The Daily Worker Newspaper, July 21, 1924, Page 1

THE DAILY WORKER RAISES THE STANDARD FOR A WORKERS AND FARMERS’ GOVERNMENT Vol. II. No. 105. SUBSCRIPTION RATES In Chicago, by mail, $8.00 per year. Outside Chicago, by mail, $6.00 per year. » (88% — RUSH IN YOUR ORDER FOR SATURDAYS ‘ eae» Published Daily except Sunday by PUBLISHING CO., 1113 W. Washington Blvd., Chicago, Ill. ANTI-WAR SPECIAL”~ORDER BLANK ON PAGE TWO THE DAILY WORKER. Entered as Second-class matter September 21, 1928, at the Post Office at Chicago, Illinois under the Act of March 3, 1879. MONDAY, JULY 21, 1924 THE DAILY WORKER Se] Communist Candidates For President: WILLIAM Z. FOSTER. For Vice-President: BENJAMIN GITLOW. Price 3 Cents HUGHES AIDS MORGAN IN LONDON Car Builders GUNMEN CAN'T BREAK RANKS AT HEGEWISCH Prodaction Stops When Wages Are Cut By JACK McCARTHY: Mr, Mike Buckley, general efficiency manager of the West- ern Steel Car Foundry Co., is having considerable difficulty in getting the striking five hundred poorly paid and overworked car builders to see things his way these days. The Western Steel Car Foun- dry Co. at Hegewisch, Ill., on the extreme south side of Chi- cago, is a branch of the Pressed Steel Car Company of McKees- Rocks, Pa., a subsidiary of Judge Gary’s steel trust. The workers in this steel car shop, like the steel workers in all of Gary’s industries, are paid the -lowest pos- sible wage and worked to the very limit of endurance. The Western Steel Car Compa contracts to build cars for the variots railroads. At present this company has a contract to build several thou- sand A-1 steel cars for the New York Cehtral railroad. ‘ Workers Victimized. Due to the lack of trade union or- ganization the workers are victimized by the efficiency expert, the pace makers and piece work system of the company. The present strike is a revolt against the conditions on the part of@gjve hun- dred riveters, heaters, buckers, ream- ers and fitters, who refuse to accept a wage cut ranging from forty-five to fifty-five per cent. Last year a riveter received sixty cents for the work he did on one car. This year, under the present cut, his rate for each car is thirty-five centsg, The other mechan- igs’ rates have been reduced” propor- tionately and in some cases to a larger extent. Cut in Wages. “The company in addition to cut- |ting our wages has piled on more |work by reducing the number of men |working on each car qt least twenty- five per cent,” said oné of the strikers. “The working hours are nine and a half a day, from seven to five with a half hour for lunch.” “We really work a quarter of an hour in the morning from six forty- five to seven without pay,” said an- other striker. These fifteen minutes sach day is given to the company get- jing the tools ready and laying out the work for which the workers are not (Continuet! on Page 2.) AMERICAN “BIG BUGS” VACATION IN LONDON BY WATCHING BANKERS LONDON, July 20.—A great many of our leading financial magnates have decided to spend the summer abroad, ostensibly for a vacation,, but in reality they are interested in watching the game of the interna- tional bankers in London. Among those who are at present in London are the following: M. Koenigsberg, president of various news and news- paper feature corporations; Francis Sisson, vice-president of the Guar- anty Tfust Company of New Yor Stanley Resor, president of the Wal- | | ter Thompson Company and director of Schweitzer Importers, Incorpo- rated; ©. M. Woodbridge, president of the Dictaphone Company; J. D. Mooney, vice president of the Gen- eral Motors Company; Edson White, president of the Armour Corpora- |tton; 'T, J, Watson, president’ of the ‘International Business Machines [corporasens; Henry Norment, Wash- ington banker and many others, in- cluding even Andy (Gump) Mellon, head of his own New York bank and \iirector in many Corporations, boot- GERMAN TRACTORS FOR RUSSIAN FARMS Soviet Russia is purchasing these 25-horse-power caterpillar tractors from Germany. They will be used Some of them will be used in the large co-operative farms that the central government is encouraging. This picture of the first big German tractor shipment, was taken at in increasing agricultural production in Ru Hanover, Germany. omintern Hears Dunne, Zetkin TLINES TASK ~ CONFRONTING. U.S. MOVEMENT Revolutionary Hope in Industrial Workers Eleventh Session. (Special to the Daily Worker.) MOSCOW, June ¥%.—(By Mail).— At the afternoon session Comrade Thalman took@the chair and called upon Comrade William F. Dunne, (America). Comrade Dunne said that in his report Comrade Zinoviev has dealt mildly with the- American party not because that party had not made mis- takes, but because these had been corrected. The mistakes which had been made were due largely to the composition of the party dnd to the difficult nature of the American pop- ulafion. There has never been a mass revolutionary party in the United States,.and all attempts to form one, hitherto, had failed. , Socialists Gone. The American Party had from its very beginning met with the open hostility of the American bourgeoisie; and it had been able to operate ir the open only since 1922. The Ameri- can Party was not faced with the necessity, as Were the European par- ties, of splitting the masses from so- cial democratic leadership. The American Socialist Party had been dispersed, with the exception of a handful who were now in the Gom- pers camp. There was no revolution- ary party except the Communist Par- ty of America. They were confront- ed with no dangers in the formation of the united front with lower strata of the petty-Vourgeoisie and ‘with trade union leaders. The American Party met with no competition in its campaign for the leadership of the masses. ' Its object in carrying on the ma- noeuvres for the formation of the Farmer-Labor Party, was to drive a wedge between the exploited farm- ers and workers and the capitalist parties. There were some differences within the party as to the basis for the Farmer-Labor movement. Some wished to base it upon the industrial workers, but the minority tended to ovér-emphasize the importance of the agricultural workers, In this connec- tion Comrade Pepper’s claim to rep- resent the Left was not correct. To wish to make the agricultural work- er the basis of the movement as against the industrial proletariat was not a Left basis. Unemployment Crisis, « America was faced with a coming economic crisis, with a great increase in unemployment, the closing of tac. (Continued.on-pago 3.) N By, JOSEPH MANLEY Campaign Manager, Workers Party. T will be a rare pleasure to man- age this campaign, headed as it is by two such American modern revolutionists as William Z. Foster and Benjamin Gitlow. Foster, so well known to millions of industrigl workers in the steel, packing and railroad industries; Gitlow, the rev- olutionary garment worker from New York's East Side, and famous thruout the entire Eastern indus- trial section because of his militant fight against the unjust system that sentenced him to its prisons. Foster will bring to this campaign the results of long years of strug- gle as an active revolutionist and organizer of the working masses; and in addition the results of two trips to Soviet Russia—the last one just recently completed. From the knowledge gained on this last trip to Russia, he can very well draw the proper comparison between their Soviets and our Teapot Domes. And the virile speeches of Ben Gitlow— which’ earned for him the revolu- tionary sobriquet of “the Red Ruby”—will ring thru the land dur- ing his coast-to-coast speaking tour. Foster, Gitlow Against Field It will-be Foster and Gitlow, with the comparatively: slender financial resources but unlimited revolution- ary fervor of our Party—the Work- ers Party—against the millions of dollars at the disposal of the repub- ican and democratic parties and the “not-yet” party of LaFollette. To those who love a ggod fight, it is worth while to live in this great year ot Teapot Dome, of national elections—and of steadily growing unemployment. Our Party will throw itself into the coming political struggle with unbounded enthusiasm, for this will mark a historic epoch in the Ameri- Campaign Manager Hails the Big Battle Ahead can class struggle. For the first time in American history, a Communist Party will participate in the national elections. It will in truth be the beginning of the end for American capitalism— the imperialistic would-be enslaver of the world’s workers. And the campaign committees will bear the brunt of the battle. They will have to help secure peti- tions, sell ahd distribute special | campaign literature, and especially they will have the duty of helping to organize campaign meetings. These meetings must be regarded as the most important that have | ever been held in America, The workers during “election struggles can be reached as at no other time, and extraordinary efforts must be made td fill the meetings with work- ers who are becoming more and more receptive to the message which this campaign is to convey. Machinery of Workers Party “The headquarters of the Cam- paign Manager is, of course, located in the national office of the Workers Party. And every effort will be made to rally the entire machinery and full support of the Workers Party organization for the work of | scope. this campaign. Printed bulletins, pamphlets and leaflets will be dis- tributed broadcast thruout the coun- try. And a corps of speakers and organizers will lend their services during the campaign. All of which will have the effect of stimulating the entire Workers Party organization, and will per- haps add thousands to its present ranks. So that at the conclusion of this campaign, the Workers Party of America will have become an even greater factor in American political life and in the every-day struggles of the working class. BRITISH OIL IMPERIALISTS BUYING BOKHARAN COUNTER-REVOLUTIONISTS! MOSCOW, July 20.—The Rosta correspondent at Tashkent (Ruselan Turkestan) learns that, profiting by the very difficult position of the Afghan Emir, the Britishers have become very active in preparing a counter-revo- lutionary invasion of Bokhai The Emir of Bokhara has lately received large sums of money from’them. This has enabled him to support a consid- erable number of prominent counter-revolutionaries who have come to Cabul and are now, under British auspices, concentrating at Hai The Emir of Bokhara is sald to utge an immediate invasion of that country, stressing that the Soviet power is getting ever and ever stronger there. promising territorial As for the Emir of Afghanistan, the British authorities, while bringing strong pressure to bear upon him, a mpensations at Bokhara’ These authorities are supported in their activiti trying to allure him by cost. by the Anglo-Indian press, which purposely spreads incorrect information about would-be insur- Feotlone-In* Turkestan and’ Bokhara, Strike Hits Steel Trust FOSTER-GITLOW |SECRETARY CROSSES ATLANTIC FIGHT LED BY} TO PRESS FRENCH INTO FULL JOSEPH MANLEY Organize “Nation-wide, Red Hot Campaign The Foster-Gitlow presiden- tial campaign swings into full action today with the an- nouncement of the appoint- ment of Joseph Manley as this year’s campaign manager of the Workers Party. Manley moved this morning into the National Office of the Workers Party and issued a vigorous statement, declaring that the campaign will be a “red-hot” one. : The campaign slogan of the Communists will be “To the Masses.” Special campaign leaflets are being prepared which will be distributed in the shops, factories, mills and mines. Separate leaflets will be distributed to the stockyards workers, to the steel workers, and railroad workers, telling them of Foster’s long record in ‘| their behal?. Coast-to-Coast Tours As the money*comes in for the cam- paign fund speakers will immediately |be en route for coast-to-coast tours. | Street mectings by the hundred are | | already being held in the large cities |of the country, educating the workers to understand the “LaFollette illu- sion,” and exposing the Morgan con- trolled democratic a republican par- ties. Manley is well qualified to conduct | a well-rounded campaign on a broad As a member of the Struc- tural Iron Workers’ union, a rank and | filer whose hands are hard from work- ing at his trade, Manley knows the importance of getting the Communist message across in the trades unions and the industries. Knows the Farmers As a mémber of the national execu- tive committee of the Farmer-Labor party formed at St. Paul, and secre- tary of the Federated Farmer-Labor party, Comrade Manley has worked intensively among the farmers for many months and knows the psychol- ogy and problems of the farmers of the country. Altho the LaFollette illusion has swept over many of the farmers of the Northwest, thousands of them rea- lize that LaFollette represents not the bankrupt farmers but the independent manufacturers. Northwestern farm- ers declare that altho LaFollette’s platform points out the appalling plight of the farmers, no real con- structive measures are advocated th: will permangntly solve America’ farm problems. Many Northwestern farmers will flock to the Communist banner because they are tired of futile half-way measures. Former Campaign Committees The work of securing names to peti- tions, speaking at street meetings and selling and distributing literature will largely devolve upon the Workers Party campaign committees which are now being formed. Manley declared that the campaign will be “red” in its scathing indict- ment of the LaFollette “not yet” political party with its progressive planks, and “hot” in its ruthless ex- posure of the Coolidge-Dawes-Davis- Bryan foursome. Manley’s’ statement appears in another column. Russian Amnesty Extended MOSCOW, July 20.—By virtue of a decision by the All-Russian Central Executive connie of Soviets, adopted on the 9th inst., the amnesty, proclaimed on November 3, 1921, has been extended té all the rank and file of the White Armies to be found in the Far East, in’ Mongolia and west- ern, China, Sand-in-that.Subseription Today. ° SUPPORT OF Special_to The but really to bring pressure to stubborness has threatened to Europe and of the world.” the Dawes plan. bargaining shrewdly for French capitalism. He is being checked up at every point of the nego- tiations by a large group of french bankers, who are driv- ing the conference to a break- ing point, and pressing French claims insistently. U. S. Intervenes for Morgan Mr. Hughes’ trip to Hurope, coin- ciding with that of Andrew Mellon, secretary of the treasury, and with the London conference, constitutes the most decided intervention of the United States government in Euro- pean affairs since the days of Wood- row I. It shows that Morgan finally has figured out just what he wants, jand that he is determined to get. it. The pressure upon the French is, | therefore, expected to be applied mer- cilessly. The next full meeting of the con- ference is scheduled for Monday, but |the real business is being settled over |the week-end in the “unofficial” meet- ings, the “tea party” affairs, and con- |versations between the representa- tives of the various conflicting finan- |cial groups, thru “their” governmental | agents. Bankers’ Loans Come First A compromise agreement is report- ed on the question of sanctions, which provides that the loans negotiated under the Dawes plan shall be a first mortgage upon Germany, and that, in event of default, sanctions ‘shall be according to the Dawes plan and de- voted to the service of the loan. The French demand that all rights at present enjoyed by the signatories be reserved, which is reported to have been accepted, throws the validity of the “agreement” as a real step toward success of the conference into doubt. Morgan Urging Common Policy The committee dealing with evacua- tion of the Ruhr is tled up with seem- ingly impossible contradictions. All observers are agreed that only the presence of high officials of the United States offers any hope that an agree- ment will be reached. Morgan and his agents are the dominating figures in the conference, struggling for the establishment of a common policy among the entente governments thru common submission to the greatest financial interests in the world. Swedish Air Route MOSCOW, July 20.—The Swedish government has granted a concession to the firm of “Florman Brothers” for the organization of an air route from | Stockholm to Helsingfors, which will don air route. HENRY FORD PLANS TO BEARD INTERNATIONAL BANKERS IN WALL ST. NEW YORK, July 20.— Henry Ford’of Detroit plans to enter Wall Street with his own bank, accord: ing to published but unconfirmed reports here today. The Journal of Commerce made the statement but did not say how soon the Ford bank Wae-to be.apened. . DAWES PROGRAM Di ly Worker) LONDON, July ‘30: —The London conference on the Dawes report took on a new phase with the arrival of Secretary of State Hughes, from the U. S., ostensibly on an unofficial visit, bear upon the French, whose break up the conferenoe. Mr. Hughes announced his intention of seeing MacDonald, Herriot, and the other big guns who are shooting in this, the fifteenth international conference since 1918, but declared that “I am not here upon any political mission whatever.” Secretary’ Hughes was, however, endorsement of the Dawes plan, and emphatic in stating that “its execution is of the greatest consequence for the future of quite outspoken in his The problem of the conference seems to be resolving itself into that» of bribing and bullying France into going along with Herriot, prime minister of France for the so- called Left Bloc, is continuing the traditional policy of Poincare, ?-] ORGANIZE MASS PROTEST AGAINST CAPITALIST WAR World Communists Will Demonstrate Next Week Meetings, demonstrations of pro- test, and the special anti-war dilition of the DAILY WORKBR will mark the attack on capitalist: wars conduct- ed by the Workers Party of America from July 27 to August 4. The Special Week for Combatting War will be carried on during this week by every Communist .Party the world_over, un- der the direction of the Communist International. July marks the tenth anpiversary of world capitalism's most _bleody conflict, the European war in which millions of workers were killed for the profits of capitalism. The demonstrations next week,are not similar to the paciget affairs in- stigated by liberal and middle class humanitarians and Social Democrat- ic Parties of the Second Internation: ‘ al. The Communist Internationa! the- lieves that to prepare agaigst capi- thus be @ link of the Leningrad-Lon-| ao-1,, talist war is to prepare for war inst capitalism. _ Mass Meeting July @1. A monster mass meeting place in Wicker Park Hail, iY July 21, at which Earl Browder and Max Shachtman will be the pringi- pal speakers. The subject is, “The next war and the presidential ele tion.” Manuel Gomez will actsas chairman. The “Fight the Wars of Capital- ism” edition of the DAILY’ WORKER, which will appear on the eve of’anti- war week, July 26, will devote the.en- tire magazine section to articles showing up capitalist treachery to the workers in war actiyity. Articles by Manitel Gomez, Robert Minor, Alexander Bittelman, J. Louie Eng- dahl, Earl Browder, Jay Lo¥estone, Harrison George and others will ex- plain every phase of the capitalist ie wars. Y. W. L. In Fight. The Young Workers’ League is co- operating with the Workers Party in every way to make the anti-war de- monstrations a success. Max Salz- man, of the Young Workers’ League, red, “The League is especially concerned with anti-war demonstra- tions. When the capitalistg call on the workers to go abroad and open up markets for them, it is the young workers who have to make the big- gést sacrifices.” Not alone in Chicago, but all over the country, the American Commun- ists will observe the tenth anniver- sary of the world war by holding meetings of protest. The Soctfal- Democrats betrayed their principles and the workers by voting war cre- dits during the last war. The Com- munist International at all times fights the capitalist wars of exploitay Hom, “w