The Daily Worker Newspaper, June 26, 1924, Page 1

‘ ~ eS iy THE DAILY WORKER RAISES THE STANDARD FOR A WORKERS AND FARMERS’ GOVERNMENT Vol. II. No. 85. SUBSCRIPTION RATES In Chicago, by Outside Chicago, by mail. $6.00 per year. THE DAILY WORKER. Entered as Second-class matter September 21, 1923, at the Post Office at Chicago, Illinois under the Act of March 3, 1879. mail, $8.00 per year. THURSDAY, sontthciaahcaaaharh 26, 1924 tee 20 Published Daily except Sunday by PUBLISHING CO., 1113 W. Washington Blvd., THE DAILY WORKER Workers! Farmers! Demandt The Labor Party Hi Amalgamation y Organization of Unorganized The Land for the Users The Industries for the Workers Protection of the Forelgn-Born Recognition of Soviet Russia Price 3 Cents BMA onl se blendlbe cr Fad tl. MORGAN DRAFTS DONKEY PLANKS Mahoney Lauds Achievements at St. Paul _ WORKERS NEED STRONG UNION TO HIT TRUST Western Electtic Ripe for Organization By KARL REEVE. The electrical workers of America are ready for organiza~ tion by the thousands into trade unions. With an acute period of unemployment bearing down on them, jeaving a constant threat in the hands of the Electric Trust to increase hours and re- duce pay, the electrical workers are reaching out for an organ- ization to strengthen them in the approaching crisis. The International Brother- hood of Electrical Workers af- filiated with the American Fed- eration of Labor, is in the best -position to grapple with the * Electric Trust in keeping and even raising the present stan- dard of living of the electrical workers of this country. Electrical Union Began Strong. The International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers has, in the past, carried on splendid organization cam- paigns in the electrical industries. Under the guidance of Morton John- son, a council of @lectrical indusisieg =a . included representatives ot G trades, among them the painters, carpenters, machinists, blacksmiths, teamsters, office employes and telephone opera- tors. The council carried on a vigorous organization campaign, with the ac- tive participation of the Chicago Fed- eration of Labor, the shopmen’s elec- trical local, No. 713, local No. 184, and linemen’s local No. 9. Johnson, as chairman of the coun- cil, held that the participation of all (Continued on Page 2.) Washington Local Meets, But Not in Cal’s White House WASHINGTON, D. C., June 25.— Washington Communists assembled) to greet their returned delegates from the St. Paul national Farmer- and gave one of the main addresses. 0 STRIKE IN NEW cine EDITOR DECLARES CONVENTION LAID FOUNDATION FOR U. S. PARTY DESERVING CONFIDENCE, COOPERATION (Special to The Daily Worker) ST, PAUL, Minn., June 25.—Under the heading “National Farmer-Labor Convention Successful,” the current issue of the Minnesota Union Advocate, edited by William Mahoney, chair- mfan of the arrangements committee and a member of the na- tional executive committee of the Farmer-Labor forces organized at St. Paul, carries an editorial lauding the achievements of the great unity convention of workers and farmers. If the enemies of the National Farmer-Labor party, includ- ing the yellow press, had hoped to get any comfort from Mr. Ma- honey, they -will be sorely disappointed in this editorial, regis- tering as it does unqualified approval of the achievements at St. Paul. The Minnesota Union Advocate is owned and controlled by and is the official expression of the St. Paul Trades and Labor Assembly. It is also the official organ of the Minnesota State Federation of Labor. attached to what Mahoney has The National Farmer-Labor-Pro- gressive convention has been held _and its work is a matter of his- tory. No like undertaking ever en- countered greater opposition, or until it adjourned sine die it met with increasing malignity. But in spite of this volume and variety of hostility, the convention accomplished its purpose in a most satisfactory way. An excellent platform has been adopted, able and representative candidates have been nominated for president and vice- president, and the foundation has been laid for a great national Farmer-Labor party. Surely the character and purpose of the convention should have evoked the commendation of every farmer, worker and the other ele- ments who are the victims of the present iniquitous industrial condi- tions; and it should have received the support and those promot- ing it should have had the co-opera- tion of every intelligent worker who must recognize the necessity for Labor convention. J. Powell presided | unity and harmony if the common people are ever to escape from their The members of the party held aj Present wretchedness. Picnic on Sunday and celebrated the successes of the movement at St. It was to be expeeted that the old parties would fight the idea of a Paul and planned further activities} Convention of farmers, workers and for the capitol local. More Workers Jobless ~. Steel production progressives; but when organized groups representing the working people joined in the attacks, suc- in the United| cess was made doubly difficult. As » sites has fallen to 45 per cent of ca-| % last and supreme stroke Senator pacity. - crease since early in the year. At the beginning of June it was 50 per cent; two weeks earlier, 60 per cent; 70 per cent at the beginning of May; 90 per was 91 per cent of capacity. ‘NEW YORK, It has shown a steady de-| LaFollette .was pressed into the service of the opposition and em- ployed his powerful influence to kill the convention. The last stroke, without doubt, « ad in late March. A year ago pro-| seriously affected the attendance, and cut the size of the convention to a fifth of what it would have June 25.— William} been without Senator LaFollette’s, “Hoist” has just launched a} denunciation. The character and’ new tabloid daily upon the city, the; spirit of the convention was like “Daily Mirror,” which is supposed to wise influenced by the perpetual be 90 per cent entertaining and 10] hammering of its enemies. cent informing. py,” “Make it short the new yellow sheet’s is worth spreading, however. But the delegates were finally brought together and q spirit of de- Pression and distrust prevailed at | McCORMICK WORKS MAY CLOSE UP, DAILY WORKER REPORTER FINDS IN CHICAGO UNEMPLOYMENT STUDY The army of the unemployed is with us again. It is not tening to come, it is not a matter for distant National Farmer-Labor Party Successful From the Minnesota Union Advocate, June 19 more yicious and unfair attacks. ulation, it is not something to consider in the abstract. THE IS HERE, IN LARGE NUMBERS, HELPLESS, HUNGRY AND BEWIL- pool That is the conclusion of the DAILY WORKER reporter an investigation of the unemployment situation in 0. The DAILY WORKER reporter started in the International Harvester plant, talking to workers gathering about the gates at noontime and looking for jobs in the employment: offices, At the largest McCormick em- ployment office, on Blue Island, |boiled watchman stood at the hear Oakley, the DAILY WORK- entrance turning away all comers. ER reporter did not even get are no Jobs open today,” he| *™c beyond the door. A stout, hard- (Continued. on page 3.) s { Unusual significance is therefore to be to say when he writes: the outset. This feeling was aggra- vated by the local newspapers, which did their utmost to destroy the morale of the delegates by seek- ing to diffefentiate and array one set of delegates against the other. As, the convention proceeded and the delegates began to get acquaint- ed with: a ‘ath and urianimity among them, Aside from a few unimportant outbreaks of sus- Picious individuals, it was an ex- tremely harmonious and construc- tive gathering. It was charged that the “Com- munists” were in control and would run away with the convention. In the entire period of the convention there was not at any time a test of strength, and on practically every important occasion the vote was al- most unanimous. The convention did not divide on Communist and non-Communist principles. If the “Communists” were in the majority, they did not show the least inclination to employ their power in putting across any one of the outstanding views they hold, either in matter of principles or tac- tics, The leaders showed a disposition to go the limit to lay the foundation for a great, Farmer-Labor national party, and deserve the most un- qualified praise for their moderation and good sense in subordinating theoretical principles to practical accomplishments. Mr. Foster and Mr. Ruthenberg both employed their vote and counsel to promote the purposes for which the convention was called, and have given the lie to thejr traducers. We believe the convention accom- plished in the highest degree the great work for which it was intend- ed. It has laid the foundation for a great national party of the common people; and it deserves the confi- dence and co-operation of all other groups king the emancipation of those who live by labor. Maintenance of Way Railroad Workers in Fight for More Pay The maintenance of way railway men are asking for time and a halt pay for the ninth and tenth hours and for Sundays and holiday work, Twen- ty big railroads have already opposed the demand at the hearing of the Unit- ed States railroad labor board. A. F. Stout, vice president of the railway brotherhood, said that almost all the big roads will join the opposition fight. Naples Receives Russian Grain. NAPLES, Italy, June 25.—The first shipments of grain from Soviet Rus- sia have already arrived here under the recently arranged agreement be- tween an Italian syndicate of bankers, shippers, and grain merchants and the Soviet government of Russia, Hach vessel carries over 3000 tons of grain | of Directors to Canadian American which sells at a higher price. — se which has been found to be superior and grain, £ YORK AMALGAMATED IN BATTLE ON THE OPEN SHOP General Walkout in Men’s Clothing Trade (Special to TI aity Worker) NEW YORK GITY, June 25.— Fifty thousand Workers in the men's clothing industry were called on strike today by the executive board of the Amalga- mated Clothing Workers of America. The employers have been taking advantage of the slump in production to beat down wages, and institute the “open shop,” ‘taking One by one the former gains of the workers away from the: The general strike of the New York market is the answer made by the workers, The strike which went into effect yesterday, is against the open shop drive of the bosses, The bosses are utilizing the present business depres sion in order t» cut aoe and uk: ing pistons. wala sua For some time been aniacared fy oy the Be send their work to non-union aves tors who run sweat shops. This cut into the wages of the union workers. The union demands are for the com- plete union shop and against the re- duction of wages. Tle union also de- mands an unemployment insurance fund. The necessity for some such scheme to guarantee the workers against the rigors of industrial depres- sion has been proven during the last two or three seasons. The union officials stand ready to discuss the regulation and standardiz- ation of work with the bosses. The strike was called only after scores of meetings of the workers in the men’s and children’s clothing in- dustries had been called. The entire membership of the Amalgamated are behind the strike call 100 per cent. “The old-time fighting spirit of the Amalgamated is still alive,” was the burden of the remarks of hundreds of workers from the shops who spoke at these meetings. T. U. E. L.eGreets Strikers. By JACK JOHNSTONE Fifty thousand workers on men’s and children’s clothing in New York and vicinity have voted to strike to- day. This is the first gun in the “Open Shop” drive that the manufac- turers in both the ladies’ and men’s clothing industry have been prepar- ing for some time. There is a great deal of unemployment in the needle trades and the manufacturers believe that the time is now ripe, to weaken if not destroy the powerful Amaiga- mated Clothing Workers. New York: is the biggest clothing market in the country, and if the clothing manufacturers can reduce the standard of living there, the same procedure will follow in all clothing centers. The strike is against a re- duction of wages and the spreading evil of the sweat shops. The manufacturers have been tak- ing advantage of the present business depression to break standards, until the conditions have) become un- bearable. The unions’ demand is no reduction of wages, @ minimum scale of wages, unemployment insurance, the union shop, and.the abolition of the sweat shop. The entire membership are awake to the situation, in thirteen hu membership meetings of all loc: affiliated with the New York Joint Board, the Children’s Clothing Work- ers’ Joint Board, including the Cut- the proposals submitted by the Board he two Joint Boards, ITALY’S OILY “ALBERT FALL” FASCIST JAILED Aldo Finzi Joins Nine Officials in Prison seppetal to The Daily Worker) NICH, Italy, June 25 — Deputy Aldo Finzi, former under secretary of state for internal affairs who resigned when charges of graft and speculation were hurled against him after the Matteotti murder, has been arrested here for complicity in the killing of the Social- ist deputy whe had papers which he intended to use in exposing Finzi and other Fascist officials involved in corrupt practices. Finzi made millions of lire in deal- ings with Standard Oil of the United States and Harry Sinclair’s Consoli- dated Oil as well as out of the reorgan- ization of the Banco Italiano di Sconto. General De Bono, former head of the “national Fascist militia,” will be arrested also for his part in the slay- ing of Matteotti and protection of the Fascist criminals afterwards, ** 8 Benny Won’t Budge. ROME, Italy, June 25 — Premier Benito Mussolini made another bold pretense of defiance yesterday in the senate when he pulled a long face and said that all Italy was appalled by the murder of the Socialist deputy but that Fascism must stay in and that he would at once reorganize the cabinet and the Fascist militia. The blackshirt dictator spoke ai length on the unrest of reconstruction periods after revolution, referring to ott ny. “Pacification wey prea to strict legality” is the phrase which sums up the new policy of Italy’s actual gov- ernor and really admits that Italian governmental affairs have been so far from constitutional or “pacific” under the Fascists. Make Fascist Troops “Regular.” Mussolini has decided to reorganize his Fascist militia, not to disband them as the opposition forces dgmand. The premier intends to ma! the Fascist troops part of the regular police and militia system of the country, which he of course hopes will avert the danger of the regular troops being used against the Fascists if re- volution should break out and win sympathy among the “regulars.” Sig. Matteo Massi, now chief of the Italian press bureau, told the foreign correspondents that censorship had been removed. The Fascist official pass the buck to “unofficial influences” for garbling and censoring outside messages. Carlo Bazzi, editor of the “Nuovo Paese,” a Fascist organ, was held by the police for questioning, but released and is still being watched. He shel- tered Cesare Rossi, former head of the interior department during the past week when the police were looking for him. Mario Gibelli, secretary of Filippo Filippelli, ex-editor of the suspended Fascist “Corriere Italiano,” has told how he overheard his chief discussing the kidnapping of Matteotti with Aldo Fini. Gibelli said that Finzi and De Bono both gave guarantees to Filip- pelli that the garage owner who rent- ed the car used for abduction and the chauffeur would be released quickly. Trial Outside of Rome. Despite Mussolini's “brave” efforts to tone down the general agitation against the government which has grown out of the scandal of Matteotti’s murder and the proofs of Fascist graft- ing which he held, the people are still clamoring for the punishment of the criminals and for a change of govern- ment. The trial of the ten men now held in connection with the kidnapping and murder of Matteott! will probably be held outside of Rome on account of the strong feeling in the city. Some interest but no hope js looked for in King Victor Emmanuel’s address to the people thru parliament. “Dog” Beats “Asa NEW YORK, June 26.—The “web- footed” dog of silky long hair and “oauliflower” ears, snout like an ant- sn r, and the dachshund form, is istling in the Washington Zoolog- ial park and attracting almost as much attention as the oddities on ex- hibit in Madison Square Garden at present, William Schurz, United |WALL STREET PUTS OVER PLAN FOR INTERNATIONAL BLEEDING BEHIND KLAN SMOKE SCREEN (Special to The Dally Worker) MADISON SQUARE GARDEN, New York, June 25.—The long arm of James Pierpont Morgan, leader of Wall Street and uncrowned king of the debtor nations of western Europe is draft- ing the League of Nations plank at the democratic national con- vention. tions. loans, is the confidential agent politics. Sse and San which would “authorize the United States to become an as- sociate hember of the League of Nations, without in any way committing the country to the covenant. Thus the fears of the timid could be dispelled regarding a super- state and an entangling alliance,” Saving Morgan Civilization. He goes on to urge that the Demo- crats “denounce political expediency and cowardice, and declare that the time has come for this Republic to stand side by side with other nations intent upon saving what is left of words are seen the teeth of the Dawes plan which is Morgan’s device for the bleeding of Germany. “Sav- ing” Europe, in the House-Morgan sense means loaning money to Europ- ean governments and enforcing col- lection when necessary tliru the mili- tary forces of America. The Motgan hand is again seen thru Newton D. Baker, who was Mor- gan’s secretary of war in 1917-18. Baker, asthe Ohio member of the re- solutions’ committee, and member of the platform drafting committee, is urging a League platform with re- servations which would popularize the issue and satisfy those Americans who have been opposed to Articles X and XVI in the League covenant.” In other words, Baker demands a the reservations’ republicans. This means the same as House's qualifying language. Members of the platform committee have expressed themselves generally as being in favor of a League plank which would be strong enough to war- rant the new administration of put- ting over a formal affiliation with European governments in the admin- istration of international finance and at the same time avoid uncompromis- ing phraseology that would lose votes. Morgan Safe Both Ways. Broadly speaking, the Democrat program for international relations will not be much different from that of the G. O. P. So Wall Street will be safe if either party wins. With the program of international relations “Safe for Democracy” in the Wilsonian or Morgan sense, the plat- (Continued on page 2.) Duncan MeDonald is very well League statement which will satisfy) McDonald Opens Campaign at Chicago Meeting Duncan McDonald, nominated as the Farmer-Labor Candidate for President of the United States at the June 17th Convention at St. Paul, will open his campaign in Chicago on Wednesday, July 2, at 8 P. M. He will speak on the “Farmer-Labor Party and the ‘Oil Parties’” at Wicker Park Hall, 2040 W. North Ave. Morgan is writing the planks he needs while newspapers are furnishing a Ku Klux Klan smoke screen. The platform committee is following closely the suggestions wired from Europe by Colonel E. M. House regarding the policy which the convention should adopt towards the League of Na- House, the unostentatious advisor of Woodrow Wilson who guided the United States into the war to save Morgan’s of the financier in democratic Morgan Internationalism. The House advice is that the democratic party should en- dorse a League of Nations’ plank t OIL TRUST SUIT SEEN AS CAL’S CAMPAIGN CARD Gesture to Save Face (Special to The Daily Worker) WASHINGTON, June 25,— Standard oil companies of Indi- ana, New Jersey, California, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, New York and Ohio head the list of 50 oil corporations against whom Attorney General Stone has filed suit charging a con- spiracy to violate the Sherman anti-trust law. “Combination and conspiracy. in restraint of trade and com- merce” among the several states and with foreign nations in gasoline, kerosene and other hydrocarbon derivitives is the technical wording of the charge. Control Flivver Fuel. In bringing the suit, Attorney Gen- eral Stgne, charging that all of these great conipanies have combined to control the production of gasoline by a pooling of asserted patent rights, in violation of the Sherman anti-trust act. Campaign Gesture. Foes of the Coolidge administration refuse to believe that the suit is more than a campaign g@sture to offset the revelations that the government is an arm of the oil interests. They point to the fact that the “dis- solution” of the Standard Oil trust un der the Taft administration was done in such a kindly fashion that Standard securities rose in value. They cite also the fact that the famous $29,000,- 000 fine inflicted after a former spe- cific prosecution was never paid. Send in that Subscription Today. known in the labor movement thru- out the country. He has been president of the Illinois State Federation of Labor and also of the IIlinois miners. He is highly regarded by the workers and exploited farmers of the country, but not by the capital- ists and thelr lackeys. Duncan McDonald was the unanimous choice of the delegat: it the St. Paul Farmer-Labor Convention as the candi- date for President on the Farmer-Labor ticket. McDonald is a very and popular speaker and workers attending the meeting on July 2nd will enjoy hearing McDonald tearing the hides off the donkey and elephant supporters, thick-skinned and bone-headed tho they may be. Rally to the support of the WORKERS’ CANDIDATE FOR PRESK DENT! Hear Duncan McDonald Wednesday, July 2nd, at Wicker Park Hall, 2040 W. North Ave. Admission ie free.