The Daily Worker Newspaper, February 5, 1924, Page 6

} i Page Six THE DAILY WORKER February 5, 1924 THE DAILY WORKER. $8.00 per year $6.00 per year By mail (in Chicago only): Published by the DAILY WORKER PUBLISHING CO., 1640 N. Halsted St., Chicago, Ill, (Phone: Lincoln 7680.) SUBSCRIPTION RATES By mail: $3.50..6 months $2.00..3 months $4.50..6 months $2.50. .8 months Address all mail and make out checks to 1640 N. Halsted Street J. LOUIS ENGDAHL.. WILLIAM F, DUNNE. MORITZ J. LOEB.........++. THE DAILY WORKER Chicago, Illinois Editor . .Labor Editor usiness Manager Mactan Entered as second-class mail Sept. 21, 1923 at the Post- Office at Chicago, Ill., under the act of March 3, 1879. <a 34 Advertising rates on application. ‘The Tribune and Wilson The Chicago Tribune editorial on the death of Wilson is an illuminating screed. It is al- most two columns long but it can be summar- ized in 13 words: The Chicago Tribune liked Wilson, the war- maker, but it hated Wilson, the peace-maker. It says: Our chief admiration for Mr. Wilson is for the manner in which he drove the war activities once we were committed. That determination was evolved from his character. He used conscription. He fur- nished. the allies with what they needed—men, money, and materials in the amounts needed. Weakness at this time might have ruined us. A man less determined to have his own way, less im- pervious to what was said of him, might lave flinched at conscripting soldiers. He might have tried to fight the war with volunteers. He might even have tried to fight it with money and mate- rials. He might have trt@-to spare the nation human sacrifices or to limit the expenditure of human life. Then we should have entered a losing war and have been among the losers, just in time to be in the wreckage. Conscription was his big decision and, whether he realized it or not, was his most dangerous one. Hughes might have had serious draft riots. From, Wilson the people took the draft with hardly a murmur, and the war was won right then, — We call particular attention to the last sen- tence quoted. This is the tribute paid by American industrial capitalism to the liberal of liberals who betrayed the confused masses that saw in him an apostle of peace. It is damning testimony added to much already at hand to show the treacherous role played by middle-class liberals in times of great crisis. It is in the fact that jWilson cajoled the masses into acting as docile cannon-fodder that The Tribune finds something admirable and its approval begins and ends with this shameful and bloody achievement of the Wil- son administration. The Mexican and domestic policies of Wil- son bring editorial curses from The Tribune as frines the_internationalism ' of the House of Morgan that the Wilson mind rationalized as the league of nations. We cannot understand the bitter hatred of spokesmen of industrial capital like the Mc- Cormick owned Tribune unless we are cog- nizant of the division on the question of for- eign policy in the ranks of the industrial and financial overlords. One group, industrial capitalists, wants to confine the American adventures in imperial- ism to the Western hemisphere; the other, finance capitalists, see in Europe the most fer- tile field for investment and_ exploitation. There is much overlapping and interlocking of interest in these two groups but not enough to erase entirely this division. Wilson, middle-class liberal, was elected as the advocate of a return to competition in industry; his book, “The New Freedom,” is the last wail of an expiring middle class altho the discoritented and unclear working class accepted it as a defense of them. Wilson soon found that the middle class does not and cannot rule this nation. He had to “choose between imperialism in Europe and the home-grown variety. both ‘groups. The liberals of the middle class in high office, or out of office for that matter, peace with héavy industry and finance-capital only when they are the smoke-screen behind which imperialism hides its mailed fist until such time as war comes as the inevitable re-: sult of the conflict of nations arising from the rivalry for new areas to loot. Oil On Troubled Waters The more the Senate looks into the now famous Teapot Oil Dome Leases the more men of high political prominence are involved. The Teapot Oil scandal is an event of in- estimable political importance. toid that McAdoo, the white hope of the Democrats for the coming campaign and the residential choice of many a reactionary , labor leader, has also come in on about a quar- ter of a million dollars of Doheny’s oil money. It has already been established that the Hard- ing regime was not the only one involved in The trail of oil has bees traced by sume of our senatorial bloodhounds to several administrations preceding the Coolidge ascen- No one delights in talking ill of the memory of the dead, or saying harsh words about the dying, but the fact of the matter is that the Wilson administration and the Hard- ing and Coolidge regimes have been thrown the deal. sion. into this political oil well and have hit bottom. Secretaries of the Navy, Secretaries of War, and Cabinet officers have already had their best political clothes damaged, if not alto- rei destroyed. idoo, Daugherty, Denby, and Fall are as all-! Garrison, Gregory, Mc- inclusive a galaxy of democratic and renubli- a er pamamrenmnesieraasies yer cn ammey sehen ar: shane He chose the former and ended by earning the undying enmity of make their Now we are can capitalist political handmaids as can be} corralled in the country at any moment. These| are only a few of the unmasked agents of the! employing class to date. Should the investi- gation really proceed with seriousness and thoroness many senators, congressmen, and more cabinet officers will be involved. The fact that Secretary: of State Hughes has rushed into print to proclaim that no oil has been splashed on his whiskers, coupled with the ex- cited repetition of the Hughes disclaimor by the present incumbent of Fall’s portfolio of the Secretaryship of the Interior, Mr. Work, shows very plainly that more than two cabinet officers are involved in the corrupt transaction. We are especially concerned with the ar- rival on the oil scene of that excessively ad- vertised fake progressive, McAdoo, loyal lackey of Doheny, servant of the biggest San Francisco bankers and guardian of the coun- try’s treasury at the time when hundreds of millions of dollars were spent to organize counter-revolutions and pogroms in Soviet Russia. The McAdoo boom is doomed. We have no doubt that many wavering worshippers of Mc- Adoo will now drop in disgust their illusions as to his being the standard-bearer of liberal- ism in November. No matter how McAdoo pulls out of this mess, it is obvious that his political goose has already been cooked in the boiling oil of the teapot. As far as McAdoo’s chance of getting the democratic nomination is concerned, one_can safely prepare to plant an iron cross on the grave of the Californian’s presidential aspirations. This should increase the likelihood of an organizational split in the republican party and a substantial desertion from the democratic party to a new group arising from the rift in the two dominant capi- talist organizations. What the final outcome of the Teapot affair will be, is yet too early to say. One fact has already been definitely established: Over- whelming evidence has been presented prov- ing beyond refutation that both the democratic and the republican parties are the menial servants of the employing class. When four presidential administrations are involved in so| titanic a scandal as this Teapot Oil Dome steal, it is plain to everybody* that our government agents are only merchandise in the capitalist| market. The disclosures in the Teapot affair have already convicted the United States gov- ernment of being owned outright, whether democrats or republicans, reactionaries or constructive progressives are at its helm, by the Big Business interests,—the ruling capital- ist class. 7 TS SIN . oe Poor Davis Publicity ae ee ae The eapitalist press is worried about the ex- posure of Secretary of Labor Davis as labor’s enemy at the U. M. W. of A. convention by the Progressive Miners International Committee, _ It will be recalled that a leaflet calling atten- tion to the blacklist and fingerprint laws cainst foreign-born workers advocated by — — haat in the convention and at when Davis ros ii aaa beeen: e to speak he was hissed The employers’ press hastened to e i that the secretary of labor has been eer stood by the coal miners, the inference being that the miners were too ignorant to appre- ciate what the moosehearted secretary of labor was trying to do for them. _ An Indianapolis paper carried a particularly Ingenuous explanation of the unfortunate situ- ation that had arisen. It states that Davis has only “suggested that in the event of economic necessity foreign laborers above the quotas for their respective countries be admitted under bond, their employers to provide them with passage money back home when their employ- ment was ended. Such persons would be re- quired to report to government officials at in- tervals. Foreigners have to do this in nearly all European countries. What Davis sug- gested is now being done to a large extent, but it does not have the sanction of the law.” The emphasis is ours. This inspired explanation of the Davis pro- posals will bring little comfort to the person’ it is supposed to whitewash. It sustains every contention made by the Workers Party of America relative to the slave character of the Lian as Rad as ideale legislation sponsored by Davis. 22 CON CHIDT cay, What would be the status of foreign-born a blouse sat for ae workers admitted under bond? They would|is not resting on its laurels it has be serfs who would have to do anything the] decided to take advantage of the employers or the government ordered them to inves do—robotised strikebreakers. They would report to government officials at regular intervals—that is, they would be con- stantly terrorized. The Davis proposals go farther than this, however, and urge the same provision for for- eign-born workers already in America. That these serfs are being imported into this country in violation of law is a fact and almost a matter of public knowledge. What Davis proposes to do is to legalize a traffic in human flesh that is prohibited not only by the consti- tution of the United States, but by federal and state laws. He wants to establish, because he is carrying out the orders of his steel trust masters, a nation-wide contract labor and slave system similar to the redemptioner and bond slave system thet makes such a black blot on the pages of early American history and which the labor movement of this country succeeded in abolishing after a long struggle. Secretary of Labor Davis had better consult 5 h , the infant and the child, and, in ie) ae agents before they do any more Wes ceuian the + protection’ aman health of the factory and > \J apprentice. For the protection vs The latest Teapot Dome disclosures tend to the health of the mother and the | show that the favorite song of cabinet officials,| infant, a net work of creches, con- during their sessions for the last five years, | has been “Cheer, Cheer, The Gang’s Oil Here.” war that the Russian Peoyle’s Commissariat for Health was faced with extraordinary “military” | du- ties, for after its conclusion, epi- demic disease, as a result of jwar, famine and blockade, was prevalent thruout the country, and considerable resources and concen- trated medical effort was demand- ed to combat it, During the present year, ¢hanks to the consolidation of the Soviet system and the suppression of epi- demic diseases, the People’s Commis- sariat for Health has. been able for tematic peace-time work. disease which menaces the ‘population of Russia—malaria. Malaria, which was very rife in certain parts of Rus- sia in pre-war days (the Caucau- sus, Turkestan, and the Volga re- gion, ffor instance) has since the ‘war become still more widespread —a phenomenon to be observed in the majority of the European coun- tries. According to the incomplete statistics, based on registered cases alone, (the registration of malaria has been declared compulsory by the Soviet Government) 3 million in- stances of malaria occur every year. The Soviet Government set up three new Institutes for Tropical Diseases (in Moscow, Kharkov, and Erivain) to conduct the fight against ma- laria. and about 100 malaria’ sta- tions in various parts of the coun- try are. engaged in the practical work. Apart from malaria, and the or- dinary infectious diseases. of chii- dron, the situation of the Soviet Jull in epidemic disease, the nerah health conditions of the workers of the Republic. Among the most important meas- ‘ures of a general sanitary chai 2 adopted are the improvement of pinyin’ and hr ep sanitation, town planning, and tter water supp) pnd Yor the first time a: rational water supply system). % Next comes the campaign a social diseases, e. g., Leelee tul and syphilis.. Both these diseases are a little more prevalent since the war, altho, thanks to the agri- cultural character of Russia, not 2) such an extent as in other coun- S and anti-venereal disease clin- ics, the first of their kind in Rus- is not now a_ provincial capital town where clinics of both types are not to be found. * The third group of measures con- cerns the ture generation, embraces the protection of the moth- sulting clinics, milk stati and cabana and chi whi: been’ set. up. One or the other it the first time to proceed to sys] There is stil one widely prevalent ; to proceed to the improvement of: and drainage (Petrograd has. A net work of anti-tubereu- sia, have been organized, and there. ig sy these institutions is to be found in T was not only during the civil| every large factory and workshop. A special decree of the Council of People’s Commissaries provides for the annual medical inspection of ppeariice occupied in school or in ‘actories and workshops; weak or invalid juveniles are either trans- ferred to other employment or are sent for treatment to rest homes or sanatoria. Great attention ig paid to the development of phy-, sical culture; a Supreme Council A DREAM OF THE KU KLUX KLAN Peace Time Health Protection in Russia for Physical Culture of the People’s Commissariat for Health has been set up in connection with the Presi- dium of the All-Russian Central Executive Committee in order to direct and control this work. Phys- ical exercises are becoming extreme- ly popular in the country, especially among the young people. Such in brief are the ordinary tasks which the People’s Commis- sariat for Health has set itself at the present moment. THE CHILD AS AN AGITATOR AND PROPAGANDIST, Article No. I. Children relate incidents of their lives in school. They take their books with them to the Junior Group meetings, and there the leaders ex- plain to them a story from history— even from the Bible—from the com- munist point of view. Later the children rise in school .and ask the teacher pertinent questions, thus transforming the usual class methods of instruction into a discussion. When the teacher speaks of Julius Caesar and the mighty Roman empire the children mention Spartacus and th fight of the gladiators against Romé. ey thus do not only confuse the teacher—who often has forgotten what he knew on these subjects— but, more important, they arouse the interest of the other children who will ask from whence this knowledge was derived. Thus these children hear of the Junior Groups and what is being done there. The- Young Comrades are distributed, and new members recruited. « i as it was still “the Opposition of His Majesty.” The conflicts that arise in Te eae the: “goverhment. of Hid schools are the most difficult but at the same time the most important features of the work of the Junior Groups. It is the task of the com- munist educators and leaders to help the children—not to give them or- ders, but to help them—in the sharp collisions that will arise with teach- ers and principals. The first begin- ning is with propacends work—the distribution of the Young Comrade young fighters educate themselves and obtain valuable experience. The leader analyzes these experiences out of his broader. knowledge, in order to avoid mistakes, and utilizes them in pracgical work. There is still another possibility of the children’s participation in the class struggle, and that is when a ‘teacher is locked out or dismissed on account of his sympathy for the workers. Such cases have occurred in England, France and even in our “own free democratic” America, The children are enlightened on these state of affairs and encouraged to support these teachers. (Watch for Article No. 12, “The Junior Groups as a center of en- ergy.”) trayal. was the immediate and unconditional Ma- jesty” the recognition of Soviet Rus- sia is no longer so pressing. It is be- inning to discover hardships. The aily Mail writes the following about that matter: “It is unikely that Mr. MacDonald will take any precipitate action toward recognition, permanent offici- als of the foreign office and an ex-| amination of documents on file there AS WE SEE IT By T. J. O’7FLAHERTY. I, was rather significant that the last act of John L. Lewis at the 29th consecutive and 6th biennial convention of the United Mine Workers of America was to break his gavel. The convention did not adjourn. It simply came to an end The broken gavel played such -@ conspicuous if inglorious part dur- ing the convention that it did not care to continue even a mute exist- ence, when its master’s action brought a riot instead of adjourn- ment, “eee It seems that the more a person knows about a constitution the easier he finds violating it. There is not @ paragraph in the miners’ little book of laws that John L. Lewis cannot quote on the slightest provo- cation and woe unto the miner who in his zeal in behalf of his fellow workers hurts the boss’s feelings or steps on the corns of the “sacred contract.” There is nothing in the constitution that prohibits a presi- dent from submitting to a majority vote. Lewis announces the vote when his tellers do not make any miscalculation, But when they make a mistake and tell the truth, John remains dumb. The Nation regrets the demise of the Freeman, which is scheduled to take place on March 5. One of the most noteworthy contributions made by the Freeman to the American working class movement was its tribute to The DAILY WORKER, published in a recent issue. Lil are continually regretting that this world is older than it is. A paper that wastes its time in being merely brilliant without having a_construc- tive policy to reshape this world can expect no better fate than an earl; ave, re re * © 8 Arthur Brisbane is disgusted with Ramsay MacDonald because the lat- ter announced that the British gov- ernment ‘would call off its airplanes that have hitherto been whiling away the weary hours dropping bombs on villages somewhere in India. _Bris- bane thinks this shows lack of gov- erning ability on the part of Mac- Donald, The Hearst scribbler, es agent of John D. Rockefeller, is of the opinion that the only way to convince savages that law and order ‘was made for them is to make re- bellion costly. They eannot be con- vinced by argument so they must be massacred. Here we have an example of a pen prostitute poses as a progressive but is actu- ally one of the most enemies of human freedom. He -ia akin to the so-called ives in the labor movement who mouth the phrases of reform but are tarred with the same brush as the reactionaries. | a ‘The Nation finds e fn the thought that Ramsay “MflacDonald’s cabinet is a pacifist one. How a government can hold down the re- pbellious subjects of the\ British Em- pire by moral suasion will test the ike pacifism of Ramsay Mae- Donald. All governments—even thet of Ramsay MacDonald—are main- tained by force and whether they like it or not, if they desire to exist they must use force. So long as society is based on the rule of one class by another the ruling twill hold its place in the with guns and bayonets and more modern weapons of destruction. The liberals are not angry over class rule, What they kick against is the machinery that all governments must use to a more or less degree in order to prevent the oppressed class from dropping them into the nearest sewer. What concerns ua is not exactly the size of the army but who controls it. Jf the labor party government now existing on the sufferance of the liberal iy in England really represent the workers it would not be finicky about the use of force. It would be more concerned with abolishing the robber system of capitalism which could not hold its power twenty- Kg hours without armies and na- jes. Is MacDonald Already Betraying? Remarkable reports come from England which show that the Labor cabinet headed by MacDonald, is already beginning to pursue the way of be- One of the most important points of the program of the Labor Party, recognition of Soviet Russia, as long But now that it has be- / The conservative bureaucracy of the English government is sabotaging ‘recognition of Soviet Russia and Mac- Donald, instead of destroying the old bureaucracy, submits to it. It is not ‘likely that the Labor government can definitely postpone the recognition of et Russia. The pressure of the laboring masses is too great. The promises of the Labor Party while it was the opposition were too clear and and agitation for the Junior Groups. having. convinced him such a SOD | definite, and even one part of the Looe eragay instruction, incitement against the unemployed, against strikers and communists, glorifica- tion of war, often provoke those chil- dren who have already a communist conception and will arouse vehenient | discussions. They ask the teachers questions and will utter their pro- In some cases the majority of e pupils will revolt against reac- tionary or brutal teachers. In other cases a solitary little rebel may be defeated and'forced to submit to the “power of the teacher. In such a case (the group supports the child and helps him thru his difficult time. But he is not allowed to believe or feel that he is acting according to some- one’s command. paige that he does is done on his own initiative, done for himself and hi Ce hat A eer A of responsibility in the le is of the utmost importance ‘are many ways in which the Idren’s bond a militant education, would not be in the best interests of the country. He is anxious for recognition as soon as possible and is engaged in making the necessary pre- liminary inquiries.” This hesitancy of the Labor gov- ernment has immediately produced discontent in the Labor Party. Neil MacLean, who is M. P. from Glasgow writes the following outburst against the Labor government in the official organ of the Labor Party, in the La- bor Herald: “What is this nonsense about inev- itable delays and preliminary for- malities before the Russian govern- ment can be recognized? Five days sufficed to recoenize Greece after Venizelos took office. What could be done in the case of Greece could be done in the cnse of Russia. If the permanent officials pretend otherwise they are sabotaging, and their sabot- ‘age must be iftly and ruth- ‘Jessly or this government is damned.” k's English capitalists is in favor of recognition of Soviet Russia by Eng- land. But that MacDonald hesitates and investigates, shows clearly the true reactionary spirit of the leader ‘of the Labor Party. And the fact that MacDonald is already beginni to fall under the influence of the o bureaucracy of the state shows clear- ly that a real Labor government is {not possible without the destruction of the capitalist state apparatus and the setting up of a new proletarian MONTREAL. — The Canadian Pa- cifie railway is nowyconcerned in the negotiations looking to an increase of 12 1-2 per cent in the pay railway clerks, freight shed, station and roundhouse men. N. tions are jin 8 peo with the Cai pee rai;ways on the same sub- ject. . 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