The Daily Worker Newspaper, July 29, 1924, Page 3

Tuesday, July 29, 1924 PARTY MEMBERS HAIL PLAN TO ILLINOIS 6. P. P. A DOUBLE PARTY MEMBERSHIP AND BOOST THE DAILY WORKER Great 1924 Communist Presidential Campaign Drive Is Now Launched The greatest double-barreled campaign in the history of the| FAVORS BUSINESS BUT NOT WORKERS Neglect Negroes; Fail to Nominate Governor By KARL REEVE. Although the business and profes- sional men seemed to be the only group entirely satisfied with the plat- form adopted by the convention of Workers Party is on. The drive to double the party membership | the Illinois Conference for Progressive and make each new member a subscriber to the DAILY WORK-. | Political Action, ER was launched in deadly earnest with the termination of the| joint tour of William Z. Foster, candidate for president of the| United States on the Workers (Communist) Party ticket and | C. E. Ruthenberg, executive secretary of the party. “The most enthusiastic meetings I have ever addressed,” was | ana “unrestricted competitive busi- Comrade Ruthenberg’s comment on the tour during which the party policy was explained to the membership. “The members are wholeheartedly behind the election cam- | paign and are determined to make a living issue out of the slogan | ‘Work for Foster for President!’ ®cription to the DAILY WORKER and bring a new member into | the party is bound to go over with a bang. Comrade Foster and myself spoke to 3,500 mem- bers, and to say that we are enthusiastic with the spirit dis- played by the members would only give mild expression to our feelings.” Only Banner of Revolution. Amid the welter of treachery and confusion on the political field in the United States, the Workers Party alone raises the banner of revolution against the capitalist system and shows the workers the road that will lead to their emancipation. Every class conscious worker who wants to aid in getting rid of capitalism is in- vited to join the party and put his shoulder to the wheel. The DAILY WORKER, the only Communist daily in the English lan- guage and the only English daily in the United States that fights fop the workers in their daily struggles with the bosses, is the central organ of the Workers Party and is indispensable to the equipment of a class conscious worker. Each Must Get One, Every member of the Workers Party is obligated to bring in one mew member to the party and one new subscriber to the DAILY WORKER. This is a campaign that should arouse the enthusiasm of our members as it ‘was never aroused before. Our ene- mies sought to crush us by jails. They failed. Now they try isolation. That scheme will also fail, because they cannot isolate us from the Masses. We have a splendid oppor- tunity of getting our message to the masses during the Foster-Gitlow cam- paign and we must take advantage of this opportunity to strike the iron while it is hot by doubling our mem- bership and the circulation of the DAILY WORKER. Propaganda and Organization. Propaganda and organization! Un- load the two barrels at once on the enemy. The Workers Party expects every member to do his duty. This is the kind of work the Russian Com- munists did when they got the ear of the Russian workers through the Daily Pravda. We must also lay the foun- dation for a mass party that will eventually sweep this country as our Russian comrades cleaned away the debris of czarism. Now get to work and do your share. Line up that worker you have been talking to about the class struggle. He is sympathetic. He reads our literature. Now is the time to clipch the argument. Duty of Party Members. Party members, this is your duty: 1, Secure a new subscription for the DAILY WORKER. 2, Bring in a new member into the party. The party is issuing special stamps to be placed in the dues books of those who sell DAILY WORKER subs and who bring in new members. Now 4s the time to prove you are a real Communist when a united front from Morgan to Debs is arrayed against our party. Bring a new member into the only revolutionary working class party in the United States. $Se/ ure a new subscriber for the only revolutionary daily paper in the Eng- lish language. WORK FOR FOSTER FOR PRESI- DENT! The plan to secure a new sub- Warship to Follow U. S. Insult Note to Persia, Oil Country (Continued from page 1) the Standard Oil-British combine. Considerable resentment was aroused amongst the masses against this com- bination and all those associated with it. The attack on Major Imbrie is said to have grown out of the wide- spread dissatisfaction in Persia aris- ing from the manipulations of the international oil trusts. The vigorous measures now being taken by the United States Govern- ment are to be accounted for by the fact that the Washington administra- tion sees in this incident a grave menace to an oil arrangement entirely satisfactory to the American capital- ists. Major Imbrie is looked upon as a victim of the deep resentment amongst the Persian masses against the maneuvers of the foreign oil seek- ers, amongst whom the United States today holds a foremost position. The decision to send an American warship is viewed here as much more than a military gesture. The pres- ence of a Yankee man-of-war flying the American flag in Persian waters is looked upon here as an indication of the extremes to which the Washington government is prepared to go in order to force its will upon Persia. U. S. Warship a Threat. Furthermore, the United States Government is thus stealing a march on Great Britain. The fact that an ‘American warship will be the first tc reach Persian waters, if not the only ll present were agreed in favor of “representative democracy” and against the dictator- | ship of the proletariat. The petit- |bourgeois terms, “revolution of senti- | ment,” “representative democracy” ness,” repeatedly rang through the | hall. There was a brief outburst of re- |bellion after the report of the Plat- |form and Resolutions Committee was read. The single tax delegation in- jsisted that “the single taxer who is anxious to support LaFollette wants |the platform to favor taxation on land values rather than taxation on ma- chinery and labor.” Weak on War. The ex-service men’s group wanted to know why the resolution denounc. ing Mobilization Day was omitted Chairman Charles McGowan explained that the resolution was omitted by error, and it was incorporated in the resolutions. The negroes got their usual dirty deal from LaFollette, no mention being made of the race prob- lem in any part of the convention's deliberations. A motion for a special women’s section was finally defeated. McGowan squelched another threat- ened outburst when the Committee on Organization reported that nomination of state candidates would be turned over to the State Executive Commit- tee. McGowan had his hardest work of the day in steam-rolling this part of the committee’s report, but it finally went through and McGowan said complacently, “That’s the spirit.” Committee to Decide Governor, Len Small’s name was not men- tfoned on the floor of the convention, but it was uppermost in the minds of most of the delegates. “If we nomi- nated a candidate for governor,” Mc- Gowan was heard to say, “at least four of the most influential groups would withdraw from the conference.” Even in the report of the Organization Committee no mention was made of a LaFollette nominee for governor. The committee reported: “We com- mit to the incoming Executive Com- mittee, in conjunction with the Na- tional Committee of the . Conference, and the National LaFollette Campaign one, is considered by many here to]Committee, with power to act, the be a notice to the English oil inter- ests not to attempt to utilize the present crisis for getting out of the disadvantageous position they now find themselves in their arrangements with the Standard Oil group. Striking Car Workers Win More Support (Continued from page 1) Fischer of the Croation Federation spoke to the men in Slavish and urged them to organize. Seek Holmgren’s Aid. The meeting ‘elected a committee of five to visit Brother Holmgren, vice- president of the B. R. C., and who was active in the Pullman strike and to request him to take charge immedi- ately. In addition to this the com- mittee will visit the secretary of the I. B. R. C. and also John Fitzpatrick of the Chicago Federation of Labor to enlist their aid in this work. The demand for the Carmen to step in and take charge of the situation has been growing more and more. The opportunities for a strong local are very good and the road to victory for the men seems very probable if the International Carmen will take lead of this strike. Efforts are being made to have Holmgren address the strike meet- ing. The purpose is to rally all the workers and encourage them in their fight. The results of the efforts on the part of this strikers’ committee in getting the co-operation of the In- ternational Brotherhood of Railway Carmen will be reported, also the out- question of the nomination or indorse- ment of candidates for United States Senator, members of Congress, state and other offices, as they may deem, upon full consideration, best promo- tive of the progressive cause’ and the candidacies of LaFollette and Wheeler.” Many of the delegates objected to this ruling, the delegation from Gales- burg declaring that they had already voted to indorse Newton Jenkins for Senator. For Small and LaFollette. This was the closest McGowan came to mentioning that the convention did not dare to run a LaFollette candidate for governor for fear the Federation officials endorsing Len Small would withdraw support. Many of the dele- gates were enthusiastic Small sup- porters, Al Green of the Painters’ Union, who was pardoned by Small after being tried on graft and murder charges, said: “Gee, it would be great if the convention would indorse both Len Small and LaFollette.” LaFollette Ditches Negroes. Henry Sherfie, the lone Negro pres- ent, was finally granted credentials as an individual, although originally placed in the colored group. Sherfie, who in 1920 was a candidate for alderman of the Third Ward on the Farmer-Labor ticket, told the DAILY WORKER he didn’t hope for LaFol- lette to do much for his race. ““As ‘far as I know,” said Sherfie, “LaFol- lette has never taken a definite stand on the Negro problem. In 1920, when the Farmer-Labor convention wi after LaFollette’s support, LaFollette come of the committee's meeting with sept word that there were two planks John Fitzpatrick. Send in that Subscription Today. GET THE NEXT ISSUE “DAILY WORKER” MAGAZIWE SECTION SATURDAY, AUGUST 2, 1924 1. 2. The London Conference. The Red Picnic. Working-Class New: Rebellion in Labor Unions 3. 4. 6. 6. American Capitalism Preparing Bac Wars..,.... The General Staff of the World io saye J. Olgin By J. Ramirez By Alexander Bittelman By Frederick F. Simons seen By Karl Reeve (A Review)..By Martin Abern And Many Other Interesting Articles. VERSE ' PICTURES ILLUSTRATIONS ——————_———-ORDER NOW! THE DAILY WORKER, Washington Blvd. Chicago, Illinois in the Farmer-Lgbor platform he ob- jected to. One was the declaration against large monopolies; the other was the anti-discrimination against the Negro plank. LaFollette has changed his stand on the business issue, but is still afraid of losing the Southern white vote and takes no stand on the Negro question. He does not wish to incur the enmity of the Ku Klux Klan.” Don't Recognize Negro. When asked whether there was any declaration in the platform on the Negro question, Dennis McCarthy, state secreta\y of the Conference for Progressive political Action, asked: “What Negro problem? Is there a Negro problem? We don’t recognize any necessity for a Negro problem.” After further questioning, McCarthy said the C. P. P. A. did not recog: THE DAILY WORKER Page Three Repeating The Old Tale. This Is the tenth anniversary of the opening of hostilities In the great war. Austria, In retaliation for the assassination of the Austrian heir apparent and his wife at Sara- jevo, declared war upon Servia and cannonading was commenced along ‘the Danube. Three days later Ger- many declared war on Russia and for nearly four years and a half the conflict raged over Europe, drag- ging in many nations, including the United States. Biggest Negro Organization to Meet on Friday (Continued from page 1) j weaker peoples;” “Discussion of the | Negroes’ attitude in the next great war. “An appeal will be made,” says Gar- vey, “To the presidents of America, France and Portugal for a square deal for the Negroes in Africa, America and the colonies.” Give Black Man His Own In issuing the call for the conven- tion, Garvey declares: “Let England peacefully give up to the black man what is his. We ask France to give up peacefully to the black man the things that are his. We ask America to treat us decently until we have a home.” Garvey, altho his organization de- dlares for an independent Negro nation, has succeeded in banding al- most half a million Negroes together in the largest mass movement the American Negroes have ever had. The Universal Negro Improvement Asso- ciation must therefore be reckoned with as a force in the problems which confront the Negro as a part of Amer- ican society. Meet In Chicago Tonight. Preparatory to the international convention, a mass meeting of the Chicago section of the Universal Ne- gro Improvement Association, to be addressed by its local leaders, is an- nounced for tonight at Coleman School, South Dearborn and 7th sts. W. A. Wallace, S. R. Wheat and Dr. Jay Peters, prominent Negro leaders, will be the principal speakers. Balloon Racers Safe. LYONS, France, July 28.—Only two aeronauts, Pilot Lefebre and Pilot Heutter, both French, of the sixteen entrants who started Sunday in the international balloon race for the French Grand Prix, had not reported tonight. nize the necessity for discrimination against the Negro. “Do you state that in your plat- form?” he was asked. “No,” McCarthy replied indignantly. Saar ete Today. ee Send i" th AS WE SEE IT By T. J. O'FLAHERTY. (Continued from page 1) ing the financial nasal appendage at Congress, sent Dawes over to Europe with h™ plan. Dawes is an obedient servant. He went, he saw and he is now a candidate for vice-president. He succeeded in getting the Socialist labor fakers afd business men of Germany and England behind him. America, which in this case means Wall Street, was with him from the start. France w the dog in the manger. The capitalist gangsters who run France will not play with the gangsters who run Germdhy, England and the U. S. unless they get most of the loot.’ France has more airplanes than England, Germany and the rest jof the European brigands combined, and unless’ the Americans could be induced to go to war again for Morgan they can afford to hold out. +e * The Allied Conference is held up because France is playing the trump hand of airplanes and hundreds of thousands of soldiers. Now watch the other fellow move. Against France’s airplanes Charlie Hughes can bring up the French debt to Uncle Sam, and the Socialist pacifist premier, Ramsay MacDonald, called a great naval re- view at Spithead, the first since His Majesty’s navy was exhibited there in all its glory in 1914, immediately prior to the great World War. Every peace conference is a prelude to a war. Statesmen argue with guns, air- planes, ships, poison gas and other lethal weapons as well as with pol- ished phrases. Herriot got a good look at His Majesty’s navy. He could report back to the French bankers that the British Socialists were as willing to fight for the rights of Threadneedle street as Charlie Hughes and Coolidge were for the rights of Wall Street. ee ee European Socialists and European labor fakers are acting as the lackeys of the money barons. Ramsay Mac- Donald is the European white hope of the capitalists. With the aid of Ram- say and his crew of trained Socialist seals the bankers may be able to stabilize Europe, keep the capitalist pirates from éutting each others’ throats by proxy (the workers cut each others’ throats and the capital- ists confine their warfare to bulletins) and get the workers to toil more hours for less pay, etc. Peace is so desir- able that it must be had at any price, “el Printed on a fine grade of paper. 12 inches wide by 18 inches high, Sultable for framing or posting in your window. | VOTE 30 long as somebody else pa. And inless peace can be had pe lly ~ why, it must be had even if the So- cialist pacifist MacDonald must mob’ lize His Majesty's navy. Forty miles of warships! And only one of them participated in the 1914 Spithead review! Charles Mitchell National City Bank of New York is well pleased with the labor banks. Mitchell is one of the big fellow the financial game. He knows w he is talking about when he wrote in the second issue of the Labor Banker published by the Brotherhood Invest- ment Company and affiliated financial institutions of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers that labor banks “are a good th banking business.” went on to increase thrift and eradic line drawn between owner: President of the ne banks, ate prejudice, te the sharp nd work- ers. There you have it. The B. of L. E. has now, besides the investment company and the Empire compant eight banks and two in the process of formation. This is some labor union! Watch the workers getting- emanci pated—in the neck! ye A little gem from the Typographical Journal, official paper of the Typo graphical Journal, supposed to be a little, bit progressive if not more so: A gentleman from Alexandria, Va., who edits a paper in that city, joined the local typo union. What he saw pleased him immensely, and in order to express his pleasure and perhaps to gain some subscribers he gave vent to the feelings within him in the col- umns of his paper. It was so good that the official paper of the typos ran it. After fulsomely praising the members of the local lodge for their eloquence and their knowledge of par. liamentary law, the local editor called attention to the beautiful bronze tab- let “commemorating the heroes of the union who had died for their country on a foreign soil” (note Morgan and the. Allied Conference, His Majesty's navy and other items), and the Ameri- can flag “waving its partiotic colors over the rostrum.” The patriot winds up his hokum with the following: “We left the meeting feeling that so long as the American Federation of Labor trains and educates such a membership this country is safe from the inroads of the Reds. re FOR FOSTER for PRESIDENT Get a photographic reproduction of this new picture of Foster free. 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Should the judge take a |severe course, there are other strings |to the defense bow. The fortune of g Loeb’s parents is estimated at $10,000,000 and that of the senior Leo- at several million dollars. is agreed by the court attaches the boys would have had no if they were poor and friend- There would have been no high priced specialists to prébe the glam dular condition and no srmpaties newspaper publicity. New Haven to Hold 4 Huge Mass Meeting Against Bosses’ War NEW HAVEN, Conn., July 28—A& tremendous anti-capitalist war mass meeting will be held here Wednesday evening, July 30th, at 8 p. m., around the Central Green bandstand. Bens jamin Gitlow, Workers Party cand date for vice-president, will be thé chief speaker, William Simons, Work« ers Party organizer of this district, will also speak against the wars of imperial capital, R. S. Kling will be chairman. This meeting is part of the world- wide protest of all Communists and sympathetic workers against the wars which the international capitalists are brewing for their profit. The workers fight the wars for their masters—in “peace” time on the field of industry, in “war” time on the muddy, bloody battlefield. | | you pold It that ance les: Send in that Subscription Today. and WORK UUUGAGADEANEGSEUUAUUEREOAAUHAEEAE ae FOSTER FOR PRESIDENT } SSS SSS sss SSNS ANA ARTS ESSE SS TEESE ESTEE SS SETS TSN TN WORK For Foster for President by securing new subscribers to THE DAILY WORKER USE THE COUPON 11113 W. Washington Bivd., I have sold a Special 4-Month Election Campaign Please send me FREE the picture of Foster. « State:. New Subscriber's Name: Street: FM in ali a a ee a TN, $2.00 State: