The Daily Worker Newspaper, July 23, 1924, Page 2

“ : t eas -} f } WORKERS PARTY ~ RUNNING DUNNE FOR GOVERNOR Engdahl ‘for Senator;| Cook Co. F.-L. in Line | William F. Dunne, trade un- ion militant and delegate to the Communist International, for Governor of Illinois, and J. Louis Engdahl, editor of the DAILY WORKER, for Senator. These are the state candi- dates for whom the entire ma- { chinery of the Workers Party, | and the machinery of every) wide-awake proletarian group in Illinois, will be run at top i speed to swing the workers in- Rto action for the coming cam- 8 paign. Entire Membership Busy. The state campaign committee of the Workers Party is rallying its en- @tire party membership, individual ' party sympathizers and sympathetic hparty organizations for the work. f'This work includes obtaining the sig- natures that petitions must carry be- fore names of candidates can be placed on the ballot, which in Illinois t's 2 per cent of the votes cast in the last general election. It means dis- ftributing handbills and literature | and furnishing speakers for the open atr meetings which will tell the whole of the state about the fight the Work- ers Party is making against Len Small and other representatives of big } Interests. Candidates for Every, Office. Candidates of the Workers Party heave been put in the field for every | pooodbeen state and local office, in- | eiading congressmen in seven out of ‘the ten congressional districts in | Chicago, and will carry the slogan, “All power to the workers,” the length and breadth of the, state of Illineis. The Workers Party is mobilizing its members within the respective con- gressional districts. The Young Workers League is being mobilized | Shameen, the, forelgn quarter of Canton, continues In spite of the AMERICAN MARI. CHINESE GENERAL STRIKE’S LINE (Special to The SHANGHAI, China, July 22—The of American, British, and French gallo: Dally Worker) general strike of the Chinese In the nding Servants; private and rs and marines, municipal employes are out in Canton, protesting against the law which makes them submit to search before entering the foreign area, and against other race discrimination by the intruding white imperialists, Dr. Sun Yat Sen, founder of the Chinese republic and one of the strong Influences In the formation of the Chinese trade union movement, Is sup- posed to be encouraging the strike at Canton. Dr. Sun has opposed the foreign domination and Interference which has deprived the Chinese work- ers of thelr opportunities in public se rvice, commerce and professions. The strike of the Chinese telephone operators here over a wage dispute has succeeded in tying up at least two sections) of the International settle- ment. Foreign operators are scabbing to break the strike. open—that is, to unite and organize politically into a farmer-labor party. This fact the militant forces in the labér movément have constantly em- phasized. The convention held in St. Paul on June 17 took an important step in this direction. The Cleveland convention of the Conference for Progressive Po- litical Action, composed mainly of re- actionary “labor” leaders, refused to recognize this necessity and thereby betrayed the interests of the workers and farmers. We have no confidence in such leadership. Feet in Old Partles. Senator LaFollette, in announcing his candidacy refused to throw his| support to independent political ac- tion by the workers thru the forma- tion of a farmer-labor party. He thus definitely repudiated all sincere ef- forts“in this direction. He has be- come the candidate of small bankers and independent manufacturers. He refuses to cut loose from the Repub- lican party. His running mate, Bur- ton K. Wheeler, refuses to cut loose from the democratic party. Support of LaFollette can be of no benefit to the workers. The LaFol- lette movement leads away from the real issues, in that it relies upon the present system of capitalist govern- ment for an adjustment of the griev- ances of the workers. It is therefore a distinct menace to the successful development of organized labor. Leaders Destroying Unione. The reactionary policy toward the farmer-labor party issue, as officially expressed by the leadership of the A. F. of L., is destroying the power of resistance of our unions to the on- slaughts of the employers. The per- on the same basis. The various Ju- nior groups have pledged their un- qualified support. Daily Worker in Fight. The DAILY WORKER will be one of the sharpest weapons in the cam- paign. It will be introduced when- ever a group is addressed, wherever a signature is obtained. A conference of the Workers Party in Milwaukee, on Aug. 2, will nomi- nate local candidates. The campaign in Milwaukee will attempt to show up the backwardness of the stand taken by LaFollette and the socialist regime which supports him. Union and other groups are greet- ing with enthusiasm the state and lo- cal program of the Workers Party, published in yesterday’s DAILY WORKER. Following is the resolu- tion of the Cook County Branch of the Illinois Labor Party in adopting the program: | COOK COUNTY RESOLUTION secutions and attacks of the capital-| ist government thru injunctions and the like is working hand in hand with these reactionary policies and helping in this destructive process. In order to maintain, build up and strengthen the labor movement; in order to unite our forces so as to be able to meet the attacks of capital- ism, militant policies, militant meth- ods and militant tactics are necessary. This Cook county conference recog- nizes that the Workers Party is pur- suing such militant methods. Workers Party has repeatedly warned against the danger of following La- Follette, because that means a repu- diation of the Farmer-Labor Party idea. In view of these facts this con- ference indorses the national and lo- cal candidates of the Workers Party for the November elections. (Signed) JOHN WERIK, Metal Polishers, No. 6. N. GLANCH, Amalgamated Clothing Workers No. 152. Both of the old parties have nomi- nated as their candidates for the presidency of the United States two outstanding reactionaries, enemies of the workers and farmers. Both par- ties are under the control and domi- nation of Wall Street. To the workers and farmers only one solution lies SAM HAMMERSMARK, Former Secretary, Cook County La- bor Party. MORTON L. JOHNSON, State Committee, Labor Party of IIli- nois. ARNE SWABECK, Workers Party of America. The) BISCUIT WORKERS DOCKED PAY FOR ‘VACATION’ DAYS Young Workers League Offers Program By BARNEY MASS The patriotism of the bosses of the National Biscuit Company goes as far as their pockets. The employes were given a holiday on the 4th and 5th of July, but when receiving their meager pay, it was discovered that they were docked for the two days. The company never pays for the vaca- tions of its employes, even though it be a celebration dedicated to the 148th anniversary of the declaration of in- dependence. These dealers in youth labor, who always boast of their 100 per cent attitude to their country, never permit it however to interfere with their profits: Without giving any attention to the position of the young workers, the company closes down departments when it chooses to doo. The Kennedy Biscuit Works department will suspend operation Monday. Department No. 6 ceases work Saturday. In this depart- ment the famous animal cakes are packed into the boxes. Temporary suspension of operation |is a disease inherent in capitalist pro- |duction. What protection do the young |girls and boys making the biscuits re- ceive from this chronic sickness? Are |they given any consideration by the bosses? | Past experience shows that they are the least taken into reckoning and that the only alternative facing them jis to take matters in their own hands. \Thru their association into an organ- ization such as the Young Workers’ League, a program of aotion will be at their disposal to carry out for their |own interests. /Unemployment Down | South in Railroad Camp and Steamers MOBILE, Ala., July 22. — Several hundred men were thrown out of em- ployment when the Mobile & Ohio railroad shops at Whistler were closed until further notice. Large cuts had been made in the shops previous- ly and when the shops were ordered closed within 24 hours it came as a great surprise. All Mobile industries are either closed or running part-time. There are close to 200 seamen without a berth also. The shipping board lays up ships for lack of cargo, throwing whole crews on the beach. In northern Alabama the Long-Bell Lumber Co., one of the largest non- union outfits in the south. is laying of the timber in Alabama. For the Capitalist Coffi Some one said that “every new subscriber for THE DAILY WORKER | is another nail in the Capitalist Coffin.” But say—that’s some big coffin and we need a lot more nails at oncé. Send in that THE DAILY WORKER, , subscription today. ° SUBSCRIPTION j RATES: } 1113 W. Washington St., BY MAIL— | Chicago, Ill VD year oi... $600 | 6 months.........$3.50 | 3 months. $2.00 BY MAIL— Enclosed please find $........0«. for | to THE DAILY WORKER. IN CHICAGO “EVERY READER A SUBSCRIBER” | ie Pie sues ae en Semen se OTT Y .sscssassoseathacpprovlianniceotnanceliaistotinicsssaiccinai OAT... 20m mae “EVERY SUBSCRIBER A BOOSTER” il ee TTT THT aa eu b THE DAILY WORKER 5 FAIL TO STOP a p\PRILE, WINNER IN REPORTING CONTEST TOLD| Mine Story Writer the Winner; Who Is Next? The prize for the best story contri- buted last week to the DAILY WORK- ER by a volunteer reporter goes to the worker writing the story on page five of the July 18 issue of the DAILY WORKER headed, “Union Miners See Work Only In Scab Mines,” “Organ- ized Mines Shut, Scab Wages Down.” The contributor’s name is not revealed as a protection to him. The story is sent from South Brownsville, Penn- sylvania. Shows Unlon’s Need The news story gives definite names of persons and places. The subject is timely, the story dealing with the effect of unemployment in the coal mines on the union miners. The work is now being turned over to non-union miners and organization of the unorganized. miners must be carried on oy the United States Mine Workers of America or else the union will be weakened. » Many Contributed Good stories were sent in by Carl Cowl of St. Paul, and by Wallace Met- calfe of Youngstown, Ohio. There was a gdod story contributed on the corrup- tion within the bricklayers unions in Chicago. Jack McCarthy contributed several front page stories on the Hege- wisch steel workers’ strike, Clarence Miller wrote on Western Electric com- pany, Hymie Siegel reported the open- ing of Max Bedacht’s class, Barney Mass wrote on the National Biscuit company and the killing of a Commu- nist in West Frankfort Illinois, and Max Salzman contributed political articles. These were not considered, however, as the contributors are on the party payroll. The contest is open only to rank and filers, Choice This Week The prize for next week’s best vol- unteer news contribution to the “Daily Worker” will be the choice of either “The Iron Heel” by Jack London or “A Week,” by Iury Libedinsky. The third article on writing news for the DAILY WORKER, “Working-Class News,” by Karl Reeve, will appear in next Saturday’s magazine section. Irish Republican Attacks Davis as Britain’s Choice (By Federated Press.) WASHINGTON, July 22.—John Fin- nerty, counsel for the Association for Recognition of the Irish Republic, commenting upon the fact that John ‘W. Davis, democratic presidential nominee, had been counsel for the Irish Free State after having served as ambassador to the court of St. James, declared Davis to be hostile to the Irish cause. He said that Da- vis was as clearly identified as Sec- retary Hughes with} defending the Morgan imperial interests under the British flag. Recently, Davis tried to secure possession of the Dail funds in America for the Free State. Finnerty declared also that, altho Senator Walsh of Montana had been a consistent supporter of the Free State, the Montanian had immediately gone to the White House when it was feared that DeValera might be exe- cuted. In contrast was’ Senator Walsh of Massachusetts, who refused to do anything to save the life of the leader of the republican movement. off men and cutting wages to coolie|Finnerty predicted that David Walsh level. The Long-Bell people own most would be held accountable in the sen- atorial election this year. HLVQUEQUS0OQQQQUUN0O000000000004800080000000V00000H0000HUHOSHOQ0UEOHOOOMOGGQSOOUOOOOOGGGOOOGOOUONOVEONOOGOOOUUNOOSOOQUUUNOOOOQOQQQQQONUNOOOQQOQQQQUNNOQQQUNUUUNOENOOORL MORE NAILS NEEDED! months’ subscription | Toller, Freed, Has Much to Write About By J. LOUIS ENQDAHL. 'ODAY, Ernst Toller, Germany's dramatic genius, is free again after five years in a Bavarian prison. Toller’s’ crime was being one of the active leaders in an attempt to establish the Bavarian Soviet Republic, in 1919, * * * * The cables tell us that Toller appeared “pale and ema- ciated” before a Reichstag committee protesting against the prison treatment he and other workers had received. But the latest picture of Fritz Ebert, the socialist president of Germany, shows him as fat and sleek as ever. In fact, Ebert has been the socialist president of Ger- many all the time that Toller has been in prison. And Ebert's scotal-democratic (socialist) party was, during most of that t#me, the most powerful political power in the land. * * * * Toller brings back startling contrasts from his prison’ experiences under the Ebert-socialist rule. Long prison sentences were given to revolutionary workers while the enemies of labor were acquitted “because their political affiliations were more to the liking of the judges.” ‘ Imprisoned workers were not. allowed to visit their dying mothers, in several cases, and another was not allowed to attend the burial of his child. One prisoner was punished because a revolutionary poem was found among his belongings, and another was put in a strait-jacket be- cause he had failed to give up a copy of a Communist paper in his possession. BUT:— On the other hand, Adolph Hitler, the leader of the Hitler-Ludendorff fascist attempt at a beer hall counter- revolution in Munich, last autumn, and Count Arco, the murderer of Kurt Eisner, the Bavarian workers’ premier, * received the best of treatment. Hitler was allowed to receive visitors in prison. Count Arco had almost unlimited freedom to leave the prison for “political reasons” and to “pursue his studies.” The Bavar- ian authorities prevented a Reichstag committee from in- vestigating Bavarian prison conditions, and systematically disobeyed German prison laws, such as they are. It sounds like a review of American prison barbarism when Toller adds that “hygienic conditions were bad, and the prisoners were kept in solitary confinement even when they fell ill,” adding that a comrade of his had died after being refused medical treatment. All this under the heel of a “socialist” president's rule. With a (socialist) social-democratic party wielding the bal- ance of power. * * * * There comes another story out.of this “socialist” Ger- many that would indicate where “socialist” sympathies lie. It is the story of a young apprentice painter at work on the Berlin City Hall. He saw a picture of Wilhelm Hohenzollern, the late Kaiser, surrounded with imperial pomp. It was a sight he did not like and he swished his brush, dipped in black paint, across the picture, so that Wilhelm’s visage vanished behind a murky smudge. Then along came an infuriated city official who, as he beheld’ the sight, began calling the painters’ apprentice rather hard names. The apprentice is reported to have replied, “What | did was right. That picture of Wilhelm does not belong to these republican days.” It is said that this so enraged the monarchist official that he shouted, “Go and paint your President Ebert as black as you will. 1 haven't any objection.” * * a But, of course, that is not necessary. Ebert and his fellow German “socialists” have painted themselves as black as can possibly be done. All of which the young painter was no doubt aware. ie For painters are usually apt to be thinkers. Especially young painters, This young painter must have known, for instance, that under Karl Severing, the social-democratic (socialist) minister of the interior, the Deutsche-Zeitung, the labor baiting mouth-piece of the reactionaries, openly proclaimed that the Italian fascist dictator, Mussolini, should have revelled in the murder of the socialist, Matteotti. This sheet, tolerated by the “socialist” democracy, declared: “Mussolini’s attitude was not heroic. He should have taken the stand that Matteotti was an enemy of the Fascista State of Italy.... There was was no reason to regret the end of this social-democrat (Matteotti).” ° °. *. ° A monarchist sheet published that under the “socialist” regime of Fritz Ebert, president of Germany. And in the same hours the Communist daily, in Berlin, the “Rote Fahne” (Red Flag) was ordered suppressed for two weeks because it urged revolutionary mass action of . the workers. Ernst Toller should oe find much material for his dramatic genius in the transition period thru which Ger- many is now passing—From Capitalism to Communism. LAWYERS’ APPROVAL OF INDUSTRIAL COURT LAW SHOWS PROFIT-SEEKING A special committee of the American Bar Association, the powerful One Big Union, of lawyers, has recently affirmed that the greatest need of the contemporary world is “efficient means for preventing industrial warfare” and that impartial investigation points to the conclusion that the Kansas indus- trial court represents the kind of “machinery which has thus far proved most effective.” It further demands a body of law designed “to permit firm handling of group confilcts.” . When a body of such legal Importance as the Bar Association, of which Charlies Evans Hughes is president, expresses an opinion like that quoted above, it ls eafe to assume that it voloes the sentiment which will be ex- pressed in the form of legislation againet workers In the very near future. It means that capitallet statesmen are using every effort to extend and In- crease the present enormous power of the government to interfere in strikes and Industrial disputes in behalf of the ruling, employing class. * In order to meet this proposed attack on the part of the capitalist class, the organized workers of America should join thelr own political party, the Workere Party, to fight their batt jalnet the onslaughts of the capitalist Wednesday, July 23, 1924 STEEL WORKERS TIE UP COMPANY WITH BIG STRIKE Over 3000 Out to Fight Big Wage Losses (Special to the Daily Worker.) PITTSBURGH, July 22,—The wage slaves of the McKeesport Sheet and Tin Plate company, one of the largest among the so-called independent firms, have been on strike since July 10. The strike was started by the young catchers’ helpers, who were soon joined by the whole force of 3,000 men when the company gave no- tice of wage reductioris from 10 per cent to 35 per cent. Won’t Go Back. Several unsuccessful attempts were made to get the strikers back to work, On two occasions they were called to meet at the factory where they were addressed by the superintendent, who threatened that the mills will be shut down and at the game time pleaded with them to return to their jobs un- til the directors will come back from their vacations. But so far both threats and persuasion failed to break the strike. There was no sign of union organ ization’ among these workers before the strike, but in the last few days or- ganizers representing the steel work- ers’ committee of the A. F. of L. and the Amalgamated Association of Iron, Steel and Tin Workers appeared on the scene and at two meetings lined up several hundred of the strikers. Workers Unite! However, one of the organfzers, in an interview with your correspondent, was not very optimistic about the possibilities for organizing the strik- ers on a permanent basis. He pointed out that this is the fourth sporadic strike of the employes of the McKees- port Sheet and Tin Plate comipany in a few years, and that on former occa- sions they always went back to work and deserted the union as soon as the employers offered some concessions. By this time these workers have per- haps learned the lesson that only thru solidarity and permanent organization can they hope to resist the power of their capitalist employers. The next few days will tell the story. Cicero League and Party Memberships Meet Thursday Night CICERO, July 22——A membership eeting of the Workers Party and eae Workers League of Cicero will be held on Thursday, July 24, at 8 p. m., at Liberty hall, 49th Ct. and W. 14th St. The following points will be taken up: The organization of the Y. W. L. branch, the reorganization of the Junior Group, the DAILY WORKER campaign. 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