The Daily Worker Newspaper, February 22, 1924, Page 3

Friday, February 22, 1924 KLAN CYCLOPS SEEKS JOB OF HERRIN SHERIFF Aims to Oust Galligan, Anti-Klan Chief (Special to The Daily Worker) MARION, Ill, Feb. 21,—Sam Sterns, exalted cyclops of the Ku Klux Klan and prominent business man, is seeking the position now filled by George Galligan, sheriff of Marion County. That his ambition has the approval of the Citizen’s Com- mittee, organized by General Milton Foreman is the general opinion around here. Sheriff Galligan is lined up with Retice in the William- the pro-union son county i Sterns and the Klan are frankly lined up against the union. Put On Clean Shirts. The committee of “neutral citizens” is simply the Klan in a new disguise. The deeds of the Kluxers got them into disrepute so they must be fumi- gated and put in new uniforms. Their night shirts need a visit to the laun- dry. They may have to wear civilian clothes for a little while. The official organ of the Klan of Illinois gives a list of the prominent citizens who favor the Klan and the formation of a Citizen’s Committee. There is not a worker on the list, The same paper also published the names of the “criminals” allegedly respons- ible for the disorders, They are all workers and mostly union men. The prohibition crusade was only an excuse to punish the miners for being members of the union. The repudiation of the Ku Klux at the Indianapolis convention of the U. M. W. of A, also rankled in the breasts of the bigots and they took it out on the members of the union in Herrin. The anti-labor character of the Ku Klux Klan dry raids and reign of ter- ror in Williamson county is attested by an official report of the Martin Leonard case prepared for The Daily Worker by local 3192, United Mine Workers of America, After describing Leonard as a miner, and a self-sacrificing parent of ten or- phaned children, the local union de- scribes the unwarranted raid and 8. Glen Young. The report states: Knocked Patriot Cold. “While cooking breakfast for his family and preparing buckets for his two sons and himself to go to work at the mines (Feb, 2) Leonard an- swered the door and one of four men gave him a warrant demanding the right to search the house for intox- icating liquor. There were several men standing in the yard. Three of the men searched the barn and out- buildings. One man stayed in the house talked with Leonard. Leonard was saying: ‘Yes, I had two sons volunteer in the world war, and I have three more when Uncle Sam needs them,’ when the three retur: and one of them knocked him thru a window, Leonard’s son, John, went to his father’s rescue, but was clubbed on the head with the butt of a revol- ver by another raider. ‘ “James, another son, and John took their buckets and went to work. Leonard was pretty badly cut across his nose and around his eyes. He in- tended to go to the doctor. Young Curses in Court. “Young and the raiders returned with warrants for Leonard and his sons, John, James and Joe, charging them with disturbing the peace, as- sault and resisting an officer, John and James were refused permission to change their pit clothes and wash at the mine and were paraded up and down Broadway.so gatbed. With their father they were landed in jail and held until $1,800 bail was ar- ranged by the mine superintendent. “In the courtroom S. Glenn Young cursed Leonard and told him, ‘When I come back there will be less skin on your face then there is now, and I’m coming back. I'll teach you to be a Christian.’ “The next week when no witnesses appeared inst Leonard on the first or second date set for the trial, the prosecuting attorney threw the case out of court. Kluxers Rob Cripple. “Another deplorable case here was that of Mrs. Morez, a French woman,” the union’s report tinues. “Her husband is a cripple unable to work and she had saved up $125 to taxes. The raiders looted her and took the money, There was no liquor in the house and they were peorie never known to bootleg. lorez has gone the care of two ysicians, “There have been several cases of unwarranted Klan and their leader, S, Cops and Firemen Got Jewelry, Says Chicago Burglar Two policemen and one fireman are under investigation today fol- lowing a confession from Thomas, burglar, involving them. Thomas, whose amazing career of crime covers everything from larceny to murdér, said he gave Sergeant George Garry some jewelry and money to return to victims. Garry kept the articles, he charged. thomas related a similar story about another policeman. A fireman was named ag receiver of the stolen property. Since 1914 when he fin- ished a jail sentence in a North Da- kota penitentiary, Thomas is accused of having committed more than 300 robberies in and around Chicago. NEW HAMPSHIRE TEXTILE WORKERS STRIKING BRAVELY Pacific Mills Meeting Real Fight (Special to The Daily Worker) DOVER, N. H., Feb, 21.—Kighteen hundred textile workers are heroical- ly continuing the strike they began last November, when the Pacific Mills attempted to speed them up by add- ing more looms and spindles to their tasks. Vainly is the superintendent attempting to drive them back to their jobs. The strike was the workers’ an- swer to the arrogant demand the company posted up in November that weavers were from then on to handle 40 cotton looms, instead of 20; spin- ners already handling 12 to 14 frames were to take two or more sides; carders were to add another frame.to the two already handled. Efficient Exploitation. Greater efficiency, you say. And so said the efficienty expert, who had been holding a time clock as he watched like a hawk every move- ment of the mill workers. A worker in a single day walked to and from machines many miles, which would be raised additional miles by the extra frames. One handling 40 looms could not see from one end of the room to the other, The effect of the contemplated change would be an early breakdown of the workers, to be replaced by a new batch of slaves, imported in mass at the demand of the mill sharks. The older workers would be banished from the factory, to die in their homes, or rather on the stréets, for one must abandon one’s home, if the owner is the mill company. They are skilled, -with twenty or thirty years’ experience and as one youth- ful worker would double his work, one ned|9f the older folks would be fired. Helping the old and infirm, sym- pathy for old age, reward for long years of service, which are extolled in textbooks as capitalist virtues, are revealed as hollow frauds. Super From Dixie. The workers are up against the Pacific Mills, a powerful company, with a large mill in Lawrence. They hoped to crush Dover, and then ride over to Lawrerke, and repeat “the business there. Unfortunately for the Pacific, the challenge was met by a strike by men and women who have shown’ themselves to be real fighters. To the Superintendent, a southerner who married his job, and knows noth- ii about the industry, they said, ‘You boast that you handled negroes in the South, whom you call niggers, and you hope to make us crawl be- fore you. Before this fight is thru, ou'll be back in the sunny south.” The superintendent is a glowing tri- bute to the wonderful “managers” of present day industry. Funds Are Needed. The president of Local 27, William E. Hayward, now in Boston with a committee of strikers, collecting funds, calls it fortunate that when the men go on the picket line, the Mayor will be with them. It is to be hoped that the strikers do not get the same dose as the Brockton shoe workers, who took pride in their for- mer fellow shoe worker, who allowed them to picket for the first eight her|weeks. But at the critical moment, when the manufacturers felt the inch, the Mayor backed up the City licitor, outlawed the and Mrs. | arrested the pickets. insane and is under} Funds for the relief of the Dover strikers are to be sent to t other| Financial Secretary of Local 27, of the United Textile Workers of Amer- raiding looting in this town by the Ku Klux] ica, Joseph St. Cyr, 36 Hanson St., Glenn | Dover, Young,” the report les, Work Daily for “The Daily!" make ize our Advertisers and tell them you saw their Ad in The Daily Worker. op) New Hampshire. CHICAGO, Feb| 21—The Tragedy of the mabey ened Re title of issued. erican Federation of Railroad, Workers. It craft unionism and advocates industrial organization, | Know a worker who needs a working class education? Get him to read THE DAILY WORKER. ine Section of the DAILY WORKER, appear- Poet Seer eeente oe tae Seneret THE DAILY WORKER SMITH SEES “RED MENACE” AS HIS LADDER TO FAME Exploiting Prosecution of Foster-Ruthenberg By CYRIL LAMBKIN. : The Daily Workei : (Special to aily ny DETROIT, Mich., Feb, 21.—0, L. Smith, assistant attorney general of the state of Michigan, is a dapper young man of great ambition, He reached his present high office with- in ten years of his graduation from the law school of the University of Michigan. But the office of assistant attorney general of the state is after all a comparatively minor one, in- capable of satisfying a great ambi- tion. How is one to advance to @ higher office? except when the name ofa ee official appears in a favor- able light in connection with some public sensation. Bridgman Raid His Chance. When the raid was made on the Communist Party convention in Bridgman in August, 1922, hope sprang in the breast of probably more than one state official. Did not Cool- idge achieve supreme political rank as a result of his fight against a strike? Were not the Commu the most militant section of the wor! ing class? So, altho, generally, leged violations of state laws are taken care of by the officers of the county in which the alleged viol: tions have taken place, in this i stance, it was decided that the office of the attorney general of the state was to take over the case and that assistant attorney general Smith was to be in charge. Mr. Smith unquestionably expected to secure a conviction against Foster. But fickle fortune withdrew her smile on that occasion, compelling Smith to woo her again in the Ruthenberg case, His victory in this case, however, was no longer a sensational one. It then became necessary for him to a) on a campaign to exploit the incident. And so Mr. Smith, who is quite a good conventional amid has utilized gatherings of politicians to talk of the menace of Communism, incidentally leaving an impression o: the importance of the St. Joseph pro- secutions, in which he had the leading part. Calls G. 0. P. Rival a Bolshevik. The latest occasion employed by Mr. Smith to further his dmbition was the recent convention of the State Supervisors Association held in Lansing. At this convention he at- tacked Herbert Baker, a leader in the Farmer Movement of the state, who is seeking the gubernatorial nomination on the Republican ticket. Herbert Baker at the time of the Bridgman raid wrote a letter, which was read at a mass meeting in Grand Rapids, condemning the raid as well as the Criminal Syndicalism law. According to the report of the Detroit Free Press correspondent Smith’s version of the incident of that letter was as follows: “Baker wrote-a letter of ‘in- dorsement (of the C. P, movement) which was intercepted by the depart- ment of justice officials. Bither Baker did not know what he was in- dorsing or else he was in sympathy with the movement.” Mr. Smith also informed the State Supervisors that Borah and LaFol- lette have the indorsement of the Communist and Magnus Johnson is also,acceptable to them. Ex-Gover- nor Allen, of Kansas, and Ole Hanson, of Seattle, take the witness chair! Sacco-Vanzetti Committee Calls Conference in N.Y. (By The Federated Press) NEW YORK, Feb. 21—A confer- ence of the Sac committee is to be Saturday, February 23. It promises to be a most interesting meeting. The two Italian icalg were con- victed of the murder of a paymaster in Braintree, it will be remembered, and convicted on the assumption that Sacco’s automatic pistol fired the fatal shoots .... But frame-ups, like murders, will out. About two months ago defense at- torney Fred H. Moore submitted five motions for a new trial, all five re- lated to the fact that the bullets could not have come from Sacco’s gun. Now the District Attorney, Harold P. Williams, feels impelled to an- gg that at some time or other barrel of Sacco’s gun was re- moved and another substituted. Judge Webster Thayer has ordered an in- vestigation, i degree the case pivots To a great upon this matter of the og Id P, Midgene go ‘or the de- fense, and iam H. Van Amburgh, a@ government expert are assisting the investigation. It is hoped that this startling reve- lation that the main Sa the granting ofa, New tial’ to th e granting of a new to the accused men, Several hundred invitations to the defense committee conference Satur- day have been sent out to contribut- ors, and prominent liberal and radical leaders. The purpose of the confer- ence is to discuss wage and ways Pied Leong nh Sa - eae of new evidence ely to provide material for much of the discussion, Missouri Coal Men on Fraud Charge Plead Innocence (By The Federated Press.) ST. LOUIS, Feb. 21.—A general plea of not guilty is the only reply of the Missouri State Retail Coal Dealers’ Assn, which has been char; with unfair trade practices by the federal trade commission, The organization comprises retail coal ote sin Missouri, Illinois and Ar- ansas. The federal body charges that the spondents cooperated in preventing ion of coal except thru “reg- rs—members of the com- The commission charges the ring with boycotting and intimi- dating independent dealers. DAVIS STATUTES ROUSE WORKERS IN MINNEAPOLIS Flay Plan to Thumb- print Foreign-Born (Special to The Daily Worker) MINNEAPOLIS, Minn., Feb, 21.— The workers of Minneapolis will hold a mass meeting in the assembly hall of the court house here Saturday night, February 23rd, to protest against the proposal to register, in- dex and finger-print all foreign-born workers. The meeting is being called by the Minneapolis Council for the Protec- tion of the Foreign-Born. The Coun- cil, which was recently organized, re- presents many local unions, fraternal organizations and labor political par- ties. The Minneapolis Trades and Labor Assembly recently passed a resolu- tion condemning all attempts to coerce the foreign-born by discrimi- nating laws. Labor Council's Stand. The resolution follows: Whereas, there is now pending in congress, bill No. 691, based up- on the recommendations of Presi- dent Coolidge in his message to congress which provides for the re- gistering, photographing and _fin- ger-printing of the foreign-born workers, like criminals, and Whereas, bill No. 2900 dikewise pending before congress provides for the scrutiny by government agents of potential immigrants in their own countries before allowing them to enter this country, and Whereas, this legislation would violate’ our American tradition of freedom of asylum to political re- fugees, and Whereas, since the foreign-born pice now in this country were invited to come to this land and make their homes here under Amer- ican conditions of equality and justice, it would be an unpardon- able betrayal of trust to now create legislation that would make them a subject class, and Whereas, this legislation would create a subject class differing but little from chattel slavery, a sub- jection, which, in the Civil war, thousands of men laid down their lives to abolish once and for all, and Whereas, by means of this legis- lation, the employers hope to cow into submission by the threat of deportation and separation from their families, the foreign-born workers who are a majority in such basic industries such as min- ing, textiles, leather, and meat cking and thus prevent their be- ing organized into unions and go- ing out on strike, and Laws Would Aid Bosses Whereas, this legislation would enable the employers to pit the foreign-born workers against the organized native born, and thus lower the standard of living of all workers, therefore be it Resolved, that the Minneapolis Trades and Labor assembly, do vigorously st against this Prt posed erican infringeme! upon the rights of millions of our population, who in their daily en- deavors have become an insepar- able part of our American life, and di ination against whom will ee, react upon the eco- nomic fare of the common peo- ple as a whole, and be it further Resolved, that we call upon our governmental representatives and officials to use their influence to defeat this vicious legislation, Young German Artist Who Caricatured Rich Is Arrested The authorities in_ Berlin have brought charges in court against the Ein line aga ishing house for the folio of carientares, drawn by George Homo,” and printed by these pub- lishers, ‘The charges are of spread- ing printed matter of an immoral character among the public. The real reason is that the cari- catures drawn by e Gross are terrific satires against the crime, the shame, the cruelty of the present rul- ing class. These caricatures are the most erful propaganda against Gross, entitled “Ecce- |; COMRADES HOLD FORT IN GERMANY DESPITE REACTION Bismarck’s Persecution Outdone Today (Special to The Daily Worker) NEW YORK, Feb. 21.—In spite of brutal suppression on the part of the police, reichswehr and courts, in| quietly knocking off one subscriber after another. spite of the shutting down of the/ Communist press and the forbidding of meetings, the German Commun- ists are true-to the revolutionary cause and are keeping up the fight for the revolution, That was the outstanding state- ment of Erich Kirechenknopf, who has just come from Germany, in the course of a speéch at the Labor Temple here under the auspices of the German branch of the Workers Party. Worse Than Bismarck. “This fight is immeasureably hard- er than te struggle’ which the So- cialists waged about forty years ago against the exception laws of Bis- marek, “This is explainable, for the politi- eal, social and economic conditions have undergone enormous changes since then, and since then the class conscious German workers went thru the world war and the revolution. “And the Communists have had to contend not only against the capi- talist class but also against the So- cial Democrats. The Social Demo- cratic leaders are saying that the Communists will be forced to silence, “But the Communists keep up their activity right along. They are hold- ing meetings. January 18 they even held great memorial meetings for the leaders Liebknecht and Luxembourg. Children Distribute Circulars. “And the red press and illegal cir- culars are now as before being dis- tributed secretly, for the most part by children, for the parents have to hide or are in prison.” The speaker went on to tell how the secret meetings are arranged. Then he described the shameful, criminal treatment of comrades, They are dragged out of bed in the middle of the night, and at the police sta- tions they are mistreated and then thrown into prison, without any pos- sibility of instituting any kind of legal proceedings for their freedom. Very often father and mother are arrested and the children are left helpless in the house. But in spite of all this persecution by the ruling class the Communists are holding out, and are working for Page Thre . their aim, because they realize that if Communism is victorious in Ger- many the rest of the world will be gonquered to Communism, A very interesting discussion fol- lowed, in which it was brought out that the factory nuclei established by the Communist Party all over Germany have taken the place of the former legal party. Union Labor Will Control College Started in Iowa DES MOINES, Ia., Feb. 21-—Bight subjects running simultaneously for ten weeks each are the first offerings of the newly organized Des Moines Labor college. The school is con- trolled by delegates from the labor organizations with farm cooperative bodies, faculty, students and sym- athizers also represented. It wat formed after a visit to Des Moines by George S. Lackland, president of the successful Denver Labor college. The courses are in publi aking, labor law, economics, English gram: mar, labor history, psychology, cur- rent events, practical arithmetic. Two sessions a week are held for each sub- ject and on each evening all the clas- ses are thrown together for a joint discussion period, The fee is $1 per subject to cover expenses. Neither officers nor instructors in the school eceive compensation. Courses run- Eine thru the winter and spring are in next fall, H. Thom: ecretary, Des Moines Trades and r assembly, 106 Sixth _Will furnish information to planned to be; Homeless Workers Allowed to Wash in Municipal Lodging Registration files of the Chi municipal lodging house, 162 A Union ave., indicate that mine labor- ers from many camps are drifting to the industrial centers, Southern Il- linois, Indiana, ag Ohio, Ken- tucky, Tennessee, Missouri and Ar- kansas and West Virginia were re- presented by recent arrivals without a job. From 1100 to 1200 men come house every week. They are chance for a bath and laundry A limited number of cots ilable coffee and rolls are served for breakfast, “Most of the men state that they have no family connections or friends,” Superintendent Thomas Al- linson declares. “This is not true in a majority of cas We know they are men who have not been out of work before and are too proud to let their relatives know about it. Over THE POWER COLUMN Something Big Coming ETROIT has declared war on Chicago. The defy flung by Comrade Edgar Owens, challenging Chicago boosters to envy, but not equal the showing made by Detroit, has been | accepted by Comrade Gus Schulenberg, city agent for Chicago, }and the battle is on with heavy increases in the DAILY WORKER circulation expected on both sides. In the meantime Comrade Harvitt, DAILY WORKER chief of Toledo, is not making hostile demonstrations but is The most bitter suffering is being endured in THE DAILY WORKER business office, where overtime has become the generally ac- cepted fate so that the new subscriptions may be entered on the mailing list promptly. The worst of the whole matter.is the hostility is spreading thru the entire country to such an extent that there is hardly a city in which the DAILY WORKER boosters are any longer attempting to maintain neutrality. It seems that it means civil war and bitter war. Under the conditions there is no longer any use in concealing the fact. Let there be war and new sv’ scriptions without stint or limit. Only there ought to be s rules set so that the punishment which is now being cen ized in the business office can be made as painless as po Within the next few days definite plans will be r a Yea) national DAILY WORKER subscription campaig? rea@tr of THE DAILY (WORKER, every Workers Part and City Central Committee, every branch of the You ers League and its Junior Groups, in other words eve) thruout the length and breadth of the country will into the drive which adds at the very least ten thous readers to THE DAJILY WORKER list. Watch THE } COLUMN for additional information regarding tl Thousand New Readers Campaign. No reader of our no party unit can afford to be uninformed or late in . into the drive from the very start. SHAS See ae | HE name of Comrade Harvitt of Toledo cannot be out of THE POWER COLUMN, it seems. This com has ideas which are so good that they cannot be kept from rest of the DAILY WORKER boosters. Harvitt reports that is using his commissions to finance those who wish to subseri! to THE DAILY WORKKR, but who do not have the ready ca: to pay. Harvitt pays the subscription price for these loyal b broke DAILY WORKER readers and collects when their fina cial condition is improved. That is a good way for keepir up the circulation of our paper; everyone is benefited, THis DAILY WORKER, the agent and the reader. Comrade Leo ‘Walewitch, one of the most successful branch agents of Min- neapolis, Minn., has also employed the same plan and makes the further suggestion that branches which are financially able, set aside a small amount, say ten or twenty dollars, in addition to the funds which the branch agent can advance. In this way, suggests Comrade Walewitch, many comrades, especially those who subscribe to foreign language papers, but who would also like to have THE DAILY WORKER, can secure the paper and pay for it later. * HIGHLY efficient, but modest Chicago comrade, who dost not want his name published, has another excellent *ug- gestion. Says this comrade, “It is easy to sell subscripy, + workers who are already sympathetic and who know ‘about THE DAILY WORKER. But there are many whom I ap- proach who have not been in any contact whatsoever with the militant labor movement and who are slow in appreciating the worth of our paper. With these people I have been employing a different method. “Instead of showing them the paper and telling them how good it is, I pick out a particularly good news article or edi- torial, which contains information that no other papers ever print. Then I get my prospect to read that article. If then he is interested I tell him why it is that THE DAILY WORKER can print news and articles which no capitalist paper would dare to use because THE DAILY WORKER is published solely in the interests of the workers and has no interests of bankers, employers or advertisers to serve. Often a single article or ;| editorial will sell a subscription to THE DAILY WORKER, when a sample copy of the paper is thrown away without hay- ing been read.” Hartford Workers Form Council to Aid Foreign-Born| (Special to The Daily Worker) HARTFORD, Conn., Feb, 21.—A Counci] for the Protection of Foreign Born Workers has been organized here. Twenty organizations have sent delegates. Among them is the International Association of Machin- ists, Polish, Jewish, Lithuanian, Ukrainian, Finnish, Armenian and Russian national groups are repre- sented, A mass meeting of protest against the laws Secretary of Labor Davis is proposing against the foreign born was planned for early March at the first meeting of the council last Sat- urday. The council meets every Saturday evening at 8 at 287 Wind- sor cing of Scott Nearing will speak on “Rec- ognition of Soviet Russia” at a mess meeting March 23, called by the City Cog Committee of the Workers | ‘arty. Join the Workers Party. Soup Kitchens or Wage Cut? Banker Gives You Choice Soup kitchens and flop houses will be the lot of American labor unless it decides to let the bosses cut " said Melvin A. Traylor, presi t the First Trust and Savings tame a speech delivered before t! Association of Credit Men at a i ner in the La Salle Hotel recently, — High wages were forcing business to” stop legitimate expansion, he said. While Traylor was pi American labor the benefit of kitchens and flop houses thousands men were tramping Madison street wishing for the price of either soup or a bed. Hy The dinner served the association of credit men was a real feast. reporter for the DAILY WO) would like to listen to , like that every day if he could ‘ such a fine feed while doing it, ——aennenniencanigladta i Don’t be a “Yes, But,” qupporter of The Daily Worker. Send in your scription at once, Don’t Let Your SubscriptionExpire! Readers of THE DAILY WORKER are cautioned to watch\the expiration number which appears on th ress label of their ’ This issue is number 345. Those whose address label number is lower than “353” should renew their subscriptions at once to avoid the disappointment of missing several numbers of the paper. Since THE DAILY WORKER was started a different system of keeping track of expirations has been employed. The address label — of those who have subscribed since January 13, bears the date of expiration. Those whose label date is prior to 3-1-24, or March 1, The Moscow reports that the new Station of Moscow picked up New York, Bordeaux, tah eae Acisa Ht sined Kopvika, (Holland), Nauen, Germany), and others. With new automatic typewriter attachment the Luberezk station is now able to pick. up 260 characters per minute, instead of the usual 120 the rich, and the books of drawings of Gross are immensely - lar and sell by the hundreds of the most peace ay gre! rps e jer man artiste—but that pb ges af deter the authorities from prosecuti Fer Recognition of Soviet Russia! ing | Edward 80% are unskilled; 10% are Negroes. There is a flow of unemployed from smaller industrial towns as well as from the mining camps.” Disaster. 21.—Private U. S. 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