The Daily Worker Newspaper, June 2, 1924, Page 2

Page Two NO IMMUNITY OFFERED TO DAUGHERTY Prosecution May Follow Crook’s Testimony (Special to The Dally Worker) WASHINGTON, June 1—Har- ry M. Daugherty, former attor- ney general, will be subpoenaed to appear before the senate in- vestigating committee June 4th to defend himself against the} series of charges that have been made against him during the present investigation. In making the announcement, Chair- man Brookhart said that Daugherty must waive immunity from prosecu- tion or the committee will not hear him. eo @ Judge Alds Daugherty. ’ CINCINNATI, June 1—Mal Daugh- erty, of Washington Court House, Ohio, was granted a writ of habeas. corpus by Judge A. J. Cochran, in United States District court today, in his attempt to avoid testifying before the Senate Committee investigating the administration of his brother, Har- ry M. Daugherty, former attorney gen- eral. This means Daugherty, whose bank records were sought by the senate Probers, need not produce them for scrutiny by the committee. Judge Cochran held that the only ground upon which Mal Daugherty's arrest by the senate could be ap- proved was that of impeachment of the former attorney genegal. He held, however, that the senate can only try and not impeach officials of the gov- ernment. Mal Daugherty filed his petition for the habeas corpus writ following his arrest here recently by John J. Mc- Grain, deputy sergeant at arms. ee © Fink Gets Raspberry. ‘WASHINGTON, June 1.—A. L. Fink, of Buffalo, N. Y., today charged be- fore the Senate Daugherty Investigat- ing Committee that Frank A. Vander- lip, New York financier, offered him $1,000 to give perjured testimony against President Coolidge before the committee. “I want to tell how I was offered $1,000 by Frarik Vanderlip to give per- jured testimony against President Cal- vin Coolidge,” shouted the Daagherty wean, interrupting ‘the proce: “ing. _ “Call an officer and <aiis man out,” Chairman Brookhart yelled at committee assistants. “Don’t put him out,” interrupted Senator Ashhurst, Arizona, “let bim stay there, so I can see a crook.” Fink Beate It. “I want to tell how Senator Wheel- er had me buy whisky to get Roxie Stinson drunk,” yelled Fink. “If a policeman doesn’t put him out, Tl pat him out,” said Ashurst, leap- ing to tris feet. As an Offteer entered the room, Fink turned and dashed out and quiet was Fink Worked With Burne. Benstor Wheeler then declared that Fink had “tried to sell out to Daugh- body went up to Rochester . got Fink out of jail,” said Wheel- “and brought him down here and t him and his family in luxury the Wardman Park Hotel where he im frequent touch with william Burns.” “Malicious Falsehood.” Wheeler branded as a “malicious fatgehood?’ Fisk's charges that Van- derlip had offered him money to give Perjured testimony sgainst President Coolidge. He also said Fink had endeavored to get an attorney for the committees “to go over to the other side and get more money.” L. A. Delegates to Report on State Farm-Labor Meet LOS ANGELBS, Cal, June 1.—Dele- gates to the state Farmer-Labor con- vention held Saturday in San Fran- cisco, are expected to report the re- sults of the conference at the meet- ing of the local Labor party, Thurs- day evening, June 5, at the Labor Temple, 540 Maple Avenue. Ten delega' went from this city to the state meeting with the slogan for a united Farmer-Labor party for Cali- fornia. GOD'S ENVOY MASSES ARMED TROOPS ON HIS BIRTH ANMIVERSARY (Special to The Dally Worker) ROME, Juno 1—Massing at the gate of the Vatican, Swies guards In full uniferm and other armed bodies ruck the keynote of the celebration today of the sixty- Hgens seventh birthday of the Pope earth- ly representative of the Prince of P The,Papal flag was hoisted as reminder of the days when the church held the forces of progress In a death-like grip. (Continued from page 1.) their internals probed and may be taken if an accident befalls. A Magazine of Bunk, The employes’ magazine, carefully prepared by the company’s newspaper staff, attempts to fill the workers with “pride” in their benevolent company. Articles on the Bell Telephone system, on the American Telephone and Tele- graph Company, transfers of employes from one company to andther, on pen- sions granted the slaves who hadn't nerve enough to buck poor wages and long hours, all these are featured—to prevent the workers thinking their }own thoughts. The fortnightly paper gives the jusual company gush about social events among fhe workers. | “Hops” at the most expensive dance palace in Chicago and banquets of the higher- ups are recorded. Meanwhile the workers are kept busy for long hours in the huge shops. Thousands in each work room and all speeding as fast as they can to keep up to pace and make whatever over they can. Western Electric Speeding. Western Hlectric is old in the tricks of the piece work trade. The com- pany long ago began its work of find- ing the simplest method for each oper- ation and the best pace it could get out of the workers following that me- thod. The slower, take-it-easy workers were watched to settle the method be- cause it was found that the “lazy” ones used the simplest motions. Then “NEW MAJORITY” BAGK IN GOMPERS POLITIGAL FOLD Fitzpatrick Announces Policy at Meeting Independent labor political action is a dead issue with the New Majority, | tion of Labor and “Farmer-Labor | party of the United States,” John} Fitzpatrick disclosed at the federation meeting yesterday. Fitzpatrick’s statement was in an-| swen' to a query by Nels Kjar, dele-| gate from the carpenters’ union, who! asked what policy the New Majority ‘would follow now that the federation had changed its attitude towards *he Farmer-Labor party. He asked if the paper would adopt the “reward. your friends and punish your enemies”) Policy of the A. F. of L. The Chicago labor president readily answered that the New Majority would follow the regular A. F. of L. political policy. Anton Johannsen of the committee of fifteen announced that three-quar- ters of the striking dressmakers have returned to work in settled shops. Only 350 are still out, he said. China Decides to Recognize Russian Workers’ Republic (Continued from page 1.) the agreement to show these con- spirators the open door. Mongolia Part of China, Russia recognizes Mongolia part of China and when the terms of out- standing questions are settled by con- ference agrees to withdraw the Red forces from Mongolia. China is to have general administrative control of the Chinese Eastern Railway but will operate it jointly with Russia. China will have the right to redeem the raflway. Determination of the railway’s future will be the concern of China and Russia to the exclusion of all other nations. This agreement is a sharp slap in the face to the capitalist governments who have repeatedly warned China o? the dire consequences that would re- sult from Soviet recognition. Japan, the United States and France, were the principal bullies, but it is well known that England, in spite of its de jure recognition of the Soviet Re- public was also pulling the anti- Soviet wires. Victory for Moscow. This is a great victory for the Soviet government and China being the first Oriental power to reach an agreement with the Workers’ Republic is given valuable considerations of a commercial nature besides winning a mighty and powerful friend. China is tremendously rich in natural resources and is the principal bone over which the capitalistic dogs of Japan and the United States are snarling and showing their teeth. It is .expected that Japan will soon fol- low China in recognizing Soviet Rus- sia and much mutugl recrimination 1s indulged in by the capitalist parties of the Japanese Empire over allowing poor chaotic China to take the lead. Freneh Bosses Fight 8 Hours, PARIS, June 1—The eight-hour day will go into the discard if the French chamber of commerce have their way. In a recent referendum the bos almost without exception expressed the opinion that the eight- hour day should be abolished. Every new subscriber increases the influence of the DAILY WORKER, |planes when the hustlers were taught to adopt the more efficient methods the slower workers were fired. Continued Efficlency Tests. The company gives psychological tests, physical tests, and is constant- ly tryfng in some way to increase the “efficiency” of theff shops. A new chair has just been dévised, but one of the best workers said she wouldn’t like it because it was so rigid ana left no chance for the worker to shift positions as he or she tired. Going thru the Western VWlectric plant or seeing the rush of workers on the grounds at noon, it seems almost as tho the place were a gigantic high school. Most of the work of making electrical and telephone equipment has been so specialized that the indi- vidual processes are all small and the whole process so complex that only a trained engineer can comprehend the place of each minute action in the make-up of the complete product. This highly specialized system means that the work is done by young people mostly, working in large wings of a huge brick building similar to a school. Youths Preferred. But inside-the work rooms the work- ers are trained to speed, speed, speed, and if they cannot keep pace they must leave. They are young workers because they work for less. They look under 25, the majority of them, and many of them are girls. Then, too, such happy-go-lucky young work- ers are not so likely to know about or- ganizing against the boss. INVENTOR OF DEATH RAY USES PATENT MEDICINE Christian Nations Fight for Murder Weapon LONDON, Juné 1.— A full state- ment regarding Grindell Mathews’ official organ of the/ Chicago Federa-|death ray was promised for today in the House of Commons. Undersecre- tary Leach of the air ministry was to report the government's findings. Meanwhile the newspapers publish & large advertisement in which Grin- dell Mathews gives a testimonial for a patent medicine: “It helps me when I am engaged in arduous mental work.” Briton Is Sore. Meanwhile both French and British claim to have a definite contratt with the inventor entitling them to a share in the deadly ray, which kills at great distances, explodes ammunition, de- stroys machinery and brings down air- in flames, according to Mathews. When the latter, angry because the British government offered him but one thousand pounds for the inven- tion, flew from England to France yesterday, he was pursued at the last minute by a lawyer with a writ of in- junction obtained on behalf of some Englishmen who claim 52 per cent of the rights in the ray. Mathews today denied that these countrymen of his had a contract, and said their option expfred a month ago. Rank and Filers Stop Circulating Petitions for Sen. LaFollette (Continued from page 1.) LaFollette’s treachery, and proclaim- ing the independence of the move- ment from LaFollette and all his kind. “The June 17 convention was not called to select a king,” says R. D. Cramer of Minneapolis, leader in the Mintiesota movement that elected two U. 8, Senators. “We are not for any candidate who is still hanging to the skirts of either of the old bunk, labor-hating parties,” wires William Bouck, president of the Western Progressi Farmers of ‘Washington State. “Mr. LaFollette is but an incident with us; we are not building our hopes or our party around any individual.” Nebraska Speaks Up. - “The Progressive Party of Nebras- ka is emphatic for a clear-cut Farm- er-Labor convention, candidate, and platform, and will have a large dele- gation to support that program,” wires William H. Green, secretary of that organization, as its answer to LaFol- lette. And so it goes all over the coun- try. LaFollette stabbed the Farmer- Labor movement in the back, but the workers and farmers are realizing how fortunate they are that the fake progressive exposed himself to them in time, for them to cut loose entire- ly from him, and set out in real ear- nest to build a clans party of their own. The June 17 convention at St. Paul begins to take on a more sub- stantial character. LaFoNette thought to kill it, but has helped to make it the biggest political event of a gener- ation. French Labor Shorta PARIS, June 1.— The Ministry of Labor reports that at the close of April, 1924, there was a shortage of labor in agriculture, the metal indus- try, and the building trad How many of your shop-mates read THE DAILY IRKER. Get one of them to subsoribe today. THE DAILY WORKE AGAINST THE WESTERN ELECTRIC ANGRY PROTEST AT SUSPENSION OF CARPENTERS Big Local 58 Hammers Czar Jensen (Continued from page 1.) Jensen’s arbitrary act of suspend- ing Locals 1, 18, 80, 416, 250, 1128, 2200 and 1693 has reacted to make the election of Jensen’s opponent, Frank Stahl, a strong probability, the DAILY WORKER is informed. Jensen, who suspended all locals who had candidates up for nomina- tion opposed to his machine, created such ,a storm of protest against his political trickery that disruption of the organization threatened in the near future. Jensen’s own local, and the local of Charles Sand, secretary of the district council, almost unani- mously passed resolutions condemn- Ing the suspensions. Disrupting the Union. William L. Hutcheson, president of the Carpenters and Joiners of Ameri- ca, came from Indianapolis to be pres- ent at the special meeting of the dis- |trict council, called to consider the suspensions. Hutcheson, speaking before the council, declared that it was up to the Chicago carpenters to fron out their own affairs, but he in- timated that the present arbitrary at- titude of Jensen was disrupting the Chicago carpenters’ union and that Jensen must change his attitude. After Hutcheson’s speech, Jensen backed water completely, reversed his decision on the suspended locals and said their candidates would be al- lowed to oppose him on the June 14 ballots. Hit Jensen’s Political Trickery. The five delegates to the district council who had sent a written call to the district council asking for a special meeting, declared that “Jen- sen’s decision had laid him open to the suspicion that by, political trick- ery he was disrupting the union.” Meanwhile the nine suspended lo- cals have all paid their building funds, which Jensen made the excuse for the suspensions, into the district couneil, agd these locals are again in good standing. f Carpenters’ Local No. 58 passed a resolution Wednesday night condemn- ing Harry Jensen, president of the locals from the district council, Local Union No. 58 is the local of Charles Sand, secretary-treasurer of the district council, and one of Jen- sen’s henchmen. Both Local No, 181, which passed a similar resolution, and Local No. 58 are in good standing and were not among the suspénded locals:\.‘ When Harry Jensen spoke at the meeting of Local No. 1, one of the largest locals connected with the coun- cil, he received no applause. . Frank Stahl of Local No. 13, nominated as Jensen's opponent in the June elec- tions, was granted the floor after an appeal had been taken against the de- cision of the local president. Less than half a dozen voted to sustain the president in trying to deprive Stahl of the floor. After Stahl had spoken he was given a rising vote of thanks for his laddress. Practically every one pres- ent stood up and no one opposed the vote of thanks. Jensen’s Weak Defense. Jensen tried to explain himself by claiming that he had only lived up to the law in expelling locals which were behind in their payments, but was un- able to tell why he had let the build- ing assessment go three months with- out warning and then expelled only those locals whose candidates for election are opposing him in the June election. Members of Local No. 1 de- clared that Jensen did not live up to the law until it was to his personal in- terest to do it. Jensen Runs Away. Jensen left the hall of Local No. 1 when Delegate Stevenson took the floor and attacked Jensen for his stupid attempt to steal the election. As Jensen left, the delegates called out “yellow,” and his departure was accompanied with catcalls. Members of the local unions ex- pelled declare they do not believe Jensen will be able to carry thru his plan of keeping Stahl and other op- ponents off the ballot. They declare that an open warfare ih the other Chi- cago carpenters’ union will result, and that Jensen has already laid himself open to the charge of disrupting the organization to further his own per- sonal interests. German-Austrian Unemployed Agree- ment. BERLIN, June 1.—Hffective March 8, 1924, the German-Austrian Recipro- cal Unemployment Agreement of 1921 was supplemented by terms which au- thorize unemployment relief to be granted by each country to unem- Ployed nationals of the other country residing permanently within its bound- aries, provided such unemployed per- sons are entitled to relief under the laws of the country in which they re- side, Danish Seamen's Wages Rise. COPENHAGEN, June 1--It is re- ported that an agreement, which will remain effective until April 1, 1925, has been reached between the ship- owners and the mates’ and marine en- gineers’ organizations, under which the latter will receive a wage increase of 5 per cent, together with certain ad- district council, for suspending nine | Senate to Consider New Amendment for Child Labor, Monday WASHINGTON, June 1.—The child labor amendment proposed to over- come constitutional difficulties, is slat- ed for senate consideration on Mon- day. The resolution, which was passed by the house, will be offered as a substitute for the one originally of- fered to the senate, This provides that congress may limit, regulate, and prohibit the labor of persons under 18 years of age and specifically states that the state's power is unimpaired, but that state laws “shall be suspend- ed to the extent necessary to give ef- fect to legislation enacted by con- gress.” PICKET LINE IS THROWN AROUND SCAB BAKERIES International Union Aids Jewish Workers With twenty-two shops already set- tled, the two hundred and fifty strik- ing Jewish bakers started the second week of their strike by picketing for the first time this morning. A series of open air mass meetings was started on Saturday. The shops which set- tled have been requested by Local 237 to increase théir quota of Jewish union Jabel bread, so that the public will be able to boycott non-union bread. The International Bakery and Con- fectionery Workers Union of America, with headquarters in New York, has sent National Organizer A, Goldstein to Chicago to aid the local officials in conducting the strike, Samuel Lipkin, business agent of Local 237, announced at the last strike meeting. Lipkin announced to the strikers that the Lawndale district, which has been a stronghold of the bosses, has settled and the bakers in that section have gone back to work under a satis- factory agreeyent. Lipkin instructed those strikers’ Who have returned to work in the settled shops to report immediately to the union if the bosses do not pay the increase in wages, Every member of Local 237 has donated five dollars towards the strike fund. The first of the series of open-air meetings was held Friday night on the corner of St. Louis Avenue and Roosevelt Road. English and Jewish speakers told the women of that neighborhood not to buy scab bread but. to demand the union label. A social and meeting was held Saturday afternoon at Douglas Park Auditorium at one @clock. WHAT CAN WE EXPECT JUNE 17? “HEAR TONIGHT Bittelman to Tell at Douglas Park “What can we expect from the June 17 Farmer-Labor Party convention?” is one of the most interesting ques- tions before the public just now, and when it is announced that so capable jan analyst as Alexander Bittelman, editor of the magazine section of the DAILY WORKER, is going to dis- cuss the matter, most people want to know when and where to keep the date. Bittelman speaks tonight in Doug: las Park, 3322 Douglas Blvd., Room 5, at 8:15 p. m., and admission is free to all. This is the regular open meet- ing of the Douglas Park branch of the Workers party. The speaker will deal with the .|Problems of American polities and why millions of workers in this coun- try are awaiting with great hopes the formation of a national Farmer-Labor party in St. Paul on June 17. The is- sues raised by LaFollette’s stand will prove peculiarly intersting. Bittelman is well known as a lead- er in the militant part of the Jewish labor movement and for ‘his writings and good speaking. Sentinel Merges with Hearst’s Wisconsin News — x MILWAUKEE, Wis., June 1.— The Hearst-owned Wisconsin News and the Milwaukee Evening Sentinel, bit- terést opponents of progress in the state of Wisconsin, since its inception in 1837, have been merged for the sake of better control of Milwaukee opinion. The first edition of the combination appears on the streets today. The Milwaukee Telegram, Sunday edition of the Wisconsin News has already been merged with the Sumday Sen- tinel. ‘ French Shoe Workers Strike, PARIS, June 1. — Demanding in- creases in wages of from ten to forty er cent, workers in the shoe factories vantages regarding termination of/at Romans (Drome) have declared a service, etc, i general strike, Mon day, June 2, 1924 LaFolliette Reads The Daily Worke By J. LOUIS ENGDAHL. Senator Robert Marion LaFollette reads the DAILY WORKER. He showed this very clearly in his recent state- ment issued attacking the June 17th Convention of all class Farmer-Labor forces in the United States. He quoted exten- sively from the columns of the DAILY WORKER, only to misrepresent its position. LaFollette’s attack brought to the attention of millions of workers, for the first time, that the DAILY WORKER is being published in Chicago. * * * * Millions Learn of “The Daily” Millions of workers have heard of the DAILY WORKER because the capitalist press generally over the land, that cir- culates tens of millions of copies daily, published LaFollette’s attack in full; in many cases with favorable comment. But these same yellow dailies, almost without exception, refused to publish the reply of the Workers Party. They re- fused to give space to the answer that the Communists made to LaFollette’s attack. There was only one daily that printed that reply in full, and the reply of the Arrangements Come mittee of the June 17th Convention. That publication is the expression of the exploited workers and farmers,—THE DAILY WORKER! We Fight for Winning Cause In this struggle it is the DAILY WORKER against all the capitalist dailies. It may be a one-sided fight but it is not a hopeless struggle. The DAILY WORKER has the far-reach- ing power of truth on its side. The DAILY WORKER is the champion of the oppressed workers and farmers. It stands four-square for their interests and their interests alone. The kept dailies of the capitalist class waddle about in the quick- sands of misrepresentation. They are fighting for a lost cause—the cause of decaying capitalism. The workers and farmers are ceasing to believe in them. * * # Get Trath in “The Daily” This situation offers a tremendous opportunity for the DAILY WORKER. LaFollette's attack has resulted in millions of workers hearing about the DAILY WORKER. The yellow press does not give these millions the other side. They can only get the truth thru the columns of the DAILY WORKER itself. But they can only get the truth thru subscribing for the DAILY WORKER; by getting and reading it daily. That is the next step. * a The Task of Our Readers Readers of the DAILY WORKER! This is where you come in! It isn’t enough to have the workers and farmers know that the DAILY WORKER exists. Their names must go on our mailing lists. They must get it regularly. — Our experience has been that the workers and farmers want the DAILY WORKER. All that is necessary is to ap- proach them and get their subscriptions. That is your job, readers of the DAILY WORKER! * * © i The Answer Is Up to You! How many new readers can we all get for “THE DAILY” during the next two weeks? That is for you to answer. We are making a special offer of a two months’ sub- scription for $1.00. Tens of thousands will accept that offer if it is properly presented to them. Here is a Special Sub- scription list. Put it into action. Get busy, readers of the DAILY WORKER! Let the workers and farmers everywhere read the replies of the most oppressed workers and farmers to the attacks of LaFollette and his kind, to the attacks of the whole capitalist class. Here is the subscription list ready to go to work. Help put it to work! My Answer to La Follette THE DAILY WORK 1118 W. Washington Blvd., Chicago, Hlinojs. Enclosed find to cover the list of .. subscriptions to the DAILY WO! taken on the list below. These “subs” were secured at the Special Rate of $1 for two months. This is my effort to let the workers and farmers know the truth about the attacks on the class farmer-labor movement. NAME ADDRESS Sent in by. Write plainly, in ink if possible. Better print the names, for special $1 for two months sub cards, s]eaeeeseeceeapereeteessrssssensenacesesesereeeanen Send in