The Daily Worker Newspaper, July 28, 1924, Page 1

This Week Is THE DALLY WORKER RAISES THE STANDARD FOR A WORKERS AND FARMERS'~GOVERNMENT Vol. Il. No. 111. SUBSCRIPTION RATES In Chicago, by-mail, $8.00 per year, Outside Chicago, by mail, $6.00 per year. BRITISH NAVY MONDAY, JULY 28, 1924 a patireg PUBL cote HAIL THE REVOLUTIONARY CLASS WAR OF WORKERS AND FARMERS AGAINST CAPITALIST WARS! THE DAILY WORKER. Entered as Second-class matter September 21, 1923, at the Post Office at Chicago, Illinois under the Act of March 3, 1879. Published Daily, except Sunday by THE DAILY WORKER ISHING CO., 1113 W. Washington Blvd., Chicago, Il. This Week Is Anti-War Week Communist Candidates For President: WILLIAM Z. FOSTER. For Vice-President: BENJAMIN GITLOW. Price 3 Cents IN WAR THREAT Coal Barons Recruiting For Illinois Militia CONSPIRACY T0 | SHOOT MINERS I GIVEN AWAY General’s Letter to Boss Made Public Now we know what the Illinois national guard is for. It is kept going primarily to shoot hell into\the union coal miners of the state. No Communist agitator but the commanding general of the 33rd division is authority for the statement. He admits it and DISARMAMENT CHALLENGE UP TO MACDONALD Tistshy Says Soviets Will Come Half Way By ANISE. (Federated Press Staff Correspondent.) MOSCOW. — (By Mail.)—As a fitting observance of the 10th drives it home to one of the big|anniversary of the world war, downstate toal companies. He|the labor and liberal govern- clinches it further by an appeal|ments of Great Britain and to the Chicago national guard|France should disarm, suggests commission of which F. 0. Wet-|Leon Trotsky to Ramsay Mac, more, head of the First Nation-|Donald and Eduard Herriot. al (Standard Oil) bank is pre-|The Red army of Russia is en- sident. General Gives Plot Away. Maj. Gen. Milton J. Foreman, the tirely willing ‘te. follow such a lead. Trotsky’s statement was man who had charge of the state |called forth by a question in the military investigation of the. Herrin|British parliament about the mine war in 1922, gives away the|strength of the Red army, to state militia gag in a hot letter to a/which Assistant Minister of cpal company official, one of whose|war Attlee replied. that-it con- | employes had resigned. from the | guard just before the 1924 training period. The Franklin County Coal Co. has tion as to the facts. sisted of 1,003,000 men. This reached Trotsky with a ques- He an- mines just north of Williamson coun- | Swered: ty where the luckless attempt to run “The assistant minister of war mis- non-union mines during the 1922 coal |!eads by his statement not only the strike was made. Edwin B. Keeler, |memper who asked him, but the pub- vice-president of the company, who|lic opinion of England, and even/ of had indorsed the resignation of his/her neighboring countries, which) is employe from the national guard, re-| Very important. } ‘ceived the following plainspoken tip from Gen. Foreman: “1 may be permitted in passing to express my very great surprise that, in the light of past events, a coal company whose nines are located as yours are does not ap- preciate the wisdom and see its way clear in its own interests, for no other reasons, to arrange for and insist upon the performance by its employes of their military duty.” Size of Red Army. “At the end of 1920 the Red army had 5,300,000 men; this was the high- est point. On the ist of September, 1921, it contained 1,800,000 men. On the ist of September, 1922, the Red army had 825,000 men. Thus, over two years ago the Red army was , if |Much smaller than the figures given in England. “At the beginning of 1923 further reductions were undertaken which The militia general tells one of his |>Tought the Red army to 610,000, in- real employers, a coal magnate, that cluding land, sea and air forces, The the national guard exists to, shoot actual number in the Red army June down union miners and help the|!, 1924, was 562,967 men, only a little bosses by bayoneting union labor in|°ver half the number given in the time of trouble. . Keeps Employe in Service. Operator Keeler saw the light. In his reply he quickly passed the buck to the white-collar employe, who, he said, had asked him to write the letter indorsing the resignation, | Keeler made a full confession of faith | in addition, “I afm a strong partisan | of the guard,” he wrote to the gene- | val. “As far as our company is con- | cerned He can take the two weeks from work readily. In fact, I am sure he will reconsider his resignation.” British house of commons. “Although we consider that 600,000 is rather small considering our fron- tiers, extent of territory and the size of our population, yet we do not hold even this number fixed. We have sev- eral times proposed to work out a practical program for simultaneous limitation of armament by the govern- ments of Europe and of the whole world. A Good Celebration “If the combined governments of MacDonald and Herriot would take The coal miners of Illinois may be | the initiative for the Hmitation of ar- sure that he will. The reason given|™ament even for Europe only, we for the resignation was “personal |W°Uld meet them in every way. We welfare and that of the Franklin |think that such a role would be most County Coal Co.” The welfare of the |#PPropriate for -the approaching 10th company now demands, signation be withdrawn. And the way. ' Strikebreaker in 1922. The Illinois national guard consists of one division with two infantry brigades, one artillery brigade, and gineer and medical units, miners and railroad shopmen. , Dictator Reports. other infantry, cavalry, artillery, en- | nay after the|@nniversary of the beginning of the general's pointed lesson, that the re-|{mperialist world wai company’s welfare has the right of Soviet Cruiser is \ Off to Vladivostok Via European Ports MOSCOW, July 27—The Soviet A cruiser Vorovsky is on its way It was | down the Baltic and will continue thru active during the 1922 strikes of the|/the North Sea, Mediterranean, Suez Canal, Indian Ocean, and Pacific Ocean around to Vladivostok to guard the fisheries and other interests of the MADRID, July 27.—General Primo] Soviet Union. The Vorovsky will put ivero, head of the Spanish elector-|in at Naples to return the compliment te, left today for Sam Sebastian to|of the visit which the Italian cruiser eport to the king on his tour of the|Mirabello recently made by its ap- cene of the Moroccan campaign. pearance at Leningrad. See Page Three COMMUNISTS’ ANTI-CAPITALIST WAR WEEK WILL WAKE UP WORKERS va The world-wide anti-capitallst war demanstrations of hundreds of thousands of workers and farmers Will add’ fuél to the fire of protest which is flaming up in the United States over the militarist gesture of “Defense Day,” September 12. Even President Cool! has been aroused to dis- semble the real purpose of the “mobilization — jay” because of criticism against the war-jingolets . The Communists are leading the attack this week, the anniversary of the outbreak of the World War, on all ware | imperial capital. All over the world there will be mass meetings to ery out against the leading of innocent workers to slaughter for the protection or aggression of some capitalists’ profits. President Coolidge will fave to do a lot more than talking (even tho that is unusual enough for him) to delude the working people of the United States into believing “Defense Day” is any more than a militarist gesture. START PARTY DRIVE FOR DAILY WORKER SUBS AND FOR NEW PARTY MEMBERS Mobilization of Entire Party Membership for “Program of Immediate Work” Takes Place Ba: first guns are being fired in the Workers Party “Program of Immediate Work.” The American party of the revolution, united in policy, militant in spirit, is ready for a drive of unprecedented organization and propaganda activity. Party membership is being mobil- ized. Every branch, every member, is assigned a definite task. PROPAGANDA AND - ORGANIZATION means Get a new reader for Get a member for THE DAILY WORKER our Party As an integral part of the Party's work, as a part of the program second to none in importance, is the great Membership-DAILY WORKER Sub campaign, which is now under way. Above all, the task of our party isto increase its membership from the growing army of rebel- lious, but leaderless workers; to influsnes and inspire that ill larger mass of dissatisfied workers who have not ds jet a conception of the class struggle, who by reason of their conditions of life are ripe for Communist propa- ganda. To begin the fulfillment of this task, the party now campaigns and lays down as the obligation of every party member: (1) -To secure a new subscription to THE DAILY WORKER. (2) To bring a new member into our party. Here is a campaign which must excite the imagina- tion of every real Communist. To double our Party membership. To add thousands of new readers to our main propa- ganda organ. a It is a great task, but its accomplishment will nat be difficult if every member will do his share. COMMUNIST MERIT STAMPS FOR THOSE The parip/le,propared to esknowledge th e is prepared to acknowle the services of those ET ihiktonrs comrades tery their heart into this great undertaking. Special stamps are bein; issued, to be placed in the dues books of those who se DAILY WORKER subs, and who bring in new members. For this matter, stamps have been issued which are not for sale, but which can be gained only by performance of Communist work, Every member of the Workers Party will want to have these two stamps of Communist merit in his dues book. The stamps are not hard to seoure. Bring in a new member; sell a DAILY WORKER sub, and the stamps are yours, ‘ ® “No Third Party”, Says C.P.P. A. CONQUEST OF WORLD BY U. GHOST OF BULL MOOSE ROUSES C.PP.A. HURRAH Rosewelt N ame Stirs Illinois Liberals By J. LOUIS ENGDAHL. (Written Especially for the Daily Worker.) AUDITORIUM HOTEL, July} 27.—An echo of the Roosevelt rampage, thru these same cor- ridors and banquet halls a dozen years ago, featured the Illinois boom for LaFollette let loose here, this Sunday, under the direction of the Conference for Progressive Political Action. In fact, the echo of the Bull Moose battle, within the repub- lican party in 1912, brought down nearly as much applause as did mention of the guerilla warfare that “Bob Cat” LaFol- lette has inaugurated within the two old parties of Wall Street this year. It came when Congressman Fred Brown, of Wisconsiny was delivering his oration in place ‘of Congressman John M. Nelson, the leader of the LaFollette campaign, who ran off to Washington, Friday. “My father was a charter member of the republican party,” declared Brown, “and I have always been a republican.” Hurrah For Teddy. That didn’t sound just right to the Wisconsin congressman, and he ' (Continued on next page.) STRIKING CAR BUILDERS HOLD ROUSING MEET Hegewisch workers turned out in a mass to hear about the strike of the heater boys, reamers, riveters and buckers. Joseph Manley, campaign maffager of the Workers Party can- didates, Foster and Gitlow, and Barney Mass, organizer for the Young Workers League, were the chief speakers out- side of strike leaders, and aroused much enthusiasm among the workers. The speakers urged the workers t unite their strength in a sturdy or- ganization on the industrial side and to work for their,own government thru the Workers Party, which re- presents the workers politically, The regular strike meeting will be held this morning in Ginalski's Hall, 13259 Houston ave. and the men will plan their further campaign against the bosses who trfed to put over a vicious wage reduction. The men hit back with a demand for increased wages. i Hughes Visits His Royal Highness at Buckingham Palace ‘LONDON, July 27.—American law- yers, attending the international con- ference here were guests at Bucking- ham palace this afternoon. After Ambassador Kellogg had presented Secretary of State Hughes and the other American lawyers to King George, the king and queen enter- tained at a garden party. errr. FINANCIERS IS political and economic horizons Hughes and Me SOLE AIM OF HUGHES, MELLON IN EUROPE © ® By JAY LOVESTONE. While the high priests of international capitalist finance and diplomacy are gathered in London, talking world reconstruction , and peace, new war clouds are gathering, ever blacker, on the” of the world. But today the one cloud that is swiftly approaching a break- ing point, a cloud whose dark shadows are now oppressing near- ly every country in the world, is the campaign of imperialist aggression being waged by the American capitalist class. lion In Europe. Our secretary of state is ostensibly vacationing in Europe. Mr. Hughes, whose official title is Secretary of Department of State, but whose office is more that of Secretary of the Depart- ment of the Standard Oil in the United States government, is a Nestor in American imperial politics. Mr. Andrew W. Mellon, officially called Secretary of the United States Treasury, but more accurately serving the big banking, steel, coal, and liquor* corporations in which he him- self is vitally interested, is also vacationing in Europe. What draws these two most prom: | inent and important members of the | Coolidge cabinet to the shores of | Europe on the eve of a national cam-| pPaign that promises to be the most hard-fought and bitter contest in the history of our national politics? How does it come that Messrs, Mel- lon and Hughes, the princes of Yankee | finance and diplomacy, are in Europe | at the same time that the most im-| portant international conference, since | the Versailles treaty was signed, is being held? Is it merely a strange coincidence? Well Timed Visits. The answer is positively no. The | visits of Hughes and Mellon were well | timed. These visits are the products | of the calmest and maturest delibera- | tions of our employing class. A glance | at the map of the world, a review of the numerous activities of our im- perialists in their drive to clinch their position as the world’s bankers and tradesmen, a brief characterization of only a few of the steps now being taken by American capitalism to se- cure a stranglehold on the markets, resources and industries of the world, will show that the United States is now on the threshold of a new epoch in its historical development. Ameri- can imperialism is now redoubling its efforts to win the world for itself. \ & 616 WINNING THE WORLD. We offer the following brief perusal of some of the outstanding maneuvers in which our capitalists are now en-} gaged the world over, Argentine—The government of Ar-| gentine has completed its plans to re- fund its recent loan of twenty million | dollars, advanced by American inves- tore thru Blair & Company, and the Chase Securities Corporation. In the} last year Argentia has remgdeled its external debt. It is now following exactly the same policy that Secretary | of the Treasury Mellon is applying in| the United States by raising money | thru the offering of short term, issues. | Brazil—“American citizens and prop-| erty” are again in danger. There is talk of sending warships to Brazil be- @use of the continued fighting in the Sao Paulo district. The armored cruiser Rochester, the light cruisers Denver, Cleveland and Galveston and (Continued on page 3.) Farmers’ Wheat Pool. COLUMBUS, Ind., July 27.—The| farm bureau here today had succeeded | in signing contracts with elevators | at’ eyery railway shipping point in Bartholomew county co handle pooled wheat for members of the, Indiana Wheat Growers Association. In near- by counties elevator men have re- fused to enter into such agreements. | destroyers, DREADNAUGHTS SHOW TEETH TO FRENCH PREMIER Morgan Hastening to Bredk Deadlock (Special to the DAILY WORKER) LONDON, July 27.—With the inter-allied conference _ still deadlocked by the rival de- mands of French capitalism ahd British imperialism the British navy was called into action for a warlike grimace. Forty miles of dreadnaughts, submarines, air- plane “mother”, ships and speedy cruisers filed past Spits- head where King George and the delegates to the conference were stationed. It was regarded as highly. significant ‘by the diplomats assembled that the visits of the French and Belgian premiers should be chosen for this spec- tacular display of England’s sea monsters: The last royal naval review dates back to July, 1914, on the eve of the world war. Airplanes Versus Battleships. Premiers Herriot and Theunis are good actors anf congratulated their |nominal allies, the British, on the ex- cellence of the militarist show. They (Continued on Page 2.) NEGRO MASS MEETING TO DISCUSS GARVEY’S PHILOSOPHY TOMORROW A meeting called to discuss the aims and objections of the Univer+ sal Negro Improvement Association, and to present the philosophy of Marcus Garvey, iis der and presi- ~dent, will be neid tomorrow night, Tuesday, July 29, at 8 p.m, at tne Goleman School, South Dearborn and Forty-seventh streets, Dr. Jay Peters, pres it of Divi- sion 23, and S. R. Wheat, president of Division 313, and W. A. Wallace,., commissioner of the State of IMi- nols for the Universal Negro tm- provement Association, will ak. Peters’ subject will be “The Chal- lenge of the Future.” es ee ener nr he A ON MOTOS DORE MORE