The Daily Worker Newspaper, May 24, 1924, Page 2

Page Two a LAKE COUNTY LABOR VOTES FOR JUNE 17 Orphaned F.-L. P. May Follow Suit At Its last meeting the Central La- bor Union of Lake County, Ind. de- cided to support the Farmer-Labor convention called by the arrange ments committee for June 17th at St. Paul, Minn. By a resolution adopted, it went on record to urge the State Farmer-Labor Party of Indiana to be represented at this convention. This state party was affiliated to the National Farmer-Labor Party, of which Jay Brown was the secretary, and which has now been dissolved and. Its scheduled convention for Cleveland, Ohio, July 4th, called. off by official act of its executive com- mittee. It is therefore, expected that the Indiana Farmer-Labor Party will line up for the June 17th convention, particularly in view of the fact that some of the active trade unionists of Lake County and leading elements of the Central Labor Union are also the leading -elements in the State Far. mer-Labor Party. The resolution adopted reads as fol- lows: Whereas, Local and State Farmer- Labor Parties have been organized thruout the country and in several instances obtained some considerable success, notably in the state of Minne- sota, and Whereas, an effort is now being made to link all these local and State Farmer-Labor Parties together for a united presidential campaign in No- vember, 1924, thru the Farmer-Labor Convention called to convene at St. Paul, Minn., June 17th, and Whereas, the recent exposures of corruption within the old parties as exemplified by the Teapot Dome, Air- craft, and Veteran Bureau Scandals, points to the pressing need to unify all these local and State Farmer-La- bor Party forces for independent po- litical action on a national scale, in order to remedy conditions which now prevail, therefore, be It RESOLVED, That the Central La- bor Council of Lake County, Indiana, go on record requesting the Farmer. Labor Party of the State of Indiana, to lend its assistance to this attempt for unity and select delegates to be represented at the June 17th conven- tion at St. Paul, Minnesota. HOLLYWOOD, Cal. May 22.—Har- old Lloyd joined the ranks of happy fathers today. Mrs. Lloyd, known on @he_screen as... Mildred Davis, gave birth to a daughter in a hospital. one Spaulding 4670 ASHER B. PORTNOY & CO. Painters and Decorators PAINTERS’ SUPPLIES Estimates on and Old Work 2619 MILWAUK AVE. CHICAGO JAY STETLER’S RESTAURANT Established 1901 1053 W. Madison St. Tel. Monroe 2241 Chicago MINERS SMASH | (Continued From Page 1.) convention under instructions. from your local unions to vote in favor of so amending our constitution as to divest your president of the power to appoint the workers needed to carry on the work of our union.” Farring- ton pleaded with the delegates to break faith with those who elected them delegates, and vote to keep his machine intact, Farrington’s Argument. Farrington compared the United Mine Workers’ Union to a business institution. “The miners’ union is a business institution,” Farrington said, “engaged in the sale of the labor pow- er of its members,” he declared. “The| employes of the Standard Oil Com- pany and of the Steel Trust and of thousands of other successful busi- ness institutions are not elected by stockholders. For years you have elected your executive board and vested the members thereof with the authority to direct the affairs of your union and you have held them ac- countable. That is as it should be. Crash in Pork Barrel. But the delegates, by a three to one majority, voted to take Farrington’s power from him and dealt a death blow to his machine, True, the Far- rington machine tellers tried their best to rob the yote, as they had done | when they had ,the DAILY WORKER | representative expelled from the hall, The vote to sustain President Far- rington in his appointive power was announced at 229 to sustain and 265 not to sustain. Many observers told the DAILY WORKER reporter that the vote was at least three to one against Farrington. One delegate belonging to the Far- rington machine called a roll call, but Vice-President Fishwick evidently realized that the extent of the vote- stealing would be revealed, for he ad- journed the convention without tak- ing a vote on a roll call. “Business” Unionism Hit. The part of Farrington’s report claiming the union to be a business institution came in for severe criti- cism from many of the delegates. “We are more than a business insti- tution,” said delegate John Hind- marsh, “we are much more, The pur- pose of the union is to win for the workers a wider and a fuller life. And we have to battle with the Standard Oil, the very organization Farring- ton holds up to us as a model, in or- der to do this.” Tells of Payroll Army. Hindmarsh reminded the delegates that Farrington himself had talked against the appointive power when in the sdme hall, at the district 12 convention two years ago. Faf¥ington said, “I would recommend that the appointive power be abolished in this district when it is abolished in the in- ternational union. Lewis has an army at his disposal thru his appointive power. Disarm Lewis and I will dis- arm.” “I agree with Farrington,” said Hindmarsh, “He does have an army, and no matter who the presi- dent may be, he will use this army to entrench himself. “This army was used against me in my local union, when one of Farring- in the spirit of SELF HELP AND Today It Is Germany. Sign that German | 19 So. Lincoln St., Chicago, III. Enclosed please find §... victims and their families, | same: ‘ | Street: ...... City: ... / HAWTHORNE 600,000 Miners Locked-out In Germany 7,000 Workers In German Prisons Shall the wives and children of these class-war victims be permitted to starve? Or shall we come to their rescue WORKERS’ SOLIDARITY Tomorrow It May Be America. THEY ARE CALLING! EH LE He | Committee for International Workers’ Aid, we for aid to Germany's elass war | Cicero Ave. and 26th St. Sunday, May 25 Admission tickets 35c INTERNATIONAL Relief Brigade List ' PARK| — MACHINE RULE ton’s appointees went’ among the young members and tried to keep me from being elected, while I was away in Florida atjending to my duties as a member of the wage scale commit- tee.” Hindmarsh Blasts Frame-up. Excitement was added to the debate when Farrington accused Hindmarsh of going around the state two years ago, offering jobs in case he was elected president of the district, and one hireling of Farrington got up and said that Hindmarsh had offered him a job, Hindmarsh soon blasted this frame-up, when he challenged Far- rington to give proof, and gave the lie ‘to Farrington’s henchman. Far- rington could offer no evidence against Hindmarsh. The delegates resented Farrington’s open plea to them to disregard the in- structions of their members. He lost many friends by his selfish disregard for the wishes of the membership. Must Obey Instructions. “As the sub-district 5 president, and as a delegate who was instructed to vote against Farrington’s power of appointment, knowing that at least 90 per cent of the delegates want this done, even if I was against the abolition of the appointive power, I would feel it my duty to vote as I have been instructed,” said delegate Deach, head of the Taylorsville sub- district. “Farrington led the fight against the appointive power in the in- ternational convention two years ago, and if it was bad then, it is bad now. If the appointive power was neces- sary to the welfare of the union, sure- ly, the international union needed it much more than the district. Far- rington stated that he needed his army when he was fighting Lewis, but the records will show that in the last international convention Farrington voted to retain the appointive power for Lewis.” Payroll Gang Tamed. As the convention has progressed, the section of delegates who vote for Farrington, no matter what the issue, because Farrington controls their payroll, have been less blatant and sneering toward the insurgents. 'The insurgents have been gathering strength. Farrington has. gone the way of all tyrants, and he is a poor loser. Keeping his hold on the con- vention so far by talking at least three hours each day by excessive use of his gavel in calling the rank and file delegates out of order, by the loud-mouthed support of his payroll henchmen, and by his bare-faced statements, that “whether you like it or not, there is nothing you can do about it,” Farrington is a changed man tonight. 1 One of the delegates was heard to say, by the DAILY WORKER re- porter: “Farrington looks like a sick cat that has been ducked in e pail of icy water.” Farrington is a poor loser. He has acted the tyrant once too often. He has expelled his last reporter from a convention—and he knows it. Too Kind to Operators. Farrington fell because he tried to play an impossible role. He has tried to be “kind and considerate” to the operators, he has spoken for cheap- ening of the production of coal. He has derided those who are fighting for the six-hour day and deserted Howat in his fight for re-instatement. But tonight the rank and file have taught Frank a lesson. They have shown that his bunk about running the union on the same basis as the Standard Oil does not please them. They have shown Farrington that leadership does not consist in pessi- mistically lying down before the coal operators. Delegate Hindmarsh expressed the sentiments of the insurgents when he said, “It is impossible to have worse politics in the union than we have now. It is an insult to the in- telligence of our membership for Farrington to say that we have intelligence to elect a president,” secretary, executive board, sub-district officials, and others, but that the mem- bership has not enough intelligence to instruct their delegates to vote against the appointive power, or to elect field workers. Hindmarsh Wouldn't “Cat-Fight” Pursuing his former tactics, Far- rington continually tried to goad the insurgent delegates to throw the con- vention into turmoil by hurling bitter personal attacks at them, especially at Delegate Hindmarsh. Hindmarsh, while answering these attacks to the satisfaction of the convention, re- fused to let Farrington make a “cat- fight” out of the convention. Altho some of the delegates think Farrington will make one last effort to escape defeat by the use of his constitution committee, by inserting a joker ‘in one of the resolutions yet to @ome up on the floor, it is hardly ex- pected that he will try Lewis’ stunt of speedily adjourning the convention. HE DAILY WORKER WANDA’S SMILE RILES TAYLOR ALMOST TO FITS Striker Tried: For Con- tempt of Dudley Wanda Kolletta had to answer to a charge of contempt of court yester- day morning. The charge was com- plicated because she was also on trial for contempt of Dudley Taylor. The charge of contempt against Taylor did not appear in the court records, but was there nevertheless. Barly in the week, Wanda was ar- rested for assault and when she ap- peared in court she had a little fun at the expense of Dud. So yesterday, when she appeared before Judge Foell to answer the con- tempt charge, Dudley was in a mood uglier than is usual with him. That may seem impossible, but Dudley seems to have a store of rottenness that is inexhaustible. Dudley was well supplied with affi- davits against Wanda. He read them off in a monotonous voice. He even included one by himself. In his affi- davit, he said that be had prosecuted dozens of strikers for contempt and had gotten conyictions in all cases. He went on to say that in April his friend “Dennie” Sullivan had fined Wanda $350 and sentenced her to 15 days in jail. This seemed to interest Judge Foell. He asked that it be re- peated and got the dates straight af- ter several repetitions. The basis of the charge of con- tempt in this case was the allega- tion that Wanda had assaulted a scab. This Wanda denied. Since courts can- not, enjoin things which are in them- selves crimes, it is difficult to see why Taylor attempted to have Wanda punished for contempt when she is already awaiting trial for assault. Un- less the contempt charged in the at- tachment on which Wanda was be- ing tried was contempt for Dudley himself. If it had been contempt for Dud Taylor, she was charged with, Wanda said that there was only one thing she could do and that was plead guilty and ask that the sd¢htence ba very severe in order to be adequate for the amount of contempt she felt. Wanda sat in the jury box by her- self all during the hearing and smiled at Dud. This got Dud riled. When Dud saw the DAILY WORKER re- porter in court, he tried to give him a hard stare. If there had been a looking glass around and Dud had seer himself, he would probably have frightened Himself into fits. Luckily for the garment bosses, there was no ‘mirror in court. The frightful face Dud made failed to affect the reporter who tried to grin at Dud. Vinegar Face Sore. Vinegar faced Taylor was not pleased when Judge Foell fined Wanda $150. If Dudley had had his way she would have been hung. “Well, old monkey face,” Wanda whispered to Taylor, “You thought you would have me sent to jail, didn’t you?” Taylor stared and said nothing. In Judge Sullivan’s court the honor- able took a look at the strikers and decided to delay the ordeal of hearing. their cases till Tuseday at 10:00 a, m. Some of the girls who are waiting to be tried have jobs and are anxious to get thru with the court. That seems to make no difference to “Dennie.” In fact, he seems to relish the idea that he is bothering the givls. The fact that the girls want to get their cases over with has been called to the attention of the court, but “Dennie” still postpones them. The Chinese have a culinary cus- tom of keeping eggs wrapped in mud for ten or twenty years and then eat- ing them raw. Yesterday, when “Dennie” saw the strikers, he looked exactly like an interpretive picture of i of those Chinese eggs with the ud wrapper still on. Sullivan has hot announced his de- cision in the case of Meyer Barkan, whose case was heard Thursday. Harry Thaw Misses bag InN. Y. As il Is Arranged NEW YORK, May 23.—Harry Thaw, after one fleeting look at the city that knew him a generation ago as a gay- hearted spendthrift from Pittsburgh, commented; “There aren't as many saloons now as there used to be.” Then, after arranging $10,000 bail for. two indictments that have been held against him for the seven years of his incarceration in a madhouse, Thaw left town. Judge Olvaney, who admitted Thaw to bail, was to decide whether it would be necessary for the slayer of Stanford White, to return here today. GREAT ITALIAN PIC Daily, “IL LAVORATORE” OLD PARTY “FRIENDS OF LABOR” CAN DO NOTHING FOR MINERS, - IS ADMISSION AT CONVENTION PEORIA, Ill., May 23. The hopelessness of getting any results for the workers by electing “friends of labor” on a capitalist party ticket was forced on the attention of the miners’ delegates during the discussion of the unemployment issue at Friday morning’s session. President Frank Farrington and his aides had been protest- ing that “nothing can be done” for the unemployed now. Prog- P teh tran hsb ealivatrs ti Re Riad ressives insisted that the state must be made to bear the ex- penses of unemployment relief. How About Those “Friends’’? Delegate Freeman Thompson de- manded to know why “nothing” could be done with all the “friends of labor” that Farrington, Walker and other had boasted were nominated in the last primaries. If these “friends of labor” can do nothing, Thompson ask- ed, “what is the use of electing them.” Independent political action was de- feated at the convention, continued Thompson on:the administration’s promise that the old party “friends of labor” would do something for the workers. Now that the administra- tion has carried its political point it admits that they can do “nothing.” Pointing out that unemployment was getting worse and that soon 60 per cent of the Illinois miners would be idle, Thompson cried:, "Workers of World, Unite!” “Why not raise the slogan: ‘Work- ers of the world, unite industrially and politically?’” * A motion that the miners, along with other unionists, demand unem- ployment benefits from the state was resisted by the chair and a substi- tute eventually went thru, declaring that the miners’ unfon was unable to give any employment benefits itself. The substitute resolution was silent on the matter of state aid. For Workers’ Government. Delegate John Watts made some ef: fective points against the adminis- tration’s failure to offer any unem- ployment program while the discus- sion was on. He 5ointed out that a workers’ government was the only final solution of the problem, but that state benefits would give temporary relief. Vice-president Harry Fishwick, Far- rington’s side-arm, called Wafts out of order. Watts ralltet the adminis- tration for disliking to hear of any solution for the mipers’ ills. Farrington Confesses Inability. DELEGATE MILLER OF LEWIS’ LOGAL FLAYS REACTIONARY POLICIES PEORIA, Ill, May 23.—That John L. Lewis, member of the Panama, Ill, local of the United Mine Work- ers of America does not reflect the sentiments of the workers there, was shown in a vigorous indictment of the Illinois district machine made by Delegate Miller of that local at the Peoria convention today. Mil. iled the Farrington ma- part in the— Failure fully to recognize 1. the only working-class govern ment (Soviet Russia) In the world. 2. Removal of the only re- porter representing a working- class daily. 3. Failure to support a class Jabor party, 4, Failure to provide for un- employment relief, Miller’s four points were loudly applauded by the delegates who in the last three days have defeated the administration’s policies on Howat and the appgintive power. Farrington’s plea that “We would dike to help the unemployed, but it can’t be done,” was riddled by Watts. He showed the absurdity of Farring- ton demanding autocratic power and then admitting that he couldn’t do anything for the workers. The district president’s confession that he could do rothing for the work- ers in the present crisis was the key- note of his talk during the unemploy- ment discussion. That and his con- stant attacks on the progressives who insisted that something should be done. (Continued from page one) And so it is with the ‘other chair- men and the members of committees, Hither they are big bosses or the obe- dient servants of the bosses. The list even includes the infamous labor- hating Judge Landis. A small number of people in the country, the bosses, because they own all the natural resources, all the fac- tories and machines are able to’ make the large majority of the population— the workers, slave for them at the lowest wages. BOSSES AND TEAPOTS. These same bosses because of their wealth control the schools, the Y. M. C. A., the Boy Scouts and all institu- tions that fight against the workers even up to the Teapot Government which they want you to believe is the only kind of government for the coun- try. When this tiny minority because they own all the property and wealth of the country, try to use Boys’ Week for a huge propaganda drive to make better slaves and soldiers out of them, the boys of Chicago must not let them accomplish their aims without a fight for their own inter- ests, FIGHT FOR YOUR INTERESTS. The interests of the boys of Chica- go lie with the workers, not with the bosses, and the boys must organize by themselves to fight for their own interests; just as their fathers and brothers organize into unions fo fight for theirs. They must not themselves be led by the bosses into fighting against their own interests and those of their families. When instead of discussing any of the important issues before the boys of America today, such as the problems of millions of child slaves who works ten and twelve hours a day in factory and -home—the bosses use Boys’ Week to “make” obedient workers and futuré soldiers for the bosses’ next war; the boys must fight against this vile propa- ganda and not let them have free sway, ‘ ON THE REVERSE SIDE OF THIS LEAFLET YOU WILL NOTICE THAT THE YOUNG WORKERS’ LEAGUE OF AMERICA IS HOLD. ING A MASS MEETING IMMEDI- ATELY AFTER THE LOYALTY PARADE. The Young Workers League is an organization of boys and young work- * PARADE ENDS BOYS’ WEEK TODAY It is run by the boys and young’ not by the bosses. Come to our meeting and hear what we are doing to fight the propaganda of the bosses and to pro- tect the interest of the boys of Chi- cago. City Executive Committee, Young Workers League of America Local, Chicago. Free State Ruler . 5 . Dissolves Historic * oye Dublin Political Body DUBLIN, May 23.—Incensed be- cause the Dublin corporation refused to bow down, roll over and kiss the imperial foot of the Free State gov- ernment, President Cosgrove issued an edict dissolving that body and ap- pointing three commissioners to per- form the duties of the corporation. The mayor of Dublin refused to obey the order of the president, de- claring he had no legal right to dis- solve the corporation. This body has long been a thorn in the side of the Free State government, but it is not likely that in the present state of po- litical tension prevailing in Ireland Cosgrove will have an easy job in getting rid of the historic institution. The continued imprisonment of Eamon DeValera and Austin Stack and other republican leaders is add- ing to the bitterness of the masses against the Free State government. From a military viewpoint all republi- can resistance has long. since disap- peared. There is no excuse for hold- ing the political enemies of the Free State government any longer in con- finement except on the ground that their freedom might endanger the con- tinuance of the present autocracy. PHILADELPHIA, Pa., May 23.— Several more local unions have ac- cepted the call for the local Farmer- Labor Party meet to be held May 27 in Machinist's Temple and elected delegates. Two delegates were elect- ed by the American Express Employ- es local union No. 623. The Waiters and Bartenders’ local union No. 279, and Painters’ local No, 1039, elected three delegates each. SACRAMENTO, Cal.—The criminal syndicalism law has claimed another victim. Joseph Coya, I. W. W. is dead of pneumonia, contracted from being forced to sleep on the concrete floor of the Sacramento county jail. ers. workers themselves; ic by the celeb This peer is organized by the Italian Branches of Chicago to secure funds for the Italian Daily au ita of Chicago should pe to this anti-Fascisti picnic. Music will be furnished rated orchestra, Giusuppe Verdi 4 PARTIES BALK ATDAWES PLAN Berlin Experts Working On Experts Scheme BERLIN, May 23.—Leaders of the nationalist parties today refused to accept the Dawes plan as a basis for the party’s participation in the new cabinet. They may experience a change of heart and again they may not. Party leaders will continue ne, gotiations, however, until Saturday. The optimistic hopes expressed when the Dawes plan was first made public are now admitted to have been premature. The conflicting interests of the capitalist groups is the ob- stacle to the scheme. The intense nationalism of the extreme reaction- aries rebel against turning Germany over body And soul to J. P. Morgan. The industrialists are for it, Dut ow- ing to the multiciplity of | political parties which is sympathetic of the, chaotic condition of capitalism, it is extremely difficult to get anything done. Shutting Down Plants. Tie big Ruhr strike is still caus- ing nervousness thruout the country. Over 600,000 workers are now locked out or on strike and the number is increasingly daily. The Stinnes-Krupp works are closing and the Thyssen, works have announced their Intention to lay off 10,000 more men during the coming week. The Catholic party of the Rhineland warned Berlin that unless the Dawes plan was accepted, the Rhineland would go to the extreme of seeking a separate agreement with France. Meanwhile, so desperately are the industrialists committed to the Dawes schéme that two German government experts are already in Paris working up a plan to turn the German railways . over to Morgan in return for his cash. cash. Evidence Shows Bajur Slaying Was Deliberate (Continued from page one) in his neck give further proof that Norman’s pistol was deliberately pointed at Bajur. The pistol, picked up a short while after the shooting by Richard Barry, detective bureau po- lice officer, contained three empty shells. While plans of the American Legion for the defense of Norman go merrily ahead, Bajur’s widow and his two children are preparing to leave their three small, dark rooms at 836 N. Racine avenue and seek a single room—“probably in a basement some- where,” as Helen, Bajur’s 15-year-old daughter, put it. Victim’s Family in Misery. Over the weak tea and the bit of stale bread which made up her noon meal, Helen spoke, with tired resigna- tion, of what the family was to do next. Questions about the source of their future income brought only a discouraged shake of.the head and a muttered “don’t know.” “We got nothing from the Mill and Lumber Co., altho father worked there for eight years. Mother's too sick to work, and my brother has been hunt- ing a job for weeks. I want to work —I'm old enough, but you have. to weigh 90 pounds to get a working certificate.” “And you?” “T weigh only 72.” Legionaire’s Reason. That he knows nothing about the case does not seem to worry Lawr- ence Packwood, the law-student and representative of the American Le- gion, who is undertaking to save Norman. “I am with him simply be- cause he is an ex-service man,” was his statement. Altho Bajur was prevented from be- longing to a union by the hawk-like watclfulness of labor-baiting officers in the American Mill and Lumber Co., where he sawed wood as a $24 a week . slave, he was in sympathy with the struggles of union men of other - branches of the company. The series” of lay-offs from which he suffered be- gan shortly after he had refused to_ work during the strike of the Chicago. box-makers ‘tn the summer of 1921. The American Legion willing, the ~ inquest will be resumed Tuesday f morning at the Racine avenue police station. BUFFALO, N. Y., May 23—Harry Whitney, 4/2 years old, holds the local velocipede record today. A_ police radio message was broadcast describ- ing Harry as a missing child. A Ton- awanda motorcycle cop picked the boy and his velocipede up, eight miles from the Whitney home. i Ps ‘