The Daily Worker Newspaper, April 30, 1924, Page 1

= sa 7 | VOL. II. No. brought out that Hoover ignored the THE DAILY WORKER RAISES THE STANDARD FOR A WORKERS’ AND FARMERS’ GOVERNMENT 38. SUBSCRIPTION RATES \ THE DAILY WORKER. Entered as Second-class matter September 21, 1923, at the Post Office at Chicago, Illinois under the Act of March 3, 1879. In Chicago, by m: Outside Chicago, ail, 8.00 per year. by mail, $6.00 per year. WEDNESDAY, APRIL 30, 1924 «<=»? Published Daily except Sunday by THE DAILY WORKER PUBLISHING CO., 1113 W. Washington Blvd., Chicago, Ill. Workers! Farmers! Demand: The Labor Party Amalgamation Organization of Unorganized The Land for the Users The Industries for the Workers Protection of the Foreign-Born Recognition of Soviet Russia Price 3 Cents PULLMAN REAMERS REFUSE TO DESERT THE STRIKE No Hope For 115 Victims of Steel Trust Mine Exposing $60,000,000 Fish Steal Scares Hoover Into Weak Denial of Charges WASHINGTON, April 29.—Secretary of Commerce Herbert Hoover has made a general charges that he has assisted th and unconvincing denial of the Salmon Trust in stealing the $60,000,000 yearly fishing rights on the Alaskan coast. Hoover pleads that the big under privileges obtained during salmon companies are operating former administrations and that he has no authority to practice conservation and to safeguard labor conditions. He pleads that he is trying to get a law passed which will give his department such authority. Hoover’s Denial Unconvincing. Hoover’s reply is unconvincing be- cause it avoids specific charges. He remains silent as to his relationship to the Alaska Packers’ Association and other big operating concerns. He ignores the charges that native fish- ermen and independents have been displaced by the Trust. The Secretary of Commerce’s asser- tion that “there is not operating to- day a single company which was not operating when the department for the first time, obtained partial con- trol over these waters two seasons ago, begs the question, even if it were true. The charges are that Hoover has not only granted new permits, but has ratified old claims, strengthening the power of the Salmon Trust and preventing natives and independents from operating. The Salmon Trust is now carrying on its monopolistic stealing under official authorization. Expect Hoover Trust Probe. ‘When fhe expected senate investi- gation takes place interesting revela- tions are expected on the means used by the Salmon Trust to get Hoover’s official sanction. The fact will be vored the companies affiliated with the Trust which includes as its most important upit the Alaska Packers’ Association, whose vice-president is R. I. Bentley, Hoover's close person- al friend, and one of whose directors is C. H. Bentley, another close person- al friend. MANY PROBLEMS UP TO CONGRESS OF COMINTERN The Main Questions For Discussion Announced (Special to The Daily Worker) MOSCOW, April 29.—The questions to come before the Fifth World Con- gress of the Communist International have now been agreed on. They have been announced as follows: 1, Lenin and the Comintern. 2. The general economic question. 3. The report of the activities and tactics of the Comintern. 4, World Program. 5. Tactics in Trade Unions. 6. The National Question—(the position of the Communist Party on the National problem, the revoluti- onary movement in the Orient, and the Negro problem in the colonies.) 7. Immigration. 8. Fascism. 9. The question tellectuals. 10, The Farmers. 11. The International Youth Movement. 12. The question of the individual regarding the in- and the 18. Blection of Executive. Commit- tee. Georgia State Is * ° Made Big Prison - : For Working Class (By The Federated Press) WASHINGTON, April 29. — The Georgia state federation of labor, in convention, has protested against a recent Georgia law forbidding the workers in that state from teaving it except when the state labor com- missioner is officially informed that this labor “can well be spared.” No direct move to repeal the law or to defy it was made by the conven- tion; it simply denounced the law as a# vicious attack on the liberties of the people. The organized labor movement in the state is extremely weak, INJUNCTION LAWYER OUT OF HIS JOB Association Economizes By Canning LeBosky When 43 garment strikers face Judge Charles H. Foell in Superior Court on injunction proceedings this morning they will miss the familiar figure of the Chicago Association of Dres Lee LeBosky, prosecutor for the Chic Association of Dress Manufacturers. LeBosky, former attorney for er ly résponsible for the pres-| ent strike by the pressure he brought to bear on his clients to abandon their agreement. Since the strike began he led his clients into the anti-labor asso- ciation and was rewarded by Dudley Taylor with the lucrative job of injunction attorney. Association Short of Funds. Now Taylor has been compelled to drop LeBosky. Association expenses, some of theemployers admit, have be- come too heavy. The strike is Karder than they were led to expect by Le- Bosky. It is costing them too much and there is no sign of the workers being deefated. Injunction hearings will continue with a crippled legal: staff. Dudley Taylor will have to handle the work himself. This in spit of the fact that the work is becoming harder than ever; 43 cases coming up tomorrow and dragging out through the week. In addition ther is the work o framing up arrests of pickets. Assailed Daily Worker. LeBosky has been a vicious foe of every force behind the strike. In a recent injunction hearing he took up much of the session in attacks on the DAILY WORKER. Every. striker who appeared before him was asked re- garding his reading of the DAILY WORKER and his connection with the labor paper. Before the strike, vice-president Perlstein said, LeBosky as attorney for nine union manufacturers received a fee of $200 each from them, totally $1,800 a year. Not satisfied with those modest returns LeBosky led his clients into the sthike, When the union made its demands on the non- union manufacturers LeBosky persu- aded his clients to refuse an agree- ment; then obtaining an injunction from Judge Sullivan he became such Ss Labor Can’t Help Smiling £ From the London Daily Herald. A British View of Fascism. ‘ PRESIDENT PARDONS BIG as iy ae WASHINGTON, April 29.— President Coolidge pardoned a Chicago saloonkeeper charged with violating the Volstead act after the late President Harding had twice denied clemency in the case, James A. Finch, par- don attorney in the department of justice, today told the Senate Daugherty investigating com- mittee. Judge Kenesaw Mountain Landis, now ezar of organized baseball, who sentenced Philip Grossman, the saloonkeeper, to a year in jail, was immediately subpoenaed by the committee. Harding Denied Plea. Altho Grossman lost his appeal to the higher court, Finch said, the sa- loonkeeper never served a day in jail. Two attempts were made to get a pardon for Grossman, Finch said. The late President Harding, in July, 1923, wrote on the papers in the case that no consideration could be given the case until after part of the sentence was served, he declared. Later, Finch said, Attorney General Edward J. Brundage of Illinois wrote to Attorney General Daugherty on Grossman's behalf, stating that the complaining witness in the case had been discredited and Grossman should not serve his sentence. A letter was also written for Gross- man by C. W. Middlekauff, special as- tant to the attorney general, Finch is Middlekauff the man who was protecting the brewers and bootleg- gers in Chicago?” dsked Wheeler. “I do not know about that,” replied Finch. a shining open shop figure that the new Chicago Association of Dress Manufacturers, founded in March thru the offices of Dudley Taylor and the Chicago Employers’ Association, re- (Continued on page two) or in the arrangements. All workers should Get an inspiration The the day of Ma: Workers 1 tribute th jstributi y's wa: Finch produced a petition for Gross- man’s pardon signed by Fred Upham, treasurer of the Republican national committee, and Homer Galpin, chair- man of the Cook county Republican organization. make a real working cl: from fo jay 2nd. and the whi GAL TRADED DAM SITE T0 FORD FOR AID EGP saa nt st . Telegrams Are Said To Be Startling WASHINGTON, April 29.— Chairman Norris of the Senate agriculture committee promised today to produce more startling telegrams bearing -on Henry Ford’s offer for Muscle Shoals nitrate plant. Norris has a half dozen more messages that passed between James M. Miller, former em- ploye of the “Dearborn Indepen- dent,” Ford’s publication, and E. G. Liebold, the auto magnate’s secretary, and W. G. Cameron, an employe of the Independent. Norris refused to say what the messages contain, Liebold Has Telegrams. Liebold, who was subpoenaed Sat- urday, has been ordered to bring with him all correspondence relating to Muscle Shoals, Norris announced. He explained that Miller was no longer on the Ford payroll, Miller, Norris said, had several differenges with Ford and was let out. He now has a suit in the courts for recovery of salary due. Pinchot Hits Ford Scheme. Agriculture and industry in the south would be “hamstrings” if Henry Ford's offer for Muscle Shoals was accepted, Gov. Gifford Pinchot of Pennsylvania, told the Senate Agricul- ture Commitire today. Pinchot said Muscle Shoals “is the key to the farm and industry situation in the south” and should not be turn- ed-over to Ford because “his offer guarantees nothing.” N. Y. Bakers to Strike. AUBURN, N. Y. April 28,—Auburn bakers v¢ll walk out on May 1, if their demands for @ salary increase are not met. Bakers demand an increase of $1 to $6 a week. They are now getting (tion, today issued a statement saying 275 CHILDREN LOSE FATHERS, 87 WOMEN WIDOWED IN DISASTER BENWOOD, W. Va., April 29—- Fifty bodies had been removed from the Benwood Mill mine here, where 114 men were entombed by a gas explosion Monday morning, it was | learned from officers of the Wheel- ing Steel Corporation, the firm ‘op- erating the mine, this afternoon. Thirty other bodies found in the workings by rescue squads, have been brought to the level at the Benwood entrance of the mine and will be raised to the surface to- night. Rescue workers continued to fight their way onward thru underground passageways in an attempt to lo- cate other victims of the disaster, which was one of the worst in the annals of West Virginia. At least 87 women were widowed and 275 children were made father- less by the disaster, according to Mayor John Cox of Benwood, who is directing relief measures for fam- ilies left destitute. PIT MOUTH YIELDS ONLY DEAD BODIES * * Women, Children Wait * ie . in Rain in Vain (Special to The Daily Worker) | BENWOOD, W. VA., April 29. | —No hope was held out today | for Fescue alive of the 114 min-| ers entombed in the Benwood Mill mine of Wheeling Steel Corporation 24 hours ago by a terrific gas explosion that tore down mine supports, letting loose tons of earth on the trap- ped men. Officials of the mine admitted that: it would be a miracle should any miner be rescued alive. Fifty-four crushed and burned bodies were brought to the surface to- day from the workings. One of them was identified as the body of George Holliday, Jr., son of the mine super- intendent. Brothers Die Near Exit. Clasped arm in arm, the bodies of Rocco and Michael Capabianco were} found near the Brown's Run air shaft | today. The two brothers had escaped! the roof falls and fire that followed} the blast, only to be overcome by fire | damp within a few hundred yards of! fresh air. Isaac M. Scott, president open shop Wheeling Steel i of the) Corpora- (Continued on page two) “Sunny California” Gloomy—Business Hurt By ( Quarantine LOS ANGELES, Ca:iZ., April 29.— According to the latest Dun report, California “Banks are showing a slight tendency toward contraction.” Real estate has fallen off tremendous- ly, building is on the downgrade and retail trade is “punk.” The long ex- pected “hard times” have set in. Thousands are out of work and the Chamber of Commerce is so worried that they are trying to smuggle work- ers to other states on the plea that there is work elsewhere. The “hoof and mouth” disease is helping to Workers Lured to Chicago — From Many States Charge Scab Herders Lied fo Them Good union men from many parts of the country were besieging | the employment office of the Pullman Plant today, demanding their transportation money back and threatening legal action against the Pullman Company for hiring them under false pretenses. Labor agents and officials of the Pullman Plant hired men in Detroit, Mich.; Columbus, Ohio; St. Louis, Mo.; Cincinnati, Ohio; Lockport, Ill.; Davenport, Iowa, and many other places, telling them on their word of honor that) there was no labor trouble of any | kind. The Pullman plant showed its first signs of weakening under the splendid picketing of the strikers, when officials tried to entice the ream- ers to desert the strike by offering them almost their complete demands. The reamers decided at yesterday's | strike meeting, that any reamer who goes back to work is a scab, and the reamers will not go back to work un- til the strike is completely won. Late yesterday more than one hundred policemen, packinghouse guards, private Pullman Company thugs, and plain clothes men came out in autos and threatened strikers who were selling the DAILY WORK- ER with arrest. The case of Nick Spynow, who Monday was fired on by a drunken policeman, officer Minton, who threat- ened to hit children who were play- ing in the streets, was set for jury trial May 8th, in Municipal Court Branch 38. Minton, whose number is 4864, turned up drunk. His clothes were bedraggled and torn, and police- men around the court room said he had been out boozing and joy riding and had upset in his’ flivver. Aiderman Alderman Sees Policeman Fired Sheldon W. Govier read the circular entitled “The Kept Goy- ernment of the United States,” and said there was no cause to arrest a man for distributing this hand-bill. Alderman Govier declared that, in his belief, Nick Spynow was within the law, and that if Spynow is found not guilty in the trial, Officer Min- ton’'s is very likely to find himself on an involuntary strike. “No Strike,” Says Agent Five men from Detroit, told the DAILY WORKER that a man named Baxter, who has offices in the Front- enac Hotel, Detroit, assured them on iis word of honor that there was no strike or no labor trouble of any kind. Thomas Doig and Archibald Caldwell, two of these men, signed affidavits declaring that the Pullman Company had under false pretences made them pay their own transportation to the plant from Detroit. They have given these affidavits to the strikers, and legal action will be taken. The mat- ter will probably be brought before the corporation council by alderman Govier, Wait All Day For Fare The men were kept waiting the entire day for their transportation money, and late yesterday, after fail- ing to get it, put the matter in the hands of a lawyer. These two men addressed the strikers. They said that in the steel shop, which ordin- arily mans over 700 men, less than 40 are at work, and these aren’t doing anything. Ryan, the steel foreman, assured these men that they would be pro- tected by city policemen, that they would get two dollars a day more than the strikers demand, and that they would be supplied with boarding houses. One of these boarding houses is on Cottage Grove Avenue, near 93rd Street. The strikers have served notice on the boarding house $35 a week. Some foremen are receiv-!throw the “hibbie jibbies” into the | keeper that he must kick out all scabs _ ping $40 and $45. No Issue of The Dai There will be no issue of the DAILY WORKER, holiday for greater work for the DAILY WORK Practically all the members of the editorial This means that Thursda fined $3. business men of this golden state, ly Worker, May 2 May 1st, will bea holida Communist movement in the United Sta business office, as well as the mechanical departments, will be active in May Day meetings, either a! holiday of this International Ma kers in the union machine shop of the Winkler-Re! in employed in this shop, of a half dozen different nationaliti ng copies of the DAILY WORKER and union organiza Day, thru the distribution of literature, and other activities will rwaee to that if it is absolutely impossibi to the DAILY WORKER. Workers! for the DAILY WOR Day, Thursday, May ist. ichmann Co., at 48018. Morgan St., Chicago. will not be at their work benches on May Day. They have announced that they will spend ' re. The shop will be closed and all those who do not join in the celebration r you to get off the job for this one day, the appeal issued by the Workers Party is that you con- Forward for International May Day, 1924. (Continued on page two) DEMAND FOR DAILY WORKER GROWS SPITE OF POLIGE THREATS The demand for the DAILY WORKER increased yesterday, in Pullman, in spite of threats of the policemen made to DAILY WORK- ER salesmen. Several plain clothes officers tried to scare Nick Spynow, Miss Anna Todday and John Har- vey, who were assisting the strikers in selling the DAILY WORKER in front of the many Pullman Com- pany gates. Nick Spynow, who was arrested Monday for selling the DAILY WORKER, was again threat- ened by the police yesterday. Spynow was selling the DAILY WORKER in front of the gate to the employment office at 110th street, when several uniformed po- licemen shoved him down to 103rd street. The DAILY WORKER rep- resentative called on Desk Sergeant 432 and on acting captain Wheeler and told them that the DAILY WORKER would continue to send Nick Spynow and others out to sell the DAILY WORKER. Both men admitted that there is no law pre- venting the sale of newspapers on the. streets... Alderman Govier told the DAILY WORKER representa- tive to go ahead and sell the paper, as there is no law against it. Representatives of the DAILY WORKER were roughly handled by the police last night. Jack Mae- Carthy was threatened by several plain clothes thugs, and told to leave. Anna Todday was shoved from one gate to another by the drunken policemen. But the DAILY WORKER representatives con- tinued to sell the paper. THANKS GOD FOR GOMPERS Woll Urges Plutes To Block Labor Party (Special to The Daily Worker) NEW YORK, April 29.— Thanking God for the co-opera- tion of Samuel Gompers and the high officials of the American Federation of Labor, speakers at the 24th annual convention of the National Civic Federation which was held in the Laurel room of the Astor Hotel, de- nounced pacifists and pacifism, urged better relations between capital and labor, and demanded a larger army and navy. Samuel Gompers was re- elected vice-president of the federation. The aged labor faker endorsed the Fascisti scheme of unionism and Matthew Woll, one of the vice-presidents of the A. F. of L., implored the capital- ists to offer a few sops to the workers and farmers in order to block the growth of the farmer- labor party movement. Alton B. Parker, chairmen of the convention declared, that churchmen and educators were willing to do their share in the next war. These Christian churchmen gener- ously denounced pacifism and pacti- eakers fists, particularly those accepting the pledge “never again to give financial or moral support to any war,” as trait- ors, serpents and agents of Bolshe- vism. These epithets were wildly ap- plauded by the audience whose aver- age military age was around 60, A general angry murmer arose when the somewhat unpleasant views (Continued on page two) OEE I.