The Daily Worker Newspaper, March 29, 1924, Page 2

Page Two THE DAILY WORKER AND WALSH IS MUCH PAINED Subpoonalng Solon's Brother Brings Fight on Spencer (Special to The Daily Worker) WASHINGTON, Mar. 28,— A partisan break has developed in the senate oil investigating committee and is causing threats of an attempt to oust Senator Seldon P. Spencer, Mis- souri republican. Democrats threaten to carry their fight against Spencer to the floor of the senate. They charge the newest re- publican member of the inves- tigating committee with im- proprieties in attempting to “get something on” Senator Walsh, chief of the democrats and leading prosecutor. Conferences of democratic members of the committee have been held and two methods of proceeding against Spencer have been discussed. Two Methods Proposed. 1.—Presentation of a formal mo- tion in the senate asking his removal from the committee. 2.—A directly opposite policy of giving him every leeway. At least two senators say they will lay Spencer’s actions before the sen- ate in speeches. The Missouri senator was appointed to the vacancy of Chairman Lenroot a little more than a week ago. He immediately aroused Walsh with his manner of questioning witnesses and Walsh openly charged him with “put- ting words in the mouths of wit- nesses.” In a tufbulent session of the Sen- ate Oi] Committee today, Senator Walsh, Montana, chargea tnat Spen- cer Selden Spencer, Republican, Mis- souri, a member of the committee, had subpoenaed John Walsh, his brother, “to cast malicious su» Picions upon me.” John Walsh denied that he had any connection with either the Sinclair or Doheny oil companies or was in any way connected with the leases made by Albert B. Fall. The sharp @®hflict between Spencer and Walsh further widened the breach between Spencer and the Democratic members of the commit- tee. as Will Hays’ Denial, ‘When the committee met today Chairman Ladd read a telegram from Will Hays denying he ever received $25,000 from Jake Hamon in con- nection with a “deal” at the last Re- Foteen convention as charged by Al ennings, former bandit, yesterday. ‘Walsh announced his brother John was present and ready to testify but Spencer said he was not ready to examine him. “You owe it to my brother to clear the matter immediately,” Senator ‘alsh said. “My brother has been under investigation for more than two months by persons determined to discredit these hearings. Because of bar he is under suspicion,” jpencer then agreed to put John Walsh on the stand. ? Walsh said he was a lawyer, born in Wisconsin. “Do you represent the Mutual Oil Sues oe aR Spencer asked. “No,” FIM sh oil companics do you repre- “Strictly Speaking.” _“Strietly speaking I represent no oil company. I do, however, repre- sent a holding company, known as the American Republics Corporation of which J. S. Colina is president. It holds oil stocks. I am counsel and member of the board.” aon pe cncreny have any inter- est in oil leases in Wyomi California?” ier lasts “'No,”” “My company has no interest in il leases there.” “What oil companies does the hold- ing company hold stock in?” “About 15 or 16 companies.” Walsh said he also represented sev- eral development companies which have not yet begun operations. “You never have been engaged in the oil business in any way?” asked Spencer. en sir.” ou never have visited the office of bar Negi path wo Bo interior in Tega oil matters No, sir.” Tn excusing Walsh, S: him to keep a touch wah Sime BUY your DRUGS 4110" This week's specials— $1.50 3 TUBES PEPSODENT : TOOTH PASTE .........$1.00 FOR CONSTIPATION 25 CENTS Austin-Madison Pharmacy 1 MADISON STREET at Austin Blvd. WE DELIVER FREE. Phones: Oak Park 992, 671, 672; Austin 4117 and read: German, Jewish, we seuk, Polish, Lithuanian, etc, C l . ir, . Pe KIN 1S CALLED" “Weir Dery attack On Grafting By LAURENCE TODD (Staff Correspondent of The Federated Press) 28.—Despite the frantic protests of E. B. McLean, voiced thru his Washington Post, the senate has proceeded not WASHINGTON, March only to seek the criminal indictment testify before the oil investigation committee, but it has followed immediately with a resolution suggesting to the house the impeachment of C. C. Chase, collector of customs at San Antonio and son-in-law of Albert B, Fall. Cal Keeps Crook Chase. Chase refused to testify on the ground that his answers might in- eriminate him, yet after this con- fession of criminal status President Coolidge failed to immediately order his dismissal. When Senator Bur- sum, staunch defender of Fall, pleaded that Chase would probably resign his, federal job, Minority Leader Robinson replied that no resignation would be permitted to protect an offending officeholdér. The testimony which the commit- tee expected to get from Chase re- lated to the trip which-he made to see Price McKinney: at Cleveland, when Fall begged McKinney to per- jure himself by testifying that Fall had borrowed $100,000 from McKinney. Discussing this affair on the senate floor, Senator Dill de- clared that the perjury of McLean as to this $100,000 loan to Fall was later framed up at a conference in Atlantie City. Dill urged the im- peachment of Chase which was sug- gested in the resolution. offered by Senator Walsh and adopted, 70 to 0 on a roll call, Sinclair Hires A. P. Man. Sinclair has reached into the office of the Associated Press and em- ployed as his publicity man, at a @Continued from page 1.) committee wants these papers be- cause of a claim that they disclose your personal conduct of the depart- ment, Assuming that the request of the committee is appropriately lim- ited to designated files, still the ques- tion will always be the same. “In view of the fact that the in- uiry relates fo your personal con- pi you are not in a position to give me or the committee what would be disinterested advice as to the public interest, 3 “You have a personal interest in this investigation which is being made of the conduct of yourself and your office, which may be in conflict with your official interest as the attorney general, I am not questioning your fairness or integrity. “I am merely reciting the facts, that you are placed in two positions, ong your personal interest, the other your office of attorney general, which may be in conflict. How can I satisfy a request for action in matters of this nature on the ground, you, as attorney general advise against it, when you as the individual agairist whom the is. directed necessarily have @ personal interest in it? *T do not see how you can be acting for yourself in your own defense in this matter and at the same time and on the same question acting as my adviser as attorney general. “Positions Incompatible”. “These two positions are incompat- ible and cannot be reconciled. I am sure you will see that it is necessary for me to have the advice of a dis- interested attorney general, in order that I may discharge the duties of my office in this and other matters, I feel certain that you will know how deeply I regret that this situation has arisen. It only illustrates the diffi- culties which are certain to recur with ever increasing embarrassment and ur inability to perform satisfactori- iy the duties of attorney general un- der t conditions. « “You will readily understand that it is not now my intention to prejudge the issues which remained to be de- veloped in this investigation. I re- cognize that you are entitled to a full and fair hearing. But as there is no way by which you can divest your- self of the interest you have person- ally in the investigation I can see no way but for you to retire as attorney general and I am therefore compelled to request your resignation. “Very truly yours, ’ “Calvin Coolidge.” The president requested Daugh- erty’s resignation yesterday when his secretary, C, Bascom Slemp, delivered Mr. Coolidge’s letter dated Marck 27 to powers: Daugherty’s reply, presenting his resignation and requesting that it be made effective at once was dated to- day and was taken to President Cool- idge this morning by Warren F, Mar- tin, special assistant to the attorn@ general. . * . History of Case. ne meral Harry M. Daug’ » in- imate friend and political advisor of the Hardi administration, was forced out 0: Ace’ beire by he Mag of a senate investigating comm: % which prompted President Coolidge to ask his resignation, ‘ The man who more than any other effected the nomination of the late President Harding, went out only Dump Harry for Cal’s Sake Saturday, March 29, 1924 26 STRIKERS IN COURT SMILE AT DENNIE’S EDICTS Garment Strike Writ Sentence Is Appealed of Harry Sinclair for his refusal to salary alleged to be $15,000 a year, the one man on the Associated Press staff in Washington who has been conspicuously sympathetic with the oil crowd, The salary is at least double what he has been receiving: An analysis of the Teapot Dome lease, made by W. W. Tarbell of Bethel, Conn., an oil expert, showed that the lease violated all of the rules which usually protect the own- ers’ interests, It provides no bonus, such ag is almost universally paid, and the royalty rates are so ar- ranged as to enable Sinclair to profit by restricting production. He has restricted production, Senator Dill declared, with mathematical regu- larity. (Continued from page 1) The state asked that their cases be continued till April 17, The three strikers had been ar- rested Thursday morning and the union had their attorney take out a writ of habeas corpus. Before the writ was returnable the state’s attorney’s men came into court and said that the men had been booked. Tt was apparent yesterday that the state’s attorney’s office did not want to have a preliminary hearing because the defendants in that way might learn something of the charges against them. Bosses Want No Hearings. The state’s attorney wants plenty of time in which to prepare a case against them without giving the men a chance to defend themselves, The state’s attorney’s men may take the case to a grand jury and ask indictments before Avril 17. In that way the men who are charged with conspiracy and assault would not have a chance to prove their inno- cence till they were brought to trial. Eight other strikers have been in- dicted, it was learned yesterday, They were charged with malicious mischief and conspiracy to do an illegal act, According to the in- formation in the hands of the union lawyers the men are charged with having: entered the plant of Blum and Templer at 178 W. Adams St. on the 27th of February, the first day of the strike, and having called the workers there out on strike: The eight men who are reported indicted are: Sam Ross, Adolph Rodinowitz, Hyman Goldman, Bruno Bontwisky, Joe Galler, Dan Glass- man, Harry Matin and Charles Roof, Trude Discharges Fourteen. Fourteen strikers were discharged in So. Clark St. police court yes- terday when their cases were called. Judge Trude discharged them after 8 trial in which all of the cases were massed. The strikers discharged were: Emma Goldberg, Sarah Zelinsky, Lillian Junberg, Jennie Wosiak, Yet- ta Orenstein, Francis Lawan, Sarah Shapiro, Bessie Eisenberg, Dora Maller, Clara Zozkon, Ellen Doren- feld, Ida Goldberg, Fredia Nitzberg and Pearl Cohen. Less Than Five Minutes. The mass trial took little more than five minutes, The police mere- U, 8. Abets Oil Trusts. Still more sinister is the clause giving to Sinclair and his partner, the Standard Oil Co. of Indiana, thru the Sinclair Pipe Line Co. which they jointly own, the monop- oly privilege of delivering oil from the Wyoming field by pipe line east- ward. Possession of this monopoly, Tarbell impressed upon the commit- tee, gives to Standard Oil and its allies the control of oil prices in the American market, ment of charges against him, no matter how malicious or groundless, and he is compelled to give up his responsible position and sacrifice his honor for the time being because of such attack, no man in any official position is safe and the most honor- able, upright and efficient public servant could be swept from office and stable government destroyed by clamor, ‘ The Indignant Daugherty. “T cannot escape the conviction, Mr, President, that your request for my resignation is also most untimely, It comes at a time when truth is banish- ing falsehood from the public mind, even tho I have not as yet had an opportunity to place upon the witness stand before the senate committee a single witness in my defense or in explanation or rebuttal of the whis- pered and gossipy charges against me.” Pressure for Resignation. The ouster of the attorney general came with dramatic suddenness after weeks of speculation as to how long President Coolidge would resist the/ly said that the girls had been demands that he put him out, picketing and the judge discharged Many of Coolidge’s intimate friends| them, judge has repeatedly and numerous republican leaders in| told the police that arrests for pick- and out of congress persuaded Cool-|eting should be made under the in- idge insistently to act for the good of| junction issued by Judge Sullivan. the party. That has had no more effect on Even indirect methods were em-|the police who have continued to ployed to indicate to Daugherty that/try to arrest all pickets who came it Baia please the president if he anywhere near the strike district. out. That the police are onl ‘ing to But Daugherty remained adamant. dccaeciahiee: the Boesee. Pai ls He would leave, he said, only if guilty|hy the fact that arrests are made of misconduct in office were proved| wien they cannot prove to Judge i him or if Coolidge person- Trude that the girls should be ally demanded it. arrested. Astounding Disclosures. Sullivan Frets Again. Meantime, the senate committee in-| In Judge Sullivan's court the vestigating his conduct of the De-| judge got worried as to the method partment of Justice began hearings|he should use to prove to the strik- which to date have developed the most extraordinary and sensational stories of intrigues, “deals” of all kinds and the inter-change of huge sums of money for mysterious purposes—in- ter-changed between men, according to the testimony, who were intimate friends of Daugherty or involved with friends of his. The resignation was brought about by a letter sent to Daugherty yester- day by President Coolidge, requesting the attorney genera] to leave, which was replied to today with a request by Daugherty that the resignation be effective immediately. Solicitor general James M, Beck will become acting attorney general, nity of his court is not a joke He asked Peter Sissman what method he would use to impress on the strikers the fact that he had issued an injunction and that it should not be violated, Sissman told him that the strik- ers believed that the law which per- mitted him to issue an injunction, have persons brought before him for violating it, and trying them for that violation was wrong. He said that as long as the strikers believed that they would undoubtedly treat his injunction as they have been treating it. “When the people who violate according to statute, until a suge i to Daugherty is appointed by the Be ron ye ge Hog the presiden same man who issued the injunc- tion they very naturally resent the operation of such a law,” he con- cluded, _ Both the prosecution and the de- fense summed up the evidence against the various strikers who have been tried and on whom judg- ment has not been passed. Sullivan Is Bosses’ Judge. Constantly during the summing IMPEACH COOLIDGE! NEAR PANIG AMONG MASTER CROOKS WHEN DAUGHERTY IS DUMPED NEW YORK, March 28.—Feign- strikers which Sissman made the judge would interrupt and try to make a point against them, judge said that he had made care. ful notes of all the testimony and that he did not need Sissman to refresh his memory. He seemed from his remarks to have made notes only of the testimony of the bosses and their witnesses, He was constantly reciting from his no and on one occasion very inco: '. idge’s request for Attorney Gen- eral Daugherty’s resignation and the latter's immediate steppii today Altho it was evident that the Washington situation was clarified rather than otherwise affected by thie development, the renewed as- ers that his injunction and the dig-| 1 up of the evidence in fevor of the | tru The | 2,000 rounds a minute, thus virtu- Impeach Coolidge! Let Him Follow Daugherty! Harry M. Daugherty is out. , The worst attorney general that corrupt American capitalism ever produced has been forced to resign. 4 But he is only one of the great army of grafters in high places. He is only a cog in the whole rotten capital- ist political machine. FS She The DAILY WORKER has fought incessantly for the ousting of Daugherty. It fought Daugherty because Daugh- erty is typical of capitalism. Every blow the DAILY WORKER directed at Daugherty was a blow intended for the decadent social system that produced the Harding regime, the most vicious and debased in all American his- tory; that gave us Coolidge, the Strikebreaker President; that spawned the democr: labor-baiter, Attorney Gen- ‘eral J. Mitchell Palmer, succeeded by the republican, Daugherty, who did the dirty work of the big business interests when he raided the convention of the Communist Party in Michigan, and when he fought the railroad strik- ers, hitting alike at the political and the industrial organ- izations of the workers. . . The capitalist press will again begin to cry “Enough!” It will use the ousting of Daugherty as an excuse to call off the investigations in Washington. It will try to cover up the filth in the nation’s capitol—to counteract the stench that arises everywhere. But the DAILY WORKER will fight on. It will con- tinue to unmask corruption in capitalist government, to reveal the real nature of big business rule. * . . 7 We repeat: “Impeach the Strikebreaker President, Calvin Coolidge.” The same money that bought Harding’s nomination and election in 1920, bought the nomination and election of Cal Coolidge as vice president. If the Harding administration was corrupt, Coolidge was a part of that administration. Coolidge knew of the bribery, not only in the peddling of oil leases, but in all the branches of government. And he remained silent, acquiescent. It was Coolidge who sent his private telegrams to “Eddie” McLean, the capitalist editor, and the goat, Fall, at Palm Beach, Florida. Coolidge, even if he sits in a high place, is just as guilty as the hungry receiver of the cheapest graft. capone inne eg ea enon Se ee If impeachment proceedings are not brought against Cal Coolidge, who held on to Daugherty to the very last, then the ousting of Daugherty means nothing. COOLIDGE MUST BE IMPEACHED. HE MUST BE DRIVEN FROM OFFICE. Ce el And the workers and farmers of the United States must organize NOW, must close their ranks everywhere thruout the nation, so that they will be able to take the greatest possible advantage of his going. Famois Three Year | Doctors Declare Pact Means Nothing | Wisconsin Senator’s To Big Coal Barons Condition Improved KANSAS CITY, ‘March 28,—De-| WASHINGTON, March 28.—Sen- mand for a cut in wages of forty|ator Robert M. LaFollette, ill from thousand coal miners employed in the| pneumonia, passed a comfortable southwestern states, was presented|night and was improved this morn- by mine operators to union represent- {ng according to members of the amily, atives in a joint conference here to- IMPEACH COOLIDGE!’ day. At a preliminary meeting before 7:40 a. big Napiers-Vicker Amphibian pleno without mishap. France, yesterday. PITTSBURGH COAL DIGGERS DEMAND DOLLA FREEDOM! Vote Repeal of Flynn Anti-Sedition Law (8) to The Daily Worker) PITTSBURGH, Pa., March 28.— The Pittsburgh miners passed reso- lutions for the repeal of the Flynn anti-sedition law and for the re- lease of Jacob Dolla, a victim of the steel strike, by unanimous vote, at their convention in session here. Surprise was occasioned in the ranks of the progresives when the above action was taken, hecause of the rock-bound attitude taken on other measures by machine forces, However, they will not allow themselves to. be fooled by this ac- tion, because they realize that such things have been done before and it is a long way from passing a resolution, to forcing: action on it. Well! Well! They were equally surprised when Feeney, of Coke Region fame, made a good speech in favor of the Dolla resolution, because he has consist- ently been against anything that has been presented by the progres- sives. However, he took this occa- sion to advertise the fact- that he was on the job during the steel strike, The resolution on the question of recognition of Soviet Russia was treated with the same consideration as was done at Indianapolis, The Howat resolution was under discus- sion at noon adjournment, with Van Bittner having the floor for the be- ginning of the afternoon session. Discuss Local Conditions. The afternoon session was full of interesting discussion on affairs af- fecting local conditions but the pay roll, true to its to its own cause, say that little consideration was given to any of the abominable con- ditions described, that is, as far the voting in the convention was concerned. Of course, they prom- ised that they would look into the cases mentioned and would get set- tlements satisfactory to the men and the local unions affected. Delegate John W. Hayman, pre- sented a good argument in favor of a resolution presented by his local, regarding the scales at the mine where he is ‘employed at Washing- ton, Pa. Hayman declared that the scale was so high in the air that neither the company weighman nor the miners’ check weighman could see the scales. This made little dif- ferences to the machine, for when ‘| the vote was taken the machine vot- ed in its usual way and the at the Washington mine are still in the air. Britons Girdling Their Earth. ROME, March 28th.—Major Mac- Laren and his companions of the British round-the-world flight expedi- tion arrived at Centocelle Airdome at m. today, landing their They left Lyons, the sont conference the mine owners decided that a reduction in expenses ig necessary if the mines are to con- tinue in operation, and voted to ne- duce wages, hag present contract expires April st. Capitalis Hiram Reaches Tape Ahead of Cautious “Cal” in S. Dakota PIERRE, 8. 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