The Daily Worker Newspaper, July 8, 1924, Page 5

Tuesday, July 8, 1924 CAL WON'T MIND HAVING ANOTHER CABINET MEMBER Education Department Would be a Plum (Special to The DAILY WORKER.) WASHINGTON, D. C.,, July 7.— Members of the National Education Association who have been attending the convention here, are returning, home now after their patriotic orgy culminating in the events of the Fourth of July. The school officials were addressed by President Coolidge with the usual line of reactionary stuff about “America has had her revolu- tion” and “Patriotism is always to be taught,” and some more about “peace with honor” and national defense. Cal’s speech came in the morning, his 52nd birthday, and in the after- noon the school superintendents, prin- cipals, and other higher ups made a tour of the historic scenes of patriotic interest, such as Jefferson’s home at Monticello. Coolidge admitted to the school offi- cials that he endorsed the Sterling- Reed education bill which would cre- ate a national department of educa- tion and give him the chance to ap- point another big. business man to the cabinet in return for campaign and election services. Another Free Speech Fight Won NEW YORK, July 7.—Following a long battle lasting over a year, free speech forces scored a victory in Old Forge, Pa., when a successful free speech test meeting was held re- cently under the joint auspices of the American Civil Liberties Union and the Socialist Party. Birch Wilson, the speaker whose forcible ejection from Old Forge on June 9, 1923, start- ed the free speech feud between the Civil Liberties Union and Mayor Cos- tanzo, was the chief speaker at Sa- turday’s test meeting. The $3,000 suit for false arrest filed two weeks ago against Mayor Cos- tanzo, Sheriff Reap and Chief of Police Bender of Old Forge by the Civil Liberties Union on behalf of Birch Wilson is still pending in the Court. of Common Appeals of Lacka- wana County. According to the Union it took almost a year to find a local lawyer “with sufficient courage to fight the Old Forge officials in the courts.” The case was called to the attention of Governor Pinchot and Attorney General Woodruff, who spoke strongly against the policy and acts of the local officials. | Ze Worlder THE DAILY WORKER NEGRO PRESS DEMANDING CLEAR, COURAGEOUS KLAN CONDEMNATION; CRITICIZES CAL’S CAUTIOUS CALM (Special to The Daily Worker) WASHINGTON, D. C., July 7.—The Negro press here is out- spoken in its condemnation of “Cautious Cal” for his failure to face the Ku Klux Klan issue while depending upon the Negroes for support in his republican pre: The “Washington Tribune” sidential campaign. berates the “careful, cool’ little man of the white house for his cheap speech at the Howard Uni- LE ALTERS OR Het NE ALA versity commencement and his utterly evasive reply to the convention of the National As- sociation for the Advancement of Colored People. It says in part: Politics; Statistics. “For President Coolidge to address the graduates of Howard University at the commencement was a com- mendable act on his part; and it was good politics; for he is the Republican candidate for President in the elec- tion to be held this fall. “But Mr. Coolidge failed miserably in his address. He made the usual year book statistical speech that all white people think they must make before a colored audience in order to convince that audience that the speak- er is sympathetically famiilar with the progress of the Negro. It was a very poor speech and far below the dig- nity of a President of the United States. Negroes Want Action. “Commendation by word of mouth is indeed hollow and meaningless un- less backed up with action. As Presi- dent of the United States, Mr. Cool- idge has the authority and the power to the Negro, whom he so highly com- mended, that the Nation appreciates his loyalty and considers him a funda- mental factor in the upbuilding and progress of this great country of ours, “The N. A. A. C. P. (National As- sociation for the Advancement of the Colored People) wrote a letter to President Coolidge asking for an ex- pression from him on the Ku Klux Klan, to be read before the national session to convene in Philadelphia June 23. Instead of answering that let-| ter, the President sent a portion of his Howard commencement speech, Thus, he says by that act, that these are) ‘my firmly held views’ of the Negro,for all occasions. Want Courage, Not Caution, “He refused point blank to express his views on the K. K. K. and yet he expects Negroes to vote for him this fall. If the President has not the courage to express himself on the Klan, he cannot blame the Negro for thinking that silence gives consent, and since his Republican gubernatorial candidate in the state of Indiana is an avowed Klansman, by his silence he OUR DAILY PATTERNS A NEW AND PRACTICAL UNDER GARMENT 4743. Cotton or silk crepe, crepe de chine, batiste, nainsook or silk broad cloth may be used for this model. The fronts may be closed with buttons from upper to lower edge or the design may be\in “step in” style entirely. The Pattern is cut in 4 Sizes: Small, 34-36; Medium, 38-40; Large, 42-44; Wxtra ‘ge, 46-48 inches cust measure. 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At a gathering of locked-out work- ers at which time the distribution of food took place, a resolution was passed as follows: “The locked-out harbor workers greet their proletarian fellow-workers across the sea. The solidarity of the workers which know no national | boundary, gives us new courage and strength to continue on the difficult path to the emancipation of the prole- tariat. The German workers will not delay to make known these acts of international solidarity to the widest masses. Long live international soli- darity!” At the same time the section com- ;mittee of Hamburg notified the New York section that tho the strike is over, many thousands of workers and their families are in great need in con- sequence of their desperate struggle. They call for continued aid. The New York section.calls upon all workers to respond to their ap- peal and to purchase and sell the stamp books issued by the local of- fice of the International Workers’ Aid for the children of workers affected by the strikes and lock-outs. School Officials Turning Away from Two “Oil” Parties (By The Federated Press) WASHINGTON, July 7.—That the school teaghers of the country will give powerful aid to independent political action was indicated at the convention of the National Educa tional Association, here, when Dr. William C. Bagley of Teachers’ Col- lege, Columbia University, started a big demonstration of protest at the neglect of educational interests by the two old parties. He contrasted the polite hearing given the teachers when they ap- peared before committees of Congress with the attitude of the national con- ventions. Organizations willing to deliver votes to powerful candidates were able to dictate platform planks or to suppress planks of which they disapproved, he said, but—‘the others, among them our own, had to be satisfied either with insolent re- buffs or with meaningless phrases.” The convention of teachers roared its applause when Dr. Bagley said: “If other groups are willing to dis- regard party lines and throw their votes en masse, to the party that promises to do most to promote often selfish and almost always minor in- terests which these groups represent, should there not be a group that will throw its votes en ma: to the party that promises to do the most for the basic interest of the national life—the most unselfish and far-reach- ing cause that any group can es- pouse? And should not our profes- sion be the nucleus of this group?” Negro Singer Delights Berlin. BERLIN, Germany, July 7.—The Ne- gro tenor, Roland Hayes, who has just been awarded the Spingarn medal in the United States for distinguished achievement, has been most enthus- iastically received here by music William Lawrence, a Negro also, accompanies the singer with fine The | bility, according to the reports in the German papers, Hayes will return to the United States in October and will make a ar he opm. FEDERATION HITS ANTI-SOVIET MAN Refuse Seat: to Editor Who Spreads Lies By M. A. SKROMNY. The editor of the local Russian anti-Soviet newspaper who has been talking in his paper in the name of the Russian colony and who repre- sents himself as an authority on Rus- sia, finally had the opportunity to meet the representatives of the Rus- sian colony, face to face, at the Con- ference of the Federation of Russian Schools, which began its sessions in Chicago on the 3rd of July. A few days before the conference the paper began an attack against the Federation, accusing it of being a hand-maid of the Communists, and claiming that all the resolutions to be passed at the conference were “made in Moscow,” and that the by- laws etc. are all manufactured by the Communists. There were many misstatements also printed about the activities of the local schools, besides the general attacks against Soviet Russia. “Novy Mir” Represented. At the opening of the conference, the editor was absent, but had one of his reporters present. Among the fraternal delegates was also a repre- sentative from the Russian daily “Novy Mir,” comrade Stolar, who was admitted as the other fraternal dele- gate, with voice but no vote. When the editor of the local paper found out about it, he came to the third session of the conference and pre- sented a credential. A hot discus- sion broke out which lasted for al- most three hours. The delegates one after another be- gan to tell the editor what they think of him and his newspaper. “Why are you lying in your paper about our schools and labor organiza- tions in general? “How do you dare to call your pa- per a labor paper when it is the pri- vate property of a few individuals; who have nothing in common with the Russian workers? “You are an enemy of labor, for no friend would try to split our or- ganization! Editor Called Liar. “You are lying about the Commun- ists in Russia and in Chicago. You were telling the readers that the Com- munists joined our schools in order to split them, at the time when they are some of the best workers in our schools.” These were some of the remarks made by the delegates. The chairman, comrade Piven, who is not and has never been a Commun- ist, told the editor point blank that he is a liar, that he does not know anything about the schools, that the Communists are doing good work in the schools, and he invited the editor to stop his dirty work. The editor was given an opportun- ity to defend himself. He had the last say before a vote was taken. He tried to excuse himself for printing lies by saying that the “information” was given to him by somebody, but he did not say so in the editorials. He claimed that he is not an enemy of the workers, being even more “left” than the Communists. He ad- mitted that he does not know much about the ownership of his paper, he is “independent” of the owners, and is not influenced by them. Not Admitted. Finally a vote was taken. The re- sult was a surprise to everybody pres- ent: only TWO voted to accept the editor as a fraternal delegate. Bed- lam broke out. Some of the fraternal delegates demanded that another vote be taken. The vote was taken again and three more voted in favor of the editor, Bedlam broke out again, the fraternal delegates making the loud- est noise. After protests and threa' another vote was taken and the edi- tor at this time received only four votes. After that the editor announced that he will close his paper to the federation, will not give them any publicity, and that he will call an- other conference where they will un- do everything that the conference is doing at present. “We do not have much use for your paper anyway,” was the retort. jthe mayor’s mandate to Smith. CENTRALIA LOG REAT OF STRIKE TO FREE Page Five Labore ladustey ¢-Agneulture { [AQ] RUSSIAN SCHOOL |?” GERS THUNDERS OVER FOE’S BUZZING AIRPLANE (By Defense News Service) NEWPORT, Wash., July 7.—A mayor who uses a low-flying trouble-making airplane failed t o prevent Attorney Elmer Smith from telling the people of Newport the real story of the Armistice Day tragedy in Centralia. two hours. Several times the airplane, said to have come from Spokane, After the mayor had refused to let Smith speak in the city park, the Centralia lawyer led his audi-| ence to a privately owned lot across the street, and spoke for| swooped down close to the heads of the crowd and made a loud noise with its engine. Collarless and coatless, the late Centralia defender stood on a bread box and drove thru his speech. It was hard on his throat, but he got the story across. “Men of Smith's Type.” J. G. Flynn, the mayor of Newport, is also the local manager for the Mon- tana Power company. When F. W. Brown, advance agent for attorney Smith, applied to the mayor for a permit so that Smith might speak in the city park, the mayor refused to grant the request, declaring that “men of Smith’s type” weren’t wanted in Newport. Meanwhile various mer- chants here continued to display win- dow posters announcing that Smith would speak in Newport on Sunday; June 29. Smith arrived here on the afternoon of that day, and set out to find the mayor and discuss the issue of free speech with him. But the mayor could not be found. So Smith and several allies prepared to hold thé advertised meeting anyhow. By this time at least a hundred lumber jacks, members of the Industrial Workers of the World, had gathered at the scene in advance to see that there would be no trouble. They had come from logging camps for miles around. Red Songs Greet Marshal. Then Ben Fox, town marshal, ar- rived at the city park. He repeated The attorney quoted the free speech guar- antee from the constitution for the marshal’s benefit. Revolutionary songs were sung by the audience with a wobbly song leader, then the meeting adjourned to private property across the street. A big crowd had assembled. Taking the speakers’ stand, Smith traced the history of the indnstrial system in the United States, showing how the exploitation of the workers in the lumber industry and the efforts of these workers to organize for their own welfare had led inevitably to the mob attack upon the I. W. W. hall in Centralia on armistice day, 1919. Evidence Against Bosses Barred. Smith told of the mass of evidence barred from the jury by Judge John M. Wilson, who tried the case. Wilson would not permit the defense to in- troduce any evidence to show that the business men of Centralia had planned to raid the industrial hall on armistice day, that there had been a raid on an- other I. W. W. hall there, and that the police had refused to give the I. W. W. members protection against the raid which they knew was coming. And the speaker pointed out that six jurors had since admitted over their signature that they had been terror- ized into convicting the eight men. Smith called upon the people of Newport to bring pressure to bear upon the governor to liberate the con- victed men, who are serving from 25 to 40 years in Walla Walla peniten- tiary. ‘ Free Them Or We Strike. And at the end of his speech he voiced the warning that if in seven months these prisoners were not liber- ated by gubernatorial commutation, the governor’s hand would be forced by a general strike in the lumber woods, “the greatest strike in the history of the Northwest.” Observation thruout the state of Washington shows that the ground. work for such a strike is steadily be- ing prepared by the attitude and ac-' tions of many employing lumbermen, Wages have been cut in many saw- mills and camps, the usual cut being 40 cents from a day's pay, and the blacklist is in widespread operation among employers of Washington and Oregon, who are banded in the North- west Logging Operators Association. John H. McIntosh, general manager Ss of that association at Seattle, has been active in the attempt to have Elmer Smith disbarred from law practice in Washington. Confidential sent out by McIntosh to the members jof the operators’ alliance, |sound warnings of the danger of an- jother strike: in the lumber industry SECOND TUESDAY, JULY 8, 1924, 183 Boot and Shoe Workers, 1939 Mil- waukee Ave. Bricklayers, 912 W. Mcnroe St. Brick and ‘Clay Workers, Paving Inspectors, 166 W. Washington. Calumet Joint Council, 514 W. 117th Street. Carpenters, Diversey and Sheffield. Carpenters, 1023 E. 75th St. Carpenters, Moose Hall, Heights. Witten’s Hall, 21 378 58 141 272 461 1786 Chicago Carpenters, High- land Park, Ill Carpenters, Springfield and 26th. Clerks, Grocery, 59 W. Street. Conductors (Sleeping Car), Capitol dg.» Electricians, 605 S. State St. Electricians, 741 S. Western Ave. Engineers (Loc.), 5058 Wentworth Ave. Engineers, 180 W. Washington St. (Loc.), 2433 W. Roose- Enginee! velt R Enginee (Loc.), 2647 W. 35th St. Fea Inspectors, 418 N. Clark St. Federal Employes, 64 W. Randolph| Street. Federal Union, 3046 W. 26th St. Firemen and’ Enginemen, Ogden and Ta. ivamers), 166 W. Wash- Hatters ( ington St. Hod Garrlers, 225 E. 15th St. Chi- cago Heights, Ill. Hod Carriers, S14'W. Harrison St. Hod Carriers, 62nd and La Vergne ve. Hod Carriers, 814 W. Harrison St. Ladies’ Garment Workers, 328 W. ‘an Buren. Leather Workers, 777 W. Adams St. Machinists, 2548 S. Homan Ave. sts, 4126 W. Lake St. $, 6234 Princeton Ave. Meat Cutters, 175 W. Washington Street. Meat Cutters, 9206 Houston Ave, Marine and Oilers, 357 N. Musicians, 175 W. Washington St., Pp. Nurses, Funk's Hall, Oak Park. Painters, 20 W. Randolph St. Painters, N. E. cor. California and Madison Painters, 6414 S. Halsted St. Painters, N. W. cor. State and 55th. PAINTERS, 220 W. OAK ST. Painters, Trumbull and Ogden Ave. Plasterers and Peoria Sts. Plumbers, jen Ave. Plumbe ;, Washington. st. Plumbe dis Railway Carmen, Odd Fellows! Hall, Blue Island, Ili., 7:30 p Rajlway Carmen; 11037" Michigan ve. Railway Carmen, 5324 S. Halsted Railway Clerks, 549 W. Washington Street. Railway Clerks, Moose Hall, Chi- cago Heights. 906 2219 Council, Railway Clerks, 5438 S. Halsted St. kee A Clerks, 509 W. Washing- ‘on Railroad’ BM speaaanad 3359 W. Madi- son Stree’ Teamsters’ “Dis. 220 Ashland Bivd. Teagere (Auto), 220 S, Ashland ve rs, be W. Washington St. 234 W, Randolph St oteae wine 8 p.m) stated all meetings are bulletins | constantly | | Your Union Meeting | Van Buren| Leather Workers, 777 W. Adams St. | "| countries. |AUSTRIA GROANS UNDER HEEL OF ALLIED RULERS 70,000 State. Employes Fired by Zimmerman’ By LOUIS P, LOCHNER. | (Federated Press Staff Correspondent) VIENNA, July 7.—Austria has an Allied commissioner in the labor-bait- jing Mayor Zimmerman of Rotterdam, |and according to press reports every- | thing is lovely in Austria and especial- jly Vienna. But the “stabilization and cleansing” of Atstria is at the ex- pense of the workers. | Since,the advent of Zimmerman, 70,000 employes in the state services have been fired. The agreement with Zimmerman calls for removal of 100,- 000. The 30,000 yet to be removed are for the most part relatives of the ad- ministration. There’s the rub. Zim- merman wants the economy program carried out to the letter; the govern- ment does not want to remove 30,000 relatives and friends of men in high positions. The wages per week of the great bulk of the Austrian workers do not exceed $6. The unemployed, 100,000 in number, receive hardly $2 a week. Over 72 per cent of the population live in so-called small dwellings, con- sisting of a living room and bed- room. Less than 4 per 1000 of the dwellings have bathrooms. About 78 per cent of them use oil lamps. This proud city of 1,930,000 inhabitants can boast of only 000 electric bulbs in jhouses, office buildings and restau- |rants and hotels combined. There are thousands of houses in which the small rooms are still fur- | ther congested by so-called bed-goers, | wOniees who join the family only at jnight time, so as to have a roof over | their heads. With the addition of | these bed-goers, there are many rooms in which 8 to 14 persons sleep. All this in a country in which every | sixth person is an organized union | worker. ’ 245,000 Cotton Farmers Joined in Co-op Scheme liams, Oklahoma City, vice-president of the National Council of Farmers’ Co-operative Marketing Assns., told the Arizona Pima Cotton Growers’ Assn. of the rapid growth of co-oper- |ative cotton marketing. “Three years ago this June there were no cotton associations,” Williams said. “A year ago we had grown to 135,000 ‘members. Now we have 245,000 farmer members of the state associations that make up the exchange. Last year we handled a million bales; this year we will handle probably twice thafr “We have our own representatives, selling ow cotton in Boston and three |other New England points, in the mill |districts of the south, and in European We are selling cotton in Germany at a better price than we can get here, and at a cost of 10 cents per bale, as compared to a dollar and a half brokerage if sold the old way.” NEFFS, OH A MASS will be Proceeds for the benefit of 10, NOTICE! Big PICNIC held on Charlie Perunko’s Farm Sunday, July13 Good Music and Refreshments of all kinds THE DAILY WORKER and Federation papers. UNCLE WIGGILY'S BB akbsdten \ are,“ tet * + away now, Mr. Bear!” PHOENIX, Ariz., July 7—Carl. Wik .__..