The Daily Worker Newspaper, April 1, 1924, Page 2

ge that He gave $75,000 and the $8,000|DAILY WORKER, ns to whether Page Two THE DAILY WORKER WATSON VISITS COOLIDGE AND “APPLIES SALVE Reactionary Tries Use Soft Pedal (Special to The Daily Worker) WASHINGTON, March 81.—With the resignation of Attorney General Daugherty presenting what he called a new situation, Senator Watson, etandpat republican, after a visit at the White House today called on Sen- ate democrats*to unite with republic- ans in bringing about speedy enact- ment of tax reduction legislation and other measures recommended to Con- gress by President Coolidge. “Now that Attorney General Daugherty has seen fit to resign, a new situation presents itself in the Senate and it seems to me that it is the duty of the democrats to join to with the republicans to bring the hatives present and they .backed the Senate back to its legislative func- tion,” Watson declared. Sure He Regrets Probe, “Tt has been regrettable, altho un- avoidable, that four months of this session, with the most constructive legislative program before it of the reconstruction period following the war, has been devoted almost entirely to endless discussion by Congress of personalities involved in the oil leases and alleged wrongdoing in public of- fice. “I hope the Senate will begin with- out delay the legislative program laid before Congress by President Cool- fdge last December and give the tax- payers what they are entitled to—a reduction in taxes and legislation to relieve the farm situation and to bring about improved domestic con- ditions. “The Senate rhust devote itself un- tiringly if it hopes to conclude con- sideration of the legislative program and adjourn by June, which we ought to do. The general prosperity of the country would be aided by Congress enacting its program without delay so that business can adjust itself to new conditions called for in new laws.” Counter-Attack Held in Abeyance. Meanwhile the Republican counter- attack on the oil investigating com- mittee was held in abeyance. George White, chairman of the Democratic National Committee in 1920 at his own request has been ex- cused until next week. White was subpoenaed by Senator = gone republican, Missouri, who will question him regarding gifts made to the party campaign fund by Edward L. Doheny. Spencer will at- tempt to clear up the apparent dis- crepancy between Doheny's testimon: entry in ¢ie committee’s books. The subpoena issued for Doheny at Spencer’s request, has not yet been served, *- es *# @ ’ ATLANTIC CITY, N. J., Mar. 31. —“I have no personal feeling against the president. I am yet his depend- able friend and supporter.” This statement in Harry M. Daugh- y from office, was taken here today as final proof that the former cabinet member has no intention of with- drawing his name as delegate at large to the Republican convention from ae instructed for President Cool- pt Daugherty’s statement, which he in an interview Saturday night, did not reveal the “inside story” of events which led up to the asked him whether that invitation president’s request for his resigna- tion, but instead called on the peovle to ope Personal interests and stand by the president and the cabi- net during the present gnvestigations| Mitchel and Dudley Taylor behind in Washington. Canned Heat Fatal. TOLEDO, Ohio, March 31.—Six| cause of the support the Joint Board | men are dead here today and one|has thrown to the strike. | man is dying from drinking “canned bait te heat” and rubbing alcohol. One man died alone in his room|ously supported | where he was found by the clerk of eau it is not immediately involv- | the Workingmen’s Hotel. Hearst’s Poison Press Spits Out Lies at Young Workers’ Success In Organizing School Protests By MAX SHACHTMAN (Editor of “The Young Worker.) A typical instance of the c apitalist press attitude toward a radical workingclass organization was shown here today in| the rejection by the Chicago H labor editors of an opportunity they printed in the Monday edi The. Hearst rag carried a parents of the Cregier school brutal flogging of workingclass children by the principal of the school, a hag named Mary E. Tobin. The Ycfinmg Workers League, which participated in the meeting—with its| members acting as leading spirits and| advisers—was represented by the Herald & Examiner as having backed the demand of the indignant parents to call a strike of the children. The story definitely stated that “the ‘Young Workers’ also had represent- strike dernand.” This is vigorously denied by members of the Young Workers league who took part in the meeting and also by impartial attend- ants. Waited Bigger Movement. The truth of the matter is that the League members turned the tide of the meeting's sentiment against a strike, which, it was pointed out would be premature and very doubt- ful of success. Instead of a hasty and inadvised local strike call being issued, the Young Workers League represent- atives at the meeting prevailed upon the parents to form a permanent or-! ganization committee to defend the rights of working class children in the public schools and to. organize the parents and children of the entire city in order to present a stronger and more consolidated front on the proposition. Members of the Léague, together with parents, were chosen by the meeting on the organization committee. . Examiner: Dodged_Issue. In an effort to give the Herald & Try to Frame (Continued from Page 1) which ig leading the fight agkinst the girl garment striker3 Mitchel Does Not Deny. Mr. Mitchel did not deny that private detectives fired the shots al-| leged to have gone thru the win-| dows of Mr. Kovler’s home, at 726 Cornelia avenue, and which laid the foundation for the Chicago Tribune’s story of a union “assassination plot.” At the point blank question of the the private detectives the manufac- turers hire did the shooting, Mitchel paused a moment, then said he had nothing to say for publication, Passed Buck to Mitchel. The DAILY WORKER had had another interview-with Mr, Koviler in which. it queried him about the private detective theory. Kovler passed the buck to the ‘Association,” as he called it. The ‘Association hires all our detec- tives,” he told us. Talking to Mr. Mitchel, the head of the association, the DAILY4 WORKER reporter urged him to bare all the facts he had gbout the case and reminded him that early in the strike he had invited the blic to investigate his shops and bor policy. The DAILY WORKER ad been cancelled but Mr. Mitchel refused to say anything further. Bealis Strong Strike Aid. ' Strikers’ officials see the hands of the seizure of Bealis. The head of the Joint Board was particularly hated by the garment employers be- Bealis, | is a member of the Cloak- | Union which has so gener-| the struggle in); The Chicago local alone gave }& Examiner’s city editor hurriedly erald and Examiner’s city and to correct a lying story which tion of their yellow rag. story of the meeting held by district to protest against the Examiner an opportunity to correct the false impression given by its story, which, it is presumed, was written by the labor editor of the paper, Wm. L. Bliss, the Young Workers League called the latter gentleman on the wire. Bliss was not in, but an assistant answered” and tried to sidetrack the issue by asking what the purpose of the Young Workers League was, In this he was not sifcessful. The assistant passed the buck to the city editor. This Honorable gentle- man of the press told the League member who was speaking that the reporter was more to be believed than the Leaguer. This, of course, is in direct contradiction to the elements of logic, for- no sane man would rather believe a capitalist press re- porter if there were any alternative. City Editor Hung Up. After. the League representative had pointed, out that even the treac- tionary Chicago Tribune had given a more truthful account of the meeting, in which it was admitted that the League members had counselled against the school strike, the Herald hung up his receiver and “considered the incident closed.” We suggest that Mr. Hearst, owner of the Herald & Examiner, take ad- vantage of the opportunity to raise this city editor to the post of chief editor for he has shown an undeni- able ability as editor of a Hearst rag —the ability to stare the truth about the radicals in the face and refuse to admit the facts. Strike Leader Icy wind and flying snow did the garment bosses no good Monday morning—the fifth Monday morning of this hard fight against the Chicago sweatshops. Scores of pickets held the strike lines firm in the Loop, Northwest and West Side districts and turned, back the scabs that jumped out 6f yellow taxicabs under the escort of the association’s slug- gers. More arrests were made and sev- eral girls were roughly handled by the blue coats and privately paid strong arm men who wall themselves around the labor recruits the bosses were bringing in, but the pickets got results. They got their message over to the workers who had been lured by the stories of employers’ agents who said that the strike was over, Monday Was Decisive. Both the union forces and the em- ployers bad made preparations for this fifth Monday morning. The strike committee and the DAILY WORKER had sent out the call to man the picket lines regardless of weather. The employers’ agents for the other side, visited hundreds of homes over Sunday of former work- ers and prospective strike-breakers, Monday morning came and results showed that the workers side won, had passed the danger day success- fully. Cops Discouraged. The workers’ determination had a discouraging effect on the police. The DAILY WORKER reposter saw them sheltered in warm hallways looking out at the pickets striding thru the snow. Only when a load of would-be strike-breakers approached did the cops come out in force, turning up their heavy coat collars, Judge Trude’s habit lately of dis- $10,000 to the strike, \charging most of the arrested pickets Power Trust's Profits Grow. Girl pickets declared that they Net earnings of the Illinois Power} would redouble their efforts on the and Light Corporation for the 12] picket line and make Crowe's con. ending Feb, 28, 1924, were] sPiracy ‘fail. 1,504,945, an increase of $1,666,807| Pickets came! out with enthusiasm ever the corresponding period in| yesterday afternoon and voiced their 1923, it was announced today. ad erong to scabs as they left their —_——_———_ 94) ga ae prt ar- one MUST CO! . Goldie Tessel, Sarah Zelinsky er Special Reduction on|** Msxcrake. Books at Fight Hoof Diseai LEVINSON’S BOOK STORE| ther feccins yard io ise Angctce other feeding yard in Los Angeles 3308 W. Roosevelt Road, Chicago was placed under quarantine for hoof and mouth disease today. It constituted the only serious develop- ;ment of the scourge contained over the week end. —_ IMPEACH COOLIDGE! NEW YORK READERS, ATTENTION! INTERNATIONAL MASS MEETING MONSTER RALLY DEMAND FREEDOM FOR THE PHILIPPINES! OUT WITH GENERAL WOOD! SPEAKERS: Honorable Pedro Guevara, Resident Commissioner of the Philippines to the United States. Roxas, Speaker of the Philippine Congress, Scott Nearing, Prominent Lecturer and Author. Jay Lovestone, Director, Research artment, Workers Part America and member of the Editorial Staff “The Daily Worke Wednesday, April 2nd, at 8 P. M. WEBSTER HALL, 119 East 11th Street } ADMISSION 25¢ Auspices: Local Greater.New York, Workers Party of america. of rr”, ‘is another factor that has for the time being, tended to discourage those “hard guys” on the force who want to make a record for the bosses who slip them their two bucks a day. Try to Bluff Pickets. The police were trying out a new method of breaking the picket line— Lapa 4 the pickets. The new method did not work any better than the old method of arresting every- body in, sight did. The pickets listened to the threats and continued about their business, The failure of the cops to bluff the pickets made them sore and they increased the severity of their threats but without effect. * It was evident from the concerted way the police were acting that they had orders from someone and were carrying the orders out. Arrests In Morning. During the catia | only three ar- rests were made. ie ns are rested were: Anna Berenbaum, Mary Muehlhaopt and Rose Finesilver, The strikers arrested were evidently tak- en merely in order to prove at the police station thet there were police on §. Market street. The strikers had done nothing to merit arrest. They were picked up and put into a patrol wagon because they were the pickets nearest to it when it drove up. Potara Miller, a striker, was arrest- ed on an attachment issued by Judge Sullivan and charged with contempt of court. After a preliminaty exam- ination her case was set for hearing today together with all the other con- tempt cases. IMPEACH COOLIDGE! Y,W. L. ORGANIZES ACTION AGAINST BRUTAL TEACHERS Taking Charge of Drive On Miss Tobin BY NAT KAPLAN. Editor The Young Comrade. Besides the fire hazards, seat shortage, unsanitary conditions and the general corruption of Chicago’s Public Schools we have to add an- other feature: Corporal punish- ment under various pretenses is still in yogue in our elementary educational institutions, One hundred and jifty parents ot children who attend the Cregier ‘School gathered with the intention of immediately declaring a school strike. The meeting. was called jointly by the Temporary Parents’ Committee and the Junior Section of the Young Workers League. School Board Ignored Issue. Mr. Bernard Weil, chairman of the Parents’ Committee, opened the meeting. He pointed out that for weeks they had endeavored to take action against Miss Mary E. Toben, principal of the Cregier School, whose brutal treatment. of the chil- dren and parents was the case of the present revolt. He had en- deavored to stay “within the bounds of legality” and had secured an in- terview with an individual in the local school board, who had passed as McAndrews, superintendent of the Chicago schools. This imposter attempted to appease him with the general hot air spiel of: “We will see what we can do about it.” Knocked about, and refused a hear- ing by bona fide school officials, Mr. Weil declared he was now ready to test his cunstitutional rights and de- termine whether he had as much say over the method of raising his chil- dren as the corrupt school officials. At this point the; general sentiment was for the immediate walkout of the children. Young Workers League Steps In. Nat Kaplan, representing the Junior Section of the Young Work- ers League, pointed out that the present situation tm ‘uhe Cregier School was not a phenomena pecu- liar only to, the Cregier School but was rather one incident typical of the general state of affairs in the schools thruout the country. The arrangement of a school strike was not such a small thing. It differed from an economic strike insofar as it struck a direct blow ot the city administration. Were we to decide for a strike at this meeting and have 150 or so children walk out, it would be the easiest thing in the world for the city uaministeation to muster the full force of the Police Department and break the strike up in 15 minutes. We are not opposed to the strike, we can bidé our time and organize for a greater. victory later. The first thing te be done at this meeting is definitely to or- ganize ourselves into a parents’ or- ganization of the Cregier Sct.ool to elect a permanent executive com- mittee and instruct that executive committee to make plans for the raising of finances, the printing of leaflets, the arranging of further mass meetings and the sending of a representative to the next meet- ing of the Teachers’ Federation of Chicago to secure their support in this battle. Recite Brutalities. The floor was then thrown open for a general discussion by the par- ents ‘and children. Many of the par- ents cried as the children re- cited the treatment they had re- ceived at the hands of the auto- cratic Miss Toben. Among the many cases mentioned, the follow- ing were of special interest: (1) Harry = Tatlebaum was forced to stand in the hall almost daily by his teachers while they marked him absent. Then on the pretense of poor attendance he "was taken to court and railroaded to the parental school. Both his mother and the truant officer testi- fied at the trial chat the at- tended the school. But Miss ay E.'Toben, principal of the school, insisted that the juage should send him to the parental school. The judge requested Miss Toben to er the lad to another school and give him a chance to make it she absolutely re- fused ‘to do. this. * Use Janitor as ‘Shug. (2) Sidney Chaplick was sus- pended for whispering. His fa- ther went to’ inquire about it. He was ordered out by Miss Toben, Upon his refusal:to leave, the jani- tor of the building was called in and threw him out. (The same treatment was given to Mr, Arien Weiner) of the boy, went to interview Miss Toben, Miss Toben. refused to listen to the mother and told her “to go herself.” (3) On Monday, F il, ae rls by beg ges! sew- s. were stand during the entire period one and one-half hours without removing their heavy winter wraps and were not given their lesson. These girls were: nice Weil, Esther Greenberg, Pauline Seftz ani Esther Wax- lander, Bernice Weil, the first foe upon her arrival home, peed. Upon her revival mother sent her with a ap to Miss Toben, She returned this s ; | W'.. Tuesday, April 1, 1924 The Tribune’s Sunday Spree carefully scanned all the columns of Monday orning’s Tribune for some follow-up "on its terrify- ing “assassination plot” featured on the first page of its Sunday issue. But there was not a word to be found anywhere. The Tribune had dropped the entire matter. The Tribune’s Sunday spree was over. * *, * ” Bt in the eyes of its hundreds of thousands of readers the carefully planned fabrication still stood; that the members of the International Ladies’ Garment Workers’ Union were responsible for an alleged shooting at the home of the garment boss, Nicholas Kovler. : The falsehood had been planted in their minds. The prejudice had been created. The poison had been spread. That was all the Tribune wanted. * * * * E TRIBUNE did not care about the truth of the matter contained in the story it published. The truth did not quit is purpose. Can it be that the biggest oper shoppers are panic- stricken over the plucky struggle ybeing waged by the striking garment workers? Can it be that this Landis Award sheet has received orders from its biggest anti-labor masters to go the limit in an effort to discredit the strike? It looks that way. Else why such efforts at misrepresentation of the workers’ cause by the Tribune? * * * ® HE TRIBUNE went on a Sunday spree, gorging its first page with malicious lies about the garment strike. But it was a spree with a purpose. It was clearly an indication of the unity of the open shop interests in Chicago back of the garment manufacturers. The lesson should be plain to all organized labor. All workers must close their ranks in more solidified support of the strikers. Against the unity of the bosses—THE UNITY OF THE WORKERS! UNITY WILL WIN! such a drastic act while revolution- ary youngsters were pleading for caution put a peculiar ilght on the entire proceedings. John William- son, of the Young Workers League then. took the floor. He pointed out that the sentiments prevailing for an immediate strike would only lead to defeat of our entire purpose. The main thing which we are out for is the ousting of Mrs. Mary E. Toben, We must unite on a purely working class basis to secure this aim. We must especially get the Teachers’ Federation of Chicago to, line up with us and thru them we will endeavor to secure the support of the Chicago Federation of Labor. Youths Systematize Fight. “Elect your committee now and put some system in this fight and you will surely win,” said William- son, Max Salzman also took the floor and helped to swing the final deci- sion into the proper channel. At last the final action was taken. The immediate calling of a strike was voted down by an overwhelming majority and a committee of nine was elected. The committee consists of the following: Mr. Bernard Weil, Mrs. B.- Weil, Mrs. Rheur, Mr. Ameiser, Mrs. Goodman, John Har- vey, Mrs Weiner, Mrs, Spersuman, Lurie and Nat Kaplan, Mass Meeting Tomorrow. The committee held an immediate \session after the meeting and de- cided to convene the following day and make preparation for the big mass meeting of all Cregier School Parents to be held on Wednesday, April 2, at 1103 S. Loomis street. Floods Hit Maryland. BALTIMORE, Md., Mar. 31.—Five persons, all members of one family, have been drowned and Fede valued at millions of dollars been damaged or destroyed by the floods on the Potomac River in Weéstern Maryland, which have driven hun- dreds of persons from their homes since the water began to rise early Saturday. IMPEACH COOLIDGE! HE FILIPINO labor organiza. tions are planning to organize gigantic demonstrations for inde- ange from Wall Street rule on t. May Firet is the national labor holiday in the P! Islands. This year, according to information received by ) vestone ioe Jose Topacio a representa py of the Manila legislature and the Philippine Federation of Labor, will make special efforts this May it i by. mmunists and to unite with the American re for & common struggle against the capi- talist class. At a meeting to be held under yah ices of the omers Party on Between Essington And Small, Workers Have Devil’s Choice In addition to his anti-union record where male workers are concerned. Thurlow Essington, candidate of the big interests for the republican nom- ination for governor, broke his pledge to women workers during his last term in the Illinois senate. The charge is made with ample detail by Agnes Nestor of the Women’s Trade Union league of Chicago. After Essington had promised the women that he would ‘support a bill for a nine-hour day and 48-hour week as a maximum for women work- ers in industry, he supported a 54/ hour measure instead. “When I asked him after the ses- sion,” Miss Nestor says, “why he failed to vote for Senator Barr’s amendment, after promising to do so, he flippantly said: ‘That was before I knew of a 54-hour week and I' like ithat so much better.’ “Senator Essington, after getting the support of the Illinois joint labor legislative board in his 1921 cam- paign for renomination as state sen- ator on his record for opposing the state constabularly bill, went to Springfield and reversed his position mee the state constabulary Report Tax Bill This Week. WASHINGTON, March 31.—The tax bill will be reported to the senate by the finance committee late this week, Chairman Smoot announced to- laay. By holding day and night ses- sions for the past two weeks, the committee has made “extraordinary progress” with the) measure, Smoot said, and by Thursday night its cor-| fro sideration will have been completed. British Flyer Down. ATHENS, March 31.—The British round the world flight plane wag down today after a forced landing, in Lake Saint Mathew on the island of Corfu: Filipino Workers Greet Americans To Pledge Unity Against Common Enemy natural resources of the country to the capitalists who financed his 1920 presidential primary cam- paign. In the Philippines, General Wood Tuable > mend ha val ‘eapot Dome to Sinclair, Comrade apes will make public the latest informa- EMMIS Here se ‘T Chicago, Illinois. ADDRESS: eM ine THE DAILY WORKER, 1640 N. Halsted St., REDS ARE ISSUE AT PITTSBURGH COAL CONVENTION Leaders, Under Fire, Call Names at Radicals * Gpeciat to The Daily Worker) PITTSBURGH, Pa, March 31,— Encouraged by their excess num- bers, the Lewis machine, made dis- graceful the scenes of the .conven- tion of District No. 5, United Mine Workers of America, at today’s ses- sion here. Lies, insults and every dirty ‘trick in their category was unloaded by Van Bittner, Billy Feeney and National Board Member O'Leary in their attempt to belittle the efforts of the progressives to ex- pose them for what they are. The convention has never had its equal in the. opinion of old-timers and there have been “some hot ones.” Workers Party Organizer Fred H. Merrick came in for his share of attack this morning, being charged with much of the responsi- bility for the chaotic state of affairs in the Pittsburgh district. J. A. Hamilton was again riddled and charged with being a “renegade school teacher,” while ‘iiom Myers- cough, William Guiler and Thomas Ray got more than their share, Impeaching Officials. These attacks came as a result of impeachment resolutions present- ed by the Progressives against all the principal officers of District 5. Fagan was tied to one of his In- dianapolis lies, when, in answer to a question as to whether he had stated in the National convention that the only one telephone at Hills Station, Pa., was in the Coal Co. office, Fagan answered that he had said so. Hills Station is the former home of Thomas Myerscough, secre- tary of the Progresive International Committee, and the statement con- cerning the “one phone” was made to give the impression that Myers- cough used the Coal Co. telephone. When Fagan admitted making the statement, Delegate Guiler pro- duced two telephone directories, showing that the Hills Station Co- operation Association had its own telephone, and stated that Myers- cough used that phone always. Myerscough was the President of that Association and it was a suc- cessful one until the Coal Co. offi- cials of District 5 joined forces to get rid of him. O'Leary also recounted the visit of Myerscough to the Coke Region to volunteer his services in the strike but stated that same was re- ty because they did not trust ‘im, Radical Didn't Feat Gunmen. Neither did they say that after ten bitter weeks in that camp, Lin- coln Hill, which culminated when an injunction was issued, Myerscough was asked by Board Member Hughes te go to Hills Station be- cause the Pittsburgh Coal Co, had imported an army of gunmen, who with the State Police and State Militia were playing havoc with the men and women thera, Myers- cough accepted the orders to go there when the officers of the local union made a point blank refusal to do anything and Myerscough came out of that situation with fly- ing colors, LM his sit ee with the re- actionary forces in the Pittsburgh district, Myerscough has flung his record in their faces. Must Face Rank and File. Knowing that they fiave the num- bers in this convention, they are at- tacking everyone they can think of, but they are going to have a hard time explaining things to the rank and file. They can have a little fun by poking jil and insults at the progressives at the convention, but they have to collect their sustenance m the men who work at the union mines and not from those who work in the scab mines to which many of the locals that the pay-rollers are representing are at- tached, Feeney went down as low as the vermin, of which tribe he is vd find names for Jimmy tion he has secured pulations of ene Week onk ts Flin baa Awaciesaisietenn Figs — tag re oO ma’ stressed in the In. ternational Day lesue DAILY WORKER, Jest md rf Help in the fight to free the Filipinos i order May Day ‘Sevan’ wi weak te ion neneee eR RES cea RR RE en sat