The Daily Worker Newspaper, June 20, 1924, Page 2

Page Two SINCLAIR OIL. ADDS FUEL TO FASCIST FLAME (Continued from page 1.) cession are as follows: For ten years the Sinclair Consolidated oil Corpora- tion is to “study, investigate, and finally explore” the subsoil of Emilia and Sicily, abandoning claim to un- productive fields as the work con- tinues, and at the end of the ten-year period the company will be entitled to fifty-year concessions on not more than 000 hectares (about 185,250 acres). The Sinclair concessions will include the output and handling of minerals oils, gas and their hydro- carbides, but not asphaltic chist. The American oil crook will be ex- empt from all customs duties on ma- chinery imported, if such machinery cannot be supplied by Italian com- panies. The profits of the Sinclair corporation will be exempt from in- come tax for ten years. Climbing Gilded Ladder. Oily Sinclair, ho aspires to a golden crown in the heaven of Rockefeller, Deterding, Doheny, and the other pe- troleum patriots, is supposed to spend 104,000,000 lire (about $4,500,000) le- gitimately during the ten years’ de- velopment period (and of course, whatever else is necessary to keep the government in power). Sig. Matteoti disappeared on the eve of the day on which the Sinclair concession was due to come up in the Itajian parliament. Matteoti had intended to expose the rottenness of the Fascist grafters in this snd the failure and reorganization of the Banco Italiano Disconto. Dictator Sacrificing Fascists. Premier Mussolini is sacrificing all his old vanguard of Fascist leaders in order to save himself. He has had Sig. Filippell, Dumini, Viola, Volpi, Vi- Jani, Goverano, and Giovanni Mari- nelli, general administrative secretary}, of the Fascisti, arrested and charged with participation in the plot to mur- der the Socialist deputy, who threat- ened to expose them and the other Fascist thugs whose grafting and criminal practices had become so ne- farious under the censorship which protected them. K:ng Victor Emmanuel got scared enough to call in his “cousins” of the Order of Annunciatica to make a new gove.ument, but Mussolini turned «a Stony stare on the roval person and the wew cabinet is not yet formed. Monkey Prince Jeered. The grrival of Ras Tafari, the Ethi- ~ = oped laims | to have descended directly from King Solomon and the Queen of Sheba, failed sto distract the outraged popu- lace any more than an organ-grinder’s monkey dancing in the street for pen- nies. Because the parliament has not reg- ularly assembled since the crisis in the government developed, the fate of the Sinclair concession as well as that of the whole Fascist movement, is ex- ceedingly uncertain. Fifty years was a long time for any one to bet on con- ditions in this country of turmoil, but the oily American dollars may yet turn the trick and save the king’s gov- ernment a little longer by again sacri- ficing the masses of workers and pea- sants. PROVIDENCE, R. I, June 19. — What is believed to have been poison gas was used today in an attempt to break the filibuster in the Rhode Isl- and State Senate, which has been in continuous session since 2 p.m., Tues- day. The representatives of the FROM ST. PAUL TO WASHINGTON WITH THE DAILY WORKER (Continued from page 1.) as are organized in support of their Interests. 5. That this convention declares In behalf of the majority rule and to seek to secure control of this country only by the majority rule, and in doing so seeks to create a political party whose delegates to conventions, committeemen in con- trol of its affairs, and public of- ficers elected by it, shall be an- swerable only to the occupational and other groups which elected them. STATE UNITS FOR PARTY 6. It further recognizes the fact that a national political party In the United States must be organ- ized with regard to the state units which, together, compose the na- tional government. The national legislative body is created and con- trolled wholly by the action within the states—two United States sen- ators from each state and a con- gressman from each congressional district within the states, making up the membership of that body. The President and Vice President, elected once in four years, are also chosen by electors elected by the states. In consideration of the foregoing, your committee recom- mends that the first requisite to the creation of an effective national political party of the workers and farmers is to create effective state political parties ready to co-operate in the national elections and able to act as national units in national affairs. Centralized National Party. In view of these facts your com- mittee recommends that a national organization and campaign committee be chosen by this convention, to con- sist of two national committeemen from each state, who shall be subject to ratification or change by the state organizations, and two national com- mitteemen from each national organ- ization affiliated. This national organization and campaign committee shall elect a na- tional chairman and a national secre- tional chairman and a nation! secre- try-treasurer. The national executive committee shall consist of the na- tional chairman, secretary-treasurer and five other members. The national executive committee, to be under the supervision of the national campaign and organization committee. National Party Aids State. That this national organization and campaign committee be instructed to proceed in promoting and assisting in the organization of the state political parties, of the Farmer-Labor party along the lines now followed in Min- nesota, which provides for an enrolled membership of Farmer-Labor, Co-op- erative organizations and district”po- litical units. 7 That this work proceed with the ut- most vigor during the present na- tional campaign. State Conventions. That arrangements be made to hold state conyentions of the state organ- izations as soon as possible after the national election for the purpose of perfecting these organizations and to select representatives to a national convention which shall then organize in a permanent form a national Farm- er-Labor party. There shall also be represented in the national convention, national economic and political organ- izations affiliated. That the national RUSS WORKERS HELP GERMANY EKATERINBURG, June 19.— From March 15 to May 15 the workers of the Uural district contributed $13,000 to help the German workers on the Ruhr. workers and farmers from all over the United States are at St. Paul building a class party that is destined to sweep the political parties of capitalism from power and place a Workers’ government in Washing- ton. During the next few months one of the greatest polit- ical battles ever waged in Am Farmer-Labor Party leadin; erica will be fought with the against the capitalist parties. Get into this fight NOW with the DAILY WORKER. Let your answer to LaFollette and THE DAILY WORKER, 1113 W. Washington Bivd., Chicago, Hlinois. labor movement that will organize tion to the fighting Communist daily. Make Your Answ Enclosed f10d Sirsssssssereeenee CO COVEF the lst Of cesses subscriptions to the DAILY WORKER taken on the list below. These “subs” were secured at the Special Rate of $1 for two months. This is my effort to fet the workers and farmers know the truth about the attacks by La Follette, Gompers and the whole yellow press on the class farmer- his disrupters be a subscrip- jubscribe now. er Today! its forces at the St. Paul Farmer- organization and compatgn committee be charged with the duty of conducting the national campaign for the election of 1924. Getting Other Groups in 7. The national organization and campaign committee is authorized to carry on negotiations with any other group which favors the or- ganization of a national Farmer-La- bor Party with the view of uniting upon a single set of candidates and a platform and to give to ich groups representation upon the na- tional campaign and organization committee. Manley and Howat. Delegate Joseph Manley, secretary of the Farmer-Labor Party, started off the night session with the report of the platform committee. The dele- gates had listened to speeches during the afternoon and early evening while the committees were in session. Alex Howat, the Kansas coal miner, was speaking when Delegate Manley walked upon the stage. Howat Sees New Day. “Before we leave St. Paul we are going to do some real work for the building of a Farmer-Labor Party in this country,” Howat was saying, amid cheers from the delegates. “I am sure that this convention ts going to go down in history. LaFollette Out of Line. The unanimous adoption of this organization committee's report came at the end of a day of developing harmony and augers well for the con- clusion of a successful convention. It is felt here early today that the name of Senator LaFollette of Wis- lll BOUCK URGES BIG FARM UNION _BOUCK URGES BIG FARM UNION (Continued from page one) that of the farmer. It is accord- ingly high time that the farmer began organizing on his own hook, and organizing in an ag- gressive way.” Grange Master In 1918 patriotic people came to Mr. Bouck, who at that time headed the Non-Partisan league in Washington, asking him to sign a statement to the effect that the league was a disloyal and seditious organization. Bouck told them to go to hell. In 1921 Mr. Bouck, as master of the State Grange meeting in Cloville, Washington, made a speech attacking American militarism. For this he was expelled by the national Grange, and later formed the Western Progressive Farmer’s of Washington, an associa- tion which has grown rapidly and at present controls the Farmer-Labor party of the western state. Progressive Farmers The statement of principles of the Western Progressive Farmers sets forth nine demands: social use of com- modities socially produced; issuance of money by the federal government alone and the granting of credit on equal terms by the government; government ownership and operation THE DAILY WORKER fconsin will not even be allowed to come before the convention as a pres- idential possibility. It is declared {that John F. Sinclair, the Minneapo- lis banker, the personal representa- tive of LaFollette in Minnesota, has made this request to his friends in the convention. It is said that it is LaFollette’s wish that the conven- tion nominate its own candidates as the beginning of the new day for the working class of this country. “The old parties have left a trail of destitution of poverty over the land. Let us form a new party that will not surrender to employing in- terests and the old party politicians of this country. What we need is a real live party of our own. Get the workers together. The fact that the whole capitalist press is against us is proof that we are on the right track.” Platform to Unite On. _ lp presenting the platform commit- tee report, Delegate Manley stated that, “I forego some of the ideals I beiieve in. They are not contained in this platform. I have a platform here for a Farmer-Labor party, not for a Communist party. Our committee is united on this platform for the ;Parmer-Labor party. It is on this platform that the workers and farm- ers will unite in the struggle to abol- ish capitalism and erect a workers’ and farmers’ government.” Manley then proceeded to read the proposed platform. First cheers came from the conven- tion as he read the paragraph de claring that “only one road lies open the constitution of the Western Pro- gressive Farmers is remade every five years. An advantage of membership in the organization, Mr. Bouck said, was that any member holding a membership card, can obtain a five percent reduc- tion {n purchasing commodities thru- out the state of Washington. ; J. H. Anderson, president of the Snohomish county focal of the pro- gressive farmers, spoke of his trip east. to St. Paul. He said he had passed thru the richest agricultural districts of the nation, in which 93 to 96 percent of the farmers were heavily in debt to the Federal Reserve. When the Washington delegation left the state it was said they were sub- sidized by the Communist Internation- al. “This,” said Anderson, “I am sorry to say is not true.” Industrialized Farms Anderson predicted that in a short time the farms would be industrialized with all the efficiency of a trust con- trolled factory. The only way for the farmers to counteract this was thru the formation of cooperative producing and marketing societies, several of which he described in detail, In concluding the meeting, 0. T. Ramsay, a Minnesota farmer, made an of all means of transportation and com-| snalogy between the Communist scare munication; government confiscation | 4+ the convention and the defeat of ot private industrial monopolies; rigid | oja¢ of Norway in trying to recapture Labor Convention starting June 17th: NAME ADDRESS aeeeeseonaseeessnseeeecersesses sesanesnesenecsaseneneceenstsrasennseseneneessnensens| soeeeeers eaneenee Sent in b; 0 Write plainly, in ink if possible. Better print the names. Send in tor special $1 for two months sub cards, seeeenaneseaenaneeseeneeseeensenne enforcement of the prohibition law; abolition of unearned incomes; cooper- ative meang, of production and distri- bution; opposition to imperialist wars; organization to bring about these re- sults thru use of the ballot. i In response to a question about the anti-militarist policy of the organiza- tion, Mr. Bouck said that any man in pt who goes to @ citizen’s military train- ing camp, or sends his children to one, is expelled. The political work of the organiza- tion is carried on by a political com: mittee working thru the Farmer-Labor party. To keep the rank and file in control, his kingdom in 1030. Olaf refused the help of a Swedish army because the Swedes were not baptized, and conse- quently was defeated and killed, The Farmer-Labor movement, he said, would also be defeated unless it gave up quibbling about the support of those not anointed with some particular brand of holy water. At this meeting a large number of farmer delegates signed up with Bouck’s organization, and plans were made to make the Western Progressive Farmers national in scope. Send in that Subscription Today! for the industrial workers and farm- ers to protect themselves from the exploitation and oppression of the financial and industrial lords who tule the country and this is to or- ganize a political party representing the interests of the industrial work- ers and farmers, and to enter into the political arena to wrest control of the government from the hands of the financial and industrial mas- ters who now rule this country.” It was significant, however, that the greatest applause greeted the planks on imperialism and foreign affars, most of the ovation coming from the farmer delegates. This was the clos- ing section of the platform as fol- lows: RECOGNITION OF RUSSIA, “1, Immediate full diplomatic and commercial recognition of the first workers’ and farmers’ government —Soviet Ru ” The del were on their t cheering as they had not done at any time during the sessions of the gathering, and it was several moments before Manley could proceed. “3, Immediate independence for the Philippine Islands. “3, The right of self-determina tlon for colonies and possessions of the United States, such as Porto Rico, Hawaii, Guam, Virgin Is- lands. The question of the rela- tionship of the government of these possessions to the government of the United States to be decided by a plebiscite of the people of these countries, “4, The removal of the United States marines and soldiers from Haiti, Santo Domingo and Nacaraga and the full recognition of the right of these countries and Cuba to de- cide upon their own affairs. “5, Absolute non-interference In any other country for the purpose of safe-guarding investments or co! lection of debts of the financial In- terests.” Delegate Meitzen, Texas, opened the discussion on the platform by at- tacking the section devoted to the Negro planks contained in the plat- form would make it difficult to de- velop the farmer-labor movement south of the Mason-Dixie line. He didn’t seem to voice the sentiments of any great section of the conven- tion. Stanley Clark of Missouri, for- merly co-worker with Meitzen in Texas, and thruout the southwest, at- tacked Meitzen’s position with a plea for economic unity of the white and black races. Black and White Together. “There is nothing the exploiters of the south fear so much as the unity of the black and white races,” said Clark, who admitted that he was of Irish and Indian descent, and con- cluded by saying that the Indian did not suffer the same discrimination as the Negro because, “the Indian would die, but he would work for no mas- ter.” Meitzen came back with the declaration that Clark was now liv- ing in Missouri, north of the Mason and Dixon line, but the delegate from Tennessee took his stand with the platform committee’s declarations. Huiswoud Gets Ovation. Otto E. Huiswoud, delegate of the Chicago Negro Tenants’ League, the only Negro delegate in the conven-, tion, was given an ovation as he took the platform. Huiswoud made a bril- | LEGION SLAYER OF HUNGRY MAN BACK AT WORK Railroad Dick on Bond As Trial is Delayed In spite of the fact that a charge of manslaughter has been returned against him, Dewey J. Norman, detec- tive of the Chicago, Milwaukee and St, Paul railroad, who on May 17, shot and killed John Bajur for picking up a few rotting potatoes lying in the company yards, will return to his job at the railroad tomorrow, Judge Fran- cis Borrelli, of the Desplaines street municipal court, released Norman or a $10,000 bond until the resumption ot the trial on Sept. 17. 5 This is the fifth of the delays whict have held up the inquest over the body of Bajur and the trial of Norman since Lawrence Packwood, American Legion representative, asked that the case be postponed, on the sole grounv that Norman is an ex-service man and has held posts in the Legion. Packwood has not appeared in court, saying that he believed his duty fin- ished when he had obtained delay. “In shooting Bajur, Norman did only what was required of him by law,” said Thomas J. Peden, lawyer for the defense. “Had he not done this, he might have found himself charged with an equally serious offense — the offense of failing to defend private ‘The defense has attempted to prove that Norman shot at the ground and bullet bounced up (flattened) in- to Bajur’s back and killed him, The trial has been put off for “insufficient evidence.” Send In that Subscription Today! liant plea for his race and the plat- form committee’s position was sus- tained by an overwhelming vote, It was when the delegates had drifted into a discussion of railroad legislation, the banking question and the problem of women’s rights that the movement got ‘under way and finally predominated to have the pro- posed platform printed and distrib- uted among the delegates before further discussion. All Hit Lying Press. In the speeches made during the con- vention the yellow press comes in for universal condemnation. This prompt- ed Delegate J. H. Anderson, of the Friday, June 20, 1924 STRIKE VICTIMS TO BE CALLED IN PROBE OF POLICE Council to Continue “Goldfish” Hearing The “goldfish” probe of the police committee of the city council will die not at the mere request of Chief of Detective Mike Grady or his attor- ney, S. P. Bolton. The hearing yes- terday continued in spite of the fail- ure of the two Harvard school teach- ers, Mitchell and Wilson, to appear for testimony. Alderman Guy Guernsey, who intro- Washington delegation, to take the floor and urge the delegates and all their friends’ to boycott the brass check press and to read their own paper, the DAILY: WORKER. The delegates voice their support of this suggestion in no uncertain terms. Altho the St. Paul press has con- ducted a continuous campaign de- claring that the delegates would be driven out of the Municipal Audi- torium by the police if necessary, the convention continues with its work developing new solidarity with each advancing stride. CONVENTION FOR (Continued from preceding page.) Mahoney then went into a detailed explanation of the La Follette situa- tion, in large part a repetition of his gpening speech to the convention. Delegate Stanley J. Clark then intro- duced a substitute for both other pro- positions declaring that the convention offer the candidacy of the Farmer Labor party to Senator LaFollette, if he will be the candidate of the Farmer-Labor party, and if he will accept the control of the campaign and of the campaign funds by the National Committee of the Farmer-Labor party. Delegate Ben Gitlow, of New York, got the floor and excoriated La Fol- lette, ripped open his record and turned broadsides against his pretensions to speak for the workers and farmers. “After La Follette has been urging his program for forty years, the work- ers and farmers are more mired in misery than ever before. And if you follow La Follette for the next forty years you will be still worse off than you are now.” “By adopting this substitute of dele- gate Clark this convention asked La Follette to become its candidate, to stand on its pla ; discipline. If he will do that he will become the servant of this convention and not its misleader,” Gitlow con- cluded. “If La Follette does not want us then we can get along without his support,” said Walter Thomas Mills, of California, asking Delegate Taylor to withdraw his minority report. Ruthenberg Speaks. Delegate C. E. Ruthenberg of the Workers’ party was then recognized. He urged that the substitute offered by Clark clarified the situation with re- gard to La Follette. “He pointed out that if McAdoo is nominated by the Democrats at New York then he will also become the candidate of the railroad unions in the Cleveland gathering of the conference for progressive political action entirely eliminating La Follette. “The break will not come on La Follette at Cleveland but the break will split away elements that are ready to join us in this Farmer Labor class party,” said Ruthenberg. Millions For Class Party. He urged that a few millions of votes ‘whd™ accept its)’ duced the resolution calling for the investigation, said that the teachers were both out of town on their vaca- tions, as the school had closed for the summer. They will be called for further hearings. Bolton's request that the committee suspend hearings was voted down and the committee will continue its probe of brutal police methods at the call of the chairman. Witnesses of police violence against pickets in the ladies’ gar- ment workers’ strike will bring their evidence before the council commit- tee. CLASS CANDIDATE for a real class party candidate would be much more effective than many millions cast for a candidate who did not really stand for or represent the class interests of the workers and farmers, Ruthenberg continued, “Mr. Mills says he wants to unite with all the progressives of this country. I say that we can only unite with those who are for the interests of the workers and farmers of the country.” “We have here the real basis for a workers and farmers’ movement. We must not and cannot permit the name of a man who will not stand on your platform bring division into your ranks.” He urged the delegates:to select can- didates from their own ranks. MACHINISTS WIRE GREETING TO ST, PAUL CONVENTION « Machinists’: Local No. 478 at their last meeting sent greetings to the St. Paul convention. The local told the convention that they hoped their de- liberations would result in the forma- tion of.a National Farmer-Labor par- ty. The resolution was passed unani- mously. ¥ Barney Koretz, a fighting militant, was elected as delegate to the Inter- national Association of Machinists’ convention to be held in Detroit in September. Koretz was in charge of the machinists’ end of the railroad shopmen’s strike in the Chicago dis- trict in 1922. Koretz said that he would stand for every progressive measure at the convention. He will advocate the changing of the con®fitution so as to break the hold of the Grand Lodge machine on the organization. He will fight for the amalgamation of all rail- road unions and for an organization drive in the steel industry. Organizer Olchon of the A. F. of L. visited the meeting and spoke on the need of a strong drive in the steel trust plants. Olchon, who is from Youngstown. TA WORKERS! 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