The Daily Worker Newspaper, July 3, 1924, Page 4

Page Four Ee FASCIST CABINET OFFICIALS OUT-- SYMPATHIZERS IN Mussolini Guards Own Interest in Changes (Special to the DAILY WORKER) ROME, Italy, July 2.—Benito Mus- solini has anounced four new minis- ters in his cabinet which is supposed to be “constitutional” and include rep- resentatives of different parties. The Liberals, Democrats, Catholic Nation- alists and others whom Mussolini has chosen are all fascist sympathizers. Senator Casati takes the place of Sig. Gentile in the) ministry of educa- tion; Deputy Gigno Sarrochi succeeds Sig. Gabriello Carnazza as minister of public works; Senator Cesare Neva takes over the ministry of national economy from Sig. Marioa Orso Cor- Dino; and Deputy Prince Lanza di Scalea takes the ministry of the col- onies from Mussolini since the trans: fer of last week which left that mi istry in the hands of the blackshirt leader. Want Ben Out, Too Few of the people are fooled by this Te-dealing of the cards and the de-! mand for Mussolini's own resignation persists. The King Victor Emanuel politely referred to the murder of the Socialist deputy Giacomo Matteotti as a crime but made no reference to the graft charges which have so befouled the fascist regime since their exposure as ® result of the murders of Matteotti. The king remarked to the represent- atives of the senate and chamber who came to the Quirinal palace with a reply to the king’s address from the throne that all Italy must work to- gether to save the nation. No Word Against Grafters Neither Mussolini nor the king have shown any eagerness to prose- cute the grafting fascisti, formerly high government officials, whose hands were stained black with Amer- ican oil money and red by the blood of the workers and Matteotti whom they slew. The king has been more silent than Cal Coolidge in the U. S. over the Fall-Doheny-Sinclair trans- actions. He may actually have known less than Cal of what was going on. On the streets one meets people worked up to a pitch of fury against the government and _ particularly against the blackshirt terror. One of the correspondents is going the rounds with his story of the bright- eyed young girl who suddenly stopped him in the street and asked him to ter her: “Long live Matte- otti!” Workers Still in Jail In spite of Mussolini’s bland decla- rations that the censorship is over, it is extremely difficult to get the de- tails of what is going on and still more difficult to send out information obtained. Communist leaders and working- men are still held in prison where they were thrown by fascisti as soon as the outcry against the disappear- ance of Matteotti became loud. There is a possibility that parlia- ment may not be reopened until Octo- ber, with Mussolini vainly hoping that the furore will die down by then. The demand of the official opposi- tion is for immedjate “constitutional” reconstruction wo! and the recon- yening of parliament. How many of your shop-mates read THE DAILY WORKER them to subscribe today. Get one of MITCHALL'S INTERNATIONAL ORCHESTRA Union Music Furnished For All Occassions Write for appointments to M. MITCHALL, (Teacher of Saxophone) 1640 W. Congress St. Chicago, III. RUBBER STAMPS AND SEALS IN ENGLISH AND IN ALL FOREIGN LANGUAGES INK, PADS, DATERS. RUBBER TYPE,Erc. NOBLER STAMP & SEAL CO. 73 W. VanBurenSt, Phone Wabash 6680 CHICAGO MAIL ORDERS PROMPTLY ATTENDED TO—— in your neighborhood. | booming |started the blood running in streams |down the streets of Moscow. | “Mercer county is my home coun- (Continued from page 1.) |strains from the Democratic band in New York City, delivered via radio, became noisy and woke up ene of the aged jurors who has exhibited a tendency to bow his head in sleep all during the trial. Workers Party Not Illegal. Attorney Ferguson made no appeal to the galleries, but devoted his clos- jing statement to marshalling the facts in the case and he scored point after point in showing that the prosecution has at no time produced any evidence to show that the defendant steel jworker has sold literature as charged |in his indictment. The Workers Party of America organized in open conven- tion and openly elected its officials and never has attempted to conceal its identity as an organization aiming to establish a Republic of Workers jand Farmers. The defense scored a |point when it challenged the prosecu- tion to deny that the U. S. govern- ment did not know about the initial organization of the Workers Party and that it still exists, and contrary j|to the allegations made by Lennon jon the witness stand, it has never |made attempts to conceal its member- ship or location of its national or district headquarters and that the party has held thousands of mass |meetings thruout the country since jits organization, Taking up the W. P. program in- troduced by the prosecution, attorney Ferguson again challenged the prose- cution to show where there was any- thing “seditious” contained therein. Leaning towards the jurors he again scored when he pointed out that key- jnoter Pat Harrison at the Democratic jconvention made a speech in which jhe charged that the Republican ad- ministration has a different foreign policy for each oil well. What About International Bankers? “Is working class political action seditious in Pennsylvania?” exclaimed attorney Ferguson. Is international working class solidarity seditious and have not men and women engaged in a common cause always availed themselves of every opportunity to join hands together? Does the prose- cution claim that the international organization of bankers is seditious?” The constitutional right of the peo- |ple to assemble and peacefully at- tempt to bring such changes in gov ernment as they deem right was violated when the Farrell steel work- ers were jailed. At no time has it been shown by the prosecution that the defendant committed acts of of the commonwealth. That alleged act of offering for sale alleged sedi- tious literature, was committed in the light of day. That no conspiracy has ever existed and the prosecution has pro- duced nothing to show that the de- fendant was other then a peagefui hard working steel ‘worker and a member of a political organization known as the Workers Party of America. “A conviction here,” exclaimed at- torney Ferguson, “is a blow at liberty. The founders of this country came jhere to escape the persecution the prosecution is urging you to inflict upon this defendant. If their doctrines are wrong, it is the duty of their op- |Ponents to show they are wrong thru argument and not persecution. Mem- bers of the jury, the defense demands in the name of justice, that the de- |fendant steel worker, Andy Kovaco- vich, be restored to his liberties)and jthat the brand of criminal be lifted |from his name.” | Prosecutor Myers’, of Pittsburgh, speech to the jury followed and in |typical 4th of July style the special |prosecutor used all the tricks ever | practiced by members of the bar in }convincing a jury that they are right |when the facts are absent. | Prosecutor Gets Het Up. | The keystone in the arch oration |delivered by Myers to the jury in the |first sedition trial was delivered dur- ‘ing the first part of his final address, and the sleepy juror in the back row jwas called back to earth when the voice of the prosecutor \ty,” exclaimed Myers, “and it is a | Pleasure for me to return and defend | it against the attacks made upon my |state and fatherland. The common- wealth is not trying the Workers Par- ty and defendant for what they have said, but is trying them for what they have DONP. There are NO dictator- ships,” roared the captain, “in Amer- rT TTL LLL LLL LLL LCL LL Boys Wanted Make money during your Summer vaca- tion by distributing THE DAIILY WORKER Exclusive territory given to first boys calling at our office Saturday morning between 9 and 11 a. m. The Daily 1113 W. Washington Boulevard (Between Curtis and May Streets) Worker ee TT TTL LLL LOLULLL LUT TTT | STRONG PLEA FOR STEEL WORKER violence against the life or property| THE DAILY WORKER ica, and when it does come it will CEASE to be America. I am proud of the witnesses who have testified against the defendant Andy Kovaco- vich, They have come here and de- fended the country of their adoption which is a task that few Americans would care to do under the circum- stances, “This hall in Farrell was known as Bolsheviki Hall by the police and law abiding people in Farrell. Oh, I’m seeped in this thing,I’'ve heard it so much. Those of us who are interested in fighting this damnable thing could scarcely believe our eyes when we read in the DAILY WORKER that the Workers Party of America is the only Communist Party in America. Look at them—who are they? Wm. Z. Foster, national chairman; there is C. E. Ruthenberg, executive secretary, and also J. Louis Engdahl, editor of the DAILY WORKER. Why, I honor Bob LaFollette for denouncing these }men and their party. Such Devils, Those Reds! “Revolution, members of the jury, has been defined as being a success- }ful revolt. Revolt is civil war and | that's what this defendant and the organization of which he is a member wants. Oh, they are a ‘jealous’ lot who would take from you what you have earned thru honest investments. Down in West Virginia a handful of these alien radicals urged the native Americans there to revolt which ended up in civil war. Oh, they have Pleasing personalities and act in- nocent like, but they are DEVILS (presentifig- his compliments to the defense and Daily Worker reporter), devils, I say.” The ex-captain did not arouse the |sleeping boys in Flanders this time, |but flooded the streets of Moscow with blood and according to his \figures killed off about three-fourths of Russia. The LaFollette statements jagainst the St. Paul convention and |his press statements against the |Communists was flung at the jury by Myefs to bring about the conviction of this defendant steel worker who jsat in his chair dazed-like while the jcaptain prosecutor heaped burning coals of prejudice upon his head. |Myers played well his part of perse- cutor and prosecutor. K. K. K. Kounty. The Ku Klux Klan along with the other mysterious forces of oppression dominating in this hill country, have jadded another name to the roll of |honor dedicated to the sons and jdaughters of Labor.who since the be- {ginning the time have led their fel- low men away from the beaten paths of slavery in quest of a better sys- tem of society. Judge McLaughry charged the jury and instructed them not to consider the fifth count in the indictment where the defendant steel worker was charged with destruction of property. Chief counsel for the defense, I. E. Ferguson objected several times when Myers was making his “Blood and Thunder” address to the jury compelling Myers to cease killing off the last five millions of Russian peasants and workers and saving the few million Americans that so. far had resisted the civil wars and other things Myers charged the Commun- ists with stirring up. Other Trials In Fall. The two remaining steel workers under indictment, who are W. P. members will be brought to trial in September or October. The appeals of the first steel’worker Tony Kovac- ovich will be argued before Judge McLaughry in September by attorney Ferguson. Four steel workers are | Still to be tried—two are charged with being members of the Workers Party and the defense expects that these will be tried next and following them the last two, members of no organiza- tion, and the only thing they can be charged with is being hard working slaves in the steel mills of Farrell. The defense is making every ef- fort to secure the release on bail of John Radias and Andy Dugan, two of the defendants yet to be tried who were out on bail and were rearrested early in the trial when their bonds- men surrendered them to the sheriff and demanded their security. They are confined in the Mercer county jail. The Sharon Herald continues its wild cru: of stirring up com- munity hatred and prejudice. Its Red and Reds with this sheet which has Poured forth lies against the steel workers since their arrest and indict- ment and editorially has attacked the two workers so far tried and found guilty. It is alleged that John Vugrinic, called the prosecution's “star wit- ness” by the Sharon Herald, was at one time committed to an insane asylum and has been arrested for selling white mule. The defense is en- deavoring ta secure the facts. “Russia Germany” in Brownsville NEW YORK, July 2.—Russia Germany, the 8-reel film showing con- ditions in the Soviet republic during the years 1923 and 1924, will be shown in Brownsville on Wednesd July 9th, at SheMeld Theatre, Sheffield and Sutter Avenues. This is the first and only showing of this picture in Brownsville, The performance will begin at 6 P. M. and continue until 11 P.M. Ad- mission is 25c, The picture will be shown under the auspices of the In- ternational Workers Aid for the bene. fit of the starving German children, PLATOON SCHOOL SPREADS BOSSES’ PROPAGANDABEST Margaret Haley Shows New Systems’ Evils That the introduction of the pla- toon system in the schools of Chi- cago is nothing more than a drive on the part of big business to save tax money, that it attempts to divide chil- dren into industrial and professional groups so that employers will have an easier time with these same chil- dren when they become wage slaves, that it introduces factory methods into schools and standardizes human beings as the modern factory stan- dardizes its products, that it is being made the means for the introduction of underhand propaganda favorable to the ruling class, were among the charges made by Margaret Haley, head of the Chicago Teachers Federa- tion, in a débate with Prof. E. L. C. Morse, at a meeting of the South Shore Protective Association in the South Shore Presbyterian Church, 76th street and South Shore Drive. “The platoon system is really the Gary system under a new name,” said Miss Haley. "The Gary plan was tried out in New York, and got such a black eye that it had to change its title before it could be considered in Chicago. “Fordized” Schools “I was one of a group that went to Detroit to study the platoon sys- tem as it is in operation there. I went from the schools into the Ford factory, and I hardly know that I had changed my location. Everything about the platoon system is so stand- ardized, so mechanical, so lacking in natural human freedom, that a school in which this system is in use is nothing but a huge educational fac- tory. “Every thirty minutes the childrei have to change from one room to an- other. The building is placed under traffic regulations so that the children can pass through the halls without killing one another. A first-grade child comes into contact with as many as thirteen teachers a day, and all chance for individual contact is lost. The teachers of Detroit know this, and they object to the system, but if they raise a voice in protest, they are told that they will have to get out. This has happened to more than one teacher who dared to say what she honestly thought of the platoon.” “Psychologized” Kids. “Psychological tests are given the children when they enter the schools to determine whet grade of work they shall do. If we had worked out any psychological test that we could reply on as giving an index of intelligence, and if the people who give them to these children were not usually in need of sanity tests themselves, there would be less objection to their use. But children are arbitrarily graded for four years on the basis of a sin- WASHINGTON PARTY ACTIVITIES Negroes Invited. The Washington local of the Work- ers” Party of America, requests the presence of colored people who are interested in their Race, at any of their meetings, Labor Lyceum,’ 1337 Seventh St., N. W., Voteless Capital, Teapot. Dome Community. The Communists of the world have always taken a consistent stand for the Negroes. MEMBERSHIP MEETING JULY 8 TO HEAR OUR PARTY WORK PROGRAM P The Party Membership meeting for July 8, for Local Chicago, at Imperial Hall, 2409 N. Halsted St., before which Comrades Wm. Z. Foster and C. E. Ruthenberg will speak, assumes increasing Impor- tance for every Communist. In order to mobilize and unite the membership of the Party for systematic activity on every field, the Central Executive Committee of the Workers Party is formulat- ing a new statement on the im- mediate work of the Party, a pro- gram ef action. Comrades Wm. Z. Foster and C. E. Ruthenberg have been assigned to cover jointly Party membership meetings thruout the country. Comrades Foster-and Ruthenberg wil speak on “Our Immediate Pro- gram of Party Work.” This will embrace the questions of our Labor Party Campaign, Industrial Work, Shop Nuclei Organization, Membership Campaign, DAILY WORKER Campaign, Unemploy- ment Campaign and Educatiogal work of the Party. Every po and Y. W. Lymem- ber is instrudted to be present at the July 8 membership meeting to become fully familiar with the Party’s Program of, work. Re- member: BE PRESENT TUES. DAY EVENING, JULY 81924, 3 P. M. AT IMPERIAL HALL, 2409 North Halsted St. ae ae een gle hour’s work. No attempt is made to hide from children in the lower grades that they are of inferior in- tellect. “These tests are made the basis of dividing children into industrial and professional groups in a way compar- able only to the caste system of India. Children in industrial groups are ‘given such training as cafeteria courses. They learn how to become bus boys. They are forced from school into every type of blind-alley job.” Platoons For Propaganda. Miss Haley quoted from a pamphlet written by Charles L. Spain, deputy superintendent of schools, on the working of the system in Detroit. “I wonder if Mr. Spain knew,” she asked, “how much more he said than he meant when he wrote the follow- ing words: “During the war the public schools came to be recognized as a powerful agency thru which to spread propa- ganda. It is certain that society will expect more from the schools in this respect than in the past. The platoon system is much better adapted to this work than is the regulation school.’ “That is just what our schools are becoming—agencies for spreading the propaganda of the men who are in- troducing this system so that the public may think they are caring for the children while they are only try- ing to get away with so much cold cash. There is an unholy alliance be- tween politicians and business men.” Opponent’s Pretty Promises. Professor Morse tried to show that because of Chicago’s more adequate facilities the evils of the platoon sys- tem would be mitigated. Miss Haley stayed away from the convention of the National Education Association in Washington this week so that she could fight the platoon system, which will come before the board of education for final considera- tion within the next month. Still Sailing CALCUTTA, India, July 2~-—-The American round the world fiyers left here this morning for Allahabad 450 miles from Calcutta. DON'T MISS IT! Robert Minor What Michael Said to the Coupon Get Acquainted Subscription Six Months-- $1.00 They All Want the JULY BETTER SUBSCRIBE AND BE SURE Complete Analysis of the St. Paul Convention CONTENTS: a of the St. Paul Convention, by C. E. Ruthen- r (4 or of the Republican Convention, with cartoons, y The Little Brown Brother becomes the Little Red Devil (The impending War with Japan), by Max Bedacht Census Taker, by James Rorty | Name: | Address: City: LYING RUSSIAN APER SHOWS ITS IGNORANCE “Authority”? on Moscow Blunders in Chicago Russian delegates attending the second conference of the Federation of Russian Schools at 1902 W. Divi- sion street, tonight, are having a good laugh at Russky Vestnik, the anti- Soviet Russian language paper pub- lished in Chicago. This paper which presumes to speak with such authority on condi- tions in Soviet Russia showed in yes- terday morning’s issue that it doesn’t | Bivd. know anything about the happenings in the Russian colony in Chicago. Russky Vestnik takes exception to the statement in the DAILY WORK- ER that a church school which had attended the first conference had since dropped out. Russky Vestnik Thursday, July 3, 1924 Party Activities Of Local Chicago BRANCH MEETINGS THURSDAY, JULY 3rd:—llth Ward Italian, 2439 S. Oakley _Bivd. 3lst Ward Italian, 511 N. Sangamom St. Soutp, Side English, Community Cen, ter, 3801 S. Wabash Ave. Russian Branch, 1902 W. Division St, Scandinavian Karl Marx, 2733 Hirsch vd. FRIDAY, JULY 4th:—Ukrainian No. %, | 10701 Stephenson Ave. | Polish North Side, 1902 W. Division it. Lithuanian No. 41, 4138 Archer Ave. Greek Branch, 722 Blue Island Ave. SUNDAY, JULY 6th:—South Slavic No. 2, 8743 Buffalo Ave. Bulgarian, 842 W. Adams St., 7 P. M. Armenian, 955 W. Grand Ave., 2 P. MONDAY, JULY 7th:—19th Ward Ital- 1103 S. Loomis St. ian Cicero, 1402 S. 50th Ct., Cicere mM. Douglas Park g@nglish, 3322 Douglas eavorth Side English 2409 N.. Halsted it. North-West Jewish Branch, 2642 Le- moyne St., 8 p.m. TUESDAY, JULY 8th:—NO BRANCH MEETINGS. PARTY MEMBERSHIP MEETING, Imperial Hall, 2409 N. Hal- sted St. x. then sarcastically asks whether the paper does not know that the “South Side School” was never a church school. Russky Vestnik Wrong Again. It happens that the DAILY WORK- ER was not referring to the South Side School, a school, which Russky Vestnik may be surprised to hear has rejoined the Federation from which it had temporarily dropped out. The DAILY WORKER - was referring to the school of the Independent Church of Wood street—a church school— which did attend the first conference and later dropped out. It was amusing also to read the attacks which Russky Vestnik made on the Federation of Russion Schools —saying that its by-laws were made in Moscow. Delegates to the confer- ence are remarking that if Russky Vestnik doesn’t know what is going on under its eyes in Chicago, it can- not be taken seriously as an authori- ty on the situation in Russia. Must Use Jewish Corpses BUCHAREST, July 2.—The faculty of Jassy University has decided that the Jewish medical students must take their examinations upon Jewish corpses. As the university medical school has no Jewish corpses now, Jewish students, who comprise about 70 per cent of this year’s class, will be unable to take examinations ahd will not receive their diplomas until next year, and possibly not then. Send in that Subscription Today. BOSTON PARTY ACTIVITIES Open Air Meetings, Saturday, July 5. Blue Hill Ave. and Lawrence. Kassner and Schlossberg. *Schwartz. Sunday, July_ 6. Boston Common. *Canter and Bloomfield. Chairman, Hurwitz. Monday, July 7. Speakers’ class at room 310. 4 Tuesday, July 8. Harrison Ave. and Davis, S. End. Rothstein and Yaffe. *Stevens. (| cre AR and Friedman. cey. Wednesday, July 9. Spring Sts.," West End. Levine. Kraska, chairman, Thursday, July 10. Blue Hill Ave. and Woodrow.’ “Ballam ‘and Schlossberg. “Schwartz. Friday, July 11. Heath Eq., Roxbury. *Simons ‘and ev. Chairman, Gerber. Saturday, July 12. Blue Mill Ave. and La Chambers and *Canter and —— Riley and Kutisker. *Hur- witz. Sunday, July 13. Boston Common. Riley and Rothstein. *Schwartz. Monday, July ld Speakers’ class at room 310. Accompanying list of speakers and places assigned for first two weeks of campaign. Each comrade to report at Pemberton Square, room 310, at 7:30 PROMPT on evenings assigned. Com- rade with asterisk (*) before name is in charge of meeting and is responsible for conduct of same. Must report on blank furnished for the purpose and ‘turn same over to committee on open air meetings. Each comrade receiving ‘this letter should lose no time in getting in touch with the committee, reporting as to what nights he is available and how he can be reached on short notice, phone, etc. ALSO attend class meetings prompt- ly at 8\Monday evenings. For the com- mittee. J. .CEY. (Special to the Daily Worker.) Do You Know? E, W. 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