The Daily Worker Newspaper, March 7, 1924, Page 1

. ership of the plant. THE DAILY WORKER RAISES THE STANDARD FOR A WORKERS’ AND FARMERS’ GOVERNMENT VOL. I. No. 358. BIG PLANS FOR DAILY WORKER ANNOUNCED Future Looks Bright For Toiler’s Newspaper THE DAILY WORKER, the only militant working class daily newspaper published in the English language, will soon be housed in its own building, and published in its own print- ing plant, as a result of the purchase of the four-story stone building located at 1113 W. Washington St., Chicago, by the DAILY WORKER PUB- LISHING COMPANY. This will be cheering news to all the friends of THE DAILY WORKER, as it gives the paper & guarantee of permanence, and insures its development into a powerful institution for the spreading of workingclass propaganda. Negotiations have been carried on for some time past for the purchase of the building, but the information has not been made public until the deal was closed. Now The DAILY WORKER makes the announcement in the belief that those who con- tributed money to help start their paper will enjoy the knowledge that itis firmly establishod.thrn the own-. Have Up-to-date Plant. An up-to-date plant that will be capable of turning out everything from a daily paper to a circular will be installed at once. When this task is eompleted The DAILY WORKER Publishing Co. will be one of the best equipped small printing plants in the country. It will have facili- ties for turning out several week- lies, magazines and books and do other printing in addition to the printing of The DAILY WORKER. Every piece of machinery that goes into the new plant will be owned free from any indebtedness. However, in order to finance the pur- chase of the building it has been necessary to take out a, mortgage. If the militants who have not yet bought stock in The DAILY WORK- ER Publishing Co., will come for- ward at once and do their share by purchasing at least one share of DAILY WORKER stock at $5.00 a share, even that obligation can be wiped out. Every militant who has the welfare of the labor movement at heart, will certainly make every effort now to complete the job which thousands of workers have started. Workers Party branches who have not completed their quota in sales of DAILY WORKER stock should canvass their membership at once and collect from every member who has not yet done his share. Will Stimulate Circulation. It is anticipated that the pur- chase of the building and the instal- lation of the printing plant will also stimulate the circulation of The DAILY WORKER. The militants have assumed a great obligation in the establishment of so big an un- dertaking as an English daily. Up to now they have responded enthu- siastically to their obligation. But even more work must be dotie now. Gertainly the basis for a subscrip- tion campaign thruout the entire country has been laid in the excel- lence of The DAILY WORKER it- self and now made more powerful in the concrete assets of a building and printing plant. The phenomenal surcess of The DAILY WORKER since Jan. 13, when the first issue appeared, and the tremendous hold it has gained on the affections of the workers of Amerida bodts good for its rapid advancement in the future. Every militant a share holder in The DAILY WORKER! Every militant a subscriber and a qubseri solicitor for The DAILY WORKER. These are the slogans under which the revolutionary Amer- iean workers are going forward to 4 struggles and to greater victo- ries. Business ea Hurt. WHITING, Ind., March 6.—Net earnings of the Standard Oil of In- diana during 1923 fell off approxi- mately $5,000,0() front. precedi i & Subscription Rate | fei rm one 9 THE DAILY WORKER. ') Outside Chicago, by & oO HOWAT BARRED _ FROM DISTRICT 14 CONVENTION Lewis Gang Close the Session to Public By TOM TIPPETT. (Staff Correspondent of The Federated Press) PITTSBURGH, Kan., March 6.— ; There are 140 delegates attending the jeonvention of District 14, United Mine Workers of America, which opened here March 4. This delegation represents approximately 9,000 paid up members of the miners’ organiza- tion. When Alexander Howat was district president before the Kansas industrial court clash, there was a 100 per cent organization with a 12,000 membership. The convention fireworks began early. In the first day’s session at the noon adjournment the chair announced that all sessions would be closed except.to regular delegates and the press. This barred Howat and the officials of the old organization, who had beer ousted by the interna- tional. With many other non-dele- gate miners, the Howat group was in attendance at the morning session. All grevious Kansas conventions have been nm to the public. i At the morning session District President Wm." Brogart read his re- port. It covered his term in office, Jan. 1, 1923, to Feb, 29, 1914. The ‘isional ization, set up by the international when the District 14 charter was révoked, was in power here 15 months prior to the present administration. IMPEACH COOLIDGE! McAdoo Manager (In Chicago, by mail, $8.00 per year. mail, $6.00 per year THE HAND OF THE LAW Military Ordered Probe of Ku Klux CAIRO, Ul., March 6.—Major W. P. Greaney of tke Illinois national guard today was ordered to investi- gate conditions around Elco, Til. near here, where a ‘tense situation exists as the result of a campaign of terrorism waged by. gangs of white men to scare imported Ne- groes out of the county. There is a probability that troops may be ordered to Elco, it was said. Negroes’ houses have been fired into and. others burned and dynamited in the last few weeks. 1 PARIS, March 6.—A mass demon- stration against the high cost of bread ; and the proposed new taxes was or- iganized here by the Communist Party. | Humanite, organ of the party, urged all opponents of the present policy of the government on these two matters to assemble before the Church of the Madeleine. Despite the fact that the police tried to choke the demonstra- tion in its inception, thousands of workers appeared, undaunted by po- lice threats, and met until dispersed forcibly. Successor for Daugherty. ST. LOUIS, March 6.—Friends of Attorney General Barrett of Missouri, are trying to land him in chair expected to be vacated soon At- torney General Daugherty. en jeder ‘Guta sate wire oot With all the employers’ associations pointment of but one| United against them using in addi. of the supreme j ‘are Democrats, tion to private thugs and gunmen while Barrett is an old guard Repub- lican, Demands That . All Donkey Jockeys Go Thru Financial Senatorial investigation of every demanded today by David Ladd Hans Cine Adoo. } Ina sg itty Senate to out inasmuch as McAdoo has submitted “What is fair for one is fair for “Why should not Senator Reed, committee the names of his clients from them 2g men has become a member of the Senate? He might discuss his relations with Samuel Fordyce of St. Louis; he might tell of the Frisco merger. there is ex-Governor Delousing Process Democratic presidential candidate was Rockwell, campaign manager for Wil- ‘statement, Rockwell declared it was only fair for the how the other Democratic. candidat w tes made their money, to exal mina Missour!, f “ate fell the Senate for and the amounts of fees he received psi Bess adiarien esth tain J face “Senator Underwood fs a lawyer and clients, Who are they? “John W. Davis is a lawyer wi w weeks, Terror in Cairo, Ill. High Bread Cost Is Hit by Communist Demonstration in Paris ith | support T.U, EL. GALLS FOR SUPPORT OF GARMENT STRIKE Urges Reinstatement of Expelled Members A very striking feature of this struggle between the clothing bosses and the garment workers is the splendid example of solidarity and | self-sacrifice displayed by those who were expelled from the union recently for membership in the Trade Union Educational League. Accused of be-| ing “disrupters,” their action since | the calling of the strike has proved | to everybody that these charges were groundless. On the contrary, | even those who expelled them, had to admit that they ere among the most active workers in this strike. The Trade Union» Educational) League in a statement issued yester- Entered as Second-class matter September 21, 1923, at the PostOffice at Chicago, Mlinois, under the Aet of March 38, 1879, FRIDAY, MARCH 7, 1924 = Published Daily except Sunday by THE DAILY WORKER PUBLISHING CO.. 1640 N. Halsted St., Chicago, Mlinois. ° e ° & & & o & il Scandal Engulfs Calvin Coolidge Senator Declares People Will Shudder ——$—$—$ Workers! Farmers! Demand: The Labor Party Amalgamation Organization of Unorganized The Land for the Users The Industries for the Workers Protection of the Foreign-Born Recognition of Soviet Russia Price 3 Cents and Tremble at the Latest Revelations "WASHINGTON, March a series of startling disclosures and new sensations A telegram signed “Calvin Coolidge” and ad the Washington Post, was read into the oil scandal recor committee’s developments today. while McLean was there with former secretary of the interior Fall as his guest. It read: “January 12: bite B. McLean, Palm’ Beach, a.t “Prescott is away. Advise Slemp with whom I shall con- fer, “Calvin- Coolidge.” (Special to The Daily Worker) 6.—President Coolidge bec: ame the central figure about which in the oil scandal revolved today. dressed to Edward B. McLean, publisher of das the foremost sensation in the The telegram was sent from Washington to Palm Beach Mayor Before Bar of Labor as Paymaster of Crowe’s Police: 18 More Bosses Surrendering Mayor William E. Dever, of Chicago, is before the bar of labor as the paymaster of the strikebreaking police of Robert |E. Crowe, state’s attorney of Cook County, who has turned his | office over to the scab garment employers for the purpose of C. Bascom Slemp, secretary | breaking the dressmakers’ strike against the sweatshop system. to the president, was in Florida at that time. He has already testified that he attended several dinner parties with McLean. Senator Frightened. A second message from Mr. Cool- idge to. McLean was as follows: “The White House, Feb. 12: “Thank you for your message. You have always been most considerate. Mrs. Coolidge joins me in kindest re- gards to you and Mrs. McLean,” “The American people will shudder and tremble and further lose confi- dence in the government, when they read that telegrams passed between President Coolidge and Edward B. MeLean,” Senator Pat Harrison, Mississippi, said in the senate today. |i _when. men. em. “It’s, e ployed at the te House commun- ieate with McLean, when he admits that he has deceived the country and that the secret codes of the depart- ment of justice were used by Mc. Lean* said Harrison. ‘ “But when it is known “iat Me- Lean, with all the guilt heaped on him, seeks out the president of the United States for information, what are we to think?” The telegram from the president to McLean climaxed a series of smashing sensations which had just preceded reading of the Coolidge message. These included reading of telegrams which disclosed: That H. E. McKenna, doorkeeper at the White House office, to C. Bas- com Slemp, the president’s secretary, notified McLean in Palm Beach of Slemp’s departure for Florida on the day Slemp left. Baruch Sends. Regards. That Bernard M. Baruch, in communication with McLean at Palm Beach and sent him ““affec- tionate regards.” That Senator Smoot, a member of the senate committee, was in direct communication with Albert B. Fall, chief figure in the scandal. That William J. Burns, head of the psecret service of the department of day calls attention to this feature of the present strike..and called on the members of the I. L. G. W. U. to stand firm in supporting the strike, solidify the rankg of the union and make for real solidarity by re- instating the expélled members. The statement follows: “The exposure of §tate’s Attor- ney Crowe as an of the cloth- ing employers to h the Interna- | tional Ladies’ Garment Workers’ Union. is but another proof of the correctness of the policies of the Trade Union Educational League. the officials of the Vt dimibed the garment workers ld more than ever realize need of amalgama- tion of ‘all the needle trades unions into one powerful organization, and political unity of ali labor into a great labor party. “Those same members of the In- ternational Ladies’ Garment Work- ers’ Union associated with the Trade Union Educational League, who were expelled for propaganda within. the unions, for Amalgamation and a La- bor , are now wing their sterling services to the strike that they can fi for the smallest needs of the workers as well as for those larger industrial unionism and political y are now more than ever necessity. sWogieanl Sa aats Union Baa. cational v upon you Pg = and ae the same more closely | members. time to justice, notified McLean of an in- vestigation of his connection with the department as a “dollar-a-year man.’, The significance of the Coolidge telegram to McLean and the iden- tity of the “Prescott” named in it were not made apparent at the time the message was read. That Fall and Senator. Lenroot, chairman of the senate investigating committee, exchanged messages re- garding the summoning of witnesses in the inquiry. Senator Watson Drawn In, From W. F. Wiley at Palm Beach to Ira Bennett, editorial writer of the Washington Post, Jan. 24: * “Please see Senator Jim from state adjoining mine and find out if there (Continued on page 2) COOLIDGE SILENTLY SELECTING SUCCESSOR TO HARRY DAUGHERTY (Special to The Daily Worker) WASHINGTON, D successors to Attorney General Daugherty. nied ered inasm not resigned, gossip mentions these men: Judge Wm. S. Kenyon, former senator from Iowa, now on the cir- cuit court of appeals. Senator Wm. E. Borah, Idaho. Governor Groesbeck, Michigan. Borah would not eco OPhars re 4, is bahar a is jue in Washington today may confer with the president. | tration was bared by Oscar Nelson, attorney for the strik- lers and representative of the | postal clerks’ union, at the first | meeting of the special probe | “committee of 15” of the Chi- cago Federation of Labor, yes- terday. Immediate action was taken by the committes on receipt of this informa- tion: a special committee of four was chosen to wait on Mayor Dever— often claimed as a friend of labor— gand Chief pf Police Collins, this morn- a showdown on the consists of: Anton Johannsen, chair. man of the committee of 15 and rep- resentative ot the International Brotherhood of Carpenters, Local 1367; John Clay, secretary . of the committee and member of the Laun- dry Drivers’ Union; John Fitzpat- | rick, president of the Chicago Fed- | eration of Labor, and Victor Olander, secretary of the Illinois Federation of Labor. Dever will have to explain more | than his tacit assent to the actions i (Continued on page 2.) The fact that the plainclothes thugs of the state’s attor- |ney’s office are also on the payroll of the city adminis- N. Y. Congressman Scheduled to Speak In Pittsburgh Sunday Congressman Firello La Guardia, of New York, who has taken a prom- inent part in fighting the anti-alien bills introduced in Congress will be the principal speaker at a mass meet- ing to be held in Pittsburch, Pa., on March 9 at 2 p,._m., under the aus- pices of the lccal, Council for the Proteetion of the Foreign Pern. “The Wweeting “wiltt beheld nr ite Labor Temple and has the support of wide circles in the great steel city where the iron hand of capital weighs more heavily on the workers than in any other section in the country. Councilman Maloney, who has taken a deep interest in the fight for the foreign born workers, will speak with others from unions and fraternal and working-class political parties. Attorney Anthony Lucas will also speak. Labor Chief’s Warning to Crowe Unanswered as Probing Begins Reposing in the files of the state’s attorney’s office is the following letter which John Fitzpatrick wrote to Robert ’E. Speaking for the Chicago Fed- eration of Labor, I hereby desire to enter vigorous protest against the actions of your office in connec- tion with the present strike of the Ladies’ Garment Workers’ Inter- national Union, Information has reached me, which has been substantiated, that you have assigned police officers attached to your office to strike duty. This is an unusual and un- called for procedure that has never occurred in connection with any strike heretofore. The Chicago Po- lice Department have hundreds of policemen assigned to patrel strike districts. Fomenting Discord. The officers form the State’s At- torney’s office, who are not in uni- form, are mingling with the people in the strike district and are de- liberately fomenting discord and trouble and are making most of the arrests, Your officers are arresting work- ing girls, taking them to the Har- rison Street police station, having them locked up with prostitutes and instructing the desk sergeant not to book them until they have been held in such company for sev- eral hours. Yesterday, February 29, there were eleven arrests made in con- nection with this strike and your officers made nine of these arrests. Your officers left instructions at the Harrison Street police station not to book or permit these work- ing girls to be batted until after 6:00 p. m. This is a clear viola- New | Crowe last Saturday directing attention to his outrageous and | York financier, and prominent figure | illegal strikebreaking activities during the present garment {in the war-time administration, was strike: i tion of the constitutional right of citizens. This morning, March 1, your of- ficers arrested six girls before 9 o’clock and left instructions in the name of the State’s Attorney’s of- fice not to permit these girls to be booked or bailed out until after- noon. In the meantime these in- nocent wage earners are confined in company with prostitutes and others in custody at the South Clark street police station. At 11 o’clock this morning one of your officers took into custody a striker by the name of Mr. Weiss and your officer brought him to the State’s Attorney’s office, where he was detained for more than two hours without warrant of law. Servant of Employers. We have much evidence which proves your desire to serve the in- terests of that element of employ- ers who seek the disruption of the trade union movement. We had hoped, however, that you would have some regard for womanhood and that there was some limit at which you would stop in your de- sire to serve the interests of un- fair employers. To permit your office to be used in persecuting young girls and ‘women who are in a contest to im- prove their working conditions, to suffer the indignity of unwarranted st, brujal handling by your of- 8, and confinement in_ police stations in company with unfortun- ate women, is surely beyond the limitation of anything that might be considered decent. Coolidge Surely Stands By His Pals, Sinclair, Doheny and Fall WASHINGTON, March 6.—President Coolidge today notified the Sen- ate he could not submit to the oil investigating committee the income tax returns of Harry F. Sinclair, F. L. Doheny and Albert B. Fall, as requested by the Senate in the McKellar resolution. Mr. Coolidge said he had been advised eeu arr crush aged hcabaths Meal ncaa nah We” acting Attor: -Géneral he