The Daily Worker Newspaper, April 12, 1924, Page 1

thet it is the wish of the employers to exact exorbitant fines as an at- Acai to strikers off the domineering Sullivan leave the city. THE DAILY WORKER RAISES THE STANDARD FOR A WORKERS’ AND FARMERS’ GOVERNMENT VOL. II. No. 23. 0. K. OF DAWES PLAN SHO INJUNCTION | JUDGE FOELL SCOLDS GIRLS “Dennie’s" Successor Talks To Pickets Like Old Maid Judge Charles M. Foell let it be known yesterday that he will be as tyrannical and high- handed in endeavoring to stop the picketing of garment strik- ers as was his czarist prede- cessor, “Dennie” Sullivan. In postponing the 43 injunc- tion cases willed him by his bloated colleague, Judge Foell took occasion to deliver a lec- ture to the strikers which sounded as if a weak old maid school teacher were trying to impress her pupils on the first day of school, Weak, Old Maidish Judge. “T want it clearly understood that 1 know the law,” said Foell, after ranging the girl strikers around him. “You must not go on the picket line between now and Tues- day morning when your cases come “If you do you will be very severely punished. To picket is to break the law, and you might as well understand right now that the court intends to enforce the law.” Tt is now revealed why Sullivan plastered such heavy ‘sentences on the Jast striker to come before him. He was giving Judge Foell the cue jicket lines. The strikers did not seem much impresed by Foell’s lit- tle lecture. Several of them smiled at him openly,. and Foell had to hammer on the desk with his fist keep their attention. ! odge Foell is a pittifully weak ». In spite of his small stature, hi- baldness ard his weak eyes, an unfortunate conceit makes him ap- pear quite ridiculous. It is pointed out by court room attaches that Foells very weakness of character might make him all the more unjust in imposing fines on strikers, as he wil use that as a means to show his importance. Fourteen more strikers were ar- rested on Market street this morn- ing, but the picket lines are holding as solid as ever. Sullivan’s court is closed.. He was bleary eyed and sickly yester- day, his last day in court. as were many of the city hall people who had imbibed election moonshine too freely. Those who have regard for real justice are glad to see the The only notoriety he achieved was as a tool of the bosses, who in or- der to do their bidding, ‘excessively fined and sentenced to jail working girls whose only crime was in striv- ing to earn a living wage for them- selves and their families. Sullivan released 21 on appeal bonds before leaving, the union putting up twen- ty-one thousand dollars worth of bonds. The Joint Board of the Amalga- mated Clothing Workers has ap- proved the decision to aid the strik- ers financially and ten thousand dol- lars will be immediately turned over to the strikers. Meyer Perlstein is in New York today, giving the Executive Board of the International Ladies’ Gar- ment Workers’ Union details of the strike. 18 Miners Injured By Failure of Poor Safety Machine Device (Special to The Daily Worker)+ DEQUOIN, ML, April 11.~ Eighteen coal miners were in- jured, some perhaps fatally, when the cage in which oy were being lowered into the Kathleen mine, of the Union Colliery Company of St. Louis, five miles from here, crepe oy feet to the bottom of the shaft lay. The accident is attributed to the blowing out of the safety fuse on an electrical hoist, and the failure of “safety dogs” to hold the hoisting rum. The shaft is about 200 feet deep, The injured miners, residewzs of Du- uoin and Dowell, are being cared ‘or in the Browning hospital here. Subscription Rate} In Chicago, by mail, $8.00 per year. Outside Chicago, by mail, $6.00 per year Morgan and the Masses |CHICAGO WORKERS The French government, brazenly announce the big press services of the United States, “will accept the terms laid down in the Dawes report” because it is understood that this was one of the conditions of the recent loan” made by the House of Morgan. A Brussels dispatch, of April 10, gives the further in- formation that “in the course of a conversation between Charles G. Dawes of Chicago, Preniier Theunis and Econom- ies Minister Van de Vyvere” the funding of Belgium’s for- eign debt, particularly that portion\concerning the United States, was decided upon. * . WHAT IS DAWES? Charles G. Dawes he’ds no mandate from the people of the United States. On tiie commission of the experts he was merely the representative of the House of Morgan and as such he acts when he arranges for the funding of the Belgian debt. That a private citizen can make such arrangements and his decision be heralded as final by the capitalist press of the world is a striking commentary upon the real source of gov- ernment power. Soe WAR FOR MORGAN Remember that the French and Belgian debts to the House of Morgan run into billions of dollars; remember that as the basis of the Dawes scheme for payment of reparations on the part of Germany a loan of $200,000,000 is contem- plated; remember also in this connection that the sole reason that the United States went into the world war was that the loans of the House of Morgan to the allied governments had to be secured against the danger of a drawn battle between the contending imperialist nations—in which event the House would have been allowed to whistle for its money. NO MAXIMUM AMOUNT The Dawes report fixes no maximum sum that Germany must pay; it arranges for payments over a period of eight years, bringing in an amount of approximately $4,000,000,000 and it appears from this deliberate evasion of the question of the total sum that it is to be fixed in accordance with suc- cess of the allied imperialists in enslaving the German work- ingélass with the co-operation of the German rulers. If the organized strength of the German workers can be broken, then there will be no limit to t made them. tion where technical development has reached its highest point, an inexhaustible supply of cheap labor flooding the world with manufactured commodities. The Wilson league of nations was the war-baby of the House of Morgan; it was supposed to have been the super- government of the fin@nce-capitalists and the agency that would enforce the collection of their loans. It failed to meet with approval in America for reasons with which we do not need to deal here, but a central machinery was set up and kept oiled. One of the recommendations in the Dawes report is that disputes over payments of the German reparations shall be referred to the court of arbitration of the league; if the Dawes proposal is accepted—and with minor modifications it will be accepted—the most imp®rtant business of the interna- tional bankers becomes the collection of German reparation payments and over this all-important task the league will exercise supervision; it will force recognition for itself and its role as collector-in-chief for the House of Morgan to whom the nations of Europe are mortgaged. THE ROLE OF THE MILITARY Is there anyone, in the face of the facts, who does not be- lieve that in its adventures in every European bourse and counting house, the House of Morgan depends upon the army and navy of the United States for backing? How do the activities of the House of Morgan abroad affect the American masses and how will this outright under- writing of the bankrupt European nations express itself in national politics? The House of Morgan needs in Washington, a government which accepts its dictates without question. It needs something more efficient in the form of government than the collection of cheap and crooked politicians who made up the Harding cabinet. It needs a government with a liberal mask for the masses. but wnawervinely lav! ta ‘he real masters. It is entirely probable that the House of Morgan will, in the coming presidential campaign swing in behind the demo- crats and with the slogan of “Save Europe” attempt to secure an endorsement of its plans for world hegemony by resur- recting in one guise or another the league of nations as an VIGILANCE NEEDED One thing is certain, the present year will see an effort, more strenuous even than the propaganda campaign that preceded our entry into the war, to put the government of the United States squarely behind the House of Morgan and its program for enslavement of the workingclass of Europe. It is a hideous scheme and one that only the utmost vigi- lance on the part of the most advariced sections of the work- ers and farmers can frustrate; the servile attitude of the capi- talist press, the approving statements concerning the Dawes plan coming from the politicians of both capitalist parties is the best argument for the establishment of a mass farmer- labor party for war on American imperialism that has yet been put forward. The workers and farmers of America should give their answer to the House of Morgan and its democratic-republi- can satrapy on June 17, by the organization of a powerful class party. i SATURDAY, APRIL 12, 1924 a WILL FIGHT ALIEN BILLS IN. CAPITOL Will War on Fingerprint Plan in Washington The Chicago Counc for Protec- tion of Foreign Born Workers pro- poses sending a delegation to Wash- ington, D. C., to voice the protest of the labor movement against the passage of the yicious “selective’ immigration lawsealling for regis- tration of foreign-born. It also urges the countils thrnout the country to join in’ this movement. It is proposed that action be taken simultaneously by the various coun- cils so as to create a strong delega- tion which could voice the protest in an impressive manner. This ac- tion would lead towards a nationally unified movement of the councils. Miltant Action Necessary. The Chicago Qouncil has no in- tention of petitioning for favors, It aims to bring pressure to bear on the capitalist politicians and _ to show them what the working class thinks of their nefarious schemes. At the last meeting of the council ever, ask hig organization to support this movement financially. The delegates unanimously went on record to urge that resolutions be adopted by their organizations protesting against the anti-alien laws, and that such reso- lutions be forwarded to every labor gathering and to the coming Inter- national Trades Union conventions, for their approval. The delegates voiced the sentiment that the or- ganization to follow must be the establishment of, a nation-wide farmer-labor party which will take up this issue as one of its aims. More organizations have recently affiliated ‘with the Chicago Council. strength delegate was also urged to | Entered as Second-class matter September 21, 1923, at the Post Office at Chicago, Illinois under the Act of March 3, 1879. THE DAILY WORKER. 5 <= MEXICO GROANS UNDER | HEAVY WEIGHT OF ITS | DEBTS TO WALL STEET MEXICO CITY, April 11.— While Mexico is suffering the most acute crisis since the days of Car- ranza, the Obregon government has been compelled to send $3,000,000 from January to April 1, to the International Committee of Bank- ers under Lamont, the Morgan partner in New York. It is part payment on $17,500,000 to be made this year on account of the “recognized” debt of $700,000,000, the terrific price paid for recogni- tion and temporary non-interven- tion. At the same time Mexican fed- eral employes are starving, being owed about two months’ pay. CANNON DEBATES EDWARDS SUNDAY ON |. W, W, ISSUE ‘Ralph Chaplin, Chair-| | man; Crowd Coming Throngs of Workers Party and I. |W. W. members will jam North Side | Turner Hall, 820 N. Clark street, tomorrow afternoon at 2:30 when James P. Cannon and Forrest Ed- wards debate the respective merits and principles of the two organiza- tions. Better qualified speakers could not easily be found. cannon, now as- | sistant secretary of the Workers Party has traveled thru Russia where he saw a Communist govern- ment in action and earlier in his career was thru hard battles with the wobblies. He knows both the syndicalist and Communist mo’ ments i and “practices ~~~ Cents Including Saturday Magazine Section. On all other days Three Cents per Copy. Published Daily except Sunday by THE DAILY WORKER PUBLISHING CO., 1640 N. Halsted St, Chicago, Minois. WS MORGAN RULE U.S, GOVERNMENT PREPARES TO BACK DAWES PLAN FOR ENSLAVING GERMAN LABOR (Special to The Daily Worker) z WASHINGTON, April 11.—The American government is prepared to support the unofficial role laid out for the United States in the reparations settlement proposed in the Dawes report, it was understood authoritatively here today. The principal phases of the part of the United States under the Dawes plan, as viewed, are: 1.—Furnishing of a considerable part of the huge for- .eign loan contemplated to put Germany on her feet and in a position to resume reparations payments. 2.—Appointment of private American citizens in strategic positions on the various boards of control to see that the Dawes financial plan, if accepted, is carried out by Germany. Administration quarters here pointed out today that these two phases of American co-operation, even tho they are pri- vate in character, probably would not be undertaken without governmental! sanction. In accordance with the present understanding between the state department and private American bankers, no loans are made to foreign countries without approval of the government. * * * France Acts on Plan. PARIS, April 11.—The repara-| tions commisson today accepted the report of the Dawes committee of | experts and recommended its accep- | tance by the allicd governments, | WHEELER VISIT its various members had reported upon | the attitude of their governments. : Louis Barthou, French member | Also Home of Roxie and president of the commission, And Jess Smith announced France's acceptance, af-| ter talking with Premier Poincare - i WASHINGTON. COURT... HOUSE, “Britta mem- ome. “Ayre ets STs © Mitte provided Germany agree to terms. | Action of the reparations com- | mission upon the report came with | unexpected suddenness after the * 4 Forrest Edwards, affectionately ganized workers directly affiliated. ie dq . 3 The Finnish workers, organized into a Pig awatdl by the one language council, have helped bt ba e pre-war = harves' to swell the ranks, The Scandina- L eagatel ian at oe ieee vian workers are uniting the various Judge Landis pubogniaed this on: existing organizations, based on the ge os one issue and report that delegates will be selected. Mass meetings are being arranged by the Italian work- ers’ organizations. The Lithuanian Workers Alliance hat made arrange- ments for a mass meeting Apri] 13. y Danger of Johnson Bill. In Pullman a council for protec- tion of foreign-born workers, com- prising 23 organizations, has been organized and connections have been established in the small Lake Coun- ty cities: Hammond, Whiting and Indiana Harbor, as well ay in Gary, Indiana. These councils have also established connections and are act- ing jointly with the Chicago. body. The Chicago Council for Protec- tion of Foreign Born Workers will issue a circular, to be spread “broad- cast, setting forth the issues in- volved in this campaign. Altho the Johnson Bill is the aay bill reported to Congress by the Committee on Immigration and Naturalization, ex- perience shows that when the least objectionable of the proposed bills are repofted, as a rule, some of the vicious bills, or paragraphs of these, will be grafted on in the form of : amendments, before the law is fin- ally adopted. It will be pointed out that this is a political issue and that the remedy is Independent Political Action of the working class and that it can be taken up only as class issue, vitally affecting the workers, for- eign as well as native born. Hard Coal Miners Protest Drive at Foreign Born Labor MINERSVILLE, Pa., April 11.— A protest against the attempt of the Congress ‘+o pass discriminatory laws against the foreign-born work- ers of this country will be waged at a huge mass meeting to be held Sunday evening, April £7 at the Miner’s Union Hall. The meeting will be addressed by well known speakers from New York and Phila- delphia in English, Lithuanian andthe audience, composed of party mem-| _ Russian. The meeting is arranged jointly by several labor organizations of Minersville and vicinity. Porto Rican Suffragiste. SAN JUAN Porto Rico.—The wo- men here are demanding the right of eeerane. The Porto Riean section of the Pan-American league of women has sent a petition to the American congress and calls upon American women to help them. sentenced him to 20 years in Leavenworth in the tamous Chicago trial. He was released last summer in the commutation act that includ- ed Richard Brazier, Ralph Chaplin and others. Ralph Chaplin, poet, artist and rugged class war fighter, wili act as chairman at the debate, The pro- ceeds will be equally divided be- tween the National Defense Council and the General Defense Committee. Tribune Candidate, Beaten by Deneen, Demands Recount An official canvass of the vote cast in the Illinois primary for Sen- ator McCormick and former Gov- ernor Charles Deneen will be neces- sary to decide the winner of the ‘Republican Senatorial nomination, it was declared today by supporters of both candidates. With 52 precincts missing, De- neen is leading McCormick by 3,450 votes. The count stood: Deneen, 253,742. McCormick, 250,292. McCormick supporters have little hope of overcoming the lead on the strength of the unofficial count and plan to petition for an official can- vass when the balance of the pre- cincte are in. McCormick and Deneen have hired lawyers to repre- sent them before the state canvass- ing board. Charges were made by Deneen|! headquarters that attempts would ibe made to tamper with the re-, | turns. ‘Trachtenberg Has | Good Meetings in Coal Mine Towns) MONESSEN, Pa., April 11,—Alex-| ander Trachtenberg’s meeting in Ben- tleyville, was well attended. The. lec- ture was inspiring and instructive to bers, all coal miners, who came from | mining camps thru almost impass- that Ramsay MacDonald and the British Belgium and Italy Lined Up. The Belgian and Italian members fell into line and shortly after six the preposais was announced, with the provision that Germany must accept them as a whole. At the same time word came from Berlin that the German govertment. virtually had decided to accept the Dawes report. The plan now will be sent to the allied governments for separate con- sideration, An official communique stated that the commission “considers the re- ports offer a practical basis for rapid solution of the reparations problem and therefore within the limits of its power, approves the conclusions and adopts the methods therein set forth.” The commission adds that it is “obliged to reserve its approval and action until Germany declares its willingness to colaborate in execu- tion of the plan.” Another Use for Injunction WASHINGTON, April 11.—Justice Stafford of the District of Columbia supreme court has issued an injunc- labor cabinet had approved the plan. | o'clock this evening, acceptance of ' town awoke today with the realiza- }tion that this was the day when ns leading citizens come under the pen- etrating scrutiny of a senatorial in- vestigating committee. Washington Court House, smug little farming community, has been frequently mentioned in the papers as the home of Roxie Stinson, Jess Smith and others who by their testi- mony, caused the retirement of At- torney General Daugherty, also a na- tive. Townspeople Await Committee. | Half the townspeople were waiting on the streets for a glimpse of Sena- jtors Brookhart and Wheeler who were delegated to examine the books of the Midland National Bank of {which Malcolm S. Daugherty, a {brother of the former attorney gen- jeral of the United States, is presi- ent. | The bank’s books had been sub- |poenaed several weeks ago by the | Daugherty committee hut Mal Daugh- jerty refused to bring them to Wash- |ington and the committee decided to \send a sub-committee down here in |the belief that the books contain evi- |dence of the financial operations hy |Harry Daugherty, Jess Smith, his close personal friend and others. Proceed Against Stubborn Witness. tion against the Brotherhood of| Senators Brookhart and Wheeler Painters, Decorators and Paperhang- | 4rrived early today and went at once ers of America and its local unions to the suite of rooms set aside for and members, officers and attorneys, | them at the Cherry hotel. Later they to prevent enforcement of the work-| were to hold a brief conference with ing rules affecting out-of-town con-|Mal Daugherty and his attorney re- tractors. garding the scope of their examina- tion of the records. How many new readers have you The sub-committee proposes also secured for THE DAILY WORKER? |to take testimony from Daugherty Get another today. ; who refused to answer a subpoena NOTICE! TOLEDO! to come to Washington in connection All members of the Toledo with stories given the committee by | Roxie Stinson, former wife of the |late Jess Smith. Workers party and militants of Toledo join the great street dem- onstration and sales drive for the Mal Daugherty Confldent. | Mal Daugherty himself, big, gruff DAILY WORKER, Sat. April 12th! and always speaking in a loud voice, All those willing to go, report at was confident that the senatorial ex- the WORKERS VrARTY book amination of his books would reveal no incriminating discrepancies, point- store, 131 Michigan St. at 2:30 P. M. ing to either himself or his brother, Women and girl comrades are the former attorney J»neral. especially asked to help. David Is Sick LONDON, April 11.— Ex-Premier ! David Lloyd George was confined to his home today with an attack of bronchial trouble. able roads of mud and a tome All British Shipyard Workers rain. The Marianna branch truck. Daisytown, nine miles away, was also well represented. members | came ten miles in a small open ma | Locked Out In Drive On Wages (Special to The Daily Worker) LONDON, April 11.—British ship owners today announced a nation- e comrades were all pleased to| wide lockout against all shipyard workers, effective at midnight tonight, {hear of Workers Russia progressing and all left in a happy frame of mind, BURNS MUST GO! The cause of the lockout is refusal of striking workers at Southhamp- ton to accept the paltry offer of the owners’ terms and resume work, al- ie Lo were advised to do so by their own national union officials urged em to, Big Cannon-Edwards Debate at North Side Turner Hall, Sunday 2:30 4 U fi etlticip soap --P i