The Daily Worker Newspaper, March 6, 1924, Page 1

~— { (henna nnndbiatierilbes ilo THE DAILY WORKER RAISES THE STANDARD FOR A WORKERS’ AND FARMERS’ GOVERNMENT VOL. I. No. 357. Subscription Rate Thugs Rented To Garment Bosses By Smiley Company During Strike; Daily Worker Gives Dick’s Letter The DAILY WORKER prints below a letter from the Smiley National Secret Service offering the services of its “guards”, as these thugs are more politely known, to boss dressmakers whose employes are on strike. At the Smiley company’s offices admission was made that its men are operating in the strike. The facts are that scores of thugs from several agencies are operating, hand in hand with the special police from the office of Robert E, Crowe, state’s attorney. Point Girls to Police. F These thugs intimidate and sometimes assault girl strikers and if the pickets refuse to be cowed the thugs point them out to the police for arrest. Officials of the International Ladies’ Garment Workers Union have {In Chicago, by mail, $8.00 per year. | Outside Chicago, by mail, $6.00 per year “MME COOLID AN ANTI-LABOR TRIO evidence showing that the private dicks are also attempting to operate as “sheiks”, a police name in this case for white slavers,—endeavoring to take advantage of the poverty of the former sweatshop workers. The letter follows: Smiley’s National Secret Service /189 West Madison Street, Chicago February 29, 1924. GENTLEMEN: We are advised of the unfortunate situation which causes a difference of opinion between yourselves and your employes. We wish call your attention to the fact that we are better equipped than anyone in Chicago to furnish you with a service which you cannot obtain thru the average Agency. We give you a real service, furnish you with guards to protect employes who desire to work to assist them in going to and from their homes, and a general service FAR SUPERIOR to anything you have ever experienced in the past. CALL US ON THE TELEPHONE, Allow us to map out work to protect your place of business and your employes. The cost is small when compared with results, A Do not experiment with inexperienced and unreliable Agencies. There is no service equal to ours. Yours very truly, SMILEY’S NATIONAL SECRET SERVICE. Many Spy Agencies. WORKER point out that this is only one of the many agencies for indus- trial espionage that fasten themselves like so many leeches on the industrial body during strikes and during times of so-called industrial peace. The close co-operation between the private detective agencies and the In publishing this form letter of the Smiley company the indus | Bureau of Investigation of the United States Department of Justice, under : William J. Burns, is facing expose in the Wheeler investigation. What is needed in Chicago is an official probe into the co-operation between the strike-breaking activities of Robert E. Crowe, state’s attorney, and private strike-breaking agencies. Union Wins In 30 Shops; Pickets Continue Despite Cops and Thugs Five more bosses cavedin before the militant front.of the striking garment workers of Chicago yesterday and agreed to all the conditions the International Ladies’ Garment Workers originally asked. More than 100 workers are involved in the settlement. The total number of dressmak- ers who have won all their de- mands is now above the 500 mark and the bosses who have settled with the union number 30. Hundreds More Strikers, Hundreds more strikers came out| in Evanston yesterday and the pickets in the Loop, Milwaukee ave- nue and west side districts of Chica- go added new strike recruits in the early morning, at noon at quitting time in the afternoon and they put their cause before the men and wom- en who had passively permitted them- selves to be used as strikebreakers. Ranks of pickets were thinned by arrests, but the devoted work kept on, for-the strikers were fighting for the elimination of the sweatshop conditions in which they had spent years of misery and were not to be deterred by the thought of a short period in jail. Girls’ Gallant Picketing. Nearly a score of arrests were made by blue coats, most of the prisoners being girls and women, The gentler sex is outdoing the men on the picket. line, by the arrest rec- | ord at least, Market street was a hurly bur-| yesterday. | ly of police all day Mounted police rode up and down on their brown chargers, squads of regular harness marchea down, filling the sidewalk from wall to curb and now and then clanging patrol wagons rushed up and down the street lane. The squads of foot cops under their sergeants would bravely pa- rade up to a little girl picket and capture her as‘ the hour for opening or closing the shops she was picket- ing approached:the critical hours when the work of the picketing is done. But as the squad thatehed away with its prey another picketer took the place of the one who was arrested. Injunction Not Used. None of the prisoners was taken on an injunction charge, the police and State's Attorney Crowe’s men Another Quiz Started! Shi CROWE COULD USE HIS STRIKE BREAKING POLICE TO PROBE THIS CASE Thrown from a taxi in front of her home here today, Marie Koch, 17, was unable to give a coherent account of her captors or the events which occurred since she disap- peared on Sunday. * Dazed and trembling, she told a “story of two men who had hustled her into a taxi as she was on her way to church. She said she had been kept in a “tumbledown house” and cared for by a “woman dressed entirely in white.” E Both of her eyes were discolor- ed and she had been severely beaten. Neighbors saw two men push her from a cab and speed away early this morning. Police will question her further when she recovers. fearing to attempt to use a weapon that might break in their hand when its legality is tested. Jury trials demanded by all the UP | strikers who were arraigned yester- day morning and all are free, until their time in court appears, on $400 bail. Little doubt is felt by striker’s attorneys that all will be acquitted when they face 12 citizens in spite of all the hostility of the State’s Attor- ney who regards strikers as his special prey. The thing that impressed all vis- itors to the strike zone yesterdays as on other days, is the lac! dis- order on the part of the pickets. Their work has been done by peaceful per- suasion. It becomes more and more evident that the only purpose of the arrests is to break the strike, and (Continued on page’ 2) Injunctions Can’t Sew Clothes! hipping Board Boodle Next Nut To ‘Crack on the Senate Anvil WASHINGTON, Board was iat eas tet ~ (Special to The Daily Worker) Mea The resolution by Representative Davis, Tennessee, all activities of the Board was adopted with only one vote, Texas, opposing it. The Texan saitl the authority special committee of seven members will be named by speaker Gillett ’ United States Shipping for an iry into ie ah gptons No Sirree! Calvin ~ ‘The United Sa pa EN Ee BIG MINNESOTA. FARMER-LABOR MEET MARCH 14 May 30 Convention Will Be Issue ae (By The Federated Press) MINNEAPOLIS, March 5.—Minne- sota is the spritigboard this month for national third party hopes. The state Farmer-Labor party conven- TREASURY OFFICIALS WORKING OVERTIME PREPARING ALIBIS (Special to The Daily Worker) WASHINGTON, March 5.— Treasury officials today were pre- paring figures to answer criticism. in Congress of the refunds of $226,000,000 in taxes since 1917. The treasury’s answer will be that in that period more than $1,000,- 000,000 has been added to the re- turns of individuals :nd corpora- tions of income and other taxes. In 1923, the internal revenue bureau refunded more than $123,- tion, is called by Chairman F. A. Pike to meet March 14 in St. Cloud, 75 miles northwest of St. Paul, Both the place of meeting and the allot- ment of delegates have been critic- ized by St. Paul and Minneapolis arty members who believe that ‘armers and workers will be incon- venienced. The Nonpartisan league and the | Working People’s Nonpartisan Polit- | ical league, the principal constituent elements of the Farnier-Labor party, are to hold preliminary state conven- tions in Minneapolis March 13. The national aspect will be dealt with first in a still earlier gather- ing in St. Paul March 10 and 11. This is to be in effect a reconvened session of the November, 1923, meeting at! which the call for a national Farmer- Labor convention to be held May 30 was sent out. All the signatories to the request for that call are reinvited | and also the various ather state and national third party organizations, Opinion seems to be going three ways prior to this meeting. Many | favor the fixed date of May 30 and St. Paulas the place for the national presidential convention. Others talk of joining with the Cleveland meet- ing July 4 of the Conference for Pro- gressive Political Action, A third element wants the convention in June between the Republican and Democratic meets, , Won’t Stand for Postal Wage Raise (By ‘The Federated Press) . WASHINGTON, March 5,—Presi- dent Cool has come out against raise in pay demanded by the aha employes 6f the country. Mellons and Daughertys appear to have persuaded him, for he says ‘that proposed expenditure of on adjustment of postal a athe nega would have a “disturbing effect on the coun- try” if enacted. “Disturbing effect,” is translated into “bad example to labor in all other industries, jut when are trying to smash general wage i 000,000, in sums ranging from $1,000 to more than. $9,000,000. But in the same year, it was point- ed out today by bureau officials, more than $600,000,000 was added to the taxes of wealthy individuals ’ and business concerns. A large percentage of this $600,000,000 has been collected, it was stated, so that the treasury shows a net Front Against the Strixers. THE DAILY WORKER. Entered as Second-class. matter September 21, 1923, at the PostOffice at Chicago, Hlinois, under the Act of March 3, 1879. THURSDAY, MARCH 6, 1924 a ABOR TRIO’ g gus Shin ICE IN PLATTE "1S TOUGHER JOB THAN WARSHIPS Bombing Airplanes in Battle with Jams | OMAHA, Neb., army Martin bombing airplanes | which last summer destroyed the battleships Virginia and New Jersey in bombing tests had a harder task with a huge ice jam in the Platte river near North Bend, Neb., the pilots reported today. The planes, piloted by Lieutenants Whitley and Finley, dropped twenty- five bombs, each weighing 300 pounds on the jam before the huge mass of ice was dislodged. Five miles further down the river the jam re-formed and the aviators March 5.—Two Published Daily except Sunday by THE DAILY WORKER PUBLISHING CO.. 1640 N. Haisted St., Chicago, Mlinois. GE IN OIL TELEGRAM Workers! Farmers! Demand: The Labor Party Amalgamation Orga: on of Unorganized The Land for the Users The Industries for the Workers Protection of the Foreign-Born Recognition of Soviet Russia Price 3 Cents SENATOR SAYS PRESIDENT IS “THE PRINCIPAL” WHO WAS “SEEN” BY OIL CROWD WASHINGTON, Special to The Di March 5.— ily Worker) 4 The Principal” referred to in a telegram sent E. B. McLean, Editor of the Washington Post, at Palm Beach by one of his agents is President Coolidge, in the opinion of Senator Heflin, Alabama. Heflin, in a speceh this afternoon, told the Senate he thought the telegram referred to today. the president. Heflin, demanded that the oil investigating committee ex- amine Ira Bennett, editor of the Washington Post, writer of the telegram, as to the identity of “The Principal.” “I think the statement in the telegram meant that the president had said he would not permit Denby to resign. ; “T would like the committee to ask Bermett to explain in detaii—to explain exactly—what he meant when he said ‘The Principal’ had been seen. “T want to suggest a day in} advance that the committee to-| morrow go very thoroly and} minutely into the details of this | telegram.” | Senator Walsh had previous-| ly announced that Bennett| probably would be questioned | tomorrow about the telegram. | May Recall Burns. Walsh said this afternoon he be- | lieved the identity of “the principal” | could be definitely established. He said Ira Bennett, editor of the Wash- ington Post, who sent the telegram to McLean, probably would be ques- tioned tomorrow. Palmer and Burns also may be re- called, Walsh added. He said no new subpoenaes had been issued as a result of the telegrams examined Bennett to Be Recalled. pra E. Bennett, editorial writer of the* local McLean newspaper and supposed author of the “principal” message, will be called to testify tomorrow or Friday. He is already under subpoena. Members of the committee wish to ask him to identify “the princi- pal,” they wish to ascertain whom he quoted with saying there would be “no rocking of the boat and no resignations” and with expecting “reaction from unwarranted political attacks,” as the. message stated. Bennett could not have meant Attorney General Daugherty, com- | mittee members believe, because Daugherty was out of town on Jan. 29, when the message was sent. Cran Sa eae HE senate oil committee today] hit the trail of a $10,000 check which it believes may show a reason for the pointed interest displayed by Edward B. McLean regarding de- velopments in the oil industry. | John Major, self-described “con- fidential agent” of the Washington publisher, was recalled to the stand to explain a hypothetical question he put to McLean in one of the Palm Beach telegrams about the check. Senator Thomas J. Walsh, chief | prosecutor, is firm in the opinion that! HERE'S TELEGRAM IN WHICH COOLIDGE ALIAS IS “THE PRINCIPAL” (Special to The Daily Worker) WASHINGTON, March 5.—The Telegram in which “the principal” was mentioned and which new mes- Sages just disclosed to the Senate oil committee may disclose the meaning of, is as follows: “Saw principal. Delivered mes- sage. He says greatly appreciates and sends regards to you and Mrs. McLean. There will be no rocking of boat and no resignations, He expects reaction from unwarranted political attacks, “BENNETT.” The message was dated January 29, 1924. W: ward B. McLean, at Palm Beach. Injunctions Can't Sew Clothes! Rumors Fly Around White House as ‘Cal’ Keeps Lips Sealed WASHINGTON, March 5.—Presi- dent Coolidge still stands squarely behind the administration tax bill and he will not commit himself in advance whether he will veto or sign any other tax measure that may be passed by Congress, it was declared at the White House today. The statement was designed to dispose of recent rumors that the president had_ informed administration leaders in Congress that he approved of the compromise bill passed by the house. The president’s position on the tax question is the same as he expressed it in his message to Congress and in subsequent public statements that he has made, it was declared, Injunctions Can’t Sew Clothes! gain. Nevertheless, the House appro- priations’ committee will go ad with an investigation into ae of a $105,000,000 deficit caused by tax refunds, had their work to do over again, Enough dynamite was used on the jams to blow up a fleet of war- ships, the officers said. The flood situation is expected to . greatly improve today. The Union Pacific main line was washed out in twelve different places and it will be several days before normal rail service is restored; Injunctions Can’t Sew Clothes! Yeggs Steal Stamps. SYCAMORE, IL, March 5.— Yeggs broke into the post offiice here early today and escaped with a con- siderable amount of money, money- orders and stamps. The bandits were in a huge automobile and sped away before citizens could offer in- terference.. The men are headed for Chicago, it is believed. Injunctions Can't Sew Clothes! Barbers for 50-Hour Week. SEATTLE, Wash., March 5.—Bar- bers’ local 195, is considering adopt- ing the 50-hour week with the 8-hour day, five days a week in place of the 56-hour week now prevailing, this $10,000 slip of paper relates to the inquiry because it was referred | to in a telegram in which department | of justice code was used. | In the message Major asked Mc- Lean if banks kept a record of the| notations on checks—for instance a! notation that the check was “for| purchase ef a house.” | _ MUNICH, March 5.—An old rumor Call More McLean Employes. | that General Ludendorff proposes to Other McLean Employes and those| enter politics and stand as a candi- mentioned in the messages also were| date for the Reichstag was revived called to see if they could shed any! today, as the trial of the former light on what was the real notation! quartermaster general and others on the hypothetical check. for treason was adjourned until Simultaneously Walsh is expected| Thursday. Adolph Hitler, another to reveal further details of efforts| of the defendants, also will run for to discredit his work in unearthing} the Reichstag a candidate for the the oil scandal. He may make a| Volks Party, it is believed. speech on the floor, mentioning names (Continued on page 5 Ludendorff on Trial for Treason May Sit in German Reichstag (Special to The Daily Worker) Injunetions Can't Sew Clothes! IT’S COMING! THE TEAPOT SPECIAL! rad Be TEAPOT SPECIAL,” to be issued by the DAILY ; WORKER, Monday, March 17th, will be the biggest exposure yet made of the Government, not only in the present oil scandal but in the whole history of graft and corruption in American politics. : ‘ The Teapot Special will be a real manual of the revelations pei yy the one to yee ao it is ay 9 at all al ¢ Teapot Dome steal, you wi sure to find it in our “Teapot Special.” Besides the cartoons and sketches by Fred Ellis and Robert Minor some of the other features will be: bay chronological summary of the events in the Teapot 2. be Liiding Figures involved in the gigantic oil steal. 3. FF ical Significance of the Oil Scandal. 4. Some Shocking Scandals in American History. 5. Om. Oil Scandals of the past. 7. Who Are the Oil Prosecutors? 8. The Courts and the Teapot Holdup. This Teapot Special will be an arsenal of the most authori- tative, up-to-date facts about the United States Government and its relations with the capitalists. We don’t plan to treat any official with silk gloves, no matter how high up he is in the Government_or in the confidence of the bankers and manu- facturers. “The Teapot Special” will be a most powerful blow struck against the whole capitalist clique ruling and ruining the coun- try. The Teapot Special will be a paper for the working and farming masses. The Teapot.Special will rip the mask of “service and public interest” behind which the capitalist democratic and republican parties hide. The Teapot Special will go all the way down the line for the workers and. farmers. Rush your orders for “The Teapot Special.” The bundle rate is two cents per copy; $1 for 50; $2 per 100. Address all ed to THE DAILY WORKER, 1640 N, Halsted St., Chicago,