The Daily Worker Newspaper, June 23, 1924, Page 1

“——~~tras broken down and made THE DAILY WORKER RAISES THE STANDARD FOR A WORKERS AND FARMERS’ GOVERNMENT Vol. II. No. 82. SUBSCRIPTION RATES Outside Chicago, In Chicago, by mail, $8.00 per year. by mail, $6.00 per year. \ Entered as Second-class matter September 21, 1923, at the Post Office at Chicago, Illinois under the Act of March 3, 1879, MONDAY, JUNE 23, 1924 QE 2y0 Published Daily except Sunday by The Labor Party Amalgamation Organization of Unorganized The Land for the. Users The Industries for the Workers Protection of the Foreign-Born Recognition of Soviet Russia Price 3 Cents THE DAILY WORKER PUBLISHING CO., 1113 W. Washington Blvd., Chicago, Il. OPEN FARMER-LABOR CAMPAIGN “No Third Party July 4th,” Says Johnston CONFERENCE FOR PROGRESSIVE POLITICAL ACTION WILL NOT BREAK WITH BOSS PARTIES! (Special to the Dally Worker.) WASHINGTON, D. C., June 22.-No break with the Repub- llean and Democratic Parties is contemplated at Cleveland, July 4, at the Conference for Progressive Political Action. This is the outstanding point in a statement issued here by Wm. H. John- an president of the Machinists Union and chairman of the > PLP, A. Candidates for Senate and House of Representatives, as well as state tickets, will be endorsed on the old tickets, in order that LaFollette and his political henchmen may keep their party “regularity.” Johnston Against Unity. “No negotiations are possible with those who participated WE WERE RIGHT ON ITALY; THE PLUTE PRESS WRONG AGAIN About a month ago the capitalist Papers all over the country were carrying stories that the charges of graft leveled at the Black Shirt government of Italy had all been cleared up. Nothing to them said the plute press. Mussolini was there to stay. At the same time the DAILY WORKER published a story from its Italian correspondent. saying that the downfall of the government of murder in Italy would come about soon and come about because of those same charges of graft. Our correspondent knew what he was talking about. The correspondents of the big news agencies seem to have sent stories that the bosses and reactionaries would like to have believed. 2 in misleading the St. Paul Convention,” said Johnston, in answer] — MURDERER OF MATTEOTI HAS CONFESSED Mussolini’s Right Hand Men Involved ROME, June 22.—An agent of the fascist party named Dumini fi n “a complete confession of the kid- naping and murder of the Socialist deputy Matteoti, it has been learned. At first defiant, Dumini wilted when undeniable evidence was presented against him and ex- posed the entire plot. The confession positively im- plicated Caesare Rossi, former director of publicity for the de- partment of the interior, Fillipo Fillipelli, editor of the Corriere d’Italiano, and Marinelli, ad- ministrative secretary of the fascist party. All are fascists. According to Dumini, they-or- dered the killing and paid the assassins. He admitted he him- self and four others did the actual slaying. The body has not been found. At least that is the official report. (Continued on page 2.) sell 1S LUCKY UNLESS KU KLUX KLAN BEGINS TO RAISE GAIN DUQUOIN, Ii, June 22.—Frank Farrington, president of the Illinois miners! union, is not the only offi- cial who has lost the appointive power, The mayor of ®uquoin is in the same boat. This little city of 7,000 lost its po- lice force because the city council would not pay the men’s wages, The men quit. The city council has passed an ordinance taking away the mayor's appointive power. It failed, how- ever, to appoint a new force. Send in that Subscription Today! to the question being asked everywhere as to what the rela- tions of the C. P. P. A. will be to the great Farmer-Labor Par- ty movement sweeping the Northwest and now invading the East. Political observers here are of the opinion that this statement cuts the Jast ties between the trade union of- ficials, the LaFollette movement, and the vague liberal sentiment surround- ing them, on the one hand, and the class Farmer-Labor party forces on the other, The LaFollette-Johnston group are determined that there shall be no party, and they are going to any lengths in their endeayor to Kill it, ; Disruption Plans, pei ~ can of would be the most effective means of striking at the Farmer-Labor party. Even where, as in a few states, La- Follette might ask the Farmer-Labor party to put him on their ticket, the effect would be to isolate these state parties and leave them helpless, and then to build up a dual machine of LaFollette committeemen, drawn from middle-class and professional elements, that would invade and take over or destroy even the strong state parties. Why They Hate Communists. LaFollette and the C. P. P. A. have declared war against the Farmer-La- bor party. Therefore, as a matter of course, they hinge their warfare upon a denunciation of the Communists. As at St. Paul, so in every union and in every city and state, the Commu- nists are the one force fighting for the preservation and building up of the Farmer-Labor party. This is the explanation of the extreme bitterness shown by Wm. H. Johnston in his statement against the Communists and against the St. Paul convention in which they were included. “Pop” Propaganda Spread to Parents “Pop propaganda” is being spread among the kids and their parents by James Patterson, secretary of the Bottlers of Carbonated Beverages as- sociation, Bunk to the effect that any bottle of pink or green sweetened car- bonated water has as much “nutri- tious value as a slice of bread and butter, a fresh egg (unobtainable in Chicago), glass of milk (with the wa- ter added), three ounces of mashed potatoes or a dish of bananas and cream,” has been sent out to the Parent-Teachers’ ascociation of Chi- cago by the ambitious “pop” sellers. Send in that Subscription Today. STEEL WORKERS TO FACE WRATH OF BARONS IN TRIAL AT MERCER; ASK HELP FROM LABOR IN FIGHT (Special to The Daily Worker) MERCER, Pa., June 22.—Evverything is set to start the trials of two more steel workers here tomorrow on charges of breaking the sedition law. Judge McLaughry is all ready for court to open and proceed with the cases of Andy Kovacovich and John Radias. All the trappings used to get a conviction in the case of Tony Kovacovich will be hauled out and exhibited to the jury. [oe The prosecution fears the rising wrath of the world outside and wants to rush the conviction of tho, remaining steel workers be- fore the defense has sufficient funds to properly defend them. a The Labor Defense and Free Speech Council, who has charge of the defense, has received letters from all over the United States and Can- ada from unions and fraternal or- ganizations pledging their support to (Continued on page 8) ~* »|LaFollette and the deep sea BERGER, HOAN DIFFER ABOUT WAYS TO DIE $.P.Convention Between the Devil and Deep Sea (Speclal to THE DAILY WORKER.) _MILWAUKEE, June 22— the Communists, the state con- vention of the Socialist Party of Wisconsin is torn between con- flicting ideas of how to avoid destruction in the political storms now raging. Victor Berger, representing the policies of the S. P. nation- ally, says that the convention must vote to go along with La Follette under any circum- stances, making provisions to guard the Socialist Party from injury. But he has made no pro- posals as to how this is to be done. Daniel W. Hoan, Socialist mayor of Milwaukee, has introduced a reso- lution, now in committee, which de- clares that the workers and farmers of Wisconsin must fight against any candidate or organization that does not indorse a labor party. Opinion prevailing here is to the effect that even if the Socialists at Cleveland, July 4, should indorse La- Follette and go along with him na- tionally, as Berger and Hillquit ad- vise, that the Socialist party in Wis- consin would be under the necessity of fighting against him on pain of de: struction. As Wisconsin is the only remaining spot where the S. P. has any organization left, this forecasts the complete disappearance of this derelict hulk of what was once a po- litical party before the November elections are over. Unions in Bad Shape. Leo Krzycki, executive board mem- ber of the Amalgamated Clothing Workers, addressed the convention today, He reviewed the situation of the labor movement, and prophesied tremendous defeats for the workers unless they immediately reorganize the entire structure and methods of the unions. Krzycki pointed out that the build- ing trades and railroad trades were the only ones able to act today in de- fense of their working conditions, and the latter is powerful only to the ex- tent they are still able to influence railroad legislation. The clothing workers and miners, hitherto power- ful organizations, are in a precarious situation owing to the terrible unem- ployment. In all other industries a large scale assault against wages and hours is imminent. All members of the Socialist party are instructed to join labor unions and become active therein, according to a resolution adopted this morning. Cotton, Not Booze. re MOSCOW, May 14.—(By mafl).— The construction of a big ginning mill, built according to the latest technical requirements, has been completed in Erivan (Armenia). Its working capacity is about poods, 500,000 of Big National Committee Is Leading Fight Running Start Given McDonald and Bouck (Special to the DAILY WORKER.) ST. PAUL, June 22.—The Na- tional Organization and Cam- paign Committee of the Farmer- Labor Party has launched its work for the campaign that will put Duncan McDonald, candi- date for President, and William Bouck, candidate for Vice-Presi- dent, before the workers of America as the champions of a workers’ and farmers’ govern- ment. An executive committee of seven was selected to direct the work, consisting of Alex Howat, chairman, C. A. Hathaway, sec- retary, William Mahoney, Alice Loraine Daly, Joseph Manley, and Scott Wilkins. The full na- tional committee consists of the following persons elected by their state delegations: CALIFORNIA — Anita Whitney George Kidwell. * CONNECTICUT—Robert McKenzie, John. Ba JRAL William Dietrich, ILLINOIS — Duncan’ MacDonald, Morton, L. Johnson. 1OWA-—L. J. Kelvig, A. P. Kramer. KANSAS— Alexander Howat, W. Fraley. MINNESOTA— William Mahoney, Louis Engstrom. (Continued on page 2.) “Treat ’em Rough” is New Slogan of Open . Diplomacy Advocate LONDON, Eng., June 22—“Treat ‘em rough and tell ‘em nothing,” in- stead of “open diplomacy,” is the new slogan of Ramsay MacDonald. To try and get any news of the conference between’ Premier Herriot of France and MacDonald, which is being held at Chequers today, is as easy as open- ing an oyster with boxing gloves. Ramsay is not only keeping his own mouth shut; he is sealing the lips of Herriot. The French newspapermen who usually follow Herriot have been chased back to Paris at the sugges- tion of the exponent of “open diplo- macy.” The defense of this attitude which Ramsay uses is that he told newspa- permen things which he labeled “not for publication” which they used. Frank Simonds, correspondent of a New York paper, is one of the men charged with violating MacDonald's confidence. He is now leading the yelps against Ramsay. The Chequers conference between MacDonald and Herriot today will be about putting the Dawes plan into op- eration. Send In that Subscription Today. BLACK-HOLE STATE IS GUILTY AGAIN; MADLY . KILLS THREE JAPANESE ‘Special to The Daily Worker, PASADENA, Calif., June — Believed possib:y another victim of anti-Japanese outbreaks which have threatened Orientals in Southern California during the past few days, .the body of an unidentified Japanese man was found today beneath a bridge crossing of the Arroyo Seco, west of Pasadena. Two Japan: were found mur- dered yesterday at San Pedro while one living near Los Angi was threatened with tan and feathers the night previous. The local body was discovered by sewer workers digging beneath the bridge. The Japa evidently had been thrown from the bridge 150 feet to the canyon below. Robbery was evidently not the as in the man’s pockets were | money and a HAWTHORNE CLUB FAILS TO SUGARCOAT SPEED-UP SYSTEM Only 10,000 of the 40,000 employes who belong to the Hawthorne club —Western Electric’s brass band, boss-tooting organization, which feeds a man up on patriotic parades to make him forget how hungry he is—are allowed a say in how the club is to manage its affairs. Every employe in the plant Joins the Hawthorne club. But a vote in the club is dependent on a year’s work in the company. When the votes in this year’s elections were counted, it was found that only 10,- 000 had been cast. Out of the men and women who were hired last year at Western Electric, only one-fourth have been able to put up with conditions in the plant for a year. Not more than one out of four can survive the speed-up, piece-work system, at an average wage of $18 a week, for a 12 months’ period. The most willing slaves, those who will stick by the bosses at any cost, remain to contro! the club elections and the club activities. TWO BRANCHES OF SAME TRUST USEONESYSTEM ‘Western Union Running Loyalty Campaign By KARL REEVE. \The Western Union Telegraph company uses the same methods of bunking employes by print- ing booklets on high grade non- union paper about the company union and about death and sick benefits that is used by the Western Electric company. At the same time wages are kept very low and work speeded up in both companies alike. The Western Union Telegraph company is at present running a campaign to make the em- ployes more loyal, to get them to speed up with their work, and to get them to forget that union men make better wages than are paid in the scab Western Elec- tric and Westen Union shops. Newcomb Carlton, formerly English representative of the Bell phone company and now president of the Western Union Telegraph company, has issued a statement “To the employes” which is very similar to the hot air emitted by Charles Du Bois, president of the Western Elec- tric company. Mutual Aid Society? “To the employes,” writes the Western Union head, “a prize of five thousand dollars shall be awardéd for practical suggestions with a view to im- proving and developing service, reducing operating costs, and promoting co-operation.” Carlton tries to get the employes to make suggestions as to how they can work harder, make more money for (Continued on page 6.) Device to Cut Off Debate! BERLIN, Germany, June 22.—There is much speculation in the funny col- umns of Germany as to how to run parliament in view of the singing and shouting contests that are now the order of the day. One working class sheet has finally suggested that a big, bell-shaped contraption be construct- ed of glass and suspended from the cupola of the reichstag in such a way that the speaker of the house can at any moment drop it upen the obstre- perous fraction, or delegation, insulat- ing that group from the rest of the house and drawing off the noise thru a shaft running thru the cupola. Smyrna Office Open. MOSCOW June 22.—Angora re- ports that the Russian Soviet con- PARTY'S STANDARD BEARERS PLAN NATIONAL SPEAKING TOUR TO CARRY MESSAGE TO WORKERS By J. LOUIS ENGDAHL. The fight of the Farmer-Labor forces that organized at the St. Paul Convention will be pushed immediately. The struggle for the class party of the workers and farm- ers will reach into every section of the nation. When the 500 delegates, coming from 30 states, left for their homes the uni- versal slogan was “‘Let’s go!" STRENGTHEN THE STATE PARTIES. . The work that will be launched immediately under the direc« tion of the National Executive Committee will be to strengthen the state parties already in existence. !n some cases this will be done thru the holding of state conventions, elsewhere speakers and organizers will be put on the road, while literature campaigns will be started everywhere. Every minute of the party’s standard bearers, Duncan Mac- Donald, of Illinois, and William Bouck, of Washington, will be taken up. states. speaking engagements. It is planned to tour them thru a large number of They are already being showered with demands for TWO GOOD CAMPAIGNERS. Both MacDonald and Bouck are splendid speakers. Mac- Donald has for years been a national figure in the labor move- ment, and large gatherings will flock to hear him in all the industrial centers. farmers. But he also understands the problems of the The same may be said of Bouck. He speaks “the language of the robbed and pillaged land worker. Both candidates are fearless in the face of the enemy. They invite the attack of the foes off the industrial and agricultural workers. The howling attacks of “red menace,” Bolshevism, Communism and Moscow con- trol does uot frighten them. It; is with this spirit of carrying the fight into. the enemies’ camp that they will go out over the nation. Yellow Press Failed. The St. Paul convention is consid- ered the greatest advance yet made by the workers and farmers of the nation in the struggle for their eman- cipation. Delegates of all shades of opinion held to this view. The last howl of “Split!” emitted by the yel- low press fell on deaf ears so far as the delegates were concerned, and the sulate, Smyrna, has been reopened, For hours workers and farmers of the nation will in time get the truth, First of gll, there was no split at St. Paul. There was not even the loss of a splinter, ‘There were two dele- (Continued on page 2.) COP GETS AWAY WITH JACK; FRIEND STOPS BULLETS; IN HOSPITAL Because his friend, a West Park policem: entered a gambling house on the West Side and walked off with all the money on the table, Pudgy Stand, a West Side gang- ster, is in the hospital suffering from several bullet wounds. The gamblers who were robbed by the copper were afraid to “bump him off,” so they took their revenge on Stand, tough West Siders declared yesterday. According to the story told by the hard eggs’ who claim to know, a West Side copper walked Into a crap game and pocketed the money —about $1,400—lying on the table, The gamblers knew enough not to kick. Stand was with the cop who took the thanks offering. Early Sunday morning Stand wa n a West Roosevelt Rd. restau- rant. Somebody “put a couple Into him” for revenge. The police are sald to be trying to find the police. man who got away with the pack, BOSSES BACK ~“GOLDFISHING— OF WORKERS Bratality to Chicage Strikers Historic (By Ex-Police Reporter.) The big employers now coun: tenance the use of “goldfish” methods by the police depart. ment because it is good training for the times when the police will be called for strike duty. It was the calling of the police to use brutal methods in han: dling strikers which first lead the police.to believe they wer¢ above the law and could do ag they pleased. Chicago Cops Brutality Historie. The brutality of the Chicago poli in strikes dates back to the begin nings of industrialism in this city “In the great railway strike of 1877 in the stockyards strike of 1880, the great street car strike of 188 and in scores of lesser industrial con flicts it had been the common tech nique of the police to crack all = in sight, until no mian was left on feet and then announce that qui was restored and the strike broken,! says Waldo R, Browne in his biogra phy of John P, Altgeld. Same Methods Used Today Those same methods have cont ued till today as the recent garm strike proves. There you have | evil feeding another and the approved because it is good for using the first—that is, training for strike duty, a It is not strange that in Chi where the police are especially brut (Continued on Page 5.) WORKERS DEFEAT COUNCILMEN’S PLOT TO STIFLE INVESTIGATION INTO “THIRD DEGREE” TORTURES The number of workingmen and other police victims w! insist on airing their grievances against the “goldfish” crime detection is preventing ce investigation which is now going on at the city hall } The swarm of people who jammed into the hearings day showed the intense interest that is felt in the exposes of “third degree” friendless people by Chicago detectives. Crowd Into Hearing, hundreds of torturing of] whom councilmen from tt ed into the small mittes room