The Daily Worker Newspaper, May 12, 1924, Page 2

Page Two FARMER-LABOR PARTY BUILDING (N PHILADELPHIA Unions Issue Call For A May 27 Conference PHILADELPHIA, Pa., May 11.—A call for a Farmer-Liabor party confer- ence, to be held May 27, 8 p. m., at Machinists’ temple, was issued last night to all working class organiza- tions of this city. The call was issued in the name of several loeal labor unions affiliated with the A. F..of L., by an arrange- ments committee consisting of repre- sentatives of these unions. Brother Adolph B, Gersch of Paint- ers’ Local No. 1083 was elected chair- man of the arrangements committee, and Brother H. O. McLurg of Paper- hangers’ Local No. 587 is the secre- tary. The fact that the initiative for the organization of a Labor party in Phil- adelphia comes from the rank and file of labor unions is a guaranty in itself that the new Farmer-Labor party which will be organized at the May 27 conference will become a real pow- er in the hands of organized labor of this city. Attempts to organize la- bor parties in this city have failed in the past mainly because of the fact that it was a movement of individuals rather than of the masses of the unions. The arrangements committee ex- pects to make the May 27 conference the biggest gathering ever held by organized labor in this city. The call follows: PHILADELPHIA F.-L. CALL “Greetings: There never was a time in the history of the labor movement when the possibilities were so apparent for the formation of a Labor party. “The cost of living is rising. An intense campaign is being carried on everywhere for the destruction of our organizations and for the es- tablishment of the open shop sys- tem. Millions of farmers are bank- Tupt. The Teapot Dome exposures have shown conclusively that the government is completely subjected to Wall street and the big business I. L. 6. W.U, MACRI E ABANDONS THE DAILY WORKER ALL PROGRESSIVE PRETENSES IN ITS WAR ON MILITANTS (Continued class collaboration and he makes no bones about it. He is the natural leader of the petty bourgeoise labor officialdom that controls the American labor movement. Hypocricy. The officials of the I. L. G. W. U., on the other hand, open the conven- tion to the tune of the International, then proceeds to condemn everything thet hymn implies. They condemn fascism but their actions can be sym- bolized more correctly in the Fascisti ‘Aymn of hate than in the Interna- tional. Almost the entire delegation of Local 9, the largest lecal in the In- ternational, is being objected, too, but they are not ready to bring it before the convention. The objections in this case brings out the rawness of the administration dealings and their crude effort to keep control of thte unten. The regular procedure is to take up the locals by numbers but in the case of Number 9 they want to com- promise. They are quite willing to seat the delegates of Number 9 irre- spective of their league membership, providing that they will promise to put administration men in control of from page 1) affiliated with the League and with having been elected as a member of the Executive Board of his union on & program advocating the shop dele- gates League and freedom of opinion in the organizations. During the discussion it was defi- nitely proven that in issiing the or- der against the leagues the General Executive Board did not care about league connections but aimed to {eliminate all elements in the union {who opposed the policies of the present administration and advocated policies which are against the inter- ests of the officlaldom. This was clearly demonstrated in the closing remarks of tthe chairman. More Machine Work. After reading a leaflet which con- tained the platform under which Chasanov was elected as delegate to the convention which*in brief called upon members of the local to elect only progressive candidates who ad- vocated amalgamation, Labor Party, shop delegate system, an all-inclusive labor party, the merging of locals, and pledged themselves to fight against the order of the General Ex- ecutive Board that members of the International must withdraw from the the joint board. The end of the/league, he concluded that since four fourth day indicates how desperate} delegates had been unseated on the they are, and how well they under-} previous day for advocating a similar stand that control of the convention} program, and since this was the pro- intersts. When a strike takes place the governmental machine is used to protect the bosses and against the workers. “The money powers in contro! of both the old parties are able to rule both in the political and economic world because of lack of co-opera- tion among the tofling masses. “The success of the British La- bor party is an outstanding achieve- ment of first order. It comes at a time when the need for united ac- tion for our common defense is most pressing. It is an alluring precedent to follow. Millions of Farmers Bankrupt “The success of the Farmer-La- bor party of Minnesota is another striking example of the wisdom of the united efforts of the exploited farmers and industrial workers. The farmers and the workers have a common cause. Those who work for the destrnetion of our organiza- tions are also responsible for the appalling conditions prevailing among the farmers. More than five and a half million farmers are bank- rupt and are at the point of star- vation. “All over the country the workers and the farmers are getting togeth- er and forming Farmer-Labor par- . ties with the end in view of consoll- dating all these lecal Farmer-Labor parties in etate and a national par- ty, which will nominate candidates for president and vice-president on a Farmer-Labor ticket. “A number of Philadelphia labor unjons adopted resolutions for the immediate formation of a local la- bor party. Delegates were elected by these locals to a committee to call a conference for the formation of such a party. The committee met on May 8, at the Paperhangers’ hall, 1534 Ridge avenue. Machinists’ Temple, May 27. “In the name of these local unions the arrangements committee calls upon all labor and farmer organiza- tions, working class fratermal and working class political orgeniza- tions to come to a conference to be held in the Machinists’ temple, 13th and Spring Garden streets, on Tuesday, May 27, 8 p. m., for the purpose of organizing a local Farm- er-Labor party in Philadelphia. “Representation to the confer- ence will be es follows: Three dele- gates for each loca) labor union or working class political party; one delegate for each central labor Body or working class fraternal organiza- tion. “We call upon your organization to elect delegates to this conference and to forward their credentials to the arrangements committee, whose secretary is H. O. McClurg, 1549 North 18th street. “Thanking you in anticipation of your co-operation in this most im- portant matter, and with best wishes for a united front, we beg to remain, “Vraternally yours, “PAINTERS’ L. U. No. 1083, “Adolph B. Gersch, Chairman. “PAPERHANGERS’ L, U. No. 587, “H, O. McClurg, Secretary.” Boost The DAILY WORKER, you are # worker, It Is your paper, | by their methods weakens rather than gains the support of the membership. Spend Money Like Water. Fifty thousand dollars spent and the business for which the convention was called not even touched. Not one-half of the contested delegates disposed of, the expelled members’ cases still to come before the conven- tion. “Every time Sigman speaks it costs the organization $500,” is the Jecular remark of the convention which will be taken in a different light by the membership who have to foet the bill. The Sisman-Perlstein-Fineberg ma- chine works well when it comes to a ruthless, violent method of enforcing their policy, but when they begin to explain it, they get terribly mixed up. I overheard one of their staunch sup- porters remark to another of the same breed, “Why don’t they bring it to a vote without gumming the game by talking; the longer they talk the werse they make it look. Let the others do the talking, we have the votes.” The first objections to the militants were made on technical ground, but the arguments why they should not be seated in the convention was that they were members of the league. Perlstein spoke for an hour condemn- ing the league, the Workers Party, sneering at amalgamation and in- dependent political action. Fineberg took up as much time in the same manner and on this type of argument asked that these delegates be un- seated. Rose Wertis Gives Battle. gram of the league, the convention should also unseat Brother Chasanov. The recommendation was accepted by 183 for to 41 against. (Continued From Page 1.) federation and have great influence in its deliberations; and “Whereas, We consider it inconsist- ent for labor men to belong to said or- ganization and to give, thereby, pres- tige to our enemies; be it therefore “Resolved, That we instruct our del- egates to all future annual conven- tions of the A. F. of L. to vote at such conventions against all candi- dates for the office of president, vice President, secretary or member of the executive council in the N. C. F.” 2. Contracting Shops. “Whereas, Tite process of manufac- turing in our industry has been split up among numerous contractors, ev- ery one of whom has a little sweat- shop where a certain part of the gar- ment is produced; and “Whereas, The tendency of the manufacturers to encourage an ever stronger entrenchment of the con- tracting system in our industry, has enabled them to forge a very powerful and successful weapon fn their strug- gle with the union; therefore be it Rose Wortis of New York, was ob-] “Resolved, That the incoming G. FE. jeeted to upen these same grounds,|B. be instructed immediately after the but when she tried to explain the/convention to begin an energetic pelicy of the league she was not only|struggle against this divsion in our ruled out of order but was removed jindustry, and use all the power of our from the fleer by the sergeant-at-arms|umion to the end of re-establishing on two occasions. the inside shop, where all tasks on a Metrich of Chicago was unseated ]garment such as duting, knaling, fron- on objection made by a former scab./ing, squering and complete finishing Yer, another Chicago delegate, made}will be performed in the same shop.” thts declaration on the floor ef the Shop Delegate System. convention, yet the man who made| “Whereas, The structure of our the objection and takes Metrich’s|present form of organization is such place im the convention did not even/as to centralize the entire control of have the serve to deny it. the organization in the hands of few, The @imsy excuse for removing|thereby bringing about a state of af- Metrich shows to what extremes they |fairs in which the majority of the have gouo to remeve the left wing|membership is uninformed and indif- spokesmen-from the floor. He was|ferent to union matters and do not charged for betmg responsible, some-| participate in the shaping of the poll- time between the last convention and|Ccies, tactics and activities of our this one, for a stoppage of work in|union; and his shop. He had nothing te do with; “Whereas, Such conditions delay the stoppage but that is net the poiut.|#0d obstruct the growth and progress He was chairman of the shop when |Of our organization; and the stoppage occurred; the grievance| “Whereas, Our unions are still was settled; mobody thought of blam-|based on narrow craft divisions, ing him at the time, he went back|Which give rise to petty craft inter- with the workers as chafrman, no|@Sts, narrow selfishness, misunder- charges were brought egeinst htm or|®tanding, much unnecessary friction even thought about. He ran for dele-|#24 is detrimental to the unity and peor weadl orang pod psetshe essential to defond the interests of solidarity of the workers which is so! being @ scab, and the only thing that|the workers against the employers; | -onsed at this statement, they could trump up was this stop page of work that everybody had com- pletely forgot about except Perlstein and his lackeys.® . Against All Progress. This is the method pyrsued in all the objections. The chairman of the credentials committee let the cat out of the bag, when on concluding his report on one of the contested dele- gates, produced a leaflet to prove why this delegate should be uaseated. It was the platform on whieh the dele- gates was runaing for delegate. He therefore be it “Resolved, That this sixth biennial convention of the Furriers’ union in- structs the incoming general execu- tive board immediately towards reor- ganizing our union on the basis of the shop delegate system. ‘ Chicago School Teacher Turning Over uscle Shoals To Ford WASHINGTON, May 11.—Govern- sald, “here is the proof; yesterday we| ment operation of Muscle Shoals by unseated delegates because they be-}a commission was urged on the Sen- longed to the league, here is a pro-|ate Agriculture Committee today by gram that is almost identical as that| Miss Evangeline Hursen, a teacher in of the league, so why waste any more|the Chicago public schools, the first time on this man?” woman witness to testify in the One minute they say you can advo-|Muscle Shoals hearings. cate anything you want, but you must Miss Hursen appeared for the Il- not belong to the league, the next/IMnois Public Ownership League and minute they admit that it is amalga-}the Professional Business Women's mation, ete., that they are apposed to.| Association. Similar Tactics. “I am not coming here with statis- As in the case of Wortis, so also| tical information,” Miss Hursen said. in that against Chasanov, Local 88{“I come to tell you that the peop! New York, proof was given that thejof Illinois don’t want you to sell question at issue was not one of dis-| Muscle Shoals. The people’s money ‘obedience to a decision of the union,| built that plant and the people should but of fundamental differences in| get the benefit. If} viewpoint on the labor movement. It would be abso- lutely criminal to lease that valuable Chasanoy was charged with being | resource” » ” ? . CARMEN IN ROCHESTER REJECT COMPARY OFFER ALMOST UNANIMOUSLY ROCHESTER, N. Y., May 11.—Only 10 men out of 1,625 voted to accept the wage cut of the New York state railways for workers in Rochester, Syracuse and Utica. Representatives of the men, Amalgamated Assocation of Street and Electric Railway Em- ployes, are negotiating with the com- pany regarding arbitration. The un- ion demands joint arbitration, while the company wants to deal separately with each city. The proposed reduction is two cents an hour or a scale of 49, 51 and 53 cents as a maximum after a year’s service. The old contract expired May 1. PULLMAN STRIKE MASS MEETING THIS MORNING (Continued From Page 1.) the future, unless they be the regu- larly constituted committee and meet with officials authorized by the Pullman Company to act, are doing so as individuals and are not representative of the men on strike, and A “Be it further resolved that we herewith extend an invitation to President Carry, Vice-President Hungerford or others whom they may designate as their authorized spokesmen to attend our meeting at il o'clock in Stanciks Hali and openly discuss the questions at is- sue, on any day or date favorable, and “Be it further resolved that any communication addressed to us by the above mentioned “Employes’ Committee” responsible for the at- “CAUTIOUS CAL” DOUBLE CROSSES CALIFORNIA ON THE JAP ISSUE TO BEAT “CLAY-FOOT IDOL” JOHNSON By LAURENCE TODD (Staff rey stem te of the Federated Press) WASHINGTON, May 11.—Coolidge has done to the Cali- fornians in 1924 what Hughes did to them in 1916—he has doublecrossed them in the most stupid manner possible, when the first principles of politics required that he keep faith. As an immediate consequence, the endorsement of Coolidge in the Republican primary has become a mockery to the winner. Coolidge has lost the electoral votes of the three states.on the Pacific coast, if he ever had a® y CAR MEN LOOMS ON DETROIT LINES astonished the press correspon- dents by telling them that he favored “exclusion” and not “regulation” of Asiatic immigra- (Continued From Page 1.) a fight. They have broken their word and refused to give our offi- cers leave of absence while engaged tion. The word. “exclusion” is enthusiasm among the race-emotional element on the Pacific slope. Coolidge was as radically anti-Japanese as Hiram representing the men. They have ‘fired Brothers McClellan and Nu- gent for following the instructions of the organization and refusing to report for work. They refused to himself! And the voters went to the permit us to circulate petitions au- Republican primary and gave the President a majority over Hiram, their clay-footed idol. But on the day after the Coolidge victory in California was assured, the White House politician reversed him- self and forced the House and Sen- ate conferees to discard a report on the immigration bill which they had already agreed upon and made public, and substitute for it a plea to Cool- idge himself to negotiate a treaty with Japan, dealing with immigration into America. Sen. Robinson, minori- ty leader, denouncing this surrender of the principle that immigration con- trol is a purely domestic legislative function, did not fail to point out that Coolidge had prefaced the trick by betrayal of the trust of the voters of California. Sam Shortridge, the hard-boiled senator from the Golden state, was outraged. He is the loudest cham- pion of exclusion and he served no- tice that he would raise a point of or- tempt to discredit our original com- mittee by calling meetings inside the shop or elsewhere, is hereby declared misrepresenfative and we refuse to deal with or thru them. “The above resolution was unani- mously adopted after thoro discus- sion and the Committee authorized to sign by the employes directly in- volved in the suspension of work owing to the wage-cut.” “Yours truly, © (Signed by the Strikers’ Committee.) Strike As Effective as Ever. At the Saturday strike meeting, the men each gave in their names and occupations to the secretary, and it was found by accurate count, that the strike is as effective as when it start- ed. The men thus learned definitely that all rumors that there had been a decision to return to work were spread by unreliable men like “Pull: man John” and “Seven-eighths,” A man from the tinshop who has been attending the strike meetings regularly, reported that }e has learn- ed that there is absolutely no produc- der against the treaty phase of the immigration bill unless the conferees should meantime cut it out of the measure. Half a dozen democrats, as- sisted by Borah, took occasion to point out that the House and Senate’s instructions to the conferees on this Japanese business had been directly violated by the Coolidge scheme; that it was a defiance by the executive of the acknowledged legislative right of Congress; that if we let Japan force us to negotiate a treaty dealing with an immigration issue, then we must expect Italy to threaten us until we yielded to her also. American inde- pendence was involved and Congress must refuse to accept foreign dicta- tion, even if Coolidge gave orders and Secretary Hughes threatened to re- sign, just before the presidential cam- paign, in protest. . “Let Hughes get out,” was Short- ridge’s challenge. Elections In Japan Wind Up With Heavy tion in the plant. The few scabs have Rioting Thruout Country made only a bare pretense of work- ing. He declared that the men have been sleeping inside the shop, afraid to show their faces to the strikers. The strikers have instructed their lawyer to notify the board of health, as they believe the Pullman Company to be violating the sanitary code. David Bentall, the strike lawyer, to- day sent President Carry a letter ask- ing for the return of transportation money for his clients, who now num- ber over half a hundred. These men were done out of several days’ pay and transportation money by the lies of the Pullman Company. Business Men Show Colors. Strikers yesterday informed tho DAILY WORKER that the Cut-rate Army Store, 11363 South Michigan Ave., has been aiding the Puflman Company ‘and siding against the strik- ers. The carbuilders are asking all the Pullman employes to boycott this A wife of one of the strikers told the DAILY WORKER that she over- heard the store owner say, “The Pull- man Company was justified in reduc- ing the wages of the men. The men ought to go back to work.” Some of the strikers are highly in- as they have been liberally patronizing this army store, They declare they will go else- where in the future. Another prominent business firm which has been talking against the strikers, is John M. Gibbons and Com- pany, mortgage bankers, at 11415 So. Michigan Ave, Decatur Students To Vote On Com Offered 1 By DECATUR, IIL, May 11.— Tired of having their affairs manhandled by the moneybag trustees, students of James Millfkin university, went out on strike last week and tomorrow are triumphantly going to vote on concili- ation offers made by an alumni com- mittee, Trouble arose over the constant in- terference with the board of managers by the trastees of the estate of the late James Millikin, who founded and endowed the university. Four hundred students took part in the strike which stopped the wheels of the university completely. Boost The DAILY WORKER. If you are a worker, It \e.yeur paper. TOKIO, May 11.—Rioting broke out in several parts of the country as po- litical parttes wound up a heated cam- paign for the parliamentary elections to be held today. One man was killed and ten wound- ed in an election riot at Kure. Electioneers in Fukushima request- ed the governor to call out gendarmes to protect them, but he refused and disorders followed. Rioting also was reported in the town of Morioka, pre- fecture of Iwate. The campaign was closing peace- ably in Tokio, with many speakers in evidence and socialists working hard to gain a greater representation. Po- lice put only the usual precautions in effect. The weather was bright and sunny and a heavy vote was forecast. Worcester i Bosses ' Hear Johnson But W. P. Gets Workers cis! te The Daily Wi WORCESTER, Mass’ May ti —tn spite of over 500 invitations sent to leading employers here, only 90,’ in- cluding the mayor and the key to the city, showed up at a meeting arranged by the conservative Central Labor union. William H. Johnston, presi- dent of the International Association of Machinists, spoke on “Labor's Rights and Responsibilities,” and in- cluded a generous mouthful of thanks for the key, That was last Thursday. But the Sunday evening before the Workers party held a May day cele- bration and didn’t send out invita- tions to all the money bigwigs, either, Over 450 people jammed the hall. ‘The contrast showed how much bet- ter than the official labor movement here can organize the employers, the Workers party could organize the workers, Mayor Of Indianapolis To Reward His Friends And Punish Enemies a INDIANAPOLIS, May 11.—Mayor thorizing the officers of the union to represent the men. 3,700 Men in Union. “In spite of this we have secured nearly 3,300 signatures out of the 3,800 platform employes, 3,700 of whom belong to our organization. Their latest move has been to deny> us the right to collect dues from the men at the barns. We have had this right for the last thirty-five years in this city. “Thousand-Dollar Luncheon.” “In addition to this Schram has been spending the car riders’ money in an effort to break up our union. His ‘thousand-dollar luncheon’ is an example. It was an old trick which has been tried by labor-hating em- ployers for the last 50 or 100 years. The men invited to the luncheon were given their day’s pay, cigars and nice food. They enjoyed it. But the trick didn’t work. The men knew what the union had done for them and stood pat. The move was a blunder upon the part of the man- agement, as it merely showed that the men were loyal to their organ- ization. 15 to 16-Hour Day. “I cannot believe that the people of the city of Detroit will back up the administration in its unfair at- titude toward the platform men. The citizens of this community will net deny the men the fundamental right to organize and. choose their own representatives. This h the real issue in the controversy. ‘The matter of wages and hours has become secondary. The fact that some of our men have to work 15 | or 16 hours to get in an eight-hour day has taken second place. The real issue is the question of the right ef the men to organize and select their own spokesmen. “We intend to insist upon the right. Mr. Joe Martin (acting mayor) will find thet he is not deal- ing with a few garbage workers. It Is intolerable and unthinkable that such conditions should be permitted to exist without a struggle.” AMALGAMATED OPENS BIENNIAL CONFAB TODAY (Special to The Daily Worker) PHILADELPHIA, May 11.—The June 17 Farmer-Labor party conven- tion will be one of the issues in the sixth biennial convention of the Amal- gamated Clothing Workers, which opens tomorrow morfing in Wither- spoon hall, Walnut and Juniper streets, at 10 o'clock. Delegates from Chicago, New York, Cleveland, Rochester, Philadelphia, Baltimore and other centers of the men’s clothing industry will represent the 200,000 members of this big needle trades union, Unionizing of Philadelphia. Philadelphia has been aptly chosen as the convention city. ‘Campaign ing. plans of the unton call for a 100 per cont organization here by next year. In the language of the huge signs which welcome the delegates to With- erspoon hall: “PHILADELPHIA, AN AMALGAMATED MARKET BY 1925.” Leading spirits of the union are con- fident that the convention city will be Severat big achievements can be pointed to as the delegates open their sessions: Wage Reductions Prevented, The union has held its forces to- gether well during the last year. In spite of the fact that the industry is not flourishing as well as last year, wage reductions have been prevented. This was notably illustrated this spring in Chicago, where the big em- ployers tried to insist on reductions, negotiators, backed by the eco- nomic strength of their organization, i Shank today was compiling a “black|refused to consider any reductions, list” of city employes who are said to have worked against him for the Re publican nomination for governor in the primaries. pointing to the unusually high profits ‘made last year, The putting into effect of the em- pl insurance plan by which un- employed workers get 40 per cent of is another achievement Monday, May 12, 1924 GERMAN GENERALS ARM FASCISTI AS THE RUHR STRIKE STOPS INDUSTRY HALLE, Germany, May 11.—Forty thousand atmed ‘Fascisti were ex- pected to be in Halle today on the occasion of the dedication of a monu- ment to General Von Moltke. The workers are furious because of the refusal of the government to al- low them to even hold mass meetings, while the Fascisti had complete lib- erty. The proposal of the Socialist Party for a referendum vote on the Dawes plan is not liable to be adopted as the International bankers will prob- ably give the German government an ultimatum within the limits of which it must reject or accept the plan. In the meantime the industrial war in the Ruhr is growing in intensity. The General Labor Federation and the League of Clerical employes are back of the miners, Everything in the Ruhr is shutting down, even the French being obliged to cancel trains. HUGHES FEARS JAP REVOLT Is LOOMING LARGE Dictates U. S. Stand On Oriental Exclusion (Special to The Daily Worker) WASHINGTON, May 11— Authori- ties will differ as to the motives be- hind Hughes’ insistence that Japanese politicians must not be offended by the exclusion law. Some will say that in this case Hughes stands for world peace and is opposed to stirring up racial sen- sibilities—especially when America and France and Japan have so smooth- ly-working an arrangement in the Far Hast, to prevent China from falling under radical Russian influence. Others will say that Hughes is not moved so much by a love of peace as by calculation that a Japanese revo- lution is threatened, and any sacri- fice of the privileges of Congress is better than a liberation of an infuri- ated working class upon the militarist, imperialism now ruling Nippon. Still others Will say that Hughes is naturally submissive to ambassadors and financiers who know exactly what they want. In any. case, Hughes has joined with Coolidge in concealing from the voters of California the fact that the exclusion program was to be delayed pending the negotiation of a special treaty which would recognize the right of Japan to a voice in Amer- ican immigration control. And Hughes, who lost California and the presidency in 1916 by betraying and affronting the progressives, now sees his chief headed in the same direc- tion. rs The conference report on the im- migration bill does not contain the King amendment which would safe- guard the Seamen’s Act. It is re- ported to be in subst&ntially the same form as! approved by thé House —giving the Secretary of Labor the power to put oppressive restrictions upon.the coming ashore in American ports of alien seamen who quit their own ships in order to gain the Amer- ican scale of wages and to forée their late masters to pay that scale to any- one employed to take the ship home again. On the issue of protecting foreign seamen in the equalizing of wage costs between American and foreign ports, the progressives in both hous- es will wage a new fight when the report comes up for action, FARRELL MAN CONVICTED BY STEEL TRUST. MERCER, Pa, May 11.—First of the Farrell defendants in the famous “sedition and criminal syndicalism” indictments has just been convicted on all counts by a steel trust court at Mercer, Five other trials are com- . ‘ Tony Kovacovich, who has just been convicted, is a steel worker. His crime was not making steel, but at- tending a Workers party meeting in Farrell, Pa,, shortly after the death of Nicolai Lenin. Burns Conspiracy. prosecution, having been assigned to the case by William J. Burns, late head of the U. S. Bureau of Investi- gation. Lennon, it was, who repre- sented both Burns and the steel in- terests. sgt aig Gurley ee v1