb, 13. Worcester, Feb. 14. Revere, Feb, 15, Boston (English), Feb. 16. Gen- eral membership meeting of the Y. W. L, Feb. 17, 3 p.m. Proletarian club, Roxbury, 8 p. m. Revere, Feb. 18. Lynn, Feb. 19. Norwood, Feb. 20-21. Quincy, Feb. 22-23, Brockton, Feb. 24. Providence, R. I., Feb, 26-27. The co-operation of all party units is being secured to boost the youth Movement. The splendid work ac- complished ‘in Minnesota, wherein were organized, is spurring the local comrades oa to renewed activity. The Finnish comrades, especially, are awake to the importance of teach- ing the young, and preparing them for proletarian leadership. Borah Puts Denial of Federated Press into Probe’s Record (By The Federated Press) WASHINGTON, D. C.—In view of the fact that the State Department Agent, Lieut. Klieforth, filed with the Borah committee a document purporting to show that The Feder- ated Press has been the object of at- tempted capture “with some success,” by the Communists, Senator Borah hes agreed to put into the recond the explicit denial of this charge, made te him in a letter dated Jan. 25th, by Carl Haessler, managing editor. “The Federated Press,” says the Haessler letter in explanation, “is now in the fifth year, controlled by its eighty labor member editors on a basis of one man one vote. More of our editors belong to the A.F. of L, than to any other group. Seven of our nine directors are A. F. of L. members, as are the managing editor and the business manager. The} eighth member of our board is the secretary of the Amalgamated Cloth- ing Workers of America, and the ninth is the editor of the official or- gan of the Brotherhood of Locomo- tive Engineers. “Apart from donations from American citizens our entire income springs from assessments from mem- ber papers and from sales of our news to local unions and individuals.” Haessler offered to appear directly or by representative before the com- mittee. Start Around the World Flight at Los Angeles, Calif. WASHINGTON, 30.—The around-the-world flight of the army air service will start from Los Ange- les, Calif., instead of from Washing- ton, D. C., or Seattle, Wash., as orig- lanned, Maj.-Gen. Patrick, chief of the army alr service, an- nounced today. This decision was reached because the Douglas world cruiser airplanes to be used in the flight now are at Cloverfield, about 15 miles from Los Angeles. At Bohemian Hall. Martin Abern, national secretary of the Young Workers League, will speak in English at a mass meet- ing under the auspices of the Chi- cago South Slavic branches of the party to be held Sunday, Feb. 3, at 2 p. m., at Bohemian Hall, 18th May streets. This meeting a part of the party campaign to in- ce the Figs membership and it is ex) it many new mem- bers wilt be a result of it. added to the party as For Recognition of Soviet Russial Hsia Repubiidan’ BOSTON FORMING |Daily Worker to Publish. COUNCIL TO FIGHT FOR FOREIGN-BORN 10 Organizations Unite on W. P. Plan (Special to The Daily Werker} BOSTON, Mass.—Boston is the first city to get under way the work of organizing a Council for the Pro- tection of Foreign-born Workers to fight the slave labor laws now pend- ing before Congress. A meeting has been called at Paine Memorial Hall for Sunday, Feb. 10th, to which all labor unions and organ- izations of ‘foreign-born workers of the city of Boston have been asked to send delegates. The call for this meeting is signed by: Independent Workers’ Circle; Lithu- anian-American Citizen’s Club; Amer- ican-Lithuanian Women’s Associa- tion; Lithuanian Daughters and Sons Society; Ukrainian Educational Soci- ety; Russian Dramatic Club; Lithu- anian Women’s Progressive Allian¢; Russian Educational Club of New- ton; Workers Party Branches of Boston; Boston City Central Commit- tee Workers Party. The call for the meeting on Feb. ing legis- 10th declares, after revie lation now before Congress that “The entire labor movement of this country must rally for a struggle against these laws. Both foreign-born and native workers must unite in a com- mon organization to carry on agita- tion and arouse a mass protest against this attempt to enslave the whole working class. of this country. For this parpose 8 Council for Pro- tection. of Foreign-Born Workers will be to c: on a campaign against all legislation directed against foreign-born workers, particularly against the registration, finger-print- ing, photographing law and the law Proposing selective immigration.” SMELL OF LAND FRAUD LATEST ODOR AROUND ATTY. GEN. DAUGHERTY (Special to The Daily Worker) WASHINGTON. — Charges of corruption against Attomey Gen- eral Daugherty are coming at him from all sides, He got stuck in the oily mess of teapot oil an dhe bids fair to be the most discredited poli- tician seen in Washington since the days of Ballinger, Senator Heflin of Alabama, thi latest accuser, makes the sits conmittaemat Texas, used his political influence with Daugherty to hush a senate investigation of public land frauds. Creager, of Brownsville, Texas, is president of the Alama Land & Sugar company, and is charged with being interested in companies that looted public lands along the Rio Grande. Creager, with Charles F. C. Ladd, representing the W. E. Stewart Land company; C. H. Jes- sup of Brownsville, and C. H. Swal- low made a special trip to Wash- ington, Heflin tells the senate, and called upon Daugherty and William Hays, then postmaster general, to prevent the investigation. Creager’s reply is to cry “lie” over the long distance. = . $100,000 to Hunt Grafters The senate appropriations com- mittee today voted to report favor- ably to the senate the House bill, ap- propriating $100,000 to prosecute oil land cases but attached an amend- ment making the fund available only if the president submits the names of counsel he has chosen to the senate for confirmation. As amended, the resolution pro- vides that “any counsel employed by the president under the authority of his resolution shall be appointed by papemese advice and consent of hé senate.” The amendment was unanimously agreed to in the committee, $50,000,000 for Oil Station Rear Admiral Gregory, appearing before the house naval affairs com- mittee today revealed that the navy department is now working on a con- struction program providing for the si erection of a series of oil storage sta- tions at a cost of $50,000,000, The senate publig lands committee has decided to appoint three medical experts to determine the actual con-| above the Kasumigaura aviation field J dition of former secretary of the in- CORPORATION LAWYER PICKED BY PRESIDENT FOR OIL PROSECUTOR CHICAGO.—Silas H. Strawn, selected by President Coolidge to help make an inquiry into the leasing of the Teapot Dome oil reserve, is one of the best known attorneys in Chicago. While he is conside a ublican, Strawn was a supperter of President Cleveland and backed some of the Wilson policies. Strawn is senior member of the firm of Winston, Strawn and Shaw. The law firm acts for the Michi Central, and Chicago & Alton - roads, the Union Stock Yards and. Transit Company, the Booth Fish- eries and po iarge enterprises, For a time Strawn was of ard January 31, 1924 PAYROLLITES IN Special Series on Housing| pj LLY TO AID crises, ditions; High Rents and Low (Continued from. page. 1) Lenin had given the revolutionary. workers a new estimate of the neces- sity for organization and discipline in the revolutionary movement. Arouses Great Enthusiasm. He aroused. great. applause when he said that.all.those who believed in ;what Lenin. believed, the suprem- acy of the workers.and farmers, the need for the overthrow of capi- talism, are. untrue to the working class, to themselves and to their con- victions if they remain outside of the Communist movement which, in ‘the United States, he said, is the Workers Party of America, C,. E, Ruthenberg outlined the de- velopment-of the revolutionary move- ment from theory to action under the inspiration of Nicolai Lenin and the ,Communist International. He told of the struggles of the workers for free- dom, exploitation and oppression, but only with the advent of the Russian revolution, he said, under the lead- lership of the Communist Party, ted in turn by NicolaiLenin, did th workers come. to realize that. their first step towards freedom was the conquest of power thru the organ- ization of soviets and the establish- ment of the dictatorship of the work- ing class as a prelude to the Com- munist order. Both Ruthenberg and Foster were given tremendous ovations when they rose to speak and at the conclusion of their speeches. The meeting closed with the singing of the Interna- tionale. Commenting today on last night’s demonstration to a representative of the DAILY WORKER, William: Z. meeting last night “as'a test at the sentiment among Chicago workers terior Fall, central figure in the naval reserve oil scandal. Fall Is Nervous Physicians who have been attend- ing former Secretary of Interior Fall, told the senate investigating com- mittee today, under oath that Fall was suffering from nervous exhaus- tion. The members of the commit- tee questioned the physicians. fully concerning every detail of Fall's ill- ness. The physicians again suggested that a sub-committee go to the home of J, W. Zevely, Sinclair attorney, where Fall is staying and examine him there. While the committee is not anxious to carry out this suggestion, it was indicated that some members be- lieved it is advisable to go to see Fall if he is unable to appear within the next few days. Taking Family to Kusbas. Life at Kusbas is on a pioneering ag but it is very satisfying, W. . Kingerg, a farm manager for the colony, told an audience at the Workers Lyceum here. Kin, has great faith in the future Kusbas. Mines are being extended, timber is being .cut and more lands are being opened up. ‘He came back to America to fetch his family from Spokane, Wash. They are on their, way to New York City, whence they will travel to Three Airplanes Crash. TOKIO, Jan. 30,—Three Japanese navy airplanes collided in mid-air Tuesday. Two crashed at once, their occu) being killed, but the pilot of third pine managed to make a safe landing on the bay. . This is believed to be the first time that three heavier than air machines have been in one collision in. mid-air. Beware of Imitation. sword-swallowing to the sword- swallowers. Eienke is in a hospital today suf- fering from a cut in the right lung, After seeing a vaudeville sword- swallower do his stuff, Sienke tried Child Slave Commits Suicide — was forced to work in a cotton 18 year old Anna Ferance commit- ted suicide by foking today. In a note si she blamed m now on Jacob, Sienke will|¥ to imitate him, using a tin scimitar. " GLIFTON, N.Y. — Because wae ; . Beginning tomorrow, Friday, Feb. 1, THE DAILY WORKER will carry a series of articles by Jay Lovestone on the holusing, The Daily Worker has conducted a special investigation of the acute, unbearable housing situation prevailing amongst the poor in New York and other large cities. The wretched con- ditions prevailing in New York state are typical of the condi-, tions prevailing in every industrial community in the country. In the series there are articles on: “The Present Bad Con- Incomes of the Workers; Big Profits of the Landlords; The Social Effects of Poor Housing;’ The Tenants’ Associations; The Government and the Housing Situation; A Program for Relief. _ These articles will be based on the finding pf THE DAILY. WORKER investigator and on the latest survey made by various tenants’ associations, social and government agencies, Workers Stirred at Great Lenin Memorial Meetings for Soviet Russia, the Third Inter- national.andthe Workers Party of .America. We are more than satis- fied; the attendance exceeded all our most optimistic estimates.” C, E. Ruthenberg said: “So many applications for membership were re- ceived last night after the meeting that we have not yet been able to vcheck them up and classify them. It was a wonderful meeting and I do not believe that the death of any other man in public life could bring out as many Chicago workers as were at Ashland auditorium last night,” oe @ Big Demonstration in Boston, BOSTON, Mass.—The Lenin Mem- orial Meeting, held under the au- spices of the Workers Party in Scenic Auditorium brought out an audience which packed the large hall in which the meeting was held. The Memorial meeting opened with a musical program given by the com- bined choruses of the Lettish, Rus- sian, Ukrainian and Lithuanian Sing- ing Societies of the Workers Party, made up of more than one hundred voices. Comrade H. M. Wicks de- livered the memorial address in which he pictured the great services ren- dered to the proletarian revolution- ‘ary movement by Lenin, The result of the meeting was new enthusiasm and support for the principles which Lenin gave to the revolutionary movement of the world. * 10 Other Lenin Meetings. Lenin Memorial Meetings for Feb- uray 3rd, not previously mentioned, are: |. Pittsburgh, Pe., Lyceum Theatre, Jay Lovestone; 2 P. M. Gary, Ind., Croatian Hall, 23rd and Washingtén. Robert Minor, 2:80, emepteg Ave., Max Bedacht, 2 P. Binghampton, N.Y., Lithuanian Hall, 271 Clinton St., Rebecca Grecht, 7 P. M. Rochestra, N. Y., Labor Lyceum, re ee Paul, Juliet Stuart Poyntz, ** Lenin Memorial In Cleveland. CLEVELAND.—Ben Gitlow of the Freiheit will speak at the Lenin Memorial meeting here next Sunday at 2:30 p. m., in the Labor Temple at 2536 Euclid Avenue. William White is coming from Youngstown, Ohio, to speak and Max Lerner, district organizer of the Workers Party, will be chairman. furniture, etc. % ¥ g 4 7) 7 % DAILY WORKER. f 4; 7 7; i / % 43 % % I have suggested THE advertising medium to Line of business. A SIXTEEN PAGE PAPER If Every Reader Does His Bit Cut out this coupon and hand it to the sales- man when you buy a hat, shoes, clothes, I would like to see your, advertisement in THE Cristomier’s® MRTG ons. csnsesescesoes enceioseetentnincherpene Address ........ SORES ae SEMI CRAs 8 Will the salesman kindly hand this request to the proprietor or the advertising manager. THEN mail the following coupon to THE DAILY WORKER j 1640 N. Halsted St. Chicago, Il. TOL OM AR iiinn Soop sigd cle dhors dined Lavehnosiidacdiicaontethasocasfopioitie IIE iii dheasnsiasnetconedbatoelaninebnsialbniedaneteas THE PAYMASTER Lewis’ Parasites Barely Save Selves (Continued from Page 1) ment of the progressives. perate efforts were made yesterday by’ the administration to line up the wavering ones. Delegates were buttonholed and organizers meal tickets were at stake could be seen in every corner around the convention sweating to con- vince delegates that they should yote with Lewis. Others could be seen :ushing so-ca ie! mdependent voters to the telegraph office to wiro for instructions from home. coming into Indianapolis yesterday carried dozens of henchmen, sum- moned to come to the-rescue of the Farrington Thru in Illinois The Ilinois delegation vote most solidly against Lewis, ap- pointive power and only 86 for it. Farrington, Fishwich and Nesbit, president, vice president and seo- members of the Illinois delegation to vote with the machine. This is betieved to sound { the chine at the next convention of the Illinois district. Alleged progressives in other dis- Brophy, the Greenwich Village rad- ical; Thomas Kennedy, ex-s« rf Mooney and Sweeney of West Vir- tionaries, The Nova Scotia delegation cast their entire 59 votes against Lewis. against the administration. Dis- trict 5 is the baiMwick of the Feeneys, Fagans and O’Learys, who gressives and expelling them from the union. The use of the “bluesky” locals here would not be surprii if Lewis should utilize the Shenan- doah expedition to manufacture a Davis to Speak The patriotic Welshman, James J. Davis, secretary of labor, is sched- tion. ‘ A_ committee, including Enoch Williams, an alleged progressive by Lewis to escort him from his hotel to the hall. A motion to in- vite the public to the meeting was According to interviews, Pavis awill Seieratilate Lewis on revok- ing the charter of the Nova Scotia show that the miners must solve their problems from within and not from without. nee It was. reported that traing Lewis Machine. cast 809 votes against the * retary respectively, were the only death knell of the Farrington ma- triets voted solidly with Lewis, Jem ginia, all were allies of the reac- Districts 5 and 11 cast a majority have been making war on the pro- has been so brazen that delegates few more around the North Pole. uled to speak today to the conven- from Pennsylvania, was appointed carried. agaigst a volume miners. He will quote the bible to This is a covert attack on gressive elements in the conven- Hom as a majority of the member- ship is «omposed of foreign-born workers. There is no welcome here for Davis from the rank and file. The Ku Klux Klan held a meet- ing here the other night and boasted that the coal operators have en- dorsed the efforts of the Klan in breaking strikes and “maintaining peace between capital and labor.” DAILY WORKER as an