The Daily Worker Newspaper, April 18, 1924, Page 2

oe Page Two T HE DAILY WORKER Friday, April 18, 1924 DECIDE F.-L. P. SONVENTION VOTING BASIS St. Paul Convention Votes Apportioned ST. PAUL, April June 17 national nominating convention of the Farmer-Labor movement to be held in St.. Paul will nominate candidates for president and vice-president on a definite voting basis... The votes for each state, largely on the progressive-farm- er-labor-radical vote in the gen- eral election of 1922, are as follows: Votes. Alabama Arizona Arkansas California Colorado Connecticut Delaware Florida Georgia . Idaho IHinois Indiana lowa Kansas Kentucky Louisiana Maine on NASHATTARSUSSGCASENGHBNENWSMBOHG Michigan . Minnesota Mississippi .. Missouri Montana Nebraska Nevada New Hampshire New Jersey New Mexico New York North Carolina North Dakota Ohio ... Oklahoma Oregon Pennsylvania . Rhode Island . South Carolina South Dakota Tennessee Texas . Utah Vermont ~Mirginia Washington West Virginia Wisconsin Wyoming In a press statement, denying alle- gations that the St, Paul convention is to be dominated by the Workers party, William Mahoney of the com- mittee of arrangements declares: “There will no doubt be Communists, as there will be other schools of thought represented in the conven- tion.” Nt eSoeSnaadN roa rtns2in Standard Laying Off Men. LOS ANGELES, Cal. April 17.— ‘The Standard Oil Co. has joined the ranks of the big employers on the coast that are laying off men. In the coast town of El Segundo, with @ population of approximately 2,500, composed entirely of the men em- ployed at the oil refineries and their families, fully one-half the breadwin- ners are now out of employment. How many of your shop-mates read THE DAILY WORKER. Get one of them to subscribe today. 17.—The| based | govvusucuuuucguusuausnsenneranenaercgceensgeeeenenceaenevi sca neeen Director Valenius. purpose is to fight the psychol- ogical effect of the bourgeoise films and to finally rejiace them | with our own productions.” Bourgeois films are still allowed in Russia because of the movie hunger }from which Russia is suffering. “Us- ling every available source—our own productions, the films of the private | producers in Russia who work under |proletarian censorship, and the least |harmful of the bourgeois films from Jother countries—we can supply only about one-tenth of the demand in Russia,” he says. “Until we can pro- duce enough prolétarian films we are forced to allow bourgeois films so long as they are not actually counter- revolutionary.” Some of the foreign films are cle- verly altered to serve the purpose of proletarian propaganda. Proletkino is not concerned with this aspect of sup- plying films. The onty foreign films it handles are scenic and educational. Its work in production consists in filming historic events, such as the Lenin funeral, current events, demon- strations, etc. q It has also branched out into the profitable story field, having produced two very popular story films to date. One of them is Combrig, which de- picts the daily life of the Red Army, and contains propaganda against the influence of the priests and ecclesias- tical marriage (but not against reli- gion and civil marriage) and contains plenty of comedy. Red Army Stages Picture. One of the faults of the present Russian productions fs that the films are too depressing and lave too little comic or frivolous relief. Combrig has tried to overcome this. Mass ac- ~etock and by profits from films. RUSSIA USING REVOLUTIONARY MOVIES AS EDUCATOR; GREAT RED NOVEL, By GERTRUDE HAESSLER. (Federated Press Staff Correspondent) (First of two articles) MOSCOW, April 17.—Movie rights to “A Week,” the novel of revolutionary Russia, by Libedinsky, have been obtained in Rus- sia by Proletkino, the proletarian movie producer organization. The author is writing the scenario and will direct the production. | This is the immediate task of Proletkino in actual film production. Proletkino is a great organization for bringing the masses in contact with each other thru the motion picture,” explains “Our main~ “A WEEK”, FILMED tion in Combrig was supplied by 3000 soldiers of the Red Army, who vol- unteered their services and asked in return that the film be lent them free of charge for three days. They got it for three weeks. The Combrig film is now in Amert- |ca, where attempts aré being made to | permit exhibition. The other story fim produced by Proletkino, which has proved its pop- ularity is The Fight for the Ultima- tum. The Ultimatum is the name of a factory which was the bone of con- tention between the revolutionary | workers and the White counter-revo- |lutionists. The Communist party fig- ures in the film on the side of the workers. The film is exciting and con- tains a good deal of the detective ele- ment. The technique in both films is im- perfect and amateurish. Proletkino has only meager materials and equip- ment, and has inexperienced opera- tors and actors. A training school for actors has been started, Workers Own Movie Company. Proletkino is financed by sales of The stockholders are workers’ organiza- tions—trade unions, local soviets, lo- cals of the Young Communist league and of the Communist party, and some of the internationals. The gov- ernment has no connection with Pro- letkino. It has branches in Baku and Vladi- vostok, and agents in every large city in the Russian realm, doing propagan- da work for Proletkino by means of literature, lectures, and the traveling movie, which goes from village to vil- lage accompanied by its own dyna- mo, for in many places there is no electricity. Broadway Strike Continues Despite Pickets’ Arrests (By The Federated Press) NEW YORK, April 17.—Despite in- terference by the police and courts 500 workers are continuing their strike against the ten Broadway jazz joints owned by Sam Salvin ‘and James EB. Thompson. Three union members have been jailed for ten days, charged with as- sault. One picket got five days and another was given six months on probation. M. Maley, charged with at- tacking Chef LaGrange of the Palais Royal cafe, proved that he was at hom’ during the alleged attack and that he was not a striker. But be cause he was a union member Magis- trate Simpson sent Maley’s case to special sessions. The men are members of the Amal- gamated Food, Workers, Hotel and Restaurant Workers’ branch, an in- dustrial union. The issue is union recognition, The union has maintain- ed a 100 per cent organization in the struck places~)for several years. Strikebreakers are provided by the so- called Manhattan Waiters’ Associa- tion, described by its officers as “not a union but a social organization com- posed entirely of Americans.” BONUS BILL HELD : UP BY DIVISION ING, 0. RANKS Insurgents May Vote For Democrat Plan WASHINGTON, April 17.—Insur- gent republicans in the Senate today planned to unite with the democrats to modify t¥e republican “insurance policy” bonus bill. Confidence was felt that they would enable the democrats to put over a cash option plan so that veterans may choose between a 20-year endow- ment life insurance policy or imme- diate money. This situation developed as the republicans today prepared to bring up their bonus bill for action and Democrats sought to rally sup- port within their own ranks to put over their plan. Anti-Bonusites May Bolt. The only hitch that democratic leaders fear is that anti-bonus sena- tors on their side of the chamber will bolt party ranks in an effort to keep any bonus bill from being enacted. At least five democrats and per- haps more, may vote against » both plans. If too many desert the bonus) situation may be tied in a knot and progressives with their balance of power may be helpless. But should the democratic sub- stitute fail, progressives will vote for the republican bill rather than fail to enact any bill at all. Passage of Bill Delayed. This state of affairs has brought about an entire change tn the legisla- tive program. It is now seen that CZECHO-S LOVAK OPPOSITION PRESS IS THROTTLED Graft Exposures Irritate Socialist Rulers PRAGUE, Czecho-Slovakia, April 17.—The Social-Demoeratic govern- ment has now put on the statute books a law which abrogates the free- dom of the press and other privileges of which this nation, whose constitu- tion is modeled on that of the United States, formerly boasted. The measure just passed compels editors to disclose the sources of all information published if the govern- ment so requires. The passage of this law is creating much popular resentment, as it was introduced in Parliament following disclosures of graft by high officials Jas sensational as the Teapot Dome and other scandals in the United \States. The revelations were made {by opposition papers, chiefly Com- munist ,and showed great corruption in practically every government de- partment. President Masyrak, who was noted for his championship of free press and free speech under the Austrian government, made no protest what- ever against the present law, which gives the government complete con- trol of the press at a time when the Franco-Czecho-Slovakian alliance is arousing much hostility among the workers and peasants and almost all their organizations have opposed. Mine Strikes Sweep the Land; 75,000 Are Out (Continued from Page One) and West Virginia. Even with the low wages the miners are idle. There are 70 big producing operations shut down completely. The Cumberland mountains sepa- rate the coal mines in southeastern Kentucky from the other districts and the union mines there are taken into District 19 (Tennessee) with offices at Knoxville. This district is recog- operators. (Continued from Page One) success has rewarded the efforts of the Britishers to get a hard and fast agreement on questions of trade in which Great Britain, in view of the widespread’ unemployment, is vitally interested pending the settlement of the debts, territorial boundaries, etc. MacDonald Against Sympathetic Strikes. Premier MacDonald, in the course of an interview published here, comes out emphatically against sympathetic strikes and deplores the recent mili- tant action of various trade unions. He says, speaking of the critical in- dustrial: situation and his views on the matter: “Some recent developments and methods, however, seem in prac- tice and result to be those of mis- chievous syndicalist communism. Far from helping the worker or his trade union, they are likely to in- volve the one in misery and the oth- er in disaster. One strike like that js Which took place at the Wembley exhibition does the working class movement more harm and inflicts (Continued from Page One) a liar. “Moran is a liar,” said Fay Silkoff in her testimony, “He never gave me a copy of the injunction.” The other defendants also denied that Moran had talked to them. Patrick Colins had some difficulty in explaining to thé court why he arrested Morris Sher. “What was he doing when you arrested him,” asked Sissman. “Why he was pointing his finger at somebody”. “And you arrested him just for pointing his finger?” “Well I thought may be he was blocking the sidewalk,” answered the servant of the state’s attorney’s office. Strikebreaking Judge Judge Foell made it evident in court yesterday that altho he may be, a more cultured man than the brusque Denny, he is going to do all in his power to hamper the strike of the garment girls for decent con- ditions. Repeatedly by questioning the girls Foell tried to show that the strike nized and has joint contracts with the | was a “conspiracy” between the pick-| leters and the union officials. “Who None of these districts has yet se-|told you to go on the picket line?” cured an agreement for 1924. A ten-|asked Judge Foell of every defendant tative agreement, that carried with itso far called. When they replied they a reduction in wages, was made be- jhad gone out on their own volition, tween the district omicials and the |Judge Foell said, “Your punishment operators. Its final acceptance was for violating the injunction will be blocked by the international union |More severe if you take the full re- and District 28 is now on, strike, 10,000 Kentucky Miners Strike. Approximately 10,000 union miners employed at 60 mines obeyed Dis- trict President Lonnie Jackson’s strike call. These mines had been working pending a settlemen® since the old contract expired March 31. The miners held out for a three- year contract with the present wage scale, as per the Jacksonville (Fla.) agreement. The operators demanded a reduction to the 19,7 scale. The in- vent acceptance of a wage reduction. This field borders unionized terri- tory in Indiana and Illinois where the Jacksonville agreement has been signed. Open Trial Of Senator Wheeler In Washington (Continued from Page 1) culties, but that he never discussed official business in any way. Booth said he lived in Montana for 37 years and had known Senator Wheeler for nearly 20 years. "fn March, 1923, Booth said, .Wheel- er came to his office in the Interior Department and after “visiting” awhile, said that he had been prose- cuting a law suit for Campbell, and that Campbell's property was in “bad shape.” Booth said he asked Wheeler for the claim numbers, put Wheeler did not know them. Booth said he then suggested ternational union intervened to pre-| sponsibility.” Vapid Injunction Twaddle. “I don't believe it when you say you |didn’t undestand what the injunction | was,” Judge Foell told Mary Gastina. \“You’d better tell me who told you {to go out picketing. I am trying to ‘find out who is using you as a tool. I believe you deliberately violated the {injunction and the amount of the re- |sponsibility you take will determine \the amount of your punishment.” The six defendants heard \ today |were Fay Silkoff, Mary Gastina, Min- |nie Garshin, Mary Nischt, Helen Wiese, and Katherine O'Connor, The cases of Elizabeth Grusling, Samuel Natesky, William Elash, Morris Sher, Morris Surin, Marya Czajkowska, and Fabian Tipshus will be taken up to- day. Four more picketers were arrested yesterday. They were Bernice Now- akowski, Sophie Moss, Stasie Pil- ichoski, and Emma Goldberg. A Manufacturers’ Judge. Judge Foell showed that he is not going to do anything which will in- jure the dress manufacturers in this strike. He is doing his best to keep the girls off the picket line. Ey- ery defendant was forced to promise that from now on they will keep off the picket line. In spite of Judge Fo- ell and the Dress Manufacturers As- sociation the picket line is holding firm, The strikers declare they will the employers because they know dard of living. The answers of the been receiving are too low for a tained, they are struggling for a higher stan-' Russ Worry British on the wage earner) more misery than can well be described. In the Wembley case the blunder was soon rectified, but influences were re- vealed that must be watched. All my life I have been opposed to the sympathetic strike, It has no practical value; it is simply beating the air, It has one sure re- sult—a bitter and blinding reac- tion, It looks so heroically effect- ive in the heat of battle and it is so subversive. Once the poor miners always had to be in it; now it is the transport men. “I know what I am_ speaking about when I say that as the result of some recent occurences the code of law which has protected’ the workingmen’s organizations for ge- nerations has been in greater jeo- pardy than I have ever seen it in before. The interview, combined with the very lukewarm attitude of the cabi- net towards the unions involved in the recent strikes is expected to arouse a storm of protest and widen the breach between the official labor party heads and the trade union organizations, Begin Vain for Scabs a float.” They “are not sure whether or not they will run a float at all on account of the expense.” Gompers’ Aid Fizzled. No more has been heard about Samuel Gompers and the aid he was supposed to be going to give the strik- ers some time ago. Committee of 15 members said yesterday that they did not believe Gompers would do any- thing about the strike here. Up to now the sum total of his assistance to the strikers has ‘been—Nothing. Not even a statement to the press. New York Names Smith. ALBANY, N. Y., April 17.— Gov. ernor Alfred E. Smith of New York} state today started for the Democratic | presidential nomination by a speech at the Democratic designating conven- |tion here. A few minutes before Smith made \his speech, the convention, which was called to select delegates and alter-| nates to. the national convention, had | adopted unanimously a resolution that | jthe delegates be instructed to pre- sent the name of Governor Smith to the convention as the Empire State's choice to lead the Democratic party in the nation. Party Activities Of Local Chicago $$ Trachtenberg Meeting. ALEXANDER TRACHTENBERG will speak Friday evening, April 18th, at 8:00 P. M, at North Side Turner Hall, 820 North Clark street. Com- rade Trachtenberg has been having a very successful speaking trip on the subject, “What I Saw in Russia and Germany,” arousing much interest. Comrade Trachtenberg was in Russia and Central Europe for fourteen months and attended the fourth con- gress of the Third International as a | delegate of the Workers Party of |America, The admission to this meeting is 25 cents, and same is to jbe held under the auspices of Local Chicago of the Workers Party. se ® Daily Worker Sub Agents. THERE WILL BE A MEETING of the DAILY WORKER Branch Sub- scription Agents on Monday, April 21st, 8 P. M., at Room 307, 166 West Washington street. All agents must jbe present. Party branches who have not yet elected DAILY WORK- ER agents must do so at once and see that their delegates attend this meeting, where the matter of devyel- oping the drive for 1,000 new sub- scribers to the DAILY WORKER by June 15th will be taken up. * @ Regular Party Branch Meetings. Friday, April 18th, at 8 P. M., Hun- North Sedgwick avenue. } sft @ Italian Branch, Thirty-first Ward, defendants to the “Injunction Judge” | Will meet Friday, April 18th, at 511 showed that the wages they have | Sagemore street. Friday, April 18th, Ukrainian No. 2 decent standard of living to be main-| (Pullman) Ukranian Educational So- ALBERTAMINERS BATTLING PRESS AND COAL BARONS District Union Officials Backed By Members. By JOHN GIFFORD. (Special to The Daily Worker) DRUMHELLER, Alta, Canada, April 17.—On April ist, the miners of Alberta and eastern British Colum- bia came out on strike to maintain their present wage scale and are put- ting up a solid front to the coal oper- ators and the capitalistic press of the country. The constitution of the union ‘providing for a referendum on the strike issue, a vote was taken and resulted in an unanimous vote in favor of a cessation of work to strike against a wage cut. The press of the country, in a rage at the miners in coming out on strike, ‘and not doing their share in getting the country back to normalcy. The press of this western country is in- sistent that the miners be more rea- sonable, and the country, especially the miners, would derive much bene- fit from a wage reduction, At pres- ent the boss has a very convenient weapon to use, with the large influx of immigrants from Europe, and the operators have intimated that they will flood the mines with incoming immigrants, if the miners do not take a cut. The mines being worked with cheap labor, will result in an affair of the Herrin type, as the yete of the min- ers on the strike issue indicates that they will not tolerate any violation of their union principtes, and if any violence takes place, the blame will rest wholely on the operators and the press. The miners are intending to throw their whole might and stréngth into this fight as the operators have consistently abused the late agree- ment in numerous ways and it was not possible for any progressive mem- ber of the union to put forward any move for the benefit of the workers without being discriminated, and the agreement being of such a nature, that a militant member of the union had absolutely no redress, It is this one feature of the late agreement that the miners are de- termined to remedy, and are staking their all on this fight, altho the mines in this district have worked barely a hundred days, in the last year. However the mines, have re- ceived much encouragement by a large number of non-union mines coming out in support, and it is ex- pected that before many days that the entire non-union field will come out in sympathy with the union min- ers and line up with the organization. It is this that the operators were banking on, as they figured that the non-union mines would take care of the summer needs of the consumer, and would be the means of breaking the strike. The officials of the district were fully aware of this situation, and the strike being called the district of- fieers acted: immediately, and went out on the job and proceeded to clean up the non-union fields. The most hopeful thing in this strike is that the rank and file are all solid for the action of the officials, there being no internal dissension in the ranks, and with everybody realising that the on- ly enemy is the boss, victory for the miners is assured. California Seriously Hit By Hoof And Mouth Disease SAN FRANCISCO, April 17.—Pro- duce dealers today were seeking means of averting threatened catas- trophe for California Agricultural products as a result of the hoof and mouth disease epidemic among live- stock. ‘i As a result of embargoes and vari- not be scared by any prostitutes of 8arian Branch will meet at 1500 /ous regulations in different states to which California supplies farm com- modities, vast surplus stocks were piling up here, ORGANIZATIONS, ATTENTION! NEW YORK CITY, rit TZ District No. 2, Workers Party, In the May Issue! “THE MOVIES IN RUSSIA” the bonus cannot be passed “in three |Campbell come to Washington and days” as leaders hoped. The fight| Wheeler asked if he (Booth) would may last more than a week and all the oil man. “T earned twenty dollars a| ciety at 10701 Stephenson avenue, week before the strike,” said Fay/ Friday, April 18th, Russian Branch Silkoff, in answer to Judge Foell.| will meet at the Technical School at Two other defendants said they |1902 West Division street. has arranged a grarid excursion and moonlight dance on the Hud- son river for Saturday, June 28th. The commodious steamer Cler- sai? I would,” Rooth continued. ele § Internationally The Famine In Germany. Democratic Japan.. A Middle Class American R SUBSCRIPTION: SOVIET RUSSIA PICTORIAL Name.. Street No. By WILLIAM F. KRUSE In which a bald-headed Bolshevik movie-hero finds the NEP a p “New Emotional Policy.” A generously illustrated and informative article by one who has travelled thruout Russia with a motion picture camera. nown OTHER FEATURES: acts to Ri $2.00 a Year; 19 S. Lincoln Street, Chicago, Hil. the time the tax bill will be waiting impatiently on the Senate calendar. Two appropriation bills also remain to be disposed of. How many of your shop-mates read THE DAILY WORKER. Get one of them to subscribe today. Photographs Contributors MAX BEDACHT .M. HOSHI ARL BORDERS $1.00 Six Months “Did Senator Wheeler ever solicit aid regarding, the assignment of any of these cases before the Interior Department?” asked Borah, \ “No.” The committee tnen adjourned,. THE ROBOTS ARE COMING! earned $25 a week, But it was not brought out in court that the dress making trade is exceedingly geasonal, and hence the girls find it impossible to exist on non-union wages. Members of the Committee of 15 subject to the call of the chairman, ! said they “are still considering hiring All local members should watch this column for news of all rou- tine and special y meetings.— Martin Abern, City Secretary. mont, having a capacity of 3,000, has been chartered for this occa- sion. Friendly organizations are urged to‘keep this date in mind and not arrange for any affairs that week.