The Daily Worker Newspaper, May 1, 1924, Page 4

a | ft i. i i i 4 STR ee rerniese a2 a Page Four T Booze, Business And Bankers Swat Reformer Who Boosted Calvin (By The Federated Press) WASHINGTON, April 30.—Gov. Pinchot of Pennsylvania, who endors- ed Coolidge and claimed the support of the organization of the Republican Old Guard in Pennsylvania just be- fore the Coolidge crowd rejected him by 200,000 majority in the primary, has issued a digest of his Buffalo speech of April 26 on “Honesty in Government.” He begins with the as- sertion that the purpose of a public servant, under machine rule, is to “do anything and everything that may be necessary to help the organiza- tion.” He closes his plea for dry enforce- ment with the reflection: “You cannot serve God and mammon. You cannot serve either God or the people if you put some other service first.” Friends of Pinchot advised him against claiming the support of the corrupt Republican organization in Pennsylvania, and especially against pledging his support to Coolidge. But his “practical” advisers persuaded the amiable reformer that this dishonesty would enable him to “help the peo- ple.” Then the Vare gang, plus the Mellon financial and business influence, added to the whisky interests and disappoint- ed labor groups, swung the ax on Pinchot, ROUMANIAN LAND GRAB FOUGHT BY SOVIET RUSSIA Demand Bessarabian Self Determination By PAUL HOYER. (Staff Correspondent of the Fed. Press) VIENNA, Austria, April $0.—The “peace” conference between Rumania and Soviet Russia, called in Vienna to settle differences between these two countries, has gone up in smoke. This occasioned no surprise to the initiated. Four weeks ago, in discussing this question at the soviet embassy in Berlin, I was told that the Russian delegation headed by Krestinsky fully expected that a break would come over the Bessarabian question. The Rumanians insisted that this territory shall be recognized as be- longing to Rumania. Before the war, it had been Russian. After the war, at the behest of and with the aid of France, Bessarabia was simply “an- nexed” by Rumania. Demand Self Determination. Soviet Russia declined to recognize this annexation. In so doing, the soviet government did not insist that Bessarabia belonged to Russian histor- ically, but rather pleaded the right of self-determination of all nations. The Rumanian government never bothered to ask the people of Bes- sarabia what they thought about being annexed. The Russians feel certain that the farmers, workers and the na- tive intelligentsia are dissatisfied with Rumanian rule. Here, at Vienna, the soviet delega- |tion insisted that a plebiscite be taken jof Bessarabia, and that a free and un- |hampered vote be insured by the with- drawal of Rumanian troops from Bas- sarabia, The chief of the Rumanian | delegation declared that it was useless |to continue the conference if Russia insisted upon this point. Krestinsky insisted and the conference blew up. Poincare Forced Annexation. The Rumanians would probably not have been so prompt about breaking up the conference, had they not been egged on by Poincare. The French |premier saw to it fhat the French chamber adopted a vote sanctioning the annexation on the day before the Vienna conference assembled. This was intended as a warning to Soviet Russia that in dealing with the vassal, Rumania, Russia is really dealing with the principal, France. This is the second time recently that Poincare has taken.a hand against Russia. It was largely at France’s sugestion that the Russo-Chinese negotiations were broken off after the plenipotentiaries of both sides had already come to an agreement. The conjecture seems justified that Poincare sees in Soviet. Russia the greatest obstacle to his imperialistic plans, Methodists For Peace When There Is No War; May Fight Tho CHICAGO, April 30.— Methodist ministers of Chicago are for peace, but not for the pacifism of non-resist- ance. In a conference in the Chicago Temple late yesterday, the ministers voted to memorialize the Methodist general conference in Springfield, Mass., may go on record against the things that make for war. The resolution to the General Con- ference reads; “Resolved: That we memorialize the General Conference of the Meth- odist Episcopal Church to place itself CENTRALIA SHAME EXPOSED IN NEW AMNESTY DRIVE (Continued From Page 1.) the four Legionaires slain) and the seven were convicted. “But actually they committed no crime. They were accused and found guilty solely because they were members of the I, W. W. and had fought against the exploitation policies of the Puget Sound lumber barons, and because they defended their hall in Centralia against a mob that had come to drive them from the town. “The defendants were tried be- fore a manifestly prejudiced judge, who refused to permit the defense to introduce any of a mass of evi- dence showing that a group of Cen- tralia business men had conspired to attack the I. W. W. hall, but ad- mitted all evidence offered by the prosecution to indicate that the de- fendants had conspired to fire on the Armistice Day parade. “Six of the jurors who tried the case have admitted under oath that they were terrorized into convict- ing the accused men; and declare that they now believe them inno- cent. Yet under the laws of Wash- ington, the time is long past when any new evidence can affect the Centralia verdict. Only Governor Louis Hart has authority to free the imprisoned workers. “Hart knows the facts. But he ignores them. He was made goy- ernor by the lumber interests. ‘When the prosecution’s evidence- giving in the Centralia trial had grown weak, when it had utilized most of its repertoire of spectacular tricks to assail the integrity of the men on trial, it asked Governor Hart to send troops, Hart sent them; neither trial judge nor sher- iff knew of the call—and there had been no disorder, nor any indi- cation of such. “Only the combined action of the working people of Washington can set the Centralia victims free. Such strong pressure must be brought to bear upon Governor Hart that he will no longer dare to ignore the facts in this case.” Fell inside Hall. Outstanding points in the Centralia situation, as detailed in the new pamphlet, inebade these: Dr. Frank Bickword’s testimony that when the parade stopped be- fore the I. W. W. Hall, he offered to lead a raid if enough woul! follow, but that others pushed ahead of him, forced open the door—and -then the shots came from. inside. Evidence that Lieutenant Grimm led the attack om the hall and was slain in the doorway instead of around the corner as the prosecu- tion claimed. An affidavit from a woman who declares she heard Harry Sellers, juror, say in advance of the trial: “If I get on that jury I'll hang every god-damned one of them.” Judge John M. Wilson’s refusal to let the defense show any of these facts:, That 100 Centralia business men conspired to drive the I. W. W. out of town; that there had been a raid on an older I. W. W. hall in Centralia, in which the un- ionists were dragged out, lifted by the ears onto motor trucks, and were deported to another county; that the I. W. W. had been warned that their hall would be attacked on Armistice Day, asked for police protection, and were denied it, that they then distributed handbills to practically every house in town, appealing to law-abiding citizens for a square deal. Supreme Court Putting On Gloves To Hand Kids Another Wallop (By The Federated Press) WASHINGTON, April 30.—Passage of the child-labor amendment resolu- tion thru the House became certain, and its passage thru the Senate al- most equally assured, when Rep. Nel- son, leader of the House progressives. opening the debate for his group, de- elared that “child slavery must go,” and reminded the politicians that the “mother bloc” had entered the Amer- ican political arena. “Woe to the person, party or state,” he said, “that, by encouraging child slavery, encounters the wrath of American mothers. I cannot imagine @ person or a party so foolish, nor can I believe there is a single state in the union that in our day would directly harbor or defend the grosser forms of child slavery; and yet it seems strange how opposition to this consti- tutional amendment by special inter- ests seeks to shield itself behind the allegation of state sovereignty—the right, duty, responsibility, self-interest or pride of backward states to deal with or fail to deal with this evil in their own way and without interfer- ence from Uncle Sam. This institu- tion, insidious in its encroachments and intolerable to the moral sense of mankind, is prevalent in states where|on record as being opposed to the industries are powerful enough to de-| whole war system with its secret feat state laws or prevent their en-|treaties, military alliances, unjust forcement. The Congress of the Unit-|economic concessions, competitive ed States will offer this constitutional | ‘preparedness’ programs—and that in amendment to the states, in order to|no way will we participate in any give Uncle Sam the right to protect |such movement as history has con- his,infant childres.” clusively shown lead to war.” ‘ HE DAILY WORKER POST COUNTER-REVOLUTIONARY PERIOD SHOWS INFLUENCE OF COMMUNIST PARTY IN MEXICO By JAY LOVESTONE. MEXICO CITY, April 29, —The remnants of the Fascist bands of the de la Huerta uprising are be- ing dispersed, In many quarters the opinion still prevails that de la Huerta will stake his all on one more desperate “final fling,” but nobody has any ‘doubt as to the outcome of such a test of strength. The de la Huerta counter- revolution has failed completely. Working Class Active. One of the outstanding features of the recent fighting in Mexico is the extent and character of the working class participation on the side of the Obregon-Calles group against the re- actionary united forces of Mexicar Catholicism, landowners, and Fascisti. For the first time in the history of Mexico’s many revolutions, near-revo- lutions, and counter-revolutions, a regime has succeeded in maintaining itself in power against an uprising. 'fhis development is of epoch-making significance in Mexican history. It is largely due to the fact that send its picked various states for the purpose of or- ganizing the workers and peasants for active military operations on ,a large scale. mittee of the party, with the excep- tion of three members who were left at the Capital, to act as the emergen- cy group, were dispatched to various parts of the country to carry out this program of action. the Governor of the State of Vera Cruz fled to Mexico City to avoid the de la Huerta forces. Communists made him the same of- fer of help against the Fascisti band. In Vera Cruz it later turned out, that the Communists organized the peas- ants and workers so effectively, that it was their harassing the rear of the de la Huerta army that drove Fascism out of this highly important State. rallied by the Communists also proved of considerable help to rout de la Huerta. trated their activities largely on re- cruiting peasants and workers for the Callista army. Obregon suspected of having strong leanings towards de la Huerta, the Communis' against munists was most clearly evidenced by the fact that in not a single state of the Mexican Union did they fail to fight energetically against the re- actionary forces. Tt is especially sig- nificant to note that in many states the local measures even before they were in- structed to that effect by the Party center, deration of the almost soundness of the, Mexican Commun- ists is the fact that the Obregon gov- ernment had been fought bitterly by these revolutionary workers and peas- @its prior to the revolution., than that. ing for against de la Heutra, they, ava group, lost ho love on the Obregon-Callista outfit and did not burden themselves with any illusions as to the true non- proletarian © class present government, front great sections of the rural and indus- trial masses, conseiousty and in an organized fashion, lined up in the struggle. And in this part played by the workers and peasants of Mexico, the Communists played a no small role. Communists To The Fore. Weak as the Communist Party of Mexico it, it clearly foresaw the event- ualities and character of the de la Heurta, the Central Executive Com- of the Mexican Communist Party whose influence far exceeds its pres ently limited organizational strength, that it took the leadership and initia- tive in rallying the masses against the Fascist outbreak. When it became evident that the re- actionary forces were going to pin their political future on the bayonets of the military following of de la Huerta, the Central Executive Com: mittee of the Communist Party lost no time getting into the fray. The Committee forthwith made an offer of military and propaganda help to the Callisto forces and the govern- ment on the condition that the forces recruited by the Communists be per- mitted to remain irregular and be sub- ject only to the officers whom. they themselves named. The Communist Party pursued this policy in order to avoid surrendering any of its strength to a government which, tho they now supported against the reaction, they opposed po- litically. Communists Make First Declaration. The tirst declaration against dela Huerta and for the Obregon regime on the part of any section of the la- boring masses came from the Com. munist Party. Subsequent to this of- fer to the government and to the ap- peal to the masses to wipe out Fas- cism, the Central Committee propos- ed to the government that the Party representatives to The entire Central Executive Com- When the revolt was in full swing, ‘Thereupon the In the State of Pueblo the forces In Oaxaca, the Communists ccncen- Pursue Same, Tactics. Even in the Military School which made their ‘ascism. ‘The wholesome attitude of the Com- impress Communists adopted such Of equal importance in the consi- instinetive More While the Communists were fight- the Obregon government character of the Whatever dangers these united tactics of the Communists state. Comrade Galvon is the President of izationally weak. The Mexican Com- railroad and textile various peasants’ leagues and un of which there are a ve ico. Congress is being held in "La Casa opportunity with a strong declaration against Obregon’s regime as soon as de la Huerta’s politico-military grave was dug and,his threat to the safety of the republic buried. Struggle Im Vera Cruz. The Fascisti military clique was es- pecially harsh with the workers in Vera Cruz. Here de la Huerta and Already the presence of about 25 delegates is assured. This number will be increased before the close of the Congress, Fraternal delegates from the Com- munist Parties of Cuba and Central America (Guatemala) are expected to participate actively in the sessions of the Convention. Delegate From U. S. For the first time ‘in the history of the Communist, movement on the American continents a duly authoriz- ed representative of the Communists from the Workers Party of America, will attend a convention of the Com- munist Party of a Latin-American country. The Mexican Communists view this step of the Workers Party as a most significant movement in’ the direvtion of organizing a centralized unified Pan-American Communist movement to deal effectively with the aggression and increasing encroachments of the Yankee imperialists and their Wall Street-Wasuington government in the Latin-American countries. The present party congress assum- es extraordinary importance for the Mexican and other Communists be- cause of the delicate and complicated situation in the country arising out of the de 1a muerta revolt on the eve of the national elections. Among the strongest delegations at the congress are the representatives from the Vera Cruz district, where the Communist Party wields consider- able influence amongst the agrarian and industrial masses. One of the prominent delegates from Vera Cruz is Comrade Ursulc Galvon, who is the leader of the he- roic band of peasants that dealt crush- ing blows to the rear of the de la Huerta forces in the fighting in the the League of Agrarian Communities of the State of Vera Cruz. He is alsc a member of the Praesidium of the Red Peasants’ Internat tly organized at Moscow and now mak- ing rapid growth in many of the prin cipal countries. Galvon was en route to Vera Cruz from the international peasants’ congress while the port was in the hands of the Fascisti de la Huerta forces. He waS wired by his comrades to avoid the port, but he managed to iand secretly and organ- ize a splendid military fighting force of Communists and poor peasants tc rid the state of the reactionary forces. Farmers’ Representatives Present Delegates from the important in- dustrial center of Orizaba, where the Communists have influence among the textile and tobacco workers, are ex- pected to play a prominent part thru- out the convention. One of the delegations from the State of Oaxaca will be an ex-colonel, Comrade Roberto Ramirez, who re- signed from the army in order to be a more effective worker for the Com- munist Party. Comrade Roberto Ra- mirez is now a candidate for the na- tional Chamber of Deputies. The States of Sonora and Duran- go will also be well represented. The powerful Agrarian Party of the State of Michoacan and the League of the iggense of the People’s Rights, both organizations of strongly Communist character, are expected to seek rep- resentation at the Congress. All in all, despite the most insuper- able obstacles created by the present military situation in the country and the extreme suffering resulting there- from amongst the farming and indus- trial masses, no less than ten states will be adequately represented at this Convention, Reports have reached the Central Executive Committee of the Commun- ist Party that delegates from the oth- er states are making desperate ef forts to break thru the numerous bar} riers and come to the Congress by all means of transportation available. Communist Influence Grows. Within the last year the Mexican Communist Party has greatly increas- ed its influende, tho it ig still organ- munists are confronted with almost unbelievable and countless difficulties arising from foreign imperialist eg- gression against the country, from the extremely poverty stricken state in which the overwhelming mass of the working and farming population finds itself, from the dangers of Indian and Spanish-Mexican conflicts, and many other peculiarly complex situations. Recent months have seen a marked favorable attitude developing toward: the Communist Party amongst the workers and the number in Mex. It is interesting to note that the brought to their organization, and un- questionably. these have been and still are many serious dangers, the Central Executive Committee took decisive steps to counteract at the very first from the United States, a delegate j Thursday, May 1, 1924 Borah Is Perfectly Safe Republican, Says Senator Edge Washington, April 30—Senator Edge of New Jersey, republican, today en- dorsed Senator Borah for chairman of the Republican National committee. Republicans need not fear that Bo- rah would “introduce reforms or inno- vations which might embarass,” Edge said. “If they deal with his, viewpoint ‘of the solution of some national prob- lems or differ from the attitude of some other republicans, it would not be fatal.” del Pueblo,” *theHouse of the Peo- ple”. This-was’once a Catholic /mon- astery. During the great tenants’ strikes of 1922, the Communist) Party land the Union of Striking Tenants took away the building from the Church. All-efforts to force the re- turn of this building to the Catholic missionaries have failed to date. Important Questions Before Delegates. The: principal questions confronting the delegates are the agrarian’ prob- lem, the tactics of Communist parti- cipation in the national elections, the strengthening of the Party organiza- tion, and the growing serious dangers of American imperialism. Comrade Bertram D. Wolfe has been especially assigned by the Cen- tral Executive Committee of the Par- ty to prepare and organize the ma- terial and data on which the Party policies on these and other questions will be based. Spirited discussions and a lively in- teresting Congress are expected by all the delegates present. General De la Huerta and his agents declared all labor organ- izations outlawed. Many workers and peasants’ were shot down in cold blood. Under these circumstances the Communists banded themselves to- gether in an underground organiza- tion and smuggled food, ammunition and sundry military supplies to the government forces. Six Communists are known to have been shot by the de la Huerta mer- cenaries for aiding the government in this fashion. Among the workers who were thus murdered by de la Heurta or w!.o met death at the front, was the focal Secretary of the Young Com- munist League. Some Workers Hesitate. Let no one get the impression that all the workers and farmers of Mex- ico consciously and actively fought on the side of the Obregon government. Some workers and peasants who were followers of the Anarchist Federation or who were members of the Railway Workers’ Union, were very slow in getting into the fight, even when they were finally drawn in, On several oc- gasions anarchist followers even join- ed de la Heurta. It was not until tle latter showed his real hand by crush- ing the workers’ organizations of all shades of opinion, that the Anarchist Federation woke up to the cruel reali- ties\of the situation. After a few an- archists were murdered by the Fas- cisti, the organized Anarchists under Communist pressure, particularly in Vera Cruz, where a strong united working class front against Fascism was formed, expelled those of their spokesmen who had declared them- selves for de la Huerta. The Railroad Workers’ Federation, which is independent of tne General Federation of Labor, formally declar- ed its neutrality as soon as the con- flict broke out. Many of the rail- way workers were extremely dis- gruntled at the treatment they had been receiving at the hands of the Obregon government. Besides, de la Huer‘x, in preparation for his revolt, had. made it his business to demoral- ize sections of the ranks of the rail- way workers by a liberal dispensing of funds amongst them. The Fascist leader was) well-aware of the fact that the strategic importance of having th railway workers on his side in a mili- tary struggle could not be overesti- mated. ¥ But the Communists among the rail way workers worked actively to coun teract, this potentially grave menou to the success of the Callista forces Utilizing their strong influence among the railway carpenters as a base of eperations, they launched a determin- ¢d campaign among all railroad work- ers against the Fascisti coup. Soon many railway workers rallied to the colors against de la Huerta despite the fact that they were warned by their superior Federation officers that such practices were in violation of the accepted policy of the national organ- ization to keep out of politics. Communists Gaining Strength. The position taken by. the Commun- ist Party in the de la Huerta rebellion has mee helped to strengthen the comparatively weak national organiza- tion of the Mexican Communists. Tho role played by the Communists in vig- orously resisting Fascism has brought them much closer to great masses of Mexican workers and peasants who “have considerable confidence in actgrie in several states. lay the national organization of the Mexican Communist Party is still very woak. But the ideological and Seneral political influence of the Com- munists the country over is already fmuch greater than the numerical strength and is steadily developing Are You Working This May Day? If You. Do, Make Every Hour Count For THE DAILY - WORKER. ‘ On the initiative of the Harlem Section Local New York Workers Party, The Central Executive Committee of the Workers Party has called upon every member to make May Day a real Labor Holiday. Adhering to the international traditions of labor, The Workers Party has called upon every member to refrain from work if possible. But those who are compelled to work are this May Day given the opportunity to make May Day,a real Holiday. Each militant who must work for the boss on May -Day is urged to donate the day’s wages to THE DAILY WORKER. The militants in Harlem have taken the lead. The employees of THE DAILY WORKER are glad to take it up. It will be necessary for those in member of the. Workers Party who works for THE DAILY WORKER, the employ of THE DAILY WORKER to work on May Day... But every member whether in the shop, in the office or in the editorial department are going to donate their wages to make THE DAILY WORKER grow. Make May Day this year a real holiday. If you celebrate May Day by staying away from the shops make May May mean a real labor holi- day for you by selling a few subscriptions to ''HE DAILY WORKER. WHERE ARE YOU NOW? You may know where you are moving but we won’t unless you send in your new address. TUIRTIA, is vise cistrsiutonesbundsbesaliedstadadpanenioel teats SO REO ooo oiidcs civ ossnestsasahacsogiettcedesptesasobssibanckcesreaapseamscuiee DOPE SAMUAE ORIN iss sho keds ate onshsy kanape onesie das doanaaasdve Gian cdaacaed alas hgoa EVERYBODY COME! _ FIRST ANNUAL DANCE Given by the GREEK BRANCH, W. P., DETROIT Saturday, May 3rd, 1924, at 8 P. M. ELKS TEMPLE, cor. Lafayette and Cass Admission $1,00 Ladies Free podvvnceceaecnncnctnccsc ENUF—-______------ SAID 2 Days More to the Third Anniversary Celebration and Ball OF THE AMALGAMATED FOOD WORKERS North Side Turner Hall, 822 North Clark St. SATURDAY EVENING, MAY 3rd, 1924 Doors Open’8 P. M. Tickets 50c Ln DO NOT LET THIS HAPPEN TO YOU... Come to my office and get my personal attention My work and advice is absolutely the best—My experience is worth consideration—11 years on the same corner. Prices reasonable. 10 per cent to all readers of the Daily Worker. DR. ZIMMERMAN «DENTIST... CALIFORNIA AVENUE vata es ivan Extracting a Specialty Gas and Oxygen-—-X-Ray 2000 N. V. BERNAU REAL ESTATE and INSURANCE of every kind 2034 N. HALSTED STREET Notary Public Lincoln 3208 How many of your shop-mates read THE DAILY WORKER. Get one of them to subscribe today, E, W. RIECK LUNCH ROOMS Seven Places 62 W. Van Buren | 42 W. Harrison 169 N. Clark 118 Clark: Are you self-conscious 66 W. Washington | 167 N, Sti 234 S. Halsted about the imjp-ession ‘ONES, HARRISON 8616. you make on people? a: E.|W. Rieck Boston f asbagrnbe on. rance has yi wal le aoe ol poleleg wa still 1612 Fulton St, - Phone West 2549 there is one thing so many o ie that at once brands them as either fastidious or pT pad lyn s fe or she ia talking. If the tecch are RUBBER STAMPS AND SEALS IN ENGLISH AND IN ALL! not well kept they at once become a FOREIGN LANGUAGES liability. ‘a INK, PADS, DATERS, RUBBER TYPE,Erc, a : pendent keane wcced Pinon ot NOBLER STAMP & SEAL C0. fey 73 W. VanBurenSt, Pate ly 2c a ou dr Phone Wabash 6680 nO 5S. A. ; Pei le a RPM cane sR Established 1899 JOHN B. HESSLER SHOES FOR MEN, WOMEN 2720 North Ave. PITTSBURGH, PA. DR. RASNICK DENTIST CHILDREN Rendering Expert Dental Service 20 Years CHICAGO) te ERIE a pes tat HELP WANTED LEARN THE BARBER TRADE 20 lesson book, $1.00. C. D. 1330 F. First Ave., Seattle, Wash, "' ™