The Daily Worker Newspaper, May 6, 1924, Page 4

F ge Four KBOR CONQUERS NIGHT TO MEET IN WILKES-BARRE Lapot Dome Speeches Despite Legion (Special to The Daily Worker) ILKES-BARRE, Pa, May 5.— Workers Party proved its right .hold meetings in this city by hold- 3 one last night. The American wgion, which broke up a former geting with armed men, did not at- mpt to interfere this time. Abraham Jakira, district organizer r the Workers Party presided while 20rge Powers of New York spoke at ngth on the graft-ridden political mdition shown by the Teapot Dome «poses and while the DAILY WORK- R and other party literature was aid. Stenographer and Detectives. A public stenographer, commis- loned from Mayor Hart’s office took own every word of the speeches. ‘he meeting was so thoroly in the ‘ands of the workers that the sten- grapher went to the formality of ask- ng the chairman for permission first. Detectives scattered thru the audi-| mee, listened also, but made no at- sempt to interfere. The right to hold the meeting was won after a long and hard struggle in which the American Civil Liberties Union had taken a leading part. The Liberties Union was represent- ed on the speakers’ platform by Rev. Paul, W. Fuller, also educational di- rector for District No. 2 of the United Mine Workers of America. Fuller spoke on the right of free speech as guaranteed by the constitution of the United States and on the need for a Labor Party. Labor Party Cheered. All references to the Labor Party, and particularly to the need for farm- ers and workers to unite politically against the exploiters, were cheered enthusiastically by the miners and other workers assembled. The Workers Party has won its battle of this year against corpora- tion-legion-old party-politician gang that has been running this commun- ity and the fight is on for greater vic- tories, Demonstrate for Mooney. TACOMA, Wash. May 5.—Local molders with the assistance of the labor council, will hold a demonstra- tion for the release of Tom Mooney and Warren K. Billings in the near future. ANOTHER SOCIALIST PARTY ORGAN FINDING WOLF AT ITS DOOR, DIES BUFFALO.—The New Age, a So- clalist party weekly, founded 12 years ago, discontinues publication with the May 1 issue. “Like most Socialist organs,” the farewell edi- torial declares, “it was always pub- lished at a financial loss, which had to be made up in various ways by supporters of the movement, and rather than continue to face losses it was decided at a recent meeting of the stockholders of the company publishing the paper to suspend pub- lication on May 1.” “Russia and Germany,” Tale of Two Republics, Shows Here May 14th “Russia and Germany”—a Tale of Two Republics, is the great new film showing Germany in the throes of a life and death struggle, while Russia is calmly going along on the way of peace and reconstruction. In Russia torn streets are being rebuilt, the children dance, buildings are going up, the workers are not in constant fear of unemployment oppression, they are learning to know how beau- tiful life can be when there are no capitalist masters. In Germany there is trouble; troops with steel helmets march to oppress the “Proletarian Hundreds.” The workers retreat sullenly and reluc- tantly; revolution is in the air; the misery which reigns in Germany, is unbearable; children are dying of hunger and disease. Against the beautiful setting of old German cities, hunger is making its ravages among the suffering population. And yet the spirit of rebellion is not dead; tre- mendous forces are grappling with each other. All this can be seen in this new film, which unfolds before one’s eyes, history in the making. This picture is released by the Committee of In- ternational Workers’ Aid, and the pro- ceeds go to the benefit of German Workers’ Relief. The Committee for International Workers’ Aid, the American branch of the Internationale Arbeiter Hilfs Komitee appeals to the workers of America to do something for the chil- dren of the workers of Germany. This picture is coming to Orches- tra Hall, 220 S. Michigan Blvd., on May 14, at 7:00 and 9:00 p. m., for one night only. Under the auspices of the. Friends ‘of Soviet Russia and Workers’ Germany, Room 303, 166 W. Washington St. THE DAILY WORKER CALL FOR UNITED N.Y. FARM-LABOR MEETING MAY 18 Plan State Convention for Schenectady NEW YORK CITY, May 5.— The Buffalo Labor Party and the New York Federated Farmer-Labor Party have sent out a call for a State Farmer-La- bor Party convention to be held in Schenectady, Sunday, May 18, at 10 a. m. in the Labor Temple. All local unions and other working class organ- izations have been invited to act on the call in their first meeting and elect delegates to this state conven- tion and to the national convention in St. Paul on June 17, The names of state convention dele- gates should be sent in at once to the state secretary of the Farmer-Labor Party, Frank Herzog, 63 Leroy avenue, Buffalo, N. Y. Speakers will be sent to organizations requesting them from the local secretary, if they state in which language they wish the speaker to address the meeting. The call for the state convention is issued in the name of the United La- better wages and working conditions has resulted in a. strike. The use of injunctions against ‘the workers on strike is an every-day occurrence. The infamous Daugherty injunction against the railroad shopmen still stands—an injunction which at one stroke robbed the workers of every supposedly guar- antee by the Constitution of the Unit- ed States. The Republican and Democratic Parties have proven themselves to be equally the instrument of the privil- eged class. These conditions have developed a widespread movement by the farmers and industrial workers to organize a political party which will fight their battles and challenge the continued rule of that privileged class in this country. State Farmer-Labor Parties have already been oragnized in Min- nesota, Montana, South Dakota, North Dakota, Washington and West Virginia. The State of New York, the empire industrial and commercial state in the bor Party of New York. It is as fol- lows: To All Trade Unions, Labor, and Frat- ernal Organizations, Co-operatives and Labor ‘Political Groups. BROTHERS:—The United States today is under the control of a privil- eged class which thru its economic and political power dominates the life of this country. This privileged class has set up a financial oligarchy in Wall Street which uses its power to amass great wealth for itself at the expense of the well-being of the farm- ers and industrial workers, the produc- ers of the wealth of the country. To maintain its privileges and aid its exploitation of the farmers and industrial workers, this privileged class has fastened its grip upon the government. It uses the legislative, executive, and judicial branches of the government to assist it in securing greater and greater profits, as was strikingly demonstrated by the recent exposure of corruption in connection with the Teapot Dome scandal. During the past few years millions of farmers have been driven from the farms as a result of this exploitation by the privileged class. The industrial workers, struggling to maintain their organization and a decent standard of living, have found that this privileged class has at its command the powers of the government, whenever the struggle over the right to organize for There Are About Thirty. Million Workers In the United States who ought to Head THE DAILY WORKER AMERICA’S GREAT LABOR DAILY It is up to the present readers to GET THOSE THIRTY MILLION How many will YOU get at the special reduced price before June 15th? Set a mark—say two a week from now until June 15th. That’s six.weeks or twelve new readers. Do Your Share Today by Getting One New Subscription THE DAILY WORKER MILITANT FEARLESS POWER FUL BRILLIANT The Organ of the Advancing Working-Class. I TRIAL | Subscription Coupon Enclosed please find $1.00 for two months subscription to THE ei WORKER to be sent to: | Name: ... 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Please send me {] THE LABOR HERALD | {] THE LIBERATOR [] SOVIET RUSSIA PICTORIAL | for 6 months without charge in accord- ance with your special offer, Name of the new DAILY WORKER | « State:.., DAILY WORKER SUBSCRIPTION RATES THIS OFFER GOOD ONLY UNTIL JUNE 15, 1924 No agents commissions given when premiums are requested. nation, is still without'a political par- ty of the workers and exploited farm- ers. To organize such a party, a Call for a Convention is hereby issued by the Buffalo Labor Party and the Fed- erated Farmer-Labor Party of New York City. This Convention will take place SUNDAY, MAY 18th, 10 A. M., at LABOR TEMPLE, 269 STATE STREET, SCHENECTADY, NEW YORK. We extend to your organization a hearty invitation to join with the workers of other organizations in this state in uniting the labor forces of New York for the political struggle against their oppressors and exploit- ers, by sending delegates to this Con- ference. Every local organization ot workers and farmers in this state may send one delegate. Labor in New York State must or- ganize for the political struggle. Send your delegates to the May 18th Con- vention and let us build a powerful party of the workers of New York to fight side by side with the workers of other sections of the country. Fratern- ally yours, (Signed) Frank Herzog, Secretary Buffalo Labor Party. W. J. Kelly, Secretary Federated Farmer- Labor Party of New York City. Campaign For N. Y. State Farmer-Labor Party On May 18th NEW YORK CITY, May 5.—Many Farmer Granges from up staté, local union branches, Workmen’s Circle, and other organizations have aiready signified their willingness to send dele- gates to the state convention for the formation of a Farmer-Labor Party in the state of New York. The state convention is to be held at Schenectady on Sunday morning at 10 a. m. on May 18th. The call for this convention has been issued joint- ly by the Buffalo Labor Party and the Federated Marmer-Labor Party of New York. Dudley Field Malone, a progressive Democrat, just returned from a six weeks’ tour of the country, states in the New York American that the new- ly formed Farmer-Labor Party which is to hold its national convention at St. Paul on June 17th, will probably carry about 9 states and will poll a tremendous vote thruout the entire country, The work for formation of the Farmer-Labor Party in New York is progressing satisfactorily, and all or- ganizations which have not as yet elected their delegates are requested to do so immediately. The expenses are very small and each and every organization ought to be represented | Sehenectady.. loney is badly needed to carry on the work to make this convention a success, and all organizations should vote a donation at the next meeting and send it to the local secretary, Mr. W. J. Kelly, 81 East 10th street, Each Tuesday, May 6, 1924 Follette and Wheeler? Progressives in Washington crat could be persuaded to run. his latest speech, dealing with the Barkley rail labor bill, was one of the most effective made in Congress this year. Wheeler of Montana is second, and by men who despair of shaking the Bourbon power in the South he is generally named first. Josephus Daniels of North Carolina is also mentioned as a possibility, and inquiries are made concerning Governor Davis of Kansas. Wants Good Foghorn. LaFollette will need a husky team- mate, because his own health has been only indifferently sound during the past eight months. He will prob- ably not be able to deliver daily speeches during the campaign. As was the case when Roosevelt was put out of the active fight in the 1912 canvass, and Hiram Johnson bore the brunt of the speech-making, LaFollette must rely upon his associate on the ticket to carry the message of political re- volt. to twenty million voters. The question of the hour is where a pow- erful speaker who is likewise a fire- tested rebel against government-by- privilege can be found. Is Huddleston physically strong enough, in case he is willing to leave the Democratic party in the South? Or would Wheeler, with his acknowledged strength on the plat- form, be willing and able to undertake this endurance contest? Fears Workers Party. These questions reflect the assump- tion that someone already well known in polities, rather than a man known chiefly as an official of organized farmers or organized labor, will be chosen to make the race with “Bob.” The assumption is the easier be- cause it is now apparent that LaFol- lette will not accept the nomination of the St. Paul convention which meets June 17, unless upon his own terms. He and his close advisers are going te make it as plain on their part as C. BE, Ruthenberg has on the side of the Workers Party, that neither accepts the other. And because the Workers Party leaders look with hope to the St. Paul convention of the Farmer-Labor Party and Committee of 48, the La Follette organization looks upon that gathering with apprehension. They must take action before it acts, if they are to hold it in line for the program of an independent, rather than a third party, campaign. One Million Farms Within Transmission Range of Muscle Shoals WASHINGTON.—Morris L. Cook, representing Governor Pinchot’s gi- ant power survey commission for Pennsylvania, told the Senate com- 1,000,000 farms within transmission range of Muscle Shoals, and that within five to ten years electric pow- er can be economically applied on all of these farms. The range of trans- mission is 300 miles. About 100 uses for electric power are now recognized in farming. Ordinary water powers, far less efficient than Muscle Shoals, organization should sound the slogan’| will soon be doing the work of cheap of ON TO SCHENECTADY ON MAY 18th, and then to the national convers tion at St. Paul, on June 17th, Bedacht Pleases Kansas City May KANSAS CITY, Mo., May 5.—Max Bedacht addressed a splendid May Day meeting here, held in the new hall of the Carpenters’ Union, Local No. 61, Bedacht told the audience that the struggle of the workers in the ‘direct result of the class conflict under: capitalism. speaker, ested in his a sis to gain power. harmonious thruout, cialist Party. Day Celebrators!*"° "*’° of conditons|harmonizing the differences here in the plans for a class Farm-|bill as passed by the Senate and the er-Labor Party to further their efforts | House. man power. And giant power sta- tions, burning coal at the mine mouth, give current at 4c per kilo- watt more than ordinary water power. Linked together in one great pool of power, they make possible the use of small local water powers that hith- been inefficient. Coolidge May Do Some Fancy Juggling With Exclusion Bill WASHINGTON, May 5.—President America was not an importation, but|Coolidge’s probable action on the im- inevitable} migration bill containing the Japan- ese exclusion provision was the sub- The crowd gave excellent attention|ject of speculation at the Capitol, to Bedacht, altho he was the last|where the conferees on the measure They seemed most inter-|were reported to in agreement on in the The White House statement, which The meeting was held under a|said the President favored exclusion United Front, with other reyolution-|if it could be arranged without giving ary and labor groups. It was entirely|affront to Japan, was held to shed new light on his attitude toward the William Henery spoke for the So-| measure, Do you want to help the DAILY Every new subscriber increases the| WORKER? Then get a new sub- influence of the DAILY WORKER. soriber, bs IRS SARE. ASAE eS IRI OI AS I Mein PA aS Clit ot, Son SA SERS crite RRO mittee on agriculture that there areof some are trying to determine, in their individual minds, which one of the outstanding Democrats would be the best running-mate for the Wisconsin senator—if a Demo- Huddleston of Alabama seems to be mentioned first in every discussion, because of his leadership of the struggle for labor legislation in the House in recent years. He is still young, and BIG PROPORTION OF AUSTRALIANS INLABOR UNIONS Gompers’ Movement Is Weak In Comparison By W. FRANCIS AHERN (Staff Correspondent of the Fed. Press) SYDNEY, New South Wales, May 4. —The federal bureau of statistics shows that out ‘of 1,291,303 workers in Australia 20 years and over, 702,938 are trade unionists. Of 1,041,915 male workers, 616,886 (59.2) are unionists, while of 249,388 female workers, 86,- 052 (84.5 per cent) are members of unions. There are 387 unions affilia- ted with 27 certral labor organizations. The employers are organized into 467 associations, with a total member- ship of 51,706. These associations are affiliated with central associations, generally statewide, with a loose fed- erative system between the different states. Hundreds of Co-operatives. There are 228 producers’ co-opera- tive societies with a total membership of 192,470, and 137 consumers’ co- operatives with a membership of 110,- 979. 3 Unemployment at the end of 1923 averaged 6.2 per cent of the total workers employed—the lowest since 1918. Queensland is the only state in Australia that is paying unemploy- ment insurance subsidies to the work- ers. It is governed by a labor adminis- tration. Wages Gain Slightly. There were 292 industrial disputes in Australia last year, involving 826,- 697 workers. The total number of working days lost totalled 1,337,519. At the end of 1923, the average wage for male adult workers was $22.32 per week of 46% hours. For adult female workers, the average was $11.52 per week of 46 hours. Berry Blaws In Omaha Bid To Get Political Support (Special to The Daily Worker) By TOM MATHEWS OMAHA, Neb., May 5.—Altho his coming was heralded by brass bands and the fussings of reception cormit- tees, Major George L. Berry, strike- breaking head of the pressmen’s un- ion, was greeted by ninety people at the Omaha Labor Temple last week. Berry did not mention his vice-presi- dential race in his speech, but that it was made for political capital was easily to be seen. It was the opinion of his auditors that Berry should be a Republican rather than a Democrat, as Strike-breaker Coolidge dnd Strike-breaker Berry would make such a good combination. Berry “panned” the revolutionists, whom he proclaimed to be opposed to American institutions and “American- ism as I see it.” “The employee is not entitled to more than he contributes. Both em- ployer and employee must work to- gether in a spirit of co-operation to the end that business will grow and pros- perity be with us.” Berry concluded his harangue with a cautiously worded indictment of the Coolidge administration. Not one word about the open shop drive or the need of closer solidarity among the wage earners, but plenty of drivel about “Partners and employers of the elect- ed officials of the government”. and such nonsense. Berry praised the gov- ernment as a democratic institution of which every citizen is part owner. If there is any corruption in the govern- ment, it is the fault of incompetents first issue of the new daily, the stru ling with the main de baci f PPE SR en at oe Se RE AE ae ee SES I Fa ele E LE Pak like Coolidge and Daugherty, etc., etc. } influence of the DAILY WORKER. ITALIAN COMMUNIST DAILY SOON The Itali ¢ Italian section of the Workers Party is preparing to transf its weekly paper, “Alba Nuova", into a daily ‘tation il ty which will a voratore”, is to appear on May 18th. Pe aeaiian ani yelit nee tis news of the labor movement the world over, giving first attention to} les of the Italian workers in the United States, at the same Labor News - - Political and Industrial ° Activities of Workers and Farmers LA FOLLETTE WANTS LABOR PARTY TAIL TO HIS POLITICAL KITE; FEARS CLASS- CONSCIOUS WORKERS AND FARMERS By LAURENCE TODD (Federated Press Staff Correspondent) WASHINGTON, May 5.—LaFollette and Huddleston, or La- LABOR HERALD TELLS TRUTH OF UNEMPLOYMENT May Issue Contrasts Russia and U. S. “The Strangest Thing You Ever Heard.” Such might be the comment of the usual reader who would take up the LABOR HERALD for May and read the editorial on unemploye- ment in Russia and in the United States. Yet the strangest thing marking the difference between unemployment in Russia and in the United States—or any other capitalist country—is not so strange after all, when you remem- ber that Russia is a WORKERS’ re- public and that every relation exist- ing between production and the pro- ducers is altered fundamentally by the fact that ownership and work re- side in the same class—the working class. Wages Rising In Russia The superlatively strange thing is that in spite of the fact that there has been a great increase of unem- ployment in Russia, wages of those employed are steadily going upward! In America, “the land of the free and the home of the brave,” an increase in the number of unemployed quickly acts to lower the wage scale and in- crease the hours of the workers em- ployed. This is not permitted in Rus- sia. On the contrary, the existence of great numbers of unemployed— mostly peasants who flooded the cities as refuge from the famine and who remained as unskilled city workers —is not allowed to interfere with the Soviet Government’s plan of increas- ing the workers’ wages, as @ recon- structed industry makes possible an increased production. New Pre-War Standard Not only are the nominal wages adjusted to the standard of living by feckoning the average budget in terms of the current price every two weeks, but the standard itself rises with increased production, ‘upon agreement of the government and the unions. This standard has reached about 85 per cent of the pre-war stan- dard, in addition to new considera- tions never enjoyed before the revo- lution, such as rents made especially low (purely nominal) for workers, co- operative buying, communal kitchens and housing facilities, libraries and a most elaborate system of schooling in vocational and cultural branches, all of these new advantages never known before the revolution. The editorial mentioned points out the many phases of relief for unem- ployed in Russia—measures which bring Russian workers security even tho temporarily unemployed, a securi- ty never felt by American workers even when employed. These facts set a goal for workers in America. It is no accident that the LABOR HERALD'S editorial columns, which have had such profound influence on American unionism, should direct at- tention to this remarkable benefit of a soviet society. Utah Federation Moving Towards State Labor Party SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, May 5.— The executive committee of the State Federation of Labor has issued a call for a meeting of various third-party Political groups on July 28rd. Two delegates from each organization, in- cluding the Workers Party, have been allowed. The purpose of the July meeting is to encourage the formation of a Labor Party. A paid organizer for the state has just been sent out by the Federation. The state Federation also plans to put out a local newspaper to further their organization work, politically and among the unions. rant $f Enthusasitic May Day, ROCKFORD, Ill, May 5.—Several hundred workingclass men, women and children packed Lyran Hall here in one of the most enthusiastic May Day celebrations Rockford has ever known. There was an enjoyable mu- sical program and algo several work- ing class recitations. Manuel Gomez, member of the District Executive Committee of the Workers Party, spoke on “The Meaning of May Day.” Every new subscriber increases the paper. T' The Italian daily will cover the 6 months $4.60 3 months $2.50 6 mon’ 3.50 3 months 2.00