The Daily Worker Newspaper, March 31, 1924, Page 6

Page Six THE DAILY WORKER. Published by the DAILY WORKER PUBLISHING CO., 1640 N. Halsted St., Chicago, Til. - (Phone: Lincoln 7680.) SUBSCRIPTION RATES By mail: $6.00 per year —-$8.50..6 months — $2,00,.8 months By mail (in Chicago only): $4.50..6 months $2.50. .8 months Address all mail and make out checks to THE DAILY WORKER 1640 N. Halsted Street J. LOUIS ENGDAHL Editors WILLIAM F. DUNNE } **"" pane MORITZ. J. LOEB...........+ Business Manager Entered as second-class mail Sept. 21, 1923 at the Post- Office at Chicago, Ill, under the act of March 3, 1879. bic. cb 2 inne Ads lk sche, hrs ca lle ne >" Statement of the Ownership, Management, Circulation, ete., required by the Act of Congress of August 24, 1912, Of “The Daily Worker”, published daily except Sun- day, at Chicago, IlL., for April 1, 1924. State of Mlinoist County of Cook J ** Before me, a notary public, in and for the State and county aforesaid, personally appeared Moritz J. 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That the two paragraphs next above, giving ‘the names of the owners, stockholders, and security holders, if any, contain not only the list of stockholders and security holders as they appear upon the books of the company but also, in cases where the stockholder or security holder appears upon the books of the company as trustee or in any other fiduciary relation, the name of the person or corporation for whom such trustee is acting, is given; also that the said two paragraphs contain statements embracing affiant’s full knowledge and belief as to the circumstances and conditions under which stockholders and security holders who do not ap- pear upon the books of the company as trustees, hold stock and securities in a capacity other than that of a bona fide gwner; and this affiant has no reason to believe that any other person, association, or corporation has any interest direct or indirect in the said stock, bonds, or other securities than as so stated by him. 5 5. That the average number of copies of each issue of this publication sold or distributed, thru the mails or otherwise, to paid subscribers during the six months preceding the date shown above is 12207. MORITZ J. LOEB, Business Manager, - Sworn to and subscribed before me this 27th day of March 1924. (Seal.) S. T. HAMMERSMARK. (My commission expires April 20, 1924.) More ‘‘Red’’ Scares John T. Adams, the national chairman of the republican party, and the members of the republican national committee, have both proven themselves to be inveterate liars. On the floor of the senate such venerable truth- seekers as the aged Lodge, the crafty Smoot, and the haughty Lenroot have been forced to admit that their national committee has lied and lied miserably. Now the leading committee of the republi- can party is showing signs of acute despera- tion: In an attempt to becloud the issue and rally all the possible strength to put an end to the oil disclosures it has fired a barrage against Senator Walsh and especially Senator Wheeler, charging them with being “reds.” This rot was supplied to the republican committee by the Department of Justice ‘and the -Burns Agency. It is exactly this kind of “informa- tion” that has been used to convict innocent workingmien, honest strikers of crimes com- mitted by the paid agents of the government and the gunmen employed by the Burns agency. Wheeler and Walsh are not now and never have been proponents of any doctrine that savors of working class opposition to the capitalist system of government and industry. ‘They are both members of the democratic party which is as much an organization of Wall Street as is the republican party. Walsh has played with the big power interests of his state. He has shirked his duty in uncovering the “principal” in the oil scandal. ‘Wheeler has been closely associated with Walsh for many years. Wheeler has not done a thing to have his committee expose the dastardly activ- ities of the Burns Agency and the Department of Justice in. the Trade Union movement. Wheeler is not showing the slightest intentions preg Burns and Daugherty from this angle er. He is limiting himself to scandal, cor- ruption and other highly “commendable” out- bursts of moral indignation. Wheeler is as far away from Communism and the Workers Party as any good democrat can possibly be. The cloud of dust raised by Adams and his $8.00 per year Chicago, Illinois Advertising rates on application. henchmen will not fool anybody. It is an obvious attempt to raNy the forces of reaction for a last effort to stifle the investigation. When capitalist gutter-politicians like Adams resort to calling such law-abiding, respectable,demo- crats like Walsh, who fathered the Montana State Syndicalist law, and Wheeler, who has not lifted a finger or uttered a word in behalf of a merciless exposure of the Burns-Daugh- erty strike-breaking and union-smashing activ- ities, it is as clear as broad daylight that the whole republican party is in desperate straits. Lies and misrepresentation are the first and last refuge of the capitalist politicians op- pressing the working and farming masses: Million Dollar Convention What a ghastly sight this high-priced cap- italist democracy of ours is! It is unfortun- ately true that dead men tell no tales. Other- wise the country would today be treated to a sorry spectacle of the holiest of holy, of em- ploying class saints being tarred and feathered in the pitchest black of sordid political cor- ruption. Al Jennings, former train robber, today evangelist, has told the Wheeler committee that a million dollars was spent at the republi- can national convention of 1920 to put over Warren Gamaliel Harding, Senator Boise Penrose, Will Hays, and Harry M. Daugherty were among the political pawnbrokers playing with the fate of the country who received sums ranging from $25,000 to $250,000. - It is very likely that this was the $250,000 found in cold cash in Mr. Penrose’s vault after his death. At the time this huge sum of cash was discovered it was a great surprise and mystery to many that so practical a business man as Penrose should have failed to invest this large sum of money. Now the rooster has come home to tell why the slick, crooked boss of Pennsylvania capitalist politics did not dare invest this money at a substantial profit. . The million dollars thus distributed at the republican convention is only a drop in the bucket of what was spent. It is fortunate for many men high in the inmost circles of finance and politics that Harding, Jake Hamon, and Jesse Smith are dead now. These underworld spirits cannot communicate information even to Sir Oracle Lodge, the principal figurehead of the school of scandal, otherwise known as the United States Senate. This million dollars was paid out by Jake Hamon, another notorious underworld charac- ter, in behalf of certain big interests who counted on *being given concessions of the type of Doheny’s and Sinclair’s. Here we have living proof, tho dead men are involved, of the fraud capitalist democracy is. What utter hypocritical balderdash to talk about the potency of universal suffrage of an amorphous mass of workers whose sources of physical and mental life are pawns in the ruthless hands of the present ruling class. This business is as old as capitalist control of government in in-/ dustry. In 1896 McKinley’s campaign fund was more than six million dollars. Roosevelt's election was procured in 1904 at $11,000,000. The Clapp committee disclosures in 1911 re- vealed that the big oil and other interests con- tributing to these campaign funds contributed for precisely the same reasons then as Sinclair and Doheny did only a few months ago—to segure a better hold on the government which will thus protect their big interests more ef- fectively. That million dollar convention with its scores of millions of dollars of graft and brib- ery, with its Harding-Coolidge administration, with its 67th Congress which handed out $14,000,000,000 in bonuses to the big interests is a stern reminder to the working and farming classes that it is high time that they take mat- ters into their own hands and smash this ugly picture of the pure, democratic capitalist gov- ernment to smithereens. The Party This issue of the DAILY WORKER carries much material that has to do directly with the policies and tactics of the Communist move- ment. While all of this material is of the greatest interest to every member of the Workers Party, there is no reason why it should not have an intense appeal to all readers of the DAILY WORKER, in fact, to all men and women who labor. There is the official statement of the Work- ers [Party and its role in situations similar to that now existing in Minnesota. The struggle in Minnesota is one that is rapidly developing in many other states, where similar political phenomena will appear. Also in the material that is being published on the discussion within the Russian Commun- ist Party. The Russian party is not different from the parties in other countries. It hag problems very much similar to those that exist elsewhere, only on a different scale, since it is the ruling party in a nation covering one-sixth of the earth’s land surface. All workingmen and women desirous of building a class party of labor in the United States will profit by reading the discussion within. the Russian party. We cannot urge our readers too strongly, therefore, to carefully read and stidy this material. Do not put aside this issue of the DAILY WORKER until you have read “The Role of the Workers Party in the Farmer- Labor United Front,” on Page Four, and “The Struggle Within the Russian Communist Party,” on Page Five. You will become a better fighter for labor for doing it. ge JOIN THE WORKERS PARTY - THE DAILY WORKER Nothing Succeeds Like Success (Continued from page 1.) ing those significant remarks on New Year’s Day. Several countries have already fulfilléd his prophecy. Two first class powers—England and Italy—and two of secondary im- portance, Norway and Greece, have extended de jure recognition to the Soyiet Union and have resumed full diplomatic relations, which were in- terrupted by the revolution. It was reported the other day that Sweden has also recognized Soviet Russia, altho the news has not been confirmed from Soviet sources. Historical Antecedents, _ The first forms of contact ‘with Soviet Russia were trade agreements which the various Western States negotiated with the Soviet govern- ment after acknowledging its de fac- to existence. These instruments were later developed in de jure or com- plete political recognition ‘and the establishment of normal diplomatic relations which existed before the November revolution. The first countries to extend de jure recognition were those border- ing on Russia, with the exception of Roumania. Esthonia recognized the Soviets in 1920 and was followed the same year by Latvia, Lithuania and Finland. Poland ‘signed the Riga agreement in 1921 and Germany ne- gotiated the Rapalle Treaty next door to the Geneva Conference in 1922. England, Italy, Norway and Greece are of the 1924 crop of recognition countries. In addition to the ten Europeah states which have extended de jure recognition to Russia, there are three other states which have previously recognized the Soviet government and have for a time maintained dip- lomatic relations with it—namely, Bulgaria, Austria» and Hungary. These countries have, by the Brest- Litovsk Peace Treaty, extended full recognition to Russia, but severed diplomatic relations when the treaty was scrapped. Austria has maintained trade re- lations with Russia, and while the writer was in Vienna last year, the gorgeous Czarist Embassy building was turned over to the Soviet trade delegation—an act usually anticipat- ing complete recognition. Fascist Bulgaria which has offered an asy- lum to Wrangel and his bandit troops, will have to do a number of things before Russia will agree to a renewal of diplomatic relations, Similarly, not much love is lost between Soviet Russia and Hungary, and re-establishment of “friendly re- lations” with Hungary doesn’t seem to be very popular in Russia. Besides the 13 European coun- tries, which have recognized de jure Soviet Russia, must be added Den- mark, Sweden and: Czecho-Slovakia, which maintains trade relations with This is “The Story of John Brown,”*by Michael Gold. _Pub- lished by the DAILY WORKER thru arrangement with Haldeman- Julius Company, of Girard, Kans. Copyrighted, 1924, by Haldeman- Julius Company. -s * # e The Sack of Lawrence. &é ET we will continue to tar and feather, drown, lynch and hang every whitelivered abol- itionist who dares pellute our soil,” said a flamboyaht editorial in the Squatter Sovereign, a pro- slavery paper published at Atchi- son, Kansas, a Border Ruffian stronghold. . The Slaveryites lived up to this promise. The Free State men at this time had not begun to arm, but doggedly and quietly went about organizing their own govern- ment at Topeka. Their actions in- furiated the Southerners. Now be- gan the long list of crimes that made the soil of Kansas reek with blood. . : It would be impossible to give a full record here of all those crimes; The least that happened was the destruction of newspapers that protested against Southern injustice, such as the Parkville, Missouri, Luminary, which was burned down, the machinery thrown in the river, and-the edi- tors threatened with a similar fate if they indulged in further free speech. Hundreds Murdered. There were hundreds of aboli- tionists murdered in.Kansas; hun- dreds of their wives and children were gibed at and threatened and terrified; hundreds of their cabins were, burnt down, «nd thousands of head of cattle stolen. One of the murders was the killing of Samuel Collins, owner of a sawmill near Atchison, by Patrick Laughlin, a pro-slavery man. No effort was made to pun- ish him by the authorities, But something was done by them in another case. Charles Dow, a young Free State man from Ohio, was, cruelly shot down from be- hind by Franklin Coleman, a pro- slavery settler from What the authorities in this case was to arrest Jacoh 5 with whom the dead man lived, A pro-slavery sheriff Branson with having made threats to revenge his friend. was rescued by a group of friends with rifles, and taken to Lawrence for _protecti Law- rence being entirely settled by the MiThe dari’ called cn the e sheriff called en - ernor, and the governor altad ton the militia, and with the aid Missouri citizens, about nil Russia, operating only on a de facto recognition of the Soviet govern- ment. Sweden Carries On Negotiations. Sweden has in addition been con- ducting for the past three years, ne- gotiations for’ complete recognition, but is holding out for a better bar- gain. Premier Trugér, like Poin- care, has still some illusions about being able to secure better terms thru bargaining, but the recent ac- tion of Norway and the popular de- mands for full recognition at home will force the militarist Premier to capitulate. ’ The recent news that Sweden has entered the recognition column, tno unconfirmed, proves that official rec- ognition is only a matter of days. Denmark will follow suit before long. It would not remain the only Scan- dinavian country without diplomatic relations with Russia, Egoism' In Czecho-Slovakia. Czecho-Slovakia is suffering from n over-dose of egoism. It con- siders itself a first class power and is also expecting something in return for full recognition. It forgets, how- ever, that it is itself a new state, and must seek its own recognition by Russia. The European states, which ‘have so far failed to establish any offi- cial relations with Russia include: France, Belgium, Switzerland, Hol- land, Spain, Portugal, Jugo-Slavia and Roumania. Among the eight countries which have maintained an attitude of watchful-waiting several will be greatly influenced and will be moved to revise their attitude by the Tecent recognitions. Russia is now preparing to negotiate with Russia at Vienna the question of ‘Bessarabia, the annexation of which, altho ap- proved by the allies, was never agreed to by Russia. Jugo-Slavia, a new state, like Czecho-Slovakia, must also secure recognition by Russia. Holland has recently entered into discussion re- garding recognition.’ Spain has al- ready evinced an interest in the rec- ognition question and is expected to follow the Italian example. Switzer- land is out of consideration now on account of the boycott which Russia has imposed upon the Republic for its failure to prosecute those responsible for the murder of Vorovski. A Prophecy Fulfilled, Belgium is beginning to show the weakening influence of Poincare but recognition does not seem’ either sought or expected from that quar- ter. In France the bitter ender on the Russian question—strong and angry voices are being raised for recognition or at least a reaproach- ment with Russia. The coming elections which may bring the defeat of Poincare’s Na- tion bloc by the parties of the radi- cal bloc will probably determine this The men of Lawrence sent out a call to all Northerners; and John Brown and his men were among those who responded. There were five hundred settlers in Lawrence, and they feverishly + fortified the town with embank- ments; but the whole affair ended by a compromise;* there was no fighting; only two men were killed ina light skirmish, f Southerners Demand Blood, The Southerners left, weak with all the whisky they had drunk on the expedition, accord- ing to reliable observers, and an- gered that they had not been given the chance to burn Law-_ rence down. For Lawrence was a sore spot to the pro-slavery men. It was the largest Free State town in Kansas, and the center of all the political activities of that group. It published a newspaper, and its Free State Hotel was the head- quarters cf the Northerner’s gov- ernment, There were other murders, de- Bid Filipino people. are. face to face with the most serious crisis in the history of their nation, The archipelago is aflame with a spirit of revolt against the dictatorship of Wall Street and the iron rule of , the strikebreaker, General Leonard Wood. arrogantly denying the Filipinos their right. to national independence has aggravated the aeute condi- tions, The high-handed interfer- ence of the American financiers’ au- ditor with the national freedom movement of the Filipinos has only added fuel to the flames. Unless unforeseen circumstances intervene, we are due for an explosion in the Islands at an early date. The Fili- pino people know how. ‘to fight. for freedom, ey have valiantly fought for freedom before and they will not brook tyranny, whether it be cloaked in the stars and stripes ‘or any other banner now employed by the imperialist opypessors of the colonial nations. The oleae of the Filipino masses for liberation from their Yankee exploiters is a struggle which is of primary concern to the erican workers. Unless take a hand in forcing their own bosses out of the Islands, they will, sooner than most now expect, be called upon to shoot down their Filipino brethren in order to strengthen the rear capitalist masters today oppressing the Amer- ican workers and farmers along with the tenants and -of the vexed question. The English and Italian recognition acts are making themselves felt even before the elec- tions. Asia Coming Around. In Asia, Russia is recognized de jure by Turkey, Persia and Afganis- tan, and de facto by China and Japan, leaving only one independent state—Siam—without official rela: tions with Russia. Complete recogni- tion by China is expected shortly, and tho Japan is leaning toward the U. S. since its last catastrophe, Rus- sian recognition is the question of the day in government and public cir- cles there. Japan and the United @tates are exerting an influence over China against full recognition of Russia, which according to recent news, has been settled by the Chinese and Russian representatives. In America, neither the United States—a bitter ender like France— nor the different Latin Republics have any relations with Russia,. The dominating influence.of American Imperialism in Central and Latin America has a great deal to do with the failure of those republics to re- sume diplomatic relations with Rus- sia. The Present Russian Policy. The Soviet policy with regard to securing recognition from other powers is quite different today from what it was two or three years ago. | The Soviet government was then willing to offer greater concessions in exchange for recognition and re-es- tablishment of relations with other countries. The inauguration of the new: Economic Policy in 1921 was a powerful influence in this regard. Russia needed contact with the out- side world to carry out its program of economic reconstruction. But the powers decided to wait and see, hop- ing to secure better terms by this method. Even at Genoa, when George and Schautzer realized that they had waited long enough, their fear for France prevented their meet- ing Chicherin half way. Time was passing and Soviet Russia was re- habilitating itself by the scant means at its command. Thru trade agree- ments ‘with its border states, the ocean countries, Germany, ngland and Italy, Russia carried on its limited trade without credits and political recognition. Russia’s Remarkable Achievements. By means of strict economy and improved management, it has accom- plished remarkable results in indus- try and agriculture. The powers be- gan to consider whether the pro- longed waiting hadn’t already cost them too dearly. I remember hear- ing Zinoviev declare at the 12th Con- gress of the Russian Communist Party last summer that the longer the powers wait with recognition the more they will be charged for the “The Story of John Brown” spite the treaty signed at this time. And then in February, as Free State men were holding an- other of their elections, they were assaulted at Leavenworth and many of them forced to flee to Lawrence. One of the leaders of the Free | State men, as he was returning from Leavenworth after the elec- tion, was captured by a company of Border Ruffian militia. Wound- ed and defenseless tho he was, , they literally hacked the unfortu- nate foe of slavery into pieces with their hatchets and knives. Not an effort was made to punish these murderers, tho their names were known by everyone. Somer of the slayery jorunals even prais- ed the deed, and called for more. Said the Kansas Pioneer of Kicka- poo: “Sound the bugle of war over the. length and breadth of the land, leave not an Abolitionist in the territory to relate their treach- erous deeds. Strike your piercing rifle balls and your ‘ylittering steel Communism and the Filipinos who can make their imperialist op- pressors holding the Filipinos in subjection get out of the Islands and thus save the country from they new wars. To this.end the successful mass ings of workingmen called by the Workers (Communist) Party in. Chicago, New York and San President Coolidge’s last message pn should be a lightning rod The Poor Fish -A labor lead- Monday, Mareh 31, 1924 “pstommeusemmno By ALEXANDER TRACHTENBERG time lost by Russia, England and Italy finally decided to consider their own interests and not wait until all the allies made up their minds about the matter, The countries with which Russia has complete or trade relations suf- fice for all her economic needs at the present time. She can afford now to say to the rest of the word, ““Com- plete recognition first and negotia- tions afterwards.” Karachan, the Russian delegate to China, can in- form the Chinese government that it either ratify the agreement. reached between him and Dr. Wang, the Chinese representative, within three days or the whole thing is off. Rus- sia also knows that most remaining countries including France, are fast losing their illusions of expecting to secure bargains for recognition or collect the bills which were origi- nally figured against Russia. Invincible Soviet Russia. The growing strength of the Soviet government is the most con- vincing argument. The removal of the Naval Conference of the League i { U of Nations,from Geneva to Rome, be-. cause Russia was boycotting Switzer- land, demonstrated the radical change in attitude toward the Soviet govern- ment. Russia has taken her place among the great powers, and because of her peculiar economic and politi- eal structure, is occupying a com- manding position in the world. America Not So Moral. Even America will be forced to recognize this fact tho it. may not be the morally indignant Mr. Hughes who will address the first decent diplomatic letter to the Soviet gov- ernment. Asked the other day why he thought America was still refus- ing -to recognize Russia now that there was at least one argument less that the United States government would henceforth. advayce against Russia Puritan America claimed that the Russian government did not con- sist of morally qualified persons. After the oil graft exposures, Lit- vinov thought, America would not in- sist that the Russian government offi- cials had to be as highly moral as its own office-holders. Bow to Bloody Bolsheviks, Russia has won her recognition by the military victories of 1918-1920 and her successes on the economic front after peace was achieved. She stands today invincible and continues a glorious inspiration to the disin- herited of the world. The “bloody” Bolsheviks with whom the big and small powers vowed not so long ago to have nothing to do, are now being invited to negotiate terms of recog- nition by one country after another. How did it all happen? The wise old adage “Nothing succeeds like sue- cess” supplies the answer to this puzzle. to their black and poisonous eGaecrille Wash erril ‘arfare Increases. And in May of that year, after further alarms and disturbances, Sheriff tod Pies with an army of 750 “swearing, whisky- drinking _ruffians,” sind arcs rifles, and even two pieces of ar-. tillery. ‘his time the Free State se were unprepared, John rown was not there, nor other real leader. The Free state men still believed in peace, and lgality. And they saw their Free State Hotel go up ia flames, their newspaper plant destroyed, and an orgy of drunken destruction let loose among. their homes. “Let Yankees tremble, Aboli- saints a, i ur Motto is, Give Sou Rights to All.” hiss This was the inscription on one of the banners of the invading army. Lawrence was the first city to receive these rights. _There- after Free State men knew what to expect; they began forming companies of riflemen and guer- illa fighters to protect their com- munities against Southern rights. (To Be Continued Tuesday.) (The Liberty Guarés.) to the whole American labor m ment to girdle its loins for a fight to the finish against this common enemy of the Filipino and our own working .class—the big capitalists ieee and our og eate ies: labor organization, organization, join with the Let the ‘Confederation of “Labor in the in its oniae May 1st ts solidar- ition, express ity with the workers and poor farm- ers of the United States. Under this banner of international working iss solidarity, under this leader- ship of the Communist International, ji co Slane is fighting the capital- the wor! the bitter end, phish) will th phil masses and tele ase 8 ie 5 itukels in Mie common tl . common enemy—the itali 0 labor and the’ dlaposssasaa oe of all countries, ee Investigate Child Labor. SACRAMENTO, Calif., March 80, —Louis Block, statistician of the Poe hg commissioner's de- partment, is investigating th labor problem in ro pcan fale of the ento valley, By. the state law, minors 16 years or older may be employed in farm and fruit work during school vacations or out of school hours, but not more than er, third clas: that unless the|¢ight hours a d. DAILY WORKER Block ‘will io Toto the steoct him Oye nothin, hours, wages, general treat. doing He one’ pega and number of children em- owning and controlling our govern-