The Daily Worker Newspaper, July 5, 1924, Page 1

= { c¢ THE DAILY WORKER RAISES THE STANDARD FOR A WORKERS AND FARMERS’ GOVERNMENT Vol. II. No. 92. SUBSCRIPTION RATES In Chicago, by mail, $8.00 per year. Outside Chicago, by mail, $6.00 per year. 290 > athe. HE Workers and Farmers of the Nation Must Control Their Own Press in Order to Get the Truth.”—DUNCAN McDONALD, Farmer-Labor Candi- date for President, in Opening Speech of Campaign in Chicago. THE DAILY WO! Entered as Second-class matter September 21, 1983, at the Post Office at Chicago, Illinois under the Act of March 3, 1879. SATURDAY, JULY 5, 1924 Published Daily except Sunday by THE DAILY WORKER PUBLISHING CO., 1113 W. Washington Blyd., Chicago, IL CENTS Including Saturday Magazine Section. On all other days, Three Cents per Copy. Price 5c d TALK REBELLION AT CLEVELAND McDonald Warns of Plot Against Miners’ Union FARMER-LABOR 1924 CAMPAIGN GETS BIG START City and Land Labor to U nite inC ‘ommon Fight By J. LOUIS ENGDAHL. The fight is on! The National Farmer-Labor Campaign of 1924 has been launched. For 15 minutes the enthusi- astic audience of workers that jammed Wicker Park Hall cheered Duncan McDonald, the presidential candidate of ex- ploited city and land labor. And MacDonald came right back with the keynote of the campaign, raising the alarm against the new “open shop” drive of the triumvirate of American capitalism—the Standard Oil Trust, the Steel Trust and the House” of Morgan. Bares Plot Against Miners. MacDonald exposed the efforts of the mine owners to crush the United Mine Workers’ Union. To be sure, he pointed out, the mine owners north of the Ohio River had signed a three-year contract with the Miners’ Union for a day’s wage of $7.50. “But then the mine owners went south of the Ohio River,” said Mac- Donald, “and imposed a day’s wage of $2.25 on the coal miners of the South. “The result has-been that the min- ers south of the Ohio River are busy. They have work at the low wage. But in the north the coal min- ers are idle. Coal is being shipped north from the south. “In this way the mine owner hopes, in time, to smash the now powerful) miners’ union. And when the min- ers’ organization has been crushed, these open shoppers will open war on the other labor unions as well.” Crush Militancy Among Miners. MacDonald pointed out how the militant spirit among the mine work- vers had been crushed during the way, | ‘All militants holding official posi- tions were ousted, under the war ter- ‘ror, because they were not 100 per- centers. Only 100 percenters were ‘left in the union, while the mine vowners reaped huge profits and all miners who went out on strike or de- ‘manded higher wages were denounced ‘as pro-Germans. “We are s‘acing a very critical sit- TO THE FARMER-LABOR DELEGATES AT THE CLEVELAND CONVENTION! ~~ N June 17, 18 and 19, at St. Paul, there met in Convention delegates of the organized Farmer-Labor movement of the United States, These delegates, represent- ing hundreds of thousands of industrial work- ers and farmers united in forming the Na- tional Farmer-Labor Party, adopted a plat- form clearly enunciating the class interests of the exploited farmers and industrial work- ers and nominated a Farmer-Labor Presi- dential ticket—Duncan McDonald for Presi- dent and William Bouck for Vice-President. The St. Paul Convention declared {tself willing to have its National Committee to confer with any other group favoring the organization of a Farmer-Labor Party and to agree with such a group upon a common slate of candidates and a common platform. It was the opinion of the delegates to the St. Paul Convention that the movement of the exploited farmers and industrial work- ers towards independent political action must be permanently organized in a Farmer- Labor Party which will boldly fight for the class interests of the farmers and industrial workers. The St. Paul Convention was un- willing to rest its hopes upon a Messiah. It took the stand that a powerful organized political party of farmers and workers was of more importance than the candidacy of any individual. THE RECORD OF THE ©. P. P. A. The Conference for Progressive Political Action came into existence as a result of the pressure of the rank and file of the labor movement and of the exploited farmers for a political party to fight their battles. The C. P. P. A. has met three times and three times it has disappointed those who hoped that it would create such a party. This hope is again to be disappointed at the present conference. It has already been decided by those who control the votes under the voting arrangement in the conference that no new political party is to be formed. The conference is to endorse the personal, independent candidacy of Senator LaFollette who refuses td become the candidate of a new party because he wishes to retain his position in the senate which he holds by strength of being a member of the Repub- lican Party. In place of boldly taking a stand for in- dependent political action by farmers and workers against the corrupt, rotten old capi- talist parties, the leaders of the conference have decided to make it a tail to the kite of Senator LaFollette’s personal candidacy. Unite With the Farmer-Labor Party! They propose to support Senator LaFollette as an independent and in state elections to support republican and democratic “good men.” No delegate to the conference who is in earnest in his desire that the workers and farmers create a party which will fight their battles can support such a program. This program means another betrayal of the movement for independent political action; as it was betrayed in Chicago in February, 1922, in Cleveland in December, 1922 and St. Louis in February, 1924; it Is to be be- trayed in Cleveland again in 1924. BUILD A CLASS PARTY. The fight against corruption, against special privilege, against the exploitation which robs the farmers and industrial work- ers of the product of their toil, can only be won thru a class party representing the two exploited groups—the farmers and industrial workers. Upon the-solid rock of class inter- ests the political party of the producers must be built. The interests of small business men, of liberals in the Committee of 48, of the pro- gressives of the LaFollette group, are not the same and cannot be harmonized with the interests of the exploited farmers and work- ers. An organization like the C. P. P. A. which tries to hold together all these groups cannot live. It is bound to break asunder in the clash of class. in between the groups included in it. UNITE WITH FARMER-LABOR PARTY! We call upon those delegates who want a Farmer-Labor Party, who want a class fight by the producers against their exploiters, who want a workers’ and farmers’ govern- ment—not a LaFollette government—to join in building a Farmer-Labor Party. Let those who still want to support can- didates on the ticket of the corrupt old capi- talist parties go their way with the indepen- dent candidacy of LaFollette and the pro- gram of the C. P. P. A. Let those who want independent political action—class action— join the Farmer-Labor Party. The National Convention of the Farmer- Labor Party sent its National Executive Committee to Cleveland to confer with those delegates who are for building the Farmer- Labor Party. The doors are open for all who want a Farmer-Labor Party. Let us unite and build that party. NATIONAL EXECUTIVE COMMIT- TEE, FARMER-LABOR PARTY Alexander Howat, Chairman. C. A. Hathaway, Secretary. f RED MENACE DOGS STEPS OF BOB'S’ BRAVES Socialist Engaged as Anti-Red W. atchdog By C. E. RUTHENBERG. (Staff Writer, Daily Worker) CLEVELAND, July 4.—The sentiment among the delegates arriving here for the Conference for Progressive Political Action indicates that at some point in the proceedings there is going to be a lively scrap between the delegates who want a new party organized, and the official ma- chine in control of the conven- tion which stands for a LaFol- lette and “good” republican and democratic campaign and against a party organization. Trade union delegates on the ground who are not part of the |Official railroad union machine jare talking loudly of a rebellion jagainst the domination of the jconvention by the heads of the railroad brotherhoods. Among the unions lining up for a new party ate the leather goods workers. It seems, however, even those delegates who want a new party have no idea of build- ing a political party to fight in the class interests of the farm- ers and workers, for they are talking of a “progressive” party. | The right of the St. Paul convention |to the name Farmer-Labor Party evi- dently will not be challenged by this |convention which seemingly wants to | get as far away from any suggestion |of representing class interests as it \is possible for it. | Communist Spectre Haunts Them. Announcement by the credentials |committee elected by the National | Committee, which is already at work that no Communists will be seated at the convention has been made. This does not only apply to delegates which might be sent by the Workers’ (Communist) Party but those dele- gates from trade unions, central la- bor bodies, co-operatives, or any oth- er organization who are known to be a member of the Workers’ Party will not be given a seat in the conven- tion. There seems to be a great fear on the part of the leaders of the conven- uation hers in America,” said Mac- ‘Donald. “In order-to meet this crisis the workers and farmers must get ‘together on a common program, They talk about majority rule. The only majority in this country today is ‘made up of the workers and farmers. ‘The country .is ruled today by a minority, the dictatorship, if you Please, of Wall Street, of the financial interests of America. DONKEY BOSSES BARTERING WITH see" DONKEY FEEDERS 15 years. During the winter I workéd)’ (special to the DAILY WORKER) in the mines; in the summer on the MADISON SQUARE GAR- farm. My tather was a dyed-in-the- DEN, July 4.—Tex Rickard’s big wool republican. He thought that the republicans brought prosperity. Sopntyegg a po aca Bigg fo fos " They do—to the small plundering | Man, group of capitalists.” jer one today when the MacDonald told of the use of in-|Democratic steeds broke the junetions, the police and the militia/ballot records of the Baltimore (Continued on Page 2.) and San Francisco conventions. TRIBUNE REFUTES OWN STORIES ABOUT BOLSHEVIK VANDALISM “An important British art authority who has just returned from Moscow reports that all the late ozar’s crown jewels are intact and well looked after. He says there are few signs of vandalism at the royal palaces, which are being kept in the condition in which they were left by the royal occupants. “The expert asserts that there has been no selling or export of works of art and that on the whol erything of importance is being better cared for now than under the old regime. The Bolsheviks are great believers in art, and the picture galleries are better hung and are otherwise improved. There are now 260 art museums, instead of 60, as before the war.”—Chicago Tribune News Service, copyright 1924 by The Chicago Tribune. The Tribune for the past seven years has published many alleged dis- patches about bolshevik vandalism in Russian palaces and art galleries. / When the half century lap was over many delegates withdrew for inspiration before getting into action at the track once more. On their return they prayed that the deadlock would soon be broken. The Buyers and Sellers. The real deadlock, according to the DAILY WORKER'S information, is that between the buyers and the sell- ers. The donkey drivers are demand- ing higher prices from the donkey feeders, those “back stage fellows” that furnish the fodder without which the big four months’ cross country race that will follow the Garden trot- ting could nT be held. As matters stand, the » democratic convention will probably celebrate the birthday of thig great and glorious country by naming the chosen run- ner who will lead the long distance race towards the White House. It is not believed that the bosses can af- ford to hold out much longer than that. Wall Street Likes Ralston, Wall Street, like Bryan, has a list of candidates whom she will be sat- isfied with. The Bryan list ard the Wall Street list do not absolutely coin- cide, but they do to a certain extent. For instance, Governor Ralston, whom Bryan O. K.'d also has the O, K. of big Business. is attitude during the coal and railroAd strikes of 1922 was satisfactory to big business, Ralston’s attitude towards the Ku Klux Klan is also commended. The In- (Continued on page 2.) tion that somehow the Communists are going to do something to their convention. Evidently no Communist speeches from the floor are desired. The leaders of the convention seem to be afraid that a few Communist speeches for a class Farmer-Labor Party might seriously concern their well-laid plans and therefore they are carefully combing the credentials in order to weed out any Communist delegates who may have been sent by central bodies or other labor organ- izations. George Goebel of the Socialist Party s acting as wafch-dog on the creden- tials committee to block the Commun- ists, LaFollette Worries Them. Rumor has it that the members of the National Committee are not at all content with the position taken by Senator LaFollette thus far. It seems they have not been consulted about the statement which Mr. LaFollette is about to issue and they are worrying about how close it will come to their position, Also some more aggressive members of the National Committee are not at all satisfied to have the convention merely act as a rubber stamp to the personal announcement and platform which Senator LaFol- lette may issue. FARMER-LABOR CANDIDATE SAYS CAUSE GAINING William Bouck Sends Daily Worker Sub William Bouck, Farmer-Labor can- didate for vice-president of the United States, and president of the Western Progressive Farmers’ organization, has sent in to the DAILY WORKER what he says “looks like a cartload of money” to “we farmers” who “are so Bouck has subscribed to the DAILY WORKER, which he has been receiving late from a friend. “As I see it, our cause is growing out here,” the vice-presidential nomi- nee of the workers and farmers writes. “Lots of sentiment develop- ing.” Bouck’s movement, the Western Progressive Farmers, is a real live thing, with the farmers who broke away from the conservative and dis integrating old grange organizations, seeing the need for class political ac- tion with the workers of the country Bouck, as he stated at the St. Panl convention, hopes to make the West-|received a proposition from the New ern Progressive organization national,| York Chamber to arrange for an ex- with a great big punch at the old|change of goods samples. parties and at reaction all down the New York Wants Samples. LENINGRAD, July 4.—The North- Western Chamber of Commerce has line. Send in that Subscription Today. BOOTLEGGING DICK WHO EXPOSED DAUGHERTY GETS IT IN THE NECK NEW YORK, July 4—Gaston B. Means, former department justice agent and his secretary, Elmer W. Jarnecke, were today sentenced to two years each in the federal peni- tentlary for conspiracy to evade the Volstead act. Means was also fined $10,000 and Jarnecke $5,000. PERLSTEIN ENDS GARMENT STRIKE; ALLOWS NO VOTE Strikers Demanded That Fight Be Continued The strike of Chicago dressmakers was arbitrarily called off by Vice Pre- sident Myer Perlstein of the Interna- tional Ladies’ Garment Workers. No rank and file vote was permitted by Perlstein. When Peristein told the strikers’ meeting at 180 W. Washington street that the strike would end, Freda Rei- cher, one of the most militant strik- ers took the floor and demanded that the battle continue. Great applause followed. Perlstein declared that there were no funds, This is disputed by strik- ers. The international union recent- ly declared that it had funds to keep the strike going until the busy season started. No vote and no discussion was al- lowed by Perlstein after Freda Rei- cher spoke. Workers who demanded the floor were not recognized. \ Deserted to Open Shoppers. Thus in the crudest and most brutal fashion the strikers were deserted by | their officials and turned over to the tender mercies of the Open Shoppers. Those closest to the administration knew that in spite of the glittering promises made by Perlstein the strik- ers were going to be deserted. Two weeks ago it was decided to call off the strike. But a week after the decision had already been made to call off the strike, Perlstein was promising the strikers that the battle jwould be continued thru the slack |season. Last Friday a telegram came |from the international’s headquarters jinstructing Perlstein to call off the strike immediately, yet Friday, Satur- day and Monday union money was still being collected to carry on the strike. Forty-Hour Week in Danger Members of the dressmakers’ union fear that the betrayal of the workers is not yet over. They are keeping a watchful eye on Perlstein. It would |be in line with the policy of the L L. G. W. U. officialdom to order all the workers now on a forty-hour week back to a forty-four-hour basis. They predict an effort of this kind in the near future. | STATEMENT OF T. U. E. L. John W. Johnstone, assistant secre- tary of the Trade Union Educational League, issued the following state- ment on the calling off of the garment strike in Chicago: The members of the I. L. G. W. U. should analyze this strike very care- (Continued on page 3.) NEGROES CALL FOR UNION AID IN ORGANIZING Natl. Conference Makes Appeal By ROBERT MINOR. (Staff Writer, Daily Worker) PHILADELPHIA, July 4.— The adoption without dissenting vote of an Open Letter to the American Federation of Labor, demanding the establishment of an “Inter-racial Labor Commis- sion” to find ways and means to break down race prejudice and discrimination in the labor un- ions and to accomplish the unionization of Negro labor to- gether with white labor, marked a signal victory of the pro-labor point of view in the closing ses- sion of the annual conference of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. This measure is intended to force to a head the question of the rights of Negroes in the trade permitting the evasion and neg- lect which have continued, for jyears. The measure as carried embodies the proposal of the Workers Party and sympathetic working-class dele- gates, with the exception that it is slightly weakened with the elimina- tion of a clause advocated by the Workers Party demanding that such labor bodies should proceed forthwith in conjunction with an inter-racial commission to organize the Negro | workers. The text as adopted is as follows: |An Open Letter to the American Fed- eration of Labor, The Railway Broth- erhoods, and Other Groups of Organ- ized Labor. Gentlemen: or many years the American Negro has been demanding admit- tance to the ranks of union labor. For many years your organizations have made public profession of your interest in Negro labor, of your de- sire to have it unionized, and of your hatred of the black “scab.” Nothwithstanding this apparent surface agreement, Negro labor in the main is outside the ranks of organized labor, and the reason is first, that white union labor does not want black labor atid secondly, black labor has ceased to beg admittance to union ranks because of its increasing value and efficiency outside the unions. We thus face a crisis in inter-racial labor conditions; the continued and |determined race prejudice of white |labor, together with the limitation of jimmigration, is giving black labor tre- mendous advantage. The Negro is entering the ranks of semi-skilled and skilled labor and he is entering mainly and necessarily as a “scab.” He broke the great steel strike. He will soon be in a position to break any stfike when he can gain economic advantage for himself. On the other hand, intelligent Ne- groes know full well that a blow at organized labor is a blow at all labor; that black labor today profits by the (Continued on page 2.) AL’S BOOSTERS GET DIZZY AND DESERT CIRCUS GALLERIES AS DONKEYS CIRCLE THEIR 50TH LAP By JAY LOVESTONE. MADISON SQUARE GARDEN, New York, July 4.—Fifty ballots hav eknocked the delegates into a stupor, The slight enthusiasm manifested by former sessions has disappeared. Even the fire department, the street cleaning department and the police department, which have turned out so loyally for Al Smith, are steaily deserting their allotted seats in the galleries. As was expected, the contest has turned out to be a tug of war between the Smith and the McAdoo forces. But the claims of the managers of the two leading candidates have been totally (Continued on Page 2.) unions. without.ferth-s —+— ey acai Ee