The Daily Worker Newspaper, August 5, 1924, Page 1

THE DAILY WORKER RAISES THE STANDARD. FOR A WORKERS AND FARMERS’ GOVERNMENT. Vol. Il. No. 118. and White workers is universal Party sends its ardent greetings to the representatives of the oppressed Negro Race who are gathered together in Liberty Hall, New York, under the banner of the Universal Negro Improve- ment Association. The greetings follow: SUBSCRIPTION RATES oa ‘ In Chicago, by m Outside Chicago, solidarity of labor, the Workers TO THE FOURTH INTERNATIONAL CONVENTION OF THE UNIVERSAL NEGRO | Meeting at'Liberty Hall, MPROVEMENT ASSOCIATION, New York, August, 1924. ~ BROTHERS AND SISTERS, COMRADES:—. THE WORKERS PARTY OF AMERICA extends to you its fraternal greetings. Ma: your work in this historic convention be fruitful.for the liberation of your Race. We live in a world ruled by a capitalist class which for its own purposes cultivates a superstitious belief in the “superiority” of certain races and, within those races, of an upper class sup- teenie teen gu nee AS WE SEB IT By T. J. O)FLAHERTY Ramsay MacDonald was not as suc- +eessful with his conference, called for jthe purpose of settling the boundary ‘dispute between the Irish Free State ;and the Northern government as he was with the allied conference. The Orangemen refuse to obey the provi- sions of the treaty and MacDonald threatens .to obtain special legisla- tion to enforce the terms of the past on Ulster. The Tories will back Ul- ster in this fight as they always have done in the past, but in the event of MacDonald going thru with his threat and should the House of Lords throw out the proposed bill, a general elec- tion on the issue would greatly strengthen the Labor Party and weaken the Tories and the House of Lords. Z Ry As was predicted in the DAILY WORKER some time ago, a split has taken place in the Irish Transport Union and the bosses as usual are taking advantage of the situation, to , Put their business on an open shop ‘basis and reduce wages. The strug- gle between the executive committee of the Transport Union and James Larkin has resulted in the formation of the Workers’ Union of Ireland, led by the latter. Several strikes are on in Dublin at present, but the split in ythe ranks of labor on the industrial field places them in a disadvantage- ous position against the united pow- er of the capitalists. ie ae The release of-Kamon De Valera has not created very much of a sen- sation in Ireland. Rumors of an agreement between the released pris- oner and President Cosgrave over the Ulster boundary question are not confirmed but it should be clearly un- derstood that De Valera is not a rev- olutionist and his difference with those who signed the treaty with Eng- land in 1921, was only over the word- ing of the compromise. The repub- licans, leaders in their relation to the economic question gre as reactionary as the Free State gang. Some of their most prominent publicists are now asserting ‘that James Connolly ideas are not any part of the pro- gram of the Republican Party, No’ that the military campaign of the Re- publicans against the Free State is admitted to be a flasco by the Repub- lican leaders it remains to be scen whether De Valera will decide to en ter the Dail with his followers who were returned in the last elections or whether he will maintain his present policy of abstention, * * * The Davenport Free Press is edit- ‘posed to be divinely endowed with the right to rule over all other peoples, especially those of darker color. The great majority of the world’s Population is composed of peoples of darker color. More than half the world today labors under colonial bondage to imperialist powers whose ruling class considers that men of color exist only to be exploited under colonial regimes. At the same time, within each im- perigfist nation the laboring class of the #population, altho creating all of | the weglth of the country, is robbed of its product and exists only to be exploited by the ruling class. Capi- talist exploitation for profit is the basis of all colonial and domestic op- pression, from which to seek your freedom is your purpose in assembl- ing here. v: Times of Change. But you are meeting in a time of momentous change in the world’s af- fairs. The great imperialist States have had their foundations shaken by the World War and by the breakdown of their economic systems, as well as by the great unrest of their working classes’ and among their colonial sub- jects. Within a decade three of the mightiest empires have fallen. The world’s most terrible-autocracy, Tsar- ist Rusgia, has crumbled under the (Continued on Page 4.) 100 U. $. CAPITALISTS VISITING MEXICO TO PLAN ITS EXPLOITATION (By The Fed: ed Press) NEW YORK, August 4.—One hundred American capitalists will shortly journey to Mexico to in- vestigate the possibilities of fur- ther exploitation and control of Mexico by Big Business of the United States. William Wallace Nichols, presiderit American Asso- ciation of Manyfacturers, an- nounces that his organization has accepted such an invitation from the accrue from the trip is indicated by mayor of Mexico City. That rich profits are expected to the big guns heading the financial invasion. They include Samuel Vauclain, president Baldwin Loco- motive Works, George E. Smith, president Royal Typewriter Co., and Frank D. Waterman, president L. E., Waterman Co, tomb today. LENIN’S TOMB REOPENED WHILE _ FRENCH COMMUNE FLAG IS HUNG MOSCOW, Aug. 4—A great ceremony marked the reopening of Lenin's The tattered red banner of the French Commune was placed ail, §8.00 per year, by mail $6.00 per year, NEGRO CONVENTION FOR DAILY WORKER’S PAGES Robert..Minor has left for New York where he.will réport the inter- national convention of the..Univer- sal Negro Amprovement Association for the DAILY WORKER. Watch for Minor’s*illuminating articles and distribute them to your friends among the Negro workers. In another column you will find the Workers Party salutation to the big Negro convention. The Commu- nist International realizes that emancipation of the.world’s..work- efs cannot be attained without’the support of the workers.in-the great Negro Race. It is your duty as a revolutionary worker to aid in.the-distribution of this issue of the DAILY WORKER to the colored workers. Its value depends on wide distribution. Do your Communist duty. ALL SOCIALISTS IN DENVER JOIN WORKERS PARTY Bid Yellow Misleaders Adieu; $10 to Debs (Special to The DAILY WORKER) DENVER, Colo., Aug. 4—The entire Socialist Party, excepting only the; The French government is planning financial secretary, in this city joined|to take the Black Sea fleet of General the Workers Party in a large member-| Wrangel, now riding at anchor in’ the ship meeting. The. Socialists sent; Prejeh harted' pt. Bivorta, jm Africa, the ten dollars remaining in_ their| and return it to the bolshevik bovern- treasury as a farewell present ment. Eugene V. Debs. The Denver Socialists haye been interested in the Farmer-Labot move- MOSCOW TOILERS R. LL. U. OPENS | ment as it has progressed. The Cleve- Losovsky Opens Debate land betrayal of the party officials tore the final veil of illusion from their : * on Unofficial Strikes (Special to the DAILY WORKER) eyes and they saw that the working MOSCOW, Aug. 4.—In honor of the class could not look to such men as Hillquit and Berger for guidance. So- cialists have been attending various Profintern Congress there was’ a huge parade of the Moscow workmen, which lasts for three hours. The delegations Workers Party functions for some time here and showing more and more from the factories are welcomed by ad- dresses from the deegates to the Con- desire to join actively in the fight for gress. In the name of the Interna- a real working class government; in tional Women’s Conference Clara Zet- ~ AMBASSADOR Wrangel Next to Lose Official Favor (Special to the DAILY WORKER) PARIS, Aug. 4.—The French government has persuaded W. A. Maklokov, ambassador of the provisional Kerensky re- gime, to give up his residence in the Ribean embassy build- ing in Pastis and turn the build- ing over to the French author- ities. : Maklokoy has been playing a role in France comparable to that of Boris Bakmetiev in the United Staes. Just as Kerensky’s man continued to pose as an ambassador in Washing- ton long after the Kerensky regime had disappeared, so Maklokov contin- ued until recently to issue passports, presonal credentials, etc., in the name of a non-existent provisional govern- ment. ; The reclamation of the embasy by the French government is to be fol- lowed by turning over the building to the Soviet authorities. to, Anti-War Meet The anti-capitalist war demonstra- tions have been tremendously suceess- ful. One great out-door meeting at whi Ella Reeve Bloor was the speaker denounced emphatically the predatory wars of imperial capital and THE DAILY WORKER. Entered as Second-class matter September 21, 1028, at the Post Office at Chicago, Illinois under the Act of March 8, 1879. TUESDAY, AUGUST 5, 1924 NEW LEOPOLD CRI Workers Party Salutes B ASKS NEGROES TO UNITE WITH INTERNATIONAL STRUGGLE FOR CLASS AND RACE EMANCIPATION Realizing that the only hope of emancipation for Colored ceahiiEss> ayo FOSTER AND GITLOW TO SOUND CHALLENGE OF WORKERS PARTY National tours arranged for William Z. Foster and Ben- jamin Gitlow will bring the revolutionary message of Commun- ism straight to the workers of America thru the tongues of the Workers Party candidates for president and vice-president, The following statement, prepared by campaign manager Joseph Manley, gives the reason for this intensive campaign and lists the cities and dates in the Foster-Gitlow itineraries: The enthusiastic American response to the candidacy of William Z. Foster and Benjamin Gitlow, is vividly shown by the flood of requests for speaking dates pouring into the office of the Campaign Manager. These re- quests come from all over the country. A coal miner in Southern Illinois writes: “We are all out of work here, but we will pay the railroad fare of Foster, whom we recognize as the one candidate who has a real message for us coal diggers.” A farmer writes from North Dakota: “For God’s sake let Foster come to North Dakota; we need him.” From Michigan word comes that “many big meetings can be arranged for Gitlow.” Because of this demand from every part of the country a complete national itinerary for both Foster and Gitlow has been mapped out. Foster will make a series of tours from Chicago as the center, one covering the far West and Pacific Coast, two covering the middle West and three tours covering the entire East. Gitlow will start from New York and cover numerous industrial cities thruout the East, returning to New York and again starting out to the cities of New England, then going west, taking in all the principal centers. He will travel from Chicago to the Pacific Coast over the northern route and return by the southern line of travel, the same day Foster returns from the East, arriving in Chicago on\November 3rd, the day before election. Notices are now being sent out to the various cities and the City Central Committees and Campaign Committees are urged to immediately send to the Campaign Manager-their acceptance of the following dates, which have been set to meet the widespread demand and avoid confusion. FOSTER “FIRST EASTERN’ TRIP? Youngstown, August 17. FIRST MIDDLE-WEST TRIP. Minneapolis, August 21. Duluth, August 22. St. Paul, August 23. Milwaukee, August 24. CHICAGO, August 24. SECOND MIDDLE-WEST TRIP. Sioux City, August 29. St. Joseph, August 30. Omaha, August 31. Kansas City, Sept. 1. St. Louis, Sept. 2. Zeigler, Sept. 3. Springfield, Sept. 4. SECOND EASTERN TRIP. Elizabeth, Sept. 10. Newark, Sept. 11. Philadelphia, Sept. 12. Paterson, Sept. 13. WESTERN TRIP. Butte, Sept. 21. Spokane, Sept. 22. Seattle, Sept. 23. Scranton, August 27. Binghamton, August 28. Syracuse, August 29. Rochester, August. 30, Buffalo, August 31. t Pittsburgh, Sept. 1, 2 and 3. Youngstown, Sept. 4. Canton, Sept. 5. Akron, Sept. 6. Cleveland, Sept. 7. © New York, Sept. 9 and 10. Stamford, Sept. 11. Bridgeport, Sept. 12. Sprinfield, Sept. 13. Boston, Sept. 14, 15 and 16. Worcester, Sept. 18. New Haven, Sept. 19. Hartford, Sept. 20. Providence, Sept. 21. Hartford, Sept. 22. Schenectady, Sept. 23. Erie, Sept. 24. Ashtabula, Sept. 25. Toledo, Sept. 26. Lima, Sept. 27. Detroit, Sept. 28. Grand Rapids, Sept. 29. Muskegon, Sept. 30. South Bend, October 1. Gary, October 2. cheered long for the war of the work- ing class upon the oppressive employ- ers. The Workers Party convention is in session here today and will take up the problems of the political campaign locally and nationally and arrange for more activity in putting the party industrial program into effect among the workers of Colorado. Tallentire Speaks Norman Tallentire, now making a tour of the western states for the Workers Party, will speak here ‘to- night on the subject “Ten Years After” and point out what the results of the last great war of the capitalists has been and what the task of the work- ers is in the next one. “Mother” Bloor speaks among the Colorado miners ‘during next week.) She has had great success wherever) she has spoken and is largely respon- sible for the increased iterest afd activity of Workers Party members and for addition of new members in this vicinity. the fight that their own party had abandoned because of bourgeois offi- | cials. kin, and also Chinese and Turkish women, greet the Congress. In the debate concerning strike stra- tegy, Losovsky declares that the strike presents a continuation of trade union tactics by different means. There should be a clear understanding of its political and economic connections, as well as of the strength of the strikers and the influence of the reformists. Condemnation of unofficial strikes is wrong, and it is necessary to support these strikes and to bring revoutionary influence to bear upon them. It is necessary to have political leadership for these strikes, and to appraise their political value. Tom Thomas (South Wales) states that the English trade union bureau- crats have a capitalist ideology, and declares himself in favor of uniting the forees of the separate union move- ments, Semard (France) stands in favor of the unification and coordination of union fights, In closing, Heckert explains the part that spontaneity has to play, although its role is less important than it has been in the past. F Monmousseau goes on to say that strikes in Germany differ in character from strikes in other countries, Poli- tical backing is necessary for these Seattle, Sept. 24. Tacoma, Sept. 25. Astoria, Sept. 27. Portland, Sept. 28. Frisco, Sept. 30. Frisco, October 1. Frisco, October 2. Los Angeles, October 3. Salt Lake City, October 5. Denver, October 7. EASTERN TRIP. Detroit, October 14. Toledo, October 15. Cleveland, October 16. Buffalo, October 17. Rochester, October 18. Chicago, October 3 and 4. Milwaukee, October 5. Duluth, October 6. Superior, October 7. St. Paul, October 8. Minneapolis, October 9. Fargo, October 10. Bismarck, October 11. Butte, October 12 and 13. Spokane, October 14. Seattle, October 15. Tacoma, October 16. Astria, October 17. Portland, October 18 and 19. San Francisco, October 20 and 21. Las Angeles, Oct. 22 and 23. 2, 7 Nanaia ag / Salt Lake City, Oct. 24 and 25. 5 Scranton, October 22. Denver, October 26 and 27. Omaha, October 28. Kansas City, October 29. St. Louis, October 30, Zeigler, October 31, Springfield, November 1, Chicago, November 2, New Haven, October 23. Hartford, October 24, Worcester, October 25. Boston, October 26. Washington, October 27, Baltimore, October 28, Pittsburgh, October 29, Columbus, October 30, Cincinnati, October 31. Louisville, November 1. Indianapolis, November 2. CHICAGO, November 3. Published Daily except Sunday by THE DAILY WORKER PUBLISHING CO., 1113 W. Washington Bivd., MES EXPOSED Communist Candidates For President: WILLIAM Z. FOSTER. For Vice-President: BENJAMIN GITLOW. Price 3 Cents Chicago, Il, ig Race Congress ————$$—_—__—_—_—_—__—+ FATHER’S SLAVES THRU U. S. IN NATIONAL TOURS [JSET) BY “BABF” TO KILL BIRDS Boasted in Chicago*He Was Great Shot _ By KARL REEVE, (Special to the Daily Workers. MORRIS, IH., August 4. Nathan Leopoid,,jr., using his! father's employes here as his personal servants and lackeys, has many times come.to Mor- ris, taken his fathers employes out of the factory, coaxed them , to shoot birds for him, and then gone back to Chicago with these birds, boasting to his rich friends what an excellent shot he was. The “Babe,” himself hardly able to pull a trigger or load a gun, let alone shoot a bird; with the. parasitical cunning charac- teristic of the dependent rich, not only threw to the winds the money representing the blood and toil of his father’s slaves, but in his underhand personal exploitation revealed for the first time the secret of his psychology. The “Babe” drew upon his father's employes in the. Mi is .Paper M as upon a rebervois ich was tafe for his own personal use. His J 8 in Morris reveal a psychology of dis- tha throw a new light on the Franks murder case. The Franks murder was a class murder—tha result of the 30- cial structure and the time honored custgm among the idle rich of secur- jing their own desires regardless of the suffering of their fellow human beings. Refused to Work. ® “Babe's” Ghean underhandedness to the workers is well known here in Morris. “Babe,” of course, refused to do any work. Why should he work when his. father reaps millions by exploiting the five hundred Morris girls and boys for $15 dollars. and less a week Why take a chance on being mangled in his father’s relent- less machines? Let the Donald Steeles and the other high school lads go to the hospital. “Babe” never walks abroad with his hair mussed. “*Babe’ used to come to Morris often and hunt,” said Joe Harrington, 606 East Jackson street, to the DAILY WORKER. “He always hunted birds. He was fond of them. But ‘Babe’ himself couldn't hit a barn door. He didn’t know a thing about hunting. ‘Babe’ hated more than any- thing else to admit to his friends his inferiority in any Hne.” Superiority Complex. “‘BaBbe had the idea that being a rich man’s son made him superior to ordinary human beings. He would come down to his father’s factory, go around and pick out the men who were crack shots, and take them away from the machines to go out and hupt for him. ‘Baba’ would collect the birds his father’s workers shot, send the men bitek to work, and then take the birds up to Chicago with him, | (Continued on page 2) “BILLION DOLLAR” ADVANCE IN GRAIN PRICES FATTENS BANKERS; FARMERS THE GOATS AS USUAL dainful .egotism, of cunning trickery © Fm oer ms By LELAND OLDS (Federated Press Industrial Editor) Financiers in the east are going to gobble up the lion’s share of any billion dollar increase in value of farm products. Banks and other creditors rather than the farmers themselves will be the first to benefit by speculative increases in the prices of wheat, corn and hogs, : “Tt is to be remembered,” says a Kansas City story in the New York Times, “that some 400 country banks in the grain (Continued on page 3.) GITLOW EASTERN TOUR, Paterson, August 20, Elizabeth, August 21. Newark, August 22. Trenton, August 23, Washington, August 24, Richmond, August 26, Reading, Augus' strikes, Without spontaneity of the massos no revolution, The masses who are under the influence of left- wing Amsterdam unionists must be won over for the cause of the revo- lution, ed by a socialist by the name of W.|!n the mausoleum whioh was then declared open to the public after being G. Daniel, The issue of July 25, car-| closed while the body of the Soviet premier was being re-embalmed, ries the following paragraph: Foreign visitors were forced to enter the tomb of the great revolutionist Some men seek notoriety, while} in one of the groupe conducted by members of the district Soviet, No one others have notoriety thrust upon | was allowed In alone nor could anyone take In a cane or umbrella or package tem, It persia that a prom. ef any kind, \ nevi bie He bepdiiidery e yi The French Commune flag was presented to the Moscow Soviet at a " 9 gathering of half a million people on the anniversary of the RIVERVIEW—RAIN OR SHINE ’ AUGUST 10th—SUNDAY PRESS PICNIC DAY press that they should continually | treme! (Continued on page 2.) federation of the Soolalist Soviet Republics, See Page Three eee