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Page Four The World of Labor—Industry a -BORAH TO FORCE RECOGNITION OF SOVIET RUSSIA Republican Plank To Follow French Lead WASHINGTON, May 15:—An in- fluential group of leading republicans, including some senators, will seek a plank in the republican party plat- form at Cleveland looking towards American recognition of Russia, if, as is expected here, France accords rec- ognition of the Soviet regime. Senator Borah, long an advocate of a broader Russian policy, probably will lead the movement. Borah is slated for membership on the resolu- tiohs committee which will report the platform. Foreign relations generally, and Russian récognition in particular, are to be emphasized in the campaign by Borah and other speakers, who hold that the United States cannot legis- late prosperity for its farmers or busi- ness men, but must seek it by estab- lishing relations abroad that will re- open to the fullest degree all world markets. The uncompromising stand of Sec- retary of State Hughes against Rus- sian recognition has had its effect on American public opinion and in addi- tion.there is a disposition not to re- gafd this as an important question, so far as the bulk of the people are concerned. But to Borah and others who have studied it in the light of America’s world economic position, the question is paramount. They intend to convey to the people this summer reasons why it is important. Same Situation as Mexico. They plan to do this by raising the question at the Cleveland convention when the discussions will be assured wide publicity. They will follow by submission, in public addresses, of a concrete proposal for intelligent han- dling of the Russian. question, in much the same way as the Mexican problem was solved—thru appoint- ment of a commission to meet with a similar Russian body for discus- sion and formulation of a basis upon which relations can be renewed. Great Populator Dies. FREEPORT, Ill, May 15.—Aaron Peter Lattig, 91, died here last night on the seventieth birthday anniver- ———-sares the eldest, of big eleven chil dren. He was a civil war veteran, having fought at Antietam and the battle of the Wilderness. Eight of his eleven children survive, and there are thirty-one grandchildren and forty-one great-grandchildren. How many of your shop-mates read THE DAILY WORKER. Get one of them to subscribe today. THE DAILY WORKER WIDOW OF MORGAN’S WAR VICTIM RETURNS BONUS TO MICHIGAN AS PROTEST AGAINST KILLING By STANLEY BOWMAN (Special to the Daily Worker) LANSING, Mich., May 15.—There are many angles to the soldier bonus question. Workers or their dependents or survivors need money daily in no matter what form it comes, But the buncombe of professional political oratory, thru which state and national senators have sought to buy votes with bonus appro- priations, appears clearly in the light of the following letter, writ- ten to the Michigan State Senate by the only one of tens of thousands who refused to accept a share She is Mrs. Jean Piper, a writer on the $30,000,000 voted bonus. in Michigan’s Brooklyn, N. Y., Daily Eagle, widow of Elmer Piper, who died in France. State records show she was? clearly entitled to the bonus which she received and now returns. Sent privately to a friend, her letter would seem unimportant. Mailed into the Michigan Senate and read there, it is illuminating. Her letter follows: Editorial Department, Brooklyn, N. Y., April 17, 1924. President of the Senate, Michigan State Legislature, Lansing, Mich. Dear Mr. President: Enclosed here- with you will please find Postoffice or- der in the amount of $400. This money, Mr. President, is the Soldiers’ Bonus money given me by the State of Michi- gan. Last summer I wandered thru the senate chamber. It was empty. I sat in one of the seats and wondered what it must be like to be a lawmaker. I am returning this bonus money be- cause I believe we have all been mis- taken,—the State of Michigan in pass- ing a Soldiers’ Bonus in the first place, and we, who are entitled to receive it, in taking it. We have capitalized war. We have established a wrong precedent for the coming generations. There must be found some way to honorably settle differences between nations, and the rulers of nations, other then plunging a whole civiliza- tion into warfare, which if it comes again. will exterminate the greater share of mankind. Are wrongs righted by violently thrusting a million or more men from one plane of exist- ence to another? General Sherman was right when he made his famous statement concern- ing war. AND, it does not end when the Armistice is signed. In the long, long days that have gone since that morning when I watch- ed my husband striding across the brown prairies of Texas to join his regiment, the whole realization of ‘what war really mMéanhs Has ‘borne it self in upon my heart. It would have been too awful if it had come all at once. It would have crushed me. If I had this vision two years ago, I would never have applied for the bonus. Now I see; and because I must “carry on,” I return the money to my State; and trust that it will divert it into channels where it will WITH THE Y CONDUCTED - BY TH WORKERS NG WORKERS LEAGUE International Commanist Youth to Meet. By HARRY GANNES. Following the Fifth Congress of the Communist International, the Young Communist International will hold its international gathering in Moscow in the latter part of June. Among the many important prob- lems that will face the representa- tives of the international working class youth at the Fourth Congress of the Y. C. I. will be the complete transformation and organization on the shop nuclei basis. Recent events have, also, put the war danger at the top of the list as a problem to be met and discussed and acted upon. In the United States especially has the war danger become a paramount issue. In the letter written to the Workers Party convention of last year, the C. I. stressed the war dan- ger and urged preparations to meet it. Close co-operation will be required between the American Communist Youth and the organizations of the Young Communist International in those . countries which might be plunged into war, and hence this will be an important question before the congress. With the experience of the Ger- man and Scandinavian leagues in shop nuclei activity will come about a clarification of this issue on a world seale. In the United States the pre- liminary requirements for shop nu- clei work have more than been cov- ered. Practical application of the shop nuclei has been stressed, par. tieularly by the National Executive Committee, but that speed that was expected has not been realized. The main difficulty is the actual local work that is needed in the establishment of the nuclei which the local comrades lack. That an organizer will be ne essary to tour the country for the sole purpose of aiding in the estab- lishment of nuclei everywhere is the opinion of all the comrades who have surveyed the problem of directly transforming the entire Young Work- ers League on the shop nuclei plan. Tho a youth organization, the Young Communist International is ; more than interested in the world po- litical situation. In every country in which Young Communist Leagues are organized they take an active part in determining the political policies of the various Communist parties; of course, subordinating themselves to the political directives of the party once a decision is reached. In the United States, the Young Workers League has not lagged behind in tak- ing a stand on the political issues facing the party. The Y. W. L. as an organization has acted in harmony with the C. E. C. of the party in ad- vancing the Farmer-Labor party cam- paign. There will be, no doubt, a special commission at the Fourth Congress of the Y. C. I that will deal with the problems of the American section. The rapid growth and development of the Young Communist movement in this country, as well as the increase in the work carried out, have brought to the fore many new and difficult problems. There has been a tre- mendous change within the league since its organization two years ago. There will be two delegates at the Fourth Congress representing the Y. W. L., with full rights as a regular section. Tho only a fraternal organ- ization in name, the Y. W. L. is con- sidered one of the best disciplined ections of the Y. C. I, and has dilf- gently endeavored to carry out the world program as it applied to the United States. An interesting point to be taken up at the congress is the adoption of a program. This program has been in the making for two years now and has had the attention of all affiliated sections. At the last bureau session the questions of religion, the agrarian youth, and several others, were added for discussion and for inclusion in the rogram. The Fourth Congress of the Y. C, I. Il be an outstanding gathering, not so much for its fundamental decision, but for the steps it will take for the practical application of its and policies. |register with the do good to someone. I wish it might be used for the education of some child, made orphan by the war. The insurance money is a different matter. Each man earned it. It is what any man would leave to his wife. The bonus is a moral issue, I could dispose of this bonus money myself in ways which are known to me to be needy; but I feel that I must lawmakers of my State; and I know of no other way than by returning this money. After all, it is only money. The spirit which prompted Elmer Piper to enlist, and all the other sons of Michigan, and the noble sacrifice they made has no price. The long days, that have merg- ed themselves into years, when we who wait have longed for the touch of a vanished hand and the sound of a voice that is still, and the smile that made life all sunshine, have no monetary value. And, gentlemen, I can not look into the faces of little children until I, too, have done my full part in seeing that this thing shall not be again. Please read this letter before the as- sembled Legislature. Respectfully yours, MRS. JEAN PIPER. Careful Cal May Lose Caution In Muddle Of Bills WASHINGTON, May 15.—With the revenue bill in conference, and abso- lutely certain to be adopted in a form satisfactory to the Democratic-pro- gressive coalition in the senate and house, President Coolidge faces the choice of a fight or a surrender. If he vetoes the tax measure, with its high surtaxes on big incomes, its pub- licity of income tax returns and of tax refunds, and its “imheritance’ iax pro- visions, he will have made one of the big issues of the presidential cam- paign. If he fails to veto it, thereby abandoning his Mellon plan, he will cut a ridiculous figure. Other bills which have been enact- ed in face of the frantic protest of the white house are the soldier insurance bill and the Japanese exclusion meas- ure. He is opposed to the Norris-Sin- clair and the McNary-Haugen relief bills, one or both of which is likely to pass. He is backed into a corner. His own supporters do not know whether he will fight. NEWARK, N. J., May 15.—“Dr. Percy D. Stanley, physician and law- yer,” is the latest unique sign. He is unable to determine which profession he likes best, so is trying both. IOWA CALL TO JOIN ST. PAUL JUNE CARAVAN Farmer-Labor League Asks For Delegates (Special to The Daily Worker) COUNCIL BLUFFS, Iowa, May 15. —The call to join the caravan to St. Paul on June 17 for the formation of a national Farmer-Labor party ‘and nomination of candidates . for presi- dent and vice president has been sent out thru the state by the Farmer- Labor league of Iowa. . The call states: “The farmers and workers of Min- nesota and the other northwest states who issue this call have already united into powerful . Farmer-Labor parties. They realize, however, that exploitation by the financial interests can only be stopped when national unity of these groups is attained. The success of the farmers ‘and workers in the northwestern states is a guar- antee that the June 17 convention will be the largest representative gathering of workers and farmers ever held in America. “All progressive groups of workers, farmers and professional people are invited to elect delegates. Real na- tional political unity is the need of the hour. Full co-operation will be given any and all groups who wish to support independent candidates, re- gardless of whether or not they at- tend the St. Paul convention. The workers and farmers want immediate action, and the, only way to assure them action is by sending delegates to the June 17 convention, which is definitely committed to the formation of a new independent national polit- ical movement.” Auto Caravan to St. Paul. The note added to the call mentions the “auto caravan” of delegates that is being arranged and will start with the farthest south delegates, in Texas. All delegates going to St. Paul over- land by their own cars are urged to get in touch with the state secretary of the Farmer-Labor league and ar- range for a common meeting point to join the caravan. A. P. Kramer is the state secretary, with offices at 155 West Graham ave- nue, Council Bluffs, Iowa. The head of the call sent by the Farmer-Labor league reads: “Let’s say it at St. Paul on June 17.” Scientific Lecture ~ * Offered Detroit By Russian Professor DETROIT, Mich., May 15.—On Mon- day evening, May 19, Prof. P. Tutysh- kin of the Pedological Institute of Moscow will lecture in English, at the House of the Masses, corner Gratiot and St. Aubin avenues, on “Heredity, Degeneration and Regeneration.” Those who heard Prof. Tutyshkin lecture when he was in Detroit a few months ago will want to hear him again. We urge those who have not heard him nét to miss this lecture. Prof. Tutyshkin has first-hand knowl- edge of conditions in Russia today, especially in relation to education, and his lecture will prove of absorb- ing interest. Admission is 25 cents. OUR DAILY PATTERN A PRETTY HOUSE OR PORCH FROCK. 4258, Figured percale and pique are here combined. Gingham, linen, lawn and crepe are also attractive for this style. The pattern is cut in seven sizes: measure, A 38-inch size requires 3 yards of 32-inch material. at the foot is 2% yards. wide. Pattern mailed to any address on 34, 26, 38, 40, 42, 44 and 46 inches bust The width To trim as illustrated requires 1 yard 36 inches receipt of 10 cents in silver or stamps. DAILY WORKER, 1113 ‘West, SUMMER 1924 BOOK OF FASHIONS. A POPULAR STYLE. 4684, Ths becoming little model may be of gingham, pongee, sateen or printed voile, It is also good for linen, serge or wool crepe. The guimpe may be of lawn or batiste. The pattern is cut in four sizes: 4, 6, 8 and 10 years. A 6-year size re- quires 144 yards of material for the dress, and 1% for guimpe, 36 inches wide. With short sleeves, the guimpe will require 1 yard. Pattern mailed to any address on receiput of 10 cents in silver or stamps. DAILY WORKER, 1113 West ‘Washington boulevard, Chicago, Ill. Send 12 cents in silver or stamps for our UP-TO-DATE SPRING AND SUMMER 1924 BOOK OF FASHIONS, a sen ‘Washington boulevard, Chicago, Send 12 cents in silver or stamps for our UP-TO-DATE SPRING AND both in the local union and the to rather destroy the organization than give up his power, even to the extent of protecting common crooks in office. It is rumored that the Busi- ness Agent Harry Ebright and the Financial Secretary Conrad both had a considerable shortage of the local’s funds and therefore the militants would have to be prevented from tak- ing office. It is said that both of these fellows made good the shortage, one thru immediate payment, the other paying off with monthly notes. These two “loyal members” have, however, resigned from their posi- tions whether under pressure or otherwise, and International Organizer Griffith has been elected Business Agent. He is having a hard time con- vincing the membership that the I. A. of M. is a democratic organization where every member has a right to express himself. This same Mr. Eb- right has been given his reward by his masters in an appointment as city mechanic by the Ku Klux city ad- ministration. It is significant that this same in- dividual is President of the Central Labor Union of Toledo which recently carried on a campaign to raise funds thru voluntary assessment in order to build up its treasury and then spent the money to buy a 1,000 dollar hup- mobile for the business agent. The militants were the driving force in that campaign as their plan was to propose to use the money for organ- ization purposes. However, they are now out of there and the C.-L. U. has taken up its usual interest in baseball and stag parties, etc., and as a result nothing is being accomplished, Toledo becoming an open shop town and po- litically falling into the hands of the K. K. K. The Toledo Union Leader, the of- ficial organ of the C. L. U., which is read by uobody and is more reaction- ary than some of the capitalist sheets, is carrying on a vicious campaign against the June 17 Conference, and ‘hoping forthe speedy downfall of the Soviet government in Russia. The usual stories that the capitalist press were publishing after the Bolshevik Revolution are being copied now by this yellow fake sheet. The members of organized labor in Toledo are not falling for this old bunk and are be- ginning to interest themselves in the DAILY WORKER and in another six months a thousand subscribers, no doubt, will be added to its readers. The suspended members are carry- ing on their fight for their rights to the General Executive Board of the I. A. of M. and will appeal to the com- ing convention to be held in Detroit September 15th if the G. E. B. decides against them. At the time the metal industry is facing a crisis and shops are laying off men by the thousands, and the need of organizing workers in the in- everywhere to read your friends. THE DAILY WORKER, Enclosed please find §.......... NAMO: sess City: If you believe we are doi subscription to THE DAILY WORKER. svesenansunnsegannnsnnnceaneeneny secesnonossannaqennscsansnecsanencssossevonertses® Central Labor Union. The members of the machinists’ local are taking the attitude that it is of no use going to the meetings now since the men they elected were suspended by the international officers and the action later upheld by the president, W. H. Johnston, who is learning fast from the tactics used by I. L. Gi W. U. officials and determined dustry is generally admitted, our in- ternational officials are actively en- gaged in throwing out the best work- ers in the union instead of being active fighting the attack of the bosses, This damnable policy must be re- pudiated by the coming convention of the I. A. of M. and these petty bureau- crats shown: their place so that we can rightfully say that we dre a fight- ing militant organization founded on the principles of the class struggle as stated in the preamble of the consti- tion. Cleveland Public Safety Head Bows To Union Firemen CLEVELAND, May 15.—Member- ship in a union is now a recognized right of Cleveland city employes. The anti-union director of public safety, who threatened to discharge any city fireman daring to: join the Fire Fight- ers’ union, has been compelled to come to an agreement with union offi- cials that membership in a union is an inherent right of city employes. The director had discharged from service the president of the Fire Fighters’ union and forbidden any fireman to hold union membership. The wave of public protest fright- ened the politicians. Calling a hur- ried last-minute conference with la- bor, the local politicians guaranteed the right of city employes to join whatever unions they please, and re- quested the agreement be kept confi- dential. Ohio Going Strong For Farmer-Labor Convention June 17 (By The Federated Press) NEW YORK, May 15.—Central la- bor bodies in many Ohio cities have indorsed a state convention in Co- lumbus, June 7, to pick delegates for the national Farmer-Labor party con- vention, St. Paul, June 17, according to the Committee of Forty-eight, New York. Lima, Massillon, Marion and Mansfield are listed as Ohio towns which have taken action. “Our con- ference at Columbus has been called to swing Ohio progressives into line for the great November drive against the old parties, both of which have be- trayed the people into the hands of Wall street,” it is explained. Fifty thousand copies of the St. Paul con- vention call have been sent out by the New York office, and there has al- ready been a large response, accord- ing to J. A. H. Hopkins, national com-}° mitteeman. America’s Great Labor Daily 1113 Washington Blivd., Chicago, III. | Making Histo “One advantage possessed by the strikers is that they have an energetic and fearless extensive space to the conflict---eTHE DAILY WORKER” —From “The Nation,” May 14th. Nothing that has happened in labor history in man so much to the workers everywhere as the detablish THE DAILY WORKER daily newspaper devoting ng a big work help by getting the workers The Daily Worker Every Day Order a bundle of sample copies to give away in your shop, factory or office and among Get a supply of Subscription Blanks ——~- J Friday, May 16, 1924 nd Agriculture FIGHT AGAINST MILITANTS WEAKENS TOLEDO TRADE UNION MOVEMENT By S. DITTER The recent suspensions of seven members of the Machinists’ Union in Toledo for membership in the Workers Party and the T. U. BE. L. is having a demoralizing effect both on the local of the machinists and the trade union movement in the city, due to the fact that these militants were active in general organization work FUR DELEGATES PURR SOCIABLY IN MILWAUKEE Picnic Convention In Socialist City The Fur Workers’ union convention went off on a Socialist Sunday school picnic yesterday to Milwaukee, the geat “Socialist commonwealth,” as they fondly termed it in their discus- sions. Mayor Daniel Hoan, Socialist Mayor of the Socialist town, met the happy furriers at the train and es- corted them about his little domain. Hoan had personally invited the In- ternational convention to visit his fair city wien he greeted them on the first day of their sessions in this city. The delegates showed great eager- ness to “see their dreams fulfilled” in the great beer city to the north. Part-Time Work Decided. The fur workers decided to act on the question of unemployment late Wednesday afternoon before suspend- ing work for the Milwaukee trip. The agreement, signed five months ago, provides the machinery by which the union representatives confer with manufacturers’ association represen- tatives to deal with unemployment. The convention, in special considera- tion, passed a resolution that instructs the General Executive Board of the union to call upon the conference committee (union and association representatives) to introduce part- time work to help solve the very se- rious unemployment which now pre- vails in the industry. The conven- tion’s resolution also provides that employed members shall contribute a sum to help their unemployed fellow workers, ‘When the agreement was being con- sidered five months ago, the left-wing militants of New York were most ac- tive in demanding some sort of part- time system or division of work to allow more of the workers a chance. It was then pointed out that over half of the fur workers are out of jobs six months or more in a year. Now the administration sees the wisdom and necessity of the measure the militants fought for and is attempting to inject it into the agreement half a year late. Left Winger May Come. The credentials committee reported that one delegate from Local No. 1, New York, was sick and absent. This is William Cherniak. His substitute is one of the ablest of the opposition’s fighters, S. Leibovitz. Altho the con- vention is supposed to end Saturday, Leibovitz will be in time for today’s proceedings if he was promptly noti- fied and able to leave New York at once. His arrival should cause some disturbance to the machine of the International which had planned its convention's work knowing there would be almost no voice of serious dissent raised among their hand- picked delegates. The convention was expected to hold a short session in Milwaukee but it is altogether doubtful whether any sort of serfous business could be at- tempted on such a Socialist holiday. PITTSBURGH, PA. DR. RASNICK DENTIST Rendering Expert Dental Service Ri Years ‘or 20 645 SMITHFIPLD ST., 1627 CENTER AVE., Con hts St years has meant ment of SUBSCRIPTION RATES: By Mali— V YO essessesesesearseonr 6 months 3 months seeneceerensesseser B80 a IN CHICAGO By Mall— “4 year, 6 months 3 months ae