The Daily Worker Newspaper, June 20, 1924, Page 3

— 4) a | \ oak THE DAILY WORKER Red American Labor Paper Wins Big Campaign TOLEDO AND REVERE CARRY OFF FIRST HONORS Militants Cover Themselves with Glory as Campaign Ends Never in the annals of the American labor movement has a Campaign met with such widespread success as the first big DAILY WORKER subscription campaign which has just ended in a veritable whirlwind of subseriptions. To be sure the goal of 10,000 new subscribers was not reached, but a total of 6,184 new subscribers have been added to THE DAILY WORKER roll since the drive started three months ago. It has been a good fight and the victory rests in the hands of the American militants. Many Hundreds Share Honors. To print the names of those who made this stirring success would require the reprinting of the Honor Roll. While mention must be given to certain cities and individuals who have distin- guished themselves most brilliantly in the campaign, every worker who has made an effort in behalf of THE DAILY WORKER shares in the glory. From every part of the country, from the big cities and from little industrial centers, from mining camps and farms the subs have poured in to the effect that six thousand workers have been made new recruits to the militant labor movement. It has not been possible to print the records of cities to whom no quotas were assigned. Many have turned in many more sub- scriptions than some of the quota cities, These will be given a chance to show their prowess in the next campaign. Revere, Mass., and Toledo, Ohio, carry off premier honors in the contests between the cities of their respective classes. The New England city has Comrade Chas. Swartz to thank for putting it on the map. This hustler secured almost all of the 55 subs turned in and has brought his home city from an obscure puritan burg to an oasis of militancy in the desert of the pilgrim fathers. Three hundred sixty-six per cent of its quota was all Revere was able to accomplish. It gets the banner for the cities whose quota was less than 100. Deserving of congratulations also are seven other cities in this class who have gone over the top in great style. Particularly Ambridge, Pa., which topped the 200 per cent mark, is deserving,of special mention by reason of the great work done by the South Slavic comrades. Organization Wins in Larger Cities, Because of its superior methods of organization, by means of a really organized campaign, Toledo has been able to make such a splended record in winning the other banner. The success of the Ohio comrades was not the work of one militant alone nor of two or three but the fruit of the persistent efforts of a whole group of live wires. Comrade A. W. Harvitt is due great credit for the work he performed as an individual but if he is responsible for organizing his comrades of Toledo his greatest honor is due there, As an example of what Toledo can continue to do, 53 subs were turned in by this busy bunch in the last three days of the drive! Only one other city of the over 100 class was able to best the 100 per cent mark. Mainly as the result of the efforts of Comrade Scarville, Pittsburgh has hung up the enviable record of | 161 new subs in the last 90 days. cateameettoe The Drive ts Over, But the Work Goes.On. .. ‘The campaign has marked the end of an historic peridd in the life of THE DAILY WORKER. It has been the period of putting THE DAILY WORKER on its feet. But the end of the drive marks the beginning of a new period too, the period of the for- ward march to new struggles and new victories. ; distinguish themselves from other revolutionary workers in the Communists fact that they not only see the final goal and fight for its accom- plishment but also they take glory in the fight itself. THE DAILY WORKER is the essence of the fight and with fire in their eyes and in their hearts the militant workers of America fight forward . with their best weapon, THE DAILY WORKER. Not only in special campaigns, but day in and day out, mili- tants make it their first concern to spread the doctrines of the class struggle and the inspiration of the left labor movement by means of THE DAILY WORKER.. It is six thousand new readers in this campaign. one. thousands will be added? It will be closer to sixty thousand in the next And between campaigns, who knows how many tens of Standing of the Cities *. City Quota REVERE, MASS. 15 AMBRIDGE, PA.. 15 TOLEDO, OHIO. SUPERIOR, WIS. 50 PORTLAND, OR! 30 KANSAS CITY, MO.. 50 DENVER, COL. 25 PITTSBURGH, PA 150 MILES CITY, MON 25 SOUTH BEN 25 Warren, Ohio 50 Providence, R. I... ‘25 Oakland, Salit 30 Worcester, Mass..... 75 Duluth, Minn. 50 Newark,’ N. 25 Springfield, Il 25 Brooklyn, N. Y. Monessen, P. 18 Erie, Pa. 15 Philadelphi. Cannonsburg, Pa.. 30 New York City. Ohio.. e 16 Hammond, | 25 Youngstown, 0! 30 | Rochester, N M Chicago, Ill... Saher City, Wi Los Angele: Moe Marshfield, Lpebe NH Me Inanga, W. Grand Rape St, Paul, MUMMA rsvvecsesreeeereeerseeee 100 Minneapolis, MIMM.cccvnsecsemeeeen 200 Bt. LOUIS, MO... cscsssesesrveseresensnee 125 Astoria, L. I. ip Y. eegeet f benatiase 8.588 ee POLICE CHIEF CALLS FOR CARS AND SHOTGUNS Collins Prepares for Unemployment “Riots” The mounted police are not effi- cfent (brutal) enough to suit Chief of Police Morgan Collins. He will rec- ommend that they be disbanded and assigned to foot duty and that special squads in autos and with sawed-off shot guns be trained for riot duty. Collins intends to ask permission of the city council to disband the mounted men at the next council meeting, the DAILY WORKER learned. Collins has for some time been in doubt as to the effectiveness of the mounted men as riot quellers. These men depend on their horses to dis- band crowds. The new auto squads would put their faith in riot guns to get crowds of striking workers to move on if Chief Collins’ plans goes thru. Lahor leaders who saw the mounted Police in action in the stock yards district during the packing house strike differ with Collins on the ques- tion of mounted cops. They cannot see how there could be a more brutal way of handling workers than! was exhibited by the horse cops during that affair. It is believed that what Collins has in mind is preparations for handling the unemployment question which the state employment bureau calls a “serious problem.” Send in that Subscription Today. Minor Talks About His Trade Speech by Robert Minor, after hav- ing been seated as a delegate to rep- resent the 25 or 80 newspaper cor- respondents present at. the St. Paul Farmer-Labor convention. (The correspondents, led by Wil- liam Hard, who started it as a joke, elected Minor, the Communist, as their delegate to the convention, the only dissenting vote being that of a correspondent for a socialist publication, The correspondents sent a note to the chairman de- manding, “hard-working men,” that their delegate be seated. The convention insisted on taking the nomination seriously, and by a unanimous rising vote seated the delegate, who, called upon for a speech, spoke as foliows:) Ove 12 Apologies for Sordid Craft. Brother Chairman and Delegates: I assume that my colleagues, in selecting me to speak for our craft here, wish me to convey to this con- vention a humble apology which in- dividually they would not dare to ut- ter. You know, our craft, perhaps more than almost any other, is sat- urated with the cowardice, the sor- didness, the dishonesty and deliber- ate lying which are characteristic of this social system. Here in this city of St. Paul, in the city of Minneapolis and in the city of Chicago, from which I come, the newspapers have been conducting a campaign of lying and sabotage in- tended to scare this convention out of performing the great task for which it assembled. I convey to you the humble apology nial jesse Snap fot vieeeapciccneemepsioesiona Contest Ends But Special Offer Continues The contest between cities of two months’ subs for $1.00 continues until July 1. has ended but the special offer If the subs keep coming in as they have during the past week it will create a revolution in THE DAILY WORKER editorial office which com- plains that the Honor Roll requires too much space. Who cares? The militants might even force THE DAILY WORKER to print 8 pages regularly by reason of the many new subs turned in! HONOR ROLL Chicago, III. Erie, Pa. Nick Pappas, 10. N. Cristy, 1 W Kern, 6. . Laurila, 1. Lililan Goodman, 1. H. Terkon, 1. V. Arkin, 3. McKeesport, Pa, ‘W: Kraft, 2. mo : Dougals Pk. Br., 3. Kent, Ohio. J, Stuffers, 1. A. Ludick, 1. G. Christopherson, 2. Duluth, Minn. 8. Juska, 1. R. Harju, 1 S. J. Dybcio, 1. J. O. Bentall, 2. J. Thunbon, 1 R. E. Romly, 1 J. Singer, 3, Ruskin, Fla. E. Holt, 1 J! R. Walker, 4. New York, N. Y. Hawthorne, Calif. BE. T. Allison, 1, Mary M. Thomas, 2. Freiheit, 1. Hammond, Ind. J. Papanicholas, 1, L, Carver, M. Halebsky, 1. J. 8. Carem, 2. O, Foucek, 2. Akron, Ohio, W.._Herberg, 1. M, Chelovitz, 1. W. Elf, 1. Royalton, Il. F. Hessen, 2. F, Edick, 2 R. Dunn, 1, A. Lossef, 5. Chas. Schartz, 25. M. Weiner, 2. Cincinnati, Ohio. J. H. Wilson, 3. D. Frenierre, 1. V. Moshowitz, 1. hia ML Toledo, Ohio. A. Koos, 1. A. W. Harvitt, 22. Clairton, Pa. Chas. Stephenson, 3. Frank Gajer, 1 ee Fallon, Mh, Milwaukee, “Wis. Shriener, 3. Glocester, Mass, Substurned Substurned Per cent G. Amadon, 3. U. I. Santi, 1 in up to in to of quota Mrs. Harris, 4. bar Wash. peeeviont, tue reached | C. Peterson, 4. L. F. King, 1 » Vossberg, 2, Fargo, N. D, a 31 2068 | RB Cook 2. A. Knutson, 2. ki baad 203.2 Davey, 1 Parsons, Kan. 4 69 138 ‘Wm. Patterson, 3. E. G. Fisher, 1. 4 a“ 137 A. Swarzenfeld, 1. Fresno, Calif. 63 65 F. Marinelli, 1. A. M. Scherer, 2. 25 29 .... BE, Miller, 2. Houston, 185 161 Cleveland, Ohio. R. Gourand, 1 t-4 26 P. Lukachie, 15. Tacoma, Wash. 26 26 J. Stimetz, 1. H. Siegel, 47 48 0. Sirio, 1. Atlanta, Ga. 19 22 A. Malnar, 2. J, Klami, 1 25 26 C. Sablack, 1 Oakland, Calif. 56 64 E. A. Duchan, 1. C. A .Whii 38 42 J. A. Hamilton, 2. Newark, N. J. 19 2 Brooklyn, N. Y- 8. Kovacs, 2. 19 21 Hi. Feinstein, 1. . Yonkers, N. Y. 162 162 HH. J. Scherer, 1. 8. N. Greene, 4. ‘ - P. Siegal, 1. - pease 1 1 x b Ty 143 145 a Ry Toronto, Ont. Can. 20 21 % B. Nyran, 1. 322 340 Rockfort, Ill, 146 168 M. Lundquist, 2. 8 10 |. Oswall, 4. 12 7 Seattle, Wash, { 15 19 J, Laurie, 1. 29 30 H. Daniels, 4. ah Miles City, Mont: J. L. Davidson, 1. 12 56 Y Lawrence, Kans. 81 55 J. B. Wilson, 1. N. Hurwitz, 1. 21 54 Hoboken, N. J. Pittsburgh, Pa. 6 63.3 | J. Berzich, 1, eee 3. 12 52 Rosenhayn, N. J. . ‘at, 2. 7 4 | Atox Bail, 1. L: Rosenthal, 1. 5 , 46.6 Internat’! Falls, Mont. Denver, Colo. 1 44 H. A. Schultz, 1. P. G. Panargopoulos, 2. 165 43.2 Reading, Pa. J. C, Columan, 1. 363 38.8 Robt. Weaver, 2. Ella R. Bloor, 1. 8 36 Detroit, Mich, Forest Park, Ill, 27 s. B: 3 Heyes, a: Fi 5 . Hirte, 1. 4 33.3 W. Mollenhaur, 1. J. A. Rehm, 3. 4 33.3 C. Ruzich, 1. Los Angeles, Calif. 7 32 \ EB. Wernly, 1 Anna Cornblatt, 2. 28 32 W. Wirta, 1. L. P. Rindal, 5. 58 BA M. be cserraes wr P. J, Knego, 1. ‘orcester, Mass, y i 28 pain, 5. bop te Island, N.Y. 7 28 J. Ginsberg, 1. R. 2. 23 28 , 3, or goelo, Wh 1 26.6 C. A, Anderson, 1, A, Bull 6 W 5 Be, if 2 i Ziegler, Il. S. Phillips, 1. Tovar, m. M. Herfant, 1, La Crosse, Wis. Shiftar, 1. Sawtelle, Calif. Wm. Green, 2. Mt. egy Wash. H. B. Wells, St Paul, Minn, Berthan Sauer, 5 . H. E. Bartlett, 1. J. Roeslein, 1 J. Lemeek, 1. gE. ste ag Ind. M. Heitler, 1 St. Louis, Mo. C. Minuk, 1. Wm. A. Johnson, 1. J. Tuzzolino, 1. Pay pile. Springfield, tl. B. Gerger, 1 V. Victor, 1. Roanoke, Va. L. W. Pearson, 6. ° Spokane, Wash. Geo. Bloxam, 1. C. A. Bachman, 1. Great Falls, Mont. J. M. Rector, 1 Wacdinnn. Pa. M. Resetar, 2. hg oy, Okla. L. Jackson, 1, a Mich, . Cook, 3. Collinsville, mW. 8. pe les, 1. sect Wis. Tymoies, €. Pieatsas): Ohio, Rosa Powel, 1. Roy Mahoney, 1. Johnson City, til. A. J. Gnitzinski, 1. Concord, N. H. W. Paananen, 1. R. Bjorbacka, 3. palais Ohio. A. Sussonj, 1. Springfield, Mass. Evelevsky, 1. Christopher, Ill. . lc, 2. Portsmouth, W. Va. . Selits, 1 Huntington, W. Va. D. D. is 1 . Harper, 1. Sistervilie, W. Va. C. W. Kirkendall, W. EB. Peterson, (4 Norval ‘Ohio. Klein, Mont. J. Blasko, 4. Bridgeport, © Conn. wa ‘Korpelay't, ye Kansas City, Mo. EB. M ap 4 Mii jolie, Minn, 0. Coover, x weet pent of my colleagues for their dishonesty, cowardice and stupidity, and the ut- ter prostitution which has character- ized the work of the newspapers in Tegard to this convention. Hell and Refrigerator. In the past few days I have been in Cleveland, Ohio, reporting the con- vention of the Republican party. There the Republican party has just finished nominating a refrigerator for president and Hell and Maria for vice- president. Between the two, the Re- publican party is prepared to blow both hot and cold. That party, which, 70 years ago, with a little convention in Rippin, Wis,, wi founded as a THIRD PARTY, has attained the age of three score years and ten, and is ready to die. Back In 1854. In 1854 the Whig party and the Re- publican party, which were then ‘the two dominant political parties of this country, had ceased to mean anything any more. The party lines did not any longer conform to the lines of di- vision of the country on the issues that then ‘faced the public. There were in the Whig party pro-slavery- ites and anti-slaveryites. In the Demo- cratic party there were the same, The great issue before the country then was between the extension of chattel slavery and the abolition or checking of chattel slavery. The two dominant parties did not express the division on this issue, and a new party had to force its way to the front, to become the instru- ment to fight out the issue, The new party was formed out of those who split off from the two old parties, and the old Whig party died. The pew little third party of 1854 was the Re- publican party, and it expressed the will of a new class to rise to power. Jack Elephant The Same. We face a similar situation today. The Democratic party and the Repub- lican party are the same party. Each tried to combine within itself an@ to claim to represent the two anta- gonistic elements that are back of the two irreconcileable points of view on the great issues that face the pub- lic. Such an historic situation, like that which occurred in 1854, calls for @ redistribution and a redrawing of party lines to fight out public issues. We cannot and must not leave this hall without forming a great mass Farmer-Labor party organization. The movement of the producing classes to step into political action to demand the right to rule America is as dis- tinct ‘and definite as was the move- ment af the capitalist class, which formed the Republican party 70 years ago. Our movement is destinéa to be- come, not a weak third party, but one of. two dominant parties, and later the one dominating party in this coun- try. BRITISH BACK DOWN; RECALL MEXICAN AGENT Protest Pulls “Labor” Off High Horse (Special to THE DAILY WORKER.) LONDON, June 19.—The British government recalled its hot-headed “archivist,” H. A. C, Cummins, the unofficial agent who has been an offensive nuisance to Mexico for two years. Without formal announce- ment to the effect, relations between the two countries, will be conducted by the Chilean minister Bermude or American representatives in Mexic | Premier Ramsay MacDonald's state- ment in the House of Commons yes- terday defending the lying British agent has increased the storm of pro- test against him and the Labor gov- ernment for failure to recognize Mex- ico months ago and for the utterly subservient manner in which Mac- Donald has allowed the British oil in- terests to dominate his government’s policy. The popular demand is all for the mission of Sir Thomas Hohler to con- tinue to Mexico as planned and push recognition, altho the capitalists are trying to foster an attitude of offend- ed dignity leading to a demand for an apology.and a possible more severe break in relations. War would please the bosses most. Anaconda Appetite For Profits Shown By Copper Company GREAT FALLS, Mont., June 19.— Employes of the Anaconda Copper Company are growing restive under the refusal to meet their demand for higher wages, claiming that a family can not live on the wage paid at pres- ent. The company, in refustig the raise, claimed’ “ft was making no money, altho its reports show a profit last year of over $8,000,000, or at the rate of $5.84 on earh hundred lars of capital. Send in that Subscription Today. WESTERN ELECTRIC’S BROTHERS (Continued from page 1.) thorne and are presumably “leased” to the Western Union Telegraph Company. Automatic Machines Kill Jobs The Western Union Morse oper- ators, as a result of the installation of these automatic Western Electric machines are now working, in a ma- jority of cases, on part time. The Western Union has been able to in- stitute the system of cheap help which has been so successful in the Western Electric plant. Since the great Western Union strike of 1907, the Electrical Trust has solidified its: cheap labor policies and has been able to keep strong unions out of the factories and telegraph and telephone systems. Scrap Morse Operators. The highly trained Morse telegraph- ers are now a drug on the market, and hence the rate of wages paid by the Western Union is not at all com- patible with the skill and training of the Morse operators. The multiplex automatic operators receive $120 per month, whereas the Morse operators get from $100 to $160 a month. Only those who have been with the com- pany for a score or more of years re- ceive $160 a month, The Western Union constantly hires new telegraph operators to work on part time. For the last few months practically all the new telegraph op- erators have been working on half time or less. These operators are classed as extra help and are “called in to work only when needed.” Over- time work for the Morse operators has been practically eliminated and is be- coming an unheard of occurrence, Morgan Is the Link. The Western Electric not only manufactures and leases the multi- printing machines to ny, but installs pa for the Western Union as well, J. Pierpont Morgan, thru his agents, is majority stockholder of the Amer- fean Telephone and Telegraph sys- tem, and hence controlling the West- ern Blectric Company, is also the dom- inant stockholder in the General Elec- tric Company. $21,000,000 Against Strike, During the Western Union telegra- phers’ strike of 1907, Jacob Schiff, who was a director in the Western Union company for thirty years, told President Robert C. Clowry to go ahead and fight the telegraphers’ ‘union to a finish and he would dig up the money, The Western Union, thru Robert C. pA aad geuera. atte age it, and John eS ny of the company at that time, fought the strike thru to a finish. Altho $21,000,000 was lost by the Western Union stockholders in expenses and revenues, during the ninety days of the strike, according to the Wall Street Journal, and the Western Union was almost wrecked, since that time no vestige of a union has crept tnto the Western Union organization. The Western Union lost so much money on this strike, however, that the minority stockholders threw their shares on the market. These shares were bought in by the Bell Telephone | system, and control of the Western Union was wrested from Jay Gould. Telephone-Telegraph Trust. Theodore Vail was elected president of the newly organized telegraph and telephone trust, that is, he was elect- ed president of both companies, which were combined. Vail brought a telephone administrator over from England, Newcomb Carlton (he had been English representative of the Bell system), who was made vice president and general manager of the Western Union. This organization remained intact until during President Howard Taft's administration, when the interstate commerce commission compelled a divorcement of the company. The en- tire electric trust, however, is better organized than ever, and the com- panies were separated only in name. Newcomb Carlton, who rose in England a: Bell telephone man, and who gained all his experience as a telephone company executive, Is now president of the Western Union Telegraph Company. Cheap Help, Big Profits. The watchword of the General Electric Company, the Bell Telephone systems and the Western Electric has been speed up production, with cost of production thru cheap labor and automatic processes cut to the bone. The Western Electric Multiplex printing machines, thru their auto- matic operation by cheap girl help, « int to eight circuits on hen Western Electric used by W rn Union girls mean not only the dismissal of trained Morse operators who are replaced by unskilled cheap labor, but also mean a tremendous econ- omy of wires, increasing production many times over at a reduced labor cost. In my next article I will tell about the similarity between the Western Electric and the Western Union branches of the Blectric Trust in the smashing of unions and the handling of help in such a way as to keep green down and production high, Ipiee, Coma sear way, Page Three SPEAKER HAD RIGHT TO FLAY ‘CAL, SAYS JUDGE But He Should Talk to Himself Only PHILADELPHIA, June 19.—(By mail.)—Police here Saturday arrested H. M. Wicks, speaker at the Workers’ Party picnic d dispersed the plenic in regular cossack style, after Wicks had been speaking less than five min- utes, Police permits had been ‘secured for both the picnic and the speaking. i Shortly after Wicks had started speaking on the question of the necés> sity of supporting a daily paper of the working class a detective sergeant from the 32nd precinct station of Philadelphia approached the stand and told the speaker he would have to refrain from talking about Cal Coolidge, the President of the United States. Wicks had referred to Coo lidge’s notorious record in the Boston police strike and the attitude of the capitalist press in praise of him and called him a “strike-breaker” when the interruption occurred. Wicks replied to the detective, stat- ing that he intended to continue to talk and that no one had any legal right to stop him, whereupon a num- ber of policemen forced their way thru the audience of about 600 that was stahding around the stage, pulled Wicks from the platform and removed him from the grounds to a fire station where he was taken to the police sta- tion in a patrol wagon. - Drive Audience From Grounds. Meanwhile the police, reinforced by mounted policemen who arrived from some place nearby began an attack upon the audience, ordering them to and children with clubs and riding their horses perilously near the people as they were compelled to retreat be- fore this brutal assault. One man who did not move fast enough was struck over the head with a club and thrown into the patrol wagon, taken to the station and booked for disorderly con- duct. In ten minutes the grounds were en- tirely cleared. The members of the Workers Party who had charge of literature tables, refreshment stands and other establishments were not permitted to remove their supplies from the grounds. Wicks was taken to the 32nd pree- inct police station and held for over two hours before the police could de- termine what charge to hold him ¢-. They finally had to resort to the charge that is, is no basis »,r holding a prisoner, “disorderly cc aduct.” Members of the Philadelphia De- fense Committee were on the job in short order and demanded that they be permitted to furnish bonds. In Philadelphia there is an established procedure that a police magistrate must sign a duplicate charge to permit release of a prisoner on bonds. It was not possible to find such a magis- tate—all of them being conveniently absent. So Wicks was held in jail all Saturday night and until Sunday aft- ernoon, before bonds were given. He was released on $500 bonds to appear for a hearing next Thursday morning. Judge Helped Nominate Coolidge, A hearing to determine the amount of bonds was held before Police. Judge Dugan on Sunday morning and His Honor had just returned from Cleve- land where he was a Pennsylvania delegate and helped nominate Coo- lidge. He began delivering Wicks a lecture on the virtues of the President, when Wicks interrupted him and informed him that his opinion of Coolidge showed clearly that he was a preju- diced partisan and therefore in- capable of impartiality. Wicks further asserted that he had called Coolidge a strikebreaker and that partiality. Wicks further asserted had he been permitted to con- tinue he would have called him worse than that; that in his opinion Coolidge was but a half- educated New England ward poli- ticlan, who by accident had been eéle- vated to the presidency. He insisted that he had a right to criticise the President of the United States and to seek to prevent his re-election and that no one had a right to interfere with him in his attacks upon the Presi- dent. The detective who arrested Wicks and one of the policemen who as- sisted him in the arrest were in court and testified to what had been said and concluded by stating that Wicks was inciting to riot by his criticism of Coolidge. sufficient intelligence to presume to censure a political meeting and that if any crime was committed the ‘po- licemen were guilty. He asserted that the policemen were guilty of a num- ber of crimes: disturbing a public meeting, false arrest, assault and bat- tery upon the audience and bi for refusing to permit goods to be moved from the grounds by their ers. The large crowd assembled — the court room were quite plainly sympathy with Wicks and when bail was being Dugan told members of the Party that he thought he had to support Coolidge and that did not treat him right by his remarks with such fury. Hl i a é f in an apologetic mood and admitted that the speaker had a right to erit-— he desired. leave the park, striking men, women ~ 4