The Daily Worker Newspaper, July 15, 1924, Page 1

| to Give Aid to Capit: DEMOCRACY’S EMPEROR --DALIFORNIA F.-L. DECLARES FOR —-POSTER-GITLOW Repadiate LaF ollette; Will War on Klan | (Special to the DAILY WORKER) | SAN FRANCISCO, July 14.— fhe Farmer-Labor Party of California repudiated the en- forsement of LaFollette at a special meeting of the state tommittee Sunday and decided to get behind the campaign for William Z. Foster and Ben Git- low, Workers Party nominees. Supporters of George Kidwell, were checkmated at the com- nittee meeting. Kidwell, orig- nal F.-L. candidate, seized the first opportunity after the Cleveland convention announce- ents to declare himself for La ‘ollette and throw overboard the national Farmer-Labor nominees but the committee teversed his action. _. Kidwell supporters were also de- fated in an attempt to resurrect the Nd Chicago Farmer-Labor Party of the United States, which recently re- teived a! mortal wound at the hands ef John Fitzpatrick. An energetic fight for the revolu- tionary candidates will be made up and down the state. Speakers will in- vade the reaction ruled communities bf southern California and will spread the message thru the towns strung along the San-Joaquin and Sacramen- to valleys. Campaign literature will tollow up the appeals of the speakers. The campaign will be fought on an uncompromising revolutionary basis. | {t will carry the sheer message of the ‘class struggle that can only end when the working class has supplanted its ' exploiters, f | For Class War Prisoners, | A fierce assault on the persecutions under the criminal syndicalism laws will be ‘made by the forces directing | the proletarian campaign, These per- | secutions, which have been almost en- tirely directed against the Industrial Workers of the World, but which have also hit at militant A. F. of L. union- ists, will be mercilessly assailed. The connection will be bared between the prosecutors and the shipping trust, lumber trust, big power concerns, such as the Edison company, and dom- inant agricultural intersts. Tom Mooney, Warren K. Billings, Ford, Suhr and all the other class war risoners not included in the syndical- jm groups will be fought for as ar- ently as the others. Governor Rich- lson’s hypocritical attitude toward ese men will furnish abundant cam- ign fuel. Confusion in Old Parties. The declaration for Foster and Git- has already, aroused responses hich indicate the possibilities of the mpaign. The revolutionary drive ill be asdisted by the demoraliation at now exists in the old parties. Hi- Johnson's fight against Coolidge xr the White House spoils has em ied a disunity already existing in he California G. O, P. The jackass y has been weakened by the Mc- joo feuds, Tho McAdoo had the in- lorsement of the state democratic at Madison Square Garden, y of his followers are disgusted at is subsequent support of John W. , the Morgan lawyer. Drive on Fascist Klan. Needless to say, the Ku Klux Klan be attacked with vigor. rganiaation, whose strength is r¥ largely in the democratic party, as been running to extreme excess | | | } THE DAILY WORKER RAISES THE STANDARD FOR A WORKERS AND FARMERS’ GOVERNMENT Vol. II. No. 100. SUBSCRIPTION RATES THE DAILY WORKER. Entered as Second-class matter September 21, 1923, at the Post Office at Chicago, Illinois under the Act of March 8, 1879. In Chicago, by mail, $8.00 per year. Outside Chicago, by mail, $6.00 per year. KLAN TERROR ample, LaPollette's failure This Fas- in the last few months, of which the ecent violence in San Pedro is just a to declare st the Klan has aroused the an- er of many workingmen, and is an it count in the indictment of candidacy as non-working class|the privileged class for exploitation _.,. Jot the worker and farmer is te na- Morgan presses the button and all capitalist institutions bow to him. on “Who Is Morgan?”) ST. LOUIS BANK CRASH (Special to The Daily Worker) ST. LOUIS, July 14.—The Republican National bank, here with total resources of more than $4,000,000 closed its doors today. This action was decided upon by the board of directors, according to a statement issued by J. A. Lewis, president of the bank. It amounts to a voluntary liquidation it was said. MINNESOTA FARMER-LABOR . CANDIDATES WILL RECEIVE SUPPORT OF WORKERS PARTY The Workers Party has issued the following statement pledging its support to the Farmer-Labor candidates in the coming Minnesota election: * * * The nomination of William Z. Foster and Benjamin Gitlow by the Workers Party as its presidential ticket does not carry with the nomination of a state ticket in Minnesota against the Farmer-Labor Party. The Workers Party nominated its candi- dates in the Farmer-Labor primaries, pledging itself to support the candidates selected in those’ primaries and it will call upon all the voters in Minnesota who support the Workers Party to fulfill that pledge. The Workers Party, will, however, place pres{dential electors on the bal- lot in Minnesota in support of the can- didacy of Foster and Gitlow. ‘The candidacy of Robert M. LaFol- lette as an “independent progressive” is a grave menace to all state Farmer- Labor parties. It represents an ef- fort to build up a movement of small business men, independent bankers, etc., against the class movement of the producers—the industrial workers and farmers: The LaFollette platform, which was jammed down the throat of the Con, ference for Progressive Political Aé- tion at Cleveland, is a backward-facing platform. In place of calling upon the industrial workers and farmers to use their political power to make the great trusts serve their interests, thru na- tionalization of these great productive |, forces, the LaFollette program calls for another !llusory trust-busting pro- gram, The trusts and great monooplies cannot be destroyed. They are the products of economic evolution and represont a higher organization of pro- duction. The only way to meet thy fact that they are now instrumehts tionalize these trusts and make them serve the producers. The Workers Party will raise against teaching LaFollette program a program of class acting by the workers and farmers for a Workers and Farmers’ Government and social- ization of means of production and distribution. — Workers Party of America, William Z. Foster, Chair- man, C, E. Ruthenberg, Executive. Brazil Rebels Hold Out. : WASHINGTON, July 14.—Brazilian federal troops were massing today on Sao Paulo in an effort to recapture that city from revolutionists. The city’s chamber of commerce has re- quested the federal government to de- ness has practically ceased. of the Workers Party Pres: admitting the holder to t! RIVERVIEW, AUGUST 10th , Remember “Riverview, August 10th.” That Is the place and date Picnic this y the intersection of Western and Belmont Avenues. } Workers Party Press Picnic and also giv- Ing reduced rates on many of the Riverview rides. All other Party and Leéague affairs are off for that day. Sym- pathetic organizations are requested also to keep this date open for ‘ ald to the Party Press Picnic, Sunday, August 10th, TUESDAY, JULY 15, 1924 <q” SILENCES VICTIM ““‘Labor” Minister Call (See page 6 for article MACDONALD AND HERRICT SWEAT OVERDAWESPLAN British and French Are Fighting Over Loot LONDON, July 13.—The fam- ous Dawes reparations plan, which helped to give the hell- raising general the Republican nomination for vice-presidency of the United States is between the devil and the conflicting in- terests of the warring European capitalists. France, despite the repudia- tion of Poincare at the polls and the coming into power of the so-called socialist Herriot.is the dog in the manger. Herriot de- clares France will not recede one inch from the Ruhr policy of Poincare and MacDonald, the British prototype of Herriot, also a socialist declares with emphasis that His Majesty’s government will not consider the proposal of a military alli- ance with France. The statement made by Ramsay MacDonald in the House of Commons and listened to in respectful silence by the Tories and Liberals was as cold- blooded a report of a social democrat- ie lackey’s efforts to defend the in- terests of British against French cap- italism as could be delivered by Stan- ley Baldwin, MacDonald's Tory pre- decessor. The interests of the work- (Continued on page 3.) Riverview Park is at Tickets are 350, a ae son U. S. st Europe | AMBASSADOR OF U. 8. TALKS FOR MORGAN'S RULE But Owen D. Young Will Pull the Wires (Special to the DAILY WORKER) LONDON, July 14.—John Robert Clyne, Lord Privy Seal and a leader in the House of Commons, _ representing the British Labor Party.government at the annual convention of the Associated Advertising Clubs of the World made a dramatic plea for America’s entry into the League of Nations. The speech of the labor leader was but one of many, similar ex- hortations from British capital ists, but Mr. Clynes invitation was the most daring request yet made by an official of the Brit- ish government for the entry of the United States into “Euro- pean entanglements.” Mr. Clynes was particularly anxious to have the United States represented officially at the allied conference, which is scheduled to meet here in a few days. America’s absence from this confer- ence would render its decisions null and void, as the only excuse it has for meeting is to find ways and means to raise money, and Morgan’s good man, Uncle Sam, has the dough. Owen D. Young, who represented the House of Morgan at the demo- cratic convention, is here to act in the capacity of an unofficial observer at the allied conference. It is rumored he will report to Premier J. Ramsay MacDonald on Morgan’s success in putting his men across on both tick- ets. There is no attempt to conceal the fact that J. Ramsay MacDonald stands very high in the estimation of Pierpont. He is the kind of demo- crat the money Mahatma likes, While Ambassador Kellogg will be the American representative in the conference, it was reported today that Young, would advise the conference that the United States would offer financial and moral support to the plan adopted by the allies. It was reported that Young would present the. United States’ attitude as being opposed to cancellation of inter- allied debts, but willing to let her debtor nations defer funding arrange- ments. Prince Says Something. The Prince of Wales spoke to the advertising convention. He declared advertising was a combination of art and science, which was rather clever of the prince, unless he was sober. Ambassador Kellogg, who followed the prince, declared the allied con- ference would solve the greatest eco- nomic problem in the history of the world. Which indicates that the United States is entangled in entan- glements up to the gills and that George Washington is a dead prophet. Coolidge made a great hit with the convention when a telegram was read containing a Coolidge gem that set the delegates in good spirits for the rest of the day, “As truth is so es- sential between buyers and sellers,” the mei said, “so in a larger sense is it essential in the wider re- lationships between nation and na- tion.” Delegates Giggled. Advertising men giggled at the idea of a salesman telling the truth to a victim or displomats sticking pins in thoir tongues every time they twisted the truth. Buf it was just like Cool- idge, and it put the audience in @ mood ito tolerate J, H. Thomas, min. ister ‘of the colonies, who pleaded for a better understanding between na- tions. Disquieting reports reach here of moetings between German and French Communists with a view to united ac- +] Seeneenhantteg _ |Blores won the election. Published Daily except Sunday by THE DAILY WORKER PUBLISHING CO., 1113 W. Washington Blvd., Chicago, Ill. CLOTHING INDUSTRY GETS NEW WAGE SLASH UNDER CAMOUFLAGE A. C. W. Members Find That Readjustment Means Cut By EARL R. BROWDER. The workers in the men’s cloth- ing industry of Chicago are sudden- ly waking up to find that they have gone thru a period of “defiation” without having known that it was coming. They say that what amounts to a wage cut of 15 per cent to 20 per cent has been put across thruout the men’s clothing industry in this market. Ordinarily such a slashing cut as this would produce a great struggle. The history of the past ten years has not been one of cowardly re. treat and timid acceptance of any old conditions that the employers wish. Rather it has led the work- ers to think that they have at least some little word about thelr wages and working standards. How, then, does it come that this wage cut could have been put across without a fight? It is hard to get all the facts in the case. A very systematic and methodical camouflage has been set up around the reduction of stand- ards. Most of this camouflage, strangely enough, seems to have come from the union, the Amalga- mated Clothing Workers of Ameri- ca, rather than from the bosses. In fact, the workers in the industry, when approached about the prob- lem, say that the union itself has been putting the cut into effect thru the union machinery. The Trade Union Educational League members are carrying on a systematic investigation of the com. plaints arising thruout the Chicago market, and gathering all the infor- mation possible, that it can tell Ite members what has been going on. Every worker who has information of wage cuts being put thru under the guise of “readjustments” and thru regrading work should get in touch with the T. U. E. L. members. The T. U. E. L. does not agree that “responsibility” in the ifdustry means that the union should be re- sponsible for wage cuts. It believes, Communist Candidates For President: WILLIAM Z. FOSTER. For Vice-President: BENJAMIN GITLOW. Price 3 Cents BELIEVE LIPS OF BRANDED PRIEST SEALED BY FEAR Savage Kluxers Power . ye in Michigan (Special to the DAILY WORKER) BATTLE CREEK, Mich., July 14.—Was Rev. Oren C. Van Loon, branded victim of the Ku Klux Klan, whose initials were found seared on his naked back, terrorized into keeping silence about the 11 mysterious days that elapsed since he disap- peared from his pastorate in Berkley until he was found on the streets of Battle Creek? This question is being asked here following Van Loon’s re- fusal to undergo medical tests designed to discover the nature of the drugs that may have been used to make his mind a blank for the period of his absence. Taken From Hospitai. Shortly before the tests were about to be given the apparently dazed man, his wife announced that she was tak- ing him away in an automobile. De- spite protests the couple started on their way, presumably to his home in Berkley, near Detroit. “Don't Let Them Hurt Me.” That horror brooded over the man who had been so cruelly punished for his pulpit criticism of the Klan was evident to the watchers by his hos- pital bed, before he left the institu- tion. “Don't let hem hurt me!" he would . . murmur in his sleep, and mumbled, frightened words escaped him “about those men.” His limbs contracted and his face twitched in pain, with furrows of ag- ony deepening his forehead. Admits His Terror. The theory that Rev. Van Loon knows more than he is willing to tell was intensified when it was learned rather, that the responsibility of the union is to fight against wage cuts. MUSSOLINI PROVED OF MATTEOTTI (Continued on next page.) MURDERER BY DOCUMENTS PUBLISHED BY ‘IL LAVORATORE’ “You must get this man out of the way for me , So Premier Benito Mussolini spoke to the head of his spy department, Cesare Rossi, who now sits in jail for his connection with the kidnapping and murder Matteotti. of the socialist deputy, Giacomo Rossi formerly managed the press bureau of the TAROT) 08S LIKE 87 pe sE HON Arr mMMIN OL department of the interior, but the work of this bureau was to spy out all anti-fascist elements and particularly to keep tabs on all persons of power who opposed fascist rule, says Antonio Presi, editor of “Il Lavoratore.” Presi has succeeded in obtaining the rare pamphlet written by Matteotti and published at the beginning of this year which gro rt ol nnd es full information about the financial scandals of the Italian fascist government. Presi is now publishing this data in “Il Lavoratore,” Communist daily. Matteotti Knew Finance. Matteotti was one of the deputies on the parliamentary committee of finance and was a real student of eco- nomics and finance, according to Presi. He had prepared this pamphlet\ as an answer to the stupid minister of finance, De Stefani, who had promised a decrease of indebtedness for Italy but instead had given the unfortunate land a tremendous increase of financial burdens—a great, unexplained deficit in the treasury. Only seventeen fascist decrees of law were passed last year by the Cort dei Conti, the highest court (similar to the United States Supreme Court) of Italy, whichis appointed by the king. Five hundred decrees, or ap- propriations of the fascist-controlled parliament were rejected by the court. It was this data which Matteotti pub- lished and intended to bring before the whole parliament that brought him (Continued on page 3.) PARIS PAPER PRINTS GUILT AS DAILY WORKER (Special to The Daily Worker) PARIS, July 14.—Jean Pict in the liberal paper “L’Oeuvre,” has pub- lished a_ sensational story of how Mussolini himself ordered the mur- der of Giacomo Matteotti, Socialist deputy of Italy. Pict based his state- ment on the written word of Aldo Finzi, former under-secretary of the interior, who wrote his assertion just after the crime when he con- templated committing suicide to avoid being embroiled in the disclo- sures of graft and violence in which he was involved. Pict says that one of the seven copies Finzi made of his document ds in the hands of the court in charge of the Matteotti case, for which Finzi is now held in prison. Finzi declared in his si ment, which wag to be read after his death, that Mussolini told Cesare Rossi, former head of the Interior di ment’s pret) hureau of spy system, in speaking of Matteotti: “You must get this man out of the way for me.” . The censorship law just put Into effect stronger than ever in Italy will prevent the publication of Finzi’s statement making Mussolini chief of the murdergrg. Defeated Still Thi MEXICO CITY, July 14.—Mexico's new president, General Plutarco Calles, who takes office on Dec. 1, 1924, for a four years’ term, has ar- rived here in the midst of the prepara- tions of the Floristas to call a national lebiscite to prove that General Angel SAME PROOF OF BEN’S |< wR