The Daily Worker Newspaper, April 4, 1924, Page 1

\ VOL. II. No. 16. THE DAILY WORKER RAISES THE STANDARD FOR A WORKERS’ AND FARMERS’. GOVERNMENT Subscription Rate THE DAILY WORKER. Entered as Second-class matter September 21, 1923, at the PostOffice at Chicago, Ulinois, under the Act of March 3, 1879, FRIDAY, APRIL 4, 1924 JIn Chicago, by mail, $8.00 per year. | Outside Chicago, by mail, $6.00 per year BRI 206 Published Daily except Sunday by THE DAILY WORKER PUBLISHING CO.. 1640 N. Halsted St., Chicago, Mlinois. PROBE HOOVER WAR ON SOV Workers! Farmers! Demand: ise Labor Party Amalgamation Organization of Unorganized The Land for the Users The Industries for the Workers Protection of the Foreign-Born of Soviet Russia Price 3 Cents Recornitior ETS WEEKS “IN” ON $12,000,000 FRAUD CATCH WEEKS: IN ATTEMPT TO ‘COVER UP’ Tries To Hide War Frauds In Aircraft Case (Special to The Daily Worker) WASHINGTON, April 3.— Senator Burton K. ‘Wheeler of the Daugherty Investigating! Committee today ordered a subpoena issued for certain papers “seized” by Secretary, of War Weeks, when new tes- timony was given involving the Wear Department in the war, frauds case. , The subpoena also calls for Weeks’ personal appearance. Wheeler called to the stand Captain William F. Volandt of the air service and demanded that he hand over records of Thomas F. Lane, former legal adviser in the War Depart- ment. "Fired For Aiding Probe, Because he refused to obey :orders tc, “keep away from the »Brookhart adviser ‘to the chief of the army ait service, today told the senate Daugherty investigating committee that he was dismissed by Captain Volandt, chief of the audit section of the air service. Subsequently, Lane testified, files of private investigations he made of the Standard Aircraft Corporation ‘were removed from his. desk by Volandt. “After I had attended a session of the committee when Allen J. Pickering, department auditor, tes- tified, Volandt called rae on the Phone and ordered me to keep away from. the committee and the cap- itol,” Lane said. “I told Volandt he couldn't tell me when ard where I could go. He said they were orders and I fould! have to ubide by them. I - didn’t end_ was iet out.” “Has Volandt these files now?” “Yes. He said he would return them to me after he had used them in preparine a statement for this committee.“+ The committee summoned Volandt by _phone to appear immediately. The committee also instructed Chairman_Brookhart to inform Sec- retary of War Weeks of Volandt’s reported action. Weeks In On Graft. Going back to the sas: of $2,000,- 000 of government securities by the Bosch Magneto Corporation, Lane said, “They were sold thru the brok- erage firm of Hornblower and Weeks.” Secretary of War Weeks .was a member of that firm. He ‘was not, however, secretary of war at that time, according to Lane. Lane was then excused and Cap- tain Volandt called to the stand. He is assistant chief of the air service. Volandt said the records he got from Lane were “official records of the war department.” Call Weeks’ Bluff, “Secretary Weeks has taken those papers and he toll me to in- form you if you want them you will have to subpoena them trom him,” Volandt said, “Well, the subpoena will be is- sued immodiately,”“Wheeler said. Lane testified that Volandt “took the papers uway from me.” claimed they were hig sonal records showing irregul (Continued on page 2) Soviet Russia -and r- LEGION HEAD. WITH WAR GOD/ AGAINST WOMEN AND GHILDREN INDIANAPOLIS, Ind., April 3. —A warning that Bolshevism and Radicalism are gaining strength in the United States thru activity among “Pacifist” organizations of women and children was sent today to all departments of the American Legion by Garland W. Powell, director of the Legion’s Americani- zation Commission. The age warned Legion- naires ag: t a national anti-war campaign directed by the Women’s Peace Society and oth rganiza- tions which, Powell said, is “finding fertile field among women and childre ind showing the seed for un-American propaganda. COMMUNIST PLOT TO OUST CAL'S CABINET BARED) Two Out, Says Marvin; Worst Yet to Come (Special to The Daily Worker) INDIANAPOLIS, Ind., April 3.— With two cabinet ministers out and several more kept busy picking. the tacks off their official chairs, Fred , editor’ of the Searchlight mercial, declared -in-x speech deliv- ered under the auspices of the In- dianapolis branch of the National Meta! Trades Association that the Communist movement was on the road to success with their plot to destroy the Coolidge co ‘net, dis- credit the republican party and open the floodgates to a weve of Bolshe- vist propaganda that would over- throw ‘the United States govern- ment, Denby First, Marvin charged that the Teapot Dome scandal was an invention of the Communists, who started the investigation with the object of weakening faith in our institutions and dragging officials before the public morally and politically naked so to speak, Denby twas the mrst victim marked for slaughter by the Com- munists, declared Marvin, He oc- cupied the important position of secretary of the navy. Being a “big navy man” Mr, Denby immediately on taking office proceeded to build up the fleet and place it on a war footing. This seemed to make the Communists very angry. So they met in secret session (he did not say they wore masks) and decirled to get Denby. The rest was easy. A few instructions to their agents in the senate and Denby was seen saying good bye to his friends and dodging the photographers on his way to the political serub bi * Such is the power of the Commuh- Skids Greased for Others, Having disposed of Denby, they next turned their guns on Harry He committed the M. Daugherty. e of “preventing mass action on the American railroads during the shopmen’s strike.” His doom was vealed. The Communists. deliber- ately and with malice aforethought brought so much evidence of his “patriotigm” in the form of “assem- bene with” divers grafters and evil doers that the American people had to wear gas masks while his con- duct was under scrutiny. Cooli was finally obliged to drive Daugh- erty out but not before the people were beginning: to become convinced that Coolidge was as big a crook as Daugherty, Pe fe ber n Seerdy on sae ig story o! mun} wanda, (Continued on page 3 Germany Are Unit On League of Nation’s Issue LONDON, April 3.—Germany and Russia have made a compact not to enter the League of Nations unless they admitted together, the Daily “League of Nations source.” DEMOCRACY SAFE|S¢ SAYS DAVIS AFTER HIS NOMINATION McAdoo Second Choice! Of His Delegation (Special to The Daily Worker) KANSAS CITY, Kas., April 3.— “Democracy is marching toward its greatest triumph,” Jonathan’ M. Davis, dirt farmer-goverror of Kan- sas, declared today after he had been given the endorsement of the state dempcratic convention for the presidential nomination, The governor. wept as the en- dorsement was voted without dis- sent, “I wish my old democratic father and mother were so that they could witness the victory the party will seore next November,” he said, Delegates chosen. to tie national convention .in New. York were in- structed to vote for Davis: “until a majority decide it is no longer ad- visable.” William G. McAdoo will get the support after that as most of the dlegates are McAdoo men. The convention delivered a direct blow to Governor Al Smith, of New York, in declaring. that the dele- gates should support: no one whois not wholeheartedly in favor of com- ten enforcement of the prohibition aw. y Supporters of Gov. Davis ésipect bo: to line up delegates’ from several other midwestern states ‘before the convention. The keynote of the governor’s appeal for nomination by the national convention will be. res- beng of confidence in govern- ment, Recent disclosures in the oil lease and department of justice investi- gations in Washingcon indicate that the “sacred fires of freedom are | been about extinguished,” the or a ‘ govern: “We must re-establish the faith of the people, which has been shaken to its foundation in our gov- are | ernment. “Champions of freed Herald says it learns from al 1; i ga Fie gin NS a eff this’ ‘presidentisl election™ = radty: bee Bloody Capitalism Sees Its Finish. rikers Don’t Worry Bosses While Police Protect Strike Scabs, Says John M. Glenn, Labor Foe John. M, Glenn, secretary. of the Illinois Manufacturers’ Association, mouthpiece of the biggest open shoppers, admitted to a reporter for the DAILY WORKER that the enemies of labor in .Chicago, among the biggest employers, are not worrying overmuch about the present strike of the In- ternational Ladies’ Garment Workers’ Union, Not that they do not fear the plucky spirit of the strike pickets, Not that they do not fear the growing spirit of solidarity among the workers in. the needle trades. But thru their megapnone, Glenn, who has~ played an infamous part in every labor struggle in this city and state, openly states that all is safe at the city hall, nothing is do- iing in the city council, as in pre- vious struggles, with the result that boss dressmakers feel they are sit- ting pretty. ““There is -not a Chinaman’s chance for a strike to succeed when there is proper police protection,” declares’ this’ sworn foe of labor, John -M. Glenn, who led the fight against the) United Mine Workers’ Union ‘in the attempted framc-up at Herrin. Labor Hater Talks. Mr. Glenn was in his spacious offices in the loop when. seen by the DAILY WORKER reporter. He ad- mitted that in previous. strikes, the Manufacturers’ Association had been compelled to. put up a hard fight in order straight, for the open shoppers the. city council. But they had suc- ceeded in ig any interfer- ence with polite protection for the sex, >. “We got the police protection we wanted,” he said, “and so fer there has. been no interference from the ‘city council, with lice * protection aie ‘Siang pra ty” of the arch : is “sil iy”! e are! strike breaker, John M. Glenn. and his pals, because of the failure of the city council to act, is probably the: greatest indictment that has yet brought against the so-called “fabor” ea in the city council, The DAILY WO! R today pub- lishes this list of “labor” aldermen, as complete as could be obtained, as follows: ‘ 4 ‘ Here is the List, OSCAR F, NELSON, 46th ward, vice-president of the Chicago Feder- | (Continued on page 2, Ley ctSiuadh 8: to keep ialnes in| Capitalist Solon Fears Publicity; He Frames Drastic Bill WASHINGTON, April 3.—News- papers and. other publications would be barred from the mails unless they Publish all demanded retractions with explanations in Precisely the same ‘ominence as the original article un- ler a bill-introduced in the senate to- day by Senator Owen, demoerat, of Oklahoma, Owen's bill provides that a publica- tion. shall be barred by the postmaster general if it “refuses to publish upon receipt and in precisely the same page and position on the page as that in which it “shall ‘previously have pub- lished, a specific referenve by name to any person or persons whether na- tural or artificial, a sworn or affirmed statement or correction, explanation or denial of said reference,, reason- ably proportionate as to length.” articles cover the interesting labor article is entitled: SHIP CAPTAIN TO TELL THE DAUGHERTY PROBERS ABOUT ATTACK ON WORKERS’ RULE By LAURENCE TODD. (Staff Correspondent of The Federated Press) WASHINGTON, April 3.—Documents and a gold-and-red medal conferred upon him by General Yudenitch for distin- guished service in helping that counter-revolutionary to start on his drive to capture Petrograd in the summer of 1919, are displayed by Captain James V. Martin, awaiting his turn to testify in the Daugherty investigation. Martin proposes to show that. Herbert Hoover entered into a conspiracy to overthrow the Soviet government of Russia, by furnishing food, motor trucks and gasoline to the Yudenitch expedition, while Winston Churchill, British war minister, promised -war equipment including tanks and airplanes, and the French furnished ammunition, uniforms and technical ex- perts. He has copies of the bills of Se aon sag Eathoniay where ;: j ;j udenitch wa: . “] lading of the Shipping Board shows the aapseation te ne ie vessel, Lake Fray, which he Wail on behalf of Yudeniteh with ite commanded when she carried: stamped certificate bearing, in white a cango of food, motor trucks, ,on a light blue background, the truck parts and gasoline baal Eee Me ot ete Reval in August, 1919, and de-| embellishment at the “eehire of “ite livered them to the “Supply!Greek cross design. The ribbon is Committee, Russian Armies”—|light red, with white stripe at either which was Yudenitch. jedge. The certificate informs Wall, that he is de “an Ensi; Fight Aircraft Combine. Mer of We bianilaos dae Order of St. Stanislaus, third class,’ Martin is a veteran inventor, pilot in recognition of his services. The and producer of airplanes, who hasjservice, he declares, was the delivery assisted..the various .committees—of |of « shipload of food and trucks and Congress that have tried to get jus- What Do You Know About Labor Rule In England? to DAILY WORKER has secured an illuminating series of articles on recent developments in Great Britain. They are written by the prominent British Communist and trade unionist, J. T. Murphy. ascension to power of the so-called Ramsay MacDonald it, This series will be an education in itself in labor’s struggle for power. These articles will start Monday morning and will run during the week. Get Monday’s issue of the DAILY- WORKER and follow this series from the beginning to the very end. Thé first “REFORMISM IN FULL SWING ... By J. T. Murphy. fuel in time’ for its use in the ad tice for the government against the aircraft combine that has robbed it of some $250,000,000. During the war he was sent abroad as an expert on aircraft engineering, but was deprived of his credentials while there and finally took com- mand of a ship, since he was an ex- perienced navigator. This ship was in War Department service and was loading for a return to America from Brodeaux, in July 1919, when he was notified that he had been transferred with his ship to the service of the American Relief ‘Administration. Hoover cabled him orders to take on a cargo of food and motor trucks and proceed to Ham- burg and Reval. He believes his en- emies in the aircraft combine con- spired to get him sent into mined and dangerous waters in this way. He sailed to Reval, taking as a passenger a General Wall, who rep- resented the Kolchak, Denikin and Yudenitch joint military movement, which had a. directing office in Paris. The Goods on Hoover. “I have cables and letters,” said Martin to The Federated Press, “that prove that Hoover first requested me to carry this Gen. Wall to Reval, and then, when I insisted upon authoriza- tion from the Shipping Board for such an illegal act, Hoover brought pressure at London so that E. C. Tobey, representing the Board in London, advised me to take Wall aboard.” He shows a letter, on Shipping Board stationery, signed by “Gen. Ernest N. Wall,” acknowledg- ing that he was accepting special con- ditions of passage on the ship. Martin exhibits one of the bills of lading, which recites the amounts of gasoline, grease, motor trucks and truck parts consigned by his vessel to the “Russian Armies” at Reval— These questions growing out of the vance on Petrograd. The British Fail, “Russian history would have been changed by that expedition if the Bri. tish had kept their part of the agree- ment by sending tanks and airplanes in time,” Martin said. “British labor was protesting, and the Churchill) plans were stopped. “The British fleet waited at Reval to steam up to Petrograd when it should be taken. “The German forces of Von der Goltz and Bermont had contracted te help, but they started a private war in Latvia instead. Gen Goff of the British army, representing the Am ican government up there, as adviser, asked me to buy airplanes from the Germans to sell to Yudenitch, A force of 160,000 Finnish troops, well equipped, waited to cross the Finnish od as soon as Petrograd should ‘all. “I considered that I would be carrying out the American pclicy if 1 furnished the airplanes that were needed. “I asked Special Commissiones Haynes at Helsingfors for advice, Before he replied, Yudenitch ad. vanced, because the Von der Golta outbreak had led to a blockade in the Baltic and he dared not wait any langer. Yudenitch got to the out- skirts of Leningrad, but he lacked the munitions that would have carried him to victory.” Believes Story Is Accurate. Hoover’s representative in Reval, filed charges against Martin, for hav- ing agreed to buy airplanes in Ger- many, and recommended that he be relieved of his command at once. He cabled that Gen. Wal! had advised that were Martin retained in com- mand it would “be unsafe for him to return and give evidence.” Congressman Woodruff of Michi. Martin first disclosed INDIANAPOLIS, Ind., April 3.— Governor Warren T. NecCray’s in- debtedness on March 1, 1923, was more than $200,000 in excess of the indebtedness shown on a. financial statement he gave the Indiana State Board of Agriculture, it was revealed today in the testimony of Indiana bankers at the trial of McCray on larceny and embezzlement charges. Crooks and More Crooks. SAN DIEGO, Calif., April 3. Mrs, Irvin R. Brown, wife of Lieut. Brown, naval supply officer alleged to havea deserted his ship after taking $120,000 in government money, to- day turned over $75,820 to the local naval authorities. age Three 0,000 New Subs-See P