The Daily Worker Newspaper, March 20, 1924, Page 2

Page Two DAILY WORKER | WINSPLACE IN. PICKET LINE Police Say It Hurts to Arrest Our Reporters The DAILY WORKER has| won its fight, temporarily, at least, for the right to report | the events of the garment workers’ strike. On successive | days Victor Zokaitis and Ar-| thur Shields, DAILY WORKER | reporters, had been roughly handled, abused and arrested while peacefully going about their business of gathering strike news. porter is an almost unheard-o: act, that even the most hard- ened “Dick” would not con- template. Chicago policeman on strike} duty to violate all tradition| of his caste and commit the | asinine act of arresting a re- porter while he is gathering news. | Our Publicity Doesn’t Pay. When a man in plain clothes yes- terday grabbed a picxeter and slammed her violently against \the wall, on South Market street, Carl Reeve, reporter for the DAILY WORKER, who had just distributed a bundle of his papers to the strik- ers, stepped up to the man-handler and asked him his name. “I'm the deputy sheriff; Who are you ” came the gruff answer. The DAILY WORKER reporter was immediately surrounded by uni- formed policemen, including officers 3609 and 2838, and three brutal looking plain clothes men. The air ‘was impregnated with the odor of bad_ whisky. “Like hell I'll give you my name,” said the deputy sheriff. Not to the DAILY WORKER. It doesn’t pay.” The deputy sheriff marched the striker, Emma Deering, down the street, looking for more victims. We Win Our Rights. “We're not going to arrest you, or any other DAILY WORKER re- porter any more,” said Officer 3609, “You haven't got a police card, but we'll take. your word for it ‘that you're. a reporter. The DAILY} ORKER is getting too much pub- .” The DAILY WORKER re- porter did have a police card. “The fact is,” said Officer 2838, “that the strikers are on one side of the fence and we policemen are on the other. That's all there is to it. If we didn’t make these arrests the lawyers wouldn’t have anything to do, the DAILY WORKER. wouldn't have anything to holler about and the cops wouldn’t have any work.” “I don’t think there will be many arrests this morning,” Officer 2838 continued, growing confidential. “You see the strikers get more courage in the evening, when there’s more of a crowd, and we have to pinch more of them. I think we'll arrest a lot tonight.” Policemen Read DAILY WORKER. “Say, Officer 3181 is getting a lot of publicity, isn’t he? Yes, he’s the one who beat up Sophie Altschuler. That was too bad, wasn’t it? But I guess she must’ve got, kind of ay.” The DAILY WORKER had seen Officer 3181 absorbed in the DAILY WORKER a little further down the street. As he passed Officer 3181 was heard to ejaculate, “Jesus Christ, these fellows are a bunch of AGITATORS.” “By the way,” said Officer 2838, “can’t you let me have a copy of the ‘DAILY WORKER?” He took the DAILY WORKER, and as he saun- tered gravely down the _ street, tucked the folded paper ceremoni- ously into his coat tail, Reeve distributed a large bundle of DAILY WORKERS to the picket- ers. He says he is going to take an extra bundle this morning for the HEHE DAILY WORKER Thursday, March 20, 1924 Courts Have No Right to Interfere in Strike 6“ E INSIST that the workers have the right to quit their employment, either singly or, in unison, whenever the conditions of employment become irksome, or a change or improvement is desired; that when any representative of the workers engaged is directed by them to perform any duty for the futherance of the purpose for which the cessation of work (strike) was inaugurated, that he shall have the right to perform that duty without judicial interference by injunction.”-—Declaration of the _||ing he arrested Florence for assault- American Federation of Labor Convention at Kansas || City, Mo., Dec. 12-20, 1898. Daugherty Backs Up Stick-Up Work and Still Selling by U. S. Agents, Says His Ex-Operative By LAURENCE TODD (Staff Correspondent of The Federated Press) WASHINGTON, March 19.—When a special agent of the To arrest an accredited re-| Department of Justice comes to a federal district attorney in f| Texas, under the Daugherty administration, with a complaint |that an unoffending citizen has been routed out of a sickbed | at midnight, robbed of $1,000, and assured that the thief is a ein iol Paw the | deputy United States Marshal, and when the special agent begs | the district attorney to issue a warrant for the robber, he is | told that no complaint is to be filed. The district attorney says that the affair amounts to noth- ing. The special agent reports all the facts to Attorney Gen- eral Daugherty and to William J. Burns, head of the bureau of investigations. The crime goes unpunished and this special agent receives orders that he shall not inves- tigate the misdeeds of district attorneys henceforth. Ex-Operative Squeals This is a cross section of the testi- mony of Captain Baldwin of the Texas Rangers, formerly a special agent of Daugherty and Burns in Texas. Baldwin appeared March 15, before Senator Wheeler’s Committee and astounded his audience by the di- rect simplicity and evident sincerity of his account of lawlessness on the part of the law-enforcing division of the Federal Government. This lawlessness was not confined to Daugherty’s regime. Attorney General Palmer in February, 1921, sent out an order forbidding special agents to give any attention to viola- tions of the Federal prohibition stat- ute. This in itself was a violation of Palmer’s sworn duty as a public offit cial. Daugherty has never revoked this order. The gag order issued by Daugherty to the special agents, for- bidding them te report upon viola- tions of law by district attorneys and United States marshals, was cal- culated to create an ideal atmo- sphere in which whiskey rings might operate. Dry Agent Sells Stills. Captain Baldwin testified to hav- ing captured a prohibition agent in the act of selling stills captured from one set of criminals to another set. After a long discussion with Attor- ney General Daugherty’s brother-in- law, who is a (United States marshal, and with the Federal district attor- ney immediately concerned, these administration officials reluctantly agreed that there was no way to avoid the filing of a complaint against the faithless prohibition agent. They reached this decision after consulting the postmaster, the collec- tor of customs, and other Republican job-holders. However, the criminal was never indicted, the grand jury which met later on, declined to hear the testimony of Baldwin’s witness- es. The district attorney still holds office. Whacked Up With Daugherty Rivaling the Baldwin testimony in its direct bearing upon corruption in the Department of Justice was the testimony of Tex Rickard’s partner in thes promotion of the Dempsey- Carpentier fight films. This man swore that 50 per cent of the net proceeds of showing the prize film outside of the State of New Jersey were handed over, as a result of a written contract, to friends of Daugh- erty and of E. B. McLean, and that this deal was made because interstate shipment of the film was illegal. The promoters gave up half their profits licemen—to supply the popular in return for protection. oo How President ge sg oo 5 Daugherty for another week, in view Nova Scotia Coal of the damning sag of pen i by Daugherty and his friends of the Miners Spurn Lewis barony the Department of Justico Pact With Besco (By The Federated Press) GLACE BAY, Nova Scotia, March 19.—The coal miners of District 26, United Mine Workers, Nova Scotia, are working without a contract. Montreal agreement which was the result of prolonged negoti- ations between the British Empire Corp. and provisional district, is a mystery to every other hard- “boiled politician in Washington. Par- ty managers who are veterans in the game of defying public opinion throw up their hands when they hear the testimony against Daugherty. They do not understand why President Coolidge imagines that he can gain anything, even convention delegates, thru permitting Daugherty to stay in office. One of the surpYfses of the investi- and representatives of the in- ternational, was handed down a few ks ago. This contract secured a Might increase in wages, but was off- set the increase in the price of ‘coal for household use, and various binding clauses, ‘The miners by a referendum Mar. re. id the contract by a majori- ty of 2606. " The Saad of a contract, car- rying wit it a so-called increase in negotiated by officials of the ‘a has created a unique situa- ion. William Dalrymple considered @ direct slap at John L, Lewis id all his subordinates in this dis- The corporation agrees to pay the rate of wages as long as the col- Tay continue in operation, gation thus far is the lack of a de- fensive attitude shown by Senators Moses of New Hampshire and Jones of Washington. They appeared to have given up any thou of mak- ing out a case for the administration. Chicago School of Social Philosophy Men and women interested in forming the Chicago School of Social Philosophy will meet in the City Club, Friday, March 21, 8 p. m., to organize the courses already prom- ised in contemporary philosophy and in social economics. This meeting is open to everyone whether or not they care to enroll, Carl Haessler and Leland Olds, who will give the two courses, will speak ‘ormally at this meeting, Senators Quit Oil Probe as Testimony Shows Harding Deal (Continued from Page 1) rights to another 160 acres in Tea- pot Dome.” “I went to see Fall and he told me he didn’t see we had any title. Fall told me ‘Yes, we are going to lease the land’ “I then went west and sometime later Mr. Harding wrote me a letter to come to see him. Harding said, ‘Jim, how about this property you think you own in Teapot?’ I said, ‘Well, I don’t know, but I think we own it.’ Harding then said, ‘Well, Fall don’t think much of your claims, and he’s T. N, T!” “Your testimony is so vague,” Walsh said, “Can you tell us what you wanted from Fall?” “T wanted that 160 acres—and I still want it.” Darden first said that his visit to Fall was in March, 1922—showing that Fall was then intending to lease the lands to Sinclair. Fall, Fast Worker “But Bursum’s election was in 1921,” Walsh said, “and your con- versation with Fall and Mr. Harding was about Bursum, so you must have talked with’ Fall in 1921.” “Yes, I guess it must have been 1921.” a This left the implication that Fall was intending to lease the reserves soon after he took office, March 4, 1921. Darden was then excused and the committee went into executive ses- sion to hear Senator Adams of Colo- rado, regarding the nomination of Samuel Knight as special government GIRL STRIKER IS CONVICTED BY INJUNCTION JUDGE Florence Can Smile’ in Face of Sentence —. (Continued from page 1.) ¢ cross examination that on the morn- ing the sister of Leonard Wolman, that Florence had charged Wolman |with striking her, He was not sure if he had or had not seen Wolman strike Florence. Frank Grable was the third wit- ness. He said that Florence and several other girls had beaten him up on the morning of the 10th of March. Grable said, that he thought his arm had been broken until he had it X-rayed. He said that in addition to hurting his arm, Florence had scratched his head. Mollie Krusig, a designer for Katz and Dolinsky, testified that she had seen Florence and other girls on the street in front of her shop. (Where she would have a perfect right to be). Stool-Pigeon Nagle. Deputy Sheriff Nagle said, that he saw Florence in the vicinity of the strike district, Monday morning, af- ter she had been in court and promised that she would not picket till her case was decided. After filing a written answer to the charges made against Florence, Peter Sissman put: Florence on the stand to defend herself. Miss Corn Refutes Lies. Florence denied that she had picketed any shop except the one she had worked in before the strike. That shop she had previously said did not have an injunction and since the strike has settled with the union. She returned to work after the settle- ment and was arrested last Thursday on a rule to show cause why she should not be punished for contempt of court, Since then Florence said, she has had the union get a leave of absence for her. She did this, she said, be- cause she was worried about her case and did not feel well. Receipts Prove Her Story. She denied striking the sister of Leonard Wolman and denied scratch- ing Grable. She explained that last Monday she was on Jackson St., to send money to her parents in Europe and produced receipts from: the Amalgamated Bank at 371 W. Jack- son Boulevard, to prove her state- ment. The receipts were put in evidence. Sissman handed them to the judge. The judge did not look at them once. He let them lay where Sissman put them. } After Florence had testified, Siss- man pointed out that the evidence against Florence was weak. The judge started to gas. Sullivan Liar and Coward. “There is not a single extenuating circumstance in favor of the defen- dant. She is a female tigress. She has deliberately violated the injunc- tion of this court. She parades up counsel to prosecute claims for sec- tions 16 and 36 of California Naval Reserve Number One. Hearings will be resumed tomor- row at 10 A. M. Forbes Pleads Not - Guilty to Bribery, Conspiracy Charges Pleas of not guilty to indictments charging conspiracy and bribery were entered in federal court today by Colone] Charles R, Forbes, former head of the veterans’ bureau, and John W. Thompson, of the Thompson and Black Construction Company. The indictments charge Forbes with accepting money from an agent of the Thompson and Black company for using his influence, while head of the bureau, to turn over contracts to the firm. A motion to squash the indictment charging Thompson with bribin Forbes was made by attorneys for Thompson, on the grounds that papers on which the actton was taken were “illegally seized.” Another motion to squash all the indictments also will be made within a few days. Judge Carpenter ordered hearings on these motions for April 2. Hoan and Rose Race In Milwaukee Next April for Mayoralty (Special to The Daily Worker) MILWAUKEE, Wis., March 19.— David 8. Rose, pees tag and Daniel W. Hoan, socialist, by virtue of their victory in the~primaries here, will fight it out for mayor of Milwaukee at the April 1st election. hota iin is snprertee rf, vind rge employing open shop ini ests sprung a great surprise in Jocal political circles by polling 482 more votes than Mayor Hoan, who is run- ning on a platform of typical Mil- waukee socialism, The final count was: Rose, 41,158; Hoan, 40,611. IMPEACH COOLIDGE! against Ed and Eydney Theriault, brothers, who were held incommunicado for a week in the jail here, kept in sepa- tate tanks and grilled unceasingly and unmercifully has finally been dismissed for lack of evidence, and the mer. released. OUT WITH DAUGHERTY! \ ¢ and down and assaults persons. Such a person as this should receive no consideration at the hands of society. I sentence her to thirty days in the county jail,” Dennie said, The hearing had lasted all morn- ing and in an effort to rush the other cases, Dennie continued court thru the noon hour, not adjourning for lunch. The fact that Dennie was denying himself a good meal to send strikes to jail had it effect on his temper, Toward the close he was sore as a boil. Seven Others Fined Seven other strikers came up be- fore Sullivan in rapid succession, but Dennie did not attempt to give them jail sentences. Martha Giefote, John Cohn, Louis Rosenthal, Bessie Eisen- berg and Anna Beidelbgum were each fined $50 and Clara Friedman and Rose Levin were fined $25 each. In fining Martha Gieforte, Sullivan nteered the insulting remark that she had a “malignant heart.” All the girls were released on their own recognizance, pending appeal. Think Coolidge Leads in N, D. FARGO, N. D., March 19.—With Senator Hiram Johnson of California and Senator Robert M. La Follette of Wisconsin, splitting the country vote, victory sident Coolidge in the North Dakota Y peng primary appeared assured on the basis of ¢ab- tions today. j merchandise that you can’t price. The firm of Krenn & Dato has donated a lot in the Crawford-Devon subdivision. - < Wh of 15” Do Today? HE “COMMITTEE OF FIFTEEN” appointed by John Fitzpatrick, president of the Chicago Federation of Labor, to co-operate with the striking dressmakers in their struggle for union conditions in the shops and to investigate the illegal activities of State’s Attorney Robert E. Crowe in connection with the strike is scheduled to hold its second meeting today. The resolution authorizing President Fitzpatrick to appoint the ‘Committee of Fifteen” was passed by the Chicago Federation of Labor on Sunday, March 2. The Committee was appointed on March 5. The names of the members of the committee are as follows: ‘ ANTON JOHANNSEN, Carpenters’, Chairman; JOHN CLAY, Laundry Drivers’ Union, Secretary; OSCAR NELSON, Post Office Clerks’ Union; JOHN O'NEILL, City Firemen’s Union; VICTOR OLANDER, Seamen’s Union; ANNA FITZGERALD, Women’s Label League; CHESTER SEMPLE, Molders’ Union; JOHN A. ENGLISH, Typographical Union; HARRY VAN ARTSEN, Pressmen’s Union; CHARLES GLOVER, Blacksmith’s Union; HARRY SHECK, Union Label League; DAVID McVEY, Lathers’ Union; ROBERT FITCHIE, Milk Wagon Drivers’ Union; AGNES NESTOR, Women’s Trade Union League; FRANK BUCHANAN, Iron Workers’ Union. The “Committee of Fifteen” held, its first meeting in the offices of the Chicago Federation of Labor on Thursday, March 6. It had its picture taken, and appointed a sub- committee of three consisting of John Fitzpatrick, Victor Olander, and Anton Johannsen to interview the mayor and protest against the brutality of the police against the strike pickets. The mayor informed the sub-committee that he was not aware of any improper action on the part of his police, but that he would take the matter under considera- tion. John A. English, a member of the “Committee of Fifteen,” also organizer of Typographical Union No. 16, stated toa DAILY WORKER reporter that the understand- ing among the members of the “Committee of Fifteen” was, that in the event of further improper interference on the part of the police with the strikers another general meeting of the committee would be: called. Since then no meeting has been called until today. What has happened in the meantime? Scores of strikers have been arrested by liquor-soaked thugs, uni- formed and ununiformed, from the state’s attorney’s office and in the uniform of Mayor Dever’s police force. Citizens who had no connection with the strike were arrested for appearing in the vicinity of the scab clothing chops. Two reporters of the DAILY WORKER were arrested and taken to court because they took down the numbers of policemen engaged. in brutally assaulting girl pickets. AND SOPHIE ALTSCHULER, PICKET, WAS TAKEN INTO A HALL- WAY BY POLICEMAN 3181 AND SEVERELY BEATEN, NECESSITATING MEDICAL TREATMENT AND CON- FINEMENT TO BED FOR SEVERAL DAYS., Yet, the “Committee of Fifteen” did not act. Pea a ay asaya a ay A committee of citizens, composed of clergymen, pro- - fessors and well meaning liberals, called on the mayor, bringing these facts to his attention. Of course, the mayor, being a capitalist lackey, did not act, but there was at least some publicity and the plute press was obliged to open its columns to the workers’ side of the case. The “Committee of Fifteen,” representing hundreds of thousands of Chicago trade unionists, did not even utter a peep. This is a crying scandal, The injunctions of Judge Denis Sullivan are rendering it extremely difficult for those in charge of the strike to function, unaided. Yesterday Florence Corn, a strike picket, was given a thirty-day jail sentence by Judge Sullivan. Officer 3181 who beat up Sophie Altschuler is still on strike duty, usually in a state bordering on intoxi- cation. While this is taking place; while little girls are courageously battling against the bosses’ courts, the bosses’ state’s attorney, the bosses’ mayor, the bosses’ police and the bosses’ gunmen, the leaders of the powerful organized labor movement of Chicago comfortably sit in their offices and smoke the pipe of peace. The strikers on the picket line look to the “Committee of Fifteen” for aid in this bitter struggle. The committee has it in its power to win the strike. Will they doit? The DAILY WORKER has urged the calling of a great mass meeting, mass picketing, collection of a strike fund and. other means to bring the ‘power of organized labor to bear against the open shop exploiters. These are practical suggestions. e The DAILY WORKER urges the “Committee of Fif- teen” to take action before it is too late. It will not do to lay the blame for inaction on the shoulders of the reac- tionary leaders. The rank and file of the workers will hold every member of the “Committee of Fifteen” responsible for failure to do their obvious duty in this strike. cone WILL THE “COMMITTEE OF FIFTEEN” DO GRAND OPENING OF. : -PURIM BAZAAR and EXPOSITION TONIGHT AT THE ASHLAND AUDITORIUM | WITH A WONDERFUL CONCERT ra FREIHEIT SINGING SOCIETY Il, MR. SWETLOFF, Tenor of the Russian Grand Opera Company III, MISS IDA DIVINOFFP, Violinist Soloist, Detroit Symphony Orchestra A great display of all kinds of articles on sale. You can buy at the in the line of an wholesale anything your heart desires. There is not a thi buy at the Bazaar at less at Will “Committee mae ee and you may get it. FIGHTING JIM MACLACHLAN I$ QUT OF PRISON Thotbanile af Workers Cheer Red Leader By JOHN A. McRURY. (Staff, Correspondent of Federated Preas) GLACE BAY, Nova Scotia, March 19.—After serving five months of his two-year jail sentence, Jim McLach- lan, deposed leader of the Nova Scotia miners (District 26, U. M. W. A,), has returned to his former stamping ground. McLachlan was convicted of “se- dition” last October and sentenced to two years in Dorchester peniten- tiary. But to the protests of near- ly every worker in Canada pressure was brought to bear on the govern- ment and the federal parliament at Ottawa deemed it advisable to re- lease McLachlan on parole (Jim would not aeert a pardon, claiming there was nothing to be pardoned for). The miners were informed of the return of McLachlan in time to stage welcome meetings at every point thru. which the train would pass. Particularly striking was the recep- tion at New Glasgow where 900 min- ers with a band turned out at mid- night to meet the train. A Sydney the steel workers staged the largest meeting in its history.' Glace Bay surpassed all previous demonstra- tions. When McLachlan arrived he was borne shoulders high to the building now occupied by the John L. Lewis appointees in the district. The affair was a formal civic wel- come, the town council having au- torized a demonstration. Alex S. McIntyre, deposed district vice president, acted as chairman. To the singing of the Red Flag’ and the International the building fairly rocked. ” In stating his views on the new wage agreement just repudiated by district vote, McLachlan said: “The men can stand it; but when I see women and children being starved, sedition or no sedition I am going to oppose it. Talk about sacred con- tracts! When you take a woman to the altar and promise and swear te love and support her, that is a sacred contract. I will break any contract to keep that one.” : The deposed secretary is in his usual good form, his incarceration in no way diminishing his fighting spir- it. One of the noticeable things about McLachlan is the absence of his large flowing red mustache, for years one of his distinguishing fea- tures. “‘Altho they decreased my weight,” he said, “they did not kill my ambition to fight for the working class!” Government Backs American Legion in Quest for Bergdoll (Special to The Daily Worker) WASHINGTON, March 19.—The United States Government has in- structed diplomatic and consular re- presentatives in Germany to aid whenever possible, American legion representatives who have gone to Germany to get Grover Cleveland Bergdoll, draft dodger, to return home and take his medicine, it was learned at the state department to- day. The government itself has not made any proposal to Bergdoll, it was said officially. THE KEPT (COVERNMENT OIL SCANDAL EXPLAINED At The EDUCATIONAL CENTER 62 East 106th Street, New York City Sunday, March 23, 1. P. M. Speakers: JULIET STUART POYNTZ BENJAMIN LIFSHITZ REBECCA GRECHT, ADMISSION FREE uspices: Harlem Section, ‘ Workers Party