The Daily Worker Newspaper, April 25, 1924, Page 5

Friday, April 25, 1924 ARTICLE IV. Growth of Militarism. ; The, rule of dollar democracy by our financiers and industrialists at home has been translated into’ a regime dollar diplomacy abroad and in our vast colonial possesions, Amer- ican democracy now truly rests upon @ monarchy of gold and an aristocracy. of finance. In order to maintain control of our growing imperialist empire and sphére of influetice and in order to serve American investors abroad the Amer- ican government has been steadily developing and strengthening its mili- tary and naval machine. We have in- vested. over $4,000,000,000 in our navy. The aim of the American navalists is to secure a navy second to none. The 1923 report of the Secretary of the Navy Denby demands a further in- crease in the American fighting ships, gunboats, submarines, and fast cruis- ers are specially recommended. From December. 31, 1912 to December 31, 1922; the value of the American Ngvy has increased from $602,352,000 to $1,- 445,992,000 or an increase of 259.4 per cent, The extent to which the United States has been militarized is clearly portrayed by the report of the Secre- tary of War for 1923 in the following: “During the past ten years, while the cost of national defense has been doubled, the regular army has increas- ed its actual total strength from 92,- 035 to 132,834, the national guard from 120,802 to 160,598, the organized r serves from 0 to 78,338, and the total of the army of the United States from 212,000 to 371,770. This increase alone, considered in relations to the decrease in value of the dollar and the change in character of the army, (including addition of such elements as motor transportation, tanks, aviation, and chemical warfare service) would ap- parently justify @ doubling of the WORKERS IN HANCOCK, MICHIGAN American Dollar Diplom total defense cost. In the same period, moreover, the number of citizens un. der training not as members of the army of the United States, has in- creased as follows: In the citizens military training camps from 0 to 31,- 000 and the reserve officers training corps (which corresponds to the unorganized military schools of the pre-war period) from 31,028 to 101,129. The total of individuals under train- ing has thus increased from 243,865 to 504,010. From April 15, 1910 to January 1, 1920, the persons in mili. tary and naval service stations abroad rose from 55,608 to 117,238.” The national Defense Act of June 4, 1920, provides for one huge army consisting of the reguar army, the national guard, and the organized reserve including the officer reserve’ corps. The country has been divided into nine territorial areas to carry this scheme into effect.. This policy strives for a mark in militarism never, before attempted. It proposes to or- ganize an army of two million in time of peace, the creation of a distinct and permanent military propagandist caste thruout this country. The duty cf this caste is to stimulate militarism. Under this policy the Regular Army is to be used to garrison overseas possessions, the Coast Defenses, ‘and instruct the National Guard and organized Reserves. The organized reserves “will be available for emer- gencies within the United States or elsewhere.” The Department of Commerce thru its Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce'and its Foreign Trade staff abroad, and the Department of State thru its diplomatic and consular staff abroad vie with the departments of War and Navy in rendering services to our imperialist exploiters, Con- gress has acted to help American cap- italists find new sources of raw mate- rial needed by them in their manu- facture and especially those sources of products now controlled by foreign interests. Thus we find the Secretary ORGANIZE FORCES FOR LABOR RULE; WILL GO TO ST. PAUL ON JUNE 17 By T. J. O'FLAHERTY. (Special to The Daily Worker) Hancock, Michigan is a little town of about 7,000 inhabitants situated on an island in the northern part of the State, sur- rounded by the waters of Lake Superior. It is in the heart of the copper country. Here are located the famous Calumet and Hecla copper properties that have enriched the Agassiz family of Boston, absentee owners. 1910 which left a reign of It was the scene of a great strike in terror in its wake that ‘practically crushed every vestige of trade union organization .and prevented ‘any radical movement from lifting its head for several years. There are twenty-five thousand people living within a radius of two miles of Hancock. The copper industry in that region has seen its best days, On the train to Hanco were two copper mine owners who discussed new methods of -operating their properties in order to make them pay. They were also dis- It appears that hundreds of Germans were imported from the Ruhr into the copper country. The copper magnates paid their transportation which was to be worked out in the mines. It ~cussing that mecessary evil, labor. developed that these German miners were not dumbbells by any means and when they thought they had given enough of their bone and sinew to the boss in return for their transportation to this country, they betook them-. selves to more favorable quarters than the desolate copper region. “Deport Them!” The . “perfidy” of these workers weighed heavily on the two fat plutes who grunted out their woes in the smoker. “What the hell can be done about it?” inquired one of the other as he chewed a corpulent cigar. “T will take the matter up with the Department of Labor at Washington,” replied his companion, “but Congress is so damn busy digging up scandals that it can do nothing constructive. But these birds that jumped on me forget that they can be deported.” « This observation seemed to offer balm to the wounded feelings of the mine owners, and they vented their ‘wrath on the workers who toiled for them. They ‘put them in many cate- gories, some lazy, others dishonest, and last but least came the Commun- ists, who were “bad eggs” and made trouble just for the fun of it. When they got as far as the Communists the two plutes looked quite ferocious and glared at a rather babbity salesman who was meekly puffing a cigarette in @ corner of the smoker, Some time ago the trade unionists of Hancock, tired of depending on the Republicans and Democrats for polit- ical salvation, decided to do something for themselves. They organized the Progressive Farmer-Labor Party. It was under the auspices of this organ- ization that I was scheduled to speak on Sunday, April 20, On my arrival in Hancock I was met at the station by a Finnish lawyer and an Irish barber, Between them they SEE EON Ree keep the town pretty well trimmed, and yet they both seem to be very popular. The Finn—his name is John Kisdila—was charman of the meeting. Since the big strike he has been a tack on the swivel chair of reaction, and his excellent physique, combined with his courage, has enabled him to stay in Hancock despite many threats to drive him out. “I can’t /fight you all at once,” he told the reactionaries, “but I will take you one at a time.” He is still there and is kept busy explaining Karl Marx to as active a little group of rebels as you ever laid your eyes on. About one hundred and fifty work- ers attended the meeting. The exact figure is 145, but that includes the ed- itor of the local capitalist sheet, Roger Sullivan. It might be well to inject here, as a certain labor leader would say, the information that to the writer’s knowledge at least half of the audience was Irish. They were anx- ious to see what kind of a person the editor of the Irish People was, which was so vigorously denounced by Fa- ther Corcoran, the Catholic priest. The Irish People has a good circula- tion in Hancock, and among those who got a copy was a man named Sullivan, sexton of Father Corcoran’s church, He was so enthusiastic over it that he showed it to Father Corcoran, who was not so crazy about it by any means. In fact, the reverend gentle- man took the magazine to a Hibernian meeting and consigned the editor to UNCLE WIGGLY'S TRICKS THE DAILY WORKER acy in Action By JAY LOVESTONE. of Commerce say in his last 1923 re-] War Department has prepared tenta- port: “There are a number of neces. sary raw materials for the supply of which we are predominantly depend- ent on imports from foreign countries. Possibly as a result of the war, but more particularly during the past 18 months, there has been a growing tendency for producers of these com- modities to combine in control of prices as against the American mar- ket. This is particularly the case in nitrates, tanning extracts, quinine, rubber, sisal, tin, cork, mercury, tungsten, and various minor minerals.” Under authority of Congress, the Secretary’s report says, an exhaustive examination of such combinations was undertaken by the department before the close of the fiscal year to deter- mine first, the character and extent of the combinations themselves; sec- ond whether alternative sources of these raw materials could be stimulat- ed and there natural competition in- duced; third, what relief could be ob- tained by stimulation of synthetic or substitute materials within our own borders; and fourth, what protective or retaliatory legislation could be un- dertaken? Our employing class is preparing for a show down on alf!fronts in its struggle for imperialist supremacy. First of all the joint congressional re- organization committee is planning to submit to Congress a program aim- ing at a complete reorganization of the government machinery. The out- standing features of this plan are an increase in the centralization of pow- er particularly in the hands of the executive division of the government. This obvious purpose of such propos- als as giving the president an official assistant and consolidating the army and navy into one department of Na- tional Defense is to enable the govern- ment to function more swiftiy and surely in case the working masses at home will display any restiveness over our new imperialist aggrandizement. Besides the General Staff of the eternal da >tion, admitting, how- ever, that Uid Nick used good judg- ment in selecting his Irish henchman. The audience listened very atten- tively to a speech exposing the capi- talist parties and urging them to get in line with the great farmer-labor movement that was to hold its con- vention n St. Paul on June 17. This was no River of Doubt, like the July 4 conference of the C. P. P. A, the speaker explained. The workers and farmers who were going to St. Paul meant business. They were going to organize a class party and lay the ba- sis for a movement. that would lead the exploited workers and farmers in- for control of the country. Excellent Results. After the meeting was over, a large number waited to greet the speaker and to declare that they were strong for independent working class polit- ieal action and for the St. Paul con- vention. The attacks of the local priest did not affect their enthusism for the Irish People, which has done good work in offsetting the pernicious Propaganda of the Irish World, an Irish bourgeois Catholic paper, which is defending the oil pirate Doheny. It finds Doheny pure because the Pope honored his wife for her contributions to the Catholic church in Mexico, The church in Mexico, of course, was friendly to the oil barons and the will- ing tools of the counter-revolution- aries against the progressive forces. Nationalism has a strong hold on the Irish workers and those who had denounced Doheny turned around and praised him after they saw a full-page eulogy of him in this Irish sheet, which, by the way, has a “radical” policy in Ireland and supports Eamon De Valera. The only antidote to this pernicious dope is the Irish People. The curses of the priest had no effect on those sturdy trade unionists, and every copy of the Irish People offered for sale at’ the meeting was disposed ot. There was real determination there to get down to brass tacks and do real work. In that\stronghold of the Cop- per Trust, the workers had no other concern than to organize against the common enemy, the capitalist, and for their own emancipation thru a Farm- er-Labor Party as a first step. The little branch of the Workers Party, with only eight members, is doing splendid work. Tho small in numbers, they wield a big influence among the workers of Hancock. In handling the local situation they have displayed tact and good judgment, and as a result have secured the leader. ship of as promising a labor political movement as any locality can boast of. to a struggle against the capitalists| tive plars to mobilize over four hun- dred thousand officers and men at their home stations some time after the 1924 election. Army men are banking much on this maneuver which is the first of a series to be put over under the National Defense Act. This mobilization will be the first grand show of military force in the country since the armistice. From reliable sources in Washing- ton, I have received a report which discloses the plan of our big indus- trial and financial magnates to end the present choas characterizing the administration of our colonial af- fairs. The capitalists and bankers are sick and tired of having the authority over our insular possessions and cus- toms collections in Central and South America divided in the hands of the War Department, Navy and Interior; Haiti, the Philippines, Porto Rico, and the customs receivership of San Domingo Zone are in the hands of the War Department; while the Virgin Islands and Guam are run by the Navy Department. The people closest to the stock ex- change and the White House have worked out a plan whereby the entire administration of insular affairs and protection of all American interests abroad will be centralized in the hands of one administrative head bearing the title of Colonial Secretary and holding membership in the cab- inet. This move is an outright notice to the American workers and farmers that our big business interests are ready for a flyer in imperialism. In other words, the American workers are face to face with the situation which will inevitably, sooner than later, lead this country into a new war. Hard hit as England, France and Japan may be at present, no one seriously expects them to allow Amer- ica to ride roughshod over their own imperialist plans. (To Be Continued Saturday.) RABBIT FRIEND “SANE,” FREE T0 ENJOY MILLIONS Negro Juror Insisted Thaw Was Crazy. PHILADELPHIA, April . 24.—With the price of millions of rabbits under his control Harry Kendall Thaw, pro- nounced sane by 4 jury, is free again. His first act, he announcas, will be to go to New York and fight the charges pending against him for perverted as- sault upon young Freddie Gump of Kansas City. After that he will be tree to enjoy his fortunes. He planned to give bail here and then appear before the district attor- ney in New York, confident the charge never will be pressed because Thaw millions already have removed the scars from the Gump boys’ back. “Disgrace,” says Evelyn Mrs. Mary Thaw has her boy back again and Evelyn Nesbit loses. The latter, who intervened in the case in behalf of her son Russell, born when she was Harry Thaw’s wife, was bit- terly resentful of the jury’s verdict. “It's a disgrace,” she exclaimed. “There was only one white man on the jury.” Negro said Thaw was Crazy She explained she referred to one of the two negro jurors who was re- Ported to have held out for more than six hours against the others who were immediately for Thaw. Harry, in a rambling statement which he picked out himself upon typewriter while awaiting the verdiv®, announced he would probably make some provision for his former wife. “I don’t want his charity—his dirty money—” Evelyn snapped, when she heard about this. “I intervened for my boy, who's entitled to inherit his father’s estate. But Mrs. Thaw has her son now and I suppose she dosen't care.” The total Thaw estate amounts to $100,000,000. Harry’s share is between five and six million dollars. His for- tune has increased five times in the last seven years while Harry was in the insane asylum, Nothing Else to Do, Forty University of Chicago stu- dents are off today in a mustache race. In three weeks the winner will be picked “on the quality and length of hair.” A LAUGH FOR THE CHILDREN PENNSY PRIMARY PUTS PINCHOT OUT OF THE RUNNING Mild Progressive Fails To Hold Workers. PHILADELPHIA, April 24.—Gov- ernor Pinchot’s disaster in the prim- aries grows worse with later returns. With more than half the state’s dis- tricts yet to be heard from, Ralph B. Strassburger, his opponent in the race for delegate at large to the Republican National Corvention has a majority af 204,782 and it is predicted that the Old Guard’s candidate will register a majority of 250,000 when all districts are heard from. Workers Deserted Pinchot. The fact that Allegheny county, an fron and steel county, defeated him by 50,000 votes indicates that the workers who turned the tide in his \favor in the gubernatorial primary |race of 1922, are disgusted with his failure to’ restore civil liberties. | Workers are still kept in prison on political charges and Superintend- ent Adams of the Mounted Police has not been removed from office in spite of fact that Pinchot’s supposed op- position to the constabulatory’s meth- ods Caused the miners to vote solidly for him, resulting in his nomination by a bare majority. Dry Hobby Annoyed Politicians. On the other hand Pinchot as’ an aggressive dry and as a critic of An- drew Mellon, the wealthiest man in Western Pennsylvania, has the Old Guard politicians against him. His mild progressiveness had little to at- tract the worker, after it had been demonstrated, but much to annoy the machine politicians, so Pinchot was defeated by more than two to one. His defeat is believed to eliminate him as a da?¥horse candidate for the presidency. Pens}...~ ‘a delegates are sewed up in Coolidge’s ;>st pocket now. So. Blizzards Playing Havoc With Army’s World Air Flight CORDOVA, Alaska, April 24.—Con- tinuation of the American round the world airplane flight today, awaited the arrival of Major Frederick L. Martin at Dutch Harbor, Unalaska, to join the other three flyers who are there, Martin, who is ready to make the flight from Kanatak to Dutch Harbor, in his plane which has been repaired since being forced down a week”ago, was delayed by bad weather. The worst blizzard ‘of the year swept the Alaskan coast Sunday and Monday. Thirty Killed In Swiss Rail Wreck; Cars Catch Fire BASLE, April 24.—Thirty persons are dead and 60 injured as the result| of the disastrous railway, wreck near Bellinzona, according to railway re- Ports reaching here. Two cars of one of the trains caught fire. The Italian minister in Copenhagen, Signor Della- torre, was @ passenger on one of the trains. “Nut” Expert Says Insanity Has Jumped Since Prohibition WASHINGTON, April 24.—Alcohol insanity has increased more than 1,- 000 per cent under Prohibition, Dr. James Whitney Hall, chairman of the Chicago Lunacy Commission de- clared before the house judiciary committee holding hearings on bills Proposing modification of the Vol- stead act. even the nature of the “down and outer” has changed as the result of prohibition. “I dont know whether beer and light wines will cure this situation,” Hall continued. “Something must be done and I appeal to congress to do it.” Federal Judge Priest of the St. Louis district declared that prohibi- tion had made America a nation of hypocrites. $32,000,000 Debt May Be Saddled On “Free” Philippines The F ed Pr WASHINGTON, “April 342 -Report of the Philippine independence mea- sure to the House within two weeks is forecast by members of the com- mitee, which is about to take action on proposed amedments to the Cooper bill, These amendments reserve to the United States the Cavite naval station, Corregidor military base, and @ requirement of guarantees of pay- ment of Philippipe government bonds outstanding, to the net value of about $32,000,000, The date of liberation Dr Hall told the committee that |’ named in the bill is “immediately.” No action by the Senate committee is in sight. How many of your shop-mates read THE DAILY WORKER. Get one of them to subscribe today. J Page Five ~ _ nn Rope Them In NEW YORK, April 24.—A new ad- vertisement has appeared in the street cars and trains. It reads as follows: “Adventure! Healthy sports Win-| ter and Summer, with HE BOYS. Competent leadership. Post forming near you. | “U. S. Junior Naval Reserve, 17 W. 60th St. BOYS 14 to 21 ELIGIBLE.” The poster is gay and carries the| picture of a 14-year-old “he boy” in} sailor's middy and cap, the picture of} health and smiling from ear to ear.| He seems to be saying: “Come ont} Let ’em rope us in, boys; the bilge} water's fine!”—R. P. S. | indi: Eanects To Pave 1,000 Miles Of Roads This Year SPRINGFIELD, Til, April 24.—Bight hundred and fifty men and two hun-| dred teams were at work tast week | building roads in Illinois, according | to the first weekly report of the Di-| vision of Highways. This force is expected to increase until approximately 10,000 men are at work laying over fifty miles of pave- ment a week. Most of the work now being done is in the Central afd Southern parts of the state, where favorable weather prevails. The Division of Highways expects the contractors to lay more than 1,000 miles of pavement this season, theye- by breaking the world’s record of 1,000 miles a season, made in this | ‘favorite sons’ state last year. Old Party Election *. ,. Bunk Will Be Juicea “ Thru Air, This Year The air will be the battle ground for the coming presidential election, David Sarnoff, Vice-president of the Radio Corporation of America, told the Association. of Commerce here, yesterday. “And no other event can serve to focus in the minds of the people the great power in radio,’ he said. “For the first time in the history of the American presidential election, rival presidential candidates will ap- peal thru the forum of the air. For the first time, in the history of nation- al conventions, America’s millions will be able to follow word for word every dramatic phase in the battle of for the distinction of being nominated. Radio has made it possible for millions to move to the convention hall.” ‘Aivedens Wants Shoals’ Power For Pennsy’s Steel Cars WASHINGTON, April 24—W. W. Atterbury, general manager of the Pennsylvania Railroad, is associated with the General Electric interests in the Hooker bid for Muscle Shoals, which is sponsored by Senator Wads- worth of New York. Atterbury has informed the Senate committee in charge of the bill that the electric power to be generated at the Shoals can ‘be used to produce steel cars by a new process, cheaper than any now employed. The company is unfavorable to any of the private bids, and is likely to block the sale or lease of the power plant. nel = ve by PUT YOUR SHOULDE? Albe. Harry 1. 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