The Daily Worker Newspaper, February 9, 1924, Page 4

Page Four THE DAILY WORKER.| The Telepathic Tribune Published by the DAILY WORKER PUBLISHING CO., 1640 N. Halsted St., Chicago, IIL (Phone: Lincoln 7680.) SUBSCRIPTION RATES By mail; $6.00 per year $3.50..6 months $2.00..8 months By mail (in Chicage only): $8.00 per year $4.50..6 months $2.50. .8 months Address all mail and make out checks to THE DAILY WORKER 1640 N. Halsted Street J. LOUIS ENGDAHL d WILLIAM F, DUNNE i or Editor MORITZ J. LOEB... Business Manager Entered as second-class mail Sept. 21, 1923 at the Post- Office at Chicago, Ill, under the act of March 8, 1879. ae 1% Advertising rates on application. Chicago, Mitnois .. Editor Americanizing Foreigners Official List of Dead. Arthur Meyers, Frank Zietz, Joseph Snyder, Alex. Jylha, Jerome Ryan, Emil Carlson, George Hochevar, Nels Ritala, John Yakalich, John Slacker, John Muro- vich, Roland McDonald of Duluth, Clyde Revord, G. H. Revord, John Minerich, Fred Hart, Frank Hravatin, Elmer Hoag, Frank Tomac, Marko Toljan, Nick Radich, Martin Valenich, Henry Maki, Henry Lahtl, George Butkovich, Tony Flack, Peter Magvich, Earl Bedard, L. J. LaBrash, C. Harris, Victor Kattola, Roy Cunningham, Captain Evan Crellin, Will- iam Johnson, Mike Bazal, A. E. Wolford, Valentine Cole, John Hendrickson, Minor Grove, Herman Hohm, Oliver Burns, and Harry Hosford. . . s Scan the list of the dead in the Milford mine disaster—or in any other great disaster that takes bloody toll of the lives of the workers in a basic industry. Foreign names predominate—in the Milford death list they are Finnish and South-Slav names. Citizens? Probably not, but good enough for the Milford mining company to employ in work of the most dangerous character and to sacrifice to its desire for large profits from which no expenditure for safety measures had to be subtracted. One does not have to be a mining expert to know that these foreign-born workers were murdered in a far more deliberate and cold- blooded manner than if the stockholders of the «Milford mining company had taken them one Ey SN were an DORA SET Ace by one and hurled them down the shaft that marks their tomb. The miners themselves knew of the danger and had protested and in all probability the mine foreman had reported that “those damned foreigners are making trouble again.” Someone will ask why they did not quit. [Well, they were almost all married, they had families, they had to work somewhere and one mine is much like another; miners are that way; they have to be if they are going to get work. They had no union, thanks to the steel trust and the steel trust owned officials of Min- nesota, who have hunted the foreign-born miners on the iron range like wild animals whenever they have tried to organize. They were at the mercy of the mining company ex-| cept for three alternatives—work, move or starve. Secretary of Labor Davis is much incensed | at the foreign-born workers. He says they are not good material with which to build America and he wants to finger-print them and have them report to the police. In the drifts and stopes of the Milford mine there are a large number of foreign-born min- ers who will never be finger-printed and who never will have to report to the police. Their dead hands, with the calloused palms washed a sickly white, still clasp the tools with which they were building America. Their re- ward is a grave in the slimy swamp-mud; the reward of their families will be long years of poverty in dreary mining camps. Let us hope that such occurrences as the Milford mine disaster, with the mute testimony of the names of the dead, will arouse the work- ers of America to the real meaning of the hor- rible proposals put forward by Secretary of Labor Davis in their name and that they will let the mining, steel, textile and packing com- panies, in whose name he really speaks, know that while liability insurance ig cheaper than safety measures they shall not be allowed to hound and humiliate by legislative enactment the foreign-born workers whom they send to their deaths as a first lesson in Americanism. We shudder to think of the wave of right- eous indignation that would have arisen in Washington over the Teapot scandal if about 97 per cent of congress, senate and the cabinet hadn’t quietly cleaned up in Sinclair oil. All that was lacking to make the Teapot Dome scandal comply with the best capitalist ethics was a touch of blackmail, and the Den- ver Post, a rabid anti-labor sheet, has sup- plied it. The democrats rally for the struggle with the battle-cry of “Down with Denby and Daugherty!” The republicans answer with “Massacre McAdoo.” Meanwhile the Farmer- Labor movement makes both capitalist parties not only alliterative but anxious. THE DAILY WORKER a a SSS see SSNs The Russian correspondent of the Chicago Tribune has refused to abide by the rules ac- cepted by the representatives of the rest of the foreign press and has been refused admission to Russia by the Soviet government. The effects of this are seen in the tremen- dous upheavals taking place all over Russia— in the columns of the Tribune. From Riga and London the Tribune cor- respondent is conducting revolts of the Red Army, flights of Trotzky, peasant uprisings; the Mongolian hordes have been resurrected to hold the Red Army in check and the com- plete overthrow of the Soviet government has been set for some time in April—when, says the Tribune correspondent in London, with a passion for detail, the advent of spring will permit an advance on Moscow. As is quite fitting, seeing that it admits that it is the world’s greatest newspaper, the Tribune has this advance information all to itself. A careful scrutiny of the other capital- ist papers discloses the fact that they have not the slightest knowledge of these horrendous occurrences, altho their correspondents are right on the ground. i They are either very poor newsgatherers or else have succumbed to the insidious effects of Soviet propaganda and are telling the truth. The Tribune long ago developed a news- gathering method that excels the mar- vels of the telegraph and radio; it used it to the limit in the good old days when anti-Soviet propaganda was the chief business of the capi- talist press and since its Russian correspondent so nobly defended the right to lie against the painfully truthful Soviet spokesmen, it has re- vived it. It is a combination of telepathy and crystal- gazing and excellent results can be obtained without even leaving Chicago. All that is needed is a map of Russia, a writer who hates the workers’ and farmers’ government of that country and who will write down under a Riga, Warsaw, Berlin or London date-line the things he would like to have occur to the hated Com- munists. The only drawback so far as the Tribune is concerned is that the resulting stories have no perceptible effect on the Soviet government except to convin¢e it that “Tribune correspon- dent” and “liar” are synonomous terms. | In the United States its Russian correspon- dence rivals its comic features as a source of amusement with the additional advantage that they are on the first page and easily accessible. in it A Dangerous Epidemic The whole American working class is men- aced by a devastating epidemic of Congres- sional proposals to cripple its effectivenéss as a fighting force against unutterable conditions of work and life. There are today before Congress 43 bills dealing with immigration. The house has been burdened with 36 of these bills and the senate with seven. Practically all of these bills, if enacted into law, would tend to uproot even the most elementary vestige of labor or- ganization. In December there were introduced eight bills in the house and one in the senate, by Lodge, providing for each immigrant securing a certificate of admission from an American consul before being permitted to land on American soil. This will empower the Amer- ican consuls, who are usually business mer utilizing the cloak of government protectior for economic interests, to decide the fate of millions of workers and their relatives here. If any of these bills is enacted it will mean the death blow to the last semblance of America’s traditional role of serving as a haven for those oppressed for political opinions. One of these bills, the Raker Resolution (H. R. 5), aims to exclude all imivizrants from a country whose government is not recognized by the United States. Another Congressman, whose name curiously happens to be Vestal, is so anxious to maintaifi the purity of American capitalism, and is so zealous a watchman of the sacred fires of dollar patriotism that hi would register all foreign-born workers bien- nially upon penalty of deportation. This is the boidest strikebreaking measure ever pro- posed in Washington, and thousands of anti- labor bills have been introduced in congress in the last decade. Twelve bills provide for deportation of workingmen for some pretense or other. Two measures are calculated to secure the examina- tion of workers in their home countries by im- migration inspectors before departure. Five bills call for the immediate and complete sus- pension of immigration. Then there are other resolutions which are distinctly adverse to the vest interests of the workers. All of these measures should be fought by the workers to the last ounce of their energy. All of these bills are drawn up with the inten- tion of dividing the workers along the artificial lines of nationality and of enabling the biggest employers of labor to ‘get a firmer grip on their workers. Every one of these measures strengthens the strikebreaking powers of the government, which is already the most danger- ous strikebreaking agency in the world. Every union man, every worker, every poor farmer, regardless of political creed, regard- less of nationality, must get into the fight to that is threatening to swoop down upon the working masses and paralyze the labor move- ment for years. Two of the world’s most skillful liars—Lloyd George and Clemenceau—are contending for the championship since death has removed their most formidable rival, door of the White H on Moscow today, chief forgot to slap another com- missar on the cheek, forgot to arrest Trotzky. Trotzky forgot to get a divorce from the Russian princess he married at 1 p. m. general forgot to predict that the Grand Duke Nicholas would begin his march on Moscow next week, What is the matter with the liars who used to add so much to the gaiety of nations? Are they knocked speechless with envy by the achieve- ments of the Cootidge cabinet in ex- plaining away the Teapot Dome? ** * him a suitable object for her affec tions. ht the aid of William G. McAdoo. The latter did not assist and the society beauty married another ie disa: learned that McAdoo was connected with begrny! hes « carried the infor- mation to tor Reed. sas KOO KOO BOOSTER) *‘s0r" pongo Pee, FILM HAS NEW LEASE OF LIFE Birth of Nation May Get Axe Monday ‘The case of the exhibitors of the “Birth of a Nation,” against Chief of Police Collins, was continued till next Monday when it came up before Judge Denis Sullivan yesterday. The exhibitors of the “Birth of a Nation” are trying to have Chief Collins cited in contempt of court for stopping showings of their picture on the ground that he violated an injunction obtained by them in 1915 prohibiting interference with its showing. chief of police holds that a law in 1917 prohibiting the sho any picture that would incite to race hatred wiped out the injunction. The court has decided that the chief of police is correct in his stand by his holding hearings to determine if the picture comes within the per- bid of the rea egroes of Chicago are indignant “y the pee a net avin in| closing the picture, which they say | i is likely to lead to serious haa red degre tween the two races. The picture is ee shown pending decision by the court “The Chicago Tribune and many People say that the showing of ‘The | Birth of a Nation’ is not being mcVe order to cause trouble, therefore should be permitted to continue,” said Gordon Owens, a prominent Chicago negro, the showing of this film does cause trouble to both whites and blacks. This infamous ‘Birth of a Nation’ Picture is negro baitin; of those masked skun! speakable Ku Klux Klan.” “The fact is that propaganda the un- AS WE SEE IT By T. J. O'FLAHERTY. GECRETARY of the Navy Denby invited a group of newspaper editors to Cuba to watch the fieet maneuver, ate became so interested in the dis- appearance of the oil that helps to make the feet travel, that the sec- retary was detained in Washington. Now, the whether they are going to see the fleet or look for it. generosity of the members of the present cabinet skeptical would not be surprised to find on their arrival at Havana that Mr. Denby gave the fleet away as a gift to one of his school day friends. In the meantime the sen- editors do not know In view of the editors o* © @ If the coat of arms of Magnus Johnson should be a milch cow ram- pant on a field of green, that of the Coolidge administration should be a satchel, filled, double crossed with an empty oil can hanging on the spout of a golden teapot. ese # @ Because President Harding’s death was caused by an overdose of poi- soned crabs and Wilson bit off more than he could chew, the secretary of “The Society for the Protection of the Suffering Stomach” sent a let- ter to the editor of The DAILY WORKER demanding that a bill be introduced in congress making criminal offense to feed “Bill” Taft oftener than five times a day, it a * ee & According to the two that still live one of the three biggest liars of the nineteenth rad twentieth cen- turies passed away last week. The two living specimens are Clemenceau and Lloyd George. * President Coolidge’s name goes on the ballot in the state of Illinois. He remains neutra) in the fight ot the Chicago Tribune against Gov- ernor Small. sphinx, the alleged pillar of justice and uncompromising champion of right regardless of consequences is New. England josed..as the most unscrupulous @ seeker that ever darkened the ‘ouse, ** e @ The Red Army forgot to march One Bolshevik The Cheka yesterday. A Russian czarist Whenever anything unusual hap- pens in France the French police look for the woman in the case. William Gibbs McAdoo might be rid- ing the Democratic Jackass to the nomination for the presidency on his party’s ticket but for the wiles of one John (Doe) Cupid, this way.’ A young man who ae the Democrat party prepare the - eral reserve act in love with a beautiful society girl who refused to return his love until he secured an appointment to office wipe out this epidemic of anti-labor legislation Nim in her opinion would makelIN CHICAGO It happened for passage was lovelorn swain of wells to fire eater did the rest. aug gz of office. When The Kan- CLEVELAND Will Open Its Relief‘ Drive For the Twenty Million Starving German Workers with a meeting in the \ GERMAN TURN-VEREIN VORWAERTS HALL HARLEM AVE. & E. 55th STREET, CLEVELAND, OHIO TUESDAY EVENING, FEB. 12, 1924, 8 P. M. Speakers: WILLIAM KRUSE, just returned from Germany, and others Also movies of Russia and Germany Auspices: Friends of Soviet Russia and Workers’ Germany Fake Is Exposed (Special to The Daily Worker) NEW YORK.—Comment in labor circles here upon the selection of Dr. Charles Herbert Levermore as reci- | pient of the $50,000 prize and as can- | didate for the remainitg $50,000, | should the plan gain “popular sup- port,” ranged from indifference to the Bok propaganda scheme to con- demnation of the “deception latent | in this league advertising campaign.” | _ Active labor and pacifist opposi-, tion to the Bok fever showed itself | in charges that Levermore is a “paci- fist for revenue only.” Pacifists sug- gested that there is frony in the choice of a man who identified him- petednitedy ‘self with anti-militarism before the |Levermore was instrumental in|% Secretary, Progressive Miners Committee, Will Tell the Story of John L. Lewis and the Miners’ Convention SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 8 P. M. 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