The Daily Worker Newspaper, February 26, 1924, Page 2

> w~--active..ameng them are militants, THE DAILY WORKER LADIES’ TAILORS STRIKE IN HUB: 1,500 ARE OUT Workers Refused to Ar- bitrate 40-hour Week (Special to The Daily Werker) BOSTON, Mass., Feb. 25.—Fifteen hundred dressmakers and pressers of Locals 49 and 12, respectively of the Ladies’ Garment Workers Interna- tional Union went on strike on Feb. 19. The first strike meeting was called to order in Paine Memorial Hall, by Anna Thomas, the hall chairman, Vice-President Monosson, Manager Lewin of Local 49, and Zudikoff of the Joint Board pledged their full support of the various units but it was the speech of Arthur Giovanitti that swayed the strikers to an emo- tional outburst in harmony with the spirit of the “International,” the revolutionary hymn sung by the workers before and after the meeting. This is the fourth general strike in Boston and with the battle lines more extended than at any other time. Due to the influx of small contractors during and immediately after the war, the influence of the union was greatly diminished. Last February the successful strike organized the industry to a great extent and forced the manufacturers into an associa- tion of their own. This year the union, now a power, is making its in- fluence count for a 40-hour week. For six weeks a deadlock existed between the manufacturers and the union. _ Last year’s agreement had expired Feb. 15. But the manu- facturers proposed arbitration on the 40-hour week which the union re- fused asserting the right to enjoy life, to save one’s self from exhaus- tion and breakdown, was not subject to the arbitration of a swivel chair artist with no experience in the shop. The manufacturers appealed to the infamous State Board of Arbitration which has never lost an opportunity to lick the boots of the bosses. The dressmakers and pressers wem sum- moned by the lackéys of the em- ployers. To the lament of the manu- facturers they that could not compete with other places, it was pointed out that New York had the 40-hour week for a year and further that the Bos- ton manufacturers produced for a local market. The union concecded that the 40-hour week should start as late as July. It was willing to forego five of the six holidays for which they were paid. Butin vain. It was a fight based on organized might and the workers would not be fooled by smooth speakers around a conference table. Local 49, is comprised of all those that have gone out. The most members of the Trade Union Educa- tional League and the Workers Party. Here as elsewhere they are bearing the brunt of the fight. The manu- facturers sought an injunction the day before the strike was called. Despite this the strike is still on. Russ Trade Envoys Arrive in Canada on Business Bent! ST. JOHNS, N. B., Feb. 25.—The steamer Montclair unloaded a cargo here today, part of which attracted widespread attention. When the ves- sel docked four Soviet emissaries stepped off the gang plank. They are D. Pavloff, A. Devilkovski and Mr. and Mrs. U. E. Koulik, of Mos- cow. The mission will make its headquarters in Montreal and carry on trade between Canada and Russia. Walton Appeal Granted. WASHINGTON, Feb. 25.—The motion of former governor John C. Walton, of Oklahoma to advance the hearing of_his appeal ftom the dis- missal of his cOmplaint in the United State district court for the western district of Oklahoma, was granted a the United States supreme court lay. Drinking Then Shooting. FREEPORT, Ill, Feb. 25,—Mrs. Alphia Brown, 33, was shot and probably fatally wounded by her husband, T. W. Brown, 28, in their home here last night, following a quarrel. Mrs. Brown said her hus- band had been drinking. Brown was captured this morning near Peca- tonica, and brought back. The Browns are colored. Dixon to Take Denby’s Job. WASHINGTON, Feb, 25—-Governor Thomas Dixon of Montana, is being considered as successor to Edwin Denby, ag secretary of the navy, ac- cerding to information from sources close to President Coolidge, Dixon is known as a “strong navy” advo- cate, Marxism ... American RE SANS <x: HOOL out? History of the Three Internationals Ludwig Lore Begins THURSDAY, FEB. 28, 1924 History of the American Trade Union ; Introduction to Political Theory. | OILSMEARS BOTH OLD PARTIE (Continued from Page 1) and returned Jan, 16—half of that time in Palm Beach.” “Were you there when I ques- tioned Mr. McLean?” “Yes, sir.” “Where did McLean stay?” “He was at his residence about three blocks from the hotel.” “And was Secretary Fall there at the same time?” “Secretary Fall arrived there, I think on Dec. 31—I have checked this up since you called me.” “And remained there how long?” “Until Jan. 14.” “Did you meet either of these gen- tlemen while there?” Fall and McLean Together. “Y met both of them. I will say I/ was in Palm Beach about fifty per cent of the time. I would meet Mr. McLean occasionally, accidentally, sometimes on the golf course. I never met Fall at any place but at Mr. McLean’s house for dinner.” “Do you know how long before I jceived any came to Palm Beach to question Mr. McLean, my coming was known?” Walsh asked. “I really couldn’t say,” Slemp an- swered. Walsh hoped to bring out that }about the prosecution of these cases, Slemp told McLean that Walsh was|I was at the White House. coming. Another Health-Seeker. “Lye tried to place in my mind |fore I arrived,” Lenroot said. the dates I might have met either , but I can’t fix the|referred to a statement made in the Tee Bled coat ne didn’t | White House keep any date book. I was there for |the day before (Friday). date,” Slemp continued. health.” “Tt has occurred to me, my com- ing being a matter of talk, that it is quite likely you can give us the character of the talks you had with McLean and Fall?” Walsh asked. “Our talks were seoerally oo talks as would occur_at dinners an luncheons, I thought Mr. Fall looked rather ill and I avoided the subject of this inquiry. I don’t know whe- ther I got the information that you were coming from the newspapers or some other way.” “You can’t recall,” insisted Walsh, “that you knew I was coming until I was there?” é “Well, I think the newspapers said you were coming. The conversation down there was generally—well, a good deal about the Volstead law, the Mellon tax bill and the weather. I came in for general conversation for golf.” ancl ay this about my conversa- tions with Fall or McLean. Thad no personal privilege or confidential talks with either of those gentlemen and I was never an intimate of Fall’s. I’d only met him once. I never sought any ae intimacy because a ver had it. re tant get a chance to talk to Mr. McLean and Mr. Fall as much as the public might think.” | Slemp rambled on without close questioning. He suggested that Walsh ask him about specific things instead of general. conversations. — “Yl say and I know you'll be in- terested, Senator Walsh, that we played golf most of the time,” he went on. “But MeLean would not play with us because he was so much better than we were, he quit after one round. There was one conversa- tion that I think of interest and it is this: Yi “After the somteny was given that McLean didn’t furnish the $140,- 000, I was at McLean’s dinner one night. Senator Fall said that he had been urged by his doctors to go to Bermuda but he decided he wouldn’t—that he intended to straighten things out and see the facts were known. Fall said a man whom he had known for 30 years knew more about things than anyone else. Talk After Dinner, “I remember distinctly one talk after dinner when Senator Fall said the committee was not carrying on the investigation along the right lines,” Slemp said. “I asked Fall ‘what are the facts, Senator?’ “Young man, you read the rec- ord,’ Fall told me. “I can say I knew nothing about the $100,000. I was generally sur- prised when I learned that the money came from some one other than we supposed.” Advised Confession. “T advised him to make a clean breast.” “Did you have any communication with anyone in Washington on the subject while in Palm Beach?” Walsh broke in, “The only communications I had were with the White House, were (personal ones.” “Did you have any communications about the remarkable things you heard about these matters?” “Well, any I might have had were confidential and I wouldn’t want them published. It was either on Jan. 12 or 13th that Mr. McLean told me he was ger 2 to straighten everything out. vised him that was the onl; vg | to do—tell the committee all the facts.” 127 University Place ind Uslen pauare) NEW YORK CI 4 % )} Herman Simpson A; % | check when he ha Z\dored an informal verbal “You know that both of these gen- tlemen had misrepresented to this committee the facts about where Fall got $100,000?” Walsh asked. “IT take it you state that fact correctly.” Slemp offered some telegrams for Walsh to inspect, “Do they relate to this inquiry?” “No, sir, they don’t.” “Then I don’t want to see them,” Walsh said. “The communication I had with the White House was that I had a little trouble with my eyes that re- quired an operation and that I would like to remain,” Slemp said. No Mixing, “I want to state that I have never met Mr. Sinclair personally or Mr. Doheny personally. I have never re- communications from either of them. I’ve never talked with any members of the committee, the Cabinet or the Senate about this matter. I regard my position as be- ing between the White House and the public and I did not want to mix in this matter.” Lenroot then questioned Slemp. “You remember the night the President gave. out his statement I want you to tell what you know about the preparations of that statement be- Slemp replied he belteved Walsh press conference on Senator. Dill, Washington, ‘asked Slemp if Fall said anything at any of the dinners at McLean’s about why he had deceived the committee about the source from which he ob- tained the $100,000. “Did Mr. McLean explain what he meant when he said he was going to tell it?” Dill asked, “No, sir.” Had Fall Entre. “Senator Walsh couldn’t get to Fall, but you could?” Dill asked. “T don’t know that Senator Walsh couldn’t get to see Mr. Fall.” “Well, we know it,” Dill declared. “Fall was in hiding and Mr, Walsh | had to communicate with Fall thru |, M-Lean. “I did not know Secretary Fall was going down there; in fact I didn’t know he was there until two | days after he got there,” Slemp said. _Slemp’s temper showed signs of tions at him about why he did no show more interest in the disclosurds Fall and McLean were making to him. ‘ “You must remember I was there for my health. I’ve gone to Florida every year for seven years.; I wasn’t an investigator, I want you > get the right atmosphere about is.” Senator Adams, Colorado, demo- erat, asked Slemp if he had not been suspicious about the source of the $100,000. Was Suspicious, “I rather suspected how it was, but I knew the investigation was in worthy hands and I stepped out,” Slemp answered. “I want to keep out of the investigating matter, so I avoided the whole thing.” “Have you been in communication with any members of the committee other than thru discussions at the White House?” Adams asked. “No, sir. Some of you have cal'ed me on the telephone, of course.” “Didn't you know that you were going to be called to appear before; the committee?” | “No, sir.” “You must have regarded it as in- teresting that a man of McLean’s standing, and an ex-cabinet officer should misrepresent such an impor- tant matter to the committee,” Walsh continued. “Didn’t you think the oceasion was one that called for ac- tion by the President of the United States?” “Well, I wofldn’t like to go into that.” “Well, I would. I want to know from you what you did about this matter?” “T didn’t do anything.” “Do you know whether anybody else saw McLean about it in Palm Beach? Didn't you know that the reporters were looking for Fall?” “No, sir.” “Didn't the reporters come to ask you if you knew where Mr. Fall was?” “They did not.” Dill asked if McLean explained why he had decided “to tell it all.” “He didn’t tell me why,” Slemp answered, Slemp then was excused, McLean's Steady Withdrawals. James H. Baden, vice president and cashier of the Commerciat Na- tional Bank here, produced the xc. counts of McLean during the months ot November and December, 1921. “I note from these statements that Mr. McLean’s account dwindled steadily from $68,483 on November 1, to $2,1900.05 on December 1,” Walsh said. es, sir.” Baden said McLean had made no arrangements to take care of a big suificient funds, djrector of the clared Fall had given him the pression that At. torney General Daugherty had ven- opinion that the leases were legal an: r was discussed at cabinet or at the end of cabinet 4 | meetin; Legal authorities in Congress now agree that the leases were illegal, “We have here your letter to Sec- Literature, English, Evolution, Public Speaking, GISTER NOW y\retary Fall, written May 12, 1922, Z\in which you said that you thought Z\the opinion of the attorney-general , riage yd in Mace ea the Z| line ie made verbally,” said ~) Walsh. “Now, wi 4 History. suggestion come that the attorncy- general’s opinion be sought?” Standard Oilers Made Suggestion. Bain replied that Oscar Sutra, of the Standard Oil Company, Mr. Wile, counsel of the General Petroleum Company and Wm. F., Herrin, coun- sel of the Standard Oil Company made the suggestion, The only objection of getting the opinion of the attorney-general was put forward by Fall who though: it ‘was not necessary, Bain said. “We had begun work on this con- tract and we didn’t want doubt thrown on the matter by possibly geting an adverse ruling from the attorney-general,” Bain continued. “If you believed the attorney-gen- eral would render an opinion that the contract was legal why did you hesitate to ask it?” asked Walsh. “Tt was unnecessary in that case,” said Bain. “Now that means you preferred to go ahead with the contract with- out getting an opinion from the at- torney-general,” said Walsh. Bain said he received the impres- sion from Fall that Attorney-General Daugherty had informally expressed approval of the legality of the leases. Daugherty Had No Objections, “TI think Fall told me that the gen- eral policy had been discussed in- formally after cabinet meetings with the attorney-general present, and that the attorney-general had thought the plan a good one and raised no objections to it,’ Bain said. “My belief at that time was that the opinion was an informal one and did not go into detail.” “What did you mean when yu wrote Fall about not wanting Do- heny to get into any trouble? Did you want to make things easy for Mr. Doheny?” asked Lenroot. “I gnderstood Mr. Doheny had difficult technical problems to solve in cormection with the disposal and shipmgnt of oil and we were inter ested{in not causing him more trou- bie. ich as might grow out of legsl action,” said Bain, Walsh asked if any of the bidding companies were advised that the pro- posed contracts were legal. Contradictory Testimony. “fhe Doheny Company was so ad- visdd by a written opinion from some outside law firm, I believe and Mr. Sinclair had such an opinion from an outside firm—that of Paul Cra- vdth, New York, I think—when Sin- ir formed a syndicate to market the Mammoth Oil Company stock. “Why, I thought that Sinclair told 8 he néver had such an opinion,” exclaimed Walsh. “Well, I am pretty sure he did,” Bain said. Do you want me to look for it?” “T certainly do,” Walsh said. The committee then adjourndd un- til t_ morrow morning. New Sensation Promised. Karl C. Schuyler, attorney for J. Leo Stack of Denver, was present in the committee room. He is sup- posed to haye been connected with the deal whereby Stack and Freder- ick G, Bonfils, publisher of the Den- ver Post held up Sinclair for some alleged “claims” on Teapot Dome. Schuyler is said to have some “sensational correspondence” relat- ing to the deal. Schuyler will be questioned tomor- row along with officials of the Wash- ington branches of the Western Un- ion ard Postal Telegraph Companies. Prince Korsakoff, Wrangel Aide, Bests Boston H otel Bill (By The Federated Press.) NEW YORK, Feb. 24.—Radical circles are deeply moved by the sad plight of Prince Simon Nicolas Kor- sakoff, The prince was an aid to General Wrangel, at one time New York Times’ favorite defender of civilization. Prince Korsakoff did |what he could to hamper the Russian workers in their effort to build a new government, and what he could to help starve the peasant. That done he away and went to Monte Carlo, hat money he had left he spent there, and borrowed some more. Then he went to America. He knew that in this democracy, and only in this di mocracy do people crowd around ‘the* feet of titled loafers from the Old World. Counts and dukes and other princes wrote him that the go- ing continued good in the 'and of the free, and he manazc«. to get here. Lueck brought up against a “friend” whom he had met in Monte Carlo; and this friend invited him for a visit m Boston. The prince wea: and ran 4 4 hotel bill at the Copley Plaza Notel, which is a toney one, and his next move was to a police station. When he said he was a prince they treated him gently, and supplemented their respect with reverence when he said he had fought the Bolsheviks. His friend, he explained, had bor- rowed $200 and all the prince’s nicest underwear, and then disap- peared. He was released. Somebody id his hotel bill. The prince says bis brothers in arms were scattered over the world from Sofia to Peking and Chicago suburbs; and he says further that he thinks he may go to work, Some of the others have tried that, and told him it wasn’t so bad, MOSCOW ANNOUNCES AUSTRIA GIVES SOVIET RUSSIA RECOGNITION MOSCOW, Feb. 25.—Austria has given Soviet Russia recognition de jure, according to advices received by the foreign office here. Recent advices from Vienna have indicated that Austria was on the eve of formal recognition of Soviet Russia, following the recognition given that government by Great Britain, Italy and Nor- way Tuesday, February 26, 1924 This Is Not a Pretty Picture But Capitalism Is Not a Pretty System WHAT 3RD PARTY. ISALL ABOUT DISCUSSED IN N.Y, Single Taxer Was Good He Made Them Laugh (Special to The Daily Worker) _ NEW YORK, Feb, 25.—The sub- ject, “What Should a Third Party Stand For?” was discussed at the Civic Club on Feb, 21.—Interest in the subject brought out a large audi- ence despite the heavy slush that made the streets almost impassable. The speakers were Rose Pastor Stokes, member of the Workers Par- ty; J. A. H. Hopkins, of the Com- mittee of 48, and of the National Farmer-Labor Progressive Party; Algernon Lee, member of the Social- ist Party; W. J. Wallace, Single- Taxer; Oswald Garrison Villard, edi- tor of the “Nation,” presided, Mr. Hopkins spoke for the pro- gram of his party, which. included “abolition of special privileges thru public ownership of the railroads, control of money and credit by the people thru government and ¢0-oper~ ative banks, public control of natu- ral resources, preservation of civil i HE cartoonist has given us his conception of the role of the capitalist press. We will admit right off the reel that the picture is not good to look. at. message across, The capitalist press is bound hand and foot to the employ- ing class. It is the mouthpiece thru which they slander the workers and create opposition to their endeavors to better their conditions. It is for sale to the highest bidder. The bosses have the money so the pens of the capitalist journalists are at their dis- posal. Note the money bag a the end of the club. The personification of the capitalist press looks formidable in comparison to the worker who, with sling in hand, is pre- Paring to strike a blow at the uncouth monster. But if you look at the monster again you will have no difficulty in seeing— perhaps you saw it the first time—a large swelling, like an inflated bladder. That is filled with lies. It is the monster’s vuinerable spot. That is where the worker will land the con- tents of his sling. The workingclass David will slay the capital- ist Goliath. This sling represents the DAILY WORKER! How the capitalists hate the DAILY WORKER. They have good rezson to. It speaks boldly and rips the inflated their press pours out on the workers. Colonel McCloskey, chief of staff of the sixth military area, speaking at the Kiwanis Club a few days ago, denounced the DAILY ‘WORKER as a “subversive, pacifist and Bolshevist sheet.” During the trial of members of the Upholsterers’ Union now taking place in this city the jurors are forbidden to read it. This proves it is hitting home. é With the DAILY WORKER, the only English Communist Daily in the United States, the workers are beginning to meet their enemy on more equal terms. : NEW YORK FIGHT |Inthe Year 2000 ON DAVIS LAWS AT HIGHEST PITCH Huge Conference Com- | ing on March 2 ‘Special to The Daily Worker) Minstrels have sung of the gilo- ries of the kings courts; reporters write of the glories of this capital- ist system; but one of our comrades will now tell of the future society to come, Sydney Borgeson, at a méeting of the North Side Branch of the Young Workers League, which will be held in their meeting room at Imperial Hall Wednesday evening, Feb. 27, will speak of the life to be lived in the year 2000, At the same time it puts the); NEW YORK, Feb, 24.—The Pro- visional Council for the Protection of \Foreign-Born Workers, representing [nine language councils, is calling a conference for Sunday afternoon, March 2, at 2 p. m., at Stuyvesant \Casino, 142 Second- avenue, New York City. A call has been sent to every trade union, every labor political party, every fraternal organization and every organization of foreign-born workers to send delegates to this con- ference. The call puts the issue clearly, ex- plaining: The employers of this country are trying to forge a new weapon to aid them in destroying the un- ions, establishing the open shop and cutting down the standard of living of the workers. There are pending in Congress two laws, which propose, thru “selective immigration” and regis- tration of foreign-born workers, to create for the capitalist employers an army of serfs who cannot or- ganize or strike. These laws are backed by big employers of this country. These proposed laws are a menace to native and foreign-born workers alike, The carefully se- lected, registered, photographed, finger-printed fore §gn-born workers are to be the club thru which the big employers h to beat down the standard of living of all the workers of this country, If the big loyers are per- mitted to creat army of work- ers such as these laws will bring into existence, they will have the weapon thru which they can smash the unio, establish the open shop, beat down wages, and create worse conditions of work for every worker in this country. In order to carry on an effective fight against these bills it is neces- sary to unite all working class or- ganizations against these vicious You may or may not agree with him. But come and hear what he has to say and see if he has inter- preted correctly your hopes for the society that is to come when Com- munism is finally attained and the workers hold their destiny in their ay Log n't forget. At the Imperial Hall, 2409 N. Halsted St, This ap- ies especially to those who live in the vicinity of the hall and are young workers, Claim Coolidge Gets Iowa Support. DES MOINES, Iowa, Feb. 25.— President Coolidge will’ receive the support of Iowa for the republican presidential nomination, Coolidge Supporters declared today on the ba- hp of returns from county conven- ions, Seed Corn Worthless. URBANA, IIL, Feb, 25.—One-sixth of the seed corn for use in Illinois fields this spring is worthless, ac- cording to germination tests made at the college of agriculture, Uni- versity of Illinois. Every new DAILY WORKER reader means a new recruit in the ranks of militant labor. Pastor of Queen Anne PORTLAND, OREGON Readers of the DAILY WORKER should hear the lecture Saturday, Mar. Ist, 8 P. M., by REV. SYDNEY STRONG _ of Seattle, Wash. laws now pending in Congress, y Every reader who is @ member of |¥ a union, a fraternal organization or an organization of foreign-born work- must see to it that his iza~ finn is represented as this eantorenee: 227 Yamhill St. WORKERS PARTY HALL rights guaranteed by the constitution and, prevention of judicial abuses.” Lee Waved the Flag. Mrs. Stokes outlined the series of conferences that had taken place to . | Organize a real Farmer-Labor Party and the sabotaging position in these of the Socialist Party against the formation of a united front to the enemy, capitalism. Lee’s speech was largely an apology for the Socialist Party’s attitude. Algernon Lee, who assumed such gallant leadership af- ter the armistice in the famous Lib- erty Arch affair which glorified the killing of workers in Russia by American troops, decried the pro- clivities for leadership among mem- bers in the Workers Party and con- fessed to retiring modesty on the part of socialists. This he gave as a reason for the Socialists refusing to join with the Communists in the effort to create a class party of workers and farm- ers, Another reason that “the farmers are sellers of goods, well off, and not ready.” Here he gave the history of “the forty years’ strug- gle of the British Labor Party” which “was justified by its present strength” and tho it “may not take us, in America, nearly so many years” he gave the impression that it would certainly be quite a few! He complained against the radical left wing in the labor movement and gave this as another reason for so- cialist opposition to a common effort with the communists toward theeag ation of a great class party of the workers and farmers. Socialists Not Ready. He said the socialists had learned how not to win the labor unions and had stopped doing it, while the com- munists went out to “capture” every- body and the socialists for one didn’t want to get captured. No, they “preferred to efface themselves and let the workers, the rank and file, go toward a class party,” slowly, slow- ly, slowly they will go toward it, and they, the socialists will follow meekly and uncomplainingly and oh, ever so slowly! in the rear. He didn’t explain why it was then, that they preferred to go, past the two old capitalist party conventions, to a conference dominated by reac- tionary officials and why they re- fused to join the May 30 Conference where the rank and file are repre- sented, It was noticeable that Lee talked of the “public interest” and made a special bid for what he thought were bourgeois elements in this meeting. The last speaker was Mr. Wallace, who is a candidate for president on the Single Tax ticket. He went into the principles of the single tax and created, apparently for no reason at all, a great deal of merriment in the audience, San Carlo Grand Opera Coming to Chicago March 31 Fortune Gallo, the New York im- presario, has decided to bring the San Carlo Grand Opera company to Chicago, and between March 81 and April 6, it will give nine perform- ances at the Auditorium. Mr. Gallo has been Presenting the huge spectacle, “The Miracle,” for five weeks at the Century Theatre, New York, and his opera company has appeared at Boston, Philadel- phia, Washington, Detroit, San Fran- cisco, Los Angeles and other lai centers of population. Gallo says he is trying to vine Pye opera bringing it within means of the masses, He presents works from standard repertory. 6% . Congregational Church Admission Is Free —* ee