The Daily Worker Newspaper, April 8, 1924, Page 1

THE DAILY WORKER RAISES THE STANDARD FOR A WORKERS’ AND FARMERS’ GOVERNMENT VOL. II. No. 19. the split. idge candidacy. Subscription Rata, Sticege,.by ma, $8.00 per year, THE DAILY WORKER. Entered as Second-class matter September 21, 1928, at the PostOffice at Chicago, Mlinois, under the Act of March 3, 1879. be republican territory. TUESDAY, APRIL 8, 1924 ctQBBe> ** to suffer more than the democrats, since the new move- ment of protest centers in states which normally would Tho they are not spending much time now hunting for the reason for the break, the Coolidge leaders are trying to claim it did not come as a result of the oil and other scandals, but because of the failure of Congress to back up the President. Keen- est disappointment is expressed over the refusal of Howat Urges Support of the Garment Strikers KANSAS MINE LEADER URGES LABOR UNITY Asks Support For The Class Farmer-Labor Party If the organized labor move- ment of Chicago had leaders who were behind the garment strikers as they should be, the}: strike would already have been won, Alexander Howat, nation- ally known leader of the Kan- sas coal miners, told a mass- meeting of four hundred strik- ers yesterday afternoon at 180 West Washiu>*-- Street. The fighting ‘ansas miner, after telling how the organized workers of Kansas crushed Governor Allen’s industrial court law, declared: “Now is the time when we see the value of independent political action of labor. If we had a strong independent Class _Farmer-Labor Party in Chicago we could bring political as well as industrial pres- sure to bear and have the unlawf#l oe against picketing nulli- ied.” Labor Faces Splendid Opportunity. “The workers of Chicago have a splendid opportunity here to set an example to the rest of the country by once and for all settling the right of the workers to unchain them- selyes from the bosses. i “Let us hope the trade unionists of Chicago take advantage of the coming convention of the Farmer- Labor Party in St, Paul on June 17 to form a united party of labor. Then the judges will not dare to use an unlawful injunction. They will be forced to respect you. “As long as the workers submit to the injunction just zo long will the injunction be used against them by the. bosses. TI call on the lead- ers of organized Iabor“in Chicago to awaken from their slumbers. Let them arouse themselves, and set- ting the example, get down on the picket line. If the organized , labor movement. Icts Chicago and the whole country know that they are behind the Tiadies’ Garment Work- ers to the last citch, then the judves will not dare to put any more strik- ers in jail. Must Get Together, “The time has come when the 8h per cent of the peoplo—the work- ers—who produce the world’s wealth should realize the necessity for get- ting together in a great Farmer- Labor Party, so that the producers of the wealth shall be able to run nation. The politicians have been keeping the workers divided, as have many of the officers of the international trades unions, “We must do as they are doing in Great Britain. There is no rea- son why we shouldn’t have a work- ing class government in America. Let us get behind the June 17th convention and form a militant Farmer-Labor Party,” Alexander Howat called on the labor officials. of Chicago to call out | Klan (Continued on page 2) TRY AN INJUNCTION, JEDGE. NEW ORLEANS Le, "April 4. —Twelve chickens, ‘Barn n ard species, the perty of Ju Richard Dowling, of the criminal district court, where stolen the other morning just as the sun wes neenine over the hen roost, Another Article by J. T. Mur Workers! Farmers! Stay Away from the Capitalist Parties’ Primaries, Today! Wace WORKERS and Working Farmers of Illinois! Stay away from the Primaries of both the Capitalist Political Parties today. _ Remember that during the term of office of the politi- cians of both the republican and democratic parties, the woman’s eight-hour law was killed. Remember that during the reign of the Lundin- Thompson-Small machine, the Dailey Commission was actively engaged in persecuting and attempting to smash the trade unions, while police and gunmen were protecting professional strikebreakers on Chicago construction jobs, and browbeating and intimidating the striking stockyards workers. The Essington-McCormick-Brundage Machine put In- junction Judge Wilkerson on the bench, and were the active proponents of the “Cossack”? State Police Bill and the proposed new state constitution. It is the police of the democratic mayor, Dever, and the detectives of the republican state’s attorney, Crowe, who join in fighting the strike of the ladies’ .garment workers. They are, all of them, crooked politicians of both old party machines, Birds of a Feather, the champions of the privileged class. ‘ * * * * . Some labor leaders have attempted to fool the rank and file workers, and serve their own personal interests by endorsing one candidate as against the other. Even John Fitzpatrick, president of the Chicago Federation of Labor, and other representative members and officials of the Farmer-Labor Party, have cowardly turned tail to their own program of independent political action by the workers. They have become the tools of reaction—the supporters of the candidates on the capitalist tickets. The rank and file workers must and will settle accounts with such leaders. = * = * At the regular meeting, Sunday, of the Chicago Fed- eration of Labor, these turncoats would not allow the question of the discussion of today’s elections to come before the delegates. They feared what action the dele- gates might take. They feared that the delegates might join in demand- ing that the workers and farmers of Illinois stay away from the old party primaries today. ‘ They feared that the delegates might join in demand- ing real unity of the forces of the industrial workers and farmers thruout the state, in a’ functioning, representative class Farmer-Labor Party. They feared that the delegates might show their sympathy for the great national gathering of city workers ° and working farmers to be held in St. Paul, Minn., June 17th. Therefore, they gagged the meeting by rail- roading an early adjournment. Of such stuff are the politicians of the old parties made. é * Workers and Farmers of Illinois! Today is your opportunity! Stay away from the Primaries of the Capitalist’ Politicians! bd Agitate for the Class Farmer-Labor Party! Work for the success of the June 17th Convention! Cossacks Rule Where Kluxers Mardered Two at Lilly, Pa. ' LILLY, Pa., April 7—State cossacks today were in power in Lilly, fol- lowing a revolver battle Saturday night between members of the Ku Klux and town folk in which two men were killed and a score injured. The riot started when a group of young men turned a fire hose on more than five hundred klansmen who were marching to the railroad station after holding a ceremony on|-———————__ Piper Hill. At the first volley Phillip Conrad, Klansmen Start Shooting. 265, and Floyd Paul, 25, town folk, When thé water struck the march-| were shot thru the breast and killed. ers, it is alleged, members of fhe klan Strange bg Sct or regal bApe town ie ers” jot, are or wi Legend mae iinet under arrest today and are being held Many of the townsmen who were|for questioning. State troopers made armed, returned the fire, The men|the arrests after an inv tion, on cPpeeoe sides who were unarmed’ Fifteen of the townsmen injured in used bricks and stones for weapons. the battle are in hospitals. LABOR RULE IN ENGLAND HITS SNAG Suffers Defgat in House of Commons, 251 to 212 «Special to The Daily Worker) LONDON, April 7.—The Ramsay MacDonald labor gov- ernment was defeated in the House of Commons this after- noon 251 to 212, in a vote on its proposed evictions bill. The defeat was a_ serious blow to the government and was its first defeat in Com- mons. Altho cries of “resign” fol- lowed announcement of the voting, it was understood the MRS. JAKE HAMON IS CALLED TO TESTIFY IN HARDING DEAL PROBE (Special to The Daily Worker) WASHINGTON, D. C., April 7. —Senator Walsh announced that Mrs. Jake Hamon would be sub- poenaed today and ordered to bring with her all bank books and records of expenditures made by her late husband and all loans made during the 1920 campaign and six months before. In this way he hopes to establish the truth or falsity of the “deal” story. Frank Ketch, former adminis- trator of the Hamon estate and William Miller also are to be called. Miller, in charge of the Harding cempaign in Oklahoma, is called in order to determine whether or not Hamon paid the “hotel expenses” | of the Harding headquarters in Chicago. He was ordered to bring any records he may have that re- late to pre-convention expenses or expense at the convention. The committee will not meet un- government. would. retain of- fice. The Bill was one that provided protection to persons out of work against eviction for non-payment of rent. It contained provisions that the rent in such cases should be raised from taxpayers of the community. It was a radical measure, proposed, not entirely with the cabinet’s ap- proval, by more extreme members of the labor party. After the defeat MacDonald an- nounced that the government would reconsider the measure and mean- While would not resign, The actual phraseology measure was: “No_evyiction order shall be issued until the tenant has a reasonable op- portunity to apply to- local relief authorities and the autharities have been given an opportunity to invest- igation.” Ex-premier Baldwin urged that the entire clause be abolished. Ex-premier Asquith declared the amendment “meaningless, impyactic- able and worthless.” LaFoliette Could Defeat Coolidge Now, Says Barrett If the presidential elections were held now Senator La Follette’s third party movement would carry enough states to defeat the regular repub- lican organization and permit the democrats to win, or throw the elec- tion into congress, John Barrett, for- mer ambassador to Argentina dec- lared here today on his return from an investigation of conditions in Il- linois, Towa, Nebraska, Minnesota, Wisconsin and the Dakotas. La Follette would be sure to carry} the Dakotas, Wisconsin, Minnesota and possibly two other states, Barrett said. of the Pepper for World Peace, But What About Pennsylvania? WASHINGTON, April 7—A reso- lution requesting that the president call a world conference for limitation of naval, Jand and air armaments and for furthering world peace, was intro- duced in the senate today by Senator Pepper, Pa. > The lution stated that the con- ference-should consider plans for a world court “either thru development of the present permanent court of arbitration: at the Hague or thru the disassociation of the present perma. nent court of international justice at bi Hague from the league of na- tions.” til Wednesday, the Tuesday session having . been postponed in order that the committee members may attend other important meetings. BLOODY FIST WINS ELECTION FOR MUSSOLINI Voters Told Duty to Vote Fascist ROME, April 7—Premier Benito Mussolini, the fascist dictator of Italy, thru the application of his iron fist and hloody rule, has been able to keep himself in power. Dur- ing the elections which took place Sunday the fascisti terrorized the populace and in many districts there was. only one candidate, that of the fascisti. This election was. merely an_at- tempt on the part of Mussolini to wrap the cloak of constitutionalism ground his fascist dictatorship. The elections were 51 arranged that he is positive of at least the solid par- liamentary majority of 356 dele- gates, The opposition parties could at the most, elec: only 179 delegates out of the 535 delegates in the Ital- jan Parliament. Under this ar- rangement he cannot be overthrown by the opposition parties, The entire fascisti organization was mobilized yesterday to get out the vote and supervise the election. Whenever the result was in doubt, Fascist pressure was brought to bear upon the electors. Personal let- ters, warning the recipfent that it was his duty to vote, were sent to everyone, In some of the outlying districts, the polling was conducted in the open, so that every voter might be encouraged to vote “right.” Saw Bars and Win Freedom at Military Prison in California SAN FRANCISCO, Cal., April 7.— Search for nine convicts who sawed the bars in the military prison at the presidio of San Francisco last night and escaped was being prosecuted to- day by military police and San Fran- cisco officers, Twelve prisoners escaped but three were captured, Sixty-five prisoners in the guard IMPEACH COOLIDGE! # house could have followed their com- panions to freedom but did not. Published Daily except Sunday by THE DAILY WORKER PUBLISHING CO., 1640 N. Halsted St., Chicago, Mlinois. REPUBLICAN PARTY C to The Daily Worker) : WASHINGTON, April 7.—No longer denying the existence of a third party movement, Coolidge political leaders are concentrating their efforts on minimizing They want to rob the independent movement as much as they can of its power for harm to the Cool- The whole question now is how big the independent vote will be and which party it will hurt most. On the face of things, the republicans stand RACK Congress to pass farm relief legislation. Action on this, it is excitedly claimed, would have saved the situation. It is now too late to expect any effective legislation and the Coolidge leaders are no longer depending on it. They have, in effect, dismissed Congress from con- sideration as an asset and except for the hoped for passage of the tax bill, they look for no aid from the legislators. Organization of Unorganized The Land for the Users The ladustries for the Workers Protection of the Foreign-Born Recornition of Soviet Russia Price 3 Cents G U.S. ATTORNEY, POLITICAL HEADS, AIDED BOCTLEGGING IN CHICAGO, SAYS WITNESS (Special to The Daily Worker) WASHINGTON, April 7.—A sensational story of his un- successful three years’ fight against an alleged bootieg ring in Chicago was told before the Senate Daugherty Investigating Committee today by Brice Armstrong, a general prohibition agent. Armstrong told how he had been threatened, his house blown up by a bomb and of alleged offers of a bribe of $5 a barrel on beer from seven Chi- cago breweries. He connected many men high in [Illinois politics with the alleged ring. Aceuses Brundage, Galpin. Armstrong brought the name of Attorney Generai Brundage of Illi- nois and Homer Galpin, chairman of the Cook County Republican comm‘t- tee into his testimony. Armstrong charged that C. W. Middlekauf, . specta: assistant United States attorney general in Chicago, in charge of injunction cases against prohibition violators, had permitted many injunctions_ to. “lay dormant.” He..also. charged Middlekauf—with complicity in a plot to permit the Puro Products company, accused of prohibition violations, to sell tis property while an injunction against it was temporarily lifted, Names Illinois Brokerage Co. Armstrong named the Illinois Beverage company, among others that had been enjoined and the in- junctions never pressed. This com- pany, he said, was owned by “Terry” Druggan and Frank Lake. “Tt ig the same ‘gun crew’ that owns the Standard brewery and others,” said Armstrong. “Who re the attorneys for this ‘gun crew?’” asked Senator Wheeler. “Lowell 8, Mason, state senator from the Oak Park district, was the man who came to Washington to get permits for the breweries after they had violated the law,” said the witness, “Who was the man this booticg ting went to to find out what to do?” Caught Red Handed. “Homer Galpin, chairman of the county committec.” Officials of Brundage’s office came to him and endeavored to have hin dismiss a case against a bootlegger he had “caught red handed selling Poison stuff,” Armstrong said, Armstrong said “Terry” Druggan personally had threatened him, tell- ing him he would “settle witf, him if he didn’t lay off.” He said the olfer of $5 on a bar- rel of beer had been made “if ke would just stay out of the vicinity.” The offer was made, he said, thru enother probibition agent who would not disclose whe was behind the offer, unless Arrastrong agreed to accept it, - Smuts Goverment Quits at Capetown, | | | jgates spoke in oppofitior every Wednesday. { DETROIT LABOR ACTS ON F.-L.P,- Elect Delegates St. Paul and Cleveland By CYRIL LAMBKIN. te The-Daily Worker) DETRGLT, Mich., April 7.—Invi- tations to both the June 17th Con- vention in St. Paul and the July 4tn conference in Cleveland were accept- ed by the Detroit Federation of Labor at its meeting last week. Two dele- n to the St. Paul meet, but when the vote was taken theirs were the or votes cast against it. The cong was that the Detroi should participate in ing to working class y Other matters of a po that were acted upon by tion at this meetin of a ringing reso Coolidge as an ener shelving of a comm ing the endorser’ the strike-bre. Z pr Pressmen’s Union for on the Democratic t the en- dorsement for mayor Highland Park, a great suburb of Detroit, in which is located the I. Pau! Taylor, an ex ex-socialist, running on a san ticket. At the same meeting the newly elected officers were installed. Frank X. Martel was re-elected business rep- resentative, and in addition was elected president. This innovation was made for the purpose of having the executive of the Detroit Federa- tion its spokesman as well. John F. Simmons of the Typographical Union was elected secretary, J. A. McDonald of the Motion Picture Operators, vice-president, and John T. Taylor, the ex-president, Dennis Batt, the editor of the Detroit Labor News, John Upton, William Mollenhauer, and Iierman Richter members of the board of directors, The Detroit Federation of Labor jhereafter will meet the first and third Wednesdays of the month instead of Prince Stays Home Two Die When @pecial to The Daily Worker) LONDON, April 7.—A that the government headed by Pre- mier Jan Smuts has resigned. A Capetown message says the Prince of Wales has abandoncd his South African trip, but his house- hold in London hasn’t confirmed the report. There is much speculation as to whether the political crisis or the Prince's health is responsible for the reported cancellation. Postpone Muscle Shoals Hearing. WASHINGTON, April 7.—Unless Senator Norris, chairman, is over- ruled by Ford, backers, the Senate agricultural committee will postpone hearings on the Muscle Shoals bill! until next week. central | news dispatch from Capetown, says | Chicago Landlords Have Their Way Edward ‘Schneider, « machinist, and his two year old son, Eddie, Jr., are dead today because “landlords wouldn’t have the kid.” The two died of asphyxiation last night when the elder Schneider turned on the gas and took the boy in his-arms to “rock him to. sleep.” Schneider's suicide and the murs der of Eddie, Jr. followed father’s fruitless search for the an apartment yesterday, He found that all, landlords, like the one who. or- dered him to move Muy 1, didn’t want children in the house. His wife was continuing the search when Schneider killed himself and the boy. rphy on “What’s Doing in England” on Page Six Today