The Daily Worker Newspaper, June 24, 1924, Page 3

Tuesday, June 24, 1924 HUGHES MAY B FRAMING A BIG ANTERUSS PLOT Exchanges Notes with France Over Soviet (Special to The Daily Worker) WASHINGTON, June 23,— France and the United States are exchanging views on Russia, Does this presage joint action for recognition of the Soviet re- public on the part of the two capitalist powers or joint action in a new offensive against Mos- . com? This is the question now ™Ost frequently asked in the \pitol among those who are interested in the recognition of Soviet Russia. Prior to the election which de- posed the Millerand-Poincare combination, Herriot now French premier, had as one of the major planks in his platform 4 .the immediate recognition of Soviet Russia. But since his » assumption of office, it appears that no had a change of heart. Herriot Apologized. For one thing it is felt here that the large sums of money loaned by the House of Morgan to France have & lot to do with it. It will be remem- bered that a few days after the elec- tion, Herriot made some disparaging hs remarks about the use to which the ~ $100,000,000 Morgan loan to bolster up the French franc was put. Her- riot was called to task by Morgan and denied that he meant any offense to the American money king. But the most important factor in the situation is the immense sum owed to the United States by France. Hughes is now believed to be holding these billions as a club over the head of France in his desperate effort to preyent that country from recogniz- ing Soviet Russia. He Was U. S. Man. Poincare was all set and Kighes did not have to worry about him. The favorite outdoor sport of Poincare and his government was telling the world in general, and the French peo- ple in particular, that the United States debt would never be paid. Hughes never even tickled his whisk- ers or showed any sign of displeasure. ) PIE-IN-THE-SKY PREACHERS TRY TO DOPE CLASS-WAR PRISONERS WITH “THEIR MASTERS’ VOICE” (Editor’s Note:—The following article on the religious show at San Quentin Prison, California, was written by one of the many class war prison- ers now filling that and the other wretched dungeons of the Criminal Syndi- calism state.) ¥ By R. L. SANCHEZ. (Special to The Daily Worker) SAN QUENTIN, Calif., June 10.—Among the many religious outfits which come here every Sunday to help the POWERS THAT BB of this institution hypnotize the convicts to make them good, submissive and willing slaves, so that when they get out may become good servants to their masters, has appeared an- other one, with this name: V. P. L. (Volunteers’ Prison League). ' ‘This new outfit uses the same Bible, prays to the same God do. But they use different methods, similar to Coue’s. Their motto is: LOOK UP AND HOPE. , Pray to your God and He will give you at least hopes, hopes, hopes, hopes. They carry with them a great big American flag bearing the forty-eight stars but without stripes. In the cen- ter of the flag appears a big blue star with a big white cross inserted in the said star, Above the star appears a two-inch line written with red ink—LOOK UP AND HOPE. One Dry Spot. I do not believe in any religion whatever, but I am almost forced to attend these so-called’ religious serv- ices which are held at the Library every Sunday, because outside of the hospital, the library is the only dry place in the whole institution. All other places are moist, damp un- healthy and filthy. In order to get a seat that gives me a chance to see all the free show, I have to get there early in the morning. The first scene begins with the ap- pearance of the Catholic buck all dressed in white robes like a K. K. K. After the lighting of candles and the hanging of Jesus Christ on the walls, he turns his back to his hearers and begins to read a few Latin words from his mass book which nobody under- stands but himself, then directs a few blessings towards Jesus Christ who is hung on the wall above his altar, and afterwards drinks a bottle of wine, in spite of the prohibition law, then turns his back to Jesus and fac- ing his hearers, pronounces a few Dominus Vobiscum, and the mass is finished. Protestant Shifts Scenery. The second act begins at 9 a. m. with the appearance of a Protestant pastor. The first.thing he does is to take Jesus away from the wall, where the Catholic had it, hides it in an empty shelf in the altar, throws away “~ -when Herriot insulted. ihe Waityatt tho candles, takés apart the altar weet banker he was compelled to apologize and rumors began to trickle out that Uncle Sam was getting wor- Tied over the big French debt. Another fly in the French-United States ointment was the recognition of Soviet Russia by the Chinese gov- ernment and the coming recognition by Japan. It happens that China is e happy hunting ground for the big fobrer nations. They threatened and swore at China, that Soviet recogni- ~ tion would bode ill for the prosperity of the celestial kingdom. But. the Chinese told the robber capitalist na- tions in the most musical tones to go to a place not celestial and promptly shook the Soviet mitt. Pact Mutually Advantageous. Both mitts were not empty. That is what caused Wall Street to prod the political ribs of Hughes with a red hot poker and advised him to get busy. Soviet Russia secured posses- sion of the Russian-Chinese railway and the Chinese got valuable Rus- sian concessions. With Japanese recognition only a matter of days the number of big countries that have failed to recog- nize the Soviet republic has dwindled down to two, France and the United tates. “Another Anti-Soviet Drive. The United States! and French gov- ernments fearing the rising power of the workers’ republic in the east are plotting another international coali- t tion against the Soviets, is the opin- jon of Washington observers. But » Soviet Russia has a strong red army with millions of sympathizers in the big capitalist countries while fascism, and converts it into a comfortable table; so the former Catholic altar now appears in the form of a speak- ing tribune. Thus, the Protestant, instead of reading Latin words from @ mass book, reads verses from his Holy Bible, and instead of drinking wine, he drinks water, but of course, he prays to the same imaginary God as the Catholic does. Next outfit is the Christian En- deavor Society. This outfit comes in as a bunch, and altho they use the same Bible as the Protestant pastor, they read from different chapters. But they of course, do more singing than any other outfit and therefore, attract more convicts. Starvation Army in Too. Next conglomeration is the Salva- tion Army. About this bunch it is not necessary to speak because every slave in the country knows their me- thods and knows how they function in all down-towns; the only difference is that they do not beg in here be- cause the convicts have no nickels to throw into their tambourines. Next in line is the Theosophical Society. They too, altho they do not believe in heaven or hell, nor read chapters from the Bible, tell you how to be good slaves and to serve your masters in the right way, and if you are a good slave in this world when you die your soul may be reincarnated into another body where it will share all the good things of life, or, in other words, your soul may be reincarnated into a body of a rich man. On the contrary, if you are not a good slave in this world, your soul may be re- incarnated into a body of another slave and will suffer all the heli on for their daily bread, and tries to fool the slaves as all the religions | cena nS speak in German, an unknown lan- guage to me, so I can’t understand what they say, but from a free pam- phlet which they issue in English, T found the following: “The Lu- theran church does not believe that man is the product of evo- lution descending from monkey as the modern philosophers say, but we believe that man has been created by God and will be judged by God ac- cording to his good or bad acts in this world,” C. 8. Is Christian Science, The last conglomeration is the Christian Scientists. They arrive at 1 p.m, They start with the building of a special tribune different to all the other religions. They read chapters from two Bibles instead of reading from one like the others. Two “priests,” standing up, one at each end of the table with one Bible apiece, start to read chapters. One reads a chapter from St. Mathew and the other one reads another chapter from St. John; so I guess for this method of reading from two Bibles and be- cause they build different tables, is why they call themselves Christian Scientists. This is the last act of the free show which ends at 2 p. m, After having seen all this praying to God for our daily bread and so much LOOK AND HOPE, the 2,600 convicts begin to march towards the mess hall where they are served with the regular diet of red beans, From the mess hall to our hell cells, praying to our God for our daily bread, sleep- ing all night in our filthy bunks, look- ing up and hoping for a piece of steak, we wake up next morning in the same San Quentin hell. When the slaves get organized and throw off their yoke, then we will cease to LOOK UP AND HOPE! When they get organized, they will look up and get what they want and what they need, As long as they remain unor- ganized they will have to look up at what the parasites get—No, 35891. Elephant Mayor Drinks White Mule Like a Big Fish ELDORADO, Iil., June 23.—Because Mayor Sam Latham of this fair city imbibed a little white mule sold to him by his Democratic opponents he may lose his official position. The Democratic bootleggers who put the little jigger into the mayor’s cup of happiness have circulated a petition demanding that Latham be ousted from office because he is “habitually drunk.” They say that the Mayor staggered about the town cheering for William Jennings Bryan. This the mayor says {s nothing more or less than a lie. He did not cheer for Bryan but for Coolidge. When some Republicans who signed the petition heard this they demanded the return of the signatures they had put on the list of more than seventeen hundred which is forcing the city court to give the mayor the bum’s rush. The mayor has given his solemn promise to keep sober for the next ten days whlie the court is consid- ering what to do in the premises. “There iis no rest for the thirsty,” were the last words of the mayor as he entered a blind pig. Australia Prepares For the Next War Over Rule in Pacific MELBOURNE, Australia, June 23. —The Australian federal government HE DAILY WORKE CLEVELAND CAR STRIKE CALLED OFF ONCE MORE Police Prepare to Use Guns and Gas (Special to the Daily Worker.) CLEVELAND, Ohio, June 23,— While the police were preparing with poison gas, machine guns and spe- cially trained riot squads yesterday to make trouble for the street car men if they should strike, the strike was again called off on orders of union officials. The strike was to have gone into effect at midnight last night, but was postponed when the lawyer for the union went into court and got a restraining order against the officials of the street car com- pany restraining them from refusing to recognize the union, The men's decision to walk out came after John Stanley, head of the Cleveland Railway company, refused to accept a 12 cents an hour wage increase awarded by a board of arbi- tration, Stanley recently broke off relations with the union, declaring an agree- ment with the workers was void. The carmen were to strike June 10, but their officers postponed the walk- out because of the Republican con- vention here. Now they are getting their reward. Philly Members Hear Wicks Tell of Fun He Had in the Hoosegow PHILADELPHIA, Pa, June 23.— The members of the Workers party and the Young Workers league turned out in full force to hear H. M. Wicks tell the story of his arrest and run in with the judge, who didn’t try him, for his remarks about Cal Cool- idge. After Wicks told of his humor- ous adventures he got right down to business and talked party organiza- tion. He emphasized the point that it might be funny to be arrested and lectured by a dumb-bell judge but to stop police interference with meet- ings and other educational work a real organization is necessary. Seventy-five workers at the meet- ing pledged to pay $1 a month to push the fight against the police for illegal interference with the meeting where Wicks spoke. Reports made by the various organizers show that the par- ty in Philadelphia is growing and wielding an increasing influence. The members attending the meeting pledged their support to the newly organized Farmer-Labor party. The work of organizing an Dnglish branch in the Kensington industrial district is going on. The DAILY WORKER agent reported he will not permit any subscriptions in the Philadelphia dis- trict to expire. Turkestan Economic Conditions Improve With State Bank Aid (Rosta News.) MOSCOW, May 13—(By Mail).— It was reported at the recent Central Asia economic conference, held at Tashkent, that the economic condi- tions in Turkestan have improved considerably. Cotton growing is re- viving; purchases of wool by the Peo- ple’s Hconomic council have increased 350 per cent. The State bank is cred- iting the producers in various indus- trial branches to an amount of 4,500,- 000 roubles as against 730,000 roubles assigned for the same purpose last year. There are over 170 agricultural societies, uniting about a quarter of all the Turkestan rural economies, Newspaper Visitors Recognize Russian Prisons as Models (Rosta News.) . MOSCOW, May 14—(By Mail).— A number of representatives of big American and English papers havejsian Whites, whom the allies pro- recently visited and carefully exam-|tected, slaughtered thousands of her ined the Moscow prisons and places |railway employes out of sheer lust of The visitors were|killing, and destroyed millions of dol- shown all the places they wished to|jars’ worth of property, of detention. (Continued from page 1.) a lawyer. Just say that you are not talkIpg and stick to it, Don’t try to out-talk the cops, you can't do it. most innocent remark will be against you. The cops will your mbuth shut, Shut your trap and keep it shut. You may be hit if you refuse to talk but it won’t be as much as you will get it you do talk. The writer has known case after case of radicals talk- ing so much that they made a case against themselves. They told enough to permit the cops to frame a case against them. In the Supreme Court decision in the case of the People vs. Sweeney and Bartlett the court reviews a labor ease which is very much to the point. Frame Fireman Who Talked. On February 19, 1921, an explosion occurred in the rear of a laundry on the North Side. On May 19 James Sweeney, a member of the stationary firemen’s union, was arrested and questioned in connection with the ex- plosion. Sweeney tried to talk him- self out of the hands of the cops. Instead of talking himself out of their hands he talked himself into the “goldfish room.” He was held till the 22nd of May. Then he was taken to the detective bureau. Death-Threat by Police. While taking him across the street from the Central station, one of the detectives in whose charge he was told him that unless he told all he knew and a whole lot more too “he would find himself out on the prairie dead.” When he asked where he was being taken, he was told they intend- f Lb “ _ SILENCE IN “GOLDFISH” ROO. | ed to show him the “goldfish.” In the meantime the police had ar- rested Harry Bartlett and given him the “goldfish,” declaring that S ey had confessed. Before giving Sweeney the “goldfish” on the 22nd the police told him to “kick thru” because Bart- lett had confessed. When Sweeney refused to talk they struck him and dragged him about the room by the hair. He was beaten at intervals of an hour for nearly a day. Then he told the police a story. From what he told them the police were able to build a case against both him and Bartlett, Then the police by using the “gold- fish” and Sweeney’s yarn forced a story from Bartlett which implicated a@ man named Andrew Kerry. When Bartlett and Sweeney were tried their lawyer insisted on getting into the record the fact that the alleged “con- fessions” had been forced out of them. The judge ruled that they could be introduced into evidence. After the trial an appeal was taken and the Supreme Court reversed the decision of the lower court. Tortured Into Fake “Confession.” It later turned out that Sweeney and Bartlett were innocent and had confessed only to save themselves from further torture. Thinking they would tell a little and possibly get away they were beaten more and more and forced to invent details to save themselves from worse torture. In the Supreme Court review of the case, Mike Hughes, chief of detectives, who told the council police committee the other day that he had never seen @ man beaten was named as one of those administering the “goldfish.” HUGHES’ TRUMP CARD SEIZED BY CHINESE HANDS Charley Sucks Thumb; Blames Persia (By Federated Press.) WASHINGTON, June 23.—Secre- tary of State Hughes has lost the first and second rounds in his diplo- matic battle with Russia in the far east. He is proportionately irritated. In the first round, he sought to hold the Japanese to a rigid attitude of loyalty to the Hughes-Poincare com- bination to freeze the Moscow gov- ernment into a respectful obedience in matters of czarist debts and oil concessions. Congress broke loose with the anti-Japanese nonsense, and Japan resumed negotiations with Rus- China Thumbs Its Nose. In the next place, Hughes had been saving up that trick card—the claim for $5,000,000 against the Chinese Eastern railway, which the allies seized and used in military operations against Russia in 1918, and held until 1922, Then the Hughes conference in Washington in 1922 agreed that China should hold the bag and be re- sponsible to the allies for all stocks, bonds and debts of the road. When China began negotiating with Rugsia, this year, for return of the road to Russia, Hughes warned the Peking government that the allies had made an agreement that China must be held responsible for debts. He mentioned this $5,000,000. China has now noti- fied Hughes and Japan and France, each one having spent money on the same military enterprise, that it holds itself responsible to none of them. Russia Laughs, Too. This graceless conduct on China’s part is saddening to Mr. Hughes. He feels that the Chinese ought to know that the American occupation of the railroad was solely to protect China’s | WALTER THOMAS MILLS | La, One of the California delegates at the St. Paul convention. His original enthusiasm for LaFollette waned con- siderably. Greek Cabinet in Session Over Serbs Invasion of Albania MOSCOW, June 23.—The Constanti- nople correspondent of the Rosta re- ports that in connection with the in- vasion of Albania by Serbian troops under pretext of fighting the Mace- donian and Albanian insurgents, an extraordinary session of the Greek cabinet was heid at Athens, while a special council of army corps com- manders has been convoked at Salon- ika. A big number of Wrangelites are reported to be among the ranks of the Serbian army, Western Electric Again! ATLANTIC CITY, N. J., June 23— The electrical trust is planning to es- tablish ten new superpower radio broadcasting stations to cover the Page Three FL, PARTY NOMINEES ON EQUAL RIGHTS Labor Standards Must Not Be Impaired (Special to the DAILY WORKER.) ST. PAUL, Minn., June 23.—In ae cordance with the policy of the Wom- an’s party of interviewing nominees jot all parties for president and vice president to ascertain their stand on the equal rights amendment, a dele- gation of Woman’s party members to- day interviewed Duncan MacDonald and William Bouck, the nominees of the Farmer-Labor party for president and vice president. The interview took place in the parlors of the Ryan hotel in St. Paul, at 4:30 o'clock this afternoon, The women who took part in the delegation represented every shade of political belief, but all are members of the Woman's party and working for the passage of the consti- tutional amendment providing that men and women shall have equal rights thruout the United States and every place subject to its jurisdiction. MacDonald's Statement. After Mrs. Sarah T. Colvin of St. Paul, vice chairman of the Minnesota branch of the Woman’s party, had presented to the nominees the posi- tion of the Woman's party and its de- sire that the Farmer-Labor candidates should unqualifiedly support the equal rights amendment, Mr. MacDon- ald, nominee for president, made the following statement: “I heartily indorse the equal rights - amendment now before congress and am gratified that the platform of the Farmer-Labor party on which I shall run for president of the United States contains a demand for the political and economic equality of men and women and an indorsement of the equal rights amendment, with the un- derstanding that present labor standards shall not be undermined If elected, I shall use all the power of my administration to obtain the passage of this amendment. “(Signed) DUNCAN MACDONALD,” For Women’s Rights. Mr. Bouck, nominee for vice prest- dent, declared: “T am unqualifiedly in favor of the national equal rights amendment, and am confident that in this I represent the views of the farmers of the Unit- ed States. Those who are familiar with international conditions know that the constitution of several Buro- pean nations now contain the princi- ple of the equality of men and wom- . “d as a - | @b. gi xious’ that ouf own country should be the next to establish this principle. If elected to the high of- fice for which I am nominee of the Farmer-Labor party, I shall do every- thing possible to secure the passage of the equal rights amendment. “(Signed) WILLIAM BOUCK.” Some of those taking part in the delegation were: Mrs. Sarah T. Col- vin of St. Paul, Mrs. Mary D. Brite of Ohio, member of the Cincinnati com- mittee of the Woman's party; Miss Myrtle Cain of Minneapolis, a vice — president of the national Woman's party; Mrs. Alice Park, member of the Woman's party from Palo Alto, Cal.; Mrs. G. P. Sundby, chairman of the Minneapolis committee of the Woman's party; Miss Marie More- land, state chairman, and Miss Nettie Blasing, state treasurer of the Minne sota branch of the Woman's party; Miss Jane Souba, Miss Ruth King, Mrs. M. Kellar Knauff, Miss Grace McFettridge, Miss Florence Wallin, all officers of the Minnesota branch United States, Pierre Boucheron, ra- dio expert of New York, informed the Associated Manufacturers of Electric Supplies in convention here. New inventions monopolize by the trust “open door” against Japanese designs. It was all for China’s good, and for the good of the people of Russia, op- pressed by ‘the cruel Bolsheviki, China, nudging Moscow and hiding a laugh in her sleeve, can’t see the be- nevolence in that American occupa- tion. She remembers that the Rus- will eliminate “interference,” he add- ed. Next 1. June 17th and After......... 2. “DAILY WORKER” MAGAZINE SECTION SATURDAY, JUNE 29, 1924 Agricultural Tenancy in the South......By Louis Zoobock of the Woman’s party. Miss Alice Paul, national vice president, and Miss Mabel Vernon, national execu- tive secretary, were also members of the delegation. Send in that Subscription Today. Issue snnBy Alexander Bittelman “ Be? 3 the hope of the international bankers, |this earth. is about to announce a new defense ‘and were given exhaustive ex- 3. The Women's Movement in the Near East... hs is tottering to its doom in its native} ‘The Lutherans, altho not very often, | policy, details of which have already nradatisns by on chief of the prison bite fn peliag at ote ee By V. Kasparovs Jand, Italy. They will do a lot of/also compose part of San Quentin’s|been semi-ofilcially announced to/department. These press ropresenta-|tion of his $5,000,000 claim. The|{| 4. Will the Labor Government Stand for This?... . looking before they leap. free show. These, when they come,|press correspondents, tives frankly avowed that, they had/ Chinese brought it to light when they By Evelyn Ra Two new 10,000 cruisers will be|peen greatly impressed by ahd even|replied that they would pay no bills} 5.) Our L b’ : built at once, and thereafter one| astonished at what they saw, for they|for the military activities of the . Our Language Problem............ sone By A. Rostrom U ng, June 25. meeting, beginning promptly at 8:15, follows a series ‘suecessful meetings held by Chic: to be of even greater interest than the preceding ones. am Z. Foster, who played such a leading role in the con- will speak on this real crystallization of the workers’ -or a political party of their own. The significance of this step forward and the incidents surrounding it should be‘ of 1 interest to every worker The addition to the program of a monthly summary of the ding events in the world of labor by Earl Browder, editor of WILLIAM Z. FOSTER WILL TELL STORY OF THE ST. PAUL CONVENTION ON WED. EVENING The step of real progress made by the workers at the June 17 St. Paul convention will be the subject of a lecture by William Z. Foster at the next monthly meeting of the T. U. H. L. to be held at Northwest Hall, corner North and Western Aves., on Wednes- 10,000 cruiser every three years. Two modern submarine cruisers will also be built. There will be a seaplane base at Sydney, another in western Australia and a third on the northern coast of the continent; an aeroplane base at Melbourne, and an oil-tueling depot at Darwin, on the northern coast of the continent, The various munition factories in Australia are to be speeded up so that they can turn out all the rifles, re-| volvers, machine guns, field guns, shells, explosives and small arms needed for defense. The naval per- sonnel is to be increased and the training of the militia is to be inten- sified. , ‘ o's militants and Rosy Future. ATLANTIC CITY, N. J., June 23,— Unemployment and lower wages over a long period of years is the prospect in the United States, President W. G. in Chicago. had expected to find “horrors,” a8|United States, Japan and France they put it,in the prisons and places | against the Russians. of detention of bie veined rea and, instead, fo model institutions, placed nader oNanane regime. eee xe To Sell to Friends has been elected president of the In- (By Federated Press.) ternational Typographical union to| WASHINGTON, June 23.—Altho a succeed Charles P, Howard of De-| majority of the members of the Unit- trot. Lynch’s majority is given as|ed States shipping board have testi- 2,629 out of approximately 56,000/fied before the house investigating votes, | committee that they favor a five-year Howard came into office at the/program of straight government op- death of President John McParland, |eration of ships in the merchant ma- who died last year. J. W. Hays ofjrine, indications here are that Cool- Minneapolis was re-elected secretary-|idge will ask congress next December treasurer. to abolish the board and give sole control of the government fleet into Leningrad-to-London Line. his own hands, If he gets control, he LENINGRAD, Russia, June 23.—On | will proceed to try once more to sell May 27 there was opened a regular|the ships to private operators, for any Reactionary Heads Typos. INDIANAPOLIS, Ind, June 23.— James M. Lynch of Syracuse, N. Y., VERSE | 1113 W. Washington Blvd. And Many Other Interestin PICTURES ORDER NOW! THE DAILY WORKER, j CLEVELAND, O., READERS, ATTENTION! JOINT PICNIC of English Branches, Workers Party at SLIVA’S GROVE — On Frog Road, (1 Mile East of State Road) SUNDAY, JUNE 24, 1924 SPEAKING—DANCING—REFRESHMENTS ENTERTAINMENT AND SPORTS Articles. ILLUSTRATIONS Chicago, Lllinois ae Labor Herald, a feature of all meetings of the T. U. B. L,, Besler, Central Railroad of New Jer- DIRECTIONS: Take W. 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