The Daily Worker Newspaper, February 22, 1924, Page 1

THE DAILY WORKER | RAISES THE STANDARD | FOR A WORKERS’ AND VOL. I. No. 346. “HELP!” BRITISH DOCK WORKERS WIN GREAT STRIKE Prestige of Labor Movement Enormously Increased (Speeisl to The Daily Worker) LONDON, Feb. 21.—The end of the greatest dock strike in British history is scheduled for today. Employers have agreed to yield a two shilling increase, tho they are postponing the full-week work guarantee issue and maintenance of unemploy- ed for later negotiations. Representatives of the dock workers’ unions reached the agreement with the employers « after an all night session. The strike will end when the union delegates ratify the settlement. The strike was practically 100 per cent effective in every British port,— the first time a great national move- ment of the dockers was ever carried out.. More than 120,000 men were in- volved. The nation’s food supplies were reaching a low level. Labor Movement Strengthened. The success of the strike will enormously increase the prestige of the labor movement\in England. The MacDonald government, also, will re- tain influence of workefs who would have damned it forever if it had turn- ed itself into a strike-breaking ma- chine. Official support, which the British Trade: Union-Congress gave the strike, is believed to have been the deciding factor that prevented the government from yielding to the demands of its anti-strike supporters in the ranks of the liberals. Rail Men Gave Support. Days will pass before the conges- tion caused by the strike can be cleared away. In Southampton thousands of sacks of American mail are lying in lighters. Railroad work- ers refused to, touch any cars loaded ’ by_scab labor. 2 Employers lost sympathy of a large part of the middle class public even when it was learned that the average profits last year exceeded seven per cent. On the other hand the cost of living has advanced so that the work- ers, with the two shilling increase, will not be so well off as they were before the cut of two years ago. Pious Pugs Stage Big Fistic Bout in Lord’s' Temple DENVER, Colo., Feb. 21—A church was used for prayer meeting and boxing bouts in the same evening here last night. The Merritt Morrel Methodist Church staged a combination smoker and prayer meeting. Seven youths were awarded the palm of victory in fs many boxing matches. pte the og tat 1 pesvions a the earlier part of the evening, led by the Rev. B. B. Kassler, the congregation made its way to the basement of the church where @ ring was roped off fer the matches, Chureh Row Brings Expulsion. KANSAS CITY, Feb, 21.—Rev. E. H. Williamson, student pastor, was sat from the Baptist Theologi- Seminary here today following a dispute with a member of the faculty over points reported to be involved in the Modernist-fundamentalist con- troversy. K Find $15,000 Missing. NASHVILLE, Tenn., Feb, 21.— Locktmiths today succeeded in open- ing the safe of the Broadway branch of the Commerce Union Bank which has been jammed for two days and found $15,000 in cash missing THE DAILY WORKER. FARMERS’ GOVERNMENT BE Subscription Rates: Outside Chicago, by mail, $6.00 per year In Chicago, by mail, $8.00 per year. GETS CONFIDENCE VOTE IN SENATE Exposed | ‘as Disburser of Czar’s Bribes (Special to The Daily Worker) PARIS, Feb. 21.—With the franc still at worse than 24 to the dollar Poincare barely succeeded today in gaining a vote of confidence in the senate, by 150 to 134. The vote shows a decided break away from the strength he had recently. The proposed election laws were adopted but it is not yet learned whether the features objectionable to the government were eliminated or not. Poincare has stated that he would resign if these features were not deleted from the bill, The French premier has lost his popularity in Paris. The confusion in business circles since the crash of the franc igs blamed on his inter- national policy. Exposures in L’Humanite of Poin- care’s role ag disburser for the Rus- sian subsidies to the venal French press in the years preceding the war have played a large part in destroying confidence. Poincare has not denied the exposes, which are supported by ai tie documents from the Czar’s archives, taken over by the Soviet government, and turned over to a member of the French communist paper’s staff for inves- tigation. mt Millerand has barred all foreigners from the Paris bourse— claiming that their speculations in French securities have contributed to the anarchial conditions there. The counter charge is made that Millerand does not want outsiders to see what is going on. TERIOR at EB ae ti BRE ONS cial AREER ie ce OE EM th A Nar Lec AE ER cat ETS i A, mala - Aged Worker, Scrapped by Bosses, Gives Up Struggle and Ends Life te The Daily Worker) (Special MOBERLY, Mo., Feb. 21.—Henry ment and destitute. For the past several days he had been the rear of a shoe here. Ina fit Miller hanged himself this week in was 60 years old, and he found his for employment. Miller long had been out of employ- “ in sleeping in over his circumstances, his makeshift s! i quarters. He age against him er he applied POINCARE BARELY || Five-cent Fare nas Daug-Herty Had His. WON BIG PROFITS FOR N. J. TROLLEY SYSTEM JERSEY CITY, N. J., Feb. 21— Five-cent fares, instituted by the Public Service Railway Co., after the strike last summer and early fall show a profit, according to the financial report for December of the company.+ A deficit of $30,000 in November was wiped out in December anda credit of $47,781 piled up. There were 8,000,000 more passengers in December, 1923, with the 5-cent fare in force . than*in December, 1922, before the rate was cut. The company oper- ates in almost 150 Jersey cities and villages, LADIES’ TAILORS IN FIGHT TO ENFORCE RAISE Demand Five Day Work Week; 8 Hours Ten thousand local garment work- ers have made all preparations to strike to enforce their demands for an eight-hour day, a five day work | week_and an increase of 15 per cent over the wages now effective in the Chicago market, In a statement to The DAILY! WORKER the headquarters of the Chicago Joint Board of the Interna- tional Ladies’ Garment Workers’! Union which is conducting the strike, declared that is are now ec~ ted and that ts will be distrib- uted directing the strikers what halls to go to for instructions. e manufacturers of ladies’ Par- ments in this city have declared their determination to resist the efforts of the union members to secure their demands. The various boss as- sociations are joining together in order to more effectively resigt the workers, WASHINGTON, Feb, 21.—Presi- dent Coolidge today nominated Charles B, Warren, Detroit, Mich., to be ambassador to Mexico, tion, called for the facts in the Tea- i pot Dome leases. That resolution was so framed that the red flag of | JACKASS JOCKEY; J 4 vigor. What were the newspapers doing for 22 months? What was 1920 Candidate Chief| fics, "ifs mas os Rival to McAdoo (Special te The Daily Worker) ies ti I CLEVELAND,’ 0.,. Feb)'21—Ohio| _“Nor.have there been, so far as | today became a political battleground |®™ @ware, any aaa pps 7 i . |managem ureau. Lana ea et ecnerbig pri The wholesale dishonesty there is not 1920 election, definitely had entered|® pepe hed ee oth aalh see. va the lists as a candidate for the demo-|°f official record in the committee cratic nomination for president. The battle is between Cox support- erg and backers of Wm. G. McAdoo, presidential aspirant, who is admitted); following announcement last y ‘popular ings nor even a thoro investigation What the former Ohio governor|There are other directions in which does in the April primaries will have) court proceedings would be admir- much weight with national bourbon leaders, local democrats believe. McAdoo Headquarters, in charge of|time solemnly and partisanly debat- former Judge David L. Rockwell, here,| ing an income tax measure. It is was silent today as to what course|like discussing the size of a faucet will be followed. porters of Cox helieve that Mc-| between half the staves. If we can Adoo adherents wil! not come out in| have honest administration of the fight but will|taxes that are collected, the rate of name Cox in their delegate petitions.|income tax will take care of itself. This was seen in the filing yester- day at Columbus of declaration of| “If this country were invaded by candidacy as delegate of Harry H.jan alien foe and I were a young man Weiss named Cox as|I believe I would offer myself far the open in a prima: Weiss, Canton. first choice and James E. Ca former Ohio governor, Cox’s friends believe that Weiss is a McAdoo supporter in dis- governor James The Industries for the workers! ntered as Second-class matter September 21, 03, at the PostOffice at Chicago, Illinois, under the Act of March 3, 1879, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 1924 a> 1S CORRUPT, VANDERLIP Banker, Sued For Libel, Hits “Wholesale Dishonesty” | (Spectal to The Daily Worker) NEW YORK, Feb. 21.— “Corruption has attacked the government at its heart,” charges Frank L. Vanderlip in a statement following the $600,000 libel action brought against him by Louis H. Bruslf and Roy D. Moore, purchasers pf the late President Harding’s Marion Star. The former head of the National City Bank called for a thoro house cleaning of the Washington government. He pointed his finger at the fact that there had been no court proceedings against the man- Published Daily except Sunday by THE DAILY WORKER PUBLISHING CO., 1640 N. Halsted St., Chicago, Mimots. AUGHERTY 10 EVERY DOG HAS HIS DAY-- ‘GOVERNMENT Hit‘as Gambler in Oil Stock URN Workers! Farmers! Demand: ee The Labor Party BD id Amalgamation Organization of Unorganized The Land for the Users The Industries for the Workers Protection of the Foreign-Born Recognition of Soviet Russia Price 3Cents ES s Calls in ~ Aid of U. S. Sleuths — (Special te The Dally Worker) WASHINGTON, Feb. 21.—Attorney-General Daugherty ‘today called in William J. Burns, head of the Department of Justice Secret Service, to help him prepare a counter-attack om his critics. Burns and Rush Holland, assistant to Daugherty, who re- cently hag been “sitting in” at hearings of the Senate Teapot Dome Committee, spent several hours in Daugherty’s apart-— ment. It was intimated there might be a statement later replying to the attack on Daugherty by Senator Wheeler, Montana, author of a resolution for investigation of Daugherty’s adminis- tration. Show Daugherty Oil Speculator WASHINGTON, Feb. 21. —Senator Burton K. Wheeler declared today, that he had received a written report from a special investigator “indicating Attorney-General Daugherty had speculated in oil stocks.” The evidence relates to the Sinclair company. Wheeler’s resolution will be taken up in the senate, White House officials said. Wheeler obtained the report of the investigator last week. agement of the Alien Property Administration and he de- nounced the failure to prose- cute the “wholesale dishon- esty” of the veterans’ bureau. Welcomes Court Proceedings. “The courts are an effective means to bring out facts. I therefore wel- come this court proceeding,” Vander- lip’s statement begins. “I hope that it is the forerunner of other court proceedings. There is nothing this country needs #0 much at the mo- ment as some court proceedings ini- tiated by grand juries and pressed by incorruptible prosecuting attorneys. “Twenty-two months ago, in April, 1922, the senate by unanimous resolu- suspicion was run up. For weeks no answer at all was received and none was urgently pressed for, and there- after, until quite recently, the search for the facts was made without Senator Walsh doing? It looks as if somebody had been asleep at the | | ceedings have yet resulted from the Teapot Dome situation. “Wholesale Dishonesty.” proceedings and the proceedings of congress and Mr. Forbes and his friends have as yet encountered no court proceedings. 4 “There have been no court proceed- of the alien nroperty administration, able, “Congress today is spending its you would put in a barrel leaking Worse Than Foreign Foe. its defense. It has been attacked by something more dangerous than a military invasion by a foreign foe, “Corruption h ittacked the gov- ernment at its rt, “T believe that the facts are not fully presented to the country and 21.—Former| even when presented are not being Cox’ of Ohio,| *¢ted upon.” democratic standard bearer in 1920, Pe ea Sesdi bas Sot ee he il sae his lency, iow far he press his| WN) K, Feb. 21.—Loui: 4 fight ‘and what will be his major is-| Broan and see'De con sues, he is not ready to say. In his 1920 campaign Cox was a ttle of the league of nations| Vanderlip, New York financier and speeches during the last two years he has consistently held ee ~Apeod emda be nip the Ma: Stai purckaied fr ie league as respons: lor many 0! rion Star was ‘om the current ills, both domestic and| Presid Vanderlip Sued for $600,000. Brush and Roy D, Moore, owners of the Marion, Ohio, Star, have brought suit for $600,000 against Frank A. former president of the National City Bank, charging his speech of Fel 11, in which he declared lent Harding at a figure twice its value, i erg not only their own character, but the character of the late president, He was to have gone to the White: House to see President Cool- idge last Sunday, but a brother of Senator Walsh, Montana, was struck by an automobile and Wheeler took him to the hospital, making him late for his engagement to see the President. Other senators who were at the White House are under- stood to have told Mr. Coolidge of the report. Senator Walsh also has a copy of the report. The identity of the special invest- igator is not known. His report in- volved a cabinet official and a sen- ator. He is considered by Wheeler to be a “responsible authority.” The senator Davis Elkins, West Virginia, said yesterday he had speculated in| Sinclair oil stock. Probers Are Mum. Members of the Teapot Dome com- mittee today refused to affirm or deny reports that Daugherty’s name was found on stock brokers books examined in connection with the com- mitee’s inquiry. The story circulated was that Daugherty had lost $11,000 in oil stock, not, however, stock connected in any way with the oil scandal, Daugherty could not be reached for! a statement on these reports. Chair-| man Lenroot of the committee, would give no information regarding them.| Coolidge Sticks by Daugherty, Senators were slowly piecing to- gether from fragments of information given them by Senators Lodge and Peppes, the story of what happened at the White House yesterday when Lodge and Pepper urged President Coolidge to dismiss Daugherty. The President, it was said, indicated by questions he was reluctant to ask Daugherty’s resignation, because there .Was no direct evidence connect- ing him with the oil scandal, The senators told Mr. Coolidge it was not a time for sympathy, in the opinion of most republican senators. McAdoo Enters” Illinois Primary for Presidency SPRINGFIELD, Ill., Feb William G. McAdoo today formally >i} oe Illinois Presidential pre- ntial primary a i aa sees for president pitas the petition of the former x Y= tary of the treasury was filed by W. J. Murphy and William Coleman of Chicago. The petition contained sigs rea etitions of Hiram ‘Johnson and Calvin Coolidge as Republican Fhe date for president already ar? on file. MeAdoo is the first Democratic candidate to enter the Illinois pri- mary. ——_____. Plan Water Gas Plant. Officers of the Illinois Power and Light Corporation today were con- sidering plans for the construction of a $50,000 water gas plant at La Salle, Ill. The plant officials said, will be in operation by July. 1, High ae mains, costing $30,000, will e laid. N. Y. Skates to Work. NEW YORK, Feb. 21—New York skated to work on icy sidewalks today after the most disagreeable storm of the season, but brilliant sunshine and a favorable weather forecast cheered the commuters. o DAUGHERTY MUST QUITIN SAVE 6. O:ee ‘Solons Fear His Oil Spots Will Show Under Probe = WASHINGTON, Feb. 21.— Attorney-General Daugherty today was faced with the al- ternative of resigning from the cabinet “to relieve President | Coolidge from an embarrassing | | position” or undergoing senate condemnation in a resolution — similar to that adopted in the case of Secretary of the Navy Denby. ; Daugherty has taken the ai titude that his record is clean that he doesn’t care what the senate or, in fact, anyone els thinks; that he knows wh he’s about; that he’s ready fight it out with his accus and that he won’t resign unl the President asks him to. Tell Cal te Can Him, But Republican Senators are “ex- erting pressure both on President Coolidge and Daugherty himself to | create a vacancy in the attorney- generalship without further furore. Late yesterday Senators Lodge and Pepper called on Mr. Coolidge to this end and today other republican sen« ators are getting into the play, most-_ ly with Daugherty. ‘ Since Mr. Coolidge, up to now, has let it be known he could not ask for Daugherty’s resignation unless speci- fie evidence findmg Daugherty culp- able in the oil or other scandals were produced, the line of argument di. rected at Daugherty is that he should resign to spare the party unnecessary additional trouble. Wheeler Resolution Will Pass, Fe Unless the president or attorney~ general acts very soon, admin¥tra- | tion leaders told the president, it will — be impossible to delay senate action on the Wheeler resolution condemm- ing Daugherty and providing for an investigation of his aministration, Lodge told the president that the resolution would pass by a large ma- — jority. But Lodge and other leaders — want to avoid its adoption. While Mr. Coolidge had refused, in the Denby case, to recognize the sen- ate’s right to dictate to him regard. ing cabinet officers, it was pointed out — to him that the administration’s standing with the country would be | hurt by adoption of another resolu- tion condemning a second cabinet — member.