The Daily Worker Newspaper, February 5, 1924, Page 1

“fl VOL. I. No. Y s Bes AN auRC od A EO THE DAILY WORKER RAISES THE STANDARD FOR A WORKERS’ AND FARMERS’ GOVERNMENT 331. WiLSON's Coolidge in (RELIEF FOR BANKERS. NOT FOR FARMERS No Enthusiasm for Latest Whit House Proposal (pecial to The Daily Worker) WASHINGTON.—Relief for bankers but nothing for the farmers, is the way in which representatives of various farmers’ organizations here characterize the latest propo- sals of President Coolidge, made to the northwestern con- ference on agriculture. The proof that the measures proposed are not intended to relieve poverty-stricken farm- ers is found in one sentence of the president’s address, which says: “It will serve no useful purpose to lend money te a farmer who is in such a position that an any mt mortgage holders and general creditors can upon him, sell his lands and seize his Property.” It is the evident intention to Joan | the funds which will be furnished to banks only to farmers who are “good risks” at present, The diversi- is ed ‘at Sy tater who point out that one or two years must elapse before dairy and poultry farming begin to bring in any in- come and that both are highly specu- lative veruures. They point out that in dairy and . poultry sections the farmers are just as much at the mercy of dairy and commission houses as are wheat farmers at the mercy of elevator and milling combines. What the farmers need, say their mtatives, is not more. credit, but a cancellation in some form of the existing indgbtedness, The Cool- idge proposals make no mention of this condition. Specifically the President proposed, for the government’s part: 1.—Enactment of the Norbeck- Burtness bill proving a $50,000,000 appropriation for promoting divers- ification of agriculture in the wheat states. 2,—Extension of the life of the war finance corporation to permit it to aid distressed banks until Dec, 31, 1924. For the part of the business inter- ests of that region, welfare is linked with inch the farmer the President su, 2 Co-operation with the Depart-| ture was being shown Sunday night. ment of Agriculture in promoting] The men demanded a ju’ ification. 4,—Arrangement of a general re-| Clark street station. | funding. and extension of existing in- debtedness of farmers, their volun- bie Ss choca with their creditors, “This conference has been called to consider the pressing agricultural! needs «for the dorthwest)” Mr. Cool-| in saat explained, ‘Difficulties exist there among some of the banks and on farmers for which I wish to, propose certain re- medies. I do not intend to exclude other remedies nor am I undertaking to consider agriculture ag a whole. “The obiect shou'd be reconstrue- tion, not charity, whether it is chari- ty for the weak or for the strong, “It must bs recognized that all the banking difficvities are by no means (Continued on page 2.) MGADG0 BOOSTER WOULD HiT BOTTOM WW THE O1L MESS (By Tho Federdt.d Press) WASHINGTON. — Senator Dill of Washington snnounced, after MeAdoo's $250,000. of retainers from Doheny had been revealed, that it was time that the “lid be torn off, and congress go to the very bottom of all use of money in influencing public policy at Washington im recent years,’ The stigma of oil was as poi- ‘sonous as the shade of the fal upas tree. Public men re- move it at once, from ita evil ‘effect ui ernment. Dill has THE DAILY WO MOL, Entered as Second-class matter September 21, 1928, at the Post Office at Chicago, Mlinois, under the Act of March 3, 1879. Subscription Rates: Outside Chicago, by mail, $6.00 per year In Chicago, by mail, $8.00 per year. DEATH CAN Frantic Effort to | TEAPOT pa PREPARED PLANK Fi OR DENBY MILLION AIRES _|PALLBEARERS, they were shot down as they fied they will punish the next wholesale of Race Battles : Raises Opposition WAR GRAFTERS VILE KLAN FILM ==" "= “/FORD'S MUSCLE SHOWING DESPITE S25" SHOALS OFFER ARRESTS OF TWO nor gy TRaiL og | STRIKES SNAG Secretary of the Navy Faces Drop into an Oily Sea. are-declared to have resolved that Police Fear Outbreak D AUGHERTY A ND Rep. Hull, of Iowa, struck the first snag in its passage fith’s race hatred picture, until a jury _—_ thru Congress when. Representative asses on the case of Jay Weber and Att’y General Asked to Hull, Iowa, leading épponsnt of the, jathaniel Galben, the two operators fe arrested by the police while the: pic- Disclose Facts —— e bid in the House. A special rule to give the MeKens trial when (By The Federated Press) zie Bill, providing for acceptance o: ae a oy ye Er a 0 as introduced a resolution in Police stopped the show under hn the Senate, directing. Attorney-Gen- statute forbidding pictures whic éral Daugherty to give. information. tend to engender race hatred. They (1). Whether, in prosecuting war said they feared a revival of the race grafters, Daugherty’ bas settler on a riots in which scores lost their lives basis 38 vi ‘ait, = ‘4 vas faite do ing criminal tion ; ). Detaile: ms Klnx.. Kignamen ave sagetiy list of such cases, including the nature boosters for the picture which repre- bis thas teatidclent ect, charged, the sents the hooded order as the savior ate 08” ‘aatdlament, the “ainiint of the Rees Soe a claimed and the amount secured in paves: Th Dixon’: pyc ¢ The settlement in each case, name and a = ich eaatet rn justify the|@ddress of each defendant, and the ee ee 4 fact as to whether an immunity bath violent tential be —_ Southern vie kivah cnall br any of there pop ee at ll MIEMOS' | Rekitoe Rdg, of eal, offered’ big ny ohne eon Hagley scene nt Ao rag il ry when an’ Injunction ‘was obtained the $1,000,000. given. him. by. Con- Sgrese “exe tos. mosey SoS DIN tras oomtgecs feds, the States ot ap ha Per ue thom aes sunediaht all prosecutions, and ‘especially the ‘ figh limit against|status of. the Wright-Martin aircraft ai sage Tart ca a ne. fraud case, submitted to Daugherty "te Hy cpanied out that the by Secretary Weeks in October, 1921. which ‘white thugs had in lanmheee . These resolutions are intended to ing so many blacks in the riots of|lead up to an exposure of the sup- 1919 was not due to superior marks-|pression of the war graft scandal Reneonge dl of the whites but to their; which led the New York Tribune, two more fiendish methods of fighting. | years ago, to demand that Daugherty Negroes’ homes were burned and resign. Standard Oil Co. Boosts Prices; Mast Have Coin to Buy Statesmen Standard Oil Company of Indiana has announced an advance of two cents a gallon on gasoline, effective today in eleven western states. ; arraigned before a judge pending before the House Committee. NEW YORK.—A pro-klan bill in- troduced into the state legislature at Rules Klan. the repeal will be defeated and the anti-klan statute upheld. PROVIDENCE, R. I—Speakers in 1753 Westminster St., next, Sunday at 2:30 p. m. FORBES SOUGHT TO MAKE REAL CLEAN-UP AS OIL OFFICIAL (By The Federated Press) WASHINGTON, — When the witness Mortimer wag before the Senate committee investigating the notorious Forbes administra- tion of the Veterans’ Bureau, he Fall ‘retired. from ‘use esters all or rom 1 inj cabinet, boasted that he, Forbes expected to get the secretaryshi of the interior, “and then rh make a rea) cleanup.” Present are: Tank wagon, 16 cents; filling stations,|| _[sndling 2 bd acc of 18 cents. states affected are: indiana, timo Michigen did not om e tetieiess pth vy i : : TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 1924 Albany, seeks the repeal of the|# shock of grief thruout the whole Walker law enacted last year to curb| universe. Mr. Wilson was a great the lawless activities of the Ku Klux}™®n, a pr It is cansidered certain that | man of high rank, an orator equal to six languages will address the Lenin | for the protection of civilization will Memorial meeting at A. C, A. Hall,| never be ie Hana a T § ° Appease Ru | FOR WILSON Magnates Lead Mourning For! War President (Special to The Daily Worker) WASHINGTON.—A cortege of multi-millionaires will carry the body of Woodrow \Wilson, late war president, to its final| resting place in a Washington cemetery. Among the pall-bearers will be his warm personal friend, Bernard Baruch, Wall Street financier, who netted a fortune at the time of the leak of the, Wilson peace note, in Decem-} ber, 1916, and who afterwards was dictator of war contracts as head of the War Industries Board; Cleveland H. Dodge, copper magnate who} doubled his fortune during the war; Vance’ McCormick and Cyrus McCor- mick are members of the late pres- ident’s war cabinet. Hundreds of messages of sorrow] have been received from European potentates, American financiers andj} politicians, who unite in attributing| to the war president every imaginable virtue. “The lege ypscips pay ‘which died 50 violently at the Versailles conference, Published Daily except Sunday by THE DAILY WORKER PUBLISHING CO., 1640 N. Halsted St., Chicago, Mlinois. AVE MCADOO 9 ral Unrest Workers! Farmers! Demand: The Labor Party Am: mation 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 2 McAdoo Paid for His “Pull” (Special to The Daily Worker) 'WASHINGTON.—“Coolidge is thru.” This is the statement made openly in Washington today by men who were his strongest’ supporters a few weeks ago. The Coolidge kite has flopped into oil. McAdoo is also thru, but his boosters acknowledge that Doheny stopped the McAdoo drive for the presidency when he testified before the senate committee that his firm had employed McAdoo while the Wilson administration was still in power. Here is the testimony that sounded the death kneli of the McAdoo cohorts: The Chairman—And how long did Mr. McAdoo con- tinue to represent you? Doheny—Mr. McAdoo continued to represent us in that regard until the Mexican situation was practically completed; that is, until the administration changed. The Chairman—tThat is, he continued to represent you so long as Mr. Wilson’s administration remained? Doheny—So long as he was president, yes sir, and after that he didn’t represent us in Washington any longer. The Chairman—aAnd does he still represent you? Doheny—And he still represents us. The Chairman—Will you tell us how much you paid Mr. McAdoo? Doheny—All told, I think about $250,000. Put in newspaper English this testimony means that McAdoo was paid by the Doheny interests, not for legal ability, but for the fact that he was Wilson’s son-in-law and had a “pull” with the administration. The McAdoo boom will be buried under a flood of oil ad friends are asked to omit flowers. is arising again in the flood of myth making, now going on. The only barren field for Wilson eulogies is found in the labor move- ment which remembers that the late president attacked conservative labor, after the war, as persistenly as he had attacked radical labor during the war, Gompers and Gary Mourn. Samuel Gompers, almost a lone admirer in the ranks of organized labor, however, comes forward with a laudation in which he compares Wilson to Washington and ‘Lincoln. Gompers has always been an ardent supporter of Wilson. His loyalty did not flag even when Wilson was using all the forces of government to crush the strike of the steel workers for semi-human conditions of labor an the strike of coal miners to protect their standard of living against rising costs in 1919, Gompers’ grief is equally shared by Judge Elbert H. Gary, chairman of the board of directors of the United States Steel Corporation, who had Wilson’s aid in fighting the great steel strike. The administration's Ford offer, announced that he would | aid was given thru the department of I taioss immediate consideration of justice which, working hand in hand} Doheny testified, he had em- tl with Gary’s under cover men, arrest- res of active strikers on deport- warrants. Wilson directly in- the Ford offer, the right of way, was tervened in Lig of bes byycemr matters in Washington. i i .| day autocrats—who refused to mee’ u Titre Makenio iho fin apts ee leaders—by sending Major-|¢ontinued to represent the Doheny in- General Wood to the steel town of Gary with orders to use any methods necessary to crush the strike. Sw ary’s tribute: “The death of Mr. Wilson will, cause ofound scholar, a states- the best. His knowledge, his wis- dom, his keen perception and his in- fluences were\ practically dedicated to| the cause of justice, and what he did Even Liberals Don't Weep, Little contribution to the Wilson symposium has come from the ranks of the liberals who found in the liber- tarian phraseology of his earlier, speeches an object for their admira-|toward Mexico.” was | completed after the neace conference take Do! ion. Their disillusionment when the war president abandoned ‘McAdoo and Coolidge, Caught in” “~~ Oil Scandal, Out of This Year’s Presidential Race for White House (Special to The Daily Worker) WASHINGTON.—William Gibbs McAdoo will not be nominated for the presidency of the United States, and no longer has a claim on the political support of organized labor. Calvin Coolidge will not be re-elected to the presidency, and henceforth can exert no moral reactionaries in his party. This is the crux of the situation, spotlight of the oil scandal inquiry testimony that he had employed Me and had likewise employed former Attorney-General Greg- ory, to represent him in influ- encing the policy of the State| Department, under the Wilson administration, in connection with Mexican policy. Doheny Bought McAdoo. From a date about a year after McAdoo left the cabinet, ployed McAdoo to act as hig! agent in dealing with Mexican 8 After the Republican regime came in, McAdoo terests here, going before the Ship- ping Board and various departments either in person or by proxy. To date McAdoo is still drawing Doheny’s $50,000 salary or retainer, and he has not seen fit to tell the public about it, He has received $250,000. As to Gregory, whom President Coolidge picked—much to the amaze- ment of everyone in Washington, who knew him as an oil attorney—to represent the public in prosecuting the oil lease frauds, Doheny testified that Gregory, soon after leaving the cabinet, took $2,000 of the easy Doheny money to “go before the State Department, to gain entree there for us in connection with Mexican oil lease permit matters, to get the State Department to adopt a certain policy . Coolidge was inviting the Senate to eny’s own former lobbyist be Aba t} before the State Department as its mtinued on page 2. ' vigilance officer in recovering: loot Waterpower Grabs Expected to Offer New Opportunities for Big Scandal (By The Federated Press) WASHINGTON.—One afid the “millionaire-class” part of Secretaries Hoover of the next scandals to be charged to Coolidge regime now in office will be the attempt on the and Weeks to commit the United States, at an “international” Digit gd conference in London soon, to opposition to a public devlopment Secretary Merrill of the Federal and Weeks in giving out don to fii in a protest ment power-site leases in this country. against public ownership and even public develop- resources. That is to say, ownership of superpower, Power Commission, yy for Hoover » is to go to Lon- he will go unless protest leadership among even the revealed in the pitiless by Edward L. Doheny’s Adoo at $50,000 a year from Doheny and the men he has |corrupted. Of course, as soon as the | White House received news of |Doheny’s confession, Gregory was \thrown overboard. But even the most hard-boiled Republicans now shake their heads over the Coolidge “in- nocence,” and say that his political future is as flat as McAdoo’s. Pay For Political Pull Senator Norris declared that it was obvious that McAdoo and Fall and ithe other big fellows were not em- ployed by Doheny for legal ability, but to influence government action. These retainers were just a form of corruption. But not only was the American ‘policy toward Mexico warped by Do- heny’s purchase of the services of Gregory and McAdoo, when they were lately out of the cabinet; Doheny bought the “personal advice” of Sec- retary Lane at about $50,000 a year as soon as Lane resigned. And Lind- ley M. Garrison, ex-secretary of war under Wilson, was counsel for Do- ‘eny’s bank, known as Blair & Co. To these four was added George Creel, who, Doheny said, got $5,000 from him for trying to induce Secretary of the Navy Daniels to lease Teapot Dome. This rotten mess was aired while William Hibbs, a wealthy stockbroker who is prominent in official social circles here, was waiting his turn on the stand, and while Albert Fall him- self was being summoned back to ex-# plain his perjuries after his “nervous breakdown.” Sinclair Says He's Returning. PARIS, FEB. 4.—Harry F, Sine clair, millionaire oii promoter snd lessee of the Teapot Dome naval re- serves, announced today tha‘ returning to the United States the Cunard Liner Berengaria, from Cherbourg Wednesday. SR ith, Read the DAILY WORKER, NOTE—Additional news vx the Teapot Dome oil scandal will be found on pages two and three, with an editorial on the last page. The correspondents of the DAILY WORKER, in Washington, are on the job gathering all the facts in this damning indictment of American capitalism. Our euitorial wriveio will sailing lve no countenance to this gather-|interpret the like an oil conference, i Reagan. . \ Pid OE i